Apr 21, 2025 City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. THE TIME TODAY IS MONDAY, APRIL 21ST, 2025. WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:31 P.M. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE TO BE LED BY OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, DANIELLE STEWART. 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. THANK YOU. DANIELLE. ITEM NUMBER FOUR ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THE

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

ITEM F THIS ITEM REQUESTS THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT WITH CYPRESS CREEK PEST CONTROL OF TEXAS, LLC FOR MOSQUITO SPRAYING SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $302,266 OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD. THE MOSQUITO SPRAYING SEASON GENERALLY RUNS FROM MAY TO OCTOBER ANNUALLY. ITEM G THIS ITEM SEEKS AUTHORIZATION REGARDING THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT OF PORTIONS OF A 25 FOOT WIDE WATER LINE AND SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT LOCATED IN THE FORT BEND TOWN CENTER. THREE DEVELOPMENT. THE LAST ITEM, ITEM H. THIS ACTION SEEKS AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PAY FOR CERTAIN FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL, INCLUDING THE 6% INCREASE, WHICH CONSISTS OF A 3.5 INCREASE IN BASE PAY AND A 2.5% STEP INCREASE. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER. YES, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM F FOR

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[(b) Receive a Presentation - Parkland Zones and Dedication Fees]

WHERE THEY MAINTAIN IT, THEY DEVELOP IT. HOWEVER, THEY ARE GETTING HALF CREDIT FOR THAT. SO WITH THAT, STAFF HAVE RESEARCHED OUR KIND OF STATE AND AREA STANDARDS AND HAVE DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO SEEK COUNCIL DIRECTION ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE. NUMBER ONE WOULD BE TO ONLY ACCEPT LAND THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN. SO OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN DOES SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHT AREAS THAT ARE LACKING IN PUBLIC PARK SPACE. WHETHER IT'S CITY PARKS, COUNTY PARKS, HOA PARKS, OR TRAIL CONNECTIVITY. SO THERE ARE STILL A FEW AREAS THROUGHOUT MISSOURI CITY THAT ARE ARE FURTHER THAN A THREE MINUTE DRIVE OR A TEN MINUTE WALK TO A PARK. WE WOULD RECOMMEND ONLY ACCEPTING LAND IN THOSE AREAS AS PART OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION. SECOND, WE WOULD RECOMMEND AN UPDATE TO OUR FEE BASED ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENT COSTS. SO AS I MENTIONED, THE FEE WAS INITIALLY IMPLEMENTED BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT COST JUST UNDER $100,000 TO DEVELOP EACH ACRE OF LAND. OUR CURRENT MARKET IS A 400% INCREASE, AND IT IS NOW COSTING US $470,000 PER ACRE FOR DEVELOPMENT. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON OUR RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, INCLUDING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF RIDGEVIEW PARK, THE NEW BUILD OF TROXELL PARK, AND THE NEW BUILD OF FREEDOM TREE PARK. NEXT, WE WOULD RECOMMEND AN ANNUAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ADJUSTMENT. THIS IS JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE OUR FEE STAYS CURRENT IN REGARDS TO THE MARKET, AND THAT WAY WE AREN'T HAVING TO COME BACK ANNUALLY TO RELOOK AT OUR FEES. IT WOULD ADJUST WITH THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX TO STAY RELEVANT. WE WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND ESTABLISHING A $10,000 THRESHOLD FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL. SO OUR CURRENT PROCESS, IT GOES TO PARKS BOARD, IT GOES TO PLANNING AND ZONING. AND THEN IT COMES TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT. REGARDLESS IF IT'S LAND CASH, IT DOESN'T MATTER. THE FINAL THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL POLICY DOES ALREADY ESTABLISH A $10,000 THRESHOLD FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL OF DONATIONS. AND WE ARE NOW SEEING A LARGE NUMBER OF WHAT I CALL LOT SPLITTING, WHERE YOU'RE TAKING A LARGE THREE ACRE PROPERTY AND DEVELOPING FOUR HOMES ON IT. AND SO THIS WOULD REDUCE SINCE THAT POLICY IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED, THIS WOULD

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DEVELOPERS ARE ABLE TO GET UP TO 0.5 CREDIT IF THEY PROVIDE PRIVATE PARKLAND. HOWEVER, EVERY TIME WE DO SURVEYS, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, EVERYTHING. BOTH CITYWIDE AND AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM ON SOME OF IT. OUR RESIDENTS WANT TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO WORK. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE WITHOUT GETTING IN THEIR CAR. AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO ENCOURAGE THAT OF OUR DEVELOPERS, WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE A SIMILAR FORMAT IN THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE WHERE IF YOU'RE WILLING TO PROVIDE AND BUILD THE TRAIL CONNECTION, THAT YOU GET A PARTIAL CREDIT FOR THAT ON YOUR PARKLAND DEDICATION. LASTLY, OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO CONSOLIDATE OUR PARK ZONE BOUNDARIES. IN OUR MARKET RESEARCH, WE HAVE MORE PARK ZONES THAN EVERYONE EXCEPT FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND THAT INCLUDES AUSTIN, FORT WORTH, AND DALLAS. AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT AND THE LOW, THE LOW $1,400 PER DWELLING UNIT, WE ARE HAVING TO SIT ON FUNDS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DEVELOP PARKS BECAUSE OUR PARKS ZONES ARE VERY SMALL AND THE FEE IS SMALL AS WELL. SO IN OUR IN OUR RESEARCH IN COMPARABLE CITIES, SUGARLAND LEAGUE CITY, PASADENA, THEY THEY ALL HAVE ONE EACH. PEARLAND HAS THREE. THIS WAS A STAFF RECOMMENDATION BASED ON PRIMARY THOROUGHFARES. SO EVEN WITH TRAIL CONNECTIVITY, YOU'RE REALISTICALLY NOT GOING TO CROSS A TOLL ROAD. HIGHWAY SIX AREAS LIKE THAT. AND SO WE DECIDED TO RECOMMEND USING THOSE BOUNDARIES AS THE PARK ZONE IDENTIFIER. THIS WOULD CONSOLIDATE OUR DEVELOPED AND UNDEVELOPED PARK ACREAGE. PRIMARILY INTO ZONES ONE AND TWO FOR DEVELOPED. IT DOES GIVE US A VAST AMOUNT OF LAND IN PARK ZONE THREE. WE TOOK A GOOD HARD LOOK AT PARK ZONE FOUR OR THE PROPOSED PARK ZONE FOUR. BECAUSE THERE AREN'T PARKS AND WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF LAND IN THAT AREA. AND WHAT OUR RESEARCH SHOWED US WAS THAT SIENNA DOES HAVE 15 PARKS IN OUR PROPOSED PARK ZONE FOUR. SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY MEETING THE NEED. THESE ARE THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION PARKS, BUT THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THEY'RE NOT GATED ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND SO THE NEED OF THE COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC PARK SPACE AND GREEN SPACE IS STILL BEING MET. JUST NOT BY THE CITY DIRECTLY. AND SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SO ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, DANIELLE, FOR THE PRESENTATION. DO WE MAKE IT MANDATORY FOR A DEVELOPER TO CHOOSE? I MEAN, AN OPTIONAL FOR A DEVELOPER TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE DEDICATION OR BUILD OUT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE OR CAN WE MANDATE THAT THEY BUILD A PARK OR MAYBE DO A SPLIT? WE WOULD NEED TO WORK WITH LEGAL ON THAT. AS FAR AS MY UNDERSTANDING OF STATE REGULATIONS OR MANDATES IS THAT WE DO HAVE TO AT LEAST CONSIDER A PROPOSAL OF IT. I'M NOT SURE BEYOND THAT, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY FIND OUT AND SEE IF THAT'S THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION, BECAUSE I KNOW IN TIMES PAST I THINK THAT THERE WAS NEVER AN EMPHASIS OR IT APPEARED TO NOT BE AN EMPHASIS THAT A PARK BE BUILT BECAUSE OF THE NEEDS, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY CERTAIN SUBDIVISIONS, HAVE COMPLAINED THAT THERE'S NO PARKS IN THEIR AREA AREA, AND THE DEVELOPER JUST GAVE A PARKLAND DEDICATION.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR RESPONSE TO THEM. WELL, THEY THEY DID A CASH IN LIEU OF.

RIGHT. BUT THEN WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S NOT RIGHT. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

AND SO WE'RE LEFT TO TELL THEM, OH, WELL THERE'S A PARK, YOU KNOW, NEARBY OR YOU JUST HAVE TO TRAVEL A LITTLE FURTHER. AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND IF WE HAVE THE POWER TO, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATE, MANDATE THAT THEY DO SOMETHING, MAYBE A SPLIT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME SOME CASH AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, DEDICATE SOME LAND TO A SMALLER PARK JUST AS A, AS A CONSIDERATION. ABSOLUTELY. PARTICULARLY IN AREAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PARKLAND.

YES. LASTLY, CITY OWNED LAND. THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR PARKS. I KNOW WE HAVE A PARKS MASTER PLAN, BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW NOTICE IN WHAT YOUR PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED THREE PARKLAND PARK ZONE THREE. THERE'S UNDEVELOPED ACREAGE OF 376 .79. IS THAT UNDEVELOPED LAND THAT IS DEDICATED AS PARKLAND, OR IS THAT JUST OVERALL, ALL OF THESE FIGURES ARE DEDICATED AS PARKLAND. SO, SO THREE. SO. OH, WOW. SO WHAT IS OUR PLAN TO I KNOW WE HAVE A PARKS MASTER PLAN, BUT WHAT IS OUR TRUE PLAN TO. YES. IT DEPENDS ON FUNDING. HOWEVER, WE

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AND THAT IS THAT IS PART OF THE PROPOSED FEE UPDATE AS WELL AS WE'VE WE'VE REALIZED THAT WE WHILE IT'S GREAT THAT DEVELOPERS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR PARK SYSTEM, IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY MAKE A DENT AND TAKE AWAY FROM OUR GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTIONS. SO IF WE'RE MAKING A ARE YOU JUST ARE WE MAKING SEEKING FEEDBACK? OKAY. I WAS JUST SAYING I THINK THAT WE NEED TO JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OVERALL AS TO WHAT THE NEED IS FOR WHATEVER THE PARK, ESPECIALLY THE LARGER ONES THAT YOU RECOMMENDED HERRING TRACK AND THE BIKE PARK. YES. AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT NEED IS. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF PRICES HAVE GONE UP SINCE WE LAST LOOKED AT IT, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE MAYBE THE PRICING NEEDS TO COME IN SOME WHERE CLOSE TO HOW WE CAN PUT A MAJOR DENT OR A SIGNIFICANT DENT IN IN ADDRESSING IT AND ANY OTHER PLANS THAT WE HAVE. SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN AND WHILE OUR APPETITES ARE ON THE PARKS AT THIS POINT, JUST TO CONTINUE TO REMIND US THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPETING PRIORITIES. SO BEFORE WE START TALKING, GOING DOWN THE PATH OF BUILDING MORE PARKS AND ALL THESE ELABORATE STRUCTURES, I JUST WANT TO KEEP US FOCUSED. THANK YOU. WELL, I AGREE WITH YOU, CITY MANAGER, BUT I ALSO WILL SAY THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT OUR CITIZENS WANT AS WELL.

TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. AND SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PLANS FOR OUR FUTURE, THAT NEEDS TO BE A PART OF IT. I TOTALLY AGREE. FUTURE. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN MOTION. WELL, THERE JUST WENT THOSE ZIP LINES. I WAS GOING TO. I'M JUST TEASING. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE DECIDE TO ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND ONLY ACCEPT PARKLAND, THAT'S DEDICATED IN OUR PARK MASTER PLAN, WILL THE DEVELOPER STILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE OTHER PARK LAND REQUIREMENTS? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND WITH YOUR SUGGESTION OF MOVING PARK ZONES FROM 13 DOWN TO FOUR, DO YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE OUR PARK MASTER PLAN? IN TERMS OF OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING? IT WOULD ADJUST IT. AND I'M TALKING FOR OUR NEXT UPDATE. IT WOULD ADJUST OUR NOT NECESSARILY OUR PRIORITIES, BUT ARE MORE ON THE TRAIL CONNECTIVITY SIDE. BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START LOOKING AT AT CROSSING HIGHWAY SIX, GOING UNDER THE TOLL ROAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OUR CURRENT MASTER PLAN DOES HAVE THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOR A TEN YEAR PLAN. SO WE'RE THROUGH 2031. WE HAVE OUR PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF THAT. OKAY. MY NEXT QUESTION IS IN 2015, YOU CITED THAT IT WAS ABOUT $94,000 PER ACRE TO BUILD A PARK. HERE WE ARE TEN YEARS LATER, AND IT'S NOW $470,000 PER ACRE. WITHIN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, DO YOU. DO YOU FORESEE THAT DEVELOPERS WOULD PREFER TO STILL JUST GIVE MORE CASH IN LIEU OF IS. IS THE NUMBER TOO HIGH? IS THAT HEY, I

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THAT WOULD MAKE OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE OVER $8,000 PER DWELLING UNIT AND WOULD PUT US AT THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN THE STATE. SO THERE'S ONE PART OF THAT, THE OTHER PART OF THAT, IF WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT THE LAND THAT WE ACCEPT, ARE WE STILL GOING TO CHARGE THEM TO ACQUIRE LAND BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DEDICATING LAND? AND THAT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT DIDN'T IT WASN'T IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. AND SO WE EVALUATED JUST THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE BECAUSE WE HAVE UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY AND EVERY SINGLE PARK ZONE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. THE IT WOULD BE $4,700 IF YOU DID THE MATH, THE EXACT SAME THAT IT IS IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE. AND THAT'S PER PER DWELLING UNIT. THAT PUTS US SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THAN STATE AVERAGE. A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. AND MAYBE 1,015% HIGHER WAS THE NUMBER THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. BUT IT DOES NOT EVEN PUT US IN THE TOP TOP THIRD. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. MY FINAL QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE AVERAGE PARKLAND OWNERSHIP OF OTHER CITIES? DO YOU KNOW THAT BY CHANCE IN TERMS OF HOW MANY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PARKS IN THE CITY OWNED BY THE CITY? I CAN FIND OUT. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DANIELLE. ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. YEAH, THANKS. YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE THAT 89% OF THE DEVELOPERS APPROVED FOR CASH, THEY OBVIOUSLY KNOW THE VALUE OF LAND. SO THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE CASH BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST DEAL FOR THEM. SO I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF LET'S, YOU KNOW, BRINGING OUR RATES UP TO 2025 LEVELS AND NOT MAKE SOMETHING WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A NO BRAINER AS TO WHAT THEY DO AS FAR AS GOING FOR CASH IN LIEU OF THE OF THE PARKLAND. SO THERE WAS A TRAIL CONNECTION. CREDIT IS THE LAND THAT THAT'S REQUIRED TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION. HOW IS THAT HANDLED? IS THAT A PART OF THE ALLOCATION OF THE PARKLAND THAT HAS TO BE DEDICATED OR IT IT WOULD BE SITUATIONAL DEPENDING ON WHERE THE TRAIL IS. SO MOST OF MISSOURI CITY'S TRAILS CURRENTLY ARE ARE BUILT ON EASEMENTS AND WE MAINTAIN THEM ON AN EASEMENT. THE CITY DOES NOT ACTUALLY OWN THE PROPERTY FOR MOST OF OYSTER CREEK OR HUNTERS GLEN JOGGING TRAIL. SO PRIMARILY THAT WOULD BE OUR APPROACH. NOW THAT DOES COME WITH MAINTENANCE COSTS, BECAUSE IF WE'RE SAYING THAT IT'S A PUBLIC TRAIL, THEN THE CITY WOULD LIKELY NOT EVERY TIME ABSORB MAINTENANCE OF THAT AREA. AND SO IT WOULD BE PART OF THE OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION WOULD THEN BE A, AN EASEMENT FOR THE TRAIL THERE. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE CREDIT, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN REALLY PUSHING CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN ALL OF OUR PARKS. SO IF THIS WILL HELP US, YOU KNOW, FOSTER THAT AND ADVANCE THAT THAT GOAL, I THINK IT'S, WELL, A GOOD APPROACH AS FAR AS CONSOLIDATING THE DIFFERENT PARK ZONES, YOU KNOW, 13 OH, WE HAVE 1313 I THINK IS OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY OUT OF BOUNDS, BUT UNWIELDLY. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, CONSOLIDATION, YOU KNOW, IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE WOULD OR I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, WE REALLY LOOK AT AND MAYBE USING THE CONSOLIDATION PLAN THAT YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER. THE PARK FUND HAS DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH PARK ZONE. YES. RIGHT. YES. HOW ARE YOU TAKING THOSE DOLLARS AND GOING TO ALLOCATE THEM BACK TO THESE FOUR ZONES THAT YOU'VE YOU'RE SUGGESTING? WE HAVEN'T QUITE GOTTEN THERE YET. WE

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AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FREEDOM TREE THAT WE'RE PUTTING SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL THINGS INTO.

THAT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE STUFF, RIGHT? BUT IF WE DID SOME MORE NATURAL AREA. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ACREAGE WE ALREADY OWN. I WOULD HOPE I WOULD HOPE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING BATHROOM FACILITIES IN, WE'RE PUTTING SOME TRAILS IN, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT TOUCHING A LOT OF IT. WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THROWING OUT HUGE PAVILIONS AND COMPLEXES AND THINGS. SO WE'VE GOT ROOM TO PLAY WITH THERE, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COSTS. SO WE WOULDN'T ASSUME THAT, GOSH, IT'S GOING TO COST US ALMOST $500,000 PER ACRE TO PUT IN TRAILS ON THE BRAZOS RIVER. IT IS VERY DEPENDENT ON WHAT THE PARK DEVELOPMENT IS. OKAY. AND THAT'S AND YOU'RE CORRECT. SO IN THE 2015 VERSION, IT WAS ACTUALLY $1,360 AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO GO TO 14. SO IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE EXACTLY THE BREAKDOWN. OKAY. SO YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THAT IT IS EXACTLY THE HUNDRED UNITS DIVIDED INTO THE 100, THE 470. SO THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE $44,700 PER ACRE, WHICH I THINK IS AMAZING, IS THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO RECOUP FROM THESE DEVELOPERS. WOULD WE HAVE IF WE REALLY, REALLY LIKED A PROPOSAL THAT THEY HAD, SAY THERE IS SOME NATURAL WETLAND OR SOME NATURAL FEATURE THAT IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND THEY WANTED TO RETAIN IT? WOULD WE GIVE OURSELVES A WIGGLE ROOM TO ACCEPT THAT LAND AND NOT JUST STRIKE IT DOWN AS NO PARKLAND? SO IN POTENTIALLY IN OUR MASTER PLAN, IT DOES IDENTIFY ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT NATURAL LANDS. SO IF IT REALLY WAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT SIZABLE AND VALUABLE, NOT JUST FOR LAND VALUE, BUT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS, THEN THEN IT WOULD STILL MEET THE PRIORITIES OF THE MASTER PLAN. WONDERFUL. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL.

OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE A COST TO MAINTAINING THE LAND THAT'S UNDEVELOPED RIGHT NOW? IS THERE A COST TO US CURRENTLY IN JUST HOLDING THAT LAND? YES. SO IF IT'S ACCESSIBLE, IT IS COSTING US ABOUT $3,500 A YEAR JUST TO KEEP IT FROM HAVING A CODE VIOLATION. OKAY. IF WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT IT IS PRETTY, IT'S AVERAGING US JUST UNDER $7,000 A YEAR. OKAY. SO DOUBLE BUT AND THAT THAT'S PER PARCEL. YES PER PARCEL. A LOT OF OUR OUR AREAS WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THE BOUNDARY IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SURVEYS ON THEM BECAUSE THAT WAS ACTUALLY NEVER

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I HAVEN'T SEEN A PRETTY PARCEL ANYWHERE OUT THERE, SO NO. BUT GOING BACK TO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, HAS THIS GONE BEFORE PARKS BOARD? THIS IS NOT SO. PARKS BOARD HAS ACTUALLY REQUESTED IF WE WOULD TAKE TAKE A LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE. AND WE HAD ALREADY BEGUN AND THIS WAS ALREADY ON THIS AGENDA. SO WE ARE COMING TO COUNCIL FIRST TO SEEK DIRECTION, TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE FOR US TO REVIEW AND UPDATE AND BRING BEFORE YOU FOR ACTION. IF IT IS, THEN WE WILL TAKE IT THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS, INCLUDING PARKS, BOARD AND PLANNING AND ZONING. PRIOR TO COMING BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OR ACTION. SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO GO THE OTHER WAY. IT NEEDS TO GO TO THE PARKS BOARD AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ACCEPTING THOSE GRANTS AND ALL OF THAT ANYWAY, AND THEN COME BACK TO US BASED ON WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS PARKS MASTER PLAN.

WHEN WAS WHEN WAS IT LAST REVISED? 2021 2021. SO WHEN WILL THE NEXT ONE BE? SO OUR FIVE YEAR REVIEW, THAT IS A TEN YEAR MASTER PLAN. SO OUR FIVE YEAR REVIEW WILL BE NEXT YEAR IN 2026. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A NEW MASTER PLAN IN 2031. OKAY, SO MY COMMENT BACK TO YOU, CITY MANAGER, IS THAT WHILE YOU KNOW, I GET THE $3,500 TO MAINTAIN, I GUESS FROM HIGH GRASS AND ALL OF THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA UPKEEP THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE AND MAINTAIN THEM AND MAYBE FOR FUTURE, MAYBE THE FEE MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA, BUT I WOULDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL THE PARKS BOARD GO THROUGH AND FIGURE THIS OUT AND COME BACK TO US WITH WHAT THEY ACTUALLY THINK IS THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS RATHER THAN US SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AND THEN GO FROM TOP DOWN VERSUS COME BACK FROM BOTTOM UP. SO THIS WAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION IS JUST MY COMMENTS RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO ASK, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, ARE YOU INCLUDING PARKS AS FAR AS THE FUTURE? BECAUSE I'M SAYING BASED OFF OF WHAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS THE PARKS MASTER PLAN NOW MAY NOT BE COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING AS A CITY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S CONVERSATIONS AND INCLUSION WITH THEM ON THIS. ALL RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU DANIELLE. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

[(f) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the City Manager to nego...]

OKAY. SO AS IT RELATES TO THE MOSQUITO FIRST OF ALL HELLO HOW ARE YOU. HI I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU. AS IT RELATES TO THE SPRAYING SERVICE CONTRACT, WHAT WERE OUR KEY LEARNINGS FROM LAST YEAR. THAT BROUGHT ABOUT THIS NEW CONTRACT? SO THE FIRST LEARNING WAS OUR REPORTING. WE DID NOT RECEIVE A 24 HOUR REPORTING BACK FROM THE PREVIOUS VENDOR. AS WAS STATED IN THE CONTRACT, AS WELL AS. BEING ABLE TO SPRAY IN ALL THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY. A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH COMMUNICATION AS FAR AS THEM UNDERSTANDING THE MAPPING OF THE CITY TO PUT IN.

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I THINK JUST OVER THE PERIOD OF GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF GET THROUGH THEIR ISSUES ON THEIR END, OF COURSE, WE WENT THROUGH BARREL, THEY LOST COMMUNICATION AND THEIR FACILITY, AND TRYING TO BE UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. IT JUST WE WERE JUST AT A POINT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUST FINISH OUT THE CONTRACT THROUGH NOVEMBER AND THEN PROCEED WITH LOOKING FOR ANOTHER VENDOR. OKAY. THAT WAS KIND OF WHERE I WAS GOING LAST YEAR. WE INCREASED AT A CERTAIN POINT. I REMEMBER I THINK IT WAS RIGHT AFTER BARREL. WE, WE ASKED FOR THE INCREASE OR THE RESIDENTS ASKED FOR THE INCREASE OF TWO SPRAYS PER WEEK VERSUS JUST THE ONE. IS THIS CONTRACT GOING TO MIMIC THAT? WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME? LET'S SAY WE START OUT WITH ONE. WOULD WE BE ABLE TO ARE THEY GOING TO BE AMENABLE TO INCREASE THAT TO TWO? YES. WE'VE ACCOUNTED FOR INCREASING THE SPRAYS TO TWICE A WEEK OKAY. WE ALSO ACCOUNTED FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AS WELL. WITHIN THOSE SPRAYS WE DID LEARN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MAY GET A HURRICANE. WE MAY GET A TORNADO. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE MAY BE. SO WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT. THOSE ADDITIONAL SPRAYS ACCOUNTED FOR ALREADY WITHIN THE CONTRACT. SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE FUNDING SET AND READY TO USE. SO YES, ALL OF THAT IS ACCOUNTED FOR WITHIN THE CONTRACT. AND AS WELL AS LIKE WE SAID, WE DO ADDITIONAL SPRAYS FOR OUR EVENTS THAT WE HAVE 4TH OF JULY AND VARIOUS OTHER EVENTS. OKAY. AND THEY ARE PREPARED JUST IN CASE THEY ARE PREPARED FOR THAT. OKAY. AND THEY ARE THEY SERVICING ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT I'M NOT SURE THE VENDOR IS HERE. OH, WHERE ARE THEY. YES. OH CAN YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION. SHOULD HAVE LED WITH THAT. I'LL JUST TRY TO ANSWER EVERYTHING. HELLO? HELLO. HOW ARE Y'ALL? WE'RE DOING GOOD. I'M LEE HUDSON WITH CYPRESS CREEK. OKAY. SO YOU'VE HEARD THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE ASKED, AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE. BUT THESE ISSUES ARE VERY CONCERNING. YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF CALLS LAST YEAR. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THESE HURRICANES AND THINGS ARE VERY UNPREDICTABLE. SURE. BUT IF YOU CAN TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ASSURANCES YOU CAN GIVE TO ENSURE THAT THESE ISSUES DON'T APPEAR WITH YOUR SERVICES AND, AND TELL US HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COVER OUR CITY. OKAY. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 58 YEARS. WE'RE THE WE'RE THE LARGEST MOSQUITO CONTROL COMPANY IN THE SOUTHWEST. AND WE'VE DONE THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME PRIOR TO THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS. Y'ALL CHOSE A DIFFERENT VENDOR. WE HAVE 29 TRUCKS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT ANY GIVEN NIGHT TO SERVICE A COMMUNITY. IT TAKES FOUR TRUCKS TO DO THE CITY IN ONE NIGHT, WHICH IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR US. WE DO OTHER CITIES LIKE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, CITY OF ROSENBERG, A LOT OF OTHER CITIES ALSO, AND WE DO EVERY ONE OF THEM IN ONE NIGHT. WE ALWAYS DO IT THAT WAY. WE USE ALL OF OUR TRUCKS ARE EQUIPPED WITH STATE OF THE ART GPS TRACKING TO WHERE BY THE VERY NEXT MORNING, WE'RE ABLE TO SEND TO Y'ALL COMPLETE GPS REPORTS SHOWING MAPPING SHOWING THAT EVERY STREET WAS DONE IN THE CITY. IT ALSO SHOWS A REPORT THAT TELLS SPEED AT ANY GIVEN PLACE TO WHERE IT'S EASY FOR Y'ALL TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM FROM RESIDENTS. OUR EQUIPMENT IS STATE OF THE ART. ALL OF OUR TRUCKS ARE ARE WELL EQUIPPED WITH THE ULV EQUIPMENT. ALL OF OUR TECHNICIANS ARE HIGHLY TRAINED. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE HEAVILY REGULATED BY TDA, SO WE

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SURE. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, THANK YOU. JOY, COULD YOU KIND OF GIVE US AN OVERVIEW WHAT IS DIFFERENT IN THIS CONTRACT THAN IT WAS FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE? I KNOW YOU ANSWERED A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT WHAT IS THERE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE SERVICES, THE COST IN THIS CONTRACT VERSUS THE LAST ONE? SO THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT COST DIFFERENCE. THERE'S ALSO A UNDERSTAND BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR THE REPORTING THAT WE WILL BE RECEIVING. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ASKED WITHIN THE PROPOSAL WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THE REPORTING. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GOING TO RECEIVE THE EXACT INFORMATION THAT'S NECESSARY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO ADDRESSES AND KNOWING THE TIME OF DAY THAT THEY WENT TO CERTAIN ADDRESSES. OKAY. THAT WAS THOSE WERE THE BIGGEST CRITERIAS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS COST AND REPORTING. AND YOU MENTIONED TWICE, TWICE A WEEK.

BUT LAST YEAR WE DID THREE TIMES A WEEK. AT SOME POINT LAST YEAR WE DID TWICE A WEEK BECAUSE WE WERE RECOVERING FROM THE HURRICANE. IT WAS GENERALLY ONCE A WEEK. WE DID TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY AT ONE POINT SOMETIMES. YEAH. SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. AFTER THE BARREL.

YEAH, YEAH. NORMALLY IT'S ONCE A WEEK AFTER A HURRICANE. WE'LL DO TWICE A WEEK DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY. AND I THINK WE JUST HAD A WE HAD A BAD POPULATION OF MOSQUITOES BECAUSE A LOT OF THE DEBRIS THAT WAS STANDING. SO IT CAUSED US TO SAY, LET'S UP IT TO THREE TIMES A WEEK UNTIL WE CAN GET IT DOWN TO TWICE AND THEN TO ONCE A WEEK, AND DOES THIS AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE CONTRACTING FOR ALLOW FOR A THIRD TIME IF IN THE EVENT. OKAY, YES. HOW MANY DOES IT INCLUDE ANY A NUMBER OF SPECIAL EVENTS? YES. THE SPECIAL EVENTS SPRAYS ARE INCLUDED IN THERE. IT'S A LINE ITEM. HOW MANY IS IT JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEVERAL. WE HAVE JUNETEENTH. WE HAVE 4TH OF JULY.

SO I DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT IN FRONT OF ME. I THINK IT'S LIKE IT'S ABOUT 12 DIFFERENT EVENTS.

WE JUST KIND OF PUT AN AVERAGE BECAUSE CERTAIN NEW EVENTS WILL COME UP. AND WE ALSO LIKE TO SPRAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY BECAUSE WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE OUT AND THEN SPRAY BEFORE LABOR DAY BECAUSE WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE OUT. MY OTHER QUESTION IS, DO YOU COORDINATE THE SPRAY TIME WHEN THEY'RE CUTTING THE GRASS, LIKE IN THE PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? SO OUR SPRAY TIMES ARE AT NIGHT. SO IT'S 9 P.M. TO 5 A.M. SO THAT SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH ANY GRASS CUTTING. OR YOU MEAN DO THEY CUT THE DAY BEFORE OR AFTER. HOW YOUR HOW YOUR PRODUCT WORKS? IF IT IF IT SITS ON TOP OF THE GRASS OR IF IT ABSORBS IN THERE. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING IF YOU GUYS ARE SPRAYING AND IF IT SITS ON TOP OF THE GRASS AND THE GRASS GETS CUT THE NEXT DAY, HOW DOES THAT WE THERE'S ONE NIGHT A WEEK THAT WE COME OR TWO NIGHTS A WEEK, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE FREQUENCY IS AT ANY GIVEN POINT. BUT THAT NIGHT OF THE WEEK, THAT DAY OF THE WEEK IS ALWAYS THE SAME. SO YOU ALL KNOW AND THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHEN WE'RE COMING, HOW THAT RELATES TO YOUR GRASS CUTTING, I'M NOT SURE. BUT AS FAR AS THE WAY THE PRODUCT WORKS, IT WOULDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE AT ALL. OKAY. AND I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY A GIVEN QUESTION, BUT YOUR PRODUCT, BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, IS ECO FRIENDLY, PET FRIENDLY. BECAUSE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS ASKED LAST YEAR ALL THE TIME WAS, DO WE HAVE TO BE INDOORS? OR OUR PETS HAVE TO BE INDOORS AND OUR PLANTS HAVE TO BE COVERED WHEN THEY'RE SPRAYING THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT? OKAY, IT DOESN'T AFFECT PLANTS AT ALL. WE RECOMMEND OUR TRUCKS ARE EQUIPPED WITH. FLOW CONTROL DEVICES INSIDE TO WHERE IF WE'RE GOING DOWN THE STREET AND WE SEE PEOPLE WALKING OR RIDING THEIR BIKES OR WALKING PETS OR WHATEVER, AS WE GO PAST THEM, WE FLIP OFF THE FLOW OF THE PRODUCT. IT'S NOT GOING TO HURT THEM, BUT PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY'RE BEING POISONED, YOU KNOW? AND SO BUT WE ALWAYS STOP THE FLOW OF THE PRODUCT UNTIL WE GET AT LEAST 40FT PAST THOSE PEOPLE, AND THEN WE'LL FLIP THE SWITCH BACK ON. GOTCHA. OKAY. SO IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT MAYBE NOT TO BE OUT THERE, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT RESIDENTS WERE ASKING. YEAH. I WAS OUTSIDE WATERING MY GRASS AND THE TRUCK CAME THROUGH AND I COULDN'T STOP. WE DO WE DO IT LATE AT NIGHT FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT REASONS. ONE, WE WANT TO MINIMIZE PEOPLE BEING OUTDOORS WHILE WE'RE DOING IT. AND THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT

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COUNCIL MEMBER EMERICK. YEAH. MY UNDERSTANDING, THEN, IS THE TIME OF SPRAYING IS FROM 9 P.M. TO 5 A.M. YES. AND IT'S JUST ONCE A WEEK TO START OFF WITH THE WITH THE SPRAYING. YES. AND AT WHAT POINT CAN WE GO TO TWO TIMES IF IT'S NECESSARY. IS THERE AN ADVANCE NOTICE THAT WE NEED TO GIVE YOU. OR WE CAN REACT WITHIN 24 HOURS? OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK LAST YEAR WE DID GO TO TWO TIMES. YEAH. AFTER THE HURRICANE AND WE AFTER THE HURRICANE. YEAH. AND YEAH, YOU KIND OF ANSWERED IT. BUT THE TYPE OF SPRAY THAT YOU USE, I'M SURE IS SOMETHING THAT'S CONTROLLED BY THE, THE REGULATORS, WHETHER IT BE COUNTY OR, OR STATE. SO YEAH, WELL, WE OPERATE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. WE'RE REGULATED BY THEM. AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALSO REGULATED BY EPA ON PRODUCTS WE USE. EVERY PRODUCT HAS A LABEL, AND IT HAS TO BE APPLIED EXACTLY PER THAT LABEL. IN OUR BUSINESS, THE LABEL IS THE LAW. AND WE ALWAYS, WE ALWAYS DO OUR APPLICATIONS FOR THE LABEL. AND WE KNOW WHAT THE WE'VE GIVEN THOSE SOLUTIONS ARE ALL THAT OKAY. BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS. WE GET QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT TYPE OF SPRAY ARE WE? ARE WE USING? SURE. AT ONE POINT, I DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT THAT FORT BEND COUNTY HAD A HELICOPTER THAT THEY USED TO DO SOME SPRAYING WHEN, AGAIN, I THINK THAT WAS AFTER BARREL. SO I MEAN, IS THERE ANY COORDINATION THAT THAT YOU FOLKS TRY TO DO IF IN FACT, FORT BEND, YOU KNOW, IS MAKING A SPRAYING RUN OVER MISSOURI CITY? WELL, IF THEY ARE USUALLY WE'RE NOTIFIED OF IT. WE DON'T WANT TO OBVIOUSLY BE TREATING THE SAME NIGHT THEY ARE YOU KNOW THAT.

THAT'S MY POINT. YEAH. IF WE KNOW THAT AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY DO EVERY ONCE A WEEK OR SOMETHING, OR USUALLY THE ONLY TIME THEY'LL DO AERIAL APPLICATIONS IS IF IT'S AFTER A MAJOR SIGNIFICANT EVENT OR IF THERE'S. WEST NILE POSITIVE READINGS, A LOT OF WEST NILE POSITIVE READINGS IN AN AREA, THEN THEY'LL DO AERIAL SPRAYING. THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY TIME THEY DO IT, OKAY. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AREAS THAT THE TRUCKS CAN'T REACH. SO YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S THE POINT OF REALLY DOING. AND THEY'RE MORE FOCUSED ON CONTROLLING VECTOR MOSQUITOES. MOSQUITOES THAT ARE VECTORING DISEASE WHERE WE'RE MAINLY FOCUSED ON NUISANCE MOSQUITOES OKAY. DIFFERENT MOSQUITOES TAKE CARE TAKE CARE OF THE NUISANCE ONES. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE BOOGERS. YEAH, YEAH. THE LAST ONE IS YOU TALKED ABOUT SPRAYING. YOU GOING AROUND. YOU'VE GOT GPS. SO YOU KNOW ALL OF THE STREETS THAT YOU HIT. WHAT ARE YOU WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL AS FAR AS SPRAYING IN OUR PARKS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW LIKE BUFFALO RUN THE, THE GOLF COURSES, ANY OF THE OTHER LARGER PARKS, DO WE INCLUDE THEM SOMEHOW IN, IN THE SPRING APPLICATION OR. I KNOW IN THE IN THE PAST WE HAVE INCLUDED TREATING THE PARK AREAS. WE DON'T TREAT THE GOLF COURSES. YEAH. BUT WE DO JUST TREAT THE, I GUESS THE PARKING LOTS OF THE DIFFERENT PARKS. AND IF THERE'S WE STAY ON PAVED ROADS, WE DON'T GO OFF ROAD AT NIGHT. WE HAVE OTHER APPARATUS THAT WE DO THAT TYPE OF FOGGING, OFF ROAD FOGGING WITH ATVS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S ALL DONE IN THE DAYTIME. OKAY. IT'S NOT DONE AT NIGHT. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF WE BUT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS. WHAT WE DO IS WE JUST DO THE WHATEVER PAVED STREETS ARE IN THE PARK AREAS. WE DO THOSE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM RAMOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO NOW THAT WE WON'T BE HEARING WHEN THE TRUCK GOES BY, DO YOU DO YOUR TRUCKS HAVE SOME TYPE OF TIME STAMP TO DETERMINE SO THAT WE'LL KNOW WHEN YOU WERE IN THE AREA? DOES IT THE GPS REPORT SHOW EACH TRUCK IS PINGED EVERY MINUTE OKAY. AND SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT TRUCK IS

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CITY SECRETARY. YES, SIR. DO WE NEED A MOTION OR NO? DO YOU WANT TO READ OUT THE MOTION, OR ARE WE GOOD? WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. ITEM SEVEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTION. SEVEN A IS A7A1 TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A REQUEST TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE. CONTINUING ARTICLE OF CHAPTER 74 OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE. CONTINUING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE STANDARDS OR CARE FOR CERTAIN ELEMENTARY AGE RECREATION PROGRAMS OPERATED BY THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. DANIEL STEWART. WELL, WAIT. IS THERE ANY OPENING UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING? 7A1.

THERE ARE NO COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR. OKAY, SO THERE'S NO COMMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SEVEN, A ONE. ITEM 7A2. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF

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MAYOR OF THE ACTION ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE ACTION ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU IS TO AUTHORIZE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH CONSTRUCTION MASTERS FOR A REPLACEMENT OF THE

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WE'RE PROVIDING LANDSCAPE TO ENSURE THAT IT IS SCREENED FROM NEIGHBORING HOMES, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE INPUTS THAT WE RECEIVED. WE BID THE PROJECT. WE GOT SOME VERY GOOD BIDS. THE LOWEST QUALIFIED BID HERE IS CONSTRUCTION MASTERS. THE COST IS ABOUT 2.621 MILLION. IT CAME WITHIN THE ESTIMATE THAT WE HAD BUDGETED. WE ARE SEEKING FOR YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE AWARD OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SURE. THANK YOU. SHALL I PLACE MYSELF ON THE QUEUE? CITY MANAGER, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. ONE HAS THIS GONE THROUGH THE LGC COMMITTEE OR DID YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT OR REVIEW OR. NO. I DON'T RECALL IT GOING THROUGH THE LGC COMMITTEE, BUT THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR A WHILE. THIS WAS BEFORE THE LGC COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED. THAT'S FINE. NUMBER TWO, THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT IT'S NOT GOING INTO IN THE I GUESS THE PROPOSED LOCATION. WHEN WE TOOK ACTION ON IT A WHILE BACK. CAN WE CAN WE EXPLAIN WHY? IS THERE. YES. YES.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'RE BUILDING WAY TOO MANY STUFF HERE IN THE CITY. WE HAVE TWO MAINTENANCE FACILITIES GOING ON. ONE IS RIGHT ACROSS THE CITY HALL, WHICH IS OUR REPLACEMENT FOR THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FACILITY. SO PERHAPS THERE IS SOME CONFUSION ON IT. THIS IS THE GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE FACILITY. IT IS GOING WITHIN THE GOLF COURSE. IT IS NOT AT THE SAME LOCATION, BUT IN A NEARBY LOCATION. AND SUBSEQUENT TO THE AWARD OF THE COUNCIL CONTRACT, WE DO DO SOME OUTREACH WITH COMMUNICATIONS AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING. WE'LL BE SURE TO CLARIFY THAT THIS IS A REPLACEMENT FACILITY FOR THE GOLF COURSE, AND IT WILL BE GOING WITHIN THE GOLF COURSE. SURE. MY QUESTION WAS WE HAD VOTED ON THIS OR TOOK ACTION A WHILE BACK, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THE THIS IS THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY THAT WAS BEING RELOCATED TO THIS LOCATION. YES. SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING THAT. I JUST WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD. WE'RE NOT CHANGING IT. SO IT IS GOING EXACTLY WHAT THIS COUNCIL TOOK ACTION ON. CORRECT. NEXT TO THE WATER. OKAY. I YIELD BACK. ALL RIGHT. I RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN. MARSHALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR JOSHUA. FIRST, I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO WORK WITH THOSE RESIDENTS AROUND THE AREA SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS COMING IN, BECAUSE THEY REALLY DID NOT UNDERSTAND. I DON'T KNOW HOW I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT MOST OF THE RENDERINGS THAT WERE GOING TO COME FORWARD, AND WHAT A LOT OF THE GREENERY THAT YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING ON PUTTING IN FROM THE GOLF COURSE VIEW SIDE OF IT, OR THAT ABUTS THOSE RESIDENCES. ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IS JUST TREES AND VEGETATION. THAT'S CORRECT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WITH REGARDS TO THE FENCE LINE THAT'S GOING TO GO AROUND THE FACILITY, ARE WE TO GOING TO WRAP THAT IN SOME TYPE OF GREEN VEGETATION SO THAT THAT WILL GROW ALONG THAT. THAT IS CORRECT. COUNCIL MEMBER. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE LANDSCAPING OR THE TREES GOING TO COME OUTSIDE THE FENCE LINE. SO THE FENCE WOULD NOT BE VERY CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM FOR THE RESIDENTS FROM THE REST OF IT. CORRECT.

AND WILL THE BUILDING WHAT COLOR DID WE DECIDE? GRAY. IT IS KIND OF IT'S YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A PLAN VIEW. I THINK IT'S GOT A LITTLE GREEN TINGE WHICH BLENDS INTO THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. YEAH.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR US TO BUILD THIS THING? I THINK I HAVE A TIMELINE HERE, AND I THINK OUR GOAL IS TO COMPLETE THIS BY FIRST QUARTER OF 2026, WHICH INCLUDES REBUILDING THIS AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY TEARING DOWN THE EXISTING FACILITY. THE EXISTING FACILITY. CORRECT. AND CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, DO WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THIS BUILDING AND THIS FOOTPRINT WILL AT LEAST TAKE US THROUGH THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS, MORE THAN THAT COUNCIL? I HOPE SO, BECAUSE LAST WE ALWAYS FONDLY CALLED IT THE BARN. YEAH. THE MAINTENANCE BARN. AND I KNOW IT WAS IN REALLY BAD SHAPE. SO THAT HAD BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE

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I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION. AND WHAT TYPE OF CONDITION WAS THE CURRENT OR GETTING READY TO TEAR DOWN? NOT IN THE CONDITION. WE WANT TO KEEP IT ANY DAY LONGER. OKAY. IS IT VACANT RIGHT NOW? SORRY, MA'AM. IS IT? I HAVEN'T BEEN OVER THERE. SO IS IT VACANT OR IS IT TORN DOWN? IT IS PARTIALLY BEING USED TO STOCKPILE SOME MATERIALS AND STORAGE, BUT IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WE VACATE THE BUILDING AND MOVE INTO THE NEW ONE. BUT IT IS DEFINITELY UNSAFE FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS. TIME TO GET OUT OF THAT BUILDING. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND CAN YOU JUST REITERATE WHEN IS THIS PROJECT GOING TO GET STARTED? IT IS GOING TO GET STARTED AS SOON AS THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZES TO MOVE FORWARD, AND WE CAN NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT. AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THIS COMPLETED. AND THE OLD FACILITY TORN DOWN BY FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, 2026. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU FOR REITERATING THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. DO YOU SHOW UNANIMOUS. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

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MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, BACK IN 2024, BERYL CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE CITY CENTER. SUBSEQUENTLY, COUNCIL AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO REMEDIATE AND BUILD BACK THE DAMAGE FROM MOLD, AND SINCE THEN IT'S BEEN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE GOLF COURSE AND CITY CENTER STAFF FACILITIES AND OUR IT DIVISION IN MAKING SURE THAT WE BUILD BACK NOT ONLY WE BUILD BACK, BUT BUILD BACK BETTER. IN TERMS OF REMEDIATION AND ANY POTENTIAL UPGRADES THAT'S NEEDED. SO THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO REMEDIATE AND RESTORE THE FACILITY THAT WAS DAMAGED AND AT THE SAME TIME AVAIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN A CITY OWNED ASSET AND MAKE IT BETTER AND TRANSFORM THIS FACILITY INTO A DESTINATION FACILITY. WHILE THE FACILITY IS DOWN AND THERE IS SOME DOWNTIME, SO WE ARE ESSENTIALLY IMPLEMENTING THIS PROJECT IN THREE PHASES. THE PHASE ONE, WHICH IS THE REMODELING AND THE BUILD BACK OF THE KITCHEN. THE FULLY RENOVATED BLUEBONNET ROOM, AND OUR INTERIM PLANS TO MAKE THIS TO SERVE AS THE DINING OR THE RESTAURANT AND THE RENOVATED PRO SHOP. THIS THE PHASE ONE WE'VE BEEN MEETING ALMOST EVERY WEEK SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR, WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED, AND IT IS ON SCHEDULE TO BE OPENED IN MAY 2025. AND AGAIN, WHEN I MAY SAY IT'S OPEN, IT'S A PARTIAL OPENING WHERE STAFF IS GETTING READY TO ENTERTAIN VISITORS AND OPEN THE RESTAURANT AND SERVE FOOD. THE RESTROOMS. I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS CAME. WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE RESTROOMS THAT IS IN PLACE IN THE FIRST FLOOR AND USE THOSE DURING THIS PARTIAL OPENING. PHASE TWO INCLUDES BUILDING THE SECOND FLOOR, ESSENTIALLY, AND THEN REMODELING THE BATHROOMS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. SO THAT WE CAN THEN SHIFT BACK AND COME BACK AND DO THE OTHER RESTROOMS IN PHASE TWO. THE SCHEDULED OPENING IS ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 2025 THIS YEAR.

CITY COUNCIL HAD AUTHORIZED BACK IN AUGUST 2.18 MILLION APPROXIMATELY FOR THE REMODELING AND THE RESTORATION WORK. NOW THE UPDATED COST FOR THAT TO TAKE IT TO THE FINISH LINE LOOKS TO BE CLOSE TO 3.18 MILLION, AND WE'RE NEEDING AN ADDITIONAL MILLION. AND THAT DELTA CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO MORE DAMAGE AND REMEDIATION THAN WAS REQUIRED. WE ESTIMATED A PARTICULAR HEIGHT WHERE IT WAS SUSTAINED WATER DAMAGE. WE HAD TO TAKE OUT MORE SHEETROCK AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. AS WE WERE DOING THAT, THE BUILDING NEEDED SOME OTHER STRUCTURAL COMPONENT THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THESE ARE NOT RELATED TO HURRICANE BERYL DAMAGE, BUT THE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. AND OF COURSE, ANYTIME YOU'RE DOING A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO A

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RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER. YES. THANK YOU. SASHI. AS IT RELATES TO THE BANQUET ROOMS, I KNOW THAT THAT IS THESE FUNDS ARE NOT GOING TO BE USED. WELL, NO, NO, I WON'T SAY THAT, BUT ARE WE BOOKING ANY EVENTS RIGHT NOW FOR. AND THAT'S. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT WAS PROBABLY MORE OF A QUESTION FOR DONNIE. ARE WE STARTING TO BOOK EVENTS? YES, WE ARE CURRENTLY.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSED ON DECEMBER EVENTS. WE KNOW THOSE ARE IMPORTANT FOR US. WITH IN OCTOBER OPENING OF THE MAGNOLIA ROOM. WE WILL BE AS SOON AS WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ACTUALLY KNOW FOR SURE THAT OCTOBER WILL BE OPEN. THEN WE'LL LOOK AT OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.

BUT RIGHT NOW, OUR FOCUS CURRENTLY IS ON OUR DECEMBER DATES, AND WE'RE BOOKING THOSE HEAVILY RIGHT NOW. OKAY. IS THERE A CONTINGENCY PLAN IF THINGS DON'T GO? IF Y'ALL HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE US AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED SOME MORE MONEY. IS THERE A CONTINGENCY PLAN? CITY MANAGER SAID, NO, THAT'S IT. THIS IS IT. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK. OKAY. AND I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE YOUR CONTINGENCY PLAN. IF THE IF THE REMODEL IS NOT GOOD DOES NOT GO AS PLANNED.

I HAVE NO DESIRE TO PUT THAT TENT UP AGAIN. OKAY. GOT IT. I GOT IT. BUT. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CONTRACTOR RIGHT NOW, HE FEELS VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE OPEN WELL BEFORE THE DECEMBER DATE. OKAY. ARE WE BOOKING ANY EVENTS IN THE FOR THE BLUEBONNET? FOR THE GRILL? ARE Y'ALL DOING ANY EVENTS THERE? SO WE'RE NOT BOOKING ANY EVENTS IN THE BLUEBONNET ROOM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR KITCHEN SPACE. BUT WE ARE

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I MEANT BAR AND RESTAURANT. I'M SORRY. YEAH, IN THE BAR AND RESTAURANT WHEN THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED. ARE Y'ALL BOOKING ANY EVENTS FOR THE BAR RESTAURANT? LIKE IF SOMEONE WANTS TO DO A PRIVATE EVENT THERE? WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT AS OF YET. OKAY. THAT IS AN OPTION.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO HAVE THREE OTHER EVENT SPACES THAT WILL BE HEAVILY USED, AND WE EXPECT THE COMMUNITY TO BE USING THE RESTAURANT HEAVILY TOO. SO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT BALANCE.

OKAY. AND YOU ANSWERED MY NEXT QUESTION WAS DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY MORE COSTS COMING BEFORE US? WE'RE NOT GOING TO PULL BACK A WALL. AND THE CONTRACTOR SAYS, OH, WE NEED WE PULLED BACK THE WALLS. OKAY. YEAH. WE HAVE. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE PULLED BACK ALL THE WALLS. EXACTLY. THAT'S THAT'S PART OF WHAT INCREASED THE COST IS PULLING BACK THE WALLS. PULLING BACK THE WALL.

OKAY. DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY ISSUES GETTING OUR FULL REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY? ANY ISSUES? I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME REIMBURSEMENTS, BUT DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY ISSUES GETTING THE REST? I DON'T THINK IT'S SO MUCH FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY AS IT IS FROM FEMA. THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT WE'RE WE'RE IN DUE MONEY FROM FEMA, BUT THAT'S KIND OF UP IN THE AIR AT THIS POINT. AND USUALLY THAT TAKES A WHILE ON NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND I WOULD NOT CONSIDER CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES NORMAL. SO THAT'S PENDING. OKAY. OKAY. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS STAFF HIRING. IS THERE A STAFF HIRING REHIRING PLAN IN PLACE MAYBE GIVING FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL TO OUR PAST STAFF? SO WE DO HAVE A STAFF PLAN FOR REHIRING RIGHT NOW.

SOMETHING THAT I DO JUST WANT TO JUST SPEAK TO IS THAT NUMBER ONE, WE TRIED TO KEEP AS MANY CORE STAFF FOR THE KITCHEN AND FOR OUR SERVERS AS POSSIBLE. YEP. AND SO WHAT YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE IS A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING OUTSIDE, WHO HONESTLY HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD AND WE ARE SUPER IMPRESSED WITH THEM, LOVE THEM TO DEATH. SO THANKFUL THAT WE HAD THEM. BUT THEY'LL BE MOVING BACK INSIDE, GOING BACK TO THEIR REGULAR ROLES. INSTEAD OF CLEANING GOLF CARTS FOR US, I THINK THEY'RE ALL REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THEY'D RATHER BE MAKING TACOS OR, YOU KNOW, A HAMBURGER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RATHER THAN CLEANING GOLF CARTS. AND SO THERE IS A PLAN IN PLACE, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT PRETTY CLOSELY. OKAY. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE LGC COMMITTEE FOR ALL OF Y'ALL'S WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING AND ALL THE MEETINGS AND KIND OF VETTING THIS STUFF BEFORE WE SEE IT. SO AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING IN THERE. AND PLEASE GIVE OUR BEST TO THE STAFF WHO ARE WHO HAVE HAD TO PIVOT BUT ARE HANGING IN WITH US. SO AND THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZE AND COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DETAILS. SHASHI AND DONNIE AS WELL. MY QUESTION IS YOU MENTIONED THE COST WOULD COME OUT OF GENERAL FUND, NOT THE FUND BALANCE. AS PREVIOUSLY AS WE TALKED ABOUT IT, IT WOULD BE FUND BALANCE. IS THE FUND BALANCE OKAY. HOW MUCH OF THIS WOULD COME OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE MINUS THE INSURANCE. THE BALANCE. IT'S ABOUT 1.2 MILLION THAT WOULD BE COMING OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE. IT'S THE 6.2 MINUS THE 1.2. SO ABOUT $5 MILLION.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS WANTING TO KNOW. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS SHASHI THE BATHROOM REMODEL ON THE FIRST FLOOR. WILL THIS FIRST PHASE INCLUDE THE FIRST FLOOR RESTROOMS? IN THE FIRST PHASE, WE'RE USING THE EXISTING UNMODELED RESTROOMS. THEN WHEN WE GO REMODEL, THE RESTROOMS ON THE SECOND FLOOR WILL TRANSITION TO THE RESTROOMS ON THE SECOND FLOOR, THEN COME BACK TO THE FIRST FLOOR. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE RESTROOMS. THAT'S THE PLAN. THE RESTROOMS ON THE FIRST FLOOR. BUT THEY'RE SUITABLE AND OKAY, MY OTHER QUESTION IS CITY MANAGER, THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT, IS THERE A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT YOU GUYS SUGGESTED OR PUT ON THE PAPERWORK WHEN Y'ALL SUBMITTED THE REIMBURSEMENT? THERE WAS A TOTAL AMOUNT I CAN'T RECALL. I'LL SEND THAT IN A IN A DOCUMENT UPDATE WHEN I GET THAT AMOUNT. BUT WHATEVER AMOUNTS QUALIFIED FOR THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT, THAT'S WHAT WE SUBMITTED THE PAPERWORK FOR. DO YOU RECALL IF IT WAS IN THE MILLIONS? IT'S IN THE MILLIONS.

OKAY. IS THAT INCLUDE IS THAT INCLUDING THE REMODEL OR THAT IS JUST IT WOULD BE THE REMODEL STAFF TIME, ANY EXPENSES INCURRED AS IT RELATES TO THE STORM? OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, WHEN IS THE INSURANCE CHECK? ARE WE ANTICIPATING GETTING THAT. WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED. OKAY. AND THEN. OH, DONNIE, THIS IS MY QUESTION FOR YOU. IS THERE ANY, ANY FINANCIAL

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ALONG WITH SOME OTHER DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS AND STUFF. SO US MAKING A DECISION. I VOTED NO ON THE LAST TIME. IT'LL BE A NO THIS TIME AS WELL, BECAUSE THIS IS A REALLY LARGE, YOU KNOW, CHUNK OF MONEY THAT WE'RE WE'RE ASKING TO COME OUT OF OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR SAFETY NET, TO DO A COMPLETE REMODEL. ALTHOUGH I SUPPORT THE REMODEL, I LOVE IT. I'M GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. I'M A BIG SUPPORTER IN THE RESTAURANT THERE, BUT THAT IS A HUGE AMOUNT. AND THEN TO COME BACK TO ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT IS A HUGE CONCERN FOR ME. BUT THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR DOING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE NUMBERS. SO THAT WE CAN SO THAT I CAN MAKE OTHER DECISIONS GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. I RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM BROWNE-MARSHALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. I WANTED TO DEFER BACK TO CITY MANAGER JONES. SHE HAD HER HAND UP. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT IN GENERAL THAT HALF OF THOSE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED ARE FOR STORM RELATED EXPENDITURES, WHICH WOULD HAVE COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND THROUGH OUR EMERGENCY FUND. DIFFERENT GENERAL FUND, I MEAN, DIFFERENT FUND BALANCE, BUT SCHEDULED FOR EMERGENCIES. AND WE DO ANTICIPATE GETTING ALL OF THAT BACK AT SOME POINT IN TIME, JUST NOT RIGHT NOW. SO FOR THAT, LET ME JUST POINT THAT OUT. THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT, IT WAS A STRATEGIC DECISION TO EXPAND THE FACILITY FOR THE BAR AND THE RESTAURANT, BECAUSE WE WERE NOT FULLY UTILIZING THOSE SPACES. AND WE SEE THAT BEING A RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT OVER TIME, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE LARGEST REVENUE PRODUCING SECTIONS OF THE FACILITY. AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THOSE REVENUES, THESE ARE DOLLARS WELL SPENT AND A LOT OF THOSE COSTS WE WOULD HAVE INCURRED WITHOUT ANY RETURN ON INVESTMENT JUST BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE FACILITY AND THE CODE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO MAKE. AND ADDITIONALLY, THE STORM ACTUALLY WAS A I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT A BLESSING, I WILL SAY, BECAUSE IT AFFORDED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF SOME STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS, THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE FUNDS TO DO SO OR IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A PRIORITY. SO AT LEAST WE'RE LEVERAGING THOSE FUNDS BY BEING ABLE TO USE THE EMERGENCY FUNDING FROM FEMA AS AS WELL AS THE INSURANCE MONEY. AND SO I THINK AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE I UNDERSTAND ALL THE PRIORITIES, AND I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO SAY WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPETING PRIORITIES. THIS IS A REVENUE GENERATOR AND WE WILL SEE A RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT. AND THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. FIRST OFF, I WANTED TO TRULY THANK THE STAFF AND MY COLLEAGUES ON LGC. EVERYBODY HAS REALLY BEEN CHIPPING IN AND PARTICIPATING IN THE RIGOROUS AMOUNTS OF MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING IN REGARDS TO GETTING THIS THING UP AND UP TO A PROFITABLE LEVEL. SO I TRULY, TRULY THANK YOU GUYS, AND I THANK YOU FOR EVEN GOING BACK AND JUST LISTENING TO SOME OF OUR VISIONS. WITH REGARDS TO THE RESTROOMS, I WANTED TO PUT A PEN MARK HERE IN THIS. IT WAS CRITICAL TO THE LGC COMMITTEE THAT WE MADE SURE THAT THE RESTROOMS ON THE FIRST FLOOR WERE TO BE REOPENED IN MAY. THAT THAT PROVIDED US AN OPPORTUNITY

[01:20:02]

SO IT'S ALL A PART OF THE OVERALL PLAN TO ENSURE THAT THAT FACILITY STARTS TO GENERATE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT. AND WITH REGARDS TO THE MONEY THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE IN ORDER, WHICH IS $5 MILLION, DOES THAT ARE WE STILL AT THE THRESHOLD OR WE'RE STILL ABOVE THE THRESHOLD, EVEN WITH USING THE $5 MILLION? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BARNEY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF POINT OUT A FEW THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO SPENDING MONEY, PARTICULARLY TAXPAYER DOLLARS. I MEAN, WE'RE ALL TAXPAYERS SITTING ON THE DAIS. SO, I MEAN, THIS IMPACTS US, TOO. THERE ARE THINGS THAT I TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. AND SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR MEETING WITH LGC COMMITTEE PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY, SHOULD I SAY, DONNIE HAYES, YOU KNOW, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND HELPING US WALK THROUGH THIS. AND OF COURSE MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN MARSHALL AS A CHAIR. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THIS BEING A CITY ASSET. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THIS ASSET. AND I KEEP SAYING ASSET BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S AN ASSET OF OUR OF OUR CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT EVERYONE TO UTILIZE IT. AND WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE PROUD OF IT BECAUSE IT'S A CITY FACILITY.

IT'S NOT A QUAIL VALLEY FACILITY. IT'S THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY'S FACILITY. SO WHEREVER YOU ARE IN OUR CITY, YOU KNOW INDIVIDUALS CAN UTILIZE IT. AND WE WANT TO BUILD BACK BETTER, AS WAS STATED. THE SECOND THING IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED SOME ABOUT $1.3 MILLION OF IN INSURANCE SEEKING MORE. AND OF COURSE, THERE'S A REQUEST FROM FEMA FOR MILLIONS MORE DOLLARS. SO I BELIEVE THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVE MORE DOLLARS FROM FROM HURRICANE BURRELL, WHICH IS A STORM THAT WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE AND OR CAUSE, IT'S A MAN MADE, WELL, NOT A MAN MADE. IT'S A NATURAL DISASTER THAT WAS NOT A MAN MADE DISASTER. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NO CONTROL OVER AND IT DAMAGED OUR ASSET. SO WE HAVE TO BUILD BACK OUR ASSET. AND WHY NOT BUILD IT BACK BETTER IN A WAY THAT WAS DISCUSSED SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND AND ALSO ALLOW PEOPLE TO UTILIZE IT SO WE CAN GENERATE MORE OF A PROFIT. THE THIRD THING IS MOST OF THIS INCREASE. THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR BATHROOMS TO BE EXPANDED.

THAT'S ABOUT ROUGHLY $640,000. SO MORE THAN HALF OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR WAS BEING ASKED FOR TODAY IS COMING FROM THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY TALKED ABOUT EXTENSIVELY WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT THE BRAKES ON OR RECONSIDER. BUT IT'S ALREADY THE TRAIN HAS ALREADY LEFT THE STATION WITH THAT. SO WE CAN'T. ALSO DONNIE MENTIONED IT AS WELL FROM A FROM A PRICING STANDPOINT OF A OF OUR FACILITIES FOR OUR GRILL BAR EVENTS, WE EXTENSIVELY WORKED WITH HIM AND THE STAFF AND THE COMMITTEE TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ITEM THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO NOT ONLY RETRIEVE THE DOLLARS OR RECOUP THE MONIES THAT WE'RE INVESTING INTO OUR ASSET, BUT ALSO TO TURN A PROFIT. NOT ONLY UP UNTIL GETTING THAT MONEY BACK, BUT ALSO INTO THE NEAR FUTURE. THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT, AND WHY I FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING YES TO THIS, IS WE HIRED, I WANT TO SAY, A MONTH OR TWO OR LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO. IS HIS NAME RANDY BLACK BLACKMON, FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR, AND HE'S GOING TO

[01:25:06]

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A LAST COMMENT IN REGARDS TO CITY MANAGER. YOUR STATEMENT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CITY ASSET. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR CITY. A LOT OF OUR OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CITY, RESIDENTS DON'T UTILIZE THE FACILITY. SO. BUT THE TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING PAID TO FUND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT COMES FROM EVERYBODY THAT IS A TAXPAYER. IN THIS CITY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY AND THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE WATCHING, THIS WAS NOT A COUNCIL PRIORITY AT THE TIME WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE PRIORITY WAS TO REMEDIATE THE PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT IT BACK TO ITS PROPER CONDITION, TO BE ABLE TO OPEN AND OPERATE. THAT WAS WHAT WAS NECESSARY TO BE DONE. THE REMODEL AND THE EXPANSION AND ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WERE ADDED ON WAS NOT A PART OF OUR PRIORITIES TO START WITH. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE VOTED IN FAVOR OF, NOT MYSELF. TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. SO I JUST WANT THAT CLARIFICATION TO BE KNOWN. AND ALSO, I LOVE THE BLUEBONNET, THE FOOD. AS LONG AS Y'ALL KEEP THE TAQUITOS, THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY, IT HAS TO AT SOME POINT IT HAS TO MAKE SENSE WITH THE FINANCIAL ASPECT. THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR THE DATA ON THAT. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MADE THAT COMMENT AND MAKING IT CLEAR TO THE RESIDENTS THAT THIS WAS NOT A COUNCIL PRIORITY AT THE TIME. THE PRIORITY WAS TO REMEDIATE, GET THE FACILITY BACK WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SO THAT WE CAN OPEN IT UP AND BE ABLE TO USE IT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS AND THE REMODEL CAME, CAME IN WITH THAT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZE AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. YEAH. YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EXPANSION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A MARKET OUT THERE THAT WE WEREN'T TAPPING INTO. AND THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH IS GOING TO, I THINK, ATTRACT THAT THE THAT THAT GROUP. SO IT'LL BE ANOTHER REASON FOR BEING, I'LL SAY, EXCITED ABOUT ADDITIONAL REVENUE COMING IN. AND ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IS THE LA QUINTA GOLF COURSE. IT'S GOING TO BE READY. THE FIRST OF THE YEAR ALSO. THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER BIG DRAW THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE. WE'LL NOW HAVE TWO PREMIUM GOLF COURSES AT MISSOURI CITY IN QUAIL VALLEY. AND THAT'S GOING TO, I THINK, GENERATE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY. GREEN FEES YOU KNOW, RESTAURANT BAR PROCEEDS. SO I THINK WHEN WE SET A GOAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO BOOK SOME, SOME PROFITS THAT WILL OFFSET EVENTUALLY THE COST THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN UP FRONT. I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A WORTH WELL WORTH THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNEW THAT WE'VE GOT THAT LOOKING TO GOLF COURSE COMING ON STREAM. THE FIRST OR THE END OF THE YEAR ALSO, WHICH IS GOING TO BE, I THINK, AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE GENERATOR. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE COMMENTS. NO QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE LGC COMMITTEE FOR WORKING WITH THE STAFF, LOOKING AT THIS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO TURN OUR ASSETS INTO WORKING FOR US EVEN BETTER. SO THAT WAS MY FIRST COMMENTS. MY SECOND COMMENT IS, YOU KNOW, AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS, THERE'S A. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE HAVE 85,000 PLUS PEOPLE THAT WE SAY NOT EVERYONE USES THE RECREATIONAL CENTER. NOT EVERYONE PLAYS TENNIS, PICKLEBALL, BASKETBALL. BUT IF THAT FACILITY WAS DAMAGED, WOULD WE FIX IT? ABSOLUTELY. AND WE WOULD FIX IT BECAUSE WE NEED

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ONE IS LOOKING AT FEES. THE OTHER IS EXPANDING SOME OF THE RENTAL CAPACITY. AND SO GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY, THAT'S WHY THOSE ITEMS WERE PUT FORTH FOR COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. SO THAT I JUST THAT IS A COUNCIL PRIORITY. RIGHT. AND MY ALSO MY COMMENT WAS THE ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT I'VE SEEN WHICH PROBABLY AFFECTS MORE. SO IS THE BAR AND THE EXPANSION OF THE, THE FOOD, THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT, WHICH IS WHAT BRINGS IN MONEY. NOT TO SAY THAT THE EVENTS DON'T, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SO MUCH MONEY FROM AN EVENT. I MEAN, I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS WOULD BRING UP MORE, BUT I DON'T PLAY GOLF. I AND THOSE THAT PLAY GOLF DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S THE FOOD. IT'S THE IT'S THE BAR AREA THAT BRINGS IN MOST OF THE REVENUE ON HERE. SO IF WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDO IT, WHY NOT? AND SECOND THING IS, WHEN WE BUILT THAT COURSE, I GUESS BACK IN 20 WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED, 2010 OR 2012 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT SIZE OF THE BAR AND SIZE OF THAT FOOD RESTAURANT WAS LARGE AT THAT TIME. BUT TODAY, WITH SO MANY GOLFERS AND Y'ALL DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF INVITING OTHER GOLF COURSE. I MEAN, PLAYERS WHO ARE GOING TO SWEETWATER COUNTRY CLUB AND ALL OTHER CLUBS ARE COMING NOW TO MISSOURI CITY. SO I THINK THIS WOULD REGENERATE THAT MONEY BACK INTO GOLF COURSE OPERATIONS WHERE WE'RE AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, BREAKING EVEN. AND WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE GOLF COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING TO MARKET IT AND GO FROM THERE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL THAT. AND ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I JUST WANT TO SAY, WHEN WE KEEP SAYING BUILD BACK, I MEAN, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY MONEY FROM BIDEN, PRESIDENT BIDEN. SO THIS IS NOT A BUILD BACK PROGRAM. SO THIS IS JUST SAYING THAT IT'S A BUILD BACK ONTO THE GOLF COURSE, RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE IT. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. SO, MANAGER, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS WAS NOT A COUNCIL PRIORITY PRIOR TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. TECHNICALITIES IS NOT WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. SO PRIOR TO THE REMEDIATION AND THE BUILDING BEING DESTROYED BY THE HURRICANE, THIS WAS NOT COUNCIL PRIORITY. THIS WAS NOT A PART OF OUR DISCUSSION. IT WAS NOT ON OUR LIST OF ITEMS. IT BECAME AN ITEM THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS FOR REMEDIATION, TO PUT FUNDING BACK INTO THAT BUILDING, TO BRING IT BACK TO ITS CURRENT STANDARDS, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MET ALL THE NECESSARY CODES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT BECAME A PRIORITY BECAUSE OF THE DEVASTATION OF THE ACTUAL

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A WE'RE RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUS. YES, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO JUST REITERATE. I CAN REMEMBER A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS. MOST OF US WERE ON COUNCIL THEN, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES BEING MISSOURI CITY BEING A DESTINATION. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER ATTRACTION IS AS BIG AS AS OUR GOLF CENTER. BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE LOST EVENTS BECAUSE OUR OUR CENTER WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH. SO, I MEAN, WHEN I THINK ABOUT PRIORITIES, I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING THIS AND UNFORTUNATELY IT CAME ABOUT THE WAY THAT IT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF A NATURAL DISASTER. BUT I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO MAKE MISSOURI CITY AN EVEN BETTER DESTINATION THAN EXPANDING AND MAKING THIS THIS CENTER HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE MORE EVENTS. SECONDLY, I WANT TO SAY THIS. NOW THAT I GOLF. I HAVE TALKED TO LOTS OF GOLFERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE GAME FOR A LONG TIME, AND ALL THEY CAN TALK ABOUT IS HOW WONDERFUL OUR GOLF COURSE IS. AND, YOU KNOW, I SEE IT FROM A DIFFERENT LENS.

SOMETIMES I SEE THE, YOU KNOW, THE BUMPS AND THE BRUISES IN IT, BUT THEY PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THESE RENOVATIONS THAT ARE COMING. SO I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS EXPANSION AND THE VISITORS THAT THE MORE VISITORS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BRING, AND THEN THE IDEAS OF OUR NEW GENERAL MANAGER TO MAKE THIS EVEN BIGGER. I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I CANNOT WAIT TO VOTE ON IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONIN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLAUSER. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MAYOR ALLEYCAT, DO YOU MIND IF WE DO A ROLL CALL? VOTE? YES, MA'AM.

MAYOR ALLEYCAT. YES. MEMBER. BROWN. MARSHALL. YES. MEMBER. CLOUSER. YES. MEMBER. RILEY.

MEMBER. BONEY. YES. MEMBER. O'DEKIRK. YES. MEMBER. EMERY. YES. THE MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 1.

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution confirming the appoin...]

[01:45:02]

OKAY. OKAY. LOOKING FOR A MOTION OR SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. YES, MAYOR. YES, MAYOR. PRO TEM BROWN. MARSHALL. YES. MEMBER. CLOUSER. YES. MEMBER. RILEY. MEMBER. BONEY.

YES. MEMBER. YES. MEMBER. EMERY. YES. THE MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER TEN

[10. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]

AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 8:29 P.M. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL

[11. RECONVENE]

OKAY, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. CAN WE HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM? AND I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL? YES. OKAY. MAYOR CAT? YES. MEMBER. BROWNE-MARSHALL. YES. MEMBER.

CLOUSER. YES. MEMBER. RILEY. YES. MEMBER. BONEY. YES. YES. MEMBER. EMERY. YES. THE MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. AND WITH THE HEARING. NO OTHER. FURTHER BUSINESS. NO OBJECTIONS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:31 P.M. THANK YOU ALL.

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