[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:08] ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS MONDAY, MAY 5TH, 2025. I WILL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:35 P.M. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE TODAY. IT'LL BE LED BY CUB SCOUT PACK 1985. COME ON UP. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU GUYS. [(a) Presentation - Donation by Edison Arts Foundation] OKAY. WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION. SO FOR A PRESENTATION IS A DONATION BY EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION. BECAUSE IT'S A DONATION I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT UP. BUT THEY DO HAVE THREE SEPARATE DONATIONS THAT THEY WILL BE MAKING TODAY. SO FOR TO MAKE THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS I'M GOING TO HAVE THE EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION CHARITY AND TROY CARTER TO COME ON UP. TROY DOESN'T WANT TO COME UP. THAT'S YOU GOT TO COME UP. DID YOU GIVE HIM MONEY AWAY? WHAT UP? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. GOOD EVENING. AND OUR ILLUSTRIOUS COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MAYOR, ON BEHALF OF THE EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT TO THREE WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS IN MISSOURI CITY WHO DID A FANTASTIC, SUPERB, WONDERFUL JOB THIS YEAR AND EVERY YEAR, BUT ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR. AND SO WE HAVE, ON BEHALF OF HEB, WHO PRESENTED TO EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION AND THE MISSOURI CITY BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION FOR OUR 10TH YEAR CELEBRATING IN THE CITY, THEY PRESENTED THE FOUNDATION WITH A DONATION, AND WE WANTED TO GIVE BECAUSE WE WERE GIVEN TWO. AND WE ALSO THANK YOU. AND WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE, IN ADDITION TO OUR 10TH YEAR, HEB IS CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. AND SO WE'RE JUST SO PROUD AND HONORED. THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS TO THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT. SO CHARITY, AS THEY COME UP. YES. AS THEY COME UP, I JUST WANT TO SAY I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS. SO THIS MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION THIS YEAR HAS CLOSE TO ABOUT 100 PEOPLE, 100 KIDS, AND THEY ARE HAVING THEIR BANQUET THIS THURSDAY, THEIR YEAR END OF THE CELEBRATION. AND SO, GERALD, OUR DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY, HAS BEEN LEADING THIS PACK. HE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. SO WHAT A WAY TO AS YOU'RE GOING INTO YOUR BANQUET ON THURSDAY TO GET SOME MONEY, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T SPEND THEM. ALL RIGHT. SO I WOULD ALSO ASK GERALD TO COME UP AND JOIN ME AND JOIN THE NYC TO RECEIVE THIS. THANK YOU LADIES. THANK YOU. MISSOURI CITY MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION FOR YES. THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE IT UP. FOR MYSELF. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. WHY SHOULD I CARE? ROY, YOU WANT TO, YOU SAY. DO THEY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? OKAY. YES. THIS IS HOW YOU LEARN, RIGHT? PUBLIC SPEAKING. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. WITH THIS SORT OF MONEY, WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD NOT ONLY IN OUR LIVES, BUT ALSO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMMISSION ITSELF. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS CONTRIBUTION. THANK YOU. I WANT TO I WANT TO POINT I WANT TO POINT SOME SOME THINGS OUT. WE'RE NOT JUST GIVING IT BECAUSE IT SAYS MAYOR YOUTH COMMISSION. AND ROBIN'S A NICE GUY. WE'RE ACTUALLY GIVING IT BECAUSE THIS FUNDING TO YOU ALL, BECAUSE [00:05:02] EVERY TIME WE ASK AS A FOUNDATION FOR VOLUNTEERS DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION COMES OUT AND YOU GUYS, YOU COME OUT STRONG. I MEAN, FIVE, SIX AT A TIME. AND WE COULDN'T DO THE THINGS THAT WE DO WITHOUT YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS. SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S YOURS TO KEEP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT ONE OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS TO MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION. ALL RIGHT. WE JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S. EXCUSE ME, MISSOURI CITY. MY MIND IS STILL WITH THE KIDS. THAT'S WHO I WORK WITH ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU. LADIES, ON BEHALF OF EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION, WE WANT TO PRESENT THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US. WE ARE DEDICATING THIS THIS DONATION TO THE FREEDOM TREE PARK. WE KNOW THAT IT IS A SIGNIFICANT PART TO BLACK HISTORY AND ITS AND THE HISTORY OF WHAT WE DO. AND SO JUST WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT, AND WE HOPE THIS SMALL DONATION HELPS YOU TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CHARITY AND TROY, ON BEHALF OF THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY. DEFINITELY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF KEY INITIATIVES, ONE BEING THE FREEDOM TREE, AND WE WILL DEFINITELY DEPOSIT IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO ONE, THE COMPLETION OF THE RIBBON CUTTING, MARION COUNCIL COMING VERY SOON. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOT SOME PICTURES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU ANTHONY. THANK YOU. AND OUR LAST PRESENTATION GOES TO MISSOURI CITY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. DONNIE AND HIS TEAM. DANIELLE. OH, I LOVE THEM. I LOVE THEM ALL. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, MAYOR, CAN WE GET THERE'S SOME STAFF HERE? YES, IF YOU CAN COME UP. YES. COME ON. WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT MISSOURI CITY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER. YOU GUYS SET THE BAR SO HIGH TO WHAT PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. I TELL THEM ALL THE TIME, YOU ALL CAN WRITE A BOOK ABOUT IT AND TEACH SOME OTHER MAJOR CITIES. OKAY, ON HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTLESS COMMITMENT. THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US AS A SMALL FOUNDATION TO MAKE US LOOK BIG AND BIGGER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENERGY AND YOUR COLLABORATIVE APPROACH. YOU MAKE US FEEL LIKE YOU REALLY WANT TO BE A PART OF BLACK HISTORY, AND WE DO IT SO SEAMLESS. AND SO IT IS JUST WONDERFUL TO HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE, TO KNOW THAT WE CAN COME TO A BIG CITY WITH A BIG IDEA, AND YOU CAN HELP THAT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A SMALL FOUNDATION. SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUR BIG DREAMS FOR OUR WONDERFUL CITY IN MISSOURI CITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL STAFF. PLEASE KEEP THEM. MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND YOU HAVE WONDERFUL LEADERSHIP. YES. BY THE WAY, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. IT'S ANGEL JONES. OKAY. WELL, I WILL JUST SAY THAT FROM THE STAFF HERE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, IT TRULY IS A JOY TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS. FOR US TO SEE BLACK HISTORY MONTH COME TOGETHER EVERY SINGLE YEAR. THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE AS A CORE GROUP, THE LAUGHTER AND THEN THE EFFORT THAT IS JUST PUT IN TIME AND TIME AGAIN REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE NOT ONLY TO US AS STAFF, BUT WE SEE IT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS, ALLISON. SHE'S QUIET. TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK. YES. AND HERE YOU GO. THIS IS FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD TO GIVE YOU A HUG. SO, CHARITY. WAIT, WAIT. BOTH OF YOU WAIT. I JUST WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK BOTH CHARITY AND TROY CARTER WITH EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO. AND SO I GOT IT. WHILE I WAS STANDING ON THE SIDE, I GOT SOME TEXT MESSAGES AND NOTES FROM PEOPLE SAYING THAT WHERE IS THE CITY COUNCIL MONEY? WE DIDN'T GET ANY MONEY. I'M JUST KIDDING. I DON'T THINK WE CAN TREAT THE. NO, YOU CAN'T, YOU CANNOT. BUT THEY BUT THEY THEY DECIDED TO GIVE THIS TO THREE WONDERFUL CAUSE THAT THEY, THEY THOUGHT I [00:10:01] WAS SERIOUS. RIGHT. BUT THREE WONDERFUL CAUSE OUR PARKS ALWAYS WORKING HARD AND THEN OUR NYC AND THEN ALSO OUR FOUNDATION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WORKING WITH US THIS YEAR AND GETTING AND PROMISING TO DELIVER THESE RIGHT HERE AT THE CITY HALL AND DURING A COUNCIL MEETING. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO ITEM FOUR B IS A PROCLAMATION AS NATIONAL [(b) Proclamation - National Small Business Week] SMALL BUSINESS WEEK. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE HAVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, LYNN CLOUSER, TO COME DOWN AS ONE OF THE CHAMPION FOR SMALL BUSINESS. PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY. THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK. SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR CITY. MISSOURI CITY IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESSES THROUGH VARIOUS INITIATIVES. OUR SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. THEY HOST RIBBON CUTTINGS TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. OUR QUARTERLY MIXERS ARE HELD SO THAT OWNERS CAN NETWORK AND PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESSES. THERE ARE MANY SUCCESS STORIES THAT HAPPEN AT OUR QUARTERLY BUSINESS MIXERS. WE HAVE LAUNCHED DISCOVER MCTC THAT HIGHLIGHTS HIDDEN GEMS OF OUR CITY, AND YOU CAN GO TO DISCOVER MCTC ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM TO SEE THE WONDERFUL HIGHLIGHTS AND THE TASTE OF MISSOURI CITY. IT'S HAPPENING JUNE 14TH FROM 4 TO 8 RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL. THIS IS WHERE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAMPLE AND PURCHASE FROM OUR VERY OWN SMALL BUSINESS RESTAURANTS. THERE WILL BE MUSIC, A KIDS ZONE, PHOTO BOOTH, AND MUCH MORE. THE TASTE OF MISSOURI CITY KICKS OFF RESTAURANT WEEK, WHERE RESTAURANTS WILL OFFER A MENU AT A SET PRICE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. NOW, YOU CAN STAY TUNED TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES TO FIND OUT WHAT RESTAURANTS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE TASTE OF MISSOURI CITY AND RESTAURANT WEEK. COUNCILMEMBER CLAUSSEN, THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO PLAY A WIDER ROLE IN SHAPING THE INITIATIVES THAT SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE THEY FEEL THE LOVE. I REALLY THINK THEY DO. TOGETHER WE EXCEL. HAPPY SMALL BUSINESS WEEK. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES. IF YOU HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? I KNOW TROY AND CHARITY CARTER, FORT BEND ACADEMY OF ARTS AND DANCE, ANY OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES. SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FIRST OF ALL HAVING YOUR BUSINESS IN MISSOURI CITY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TAX DOLLARS AND HAPPY SMALL BUSINESS WEEK. I WANT TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO A FRIEND OF MINE, WINSTON LABBÉ. HE IS WITH THE US SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. SO IF YOU ALL WILL WELCOME WINSTON LABBÉ. LONG TIME NO SEE. WINSTON AND I WORKED TOGETHER MANY YEARS AGO, BUT THIS PROCLAMATION IS PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY. AND IT READS. WHEREAS SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE ENGINE OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY AND THE FOUNDATION OF A FREE AND PROSPEROUS NATION BUILT BY INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK HARD, TAKE RISKS AND BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. AND WHEREAS SMALL BUSINESSES MAKE UP MORE THAN 99% OF ALL PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS AND CREATE NEARLY TWO OUT OF EVERY THREE NEW JOBS IN AMERICA, FUELING OPPORTUNITY AND DRIVING LOCAL ECONOMIES ACROSS EVERY CORNER OF THE COUNTRY. AND WHEREAS SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES HELPS LOCAL COMMUNITIES PRESERVE THEIR UNIQUE CULTURE AND CHARACTER. AND WHEREAS MISSOURI CITY IS HOME TO A DIVERSE AND VIBRANT SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE CITY'S ECONOMIC VITALITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. NOW, THEREFORE, I, COUNCILWOMAN LYNN CLAUSER, ON BEHALF OF OUR MAYOR ROBIN ELLICOTT AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL STAFF AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, WE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 4TH THROUGH THE 10TH OF 2025 AS NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND CELEBRATE THEIR MANY ACHIEVEMENTS. AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO SAY, MAKE SURE YOU SUPPORT OUR MISSOURI CITY SMALL BUSINESSES FIRST. I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I'M CHEATING ON THE CITY WHEN I DRIVE OUT TO SUGARLAND OR SOMETHING. SO WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO [00:15:06] WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. YOU ARE SO WELCOME. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? HE WANTS HIS PICTURE FIRST. HERE WE GO. ONE. TWO. THREE. ALL RIGHT, HERE YOU GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I ASKED HIM TO TAKE A PICTURE. THAT'S WHY HE WAS STILL ON THE STAND BY FOR ME. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. AND ALL THE COUNCIL WOMEN COUNCILMEN, A FRIEND, COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN. ARE YOU SAY COUNCIL, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCIL MEMBERS. OKAY, COUNCILMAN AND COUNCILMAN. I SEE MY GOOD FRIEND JEFF BONEY OVER HERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, FOR THE PROCLAMATION, THE RECOGNITION. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY, THE SBA, WE STAND BY SMALL BUSINESSES. I AM A LONG TIME RESIDENT. IT'S 1988, AND SO I'M A DEPUTY DIRECTOR WITH THE SBA. I'VE KNOWN LYNN A LONG TIME. I'VE KNOWN COUNCILMAN BONEY A LONG TIME. I HAVE TO DO ALL THE FORMAL THINGS RIGHT. BUT BUT WE REALLY DO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR YOU GUYS, COLLABORATIONS ON WORKING CAPITAL, ACCESS TO CAPITAL PANELS, WORKSHOPS. WE ARE READY TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES GROW, EXPAND AND PROSPER. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. AND TAKE THAT BACK TO THE OFFICE AND HANG IT WITH PRIDE. YES. ALL RIGHT. [(c) Proclamation - National Public Service Week] ALL RIGHT. ITEM FOUR C IS ALSO A PROCLAMATION, NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK. IT WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM SONYA RAMOS. THANK YOU. WE MARK PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE INCREDIBLE DEDICATION OF THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING, OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS HERE IN MISSOURI CITY. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN OUTSTANDING TEAM OF PUBLIC SERVICE PROFESSIONALS. REGARDLESS OF YOUR DEPARTMENT. YOU ARE THE HEART OF THIS ORGANIZATION. YOUR DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND CARE ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES EXPERIENCE A CITY THAT IS MOVING FORWARD. AS A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR CONTINUED APPRECIATION FOR YOUR HARD WORK, SEVERAL TREATS WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. WHILE NO SINGLE GESTURE CAN TRULY CAPTURE THE VALUE OF WHAT YOU DO, WE HOPE THESE SMALL ACTS OF THANKS REMIND YOU HOW MUCH YOU ARE APPRECIATED. NOT JUST THIS WEEK, BUT ALL YEAR LONG. ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND HAPPY PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK. I KNOW EVERYBODY. GIVE YOURSELF A ROUND OF APPLAUSE BECAUSE ALL OF US IN HERE ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS. NOW, I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE EVERYONE IN HERE. THAT IS A PUBLIC SERVANT. COME ON UP. IF YOU'RE COMING UP. COME ON UP. EVERYBODY COME UP. EVERYBODY IN BLUE. EVERYBODY IN. EVERYBODY. HELLO? HELLO, HELLO. WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, SO I'LL JUST READ IT OUT. WHEREAS NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK IS A TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATION AND CONTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES, STRENGTHEN OUR NATION, AND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. AND WHEREAS, PUBLIC SERVANTS AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY, FAIRNESS AND EQUITY, ENSURING THAT ALL CITIZENS HAVE ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND PROTECTIONS. AND WHEREAS NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONTINUED SUPPORT, TRAINING AND RECOGNITION OF THOSE WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO THE PUBLIC GOOD. NOW, THEREFORE, I, SONYA BROWN MARSHALL, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROBIN J. ALLEYCAT AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM. MAY 4TH THROUGH MAY 10TH, 2025, AS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK, AND WE URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO [00:20:06] JOIN IN IN HONORING AND THANKING OUR DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS FOR THEIR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. I'LL GO. TO. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. NOW I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO BE TREAT WEEK THIS WEEK. WHAT ARE THEY GETTING TOMORROW OKAY. OH IT'S YOU. WHAT ARE WE GETTING? TOMORROW IS TACO TUESDAY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE AND SERVE OUR EMPLOYEES. OH, THAT'S AMAZING. TACO TUESDAY TOMORROW. WE'LL SEE Y'ALL THERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FIVE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS. CITY SICK. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO [(a) Receive a Presentation - Police Department Annual Review] NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SIX, OUR STAFF REPORT TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION. POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REVIEW. WE HAVE OUR POLICE CHIEF, BRANDON HARRIS. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. OH. THANK YOU. WELL, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REVIEW FOR 2025. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL SLIDES GO THROUGH. BUT THE FIRST SLIDE WE'RE GOING TO GO TO IS OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. AND I THINK ALL OF THIS THESE TYPES OF CALLS FOR YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT WILL WILL BE INFORMED OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. SO THE TOP CALL FOR SERVICE FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT IS ACTUALLY TRAFFIC STOPS. AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTICE IS THAT THE FIRST THREE TYPES OF CALL FOR SERVICE IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT IS A SELF-INITIATED ACTIVITY BY THE OFFICER. IT'S NOT UNTIL YOU GET DOWN TO THE FOURTH WHERE IT'S ACTUAL, WHERE IT'S AN ACTUAL CALL FOR SERVICE FROM A CITIZEN ASKING FOR SOME TYPE OF ASSISTANCE. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW THAT YOUR OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE MAKING STOPS, DOING FIELD INVESTIGATIONS AND DOING PREMISE CHECKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. OUR 2024 ACTIVITY MEASURES FOR 2024, OUR TOTAL COST OF SERVICE. AND THIS IS ALSO INCLUDING OUR SELF-INITIATED ACTIVITY. WE HAD OVER 133,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE. WE FILED 5355 REPORTS THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CASES ASSIGNED TO OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION WAS 2500 CASES, AND WE MADE 1588 ARRESTS. AND THE MOST PREVALENT ARRESTS WE MADE IS A WARRANT OTHER AGENCY. AND WHAT THAT IS, IS IF ANOTHER AGENCY HAS A WARRANT OUT AND AN OFFICER COMES ACROSS THAT PERSON, WHETHER IT BE A TRAFFIC STOP OR A FIELD INVESTIGATION, THAT PERSON HAS A WARRANT. SO THAT'S THE MOST COMMON ARREST WE MAKE, FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY SHOPLIFTING AND FAIL TO APPEAR AND FAIL TO APPEAR IS WHERE OUR COURTS WOULD ISSUE A WARRANT FOR SOMEBODY NOT COMING TO COURT FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION. WE WORKED AND WORKED. WE WROTE 1373 CRASH REPORTS, AND OUR POLICE SUPERVISORS ATTENDED 179 HOA PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. DAX DAX IS THE ACRONYM IS DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO CRIME AND TRAFFIC SAFETY. AND WHAT IT IS WE HAVE USED THIS RESOURCE ALLOCATION APPROACH SUCCESSFULLY SINCE 2016, AND THE PREMISE BEHIND DAX IS TO UTILIZE CRIME AND TRAFFIC DATA TO DEPLOY LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES TO AREAS OF HIGH INCIDENCE OF CRIME OR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. AND I THINK THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. IN 2022, DURING COVID, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES NATIONWIDE SCALED BACK MANY OF THEIR CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND THEIR TRAFFIC CONTACTS AND RESULTED IN A RISE OF CRIME, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN THE FIRST LINE. DURING 2022, WE HAD A 25% INCREASE IN OUR PART ONE CRIMES, A 16% INCREASE IN OUR CRASHES, AND WE MADE 29,000 CONTACTS. THAT'S FIELD INVESTIGATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTACTS IN 2023. AS A NATION, WE BEGAN TO COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND TRAFFIC CONTACTS WERE REINSTATED. AND AS A RESULT, CRIME DECREASED. AND THAT'S EVIDENT IN THE BOTTOM LINE WHERE WE HAD IT DURING 2023, WE HAD A 16% REDUCTION IN PART ONE CRIMES, A 7% REDUCTION IN CRASHES, AND WE DOUBLED OUR CONTACTS ALMOST. AND THAT JUST KIND OF TELLS US THAT OUR APPROACH TO CRIME AND TRAFFIC SAFETY IS WORKING. PROPERTY CRIME. THIS IS A THREE YEAR SUMMARY OF OUR PROPERTY CRIME. [00:25:06] AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE IN 2023 WHERE OUR LOW YEARS AND THAT WAS NATIONWIDE. WE HAD LOW THERE WAS CRIME WAS LOW. NATIONWIDE OUR NUMBERS HAVE STAYED PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LARCENY WHICH IS THE FEDERAL TERM FOR THEFT. AS EXPECTED, OUR THEFT CALLS ARE GOING UP BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED IN BUSINESSES, CONSTRUCTION SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND OFTENTIMES WE DO HAVE THEFTS FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE LARCENY. MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS HAVE STAYED PRETTY CONSISTENT OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. I THOUGHT SOMEBODY HAD A QUESTION. THIS GRAPH, I APOLOGIZE. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE. THE TOP LINE IN GREEN IS THE LARCENY. THIS IS A PROPERTY CRIMES PER 1000 RESIDENTS. AGAIN, IT STAYED PRETTY CONSISTENT. THE RED LINE IS THE BURGLARIES. AND THE THIRD LINE BELOW THAT THE PURPLE IS OUR AUTO THEFTS. AGAIN IT STAYED PRETTY CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND IN CONTEXT, I TOOK THREE CITIES HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY AREA AND ALSO THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ALL SEE ON THE NEWS. AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR CRIME RATE PER THOUSAND IS BELOW ALL THESE OTHER CITIES AND CLEARLY BELOW THAT OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON. NOT TO THROW SHADE AT HOUSTON, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE ALL SEE ON THE NEWS EACH AND EVERY DAY. VIOLENT CRIME. THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT. THIS IS WHAT WE GAUGE OUR CITY BY OUR THREE YEAR PROPERTY CRIME. I'M SORRY. VIOLENT CRIME IS AGAIN STAYED PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THE LOWS KIND OF IN 2023. BUT WE'VE HAD NO BIG VARIANCES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE RAPES THAT YOU SEE, THESE ARE NOT UNKNOWN RAPISTS. THESE ARE MORE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE CALLS FOR SERVICES SOMEHOW ASSOCIATED BACK TO THE FAMILY. SO WE DON'T I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT WE HAVE A RAPIST OUT THERE THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF. AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS HAVE STAYED PRETTY CONSISTENT. AND AGAIN, MOST OF THOSE INSTANCES ARE FAMILY RELATED. AGAIN, THIS IS THE GRAPH. IT LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER ON MY COMPUTER AT WORK. BUT THIS IS A CRIME. RATES PER THOUSAND. THE TOP LINE AGAIN IS THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS. THE ORANGE IS THE ROBBERY AND THE BLUE IS OUR THE RAPE. AND AGAIN IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AGAIN THE SAME CHART THAT COMPARES OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON. NO REAL OUTLIERS HERE, BUT WE'RE CLEARLY WITH PROPERTY CRIMES AND VIOLENT CRIMES. I THINK WE'RE WE'RE AT THE LOW END OF THE SCALE. AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE I WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO FEEL THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU SEE ON THE NEWS AND THE VIOLENCE YOU SEE ON THE NEWS IN FORT BEND COUNTY AND IN MISSOURI CITY, YOU SHOULD FEEL PRETTY SAFE LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS. SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS. LAST YEAR, WE TOOK IN 698 POUNDS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO EACH AND EVERY YEAR. WE AGAIN WERE AND I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS A LOT, BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT. WE BECAME THE FIRST CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO BE A CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTER. WE SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 135 PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS TO INCLUDE THE STEP GRANTS, OUR LIVE SCAN, OUR COPS MICRO-GRANT, AND OUR CRASH DATA RETRIEVAL SYSTEM. WE OPENED THE PUBLIC SAFETY ANNEX THROUGH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, AND WE ESTABLISHED A PEER TO PEER PROGRAM FOR OUR OFFICERS, MENTAL WELLNESS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. AND IN 2024, WE TOOK IN 300,000 IN SEIZURE FUNDS FROM OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FORT BEND COUNTY NARCOTICS TASK FORCE. AND LIEUTENANT JEFF YORK GRADUATED FROM THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY, WHICH IS THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS LEADERSHIP LAW ENFORCEMENT SCHOOL IN THE NATION AVAILABLE. AND FINALLY, THROUGH THOSE SEIZURE FUNDS, WE PURCHASED $400,000. WE UPGRADED TO TASER TEN, WHICH IS A LESS THAN LETHAL FORCE OPTION FOR OUR OFFICERS. AND WE ADDED TO OUR FLOCK CAMERAS. WE ADDED 25 CAMERAS, AND THESE ARE MONIES SPENT THROUGH SEIZURE FUNDS, AND NOT A DIME OF IT CAME FROM THEIR CITIZENS TAX DOLLARS. SO IF YOU ALLOW ME TO BACK UP ONE, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE VERY LAST THING. AND I SKIPPED IT ON PURPOSE. BUT BACK IN JULY OF 2022, WE HAD AN OFFICER SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY THAT WAS SHOT THREE TIMES WHILE TRYING TO APPREHEND A VIOLENT CRIMINAL, AND THIS SUSPECT AMBUSHED HER AND SHOT HER THREE TIMES. AND IN 2024, SHE WAS ABLE TO COME BACK TO WORK FULL DUTY AND. [00:30:15] BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THIS JOB TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE AND CONVICTION. BUT TO BE SHOT THREE TIMES AND WILLING TO COME BACK, I HAVE NO WORDS, BUT I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THIS YOUNG LADY. WE ALL ARE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO THAT WAS MY PRESENTATION, AND I'LL TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME. THANK YOU. CHIEF, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP. I PLACE MYSELF ON THE QUEUE, SO I DO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND TO YOUR TEAM. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK I'VE HEARD FROM YOU. I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK AT A TOWN HALL SAYING THE VACANCIES WERE DROPPED TO X AMOUNT. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THAT NUMBER WAS? WHERE ARE YOU AT THE VACANCIES? YES, SIR. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT TEN VACANCIES, THE LOWEST WE'VE BEEN IN. I'M GOING TO SAY AT LEAST 6 OR 7 YEARS. WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND THANK YOU FOR THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND KEEPING OUR SALARIES COMPETITIVE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. SO I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO IT AGAIN TO THANK YOU AND YOUR ASSISTANT CHIEF AND YOUR AND THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER FOR WORKING WITH THIS ENTIRE TEAM AND GOING BACK IN AND FIXING WHAT WE NEEDED TO FIX AND MAKING SURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING THROUGH. AND I KNOW WE HEAR OUT THERE, PEOPLE ARE THROWING NUMBERS OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOWN TO 30, 30 EMPLOYEES AND WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT I, I KNOW I'VE HEARD YOU SAY THIS AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SAY IT. AND SO CONTINUE WITH THIS REPORT. THIS REPORT IS GREAT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR, OUR RESIDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SHARE THIS, AT LEAST IF YOU KNOW, BY QUARTERLY, IF NOT, NOT QUARTERLY, BUT AT LEAST A YEARLY ONCE. SO THIS WAY PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND I PROMISE YOU, WE'LL GET THIS TO YOU EARLIER THAN MAY NEXT YEAR, NO PROBLEM. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OFFICER CRYSTAL FOR WELCOME BACK. AND I KNOW YOU'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT AND ALL OF OUR COUNCIL, OUR ENTIRE STAFF AND OUR OFFICERS AND OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY STANDS BEHIND YOU. AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF. HAVE YOU DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STAYING WITH US, STICKING WITH US AND CONTINUING TO TAKE THIS CITY FORWARD. THANK YOU TO YOUR ENTIRE COMMAND STAFF, ALL OF THE OFFICERS. Y'ALL ARE SUCH A BLESSING TO US AND WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR GRAPHS AND YOUR COLOR CODING. I LIKE THAT THAT YOU REALLY ADVANCED IN YOUR SKILL. SET. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. BUT I DO HAVE CONTACTS YOU LISTED IN YOUR YOUR REPORT WHERE WE WENT FROM 29,000 TO 49,000. WHAT DO YOU STATE THAT THAT'S CONTRIBUTED FROM. THAT WAS DURING A TIME WHEN NATIONWIDE WE ALL THE COVID RESTRICTIONS WERE LIFTED IN 2022. WELL, SINCE THE START OF COVID, WE RESTRICTED THE AMOUNT OF CONTACTS WE MADE JUST FOR HEALTH REASONS, AND IT TOOK SOME TIME, ONCE THE RESTRICTIONS WERE LIFTED, FOR THE OFFICERS TO KIND OF GET BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS. BUT AS THE NUMBERS WENT UP, AS THE MORE CONTACTS WENT UP, OUR CRIME SEEMED TO REDUCE AS A AS AN EFFECT. OKAY. WELL THAT'S A GOOD A GOOD THING. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THE REPORT. IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO REFUTE ANY REFUTE ANY LIKE NON FACTUAL INFORMATION. SO WE CAN SEE THAT OUR CITY IS DOING VERY VERY WELL. AND THAT'S DEFINITELY A CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR STAFF FOLLOWING YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND SO WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL. WE WILL DO ANY AND ALL THAT WE CAN FOR YOU GUYS, FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF AND ORGANIZATION TO HELP THE CITY TO BE PRODUCTIVE. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME BACK. WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK IN THAT UNIFORM. YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU ENDURED AND ALL THAT YOU FOUGHT BACK TO GET BACK TO THIS ORGANIZATION. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM BROWNE-MARSHALL THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I'LL START OFF BY SAYING WELCOME BACK TO YOU, OFFICER SEPULVEDA. SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK. CHIEF. I DIDN'T SEE IN THE SLIDE, BUT AT OUR [00:35:03] TOWN HALL MEETING ON LAST WEEK, YOU MENTIONED CALL TIMES AND HOW WE WERE BEATING CERTAIN RECORDS. AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THAT. SO THOSE NUMBERS I GAVE YOU WERE, I BELIEVE, WERE FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS. SO IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, OUR OUR RESPONSE TIMES FOR NON-EMERGENCY CALLS WAS A LITTLE OVER TEN MINUTES. OUR GOAL FOR RESPONSE, OUR RESPONSE TIME FOR NON-EMERGENCY IS 15 MINUTES. AND FOR EMERGENCY CALLS IT WAS A LITTLE OVER FIVE MINUTES IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND OUR GOAL IS SEVEN MINUTES. SO I SAY THAT EVEN WITH THE VACANCIES WE HAVE, WE ARE STILL MEETING AND EXCEEDING THAT GOAL OF OUR CALL RESPONSE TIMES. AND I ONLY SEE IT IMPROVING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE MENTIONED THAT HERE ON TONIGHT SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN HEAR IT, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND THE TOWN HALL MEETING, BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS ARE CRITICAL. THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT. IT IS VERY WELL DONE. IT REALLY IS. AND MY LAST COMMENT IS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR NOT RETIRING WHILE I'M HERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER. YES, CHIEF. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I TOO, WANT TO ECHO THE SUPPORT FOR OUR OFFICERS. JUST THEY ARE JUST AS FRIENDLY AS THEY CAN BE, AS PATIENT AS THEY CAN BE. HARD WORKING. AND I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST POLICE AGENCY THAT THERE IS OUT THERE. SO YOU ALL ARE SO APPRECIATED. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION. I KNOW ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TWO YEARS AGO. WE MADE SOME EDITS TO THE ORDINANCE THAT DEALT WITH MASSAGE PARLORS, NAIL SHOPS TO, TO HOPEFULLY PREVENT SEX TRAFFICKING IN THE CITY. HAS THAT ORDINANCE PROVEN TO, I GUESS, IMPROVE THE STATISTICS OF SEX TRAFFICKING IN OUR CITY? I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY, WITHOUT HAVING THE DATA IN FRONT OF ME, IT HAS JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD THOSE TYPES OF CALLS FOR SERVICE IN RECENT MEMORY. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR A WHILE THERE, WE WERE HAVING SEVERAL OPERATIONS WITH OUR UNDERCOVERS. WE WERE WORKING THEM. BUT IN THE LAST AT LEAST A YEAR OR SO, WE HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING THOSE OPERATIONS. AND THAT KIND OF TELLS ME, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HAVING THE SAME COMPLAINTS AND THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND LASTLY, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY GET SOME NUMBERS FOR YOU IF YOU DESIRE THOSE, AND I CAN LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER FOR YOU. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE IF WE HAD ANY DATA THAT THAT PROVED THAT SHAPING THAT OR WIDENING THAT ORDINANCE HELPED TO DECREASE THE SEX TRAFFICKING RATES IN MISSOURI CITY. SO IT MAY BE SOMETHING TO INCLUDE ON YOUR NEXT REPORT. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND LASTLY, I DO WANT TO JUST SAY, OFFICER SEPULVEDA, YOU ARE MY HERO. AND I, I HAVE BEEN WONDERING, I ASKED SOMETIMES WHERE YOU WERE, AND I, SOMEONE TOLD ME LAST YEAR THAT YOU HAD COME BACK. AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY, YOU ARE AMAZING. AND I HAD TO HOLD BACK MY TEARS UP HERE JUST SEEING YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK. WE APPRECIATE YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THE SAME. YOU'VE HEARD IT MANY TIMES, BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK. AND WE THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT DECISION, FOR RUNNING INTO THE FACE OF DANGER AND FOR OVERCOMING EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE OVERCOME. THAT'S THAT'S TRUE COURAGE AND BRAVERY. AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE YOU, AND I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD IT FROM MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ALREADY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE AND ALL THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO FOR MISSOURI CITY. CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. IT'S GREAT TO SEE THESE RESULTS. YOU KNOW WHAT'S IMPRESSIVE TO ME AND WHAT I WANT TO GIVE YOU KUDOS FOR BEFORE I ASK MY QUESTION, IS THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE. YOU'RE CONTINUOUSLY KEEPING US SAFE WHILE ALSO BEING ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. I SAW HOW MANY OFFICERS WERE OUT THERE AT THE CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS FESTIVAL AND VARIOUS OTHER EVENTS THAT YOU HOST AND OR PARTICIPATE IN, AND YOU KNOW, THAT JUST SPEAKS TO YOU ALL'S COMMITMENT TO OUR OUR GREAT CITY AND WHAT MAKES OUR CITY AS GOOD AS IT IS, INCLUDING OUR FAVORITE DJ OVER THERE. THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS RELATIVE TO THE GROWTH AND THE FORT BEND TOWN, FORT BEND TOWN CENTER, TOLLWAY, HIGHWAY SIX AREA. I KNOW THAT WE HAD THE ANNEX THAT WAS ESTABLISHED, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH AND ACTIVITY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON OVER THERE, NOT ONLY FROM A RESIDENTIAL [00:40:05] STANDPOINT, BUT COMMERCIAL. HAVE YOU SEEN THAT THAT'S IMPACTED YOUR NUMBERS IN ANY WAY, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS OR LACK OF OFFICERS WITH THE TEN VACANCIES THAT YOU STILL HAVE? IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT IT'S PROBABLY OUR BUSIEST DISTRICT NOW, JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHEER NUMBERS OF FOLKS THAT DRIVE THROUGH SHOP LIVE OUT IN THAT AREA. WITH THE OPENING OF THE PARK AND RIDE, OUR NUMBERS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO INCREASE A LITTLE BIT. BUT THANKFULLY WE'VE GOT THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PATROL THAT AREA AS WELL WITH US. WE'VE GIVEN THEM ACCESS TO THE CNA ANNEX SO THAT THEY CAN COME IN, TAKE A BREAK, DO PAPERWORK AND ALSO BE A VISIBLE PRESENCE OUT THERE AS WELL. SO AS WE HIRE MORE POLICE OFFICERS, THEY GET OFF THEIR TRAINING. WE WILL EXPAND THAT AREA AND POPULATE IT MORE WITH MORE OFFICERS AS WE GET THEM. THANK YOU AND THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. YEAH. THANKS, CHIEF, FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION. I KNOW THAT YOUR STAFF WORKED A NUMBER OF HOURS TO PULL ALL OF THE INFORMATION TOGETHER. SO. AND THE TOILS THAT THEY WENT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, ARE DEMONSTRATED IN PICTURES AND WORDS IN YOUR BROCHURE THAT YOU PUT OUT. IT WAS WELL DONE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR STAFF ALSO IS THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUSHED FROM THE FLOCK CAMERAS TO THE 911 SOFTWARE THAT YOU HAVE. SO AND I KNOW I DON'T WANT TO EXCLUDE THE IT GROUP WHO WORKS, I'M SURE VERY CLOSELY WITH YOU, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES. THE TECHNOLOGY CAN COVER SOME OF THE SHORTFALLS WE MIGHT HAVE FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM A PERSONNEL STANDPOINT. SO YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE USING IT WISELY. AND I THINK YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THAT. AND AS LONG AS I KNOW THAT I WON'T SPEAK FOR ALL THE COUNCIL, BUT AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GIVE YOU THE FUNDS THAT YOU NEED, KEEP BRINGING THOSE TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, IT AND, AND TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS TO, TO US SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE AND PROVIDE THE FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED. SO AGAIN, JOB WELL DONE. WELCOME BACK. CRYSTAL ZEPEDA. YOU KNOW, WE ALL PRAYED FOR YOU THAT NIGHT. AND AGAIN PRAYERS WORK. AND I THINK YOU'RE A DEMONSTRATION THAT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, PRAYERS AND YOUR COMMITMENT AND TO COME BACK TO MISSOURI CITY AS WELL RECOGNIZED. SO THANK YOU AND GODSPEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [(b) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of Consent Agenda items and ...] CHIEF. ITEM SIX B IS CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. WE HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, ANGEL JONES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WILL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONSENT ITEMS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, STARTING WITH ITEM B. THIS ACTION WOULD ALLOW FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF CASH IN LIEU OF PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR MEADOWVIEW ESTATES IN AN AMOUNT OF $15,400. THIS ITEM WAS APPROVED BY BOTH THE PARKS BOARD AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. ITEM C THIS ITEM AUTHORIZES THE NEGOTIATION EXECUTION OF A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH SV MULTI SERVICES FOR CITYWIDE MOWING SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED APPROXIMATELY $600,000 PER YEAR. THIS IS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT. THE CONTRACT IS STRUCTURED TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY TO ADJUST MOWING SCHEDULES BASED ON INCLEMENT WEATHER, SEASONAL NEEDS, AND EVOLVING COUNCIL PRIORITIES. THIS ENSURES THAT THE CITY CAN RESPOND TO CHANGING CONDITIONS AND MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVELS IN ALIGNMENT WITH COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS. ITEM D THIS ITEM SEEKS AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CANCELLATION OF THE JULY 7TH COUNCIL MEETING, AS REQUIRED BY CHARTER ITEM E. THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR AUTHORIZATION OF THE CITY STANDARDS OF CARE FOR YOUTH PROGRAMS, AND THEN ITEM F. THIS ITEM REQUESTS THE AUTHORIZATION TO REIMBURSE THE THRONE BARBERSHOP FOR ELIGIBLE EXPENSES RELATED TO PATIO IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $34,475. THAT CONCLUDES MY OVERVIEW OF THE CONSENT ITEMS, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ONE MORE TIME TO THANK ALL OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES FOR THE JOB THEY DO EVERY DAY. AND [00:45:03] THIS JUST HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT BEFORE THOSE 5% OF SALARY INCREASES GO INTO EFFECT THIS YEAR. SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL SEE THAT AS A TOKEN OF THIS COUNCIL AS WELL AS LEADERSHIP'S ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE THE SERVICES THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY. AND WE TRY TO REWARD THEM FOR THAT IN MANY [7. CONSENT AGENDA] DIFFERENT WAYS. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LOOKING FOR A MOTION OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN MARSHALL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK [(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing an agreem...] YOU I ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS RESOLUTION EIGHT A. EIGHT A IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AND FORT BEND BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, LLC, PERTAINING TO A LIMITED LICENSE FOR THE USE OF MISSOURI CITY RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER GYMNASIUM TO CONDUCT CERTAIN YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUES AND CAMPS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. JUST WANT TO. WE'RE JUST HERE TO ASK FOR AUTHORIZATION TO CONTINUE OUR CONTRACT WITH FORT BEND BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, ONE OF OUR LONGTIME PARTNERS AND A PROVIDER OF OUR RECREATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN MARSHALL. WAS THAT YOUR. YES. OKAY. SO NO NO. SO MOTION BY MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER AND SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN. YES. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. USE YOUR FINGER. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. [(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution confirming the appoin...] THANK YOU. ITEM EIGHT B. ITEM EIGHT B IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPOINTING DIRECTORS TO THE SIENNA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. CRYSTAL CITY, SAY YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS ITEM WOULD REAPPOINT DANA OSBORNE TO POSITION FOUR AND JOHN KNOX TO POSITION FIVE OF THE SIENNA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 1ST, 2029. OKAY. THERE'S BEEN YOU HAVE A I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER AND I GO TO A QUESTION I THINK IN THE QUEUE WE HAVE A MAYOR PRO TEM BROWNE-MARSHALL RECOGNIZED. SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU. CRYSTAL, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, HOW LONG HAVE THESE TWO SERVED? I CAN'T REMEMBER, DID WE HAVE ANY OTHER INTERESTED APPLICANTS? WE. NO, NOT TO MIND THAT WE THESE WERE THE TWO THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH BY THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. AND ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, THE SLATE THAT IS BROUGHT FORWARD TO US MUST BE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. WE CAN'T DEVIATE FROM THAT ACCORDING TO STATE LAW. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWNE-MARSHALL, SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM EIGHT C. ITEM EIGHT C IS A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE [(c) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution requesting the Housto...] HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL. CONSIDER THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD ALTERNATIVE AS THE PREFERRED ALIGNMENT IN THE US 90. A HIGHWAY CORRIDOR STUDY FOR FURTHER EVALUATION. SASHI KUMAR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS A RESOLUTION IN IN PERTAINING TO A STUDY THAT WAS RECENTLY CONDUCTED BY AND THE GULF COAST RAIL DISTRICT. THIS PERTAINS TO A TRANSIT STUDY THAT IS LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES FOR MASS TRANSIT IN. THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO SEE HOW TO CONNECT POPULATION CENTERS WITHIN FORT BEND COUNTY TO THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER, WHICH IS THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER. THEY THIS IS THE STUDY AREA ENCOMPASSES MISSOURI CITY AND OTHER MAJOR POPULATION CENTERS. SUGARLAND, RICHMOND, ROSENBERG, AND THOSE AREAS BASICALLY HAS THEY STARTED THIS STUDY. THEY HAD FIVE ALIGNMENTS. ONE WAS THE RAILROAD, THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. THAT KIND OF FIZZLED OUT BECAUSE FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, THE RAILROAD IS NOT INTERESTED TO BE PART OF IT. THE OTHER WAS THE BLUE LINE WAS THE CENTER POINT ALIGNMENT. SO THAT LEAVES US WITH THREE ALTERNATIVES TO CONNECT MEDICAL CENTER TO THESE POPULATION CENTER. ONE IS ALONG THE 90 CORRIDOR, THE NEXT ONE IS ALONG 90 AND US 59, AND THE THIRD ONE IS 90 AND ALONG THE TOLL ROAD. [00:50:06] SO THESE ARE THE THREE ALIGNMENTS THAT YOU SEE. OF COURSE THEY WENT THROUGH A LOT OF ANALYSIS AND THEY ZOOMED IN ON THESE THREE ALTERNATIVES. AND THEY CONSIDERED ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS POPULATION DENSITY AND COST AND WHATNOT. AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU WERE AT THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION THAT HAPPENED LATE APRIL AT THE FORT BEND LIBRARY. THE ALIGNMENT, WHICH I BELIEVE IS WE BELIEVE IS MORE BENEFICIAL TO MISSOURI CITY. THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD ALIGNMENT IS CURRENTLY RANKED NUMBER THREE. AND WE BELIEVE ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S RANKED LOW BECAUSE OF IS OF THE POPULATION DENSITY. YOU KNOW, THIS GOES ALONG THE TOLL ROAD. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT TOLL ROAD SEGMENT IS CONSIDERED TO BE EXTENDED. BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE POPULATION YET. BUT WE BELIEVE IF THE FUTURE POPULATION CAN DRIVE IT UP. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE THE THREE LOCATIONS. THE LOCATION THAT'S OF MOST INTEREST TO US IS GREEN, BECAUSE THAT GIVES US A NUMBER OF STOPS HERE IN MISSOURI CITY. AND THIS RESOLUTION ESSENTIALLY IS SUPPORT OF THE GREEN ALIGNMENT AND ASKING THEM TO CONSIDER THE FUTURE GROWTH OF POPULATION HERE IN MISSOURI CITY. WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SURE. WE ARE GOING TO SOME QUESTIONS RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER BOYD. YEAH, NO, ACTUALLY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT. I ATTENDED THAT US 98 CORRIDOR MEETING. I THOUGHT THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO SHARE OUR COMMENTS THERE, BUT THEY DID NOT. SO I DID SEND AN EMAIL, EMAIL TO THOMAS GRAY WITH HGH, EXPRESSING THAT I FELT THAT THIS OPTION WAS TRULY THE BEST OPTION AND MOST BENEFICIAL TO MISSOURI CITY AND FOR THE REGION GENERALLY. YOU KNOW, AREA TRANSPORTATION. IT'S A REGIONAL ISSUE, BUT THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS GOING TO COVER ALL OF THOSE AREAS DOWN NEAR THOMPSON'S AND THESE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE. AND BECAUSE FORT BEND TOLLWAY IS GOING TO BE EXPANDED, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US, ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS WAS INITIALLY WHEN WE GOT INTO METRO, SUPPOSED TO BE A RAIL DOWN 90 A, AND THAT NEVER CAME TO FRUITION. AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT, AND IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN. NOW, UNION PACIFIC HAS SAID THAT THERE'S A NONSTARTER WHEN IT COMES TO PUTTING STOPS THERE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DELIVER SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY PAYING IN THE METRO. NONE OF THESE OTHER MAJOR CITIES SUGARLAND, STAFFORD, ROSENBERG, RICHMOND. THEY'RE NOT IN METRO. WE ARE. AND WE'VE INVESTED A LOT SINCE THE 70S INTO METRO. AND I JUST BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL NOT ONLY TO US, BUT TO THE REGION AS A WHOLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I TOO ATTENDED THE MEETING. AND SO THE ONE THING THAT A FEW RESIDENTS HAD QUESTIONS, BUT CAN YOU ELABORATE WHAT THIS RESOLUTION MEANS AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE RESIDENTS? NOW, THIS RESOLUTION AND THE ASSOCIATED LETTER THAT WILL GO FROM THE STAFF IS PRIMARILY TWO PURPOSES. A WE WILL REQUEST THAT THEY CONSIDER THE FUTURE GROWTH OF THE POPULATION IN DETERMINING THE BEST POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE. AND AS THESE STUDIES ADVANCE INTO FUTURE PHASES, CONSIDER THIS RESOLUTION AND THE PURPOSE, AND TO SEE IF WE CAN ADVANCE THE GREEN ALIGNMENT FURTHER. AT THIS POINT, THIS PROJECT IS NOT FUNDED. WE HOPE THAT IT WILL BE FUNDED IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR VOICES ARE HEARD AND THE WHAT IS BENEFICIAL TO MISSOURI CITY, AS WELL AS THE OLD FORT BEND COUNTY. AND THE SECOND QUESTION, THANK YOU, SHASHI, WAS CAN THIS RESOLUTION BE EXPANDED TOWARDS 90 IF COUNCIL VOTES IN FAVORS THE FORT BEND TOLL, CAN IT BE EXPANDED UPON 90 WITHOUT IT COMING BACK BEFORE COUNCIL? THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY WORDED IS A SMALL SEGMENT ALONG 90, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE EXHIBIT. AND THEN IT FOLLOWS THE GREEN ALIGNMENT. NOW, CAN IT BE EXPANDED? I'M GOING TO ASK IF SOMEBODY FROM CITY'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT CAN CHIME IN ON THAT ONE PLEASE. OKAY. SO THE COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE QUESTION? THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED, IF THE RESOLUTION THE WAY THAT WE ARE PRESENTING IT TO ALIGN WITH THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD, CAN THE RESOLUTION OR ANY CHANGES BE EXPANDED TO 90 WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL APPROVAL IN THE FUTURE, OR DOES THIS HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL? IT SHOULD COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL. OKAY, THAT'S MY OTHER QUESTION. AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS NO FUNDING FOR THIS. HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE RESIDENTS FINANCIALLY IF THEY DECIDE TO PROCEED WITH IT. SO REGIONAL PROJECTS, AFTER DETAILED ANALYSIS, THEY ARE INCORPORATED IN WHAT'S CALLED THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AT THE HSC LEVEL. AND THEN THEY LOOK FOR FEDERAL FUNDS. SO THIS IS AT A CONCEPT [00:55:04] AT THIS POINT. SO AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE WE ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING. SO AT THIS POINT IT'S JUST A STUDY. AND THEY'RE SEEKING INPUT AND INPUT AND GIVING US THE POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES WHICH THEY WILL FURTHER ADVANCE AS FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE. OKAY. THANK YOU SHASHI. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER EMORY. YES. SHASHI. YOU MENTIONED THAT THE REJECTION OF THE EXPANSION ACROSS. WELL, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU MENTIONED ACROSS THE RIVER IS GOING TO BRING A LOT OF AREAS INTO PLAY AS FAR AS PEOPLE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET TO THE MEDICAL CENTER AND OTHER BUSINESS CENTERS. AND BUT I THOUGHT YOU ALSO SAID THAT THAT WASN'T THAT EXPANSION WASN'T REALLY TAKEN INTO FULL CONSIDERATION WHEN THE STUDY WAS, WAS MADE. AND I GUESS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN INTRODUCE THAT EXPANSION? AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS FOR THE USE OF THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD. AND IF IT'S IN FACT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CORRIDOR THAT'S, THAT'S SELECTED, THAT'S TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER, IF I CAN CLARIFY THE GREEN SEGMENT WHERE IT TERMINATES AT THE END, AT THE SOUTHERN END, THAT TERMINUS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FUTURE GRAND PARKWAY CONNECTION. SO IT'S GOING TO BE EXTENDING CROSSING BRAZOS RIVER AND TYING INTO GRAND PARKWAY. SO THE WAY WE UNDERSTOOD IT IS THAT CONNECTION AND THE FUTURE GROWTH IN POPULATION IS NOT BEEN FACTORED. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE PURPOSES THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS RESOLUTION. AND THE LETTER TO AGASSI, AND AS NOTED, WE WILL FOLLOW UP AND MAKE THOSE COMMENTS AS PART OF OUR CONTRACT. AND LET ME ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SAID. YOU KNOW, MISSOURI CITY HAS BEEN WITH METRO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE ON SOME OF THE OTHER PROPOSED LINES, YOU KNOW, AREN'T A PART OF METRO YET. THEY WILL IF ONE OF THOSE OTHER ROUTES ARE SELECTED, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GAIN, YOU KNOW, FROM. FROM THOSE PARTICULAR CORRIDORS BEING ELECTED OR SELECTED. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S AND I WE'VE TRIED IT. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO THROW OUR WEIGHT AROUND A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR METRO METRO'S DONE THINGS FOR US. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO AS BEST WE CAN AND AS STRONGLY AS WE CAN, MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR WORD AND OUR PROPOSITIONS THAT WE'RE WE'RE SENDING FORWARD, CONVEY THAT THAT PARTICIPATION WITH METRO FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. SO, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BONEY LOOKING FOR A SECOND. CAN WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT, C, I MEAN, ITEM NINE, CITY MANAGER. YES, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY. I OMITTED IT EARLIER, BUT WE APPROVED A NEW GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE LGC LAST MEETING. BUT SERGIO WAS NOT PRESENT AT THAT MEETING. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE HIM TO STAND, TO BE RECOGNIZED. SERGIO, IF YOU COULD STAND UNTIL NOVEMBER. SO NOW WE KNOW WHO HE IS WHEN YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ITEM [9. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] WELCOME. ITEM NUMBER NINE, OUR CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE TIME IS 7:34 P.M. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION [10. RECONVENE] TIME IS 7:52 P.M. AND CITY COUNCIL IS NOW BACK IN REGULAR MEETING TRYING TO SEE FROM COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER CLAUSER, I SEE YOU ON HERE. YES, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO APPOINT SHASHI KUMAR IN THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ROLE. EFFECTIVE DATE BASED ON HER DISCRETION. IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, SECONDED BY [01:00:04] COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. AND I PLACE MYSELF IN THE QUEUE. CONGRATULATIONS, SHASHI. ALL RIGHT. AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. EMERY. EMERY. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. I TOLD YOU YOU WERE GOING TO GO. THAT WAS FUNNY. DON'T MIND IF I DO. COME ON. HEY, SHASHI. SHASHI, WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT. THAT'S HILARIOUS. JOSH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU. YOU GOT IT. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. NO. GO. SHASHI. NO NO NO I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO STOP YOU. COME ON. NO YOU. YOU WROTE IT. COME ON. WE WANT TO HEAR IT TODAY. COME ON. WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND HUMBLY ACCEPT THIS POSITION AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. I'M VERY EAGER TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE. WITH 21 YEARS IN MUNICIPAL SERVICE. WITH SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM ALL OF YOU HAVE HAD DIVERSE EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, AND I THINK I'M READY FOR THIS JOB. AND THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS, COMBINED WITH MY PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO CONTINUE HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY AND HERE IN MISSOURI CITY. AND ONE OF THE KEY PERSONS THAT I REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE AND THANK IS CITY MANAGER JONES. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, SHE HAS REALLY MENTORED ME, AND HER GUIDANCE HAS BEEN INVALUABLE TO ME. SO MY JOURNEY HERE DIDN'T HAPPEN ALONE. MY FAMILY, MY PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, MY COLLEAGUES, THE REST OF THE LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN PART OF THIS JOURNEY. NOW, WHEN I GET ON TO THIS NEW ROLE, ALREADY KNOWING CITY MANAGER JONES, SHE HAS SET THE BAR VERY HIGH. SO I WILL NEED ALL YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO MEET OUR EXPECTATIONS AND TAKE THIS CITY TO THE NEW LEVEL. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. WELL ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.