Jan 06, 2025 City Council

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ALL RIGHT.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU.

TODAY IS MONDAY, JANUARY 6TH, 2025.

WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:31 PM I, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE.

WE WILL BE LED BY THE ASSISTANT UTILITIES DIRECTOR, NICHOLAS COOK PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, NICHOLAS.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR,

[(a) Administer Oath of Office for the 2024 - 2025 Mayor's Youth Commission...]

2025 MAYORS YOUTH COMMISSION.

ALRIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING.

WE HAVE OUR MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION FOR 2024, UH, 2024, AND 2025.

OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM.

SO, UH, SINCE WE ONLY HAD ONE MEETING IN DECEMBER, UM, AND WE, WE DIDN'T GET, NOT GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SWEAR YOU INTO OFFICE.

SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO THAT TODAY.

ARE YOU GUYS EXCITED? YES.

ALL RIGHT.

OH, COME ON.

WELL, WHILE WE'RE GETTING HERE, I'LL TELL YOU, LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 65, 65, UH, 70 KIDS THIS YEAR.

HOW, HOW MANY? WE HAVE AROUND 70.

70, 70 AGAIN.

AND THIS YEAR WE HAD A RUNOFF ELECTION IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT WE HAD A, A RUNOFF, ALMOST A RUNOFF ELECTION IN MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION BECAUSE IT WAS A TIE.

RIGHT.

AND OUR LAST YEAR'S, UH, PRESIDENT, HE DECIDED TOD DREW HIS NAME.

SO WE DIDN'T FORCE INTO A, UH, A RUNOFF ELECTION, BUT WE TAUGHT THEM WHAT THE RUNOFF ELECTION IS ALL ABOUT AND HOW YOU GET HERE, RIGHT, JOANNA? ALL RIGHT, .

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND IF YOU CAN OPEN 'EM UP.

OKAY.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, AND STATE YOUR NAME.

I'M NANCY.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OFF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

OFF STATE YOUR OFFICE, THE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY.

OKAY.

, UH, OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND OF THIS STATE.

AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME, GOD.

SO HELP ME, GOD, PLEASE JOIN ME CONGRATULATING OUR 24 25 MINUTES.

FIRSTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, MAYOR ROBIN ELCAT FOR GIVING ALL OF US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND ON BEHALF OF MYC, WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TO EVERYONE SEATED HERE TODAY, AND TO JUST GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

AND THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

TAKE, I'M GONNA TAKE A GROUP PHOTO WITH YOU GUYS AND THE COUNCIL.

OKAY.

LOOK THAT

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ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET THOSE PARENTS UP HERE TO TAKE SOME DECENT PICTURES.

'CAUSE I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN MOVING AND GOING LEFT AND RIGHT.

ANY PARENTS WANTS TO TAKE PICTURES? THERE YOU GO, .

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU GUYS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

OH, YES.

SO COOL.

I SAW A CORPORATE START.

YOU WANT TAKE A THANK YOU.

CAN YOU DON'T? YOU'RE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

EASIER FOR SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

ALRIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER

[(b) Administer the Ceremonial Oath of Office to Joanna Ouderkirk, City Cou...]

AND WE HAVE, IF YOU WOULD, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I, AND STATE YOUR NAME I, JOANNA ODER.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT C OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT C OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, PRESERVE, DEFEND AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE.

AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME, GOD.

SO HELP ME, GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CAN I HAVE MY FAMILY COME UP QUICKLY? ALL RIGHT.

SO WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALL OF YOU THAT CAME HERE TO TAKE SOME PICTURES.

SO JUST BEAR WITH US FOR A SECOND.

BUT RIGHT NOW, BEFORE WE GO ONTO THE NEXT ITEM, JOANNA, I WANT YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

SO I'M ACTUALLY GONNA INVITE ALL MY SCOUT FAMILY TO COME UP.

UM, BUT I, YOU USE THIS .

HERE WE GO.

OKAY.

SO I HAVE A LOT OF MY SCOUT FAMILY SUPPORTERS HERE TONIGHT, AND I'D LOVE FOR THEM TO COME UP AND TAKE PICTURES AS WELL AS ANYONE ELSE.

I SEE SEVERAL FAMILIAR FACES IN THE CROWD, SO I'D LIKE TO GET A GROUP PICTURE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

UM, I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT THAT I HAD, UH, DURING MY CAMPAIGN DURING BOTH ELECTIONS.

UM, IT WAS DEFINITELY A, UM, AN INTERESTING, UM, EXPERIENCE FOR SOMEONE WHO'S, UH, RUN FOR THE FIRST TIME.

BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS DONE.

THANK YOU.

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ALL RIGHT.

SO WE WILL, WE, WE WILL CONTINUE.

AND THEN JOANNA, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THE PICTURES.

I'M GONNA GIVE A 10 MINUTE RE JUST PUT HI, HAPPY NEW YEAR.

ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL, AS WE PROMISED, AS SOON AS ITEM FOUR C IS DONE, WE WILL TAKE A RECESS SO EVERYONE CAN TAKE INDIVIDUAL PICTURES, GROUP PICTURES, WHAT YOU LIKE.

BUT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, JUST CONTINUE WITH OUR AGENDA HERE REAL QUICK.

UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR

[(c) Recognition - Former District C Councilmember Anthony Maroulis.]

UH, ANTHONY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU CAN COME UP HERE, ALL RISE FOR THE GREEK GODS.

SAY SOMETHING.

COME UP HERE.

COME, COME UP HERE.

COME ON, COME UP HERE.

COME UP HERE.

YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

I KNOW YOU WANNA RUN, BUT, WELL, IT'S BEEN SOME OF YOU THAT, UH, MAY KNOW OR MAY NOT KNOW, BUT I PROUDLY SERVED DISTRICT C UH, FOR ABOUT THREE TERMS, SIX YEARS.

AND RIGHT AFTER ME, UH, ANTHONY, ME HAS BEEN IN THAT SEAT NOW FOR NINE AND A HALF YEARS, UH, OF SERVING DISTRICT C.

AND OF COURSE NOW HE HANDED IT OFF TO JOANNA.

UH, AND WE'RE JUST EXCITED AT THE FACT THAT, UH, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ALL BEEN IN, IN THAT AND KNOW A LOT OF COMMUNITY WORK AND DONE A LOT OF THINGS.

BUT TODAY, AS ANTHONY LEAVES FOR ME, I'VE KNOWN ANTHONY FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.

UH, WE MET DURING OUR HEALTHCARE, UH, ERA, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLICK RIGHT AWAY WITH HIM.

AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO I LIVE? AND I SAID, MISSOURI CITY.

AND HE SAID, MISSOURI CITY.

AND I SAID, WOW, .

AND, AND WE HAPPENED TO NOT ONLY THAT LIVE IN DISTRICT C

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AND HE CAME UP SHORT THAT TIME.

AND THEN IN 2015, HE MADE THAT LEAP BACK.

IF YOU KNOW ANTHONY, YOU KNOW THAT HE'S A BIG FAMILY MAN, HIS FAITH, HIS COMMUNITY, UM, THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHO HE IS.

AND HE'S ONE OF THOSE TYPE OF GUYS THAT WOULD GO OUT THERE AND HELP ANYONE AS NEEDED.

WE HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS HERE, SO I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO A BIG SPEECH, BUT I DO WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT REMIND ALL OF YOU AND MY COLLEAGUES.

THIS NEW YEAR'S EVE, DECEMBER 31ST HAD MADE, I HAD PLACED A ORDER WITH TEXAS, TEXAS BEER GARDEN, AND I HAPPENED TO WALK IN TO PICK UP MY FOOD AROUND SIX 30 IN THE EVENING.

AND I'M WAITING FOR THE FOOD TO COME.

THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN NAMED PAUL, I'M NOT SURE IF PAUL IS HERE.

I DON'T SEE HIM.

HE SAID HE WAS GONNA COME BY TODAY.

UM, PAUL JUST CALLED DOWN MY NAME AND SAID, HEY, HOW YOU DOING? AND I, AND I'VE NEVER MET THIS GENTLEMAN BEFORE, AND HE SAID THAT, UH, HE'S SEEN ME.

AND HE SUPPOSEDLY, HE VOTED FOR ME.

I SAID, THANK YOU.

UM, BUT MORE SO THAN WE GOT SEPARATED, BECAUSE IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO PAY.

AS SOON AS I WAS DONE PAYING, IT TOOK A LITTLE TIME TO GET THE FOOD OUT.

HE CALLED OUT MY NAME AGAIN AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY MARULAS.

AND I SAID, OKAY.

SO HE SAID, I LIVE IN QUAD VALLEY.

AND HE SAID THAT I'VE KNOWN HIM JUST FROM 2017 ONWARDS.

AND I SAID, OKAY.

SO I'M, I'M IMPRESSED.

HE KNOWS ANTHONY, HE KNOWS ME.

BUT HE GOES ON TO SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IN 2017, YOU CAN RESONATE THIS WITH ME.

HE SAID, WHEN HURRICANE HARVEY HIT THERE WAS THE REC CENTER WAS OPEN, AND HE WAS KIND OF GATHERING AND COLLECTING, HELPING THE COMMUNITY BY PUTTING TOGETHER FOOD DRIVE AND WATER DRIVE.

HE SAID THERE WAS THIS GUY THAT SHOWED UP, HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF, SAID HE'S ANTHONY, AND NEVER SAID WHO HE WAS, NEVER EVEN MENTIONED THAT HE WAS ON CITY COUNCIL OR HE REPRESENTED DISTRICT C OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? TRUE STORY.

I WISH PAUL WAS HERE TODAY.

AND HE SAID THE GUY STARTED WORKING.

ABOUT 30, 40 MINUTES LATER, SOME OF THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS CAME IN TO TAKE TURNS AND A FEW PEOPLE THAT RECOGNIZED HIM AND SAYS, OH, THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY MARULA.

AND HE SAID, WE WERE BLOWN AWAY THAT WE HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WAS ANTHONY WHO WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WAS THERE TO HELP.

AND TO ME, I'LL END IT WITH THIS.

WHEN WE'RE UP HERE SERVING THE PUBLIC, SERVING YOU, A LOT OF TIMES WE GOT OUR A LITTLE LOGO AND WE GOT OUR NAMES AND ALL OF THAT, BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE THOSE THAT WALKS AMONGST PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHO THAT INDIVIDUAL IS THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT HA WHAT ANTHONY HAVE DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND WHAT HE REPRESENT AND HOW HE DID.

AND I, I JUST LITERALLY TOLD HIM, I SAID, THANK YOU.

I SAID, ANTHONY'S LAST DAY IS WE'RE RECOGNIZING HIM ON JANUARY 6TH, WOULD YOU COME? AND HE SAID, WELL, I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO BE THERE.

AND I'VE ASKED HIM, CAN I SHARE THIS STORY? UM, AND HE SAID, ABSOLUTELY.

AND I SAID, I WAS THINKING TO WRITE A BIG SPEECH, BUT SINCE YOU SAID THIS, AND, AND IT RESONATES EXACTLY WHO ANTHONY G MARULA IS.

SO, AND LASTLY, I WOULD SAY, ANTHONY, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, I KNOW THAT YOU SERVED NINE AND A HALF YEARS.

YOU, IN, IN THE MIDST OF THAT AS A FAMILY, UH, YOU LOST YOUR DAD.

AND HE HAD MENTIONED THAT HE WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF TO BE WITH HIS MOM AND SPEND THAT TIME WITH HER.

SO, AS YOU WILL HEAR LATER ON SAYING THAT ANTHONY IS LEAVING ON A HIGH NOTE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, NOT JUST OUR COLLEAGUES, OUR APPOINTED OFFICIALS, OUR STAFF, OUR PUBLIC RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT C AND NOT JUST DISTRICT C, THE ENTIRE CITY WILL MISS THE NINE AND A HALF YEARS OF YOUR SERVICE THAT YOU'VE DONE TO THIS CITY.

AND AS I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER SONIA BROWN MARSHALL SAID, YOU LEAVING IT ON A HIGH NOTE.

WITH THAT, I WILL LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE.

BEFORE WE GET ONTO ANTHONY, WE DO HAVE SOME COUPLE OF GIFTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ANTHONY.

SO IT'S NOT JUST FROM ME, IT'S FROM THE ENTIRE TEAM.

SO I LIKE TO INVITE OUR COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL, ALONG WITH OUR APPOINTED OFFICIALS TO BE UP HERE WITH COME ON OUT.

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ALRIGHT, ANTHONY, SO AS YOU, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT MISSOURI CITY, WHEN YOU GET INTO MISSOURI CITY'S LIMITS, UH, WE ARE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.

TO GET ONE OF THESE, YOU HAVE TO EITHER RETIRE OR GO AWAY, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE, CITY COUNCIL HAS A SIGN THAT'S, I WANT ALL YOU TO HOLD IT.

UH, IT'S ANTHONY MARULAS, 2015 TO 2024.

NEXT, UH, JEFF, HOLD THIS UP NEXT WE HAVE A, A WONDERFUL PICTURE COLLAGE OF ANTHONY.

AND THERE WAS ONE TIME THAT HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE HIS DAD, HIS MOM, AND THERE ARE THREE BOYS.

ALL THREE CHILDREN WERE TO BE HERE.

AND THEY HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE IN MISSOURI CITY.

SO WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON FAMILY FOR ANTHONY WITH THAT.

AND ALONG WITH, UM, WITH ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT'S CURRENTLY SERVING WITH SOME OF THE PICTURES.

AND WE DID A LITTLE HAND NOTE FOR YOU, ANTHONY, SO YOU CAN SIT BACK AND, AND, AND THIS WILL BE, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE UP ON YOUR WALLS.

AWESOME.

ALL RIGHT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK Y'ALL.

GOT GREEK INDEPENDENCE THERE.

THERE YOU GO.

LASTLY, LASTLY, IF YOU WANT TO SAY THIS, UM, SO I'VE ASKED HIM, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU LEAVE? HE SAID, I JUST WANT TO KICK IT BACK.

SO WE SAID, OKAY, SO WE HAVE A, A NICE LITTLE ROCKING CHAIR FOR HIM.

, RIGHT? .

IT'S GOT THE CITY LOGO AND IT SAYS ANTHONY G MARULAS, COUNCIL MEMBER FROM 2015 TO 2024.

CAN YOU HAVE A SEAT? HAVE A SEAT.

HAVE A SEAT.

MR. SEAT.

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NO MORE.

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ALL RIGHT.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

THAT'S AMAZING.

NO, WE'RE NOT DONE.

WHAT? YEAH, SO I PERSONALLY, THIS IS FROM ME, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE THIS BECAUSE I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES WOULD COMPLETELY AGREE WITH ME ON THIS BECAUSE WE ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT.

Y'ALL CAN SEE IT FIRST.

RIGHT? SO IT WAS MY TAGLINE, GUYS.

I USED TO SAY, WHEN I WAS REPRESENTING DISTRICT C BACK OFF , I WAS REPRESENTING DISTRICT C.

THIS WAS MY TAGLINE, BUT HE TOOK IT FROM ME.

BUT IT'S, IT SAYS ANTHONY G MARULAS.

DISTRICT C IS A PLACE TO BE .

THAT'S AWESOME.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S MY LINE, BRO.

NO, IT'S NOT.

THAT'S AWESOME.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVERYONE STAND HERE, UH, BUT WE'LL TURN OFF THE LIGHT.

WE HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION IF YOU CAN TURN TO ANY OF THE VIDEOS.

COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY MARULA, FROM THOSE LATE NIGHT COUNCIL MEETINGS TO THE COMMUNITY EVENTS WHERE YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE FIRST TO LEND A HAND, SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN I CALL YOU AT 2:00 AM YOUR PASSION AND DEDICATION HAVE TRULY INSPIRED ALL OF US.

YOU HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A COLLEAGUE, YOU HAVE BEEN A CONFIDANT AND A TRUE PARTNER IN OUR MISSION TO MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE.

YOUR ABILITY TO LISTEN, TO EMPATHIZE, AND TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IS A RARE GIFT.

I HAVE SEEN YOU WORK TIRELESSLY.

WHETHER IT WAS ADVOCATING FOR VITAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OR SIMPLY CHECKING IN

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THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, ANTHONY.

WE LOVE YOU AND WE WILL MISS YOU AT OUR MEETINGS.

HELLO, MY BROTHER ANTHONY.

IT IS A BLESSING TO TO BE HERE TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY.

I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON, AFTER HAVING KNOWN YOU FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS ON YOUR SERVING THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY WITH HONOR, WITH GRACE, AND WITH LOVE AND DEDICATION.

MAY OUR LORD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU, ANTHONY, I'M REALLY GONNA MISS YOU UP HERE ON AUS, AS WE WERE DOING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WAS NEEDED TO GOVERN MISSOURI CITY.

AND THE ONE THING THAT I REALLY, UH, THAT REALLY STICKS OUT FOR ME IS THAT TIME THAT YOU AND I AND COUNCILMAN BONY WERE IN THE MINORITY ON THE COUNCIL, YET WE WERE STILL ABLE TO PUSH THROUGH A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO MISSOURI CITY.

WOW.

NINE AND A HALF YEARS IN DISTRICT C.

CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU'VE WORKED VERY HARD, NOT ONLY FOR DISTRICT C, BUT THE COMMUNITY OVERALL.

WAY TO GO.

OH MY GOSH, YOU HAVE SERVED LIKE A TRILLION YEARS RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY DISTRICT C AND IT'S JUST BEEN A TRUE PLEASURE KNOWING YOU, LEARNING FROM YOU, WATCHING HOW YOU TRANSITION THIS CITY AND YOUR CAPACITY, UM, AND ALL OF YOUR EXPERTISE.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY MARULA FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, YOUR DEDICATION, AND OF COURSE MAKING SURE THAT DISTRICT C IS THE PLACE TO BE.

ANTHONY, THANK YOU FOR THE YEARS OF SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO MISSOURI CITY GREEN AND TO ALL THINGS MISSOURI CITY.

I LIVE IN BRIGHTWATER AND THAT IS IN DISTRICT C, WHICH BECAUSE OF YOU IS A PLACE TO BE.

YOUR ACCESSIBILITY AND ATTENTION TO OUR CONCERNS RESULTED IN SIDEWALKS BEING REPAIRED AND STREETLIGHTS BEING CONVERTED TO LED.

WE COULD ALWAYS DEPEND ON YOU TO BE AT OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

B PARTIES, YOU ARE A ROCK STAR.

ANYTIME SOMEONE MENTIONS THE NAME ANTHONY, NOBODY EVEN SAYS WHAT THE LAST NAME IS BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED TO WHEN YOU'RE A ROCK STAR.

BROTHER, I'M GOING TO MISS YOU.

SO LOVED, UH, SERVING WITH YOU ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, ONE OF MY MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS WITH YOU WAS GOING TO ST.

JOHN CHURCH, UH, THE OLDEST AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH.

AND, UH, YOU GOING IN THERE AND INVITING ME AND, UH, CELEBRATING ONE OF THEIR ANNIVERSARIES.

AND, UH, I REMINDED OF THE MOVIE THE JERK WITH STEVE MARTIN, HOW YOU WAS DANCING WITH NO RHYTHM, BUT YOU WAS DOING YOUR THING, MAN, , I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.

AND, UH, MAN, I'M ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS BE YOUR FRIEND.

AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, WE'LL STAY IN TOUCH AND CONTINUE ON BEYOND CITY COUNCIL.

MAN, WE'LL MISS YOU.

I HAVE THE HONOR OF SPEAKING FOR EVERYONE IN DISTRICT C.

WE ALL LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

I KNOW THAT I HAVE SUCH BIG SHOES TO FILL AND WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU TERRIBLY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT C.

DISTRICT C IS THE PLACE TO BE.

HEY DAD, I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

UNDER NINE AND A HALF YEARS OF SERVING OUR COMMUNITY, ALTHOUGH YOU'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AWAY FROM OUR FAMILY, I AM SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

I WILL MISS SEEING YOU HANG OUT WITH YOUR COUNCIL BUDDIES.

BUT I AM SO HAPPY TO KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE ALL CREATED LIFELONG MEMORIES AND FRIENDSHIPS.

MISSOURI CITY, NEVER FORGET, DISTRICT C IS THE PLACE TO BE.

ANTHONY, I HAVE ENJOYED SERVING ALONGSIDE YOU THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT MENTOR, COLLEAGUE, AND MOST OF ALL A FRIEND.

MY FONDEST MEMORIES ARE OF US CHAMPIONING SMALL BUSINESSES TOGETHER, POUNDING THE PAVEMENT, GOING DOOR TO DOOR, TALKING TO BUSINESS OWNERS, MAKING THEM FEEL SEEN, HEARD, AND ENSURING THAT THEY MATTER.

ANTHONY, YOU ARE A TRUE DEFINITION OF A SERVANT LEADER ALWAYS STANDING FOR WHAT'S RIGHT AND SERVING WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART.

I WILL MISS YOU, MY FRIEND.

THIS IS NOT GOODBYE.

IT'S SEE YOU AROUND RU THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.

ANTHONY.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY, BUT ESPECIALLY MISSOURI CITY GREEN.

YOU'VE BEEN THERE SINCE ALMOST DAY ONE.

FIRST WITH THE PARKS BOARD AS A SUPPORTER AND THEN A CITY COUNCIL.

I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE HAD YOU COME TO THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND HELP US WITH OUR ELECTRONICS RECYCLING EVENTS.

BUT SOMETIMES WHEN WE WERE SHORT VOLUNTEERS, YOU STOOD IN THERE AND YOU HELPED UNLOAD PRODUCTS.

BUT I'M JUST SO PLEASED AND PROUD TO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU SIDE BY SIDE AND CON, CONTINUING TO MAKE OUR CITY A GREENER, MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

ANTHONY, HOW'S MY HAIR? ARE WE READY FOR COUNCIL? ARE YOU SURE? OKAY.

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I'M GONNA REALLY MISS YOU, BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU.

I'M HAPPY THAT YOU'RE RETIRING AND I'M HAPPY THAT YOU'RE GOING OUT ON A HIGH NOTE, THESE CITIZENS ARE DEFINITELY GONNA MISS YOU AS WELL.

JUST AS MUCH AS WE ARE HERE ON CITY COUNCIL.

YOUR STEADFAST APPROACH TO EVERY THING THAT WE HAD TO TACKLE TOGETHER, IT'S IMMEASURABLE.

I'M INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR HOW YOU HELPED WALK ME THROUGH PERSONALLY GETTING THROUGH THE, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

UM, ANTHONY, YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE THING.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR DAYS, WEEKS, HOURS, EVEN MEET AND CONFER.

I REALLY AM, I WAS NEW AT THAT TIME, BUT YOU PULLED ME RIGHT ON IN AND YOU HELPED ME GET THROUGH THAT.

LISTEN, NO MATTER WHAT I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE LEAVING COUNSEL, BUT I ALWAYS SAY CALL AND ASK FOR WISE COUNSEL.

I'LL BE CALLING YOU.

TAKE CARE.

CONGRATULATIONS, DAD, ON AN INCREDIBLE NINE AND A HALF YEARS ON CITY COUNCIL.

YOUR SUCCESS HAS LEFT AN IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU.

LET'S MOVE TO GREECE.

AND THIS IS ON BEHALF OF OUR STAFF, OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HERE, OUR CITY MANAGER AND ALL OF THE TEAM AND SAYING, HEAR FROM ANTHONY.

SO ANTHONY, COME ON UP.

I CAN'T EVEN TOUCH THAT .

OH MY GOSH.

UM, WELL GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS, UH, FOR THOSE HEARTFELT WORDS AND, UM, REFLECTION.

IT WAS AWESOME.

UM, I ASKED JARRELL TO PUT MY SPEECH UP THERE JUST TO KIND OF SAVE SOME TIME 'CAUSE I WON'T PLAN ON SPEAKING.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE MAYOR ASKED ME TO SPEAK.

SO I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS.

UM, EVERY COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THE PLEDGE, I WOULD ALWAYS DO MY CROSS.

I WOULD PRAY FOR GOD TO HELP ME AND I WOULD PRAY THAT WE MADE GOOD DECISIONS.

AND, UH, GUESS WHAT? WE MADE SOME DAMN GOOD DECISIONS.

WE OPENED UP STATION FIVE.

WE OPENED UP AMAZON VETERANS MEMORIAL POLICE SUBSTATION THAT I GOT FOR 10 BUCKS.

I THINK IT WAS , UM, THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND THE SLIDING DOORS.

WE DID SOME INCREDIBLE STUFF.

WE LAID MORE CONCRETE AND DISTRICT SEED THAN EVER.

AND I WANT TO THANK SACHI AND THE TEAM FOR HELPING ME ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL.

OVER TWO, MAYBE $3 MILLION WORTH OF CONCRETE.

WE, UH, CONVERTED THE CITY.

I THINK DIANE MENTIONED IT IN THE SPEECH, UH, FROM REGULAR LIGHTS TO LED LIGHTS.

THAT WAS AN INITIATIVE THAT I DROVE.

AND THANKS TO COUNCIL AND TO CITY MANAGEMENT, BE ABLE TO CONVERT OUR CITY TO LEDS.

WE, UH, GREW OUR COMMERCIAL BASE, MOVIE THEATERS, RESTAURANTS, SHOPPING CENTERS, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR COMING IN HERE AND COMING IN WITH A CONCEPT OF OPEN FOR BUSINESS BECAUSE IT WASN'T OPEN BEFORE.

AND UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, HE GOT US FIRED UP AND TOLD US A LOT OF US TO GET TO WORK AND WE DID.

AND TODAY WE'RE A LOT BETTER PLACED TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.

SO, THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE STAFF THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING.

I DON'T SEE JENNIFER HERE TONIGHT, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF PERMITS THAT WENT THROUGH HER OFFICE.

AND A LOT OF EMAILS THAT WENT BACK AND FORTH, LIKE, WHERE'S THIS PERMIT? WHERE'S THIS PERMIT? BUT THANK YOU TO EVERY STAFF MEMBER, UM, THAT WAS INVOLVED.

DON'T MAKE ME CRY, MELANIE.

UM, WE CONTINUE TO BE THE SAFEST PLACE TO LIVE.

WE CONTINUE TO BE A DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE TO CALL HOME.

AND WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT GREAT LEADERSHIP AND WITHOUT GREAT POLICE AND GREAT FIRE.

AND I WANT TO THANK THEM PERSONALLY FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR OUR CITY DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

AND CHIEF BRANDON, I'M STILL GONNA DO RIDE ALONGS.

YOU KNOW ME AND I ENJOY THAT.

I SERVED ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AT EMORY.

AND WE HAD SOME GREAT OUTCOMES FROM THAT THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTED YOU GUYS.

WE DID THE SENIOR TAX EXEMPTIONS.

WE HAD, UH, FOUND WAYS TO TAKE MONEY FROM THE RESERVE FUNDS AND GIVE MONEY BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS SOMETHING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT.

AND CHIEF PARTITA GOT A FIRETRUCK OUT OF IT.

UM, AND THEN WE WERE ALSO THERE TO REWARD AND AWARD THE EMPLOYEES THAT OVERLOOK OUR BUDGET, THE BIRTHS OF THE WORLD, AND EVERYONE WHO DOES ALL THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CITY CONTINUES TO WIN AWARDS FINANCIALLY.

DESPITE SOME OF THE NOISE THAT WE WOULD HEAR ON THE OUTSIDE, WE WERE BEING VERY FRUGAL WITH YOUR DOLLARS AND WE WERE AWARDED FOR IT.

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I MENTIONED THIS AT THE STATE OF THE CITY AND I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY SAY IT BEFORE, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, MYSELF AND EMERY WERE HERE FOR SOME OF THE DARKEST TIMES.

THERE WAS LEADERSHIP THAT WAS GONNA TAKE US IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

AND THE THREE OF US FOUGHT AND FOUGHT HARD FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

AND WE'RE IN A WHOLE LOT BETTER PLACE TODAY THAN YOU WOULD IMAGINE.

AND SO I SAID, IN THE STATE OF THE CITY, WE'RE BROTHERS FOR LIFE.

AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY THERE'S STATUES OF US DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I DON'T, I DUNNO, THIS OR THIS, BUT, UH, TROY.

UM, BUT IN ALL HONESTY, THAT WAS SOME TOUGH, TOUGH TIMES.

UM, BUT THIS CREW, WE, WE PUT IT TOGETHER AND WE FOUGHT FOR YOU.

AND, AND TODAY WE'RE IN A LOT BETTER PLACE.

UM, WE ALSO HIRED A GREAT CITY MANAGER TODAY, ANGEL JONES.

SHE BROUGHT STABILITY, SHE BROUGHT COMRADERY, SHE BROUGHT LEADERSHIP.

AND I WANT TO THANK HER FOR PUTTING IT ALL ON THE LINE FOR US.

UM, I REALLY ENJOYED THE PUBLIC SERVANT ASPECT OF THIS.

UM, AND I ALWAYS DID IT WITH HUMILITY AND I'M GLAD YOU SHARED THAT STORY, MAYOR, ABOUT THE, THE THE STORM THING.

BECAUSE I NORMALLY WOULD NOT WEAR A SHIRT THAT SAID COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR PRO TAM AND I JUST ON BRAND AND GO.

AND I LIKE TO SERVE WITH HUMILITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE I DID REALLY WELL.

UM, I REMEMBER DURING A HURRICANE, I HAD A GREAT IDEA TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE HURRICANE.

AND I RAISED OVER 40 GRAND EVEN THOUGH JJ WATT RAISED LIKE 60 MILLION.

BUT OH, WELL.

AND THEN I WORKED WITH MISSOURI CITY GREEN TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE DOLLARS 'CAUSE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN INCOME FOR ME.

SO I WORKED WITH OUR GREAT PARTNERS IN MISSOURI CITY GREEN TO MAKE SURE EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT WAS IMPACTED BY THE STORM GOT SOME MONEY FROM YOU GUYS.

THE PUBLIC WHO DONATED EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT.

I ALSO RAISED MONEY WITH MY KIDS.

WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR, PUT LITTLE BOXES TO, TO DONATE TO LIEUTENANT JEFFERSON.

HE WAS IN DIRE NEED OF HELP FINANCIALLY.

AND I FORGET HOW MUCH MONEY WE RAISED, BUT IT WAS ALL ABOUT BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT.

IT WAS ALL ABOUT TEACHING MY KIDS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

SO ANYWAY, UM, AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY I WAS, UH, NAMED THE WATER BOY .

UM, WE HAD THAT HURRICANE, OR RATHER IT WAS THE WINTER STORM.

I CALLED NIAGARA AND I SAID, HEY, OUR CITY CAN REALLY USE YOUR HELP.

CAN YOU DONATE SOME WATERS? AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, 18 WHEELERS ARE SHOWING UP WITH HUGE PALLETS FULL OF WATER.

AND WE DONATED IT ALL TO YOU GUYS, THIS COMMUNITY.

AND I WAS NAMED THE WATER BOY.

UM, AND I THINK THERE'S A COOL PICTURE OF ME ON THE PALLETS.

BUT ANYWAY, MANY, MANY GOOD MEMORIES.

I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON.

UM, SO I'D LIKE TO JUST START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO STAFF.

THANK YOU TO EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT RESPONDED TO MY EMAIL.

THANK YOU TO MY WIFE, MY KIDS, EVERYBODY.

AND ANYONE THAT HELPED ME BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN THIS CITY.

E OYS KEPT ME OUTTA TROUBLE.

AND I WANT TO THANK HER AND, UH, THE REST OF THE TEAM, JASONS AND, AND ALL THE GUYS HERE, POLICE AND FIRE, HELPED ME BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY THANK MAYOR ALLCAT FOR COMING ON BOARD AND SAVING THE CITY.

, WEARING SOME DEEP VOODOO.

UM, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER HELP IS ON THE WAY.

AND SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS ON THE WAY I THINK, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL FOR LAYING IT ALL ONLINE AND COMING IN AND SERVING AT HER CAPACITY.

AND EVERY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY AND I WORKED HERE REALLY, REALLY HARD TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS.

COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU GUYS.

AND I TRUST, AND I KNOW IN 2025, IT'S GONNA BE AN AWESOME YEAR WITH THIS LEADERSHIP.

LET'S ALL SUPPORT THEM.

LET'S ALL GET BEHIND THEM AND CONTINUE TO SUCCEED AND MAKE DISTRICT SEE THE BIG PLACE TO BE, BUT MISSOURI CITY EVEN BETTER.

SO WITH NO FURTHER DELAY, I DO WANT TO SAY I LOVE YOU MOM.

LOVE YOU DAD.

MELANIE LANEY, , AND, UH, AND TISH, MY WIFE.

AND SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE MY KIDS TO BRING UP A GIFT BECAUSE I WANT TO PRESENT YOU GUYS WITH SOMETHING.

UM, AND, UH, NO MERIT'S NOT A PROP, SO DON'T CALL THE POLICE.

AND I, I ALSO, BY THE WAY, TURNED IN MY IPAD .

SO I WANT YOU .

I WANT, UM, I WANT YOU GUYS TO OPEN IT UP TOGETHER ALL AT ONCE.

ALL AT ONCE, OKAY? YEAH.

SYNCHRONIZED.

ALRIGHT, GO.

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NO .

SO THE MAYOR, I KNOW THE MAYOR TRIES TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE OUT KEYS TO THE CITY, BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THERE'S KEYS TO DISTRICT C .

YEP.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THERE'S KEYS TO DISTRICT CI HAD TO OUTDO THE MAYOR 'CAUSE HE, HE ALWAYS PUTS ME IN BAD SPOTS.

BUT, UM, AND THERE'S A LITTLE DOG TAG THAT SAYS, UH, DISTRICT CS THE POLICE, AND THEN IT HAS MY NAME AND DATE ON IT.

AND WITH ALL LOVE AND SINCERE.

AND HOPE I PRAY YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT YEAR, AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND LOVE, UH, AS I SERVED YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

SO IF MY COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL HAVE NO OBJECTION, WE'LL TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS SO WE CAN, Y'ALL CAN TAKE PICTURES WITH JOANNA AND ANTHONY AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH .

RIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER WE'RE

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO ANY AGENDA ITEMS? YES, MR. MAYOR, WE DO.

DEBBIE KAUFMAN.

MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I READ A STATEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BEFORE MS. KAUFMAN BEGINS.

UM, PLEASE NOTE THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST ADDRESS ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE MEETING AGENDA REMARKS MUST REMAIN COURTEOUS AND REFRAIN FROM LANGUAGE THAT DISRUPTS THE DECORUM OF THE MEETING.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, MA'AM.

AFTER THIS EVENING, THOUGH OF CELEBRATION AND RECOGNITION, THIS IS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW.

I'M SORRY.

WE HAVE TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.

I'M DEBBIE KAUFMAN AND I'M THE RESIDENT OF SUGAR LAND, BUT I AM A BOARD DIRECTOR FOR FIRST COLONY LID.

AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE MISSOURI CITY FIRST CONNIE LID INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT IS ON YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING.

FEMA'S NEW FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM HAS CREATED AN ISSUE WHICH NEEDS A RESOLUTION IN ORDER FOR THE NFIP POLICY HOLDERS OF MISSOURI CITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM PREMIUM DISCOUNTS ON THEIR POLICIES.

CURRENTLY, MISSOURI CITY AND SUGAR LAND ARE THE ONLY NFIP COMMUNITIES IN FORT BEND COUNTY THAT PARTICIPATE IN FEMA'S CRS OR COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM PROGRAM THAT GIVES DISCOUNTS TO POLICY HOLDERS AND FIRST CONLEY LID SITS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF BOTH CITIES.

WE'RE ASKING BOTH CITIES TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS THAT WILL BE THE FIRST STEP OF SEVERAL THAT THE DISTRICT WILL TAKE TO WORK WITH FEMA TO DISSOLVE THE LIDS CID COMMUNITY ID NUMBER SO THAT THE FIRST COLONY RESIDENTS CAN BENEFIT FROM THE DISCOUNT THAT MISSOURI CITY AND SUGAR LAND ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.

YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT MONEY AND TIME TO OFFER THIS TO YOUR CITIZENS, THEY WOULD GET UP TO A 15% DISCOUNT.

THE REASON THE LID IS ASKING FEMA TO DISSOLVE OUR CID NUMBER IS ROOTED IN THE FACT THAT THE LID WAS CREATED WHEN OUR PROPERTY WAS OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION OF AND THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF BOTH CITIES.

NOW THAT WE ARE ANNEXED SOME YEARS AGO, THE RESPECTIVE CITIES, THERE'S NO NEED FOR THE OVERLAPPING ICID NUMBERS.

THE FACT, THIS FACT AND THE CHANGES IN FEMA'S INSURANCE, UH, RATING SYSTEM THAT IS REMOVED, THE PREFERRED RATE POLICIES PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED TO LID PROPERTIES MAKES THE CRS DISCOUNTS OF EACH CITY AVAILABLE TO THE LID RESIDENTS SUFFICES TO SAY THAT MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS THAT RESIDE IN FIRST COLONY LID ARE NOT GETTING THIS DISCOUNT AND THEY WILL NOT GET THIS DISCOUNT UNLESS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NECESSARY CHANGE OF THE COMMUNITY ID NUMBER FROM THE LID TO THE CITY.

ACCORDING TO FEMA'S 2024 RECORDS, FIRST COLONY LID HAS 1066 POLICY HOLDERS, APPROXIMATELY 565 ARE IN MISSOURI CITY 501 IN SUGAR LAMB.

I RAN A COM A RATHER COMPLICATED CALCULATION SHEET, BUT I CAN SAFELY SAY THAT THOSE RESIDENTS IN MISSOURI CITY COULD HAVE SAVED $50 PER POLICY IN 2024 OR ALMOST $29,000 TOTAL FOR ALL OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICY HOLDERS IN FIRST COLONY LIST.

IF I ADD THE SUGAR LAND NUMBERS TO THAT, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT $63,000 WENT OUT OF FORT BEND COUNTY.

THEY NEEDED TO STAY IN OUR POCKETS.

AND IN FORT BEND COUNTY, IF YOU ADD 23, 24 AND 25 NOW THIS YEAR TOGETHER YOU'RE LOOKING AT OVER $150,000 THAT'S GONNA LEAVE OUR COUNTY.

UM, AND ONE COLON ELITE IS NOT THE ONLY LID THAT HAS THIS ISSUE.

THERE ARE OTHERS THAT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, SO THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY LEAVING.

SO I'M GONNA ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WILL ALLOW FIRST COLONY LID TO DISSOLVE ITS CID NUMBER SO THAT MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS IN FIRST COLONY CAN USE THE

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THAT'S ALREADY ENFORCED.

SO, UM, THE UPDATES ARE MADE TWICE A YEAR WITH FEMA AND WE HOPE TO GET THAT IN.

PLEASE PROCEED BECAUSE WE HOPE TO GET THAT IN BY THE APRIL DUE DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER

[(a) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of Consent Agenda items and ...]

SO RECOGNIZING ANGEL JONES, OUR CITY MANAGER.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

UM, WE HAVE SIX ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT, AND I WILL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF FIVE OF THEM STARTING WITH ITEM B.

UM, THIS ITEM WOULD ENABLE THE ACCEPTANCE OF LAND REQUIRED FOR THE LONG POINT CREEK DRAINAGE AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND AUTHORIZED THE PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF THE CITY'S APPRAISAL.

ITEM C UM, THIS ACTION WOULD ENABLE THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT WITH PARAGON INTEGRATED SERVICES GROUP FOR THE RAW WATER RESERVOIR DREDGING PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,434,100.

IF YOU RECALL EARLIER, STAFF WORKED OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE GULF COAST WATER AUTHORITY, WHICH ALLOWS FOR A DISPOSAL OF THE SLUDGE ON SITE, WHICH IN IN TURN SAVES THE CITY AT A MINIMUM $600,000.

ITEM D.

UM, THIS ACTION WOULD PROVIDE THE AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH EAN HOLDINGS LLC FOR RENTAL SERVICES OF VEHICLES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $148,500.

ITEM E THIS ITEM WOULD AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL, UM, CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ALLIANCE TRANSPORTATION GROUP FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE INTERSECTIONS OF TEXAS PARKWAY AT BUFFALO RUN AND FM 10 92 AT FIFTH STREET IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 135,500.

THE LAST ITEM ITEM F ON THIS ITEM SIX, AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE THE NEXT NECESSARY CLOSING DOCUMENTS FOR ACQUIRING APPROXIMATELY 6.5 ACRES OF LAND FROM MEMORIAL HERMAN HEALTH SYSTEM FOR THE MUSTANG BAYOU WATER PLANT EXPANSION PROJECT.

IT AUTHOR ALSO AUTHORIZES PAYMENT AND ESCROW FUNDING TO TEXAS AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY IN THE APPRAISED AMOUNT OF $565,000.

THIS ACQUISITION IS A CRITICAL STEP IN SECURING THE LAND NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF THE WATER SERVICES IN THE MUSTANG VALUE SERVICE AREA.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RAMON.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU OR SHAHI CITY MANAGER ON ITEM SEVEN B, UH, WITH THIS OFFER.

LETTER TO MR. AND MRS. RES.

UH, DOES THIS NOW, UH, CONCLUDE ALL OF THE OFFERS NEEDED AND ARE WE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FORT BEND COUNTY, UH, TO, TO GET THIS BRIDGE, UH, TAKEN CARE OF? GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THE ANSWER IS YES, THE COUNTY HAS BID THE PROJECT AND WILL BE IN THE, IN THE COMING MONTHS.

WE'LL ABOR THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AS WELL.

TIMEFRAME WISE, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT BY CHANCE? UM, IT'S ON THE COUNTY'S TIMELINE.

I WOULD PROBABLY SAY SOME, SOMETIME ALONG IN SPRING.

THE PROJECT WILL BE IN CONSTRUCTION.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, WE

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

AND THAT'S YOUR FIRST SECOND.

ALRIGHT, UH, ON THE QUEUE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ITEM

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the execution of an inte...]

REGARDING THE LAND USED AND FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATION AUTHORITY, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY SHASHI KUMAR, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

YES, SIR.

GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN.

UM, I'LL WAIT FOR, UH, GERALD TO PULL UP THE PRESENTATION, BUT, UH, UH, JUST THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS TO APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.

UM, I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UH, ABOUT WHAT THIS INTERLOCAL IS SO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DECISION, UH, UH, IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

THE DIRECTOR, UH, FROM THE LEAD FIRST COLONY, UH, LEVI IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, MS. DEBBIE KAUFMAN, SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT IT.

LIDS REFER TO AS LEVY

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UH, THEY'RE MAINLY CREATED FOR DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL, UH, CREATED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS PURSUANT TO AUTHORIZATION BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT IN THIS CASE.

UH, FAS COLONY LEVY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WAS CREATED IN 1982.

PRIMARILY THEY RECLAIMED THE FLOODPLAIN LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE BRAZOS RIVER.

THEN THEY MAINTAINED THE LEVEES AND PUMP STATIONS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN FORT PIN COUNTY.

UH, FIRST COLONY LEVY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IS LOCATED BOTH WITHIN MISSOURI CITY AND SUGARLAND JURISDICTIONS.

I THINK MOSTLY WITHIN, UH, DISTRICT C.

AND THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF LITS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN FORT PIN COUNTY.

THERE IS BILLIONS OF PROPERTIES BEING PROTECTED BY LEVIES.

UH, AND I'M GONNA ZOOM IN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE ARE THE LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MISSOURI CITY.

UH, THE ONE IN YELLOW UP ON THE TOP IS FIRST COLONY, LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

PART OF IT IS IN SUGAR LAND AND UH, PART OF IT IS IN MISSOURI CITY.

UH, YOU GOT RIVERSTONE PROTECTED BY LEVEES, UH, THROUGH LIT 15 AND LIT 19.

AND THEN YOU GOT, UH, SIENNA PLANTATION LID.

THERE'S A TYPICAL RENDERING TO THE RIGHT THAT YOU SEE.

WHAT A LEVEE DOES IS, YOU KNOW, IT PROTECTS THE FLOOD LEVEL FROM THE BRAZOS RIVER AND THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF DRAINAGE FEATURES THAT GO WITH IT.

THAT'S PRIMARILY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LEVY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.

NOW, UH, WE ARE SEEING A LOT MORE NATURAL DISASTERS, UH, AND, UH, TYPICAL HOMEOWNER POLICY DOES NOT COVER FLOOD INSURANCE.

SO FEMA ISSUES, UH, FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES.

SO FEMA IS LOSING MONEY, SO TO SPEAK ON FLOOD INSURANCE.

SO THEY'RE TIGHTENING REGULATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SOLVENT IN THE FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.

SO THEY'RE AMENDING THE RULES TO MAKE IT MORE STRINGENT.

SO PROPERTIES BEHIND LEVIES ARE NOW BEING CONSIDERED AS HIGH RISK UNDER THE NEW, WHAT WE CALL THE RISK RATING POLICIES.

UH, SO FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS ARE GOING UP, BUT COMMUNITIES SUCH AS MISSOURI CITY ARE PART OF WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM PROGRAM.

THAT MEANS WE DO MORE THAN ABOUT THE MINIMUM TO MINIMIZE FLOOD LOSSES.

AND WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RATING ON THE CRS SYSTEMS. SO, UH, AND SINCE WE HAVE A PREFERRED RATING, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER AUTO POLICY, IF YOU HAVE A PREFERRED RATING, YOU GET SOME DISCOUNTS.

IT SO HAPPENED THAT, UH, THE LATES ARE PARTNERING WITH THE CITY SO THEY CAN AVAIL THESE DISCOUNTS AND REDUCE THE FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS BOTH TO THEIR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS CITY'S RESIDENTS.

THAT'S WHAT THIS INTERLOCAL IS ABOUT.

UH, AND I TALKED TO ABOUT THE CITY'S, UH, PARTICIPANT IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.

SO IF YOU'RE A PARTICIPANT, THEN YOU HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.

TYPICAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING IN THE FLOODPLAIN, THEY MEET THE MINIMUM CONDITIONS, THEY'RE ELEVATING THE BUILDINGS.

AND SO KIND OF THINGS.

IN THIS CASE, WHEN IT COMES TO FIRST COLONY LID, BOTH THE CITY HAS FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND THEY ALSO HAVE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.

THE REASON THAT EXISTED THE DUPLICATION EXISTED WAS WHEN THEY WERE ORIGINALLY CREATED.

PERHAPS THEY WERE OUTSIDE IN THE ETJ, THAT'S WHY IT EXISTED.

SO THERE IS A DUPLICATION.

THE CITY HAS THE CRS SYSTEM.

THEY DO NOT HAVE THE CRS SYSTEM AND ALL THEIR POLICIES ARE TIED TO WHAT IS THE CID FOR THE LID.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THAT BENEFIT BY ABSOLVING THEIR FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND TRANSFERRING THAT TO THE CITY, WHICH WE ARE ALREADY DOING.