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TODAY IS MONDAY,[1. CALL TO ORDER]
FEBRUARY 5TH.WE'LL NOT CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:30 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO, A ROLL CALL.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL, SO, AND NUMBER THREE ARE OUR PLEDGE.
MARCUS, SINCE YOU TALKED A LOT, COME UP HERE AND SAY THAT OUR PLEDGE
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
NUMBER FOUR, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS? YES, MR. MAYOR? WE DO.
I THOUGHT I WAS UNDER SEVEN A.
SO YOU COULD WAIT TILL SEVEN A.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, OUR CONSENT AGENDA SIX, ISN'T IT SIX FIVE.
[(a) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of Consent Agenda items and ...]
ITEM FIVE.I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, JUST WANNA PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THOSE ITEMS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
UH, ITEM B BEING, UM, ONE TO ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
UM, AS A SIDE NOTE, WE CONTINUE TO SEE FAVORABLE INTEREST RATES.
ITEM C IS TO AUTHORIZE A PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $581,000 TO TC HOUSTON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PART EIGHT 90 ECONOMIC INCENTIVE AGREEMENT.
THIS IS THE LAST PAYMENT FOR THIS INCENTIVE.
ITEM D IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR RATE STUDY AND UTILITY FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $90,400 FOR THE MUSTANG BIO SERVICE AREA.
ITEM E IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 74, PARKS AND RECREATION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE AMENDING REGULATIONS GRANTING RECOGNIZED SPORTS ASSOCIATION DESIGNATION.
THIS ITEM WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AT THE LAST MEETING.
ITEM F SECOND AND FINAL READING, AMENDING CHAPTER TWO OF THE CONTRACT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR SEPARATIONS WITHOUT MONETARY VALUE.
THIS ITEM ALSO WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AT THE LAST MEETING.
ITEM G IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ZONE APPROXIMATELY 1056 ACRES OF LAND IN SM TWO TO PERMANENT ZONING.
ALRIGHT, UH, ONE MORE, ONE MORE THING.
UM, I WANT, I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE.
IN RECOGNIZING JOE'S ABRAHAM, HE RETURNS TO US AS THE PLANNING MANAGER
HE STARTED WITH MISSOURI CITY AS A PLANNER ONE, AND NOW HE'S RETURNED HOME.
SO GREAT TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD AND I'M SURE JENNIFER IS SMILING ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR THAT.
AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ADDED FIVE NEW OFFICERS TO ITS RIGHTS.
THEY BEGAN ON JANUARY THE 29TH.
AND, UM, JUST FOR THE RECORD, MCPD HAS 110 SWORN OFFICERS EARLY IN 2023, THEY EXPERIENCED A HIGH OF 31 VACANT POSITIONS.
NOW, SINCE EACH OF YOU APPROVED COMPETITIVE WAGES, THEY ARE DOWN TO 15 VACANCIES OR A VACANCY RATE OF 15%.
ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, CONGRATULATIONS TO KELLY AND HIS TEAM AT THE GOLF COURSE FOR BEING NAMED AMONG THE TOP 25 GOLF COURSES IN
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TEXAS.THIS IS A RANKING TO BE APPRECIATED AND WE WANNA THANK YOU.
AND LASTLY, UH, WE HAVE A MISSOURI CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT PREVENTION DIVISION WAS GRANTED THE DESIGNATION OF MASTERPIECE OFFICER IN LIEUTENANT ROBERT WILLIAMS. SO WE ARE DOING MAJOR THINGS AND CONTINUING TO SET THE STANDARD, SO THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, WE SHOULD JUST GO HOME NOW.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
UH, ITEM SIX, OUR CONSENT AGENDA.DOES ANYONE WANT TO WISH TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? IF NOT, IF YOU'RE ALL IN FAVOR, UH, MOTION.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PROTON KLAUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, SEEING NO ONE ELSE WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTION.
[(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a request by Monic...]
A IS AN ORDINANCE TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A REQUEST BY MONICA AU POINDEXTER, CHESTERFIELD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, OR A PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ON AN APPROXIMATE 0.34 ACRE AT TRACT LAND TO ALLOW FOR THE LOCATION OF OFFICE WAREHOUSES AND LC TWO LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT USES.AND TO THE EXTENT SUCH ZONING DEVIATES FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR AN AMENDMENT THERE FROM.
I'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR ITEM SEVEN A ONE CITY SECRETARY.
DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? UH, MR. MAYOR, THE APPLICANT HAS, UM, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR, FOR TO SPEAK NOW OR DURING THE ACTION ITEM? YOU CAN SPEAK NOW.
MS. POINDEXTER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
HI, I AM MONICA FONTANO POINDEXTER, UM, 3 1 5 ADDICTS, HOWELL, HOUSTON, TEXAS.
I AM HERE TO REPRESENT THE OWNER, UH, SIR JOHN JOSEPH, WHO IS HERE.
HE OWNS OTHER PROPERTY ON THE SAME STREET IN ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY THAT WE ARE REQUESTING A ZONE CHANGE FOR ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, THERE ARE TWO, IT'S ACTUALLY ON ROTHWELL.
THERE ARE TWO LOTS SIDE BY SIDE.
IT'S ZONED AS LC TWO, WHICH ALLOWS FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE EXPANDING THAT REQUESTING FOR A PD, UH, A PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO ADD WAREHOUSE USE CAPABILITY.
AND SO FOR THAT, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
AND SO WITH THIS PROPERTY, HE'S GOING TO PUT ONE RESERVE, ONE BUILDING, ONE UNIT ON THIS SPACE, AND HE WOULD LIKE YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION.
SO ACROSS THE STREET, IT'S VACANT.
THERE'S HIGH BRUSH, UH, THERE'S ALSO A CHURCH KIND OF CAT CORNER, UH, TO THE PROPERTY.
THERE ARE OTHER USES ON THE PROPERTY, UH, ON THAT STREET, UH, PARTIALLY RESIDENTIAL.
AND THERE'S ALSO A WATER TOWER AT THE END OF THE STREET.
IT'S ABOUT 800, UH, FEET IN LENGTH.
IT'S JUST OFF OF, UH, FIFTH, UH, STREET AS WELL.
SO HE WOULD LIKE YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION SO THAT HE CAN HAVE, UM, WAREHOUSE SPACE TO STORE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO USE FOR SHIPPING.
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A HIGH, HIGH VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ON THE STREET.
HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE FOR DETENTION AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED, UH, IN THE AREA.
BUT BOTTOM LINE IS HE'S GONNA DEVELOP IT.
HE'S GOING TO PUT LIGHTS UP AROUND IT SO THAT THE NEIGHBORS FEEL SAFE.
HE'LL HAVE ENOUGH OF A BUFFER ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
SO IN ORDER TO BUILD, HE HAS TO DO A ZONE CHANGE, WHETHER HE'S GOING TO DO IT FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES OR FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES BASED ON THE WAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN AT THIS TIME.
SO, AGAIN, I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
AND WE'D LIKE YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION FOR THIS REQUEST.
IT WAS APPROVED, UH, AT THE PNZ MEETING, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE TWO READINGS AND WE'RE HOPING, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, MEET WHAT YOUR VISION IS FOR THIS PROPERTY SO THAT YOU, WE CAN BE GREAT CITIZENS.
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THANK YOU.UH, CITY SECRETARY, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, MR. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL NOT CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
SEVEN A TWO.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF 0.34 ACRES OF LAND FROM LC TWO LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO PD PLAN TO DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE 20 DESCRIBING SAID 0.34 ACRES OF LAND REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PD.
PLEDGE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY IA EDWARDS, OUR PLANNER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, WELL, YOU HEARD THE APPLICANT, UH, THIS EVENING, SO I WON'T REPEAT, UM, EVERYTHING THAT SHE SAID.
UM, TONIGHT YOU ARE HEARING THE PROPOSAL TO ZONE TWO PROPERTIES TO, UM, A PD TO ALLOW FOR AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE USE AND LC.
UM, CURRENTLY, UH, LC TWO DOES PERMIT OFFICE, OFFICE USE, HOWEVER, NOT WAREHOUSE.
THE WAREHOUSE WILL ASSIST THE OWNER, UM, WITH THE, THEIR ONLINE BUSINESS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.
UM, AND THAT WILL ALLOW THE STORAGE FOR THE MERCHANDISE AS WELL AS OFFICE.
UM, CURRENTLY THE, THE PROPOSAL IS NOT IN COM, I'M SORRY, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF 2017.
AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES, UM, IDENTIFY THE PROPERTY AS A SUBURBAN CHARACTER, RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER DISTRICT.
UH, PLANNING AND ZONING PROVIDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, UM, CONSIDERING THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE IMPROVEMENT TO THE OVERALL AREA.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE SOME, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE IN LINE TO SPEAK.
I'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
UM, SO BASICALLY, UH, UM, THE FIRST TIME IT CAME BEFORE PNZ, IT WAS A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION, UH, NOT ONLY FROM STAFF, BUT FROM, UH, THE, THE PNZ AND THEN THE, THE APPLICANT CAME BACK.
WHAT WERE, IF YOU COULD JUST SHARE WHAT THE ORIGINAL REASONS WERE FOR THE NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION AND WHAT CHANGES WERE MADE FROM THEN TO THE SECOND, UH, APPEARANCE BEFORE PNZ THAT, UH, ALLOWED PNZ, I GUESS TO CONSIDER IT, FOR A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FOR STAFF.
UH, THE CONCERN WAS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, THE WAY THAT THE CONDITIONS OF THE STREET, THE ROADWAY NOW WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THEY JUST NEEDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION AT THE TIME, UH, TO MAKE A, UH, A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION.
SO THEY, UM, THE APPLICANT WANTED TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, SITE PLAN, UM, TO ASSIST WITH THEIR DECISION.
YEAH, SO, SO, UH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE MEETING AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE COMMENTS IN, IN STAFF'S MEMO.
AND IT MENTIONED THAT PNZ, UM, MADE IT, UH, UH, GAVE A, A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, BUT ALSO INDICATED THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AS WELL.
UH, I DIDN'T SEE ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK AS FAR AS THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE SENT THE, UH, THE NOTIFICATION THAT THIS WAS BEING PROPOSED.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE ANY TRAFFIC CHALLENGES, IS THIS GONNA HAVE ANY ISSUES OR IMPACT ON, I DROVE BY, UH, THIS PAST WEEK, UH, TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROPERTY? MM-HMM.
I MEAN, THAT AREA DEFINITELY NEEDS SOME IMPROVEMENT, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND SO I DO KNOW THAT THIS IS A DEVIATION FROM THE SITE, I MEAN THE MASTER PLAN, UH, BUT IT ALSO, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED IN THAT AREA TO IMPROVE IT SIGNIFICANTLY, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT ON THAT STREET WE SHARED WITH FORT BEND COUNTY AND ALSO STAFFORD AND SOME OF THOSE AREAS HAVE DILAPIDATED AND NOT, UH, IMPROVED.
SO ANYTHING OVER THERE, NOT TO JUST SAY WE WANNA PUT ANYTHING THERE, BUT I DON'T SEE THIS AS A NEGATIVE, UH, ADDITION TO THE FIFTH STREET CORRIDOR.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
UM, IMA, IF YOU DON'T MIND, COULD YOU PLEASE PUT THE PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN? YES, YES, YES.
AND IF WE COULD GO TO, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE, WELL, IT'S SLIDE 44 FOR ME.
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WHERE DO YOU GO? ONE SECOND.AND, AND I GUESS WHILE, WHILE WE WAIT TO GET THE SLIDE, I CAN START, START WITH SOME OF MY QUESTIONS.
UM, INSIDE OF STAFF'S, UH, NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT, UH, STAFF SENT OVER, UM, IT ALSO STATED THAT THEY HAD CONCERNS WITH, UM, A CHANGE IN THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY SITTING IN BETWEEN TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
IS THAT STILL A CONCERN OF STAFF? UM, IT'S MORE OF THE, THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT AND KNOWING THAT, UM, THE ZONING WILL REMAIN WITH THE SITE.
AND IF AT ANY TIME THE, UM, THE OWNER OUTGROWTHS THE OFFICE SPACE THAT IT WILL STILL ALLOW WAREHOUSE USES AND THE TYPE OF TRAFFIC OR WHAT WILL GO INTO THAT WAREHOUSE.
IS, IS THE CONCERN BEING NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL IN THE ROADWAY? I GUESS FOR ME, THIS ONE WAS KIND OF TRICKY BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE IT WAS ZONED LC TWO IN 1995.
AND YOU KNOW, AS THE APPLICANT HAS STATED, THEY NOW, AS IT STANDS NOW, CAN PLACE SOMETHING THERE THAT WOULD BE COMMERCIAL.
BUT IT JUST STRIKES ME AS ODD THAT WE WOULD PUT A WAREHOUSE RIGHT IN BETWEEN TWO HOMES.
THAT I OVERLOOK THAT, I THOUGHT I READ THAT MAYBE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP THAT THAT WAS WHY THEY WERE FOR, UH, I DON'T RECALL.
YEAH, I, I JUST COULDN'T FIND WHERE THEY WERE IN SUPPORT OF IT.
SO I TOOK IT TO MEAN THAT PLANNING AND ZONING TOOK THE STANCE THAT SINCE NO ONE WAS PRESENT, THAT MAYBE THEY WERE IN ACCEPTANCE OF, OF THIS TYPE OF DEAL.
UM, MY SECOND CONCERN WITH THIS IS, ARE THERE ANY FUTURE PLANS TO IMPROVE OR WIDEN THE STREET? NO, THAT I WOULD LEAVE THAT TO PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, THE QUESTION WAS, ANY PLANS TO WIDEN THE STREET? NO, NOT ON FIFTH STREET.
ROCKWELL STREET IS A SMALL RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH OPEN DITCH.
AND BASED ON, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF LAND STILL LEFT OF IT, DO YOU, DO YOU FORESEE THAT ONE DAY THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONNECTIVITY GOING OUT THE OTHER DIRECTION PAST THE WATER TOWERS? OR WILL THIS ALWAYS JUST BE ONE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, NARROW STREET AS IT CURRENTLY? I THINK THERE ARE SOME CONSTRAINTS.
THERE IS SOME DRAINAGE CHANNELS THERE.
SO IT'LL BE A CHALLENGE TO ESTABLISH A CONNECTIVITY SOUTH ON ROCKWELL.
SO I THINK THE MAJOR ACCESS WILL STILL REMAIN FIFTH STREET AND ROCKVILLE IS A STREET THAT FEEDS INTO SOME RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
UM, ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU, SHASHI, PLEASE.
UM, DO YOU FORESEE ANY DRAINAGE, UM, ISSUES WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY? YES.
HOW WILL HE DRAIN IT? UH, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE EXPERIENCING HERE IS, UH, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE REGIONAL DETENTION CAPACITY.
I THINK THE APPLICANT MENTIONED THEY'RE GONNA PUT ONSITE DETENTION, SO THEY'RE GONNA HOLD THAT EXCESS WATER THEY'RE GONNA GENERATE AND RELEASE IT AT PREEXISTING CONDITION.
SO YES, THERE ARE GONNA BE DRAINER CHALLENGES, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE, THEY'RE PROPOSING ONSITE DETENTION TO MITIGATE THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S MY FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHASHI AND I, MY FINAL QUESTION, WE WILL GO BACK OVER TO, UM, THE PLANNING.
UM, IN TERMS OF THIS BEING A PIECE OF LAND THAT WAS ZONED BACK IN 1995, I, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE WAS THERE FIRST.
WERE THE HOMES THERE FIRST? I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED, BUT I, IT JUST, IT'S NOT MAKING SENSE TO ME.
WE ALSO NEED SOME CODE ENFORCEMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET AS WELL, BUT I, I'M JUST NOT, IT'S NOT SITTING WELL WITH ME ON A WAREHOUSE RIGHT NOW, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS.
I BELIEVE THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION WAS ADDED TO ALLOW FOR, UM, A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT IS THERE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS LC TWO, AND THEN IT WAS, UH, ZONED AS RESIDENTIAL TO ALLOW THAT HOUSING, THE CONCEPT SITE PLANS, THE CONCEPTUAL PLANS.
IF YOU'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ONE MORE.
I MEAN, IT LOOKS GREAT, BUT THE PART THAT YOU DON'T
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REALLY GET TO SEE INSIDE OF THIS IS THAT THERE ARE TWO HOMES LEFT AND RIGHT OF THIS.SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT OUR CITY TO, TO LOOK LIKE, OR I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT WOULD EVEN START A PRECEDENT IN THE CITY.
WILL HE BE REQUIRED TO PUT THIS, UH, SOUND WALL AROUND THE PROPERTY AS WELL? YES.
THE MASONRY WALL WILL GO ON THE SIDE THAT ABUTS RESIDENTIAL.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER MARLIS.
AND THAT STREET REALLY NEEDS AN IDENTITY.
IT'S GOT RESIDENTIAL, IT'S GOT LC TWO.
I SAW KIDS RIDING AND I ENVISIONED A WAREHOUSE THERE.
UM, AND WHATEVER WE DO TODAY CAN MEAN LC TWO WILL COME.
AND HOW WOULD THOSE KIDS PLAY? I DO FIND IT ODD.
LIKE I ENVISION HAVING MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I HAVE A HOUSE AND THEN A BIG WAREHOUSE NEXT TO ME.
ONE'S THAT'S 940 SQUARE FOOT, THE OTHER ONE'S 988 SQUARE FOOT.
THIS THING WOULD TOWER OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE BUILDINGS.
SO IN MY OPINION, I THINK WE AS A CITY NEED TO HELP DEVELOP THIS STREET.
MAYBE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR CAN PUT TOGETHER SOME PLANS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PUT AN IDENTITY OF THE STREET TOGETHER.
UM, I THINK IT MIGHT BE IN CDBG, I'M NOT SURE.
I BELIEVE IT'S IN A TUR SO THAT WE MAY HAVE SOME TOOLS TO HELP BUILD THIS STREET TO BE SAFE AND TO BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, NOT SOME ABSTRACT WAREHOUSE HOME STUFF.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RIDING.
UM, I'VE GOT SEVERAL QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
UM, YOA ON THE SLIDE BEFORE THIS ONE WHERE IT KIND OF LAYS OUT THE LANDSCAPE.
IT SAYS ON HERE, EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
IT DOESN'T STATE THAT IT'S MASONRY OR, OR WHATNOT.
IT WILL BE MASONRY, UH, MINIMUM EIGHT FOOT, MINIMUM EIGHT FEET MASONRY WALL.
SO A EIGHT FOOT MASONRY FENCE WILL GO AROUND THE, UM, REAR AND BASICALLY BOTH SIDES, WHICH MEANS IT BLOCKS, NOT ONLY DOES THIS BUILDING TOWER OVER THE TWO HOMES, UH, SITTING ON THE SIDE OF IT, BUT THEN THERE'S A, A HUGE FENCE THAT BLOCKS THEIR VIEW DOWN THE STREET.
SO IF THEIR KIDS ARE OUT THERE, I'M OVER THERE ALL THE TIME THERE.
THESE, THESE KIDS ARE IN THAT STREET CONSTANTLY.
TWO, IT HINDERS, UM, FAMILIES BEING ABLE TO SEE THEIR KIDS RIDING THEIR BICYCLES DOWN THAT STREET.
I'M NOT, I'M, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A, UM, COMMERCIAL BUILDING SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO HOMES WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF CHILDREN, UM, IN THOSE, BOTH THOSE HOMES RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND I SEE POTENTIAL PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES THERE.
UM, AND THEN THE ROAD IS NOT THAT WIDE.
UM, AND SO THERE'S, AND THEN OF COURSE THE OTHER SIDE IS FULL OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF BRUSH AND OVERGROWN NESS.
UM, AND SO HAS HAVE, I KNOW PUBLIC WORKS SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FORESIGHT OF DEVELOPING THIS STREET.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC IS GONNA BE COMING IN ON THAT PARTICULAR STREET.
AND THEY SAID THAT THIS IS A WAREHOUSE FOR STORAGE FOR I GUESS THEIR SUPPLIES.
WHAT TYPE OF SUPPLIES AND WHAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC DOES THIS MEAN? 18 WHEELERS.
DOES THIS MEAN LARGE SIZE U-HAUL? IS THIS TRAILERS COMING IN THERE? AND IF SO, BIG TRUCKS, UM, HOW ARE THEY GONNA TURN AROUND? MM-HMM.
THAT'LL PROBABLY BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
YOU WANT, ARE THEY HERE? MM-HMM.
CAN Y'ALL COME TO THE PODIUM? HELLO? CAN YOU TELL US YOUR NAME AND MY NAME IS SERGEANT JOSEPH.
AND THIS GONNA BE A SMALL WAREHOUSE.
UM, BASICALLY USING IT FOR CLOTHING, UM, ONLINE, E-COMMERCE.
THERE'S NO BIG TRUCK ALL COMING TO THAT SITE.
SO THERE'S NO TRUCKS THAT'LL BE DRIVING ON THE STREET? NO.
AND FOR THOSE THAT'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH E-COMMERCE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AS FAR AS, ARE YOU GONNA HAVE DELIVERY TRUCKS? WE'LL DELIVER TO THE POST OFFICE OR FEDEX EXPRESS? WE TAKE, END OF THE DAY, WE TAKE OUR PRODUCTS TO THE, UH, FEDEX EXPRESS.
MY QUESTION IS THE, THE TRANSPORTATION ASPECT IS THIS, THESE TRUCKS, ARE THESE TRAILER TYPE VEHICLES WHEN YOU'RE BRINGING THE SUPPLIES IN TO STORE AT YOUR WAREHOUSE?
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SMALL MINI MINIVAN, BECAUSE BOTH HOUSES ARE THERE BETWEEN, ON THE SIDE, THEY'RE USING AS A MECHANIC PLACE.THEY'RE NOT JUST HOUSE ITSELF.
THEY BOTH HOUSES ARE MECHANIC PLACES.
YOU SEE LIKE A 10, 15 CARS SITTING ON BOTH SIDES, ALL THE HOUSES.
AND MY, IT'S ONLY THREE HOUSES THERE.
MY OTHER QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY FLAMMABLES THAT YOU'LL BE, UM, ANYTHING THAT'S FLAMMABLE THAT, UM, YOU'LL BE STORED? NO, JUST CLOTHING.
AND THEN WHAT ARE YOUR HOURS OF OPERATIONS FOR THAT PARTICULAR CONSIDERED FACILITY? THIS IS A PROJECT FOR MY DAUGHTER AND MYSELF, JUST A FAMILY BUSINESS.
SO WE JUST BASICALLY GO FOR A FEW HOURS, JUST PACK OUR CLOTHES, WHATEVER THE ORDER, WE LOOK AT THE ONLINE ORDER, JUST GO THERE AND PIKE IT AND, AND TO SHIP IT TO THE WAREHOUSE.
END OF THE DAY, JUST MAYBE THREE, FOUR HOURS WORK.
SO BASICALLY WE JUST NEED A STORAGE PLACE TO KEEP THE CLOTHES.
IT, THE MATERIAL COMES MAYBE ONCE IN SIX MONTHS OR THREE MONTHS.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE STAFF THAT'LL BE THERE ON A DAILY BASIS? NO, WE JUST, MYSELF, MY WIFE AND MY DAUGHTER, THAT'S IT.
SO NO, AFTER, NO, THERE'S NO PICKUP OR NO DELIVERY.
JUST WE ARE DOING THE DELIVERY TO THE POST OFFICE OR THE
UM, FOR, FOR HIM, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHY, OR I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T READ THE NOTES FROM PNZ ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UM, I READ OVER ALL THIS, BUT WHAT, WHAT WAS THEIR REASONING OF WHY THIS WAS FAVORABLE? IT GAVE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO PUT A COMMERCIAL, LARGE BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO HOMES DUE TO THE CONDITION OF THE AREA.
UM, THEY WERE CONSIDERING THE IMPROVEMENT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BRING, UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, HOW EVERYTHING LOOKS, YOU KNOW, BRING, UM, DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL COMPLIMENT OR HELP BRING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD CURRENTLY.
SO THEY WERE LOOKING MORE ON THAT ASPECT AND THAT THERE IS NO CURRENT DEVELOPMENT COMING THERE NOW THROUGH THAT AREA NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL START THAT PROCESS.
SO DO YOU, IS THERE ANYTHING ON RECORD THAT SHOWS THAT THESE HOMES, UH, THE RESIDENTS ON THAT STREET WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS PROJECT? WE CAN PROVIDE THAT, YES.
IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN SEE NOW? 'CAUSE I HAVE TO POTENTIALLY VOTE TONIGHT.
LEMME SEE IF IT WAS IN THE PACKET, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE PACKET ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY.
YOU GOT NO RESPONSES BACK FROM THE RESIDENTS? NOT FROM WHAT I, WAS IT SENT OUT IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH? UM, ENGLISH OR NO? HUH? ENGLISH I DO KNOW.
UM, BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS OVER THERE ARE OF THE LATINO DESCENT AND THEY MAY NOT SPEAK ENGLISH.
SO THAT'S ALSO A CONCERN IF THEY WERE NOTIFIED IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE.
UM, AND I'M, I'M, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
IT'S NOT, I I LOVE DEVELOPMENT.
YES, WE WANT ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT WE WANT IT IN THE RIGHT PLACES, UM, FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND I SEE A LOT OF, UM, CONCERNS WITH THIS.
AND I SEE A LOT OF POTENTIAL, UH, NEGATIVE, UM, UM, KICKBACK FOR US PUTTING THIS BIG GIANT COMMERCIAL.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS 10 YEARS FROM NOW, IF THAT OWNER DECIDES TO SELL THAT LAND, SELL THAT PROPERTY, AND SOMEBODY WANTS TO TURN INTO A MECHANIC SHOP, AN OFFICIAL ONE OR A LUMBER CUTTING BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, AND PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT DIFFERENT THAN JUST EVERYDAY CLOTHES AND SHIPPING AND THINGS LIKE.
SO I SEE THE LONG-TERM NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THIS.
AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT FAVORABLE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UM, JIM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
NOT THAT PICTURE THE LAND RIGHT THERE.
SO ACROSS FROM THIS, WHAT IS THAT AREA? UM, ZONE FOUR ACROSS IS ZONED FOR LC THREE.
AND THIS IS THE STREET THAT, AND AT THE WATER TOWER, RIGHT? YES.
SO THAT BASICALLY I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE ALSO OVER THERE.
AND I'VE NOTICED THAT THE, IT LOOKS LIKE A HOUSE ON THE, ON THIS SIDE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT, THE RIGHT SIDE OF AFTER 1927.
ALL THEY DO IS THEY'RE BRINGING PEOPLE, BRINGING CARS AND, AND BRINGING OVER.
AND WHAT THIS PICTURE ALSO DOESN'T REALLY SHOW IS THAT AREA, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE WAY FROM PACKER LANE,
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UH, DOWN ON FIFTH STREET, PEOPLE ARE SELLING THESE HOMES AND START BUILDING THESE WAREHOUSES ALL THROUGHOUT THAT AREA.SO I SEE THAT IT'S COMING THROUGH.
THAT WHOLE AREA IS BECOMING, UH, NOT ON THE STAFFORD SIDE.
SOME OF IT ON THE STAFFORD SIDE, BUT SOME OF IT ON THE, ON THE MISSOURI CITY SIDE ALSO, THAT'S COMING BACK AND FORTH.
I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT IS BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE THESE TYPE OF, UH, BECAUSE ON, ON FIFTH STREET, EVERYTHING FACING FIFTH STREET AND ROTHWELL STREETS, THERE ARE POTENTIAL BUYERS LOOKING TO BUY IT AND TO TURN IT INTO LC.
IF IT'S UNDER LC THREE, THEY WANT A COMMERCIAL THERE ANYWAY.
SO YOU PRETTY MUCH, THE BIG, THE MAJOR TRAFFIC THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON THIS STREET IS IF ANYONE THAT'S GOING TO THAT WATER TANK AND CARS THAT ARE COMING IN, IN AND OUT FOR THAT MECHANIC SHOP.
AND THEN YOU SEE IT, IF YOU GO OUT THERE DURING THE EVENING TIME AND NIGHTTIME, THERE'S MORE CARS IN THERE THAN A TYPICAL WORKSHOP THAT YOU HAVE.
THE ONLY THING I'VE SEEN, TO ME IT LOOKED LIKE A RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL IS THAT VERY FIRST HOUSE FACING FIFTH STREET OR FACING ROTHWELL STREET ON THAT CORNER? UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THE SUBJECT SITE, WHICH THE LEFT SIDE OF 1923 AS IT'S WRITTEN UP THERE, UM, THAT ALSO HAS PEOPLE RANDOMLY COMING IN AND OUT.
SO THIS AREA IS BEING, MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO HOMES THAT ARE THERE, BUT EVEN TO THE, UM, SOUTH OR, OR TOWARDS CARTRIGHT OF THAT TOWER, THERE'S PEOPLE LOOKING AT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THERE AS WELL.
SO, AND ONE OF MY QUESTION IS, SO WHEN, WHEN YOU SEND THIS OUT, DO WE HAVE A POLICY THAT WE SEND IT OUT IN SPANISH IN VIETNAMESE AND INDIAN AND CHINESE AND ALL OF THAT? NO, WE DO NOT.
SO WHAT LANGUAGE DO WE SEND OUT? THE NOTICES? STATE LAW DOESN'T HAVE A, A LANGUAGE SPECIFICATION, BUT WE DO SEND OUT THE NOTICES IN ENGLISH.
SO CAN WE CHANGE THAT POLICY IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO EXPEND THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO TRANSLATE THOSE TYPES OF NOTICES? CERTAINLY.
SO, BUT TODAY, AS IS EXISTS THE STATE LAW, WHICH MEANS WE SEND THEM OUT IN ENGLISH TO ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WITHIN 200 UH, FEET.
THAT PROPERTY, SO THE 200 FEET OF THAT PROPERTY WERE NOTICES BEING SENT? YES.
SO WAS THERE ANY P DURING THE P AND Z MEETING? WAS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY PUBLIC THAT CAME THERE IN AGAINST THIS PROJECT? I DON'T RECALL.
I COULDN'T BE WRONG, BUT I DON'T RECALL NOW IF I'M WRONG.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT, BUT I DON DON'T RECALL A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION THERE.
WAS, WAS THERE ANY IN FAVOR OR, OR A NEGATIVE PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM IN FAVOR, JENNIFER, BECAUSE I JUST LEARNED THAT FROM CONSTABLE MERU SAID THAT THERE WAS ONE IN FAVOR.
I THINK I REMEMBER ONE SO THAT THERE WAS ONE IN FAVOR.
ANY WRITTEN, ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS OR SUPPORT WE WOULD INCLUDE IN THE PACKETS? UM, TWO PNC IF WE RECEIVE IT BEFORE THE PNC MEETING AND THEN IN THE COUNCIL PACKET.
UM, SO IF THERE'S NOTHING IN THE COUNCIL PACKET, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, UH, WRITTEN THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION.
AND I GUESS, UM, LASTLY, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, I, I WOULD ASSUME BECAUSE OF THE WATER TOWER WOULD BE FOR SHASHI.
THAT WATER TOWER OVER THERE, I KNOW THAT IT RECENTLY GOT PAINTED.
UH, AND SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL REMAIN THERE FOR LONG TERM? YES, SIR.
IT, UH, MY IDEA IS IT'LL REMAIN, IT'S NOT THE CITIES, IT'S THE QUAIL VALLEY UTILITY DISTRICT'S WATER TOWER.
BUT WE HAVE THE MISSOURI CITY SIGN ON IT.
UH, SOMETIMES THEY'RE NICE SIGN ENOUGH THAT THEY PUT PUT THE MISSOURI CITY LOGO.
UH, UM, SO THAT STREET THAT ENDS ON WHERE THAT WATER TOWER TODAY? YES, SIR.
AND, AND THE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE IS THE SAME.
UH, YOU KNOW, OUR TYPICAL STANDARD NOW IS A STREET WITH A CURB GUTTER, WHICH IS HAVING THE TRADITIONAL CURB.
THIS STREET DOES NOT HAVE THAT.
AS OF NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO REBUILD THAT ROAD OR CONVERT INTO A CURB GUTTER, WHICH WOULD BE THE STANDARD CITY STREET.
UM, SO IT WAS A, DURING THAT TIME FOR, WAS IT A UNANIMOUS VOTE ON THIS
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FROM P AND Z? YES.AND, AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER RAM BONY ASKED AS TO WHAT CHANGED.
I MEAN, WAS THERE ANYTHING CHANGED OR THEY JUST WANTED THE AREA TO UP? YES.
I YIELD BACK COUNCIL MEMBER RULES.
I'M IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS AREA NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED.
IT'S IN OUR, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I THINK JI SAID IT'S RESIDENTIAL, RIGHT? AS A RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
SO I WANNA KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP SHAPE THIS INTO A CORRIDOR LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, CITY MANAGER, IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO CREATE A DISTRICT HERE? RIGHT? IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO SPECIAL TO INCENTIVIZE THESE HOMES TO BECOME COMMERCIAL AND SHAPE THAT AS A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, NOT TO HAVE THIS MISMATCH.
THAT'S NOT WHO WE ARE IN MISSOURI CITY.
SO, UH, IF THIS WERE TO COME BACK SOME OTHER TIME WITH A BIGGER PLAN, I WOULD SAY, YEAH, LET'S DO IT.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST, JUST MESSY ON PAPER.
UM, MY ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS IF HE CHOSE TO MOVE ACROSS THE STREET WHERE IT IS LC THREE, HE STILL WOULD NEED A PD THOUGH.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER WANNI.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN LISTENING TO A LOT OF THE COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT KIND OF BRINGS ME BACK TO WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG, THAT WE NEED TO, SOONER THAN LATER, HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND OUR ZONING REVIEW AND REFORM, POTENTIAL REFORM, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND SO, UH, NOTHING WILL STOP, UH, THIS, THIS INDIVIDUAL LANDOWNER FROM PUTTING ANYTHING THERE THAT CURRENTLY FITS UNDER LC TWO.
SO IF THE DESIRE IS TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN, UH, COMMERCIAL, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
BECAUSE LC TWO IS THAT, UM, IF YOU COULD, JIMA, COULD YOU JUST SPEAK TO A FEW OF THE, UH, WELL, BEFORE I ASK THAT QUESTION, THEY'RE SEEKING TO GO FROM LC TWO TO PD, UH, WHICH IS JUST THEY WANTED TO KEEP LC TWO, BUT ADD WAREHOUSE USES.
WE CAN PUT PARAMETERS AROUND THE PD IF WE SO CHOOSE IN VOTING FOR THIS, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
SO WHATEVER WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WOULD PROTECT THAT AREA, PROTECT THOSE ALLEGED HOMEOWNERS IN THE AREA.
I HEARD THE, UM, THE APPLICANT STATE THAT THEY'RE BEING USED AS BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT TO BE TRUE OR NOT, BUT WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WE CAN PUT PARAMETERS IN, IN, IN OUR DECISION IF WE SO CHOSE TO PASS THIS, THAT WOULD PROTECT THAT AREA AND PUT CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE THE APPLICANT TO INCLUDE.
UH, SO MY QUESTION ON THE LC TWO, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE USES YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT OFFICE SPACE, BUT WHAT OTHER THINGS CAN THEY PUT THERE, UH, AS PART OF LC? TWO? OKAY.
JUST TO, UH, LIST OFF A FEW, ANYTHING THAT'S ALLOWING OTHER, UM, ZONINGS AS WELL AS CAR WASH, A BANK CANDY, COMMERCIAL, INDOOR RECREATIONAL, UH, COPYING PHOTOGRAPH, UH, GROCERY STORE, MEAT MARKET HEALTH AND PHYSICAL FITNESS CENTERS, UH, JEWELRY STORES, RESTAURANT, CAFETERIA, CAFE, RADIO, TELEVISION, ELECTRONIC SALES USE, SPORTS, SPORTING GOODS, UH, FURNITURE STORES, TAILOR CLOTHING, UM, VETERINARIAN AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SUP AND USES THAT ARE PERMITTED IN LC ONE AND LCO AND LC.
AND, AND I ONLY, UH, ASK THAT SHE SHARE THAT, UH, WITH US IN THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, THIS IS A, TO ME AND AS PRESENTED, A LOW TRAFFIC, A LOW USAGE, UH, WAREHOUSE, AND SOMETHING THAT SHE JUST INDICATED COULD BE PUT THERE WITHOUT COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.
AND SO I JUST THINK THIS IS THE BEST USE OF THAT AREA'S, UH, LAND.
UH, AND THIS IS A, UH, LOW RISK DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA AND SOMETHING THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE AN AREA THAT IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF, OF, UH, OF, OF IMPROVEMENT IN RENOVATION AND ADDITIONS LIKE THIS.
I DO D THOUGH AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES, UH, THAT WE NEED TO DEFINITELY LOOK AT OUR ZONING.
BUT TO ME THAT'S A MORE, UH, A BIGGER DISCUSSION, UH, ACROSS THE CITY, NOT JUST IN THE FIFTH STREET AREA, BUT I, I AM A PROPONENT OF, IF WE CAN CREATE SOME SORT OF A, A DISTRICT, UH, THAT COULD HELP IMPROVE THAT AREA AND FOCUS ON IT JUST LIKE WE DO TEXAS PARKWAY CARTRIGHT, UH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT I DON'T SEE THIS AS A MEANS TO HOLD UP SOMETHING THAT COULD, UH, THAT, THAT
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WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY OUR PNZ.UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD IMPROVE THIS, THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY JEMA.
WHAT IS THE, THE, THE LAND ZONED RIGHT NEXT TO THE 1923? UM, LC TWO.
SO GOING UP FROM, UM, FROM THE 1927 ON UP TO FIFTH STREET IS LC TWO, IT'S JUST A SMALL PORTION, UM, ON THE, LIKE THE SOUTH END, THAT'S RESIDENTIAL.
SO EVEN THE HOMES THAT SIT THERE, THEY'RE ZONED AS LC TWO.
THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES THAT ARE SITTING THERE.
UH, I DON'T THINK WE DON'T HAVE THAT UP THERE.
SO WHERE YOU HAVE 19 27 3, UNLESS IT'S LC THREE, THREE UHHUH.
AND THEN THERE'S A, UM, A VACANT LOT RIGHT NEXT TO THAT.
WHAT IS THAT? ZONED AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MY, OH, I'M SORRY.
AND THEN THE HOUSE NEXT TO THAT ONE, IS THAT ZONED LC OR IS THAT ZONE RESIDENTIAL TWO IS NOT YET, OH, SORRY.
IT'S LC THREE GOING TOWARDS FIFTH STREET BECAUSE IT BECOMES MORE INTENSE.
UM, WITH A RESIDENTIAL, ANY RESIDENTIAL USE THERE IS CONSIDERED NONCONFORMING.
SO THE ZONING HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE, YOU KNOW, THE EARLY NINETIES, UM, EIGHTIES.
BUT ANY RESIDENTIAL USE, ANY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE IS NONCONFORMING.
SO THE TWO, SO THEN IF THESE HOUSES ARE OPERATING AS BUSINESSES ARE WITHIN, ARE THEY WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS TO DO THAT? SO IF THEY'RE OPERATING AS BUSINESSES, SHOULD THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED A CO AND REGISTERED WITH THE CITY? YEAH, SO I WOULD, UH, VENTURE TO SAY THAT THEY MAY NOT BE OPERATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, CITY REQUIREMENTS.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT REVIEW PROCESS.
ANY KIND OF, ANY KIND OF, UM, CAR MECHANIC USE, ALL OF THAT REQUIRES LC THREE OR HIGHER.
UM, SO THAT ZONING MAY NOT BE ALIGNED WITH WHAT THAT USE IS AS DESCRIBED, BUT THESE TWO HOMES RIGHT HERE ARE ZONED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HOMES THERE.
RESIDENTIAL NONCONFORMING, MEANING THAT THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, AS LONG AS IT'S BEING USED FOR A RESIDENTIAL PURPOSE, WILL CONTINUE FOR A RESIDENTIAL PURPOSE.
THERE'S A PORTION GOING TOWARDS THE WATER TOWER SITE.
SO THAT IS A RESIDENTIAL USE IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
SO ANYTHING THAT'S NOT IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT THAT IS A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE OR A RESIDENTIAL USE, IF IT GOES THROUGH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OR, UH, DISREPAIR OR ABANDONMENT MM-HMM.
AND SO MY OTHER QUESTION IS, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN MENTIONED THAT THESE HOMES ARE OPERATING AS MECHANIC SHOPS OR ALLEGED MECHANIC SHOPS, HAVE, WE HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT GO AND ADDRESS THAT? IF, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE NOT ACTUAL RESIDENTIAL, I, WHEN I GO OVER THERE, IT'S, IT'S THEIR, THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR CHILDREN OUT THERE IN THE YARD.
KIDS ARE PLAYING, RIDING THEIR BICYCLES.
SO IT GIVES THE PERCEPTION THAT THIS IS SOMEONE'S HOME.
AND I CAN, I CAN TAKE CODE ENFORCEMENT MAKES FREQUENT VISITS.
I'M NOT SURE OF ANY ACTIVE, UM, CASES OR INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON, BUT THEY DO MAKE FREQUENT, UH, VISITS OUT THERE.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST POSE THIS TO CITY MANAGER IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
UM, AND IF, IF THIS IS AN AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN ZONING WHERE WE ZONE THIS AS A DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION TO UTILIZE THIS SPACE MORE PRODUCTIVELY, I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY IDENTIFY THAT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THAT.
I, I'M, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THINGS BEING IMPROVED.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN, WHETHER IT'S ONE HOME OR TWO HOMES OR 300 HOMES, THAT THIS PROJECT SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMEONE'S HOME AND THE CHILDREN ARE STILL A FACTOR AND THEY ARE STILL A CONCERN FOR ME.
AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD LOCATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UM, AND I KNOW SOMETHING COMMERCIAL CAN GO THERE, BUT THIS BUILDING, IS THERE ANY, ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO REDUCE THE, THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING? UH, BECAUSE TO MAKE IT FIT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN THAT THIS IS A VERY TALL BUILDING THAT SITS OVER TWO LITTLE BITTY, YOU KNOW, UM, OLDER HOMES.
SO ARE THERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT? YES.
AND PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION, THE LAND USE RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR THAT REASON.
SO YOUR ZONING DISTRICTS ARE SET UP BASED ON THE INTENSITY AND THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
SO TYPICALLY WHAT YOU SEE WITH WAREHOUSE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, YOUR SETBACKS, YOUR LANDSCAPING, YOUR SCREENING ARE ALL SET UP TO ACCOMMODATE THE TYPES
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OF STRUCTURES, BUILDINGS, UH, THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED THERE.SO THE, THE LAND USE RECOMMENDATION THAT WENT FORWARD WAS FOR THAT, UM, PURPOSE IN THAT IT'S TOO INTENSE, UH, FOR THAT STREET, THAT ROADWAY.
UM, HOWEVER, YOU DO NEED TO MODIFY THOSE SETBACKS IN ORDER IF YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW FOR A STRUCTURE OF THAT SIZE.
WHAT'S PRESENTED IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU WOULD BE TO APPLY THE, UM, LC TWO REGULATIONS.
SO LC TWO SETBACKS, UM, LC, UM, TWO DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND ALLOW FOR THAT.
LC TWO ALLOWS FOR A HEIGHT OF, UH, MAXIMUM TWO STORIES.
RECOGNIZING CONSTANT NUMBER, LES, IF, IF THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT, THEN WE KIND OF KICKSTART WHAT THIS CORRIDOR COULD LOOK LIKE.
SO WITHIN THE PD, JENNIFER, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO, UM, DO TO MAKE IT COURT KIND OF A STANDARD GOING FORWARD? SURE.
BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE, UM, BEFORE YOU IS, IS GENERAL LC TWO.
AND SO TO THE QUESTION THAT WAS PROPOSED THAT THE CHANGE FROM THE FIRST TO THE SECOND IS THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION INCLUDED TWO BUILDINGS ON TWO LOTS.
UM, AND TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THOSE TWO LOTS, THEY'VE CONSOLIDATED THAT DOWN INTO ONE.
UM, SO THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SPELLED OUT UNLESS YOU ADOPT A SITE PLAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND ADOPT SETBACKS THAT WILL FURTHER PROTECT THOSE PROPERTIES.
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN ADOPT, UM, WITH THIS PD ORDINANCE THAT PROVIDES THEM FLEXIBILITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS, BUT THEN PROTECTS, UM, THAT AREA AS WELL.
AND IT'S ALSO THE START OF POSSIBLY OTHER LC TWO PURPOSES COMING IN, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE NOT READY FOR THAT ROAD.
AND SO WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT TODAY, IF THIS IS PASSES, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THAT ROAD.
UM, MAYOR, I, I ALWAYS, ESPECIALLY FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES, THIS IS A TOUGH ONE FOR ME.
I WOULD VOTE NO TONIGHT, BUT YES, TOMORROW IF WE HAD A PLAN ON HOW WE COULD SHAPE THIS TO, FOR THIS GUY TO BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT TO MAKE EVERY ONE OF THOSE OTHER LOTS BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO IF WE CAN COME BACK WITH A PLAN, MAYBE HERMAN CAN PUT A PLAN TOGETHER FOR US AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND THIS GUY WILL BE THE, THE CHAMPION OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THOSE ARE MY LAST COMMENTS.
UM, SO ACROSS THE STREET FROM 1923 AND 1927, HERE IS LC THREE, RIGHT? YES.
SO THEY CAN HAVE A GAS STATION.
LC THREE, LC THREE ALLOWS FOR THAT.
SO IF SOMEONE COMES IN AND BUYS THAT, EVEN A CORNER OF THE LOT RIGHT THERE ACROSS THE STREET I'M TALKING ABOUT MM-HMM.
RIGHT? WELL, WELL, SO ACROSS THE STREET AT THE INTERSECTION IS THE CHURCH.
SO THAT THE CHURCH IS KIND OF UNDER KNOW IF YOU CAN MAKE OUT THOSE BLUE LINES.
BUT IF YOU FOLLOW SIR JENNIFER, I'M TALKING ABOUT ROTHWELL ACROSS THE STREET FROM 1923 AND 27.
SO ROTHWELL RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION IS ACCOUNTED FOR ON THE CHURCH.
I'M TALKING ABOUT INTERSECTION SEPARATE FROM THAT IS OC THREE, THE LIKELIHOOD OF A GAS STATION GOING NOT AT THE INTERSECTION FROM A, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR A DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT DIMINISHES NOT IMPOSSIBLE, BUT IT DIMINISHES.
I BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU IS NOT WHAT, WHAT IF TECHNICALLY THE LAND USE WOULD PERMIT A MESSAGE PERMIT, WHICH MEANS THIS CITY COUNCIL TODAY CANNOT DO NOTHING TO PROHIBIT SOMEONE FROM COMING THERE AND BUILDING A GAS STATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT ROAD FROM A LANDIS PERSPECTIVE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THIS WHOLE AREA IS REDEVELOPING ON ITS OWN AND WE ARE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ON COUNCIL WITHOUT KNOWING FACTS OF WHETHER THESE ARE INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES THAT ARE RUNNING, YOU KNOW, NEXT DOOR OR NOT.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY AN ASSUMPTION.
BUT I THINK THE CORRIDOR, ONE OF MY COUNTERPARTS JUST TALKED ABOUT THE PLAN FOR THE CORRIDOR, IF YOU GO DOWN ON FIFTH STREET PAST LEXINGTON AND YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS ALL BEING CHANGED ONE BY ONE INTO, UH, DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS THIS.
SO I, I AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT, THIS IS NOT GONNA BE A PARK EIGHT 90, UM, BUT AT THE FACT THAT EVENTUALLY, UH, HOMEOWNERS ARE SELLING THESE LOTS, IF NOT THEY'RE RUNDOWN, THEY'RE BUYING IT.
AND WE CAN SEND OUR COURT ENFORCEMENT ALL DAY LONG.
THEY WILL BE WORKING ON THAT ROTHWELL STREET ALL DAY LONG.
THERE'S, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE GET TO GO TO ANYWHERE ELSE.
SO I THINK WITH THIS SUCH A DEVELOPMENT HERE, IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET INTO, BECAUSE ON RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE, OF
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THE WATER TOWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ON 10 92, NOT IN THE KIT, NOT IN THE EXACT CORNER, THERE'S ANOTHER GAS STATION THAT IS THERE NOW.SO TO YOUR POINT, NOT AT THE CORNER, YOU CAN HAVE IT IN THE MIDDLE.
SO I THINK IF WE CAN LOOK AT, INTO THIS PROJECT TO SEE HOW IT SCALED, UM, THE SCALING BACK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MONY HAD TALKED ABOUT AND WITHIN TO, BECAUSE THE REST OF IT TODAY, I THINK WHEN THIS BUILDING POPS UP, I THINK YOU'LL HAVE POTENTIAL BUYERS THAT WILL BE LOOKING TO TAKE, TAKE THIS AREA AND GROW THIS AREA INTO A TRAFFIC, UM, BUILDING MORE OF A BUSINESS IN THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR AND AREA.
BECAUSE UNLESS IF WE HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT'S GONNA COME IN AND BUY THAT WHOLE AREA AND PUT IN HOMES, THEN YES, OTHERWISE IT WILL SIT JUST LIKE THAT.
AND FOR LONG TERM, UNTIL SOMEONE ACTUALLY COMES IN WITH THE MONEY TO SPEND THE MONEY AND PUT THE MONEY, THEIR MONEY, NOT CITY COUNCIL'S MONEY OR CITY'S MONEY OR TAXPAYER'S MONEY, THEIR MONEY ON THE STREET AND STARTED TO CHANGE IN THE LANDSCAPE OF THAT, IT WON'T, IT WILL NOT CHANGE.
SO FOR ME, I'M IN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT, UH, JUST SO THAT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IF THE VOTE IS YES, THAT WE ARE, THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT AND LOOKING AT ALL OF THE PARAMETERS AROUND THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SECURED AND, AND FOR OTHERS AS WELL.
AND, AND THEN ALSO, UM, TO, TO MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO BE SET THROUGH THE PROCESS SHOULD BE ADHERED TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE PD.
SO IN READING THE REPORT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRUCK OUT TO ME IS THAT THE, UH, THAT THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT IS NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE GOALS OF THE 2017 COMP PLAN.
AND WE'VE, ALL OF US HAVE ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT THE COMP PLAN IS OUTDATED.
IN YOUR OPINION, JENNIFER AND AGEA IN TODAY'S TIME, WHAT WOULD THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAY THAT THIS LAND WOULD BE? UM, IT'S IN TODAY'S TIME,
UM, THAT'S SUBURBAN CHARACTER DISTRICT SUBURBAN CHARACTER.
IT'S A WAREHOUSE SUBURBAN CHARACTER TO YOU.
RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN CHARACTER.
I'M OF THE, UM, AN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MARLI THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DECIDE WHAT WE WANT THIS TO LOOK LIKE.
I KNOW I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, E JOYCE, IN REGARDS TO GOING THROUGH AND FINDING A WAY TO PROTECT OUR CORRIDORS, TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE THEM FOR WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
MAYOR IS CORRECT IN THAT DOWN THE STREET AND IN DIFFERENT AREAS, CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING IN AND THOSE DEVELOPMENTS ARE SHAPING WHAT THAT AREA LOOKS LIKE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, 15 YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HIGHWAY 90 WAS GONNA TOTALLY DEVELOP INTO ALL WAREHOUSES.
WE LET ONE COME IN AND THEN THEY ALL CAME IN.
SO IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SEIZE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEN THAT'LL BE THE VOTE OF THE BODY.
BUT MY QUESTION STILL LIES WITH YOU GUYS IN TODAY'S TIME.
WHAT WOULD THIS BE? ALL YIELD.
UH, MAYOR, I, I THINK THAT, UH, IN, IN LIEU OF A POTENTIAL PASSAGE, UH, IF WE ARE GOING TO VOTE, UH, TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, I KNOW THIS IS TWO READINGS, UM, AND THIS BEING A PD, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND TIME TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PD AND, AND THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ENSURE, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE A PART OF THIS PD SO THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE, ONCE IT'S APPROVED, OF COURSE WE CAN ADD STUFF AT THE SECOND READING AS WELL IF WE THINK THROUGH IT.
BUT I KNOW I HEARD BRICK MASONRY WALL, MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S THERE.
UH, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THE CURRENT STANDARDS OF WHAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WHAT WE REQUIRE.
UH, ALSO, UM, I HEARD, UH, SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, THE, THE HOW TALL MM-HMM.
WELL THAT SOLVES THAT PROBLEM.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S PROPER AND ADEQUATE LIGHTING, UH, IN THE AREA AND LANDSCAPING, UM, FOR THAT.
AND, UM, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN ALSO INCORPORATE THAT? UH, I KNOW THAT IT'S LC TWO WITH THE ADDED OFFICE WAREHOUSE USERS, BUT, UH, CAN WE RESTRICT CERTAIN TYPES OF ENTITIES RIGHT, AS PART OF THIS PD? SO NO LIQUOR
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STORES? UH, NO.UH, WELL I THINK WE COULD GO, KIND OF GO THROUGH THE LIST OF THE LC TWO AND LC ONE OFFERINGS AND, AND INDICATE THAT.
SO TO PREVENT, UH, ANY FUTURE IF, IF THEY SELL IT, IF, YOU KNOW, THEY CHANGE THEIR MINDS AND WANNA DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WE CAN PUT IN THAT PD WHAT IT IS THAT WE WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN THERE, UH, AS STRICTLY, YOU KNOW, WAREHOUSE USE.
YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY, THEY'RE INDICATING THAT THEY WANT TO USE IT FOR.
UH, AND SO I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THAT LIST RIGHT NOW THAT I COULD JUST GIVE YOU, BUT I, I CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND WE, WE CAN TAKE THESE COMMENTS AS WELL AND WE'LL WORK WITH LEGAL TO, UM, AMEND THE ORDINANCE THAT'S PRESENTED TO YOU ALL TONIGHT, UM, TO PRESENT, EXCUSE ME, A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THAT, UM, ORDINANCE AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN IF THAT DOESN'T COVER, UM, EVERYTHING, UH, THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ON MAKING THOSE MODIFICATIONS.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
SO IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S BEEN A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION IS THAT YOU'RE SAYING, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
[(3) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a request by Chad ...]
SEVEN, A THREE, A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A REQUEST BY CHAD MILLS TO AMEND PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 85 TO REMOVE AN APPROXIMATE 6.969 ACRE TRACT LAND.AND TO AMEND PD 83 TO AMEND, TO ADD AN APPROXIMATE 6.96 ACRE AT TRACT LAND TO ALLOW FOR AN OUTDOOR STORAGE, YARD COVERED MANUFACTURING AREA AND OFFICE WAREHOUSE SPACE.
AND TO THE EXTENT SUCH ZONING DEVIATES FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR AN AMENDMENT THERE FROM.
I'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 7 8 3.
DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
[(4) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings of an ordina...]
A FOUR.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 85, EXCLUDING A 6.97 ACRE TRACT PLAN FROM PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 85 DESCRIBING SAID 6.97 ACRES OF LAND, CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF SAID 6.97 ACRES OF LAND, EXCLUDED FROM PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 85 TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 83, REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
DISTRICT NUMBER 83, AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER OH 81 1 ON JANUARY 19TH, 1981 AS AMENDED, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
THERE'S A PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER GOMEZ.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS A DOING A LOT AND I'M GONNA TRY TO SUMMARIZE IT, UM, FOR YOU ALL.
UM, THE ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED IN THE ORDINANCE INVOLVE TWO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS THAT WERE APPROVED IN 2012, UM, OVER IN THE, UH, SOUTH CRS AREA.
UM, IT IS, UH, JUST NORTH OF THE PINE MEADOW, UH, SUBDIVISION.
PD 85 IS ALL OF THE LAND COMING FROM SOUTH CRS GOING TO THE WEST, UM, WHERE ADJACENT TO PINE MEADOWS, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PINE MEADOW SUBDIVISION.
PD 83 IS JUST NORTH OF THAT GOING TOWARDS, UM, HIGHWAY 90 A PD 83 IS WHERE THE MILLS CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT HAS DEVELOPED.
UM, A TWO STORY OFFICE BUILDING WHERE IT HOUSES THEIR CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS.
THEY RELOCATED HERE, UM, AROUND 2012 WHEN THEY CONSTRUCTED THIS BUILDING, UM, FROM SUGAR LAND, UH, TO THIS AREA.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR BUILDING AND THEIR FACILITY, UM, WE ALWAYS BRAG THAT IT'S A VERY NICE, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
WE WISH IT WAS A LONG, UH, HIGHWAY 90 AND MORE SO, MORE PROMINENT, UM, IN VIEW.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY'VE DONE WELL WITH THEIR BUSINESS AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND.
UH, SO THEY'RE LOOKING TO ACQUIRE THIS ADDITIONAL ACREAGE THAT CURRENTLY IS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF PD 85.
SO THE AREA THAT'S OUTLINED IN RED ON THE SCREEN IS THE AREA THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO TAKE OUT OF PD 85 AND EXPAND INTO THEIR PD 83.
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DO IS IN TWO PARTS, THEY'RE LOOKING TO ADD MORE OFFICE SQUARE FOOTAGE.UM, WHAT YOU HAVE IS DIFFERENT VERSIONS, UM, IN WHAT'S LOOKED AT ON THE SCREEN AS PHASE TWO, UM, WHERE THEY SHOW TWO BUILDINGS, THREE BUILDINGS, FOUR BUILDINGS, UM, THEY HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC TENANTS FOR POTENTIAL OFFICE USE.
UM, SO THOSE ARE CONCEPTS OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE WITH A SINGLE TENANT, UM, FOR ONE BUILDING OR DOING, UM, MIXING UP THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AMONG MULTIPLE BUILDINGS.
UM, SO NONE OF THOSE ARE SET IN STONE, BUT IT'S THE CONCEPT OF USING THAT SPACE.
UM, FOR MORE OFFICE SQUARE FOOTAGE, THAT WOULD BE PART OF A PHASE TWO.
UM, IN A FUTURE, UM, STAGE, WHAT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON IS THEIR PHASE ONE TO EXPAND, UM, THEIR, UM, OPEN YARD, UM, USE, UM, ON THEIR CURRENT LOCATION IS THAT PORTION THAT'S JUST ABOVE THE PORTION AND COLOR, AND THEY HAVE A OUTDOOR STORAGE AREA AS PART OF THAT CURRENT LOCATION.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT AND WHAT'S LOOKED AT AS PHASE ONE.
UM, THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE, UM, A MANUFACTURING, OPEN AIR MANUFACTURING, UM, AREA.
UM, AND THEN STORAGE FOR, UH, SOME OF THEIR MATERIALS IN THEIR EQUIPMENT.
THEY HAVE PRESENTED ON THE CONCEPT PLAN, A EIGHT FOOT TALL PRECAST CONCRETE STONE, UM, UH, MASONRY WALL THAT WOULD GO AROUND THE PERIMETER ON TWO SIDES OF THIS, UH, ADDITION, THEY WOULD BE ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL.
SO THEY ARE PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THAT CONCRETE WALL IN THEIR PHASE ONE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE ENTIRE LENGTH ALONG PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.
UM, IN THAT PHASE ONE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, THE ORDINANCE, UH, PROVIDED WOULD ALLOW FOR A REDUCTION IN REQUIRED LANDSCAPING IN THEIR OPEN STORAGE AREA.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THEIR SITE PLAN, IT WOULD BE FULLY SCREENED, UH, FROM PUBLIC VIEW, UM, BUT IT WOULD NOT INCLUDE NEW VEGETATION, UH, NEW GREEN SPACE, UH, WITHIN THOSE BOUNDARIES WITHIN THEIR PHASE TWO, AGAIN, THE EIGHT FOOT TALL CONCRETE FENCE.
AND THEN LANDSCAPING AS SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, UH, TREES, UM, AS SHOWN.
AND ON THE BOTTOM SIDE, CLOSER TO THE PHASE TWO LABEL IS WHERE THE PINE METAL SUBDIVISION WOULD ADJOIN, UH, THIS PART OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND THEN ON THE TOP SIDE IS WHERE IT WOULD ADJOIN THEIR CURRENT, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
UH, SO LANDSCAPING IS, UH, PROPOSED AS PRESENTED IN ADDITION TO YOUR STANDARD LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, UM, OFF STREET PARKING, UH, LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, BREAKING UP THE CONCRETE, UM, AND PARKING SPACES WITHIN THE SITE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE BRIDGE, THE MATERIAL THAT'S CURRENTLY OUT THERE TODAY IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE, UH, CONCRETE FENCE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AROUND THE PERIMETER WOULD BE SIMILAR, UH, TO, UH, THIS BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, UH, THAT THEY'VE PLACED OUT THERE.
PUBLIC NOTICES WERE, UH, MAILED OUT.
UM, WE RECEIVED, UH, TWO LETTERS OF SUPPORT, ONE FROM A RESIDENT OF PINE MEADOW, UM, SUBDIVISION, UM, IN ADDITION TO, UH, THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT.
UM, SO, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, WE'LL ANSWER 'EM.
UM, RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MUR, JENNIFER, AND, AND THE PACKET THAT WE RECEIVED, PD 85 COVERS IT ALL THE WAY TO CRAVENS.
CORRECT? I THOUGHT THIS WAS RESIDENTIAL AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING SOME MULTIFAMILY THERE.
SO THAT WAS THE LAST ZONING APPLICATION INVOLVING PD 85 THAT CAME BEFORE YOU ALL, IT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.
UM, AND SO THEY WERE ACTUALLY TRYING TO MO UM, REZONE THAT THE SAME PORTION OF LAND, UM, AND THEY WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL IN THAT ZONING.
SO PD 85 ALLOWS FOR OFFICE WAREHOUSE, UH, USES OF, OR IN THE ENTIRE PD.
SO THEY'RE NOT TAKING THAT WHOLE ENTIRE LOT? NO.
SO THAT LEAVES THAT PORTION STILL AS PD 85 FOR COMMERCIAL? CORRECT.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
YOU ANSWERED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS IN THAT.
UM, THE RESIDENT THAT GAVE A FAVORABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT, I DIDN'T SEE THE LETTER IN THERE AND IT SHOULD BE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, ITEM.
AND SO YOU SHOULD HAVE BOTH OF THOSE LETTERS OF SUPPORT IN THERE ON THAT, THAT ITEM.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, WHAT ELSE CAN BE DEVELOPED FOR THAT PARTICULAR LAND? I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S ON, IS HAS ANYBODY ELSE INQUIRED ABOUT DEVELOPING THAT LAND FOR SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN WAREHOUSING THE BALANCE OF PD 85 MM-HMM.
UM, SO IT'S LIKELY THAT THAT IS WHAT THEY'LL BE LOOKING FOR IT AS.
UM, THERE WAS, UM, PARK EIGHT 90 AT ONE POINT WAS LOOKING AT IT TO DO SOME SUPPLEMENTAL USES.
AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, UH, THE PHOTO THAT'S IN SLIDE
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54, IS THIS A SAMPLE OR IS THIS ACTUALLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING UP OF THE MASONRY WALL? MM-HMM.THIS, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE BRIDGE THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR PROPERTY TODAY.
UM, AND SO THIS IS WHAT THEY, UH, WOULD USE.
UM, THIS IS AS A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, THEY, UM, MAKE ALL OF THESE MATERIALS MM-HMM.
AND SO THIS IS, UH, WHAT THEY WOULD MODEL, UM, FOR THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS OWNERS, VERY GOOD NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND I GO OVER THERE AND, YOU KNOW, CHUCKLE IN THAT AREA.
I'VE TAKEN CODE ENFORCEMENT OVER THERE, I'VE TAKEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE.
AND SO THEY, THEY'VE BEEN REALLY CONSISTENT IN KEEPING THEIR AREA A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS, YOU KNOW, BUT VERY MINOR, NOTHING THAT THE RESIDENTS COMPLAINED ABOUT.
SO I REALLY LIKED THE FACT THAT THEY'VE THOUGHT THIS PROJECT THROUGH AND THAT THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD NORMALLY BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND THEY ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT.
JENNIFER RECOGNIZED AND COUNCILMAN ERY.
ON ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS, I THINK IT WAS, UH, LOOKING AT PHASE ONE YOU MENTIONED IT WAS THERE WAS AN OPEN, UH, AREA, MAN OPEN MANUFACTURING AREA.
AND, UM, THE BUSINESS OWNER AND THE APPLICANT, THEY'VE BEEN VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT AND HAVE RESPONDED, UH, TO RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF PLACEMENT.
UM, SO SOME OF THE ITERATIONS OF THEIR SITE PLAN HAD THAT PORTION AND IT ON THIS SITE PLAN IN PHASE ONE IS THE PORTION THAT HAS THE CIRCLES, UM, ON THERE, UHHUH
UM, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RELOCATE THAT CLOSER TO THE RESIDENTIAL.
UM, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE, UH, MECHANISMS IN PLACE AS WELL, UM, TO CONTROL FOR, FOR OLDER SOUND AND NOISE.
UM, AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, RESPONSIVE IN THAT REGARD.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONNET, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU SAID THERE'S A MECHANISM TO SIGN, I MEAN, CONTROL THE ORDER.
UM, SO THIS ISN'T, THIS SHOULD NOT BE, UM, AN AREA THAT SHOULD CAUSE TOO MUCH, UM, ODOR IN PARTICULAR.
UM, MORE SO THE NOISE VIBRATION.
UM, AND SO THEY DO THEY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE? WE DIDN'T ATTACH IT TO THE PD ORDINANCE, BUT THEY HAVE PRESENTED A PLAN IN PLACE, UM, TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND WHAT IS THAT PLAN IN PLACE? OKAY.
I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THEM, UH, DESCRIBE THE SPECIFICS, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN, UM, PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU ALL.
IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MUR.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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ITEM 7 5 7 5 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A REQUEST BY D PEG VICKSBURG LP TO AMEND THE RULES AND RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION FOUR OF PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE 17 PERTAINING TO HIDE IN AREA REGULATIONS, GARAGE REGULATIONS, LANDSCAPING REGULATIONS, AND FENCE REGULATIONS.AND TO THE EXTENT SUCH ZONING DEVIATES FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR AN AMENDMENT.
WE'LL NOT GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
7, 8, 5, CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT.
WE'LL NOT GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 7, 8, 5
[(6) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
AND SEVEN A SIX.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE 17 DESCRIBING THE 24.45 ACRE TRACT OF LAND WITHIN PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE 17 REFERENCING A SITE PLAN FOR SUCH PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION, ACCORDING TO SAID PLAN, AMENDING THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
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ALL RIGHT.THIS IS, UH, THE TERRITORY AT MISSOURI CITY DEVELOPMENT OFF OF HIGHWAY SIX.
UM, JUST TO THE EAST OF THE INSPIRE, UH, COMMUNITY THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THIS PD ALLOWS FOR MIXED USE, UH, RESIDENTIAL OR I MEAN COMMERCIAL ALONG THE HIGHWAY SIX FRONTAGE, UM, AND MULTIFAMILY, UH, TO THE REAR, UM, OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN, UH, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT, UH, RED KIND OF AREA IS, IS THE COMMERCIAL.
UM, THE ACCESS BETWEEN, UH, THE COMMERCIAL USE IS COMING OFF OF HIGHWAY SIX, UM, WITH MULTI-FAMILY, UH, DEVELOPMENT LAYOUT THERE.
THIS IS A PD THAT THE MULTI-FAMILY, UH, DEVELOPMENT HAS ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH PERMIT REVIEW, UM, AND HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR PERMIT REVIEW.
UM, AND SO THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH, UH, THE THREE AMENDMENTS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING TO THIS PD, UM, TO ALLOW FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE FORWARD.
THEY ARE REQUESTING A AMENDMENT ON DENSITY, UM, TO ALLOW FOR MORE THAN 24 DWELLING UNITS WITHIN, UM, A SINGLE BUILDING.
UM, THEY HAVE BUILDING TYPES, UH, THAT THEY HAVE DESIGNED FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY USES, UH, THREE OF THOSE BUILDING TYPES, BUILDING TYPES, THREE, FOUR, AND NINE.
UM, BASICALLY CONTAIN IN EXCESS OF MORE THAN 24 UNITS, UH, PER BUILDING AND DESIGN-WISE, WHAT THEY DID WAS, UH, DESIGNED IT TO HAVE A FIREWALL SEPARATION, UM, TO EFFECTIVELY CREATE TWO INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS AS OPPOSED TO, UM, ONE, UH, SINGLE UH, STRUCTURE.
SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR, UH, RELIEF TO ALLOW FOR, UM, THEIR, UH, DENSITY TO BE INCREASED PER BUILDING.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, TO APPROVE.
UM, AGAIN, THESE DESIGNS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED, HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS, HAVE BEEN REVIEWED, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE, UH, BUILDING CODES AND FIRE CODES.
THE REVISION WOULD ALSO, UM, HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT SAME PROCESS AS WELL.
UM, HOWEVER, THE DENSITY, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS, A LOT OF TIMES THAT DESIGN IS TO, UH, LIMIT MASSIVE MM-HMM,
UM, HOWEVER, THE DESIGNS OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE, UH, CONSISTENT, UH, WITH OTHER MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.
THE SECOND DEVIATION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS TO REDUCE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, GARAGES, UM, OR COVERED PARKING.
AND WHAT THIS IMAGE BASICALLY SHOWS YOU, UM, ARE, UH, COLOR CODES, BLACK AND YELLOW.
UM, IN AREAS WHERE, UH, GARAGES HAD BEEN PLANNED AROUND THE PROPERTY, UM, THE CODE REQUIRES 50% OF ALL, UH, MINIMUM PARKING, UH, TO BE CONTAINED IN COVERED PARKING.
COVERED PARKING WOULD BE GARAGES, UM, AND CARPORTS.
UM, AND THEN THE CODE FURTHER REQUIRES 25% OF ALL, UM, REQUIRED PARKING IN GARAGES.
WHAT THE REQUEST IS, IS TO REDUCE THAT BY HALF.
SO THEY WOULD STILL BE PROVIDING GARAGES AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THE REQUEST IS JUST TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF GARAGES, UM, COVERED PARKING, UM, THAT'S, UH, PROVIDED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO THEY HAVE, UM, PROVIDED IT THROUGHOUT.
UM, SO THERE IS STILL OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT, UM, WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PART IN A GARAGE OR USE A, A GARAGE, UM, FOR THEM TO USE IT NO MATTER WHAT BUILDING THEY'RE IN.
SO THEY'RE NOT ALL CLUSTERED IN ONE, UH, LOCATION.
THEY ARE THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE TABLE IS TO, UM, APPROVE THAT.
FINALLY, IS THE PERIMETER FENCING.
UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, WHERE IF YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE RED OUTLINE, UM, ON THE PLAN THERE, UM, EVERYTHING ABOVE THAT IS, UH, COMMERCIAL, UM, OR NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
AND SO, AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH PREVIOUS CASES TONIGHT, AND AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, TYPICALLY YOU SEE THE MASONRY WALLS TO SEPARATE, UH, RESIDENTIAL TO NON-RESIDENTIAL.
THE REQUEST HERE IS, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE, UH, PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN, UM, IS TO PUT ROT IRON FENCING WITH BRICK COLUMNS, UM, SPACED OUT ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE WR IRON FENCING, UM, ALONG, UH, THE PERIMETER, UM, OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THEIR ASK IS, SINCE THIS IS A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO MAKE THIS MORE COHESIVE, UM, AND NOT BLOCKED OFF, UH, SO THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE NON-RESIDENTIAL, UM, KIND OF PLAY INTO, UM, EACH OTHER IN TERMS OF, UH, THE LAND USE CONFIGURATION.
ADDITIONALLY, WITH THIS, THE COMMERCIAL, THE NON-RESIDENTIAL THAT WOULD BE CLOSER TO, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL ARE, UH, MORE OFFICE IN USE.
UM, AND SO, UH, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, UM, RESTAURANTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, MM-HMM,
UM, SO THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU IS TO APPROVE, UH, THAT VARIANCE AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY ON THE NOTIFICATIONS, UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE THREE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED BY THE DEVELOPER, UH, FOR THIS,
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UH, MEETING.UM, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, THAT, UM, EXCUSE ME, BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION WAS, UH, WELL, I, I'M GONNA ASK THE QUESTION.
THERE'S A SEPARATION WALL NOW BETWEEN THIS DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, OAKWOOD FOREST.
SO THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT WON'T TOUCH OAKWOOD.
SO IN THE INSPIRE, UH, COMMUNITY WOULD BE BETWEEN THIS DEVELOPMENT, WELL WOULD BE TO THE WEST OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN OAKWOOD IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF, OF THAT COMMUNITY.
SO THIS IS NOT DEVIATING FROM ANYTHING THAT WAS AGREED TO BETWEEN OAKWOOD FORESTS AND, UH, THE, UH, THE DEVELOPER.
SECOND THING IS, AND MAYBE THE FIRE CHIEF IS HERE, BUT UH, I SEE IN HERE WHERE WE'RE GONNA REMOVE ONE FIRE, WE'RE GONNA REMOVE A FIREWALL.
HOWEVER, THE DESIGN OF THE FIREWALL IS TO SEPARATE THE BUILDING.
SO DESIGN WISE, IT'S MORE THAN ONE BUILDING.
AND SO WHAT THE CONSIDERATION IS, IS TO ALLOW FOR AN INCREASED NUMBER OF UNITS PER BUILDING, UM, SO THAT THE DESIGN CAN BE MODIFIED.
THE FIRE CODE AND THE BUILDING CODES WOULD STILL BE APPLICABLE.
THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO VARY FROM THAT.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST IN THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING, IT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED TWO BUILDINGS, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED ONE.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, AND MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED IT AND CHIEF'S HERE, IS THAT BY APPROVING THIS AMENDMENT, WOULD THAT CREATE ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL FIRE HAZARD OR FIRE, UH, CONCERNS? UH, YOU KNOW, SHOULD A, UH, AN EVENT HAPPEN, FIRE EVENT HAPPEN? NO.
AND, AND MAYBE I'M GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT FROM, FROM OLD SCHOOL, BUT YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WEREN'T ANY FIREWALLS IN SOME OF THE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS LIKE OVER ON FONDANT NET AND A WA AND A FIRE GOT, YOU KNOW, UP ABOVE THE, THE ATTIC AND, YOU KNOW, JUST WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE WHOLE, UH, STRING OF, UH, OF, UH, HOME SITES OR APARTMENTS, IF YOU WILL.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT REMOVING, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, FIREWALLS, YEAH, JUST RAISES A, UH, YOU KNOW, A FLAG.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL IN, UH, ANSWER TO THAT.
SO THE BUILDING CONFIGURATION IS GONNA BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SEE IN THE HOMETOWN MISSOURI CITY, WHERE THAT IS TECHNICALLY AND LOOKS TO BE ONE BUILDING.
HOWEVER, THERE'S FIREWALL SEPARATION IN THAT CURRENT BUILDING BASED ON THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TYPE, THE SIZE, THE PROVISION OF HAVING FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT COULD BE HAD THERE, BOTH IN THE BUILDING AND THE FIRE CODE OF HOW THAT BUILDING COULD BE DESIGNED TO MAKE THAT APPLICABLE TO OUR CURRENTLY ADOPTED CODE STANDARDS TO MAKE IT, UH, NOT A HAZARD.
SO FROM A FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE, THIS APPROVAL OF THAT AMENDMENT WOULDN'T CREATE ANY ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL FIRE, UH, HAZARDS OR, OR ABILITY TO FIGHT, UH, FIGHT A FIRE THAT MIGHT START? NO, SIR.
THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS AND PROVISIONS.
OKAY, THAT'S, UH, THAT WAS EXTENT OF MY QUESTIONS, UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, INFORMATION.
YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS.
UH, WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WERE THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT THEY HAD ON RECORD PRIOR TO REQUESTING FOR THE INCREASE PRIOR TO, SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME? HOW MANY THEY WERE ASKING FOR INCREASE TO HAVING 24.
UM, WHAT WAS IT BEFORE? SO I BELIEVE, UH, TWO OF THE BUILDING TYPES, UH, THREE AND NINE OR THREE AND FOUR HAD 42 TOTAL UNITS.
AND ONE OF THE BUILDING TYPES HAD 48 MM-HMM.
AND SO THE SEPARATION BASICALLY WOULD PUT 24 OR LESS UNITS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SEPARATION.
SO THIS WOULD REMOVE THE SEPARATION AND THEN, UM, TWO OF BUILDINGS WOULD HAVE A TOTAL OF 42 UNITS.
ONE OF THE BUILDINGS WOULD HAVE A TOTAL OF 48.
WHAT'S THE AVERAGE SIZE OF THE UNITS? THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SO WE CAN BRING THAT BACK.
UM, AND THERE WAS, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE NO PROTESTS.
NOBODY WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT IN, HAD AN ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR, DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE, UM, ARRANGED FOR ANY DETENTION FOR THIS? YES.
AND IN FACT THAT AREA, IN THAT BIG BOLD OUTLINE, WHICH ONE, UM,
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IS ALL DESIGNATED FOR DETENTION PURPOSES.WHICH ONE? UM, SO IN THE SITE PLAN, ALL OF THAT AREA IN THAT BIG, THE DARK, BOLD.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, STATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THREE PUBLIC, UH, HEARINGS AND, AND THREE, UH, ACTIONS THAT WE WERE SEEKING TO TAKE ON, UH, INDIVIDUALS SEEKING PDS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT THAT AS I'M SUPPORTIVE OF ALL THREE OF THESE, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE SAME STANDARD ACROSS THE BOARD WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS.
BECAUSE AS I SEE IT, ALL THREE OF THESE POTENTIAL, UM, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE VOTED ON TONIGHT ALL INVOLVE RESIDENTIAL AND ALL INVOLVE PDS.
UH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, AS I'M HEARING THE COMMENTS OR SEEING US MOVE IN THE DIRECTION THAT FOR CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN, UH, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT STANDARD OR VIEWPOINT BASED OFF OF FEELINGS OR WHATNOT VERSUS ACTUAL A STANDARD, A BONAFIDE STANDARD.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UM, THE LAST, UH, ITEM WE VOTED ON IN THIS ONE VERSUS THE FIRST ONE.
SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS TO AMEND THESE, UH, ZONING, UH, REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE A STANDARD THAT ACTUALLY IS CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD.
'CAUSE I JUST DON'T SEE THAT WE ARE DOING THAT BASED OFF OF OUR FIRST VOTE.
THAT'S JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
JENNIFER, WOULD YOU, UM, TALK TO THE AUDIENCE AND I GUESS TO COUNCIL WITH REGARDS WITH WHAT'S TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO THE RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND THEN ON THE TO THE LEFT IS GONNA BE THE NEW, UH, RENTAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ALREADY BEING BUILT.
AND THAT'S ALSO WITHIN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND THAT'S ALSO WITHIN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
I, UM, I SEE A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALL THREE OF THESE ON TONIGHT AND I'M THANKFUL THAT THEY ARE PDS BECAUSE I GET TO VOTE INDIVIDUALLY IN REGARDS TO EACH ONE OF THEM.
SO I JUST WANTED, UM, TO PUT THAT OUT BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WE ONLY GET TO SEE THE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S RIGHT BEFORE US.
WE DON'T GET A CHANCE TO EXPAND IT ALL THE WAY OUT TO SEE EVERYTHING AROUND US, AND I WISH WE COULD, SO JUST MAYBE GOING IN THE FUTURE, IF WE COULD HAVE THAT, LIKE AN EXPANDED SNAPSHOT SO THAT WE COULD SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S AROUND IT, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US.
UH, SO I GUESS I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR CEDRIC.
CEDRIC, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING, LOOKING AT THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE STANDARDS THAT WE TALK ABOUT, WE'RE TAKING AWAY SO MANY BRICKS NOW, ADDING ROD IRON TO IT, RIGHT? IS THAT THE STANDARD THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING? OR, OR, OR HOW, HOW DOES THAT GO THROUGH? OR IS IT JUST FOR THIS PROJECT? THE REASON I ASK IS THAT GOING BACK TO WHAT COUNCILMAN RAMONI WAS TALKING ABOUT, KEEPING THE SAME STANDARDS EVERYWHERE.
SO I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT HAVING STANDARDS, UM, BUT IT IS NOT IN EVERY LOCATION THAT WE HAVE THE STANDARD WHERE IT'S GONNA BE IRON OR BRICK OR MASONARY WALLS.
SO I TOTALLY AGREE BY HAVING STANDARDS ACROSS THE BOARD, SO IT'LL BE UNIFORM AND THE CITY CAN LOOK GOOD.
SO MY, I GUESS MY SUGGESTION TO YOU WOULD BE THAT WHEN WE HAVE THESE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COME ACROSS WHEN WE ARE SCALING BACK, UH, NOW THIS IS BACK TO YOU JENNIFER, WHEN WE'RE SCALING BACK FROM UM, UH, PRETTY MUCH THE LC THREE MIXED USE THAT, CAN YOU TELL ME THAT THIS WAS SCALED BACK OR NO? OR THIS IS THE STANDARD IF IT WAS SCALED BACK? YEAH.
FROM, FROM EX HAVING BRICKS AND BACK TO WROUGHT IRON AND ALL THAT.
WELL, I SAY PART OF, PART OF THE DIFFERENCE IS, IS BECAUSE IT'S A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
AND SO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS, YOU CAN, YOU HAVE A, A FLEXIBILITY, UM, AND PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE UNIFORM, YOU KNOW, A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT'S UNIFORM.
UM, SO THERE ARE SOME, SOME OF THE APARTMENTS IN LIKE THE CNA AREA WHERE YOU HAVE LIKE THE LEVY OR YOU KNOW, THE ONE AT, AT TRAMMELL FRESNO, YOU DO HAVE SOME ROT IRON, UM, THAT'S ALONG THE PUBLIC STREET, UM, SIDE OF IT.
UM, OR WHERE THERE, YOU KNOW, TRANSITION INTO OTHER TYPES OF USES.
UM, BUT IF YOU JUST TOOK THE STANDARDS, YOU KNOW, AS THEY EXIST, IF THIS WAS MULTI-FAMILY IN A MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT AND COMMERCIAL UNRELATED TO THAT MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT, UM, THEN THE STANDARDS ALLOW FOR THAT SEPARATION.
SO YOU HAVE, UM, SOME PROTECTION AND BUFFERS BETWEEN THOSE, THOSE TWO PLANNED USES.
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THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against proposed amendment...]
SEVEN SIX B ONE, B ONE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 14 BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS TO CHAPTER 38, HIGHER PREVENTION AND PROTECTION.ADOPTING THE 2021 ADDITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING.
INTERNATIONAL CODES AND PROVISIONS IS PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, PLUMBING ENERGY CONSERVATION, MECHANICAL FUEL, GAS, EXISTING BUILDING, SWIMMING POOL AND SPA, SOLAR ENERGY AND FIRE, ADOPTING THE 2023 ADDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AS PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.
YOU WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
B ONE, UH, CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM NOW, MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS.
WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
AND B TWO, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 14, BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS ADOPTING THE 2021 ADDITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL CODES AND PROVISIONS AS PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL.AND AS AMENDED HEREIN, BUILDING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, PLUMBING, ENERGY CONSERVATION, MECHANICAL FUEL, GAS, EXISTING BUILDINGS, SWIMMING POOL AND SPA AND SOLAR ENERGY, ADOPTING THE 2020 ADDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE.
AS I APOLOGIZE, THAT SHOULD BE 2023 AS PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, ADOPTING LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO THE ADOPTED CODES, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOUR SEPARABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.
I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE SPECIAL MEETING.
UM, AND JUST TO ADOPT THE BILLING CODE.
ALRIGHT, SO THERE'S BEEN, UM, MOTION CALLING FOR MOTION.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
THE, THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(3) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 38, FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE, ADOPTING THE 2021 ADDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AND MAKING AMENDMENTS THERETO PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.THERE'S A PRESENTATION BY MARIO PETITA, FIRE CHIEF.
UH, AGAIN, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
THIS IS THE SAME, UH, ITEM THAT WE WORKSHOPPED IN THE SPECIAL MEETING.
BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY SECONDED BY MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - The Tax Increment Reinvestment Zon...]
NUMBER EIGHT ARE APPOINTMENTS EIGHT A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.THE TAX INCREMENT RE REINVESTMENT ZONE BOARD NUMBER ONE, MEMBER APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS PRESENTATION BY CRYSTAL ROW, CITY SECRETARY.
UM, TONIGHT I'M ASKING, UM, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THE REAPPOINTMENTS FOR MEMBERS FOR THE TS.
UH, NUMBER ONE, UM, FOR POSITION ONE, VICKI MCBRIDE, POSITION THREE, ROSALYN THOMAS, POSITION FIVE, SHERRY JONES.
UM, THESE THREE, UH, INCUMBENTS, UM, HAVE AGREED TO SERVE, CONTINUE TO SERVE IF COUNSEL SO DESIRES.
UM, ALL OF THESE INCUMBENTS HAVE MET THE 75% OR MORE, UM, REQUIREMENT FOR ATTENDING MEETINGS.
AND THERE ARE NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
WE DO HAVE TWO VACANCIES ON THIS BOARD, UM, FOR POSITION TWO AND POSITION SIX.
HOWEVER, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED ONE APPLICA, WELL TWO APPLICATIONS FOR THIS BOARD, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF VETTING THOSE APPLICATIONS.
SO TONIGHT I ASK THAT YOU, UM, CONSIDER THE REAPPOINTMENTS.
WE HAVE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RON MARSHALL.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY MAY I APPROACH HIM? KLAUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
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THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - The Tax Increment Reinvestment Zon...]
YOU.ITEM EIGHT B, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
THE TAX AND INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE AWARD NUMBER TWO, MEMBER APPOINTMENT.
AND REAPPOINTMENTS, UH, CRYSTAL ROME, CITY, SECRETARY, MAYOR, AND COUNSEL, I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER, UH, REAPPOINTING, UM, GLORIA LUCAS TO POSITION ONE, FRANK HESTER TO POSITION THREE AND VIEW FOR A JICA TO POSITION FIVE.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UM, BOARD.
I DO HAVE A, A QUICK QUESTION.
HAVE WE, HAVE YOU TALKED TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAS BEEN GETTING RE UH, BACK ON? YES, SIR.
ALL THREE HAVE AGREED TO SERVE AGAIN IF COUNCIL SO DESIRES.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO.
JIM KLAUSER, UH, WE HAVE A QUESTION BY, UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY? YES.
UH, SO NOW THAT WE'VE ADOPTED THESE NEW RULES, UH, AS TO HOW WE'RE GONNA FUNCTION PROCESS WISE, SO IS THIS GONNA BE APPLICABLE, UH, DETER POSITIONS? YES.
AND, UM, 'CAUSE I, I KNOW WE DIDN'T DO THAT FOR THESE THREE.
MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL FOLLOW THE NEW PROCESS AND PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY COUNCIL BECAUSE OF THE TIME CONSTRAINTS WITH, UM, THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS ENDING, UM, THEIR TERM, I'M SORRY, THEIR TERMS EXPIRING.
UM, WE MOVED FORWARD WITH PROVIDING, UM, THESE REAPPOINTMENTS, BUT MOVING FORWARD WE WILL FOLLOW THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE.
SO THESE WILL BE TWO YEAR TERMS? YES, SIR.
SO THEY'LL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL, UH, LITTLE TIMEFRAME, BUT YES, THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL EXPIRE IN 25.
THESE, THESE ONES, UM, THESE THAT WILL BE, THESE THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED TONIGHT WILL EXPIRE IN 2026.
AND SO WE'LL BE CONSIDERING THE EVEN NUMBERS FOR THIS YEAR.
AND YOU'LL HAVE THAT PROCESS IMPLEMENTED FOR THESE.
AND A QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION, YOU ALL DO NEED TO ALSO APPOINT THE CHAIRPERSON FOR EACH BOARD AS WELL.
ARE YOU AT THIS TIME IT'LL BE PLACED ON THE FUTURE AGENDA.
SO
O THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - The Tax Increment Reinvestment Zon...]
EIGHT C, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION.THE TAX INCREMENT RE REINVESTMENT ZONE BOARD NUMBER THREE, MEMBER APPOINTMENT.
AND REAPPOINTMENTS CRYSTAL R, CITY SECRETARY.
UM, THESE ARE FOR REAPPOINTMENTS TOTER BOARD NUMBER THREE.
UM, AND I FORGOT TO MENTION ON THE LAST BOARD THAT THESE, UM, AS WELL AS THE LAST BOARD, UM, DID MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE 75% AND MORE, UH, OF ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETINGS AND ALL HAVE AGREED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IF COUNSEL.
UM, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSH.
DO WE SEE ANY TYPE OF CONFLICT WITH CHACHO WALLAH SERVING ON TURS, UH, ON THIS ONE AND ON PLANNING AND ZONING, IS THERE ANY CONFLICT? TECHNICALLY NO, BECAUSE THIS BOARD IS NOT, THEY ARE NOT PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
THEREFORE, TECHNICALLY THERE IS NOT.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT, THAT WAS MY QUESTION, UH, THAT COUNCILWOMAN BROWN MARSHALL ASKED ABOUT IF WE HAD MADE A DETERMINATION OR DECISION THAT, UH, IF YOU SERVED ON P AND Z, DOES THAT, UH, ELIMINATE YOU FROM ANY OTHER POSITIONS? I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, T MEMBER LUCAS WAS ALSO ON PNZ AT THE TIME, UH, SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE MADE A CHANGE WITH THAT.
MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(a) Consideration an Possible Action - A resolution to apply for and accep...]
NINE IS RESOLUTIONS NINE A, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION THROUGH[01:35:01]
THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 GENERAL VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR THROUGH THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO.WE HAVE TAMELA BURNETT CRIME VICTIM LIAISON.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS GRANT IS OFFERED THROUGH THE HOUSTON AREA, UM, I'M SORRY, HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL FOR GENERAL VICTIM ASSISTANCE.
UM, THIS WILL BE THE 14TH YEAR THAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR THIS GRANT.
AND THIS YEAR THOUGH, THEY'RE REQUIRING A 20% MATCH.
UM, THERE IS AN 80% THAT'S COMING FROM HGAC, THAT WILL BE 68,000 124, AND THE MATCH FOR US WOULD BE 17,031.
SO THE TOTAL GRANT AMOUNT WOULD BE 85,000 155 12.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND PRESENTING.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution adopting a new Meetin...]
ITEM NINE B, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ADOPTING A MEETING ROOM USE POLICY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JASON MANGUM, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
GOOD MORNING,
COUNCIL, UM, IT'S A PLEASURE BEING HERE WITH YOU.
UH, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE, UH, SPECIAL MEETING TO, UH, GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
SO, UH, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK OR IF IT'S, UH, SATISFACTORY.
UM, GO AHEAD AND, UH, APPROVE IT TONIGHT.
THIS IS A MEETING ROOM USE POLICY.
UH, I WOULD SAY UPDATE, BUT REALLY IS AN OVERHAUL FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING USE POLICY, WHICH WAS, UH, CREATED IN, UH, 2012.
UH, SO IT'S BEEN A, A GOOD DOZEN YEARS SINCE WE'VE, UH, ADDRESSED THIS.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 2012 POLICY AND THE 2024, UH, POLICY TO KIND OF, UH, OUTLINE SOME, SOME KEY POINTS.
UH, IN THE 2012 POLICY, THERE WAS MULTIPLE POINTS OF CONTACT WITH THE CITIES, DEPENDING ON WHICH FACILITY YOU WANTED TO, TO UTILIZE.
UH, THERE WAS NO OUTLINED FACILITY RULES OR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES RELATED TO, UM, USING OUR FACILITIES AT A A FREE OR REDUCED COST.
AND THERE WAS LIMITED TO, UH, CERTAIN GROUPS, UM, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, UH, AND THEN VERY SPECIFIC, UH, GROUPS.
THE MISSOURI C-D-A-R-P, BUSINESS ALLIANCE, TEXAS PARKWAY ALLIANCE, MISSOURI CITY POLICE AND FIRE AUXILIARIES, UH, FRIENDS OF MISSOURI CITY PARKS, MISSOURI.
SOME OF THESE GROUPS DON'T EVEN EXIST ANYMORE OR, OR GO BY DIFFERENT NAMES IN THE NEW POLICY.
UM, THERE'LL BE AN ANNUAL APPLICATION PROCESS TO QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED, UH, ROOMS. UH, THERE'LL BE RULES AND, AND USAGE AGREEMENTS, UH, TIED, TIED TO THOSE.
UM, WE'RE EXPANDING OUR QUALIFYING GROUPS.
WE'RE CALLING TWO GROUPS CORE PARTNERS.
THOSE ARE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.
AND THEN SERVICE AREA PARTNERS, WHICH ARE ANY 5 0 1 C3, UM, GROUP IN MISSOURI CITY.
UH, AND THEN WE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL FEES FOR STAFFING AND CLEANING.
IF WE INCUR THOSE COSTS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AT LEAST COVERING OUR COSTS.
UM, THESE WERE THE, UH, FACILITIES THAT WERE PERMITTED IN THE 2012 POLICY, WHICH WAS THE RECREATION TENNIS CENTER, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, CO VALLEY CITY CENTER, PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS, AND CITY HALL MEETING ROOM ONE.
NOBODY HERE KNEW WHAT CITY HALL MEETING ROOM ONE WAS ANYMORE, SO WE FIGURED IT WAS TIME FOR A NEW POLICY.
UH, WE'VE LIMITED THAT TO THE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER, UH, THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS, UM, AND THE CONFERENCE ROOM THERE AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE AUDITORIUM, THE BIG ROOM DOWNSTAIRS.
UH, THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, WHICH IS, UH, UH, THE ROOM 2, 2 10 UPSTAIRS.
AND THEN, UM, THE, THE MEETING ROOM.
SO WE ARE, WE ARE EXPANDING, UM, WHAT'S AVAILABLE OVER THERE AT THAT, UM, FACILITY.
UM, THIS IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED, UH, BY, UM, OUR COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE OVER THE COAL VALLEY CITY CENTER.
UM, WE ARE, AGAIN, REMOVING THAT FROM THE FREE USE, UH, POLICY AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
WE FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THOSE, UH, FUNDS TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AN ENTERPRISE FUND AND, UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE, UH, NEARBY.
UM, THESE ARE THE CURRENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE USING OUR, UM, UM, FACILITIES AT,
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AT NO COST.UH, THIS IS THE, THE PROPOSAL FOR FEES.
SO OUR CORE CORE PARTNERS, WHICH ARE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OUR, UH, HOAS CONTINUE TO USE, UM, FACILITIES FOR FREE.
UM, AND THEN OUR SERVICE AREA PARTNERS, UM, WE HAVE PEAK AND NON-PEAK.
AND IF IT'S IN A, UM, IF IT'S IN A, UH, NON-PEAK, THEY GET A 50% DISCOUNT.
UH, AND IF IT'S IN A PEAK TIME, THEN THEY GET A 25% DISCOUNT.
UH, AGAIN, IF THERE'S INCURRING STAFFING FEES.
SO IF THERE'S ANY RESERVATIONS THAT HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE ACTIVITIES AND PEOPLE AND STAFF THERE, UM, THERE'LL BE A $25 AN HOUR STAFFING FEE AND THEN, UH, A CLEANING FEE OF $65 PER RESERVATION.
THAT'S JUST WHAT IT COSTS FOR US TO BRING IN AN EXTRA CLEANING.
UM, WE DID SOME CALCULATIONS AND WE LOOKED AT THE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER AND, UM, THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND IF THIS WOULD'VE BEEN IN PLACE LAST YEAR, WE WOULD'VE HAD AN ADDITIONAL $8,350 IN, UM, ADDITIONAL, IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL.
UM, AND UH, I HAVE SOME GREAT STAFF THAT WORKED ON THIS WITH ME.
WE WORKED WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND, UM, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER.
YES, JASON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, ITEM 10, THE SECURITY FEES.
DID WE LOOK AT THE SECURITY FEES FOR O THE OFFICERS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE, UM, ON THE PREMISES FOR CERTAIN EVENTS? AND DID WE INCREASE THOSE FEES? 'CAUSE THE STANDARD RATE IS $40 PER HOUR, AND THEN THE HOLIDAYS RATE IS $50 AN HOUR.
NOW I'M NOT AN OFFICER AND DON'T WORK EXTRA JOBS, BUT IF I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS IN LINE WITH WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING, UM, YES.
SO FOR EVENTS SUCH AS THE CITY CENTER AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE PAID FOR BY CITY, UM, IT IS ON THE LOWER END.
UM, WE DID PULL SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, AREAS SUCH AS SUGARLAND, THEY JUST RECENTLY WENT UP AND THEY'RE RIGHT AROUND $50 AN HOUR, 45 TO 50.
SO THE STANDARD RATE, SO GO AHEAD.
THE STANDARD RATE THAT WE HAVE IS $40 PER OFFICER.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT THAT IS BELOW RATE FOR SOME JOB? IT, IT JUST DEPENDS.
UM, SOME PRIVATE EVENTS, PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY TOP MONEY JUST TO HAVE INSURANCE OFFICER IS THERE.
SO IT'S KIND OF ALL OVER THE BOARD.
WE'RE NOT, BY FAR, WE'RE NOT THE LOWEST AT 40.
UM, IT'S KIND OF MIDDLE GROUND, UM, RIGHT NOW AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'D LIKE TO BE HIRED AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND WE'LL POSSIBLY PROPOSE AT A LATER TIME.
AND THESE RULES ARE ALL CONSISTENT WITH OUR CURRENT REGULAR RULES FOR UTILIZING THE, THE FACILITIES.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO ADOPT A HIGHER FEE FOR THE OFFICERS THAT, SO THAT WE CAN BE COMPETITIVE AND MAKE SURE OFFICERS ARE COMPENSATED? UM, SO THAT WOULD BE, IF I MAY, THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE ITEM.
UM, THIS IS JUST, THIS POLICY IS SPECIFICALLY FOR MEETING, UH, THE MEETING ROOM USE POLICY AND IT INCORPORATES THE EXISTING POLICY FOR WHAT WE PAY, UH, OUR OFFICERS.
BUT THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION THAT THE CITY COULD HAVE.
CAN WE BRING THAT BACK AT A, AT A LATER TIME? OKAY.
RECOGNIZE AND COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSH.
SO JASON, CITY HALL MEETING ROOM NUMBER ONE USED TO BE ON THE FIRST FLOOR, UH, OVER THAT WAY.
AND SO MOST OF THE HOAS ON THIS, UH, END OF TOWN USED TO USE THAT ROOM A LONG TIME AGO.
SO GOING NOW TO THE CURRENT, UM, ROOMS THAT ARE GONNA BE MADE AVAILABLE, UM, IT'S A REDUCTION, HONESTLY, IN SPACE.
SO I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU COULD TALK TO US ABOUT WHY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS REMOVED AS A MEETING LOCATION.
AND, UM, IN TERMS OF THE LOCATIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE USED AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, HOW READILY AVAILABLE ARE THOSE ROOMS? OR WILL THERE BE DIFFICULTY WITH SCHEDULING? UH, THERE, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE, THERE WOULD BE NO DIFFICULTY IN SCHEDULING.
UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR, UM, OUR KPIS AND PARKS AND REC AND ONE OF THOSE IS HOW OFTEN ARE THOSE ROOMS BEING USED? AND, AND WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO SEE MORE USE.
AND SO THERE, THERE'S NOT, NOT REALLY ANY, UM, UH, ISSUE WITH, WITH SCHEDULING.
UM, WE, WE DID ACTUALLY ADD MORE SPACE ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN WITH ADDING THE UPSTAIRS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, THAT, THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY MORE SPACE ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN.
UH, WE JUST FELT INSTEAD OF HAVING THREE, THREE FACILITIES ON HEART RIGHT.
THAT ARE AVAILABLE, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE, THE PD,
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UM, THEN THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SOMEBODY THERE TO UNLOCK IT.AND, AND AGAIN, IF THE CLEANING CREW HAS ALREADY BEEN IN AND THEN THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S A MESS IN THERE, THEN THEY HAVE TO BRING THE CLEANING CREW BACK.
WE JUST FELT IT WAS EASIER TO USE THE REC CENTER, WHICH IS LITERALLY A MILE DOWN THE STREET WHERE WE'RE ALREADY OPEN TILL 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND WE'RE ALREADY PAYING THAT CLEANING CREW TO COME IN AFTER THAT.
AND SO IT JUST MADE MORE SENSE TO KIND OF STREAMLINE THIS.
I JUST HAVE ONE, UM, LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LISTED USER GROUPS PER LOCATION.
SO ALL OF THE ONES THAT WERE CURRENTLY AT QUAIL VALLEY CENTER, CITY CENTER, LIKE GUARDIAN, AND THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY USING OUR FACILITIES FOR FREE OKAY.
AT AL CITY CENTER, WHICH WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE REC CENTER.
UM, SO THE HOAS WOULD CONTINUE TO GET FREE USE THE, THE CENTER, THE 5 0 1 THREES WOULD GET THE DISCOUNTED, UH, RENTAL, BUT AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
NO ONE IS GONNA BE HERE AT CITY CENTER ANYMORE.
THAT REQUIRES STAFF TIME OVERTIME, ADDITIONAL OVERTIME LATER IN THE WEEK, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BREAKING EVEN IF THAT'S OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE NOT BE ALLOWED TO USE IT.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
UM, GREAT PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE, THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WORK TOGETHER WITH YOU ON THIS.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAT THEY'LL STILL GET THESE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE FACILITIES FOR FREE.
DOES THAT INCLUDE SCHOOLS? YEP.
I WANT, THAT'S MY BIGGEST THING.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOLS FOR SHARED USE, UM, UM, FACILITIES SO THAT THEY'RE BEING DOUBLE COVERED HERE.
BECAUSE NOW MY FAVORITE SCHOOLS, UM, USE THE FACILITIES FOR THEIR BANQUET.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PROVISION WAS COVERING THEM.
AND THEN ARE THERE LIMITATIONS ON HOW MANY TIMES THEY CAN USE OUR FACILITIES AT NO COST? UM, YEAH, SO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE UNLIMITED, UM, ABILITY, UH, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY IF A MUD HAS AN EMERGENCY MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THE 5 0 1 C THREES HAS A, DANIELLE PROBABLY CUT IT OFF THE TOP OF HER HEAD THE ONCE PER MONTH OR THEY'RE ALLOWED TO USE THE ONCE PER MONTH.
SO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND THE, THE SERVICE AREA PARTNERS ARE BOTH ONCE PER MONTH.
UM, AND PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS WILL BE LISTING THEIR REQUESTED DATES, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CONFIRM THOSE UP TO SIX MONTHS IN ADVANCE SO THAT THEY CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
SO WOULD THEY HAVE TO SCHEDULE THEIR APPOINTMENTS LIKE EVERY SINGLE MONTH OR CAN THEY GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE 'EM OUT FOR THE YEAR? THEY CAN DO UP TO SIX MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY FIRST SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION, THEY CAN SCHEDULE SIX MONTHS.
UM, WHEN THEY'RE IN OUR FACILITIES AT THE END OF THAT MEETING, THEY CAN JUST ADD ANOTHER ONE AT, AT THE END EACH TIME.
UM, THAT'S, THAT ALSO ALLOWS FOR US TO PLAN FOR PROGRAMS AND GROWTH, UM, IN OUR FACILITIES.
UM, SO BASICALLY THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO RESERVE AHEAD OF THEM IS OUR PROGRAMS RUN BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED AND THEN OUR PRIVATE RENTERS AFTER THAT.
SO, AND THAT LEADS ME INTO MY NEXT QUESTION.
SO WHAT IF THEY'RE, UM, SCHEDULED TO MEET ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY IN ONE OF OUR FACILITIES AND WE HAVE A CITY PROGRAM THAT WE NEED THAT, THAT SPACE? ARE THEY MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION OR DO THEY LOSE THEIR DATE ALTOGETHER? UM, HOPEFULLY IT'S RARE THAT IT'S THAT LAST MINUTE.
UH, I'VE ONLY SEEN IT HAPPEN ONCE OR TWICE IN MY FIVE YEARS, BUT, UM, TYPICALLY WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE, RELOCATE OUR ITEMS, BUT IF IT IS SOMETHING LAST MINUTE THAT THE CITY NEEDS, WE WOULD EITHER OFFER THEM A DIFFERENT ROOM AT THE SAME FACILITY, UM, OR THE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WERE HERE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, OFFER THEM AT THE REC CENTER, UM, AND THEN AS A LAST RESORT RESCHEDULE THEM TO, TO THEIR, YOU KNOW, CONVENIENCE FROM THERE.
AND SAME QUESTION, WHAT IF IT'S SOMEONE'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE USE OF THAT ROOM THAT WE ARE UTILIZING THEM AT NO COST? AGAIN, DOES THE SAME METHOD APPLY OR DO THEY HAVE TO BE MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE THAT REVENUE? SO ONCE THE, UM, CORE PARTNER SERVICE AREA PARTNER, ONCE THEIR RESERVATION IS IN OUR SYSTEM, IT'S SET, UM, PRIVATE RENTERS WERE, IT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE SET COMPLETELY FROM THERE.
THE ONLY REASON WE WOULD, UM, HAVE TO RESCHEDULE OR MOVE THEM TO A DIFFERENT FACILITY AS IF THERE WAS A, UM, NATURAL DISASTER MM-HMM.
OR IF, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM DEEM THAT THE CITY HAS TO HAVE THAT ROOM FOR SOMETHING.
SO MY QUESTION UNDER, UM, IT SAYS AGENDA ITEM FOUR B, UM, ON PAGE FIVE IT SAYS, QUALIFIED GROUPS MAY NOT CONDUCT
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THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES DURING THEIR APPROVED USE OF A MISSOURI CITY FACILITY FOR PROFIT, BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES, PRIVATE INSTRUCTION, FUNDRAISING.CAN YOU EX EXPLAIN HOW THAT PARTICULAR COMPONENT WORKS? IS THIS ONLY IF THEY'RE WANTING TO USE IT FOR AT NO COST? THAT AT NO OR REDUCED COST? YES.
SO THEY WANT TO DO A CANDIDATE FORM, THEY WOULD WOULD'VE TO PAY REGULAR, REGULAR, UH, UM, RATES FOR THAT.
SO IN, IN PREVIOUS WE'VE HAD SOME, UM, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DONE THOSE.
WERE THEY NOT PAID THEN? WELL, AT, AT, UM, PREVIOUSLY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WOULD JUST RENT NORMALLY UNLESS THEY WERE LISTED ON THAT, ON THAT THING.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO IN A NUTSHELL, YOU BASICALLY TOLD US THAT LAST YEAR, IF WE WERE TO HAVE THESE IN PLACE, WE WOULD'VE HAD AROUND 8,000 SOME CHANGE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, UH, LOST REVENUE, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN CORRECT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, PART TWO IS WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE LIST OF HOAS AND NOT, YOU KNOW, NONPROFIT THAT YOU CAN USE THIS, ARE YOU OPENING THIS AS TO EVERYBODY OR IS JUST ONLY THOSE ON THE LIST? NO, UM, ALL, ALL 5 0 1 C THREES THAT SERVE MISSOURI CITY, UM, WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL ALSO DO IS WE HAVE THIS COMMUNITY EVENT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT ON THIS MEETING ROOM NEWS POLICY, IT WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, APPLYING TO GET FEES WAIVED.
THIS MAKES IT MUCH, MUCH SIMPLER FOR THE, FOR THE NONPROFITS BECAUSE IF THEY QUALIFY, IT'S, IT'S AUTOMATIC, RIGHT? THEY, THEY FILL OUT AN APPLICATION ONCE PER YEAR.
UM, WE CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY QUALIFY AND THEN IF THEY WANT TO USE 'EM, THAT THEN THEY CAN USE IT.
SO IT'S GONNA SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS AND ALLOW US TO BE WAY MORE EFFICIENT FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS, UH, REDUCED RENTALS.
WHAT ABOUT HOA MEETINGS AND THINGS? UH, HOA THAT WANTS TO RENT? UM, SAME PROCESS? YEAH.
UM, THEIR APPLICATION IS MUCH SIMPLER TO JUST BASICALLY GIVING US THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THAT HOA, UM, AND THEN, UM, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE QUALIFIED TO, TO, UM, IT JUST MAKES US, ALLOWS US TO, TO VERIFY THAT THEY'RE AN HOA AND THEY'RE ACTIVE AND THAT THEY HAVE A, THAT THEY HAVE OFFICERS.
SO ANY HOA IN OUR CITY, IF THEY WANT TO USE A SPACE THEY CAN YES.
IS IT FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE? YES.
OR IS IT THEY LOCK IN FOR A WHOLE YEAR, SIX MONTHS? THEY COULD LOCK IN FOR SIX MONTHS, BUT IT WOULD BE THOSE THAT GOT THEIR APPLICATION IN ON TIME, THEN THEY WOULD SCHEDULE IT.
AND IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, CONFLICTING, WE WOULD WORK, TRY TO WORK WITH THE, THE THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
SO THAT MEANS IF WE HAVE A, A CITY EVENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT REQUIRES FOR US TO USE THAT SPACE OR ENDS UP NEEDING THAT SPACE, THEN WE WILL, OR THE CITY WILL FIND A WAY TO MOVE WHOEVER THAT WAS SCHEDULED WITHIN THE SIX MONTHS.
UH, YEAH, LIKE DANIEL SAYING, THAT'S, THAT'S EXTREMELY RARE.
I MEAN, THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR POLICY FOR ANYBODY THAT'S USING OUR SPACE.
I MEAN, SOMEONE COULD HAVE A WEDDING PLANNED AND THE CITY HAS THE RIGHT TO NOW, WE WOULD NEVER DO THAT.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT RIGHT TO, TO MOVE ANY RENTER, WHETHER IT'S A FULL PRICE RENTER OR A DISCOUNT RENT OR FREE RENTER.
IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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NUMBER 10 OUR COUNCIL COMMENTS.WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OUR COUNCIL COMMENTS WITH OUR LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER, SONYA BROWN.
UM, SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A LONG TWO WEEKS, BUT WE'RE HERE.
SO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL, UM, ECONOMIC FORECAST.
IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED, PROBABLY OVER A THOUSAND ATTENDEES IN PLACE.
IT WAS NICE TO HEAR, UM, DIFFERENT STRATEGISTS SPEAK ON THE WAY THAT THEY THINK THE CURRENT ECONOMY IS GOING TO MOVE.
AND IN PARTICULARLY, I WAS, UM, MOST IMPRESSED WITH THE GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF SCOTT DAVIS OF LOCATION STRATEGY, LLC.
UM, AND HE PARTICULARLY SPOKE ABOUT FINDING DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT MATCHES WHAT CITIES NEEDS, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
SO THAT WAS EXTREMELY, UM, ENCOURAGING TO HEAR HIM TALK ON SOME OF HIS TOPICS.
AND ONE THING IN PARTICULAR THAT I LEARNED AT THE, UM, CONFERENCES AT SAN ANTONIO STRANGE THAT THEY WERE MENTIONED HERE EARLIER ON TONIGHT IN ONE OF THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS, IS THAT THEY MADE A, UM, A MAJOR MOVE TO INCREASE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING, UH, AVAILABILITY THAT THEY CAN HAVE FOR THEIR CITIZENS.
AND LENNAR CAME IN WITH A PRODUCT THAT LITERALLY COST ABOUT 135 TO $185,000,
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WHICH WE DON'T SEE HOMES COST THAT RIGHT NOW ANYMORE.AND THOSE HOMES LITERALLY RANGE ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 350 SQUARE FEET TO ABOUT 650 SQUARE FEET.
BUT WHEN THE PRODUCT HIT THE GROUND, THERE WAS A LINE DOWN THE STREET AND IT SOLD OUT.
SO IT WAS JUST ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS OUT THERE.
AND SO WHEN I START LOOKING AT THESE LITTLE AREAS, LIKE WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, UM, WITH REGARDS TO IS IT GONNA BE HOMES ON THE STREET, IS IT GONNA BE WAREHOUSES OR WHAT IS IT GONNA BE? THERE'S SO MUCH MORE OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE FOR US.
SO I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE GROUP WHEN I CAN TO GO OUT AND LISTEN TO THINGS THAT THEY HAVE AND CONTINUE TO BRING THAT FEEDBACK, UM, TO EVERYONE HERE.
UM, THE FORT BEND CHAMBER CHAIRMAN'S GALA WAS AMAZING.
I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TO HONESTLY SEE THAT THE CHAIRMAN'S TORCH WAS ACTUALLY PASSED TO NOW A CHAIRWOMAN.
SO IT WAS VERY, VERY NICE TO SEE THAT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO THAT EVENT EVERY YEAR.
AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO COMMENT ON IS HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF THE CITIZENS OUT AT ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE GOING ON, UM, OVER THE ENTIRE MONTH.
AND I LEARNED SOMETHING ON SATURDAY AT OUR KICKOFF EVENT, AND THAT'S THAT.
UM, MOST CITIES AROUND US, THEY ONLY HAVE, OR MAYBE ACKNOWLEDGE ONE DAY FOR THE MONTH FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BUT I'M THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE A TEAM HERE THAT ACKNOWLEDGES IT ALL MONTH LONG.
SO THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS AT ALL OF THE EVENTS.
RECOGNIZING, UM, A LARGE COUNCIL POSITION NUMBER 2:00 AM MAYOR OF PRO TIMBERLAND KLAUSER.
HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO EVERYBODY.
UM, I HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND OUR WEEKLY FARMERS' MARKET, UM, AND IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE GO AND SUPPORT.
I SAW, UM, OUR, UH, PARKS DIRECTOR, DONNIE HAYES AND HIS WIFE.
UH, WE WERE ABOUT TO FIGHT OVER THE BRUSSELS SPROUTS, BUT I ENDED UP WINNING
BUT, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A WEEKLY FARMER'S MARKET AND, UH, REALLY A LOT OF GREAT ARTISANS.
SO WE CAN JUST GO OUT AND SUPPORT, UM, AND KEEP THOSE LOCAL ARTISANS IN BUSINESS HATS OFF TO THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN TEAM FOR A SUCCESSFUL ELECTRONICS, UH, RECYCLING EVENT.
AND FOR ALL THEY DO, UH, IN AND AROUND THE CITY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PANELIST FOR THE GUYS AND DOLLS GREAT GROUP OF THE MISSOURI CITY SUGARLAND CHAPTER OF JACK AND JILL, ALONG WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVE RON REYNOLDS, JUDGE TAMIKA CARTER DA BRIAN MIDDLETON AND CONSTABLE SMITH TO DISCUSS OUR, OUR PATHWAYS TO THE POSITIONS WE SERVE IN.
I ATTENDED THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF FORT BEND PARTY WITH A PURPOSE AT LINGS TO TEASE UP THEIR MARCH FUNDRAISER EVENT CALLED READING BETWEEN THE LINES, WHICH I'LL BE MCING.
EACH PARTICIPANT BROUGHT A $25 GIFT CARD TO DONATE FOR THEIR UPCOMING EVENT.
I ATTENDED THE FORT BEND CHAMBERS, UH, GALA, UH, WHERE OUR 20 20 20 23 CHAIR KING, UH, RIE.
HE, I I SAID THE SAME THING, PASSED THE TORCH
UM, WE JUST, WE, WE DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY, UM, AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHER, UM, MUNICIPALITIES.
SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD TIME.
UM, I ATTENDED THE BLACK HISTORY EVENT KICKOFF, UH, THAT WAS HOSTED BY THE EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION IN MISSOURI CITY.
I WAS ALSO HONORED TO SERVE, TO SERVE AS A JUDGE FOR THE POETRY SLAM CONTEST, AND MY DAUGHTER SERVED AS ONE OF THE KIDS JUDGES.
THAT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT, WAS, IT WAS TOUGH JUDGING, BUT IT WAS AMAZING.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, COMING BACK NEXT YEAR.
AND I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THE UPCOMING SMALL BUSINESS MIXER.
AND THIS, UM, THIS MIXER IS GONNA BE, UH, SPONSORED BY THE PRIMEWAY FEDERAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ON FEBRUARY 13TH AT SIX 30 AT THE QUAIL VALLEY CITY CENTER.
AND ALSO WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT, UH, COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP AT 8:00 AM IN THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY ANNEX LOCATED, UH, IN THE SHOPPING CENTER WITH KROGER.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
RECOGNIZING THIS AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA RILEY.
UM, IT WAS A VERY BUSY MONTH, UM, IN MY BIRTHDAY MONTH, BUT I TRIED TO MAKE AS MUCH AS I COULD.
UM, I SERVE ON THE, UH, CAMPUS BASED LEADERSHIP TEAM, UH, CALLED CPAC AT HUNTERS GLEN ELEMENTARY.
SO IT WAS GREAT TO, UH, TALK TO A LOT OF THE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP ABOUT THE STUDENT DATA THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STRIDES THAT THEY'VE MADE, UM, IN THEIR, ON THEIR CAMPUS ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO OUR KICKOFF, UH, BLACK HISTORY, UM, WHERE TROY AND CHARITY CARTER AND DONNIE, OUR PARKS
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DIRECTORS WORK SO CLOSELY TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A MONTH LONG OF GREAT ACTIVITIES, UM, FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.UM, THE FORT BEND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GALA, CHAIRMAN BAYLOR WAS AWESOME.
UM, I DIDN'T SEE MY COUNCIL WOMEN OUT THERE ON THE DANCE FLOOR, BUT IT'S OKAY.
YEAH, I WAS STILL IN, IN THE OTHER ROOM TRYING TO PICK, FIX MY FEET.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE 2023 KING FOR HIS LEADERSHIP, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO KIARA SUGGS, THE NEW 2024 CHAIRWOMAN AND FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO BE APPOINTED TO THAT SEAT IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WANT TO, UH, SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. BERNIE KELLY.
UH, SHE, SHE'S A FRIEND TO MISSOURI CITY.
SHE RECEIVED THE OUTSTANDING TEXAN AWARD FROM SENATOR MILES HOUSE DISTRICT, UH, 13.
AND, UM, MANY OF US WERE OUT THERE TO CELEBRATE HER AT HER CHURCH, UH, FIRST, UH, NEW NEW FAITH CHURCH.
AND SO IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL TO SEE THE SHOW OF LOVE TO SUPPORT HER FOR RECEIVING THIS AMAZING AWARD.
UH, WE HAD A CHANCE TO GO BY PASTOR AND FIRST LADY, UH, FANNIE YOUNG'S, UH, CHURCH AFTER SERVICE WAS OVER.
SIT AND CHAT WITH THEM AS THEY CELEBRATE THEIR PASTORS IN CHURCH ANNIVERSARY AT MISSOURI CITY BAPTIST CHURCH.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO SONYA, UH, SANTI, ONE OF OUR MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS WHO RETIRED FROM THE PINNACLE.
AFTER 10 YEARS, SHE WAS THE, UH, DRIVING FORCE BEHIND, ALLOWED THE LAYOUT OF THAT FACILITY WHERE A LOT OF OUR MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS ARE 55 AND OLDER GO OVER THERE TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO COLONY CROSS'S, HOA NEW BOARD MEMBERS DR.
CHERYL STERLING AND FORMER MAYOR OF FORD.
UM, THEY WERE INDUCTED OR VOTED IN AS THE NEW BOARD, HOA PRESIDENTS THIS PAST WEEK.
UM, ALSO WANT TO SEND OUT OUR CONDOLENCES AND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO FORMER MAYOR FORD, UH, THE LOSS OF HER MOTHER.
PLEASE KEEP HER IN YOUR THOUGHTS, IN YOUR PRAYERS, AS WELL AS SHAD GANY.
UM, WENT TO HIS FATHER, HIS MOTHER'S FUNERAL THIS PAST WEEKEND AS WELL.
AND AS I CLOSE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT TO MY BIRTHDAY PARTY.
COUNCIL MEMBER FLOYD EMERY, UH, FOR BEARING WITH, UH, THE HUGE CROWD.
AND, UM, AND JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
EVERYBODY WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU.
AND SO JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYER.
THEY REALLY WERE, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, HEY, THAT'S THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR FOR PRO 10 FROM LAST YEAR, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, YOU DEFINITELY WERE HIGHLIGHTED, UM, AT THAT EVENT.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
RECOGNIZING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT B JEFFREY EL BONY.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN.
UH, WE, WE, UH, ARE BLESSED TO BE, UH, ON THIS SIDE TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER TRIP AROUND THE SUN.
I WANT TO THANK, UH, YOU, MAYOR
UH, WE HAVE A, UH, SOLID TEAM, UH, STAFF THAT'S ALWAYS ON THE READY, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, ANY RE UH, EMERGENCY RELATED EVENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
SO THANK YOU ALL, ALL THAT YOU DO, ESPECIALLY OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, ATTENDING IN OUR POLICE AND FIRE, UH, UH, HGAC BOARD MEETING, UH, AND ANNUAL MEETING, UH, ATTENDED THOSE.
UH, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY AND, UH, CITY MANAGER AND PUBLIC WORK DIRECTOR, UH, SHAHI KUMAR FOR COMING AND, UH, BEING IN ATTENDANCE.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UH, HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AT RODEO, BLACK HERITAGE COMMITTEE, ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP GALA, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE FUNDS.
I SAW MAYOR PRO TIM PLOWER OUT, UH, TALKING ABOUT CUTTING THE RUG, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS, SHE WAS OUT THERE AS WELL.
UM, ALSO WE HAD A BOARD AND COMMISSION AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING, FINAL, UH,
ALSO, WE HAD OUR TEXAS PARKWAY COURTRIGHT, UH, CORRIDOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, RILEY.
AND OUR, UH, MEMBERS ALSO ATTENDED THE FORT BEND MAYOR AND COUNCIL ASSOCIATIONS, UH, MONTHLY DINNER AND THE CITY, THE BIG CITY OF PLEA, UH, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, UH, ALSO ATTENDED THE FORT BEND COUNTY STATE OF JUSTICE LUNCHEON WITH FORT BEND COUNTY, HOSTED BY FORT BEND COUNTY DA BRIAN MILLERTON.
IT, IT WAS AN INAUGURAL EVENT, A GRAND AFFAIR, UH, ATTENDED WITH MAYOR
UH, OUR, OUR NEW, UH, POLICE CHIEF WHO WAS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED, BRANDON HARRIS AT THE EVENT AT COUNCILMAN
UH, WANTED TO CONGRATULATE PASTOR DENNIS YOUNG, UH, ON MISSOURI CITY BAPTIST CHURCH'S 32ND ANNIVERSARY.
I ATTENDED THE WEEK PRIOR, UH, 'CAUSE I KNEW I WASN'T GONNA BE AVAILABLE
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LAST SUNDAY, BUT, UH, ALWAYS ENJOY A FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM AND HIS, UH, HIS, HIS PEOPLE.I ALSO ATTENDED THE MUD 26 BOARD MEETING.
UH, WANT TO THANK COUNCIL, UH, I MEAN CITY MANAGER JONES, AS WELL AS, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SHASHI KUMAR, FOR HELPING TO, UH, MOVE THAT, UH, THAT THAT NEEDLE FORWARD.
UH, LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK, UH, THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH KICKOFF CELEBRATION, UH, VIDEO THAT I WAS ABLE TO, UH, DO.
THE, THE, UH, UH, VIDEOS WILL BE FORTHCOMING FROM ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
UH, BUT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DO ONE FOR THE KICKOFF CELEBRATION.
LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY BLACK HISTORY WEEK BY CARTER G WILSON.
UH, IT WAS DONE, UH, BASICALLY TO REMEMBER PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WHO WAS THE 16TH PRESIDENT AND WHO WISH THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION AS WELL AS FREDERICK DOUGLAS, ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT 19TH CENTURY BLACK ABOLITIONIST AUTHOR ORS AND CIVIL RIGHTS TR TRAILBLAZERS OF ALL TIME.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT C ANTHONY MARLES.
YEAH, MAYOR PRO TEM SPOKE ABOUT, UH, MISSOURI CITY GREEN.
SO I WANT TO GIVE SOME MORE INFORMATION.
SO THEY COLLECTED, UH, OVER 27,000 POUNDS OF ELECTRONICS, UH, WHICH IS A WHOLE ENTIRE 18 WHEELER.
UH, THERE WERE 475 CARS THAT SHOWED UP.
THEY ACTUALLY OUTGREW THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS AND HELD IT AT THE FREEDOM CENTER.
AND SO I WANNA THANK PASTOR GREG FOR HOSTING US THERE.
UM, ONE FACT THAT I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW, MISSOURI CITY GREEN'S A NONPROFIT, THEY ACTUALLY SPENT 11 GRAND OF THEIR MONEY TO HOST THAT EVENT.
SO FOR THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN, THERE'S ALSO A FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT THEY CAN USE.
UM, SO, UH, MISSOURI CITY WARRANTS COMING UP ON FEBRUARY 15TH, THE DAY AFTER VALENTINE'S DAY.
SO YOU BETTER BUY YOUR WIFE SOME FLOWERS AND PAY YOUR TICKETS OR ELSE WE'RE COMING.
AND THEN, UM, JOE'S WELCOME BACK.
UH, WE, WE ARE REALLY, UH, FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU AND OUR DEPARTMENT REALLY WILL, UH, DO WELL WITH YOU HERE.
AND HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
UH, I SAW THE FLYERS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING TO YOUR POINT, WE LEAD IN THIS AND I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT D FLOYD EMERY.
UH, WELL, I, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I DID ATTEND THE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY'S 3M BIRTHDAY PARTY AND CAMPAIGN OUT MOVING.
WE GOT THAT
I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT DANCING, THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IT, UH, AT THAT MEETING OR AT THAT, THAT GATHERING.
UH, UH, I SPOKE AT, UH, THE QUI VALLEY PROUDS, UH, ANNUAL, UH, MEETING.
THEY HAD AROUND 80, UH, OR SO THERE.
AND, UH, THEY BROUGHT, UH, A LOT OF, UH, NOT, UH, UNDERSTANDING AND, UH, PROGRAMS THAT, UH, QUI VALLEY PROUD WILL BE, UH, SUPPORTING.
UH, I, UH, ALSO, UM, ATTENDED, UH, A KICKOFF, UH, AT THE, UH, PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THEY'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH A BUTTERFLY GARDEN.
SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH, UH, THE QUAIL VALLEY GARDEN CLUB TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
UH, IT WAS HELD AT THE, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN, UH, 30 OR 40 ADULTS AND PROBABLY THE SAME NUMBER OF KIDS.
SO THEY'RE, UH, ANXIOUS TO GET STARTED.
AND, UH, I, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, MAYBE WE CAN GET, UH, PAUL AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, UH, FOLKS FROM, UH, THE, THE, UH, ARBOR, UH, TRAIL TO MAYBE, UH, PROVIDE SOME PRESENTATION AT SOME POINT IN TOWN.
UM, AND I ATTENDED THE HVAC ANNUAL BOARD MEETING WITH MY, UH, UH, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BONY AND, UH, CITY MANAGER AND, UH, AND, UM, UM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
SO, UH, IT WAS, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, WAS, UH, WELL, UH, WELL ATTENDED AND, UH, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
AND, UH, I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND AS MANY OF THE, UH, EVENTS AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT EVERY TIME I LOOK UP, UH, THEY'RE PUTTING NEW EVENTS ON THE CALENDAR, SO I'M NOT SURE I'LL BE ABLE TO STAY UP WITH IT, BUT I WILL TRY
SO THAT'S MY, UH, MY PRESENTATION.
I KNOW IT'S HARD TO LINE, TO FOLLOW.
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MAN, I'M LOST HERE.FIRST OF ALL, TALKING ABOUT THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AS SOMEONE STATED HERE, IT'S USUALLY EVERY OTHER CITY IS ONE DAY AND IS ONE PROCLAMATION.
AND WE HAVE A WHOLE MONTH OF ACTIVITIES, UM, THANKS TO OUR PARTNER THIS YEAR, UH, WHICH IS EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION.
UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO NOW MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PLANNINGS AND ALL THAT.
BUT I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, UM, A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS, UH, IT, AND THEN OF COURSE, DONNIE HAYES AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE JUST STANDING IN LINE, ALL FOUR OF YOU CHANGING OUT THE VENUES LEFT AND RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UM, I DID ATTEND, I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK TO EVERYTHING THAT OTHERS SPOKE ABOUT ME ATTENDING, BUT I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING TWO CAREER DAYS, ONE AT LEXINGTON CREEK ELEMENTARY, AND THE OTHER ONE IS A BRAND NEW SCHOOL, WHICH IS ON BUCHAR.
AND BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS WERE REALLY GREAT.
ALL THE KIDS WANTED TO KNOW WAS HOW MUCH MONEY I MADE.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY HOW MUCH IT IS, BUT I THINK YOU WOULD KNOW.
UM, 75TH REPUBLIC DAY OF INDIA WAS ON JANUARY 26TH.
SO WITH THE INVITATION FROM THE COUNCIL GENERAL OF INDIA, AND, UH, HIS LOVELY WIFE, UM, MYSELF AND ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, ALMOST EVERYONE FROM NEARBY CITIES WERE ABLE TO ATTEND.
SO THE, THE CITY HELD AN ELECTION LAW SEMINAR WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
I KNOW THAT IT WAS A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT TURNED OUT, UM, AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WELCOMING THEM, WELCOMING THEM TO THIS, UH, JOE'S, UH, IN PLANNING.
I KNOW IN ONE TIME BEFORE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH YOU AS WELL, JENNIFER.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE'S AT, BUT JENNIFER, GREAT JOB.
I, I, AND I JUST WANT TO BE ON RECORD SAYING THAT THERE'S BEEN A MOTION THAT PEOPLE ARE LEAVING MISSOURI CITY.
WELL, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT YOU, BUT THEY'RE COMING BACK.
I JUST WANTED TO BE ON THAT RECORD FOR THAT.
UH, LASTLY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL AND I HAD, UH, UH, HONORED TO ATTEND, UM, SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY, OLO CAMP'S, DAUGHTER ASHLEY STEVENS PASSED AWAY, UM, ACCIDENT, UH, IT WAS RIGHT.
UH, AND THE FUNERAL WAS LAST, LAST WEEK, FRIDAY.
SO KEEP OLO CAMP, WHO'S, UH, WITH BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR SO LONG, AND HER DAUGHTER ASHLEY, UH, STEVENS IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
AND NUMBER 11 ARE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
UH, DO WE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CLOSE EX NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
ITEM NUMBER 13 OR, UH, ADJOURN.
THE TIME IS 8:43 PM CITY COUNCIL WILL ADJOURN.