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YEAH.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
ALL RIGHT.TODAY IS MONDAY, MAY 6TH, 2024.
I'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:44 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO, A ROLL CALL.
UH, AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL.
ITEM NUMBER THREE ARE OUR PLEDGE OF WE.
TODAY WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HAVING TRAIL LIFE TROOP 11 TO COME UP AND SAY OUR PLEDGE.
ONE, ONE COLOR GUARD, COLOR GUARD.
LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT.
TROOP HOLE, COLOR GUARD, LEFT FACE, PRESENT ARMS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THEIR REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
TWO COLOR GUARD, LEFT FACE, COLOR GUARD.
LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT LIFT.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTICE.
UH, THEY WERE, UH, THEY WERE HERE FOR OUR PLEDGE, UH, WHEN WE HAD THE, UH, UH, NATIONAL NATIONAL PRAYER DAY.
AND I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THEY'RE ALL SIBLINGS.
SO I WANT TO THANK, UH, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
THAT'S NOT FOR COORDINATING FOR THEM TO COME.
UH, Y'ALL ARE WELCOME AT ANY TIME TO MAKE TO COME OUT HERE.
SO NEXT TIME COME ALL 10 OF YOU, RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD WITH OUR PRESENTATIONS
[(a) Proclamation - Hurricane Preparedness Week]
AND RECOGNITION.UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH FOUR A.
IT'S A PROCLAMATION FOR HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY ELMO.
MAYOR, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEM FOUR E BEFORE FOUR A IF WE COULD.
I'M SORRY YOU TRIED TO, OKAY, WELL NEVERMIND.
I'M GONNA ASK YOU, UH, HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING THIS EVENING? OH, WE GOT A PACKED HOUSE.
Y'ALL EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS MONTH? I SEE
ALRIGHT, WELL I'M HERE TO DELIVER THAT INFORMATION JUST FOR YOU.
UH, THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT SEASON.
MANY OF US REMEMBER, UH, HOW THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY WAS IMPACTED DURING HURRICANE HARVEY.
MANY PARTS OF OUR CITY, UH, WERE IMPACTED BY, UH, THE, THE RAIN WATERS.
UH, WE HAD A, A MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD THAT TOOK PLACE, BUT ALSO THERE WAS A TORNADO, A MAJOR TORNADO THAT HIT OFF OF TEXAS PARKWAY AND RUINED A LOT OF OUR, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND HOMES IN THE AREA.
SO THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT SEASON AND WE CANNOT, UH, EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.
AND, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TURN THE MIC OVER TO MS. TAMIKA EWT, WHO IS OUR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR.
THIS IS HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK.
SO THE CITY WILL BE DOING A LOT TO ENSURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE PREPARED FOR THE UPCOMING HURRICANE SEASON, BUT TO HELP CITIZENS BECOME PREPARED.
ALSO, REMEMBER, WE'RE ABOUT A MONTH OUT BE, UM, BEFORE, UH, WHAT'S PREDICTED AS AN EXTREMELY ACTIVE SEASON.
SO IT'S STILL TIME TO PREPARE.
WE ARE ALSO HOSTING AN EVENT THIS SATURDAY AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER RIGHT NEXT DOOR FOR 10:00 AM TO NOON FOR A HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS EXPO.
WE WILL HAVE SOME SPEAKERS FOR YOU GUYS AND WE'LL HAVE SOME, UM, DOOR PRIZES AND HANDOUTS TO HELP YOU GUYS BETTER PREPARE FOR YOURSELF AND
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YOUR FAMILIES.SO PLEASE LOOK OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA THIS WEEK.
WE WILL BE POSTING TIPS EVERY DAY THIS WEEK TO HELP YOU GUYS ALSO PREPARE FOR THIS UPCOMING HURRICANE SEASON.
DO Y'ALL WANNA SHARE ANYTHING? ALRIGHT.
WELL, WE REALLY APPRECIATE HERE IN MISSOURI, CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, MS. TAMIKA JEWEL AS OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER COORDINATOR.
LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
SHE DOES, SHE DOES AN AMAZING JOB ALONG WITH EVERYONE THAT'S A PART OF OUR TEAM.
UH, BUT LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS HURRICANE SEASON OFFICIALLY BEGINS JUNE 1ST AND ENDS NOVEMBER THE 30TH.
AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAVE DESIGNATED THE WEEK OF MAY THE FIFTH THROUGH MAY THE 11TH, 2024 AS HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK IN TEXAS.
AND WHEREAS THE THREAT OF LIFE AND THE YEAR BY YEAR INCREASING PROPERTY DAMAGE FROM THE DESTRUCTIVE FORCES OF HURRICANE AND CLO COASTAL FLOODING CAN BE REDUCED DRAMATICALLY BY CAREFUL PLANNING AND TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND EVACUATION PLANS.
AND WHEREAS THE BEST DEFENSE IS PREPAREDNESS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THE HIGH WINDS, STORM SURGE FLOODING AND TORNADOES THAT COULD OCCUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH A HURRICANE, A TROPICAL STORM.
NOW THEREFORE, I JEFFREY EL BONO ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROBIN J ALLCAT AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, DO HEAR BIBLE CLAIM MAY 5TH THROUGH MAY THE 11TH, 2024 AS HURRICANE PREPARED THIS WEEK IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES AND TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ANY WARNING INSTRUCTIONS.
[(b) Proclamation - Municipal Clerks Week]
B, OUR PROCLAMATION FOR MUNICIPAL CLERK WEEK, AND WE HAVE, IT'LL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA RILEY.WELL, I HAVE THE HONOR AND PLEASURE OF PRESENTING THIS TO OUR CITY SECRETARY AND HER TEAM.
IF YOU GUYS ARE HERE, COME ON UP.
OUR CITY SECRETARY HAS BEEN WITH US A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND SHE HAS TRULY BUILT A DYNAMIC TEAM, UM, IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
I'M GONNA LET HER SAY A FEW WORDS AND INTRODUCE HER TEAM AND THEN I'LL READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
SO I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND IT IS BEEN A GREAT JOURNEY FOR ME TO BE HERE AND SERVING THE GREAT CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY.
THIS IS DARRELL HORACE DARRELL IS THE DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY, AND HE IS BORN AND RAISED, MISSOURI CITY EAGLE.
DON LEE IS OUR, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR.
AND DAWN HAS JUST BEEN WITH US, UH, BARELY A MONTH.
UM, THEN WE HAVE TERRY VINCENT TERRY IS OUR RECORDS ANALYST.
UM, AND SHE HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A LITTLE OVER, UH, TWO AND A HALF YEARS JUST BEFORE I GOT HERE.
AND SHE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB IN OUR CITY.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, MS. TINA, MS. TINA BROCK, TINA IS OUR OFFICE MANAGER, AND TINA HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.
SHE KEEPS US ALL IN ORDER AND KEEPS US GOING.
I DO WANNA, UM, JUST LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT MAY IS NATIONAL, UH, PRESERVATION MONTH, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CHECK OUT OUR VIDEO THAT OUR GREAT COMMUNICATIONS TEAM JUST POSTED TODAY, ENCOURAGING YOU ALL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS OR PHOTOGRAPHS OR IMAGES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT TO THE CITY, SUBMIT THEM TO US.
UM, AND YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO BE A PART OF MISSOURI CITY HISTORY.
I'M HAPPY Y'ALL COME OVER HERE.
I'M GONNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK IS THE OLDEST, NOT THE DINOSAURS, BUT THE OLDEST AMONGST PUBLIC SERVANTS.
AND WHEREAS THE MUNICIPAL CLERKS PROVIDE A MULTITUDE OF SERVICES TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, READING, RECORDING, AND PRESERVING RECORDS, PROVIDING INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS, AND CODIFYING LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE GOVERNING BODY.
AND WHEREAS THE MUNICIPAL CLERKS CONTINUE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THEIR LOCAL, STATE, COUNTY, AND INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WHEREAS IT IS MOST APPROPRIATE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK.
NOW, THEREFORE, I COUNCILWOMAN MONICA RILEY ON BEHALF OF OUR MAYOR, ROBIN J ECAT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY DO HEAR ABOUT PROCLAIM MAY 5TH THROUGH MAY 11TH, 2024 AS MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
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IF I COULD JUST SAY ONE, ONE OTHER THING.THESE WONDERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH HAS BEEN ONLY WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO I THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF, OF OUR TEAM AND ALL OF OUR EFFORTS.
THANKS FOR PUTTING ABSOLUTELY.
[(c) Proclamation - National Police Week]
C ARE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.IT'LL BE PRESENTED BY MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GIVE OUR OFFICERS' AROUND APPLAUSE.
AND THIS IS JUST A FRACTION COME ON OVER HERE.
UH, ELIAS, THIS IS JUST A FRACTION OF OUR DYNAMIC POLICE FORCE HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, AND WE ARE JOINED BY OUR POLICE CHIEF, UH, BRANDON HARRIS.
UH, DID YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY? WELL, YEAH.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS, WHILE WE'RE RECOGNIZING THIS AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, I THINK REALLY IT SHOULD BE NATIONAL POLICE YEAR.
THESE FOLKS HAVE GIVEN US EVERYTHING THEY HAVE FOR THE FULL YEAR.
AND WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THIS WEEK, I THINK WE ALL SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE, THE EFFORT, UH, IN KEEPING US SAFE.
SO LET'S, UH, START A NEW TREND AND WE'LL CALL IT NATIONAL POLICE YEAR.
SO THIS PROCLAMATION IS PRESENTED TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS, AND I DO WANNA TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE IN RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS THE VERY FIRST POLICE AGENCY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO BECOME A CERTIFIED AUTISM AGENCY.
SO LET'S GIVE THAT UP TO THEM.
SO DURING NATIONAL POLICE POLICE WEEK, THIS PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS POLICE OFFICERS OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT STAND WATCHED OVER OUR CITIZENS SELFLESSLY RISKING THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND PROPERTY AGAINST CRIME.
AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL CITIZENS RECOGNIZE THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, HAZARDS, AND SACRIFICES OF OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
AND WHEREAS MAY 12TH, THROUGH MAY 18TH, 2024 IS OBSERVED AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN HONOR OF THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO THROUGH THEIR COURAGEOUS DEEDS, HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITY, OR HAVE BECOME DISABLED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY.
AND WHERE IS THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT PASSED AND PRESENT? WHO BY THEIR FAITHFUL AND LOYAL DEDICATION TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE RENDERED DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY? NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR PRO TEM LYNN KLAUSER ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROBIN J ALCAT, AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 12TH THROUGH MAY 18TH AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND PUBLICLY SALUTE THE SERVICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR UH, COM IN OUR COMMUNITY ACROSS THE NATION.
I ALMOST GOT THROUGH IT WITHOUT STUMBLING, SO THANK YOU.
OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT RIGHT, GUYS IN 3, 1, 2, 3.
[(d) Proclamation - National Public Service Week]
D IS ALSO ANOTHER PROCLAMATION.IT IS FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK, AND THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SONYA BROWN.
HOW'S EVERYONE DOING? I SEE A LOT OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS ARE HERE.
SO IN HONOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK, HERE THEY COME.
AND THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, RECOGNITION IS TO HONOR PEOPLE WHO SERVE OUR, UM, NATIONAL, FEDERAL, STATE,
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COUNTY, AND LOCAL, INCLUDING TRIBAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.THAT'S A LOT OF EMPLOYEES THAT SERVICE ALL OF US HERE.
UM, THE WHITE HOUSE THIS WEEK, UM, PROVIDED THEIR PROCLAMATION.
AND ON TONIGHT I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE OUR PROCLAMATION TO OUR OVER 430 PLUS CITY OF MISSOURI CITY EMPLOYEES.
SO IF YOU ARE A CITY OF MISSOURI CITY EMPLOYEE, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND WHERE YOU ARE? WOO.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. JONES, FOR JOINING US HERE ON TONIGHT.
SO I'M GONNA READ THIS OVER TO YOU GUYS.
WHEREAS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK HAS BEEN CELEBRATED THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY SINCE 1985 TO HONOR THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS COMMITTED TO EXHIBITING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE, CREATIVITY, SKILL, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.
AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC SERVANTS AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, AND IN VARIOUS SECTORS OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND WHEREAS BY RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK, WE AFFIRM OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING AND EMPOWERING OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS TO CONTINUE THEIR VITAL WORK OF MAKING OUR CITY, STATE AND NATION STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT AND MORE INCLUSIVE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I SONYA BROWN MARSHALL, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROBIN J ALLCAT, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAYOR MAY FIVE, THROUGH MAY 11TH, 2024 AS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK, AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN HONORING AND THANKING OUR DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS FOR THEIR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
OH, AND THEN ANGEL, YOU COME HERE.
[(e) Presentation - Key to the City to Ainias Smith.]
FOUR E OUR PRESENTATION KEY TO THE CITY FOR ANAIS SMITH WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY MELOS AND MYSELF, WHILE WE WAIT FOR ANAYA TO JOIN US FOR THOSE COWBOY, FOR THOSE COWBOY FANS IN THE AUDIENCE.'CAUSE IT'S SO PACKED UP HERE.
OH, I, I HEARD SOME, I HEARD A COWBOY FAN.
UH, MAURICE SMITH IS THE FATHER OF ANAI SMITH AND HE'S ACTUALLY A COWBOY FAN.
SO HOUSE DIVIDED GOES TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL.
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SO FIRST I'LL HAVE AN NICE COME UP AND THEN I'LL HAVE HIS PARENTS JOIN US IN A LITTLE BIT.WHAT'S GOING ON? THANK YOU ANANIAS.
UH, SO TONIGHT IS A BIGGER NIGHT THAN THE NFL DRAFT
UM, YOU WILL BE RECEIVING THE KEY TO THE CITY TO THE SHOW ME CITY TO YOUR CITY, RIGHT.
AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY'S BEEN HERE FOR LIKE 13 YEARS AND THE POOR GUY DOESN'T HAVE A KEY TO THE BUILDING, LET ALONE THE THE CITY
UM, BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, IT'S A BIG NIGHT FOR YOU, FOR YOUR FAMILY, FOR THE CITY, UH, FOR ME, THE MAYOR AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
UH, I PERSONALLY KNOW HOW PROUD YOU ARE TO LIVE IN THIS CITY.
WHEN YOU WERE IN COLLEGE STATION PLAYING FOOTBALL, YOU MADE SURE YOUR NAME WAS ANAYA SMITH, MISSOURI CITY ON THE BIG BOARD.
AND THAT'S HOW PROUD HE IS OF BEING HERE.
RESIDENTS, UH, ANAYA SMITH ON THE FIELD HAS BROKEN MANY, MANY RECORDS.
HE'S THE ONLY SEC PLAYER TO EVER HIT 2000 YARDS, RECEIVING 250 YARDS RUSHING, 250 YARDS IN KICK RETURNS.
HIS RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND THAT IS WHY HE'S KNOWN AS SUB-ZERO ON AND OFF THE FIELD, RIGHT?
HE'S BEEN SUPER ACTIVE IN HIS COMMUNITY.
HE LOVES GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
DOUBLE DAVES HERE IN MISSOURI CITY ACTUALLY, UH, PROVIDED HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE HIS OWN SUB-ZERO PIZZA.
HE WAS OUR GRAND MARSHALL IN OUR SNOW FEST PARADE.
THREW OUT A LOT OF FOOTBALLS TO THE KIDS AND GOT A LOT OF RECOGNITION.
UM, HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE OUR SPECIAL GUESTS AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE LINING.
UH, WHAT A GREAT EVENT THAT WAS IN THE SUMMERTIME.
HIS FATHER HIMSELF, HIS BROTHER, THEY HOLD A CAMP AT A GREAT CHURCH HERE IN MISSOURI CITY CALLED THE FREEDOM CENTER.
AND THEY TEACH KIDS PHYSICAL CONDITIONING AND SPIRITUAL CONDITIONING, WHICH I REALLY TRULY APPRECIATE.
JUST LAST WEEK, HE AND HIS BROTHER WENT TO DULLES TO GO BACK AND SEE WHERE THEY STARTED TO VISIT THE COACHES, TO VISIT THE KIDS, TO VISIT EVERYONE THERE.
AND I SEE SOME VIKING FANS BACK THERE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH ANANIAS, FOR BEING INVOLVED IN YOUR CITY, COMING BACK TO YOUR CITY AND SHOWING HOW HARD WORK PAYS OFF.
AT THIS POINT, I WANT TO INVITE THE PARENTS, MS. SAMARA, MR. SMITH, AND LITTLE MO.
BROTHER ANAYA SMITH COMES FROM A GREAT FAMILY AND I KIND OF PUT IT IN A FEW WORDS, FAITH, FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FOOTBALL.
THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS STAND FOR.
AND SO THEIR PARENTS ARE AMAZING PARENTS.
NOT ONLY HAVE THEY DONE A GREAT JOB RAISING THEIR KIDS, BUT THEY ALSO TAKE IN KIDS.
THEY ALSO TEACH KIDS AT THEIR CAMP ABOUT LIFE, ABOUT SPIRIT, SOUL, HEART, HARDWORKING, AND THE MAN UP ABOVE.
SO LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE PARENTS.
PLEASE, AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO ASK THE MAYOR TO COME AND, UH, BE A PART OF THIS ANAIS.
GO OUT THERE, KEEP YOUR FAITH.
YOU KNOW, IT GETS COLD IN PHILADELPHIA, BUT I WOULD SAY YOU PROBABLY SHOULD CALL THEIR MAYOR AND TELL 'EM IT'S ABOUT TO GET REALLY CHILLY IN PHILLY
ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A QUICK VIDEO.
SO IF THOSE OF YOU IN THE BACK CAN LOOK AT THAT SCREEN, AND IF YOU'RE UP HERE, LOOK UP HERE.
THAT'S WHY I DIM THE LIGHT A LITTLE BIT.
READY? YOU GUYS CAN TURN AROUND AND WATCH THIS TOO.
YOU HAVE IT ON THE SIDE SCREEN AS WELL.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, MAN? YOU READY TO GET PICKED, MAN? YEAH.
WE'RE EXCITED TO GET YOU HERE, MAN.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU WITH THIS PICK.
GET READY TO COME BACK TO PHILLY, MAN.
WE'LL WALK AROUND THAT FIELD A COUPLE MORE TIMES.
HOW ABOUT THAT BROTHER? COME ON.
I'LL PUT YOU ON THE PUBLIC COACH.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING A CHANCE TO COACH YOU.
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GOOD MAN.YOU, YOU, YOU, UH, YOU WAITED LONG ENOUGH RIGHT THERE.
SHOOT YOU, YOU'RE A HELL OF A PLAYER.
SECONDS WITH THE 150 SECOND PICK IN THE 2024 NFL DRAFT, THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLE SELECT AND NAYA SMITH WIDE RECEIVER FROM TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY ANS COMING SIDE.
ANAYA SMITH NEEDS TO MAKE BACK.
AIN'T NOBODY GONNA CATCH SMITH ONE RACING THE OTHER SIDE.
TRUCKING DEFENDERS INSIDE THE 42ND AND 11.
THEY DO THROW DEEP BALL TO IT.
COME SMITH INSIDE THE FIVE YARD LINE.
SO BEFORE WE START, I WOULD WANNA ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO COME DOWN PLEASE AND TAKE THOSE JACKETS OFF.
'CAUSE WE WANT TO SHOW SOME BIRDS.
COME ON, LET'S TAKE THOSE JACKETS OFF.
SO AS ABOUT, PROBABLY IN, UH, LAST YEAR, COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES HAD MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE A GREAT KID THAT'S IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL HERE, AND THEY STILL LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY AND WANTED TO, TO SEE THAT IF WE WOULD THINK OF HIM TO BE THE GRAND MARSHAL OF OUR SNOW FEST PARADE.
AND UP UNTIL THAT TIME, I HAVEN'T MET ANAIS, BUT ANTHONY SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S A GREAT FAMILY.
AND AS MORE TIME AND TIME I STARTED LOOKING INTO AND WATCHING THE CLIPS AND SEEING WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR THE, FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR ALL THE AGGIES.
UM, AND I AM JUST SO PROUD THAT HE DECIDED TO COME OUT HERE.
NOT ONLY THAT HE HAD A SURGERY DONE ON YOUR HAND, AND HE WAS SO NICE ENOUGH TO STILL JOIN US.
AND WITH HIS LEFT HAND PASS OUT ALL THE, UH, ALL THE FOOTBALLS OUT TO OUR KIDS.
WE DO THIS IN MISSOURI CITY BECAUSE MISSOURI CITY HAS A LOT OF TALENT THAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, WE HAVEN'T RECOGNIZED SOME OF THOSE IN THE PAST, AND LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
I JUST GOT HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND I ARE MADE A POINT PAC LAST WEEK THAT MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE EVERY SPORTS STARS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY BECAUSE THEY DO MATTER TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND I, IT'S ON APRIL 15TH THAT THE 152 PICK THAT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES DECIDED TO GET HIM ON HIS ROSTER.
AND I TOLD HIM 199 PICK IN 2000 WAS TOM BRADY.
AND HE'S GOT SEVEN SUPER BOWLS AND HE'S A GOAT, RIGHT? SO ANAI SMITH, AND WE KNOW HOW FAST YOU SAW ONE OF THOSE VIDEOS THAT NOBODY CAN CATCH 'EM, RIGHT? AND I DON'T EVER, UM, DOUBT THAT I HAD, I'VE NEVER TALKED ABOUT MY FAMILY ON CITY COUNCIL, BUT THAT SO MANY KIDS FROM MISSOURI CITY, SO MANY SCHOOLS, STEPHANIE BROWN, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THERE'S SO MANY THAT WENT OUT TO DIFFERENT PRACTICES AND MEETS.
AND I TOLD MY DAUGHTER THAT SHE RUNS ON TRACK.
AND I SAID, I'M GOING TO BE GIVING OUT THE KEY TO THE CITY IF YOU CAN COME OUT TODAY.
AND SHE DOES HAVE THERAPY BECAUSE SHE HAD AN INJURY, BUT SHE TOLD ME TO LET AN EYES KNOW THAT SHE'S AT 15.2 SECONDS, A HUNDRED METERS, AND SHE'LL RAISE HIM
AND THAT'S THROUGH HURDLES, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A LOT, A LOT OF TALENT HERE.
AND WITH THIS KEY, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THIS KEY TO SIGNIFIES, UM, ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS, ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, OUR STAFF WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU, WE'RE SO PROUD OF WHAT, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
AND THE NIGHT THAT HE GOT DRAFTED, I MADE A CALL TO HIM AND LET HIM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVEN'T YET GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO
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DO.SO WE HAVE ANOTHER, ALSO, ANOTHER PLAYER AS WAS THE 52 PICK, WHICH IS DENAI, UH, MITCHELL, THAT'S ALSO WILL BE COMING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO BE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED.
SO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT GONE TO INDIANAPOLIS COLS AND TO THE EAGLES.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS DONE, WHAT OUR, OUR WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH ONE THOUGHT.
CITY COUNCIL IS NOT THE SUPERHEROES TO PEOPLE.
IT'S, THIS IS WHO THE KIDS IN THE AUDIENCE LOOK UP TO.
THEY HAVE NOW YOU HAVE BECOME THE SUPERHERO.
ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS WHEN YOU HAVE DONE THE WORK, WHEN YOU HAVE MADE IT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL, PLEASE DO COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT RAISED YOU UP.
SOME OF US ON COUNCIL MAY NOT BE HERE, BUT THERE WILL BE PEOPLE HERE THAT WILL KNOW YOUR STORY AND PUT A MARK IN IT WITH THIS KEY THAT'S A RESEMBLANCE OF YOU ARE ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS WELCOME IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND WHEREVER THAT LANDS, WHEN YOU SIT DOWN, WHEN THE CAREER IS OVER AND YOU LOOK UP ALL THE MEDIA, ALL THE PUBLICITY WILL BE GONE.
BUT MISSOURI CITY WILL BE RIGHT HERE FOR YOU.
SO WE HAVE A KEY THAT HAS MISSOURI CITY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT OPENS
AND I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT JUST ONLY FROM ME, THIS IS FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS FROM OUR STAFF.
THIS IS ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS BECAUSE YOU MADE IT.
OTHERS COULD LOOK AT YOU AS AN EXAMPLE AND HOPING THAT IF ANYONE ELSE IS WORKING TOWARDS HARD ON THIS, WE WILL BE HAVE A KEY READY FOR YOU.
SO WITH THAT, CONGRATULATIONS, MY BROTHER.
OH, IS THIS ON, THIS ON? OH, Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME? MM-HMM,
SO, HONESTLY, I'M A LITTLE LOSS OF WORDS.
BUT ONE THING THAT I CAN SAY, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT, UH, CAME OUT HERE.
I HONESTLY JUST WANT TO THANK GOD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT HE'S GIVEN ME TO DO THE THINGS THAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND ALSO JUST TO BE ABLE TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY, BEING ABLE TO JUST BE A BLESSING, BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER PEOPLE.
UM, MY POPS HAS ALWAYS TOLD, TAUGHT ME TO BE A LEADER, YOU KNOW, AND UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOUR PURPOSE IS.
AND I FEEL LIKE I'M STARTING TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND I'M JUST TRULY HONORED AND BLESSED TO BE IN THIS SITUATION, TO BE UP HERE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.
I WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE COUNCIL, THE WHOLE MISSOURI CITY, UM, EVERYBODY THAT IS WORKING FOR THE CITY, WHETHER THAT'S THE POLICE OFFICERS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THE CITY.
MAN, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEST CITY TO LIVE IN, ESPECIALLY IN HOUSTON AND ANYWHERE.
YOU KNOW, SO, MAN, I, I JUST, I'M JUST THANKFUL, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST BLESSED.
I'M HONESTLY A LOSS OF WORDS AND I KNOW I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY THE C WORD, BUT I, I'M NOT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY, MAN.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FOR SHOWING UP.
UM, EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A GOOD LITTLE MINUTE, IT DON'T EVEN MATTER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WE, WE DONE MADE IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
SO, NAH, I THANK Y'ALL IN GOMO CITY FOR SURE.
EAGLES FLY, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M AT A LOSS OF WORST AS WELL, BUT I DO WANNA THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE.
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AND FRIENDS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED OVER THE YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE HERE, THAT KNEW US BEFORE HE WAS BORN, AND THEY KNEW THE SACRIFICES THAT HAD BEEN MADE FOR MY CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.AND, AND IT'S NOT UNLIKE ANY SACRIFICE THAT ANY OTHER PARENT MAKES.
AND I DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH WE'RE SPECIAL IN THAT REGARD.
BUT I DO KNOW, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE WORK THAT WE DO IS KINGDOM BUILDING WORK.
I DO BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE DO IS POURING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND INTO THE CHILDREN.
YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY PAY IT FORWARD.
AND THIS TIME I BELIEVE GOD JUST KIND OF PAID US BACK, YOU KNOW? SO I DO WANNA SAY TO EVERYBODY, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T DO THINGS TO BE PLATFORMED, UM, IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
WE DO THAT WORK SILENTLY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HOPING THAT GOD IS PLEASED AT THE END OF THE DAY.
BUT OUR FAMILY IS TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THIS MOMENT.
THANK YOU FOR HONORING MY SONS BOTH BECAUSE THIS ONE WAS THE FIRST TO BREAK OPEN THE DOORS AND PLAY IN THE NFL AND MADE SO MANY SACRIFICES.
BUT TO BE ABLE TO SAY TOO IS UNHEARD OF.
THANK YOU FOR THIS MOMENT TO EVERYBODY.
ALRIGHT, REAL QUICKLY, UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, UH, GIFT FOR, UH, MR. NIAS AND WE APPRECIATE HIM AND HIS FAMILY FOR ALL THAT THEY DO FOR THE CITY.
UH, WE HAVE A SIGNED FOOTBALL FOR, UH, ANAYA THAT'S ABOUT TO BE THROWN BY COUNCIL MEMBER
IT'S SIGNED BY ALL OF OUR APPOINTED OFFICIALS AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE MAYOR.
AND I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW, IF I WAS ABOUT 30 YEARS YOUNGER AND, AND MAYOR ALLCAT AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, ABOUT TWO FEET TALLER, WE WOULD'VE BEEN THE HUNDRED 53RD, HUNDRED 54 AND HUNDRED 55TH PICK, RESPECTIVELY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND GOOD LUCK TO YOUR SEASON, AND I WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST.
AND, UH, WE'RE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU.
WE'RE ALL PRAYING FOR YOU FOR TO HAVE A HEALTHY SEASON.
AND ANYTIME YOU COME BACK TO MISSOURI CITY, YOU KNOW THIS, THAT EVEN IF NONE OF US ARE HERE, THAT KEITH STILL OPENS SOME DOOR.
SO, UM, JUST FOR THE TIME BEING, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS AS I KNOW THAT, UM, FAMILY, FRIENDS WHO ARE HERE WANT TO COME UP HERE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIM.
SO WE WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE'LL GO BACK TO, CAN WE JUST CLO PULL THAT CAN, OKAY.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
GO AHEAD AND, UH, START WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.CITY SECRETARY, GO AHEAD WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'LL CALL THE NEXT, UM, THREE.
MEGAN HAYES, RODRIGO CAMEROON, NICHOLAS SER.
MS. HAYES, PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MY ADDRESS IS 33 10 LACOSTA ROAD IN MISSOURI CITY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM HERE AS A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO ASK FOR HELP WITH A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT MY SON AND I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH SINCE HE STARTED FIFTH GRADE AT QUAIL VALLEY ELEMENTARY IN AUGUST OF 2023.
WE LIVE ROUGHLY HALF A MILE FROM THE SCHOOL, SO DECIDED TO WALK TO SCHOOL EACH DAY, TO SPEND TIME TALKING, CONNECTING, AND TO BE ACTIVE.
WE DID NOT KNOW IT WOULD BE SUCH A RISKY DECISION.
ROUGHLY ONCE A WEEK, WHILE WE ARE IN THE CROSSWALK WITH A WALK SIGNAL, WE ARE ALMOST HIT BY A CAR TURNING LEFT OFF OF QUAIL VILLAGE, DRIVE ONTO CARTRIGHT ROAD ONCE IT WAS EVEN A MARKED SCHOOL DISTRICT VEHICLE.
IF THE PEOPLE TURNING LEFT IN THEIR VEHICLES TOWARD THE CROSSWALK, FOLLOW THE LAW AND STOP FOR US, IT IS COMMON FOR THE
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PEOPLE BEHIND THEM TO HONK AND YELL AT THEM TO GO.THERE WAS EVEN A MAN IN A LARGE WHITE TRUCK WHO ROLLED HIS WINDOW DOWN TO YELL AT US THAT WE SHOULD GET OUT OF THE ROAD BECAUSE HE HAD A GREEN LIGHT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
WE HAVE BEEN FLIPPED OFF, HONKED AT, YELLED AT, AND ALMOST HIT SO MANY TIMES WE HAVE LOST COUNT.
KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ALWAYS PUSH THE PEDESTRIAN BUTTON AND WAIT FOR THE WALK SIGNAL BEFORE WE STEP OUT INTO THE CROSSWALK ON CARTWRIGHT ROAD.
I HAVE TALKED TO PUBLIC WORKS, MISSOURI CITY POLICE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT THIS CONSISTENTLY SINCE AUGUST.
AND THE SITUATION REMAINS SCARY AND DANGEROUS.
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN MY SON AND I HAVE DISCUSSED JUST HAVING HIM RIDE THE BUS BECAUSE OF OUR TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE, BUT WE LOVE OUR TIME WALKING AND TALKING TOGETHER, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE.
WE BOTH JUST WISH THAT BEING ACTIVE DIDN'T ALSO MEAN PUTTING OUR LIVES ON THE LINE.
I HAVE HAD TO CONTINUALLY REMIND HIM THAT WHEN SOMEONE GETS IN A VEHICLE, IT DOES NOT SUDDENLY MAKE THEM MORE IMPORTANT THAN US JUST BECAUSE WE ARE WALKING.
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SOMEONE THAT LOVES TO WALK.
I HAVE LIVED IN SIX DIFFERENT STATES AND HAVE NEVER BEFORE EXPERIENCED A PLACE WHERE VEHICLES ARE GIVEN A GREEN LIGHT TO CROSS A CROSSWALK.
AT THE SAME TIME, A WALK SIGNAL IS ACTIVE, ESPECIALLY DURING SCHOOL START TIMES, AND SO CLOSE TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I WAS ACTUALLY SHOCKED THE FIRST TIME WE VENTURED OVER CARTWRIGHT ON THE WAY TO QUAIL VALLEY ELEMENTARY AND HAD TO NAVIGATE ONCOMING VEHICLES.
AND THEREIN LIES YOUR SIMPLE FIX, PROGRAMMED THE LIGHT AT CARTRIGHT AND QUAIL VILLAGE DRIVE TO TURN GREEN FOR VEHICLES ON QUAIL VILLAGE DRIVE.
AFTER THE WALK SIGNAL TO CROSS CARTRIGHT IS OVER.
THE CARS WAITING TO TURN LEFT WOULD HAVE TO WAIT A MERE 15 SECONDS MORE, 15 SECONDS THAT COULD SAVE LIVES, THAT COULD SAVE MY LIFE AND THE LIFE OF MY 11-YEAR-OLD SON.
THIS LAST WEEK WHEN WE STEPPED INTO THE CROSSWALK A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE MORNING THAN NORMAL, THERE WAS NO ONE WAITING AT THE LIGHT TO TURN LEFT TOWARD US.
HOWEVER, A FEW SECONDS INTO OUR CROSSING, A MOTHER WHO HAD JUST DROPPED OFF HER OWN CHILD CAME CAREENING AROUND THE CORNER, NOT EVEN LOOKING TO SEE IF ANYONE WAS IN THE CROSSWALK.
SHE SLAMMED ON HER BRAKES, HER TIRES LOUDLY, SCREECHED ON THE PAVEMENT, AND SHE SWERVED AND BARELY MISSED US.
I SAW THE PURE PANIC IN HER EYES BECAUSE SHE SAW A GREEN LIGHT AS SHE APPROACHED THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
SHE DID NOT EVEN THINK SOMEONE WOULD BE IN THE CROSSWALK ONE INCH FURTHER.
AND I MIGHT NOT BE HERE RIGHT NOW, ONE INCH FURTHER, AND I COULD BE IN A HOSPITAL OR BEARING MY SON.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS, MA'AM.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE, CAN WE MAKE SURE TO LOOK INTO THIS, UH, THE TRAFFIC WITH GIS AND AND WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO? YES, SIR.
RODRIGO, CAM CAMERA ON NICHOLAS HERE.
MY NAME, UH, ROD CARRYON, UH, 11 11 22
AND I COME TO SPEAK REALLY CONCERNING ITEM 70, WHICH, UH, THE, THE CITY WANTS TO EXPAND THE WASTEWATER.
UH, BUT WHAT, UH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OUR FEDERAL WATERS, MUSTANG BAYOU, WHICH COMES TO MY COMMUNITY FRESNO, UH, IS BEEN THE, THE CLEANEST BAYOU IN THE WHOLE COUNTY COMPARED TO OTHERS.
OTHER BA ARE THE DIRTIEST CLEAR CREEK BY OYSTER CREEK AND, AND BRASS RIVER.
AND WHY, BECAUSE OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT, PLANT MISSOURI CITY AND OTHER CITIES NEED TO TAKE ILLEGAL ACTION TO PROTECT OUR, INSPECT OUR FEDERAL WATERS.
AND LIKE MY 23, UH, THEY, THEY CREATED THEIR OWN DRAINAGE, SO THEIR WASTEWATER SYSTEM'S NOT GOING TO FEDERAL WATERS.
IT SUSTAINED THERE AND INTO DRAINS OUT, UH, DRIES OUT, UH, NICE AND CLEANLY AND ALSO CONCERNED, UM, ABOUT, UM, UH, UM, MORE, MORE DEVELOPING NEEDS TO OUR CITIES NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN, DEVELOPING INTO, INTO A STATE.
UH, FUNDS CORRECTLY ARE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE IN DEBIT PROBLEM.
WHY? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING FUNDED CORRECTLY BY THE STATE.
AND WHY? BECAUSE WE'RE OVER, UH, DEVELOPING SOME, SENDING MORE, MORE KIDS AND STUDENTS TO OUR SCHOOLS, MORE KIDS, STUDENTS.
THAT'S COST MORE, MORE, MORE TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO DEVELOPING IS ANOTHER BIG ISSUE.
OH, THE NEW NEW STREET, MISSOURI CITY IS, UH, CONSTRUCTING, UH, A NEW EXIT, UH, 5 21, WHICH IS, UH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF, UM, UH, SIENNA POINT.
IT'S COMING INTO, UH, 5 21, WHICH IS A TWO LANE ROAD.
WE, AND THE CITY NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN, MAKE SURE OUR FM 5 21 IS EXPANDED FULLY INTO FIVE LANE ROAD TO HANDLE TRAFFIC.
BUT RIGHT NOW, MORE TRAFFIC, MORE TRAFFIC IN OUR TWO LANE ROAD IS AFFECTING OUR COLA.
AND MY, MY RESIDENCE OF FRESNO, WHICH WE'RE ON A TWO LANE ROAD, IS HIGH TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW, BUMPER TO BUMPER AND DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS, MY RESIDENTS AND OTHER RESIDENTS.
BECAUSE WHAT MORE DEVELOPING AND WHAT MORE BIG TRAFFIC, UH, TRUCKS AND ALL THAT GOING SLOWLY AND AFFECTING MY NEW COMMUNITIES OVER THERE.
LIKE, UH, ENA LAKES AND OTHERS, MUCH 20, UH, 1 41.
UH, SO WENT TO SLOW DOWN INTO THESE ROADS ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND DONE BY OUR COUNTY AND THE STATE.
SO WE NEED TO PUSH 'EM AND MUST BAYOU ESPECIALLY NEED TO, UH, PUSH AND WORK WITH ALVIN.
IT IS ONLY LIKE FOUR, UH, FOUR FEET DEEP.
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GO ACROSS HIGHWAY SIX MUST BAYOU GOES ACROSS SIX AND ALVIN, IT'S ONLY LIKE FOUR OR FIVE FEET DEEP.SO WHAT NEEDS WORK, WORK TO BE DONE TO HANDLE MORE FLOODS, RAIN, FLOODS FROM, UH, THAT AFFECT, UH, MASSUR CITY, FRESNO, AND OTHER AREAS GOING SOUTH.
THAT'S WHERE THE ALL THE WATER GOES THROUGH.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK INTO IT AND GO VISIT TO SEE WHAT I MEAN, AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT, WHAT IT TAKES THAT WE TO IMPROVE OUR, OUR VALUES ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
AND, AND, AND THEY'LL PUT MORE, UH, RESIDENTS IN DANGER AREAS LIKE, UH, RIGHT THERE, UH, UH, 22, 34, UM, THE, UH, OIL WHALES, OH, HAS HE DEVELOPING AND ALL THAT.
UH, NEW DIRT, BUT WHAT YOU CAN STILL SMELL ALL THE OIL, UH, GAS AND OIL HANGING, HANGING AROUND WHILE THEY'RE TRYING COVER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I'M A REGISTERED VOTER IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING MYSELF.
I FILED A COPY OF THIS SPEECH, INCLUDING MY HANDOUTS WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE TONIGHT.
CITY COUNCIL HELD A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON APRIL 15TH, 2024.
UNDER ITEM FIVE A ON THE AGENDA, THE CITY DESCRIBED FIVE A AS DELIBERATIONS CONCERNING THE EVALUATION AND DUTIES OF AND COMPLAINTS AGAINST A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.
RECEIVE AN ETHICS COMMISSIONS DETERMINATION SLASH RECOMMENDATION REPORT CONCERNING ETHICS COMPLAINT NUMBER 24 DASH ZERO ONE.
THE CITY ALSO RECORDED THAT MEETING AND IS PUBLICLY POSTED ONLINE.
RESPECTFULLY, I HAVE INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH CITY COUNCIL ON THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.
I ENCOURAGE PUBLIC DEBATE WHETHER AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION IS WARRANTED AND WHETHER THIS IS WHAT CORRUPTION LOOKS LIKE.
I DON'T USE THAT WORD LIGHTLY, AND I BELIEVE THAT ONE OR MORE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY'S ATTORNEY OFFICE'S OFFICE SHOULD RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM SUCH DEBATE.
WHILE I DO NOT HAVE A COPY OF ETHICS COMPLAINT NUMBER 24 DASH ZERO ONE ON HAND, I'M AWARE THAT IT INVOLVES THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ON JANUARY 2ND, 2024.
AGAIN, THE CITY RECORDED A VIDEO OF THAT MEETING AND IT'S PUBLICLY POSTED ONLINE AT MINUTE MARKER THREE DASH 3.08 IS WHEN THE ALLEGED INCIDENT OCCURRED.
FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, THE ETHICS COMMISSION OF THE CITY CONSISTS OF SEVEN COMMISSIONERS.
THE COMMISSIONERS RECEIVED THAT COMPLAINT AT THE PUBLIC MEETING, AT A MEETING THAT WAS PUBLIC ON THURSDAY, MARCH 7TH, 2024 AT 6:30 PM RIGHT HERE IN CITY HALL.
THE COMMISSIONERS FOR FORMALLY VOTED AND APPROVED A DETERMINATION HEARING TO BE HELD TWO WEEKS LATER, SPECIFICALLY ON THURSDAY, MARCH 28TH, 2024.
AS A RESULT OF THAT DETERMINATION DATE BEING SET, IT SET IN MOTION FOR THE PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT TO PUBLICLY PRESENT THEIR EVIDENCE HERE IN CITY HALL.
ON MARCH 28TH, WHICH WAS TWO WEEKS LATER, SEVERAL CRITICAL FACTS EMERGED.
TWO DAYS LATER ON MARCH 28TH, THE CITY HELD A CITYWIDE HOA MEETING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE CITY ON MARCH 26TH.
AND AT THAT MEETING, IT WAS DISCLOSED ON THE THIRD LAST SLIDE.
THERE WERE FIVE ETHICS COMMISSIONERS WHO EXITED THEIR ROLE BETWEEN MARCH 7TH AND MARCH 26TH.
I REALIZE THAT THE ETHICS COMMISSION IS SET UP WHERE THERE COULD BE FOUR ALTERNATIVE COMMISSIONER MEMBERS, BUT THOSE PO POSITIONS WERE NEVER FILLED BY CITY COUNCIL.
DOES THAT MEAN ETHICS COMMISSION NEVER MADE ON MARCH 28TH BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE A QUORUM TO HEAR THE PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT'S EVIDENCE? DID THOSE FIVE ETHICS COMMISSIONERS OPT TO RESIGN TO STAY IN THE DEFENDANT'S GOOD GRACES AND NEVER MAKE A DETERMINATION RULING FOR OR AGAINST THE PLAINTIFF? WHAT DETERMINATION RECOMMENDATION REPORT DID CITY COUNCIL REVIEW IN A CLOSED SESSION ON APRIL 15TH IF THE ETHICS COMMISSION NEVER VOTED ON IT? I REALIZE THAT LATER ON, THERE WAS ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO RESIGNED AND SHE APPLIED TO THE PARKS FOUNDATION AT A CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING ON APRIL 15TH, 2024.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS, SORRY, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ZA CUMBERLAND, BOB, DAVID DEMII A GOOD EVENING.
CUMBERLAND 45, 11 CREEK POINT.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY AGAIN.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, ADDRESS THAT.
WE'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR A WHILE.
ME AND MY HUSBAND COMING HERE AND ZONING MEETINGS, INCLUDING OVER A YEAR.
WE TRYING TO FOLLOW UP AND KEEP UP WITH EVERYTHING.
WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR CITY? WHAT CAN WE PART OF IT? HOW CAN WE SUPPORT YOU GUYS? HOWEVER, TILL THE LAST BATTLE WE HAVE, I WOULD CALL BATTLE BECAUSE IT WAS VERY STRESSFUL AND LONG FOR US DAY AND NIGHT, UH, REZONING BY THE KNIGHTS ROAD.
UH, I REALIZED ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE WERE REACHING AND TALKING IN ALL THE POST NEXT DOOR
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OR OUR PETITION, EVERYBODY START REACHING OUT TO ME IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE.I NEVER REALLY IN, IN ANY, IN INTERACTION.
AND, UH, AND THEY WERE HIGHLY, HIGHLY, UH, TALKING ABOUT THAT.
HOW, HOW WONDERFUL THINGS THAT I AM DOING OR, AND THEY WERE THANKING ME FOR BEING THERE AND EDUCATING THEM.
ALL I WAS DOING IS JUST HIGHLIGHTING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN KNIGHT'S WORLD AND TELLING THEM, HEY, THIS CAN AFFECT THIS.
THESE ARE THE PROS, THESE ARE THE CONS FOR OUR CITY.
AND WHAT, WHAT ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT TO MY CONCLUSION THAT AS A CITY, WE MEET IN THIS, UH, WE MEET IN HERE.
EVERYBODY WHO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE TALK LIKE I DO IN THREE MINUTES, OR WE HAVE SOME, YOU POST EVERYTHING ON ONLINE, LIKE, UH, GENTLEMEN BEFORE MENTIONED IT.
YOU CAN GO ONLINE, WATCH THE VIDEOS.
HOWEVER, NOT EVERYBODY EVEN AWARE OF THAT.
SO I WANTED TO COME TONIGHT AND BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
IT HAS TO BE BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH YOU GUYS, WITH THE CITY LEADERSHIP AND THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS THAT HOW CAN THEY FOLLOW UP WITH IT? YEAH, THEY, IT CAN BE SOME MAGAZINES, IT CAN BE YOU POSTED EVERYWHERE.
BUT IF THEY, IF I'M GETTING OVER A 50, CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THIS KIND OF MESSAGES AS AN INDIVIDUAL, JUST FOR A COUPLE POSTS AND TELLING THEM WHAT'S GOING ON IN NIGHTS ROAD.
IT SHOULD BE EASIER THAT WHATEVER, ALL THE GOOD STUFF WE SHARE IN HERE, RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S SUPPOSED TO HEAR THAT.
I JUST WANT YOU TO CONSIDER, MAYBE IT HAS TO BE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO RESIDENTS AND DISCUSS WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
A NUNS, WHAT'S YOUR DECISIONS? WHAT'S THE FACTS? WHY YOU MADE THAT DECISIONS, WHAT'S THE FUTURE VISION THAT WILL BE MORE INTERESTED TO EVERYBODY? THIS IS WHAT I WITNESSED COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS AND BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
BOB DAVID, 45, 11 CREEK POINT LANE.
MORALES, MS. BROWN MARSHALL, MS. RILEY, OUR CITY MANAGER, MS. JONES, MS. RONE AND THE STAFF.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR HAS BEEN PULLED, RIGHT? AND I'M GRATEFUL IT'S A BURDEN OFF OF OUR SHOULDERS.
I'M REALLY ELATED AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THAT TO YOU GUYS.
IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW UP TODAY AS WE'VE BEEN SHOWING UP AND JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK, RIGHT? AND WHETHER YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AGAINST IT OR, YOU KNOW, VOTE FOR IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER AT THIS POINT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE ON THAT PIECE OF LAND.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE A PART OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO WE CAN PUT IT TOGETHER THAT WILL KIND OF PROTECT IT IN SUCH A WAY, RIGHT? AND SO, YES, WE DO WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, AGAIN, I'VE SUBMITTED MY APPLICATION FOR THE P AND Z.
I HOPE YOU GUYS TAKE IT IN HIGH CONSIDERATION.
I DO WANT TO SERVE HERE, UH, NOT JUST FOR THIS AREA, BUT FOR ALL OF MISSOURI CITY.
BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANNA LEAVE HERE SAYING THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK OUR VOICES AND, YOU KNOW, BEING HEARD.
I KNOW WATTS PLANTATION IS COMING UP.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY HAVE.
UH, I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF ANY CONCESSIONS CAN BE DONE FOR OUR AREA THERE, TRYING TO CURTAIL ANY CRIME OR ANY, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT, BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHTENED TRAFFIC, WE WOULD GRATEFULLY APPRECIATE THAT.
ANY CONSIDERATION THERE? THANK YOU GUYS.
UM, I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME, UH, JUST AS, AS BOB AND AND
UH, WE'RE THRILLED WITH THE OUTCOME AND WE CAN SLEEP EASIER AT NIGHT.
UM, THE ONE THING THAT EXPERIENCE, UH, HIGHLIGHTED WAS, UH, WHAT WE FEEL AS THE COMMUNITY, THE NEED TO UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WHEN WE LOOK TO THE PLAN FOR GUIDANCE, UH, WE FOUND IT TO BE OUTDATED.
UH, MUCH OF THE GROWTH THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND DECADES SEEM TO BE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND ANYTHING, UH, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS THAT DO KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THE WEBSITE AND, AND
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READ THOSE KIND OF THINGS CAN FIND, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO UPDATE THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FORM A CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO, UH, INPUT INTO THE PLAN.I KNOW ME AND MANY OTHER RESIDENTS, UH, WE LOVE THE CITY JUST AS ANAYA SMITH.
UH, LOVE TO SEE MORE AND MORE TALENT BEING RECOGNIZED.
WE WANT TO INPUT BACK INTO THE CITY.
WE HAVE IDEAS, WE HAVE THOUGHTS, WE HAVE TALENTS, THINGS THAT YOU CAN LEVERAGE.
UH, MISSOURI CITY HAS BEEN GROWING RAPIDLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN THE COMING DECADES, LIKELY EXPONENTIALLY.
AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A VISIONARY PLAN TO INSPIRE AND EXCITE RE RESIDENTS, UM, AS TO WHAT'S COMING IN THE CITY, UM, AS WELL AS HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE AND WHAT, SEE THEY WANNA SEE MORE OF IN THE CITY.
UH, WHEN, UH, WE HAD SOME OF OUR REACHOUTS, AS UGE SAID, WE WERE ACTUALLY REALLY SURPRISED TO HEAR SOME OF THE LIKE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS, PEOPLE WHO HONESTLY LOVE SOME OF THE WILDLIFE PRESENCE, UH, UH, AND, AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE, UH, WITH THE CITY.
SO WHAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO JUST ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO REMEMBER IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF TALENTED RESIDENTS, UH, BOTH THAT ARE GOOD AT SPORTS AND GOOD AT OTHER THINGS.
UM, AND WE WANNA SUPPORT AND WORK WITH YOU GUYS TO HELP BUILD THIS VISION.
SO LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP AND LET, LET'S DO IT TOGETHER.
UM, ON ANOTHER MORE EXCITING NOTE, I HAVE A MINUTE.
UH,
WE FOUND A MOUNTAIN OF SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY WITH WELL OVER A THOUSAND SIGNATURES ON OUR PETITION, PERSONAL MESSAGES.
AS, AS AGAIN, UH, SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE STATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL KIDS YOUTHS ENCOURAGED US TO KEEP GOING, WHICH WAS, UH, SO FUNNY TO GET ENCOURAGED FROM HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT, UM, HEY, YOU NEED TO HELP, HELP AND, AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT.
I WAS, I WAS THINKING THEY PLAYED VIDEO GAMES AND DIDN'T, DIDN'T CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT THEY DO.
AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE FUNDRAISING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WORKING WITH NGOS GOVERNMENT ORG TO SUPPORT CREATING SOMETHING LOVELY FOR US ALL TO ENJOY.
WE'VE DOCUMENTED OVER 40 PLUS, UH, BIRD SPECIES, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN MO CITY BALD EAGLE, ASIDE FROM ANNIA SMITH.
AND, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UH, SPEAK TO THESE THINGS AND HAVE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR THE CITY TO ENJOY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS CAN CONTINUE TO GROW UP THE, THE SAME SPECIAL WAY I DID, UM, AND HAVE THAT OUTDOORS COMPONENT TO ENJOY AS WELL AS TOP TIER EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, SPORTS, FACILITIES, ET CETERA.
DHARMA A AMJAD, KAR AL TOWNSEND.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND I'M ALSO VERY HAPPY AND VERY RELIEVED THAT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WAS WITHDRAWN AND I WAS NOT CONSIDERING FOR, UH, REASONING AT THIS TIME, BUT THIS, UH, VERY BAD AND STRESSFUL EXPERIENCE, UH, UH, MADE ME REALIZE I NEED TO BE REALLY GET INVOLVED, BE ENG ENGAGED AND FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR AREA.
SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, WHAT ARE THE PLANS IN OUR AREA SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BE REACTIVE AND BE STRESSFUL.
SO, UM, ALSO I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE ENGAGED.
WE HAVE A OPEN DIALOGUE WITH THE CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY WHO ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO THAT, THAT PROBABLY WILL GIVE US TO THE WIN-WIN SITUATIONS WE ARE LOOKING AT.
MY NAME IS JI COKER FROM 66 BIG TRAIL, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF YOU BECOMING FAMILIAR FACES AND I'M PRIVILEGED TO HAVING STARTED TO MEET SOME OF YOU OUTSIDE OF THIS SETTING.
AS YOU KNOW, I COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN, REPRESENTING THE NEARLY 1000 SIGNERS OF OUR MISSOURI CITY GAZA CEASEFIRE PETITION, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ENSLAVED THE TIANO INDIANS ON THE ISLAND OF ESPANOLA.
WHEN THEY REVOLTED, HE KILLED THEM AND PARADED THEIR DISMEMBERED BODIES THROUGH THE STREETS, EVENTUALLY ELIMINATING THE QUARTER OF A MILLION POPULATION.
WHERE WAS THE MORAL LEADERSHIP TO CALL FOR AN END TO THE SUPPRESSION IN VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN 1919, ARKANSAS SUBJUGATED, BLACK SHARECROPPERS TRY TO NEGOTIATE BETTER WORKING
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CONDITIONS WITH WHITE PLANTATION OWNERS.THE ARKANSAS GAZETTE REPORTS THE GOVERNOR SUMMONED US TROOPS WHO KILLED HUNDREDS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS COMMITTING ONE MURDER AFTER ANOTHER WITH ALL THE CALM DELIBERATION IN THE WORLD, TOO HEARTLESS TO REALIZE THE ENORMITY OF THEIR CRIMES.
WHERE WAS THE MORAL LEADERSHIP TO CALL FOR AN END TO THIS OPPRESSION? IN VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN 1900 SOUTH AFRICA, THE GOVERNMENT STARTED CRACKING DOWN AND ARRESTING A NC PROTESTORS FACING AN END TO HIS MOVEMENT FOR RACIAL EQUALITY.
NELSON MANDELA ASKED HIS SUPPORTERS TO ARM THEMSELVES.
HE WAS ARRESTED AND THROWN IN PRISON FOR THREE DECADES.
WHERE WAS THE MORAL LEADERSHIP TO CALL FOR AN END TO SUPPRESSION IN VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS? TODAY, A MILITARY SIEGE PREVENTS FOOD AND HEALTHCARE FROM ENTERING GAZA, RESULTING IN A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WHERE CHILDREN NOW DIE FROM STARVATION AND DISEASE IF SPARED FROM BOMBING.
HERE, HERE IS THE MORAL LEADERSHIP TO CALL FOR AN END TO OPPRESSION IN VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
I IMPLORE YOU TO REVISIT AND RECONSIDER OUR GAZA CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, CALLING FOR A PERMANENT END TO HOSTILITIES AND A RETURN OF ALL HOSTAGES.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I AM AL TOWNSEND, 1918 MCKENZIE WAY HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
JOHNNY JENKINS, OUR LIAISON WITH THE CITY, WAS GOING TO COME.
HE WASN'T ABLE TO, AND HE ASKED ME TO COME OUT AND SPEAK ON TWO ISSUES RELATED TO OUR COMMUNITY.
FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW, THERE'S BEEN A WHITE CAR PARKED AT GLEN PARK AND MCKENZIE WAY, UH, AND IT IS, UM, COVERING THE CROSSWALK.
SO PERSONS GOING ACROSS HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO OFF OF THE SIDEWALK AREA TO GET BY TO THE OTHER SIDE.
HE HAS SPOKEN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HE'S SPOKEN TO CODE ENFORCEMENT ABOUT THIS ACCORDING TO HIS MESSAGING TO ME TODAY.
UH, MY PREVIOUS JOB AS A POLICE OFFICER FOR HARRIS COUNTY, I WAS SENT OUT ON A CALL LIKE THAT.
IT MIGHT BE THE RECOVERY OF A STOLEN VEHICLE.
SO I'M REMINDING THE CITY TO GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
AGAIN, THAT'S GLEN PARK AND MCKENZIE WAY.
THERE'S ALSO A WHITE PICKUP TRUCK PARKED IN FRONT OF IT, AND THE TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN THERE FOR OVER A MONTH.
ALSO, HE'S ASKING THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT GO OUT TO INSPECT OUR COMMUNITY.
HE HASN'T SEEN THEM IN SOME LINE IN A WHILE.
AND AGAIN, HE'S OUR LIAISON, SO HE CORRESPONDS WITH THEM.
I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE A PHONE NUMBER THAT ONE CALLS TO REPORT SOMETHING AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING.
I KNOW ONE OF OUR ISSUES IS THAT OUR RESIDENTS TEND TO LEAVE THEIR TRASH CANS OUT FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS, AND I BELIEVE YOU ALL WOULD TYPICALLY ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS.
YEAH, I'M SORRY, I I JUST CAN'T MOVE ON FROM PUBLIC COMMENTS UNTIL, UH, I ASKED CITY, I MEAN CITY ATTORNEY.
IF SHE COULD ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE MADE VIA COMMENTS, UH, DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATIVE TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
UH, DID WE HAVE FIVE, UH, INDIVIDUALS RESIGN FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION? SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR A CLARIFICATION? YES, I WANT CLARIFICATION FACTS AND POLICY.
UH, NO, THE CITY DID NOT HAVE FIVE INDIVIDUALS RESIGN FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE RESIGN? AND IF SO, UM, HOW MANY WAS IT? THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY HAD ONE PERSON RESIGN FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION IN DECEMBER, YOU ALL CREATED FOUR ADDITIONAL POSITIONS TO SERVE AS ALTERNATES ON THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
HEY JUDGE, I, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP, UH, QUESTIONS ON THAT TOO.
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WHEN THEY RESIGN OR ANYBODY RESIGNS FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, WHO DO THEY LET KNOW? SO THERE'S NO SPECIFIC POLICY AS TO WHO INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO INFORM ABOUT RESIGNATIONS.HOWEVER, IN PRACTICE, INDIVIDUALS LET THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE KNOW.
OKAY? SO DO YOU AGREE WITH THE QUESTIONS? I MEAN THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ANSWERED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY INJUNCTION WITH THE, UH, THE COMMISSIONER'S, UH, QUITTING OR LEAVING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I DO.
DOES THESE QUESTIONS COME UP TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE OR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND PRIOR TO THESE? OR, OR, OR THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE HEARING THEM? SO I'M GONNA SAY THAT, UM, I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION, UM, WITH THE SPEAKER, UM, PRIOR TO THE MEETING TO INFORM HIM THAT WE ONLY HAD ONE THAT RESIGNED AND THAT COUNSEL HAD APPROVED FOUR ALTERNATES AND THAT THOSE ALTERNATE POSITIONS HAD NOT BEEN FILLED.
SO YOU, SO YOU HAD ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT? I DID.
SO IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT YOU SAID.
SO DID YOU GIVE FACTS OR WAS THAT FACT, OR YOU WANTED MORE? I GAVE FACTS AND HE THANKED ME FOR THOSE FACTS.
[(a) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of Consent Agenda items and ...]
STAFF REPORTS SIX A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.I HAVE A, A LIST OF CONSENT ITEMS THAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO HOPEFULLY PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW, UM, TO EACH OF YOU AND TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, STARTING WITH ITEMS B AND C, UH, BOTH OF THESE ACTIONS WOULD ENABLE CONTRACTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF TRAFFIC CONTROL PRODUCTS FROM TWO CONTRACTORS, CUSTOM PRODUCTS CORPORATION FOR BLANK SIGNS USED BY OUR SIGN SHOP AND TRANSEX TRANSPORTATION PRODUCTS OF TEXAS FOR THE PURCHASE OF MATERIALS SUCH AS SIGN POLES, TRAFFIC CONES, AND PAINT FOR STRIPING.
BOTH CONTRACTS HAVE A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $100,000.
UM, THIS ITEM WOULD AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO PURCHASE THE NECESSARY LAND FOR THE MUSTANG BAYOU WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION AT AN APPRAISED VALUE OF ABOUT 3.3 MILLION.
ITEM E THIS ITEM WOULD AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT WITH RG MILLER FOR THE DESIGN OF KINGSBROOK LANE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $283,000.
THIS STREET IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT D, ITEMS F THROUGH I.
THESE ARE ALL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ITEMS. THERE ARE FOUR TOTAL.
UH, THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT IS 2.4 MILLION.
EACH OF THESE ITEMS ARE BUDGETED AND THE CONTRACTS WOULD ENABLE US TO MAINTAIN, REPLACE, AND CREATE NEW LEASE SCHEDULES TO MANAGE COST ESCALATION ON OUR COPIERS.
UPGRADE OUR T TELEPHONE SYSTEM TO LEVERAGE CISCO'S CLOUD ENVIRONMENT UPDATE, UPGRADE OUR CITYWIDE BACKUP SOLUTION TO A CLOUD-BASED BACKUP WITH BUILT-IN RANSOMWARE PROTECTION, AND THEN REPLACE OUR DESKTOPS AND LAPTOP COMPUTERS.
THESE UPGRADES WILL ALLOW US, OR WILL PUT US ON TRACK TO SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE OUR OPERATIONS.
ITEM J UM, THIS ITEM AUTHORIZES THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT WITH STEWART AND STEVENSON TO REPAIR OUR FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLES IN AN AMOUNT, NOT DECEIVE $90,000.
THIS REQUEST WILL ALLOW US TO PUT OUR UNITS BACK IN SERVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
ITEM K IS A GENEROUS DONATION OF, UH, 126,000 FROM THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION FOR PHASE ONE OF THE EAST HAMPTON PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
THIS ITEM WOULD AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO PURCHASE APPROXIMATELY 1.8 ACRES OF LAND FOR THE FREEDOM TREE PARK TRAIL PROJECT FOR ABOUT 177,000.
ITEM M THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING, AUTHORIZING THE STANDARDS OF CARE FOR CERTAIN ELEMENTARY AGE RECREATION PROGRAMS OPERATED BY THE CITY.
AND THE FIRST READING PASSED ZERO OH, I MEAN SEVEN ZERO.
AND LASTLY, ITEMS N AND O BOTH REPRESENT THE FINAL READINGS FOR THE CHAPTER 14 BUILDING AND CODE REGULATION REVISIONS.
THESE CHANGES SUPPORT THE RECENTLY ADOPTED BUILDING AND FIRE CODES, AND WILL ENHANCE AND CLARIFY TIMELINES TO PULL PERMITS.
COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, PROVIDE MAINTENANCE EXPECTATION FOR CONSTRUCTION SITES, AND STREAMLINE THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE HEARING PROCESS.
LASTLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT THIS
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IS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK, AND THAT WAS NOTED EARLIER, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC, UM, WHILE IT'S RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY FOR ONE WEEK OUT OF THE YEAR, THIS MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL AND THE LEADERSHIP STAFF RECOGNIZES THE VALUE OF OUR PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES EACH AND EVERY DAY.AND WE DO SO WITH OUR ACTIONS.
SO TO THAT EXTENT, I WANT TO ALSO REMIND THE PUBLIC OR NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT OUR CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED FOR HALF A DAY THIS FRIDAY FOR SOME TEAM BUILDING EXERCISES.
SO WITH THAT, IT INCLUDES MY REPORT.
[7. CONSENT AGENDA]
MA'AM.I, I, I DO WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM SEVEN, UH, L FOR DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMAN MURROW? THAT'S YOUR SECOND.
UH, DO WE NEED TO CRYSTAL, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS.
DID YOU? I MEAN, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE COMPUTER MEMBER EMERY.
THE MOTION, UH, CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH O, EXCEPT ITEM L.
[(l) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the Mayor to execute a d...]
YOU, MAYOR.UM, I GUESS, UH, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THIS ITEM.
UH, I THINK EVERYBODY IS EAGERLY ANTICIPATING, UH, THE GROUNDBREAKING AND EVENTUAL COMPLETION OF THE FREEDOM TREE PARK.
UH, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, EMERY AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME, SINCE 2018.
UH, AND, AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS THROUGH FRUITION.
UM, THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE SURROUNDING THE TIMELINE AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, ON JULY THE THIRD OF LAST YEAR, WE AUTHORIZED VIA RESOLUTION, THE ACQUISITION THROUGH, UH, EMINENT DOMAIN OR NEGOTIATION, UH, WITH THE CURRENT, THE LANDOWNER, UH, FOR A HUNDRED, WELL, IT LANDED AT 176,812, PRIMARILY BECAUSE AN APPRAISAL WAS RECEIVED BY US FROM MICHAEL J URBAN, UM, NEARLY, UM, WELL FOR THAT AMOUNT ON JULY 23RD.
HOWEVER, FROM JULY 23RD THROUGH FEBRUARY THE 12TH OF THIS YEAR, UM, A GAP TOOK PLACE.
AND THAT'S THE DATE THAT WE SIGNED THE SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED.
AND IT WAS, UH, NOTARIZED, THAT'S ALMOST SIX MONTHS FROM WHEN WE GOT THE APPRAISAL TO WHEN WE SIGNED THE SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED.
AND THEN TODAY IT'S MAY THE SIXTH, AND THAT'S NEARLY THREE MONTHS, THREE MORE MONTHS THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE, UH, SURPASSED SINCE, UH, UH, WE'RE NOW DECIDING ON, UH, THE AC I MEAN THE AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF 176,000.
SO THAT'S ALMOST NINE MONTHS, ROUGHLY.
AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FROM THE, UH, RESOLUTION SLASH APPRAISAL TO, TO NOW AS TO NOW WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING THIS AND IS THIS THE, THE LAST THING THAT WE NOW HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD? THANK YOU.
UM, SO I'LL ANSWER THAT LAST PART FIRST.
THIS IS THE LAST THING THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
UM, THE FINAL HURDLE, UM, AS FOR KIND OF THE DELAY IN THIS, UM, PER THE LAW PROCESS, OH, I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU.
I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A PROCEDURE.
UM, BUT THERE ARE STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF OFFERS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE.
UM, PRIOR TO THIS COMING BACK TO COUNSEL, UM, WITH THAT APPRAISAL REPORT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, NINE MONTHS.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, THERE WAS A PROCESS TO DO THE EMINENT DOMAIN.
WE DID FILE A LAWSUIT DURING THAT LAWSUIT BEING FILED.
WE DID CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE LANDOWNER.
THOSE WERE RATHER DIFFICULT NEGOTIATIONS, AND HE WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR MUCH OF THE TIME.
WE STILL WERE PROCEEDING FORWARD WITH THE ACQUISITION THROUGH THE EMINENT DOMAIN.
ONCE HE WAS FINALLY SERVED WITH PAPERS, THEN, UH, HIS NEGOTIATIONS BEGAN IN EARNEST AND WE WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE IT FOR THE AMOUNT OF THE APPRAISED VALUE.
SO IS, WAS THERE A PROCESS THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE SIGNING OF THE SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED BY ORDER TO, TO NOW OR
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THE I THE SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED? I DON'T RECALL WHAT DATE IS ON THAT DEED.SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR WHAT NOW? I'M ASKING LIKE FROM THAT TIMEFRAME WE SIGNED TO, WHY IS IT JUST NOW HEARING BEFORE MAKE MISTAKES VERSUS SOMETIME SOON? WE HAD TO RECEIVE IT, UH, ONCE IT WAS SIGNED, WE DID HAVE TO RECEIVE IT.
AND THEN I DO THINK IT GOT PUSHED FOR AT LEAST TWO AGENDAS, UM, AFTER IT WAS SIGNED.
BUT I DON'T RECALL WHY IT, IT WAS ON AN EARLIER AGENDA AT LEAST ONCE.
I DON'T RECALL WHY IT WAS PUSHED THOUGH.
SO, DANIELLE, PER YOU, THIS IS THE LAST HURDLE WE, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH RELATIVE TO ANY EASEMENTS OR ANY ISSUES FROM THE TRAIL AND THE PARK ITSELF.
NOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PLANS TO YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, SO WHAT IS THAT? SO WE, THIS IS THE LAST HURDLE.
UM, WE WENT THROUGH THE PHILLIPS 66 LAKE OLYMPIA AND NOW THIS PROPERTY, UM, SO THIS WAS THE LAST, UH, ACQUISITION OR EASEMENT OF THE PROCESS.
UM, WE ACTUALLY DID RECEIVE THE 100% DOCUMENTS TODAY, YESTERDAY, ACTUALLY IT WAS ON A SUNDAY YESTERDAY.
UM, SO THEY'LL GO THROUGH OUR INTERNAL REVIEW, WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO TAKE TWO WEEKS.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL POST FOR BID.
AND DEPENDING ON THE BID SCHEDULE, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A GROUNDBREAKING LATE SUMMER, LATE SUMMER AUGUST.
ALRIGHT, SO I SEE A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN L BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO JOHN KLAUSER.
I'VE SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
MEMBER KLAUSER MAYOR PRO TIM, THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a request by Richa...]
PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTION.EIGHT, A ZONING, ZONING, HEARING AND ORDINANCE EIGHT A ONE, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A REQUEST BY LJ ENGINEERING TO REZONE AND APPROXIMATE 12.49 ACRE OF LAND FROM SD SUBURBAN DISTRICT AND SUPA SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR OFFICE USES AND TO THE EXTENT SUCH ZONING DEVIATES FROM THE FUTURE LAND USED AND CHARACTER MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE TO PROVIDE FOR AN AMENDMENT.
THEREFORE, DO WE HAVE, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM EIGHT.
A ONE, UH, CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK? YES, SIR.
RICHARD R I'M SORRY I CAN'T READ YOUR HANDWRITING.
AND I REALLY DON'T NEED TO SPEAK UNLESS REALLY ASKING ANY QUESTIONS,
OKAY, MR. MAYOR, I BELIEVE HE REPRESENTS THE APPLICANT AND THAT IS THE ONLY PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE HAVE.
SO DOES HE WANNA SPEAK? I'M GOOD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR EIGHT A ONE ITEM
[(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
EIGHT A TWO, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF AN APPROXIMATE 12.5 ACRE LAND FROM SD SUBURBAN DISTRICT.AND SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 1 64 TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE 19 DESCRIBING, SAID 12.5 ACRES OF LAND REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JIMA EDWARDS PLANNER.
THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO REZONE, UM, APPROXIMATELY 12.5 ACRES OF LAND FROM SD AND SUP TO A PD TO ALLOW FOR, UH, OFFICE CONDO DEVELOPMENT.
THE, UM, THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST OF KNIGHTS COURT AND THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF 22 1 STORY BUILDINGS CONSISTING APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 98 OFFICE CONDOS AND APPROXIMATELY 300 AND, UH, 26 PARKING SPACES, UH, WITH
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TWO AREAS DESIGNATED FOR DETENTION.UH, THE PRODUCT, IT WILL HAVE A SIMILAR DESIGN, UM, TO THE EXISTING CONDOS AT 77, 70 70 KNIGHTS COURT, UM, WHICH IS PHASE ONE, UH, DEPICTED IN THE IMAGE.
THE PROPOSAL IS ALSO IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF GOAL TWO, WHICH IS TO HAVE A MORE VARIED DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO CHANGE THE PERCEPTION OF A BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
IT IS ALSO IN, UM, CONFORMANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH PROVIDES A CHARACTER, UM, OF SUBURBAN, SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL CHARACTER, UM, WHICH PROVIDES A DESIGNATION FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THREE BUFFER DEVIATIONS.
ONE CONSISTS OF 10 FOOT LANDSCAPE SETBACK ALONG THE MAJOR CO UH, THOROUGHFARE OF KNIGHT'S COURT GRASS COVERING ONLY ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, UM, WHICH IS, UH, ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING LEVEE AND PROVISIONS OF PLANTING ISLANDS AND DIAMONDS WILL BE REQUIRED.
ON, AND I'M SORRY, ON, UM, MARCH 28TH, THE, UM, SORRY, NOTICE WAS PROVIDED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 250 FEET OF THE SUBJECT SITE, UH, WITH THE SUBDIVISION OF STONEBROOK AT RIVERSTONE TO THE SOUTH OF IT BEING IN THE ETJ NOTICES WERE NOT REQUIRED TO BE MAILED TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS.
HOWEVER, ON APRIL 5TH, UH, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, A POSTING WAS PROVIDED ON THE SITE.
ON APRIL 10TH, THE UH, PROPOSAL WAS, UH, PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THE ZONING COMMISSION PROVIDES A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
TODAY WE DID RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL PROTEST LETTER WITH THE CONCERN OF INCREASED NOISE AND TRAFFIC.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
PLEASE LEMME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AS WELL.
I THINK WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT'S ON QUEUE, BUT I PLACED MYSELF ON THE Q2.
SO CITY MANAGER, IF I CAN HAVE SOMEONE TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC ISSUE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I JUST HAVE, UH, SHAHI A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDS TO, I KNOW, UM, WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLS NOW, ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS YOU HAVE SONAL BUTCHER SCHOOL THAT COMES OUT, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, STONEBROOK THAT COMES OUT.
SO TRAFFIC ON THIS ROADWAY HAS BEEN AN ISSUE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT GETS TO HIGHWAY SIX OF MAKING LEFT TURN LANES.
AND I'VE NOTICED RECENTLY, UM, THAT THE DOUBLE LANE OR THE TWO LANES, NOW IT'S MARKED OFF AS JUST ONE LANE GOING IN AND ONE LANE COMING UP.
SO WHEN YOU, WHEN WE ARE PUTTING THIS, AND I KNOW THAT AREA HAS EXACT SAME, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR OFFICES BACK HERE.
SO WHEN WE ARE PUTTING UP HERE, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, ESPECIALLY SCHOOL TIME TRAFFIC.
THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS, UH, OF LEFT LANES.
I, I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU ON THAT.
AND THERE ALSO HAS BEEN ISSUES THAT THE KIDS FROM THE SCHOOL, UH, I, I'M, I'M SPEAKING ABOUT ELKINS AND THEIR PARENTS HAVE NUMEROUSLY CAME TO US TALKING ABOUT LIGHTS.
UH, WHEN I SAY LIGHT, I'M TALKING ABOUT STREETLIGHTS, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTERTIME BECAUSE THE WINTER, THE, YOU KNOW, IT GETS DARKER EARLIER.
UM, SO HAVE YOU OR HAVE YOUR OFFICE ADDRESSED THESE CONCERNS OR, OR CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT THIS? YES.
UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE ADDRESSED SOME OF THE CONCERNS.
WE'VE ADDED EXTRA STREETLIGHTS.
WE HAVE DONE SOME STRIPING IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL IN ENHANCING SOME SAFETY MEASURES THERE.
THE FIRST ONE BEING WE REQUESTED FOR A MOBILITY BOND PROGRAM AT FORT BEND COUNTY.
THERE IS 1.5 MILLION ALLOCATED IN THE BOND PROGRAM.
WHAT THAT DOES IS YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ONE LANE COMING OUT OF NIGHT COAT MAKING A WESTBOUND LEFT TURN.
IT'S A SHARED LEFT TURN ON THE THROUGH LANE.
WITH THIS, UH, BOND PROGRAM, WE WILL RECONSTRUCT THAT TO A FULL, UM, METAL POLE SIGNALS.
WE WILL ALSO ADD AN EXTRA LEFT TURN LANE TO MOVE TRAFFIC OUT OF, UH, NIGHT COAT.
WE'VE ALREADY INITIATED THE CONVERSATIONS WITH PRECINCT THREE OFFICE.
WE ARE TRYING TO PUSH THAT AGGRESSIVELY.
AS FAR AS THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS CONCERNED.
UH, WE WILL LOOK AT IT IN A VERY DETAILED, WE WILL
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HAVE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS DONE THE WAY IT'S PROPOSING, THEY'RE PROPOSING THE DRIVEWAY ACROSS THE SCHOOL, UH, DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE WE WANNA BUILD A, A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, POTENTIALLY A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.THAT WILL BE AN IDEAL LOCATION.
I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE COME IN FRONT OF THIS BODY ON NIGHT COAT.
ONE BEING AN APARTMENT THAT I CAN RECALL.
AN OFFICE SPACE, UH, IS A, IS A BETTER ONE IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE WAY THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES WILL BE STAGGERED, UH, IN THE SENSE THAT IT DOES NOT COINCIDE WITH THE, UH, THE PEAK 7:30 AM VOLUME OF TRAFFIC FOR THE SCHOOL.
SO IN A NUTSHELL, WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THERE IS A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED.
UH, STAFF IS LOOKING AT IT, UH, VERY CLOSELY IN TERMS OF THE TIA WILL BE IMPLEMENTING MEASURES THAT WILL ELEVATE ANY POTENTIAL, UH, UH, TRAFFIC HAZARDS, UH, PARTICULARLY, UH, TO THE SCHOOL ZONE.
JUST, UM, JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THIS.
WHEN WILL YOU THINK THAT 1.5, UH, MILLION DOLLAR BOND, WHEN WILL WE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THESE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? WE ARE TRYING TO CONSTRUCT THAT, UH, DURING THE SUMMER BREAK, UH, WHEN THE SCHOOL IS OFF, AT LEAST BUILD THAT LEFT TURN LANE THAT CAN PROVIDE SOME KIND OF RELIEF AND THE SCHOOL STARTS.
SO WE'RE PUSHING FOR THAT VERY AGGRESSIVELY.
AND IN FACT, WE'RE STARTING THE ADVERTISEMENT TO BID BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PLANS READY AND THEN WE CAN WORK ON THE OTHER LOGISTICS IN TERMS OF GETTING THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM FORT BEND COUNTY.
AND MY LAST THING TO YOU, SHAHI, IS THE ISSUE THAT I TALKED ABOUT WITH THE LIGHT STREETLIGHTS.
I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW THAT, THAT WE HAVE INSTALLED SOME STREETLIGHTS LAST YEAR, UH, BASED ON THE REQUEST THAT CAME IN FROM THE SCHOOL AND THE, AND THE, UH, THE PTA, UH, PARENTS THERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORES IS VERY MUCH AWARE OF THAT.
UH, TO THE EXTENT THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL NEED FOR STREETLIGHTS, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT AS WELL.
WILL THAT BE, WHEN YOU SAY LOOK INTO IT, DOES THAT MEAN ARE WE GONNA GET IT? OR, OR IT'S JUST A LOOK INTO IT? WELL, UH, A, UH, WE DID INSTALL THE NEW, NEW LIGHTS, BUT I, I THINK YOU, YOU ASKED A QUESTION, UH, THERE IS STILL SOME DARKNESS THERE.
SO IN THAT SENSE, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT TO SEE IF THERE IS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL LIGHTS, UH, TO THE EXTENT, IF IT'S NEEDED, WE'LL PURSUE THAT WITH CENTERPOINT.
WHEN THIS GONE THROUGH THE, UH, FOR THANK YOU.
UH, ONCE THIS GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING, WAS THERE ANY PROTESTS AT THAT TIME? YES, SIR.
THERE WERE PROTESTS AND THAT WAS ALL THE SAME THING ABOUT, YOU SAID ONE, THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL, UH, THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY.
UM, BUT THE PROTESTS WERE PROVIDED, IT SHOULD BE IN THE, UM, IN YOUR PACKET.
HOW MANY WHAT AND WHAT WAS THE ISSUES? UH, MAINLY ABOUT TRAFFIC, MAYBE SOME FLOOD CONTROL.
UH, THE CONCERN BEING ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL DIRECTLY BEING ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL AND SAFETY.
AND I KNOW THIS IS A SUBURBAN DISTRICT, SO IT'S GOING INTO SUP, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU CAN CONTROL IT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON, ON THAT.
SO HAVE WE, THE FLOODING AND ALL THAT, IS THAT AT THIS TIME THE DISCUSSION OR THAT'S JUST AFTER THIS GETS APPROVED? THAT IS THE CURRENT PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
SO IS THERE GONNA BE A, I KNOW THAT LAND IS VERY, UH, SHALLOW WHEN IT COMES TO IT.
SO, UH, THE, THE RIGHT BEHIND IT IS STONEBROOK, YOU'RE CORRECT, MAYOR, UH, MAYOR, A LOT OF THAT LAND IS ENCUMBERED BY FLOODPLAIN.
YOU SEE IT IN THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT'S SHOWING TWO DETENTION PONDS.
SO THERE'LL BE DRAINAGE MITIGATION AS WELL AS WHAT WE CALL FLOODPLAIN MITIGATION TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED NEARBY.
I YIELD BACK, UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.
I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR WE HAD SOME ACTIVITY WITH, UH, THE SCHOOL ABOUT, UH, THE STACKING PROCESS THAT, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I THINK THAT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL LANE, UH, SPACE FOR, UH, THE STACKING OF THE CARS THAT, UH, ARE COMING TO, UH, TO DROP OFF, UH, THEIR, THEIR KIDS OR PICK THEM UP.
AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, UH, WILL THIS HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THAT PROCESS THAT WAS SET UP BY, UH, I, I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS JUST WITH ELKINS OR WAS WITH, UH, AND I, I'M DIRECTING THIS TO ANTHONY.
DO YOU RECALL WHAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WERE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS FOR, UM, BASIC FLAT TRAFFIC MITIGATION AND CONTROL? YEAH, I MEAN, S'S TEAM BEING ALL OVER IT, UH, FOR BEND, ISD SCHOOL DISTRICT'S BEEN INVOLVED.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED.
AND I COMPLIMENT OUR STAFF FOR PULLING IT TOGETHER.
'CAUSE IT IS A, AN INTERESTING ROAD.
BUT IT'S BEEN A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS.
WELL THEN, THEN MY, AGAIN, MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WELL, UH, WHAT WE'RE, UH, BEING ASKED TO APPROVE HERE HAVE ANY, UH, IMPACT ON WHAT WAS ESTABLISHED
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BY THOSE VARIOUS, UH, ENTITIES AS FAR AS THE, UH, BEING ABLE TO SET UP A, A STACKING PROCESS TO MITIGATE THE, UH, UH, PROBLEMS THAT, UH, THEY WERE HAVING WITH TRAFFIC? SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT I REMEMBER THE MOST RECENT STACKING CONVERSATION WAS SONO BUTCHER'S, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ON THAT.
AND THEY DID DO A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH STACKING AROUND THAT CAMPUS.
THAT WAS THE MOST RECENT STACKING WHEN THEY PROPOSED THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THERE WAS A LOT OF STACKING CONVERSATION, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S OFF THE TABLE NOW.
SO I BELIEVE, UH, ELKINS IS ALSO WORKING ON AN INTERNAL PLAN FOR THEIR, UH, I GUESS THAT'S THE STAFF PARKING, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO IF I MAY CLARIFY, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARLIS IS CORRECT.
THE ISSUE OF STACKING CAME WHEN THE SONAL, WHICH ARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, DEVELOPMENT WAS UP THERE.
WE BUILT IN ENOUGH STACKING SO THAT THE TRAFFIC DOES NOT SPILL OVER INTO THE ROADWAY SYSTEM.
BUT AS FAR AS THIS DEVELOPMENT IS CONCERNED, WE'LL HAVE A TIA DONE TO THE EXTENT THEY HAVE TO BUILD IMPROVEMENTS TO MITIGATE THE TRAFFIC.
STAFF WILL HOLD THE DEVELOPER ACCOUNTABLE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS IS, UH, AT THE ZONING CASE, BUT AS WE SEE THE TIA WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, GIVE FEEDBACK TO THE DEVELOPER OF WHAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WILL NEED TO BE.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSH.
SO I SEE THAT BACK IN 2004, UH, THIS WAS ZONED AS AN SUP, WHICH WAS GONNA BE SET FOR CHURCH AND ATHLETIC FIELDS AT THAT TIME.
DO YOU KNOW IF A TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DONE THEN FOR THAT? YOU SAID 2004, COUNCIL MEMBER? YES.
I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHY TWO DETENTION AREAS? UH, BECAUSE I THINK THEY NEED A, A LOT OF VOLUME FOR DETENTION AND WHAT WE ALSO CALL FLOODPLAIN MITIGATION.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND TWO CORNERS OF, UH, NOT SO UNUSABLE SPACE THAT THEY CAN USE FOR THE DRAINAGE.
AND, UM, GOING BACK TO IT, UM, BEING, UH, AT THAT TIME, UH, ZONED FOR A CHURCH IN AN ATHLETIC, UH, FIELD AT THIS TIME WITH US CHANGING THE ZONING, THIS DOES PLACE IT BACK INTO A TAX BEARING, UM, EARNING TYPE OF SITUATION FOR THE CITY AT THIS TIME, WHICH DOES COINCIDE WITH WHAT THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES STATE.
BUT I WAS WONDERING IF MAYBE MS. A JIMA COULD KIND OF COMMENT IN REGARDS TO THE LC ONE, UH, RETAIL DISTRICT OVERLAY.
WHAT IN, UH, ENTAILS WITH THAT PLEASE? WHAT USES YES.
OR WHAT YES, WHAT USES, UM, USES AND LCO AS WELL AS, UM, LC ONE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE ART, MUSIC AND DANCE STUDIO OFFICES.
ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING SERVICES INSURANCE, UM, USES THAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY SEE IN, IN THOSE SIZES.
UM, THOSE SIZE OFFICE BUILDINGS AS WELL AS BEAUTY SALONS, UM, SERVICES IN THAT CASE HEALTH, UM, I'M SORRY.
UM, DRESS MAKING, UM, AND SO FORTH.
AND THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THAT IS IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC FLOW.
SO THOSE TEND TO SEEM TO BE MORE LOW LEVEL TYPE RETAIL BUSINESSES, IF YOU WILL.
IS THAT THE SAME, UM, ZONING UNDERLAY DISTRICT AS IN THE, UH, OTHER ONE THAT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT? PHASE ONE, PHASE 70 70? NO.
UM, THAT HAS AN UNDERLYING ZONING OF LC THREE, WHICH INCREASES THE TYPES OF USES ACTUALLY.
AND I, AND YOU JUST, AND YOU SAID THAT THE OTHER ONE IS 77 UNITS.
UM, THE ONE ON 70, 70 KNIGHT COURT? YES.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY UNITS THERE ARE.
I WAS WONDERING WHICH ONE WAS THE LARGEST.
I THINK WE WERE BOTH KIND OF CON CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
UM, I'M NOT SURE OF THAT NUMBER.
I CAN GET THAT, UM, FOR YOU GO.
UM, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION TO GEMMA.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
EVERYBODY ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT I HAD.
UM, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU CLARIFIED ABOUT THE, THE USE OF THIS PARTICULAR RETAIL SPACE.
SO MY OTHER QUESTION IS JUST REALLY CUT AND DRY.
BASED ON THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, DID YOU SEE A NEED? WAS THERE A NEED FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY TO BE DONE WITH ALL THE CONCERNS IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT? WE ARE GONNA HAVE THEM DO A DI DETAILED TRAFFIC STUDY THAT HAS BEEN RELAYED TO THE DEVELOPER.
AND, UH, UH, ONCE, UH, THE ZONING MOVES FORWARD, WE WILL BE EXPECTING A TRAFFIC STUDY FROM THEM.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MERLES JIMA, UH, GOING BACK TO THE BUFFERS, CAN YOU TALK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE PLEASE? SO THE 10 FOOT LANDSCAPE SETBACK, THEY WANNA FOREGO THAT OR THEY WANT TO, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING ON THAT LINE? THEY WOULD LIKE TO, OH, I'M SORRY.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO DECREASE IT.
UM, THE REGULATIONS, UH, REQUIRE
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A 20 FOOT BUFFER YARD DUE TO THE, UM, THE LOCATION BEING ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE COLLECTOR STREET.SO THE APPLICANT IS, UH, REQUESTING TO REDUCE THAT.
IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER PROJECT OR IS THAT BECAUSE THIS, THIS PROPERTY HAS ITS KIND OF, UH, CHALLENGES? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK MORE INTO THE 70, 70 PROJECT.
IT IS THE
REALLY, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S, UH, DEFINITELY A GOOD USE.
IT'S IN HIGH DEMAND, UM, THAT THE OTHER ONES DOWN THE STREET, UH, HAVE DONE REAL WELL, UM, FROM A TRAFFIC COUNT USAGE UTILIZATION, UM, 22 UNITS, PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, SMALL AMOUNT OF CARS.
UM, AND THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE OTHER ONES MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY VERY, VERY WELL.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE JUST SOME COMMENTS AROUND OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RAMBO.
I JUST WANTED TO START BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY PRO BUSINESS AND PRO DEVELOPMENT, BUT I'M PRO RESPONSIBLE, UH, DEVELOPMENT IN THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT.
I REACHED OUT TO THE CITY, UH, ATTORNEY, UM, BACK, UM, UH, LATTER PART OF LAST MONTH.
AND I'D ASKED HER, OR AT LEAST I WANTED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DETAILS SURROUNDING WHY, UH, DEVELOPERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO A DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS AND A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS BEFORE REZONING CONSIDERATION.
UM, AND OR DECISION IS MADE BY, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING AND OR, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND HER RESPONSE TO ME, UH, I ASKED WAS IT SELF-IMPOSED OR IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING STATE VIA STATE LAW, YOU YOU WANNA RESPOND VIA, OKAY, I, BEFORE I JUST SAY WHAT SHE SAID, I'LL LET HER SAY IT.
THAT, UH, REQUIREMENT IS SELF-IMPOSED.
IT IS CONTAINED IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL, CONSIDERING SOME OF THE RECENT, UH, PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE, UH, THIS BODY.
THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I KNOW MANAGEMENT AND THE ENTIRE TEAM ARE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF THE PLACEMENT OF WHEN THOSE STUDIES OCCUR, THAT THAT IS SELF-IMPOSED.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS, UH, BASED ON STATE LAW THAT OCCUR KIND OF AFTER THE PLATTING PROCESS.
BUT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS, UH, A SELF-IMPOSED.
SO, CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS A SELF-IMPOSED, UH, REQUIREMENT, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE, UH, CONTINUE TO BE PUT IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND, OR, UH, POTENTIAL DRAINAGE ISSUES OR FLOODING WITHOUT HAVING THAT INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US IN ADVANCE OF HAVING TO MAKE A TOUGH DECISION, UH, OR SOMETIMES TOUGH DECISION AND RELATES TO, UH, REZONING.
AND SO, UM, UNTIL I'M BLUE IN THE FACE, I'M GONNA KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO UPDATE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HOW WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT IT PUTS US IN A VERY, UH, YOU KNOW, TOUGH POSITION TO ALWAYS PICK WINNERS AND LOSERS WITHOUT FOLLOWING A PLAN AND HAVING INFORMATION AND DATA IN FRONT OF US SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
UH, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO MAKE A DECISION, UH, ON SOMETHING WITHOUT KNOWING IF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY OR THE AREA.
UH, AND THEN TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT REZONING DECISION AND THEN YOU FIND OUT LATER POTENTIALLY THAT IT IS GONNA CAUSE A PROBLEM.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHEN WE REQUIRE A TIA OR DIA, I JUST THINK THAT'S JUST, UH, KIND OF BACKWARDS, UH, IN PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, UM, I WANNA REITERATE I'M VERY, VERY PRO-BUSINESS AND PRO-DEVELOPMENT, BUT I DON'T WANNA RUSH, UH, INTO TRYING TO DO STUFF JUST BECAUSE IT CAN BE DONE.
UH, AND JUST BECAUSE WE CAN DOESN'T MEAN WE ALWAYS SHOULD.
AND SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO KIND OF CONSIDER OR RECONSIDER HOW WE, HOW WE, UH, MOVE FORWARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE COUNCILOR MARONI BROUGHT THIS UP, ONE OF MY CONCERNS, CITY MANAGER IS ONE MORE STEP FURTHER IS WE GO OUT THERE AND WE, WE ZONE, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST LIKE THIS APPLICANT COME BEFORE US AND ASK HIM FOR THIS ZONE AND WE ZONE IT AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA COME UP.
MEANING IF SOMEONE IS ZONE, WE'RE ZONING FOR A, UH, WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING, IT COULD BE THE FACT THAT THEY CAN TURN AROUND AND SELL THAT.
BECAUSE ONCE IT'S ZONED, RIGHTFULLY SO.
SO THAT'S ALSO GOING BACK TO THAT POINT, I THINK CUSTOMER RAMONI TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC IMPACT, YOU KNOW, IMPACT AND DRAINAGE IMPACT AND ALL OF THIS.
BUT MY ALSO OTHER POINT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COME TO COUNCIL, YOU GET A ZONE,
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AND THEN THAT SAME PERSON WHO HAS THE ZONE CAN TURN AROUND AND SELL IT.AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VERY SMALL REGULATIONS TO PUT WHOEVER THAT IS IN PLACE BECAUSE WE CAN'T EVEN REQUIRE ANYTHING.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE MUCH MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS MOVING AT A RETREAT.
YOU KNOW, NOT, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, BUT I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT IN IN LINE WITH THIS, BECAUSE AGAIN, TO COME FROM RAMI'S POINT, IT PUTS ALL OF US IN A BIND BECAUSE A PERSON COULD TURN AROUND AND SELL THAT, YOU KNOW, LAND THAT IS ALREADY ZONED NOW.
AND WE HAVE NOT MET THE NEW OWNER.
WE, THEY HAVE NOT HEARD WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAID.
THEY HAVE NOT, THEY HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING.
THEY DON'T EVEN NEED TO COME BEFORE ANY OF US BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY ZONE.
AND WE WERE TOLD THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA COME BASICALLY.
SO US ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY OR WHATEVER IT IS NOW, WE'RE NOW AT THE END OF THE DAY, NOW WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
SO WHETHER IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHETHER IT'S WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS AROUND THIS.
SO THIS WAY THAT WE CAN, AND, AND I GET IT RIGHT, THAT I HEARD JIMA TALK ABOUT, ACCORDING TO THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, MOVING IT FROM A BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
BUT FOR ME, I, I'M THE ONE THAT'S MAKING THE DECISION.
TO THAT POINT, I NEEDED TO HAVE MORE THINGS IN STRATEGIC TO MAKE SURE THAT MY VOTE WAS VOTED AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEING CONDUCTED.
AND I WOULD ASK OF YOUR OFFICE TO FURTHER LOOK INTO THIS AS WE ARE APPROVING THESE THINGS AND TO HAVE SOME SORT OF CONSISTENCY OR, OR, OR MAKING SURE THAT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN DO THAT.
I'M NOT THE ATTORNEY AND I'M NOT THE CITY MANAGER, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT OUR CITIZENS, BUT ALSO PROTECT THE VOTE THAT WE TOOK.
AND, AND TO THAT POINT, STAFF IS DEFINITELY SEEING THIS AS AN ISSUE.
UH, WE RECOGNIZE IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, UM, BECAUSE THERE IS A COST ELEMENT TO A TNA AND YOU, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IT AT A POINT WHERE YOU HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED TO LOOK AT YOUR PROJECT.
SO WE ARE, WE DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT.
I THINK IT'S ALSO SIGNIFICANT FOR WHOEVER'S GOING TO BUILD THE PROJECT OUT TO KNOW BEFOREHAND, IF YOU HAVEN'T ZONED IN, YOU PURCHASED LAND AND THEN YOU FIND OUT YOU CAN'T BUILD THE PROJECT THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA BUILD BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PASS THE TNA OR THE DRAINAGE.
SO I I, WE GET IT AND, AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT IT AND LOOKING AT CRITERIA TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO THIS IN A MANNER THAT IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY.
AND LET ME JUST ADD, SINCE ONE MORE, SINCE COUNCIL MEMBER BONY TALKED ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC ANALYSIS STUDY AND DRAINAGE STUDY, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, I KNOW WHY THEY WON'T DO IT.
'CAUSE IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO GET IT DONE.
IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO GET IT DONE.
AND ONCE THEY GET IT DONE, IF THE COUNCIL VOTES UP OR DOWN, AND IF IT'S NOT GONNA GO THAT WAY, THEY'RE OUT OF THE MONEY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOST, WHATEVER THE AMOUNT.
BUT TO ME, WHEN YOU'RE SPENDING THAT MONEY, IT TELLS ME THAT YOU'RE SERIOUS.
SO IT ALWAYS CAN DO ALL THE STATE LAW, BUT THAT GIVES ME AS A REPRESENTATION OF THE CITIZEN TO KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE COMING IN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A PROJECT AND YOU'RE GONNA SPEND $120,000 TO DO THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, $200,000 TO DO THAT, THEN I KNOW YOU'RE BOUGHT INTO WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
BECAUSE NOBODY'S GOING TO PUT THAT KIND OF MONEY KNOWING THAT IT COULD BE A FOUR VOTE.
AND WE'RE, AND THEY'RE OUTTA THEIR MONEY AND WE VALUE THOSE PEOPLE WHO'S SPENDING THEIR MONEY TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT IN THIS SITUATION, IT DOESN'T GIVE US I AGREE.
AND I'M ONLY TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT THIS UP.
IT DOESN'T GIVE US A, A, A WAY IN OR, OR A WAY OUT.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
UM, IA, DO YOU KNOW IF THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PERSON, DID THEY DO A TRAFFIC WORKSHEET? MOST OF THE TIME WE WILL REQUIRE THAT THEY DO SOME TYPE OF WORKSHEET OBJECT FORM.
UM, SASHA, A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE WORKSHEET.
OUR WORKUP, WHAT, WHAT IS IT CALLED EXACTLY? AND MAYBE IF YOU COULD KIND OF TELL, EXPLAIN THE COUNCIL WHAT THAT DOES AND MOVE THE TIAI THINK ANY MAJOR DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES IN, WE TRY TO GET A FEEL OF WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING IS.
IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE PROPOSING
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110,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.SO BASED ON AN OFFICE PARK, WE ESTIMATE WHAT THE PROJECTED TRAFFIC WOULD BE.
IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE SAYING A DAILY TRAFFIC OF ABOUT 1200 TRAFFIC, A PEAK HOUR, TRAFFIC OF PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC OF ABOUT 140 PLUS.
SO THIS TRIGGERS A FULL BLOWN TIA, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE REQUESTED.
AND, UH, TO SECOND WHAT, UH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND OTHER PEOPLE SAID.
THE REASON WHY WE DO NOT ASK TA UPFRONT IS ONE IS THE COST, WHICH EVERYBODY SPOKE ABOUT.
THE OTHER IS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DETAILS.
SO THEY'RE COMING FOR THE ZONING.
FIRST, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE REAL USES THE REAL SQUARE FOOTAGE IS AND THE ACTUAL PLANS.
THEN WE WILL KNOW ENOUGH DETAILS TO GENERATE A TIA MOST OFTEN AT THIS CASE, AT THE ZONING CASE, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DETAILS FOR THEM TO GENERATE A TIA AND IT ALSO TAKES TIME AND EFFORT TO GET A GOOD TIA OUT.
HOW OFTEN DO OUR TIA WORKSHEETS, UH, MIRROR THAT OF AN ACTUAL TIA? ARE WE SOMETIMES CLOSE OR WE'RE OFTENTIMES CLOSE.
AND THEN THIS QUESTION IS GONNA BE TO MS. EJO, MS. EJO, IN THE EVENT SUCH AS THIS, WE CHOOSE TONIGHT TO VOTE TO ZONE THIS.
AND THEN THE TIA COMES BACK AND IT SAYS, OH, IT'S A, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK OR WHATEVER.
DOES THAT ZONING REMAIN? DO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND SAY, WELL, IF IT DOESN'T FIT, THEN WE DON'T WANT IT.
IF THE PROJECT OR THE LAND IS ZONED, THEN THAT ZONING WOULD REMAIN.
BUT, BUT USUALLY WHEN THERE'S A STUDY, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF ON THE BACKEND TO WORK WITH APPLICANTS IN ORDER TO CRAFT THE PROJECT.
IN A WAY IT MIGHT BE TO, TO SCALE IT DOWN, UM, OR CHANGE KIND OF THE PARAMETERS OF THE PROJECT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE STUDY.
AND, AND I GUESS THAT KIND OF GOES BACK TO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING ON TONIGHT.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'RE DOING IT BACKWARDS BECAUSE THEN WE END UP WITH A PIECE OF LAND THAT'S ZONED ESSENTIALLY FOR SOMETHING THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT GET.
BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WE ARE GAMBLING AND HOPING THAT WE'RE GETTING A VERY GOOD DEVELOPER OR THAT WE'RE GETTING A DEVELOPER THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, WHAT I CALL THOUGHTFUL AND WHEN IT DOES NOT WORK OUT FOR THEM.
NOW HERE WE ARE WITH A PIECE OF LAND AND WE MAY GET A DEVELOPER THAT MAY NOT BE AS THOUGHTFUL.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE RISK THAT WE RUN.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY ASK, UM, TO PLEASE FIND WAYS SO THAT WE CAN SHAPE OUR OURSELVES TO BE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION TO MAKE THESE TYPES OF DECISIONS.
I HAD A CONVERSATION AS WELL WITH JENNIFER EARLIER IN REGARDS TO WHAT WE COULD DO IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE LAND THAT IS LEFT WITH WHEN WE GO AND WE ZONE THINGS LIKE THIS.
AND THEN IT JUST SITS JUST LIKE THE LAST ZONING OCCURRED 20 YEARS AGO, AND RIGHT NOW TODAY, THAT COULD VERY WELL BE A CHURCH THAT'S SITTING THERE.
WE NEED TO FIND PARAMETERS AND PUT IN PLACE WHERE THEY CANNOT SIT ON THAT LAND THAT LONG.
THAT'S IT, THAT'S JUST TOO LONG, BECAUSE THEN WE'RE STILL STUCK AGAIN.
SO I ENCOURAGE US TO FIND A WAY ALSO TO LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL.
RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RAMON.
I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY JUST, JUST, UH, PIGGYBACK ON SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MAR SAYS.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT FOR THAT LOCATION AND AREA, UH, GREAT IN THEORY AND, AND AND, AND I JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO ENSURE THAT THE FLOODING AND THE TRAFFIC WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY HANDLED.
I DON'T LIKE THIS CART BEFORE THE HORS, UH, APPROACH.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, UH, IF IT'S WILL OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL, THAT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THAT THAT BE A REQUIREMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE REMAINING LAND THAT WE HAVE.
UH, FOR US CONSIDERING, UH, REZONING.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT, UM, WE WOULD WANNA PUT OUR, UM, OUR CITIZENS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN A POSITION TO KIND OF HAVE A, A, YOU KNOW, TA-DA, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, A GOOD AREA FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AFTER THE FACT AND AFTER IT'S BEEN REZONING TO MAYOR, MAYOR AKA'S POINT, UM, ONCE WE MAKE THIS DECISION, YOU KNOW, IT'S ZONED THAT AND ANYTHING CAN GO THERE WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL AT THAT POINT.
AND SO, UM, I JUST THINK WE'RE AT A, A UNIQUE PLACE WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO START LOOKING AGAIN AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HOW WE DEAL WITH, UH, OUR DECISION MAKING WITH THE, THE REST OF THE LAND THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
UH, AND THIS IS NOT, MY COMMENTS ABOUT, THIS IS NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE TO THIS PROJECT OR THIS DEVELOPER, BUT I DO BELIEVE AS A WHOLE, WE REALLY OWE IT TO OUR RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING RIGHT DECISIONS WITH THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
SO I THINK ANGEL, I THINK YOU HEARD IT.
UH, IT'S THE SAME THING, YOU KNOW, THAT EVERYBODY'S WORRIED ABOUT.
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KNOW, WHEN WE SAY THIS ON CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TRULY AND REALLY SAYING THAT WE'RE DON'T WANT TO BE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY, WHICH MEANS WE WANT TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES.NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE HAVING THESE TYPE OF DIALOGUES, IT SCARES A BUSINESS PERSON BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA SIT THERE AND SAY THAT I DON'T WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN ZERO CITY BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA FORCE ME TO SPEND X AMOUNT OF MONEY NOT EVEN KNOWING THAT THEY'RE GONNA VOTE FOR IT.
SO I FULLY UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE SIDE OF THE COIN.
YOU KNOW, ANYBODY, IF I'M GONNA INVEST IN THIS CITY AS A BUSINESS OWNER, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ME DO THESE STUDIES, UNLESS I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS DONE RIGHT, OTHERWISE I LOSE ABOUT $300,000, JUST A SIMPLE VOTE BY FOUR PEOPLE SAYING NO.
RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINE LINE IS.
I DON'T WANT TO SEND OUT THE MESSAGE TO OUR BUSINESS WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO GROW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL IS GONNA VOTE AGAINST EVERY PROJECT THAT WE POSSIBLY HAVE.
THAT'S NOT THE MESSAGE, BUT WE NEED HELP.
I DON'T KNOW HOW, 'CAUSE YOU GOT STATE LAW ON MY RIGHT SIDE, WHICH IS YOUI JOYCE, AND I HAVE CITY MANAGER ON THE LEFT SIDE THAT TELLS ME NO.
UH, THEN SHAHI, YOU ALWAYS SAY, NO, BUT I'M, I'M JUST KIDDING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND THAT, RIGHT? PUT YOURSELVES IN OUR SHOES.
YOU GOTTA PUT YOURSELVES IN OUR SHOES BASED ON WHAT WE'RE VOTING, THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE TODAY.
AND I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER RAMONI FOR JUMPING ON.
THIS IS GONNA AFFECT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
AND I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT GETTING BACK IN THE OFFICE.
IT'S ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING.
IT'S NOT, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FEARFUL OF VOTING FEAR, BUT WE NEED YOUR GUIDANCE TO TELL US WHAT THIS IS GONNA BE.
OTHERWISE WE ARE, WE'RE FISHING IN DARK AND, AND WE WANT TO GROW THE CITY.
WE HAVE OUR, OUR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, WE HAVE ALL OF THIS.
'CAUSE WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE NOT THAT MANY LAND LEFT.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE BIDING INTEREST IN MISSOURI CITY BECAUSE THE WORD OUT THERE IS MISSOURI CITY IS GROWING, RIGHT? IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT A BAD PROBLEM, BUT HOW, WHERE, WHERE DO WE GET TO? SO, AND, AND I GO BACK AND ASK THE SAME QUESTION DURING, WHEN YOU HAVE THESE PREP MEETINGS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXACT TERM IS WHEN YOU ALL SIT DOWN IN A CONFERENCE ROOM AND GO OVER THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, IS THE PLANNING, AND I MEAN, IS THE PUBLIC WORKS? IS THE DRAINAGE, IS THE TRAFFIC, IS, IS, ARE ALL OF YOU SITTING IN ONE ROOM WHEN A PROJECT LIKE THIS COME BEFORE THE CITY STAFF AND ACTUALLY HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, UH, PRIOR TO, YOU KNOW, GOING TO P AND Z? OR, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IF ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE MISSING FROM THAT INITIAL CONVERSATION, THEN THERE'S NO ANSWER TO IT.
SO I I, I WOULD ASSUME I'M NOT IN ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS AND I KNOW NONE OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE IN ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS AND WE DON'T NEED TO BE IN THOSE MEETINGS.
I MEAN THAT, THAT'S STAFF DRIVEN AND THAT'S STAFF.
BUT WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND HOW DO WE WORK THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW? AND, YOU KNOW, SUP GIVES ME SOME SORT OF A, YOU KNOW, PROTECTION TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL, BUT OTHERWISE IT IS WHAT IT IS.
MURS, YEAH, I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TONIGHT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
I THINK IT'S A FAIR, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO COME AND MAYBE ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AROUND TRAFFIC OR FLOODING IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT I WANTED TO FOR YOU TO HAVE SOME.
WELL, I'M REPRESENTING THE, UH, YES.
I'M THE CIVIL ENGINEER REPRESENTING, UH, THE DEVELOPER IN THIS CASE.
UH, SO IN, IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS PROJECT THEN THE PRIMARY CONCERN WAS THAT IT IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN OF, UH, OF THE BRAZOS RIVER ESSENTIALLY.
AND SO THAT WAS THE VERY FIRST THING THAT WE LOOKED AT AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS THING IS EVEN FEASIBLE CONSIDERING WHERE IT IS LOCATED.
IT IS ADJACENT TO A LEVEE DISTRICT.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT DOESN'T IMP UH, SUIT GET HIGHER THAN THE LEVEE DISTRICT NEXT DOOR.
BUT IT'S ALSO SUFFICIENT IN WHAT THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THE BRASS RIVER.
UH, SECONDARY WAS THE TRAFFIC.
AND WE ARE AWARE THAT THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY DOES HAVE EXPERIENCE SOME EXTREME TRAFFIC.
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AND IT'S VERY UNIQUE BECAUSE IT IS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TYPE OF TRAFFIC, WHICH IS REALLY LIMITED TO THE MORNING HOURS WHERE EVERYONE ELSE IS TRYING TO TRAVEL AT THE SAME TIME.AND THEN THE AFTERNOON IS NOT QUITE AS CRITICAL BECAUSE THE EVENING TRAFFIC HASN'T REALLY OCCURRED YET.
BUT, BUT THE MORNING TRAFFIC WE FULLY UNDERSTAND IS A CONCERN.
AND, UH, WITH THE WAY THE CITY REQUIREMENTS ARE, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, STAFF IS NOT ABLE TO FULLY ENGAGE WITH US AT THE SAME TIME.
'CAUSE WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE KIND OF TAKEN WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNIGHT'S COURT AND KIND OF JUST SEEING HOW WE WOULD INTEGRATE FULLY INTO THIS WHOLE THING.
BUT WE'RE UNABLE TO DO SO BECAUSE THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS.
WE HAVE TO GET A ZONING IN PLACE BEFORE THEY CAN FULLY ENGAGE WITH US, UH, WITH THAT PARTICULAR PIECE.
BUT, BUT WE, WE DO APPRECIATE THE HINTS, THE NUGGETS THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED US THAT, UH, HAVE ALLOWED US TO KIND OF LOOK INTO IT.
WE DID DO THE WORKSHEET AND WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THIS PROBABLY IS ONE OF THE LOWEST TYPE OF TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENTS THAT YOU CAN FIND.
PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE WILL HAVE A MUCH LARGER SPIKE, ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE THINK THAT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD DEVELOPMENT THAT'S SHOWN.
IT'S, UH, IN THE FIRST PHASE THAT HAS SHOWN HOW IT CAN WORK, HOW IT FITS INTO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S, IT'S STILL CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL SO THAT IT KIND OF SHOWS ON HOW THIS ONE WILL INTEGRATE WITH THE REST OF THE CITY.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT MY CLIENT WOULD LOVE TO START TOMORROW.
I KEEP REMINDING HIM HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO START UNTIL WE'VE GOT ALL THESE, UH, PROCESSES COMPLETED.
SO, UH, HE, HE WOULD LOVE TO START TOMORROW.
IS THERE SOMETHING MORE YOU COULD GIVE US, MAYBE NOT TONIGHT, BUT YOU KNOW, NEAR FUTURE AROUND THE FLOODING AND THE MITIGATION AND THE PLANS THAT YOU GUYS, SO I'VE ACTUALLY DESIGNED IT AND I SENT IT OVER TO, UH, BRA, UH, BRAZORIA DRAINAGE DISTRICT, UH, EXCUSE ME, THIS FORT BEND COUNTY, FORT BEND COUNTY DISTRICT DISTRICT, UH, FOR THEM TO REVIEW.
AND, UH, THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED ON THEIR END, OF COURSE THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS FULLY RESPONSIBLE.
SO THEY'VE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE OKAY.
IT HASN'T, IT FITS IN OUR REQUIREMENTS.
CITY OF MISSOURI IS THE FINAL, UH, UM, CITY THAT WILL MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION.
BUT I HAVE SET THE FINISHED FLOORS HIGH ENOUGH THAT THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE FLOOD PLAN AND SIGNIF.
AND SO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY DON'T, THIS WHOLE THING IS NOT SITTING HIGHER THAN THE LEVEE NEXT DOOR.
SO ANGEL, THE PULSE THAT I FEEL, IF I'M WRONG, YOU GUYS CORRECT ME, IS THAT WE KINDA LIKE THIS USAGE AS A COUNCIL, BUT WE'RE REAL CONCERNED ABOUT DRAINAGE.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO WORK A LITTLE CLOSER WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORT THAT DRAINAGE IS GOING TO BE, UH, MANAGED BETTER, I GUESS WE COULD SAY, OR MANAGED, UM, AJO, SORRY.
UM, AT THIS POINT, THAT IS NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED OF THE APPLICANT, RIGHT? THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING STAFF HEARS.
UH, WHAT YOU ALL ARE ASKING THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE, UH, REVIEWED AND POSSIBLY IMPLEMENTED IN THE FUTURE FOR OTHER, UH, APPLICATIONS.
UH, BUT FOR THIS ONE, THE CITY HAS TO ADHERE TO THE RULES THAT ARE IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION.
NOW THAT DOESN'T STOP THE APPLICANT FROM PROVIDING INFORMATION, IT SOUNDS LIKE HE ALREADY HAS.
UM, HE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD, WOULD DO VOLUNTARILY, BUT THE CITY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REQUIRE.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THOSE BIG TRIANGLES AS YOU SEE 'EM THERE, THAT THAT'S WHY THEY ARE SO BIG AS THEY ARE BECAUSE IT IS, THAT IS THE MAIN CONCERN REALLY.
THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT STARTED THE PROJECT IS, OKAY, HOW DO WE LEAST IMPACT FROM A DRAINAGE STANDPOINT? AND THEN FROM THERE IT WENT, OKAY, HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE THE, THE USAGE OF IT SO THAT IT CAN PAY FOR THOSE COMPONENTS THAT DEAL WITH A DRAINAGE.
ALRIGHT, SO I JUST HAVE ONE SINCE YOU CAME UP HERE.
IS IT A SO ARE YOU AN ARCHITECT? I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER.
SO, SO THE, UH, HAS THE DEVELOPER BUILT SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS BEFORE THIS DEVELOPER? YEAH.
UH, WE DID FOR PHASE ONE, OF COURSE AT 70 70, UH, KNIGHTS COURT.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE IMAGE OF THAT ONE.
THE GOOGLE EARTH, UH, DRIVE BY SHOOTING RIGHT THERE.
THAT SHOWS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
AND HE WANTS TO USE THE EXACT SAME MATERIALS FOR THIS, RIGHT.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A FEW MORE OF THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES.
THERE'S A COUPLE IN PARA LAND.
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ONE CLOSE TO MY, WHERE I LIVE OVER THE WILLOWBROOK AREA.AND, UH, SO THERE HE IS DEVELOPING THEM ACROSS THE HOUSTON AREA.
SO I'LL JUST TELL YOU, I KNOW THIS LAND, IT'S GOT A LOT OF CREEKS THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE AND IT'S VERY DEEP.
AND IT IS, THERE'S A LOT OF DIRT THAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED.
I MEAN, TRUCKS AND TRUCKS WE ARE BUILDING UP.
SO THAT COME, THAT GETS ME BACK TO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE LOOKED AT THIS LAND AND THEY WALKED AWAY FROM IT BECAUSE OF THE COST.
I GAVE HIM ALL THE COSTS AND HE DOESN'T WANNA WALK AWAY.
BUT WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IT IS BECAUSE THE, THE WAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS LAND, IF YOU ARE STANDING AT THE CURB OF THE MAIN STREET AND YOU LOOK IN YES, SIR.
UH, THE, THE WATER IT RUNS, THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT WAYS, DIFFERENT CHANNELS THAT ARE SO DEEP THAT IT RUNS ALL OVER IT.
I'M NOT SURE HAVING THESE TWO TRIANGLES IS GOING TO, IS GOING HOLD ALL THAT WATER BECAUSE RIGHT BEHIND THAT YOU HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS, THOSE TRIANGLES ARE LARGER BECAUSE YOU WANNA FILL, ARE LARGER VOLUME THAN WHAT, UH, THE, THE BRAZOS RIVER WOULD TAKE UP IF IT WAS IN ITS FULL FLOOD STAGE.
BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA, I MEAN, JUST AS MUCH AS DIRT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING TO BUILD IT UP.
IT, IT'S, IT'S, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SO I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE, THE, I THINK YOU NEED MORE, UH, OF THEM WHAT'S SHOWN ON THE DRAWING.
WELL, WHAT WHAT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THOUGH, IS SO WHEN THE BRAZOS RIVER BRINGS UP ITS VOLUME, IT, IT STOPS RIGHT ABOUT HERE.
BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT THE HA WE'RE NOT GONNA BUILD THE BUILDING RIGHT THERE.
WE ACTUALLY BUILD THE BUILDING HIGHER THAN THAT.
THAT BEING SAID, THIS DIFFERENCE IN VOLUME THAT YOU HAVE BETWEEN THOSE TWO IS NOT TAKING AWAY FROM THE STAGE OF THE BRAZOS RIVER.
SO THEREFORE THAT IS, EVEN THOUGH I'M BRINGING IN EXTRA DIRT FOR IT, IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE DRAINAGE.
SO THAT'S ONE MORE THING, SIR.
WILL, WILL IT DRAIN TOWARDS KNIGHT'S COURT? NO, THIS, UH, WHOLE SITE IS INTENDED TO DRAIN TOWARDS THE EXISTING, UH, RIVER.
IS IT RIVERINE SECTION OVER THERE? YEAH.
J JASON, WHAT'S THAT LITTLE PARK THAT WE WANT TO DO THERE? THAT, UM, THAT WE WANNA DO THE NATURE PARK WITH THE HER AND DRY.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE THERE AN A MOTION BY COUNCIL.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MURRO IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL AND SEE NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO THREE.
ITEM 11, ORDINANCES 11 A, I MEAN, SORRY.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
10 A 10 A.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
ADOPTING AN UPDATE TO THE BASIC PLAN OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY INTER-JURISDICTIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
TAMIKA? GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TODAY WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT, UM, THE ADOPTION FOR THE 2024 BASIC PLAN FOR THE FORT BEND COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
UM, THE LAST, OUR LAST PLAN THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SIGNED ON TO IS THE 2019 PLAN.
THIS PLAN LASTS FIVE YEARS ONCE IT IS ADOPTED, AND WE ADOPTED ONE SEPARATE FOR FIVE YEARS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOUR 18.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I WILL GIVE YOU SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON WHY WE SIGN ON THE CO, THE COUNTY'S PLAN AND THE BENEFITS OF THAT.
BUT, UH, FIRST I WANNA GIVE YOU SOME OF THE BIGGER UPDATES THAT WILL IMPACT MISSOURI CITY WITH THE UPDATE PLAN IF APPROVED, IF ADOPTED, UM, STATEWIDE, WE ARE TRANSITIONING HOW WE MANAGE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTERS WITH FORT BEND COUNTY.
PUTTING THAT IN THEIR BASIC PLAN, WE WILL START THAT TRANSITION ALSO TO WHAT'S CALLED EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.
THAT'S NOT GONNA HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
IT'S JUST GONNA IMPACT HOW WE MANAGE IN THE ROLES THAT STAFF, WHAT THEY MANAGE AND WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE IN THE EOC.
THIS PLAN, UM, FOR AN EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN, IT CONSISTS OF A BASIC PLAN IN 22 ANNEXES, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BASIC PLAN TONIGHT.
IT'S A FIVE YEAR PROCESS TO UPDATE THAT ENTIRE PLAN.
BECAUSE OF THAT, THE FORT, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY IS STARTING THEIR TRANSITION, WHICH WILL MAKE US START OUR TRANSITION ALSO.
AND IT'LL TAKE A COMPLETE FIVE YEARS TO BE COMPLETELY IN, UM, ESF EMERGENCY
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SUPPORT FUNCTIONS AS THAT'S THE TIME IT TAKES FOR THAT WHOLE PLAN TO BE UPDATED.THE OTHER MAJOR UPDATE THAT WILL IMPACT MISSOURI CITY ARE OUR ELC LEVELS.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR ELC ACTIVATION LEVELS.
WE WILL GO DOWN TO THREE, WHICH IS, UM, FOLLOWING IN LINE WITH FEMA'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, IT HAS LESS CONFUSION ON WHAT LEVEL WE ARE CURRENTLY, OUR LEVELS ARE IF WE'RE, WE'RE CURRENTLY AT A LEVEL FOUR, WHICH IS NORMAL OPERATIONS, WE HAVE LEVEL THREE, WHICH IS INCREASED READINESS.
LEVEL TWO IS PARTIAL ACTIVATION, AND LEVEL ONE IS FULL ACTIVATION.
WE WILL TRANSFER FROM THOSE FOUR TO A LEVEL ONE WILL CONTINUE BEING A FULL ACTIVATION.
A LEVEL TWO WILL CONTINUE BEING A PARTIAL, AND THEN A LEVEL THREE WILL BE NORMAL OPERATIONS.
IT WILL GET RID OF TWO PARTIAL ACTIVATION LEVELS WHERE WE'LL EITHER BE FULLY ACTIVATED PARTIALLY OR WILL BE AT NORMAL OPERATIONS AND WITH US SIGNING ONTO THE COUNTY PLAN.
THE BENEFITS OF THAT IS ARE WE WILL REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS CODE FOUR, GOVERNMENT CODE FOUR 18.
THAT REQUIRES ALL JURISDICTIONS TO SIGN ON OR ADOPT AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
IT HELPS WITH STREAMLINING COORDINATION.
MAJORITY OF THE JURISDICTIONS WITHIN FORT BEND COUNTY ALL SIGN ONTO THE FORT BEND COUNTY PLAN, WHICH MEANS WE ALL HAVE THE SIMILAR FRAMEWORK AND PLANNING HOW WE RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS.
AND IT'LL ENTITLE THAT WE'RE STILL IN LINE WITH EVERYONE ELSE IN OUR COUNTY.
AND ALSO SIGNING ONTO THAT PLAN WILL BE A COST, A COST EFFECTIVENESS TO THE CITY AS WE CAN LEAN ONTO THE COUNTY AND UTILIZE SOME OF THEIR SERVICES AS A COST, UM, BENEFIT TO US AND A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
ANY QUESTIONS? I THANK YOU IKA.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY SECONDED BY MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - Second and Final Reading - An ordi...]
NUMBER 10 B, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.AMENDING REGULATIONS IN PD PLEDGE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 35 CONSISTING OF AN 89.25 ACRE TRACT.
LAND DESCRIBING SAID 89.25 ACRE TRACT LAND, REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE USE, SIZE, HEIGHT, AND DENSITY OF BUILDINGS WITHIN SUCH PD PLANS.
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 GRACE.
JUST GONNA PUT UP A REVISED SITE PLAN FOR YOU GUYS.
UH, THIS ITEM WAS BEFORE YOU LAST MONTH AND YOU HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND ALSO ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF THE A DA PARKING SPACES.
SO, UH, WE DID SPEAK WITH THE DEVELOPER ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF THE HANDICAP PARKING SPACES AND THEY ARE PLACED AT THE SPACE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE PERSON TO HAVE THE SHORTEST, SAFEST, AND MOST ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING.
IF THEY WERE TO RELOCATE THOSE SPACES TO ANY OTHER SECTION OF THEIR SITE PLAN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CROSS A LARGER DISTANCE BEFORE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ENTER THE BUILDING.
UH, AND THE PLACEMENT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS ON WHERE THAT PARKING SPACE SHOULD BE.
SO THAT IS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
UH, THE OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE POINT, UH, DRIVEWAY ACCESS POINT THAT COMES OFF OF SIENNA RANCH ROAD AND SASHI, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS THERE? I HAVE A FEW POINTS, BUT YOU PROBABLY HAVE MORE DETAILS.
SO, UM, THE INTERSECTION ALONG COLONIAL LAKES DRIVE WAS BROUGHT UP, UH, AND HIGHWAY SIX AND I DID TALK ABOUT THAT WITH THE CITY ENGINEER MARCUS SNELL, WHO'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, AND HE DID POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENCES TO COLONIAL LAKES DRIVE AND THIS AREA HERE.
ONE OF THEM IS THAT COLONIAL LAKES DRIVE HAS A MEDIAN THAT PEOPLE CAN CROSS.
IT'S AN OPEN MEDIAN, WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE MIGHT MAD DASH ACROSS THE WAY AND, AND POSSIBLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.
IN THIS INSTANCE, THE MEDIAN IS NOT PASSABLE.
IT'S A SOLID, SO THAT THAT WON'T BE A TRAFFIC CONCERN.
PEOPLE CAN ONLY GO ONE WAY WHEN THEY'RE EXITING.
UH, THE OTHER ITEM IS, UM, THE DRIVEWAY ACCESS POINT ALONG COLONIAL LAKES DRIVE IS A LOT SHORTER, SO THEY DO HAVE TO QUICKLY TURN TO ENTER THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
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DISTANCE FROM THE DRIVEWAY ACCESS POINT TO SIENNA PARK, SIENNA PARKWAY, UH, IS MUCH LONGER.WELL, IT'S LONGER THAN THE ONE ON COLONIAL LAKE DRIVES, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR EASIER EASE INTO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
UH, SO THAT, THOSE ARE THE TWO DIFFERENCES, UH, BETWEEN THE INTERSECTION THAT YOU BROUGHT UP IN THIS INTERSECTION.
THOSE ARE THE POINTS THAT I HAVE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL REFER THEM TO ENGINEERING
UM, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, WE NEED A MOTION.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY MAYOR PROTO KLAUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
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ITEM NUMBER 11, OUR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SONIA BROWN.
MARSHALL, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
OOH, I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO AYA SMITH.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY NIGHT Y'ALL WILL SEE ME IN THIS T-SHIRT,
AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE POLICE PROMOTIONS AND THE OATH OF OFFICE CEREMONY, AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO SEE.
ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF JA HEARD CAPTAIN TRACY HAW COX, UH, LIEUTENANT ADAM SANTOS, AND SERGEANT CYNTHIA AGTA, DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? AG AGTA AND DANIEL MUNRO.
UM, ROY TAKE THEIR, UH, RIGHTFUL PLACES AMONGST THEIR RANKS.
UM, EXTREMELY HAPPY FOR THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN PAPER SHREDDING EVENT.
AND OF COURSE, FOR THE QUAIL VALLEY GARDEN CLUB'S ANNUAL PLANT SALE.
I DIDN'T BUY ANY THIS YEAR, SO I CAN'T KILL ANYTHING THIS YEAR,
UM, I AM THOROUGHLY ENJOYING THE USE OF FORT BEND TOWN CENTER.
TWO, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE AISLE THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND I GOT AN EYE EXAM AT AMERICA'S BEST.
SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
I INTENDED THE FAREWELL CEREMONY FOR ASSOCIATE PASTOR, UH, REVEREND FATHER JOSEPH RA, ALONG WITH THE MAYOR.
AND, UM, IT WAS AN EXTREMELY MOVING CEREMONY, ESPECIALLY TO SEE SUCH A YOUNG MAN WHO'S, UM, GOING OFF NOW TO CONTINUE HIS DOCTORAL STUDIES AND TO CONTINUE HIS PRIESTHOOD.
SO IT WAS VERY, VERY MOVING INTENDED.
THE SAY THAT THE CITY COUNTY ADDRESSED BY KP GEORGE.
AND OF COURSE, NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WAS PHENOMENAL THIS YEAR.
I WAS GLAD THAT IT WAS MOVED TO THE INSIDE AND THAT WE COULD CONTINUE ON WITH THAT.
LASTLY, I JUST WANNA WISH ALL OF THE MOTHERS A VERY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY ON THIS COMING SUNDAY.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO.
UM, I WANNA SAY AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO ANAYA SMITH AND HIS FAMILY.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO, I ATTENDED A LOT OF EVENTS, AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY TIME BACK, BUT, UM, I DID WANNA SAY A CONGRATULATIONS TO MY SON.
UH, MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT HE, UH, IS LIVING ON THE SPECTRUM AND THRIVING ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM.
HE WAS ACCEPTED TO EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY AND WILL BE MAJORING IN, UH, GET HIS BA IN THEATER ARTS, UH, IN THE FALL.
AND SO WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, HE'LL BE LIVING INDEPENDENTLY, SO, UM, BIG PART OF MY LIFE RAISING HIM.
AND ANY FAMILIES OUT THERE WHO ARE, UH, RAISING CHILDREN ON THE SPECTRUM, UH, THERE IS HOPE.
GOTTA DO THE WORK, BUT THERE IS HOPE.
SO, I'M EXCITED FOR MY SON, AND I JUST WANNA SAY, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS, AND FOR THOSE WHOSE MOTHERS HAVE GONE ON, GOD BLESS YOU.
AND MAY, MAY YOU KEEP YOUR, UH, YOUR MOTHER'S MEMORY ALIVE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, RILEY, YOU WANNA GO NEXT? THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM.
UM, I TOO WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ANAYA SMITH AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY.
AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS MISSOURI CITY PROUD.
UH, SO I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND HOW HE IS GOING TO SOAR.
BEFORE I, I DID A WHOLE LOT THIS, THESE LAST FEW WEEKS.
UM, BUT I WANNA KIND OF REALLY FOCUS ON A FEW THINGS SAYING HAPPY PROM MONTH TO ALL OF THE SENIORS OUT THERE.
I LOVE THE PHOTOS OF ALL THE EXOTIC OUTFITS AND FANCY CARS AND SWAG ON THE, THE TUXEDOS.
UM, HAPPY GRADUATION FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE GRADUATING COLLEGE COMING UP.
WE PLAN FOR YOU TO, AS YOU TAKE YOUR FINALS, AS I HAVE TWO THAT ARE STRESSING ME OUT.
THEY'RE TAKING THEIR FINALS THIS WEEK.
UM, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OF OUR MOTHERS OUT THERE IN THE SOUND, WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE AS WELL, I WANNA, UH, DRAW YOUR ATTENTION
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TO TWO EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP.MAY 18TH IS GONNA BE VERY BUSY IN MISSOURI CITY, SPECIFICALLY, DISTRICT A.
UM, THERE IS GOING TO BE A MENTAL HEALTH WALK HOSTED BY IA OF INFINITY AT HUNTERS GLEN PARK, UM, FROM 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING YOUR, UM, STEPS ON, JOIN US OUT THERE, UH, FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH WALK.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE, UH, TEXAS COPS AND COMMUNITIES WORKSHOP HERE AT THE MISSOURI CITY COMMUNITY CENTER AT 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM THIS IS A GOOD, UH, PROGRAM FOR A LOT OF THE PARENTS TO LEARN ABOUT TEENS AND WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING IN CODING, UM, AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND FORT BEND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UM, AND A HOST OF OTHER VENDORS AS WELL.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT HOSTED, UH, THE NEW, THE OPEN HOUSE TO THE NEW BUILDING AND FIRE CODE.
UM, IT WASN'T A PACKED HOUSE, SO IT WAS EASY TO FIND A SEAT IN THERE.
UH, BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE DID HAVE A FEW CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS TO SHOW UP TO LEARN ABOUT THAT.
DEFINITELY WANNA ENCOURAGE, UM, THEM TO PUT THAT VIDEO OUT THERE, UH, TO, UH, SHOWCASE WHAT THE NEW, NEW CHANGES ARE AND THE NEW CODES ARE, AND HOW OUR VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS AND DEVELOPERS CAN CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS WITH US.
UH, A NEW INDIAN RESTAURANT THAT OPENED UP, UM, RIGHT THERE ON THE CORRIDOR OF DUL AND CARTWRIGHT.
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO JOIN MAYOR AS WE PRESENT A PROCLAMATION ON THAT DAY, NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
I ATTENDED, OF COURSE, FOR MY OWN CITY AND THE CITY OF STAFFORD.
UM, I REALLY FELT FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST THAT DAY, SO I WAS ON MY BEST BEHAVIOR THAT DAY.
SO I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN ON THEIR PAPER STRAIGHTEN EVENT.
UH, THE QUAIL VALLEY GOLF, NO, THE QUAIL VALLEY GARDEN.
I DID BUY SOME PLANTS, AND THANK GOD THEY ARE STILL ALIVE AS OF TODAY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO LISA STILLWELLS ON HER 29 YEARS OF SERVICE.
AND THANK YOU TO THE EPA REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL WORKSHOP FOR COMING TO MISSOURI CITY.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, WELL, MINE'S A LOT OF REPEAT OF, UH, WHAT, UH, SOME OF THE OTHERS HAVE SAID.
I DID, UH, ATTEND THE, UH, NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
AND, UH, IT WAS REALLY, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, WHILE IT WAS RAINY OUTSIDE, IT WAS BRIGHT INSIDE.
SO, UH, THERE WAS SOME GOOD MESSAGES THAT, UH, THAT WERE BROUGHT.
AND IT SHOWS THAT WE ALL CAN LIVE TOGETHER REGARDLESS OF WHAT OUR, UH, OUR AFFILIATION OR OUR, OUR, UH, OUR BACKGROUND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND MIGHT BE.
UH, I, UH, ATTENDED THE QUAIL VALLEY GARDEN CLUB, UH, ANNUAL SALE PLANT SALE.
AND THEY DID MENTION THAT, UH, YOU DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING.
SO THEIR PROFITS ARE GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER THIS YEAR.
UH, AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT PROMOTION.
UH, THERE WERE, I THINK, WHAT FIVE, UH, OFFICERS THAT, UH, WERE, UH, WERE PINNED BY THE, THEIR, UH, EITHER THEIR FAM, SOME PERSON WITHIN THEIR FAMILY.
UH, IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT WE'VE GOT THAT TYPE OF MOVEMENT WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR PDE ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, UM, MAKE SURE WE, UH, PROMOTE FROM WITHIN.
SO I THINK THAT WAS REALLY, UH, HELPFUL AND, AND ENLIGHTENING.
AND, UH, I ATTENDED THE SIENNA BARBECUE COOKOFF, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO, UH, TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT I KNOW THE MAYOR'S GONNA TALK ABOUT.
I MEAN,
THE, UH, THAT COOKOFF, I THINK THEY HAD 43 OR 45 TEAMS. UH, IT'S, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
UH, IT BROUGHT EVERY, IT APPEARED LIKE IT BROUGHT EVERYBODY FROM SIENNA AND SOME OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS INTO AN AREA WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE, UH, A LOT OF EVENTS AND THINGS GOING ON.
SO, UH, I GIVE KUDOS TO THE, UH, UH, TO, UH, THE, THE TWO, UH, ORGANIZERS OF THAT, UH, THAT PROGRAM.
SO, WITH THAT, UH, THAT, UH, CONCLUDES MY, UH, MY COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR PROAM.
UH, CONGRATS AGAIN TO, UH, ANAYA SMITH AND FAMILY ON HIS HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
UH, I'M, I'M LIKE YOU, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BROWN MARSHALL.
I'LL BE TAKING THIS SHIRT OFF AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE,
IT'S DEFINITELY, UH, EXCITING NEWS TO, TO SEE HIM, UH, AND HIS FAMILY.
UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, UH, HAVE THAT, THAT, THAT EXCITING MOMENT.
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UH, I ATTENDED HGAC, UH, ANNUAL, UH, MONTHLY BOARD MEETING.ALSO THE DRY CREEK VILLAGE, HOA ANNUAL MEETING.
ALSO, WE HAD, UM, A VERY IMPORTANT CDAC MEETING THAT, UH, UH, WE GOT A LOT OF THE BUSINESS DONE FOR CDAC AS FAR AS OUR CDBG DOLLARS THAT, UH, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
ALSO, UH, ATTENDED THE POLICE PROMOTION CEREMONY WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES.
UH, IT WAS GREAT TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT.
UM, OUR, UH, POLICE OFFICERS ALSO ATTENDED THE SMALL BUSINESS NETWORKING MIXER.
UH, THANK, SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY WHO PROVIDED ME A TICKET.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,
UH, ALSO, UH, NO, IT WAS GREAT, GREAT TURNOUT.
UH, BUSINESS, UH, COMMUNITY WAS OUT AND ABOUT.
AND, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE SOME GREAT NETWORKING TOOK PLACE.
ALSO ATTENDED AND SHARED WORDS ON BEHALF OF MISSOURI CITY AND, AND GAVE AN UPDATE ON, ON THE GREAT WORK WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY AT THE 21ST CENTURY REGIONAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, SPRING BOARD MEETING.
UM, ALSO, UH, ATTENDED THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES.
UM, MAYOR AND I, UH, ATTENDED, UH, AN NFL DRAFT PARTY CELEBRATION FOR, UM, ANOTHER MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT WHO, UM, WAS DRAFTED IN THE SECOND ROUND, 52ND PICK, UH, ADAM, I, MITCHELL, MITCHELL AND HIS FAMILY, UH, THEY HELD A NFL DRAFT PARTY.
AND, UH, WE WERE, UH, ALLOWED AND ASKED TO COME AND NOT ONLY SHARE WORDS, BUT WE GAVE HIM A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT.
AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, UH, DELIVERED THE KEY TO THE CITY TO HIM AS WELL.
HE HAD TO IMMEDIATELY GO TO INDIANAPOLIS, UH, FOR TRAINING CAMP AND ROOKIE TRAINING CAMP.
AND SO HE WAS UNABLE TO, TO BE WITH US TONIGHT.
HOWEVER, UM, ONCE HE GETS BACK IN TOWN, WHICH WE HOPE TO BE IN THE SUMMER, UH, HE'S EXCITED TO TRY TO COME BY AND, AND BE CELEBRATED AND, AND, AND MEET ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, MY SON, JOSHUA BONY, UH, WE CELEBRATED HIS 23RD BIRTHDAY SINCE THE LAST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.
AND, UH, LASTLY, UH, I'M CELEBRATING ALL MONTH.
YEAH, YOU ARE, UH, I'M TURNING 50 HALF OF A HUNDRED, UH, ON THE 14TH OF MAY.
SO, UH, FEEL FREE TO, UH, CELEBRATE ME ALL MONTH.
HAPPY, HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY TO YOUR, TO YOUR BOY.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MEMORIALS.
NO, NOBODY MENTIONED THE GOVERNMENT CHEESE FROM FLAVOR CHURCH
THAT, THAT PRAYER SESSION WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE.
WE RECOGNIZED CLERKS, WE RECOGNIZED POLICE, PUBLIC SERVICE.
WE SENT ANANIAS TO PHILLY, THE MISSOURI CITY WAY.
UM, I WANT TO THANK THE PARKS FOUNDATION FOR THE GENEROUS DONATION TOWARDS PARKS AS WE'VE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON AMENITIES IN OUR COMMUN COMMUNITY.
AND MAYOR, WE FINALLY BOUGHT A PHONE SYSTEM, MAN,
UH, BUT THANK Y'ALL FOR INVESTING IN, IN THE PHONE SYSTEM.
UM, THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD ARTICLE IN THE COMMUNITY IMPACT THIS WEEK, UM, AND IT SAID, MISSOURI CITY IS SET TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM HCAC FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
AND HERE'S JUST A FEW ITEMS. 836 GRAND FOR A SIGNAL AT TOWNSHIP LANE, 1.1 MILLION AT TEXAS PARKWAY TO HELP WITH SOME GRAVEL AND CONCRETE ON INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD, 3.7 MILLIONS ON TRAMMELL FRESNO ROAD, UH, TO MAKE TWO LANES FOR FOUR LANES FROM SIENNA TO HIGHWAY SIX, $1.5 MILLION AT WATTS PLANTATION, $9.9 MILLION FOR MURPHY ROAD, WHERE THERE'S A, A RECONSTRUCTING FOUR LANES, UH, TO BECOME SIX LANES.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT.
THERE'S MUCH NEEDED DOLLARS IN MUCH NEEDED AREAS.
BUT THERE'S A GUY THAT SITS ON COUNCIL HERE BY THE NAME OF JEFFREY EL BONY THAT GOES TO THOSE MEETINGS, AND HE'S IN THOSE MEETINGS WITH SOME SHARKS, RIGHT? SOME OTHER LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND HE'S WALKED AWAY WITH A BRINK TRUCK OF MONEY SOMETIMES.
UH, I GOTTA GIVE SASHI SOME LOVE TOO.
SO BETWEEN SASHA'S STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, I, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR SUCCESSFULLY SECURING FUNDS FOR US.
UH, I KNOW THAT I WORKED WITH, UH, ANGEL, UH, $1 MILLION TOWARDS HUNTERS GLEN JOGGING TRAIL 'CAUSE OF YOUR EFFORTS.
SO I WANNA PUBLICLY THANK YOU AND THANKS SACHI, FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU DO.
UH, WITH THAT SAID, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY AND, UH, GO MARSHALL.
ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, WELL, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ANANIAS SMITH.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MARULA FOR HIS HELP, UM, ALONG WITH OUR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, OUR IT, UM, AND AL FOR WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UH, MR. ROME, EVERYBODY PUTTING
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TOGETHER TO CONGRATULATE THIS YOUNG MAN.A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY THAT WE MISSED, UM, BUT WE CAN'T COUNT THE ONES THAT WE MISSED.
WE GOTTA COUNT THE ONES THAT WE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE TODAY.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK IS TO BE FACTUAL WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THESE COMMENTS, UM, TO BE TRUTHFUL, OR IF NOT, IF YOU NEEDED INFORMATION, GET WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS, WE CAN GET THOSE INFORMATION FOR YOU.
GET WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEYS, CITY MANAGER, UH, CITY SECRETARY, THEY CAN GET THESE INFORMATIONS FOR YOU BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS A TRANSPARENT TRANSPARENCY TO IT.
AND YOU HEARD SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS TONIGHT ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS, ESPECIALLY AROUND ZONING.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST WANT THE PEOPLE TO BE UNDERSTANDING THAT CITY COUNCIL IS NOT THE ONES THAT OWN THESE PROPERTIES.
CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T GO AND TELL ANYBODY TO GO AND BUY THESE PROPERTIES.
CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO GROW THE CITY, AND NO DOUBT.
BUT AS THESE THINGS PROJECTS ARE COMING UP, OF COURSE THERE'S COMMUNITY DISINTEREST, UH, THERE'S PUSHBACK, THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOUR CITY COUNCIL IS NOT THE ENEMY AT HAND.
UM, AND SOMEONE ASKED IN PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
UH, YOU HAVE YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE.
I AM ALWAYS AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS IN THE KNOW TO, TO MAKE SURE TO WORK WITH YOU.
SOMETIMES THE RETURN IS ONLY WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROJECT COMING HERE AND THAT'S WHEN THAT COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED IN TALKING TO US.
IT'S NOT A LONG, ONGOING CONVERSATION.
IT'S A VERY SHORT-WINDED CONVERSATION.
AND I THINK THE CITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, DO A GREAT JOB OF MAKING THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WE CAN'T GO TO EVERY DOOR AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
AND TO LET THEM KNOW THE READER SIGNS, THE COMMUNICATIONS, THE, THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. THERE ARE ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
CITY COUNCIL REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF THE MISSOURI CITY.
AND I SAY THAT YET, WE HAVE A TASK THAT'S AHEAD OF US BECAUSE WE ARE ALSO REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF NEW JERSEY CITY.
AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM, UM, HOW DO WE GROW THE CITY TO WHERE CAN WE LEAD THE CITY TO THE NEXT LEVEL STAFF? MY OPINION HAS ALWAYS, I CAN ONLY TALK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE.
THEY'VE BEEN PUT, PUT THROUGH A LOT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL JUST RECOGNIZED THIS WEEK, NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK.
WE, WE PUT THE PUBLIC DON'T SEE, WE PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THESE STAFF WITH OUR EMAILS AND WITH QUESTIONS, AND RIGHTFULLY SO, THEY ANSWER.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF IS ALSO LOOKING OUT, NOT FOR OTHERS, BUT FOR THE CITIZENS.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, CITIZENS IS WHO PAYS THE STAFF.
SO LET'S NOT FORGET THAT WHEN WE COME UP HERE, AND I KNOW EMOTIONS ARE HIGH, THINGS ARE AT HIGH STAKE AND YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY.
BUT LET'S ENGAGE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
LET'S HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
LET'S HAVE, EVEN IF IT MEANS TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A COFFEE TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS, BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON THE SEVEN OF US SIT UP HERE IS BECAUSE WE LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY AND PAY TAXES IN MISSOURI CITY.
[12. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
I AM NUMBER, UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AT 12 A UH, THE CITY COUNCIL IS GONNA GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION 5 5 1 0.074 OF THE GOVERNMENT TEXAS CODE.[13. RECONVENE]
TIME IS 11:14 PM THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW IS BACK INTO REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, REGULAR MEETING.AND THERE IS NO ACTION ITEMS. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 11:15 PM.