[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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TODAY IS MONDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2024.
WE'LL NOT CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:55 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE A ROLL CALL.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE.
WE'LL BE LED BY JASMINE HURD, OUR ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF.
PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE LEDGE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO SUE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND SUE THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, THE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[(a) Recognition: Crystal Roan as a Master Municipal Clerk by the Internati...]
YOU HAVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR A IS PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION.FOUR A IS REC RECOGNITION TO, UH, CITY CO CRYSTAL, WRONG AS A MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERK BY THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS.
CRYSTAL, WANNA ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO COME OUT TOO, BECAUSE I DON'T DISAPPOINT YOU.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IS RECOGNIZING OUR STAFF, OUR STELLAR STAFF, I SHOULD SAY, BUT ALSO FOR ME, IS I TAKE PERSONAL PRIDE IN KNOWING THAT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY HAS EXPERIENCED, DEDICATED, AND STABLE LEADERSHIP.
CRYSTAL ROME IS ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW, WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE EXPERIENCE AND CONTINUES TO SEEK OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
CRYSTAL IS AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERK ASSOCIATION AND A TENURED MEMBER OF THE SALTGRASS CHAPTER CURRENTLY HOLDING HER TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERK CERTIFICATION.
THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF OBTAINING HER MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERK CERTIFICATION IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON ACHIEVING.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TESTAMENT TO WHAT WE ARE BUILDING HERE IN THIS CITY.
OUTSIDE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE A CAPABLE LEADERSHIP WHO REMAIN COMMITTED TO DELIVERING EXCELLENCE.
ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, OUR TEAM, CITY COUNCIL AND COLLEAGUES, AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EXPERTISE AS OUR CITY SECRETARY.
NOW, THIS DOESN'T LOOK, IT LOOKS FLIMSY.
THAT'S GOTTA BLAME, UH, GIRAF FOR THAT
SO HE DIDN'T WANNA SPEND ANY MONEY ORDERING A FRAME
IT'S A CERTIFICATE UP OF RE YEAH, A RECOGNITION.
THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT HE HAS TO GET THAT BUDGET APPROVED BY HER.
SO HE'S TRYING TO DO THIS ON HIS OWN RIGHT.
UM, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.
THIS CERTIFY THIS CERTIFICATE IS PROBABLY PRESENTED TO CRYSTAL ROME FOR RECEIVING THE MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERK MMC DESIGNATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS.
AND IT'S ON TODAY'S DATE, AUGUST 19TH, 2024.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT JUST ON MYSELF, THIS IS OUR COLLEAGUES.
WE APPOINT CRYSTAL AS A COUNCIL.
WE APPOINT THE CITY, CITY ATTORNEY.
SO THIS IS ON ALL OF US AND ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS RECOGNITION.
SO, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A $2 FRAME, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
IT MEANS A, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO BE RECOGNIZED BY MY COUNCIL.
UM, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
I COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU ALL SUPPORTING ME GOING TO MY CLASSES.
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MY TEAM, I THANK YOU SO MUCH, JARRELL, TERRY AND TINA ARE IN THE BACK.I HAVE THE BEST TEAM IN THE STATE.
UM, JARRELL IS UP FOR HIS, UM, STATE CERTIFICATION, SO HE'LL BE COMING UP HERE, UM, EARLY NEXT YEAR.
SO WE ARE THRIVING AND WE COULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR COUNCIL.
WHY DO WE LOOK FOR THESE RECOGNITIONS AND THESE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR APPOINTED OFFICIALS? BECAUSE WE, REPRESENTING THE CITIZENS WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST AND THE ELITE OF THE BEST IN HERE IN CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
SO THIS WAY THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AS THESE ARE THE STAFF THAT'S HERE IN THESE CITIES THAT'S RUNNING THIS PLACE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK.
IT'S, IT'S NOT EASY AND THEY MAKE IT LOOK VERY EASY.
BUT WE KNOW BEHIND THE SCENES IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK AND YEARS IN MAKING.
IN THE LAST 24, UH, I WOULD SAY IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE LOTS OF CERTIFICATIONS, UH, UH, AS OUR APPOINTED OFFICIALS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, NOT JUST THERE.
WE HAVE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, OUR DIRECTORS, OUR FIRE CHIEF, OUR POLICE CHIEF, ALL OF THESE, UH, DIRECTORS ARE GOING TO GET THESE, UH, RECOGNITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS.
'CAUSE THEY PUT A STANDARD TO MISSOURI CITY THAT THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY SHOULD BE VERY PROUD.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS? NO.
[(a) Presentation and Discussion - Certified Tax Rolls]
ITEM NUMBER SIX ARE STAFF REPORTS.WE HAVE SIX A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON CERTIFIED TAX ROLES.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JASON MANGUM, WHO'S OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
AND, UH, I WAS WONDERING WHERE THAT FRAME IN MY OFFICE HAD GONE.
UM, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO, UH, PRESENT THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2025, UH, CERTIFIED TAX ROLES.
NOW THIS ITEM, UH, IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND IS REQUIRED BY SECTION 26 0 4 WITH THE PROPERTY TAX CODE.
NO, UH, ACTION IS REQUIRED TONIGHT.
UH, THE TAX, THE, THE, THE TAX ASSESSOR SHALL SUBMIT, UH, THE APPRAISAL RULE FOR THE TAXING UNIT, UM, SHOWING THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE AND INCLUDING NEW PROPERTY.
AND THAT NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.
UM, IN THE FORT BEND COUNTY SECTION, UH, THE TOTAL CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUES, 11.6, UH, BILLION DOLLARS.
UM, NOW SOME OF THOSE ARE UNDER THE, UH, REVIEW FROM THE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD.
UNDER PROTEST, UH, GIVES US A TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE OF, UH, 11.8.
UH, PREVIOUS YEARS WE WERE AT 10.3, UH, BILLION DOLLARS, UH, AT TIME OF CERTIFICATION.
AND 10.2 AT THE TIME, WE GOT OUR LAST SUPPLEMENT BECAUSE THINGS CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, WE HAVE $809.6 MILLION IN VALUATION FROM ANNEXED PROPERTIES AND, UH, 162.4 MILLION FROM NEW PROPERTIES IN THE HARRIS COUNTY PORTION OF OUR CITY.
UH, THAT NUMBER IS $671.9 MILLION OF ESTIMATED TAXABLE VALUE.
UH, THAT'S UP FROM, UH, 633.8 AND 612.2, UH, FROM LAST YEAR.
AND 2.7 OF THAT IS NEW PROPERTY, UM, TAXABLE VALUE, UH, IN 2024.
UH, PART OF THE TRUTH IN TAXATION CALCULATION, UH, IS TO, UH, RECEIVE THE ANTICIPATED COLLECTION RATE, UH, FROM, UH, FROM THE COUNTIES.
AND WE ARE ANTICIPATED TO COLLECT A HUNDRED 0.63% FOR 2024.
AND THAT'S CURRENT TAXES, DELINQUENT TAXES, AND, UH,
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PENALTIES AND INTEREST.UM, AND IN 2023 THERE WAS AN EXCESS DEBT COLLECTION, UM, OF 1.4 MILLION.
UH, JUST QUICKLY TO GO OVER OUR EXEMPTIONS, UH, THIS IS IN THE FORT BEND COUNTY EXEMPTIONS ABOUT, UM, $2 MILLION IN, UH, EXEMPTIONS, UM, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS OVER 65 EXEMPTIONS AND, UH, DISABLED, UM, EXEMPTIONS.
THAT'S UP FROM 1.7 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR.
AND THEN IN THE HARRIS COUNTY PORTION WE'RE AT, UH, 74,000, UM, UH, WHICH IS UP FROM 3000 IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? UH, THIS IS, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
SO, UH, TONIGHT WE WILL, UH, COUNCIL WILL NEED TO SET THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM TAX RATE, AND THAT'S COMING UP, UH, LATER ON THE AGENDA.
UH, THE CITY MANAGER WILL FILE THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND POST IT TO THE WEBSITE, UH, BY FRIDAY.
UH, THEN THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND BUDGET ADOPTION ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH.
AND AT THAT TIME, WE'LL ALSO ADOPT THE, THE ACTUAL TAX RATE.
AND, UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
[(b) Receive a Presentation - Fiscal Year 2025 Proposed Budget.]
NUMBER SIX B IS TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET.SHE'S OUR CHIEF BUDGET AND PERFORMANCE OFFICER.
BERT, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 23RD, THE CITY MANAGER WILL FILE THE DETAIL FY 25 BUDGET WITH THE CITY SECRETARY AND POST A BUDGET TO THE WEBSITE.
SINCE JASON STOLE HALF OF MY PRESENTATION, I WON'T PRE
BUT THIS EVENING, WE, THE TEAM WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING THE BUDGET.
HELLO, RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY.
I AM ANGEL JONES, YOUR CITY MANAGER.
AND IT IS MY HONOR TO SERVE OUR VIBRANT, GROWING, AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
AS YOUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO DEVELOP AND PRESENT A BALANCED BUDGET THAT ALIGNS WITH THE COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC GOALS, WHILE ENSURING MISSOURI CITY REMAINS A VIBRANT AND THRIVING COMMUNITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, I AM PLEASED TO PROPOSE A TOTAL BUDGET OF 242.4 MILLION FOR ALL FUNDS.
THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH SERVES AS OUR PRIMARY OPERATING BUDGET, IS SET AT 96.2 MILLION, WHILE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS PORTION IS 35 MILLION.
REFLECTING ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF FISCAL YEAR 2024, I AM PROUD OF HOW OUR COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATION HAVE COME TOGETHER TO IMPROVE RESULTS AND MAXIMIZE OUR OPPORTUNITIES.
I AM FORTUNATE TO REPORT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FUND PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE MAINTAINING THE SAME TAX RATE.
WE HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM COMPRISED OF A PASSIONATE MAYOR, ENERGETIC COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONALS, ALL COMMITTED TO SERVING OUR CITY PROSPEROUS MUNICIPALITIES ACT AND REFLECT, AND WE'VE DONE JUST THAT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE DAILY UNDER THE MANTRA THAT WE ARE HERE TO SERVE.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET REFLECTS THIS COMMITMENT AND LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR MISSOURI CITY THAT EMBRACES THE FUTURE.
AS A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR MISSOURI CITY, I AM PLEASED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2025.
REFLECTING ON OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2024, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN BY FOCUSING ON ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES MOVING FORWARD.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2025 EMPHASIZES OUR COMMITMENT TO FURTHER IMPROVING AND OPTIMIZING MISSOURI CITY'S DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES TO FOSTER SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY.
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AS THE POLICE CHIEF OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT THE POLICE PORTION OF THE PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET.OUR DEPARTMENT COMPRISES 110 SWORN POLICE OFFICERS, AND 35 FULL-TIME CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES ACROSS FOUR DIVISIONS, PATROL, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, ADMINISTRATION, AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET HAS ENABLED US TO UPHOLD OUR DESIGNATION AS A TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROVIDER.
THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING, WE HAVE EQUIPPED OUR OFFICERS WITH ADVANCED DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES, FOSTERING A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN OUR RANKS.
THIS TRAINING INVESTMENT HAS EMPOWERED OUR OFFICERS AND BOLSTERED OUR RECRUITING AND RETENTION EFFORTS, ENSURING A SKILLED AND DEDICATED LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKFORCE.
I'M ALSO PROUD OF OUR ACHIEVEMENT OF BEING THE FIRST TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO BE A CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTER.
AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT THIS PROPOSED BUDGET WILL SUPPORT THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND SERVICE EXCELLENCE.
I'M MARIO PARTITA, FIRE CHIEF OF MISSOURI CITY.
I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT THE FIRE CHIEF SECTION OF THE PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET FOR OUR STEAM CITY.
AS WE REFLECT ON OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2024, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS CONTINUED TO UPHOLD THE HIGHEST SERVICE STANDARDS.
OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATES 24 7 FROM SIX FIRE STATIONS WITH A DEDICATED TEAM OF 97 PERSONNEL.
CONSIDERING OUR MISSION TO BE BOTH SACRED AND ESSENTIAL IN THE UPCOMING PHYSICAL YEAR, OUR PRIORITIES OUTLINED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL FURTHER SUPPORT OUR GOAL OF MAINTAINING OUR STATUS AS A CLASS ONE RATED FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE BEST FIRE PROTECTION IN THE NATION.
BY APPROVING THE PROPOSED FY 2025 BUDGET, WE WILL ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHILE ENHANCING OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER EXCEPTIONAL SAFETY AND SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY.
HI, I'M BERT ALEXANDER, YOUR CHIEF BUDGET AND PERFORMANCE OFFICER.
AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE FY 2025 BUDGET, IT'S CRUCIAL TO BASE OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING ON OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THE TOTAL FISCAL YEAR 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY 242.4 MILLION, WHICH IS A 15.9% DECREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR REVISED BUDGET.
THIS INCLUDES ALL FUNDS, HOWEVER, THE MAJOR FUNDS FOR THE CITY ARE THE GENERAL FUND, THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND OUR UTILITY FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDE THE OPERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
WE RECEIVED OVER 22 MILLION IN SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUESTS AND WE'RE ABLE TO FUND APPROXIMATELY 16 MILLION OF THE REQUESTS, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
THE APPROVED REQUESTS INCLUDES 5.2 MILLION FOR TRAFFIC STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, 3.5 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.
3.1 MILLION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, 950,000 FOR ENHANCED SERVICES DUE TO GROWTH, 900,000 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 1.2 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH, AND 1.4 MILLION FOR EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
NOW LET'S START OUR OVERVIEW WITH THE GENERAL FUND.
THIS CHART REFLECTS THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND REVENUE BY SOURCE.
PROPERTY TAX IS OUR LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE ACCOUNTING FOR 65.7% OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE SALES TAX IS THE SECOND LARGEST SOURCE AT 17.8%.
THIS CHART SHOWS A COMPARISON OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET COMPARED TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 REVISED BUDGET.
WHILE THE CITY HAS ENJOYED HIGH INTEREST RATES ON ITS INVESTMENTS, WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE THE RATES TO CONTINUE.
SO WE'RE PROJECTING A 33% DECREASE IN INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND INCREASED BY 10.8%.
PERSONNEL COST INCREASED BY 15% DUE TO THE ADDITION OF 21 NEW POSITIONS TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE SERVICES DUE TO THE GROWTH OF THE CITY.
OTHER FACTORS FOR THE INCREASE IN PERSONNEL COSTS INCLUDES A SALARY INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEES.
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE USED TO ACCOUNT FOR
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SPECIFIC REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES THAT ARE EITHER LEGALLY RESTRICTED TO EXPENDITURES FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NEED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR SEPARATELY.FY 2025 PROPOSED REVENUE BUDGET FOR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTALED 19.2 MILLION, AND THE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES TOTALS 15.6 MILLION.
THE CITY ISSUES DEBT AS NEEDED TO MEET GROWTH DEMANDS.
THE FY 25 BUDGETED REVENUE FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND TOTALS 13.7 MILLION AND THE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES TOTAL 17 MILLION.
THE CITY HAS A ROBUST CAPITAL PROJECTS PLAN.
THE FY 25 BUDGET FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TOTALS 35.9 MILLION IN REVENUE.
UTILITY FUNDS ARE BUSINESS-LIKE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE SET FUNDED, HOWEVER, WITHIN THE UTILITY FUNDS ARE BOND PROCEEDS AND RELATED EXPENDITURES OR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS.
THE FY 2025 BUDGETED REVENUE TOTALS 51.7 MILLION AND BUDGETED EXPENDITURES TOTALS 66 MILLION AND INCLUDES OPERATIONS AND PROJECTS SUCH AS MUSTANG BAYOU WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND EXPANSION OF THE REGIONAL SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT TRANSMISSION LINE.
OTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS CONSIST OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, WHICH IS LGC AND SOLID WASTE.
THE FY 25 PROPOSED REVENUE BUDGET FOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS TOTAL 9.6 MILLION, AND THE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES TOTAL 9.8 MILLION.
THE FLEET EQUIPMENT FUNDS ARE USED FOR REPLACEMENT OF VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY.
THE MAIN SOURCE OF FUNDING IS A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND, THE FY 25 BUDGETED REVENUE TOTAL, 2.7 MILLION AND BUDGETED EXPENDITURES TOTAL 2.7 MILLION.
THAT CONCLUDES THE OVERVIEW OF THE FY 25 BUDGET.
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT UPCOMING BUDGET EVENTS.
ON AUGUST 23RD, THE CITY MANAGER WILL FILE THE FY 25 PROPOSED BUDGET WITH DETAILS.
ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION.
NOW THAT WE'VE TALKED THROUGH THE NUMBERS, LET'S FIND OUT HOW THE PROPOSED BUDGET IMPACTS YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE IN MISSOURI CITY.
GREETINGS MISSOURI CITY COMMUNITY.
I'M THRILLED TO REPRESENT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH OVERSEES OUR PUBLIC SPACES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
IN 2024, WE ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES AND MADE REMARKABLE PROGRESS IN ENRICHING THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS.
OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL AMENITIES REMAINS UNWAVERING WITH 21 PUBLIC PARKS, A CUTTING EDGE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER, A RECENTLY REVAMPED COMMUNITY CENTER, AND OVER 14 MILES OF SCENIC WALKING TRAILS.
MOREOVER, OUR DEDICATION TO CELEBRATING THE DIVERSE TAPESTRY OF MISSOURI CITY THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE BRIGHTLY.
I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET WILL EMPOWER US TO BUILD UPON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF 2024 AND FURTHER ELEVATE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN MISSOURI CITY.
LET US CONTINUE CREATING MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES AND FOSTERING UNITY THROUGH THE PARKS AND RECREATION INITIATIVES.
I'M HERMAN RODRIGUEZ, MISSOURI CITY'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR FOSTERING BUSINESS GROWTH AND ENHANCING THE ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE OF OUR VIBRANT CITY.
REFLECTING ON OUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2024, MISSOURI CITY WITNESSED REMARKABLE ECONOMIC EXPANSION.
NOTABLY, THE TEXAS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL RECOGNIZED MISSOURI CITY WITH A MERIT AWARD RECOGNIZING OUR SUCCESS OF THE CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT.
THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE A TESTAMENT TO OUR STRATEGIC EFFORTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR COMMITMENT TO CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, OUR FOCUS REMAINS ON ATTRACTING BUSINESSES THAT CATER TO OUR COMMUNITY'S DIVERSE NEEDS.
BY EXPANDING OUR TAX BASE, WE AIM TO REDUCE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON OUR TAXPAYERS WHILE FOSTERING A THRIVING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT IN MISSOURI CITY.
I'M SHASHI KUMAR, YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET FOR THE
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.REFLECTING ON OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2024, WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IN RESPONSE TO THE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY OUR RESIDENTS IN THE RECENT CITIZEN SURVEY, WE HAVE FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING SIDEWALKS, STREETS, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL FACILITIES.
AS MISSOURI CITY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE WITH SOME AREAS AGING OVER 60 YEARS AND OTHERS EXPERIENCING RAPID GROWTH, MANAGING OLDER AND NEWER INFRASTRUCTURE AS PRESENTED WITH CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL ALSO PRIORITIZE ENHANCING TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURES, IMPROVING MOBILITY AND REDUCING CONGESTION.
THIS WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES TO OPTIMIZE TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH OUR MODERN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER.
IN CLOSING, THIS BUDGET IS MORE THAN JUST NUMBERS.
IT IS OUR STRATEGIC VISION FOR A THRIVING FUTURE.
WE HAVE PRIORITIZED FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND INNOVATION WHILE ENSURING EVERY RESIDENT BENEFITS FROM OUR DECISIONS.
THIS BUDGET INVESTS IN ESSENTIAL SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE, LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO FOSTERING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY WHERE OUR COMMUNITY CAN THRIVE.
BY ENGAGING WITH RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS, WE HAVE CRAFTED A BUDGET THAT REFLECTS OUR SHARED VALUES AND ASPIRATIONS.
WITH OPTIMISM AND DETERMINATION, WE WILL TURN THESE PLANS INTO ACTIONS DELIVERING ON OUR PROMISES, AND BUILDING A VIBRANT, RESILIENT, AND PROSPER CITY FOR ALL.
IN ADDITION TO THANKING OUR MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR DEDICATED STAFF, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR ENGAGED COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THEIR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS.
TOGETHER WE WILL ACHIEVE REMARKABLE PROGRESS AND SET A NEW STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR OUR CITY.
UM, CITY MANAGER, UM, IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, THERE'S NO INCREASE IN TAX.
UM, AND I THINK, UH, YOU'VE SEEN THE VIDEO.
UH, I JUST WANT TO TELL THE RESIDENTS EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAW IS SIDE OF THE BUSINESS.
WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS THE DAY IN, DAY OUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S HOT AND IT HAS EXTREME HEAT.
OUR PARKS, OUR PUBLIC WORKS WHO ARE OUT THERE, OUR POLICE, OUR FIRE, BUT ALSO WHEN THE, WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR THINGS LIKE HURRICANE BURL, YOU KNOW, THEY GET OUTTA THERE WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY AND GO OUT THERE AND WORK EVEN HARDER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY IS OPERATING AND MOVING FORWARD.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY CITY MANAGER, GREAT JOB ON THE VIDEO AND KUDOS TO YOU AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, SEEING THE PROJECTIONS AND WHAT YOU DO.
UM, CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY, JUST FOR THOSE THAT DIDN'T CATCH IT, TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS ONE MORE TIME AS TO WHAT THE CITIZENS, UH, BERTHA, I KNOW THAT SLIDE WAS KIND OF QUICK ON, ON THE TV SCREEN.
CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THE NEXT PROCESS WHERE CITIZENS ENGAGEMENT AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE, PLEASE? SURE.
UM, ON AUGUST 23RD, THE DETAILED BUDGET WILL BE FILED AND POSTED TO THE WEBSITE.
PRIOR TO US DELIVERING THIS BUDGET, WE DID REACH OUT TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH ARE OUR CITIZEN, AND WE GATHERED THE FEEDBACK AND INCLUDED IT IN THIS BUDGET.
ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AS WELL AS APPROVAL AND ADOPTION.
THE NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL APPEAR IN OUR NEWSPAPER ON, I BELIEVE, SEPTEMBER THE 11TH.
I'M GONNA GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, CITY MANAGER AND AND STAFF FOR, UM, THAT PRESENTATION.
UH, VERY, VERY, UH, REFRESHING TO SEE IT, UH, PUT TOGETHER THAT WAY.
UH, BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, THANK
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YOU CITY MANAGER FOR VISITING WITH, UH, THE COUNCIL, UH, DURING RETREATS AS WELL AS ONE-ON-ONE TO UNDERSTAND COUNCIL PRIORITIES AS IT RELATES TO THIS BUDGET, ON TOP OF DOING A VIRTUAL BUDGET, UM, PRESENTATION AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL AS, UH, LOOKING AT THE CITIZEN SURVEY, UH, AND WHAT WAS RESPONDED TO, UH, VIA THE CITIZEN SURVEY THAT THAT WAS DONE.ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE I SEE REFLECTED IN THIS YEAR'S UPCOMING PROPOSED BUDGET.
UM, AND OF COURSE, UH, THERE MAY BE SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS BASED OFF OF OUR, ALL OF OUR FEEDBACK, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, 'CAUSE WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE A COUNCIL RETREAT COMING UP, UH, UH, ON FRIDAY.
UH, BUT NONETHELESS, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR LISTENING TO, TO THE CITIZENS, LISTENING TO THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, LISTENING TO, UH, TO US WHO REPRESENT THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, TO SEE THIS TYPE OF, UH, UH, PRESENTATION AS IT RELATES TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
UH, AND ALSO IN, IN PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT MAYOR ALCAT POINTED OUT WAS THE, UH, UH, STAYING WITH THE SAME BALANCED TAX RATE AS WE HAVE, UH, FOR 2024.
AND SINCE HE MENTIONED, I'M GONNA SAY ONE THING.
I FORGOT A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO THANK, WHICH ARE THE COLLEAGUES WHO ARE SITTING UP HERE.
UM, AND JUST AS MUCH AS MANY MEETING WE HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE HAVE ED COMMITTEE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF US ARE SPLIT, UH, INTO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT WE GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT SOME OF THIS.
SO IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING PROCESS.
WE DON'T JUST DO THE ONE VIDEO JUST TO BE ON THE VIDEO, BUT IT TAKES A WHOLE TEAM EFFORT TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE THIS HAPPENING.
AND I ALSO WANNA MENTION WITHOUT RAISING TAXES, AND WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN THIS BUILDING WITHOUT RACING.
AND THE KUDOS TO EVERY SINGLE MEMBER THAT'S SITTING UP HERE, ALSO TO THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, AND CITY SECRETARY, AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR BRINGING THOSE IMPORTANT FACTORS TO US.
SO THIS WAY WE CAN COLLECTIVELY MAKE THAT DECISION.
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SIX C, CITY MANAGERS REPORT PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF CONSENT, AGENDA, ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.UM, AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONSENT ITEMS, UM, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, STARTING WITH ITEM SEVEN B.
UH, THIS REPRESENTS AN MOU BETWEEN, UH, MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FBI, UH, FOR AN, UH, INVESTIGATOR TO BE A PART OF THE FBI'S HOUSTON CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, UH, TASK FORCE.
THIS WILL ENHANCE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCES BY ESTABLISHING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FBI AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES.
UM, THIS ITEM AUTHORIZES THE EXECUTION OF A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH ANGEL ARMOR FOR THE PURCHASE OF BALLISTIC VESTS NOT TO EXCEED $201,790 AND 64 CENTS OVER A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.
THE NEXT ITEM SEVEN D IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE REGULATIONS FOR CAR ALLOWANCE FOR CITY COUNCIL, IF APPROVED, THE CHANGE WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE IN FEBRUARY, 2025.
THE NEXT ITEM E THIS ITEM AUTHORIZES THE CITY SECRETARY TO EXECUTE A JOINT ELECTION, UH, AGREEMENT WITH FORT BEND COUNTY FOR THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024, GENERAL ELECTION AND SPECIAL ELECTION FOR CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
AND FOLLOWING THAT, ITEM F UM, REPRESENTS THE AGENDA ITEM TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY SECRETARY TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A JOINT AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY FOR THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024, GENERAL ELECTION AND SPECIAL ELECTION FOR CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
I HAVE ONE, UH, ITEM OF NOTE, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 11.
I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEMS E THROUGH H UH, FROM CONSIDERATION TONIGHT, UH, TO BE BROUGHT BACK AT A LATER TIME.
[7. CONSENT AGENDA]
WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER, SECONDED BY CONST MEMBER RILEY.WE HAVE CONST MEMBER REILLY IN THE QUEUE.
YES, MAYOR, I WANTED TO PULL ITEM SEVEN D.
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ALL RIGHT? SO THE, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PULL THE ITEM B, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE BESIDES B IS A MOTION BY WHAT HAPPENED.UH, MOTION BY MAYOR PROTO AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN RE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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GO BACK TO ITEM SEVEN B.UM, I THINK I SAW GOOD EVENING.
UM, DID YOU NEED TO PRESENT OR CAN I JUST ASK MY QUESTIONS? NO, GO AHEAD.
Y'ALL PULLED IT SO I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GETTING READY TO DO A PRESENTATION.
I'M LIKE, DON'T RUN THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR TASK FORCE, UM, I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOU.
UM, WHEN IT STATED ABOUT THE SALARIES, UM, AND IT WAS A REIMBURSEMENT, IS THAT, ARE WE PROVIDING THE, UM, THE SALARY BASED FOR THAT PARTICULAR OFFICER OR THAT PARTICULAR TASK FORCE OFFICER? OKAY.
IT'S AN INVESTIGATOR IN OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION.
IT'S, THERE WON'T BE A SIGN THERE, A PERMANENT, I MEAN, LIKE ON FULL-TIME, IT'S JUST, UH, ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT ON THEIR, IN, IN, IN ADDITION TO THEIR REGULAR DUTIES.
IT'S AN ADDITIONAL, THEY'RE JUST PART OF THE TASK FORCE.
SO WE'RE PAYING THEIR SALARY, THEIR, THEIR REGULAR DUTIES IS INVESTIGATIONS, AND THEN THAT'S A ADDITIONAL TASK WHERE THEY WORK WITH, THEY WORK COLLABORATIVE, THEY WORKED WITH THE FBI.
SO, SO THIS IS ALREADY ONE OF OUR OFFICERS SIGNED.
IT'S AN INVESTIGATOR SIGNED AS THE, OKAY.
'CAUSE THAT WAS THE PART THAT, THE WAY THAT IT READ, I WAS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WONDERING, DO WE NEED TO HIRE SOMEONE FOR THIS? DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE SPECIAL TRAINING? ANY ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE? BUT YOU KIND OF ANSWERED ALL THOSE QUESTIONS, UM, IN ONE, SO, OKAY.
IS THERE A MOTION? IS THAT YOUR MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY? YES.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR ITEM SEVEN B.
ITEM SEVEN B CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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EIGHT, OUR AUTHORIZATIONS EIGHT A IS TO CONSIDER AND CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH ICAH GC LLC FOR THE EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE 1,024,000.AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MARCUS SNELL.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO THIS PROJECT, AND THE NEXT ONE I'M VERY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT.
THEY HAVE BEEN LONG AND COMING.
UH, SO THIS IS THE PROJECT WHERE WE ARE GONNA BE, UH, CLOSING, RECONSTRUCTING AND CLOSING DOWN EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE, CLOSING DOWN SOUTH KATH, THE AVENUE AT EAST HAMPTON WITH A ROUNDABOUT.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SECURITY GATE ON THE WEST SIDE OF EAST HAMPTON ROAD, UH, THAT'S GONNA ALLOW EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO MOVE THROUGH.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ICON GC.
THEY WERE THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BIDDER AT THE $1 MILLION MARK 50 DAYS OF CONSTRUCTION TIME.
ALSO, THIS, THIS PROJECT HAS A PARKS COMPONENT TOO, UH, WHERE THE FRUM PARK, HOA DONATED $150,000 TOWARDS, UH, GRAVEL AND WHAT, UH, DECOMPOSED GRANITE AND CONCRETE SIDE, UH, SIDEWALKS FOR A WALKING PATH IN THERE.
THE ONLY REMAINING ITEM ON THIS, WE'RE GONNA START MOVING ON CONSTRUCTION.
IF COUNCIL IS, UH, FAVORABLE TOWARDS THIS RECOMMENDATION.
THE ONLY REMAINING ITEM IS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
WE'RE DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR DRIVEWAY SO THAT WITH THESE CHANGES, THEY CAN STILL MOVE IN AND OUT.
BUT, UH, WE ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ON THAT.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE WITH OTHER PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT, SO WE'RE NOT DELAYING THE PROJECT WAITING ON THIS ILA, UH, THANK YOU.
I JUST HAVE, UM, I'D SAY PUT MYSELF IN THE QUEUE.
JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS REAL QUICK.
THIS HAS BEEN AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO, UH, C TO CITY COUNCILS AND CITY ADMINISTRATION ON SEVERAL LOCATIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRUCKS THAT'S ENTERING THAT WAREHOUSES AND ALSO BIG, UH, 18 WHEELER VEHICLES, UH, SUCH AS AMAZON AND ALL OF THAT THAT'S GOING THROUGH THAT ROADWAY.
AND IT HAS BECOME A PROBLEMATIC AREA
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FOR RESIDENTS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PARK OVER INTO THE SIDEWALK.UH, IF YOU WANT YOUR SIDE MIRROR STILL BE THERE.
SO THIS WAS A CONVERSATION THAT TOOK PART, UM, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, US COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, SINCE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY HAS BEEN IN ROUTE.
AND THIS WAS ALSO A CONCERN THAT THEY WATCH FOR, AND SOME OF THIS LED TO US USING THE ARPA FUND TO GET THAT PARK AND THEN, UH, THE PARKING EY AND, AND GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS IS FINALLY HAPPENING FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT'S THERE.
AND I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK BETWEEN PARKS AND ALSO OUR CHIEF FIRE CHIEF MARIO PETITA AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A COMPONENTS OF GATES, UM, GOING IN AND GOING OUT AND THE TIMING OF FIRE TRUCKS AND HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO GET TO THE RESIDENCE, UH, IN THAT TIME.
SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY PUBLIC WORKS, UH, SHASHI AND, AND MARCUS AND OTHER TEAM IN LEGAL EJO WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A SMOOTH THINGS FOR THOSE AREAS.
SO A LOT OF TIMES WE LEAVE THE KUDOS ON THE TABLE, BUT I THINK THIS TOOK AN INITIATIVE EFFORTS FROM EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS WE HEARD FROM THEIR, AND THEIR THEM AND THEIR CONCERNS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT IS WHERE IT'S COMING TO.
AND EJO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE THIS BE FASTER, BUT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT THE LEGAL PERSON.
WE GOTTA FOLLOW, UH, LEGAL, LEGAL ASPECTS OF THESE THINGS, BUT KUDOS TO YOU.
WITH THAT, I'LL, UM, YIELD BACK AND RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL MAYOR.
I'LL, I'VE REMOVED MYSELF FROM THE QUEUE.
AND RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
UM, I TOO SHARE MAYOR SENTIMENTS.
THIS CLEARLY TOOK A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS.
THE RESIDENTS ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM.
UM, I DID HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION IN REGARDS TO, UM, ANY DELAYS WORKING WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY SIDE.
DO YOU ANTICIPATE THERE BEING ANY DELAYS FROM JUST THE 50 DAYS, UH, UPON START TO COMPLETION? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY DELAYS WITH THIS PROJECT.
WE'LL WORK FOR, UH, WORK WITH THE, UH, MUD AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GET THEM GOOD DRIVEWAYS AND WE HAVE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT WE CAN WORK ON WHILE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FINISHING THAT.
THERE'S THE SOUTH KATHY PORTION WHERE WE CAN START ON THAT ROUNDABOUT OR THE, THAT CUL-DE-SAC AND THEN FOLLOW UP ONCE THE ILA IS FINALIZED.
AND SECONDLY, UM, NOTIFICATION TO THE RESIDENTS, UM, AS WELL AS THOSE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES.
ARE Y'ALL DOING ANY MARKETING? UM, ARE Y'ALL NOTIFYING THEM IN ANY TYPE OF WAY THAT THOSE AREAS ARE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES, BIG TRUCKS, BECAUSE THOSE STREETS ARE REALLY NARROW OVER THERE.
UM, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE'S VEHICLES ARE, YOU KNOW, IN DANGER AS WELL AS, UH, KIDS HAVE GONE BACK TO SCHOOL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF CHILDREN WALKING, UM, ON THE SIDEWALKS AND IN THAT, THAT KIND, THAT AREA AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S, WE'RE NOTIFYING THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE BUSINESSES ABOUT THE, THE CONSTRUCTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, IF THIS ITEM GOES THROUGH TODAY, WE'RE GONNA REACH OUT DIRECTLY WITH THE HOA COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA PUT UP SOME DIGITAL MESSAGING SIGNS, DMS SIGNS TO LET THEM KNOW.
AND WE'LL ALSO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TAKING, UH, SAFE ROUTES WITH THEIR HEAVY VEHICLES AND NOT TRYING TO SQUEEZE THROUGH THOSE CARS AND TAKE OUT ANYONE'S MIRRORS.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY SECONDED BY MAYOR PROM KLAUSER, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIE'S UNANIMOUS.
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ITEM EIGHT B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH E CONTRACTORS FOR THE PARKS AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE BUILDING PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 6,304,200.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MARCUS SNELL, CITY ENGINEER.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS THE SECOND PROJECT I'M VERY EXCITED TO BRING BEFORE YOU TODAY.
WE'VE TRIED A FEW TIMES AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE FINALLY GONNA GET OFF THE GROUND THIS TIME.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING A 22,000 SQUARE FOOT PARKS AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE FACILITY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
WE'RE GONNA DEMOLISH THE EXISTING FACILITY, BUILD THIS NEW ONE.
IT'S GONNA HAVE SPACE FOR AN ADMIN BUILDING ON THE FIRST FLOOR, A SHELF SPACE ON THE SECOND FLOOR THAT WE CAN EVENTUALLY BUILD OUT AS NEEDS ARISE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, ACTUALLY, WITH THIS, UH, RECOMMENDED BID, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A FOUR BAY GARAGE, UH, ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR, AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE
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ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THAT GARAGE AREA.SO IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY ROBUST FACILITY, UH, WITH THE BID PUT FORWARD BY E CONTRACTORS.
NOT ONLY WERE WE ABLE TO CON UH, NOT ONLY ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THE BASE MODEL, LET'S CALL IT, OF THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FACILITY, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET ALL FOUR ADD-ON PACKAGES WITH THAT.
SO THAT'S THE INCREASED BASE INSTEAD OF HAVING JUST TWO MAINTENANCE BASE, UH, PARKS.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE FOUR, UH, GET SOME LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION IN THERE SO THAT WE CAN, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THIS CORRIDOR.
ADDITIONALLY, AN ELEVATOR UP TO THAT SECOND FLOOR SHELL, SECOND FLOOR SHELL SPACE SO THAT WHEN WE BUILD THAT OUT, IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
AND A DA COMPLIANT AND AN UPGRADING UPLIGHTING PACKAGE AGAIN, TO BRING FORTH THE BEAUTY OF THIS CORRIDOR AND NOT, NOT HAVE A BARN OVER THERE THAT'S ALIGHT TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO, WE WANT SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S ATTRACTIVE THAT WHEN YOU'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, YOU LOOK ACROSS, WE CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR CITY.
UH, THERE WERE NINE RESPONSIVE BIDDERS ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, INSTEAD OF DOING A TRADITIONAL LOW BID, WE DID CSPA COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL WHERE WE RANKED BIDDERS BASED ON VARIOUS QUALIFICATIONS.
E CONTRACTORS CAME FORWARD AS, UH, THE HIGHEST RANKED OF THE NINE DIFFERENT BIDS WITH THAT, UH, BID PRICE OF $6.3 MILLION AND 361 CONSTRUCTION DAYS.
UH, WITH THAT I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE MOVE, OR WHEN WE START THIS CONSTRUCTION, WHERE WOULD THE, UH, THE BAY, THE EXISTING PARKS, UH, BAYS AND AND THE WORKERS THAT'S IN THERE, ARE THEY GONNA BE OFFSET TO ANOTHER FACILITY OR SO? SO, UH, PARKS IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A CONTRACT WITH A, WITH A VENDOR THAT'S NEARBY THE, UH, EXISTING REC CENTER.
AND ONCE THAT CONTRACT IS READY TO COME FORWARD, THAT'LL BE PART OF THE OVERALL PROJECT COST HERE.
SO THERE'S NOT ANY PROJECT COST INCREASES, UH, TO FACILITATE AND MOVE PARK TEMPORARILY FOR WELL FUNCTIONALLY A YEAR IF THIS IS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL.
WHAT, WHEN DID, WHEN WOULD THIS START? UH, SO WE WOULD HAVE PROJECT KICKOFF IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN WE HAVE DANIELLE THAT CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, MOVEMENT OF PARKS.
UM, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE OWNERS OF 26 0 1 CARTWRIGHT.
UM, AND THAT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS CYPRESS POINT FROM THE REC CENTER.
UM, SO IT'S WHAT USED TO BE THE, THE MO CITY GYM.
UM, THEY HAVE THE 26,000 SQUARE FOOT SHELL SPACE, AS WELL AS A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE SPACE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
AND THEY'RE WILLING TO DO A PACKAGE DEAL, UM, FOR THE TWO SPACES SO THAT WE WILL HAVE OFFICE AND BREAK ROOM SPACE, AS WELL AS STORAGE SPACE.
AND THAT ACTUALLY DOES HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR PARKS, FORESTRY, AS WELL AS FACILITIES AS WELL.
UM, SO WE ARE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING ON THE PAPERWORK IN, SINCE WE'RE ASKING TO COMBINE THE TWO SPACES INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO SEPARATE LEASES.
UM, BUT THEY'RE ON, THEY'RE STATING THAT WE COULD GET KEYS IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
SO IF IT APPROVED, WHEN WOULD THE CONSTRUCTION, WHEN WE, WE START SEEING SOMETHING ON THAT TEXAS PARKWAY.
SO ONCE IT'S APPROVED, WE WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH, UH, ECON, MAKE SURE THAT FIRST PARKS IS ABLE TO VACATE THE FACILITY, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO START ORDERING COMPONENTS.
DEMOLITION IS GONNA BE THE FIRST COMPONENT.
SO IT'S GETTING THAT ORDER IN FOR ALL THE PARTS, GETTING PARKS OUT, AND THEN START KNOCKING IT DOWN, UM, DEPENDING ON PARK SPEED OF, UH, SO TWO WEEKS.
SO IF WE WERE GETTING KEYS IN TWO WEEKS, TWO WEEKS TO VACATE, WE COULD SEE DEMOLITION IN AS EARLY AS A MONTH AS A MONTH.
AND WHEN IS THE PROJECT ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION? 361 DAYS IS THE CONTRACT TIMELINE.
WE, WE LIKE TO TAKE CHRISTMAS OFFICER
UM, THIS FACILITY BUILDING, IT'S, IT DOESN'T APPEAL TO THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTRIGHT CORRIDOR.
AND I THINK, I THINK YOU HEARD, YOU SAID IT EARLIER, IT'LL CHANGE THE LOOK OF THE CORRIDOR, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE ONE BIG POINT IN HERE IS TO THANK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH OUR CITY MANAGER FOR, UH, CREATING THIS SPACE.
THAT'S WHY IT TOOK SOME TIME TO START THIS IS TO BUILD THAT SHELL SPACE.
'CAUSE WE STARTED THE FIRE STATION SIX AND IT'S ALREADY FULL AT CAPACITY.
SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE FUTURE AS OUR CITY'S GROWING, AS WE, YOU'LL SEE ALL THIS GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ED, WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
JUST LIKE THAT OUR CITY'S GROWING.
THAT MEANS OUR STAFF IS GROWING, THE NEEDS ARE GROWING.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR AT LEAST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A SHELL SPACE, UH, THAT WE CAN IN THE FUTURE,
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WE CAN GROW INTO, UH, GETTING A BIG FACILITY.AND ALSO I THINK THAT TEXAS PARKWAY CARTRIGHT CORRIDOR COMMITTEE WE HAVE IS BEING CHAIRED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
AND, AND ALSO, UH, IN THAT IS COUNCIL MEMBER O'REILLY.
AND I THINK THIS WOULD PUT A CORRIDOR WE'RE SPENDING FIGURING OUT FACADE PROGRAMS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, TRYING TO CREATE THIS CORRIDOR.
AND I THINK HAVING FIRST CITY PUT THE MONEY WHERE THE MOUTH IS, AND THAT TO ME IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY HAS A BRAND NEW FACILITY THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF WHEN WE'RE DRIVING ON THE TEXAS CART RIGHT.
AND THEN IT EVENTUALLY THAT WILL SPARK OTHERS TO EXPAND OR TO BUILD OR NEWER THINGS TO COME.
SO I'M HOPING DANIELLE, THAT THIS WILL BE A CLASS, A CLASS FACILITY THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
UH, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT I YIELD BACK RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BOY.
UM, CURRENTLY IN THE FACILITY, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING ANYWAY, THAT THERE WERE NO EMPLOYEES WORKING OUTTA THERE BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE CONDITIONS.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT THERE ARE STILL EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING OUTTA THERE OR, UH, YES SIR.
WE HAVE OUR, OUR PARKS DIVISION, OUR FORESTRY DIVISION, AS WELL AS THE, UH, FACILITIES DIVISION ARE ALL WORKING IN AND OUT OF THERE.
AT ONE POINT, DID THEY HAVE TO MOVE OUT FOR SOME PARTICULAR REASON OR, UM, AT ONE POINT WE DID, UH, A COUPLE TREATMENTS, UM, AND A COUPLE TESTS.
UM, BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THEY HAVEN'T MOVED OUT OF THE FACILITY AT ALL.
SO THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING UNDER QUALITY CONDITIONS AND SO
NO, AND ALSO I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, KUDOS.
I, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
UH, I THINK THAT THIS PRICE IS LOWER THAN WHAT THE INITIAL ESTIMATES WERE, SO THAT'S GOOD TOO.
AND THEN THE LAST THING, IF WE CAN GET CENTER POINT TO DO WHAT THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO NEXT DOOR, I APPRECIATE IT.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY
UM, BUT I JUST WANNA REALLY SAY THANK YOU GUYS.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING WITH THIS PARTICULAR, UH, REBUILD REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND DANIELLE, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR GOING OUTSIDE THE BOX TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP STAFF, YOU KNOW, STILL IN THE AREA AND BEING ABLE TO OPERATE IN, YOU KNOW, SOME GREATER CONDITIONS.
UH, 'CAUSE I TOURED THAT AREA, THAT FACILITY, AND TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER RAM BONY, UM, NO ONE SHOULD BE IN THERE.
IT'S NOT THE MOST PLEASANT, UH, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S GETTING A, A REMAKE AND A REMODEL.
UM, I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, TRAFFIC, ARE WE GONNA, ARE WE GONNA NEED TO EXPECT ANY TRAFFIC DELAYS, UH, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON OVER THERE? BECAUSE TEXAS PARKWAY IS, UM, EXTREMELY BUSY EARLY IN THE MORNINGS WITH SCHOOL BUSES, UH, CHILDREN WALKING TO SCHOOL, TO MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, UM, AS WELL AS PEOPLE GOING TO WORK, AND WE ALREADY HAVE ISSUES.
SO ARE WE GONNA EXPERIENCE ANY DELAYS OVER THERE? UM, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, WE SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING ANY DELAYS OVER THERE.
THERE'S NONE OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT EXTENDS INTO THE ROADWAY ITSELF.
IT'S ALL WITHIN, UH, WITHIN THE PROPERTY.
SO THEY'LL JUST BE ABLE TO USE THE REGULAR SIGNALED INTERSECTION IN ORDER TO MOVE IN AND OUT OF THE, UH, SITE WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THAT SIGNAL TIMING.
UH, WE WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, DURING THOSE, YOU KNOW, HIGH FOOT TRAFFIC TIMES THAT, UH, THEY'RE EITHER NOT MOVING HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN THERE OR IF THEY NEED TO MOVE HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN THERE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
CONCRETE IS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WHERE WE MIGHT BE MOVING IN, IN EARLY IN THE MORNING.
YOU HAVE TO POUR IT WHILE IT'S COOL OUT MM-HMM,
IF THEY'RE DOING THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE ADDITIONAL ONSITE FLAGGERS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, MY, MY, MY REQUEST IS ALWAYS, UH, PLEASE JUST PUT OUT SOME COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING TO THE RESIDENTS, UH, TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.
UM, AND IF THERE IS SOME TYPE OF TRAFFIC DELAYS, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT THEY HAVE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES, UH, TO GET BACK OUT TO 90, CERTAINLY COUNCIL MEMBER.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BRA MARSH.
UH, MARCUS, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
UH, BY CHANCE CAN WE GET A RENDERING PLACED ON THE SCREEN SO THAT EVERYBODY IN THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT BUILDING THAT WAS PART OF THE COUNCIL PACKET AND I DIDN'T PROVIDE, UH, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AN ADDITIONAL RENDERING.
THAT IS MY OVERSIGHT AND I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
I CAN PROVIDE, UH, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND, UM, UH, COMMUNICATIONS OR RENDERING THAT WE CAN PUT OUT ON OUR COMMUNICATIONS BLAST SO THE RESIDENTS CAN SEE.
THAT WAY THEY CAN SEE AND GET EXCITED AS WELL.
I KNOW I HAD A SPIRITED CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY WITH CITY MANAGER JONES
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IN REGARDS TO TAKING THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, SHOWCASE WHAT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY CAN DO WITH ON LAND THAT WE HAVE POSSESSION OF.SO IT, IT LOOKS GOOD AND I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC.
THE PACKET, 1500 PAGES OF THE PACKET WAS ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO
LET'S JUST GET A RENDERING UP ON THE SITE.
ALL 1500 PAGES WERE REVIEWED BY MULTIPLE STAFF.
BETWEEN CITY AND AND PURCHASING.
CITY MANAGER, CAN WE USE THE TEXAS PARKWAY, UH, CORRIDOR COMMITTEE AND, AND PERHAPS WITH THE COMMUNICATION, PUT THE RENDERING AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT'S COMING.
SO THIS WAY THAT CORRIDOR, UH, WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THAT'S ALSO OPEN, I MEAN, BEING SEEN BY THE ENTIRE PUBLIC.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY SECONDED BY MAYOR PROTO KLAUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
YOU DO A ROLL CALL WHILE HE'S
THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - Designate the proposed maximum ad ...]
IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO DESIGNATE THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM L TAX RATE AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2024.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JASON MANKIN, CITY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
COUNSEL, UH, THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN OUR PROCESS TO GET A, A BUDGET APPROVED AND TO CONTINUE, UH, OPERATING THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UH, IS TO SET A PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPERTY TAX RATE.
UM, LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS.
UH, ONCE WE RECEIVE THE CERTIFIED ROLES, UH, UH, VALUES FROM THE APPRAISAL, THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, BOTH COUNTIES, UH, WE CALCULATE THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE BASICALLY KEEPS THE, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE, UM, FLAT FOR THE CITY AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, UM, GENERATES THE REVENUE NEEDED TO MEET THE CITY'S DEBT SERVICE OBLIGATIONS.
THEN A MAXIMUM 3.5% INCREASE IN REVENUE FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
IF THE TAX RATE ADOPTED IS, UH, EXCEEDS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, THEN UH, AN ELECTION MUST OCCUR TO APPROVE THAT.
SO BASED ON THE CERTIFIED TAX RULES FROM FORT BEN HARRIS COUNTIES AND THE TRUTH IN TAXATION CALCULATIONS, UH, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE WOULD BE 0.57 CENTS.
AND THE ADJUSTED VOTER APPROVAL RATE WOULD BE 0.58 CENTS AT THE ADJUSTED VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH EXCEEDS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
UH, RECORD VOTE AND PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED.
A RATE THAT EXCEEDS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE MUST BE ADOPTED BY TONIGHT AND WOULD REQUIRE THE ELECTION STAFF IS PROPOSING THE, UH, ADJUSTED VOTER APPROVAL RATE OF 0.5 7 8 0 4 5 AS THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE.
THIS ISN'T SETTING THE ACTUAL TAX RATE AS YOU HEARD FROM THE PREVIOUS BUDGET VIDEO.
THE CITY MANAGER IS, UH, UH, PROPOSING A, A TAX RATE THAT IS ACTUALLY LESS THAN THE, UH, VOTER APPROVAL RATE AND KEEPING IT, UH, UM, FLAT FROM FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, JUST HOW THIS IS, UH, CALCULATED, UH, THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS 0.47 CENTS AND THE DEBT SERVICES 0.11 CENTS FOR THAT TOTAL RATE.
UM, AGAIN, WE ARE JUST, UH, ADOPTING THE CEILING, UH, TONIGHT.
THE ACTUAL, UH, ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE SETTING, THE ACTUAL TAX RATE WOULD OCCUR, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2024.
THE VIDEO THAT WE WATCHED TODAY, WOULD THAT BE OPEN TO PUBLIC? SO PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW IT? YES.
AND THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS SET FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH.
AND THEN, UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT'S THE DAY THAT WE WILL, UH, GO AHEAD AND APPROVE.
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TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH ARE BEING NOTICED.SO NOTIFIED BY TO THE PUBLIC MM-HMM.
SO THIS WAY THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK IF THERE ARE, IN THE MEANTIME, UNTIL THE PUBLIC HEARING IF RESIDENTS OR IF ANYBODY THAT HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS, I, ANY OF THESE ITEMS THAT'S BEEN REVIEWED OF WHO DO THEY CONTACT AND, AND HOW DO THEY MAKE THAT CONTACT? THEY CAN CONTACT, UM, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THAT'S SET UP AND WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE WEBSITE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I CAN FILL THOSE QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE THEY GET A RESPONSE.
SO WE WILL HAVE THAT MAKING SURE.
SO THAT WAY THERE'S A, UH, AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A QUESTION MIGHT CAN BE ANSWERED PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT WILL HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S ALSO BEING TRANSPARENT AS WELL.
RECOGNIZING, UM, NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
UH, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
I VOTED THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - To appoint a member to the Plannin...]
NINE, OUR APPOINTMENTS NINE.A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT A MEMBER TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
POSITION ONE FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERMS TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.
UH, CRYSTAL ROME, UM, PROVIDED UNDER SEPARATE COVER TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, UM, WERE WAS THE SCORECARD, UM, AND THE APPLICATIONS FOR FIVE APPLICANTS THAT SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS TO SERVE.
UM, IN THE ONE VACANT POSITION, WHICH IS POSITION ONE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UM, THOSE NAMES ARE, UM, BOB, DAVID, JOJO, THERA, ANGELA, ANGELA WANG, ANGELINE, JOSE, AND SONE SHAW.
UM, SPARK INTERVIEWS WERE SENT TO FOUR OF THE FIVE CANDIDATES.
ONE CANDIDATE, ANGELA, UM, ANGELINE JOSE DECIDED NOT TO COMPLETE, UH, THE SPARK INTERVIEW.
UM, AND THE DECISION WAS MADE BY THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE TO SEND SPARK INTERVIEWS TO THOSE, UH, BASED ON CATEGORIES, UM, OF THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT THE CANDIDATES HAVE RESIDED IN MISSOURI CITY, THEIR RELATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE, THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF ORDINANCES, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, ZONING AND TURS, UM, THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE, WHETHER IT BE, UH, PRIOR BOARD EXPERIENCE, UH, VOLUNTEERISM, UM, ON HOAS, UM, IN OTHER TYPES OF, UH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND, UH, VOLUNTEER AS A GENERAL AND THEN, UM, EDUCATION AS WELL.
UM, AND SO I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, CRYSTAL, UH, I DO JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
SO WHEN YOU SAID THE, UH, SOMEONE HASN'T, UH, DID THE MOCK, UH, VIDEO, UH, THE SPARK INTERVIEW, SPARK INTERVIEW, UH, WERE THEY COMMUNICATED TO AND AND THEY WERE AND THEY KNEW THAT THEY HAD TO DO THIS? YES.
SO IT WAS, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSH.
CRYSTAL, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
IN TERMS OF THE SCORECARD OR THE SCORECARDS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, UM, I CAN MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, AS OF NOW, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.
AND AS THE APPLICANTS MAKE THEIR, UM, APPLICATIONS OR ARE THEY AWARE OF WHAT CRITERIA IT IS OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT? SO BASICALLY WE USE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY PUT ON THE APPLICATIONS.
WE DO ASK THESE QUESTIONS ON THEIR APPLICATIONS, UM, AND IT'S FOR THE APPLICANTS TO, UH, THOROUGHLY, UM, I, UM, INPUT THE INFORMATION AS WE REQUEST AND WE DO USE THAT FOR OUR VETTING.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU COME TO THE SCORECARD BASED ON WHAT THEY PLACED ON THEIR APPLICATION.
RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER BOYER.
UM, I HAD A QUESTION, UH, ON THE CRITERIA THAT WAS ESTABLISHED, UM, SERVING, IF SOMEONE WAS CURRENTLY SERVING AS AN ELECTED, UH, FOR, UH, SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, WOULD THEY BE ELIGIBLE IF THEY WERE SERVING? LIKE FOR INSTANCE, UH, ONE OF THE APPLICANTS IS A MUD DIRECTOR, WHICH IS AN ELECTED POSITION.
WHAT? NO, THEY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ON PLANNING ITS ZONING CONDITION.
WELL, UM, BEFORE I MADE A MOTION, THAT'S WHY I NEEDED TO ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE SURE BECAUSE MY, UH, TOP, UH, CANDIDATE OR PERSON THAT, UH, I LOOKED AT ALL THE SPARK INTERVIEWS AND LOOKED AT THEIR APPLICATIONS AND
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WHATEVER THEY, THEY CURRENTLY SERVE AS A MUD DIRECTOR.SO, UH, I WOULD THEN HAVE TO GO WITH MY SECOND CHOICE, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY.
BUT I WANTED TO HEAR FROM, UH, THE COLLEAGUES FIRST.
I THINK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, I MEAN MAYOR APPROACH LAU, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION NOMINATE? UH, JOJO.
UH, AND THERE'S BEEN A MAYOR PORTO WITH THE MOTION AND A SECONDED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.
UM, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
10 A 10 A IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, REPEALING ARTICLE THREE, CHAPTER 70 OFFENSES OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE PERTAINING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CURFEW FOR MINORS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
JOSEPH KUNAL, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
UH, SO THE ORDINANCE YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS IN RESPONSE TO THE LEGISLATURE'S, UH, UH, ACTION IN THE LAST, IN ITS LAST SESSION TO, UH, PROHIBIT MUNICIPALITIES FROM ENFORCING, UH, JUVENILE CURFEWS.
AND SO THIS ORDINANCE SIMPLY PUT, WILL, UH, DELETE THAT SECTION OF THE, UH, CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES DEALING WITH JUVENILE CURFEWS.
IT'S AN ORDINANCE THAT IS NO LONGER ENFORCEABLE.
SO I PLACED MYSELF ON THE QUEUE JUST TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
MISSOURI CITY ALWAYS HAD THESE ORDINANCE, UH, THE ORDINANCES AS YOU KNOW, FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM PERTAINING TO CURFEW.
SO YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATORS, WE NO LONGER AS A MUNICIPALITY OR AS A CITY CAN CONTROL THIS? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND, AND WITH THIS VOTE OR WITH THIS DECISION, IF THERE'S A MAJORITY, WE'RE JUST SAYING TO REMOVE IT OUT OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
SO YOU NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM 10 B, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION AND CHAPTER 14, BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE AMENDING REGULATIONS REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT REMOVAL DUTIES AND TERMS OF CERTAIN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL PROVIDING A PENALTY AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY CRYSTAL ROHN, OUR CITY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UM, THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT BACK FOR THE SECOND READING, UM, AS IT WAS NOT APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE NOTE IN THE PRESENTATION, UM, THAT UNDER THE AMENDMENTS, UM, IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, I NOTED THAT, UM, ALL ITEMS HAD BEEN APPROVED AT THE DECEMBER 4TH, UM, CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEETING.
AND I WANT TO CORRECT ONE OF THE STATEMENTS THAT I MADE.
UM, THE ITEM THAT IS RELATING TO REQUIRING MEMBERS TO VACATE THEIR SEAT, IF AN APPLICANT SUBMITS AN APPLICATION FOR A PLACE ON THE CITY ELECTIONS BALLOT, UH, WAS NOT APPROVED, UH, UNDER THE ORIGINAL MOTION BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2023.
UM, WE HAVE A, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, BROWN MARSHALL.
IS THERE A MOTION? UM, WELL, PRIOR, I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF I SHOULD MAKE THE MOTION HERE.
THEN AS MUCH AS I WOULD THEN YOU GONNA SPEAK ON IT? YEAH, RIGHT.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO REQUEST IS IF MY COLLEAGUES AND I COULD HAVE SOME LEGAL ADVICE FROM, UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY IN REGARDS TO THIS MATTER, JUST BEFORE WE, UM, TAKE IT UNDER CONSIDERATION, UH, ENJOYS.
IS THAT A MOTION? THAT'S A MOTION.
ANY, UH, SOMEONE PUT A SECOND ON THE SYSTEM.
SO I HAVE A, A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
I'M JUST SAYING, IS IT ON YOURS? IT IS.
UH, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
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RIGHT.WHAT DO WE VOTE TO GO IN THE BACK TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION? WHO ARE WE? MEMBER KLAUSER TO VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
DO I NEED TO HAVE A NUMBER? YES, PLEASE.
CAN WE TAKE UP THAT OTHER ITEM TOO, MAYOR, SINCE WE GO OVER THERE? WE CAN, UH, WHAT'S THIS ITEM FOR? THIS ONE? THIS ITEM, BOTH OF THEM ARE UNDER 5 51 0.071 FOR LEGAL ADVICE.
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WILL NOT GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.071.B ITEM WAIT FOR ITEM 10 B, 10 B, AND 12 AND 12, UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION HEARING.
NOW, CAN WE GO? ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS 8 0 6 15
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1:00 PM CITY COUNCIL BACK INTO SESSION FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - Second and Final Reading - An ordi...]
10 B ITEM 10.BJO, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER TWO, ADMINISTRATION AND CHAPTER 14, BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE AMENDING REGULATIONS REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT REMOVAL DUTIES AND TERMS OF CERTAIN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERAL VOTE.
UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE PRESENTED, UM, ORDINANCE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE AMEND THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THE PROPOSED PROVISION, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION OF BOARD MEMBERS UPON FILING FOR OFFICE ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THAT'S BEEN THE MOTION AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
AND WE ARE GONNA GO TO Q UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY.
UM, IN RELATION TO THE, UH, MOTION TO AMEND, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE APPROVAL ON THE LAST, UH, FIRST READING, I JUST WANT TO, UH, STATE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS RECOMMENDATION CAME OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE, UM, COMMITTEE THAT YOU, UH, FORMED THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND WITH THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION FOR THIS TO BE CONSIDERED, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WAS THAT WE WANTED TO BE ALIGNED WITH WHAT COUNCIL WAS DOING, ALTHOUGH THAT IS DEFINED BY OUR CHARTER RELATIVE TO RESIGN TO RUN THAT WE WANTED EVERYTHING TO MIRROR THAT OF OUR, UH, COUNCIL, UH, AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF TERMS THAT A PERSON CAN SERVE ALONG WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROVISION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
SO, TO REMOVE THE INTENT OR REMOVE THIS, UM, UH, POTENTIAL AMENDMENT OR MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THIS ITEM, UH, THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE, UH, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD, IT WOULD REQUIRE AT LEAST I WOULD HOPE TO HEAR A REASONING AS TO WHY, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD, WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NOT WANNA DO AS A COUNCIL.
OTHERWISE, I MEAN, I'M, I, I VOTE AGAINST THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT COUNCIL IS DOING.
MAY I RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY FOR ASKING THE QUESTION.
UM, SIGNIFICANT, UM, MEMBERS HAVE SERVED ON VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OVER A LOT OF YEARS, INCLUDING SEVERAL OF US THAT SIT ON THIS CURRENT DANCE, IF YOU WILL.
AND THEY HAVE GONE UP THROUGH THE RANKS FROM CERTAIN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WHERE THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME.
THEY HAVE PUT FORTH THE EFFORT TO SET A POLICY, UH, FOR THE CITY ON THAT BEHALF, ON THE CITY'S BEHALF, IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO BECOME THE CITY THAT IT IS.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY, UH, PAST SITUATIONS WHERE A PERSON THAT SERVED ON A COUNCIL OR A BOARD OR A COMMISSION, EXCUSE ME, UM, WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A REASON TO GIVE PAUSE THAT THOSE PERSONS SHOULD HAVE TO RESIGN THEIR SEAT.
UM, I WOULD VENTURE TO ASK THE QUESTION OTHER THAN IT FOLLOWING WHAT IT CURRENTLY STATES, UH, IN THE CHARTER AS TO WHY NOW, WHEN THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE POSSIBLY WITHIN THE CHARTER THAT ALSO DON'T ALIGN WITH OUR ORDINANCES.
AND I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE DID DO ON THAT, BUT AT, AT THIS TIME, I'M, I'M JUST NOT GONNA SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW GOOD PEOPLE
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COME FROM, UH, COME FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.UM, I PLACE MYSELF IN THE QUEUE.
UM, IT'S A TOUGH DECISION TO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, BUT I THINK, UM, IF THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO COME FORWARD, THEY HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
UM, SO MY SUGGESTION IS THAT SINCE WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL OR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT WHERE WE, IT'S IN OUR CHARTER WHERE IT ALLOWS US TO RESIGN OUR POSITIONS AND, AND THAT ALLOWS US TO RUN.
UH, I SERVED ON THE PARKS BOARD, UH, PRIOR TO BEING A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO I, I, I'VE, I'VE BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT.
UM, BUT WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO, IN MY OPINION, WE CAN'T PICK WINNERS AND LOSERS.
WE CAN'T PICK PEOPLE THAT WE LIKE THAT THEY'RE RUNNING AND IT'S OKAY, BUT WE'RE NOT OKAY WHEN IT'S SOMEONE THAT WE DON'T CARE FOR OR WE DON'T APPRECIATE TRYING TO PUSH SOMEBODY OFF THE BENCH TO DO SO.
SO I'M AGAINST PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS.
I'M AGAINST, UM, I THINK EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN EVEN AS A CITIZEN.
AND YOU HA AND YOU'RE IN THE CITY, UH, YOU'RE 18 YEARS OLD OR, OR WHATEVER, THE CRITERIA TO VOTE IS, YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO RUN.
SO THERE'S NO ONE TO QUESTION WHETHER THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE OR WHETHER THEY SERVE ON ANY BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S UP TO THE TAXPAYERS AND THE CITIZENS TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
BUT WHAT I DON'T SEE THIS HAPPENING IS WHEN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL IS OKAY, WHEN IT'S SOMEONE THAT THEY KNOW THAT TO RUN, THEY DON'T HAVE TO RESIGN THEIR POSITION.
BUT IF, IF SOMEONE THAT'S RUNNING FOR A POSITION TO TAKE THAT POSITION, IF IT'S NOT A FAVORABLE PERSON, THEN WE'RE GONNA PICK.
SO MY VOTE WOULD BE A NO BASED ON THAT, WHERE WE DON'T SET THOSE PRACTICES TO PICK WINNERS AND LOSERS.
I THINK WE GIVE AN OPEN OPPORTUNITY.
ANYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO FILE FOR A SEAT AT ANY TIME.
UM, AND OUR CHARTER, UH, IS PUTTING US TO VACATE OUR SEATS, BUT LIKE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY SAYS, WE NEED TO MIRROR THAT REGARDLESS OF THE PERSON, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND, THEIR GENDER, OR ANY OF THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUAL THINGS.
AND SO, UH, THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, WHILE COMPLETELY RESPECT THAT, I CAN SEE THAT, BUT IT'S A NO FOR ME, BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA PICK WINNERS AND LOSERS WITH THAT.
I YIELD BACK RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN RAMBO.
YEAH, I, AND I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR AS TO, TO MY THOUGHTS ON THIS.
AND, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, UM, WE WERE VOTING ON AS A COMMITTEE TO BRING FORTH TO, FOR THE, TO THE FULL COUNCIL, WAS NOT THAT WE WANTED, UH, GOOD PEOPLE WHO WERE SERVING ON OUR BOARDS TO NOT DO SO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
IT WAS AS IT RELATES TO YOU PURSUING, UH, A SEAT, UH, ON THE CITY COUNCIL, WHETHER IT BE MAYOR OR COUNCIL.
AND, AND UPON DOING SO UPON FILING, WHICH YOU, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND RIGHT TO DO THAT, YOU WOULD NO LONGER SERVE IN THE CAPACITY OF AN APPOINTED PERSON ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION.
AND SO, UH, WE HAD SOME REALLY ROBUST CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT, BUT, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD NOT BE PREVENTED FROM SERVING.
UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE'S ALSO, UH, WITHIN THE ORDINANCE, UH, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO REAPPLY FOR THAT SEAT AGAIN.
SAY FOR INSTANCE, YOU DON'T WIN, UH, IN THAT SEAT, BUT IT DOESN'T PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING UP UNTIL THE TIME THAT YOU, UH, DECIDE TO FILE, UH, FOR THAT.
AND YOU, AND YOU, UH, UPON ORALLY OR, UH, PHYSICALLY, UH, FILING OR DECIDING THAT YOU'RE GONNA RUN.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT GIVES YOU, UH, REALLY, IT, IT IT'S TO PROTECT THE CITY, I FEEL.
UH, AND, AND I THINK IT'S, UH, ALSO PUTS THE CITY IN A POSITION THAT WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT HAS A DISTINCT ADVANTAGE, UH, WITH PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, SERVING ON THOSE PARTICULAR ROLES, UH, IT'S NOT, UH, EQUITABLE WHEN IT COMES TO INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY NOT SERVE IN THOSE PARTICULAR CAPACITIES.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE WAS NOTHING NEFARIOUS WHEN THIS WAS COMING OUTTA COMMITTEE, UH, WHATSOEVER.
IT WAS TO JUST MIRROR THAT, UH, OF WHAT
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WE WERE DOING OR WHAT WE ARE DOING.AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE WERE TRYING TO DO WITH ALL OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE MADE TO TRY TO CORRECT SOME THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN, UH, FLOWING THE CORRECT WAY IN THE PAST TO TRY TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES.
UH, BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, UH, MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.
AND SO TO ME, THIS WAS JUST A WAY, UH, AS I, AS AGAIN, AS IT WAS PRESENTED TO, UH, US IN THE COMMITTEE AND, AND TO WHY I SAID YES, UH, IS BECAUSE IT WAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE DO AS, AS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW IT'S NOT TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM SERVING IS TO WHY I FEEL THIS IS, IS BROUGHT FORTH.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IN REGARDS TO THAT, MAYBE A CITY ATTORNEY, UM, ARE THEY, ARE, IS EVERYBODY REFERRING TO THE, UH, MIRRORING TO THE AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION PORTION WITHIN THE CITY CHARTER? IS, IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO AS THE MIRRORING? I BELIEVE SO.
I, UM, I WASN'T ON THE, I'M NOT SURE IF THE COMMITTEE WAS LOOKING AT SOMETHING ELSE.
THERE IS A STATE LAW, UM, RESIGNED TO RUN PROVISION.
THERE IS A CHARTER RESIGNED TO RUN PROVISION.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE THE COMMITTEE WAS LOOKING AT, BUT, OKAY.
SO, WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, CAN YOU LET ME KNOW WHICH ONE THAT IS SO THAT I CAN, WELL, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK IT WAS, UH, MAYOR PRO, TIM KLAUSER THAT INTRODUCED THE UHHUH THE RECOMMENDATION.
I MEAN, MAYBE SHE CAN SPEAK TO, TO, TO, TO HER THOUGHT PROCESS, BUT FOR ME, OKAY.
AS IT RELATES TO MY THOUGHT OF IT, YES.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RESIGN TO RUN, UH, YOU KNOW, LAW OR RULE SHOULD I SAY, THAT WE HAVE, UH, AS MEMBERS OF, OF CITY COUNCIL.
SO WHAT I FOUND AS FAR AS, UH, VACANCIES, FORFEITURE AND AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION WITHIN THE CITY CHARTER, IT SPECIFICALLY STATES, IF A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OR FOR ANY PLACE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, OTHER THAN THE SPECIFIC OFFICE OR PLACE, THE PERSON IS THEN HOLDING SUCH ANNOUNCEMENT OR OF CANDIDACY SHALL CONSTITUTE AN AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION OF THE OFFICE THEN HELD TO BE EFFECTIVE.
SO, I'M READING THAT TO MEAN I'M HERE SITTING IN THIS CURRENT SEAT, BUT I DECIDE TO RUN FOR MAYOR.
SO I, I'M, I, I, IF I COULD BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CORRELATION OF MAKING A BOARD AND COMMISSION SEAT MIRROR, THAT MAYBE I WOULD HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING, TRYING TO DO AS FAR AS IT MIRRORING.
SO FOR ME, AGAIN, MY THOUGHT PROCESS, UH, WE ARE ELECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY.
WE, AS THE ELECTED, UH, INDIVIDUALS ON MISSOURI CITY CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE MAYOR, UH, WE APPOINT INDIVIDUALS.
SO THEY'RE NOT, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT THEY'RE APPOINTED OFFICIALS WHO TAKE OATHS JUST LIKE WE DO.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, OF COURSE IT'S NOT IN THE CHARTER, BUT WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO, AT LEAST THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I, UH, WAS PRESENTED WITH AND HOW I VOTED, IS TO MIRROR AS BEST WE COULD, THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
AND SO WE INSTITUTED A 12 YEAR, UH, YOU KNOW, RULE AS FAR AS, UH, AMENDMENT, MAKING SURE THAT YOU CAN SERVE NO LONGER THAN 12 YEARS, JUST LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL DOES.
UH, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CHOOSE INDIVIDUALS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CHOOSE TO RUN FOR, UH, ELECTED OFFICE, UH, WHETHER IT BE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL, THAT THE SAME RULES WOULD BE APPLICABLE.
AGAIN, THIS WAS JUST A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT WE DISCUSSED, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME EXACT, BECAUSE THE CHARTER IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN PLACE AND THAT ANY CHANGES TOOL WOULD'VE TO BE APPROVED THROUGH THE VOTERS ON THE BALLOT.
THESE ARE, UH, RULES AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE, AS THE ELECTED MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE SEEKING TO ESTABLISH.
AND SO MY THOUGHTS, AGAIN, ARE, ARE BASED OFF OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD FOR MONTHS IN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST BELIEVE THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO, IN INDIVIDUALS THAT CURRENTLY ARE SERVING ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE IF THEY CHOOSE FOR WHATEVER REASON TO SERVE, UH, OR SEEK HIGHER OFFICE BY WAY OF AN ELECTION.
MM-HMM,
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, BY DOING SO, YOU HAVE TO RESIGN YOUR SEAT.
SO NO MIRRORING 'CAUSE IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S KIND OF THAT, SO NO MIRRORING BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME.
SO JUST A POLICY CHANGE IS WHAT WE'RE SEEKING HERE.
SO I PLACED MYSELF ON, I'M BACK ON THE QUEUE AGAIN.
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THAT I HAVE.YOU HAVE AN OP, YOU HAVE A, A, A POSITION THAT A MEMBER WHO'S ON PARKS OR PLANNING OR ANY OF OUR BOARDS, S BOARD, ANYWHERE THAT'S LOOKING TO OCCUPY.
YOU ALSO HAVE TWO OR THREE OF THE MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY CITIZENS WHO ARE APPLYING FOR THOSE SEATS.
SO THERE IS AN ADVANTAGE TO SOMEONE WHO'S CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE BOARD THAT WILL OCCUPY, OR THAT'S LOOKING TO OCCUPY A COUNCIL SEAT OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WITH INFORMATION, WITH STAFF, WITH ALL TYPES OF ISSUES THAT THEY CAN GET TO.
SO SOMEONE WHO'S A, WHO'S FILING FOR THAT SEAT HAS NO ONE KNOWS THAT PERSON IN THIS, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CITY HALL.
IT CAN'T BE HARD ENOUGH WHERE THEY HAVE ALREADY HAVE ACCESS TO THE BUILDING WHERE THEY CAN COME THROUGH AND TALK TO ANY OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS OR CITY SECRETARY OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT.
IF YOU'RE A CANDIDATE, YOU HAVE TO COME IN AND, AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO COME IN AND, AND TALK WITH THE CITY SECRETARY OR THE CITY MANAGER OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND THERE ARE, IN THE MIDST OF THE, OF THE DISCUSSION ITEMS, THEY, THERE'S A LOT OF TAKEAWAYS FOR THAT PERSON WHO'S SERVING ON THE BOARD WILL HAVE, WHEREAS A PERSON TODAY WHO'S NOT SERVING ON ANY OF THOSE BOARDS WILL NOT HAVE, TO ME, I LOOK AT THAT AS NOT, NOT A WHOLE ADVANTAGE, BUT IT IS AN ADVANTAGE IN THE WAY I SEE IT.
NOW, WE CAN ALL AGREE TO DISAGREE, BUT I DON'T THINK, AND, AND, AND IF YOU HAVE THAT SAME, IT'S NOT DITTO LIKE COPYING FROM THE CHARTER, BUT IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT.
AND WHEN WE PUT THIS COMMITTEE TOGETHER, I'VE ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERED COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, MAYOR APPROACH HIM KLAUSER AND COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY TO THIS COMMITTEE, BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF THINGS WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND WE WERE TRYING TO LOOK AT THIS, AND WITHIN OURSELVES, INSTEAD OF ALL SEVEN OF US GETTING TOGETHER AND WORKING ON, IT'S GONNA TAKE TOO MUCH OF A TIME.
SO WE PUT THE THREE PEOPLE TOGETHER TO WORK WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, CITY, THE LEGAL TEAM, AND, AND IF CITY MANAGER, IF NEEDED TO BE, TO LOOK AT ALL OF THIS AND COME BACK TO THE, THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WHICH ALL SEVEN OF US WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
AND ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WAS THIS ITEM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO TO ME, I LOOKED AT WHAT THE COMMITTEE DID.
I LOOKED AT, I'M SURE I KNOW THEY HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS IN LENGTH.
SO WHEN THEY COME BACK, I'VE LOOKED AT THIS AND I SAID, OKAY, SO I SEE IT AND, AND I KNOW WHY THEY'RE DOING THIS.
AND SO THAT'S THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I WENT FORWARD WITH.
BUT AGAIN, I I, I'M NOT GOING TO EMPHASIZE IT AGAIN, BUT MY PROBLEM IS, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN IT TOO OFTEN WHERE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE COMFORTABLE WITH A MEMBER THAT'S, OR A SERVING BOARD MEMBER THAT'S COMING ON, AND THEN NO ONE'S TALKING ABOUT IT.
BUT IF THERE IS A MEMBER THAT'S ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT THEY DON'T LIKE, AND IT'S A CHATTER.
AND TO ME, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PICK WINNERS AND LOSERS.
AND THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE OPEN TO ALL PEOPLE.
ANYONE CAN FILE AND RUN FOR ANY POSITION THEY WANT, BUT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF HAVING THAT UPPER HAND.
NOW, YOU CAN ARGUE IF YOU'RE A CITY MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND SOMEONE FILED AGAINST YOU, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY ON THE INSIDE, BUT YOU ARE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE TO SERVE OUT THAT TERM TILL THAT ELECTION.
SO YOU CAN'T LEAVE YOUR POSITION BECAUSE YOU FILED FOR YOUR RECEIPT BACK AGAIN.
SO THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, IN MY OPINION, THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT YOU ARE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE TO FINISH OUT THE TERM.
LIKE THIS ELECTION, NOVEMBER 5TH, WE WILL SEE WHO WINS AND WHO DON'T.
AND IF YOU'RE BACK, YOU'RE BACK.
BUT THE PEOPLE ELECTED YOU TO SERVE TILL THAT ELECTION DAY.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU'RE NOT HERE.
AND THIS IS NOT A CHARTER, BUT I THINK THIS IS A POLICY AMONGST ALL OF THE POLICIES.
I THINK THIS COMMITTEE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT IT.
I THINK WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A, A PLACE AND A PLAN IN PLACE.
SO THIS WAY, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND THE LEGAL TEAM, AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ARE NOT ALL RUNNING AROUND.
AND, AND IT, IT ALTERS EVERY TIME SOMEBODY DIFFERENT COMES IN.
AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR WITH THAT.
I YIELD BACK RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER WRIGHT.
UM, I SERVED ON THE, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT YOU VOLUNTOLD US TO BE ON, AND WE HAD A
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LOT OF GREAT CONVERSATIONS.A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE DISCUSSED CAME FROM DIFFERENT FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, NOT JUST THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ONE TO VACATE A SEAT, UM, IF YOU WERE ON A PARTICULAR BOARD COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE AND YOU WANTED TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
BUT THERE WERE ALSO ABOUT THE SPARKS FIT INTERVIEWS.
UM, THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSISTENCY OF THE TERM LIMITS.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS THAT CAME OUT THAT HELPED US PUT TOGETHER THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, THESE AMENDMENTS, UH, TO DISCUSS WITH STAFF AND TO PROVIDE TO, UH, COUNCIL.
SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, THIS CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, WE HAD SOME YAYS AND SOME NAYS, YOU KNOW, AND WE ALL KIND OF PRESENTED OUR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS PARTICULAR, UM, ITEM.
AND I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAYOR PRO TIM BROUGHT UP IS IT'S HARD TO FIND PEOPLE TO SERVE IF THEY HAVE TO VACATE THEIR SEATS.
UM, AND AS OF TODAY, WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT A PNZ, UM, VACANT POSITION, NUMBER ONE.
AND WE HAD FIVE, UM, APPLICANTS FOR ONE POSITION.
AND SO I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO, UM, MAKE DIFFERENT CHANGES, CHANGES HARD, UM, AND SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO SET A CONSISTENT STANDARD, UM, WITH OUR POLICY.
AND FOR ME, I SUPPORT THE FACT THAT THIS ITEM NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THESE AMENDMENTS.
THAT IF SOMEONE IS GONNA SERVE ON OUR, OUR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, OR COMMITTEES AND THEY WANT TO FILE FOR, UM, AN OFFICIAL COUNCIL SEAT, UM, IT, IT GIVES A DISADVANTAGE TO THE OTHER CANDIDATES THAT MAY NOT HAVE THAT INSIDE, UM, INFORMATION AND THOSE INSIDE RELATIONSHIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
NOT TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC CAN SEE IT AS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OF YOU BEING PRIVY TO CERTAIN DECISION MAKING, UM, SERVING IN THOSE CAPACITIES WHILE YOU'RE FILING FOR OFFICE.
UM, AND SO THESE WERE ALL THE DIFFERENT NUANCES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE.
YOU KNOW, SOME WE AGREED UPON, SOME WE DID NOT.
BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE PROS AND CONS OF THIS, WE FELT THAT THIS WOULD BE BEST SUITED BEING A PART OF THIS AMENDMENT IN THIS POLICY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD CONSISTENCY FROM WHAT OUR CHARTER SAYS.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MIRRORING IT, BUT WE'RE TAKING THAT AS A SIMILAR CONCEPT AND APPLYING IT TO THIS PARTICULAR, UH, POLICY, UM, PROCESS SO THAT WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONSISTENCIES AS WE, AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND TO MINIMIZE THE POLITICAL ARENA OF IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FALLING FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES SO THAT THEY CAN SET THEIR RESUME UP.
NOT EVERYONE DOES THAT, BUT THERE ARE SOME CASES, SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS AND WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE THAT SERVE ON THESE, THESE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SERVING IN THE CAPACITY TO ACTUALLY SERVE THE CITY AND MAKE IT BETTER VERSUS BEING ON THIS.
AND YOU SET YOUR RESUME UP AND THEN A YEAR LATER YOU FILE FOR, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, OR TWO YEARS YOU FILE FOR A SEAT.
SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF KEEPING THIS AMENDMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, POLICY.
SO THE WAY THAT THE MOTION IS WRITTEN, I WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, VOTE NO AT THIS TIME UNLESS IT CAN BE AMENDED.
UM, I MEAN, THE MOTION ON THE TABLE, LET ME SEE.
THE MOTION ON THE TABLE WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
UH, AND IF, IF YOU'RE NOT IN LINE WITH THAT, YOU CAN REMOVE YOUR SECOND CORRECT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANNA DO? REMOVE YOUR SECOND, LIKE REMOVE YOUR SECOND.
UH, RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEMP.
UM, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY SAID, WHEN WE WERE A PART OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, WE, WE DID BRING FORTH THINGS THAT, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE, THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I DID BRING FORTH THAT ITEM THAT WAS OF CONCERN FOR THE PUBLIC.
NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, PEOPLE HAVING AN ADVANTAGE OF WHO ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, WHO SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MEETINGS, WHEN WE LOOK AT ACCESS, ACCESS IS AVAILABLE TO ANY RESIDENT TO SET UP A MEETING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, ANY DIRECTOR.
UM, IF YOU MISS A MEETING, YOU CAN GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THE MEETING.
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ADVANTAGE IF YOU ASK ME.DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH STUDYING YOU WANNA DO.
UM, AFTER LEARNING OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED, UH, ON THIS DIAZ, UH, YOU MAYOR MM-HMM.
UM, I WANT MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES AND MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE.
AND I THINK IT SETS YOU UP FOR THIS POSITION OF SERVING.
NOT TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO, BUT WHEN YOU DO, YOU'RE THAT MUCH, UM, THAT MUCH MORE PREPARED.
SO I AM, ALTHOUGH I DID RECOMMEND THIS, UM, AFTER LEARNING ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT ULTIMATELY RAN FOR OFFICE AND HAVE MADE FINE PUBLIC SERVANTS AS OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I AM GONNA HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MARSHALL, UM, AND, UH, SECOND HER MOTION.
SO, GOT IT CLEAR THAT, OR NO, SHE'S SECOND.
I MEAN, RILEY'S KEEPING HER MOTION.
UH, BROWN WASH? NO, YOU, SHE'S THE MOTION.
UH, MAYOR, I'LL YIELD MY COMMENTS AND I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA CALL FOR THE VOTE.
WHAT HAPPENS? SHE BEEN THERE TWICE TRYING TO GET OUT.
DID WE, THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE A, A VOTE.
OH, ON THE MAIN, THE MAIN, YEAH.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
AND RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BRAMO.
DOES YOUR MOTION INCLUDE, UM, PROVIDING NOTICE TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT LEAST FIVE DAYS, WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF A BOARD OF COMMISSIONS IN ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE ANY LONGER? YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH.
I'LL MAKE THAT, UH, ADDITION
OH, CAN YOU MAKE, SO I DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT WHAT SHE SAID.
YOU MAKE, WILL YOU MAKE
I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M A AMENDING THE, UH, STATED MOTION, UH, THAT'S ON IN THE PACKET, RIGHT.
TO INCLUDE THE VERBIAGE THAT SHE, JUST, THE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT THAT SHE JUST, UH, RATTLED OFF
AND WHAT RATTLED OFF? I JUST, IT WAS A LOT, IT WAS A LOT FOR ME TO, TO REPEAT IS WHAT I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT NO, I, I FULLY IN SUPPORTIVE OF THAT ADDITION.
WOULD, WOULD YOU ALSO, I'M SORRY.
I'M GONNA JUST ASK YOU ABOUT ONE MORE IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, TO ADD ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE PROHIBITING A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSION FROM SERVING ON MORE THAN TWO BOARDS OR COMMISSION.
IS THAT STILL YOUR SECOND? THAT'S STILL MY SECOND.
SO EJO, WHAT'S THE MOTION OBJECTION OR, SO THE MOTION IS TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED WITH THE ADDITION OF A SECTION REQUIRING BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS TO PROVIDE THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE WITH AT LEAST FIVE DAYS WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF INELIGIBILITY TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OR COMMISSION, AS WELL AS TO ADD LANGUAGE PROHIBITING A MEMBER OF A BOARD OR COMMISSION FROM SERVING ON MORE THAN TWO BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS.
SO, UM, I ONLY PLACED MYSELF JUST BECAUSE, THOUGH I, I DID HEAR A COMMENT.
UM, IN HERE IN, I, I SERVED ON PARKS SPORT IN 2009, I'VE DECIDED TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL AND I, I WITHDREW MY PARKS BOARD POSITION AT THAT TIME BECAUSE I WAS RUNNING FOR, UM, FOR THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SEAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I DID THAT.
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THEN.THERE WAS NO POLICY, THERE WAS NO PROCEDURES, UH, THINGS OF THAT TYPE OF PLACE.
BUT I DID THAT BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE THAT I RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I RESIGNED THAT POSITION.
NOT STAY TILL I GOT ELECTED IN 2009, BUT NOT WAIT TILL THAT TIME TO, FOR ME TO JUST RESIGN AT THAT TIME AND JUMP ONTO CITY COUNCIL.
I DID IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE THE FEELINGS THAT I WAS GETTING JUST BECAUSE I FILED.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, UM, THE ITEM THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED ABOUT THE VACATING OF THE SEAT REMAINS IN THIS, UH, IN YOUR MOTION.
ALRIGHT, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
OH, WAIT, I HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO ARE WE VOTING ON THAT TWICE? YOU SAID REMAINS IN YOUR MOTION.
SO IT, THE, THIS MOTION IS THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
SO IT'S THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED.
IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER TWO, IN ADDITION TO THE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE ADDED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MORTY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO TWO.
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11 A 11 A, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT PROJECT CONSISTING OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED AT STATE HIGHWAY SIX AND TOWNSHIP LANE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.WE HAVE MARCUS SNELL, OUR CITY ENGINEERS.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION WITH THIS ONE.
UH, SO THIS IS, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT, UH, CITY STAFF SUBMITTED TO HGAC FOR THE CARRYOVER SPIN DOWN, UH, PROJECT SELECTION PROCESS.
IT'S ONE OF THREE PROJECTS SUBMITTED BY MISSOURI CITY THAT WERE SELECTED.
UH, THROUGH THIS, THE CITY WILL RECEIVE $680,000 FUNDED THROUGH TEXTS, UH, SERVICE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT.
THIS PROJECT WILL INSTALL, UH, NEW MASTER ARMED TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY SIX IN TOWNSHIP LANE.
SO WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE THIS MONEY FROM TXDOT WITH THIS, UH, ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT.
OF COURSE, PURSUANT TO MEETING ALL THE OTHER FUNDING REQUIREMENTS WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA THEN PAY 10% BACK TO HGAC SO THEY CAN RE-ROLL INTO OTHER PROJECTS.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MATCH 10% OF THIS TOTAL, UH, PROJECT COST WITH OTHER TRANSPORTATION RELATED SPENDING WITHIN THE CITY, SEEING THE, THE QUANTITY OF PROJECTS WE'RE DOING WITHIN THE CITY.
THAT SECOND PART IS ABSOLUTELY NO, UH, ISSUE.
AND THE FIRST PART, THE CITY DOES HAVE FUND OR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DOES HAVE FUNDS TO MEET THAT 10%, UH, REPAYMENT MATCH.
I SEE MOTION BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER
I SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN BROWN.
I JUST HAVE, UM, ONE QUESTION.
SO ARE WE MATCHING 10% ONE TIME OR 10%? TWO TIMES? IT'S 10%, TWO TIMES COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE HGAC 68,000 BACK SO THEY CAN USE IN OTHER PROGRAMS THAT'S UNENCUMBERED BY THE FEDERAL CROSS CUTTERS.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SHOW HGAC THAT WE'VE SPENT 68,000 IN OTHER TRANSPORTATION RELATED PROJECTS.
SO COUNCIL, UH, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action – A resolution finding a public nece...]
11 B, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.FINDING AND DETERMINING PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF FEE SYMBOL TITLE TO A 6.479 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT KNOWN AS THE MUSTANG BAYOU WATER PLANT.
NUMBER TWO, EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT
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PROJECT AUTHORIZING SUCH ACQUISITION BY DONATION PURCHASE OR EMINENT DOMAIN OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT.AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE A FINAL OFFER TO THE OWNER OF THE NEEDED REAL PROPERTY AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF THE COST OF SUCH PURCHASE OR EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS AS APPLICABLE AND ASSOCIATED COSTS FOR APPEAL APPRAISAL FEES, TITLE POLICIES AND SERVICES, RECORDING FEES, COURT COSTS AND EXPERT WITNESS FEES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF FEE.
TITLE TWO, SUCH 6.479 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE HRO BEER SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER THREE 13 IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY COURT, BEND COUNTY, TEXAS SET TRACT OF LAND BEING LOCATED ALONG AND ABUTTING THE EAST LINE OF THE FORT BEND PARKWAY NORTH OF LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY AND SOUTH OF A 1.297 ACRE TRACT OWNED BY THE FORT BEND COUNTY TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY IN MISSOURI CITY AND MAKING AND CONTAINING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.
MARCUS NELSON, ENGINEER AFTER THAT YOU DON'T HAVE YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UH, NOT ANYTHING BEYOND, UH, THIS IS A NECESSARY EXPANSION, UH, TO MEET OUR CITY'S GROWING WATER NEEDS FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS.
I CAN SPEAK THROUGH THOSE PROJECTS.
UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE MAYOR AND COUNCIL YEAH, PLEASE.
UM, I LIKE TALKING ABOUT OUR WATER PROJECTS.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A GREAT CITY AND, AND I LIKE PROVIDING GREAT WATER TO OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WE, WE HAVE, WE'RE EXPERIENCING GROWTH AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT GROWTH AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT AND SAFE WATER TO OUR RESIDENTS.
TO DO THAT, WE HAVE THE NEED TO EXPAND OUR TWO WATER PLANTS, UH, WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE DOWN ON SHIPMENTS COVE.
WE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ENOUGH SPACE IN THERE TO DO THE PROJECTS.
WE NEED WATER PLANT TWO, THAT WAS OUR VICKSBURG PLANT.
UM, THAT'S THE PLANT THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NEEDING SOME OF THIS EXPANSION.
THERE'S SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, THE THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING THAT, THAT WE'RE SEEKING THE ACQUISITION OF THIS PROPERTY FOR, UH, IS TO, UH, EXPAND THE, THE WATER WELL.
UH, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO SHOOT A NEW WELL OUT THERE.
WE'RE GONNA NEED SANITARY CONTROL EASEMENTS FIRST FOR THE EXISTING WELL, AND THEN WHEN THE SECOND WELL COMES IN, WE'RE GONNA NEED SANITARY CONTROL EASEMENTS FOR THAT.
WE'RE ALSO, WE ALSO NEED A PERPETUAL EASEMENT FOR ACCESS TO THIS SITE.
UH, SO OUR WATER PLANT SITE, I'LL COME OVER HERE.
OUR WATER PLANT SITE IS UP AT THE TOP.
THIS PROPERTY IS THE ONE, UH, IT'S THE LONGER TRIANGLE SHAPED PROPERTY THAT'S LEADING UP TO IT.
UH, OUR ACCESS ROAD IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY.
UH, WE REQUIRE PERPETUAL EASEMENT WITH THAT.
GETTING THAT PERPETUAL EASEMENT IS GONNA TAKE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE OTHER EASEMENTS THAT WE NEED.
THAT'S PART OF THE REASON, UH, THAT WE ARE REQUESTING THIS ACQUISITION.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE GONNA NEED SPACE FOR A NEW WE, UH, GROUND STORAGE TANK.
WE'RE GONNA NEED SPACE FOR AN ELEVATED STORAGE TANK TOO, TO MEET SOME OF OUR PRESSURE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE RESILIENT WATER, UH, IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE.
ELEVATED STORAGE TANKS WORK REALLY WELL WHEN WE DON'T HAVE POWER THANKS TO GRAVITY.
SO WITH ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS, IT HELPS PROVIDE, UH, NECESSARY POWER AND THIS WILL PROVIDE THE SPACE TO DO THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MEET OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE AND WATER NEEDS.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSH, CITY MANAGER JONES.
HAVE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THE 1.297 ACRES THAT'S JUST ABOVE THIS PARTICULAR TRACK? I WAS GONNA FOLLOW UP, UM, THIS WEEK I HAVE NOT HEARD A RESPONSE.
AND IF IN THE EVENT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, DO SOMETHING WITH THE 1.297, IT WOULD ONLY JUST EXPAND, UM, THESE POTENTIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL WOULD MAKE IT EVEN MORE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO, I MEAN, FOR LACK OF A LESS ELEGANT PHRASE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO CRAM THEM IN AGAINST EACH OTHER.
THAT GIVES US MORE SPACE, IT PROVIDES MORE OPERATING ROOM.
WE, WE COULD FEASIBLY OPERATE IN A SMALLER SPACE, BUT THEN THAT, THAT REALLY PROVIDES IT, IT STARTS TO GENERATE SOME CONSTRAINTS.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
WE HAVING SOME ISSUES? ALL RIGHT.
UH, THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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C, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.FINDING AND DETERMINING PUBLIC
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NECESSITY THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS IN RIGHTS OF WAY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, KNOWN AS THE LONG POINT CREEK DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AUTHORIZING SUCH ACQUISITION BY DONATION PURCHASE OR EMINENT DOMAIN OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS IN AND TO, FOR PARCELS OF LAND NEEDED FOR THE PRO FOR THE PROJECT, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE A FINAL OFFER TO THE OWNERS OF SUCH INTEREST AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF THE COST OF SUCH PURCHASES OR EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS AS APPLICABLE AND ASSOCIATED COSTS FOR APPRAISAL FEES, TITLE POLICIES AND SERVICES, RECORDING FEES, COURT COSTS, AND EXPERT WITNESS FEES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF FEE.SIMPLE TITLE IN OR EASEMENTS TWO SUCH FOR PARCELS OF LAND SITUATED IN THE MOSA SHIPMENT SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 86 IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS SAID PARCELS OF LAND BEING LOCATED ALONG ABUTTING AND ADJACENT TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH LINES OF DARBY LANE, BETWEEN WESTIN RIDGE LANE AND NEW POINT DRIVE IN MISSOURI CITY AND MAKING AND CONTAINING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
AND WE HAVE COUNCILMAN RAMONI ON THE QUEUE.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS, UH, FORWARD.
I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY WAY MORE THAN I, BUT, UH, HE AND I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH, UH, AND LOOKING TO SEE SOME TRACTION ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I KNOW THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS SURROUNDING THE ACTUAL PROJECT ITSELF.
UH, WHEN WILL IT BEGIN? AND, UM, UM, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION, UH, ON THIS? I SEE IT STARTS IN 2024, BUT I DON'T SEE WHEN EXACTLY.
AND, UM, UM, JUST WANTED TO KIND OF HAVE YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL, WHAT THIS WILL, UH, DO IN THE AREA.
YES, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WE DO NOT HAVE AN ESTIMATED TIMELINE ON THIS PROJECT YET.
UH, IT IT'S GONNA START AS SOON AS WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE PROJECT.
UH, WE HAD A RIGHT OF ENTRY EXECUTED ON THESE FOUR PROPERTIES, SO WE CAN, UH, GO INTO FORMAL BIDDING ON THAT.
ONCE WE DO THAT, WE'LL RECEIVE A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE FROM THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BIDDER.
THEY'RE GONNA LEAD THAT PROCESS.
ONCE WE HAVE THAT, I'LL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE A MORE DEFINITE TIMELINE TO YOU ON WHEN IT'LL FORMALLY START, WHEN IT'LL FORMALLY FINISH.
WE ARE PLANNING ON, UH, MOVING INTO BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, UM, WITH THIS PROJECT.
UH, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING WITH THIS PROJECT IS WE'RE GONNA ADD A 60 FOOT, UH, SPAN BRIDGE ACROSS OYSTER CREEK RIGHT THERE, OR, I'M SORRY, LONG POINT CREEK RIGHT THERE.
IT'S GONNA BE ADDED TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE EXISTING DARBY LANE, WHICH WILL KEEP DARBY LANE ITSELF IN, IN OPERATION THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS, AT THAT 60 FOOT BRIDGE.
IT'S A, UH, TWO 14 FOOT WIDE LANES.
AND THEN THAT IS ACTUALLY, IT'S GONNA RAISE THE, UH, ROADWAY SURFACE UP THREE FEET ABOVE WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS TO PROVIDE GREATER, UH, AREA UNDER THE BRIDGE.
AND INSTEAD OF HAVING THOSE BOX CULVERTS UNDER THERE, IT'S GONNA BE A FULL FORMAL BRIDGE.
IT'S GONNA HAVE JUST HAVE A LOT MORE AREA TO MOVE WATER UNDERNEATH.
IT'S NOT GONNA ACT AS A DAM AS IT'S CURRENTLY ACTING.
UM, IT'S, AND IT'S GONNA BE SAFE TO REVERSE THE NEW, UH, WHAT FINISHED GRADE OF THE ROAD SURFACE IS GOING TO BE.
I THINK IT'S A FOOT, MAYBE A BIT MORE THAN A FOOT ABOVE THE A HUNDRED YEAR, UH, FLOOD ELEVATION.
CURRENTLY THE ROAD SURFACE IS BELOW THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD, UH, ELEVATION.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, UH, DO, HAVE WE RECEIVED, OR DO YOU KNOW IF WE'VE RECEIVED THE, UH, RIGHT OF ENTRY, UH, FROM, WHAT IS IT, FOUR, UH, LANDOWNERS? WE YES.
WE DO HAVE ALL FOUR RIGHTS OF ENTRY FROM EACH OF THE FOUR LANDOWNERS.
AND THE OTHER THING I THINK THAT NO, NO, THAT'S FINE TO MARCUS.
UH, THE OTHER THING I THINK THAT THIS BRIDGE PROVIDES IS, UH, WHEN WE HAVE HIGH WATER EVENTS OVER THERE, THE BACK PART OF, UH, UH, THE, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT WAS UNACCESSIBLE SO PEOPLE COULDN'T GET BACK OR GET OUT OF THERE.
SO THIS IN FACT, UH, PROVIDES, UH, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM IN THE HIGH WATER EVENT TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO THEIR PROPERTY.
SO I THINK IT, UH, IT ALSO ALLEVIATES, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, ISSUES THAT, UH, CREEK MONT SOUTH, UH, FELT
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THAT, UH, IT WOULD, UH, IT WOULD, UH, WOULD HELP.SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S AS, UH, COUNCILMAN BONY SAID.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS THING FOR PROBABLY ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, SO I HOPE WE CAN HOLD, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY THE, UH, DRAINAGE DISTRICT TO A SCHEDULE, UH, BECAUSE, UH, IT, IT'S ALWAYS SEEMS TO SLIP A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UH, MAYBE WE, UH, UH, WE CAN, UH, GET AN ESTIMATED START AND FINISH DATE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(d) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing a partner...]
11 DA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SNOW DROP FOUNDATION, INC.WITH A MISSOURI CITY ULTRA 55 RACE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATED THERETO.
UH, AS DANIELLE COME UP AND SPEAK, UH, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, I JUST WANNA MAKE A NOTE THAT THIS IS OUR CITY MANAGER'S FAVORITE EVENT.
STARTS AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, SO THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES A, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SNOWDROP FOUNDATION.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUS YEARS.
UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE, UH, THE SNOWDROP FOUNDATION IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, AND THE ULTRA 55 HOUR RACE IS THEIR, THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER THAT BRINGS IN ABOUT 400 REGIONAL AND NATIONAL COMPETITIVE RUNNERS.
UM, THIS EVENT'S BEEN HELD AT BUFFALO RUN PARK SINCE 2018, IN WHICH THEY HAVE SOUGHT A COMMUNITY EVENT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, UM, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL AGREEMENT, UM, IN ORDER TO HOST THE EVENT AT BUFFALO RUN AND EXCHANGE, UH, FOR NO FEES, UM, THAT HAS REQUIRED COUNCIL APPROVAL BECAUSE THEY DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT POLICY.
UM, THEIR BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT ALL MISSOURI CITY RE OR NOT 50% MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU TODAY WITH THIS RESOLUTION, UM, WOULD BE FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH SNOWDROP FOUNDATION.
AND THIS WOULD ALLOW, UM, THEM TO HOST THE ULTRA 55 HOUR RACE AT BUFFALO RUN PARK FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UM, STARTING IN 2024, RUNNING THROUGH 2029.
UM, AND IT DOES INCLUDE THE, THE WAIVED FEES OF BUFFALO RUN PARK FOR SIX DAYS.
UM, THEY, THEY ONLY SHUT DOWN THE PARK FOR TWO OF THOSE DAYS, BUT THEY DO HAVE SET UP, UM, AND BRINGING IN THEIR VENDORS AND THEIR VOLUNTEERS, UH, FOR, FOR FOUR DAYS PRIOR TO THAT, OR THREE DAYS PRIOR AND ONE DAY AFTER.
UM, IT'S AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF ABOUT 4,500 PER YEAR, AND THAT INCLUDES THE WAIVED FEES, ALL OF THE STAFF TIME, UM, AS WELL AS SOME OF THAT PERMIT PROCESSING TIME WHEN IT COMES TO, TO FIRE AND THE TEMP PERMITS.
UM, AND SO THIS IS ALL, THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT DOES INCLUDE ALL OF THE SAME LANGUAGE AS A COMMUNITY EVENT PARTICIPATION.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO SEND US THEIR, UM, THEIR FINANCIALS FOLLOWING THE FACT AND GIVE US A REPORT OF THE EVENT AS WELL AS THE TOURISM IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSH.
JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
UM, HAVE THEY EVER PROVIDED ANY OF THAT INFORMATION TO US IN THE PAST? YES.
SO THEY TYPICALLY COME TO CITY COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH, UM, AND THEY GIVE A FULL PRESENTATION AND THEY PROVIDE THAT TO STAFF AS WELL SEPARATELY.
I, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR CONTINUING TO COME TO OUR CITY.
UM, IT BRINGS IN SOME GREAT TAXES, UH, TAX BENEFITS WITH HAVING 400, UM, PEOPLE TO COME IN AND TO, UM, VISIT ONE OF OUR AMAZING PARKS.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY LAST YEAR TO GO CITY MANAGER DIDN'T COME OUT IN THE COLD WITH US LAST YEAR.
YOU OKAY THE NEXT TIME? PUT IT ON CAMERA.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARLIS CHALLENGED US ALL TO COME OUT AND, AND WE WERE ALL THERE, INCLUDING SNOW BUNNY RIGHT HERE.
BUT, UM, NO, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, UM, THANK YOU TO THE ULTRA 55 RACE FOR CHOOSING OUR CITY, AND I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND PROVIDE THIS FIVE YEAR DEAL FOR THEM.
RECOGNIZING HOUSE MEMBER RILEY.
UM, I'M EXCITED THAT YOU GUYS ARE EXTENDED, UH, DURING THE FIVE YEARS, SO THAT WAY THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A HOME RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST DO ONE REQUEST.
ONE ASK IS IF WE DO A LITTLE BIT MORE PUBLICITY AROUND THE EVENT SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE OF OUR RESIDENTS INVOLVED AND COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING AND
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PARTICIPATING AND LEARNING, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS RACE ACTUALLY MEANS.BECAUSE I'M SURE WE HAVE RESIDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT COULD RELATE, UM, TO THIS ORGANIZATION AND MAY WANT TO HELP SUPPORT IT IN ANY TYPE OF WAY.
SO IF MAYBE WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CHATTER GOING ON, UH, AROUND THIS, I'D LIKE TO JUST SEE THAT.
BUT OTHERWISE, I JUST WOULD LIKE THE CITY SECRETARY TO GET US, IF WE'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE, GET US MAYBE SOME SNOW BUNNY OUTFITS OR SOMETHING
WE'RE OUT THERE DOING SELFIES AND STUFF, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING E JOYCE AND, UM, THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY SECRETARY.
WE DIDN'T SEE THE MAYOR, BUT WE'RE WELCOMING YOU OUT THERE, MAYOR.
SINCE YOU SAID THAT, SINCE YOU SAID THAT, I'LL JUST SAY THAT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY, ME, WORKED ON THIS PROCESS, TRIED TO RECRUIT ME, AND I PUSHED IT OFF TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM AT THAT TIME, JEFF BONY.
AND HE, WHEN YOU JOINED, PUSHED IT OFF TO YOU
AND SO WE HAVE A MUSICAL CHAIR THAT'S GOING ON HERE.
UH, I'M NOT A 6 5 30 PERSON, SO I'M LATE PERSON, BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM COUNCIL, AS YOU TALKED ABOUT IS, IS THEY BRING SO MANY, UM, THEY USE OUR HOTEL, OUR SHOPPINGS IN TEXAS PARKWAY AND ALL OVER THE CITY.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT BENEFIT TO SEE THE PEOPLE AND, AND THE MONEY THAT THEY RAISE GOES TO A GREAT CAUSE.
UM, RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN BONY.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T RUN THE WHOLE WAY, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, SO I MADE, SO YOU'RE TRYING TO CORRECT IT ON CAMERA.
I MAY GET BACK TO MY, UH, MY WAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, UH, IN DECEMBER.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER WANTS TO, TO CHALLENGE ME, I'LL BE, I'LL BE WAITING.
ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION I'VE BEEN EVERY YEAR SINCE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARU HAS BROUGHT THIS, UH, TO MY ATTENTION.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THE MAYOR, UH, YOU KNOW, HE, HE'S, I HAVE YOU BEEN OUT THERE AT ALL? NO.
NO, BUT, BUT, BUT NO, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT EVENT AND IT IS, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO, TO SUPPORT IT AS WELL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SAY THANK YOU DANIELLE, UH, AND, AND TEAM FOR WORKING ON ESTABLISHING AN AGREEMENT WITH SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN COMMITTED TO US.
'CAUSE THEY MOVED HERE FROM, UH, SUGAR LAND.
SO WE STOLE FROM SUGAR LAND, SO, YOU KNOW.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PROTON KLAUSER, SECONDED BY CONSTABLE MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
SO, JUST SO EVERYONE AT HOME AND WATCHING THIS KNOW THAT, UH, FOR CITY MANAGER, WE REMOVED ITEM 11 E.
[(i) Consideration and Possible Action- A resolution authorizing the City M...]
GONNA GO TO ITEM 11 I OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR EXTERNAL AUDITING SERVICES AND PROVIDING FOR REPL.
WE HAVE JASON MANGUM, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
COUNSEL, I DON'T HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY, UH, MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH, UH, WEAVER TIDWELL TO DO OUR, UH, CITY'S AUDITING SERVICE FOR ONE YEAR.
NEED A MOTION? UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY SECONDED BY MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
MEMBER PAL AND PT, THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM, WE DON'T HAVE, ITEM WE DONE WITH ITEM 12.
THERE'S NO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND THEN, UH, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 9:44 PM THANK YOU ALL.