Mar 18, 2024 City Council

SO, UH, COUNSELOR OF GREECE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY IS MARCH 25TH.

IT'S A SIGNIFICANT DAY IN GREECE, BUT IT'S ALSO HAS A RELIGIOUS ASPECT.

AND SO I'M GONNA INVITE FATHER LIOS, WHO'S ONE OF TWO PRIESTS THAT MARRIED ME.

I NEEDED TWO , UM, TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS DAY MEANS, UH, TODAY AND GOING FORWARD.

FATHER STS, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ANTHONY.

UH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.

IT'S A BLESSING TO BE HERE TODAY.

GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY COINCIDES WITH THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.

THOSE OF US THAT ARE CHRISTIANS, THIS MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO US BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS THE FACT THAT OUR LORD, THE SECOND PERSON OF THE TRINITY, GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE SECOND PERSON CAME TO EARTH, BECAME A HUMAN BEING, AND GAVE US FREEDOM.

FREEDOM FROM SIN AND FREEDOM FROM DEATH.

SO TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY.

I'M AN IMMIGRANT TO AMERICA.

I CAME TO THIS BLESSED COUNTRY IN 1960.

AT THREE YEARS OLD, MY FATHER CAME TO AMERICA BECAUSE HE WANTED FREEDOM.

HE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO BREATHE IN GREECE AT THE TIME, WHICH IS A GREAT COUNTRY.

HE JUST, HE COULDN'T DO IT.

HE WAS A PRIEST AND HE WAS LIMITED.

HE CAME HERE AND HE THRIVED IN THIS WONDERFUL COUNTRY OF OURS.

SO MARCH 25TH AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF INDEPENDENCE DAY FOR GREECE AND MARCH 25TH, THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE VIRGIN MARY, UH, WHO WAS GIVE, WHO WOULD GIVE BIRTH TO, TO OUR LORD, IS A BIG DAY FOR US.

AND I, I THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU TO, FOR COMING HERE.

I THANK FOR THE COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK, AND THANK YOU FOR ANTHONY LES, FOR BEING ONE OF MY DEAR FRIENDS.

GOD BLESS.

SO, NINE MONTHS FROM NOW IS EXACTLY CHRISTMAS, SO THAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MARCH 25TH.

NEXT, I WANNA INTRODUCE YOU TO A MISSOURI CITY POLICE, POLICE OFFICER, A GREEK POLICE OFFICER, SOMEONE THAT I LOVE AND RESPECT, KUTA, HE'LL SPEAK ABOUT THE FLAG, THE MEANING OF THE FLAG.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

I'M OFFICER BUIS.

I HAVE A FEW FACTS OF THE GREEK FLAG AS WE'VE PRESENTED ALL AROUND.

UH, SOME OF YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW THIS IF YOU DO NOT.

HERE WE GO.

THE MEANING OF THE GREEK FLAG, THE CROSS STANDS FOR GREEK ORTHODOXY.

THE COLOR STANDS FOR THE SEA AND THE SKY.

AND THE NINE STRIPES STAND FOR THE NINE SYLLABLES OF THE GREEK MOTTO, WHICH IS FREEDOM OR DEATH.

SO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE'S A THEME OF FOOD AND WE DON'T GO HUNGRY, RIGHT GUYS? UM, RU LUCK CANNOT BE HERE TONIGHT.

SO I INVITED SOME SPECIAL GUESTS.

UH, GUS PAPPAS, CITY OF BEL AIR MAYOR CAN'T BE HERE, NOR CAN JACKIE EAR TO YOU, WHO'S A NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER OF BEL AIR.

BUT THEY CAN'T BE HERE, BUT THEY SEND THEIR BEST.

I WANT TO INVITE SUPREME VICE PRESIDENT OF, OF, OF A HEPA, CHRIS KASON TO COME UP, PLEASE.

CHRIS WAS ALSO MY BASKETBALL COACH.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

UH, WE'LL TRY TO GO FAST HERE.

OWNER OPERATOR OF OLD HICKORY BARBECUE TED CAR HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS THE MISSOURI CITY CAFETERIA FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

, UH, THEY'VE BEEN ESTABLISHED SINCE 1963.

OWNER AND OPERATOR OF NICO NICOS, DMITRI FATTO SINCE 1977.

HIS FAMILY STARTED A BUSINESS HERE IN AMERICA.

HE WAS VERY GENEROUS TO BRING BAKLAVA TONIGHT FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE A SAMPLE.

AND HE WAS VERY GENEROUS TO FEED US TONIGHT.

SO DO, THIS IS THE GUY, OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF CHRISTIE SEAFOOD.

EVERYBODY COME UP.

SO WE HAVE ALEXANDRA CHRISTIE, WHICH IS MRS. CHRISTIE.

SHE IS THE MOTHER OF THE CHRISTIE FAMILY.

SHE'S ALSO THE MOTHER OF ULA CHRISTIE FROM 1 0 4 KRVE, GEORGE CHRISTIE, MY BEST FRIEND, HIS SISTER AND THEIR AND THEIR DAUGHTER.

THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING IN HERE TONIGHT.

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IT'S ACTUALLY HER BIRTHDAY.

SO, ULA, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, , HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM YOUR FAMILY HERE.

I ALSO INVITED FOES.

HE WAS A CHANNEL 13 ANCHOR AND A CHANNEL 13 NEWS REPORTER NOW WITH COMCAST.

HE HAD AN EMERGENCY.

HE CAN'T BE HERE.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY WOULD BE HAPPY THAT WE HAVE SOME DISTRICT D UH, PEOPLE HERE.

SO, JOHN VALANDO, UH, A BEST FRIEND OF MINE FROM GROWING UP, HE'S HERE FROM DISTRICT D.

I DON'T SEE MAT TACOS AND I DON'T SEE PETER ZOS, BUT ALL THOSE WERE GREEKS FROM HERE IN MISSOURI CITY AND DISTRICT D THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING.

MY BROTHER JOHN'S HERE FROM CALIFORNIA.

MY MOM'S HERE, ELLA, COME UP HERE.

AND MY DAUGHTER MELANIE AND LANEY ARE HERE.

WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

I'M GONNA READ THE PROCLAMATION.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MA'AM.

AND, UH, AND HAND IT TO OUR COUNSELOR.

THANK YOU ALL FOR HELLO.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

COME ON UP, GIRLS.

WHEREAS MARCH 25TH, 2024 IS THE 200 AND OH, UM, ROBIN, COME UP.

I GOTTA COME UP MAYOR.

THE MAYOR WENT GREEK ON ME.

HE BOUGHT A GREEK SHIRT, SO HE GOTTA COME UP HERE.

WHEREAS MARCH 25TH, 2024 IS THE 203RD ANNIVERSARY OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY.

WHEREAS THE LESSONS OF ANCIENT GREEK DEMOCRACIES ARE AMONG THE GREATEST AND MOST ENDURING EVER TAUGHT FROM THE WORLD CAME TO KNOW THE UNDERSTAND THE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN LIBERTY, SELF-GOVERNMENT, AND THE RULE OF LAW, THE VERY PRINCIPLES THAT FUELED AMERICA'S OWN DRIVE FOR INDEPENDENCE AND SHAPED THE REPUBLIC.

GREEK AMERICANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED AS LEADERS OF CULTURE, COMMUNITY, BUSINESS, AND GOVERNMENT THROUGHOUT THE GENERATIONS.

THEY HAVE HELPED SHAPE OUR ENDURING DEMOCRACY AS A NATION THAT ACCEPTS OUR OBLIGATIONS TO ONE ANOTHER AND UNDERSTANDS THE RISE AND FALL OF ONE.

WHEREAS TO DURING THE HISTORIC OCCASION, THE NATION OF GREECE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS IN ART, LITERATURE, SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, ARCHITECTURE, MUSIC, SCULPTURE, AND DEMOCRACY.

AS GREEK RESIDENTS OF GREEK ANCESTRY SHOULD TAKE SPECIAL PRIDE IN THIS DAY WITH INSPIRING AND LONG LASTING HERITAGE.

WHEREAS I, ANTHONY MARLI, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, WE LOVE YOU GUYS.

, UH, OPA, UH, PROCLAIM MARCH 25TH, 2024 AS GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

WOO, FOR EVERYBODY WE HAVE RIGHT HERE.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE READY RIGHT HERE ON 3 1, 2, 3, 1 MORE.

1, 2, 3.

ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS.

BEFORE EVERYBODY BREAKS FOR A SECOND, I DO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, UM, TO THE HONORABLE COUNCIL GENERAL, UH, AND TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TODAY, UM, CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, WE, UH, OFFER OUR, UH, OUR EXCITING OUR YOUR INDEPENDENCE DAY.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES IS PUTTING THIS EVENT OUT HERE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

BUT I WANT ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, IN FORT BEND COUNTY, WE ARE THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN FORT BEND COUNTY.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO DIVERSITY, WE'RE NUMBER ONE.

AND WE JUST CELEBRATED BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION.

AND

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THERE ARE MORE TO COME AND, AND EXPRESSING OUR DIVERSITY AND SHOWING OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT MOVING TOGETHER WITH MISSOURI CITY.

I DO WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND I SAW THE AGENDA ON FRIDAY.

SO I CALLED COUNCILMAN MULA SATURDAY AND SAID, HEY, I KNOW YOU'RE HAVING THIS CELEBRATION.

CAN I GET A SHIRT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ? AND HE SAID, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.

SO THANKS TO AMAZON , IT WASN'T MY SIZE, BUT I HAD TO GET AN EXTRA LARGE AND TO GET IT UP HERE, BUT, AND HE SAID, YOU CAN HAVE A HAT IF YOU WANT TO.

AND I SAID, IT'S OKAY.

I GOT SOMETHING BETTER FOR YOU.

SO I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT, ANTHONY, THAT WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE CELEBRATING THIS EVENT HERE AND COUNCIL GENERAL, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND REPRESENTING, AND THIS IS ON BEHALF OF OUR STAFF, OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HERE, OUR CITY MANAGER AND ALL OF THE TEAM, AND SAYING, ZITA ELLIS.

ZITA ELLIS, HOW YOU DOING, MAN? THAT'S A THANK YOU, DIMITRI.

ALRIGHT, SORRY GUYS.

THANKS ALL.

COUNCIL MEMBER, IF MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING IS OVER, WE CAN CONTINUE .

WOW.

CUT HIS MIC OFF.

ALRIGHT, ITEM FOUR

[(b) Recognition - Edison Arts Foundation.]

B IS TO, UH, RECOGNITION OF EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION.

SO WE HAVE TROY AND CHARITY CARTER, PLEASE COME ON UP.

WHILE THEY DO THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO COME DOWN.

ALSO BE OVER HERE.

BE OVER HERE.

YOU'LL BE IN THE PHOTO , MR. GQ, IF YOU WILL.

I'M SORRY.

SO THE LAST MONTH WE CELEBRATED OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION, UH, GREEKS RIGHT THERE.

SO LAST MONTH WE HAD A WHOLE MONTH OF CELEBRATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

SO I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, UH, EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION, TROY AND CHARITY FOR HELPING CITY OF MISSOURI CITY WITH THE WHOLE MONTH OF CELEBRATION.

AS WE ALL HEARD, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY CITIES GIVE A PROCLAMATION LIKE COUNCILMAN MURS JUST DID, AND THAT'S IT.

BUT WE HAD SEVEN PROGRAMS, , SEVEN PROGRAMS CELEBRATING, UH, WITH CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FOR THIS CELEBRATION.

AND ONE IS MY FAVORITE, WHICH IS OUR FREEDOM WALK.

AND IT WAS OUR THIRD ANNUAL FREEDOM WALK.

AND SO WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT

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NEXT YEAR.

I THINK JASON MAGNUM HAD SAID OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THAT THE PARK WILL BE READY.

OKAY, THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

, HE'S LOOKING THE OTHER WAY.

BUT I ALSO WANTED TO LET, LET ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT WITHOUT THE HELP OF JASON AND DONNIE HAYES, OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, IS HE HERE TODAY? DONNIE? HE'S NOT HERE.

SO JASON, COME ON UP.

, UM, ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT'S HERE? NOBODY ELSE? OKAY.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS HAPPENING TODAY, HUH? BUT THEY DID A LOT OF WORK AND COMMUNICATIONS.

ANDRE, COME ON UP HERE.

UH, THERE'S A LOT TO GOES INTO A WHOLE MONTH OF CELEBRATION.

YES, IT, WE MADE, THESE GUYS MADE IT LOOK SO EASY AS IT WAS NOTHING THAT TOOK PLACE.

IT WAS JUST TRANSPARENT, AND IT WENT JUST LIKE ONE AFTER THE OTHER.

SO, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU ALL OFFICIAL PARTNERS OF WOOD CITY, OF MISSOURI CITY, SO HAVING A WONDERFUL PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE A CERTIFIED, A RECOGNITION FOR YOU AND WHICH IS PROUDLY PRESENTED TO EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MISSOURI CITY 2024 BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING MISSOURI CITY CELEBRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF STORYTELLING THROUGH THE ARTS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU, CITY MANAGER.

AND YOU CAN'T JUST SIT THERE.

COME ON .

YEAH, COME ON, COME ON OUT.

UH, AND IT, IT TOOK A, AND I'LL TELL YOU, I THINK IT WAS IN THANKSGIVING, WE STARTED THE PRO, YOU KNOW, PLANNING FOR THIS.

AND IT TOOK A WHOLE TWO MONTHS, TWO TO THREE MONTHS AND PLANNING THIS OUT.

SO WE HAD A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, JUDGES, AND ALL OTHER PARTNERS, VENDORS THAT, UH, CONTRIBUTED TO THE CELEBRATION.

WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU.

AND I INITIALLY WANTED TO GIVE A CERTIFICATE TO EVERYONE, BUT THEY SAID, NO, IT'S GONNA TAKE FOREVER.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAND IT TO YOU AND HOPING THAT YOU ALL WILL HAND THAT OUT.

SO, WITH THAT CHARITY, AND TROY, ANY WORDS? FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL, UH, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, UH, MAYOR, UH, EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY EMMA RUIS, AND, UH, HAPPY GREEK DAY GREEK CELEBRATION, INDEPENDENCE DAY.

NUMBER FOUR C, RIGHT? RECOGNIZE, YES.

GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY.

IT'S WONDERFUL.

I I GOT A LITTLE BLUE.

YES, YES, YES.

UM, WE, EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE ALL MONTH LONG.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS.

AFTERWARDS, AND THIS WAS THE BEST YEAR YET.

UH, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY JUST MADE THINGS SO SEAMLESS AND WONDERFUL, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING EVEN BETTER, UM, NEXT YEAR.

ALL RIGHT, WE GONNA HAND THIS TO YOU? GREAT.

1, 3, 1, 2, 3.

1, 1, 2, 3.

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[(c) Recognition - Women's History Month.]

FOUR C, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION.

FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH TO ALL IN MISSOURI CITY.

AND I KNOW LAST WEEK WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SO WE'RE A WEEK AWAY, BUT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO CELEBRATE OUR, OUR WOMEN THAT WHO ARE BEING HONORED, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS MONTH.

WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS RECOGNITION, CITY MANAGER HAD MENTIONED IT TO ME THAT MAYBE WE CAN RECOGNIZE EYES DURING THIS COUNCIL

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MEETING.

AND NOW WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION.

SO I, DURING MY TIME OFF, I DID SOME LITTLE RESEARCH, AND WHAT I FOUND MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO YOU, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT SOME OF THESE THINGS OUT IN EAR.

IN THE EARLY 1780S, MASSACHUSETTS CREATED THEIR FIRST STATE CONSTITUTION.

NOW, THIS CONSTITUTION WAS CREATED JUST YEARS AFTER THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

IN FACT, IN THE FIRST WORDS WRITTEN IN THEIR FIRST STATE CONSTITUTION, IT READS, ALL MEN ARE BORN FREE AND EQUAL.

NOW, AT THIS TIME, IT WAS A TRADITION, THE WAY YOU GOT THIS INFORMATION OUT, WHAT YOU CALL THIS LEGISLATION OR THESE LAWS THAT WENT INTO PLACE IN THE 1780S, THAT YOU WOULD READ THIS EVENT, THIS NEWS, OR THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN THE TOWN SQUARE OF EACH OF THE CITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS.

SO THE STORY HAS IT, WHEN IT WAS READ AT ONE OF THE TOWN SQUARES OF A SMALLER CITY IN MASSACHUSETTS, THERE WAS A ENSLAVED WOMAN BY THE NAME OF MAMBA WHO'S WALKING THROUGH THAT TOWN SQUARE.

AND IN HER ENSLAVED STATE OF MIND, SHE HEARS THOSE WORDS THAT EVERYONE IN MASSACHUSETTS IS BORN FREE AND EQUAL.

SO OF COURSE, SHE'S CONFUSED, BUT INSTEAD OF LIVING WITH THE SAID CONFUSION, SHE TAKES IT TO THE COURT.

SHE TOOK HER SLAVE HOLDER, JOHN ASHLEY, TO COURT.

SHE SUED FOR HER FREEDOM, AND HER LAWYER ARGUED THAT SHE SHOULD BE FREE BECAUSE THE INSTITUTION ITSELF IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, AND SHE WINS.

NOW, DOES THIS STORY REALLY MATTER? IT MIGHT NOT IF THE YOUNG GIRLS TODAY REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS.

CURRENTLY, LESS THAN 10% OF THE HISTORY THAT'S TAUGHT IN AMER, THAT TAUGHT IN AMERICAN HISTORY CLASSROOMS IS ABOUT WOMEN.

10%.

THE WOMAN THAT DID EXIST DURING THIS TIME IN THE 1780S, ALMOST 80% OF THE MEN AT THAT TIME CONSIDERED THE WOMAN'S ROLE AS OF THE HELPMATE, COOKING, CLEANING, TAKING CARE OF THE HOME, AND HELPING OUT THEIR HUSBAND.

AND OF COURSE, WOMEN MADE THE HOMES, BUT THEY ALSO MADE HISTORY AS WE KNOW, STORIES MATTER.

AND THEY ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

THEY INSPIRE US.

THEY PROVIDE MEANING IN OUR LIVES.

CURRENTLY TODAY.

IT TAKES WOMEN TO HEAR ABOUT SIX TIMES, YOU SHOULD RUN FOR A POLITICAL OFFICE BEFORE SHE START TO THINK I SHOULD RUN FOR A POLITICAL OFFICE.

LESS WOMEN NEGOTIATE ON SALARIES TODAY AND EVEN LESS WOMEN, AND WILL APPLY FOR A JOB IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE QUALIFICATIONS.

MAYBE IF THE YOUNG GIRLS STARTED TO SEE THEMSELVES IN THE IMAGE IN THE PAGES OF YESTERDAY, THEY WILL BELIEVE IN THEIR CAPACITY FOR ALL OF THEIR TOMORROWS, I THINK MORE TEACHERS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO INCORPORATE MORE WOMEN'S HISTORY INTO AMERICAN HISTORY CLASSROOMS, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT BE WHAT YOU CANNOT SEE.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG GIRLS AND YOUNG BOYS TO SEE THE CAPACITY OF WOMEN.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT REWRITING HISTORY.

INSTEAD, IT'S ABOUT EXPANDING THE LENS.

OUR CITY, CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, AS A LOT OF EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN THAT HAVE MADE HISTORY AND SERVED IN ALL CAPACITY.

WELL, WE HAVE SOME HERE IN OUR DAIS.

WE HAVE COUNCIL

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MEMBERS, SONIA BROWN, MARSHALL COUNCIL MEMBER LYNN KLAUSER, COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA RILEY.

IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.

WE ALSO HAVE THREE APPOINTED OFFICIALS WHO SERVE OUR CITY, PROUDLY, CITY SECRETARY CHRISTONE, CITY ATTORNEY IMU, AND OUR FIRST EVER WOMAN SERVING AS THE CEO AND THE CITY MANAGER, ANGEL JONES.

THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE WOMEN IN OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY THAT'S SERVING IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY.

SO I, I ASK THAT YOU REMEMBER ALL OF THE WOMEN WHO ARE HISTORY MAKERS.

I TALKED ABOUT THE DAAS.

IF YOU STEP OUT OF THIS CHAMBER, YOU LOOK UP AT THE WALL, THERE'S 12 PICTURES UP THERE OUT OF 12.

ONE, THE FORMER MAYOR YOLANDA FORD, MADE HISTORY IN MISSOURI CITY BY BECOMING THE FIRST FEMALE MAYOR ELECTED IN 2018.

THESE ARE ALL OCCASIONS FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY TO BE PROUD OF THE WOMEN THAT SERVE US HERE LOCALLY.

SO I I ASK THAT YOU REMEMBER ALL OF OUR WOMEN WHO ARE HISTORY MAKERS, THE ENTREPRENEURS, THE BUSINESS OWNERS, AND THE PROFESSIONALS, ESPECIALLY IN HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY, WHO WERE PUSHED BEYOND THEIR LIMITS WITH CORONAVIRUS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL ISSUES WHILE MISSOURI CITY CELEBRATES THE WOMAN HISTORY MONTH THIS MONTH.

BUT I, I ASK THAT WE CELEBRATE WOMAN HISTORY MONTH, ALL 12 MONTHS.

WITH THAT, I WANTED TO PROCLAIM THIS TO MY PE, MY COLLEAGUES, MY STAFF, AND EVERYONE WHO SERVED THIS CITY PRIOR TO IT AND CURRENTLY SERVING, AND WHO ARE BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS IN OUR CITY WHO, WHO ARE HISTORY MAKERS SAYING HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

WITH THAT, I THANK YOU.

IF I CAN HAVE THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, LEN KLAUSER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, BROWN MARSHALL, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, AND OUR CITY APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND THE STAFF WHO ARE HERE, WHO ARE REPRESENTING THE CITY IN ANY TYPE OF FORM OR FASHION TO COME UP.

I DON'T HAVE A PROCLAMATION THANKS TO JAL, BUT I'M GONNA HOLD THIS.

OH, WOW.

IN RECOGNIZING ALL OF YOU.

SO WHERE IS YOU? WHERE YOU AT? CAN WE GET SOME MORE ON THIS SIDE? I GO THIS THREE.

I WROTE MY OWN SPEECH.

I DID .

ALL RIGHT, WE ARE MOVING

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

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

NICHOLAS SAER CHI SAER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

MY NAME'S NICHOLAS SAER.

I'M A REGISTERED VOTER IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

I REALIZE THAT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC WILL RECEIVE A PRESENTATION TONIGHT ABOUT THE RESULTS OF ETC INSTITUTE CITIZEN SATISFACTION SURVEY.

I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO KEEP IN MIND THAT DIVERSITY IS ALREADY ALL AROUND US.

IN MISSOURI CITY.

FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PAST FEBRUARY, 2024, COMMUNITY IMPACT, WHICH IS A LOCAL NEWSPAPER, RECENTLY REPORTED THE RESULTS OF THE US CENSUS BUREAU 2022 RESULTS.

THIS SHOWED THE DEMOGRAPHICS

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OF MISSOURI CITY AS APPROXIMATELY 40% BLACK, 20% WHITE, 18% HISPANIC, 18% ASIAN, AND 4% OTHER.

A FORMER MAYOR OF MISSOURI CITY ONCE SAID, QUOTE, FOR US TO REMAIN AS ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN THE NATION TO LIVE IN ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES AND ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC CITIES, WE HAVE TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP US, KEEP US UP WITH OUR GROWTH AND LONG-TERM NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS.

END QUOTE.

ON JUNE 1ST, 2026, MS. AMELIA BURST OF COMMUNITY IMPACT REPORTED THE QUOTE THAT I JUST SHARED WITH EVERYONE.

IT WAS AN ARTICLE TITLED MISSOURI CITY FOCUSING ON REVITALIZING OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND AT THAT TIME, 47% OF THE CITY'S APPROXIMATE 23,000 HOUSING UNITS WERE BUILT PRIOR TO 1989.

IF YOU DO THE MATH, THEY'RE APPROXIMATELY 35 PLUS YEARS OLD IN MY MIND, THAT 47% FIGURE CONTINUES TO HIT HOME WITH THE CITIZENS IN 2023 BASED ON THOSE SURVEY RESULTS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ETC SURVEY THAT'LL BE SHARED TONIGHT, WHICH WILL DISCLOSE A 95% LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE OR ACCURACY, IT'LL SHOW THAT THE 80,000 CITIZENS WANT THESE NEXT ITEMS AS THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR CITY COUNCIL.

AND THIS IS ON PAGE 20 OF THE SLIDE.

DECK NUMBER ONE IS MAINTENANCE OF THE CITY STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE AT 55%.

NUMBER TWO WAS OVERFLOW OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION, I'M SORRY, OVERFLOW OF TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT ON THE STREETS.

THAT WAS 42.

AND NUMBER THREE WAS QUALITY OF POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES AT 40%.

IN MY MIND, THE TOPIC OF PRIORITIZING EXPENSES FOR CITY STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE CANNOT BE OVEREMPHASIZED ENOUGH.

AS A QUICK HISTORY LESSON, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ENGAGE FOR, FOR GROW USA LAND INC.

TO PREPARE A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS IN 2019.

IN THAT REPORT, THERE WAS A TABLE 5.3, AND THEY DISCLOSED SOME FINANCIAL FIGURES RELATED TO THE COST THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED WITH FIXING THE VARIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE BY DISTRICT.

DISTRICT C FORTUNATELY HAD THE LOWEST BUDGET NEED AT 88 MILLION.

DISTRICT B TOTALED ABOUT 111 MILLION.

DISTRICT D WAS AT 126 MILLION.

AND I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT DISTRICT A HAD THE LARGEST BUDGET NEED AT APPROXIMATELY 133 MILLION.

NOW, THIS REPORT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO, AND IT'S PROBABLY INCREASED SINCE THEN.

I ENCOURAGE MISSOURI CITY TO FOCUS ON THESE MATTERS.

THANK YOU, AMJAD KAKAR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

KNOWS NO BOUNDS AND ARE RESOLVED.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

EVENING, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME'S JI COKER.

I LIVE AT 66 BIG TRAIL AND I PROUDLY LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY.

AND WHY AM I SO PROUD TO BE IN MISSOURI CITY? BECAUSE OF WHAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT, SPECIFICALLY FROM THE HONORABLE MAYOR, WE'RE A COMMUNITY BUILT ON THE STRENGTH OF DIVERSITY.

WITH THAT COMES A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORICAL INJUSTICES.

WE KNOW ALL TOO WELL THE CONSEQUENCES OF OPPRESSION.

OUR PAST STRUGGLES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND EQUALITY FOR ALL HAVE TAUGHT US TO RECOGNIZE INJUSTICE, NOT JUST WITHIN OUR BORDERS, BUT WHEREVER IT OCCURS.

IMAGINE IF YOU WILL, A CHILD IN OUR COMMUNITY AS YOUNG AND VULNERABLE AS MY BEAUTIFUL 1-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER BEING DEPRIVED OF FOOD AND WATER.

NOT FOR A DAY, NOT FOR A WEEK, BUT FOR MONTHS.

THIS IS NOT A HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO.

IT IS THE GRIM REALITY IN GAZA WHERE CHILDREN, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR FAITH, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR RACE, BE THEY JEWISH, CHRISTIAN OR MUSLIM, OR VICTIMS OF A CRISIS THAT IS SPARING NO ONE.

TODAY, I URGE OUR CITY'S LEADERS TO EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF ARBOR COMMUNITY.

LET US EXTEND OUR EMPATHY BEYOND OUR CITY AND ADVOCATE FOR THE VOICELESS CHILDREN OF GAZA.

LET'S ADOPT A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION THAT REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO HUMANITY, ASSERTING THAT IN NO SOCIETY, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD THE KILLING OF CHILDREN AND THE DENIAL OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS BE TOLERATED.

LET'S LEAD BY EXAMPLE DEMONSTRATING THAT OUR COMPASSION

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ADVOCATE FOR THE OPPRESSED REMAINS UNWAVERING.

LET'S MAKE A STAND AFFIRMING THAT WE ARE A CITY THAT CARES, A CITY THAT ACTS IN A CITY THAT SPEAKS OUT AGAINST INJUSTICE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE VALUES THAT DEFINE US HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

YES, GO AHEAD.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM A TO BEFORE ITEM SIX A.

AND MY KEYPAD WOULD NOT WORK.

THAT'S WHY I MADE THE, UH, VERBAL MOTION.

NONE OF WHERE THIS WORK.

THERE IT, THERE IT GOES.

IT'S WORKED.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM EIGHT A, UH, TWO BEFORE ITEM EIGHT SIX A, UH, IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, SECOND BY CONST MEMBER BURROS.

IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

TO ITEM EIGHT A, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $7.5 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ANY ITEMS RELATED THERETO.

SO WE GO

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing the publi...]

AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AUTHORIZING THE DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT RELATING TO SUCH CERTIFICATES AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO.

WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MONIQUE? YES, GO AHEAD.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING OUR, UM, PROPOSED ONE SEC, SORRY.

OH, DOING THIS ONE.

SORRY.

OUR PROPOSED, UM, DEBT ISSUANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

OUR, UH, NOTICE OF INTENT IS SPECIFIC FOR OUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE, UM, BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE PROPOSING UPON ISSUANCE OF, UH, APPROVAL OF THE ISSUANCE AND FROM THE, BOTH THE GENERAL OBLIGATION AND THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

UNDER OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION SERIES, WE'RE GONNA ISSUE DEBT FOR DRAINAGE, STREETS, PARKS AND FACILITIES UNDER DRAINAGE.

WE'RE GO, UM, THE PROJECTS.

OKAY, IF I MAY, THIS ITEM ONLY RELATES TO THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

SO IF YOU COULD RESTRICT THE PRESENTATION TO THAT ITEM.

SO THE, FOR THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, THE UTILITY PROJECTS ARE GONNA CONSIST OF THE RE REGIONAL SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, UH, CLEANING FOR 2 MILLION, THE TRANSMISSION LINE TO THE MUSTANG BAYOU SERVICE AREA FOR 2 MILLION.

WE HAVE THE DESIGN FOR THE 3000 GPM, WELL AT SOUTH SIENNA FOR 500,000.

THE, UH, REGIONAL SURFACE WATER, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE TREATMENT PLANT FOR THE 1.5 MGD GROUND STORAGE TANK, AND THE TREATMENT PLANT INTAKE SCREEN DESI, THE DESIGN IN CONSTRUCTION AT 1 MILLION, WHICH IS GIVING US A GRAND TOTAL OF THE 7.5 FOR DEBT ISSUANCE UNDER CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

OUR PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, UM, UPON APPROVAL OF THE NOTICE OF INTENT, WE WILL ISSUE THE NOTICE OF INTENT.

WE WILL PUBLISH IT IN THE NEWSPAPER ON MARCH 23RD.

THE SECOND PUBLICATION WOULD HAPPEN ON MARCH 30TH.

WE INTEND ON HAVING A RATING AGENCY CALL ON APRIL 15TH WITH A PROPOSED PARAMETER ORDINANCE TO COUNSEL ON MAY 20TH AND CLOSING AND DELIVERING OF FUNDS WITHIN JUNE OF 2024.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

UM, I DO SEE A MOTION BY MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER.

THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

IS STAFF REPORT SIX A, WHICH IS CITY MANAGER'S

WE ARE GOING BACK TO ITEM SIX

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REPORT TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF CONSENT, AGENDA ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

CITY MANAGER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR THE PUBLIC 'CAUSE.

GENERALLY, THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED WITHOUT DISCUSSION.

THE FIRST ITEM B BEING, UH, THIS ACTION WOULD ENABLE THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SOURCE WELL PURCHASING COOPERATIVE.

THIS SOURCE IS PRIMARILY USED, UH, FOR JOHNSON CONTROL.

THEY PROVIDE OUR LIFE AND SAFETY INSPECTIONS AND REPAIRS.

THE NEXT ITEM WILL ALLOW THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF FORT BEND TO POST CHILD ABUSE SIGNS, UM, ON HIGHWAY 90 A AND PRESENT STREET IN APRIL, APRIL'S CHILD ABUSE MONTH.

AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UM, THIS ANNUAL REQUEST AND PRIOR YEARS IS WE'RE ASKING FOR THREE YEARS OF APPROVAL IN THIS CONSENT ITEM.

UM, THEN ITEM D IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO REC TO REQUEST THE CLOSURE OF A SEGMENT OF EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE AND KATHY AVENUE TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.

FOR SAFETY REASONS, UH, THIS ITEM WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AT THE LAST MEETING.

THE NEXT ITEM IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE TO ENABLE TWO CHANGES.

UH, THE TIMING OF THE INCENTIVE PAYOUT FOR NEW HIRES TO ENSURE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS FINISH THE FTO PROGRAM PRIOR, PRIOR TO ANY PAYMENT.

AND THE SECOND, IT CHANGES THE REQUIREMENT OF BEING TCO CERTIFIED WITHIN 100 DAYS OF THE TEST STATE, UH, TO ALLOW US TO RECRUIT APPLICANTS EARLIER IN THE ACADEMY.

UH, THIS ITEM WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AT THE LAST MEETING AS WELL.

AND THEN THE LAST ITEM F SIMILAR TO POLICE, UH, SECOND AND FINAL READING TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW ONE HALF OF THE INCENTIVE PAY AT 10 WEEKS AND THE SECOND HALF CLOSER TO THE END OF A FULL YEAR, BUT NOT MORE THAN 365 DAYS.

SO THAT'S, UM, IT FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS. AND THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE IS I WILL BE JOINING THAT HCC ON MARCH THE 23RD.

I THINK THAT'S THIS SATURDAY FOR THEIR REGIONAL SPELLING DEE, UM, CONTEST THEY WILL BE HAVING ON THEIR CAMPUS HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

SO THEY'RE GETTING PREPARED FOR THE NATIONAL SPELLING DEE, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN MAY.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

SIX B, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE 2023 CITIZEN SATISFACTION SURVEY, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ANDRE HUMPHREY, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION.

UM, WENT ON TO ITEM

[(b) Presentation and Discussion - Receive a presentation on the 2023 Citiz...]

YES, SIR.

MAYOR.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, BEFORE WE GO THERE, I'D LIKE TO ALSO MOVE ITEM SIX C BEFORE, UH, SIX B.

UH, I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A, A GUEST, UH, HERE FOR THAT.

WE HAVE A GUEST FOR THIS TOO.

HE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY RESEARCH FOR ETC INSTITUTE.

I'M SORRY.

WELL, LET'S GO RIGHT IN.

, I, I RESTRICT AND, AND, UH, REMOVE MY MOTION OR MY MOTION TO MAKE THAT.

ALRIGHT, ANDRE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

GOOD EVENING.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT THE 2023 MISSOURI CITY SATISFACTION SURVEY FINDINGS.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE, UM, COMPANY UTILIZED TO ADMINISTER THE SURVEY.

IT'S ETC INSTITUTE.

THIS COMPANY HAS POSITIONED ITSELF THROUGHOUT THE NATION TO BE A LEADER AS FAR AS COMMUNITY SURVEYS AND ENGAGEMENT, UH, ARE CONCERNED.

UH, WITH MORE THAN 3 MILLION SURVEYED IN A THOUSAND CITIES, UH, ETC INSTITUTE HAS PROVIDED DATA-DRIVEN RESULTS AND ANALYTICS FOR CITIES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NATION.

UH, JASON HAS JOINED ME, BUT JASON, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, I WANT TO GIVE COUNCIL AND MAYOR JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THIS PRESENTATION AS FAR AS MAJOR FINDINGS WOULD BE OVERALL RATINGS OF THE COMMUNITY, OVERALL PERCEPTIONS OF THE CITY SATISFACTION WITH SPECIFIC CITY SERVICES.

AND THEN THE PURPOSE, OF COURSE, UH, THE METHODOLOGY IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU VERY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, AND JASON WOULD GET INTO THAT AS WELL.

GOAL, THE GOAL WAS TO COMPLETE 400 SURVEYS, UH, ETC MISSOURI CITY IN COLLABORATION TOGETHER REACH THAT GOAL.

THE GOAL WAS, UH, EXCEEDED BY A MINOR PIECE AND IT WAS A PRECISION OF AT LEAST A PLUS OR MINUS 4.9% TO SATISFY 95 CENT LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE FOR THE SURVEY.

VERY HAPPY TO REPORT TO YOU THAT THAT GOAL WAS MET.

VERY HAPPY TO REPORT TO YOU THAT OVERALL THE CITIZEN SATISFACTION SURVEY IS EXTREMELY POSITIVE FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

THOSE THINGS BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO NOW INTRODUCE JASON MARDO.

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HE'S BEEN WITH ETC FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 20 YEARS, HAS A PLETHORA OF EXPERIENCE, AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE US A MUCH DEEPER DIVE INTO THE SURVEY FINDINGS FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

JASON.

GREAT, THANKS ANDRE.

UM, WELL GOOD EVENING.

IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.

MY NAME'S JASON MARADA WITH THE ETC INSTITUTE AND WE'RE A MARKETING RESEARCH FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN CONDUCTING COMMUNITY SURVEYS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

AND WE JUST FINISHED FOR THE FOURTH TIME CONDUCTING A COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR MISSOURI CITY.

SO TODAY I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH THE KEY FINDINGS AT A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL.

UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE SURVEY.

SO THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME WE'VE CONDUCTED THIS SURVEY FROM MISSOURI CITY.

THE FIRST TIME WAS IN 2016, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, IT WAS EARLY IN 2020, RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC IN FEBRUARY INTO EARLY MARCH.

UM, THE SURVEY WAS ADMINISTERED BY A COMBINATION OF MAIL AND ONLINE TO RANDOMLY SELECTED RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND THAT'S OUR STANDARD METHODOLOGY FOR THESE TYPES OF SURVEYS IS THAT MAIL ONLINE COMBINATION.

WE ENDED UP WITH 401 COMPLETED SURVEYS.

AS ANDRE SAID, THE GOAL WAS 400.

SO WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT.

AND THE RESULTS OF THE 401 SURVEYS AT THE 95% LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE HAS A MARGIN OF ERROR, PLUS OR MINUS 4.9%.

ESSENTIALLY, THAT MEANS THAT WE CONDUCT THIS SURVEY THE SAME WAY A HUNDRED TIMES 95 TIMES.

THE RESULTS WOULD BE PLUS OR MINUS 4.9% FROM WHAT WE'RE REPORTING.

SO THE RESULTS ARE NEVER PERFECT, EVEN FOR A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY.

BUT THE MARGIN OF ERROR IS SMALL.

SO HERE WE HAVE A MAP OF THE CITY.

THE RED DOTS ARE HOUSEHOLDS THAT COMPLETED A SURVEY.

SO WE HAD A GOOD DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND AS YOU WERE ADMINISTERING THE SURVEY, WE MADE SURE THAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS REFLECT THE ACTUAL POPULATION OF THE CITY, ESPECIALLY FOR KEY DEMOGRAPHIC AREAS SUCH AS AGE, RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER.

SO HERE'S WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE SURVEY.

WE FOUND THAT RESIDENTS HAVE A VERY POSITIVE PERCEPTION OF MISSOURI CITY, 84% OF RESPONDENTS RATE AT MISSOURI AS AN EXCELLENT OR A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE, UH, WHICH IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL AVERAGE, WHICH WE'LL SEE IN A LITTLE BIT.

WE ALSO FOUND THAT SATISFACTION WITH CITY SERVICES IS HIGHER IN MISSOURI CITY THAN IT IS IN OTHER CITIES.

UM, WE'LL LOOK AT THIS IN MORE DETAIL IN A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STOOD OUT IS THAT MISSOURI CITY RATED ABOVE THE US AVERAGE IN 43 OUT OF THE 59 AREAS THAT WE COMPARED.

UM, IN PARTICULAR, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT SATISFACTION WITH THE OVERALL QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES IS EIGHT PERCENTAGE POINTS ABOVE THE US AVERAGE.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY BECAUSE THERE WE'RE ASKING RESIDENTS TO CONSIDER ALL THE SERVICES THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING AND REALLY GIVE AN OVERALL SATISFACTION RATING FOR HOW WELL YOU'RE DOING.

AND THEN ANOTHER AREA THAT STOOD OUT IS THAT SATISFACTION WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE RATED 16 PERCENTAGE POINTS ABOVE THE US AVERAGE.

AND THEN THE TOP OVERALL PRIORITIES FOR CITY SERVICES ARE MAINTENANCE OF STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAFFIC FLOW AND CONGESTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.

SO FIRST WE'LL LOOK AT SOME GENERAL PERCEPTIONS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE OF THE CITY.

SO THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST QUESTION ON THE SURVEY.

WE ASKED RESIDENTS TO RATE THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF MISSOURI CITY IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

THE DARK BLUE ARE RATINGS OF EXCELLENT, THE LIGHT BLUE IS GOOD, THE GRAY IS FAIR, AND THEN THE PINKER RATINGS OF BELOW AVERAGE ARE POOR.

SO THE BLUE ARE THE POSITIVE RATINGS OF PINKER ARE NEGATIVE.

OVERALL, THE POSITIVE RATINGS FAR AWAY THE NEGATIVE.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST RESPONDENTS RATE IN MISSOURI CITY AS AN EXCELLENT OR A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE AND TO RACE CHILDREN, UH, MOST ARE ALSO, UH, FEEL MISSOURI CITY'S A PLACE THEY'RE PROUD TO CALL HOME.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE THIRD ROW FROM THE BOTTOM, 64% OF RESPONDENTS FEEL THAT MISSOURI CITY'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION COMPARED TO ONLY 14% WHO DON'T.

HERE WE ASK RESIDENTS TO RATE THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF MISSOURI CITY AND OTHER WAYS.

UM, SO ON THIS CHART, THE DARK BLUE ARE THOSE WHO ARE VERY SATISFIED, LIGHT BLUE, SATISFIED.

THE GRAY IS NEUTRAL AND WE INTERPRET NEUTRAL AS AVERAGE OR MEETING EXPECTATIONS.

IT'S A RATING OF A THREE ON THE FIVE POINT SCALE, SO IT'S NOT A BAD RATING.

AND THEN THE PINK ARE THOSE WHO ARE DISSATISFIED OR VERY DISSATISFIED.

SO AGAIN, THE BLUE OR THE POSITIVE, THE PINK OR THE NEGATIVE.

AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, THE POSITIVE RATINGS OVERALL FAR OUTWEIGH THE NEGATIVE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE CHART, ALMOST 70% OF RESPONDENTS RATED MISSOURI CITY ARE EITHER VERY SATISFIED OR SATISFIED WITH THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE IN MISSOURI CITY.

AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM ROW, 57% ARE EITHER VERY SATISFIED OR SATISFIED WITH THE OVERALL QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES.

AND THAT'S COMPARED TO ONLY 10% WHO ARE DISSATISFIED.

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SO YOU HAVE ALMOST A SIX TO ONE RATIO OF THOSE WHO ARE SATISFIED VERSUS DISSATISFIED WITH THE OVERALL QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES.

SO HERE WE ASK RESIDENTS TO RATE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CITY SERVICES.

AND THIS QUESTION WE ASK RESIDENTS TO RATE THESE AREAS AT THE BIG PICTURE DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL.

AND THEN LATER ON IN THE SURVEY WE ASKED ABOUT SOME MORE SPECIFIC AREAS WITHIN SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES.

SO ONCE AGAIN, OVERALL THE POSITIVE RATINGS FOR OUTWEIGH THE NEGATIVE, THE LOWEST RATE AREA WAS TRAFFIC FLOW, WHICH IS THAT BOTTOM ROW.

BUT EVEN FOR THAT, YOU HAD 47% OF RESPONDENTS WHO WERE SATISFIED COMPARED TO 29% DISSATISFIED.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE CHART, THERE ARE FIVE AREAS WHERE LESS THAN 10% OF RESIDENTS WERE DISSATISFIED.

SO THAT INCLUDES POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES, TRASH AND YARD WASTE, PARKS AND RECREATION, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

AND THEN, UM, FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE, CUSTOMER SERVICE, YOU HAD ONLY 12% THAT WERE DISSATISFIED.

SO HERE AGAIN, WE HAVE A MAP OF THE CITY AND WHAT WE DID HERE IS BROKE THE RESULTS OUT BY CENSUS BLOCK GROUP.

SO THESE ARE SMALL AREAS AND THIS TELLS US OF RESIDENTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY HAVE DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE CITY OR RATE SERVICES DIFFERENTLY.

WE CREATE A MAP LIKE THIS FOR EVERY QUESTION ON A SURVEY ASKED ON A FIVE POINT SCALE.

SO THERE'S ABOUT 70 TO 80 MAPS IN THE REPORT.

UM, THIS ONE IS FOR HOW RESIDENTS FEEL ABOUT MISSOURI CITY AS A PLACE TO LIVE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE MAP IS BLUE.

QUITE A BIT OF, QUITE A FEW AREAS ARE DARK BLUE, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATING.

SO THIS TELLS US THAT RESIDENTS IN ALL PARTS OF MISSOURI CITY ARE SATISFIED WITH MISSOURI CITY AS A PLACE TO LIVE.

AND THEN THIS MAP IS FOR HOW RESIDENTS FEEL ABOUT MISSOURI CITY AS A PLACE TO RAISE CHILDREN.

AGAIN, THE ENTIRE MAP IS BLUE, MEANING THAT RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, GAVE POSITIVE RATING TO MISSOURI CITY AS A PLACE TO RAISE CHILDREN.

SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT SATISFACTION WITH CITY SERVICES IS MUCH HIGHER IN MISSOURI CITY THAN OTHER CITIES.

YOU RATED ABOVE THE US AVERAGE IN 43 OUT OF THE 59 AREAS THAT WE COMPARED.

AND THAT INCLUDES 26 AREAS WHERE YOUR RATINGS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, 5% OR MORE ABOVE THE US AVERAGE, YOU ALSO RATE ABOVE THE TEXAS AVERAGE IN 36 AREAS AND SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN 30 OF THOSE AREAS.

SO FOR THESE NEXT FEW CHARTS, THE ORANGE BAR ARE MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS WHO WERE EITHER VERY SATISFIED OR SATISFIED.

THE BLUE BAR ARE THE SATISFACTION RATINGS FOR RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND THEN THE GRAY BAR ARE THE SATISFACTION RATINGS FOR RESIDENTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND THIS IS BASED ON A NATIONAL SURVEY THAT ETC INSTITUTE CONDUCTS ANNUALLY WITH RANDOMLY SELECTED RESIDENTS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO THIS IS FIRST CHARTS FOR OVERALL PERCEPTIONS OF THE CITY.

UM, YOU CAN SEE MISSOURI CITY RATES MUCH HIGHER THAN OTHER CITIES AS A PLACE TO LIVE, AS A PLACE TO RAISE CHILDREN, AS A PLACE TO RETIRE, AS A PLACE TO LIVE ESPECIALLY STANDS OUT.

UM, MISSOURI CITY RECEIVED AN 84% SATISFACTION RATING.

YOU CAN SEE THE TEXAS AND NATIONAL AVERAGE ARE UNDER 50% AS A PLACE TO WORK.

YOUR RATINGS ARE SIMILAR TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.

THE ONLY AREA THAT RATED LOWER WAS AS A PLACE TO VISIT.

HERE ARE MORE PERCEPTIONS OF THE CITY.

UM, WHAT STANDS OUT HERE, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SECOND ROW DOWN, 57% OF RESPONDENTS ARE SATISFIED WITH THE OVERALL QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES.

YOU CAN SEE THE TEXAS AVERAGE IS 50%, NATIONAL AVERAGE IS UNDER 50%.

UM, SO YOU'RE EIGHT PERCENTAGE POINTS ABOVE THE US AVERAGE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY.

AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND ROW FROM THE BOTTOM, 50% OF RESPONDENTS ARE SATISFIED WITH THE VALUE THEY RECEIVE FOR CITY, CITY TAX DOLLARS AND FEES, UH, WHICH MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LOW NUMBER, 50% SATISFACTION RATING, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TEXAS AND NATIONAL AVERAGE ARE JUST AROUND 30%.

UM, SO FOR THAT QUESTION, 50% IS ACTUALLY A VERY HIGH RATING.

HERE ARE COMPARISONS FOR MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CITY SERVICES.

UH, YOU CAN SEE IN JUST ABOUT EVERY AREA, MISSOURI CITY RATES SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

THAT INCLUDES TRASH AND YARD WASTES, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS AND RECREATION, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, CUSTOMER SERVICE, UH, MAINTAINING STREET SIDEWALKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION.

UH, ENFORCING CODES AND ORDINANCES.

TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION DID RATE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER ABOVE THE TEXAS AVERAGE, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE US AVERAGE.

THESE COMPARISONS ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR POLICE SERVICES.

YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS WHERE YOUR RATINGS ARE SIMILAR TO OTHER CITIES.

AREAS THAT DID RATE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER ARE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF POLICE PROTECTION, HOW QUICKLY POLICE RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES, AND THEN POLICE SAFETY AWARENESS EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

UM, THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL, SEVERAL AREAS WHERE YOUR RATINGS ARE SIMILAR TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.

THE ONE AREA THAT

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DID RATE MUCH HIGHER IS THE CONDITION OF MAJOR STREETS.

UH, BUT A COUPLE AREAS THAT RATE RATED AT LOWER WERE STREET LIGHTING AND THEN SIDEWALKS.

AND THEN HERE ARE COMPARISONS FOR TRASH SERVICES.

IN ALL FOUR OF THESE AREAS, MISSOURI CITY RATES SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

SO THAT INCLUDES TRASH COLLECTION, YARD WASTE, UH, CURBSIDE RECYCLING, AND THEN BULKY ITEM PICKUP.

SO NOW WE'LL LOOK AT TOP PRIORITIES.

WE SAW EARLIER HOW SATISFIED RESIDENTS ARE WITH MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CITY SERVICES.

AS A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, WE ASK WHICH OF THESE SERVICES SHOULD RECEIVE THE MOST EMPHASIS FROM CITY LEADERS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOP PRIORITY IS THE OVERALL MAINTENANCE OF CITY, STREET SIDEWALKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, THE SECOND AND THIRD HIGHEST PRIORITIES FOR TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION, AND THEN POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE CALL THE IMPORTANT SATISFACTION RATING.

THIS ANALYSIS IS BASED ON TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA, WHICH WE'VE SEEN ALREADY, UH, THE LEVEL OF SATISFACTION AND THEN THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE.

THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS THAT THE SERVICES THAT HAVE A COMBINATION OF LOW LEVELS OF SATISFACTION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME ARE RATED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT SHOULD BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES TO FOCUS ON.

SO THIS FIRST CHART'S FOR MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CITY SERVICES, THE AREAS IN PINK ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.

THAT INCLUDES MAINTENANCE OF CITY, STREET, SIDEWALKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN TRAFFIC FLOW.

AND THEN YELLOW, YOU HAVE THE NEXT LEVEL OF PRIORITY, WHICH IS COMMUNICATION, AND THEN ENFORCING CODES AND ORDINANCES.

SO THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES SPECIFICALLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.

YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IS VISIBILITY OF POLICE AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

OTHER HIGH PRIORITIES INCLUDE JUST OVERALL EFFORTS TO PREVENT CRIME, VISIBILITY OF POLICE IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, AND THEN ENFORCING TRAFFIC LAWS.

THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES FOR PUBLIC WORK SERVICES.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THE TOP PRIORITIES ARE SIDEWALKS, STREET LIGHTING, NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, STREET DRAINAGE, AND WATER DRAINAGE, AND THEN MAJOR CITY STREETS.

AND THEN FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, THERE, THERE ARE FIVE AREAS THAT ARE RATED AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.

UM, THE HIGHEST ONE IS ENFORCING THE CLEANUP OF JUNK AND DEBRIS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

UH, THAT JUST MISSED BEING IN THE PINK, WHICH WOULD BE THE THE VERY HIGH PRIORITY.

THE OTHER, THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES ARE ENFORCING, MOWING AND CUTTING OF WEEDS AND GRASS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY, ENFORCING THE EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE OF RESIDE, RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS PROPERTIES, AND THEN REMOVING ABANDONED OR INOPERABLE VEHICLES.

SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OTHER FINDINGS TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

WE ASK RESIDENTS, WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT REASONS IN DECIDING TO LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY? SO DARK BLUE MEANS THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT REASON.

LIGHT BLUE IS IMPORTANT.

UH, GRAY MEANS NOT SURE OR DON'T HAVE AN OPINION.

AND THEN THE, THE PINK MEANS IT'S NOT IMPORTANT.

SO THE MOST IMPORTANT REASONS THAT S DECIDE TO LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY IS SAFETY AND SECURITY TYPES OF HOUSING, QUALITY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HAVING ACCESS TO QUALITY SHOPPING, AND THEN THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND THEN WE ASK RESPONDENTS, WHICH OF THESE SERVICES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT? UH, YOU CAN SEE THE MOST IMPORTANT WERE LAW ENFORCEMENT, PERSONNEL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, AND THEN FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY PERSONNEL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.

SO JUST A QUICK RECAP.

WE SAW THAT RESIDENTS HAVE A VERY POSITIVE PERCEPTION OF MISSOURI CITY.

THERE'S A LOT OF EXAMPLES OF THAT, BUT ONE THAT REALLY STOOD OUT IS THAT 84% OF RESPONDENTS RATED MISSOURI CITY AS AN EXCELLENT OR A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE.

OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH CITY SERVICES IS MUCH HIGHER IN MISSOURI CITY THAN OTHER CITIES.

UH, A LOT OF EXAMPLES OF THAT AS WELL, BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE OVERALL QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND THEN THE TOP OVERALL PRIORITIES ARE MAINTAINING STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAFFIC FLOW AND CONGESTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.

SO THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT I HAD.

UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I DO HAVE, UH, MAYBE POSSIBLY A QUESTION, IF NOT A COMMENT.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.

UM, THIS HELPS THE CITY STAFF AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S COMING UP IN THE FUTURE, UH, OF WHERE MISSOURI CITY.

SO I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, UH, CITY MANAGER.

UM, I DID HEAR DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THERE WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS RAISED, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS ADDING MORE.

AND WE CAN SEE IN THE SURVEY HERE THAT WAS A LOT ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS STREET, YOU KNOW, AND SIDEWALKS AND, AND SO OFTEN.

SO IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE THAT'S CHAIRED BY

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COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND OTHERS HAVE GONE INTO, UH, INTO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE POLICY THAT WE HAVE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN SO THAT CITIZENS CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT POLICY WAS? YES.

UM, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, UM, WE DETERMINED, UM, BASED ON CITIZEN PRIORITY AND, UM, THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRIORITIZE ANY EXCESS FUNDS OVER AND ABOVE OUR REQUIRED FUND BALANCE POLICY.

UM, AT THE TIME THAT, AT THE TIME THAT POLICY IS 30%.

UM, SO ANYTHING OVER THE 30%, UM, FUND BALANCE IS DEDICATED ONE PRIMARILY TO, UH, PREVENTION FOR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.

RIGHT NOW, THAT FUND HAS ABOUT $11 MILLION IN IT THAT WILL BE USED TO ADDRESS, UH, PRIORITY STREETS AND SIDEWALKS BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED, UH, THAT ASSIGNS A NUMERICAL, UM, NUMBER TO THE CONDITION OF EACH OF OUR STREETS.

AND SO WE ARE PERIODICALLY GOING THROUGH THAT BASED ON THAT NUMERICAL SYSTEM.

SO WE HAVE DEFINITELY THROUGH COUNCIL ACTION TAKING PRIORITY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.

SO WOULD YOU ALSO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PRIOR TO THE SURVEY, THIS WAS A PROACTIVE APPROACH BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN COMING BACK TO YOU AND WITH YOUR OFFICE AND WITH THE STAFF, MAKING SURE THAT EXCESS AMOUNT OF FUND POLICY THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE SPENDING IN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN'T MEET ALL THE NEEDS ALL THE TIME, BUT BUT THE FACT THAT IT IS A CONTINUATION RATHER THAN WHAT'S BUDGETED IN ADDITION TO THE BUDGET.

CORRECT.

IS THIS, THIS APPROACH THAT'S GOING SO IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOUR OFFICE IS WORKING THROUGH? ABSOLUTELY.

AND, AND JUST LET ME BE CLEAR FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, WE DON'T OPERATE IN A VACUUM.

WE KNOW THAT, UM, IN EVERY COMMUNITY, OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALK, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS IMPORTANT.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS A PRIORITY FOR THIS COUNCIL AND FOR STAFF IS TO ENSURE WE'RE PUTTING ASIDE RESOURCES FOR THOSE PRIORITIES.

WELL NOW MY COMMENT IS TO, UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING IN INTO THIS EXCESS AMOUNT OF FUND POLICY SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THESE ISSUES THAT OUR CITIZENS THAT PUT FORWARD WITH US EVEN PRIOR TO THE SURVEYS BEING DELIVERED BY YOU.

JASON, TODAY, UH, THIS WAS PUT FORWARD THROUGH THIS FINANCE COMMITTEE AND APPROVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL AS A ENTIRE BODY OF COUNCIL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT TO, UH, TO BE CLEAR THAT, THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.

NUMBER TWO, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE, SOMETHING ABOUT THE AGE OF HOUSING BEING 35 YEARS OR OLDER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

ON THE COMMENT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

CAN YOU ELABORATE TO WHAT THAT WAS? I, I WOULD BE REMISS IN TRYING TO ELABORATE ON WHAT THAT MEANT.

UH, WHAT I, WHAT I WILL DO IS TO FOLLOW UP, UM, WITH THE, UM, SPEAKER AND TRY TO GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS BEING PRESENTED AND I'LL REPORT THAT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.

ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU, ANDRE.

THANK YOU JASON.

I'M GOING TO EEL BACK RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE.

I APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

UH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.

UH, THIS IS VERY HELPFUL INFORMATION, AS WAS STATED.

UH, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR I I LOOK AT THIS MORE AS CONFIRMATION, UH, THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD OR THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO.

LIKE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER SAID WE'RE NOT OPERATING IN A VACUUM.

WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND TRY TO GET THE INFORMATION.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT AND PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, AND THANK MY COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MARLI AND EMERY IN THAT, UH, EVEN PRIOR TO US DOING, UH, THE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE REVISED COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL POLICY, UH, WITH THE OVERAGE, UH, OF 30% IN THE FUND BALANCE, EVEN THE YEAR PRIOR, UH, WE CAME TO THE CITY STAFF, UH, ELENA, WHO WAS OUR UH, UH, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT THE TIME AND PUT MORE MONEY TOWARDS, UH, STREETS, UH, PARTICULARLY SIDEWALKS, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE OVERAGES THAT WE HAD BEFORE WE DID THE REVISED POLICY.

SO WE HAVE ALWAYS IDENTIFIED THAT WE HAD A, AN OVERABUNDANCE OF NEED WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SIDEWALKS AND OUR STREETS IN THE CITY.

AND SO NOW WE HAVE A DEDICATED APPROACH TO DEALING WITH THAT.

AND SO, UH, THIS IS MORE OF A CONFIRMATION THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE CITIZENS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY SEE IT AS A PRIORITY.

WE ALREADY KNEW IT WAS A PRIORITY, SO THAT MESHES WITH ONE ANOTHER SO THAT WE CAN, UH, WE KNOW WE'RE

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ON THE RIGHT PATH.

THE SECOND THING I WAS GONNA SAY IS, UH, ONE OF THE CON UH, CONFIRMATIONS, UH, FROM THE, THE PUBLIC IS ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT.

UH, IN THAT, EVEN TONIGHT, WE APPROVED ON THE SECOND READING TWO ITEMS FOR MONETARY INCENTIVES TO GO TOWARDS POLICE AND FIRE, AS WELL AS OUR ATTENTION TO PROVIDING ALL OF THE SALARY, UH, INCENTIVES AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT AND OTHER RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, SERVING IN MISSOURI CITY POLICE AND MISSOURI CITY FIRE, UH, TO PROVIDE THE ADEQUATE SER CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE ADEQUATE SERVICES THAT WE ALWAYS ARE PROVIDING.

SO, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE INFORMATION, AND IT JUST LETS US KNOW, NOT ONLY DO WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THESE AREAS, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION IN THERE TO HELP US, UH, FOCUS ON WHAT ELSE WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, FOR THOSE WORDS.

UH, AND I DEFINITELY CONCUR WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID.

UM, TO ME, THE REPORT BASICALLY SAYS THAT, UH, COUNCIL HAS BEEN MORE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE.

AND SO, UM, THANK YOU, UM, THE 400 CITIZENS THAT TOOK THE TIME OUT TO EVEN PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY, I EXTREMELY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I SEE AN ITEM ON HERE IN WHICH I'M EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND THAT STREET LIGHTING IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THAT QUESTION WAS POSED TO THOSE CITIZENS THAT WAY.

IT CONFIRMS FOR ME THAT I, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT'S A LITTLE DARK, AND I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY MANAGER AND WITH SHASHI IN REGARDS TO THAT.

SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT THAT HAS RISEN TO THE TOP AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, WORKING WITH YOU, CITY MANAGER, AND US FINDING SOME RELIEF TO GETTING SOME, UH, MORE LIGHT IN OUR CITY.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

THINK IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, UH, SOME UNSAVORY CHARACTERS BEING IN OUR RETAIL CENTERS, THAT, UH, THE PRESENCE, UH, YOU KNOW, OF, OF, OF POLICE, UH, WILL, WILL MAYBE, UH, UH, STIFLE THAT, UH, THAT ACTIVITY.

I TOO WANNA SAY THANK YOU, JASON, UM, AND ANDRE FOR SPEARHEADING THIS PARTICULAR SURVEY, BECAUSE THIS GIVES US A LOT OF GREAT DETAIL AND OUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT, UM, WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

AND I CONCUR WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, ON THEIR PREVIOUS COMMENTS THAT, UM, WE ARE DEFINITELY HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND OUR CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, SATISFIED AND PLEASED WITH THE, THE WORK AND THE VISION OF COUNCIL.

UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MONIQUE BECAUSE BASED ON HER, UM, REPORT PRIOR TO THIS ONE, IT COINCIDES WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE ALREADY PRIORLY, UH, PREVIOUSLY DOING AND COMMITTING OUR FUNDS TO, TO COMPLETE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THEN TO COME BACK AND HAVE YOU PRESENT THIS REPORT, IT BASICALLY CONFIRMS THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

UM, SO THANK Y'ALL.

THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION AND I HOPE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WILL GO THROUGH THIS WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB AND SEE THAT DATA SUPPORTS, UM, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING DONE HERE IN THE CITY.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

UM, WERE THERE ANY COMMENTS, UH, OR NOTES, UM, FROM THE ACTUAL SURVEY THAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIT IN THIS REPORT THAT YOU COULD, UH, PROVIDE TO US, UM, IN AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? NOT NECESSARILY THE NIGHT, RIGHT? BUT IF THERE WERE ANY, ANYTHING THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED, MAYBE YOU WANNA SHARE THAT ONE OR TWO THINGS, BUT OTHERWISE, IF YOU COULD SHARE THOSE DETAILS IN AN EMAIL.

YEAH, THERE WAS A QUESTION AT THE END FOR OPEN-ENDED COMMENTS FOR RESIDENTS COULD JUST MENTION ANYTHING THEY WANT.

UM, I CAN, IT'S A SEPARATE REPORT.

I CAN SEND THAT DOCUMENT.

IT REALLY COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF, OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

RECOGNIZING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.

YEAH.

WELL, UH, MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GONNA ASK HAS BEEN ANSWERED IN THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS REALLY CONFIRMS WHAT WE KNOW OR HAVE, HAVE, UH, BEEN WORKING TOWARDS, UH, MAINTAINING OUR, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR STREETS, AND OUR, UH, OUR SIDEWALKS.

UH, IT ALSO, UH, CONFIRMS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE GOT A GREAT POLICE AND, AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UH, AND THEY PROVIDE A GREAT SERVICE.

UH, THE, THE ONE THING THAT I SAW, AND MAYBE IT'S, UH, SOMETHING WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER, IS, UH, I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, UH, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT LOW ON POLICE WAS, UH, VISIBILITY IN RESIDENCE.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE OF OFFICERS, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STREETS THAT, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MISSOURI CITY IS NOT, UH, LIKE, UH, MEADOW CREEK, ONE SQUARE MILE.

WE'VE GOT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, 600 MEADOW PLACE, MEADOW CREEK MM-HMM.

METAL PLACE.

UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A, A LARGE NUMBER.

SO IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, OUR, OUR CHIEF IS, UH, WILL BE WORKING AT.

AND THE OTHER WAS VISIBILITY IN THE, UH, RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, I

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BUT WITH THAT OTHER OVERALL, YOU KNOW, I, I, I'M PLEASED.

I, I THINK IT, AGAIN, IT SHOWS THAT MISSOURI CITY'S MOVING FORWARD.

WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, AND WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT DEPARTMENTS THAT, UH, ARE PROVIDING A, A, A GOOD SERVICE, AN EXCELLENT SERVICE TO, UH, OUR CITIZENS.

AND, UH, THEY'RE GETTING WHAT WE'D CALL, UH, BANG FOR THEIR BUCK.

SO THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS, UH, TRY TO, UH, TO ENSURE.

SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU.

UM, I DO HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT, UH, TO OUR POLICE CHIEF.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU, YOU KNOW, SAFEST CITY THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR OFFICERS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING UP THERE, AND ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, AND, AND OUR, ALSO OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY ANNEX, UH, THAT WE JUST CREATED.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO HELPING IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL TO CITY MANAGER.

UH, THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED BEFORE UNDER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, IT'S INTERESTING.

SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU GOTTA LOVE IT BECAUSE MISSOURI CITY FOCUSING ON REVITALIZING OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS WAS AN ARTICLE THAT WAS PUBLISHED ON AT 1:07 PM ON JUNE 1ST, 2016, AND IT TALKED ABOUT 30 5-YEAR-OLD NEIGHBORHOODS REVITALIZATION.

AND LET ME GET BACK TO, UH, SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A POINT TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN THIS ARTICLE.

I GUESS IT WAS QUOTED ABOUT A MAYOR, BUT IT, AND IT GOES FURTHER ON, IN ADDITION, A FIVE YEAR CITYWIDE CITYWIDE SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM WITH A PROJECTED BUDGET OF $4.3 MILLION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 2020, ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, PER THIS ARTICLE ON COMMUNITY IMPACT, UH, IN 2016.

MY QUESTION TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN CHAIR, YOU GOT, I KNOW WE SPEND MORE THAN $4.3 MILLION.

YEAH.

I MEAN, AS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, WE, WITH THIS OVERAGE OF, UH, 30% IN THE BUCKETS THAT WE HAVE GOING IN THIS YEAR ALONE, UH, COUPLED WITH THE BOND THAT WE JUST PASSED, UH, YOU KNOW, COUPLED WITH THE OTHER MONIES THAT WE'VE GIVEN TOWARDS THAT, IT'S, IT WILL EXCEEDS THAT AMOUNT.

IT'LL BE GREAT TO PROBABLY GET THOSE DETAILS FROM CITY MANAGERS IN THE, IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, SO WE CAN BE COMPLETELY CLEAR AS TO HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE SPENT ON STREETS, ON SIDEWALKS.

BUT THERE HAS BEEN A TRUE COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING IT.

AND THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RULES.

I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MUCH MONEY WE WERE, WE DEVOTING LIKE A HUNDRED, WHAT WAS IT, $200,000? I, I CAN'T REMEMBER.

SO PER DISTRICT? YEAH, JUSTIN IN DISTRICT C, WE GOT $2 MILLION WAS SIDEWALKS FIRST TIME EVER.

AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE GOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.

AND THEN IF IT WASN'T SIDEWALKS, IT WAS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND, AND GOD BLESS SASHI, HE COMES TO THE COMMITTEE AND WANTS MORE MONEY.

RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

MM-HMM, BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE, THE WORD AND THE VOICE OF OUR CUSTOMER, OUR RESIDENTS, AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.

WELL, THANK YOU.

UH, YOU KNOW, QUOTING THE FORMER MAYOR, FORMER MAYOR IS GREAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT.

AND SINCE 2020, THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THIS CITY COUNCILS, ALL SEVEN OF US SITTING UP HERE, HAVE FUNDED MORE INTO CAPITAL PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS IN ADDITION TO TAKING CARE OF THE DISTRICT, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL SEATS AS THEY HAVE SPENT ENOUGH MONEY ADVOCATING FOR THOSE DISTRICTS TO MAKE SURE PUT THE DOLLAR WHERE IT BELONGS.

AND ESPECIALLY WITH THIS, THIS ADDITION OF FUND THAT CAME FROM THEIR, THROUGH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, GOING BACK INTO PUTTING IT ON SIDEWALKS AND REPAIRS AND STREET REPAIRS IN ADDITION TO THE FUND BALANCE MONEY.

SO I WANT TO CLEAR IT UP.

CITIZENS SHOW THAT WE'RE IN THE RIGHT, WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

NEXT TIME WE CO PLEASE COME UP WITH SOMETHING AFTER 2020.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, WE ALSO BOUGHT A FIRE TRUCK.

I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT TOO, MAYOR.

WE, WE ALSO, UH, DEDICATED, UH, THREE APPARATUS ACTUALLY FOR FIRE, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, ON THE BUCKETS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE REVISED COMPREHENSIVE, UH, IS ALSO PUBLIC SAFETY AS A PART OF THAT AS WELL.

SO THERE ARE SO MANY BUCKETS THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS.

BUT, UH, THE TWO PRIORITIES THAT WERE LISTED BY THE, WELL, WELL, THE RESPONSES FROM THE

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ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, JASON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, EVERYONE.

SIX C, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

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[(c) Presentation and Discussion - Receive a presentation on the Fiscal Yea...]

WE HAVE OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MONIQUE, HI.

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE GREG PETERSON.

HE IS THE PARTNER AT WEAVER, OUR, UM, INDEPENDENT AUDIT FIRM, AND HE'S GONNA PRESENT OUR FISCAL YEAR 2023 AUDIT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT, UM, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED 2023.

I THINK ALL OF Y'ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

THE, UH, THE COPY OF THE REPORT, TWO REPORTS, THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, AND THE SINGLE AUDIT.

SO I'LL BE TAKING EXCERPTS FROM THOSE STATEMENTS AND, UH, HAVING MY DISCUSSION ON THOSE TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA BOIL THIS DOWN TO THIS TO GREATEST HITS.

THOSE ARE, UH, ABOUT 2, 250 PAGES WORTH OF DOCUMENTS, SO WE'LL JUST BE GOING OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS.

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES WAS $7.1 MILLION.

UM, SO THE PURPOSE OF AN AUDIT IS FOR AN AUDITOR TO RENDER AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

UM, WE ARE GONNA ISSUE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, SO THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE IN AN AUDIT.

UM, AS PART OF THAT, WE ALSO EVALUATE THE CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROLS.

WE DO NOT IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS.

SO AS, AS COUNCIL, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE BUDS WORDS YOU WANT TO HEAR.

UH, CLEAN OPINIONS, UH, NO FINDINGS WHEN IT COMES TO INTERNAL CONTROLS.

NOW, WE CONDUCTED OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.

WE CONDUCTED OUR SINGLE AUDITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNIFORM GUIDANCE.

UM, THE SINGLE AUDIT PROGRAMS THAT WE IDENTIFIED FOR TESTING WERE THE CORONAVIRUS FUNDS AND THE CDBG BLOCK GRANT.

UM, BETWEEN THOSE TWO FUNDS, THAT ACCOUNTED FOR 88% OF YOUR TOTAL FEDERAL EXPENDITURE.

SO WE GOT ADEQUATE COVERAGE FROM THOSE TWO PROGRAMS. UM, WE'LL JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RESULTS.

UM, THIS SCHEDULE COMES FROM PAGE 41 AND 42 FROM THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

WHAT WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON IS WE'RE JUST GONNA FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND, UM, THAT IS THE PRIMARY OPERATING FUND OF THE CITY.

AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE INCOME STATEMENT.

NOW, THE TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE GENERAL FUND WERE $66.5 MILLION IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

THAT'S A FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE OVER PRIOR YEAR.

UM, THREE AND A HALF MILLION OF THAT IS RELATED TO PROPERTY TAX REVENUES.

THAT'S, UM, IN DIRECT RELATION TO INCREASES IN YOUR PROPERTY VALUES.

UM, THE OTHER INCREASE IS ABOUT A $2 MILLION PICKUP IN INVESTMENT EARNINGS, UM, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT OVER PRIOR YEAR.

UM, WHEN WE, WHEN THE MARKET TURNED AROUND, YOU COULD SEE THOSE NUMBERS BEING DIRECTLY, UH, REFLECTED, UH, IN THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT EXPENDITURES, THE GENERAL FUND HAD TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF APPROXIMATELY $61 MILLION.

THAT'S A SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.

UM, FIVE AND A HALF, OR APPROXIMATELY FIVE OF THAT IS RELATED TO SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

AND THEN THE REMAINING TWO AND A HALF, UM, YOU SEE JUST IN INCREASES IN CONTRACTED SERVICES, EQUIPMENT PURCHASES AND MAINTENANCE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OTHER FINANCING SOURCES AND USES, THERE WERE A, THERE WAS A NET, UM, TRANSFER OUT OF $1.1 MILLION, RESULTING IN A NET INCREASE IN YOUR GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE OF $4.5 MILLION, BRINGING THAT BALANCE FROM $40.8 MILLION TO $45.3 MILLION.

SO GOOD RESULTS HEADED DIRECTLY TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF YOUR GENERAL FUND.

AND WE TALK ABOUT HITTING THE BOTTOM LINE OF YOUR GENERAL FUND.

WHAT THAT ULTIMATELY ROLLS INTO IS YOUR FUND BALANCE.

UM, THIS IS WHAT Y'ALL WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH EXCESS FUND BALANCE, ASSIGNING THOSE FUND BALANCE THAT EQUITY, UM, INTO SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. AND FOR USE, SOME SPECIFIC USES.

SO THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE REPRESENTS THE 30% MINIMUM, UM, THAT THE, THAT THE CITY ADOPTED.

UM, THE ASSIGNED AND COMMITTED PORTIONS OF THAT ARE THE PARTS THAT GET DISTRIBUTED, UM, BASED ON THE CITY'S POLICIES.

WHAT WE DID IS, AS AN AUDIT FIRM, WE COME BACK AND WE RECALCULATE, UM, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE FUNDS TO THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS.

UM, WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY DIFFERENCES OR, UH, IN, FROM THE CITY'S CALCULATIONS.

NEXT, WE'LL GO OVER THE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY FUND AND THE SURFACE WATER, UH, FUND.

THIS IS FROM PAGE 45 OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

THE WATER FUND HAD TOTAL REVENUES OF $7.1 MILLION.

IT'S ABOUT AN $800,000 DECREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

UM, THAT DECREASE IS SPECIFIC TO A DECREASE IN IMPACT FEES, AND THAT'S TYPICAL THAT WE SEE THOSE REVENUES FLUCTUATE.

YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON WITHIN

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THE CITY.

UM, SO THOSE NUMBERS DO FLUCTUATE YEAR OVER YEAR.

UM, BUT THERE WAS A, A NET DECREASE IN THOSE REVENUES OF $800,000 OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.

WHEN LOOKING AT OPERATING EXPENSES, IT WAS $4.7 MILLION.

THAT'S A $1.5 MILLION DECREASE, UM, FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

YOU KNOW, IN LOOKING AT PRIOR YEAR, THERE'S ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF WORTH OF LIKE ONE TIME EXPENSES RELATED TO SOME, UH, WATERLINE INSTALLATIONS, UH, THAT WERE NON-RECURRING.

SO THAT'S WHY WE SEE THAT NUMBER DECREASE YEAR OVER YEAR.

UH, AGAIN, WE SEE THE POSITIVE RETURNS ON YOUR INVESTMENT EARNINGS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT YOUR NON-OPERATING REVENUES AND EXPENSES PRIOR YEAR, THAT WAS ABOUT A $150,000 OP UH, LOSS THAT HAS FLIPPED AROUND TO A $783,000 INVESTMENT GAIN.

UH, YOUR TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE WAS 640,000.

THAT'S THE INTEREST THAT YOU PAY ON, UH, YOUR BONDS.

UH, THERE WAS ALSO A TRANSFER OUT OF $1.2 MILLION.

THAT TRANSFER WENT FROM THE WATER FUND TO THE SURFACE WATER FUND, UM, ULTIMATELY NETTING TO A $1.3 MILLION INCREASE, UH, IN YOUR WATER AND UTILITY FUND QUICKLY GOING DOWN THE SURFACE, UH, FUND, THE TOTAL REVENUES WERE $12.3 MILLION.

THAT'S A $400,000 INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.

THAT WAS A $1 MILLION INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.

UM, WHAT THE INCREASES RELATED TO WAS THE PURCHASE PRICE OF WATER AND THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR CHEMICALS.

UM, THOSE INCREASED OVER PRIOR YEAR, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN UNTYPICAL DUE TO INFLATIONARY COSTS THAT WE SEE THESE DAYS.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOUR DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION INCREASED BY $200,000 FROM PRIOR YEAR.

UM, WE DID, AGAIN, SEE POSITIVE INVESTMENT EARNINGS, UH, IN THIS FUND.

LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT $180,000 LOSS.

THIS YEAR WAS $804,000.

UH, GAIN INTEREST EXPENSE WAS 1.9 MILLION.

AGAIN, THAT'S THE INTEREST PAID ON YOUR BONDS.

UH, YOUR NET TRANSFERS WAS A, A TRANSFER IN OF $682,000.

ALL THAT CONTRIBUTING TO A $4.6 MILLION INCREASE TO YOUR NET POSITION WITHIN THE FUND.

WE'LL, QUICKLY JUST, UM, ALSO TAKE A, A PEEK AT YOUR GOVERNMENT WIDE, UM, BALANCE SHEET.

AND I BRING THIS UP TO TALK ABOUT REALLY ONE NUMBER.

UM, IF YOU LOOK IN THE 2022 COLUMN UNDER YOUR GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES, YOU'LL RE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION IN PRIOR YEAR WAS THE DEFICIT OF $2.8 MILLION.

THAT NUMBER FOR THE CURRENT YEAR IS A POSITIVE NUMBER OF $16.6 MILLION.

UM, AND 20, WAS IT 2014.

AND THEN AGAIN, IN 2017, ALL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAD TO ADOPT CERTAIN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS, GSB 65 AND 75, UM, TO RECORD THE PENSION AND POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT LIABILITIES ON THEIR BOOKS.

THIS WAS A LARGE LIABILITY THAT THE CITY ABSORBED IN THOSE YEARS, CAUSING THAT NUMBER TO BE A DEFICIT.

SO OVER THE YEARS, THE CITY HAS CHIPPED AWAY AT THAT NUMBER BEING A DEFICIT AND ULTIMATELY BECOMING A POSITIVE NUMBER.

NOW, UM, I MEAN, JUST IN 2021, THAT WAS A DEFICIT OF 37.1 MILLION.

SO YOU CAN SEE POSITIVE MOVEMENTS IN THAT TR IN THAT NUMBER, UM, AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO ADD DOLLARS TO FUND BALANCE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANT TO HAVE COMMENT, UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER.

AND AGAIN, TO FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UH, COMING INTO THE POSITIVES VERSUS WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.

SO I WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO THAT, AS YOU JUST STATED.

AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA REPEAT IT AGAIN TO OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE.

UH, THANKS FOR BEING PROACTIVE WITH LOOKING AT THE OVERALL BALANCE SHEET THAT WE HAVE AND PROACTIVELY PUTTING THAT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO GAIN FROM 2021, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD IN THE MIDST OF COVID, YOU KNOW, OUR SALES TAX HAS INCREASED, UH, DRAMATICALLY HIGH, AND WE HAVE NOT STOPPED.

WE HAVE CONTINUED TO DO SO.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION.

AND CITY MANAGER, I THINK YOU HAVE A, A GREAT SHEET TO WORK FORWARD.

I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, BONY, DO WE NEED TO AUDIT THE AUDITOR? UM, NO.

I THINK THAT, UH, WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST WEAVER AND TED WELL IS ONE OF THE BEST, UH, ON THE PLANET, AND WE APPRECIATE THEM FOR GIVING US AN UNMODIFIED OPINION AGAIN.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

AND, UH, THANK YOU ALINA AND HER GROUP.

I MEAN, IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO, TO, TO GET THROUGH AN AUDIT.

I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE JUST BY THE SIZE OF THOSE DOCUMENTS, UM, HOW MUCH WORK IT TAKES.

AND, AND WE ASK

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A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WORKING WITH A CLIENT WHO HAS A LOT OF ANSWERS.

UM, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE.

YOU HAVE A GROUP WITH A LOT OF ANSWERS, SO THAT REALLY HELPS THE PROCESS.

I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE, I, THERE'S SEVERAL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WHO'S HERE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION.

IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE SLIDE.

UM, THE LAST SLIDE.

WITH REGARDS TO THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, UM, IN FUNDING, IS THAT PRIMARILY DRIVEN FROM PROPERTY TAXES? IT'S A, IT'S A COMBINATION, UM, OF BOTH.

YES.

PRIMARILY DRIVEN FROM PROPERTY TAX.

THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE, THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN REVENUES, THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN REVENUE IS THERE.

AND THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE REPORT.

ABSOLUTELY.

VERY EASY TO READ.

AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE CLEAN OPINION.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

UM, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSH.

YOU, YOU CHEATED OFF MY PAPER.

OH, I DIDN'T QUESTION.

NO, NO.

GREAT, UH, PRESENTATION.

UH, GREG, WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO OUR FINANCE, UH, COUNCIL COMMITTEE FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ELENA AND CONGRATULATIONS, MONIQUE.

I THINK THIS IS YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION AND IT WAS JUST MIRACULOUS AND MARVELOUS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

I REALLY JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT AS WELL TO JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.

SO WHEN OUR RESIDENTS ARE QUESTIONING, ARE WE BEING PHYSICALLY SOUND, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR, THEIR TAX DOLLARS, UM, AND EVERYTHING, THIS, THIS PROVES IT.

AND AGAIN, I SAID IT IN MY LAST COMMENT WITH THE OTHER REPORT, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN WITH THIS ONE, IS, I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE AS COUNCIL ARE REALLY WORKING HARD ALONG WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM.

THEY ARE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEING PHYSICALLY SOUND AND RESPONSIBLE WITH THEIR TAX DOLLARS.

AND THIS IS PROOF OF THAT.

AND SO I WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH, GREG, FOR PULLING ALL THAT OUT WITH OUR TEAM AND, UH, FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING DOCUMENT, UH, TO CONTINUE TO MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.

YEAH, THE ONLY THING I'D SAY IS, UH, WHEN YOU, UH, PRESENTED THE, UH, AUDIT FINDINGS AND YOU SAID, CLEAN OUR CITY MANAGER'S EYES LIT UP , BELIEVE ME, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S MUSIC TO, UH, A, UH, A FINANCIAL, UH, ORGANIZATION'S, UM, UH, REFLECTION OF THE JOB THAT THEY'VE DONE AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO DO.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL PEOPLE FOR, UH, A JOB.

WELL DONE.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER ULU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY JUST MENTIONED IT.

MONIQUE STAFF, THANK YOU GUYS.

UH, YOU, YOU CAME ON BOARD.

YOU HAD TO LEARN THE SYSTEM.

YOU HAD TO FIND ALL THE MONEY AND WHERE THE, WHERE IT WAS BEING HIDDEN.

UH, AND YOU, YOU WALKED US THROUGH THIS AND I'M, IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE ON COUNSEL TO HAVE A CLEAN OPINION.

THE REPORT STATES BASED ON TEST WORK PERFORMED IN THESE AREAS.

NO MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, MORE OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS WERE FOUND HOME RUN.

THANK Y'ALL.

DROP THE MIC.

YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

UM, YOU KNOW, THANKS SO MUCH TO THE FINANCE TEAM, THE ENTIRE FINANCE TEAM, MONIQUE, UH, COMING IN, THE CITY MANAGER.

THIS IS YOUR FIRST, UH, FULL COMPLETED AUDIT, UH, UNDER YOUR WATCH AS WELL.

UH, MANY TIMES WE'VE BEEN SO SPOILED AND ACCUSTOMED TO, UH, HAVING ELENA AT THE HELM AND CONGRATULATING ELENA.

AND, UH, AND THIS WAS PRESENTED TO US IN OUR FINANCE, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING EARLIER.

AND SHE INDICATED THAT SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

AND, UH, THAT LETS YOU KNOW THAT, UH, WE BROUGHT IN THE RIGHT PEOPLE, UH, TO FILL IN THESE ROLES.

SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE, NOT ONLY AS IT RELATES TO THE HEALTH OF OUR FINANCIAL, UH, THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF OUR CITY, BUT ALSO WITH THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE WORKING FOR THE CITIZENS AND FOR US AS A COUNCIL.

SO THAT MAKES ME FEEL VERY GOOD.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY PUBLICLY, THANK YOU ALL STAFF, UH, FOR ALL THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE AND FOR KEEPING US GOING FORWARD.

ALRIGHT.

SEVEN, OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, , I KNOW WE THANKED EVERYBODY, BUT THERE'S ONE PERSON I THINK, UH, IT'S, IT'S BY MISTAKE THAT WE LEFT OUT.

BERTHA.

BERTHA HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK, UH, IN WORKING WITH CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER AND OF COURSE OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, PREPARING THESE BUDGETS.

SO IT WOULD NOT BE FAIR, UH, NOT TO THANK HER.

SO THAT'S IT.

WELL, THANK YOU, SIR.

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY, I'M GONNA TAKE YOU, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER

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BROWN MARSHALL.

IS THERE A SECOND? UH, MAYOR, MAY I STATE MY MOTION? YES, PLEASE.

I'M SORRY.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT ITEM SEVEN B THROUGH SEVEN F.

COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.

SO THE MOTION, WHAT WE HAVE IS, UH, SEVEN B THROUGH SEVEN F UH, IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN A SECOND BY MAYOR PROTO KLAUSER.

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

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO NOW BACK TO

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ITEM CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 4TH, 2024.

UH, YES, MA'AM.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT ITEM SEVEN A.

OKAY, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY CO UH, SEVEN A, I MEAN, I MEAN ABOUT SEVEN A MOTION BY CONST MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, AND SEEING NOMAN ON SUNDAY, THE QUEUE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE THE MOTION CARRIED.

UNANIM.

ALRIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER NINE, RIGHT? UH, NUMBER NINE, CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS BEFORE ANYONE STARTS.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

WAS THERE A REASON WE PULLED THAT ITEM? OH, OKAY.

OH, I'M SORRY.

NO, GO AHEAD.

QUESTION.

WAS THERE A REASON I WASN'T, I WASN'T HERE LAST WEEK.

SHE WAS ASKING A QUESTION.

MY, MY, MY QUESTION WAS, I, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER THE RATIONALE FOR YOU.

UM, YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING THAT.

UM, MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED THAT HE WAS NOT HERE AND HE WANTED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT HE WAS OKAY IN THE END WITH, EXCEPT IN THE MINUTES AS WELL.

DO YOU WANNA CHANGE YOUR VOTE? NO.

NO.

WHAT? I SECOND IT.

RIGHT.

AND THEN I SAID, IT'S PROBABLY BEST THAT I DON'T, ALTHOUGH I READ IT, I SAID, I'LL LET YOU GUYS 'CAUSE Y'ALL WERE HERE, AND THEN THAT'S HOW IT WENT.

SO IT WAS, IT WAS MY TRIGGER.

[9. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]

I'M GONNA START TODAY, .

SO IF WE CAN PUT ON THREE MINUTE, UM, JUST BE BECAUSE, AND THE REASON I, I'M GONNA START, THERE'S A REASON WHY, UM, I THINK, UH, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT ON SUNDAY, MARCH 17TH, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT, UH, THAT SHOWING THAT MISSOURI CITY, UH, CITY HAS BEEN NAMED AND RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE SMALL TEXAS CITIES IN THE UP AND COMING HOTSPOTS, UH, ACCORDING TO A NATIONAL STUDY THAT WAS DONE.

AND OF COURSE, IT GOES INTO, UM, SAN, I MEAN, UH, NEW BRONZEVILLE OUTSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO AND GEORGETOWN NEAR AUSTIN.

THOSE ARE THE CITIES WITH THE, THE TWO OF THE CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST MEETING HOUSEHOLD INCOMES.

BUT WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO OTHER CITIES THAT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED IN THE TEXAS RANKED AS HIGH AS IN THE UP AND COMING HOTSPOTS INCLUDED, MANSFIELD, CEDAR PARK, MISSOURI CITY, AND TEMPLE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, ALL THE STAFF, ALL MY COLLEAGUES.

UH, UP AND COMING IS, IS IS A SPOT THAT WE HEAR OUTSIDE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT.

MISSOURI CITY'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO I THINK THIS WAS SURPRISING TO ME THAT, NOT SURPRISING THAT WE GOT IT, BUT SURPRISING THAT OF ALL THE CITIES THAT THEY NAMED MISSOURI CITY AS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RANKING.

SO WHEN I RECOGNIZE THAT, AND THE REASON I PICKED UP THIS COMMENT, COUNCIL COMMENT FIRST IS I THINK IT'S FAIR FOR ME TO ADDRESS, UM, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, JEFF, JEFFREY ELONI AS BEING SELECTED, ANOTHER PIONEER IN THE MAKING.

WE NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE AS A WISE CHAIR OF THE MAJOR NATIONAL FEDERAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.

UM, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, YOU TEND TO LOOK AT LARGER METROPOLITAN CITIES LIKE HOUSTON, LIKE CHICAGO, LIKE NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES, AND, AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE UPPER HAND IN THAT.

BUT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM OUR CITY,

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OUR OUR CITY, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GROWING, IT'S A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN MY OPINION.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM THOSE NATIONAL CITIES AND EVENTUALLY BRING THAT, THOSE, UH, COMMENTS AND THOSE SUGGESTIONS AND THOSE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS A MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

SO AS THE CITIES, AS WE, AND I KNEW HE MIGHT HAVE GET THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE ME AND, AND SAY THAT I'VE BEEN APPOINTED .

SO I WANTED TO CUT HIM AND, AND SAY IT UP FRONT FIRST.

UM, SO, BECAUSE IT IS ONLY FAIR TO, TO NOT THE PERSON TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY'VE BEEN APPOINTED.

BUT FOR ME, BECAUSE I LOOK AT H HIS WORK ON HGAC AND NOW WITH NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, HE HAS ATTENDED EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT I CAN THINK OF AND GOING OUT THERE, PUTTING MISSOURI CITY FIRST.

SO WITH THAT, I END MY COMMENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NOW WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OF LARGE POSITION ONE, SONYA BROWN MARSHALL.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR, AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, JEFF PONEY.

I ACTUALLY READ THAT ABOUT YOU THIS WEEKEND'S.

AWESOME.

VERY GOOD.

UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE QUAIL VALLEY FUND ANNUAL MEETING.

IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.

IT WAS MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE STAFF, UH, MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONS, UM, AS A COMPLETE BODY UNIT.

AND IT WAS VERY GOOD, VERY, UH, WELL PUT ON AND QUICK SO I COULD REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, UM, CITY OF SUGAR LAND COUNCILMAN NISHA KAMAL'S IFTAR CELEBRATION AND HONOR OF RAMADAN.

AND IT WAS VERY, VERY NICE.

AND I WISH THOSE OF YOU WHO OBSERVE, UM, SUCH A VERY BLESSED RAMADAN, UM, THE HUNTERS GLENS ARE BACK AGAIN, MEETING COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATIVELY IN REGARDS TO FLOCK CAMERAS.

I'VE HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WITH THOSE TEAMS OVER THERE, AND I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY TOO ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH ADDING BLOCK CAMERAS OVER IN THOSE AREAS.

AND TO PARTNER MORE WITH THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IN THOSE EFFORTS.

UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GRAND OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING OF MOBY MEDICAL.

I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE RIBBON CUTTING, BUT WELCOME TO OUR CITY.

I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

AND LASTLY, COUNCIL MEMBER MARLIS, I TOOK YOU UP ON YOUR SUGGESTION AND I TRIED, OH, MY BURGER, MY BURGER ON LAST FRIDAY, AND IT IS PRETTY GOOD.

SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT OUT.

OH, MY, THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES MINE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE POSITION TWO AND OUR MAYOR PROTE LYNN KLAUSER.

YES.

I ACTUALLY WANNA CONGRATULATE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JEFFREY EL BONY ON YOUR APPOINTMENT.

UM, JEFF, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU IN THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT ALL, BUT YOU DO IT.

AND I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I'M PROUD OF YOU AND I'M, IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

UH, I ATTENDED YESTERDAY, UM, THE MONTHLY AUTISM CAREGIVERS AROUND THE BIN.

THIS IS AN, UH, A CAREGIVER MEETING THAT MYSELF AND HOPE MONTGOMERY CO-FOUNDED FOR CAREGIVERS OF AUTISM.

WE DO THIS MONTHLY, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE AT OLD HICKORY INN, UM, NEXT MONTH ON THE 21ST AT THREE O'CLOCK.

SO, ANY, UH, CAREGIVERS, WE, UH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT NOT JUST PARENTS ARE RAISING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM, BUT AUNTS, UNCLES, UH, GRANDPARENTS ARE RAISING KIDS WITH AUTISM.

AND SO, UH, WE WANNA INVITE EVERYONE OUT TO JOIN US.

I WANNA WISH ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND RESIDENTS OF, UH, THAT ARE OF THE MUSLIM FAITH A HAPPY RAMADAN.

UH, I ATTENDED THE QUAIL VALLEY FUND ANNUAL MEETING.

KUDOS TO THE STAFF.

IF YOU WERE A PART OF, UH, THAT, THAT MEETING, UH, IN ANY OF THE, UH, UH, ANNUAL MEETINGS AND GIVING A PRESENTATION, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? WHERE ARE Y'ALL LOOKING AROUND? STAND UP.

STAND UP.

I JUST, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR DEDICATION AFTER HOURS AND FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS.

I ENJOY SEEING THE INFORMATION.

IT'S ALWAYS PRESENTED, UH, JUST WELL, IT'S THOUGHT OUT AND IT'S CONCISE.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SOMETIMES WE CAN PRESENT THINGS AND IT JUST BE A LOT OF STUFF, BUT YOU GUYS PICK THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO PRESENT TO OUR RESIDENTS.

SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP.

, MARCH 25TH, UM, IS, UH, THE, UH, GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY.

SO HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

UM, IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO, UH, LEARN ABOUT OTHER CULTURES AND, UH, THE WHY BEHIND.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT

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UH, THURSDAY THE 21ST IS WORLD, UH, WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY.

SO I THINK EVERYBODY WEARS SOCKS ON THAT DAY, LIKE COLORFUL SOCKS.

SO PLEASE JUST BE REMINDED AND, UM, KEEP EVERYONE WHO, UM, IS, HAS A LOVED ONE WITH, UH, UH, DOWN SYNDROME, UH, IN YOUR THOUGHTS.

AND CELEBRATE, UH, CELEBRATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

ON FRIDAY, I'LL BE MCING THE LITERACY FOUNDATION OF FORT BEN'S, UH, GALA.

UH, JOHN ES, WHO IS THE, UH, HOST OF WHAT WOULD YOU DO IS GOING TO BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER.

AND SO I MIGHT BE A LITTLE STARSTRUCK, SO I GOTTA STICK TO MY, MY SCRIPT, BUT I JUST APPRECIATE THE LITERACY FOUNDATION OF FORT BEND FOR HAVING ME.

AND LASTLY, UH, ON SATURDAY, I INVITE EVERYBODY TO THE EDIBLE EARTH FESTIVAL.

UH, IT'S GONNA BE FROM NINE TO 12.

IT'S A FREE EVENT IN OYSTER CREEK TRAIL FRUIT TREES, UH, BRING YOUR BASKETS, ACTIVITIES, CRAFTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT A MONICA RILEY.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND I TOO.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER, JEFFREY EL BONY.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR CLOSING REMARKS IN THE SPEECH THAT YOU WILL MAKE .

UM, I TOO, UH, ATTENDED OUR IFTAR, UM, UH, CELEBRATION.

HAPPY RAMADAN TO ALL OF OUR MUSLIM, UH, FRIENDS.

UH, ON BEHALF OF SUGARLAND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, NISHA KAMALI WAS WELL ATTENDED AS ALWAYS.

UM, ALSO ATTENDED THE QURE WEST HOA MEETING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO CHARITY AND TROY CARTER FOR A WONDERFUL BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND ALL THE BLACK EXCELLENCE AND CELEBRATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE.

WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU IN OUR WONDERFUL PARKS AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

HAPPY WOMEN HISTORY MONTH.

UH, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH MAYOR FOR THAT AMAZING AND VERY, UH, BEAUTIFUL DEDICATION TO ALL OF US THAT SERVE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY THAT ARE WOMEN.

UM, I HOPE EVERYBODY ENJOYED THEIR SPRING BREAK AND THE RODEO AND ALL OF THE FUNNEL CAKE AND TURKEY LEGS AS YOU CAN STAND.

UM, I DIDN'T GO THIS YEAR.

I SENT MY KIDS LIKE EIGHT TIMES.

UM, AND SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UM, OUR CDAC, UH, LEADER, MS. MARISSA OVER THERE, AND JENNIFER GOMEZ, UH, FOR A WONDERFUL CDAC, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

UM, AND ALL THE REST OF THE ACRONYMS THAT GO WITH IT.

UM, SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE WITH OUR CHAIR, UH, JEFFREY OY AND, UH, BONY AND SONYA BRAUN, MARSHALL COUNCILWOMAN.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT VERY THOROUGH REPORT THAT YOU GAVE US AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, TO COMMIT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, HAPPY ST.

PATRICK'S DAY.

HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAME TO WORK SOBER TODAY AFTER THEIR GREEN DRINKS.

HAPPY, HAPPY GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY, UM, TO THE ENTIRE GREEK COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, I WAS GONNA SAY IT, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA MESS THAT UP AND SAY THE WRONG THING.

SO WHAT HE SAID.

AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO, UH, SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

OUR CHIEF BROUGHT US THESE REALLY COOL, UM, HATS AFTER I TOLD HIM I HAD COOL HATS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, HE BROUGHT US COOL HATS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO, UM, GO AHEAD ON CHIEF, UH, PETITA, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY ANNOUNCEMENT.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I FINISHED WITH LIKE 50 SECONDS.

MM-HMM.

, TAKE IT AWAY.

ALL RIGHT, , THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT C ANTHONY MELES.

SAY ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR, TO DIMITRI ALKIS FROM NICO NICOS WHO DONATED THE BAKLAVA FOR STAFF AND RESIDENTS WHO DONATED OUR FOOD.

UM, I WANNA THANK SASHI, UH, THE CHIEFS AND THE SHERIFF AT FORT BEND COUNTY AND ANGEL FOR MEETING WITH US.

UH, AND A RESIDENT IN SIENNA WHO GOT STRUCK BY A CAR AND THEY'RE UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR DOG.

UH, WE'VE DONE A FULL EVALUATION OF THE INTERSECTION.

THANK YOU SCY, FOR JUMPING ALL OVER THAT.

THE OVERALL MESSAGE IS THIS IS OUR CITY.

LET'S BE SAFE.

WE'RE RUNNING RED LIGHTS, WE'RE RUNNING STOP SIGNS, WE'RE RUNNING OVER PEOPLE AND DOGS.

THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY.

TAKE YOUR TIME, TAKE FIVE AND JUST CHILL.

, PLEASE.

UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATING WITH ME MY BIG FAT GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY TODAY.

UM, MAYOR, GREAT SHIRT.

AND, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CULTURE, OUR, UM, CONTRIBUTION TO DEMOCRACY, UH, KIND OF HOW EVERYTHING TIES INTO AMERICA.

UM, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP TONIGHT.

EVERYONE HAS A STORY, AN IMMIGRANT, A REFUGEE LIKE MY DAD, UH, A FIRST GENERATION GREEK.

AND IT'S ALL ABOUT FAITH, FAMILY, AND, AND REALLY HARD WORK.

THE LADY THAT OWNS CHRISTIE SEAFOOD SINCE 1917, THEY'VE HAD A RESTAURANT AND THEY RUN IN ON HARD WORK.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO THAT STORY.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FRATERNITIES.

YOU ALL ARE GREEK WITH ME, SO, YOU KNOW, MY ALPHABET'S YOUR, UH, FRATERNITY SORORITY, SO OMEGA'S AND ALL AKA WHATEVER, .

UM, UM, AND I WANNA

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UH, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT HE COMPLIMENTARY DID THAT TO CELEBRATE WITH US.

AND SO GO EAT LOCAL AT NICO NICOS IN HOUSTON, HOUSTON.

WE'LL TRY TO GET 'EM HERE.

THANK Y'ALL.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT D, FLORIDA EMERY.

WELL, UH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UH, ANNUAL HOA MEETING FOR, UH, QUILL VALLEY FUND.

AND, UH, HAD MY, UH, ASSOCIATES, UH, LYNN KLAUSER AND, UH, SONYA BROWN MARSHALL, UH, JOIN US.

AND AGAIN, IT WAS, UH, A VERY, UH, STRUCTURED, UH, PRESENTATION BY THE, UH, STAFF.

UH, I THINK IT BROUGHT OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION TO THE, UH, FOLKS THAT WERE THERE, UH, ON AT, AT THE AGE, AT THE MEETING.

SO, UH, AGAIN, I, I THINK THAT WAS HOPEFULLY, UH, KIND OF A TEMPLATE FOR WHAT WE CAN SEE FROM, FOR SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, PRESENTATIONS THAT'LL BE MADE.

UH, AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO JEFFREY BONY FOR ALL OF HIS, UH, ACHIEVEMENTS.

ALL I CAN SAY IS WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE HIM, , AND THAT MY PRESENTATION.

SOUNDS GOOD.

UH, CITY SECRETARY.

SO THERE'S ABOUT TWO MINUTES FROM COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.

47 SECONDS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, YOUR STAGE.

OH, THERE YOU GO.

GIVING ALL OUT TO GOD.

NO, NO.

I JUST WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, UH, , THANK, THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UH, YOUR KIND WORDS AND MAYOR FOR ALWAYS PROVIDING DEFERENCE TO US AND MAKING US FEEL, UH, LIKE THE TEAM THAT WE ARE.

AND, UH, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE, OF, OF, OF WHAT WAS STATED.

I JUST WANT TO JUST REALLY BRIEFLY JUST TALK ABOUT, I GOT ON MY PINK AND I GOT ON MY BLUE.

I GOT THE BLUE.

I LOOKED AT THE AGENDA AND I KNEW THAT THE GREEK COLORS WERE BLUE AND WHITE.

I DON'T, I HAVE ON SOME WHITE, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT.

BUT, UH, I GOT ON, UH, BLUE FOR GREEK.

SEE, SHE LOOKING AT ME UP AND DOWN OVER HERE.

, SEE THESE SOCKS? YOU LIKE THAT? HUH? YOU LIKE THE SOCKS, HUH? SO I GOT ON PINK FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND I GOT ON THE BLUE FOR THE GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION.

SO I TRIED TO DO A LITTLE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR HER TODAY.

SO I EMAILED HER AND, UH, WE GOING AFTER THAT MONEY, RIGHT? CITY MASTER.

SWIN.

OH, SORRY, .

UH, I JUST, I HAD A, WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE CDAC MEETING, UM, THIS WEEK FOCUSED, I MEAN, THIS PAST WEEK, FOCUSED ON KIND OF CREATING NEW PROGRAMS AND ENHANCING THE EXISTING ONES THAT WE HAVE.

UH, AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CDBG FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVE, UH, HERE IN MISSOURI CITY AS A DIRECT ALLOCATION ARE PROPERLY USED FOR THOSE THAT NEED 'EM.

AND WE DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS CITY, UH, THAT NEED 'EM.

I JUST, UH, BRIEFLY WANNA TALK ABOUT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.

UH, I AM HONORED TO, UH, SERVE AS VICE CHAIR OF, UH, THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FEDERAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

UM, AND THE REASON THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE AND HAVE BEEN FOR A LOT OF THE, UH, PUBLIC POLICY THAT YOU SEE COMING DOWN TO, UH, RESPECTIVE CITIES AND COUNTIES SUCH AS THE CARES ACT, SUCH AS THE AFFORDABLE, UH, I MEAN, UH, THE EIGHT ARPA DOLLARS.

UH, MATTER OF FACT, UH, WE WERE THE ONES THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE EXPANDED USES FOR THOSE DOLLARS.

THUS WE HAVE MONEY THAT WE COULD USE FOR THE DISPARITY STUDY THAT WE NOW WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PARKS INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, SUCH AS BEING ABLE TO BUY THE PARK, UH, ON EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE, AS WELL AS THE PAVEMENT OF, UH, CON UH, MOVING TO CONCRETE TRAILS IN HUNTERS, GLEN PARK AND, AND, UH, VARIOUS OTHER PLACES.

SO, UH, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT POSITION, UH, AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITY.

MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, AND I'M HONORED TO SERVE IN THAT, BUT ALSO, UH, I WAS EXCITED TO COME BACK.

I HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS UP THERE, ONE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, ANDY MARK MERVIS, WHO IS THE HEAD OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

AND THEY HAVE A, UM, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

AND, UH, IN SPEAKING AND DISCUSSING WITH HER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY BENEFIT, SHE LET ME KNOW THAT IN THE FORMULA SHE PULLED UP, UH, MISSOURI CITY COULD GET ABOUT $120,000, TWENTY TWENTY EIGHT, A HUNDRED TWENTY $8,070 TO BE EXACT DIRECT ALLOCATION.

UH, BUT THEY HAVE TO DO IT BY APRIL.

SO IMMEDIATELY I EMAILED CITY MANAGER AND COPIED, UH, JASON, UH, ON THAT.

AND, UH, AND, UH, MARCUS SNELL, WHO, 'CAUSE SHE MENTIONED THAT, THAT THEY HAD REACHED OUT INITIALLY ABOUT IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING.

I WAS LIKE, HEY, LISTEN, WE WANT THAT MONEY.

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ALRIGHT.

SO THAT'LL HELP, THAT'LL HELP WITH, UM, HELP US BE ELIGIBLE TO USE THE FUNDS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES AND OUR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUILDINGS LIKE HVAC, UH, LEDS, EV CHARGING, UH, AND ENERGY, ENERGY PLANNING.

SO, UH, THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

UH, ME MEETING THAT WE CAME, I MEAN, UH, TAKEAWAY, UH, THAT I HAD FROM NLC AS WELL AS OF COURSE, SERVING AS THE REGIONAL 11 DIRECTOR FOR THE NATIONAL BLACK CAUCUS OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, ON THE BOARD AS WELL AS, UM, ON THE REAL COUNCIL, BUT ALSO HAD GREAT MEETINGS WITH, UH, HUD, UH, LOOKING TO TRY TO SEE ABOUT SOME MONIES THAT WE CAN GET FROM HUD THROUGH CDAC, UH, AS WELL AS CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN.

UH, WE HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING AND, UH, LUNCH.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR, UH, KIND WORDS AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO, TO BE A GOOD, UH, AT LEAST I HOPE TO BE A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE FOR MISSOURI CITY, UH, AT NLC.

[10. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]

10, OUR CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE TIME IS 8:35 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.