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JUNE 2ND, 2025 WHEN I CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:30 P.M. ITEM NUMBER TWO ROLL CALL. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE TO BE LED BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, SHASHI KUMAR. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. 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. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU. AND NUMBER FOUR ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THIS SECTION. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MR. MAYOR,
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WE DO NOT. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR STAFF REPORTS CITY MANAGER REPORT. PLEASE PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF CONSENT, AGENDA ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY'S INTEREST. WE HAVE ANGEL JONES, OUR CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, TONIGHT I HAVE ONE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF. IN THIS ITEM INVOLVES THE SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND OR REPEAL CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS REDUNDANT, OUTDATED, OR UNNECESSARY. THE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE PART OF A BROADER EFFORT TO STREAMLINE THE CODE, ALIGN WITH CURRENT PRACTICES, AND ELIMINATE DUPLICATE OR OBSOLETE LANGUAGE. THE ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY ON THE FIRST READING ON MAY 19TH, AND IT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
SIX B IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER TONY SECOND, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, AND NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. LET'S GO.[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - An ordin...]
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN OUR ORDINANCES 7A7A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BONDS SERIES 2025, IN ONE OR MORE SERIES OR SUBSERIES, AS MAY BE FURTHER DESIGNATED IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $20,310,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS, LEVYING A TAX AND PAYMENT THEREOF, AUTHORIZING EACH OF THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO APPROVE THE AMOUNTS, INTEREST RATES, PRICES, AND TERMS THEREOF, AND CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO, PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF. PROVIDING FOR PROVISIONS REGARDING SUCH BONDS, INCLUDING AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ONE OR MORE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENTS, ONE OR MORE OFFICIAL STATEMENTS, AND MATTERS INCIDENTAL THERETO, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ONE OR MORE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS.AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A PAYING AGENT. REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING AND CONFIRMING THE ENGAGEMENT OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS. FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. DO WE HAVE ANY PRESENTATION ON THIS OR WE DO.
OKAY. SO WE'RE RECOGNIZING OUR MARK. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
COUNCILORS, TONIGHT I'LL PRESENTING TWO ORDINANCES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. ALL OF THE PROJECTS LISTED IN THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL ON THE MEETING IN APRIL 7TH. THE FIRST ORDINANCE IS AN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BONDS. SERIES 25, 2025, IN THE AMOUNT OF 20,310,000, BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS. WE HAVE $2,560,000 FOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS, 10,700,000 FOR STREET PROJECTS, 6,000,005 50 FOR PARKS PROJECTS, AND 500,000 FOR ADA COMPLIANCE PROJECTS. I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO THE SECOND ISSUE TONIGHT ON THE SALE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 25, JUST TO HAVE THEM UP READY FOR DISCUSSION. THAT'S SERIES 25 IS IN THE AMOUNT OF 11,550,000 FOR THREE UTILITY PROJECTS, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS. I HAVE JOE
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MORROW FROM HILLTOP SECURITY SITTING BACK HERE. BE WILLING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. OUR BOND COUNCIL IS NOT HERE. HE'S HAVING CAR TROUBLES. LET ME KNOW. HE'S TRYING TO FIND AN UBER. BUT I SAID, IF YOU'RE NOT HERE PRETTY QUICK, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO PROCEED WITHOUT YOU. SO I'D BE GLAD TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER VAUGHN. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ON THE HUNTER'S GLEN TRAIL PROJECT. IF YOU COULD JUST BREAK DOWN WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE GOING TO DO THERE AGAIN FOR THE 1.1 MILLION. WITH THE HUNTER GLEN TRAIL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. NUMBER ONE, WE'RE LOOKING AT TRAILHEADS. WE'RE LOOKING AT PAVING THE TRAIL. WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAY STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TRAIL. THERE'S ALSO CURRENTLY A BRIDGE THAT IS BEING EVALUATED AS PART OF THAT TO SEE IF THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. SO IT'S A MULTIFUNCTION PIECE, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DESIGN THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO IT. YEAH, I WENT OVER THERE AND I NOTICED THAT THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF LAND THAT'S STILL OVER THERE THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED. IS THERE ANY PLANS TO DO ANYTHING ADDITIONAL OVER THERE TO ENHANCE THAT AREA? THE BOND IS PRETTY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO. I DON'T KNOW, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT A LITTLE CLOSER TO CONFIRM THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER WRIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MY QUESTION WAS REALLY FOR. SHASHI.IF THE DRAINAGE AND THE GREGORY AND MCLEAN DRAINAGE, COULD YOU KIND OF GO OVER WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE $1 MILLION? YEAH, WE LAST WEEK WE JUST RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE G-L-O TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT. SO WE'LL BE COMMENCING THE DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT. ANY PROJECTS THE CITY HAS TO UPFRONT THE COST. SO WE ARE FRONTING THE COST TO BE REIMBURSED BY THE GLO. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE, POTENTIALLY REIMBURSEMENT COULD TAKE UP TO TWO YEARS. SO THIS MONEY IS TO KICK START THE PROJECT THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO UPFRONT AND THEN SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR EACH YEAR. AND WHICH PROJECT IS THIS GOING TO BE A SIMULTANEOUS RECONSTRUCTION FOR THE DRAINAGE, OR IS THIS GOING TO BE TWO SEPARATE? WE ARE GOING TO START THE DESIGN CONCURRENTLY, A CONSULTANT, BUT POTENTIALLY WE MAY WE MAY JUST FOR THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE. WE MAY BID IT AS ONE PROJECT OR WE MAY BID IT SEPARATELY. BUT WE HAVE NOT FIGURED THAT OUT YET BECAUSE WE HAVE YET TO START THE DESIGN. SO YOU HAVEN'T STARTED YET? THAT'S CORRECT. BASED ON YOUR EXPERTISE, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE FOR THE GREGORY MCLEAN DRAINAGE AND STREET REPAIR PROJECT TO TAKE PLACE? WITH ALL THE EXTENSIVE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, I WILL ADD A CAVEAT. ANYTIME YOU ARE GETTING GRANTS MONEY, THERE IS A COORDINATION PIECE TO IT. SO THE DESIGN POTENTIALLY COULD EXTEND. AND WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE THAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH, POTENTIALLY ABOUT CLOSE TO A YEAR IN CONSTRUCTION, ABOUT A YEAR. SO I WOULD SAY ABOUT TWO YEARS FOR THE PROJECT. OKAY. AND MY LAST COMMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IN DEALING WITH THE PARTICULARLY GREGORY AND MCLEAN, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE OF OUR FIRE STATIONS OVER THERE. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS IF THERE'S EVER AN EMERGENCY NEED OVER THERE WHERE THERE'S CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS COORDINATE VERY WELL WITH THAT, BUT JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS, THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF HOW TO DETOUR OUT OF THERE IN AND OUT, BECAUSE THAT IS KIND OF LIKE A ONE WAY IN, ONE WAY OUT WITH MCLEAN AND WITH OUR EMERGENCY FACILITY EMERGENCY VEHICLE. IF THERE'S A SITUATION OVER THERE AND THAT AREA IS BEING TORN UP, HOW THEY WOULD GET NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD CERTAINLY ADDRESS THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS THE ADA COMPLIANCE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT ACTUALLY IS? WELL, PART OF THE FACILITY, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE BOND PIECE RELATED TO FACILITY UPGRADES, PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM. MONIES WERE ALLOCATED TO BRING OUR BUILDINGS INTO ADA COMPLIANCE. SO THERE WAS A STUDY DONE BACK IN 2017. IT IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCIES. SO WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THOSE DEFICIENCIES AS NOTED FOR THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THIS SINCE IT HAPPENED SO LONG. THE STUDY WAS DONE SO LONG AGO AND SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THAT CLARIFICATION FOR THE RESIDENTS. WE HAVE A PLAN AND WE PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT PLAN. THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR CHASSIS. JUST STAY THERE. I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS UNDER THE STREETS, JUST SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE AT HOME OR VIEWING THIS LATER ON, WHAT IS THE SMART CITY INITIATIVE, RIGHT. I WILL ANSWER THAT QUESTION, MAYOR. BUT I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT ON THE APRIL 7TH PRESENTATION, WE GAVE A VERY DETAILED REQUEST AT THE COUNCIL FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL EVERYBODY TO TALK ABOUT ALL THESE PROJECTS. WHAT SMART CITY INITIATIVE IS, IS TECHNOLOGY IS GETTING SMARTER SIGNALS USED TO OPERATE IN THE WAY THAT WE WOULD
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PROGRAM TIMING. AND THAT'S HOW THE SIGNAL TIMING WORKED. BUT TECHNOLOGY IS EVOLVING WHERE ONE SIGNAL TALKS TO THE OTHER. IF WE SEE A PLATOON VEHICLES COMING IN, THEY CAN SENSE IT AND RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO SIGNALS AHEAD. AND TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS US TO SYNC OR COORDINATE THE SIGNAL TIMING, AND WE PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THAT IN OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS, WHICH IS TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT AND POSSIBLY 1092. SO FOR THAT MILLION DOLLARS, THE AREAS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS CARTWRIGHT, TEXAS PARKWAY AND FM 1090, FM 1090, NOTHING ON HIGHWAY SIX OR HIGHWAY SIX.THOSE THOSE ARE BIGGER VENTURES WITH TXDOT, POTENTIALLY, IF WE GET ANY EVEN 1092 IS A TEXT PROCESS MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL LINES. SO WE WILL LOOK AT POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS. AND OUR FOCUS IS OF COURSE THESE ARE OUR CITIZENS VOTED BOND PROJECTS. SO WE'RE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT CORRIDORS. BUT SHOULD THERE BE ANY PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WILL STRETCH IT TO 1092 AS WELL AS HIGHWAY SIX? SURE. IF IT'S APPROVED TONIGHT, WHEN WILL WE START THIS WORK? WELL, ONCE THIS IS DONE, I THINK PART OF MARK'S PRESENTATION WAS THE FUND SHOULD BE AVAILABLE END OF JUNE OR EARLY JULY. WE WILL INITIATE THE DESIGN OF A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS. SO POTENTIALLY IN A YEAR'S TIME WE WILL SEE THOSE STREETS SO ESTABLISHED. TIME OF COMPLETION IS ABOUT A YEAR, PROBABLY IN 2026 2026. OKAY. MY LAST QUESTION IS THAT YOU HAVE $400,000 IN MARICOPA COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE IN THE BOND PROGRAM, WE ENVISIONED THAT THERE MAY BE COST ESCALATIONS AND PUT IN A CLASS A POT OF MONEY FOR CONTINGENCY, SO IT HASN'T. WHEN THE PROJECTS BIDS COME IN, WE SEE A NEED. WE TAP INTO THAT. AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING A NEED FOR THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TAPPING 400,000 INTO CONTINGENCY FUNDS. ALL RIGHT. SO CITY MANAGER, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO WHEN YOU HAVE CONTINGENCIES IN CONSTRUCTION COST THAT RISES, DOES THAT COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO GET APPROVED OR WE'RE PUTTING IT IN ALREADY IN THERE FOR THAT POINT. YOU'RE PUTTING IT IN THERE FOR THE PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED. NORMALLY FOR IT TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL, WE'LL COME BACK INTO CONTRACT. AND WE WOULD SPECIFICALLY STATE WHAT WE'RE LETTING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR.
AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE BACKGROUND DATA. BUT JUST BECAUSE THESE PROJECTS WERE THE COST WAS DETERMINED BACK IN 2021. AND NOW WE'RE MOVING AHEAD WITH TRYING TO DO THE PROJECTS.
YOU WILL SEE THE TIMING DIFFERENCES. NORMALLY SOME COST ESTIMATE. SOMETIMES WE OBTAIN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES SUCH AS GRANTS. SO THE TIMING OF THOSE PROJECTS CAN CHANGE THE COST AND CHANGE. BUT UP FRONT, YOU'VE GIVEN US THE AUTHORITY TO GO UP TO THE AMOUNT THAT WAS IN THE BOND, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE DON'T EXCEED THAT, THEN WE WILL BE LOOKING AT JUST CONTINUING ON WITH THE CONTRACT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER. YES. SHASHI. THE QUESTION I HAD IS YOU'VE GOT UNDER THE I GUESS THE STREETS LAQUINTA STREET RECONSTRUCTION. WHAT SECTION OF LA QUINTA ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THERE? YOU MAY HAVE TOLD US IN AN EARLIER CORRECT PRESENTATION. THIS IS THE SECTION SOUTH OF CARTWRIGHT SECTION SOUTH OF CARTWRIGHT. CORRECT? OKAY. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU THE DETAILS OF THAT ONE, IF I MAY, AFTER THIS PRESENTATION. AND I CAN SEND YOU THE EXHIBIT OF WHAT THAT SECTION OF LA QUINTA IS. I DO HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THIS WAS WORKSHOPPED WITH COUNCIL. BUT I WILL BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP AND SEND YOU THE EXACT SECTION. CARTWRIGHT TO EL DORADO ARE WHAT'S THE LENGTH OF THE. AND IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A MINUTE I'LL FLIP TO MY NOTES HERE. THIS IS THE SECTION FROM EL DORADO BOULEVARD EXTENDING SOUTH KIND OF PARALLELS ROBINSON ROAD. OH OKAY. SO IT'S NOT FROM CARTWRIGHT, RIGHT? THIS IS JUST SOUTH OF EL DORADO BOULEVARD.
KIND OF PARALLELS ROBINSON ROAD. I WAS I WAS SAYING, YEAH, THAT'S THE WORST SECTION. THAT IS CORRECT ON LA QUINTA IS FROM EL DORADO TO CYPRESS POINT. SO THAT'S THE PIECE OKAY. GREAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. MAYOR SHASHI. JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. SO OF ALL OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED ON HERE, IT'S ABOUT 18 OF THEM.
DO ARE ANY OF THEM ALREADY KIND OF SOMEWHAT UNDERWAY. YES MA'AM. OR IS THIS AN ADDITIONAL. NO. A LOT OF THESE ARE UNDERWAY. AND AGAIN, WE CAME TO PDI AND PRESENTED A DETAILED UPDATE ON APRIL 7TH. I'M SURE THAT IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE, BUT A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T REQUEST THESE BONDS ALL AT ONE TIME BECAUSE OF ARBITRATION. WE
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ASKED FUNDING FOR DESIGN IN ONE CYCLE FOR BIGGER PROJECTS, AND THEN WE COME BACK AND ASK FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY, AND THIS IS ADDITIONAL MONEY TO SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION OR ADD ON CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS, BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION IS EXTENDING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO, MY MEMORY ISN'T THAT GREAT. BUT MY OTHER QUESTION IS THE ROBINSON ROAD RECONSTRUCTION. IN TERMS. NOW, I KNOW THAT ONE REALLY HAS NOT STARTED AS OF YET, BUT IN TERMS OF WITH ROBINSON ROAD RECONSTRUCTION AND THE RECONSTRUCTION, WOULD THOSE POSSIBLY GO SIMULTANEOUSLY OR WOULD YOU BE LOOKING TO DO THEM? WE WILL POSSIBLY BE LOOKING AT STAGGERING. THIS ROBINSON IS AHEAD IN, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE EVENTS THAT'S HAPPENED ON ROBINSON, WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO IT. WE'RE IN THE DESIGN PHASE AND OUR TENTATIVE DATE TO LET IT IS COME JANUARY AFTER ALL THE HOLIDAY EVENTS, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE NOT INTO CONSTRUCTION AT THE SAME TIME, JUST LIKE LEXINGTON AND CARTWRIGHT, BECAUSE POTENTIAL DETOURS. THE BIGGER ROADS ARE ROBINSON AND LAKITA, SO WE'LL BE COGNIZANT OF THAT, AND WE'LL ENSURE THAT BOTH DON'T GO INTO CONSTRUCTION AT THE SAME TIME.THAT'S PERFECT. THAT WAS MY THIRD QUESTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST HAD A QUESTION AND FOLLOW UP TO A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED BY COUNCILWOMAN RILEY ABOUT THE $2 MILLION FOR. SO THE PINE MEADOW, WELL, THE PINE MEADOW AND THE GREGORY MCLEAN ARE THE MONIES THAT WE RECEIVE FROM GLOW BY $5 MILLION. THAT'S CORRECT.
SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE TO UPFRONT THE COST. THAT'S CORRECT FOR THE. SO NOW THAT WE'RE GOING INTO THE BUDGET CONVERSATION AND WE'RE ALREADY COMMITTING THIS $2 MILLION, THAT WE IDENTIFY WHERE THE $2 MILLION, WHEN WE GET REIMBURSEMENT IS GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO AS FAR AS WHAT WE PLAN TO FUND GOING FORWARD, SAYING WE'RE ALREADY COMMITTING THESE $2 MILLION, SOME IMMEDIATE NEEDS, MAYBE. OH, SO YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING REIMBURSED? YES. WE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO REPROGRAM THE MONEY, RIGHT? THAT'S TWO YEARS OUT THAT WE THINK THAT WE'LL BE GETTING THOSE FUNDS. SO THIS BUDGET WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT. WELL, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, AS WE THINK THROUGH THE FUTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO $2 MILLION, THAT IF THERE ARE SOME, SOME DIRE IMMEDIATE NEEDS, WE NEED TO COMMIT THOSE DOLLARS TO THAT $2 MILLION TO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. BUT THE ONLY THING WITH THIS IS IF THE MONEY IS BUDGETED AND DRAINAGE, THEN WE NEED TO FIND OTHER DRAINAGE PROJECTS TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS ON, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE SUBMITTED THE BONDS. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. AND IF I MAY ADD CITY MANAGER, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS PART OF THE ANNUAL CIP APPROVAL PROCESS.
AT THAT TIME, WE WILL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE SOME SOME IMMEDIATE DRAINAGE NEEDS AROUND THAT TIME, TWO YEARS FROM NOW. SO DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE, THOUGH, THAT WE EARMARK THESE DOLLARS, SEEING THAT WE'RE UPFRONT. NOW, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR DONNIE, IF YOU WILL, JUST SO THAT PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THIS, I KNOW FOR A STATE PARK, IT'S NOTICED THAT OUT OF THE BOND IS 3 MILLION. BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN 4 MILLION THAT'S BEEN GIVEN BY CONNIE KAUFMAN, COUNTY COMMISSIONER ANDY MEYERS. HE SAID THREE. SO IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THOUGHT THE TOTAL THAT WE'RE WE'RE PUTTING IN WAS 14 MILLION. 14 MILLION. SO WE'RE JUST ISSUING THE FIRST INSTALLMENT. IS THAT WHAT IT IS OR OR HOW DO WE CALCULATING IT INTO THE 3 MILLION? YEAH. THIS IS THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT WE TRY TO STAGGER THE BONDS SO THAT WE AVOID ARBITRAGE. SO THE FIRST BOND INCLUDED THE 10 MILLION. AND NOW WE'RE JUST GETTING INTO DESIGN PHASE. THE TOTAL PROJECT IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 14 MILLION. SO THIS SINCE WE'VE ONLY PROGRAMED THE 10 MILLION, THIS IS TO BRING US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. OKAY. SO YOU HAVE A 1 MILLION LEFT? YES. SO LEFT. WHEN WILL. YEAH. WHEN WILL THAT CONSTRUCTION START OR WILL WILL ONCE WE ISSUE THIS. THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT STADIUM PARK. YEAH. CURRENTLY WE'RE IN THE PERMITTING PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THEREAFTER. WE SHOULD BE GOING TO OUT TO BID FOR THIS PROJECT LATER THIS YEAR. SO CAN WE SAY NEXT YEAR OR THIS YEAR? I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY NEXT YEAR. BY THE TIME YOU GO THROUGH, AS LONG AS THE PERMITTING PROCESS GOES SMOOTHLY, THEN WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE BIDDING PROCESS BY THAT TIME. THEN WE DO CONTRACTS. IT'LL BE DEFINITELY NEXT, NEXT YEAR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER EMERICH. YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD ON THE
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TABLE WAS WE WERE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME NAMING CHANGES TO THE PARK. WHERE ARE WE ON THAT AND WHAT WHAT'S THE PROCESS? IT'S ON THE LIST. SO WE'LL WE'LL HAVE TO DEFINE THAT PROCESS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. BUT WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE TO TAKE SOME STEPS TO, TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION. AND WHAT WILL BE THE SOURCE OF, YOU KNOW, WILL YOU BE TALKING WITH OR TRYING TO.THAT'S ALL A PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO DEFINE AND BRING TO COUNCIL FOR POLICY DECISION. DO WE WANT TO GO OUT AND TRY TO GET A SPONSORSHIP TO NAME THE FACILITY, OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT JUST THE NORMAL COURSE THAT WE WOULD TAKE FOR NAMING THE FACILITY? WHAT WHAT OUR COUNCIL'S PREFERENCE FOR NAMING OF THAT FACILITY? SO THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER AND THEN BRING BACK SOME PROPOSALS FOR YOU TO REACT TO. YES. DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF OR CAN YOU MAKE ANY KIND OF ASSESSMENT AS WHETHER OR NOT WE'D BE ABLE TO GET SOME SPONSOR FOR THE, FOR THE PARK? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS ANY HIGH PROBABILITY OR AT THIS POINT, DO WE REALLY KNOW? I THINK IN THIS MARKET IT'S HARD TO SAY. BUT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, OF COMPANIES THAT THAT I THINK WE DO BUSINESS WITH ALL THE TIME. I MEAN, ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS NIAGARA. THEY COULD BE A POTENTIAL SPONSOR. WE WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO BE A POTENTIAL SPONSOR, SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY A GOOD PARTNER WITH THE CITY. BUT IT'S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY, BECAUSE WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THE PRICE TAG? HOW LONG WOULD THE TERM BE? SO YEAH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER SOME OPTIONS AND BRING BACK.
OKAY. WELL, AT LEAST IT'S ON THE RADAR. YEAH OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BONE. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
LET'S GO AHEAD. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM SEVEN, AN ORDINANCE OF
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THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE. CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. SERIES 2025. IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $12 MILLION, AUTHORIZING EACH OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR TO APPROVE THE AMOUNTS, INTEREST RATES, PRICES, AND TERMS THEREOF, AND CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO, LEVYING A TAX AND PAYMENT THEREOF. MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS REGARDING SUCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, INCLUDING AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ONE OR MORE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENTS. ONE OR MORE OFFICIAL STATEMENTS IN MATTERS INCIDENT THERETO.AWARDING THE SALE OF CERTIFICATES. AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ONE OR MORE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A PAYING AGENT.
REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING AND CONFIRMING THE ENGAGEMENT OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE OUR OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MARK, HERE. WE HAVE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. THEY TOTAL 11,550,000. BASICALLY WITH SURFACE WATER AND WELLS AND. THAT'S IT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW, ONE THING I DID NOT MENTION IN THE FIRST SLIDE, BUT I WILL MENTION HERE WE DO HAVE A PARAMETER ORDINANCE THAT WE NEED PASSED BECAUSE WE SET THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT THE DEBT RATE WILL BE A LOW AND A HIGH, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BID TO BUY OUR BONDS, WE ASK THEM TO STAY WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS SO THAT WE DON'T PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION OF HAVING TO HAVE TOO HIGH A RATE. SURE. AND MARK, I JUST SIGNED UP TO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE UBER HAS BROUGHT IN DEREK MITCHELL. SO HE'S HE'S THERE. HE IS HE'S IN THE BACK OVER THERE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE BROWN MARSHALL MAYOR PRO TEM HAVE THE MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION
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CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM EIGHT OUR RESOLUTIONS. EIGHT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPOINTING DIRECTORS TO THE MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. NUMBER TWO BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. YES, SIR. AS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN APPOINTING MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, THIS IS FOR THE MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. NUMBER TWO, THEY ARE HAVE SUBMITTED A SLATE THAT[00:25:06]
INCLUDES IVY LIVINGSTON TO POSITION FIVE. AND IVY HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 2015. DAVID DENTON TO POSITION SIX, WHO HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 2021, AND BENTON SMALTZ, POSITION SEVEN, WHO HAS ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD SINCE 2021. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution consenting to the sal...]
YOU. ITEM EIGHT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, GRANTING CONSENT TO MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT. DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, TO ISSUE UNLIMITED TAX BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,510,000. OKAY. WE HAVE MARK. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. IT'S ALL YOU TODAY. TONIGHT, YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION CONSENTING TO THE SALE AND ISSUANCE OF THESE UNLIMITED TAX ROAD BONDS SERIES 2025 FOR THE MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2,510,000. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE LEGISLATION CREATING THE DISTRICT, BONDS ARE SOLD BY THE DISTRICT ONLY WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE PURPOSE OF THE BOND ISSUE IS TO PAY FOR LAND ACQUISITION, ROAD CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS, AND I'D BE GLAD TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.I'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO MEET MISS MILBAUER. SHE'S WITH THE DISTRICT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER. YES, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME, BUT IF YOU COULD COME UP MILBAUER FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOND, WHAT ALL IS IT COVERED? IT WAS KIND OF GENERAL LAND ACQUISITION AND SO FORTH. SO ARE THERE ANY SPECIFICS THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC? I DON'T HAVE THE SUMMARY OF COSTS ON ME THAT HAS THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS. IT'S FOR PAVING PROJECTS, ROAD RIGHT OF WAY, LAND COSTS AND THEN NON-CONSTRUCTION COSTS INCLUDE LIKE ENGINEERING SWEEP ISSUANCE EXPENSES. DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC AREAS IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY? IT'S ALL WITHIN MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE. SO PARKS EDGE AND SHIPMAN'S COVE OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MARSHALL. AND A SECOND. AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. AND I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAYOR MARK, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION IN THE LETTER, GOING BACK TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY WAS ASKING ABOUT, IT DID SAY A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS. SO DID THEY PROVIDE A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF WHAT THIS WOULD BE? YES. OKAY, I THINK I HAVE IT. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. IT WAS NOT IN THE PACKET. I HAVE A LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE COVERED. I SHOULD HAVE HANDED IT TO HER. BUT CAN YOU GIVE ME YOUR QUESTION AGAIN SO I'D BE SURE I ANSWER IT. THAT'S OKAY. SO IT STATES HERE A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS OR OR COST SUMMARY, WHICH INCLUDES A LIST OF PROJECTS FUNDED. AND I HAVE THAT HERE. IT SHOWS A MILLION 115 FOR PARKS EDGE BOULEVARD PHASE ONE PAVING 400 PLUS THOUSAND FOR SHIPMENTS. COVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL 235,000 FOR ENGINEERING AND TESTING, 218,000 FOR ROAD IMPACT FEES AND 362,000 FOR LAND COSTS. AND THAT COMES OUT TO 2,000,003 49 AND SOME CHANGE, SOME CHANGE. WOULD YOU MAKE SURE TO SEND THAT OUT TO ALL OF US? I'LL BE GLAD TO COPY OF THAT, PLEASE. THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. CERTAINLY. ALRIGHT.
RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, AND JUST TO ADD TO MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN, MARSHALL PROVIDED, CAN YOU ALSO MAKE THE DOCUMENT PUBLIC FOR THE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES? CERTAINLY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MARSHALL. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, BROOKE? I MEAN, JUST FOR THIS PROJECT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAD THE RIGHT DOCUMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN. MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. LET'S GO
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AHEAD AND VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM 8CA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution finding and determini...]
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, FINDING AND DETERMINING PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF A PERMANENT EASEMENT TO FOUR PARCELS OF LAND IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT KNOWN AS THE HURRICANE LANE AND HIGHWAY SIX WATERLINE AND SANITARY SEWER EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AUTHORIZING SUCH ACQUISITION BY DONATION, PURCHASE OR EMINENT DOMAIN OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT. AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE A FINAL OFFER TO THE OWNER OF THE NEEDED REAL PROPERTY.AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF THE COST OF SUCH PURCHASE OR EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS, AS APPLICABLE, AND ASSOCIATED COSTS OR APPRAISAL FEES, TITLE POLICIES AND SERVICES, REPORTING FEES, COURT COSTS, AND EXPERT WITNESS FEES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF PERMANENT EASEMENTS TO FOUR PARCELS OF LAND SITUATED IN THE MOSES SHIPMAN LAKE SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 86, IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, FORT BEND COUNTY SAID PARCELS OF LAND BEING LOCATED ALONG AND ABUTTING THE NORTHERLY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY SIX EAST OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY TOLL ROAD AND WEST OF WATTS PLANTATION DRIVE IN MISSOURI CITY, AND MAKING AND CONTAINING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SHASHI KUMAR, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS PERTAINS TO PUBLIC NEED TO EXTEND WATER AND SEWER ROUGHLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF HIGHWAY SIX AND FORT BEND TOLL ROAD. WE'RE NEEDING FOUR PARCELS TO EXTEND WATER AND SANITARY. THIS RESOLUTION WILL GIVE THE AUTHORIZATION FOR OUR LEGAL TO PURSUE THESE PARCELS. IT COULD BE DONATION, PURCHASE OR EMINENT DOMAIN IF YOU HAVE ANY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
RECOGNIZING. COUNCILMEMBER. YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, LARRY BRIGGS IS THE OWNER. HANOVER ESTATES, IF YOU COULD PLEASE GET THAT MAP. OKAY, SO THERE ARE FOUR OWNERS, AND THAT RED DOTTED LINE IS WHERE WE WILL BE EXTENDING THE WATER AND THE SEWER. THE. TO ANSWER YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, THE ONE LABEL A I BELIEVE THAT'S THE TRACK PERTAINING TO MR. BRIGGS. IT IS THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT. THERE'S FOUR PARCELS OWNED BY THREE DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS. ONE IS OWNED BY MR. BRIGGS, THE OTHER ONE IS OWNED BY HANOVER AND THE CAPITAL. AND THEN OWNS THE TWO. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
AND WE'VE APPROACHED THEM TO TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE. NO, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. THIS IS GIVING THE CITY AUTHORITY OR THE STAFF AUTHORITY TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE PURCHASE OFFERS BASED ON APPRAISED VALUES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME DEVELOPMENT BUILDING. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US. BUT WILL THIS BE WOULD THIS WATER AREA, THIS WATER LINE AND SEWER AREA TAP INTO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING OVER THERE? WELL, GENERALLY, THE CITY, WE STARTED EXTENDING UTILITIES ON THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT. THAT'S WHERE THE CINEMARK AND THE THING IS, AND WE'RE DOING IT ON THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT, WHICH IS WHERE THE OTHER NEW DEVELOPMENT IS. SO THIS TIES INTO THE GENERAL PHASE OF THE UTILITY EXTENSION IN THE CORRIDOR, WHICH IS VITAL TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. WE'RE JUST DOING IT IN PHASES. AND THAT'S HOW THIS IS COMING TO YOU AT THIS POINT OKAY. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER OUDERKIRK. HI. SO THE PROPERTY OBVIOUSLY THESE OWNERS WILL BE BENEFITING FROM THE WATER COMING INTO THEIR AREA. CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHY WE HOPE THAT POTENTIALLY THIS COULD BE A DONATION OKAY. IF NOT WE HAVE OTHER MEANS BY THIS AUTHORIZATION YOU'RE GIVING OTHER MEANS TO STAFF AT OUR DISPOSAL TO PURSUE OTHER OPTIONS. SO THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO SIMPLY NEGOTIATE DONATION AT THIS POINT. WE'RE AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE NO MATTER WHAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY TRULY CAN'T USE THIS PROPERTY UNTIL WE BRING THEM WATER. WELL, WE THINK OPTION NUMBER ONE WOULD WORK VERY FEASIBLY, BUT THAT'S NOT MY FORTE. LET ME LEAVE IT TO MR. QUINTAL TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
WELL, SO AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT IS A PUBLIC NEED FOR THE EXTENSION OF THESE WATER LINES AND SANITARY SEWER LINES. IT IS A PUBLIC NEED, WE HOPE, AND THAT WE MAY GET A DONATION. IF NOT, THEN WE WILL MAKE AN OFFER BASED ON APPRAISED VALUES. AND IF NOT, THEN WE'D HAVE TO GO TO EMINENT DOMAIN AND CONDEMN. NOT YOU KNOW, IT'S PREFERABLE TO GET A DONATION. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW IN
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IT BEING THAT IT IS A CITY NEED AND IT'S A PUBLIC NEED, WE NEED TO ACQUIRE THESE PROPERTIES.WE'RE ASKING WE'RE ASKING THIS COUNCIL FOR PERMISSION TO ACQUIRE THEM, EITHER BY DONATION PURCHASE. WE'RE HOPING IN GOOD FAITH THAT THEY DONATE THIS PROPERTY. SURE. BECAUSE AGAIN, IT IS PUBLIC DEED, BUT IT'S THEIR NEED AS WELL. AND SO THE GOAL IS FIRST AND FOREMOST TO GET IT DONATED. YOU'RE RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER, THERE IS A WIN WIN PARTNERSHIP. IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WE HOPE THAT'S THE OPTION. MOST CASES IT IS THE OPTION. IF NOT, WE RESERVE THE OTHER MEANS TO PURSUE THE NEED TO EXTEND WATER SEWER. WELL, BEFORE WE GO FURTHER.
COUNCILMEMBER. YEAH. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF WE COULD I KNOW IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR US TO DELIBERATE THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS BEING ASKED ABOUT THIS. CAN WE TAKE THIS AND CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION OR WAIT UNTIL MAYBE WE GO INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION AND REVISIT THIS? CERTAINLY, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT YOU WILL NEED TO ASK THAT YOU DON'T THINK SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC BEFORE OFFERS ARE MADE, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS A MOTION REQUIRE. YES. WAS THAT YOUR MOTION TO GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE? WE'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO I WAS JUST SAYING TO DELAY THIS ITEM. YES. SO THAT THAT REQUIRES A MOTION. RIGHT. SO COUNCILMEMBER MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE THERE A SECOND. I'LL MAKE A SECOND. SO YOU GOT A SECOND. WE STILL NEED TO VOTE. YEAH WE DO. CAN WE JUST DO A ROLL CALL? SURE. ALLEY CAT, WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW? WE'RE JUST VOTING TO MAKE A MOTION TO GO IN THE BACK TO DISCUSS THIS. THANK YOU. IT'S A YES. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM BROWNE-MARSHALL. YES. MEMBER KLAUSER. YES. MEMBER. RILEY.
YES. MEMBER. YES. MEMBER O'DEKIRK. MEMBER. EMORY. YES. MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0 TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. CAN I JUST CLEAR ON SOMETHING? JOYCE, WE'RE GOING INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE
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SESSION PERIOD. OR ARE WE GOING TO JUST DISCUSS THIS ITEM BECAUSE THERE'S. SO YOU COULD AMEND. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WANTING TO DO. YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS BOTH ITEMS. ALL ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ONE TIME AND THEN COME BACK IN MY POINT WAS TO DELAY. NOT UNTIL AFTER WE COME BACK OUT OF CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO TO RECESS AND TAKE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. THAT WAS MY MOTION. OKAY. SO TO BE CLEAR THAT WAS MY MOTION. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE AMENDING THE MOTION I'M NOT AMENDING THE MOTION. MY MOTION WAS TO GO INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PER THE AGENDA AND TO DELAY ITEMS AC UNTIL WE COME OUT OF. CLOSED. SO FOR RECESS. MAYOR PRO TEM BROWNE-MARSHALL. IS THAT SO? WAIT A SECOND, WAIT A MINUTE. SO WE'RE SAYING WE'RE TAKING ITEM 551.071 AND ZERO SEVEN. CORRECT. IN THE BACK. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE MOTION. WE'RE COMING BACK OUT HERE FOR EIGHT SIX. CORRECT. SORRY. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION BUT WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS IMMIGRATION OKAY. THAT IS OKAY. LET ME JUST ROLL CALL ONE MORE TIME OKAY. JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. MAYOR. YES, MAYOR PRO TEM BROWNE-MARSHALL. YES.YES. MEMBER. ALI. YES. YES. MEMBER. O'DEKIRK. MEMBER. EMORY. YES. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
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