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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
EVERYONE.WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR REGULAR MEETING.
UH, UH, TODAY IS MONDAY, APRIL 15TH, 2024.
WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:14 PM AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNSEL.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE.
WE'LL BE LED BY ELENA PORTIS, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
THE PLEDGE OF OUR PLEDGE MEANS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH UNDERSTANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[(a) Missouri City Green - Golden Tree Award]
FOUR, OUR PRESENTATION OF RECOGNITION.WE'RE GONNA GO TO FOUR A IS MISSOURI CITY GREEN GOLDEN TREE AWARD.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
UM, PAUL, UH, WHERE'S VICKY? UH, I THINK WITH PAM LEADS THIS, BUT, UM, HE ASKED ME TO COME TONIGHT.
UM, SO THE, UH, GOLDEN TREE AWARD IS SOMETHING THAT WAS STARTED, UM, PROBABLY ABOUT 10, 12 YEARS AGO AND A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR.
WE AWARD BUSINESSES, UH, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT I NEED TO ACTUALLY CAN THANK YOU, UM, THAT DEMONSTRATES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP.
AND THAT MAY INCLUDE, UM, MAKING DONATIONS TO, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AND TO CITY EVENTS DOING, UM, NATIVE LANDSCAPING OR PROMOTING THE USE OF LANDSCAPING AND IN THE PROPER WAYS, VOLUNTEERING FOR NOT JUST MISSOURI CITY GREEN, UM, EVENTS, BUT IN GENERAL VOLUNTEERING, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, WE, UM, AS A, A BOARD, MOST OF US ARE HERE, OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
WE WERE SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT QUAIL VALLEY GARDEN CLUB WAS, UM, ONCE AGAIN DOING THEIR ANNUAL SPRING PLANT SALE HERE ON APRIL 27TH.
AND NOT JUST THAT, UM, BUT WE ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED Y'ALL, I DON'T KNOW, SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO.
UM, BECAUSE WE ARE SO IMPRESSED WITH THE EFFORTS THAT QUAIL VALLEY GARDEN CLUB, UM, DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I ACTUALLY SAID, I KNOW A FEW OF THE THINGS, BUT COULD YOU SEND ME A LIST,
THINGS THAT ARE VERY SPECIAL FOR US.
UM, THEY DO, UH, TREE PLANTINGS FOR ARBOR DAY AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THEY, UM, MAINTAIN AND BEAUTIFY, UM, SEVERAL PART, UM, PARTS OF THE CITY, INCLUDING RIDGEVIEW PARK, WHICH IS A CITY PARK.
THEY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL ENTRANCE THERE THAT THEY, UM, MAINTAIN AND BEAUTIFY.
UM, THEY HAVE WORKED WITH US ON THE EDIBLE ARBITRAL ON MANY OCCASIONS, AND AT OUR MOST RECENT EDIBLE, UM, EARTH FEST WHERE WE HAD, UM, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, THEY HAD A WONDERFUL, THEY HAD VOLUNTEERS THAT, UM, STAFFED A COUPLE DIFFERENT, YOU HAD LIKE CROSSOVER, WE WERE CROSSOVERS.
UM, AND, UM, AND I LOVE THAT, THAT WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND, UM, THEY ALSO GIVE A LOT OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE COMMUNITY AND DO, UM, OTHER SUPPORT, SUPPORT OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS BESIDES US.
UM, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO, UM, WE THOUGHT IT WAS TIME AGAIN, IT'S, UM, THEY PROBABLY DON'T GET THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST QUAIL VALLEY, BUT ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, WE WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO QUAIL VALLEY GARDEN CLUB TONIGHT.
DO YOU WANNA, ON BEHALF OF THE QUAIL VALLEY GARDEN CLUB, I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM EVERYONE FOR THIS WONDERFUL HONOR, AND THIS IS FROM OUR PAST MEMBERS AND OUR PRESENT MEMBERS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE DOING IN THE FUTURE.
DON'T FORGET, APRIL 27TH, THEY HAVE A, A PLANT SALE.
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MORE.YOU'RE A BUSINESS OR AN ORGANIZATION, UM, YOU CAN SUBMIT A NOMINATION TOO, SO WE WANNA SEE MORE OUT THERE.
[(b) Proclamation - National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week]
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.ITEM NUMBER FOUR B IS A PROCLAMATION.
UH, IT, IT IS FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR WEEK.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JUST TO BE COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY ELBO.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING THIS EVENING? YEAH.
Y'ALL CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS EVENING? ALRIGHT, WONDERFUL.
YOU, YOU WAITED ON US TO COME OUT HERE SO YOU CAN GET A LITTLE ACTIVE WITH US AND ENGAGED.
FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF HEARD, UH, JASIN HEARD TO COME UP AS WELL AS CHIEF PARTITA, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, UH, OKAY.
ASSISTANT CHIEF FROM COME ON UP ASSISTANT, BOTH ASSISTANT CHIEFS,
ARE THERE ANY DISPATCHERS HERE TODAY? ALRIGHT, ANY, UH, DISPATCHES, COME ON UP, Y'ALL.
NOW THERE'S A, THERE ARE THREE NUMBERS THAT, UH, IN, IN, IN SHARING THEM CONSECUTIVELY THAT WE PROBABLY KNOW, LIKE WE KNOW OUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.
WHICH THREE NUMBERS ARE THOSE Y'ALL? 9 1 1.
IF YOU'RE IN TROUBLE, IF YOU HAVE A NEED, UH, WHETHER IT'S OUR FIRE OR OUR POLICE OR OUR PARAMEDICS, WE'RE GONNA CALL WHAT NUMBERS? NINE ONE ONE NINE ONE ONE.
AND, UH, SO THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE THE ONES THAT WHEN YOU CALL 9 1 1 HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONNECT.
THEY'RE THE LINK BETWEEN OUR, UH, YOUR CALL AND OUR PARAMEDICS, OUR POLICE, AND OUR FIRE.
AND SO LET'S GIVE 'EM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
WE'RE CELEBRATING THEM ON THE NIGHT.
SO I HAVE A PROCLAMATION, UH, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.
AND THEN, UH, WE CAN ALSO HAVE, UH, ANY OF THE CHIEF OR ASSISTANT CHIEFS SHARE ANY WORDS ABOUT OUR, UH, COMMUNICATORS.
BUT WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS ARE THE FIRST AND MOST CRITICAL CONTACT OUR CITIZENS HAVE WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS ARE THE SINGLE VITAL LINK FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND PARAMEDICS BY MONITORING THEIR ACTIVITIES, BY RADIO, PROVIDING THEM INFORMATION AND ENSURING THEIR SAFETY.
AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY, TELECOMMUNICATORS OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS, SUPPRESSION OF FIRES AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS.
AND WHEREAS THE SAFETY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND PARAMEDICS, IS DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CITIZENS WHO CONTACT THE MISSOURI CITY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER.
AND NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEFFREY EL BONY COUNCIL MEMBER OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROBIN J ALCAT, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT APRIL THE 14TH THROUGH THE 20TH, 2024 IS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK AND RECOGNIZE ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS PAST AND PRESENT.
LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AND, UH, AS, AS I HAVE, UH, ANY, UH, ANY OF THE, UH, CHIEFS, UH, TO SHARE ANY WORDS, I JUST WANNA SAY, I, I WANNA SAY IT MAY HAVE BEEN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, MAYBE TWO AGO, THAT, UH, CHIEF PARTITA AND OUR FORMER POLICE CHIEF CAME TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND SAID THAT, LOOK, HEY, WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF OUR GOOD, UH, TELECOMMUNICATORS, A LOT OF OUR DISPATCHERS, AND WE NEED YOU ALL'S HELP.
SO THEY CAME AND ASKED US FOR MONEY TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT PAID MORE.
AND SO, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP, MAINTAIN AND, UH, TRACK SOME OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO MISSOURI CITY.
YOU WANNA SHARE ANYTHING? UH, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, WELL SAID.
THEY, THEY ARE, WE CALL 'EM OUR SILENT HEROES.
THEY'RE THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE RADIOS THAT ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND PARAMEDICS.
AND SO WE JUST WANNA HONOR 'EM ALL WEEK AND THANK 'EM FOR THEIR SERVICE.
I'LL ECHO, ECHO THAT AND, UH, ALSO ADD TO IT THAT MISSOURI CITY HAS A CUSTOM OF, OF ALWAYS BEING THE BEST AND TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN.
AND I CAN SAY THAT EVERYONE THAT WORKS IN OUR DISPATCH CENTER, THEY REALLY, REALLY DO THEIR BEST.
AND WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU ALL BECAUSE THEY TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT THEY DO.
UH, AND THAT GOES A VERY LONG WAYS AND THEY KEEP US SAFE EACH AND EVERY DAY, ALL OF US.
SO IT'S JUST GREAT TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T TYPICALLY GET RECOGNITION.
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THEY TRULY DESERVE IT, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL.I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY MUCH MORE.
UM,
THEY LOVE COMING TO MISSOURI CITY, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE HAVE A BEST, ONE OF THE BEST DISPATCHER, UH, IN, IN THE, IN THE AREA.
UH, I WAS TOLD TO RECOGNIZE SONYA LOPEZ KLOSSEN WITH 9 1 1, WHO IS HERE.
IF YOU COULD JUST STAND AND BE REC, THEY'D BE RECOGNIZED.
LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
SHE'S HERE IN SUPPORT OF, UH, OUR TELECOMMUNICATORS.
YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING
SO, UM, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND WE ARE PROUD TO CALL THEM, UH, OUR FIRST, FIRST RESPONDERS, SO THANK YOU.
UH, COUNCILMAN RAMONI, I THINK I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS TO HIM.
UH, HE AND I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WE LOVE IT WHEN CITIZENS CALL US, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE SO OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE TO YOU, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY, DO NOT CALL US.
WE MAY NOT
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY APPRECIATED THOUGH, THOUGH.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
FIVE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS.CITY IS SECRETARY AS, UM, WE HAVE A REQUEST AS, AS SHE CALLS YOUR NAME DOWN.
AND I KNOW THAT LAST TIME WE HAD SOME OF THIS TECHNICALITY OR OR SO WE HAVE CLOCKS THAT ARE HERE THAT LIKE, AS YOU CAN SEE, AS YOU'RE PRESENTING THE TIME WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ZERO, UH, THAT'S YOUR TIME IS OUT.
SO AS YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND THEN GO AHEAD WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, IN ORDER TO FORCE US TO BE EFFECTIVE AND MOVE THIS ALONG, I WILL CALL YOU, UM, SEVERAL OF YOU UP TO THE PODIUM.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE, UM, FILE A SINGLE, UH, FILE LINE BEHIND THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
DANIEL SINI, NOREEN MOHAM, EDDIE SAHEED AMINA ISHA.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
IT WAS JUST A MONTH AGO WHEN I STOOD HERE WITH YOU BRIMMING WITH PRIDE FOR OUR CITY, A BEACON OF DIVERSITY AND STRENGTH, AND TODAY IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO ADDRESS YOU ONCE MORE.
WHEN WE CAME BEFORE YOU LAST TIME, OUR PETITION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HAD 150 SIGNATURES.
WE NOW HAVE 900 SIGNATURES ON OUR PETITION.
AN AFRICAN PROVERB SAYS, IF YOU THINK ONE PERSON CANNOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, REMEMBER THE MOSQUITO BUZZING AWAY IN YOUR BED.
THIS SIMPLE TRUTH REMINDS US OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S POWER TO AFFECT CHANGE.
MUCH LIKE EACH DECISION THIS COUNCIL MAKES, OUR CITY'S DIVERSITY BINDS US TO THE WORLD'S COLLECTIVE HISTORY, INCLUDING ITS INJUSTICES.
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FORGOTTEN THE STRUGGLES AGAINST OPPRESSION OF NATIVE AMERICANS, THE HORRORS OF SLAVERY, THE INJUSTICES OF JIM CROW, THE INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS, THE LYNCHING OF THE NELSONS IN OKLAHOMA, THE TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENTS AND WARS FOUGHT ON FALSE PRETENSE.TODAY, THAT HISTORICAL THREAD CONTINUES WITH THE ISRAEL GAZA CONFLICT, WHERE CHILDREN ARE FACING STARVATION AND THE DENIAL OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS.
WE ARE NOT OBSERVERS IN HISTORY, WE ARE PARTICIPANTS IN THE MAKING OF IT.
WE HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS WHO IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, WILL BRING TO LIGHT THESE MODERN DAY INJUSTICES.
IT IS WITH HOPE AND A COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE FOR ALL THAT I CALL UPON THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AFFIRMING OUR CITY'S DEDICATION TO HUMANITY'S HIGHEST IDEALS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, AND THANK YOU FOR EMBODYING THE VALUES THAT MAKE US STRONG.
MY NAME IS, UH, MY NAME IS DANIEL SIDIKI.
UH, ADDRESS 5 3 0 3 DALI BAY LANE.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DISTINGUISHED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY OUR HEARTS ARE BURDENED BY THE, BY THE, UH, STAGGERING LOSSES THAT EMERGE FROM CONFLICT ZONES LIKE GAZA, WHERE COUNTLESS LIVES ARE LOST AND IMPACTED IN ENDLESS LIFE, ENDLESS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE.
RECENT REPORT HIGHLIGHT THE GRAVE REALITY.
THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS, INCLUDING OVER 5,000 CHILDREN, HAVE BEEN IMPACTED SEVERELY BY THE ONGOING HOSTILITIES.
AS MISSOURI CITY STANDS UNITED IN ITS DIVERSITY AND STRENGTH LED US EXPAND OUR COMMITMENT TO THOSE WHO SUFFER AFAR.
OUR ADVOCACY FOR A CEASEFIRE IS NOT A POLITICAL STATEMENT, BUT A PLEA FOR HUMILITY AND FOR HUMANITY.
A CALL TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT AND PREVENT FURTHER ATROCITIES.
IT IS OUR DUTY TO ENSURE THAT NO CHILDREN, NO CHILD IS DEPRIVED OF A FUTURE.
NO WOMAN IS STRIPPED OFF, UH, HER DIGNITY AND NO COMMUNITY IS LEFT TO SUFFER IN SILENCE.
SOME OF THE STATS HERE, THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST 34,000 PEOPLE KILLED, INCLUDING MORE THAN 13,800 CHILDREN, 8,400 WOMEN, AND 70 MORE THAN 76,000 PEOPLE INJURED.
AND THIS IS JUST FOR GAZA AND MISSING MORE THAN 8,000 PEOPLE LOOKING AT WEST BANK.
118 AMONG THEM WERE CHILDREN MORE THAN 4,750 INJURED.
AND IF WE LOOK AT ISRAEL, 1,139 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REPORTED WHO WERE KILLED, AND AT LEAST 8,730 PEOPLE WHO WERE INJURED.
BOTH SIDES HAVE LOST A LOT OF INNOCENT LIVES.
LET'S PUT OUR EFFORT TOGETHER TO PASS THE CEASEFIRE, UH, CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AND MAKE OUR CONTRIBUTION AS A PROUD RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY BY SUPPORTING A PERMANENT, WE UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW EMPHASIZING OUR UNDERLYING STANCE AGAINST THE STARVATION AND SUFFERING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.
I'M AT 66 BIG TRAIL MISSOURI CITY.
DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STEAM MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE BY SAYING THAT OUR DISCUSSION TODAY TRANSCENDS LOCAL CONCERNS, TOUCHING THE ON THE ESSENCE OF OUR HUMANITY.
IT IS A REFLECTION OF OUR VALUES AND ROLE.
WE ASPIRE TO PLAY ON THE WORLD STAGE THAT DATA SPEAKS VOLUMES.
MILLIONS ARE AT THE BRINK OF STARVATION WITH ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES BEING BLOCKED, AND BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS ARE CONTINUOUSLY VIOLATED.
OUR RESOLUTION IS A CLARION CALL FOR PEACE AND AFFIRMATION OF OUR GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY.
IT DEMONSTRATES OUR COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND OUR REFUSAL TO BE PASSIVE OBSERVERS ON THIS GLOBAL SUFFERING.
BY ADVOCATING FOR CEASEFIRE, WE NOT ONLY VOICE OUR SUPPORT FOR ENDING VIOLENCE, BUT ALSO FOR INITIATING CRUCIAL HUMANITARIAN AID.
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LET THIS BE, LET THIS BE THE MOMENT.MISSOURI CITY EXEMPLIFIES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ADV ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES THAT FOSTER PEACE AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE EVERYWHERE.
MY NAME IS NOREEN AT 2 1 5 KIRKWOOD COURT.
I'D LOVE IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A THUMBS UP IF YOU LOVE OUR EDUCATORS.
I WAS HOPING FOR A LOT MORE THUMBS UP THAN THAT.
I HAVE BEEN AN EDUCATOR IN MISSOURI CITY FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF EVERY RACIALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY DIVERSE STUDENT I HAVE EVER TAUGHT WHO HAS WONDERED IF THEIR LIFE IS WORTH THE SAME AS THE STUDENT NEXT TO THEM.
WHAT PRECEDENT ARE WE SETTING IN OUR DIVERSE CITY WHEN WE DON'T SHOW OUTRAGE OVER THE BIGGEST HUMAN RIGHTS CRISES OF OUR TIME AND NOT TAKE A STANCE AGAINST IT? WHAT DO PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME OR ANY OF YOU INTERNALIZE WHEN THEY WITNESS SELECTIVE OUTRAGE AND SELECTIVE MORALITY? HOW WILL WE STAND UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN MISSOURI CITY IF WE STILL HAVE TO DEBATE WHO DESERVES TO BE CONSIDERED HUMAN? I WAKE UP TO IMAGES OF CHILDREN WITH LIMBS BLOWN OFF THEIR BODIES, SKIN MELTING OFF THEIR FACES FROM ILLEGAL WHITE PHOSPHORUS BOMBS TO STARVING CHILDREN WHO ARE SURVIVING ON BOILED GRASS AND ANIMAL FEED.
I SEE MY STUDENTS' FACES IN THEM.
I SEE KIDS WHO WANTED SPIDER-MAN FOR THEIR BIRTHDAY OR WANTED TO PLAY SOCCER SOMEDAY.
WILL WE NOT DO SOMETHING SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE CHANCE TO PLEASE SUPPORT AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION? PLEASE SUPPORT HUMANITY OVER POLITICS.
YOU ARE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF A VERY DIVERSE CITY.
DO NOT MAKE SILENCE AND INACTION YOUR LEGACY.
STAND UP FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD TODAY SO THAT THERE IS A PRECEDENCE TO STAND UP FOR THE CHILDREN OF OUR CITY TOMORROW.
YOU KNOW, I HAD PREPARED A, A COMMENTS, BUT THEY'VE PRETTY MUCH SUMMED UP EVERYTHING SO BEAUTIFULLY, ESPECIALLY YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR SPEAKING.
I JUST WANT TO PLEA GUYS, I WANT MISSOURI CITY TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP AND CALL RIGHT VERSUS WRONG.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT.
STARVING CHILDREN, STARVING A WHOLE POPULATION THAT'S WRONG.
YOU KNOW, KILLING INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF WHO'S RIGHT IN THE CONFLICT OR WRONG IN CONFLICT IS WRONG.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT NO MATTER WHERE WRONG OCCURS.
YOU KNOW, UM, I HAPPEN TO KNOW SOME OF YOU PERSONALLY.
I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M POLITICALLY ACTIVE, I'M ACTIVE IN MY COMMUNITY, AND I'M HERE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE JOINED ME.
WE HAVE OVER 900 SIGNATURES AND COUNTING.
WE INTEND ON HAVING THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES ON THIS THING.
WE WANT MISSOURI CITY TO LEAD THE WAY.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE SECOND OR THIRD WHEN THEY JOIN IN ON THE RESOLUTION.
WE WANT YOU TO LEAD THE WAY BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN YOU MIRROR REFLECTIONS OF US.
I SETTLED IN FORT BEND COUNTY BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST DIVERSE COUNTY IN ALL OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF IT SINCE 1991.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY ELECTED LEADERS, MY CITY COUNCIL STAND FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.
PLEASE TAKE THIS RESOLUTION AS A SERIOUS CONSIDERATION, A SERIOUS PLEA FROM YOUR COMMUNITY, FROM THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY, AND ITS SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENTS AS WELL.
SAYING THAT WE WANT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO STAND NEXT TO US AND SAY, WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE CAN STAND WITH THE RIGHT AND THE JUST INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS NOT, NOT OKAY.
WE CAN STAND BY OR WE CAN SPEAK UP FOR ME.
I'LL ALWAYS SPEAK UP IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE AND I WOULD LIKE THAT FROM MY LEADERSHIP AS WELL.
I'M HERE TODAY AS A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER AND MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER FOR SO MANY IN FORT BEND COUNTY.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE HUMAN
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RIGHTS ATROCITIES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AS WE SPEAK IN ZA.I'M HERE TO ASK YOU ALL AS OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO STAND WITH WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND INNOCENT MEN WHO ARE BEING STARVED TO DEATH BECAUSE OF A MANMADE FAMINE.
I'M HERE TODAY FOR A YOUNG SPECIAL NEEDS BOY WHOSE NAME WAS ZEN KANA, WHO WAS STARVED TO DEATH THIS PAST MONTH, JUST LIKE SO MANY OTHER CHILDREN.
I'M HERE FOR THE OVER 104 INNOCENT CIVILIANS WHO WERE KILLED WHILE WAITING ALL NIGHT TO GET THEIR CHILDREN FOOD, BUT WERE BOMBED STRATEGICALLY AS THEY RAN TO GET THEIR FOOD AID IN THE FLOWER MASSACRE.
I'M HERE FOR LITTLE 12-YEAR-OLD AHMED WHO RAN OVER EIGHT MILES BAREFOOT BECAUSE HE SAW FOOD AID BEING DROPPED FROM THE SKY.
HE WANTED TO LIVE AND GET FOOD FOR HIS LITTLE SIBLINGS BECAUSE HE WAS NOW THE MAN OF THE HOUSE.
YOUR VERY OWN CONSTITUENTS HERE IN MISSOURI CITY ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS TAKING PLACE.
THE MENTAL HEALTH OF SO MANY PEOPLE, WATCHING LITTLE CHILDREN BEING STARVED AND KILLED ALL OVER THE WORLD IS TAKING A TOLL ON YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, MISSOURI CITY IS FILLED WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THEIR LOVED ONES AND FAMILY MEMBERS ARE AT THE CENTER OF THIS CRISIS.
PLEASE FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONER DEXTER MCCOY, WHO RECOGNIZED THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WITH HIS PROCLAMATION THAT HE GAVE TO US AT MARIAM ISLAMIC CENTER ON THE LAST FRIDAY IN RAMADAN THAT RECOGNIZES LAND DAY.
HE STOOD WITH HUMANITY, HE STOOD WITH THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND FREEDOM.
WE KNOW YOU CAN STAND WITH HUMANITY AND CALL FOR A LASTING PERMANENT CEASEFIRE THAT WILL ERADICATE THE LOSS OF INNOCENT LIVES.
BOB, DAVID, ROSALYN HARRELL, SHARON HARRIS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
BEHALF OF ME, MY NEIGHBOR WILL BE TAKING OVER.
QUESTION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? NONE OF YOU.
BECAUSE IF YOU READ THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ALL 160 PAGES OF IT SAYS THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD BE DOING BEFORE YOU IMPLEMENT ANYTHING FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, ANYONE INVOLVED IN A ZONING DECISION SHOULD BE TRAINED ON MULTIPLE PROGRAMS IN THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
EVERYTHING I'M ABOUT TO READ TO YOU COMES DIRECTLY FROM IT.
AND SO I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO EDUCATE YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE HERE, ALL OF OUR OTHER RESIDENTS.
WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON IN MISSOURI CITY? THE PLAN SAYS A HEALTHY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT IS FOSTERED NOT ONLY BY INCENTIVES A CITY PROVIDES, BUT ALSO BY THE GOALS, POLICIES, AND REGULATIONS BY WHICH THE CITY OPERATES.
A BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE CITY ALLOWS DEVELOPMENT TO OVERRUN THEM, BUT RATHER IT'S AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH ITS GOALS.
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ARE ADMINISTERED FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY.
UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH COMMON SENSE.
MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ATTENTION TO THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR CITIES, SO I'VE GOTTEN TO DIG INTO IT QUITE A BIT.
AND ONE THING THAT REALLY CAME TO MY ATTENTION IS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT, ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE FOUR CORRIDORS THAT ARE PLANNED IN THE CITY.
THE FOUR CORRIDORS, IF THEY REACH THEIR POTENTIAL, HAVE A SALES TAX RANGE OF 1.5 TO $1.9 MILLION FOR THE CITY ANNUALLY.
IF IT REACHES THAT PRETTY GOOD, WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S PROPOSED THAT IS SET TO GO TO VOTE FOR, UH, IN ON MAY.
THAT IS SAYING THAT IT ALONE IS GOING TO BRING A 35% SALES TAX INCREASE TO THE CITY IF YOU DO THE MATH.
WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY, WE'RE AT ABOUT 15 MILLION IN SALES TAX REVENUE RIGHT NOW, LOOKING AT A $5 MILLION INCREASE IN SALES TAX REVENUE FROM ONE PORTION OF ONE OF THESE FOUR AREAS THAT YOU'RE, UH, UH, LOOKING TO DEVELOP.
I'VE DONE ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORTS BEFORE I DID ONE FOR SPACE CENTER HOUSTON, THE NUMBER ONE TOURISM ATTRACTION IN THE REGION, 1.3 MILLION VISITORS, 70% OF THOSE ARE COMING FROM OUTTA TOWN.
KNOW WHAT ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT IS A YEAR, $120 MILLION.
KNOW WHAT THIS DATA SAYS THAT YOU'RE CLAIMING THAT DEVELOPMENT'S ECONOMIC IMPACT IS GOING TO BE $500 MILLION.
YOU'RE SAYING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS
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GOING TO BE FOUR TIMES HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR THE REST OF THE CITY.WHO'S EVER GIVING IT TO YOU SHOULD ANSWER FOR THAT DATA.
CITIZENS SHOULDN'T BE HAVING TO POINT THAT OUT.
SOMEONE THAT'S PUTTING THAT DATA IN FRONT OF YOU SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING INPUT ON THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING INTO THE CITY.
SIR, BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR SEAT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
THOMAS WRIGHT, 46 11 CREEK POINT LANE.
IS IT ON? UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN.
AND UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK.
UM, MY NAME IS BOB DAVID, 45 11 CREEK POINT LANE, UH, MISSOURI CITY AND LAST WEEK, APRIL 8TH, MAY, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY THAT YOU GUYS USE FOR US BEING ABLE TO SPEAK OR HEAR YOU AND YOU HEARING US.
UM, LAST WEEK, YOU GUYS LAST MINUTE PULLED OFF THE AGENDA FOR OUR THING THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN.
RIGHT? WHERE'S THE TRANSPARENCY? HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS IF WE ARE NOT JUST RANDOMLY SHOWING UP? HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW ALONG AND VOICE OUR PETITION TO LET OUR CONCERNS BE KNOWN? IF LAST MINUTE YOU GUYS ARE PULLING THINGS FROM OFF THE AGENDA? I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT PART.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM LAST WEEK'S MEETING, AND I WANNA BE A PART OF THAT.
I WANT OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, HOW DO I WANT TO KNOW? HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO YOU OUR VOICES GET HEARD? IF ALL WE ARE DOING IS JUST COMING UP HERE IN THE MEETINGS FOR THREE MINUTES, IS THAT IT? IS THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD? UM, THE FUTURE USAGE OF THAT LAND MASS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE WESTERN SIDE OF KNIGHT ROAD AND THE, UH, WATTS PLANTATION RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY.
UM, IT, IT, IT, IT HAS TO BE, I THINK LEFT IN THE ZONING THAT IT IS SO THAT WE'RE NOT FIGHTING.
IF IT GETS CHANGED TO COMMERCIAL, WE'RE GONNA BE FIGHTING A WHOLE DIFFERENT BATTLE.
UH, I THINK IF IT'S LEFT IN RURAL RESIDENTIAL, WE HAVE A A LITTLE LESS FIGHTING TO DO.
UM, AND SOMETHING HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY CONDUCIVE TO WHAT IS ALREADY THERE CAN BE PLACED.
UH, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT BECOME JUST A NICE GREEN SPACE, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE SO MUCH OF ANYMORE.
I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO BE GREEN SPACE, PROTECTING OUR WILDLIFE AND SO FORTH.
UM, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE WANNA BE A PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY AGAINST THE HOTEL EVENT CENTER.
IT JUST TAKES AWAY FROM WHAT IS ALREADY THERE.
MY NAME IS ROSALYN HARRELL AND I LIVE IN THE ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE.
MY ADDRESS IS 45 11 PINE LANDING DRIVE.
COUNSEL, YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY HEARD FROM ME AND MY NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE CONCERNS WE HAVE WITH THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY ON KNIGHT ROAD FROM SD TO PD LC.
THE COUNCIL SHOULD REJECT THE CURRENT REZONING APPLICATION BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY UNKNOWNS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE HAS BEEN NO TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY.
THERE HAS BEEN NO DRAINAGE STUDY AND THERE ARE GAPS IN THE DECISIONS AS CURRENTLY AS CURRENTLY INDICATED BY STAFF DURING THE APRIL 8TH MEETING.
AND WHILE I WOULD LIKE COUNSEL TO VOTE TO REJECT THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY TO P DLC THREE, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL TAKE SUCH BOLD ACTION.
I HAVE LEARNED A LOT DURING MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROCESS.
I NOW HAVE CLARITY AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE AS CITIZENS MUST BECOME MORE ACTIVE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PROCESS AROUND OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THIS BRINGS ME TO MY QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE LAND IN FRONT OF THE ESTATES? WHO ARE THE DEVELOPERS REQUESTING TO BUILD IN THAT AREA? WHAT STAGE IS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT? WILL THE DEVELOPERS HAVE TO SEEK REZONING APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL? IS IT ANOTHER PD LC THREE PROJECT? COUNCILMAN EMERY, YOU ARE OUR REPRESENTATIVE.
WE NEED TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU.
I WANT YOU TO ADVOCATE FOR US, THE HOMEOWNERS, AND KEEP US INFORMED ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE AREAS AROUND THE ESTATES.
ADDITIONALLY, AS A COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN
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THE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING UPDATES TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.AS I UNDERSTAND FROM MS. GOMEZ'S COMMENTS DURING THE APRIL 8TH MEETING, SPECIAL MEETING, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL BE REVISED.
WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT REVISION PROCESS.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE AMENDMENTS, AND WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY UPDATES.
HOW DO WE MAKE THIS HAPPEN? YOU CAN AND SHOULD DO BETTER IN KEEPING YOUR CONSTITUENTS INFORMED AND INVOLVED THROUGH ALL PROCESSES AND STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT I SEEK IS TO AVOID FINDING OUT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR MY COMMUNITY WHEN NOTICES ARE SENT OUT TO HOMEOWNERS OR THERE'S A POSTING IN THE FORT BEND, INDEPENDENT FORT BEND INDEPENDENT PAPER.
I'M REACHING OUT TO YOU, ALL OF YOU, BUT ESPECIALLY YOU COUNCILMAN EMERY AND PUTTING YOU ON NOTICE THAT WE EXPECT TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
I LIVE AT 45 35 PINE LANDING IN THE STATES OF SILVER RIDGE NEXT MONTH FOR MY HUSBAND AND I.
WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 21 YEARS.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS COME AND GO, A LOT OF PROGRESS IN MISSOURI CITY, WHICH IS FINE.
I'M ALL FOR PROGRESS, BUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS NOT RIGHT.
AND I'M SPEAKING FROM MY HEART.
YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE OTHER STATISTICS AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE, THE AREA, THE GREEN, THE EARTH IS BEING SUBJUGATED TO THIS JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANTS TO PUT UP A HOTEL.
WE HAVE HOTELS IN MISSOURI CITY.
WE HAVE EATERIES IN MISSOURI CITY.
WHAT WE DON'T HAVE OF A LOT MORE TREES.
AND WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE, I HAD HERDS OF DEER THE OTHER DAY.
I HAVE THREE AND THE MOTHER IS PREGNANT.
IT'S JUST UNFOUNDED TO ME THAT EVERYBODY IS OKAY WITH CUTTING DOWN TREES FOR PROGRESS AND DOING THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
BUT WHAT ARE WE LEAVING FOR THE KIDS BEHIND? I DON'T HAVE ANY GRANDKIDS.
BUT I LIKE SITTING ON MY PATIO, LISTENING TO THE BIRDS, LISTENING FOR THE RED TAIL HAWKS, LISTENING FOR THE CROWS, AND ESPECIALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE PHAL HAWKS THAT PASSED THROUGH MY BACKYARD.
IT'S JUST AMAZING WHEN YOU CAN CONNECT IN THE QUIET AND HAVE THE SUN ON YOU AND THE WIND BLOWING AND JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
PROGRESS IS PROGRESS, BUT BEING CONNECTED ON A SPIRITUAL LEVEL, THAT TAKES A LOT OF WORK.
AND I'VE WORKED THROUGH IT AND THIS IS NOT WHAT I NEED IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW.
I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS, AND WE ARE CONNECTED.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS SIMON ABNER AND I LIVE IN 4 4 2 7 PINE LANDING DRIVE.
I'M LIVING IN MISSOURI CITY SINCE 1993.
I MOVED TO A STATE OF S RIDGE IN 2007.
I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND BOTH OF THEM WENT TO MISSOURI CITY SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM U UT MCCOMB SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.
THEY BOTH WORK IN THE LEADING BUSINESS FIRMS. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT MY OBJECTION TO PROPOSE DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO OUR SUBJECTION.
THIS DEVELOPMENT IS RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE.
IT'S ABOUT MAYBE 15 FEET AWAY IF YOU COME AND YOU CAN SEE IT.
UH, THIS LAND THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING TO DEVELOP IS A WETLAND AND IT GET FLOODED EVERY STORM.
DURING HURRICANE HARVEY, THIS AREA AREA WAS LIKE A LAKE WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER.
AND MY HOUSE'S VALLEY ESCAPE FROM THE FLOOD.
THE FLOODING LASTED SEVERAL DAYS
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AND BECAUSE BACKWATER COMING FROM THE BRAZOS RIVER AND FROM BAYOU AND FILLING UP IN THE AREA, AND AS FAR AS I I WAS ABLE TO SAY NITROS NITRO WAS UNDERWATER.HIGHWAY SIX IN SEVERAL AREAS WAS NOT POSSIBLE.
THERE WERE SEVERAL CARS UNDERWATER IN HIGHWAY SIX.
I HAVE PICTURES TO PROVE EVERYTHING I SAY.
UH, THE PROPOSED STRUCTURES ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE FLOODING BECAUSE THE WHOLE AREA IS GOING TO BE RAISED BY ABOUT THREE FEET.
AND 75% OF THE AREA GOING TO BE COWED WITH CONCRETE.
SO WHERE THE WATER IS GOING TO GO, THE THE, THE DEVELOPERS ARE PROPOSING RETENTION POND.
THEY ARE, THOSE PLANTS ARE NOT ADEQUATE AND CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THAT MUCH OF WATER.
I HAVE, I CAN GIVE AN EXAMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SIANA PLANTATION, OKAY? HAS THE BEST LEVY SYSTEM IN THE NATION, BUT SOME OF THE HOUSES WENT UNDER WATER, OKAY.
THAT THE, THE THOSE POND THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
US CITY COUNCIL, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS, BUT CREATING PROBLEMS FOR US, MAKING OUR LIVES MISERABLE.
CREATING PROBLEMS ARE VERY EASY, BUT SOLVING PROBLEMS ARE VERY HARD, HARD.
I ASKED YOU TO BE A PROBLEM SOLVERS, PLEASE NOT CREATORS.
FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU IF OUR HOUSES GET FLOODED FROM A NEW, FROM A NEW HURRICANE, WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGE? WOULD YOU FEEL RESPONSIBLE? WHAT IF IT GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU? HOW YOU ARE GOING TO FEEL ABOUT IT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU.
MY ADDRESS IS 4 4 2 7 PINE LANDING DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY.
AND I'M HERE TO VOICE MY CONCERNS ALSO REGARDING THE NEW DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO, UH, MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
RIGHT? UH, LITERALLY ON MY BACKYARD.
I CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AS A STUDENT WITH A BIG DREAM.
I I FOUND SUCCESS IN OIL AND OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY.
I'M RETIRED NOW, BUT I HAVE MY OWN CONSULTING FIRM.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY OVER 30 YEARS.
UH, I, WE RAISED TWO CHILDREN IN MISSOURI CITY.
THEY WENT TO, UH, THEY RECEIVED PRIMARY EDUCATION IN MISSOURI CITY AND, UH, BOTH SUCCESSFUL YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.
NOW, WE'VE MADE OUR HOME IN THE LOVELY LUXURY ESTATE OF RIDGE SINCE 2007.
THIS IS A PEACEFUL FAMILY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE YOUNG FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND AND ALSO SENIORS LIKE US WHO INVESTED OUR LIFELONG EARNINGS, UH, TO SETTLE IN A SAFE, SERENE ENVIRONMENT AWAY FROM THE BUSY CITY.
AND WE LIVED HERE HAPPILY ALL THESE YEARS UNTIL RECENTLY.
THEY'RE GOING TOONE OUR BACKYARD TO A PD TO, UH, DEVELOP A EVENT CENTER AND A HOTEL LITERALLY IN MY BACKYARD.
AND IF THIS PROPOSAL GET APPROVED, WE WILL SUFFER TREMENDOUSLY OF SAFETY, OF SECURITY, OUR PRIVACY.
THIS SAFE AREA WILL BECOME PRONE TO CRIME.
AND I WAS ABLE TO RAISE MY FAMILY SAFELY IN THIS AREA.
SO WHAT ARE THE YOUNG FAMILIES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IF THIS ONE GO THROUGH AND THEY WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO GIVE THE SAFE CHILDHOOD THAT I GAVE TO MY KIDS? THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
WHAT ABOUT VALUE OF MY HOME? THIS IS MY INVESTMENT OF MY LIFELONG EARNINGS.
HAVING A NOISY PARTY PLACE AND A HOTEL IN MY BACKYARD THAT REDUCE MY VALUE OF MY HOME.
AND WHY WOULD YOU WANNA DO THAT TO ONE OF YOUR RESIDENT RESIDENTS? AND I READ ALL YOUR PROFILES, IT WAS NICE, VERY REFRESHING.
THE MESSAGE I GOT WAS, ALL OF YOU, ALL OF YOU WANT TO WORK WITH RESIDENTS, YOU WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR RESIDENTS AND FIND BALANCED SOLUTIONS.
YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO OUR CONCERNS.
THIS IS ALL FROM YOUR PROFILES.
YOU WANT TO DO THE BEST FOR YOUR PEOPLE.
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MINUTES.ANYWAY, I'M JUST ASKING YOU, PLEADING YOU DO THE RIGHT THING.
PLEASE DON'T, UH, VOTE FOR THIS.
THERE'S SO MUCH LAND ALONG MAJOR HIGHWAYS.
THAT CONCLUDES YOUR THREE MINUTES, MA'AM.
MY NAME IS, UM, MOTHER LUTHER AND, UH, HONORABLE MAYOR.
RESPECTABLE COUNCILMAN, COUNCIL PERSON.
LADIES, I HAVE HIGH REGARDS FOR ALL OF YOU.
AS I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE AS WELL, THAT YOU ARE SACRIFICING A LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE.
YOU HAVE TO STAND IN A VERY TOUGH POSITION.
MANY TIMES YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO.
YOUR CONSCIOUS MIGHT SAY, DO THIS, BUT YOUR POSITION MIGHT SAY, DO THIS.
YOUR COLLEAGUES MIGHT SAY, DO THIS.
YOUR FUTURE MIGHT SAY, DO THIS.
BUT BELIEVE ME, WE ALL HAVE SAME CONSCIOUSNESS.
THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE WHETHER I'M A DOCTOR, WHETHER SOMEBODY IS A PLUMBER, NO DIFFERENCE.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, WE ALL HAVE A HUMAN LIFE THAT WE WANT TO LIVE IN A NATURAL WAY, IN A GOOD EARNING, CONSCIOUS WAY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE LIVED IN MISSOURI CITY MORE THAN 40 YEARS NOW.
I RAISED MY KIDS IN QUAIL VALLEY.
I HAVE SEEN UPS AND DOWNS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE FOUND A NICE PLACE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, WHICH IS A STATES OF SILVER RIDGE.
WHEN CITI WAS STRUGGLING FOR BEING PRODUCTIVE, BEING NOT PROGRESSIVE AND ALL THAT, WE HAVE MAINTAINED A TAX BASE, A REAL ESTATE TAX BASE.
EVEN THE CITY COULD NOT AFFORD TO GIVE US ANY UTILITIES.
WE WERE ABLE TO PUT OUR OWN WELLS AND SO AND SO FORTH.
AND THAT HAS CREATED SUCH A BEAUTIFUL, HARMONIOUS PLACE TO LIVE.
AND CITIES NOW PROGRESSING BASIS OF WHAT WE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE OF CITY.
WE ARE REQUESTING HUMBLY THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF CONCRETE IS COMING BEHIND OUR HOME IN A STATE OF SILVER RIDGE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT IS GOING ON? PLEASE LEAVE THIS PORTION AS A NICE TREES GREEN BUFFER THAT HAS BEEN THERE ZONED AT THIS POINT IN TIME, A RESIDENTIAL PLACE.
THERE ARE MANY RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS CAN BE BROUGHT IN.
THERE'LL BE MANY INVESTOR WHO WILL COME AND REALLY HELP YOU OUT.
PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE ZONING.
MAKE IT SO COMMERCIAL THAT TO A POINT THAT WE WILL NOT ABLE TO LIVE IN THE WAY WE USED TO LIVE IN LAST 20 YEARS.
IT'S A HUMBLE REQUEST TO ALL OF YOU THAT PLEASE COOPERATE WITH US AND TRY THE BEST YOU CAN.
THAT DOES CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
COUNCILMAN RAMONA? YES, MA'AM.
UH, I JUST HAD A QUESTION, REALLY A REQUEST OF THE CITY MANAGER BASED OFF OF SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE JUST TO PROVIDE FACTUAL INFORMATION FOR, UH, CLARITY'S SAKE, UH, RELATIVE TO THE ITEM BEING PULLED OFF OF THE LAST AGENDA.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHO OR WHY THAT ITEM WAS PULLED? MAYBE CITY SECRETARY OR OR CITY MANAGER? I, I'LL TAKE A STAB AT IT FIRST, BUT I, I THINK PRIMARILY THE, THE ISSUE WAS PULLED TO ALLOW COUNCIL TO HAVE MORE TIME TO RECEIVE INFORMATION AS WELL AS TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPER TO TRY TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY THE COMMUNITY.
SO WAS THE DEVELOPER ACTUALLY HAD THAT ITEM REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.
I'M SURE IT'S A STAFF, UM, RECOMMENDED RESPONSE TO, UM, JUST TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION, UH, AS WELL AS IDENTIFY ALL THE CONCERNS SO THAT WE COULD, UH, ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS ADEQUATELY.
JUST A FEW MORE QUICK QUESTIONS.
IS THIS A CITY OWNED PROPERTY? NO, IT'S NOT.
AND, UH, IS THIS A CITY OWNED, UH, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OR CITY PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT? NO, IT'S NOT.
AND COULD YOU JUST SPEAK TO THE PROCESS OF HOW REZONING REQUESTS WORK? NORMALLY, IT'S AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THE DEVELOPER THAT HAS, I MEAN, THEY ARE, ARE THIS, IN THIS CASE, THE DEVELOPER'S DOING DUE DILIGENCE IN TERMS OF WHETHER THE PROPERTY WILL WORK FOR THEM OR NOT.
AND AS SUCH, THEY ARE REQUESTING A REZONING BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT
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DESIGNATION IT IS.SO WITH THAT, UM, THAT FOLLOWS THE NORMAL PROCESS.
THEY, THEY WILL COME IN, UH, PRESENT THEIR INFORMATION FIRST TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND THEN ONCE PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, TAKES AN ACTION THAT GETS, UM, REFERRED TO COUNSEL FOR ACTION.
AND PLEASE, CITY ATTORNEY, YOU CAN WEIGH IN ANYTIME YOU WANT TO BECAUSE I'M AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AND YOU CAN JUMP IN.
MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO, UH, WAIT, THIS MATTER WILL BE BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE.
THERE IS ALSO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WILL OCCUR LATER ON THIS EVENING AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT EXPLANATION OF THE CITY'S POLICY AS IT RELATES TO REVIEWING ZONING, UM, IS FINE.
BUT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO WAIT UNTIL THIS ITEM IS FULLY POSTED.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, I MEAN, UH, BONY YOU RIGHT? YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I, I DID KNOW THAT YOU WERE DISCUSSING THIS AND IT WAS ON THE AGENDA.
UH, 12 A AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO, IN, IN LIEU OF SOME OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WERE OKAY.
YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS, BUT I DO WANTED TO, UH, ADD SOMETHING TO IT.
WHEN WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT ARE SPOKEN HERE, WHEN PEOPLE USE TRANSPARENCY AND ALL THESE OTHER WORDS IS SOMEBODY IS FROM THE OFFICE OF YOUR OFFICE OR, OR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET BACK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THE COMMENTS THAT THEY HEARD OR THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE CAN'T SPEAK TO THEM, RIGHT.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEONE COME UP HERE AND SAY THAT THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T GET THE NOTICE OR, OR THEY DIDN'T GET THIS, I'M SURE THAT'S WHY WE ASK 'EM TO SPEAK THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS.
SO THIS WHERE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, READILY AVAILABLE TO US.
SO WHEN THEY'RE ASKING ABOUT STUFF, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE ARE RESPONDING BACK TO THEM ON WHATEVER THE ISSUE WAS.
SO THIS WAY THAT WE DON'T JUST TO COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, I MEAN BON'S POINT THAT WE'RE NOT LIKE NOT RESPONDING TO THEM.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING, UM, A PROCEDURE TO DO JUST THAT.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO CAPTURE, UH, THE NAME OF THE SPEAKERS AND EITHER THANK THEM FOR THEIR COMMENTS OR RESPOND BACK WITH SOMETHING, UH, TO ADDRESS THE COMMENT IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, FACTUAL INFORMATION.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM
[(a) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of Consent Agenda items and ...]
NUMBER SIX.SIX A IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORT.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.
TONIGHT I WANT TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW ON THE CONSENT ITEMS, UH, STARTING WITH, UM, ITEM B.
UM, THIS ITEM IS TO ENABLE THE DEVELOPER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SIENNA PARKS AND LEVY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UH, TO GUARANTEE THE INSTALLATION OF THE BEES CREEK SECTION 30 SIDEWALK THAT ABUTS MCKEEVER ROAD.
UH, THE CURRENT GRADING DOES NOT ALLOW FOR SAFE INSTALLATION OF THE SIDEWALK, AND THIS SECTION DOES NOT CURRENTLY CONNECT TO ANY ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS WILL CREATE A GUARANTEE THAT THE WORK WILL BE COMPLETED AT A FUTURE DATE.
ITEM C WAS PULLED BECAUSE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL REVIEW, UH, NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED AND YOU WILL SEE THAT ITEM COME BACK, UM, BEFORE YOU AT A LATER DATE.
AND THEN ITEM D, UM, THIS ITEM WOULD AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT TO ECONOLIGHT FOR $100,000 FOR NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $100,000.
ECON LIGHT PROVIDES REPAIRS TO THE CITY'S TRAFFIC, UH, SIGNAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
[7. CONSENT AGENDA]
MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN, UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, SEVEN A, SEVEN B AND SEVEN D BECAUSE SEVEN C WAS REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF THE STAFF.SO IS THERE A MOTION, I SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
MEMBER EMERY, THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against amending the Devel...]
NUMBER EIGHT, OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS EIGHT A ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, PLANNING SCHEDULE OF FEES RELATED TO FIRE PERMITS AND FEES.UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR FIRE CHIEF MARIO PORT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
MR. MAYOR, IF WE CAN OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PLEASE
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FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.HOLD THAT, UH, WE'LL NOW GO, GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM EIGHT A ONE.
CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT.
WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR EIGHT A ONE, UH,
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EIGHT A TWO.A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING SCHEDULE OF FEES, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATING THERE TO CHIEF.
UH, I DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION.
UH, THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING AND FIRE CODES WERE ADOPTED ON FEBRUARY 19TH OF THIS YEAR.
UH, THE CODES GO INTO EFFECT MAY 1ST, 2024, AND THE THIS RESOLUTION IS FOR THE, UH, ASSOCIATED FEES THAT GO WITH THE, THE ADOPTION OF THAT, OF THAT CODE.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY CHIEF WITH THE, UH, THE NEW FEES, UM, THAT ARE GOING INTO EFFECT.
ARE YOU, IS THERE'S AN UPCOMING MEETING ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR, ARE THESE THE FEES THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT AT THE UPCOMING MEETING? YES, MA'AM.
THIS WEDNESDAY WE HAVE A, UH, OPEN HOUSE TO, UH, NOT ONLY SHARE SOME INFORMATION ON THE UPDATED FEES, UH, BUT ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC TO MISSOURI CITY, UH, AS WELL AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPERS, UH, BUILDING OWNERS INSTALLERS TO MEET WITH ACTUAL INSPECTORS AND, AND, AND, AND INSPECTORS IN PERSON, UH, TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE RELATED TO THE FEES OR THE INSPECTIONS.
HOW, HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO NOTIFY CONTRACTORS AND, AND THE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE IN THIS PARTICULAR MEETING? SINCE THEY, SOME OF THEM PROBABLY DON'T LIVE HERE.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN HELPING WITH ADVERTISING, UH, THE OPEN HOUSE AS WELL AS WE'VE, OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD A LIST OF, UH, OF, UH, CONTACTS THAT WE'VE BUILT AND WE'VE, WE'VE EMAILED BLAST, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, ALL OUR LISTS, UH, AS WELL AS I BELIEVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE HAS AS WELL.
AND MY LAST QUESTION, IS IT A OPEN PUBLIC MEETING WHERE RESIDENTS CAN ATTEND IF THEY HAVE CONTRACTORS? UH, THEY'RE GONNA DO STUFF WORK TO THEIR HOUSE OR YOU KNOW, IS IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? YES, MA'AM.
AND, AND IT'S MORE OF AN OPEN HOUSE.
UH, SO, SO THERE'LL BE A PRESENTATION AND TABLES FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AS WELL AS THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE FOR THEM TO VISIT.
UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER, SECONDED BY CONST MEMBER RILEY.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES HUMAN UNANIMOUS.
[(3) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a request to adopt...]
ITEM NUMBER 8 8 3, OUR PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOUR OR AGAINSTS, A REQUEST TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE CONTINUING ARTICLE SIX OF THE CHAPTER 74 OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE.CONTINUING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE STANDARDS OF CARE FOR CERTAIN ELEMENTARY AGE RECREATION PROGRAMS OPERATED BY THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
I'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 8 8 3.
CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM NOW, MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS.
IF THERE ARE NO, NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 8 83.
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ON TO ITEM 8 84, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.CONTINUING ARTICLE SEVEN OF CHAPTER 74 OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE.
CONTINUING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE STANDARDS OF CARE FOR CERTAIN ELEMENTARY AGE RECREATION PROGRAMS OPERATED BY THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, UH, BY DANIELLE STEWART, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS OUR ORDINANCE TO CONTINUE OUR STANDARDS OF CARE, UM, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO OPERATE OUR SEASONAL AND OUR DAY CAMP PROGRAMS. THE CITY HAS RENEWED THIS ORDINANCE E ANNUALLY SINCE 2010 WITH THE MOST RECENT UPDATE BEING IN 2019.
UM, SO THIS, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF, OF THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS ORDINANCE, UM, WHICH ALLOWS FOR OUR STAFF SAFETY OUTLINES OUR PARENT MANUAL OUTLINES, AS WELL AS OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR STAFFING WHILE THEY'RE IN CAMP.
UH, I SEE A MOTION BY MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
[(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a request by Cross...]
EIGHT B ONE, WHICH IS A ZONING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE PUBLIC HEARING IS TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A REQUEST BY CROSSING AT SIENNA RANCH 2023[01:00:01]
INTEREST LLTD TO AMEND THE RULES AND RESTRICTIONS TO ALLOW FOR A PROPOSED RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY ON, ON AN APPROXIMATE 1.63 ACRE TRACK AND TODAY EXTENT SUCH ZONING DEVIATES FROM IN THE FUTURE.UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR AN A AMEND AMENDMENT.
THEIR FORM PD, WHICH IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 35, IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF THE GULF COAST WATER AUTHORITY CANAL.
AND SIENNA ACREAGE ESTATES SOUTH OF WATERBROOK WEST, EAST OF SILVER RIDGE AND WEST OF SIENNA VILLAGE OF BEES CREEK.
THE 1.63 ACRE TRACK FOR THE PROPOSED RESTAURANT WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH FACILITY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE SIENNA RANCH ROAD AND SIENNA PARKWAY INTERSECTION.
I WILL NOW GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM EIGHT B ONE.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO SPEAK? ANYONE SIGNED UP? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT.
AND I DIDN'T SEE A SIGN UP SHEET UP THERE.
NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT, WE DID NOT RECEIVE A SIGN IN SHEET.
WE DID HAVE THE FORMS THAT WERE PLACED OUT FRONT AND WE ALSO HAD THE DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY THAT WAS OUT HELPING WITH, UH, THOSE TO SIGN IN.
AND I DID NOT RECEIVE A FORM FOR THIS ITEM.
SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS, THERE'S NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP FOR THIS.
UH, THAT I'LL NOW, NOW GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM A B ONE,
[(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
UH, ITEM EIGHT B TWO, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING REGULATIONS AND PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 35 CONSISTING OF AN 89.25 ACRE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBING SAID 89.25 ACRE TRACT OF LAND REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE USE, SIZE, HEIGHT, AND DENSITY OF BUILDINGS WITHIN SUCH PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.REFERENCING SITE PLANS APPLICABLE TO SET DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION ACCORDING TO SET PLANS, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR PLANNER.
SO, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT TO 1.63 ACRES OF THIS PD.
NUMBER 35 TO ALLOW FOR A RESTAURANT WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH.
THE LOCATION IS NEAR SIENNA RANCH ROAD IN SIENNA PARKWAY.
UH, PD NUMBER 35 CURRENTLY CONTAINS LC TWO RETAIL DEVELOPMENTS ALONG WITH THREE CHURCHES AND SCHOOL.
THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A DRIVE-THROUGH QUEUING ANALYSIS MEMO.
THE MEMO PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON STACKING THAT'S BUILT INTO THEIR DESIGN.
STACKING REFERS TO THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT CAN FUNCTIONALLY BE STORED AT ONE TIME AT THIS SITE.
THE DESIGN PROVIDES SPACE FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 VEHICLES IN THE DRIVE THROUGH AREA AND 39 PARKING SPACES.
CONNECTIVITY TO THE SITE IS GOING TO BE DONE VIA THE DRIVEWAY ACCESS POINTS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE AND IT'S GOING TO CONNECT TO PRIVATE ROADS AND CONTAIN ALL OF THEIR VEHICLE TRAFFIC SO THAT THERE'S NO SPILLOVER ON THE MAIN ROADS OF SIENNA PARKWAY OR SIENNA RANCH ROAD.
UH, WE PROVIDED NOTICES ON MARCH 1ST TO ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN PD NUMBER 35.
WE ALSO PROVIDED NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE BUFFER ZONE SURROUNDING PD NUMBER 35.
UH, WE POSTED A SIGN ALSO ON MARCH 1ST ON THE SITE, AND THIS WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL, I'M SORRY, TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON MARCH 13TH.
AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS REQUEST.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, UH, I'M LOOKING FOR ANY, ANY MOTION, ANYONE.
UH, WE HAVE A QUESTION BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MERLES RECOGNIZING YOU.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND THE QUEUING.
FIRST OF ALL, REALLY GOOD, UH, ANALYSIS MEMO THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH.
UM, CAN YOU PUT THE MAP BACK UP? SACHI, THIS MIGHT BE FOR YOU BUDDY
SO, UM, IT'S HARD TO POINT OUT, UM, BUT WE HAVE CNA PARKWAY WHERE TRAFFIC'S GONNA COME IN AND ENTER INTO THIS POINT, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH THAT WRAPS AROUND THE BUILDING AND THEN THESE PEOPLE WILL BE EXITING.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A CHOKE POINT UP HERE.
SO WE HAVE A GAS STATION AT COLONIAL LAKES AND HIGHWAY SIX RIGHT NOW WITH THE SAME TYPE OF ENTRY POINT.
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AND WHAT HAPPENS IS PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN AND COMING OUT ALWAYS JUST DON'T GET IT RIGHT.AND SO THE WAY THIS IS SET UP, IT REALLY IS SET UP TO WHERE THERE'S REALLY ONE EXIT.
ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE TWO, TWO EXITS, THE FEED REALLY FORCES ITS WAY TO GO BACK OUT.
AND I'M CONCERNED WITH THAT LITTLE BOTTLENECK UP THERE AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY WE CAN MAYBE CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THAT SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN HAVE TWO OPTIONS.
AND I KNOW THERE'S TWO, BUT IT DOESN'T, FOR SOMEBODY TO COME OUT HERE EXIT AND GO THAT WAY, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
IT'S OFTEN AS IT'LL GO THAT WAY.
SO IS THERE ANOTHER WAY WE CAN LOOK AT THIS FOR BETTER EXITS? GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE HERE IS KNOWING THE SENSITIVITY, THIS IS JUST A 1.63 ACRE TRACK, RIGHT? UM, KNOWING SIENNA AND THE SENSITIVITY TO TRAFFIC, MY TEAM ASKED FOR A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
SO THE KEY THING WITH ANY DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANTS LIKE MCDONALD'S OR CHICK-FIL-A IS THE STACKING.
SO WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING, WHAT'S IN THE TIA IS THE STACKING LENGTH DOUBLE.
THE LAST THING WE WANT IS THE TRAFFIC BACKING UP INTO THE MAJOR CORRIDORS, WHICH IS SIENNA PARKWAY, THE NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR, WHICH IS ALIGNED HERE AND SIENNA RIDGE.
NOW THE AXIS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT COMING OFF THOSE MAIN ROADS, IT'S COMING FROM AN EXISTING PRIVATE STREETS.
SO THE STACKING IS ADEQUATE ENOUGH THAT IT STAYS WITHIN THE STACKING LANE, NOT EVEN SPILLING OUT INTO THE PRIVATE ROADS.
SO WE DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH IT BECAUSE COMING FROM SIENNA, IT'S GONNA BE A RIGHT IN AND A RIGHT OUT.
THERE'S NO MEDIAN OPENING THERE.
SO THE TRAFFIC CAN GO ONLY SOUTHBOUND ON THE AXIS HERE ON SIENNA RANCH GOING WESTBOUND IS ALSO RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DON'T SEE AN ISSUE HERE BECAUSE THE STACKING LENGTH THAT'S PROVIDED INTERNALLY IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE TO HANDLE THE PROJECTED VOLUME OF TRAFFIC.
HOWEVER, UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS PART OF THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE CAN SEE IT.
OTHER OPTIONS TO SEE WE CAN PROVIDE NOT ONLY ONE POINT OF ACCESS OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ANOTHER POINT OF ACCESS HELD ONTO TO CNA RANCH AS WELL.
AND THEN THE OTHER POINT IS, IS THAT YOU HAVE HANDICAPPED RIGHT HERE.
SO EVERYONE'S GONNA BE COMING OUT AND THEN YOU'VE GOT HANDICAPS THERE, WHICH IS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD SPACE TO PUT HANDICAP PARKING.
THAT'S MORE, UH, FOR THE APPLICANT.
UH, I THINK THIS IS A PD AMENDMENT CASE.
BUT AS, AND WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, WE'LL SEE IF THERE ARE OPTIONS TO REALIGN THIS AND RECONFIGURE THIS.
I'LL LET OTHERS SPEAK AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP.
YOU CAN HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP NOW.
APPLICANT COME UP, I THINK, UH, MR. JACOB, ARE YOU THE APPLICANT? YES.
CAN YOU ASK HIM TO COME UP? WOULD YOU PLEASE
UH, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, SEEING ME.
I AM THE, UM, WELL, MY PARTNERSHIP OWNS THAT PARTICULAR TRACK.
WE DEVELOPED ALL OF THE, UH, 17, 18 ACRES THAT WAS IN THAT AREA, UM, OVER THE PAST 20 SOME ODD YEARS.
I REMEMBER COMING HERE SEVERAL TIMES WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THAT AND, UM, WORKING THROUGH THE PLATTING PROCESS.
THIS IS OUR LAST TRACT, AND WE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST.
AND, UM, THERE WERE OUR RESTRICTIONS ON THERE.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU WOULD NEVER SEE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE PROHIBITED FROM DOING IS A FILLING STATION.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT EVEN IN THE, UM, ABILITY TO DO THAT IN THE PD.
UM, WE ALWAYS ENVISIONED THAT IT WAS GONNA BE ONE OF TWO THINGS.
IT WAS EITHER GONNA WIND UP BEING A QUICK SERVICE TYPE RESTAURANT OR A RETAIL SHOPPING CENTER.
RIGHT NOW, RETAIL SHOPPING CENTERS ONE, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THEM.
I OWN SEVERAL UP AND DOWN HIGHWAY SIX.
AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME ATTRITION IN THE LEASING ASPECTS.
SO, TO COME IN AND TRY TO REDEVELOP THIS AS A RETAIL SHOPPING CENTER, WE SAW A LOT NUMBER OF CHALLENGES.
WE DID THE BEAST CREEK MARKET ACROSS THE WAY FROM THERE, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN, THAT'S KIND OF GONE THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF A TRANSITION.
UM, WE'VE DONE, WE DID THE HEB AT THE FRONT OF SIENNA.
UM, ALL OF THAT WE, WE DEVELOPED BACK IN, UH, 2016, 2017.
ANYWAY, GETTING BACK TO THIS PARTICULAR SITE, WE WERE APPROACHED BY MCDONALD'S ON THIS SITE.
UM, WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE SOME HURDLES THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO OVERCOME AS FAR AS, UH, DESIGN, OBVIOUSLY,
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YOU KNOW, UM, COUNCILMAN MARGOLIS, YOU KNOW, MENTIONED THE TRAFFIC.UM, MCDONALD'S HAS GONE THROUGH, AND I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF YOUR PACKAGE.
UM, AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC, UH, QUEUING, UH, AND THE PROJECTED NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT WOULD BE COMING INTO THIS PARTICULAR UNIT, UM, I THINK THAT THE, YOU KNOW, UH, DATA SHOWED THAT THE STACKING AS IT WAS LAID OUT, BEING DOUBLE LANE AND THEN FILTERING INTO ONE, UH, PROVED TO BE VERY ADEQUATE.
SIMILAR TO WHAT, UM, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS ASKED WITH REGARDS TO THE, UH, CHICK-FIL-A AND THIS IS KIND OF SOMEWHAT MODELED AFTER THAT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THREE LANES AS WE SEE UP AND DOWN HIGHWAY SIX, BUT IT DOES HAVE THE TWO LANES TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, TRAFFIC THAT WE THINK IS GONNA BE GENERATED FROM THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION.
UM, AS, UH, GRACE HAD INDICATED, THE ENTRANCES TO THE SITE ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
THOSE WERE ALL PART OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THERE CAN'T, THERE REALLY WON'T BE ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, ENTRANCE OR EXITS ON SIENNA PARKWAY THAT WOULD JUST CAUSE AN ABSOLUTE MESS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY MAYBE ANOTHER ONE ON SIENNA RANCH.
BUT I THINK IF WE GOT DISTANCE ISSUES WITH THERE, WHEN WE PLOTTED THIS AND WE DESIGNED IT, WE WERE, AT THE TIME WE MET WITH ALL OF THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS.
SO, UH, MCDONALD'S HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY PROACTIVE IN THIS.
THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CHANGE OR THE REQUESTED CHANGE IN THE PD WITH REGARDS TO DRIVE-THROUGH WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST TO TRY TO MAKE IT WORK.
UM, IF THE SITE IS TYPICALLY, UH, A LOT LARGER THAN WHAT YOU'LL FIND, BUT WE HAVE TREMENDOUS SETBACKS, UH, ALONG SANTA PARKWAY AND SIENNA RANCH.
SO THAT WAS A, A, A BIG CHALLENGE TO BE ABLE TO FIT THE SITE.
STILL MEETING THOSE PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS.
UM, WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MCDONALD'S IS A GOOD, UH, UH, DEVELOPER, UH, USE FOR THIS SITE.
I DO WANNA MAKE ONE, UH, CHANGE OR A MODIFICATION AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING.
I THINK IF YOU READ IN THERE, I HAD MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A CORPORATE STORE.
I WAS CORRECTED, MCDONALD'S DEVELOPS IT.
THE MCDONALD'S OWNS THE REAL ESTATE, BUT WHAT THEY DO IS IT'S A FRANCHISEE, CORRECT.
A FRANCHISEE THAT WILL BE OPERATING IT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
'CAUSE I READ IT IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, AFTERWARDS, YOU KNOW, SHE SLAPPED MY HAND AND SAID, NO, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
SO ANYWAY, I WANTED TO COME CLEAN ON THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS MAKING ANY REAL MODIFICATIONS, I THINK THE SITE IS, YOU KNOW, WORKS.
I THINK WE CAN MAYBE TALK TO, YOU KNOW, MCDONALD'S IF THE HANDICAP IS A REAL ISSUE.
IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S POSSIBLY SOME OTHER WAYS THEY TRY TO KEEP IT AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE DRIVE THROUGH IS AND THE CARS ARE EXITING.
UH, SO I WOULD LEAVE IT, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA KIND OF TURN TO MCDONALD'S ON THAT ASPECT OF IT AND, UH, SEE IF, IF IT'S, IF IT, IF IT'S AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS IT AT THAT POINT.
I, I WASN'T CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUEUING.
I MEAN, THE STACKINGS AWESOME.
UM, THE TWO POINTS THAT I BROUGHT UP IS THE HANDICAP.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU COME OUTTA THAT EXIT, YOU'RE GOING ONE WAY.
AND CHANCES OF SOMEBODY WANTING TO GO LEFT TO EXIT OUT THE BACK RIGHT.
ARE LESS THAN THE ONES THAT GO THIS WAY.
SO I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT LITTLE BUBBLE THERE.
SO IS THERE A WAY TO CREATE AN EXIT WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO GOOD EXITS INSTEAD OF ONE THAT REALLY DRIVES? YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD TAKE THIS AND NOT GO LEFT.
SO IS THERE A WAY TO CHANGE IT TO WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TWO PATHS AND SO THE SPLIT IS 50 50 BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF INFLOW OFF THE END PARKWAY GUARANTEED.
AND THEN THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF EXITS COMING OUT ON THE SAME MM-HMM.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT COMES TO MIND, AND I'M JUST THINKING KIND OF OUTSIDE THE BOX HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY MAKING THAT A RIGHT IN ONLY, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN'T EXIT OUT THAT SITE, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE A MCDONALD'S CALL.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A REAL CONCERN ABOUT THAT, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE.
I'VE DONE THAT IN SOME OTHER DEVELOPMENTS,
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UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT I DID AT PEBBLE CREEK AT, UM, HIGHWAY SIX AND OILFIELD ROAD, WE HAVE A RIGHT IN ONLY, UH, ON HIGHWAY SIX, AND ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GET BACK ONTO, UH, HIGHWAY SIX GOING SOUTH CAN GO THROUGH THE KELSEY SEABOLD.OR WHAT THEY DO IS THEY'LL GO AROUND AND GET ONTO OILFIELD ROAD AND THEN MAKE A LEFT ON OILFIELD TO GET, YOU KNOW, ONTO, UH, HIGHWAY SIX, EITHER NORTH OR SOUTH AT THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.
SO THAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, A, AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WE HAVE IS TO JUST MAKE IT A RIGHT IN ONLY.
WELL, UM, MY LAST COMMENT IS THANK YOU FOR NOT MAKING A GAS STATION.
THANK YOU FOR NOT
AND THEN I'LL LET THE MAYOR OR WHOEVER'S NEXT IN THE QUEUE TO SPEAK NEXT.
I MEAN, I, I MEAN, I PUT MYSELF IN THERE JUST TO LET MY COLLEAGUES KNOW.
UH, I'M TRYING TO MAKE A POINT IS THAT I CAN WALK THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WERE OPPOSED TO IT.
UM, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A GAS STATION MM-HMM.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT CNA FACEBOOK PAGE, THERE'S ABOUT, I WOULD SAY ABOUT 200 SOME COMMENTS THAT'S AGAINST MCDONALD'S.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH, WITH MCDONALD'S ITSELF, THEY WANTED SOMETHING MORE BETTER.
SO I GET IT, I GET THE IDEA OF WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S CONVERSATIONS AROUND TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, IN AND OUT, UM, GOING INTO THOSE DOCTOR'S OFFICES IS IN THE BACK.
AND OF COURSE, UM, HARVEST, UH, MARKET, UH, HARVEST IS RIGHT THERE.
UM, SO THIS WOULD FLUCTUATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS A CITY, THIS PROPERTY IS NOT GOING TO SIT THERE.
UH, WHETHER YOU OWN IT OR YOU SOLD IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE, SOMETHING IS GONNA COME UP HERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, AS I SIT HERE AND MAKE THE DECISION, I HEAR THE PEOPLE, I HEAR THAT THEY WANT A, A DRIVE THROUGH OF A COFFEE SHOP, AND THERE'S A HUNDRED DIFFERENT COMMENTS IN HERE.
YOU KNOW, UM, BUT, BUT FOR ME, MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, I'D RATHER SEE SOMETHING THAT COMES THERE THAT CAN BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY VERSUS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO SEE COMING.
I MEAN, I THINK IF IT WAS UP TO IT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE ALL CHIMING TOWARDS IT, YOU KNOW? BUT I GET IT THAT THIS IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S COMING.
BUT THE DRIVEWAY COMMENTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE THAT MM-HMM.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL HAVE SHASHI, THAT YOU'LL HAVE A TRAFFIC JAM TRYING TO GET OUT ON THE BACK END AND THEN TRYING TO GO ONTO THE SIENNA RANCH ROAD TRYING, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE ARE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, I THINK THAT'S FINE.
BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA, TODAY YOU CAN MAKE A LEFT BACK ONTO, UH, SENA RANCH AND THEN TRY TO GET ONTO SENA PARKWAY.
I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T CAUSE EVEN MORE TRAFFIC.
UH, I KNOW, I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT DRIVEWAYS ON SEEING A RANCH OR SEEING A PARKWAY TO AVOID THE FLOW, THE FREE FLOW.
UM, BUT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO, CAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE EVEN A BIGGER ISSUE.
SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU AS TO, WAS THERE ANY THOUGHT THAT WAS AROUND THAT PARKING IN THE BACK? MAYOR, OUR NUMBER ONE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE HERE IS NOT TO CAUSE TRAFFIC TO BACK UP ON THE MAJOR CORRIDORS, SIENNA PARKWAY AND SIENNA RANCH.
THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE INTENT, BECAUSE THAT IS THE MAJOR CORRIDORS.
WE DON'T WANT TO CAUSE DELAY HERE.
WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US IS TRAFFIC IS EXITING NORTH AND TRYING TO MAKE A RIGHT.
AND IF THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT, THEN IT PRESENTS A CONFLICT.
SO THROUGH THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROCESS, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN WORK OUT THAT ONE AND TRY TO MAKE IT A RIGHT IN ONLY, UH, BUT AGAIN, AS I SAID, I THINK THAT INVOLVES DISCUSSION WITH THEIR VENDOR OR THE CLIENT MCDONALD'S TO DO THAT.
UH, BUT THAT WAS OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE AND THAT'S WHY WE ASKED FOR A TIA KNOWING THE SENSITIVITY OF THE SIENNA PARKWAY CORRIDOR.
BUT WE'LL WORK ON IT AND SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, WE DO NOT WANT TO MOVE THE DRIVEWAY ON SIENNA RANCH CLOSER TO THE SIENNA PARKWAY INTERSECTION.
THAT CREATES EVEN FAR PROBLEMS. SO WE WANT TO KEEP THIS DRIVEWAY FOR, AND WE WANT TO KEEP THAT, TRY TO KEEP THAT ONLY RIGHT.
SO THOSE ARE THE CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE.
AND THE OTHER CONSTRAINT WE HAVE IS WE
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ARE LINING UP THIS DRIVEWAY FOR THIS PROPOSED MCDONALD'S ACROSS THE DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS ALREADY THERE ON THE NORTH.SO WE CAN MOVE IT FURTHER WEST.
THAT CREATES ANOTHER CONFLICT, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE.
UH, BUT UH, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS SOLUTION.
LET ME, AND, AND LET ME JUST, IT'S NOT A QUESTION.
UHHUH,
SO, AND THAT'S ALL I'M, I'M TRYING TO SAY IS NOW YOU'RE PUTTING MORE, AND THEN YOU HAVE ADJACENT TO THIS, LITERALLY ACROSS, THERE'S THAT NEW CHURCH BEING BUILT.
SO THAT'S GOING TO FLUCTUATE EVEN MORE CARS.
AND YOU HAVE BAIN SCHOOL THAT EVENING IS IS, IT'S, IT'S ALREADY BACKED UP.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL OF THIS WAS GONE INTO THIS THOUGHT PROCESS YES.
IN, SORRY, IN THAT SENSE, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT MORE TRAFFIC ON SIENNA RANCH ROAD BECAUSE YOU HAVE BAIN SCHOOL TRAFFIC COMING THERE.
YOU WOULD RATHER PUT IT ON THIS SIDE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE SCHOOL.
SO WE GOTTA WORK THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION.
THERE MAY BE ROOM FOR SOME IMPROVEMENT, AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
WAIT, MAYOR, IF, IF, I'M SORRY.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I, I'D LIKE TO STATE MY MOTION IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE, UM, SUGGESTED TRAFFIC AND DIRECTIONAL, UH, OUTCOMES OF THE PARKING AND EXITS AND ENTRANCES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON SHASHI'S COMMENTS WAS THAT THAT WOULD OCCUR AT THE PLATTING STAGE SITE DEVELOPMENT STAGE.
IS THAT CORRECT? SOJO, CORRECT ME IF I'M STEPPING OUT OF MY BOUNDS.
UH, THE CURRENT ACTION ITEM IN FRONT OF COUNCIL IS TO PROVIDE A VARIANCE IN THE PD FOR A DRIVEWAY RESTAURANT THAT'S NOT ALLOWED IN THE CURRENT PD.
BUT WE WENT AN EXTRA STEP AND ASKED FOR A TIA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE NEGATIVE TRAFFIC IMPACTS.
I BELIEVE WHAT THE MOTION THE COUNCIL IS APPROVING IS TO ALLOW FOR A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVEWAY ACCESS, BUT THE ACTUAL CONFIGURATION OF THE DRIVEWAY AND THE SPACING AND THE LEFT TURN AND THE RIGHT TURN WILL BE WORKED OUT THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS.
BUT WHAT THE COUNCIL, I UNDERSTAND THE MOTION THEY'RE APPROVING IS TO ALLOW, UH, A RESTAURANT WITH THE SO IS THAT I AM FINE WITH THAT PARTICULAR MOTION AS LONG AS IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT IF IT DOES NOT WORK, THIS WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD.
THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO GO.
SO, UM, AND WE CAN, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK INTO, OH GOD,
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT THE, THE ITEM ON THE TABLE IS THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE LAND USE.
SO APPROVAL WOULD BE FOR THE LAND USE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUIRE THE ADOPTION OF A SITE PLAN FOR THIS PARTICULAR TRACT, YOU ALL COULD DO THAT, BUT IT WOULD NEED TO COME BACK ON SECOND READING FOR FINAL APPROVAL WITH A WORKED OUT SITE PLAN FOR THE ACTUAL USE.
SO MY MOTION WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD, UM, ACCEPT THE, UH, LAND USE TO HAVE THE DRIVE THROUGH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SITE PLAN, AT LEAST ON THE SECOND READING.
SO THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE TABLE.
BUT I HAVE TWO, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AS SIGNED UP.
SO LET ME GO TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BON.
SO, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE'RE AMENDING A CURRENT PD, UH, CORRECT.
AND SO AS, AS PART OF THAT PD, DON'T WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, DICTATE WHAT THAT PD CONSISTS OF? AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCILWOMAN IS, IS SEEKING TO DO AS PART OF HER MOTION.
SO I GUESS WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE IS THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, PARSING HAIRS HERE, THAT WE REALLY ARE CLEAR OF WHAT HER MOTION IS AND THAT WE HAVE THE POWER AS COUNCIL TO DICTATE WHAT WE WANT THAT TO LOOK LIKE.
SO YOU ALL DO HAVE THE POWER AS COUNCIL PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHT AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ADOPT SITE PLANS, UH, WITH ZONING ORDINANCES.
SO WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION WAS, AND I THINK THE COUNCIL MEMBER AGREED, WAS THAT THIS WOULD, YOU ALL WOULD APPROVE IT ON FIRST READING WITH THE AMENDMENT OF A SITE PLAN, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT MEETING THAT SHOWS THE LAYOUT OF THE, THE STACKING AND THE DRIVEWAYS.
WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT ALSO, DOES THAT SPEAK TO YOUR THAT'S FINE.
UH, NO, I MEAN, YOUR HANDICAPPED PARKING YEAH.
AND SHAHI UNDERSTANDS, THOUGH, BUT THE MOTION, YES, YOU
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DO.HE'LL WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO INCORPORATE THE RELOCATION OF THE A DA COMPLIANT PARKING SPACES AND TO FIGURE OUT THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS BROUGHT UP BY COUNSEL.
AND WE'LL PROVIDE THAT IN THE SITE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE'LL ATTACH TO THE NEXT READING OF THIS ITEM.
AND YOU USE THAT SEVEN 11 AS A REFERENCE POINT BECAUSE THIS INTERSECTION RESEMBLES THAT.
DO YOU KNOW WHICH SEVEN 11 HE SAID ON COLONIAL LAKES AND SIX.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, WHO IS, YOU WANT THE Q YOU? I'M CLEAR.
WE HAVE A, UH, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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YOU.ITEM NINE ARE ORDINANCES NINE A, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, REDUCING THE EXTRA EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 42.105 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE BY RELEASING APPROXIMATELY 4.98 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF LJ PARKWAY AND HANKERSON ROAD, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, THIS ITEM IS A, AN ORDINANCE THAT IS BEING BROUGHT TO YOU, UH, PURSUANT TO HB 20, UH, FORGIVE ME, SENATE BILL 2038, WHICH WAS PASSED IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT BILL, UH, PURPORTEDLY AUTHORIZES LANDOWNER TO REQUEST THE RELEASE OF THEIR LAND FROM THE CITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
UH, THERE IS CURRENTLY A CASE PENDING IN CENTRAL TEXAS RELATED TO THIS MATTER.
UM, HOWEVER, THIS IS BEING BROUGHT TO YOU PURSUANT TO THAT LAW TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACT.
IF YOU ALL DO NOT ACT, THE STATE LAW PROVIDES THAT THE AREA WILL BE RELEASED BY OPERATION OF LAW.
BUT AGAIN, THIS LAW IS CURRENTLY BEING CONTESTED, SO THAT MATTER, UM, COULD CHANGE OR THE VALIDITY OF THAT LAW COULD CHANGE.
SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO IF THIS LAW IS BEING CONTESTED, THEN WHAT ARE YOU ASKING US TO DO? RIGHT.
SO YOU ALL CAN TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S BEEN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
CAN YOU STATE THE MOTION FOR CLARITY? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
SO IS THE QUEUE NOW TOO IWO BON OH, OH.
UH, THE MOTION IS BASICALLY, UH, TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ORDINANCE, UH, CONSENTING TO THE REDUCTION OF THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AS READ HERE ON THE AGENDA.
UH, AND, UH, I KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN VOTE YAY OR NAY ON THIS ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL E JOYS.
CAN YOU CLEAR THAT? IS THIS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON, UH, WEEK AGO? THIS IS THE ITEM, UM, THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT, I BELIEVE, AT THE LAST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING THAT YOU ALL WERE PROVIDED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN A CLOSED SESSION.
SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED TO US IN THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION INSIDE OF ANOTHER CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IS THAT A MOTION? HOLD ON, I APOLOGIZE.
I'M LIGHTING UP THE SESSION TONIGHT.
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SO, IS THERE A MOTION, MOTION TO US TO, TO TAKE THIS BACK? IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY TO GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.071 TO DISCUSS ITEM NINE A.IS THAT YOUR MOTION? THAT'S MY MOTION.
CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL? I CAN, CAN WE ALSO MAYOR ALL KATZ
MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PRO TIMM KLAUSER? YES.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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MAYOR, I'M SORRY.I, I'D LIKE TO ALSO, UH, SINCE WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION, CAN WE ALSO TAKE UP, UH, ITEM 12 A WHILE WE'RE, UH, ENCLO EXECUTIVE SESSION? IT'S A SECOND MOTION.
SO, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, YOU DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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OKAY.THE TIME IS 9:46 PM CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE INTO THE REGULAR MEETING.
AND WE'RE GOING BACK TO NINE A, CORRECT.
SO CAN YOU READ THAT ONE MORE TIME? YES.
NINE A, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, REDUCING THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 42.105 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE BY RELEASING APPROXIMATELY 4.98 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF LJ PARKWAY AND KERSTEN ROAD, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY MAYOR PROTO KLAUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
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B, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ADOPTING A NEW PAID PLAN FOR FULL-TIME, NON-EXEMPT PERSONNEL AND EXEMPT PERSONNEL EXCLUDING CIVIL SERVICE PERSONNEL AND POLICE PERSONNEL AND APPOINTED EMPLOYEES PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ELENA PORTERS, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, IN MAY OF 2023, A SALARY STUDY WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING NEW PAY PLANS FOR CIVIL SERVICE AND NON-CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES.
AN IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION ON THE STUDY'S METHODOLOGY WAS COMPLETED AT THAT TIME.
DURING THE PRESENTATION, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT DUE TO AVAILABLE FUNDING, THE CITY WOULD NEED TO TAKE A PHASED APPROACH TO ENSURE IT REMAINS COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET.
THE, UH, THE, THE PHASE ONE, WHICH WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR COST APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION, OF WHICH 2.4 WAS BUDGETED IN FISCAL YEAR 2023.
1.6 MILLION WAS BUDGETED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO BUDGETED AN ADDITIONAL 1.1, UH, TO CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT INTO THE COMPETITIVE RANGE.
IN 2023, THE PAY PLANS WERE ADJUSTED TO THE 50TH PERCENTILE OF THE MARKET.
TONIGHT'S ITEM FOCUSES ON THE 60TH PERCENTILE.
UTILIZING THE 2023 SALARY DATA, THE 60TH PERCENTILE FOR NON-CIVIL SERVICE INCREASES.
THIS MEANS THE MINIMUM MID AND MAX SALARIES, AND THE RANGES HAVE INCREASED.
THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST IS 700, APPROXIMATELY 793,000, WITH A PRORATED COST OF APPROXIMATELY 335,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.
THIS IS THE DBM FOR, UH, NON-CIVIL SERVICE SHOWING THE CURRENT SALARIES AND NEW, UH, THE LOWEST SALARY WITHIN THE CITY'S PAY STRUCTURE MOVES FROM 30 3004 88 TO 34,004 10.
AND AS YOU SEE, UH, THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
SO 2.8 AND 2.7 THROUGHOUT THE PAY BAN, ALTHOUGH THE PAY RANGES INCREASE BY 2.7 TO 2.8%, EMPLOYEE PAY INCREASES WILL BE BASED ON CLASS PARITY WITH ALL NON-CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED BEFORE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2023, RECEIVING AT LEAST A 3% INCREASE.
THE CLASS PARITY METHODOLOGY IS THE SAME ONE THAT WAS USED LAST YEAR, WHERE IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE EMPLOYEES, UH, NUMBER OF YEARS WITHIN THE POSITION AND WHERE THEY WOULD BE AT WITHIN THAT SALARY RANGE.
THE NEXT STEPS, UH, IF APPROVED, IS
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TO HAVE A SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE IN A SPECIAL MEETING.UH, I BELIEVE IT MAY BE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 22ND.
UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE IS MAY 5TH.
UH, AND UPON FINAL APPROVAL, EMPLOYEES WILL SEE INCREASES ON THEIR MAY 24TH PAYCHECK AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
SO I WILL BE TAKING OVER, UH, THE MEETING AND PRESIDING, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY? YES.
UM, QUESTION, UH, CITY MANAGER RELATIVE AND OR ELENA? UM, YOU MENTIONED, UH, IF YOU CAN GO BACK ONE SLIDE, I MEAN, UH, TWO SLIDES.
HERE IT SAYS THAT ALL EMPLOYEE MARKET INCREASES THAT ARE BELOW 3% WILL BE ADJUSTED TO ENSURE ALL NON-SERVICE EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER MM-HMM.
UM, BUT IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES IT SAYS 2.8 AND 2.7%.
SO, UM, WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? I MEAN, HOW ARE WE MAKING THAT DETERMINATION AND AT WHAT POINT WOULD WE SEE YOU ALL POTENTIALLY COMING BACK TO US AGAIN TO MAKE THESE POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS? WELL, AND, AND I THINK PART OF IT IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF THE 2.7 AND 2.8 HAS TO DO WITH THE DBMS. AND THAT JUST SETS THE RANGES FOR THOSE.
IF YOU, IF YOU'RE LOOKING SEE THOSE DBMS, THAT'S WHAT'S DETERMINED THOSE RANGES.
BUT THE ACTUAL PAY IS DETERMINED BY TIME IN SERVICE AND EXPERIENCE.
SO THOSE COULD BE HIGHER THAN THE 3%.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE RANGES ARE, THAT SETS THE LIMITS.
BUT BASED ON EXPERIENCE AND TIME IN THE POSITION, EMPLOYEES WILL SEE MORE THAN THAT.
BUT IF, IF IT'S, IF THEY, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR EXPERIENCE AND THE RANGES OF, OF A NATURE THAT IT DOESN'T GIVE THEM A 3% INCREASE, THEN THEY WILL, THE LOWEST YOU WILL SEE FOR NON-CIVIL SERVICE IS A 3% INCREASE.
AND WHO WILL BE MAKING THAT DETERMINATION? AND WHEN, LIKE, I MEAN, AT WHAT POINT DO YOU THAT'S BEING MADE NOW WITH, UM, HR IS EVALUATING ALL THE DVMS AND, AND I'VE ASKED DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS TO LOOK AT ALL THEIR POSITIONS TO DETERMINE WHAT DBMS THOSE POSITIONS SHOULD FALL IN BASED ON THE SKILL, BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE, AND BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, PEOPLE WILL BE PLACED IN VARIOUS DBMS TO COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT THEY SHOULD BE PAID FOR THEIR SKILLSET.
AND LASTLY, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE, THE PUBLIC, WHAT DOES DBM STAND FOR SO THAT THEY
UH, IT STANDS FOR DECISION BAND METHOD, WHICH IS THE METHOD FOR OUR PAY STRUCTURE.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
I, I GUESS MY QUESTION COMES, UH, MORE SO AS TO AT WHAT POINT IN TIME DO WE FINALLY GET TO THE END OF IMPLEMENTING THESE, UM, RAISES, IF YOU WILL? UM, GIVEN THE MARKET, AND GIVEN WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH OUR RECRUITMENTS, THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE AS LONG AS WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE MARKET.
SO IT, SO DO YOU EVER AT SOME POINT IN TIME SEE THAT THE BUDGET WILL NOT EVEN ALLOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS? THAT'S QUITE POSSIBLE.
AND AT THAT POINT, UM, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT POINT, I WOULD BE COMING, UM, TO COUNCIL TO STATE THAT, GIVEN OUR ANTICIPATED REVENUE AND GIVEN WHAT IT COSTS TO HIRE QUALIFIED STAFF, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT THE SERVICE LEVEL THAT WE CAN OFFER.
AND THIS WILL BE MY LAST QUESTION, MAYOR PRO TEM.
UM, I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH GETTING OUR STAFF BROUGHT UP TO A SPEED OF COMPETITIVENESS.
IT, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD, WHEN DO WE EVER GET TO THE POINT OF GIVING RAISES BASED ON, UM, NOT, YOU KNOW, MERIT OR ON PERFORMANCE? ON PERFORMANCE, YES.
BECAUSE AT THE RATE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN, WE'RE GONNA FOREVER BE GIVING IT BASED ON WE'RE NOT UP TO MARKET.
AND, AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE OF BEING IN THIS MARKET, QUITE FRANKLY, BECAUSE, UM, WHAT HAPPENS IN, IN THE CASE NOW IS WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HIRE THAT ARE IN SIMILAR BANDS AS EXISTING EMPLOYEES.
AND SO WHEN WE BRING THOSE EMPLOYEES IN AT WHAT THE MARKET IS DICTATING FOR US TO GET QUALIFIED PEOPLE, THEN THAT MAKES US REEVALUATE OR HAVE TO REEVALUATE ALL THE OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE IN THOSE RELATED CLASSIFICATIONS.
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AND SO, UNTIL, AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SEE AN ABUNDANCE OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE LOOKING, UM, FOR EMPLOYMENT AND THE CITY, IT COME, IT GOES OUT OF THE EMPLOYEE MARKET TO MORE OF AN ORGANIZATION MARKET, THEN WE'RE GONNA CONSTANTLY HAVE THIS CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO HIRE THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST.AND THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, THOUGH, THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT IS HOW TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SETTING, UM, ACCOUNTABILITY AND VALUE ADDED AND ALL OF THAT IN PLACE SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE, BUT BEING ABLE TO DOCUMENT THAT YOU'RE, YOU'VE BEEN HERE, BUT WHAT VALUE ARE YOU ADDING? AND, AND HAVING THAT EQUATE TO MORE OF THE DBMS THAT THEY'RE PLACED IN SO THAT IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC.
HEARING, UH, FROM COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY? YEAH, I, I THINK, UH, YOU, YOU ANSWERED MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AS FAR AS WHERE THE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE AND THAT WE CAN RETAIN PEOPLE, UH, WITH, UH, THIS, UH, UH, INCREASE IN THE, IN THE PAY SCALE.
AND I, I'M SO AT THIS, AT THIS POINT, ARE WE GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, ATTRACT NEW PEOPLE INTO OUR POSITIONS AND THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SLOW DOWN ANY, UH, ANY, UH, RETIREMENT OR, UH, UH, UH, ELIMINATION, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO HOPE THAT, UM, WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST PAY, BUT WE TRY TO LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY IN TERMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY TO MATCH PERSONAL GOALS AS WELL AS BUSINESS GOALS.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA REALLY HAVE TO GET MORE CREATIVE BECAUSE LONG GONE ARE THE DAYS THAT PEOPLE COME TO GOVERNMENT AND STAY THERE TILL RETIREMENT.
THIS JUST, THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN AS OFTEN AS IT USED TO HAPPEN.
AND SO WE, WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT WAYS TO, UM, INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY, LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW DO, HOW DO WE INCORPORATE TECHNOLOGY? UM, JOB SHARING, UM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN PROBABLY THINK OF, UM, THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO START LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS AND HOPEFULLY ADDRESS IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO AFFORD THE LEVEL OF STAFF THAT WE NEED, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO PAY THEM WHAT THE CURRENT MARKET IS DICTATING.
DO YOU SEE US MOVING TO A, LIKE A PERFORMANCE, UH, MEASUREMENT, UH, THAT, UH, DICTATES INCREASES IN, UH, IN PAY? I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, BUT THAT REQUIRES, UM, HAVING, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO HAVE THOSE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS, UM, ABOUT PERFORMANCE.
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IN MY EXPERIENCE IS IT'S VERY SELDOM THAT YOU GET SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO BE ADAMANT ABOUT EVALUATING PERFORMANCE BASED ON VALUE ADDED.
AND WHAT YOU GET IS SOMEONE WHO SAYS YOU'RE OPERATING AT A STANDARD LEVEL.
AND THEREFORE, BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT SOMEONE'S NOT GONNA GET A PERFORMANCE MERIT PAY, I MEAN, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
AND SO HAVING A PERFORMANCE BASED OR A MERIT BASED SYSTEM USUALLY IS SKEWED BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE STILL, YOU HAVE SOME OF THE SAME INFLUENCES IN THAT PROCESS.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE YOUR SUPERVISOR OR YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, YOUR EMPLOYEE HAS A BAD ATTITUDE OR ALL THOSE THINGS WEIGH IN ON THAT EVALUATION.
AND SO TRYING TO TAKE ALL OF THAT OUT JUST MAKES IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO, TO HAVE SOMEONE SIT DOWN AND EVALUATE EMPLOYEES AND GIVE CANDID AND HONEST FEEDBACK.
I DON'T SAY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, BUT I FOUND IT IN MY EXPERIENCE TO BE VERY DIFFICULT.
WELL, IN MY EXPERIENCE, I ALSO FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT THAT YOU CAN GET A TRUE ASSESSMENT OF WHAT SOMEONE'S PERFORMANCE IS.
FOR VARIOUS NUMBER OF REASONS WHY.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT GOAL TO SHOOT FOR.
I, I WOULD LOVE IT, BUT I THINK AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO I AGREE.
BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST CAN'T JUST SAY, OKAY, YOU'VE BEEN HERE, UH, A YEAR AND IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER INCREASE, SO YOU GET IT.
I, I KNOW THAT MAY BE HARSH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND YOU SHOULD BE PERFORMANCE BASED.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER ABBO.
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YEAH.ONE FINAL QUESTION, UH, RELATIVE TO, I THINK IT WAS, UH, ON THE FIRST SLIDE OR FIRST OR SECOND SLIDE, BUT, UH, I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU ANTICIPATED THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND IT'S A PART OF THE 24 BUDGET, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND, AND HOW MUCH, UH, HOW MUCH ACTUALLY DID WE, UH, DEDICATE? ONE POINT, 1.3 MILLION TOTAL.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, IS THERE A MOTION? CALLING FOR A MOTION? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OLA.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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C, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE CIVIL SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS RELATED TO BASE PAY AND SENIORITY PAY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO.AND THIS ITEM IS FOR, UH, CIVIL SERVICE.
UH, WITHIN, AS MENTIONED, WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024, BUDGET FUNDS WERE APPROPRIATED TO PAY FOR SALARY.
SALARY INCREASES WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF MAY 5TH IN HOPES OF REMAINING WITHIN THE COMPETITIVE RANGE.
UH, BUT ON A FUTURE SLIDE, SORT OF AS WE DISCUSSED, UH, YOU'LL SEE HOW THE TARGETS FOR POLICE AND FIRE ARE MOVING.
THE PAY PLAN FOR POLICE OFFICERS INCREASES 4.4% WITH THE AVERAGE PAY INCREASE BEING 5.5%.
THE PAY PLAN FOR FIRE INCREASES 2.4% WITH THE AVERAGE PAY INCREASE OF BEING 4.57%.
THE TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST FOR CIVIL SERVICE INCREASE IS $995,000 WITH A PRORATED COST OF 400, APPROXIMATELY 421,000.
WHEN THE PAY PLAN WAS APPROVED IN 2023, MISSOURI CITY HAD THE HIGHEST STARTING SALARY FOR POLICE AND FIRE IN THE REGION.
BUT HERE YOU CAN SEE THIS HAS CHANGED.
THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY STARTING SALARY FOR POLICE OFFICER IS CURRENTLY $65,237, WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST AT THAT TIME LAST YEAR.
AND IT'S NOW THE LOWEST YOU CAN SEE, ROSENBERG IS AT 66,019.
SO YOU SEE THAT THIS TARGET IS CONSTANTLY MOVING A CHANGING THE PAID PLAN WILL BRING THE CITY STARTING SALARY FOR POLICE OFFICERS ABOVE THE MEDIAN OF THE PRESENTED CITIES.
A VERY CLOSE TO FULCHER, WHICH IS JUST $220 HIGHER.
THE FIREFIGHTERS STARTING SALARY IS CURRENTLY $60,484, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LOWEST.
AND THIS IS JUST IN SOME OF THE, UH, FORT BEND CITIES.
UH, THOSE THAT ARE PRE PRESENTED ON THE SLIDE WITH THE PAY PLAN CHANGE, THE CITY WILL BE AT THE MEDIAN WITH ROSENBERG.
UH, STAFFORD ISN'T SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE, BUT WE DO HAVE INFORMATION.
THEIR FIREFIGHTER SALARY IS CURRENTLY 53,416, SO WE WILL STILL BE AT THE MEDIAN.
SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, PLACEMENT IN THE PAY PLAN WILL BE BASED ON TIME AND JOB, AND IS PRESENTED AS A SEPARATE ITEM TONIGHT UNDER RESOLUTIONS.
AS FAR AS THEIR PLACEMENT, AGAIN, THE NEXT STEP IS TO, UH, HAVE THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE, IF IT'S APPROVED TONIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE IN EIGHT LATER THIS MONTH.
UH, IMPLEMENTATION AGAIN IS ALSO MAY 5TH, 2024, UH, WITH EMPLOYEE SEEN INCREASES ON THEIR PAYCHECK MAY 24TH, 2024.
AND THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION.
I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE.
SO WHEN IT SAYS OVERALL CHANGE IN PAY PLAN FOR 4.4% FOR POLICE OFFICERS, AND THEN THE FIRE IS 2.4 MM-HMM.
WE HAD THE, UM, CONSULTANT DO THE 50TH, UM, THROUGH THE 70TH PERCENTILES.
AND SO WE USE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE.
UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE DIFFERENCES, UM, THE POLICE OFFICERS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, THEIR TOTAL INCREASE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20%, INCLUDING THIS 4%.
FIRE RECEIVED A, A HIGHER AMOUNT, I BELIEVE, LAST YEAR, BUT THEY'RE BOTH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OR AT APPROXIMATELY TWO, UH, 20% INCREASE.
SO THIS IS YEARLY MARKET DRIVEN, RIGHT? YES.
SO, AND I'M, AND I'M SURE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE PROBABLY HARDER TO FILL POSITIONS, SO THAT'S WHAT DRIVING THAT, YOU KNOW, TO 4.4.
AND NOT TO SAY THAT FIRE IS EASY TO FILL, RIGHT.
BUT IT'S, BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING
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THAT IS NOT AS DIFFICULT AS THE OFFICERS TO GET.I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT'S WHY THE, THE ALMOST TWO POINT VARIATIONS.
AND, AND IF I MAY ADD, UM, TO THAT, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT WHAT THE CHANGES IN HOUSTON AND WHAT THEIR PAIRING, THEIR FIREFIGHTERS HAS CHANGED THE WHOLE PLAYING FIELD, UM, AS IT RELATES TO FIREFIGHTERS NOW.
UM, SO 'CAUSE WE'RE SEEING HIGHER, UM, PAY IN THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT FOLLOWED US, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN SOME CASES WHERE WE WERE AT THE TOP FOR FIRE.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING, WHICH, WHICH IS WHAT I MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, THIS IS AN EMPLOYEE MARKET AND FOR THOSE HARD TO FILL POSITIONS, ESPECIALLY POLICE, EVERY TIME ONE JURISDICTION, UM, INCREASES, THE OTHERS WILL FOLLOW AFTER AN INCREASE EVEN MORE.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST A CONTINUOUS, UM, PROCESS OF TRYING TO STAY SOMEWHERE NEAR THE TOP AND ENSURING ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT EMPLOYEES VALUE, UM, ARE BEING ADDRESSED AS WELL.
I SEE WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAMONI, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAM.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
I JUST, YOU, I DIDN'T WANNA INTERRUPT.
UM, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THIS, UM, BY MAY THE FIFTH, WE WILL NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING, UM, THAT SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 22ND, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HAVE THE SECOND READING BEFORE THIS NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED OR THE, ANY, SOME OTHER DATE.
WHAT HAPPENED? SOMETHING BEFORE THE FIFTH, BEFORE MAY 5TH, RIGHT BEFORE MAY 5TH.
SO BESIDES THE VOTE TODAY, I MEAN, ONE MORE.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ELSE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution establishing a policy...]
10 ON RESOLUTIONS 10 A, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A POLICY TO ADDRESS CERTAIN INQUIRIES RELATED TO MATTERS THAT MAY BE REFER REFERRED TO OTHER AGENCIES PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATED THERETO.THIS ITEM RELATES TO THE CONVERSATION, UH, THAT THE COUNSEL HAD WITH APPOINTEES, UH, RELATED TO CERTAIN DUTIES.
UH, THIS, UH, RESOLUTION PROVIDES FOR THE STAFF TO REFER INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE REQUESTING INFORMATION AND REQUESTING ITEMS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNCIL'S GENERAL AUTHORITY TO THE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AND STATE, UH, AUTHORITIES THAT MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THIS, UH, RESOLUTION SIMPLY DIRECTS STAFF TO ASSIST, UH, RESIDENTS WHO HAVE REQUESTS THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF THIS COUNCIL'S JURISDICTION TO REFER, UH, THAT ALLOWS STAFF OR DIRECT STAFF TO REFER THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCIES.
IS THERE A MOTION? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, COUNCIL RECOGNIZING, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON, ON WHAT THE OTHER AGENCIES ARE? SURE.
THEY COULD BE, UH, FEDERAL OFFICIALS.
THEY COULD BE US SENATORS, THEY COULD BE CONGRESS PEOPLE, THEY COULD BE, UH, FEDERAL AGENCIES SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
THEY COULD BE THE US SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC.
WHATEVER THE REQUEST IS FROM THE PUBLIC, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WITHOUT, THAT IS OUTSIDE OF OUR PURVIEW AND OUR JURISDICTION IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING.
I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER FOR US.
UM, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT KIND OF KEEPS COMING BEFORE US AND I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY SAY THANK YOU, INSTEAD OF US BEING SILENT.
HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PROTON KLAUSER.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.
AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing McDonald&...]
B, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE ASSIGNMENT OF AN AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE[01:55:01]
CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND MCDONALD'S REAL ESTATE COMPANY PERTAINING TO THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO GOLDEN DREAMS MANAGEMENT, INC.UH, THIS, UH, ITEM IS AN ASSIGNMENT OF PAYMENT FROM MCDONALD'S CORPORATION TO THE LOCAL OWNER AND OPERATOR, KEVIN MOORE OF GOLDEN DREAMS. UM, MANAGEMENT, THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY WHO PAID FOR THE ACTUAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, RECOGNIZING MAYOR FOR 10,000.
UM, HERMAN, IF YOU WILL JUST PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT, UH, AROUND WHAT THIS IS.
THIS PAYMENT IS, IS FOR FOR THE PUBLIC.
THE PAYMENT IS FOR SPECIFICALLY, UH, PARKING LOT, IRRIGATION LIGHTING, UM, AND LANDSCAPING FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON ALREADY EXISTING MCDONALD'S.
YES, MCDONALD'S IS, BUT NOT THE BUILDING ITSELF.
THE BUILDING THEY PAID FOR THEMSELVES.
THE BRAND NEW BUILDING WAS PAID FOR WITH THEIR OWN MONIES.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE TO DELINEATE BETWEEN THAT.
JUST WANTED TO THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution of the City Council o...]
10 C, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, CONVERTING THE PAPER VISIONS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL FIREFIGHTER AND POLICE OFFICER TO THE NEWLY ADOPTED CIVIL SERVICE STEP PAY MATRIX.OKAY, JUST BRIEFLY, UH, THIS ITEM PLACES THE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES, FIREFIGHTERS, AND POLICE OFFICERS INTO THEIR RESPECTIVE STEPS BASED ON, UH, THE NEW STEP PAY MATRIX THAT WILL BE ADOPTED, UM, ON THE, HOPEFULLY ADOPTED ON THE SECOND READING.
AND THIS IS WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF MAY 5TH, 2024.
THE RESOLUTION ALSO RESERVES THE CITY COUNCIL'S RIGHT TO MODIFY, FREEZE, OR ELIMINATE THE STEP PAY METRIC MATRIX, WHICH INCLUDES BASIN SENIORITY, PAYS AND RESERVES, THE CITY COUNCIL'S RIGHT TO ADD, ELIMINATE, OR ADJUST OTHER PAYS, INCLUDING LONGEVITY AND SUPPLEMENTAL PACE.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY MAYOR PORT KLAUSER.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[11. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
11, OUR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT.WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH THE, UH, LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER OF POSITION ONE, UH, SONIA BRAMOS.
UM, OOH, IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT.
I WANTED TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER FOR PUTTING ON THE JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, IT WAS PRODUCTIVE, I BELIEVE.
UM, IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND TO GET IN SOME OF OUR VERY OWN.
SO I WAS GLAD THAT THAT, UM, THAT THAT DID HAPPEN.
IT'D BEEN A LONG TIME, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MORE OF THEM.
UM, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER AND VISIT THE HOUSTON GROWTH FORUM.
IT'S A LUNCHEON THAT WAS HELD OVER IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT IT IS THAT THEY DO INVITE THE LOCAL, UH, SPOKE ARMS, OTHER CITIES AROUND TO VISIT.
AND WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO DISASTER RECOVERY.
AND IT WAS ALSO MODERATED BY FRANCISCO SANCHEZ JR.
OF THE SBA OUT OF THE WASHINGTON DC AREA.
SO IT WAS EXTREMELY RESILIENT TO HEAR, UM, HIS COMMENTS AND ABOUT HOW THEY ARE PREPARED IN THE EVENT THAT A DISASTER SHOULD STRIKE HOW THEY ARE PLANNED TO KEEP SMALL BUSINESSES MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, ENCOURAGED THAT ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN BE SENT BACK OVER TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY SO THAT WE OURSELVES CAN BE PREPARED SHOULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN TO KEEP OUR SMALL BUSINESS MOVING FORWARD.
I JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OUT IN STATES OF SILVER RIDGE AND ALL OF THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ISSUED COMMENTS TO US.
I AM CIRCLING BACK AROUND AND DOING MY BEST TO READ EVERY LAST EMAIL THAT I HAVE RECEIVED, RETURN TELEPHONE CALLS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED, AND I AM READING THEM.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE RESPONSES.
I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO GET ALL OF THEM RESPONDED TO.
LASTLY, I HAD A, AN OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK TO APPEAR ON CULTURE CLUB, HTX.
IT'S A RADIO, UH, SEGMENT THAT'S AIRED OVER ON ESPN RADIO.
GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL OUR STORY, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY STORY.
AND SO, UM, IT'S OUT THERE, IT'S AVAILABLE, AND, UM, LUCKILY IT'S EVEN IN A PODCAST FORM, SO IT'LL LIVE ON FOREVER.
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YOU GUYS.RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER OF A LARGE POSITION TO AND MAYOR PROAM LYNN KLAUSEN.
HOPE EVERYBODY GOT THEIR TAXES IN TODAY.
UM, I ALSO TOO WANNA THANK THE RESIDENTS OF, UH, SILVER RIDGE, WHO HAVE, UH, CONTINUED TO COME BACK AND, AND ALSO WHO HAVE, UM, SENT US EMAILS.
I TOO HAVE READ ALL OF THEM AND TRIED TO RESPOND TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.
SO WE THANK YOU ALL FOR, UM, PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS AND, UM, JUST BEING HERE AND BEING PRESENT.
UM, ON FRIDAY, UM, AROUND 10 O'CLOCK, I JOINED MY SORORITY SISTERS, THE MISSOURI CITY CHAPTER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, UH, OVER IN DISTRICT A, UM, MY SORORITY SISTERS PLANTED, UH, 38 TREES EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE AND KATY AVENUE.
UM, AND I WANNA GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO PAUL, WHERE'S VICKI AND THE FORESTRY CREW.
UM, THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL AND WE DEFINITELY BEAUTIFIED FOR UPCOMING, UM, FOR THE UPCOMING EARTH DAY.
THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CAME TO TOGETHER AND WE DID OUR VERY FIRST COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT ON SATURDAY AT THE MISSOURI CITY, UH, TX TRASH OFF IN CONDUCT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN TEAM.
WE ADOPTED THE COMMUNITY PARK AND TOGETHER WE ALL PICKED UP 12 BAGS OF TRASH IN OUR BEAUTIFUL PARK.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE PARKS, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
BUT IT WAS, UH, NICE TO, UM, TO SEE THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE COME TOGETHER AND DO A COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, EFFORT.
MYSELF AND MAYOR ELLA HAD AND ALSO, UH, PARKS AND REC, UH, EMPLOYEE DENNIS SPOKE AT THE CHILDREN'S EARTH DAY FESTIVAL RIGHT AFTER THE TRASH OFF AT THE MALEY GREATER HOUSTON CHAPTER EVENT IN STAFFORD.
AND AFTER THE EVENT, WE WATCHED THEM PLANT TREES AND PLANTS OUTSIDE OF THEIR BUILDING.
AND THEN I WAS INSPIRED TO GO TO HOME DEPOT AND BUY A BUNCH OF PLANTS AND FLOWERS AND PLANT 'EM.
NEVER DONE THAT AT MY HOUSE, BUT I DID.
SO, UM, MY DAUGHTER AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UM, MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY.
AND I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR OFFICER, DJ ELIAS, WHO DOUBLES AS A DJ.
UM, HE WAS SPINNING ON THE ONES AND TWOS AND HE DID A GREAT JOB.
THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES WERE OUT THERE, UM, FOR THE FESTIVAL.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR PUTTING THAT ON.
UM, AND LASTLY, WE WELCOMED AND SWORE IN NEW SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, FOUR OF THEM AT OUR MEETING.
UH, I WANT TO THANK HERMAN AND GARRETT FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT WITH THE COMMITTEE.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS PLANNED, INCLUDING OUR, UM, KID PRENEUR CAMP THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN IN JUNE.
AND APRIL 30TH IS OUR NEXT SMALL BUSINESS MIXER.
IT'S GONNA BE FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT AT THE TEXAS LEGAL BREW BREWING COMPANY ON PIKE ROAD.
AND IT'LL BE SPONSORED BY FIRST STATE BANK.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
RECOGNIZING DISTRICT A COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA RILEY.
UM, I TOO ATTENDED THE, UH, PD AND FIRE DEPARTMENT'S, UH, CHILD PREVENTION, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AWARENESS EVENT.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DJ ELIAS, UM, FOR THE WONDERFUL MUSIC THAT YOU PROVIDED.
YOU EVEN GOT ME OUT THERE DOING A ONE TWO STEP AT MY OLD AGE.
UM, ATTENDED QUITE A FEW HOA MEETINGS, UH, THROUGHOUT MY DISTRICT, UH, MEETING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT RESIDENTS PRIVATELY, UM, AS WELL, JUST DEALING WITH SOME DIFFERENT CONCERNS.
WANNA ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO REMEMBER THAT YOUR PETS, UH, ESPECIALLY YOUR DOGS SHOULD BE ON A LEASH WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
UH, WE'VE HAD SOME INCIDENTS AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT I TOO TRY TO KEEP ROCCO INSIDE BECAUSE AS Y'ALL KNOW, ROCCO IS POPULAR AND HE LIKES TO RUN WILD AT TIMES, BUT WE KEEP HIM CONTAINED AS WELL.
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, UM, THE RIDGEVIEW PARK DEDICATION, THE TREE DEDICATION, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, THANK YOU TO CENTER POINT FOR DONATING THOSE TREES.
UM, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT KEEPING OUR GREEN SPACE LOOKING GREEN, OUR TEXAS PARKWAY PARKWAY CORRIDOR, UM, IS GOING VERY WELL WITH OUR MEETINGS, UH, THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING THROUGHOUT THAT, THAT CORRIDOR AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU TO HERMAN, UM, AND GARRETT FOR, UM, ALWAYS PUTTING THAT MEETING ON FOR US.
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, TO MOED UH, NAHEED WHO HOSTED AE DINNER IN HIS HOME.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CINDERELLA CINDERELLA EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE WELLS FARGO, JUDGE ROLLINS AND BEVERLY WALKER DISTRICT CLERK HOSTED FOR OUR COMMUNITY
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MEMBERS.AND I WANNA SEND A, UM, CONDOLENCES OUT TO FORT BEND COUNTY PRECINCT TWO CONSTABLE DARRELL SMITH'S OFFICE AT THE LOSS OF CORPORAL DAY, AS WE KNOW HIM AS DAYDAY.
UM, HE WAS LAID TO REST ON LAST WEEK.
CONGRATULATIONS TO, UM, ERIC G. WHITE OF TOUCH OF KEYS.
UM, HE AWARDED, UH, QUITE A FEW, UH, HONOREES OUT THERE.
ONE OF THEM BEING, UH, THE ARTIST AND SONGWRITER MAJOR.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, AND MYSELF WERE PRESENT TO REPRESENT MISSOURI CITY, ALONG WITH OUR STATE REP AS COUNCIL MEMBER BONY PRESENTED, UM, RECOGNITION CERTIFICATES TO, UM, ERIC AND ALL OF THE HONOREES.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, I WANNA SAY EVERYBODY, MAKE SURE Y'ALL PAY Y'ALL TAXES 'CAUSE MISSOURI CITY DON'T HAVE NO EXTRA MONEY TO HELP Y'ALL.
UM, MAKE SURE Y'ALL TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.
AND THEN LASTLY, THANK YOU TO TO THE HINDU COMMUNITY THAT INVITED ME OUT ON YESTERDAY.
THEY WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, UM, BLACK HISTORY AS WELL AS WOMEN IN HISTORY.
SO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH THEM FOR ABOUT 35, 40 MINUTES TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS VERSUS BLACK PEOPLE, AS WELL AS TALK ABOUT WOMEN IN HISTORY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INVITATION.
AND LASTLY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANTHONY SNIPES, UM, CELEBRATING YOUR 20TH BIRTHDAY AT THE WOMEN IN JAZZ BLACK AND BLING BIRTHDAY PARTY.
THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY ALONI, DISTRICT B THANK YOU MAYOR.
UH, I, UH, TOO ATTENDED THE RIDGEVIEW PARK DEDICATION.
I WANT TO THANK ALSO CENTER POINT ENERGY AND OUR, UH, SUPERSTAR FORESTER PAUL, UH, WI BECKY FOR ALWAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING MISSOURI CITY WELL AND TAKING CARE OF OUR TREES AND, UH, ALL OF OUR OTHER, UH, YOU KNOW, GREEN SPACE ACROSS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
UH, ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, HELD OUR TEXAS PARKWAY CARTRIGHT CORRIDOR MEETING.
VERY, VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS.
AND, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE HERMAN AND HIS TEAM FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE SOME SUBSTANTIVE DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATIONS TO HELP MOVE, UH, THAT CORRIDOR FORWARD.
UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE TOUCH OF KEYS SCHOLARSHIP EVENT AND WAS ABLE TO, UH, DELIVER CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO, UH, THE FOUNDER OF TOUCH OF KEYS, ERIC WRIGHT, AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY, UH, CAME OUT OF HIS SOUNDS OF CREATION, UH, GROUP THAT WAS FOUNDED THROUGH TOUCH OF KEYS, UH, ARMED NATIONAL RECORDING ARTIST, UH, MAJOR, UH, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH MAJOR.
AND SO HE WAS ONE OF THE HONOREES AS WELL, AS WELL AS, UH, MISSOURI CITY, UH, OWN, UH, MISSOURI CITY'S OWN CHARITY CARTER.
UH, WE REALLY, UH, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO, TO SEE HER BE HONORED AS WELL.
UH, I WANNA ALSO, UH, SAY I ATTENDED THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL BOARD TODAY BOARD RETREAT, UM, IN GALVESTON.
UM, WE WERE DISCUSSING WAYS TO IMPROVE THE REGION, BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET US SOME MORE MONEY HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
SO, UH, IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION AND MEETING.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAME OUTTA THAT BOARD RETREAT.
AND LAST I TOO WANNA WISH, UH, FORMER CITY MANAGER ANTHONY SNIPES, A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
AND MY DAUGHTER, WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE HER 26TH, UH, BIRTHDAY AND MY SONS WILL BE, UH, ON THE 28TH.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING OLDER AND MORE AND MORE OUTTA MY POCKET.
UH, RECOGNIZING DISTRICT SEAT COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY ROSE.
I WANNA START OFF BY THANKING SACHI AND TEAM FOR THE NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT AT HIGHWAY SIX AND COLONIAL LAKES.
WE GOT AWAY FROM THE OLD TECHNOLOGY.
WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW SET OF LIGHTS OUT THERE, SO THANK YOU.
A REMINDER TO ATTEND THE NEW CODE ADOPTION ON THE 17TH, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CODES, BUT WHAT'S REALLY GONNA BE NICE IS THERE'S BE INSPECTORS AND PERMIT REPS THERE, SO AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH STAFF.
UM, AND THEN THE SHREDDING EVENT THIS WEEKEND HELD BY MISSOURI CITY GREEN.
AND THEN ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE, UM, I KNOW COUNCIL HERE AND I KNEW CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST OVER THE WEEKEND.
UH, IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA, THERE'S STILL A WAR.
IT'S ACTUALLY STILL DURING, UH, ORTHODOX EASTER.
AND SO DURING THE HOLIEST PART OF THE TIME, THERE'S STILL WAR, THERE'S STILL CONFLICT.
AND WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR PEACE ACROSS THE WORLD AND ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
RECOGNIZING DISTRICT D COUNCIL MEMBER FORWARD EMERY.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, CHILD ABUSE EVENT THAT, UH, WAS HELD SATURDAY.
UH, GOOD TURNOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, DJ THAT WAS DOING ALL THE SPINNING WAS DOING TUNES THAT I DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE AND COULDN'T DANCE TO.
SO, UH, I HAD TO JUST SHAKE HIS HAND AND, AND WALK AWAY.
UH, I WANT TO, UH, GIVE APPRECIATION TO, UH, THE, THE, UH, CITY MANAGER'S, UH,
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OFFICE OR THE, UM, UH, WORKSHOP THAT, UH, WE PUT TOGETHER, YOU PUT TOGETHER, UH, TO, UH, PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE, THE STATES OF SILVER RIDGE.UH, HOA, UH, IT WAS, UH, I THINK JUST ABOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD FROM THE CITY WAS THERE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, NOT ONLY MAKE A PRESENTATION, BUT ALSO TO ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE, UH, HOA HAD.
AND, UH, IT'S MY, UH, MY HOPES THAT, UH, THAT INFORMATION IS NOT ONLY, OR THAT IS SH IS SHARED WITH THE REST OF THE, UH, OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE, UH, OF THE HOA BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, UH, THEY'RE WORKING FROM, UH, LESS CURRENT, UH, INFORMATION, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, BE ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT HAVE HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
SO, THANK YOU, UH, FOR BRINGING, UH, UH, THAT, UH, THAT GROUP TOGETHER.
UM, I, I, I WAS REMISS LAST WEEK, SO I WANT TO, OR LAST MEETING.
SO I WANT TO GIVE A, UH, BELATED, UH, THANK YOU TO, UH, THE, UH, STAFF OR THE, UH, QUAIL VALLEY, UH, LA QUINTA, UH, DRAINAGE AND MAINTENANCE, UH, WORKSHOP THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER, UH, AT, UH, QUAIL VALLEY.
UH, IT, UH, IT BROUGHT, I THINK A LOT OF, UH, INFORMATION THAT THEY, UH, HADN'T, UH, HADN'T HEARD OR, OR HADN'T SEEN, BUT WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO I THINK THAT WAS A VERY FRUITFUL AND, UH, EVENT THAT, UH, LET'S SAY BROUGHT A LOT OF INFORMATION, UH, AGAIN, THE, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, RIDGEVIEW PARK.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, PULLING THAT TOGETHER.
CENTERPOINT'S A GREAT, UH, PARTNER THAT WE HAVE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, UH, UH, DONATE, UH, SO MANY TREES, NOT ONLY IN REGIE PARK, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE CITY.
SO WE'VE GOT A GREAT PARTNER THERE.
UH, AND THAT, AND, AND PAUL ZERBE, UH, TAKES, UH, GREAT PRIDE IN, UH, IN HIS PARKS.
AND, UH, HE, UH, DISPLAYED THAT AT THE, UH, AT THE EVENT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, MAKE A COMMENT AND LET ME GET TO IT, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE TIME IS 10 28.
I WANNA THANK THE ESTATES OF SILVER BRIDGE, UH, THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME IN TO SPEAK PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND YOU'RE STILL HERE.
BUT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HERE SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE HEAR YOU, WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL EMAILS, SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS THAT'S HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE BACK AND FORTH, AND, UH, JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, HANG IN THERE.
UH, AND THE REASON I WENT TO, UH, I SAID, GIMME A LITTLE MINUTE, MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT, I, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOMETHING RECENTLY SHARED BY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT ON SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT.
I'M, I'M GONNA STAY AWAY FROM ALL THE OTHER COMMENTS, WHICH WAS, TODAY WE CELEBRATE A TRULY AOUS OCCASION AS MISSOURI CITY FIREFIGHTER AND SPECIALIST, CHARLES JACKSON TOOK HIS FINAL FLIGHT AS AN ARMY COMBAT MEDIC.
AFTER DEDICATING 2020 YEARS OF UNWAVERING SERVICE TO OUR NATION, CHARLES IS HANGING UP HIS UNIFORM, BUT NOT HIS COMMITMENT TO SERVICE.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE THAT CHARLES WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AS A FIREFIGHTER, WHERE HE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS WITH THE SAME HONOR AND DEDICATION HE DISPLAYED IN THE ARMY.
HIS EXPERIENCE, SKILL, AND COMPASSION MAKE US ALL SAFER AND MORE SECURE.
AND THE REASON I READ THAT IS THIS IS MISSOURI CITY.
THIS IS OUR STAFF, AND CHARLES IS JUST ONE, BUT WE GOT 480 OF THEM.
THEY REPRESENT OUR CITY, OUR CITIZENS, EACH OF US BEFORE SITTING UP HERE.
WE ARE CITIZENS FIRST BEFORE WE HAVE THESE TITLES THAT GIVEN TO US BY YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
WITH THAT, I END MY COMMENT, MAYOR.
YEAH, I, I, I'D, UH, BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T DO THIS AGAIN.
UM, UH, THE TIME THAT I WAS GONNA DO THIS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES WAS NOT HERE, BUT I THINK HE DESERVES TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED BACK
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ON MARCH 1ST.UH, AND HE HAD MISSED ONE OF THE MEETINGS IN WHICH, UH, I WAS GONNA DO THIS, BUT HE, UH, AND HIS BIOMEDICAL, UM, ENGINEERING TEAM AT HOUSTON METHODIST WERE AWARDED, UH, DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR ACROSS, UH, NATIONALLY, UH, BY TECH NATION.
RIGHT? UH, AND I THINK THAT DESERVES A HUGE, HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE, UH, BECAUSE THANK Y'ALL, THANK YOU.
AS, AS MAYOR JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, WE DO, WE DO MORE THAN JUST SERVE ON, ON CITY COUNCIL.
WE ALL SERVE IN VARIOUS FIELDS AND, AND WHATEVER, BUT THAT, UH, DESERVES HUGE RECOGNITION AND, AND APPLAUSE.
THANK SHOW THAT, SHOW THAT LOGO REAL QUICK.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND WITH NO OTHER F FURTHER BUSINESS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 10:32 PM.