[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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ALL RIGHT.TODAY IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 2024.
WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR, REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:32 PM AND NUMBER TWO, OUR QUORUM OF COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE.
IT'LL BE LED BY HERMAN RODRIGUEZ, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[(a) Recognition: Director of Court Services, Brittany Rychlik, and Deputy ...]
FOUR, OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.ITEM FOUR A IS REC RECOGNITION, UH, DIRECTOR OF COURT SERVICES, BRITTANY RECHECK, AND DEPUTY COURT ADMINISTRATOR NORMA WEST FOR RECEIVING THE CERTIFIED COURT EXECUTIVE CCE DESIGNATION FOR THE INSTITUTE FOR COURT MANAGEMENT AND NATIONAL CENTER.
FOR FOR STATE, UH, COURTS, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MAYOR PROM, LYNN KLAUSER.
NORMA AND BRITTANY, COME ON AND STAND NEAR ME.
I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF RECOGNIZING THESE TWO HARDWORKING YOUNG LADIES, UM, IN OUR MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR MOTTO HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, UM, THESE TWO EXEMPLIFY THAT, AND THIS, THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CER CERTIFICATES THAT I'M ABOUT TO GIVE YOU, BUT ONE TEAM, THEY PERFORMED AS ONE TEAM EXEMPLIFYING OUR MOTTO.
TOGETHER, WE EXCEL DURING HURRICANE BARRELL.
THESE TWO LADIES IN THEIR DEPARTMENT CAME TOGETHER TO HELP THE CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS, UM, MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE DEBRIS AND THROUGH ALL THE DIFFICULTY WITH THE ELECTRICITY.
AND SO, NOT ONLY ARE THEY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DUTIES IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT, THEY EXEMPLIFY THE MOTTO.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID DURING HURRICANE BARROW ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, MAYOR, AND THE REST OF CITY COUNCIL.
SO NOW LET'S GET DOWN TO THIS BUSINESS.
THE WORLD'S LEADING EXPERT ON COURT ADMINISTRATION.
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS EQUIPS LEADERS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY FOR BUILDING AGILE AND RESILIENT COURT ORGANIZATIONS.
THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS HELP COURT LEADERS EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS FACING COURT ORGANIZATIONS TODAY, HAVING PREVIOUSLY OBTAINED THEIR CERTIFIED COURT MANAGER DESIGNATIONS AND NOW EARNING THE CERTIFIED COURT EXECUTIVE DESIGNATIONS, BRITTANY, WHAT? BRITTANY, UH, REIC AND NORMA WEST EXEMPLIFY THEIR UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
SO TODAY WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AND CONGRATULATE, WE'LL START WITH BRITTANY.
FIRST THIS, WE WANNA PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE, AND THIS IS PRESENTED TO YOU FOR RECEIVING THE CERTIFIED COURT EXECUTIVE CCE DESIGNATION FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR COURT MANAGEMENT AND NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS.
SO I WILL PRESENT THAT TO YOU.
AND NORMA, WE ARE GONNA PRESENT THIS TO YOU FOR RECEIVING THE CERTIFIED COURT EXECUTIVE CCE DESIGNATION FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR COURT MANAGEMENT AND NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOTH OF YOU, AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO HAVE YOU MEMBER.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU MICROPHONES AND GIVE YOU YEP.
NORMA, NORMA, YOU'RE GOING FIRST.
WELL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK OUR CITY, UM, WHICH I CALL HOME BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE I LIVE.
UM, AND ALSO BECAUSE OUR CITY HAS PROVIDED THE EDUCATION AND, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
SO I WANNA THANK COUNCIL AND OUR CITY MANAGER AND, UM, CEDRIC AND OF, OF COURSE THE OTHER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
UM, AND, UM, THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY FOR, UM, ALWAYS BEING, UM, THE TYPE OF CITY THAT WE ENJOY WORKING WITH.
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WE ENJOY ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WORK WITH AND WE ENJOY SERVING THEM.I SHOULD HAVE GONE FIRST 'CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF HARD TO FOLLOW.
UM, I JUST WANNA THANK, I HAVE A REALLY GREAT TEAM THAT, UM, THEY CAN DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WHILE WE ARE DOING OUR TRAININGS AND, AND GETTING OUR DEVELOPMENT GOING.
AND WE HOPE TO INSPIRE THEM TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION AS WELL.
AND, UM, OF COURSE, THANK OUR CITY MANAGEMENT FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
DID YOU HAVE ANY, OKAY, SHE SAYS HER HUSBAND.
SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY FAMILY THAT YOU WANT TO COME UP AND WHY DON'T YOU COME UP AND JOIN THEM, UM, TO TAKE A PICTURE.
ANY FAMILY MEMBERS? HE'S NOT, HE DIDN'T WANT TO.
ALRIGHT, WELL COUNSEL Y'ALL, COME ON DOWN.
COME ON DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE.
[(b) Recognition: Nicholas Cook, Assistant Utilities Director, for receivin...]
ALSO FOUR B IS A RECOGNITION.UH, NICHOLAS COOK, UH, ASSISTANT UTILITIES DIRECTOR FOR RECEIVING THE TEXAS RECEIVING THE TEXAS WATER UTILITY ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER NEY.
HE'S ONLY BEEN HERE ABOUT A MONTH,
UH, THE TEXAS WATER UTILITIES ASSOCIATION TW UUA IS A STATEWIDE ASSOCIATION OF INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS THAT SERVE OR SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE A MILE LONG.
SO THE MAYOR GAVE ME THIS ONE.
TWA CENTERS ITSELF ON THE WATER UTILITY AND MEMBERS IN PROVIDING TRAINING PROGRAMS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, AND MUTUAL PROBLEM SOLVING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND MEETING THE TWA GOAL OF ASSISTING MEMBERS TO PROVIDE IMPROVED SERVICES IN THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENDEAVORS.
THE ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES MEMBERS FOR THEIR PARTS IN, UH, BEING A SHINING, EXCUSE ME, IN SHINING A LIGHT ON THE WATER AND WASTEWATER INDUSTRY.
NICHOLAS COOK RECENTLY JOINED THE MISSOURI CITY TEAM AS THE ASSISTANT UTILITIES DIRECTOR.
NICHOLAS WAS RECOGNIZED AT THE 106TH ANNUAL SCHOOL OF TWUA IN CORPUS CHRISTI FOR THE OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL AWARD THAT HE'S HOLDING.
THE OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL AWARD IS PRESENTED TO ONE OR MORE CANDIDATES WHO HAS A DEDICATION TO THE WATER UTILITIES INDUSTRY AND DEMONSTRATES EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THIS ORGANIZATION SPANNING A PERIOD OF FIVE TO 15 YEARS.
NICHOLAS JOINED THE WATER UTILITY INDUSTRY IN 2008, JOINING THE GULF COAST WATER AUTHORITY AS AN ENTRY LEVEL OPERATOR.
HE QUICKLY EARNED HIS LICENSES PROGRESSING FROM D WATER OPERATOR THROUGH A WATER OPERATOR LICENSING BEING THE HIGHEST LICENSE ISSUED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TCEQ.
HE JOINED THE TEAM AT THE CITY OF DEER PARK IN 2016, RUNNING THEIR WATER PLANT IN AUGUST OF 2024.
HE JOINED THE STAFF OF MISSOURI CITY AND HAS BEEN WINNING AWARDS EVER SINCE.
HE STEPPED BACK FROM SERVING ON THE DISTRICT BOARD TO SERVING AT THE REGIONAL SCHOOL IN BEAUMONT.
AND, UH, AS THE MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN FOR THE STATE ORGANIZATION.
NICHOLAS EXEMPLIFIES THE OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL THROUGH HIS EFFORTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, PROVIDE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO OPERATORS, AND THROUGH HIS SUPPORT AND DEDICATION TO THE TEXAS WATER UTILITIES
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ASSOCIATION.UM, YOU DON'T WANT ME TO HOLD IT? YOU, YOU CAN HOLD IT.
HEY, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, TO, TO BE HONORED IN FRONT OF MY, MY PEERS AT TWA IS GREAT TO BE HONORED HERE, TO BE ASKED TO, TO, TO BE HERE, TO, TO BE PRESENTED, UH, WITH THIS CERTIFICATE.
SO, UM, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, SHASHI AND, AND THE REST OF THE TEAM FOR, FOR RECOGNIZING GREAT TALENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU GET IS WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE GREAT TALENT, YOU GET TO DO AWARDS AFTER BEING HERE FOR SIX WEEKS.
THAT'S YOUR CERTIFICATE AND THAT'S YOUR AWARD BACK.
AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE.
[(c) Recognition: Official presentation of ISO 1 Classification rating from...]
FOUR C IS RECOGNITION, OFFICIAL PRESENTATION OF THE IO ONE CLASSIFICATION RATING FROM THE STATE, UH, TEXAS STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE TO MISSOURI CITY FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE DEPARTMENT.WE HAVE SOME EXTERNAL PRESENTATION HERE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL EVENING.
I'M JOINED BY, UH, TWO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMAND STAFF, UH, DIVISION CHIEF REYES AND CHIEF HAER.
UH, BUT OUR GUEST PRESENTER THIS EVENING THAT WE'RE VERY HONORED TO HAVE HERE THIS EVENING IS OUR STATE FIRE MARSHAL CHIEF DEBRA KNIGHT.
SHE IS THE OFFICIAL STATE FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND SHE'S COME HERE THIS EVENING FROM AUSTIN TO OFFICIALLY PRESENT US OUR IO ONE, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST RATING IN THE NATION FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
AND WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT MISSOURI CITY WAS RATED, UH, AGAIN AS AN IO RAIN, UH, ISO RATING ONE.
IT IS A VERY, UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE HAS.
SO ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS DEBORAH KNIGHT AND I'M THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME TO PRESENT THIS, UH, THIS AWARD THAT Y'ALL MAINTAINED, THAT THIS COMMUNITY MAINTAINED.
ISO IS AN ORGANIZATION, IT'S AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION.
IT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME, IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THE STATE.
THEY, THEY RATE AND THEY EVALUATE, UH, A COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO RESPOND AND SUPPRESS FIRES.
AND THEY GIVE, THEY GIVE RATINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THOSE COMMUNITIES, THEY GIVE A RATING FROM A ONE WHICH IS THE BEST TO 10, WHICH IS NOT SO GOOD.
UM, AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY THERE ARE ABOUT 500 ISO RATING, ONE PPC RATINGS.
ONE IN TEXAS, ABOUT 102, 102 OF THOSE 103 NOW ARE IN TEXAS.
SO TEXAS SUPPORTS ITS FIRE SERVICE.
AND SO IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE.
PART OF THE FIRE SERVICE IS TEXAS.
UM, THE YEAR RATING IN 2016, WHAT'S REALLY PRETTY AMAZING IS 2016, YOU HAD A POPULATION ABOUT 70,000 PEOPLE.
NOW YOU'VE GOT 130,000 PEOPLE.
ODD NUMBERS, RIGHT? AND WHAT'S DIFFICULT FOR A COMMUNITY AT THAT POINT IS WHEN YOU GROW LIKE THAT, IS MAINTAINING THAT ABILITY TO RESPOND TO AND SUPPRESS FIRES AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU PUT THE EMPHASIS IN THAT VERY IMPORTANT PART OF, OF GROWTH.
RIGHT? UM, SO IT IS, UM, WITH A LOT OF, UM, PRIDE THAT I GET TO PRESENT Y'ALL FOR MAINTAINING YOUR, UH, YOUR ISO RATING ONE.
AND ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, WHICH WE'RE A DIVISION OF CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DONE.
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WE ARE GOING TO[(d) Proclamation: National Fire Prevention Month]
GO TO ITEM FOUR D.IT IS A PROCLAMATION, UM, RECOGNIZING NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION MONTH.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY MELES.
WHY DID CHIEF CHIEF COME UP? SO, LIKE, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY SAID, LIKE I SAID, STATE OF CITY, BE READY,
WHEREAS OCTOBER IS RECOGNIZED AS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH AT THE TIME, WE RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT FIRE SAFETY TO EDUCATE CITIZENS ON MEASURES TO PREVENT FIRES AND RESPOND EFFECTIVELY IN EMERGENCIES.
AND WHEREAS HOMES FIRES KILLED MORE THAN 2,700 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN 2022, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES RESPONDED TO 360,000 HOME FIRES.
AND WHEREAS IN 2024 FIRE PREVENTION MONTH, THE THEME IS SMOKE ALARMS MAKE THEM MORE, MAKE THEM WORK FOR YOU, SERVES TO REMIND US THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING WORKING SMOKING ALARMS IN YOUR HOME.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FIRST RESPONDERS ARE DEDICATED TO REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF HOME FIRES AND HOME FIRE INJURIES THROUGH PREVENTION AND PROTECTION.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, COUNCIL MEMBER MARLI, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL ON BE, I'M GONNA GO BACK A STEP.
THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AWARD-WINNING REPEAT OF WINNERS.
DO HAIR BY PROCLAIM OCTOBER AS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE IN FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION, PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL FIRE SAFETY EVENTS, AND COMMIT TO MAKING FIRE PREVENTION A PRIORITY IN YOUR HOME.
[(e) Administer Oath of Office - Mayor's Youth Commission Members 2024 ...]
FOUR E IS ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO MARRIAGE YOUTH COMMISSION MEMBERS 2024.SEE ALL THE PARENTS BACK THERE.
SO BEFORE THEY COME OUT AND WE DO THE OATH OF OFFICE, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT THIS YEAR I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE HAVE 100 KIDS ON THE PROGRAM.
NOW I HAVE NO IDEA HOW WE'RE GONNA MANAGE THIS, BUT WE WILL.
UM, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST, UH, CLOSE TO 30 YEARS AND HAVING A HUNDRED KIDS FROM 10 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, THEY'RE ALSO ACCEPTED TO THIS PROGRAM AND TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
AS YOU KNOW, FOR THE PAST YEARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS PROGRAM, THERE'S BEEN SCHOLARSHIPS THAT'S, UH, FUNDED TO THEM FOR THE, UH, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS THROUGHOUT THIS PROGRAM.
SO, I WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS IN THE ROOM.
UH, AND THE REASON I SAY THANK YOU TO YOU IS WE'LL SEE YOU HERE BACK AGAIN IN MAY WHEN THEY GRADUATE, OR THE CLASS OF 20 25, 20 24, 20 25.
AND YOU'LL GET TO SEE THE PROGRESS.
SO THIS YEAR WE CHANGED UP THE, UH, THE PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE HAVE THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, JARRAL, I'M SURE HE'S BACK THERE WITH THE KIDS.
HE'S COORDINATING THIS PROGRAM.
AND WE HAVE SOME GREAT SPEAKERS.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO VISIT AUSTIN, TEXAS.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THIS COMING JANUARY
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IS GONNA BE A SESSION THAT'S IN PLACE, UH, WITH LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.SO THEY WILL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND SEE.
AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM, OR MOST OF THEM WILL BE POLITICIANS IN THE FUTURE, BUT THESE ARE OUR FUTURE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
AND THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM TO BE PART OF BECAUSE WHETHER YOU'RE GONNA LEARN WHO TO CALL AND HOW TO GET YOUR STREETS REPAIRED, OR EVEN YOUR POTHOLE FIXED, OR YOUR SIDEWALKS, AND TO PARKS AND AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY TO EVEN LEARNING HOW THE CITY MANAGER, UH, FORMER GOVERNMENT, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, AND THE INTERACTIONS WITH US AS COUNCIL, AS WHAT WE DO AND HOW DO WE HELP PEOPLE.
SO THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM THAT I'M, I COMMEND Y'ALL FOR ALLOWING YOUR KIDS TO COME THIS YEAR.
AND I CAN ALSO PROMISE YOU THEY WILL NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THEIR PHONE WHILE THEY'RE HERE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE AWAY THEIR PHONES, BUT THE PROGRAM WILL BE SO GREAT THAT THEY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS, AND THEY WILL HAVE FIRSTHAND OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE, AND SEEING SOME OF OUR SWAT TEAMS THAT'S IN PLACE.
UM, SO THEY ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING SIMILARLY AS YOU DO AS, UH, UH, CITIZENS UNIVERSITY OR, UM, WE HAVE FIRE AND POLICE, UM, ACADEMY.
SO THEY'RE ALMOST RIGHT THERE.
WE EVEN HAVE A GREAT SPEAKER FROM COUNTY THAT WILL BE COMING IN TALKING ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING AND THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THESE YOUNGSTERS THAT ARE TODAY THE, AND SO MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER.
WE HAVE OUR, UM, OUR, UM, IS A PARK, UH, SNOW FEST PARADE THAT'S COMING UP.
AND WE HAVE OUR HALLOWEEN EVENTS AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARKS INITIATIVES AND EVENTS THAT THEY'LL GET TO PARTICIPATE AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE DONE.
AND IF ANYTHING, THEY'LL WALK AWAY.
WE'RE LEARNING HOW THIS WHOLE CITY GOVERNMENT IS RUN.
WE, WE HAVE EVEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ONE.
UH, THERESA I THOUGHT I SAW HER HERE TODAY, BUT THERESA WAS PART OF THE, UM, WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND KIND OF, UM, INTERNSHIP, IF YOU WILL, UM, GOING THROUGH THAT PROGRAM TO SEE THAT IF, IF THAT'S WHAT SHE CHOSE TO DO.
UH, DYLAN WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT KIDS THAT CAME THROUGH THE PROGRAM THROUGH FOR PIN ISD THAT GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR ORDINANCES AND SEEING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE EVEN HAD A PRESENTATION ON, UH, ON THE, UH, ANIMAL, UH, CONTROL, UH, WHICH WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE, THE YOUNG MINDS THINK.
THEY THINK DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DO.
THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS.
UM, SO WE AS COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER, WE LEARN A THING OR TWO.
UH, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S HAVE 'EM SWEAR INTO OFFICE.
AND TODAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING OUT TO THE NEXT, UH, BUILDING OVER FOR A SOCIAL.
AND I DO WANT TO, UH, LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT, UH, WE HAVE DOUBLE DAVE'S PIZZA HERE TODAY IN MISSOURI CITY THAT DECIDED TO SPONSOR, UH, FOOD FOR THESE, UH, FOR, FOR OUR, UH, MARRIAGE YOUTH COMMISSION.
SO THANKS TO ALEX AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM.
SO IF YOU SEE DOUBLE DAVE, TELL HIM I SAID THANK YOU.
AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT NO, YOU GUYS GOTTA COME IN.
WHY WE JUST STAND UP BEHIND THEM.
SOME OF YOU COULD GO UP ON THE CHAMBER.
I MEAN, WHERE THE DIE IS ALSO.
SO DYLAN, MOVE FORWARD A LITTLE BIT.
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SHE STILL HERE.SEE, I WASN'T KIDDING WHEN I SAID A HUNDRED.
RIGHT? FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE MARSHAL.
CAN YOU SEE HER? COME HERE REAL QUICK.
YOUR MOM WANTS TO GET A PICTURE.
YOU WANNA GO BACK TO YOUR SPOT? ALRIGHT, ARE YOU GUYS READY? OKAY.
Y'ALL READY? ARE YOU GUYS READY? ALL RIGHT.
WE GOTTA TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU GONNA BEHAVE NOW, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
SO I WOULD ASK ALL THE PARENTS TO COME FORWARD IF YOU WANT TO TAKE SOME PICTURES.
EVERYBODY'S READY IN POSITION.
ALL OF YOU, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND LOOK AT YOUR PAPER.
AND WHEN AND WHEN I SAY I AND STATE YOUR NAME, YOU'RE GONNA SAY YOUR NAME RIGHT? OKAY.
AND THEN WE WILL REPEAT AFTER ME.
EVERYBODY CAN SEE EVERYBODY? YES.
NEXT TIME WE'LL DO IT IN ANOTHER SPOT,
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES, EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF, OF THE OFFICE OF MARRIAGE'S, YOUTH COMMISSION, MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION OF MISSOURI.
AND, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT AND DEFEND AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
IF I CAN, IF I CAN ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO COME UP HERE, PLEASE.
WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH THIS GROUP.
UH, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET ON TOP OF A CHAIR.
ALRIGHT, YOU GUYS READY? YEAH.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT THE, UM, THESE PICTURES THAT CITY'S TAKING, IT'LL BE ON OUR WEBSITE SO YOU CAN SEE IT.
CAN EVERYBODY LOOK AT THIS CAMERA RIGHT HERE? YES.
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ALRIGHT.SO, TO ALL OF YOU GUYS, NOW, WHAT'S THE DATE? UH, NEXT, UH, NEXT MEETING.
SO OCTOBER 17TH, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT ONE OF YOUR RIGHT.
NOVEMBER 14TH, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT A PERSON OUTTA YOUR GROUP FOR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, AND HISTORIAN.
RIGHT? LAST YEAR'S PRESIDENT WAS DYLAN.
DYLAN, WHERE YOU AT? WAVE YOUR HAND.
SO WE'LL HAVE YOUR, UH, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE THERE TO COUNT YOU VOTES.
ALL YOU, I AM JUST AFRAID THAT THE ONES UP HERE, IF ALL THE STUDENTS IN THE, IF ALL THE STUDENTS CAN COME DOWN THE CENTER AND MAKE THEIR WAY BACK TO THE BACK DOOR KIND NOW, YOURSELF.
I WAS TRYING TO GET YOU TO GET THE ONES UP HERE DOWN THERE TO I DON'T.
YOU MIGHT WANNA JUST CAPTURE IF ALL THE STARTINGS CAN COME DOWN THE CENTER AISLE.
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WE ARE, AS THEY'RE HEADING OUT, UH, CITY SECRETARY, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, GET INTO ITEM[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
NUMBER FIVE.PUBLIC COMMENTS IF YOU HAVE ANY REQUESTS.
AND WHAT I AND WHAT AGENDA ITEM? AGENDA ITEM SIX A SIX A? YES, SIR.
UM, PLEASE, UM, ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT AND SPEAK YOUR, I'M SORRY.
PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M RESIDENT IN MISSOURI CITY.
LIVE ON ROBINSON ROAD HERE ON BEHALF TO HELP SUPPORT, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, AND THE CITY, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVE FOR HALLOWEEN ON CANDY CANE LANE.
SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN QUITE STRESSFUL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COME ONE TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS ALL OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT, UH, JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE HERE TO HELP.
IT'S KIND OF GROWN ORGANICALLY, SO IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO HIDE FROM IT, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A SAFE, FUN, AND EXCITING TIME FOR MISSOURI CITY AS WELL AS ALL THE KIDS.
ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS BE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING I'VE KIND OF BEEN NOMINATED TO, TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE FOLKS.
'CAUSE NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO TAKE THE HEAT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A COMMUNITY OUTING THAT'S, IT HAS GROWN.
UM, TALKING WITH CHIEF HARRIS, I THOUGHT IT'D ALS IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT.
ALSO, WORKING FROM HOME TODAY, I HAD A KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
UM, SO THE NEWS IS OUT, AS WE ALL KNOW.
UM, WE COULD GO BACK AND FORTH ON WHO CALLS OR WHO DOESN'T.
UM, BUT THEY ARE, ARE GONNA BE OUT.
SO AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AS RESIDENTS ON ROBINSON ROAD, UM, TO HELP THE CITY AND HELP THE, HELP THE TEAM, ESPECIALLY PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT'S OUR PERSON, UH, FORM AS PRIORITY IS JUST MAKE SURE IT'S A SAFE, UH, OUTING FOR EVERYBODY.
SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO CUSTOMER RAMBO.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution granting consent to M...]
UH, YES, MA'AM.UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE NINE B, UM, UM, BEFORE SIX SAID NINE B AS IN BOY.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND THEN A MOTION.
AND CAN WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE? MR. MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF WE DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
MEMBER, UH, MAYOR TIM KLAUSER.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM NINE B NINE B, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
PARENTING CONSENT TO MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, TO ISSUE UNLIMITED TAX ROAD BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,225,000.
YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JASON.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I DON'T HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
HOWEVER, THE, UH, MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO IS SEEKING TO, UH, SELL BONDS FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PURSUANT TO STATE LAW AND CITY CODE.
UH, THEY DO NEED CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL TO DO SO.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
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UH, DO WE KNOW WHO THAT IS? YEP.MANA NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE'VE BEEN HERE, UH, THIS YEAR FOR BONDS.
UH, AS THE, UM, AS JEREMY SAID, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SEEK YOUR CONSENT BEFORE WE ISSUE ANY BONDS.
UH, THIS DISTRICT IS ESSENTIALLY LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY SIX AND THE FORT BEN TOLL WAY.
AND IT COVERS THE AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTER, THE, UM, FORT BEND TOWN CENTER TWO PROJECT, WHICH IS THE CENTER MARK THEATER STRIP CENTER, AND THEN FORT BEND TOWN CENTER THREE, WHICH IS CATTYCORNER, WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I SEE, UH, THERE'S A MOTION BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, SECONDED BY MAY APPROACH.
JIM KLAUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO
[(a) Receive a Presentation - Overview of the plans to address the public s...]
ITEM SIX'S, STAFF REPORT SIX A TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION, UH, OVERVIEW OF THE, OF THE PLANS TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS DUE TO INCREASED TRAFFIC IN THE AREA OF ROBINSON ROAD ON THE EVENING OF HALLOWEEN.WE HAVE, UH, CHIEF HARRIS OVER HERE THIS TIME,
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THE, UH, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE ROBINSON ROAD HALLOWEEN EVENT.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS EVENT HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY OVER THE YEARS, AND SO MUCH SO THAT LAST YEAR, MANY OF THE STREETS IN QUO VALLEY WERE, WE'RE BASICALLY AT A STANDSTILL.
AND THIS IS A, IT'S, THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS AGAIN, AND WE'RE GONNA NEED TO IMPLEMENT SOME NO PARKING, UH, RULES FOR HALLOWEEN NIGHT, AS WELL AS SOME, UH, ROADWAYS CLOSED THAT WON'T BE BE DRIVEN ON.
SO, UH, WITH, WE'VE GOT AN INTERACTIVE MAP, AND HOPEFULLY THIS ALL WORKS.
CAN YOU SEE THIS ON YOUR MONITOR? IF IT, HOPEFULLY, YEAH.
SO WHAT THIS IS, IT'S A COLOR CODED MAP.
SO RED IS BASICALLY GONNA BE ROADWAYS.
AND, AND THIS IS ONLY HALLOWEEN.
LET ME MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONLY HALLOWEEN, AND WE'RE TALKING FROM 5:00 PM TO AROUND MIDNIGHT.
AND THIS COULD CHANGE BASED ON TRAFFIC THAT NIGHT.
SO THE RED IS GONNA BE ROADWAYS THAT ARE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
YOU CANNOT DRIVE ON THESE ROADWAYS.
SO THERE WILL BE THREE BARRICADES.
ONE RIGHT HERE AT EL DORADO AND ROBINSON ROAD, UM, GOING SOUTH.
THERE'LL BE ONE AT HAMPTON AND ROBINDALE, AND THEN A THIRD ONE HERE AT GLEN ECHO AND CROW VALLEY.
SO THESE BARRICADES WILL BE MANNED BY PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE OFFICERS.
THE YELLOW ARE GONNA BE ROADWAYS THAT ARE GONNA BE RESTRICTED PARKING ON THE PUBLIC ROADWAY.
RESIDENTS, VISITORS, EVERYONE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE TO KEEP THE ROADWAYS OPEN.
THAT WAS THE PROBLEM LAST YEAR, WHERE PEOPLE, THE VISITORS WERE COMING IN, THEY WERE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROADWAY AND CARS DRIVING DOWN THE MIDDLE.
AND I THINK YOU ALSO HEARD ABOUT THE, THERE WAS A EMERGENCY ON ROBINSON ROAD, WE COULDN'T GET AN AMBULANCE, UH, THROUGH THE TRAFFIC.
SO KEEPING THESE MAJOR CORRIDORS OPEN IS VITAL.
SO THERE WILL BE NO PARKING STARTING FROM, I THINK THAT ROAD RIGHT THERE IS DEL MONTE COURT ON EL DORADO.
IT'LL CONTINUE ALL THE WAY TO LA QUINTA.
IT WILL COVER LA QUINTA FROM CARTWRIGHT ALL THE WAY TO EL DORADO GOING SOUTH.
WE WILL START NO PARKING AT WEST CREEK CLUB GOING DOWN HAMPTON, HAMPTON ALL THE WAY TO CROW VALLEY, RIGHT HERE, CROW VALLEY, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GLEN LAKES.
THIS IS ALL GONNA BE NO PARKING AND EAST CREEK CLUB UP TO HAMPTON.
AND IT'S ALSO GONNA COVER CAR NEWI AND BURNING TREE AS WELL.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS GONNA BE JUST FOR HALLOWEEN NIGHT.
UM, TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH PUB, WITH, UH, COMMUNICATIONS.
THEY'RE CREATING A POST THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT OUT ON ALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
I'M ATTENDING A HOA MEETING ON THE 14TH OF THIS MONTH, THE EQUIVALATE FUND, HOA.
AND THE WEEK BEFORE OUR COMMAND STAFF, AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, WE'RE GONNA DO A BLOCK WALK AND WE'RE GONNA WALK EVERY ONE OF THESE STREETS AND MAKE CONTACT WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
AND WE'LL HAVE A FLYER TO GIVE THEM TO 'EM IN CASE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY.
BUT WE WANT THEM TO GET THE MESSAGE.
WE KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE AN INCONVENIENCE FOR MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS, BUT WE CAN'T HAPPEN.
UH, WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR? CAN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
SO WITH THAT, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
SO, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSH.
CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, UH, REPORT.
UM, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS, HOW WERE YOU GONNA NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS PRIMARILY OF THE, UH, ROAD CLOSURES, THE BLOCKING OFF? AND I
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REALLY, REALLY LIKE YOUR IDEA OF Y'ALL'S BLOCK WALK.THAT'S VERY, UH, THAT'S VERY GOOD RIGHT THERE.
UM, MY MAIN QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE ANY POTENTIAL PLANS FOR OTHER DAYS OTHER THAN JUST HALLOWEEN NIGHT? BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT GETS LIKE THAT EVEN ON OTHER NIGHTS.
SO, UH, HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN CROWDED ON A HALLOWEEN AND CHRISTMAS FOR THIS AREA.
BUT THEY'RE MOVING, THEY'RE MOVING SLOWLY, BUT THEY'RE MOVING.
SO IF AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE COMES, THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THAT CAR THAT CAN MOVE OVER.
THERE'S NOBODY TO MOVE THOSE CARS.
SO WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE THE TRAFFIC.
IT'S STILL GONNA OCCUR, BUT WE LET IT HANDLE ITSELF.
UH, IT WORKS OUT ITSELF BECAUSE IT'S MOVING.
AND I HAVE ONE, ONE MORE QUESTION.
WILL WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF, UM, EMERGENCY, UH, VEHICLE ON SITE JUST IN CASE WE NEED AN AMBULANCE OR SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET TAKEN OUT OF THERE? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE STAFF POSITIONED WITHIN ROBINSON ROAD.
WITHIN THE AREA AND WHERE, AND THEY CAN ADDRESS ANY EMERGENCIES RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT.
WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE TO PARK SINCE THEY CAN'T PARK ON HAMPTON AND ALL THESE OTHER PLACES? DO WE HAVE A PLACE, UM, THERE'S, THERE CAN PARK AT THE GOLF COURSE.
UM, LAST YEAR, IF THE CROWDS SHOW UP, LIKE DID LAST YEAR, THAT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH SPACE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS, UH, MY JOB IS TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY, NOT TO ENSURE THAT SOMEBODY HAS A CONVENIENT PLACE TO PARK.
I RECOGNIZING, MAY I APPROACH, I'M CLOSING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, UM, PLAN.
I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE BEEN PLANNING ALL YEAR, UH, FOR THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT GOES OVER AS A SUCCESS.
MOST OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.
UM, I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS ABOUT DESIGNATED PARKING.
AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT A PRIMARY CONCERN, BUT MAYBE ADDING THAT TO THE FLYERS, A SUGGESTED PLACE TO PARK WOULD BE, UM, WOULD BE THERE AT THE, UM, GOLF COURSE.
UM, AND THEN THE ONLY QUESTION THAT DIDN'T GET ANSWERED WAS, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA HAVE PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE OFFICERS.
APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS, UM, WILL BE THERE? WE'LL HAVE OUR ENTIRE MOTOR UNIT, UM, OUT THAT'S SIX POLICE OFFICERS MONITORING THE NO PARKING AREAS.
WE'LL HAVE AN OFFICER AT EACH BARRICADE.
UM, ALSO A SUPERVISOR FOR THE MOTOR UNIT.
AND, UM, MR. WHITE WHO SPOKE EARLIER, THEIR NEIGHBORS TYPICALLY GET TOGETHER AND HIRE OFF-DUTY OFFICERS, AND I THINK THEY HIRE BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR.
UM, HE MAY WELL SPEAK MORE TO THAT FOUR.
AND THEN, OH, I DID HAVE AN EXTRA QUESTION, UM, LIGHTING, WOULD THERE BE ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHTING HAVING CONSIDERED IT? BUT WE SURE WILL.
I'LL GET WITH, UH, SASHI AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.
UM, ALSO WITH THE NOTIFICATIONS, I FORGOT TO MENTION THE, UM, THE SIGN BOARDS.
THEY'RE RENTING SIGN BOARDS OUT TO, UH, PUT UP NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE NO PARKING AND THE ROAD CLOSURES AHEAD OF TIME.
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, BEING SO THOUGHTFUL IN PLANNING THIS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A GREAT HALLOWEEN FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
AND THANK YOU, UH, CHIEF FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND THANK YOU AS WELL, SIR, UH, FOR COMING OUT.
UM, YOU DIDN'T MENTION, OR YOU MAY HAVE, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR AN EXACT END TIME SINCE THIS IS DURING THE WEEK.
UM, AND RESIDENTS DO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GET BACK TO THEIR NORMAL DUTIES IN LIFE.
SO AS FAR AS THE ROAD CLOSURES AND NO PARKING, WE ARE LOOKING AT 5:00 PM TO MIDNIGHT.
THAT COULD CHANGE BASED ON TRAFFIC.
IF, IF THE ROADS ARE CLEAR AT 10 O'CLOCK, SAY THERE'S NOBODY OUT THERE, WE'LL OPEN 'EM UP.
UM, IF IT, IF THEY'RE STILL PACKED LIKE THEY WERE LAST YEAR AT ONE O'CLOCK, THEY'RE GONNA REMAIN CLOSED.
UM, IS THERE AN END TIME FOR THE ACTUAL EVENT? COULD IT BE, UM, IN SOONER OR IT, IT'S NOT OUR EVENT TO TO END.
UM, IT'S PEOPLE COMING TO LOOK AT HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS AND, AND TRICK OR TREATING.
SO IT'S ON A THURSDAY, IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT.
I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IT WOULD BE TOO LATE, BUT LAST YEAR AT MIDNIGHT, THEY WERE STILL A MESS.
TOOK HOME LOTS AND LOTS OF CANDY, SO THANK YOU.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS BICYCLE UNITS.
ARE THERE GONNA BE ANY BICYCLE UNITS OUT THERE? UH, JUST KIND OF PATROLLING THE AREA IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO THE MOTOR UNITS.
THEY HAVE THEM, THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE MOBILE.
UM, WE CAN USE THE, THEY HAVE THE LIGHTING ON THE CAR ON THE, UH, FRONT OF THE MOTORCYCLES, THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS.
THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE VISIBLE AND SAFER AT NIGHT.
WE TRY NOT TO LET THE BIKES OUT AT NIGHT.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, 'CAUSE YOU ANSWERED MOST OF 'EM WITH THE OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT ARE THE, AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR, UH, YOU YOUNG MAN, UH, ABOUT THE, IS THERE AN OPTION FOR MAYBE NOW OR IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF A SHUTTLE?
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UH, BECAUSE THE PARKING IS VERY LIMITED IN THAT AREA.UM, WOULD YOU GUYS CONSIDER MAYBE DOING SOMETHING WHERE THERE'S A SHUTTLE? 'CAUSE WHEN WE HAVE OUR BIG CITY EVENTS, WE DO KIND OF COORDINATE, UH, SOME SHUTTLES.
AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THOUGHTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR AS WE CAME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AFTERWARDS, KIND OF LESSONS LEARNED TO SEE WHAT CAN WE DO AS, AS YOU KNOW, CITIZENS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT IT'S HALLOWEEN, WE DON'T WANNA GET INVOLVED.
AND, BUT THERE'S MANY OF US WHO FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE EVENT IF IT KEEPS GROWING TO TRY TO BE PROACTIVE AND NOT JUST REACTIVE.
ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, AT THE CHIEF HARRIS', IT'S, IT'S ALL ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE THESE MULTIPLE SEAT GOLF CARTS TO BE ACT AS A SHUTTLE TO EVEN BRING 'EM IN THROUGH THE BACK.
AND SOME OF US HAVE ACCESS FROM THE GOLF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR BACKYARD OUT TO THE STREET.
AND WE ORIGINALLY EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AS A RALLYING POINT FOR, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS AN EVENT WITH, WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT ENOUGH BUY-IN, I GUESS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, UM, YET, BUT IT'S GONNA BE CONTINUALLY DISCUSSED.
UM, ESPECIALLY NOW AFTER ONCE THE PLAN GETS ANNOUNCED, IT MAY GET A LITTLE MORE TRACTION TO BE ABLE TO START COMMUNICATING OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY ON THE ENDS TO, UH, HELP FACILITATE THAT THAT HAS THOSE CARDS.
AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT ADD, JUST REAL QUICK THAT I MEANT TO IS NOT ONLY WE GOT FOUR OFFICERS, UM, THAT ARE GONNA GO FIVE TO MIDNIGHT, I BELIEVE.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO BRINGING PORTA-POTTIES.
AND I KNOW THE LAST YEAR, LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE DID HAVE SOME LIGHTS AT THE, EACH END OF THE STREET.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING TO CHIP IN AND DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP OFFSET IT TOO, SO THE CITY DOESN'T, UM, BEAR ANY MORE COSTS THAN THAN NEED BE.
UM, IN MY LAST, UM, JUST A SUGGESTION, CHIEF, UM, WITH YOUR FLYER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN DO THIS OR NOT, BUT MAYBE, UM, RECOMMENDING OR SUGGESTING PEOPLE TAKE RIDE SHARES OR LIFTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, JUST BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE HIGHLY PUBLICIZED, RIGHT.
IT'S A VERY BIG POSITIVE EVENT AND WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO HAVE PEOPLE TO HAVE A VERY POSITIVE OUTCOME AND EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY LEAVE THERE.
SO THAT COULD JUST BE SOMETHING YOU, YOU SUGGEST.
UM, CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE PROACTIVENESS.
UM, RELATIVE TO THE, UH, RESIDENTS ON ROBINSON ROAD AND GLEN ECHO.
UM, IF THEY HAVE TO LEAVE OR IF THEY'RE COMING FROM WORK AND TRYING TO GET HOME, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AS FAR AS ENSURING THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ABLE TO GET TO THEIR HOMES? PART OF THE PLAN IS US GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS.
UM, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE OFFICERS WHO ARE GONNA WORK THIS IN THESE INTERSECTIONS, AND IF IT'S AT FIVE O'CLOCK AND THERE'S NO TRAFFIC AND SOMEBODY'S GETTING THERE TO GET HOME AND THEY LIVE RIGHT THERE, USE COMMON SENSE, GET THEM HOME.
UM, DON'T TAKE A HARD LINE STANCE THAT THERE ARE NO CARS.
IF THERE'S NOBODY OUT THERE WALKING IN THE ROADWAYS, LET THEM GET HOME.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT IT, IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED TO THE OFFICERS THAT ARE GONNA BE WORKING THIS EVENT.
BUT THAT'S PART OF WHY WE'RE GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT SO EARLY AND SO OFTEN AND IN DIFFERENT CHANNELS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS.
UH, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET HOME IN TIME AND NOT BE AFFECTED BY THIS.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE, BUT I GUARANTEE THERE'S GONNA BE SOMEBODY THAT YEAH, EXACTLY.
AND, AND THE OTHER THING IS, UM, ON THE YELLOW, IT'S A PRETTY, YOU KNOW, LARGE AREA IT IS OF COVERAGE.
SO YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE GONNA BES SOME OFFICERS IN THAT AREA.
SO IF SOMEONE, I MEAN, HOW DO YOU GET INTO THE NO PARKING AREA? I MEAN, IT'S JUST GONNA BE AN OPEN STREET.
I MEAN, HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY THAT HERE AT WEST CREEK CLUB AND HAMPTON? THAT THIS IS NOW THE NO PARKING PUBLIC WORKS IS CREATING SIGNAGE, UH, ENFORCEABLE SIGNAGE, AND THE DAY BEFORE THEY'LL BE STARTING TO PUT THE SIGNS OUT.
AND SO IF SOMEONE'S, I'M, I'M JUST SAYING, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OFFICERS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE OUT HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE JUST DECIDES THEY'RE GONNA PARK, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY SLIP PAST AN OFFICER AND THERE'S NOT ANOTHER OFFICER FOR SO MANY, YOU KNOW, FEET OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THEY PARK AND THEN GET OUTTA THEIR VEHICLE AND, AND START OFF.
SO WE'LL HAVE THE SIX MOTOR UNITS AND THEIR SUPERVISOR UP AND DOWN THE ROADS, THE NO PARKINGS, THEY'LL BE CONTINUALLY MONITORING IT ON THE, ON THEIR BIKES.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.
UH, I THINK YOU, UH, ANSWERED, UH, ONE OF MY, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, UH, AS FAR AS PEOPLE TRYING TO GET IN WHO LIVE ON ROBINSON ROAD OR LIVE ON THOSE, UH, GLEN ECHOES, UH, THAT, UH, MAY WANT TO, UH, UH, COME IN, UH, AFTER YOU SET UP THE BARRICADES.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE GOT A, UH, A PROCESS
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BY WHICH, UH, YES, SIR.WE CAN, UM, ACCOMMODATE THEM GETTING IN.
I THINK THE, UH, THE WALKING AND, UH, DOOR KNOCKING, UH, AND, UH, GIVING ADVANCED NOTICE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, IS, UH, GONNA BE, UH, VERY HELPFUL.
AND I THINK, UH, MS. SMITH, YOU KNOW, UH, ROBINSON ROAD FOLKS ARE REALLY, UH, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES OR ANYTHING LIKE WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST BECAUSE IT'S BECOME A TRADITION ON ROBINSON ROAD.
AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT TRADITION STOPPED.
BECAUSE, UH, UH, THEY, UH, UH, THEY PUT MUCH EFFORT AND TIME, UH, AND DOLLARS INTO, UH, UH, MAKING THOSE PRESENTATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE PROUD OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROUD OF, UH, WHAT, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO DISPLAY.
AND SO THE UNIQUENESS OF SOME OF IT IS, UH, UH,
AND I GUESS MY FINAL COMMENT IS, YOU KNOW, BEING THE COUNCILMAN OF THIS DISTRICT, WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT WE HAD THIS TYPE OF OUTPOURING OF, OF, UH, NOT ONLY OUR NEIGHBORS, BUT ALSO FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COMING IN AND WANTING TO SEE SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, TRULY, UH, REFLECTIVE OF THE, UH, THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN QUAIL VALLEY AND ON ROBINSON ROAD.
SO I, I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS, UH, THAT, UH, THE, UH, THE NEIGHBORS, UH, AND THE CITIZENS OF ROBINSON ROAD HAVE PUT FORTH TO MAKE THIS AGAIN, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, ENJOYABLE AND, UH, IS NOT, UH, UH, THE, THE SAME, UH, WITH THE SAME RESULTS THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR AND EVEN THE YEAR BEFORE.
SO, UH, I, I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT.
I GUESS I'M GONNA BE THE ODD ONE.
UH, AND JUST ASK THE QUESTION TO CITY MANAGER, WHILE EVERYTHING IS GREAT, WE'RE DOING ALL OF THIS, HOW ARE WE PAYING FOR THIS? WE'RE PAYING FOR IT JUST LIKE WE WOULD PAY FOR ANY OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVE.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T, PART OF THE REASON WHY THERE'S NO, UH, RECOGNITION OF SHUTTLES OR PARKING DESIGNATION IS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A CITY EVENT.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY EVENT, UM, THAT HAS GROWN LARGER THAN THE AREA THAT IT'S BEING CONDUCTED IN.
SO ALL WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO ENSURE SAFETY.
WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANY EXTRA, UM, RESOURCES INTO THE EVENT ITSELF OTHER THAN TO ENSURE SAFETY.
I GET THE SAFETY PART, BUT THE SAFETY'S GOTTA BE PAID FOR, RIGHT? TRUE.
I MEAN, TO PROVIDE SAFETY ON THAT MAGNITUDE WHEN YOU'RE BRINGING IN YOUR SIX MOTORCYCLES AND, YOU KNOW, I HEARD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BRINGING IN BICYCLES OR, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE IN PUBLIC WORK COMING IN, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT, I THINK YOU SAID THAT SHASHI'S GONNA PROVIDE LIGHTS OR SOMETHING, SO THERE'S MANPOWER THAT'S BEING DONE AND WITHOUT THIS BEING A CITY EVENT.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, YOU KNOW, AND I LIKE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN TOO, BUT WHAT IF YOU HAVE RIVERSTONE, WHO DOES THIS? AND THEN YOU HAVE SIENNA WITHIN OUR ETG, I MEAN, NOT ETG, BUT WITHIN OURS THEY DO THIS.
WOULD WE COVER THE SAME WAY? ABSOLUTELY.
ANY AREA IN THE CITY THAT PRESENTS ITSELF AS A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN, WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE CAN'T BAN ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
ALL WE CAN DO IS TRY TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS IT.
SO IT WOULDN'T MATTER WHERE THIS TYPE OF EVENT OCCURS, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE AMPLE PUBLIC SAFETY SHUT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
PART OF, PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BASICALLY DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM ATTENDING THIS EVENT BY SHUTTING DOWN THE ROADS, BY NOT PROVIDING PARKING, BY BLOCKING OFF STREETS.
WE'RE SAYING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO COME TO THIS EVENT, THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.
AND I THINK THE BLOCK WALKING I HEARD IS A NICE GESTURE, BUT I THINK TO THOSE RESIDENTS THAT SENT US THE EMAIL LAST YEAR, AND I'VE GOTTEN PLENTY OF 'EM, I STILL HAVE 'EM.
UM, AND EVEN REMINDERS NOW, BECAUSE THIS IS COMING UP BECAUSE OCTOBER MM-HMM.
UH, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE PEOPLE INTO THEIR HOME BECAUSE IF NOT, THIS HAS TO BE PUT INTO SOME SORT OF A, A, A GOLF COURSE PARKING LOT OR SOMEWHERE, BECAUSE IF THIS KEEP CONTINUING, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HEAR THE BACKLASH ABOUT THIS FROM RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA.
AND THE SECOND THING THAT, THAT I WANTED TO ASK CHIEF, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS, UM,
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THERE WERE LOT EMAILS OF PEOPLE WHO, AT THE RESIDENCE WHO HAD THESE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DECORATIONS AND ALL THAT, THERE WERE MORE THAN ENOUGH ALCOHOL.SO THESE ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT'S DRIVING THROUGH AND PARKING THEIR CAR AND GETTING OUT THERE AND, AND YOU KNOW, KIND OF WALKING AROUND, WHAT DO WE DO IN THAT SITUATION WHEN PEOPLE ARE DRUNK? I MEAN, THESE ARE EMAILS COMING TO ME.
I'M NOT SPECULATING, I'M, I'M JUST BASED IT OFF OF WHAT I'VE BEEN WRITTEN AND HAS BEEN WRITTEN DOWN BY PEOPLE IN WHICH ARE OPEN RECORDS.
AND, AND THERE'S, UH, PUBLIC INTOXICATION LAWS.
IF, IF THE OFFICERS OBSERVE SOMEBODY THAT APPEARS TO BE, UH, PUBLICLY INTOXICATED, THEY CAN TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, UH, UP TO WRITING THEM A TICKET OR TAKING THEM TO JAIL EVEN ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY, THEY HAVE TO BE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
YOU CAN BE, YOU CAN BE INTOXICATED IN PUBLIC IF YOU'RE IN YOUR YARD, WE'RE NOT GONNA ARREST YOU BECAUSE IT IS PUBLIC PROP OR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
BUT THE MINUTE THEY GET ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, IF THE OFFICER FEELS THEY'RE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, THEY CAN BE ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
UM, AND I, AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER BONY ALLUDED TO AND SOME OTHERS ALLUDED TO, IS WHAT I WORRY ABOUT IS NOT THE AREA THAT'S BLOCKED OFF.
IT'S THE ONES THAT PEOPLE NEEDS TO GET INTO THEIR HOMES.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT THAT AND LOOK AT THIS AND MAYBE PERHAPS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE HOA, YOU SAID YOU GOING TO THAT MEETING? MM-HMM.
AND FIGURE OUT, I MEAN, I THINK A LOT OF IT IS FROM THEIR, YOU KNOW, FROM THEM HELPING US, RIGHT.
UH, AND FIGURING THIS OUT BECAUSE I THINK LAST YEAR IT WAS, THEY WERE JUST DOING IT AND THERE WAS NO INPUT OR FEEDBACK BACK AND FORTH INTO PLANNING SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND I THINK THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN, UH, MORE THAN ANYTHING WAS THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, YOU KNOW, OR DECORATE, BUT THEY WANNA WALK INTO THEIR HOME WHEN THEY'RE COMING TO HOME.
AND, AND SOME OF THE EMAILS I GOT AND PHONE CALLS WERE FOLKS ON EAST STREET CLUB, CROW VALLEY, THESE OUTLYING STREETS THAT COULDN'T GET HOME AND THEY WERE UPSET RIGHTFULLY SO.
SO BY UH, INITIATING THE NO PARKING ON THESE ROADS, THERE SHOULD BE NO PROBLEMS WITH THEM GETTING HOME AS LONG AS THE TRAFFIC IS MOVING.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE OR, OR, UH, MAYOR PROTO.
UH, I JUST HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT.
UM, GIVEN ALL OF THIS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, CAN WE GET A WRAP UP REPORT, MAYBE 30 DAYS POST THE, OR NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS POST EVENT, JUST SO WE CAN ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF, UM, THE, UH, PROACTIVITY THAT HAS GONE HERE TO SEE, UM, IF MAYBE WE'VE DONE ENOUGH, IF, IF MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO KIND OF SHAPE THESE MEASURES? YEAH.
THE CITY MANAGER'S ALREADY GIVEN THE, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS INVOLVED IN THIS, UM, INSTRUCTIONS TO KEEP TABS OF WHAT THIS HAS COST AND THE EFFECTIVENESS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF EVERYTHING.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
IF IT IS WORKING, IT'S WORKING.
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SIX B, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, TONIGHT I'M GOING TO BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF FIVE, UH, FOUR OF THE FIVE ITEMS ON YOUR, UH, CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT, STARTING WITH ITEM B.
UH, THIS ITEM AUTHORIZES THE PAYMENT OF THE COUNTER OFFER FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND NEEDED FOR THE LONG POINT CREEK DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
ITEM C REC, UH, RELATES TO IS REQUESTING AN AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR DRIVEWAY REALIGNMENT AND FENCING REPLACEMENT AS PART OF THE EAST HAMPTON STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
ITEM D RELATES TO, UH, REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH VALLEY VIEW CONSULTING LLC FOR INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES.
UH, THE CITY HAS AN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO OF APPROXIMATELY $239 MILLION.
ITEM E UM, IS AN ITEM THAT SEEKS CITY COUNCIL'S RATIFICATION OF PREVIOUS EXPENDITURES, TOTALING $68,760 TO ROCK AND D FENCING, LLC FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIR OFFENSES AND GATES AT THREE STEEP BANK FLAT BANK SERVICE AREA LIFT STATIONS.
UH, FOLLOWING DAMAGES FROM TROPICAL STORM, UH, BARREL, THIS PROCUREMENT WAS EXEMPT FROM COMPETITIVE PERCHING DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I SEE A MOTION BY OR RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER
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RILEY, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, UM, ON ITEM FOR EAST HAMPTON, UH, SEVEN C, WILL THIS DELAY THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION AT ALL? NO.UH, COUNCILMAN EMERY? YEAH, THIS IS, UH, JUST A QUESTION FOR YOURSELF AND, UH, PROBABLY SASHI, BUT YOU KNOW, UH, THIS IS ON, UH, ITEM, UH, B AND UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR, UH, I DON'T KNOW, SIX OR SEVEN YEARS IT SEEMS LIKE.
AND OF COURSE IT'S, IT WAS IN MY DISTRICT, BUT IT'S NOW IN, UH, MR. BON'S DISTRICT.
BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE CLEARED UP BEFORE WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT? I KNOW THAT'S NOT A CITY PROJECT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UH, UH, INVOLVED IN IT.
SO, SO GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN DELAYED PRIMARILY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT OF WASTE FOR FOUR PARCELS.
WITH THIS, WE ARE CLOSING THE DEAL ON TWO PARCELS.
THERE ARE TWO REMAINING PARCELS, WHICH LEGAL IS WORKING ON, BUT WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO INTO THE PROPERTY AND ALSO TO BUILD A PROJECT.
SO WE'VE CONVEYED THIS TO THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
WE'RE WORKING ON BIDDING THIS PROJECT AND GETTING INTO CONSTRUCTION.
I I, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER IT OR NOT, BUT IT, DO, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE ANY OTHER IMPEDIMENTS TO, UH, THE, UH, TO THIS PROJECT THAT, UH, HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP BY, UH, FORT BEND, UH, THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT, OR, YOU KNOW, AT WHAT POINT CAN WE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO PUT A ROAD MARKER OUT AND SAY, THIS IS WHERE, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS PROJECT COMPLETED? AND AGAIN, I KNOW WE DON'T CONTROL THAT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT AFFECTS OUR CITIZENS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE GOT A, UH, A, UH, A REQUIREMENT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TRY TO, UH, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER AGAIN, UM, THE IMPEDIMENT WAS THE ACQUISITION OF THE PARCELS.
WE HAVE CLOSED THE DEAL ON TWO WITH THIS ONE, THE OTHER TWO WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY OR THE AUTHORITY TO GO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, COUNTIES MOVING FORWARD, SO WE SHOULD SEE CONSTRUCTION PRETTY SOON WITH THE ADVERTISEMENT AND BIDDING.
[7. CONSENT AGENDA]
BY COUNCILMAN BARONI, SECONDED BY MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
EIGHT A, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE PERSONNEL POLICY OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, ADDING VETERANS DAY AS A CITY HOLIDAY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
TODAY I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT VETERAN DAY AND TO REQUEST FOR A CITY HOLIDAY.
THE PURPOSE, THE CITY IS REQUESTING TO AMEND THE CITY'S PERSONNEL POLICY TO ADD VETERANS DAY AS AN OFFICIAL CITY HOLIDAY.
VETERANS DAY IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN THE UNITED STATES, OBSERVED ANNUALLY ON NOVEMBER 11TH FOR HONORING MILITARY VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FORT BEND COUNTY, ALONG WITH NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS, OBSERVE THIS HOLIDAY.
AND ADDING AN ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY FOR A TOTAL OF 13 DAYS WILL INCREASE THE CITY'S TOTAL REWARDS PACKAGE FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND FOSTER A POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT.
THIS ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY ALSO ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S STRATEGIC GOAL TO DEVELOP A HIGH PERFORMANCE CITY TEAM.
SO OUR HOPE IS TO, FOR YOU TO APPROVE, UM, OUR NEW VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE, UH, MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER.
UM, AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS ORDINANCE, UM, ON OUR AGENDA.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO, UM, MAKE THIS MOTION AND VOTE FOR THIS HOLIDAY.
IT SHOWS OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR, UH, VETERANS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RIDING.
UM, WHERE WAS THIS PRESENTED FROM? WHO ORIGINATED, WAS THIS ONE OF YOUR, YOUR GOALS WHEN YOU JOINED US, UM, MISSOURI CITY OR WAS THERE A REQUEST FROM THE STAFF MEMBERS? I'M JUST CURIOUS AND HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY VETERANS DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE? I WOULD SAY BOTH WAYS.
UM, OF COURSE A PART OF MY, UM, MY GOALS IS TO LOOK AT OUR TOTAL REWARDS PACKAGE,
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WHICH NOT ONLY INCLUDES COMPENSATION, BUT BENEFITS, HOLIDAYS AND THE SUCH.SO THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING ON MY LIST.
UM, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAS MENTIONED AS WELL.
AND I THINK THIS IS A, A, A POSITIVE FOR, FOR, FOR RECRUITMENT AND NOT ONLY RETENTION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY HONORING THAT THE CITY IS RECOGNIZING, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED OUR CITY ABSOLUTELY.
AND DECIDE TO STILL WORK FOR OUR CITY.
AND SO I THINK IT'S GONNA ADD MORE VALUE WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE RECRUITING TO FILL SOME OF THOSE VACANCIES AS WELL.
IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR APPROACH HIM KLAUSER SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN RILEY.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
AB B ACCORDANCE THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING ARTICLE NINE, FILMING REGULATIONS CHAPTER 18, BUSINESSES OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE AMENDING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR FILMING IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE FILM FRIENDLY UPDATE.
UH, WE PASSED THE FILM FRIENDLY ORDINANCE AND SINCE WE PASSED THE ORDINANCE, WE'VE HAD A FEW TAPINGS, UH, INCLUDING AMERICA'S DREAM, HGTV.
WE HAD, UM, MTV HERE FILM A SCENE OF CATFISH AND, UH, WE HAD A SMALL MOVIE PRODUCTION AND OF COURSE WE HAD, UH, PRETTY BIG, UH, VIDEO WITH TRAVIS SCOTT.
UH, E JOYCE AND I WERE ALREADY WORKING ON A REVISION BEFORE TRAVIS SCOTT, BUT I THINK THAT DEFINITELY DROVE HOME THE NEED FOR THIS, UH, FILM FRIENDLY, UH, REVISION.
THE MAIN THING THAT'S BEING CHANGED IN THE ORDINANCE IS THAT WE'RE GOING FROM HAVING AN AGREEMENT AND A CONTRACT POST AN APPLICATION TO PUTTING THE INDEMNIFICATION LANGUAGE IN THE A APPLICATION.
SO AS THEY SIGN FOR THE APPLICATION, THEY'RE INDEMNIFYING THE CITY.
WE'RE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, FOLLOWS UP WITH INSURABILITY LIABILITY PURPOSES.
AND THEN IF THE PRODUCTION SEEMS TO BE OF A LARGER SCALE, WE HAVE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS US TO GO TO A FULL, UH, FLEDGED APPLICATION AGREEMENT, UH, REQUIRING MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND BEING ABLE TO, UM, SCOPE THE PERMIT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing the City ...]
NINE OF RESOLUTIONS NINE A, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OR A SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT PROJECT CONSISTING OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, PARDON ME, CONSISTING OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED AT STATE HIGHWAY SIX AND TOWNSHIP LANE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AGAIN, THIS ITEM WAS APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL NOT TOO LONG AGO.
APPARENTLY, TECHSTAR SENT A OLD VERSION OF THE A FA AND THEY'VE ASKED US TO, UH, AMEND THIS ONE OR CORRECT THIS.
SO THIS IS REAUTHORIZING WHAT YOU HAVE RECENTLY AUTHORIZED, WHICH IS A GRANT FUNDING FROM A GAC TO INSTALL A SIGNAL AT HIGHWAY SIX.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY CONST MEMBER
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution nominating candidates...]
C, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.NOMINATING ONE OR MORE CANDIDATES FOR THE FORT BEND CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE TWO YEAR TERM, COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1ST, 2025, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO.
UH, CITY SECRETARY, CRYSTAL ROME.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE PORT PORT BEND.
UH, CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS COMPRISED OF FIVE DIRECTORS APPOINTED BY EACH OF THE TAXING UNITS.
THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS ALLOWED, UH, TO VOTE FOR, UM, A BOARD MEMBER FOR EACH POSITION.
THE FOLLOWING, UM, SLATE IS JIM KAI, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN, PAUL STAUS JR.
WHO IS THE VICE CHAIRMAN, MICHAEL ROSELL, WHO IS THE SECRETARY, PAM GASKIN, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR, AND JIM RICE, UM, WHO IS ALSO A DIRECTOR.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER VO.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, A YEAR LATER, WE'RE STILL HERE AND, UH, WE HAD THIS SIMILAR ISSUE LAST YEAR WHERE WE WANTED TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THESE INDIVIDUALS PRIOR
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TO HAVING TO CAST THIS VERY IMPORTANT VOTE FOR THE FORT BEND CENTRAL APPRAISAL DID WELL, ANY, ANY POSITION, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE ONE SPECIFICALLY THAT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT, AND SO, UH, I KNOW WE HAD ASKED FOR RESUMES OR SOME INFORMATION, UH, ON THE VARIOUS, UH, CANDIDATES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU REALLY TRULY KNOW WHO THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE PRIOR TO RECEIVING IT IN YOUR PACKET, UH, POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO REALLY, TO VET THEM, SEE IF THEY'RE BEST OR MAKE A ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION, UM, FOR THESE, FOR THESE POSITIONS.SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW I PAM, UH, GASKIN, I KNOW JIM RICE AND, UH, HAVE NO ISSUE WITH, UH, THEM SERVING AGAIN.
BUT THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS, UH, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE SERVED BEFORE AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THEY'RE SEEKING AND I'M, I'M, I'M SURE THAT AT LEAST I, I MEAN, MY APPRAISALS ARE GOING UP, SO, I MEAN, I AIN'T JUST A FAN OF ANYBODY SERVING IN THESE ROLES, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL THAT WE NEED MORE INFORMATION.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, UH, THEM NOT PROVIDING IT CRYSTAL OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO, BUT THIS JUST HAPPENED LAST YEAR AND, AND I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE, UH, ADVANCED NOTICE OF, OF WHO'S BEING PUT FORTH, WHEN DO THEY MAKE THE DECISION, ACTUALLY, AS FAR AS THEIR SLATE.
SO THIS IS, UH, NOMINATING THESE FIVE CANDIDATES, AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK TO YOU ALL FOR YOU ALL TO DECIDE, UM, IF YOU WANT TO, UM, VOTE FOR THOSE, THE CANDIDATES.
SO, UM, THE RESPONSE FROM THE CITY, UM, IS DUE ON OCTOBER THE 15TH.
WHEN, WHEN DO THEY PROVIDE, WHEN DO THEY DECIDE WHO THEIR SLATE'S GONNA BE? LIKE PRIOR TO OUR MEETING OR HAS IT BEEN DONE A FEW MONTHS AGO? I MEAN, I, I JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH MORE IN ADVANCE WE CAN RECEIVE THESE NAMES AND THIS INFORMATION AND, AND, AND CLEARLY BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO VOTE ON THIS, WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN RECOMMENDATIONS IF, IF, IF WE, IF WE SO CHOSE.
IT'S LIKE WE, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE ADVANCED NOTICE AS TO WHEN THIS IS FORTHCOMING SO THAT WE CAN DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AND SEE IF WE HAVE, IF WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS SLATE OR IF WE HAVE OUR OWN ALTERNATE.
UH, AND, UM, MONICA DID JUST PROVIDE ME WITH SOME INFORMATION JUST TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT YOU CAN NOMINATE YOUR OWN, UH, INDIVIDUALS IF YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, BUT UP TO FIVE OF COURSE, WHICH IS THE LIMIT.
SO THEY JUST HAVE TO MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.
I MEAN, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO END BY SAYING THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE THAT RIGHT.
BUT WE'RE JUST NOW BEING, YOU KNOW, PUT, THIS IS BEFORE US TODAY.
AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO, I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA JUST FLY OFF THE HANDLE TO JUST THROW OUT A NAME.
JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THROWING OUT A NAME.
AND IN THE FUTURE, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I STAY ON TOP OF THEM AND GET INFORMATION, UM, IN MUCH MORE TIME TO ALLOW YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO VET THE CANDIDATES A LITTLE BIT MORE.
OR IF YOU ALL DECIDE THAT YOU WANNA NOMINATE FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE THAT ON YOUR RADAR.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SHE ACTUALLY JUST ANSWERED THAT QUESTION SO THAT, THAT NO, IT'S NOT ON.
UM, BUT I GUESS KIND OF GOING BACK TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY WAS, WAS ASKING IS WHEN, WHEN DO WE RECEIVE THIS FIRST SLATE? OR WHEN DID YOU RECEIVE IT? DO YOU KNOW? UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, BUT WHEN I RECEIVED IT, UM, IS WHEN I BROUGHT IT FORWARD TO YOU ALL.
SO I WANTED, I I THINK THAT I JUST RECEIVED IT IN SEPTEMBER.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I WILL, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON TOP OF THEM AND GET IT IN MUCH ADVANCED TIME AS AS AS THEY CAN.
UH, AND I'VE WORKED IN HARRIS COUNTY MOST OF MY CAREER AND PRETTY MUCH WOULD GET THE SLATE AND THEY PRETTY MUCH WENT WITH WHAT WAS PROVIDED.
ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE MAYBE IJO AS YOU CAN ANSWER THIS, WHY IS THIS COMING BEFORE US TO VOTE? SO THIS IS COMING BEFORE YOU ALL, BECAUSE STATE LAW ALLOWS, UH, ENTITIES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN AN APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SELECTION OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THOSE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS.
SO WHO APPOINTS THEM? WHO ENDS, ENDS UP APPOINTING THEM? WHO SENT US? NO, I'M SAYING WHO SENT US THESE NAMES? THAT WORKS.
SO THE FORT BEND APPRAISAL DISTRICT SENT THE NAMES.
HOWEVER, AS MENTIONED, THAT DOESN'T PREVENT YOU ALL FROM NOMINATING
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SOME ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS IF YOU HAVE OTHER PEOPLE IN MIND TO SERVE AS NOMINEES FOR BOARD OF DIRECTOR SEATS.AND WHY DO OUR VOTE MATTERS? WHY I WOULD, UH, THINK THAT YOU ALL'S VOTES MATTER BECAUSE THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, PARTICIPATE DIRECTLY IN THE PROCESS IF ELECTED, BECAUSE THEY STILL, THIS IS JUST THE NOMINATION.
THEY STILL HAVE TO BE ELECTED.
BUT THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT, UH, PARTICIPATE DIRECTLY IN THE PROCESS OF ASSESSING, UH, VALUES ON PROPERTIES, UH, WITHIN THE CITY OR WITHIN THE FORT BEND COUNTY PORTION OF THE CITY.
SO WHEN WE SAY AS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WHEN WE SAY WE HAVEN'T RAISED OUR TAX RATE, RIGHT? YES.
SO THAT MEANS THE 57 CENTS OR 59 OR 62, WHATEVER THE CENTS IT IS WHEN WE SAY WE HAVEN'T RAISED THE TAX RATE.
SO THAT MEANS OUR TAX ON A DOLLAR REMAINS WHERE IT IS, BUT OUR CONSTITUENTS DISAGREES.
SOME KNOWS AND SOME DON'T KNOW.
AND I THINK MAJORITY OF THEM DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
SO THEY COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, MY PROPERTY TAXES, LET'S JUST SAY 10,000 IS A EVEN KILL, MY PROPERTY TAXES IS NOT 10,000.
IT'S 10,000 OR 11,000 NOW, OR 11,800.
IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY'S TAX RATE WENT UP, IT'S BECAUSE YOUR PROPERTY VALUE, YOUR, YOUR VALUATION WENT UP BY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, 20%, 40%, WHATEVER IT IS.
AND THAT'S HOW THAT CALCULATION IS COMING INTO WITH THE RIGHT THAT WE HAVE SET.
AND JUST, I DO NOTE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN STATE LAW LIMITATIONS AS WELL FOR THE AMOUNT OF, UH, POTENTIAL INCREASE IN TERMS OF YOUR PROPERTY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUE.
BUT YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT IS THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY SETS THAT VALUE.
SO WE IN MISSOURI CITY, AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT, UH, THE OTHER CITIES LIKE OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO PICK, UM, CANDIDATES OR THE CANDIDATES THAT'S BEEN PICKED FOR US, OR, OR THE WAY THAT THEY'RE PRESENTED, RIGHT.
AND THE, THESE ARE JUST NOMINATIONS.
BUT YES, EACH CITY THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, NOMINATE AND THEN TO VOTE ON THOSE CANDIDATES.
DEPENDING ON THEIR LEVEL OF, SURE.
SO I WANT EVERYBODY IN THE HOME AND AT AUDIENCE AND HOME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY JUST TALKED ABOUT AND WHAT THAT IS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE VOTING HERE TODAY ON SOMEONE THAT WHOM WE HAVE NOT TALKED TO, WE DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE SOMEONE WE KNOW THEIR NAMES OR WE KNOW THEM IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE VOTING ON PEOPLE THAT WOULDN'T HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.
AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
WE CAN GO ABOUT THE WHOLE YEAR, NOT HAVE ANY CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
AND EVEN IF WE SET OUR TAX RATE WHERE IT IS WITHOUT RAISING THE TAX RATE, THE VALUATION COULD GO UP AND EACH OF US UP HERE WHO HAS A HOME AND ALL OF YOU SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE OR AT HOME, YOUR VALUE'S GONNA GO UP.
SO I WOULD THINK THAT, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RAMONI BECAUSE LAST TIME THIS CAME UP, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST MEET, PERHAPS SPEAK AND PERHAPS RAISE OUR CONCERNS TO THOSE THAT SERVE ON THAT BOARD AND KIND OF SAYING THAT HERE'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN OUR CITY OR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OR IN OUR DISTRICTS, IF YOU WILL.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE HAVE THESE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, BOARD POSITIONS THAT DO COME UP THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE ONCE THE EVALUATION COME OUT, EACH OF US GOT HIT WITH THE PRICE, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO FORT PEN KAT, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, OR SET UP AN ATTORNEY THAT'S GONNA GO FIGHT FOR US TO REDUCE IF, IF AT ALL, IF IT REDUCES TO BRING IT DOWN.
RIGHT? BUT YET WE HAVEN'T THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO NOMINATE AND TO VOTE ON THOSE PEOPLE, WHICH THEY'RE NOT IN FRONT OF US, WHICH COULD BE THE FACT THAT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY NAMED TWO OTHER THAN THAT, I, MYSELF, AS A MAYOR, DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHO THESE ARE.
AND WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THEM TO AT LEAST COME TO US.
SO THIS WAY WE CAN ASK MM-HMM.
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WENT FROM 10,000 PAYING TO 12,000 OR, OR 13,000 OR WHAT OR WHATEVER, WHAT HAVE YOU.SO I THINK THIS IS WHY CRYSTAL, I THINK THAT HE BROUGHT UP, I WAS JUST RE EMPHASIZING IN MY OWN WAY TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE KEY POSITIONS ONCE IT'S BEEN APPOINTED OR, OR ELECTED, IF YOU WILL, THAT'S IT.
THEY GO BACK TO THEIR WORK AND THEY COME BACK AND KEEP RAISING.
SO THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE HEAR IN MISSOURI CITY IS, YOU KNOW, IS WE'RE NOT AT THEIR COMPETE.
OUR RESIDENTS ARE COMPARING US TO OTHER CITIES.
WHEN I SAY OTHER CITIES, I'M TALKING ABOUT TAX RATE.
AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT'S KEEP GOING UP.
YOU GUYS HAVE NOT REDUCED ANY RATE OR, OR, OR THE, THE MERELY THE FACT THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, BECAUSE WE KEEP TELLING THEM WE GOT A BUDGET THAT WE PASSED WITH THE SAME TAX RATE, AND THEY'RE SAYING NO, BECAUSE MY TAXES WENT UP.
SO HERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, AND I WOULD HOPE, AND, AND THIS IS JUST MY SUGGESTION, I WOULD HOPE THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS A NOMINATION GROUND.
SO EVEN IF WE NOMINATE, I STILL WOULD LIKE TO SEE BEFORE WE GET TO ELECT OR, OR WE GET TO VOTE ON 'EM MM-HMM.
AT LEAST HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH THEM AS TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING ON.
SO THAT'S MY, AND I'LL END IT WITH THAT.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.
YEAH, I GUESS, UM, MY POINT IS THAT IF, UH, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER, UH, SOME ALTERNATIVES TO THIS, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT, UH, LIKE TO SELECT OR, UH, AT LEAST PUT FORWARD, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE, IF ANY, FOR THIS PARTICULAR POSITION.
UH, 'CAUSE I, I, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S JUST SOMEONE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO, UH, UH, I DOESN'T HAVE, UH, A, UH, EXPERIENCE IN OUR KNOWLEDGE BASE OF REAL ESTATE AND APPRAISAL.
SO I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS ARE SO THAT IF WE DO PUT SOMEBODY OR WANT TO PUT SOMEBODY UP THAT, UH, WE KNOW WHAT'S REQUIRED OF THAT INDIVIDUAL BEFORE, UH, THAT'D BE, UH, CONSIDERED AND ACCEPTED.
BUT I AGREE, UM, CONST ROS, A LOT OF WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT I WENT ONLINE OVER THE WEEKEND AND FOUND OUT THAT SOME OF THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN ON THERE SINCE 2017.
SO THAT MEANS WE'VE NOT HEARD OR SEEN THESE PEOPLE SINCE 2017.
SO THE TIME IS NOW TO INTRODUCE THESE FOLKS TO US AND TO WORK WITH THEM.
AND I HAVE ONE LAST COMMENT TO IT TOO, AND THAT, AND WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR O'REILLY.
UM, AS YOU HEARD IT HERE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BOARD THAT GETS ELECTED BY, BY US.
WHEN I SAY US, I'M TALKING ABOUT MUTUAL CITIES DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE PUBLIC TO GET VOTED.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
IT'S LIKE A GHOST BOARD, BUT THEY MAKE THE BIG DECISIONS, WHICH MEANS NOT PUBLICLY VOTED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
IT'S VOTED BY, UH, NOMINATED AND VOTED BY DIFFERENT CITY AND DIFFERENT COUNCILS.
BUT THEY'RE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, WHEREAS ALL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE VOTED IN BY THE PUBLIC AND THEY SET THE TAX RATE.
AND IF, IF I MAY, STATE LAW DID CHANGE IN THE LAST SESSION TO ALLOW CERTAIN BOARDS, UH, TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD HAVE SOME ELECTED POSITIONS ON THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO, UH, THE BOARD COULD DECIDE IF IT WANTED TO HAVE ELECTED MEMBERS.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER FORT BEND, FORT BEND DID.
HCA H DOES, BUT FORT BEND DID NOT.
I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE COUNCIL O'REILLY.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WILL BE YOU, UM, CRYSTAL OR E JOYCE.
HOW LONG ARE THEIR TERMS AND ARE THERE TERM LIMITS? UM, THERE ARE NO TERM LIMITS.
UM, AS FAR AS I KNOW, UM, IN THEIR TERMS, EACH, EACH YEAR THEY COME, THEY COME UP AGAIN EACH YEAR.
YOU ALL VOTE ON THIS ONCE A YEAR.
SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CRITERIA IS FOR THE CITY ENTITY TO SUBMIT THEIR OWN? WILL WE BE SUBMITTING OUR OWN NOMINATIONS OR WE BE PRESENTING OUR OWN SLATE? YOU CAN SUBMIT FIVE NAMES.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO DO THAT, THEN OF COURSE THE OTHER CITIES THEN WOULD CONSIDER THOSE NOMINATIONS.
UM, AND SO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE DEADLINE IS OR, I MEAN, 'CAUSE I KNOW RIGHT NOW THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT FOR VOTING FOR THE NEXT TIME, FOR THE NEXT, UH, MEETING, BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE, THE DEADLINE IS FOR US TO SUBMIT? OR WHEN CAN WE START THAT PROCESS? THE, THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT
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THE NOMINATIONS IS OCTOBER 15TH.AND IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD, UM, SUBMIT NAMES OR HAS ANYONE, ACTUALLY, MY QUESTION IS, HAS ANYONE REQUESTED FROM THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY TO REPRESENT US AS A NOMINATION? UH, NO.
WOULD THIS BE YOUR DEPARTMENT OR WOULD THIS BE, UM, UNDER EJO OYS FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH THE CRITERIA? UM, THERE'S NO SPECIFIC, UM, PROCESS FOR THE CITY.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, UH, NO ONE HAS SUBMITTED ANYTHING TO ME STATING THAT THEY WANT TO SERVE ON THIS, ON THIS, UM, UH, BOARD.
AND WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT ALL OF THE, THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE SLATE THAT WAS SUBMITTED HAVE ALL CONFIRMED THAT THEY WANT TO SERVE AGAIN.
AND FORT BEND COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UM, STAFF IS THE ONE WHO CONFIRMED THAT.
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO SEND THE INFORMATION TO US.
AND I THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.
I REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THIS BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS AGAIN, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER BON'S POINT.
UM, AND THE FACT THAT WE GET SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE, THE APPRAISAL OF THE VALUE OF THEIR HOMES BEING RAISED.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE DAMAGE TO THEIR HOMES AND THEIR APPRAISAL STILL WENT UP.
UM, AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE ELECTED INDIVIDUALS TO REPRESENT US IN FORT BEND COUNTY AND FOR OUR CITY RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO THEIR APPRAISAL, FOR ME, THIS IS REALLY HARD TO VOTE ON PEOPLE THAT I KNOW.
TWO OF THE INDIVIDUALS, UH, PAM GASTON AND JIM RICE, THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE.
UH, THEY'VE SERVED THE COMMUNITY WELL, BUT AS A WHOLE SLATE, UM, IT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR ME TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ONE.
THERE ARE THREE ELECTED MEMBERS OF THIS FORT BEND, UH, CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
SO OUT OF THAT THREE IS ELECTED BY THE PUBLIC? THREE.
AND WHEN DO THOSE ELECTIONS TAKES PLACE? THEY ALREADY TOOK PLACE, UH, IN MAY.
WHAT'S YOUR MOTION? COUNCILOR
UH, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, LET'S SEE HERE.
TO APPOINT OR SELECT, UH, PAM.
I, I DON'T WANT TO BUTCHER IT, BUT PAM GASKIN, UM, JIM RICE AND ALSO MICHAEL ROSELL.
UM, AND THE REASON I'M, I'M SUGGESTING HIM IS BECAUSE HE IS THE CANDIDATE THAT WAS NOMINATED BY THE CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION DISTRICT, WHICH THEY SELECT THEIR OWN PERSON FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND SO IT'S NOT SOMEONE THAT WE COULD, UH, COULD NOMINATE.
SO I'M, I'M, UM, PUTTING FORTH A MOTION TO NOMINATE THOSE THREE AS, UM, THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR CANDIDATES.
UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IN, IN FOLLOW UP TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MAYOR, AS IT RELATES TO THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY, UM, APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUALLY HIRING CHIEF APPRAISER.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE ONES THAT DICTATE WHAT THE VALUES ARE, ARE GONNA BE, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS IN HARRIS COUNTY.
WE ALSO HAVE HARRIS COUNTY, YOU KNOW, APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS WELL.
IT'S NOT JUST FORT BEND IN, IN MISSOURI CITY.
SO, UH, THE SAME THING IS, YOU KNOW, APPLIES, UH, TO BOTH COUNTIES, BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT COUNTY, WE STILL SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW WHO THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE AND NOT BE PUT IN THIS POSITION, UH, BY THEM.
UH, AND SO, UM, THESE ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ROLES.
AND YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAY, THE MORE PEOPLE COMPLAIN, UH, ABOUT THIS, I COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UP HERE WANTS TO PAY, UH, MORE THAN THEY, THEY SHOULD, YOU KNOW? I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A CATCH 22.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING TO SELL YOUR HOUSE, YOU WANT THE MOST THAT YOU CAN GET FROM IT.
BUT, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, PAYING TAXES WISE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THESE, THESE ROLES ARE.
SO I GUESS I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
SO WHAT, WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF US ASKING FOR THIS LAST TIME AND WHAT CAME OUT OF IT? UM, SO, 'CAUSE WE DID, WE HAD THE SAME DISCUSSION LAST TIME YOU DID.
AND, UM, YOU WERE PROVIDED WITH A SHORT, UM, BIO FOR EACH ONE OF THEM.
UM, I DID TRY TO, UM, INVITE THE CHIEF APPRAISER TO COME TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING, UM, WHICH, UM, HE DECLINED, UH, TO ATTEND.
UM, AND SO THIS TIME AROUND, UM, I DID NOT REACH OUT TO ASK HIM TO ATTEND AGAIN.
UM, AS I MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS LAST TIME AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
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THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE ELECT, RIGHT? YES.UH, HIRES THE CHIEF APPRAISER? CORRECT.
AND YOU REACHED OUT TO THE CHIEF APPRAISER IN ASKING FOR, TO COME AND SIT DOWN WITH THIS COUNSEL? I DID.
WHAT WAS HIS REASON FOR DECLINING? UM, I DID NOT RECEIVE A REASON, BASICALLY THAT THERE WAS A CONFLICT, UM, IN SCHEDULING, AND THEN AT A POINT THERE WAS NO MORE RESPONSE.
WAS YOUR, IS THAT YOUR SECOND COUNSEL? YES.
MEMBER AARON MINE SAYS VOTED HERE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE.
[10. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
UH, 10 IS A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.TIME IS 8:08 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO OPPOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5, 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT.
[11. RECONVENE]
TIME IS 9:02 PM I'LL PUT, I'LL CITY COUNCIL.WILL NOW CLOSE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 9:03 PM THANK YOU ALL.