* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] OKAY, TODAY'S MONDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2024. [1. CALL TO ORDER] WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO, A ROLL CALL. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER THREE, OUR IS OUR PLEDGE. IT'LL BE LED BY JOEY JOHNSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. EVERYONE SAY THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, MS. JOHNSON. ITEM [(a) Presentation - Proclamation Recognizing Women Veterans Day] NUMBER FOUR ARE PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION. FOUR A IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING WOMEN, VETERANS DAY. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY ELONI. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD. THANK YOU. OH, COME ON. YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S LIVEN UP IN HERE. WE GOT A PRETTY, UH, ROBUST MEETING TONIGHT, BUT I WANNA FIRST GET STARTED BY ACKNOWLEDGING, UH, FIRST OF ALL, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR OUR VETERANS. OUR VETERANS SERVE AND PROTECT US, UH, HERE AND ABROAD. AND WE OWE THEM A, A, A GREAT DEAL OF GRATITUDE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, SOME OF OUR SPECIAL VETERANS ARE OUR WOMEN VETERANS. AND SO THIS IS, YES. SO THIS IS WOMEN'S VETERANS, UH, MONTH. AND I WANNA ASK ANY WOMEN, A WOMAN VETERAN THAT IS IN THE BUILDING TO COME FORTH SO WE CAN DO THIS PROCLAMATION WITH YOU AND FOR YOU. LET'S GIVE 'EM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS THEY COME. ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, ANGEL, HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? I'M MOVING ALL. YOU CAN JUST MAKE A LITTLE HORSESHOE AROUND HERE. WOO. ME. I VERY OWN ANGEL L JONES. LOOK AT ALL THESE WOMEN. S Y'ALL. NOW, NOW, NOW, GENTLEMEN, Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO TAKE THESE LADIES ON. NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. , I'M GONNA READ, UH, THIS PROCLAMATION, UH, IN HONOR OF ALL YOU LADIES, UH, FIRST OF ALL, WHEREAS THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, WOMEN HAVE SERVED VALIANTLY IN THE ARMED FORCES, CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE DEFENSE AND SECURITY OF OUR NATION. FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR TO THE PRESENT DAY, WOMEN HAVE DEMONSTRATED COURAGE, DEDICATION, AND RESILIENCE IN THEIR SERVICE ROLES, OFTEN OVERCOMING SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLES. AND WHEREAS WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY OBSERVED ANNUALLY ON JUNE THE 12TH IS A DAY TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES OF THE OVER 2 MILLION WOMEN VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED AND CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. AND WHEREAS WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE THE PIONEERING WOMEN WHO SERVED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES, PAVING THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN IN THE MILITARY, AND WHEREAS WE'RE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT WOMEN VETERANS RECEIVE THE RESPECT, RECOGNITION, AND SUPPORT THEY DESERVE FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. NOW, THEREFORE, I COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY EL BONY ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROBIN J ALCAT, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, DO HERE HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 12TH, 2024 AS WOMEN VETERANS DAY IN MISSOURI CITY, AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN VETERANS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR NATION. LET US CELEBRATE THEIR LEGACY, SUPPORT THEIR CONTINUED EFFORTS, AND WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THEY RECEIVE THE RECOGNITION AND THE RESOURCES THEY DESERVE. ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE WHILE, ALRIGHT, NOW DOES ANYONE WANNA SPEAK ON BEHALF OF, OF, OF OUR VETERANS? BACK TO JAY. COME ON. YOU COME ON UP HERE AND SPEAK. AND THIS IS FOR YOU. SO, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BONY TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE MAYOR. UM, I'M FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON, MAYOR'S OFFICE OF VETERAN MILITARY AFFAIRS. SO WHEN I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM, I TOLD HIM, I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A LOT OF WOMEN VETERANS IN MISSOURI CITY AND WITH JUNE 12TH COMING UP AS WOMEN VETERANS DAY, I THOUGHT IT WAS BEFIT TO HONOR THESE WONDERFUL WOMEN. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHO'S A WOMAN VETERAN. 'CAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS WEAR THE HATS AND ALL THE STUFF. SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S IN THE CUBICLE NEXT TO YOU, WHO'S RIDING BESIDE YOU, WHO HAS SERVED THEIR COUNTRY. AND SO IF YOU ALL COULD JUST GIVE IT UP FOR THESE MISSOURI CITY WOMEN VETERANS. THANK YOU. WE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE [00:05:02] AND I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO COME ON DOWN WITH THESE OUTSTANDING WOMEN VETERANS. COME ON DOWN HERE. YES, WE HAVE ONE. YES. CITY MANAGER. YOU COME ON DOWN. MAKE SURE WE GET SHE'S A WOMEN, A WOMAN VETERAN. YES. HOW MANY Y'ALL, Y'ALL, SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I NOW I I NEED ALL OF THE, THE WOMEN UP FRONT SO THAT THEY CAN BE SEEN. I DON'T WANT Y'ALL BE HIDDEN. ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY, CAN YOU SEE US ALL? YES. I ALRIGHT. WE GOOD? ALRIGHT. GOT EVERYONE RIGHT HERE AT ME ON 3 1, 2, 3. . GET ONE MORE. LOOKING AT ME ON THREE. 1, 2, 3. ALL. ALRIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. WANTS . THAT'S RIGHT. EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER [5. PUBLIC COMMENTS] FIVE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS. CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MR. MAYOR, WE DO. BRUCE ROSKI. MR. ZAKI, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND A FULL ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. WE ASK THAT YOU BE RESPECTFUL OF THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE. ALRIGHT, BRUCE SADOWSKI 7 9 1 5. CHANCE, HOUSTON, TEXAS. SORRY, I MISSED LAST MEETING. I'D GO TO A FUNERAL. UH, THIS CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION IS ANOTHER JOKE THAT YOU, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO PULL OFF ON THE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY POWER. GRABBING WHAT? WHATEVER IT, IT'S LUDICROUS. TRYING TO GIVE YOURSELVES MORE POWER. WHAT DO YOU HAVE A CITY MANAGER FOR? I THINK SOME OF YOU'D RATHER BE THE PRIME DICTATOR OF MISSOURI CITY. AND FURTHERMORE, DURING THE LAST, UH, MEETING, ASKING QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OF WHAT WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER, GOVERNMENT. I THINK SOME OF YOU ARE PUSHING FOR MORE POWER. I THINK ONE OF YOU WANTS TO BECOME A CITY MANAGER. WE DON'T NEED THAT KIND OF NONSENSE IN MISSOURI CITY. FURTHERMORE, VON MEADOW HAD A GRAND OPENING OF THEIR POOL. TWO OF THIS COUNCIL PEOPLE ATTENDED. DID YOU BRAG TO THE RESIDENTS OF VON MEADOWS? AS LONG AS I'M MAYOR, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET A BRIDGE. YOU SHOULD ASKED HIM THAT ALSO. THANK YOU. UM, AHAD KIM CARR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL AND COURTEOUS TO THE COUNCIL, STAFF, OTHER SPEAKERS, AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE. HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S MY HONOR TO COME TO YOU TODAY AGAIN, TO DISCUSS OUR RESOLUTION. OUR RESOLUTION THAT DISCUSSES OUR, UH, STANDS FOR OUR CITY TO AFFIRM. I'M GONNA PUT THIS LITTLE, THIS BABY HERE. LEMME , IT'S WORKING OUT. THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT LIKE I WAS PLANNING. . IT'S MY HONOR TO COME TO YOU TODAY TO DISCUSS OUR RESOLUTION, CALLING THE CITY TO AFFIRM ITS STANCE AGAINST ANTISEMITISM AND ISLAMOPHOBIA, AND TO SUPPORT THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ALL HOSTAGES AND TO SUPPORT PROTECTION FOR THE INNOCENT GAZEN CHILDREN WITH A CEASEFIRE. TODAY I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU A STATEMENT BY MICHAEL FERY TO THE UNITED NATIONS. HE IS THIS UN SPECIAL REPERTOIRE ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD. I CHOSE THIS STATEMENT BECAUSE I KNOW [00:10:01] WE ALL BELIEVE IN THE RIGHT TO FOOD. IT'S NOT COMPLEX. IT DOESN'T HAVE TWO SIDES. QUOTE. THE IMAGES OF STARVATION AND GAZA ARE UNBEARABLE AND YOU'RE DOING NOTHING. YOU TALK AND YOU TALK AND GIVE US LOVELY WORDS. HOW IS IT THAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL IS NOT ADDRESSING A SITUATION? WE'VE NEVER SEEN A CIVILIAN POPULATION GOING SO HUNGRY, SO COMPLETELY IN ANY TIME IN MODERN HISTORY. WE'VE NEVER SEEN CHILDREN PUSHED INTO MALNUTRITION SO QUICKLY, THIS IS ON YOUR WATCH. PLEASE TURN YOUR WORDS INTO ACTION. WE'VE HEARD THE CALL FOR CEASEFIRE. WE KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. UNHINDERED HUMANITARIAN ACCESS. HE CONTINUES, QUOTE, REAL ACTION, REAL PRESSURE. THIS IS WHAT ENDED THIS, THE APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA. SO THOSE OF YOU WITH CHILDREN, THIS IS HIS QUOTE. I'M CONTINUING. THOSE OF YOU WITH CHILDREN, WHEN YOU GO HOME AND LOOK INTO THEIR EYES, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO. I UNDERSTAND CONSTRAINTS, BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. [(a) Discussion - 2024 Charter Review Commission final report, and, if nece...] ITEM NUMBER SIX, OUR STAFF REPORT SIX A DISCUSSION 2024, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, FINAL REPORT, AND IF NECESSARY, AUTHORIZE STAFF TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY E JOYCE CITY ATTORNEY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS JUST A BRIEF STAFF REPORT, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT WERE, UH, PRESENTED BY THE 2024 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. AS YOU ALL KNOW, YOU APPOINTED THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, UH, IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. THEY STARTED SERVICE. THEY WERE A GREAT GROUP OF RESIDENTS, UH, VERY, UH, EFFICIENT AND VERY ENGAGED. UH, IN THE PROCESS. THEY, UH, DISCUSSED ALL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AT SEVERAL, UH, MEETINGS, WHICH WERE IN FACT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. UH, AT THIS POINT, I WILL JUST GO OVER THOSE, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS BRIEFLY AND WE'LL BRING THEM BACK TO YOU ALL AT A LATER TIME TO DETERMINE HOW OR WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE ANY OF THEM ON A FUTURE BALLOT. THIS, UH, PRESENTATION SPEAKS TO SEVERAL OF YOUR STRATEGIC GOALS, AND AGAIN, IT WILL JUST GO OVER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ONE AND FOUR, UH, RECOMMEND, UH, AMENDING SECTION 3.03 AND 3.06 TO SIMPLY ADD LANGUAGE, QUALIFYING THAT THE COUNCIL'S DETERMINATION ON THE QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES AND ITS MEMBERS IS SUBJECT TO STATE LAW. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO DELETES LANGUAGE REQUIRING AN ELECTION AND A SIX MONTH WAIT PERIOD FOR CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION CHANGES. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE CHANGES THE TIMEFRAME FOR ELECTING A MAYOR, UH, PRO TEM FROM NOVEMBER 15TH, UH, TO, WELL, IT'S CURRENTLY AT THE SECOND MEETING IN DECEMBER TO A LONGER TIMEFRAME, UH, BETWEEN NOVEMBER 15TH AND DECEMBER 31ST OF EACH YEAR TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH MORE FLEXIBILITY AS IT RELATES TO, UH, ELECTING ITS MAYOR PRO TEMP PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE, ADD LANGUAGE. CLARIFYING THAT, UH, APPOINTMENT BY COUNCIL TO FILL VACANCIES ON COUNCIL CAN ONLY OCCUR WHEN THERE IS LESS THAN 12 MONTHS LEFT ON, UH, A PERSON'S TERM. AND, UH, THAT IS PRESCRIBED BY STATE LAW. UM, PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX REQUIRES THE COUNCIL TO HOLD AT LEAST TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR 10 CALENDAR MONTHS OF EACH YEAR. UH, AND IN EFFECT AUTHORIZES THE COUNCIL TO HAVE ONE MEETING, UH, IN AT LEAST TWO MONTHS IN THE CALENDAR YEAR. AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, THINGS OFTEN COME UP. WE MIGHT HAVE NATURAL DISASTERS KNOCKING ON WOOD HERE, UH, BUT, UH, ISSUES DO COME UP THAT, UH, OFTENTIMES CAN PREVENT [00:15:01] THE COUNCIL FROM MEETING, UH, IN ADDITION TO OF COURSE, UH, YOUR SCHEDULES AS WELL. BUT THIS WOULD PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY. AND SEVERAL OTHER, UH, COUNCILS IN THE AREA DO HAVE THIS ABILITY TO, UH, AT LEAST HOLD, UH, ONE MEETING PER MONTH INSTEAD OF TWO. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN DECREASES THE AMOUNT OF MEMBERS NEEDED FOR A QUORUM IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. AND THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE PROVIDED FOR BY STATE LAW. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT, UH, SIMPLY INCREASES THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, REQUIRED TO REQUEST AN ORDINANCE FROM ONE TO TWO. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE UPDATES THE REIFICATION REQUIREMENT IN LIGHT OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES. SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. CHANGES OR UPDATES ARE MADE QUARTERLY, UH, TO THE CODE THAT'S AVAILABLE, UH, ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. AND ORDINANCES, AS THEY ARE PASSED, ARE GENERALLY KEPT UNDER A SECTION CALLED WHAT'S NEW OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. SO, CHANGES TO THE CITY'S, UH, CODE OF ORDINANCES ARE REGULARLY FOUND ONLINE. SO THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT JUST CLARIFIES THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR 10 YEARS TO REIFY REIFY THE CODE, AND ALSO, UH, PROVIDES THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE TO ACTUALLY, UH, PRINT OUT, UM, PRINT OUT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER 10 REQUIRES THE CITY MANAGER'S CONSULTATION WITH THE COUNCIL IN LIEU OF THE COUNCIL CONSENT FOR THE APPOINTMENT SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. THE LANGUAGE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN IS DIFFERENT, UH, FROM WHAT WAS, UH, PRO PROVIDED IN THE INITIAL CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION REPORT. UH, DUE TO SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP, THIS LANGUAGE JUST CLARIFIES WHAT IT MEANS TO, UH, HAVE A MEETING. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER 11 DECREASES THE AMOUNT OF TIME REQUIRED FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TO WAIT TO SERVE A CITY MANAGER OR ACTING CITY MANAGER AFTER BEING ELECTED, UH, FROM TWO YEARS TO ONE YEAR. THIS ACTUALLY MAKES THIS PROVISION MORE CONSISTENT WITH ANOTHER SECTION IN THE CHARTER THAT PROVIDES THAT INDIVIDUALS CANNOT BE EMPLOYED UNTIL AFTER ONE YEAR, UH, IN OFFICE OR AFTER HAVING BEEN IN OFFICE. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER 12 AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE PERSONNEL RULES WITH COUNCIL CONS CONSULTATION INSTEAD OF THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE. UH, AND SO AGAIN, THIS REQUIRES, UH, THE MANAGER TO SIMPLY MEET WITH THE COUNCIL, UH, TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PROPOSED PERSONNEL RULES AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A SUBSEQUENT ACTION FROM THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT, UH, PERSONNEL RULES BECAUSE, UM, EMPLOYEES ARE THE MANAGER'S EMPLOYEES PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER 13, UH, ADDS A SUBSECTION TO THE CHARTER. UH, BASICALLY THIS IS JUST RELOCATING THE PROVISION AND THE PERSONNEL POLICY THAT PROVIDED THAT THE POLICY WOULD PROVIDE FOR A PAY PLAN. SO THIS CREATES A SEPARATE SUBSECTION, UH, REQUIRING, UH, CONTINUING TO REQUIRE COUNCIL ADOPTION OF, UH, PAY PLAN, UH, BY ORDINANCE. UH, BUT AGAIN, THIS LANGUAGE WAS ALREADY IN THE CHARTER. IT'S JUST BEING A RELOCATED TO A SEPARATE SECTION. SUBSECTION, PROPOSE PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER 14 REQUIRES THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE TO VERIFY THE RESIDENCY OF CANDIDATES BY VIEWING A TEXAS DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD. THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE ALSO INCLUDES ADDING A LANGUAGE REQUIRING THE SECRETARY TO VIEW UTILITY BILLS FOR THE APPLICABLE, UH, RESIDENCY PERIOD FOR, UH, DIFFERENT POSITIONS OR FOR COUNCIL POSITIONS. PROPOSE AMENDMENT NUMBER 15 REMOVES THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE MAYOR'S, UH, SIGNATURE ON CHECKS VOUCHERS, UH, AND THAT SORT OF DOCUMENT AND REQUIRES THE SIGNATURE OF THE CITY MANAGER. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE, CHECKS ARE COUNTERSIGNED, UH, BUT THIS WOULD SIMPLY CHANGE, UH, THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE TO THE MANAGER'S SIGNATURE AND THE MANAGER'S SIGNATURE TO THE FINANCE DIRECTOR'S SIGNATURE. PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER 16, UH, DEFERS TO STATE LAW FOR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND ADDS THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL OR APPOINTED PERSON WHO DOES HAVE A CONFLICT, UH, MUST DISCLOSE THAT CONFLICT, UH, BEFORE DECISIONS ARE MADE OR AT THE TIME OF THE VOTE. NEXT STEPS. SO THE NEXT STEPS, I WILL BRING [00:20:01] THIS ITEM, UH, BACK TO YOU ALL ON NOVEMBER 1ST FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS. AND, UH, ON JULY 15TH, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE AT THAT TIME TO ORDER A SPECIAL ELECTION, UH, ON THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS, IF ANY, UH, THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE THE VOTERS TO CONSIDER, UM, IN NOVEMBER. AND AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, THESE ARE ONLY RECOMMENDATIONS THE, UH, VOTERS OF MISSOURI CITY WILL HAVE THE ULTIMATE, UH, SAY AND DECISION ON WHETHER ANY, UH, IF, IF ANY ONE OF THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS PASSES. SO, WITH THAT, I THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR THE TIME TO PRESENT THIS REPORT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU JOYCE. YOU JOYCE? THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THOUGH, DO YOU, REAL QUICK, HOW OFTEN DOES THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION GOES INTO PLACE PURSUANT TO THE CITY'S CHARTER? THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION IS REQUIRED TO MEET AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS. ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS? YES, SIR. WHEN WAS THE LAST ONE DONE? THE LAST CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION MET IN 2020. IS THAT A STATE LAW, OR, OR WHAT IS THAT? IT'S A CHARTER PROVISION. IT'S ACTUALLY CONTAINED IN THE CITY'S CHARTER. SO IT IS IN THE CITY'S CHARTER THAT STATES THAT ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS? YES, SIR. YOU'RE, YOU'RE TO GO BACK INTO THE CHARTER AND, AND REVIEW IT AND MAKE EDITS, MAKE CORRECTIONS, MAKES WHATEVER, IT'S AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO THESE 16 OR 17 ITEMS, WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? THE 16 ITEMS CAME, UH, FROM THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. THEY PROVIDED A FINAL REPORT IN MAY, UH, OF THIS YEAR. SOME OF THE INITIAL ITEMS CAME FROM QUESTIONS AND ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE PAST FROM THE STAFF LEVEL, UH, COUNCIL LEVEL. UH, SO, UH, AND ALSO FROM THE COMMISSION THEMSELVES, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE, THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE REALLY THEIR FEEDBACK AND INPUT ON, UH, THE AMENDMENTS THEY WANTED TO SEE IN THIS. SO HOW DOES THESE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THAT CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER? THERE ARE FIVE PEOPLE ON THE CITY'S CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. AND WHO ARE THEY? I MEAN, WHEN I SAY WHO ARE THEY, NOT THEIR NAMES, ARE THEY PART OF MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OR ARE THEY MEMBERS OF STAFF? WHO ARE THEY? THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. SO THEY'RE MEMBERS OF PUBLIC? YES, SIR. AND HOW DID THEY GET THERE? HOW DID, HOW DID THOSE FIVE PEOPLE GOT UP THERE? BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2023, THE CITY SUBMITTED A SOLICITATION AND PUT THAT OUT FOR APPLICATIONS. THE DEADLINE WAS EXTENDED AT LEAST TWICE DUE TO THE NUMBER OR LACK OF, UH, APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. UH, BUT ULTIMATELY THE CITY, UH, RECEIVED APPLICATIONS UNTIL DECEMBER. AND AFTER RECEIVING THOSE APPLICATIONS, THE APPLICANTS WERE, UH, PRESENTED TO YOU ALL AND YOU HAD FIVE GREAT, AS I MENTIONED, VERY ENGAGED, UH, REPRESENTATIVES WHO SERVED ON THE COMMISSION. SURE. SO JUST HOLD THERE FOR A SECOND. SO CITY SECRETARY WAS THIS, WAS THIS ACCURATE INFORMATION THAT THIS WAS POSTED BY YOUR OFFICE, I WOULD ASSUME, OR COMMUNICATIONS OR WHOEVER IT WAS POSTED TO THE PUBLIC TO APPLY FOR THIS? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. YES, SIR. AND THE ONES THAT YOU RECEIVED, WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT? YOU SEND IT TO THE CITY, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? YES. AND THEN THEY WERE ULTIMATELY SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CITY COUNCIL TO APPOINT. OKAY. SO ONCE THE APPOINTMENT WAS TAKING PLACE, THEN IT WAS, IT WAS THE, I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU OR YOUR DESIGNEE HAD GONE IN WITH THESE FIVE MEMBERS AND TALKED ABOUT THESE ISSUES? YES, SIR. SO ONCE YOU ALL APPOINTED THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, UH, STAFF DID BEGIN MEETING WITH THEM ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO GO OVER POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND ALSO TO RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK AND PROPOSE AMENDMENTS THAT THEY HAD. AND THESE ARE THEIR RECOMMENDATION, WHICH MEANS THE, THE FIVE PEOPLE, FIVE MEMBER COMMISSION THAT RECOMMENDED THIS TO MOVE TOWARDS CITY COUNCIL? THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT SO'S CORRECT. CITY COUNCIL IS LISTENING TO YOUR REPORT, AND THEN WE CAN EITHER REMOVE RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT, OR ADD OTHER ITEMS TO THIS. BUT IT STILL COMES BEFORE THE PUBLIC FIRST HERE. ABSOLUTELY. SO CITY COUNCIL GETS TO DETERMINE WHAT SPECIFIC BALLOT MEASURES ARE PLACED ON A BALLOT. UH, IF YOU DECIDE TO HAVE A, AN ELECTION, A SPECIAL ELECTION AT ALL. RIGHT. AND THEN THE PUBLIC WILL GET TO DECIDE WHETHER THE, THE PUBLIC MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS WANT THAT, UH, ITEM OR THOSE ITEMS ADDED TO THE CITY'S CHARTER. SURE. SO AND SO AFTER THE CANVASSING OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION ORDER, THOSE ITEMS WOULD BECOME, UH, PART OF THE CITY'S CHARTER. SURE. SO THAT MEANS THE, IT'LL COME BACK TO THIS CITY COUNCIL TO PLACE THE ITEMS ON THE ELECTION OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO VOTE ON IT, I WOULD PRESUME, IN NOVEMBER? THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. AND THEN THE PUBLIC VOTES UP OR DOWN, AND THAT'S HOW THESE THINGS, [00:25:01] ONCE THEY IT'S APPROVED, THEN IT GOES INTO OUR CHARTER, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. IN THIS RECOMMENDATION, DO YOU SEE ANYWHERE THAT SAYS THE, THE MAYOR IS, IS TRYING TO BE TRYING TO REMOVE THE CITY MANAGER OUT OF THE POSITIONS AND THE MAYOR IS GOING TO BE THE CITY MANAGER? IS THAT A RECOMMENDATION BEFORE US? NO, IT IS NOT RECOMMENDATION BEFORE US. NO, SIR. SO THERE'S NOWHERE IN THERE IN THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE FIVE MEMBERS OF COMMISSION, IF YOU WILL, THAT RECOMMENDED THAT THE MAYOR IS NOW GOING TO BE THE CITY MANAGER AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE REMOVED? NO, SIR. NO. RIGHT. OKAY. NO. ALL RIGHT. I YIELD BACK, UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU E JOYCE. UH, THE MAYOR STOLE MOST OF MY QUESTIONS. UM, SO I'LL JUST ASK FOR, UH, ONE, ONE OR TWO ELABORATIONS. UH, WHEN THE MAYOR ASKED ABOUT THE 16 AMENDMENTS, WHERE DID THE SOLICITATION COME FROM TO GET THESE 16 THAT WE NARROWED DOWN TO? DID THAT COME FROM US OR DID THAT COME FROM THE PUBLIC? CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE ON THAT AS WELL? CERTAINLY. SO, UH, GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS IN BETWEEN, UH, CHARTER, UH, REVIEW PROCESSES IS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RECEIVES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHARTER. UH, WE RECEIVE COMMENTS AND, UH, SUGGESTED CHANGES FROM THE STAFF AS WELL AS, UH, SOMETIMES FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS SOMETIMES FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL. AND SO, BY THE TIME WE BEGAN A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, WE USUALLY HAVE ABOUT FIVE TO 10 ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE FOUR YEARS PRIOR TO. AND SO WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS PROCESS WAS THE SAME, UH, THE SAME TYPE OF THING WHERE WE PRETTY MUCH HAD KIND OF A LIST OF ITEMS THAT HAD COME UP AND WE PRESENTED THOSE TO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AND THEN ASKED FOR THEIR INPUT AS TO WHETHER THEY WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE ITEMS, UH, OR IF THEY WANTED TO ADD ITEMS. AND, UH, JUST THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE, UH, WE RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION. AND WHEN YOU SAY THEY, THEY, AS IN THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE, THE COMMISSION, THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION? YES, MA'AM. AND THEN WERE THESE MEETINGS PUBLIC? WERE THEY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? THE MEETINGS WERE PUBLIC, YES. AND RESIDENTS COULD HAVE SUBMITTED ANY INQUIRIES TO THEM? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND WAS THE SELECTION OF THEM BEING A COMMISSIONER, WAS THAT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? AND THAT'S PROBABLY A QUESTION TO THE CITY SECRETARY YES. WHEN YOU MADE THAT PUBLIC TO, TO THE RESIDENTS, THEY COULD APPLY FOR IT AND ALL OF THAT? YES. YES. WE HAD A MARKETING CAMPAIGN. UH, WE PUT IT OUT ON OUR, UH, WEBSITE, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, UM, WHERE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO APPLY. AND THEN, UM, THE ITEM WAS BROUGHT BEFORE, UH, CITY COUNCIL AT A PUBLIC CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE YOUR SELECTION TO THOSE, UM, TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION, WERE, WERE WE ONLY ALLOWED TO SELECT FIVE? WAS THAT THE NUMBER, THE CHARTER STATES FIVE, CORRECT. FIVE. OKAY. SO THE CHARTER STATES THAT MM-HMM, , YES. OKAY. AND THEN MY, MY LAST QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT COMPENSATION FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? UM, IS THAT STATE SOMETHING IN THERE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE SALARIED OR PAID BY THE CITY? NO, THIS, UH, WHAT THIS SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION DOES IS IT DELETES THE, IT, IT'S A, AN EFFECTIVE WAITING PERIOD. RIGHT NOW, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, IS ABLE TO PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CHANGE ITS COMPENSATION, BUT THAT CHANGE WOULD NOT TAKE EFFECT UNDER THE CURRENT CHARTER UNTIL AFTER SIX MONTHS AT AN ELECTION OF ITS MEMBERS. AND SO THIS PROVISION JUST TAKES OUT THAT PERIOD, THAT WAITING PERIOD, SO THAT A CHANGE COULD TAKE EFFECT, LET'S SAY AFTER A TWO READING ORDINANCE. UH, WHAT THE PROVISION DOESN'T STATE. UM, AND WHAT WE ALL KNOW IS THAT ANY CHANGE WOULD ONE, YOU KNOW, BE AT A PUBLIC MEETING AND TWO WOULD HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF YOUR BUDGET. YEAH. THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION, UM, ABOUT THE BUDGET. ANYTHING THAT WE WERE, SAY FOR INSTANCE, THERE WAS A, THIS, THIS CONVERSATION, UH, WAS CHANGED BY THE RESIDENTS. UM, AND COUNCIL MAKES A DECISION THAT IS CON THAT IS CONDITIONAL TO WHAT OUR BUDGET ALLOWS. CORRECT. AS WELL AS, DID YOU DO ANY RESEARCH OR DID THE, UM, COMMISSIONER DO ANY RESEARCH AND COMPARABLE TO WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AS IT RELATES TO COMPENSATION WE SERVE? BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THIS MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS NOT TRYING TO BE, OTHER THAN OUR VOLUNTEERED, GLORIFIED VOLUNTEER POSITIONS AND SERVE THIS CITY. AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE COMPENSATED THROUGH A CELL. THIS IS NOT FOR A JOB. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER, A CITY SECRETARY, A CITY, CITY, UH, ATTORNEY, AND WE HAVE FULL DIRECTORS AND STAFF MEMBERS THAT RUN THIS CITY ON OUR BEHALF. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT OUR COMPENSATION IS THE MERE BASICS AND THE MINIMUM, [00:30:01] UM, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, CITY MANAGER? THAT IS CORRECT. AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THE COMPENSATION THAT, UH, YOU RECEIVE, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, COMPARABILITY WITH OTHER CITIES AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF PROGRAMS YOU ATTEND IN ALL OF THAT. AND THE BUDGET WILL REFLECT THE COMPENSATION. AND WILL THAT BE BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION OR WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PAY US? IT WILL BE BASED ON MY RECOMMENDATION AS THE CEO OF THIS ORGANIZATION. AND LOOKING AT THE COMPARABLE SALARIES IN OTHER LOCATIONS OR COMPENSATION, NOT SALARY , NO COMPENSATION, STIPEND, ACTUALLY STIPEND, JUST IN CASE Y'ALL TUNED IN IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES. UH, BUT THANK YOU, UH, CITY ATTORNEY. I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOU ANSWER MY QUESTION. THAT CONCLUDES MY THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY MINE IS SIMPLE. UH, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY, UH, ON THE TIMELINE, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE TIMELINE THAT THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO TALK TO, UH, BRING THIS BEFORE US FOR CONVERSATION ON NOVEMBER THE FIRST. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY JULY, OH, DID I SAY NOVEMBER? I APOLOGIZE. MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC, IT'S JULY. YES. I APOLOGIZE. THAT WAS MY MISSTATEMENT. NO, IT'S OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY LISTENING KNOWS WHAT THE TIMELINE WILL BE. UH, IN CASE YOU WANT TO COME, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MATTER. I SEE. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. YES. UH, MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, THEY HAD, UH, THEY BEING THE COMMISSION HAD FOUR OPEN MEETINGS TO THE PUBLIC WHERE THE PUBLIC WAS ABLE TO COME IN AND, UH, MAKE COMMENTS OR GIVE THEIR INPUT AS TO WHAT THEY FELT, UH, MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR A CHANGE OR NOT CHANGING. YES, SIR. AND WERE THERE OTHER SITUATIONS, UH, ON THE AGENDA WHERE, UH, THE PUBLIC WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENTS TO, UH, MAKE, UH, COMMENTS THAT WHETHER THEY'RE FAR AGAINST ANY OF THE 16, UH, ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, BEING SUGGESTED? SO WE, WE ACTUALLY, UM, UH, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO COME SPEAK AT EVERY, OR ATTEND EVERY MEETING. WE ACTUALLY ONLY HAD A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AT THE LAST MEETING IN APRIL, UM, WITH THAT PERSON ACTUALLY SPOKE ABOUT KIND OF THE NEED FOR SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS AND SOME OTHER ITEMS. BUT YES, EACH, EACH MEETING WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. BUT WHEN THIS ITEM WAS ON THE AGENDA, THE OPPORTUNITY WAS THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO MAKE COMMENTS. CERTAINLY. AND THIS ITEM HAS ALSO BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL AGENDA. IT WAS ON MAY 6TH, I BELIEVE, WAS THE DATE, UM, AS WELL. SO YES, THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN ABLE TO COME, UH, PARTICIPATE IF DESIRED. I, I GUESS THE POINT OF MY QUESTION IS THERE IS AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO MAKE COMMENTS RELATIVE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE BEING MADE OR SUGGESTED BY THE, UH, BY THE, UH, UH, THE COMMISSION. ABSOLUTELY. AND OF COURSE, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT, UH, OPPORTUNITY WILL BE ELECTION DAY IN THE VOTE, SO, RIGHT? YEAH. YES, SIR. AND JUST ONE CORRECTION, OR NOT A CORRECTION, BUT AN OBSERVATION, UH, THE STIPEND, IT MAY BE A STIPEND, IT MAY BE VOLUNTEER, BUT THIS COMES BACK TO US AS WAGES AND HAS TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR EARNINGS FOR FEDERAL TAX PURPOSES. SO IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE, WE MAY GET THE STIPEND, BUT UH, IT'S ALSO TAXABLE. THAT'S CORRECT. MM-HMM. . SO, UH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, UH, JUST GIVEN TO US. IT'S CONSIDERED EARNINGS FOR FEDERAL TAX PURPOSES. OKAY. OKAY. AND JOEY, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT OF THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE MAKE, YOU WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION, RIGHT? THEY COULD CERTAINLY, UH, REQUEST THAT INFORMATION FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, UH, THROUGH THE JUST FOIA SYSTEM, AND IT WOULD BE PROVIDED, HOWEVER, IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE AMOUNT THAT YOU DO GET PAID ON A MONTHLY BASIS, IT IS IN THE MISSOURI CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND WHICH IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, WHICH IS OPEN TO ALL PUBLIC. YES, SIR. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, THANKS. ITEM [(b) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of Consent Agenda items and ...] NUMBER SIX B, OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT. PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. UH, CITY MANAGER ANGEL JONES. UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONSENT ITEMS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, STARTING WITH THE FIRST ITEM THAT'S ITEM B. UM, THIS ITEM WOULD ALLOW FOR THE EXECUTION OF A RIGHT OF WAY AGREEMENT WITH NSAF, A TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TCEQ CONTRACTOR TO MONITOR DRY CLEANER RELATED CONTAMINANTS IN OUR GROUNDWATER [00:35:01] TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM C, UH, IS DEFINITELY AN ITEM OF SIGNIFICANT INTEREST TO OUR RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS. UM, THIS ITEM ALLOWS FOR THE AUTHORIZATION TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH MASSEY SERVICES INC. FOR MOSQUITO MOSQUITO SPRAYING SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $202,097. THIS SERVICE TYPICALLY RUNS FROM MAY THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER. AND NOW BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER WE'VE BEEN HAVING LATELY, WE ARE SEEING TWO SPRAYS A WEEK INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL ONE. UM, ITEM D THIS ITEM AUTHORIZES AN AMENDMENT TO THE HR GREEN CONTRACT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 216,000. UH, THE AMOUNT COVERS THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUMP UPGRADES TO INCREASE WATER CAPACITY AT THE MUSTANG BIO WATER PLANT, NUMBER ONE. AND THEN THE LAST I, UH, CONSENT ITEM IS, UH, IT WOULD AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT WITH CONE INC TO REPLACE THE ELEVATORS AT CITY HALL AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $261,000. BOTH ELEVATORS ARE OBSOLETE AND THE PARTS ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND, IF AT ALL. THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REMIND, UH, THE PUBLIC THAT WE ANTICIPATE SOME WEATHER, UM, COMING BETWEEN, UM, STARTING TONIGHT OR IF NOT TONIGHT, TOMORROW. AND SO I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO AHE TO ALL THE WARNINGS THE CITY HAS BEEN PUTTING OUT ABOUT PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM FLOODING AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER WILL PASS US, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER TO BE ON GUARD. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. YOU THANK, THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION? COUNCILMAN? BOY, I SEE YOUR NAME THERE. A MOTION TO I SEE, UH, COUNCILMAN BROWN. YOU WANT PULL THAT? HOLD ON. NO, I HAVE A CORRECTION. I WANNA BE YEAH, GO AHEAD COUNSEL. UM, IF YOU COULD JUST BE NOTED ON JUNE 3RD MEETING, AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, EXCUSE ME. AGENDA ITEM EIGHT A. IT STATES SECONDED BY MAYOR TIMBO. IF YOU COULD, UH, CORRECT THAT, I'M NOT SURE IF THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, OR MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAD YOUR TURN. IF YOU CAN JUST MAKE THAT CORRECTION ON THE JUNE 3RD, UH, MEETING FOR AGENDA ITEM EIGHT A. THAT'S AWESOME. THE SECOND. GREAT. THAT'S IT, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR I [7. CONSENT AGENDA] APPROACH, I MEAN, UH, COUNCILMAN RAMBO, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES. UH, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS WAS IN OKAY, THERE. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, SEEING NO US IN THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM [(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...] EIGHT, OUR ORDINANCES EIGHT A EIGHT A IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. AMENDING CHAPTER TWO, ADMINISTRATION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE AMENDING REGULATIONS REGARDING THE PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE ORDER OF THIS AND THE READING OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. HEY, JOYCE. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. THIS ITEM, UH, RELATES TO A REVIEW OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S RULES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE EFFICIENT, UH, MEETINGS AND DELIBERATIONS. THIS, UH, PROPOSED ORDINANCE MAKES TWO, UH, RECOMMENDED CHANGES. UH, STATE LAW REQUIRES THE COUNCIL TO ALLOW PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON ALL ITEMS THAT ARE POSTED ON AN, ON AN AGENDA. UH, HOWEVER, UH, THE CITY, UH, ALSO PROVIDES THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA AS THOSE, AS FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA, THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE, UH, CHANGES THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA FROM THREE MINUTES TO ONE MINUTE. AND IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT ORDINANCES CAN BE APPROVED AT SPECIAL MEETINGS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. I WASN'T IN THE QUEUE. I, ANYTHING TOOK ME OUT FROM THE LAST TIME. COUNCILMAN LES, ARE YOU ON THE QUEUE? YES. THANK YOU. UM, E JOYCE, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THE, THE STATE LAW. AND ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION TO THE PUBLIC IS THAT, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A MIDDLE GROUND. WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HEAR THE PUBLIC. UM, I KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL'S VERY ACCESSIBLE, EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. SO IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES TO COME OUT, Y'ALL CAN COME TO US. WITH THAT SAID, UM, TONIGHT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE AS TO WHY WE WOULD WANT SOMETHING OFF THE AGENDA. WE HAD A, A [00:40:01] RESIDENT COME FORWARD ABOUT A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. SO I THINK IT'S INFORMATIVE AND THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS TO THAT. MM-HMM, . SO I WOULD LIKE TO DO HALF OF THE THREE MINUTES IS MY, IS MY CONCEPT, BUT THAT'S JUST FOR CONVERSATION. I'M RECOGNIZING COUNCILOR MU, NOW I'M BACK. YOU, UH, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT POINT UP. UH, COUNCILOR MORALES, CAN YOU, CAN YOU ELABORATE WHEN YOU SAY THE, SO WILL OUR REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE ACTUAL AGENDA WILL BE THREE MINUTES? THAT IS CORRECT. SO THIS PROPOSED CHANGE REALLY ONLY IMPACTS ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. SO ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA, PUBLIC HEARINGS, THOSE ITEMS WILL STILL BE PROVIDED THREE MINUTES, UH, FOR YOU ALL TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY ON THOSE ITEMS. IT IS ONLY FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AS MUCH HERE AS IN OTHER CITIES. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE PEOPLE DOING KIND OF PERFORMANCE ART, UH, AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT PUBLIC MEETINGS. UH, THAT SORT OF ITEM THAT ISN'T RELATED TO SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY ON YOUR POSTED AGENDA WOULD BE, THEY WOULD HAVE ONE MINUTE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION BASED ON THE ORDINANCES DRAFTED. SO DO WE HAVE TO GO WITH THE ONE MINUTE OR CAN WE SUGGEST FOR TWO MINUTES? I MEAN, 'CAUSE ONE MINUTE IS VERY, VERY SHORT. UM, THEY'LL TAKE 10, 10 OR 15 SECONDS OF THAT JUST TRYING TO STATE THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS. THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL. OH, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE ONE MINUTE CAME FROM. 'CAUSE THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU READ ALL. YEAH. SO THE ONE MINUTE IS THE PROPOSAL, JUST BASED ON THE FACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE, UH, THE THREE MINUTES FOR ITEMS THAT ARE ACTUALLY, UH, KIND OF CITY BUSINESS. SO IT'S REALLY JUST A THIRD OF WHAT YOU ALL, UM, HAVE FOR ITEMS THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY CONSIDERING FOR CITY BUSINESS. SO IT'S, IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S NOT BASED ON A SPECIFIC CITY, UM, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S JUST A THIRD OF THE TIME BECAUSE TECHNICALLY YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO, UH, RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. GOTCHA. AND COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT, WHAT DID YOU PROPOSE? I HEARD YOU STATE, SO I WANT TO GO ABOVE THE STATE LAW, WHICH ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO COME FORWARD. MM-HMM. AND I WAS PROPOSING HALF THE TIME. SO WE'RE AT THREE TODAY, GIVEN A MINUTE AND A HALF. AND TODAY WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW THE LADY CAME FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT THE CAR ISSUE THAT WAS IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE. MM-HMM. . SO MY MOTION WILL BE FOR 1.5. OKAY. 1.5. OKAY. SHE'S PUTTING HAIRS, BUT MM-HMM. RECOGNIZING CONSTABLE BROWN MOTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, JUST TO GO BACK TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, STATE, UH, STATUTE IN REGARDS TO THIS MATTER. I BELIEVE STATE STATUTE STATES THAT, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ONLY SPEAK ON MATTERS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA. AND SO WHAT COUNCIL WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS NOT GOING THAT EXTREME. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO ALLOW SOME FLEXIBILITY SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN STILL SPEAK WITH US. UM, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROPOSING A MINUTE AND A HALF. JUST DO, DO, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THE YOUNG LADY SPOKE ON EARLIER THIS EVENING? I WAS TRYING TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A RECORD OF IT, BUT, OKAY. IT WAS NOT MORE THAN A MINUTE AND A HALF. YEAH. AND IT WAS ON POINT AT ONE POINT, FACTUAL ADDRESS AND EVERYTHING. IT WAS NOT LONGER THAN A MINUTE AND A HALF. OKAY. 1.5, 1.45 SECONDS, SECONDS LEFT. OKAY. AND, AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS THAT BECAUSE IN GOOD FAITH WE ARE NOT TRYING TO GO ALL THE WAY WITH THE STATE STATUTE, WHEREAS A VAST MAJORITY OF THE CITIES WITHIN OUR COUNTY HAVE GONE. SO YEAH. SUPPORTED RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RAMONE. YES. UH, E JOYS, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE INFORMATION QUESTION I HAVE IS RELATIVE TO THE OTHER CITIES AND, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE REGION, UM, SUGAR LAND, PEARL LAND, UH, AND OR, UH, SOME OTHER CITIES THAT YOU'VE RESEARCHED. MM-HMM. , CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR CURRENT RULES ARE OR HOW THEY ENGAGE PUBLIC RELATIVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS? CERTAINLY, UM, CITY, UH, LIKE SUGAR LAND ACTUALLY DOES NOT ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENTS ON, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. A CITY PARA LAND. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, AT LEAST THE LAST TIME I LOOKED, PARA LAND DOES ALLOW, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. SO IT JUST, IT DIFFERS, UH, DEPENDING ON THE CITY, BUT WE HAVE THE PURVIEW TO CHOOSE. 'CAUSE WE PER STATE LAW CAN ELIMINATE PUBLIC COMMENTS ALTOGETHER AND BE WITHIN STATE LAW. BUT EXCEPT FOR AGENDA ITEMS. CORRECT. BUT FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS. CORRECT. BUT AS IT RELATES TO STANDARD PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AG AGENDA ITEMS, IT COULD BE, I MEAN, STATE LAW DOES, DOESN'T FORCE US TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENTS. THAT IS CORRECT. SO I THINK WHAT [00:45:01] STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR A MINUTE, AND AGAIN, THIS GOES TO ME IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RELATIVE TO HAVING MORE EFFICIENT MEETINGS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL AND OUR STAFF HAVE GOTTEN OUTTA HERE AT 11 O'CLOCK MIDNIGHT ON MANY NIGHTS TALKING ABOUT KEY I ITEMS AND THINGS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO THE CITY. AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHILE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANY SYMPATHY FROM, FROM THE PUBLIC OR ANYONE FOR THIS, IT'S OUR DUTY. AND SO I KNOW SEVERAL DECISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE, SUCH AS MOVING OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS BACK HALF AN HOUR FROM SEVEN TO SIX 30. UH, AND, AND ALSO, UM, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE PROPOSED, UH, ALL FOR THE PURPOSES OF, OF MAKING OUR MEETINGS MORE EFFICIENT, BEING RESPECTFUL, MORE IMPORTANTLY TO STAFF AND THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO TO EVERYONE'S TIME IS ONE OF THE REASONS I BELIEVE THE ONE MINUTE WAS BEING RECOGNIZED. AND I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER REASON, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE, AND I THINK SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DISCUSS ALSO IS WHEN YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE SPEAKING DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT HAVE THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER AND OR COMMENTS ON A PARTICULAR MATTER, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE WERE TRYING TO ALSO TALK THROUGH HOW WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT AS IT RELATES TO MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S NOT HERE ALL NIGHT ON A PARTICULAR MATTER. 'CAUSE IF YOU, UM, HAVE 30, 40 SPEAKERS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, UM, AND WE'VE HAD THAT BEFORE. AND SO I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO, TO REALLY KIND OF TALK THROUGH WHETHER WE WANT TO DO A MINUTE OR A MINUTE AND A HALF, BUT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS OF A MINUTE. OKAY. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MUR, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY. I REMEMBER A FEW EXAMPLES OF A RESIDENT COMING FORWARD. UM, ONE WAS, I DIDN'T GET NOTICE OF THE ZONING AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU GUYS WOULD PUT A SIGN OUT TO LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE REZONING. SO FROM THAT THOUGHT, I CAME BACK AND SAID, HEY, GREAT IDEA. AND WE IMPLEMENTED IT, THE JUBILEE, I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS ALL THOSE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES TONIGHT. UM, TRYING TO THINK OF SOME OTHER EXAMPLES. SO I THINK WE'RE SPLITTING HAIRS 0.5 VERSUS, YOU KNOW, ONE MINUTE, WHATEVER. I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO US. UM, AND IF THOSE WHO HAVE A LANGUAGE BARRIER OR MAYBE HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER THEY WANT TO HAND OUT, THAT 0.5 MEANS SOMETHING. SO JUST SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO THAT. OKAY. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RAMBO. YEAH, NO, I TOTALLY, UH, AM SUPPORTIVE OF THAT COUNCIL MEMBER. MARLES, I JUST THINK THAT WE DO, LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, THE PUBLIC HAS THE ABILITY TO MM-HMM. ACCESS US THROUGH EMAIL. AND I KNOW IN MY CASE, I GIVE OUT MY CELL PHONE NUMBER IN PUBLIC. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL ME, BUT NO, I'M JUST TEASING. , UH, I GIVE THAT OUT. BUT ALSO THE CITY SECRETARY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO GET ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION OUT IN, UM, YOU KNOW, A MINUTE, MINUTE AND A HALF CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE CITY SECRETARY TO GET TO US AS WELL. BUT I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, I'M JUST SPLIT SPLITTING HAIR DOWN, NOT GOING SIT HERE AND ARGUE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK. DEFINITELY. I JUST WANTED, YOU KNOW, I KNOW STAFF IS MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION FOR A REASON. OKAY. UM, I AGREE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF ONE MINUTE. THAT'D BE MY SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. UH, SEE, COUNCIL MEMBER MEROSE, YOU GOT A MOTION? SO MY MOTION WAS FOR THE MINUTE AND A HALF. OKAY. IS THAT YOUR SECOND? YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, YOU WANNA DO A ROLL CALL? ? WE CAN VOTE. WE CAN VOTE. USE IN THE SYSTEM. YOU CAN, YES. OKAY. SO THE VOTE IS BEFORE US IS FOR A MINUTE, A MINUTE AND A HALF VERSUS TODAY AT THREE MINUTES? YES. OKAY. YEAH. THE MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO TWO. OKAY. ITEM [(b) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...] EIGHT B, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI, CITY OF TEXAS. AMENDING CHAPTER 30, ENVIRONMENT OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE AMENDING REGULATIONS REGARDING NOISE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. OKAY, CHIEF HARRIS, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE THIS EVENING NIGHT TO, UH, TO, UH, DISCUSS THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CURRENT NOISE ORDINANCE. SO THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT ALL ALONG WAS TO CREATE A TOOL FOR MANAGING NOISE POLLUTION AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL WELLBEING OF OUR CITIZENS AND OUR RESIDENTS. AND THIS SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO ONE OF YOUR COUNCIL GOALS, TO CREATE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. WE DISCUSSED AND INVESTIGATED SEVERAL TYPES OF NOISE ORDINANCES. UH, THE NUISANCE STANDARD REASONABLE PERSONAL STANDARD, WHICH WE CURRENTLY HAVE. THE ZONING RESTRICTIONS PLAINLY, AUDIBLE, STANDARD, AND THE DECIMAL BASED STANDARD. THROUGH [00:50:01] OUR PROCESS IN OUR INVESTIGATION, WE FOCUSED THE MAJORITY OF OUR TIME ON THE DECIBEL STANDARDS. SO JUST SOME CURRENT STATS FOR, AND THESE ARE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014. UH, WE'VE HAD MADE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE 592, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR NOISE COMPLAINTS. AND THIS IS AT 411 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. AND MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS REVOLVE AROUND MUSIC. UM, THERE ARE SOME, AND A LOT OF 'EM THAT ARE JUST LABELED AS A PARTY AND PEOPLE TALKING LOUDLY. SO THROUGH OUR RESEARCH, UM, AND LIKE I SAID, WE FOCUS MOSTLY, MOSTLY ON THE DECIBEL STANDARD. AND WE TALKED TO SEVERAL OTHER AGENCIES AND FOUND OUT THAT THESE TYPE OF ORDINANCES VERY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE. UM, THEY WERE NOT HOLDING UP A COURT, THE CITATIONS THAT WERE ISSUED, AND ULTIMATELY THE DECIMAL READER WAS ON TRIAL VERSUS THE OFFENDING PARTY. AND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH IT WERE THAT THE, UM, THE CALIBRATION OF THE DEVICE WAS CHALLENGED, THE TRAINING THE OFFICERS RECEIVED, THE DISTANCE THE SOUND WAS MEASURED FROM, AND THE AMBIENT NOISE THAT AFFECTED THE DECIMAL READING. SO FROM OUR LAST SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM COUNCIL WAS YOU WANTED SLEEPING FACILITIES TO FIND, YOU WANTED TO SPECIFY TIMES FOR DAY AND NIGHT AND TO ADDRESS THE, UH, SPECIAL PERMITS OR PERMITTED NOISE. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS STAYING WITH THE CURRENT NUISANCE STANDARD, THE REASONABLE PERSONAL STANDARD WITH THE FOLLOWING ADJUSTMENTS. SO SLEEPING FACILITIES IS DEFINED AS A MEANS OF PERMANENT ENCLOSED HABITABLE STRUCTURE THAT IS A BED, HAS A BED AND IS PRIMARILY SERVES AS A LOCATION FOR SLEEPING. IN THE SECTION 30 DASH 81 OF THE ORDINANCE, WE WANT TO ADD THE VERBIAGE, A REASONABLE PERSON OF ORDINARY SENSIBILITIES, AND ALSO ADD THESE FACTORS TO HELP OUR OFFICERS DETERMINE WHETHER A SOUND IS LOUD OR UNNECESSARY. AND ONE, THE PROXIMITY OF THE SOUND TO SLEEPING FACILITIES. THE LAND USE THE TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT THE SOUND OCCURS, WHETHER IT'S BETWEEN 8:00 PM AND 6:59 AM THE DURATION OF THE SOUND, THE NUMBER OF REASONABLE PERSONS OF ORDINARY SENSIBILITIES THAT ARE CALLING IN A NOISE COMPLAINT, THE NOISE LEVEL OF THE SOUND ABOVE THE AMBIENT SOUND, WHETHER THE SOUND HAS BEEN ENHANCED IN VOLUME BY RANGE, BY ANY TYPE OF MECHANICAL MEANS, AND WHETHER A SPECIAL PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED OR, AND WHETHER THE SOUND IS RECURRENT OR INTERMITTENT. AND FINALLY, AS AN ADDITIONAL STEP, UM, STAFF OF EVALUATE THE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SCREENING MATERIALS THAT CAN BE USED TO REDUCE NOISE LEVELS BETWEEN LAND USES. SO BEFORE I, UH, OPEN UP THE QUESTION FOR YOU, I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT THESE CHANGES, I VETTED THEM THROUGH EVERY ONE OF OUR POLICE SUPERVISORS, INCLUDING OUR COMMAND STAFF. AND OVERWHELMINGLY, THEY'RE IN FAVOR OF THE CHANGES IN KEEPING THE ORDINANCE AS IT IS WITH THESE, UH, SLIDE ADJUSTMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RAM BONNEY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU. UH, POLICE CHIEF, UH, HARRIS, WELL AS CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, WHOEVER IS APPLICABLE, WHICH WILL LEAD KIND OF TO A FINAL QUESTION. THE FIRST, WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY SCREAMS FIRE IN A MOVIE THEATER OR IN A RESTAURANT? WHAT, WHAT IS THE RESPONSE TO THAT? THAT'S A VIOLATION OF THE LAW. AND SO WHAT HAPPENS? THEY'RE NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO THAT. UM, THEY WOULD, THERE'S A CONSEQUENCE, CORRECT? IT'S DISORDERLY CONDUCT. YES. DISORDERLY CONDUCT. OKAY. WHAT HAPPENS TO SOMEBODY IF THEY CALL THE POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND REPORT A CRIME OR VIOLATION, BUT IT TURNS OUT TO BE UNTRUE? WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DO IT CONTINUOUSLY? THERE'S ALSO A CRIME FOR THAT AS WELL. SO IT IS, IT'S A CONSEQUENCE, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. SO DO WE CURRENTLY ISSUE A FINE AND OR A CITATION? ANYBODY WHO HAS, UM, I GUESS A POLICE RESPONSE TO A FALSE ALARM? UH, I THINK IT'S SO MANY TIMES, UH, A FALSE ALARM OCCURS AT A HOME OR RESIDENCE. UH, I THINK MAYBE TWO OR THREE. DON'T THEY GET A FINE OR CITATION? YES. THREE. THERE'S A FINE THREE. OKAY. SO THERE'S A CONSEQUENCE. SO MY, MY FINAL QUESTION IS, IS IF WE HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR ALL OF THOSE AFOREMENTIONED THINGS THAT I, THAT I ASKED ABOUT AND OR FINDS THE CITATIONS, UM, ARE WE ABLE TO ISSUE A FINE OR A CITATION TO ANYBODY WHO CALLS THE POLICE TO REPORT SOMETHING THAT TURNS OUT TO BE FALSE AND OR ERRONEOUS SIMILAR TO A FALSE ALARM? UH, RESPONSE? WHAT I'M ASKING ABOUT IS THE MULTIPLE CALLS THAT ARE RECEIVED ON A PARTICULAR LOCATION. UH, IF SOMEONE CALLS, UH, FOR INSTANCE, I, I'VE, I'VE HEARD AND SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER OF ONE ESTABLISHMENT IN THE CITY, UH, AND THEY SHARE WITH ME THAT THEY WERE CALLED UPON, UH, FOR A [00:55:01] NUISANCE NOISE COMPLAINT. AND THEY WEREN'T EVEN OPEN. AND THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. UH, ONE TIME THEY WERE, THEY WERE CALLED UPON ON SOMETHING THAT HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH NOISE BY A RESIDENT, BUT FOUR POLICE PEOPLE SHOWED UP DURING THEIR OP UH, OPERATION TIMES AND, UH, CAME BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE OVER CAPACITY. UH, BUT THAT HAS ZERO TO DO WITH THE NOISE. BUT THEY CALLED IN, IN RELATION TO A NOISE COMPLAINT AS THE INITIAL COMPLAINT. SO ARE WE ABLE TO, AS A CITY, IMPLEMENT SOMETHING WHEREAS WE KNOW SOMEBODY HAS CALLED AND IT TURNS OUT TO NOT BE TRUE AS A FALSE COMPLAINT, AND WE ISSUED THEM A FINE OR A CITATION. SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK YOU'RE KIND OF ALLUDING TO FILING A FALSE REPORT TO A PEACE OFFICER. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS, IT'S NOT A CRIMINAL MATTER, UH, CALLING IN NOISE COMPLAINT. HOWEVER, ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE, MYSELF, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY ARE GOING TO WORK ON A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS ONE LOCATION THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ACTUALLY, I MEAN, I'M, ARE WE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT NOW THE WAY, THE WAY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL ADDRESS FUTURE COMPLAINTS? OKAY. BECAUSE I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS IF, IF WE, BASED OFF OF ALL OF, I KNOW THOSE OTHER TWO, THE FIRST TWO WERE CRIMINAL IN NATURE, BUT IF YOU'RE CALLING KNOWINGLY CALLING AND BECOMING A NUISANCE, IF YOU WILL, UH, AND, AND BORDERLINE HARASSMENT, IF NOT CROSSING THAT LINE OF HARASSMENT OF A PERSON AND OR A BUSINESS, ARE WE NOT ABLE TO ISSUE A FINE OR A CITATION TO THAT INDIVIDUAL? I RECOMMEND THAT WE PLACE THAT ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. THE ITEM THAT IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO NOISE, UH, AND THE PROVISION, UH, OF NOISE, UH, BY CERTAIN ENTITIES. UH, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE PLACE THAT ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM THAT COULD RELATE TO MULTIPLE ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS. SO IT WOULD BE MORE GENERAL AND I WOULDN'T REC, I MEAN, ALL RIGHT. THAT'S FINE. WELL, IF WE COULD PLEASE ADD THAT TO A SOONER THAN LATER, UH, A COUNCIL MEETING, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, MAYOR. UH, I JUST THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO, TO DEAL WITH, UH, BEING HARASSED AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND OR AS A BUSINESS. AND I JUST THINK THAT, UH, WE NEED TO PROACTIVELY DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT ALL CITIZENS AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS, UM, IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER BONIA, I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK NEXT. AND I WAS GONNA SAY THE, SO SAME THING THAT YOU SAID, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME TO TAKE IT UP IN THE NEXT MEETING, , SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THERE, BUT I, I TOTALLY AGREE THAT WE CAN'T HAVE IT FOR A PERSON WHO CAUSED F FIRE IN THE MOVIE THEATER, UH, FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND SO ON FORTH. WE GOTTA HAVE RULES THAT FITS EVERYBODY. YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE RULES FOR A, A CERTAIN BUSINESSES OR A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF PEOPLE OR A CERTAIN POPULATION. THAT'S NOT HOW OUR CITY WORKS. WE ARE MISSOURI CITY PRIDE. WE TAKE PRIDE IN ALL OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, OUR PEOPLE, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL OF OUR EVENTS, PEOPLE THAT ATTENDS. WE TAKE PRIDE IN ALL OF THAT. AND I HATE TO SEE THAT WE CAN HAVE A DISORDERLY CONDUCT FOR CERTAIN THINGS, BUT WE CAN HAVE IT FOR CERTAIN THINGS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE DISCUSSIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY. THAT WAS GONNA BE MY SAME QUESTION TOO. SO CLEARLY THERE'S THREE PEOPLE THAT WANT THAT ON THE AGENDA ITEM. UM, UH, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO, TO ASK THIS, UH, CHIEF IN REGARDS TO, IN REGARDS TO, UM, OUR BUSINESSES, DOES THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UM, WHERE IT'S NUMBER THREE, WHEN YOU SAID THE DAY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT OCCURS IN INCLUDING WHETHER THE SOUND OCCURS BETWEEN 8:00 PM AND 6 59, IS THIS APPLICABLE TO BUSINESSES AS WELL THAT ARE ACTUALLY ZONED IN AN AREA IN WHICH THEY CAN OPERATE IN THEIR AREA THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, THIS WOULD BE CITYWIDE RESIDENCES, BUSINESSES, AND THE, THESE ARE, THAT IS JUST A FACTOR. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, NOT ALL OF THESE HAVE TO BE MET OR ANY OF 'EM HAVE TO BE MET. THESE ARE JUST FACTORS THAT FOR THE OFFICERS TO HELP THEM DETERMINE, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THE SOUND IS UNREASONABLE. SO I'M GONNA PLAY ADVOCATE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT THOSE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES ARE ZONED FOR THAT WHICH THEY ARE OPERATING IN. AND THIS TIMEFRAME, 8:00 PM MAY NOT BE A CONDUCIVE TIME FOR FRAME FOR THEM TO OPERATE THEIR BUSINESS ON THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED. SO SAY FOR INSTANCE, AN ENTERTAINMENT LOCATION OR A RESTAURANT, UM, [01:00:01] THEY MAY NOT CLOSE UNTIL 10:00 PM OR 11:00 PM OR 12:00 PM ON THE WEEKENDS. THIS, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS 8:00 PM TIME AND RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, OVER UTILIZING OUR POLICE RESOURCES, UM, WITH THIS TIMEFRAME, LOOKING AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, BECAUSE I KNOW WE MENTIONED EARLY ON WHEN WE WERE ADDRESSING THIS NOISE, ORDINANCES LOOKING TO CHANGE THE TIME ON THE WEEKENDS TO LIKE 10 O'CLOCK OR 11 O'CLOCK OR SOMETHING. I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT CONFIDENT THAT THIS WON'T, UM, CAUSE EVEN MORE HARASSMENT TO TOWARDS OUR BUSINESSES. UM, AND EVEN OVER UTILIZING OUR POLICE, UH, RESOURCES. RIGHT. SO IS THAT FLEXIBLE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT TIME? ANYTHING'S FLEXIBLE. UH, IT'S WHATEVER YOU, YOU GUYS DECIDE YOU WANT. BUT AS FAR AS THE, THE ZONING, THAT'S ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS, UM, THAT WE'RE ASKING TO BE ADDED IS WHETHER THE, WHAT THE LAND IS ZONED FOR, WHAT THE PROPERTY IS ZONED FOR. IS THAT STATED IN HERE? UM, YES. I'LL GO BACK. IT'S UH, NUMBER TWO. OKAY. SO, OKAY, I'M GOOD WITH THAT. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS REPEAT VIOLATORS THAT ARE CALLING, IT'S PROBABLY ALONG THOSE THE LINES OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY WAS MENTIONING. UM, IS THIS A PART, IS THIS GONNA BE ADDRESSED IN HERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY CALLING ABOUT THE SAME LOCATION OVER AND OVER AGAIN? IS THERE SOMETHING IN THIS PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION THAT SAYS IF YOU GET TWO CALLS WITHIN THE HOUR OR THREE CALLS, OR IS IT BASED ON THE POLICE OFFICER'S BEST JUDGMENT? THERE'S NOTHING PUNITIVE, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE ORDINANCE REGARDING REPEAT CALLS. AND, AND LIKE I SAY, AGAIN, THIS IS A, I KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE GONNA HANDLE THIS ON OUR OPERATIONS SIDE OF HOW WE'RE GONNA RESPOND IN THE FUTURE. UM, THIS IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. THIS IS THE ONE LOCATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. OKAY. AND WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS OUR RESPONSE. OKAY. AND MY LAST QUESTION, UM, IT'S PROBABLY SIMILAR TO MY OTHER ONE. CAN WE PUT SOMETHING IN HERE THAT ADDRESSES WEEKEND TIMES VERSUS WEEKDAY? 'CAUSE THIS DOESN'T SAY, IT SAYS TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT. CAN WE HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO WEEKENDS, FRIDAY AND SATURDAYS WHEN A LOT OF BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND FAMILY GET TOGETHERS TAKE PLACE ON THE WEEKENDS AND FRIDAY EVENINGS? CAN WE ADJUST THAT TIME FOR THAT? SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHIEF, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE DIFFERENT LAND USES BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT, UH, TO ME BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SOUND CAN, YOU KNOW, EMULATE ACROSS WATER A LITTLE BIT FASTER. UH, MY COMMENTS ARE MORE SO IN REGARDS TO THE 592 CALLS THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU RECEIVED. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN REGARDS TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHERE IT SAYS THE NUMBER OF REASONABLE PERSONS OF ORDINARY SENSIBILITIES. SO OF THE 592 CALLS, 375 OF THOSE CALLS WERE AT VARIOUS PRIVATE RESIDENCES. OKAY. UM, 137 WERE A BEES WINE BAR AND 13 AT THE RANCH AT SIENNA, WHICH IS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. SO AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION, WE HAVE A REPEAT CALLER THAT'S MADE, UH, VAST MAJORITY OF THE 137 CALLS. OKAY. SO THAT SPEAKS TO NUMBER FIVE, THE NUMBER OF REASONABLE PERSONS OF ORDINARY SENSIBILITIES WHO ARE MAKING A CALL. SO THE OFFICERS ARE GONNA TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION HOW MANY, IF THERE'S MULTIPLE CALLERS FOR ONE LOCATION AT ONE INCIDENT, THEN THERE'S PROBABLY SOMETHING TO THAT. IF IT'S ONE CALLER OVER AND OVER AND OVER AT THE SAME LOCATION AND THERE'S NO VIOLATION, THEN THAT'S NOT REASONABLE. OKAY. UM, AND I GUESS THAT DOES GO BACK TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THAT WE'LL DEFINITELY NEED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT FIGURING OUT A WAY TO ADD SOME TYPE OF, UH, PENALTIES TOWARDS THAT. AND SO I DEFINITELY WOULD SUPPORT, UH, THAT SECOND MEETING AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. YES. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE TALK ABOUT LIKE NUMBER FIVE, UH, UH, THE, UH, NUMBER OF REASONABLE PERSONS OR ORDINARY SENSIBILITIES WITHIN THE VICINITY. UH, AND AGAIN, THIS KIND OF PICKS UP WHERE, UH, CONST BONY WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE ALARMS THAT, UH, ARE OVER THREE ALARMS. THERE IS A, UH, A CONSEQUENCE, IF YOU WILL. UH, SO AT WHAT POINT IN TIME, UH, SHOULD THERE BE, OR HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISH A NUMBER THAT AFTER 15, 20 CALLS FROM THE SAME LOCATION, THAT UH, THERE'S SOME CONSEQUENCES, UH, MADE? UH, AND THE ONLY REASON I, NOT THE ONLY REASON, BUT [01:05:01] ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I, I, UH, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT IS WHEN, UH, THOSE CALLS ARE BEING ANSWERED BY OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT'S TAKING THEM AWAY FROM WHAT WOULD WE WOULD CONSIDER AS THEIR NORMAL DUTIES. NOT THAT ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW, A SOUND, UH, VIOLATION IS NOT A NORMAL DUTY, BUT, UH, I THINK THEIR PRIORITY IS, YOU KNOW, FIGHTING CRIME AND TAKING CARE OF TRAFFIC AND WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. SO, UH, IT, IT JUST BOTHERS ME THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONSEQUENCES, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, DEGRADING, I THINK THE, UH, PERFORMANCE OF OUR OFFICERS, UH, OVERALL. YES, SIR. STATEMENT. I, I, YEAH. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, , BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO REALLY CONSIDER, BECAUSE AS YOU SAY, THERE WAS ONE THAT HAD, WHAT, 139 OR WHATEVER IT WAS, CALLS YES. FROM THE SAME LOCATION WITH NO CONSEQUENCES. SO, UH, AND, UH, THAT, LIKE I SAY, THAT DETRACTS FROM, UH, THE, THE EFFICIENCY AND THE OPERATIONAL CAPACITY OF, UH, OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS. SO, ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MAR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I'M IN FAVOR FOR RULES FOR EVERYONE. UM, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE EQUIP OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH SOMETHING I'VE SEEN, UM, RESIDENT AGAINST RESIDENT ISSUES WHERE WE'VE HAD TROUBLE SOLVING FOR THAT. UM, LAKE COLONY'S ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, RIGHT? WHERE THEY JUST CAN'T SEEM TO SOLVE. AND WHEN PD GOES OUT, THEY HAVE TO MAKE MULTIPLE TRIPS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS TO ENFORCE SOMETHING. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY RESIDENT TO RESIDENT COMPLAINTS WE HAD, CHIEF, BUT I, I WANT TO EQUIP YOUR TEAM TO BE ABLE TO USE DISCRETION, BE FAIR, BUT ALSO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO IN FOLLOW UP TO WHAT YOU AGREED TO FOR COUNCILWOMAN RILEY. SHE HAD ASKED ABOUT THE WEEKENDS, THE, THE WEEKENDS AND A CHANGE OF TIME, BUT THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THAT TIME WAS. SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE 'CAUSE WE'RE VOTING ON THIS ORDINANCE TONIGHT, CORRECT? YEAH. YEAH. SO I JUST NEEDED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ON WHAT THE SUGGESTED, UM, 'CAUSE I MEAN, I THINK YOU AGREED CHIEF, BUT I JUST, I DIDN'T HEAR WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. I MENTIONED 10 O'CLOCK FOR LIKE FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS. UM, THAT KIND OF SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE, BUT IT'S REALLY, Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHERS SUGGESTIONS? UH, FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS ARE YOUR PARTY TIMES. UM, I KNOW I HAVE NEIGHBORS BEHIND ME, THAT PARTY ALL OF THE TIME, . UM, BUT AT A CERTAIN POINT I'M, I, I WANT THE MUSIC TO STAY IN THEIR BACKYARD, NOT MINE. SO FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS, IT COULD BE 11 O'CLOCK, UM, MAYBE SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, IT COULD BE NINE O'CLOCK. I THINK THE 8:00 PM IS REALLY, REALLY EARLY. I DO. ALRIGHT. UM, I MEAN, SO ARE WE GONNA AGREE TO THAT OR IT SHOULD BE, I MEAN, WE, WE, WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. YES. YES. WE VOTE. SO IS THAT YOUR MOTION? WAIT ONE BITE ONE. NO. ARE WE STILL IN DISCUSSION? YOU CAN PUT UP, I MEAN, YOU CAN PUT UP A MOTION. I JUST WANTED US TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT SINCE YOU BROUGHT THAT FORTH TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN A MOTION IS MADE THAT WE ARE CLEAR. 'CAUSE I JUST KNEW THAT YOU MADE A, YOU WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF AND THEN CHIEF SAID, OH, SURE. AND THEN WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE IN WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY. SO THAT'S ALL COUNCIL MEMBER MURLI. SO E JOYCE, IF COUNCIL WERE TO DECIDE ON 10:00 PM AND A RESIDENT OR A HOTEL WANTED TO HOST A SPECIAL EVENT AND THEY PUT IN A PERMIT FOR A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT, AND THEY ASKED TO GO TO 11, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? CERTAINLY. THESE ARE ONLY, UH, CONSIDERATIONS. OKAY. AND SO IF A FACILITY OR AN INDIVIDUAL HAS A PERMIT APPLICATION THAT ALLOWS THEM TO GO UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, THAT WOULD OF COURSE COME INTO PLAY IN AN OFFICER'S DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE NOISE IS REASONABLE. YEAH. AND I SHARE THAT COUNSEL WITH, UM, AGAIN, I'M RESIDENT TO RESIDENT, UM, A HOTEL BEHIND SOMEONE'S HOUSE COULD END UP PARTYING UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. IT'S A LOT. BUT IF IT'S A SPECIAL EVENT AND THEY PUT IN THE PERMIT, THEN EVERYONE'S BEEN INFORMED OR THERE'S, THERE'S SOME ALLOWANCE OF TIME. MM-HMM. . MM-HMM. FOR NEW YEAR'S. IF WE CUT IT DOWN AT 11 AND B'S, WINE BAR WANTS TO PARTY, NEW YEAR'S COMES AROUND, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PLAY MUSIC. PUT IN A SPECIAL EVENT AND [01:10:01] YOU CAN PARTY TILL ONE O'CLOCK. MM-HMM. . SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE NEED MORE PARTYING ANYWAY. IT JUST, JUST COUNCIL ALONE . YEAH. WE JUST GO TO SLEEP ALL THE TIME. BUT, UM, NO, UH, I AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY'S OPTIONS, UH, ON THE WEEKEND. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU JUST MAKE THAT TIME ONE MORE TIME SO WE CAN HEAR WHAT THAT IS? MOTION OR JUST STATED THE MOTION THAT YOU STATED FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR THE WEEKEND TIME. WHAT ABOUT THE SPECIAL EVENT COMMENT? BECAUSE IF SHE DOES, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, IF YOU DO 10 O'CLOCK CUTOFF, THAT MEANS IF ANY ESTABLISHMENT WANTS TO THROW A NEW YEAR'S PARTY, THEY CUT OFF AT 10. THEY'RE DONE. YES. SO I THOUGHT I HEARD GO AHEAD, EJO. SO, UH, AS DRAFTED, THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES A CONSIDERATION FOR A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT OKAY. OR OTHER AUTHORIZATION. SO YOU WOULDN'T NEED TO ADD I DON'T HAVE TO CARVE THAT OUT. NO. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE ONLY CONSIDERATIONS, SO THAT OKAY. YES. RIGHT. GO AHEAD. AM I IN THE QUEUE? I'M SORRY. NO, GO AHEAD. SO I'M CONFUSED. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE ESTABLISHMENTS SPEAKING OF BEES THAT, THAT CLOSE LATER THAN, THAN 10 O'CLOCK OR RIGHT. 11 O'CLOCK, IF YOU WILL. SO WHY WOULD THEY HAVE TO GET A SPECIAL PERMIT IN ORDER TO OPERATE THEIR BUSINESS? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE, IF WE WERE GONNA CAP, IF WE WERE GONNA CAP THE TIME AT 10, AND THEN THEREFORE THAT MEANS THERE'S NO MORE CELEBRATION OR NO MORE LOUD MUSIC AFTER 10. AND I DIDN'T WANNA LIMIT THEM. MAY I HOP IN? YES. I DON'T THINK HE'S SAYING THEY WOULD NEED A SPECIAL PERMIT. HE'S SAYING THAT THAT SHOULD BE A CONSIDERATION, RIGHT? IF A BUSINESS HAD A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT FOR AN ACTIVITY THAT LASTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT, IT SHOULDN'T BE PENALIZED UNDER THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT A BUSINESS THAT NORMALLY OPERATES UNTIL 11 O'CLOCK WON'T BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNTIL 11 O'CLOCK. THESE ARE CONSIDERATIONS. YEAH. SO, SO I'M, I MEAN, I, I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE THE PUBLIC POLICY MAKERS AND I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE INSTITUTE THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACTS OUR RESIDENTS OR OUR BUSINESSES. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. UH, AND, AND I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO WHAT NUMBER THREE AND WHATEVER THE RECOMMENDED CHANGE IS FOR THE WEEKEND. I, IS THIS ONLY GONNA BE APPLICABLE TO, TO, TO, TO RESIDENTS? OR IS THIS GONNA BE APPLICABLE TO EVERYBODY? AND, AND IF SO, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IT'S EVERYBODY. SURE. IT'S, UM, IT'S TO EVERYBODY, APPLICABLE TO EVERYONE. BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE CONSIDERATIONS. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE'RE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE DELIBERATING THIS, AND SO I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. SO, E JOYCE, IF COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY MAKES THE FOR 10 O'CLOCK CUTOFF, AND AT THE HOLIDAY INN BY MY HOUSE, SOMEBODY WANTS TO PARTY TILL MIDNIGHT, WHAT HAPPENS UNDER COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY'S MOTION? SO UNDER HER MOTION, IF AN OFFICER WENT OUT, HE WOULD CONSIDER FACTORS ONE THROUGH NINE MM-HMM. , HE WOULD CONSIDER THE LAND, USE THE FACT THAT IT'S A HOTEL. IF THAT HOTEL HAS A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT, HE WOULD ALSO CONSIDER THE FACTS THAT THE HOTEL HAS A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT FOR THAT, UH, PARTY. UM, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD NOT PROHIBIT A BUSINESS OR A RESIDENT FROM MAKING NOISE AFTER 10:00 PM EVEN IF THE TIME IS CHANGED TO 10:00 PM OR I THINK IT WAS 11:00 PM ACTUALLY FOR WEEKENDS, THIS WOULDN'T PROHIBIT THEM FROM MAKING NOISE. IT WOULD JUST BE A CONSIDERATION FOR THE OFFICER IN DETERMINING WHETHER THE NOISE IS UNREASONABLE. SO I'M, I'M, I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS. I ONLY FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR EVERYONE WHO IS GOING TO BE ADHERING TO THIS ORDINANCE, OUR RESIDENTS, THOSE THAT CALL, UH, POLICE OR THE CITY ABOUT THE NOISE, IF THEY HAVE A NOISE COMPLAINT, SO IT'S 11 O'CLOCK, OR EXCUSE ME, IT'S 1101. YEAH. AND I'M CALLING, SO POLICE HAS TO GO OUT AND THEY GO OUT AND THEY MAKE THE DE HOW DOES THIS HELP POLICE, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M ASKING. AGAIN, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PUTTING YOU, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PUTTING YOU IN EVEN TOUGHER SITUATION TO MAKE IT, IT, IT ACTUALLY ISN'T. THE OFFICERS WILL GO OUT, MAKE A DETERMINATION, THEY'LL LISTEN TO THE MU OR LISTEN TO THE LEVEL OF THE MUSIC AND MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED ON THESE FACTORS TO HELP THEM, WHETHER OR NOT IT IS UNREASONABLE. I'VE GOT 29 YEARS OF ENFORCING THIS ORDINANCE AND IT WORKS. OKAY. YEAH. THIS IS THE ODDBALL, THE, THE ONE THAT WE'RE QUESTIONING RIGHT NOW. GOTCHA. WHAT DO YOU HAVE A, A RECOMMENDATION CHIEF AS IT RELATES TO, I KNOW [01:15:01] 8:00 PM TO 6 59 IS WHAT'S PROPOSED BASED OFF OF ANY CH UM, RECOMMENDATIONS. ARE YOU OKAY WITH US GOING TO 11:00 PM ON THE WEEKENDS AND NOT, I THINK SHE SAID 9:00 PM ON WEEKDAYS. I THINK I HEARD 11:00 PM TO, TO 7:00 AM YEAH. ON WEEKENDS, BUT THEN SHE, ON THE WEEKENDS THEN SHE MENTIONED 9:00 PM I BELIEVE RIGHT. EJO, UH, ON WEEKDAYS, WOULD THAT BE A AND THE TIMES AGAIN, ARE JUST GONNA BE FACTORS FOR THEM TO CONSIDER. IT'S NOT GONNA BE A MINUTE PAST THE TIME, WHICHEVER TIME YOU GUYS DECIDE THAT. OKAY. CITATIONS GETS, IS, GETS ISSUED. THE SOUND COULD BE UNREASONABLE PRIOR TO THE TIME, IT COULD BE UNREASONABLE AFTER THE TIME. IT'S JUST A CONSIDERATION FOR THE GUYS TO CONSIDER. RIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I DO HAVE, UM, UH, COUNCIL ME RILEY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I DID WANNA SPEAK BEFORE YOU CLOSED OUT. IS THERE, IS, DOES THIS TIMEFRAME HAVE TO BE IN HERE? BECAUSE ONCE WE PUT THIS IN HERE, THAT'S FINAL. AND IF WE REALLY LEAVE IT UP TO YOUR OFFICERS TO MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED ON THIS CRITERIA, BUT ALSO SOME ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT TIMEFRAME THAT WE SET BY COUNSEL, AND THEY MAY, SOME MAY STRICTLY ENFORCE IT AND SOME MAY, YOU KNOW, UM, MORE APPLY TO TO TO NUMBER NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER, UH, OR B I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PUTTING THIS TIMEFRAME IN THERE BECAUSE ONCE IT'S THERE, IT'S FINAL. AND THIS IS GONNA SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT NOT JUST OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT ALSO OUR BUSINESSES. AND WE HAVE BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY THAT OPERATE PAST 10:00 PM WE ALSO HAVE, UH, TO COUNCILMAN RULES, WE HAVE HOTELS THAT ARE CLOSED PROXIMITY. WE ALSO HAVE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE OTHER EVENTS TAKING PLACE THAT DON'T REQUIRE A SPECIAL EVENTS PERMIT. AND SO DO YOU STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT WE PUT THIS TIMEFRAME IN THERE? BECAUSE I'M NOT COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, JUST AFTER REALLY PROCESSING IT, PUTTING IN A TIMEFRAME BECAUSE IT'S, I THINK IT SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE OFFICERS TO USE THEIR TRAINING, THEIR PROFESSIONAL, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY SEE AS REASONABLE. UM, THAT'S, I'M GONNA REPEAT MYSELF AND, AND I'LL, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE A TIME BASED ORDINANCE. IT, THERE'S NOTHING TO DO WITH TIME. AND LIKE I'D MENTIONED BEFORE, I'VE BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN ENFORCING THIS ORDINANCE FOR CLOSE TO 29 YEARS. AND, AND IT WORKS. AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME IN IT RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE WHAT I FORESEE, UM, CHIEF AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, RESIDENTS WILL SEE THIS. AND IF I DON'T LIKE MY, MY NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HAVING THEIR PARTY PAST 10 O'CLOCK, I'M SITTING THERE AT 9 59 WAITING AND I'M CALLING THE POLICE BECAUSE I'M READY TO GO TO BED OR I'M READY TO WATCH. YOU KNOW, SO I'M LOOKING AT EVEN FROM, JUST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND ME AS A RESIDENT AND HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE MAY THINK THE SAME WAY THAT I DO, AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE PUTTING THIS TIMEFRAME IN WILL OVER UTILIZE OUR POLICE, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES AS WELL. AND WE MAY BE JUMPING OFF INTO A WHOLE NOTHER, UH, SITUATION THEN JUST THIS ONE ISOLATED ONE THAT WE'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT. I'M NOT, I'M GONNA WITHDRAW, UM, BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA IMPLEMENT A TIMEFRAME IN THIS. I REALLY BELIEVE IF WE CAN REMOVE THIS PART, I'M OKAY WITH ALL THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT JUST REMOVING THE TIMEFRAME AND THEN JUST LET YOU OFFICERS WITH YOUR TRAINING AND YOU GOING BACK WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND LET THEM USE THEIR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING TO DO THE JOB THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN WORKING UNTIL THIS ONE ISOLATED TIME. AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE JUMPING OFF THE CLIFF BECAUSE ONE INSENSIBLE YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL, WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY, THEY MAY NOT AGREE WITH OUR, OUR STANDARDS. AND THAT, THAT IS FROM MY, MY PERSPECTIVE AND MY POINT. SO THAT WOULD BE THE, THE MOTION THAT I'M MAKING IS TO GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, EXCLUDING THIS TIMEFRAME IF COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS IS STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. YEAH, I WAS GONNA ASK ANOTHER QUESTION. I'LL WAIT IN A QUEUE. COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. YEAH, I, THE, UH, QUESTION OF, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS. DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO WHICH BUSINESSES HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS SO THAT IF THERE IS A NOISE COMPLAINT COMING IN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE THAT HEY, THEY'VE GOT A SPECIAL, UH, EVENT PERMIT. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON OBVIOUSLY YOUR DECISION. YES. PD WILL BE AWARE OF SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER, BONY MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, I THINK, UM, THE SAME MEASURE THAT WE USED WHEN WE DETERMINED THE EVENT CENTERS OFF OF CARTWRIGHT ROAD WHEN WE WERE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THOSE TIMES FRAMES, I THINK, AND I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THOSE TIMES WERE 11 O'CLOCK OR MIDNIGHT, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I THINK THAT THE SAME [01:20:01] THING THAT WE DID, IT WAS MIDNIGHT. I THINK THE SAME THING WE DID FOR THAT LOCATION, DUPLICATE, WE SHOULD DO CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE BOARD IF WE FELT IT WAS ADEQUATE FOR THAT LOCATION. UM, AT THAT PARTICULAR, UM, IS IT, WAS IT E JOYCE? I'M SORRY, IF YOU HAVE THAT, WAS IT EVERY DAY OR WAS IT JUST FOR THE WEEKENDS OR WHAT WAS I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSISTENT. IN OTHER WORDS. I AGREE. OKAY. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSH. YEAH, THAT IS. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, CHIEF, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. UM, HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE TIMES, INCLUDING WHETHER THE SOUND OCCURS BETWEEN 8:00 PM AND SEVEN, JUST LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER, UM, DIFFERENT CITIES ARE DOING. UM, KIND OF, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. OKAY. I GOT IT. THERE, THERE'S NO CONSISTENCY ON FROM CITY TO CITY. DO YOU THINK THAT TIME WOULD, UM, PUTTING IN A MEASURE OF TIME, WOULD THAT BE BENEFICIAL TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? UM, IT WOULD JUST BE ONE MORE FACTOR. AND, AND LIKE I'D MENTIONED BEFORE, AND I DON'T WANNA SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, WE DON'T HAVE TIME IN THERE NOW. RIGHT? THE ORDINANCE IS WORKING. MM-HMM. . AND SO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE IT, IT WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK. OKAY. UM, WITH THESE OTHER FACTORS TO HELP ASSIST THE OFFICER. OKAY. AND THEN, NOT FOR YOU THIS TIME, BUT MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE TO E JOYCE. IS THERE ANY KIND OF WAY THAT WE COULD, UM, NOT NECESSARILY WALK SOMETHING BACK, BUT MAYBE BASED ON EACH INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS, IF WE THINK THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SOME TYPE OF NOISE FACTOR INVOLVED, MAYBE SET THEM UP WITH SOME TYPE OF TIME, UM, STRUCTURE IS, WOULD THAT BE A POSSIBILITY? SO, UH, GENERALLY REGULATION SHOULD HAVE GENERAL APPLICABILITY. OKAY. MEANING DEPENDING, PERHAPS MAYBE DEPENDING ON USE. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, WE DO HAVE SPECIFIC NOISE LIMITS OR INDUSTRIAL ZONED AREAS. SO PERHAPS SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, COULD BE REVIEWED, UH, AND LOOKED AT. UH, BUT THAT WOULD BE A ZONING CHANGE. OKAY. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF. SO LAKE COLONY, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN TWO RESIDENTS. ARE WE GOOD? CURRENT STATE OR WOULD THIS HELP YOU? THIS WOULD HELP MINUS THE TIME , THIS WOULD HELP. BUT THE, UM, THE OTHER LOCATION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, I'VE LISTENED TO THE BODY CAMERA AND IT IS EXTREMELY EXCESSIVE. SO IT'S, IT, IT WOULDN'T NEED ANY OF THESE. YEAH. OKAY. UH, SO THANK YOU. THESE WOULD DO NOTHING BUT ASSIST. ALRIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU AGAIN. I WANTED TO GO BACK AND JUST MAKE A POINT. UM, COUNCILOR ONE YOU MENTIONED ABOUT BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER BUSINESS FOR THE EVENT CENTER. THAT WAS A BUSINESS THAT WAS SEEKING, UM, OUR CONSENT ON THE REZONING. AND THAT'S WHY WE IMPLEMENT. AND IT WAS CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL. THESE BUSINESSES, UM, PRIMARILY THE ONE WE'RE, WE'RE ADDRESSING THESE WINE BAR WAS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE AND IT'S ALREADY WAS, WAS ZONED FOR THAT PARTICULAR, UH, BUSINESS DISTRICT. AND SO, UM, I CAN UNDERSTAND US WANTING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE TIMES, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN A BUSINESS IS LOOKING TO REZONE AN AREA FOR SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BRING ABOUT A NOISE, UM, UM, ISSUE. BUT FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE AND THEY ARE IN THEIR OWN ZONING AREA, THIS SHOULD NOT BE APPLICABLE A TIMEFRAME TO THEM BECAUSE THEY BUILT THEIR BUSINESSES AND THEIR ESTABLISHMENT. AND WE HAVE OTHER BUSINESSES OVER THERE THAT HAVE ENTERTAINMENT THAT ARE COMING. UM, ONE THAT WE JUST APPROVED ON JUNE 3RD. WE HAVE AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY ZONED IN THEIR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FOR BUSINESSES IN ENTERTAINMENT AND TO RESTRICT BUSINESSES TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER EVENT CENTERS THAT WE APPROVED UPON THAT WERE LOOKING FOR. OUR ZONING, I DON'T THINK IS FAIR TO THOSE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN EXISTENCE. UM, AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE BE CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE'VE TREATED ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES, UM, THAT DIDN'T REQUEST FOR ANY ZONING AND, UM, ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK IF CHIEF HARRIS HARRIS HARRIS BELIEVES THAT THIS IS STILL A WORKABLE, UM, RECOMMENDATION AND WE'VE NEVER USED TIMEFRAMES BEFORE, BUT WE'RE ALSO INSTITUTING, UM, ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO ADDRESS CERTAIN THINGS, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. UM, I'M, I'M GOING TO, UH, GO WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION 'CAUSE WE'VE NEVER USED, UH, TIMES BEFORE BECAUSE IT'S NOT EVEN OUR, IN OUR, UM, OUR ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF BRING THAT POINT OUT. SURE. THANK YOU. E JOYS. I THINK COUNCILMAN RAMONI [01:25:01] WAS CORRECTING IT. WAS THAT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WAS THAT THURSDAY TO SUNDAY? CORRECT. OKAY. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL RAMONI. YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK E JOYS FOUND IT, IT WAS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, BUT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT WAS FOR A REZONING OR NOT, UH, YOU STILL CAN BE A NUISANCE, EVEN IF YOU'RE IN A PARTICULAR ZONE AND NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF, UH, STAKEHOLDERS AND RESIDENTS IN THE CITY. SO I THINK THAT HAVING SOMETHING IN PLACE, UH, PUTS GUARDRAILS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ADHERE TO AND GIVES THE POLICE A LOT MORE TEETH. BUT I JUST FELT LIKE, AGAIN, FROM A CONSISTENCY STANDPOINT, UH, IF WE DID IT FOR THEM, CONSIDERING MEADOW CREEK AND OTHER, UH, YOU KNOW, QUAIL VALLEY EAST AND EVERYBODY WAS IN THAT AREA, THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, APPLICABLE, UH, TO EVERYONE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME TIMEFRAME. UM, FOR NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO CERTAIN THINGS FOR, UH, RESIDENTIAL CALLS VERSUS COMMERCIAL CALLS. UH, I THINK IT GETS A LITTLE CONVOLUTED. I DON'T KNOW, UH, CHIEF, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE JUST ACROSS THE BOARD, 12 TO 6 59, UH, 12:00 AM TO 6 59 WOULD, WOULD, WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION THAT I WOULD, UH, POSE. OKAY. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN BROWN MARSHALL. OKAY. MAYOR, I PROMISE THIS WILL BE MY LAST CONTENT. . THAT'S OKAY. ONE THING ABOUT WITH US PLACING SOME TYPE OF TIME CONSTRAINT, UH, THROUGH IT, IT KIND OF PLACES SOME EASE ON OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE NOW THEY KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE, THESE ARE THE TIME FACTORS. THE ONLY THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE THOUGH, CHIEF MM-HMM. , IF I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY NEIGHBOR, AND IT'S 3:00 PM AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY LOUD, Y'ALL WILL Y'ALL STILL COME OUT ? YES. EVEN THOUGH EVEN IF WE SET IT FROM 12:00 AM UNTIL SEVEN, YOU'LL STILL COME ABSOLUTELY AT 3:00 PM IF I HAVE A PROBLEM. OKAY, THEN DEFINITELY. I I THINK I WOULD SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, MIDNIGHT UNTIL 7:00 AM ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I MEAN, I PLACE MYSELF IN THE Q2. I THINK CONSISTENCY OF TIME, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WHAT PART OF DISTRICT YOU ARE OR WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IN OUR CITY I THINK IS NEEDED, I THINK IT WOULD ULTIMATELY HELP YOU ALL AT SOME LEVEL. UM, I'M OKAY WITH THE 12 MIDNIGHT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HEARD HERE TODAY. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED TO GIVE SOME CLARITY TO, YOU KNOW, TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO OTHERS, AND TO OUR CITIZENS AND OUR, AND OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UH, ADHERE TO IT. UM, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY COMMENT ON IT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MAKE A STATEMENT TO E JOYCE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW SOME OF THESE BEING ISSUED AND ALL THAT, AND I, YOU KNOW, DOES IT, I GUESS I HAVE A, IT'S A REALLY A DUMB QUESTION, BUT I'M GONNA ASK ANYWAY. , DOES IT REALLY, I MEAN, CAN I GO TO ANY BUSINESS AND BE IN THE BUSINESS AT ANY TIME AS A MAYOR? WHEN YOU SAY BE IN THE BUSINESS TO GO TO A, A BUSINESS AND BE IN THAT ESTABLISHMENT AT ANY TIME? IF THE BUSINESS IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, YOU CAN OKAY. GO TO THE BUSINESS AS A RESIDENCE. I CAN , YES I CAN. RIGHT? MM-HMM. WELL, OKAY. I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF ME THAT'S BEING POSTED THAT I'M AT A CERTAIN BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AND MAKE, MAKES IT SEVERE AS A FAVORABLE OR, OR BEING FAVORITISM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I CHIEF, I ENJOY EVERY BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. I SUPPORT 'EM ALL, UM, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM IN DISTRICTS. SO WHY I ENJOY SEEING PICTURES OF MYSELF, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT GETS OUTTA CONTROL. BUT ANYWAY, WITH THAT, UH, AND THAT, AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, UH, COUNCILMAN RE WHAT IS YOUR MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION IN PLACE? MY MOTION IS TO GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CHIEF TO EXCLUDE THE, UH, RESTRICTED TIME PERIOD, THOUGH. OKAY. ANY SECONDS. DO I WANNA DO MIDNIGHT? I LIKE THE CONSISTENCY THING. THAT WAY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOWS ACROSS THE BOARD. YEAH. OKAY. SO THERE, SINCE THERE'S NO SECOND, THE MOTION DIES. CLEAR. WHO'S CLEARING IT? BON'S BACK IN THE QUEUE. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN RAM BONY? YES, MA'AM. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJUST, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE, TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT, UH, INCLUDING WHETHER THE SOUND OCCURS BETWEEN 12:00 AM MIDNIGHT AND 6:59 AM OKAY. UH, AND APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED [01:30:01] OTHERWISE. OKAY. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARLIS. UH, SCENE. NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER [9. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS] NINE, OUR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT WILL START WITH OUR, A LARGE POSITION ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, SONYA BROWN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. FIRST I WANNA SAY I'M GLAD TO HAVE MY ATE BACK AND IN GOOD HEALTH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, RILEY, YOU GAVE US A GOOD SCARE AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE FEELING BETTER AND IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK. THANK YOU. YOU'RE SO WELCOME. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A TOUR OF ANCHOR CONSTRUCTION LOCATED OVER OFF OF CARTWRIGHT NEAR FM 10 92. IT IS AN INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, UM, OFFICE FACILITY. AND, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA FOR ORCHESTRATING THAT. IT WAS REALLY GREAT. HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE NEWMARK HOMES. GROUNDBREAKING OVER AT DISCOVERY COVE ON LAST WEEK. EVEN AT, UM, 10:00 AM IT WAS STILL REALLY, REALLY HOT , BUT WE, UM, WE BRAVED IT AND I WAS REALLY GLAD TO, TO JOIN THOSE THAT WERE OUT THERE. IT WAS A GREAT GROUNDBREAKING EVENT, UM, IN A TIME WHERE HISTORY OR CERTAIN OTHER HISTORIES ARE BEING TAMPERED DOWN AND OR REMOVED. UM, BASICALLY JUST FROM BEING ABLE TO BE TAUGHT. I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT OF OUR CITY, UM, WITH MISSOURI CITY JUNETEENTH, A CELEBRATION FOUNDATION. UM, THIS PAST WEEK WE CELEBRATED JUNETEENTH EVENTS RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN CITY, AND THEY WERE, UM, PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS. UM, THESE EVENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR CITIES THAT ALL OF OUR CITY EVENTS AND OTHER EVENTS THAT TALK ABOUT OUR CULTURE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT OUR CULTURE IS SO DIVERSE HERE IN THE CITY. SO HATS OFF TO THE CITY FOR CONTINUING TO HAVE THOSE TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS. THANK YOU AGAIN. M-C-J-C-F FOR HAVING SO MANY EVENTS. THERE WERE A LOT OF THEM. MM-HMM. . BUT, UM, I'M REALLY GLAD I, I DON'T REMEMBER THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME THAT, UM, PRETTY MUCH TOOK CARE OF US FOR THE MILE OF SMILES PARADE. HE WAS EXCELLENT. UM, OUT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, I MEAN, TROY, THANK YOU. AND HE, AND HE TOLD US HIS NAME, BUT HE WAS VERY, VERY GOOD. HE WAS EXTREMELY ATTENTIVE AND, UM, HE JUST MADE SURE OF THE COUNCIL'S CARE ON THAT DAY, AND IT JUST JOB WELL DONE ALTOGETHER. I DO KNOW THAT GOING FORWARD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK, UM, FORT BEND COUNTY WILL HAVE THEIR JUNETEENTH COMMUNITY HONORS DINNER ON TOMORROW NIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY, UM, M-C-J-C-F WILL ALSO COMMEMORATE THE JUNETEENTH INDEPENDENCE DAY AT THE FREEDOM TREE, WHICH WILL BE A REENACTMENT OF THE ACTUAL READING OF THE PROCLAMATION WITH A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL. SO I THINK THAT'LL BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD. AND, UM, IF, IF YOU CAN JUST COME OUT AND SUPPORT THAT. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. AND I HOPE THAT ALL THE MEN IN HERE HAD A WONDERFUL FATHER'S DAY, AND THE FATHER'S DAY VIDEO WAS REALLY GOOD. JOBY. I THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET IN TROUBLE THOUGH. , THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING DISTRICT A COUNCIL MEMBER, MONICA RILEY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND ALL OF OUR STAFF AND OUR RESIDENTS OUT THERE. UM, HAPPY JUNETEENTH AS WELL. UM, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS. WE MADE IT THROUGH ANOTHER ONE. UM, SO GREAT SUCCESS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL, AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, TODAY IS DEFINITELY, UM, UM, EMOTIONAL FOR ME BEING BACK HERE ON THE DAAS. AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY THANK YOU, CHIEF HARRIS, FOR RECOGNIZING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND RESPONDING. THANK YOU TO CHIEF PETITA FOR COMING TO MY, MY MEDICAL AID AND TO MY VERY DEAR PARTNER, UM, SITTING NEXT TO ME WHO ASKED ME OVER AND OVER AGAIN, ARE YOU OKAY? AND I SAID, MM-HMM, . MM-HMM. . UM, AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO 10 LYNN KLAUS IN HER ABSENCE. UM, YOU GUYS JUMPING IN MY AID AND HELPING ME TRANSITION AND GETTING MY KIDS SITUATED. AND MAYOR, GOD BLESS YOU FOR TRYING TO KEEP, KEEP THE CHAOS TO A MINIMUM AND KEEP THE QUORUM OVER HERE AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN MARLI, UM, FOR TAKING CARE OF US, COMING TO SEE US. UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU [01:35:01] TO EVERYBODY WHO PRAYED FOR ME. AND YOUR EMAILS, YOUR CARDS, YOUR TEXT MESSAGES, YOUR, YOUR FLOWERS, YOUR EVERYTHING. IT MEANT A LOT TO MY HEALING AND MY RECOVERY, AND I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, SONYA BROWN, MARSHALL MARLES, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, AND HIS JOKES IN HIS TEXT MESSAGE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UM, E JOYCE ANGEL, CRYSTAL, EVERYBODY. CEDRIC, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TEXT MESSAGES. JENNIFER SHASHI, I CAN'T NAME EVERYBODY, IT'S JUST SO MANY PEOPLE, BUT I SAID I WASN'T GONNA CRY 'CAUSE I CRIED ENOUGH ON JUNE 3RD. UM, BUT SHOUT OUT TO FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE. YEAH, WHO CAME OBEDIENTLY ASSESSED ME, RECOGNIZED WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE WITH MY MEDICAL ISSUE, UM, AND RESPONDED SO QUICKLY AND TO SUGARLAND METHODIST, WHICH MAYOR INFORMED ME THAT HE WAS A PART OF THE TEAM THAT HELPED MAKE THAT LOCATION. SUGARLAND METHODIST, A STROKE CERTIFIED CENTER, WHICH IS WHERE THEY GOT ME. AND WERE ABLE TO GIVE ME THE CARE THAT I'M ABLE TO STAND, WALK, TALK, SPEAK, AND FUNCTION IN MY FULL CAPACITY AFTER JUST BEING TWO WEEKS, UM, HAVING A STROKE. BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU'ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. I LOVE YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY COLLEAGUES WHEN I NEEDED YOU THE MOST. YOU WERE RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT, AND I LOVE YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU DO THAT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING THIS TO BE COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY LAL. NOW MAYOR, I GOTTA FOLLOW THAT, HUH? . COME ON, MAN. JEEZ. ANYWAY, I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU, UH, COUNCILWOMAN RILEY, AND DEFINITELY, UH, UH, THANKFUL TO GOD THAT HE ALLOWED YOU TO BE HERE AT THE RIGHT TIME, TO BE SEEN BY THE RIGHT PEOPLE. AND SO, UM, AND YOU RIGHT BACK AT IT. SO YEAH. NOW YOU GOTTA LEARN WHATEVER YOU DID, YOU GOT, YOU GOTTA CHANGE IT UP. SO THAT DID, DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. NO. ANYWAY, I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU, UH, ATTENDED THE, UH, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES SUMMER BOARD AND LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, UH, VICE CHAIR OF OUR FEDERAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE, COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND, UH, WE WORKED ON A LOT OF THE PUBLIC POLICY THAT, UH, I STRONGLY BELIEVE WILL TRICKLE DOWN EVENTUALLY TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, THROUGH LEGISLATION AND, UH, VARIOUS RESOURCES THROUGH GRANTS AND OTHERWISE, UH, DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO US POTENTIALLY, HOPEFULLY GETTING SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS AS SOON AS WE, UH, GET OUR, UH, SHOVEL READY PROJECT READY FOR, UH, RAILROAD, UH, FLYOVER AT CRAVENS ROAD AND, AND, AND, AND, AND GESNER. UH, THEY'RE WAITING ON US. SO, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE READY TO GO. AND, UH, SO I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND, AND HOPEFUL, UH, WE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO, TO ADDRESS THIS LONGSTANDING ISSUE. I ALSO ATTENDED THE TOP 25 CONTRACTORS EVENT, UH, PUT ON BY, UH, MR. DMARS, UH, AND SUBCONTRACTORS, USA AS ONE OF OUR OWN MISSOURI CITY RE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. AUTO ARCH, UH, ARCHITECTS WERE HONORED AS ONE OF THE TOP PRIME CONTRACTORS. I ATTENDED THAT WITH COUNCILWOMAN RILEY. UH, SO THIS AIN'T THE FIRST MEETING THAT SHE WENT TO, UH, AFTER THAT EVENT. , SHE BEEN EVERYWHERE. UH, ALSO, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE MISSOURI CITY JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION FOUNDATION. PHENOMENAL EVENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT TOOK PLACE. UM, SHOUT OUT TO ETTA SMITH, THE CHAIR, UH, ANTHONY SNIPES, AS WELL AS THE BOARD AND HER, UH, DON SMITH AND HIS SONS. UH, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY, UH, CONTINUE TO HONOR HIS LEGACY AND WHAT HE BROUGHT FORTH TO THIS CITY 22 YEARS AGO. UM, ALSO, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT, UH, AS WE ARE APPROACHING, UH, JUNETEENTH ON WEDNESDAY, UH, THAT WE TAKE A MOMENT TO NOT JUST REMEMBER, UH, 'CAUSE MOST OF THE TIME WHEN WE THINK ABOUT JUNETEENTH, WE REMEMBER THE BARBARIC INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY, WHICH WE SHOULD BECAUSE IT WAS EXTREMELY BARBARIC. IT SEPARATED FAMILIES, UH, UH, RAPED WOMEN, DID ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE DON'T REALLY WANNA TALK ABOUT, BUT THEY HAPPENED. UH, BUT ALSO, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO ALSO JUST REMEMBER THE ENSLAVED ANCESTORS WHO LEARNED OVER TWO YEARS LATER THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER ENSLAVED. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE RESILIENCE. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE PERSEVERANCE. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE HOPE AND THE FAITH THAT OUR, UH, ANCESTORS, THOSE AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE, UH, THOSE PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT, 'CAUSE THEY WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR LAND, UH, WHO CAME OVER HERE, UH, AND NOW HAVE LED THE WAY FOR US TO BE WHO WE ARE TODAY TO SERVE ON COUNCIL AND DO OTHER THINGS. WE SALUTE YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. RECOGNIZE THE SUCCEED COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY MELES. I GOTTA FOLLOW THAT . [01:40:02] UM, HAPPY TO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY HERE TONIGHT, NOT IN A HOSPITAL BED. UM, YOU ARE BLESSED TO HAVE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS WHO CARE FOR YOU. LOVE YOU. AND, UM, IF, IF THE MAYOR'S GONNA BRAG ABOUT THE STROKE, THEN I GOTTA BRAG ABOUT MY BIOMED EQUIPMENT AND MY TEAM AND THE GE SCANNER THAT SCANS YOU. YES. BUT I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOUR SMILE AND YOU BE HERE INSTEAD OF A BED. UM, HAPPY JUNETEENTH FRIDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S GONNA BE A GREAT NIGHT. PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING IT, SO COME OUT AND ENJOY THE EVENING, AND THEN BE SAFE OUT IN THE RAIN, UH, THIS NEXT FEW DAYS. AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, AND I'LL BE OUT ON OUR KAYAKS TO HELP YOU. THERE YOU GO, . ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YEAH. WELL, UH, MONICA. PRAYERS DO WORK. YEAH. OKAY. AND, UH, AS I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, YOU DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB AT THE, UH, UH, THE GALA, THE JUNETEENTH GALA. UH, IT, UH, WENT OFF LIKE CLOCKWORK. LIKE, UH, NOTHING HAD EVER HAPPENED. SO KUDOS TO, UH, YOUR RESILIENCE AND BEING ABLE TO, UH, UH, TO ATTEND AND, UH, PUT ON THE PERFORMANCE THAT YOU DID. THANK YOU, . UM, THE, THE, UH, GALA, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, I WENT TO THE, UH, ATTENDED THE GALA, BUT I ALSO ATTENDED THE GOLF TOURNAMENT THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS MORNING. AND, UH, THEY HAD 134 PLAYERS, I BELIEVE. SO IT WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL. UH, AND, UH, IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, I THINK IS, UH, GAINING AN INTEREST, UH, AS, UH, WE GO THROUGH, UH, THE JUNETEENTH, UH, UH, PERIOD, UH, EVERY YEAR. SO, UH, KUDOS TO, UH, AGAIN, TO, UH, UH, DON SMITH'S SON. UH, CHARLES, UH, HE, UH, AND, UH, UM, ANTHONY SNIPES, UH, REALLY RAM ROTTED THAT, UH, BUT OUR, OUR, UH, GENERAL MANAGER, OR OUR, I'LL HAVE TO CALL HIM A GENERAL MANAGER, , DID WELL, UH, WITH, UH, THE STAFF, UH, IN THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, MAKING IT A, UH, REALLY, UH, TRULY, UH, BIG EVENT FOR, UH, JUNETEENTH. UH, NOW ONE THING THAT I, NO ONE'S GONNA BEAT ME ON THIS ONE. MM, OKAY. UH, OH, UH, ANGEL, I WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CHECK FOR $400. WHAT? FROM THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF MISSOURI CITY OR THE ANIMAL SHELTER? IT'S THEIR, IT'S THEIR RECOGNITION. IT'S, UH, IT'S THEIR RECOGNITION OF THE, THE GREAT WORK, THE, THE FOSTERING, UH, ACTIVITIES, THE ADOPTION ACTIVITIES, AND JUST THE OVERALL GENERAL LOVE FOR, UH, OUR ANIMALS IN OUR, UH, OUR ANIMAL SHELTER. SO, I WILL LEAVE THIS CHECK WITH YOU. AWESOME. AND, UH, THEY SAY KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. NICE. AWESOME. NICE WITH THAT. VERY NICE. OKAY. YOU GOTTA, YOU GOT IT. MAYOR . FOLLOW THAT. I DEFINITELY CAN'T FOLLOW THAT. OH MY GOD, I FORGOT MY WALLET THOUGH. SO, NO, BUT HAPPY JUNETEENTH TO EVERYONE. UM, I STILL WANT TO TAKE, I THINK I'VE HEARD SOMEONE SAY UP HERE, UM, THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT SAT ALONGSIDE WITH US, UH, STARTED IN 2002, THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION IN MISSOURI CITY BEFORE IT EVER BECAME A NA NATIONAL HOLIDAY. SO WE REMEMBER, UM, DON SMITH, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME, WE CONGRATULATE HIS WIFE, ELLA SMITH. AND OF COURSE, THE FOUNDATION NOW RUNNING PRESIDENT ANTHONY SNIPES FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK AND, UH, MAKING ANOTHER YEAR OF GREAT CELEBRATION HERE IN MISSOURI CITY. YOU KNOW, I THINK COUNCILMAN MORTY, I THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT IT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE MAY LOOK LIKE WE DON'T AGREE ON A LOT OF THINGS, OR WE DISAGREE ON CERTAIN THINGS, AND WE GO BACK AND FORTH. THAT IS THE JOB. THAT IS THE JOB THAT Y'ALL ELECTED US TO DO. WE'RE NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND AGREE AND VOTE THE SAME WAY ALL THE TIME. BUT THE REASON I MENTION THAT IS, BUT WE'RE ALL HUMAN BEINGS WHO ARE SITTING UP HERE. WE HAVE A FAMILY. WE LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN, WE WORK IN IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ONE OF US, WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. UM, AS YOU SAW, THERE'S NO POLITICS. THERE'S NO THINGS. WE, WE ENJOY OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. WE ENJOY OUR CITY. WE ENJOY OUR DIVERSITY. WE ENJOY EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH IT. UM, SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR CITY COUNCIL IS DOING THE RIGHT THING. AND I KNOW AT TIMES, [01:45:01] CERTAIN TIMES, PUBLIC COMMENTS GETS ME UPSET AND I'M LOOKING AT AN I-JOIST. BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. , UH, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU'RE COMING UP HERE TO CRITICIZE US, YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO, WE MAY NOT MAKE ALL THE RIGHT DECISIONS. SOMETIMES WE MAKE, YOU KNOW, WRONG DECISIONS, BUT AS LONG AS WE'RE WILLING TO CORRECT IT AND MAKE IT RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. SO I COMMEND THE, THE SEVEN AND THE SIX OTHERS WHO ARE SERVING WITH ME. AND I'VE SAID THIS REPEATEDLY OVER AND OVER. I DON'T THINK I WOULD PICK ANOTHER TEAM TO SERVE WITH THAT, I END IT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 10, OUR CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEM NUMBER. UH, OKAY. SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS TIME IS 8:45 PM AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, VALERIE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.