* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] CITY OF [1. CALL TO ORDER] MISSOURI CITY PARKS BOARD MEETING TO ORDER. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR GREEN LIGHT IS ON. EVERYBODY'S GOT THE GREEN LIGHT ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, ITEM ONE IS ROLL CALL. MR. WILLIAMS. HERE. HERE. MR. SNYDER. BUDDY SNYDER. HERE. PRESENT. MR. BRUCE? HERE. MS. CATHERINE? HERE. MS. DIANE HERE. SUSAN HAS SENT US AN EMAIL AND SHE WILL HAVE TO, SHE'S RESIGNED AS A PARKS BOARD MEMBER BECAUSE OF OTHER COMMITMENTS. AND SO, UH, SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT AND WILL NOT BE HERE. UH, MS. BALD TRIP. SHE'S STRIPPED THROAT. YOU PREFER HER NOT BEING HERE TONIGHT? MS. ROSS? I'M HERE. MS. ANDREWS. I'M HERE. MS. THOMAS SAYING IS OUT SICK. SHE CALLED ME BEFORE I GOT HERE. MS. OVERTON? HERE. MR. MERCHANT HERE. AND MR. TURNER, THAT IS OUR ROLL CALL. [3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES] UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES. UH, CONSIDER APPROVING THE AUGUST 1ST, 2024 PARKS BOARD MEETING MINUTES. THOSE MINUTES WAS EMAILED TO EVERYONE. UH, WE ALL SHOULD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THOSE MEETING MINUTES. IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AUGUST MEETING MINUTES. I APPROVE. I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND BY, I THINK IT WAS BUDDY, BUDDY. SECOND BY BUDDY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. [4. PUBLIC COMMENTS] ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. IF WE HAVE ANYONE THAT'S HERE FOR THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO THE MICROPHONE AND, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND TELL US WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND THIS EVENING, MA'AM. FANTASTIC. UH, MY NAME IS DEIA BENA. I LIVE IN 4 4 2 7 PINE LANDING DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. UH, VERY EXCITED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PRESENT TO YOU GUYS HERE AT THE, THE BEAUTIFUL FOLKS OF THE PARKS BOARD. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME AT ONE OF THESE MEETINGS. UM, SO WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU TODAY TO GUY, GUYS TODAY ABOUT, IS BASICALLY A COMMUNITY INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GAIN MORE AWARENESS FROM AND PARTNER WITH THE CITY MORE. UM, PRETTY MUCH, UH, KIND OF EARLIER, UH, THIS YEAR, WE, UM, WE, WE KIND OF CAME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO PROTECT THIS BEAUTIFUL, NATURAL, UH, WOODED AREA THAT'S ACTUALLY ADJACENT TO MANY, MANY NEIGHBORHOODS IN, UH, MISSOURI CITY. UM, THIS LAND IS HOME TO ALL KINDS OF WILDLIFE. IT'S HOME TO BALD EAGLES, IT'S HOME TO DEER, BEAVER. WE'VE DONE, UM, ALL KINDS OF, KIND OF LIKE EXPLORING AND SEEING AND RECORDED OVER 40 BIRD SPECIES, ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS. AND WHAT I'M ASKING YOU ABOUT TODAY IS BASICALLY TO WORK WITH US TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO HELP FUNDRAISE MONEY, TO RAISE, UH, TO RAISE MONEY AND WORK WITH US TOGETHER TO PRESERVE, UM, A BEAUTIFUL WOODED AREA AS AN AREA WHERE WE CAN ALL USE, AS, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY WITH, UH, TRAILS, WITH PICNIC TABLES, POTENTIALLY LIKE FOOD TRUCKS, THAT KIND OF THING. UM, IT IS REALLY JUST LIKE PRISTINE WOODED AREA. AND AS WE, AND AS THIS MEETING, UH, Y'ALL WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF THE UPDATES THAT ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING LATER THIS YEAR. SO, I'D LIKE TO JUST PUT THIS IN YOUR Y'ALL'S HEAD ABOUT, AS WE UPDATE THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, HOW DO WE KIND OF MAINTAIN SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT, UH, WILDLIFE CORRIDORS AND THINGS TO, UH, MAKE SURE AS WE MODERNIZE, RIGHT? WE STILL HAVE THE BEAUTIFUL WOODED AREAS, UM, THE BEAUTIFUL WILDLIFE AROUND OUR HOMES. WE PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY WELLBEING. WE, UH, BUILD MORE TRAILS, THAT KIND OF THING. UM, ONE OF MY RECENT EXPERIENCES AND, AND KIND OF EXAMPLES IS WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AT AUSTIN, RIGHT? AND I KIND OF ZOOM OUT ON A MAP OF AUSTIN, I SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL TRAILS, KIND OF IMMERSED WITH THE CITY. I SEE, UH, WATER AREAS. I SEE ALL OF THESE, UM, REALLY GREAT THINGS. AND I THINK WITH MISSOURI CITY, WE HAVE AN AMAZING COMMUNITY, A COLORFUL COMMUNITY. AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANNA ADVOCATE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS IS MORE OF THESE TYPE WOODED AREAS. SO THINK KITTY HOLLOW PARK, BUT WITH STILL THE REMAINING TREES AND EVERYTHING WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A SHADED EXPERIENCE AND NOT BE SO HOT AS WE CAN ALL KNOW, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY ENJOY THESE WOODED AREAS. SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S, I THINK, A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BACKING FOR IT. SO WHEN, UH, THE [00:05:01] CALL CAME TO DEVELOP THIS LAND, WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, SIGN A PETITION AND ADVOCATE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THIS LAND RESERVE. WE GOT FEATURED ON A, B, C 13 NEWS, AND WE HAD THEM COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND , YOU KNOW, KIND OF SHOW THE WOODED LAND AND, AND TELL OUR, OUR STORY. WE'VE BEEN, UH, INTERVIEWED FOR PODCASTS, MULTIPLE NEWSPAPERS. UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES. THERE ARE A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS INTERESTED IN THIS. SO I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PARTNER, UH, WITH THE CITY, WITH YOU GUYS TO REALLY BRING MORE OF A SPOTLIGHT TO MISSOURI CITY. UM, SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE LIKE NFL PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UH, MADE A LOT OF MONEY AND CAME BACK TO MISSOURI CITY AND WANT TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY AND DO THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST MY FIRST INTRO. UNFORTUNATELY, I FORGOT MY NOTES IN THE CAR, SO I JUST DECIDED TO WING IT A BIT AND MAKE SURE I GOT MY PUBLIC COMMENTS A BIT IN. UH, BUT WANTED TO PUT THIS ON YOUR RADAR BECAUSE AS WE BUILD THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS WE START, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING, UH, WHAT THIS NEW VISION IN MISSOURI CITY, UH, WILL BE WITH ALL THESE AMAZING NEW BUSINESSES AND DEVELOPMENTS, LET'S ALSO THINK ABOUT WILDLIFE, COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, KIDS BEING ABLE TO, UH, GO OUT INTO NATURE. AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE USED TO DO THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T ADVOCATE FOR IS, YOU KNOW, CATCH GATORS IN THE CREEKS, CATCH TURTLES, RIGHT? UM, DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS. WE STILL HAVE, UH, LITTLE KIDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, UH, GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHEN THE LITTLE DEER COME OUT AND, YOU KNOW, THEY GO OUT AND PLAY WITH THEM AT LIKE SUNSET. IT'S VERY, IT'S VERY, UH, LIKE A DISNEY, DISNEY MOVIE, RIGHT? SO I WANNA PRESERVE THOSE THINGS. I WANNA KEEP THOSE THINGS, AND I WANNA PARTNER WITH YOU GUYS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO IT. I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH PROJECT, BUT WE, ME PERSONALLY AND THE COMMUNITY ARE HERE TO PARTNER WITH YOU GUYS AND HOPEFULLY TAKE ON THE HEAVY WORK AND THEN ALSO BRING A SPOTLIGHT TO MISSOURI CITY FOR POSITIVE ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY, UH, WELLBEING. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN FEATURED ON A, B, C 13 NEWS TWICE, JUST BY BEING, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO EARTH FUN PEOPLE. SO I FIGURE ONCE WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, PUT SOME FIREPOWER BEHIND THIS AND MAKE THIS AN AMAZING STORY, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SHOWCASE OUR CITY AND ALSO INSPIRE OTHER PEOPLE. SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT I DO HAVE TWO, TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. YES, ABSOLUTELY. UH, NUMBER ONE, PLEASE MAKE SURE DANIELLE GETS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER, OR YOU GRAB HER CARD. OKAY? THAT'S THE FIRST THING. UH, SO WE CAN REACH BACK OUT TO YOU. THE SECOND QUESTION IS, WHERE IS THE LOCATION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH, YEAH. SO IT IS, UM, RIGHT ON WATTS PLANTATION AND KNIGHT ROAD. IT'S, UH, IF, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIGHWAY SIX AND KIND OF THE TOLLWAY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF THAT. MM-HMM, . SO IT'S A BIG WOODED TRACK. UM, I'M TRYING TO, SO IT'S OFF OF WATTS PLANTATION ROAD? UH, YEAH, WATTS PLANTATION AND NIGHT ROAD. SO IT'S LIKE WATSON NIGHT, AND IT'S A, A TRACK OF LAND, RIGHT, RIGHT THERE THAT, UM, BUT BORDERS, UH, A COUPLE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. AND, UM, RIGHT NOW IS COMPLETELY UNDEVELOPED. DOESN'T HAVE LIKE ELECTRICITY, WATER, OR ANYTHING TO IT. OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I MEAN, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR STUFF IN THAT AREA. UH, DO YOU KNOW WHO OR WHO OWNS, IS THIS PRIVATELY OWNED LAND? YEAH, IT IS. UH, PART OF IT IS PRIVATELY OWNED. SOME OF IT IS OWNED BY LIKE A ELECTRIC UTILITY THAT KIND OF, UH, WORK. OUR IDEA IS WE START WITH KIND OF A SMALLER PARCEL, RIGHT. AND SEE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET THE FUNDRAISING FOR THAT. SO IT'S KIND OF BUY THE LAND, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY ADVOCATE, DEVELOP THE VISION, UM, WHAT WE WOULD DO IN TERMS OF LIKE PICNIC TABLES, FOOD TRUCKS, THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND THEN ACTUALLY MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW OUR KIND OF THOUGHT PROCESS, IT'S 17 ACRES AT ITS SMALLEST AND, YOU KNOW, CAN BE UP TO LIKE 40, 50. ALRIGHT. AND SO THIS IS JUST HERE FROM THE PUBLIC, SO WE CAN'T REALLY HAVE DISCUSSION ON IT BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. THE ATTORNEY LOOKING AT ME WITH THE, SHE'S GOT THE STINK EYE ON ME. SO THAT'S HER JOB. THAT'S HER JOB. I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. I'M NOT THE FAVORITE ANYMORE NOW, BUT IF YOU CAN LEAVE MS. DANIELLE, YOUR, YOUR INFORMATION, UH, DEFINITELY WE'LL REACH OUT TO YOU AND HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION. AND AGAIN, PLEASE STAY, WE WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU, UH, WE WE'RE ENJOYING YOUR ZEAL THERE, . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND YEAH, I, I, I JUST WANNA SAY, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A CRAZY IDEA, UH, AT, AT, PROBABLY AT THIS BASELINE. IT'S THAT CRAZY'S NOT, IT'S NOT THAT CRAZY. OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU, ENTHUSIA. IT'S NOT THE ONLY AREA WE'RE LOOKING AT. OH, I, I THANK YOU GUYS AND I APPRECIATE IT. UM, IT'S THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PROPELLED ME FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO HELP ME CARRY THIS TORCH. SO NOW IT'S, IT'S YOU GUYS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK, THANK YOU. UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'VE GONE [5. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION] OVER TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. ITEM FIVE IS ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION. UH, ITEM FIVE A USING DATA TO IMPROVE OUR PARKS, PARKS DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, [00:10:01] MR TRAIN. ALRIGHT. OKAY. SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL, UM, JUST KIND OF A PROCESS IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THESE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. UM, SO, UM, WHEN I STARTED WORKING HERE LAST YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE DECIDING HOW ARE WE GONNA IMPROVE THIS COMMUNITY, HOW ARE WE GONNA IMPROVE OUR PARKS? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THESE, THE WAY THAT WE SPEND OUR TAX DOLLARS AND THE WAY THAT WE, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEND OUR TIME, IS IN A WAY THAT, UM, THE COMMUNITY IS GONNA BE, HAVE GONNA HAVE THEIR NEEDS BEST MET. UM, AND I THINK IN TODAY'S WORLD, THERE'S SO MUCH DATA OUT THERE, UM, THAT IT COULD BE FOOLISH TO NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE INFORMATION AT OUR FINGERTIPS. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I INCLUDED THIS, UH, PIE CHART UP HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, SO WHY TAKE A DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO PARK PLANNING? UM, ACCORDING TO NRPA 90% OF PARKS AND REC DIRECTORS WHO, WHO WERE SURVEYED SAID, UH, DATA ANALYTICS ARE IMPORTANT FOR DECISION MAKING. SO PRETTY, PRETTY UNANIMOUS OPINION THERE, ALMOST UNANIMOUS. UM, SO I WANTED TO SHOW A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN LOOK AT THE DATA THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ANALYZE THROUGH A, A SOFTWARE SUITE CALLED PLACER AI, UM, WHICH ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT, UM, CELL PHONE DATA. UM, SO OVER HERE, UM, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE WE CAN LOOK AT, UM, LIKE WE COULD PULL UP EVERY PARK FROM MISSOURI CITY. SO THIS SCREENSHOT CUTS OFF AT 10, BUT THIS ACTUALLY HAS THE INFORMATION FOR EVERY SINGLE PARK. THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT. UM, WE CAN SEE, UH, HOW MANY TOTAL VISITS ALL OF OUR PARKS GOT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OUR AVERAGE VISITS, UH, PER LOCATION. AND THEN TRENDS BASED ON, UM, YOU KNOW, MONTH TO MONTH IF WE'RE SEEING DROPS, IF WE'RE SEEING INCREASES, UM, YOU KNOW, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN KIND OF ADDRESS THAT, RIGHT? IF, IF THERE IS AN INCREASE OR DEC OR A DECREASE IN PARK USAGE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN KIND OF DELVE FURTHER IN AND SEE WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR THAT, AND THEN KIND OF TRY TO TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. UM, WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT WHETHER OUR INVESTMENTS ARE BEING UTILIZED, RIGHT? SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE. UM, I PULLED UP FOR A RIDGEVIEW PARK, RIGHT? WE CAN LOOK AT, UM, PARK USERSHIP FROM, UH, THE DATES BEFORE, UH, THE SPLASH PAD WAS INSTALLED IN 2021, AND WE COULD LOOK AT, UH, PARK USERSHIP NOW, RIGHT? AND SO, AS AN EXAMPLE, RIDGEVIEW PARK, UM, HAS SEEN 115% INCREASE IN PARK USERSHIP, UH, LIKE MONTH TO MONTH. LIKE SAME FOR THE SAME MONTH VERSUS, UM, YOU KNOW, VERSUS THREE YEARS AGO. SO THAT IS DEFINITELY MORE, MORE THAN LIKELY, UM, PEOPLE ARE APPRECIATING THE SPLASH PAD, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN USE THAT AS INFORMATION, UM, TO SUPPORT, UH, FUTURE INVESTMENTS. UM, WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MORE ON THE REC SIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO'S ATTENDING OUR EVENTS. UM, IF WE'RE CREATING A, AN EVENT AND WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'S GONNA BE, UH, MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS COMING OR HOPING TO REACH A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ARE THOSE THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE ATTRACTING, RIGHT? AND MAYBE WHAT LOCATION SPECIFICALLY ARE THEY, ARE FOLKS COMING FROM? MAYBE IF THEY'RE ALL COMING FROM A CERTAIN PLACE, PERHAPS THAT COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, ADD SOME VALUE TO MAYBE ADVERTISING IN THOSE LOCATIONS. SO I PULLED UP, UH, YOU KNOW, WAKE AND SCRAPE EVENT THAT WAS HOSTED, UM, AT CITY PREMISES RECENTLY. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD, WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY FOLKS WERE THERE, 1200 PEOPLE, UH, ATTENDED THE EVENT, AND YOU COULD SEE WHERE THEY WERE COMING FROM AND WHERE THEY WENT TO. SO VERY INTERESTINGLY, FOR THE AWAKEN SCRAPE, SCRAPE EVENT, A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, BEFORE AND AFTER THE EVENT CAME FROM THE, UH, NAS, UH, NAACP, UH, MISSOURI CITY BRANCH. SO PERHAPS THEY HAD SOME TYPE OF, UH, PERHAPS FOLKS MET THERE, TOOK SOME TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION TOGETHER THERE. BUT, UM, I MEAN, UM, YOU KNOW, COULD USE THIS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO PERHAPS TRAFFIC PLANNING FOR THE EVENT. IF YOU'RE GONNA, IF YOU'RE GONNA BUS PEOPLE TO AND FROM SOMETHING, YOU COULD SEE WHERE IT, WHERE THOSE ROUTES WOULD MAKE SENSE. UM, WE COULD ALSO SEE HOW ARE OUR PARKS SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES NE NEEDS VERSUS SIMILAR PARKS, RIGHT? SO, UM, JUST AN EXAMPLE I PULLED UP FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION. WE CAN LOOK AT COMMUNITY PARK IN MISSOURI CITY AND THEN A SIMILAR PARK. UM, SUGAR LAND HAS A CITY PARK, UM, RIGHT? AND HOW IS OUR VIEWS, HOW IS OUR, UH, USERSHIP COMPARING, RIGHT? UM, AND YOU [00:15:01] CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY RELATIVELY COMPARABLE. UM, SO THAT IS GOOD DATA TO HAVE. UM, RIGHT. IF THERE WAS A MAJOR GAP, THERE'D PROBABLY BE SOMETHING TO EXPLORE OF WHAT, WHAT DO THEY HAVE AT THEIR PARK THAT MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE? AND YOU COULD KIND OF GO FROM THERE. UM, ANOTHER USEFUL FEATURE, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING MAYBE SOME EQUIPMENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE, UM, WE COULD SEE DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT MAKES SENSE TO PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE THESE FEATURES? SO ONE EXAMPLE I THOUGHT OF WAS, I HAD A MEETING WITH A PLAYGROUND REP THE OTHER DAY, AND HE, UM, RECOMMENDED HE, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT A YOUTH CHALLENGE COURSE THAT GOT INSTALLED AT COLONIAL PARK AT WEST U. SO I WENT AND PULLED UP THE DATA AND I WANTED TO SEE ARE MORE PEOPLE ATTENDING THIS PARK SINCE THEY INSTALLED THIS EQUIPMENT? I LOOKED AT THE DATES, THEY REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN ANY INCREASE IN PARK USERSHIP. NOW THERE MIGHT STILL BE VALUE THERE, BUT THAT IMMEDIATELY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT GIVES YOU SOME INFORMATION OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS MAKES SENSE, MAYBE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. UM, ANOTHER EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WHERE SHOULD YOU PUT A PARK SIGN, RIGHT? UM, YOU COULD LOOK AT ANY, ANY PARK IN THE CITY OR ANY POTENTIAL PARK, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT WHERE ARE PEOPLE COMING TO THIS PARK FROM, RIGHT? SO WHAT, WHAT, UM, WHAT AREAS AND WHAT AREAS DID VISIBILITY MAKE THE MOST SENSE? RIGHT? LIKE, WHAT AREA, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE PEOPLE PASSING BY? UM, SO YOU COULD STRATEGICALLY PLACE THE SIGN SO THAT MOST PEOPLE SEE THEM. UM, SO THOSE ARE JUST A HANDFUL OF EXAMPLES. THERE ARE A MILLION OTHER WAYS YOU CAN, YOU CAN USE THIS INFORMATION TO, UH, JUST MAKE THE MOST INFORMED DECISIONS POSSIBLE. UM, IF THERE'S CERTAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, IF ANY OF Y'ALL HAD CERTAIN THINGS YOU WERE CURIOUS ABOUT TO SEE IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED US TO LOOK AT IN THE PARK PLANNING PROCESS, THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION. UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE JUST SOMETHING NEW TO OUR PROCESS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MAY HAVE. HOW LONG HAVE Y'ALL BEEN USING THIS DATA INFORMATION? SO WE JUST GOT ACCESS IN JUNE. SO, UM, AND THEN REALLY JUST KIND OF BEEN GETTING THE HANG OF IT. SO REALLY JUST THE PAST, PROBABLY THE PAST TWO MONTHS WE'VE REALLY BEEN USING IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? YES, SIR. SIR, YES. HOW, HOW ARE YOU ACTUALLY COLLECTING THAT DATA? SO WE, SO THERE'S A COMPANY CALLED PLACER. THEY COLLECT THAT DATA. IT'S CELL PHONE DATA. SO LIKE, THE WAY IT WORKS IS, UM, THERE'S CERTAIN APPS AND IT'S ALL, WE DON'T KNOW WHICH APPS THEY ARE, THAT IF FOLKS HAVE THEM AND THEY CLICK ON THEIR PHONE, LIKE, I AGREE TO SHARE THIS DATA THAT GETS SHARED OUT TO THEM. AND THEN ALL OF THAT GETS AGGREGATED AND SHARED TO US. THERE'S NO P THERE'S NO NAMES OR BIRTHDAYS, OR THERE'S NO WAY TO LOOK AT THIS DATA AND KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHO WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYONE HAS A CELL PHONE. NOT EVERYONE SHARES THEIR INFORMATION. SO IT'S, UM, SO THEY HAVE AN ALGORITHM TO, UM, LIKE A MULTIPLIER, RIGHT? SO THAT THE NUMBERS WE'RE GETTING ARE NOT JUST PEOPLE SHARING THEIR DATA, THEY'RE REPRESENTATIVE OF LIKE, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT. AND SO, UH, THIS IS THE SAME SOFTWARE THAT, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, BEST BUY USES, UH, WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT TO KEEP IN THEIR STORES, WHAT SECTIONS OF THE STORE GET THE MOST TRAFFIC. UM, OTHER CITIES USE IT TOO. SUGAR LAND IS A, AND, UH, UH, USES THE PLATFORM, UM, AS AN EXAMPLE. SO IT'S, IT'S NOT SOMETHING, UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE THE FIRST TO DO OR ANYTHING. SO MOST OF, LIKE THE BUSINESS CHAMBERS, LIKE ROSENBERG CHAMBER, THEY USE IT IN WHAT IT IS TO, UH, THEY USE IT AS A TOOL FOR THEM TO LURE BUSINESSES IN TO SAY THAT MM-HMM, , YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE CLOSEST GROCERY STORE AND YOU KNOW, THE CELL PHONE, I MEAN, IT TRACKS, IT DOES EVERYTHING. AND SO THAT'S THE DATABASE THAT THEY USE THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT TOTALLY, BUT FROM WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED AT OTHER VENUES THAT I'VE GONE TO, UH, IT, IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THIS RIGHT HERE. BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON IN THIS ROOM DOES NOT HAVE ONE. IF THERE'S ONE PERSON THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CELL PHONE IN HERE, I'LL GIVE YOU $100 . AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS NOT THE OFFER FOR Y FOR Y'ALL'S INFORMATION. I THINK ONE, ONE REASON THAT WE DECIDED IT WAS COST EFFECTI TO GO WITH CELL PHONE DATA IS ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST KIND OF THOUGHT I HAD WAS, LET'S GET, UM, PEDESTRIAN TRACKERS, RIGHT? MM-HMM. . BUT THEN YOU KIND OF RUN INTO THE ISSUE OF IF YOU WANNA TRACK DIFFERENT PARTS OF PARKS, YOU GOTTA HAVE THEM EVERYWHERE, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE, I MEAN, AND THE NICE, THE NICE TRACKERS THAT, UM, ACT LIKE CAN BE $500 PER PEDESTRIAN TRACKER. AND WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING 20 IN A PARK, AND THEN YOU HAVE 20 PARKS, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE STAFF TIME FOR, UH, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE TRACKERS [00:20:01] TO UP, TO GET THE, YEAH, GET THE SD CARD, TAKE IT OUT, TYPE IN THE INFORMATION. I MEAN, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMEONE'S FULL DAY EVERY TWO WEEKS TO DO THAT, RIGHT? SO, UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE MAINTENANCE OF THESE TRACKERS. UM, SO LOOKING AT SUBSCRIPTION COSTS FOR THIS KIND OF THING, IT'S JUST, THIS MADE MORE SENSE AND IT'S EASIER TO USE. SO THAT WAS REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAME TO THAT AGREEMENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT'S GOOD. THERE'S NOT, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THE REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER [6. ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION] SIX, UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX A IS TO CREATE A PART CHECKLIST. UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST MONTH. I ASKED THEM TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. UH, I WAS APPROACHED BY BOARD MEMBERS TO, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE'RE ALL ASKED TO, I ASKED EVERYONE TO ADOPT A PART. MM-HMM. . UH, AND THE ADOPT A PART IS, IT'S NOT, WE WEREN'T LOOKING AT IT OR HOW WE'VE LOOKED AT IT IN THE PAST IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO BE THE EYES AND EARS OF STAFF WHEN WE'RE JUST OUT THERE ENJOYING THOSE FACILITIES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, GETTING FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE SIT ON THE PARK BENCH TALKING TO JOE BLOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK? OR, YOU KNOW, HEAR ARE THEIR COMPLAINTS OR THEIR PRAISES, AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION BACK TO STAFF. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME PATRONS OF THOSE FACILITIES HAVE A DIFFERENT RESPONSE THAN THEY WOULD WITH SOMEBODY IN A UNIFORM WITH A, A MISSOURI CITY ON THERE. THEY'RE MORE FRANK. AND, AND AGAIN, WE'RE THE AMBASSADORS, UH, FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. AND SO THAT WAS THE INITIAL OF WHY EVERYBODY THAT COMES ON BOARD, WE SAY, WELL ADOPT A PARK. AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ONE, IT COULD BE TWO, IT COULD BE FIVE ALL IN ONE PARK CAN DO MULTIPLE PARTS. UH, IT'S JUST STRICTLY A VOLUNTEER JUST TO HELP GIVE FEEDBACK TO STAFF. AND, UH, IN DOING THAT, UM, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT, UH, I WAS ASKED, DO WE HAVE A CHECKLIST? AND I SAID, WELL, NO, WE'RE JUST PRETTY MUCH JUST, YOU KNOW, HEAR WHAT YOU DO. YEAH. TELL WHAT YOU WANT. AND SO, UH, I WAS FORWARDED, UH, A CHECKLIST. I SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW, I, I KIND OF LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO, AND AGAIN, EVERYTHING'S ALWAYS VOLUNTEER, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO KIND OF HELP ME GO THROUGH THIS. AND, UM, SO I, I DID, UH, GET A COPY FROM, NOW I HAVE MY SENIOR MOMENT WHO EMAILED IT. OH, WAS YOU? THAT'S RIGHT. I WAS TRYING TO THINK, LOOK, THIS IS WHY YOU ASKED ME TO SIT NEXT TO, THAT'S WHY I MADE HIM SITTING NEXT TO ME. THERE YOU GO. BUT, UH, UH, AND, AND ACTUALLY I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. I DON'T THINK IT GOT SENT TO EVERYBODY. NO. UH, THE CHECKLIST. BUT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS, UH, JUST HAVING SOME BOARD MEMBERS TO, UH, SIT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT. UH, YOU KNOW, I FOUND A BASIS. AND SO I THINK WHAT WILL BE GOOD IS IF WE COULD GET A COUPLE OF US, UH, TO, UH, PARTNER MEET SEPARATE FROM HERE. COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF YOU. LOOK, HERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK ABOUT AS A WHOLE. MM-HMM. . UH, AND SO, UH, MY THOUGHT IS ON THAT COMMITTEE, I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME VOLUNTEERS TO, TO HELP. MM-HMM. , MOVE THAT FORWARD. I ALREADY KNOW I GOT ONE TO MY RIGHT OVER HERE. 'CAUSE YOU SENT THAT LIST TO ME. YEAH. AND I WANT TO GET AT LEAST THREE MORE OF YOU. I'M GUESSING YOU WOULD WANT THIS. YOU SENT THIS LIST, NOT GONNA TWIST YOUR ARM. . UH, AND I DID GET A CALL FROM MS. ROSS. OKAY. UH, SHE ASKED ME ABOUT IT. AND, UH, DO I HAVE ANYONE, HIM, AND I'LL DO IT. HIM, AND I'LL DO, DIANE WANTS TO WORK ON IT AS WELL. YEAH. TWO OF US DO. YEAH, I WOULD. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. I'M PUT YEAH. NO MORE THAN MARY. YEAH. SO I GOT, I GOT, I GOT NAMES NOW. ALL RIGHT. I GOT TONY TALKING AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE A ZOOM CALL. HAVE ONE. I'M, I'M GONNA LET Y'ALL WORK THAT OUT. OKAY. I'M GONNA LET Y'ALL WORK THAT OUT. FINE. SOUNDS GOOD. YEAH. LET'S SEE. SO HERE'S WHO I HAVE ON THERE. I GOT PAM, I GOT MARY, I GOT MISS OVERTON. MISS WE GOT PAM, MARY, DIANE, DIANE. DIANE. DIANE AND TANNER. ALRIGHT. SO I'LL LET YOU ALL COORDINATE. Y'ALL HAVE EACH OTHER'S CONTACT INFORMATION, AND I'M SURE EITHER AT THE NEXT MEETING OR THE MEETING AFTER THAT, UH, YOU'LL COME BACK. PARDON ME? I'M SORRY. I WAS TALKING. OH, OKAY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. AND, AND MY, MY APOLOGIES. I THOUGHT I HIT REPLY ALL, SO I DON'T THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. NOT A PROBLEM. SO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE AND Y'ALL WILL WORK TOGETHER AND I'LL LET Y'ALL WORK IT OUT ON, YOU [00:25:01] KNOW, HOW Y'ALL WANNA DO THE PRESENTATION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AS IT RELATES TO THAT PARTICULAR ITEM? I WOULDN'T DO, NO. YES MA'AM. I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A COPY. OH, YEAH, YEAH. SEND DOWN TO, HE'LL EMAIL IT TO YOU THOUGH. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. EMAIL IS FINE. AND, AND THE ATTORNEYS GAVE ME THE SNAKE. I AGAIN, UH, UM, SO ARE WE CONSIDERING THIS JUST A SPECIAL COMMITTEE? AN AD HOC? IT'S AN AD HOC AD HO I'M ON THE FLY. OKAY. UM, IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY MAKE A MOTION AND HAVE IT SECONDED IN ORDER TO CREATE THE COMMITTEE. YES, MA'AM. GET ME IN LINE. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO HAVE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE PARK CHECKLIST THAT WOULD INCLUDE KAREN, OVERINGTON, PAM, MARY, DIANE, AND TANNER. I'LL ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION. I SO MOVE. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. QUESTION. SHE SMILED. DISCUSSION AND ACTION. CLOSED THERE. LEGAL. NO, IT IS NOT QUESTION RELATED TO THE WHOLE THING, BUT NOT THE OH, OKAY. IS, UH, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THIS SURVEY OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT. IT, IT'S JUST A LIST THAT IF YOU'RE OUT THE PARK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE EXPECTING PEOPLE TO CARRY IT AND THEN REPORT TO THE, IT, IT IS A STRICTLY VOLUNTEER. IF IT'S A PARK THAT YOU HAVE AND YOU JUST NEED SOME ASSISTANCE, IT'S NOT MANDATORY. IT'S STRICTLY VOLUNTEER OF, YOU KNOW, HEY, IT GIVES YOU A GUIDANCE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, AND WE DO HAVE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, OLD BOARD MEMBERS THAT SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT I NEED TO DO WHILE I'M OUT HERE . I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I'M OUT HERE. LEMME AT THIS LIST. AND SEE. AND I'D LIKE TO ADD, I, I SUGGESTED AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER, WHEN WE WERE ADOPTING A PARK, I DIDN'T KNOW, WHAT DO I LOOK FOR? AND THEN I WAS THINKING IT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY IF I HAD SOME KIND OF GUIDELINES OF WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND, YOU KNOW, UP TO OUR DISCRETION TO REPORT BACK TO STAFF AS A MEAN OF JUST COMMUNICATING AND HAVING SOME WAY OF, UH, WHAT WE LOOK FOR. AND ALSO IF, IF PATRONS EVER WANTED TO COME IN AND SAY, HEY, ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. YES. YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEE HAS REPORTED IT TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES AND IT'S BEING LOOKED INTO AND WHAT HAVE YOU. SO IT'S A GOOD ACCOUNTABILITY I FELT AS WELL. SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT BE, WHAT BECOMES OF THAT REPORT? OH, GO GIVE IT TO STAFF. IT'S THE STAFF. YEAH. WE GO TO STAFF AND I THINK THE COMMITTEE C AS A COMMITTEE WE'RE, I, I SEE US AS JUST DOING A RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT. AND THEN JUST COMING BACK AND HAVING FEEDBACK FROM EVERYONE ELSE. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING'S ETCHED IN STONE AS FAR AS THE REPORTING. WHO WOULD WE REPORTED TO AT THIS POINT? THAT'S MY VIEW. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE THAT COMPLICATED EITHER. YEAH. VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. YEAH, IT IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. BECAUSE DON'T YOU, ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW WITH YOUR PARK? YES, YES. WE'VE BEEN DOING IT. YEAH. BUT THERE'S THERE'S NO REPORTING. THERE'S NO REPORTING. YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT A WHILE. AND WE HAVE NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE NOT, SO THEY HAVE TO GET FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE PROCESS IS. SO IF WE GET TOGETHER FORM A FORM THAT THEY CAN USE AND WE CAN USE AS WELL, THEN WE ARE ALL CONSISTENT ON THE FEEDBACK. WE WILL BE GIVING THE STAFF. IT'S JUST TO HAVE, AND IT'S VOLUNTARY. IT'S STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. MEAN WE'RE NOT, BECAUSE THERE'S NO SCHEDULE. NO, WE, NO, NO, NO. I DON'T, I DON'T SEE DEBBIE THREE FY. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. YOU GOTTA GO OUT THERE EVERY MONTH. THE GUYS THAT ARE THERE AT NIGHT THAT ARE PLAYING DOMINOES ON THE CORNER, THEY WANT A TABLE. SORRY. ALREADY KNOW THAT. ALRIGHT, MOVE US ON BECAUSE MOVE US ON AND, UH, I'M GONNA BRING US ON TO ORDER SO WE CAN MOVE ON BECAUSE WE GOT SOME OTHER FOLKS HERE AND I MAY EVEN TRY TO GET THEM IN AND OUT. MATTER OF FACT. NO, I DIDN'T. NO. [7. STAFF REPORTS] OKAY. UH, STAFF REPORTS , THEY REQUESTED TO GO LAST. OH, OKAY. UH, OH. I WAS TRYING TO GET Y'ALL, I, OKAY. IS THAT ALSO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? TOO LATE. OKAY. ITEM SEVEN. STAFF REPORTS. UPDATE OF PARK PROJECTS. PARK PROJECTS, PARK PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, MR. TRAIN. OKAY. LONG TIME TO SEE. UM, SO THE, UH, SIGNS ARE DONE AND INSTALLED FOR TROXEL PARK AND HUNTER'S TRAIL PARK. WE'RE JUST WAITING, UM, I BELIEVE FOR THE ELECTRICAL PERMITTING PROCESS TO FINISH UP FOR TROXEL FOR THAT TO BE READY. UM, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. UM, SO WE, UM, WE JUST RECEIVED OUR CONCEPTUAL, OUR CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR A REVOLUTION WAY PARK. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. MOVING ALONG IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. UM, BICENTENNIAL PARK EQUIPMENT IS INSTALLED AND THE CONCRETE WAS JUST POURED. THAT SHOULD BE READY TO OPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE [00:30:01] OF DAYS. POSSIBLY TOMORROW IT COULD BE FINISHED. UM, SO I'LL CHECK ON MY WAY TO WORK TOMORROW. UM, THE OTHER SITE AMENITIES SHOULD BE FOLLOWING IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO OVER THERE. UM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE COVERED AREA FOR SEATING, ADDITIONAL BENCHES AND, UM, BARBECUE SPACE. AND THEN, UM, THERE'S ALSO FENCING THAT IS GONNA BE INSTALLED THAT'S GOING TO COUNCIL NEXT MONTH, SO THAT'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. UM, THE RIDGE VIEW PLAYGROUND IS CURRENTLY GETTING INSTALLED. UM, THAT SHOULD BE READY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. THEY'VE HAD SOME RAIN RELATED DELAYS, UM, AS FAR AS UPDATES FOR NOW. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHERE ARE WE AT ON STA MO PARK? OH, OKAY. SHE'LL TELL YOU. AND YEAH, ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UPDATE ON PARK OPERATIONS. MY MAN, MR. BARRY HAMILTON. WE LOVE BARRY . WHERE'S MR. HAMILTON? THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WE, WE, HE, HE SENDS HIS IN. YEAH, . UM, SO BARRY DID SEND HIS LOVE. HE, UM, HE WAS PLANNING ON BEING HERE AND HAD TWO, UH, JET OFF. HE GOT SOME LEASES AT HOME RIGHT NOW, AND IT WASN'T BAD NEWS, BUT HE WANTED TO BE BE AT HOME WITH HER FOR A LITTLE BIT. UM, SO I APPROVED THAT. UM, BUT ON THE PARK SIDE OF THINGS, UM, UNTIL THIS WEEK WE HAD ACTUALLY FULLY CAUGHT UP ON OUR MAINTENANCE, UM, AND MOWING AND OPERATIONS. UM, WE WERE BACK ON OUR WEEKLY SCHEDULE. I'M, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ON HOW THIS WEEK'S GONNA AFFECT THAT. UM, BUT IT ALSO, UH, WAS KIND OF GOOD FOR OUR TEAM BECAUSE WE ARE CURRENTLY PACKING UP AND PREPARING TO MOVE OUT OF OUR BUILDING. AND SO THE RAIN GAVE US A GOOD EXCUSE TO STAY INSIDE AND GET THAT DONE. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE, WE'RE CURRENTLY PREPARING TO REBID OUR MOWING CONTRACT. UM, WE'RE REMAPPING EVERYTHING. UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO DIVIDE IT, UM, DEPENDING ON OUR BUDGET APPROVALS FROM CITY COUNCIL ON THE 16TH, WE'LL EITHER DIVIDE IT GEOGRAPHICALLY AND HAVE TWO CONTRACTS, OR WE WILL DIVIDE IT BASED ON THE TYPE OF LAND. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE A PARKS AND A HIGH VISIBILITY. UM, AND I SAY THAT IT DEPENDS ON THE BUDGET. 'CAUSE ONCE WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE HAVE, UM, WE'LL DETERMINE THAT RIGHT GEOGRAPHICALLY IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AFFORDABLE. UM, BUT THE RIGHT OF WAY AND HIGH VISIBILITY ONE ULTIMATELY WOULD PROBABLY WORK OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SO, SO WE'LL SEE. UM, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF, A LOT OF UPDATING OF MAPS FOR, FOR THAT BID. UM, SO WE WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THAT. I THINK WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS LEFT AND THEN WE'LL BE PREPARED TO POST, UM, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. SO IT'LL BE A LEARNING CURVE THAT WE'LL EVENTUALLY ASK FOR YOU GUYS' HELP ON, UM, . BUT UM, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. SO. ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT REPORT. ALRIGHT, UPDATE ON RECREATION RECREATIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, MR. MOBLEY. HI EVERYONE. I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF AGAIN. REALLY SHORT ONE. UH, MY NAME'S DALTON MOBLEY. I'M THE REC SUPERINTENDENT. THIS IS MY FIFTH WEEK HERE, SO I OBVIOUSLY KNOW EVERYTHING ALREADY. . UM, I GREW UP IN PECAN GROVE. UM, COLLEGE SHOOK ME OVER TO, UH, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. UM, SO I WAS OUT THERE FOR 10 YEARS. I HAD A KIDDO WITH MY WIFE. AND, UH, THINGS CHANGE. YOU WANNA GET BACK HOME. AND, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH DANIELLE AND HER TEAM. THEY'RE WELL KNOWN IN THE TRAPS INDUSTRY AND PARKS AND REC INDUSTRY. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A PERFECT FIT. SO, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. UM, FIRST OUR PROGRAM NUMBERS. UM, HURRICANE BARREL, AS Y'ALL CAN IMAGINE, DRAMATICALLY REDUCED. UM, A LOT OF THE NUMBERS, INCOME, FACILITY USAGE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THAT BACK PAGE, UM, MEMBERSHIP SCANS. WE WERE CLOSED FOR 10 DAYS. UM, I KNOW WE USE IT AS A COOLING CENTER AND EVERYTHING. I WASN'T HERE FOR IT YET. UM, SAW A LOT ON IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVERYTHING. UM, BUT THEN AUGUST, WE SHOP BACK UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN, AUGUST IS USUALLY A PRETTY SLOW MONTH IN THE PARKS AND REC WORLD. IT'S PEOPLE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, UM, GETTING SITUATED AND EVERYTHING. SO I THINK RECREATION SOMETIMES TAKES A BACK BURNER. UM, SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE DEFINITELY UP, UM, FROM JULY. UM, BUT AUGUST, THAT'S, THOSE ARE LOWER NUMBERS JUST BECAUSE THAT'S USUALLY HOW YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS IN THAT WORLD. UM, PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS ONE OF THE COOLEST ONES THAT I THOUGHT WAS COOL. I THINK IT WAS MY SECOND WEEK HERE, OUR UNIFIED BASKETBALL LEAGUE. SO IT'S PART OF THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS BRANCH. UM, WE HAVE THE MO CITY MONSTAR AND WE HAD TWO TEAMS THAT, UM, COMPETED IN TWO DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AND WE WON FIRST PLACE IN BOTH IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS BASKETBALL. SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL SEEING, UM, EVERYBODY OUT THERE. WE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE STAFF MEMBERS, COUPLE, UM, PEOPLE FROM PD HELPING 'EM PLAYING WITH THAT, AND THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THEM PLAY. THEY, I MEAN, THEY WERE SUPER, SUPER EXCITED. THEY WERE COMING OUT TOO, LIKE TRAVIS SCOTT MUSIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE. IT WAS AWESOME. UM, SOMETHING I DIDN'T PUT IN THE RECREATIONS REPORT, BUT IT IS TECHNICALLY SUMMER IS OUR DAY CAMP. UM, DAY CAMP NUMBERS IN 2023. SO LAST YEAR TWO YEARS AGO WAS 565 REGISTRATIONS AND THIS PAST YEAR WAS 576 REGISTRATIONS. SO IT'S 11, UM, REGISTRATION UPTAKE. BUT THAT WAS ACTUALLY CLOSED FOR A WEEK 'CAUSE OF, UH, DUE TO BARREL. SO, UM, IF YOU KIND OF, I THINK THE AVERAGE PER WEEK IS ABOUT 67 PARTICIPANTS, SO I WOULD CONSIDER THAT GROWTH OF A PROGRAM. SO I STILL CONSIDER THAT DOING PRETTY WELL AND WE WANNA [00:35:01] CONTINUE, UM, GROWING THAT PROGRAM FOR EVENTS. JULY 4TH, UM, I PRETTY SURE WE ALREADY SPOKE ON THAT, BUT SINCE IT IS JULY, UM, BROUGHT IN ABOUT 37, UH, 3,700 PARTICIPANTS THAT WAS DUE BY THE PLACER DATA WASN'T HERE FOR IT, BUT I, MY TEAM I ASSUME DID A GREAT JOB, UM, WITH IT. UM, WAKE AND SCRAPE, WHICH WAS MENTIONED AS A CAR SHOW TATTOO EXPO THAT WE PARTNERED WITH BROUGHT IN AROUND 1200 PARTICIPANTS. UM, THAT WAS ON AUGUST 9TH THROUGH 11TH. THAT WAS OVER HERE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, CITY HALL AND EVERYTHING. UM, AND PORTION OF THAT, UH, PROFIT, THAT REVENUE THEY BRING, UM, IS DONATED TO PARENTS OF MURDERED CHILDREN ORGANIZATION. AND THAT'S DUE TO THAT HELPS, UM, PARENTS GRIEVE THROUGH THE PROCESS, GET, UM, ANY TYPE OF THERAPY, ANY KIND KIND OF COUNSELING. SO THAT'S REALLY COOL THAT THEY DONATE TO THAT. UM, AND THEY USUALLY HAVE A WORD FOR THAT. SO SOMEONE IN THAT ORGANIZATION COMES OUT AND PICKS A CAR, UM, THEIR FAVORITE CAR. SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL, UM, FOR THEM TO BE OUT HERE. OUR LAST BIG EVENT THAT WE HAD WAS OUR SUMMER SENDOFF. WE PARTNERED WITH, UH, MISSOURI CITY PD. UM, WE HAD ABOUT 50 FAMILIES HERE. UM, WE SCHEDULED IT LATER IN AUGUST. AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST A LEARNING CURVE. WE KNOW NOW, HEY, WE SHOULD PROBABLY SCHEDULE IT RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. UM, THAT WAS REALLY COOL. WE GAVE OUT BACKPACK, SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND ALL THOSE THINGS. SO THAT WAS THE LAST, UM, EVENT KIND OF ON THE HORIZON. UM, ACTUALLY THIS SATURDAY IS THE MEN'S PARALYMPIC WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL GOLD MEDAL GAME. MOUTHFUL WATCH PARTY, UM, THIS SATURDAY IN THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER. AND SO THE PARALYMPICS IS GOING ON. UM, NICOLE AND ALLISON ON OUR REC TEAM, UM, SCHEDULED THIS. WE HAD A HIGH FAITH IN OUR USA MEN'S, UH, PARALYMPIC WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL TEAM TO MAKE IT TO GOLD MEDAL GAME. THEY'RE IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN. UM, SO THAT'S REALLY COOL. AND THE WOMEN'S WHEELCHAIR IS ACTUALLY SEMI-FINALS TOMORROW VERSUS CHINA. SO IF YOU'LL HAVE TIME, UH, TUNE INTO THAT. UM, WHERE THAT GOING WITH THAT IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY OFFERING A THREE V THREE WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL LEAGUE, UM, STARTING NEXT WEEK ON THE 12TH AT THE, UM, RECREATION TENNIS CENTER. SO THAT'S REALLY COOL. ALISON. NICOLE, WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET SOME OF THE WHEELCHAIR, THE SPORT WHEELCHAIRS DONATED TO US. WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE FLEET OF THEM, BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE. UM, 'CAUSE THE TRADITIONAL WHEELCHAIRS COMPARED TO THE SPORT WHEELCHAIRS ARE DEFINITELY DIFFERENT. THEY'RE INCLINED, THEY'RE MEANT TO HIT INTO EACH OTHER AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO, UM, RECREATION IS FOR EVERYONE. IT SHOULD BE INCLUSIVE. AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND UM, I HAVEN'T CHECKED THE REGISTRATION ON THAT, BUT I'LL DEFINITELY BE OUT THERE WATCHING THAT ONE. REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT ONE. UM, LAST BIG ONE ON THE HORIZON. OCTOBER FEST HAPPENING ON SATURDAY. UM, SEPTEMBER 21ST. THAT'LL BE AT CITY CENTER. UM, THAT'S FROM FIVE TO EIGHT. IT IS FREE. THE ONLY THING THAT COSTS, WELL I SAY THE ONLY THING COSTS IS BEER, UH, FOOD, UM, MUSIC IS FREE AND THEN THERE'S GAMES THERE. SO I KNOW WE TALKED TO OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND WE SAID BEER AND AX THROWING IS ACTUALLY OUR GAME. AND WE MADE SURE WE WENT THROUGH THAT. THE AX THROWING WILL NOT BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE BEER GARDEN . UM, WE, WE THOUGHT THAT ONE THROUGH. UM, AND THEN IT'S ACTUALLY $5 TO ENTER A WIENER DOG RACE. SO IF YOU HAVE A WIENER DOG, IF YOU HAVE ANY DOG THAT RESEMBLES A WIENER DOG, LET US KNOW. PLEASE. UM, IF YOU BRING A HUSKY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO QUESTION YOU. SORRY . UM, BUT THAT'LL, WE'RE DOING WING ALL RACES TOO. LAST THING ON THIS WAS A STAFF SHOUT OUT. SIX OF OUR RECREATION STAFF WENT AND GOT CERTIFIED IN NATIONAL ARCHERY IN THE SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHICH IS NASP. UM, SO THIS HELPS WITH OUR ASSIST WITH THE ARCHERY PROGRAM. AND SO WITH THOSE, WE HAVE OUR ARCHERY PROGRAM. WE HAVE DAY CAMP, WE HAVE, UM, DEMONSTRATIONS THAT WE DO. UM, SO THAT'LL BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR US TO HAVE IT IN-HOUSE. UM, WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO THERE AT ALL TIMES. AND SO IT'LL BE ME AND ALLISON ONE TIME WILL BE JAVIER AND JANA. UM, SO THAT'S REALLY COOL. IT WAS A REALLY COOL TEAM BUILDING MOMENT TOO. 'CAUSE I'VE NEVER EVER SHOT A BOW IN MY LIFE AND I FELT VERY SCARED DOING IT. AND NOW I FEEL CONFIDENT AND WALKED AWAY WITH THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO TEACH IT. SO IF YOU CAN'T DO TEACH, UM, LAST BIG ONE, I JUST WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT. OF COURSE SHE'S NOT HERE. STACY CREATED OUR, UH, FINISH OUR EXPLORE GUIDE FOR SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER. THAT IS NO EASY TASK. SHE DOES IT WITH GRACE. I KNOW. WE COME TO HER, SHE'S LIKE, OKAY, I GOT IT DONE. WE'RE LIKE, JUST KIDDING. WE HAVE THREE MORE PROGRAMS FOR YOU TO PUT IN. UM, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IT'S ONLINE, YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND IF NOT, UM, RUN BY THE REC CENTER COMMUNITY CENTER AND WE CAN, UH, GIVE YOU A PHYSICAL COPY. BUT SHOUT OUT TO STACY FOR HANDLING THAT. IT ALWAYS LOOKS AWESOME. SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A, BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT QUESTION, I WANT TO, I WANNA JUST FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE NEW HERE. SO THE OCTOBERFEST OCTOBER FEST, UH, THE ORIGINATOR YES. IS RIGHT HERE BUDDY. RIGHT THERE. GO . SO I WANT YOU TO JUST GIVE HIM KUDOS AND JUST PASS ON A LITTLE BIT OF NOSTALGIA HISTORY, UH, TO THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS. HOW MANY YEARS HAS IT BEEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S SETTING YEARS BACK HOLDER. YEAH, VERY SUCCESSFUL. AND THE OTHER REASON THAT I WANNA BRING THAT UP IS, AGAIN, WHEN I TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE AMBASSADORS OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, WE ALSO ARE HERE TO HELP CREATE, IMPLEMENT, NOT JUST TELL THEM, TELL STAFF HERE'S AN IDEA, BUT, BUT I MEAN, BRING IT TO FRUITION. UH, PUT WHEELS ON IT. AND SO I ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY, JUST DON'T TELL 'EM AN IDEA. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GIVE 'EM A GIFT, GIVE 'EM THE BATTERIES INCLUDED. SO, MM-HMM, , UH, AGAIN, KUDOS TO BUDDY FOR THAT. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT PLUG AND, AND NOW YOU CAN MAKE YOUR, MY QUESTION IS, WHY, WHY DID WE SUFFER A $20,000 LOSS BETWEEN [00:40:01] 23 AND 24 INCOME BARREL BARREL? WE WERE CLOSE FOR 10 DAYS FOR HURRICANE BARREL IN JULY. IT WAS THAT MONDAY, I BELIEVE THE EIGHTH THROUGH FORM IN $2,000 LOSS THIS YEAR. 2000, YEAH. $2,000 LOSS. UM, I DON'T, I'M NOT TOO SURE ON THAT ONE. I CAN GO BACK TO RESEARCH AND EVERYTHING, BUT, UM, I'M NOT SURE ON AUGUST, BUT I KNOW DEFINITELY FOR JULY IT WAS HURRICANE BARREL, UM, SUFFERED A LOT OF THOSE, THAT INCOME LOSS BECAUSE MEMBERSHIP IS GOING UP AND DOESN'T COST MONEY. I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE DISPARITY. YEAH. AND IT'S, WE'RE LOSING MONEY. YEAH. I'LL DO, I'LL DO THE RESEARCH. I KNOW A LOT OF, WE'VE HAD A VACANCY IN STAFF FOR A WHILE AND SO HOPEFULLY WITH ME THAT'LL WITH ME AND THE NEW SPECIALISTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING ON AND EVERYTHING THAT'LL, YOU KNOW, INCREASE OR AT LEAST STAY STEADY. BUT I'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ITEM [8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT] NUMBER EIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. MR. MOBIL, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, DON. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING. UM, JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS FOR YOU GUYS, UM, ON THE, UH, DIRECTOR'S UPDATE. UM, SO ON OUR STAFFING SIDE, UNFORTUNATELY WE DID HAVE, UM, OUR FORESTRY CREW LEADER, UH, GLENN ROBLIN, UM, OUR HIGH ENERGY, UH, GO-GETTER, UM, HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE. UM, SO, SO WE ARE, WE ARE DOWN ONE AND IF YOU'VE EVER MET GLEN, YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY DOWN ABOUT FIVE YES. UM, WITH JUST THAT ONE. UM, SO WE ARE, UH, RECRUITING FOR THAT POSITION. UM, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO RECRUITING FOR OUR RECREATION SPECIALIST OVER YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAMS. UM, SO WE HAVE THAT POSITION VACANT AS WELL. UM, HOWEVER, WE DID FILL OUR RECREATION ATTENDANT POSITION, SO THAT'S THE, AT THE REC CENTER AT THE FRONT DESK. UM, HER NAME IS COCO. SHE'S VERY HIGH ENERGY. UM, I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO COME BY AND MEET HER AT SOME POINT. UM, SO THAT'S JUST, WE'RE WE'RE STILL NOT TOO BAD OFF. UM, BUT, BUT WITH THE BARREL RECOVERY AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE FORESTRY TEAM'S TAKING LEAD ON THAT. UH, LOSING GLEN WAS KIND OF A HIT. UM, CURRENT OPERATIONS WISE, WE ARE SLOWLY BUT SURELY MAKING IT THROUGH, UM, HURRICANE BARREL RECOVERY. WE HAVE ACTUALLY DECIDED TO, UH, UTILIZE ONE OF OUR, OUR CONTRACTS TO HELP OUT WITH SOME OF THIS BECAUSE IT IS JUST TAKING US SO LONG. UM, AND SO WE ANTICIPATE HAVING ALL OF OUR DEVELOPED AREAS, UM, CLEAR AND FULLY RECOVERED TO PRE HURRICANE STATUS BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. UM, BUT THEN WE WILL BE GOING TO THE UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND, UM, WHICH I'LL BE HONEST, WE STILL HAVEN'T REALLY EVEN LOOKED AT YET. UM, SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT LOOKS. UM, BUT DEFINITELY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH YOU WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WILL STILL HAVE THE, THE WOOD CHIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE RAKED AROUND THE BASE OF A TREE TO LOOK LIKE MULCH, UM, INSTEAD, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UM, SO YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, CLOSING OUT FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND PREPARING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. SO OUR, UH, OUR FISCAL YEARS RUN OCTOBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER. AND SO, UM, WE'RE CLOSING OUT OUR BUDGETS, WE'RE PREPARING, UM, OUR ANNUAL PLANS AND OUR GOALS AND EVALUATIONS AND ALL OF THAT FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. UM, SO YOU'LL BE SEEING MORE ABOUT FFY 25 OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS AS WE, AS WE MAKE IT THROUGH THAT. UM, PROJECT UPDATES, UM, ADAM KIND OF STOLE TROXEL PARK FROM ME, BUT I'LL, I'LL STILL TOUCH ON IT. UM, SO THESE ARE OUR, OUR CIP PROJECTS, OUR BIGGER ONES. UM, FREEDOM TREE PARK. WE ARE TENTATIVELY PLANNING A RIBBON CUTTING IN OCTOBER. UM, AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT EARLY FOR FULL CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE ARE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START SOME OF THE SMALLER ELEMENTS THAT WE HAD REQUESTED TO DO OURSELVES, SUCH AS RELOCATE, THE BABY FREEDOM TREES, I, I CALL 'EM THE BABY FREEDOM TREES. WE DON'T WANNA LOSE ONE AND IT'S RIGHT WHERE THE PLAZA WILL GO. AND SO WE'RE GONNA RELOCATE IT. UM, AND A FEW OTHER, YOU KNOW, DEMO OF THE OLD, UH, OF THE OLD, UM, PLATFORM OVER BY THE TREE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AT A, A TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE PEOPLE CAN ATTEND. SO PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT. UM, WE'RE GONNA MEET WITH COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND SEE WHEN'S A GOOD TIME. MAKE SURE EVERYBODY CAN BE THERE. UM, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS CAN BE THERE AS WELL. UM, TROXELL PARK, UM, AS ADAM SAID, WE ARE, WE HAVE ONE MORE INSPECTION TO GO. UM, WE ALSO HAVE TO STILL DO OUR, OUR INSPECTIONS INTERNALLY, SO IRRIGATION AND ALL OF THAT. BUT, BUT THE SIGN IS UP. UM, OUR VILLE PARK INSPECTOR BACK HERE, UM, SAID THAT IT'S SAID THAT IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. UM, WE, WE WERE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE. JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GO. UM, AND, AND AGAIN, WE'LL KEEP YOU GUYS POSTED 'CAUSE WE'LL DEFINITELY BE DOING A, A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THAT ONE. UM, EAST HAMPTON PARK. UM, SO THIS IS THE ONE OVER, UM, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MISSOURI CITY WHERE WE ARE PARTNERING WITH PUBLIC WORKS. UM, THEY'RE CLOSING DOWN THE STREET AND WE'RE BUILDING A TRAIL. UM, AND SO WE'RE DOING THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM. THAT [00:45:01] WILL BE STARTING IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WAS THE LAST UPDATE I HEARD. LAWRENCE PROBABLY KNOWS MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAN I DO. UM, BUT THAT WILL GET STARTED SOON. IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN MOST OF OUR TRAIL CONSTRUCTIONS WOULD BECAUSE IT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PUBLIC WORK STREET PROJECT. BUT WE SAVED A LOT OF MONEY BY DOING THAT, SO PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, OUR PARKS FOUNDATION IS ALSO STILL RAISING MONEY FOR THAT PARK AND STILL REALLY TRYING TO PUSH IT FORWARD. 'CAUSE IT'S NOT BUDGETED THROUGH THE CITY AT THIS POINT. UM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN THAT, THEY ARE PLANNING SOME ACTIVITIES AND, AND LOOKING FOR SOME SPONSORS AND SOME DONATIONS. SO SHAMELESS PLUG ON THAT. AND THEN, UH, STAMOS SPORTS PARK. WE HAVE RECEIVED OUR 90% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT FOR REVIEW AND SENT THOSE BACK. UM, SO IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS WE WILL HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT PLANS. WE'LL BEGIN MEETING WITH, UM, WITH OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM TO REVIEW PERMITS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET EVERYTHING SUBMITTED HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. UM, OUR DESIGN FIRM WILL FOR THAT PARK IS, IS AWESOME. UM, THEY ARE REALLY MOVING ALONG VERY QUICKLY AND SO, UH, AT, AT TIMES THEY'RE KIND OF JUST DRAGGING ME WITH THEM. UM, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S LOOKING GREAT. IT'S GONNA BE REALLY EXCITING. UM, WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN EARLY 2025. UM, AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE, UM, PREPARING TO CLOSE OUT FY 24. AND, UM, A A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, WE SHOWED YOU GUYS OUR ANNUAL PLAN. THIS IS KIND OF OUR, OUR BUSINESS PLAN OR OUR STRATEGIC DOCUMENT THAT WE USE AS A DEPARTMENT, UM, TO GUIDE OUR, OUR EXTRA EFFORTS, RIGHT? SO THESE ARE KIND OF THE SIDE PROJECTS, UM, THAT WE TRY AND ACCOMPLISH EACH YEAR. AND SO THIS ISN'T A FULL UPDATE, BUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE ROLLING TO NEXT YEAR. UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO, TO IMPROVE OUR MARKETING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS ARE ON FACEBOOK, BUT WE HAVE REALLY STARTED POSTING MORE AND SHARING MORE. AND NOT JUST THE, THE CONTENT, BUT THE REASON WHY AND THE, THE BENEFITS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, HEY, IT'S NOT JUST COME PLAY PICKLEBALL, IT'S PICKLEBALL CAN HELP PRE PREVENT ARTHRITIS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, WE'VE COMPLETELY REVAMPED OUR DEPARTMENTAL ONBOARDING AND OUR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR OUR STAFF. AND THAT INCLUDES NOW SOME CROSS TRAINING AMONG PARKS AND FORESTRY AS WELL AS WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THE REC TEAM IN THERE SOON AS WELL. UM, WE ARE, UH, IT'S NOT LIVE YET, BUT IT WILL BE BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH. UM, SO WE'RE COUNTING IT AS COMPLETE, UM, A METHOD FOR EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON PARK PROJECTS. SO THAT IS OUR WAY TO JUST KIND PROVIDE THE INFORMATION OF WHAT WE'RE PLANNING, WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM, WHAT THE RENDERINGS LOOK LIKE. AND SO ADAM HAS BUILT A FULL STORY MAP THAT WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO OUR WEBSITE. SO YOU CAN GO IN AND, AND SEE WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS DOING, WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT THE TIMELINE IS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO BUILT OUT, UM, PARK, LIKE THESE ARE STILL GETTING FINAL LINK TOUCHES AS WELL, BUT OUR PARKS AND UH, FACILITIES REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES. SO INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, HEY, OUR, OUR TABLES ARE FALLING APART IN OUR RENTAL FACILITIES, WE GOTTA REPLACE 'EM RIGHT NOW, IT'S, OH, NEXT YEAR IT'S TIME TO REPLACE THE TABLES. UM, SAME WITH PARK BENCHES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PLAN AHEAD. UM, WE'VE BUILT OUT AN OPERATIONS PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, AS ADAM MENTIONED, THE PARK USE ANALYTICS. WE NOW USE, UH, MONDAY.COM AS A PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. AND WE ARE ALSO IN THE INTER GOV SYSTEM FOR THE PERMIT REVIEWS, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL. UM, AND OUR REC TEAM HAS TOTALLY REVAMPED OUR PROGRAM AND EVENT EVALUATION. SO, UM, FOLLOWING A PROGRAM OR EVENT, IT'S A SURVEY FOR THE PARTICIPANTS AND THEN AN INTERNAL EVALUATION BOTH BY THE PROGRAMMER WHO RAN IT AND THEIR SUPERVISOR. SO BEFORE WE FORGET, WE'RE WRITING DOWN THINGS THAT COULD GET BETTER, WAYS WE COULD IMPROVE WHAT WE MIGHT THINK NEED TWEAKED, OR HEY, THIS WAS PERFECT, WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY HOW TO ADD MORE SPOTS FOR IT. UM, AND THEN THESE THAT WEREN'T COMPLETE, UM, THEY'RE NOT GOING AWAY. UM, UH, YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, WE'VE HAD SOME, SOME STAFF SHORTAGES THIS YEAR AND SOME THINGS HAD TO KIND OF GIVE, UM, SOME OF THESE WILL ACTUALLY BECOME MORE OF A, UH, A CITYWIDE OR A, A MULTIFACETED KIND OF VIEW ON IT. UM, I KNOW THE, THE LIGHTING AND SECURITY PLAN IS, IS SOMETHING THAT PUBLIC WORKS AND FACILITIES ARE LOOKING AT, SO WHY NOT TACKLE IT AS ONE? UM, OUR VACANT PROPERTY PLAN WILL BE VASTLY IMPACTED BY THE COMP PLAN, SO IT MADE MORE SENSE TO PUSH IT, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING AWAY. UM, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THAT UPDATE ON WHERE WE WERE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, WE, WE DO THIS EACH YEAR, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OF SOME THINGS THAT YOU THINK WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON OR WAYS THAT, THAT YOU THINK WE COULD KIND OF TWEAK WHAT WE DO OR NEW PROCESSES, UH, OUR ANNUAL PLAN'S A GOOD WAY FOR, FOR US TO AT LEAST MAKE PROGRESS ON IT. [00:50:01] UM, SO LET ME KNOW. SHOOT ME AN EMAIL. I'D BE HAPPY TO TO ADD THOSE IN OR DISCUSS IT WITH YOU. AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS? SO I'VE GOT TWO COMMENTS BEFORE I OPEN IT UP TO THE FLOOR. UM, NUMBER ONE ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE METHODS FOR EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, UH, ON PARK PROJECTS. I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT TOOL BECAUSE UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE PARK FUND TO GO BY THERE AND SO NOW YOU CAN POST MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT THE VOTERS VOTED FOR OR PARKED. I'LL DEAL WITH EVERYBODY LATER. BUT YOU CAN POST IT NOW AND WE CAN SAY WHENEVER THE NEXT BOND UH, COMES OUT, WE CAN SAY, HEY LOOK, HERE'S, HERE'S HOW WE'VE BEEN A GOOD STEWARD OF YOUR FUNDS. MM-HMM. AND HERE'S THE TRACK RIGHT HERE. YEP. OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED WITH WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN US PERMISSION TO DO. EXACTLY. SO MY KUDOS IS OUT FOR THAT. AND SOME KIND OF WAY WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY PUSHING THAT INFORMATION OUT ABSOLUTELY EARLY. MM-HMM. BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA DO IT WHEN YOU'RE ASKING FOR A BOND. 'CAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, WELL EXACTLY. WHY ARE YOU WAITING THEN? SO HATS OFF TO YOU FOR THAT AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN KIND OF TIE THAT WITH THE BOND SO THAT ABSOLUTELY. AND, AND I'M GONNA SAY THE SAME THING TO POLICE, FIRE AND PUBLIC WORKS SO THAT WAY, 'CAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME ACCESS TO THAT DATA AND IT JUST HELPS WHOEVER'S GONNA SERVE ON THAT BOND COMMITTEE WHEN THEY GET TO THAT POINT. UH, THE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS ON STA MODE. YOU SAID YOU ALL WERE GOING TO GO OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2025. MM-HMM. THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS, UH, WE WANT TO GET OUR 4 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY AND THAT MONEY'S FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND SO WE SHOULD START NOW. IF YOU START NOW. 'CAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A PROCESS WITH FORT BEND COUNTY TO GET THAT CHECK. IT'S GOTTA GO TO COMMISSIONER. I ALREADY HAVE THEIR PO THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, . I ALREADY HAVE IT FOR THE NEXT THING. I ALREADY HAVE IT. YOU GOT THE MONEY IN HAND THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT MY WIFE HAS. YES. SHE GET THAT MONEY IN HAND FIRST. UM, NOW WE, WE CAN'T, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANYONE ELSE OR THEAS. DO ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES MA'AM. MS. OVERTON ON THE, UH, FREEDOM TREE PARK, HOW ARE YOU GONNA ADVERTISE THAT OCTOBER RIBBON CUT? UM, WELL TENTATIVE FOR RIGHT NOW, UM, WE WILL, IT WILL BE A, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A DATE SET BEFORE STATE OF THE CITY SO THAT THE MAYOR COULD THEN ANNOUNCE IT. UM, 'CAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS GONNA BE A MASSIVE EVENT, UM, BREAKING GROUND ON THIS PROJECT THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A DECADE, I THINK. UM, AND SO WE WILL BE UTILIZING ALL CITY CHANNELS. WE'RE, WE'RE LIKELY GONNA ALSO REACH OUT TO, UM, COMMUNITY IMPACT FOR BEN INDEPENDENT AND THEN ANY OF THE HOUSTON CHANNELS AS WELL TO LET THEM KNOW. SO IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE A MAJOR, MAJOR MEDIA PUSH. AND UH, WILL THE REC CENTER BE A VOTING LOCATION? I KNOW IN THE PAST THEY SOMETIMES HAD A QUOING, IT'S NOT LOCATION THERE, IS IT NOT GONNA BE HAVE HAVE THE LIST? WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, NO. YOU'RE NOT, NO, WE, THAT'S NOT A QUESTION YOU CAN ANSWER, I DON'T THINK. YEAH, I THINK I HAVE THE LIST, THOSE, IT'S NOT, NO, IT'S NOT. ALL RIGHT. I WAS JUST SAY, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT THAT DOESN'T, THAT'S NOT THE END ALL BE ALL. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE BEFORE IT GETS TO ME. SO, UM, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT I, I COULD BE WRONG AND JUST NOT KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE I, I HAVE IT, SO. OKAY. BUT IT'S NOT, I KNOW YOU. AND WHAT ARE THE TWO POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN? THE RECREATION SPECIALIST AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? THE RECREATION SPECIALIST AND THE FORESTRY. UH, RIGHT OF WAY. CREW LEADER. OKAY. SO IF ANYBODY WAS INTERESTED, HOW WOULD THEY APPLY? UM, ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UH, IT'S LISTED ON THE HR, UH, AVAILABLE JOB OPPORTUNITIES PAGE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON. FINE. TIMELY MANNER HERE. UH, ITEM [9. BOARD REPORTS] NUMBER NINE, BOARD REPORTS. DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS HERE? ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, [10. Comprehensive Plan Update Report and Discussion] ITEM NUMBER 10, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UPDATE, REPORT AND DISCUSSION. 10 A EXERCISE AND DISCUSSION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. MISSOURI CITY PLANNER, MS. STORY? OH, NO. OKAY. WE GOT THAT. THE CHIEF UP HERE. WE HAVE, UH, THE DIRECTOR HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE KNOWS FOR SOME OF THE NEW FOLKS, MS. JENNIFER, SHE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY, HER BIO, SHE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND, UH, SHE'S MADE SURE THAT GROWTH HAS HAPPENED APPROPRIATELY IN THE RIGHT FASHION AND MANNER HERE IN MISSOURI CITY. WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MA'AM. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION. I AM DONE, . GOOD EVENING YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO, UH, SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU, UH, TONIGHT, UH, IN YOUR SETTING. I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY BEEN A LONG DAY FOR ALL, [00:55:01] UM, BUT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THIS PROCESS AND WE'RE EXCITED, UH, TO BRING THIS TO THE PARKS BOARD AND TO START TO ENGAGE YOU ALL, UM, AND START TO, UH, GET, UH, INPUT, UM, FROM YOU ALL AND OTHER, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND SO I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT, UH, CHAIR TURNER, UH, STATED TO YOU ALL EARLIER, EARLIER ABOUT BEING AMBASSADORS FOR PARKS. AND I HOPE THAT AT THE END OF THIS, THAT YOU'RE ALSO AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SPREADING THAT WORD OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AS WE GO FORWARD. SO I'M GONNA GIVE, UH, JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE'RE GOING, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE AN EXERCISE THAT I THINK YOU ALL RECEIVED, UH, THE QUESTIONS, UM, BEFORE. AND SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION. SO, UH, FOR TONIGHT, UM, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE OUR TEAM, UH, THAT THE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM THAT ARE HERE, UH, GO OVER OUR PROJECT PURPOSE, UM, JUST GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON, UH, WHAT GOES INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS, UPDATE YOU ON OUR TIMELINE FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS. UM, KIND OF ORIENT YOU TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, PROVIDED, UM, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN A FEW MONTHS. UM, INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR NEW PROJECT WEBSITE THAT WAS LAUNCHED AT THE END OF AUGUST, AND IT IS LIVE NOW. UH, SO I'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO THAT. UM, AND THEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT. AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO OUR EXERCISE AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION. OKAY. SO FOR OUR, UH, INTRODUCTION IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, UH, THE GUIDE FOR THE CITY'S FUTURE. AND A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A DOCUMENT, UH, THAT PLANNERS, UH, DO. BUT IT IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINE MO IT INVOLVES THE COMMUNITY AND IT INVOLVES, UH, DIFFERENT GROUPS. UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL CITY TEAMS THAT ARE PART OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS. UM, OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE CITY MANAGER HERE. UH, SHE WILL JOIN US, AGAIN SHORTLY. UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE MEMBERS OF, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM. SO MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, UH, TO PLANNERS, UH, THAT ARE HERE, UH, IN THAT CAPACITY, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS PART OF THIS PROCESS. OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS PART OF THIS PROCESS, AND I KNOW OUR PARKS TEAM IS NOT ON THERE, BUT AS DANIELLE JUST MENTIONED, THEY ARE ALSO PART OF THIS PROCESS. UM, AS WELL, WE HAVE ENGAGED A CONSULTANT, UH, GROUP, UM, AND WE HAVE ONE OF OUR, UH, CONSULTANTS HERE TODAY WHO'S GONNA WORK US, WALK US THROUGH THE EXERCISE, UM, WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, KRISHNA. SO JUST WANNA KIND OF, UH, GIVE YOU GUYS AN ORIENTATION OF WHY WE ARE DOING THIS AND WHY NOW. UM, SO, UH, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, IT IS AVAILABLE ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE. UH, SO THERE IS A LINK THERE, UM, IF YOU WANNA ORIENT YOURSELVES TO WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS IT EXISTS TODAY. UM, BUT THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2017. AND SO IF YOU JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THIS SUMMER WITH HURRICANE BARREL, THERE'S A LOT THAT'S HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY, A LOT THAT'S HAPPENED IN OUR WORLD, UH, SINCE 2017. UM, AND SO CLEARLY, UM, WE NEED TO KIND OF STEP BACK, REEVALUATE WHERE WE WANT MISSOURI CITY TO BE IN THE FUTURE, WHERE, UM, OUR DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR, WHAT BUSINESSES WILL BE HERE, OUR LAND. YOU HEARD, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT PRESERVATION OF LAND. WHAT DOES OUR CITY, WHAT DOES OUR COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? SO THIS PROCESS IS TO REEVALUATE WHAT OUR VISION IS COLLECTIVELY REEVALUATE OUR, UH, VISION, REEVALUATE OUR GOALS, UM, FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. WE'RE ANALYZING. UM, SO, UH, ADAM MENTIONED DATA THAT'S BEING USED IN THE PARKS PROCESS. WE'RE USING DATA, USING DEMOGRAPHICS TO ANALYZE WHERE WE'RE AT IN TRENDS, UH, FOR WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THE FUTURE. AND AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ARE RECOMMENDATIONS. RECOMMENDATIONS ON, UH, UPDATES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS THAT WE USE TO IMPLEMENT THE GOALS AND POLICY OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO WHAT IS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? VERY QUICKLY, 'CAUSE THIS IS NOT SCHOOL , BUT JUST VERY, VERY QUICKLY, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR. UM, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A TEXT. AND SO THAT'S THE LINK, UH, THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE, UH, WEBSITE. IT'S A, A, A DOCUMENT. IT LIVES ELECTRONICALLY. WE HAVE PHYSICAL PAPER COPIES OF IT AS WELL. UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S A TEXT OF POLICY, A TEXT OF DEMOGRAPHICS. IT HAS A TIMELINE. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE TIMELINE, HISTORY OF MISSOURI CITY, YOU CAN FIND THAT IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL. UM, IT ALSO IN, UH, CONTAINS A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. AND THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN TAKES THOSE POLICIES, TAKES THE DEMOGRAPHICS, TAKES ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE ENVISIONED, UM, AT THAT PERIOD OF TIME AND PROJECTS FOR EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY IN OUR CITY AND OUR ETJ, UM, KIND OF WHAT OUR PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD. SO WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ROAD CONDITIONS, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT, UM, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND PLUGGING IN KIND OF WHERE WE SEE THOSE [01:00:01] USES, UH, BEING OPTIMAL FOR THE CITY. UM, IT IS A COMMUNITY PLAN. SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE, ON THE PLANNING SIDE, SIT IN THE BACK OFFICE AND DRAW UP. UM, IT'S AN ENGAGEMENT, SO IT REQUIRES ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND IT REQUIRES INPUT FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS, UM, AS WELL. UM, IT INCLUDES, UH, DIFFERENT ISSUES I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, UH, UH, THE HAZARD, UH, MITIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE, LAND USE AND ALL OF THAT. AND THEN IT GIVES US IMPLEMENTATION, UH, STRATEGIES. BUT ONE OF THE BIG, UH, BASIS OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, IF YOU'VE LIVED HERE FOR A WHILE, AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU HAVE, IS WE HAVE ZONING AND THE ABILITY OF MISSOURI CITY TO HAVE IMPLEMENT, UM, AND, UH, DO ZONING IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A PLAN. SO ZONING SHOULD NOT BE ARBITRARY. IT SHOULDN'T BE ONE DAY. YEAH, THAT SHOULD HAPPEN. AND THE NEXT DAY, YEAH, THAT SHOULD HAPPEN. THERE SHOULD BE A PLAN. AND THAT'S WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS. SO ZONING IS ENABLED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS. UM, SO THERE'S LAW BEHIND IT. UM, AGAIN, IT'S NOT AN ARBITRARY TOOL. UM, IT'S, UH, A TOOL THAT WE USE, UH, TO HELP ESTABLISH WHAT WE WANT TO SEE FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY. ZONING HAS TO CONFORM WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO THESE ARE JUST TWO IMAGES OF A COUPLE OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE USE. THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS WHAT OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN LOOKS LIKE. THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS WHAT OUR ZONING MAP LOOKS LIKE. THEY LOOK A LOT ALIKE. , THE COLORS ARE A LOT ALIKE. THE CATEGORIES ARE A LOT ALIKE, BUT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS AND THEY, THEY PERFORM DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. AND SO PART OF THIS PROCESS IS WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT, UH, FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. IT'S THE ACRONYM UP THERE AS FLUTE, FLUP, FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POLICY IN THAT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN TO DETERMINE HOW MISSOURI CITY CAN BE MAXIMIZED AND BENEFICIAL, UM, FOR, UM, OUR COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD. SO I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO READ, BUT THIS IS ON THE WEBSITE, AND THEN I THINK YOU ALL HAVE IT, UH, PRINTED OUT AS WELL. UM, SO THIS IS JUST A PROJECT TIMELINE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS. AND SO WHERE WE'RE AT IS OUR STAKEHOLDER FOCUS GROUPS. AND SO ALL OF SEPTEMBER WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING TO DIFFERENT GROUPS. UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WILL BE HOSTING, UH, DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT. UM, WE HAVE DIFFERENT FOCUS GROUPS WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, I THINK ON SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR, UH, INFORMATION WAS JUST RELEASED. SO IF YOU FOLLOW ANY OF THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, LINKS, UH, YOU SHOULD START TO SEE QR CODES POP UP AND LINKS POP UP, AND WAYS THAT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE AND BE INVOLVED. UM, WE HAVE COPIES OF THIS FLYER IN THE BACK, AND I THINK YOU ALL HAVE COPIES AS WELL. UM, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THOSE, DISSEMINATE THEM OUT, UM, AND JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UH, CHECK IT OUT AND GET INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. AND THEN, UH, FROM THERE, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING, . SO I'M GONNA BRIEFLY JUST GO OVER SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND INPUT WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, AND PARTICULARLY THE LAST FEW MONTHS. AND THIS IS, AGAIN, THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN EVALUATING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. UM, SO WITH OUR EXISTING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, DANIELLE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PARKS BUSINESS PLAN, THE VACANT LAND. SO YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR, UH, SEVERAL YEARS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN IN MISSOURI CITY. YOU'VE SEEN PLACES THAT USED TO BE UNDEVELOPED THAT NOW, YOU KNOW, ARE FULLY CONSTRUCTED, FULLY DEVELOPED OUT. UM, BUT WE ARE MOVING TO THE LIMITS OF WHAT IS EXISTING IN THE CITY LIMITS IN OUR, UM, ETJ AS RAW LAND. WHAT COULD BE DEVELOPABLE? WHAT SHOULD BE DEVELOPABLE? DEVELOPABLE. SO THIS PROCESS IS LOOKING AT THOSE PIECES. SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF ASPIRATIONS. THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY WE CHOOSE TO LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY. THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO COME TO THE PARKS IN MISSOURI CITY. UM, AND THOSE VALUES ARE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LAND REMAINING. UM, AND THEN OUR OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO UTILIZE THAT LAND FOR THE PURPOSES THAT WE DESIRE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM, THE COMBINATION OF UTILITIES AND ROADS, UM, UTILITIES AND ROADS ARE USUALLY PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WHO'S PAYING FOR THAT? , WHO'S, WHO'S MAINTAINING THAT? UM, DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND PROVIDE, UH, THOSE KINDS OF SERVICES. SO THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT HAVE TO BE INTEGRATED WITH OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. AND SHOULD WE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO WE DO WE HAVE, UM, IN ORDER TO MOVE THAT FORWARD, UM, A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO WE WANNA BE. THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY NOW, A LOT OF PASSION, YOU KNOW, PROUDNESS TO LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY, TO BE IN MISSOURI CITY. IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY. [01:05:01] WE RANK NUMBER ONE OR IN THE TOP FIVE OF MANY, MANY, UM, RANKINGS. BUT WE WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THE REGION TO KNOW THAT WE WANT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TO KNOW THAT MISSOURI CITY IS HERE. AND SO PART OF THAT SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AND SHOWN AND VALUED IN OUR GOALS AND POLICIES FOR OUR FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT. UM, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE'RE SITTING IN, IN THE HUB, UM, OF AN AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WE'VE SEEN NEW DEVELOPMENT, NEW INVESTMENT FROM CIVIC GROUPS, UM, FROM, UH, HCC, FROM THE CITY ITSELF, FROM OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES. AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO WE HAVE, UM, TO BRING BACK LIFE, BRING BACK ENERGY, AND JUST TO, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE VALUE, UM, FOR THESE AREAS. UH, IN OUR CITY, WE ARE A LINEAR CITY. SO WE ARE GROWING FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH. AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, ACTIVITY ON OUR SOUTH SIDE AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE BRAZOS. UM, BUT WE STILL HAVE AREAS ON THE NORTH SIDE, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN IN INSTRUMENTAL TO OUR GROWTH AND TO OUR DEVELOPMENT, AND ARE ALSO CLOSE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND TO OTHER, OTHER AREAS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO WE HAVE TO MAXIMIZE THOSE AREAS, UM, AND MAKE THOSE AREAS, UH, REALLY, UH, STRONG. OKAY. UM, I'M GONNA GIVE JUST A LITTLE EXCERPT FROM, UH, THE JOINT PLANNING AND ZONING CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEETING. AND THIS HAPPENED IN JUNE, UM, AND SOME OF THE INPUT THAT WAS GAINED FROM THAT. AND PART OF IT IS TO HELP PUT CONTEXT TO, UH, YOU ALL'S DISCUSSION. UM, SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT DISCUSSION, UM, FOLLOWING THIS, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED, UM, BY THOSE GROUPS. UM, REDEVELOPMENT, AGAIN, YOU SEE THE SAME THING. UM, YOU SEE A LOT OF ISSUES, UH, DEALING WITH REDEVELOPMENT. HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT? HOW DO WE CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT, UM, FOR REDEVELOPMENT, UM, AND ALLOW FOR, UH, REDEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR IN APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS? UM, ENHANCING OUR OPEN SPACE. I KNOW THAT THAT IS, UH, CRITICAL, UM, ISSUE HERE WITH THE PARKS BOARD. AND, UH, WE'VE TALKED TONIGHT, UM, YOU'VE HEARD COMMENTARY ABOUT, UH, UM, OPEN SPACE AND UNDEVELOPED LAND. SO HOW DO WE ENHANCE THAT? HOW DO WE PRESERVE IT IN APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS? HOW DO WE PROTECT, UH, THAT NATURAL UM, ENVIRONMENT? OKAY, SO I'VE MENTIONED THE PROJECT WEBSITE. THIS IS THE LINK TO THE PROJECT WEBSITE. SHOW ME CITY.COM. THAT IS THE PROJECT WEBSITE FOR THE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT PROJECT WEBSITE HAS LINKS TO ALL OF THE FOCUS GROUPS, UM, AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT WILL OCCUR, UM, OVER THE MONTH OF MAR OR OVER THE MONTH OF, UH, SEPTEMBER INTO OCTOBER. UM, IT HAS REGISTRATION. ALL OF OUR FOCUS GROUPS THAT ARE COMMUNITY BASED DO REQUIRE REGISTRATION, UM, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY. UH, SO YOU'LL FIND THAT INFORMATION ON THERE. YOU'LL FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION, UM, ON THE AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND CONSIDERING. UH, TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, UH, SOME OF THOSE AREAS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, UH, FROM THE WEBSITE AS WELL. WHAT'S ALSO AVAILABLE IS A, THE FIRST QUESTIONNAIRE OF PRIORITIES AND CONCERNS. SO IF YOU HAVE NOT CHECKED IT OUT, IF YOU HAVE NOT TAKEN IT, UM, THE QR CODE IS THERE. YOU CAN, UH, SCAN THE QR CODE, UM, OR I BELIEVE THAT IS THE QR CODE IS ALSO ON THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE, INCLUDING THE FLYER. UM, AND, UH, IT'S ALSO A LINK ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, UH, LET YOUR VOICE BE KNOWN ON THE QR ON THE QUESTIONNAIRE. YOU CAN DO THAT IN ADDITION TO THE DISCUSSION HERE TONIGHT. UM, AND ENCOURAGE OTHER, YOUR NEIGHBORS AND OTHER RESIDENTS AND OTHER, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE THAT, THAT QUESTIONNAIRE AS WELL. SO I'M GONNA PAUSE HERE AND ASK FOR ANY QUESTIONS. UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR EXERCISE. AND IF YOU TAKE THE SURVEY, IT'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. . AND, AND THERE MAY BE SOMETHING INVOLVED IN THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE MAY BE A LITTLE CARROT THERE IF YOU TAKE OUR SURVEY. OKAY. ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, WELL WE ARE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR EXERCISE. AND SO I THINK EVERYBODY HAS A COMPUTER, UM, IN FRONT OF THEM. MM-HMM, . OKAY, WE'RE GONNA SWITCH. OKAY, PHILLIP, WE'RE GOING TO, PHILLIP, BEFORE WE SWITCH, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, UH, THE AREAS AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SWITCH TO THE EXERCISE MODE SO THAT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE EXERCISE. HI, UH, MY NAME IS KRISHNA AND I'M ASSISTING THE CITY WITH THIS, UH, EXERCISE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, UPDATE REPORT. SO BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE EXERCISE, UH, WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE EXERCISE, HOW TO DO THE EXERCISE. IT'S BASICALLY A REAL TIME [01:10:01] POLLING EXERCISE. AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS THE CITY HAS IDENTIFIED 10 FOCUS AREAS. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MAP THAT SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THESE ROADWAY SEGMENTS. BASICALLY CORRIDORS ONE THROUGH 10. AND THESE ARE THE CORRIDORS, UM, , GESNER, TEXAS PARKWAY THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP. UH, YEAH. NOW LET'S MOVE TO THE EXERCISE. UM, ON YOUR SCREEN, COULD YOU PLEASE SWITCH TO THE AGENDA SCREEN? SOME OF YOU, WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE HAVE THAT, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF OUR SCREEN. WE HAVE NO CONTROL OF IT. OKAY. OH, OKAY. BUT THESE AREN'T LEFT. I'M SORRY. I THINK WE HAVE, UH, JUST THE MONITORS ON. THEY, THEY'RE COMING AROUND US WITH THE SPRINGS. OH. OH, OKAY. GO AWAY. YOU WANNA BE CAREFUL LETTING ME HAVE CONTROL OF A SCREEN? I THINK, I THINK THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN I MOVED FROM THERE TO HERE. NOW, NOW I KNOW WHAT, LIKE, I'M GOING BACK TO MY SPOT COMPUTER OVER THERE. IT'S A TEST. OH YEAH. OH, YOU'RE ALREADY ON THERE. LIKE SOMEBODY DID SOMETHING TO MOVE SOMETHING TO DO SOMETHING. WE ON THE SAME, YOU'RE ON, I, I THINK SOMEBODY'S, OH NO, NOT STILL THE PRESENTATION. OH, OKAY. SORRY. OKAY. OKAY. GOT JOIN. OKAY, WE'RE GOOD? SURE. OKAY. CAN YOU ALL SEE THIS SCREEN? WHAT MM-HMM, FOCUS GROUP MEETING PARKS ABOUT ON? YES MA'AM. YOUR SCREEN. OKAY, LET'S, LET'S START THE EXERCISE. SO THERE ARE EIGHT, UM, EIGHT QUESTIONS. THREE OF THEM ARE PRACTICE QUESTIONS. JUST FOR YOU TO GET A HANG OF THIS, HOW THIS, HOW TO DO THE ACTUAL QUESTIONS. SO THIS IS A CONTENT SLIDE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. AND A FEW TIPS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY START THE EXERCISE. DO NOT HIT THE BACK BUTTON, THEN YOU WILL BE GONE OUT OF THE EXERCISE. THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO RE-ENTER THE CORRIDOR, TELL US IF THAT HAPPENS. AND ALWAYS, UH, AS WE CHANGE THE SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THAT PARTICULAR SLIDE. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT, EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE A NEXT QUESTION OPTION. SO PLEASE WAIT FOR US TO CHANGE THE SCREEN. LET'S GO TO THE FIRST QUESTION. UH, THIS IS THE QUESTION. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU LIVED IN MR? THIS IS AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION. ON YOUR TOP RIGHT CORNER, THERE'S A SMALL BOX THAT SAYS, ENTER YOUR RESPONSE HERE. YOU CAN ENTER MULTIPLE RESPONSES AND TYPE IN YOUR RESPONSE AND THEN HIT SUBMIT. AND JUST WAIT FOR US. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A KEYBOARD. THERE'S NO WAY TO TYPE IT IN HERE. WE JUST TYPE IT IN ON KEYBOARD. YES. MAGIC ONE HERE, DOWN THERE WHERE YOU SEE A LITTLE PICTURE, PICTURE OF A KEYBOARD HERE, SOMEWHERE DOWN THERE. OH, THAT'S VERY NICE. AND IT TURNED OFF. KNOW WHAT I'M DOING HERE, CHRIS? NICELY DO IT. EACH RESPONSE CAN BE UP TO 200 CHARACTERS. SO YOU CAN WRITE LORD SENTENCES. I'LL BRING, I'LL TALK I DINNER. IT'S NEEDS TO DO IT. OKAY. I, BECAUSE SHE SAID IT'S NOT ACCEPTING. I'M HOW MANY YEARS? SO WE HAVE SEVEN RESPONSES. LITTLE KEYBOARD. OH, IT'S DOWN OH'S DOWN THERE. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SCROLL. OKAY. OKAY. AND SO THESE FIRST THREE QUESTIONS ARE ICEBREAKERS. SO YOU GET USED TO RESPOND. THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THEY LIED. YOU DON'T HAVE THE LITTLE MAGIC NINE RESPONSES, DIDN'T YOU? TO SUBMIT? OKAY. [01:15:02] YEP. DO SHE NUMBER TWO? NO. ALL GOOD. HEY, WE PARKED, WE GOT IT DONE. . WE HAVE ONE MORE PERSON. GO BACK WHO'S NOT SUBMITTED WAITING TO SUBMIT BECAUSE WE CAN SEE THAT 10 PEOPLE ARE ALL, YOU CAN ALSO SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, IT SAYS 10 RIGHT HERE. THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES. 10. EVERYBODY SUBMIT. SOMEBODY THINK THEY MAY SUBMIT. LET MAKE SURE THERE'S 10 OF US. THERE'S 10 OF US. THERE'S 10. THEN WE'RE GOOD. SO LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT QUESTION. OH, SORRY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. SO NOW YOU SEE THIS QUESTION. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY? JUST LIKE YOU DID THE PREVIOUS QUESTION. YOU CAN ENTER ANY NUMBER OF RESPONSES. YES. YOU, THERE CAN BE MULTIPLE REASONS. SO EACH RESPONSE CAN BE WORD, A SENTENCE UP TO 250 CHARACTERS. SUBMIT EACH RES, TYPE IN EACH RESPONSE, THEN SUBMIT. THEN JUST WAIT FOR ME TO CHANGE THE SCREEN. PERIOD. OH, SUBMIT. OH, THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW. YOURS IS ACTING FUNNY. I RIGHT HERE. YEAH, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO LOOK ALL MY ALREADY. I HAVEN'T PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, I DO AND DO NOT CLICK. NEXT QUESTION. UNLESS AND UNTIL YOU ARE DONE ENTERING ALL YOUR REASONS. . PERFECT HOME. YU PERFECT HOME. SO I TYPE MINE IN, BUT I DON'T SEE IT UP HERE. DID YOU HIT SOME? YEAH. UM, TRY IT ONE MORE TIME. OKAY. SO THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ME. MM-HMM. . ALRIGHT. THE FAMILY. AND THEN YOU CAN SCROLL IT DOWN. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. OH, OKAY. SO WHENEVER YOU HIT CEMENT, YOU, SHOULD I GET OUT OF THIS THEN? OH, JUST NEED TO RAISE. THANK YOU. ONE PERSON IS STILL THINKING WE HAVE NINE RESPONSES. THANK YOU. YEAH, WE HAVE 10 LOT OF GOOD REASONS. LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT QUESTION. THIS IS A DIFFERENT QUESTION. IT'S A RANKING QUESTION. WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS NOT THE ACTUAL ORDER. AS YOU RESPOND, IT'LL CHANGE THE WAY YOU NEED TO RESPOND IS FROM YOUR SCREEN. YOU CAN, TO THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, YOU CAN DRAG EACH OPTION IN THE ORDER OF YOUR PREFERENCE, WHATEVER, DRAG ONE FIRST, WHICHEVER ONE. IF I WANT, WE DRAG THAT ONE FIRST. YES. THEN DRAG ANOTHER NEXT ONE OVER AND ABLE TO CLICK ON IT. YES. SO THE QUESTION IS RANK YOUR FAVORITE PARTS. SO GO FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST. SO FAVORITE ONE, FIRST FAVORITE. AND THE QUESTION IS, PLEASE RANK YOUR FAVORITE PARTS ON A SCALE OF ONE TO SIX AND ONE IS THE HIGHEST. WHATEVER YOU THINK. THE FIRST MOVE. THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S, UH, I DON'T THE NONE OF THOSE I WANT. PARK HAS A SKATEBOARD. OH, ON HIS, OKAY. OKAY. AND LATER YOU CAN REARRANGE IF YOU THINK WHAT YOU CHOSE AS FIRST ONE IS NOT YOUR FIRST PREFERENCE, YOU CAN USE THAT AND DOWN ARROW TO MOVE IT UP AND DOWN. HOW'S IT GOING? MINE'S NOT HERE. UM, I SCROLL DOWN, BUT I STILL DON'T SEE THE ONE I WANTED TO. OH, IT'S NOT ALL OF THEM. OKAY. THERE ARE SOME, SEE HOW THE SCALE'S CHANGING DOWN THE LINE. HIGHEST. OKAY. THREE RESPONSES ARE IN, FOUR ARE IN COMMUNITY PARK IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY. OKAY. WHAT HAPPENED? SUBMIT. OH, UM, HAVE YOU BEEN IT WENT AWAY. I WASN'T FINISHED SUBMITTED IT. OH, IT'S OKAY. YOU ACTUALLY GOING AND THEN WE HAVE SEVEN. OKAY. IT'S FINE. I USE THESE 'CAUSE MY FINGERS ARE TOO BIG. ALWAYS. OH, THAT'S WHAT I SHOULD HAVE. THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. AS PEOPLE ARE SUBMITTING IT. OH, OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. PETER? [01:20:09] YEAH. WE HAVE 10, 10 RESPONSES. AARON, THIS IS SOME GOOD INFORM INFORMATION FOR THE PARTS BOARD. LET'S MOVE TO THE ACTUAL EXERCISE QUESTIONS LIKE WE, UM, EXPLAINED EARLIER. THESE ARE THE 10 FOCUS AREAS AND YOU HAVE THE MAP WITH YOU. LET'S GO TO, THIS IS A CONTENT SLIDE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. AND LET'S GO TO THE FIRST QUESTION. THE FIRST QUESTION IS, IS A RANKING QUESTION SIMILAR TO THE ONE YOU JUST DID? THE QUESTION IS, ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10, ONE BEING THE HIGHEST, PLEASE RANK THE FOCUS AREAS IN THE ORDER OF HOW YOU WOULD PRIORITIZE THEM FOR DEVELOPMENT SLASH REDEVELOPMENT. WHAT ONE, WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO, UM, CHOOSE AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY? THAT QUESTION, UM, IS EVERYBODY FAMILIAR WITH ALL 10 OF THESE AREAS? MM-HMM. , YES. GENERALLY. YEAH. HAS ANYONE NOT DRIVEN DOWN ANY OF THESE STREETS? ANY ONE OF THE STREETS? SO DANIELLE, WE DO 10 OF THEM, RIGHT? YES. SEE IF I CAN DO THIS. DROP OPTIONS. SO YEAH, SO IT'LL BE THE SAME THING ON, ON THIS. YOU CAN SCROLL HERE AND WHICHEVER ONE YOU THINK SHOULD BE FIRST. JUST TAP IT FIRST. YEP. AND THEN SECOND. TAP IT SECOND. CAN I JUST TAP ON THIS? YEP. YOU CAN DRAG OR CLICK THE OPTIONS SO THEN IT GOES AWAY AND MOVE THEM UP AND DOWN. OKAY. WHERE'S HOW? . . I KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THE BOTTOM CLUMSY THUMB. SO I CAN ALWAYS CATCH. STAY ON. MM-HMM. FINISHED. I ONLY, I ONLY CHOSE TWO AND THEN IT DID THIS. I DON'T KNOW, THAT WAS JUST MY THOUGHT PROCESS. YOU FINISH THE MORE AREAS. FORT BEND PARKWAY. THAT WOULD BE, I GUESS IT DEPENDS UPON WHAT, HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS. THOUGHT GUESS . NO, I MEAN B WELL, BUT IT'S HOW YOU THINK ABOUT HOW YOU THINK THINKS LIKE PLENTY OF DEVELOPMENT. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. EVEN IT'S ALWAYS DEVELOPMENT. YOU'RE PRIORITIZING . I KNOW IT'S, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. IT NEEDS TO JUST STOP. NO, LISA GOT TWO. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING. ALRIGHT, WHERE IS THEY HAVE THE CITIZENS. YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OUT HERE. AND ALSO, SO EVERYBODY HAS SUBMITTED, ARE YOU ALL SURPRISED BY THESE RESULTS? I HEARD SOME OF THE DISCUSSION HAPPENING OVER HERE AND I THINK YOU ALL WERE SAYING YOU WERE RANKING 'EM BASED ON THE ONES YOU DROVE THROUGH , THE ONES YOU'RE MOST FAMILIAR WITH AND ALL OF THE ABOVE. I TELL YOU, I LIKE HOW BRUCE SAID IT. HE SAYS IT DEPENDS UPON YOUR MINDSET. IF YOU'RE MORE IMPORTANT, IF WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU MORE IS REDEVELOPMENT, THEN YOU'RE GONNA KIND OF RANK 'EM THAT WAY. AND IF IT IS YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS IS MORE TOWARDS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, IT'S GONNA CHANGE WHICH ONES THAT YOU PICK. YEAH. AND, AND I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF THAT WAY, BUT HE JUST SAID IT SO ELOQUENTLY. SO THAT'S GOOD PLAN. VERY GOOD. . SO, SO WHAT I'M GONNA ASK IS, IS UM, THINK ABOUT YOUR TOP THREE. YEAH. THE, THE TOP THREE THAT YOU HAVE. KEEP THOSE IN MIND. UM, BECAUSE THE NEXT COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ARE GONNA ASK YOU SIMILAR TO THAT, UM, SOME QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THOSE TOP THREE. AND SO, AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, THERE SHOULD BE A SLIDE WHERE YOU CAN PUT IN SOME COMMENTS. AND SO PUT IN THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REDEVELOPMENT FOCUS AND A DEVELOPMENT FOCUS. UM, BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE INPUT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, SEEKING. MAYBE YOU CAN WRITE DOWN YOUR TOP THREE ON THE MAP SO THAT WAY YOU'LL [01:25:01] REMEMBER IT. NEXT QUESTION IS, THIS IS AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION. ALL RANKING QUESTIONS ARE OVER. YOU CAN WRITE JUST LIKE YOU DID THE FIRST TWO QUESTIONS. YOU CAN TYPE IN YOUR RESPONSES, ANY NUMBER OF RESPONSES. THE QUESTION IS THINKING OF THE TOP THREE FOCUS AREAS, YOU JUST RANKED YOUR INDIVIDUAL RANKING, NOT THE ONE, NOT THE CONSOLIDATED RESULT. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT THESE FOCUS AREAS? IT WAS, IT WAS YOUR RANKING AND WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THESE FOCUS AREAS. YOUR FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT THESE FOCUS AREAS. YOU WANT US TO CALL 'EM OUT IN OUR SUBMIT? YOU CAN WRITE IT. YEAH, YOU CAN WRITE ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. YOU CAN TYPE IN YOUR RESPONSE. YOUR FAVORITE THINGS. YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO IDENTIFY EACH. NO ONE. NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY NUMBER ONE. I, I LIKE THIS NUMBER TWO. THIS JUST GENERAL. OKAY. YOU CAN DO THAT TOO. FINE. BECAUSE IF, IF YOU WANT TO WRITE THE NAME OF THE CORRIDOR, YOU CAN DO THAT. OR JUST SIMPLIFY IT. . YEAH. MAKE IT EASY. YES. BECAUSE IT'LL LET YOU HAVE UP TO 200 CHARACTERS. THAT'S STONE BASED AS THEY ARE NOW. RIGHT? THIS IS, THIS IS, I'M SORRY. YOU WANT US TO FOCUS ON THE THREE AREAS WE WRITE? OKAY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT THAT IS THERE NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. WHAT MAKES YOU LOVE THAT AREA? YEAH, WHY DO YOU LOVE THAT AREA? YES. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. MAKE SURE, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT THAT CORRIDOR? DO I GET MY KEYBOARD BACK? GET THAT LITTLE SQUARE ON THE LOWER RIGHT KEYBOARD ON THE LOWER RIGHT. AND THEY EVEN HAVE SPELL CHECKING IN THERE, MAN. OH, I GOT IT. WHY IS IT I NEED SOME, I'M WRITING MY ANSWER. BUT THEN IT SAYS YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN THE, THE O UH, SO WHEN YOU'RE TYPING IN, YOU'LL HAVE TO, UM, HIT THE TEXT BOX. SO I MIGHT HAVE NOT, UM, GOTTEN WHERE YOU EVER YOU WERE. RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. AND YOU GUYS COULD HAVE MULTIPLE ANSWERS. UM, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO LIMIT YOURSELF TO JUST ONE ANSWER. SO WHEN Y'ALL DO THOSE FOCUS GROUPS, ARE Y'ALL DOING THIS EVERY TIME? YES. LIKE THIS? YES. OH, DEPENDING ON THE CORRIDOR. LIKE IF THEY HAVE ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR CORRIDOR, WE ONLY FOCUS ON THAT CORRIDOR. RIGHT. BUT THE SURVEY PROCESS, LIKE THIS PROCESS YOU'RE GOING DOING, YOU DO IT FOR EACH ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT YOU MEET WITH THIS THE SURVEY, THE FORMAT OF IT? YEAH, THE FORMAT. WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. YEP. AND YOU CAN GIVE FEEDBACK. YEAH, YEAH. ON HOW, HOW USER FRIENDLY OR YOU KNOW, BECAUSE PART OF IT IS WE WANT THE DISCUSSION. UM, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT POINT. BUT THIS IS A WAY TO KIND OF, UH, PULL SOME INFORMATION, UM, FROM YOU ALL AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR THAT DISCUSSION. ALRIGHT. IT'S GOOD. NO, I, I I JUST GOT A BUNCH OF LAPTOPS. YOU BETTER GARY, BUT , THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT. . [01:30:05] WE HAVE EIGHT RESPONSES TO, I THINK SHE'S STILL RESPONSIBLE NOW. I SEE WHAT YOU SAID NOW. LAST . YEAH. EVEN WHEN YOU ASKED, I WAS LIKE, I SAW THAT. GUESS I RAN OUT. ANY CHANCE TO RESPOND? YOU GOT ONE MORE? YEAH. YOU GOT 10. WHICH YOUNG? 10? HE'S GOT NINE. GOT ONE. MINE IS SHOWING 10 RESPONSES. UM, IS THAT NOT RIGHT? SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE DONE MULTIPLE, BUT ONLY NINE PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED FAR. OH, OKAY. SHE GOT A NUMBER DOWN HERE OR I HAVE A NUMBER DOWN HERE. YEAH, I'LL 10 NOW. OKAY. I WAS LOOKING UP. YEAH, I SEE RIGHT THERE. YEAH. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION. NEXT QUESTION IS ALSO AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION. SO THE QUESTION IS, THINKING OF THE TOP THREE FOCUS AREAS THAT YOU RANKED, WHAT ARE YOUR BIGGEST CONCERNS? YOU CHOSE THE FAVORITE THINGS EARLIER, NOW IT'S, THESE ARE THE CONCERNS. MAKE SURE YOU'LL HIT THE TEXT BOX. SO, OH, OKAY. OH YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY MAKE IT GO AWAY. THINK OF AN ANSWER. OH, OKAY. WHERE'S MY, WHERE'S MY ACCESS? OH, I AM SORRY. I NEED HELP. OH, NOT VERY GOOD. UH OH. ANSWER. WHAT HAPPENED TO IT? IT DISAPPEARED. MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN THAT'S OKAY. YOU CAN STILL DO IT. OR ANY OF THE, OR ANY OF THOSE YOURS? NO. NO. OKAY. WELL, LEMME GO. CAN YOU, IS ANYONE STILL WORKING ON A RESPONSE? YEAH, I'M ALMOST DONE. COME ON. BACK UP. BACK UP. I CAN'T GET RID OF THIS. NO SPELLING. I DON'T WANT THAT. HOW DO I ERASE THIS? DIANE, I WANNA ERASE THIS. JUST THAT T JUST T WAIT, WAIT. EMPTY GOING. TWO MORE LETTERS. ERASE. HELP ME. OKAY, SO, OH. [01:35:02] ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE? JUST A MINUTE. YOU GOT THREE AHEAD. CAN I RAISE THE W EVERY GET A CHANCE. ERASE THAT. W ONE MORE. YOU GOT ONE MORE STRAGGLER OVER THERE. BETTER? I DID GET SOME ER. IS THAT IT? YEAH. I SAID I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. WHICH BUTTON? OH, NO, WE CAN'T DO THAT. I, I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE, I NEED, I COULD SCROLL THAT YOUR OH YEAH. TO DO. YEAH. YEAH. THIS WOULD DRIVE CRAZY. OH YEAH. A LOT OF US APPEAR THE SAME THING. WE CAN SEE. ALL RIGHT. 12 RESPONSES. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S TWO MORE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO DISCUSSION. OKAY. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION. THE NEXT QUESTION IS, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS MISSING IN MISSOURI CITY? THIS IS CITYWIDE . I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT. WORKING. WELL, THINK ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, YOU WERE SOMETHING THAT YOU DO, SOMETHING THAT YOU ENJOY, THAT YOU WISH WAS CLOSER TO YOU OR YOU WISH WAS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN PROXIMITY. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE CITY LIMITS TO ENJOY IT. IT COULD BE A NIGHT OUT. IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE SOME RECREATIONAL, SOME ENTERTAINMENT. COULD BE SOME EDUCATIONAL, SOME, YOU KNOW, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO YOU THINK THAT YOU WANT CLOSER? YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE TO DRIVE SO FAR TO GET TO IT. THAT'S WHY I LIVE HERE BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S HERE. YOU CAN SAY THAT . I MEAN THAT. YOU CAN SAY THAT. DID I DO IT AGAIN? DID IT WRONG AGAIN. I WANNA DO A C. THERE YOU GO. I WANT A CAPITAL C. SO TO DO A CAPITAL C YOU CAN DO YOUR SHIFT. I THINK WE HAVE THERE GO. NO, I'M DONE. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S . . I FORGOT TO GET READ . THAT'S THE ONLY THING I DRIVE AWAY FOR. WHERE DO YOU GO FOR THAT? GO FOR SERGEANT TEXAS. OH, I LOVE SERGEANT TEXAS. SEE, WHAT IS, WHERE IS SERGEANT A SECRET GETAWAY? YOU DON'T WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY THEN Y'ALL WANNA START COMING? YEAH. , WHERE IS IT? YEAH, WHERE IS IT AND WHAT DOES IT HAVE? IT'S A GYM. IT IS UH, RIGHT ON THE GOLF. BUT HE SAYS I, THAT'S WHERE I GO. YEAH. . IT'S A HIDDEN GEM. WE'RE TRYING TO BUY PROPERTY THERE AND GOT SHIPPED, BOUGHT US SOME PROPERTY. I'VE BEEN MAD ABOUT IT EVER SINCE. . THERE YOU . I LIKE THAT. CHEAPER TOO. LITTLE TINY LITTLE BITTY COMMUNITY. IT'S EAST OF GAL HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE EAST OF GALVESTON. THEY CRIED REAL HARD TO PUT THE ACTUAL CANE ON THE RIVER. SUGARLAND, [01:40:02] LET'S GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION. SO LAST QUESTION. ONE LAST QUESTION, AND THIS IS WHERE YOU REALLY GONNA PUT A PLANNING HAT ON. NEEDS TO BE, IS THINK FAR INTO THE FUTURE FIVE YEARS. UM, WHAT DO YOU SEE MISSOURI CITY LOOKING LIKE? WHAT DOES THIS CITY LOOK LIKE IN FIVE YEARS? YOUR PREFERRED COMMUNITY IN FIVE YEARS? MY PREFERRED OR WHAT I THINK IS WHAT WOULD I LIKE TO SEE YOUR PREFERRED. PREFERRED. OKAY. YEAH. I AM GOING TO TELL ON Y'ALL. MM-HMM. . SINCE WE WAITING, Y'ALL READ AND THEN Y'ALL LOOK, WE'RE NOT TYPING. NOW I'M A CSI FAN. . UHHUH. UHHUH. UHHUH. OKAY. COOLER CLIMATE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAN DO A COOLER CLIMATE. , WAS THAT ON? YES. AIR CONDITION. THE CITY . BUT, BUT THERE MAY BE, SO THERE MAY BE NATURAL, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS THAT CAN HELP KIND OF REDUCE SOME OF THAT. TREES. YEAH. MORE TREES. MORE TREES. A MORE TREES CANOPY. YOU CHOP 'EM ALL DOWN. DEVELOPERS CHOP ALL THEM PER HEAD. TAKE THE TREES DOWN. ALL THE TREES. YOU CAN'T CHOP ALL THE TREES DOWN, DOWN CONCRETE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE EXERCISE, BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR JUST A QUICK DISCUSSION. UM, BECAUSE I KNOW, UH, THAT WAS HELLO . UM, BUT, BUT THE AIM OF IT, THE AIM OF IT IS TO, TO PULL THAT INPUT. MM-HMM. . UM, AND SO NOW THAT YOU ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS, UM, WE WANT TO JUST GET SOME, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTS FROM YOU ALL, UM, ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE IN MISSOURI CITY, YOUR, YOU KNOW, UH, BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND WHAT YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, OF THE COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANNA OPEN THAT UP, UH, TO A DISCUSSION. UM, ANY INPUT THAT YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, WANT TO GIVE OR ANY QUESTION THAT YOU KNOW YOU ALL HAVE, UM, PLEASE PROVIDE THAT. DO YOU WANT US TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE? MM-HMM. , ONE THING THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN IS MAYBE A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. SOME TYPE OF MUSEUMS HERE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING. ALSO DINING MORE FOUR STAR, FIVE STAR DINING. YES. QUALITY, REALLY GOOD. UM, [01:45:01] SOME SENIOR CITIZEN CONDO WOULD BE EXCELLENT. OKAY. IN FIVE YEARS, OR SOONER RE SOME SENIOR STUDENTS IN CONDOS. SO TO THAT POINT, BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT MISSOURI CITY BEING DIVERSE AND DIVERSE, CULTURALLY DIVERSE, YOU KNOW, IN AGE GROUPS, DIVERSE, YOU KNOW, IN ALL AREAS. UM, BUT WE REALLY DO HAVE EVERYBODY LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND SO ALL AGE GROUPS. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WITH, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, IS THIS A COMMUNITY THAT ALL AGE GROUPS, YOU KNOW, CAN LIVE IN AND THRIVE IN AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR NEEDS MET. SO AS WE AGE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, NOW WE WANT AN ASIAN PLACE. WE WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, CLOSER, YOU KNOW, TO THINGS THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS. DO WE HAVE THOSE KIND OF RESOURCES? YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF HOUSING? YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE THE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, AMENITIES, UM, THAT ALLOW FOR THAT TO HAPPEN COMFORTABLY? YOU KNOW, OR DO WE HAVE TO GO ELSEWHERE IN ORDER TO DO THAT? SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THAT INPUT SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, PUT THAT INTO THOSE GOALS AND THOSE POLICIES. AND AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE FOCUS AREAS, THOSE FOCUS AREAS ARE OPPORTUNITIES. UM, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, UM, INTERESTS AND SOME OF THOSE FOCUS AREAS. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF COMMUNITY INTEREST IN SOME OF THOSE FOCUS AREAS. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF, UM, SOME DECLINE IN SOME OF THOSE FOCUS AREAS. UM, SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE REMAINING TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN THAT COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL MOVE HERE FOR AND THAT WE ALL WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD. CATHERINE , WHAT? PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. DO YOU WANNA GIVE HER SOME INPUT? AND I, AND I JUST DO THAT WHEN I, THOSE THAT DON'T SPEAK, I MAKE SURE I GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO . OH, SHE'S BEEN SPEAKING. I KNOW. ALRIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW, I DRIVE, I DRIVE TEXAS PARKWAY EVERY DAY TO, YOU KNOW, TO LEAVE, TO GO TO WORK. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I PUT IN THERE IS, YOU KNOW, I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO COMMUTE. I WISH THAT I, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE, THERE WERE WORKPLACE OCCU, YOU KNOW, WORKPLACE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE, MORE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, I I, I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE. I, YOU KNOW, I, BUT I HAVE TO DRIVE INTO HOUSTON TO GO TO WORK. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, THAT I PUT IN IS MY IMPORTANCE. BUT TECH, YOU KNOW, LIKE I WAS GONNA SAY WITH, YOU KNOW, I SEE THAT CORRIDOR AS IN AND OUT OF THE CITY SO MUCH, AND THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC EVERY MORNING. AND, AND ALL OF THOSE THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT COULD BE THERE THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. YEAH. SO, YEAH, I, I WOULD AGREE. I, I'VE BEEN MISSOURI CITY 40 PLUS YEARS, SO I KIND OF SEEN THINGS CHANGE. AND THIS CORRIDOR RIGHT THROUGH HERE. REMEMBER WHEN THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS BUSINESSES, THRIVING BUSINESSES ALL THROUGHOUT THIS AREA, AND YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT COME, BUT NOT THE SAME BUSINESSES. MM-HMM. OVER AND OVER. MM-HMM. , MAYBE IT'S, IT REQUIRES SMALLER. HOW DO YOU ATTRACT SMALLER BUSINESSES TO COME IN? YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S BUILDING THESE SMALLER MODULAR BUILDING OR BUILDING FACILITIES OR WHAT HAVE YOU TO SEE, WHAT DO YOU DO TO, TO BRING IN BUSINESS? TO YOUR POINT, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DRIVE DOWNTOWN EVERY DAY TO WORK. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IS THERE OPPORTUNITIES OUT HERE IN THE AREA? BUT SO, SO IT IS BUILDING THIS AREA AND ALSO A MEDICAL FACILITY LIKE HOSPITALS. WE USED TO HAVE A HOSPITAL, MISSOURI CITY AND NEAR QUAIL VALLEY. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOING. SO EVERYTHING ELSE YOU LOOK AROUND, YOU HAVE TO GO, UH, TO OTHER CITIES, SUGARLAND, HOUSTON OR WHAT HAVE YOU, JUST FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, AND IT COULD ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, AS WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT ASSOCIATED WITH SUPPORTING THE HOSPITAL HOSPITAL, BUT JUST IN THE ENTERTAINMENT VENUE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING AS WELL THAT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT I WOULD, IT'D BE NICE TO, TO SEE A MISSOURI CITY SUCH THAT PEOPLE CAN COME HERE INSTEAD OF GOING ELSEWHERE, YOU KNOW, SPEND YOUR MONEY HERE, YOU KNOW? SO, SO, YEAH. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT MY BRUCE. AND CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON, UM, BECAUSE THE COMMUTING, THE, FOR, FOR THOSE THAT COMMUTE OUT OF THE CITY, UM, IN YOUR ROUTINES IN, IN YOUR COMMUTING IN THE MORNING, WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU STOP ON TEXAS PARKWAY? OR WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU STOP ON ANY OF THE ROADS THAT YOU TRAVEL TO COMMUTE OUT THE CITY? WELL, THERE SHOULD SHOW COFFEE SHOP. THERE ARE, THERE ARE 25 ON, ON HIGHWAY SIX . BUT THERE ARE NONE ON TEXAS PARKWAY. NOT A SINGLE NO STARBUCKS. NO, NO NOTHING. NOT EVEN A LOCAL ONE. THERE'S A SHIP PLACE. WELL, THERE'S A DONUT PLACE, BUT THEY SELL COFFEE. I KNOW, BUT THEY DON'T SELL COFFEE. [01:50:06] I GOTTA HAVE THE DRIVE. DRIVE. YOU NEED THE DRIVE THROUGH. I NEED THE DRIVE THROUGH COFFEE. EXACTLY. EXACTLY. I MEAN, I MEAN, THAT'S FOR AN EXAMPLE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT IT'S IRONIC. YOU DO SAY THAT MY DAUGHTER DRIVES EVERY DAY. 'CAUSE SHE DRIVES FOR THAT HOT DOLLAR $15 CUP OF COFFEE. DOES SHE DRIVE OUT OF HER WAY TO GET THAT COFFEE? YES. OH YEAH. DO THE DEVOTEES DO THAT? . BUT I'M NOT DRIVING HIGHWAY SIX. BUT YOU WANNA TELL ME, I WANNA MAKE ALL Y'ALL'S PEE. SO GOOD, GOOD TEACHER. WELL, UH, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SEE WOULD BE, UH, LIKE A LITTLE MORE, UM, LIKE WALKABLE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN, YOU KNOW, BOTH REDEVELOPMENT AND NEW DEVELOPMENT. UH, THE OTHER THING IS, THE REASON I CAME OUT HERE ORIGINALLY, UM, WAS BECAUSE, UM, MISSOURI CITY HAD SO MUCH NATURAL ENVIRONMENT REMAINING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY KIND OF LIVE AMONG. AND SO IT WAS AN ESCAPE FROM, IT WAS AN ESCAPE FROM HOUSTON. AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE US PAY A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION TO, UH, KEEPING THAT INSTEAD OF PAVING EVERY SQUARE INCH. THANK YOU, PAM. I SKIPPED OVER YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DID. DID YOU SAY SOMETHING ALREADY? OH, DID I? OKAY. MY BAD OVER HERE. MY BAD. I I, I JUST THOUGHT I, I SKIPPED MY BAD. NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE FINE. I, I, I WOULD KIND OF LIKE JOIN CHRIS ON THE AESTHETIC PIECE. LIKE, MY FEAR IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF RETAIL CENTERS THAT ARE LIKE COMING ON BOARD, BUT AS WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE AREAS THAT NEED REDEVELOPMENT, THERE'S A LOT OF RUNDOWN RETAIL CENTERS, RIGHT? SO YEAH, YOU GET THAT ONE STORE IN THERE AND THE CORNER AND A FEW OTHERS COME IN, BUT THEN THAT CORNER STORE LEAVES, IT'S JUST LIKE A MALL, RIGHT? WHEN THE CORNER CHAINS LEAVE THE, THE PLACE JUST GOES VACANT AND THEN IT GETS RUN DOWN. SO IT'S, THE NEW PARTS ARE, IT LOOKS KIND OF GREAT AND NICE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S JUST, IT'S KIND OF BLAND. LIKE WHERE IS MAYBE THE LONGER THINKING OF IF DEVELOPERS ARE BEING LED IN A MORE OF A DIRECTION THAT THINK ABOUT BUILDING MORE PLAZA AREAS THAT, OR HAVE MORE GREEN SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK AND HAVE THOSE RESTAURANTS AND SHOPPING EXPERIENCES. NOT JUST STRIP MALLS THAT ARE LIKE BEING BUILT. I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A STRIP MALL TOWN. I WANT TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY FEEL COMMUNITY THAT IS FUTURISTIC, WHICH ALSO LEADS TO LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES. LIKE, WE SHOULD BE THINKING MORE ABOUT BURYING MORE UTILITIES AND GETTING POWER LINES AND THINGS OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUT HERE DRIVING DOWN A ROAD. AND ALL YOU SEE IS UGLY POWER LINES. I MEAN, THAT'S ALSO GONNA FALL DOWN IN THE NEXT STORM. SO I, I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPLEMENTING ALL UTILITY PIECES, BUT THERE ARE PARTNERSHIPS IN WAYS THAT WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK IN THAT DIRECTION. THAT'S MY THING IS THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I MOVED HERE. I, I LIKE MY AREA. UH, I ENJOY MY NEIGHBOR . I ENJOY MY NEIGHBOR. WE, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL, UH, PRETTY LITTLE STREET. BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, I, I, WE DRIVE OUT OF THAT AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING, SOME OIL THING BURNING DOWN OVER THERE OR SOMETHING. YOU GET OUT. SO I HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FEW TOWER UGLY TOWERS OR SOMETHING. OF COURSE, ANYMORE I'VE, I'VE ADJUSTED THAT. SOME OF THOSE CELL PHONE TOWER THINGS THAT IF I GET LOST, I'M LIKE, OH, THAT'S SERIOUS. THAT'S . DRIVE OVER. WELL, CAN I JUST ASK JUST, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE WALKABLE AREAS AND THEN THE PRETTY STREET IS WHAT ARE THOSE, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE IT A PRETTY STREET? AND WHAT, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT, THAT YOU WOULD VALUE IN A WALKABLE AREA? 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY A SIDEWALK, BUT SIDEWALKS CAN RANGE IN SIZE AND FEEL. SO WHAT, WHAT DO YOU ENVISION WHEN YOU SAY A WALKABLE AREA IN A PRETTY STREET? LIGHTING. LIGHTING. UH, I, I WOULD SAY LIGHTING GOES A LONG WAY. AND, AND JUST GRADING THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. LIGHTING WITH, YOU KNOW, CURBING AND SIDEWALKS, CURBING SIDEWALKS AND NATURAL TREES AND WHAT HAVE YOU. UM, UH, YEAH, JUST , THAT'S ME. YEAH. AND HAVING THAT CASCADE EFFECT ON TREES. MM-HMM. , I REALLY LIKE THAT ABOUT, IN SOME STREETS IN MISSOURI CITY IS THAT CASCADE OF TREES. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY PICTURES AND IT MAKES IT LOOK THE NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY HOME. AND FOR THE COOLER CLIMATE, THAT MIGHT BE THE COOLER THAT MIGHT BE COOLER THAN SOME OTHER PARTS AS WELL. I THINK, UH, I MEAN, JUST OVERALL LIKE A NICE STREET IS, YOU KNOW, ONE THAT'S JUST NOT KIND OF PATCHY HERE OR THERE CRACKED, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE LIKE, SO LIKE THE PAVEMENT, THE SURFACE, NICE, NICE PAVED STREET. ARE THERE, ARE WE, AND ESPECIALLY [01:55:01] IF IN SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENT AREAS, ARE WE THINKING ABOUT WIDENING SOME STREETS? ARE THERE GONNA BE BIKE, DESIGNATED BIKE LANES FOR SOME STREETS OR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS? I THINK THE ONE THING I'LL JUST, I TRY NOT TO SAY TOO MUCH BECAUSE I CAN TALK ABOUT CONNECTIVITY. WHAT I'VE LEARNED WITH A LOT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE 35 AND YOUNGER, THEY LIKE, NUMBER ONE, CONNECTIVITY, PEDESTRIAN WALKING. THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BIG TIME INTO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS WALKABLE. I GOT A SON IN DC HE'S LIKE, DAD, I LOVE IT. 'CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA TAKE MY CAR. I'M, I JUST WALK TO, UH, WHOLE FOODS, UH, YOU KNOW. MM-HMM. , WE DON'T DO THAT HERE. BUT I HAVE HEARD OF, UH, A LOT OF THE BIKING COMMUNITY WHERE THEY LIKE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO JUMP ON A BIKE AND, AND RIDE TO THE STORE, PICK UP WHAT THEY WANT. SO THEY, THEY LIKE A PEDESTRIAN TRAIL THAT HAS SOME CONNECTIVITY. AND I KNOW THAT'S A DIRECTION THAT NOT ONLY THE COUNTY, BUT THE CITY'S BEEN WORKING ON. ALL OF THEM ARE WORKING ON. BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, FOR THOSE THAT ARE 35 AND YOUNGER, I, I TEND TO HEAR THAT FROM THEM. AND EVEN FROM THE, UM, MORE MATURE PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO DO THEIR AFTERNOON OR EVENING WALKS. AND I THINK THEY STILL LIKE THAT LOW CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY AND, AND MAYBE EVEN EXPAND IT TO GO TO OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND I, I LIKE SEEING SOME OF THESE AREAS. I'VE SEEN 'EM IN A NUMBER OF TOWNS IN THE WEST AND STUFF, UH, IN PARTICULAR WHERE IT'S LIKE, UM, THESE COMMUNITY CENTERS, CENTER AREAS THAT TOTALLY EXCLUDE, UH, MOTOR VEHICLES FROM THE INTERNAL PART. AND, UH, YOU CAN DO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED BY, YOU KNOW, WALKING AND BICYCLES AND STUFF, UH, INSIDE THE COW CARS ARE ON THE OUTSIDE. UH, IT JUST MAKES HER A REALLY NICE ENVIRONMENT, VERY EASY TO LIVE IN. MM-HMM. , MR. SCHNEIDER. I THINK WE NEED A CULTURAL ARTS CENTER. SOMETHING THAT FOSTERS COMMUNITY BAND, CHOIR, DRAMA. ALWAYS WOULD ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. PEOPLE IN THOSE ACTIVITIES. THAT'S THE MAIN THING I THINK WE NEED OR COULD USE. MM-HMM. GREAT. I THINK THE TOWNSHIP HAS DONE A REAL GOOD JOB OF REDOING THEIR FRONTS, ALL THE FACADES AND EVERYTHING. UM, I LIVE IN BRIGHTWATER. WE'RE KIND OF A DISTANCE FROM THERE, BUT SOMETIMES ONLY IF THE COOL WEATHER WE WILL GET ON THE EDIBLE ARBITRAL AND WE'LL WALK DOWN THERE. SO THAT'S A NICE CONNECTION. I REALLY ENJOY THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE SPIRIT OF DON JOHNSON, WE DO NEED TO HAVE THE HAIR. THERE YOU GO. AND WE DO SOMETHING WITH THE HAIR AND TRACK WE DO NEED TO DO. AND THAT COULD BE A CULTURAL CENTER. IT REALLY COULD OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND TIME. ALL IN GOOD TIME. BUT THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S A BIG THING FOR PARKS. VERY GOOD. MS. ROSS? MM-HMM. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN, UH, UH, UH, A LARGE ENTERTAINMENT VENUE. UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ROOM, UH, BUT I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT INSIDE OF MISSOURI CITY BECAUSE FOR ALL OF THOSE NEEDS, WE DRIVE OUTTA MISSOURI CITY, SUGAR LAND, CITY OF HOUSTON, WHEREVER, WHEREVER, EVERYWHERE. BUT MISSOURI CITY, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE MOVED HERE FOR THOUGH. . WE MOVED HERE. THERE WAS TREES EVERYWHERE. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. AND THAT'S WHAT I LIKE. BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEVELOPERS COME IN AND KNOCK DOWN HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD TREES, TRUCK COME OUTTA HERE. AND WE ARE LEFT WITH CONCRETE. MM-HMM, . I, I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM SAYING I LIVE OFF HIGHWAY SIX, PAST THE, FOR BEND COUNTY TOW ROAD. AND, UH, WE HAD OUR INGRESS AND EGRESS POINTS WERE HIGHWAY SIX, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE DEVELOPING OUT BACK TOWARD, TOWARD, UH, I THINK TOWARD THE BRAS. BUT IT'S STILL, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS STILL CONCRETE. CONCRETE AND CONCRETE. AND NOT, AND, AND LITTLE BITTY TREES. I MEAN, THEY KNOCKED DOWN A, A A, AN OAK TREE THAT WAS HUMONGOUS. IT WAS SO BIG. MY NEIGHBOR AND I SAT THERE AND CRIED WHEN THEY DID IT. AND, UH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT TYPE OF TREE COULD BE LEFT IN THE CENTER OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I WISH THAT THE NE THE DEVELOPERS WERE REQUIRED MORE TO LEAD THOSE TYPES OF LEGACY TYPE INTERESTS, TREES IN NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE OF MISSOURI CITY'S, UH, MISSOURI CITY'S REPUTATION THAT THEY HAD. YOU KNOW? AND SO I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE NATIVE NATURAL STUFF. UM, AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO NOT SEE, I LIVE OFF HIGHWAY SIX. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO NOT SEE [02:00:01] SO MUCH OF THE SAME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. I THINK I MAY BE REPEATING WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE SAID, BUT THE I QUESTION, YOU KNOW, SO MANY, UM, UH, GAS STATIONS AND, UH, LIQUOR STORES AND, AND, AND NAIL SHOPS IN A, IN A SMALL AREA, UH, THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE THAT LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE NEAR IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT INGRESS AND EGRESS OFF OF HIGHWAY SIX NEAR WHERE I LIVE. AND I MEAN, EVEN SOME OF THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE BIT TIRED OF THAT. AND, UM, WE HAVE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES OF OUR, ON HIGHWAY SIX OF BOTH SIDES OF OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, UH, WE FOUGHT OFF A COUPLE OF DEVELOPERS BECAUSE MOST OF THE, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY SUGGESTED WERE THE SAME TYPE OF THINGS. WE'RE TALKING NEGATIVE THINGS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO MANY, UH, UH, UH, GAS STATIONS, SAME THING. GAS STATIONS, UM, UH, MILL SHOPS, LIQUOR STORES, THOSE TYPE THINGS. WE HAVE ALL THAT. WE HAVE ALL THAT WITHIN A MILE THIS WAY AND A MILE THAT WAY OF OUR SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I KNOW OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I THINK THAT MAYBE DEVELOPERS MIGHT, IT MIGHT NEED TO BE ENCOURAGED TO NOT SUBMIT, UH, THEIR, DEVELOP THEIR, THEIR SUGGESTIONS TO DEVELOP THOSE TYPES OF, UH, BUSINESSES. WE NEED TO HAVE DIFFERENT, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES BECAUSE THOSE BUSINESSES GO OUT OF BUSINESS AFTER A WHILE. THEY DIDN'T STAY THERE VERY LONG. AND THEN THE BUS THEN, THEN THE CITY LOOKS AWFUL. JUST LIKE IN SOME AREAS OF THE CITY. I DON'T WANNA SAY IT LOOKS AWFUL, I GOT PEOPLE I LOVE IN THOSE AREAS, BUT THOSE BUSINESSES ARE NOT GONNA BE THERE A LONG TIME. THEY'RE JUST NOT. IF YOU REPEAT THE SAME TYPE OF BUSINESS OVER AND OVER AND OVER, IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO, IT IS NOT A GOOD LOOK. UM, THEY'RE NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. UM, YOU KNOW, AND I, I GUESS THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH THE NEIGHBORS. 'CAUSE WE TALK ABOUT IT, WE TALK ABOUT THAT TYPE OF THING ALL THE TIME. AND I KNOW THAT, THAT THAT'S NOT JUST MY CONCERN. I HAVE OTHER CONCERNS TOO, BUT I KNOW THOSE ARE CONCERNS FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR NEAR NEAR ME. WE HAVE LOTS OF NEW NEIGHBORHOODS. AND, UH, THOSE PEOPLE, THEY'RE BUYING. I SAID, WELL, WHY'D YOU BUY HERE IF YOU WORRIED ABOUT THAT? YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, THE VALUE AND THEN NICE HOUSES AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. I SAID, OKAY, SO WELL, WE HAVE ZONING. I SAID, YEAH, BUT SOMETIMES THAT ZONING CAN CHANGE. SO WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT? AND INVARIABLY THEY'LL SAY, WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO? DON'T YOU WANT, WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT THAT I HEAR SO AND SO COMPLAIN. YOU KNOW, ABOUT TOO MANY DRIVE. UH, THE BIG THING WAS THE TOO MANY SERVICE STATIONS, TOO MANY BARBER SHOPS, TOO MANY NAIL SHOPS. TOO MANY LIQUOR STORES, TOO MANY, AND I MEAN, IN SOME NOT PRETTY DECENT AREAS OF MISSOURI CITY. NOT JUST WHERE DOWN WHERE WE LIVE. 'CAUSE THOSE ARE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT, UM, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT TALK TO THE, THE DEVELOPERS ABOUT. CAN YOU BRING A, CAN YOU BRING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT HERE? CAN YOU TAKE A GOOD LOOK AND BRING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, A BETTER QUALITY OF RESTAURANT, NOT JUST THE SAME OLD FRANCHISES OVER AND OVER AND OVER. YEAH. NO, I APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMENTS AND THE FEEDBACK AND, AND PART OF THE PROCESS IS, IS, IS BRINGING DIFFERENT GROUPS TOGETHER. UM, YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF, ONE OF THE VALUES IS, IS DEVELOPER'S PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AS WELL? MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, SO THOSE THAT CHOOSE TO INVEST, UM, AND YOU KNOW, DEVELOPER IS A BROAD TERM. UM, BUT THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO INVEST, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S MONEY INVOLVED THERE. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT THEY PUT ON THE LINE. SO IT'S HAVING THAT CONVERSATION OF IDENTIFYING WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY, UM, AND THEN THOSE THAT CHOOSE TO INVEST, ALIGNING ALL OF THOSE VALUES, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER. UM, BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS PART OF IT AS WELL. YOU KNOW, CITY SERVICES ARE PART OF IT AS WELL. PUBLIC SERVICES ARE PART OF IT AS WELL. SO IT'S HOW DO WE BALANCE, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR DESIRES ARE, WHAT OUR VISION IS FOR OUR CITY, WITH ALL OF THESE OTHER ASPECTS THAT COME ALONG, YOU KNOW, WITH IT. SO IT'S A FULL CONVERSATION. I WANT TO GIVE ONE LAST ONE BECAUSE I WANNA WRAP IT UP HERE'RE ALMOST AT NINE. BUT [02:05:01] THERE, THERE'S TWO POINTS I WANNA MAKE. I THINK WE DO A GOOD JOB AND WE HAVE IT, BUT OUTSIDE IS DOWN THERE ON THEIR END. UH, DEVELOPERS, THEY'RE GONNA PROBABLY CUT THE TAPES OFF NOW 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE HUNT ME DOWN. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS A LOT OF THEM ARE DOING, UH, THEY'RE DOING THIS SMALLER LOTS. YES. LUCKILY WE DON'T, THEY DO THE 40 FOOT WIDE LOT. YES. AND YOU DO A 40 FOOT WIDE LOT AND YOU GOT A TWO CAR GARAGE, THAT MEANS IT'S A 20 FOOT WIDE. YOU GOTTA BRING THE HOUSE. THE HOUSE CAN ONLY BE 30 FEET WIDE. UH, AND SO, AND I GET A LOT OF THEM WILL SAY THAT, UH, IT'S, THEY'RE GETTING A LOT COUNT ON. I MEAN, AND I GET IT. IT'S A LOT COUNT, BUT WE DON'T DO, AT LEAST FOR US, WE HAVE THAT ZONING THAT PROTECTS US TO SOME DEGREE. BUT WHAT A LOT OF 'EM ARE STILL DOING, AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO HIGH TOWER, I CALL 'EM TINY HOMES. THEY LOOK ABOUT THE SIZE OF A STORAGE SHED BUILDING. THESE ARE NOT IN MISSOURI CITY. THEY'RE NOT, THOSE ARE NOT IN THERE. YES. THEY'RE NOT IN MISSOURI CITY. YEAH. WE, WE GOTTA DRIVE BY EM, BUT THEY'RE RIGHT. OKAY. AND OUR PROPERTY IS HERE. THEY START RIGHT THERE. THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT IN THE CITY. THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT IN IN MISSOURI. MISSOURI. BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE WE DO, UH, ALLOW PD AND, AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT IS IT ALLOWS US TO GIVE GUIDANCE ON VARIANCES ON THERE. BUT I GUESS MY, I WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL CAREFUL ON THAT AND DENSITY. UH, BECAUSE WITH MULTIFAMILY, AND MY PRIME EXAMPLE IS FOND AN AIRPORT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT EVEN WITH OUR MULTIFAMILY HOUSINGS THAT WE ALLOW THAT WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS IT GONNA LOOK LIKE IN 25 YEARS? 'CAUSE WHEN IT'S FIRST BUILT, IT'S GORGEOUS, MAN. IT'S, IT'S, OH MY GOD, YOU KNOW, IT'S HEAVEN, YOU KNOW, BUT WHAT IS IT GONNA LOOK LIKE? AND, AND THAT HAPPENED, UH, TO A POINT TO WHERE ON FONDANT, INSIDE THE CITY LUBES, UH, IN BETWEEN WEST BELFORT AND, UM, WEST BELFORT AND AIRPORT, THEY'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO EVEN GO IN AND JUST TURN 'EM DOWN. UH, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF GRAY IN THEIR HAIR, UH, YOU REMEMBER THAT USED TO BE THE SPOT. MM-HMM. . I MEAN, I THOUGHT IT WAS A SPOT BACK THEN. MM-HMM. . AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE GOT THINGS IN PLACE, UH, THAT HELP PROTECT THOSE AREAS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING IN. AND I GET IT THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT BECAUSE YOU ALL DID A SURVEY WITH THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION, THIS WAS 10 YEARS AGO, MY BABY GIRL WAS A LITTLE ONE. THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT WAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND SO I THINK IT, IT IS REQUIRED AND NECESSARY TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO YOU DON'T WANT TO OVERSATURATE YES. THE AREA. YES. BECAUSE AT SOME POINT, JUST LIKE MY DAUGHTER, THEY CAN ALL GROW UP AND THEY'RE GONNA SAY, WELL, I NEED A HOUSE NOW, AND THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME ANYMORE. SO, UH, I THINK Y'ALL DONE A GOOD JOB ON THAT, BUT I THINK WE STILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MONITORING, UH, THE MULTI-HOUSING THING AND THAT WE DON'T OVERSATURATE THE MARKET. THANK YOU, UH, ON THAT. WELL, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION. WE CAN GO ON AND ON. YEAH. UM, AND, AND I DO WANT TO LEAVE YOU ALL WITH A THOUGHT THAT IF YOU COULD THINK ABOUT IT AND PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, TO THE PARKS, UM, STAFF, OR TAKE THE QUESTIONNAIRE, PUT YOUR FEEDBACK IN THERE. UM, BUT ALL OF THESE, THESE DESIRES, YOU KNOW, THE ENTERTAINMENT, THE WALKABLE, THE CANOPY SPREAD, THINK ABOUT THOSE FOCUS AREAS. WHERE WOULD IT GO? AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, MS. ROSS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, HIGHWAY SIX, WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO KIND OF PROTECT, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF DESIRES FOR THINGS. UM, SO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHERE DO YOU SEE IT, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU SEE A LARGE EVENT CENTER, YOU KNOW, GO, WHERE WOULD A LARGE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER GO? YOU KNOW, WHERE WOULD THIS, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WOULD IT BE A REHAB OF OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS OR WOULD IT BE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS COMING IN? ARE WE PUTTING IN NEW NEIGHBORHOODS? SO I JUST KIND OF THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GO THROUGH YOUR, YOUR DAY TO DAY. UM, AND I DO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO, TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE, GO TO THE CONFERENCE PLAN WEBSITE, TAKE THE QUESTIONNAIRE, ENCOURAGE ALL YOUR NEIGHBORS TO TAKE IT. UM, AND EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE OUT HERE, THE DISCUSSION DOESN'T STOP HERE. SO YOU CAN EMAIL US, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULE SOME TIME. WE CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE MORE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION. UM, BUT BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL, UH, WILL. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL ALLOWING US TO, UH, COME TONIGHT AND TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME ON A THURSDAY NIGHT WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR Y'ALL'S PATIENCE AS WELL. UH, ITEM NUMBER [11. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA] 11 IS ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE THE [02:10:01] HALLOWEEN, I MEAN THE OCTOBER MEETING. UH, IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ON THERE? AND IF YOU CAN'T THINK OF IT NOW, IF IT'S SOMETHING LATER YOU THINK ABOUT, JUST EMAIL IT TO ME AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THE CHECKLIST, YOU CAN PUT THAT ON THERE. YEAH, THANK THE CHECKLIST BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE US THAT LONG. OKAY. WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH THEN. YEAH. ALRIGHT. UH, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK Y'ALL AGAIN VERY MUCH. EMAIL. I. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.