Jan 18, 2024 City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING.

TODAY IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 18TH.

WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:34 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL WHO'S HERE.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE.

WE WILL HAVE OUR PLEDGE LED BY JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE JOIN ME.

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

ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SO, UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION.

UH, FOUR A

[(a) Recognition of Daniele Stewart, Assistant Director of Parks and Recrea...]

SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY ULUS.

DANIELLE, YOU GAVE IT AWAY, MAN.

YOU TOLD HER WHAT THE AWARD WAS.

, COME ON UP.

SHE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

EVERYONE DOES AS SHE COMES UP.

UM, I AM PLEASED TO, UH, PRESENT THIS RECOGNITION AND CONGRATULATE DANIELLE STEWART.

I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON YOU TODAY.

FOUND OUT YOU WENT TO CLEMSON, ALL THIS COOL STUFF.

BUT LET ME GIVE EVERYONE ELSE SOME, SOME BACKGROUND.

DANIELLE HAS BEEN WITH MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.

SHE STARTED REC AS A RECREATION SPECIALIST.

SHE THEN GOT PROMOTED TO RECREATION MANAGER, AND THEREAFTER SHE GOT PROMOTED TO RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT.

TODAY SHE'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS RECREATION.

TOMORROW, SHE'LL BE A DISTRICT C COUNCIL MEMBER, .

BUT IN ALL HONESTY, UH, LAST MONTH, DANIELLE WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE TEXAS RECREATIONS AND PARKS SOCIETY FOR THE 2023 PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR.

SO LET'S GIVE HER AN APPLAUSE.

DANIELLE, YOU'RE A GREAT LEADER.

UM, YOU EFFORTS TO ENHANCE OUR PARKS, OUR COMMUNITY, UM, IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

UM, I'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT NOTES HERE, BUT I'M JUST GONNA GO TO THE POINT AND SAY WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU.

IT'S YOU AS A LEADER.

IT'S YOU AS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT MAKES US THE AWARD-WINNING PARKS DEPARTMENT.

AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH AND SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THIS WHOLE CITY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SO NOW THE MAIN REASON WHY YOU ALL ARE HERE, BESIDES OUR MEETING, UM, WE HAVE OUR ITEM FOUR

[(b) Administer Oath of Office - Police Chief Brandon Harris]

SO, WOW, YOU GOT MORE APPLAUSE THAN ALL THE COUNCIL .

ALL RIGHT.

SO AS WE DO THIS, UH, YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY HERE.

I DO, YEAH.

CAN YOU HAVE, CAN YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY COME UP HERE? WHICH, WHICH FAMILY? WELL, I WOULD SAY THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY .

IT'S A LAUGH.

WELL, AS, UH, AS THEY'RE COMING UP HERE, AS THEY'RE COMING UP HERE, I DO WANT TO LET ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT, UM, THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS, UH, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR TEAM WENT THROUGH.

NOW, WHILE HE'S BEING SWORN INTO OFFICE, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER, ANGEL JONES, TO JOIN ME UP HERE, IF SHE WILL.

IF Y'ALL WANNA STAND RIGHT HERE.

STAND RIGHT HERE.

AND Y'ALL KNOW THAT I ONLY HAVE ONE VOTE.

IT'S TRUE.

IT TAKES ALL OF US TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT AND GIVE THE CONCURRENCES, UH, FOR THE, TO THE CITY MANAGER TO, TO HIRE OUR CHIEF.

SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS,

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SO I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUE TO COME.

WAS THAT A REALLY APPLAUSE FOR THE COUNCIL, OR WAS THAT STILL FOR BRANDON .

ALL RIGHT, BRANDON.

SO I GET TO DO THIS.

UM, SO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

NO.

STAND NEXT TO YOUR DAD.

I WANT TO SEE.

OH, YOU COME ON.

COME AROUND.

ALRIGHT.

SO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

REPEAT AFTER ME.

UH, I, I STATE YOUR HARRIS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

OFF OF THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

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

SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

COME ON.

THANK SO, SO THIRSTY.

ALRIGHT, SO FOR THE LAST, UH, NINE MONTHS, CORRECT, NINE MONTHS, BRANDON HAS BEEN SERVING AS A INTERIM, UH, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR US.

AND HE'S, HIS CURRENT ROLE WAS THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE FOR CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

SO I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU READ HIS, UH, BIO AND THE FACEBOOK PAGES AND, AND ALL OTHERS, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY A FEW THINGS.

UH, CHIEF BRANDON HARRIS BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A RESERVE POLICE OFFICER IN 1995.

CHIEF HARRIS HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR CITY AND WITNESSING THE TRANSFORMATION AND GROWTH OF MISSOURI CITY AND LEADING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

HIS SERVICE HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY CRUCIAL.

DURING A TIME WHEN OUR MUNICIPALITY BECAME ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING AND MOST DIVERSE CITIES IN FORT BEND COUNTY, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT HIS LEADERSHIP WILL CONTINUE TO UPHOLD THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF INTEGRITY, PROFESSIONALISM, AND SERVICE WITHIN THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UNDER HIS GUIDANCE, WE ARE CERTAIN THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH DISTINCTION.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING CHIEF HARRIS AS OUR NINTH CHIEF SINCE THE CITY'S BEEN INCORPORATED.

PLEASE WELCOME CHIEF HARRIS TO SAY A FEW WORDS, CONGRATULATIONS AND THE PICTURES.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, MAYOR COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR THE TRUST YOU'VE GIVEN ME AND, UM, APPOINTING ME TO THIS POSITION.

AND I WOULD SAY YOU, I'M DEDICATED TO THIS DEPARTMENT AND THIS CITY.

I PROMISE YOU THAT.

AND THE OFFICERS, THE OFFICERS, THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN ME AND THE CIVILIANS STAFF, SORRY, THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN ME OVER THE 28 YEARS I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY, BUT ESPECIALLY THE LAST NINE MONTHS AS INTERIM CHIEF.

AND I'M UP HERE BECAUSE OF YOU AND I WON'T LET YOU DOWN.

AND MY SUPPORT STAFF OR SUPPORT STAFF SUPPORT, UH, UNIT MY FAMILY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO CALL YOU STAFF .

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THANK YOU, .

I CAN'T RECOVER FROM THAT.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT.

THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE AND THE SUPPORT YOU'VE ALWAYS GIVEN ME.

I, I TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

AND WE HAVE A GREAT DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL OFFICERS, GREAT CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ALL DEDICATED TO THIS CITY.

AND WE HAVE SUCH A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY.

AND, AND I COULD NOT BE IN A BETTER PLACE THAN RIGHT HERE, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE HERE.

ALSO, IF YOU ARE HERE, CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? STAND UP, STAND UP PLEASE.

SO WE HAVE FORT BEN, ISD, SHIRLEY, ROSE GILLIAM, TRUSTEE JUDGE, JUDGE RA.

WHERE'S JUDGE RA? JUDGE KRISTEN RA.

THERE HE IS.

AND WE HAVE CONSTABLE DARRELL SMITH, A PRECINCT TWO.

AND I THINK, UM, WE'LL JUST END IT WITH THIS.

UM, WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING BRANDON FOR NINE MONTHS, DONE A REMARKABLE JOB, UM, AS MISSOURI CITY.

SOME OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR, UH, WE HAVE OUR CIVIL SERVICE.

WE'RE THE, OUR UNIT IS PART OF THAT.

AND INJUNCTION WITH WORKING WITH OUR POA AND WORKING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT, WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL TO, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND IN SUCH A POSITIVE WAY WITH OUR DEPARTMENT.

JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU KNOW, THAT EVERY AGENCY'S OUT THERE IN THE NATION IS SUFFERING WITH HIRING PEOPLE.

UH, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING TOWARDS WITH THAT.

AND I LOVE CHIEF'S, UH, COMMENTS TOWARDS US THAT HE'S ALSO LOOKING AT HELPING TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MOVE OUR OUT FORWARD.

NUMBER ONE THING THAT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS WILL TELL YOU, THE NUMBER ONE THING IS NOT ABOUT THE BUSINESS GROWTH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IS THAT THEY LOVE THEIR POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY POLICING HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

AS LONG AS I CAN GO BACK TO 2007 AND DURING THAT TIME, IT HAS BEEN A STELLAR AND IT'S CONTINUING TO DO SO.

SO, WITH THIS APPOINTMENT, I WANT TO THANK AND ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES, THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO ARE SERVING OUR CITI.

WE THANK YOU SO MUCH.

FROM BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

THANK YOU.

OH, SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION ON COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS SO Y'ALL CAN HAVE PICTURES WITH THE CHIEF, THE NEWEST CHIEF OF POLICE, BRANDON HARRIS.

THANK Y'ALL.

DID WE GET ONE FIRST? ? YEAH.

LEMME GET, YEAH.

OKAY.

ITEM, WE'RE BACK ON AT 7:04 PM OKAY.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UH, THE SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO.

MR. MAYOR.

WE DO NOT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER SIX, OUR STAFF REPORT.

UH,

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

ANGEL JONES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL.

GOOD EVENING.

ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE STAFF RIGHT NOW.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO DEMONSTRATE MY APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE STAFF THAT WORKED TIRELESSLY THROUGH THE WINTER EVENT THAT WE JUST HAD.

AND ANYONE THAT'S IN THE ROOM OR ANY PRESENT THAT WORKED THROUGH THIS THROUGH THE WINTER EVENT.

UM, PLEASE STAND UP SO THAT YOU CAN BE RECOGNIZED.

I KNOW OUR PUBLIC WORKS, PEOPLE MIGHT BE SPEAKING.

THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB IN ENSURING OUR ROADS WERE PREPARED AND ENSURING OUR RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS REMAIN SAFE.

THEY SHUT OUR FACILITIES DOWN TO AVOID ANY, UM, BUSTED PIPES.

THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED TO DO TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE PREPARED.

SO I WOULD BE REMISS WITHOUT, UM, MENTIONING THAT TONIGHT.

MOVING ON, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONSENT ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

ALL OF THE ITEMS ARE BUDGETED, STARTING WITH ITEM B.

UM, TWO 80.

280,000 IS FOR BASIC, UH, UNIFORMS AND BALLISTIC VESTS FOR POLICE.

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ITEM D REPRESENTS THE PURCHASE OF 13 PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $559,000.

ITEM E IS A RETURN ITEM.

YOU APPROVE THIS ITEM, YOU UNANIMOUSLY LAST, UM, MEETING.

AND THIS IS REGARDING THE ABANDONMENT OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT FOR THE ARCADIA SUBDIVISION THAT IS LOW, NO LONGER NEEDED.

ONE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO, TO MAKE IS STARTING TODAY ACTUALLY, UM, THE CITY AND FORT BEND, ISD ARE IN PARTNERSHIP AROUND A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.

WE HAD A HIGH STU HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS START TODAY FROM HIGHTOWER.

SO WE ARE MUTUALLY WORKING TOWARDS, UH, THE GOAL OF HELPING STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AS WELL AS THE SELFISH INITIATIVE, WHICH IS TO INTRODUCE THEM TO CITY GOVERNMENT SO THEY CAN BE OUR FUTURE LEADERS OF TOMORROW.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE WORKS.

AND THE LAST THING I WANNA MENTION, WE JUST MENTIONED, UM, DANIELLE, AND THE REASON WHY SHE'S SO EXCEPTIONAL IS DANIELLE, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DONNIE, THE CITY IS ABOUT TO RECEIVE ANOTHER $750,000 GRANT, UM, BASED ON , BASED ON THEIR SUCCESSFUL WRITING OF THE GRANT FOR STA O PARK.

THIS WILL HELP SUPPLEMENT, UH, THE FUNDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

AND STAFF IS JUST DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB IN SEEKING ALTERNATIVE FUNDING AND ENSURING WE HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDS TO DO ALL WE CAN FOR THE RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

SO WITH THAT, THAT ENDS MY REPORT.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NICE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

ITEM

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

UM, I SEE, UH, THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS.

UH, EIGHT A ZONING AND PUBLIC HEARING.

AND ORDINANCE

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

AND TO THE EXTENT SUCH ZONING DEVIATES FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE OF CHARACTER MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR AN AMENDMENT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

I'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM EIGHT A ONE.

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

OKAY.

NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

WE'LL NOT GO AHEAD AND CLOSE.

EIGHT A ONE ITEM EIGHT

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

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING ZONING REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN ANNEXED TRACKS OF LAND REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE USE, SIZE, HEIGHT, AND DENSITY OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES.

THE PERCENTAGE OF LOTS THAT MAY BE OCCUPIED THE SIZE OF YARDS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES, THE DENSITY OF POPULATION AND THE LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDING STRUCTURES AND LAND OR TRADE INDUSTRY RESIDENCES AND OTHER PURPOSES ON SAID ANNEX TRACKS OF LAND DEPICTING SAID ANNEX TRACKS OF LAND AFFECTED, THEREBY AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AND JUST FOR, UH, BACKGROUND ON THIS CASE.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, SIEN MATU AREA ANNEX INTO THE CITY IN AUGUST, ONCE IT WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, UM, IT WAS CLASSIFIED SUBURBAN DISTRICT, WHICH IS A HOLDING, UM, AGRICULTURAL ZONE UNTIL PERMANENT ZONING CAN BE APPLIED.

SO WHAT THIS ACTION WILL DO IS APPLY PERMANENT ZONING, MATCHING UP THE LAND USES THAT EXIST THAT ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED, UM, AS BEST AS POSSIBLE WITH OUR EXISTING ZONING, UH, DISTRICTS.

THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS WERE READ, UH, BY JOYCE IN THE ORDINANCE.

THEY INCLUDE, UH, THE SSD SUBURBAN DISTRICT FOR A LOT OF THE LEVEE AREAS, SOME OF THE, UH, GOLF COURT OR SOME OF THE DRAINAGE FACILITIES, UTILITIES, R ONE, R TWO, R FOUR, WHICH ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

UM, MATCHING UP WITH

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UM, THIS DOES MATCH THE LAND USE, UH, PLAN THAT WAS PART OF THE SIENNA DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

UM, AS WELL AS AGAIN, HOW THAT AREA HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S PROPOSED TO YOU IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE.

SURE.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UM, UH, WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RECOGNIZING, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, GO AHEAD.

UH, THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, JENNIFER, FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, RELATIVE TO THE, THE PROPOSED ZONING, UM, AND IT BEING A PART OF THE LAND USE PLAN IN THAT AREA PER, UH, SIENNA, AS YOU SAID, UM, HAVE WE THOUGHT THROUGH THE KINDS OF ENTITIES THAT WE WANT TO ACTUALLY BE THERE? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THE LAND USE PLAN IS DATED MM-HMM.

.

AND SO I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED AND TALKED ABOUT A REVISION OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING, AND WE HAVEN'T, I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, ARE WE JUST DOING WHAT WAS, UH, PROPOSED MANY YEARS AGO AND JUST KIND OF FOLLOWING SUIT OR HAVE WE REALLY GIVEN SOME THOUGHT AS TO KIND OF HOW WE WANT THAT, THAT AREA TO, TO DEVELOP? I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PROTEST LETTERS, OF COURSE, THAT WERE A PART OF THE PACKET.

AND OF COURSE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DIDN'T WANT IN THE AREA.

UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS APARTMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT GREEN SPACE, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO, TO DEVELOP.

BUT I JUST, ONCE WE, ONCE WE APPROVE THIS MM-HMM, , THEN WE'RE OPENING IT UP FOR ANYONE THAT FITS IN THAT ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO BUILD WHATEVER FITS IN THAT ZONING CLASSIFICATION THERE.

I JUST WANNA KNOW, HAS STAFF GIVEN ANY TRUE INSIGHT THIS FIRST TIME I'M SEEING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST APPROVING SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF STUFF THAT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR THAT AREA.

SURE.

AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH THIS AREA BECAUSE 99% OF IT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED.

MM-HMM.

.

UM, SO THE ZONING THAT'S PROPOSED IS ZONING, UM, THAT MATCHES BASICALLY WHAT IS ON THE GROUND TODAY.

UM, AND WHAT THIS ALLOWS FOR IS, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE DOES A HOME IMPROVEMENT OR IF THEY HAVE AN EVENT AT, UM, CLUB SIENNA, THAT IT GIVES THEM THE PERMISSIONS PROTECTION UNDER ZONING TO CONTINUE, UM, THOSE USES AS THEY, THEY HAVE DONE.

UM, SO WHEN THEY PULL PERMITS, THEY WOULD PULL PERMITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT'S APPLIED, UM, TO THE PROPERTY.

UM, THERE'S VERY LITTLE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, IF ANYTHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED, UM, FOR A USE.

UM, SO ALL OF THE ZONING THAT IS BEING PROPOSED TODAY WOULD JUST ALLOW FOR, UM, WHAT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED TO, UH, CONTINUE.

SO WITH THANK YOU, WITH THAT LITTLE BIT THAT IS LEFT, THERE'S STILL THE POTENTIAL TO PUT SOMETHING THERE THAT MAY NOT BE N NOT REALLY, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT, BECAUSE WHEN I SAY A LITTLE BIT, IT, THERE'S, I DON'T, I'M, CAN'T IMA, THERE'S NOT MUCH IN THAT AREA THAT HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED.

UM, AND SO I KNOW YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT ON THE MAP, UM, THAT'S INCLUDED THERE.

BUT MOST EVERYTHING IS EITHER DRAINAGE FACILITY, LEVY GOLF COURSE.

UM, THE OPEN SPACE HAS ALREADY BEEN DEDICATED FOR A PURPOSE.

PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE LAND CONTAINED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES HAS ALREADY BEEN PLOTTED, UM, AND IDENTIFIED FOR SPECIFIC USE.

SO IN THIS CASE, WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, ZONING'S GONNA RUN WITH THE LAND.

SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IF USES CHANGE OVER, OVER TIME THE ZONING RUNS WITH THE LAND.

BUT WHAT THIS ZONING IS, IS MATCHING IT WITH WHAT IT'S ALREADY BASICALLY BEEN DEVELOPED FOR.

ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT.

RECOGNIZING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARUS.

SO JENNIFER, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS REALLY PROTECTS US BY GOING FROM SSD TO THE ZONING.

UM, AND THAT'S CRITICAL.

MY QUESTION IS, UH, IN THE PRESENTATION IT SAYS LC DASH ZERO.

IS THERE ANY, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT'S LC ONE ALL THE WAY TILL FOUR? OR IS IT ACTUALLY STARTING OFF AT ZERO? AND I THINK, AND THIS MAY PAIR WITH YOUR QUESTION AS WELL.

IT DOES.

SO THE LCEO IS THE O STANDS FOR OFFICE.

OKAY.

AND SO IT'S ONE OF OUR, OUR MOST LIMITED COMMERCIAL ZONING.

SO IT'S A ZONING THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR LIKE THE DAYCARE USE TO CONTINUE.

UM, THERE ARE USES, YOU KNOW, OFFICE TYPE USES THAT ARE PERMITTED UNDER THAT ZONING.

THE FACILITY AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, AS STATE BANK TRACE AND, UM, SENA PARKWAY HAS BEEN LEASED OUT TO OFFICE USE, UM, AS WELL.

SO IT'LL ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR THAT NON-RESIDENTIAL PURPOSE, BUT NOT OPEN IT UP TO, YOU KNOW, MORE INTENSE COMMERCIAL RETAIL PURPOSES.

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AND NOTHING IN THIS ORDINANCE.

IF IT PASSES, WILL IT ALLOW FOR AN LC THREE? UNLESS IT GOES THROUGH ZONING? CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UM, IS THERE A MOTION? SECOND.

OKAY.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR APPROACH HIM KLAUSER, UH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES.

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

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WELL, THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO, BEFORE WE JUMP ON TO ITEM NINE, UM, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, SHERIFF FAGAN, UH, WHO IS HERE.

SHERIFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

I KNOW YOU HAD ANOTHER EVENT, UH, YOU JUST SLIGHTLY MISSED IT, BUT I KNOW THAT OUR, OUR CHIEF BRANDON HARRIS IS HERE.

SO YOU, YOU JUST MET WITH HIM.

CONGRATULATIONS, .

I'M SORRY I WAS LATE.

DID YOU SPEED HERE? ? JUST ASKING.

I MET BRIAN HARRIS JUST NOW MINUTES AGO, BUT I'VE KNOWN HIM AND OF HIS HISTORY IN THE PAST.

I THINK HE MADE A GREAT CHOICE.

HE'LL BE A GREAT ASSET TO MISSOURI CITY AND A GREAT ASSET TO FORT BEND COUNTY.

UH, WE'LL, WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER AND I KNOW WE'LL WORK EVEN BETTER NOW THAT YOU HAVE MR. HARRIS AS YOUR CHIEF.

I THINK Y'ALL MADE A GREAT CHOICE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

AND, UH, AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE.

THANKS FOR BEING THAT'S RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

JOB 35.

I LOST WHERE I WAS.

NINE A NINE A, RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER NINE ARE ORDINANCES.

NINE A

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

AMENDING CHAPTER TWO, ADMINISTRATION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE AMENDING REGULATIONS REGARDING THE CONTRACT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ELENA, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, THIS ITEM PROVIDES THE CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE SEPARATION AGREEMENTS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE MONETARY COMPENSATION AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN.

THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE CONTRACT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER REQUIRES COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR ALL SEPARATION AGREEMENTS.

APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDMENT WILL ENSURE THAT ROUTINE PERSONNEL DECISIONS ARE HANDLED EFFICIENTLY BY STREAMLINING THE PROCESS AND AVOIDING THE NEED FOR EVERY SEPARATION AGREEMENT TO GO THROUGH THE FULL CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL PROCESS.

THIS WILL SAVE TIME AND RESOURCES BOTH FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY ADMINISTRATION.

ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU.

UH, I SEE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ITEM NINE

[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - An ordinance amending Chapter 74, ...]

AMENDING CHAPTER 74, PARKS AND RECREATION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE AMENDING REGULATIONS REGARDING GRANTING RECOGNIZED SPORTS ASSOCIATION DESIGNATIONS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DONNIE HAYES, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME AND SPEAK TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT.

UM, THIS, UH, THIS CHANGE IS A FAIRLY SIMPLE CHANGE TO THIS ORDINANCE.

IT CHANGES THE APPROVAL PROCESS TO GO FROM BEING APPROVED BY THE PARKS BOARD TO BEING APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR.

UM, IT ALLOWS US AS A DEPARTMENT TO BE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE, UM, A LITTLE BIT FASTER ON THE, UM, APPROVALS FOR OUR RSAS.

AND SO, UH, WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO SEE AN APPROVAL ON IT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

I SEE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER REILLY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

ITEM

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

THANK YOU.

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YES, MA'AM.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS A GRANT THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.

IT ORIGINATES THROUGH HGAC.

IT IS A GRANT, UM, THAT WE ARE VERY EXCITED HOPEFULLY TO APPLY FOR.

SO OUR 14 SLATED NEW TAHOES, WE ARE HOPING TO GET BALLISTIC WINDSHIELDS AS WELL AS DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND WINDOW IN ALL 14 NEW TAHOES THAT'S AWESOME.

IN THE AMOUNT OF $88,956.

I KNOW THAT THE CURRENT COMPANY THAT WE HAVE THE BID FROM DANA SAFETY SUPPLY IS CURRENTLY OUTFITTING ALL OF DPSS VEHICLES WITH BALLISTICS WINDSHIELDS.

SO WE ARE HOPEFULLY FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THAT AND IF YOU WELL, THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS, UM, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER O'REILLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO GETTING THESE GRANTS.

UM, CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE WHAT THAT MEANS, JUST SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHAT BALLISTIC WINDSHIELDS, UM, AND THE DRIVER SIDE DOORS ACTUALLY MEAN? SURE.

SO WE GOT A GRANT LAST YEAR FOR BALLISTIC SHIELDS FOR OFFICERS SO THAT THEY HAVE READY SHIELDS TO GO INTO A SITUATION THAT SHOULD REQUIRE THEM.

SO OUTFITTING OUR TAHOES WOULD MEAN THE FRONT WINDSHIELDS WOULD BE BALLISTIC, MEANING THAT IT STOPS BULLET FROM COMING IN, BUT OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO FIRE OUT SHOULD A SITUATION ARISE, AS WELL AS USING THE DOOR.

AND WE CHOSE THE DRIVER'S DOOR VERSUS PASSENGER DOOR, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THE DRIVER, THAT'S WHERE THE OFFICER IS SITTING, BUT THEY CAN USE THAT FOR COVER AS WELL, SHOULD A SITUATION COME UP.

AND SO BOTH THE DOOR AND THE WINDOW WOULD BE COVER BY BULLETS FLYING.

AND I WAS ACTUALLY TOLD TODAY THAT DANA, SAFETY SECURITY WILL GIVE US A FREE REPLACEMENT ON THE WINDSHIELDS IF IN A SITUATION WHERE AN OFFICER DOES HAVE TO FIRE OUT OR SOMEBODY HAS FIRED INTO THE VEHICLE.

AND WE HOPE THAT THAT NEVER HAPPENS.

HOPE IT NEVER HAPPENS.

MM-HMM.

, THANK, BUT WE WANT OUR OFFICERS TO BE PREPARED IN CASE IT DOES.

YES.

RIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND I TOO, THANK YOU FOR APPLYING FOR THE GRANTS.

UM, THINK MY QUESTION IS MORE SO FOR CITY MANAGER, UM, DO YOU FORESEE THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE COULD IN THE FUTURE OUTFIT ALL OF OUR POLICE VEHICLES WITH? DEFINITELY.

OKAY.

AND THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO USE GRANTS FIRST AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEVERAGING OUR RESOURCES, BUT ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HOPED AS WELL, THAT BEING ABLE TO PUT THESE 14 BRAND NEW ONES SINCE THEY ARE NOT IN OUR FLEET CURRENTLY, THAT WE WANT OUR NEWEST VEHICLES TO BE OUTFITTED WITH THEM, WHICH IS WHY WE CHOSE THIS.

AND THAT WAY FLEETS MOVING FORWARD CAN HOPEFULLY PUT THAT IN THEIR BUDGET FOR NEW POLICE VEHICLES AS THEY COME UP.

SMART.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

GREAT IDEA.

THANK YOU.

UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PROTON KLAUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ITEM, UH, WAIT A MINUTE.

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

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU RACHEL MARIE.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

SO SIMILARLY TO THE JAG GRANT THAT YOU GUYS JUST APPROVED IS THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY FOR RIFLE RESISTANT BODY ARMOR.

UM, OUR CURRENT ARMOR IS NOT RATED FOR RIFLES AT THIS POINT, SO WE ARE HOPING TO UPGRADE.

THIS WILL INCLUDE ALL OF OUR PATROL DIVISION FROM OUR LIEUTENANTS IN DOWN.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU.

LONG TIME NO SEE SINCE THE LAST AGENDA ITEM, BUT MY QUESTION IS AT WHAT, WHAT CALIBER DOES THIS PROTECT OUR OFFICERS FROM? IT? IT'S, MAY I, UH, INTERJECT REALLY QUICKLY? THERE'S CERTAIN INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND OKAY.

NOT, UM, BEING PLACED IN THE PUBLIC'S.

AND IF I MAY, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

SO DIS DISREGARD THE QUESTION.

YES, THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THAT INFORMATION I CAN GET TO YOU.

IT IS PART OF THE GRANT APPLICATION AS WELL.

IT HAS THAT INFORMATION IN THERE.

OKAY.

ALRIGHTY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

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

SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, RICH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ITEM 10

[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing the Mayor...]

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FOR THE MISSOURI CITY BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATING THERETO.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A, UM, DONNIE HAYES, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

DONNIE, GO AHEAD SIR.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

SO, UM, THIS, UH, IS A CONTRACT THAT, UH, WOULD LAY OUT THE, UH, AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN EDISON ARTS AND ALSO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

UM, HELPS TO LAY OUT THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES OF RESPONSIBILITY.

I SAID RESPONSIBILITIES A COUPLE TIMES, LAYS OUT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS, THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT THAT, UH, WE'LL BE DOING THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.

UM, SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHOW HOW THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS TRULY AFFECTED THE COMMUNITY AND ALLOWS FOR EDISON ARTS AND THE CITY TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP THAT WILL HAPPEN FOR YEARS TO COME AS WELL.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER.

YES.

UM, IF WE HAVE THE CARTER'S WHO, UM, ARE WITH THE EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION, CAN WE HAVE THEM STEP UP? I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND I WANT TO, UM, UH, SO YOU'RE SENDING YOUR BETTER HALF UP HERE.

I SEE , AND I WANNA, THAT'S WHAT I SAID, HE'S SENDING HIS BETTER HALF UP HERE.

YEAH.

UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUSLY, UH, MAKING THE BLACK HISTORY, OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, A SUCCESS AND ALL THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT Y'ALL PUT INTO.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING GREAT PARTNERS TO MISSOURI CITY.

UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, UM, THAT ARE LISTED FOR THE MONTH, UM, AS WE USUALLY HAVE.

UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WAS, UH, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES, NOTABLE CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR? AND SO THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION AND SO I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT.

GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

OH, MARY ELLA KAT.

OH, UM, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

THANK YOU.

I SAID HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

.

.

I'LL SING LATER.

UM, YES, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAW THAT, UM, A COUPLE OF THE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT WE WERE HAVING ON MULTIPLE DAYS, WE TRIED TO STREAMLINE AND, UM, VOLUMIZE, UM, THE EVENTS TO WHERE MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO ONE AND THEY'RE NOT MISSING THE KICKOFF, TRYING TO COME TO THE, UM, WINE TASTING THAT HAPPENED MAYBE BEFORE THE KICKOFF.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO STREAMLINE AND BRING THOSE EVENTS TOGETHER AND MAXIMIZE OUR VOLUME OF, OF COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS AND, UH, REPRESENTATIVES THERE.

SO THAT WAS ONE EVENT.

SO WE COMBINED THAT EVENT.

UM, ALSO WE'RE INCORPORATING, UH, AUTHORS AND AUTHORS AND ARTISTS AT THIS EVENT.

SO WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF MISSOURI CITY'S FINE TALENT.

UM, DR.

RASHONDA TATE IS, UM, LAUNCHING HER BOOK, UH, QUEEN OF SUGAR HILL.

SO THAT'S AN EVENT THAT WE GET TO SHOWCASE THAT.

UM, AND THEN A NEW EVENT THAT WE ARE ADDING IS OUR, UM, SHADES OF BRILLIANCE, INSPIRING STORIES BY YOUNG AUTHORS.

SO THE THEME BEING AUTHORS AND ARTISTS.

WE HAVE INVITED A SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS BETWEEN, UH, KINDER, EXCUSE ME, KINDER AND 12TH GRADE.

THEY SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS, FORT BEND, ISD PARTICIPATED AND HELP US PRESENT THIS INFORMATION.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO SELECT SEVEN QUALIFIED, WONDERFUL, UM, SUBMISSIONS.

AND WE HAVE PUT THEIR WORK TOGETHER IN, UM, ALMOST 200 PAGE ANTHOLOGY, WHICH IS A COLLECTION OF THESE STORIES.

AND, UM, SO THAT'S A NEW EVENT THAT WE, THAT WE ARE EXCITED TO SHOWCASE OUR YOUNG AUTHORS AND TO PRESENT THIS, UM, UH, RED CARPET, UH, BOOK SIGNING RELEASE, UM, FOR THEM ON, UH, ONE OF THE EVENTS.

OKAY.

AWESOME.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS THIS, THESE ARE A LOT OF EVENTS THAT REQUIRE A LOT OF DETAIL.

UM, WHAT IS THE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SUFFICIENTLY STAFFED ALL MONTH LONG FOR EVERY EVENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EVENTS GO OFF AS PLANNED? THANK YOU.

I'M SO EXCITED TO WORK WITH .

SO THIS IS, THIS IS NEW TO DONNIE, BUT IT'S NOT NEW TO US IN MISSOURI CITY.

AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION IN 2015 WITH THE LATE COUNCILMAN DON SMITH, BUT WITH DONNIE, HE'S, SO, UM, HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS STELLAR.

AND SO EACH WEEK, UM, WE'VE BEEN MEETING, UM, FOR THE, FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW, OR ACTUALLY WE STARTED LAST YEAR, BUT WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY MEETING EACH WEEK TO GO THROUGH THE RUN OF SHOW FOR EVERY EVENT AND THE DETAILS, ANY SPECIFICS, UM, FROM, YOU KNOW, MICS TO AV TO EVERYTHING.

SO I THINK THE TEAMWORK, UM, THAT WE DIDN'T ALWAYS

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AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, MAYOR ELCAP FOR ALLOWING US TO, YOU KNOW, PROPOSE TO ENTER INTO THIS CONTRACT TO HELP THIS, THIS CELEBRATION BETTER BECAUSE OF THE TEAM.

YES.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

THANK YOU.

UM, I WAS CAPTIVATED BY LISTENING, UH, BUT I WANNA SAY REALLY A COMMENT THAT I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING THIS ON, AND CONGRATULATIONS, DONNIE, YOU HAVE NOW MET THE FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH , UM, FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

UH, BUT YOU GUYS SEEM LIKE Y'ALL HAVE, Y'ALL MAKING A GREAT TEAM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE EVENTS.

SO MY QUESTION HAS BEEN POSED TO ME, I LIKE TO POSE TO YOU GUYS IS HOW ARE, WITH ALL THE EVENTS AND THE CHANGE OF THIS VENUE TO THIS VENUE, UM, AND THE ADDRESSES, HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT PARTICIPANTS KNOW WHAT DAY, WHAT LOCATION, WHAT THE THEME IS, AND WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE AT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS FLYERS FLOATING OUT THERE AND PEOPLE THINKING THAT THAT'S ONE EVENT, BUT YET THERE'S MULTIPLE EVENTS.

HOW ARE WE STREAMLINING, UM, OUR, OUR MARKETING FOR THAT? WELL, I CAN, I CAN TAKE THAT ONE.

UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

UM, THEY, UM, ANDRE ATTENDS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR, UM, BLACK HISTORY MONTH MEETINGS.

UM, NUMBER ONE, THE SOURCE OF ALL INFORMATION IS ALWAYS GONNA BE OUR WEBSITE.

MM-HMM.

.

AND SO THAT WAY THE WEBSITE HAS EVERY DETAIL ON IT, SAYING WHERE THE LOCATION IS, WHAT TIME IT IS, UM, WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL EVENT.

AND SO THEN WHEN WE DO A VIDEO OR WE DO A SOCIAL MEDIA POST OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS PART OF OUR MARKETING PLAN, EXCUSE ME, UM, WE WILL ALWAYS POINT EVERYONE BACK TO THAT WEBSITE.

SO THAT WAY WE REALLY ALWAYS JUST HAVE ONE MAJOR SOURCE OF INFORMATION WHILE AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE HELPING TO GIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON OUR OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, OUR OTHER FORMS OF MARKETING.

SO BREAK IT DOWN TO ME JUST A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER.

YEP.

ARE YOU GONNA HAVE MULTIPLE FLYERS FOR DIFFERENT EVENT OR YOU GONNA HAVE ONE BIG GIANT FLYER TO KEEP IT SIMPLE? SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL FLYERS FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS.

OKAY.

BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S TOO MUCH INFORMATION FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL EVENT TO HAVE A MAJOR FLYER, JUST, IT WOULD JUST, IT WOULD CLOG THINGS UP TOO MUCH.

MM-HMM.

.

AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE DOING IS HAVING EVENTS THAT'LL BE BUILT OUT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL EVENT AS WELL.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE FREEDOM WALK AND THE FAMILY REUNION.

SO WE WANT BE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO KNOW, OKAY, FREEDOM WALK STARTS HERE.

IT'S GONNA BE AT THE, AT COMMUNITY PARK, IT'S GONNA START AT 9:00 AM WE'RE GONNA START FROM THIS POINT, GO TO THIS POINT.

HERE'S A MAP TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE THAT START GOES, WHERE WE'LL END ALSO WHERE YOU CAN PARK YOUR CARS, HOW TO DRIVE INTO THE PARK.

SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT KIND OF DETAIL, BUT VERY, BE VERY SPECIFIC, UM, TO EACH INDIVIDUAL EVENT.

WELL, IT'S AT THE SAME TIME.

THE WEBSITE HAS ONE PAGE FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BUT THEN HAS ALL THOSE INDIVIDUAL FLYERS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL EVENT AS WELL.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHTY.

CAN I ADD TO THAT? IS IT OKAY? YEAH, OF COURSE.

UM, I LOVE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, GROWTH IS WHAT WE REPRESENT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT, OKAY, THESE WERE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD.

MAYBE DIFFERENT THINGS CIRCULATED OR WE ALLOWED SOMETHING TO COME UP THAT MAYBE WASN'T, UM, GENUINE.

AND TO PREVENT THAT, LIKE DONNY SAID, WE HAVE ONE SOURCE AND WE LOVE THE FACT THAT COMMUNICATIONS IS INVOLVED IN THAT.

EVERY FLYER THAT WE ALL HAVE, IT'S THE SAME FLYER, IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY COMMUNICATIONS, IT'S GONE THROUGH THE CITY.

OR, UM, OUR, UM, UM, CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, DON'T KILL ME, I'M SORRY.

ANGEL.

.

UM, SO THEY'VE APPROVED THAT.

SO WE'RE ALL USING THE SAME SOURCE OF INFORMATION.

AND THEN THAT INFORMATION IS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

AND SO WHEN WE SEND OUT ANYTHING IN SOCIAL MEDIA, WE'RE ALL USING THE SAME INFORMATION AND WE CAN TAG THAT SAME LINK.

SO WE'RE ALL ON ONE ACCORD.

AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF, OF THE GROWTH AND THE UNITY OF US WORKING TOGETHER THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT.

GOOD.

THANK YOU.

AND THAT, THAT JUST SOLIDIFIES THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MADE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN RAM BONNEY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS, UH, DONNIE, UH, AND GOOD TO SEE YOU.

UH, I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES IN A COUPLE OF AREAS, UM, AND I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WERE AGREEING TO HERE.

OKAY.

UH, ON THE WINE TASTING KICKOFF, IT SAYS TICKET SALES FOR THE

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THE PIANO LESSON? YES.

AT THE, THE PIANO LESSON, WHICH IS, UM, AN EVENT IN HOUSTON.

AND SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT EVENT.

UM, ONE WAY IS THEY CAN GO WITH OUR SENIOR PROGRAM THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, THAT WILL BE PROVIDED.

THEY'LL HAVE A BUS RIDE THAT WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THEM, AND SO THEY CAN PURCHASE TICKETS THROUGH THAT, WHICH WILL BE MANAGED BY PARKS AND RECREATION.

NOW, FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT DO NOT NEED THE BUS AND WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION, MAYBE THEY WANT GO TO DINNER OR LUNCH BEFORE OR AFTER THE EVENT, UM, THEY CAN PURCHASE TICKETS FROM EDISON ARTS ON THEIR OWN.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S, ALTHOUGH IT'S ONE EVENT HAS TWO DIFFERENT WAYS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO THAT.

SO ON THE KICKOFF, WE ARE PROVIDING A TABLE WHERE FOLKS CAN COME UP AND BE ABLE TO LOOK AT BOTH OPTIONS AND BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THEIR TICKETS AT THE KICKOFF.

SO IT'S NOT A COMMITMENT FOR US TO PURCHASE TICKETS.

'CAUSE I, I, NO, THE REASON I SAY IT SAYS 20 TICKETS UNDER THE THEATER PIANO LESSON, 20 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE'RE, SO THOSE 20 TICKETS ARE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SELL, AND SO THAT ON AVERAGE WHEN WE DO THIS EVENT TYPE OF EVENT, BUT THESE ARE CITY TICKETS, THEY'RE NOT.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

'CAUSE I, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS STATING THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE PROVIDING ANY, UH, IT WOULD BE IN KIND CONTRIBUTION, BUT THEN I SAW A TICKET SALES, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE COMMITTING TO PURCHASE CER CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TICKETS OR COMING OUT WITH A FINANCIAL OBLIGATION.

RIGHT.

AND SO THIS IS, THIS IS AN EVENT THAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE MONTH FOR OUR SENIOR PROGRAM.