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          ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY'S READY. TODAY IS MONDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 2025. WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER]
COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:32 P.M. ITEM NUMBER TWO, OUR ROLL CALL. WE HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL. AND NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR GENERAL MANAGER OF THE GOLF COURSE, SERGIO SALAZAR, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. I STAND ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 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. 
          RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC 
          [(a) Receive a Presentation - Fiscal Year 2026 Proposed Budget.]
COMMENT? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR STAFF REPORTS FIVE A TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET. BERTHA ALEXANDER INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE CITY MANAGER WILL FILE THE DETAILED BUDGET ON AUGUST 25TH, AND THIS DETAILED BUDGET WILL BE POSTED TO THE WEBSITE THIS EVENING. WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO SHARE A BRIEF VIDEO WITH YOU HIGHLIGHTING THE BUDGET, AS WELL AS AN OVERVIEW OF SERVICES PROVIDED. JUST AS A REMINDER, THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY BUDGET WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 23RD FROM 11 A.M. TO 12 P.M. IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          HELLO MISSOURI CITY. I AM ANGEL JONES, YOUR CITY MANAGER, AND IT IS MY. IS YOUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING AND PRESENTING A BALANCED BUDGET THAT ALIGNS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC GOALS, WHILE ENSURING MISSOURI CITY CONTINUES TO GROW AS A THRIVING, FUTURE. READY CITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. I AM PLEASED TO PROPOSE A TOTAL BUDGET OF $255.6 MILLION FOR ALL FUNDS. THIS INCLUDES A GENERAL FUND AMOUNT OF $101.3 MILLION, WHICH SUPPORTS OUR CENTRAL OPERATIONS AND SERVICES, AND 42 MILLION ALLOCATED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS TO ADVANCE OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT. REFLECTING ON FISCAL YEAR 2025, I AM PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER. OUR ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE STRONG OUTCOMES AND CAPITALIZE ON NEW OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE FUNDED KEY PRIORITIES SUCH AS PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL WHILE MAINTAINING THE EXISTING TAX RATE. DEMONSTRATING OUR COMMITMENT TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE LED BY A DEDICATED TEAM, WHO ARE ALL DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF OUR CITY. GREAT CITIES MOVE WITH PURPOSE AND INTENTION. MISSOURI CITY HAS DONE JUST THAT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. EACH DAY WE OPERATE WITH THE MINDSET OF BUILDING A STRONGER TOMORROW THROUGH SERVICE, INNOVATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET IS A CLEAR REFLECTION OF THAT MISSION, LAYING A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR MISSOURI CITY THAT WELCOMES GROWTH, EMBRACES INNOVATION AND DELIVER STRONG RESULTS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AS THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR MISSOURI CITY, I AM PLEASED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2026. REFLECTING ON OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2025. THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN BY 
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FOCUSING ON ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES MOVING FORWARD. THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2026 EMPHASIZES OUR COMMITMENT TO FURTHER IMPROVING AND OPTIMIZING MISSOURI CITY'S DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES TO FOSTER SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY WITH CONCIERGE SERVICES. I AM JASON HURD, ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF OF MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          I AM PROUD TO PRESENT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PORTION OF THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET. OUR DEPARTMENT IS MADE UP OF 112 SWORN POLICE OFFICERS AND 35 FULL TIME CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WORKING ACROSS FOUR DIVISIONS PATROL, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES. THIS PAST YEAR, THE FY 25 BUDGET ALLOWED US TO CONTINUE OUR ROLE AS A TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROVIDER. WE EXPANDED THE USE OF OUR VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING TO FURTHER ENHANCE OUR OFFICER'S DE-ESCALATION SKILLS, REINFORCING A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THESE INVESTMENTS HAVE STRENGTHENED BOTH RECRUITING AND RETENTION, ENSURING WE MAINTAIN A HIGHLY SKILLED AND DEDICATED LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKFORCE. WE ARE ALSO PROUD TO REMAIN THE FIRST TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO ACHIEVE CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTER STATUS, REFLECTING OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVITY AND COMMUNITY FOCUSED POLICING. LOOKING AHEAD, THE PROPOSED FY 26 BUDGET WILL ALLOW US TO BUILD ON THIS MOMENTUM EXPANDING TECHNOLOGY, ENHANCING OFFICER SAFETY, AND IMPROVING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHILE STAYING FIRMLY COMMITTED TO OUR MISSION OF SAFEGUARDING MISSOURI CITY WITH EXCELLENCE AND INTEGRITY. I'M JONATHAN SABER, ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF OF MISSOURI CITY, AND I AM HONORED TO PRESENT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SECTION OF THE PROPOSED FY 2026 BUDGET FOR OUR GREAT CITY. IN 2025, OUR TEAM CONTINUED TO SET THE STANDARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. WE PROUDLY OPERATE 24 SEVEN FROM SIX STRATEGICALLY LOCATED FIRE STATIONS WITH 97 HIGHLY SKILLED PERSONNEL, SOON TO BE 104. THIS YEAR WE EXPANDED OUR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT CAPABILITIES ACROSS THE CITY, IMPROVING PATIENT CARE BEFORE ARRIVAL OF FORT BEND COUNTY EMS BY SECURING ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING FOR UPGRADING EMS CERTIFICATION LEVELS OF CERTAIN STAFF MEMBERS, WHICH ALSO REDUCE THE COST TO TAXPAYERS. WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR ENHANCED COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING FREE SMOKE DETECTOR INSTALLATIONS AND FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC. OUR MISSION IS BOTH SACRED AND ESSENTIAL, PROTECTING LIVES AND PROPERTY AND THE FUTURE OF MISSOURI CITY. THE FY 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE MISSION BY FUNDING CRITICAL STAFFING, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL HELP US MAINTAIN OUR ELITE ISO CLASS ONE RATING, THE HIGHEST STANDARD IN THE NATION. BY APPROVING THIS BUDGET, YOU ARE INVESTING IN THE SAFETY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS, THE RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE CONTINUED DELIVERY OF EXCEPTIONAL FIRE AND EMS SERVICES TO EVERY RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY. HI, I'M BURT ALEXANDER, YOUR CHIEF BUDGET AND PERFORMANCE OFFICER. AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE FY 26 BUDGET, IT'S CRUCIAL TO BASE OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING ON OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE TOTAL FISCAL YEAR 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY 255.6 MILLION, WHICH IS A 1.6% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR REVISED BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES ALL FUNDS. HOWEVER, THE MAJOR FUNDS FOR THE CITY ARE THE GENERAL FUND, THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND OUR UTILITY FUND, WHICH INCLUDES THE OPERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS. WE RECEIVED OVER 23,000,000IN SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUESTS, AND WE'RE ABLE TO FUND APPROXIMATELY 16.5 MILLION OF THE REQUESTS, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. THE APPROVED REQUEST INCLUDES 11.2 MILLION FOR STREETS, TRAFFIC, SIDEWALKS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT. 2.1 MILLION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. 890,000 FOR ENHANCED SERVICES DUE TO GROWTH. 745,000 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND 1.5 MILLION FOR EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. NOW LET'S START OUR OVERVIEW OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THIS CHART REFLECTS THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE BY SOURCE. PROPERTY TAXES ARE OUR LARGEST SOURCE OF 
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REVENUE, ACCOUNTING FOR 61.9% OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE. SALES TAX IS THE SECOND LARGEST SOURCE AT 18.2%. THIS CHART SHOWS A COMPARISON OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET COMPARED TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 REVISED BUDGET. WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY 5.7 MILLION IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE AND GRANTS, WHICH IS TWICE THE AMOUNT AS THE PRIOR YEAR. NOW THAT WE'VE COVERED THE REVENUE, LET'S TALK ABOUT EXPENSES. OVERALL EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND DECREASED BY 1.6%. PERSONNEL COSTS INCREASED BY 6% DUE TO THE ADDITION OF SEVEN NEW FIREFIGHTERS. OTHER FACTORS FOR THE INCREASE IN PERSONNEL COSTS INCLUDES A SALARY INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEES AND A PROJECTED INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS. SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE USED TO ACCOUNT FOR SPECIFIC REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES THAT ARE EITHER LEGALLY RESTRICTED TO EXPENDITURES FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NEED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR SEPARATELY. THE FY 26 PROPOSED REVENUE BUDGET FOR SPECIAL FUNDS REVENUE TOTAL 19 MILLION, AND THE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES TOTALED 10.6 MILLION. THE CITY ISSUES DEBT AS NEEDED TO MEET GROWTH DEMANDS. THE FY 26 BUDGETED REVENUE FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND TOTALS 15.1 MILLION, AND THE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES TOTAL 16.3 MILLION. THE CITY HAS A ROBUST CAPITAL PROJECTS PLAN, THE FY 26 BUDGET FOR THE FIRST YEAR. THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TOTALS 43 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, UTILITY FUNDS, OR BUSINESS LIKE ACTIVITIES, AND ARE INTENDED TO BE SELF-FUNDED. THE FY 26 BUDGETED REVENUE FOR UTILITIES TOTALED 69.9 MILLION, WITH APPROXIMATELY 27.9 MILLION COMING FROM BOND PROCEEDS AND 23 MILLION FROM USER FEES. THE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES TOTALED 71.1 MILLION, WITH 29.3 MILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND 10 MILLION IN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. THIS CONCLUDES THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE 2026 BUDGET. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT UPCOMING BUDGET EVENTS. BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION AT OUR BUDGET COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSION HAPPENING ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD FROM 11 A.M. TO 12 P.M. AT THE MISSOURI CITY COMMUNITY CENTER. AS A REMINDER, ON AUGUST 25TH, THE CITY MANAGER WILL FILE THE FY 26 PROPOSED BUDGET WITH DETAILS, AND THAT BUDGET WILL BE POSTED TO THE WEBSITE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH. THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET. NOW THAT WE'VE TALKED THROUGH THE NUMBERS, LET'S FIND OUT HOW THE PROPOSED BUDGET IMPACTS YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE IN MISSOURI CITY. GREETINGS, MISSOURI CITY. I'M DONNY, AND I'M THRILLED TO REPRESENT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH OVERSEES OUR PUBLIC SPACES AND OUR RECREATION FACILITIES. IN 2025, WE ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES AND MADE REMARKABLE PROGRESS IN ENRICHING THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS. OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL AMENITIES REMAINS UNWAVERING. WITH 25 PUBLIC PARKS WITH TWO THAT ARE ON THEIR WAY, WE HAVE A CUTTING EDGE TENNIS AND RECREATION CENTER, A COMMUNITY CENTER, AND MILES OF SCENIC WALKING TRAILS. MOREOVER, OUR DEDICATION TO CELEBRATING THE DIVERSE TAPESTRY OF MISSOURI CITY THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE BRIGHTLY. I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE PROPOSED 2026 BUDGET WILL EMPOWER US TO BUILD UPON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF 2025 AND FURTHER ELEVATE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN MISSOURI CITY. LET US CONTINUE CREATING MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES AND FOSTERING UNITY THROUGH THE PARKS AND RECREATION INITIATIVES. I'M JOY JOHNSON, INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. LOOKING BACK ON 2025, OUR TEAM MADE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS IN ADDRESSING THE PRIORITIES OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE FOCUS ON MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING ESSENTIAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, FROM SIDEWALKS AND STREETS TO CITY FACILITIES, TO ENSURE MISSOURI CITY REMAINS SAFE, FUNCTIONAL AND WELCOMING. OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE COMPLETED 
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MILES OF STREET RESURFACING AND REHABILITATION TO EXTEND ROADWAY LIFE AND IMPROVE DRIVING CONDITIONS. WE UPGRADED SIDEWALKS TO ENHANCE ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS. 
          NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS WERE INSTALLED IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS TO IMPROVE SAFETY. WE EXPANDED THE USE OF OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER TECHNOLOGY TO MONITOR AND ADJUST SIGNAL TIMING IN REAL TIME, EASING CONGESTION AND IMPROVING TRAVEL TIMES. IN ADDITION, WE STRENGTHENED STORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEMS TO REDUCE FLOOD RISK DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS IN FY 26. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR FOCUS ON MOBILITY, SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY. THIS INCLUDES ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS, ROADWAY REHABILITATION PROJECTS, AND FURTHER TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS TO OPTIMIZE TRAFFIC FLOW CITYWIDE. WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET, PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE EQUIPPED TO KEEP MISSOURI CITY MOVING FORWARD, IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE, ENHANCING SAFETY, AND ENSURING A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS. THIS BUDGET IS MORE THAN A FINANCIAL PLAN. IT IS A CLEAR ROADMAP FOR MISSOURI CITY'S CONTINUED GROWTH PROGRESS AND LONG TERM SUCCESS THROUGH PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING. WE HAVE ALIGNED OUR RESOURCES WITH THE COMMUNITY'S HIGHEST PRIORITIES FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, INNOVATION, AND EQUITABLE OUTCOMES. IT DELIVERS TARGETED FUNDING FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE, LOCAL BUSINESS SUPPORT AND ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY, ALL WHILE FOSTERING A STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE CITY WHERE EVERY RESIDENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE. SHAPED BY INPUT FROM RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS. THIS BUDGET REFLECTS OUR COLLECTIVE VALUES AND SHARED ASPIRATIONS WITH FOCUS, DISCIPLINE AND COLLABORATION. WE WILL TRANSFORM PLANS INTO MEASURABLE PROGRESS THAT BENEFITS ALL CORNERS OF OUR CITY. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION TO OUR MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE ENGAGED RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS WHOSE VOICES HAVE HELPED SHAPE THIS PATH FORWARD. TOGETHER, WE WILL MOVE MISSOURI CITY TOWARD A BRIGHTER FUTURE, SETTING NEW STANDARDS AND ACHIEVING LASTING RESULTS. 
          TOGETHER WE EXCEL. 
          I'M AWAKE. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. CITY MANAGER AND OUR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, ASIAN DEPARTMENT AND EVERYONE WHO'S WORKED ON IT. IT'S JUST REALLY NICE TO SEE SOME OF THE DIRECTORS AND STAFF THAT'S ACTUALLY SPEAKING OFF OF THAT. SO KUDOS TO THE WHOLE TEAM. THANK. I GUESS. WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE B. FIVE ITEM B PRESENTATION DISCUSSION 
          [(b) Presentation and Discussion- Certified Tax Rolls]
CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS. BERTHA ALEXANDER. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO THIS ITEM IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT UNDER SECTION 26.4 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE. NO ACTION IS REQUIRED BY YOU TODAY. THIS IS ALL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND COMPLIANCE. THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL OVERVIEW CERTIFIED TAX ROLL IS THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF ALL APPRAISED, ASSESSED, AND TAXABLE VALUES OF PROPERTIES WITHIN THE JURISDICTION. THE ROLL ALSO INCLUDES THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE OF NEW PROPERTIES. FROM THIS SUMMARY OF THE TAX ROLL. AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR 2025 TAXABLE VALUE IS 12.9 BILLION. 2024 TAXABLE VALUE, INCLUDING THE ARB REVIEW AT CERTIFICATION WAS 12.5 BILLION. THE 2024 TAXABLE VALUE AT OUR LAST SUPPLEMENT, WHICH 
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WAS SUPPLEMENTAL NUMBER 12 FOR FORT BEND COUNTY AND NUMBER 11 FOR HARRIS COUNTY, THAT TOTALS 12.4 MILLION. I MEAN, BILLION, I'M SORRY, IN TERMS OF NEW PROPERTY, TAXABLE VALUE, 2025, WE HAVE 147 MILLION IN NEW PROPERTY, COMPARED. TO 165,000,000 IN 2024. THE CITY OFFERS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AS WELL AS OVER 65 AND DISABLED EXEMPTIONS. THE VALUE OF THOSE EXEMPTIONS, 2.1 MILLION AND 2025 AND 2,000,000 IN 2024. ON THE LAST SLIDE, THE NUMBER OF UNITS WILL VARY. IT ALL DEPENDS ON EXEMPTIONS, WHETHER THEY'RE GRANTED OR REMOVED, SO THEY WILL FLUCTUATE. OUR LAST SLIDE ADDRESSES THE NEXT STEPS OR KEY DATES TODAY. LATER WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO SET THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM TAX RATE ONCE AGAIN ON AUGUST 23RD. WE WILL HAVE THE COMMUNITY BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHICH IS A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY ON THE 25TH. THE CITY MANAGER WILL FILE THE DETAILED BUDGET AND POST IT TO THE WEBSITE. SEPTEMBER 15TH THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF THE FY 26 BUDGET. ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 15TH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON A CERTIFIED TAX ROLL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S MOVE TO FIVE C CITY 
          [(c) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of Consent Agenda items and ...]
MANAGER PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. TONIGHT THERE ARE FIVE CONSENT ITEMS. I WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF FOUR OF THOSE ITEMS, STARTING WITH ITEM B. THIS ITEM SEEKS COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND THE CONSTRUCTION MASTER'S CONTRACT TO A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $3.8 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE PHASE THREE BAR AND RESTAURANT REMODEL EXPANSION AND OTHER PROJECT ENHANCEMENTS SUCH AS RESTROOM REMODELS AND AV UPGRADES. THE COST REMAINS WITHIN THE TOTAL PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL ON APRIL 21ST OF THIS YEAR. ITEM C THIS ITEM SEEKS COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND THE GRADIENT GROUP CONTRACT FROM 45,000 TO 79.8 THOUSAND TO MEET TEX DOT'S ADDITIONAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR A NEW MAST ARM TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT HIGHWAY SIX AND TOWNSHIP LANE. THIS. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY A 680,000 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT WITH A $136,000 LOCAL MATCH ITEM D THIS ITEM REQUESTS COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A RENEWABLE CONTRACT WITH AN APACHE OIL COMPANY. THE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF PEARLAND FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 650,000 ANNUALLY. THIS WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUEL SUPPLY CAPACITY AND ENSURE TIMELY REFUELING DURING EMERGENCIES. ITEM E THIS ITEM SEEKS COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH WHITLEY PENN FOR EXTERNAL AUDITING SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $518,000. THE SELECTED FIRM WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE FINANCE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LOOKING FOR A MOTION? 
          [6. CONSENT AGENDA]
OKAY. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLAUSER. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES 
          [(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a request by Scott...]
UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ARE. SEVEN HOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTION. SEVEN A IS A ZONING PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCE 7A1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A REQUESTED. A REQUEST BY SCOTT NICHOLS OF DESTINY CHURCH TO AMEND SCP SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 210 A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY TO EXTEND THE LINES PERMITTED FOR THE USE WITHIN WITH WITH AN APPROXIMATE 7000 SQUARE FOOT LEASE SPACE, AND TO THE EXTENT 
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SUCH ZONING DEVIATES FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND TO PROVIDE FOR AN AMENDMENT. THEREFORE, THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 7000FT■!S OF LEASE SPACE LOCATED AT 3827 CARTWRIGHT ROAD WITHIN VILLAGE WALK SHOPPING CENTER, SOUTH OF CARTWRIGHT ROAD, WEST OF FM 1092 AND EAST OF MISSOURI CITY PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM SEVEN. A1 CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT. OKAY. THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS. WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SEVEN A1. ITEM 7A2782 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, 
          [(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
TEXAS, AMENDING AND RESTATING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 210, AUTHORIZING THE USE OF A 7000 SQUARE FOOT LEASE SPACE ON A 3.43 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. AS THE SPECIFIC USE PLACES OF ASSEMBLY, PROVIDING LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND CONDITIONS ON SUCH SPECIFIC USE. AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO PROVIDE BACKGROUND ON THIS REQUEST. THIS IS A LEASE SPACE THAT'S LOCATED WITHIN THE VILLAGE WALK SHOPPING CENTER, RIGHT THERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF 1092 AND CARTWRIGHT ROAD. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT SHOPPING CENTER LOCATION. CURRENTLY, DESTINY CHURCH OCCUPIES THAT LEASED SPACE. THE ZONING FOR THAT LEASE SPACE IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2020, WHEN IT WAS APPROVED IN 2020. IT WAS APPROVED PRIOR TO WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS OCCUPYING THE SPACE. OLIVER'S GOURMET LOCATING WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER. SO IT WAS APPROVED AT A TIME WHERE THERE WAS A HIGHER VACANCY IN THAT CENTER. AND SO THE CHURCH WAS LOOKING AT LONG TERM PLANS TO ESTABLISH WITHIN THE CITY AND RECEIVED APPROVAL TO TEMPORARILY, TEMPORARILY LOCATE WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER. THE CHURCH HAS BEEN A TENANT THERE SINCE THAT TIME, AND HAS BEEN INTEGRATED AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THEY'VE BROUGHT THIS APPLICATION FORWARD PRIOR TO THEIR SEP EXPIRY, SEEKING TO AMEND IT TO REMOVE THE EXPIRATION DATE FROM THE SUPP. THE RECOMMENDATION COMING FORWARD IS TO APPROVE IT FOR THE SPACE AS IT EXISTS, 7000FT■!S, D RESTRICT IT TO ONE. USE WITHIN THAT SHOPPING CENTER, MEANING ALL OF THE OTHER LEASE SPACES WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER WOULD CONTINUE TO BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL RETAIL PURPOSES UNDER THE UNDERLYING ZONING. OKAY, SO THIS IS JUST AN IMAGE OF THE EXISTING SPACE. AND AGAIN, 7000FT■!S THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR AN ASSEMBLY PURPOSE, UNDERLINING ZONING FOR THE ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER IS LC THREE RETAIL CENTER OR RETAIL DISTRICT. THIS IS A LITTLE LARGE, BUT THE GIST OF THIS IS PUBLIC NOTICE WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 250FT, AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND ALSO POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER OF RECORD. AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM FRANCOIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR JENNIFER. MY QUESTION IS AROUND THE IDEA OF THE REQUEST BEING INDEFINITE. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY OR WHAT I WOULD PREFER TO SEE IS THAT THE TIME FRAME BE PLACED FOR AS LONG AS EITHER THE CHURCH IS THERE, THIS PARTICULAR CHURCH. AND SHOULD THEY DECIDE TO VACATE OR MOVE, OR MAYBE THE CHURCH WILL CONTINUE TO GROW, SO THEY'LL NEED TO MOVE AWAY. THAT AT THAT TIME THE SUP WOULD SQUASH, IF YOU WILL. CORRECT. AND IF YOU CAN TIE IT TO THE ACTIVE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE CURRENT TENANT, WHICH WOULD TIE IT TO THAT CURRENT TENANT. AND SO THERE, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM OR SHORT TERM PLANS, IT COULD BE LINKED TO THAT. YES. THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE MY RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT AND THANK THE DESTINY CHURCH FOR BEING A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. YOU GUYS HAVE TRULY BEEN A PILLAR IN SUCH A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE, ESPECIALLY WITH OLIVER'S GOURMET, ONE OF MY FAVORITES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH 
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FOR WHAT YOU BROUGHT INTO OUR COMMUNITY. MY QUESTION IS, IF FOR ANY REASON, BECAUSE WE'RE THE REQUESTING FOR TO RELAX THE EXPIRATION ON THE SUP, IF FOR ANY REASON THEY NEED TO EXPAND OR WANT TO GROW IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER, WOULD THEY NEED TO COME BACK TO DO ANOTHER SUP FOR THAT TIME? CORRECT THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU WOULD REQUIRE THAT. SO IF IT EXPANDS BEYOND THE CURRENT LEASE SPACE, IT WOULD REQUIRE A FURTHER AMENDMENT TO THE SUV. OKAY. THAT WAS THAT WAS MY QUESTION. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU JENNIFER I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO I NOTICED ON ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT'S IN THE BACK, YOU GO BACK. YES. ONE MORE PLEASE. ONE MORE RIGHT THERE. SO CURRENT ZONING IT SAYS PLACE OF ASSEMBLY USE FOR FIVE YEAR PERIOD. SO IS THERE A TIME FRAME WITHIN THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE THAT SHOWS WHAT'S THE LONGEST PERIOD THAT WE CAN HAVE? YES. THE ORDINANCE SPELLS OUT AN EXPIRATION DATE OF DECEMBER 2026. OKAY. SO IN DECEMBER. 
          WAIT, THE CURRENT THE CURRENT ORDINANCE CURRENT ONE. SO THEY'RE HERE TO ASK HERE PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION. CORRECT. SO IF IT GETS APPROVED IT'LL GO FROM 26 PLUS FIVE. CORRECT. 
          CORRECT. CORRECT OKAY. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS IS THERE OKAY I'M SORRY. WAIT. SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. SO YOU SAID THE CURRENT ORDINANCE I MEAN CURRENT I MEAN THE WAY THEY HAVE IT, IT EXPIRES ON DECEMBER OR 2026. CORRECT? CORRECT. YES. OKAY. SO WHAT'S BEFORE US IS TO YOU'RE RECOMMENDING OR YOUR DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD TO A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 
          CORRECT. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO REMOVE THE EXPIRATION ALTOGETHER. AND THEN WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM RECOMMENDED AS WELL WAS TO TIE IT TO THE OCCUPANCY OF THE CURRENT TENANT. SO IF THE CURRENT TENANT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY DESTINY CHURCH, IF THEY WERE EVER TO VACATE, THEN THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR THE SUP TO EXPIRE BASED ON THAT. BUT THE CURRENT SUP WOULD EXPIRE IF UNTOUCHED WOULD EXPIRE AFTER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY, CORRECT? ALL RIGHT, I YIELD BACK. RECOGNIZING. COUNCILMEMBER. ACTUALLY, MAYOR I, MAYOR PRO TEM SPOKE TO WHAT I WAS SPEAKING TO THE FACT THAT IF THEY WERE NO LONGER TENANT, YOU KNOW, CAN WE JUST, YOU KNOW, ELIMINATE THE SUP ALTOGETHER AND JUST MOVE IT BACK TO LC3? SO LC3 SOLELY CORRECT. AND SO YOU SAY THAT THAT'S DOABLE. SO SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE IT A MOTION. 
          THE ORDINANCE THAT'S PRESENTED TO YOU DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE THAT LANGUAGE. SO IF YOU MAKE THAT MOTION THEN IT CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE. SO I'LL PUT MYSELF IN HERE. SO THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, I MEAN, AS LONG AS THEY'RE THEY'RE USING THAT FACILITY FOR AS THE SPACE AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE TODAY THAT THEY HAVE AS DESTINY CHURCH, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS. SO UNTIL THEY'VE DECIDED THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A PLACE THAT THEY BUY OR THEY GROW AND THEY WANT TO MOVE. THEN WE GET OUT OF THIS, CORRECT? CORRECT, CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. OKAY. SO AND I'M NOT FOLLOWING THE MOTION THAT YOU WERE SAYING THAT IT'S NEEDED. YOU JUST SAID IT. WHAT WAS THAT. WHAT DO WE NEED TO HAVE. SO THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU WOULD VOTE ON IF NO FURTHER CHANGES ARE MADE, ONLY INCLUDES THE LIMITATION ON THE ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. SO MINIMUM 7000FT■!S ONE ASSEMBLY USE. AND THEN SOMEONE WOULD NEED TO ADD TO THAT MOTION TO LIMIT IT TO THE CURRENT TENANT. AND THEN THAT LANGUAGE CAN BE ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE. OKAY. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER BONNIE, I HAVE A MOTION, BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEM IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT OR YOU SURE. IS THAT GOING TO BE? YES, IT WAS GOING TO BE OKAY IF THAT'S YOUR MOTION. ALL RIGHT. SO BEFORE I MAKE RECOMMENDATION FOR A BRIEF CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THIS ITEM OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER BONNIE, IS THAT YOUR MOTION? SURE. 
          COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, IS THAT YOUR SECOND? YES, I GUESS NO. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. 
          CHRISTOPHER. YES. MEMBER BROWN. YES. MEMBER. CLAUSEN. YES, YES. TEMPORARY. YES. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. AND THAT'S PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 I JUST KNOW I KNOW HE'S LIKE, THAT'S RIGHT. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS ALL RIGHT. SO THE TIME IS 727. CITY COUNCIL IS NOW BACK INTO REGULAR MEETING. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER LIMITING THE ORDINANCE TO A FIVE YEAR PERIOD DUE TO THE CITY'S POTENTIAL TO REVIEW AND UPDATE ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S CURRENTLY ONGOING, AND WILL BE 
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IN ANOTHER 5 TO 7 YEARS AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. 
          I DON'T SEE IT. OKAY, NOW I SEE COUNCILMEMBER IS DOES THAT INCLUDE THE RESTRICTING THE MAXIMUM SIZE TO 7000, OR DO I NEED TO STATE THAT THAT IS ALREADY IN THE ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH I'M SORRY, MAYOR PRO TEM OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, IS YOUR MOTION ALSO ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE FIVE YEARS? YES. SO MY MOTION IS TO GO WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO RESTRICT THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY TO NO MORE THAN 7000FT■!S, LIMITING THE NUMBER OF ASSEMBLY USES TO ONE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER, AND GOING WITH FIVE YEARS AS THE LEASE SPACE. 
          OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, IS THAT YOUR SECOND? YES. OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. ARE WE CLEAR ON THE MOTION? REJOICE. 
          YES. CITY SECOND. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL 
          [(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Designate the proposed maximum ad ...]
RIGHT. THANK YOU. JENNIFER. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, OUR AUTHORIZATIONS EIGHT A IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. DESIGNATE THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM AD VALOREM TAX RATE AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025. BERTHA ALEXANDER, INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS EVENING. WE ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU DESIGNATE A MAXIMUM TAX RATE AND SET THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO WHEN THE CITY RECEIVES THE CERTIFIED TAX VALUES FROM THE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO TWO THINGS. CALCULATE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS 0.57832. AND CALCULATE THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, WHICH IS 0.600699. SO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS USED TO CALCULATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS THE PRIOR YEAR, USING THE SAME PROPERTIES. AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS THE MAXIMUM RATE WE CAN CHARGE WITHOUT AN ELECTION. 
          JURISDICTIONS. TAX RATES MISSOURI CITY TAX RATE IS 0.570825. OTHER TAXING ENTITIES. 
          FORT BEND ISD IS AT 0.986900. FORT BEND COUNTY GENERAL AND DRAINAGE TAX RATE IS 0.42200, AND HCC TAX RATE IS 0.096183. THIS CHART DOES NOT INCLUDE THE TAX RATES FOR THE MUDS AND THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, WHICH CAN RANGE FROM $0.11 TO $1.16 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUATION. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING WE'RE PROPOSING AN FY 26 TAX RATE OF 0.570825, WHICH IS THE SAME AS OUR CURRENT TAX RATE. THAT RATE IS LESS THAN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. IT IS ALSO LESS THAN THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. THE COMPONENTS OF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE ARE NO RATE OF 0.455029, A DEBT SERVICE RATE OF 0.115796. IN ORDER FOR US TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT TAX RATE, WE HAD TO REDUCE THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE BY ONE CENTS. BECAUSE OUR DEBT RATE IS OUR DEBT RATE, IT IS THE AMOUNT THAT IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO PAY THE PMI ON THE $86 MILLION IN BOND ISSUANCE, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE WOULD RESULT IN AN ESTIMATED COLLECTION OF 73.7 MILLION IN REVENUE, USING A 98.5% TAX COLLECTION FACTOR. OF THE 73.7 MILLION, APPROXIMATELY 51.8 MILLION IS ALLOCATED TO THE 
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GENERAL FUND, 8.7 MILLION WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE TERS, AND THE REMAINING 13.2 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. OUR TAX RATE HISTORY. WITH THE PROPOSED RATE, THE TEN YEAR AVERAGE RATE FOR THE CITY IS 0.585625. MAINTAINING THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAX RATE WILL PUT US UNDER THE AVERAGE. FOR THIS SLIDE. FOR EVERY $0.01, A $0.01 OF ASSESSED VALUE IS EQUIVALENT TO 1.1 MILLION. FOR THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, WE'RE SHOWING THE PROPERTY TAX COMPARISON AMONG VARIOUS CITIES ONCE WE EXCLUDE SUGAR LAND, THE AVERAGE PROPERTY TAX RATE IS 0.560236. DID I GET THAT RIGHT? I'M SORRY. EXCLUDING SUGAR LAND WHOSE TAX RATE IS 0.560236, THE AVERAGE IS 0.53953 FOR. OUR FINAL SLIDE IS BASICALLY A SUMMARY. IT GOES OVER TO NO NEW REVENUE RATE OF 0.577832. THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE OF 0.60069. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE IS LESS THAN BOTH OF THOSE RATES. THEREFORE, NO PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED. 
          HOWEVER, ONE OF OUR BUDGET PRINCIPLES IS TO ALWAYS BE TRANSPARENT. THEREFORE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. BERTHA, RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, BERTHA, FOR THE BREAKDOWN. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION OF CLARITY ON SLIDE WITH THE PENNY ON THERE OR THE DIME. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS. LET ME MAKE SURE. IS THERE ANY PERCENTAGE OR A TAX RATE INCLUDED FOR THOSE THAT LIVE ON THE HARRIS COUNTY SIDE OF MISSOURI CITY? IN TERMS OF I DON'T FOR THIS PARTICULAR, I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION. NO, MA'AM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT. WE JUST ALWAYS LOOK AT IT IN TOTAL. BUT DO THEY PAY A SEPARATE COUNTY TAX OVER THERE? HARRIS COUNTY? YEAH, OUR HARRIS COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, DO THEY PAY A TAX FOR GENERAL FUND OR DRAINAGE ON THE HARRIS COUNTY SIDE? DO THEY WANDER? DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. I ALWAYS JUST GO FOR THE INSIDE. OKAY. WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT AND PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO YOU. YES. AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE UPDATE. IF IT IS, UPDATE YOUR SLIDE TO REFLECT THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE RESIDENTS IN MISSOURI CITY THAT ARE IN THE HARRIS COUNTY SIDE, THAT IF THEY'RE PAYING A SEPARATE TAX THAT NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED IN THIS AND REFLECT IN THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL HAS A MOTION. WHAT IS YOUR MOTION. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR. MY MOTION IS TO DESIGNATE THE PROPOSED 570825 AS AN AD VALOREM TAX RATE AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER BARNEY, IS THAT YOUR SECOND? YES, IT IS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER NINE ARE ORDINANCES NINE A AN 
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ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AMENDING AND RESTATING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 143, REDUCING THE TOTAL ACREAGE SUBJECT TO SUCH PERMIT, AUTHORIZING THE USE OF AN APPROXIMATELY 836.3 ACRE TRACT OF LAND FOR A SPECIFIC USE. QUARRY, MINE, SAND AND MINERAL EXTRACTION. DESCRIBING SAID 836.30 ACRE TRACT OF LAND PROVIDING LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND CONDITIONS ON SUCH SPECIFIC USE. AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. THANK YOU. JOYCE. IT LOOKS LIKE HERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM SARAI. YES. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS ORDINANCE IS IN REGARDS TO THE ZONING CASE THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU ON JUNE 16TH AND AGAIN ON JULY 24TH, 21ST. THE 
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APPLICATION IS TO AMEND SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 143 TO ALLOW THE USE OF QUARRY MINING AND EXTRACTION TO BE ALLOWED THROUGH THE YEAR 2034. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS INCLUDE UPDATING THE TRUCK ROUTES AND INCREASING THE MAX DAILY TRUCK TRIPS FROM 250 TRIPS TO 300. THE UPDATED TRUCK ROUTES INCLUDE THOMPSON FERRY ROAD TO SIENNA SPRINGS TO SIENNA RANCH, AND THEN GOING SOUTH TO FORT BEND TOLL OR TO SIENNA PARKWAY, AND THEN GOING TOWARDS THE WEST FROM THOMPSON FERRY ROAD TO LJ PARKWAY TO UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD AND TO HIGHWAY SIX. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE TRUCK TRAFFIC OUTSIDE OF SIENNA AREA BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE BETWEEN 6 A.M. AND 5 P.M, AND ANY TRUCK TRAFFIC ON SIENNA PARKWAY BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE BETWEEN 8 A.M. AND 4 P.M. ONLY. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER. CLOUSER. YES. THANK YOU. 
          I SO FROM THE LAST TIME THAT THEY WERE HERE. WHAT WERE WHAT WE PROPOSED? DID THEY ACCEPT WHAT WE PROPOSED? AND IF NOT, WHERE WAS THE I GUESS, THE MIDDLE GROUND? SO I BELIEVE FROM THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS THE GENERAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS BETWEEN 8 TO 4 P.M. OKAY. SO THEN GOING BACK AND TALKING WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE OPERATOR OF THE QUARRY AND MINING, THE KIND OF COMPROMISE THAT WE CAME TO WAS TO ALLOW THE TRUCK TRAFFIC TO OPERATE BETWEEN 6 AND 5 P.M, NOT ON SIENNA PARKWAY OR I MEAN, YEAH, OUTSIDE OF SIENNA PARKWAY AND THEN ON SIENNA PARKWAY, RESTRICTING THEIR ABILITY TO USE IT BETWEEN 8 TO 4 P.M. AND SO THAT WAY TO KIND OF COMPROMISE ON THAT TRUCK TRAFFIC ON SIENNA PARKWAY DURING THOSE HIGH VOLUME TIMES, BUT THEN ALLOWING THEM TO OPERATE OUTSIDE OF THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER I PLACE MYSELF IN THE QUEUE AND I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE SO FOR THE CITY MANAGER. AT OUR LAST DISCUSSIONS, WE ALSO KIND OF TALKED ABOUT VALUE ADD, IF YOU WILL. AND WITH THE WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR STREETS, AND I KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO GO BACK AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TAKE A CLOSER LOOK. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT TYPE OF CUSTOMER BASE ARE THEY SUPPLYING THIS MATERIAL TO? IS THIS TO ALL BUILDERS, OR IS THIS TO HOW FAR OUT ARE THEY GOING? I'M NOT SURE OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING. ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT THERE'S NOTHING WITHIN THE CITY THAT IS GENERATING ANY KIND OF SALES TAX. USUALLY WITH A BUSINESS LIKE THIS, THE SALES TAX IS PAID ON THE RECEIVING END. AND SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY SALES TAX BEING ACCUMULATED FROM FROM THIS ACTIVITY AT THIS LOCATION. OKAY. 
          SO WE DON'T RECEIVE ANY SALES TAX FROM THIS PARTICULAR 800. YOU KNOW, FROM THE ACTIVITY I SHOULD SAY. AND IN TERMS OF PROPERTY TAXES, DO WE RECEIVE ANY TYPE OF PROPERTY TAX. NOT SURE. AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MANGUM TO COME TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK TO THE SPECIFIC QUESTION BECAUSE HE DID THE RESEARCH. SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND ANY PROPERTY TAX THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT. THE RESEARCH THAT WE FOUND SAID THAT AND WE USED WE WERE LOOKING THROUGH OUR RECORDS AND OUR CONSULTANT, BUT THAT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE USE OF THE LAND, IF THERE WAS ANY PROPERTY TAX WOULD BE NEGLIGIBLE, IT WOULD BE NEGLIGIBLE. SO CURRENTLY WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY EXTENDING ANOTHER TEN YEARS TO THIS OPERATOR. AND I AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING NOW FOR OVER 20 YEARS AS I UNDERSTAND IT. SO NOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEN. MY CONCERN IS JUST A THE TRAFFIC THAT'S FLOWING THROUGH THIS AREA, WE WE'RE JUST BUSTING AT THE SEAMS THERE. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET CAUGHT IN IT MYSELF LAST WEEK OR SO AND IT DIDN'T FEEL GOOD. SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE TIMES HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT REDUCED AND SOME OF THE REROUTING HAS BEEN HAS OCCURRED AS WELL. AND I DID ALSO NOTE IN YOUR REPORT, CITY MANAGER, THAT YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GO OUT AND MAKE THE CITATIONS AS WE NEED, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE NEW TRAFFIC PATTERNS FOR THESE TRUCKS. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. THANK YOU AND I CONCUR WITH THE COMMENT THAT WE'RE WE'RE BASICALLY WE'RE JUST NOT GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF THIS. 
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AND THEY ARE. ABSOLUTELY USING OUR ROADS. I CIRCLED THIS THE SIENNA PARKWAY AREA MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN WE WERE DOING THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, ACTUALLY JUST FINISHED UP, BUT THESE TRUCKS ARE HITTING THE ROAD NONSTOP AND THEY ARE PART OF THIS TRAFFIC ISSUE. SO 8:00 IN THE MORNING, IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE HOT TIME ON SIENNA PARKWAY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A USAGE FEE ON THESE TRUCKS OR SOMETHING. I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN PULL THAT OFF. I THINK THERE'S A FROWNY FACE OVER HERE. SO I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING COLLECTIVE, COMPREHENSIVELY THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IN TERMS OF IMPACT ON OUR ROADS AND NOT JUST THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY, BUT ACROSS THE BOARD. AND BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL BE EVALUATING. OKAY. AND SO I'M SORRY, I SKIP THE SLIDE. ARE WE LIMITING IT TO THE 300 TRUCKS. WAS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ALLOW THE 300 TRUCKS OKAY. MAX DAILY. AND THEY HAD REQUESTED UP TO 350. IT WAS ORIGINALLY 250. THEY REQUESTED 300. AND WHY ARE WE BUDGING ON THAT? WE'RE JUST THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ALLOW FOR WHAT THEY REQUESTED, JUST BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED TIME CONSTRAINT ON THEIR OPERATIONS. AND THEN. ALL RIGHT, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE MEMO. IT STATED THAT THE OWNER IS LOOKING TO UPGRADE THEIR FACILITIES SO THAT THEY CAN RECOVER THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH UPGRADES, WHICH IS WHY THEY NEED TO EXTEND THE TIME FRAME. MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE IS THE CITY GETTING ANY FUNDS FROM A PERMITTING FEE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT RELATIVE TO THEIR UPGRADING THEIR FACILITIES AT ALL? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY. JENNIFER. NO, THIS IS NEWS THAT THEY ARE UPGRADING THEIR FACILITY TO. IT'S IN THE MEMO. AND SO MY QUESTION I JUST WANT TO KNOW I KNOW IT WAS STATED THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY PROPERTY TAX MONEY, ANY SALES TAX REVENUE. AND WITH THEM UPGRADING THEIR FACILITIES DOESN'T APPEAR. OR WE MAY NOT KNOW AT THIS POINT IF WE'RE GETTING ANY MONEY FOR THAT, THEN OF COURSE, I THINK IT WAS CHIEF BURTON THAT SPOKE ABOUT THE ENFORCEABILITY OF TRYING TO ISSUE THESE CITATIONS AND MONITORING YOU, SAID CHIEF FARRIS. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. I'M REALLY SO SORRY, CHIEF. I KNOW. THIS. THAT'S HOW LONG THIS AGREEMENT'S BEEN IN PLACE ON TV. BUT NO. SO IT WAS TALKED ABOUT THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE THE ISSUANCE OF THESE CITATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE UPSIDE AS TO HOW THIS MAKES SENSE FOR THE CITY TO, TO APPROVE. AND IF WE DON'T, IT GOES BACK TO JUST BASICALLY JUST BEING THIS OPEN ENDED AGREEMENT. 
          CORRECT? NO, THAT'S NOT CORRECT. AND I'LL LET LEGAL SPEAK TO THAT. IF YOU DON'T APPROVE IT, THEN THERE IS NO AGREEMENT IN PLACE. THE AGREEMENT EXPIRED IN 2020 I BELIEVE, BUT WE'VE BEEN BASICALLY OPERATING IT AS THIS OPEN. BUT ONCE IT'S DETERMINED WE WILL NOT BE OPERATING, WE WILL BE CITING ISSUING CITATIONS FOR VIOLATION OF THE AGREEMENT. WHATEVER ACTION YOU TAKE, WE WILL START TO ENFORCE CITATIONS AS IT RELATES TO THAT. OKAY. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION. WHY DID STAFF MAKE THIS A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS TO CONTINUE THE USE TO INCREASE THE 250 TO 300 IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY SALES TAX REVENUE BENEFITS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROPERTY TAX BENEFITS. REVENUE BENEFITS. OUR POLICE HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND MONITOR. THEY'RE ON OUR STREETS. WHY IS THIS A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION? SO WE KEPT THE POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 300 BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED TIME FRAME ON SIENNA PARKWAY BEING FROM 8 A.M. TO 4 P.M, BUT THAT WAS JUST STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. IT CAN BE CHANGED. SO WITH THE 8 TO 4 CHANGE, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY THAT'S STILL THE PRIME TIME OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE COMMUNITY TO GET TO THEIR JOBS. THOSE THAT PAY PROPERTY TAX, BUSINESS OWNERS THAT LIVE IN OUR CITY, THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SALES TAX REVENUE. SO I WAS KIND OF CONCERNED OF WHY Y'ALL WOULD MAKE THIS A POSITIVE 
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RECOMMENDATION. AND SO WITH THESE THINGS AS A FACTOR, IT'S GOING TO BE A NO FOR ME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO I GUESS IT'S MY TURN. WE HAD THIS ITEM BEFORE US. I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD TIME, IF NOT SECOND TIME, SECOND, SECOND TIME. THAT'S COMING BACK. WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION OVER THIS. I MEAN, WE SEEM TO BE PUTTING IMPACT FEES ON THINGS AND USER FEE ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO AND I GET IT. THEY'RE IN THE BUSINESS TO BUILD HOMES. AND THESE TRUCKS ARE DELIVERING PRODUCTS AND SAND AND OTHER MATERIALS. AND SO WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED TO DO HOMES OR TO WHATEVER THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING. SO I GET THAT. BUT IT'S TEARING UP OUR ROADWAYS AND THERE'S ZERO IMPACT TO US. RIGHT. SO WE CAN'T CHARGE THEM ANYTHING. AND THEN NOW WE PUT THIS IN PLACE. IT REQUESTS OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO, IF THEY ARE THERE BEFORE THAT TO POLICE THEM AND IF YOU WILL, AND THAT AND WE HAVE FORT BEND COUNTY, WE HAVE LIDS, WE HAVE MUDS, WE HAVE YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT'S ON THIS THING. OUT OF SEVEN OF US SITTING UP HERE, I LIVE OFF OF THIS ROADWAY. SO I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THIS IS. AND IT'S NOT JUST ME. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT CONSTANTLY COMPLAINS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND WE'RE ADDING ON TO IT. BUT BUT I, I'M FULLY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAVE TO THE REASON WHY THOSE HOMES AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE OUT THERE IS BECAUSE OF THEY'RE DELIVERING STUFF AND THEY'RE MAKING IT HAPPEN. BUT WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO EITHER SOME KIND OF FEES OR SOME SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO PUT INTO THIS PLACE, RATHER THAN JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, 8 A.M. TO 4 P.M, 8 A.M. IS FINE BECAUSE 7:00 OR 630 TO 750 IS WHEN EVERYBODY'S ON THAT PARKWAY. 
          ABOUT 830, IT STARTED TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN OF COURSE IT STARTS BACK UP AGAIN AROUND 230. NOW BECAUSE SCHOOLS GETS OUT, YOU HAVE SCHOOL BUSSES AND PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING INTO SIENNA. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING. CITY MANAGER AND I KNOW I THOUGHT MY, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS EVEN IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS, THEY GO BACK TO SUNUP AND SUNDOWN. NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE. NO, NO. BECAUSE OF THE LAST MEETING Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT, IT GOES BACK TO SUNUP AND SUNDOWN. SO IF I MAY, WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION TO OPERATE THE LAND USE, THE CITY COULD CITE THEM FOR VIOLATING THE ORDINANCE. NO, NO, I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION. THE QUESTION IS, TODAY, THEY'RE OPERATING AT FROM SUN, RIGHT SUNUP TO SUNDOWN. IF THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE. YES. WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          THERE'S THEY'RE RIGHT. BECAUSE WE WERE SAYING UNTIL A NEW AGREEMENT IS PUT INTO PLACE, WHATEVER THAT IS, UNTIL THEN, THEY'RE STILL OPERATING FROM DUSK OF DAWN ALL THE WAY TILL, YOU KNOW, LATE AT NIGHT. RIGHT. AS OF NOTICE TO THE OWNER, WE SAID THAT WE WOULD EFFECTIVELY START TO SITE IF THEY FALL OUTSIDE OF THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDED HOURS. BUT BUT IT HASN'T BEEN VOTED. THAT'S CORRECT. APPROVED BY COUNCIL. THAT'S TRUE. BUT IT STILL DOESN'T NEGATE THE FACT THAT WE COULD SITE BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE. SO I MEAN, THAT'S JUST A TRANSITION, IF YOU WILL. IT'S TOTALLY UP TO THIS BODY TO DETERMINE WHAT, IF ANY, YOU COULD REJECT IT ALTOGETHER. BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE SOME NOTICE OF WHAT ACTIONS WE WOULD BE TAKING FOR THIS. OKAY. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WHERE DO WE COME UP WITH 8 A.M. TO 4 P.M? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY ALL AGREE OR YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THEY'RE OKAY WITH THIS TIME? YES, YES. SO THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO OPERATE FROM 8 A.M. TO 4 P.M. ON SIENNA PARKWAY. WHAT IS SIENNA AREA MEAN? SO SIENNA PARKWAY OKAY, SO OUTSIDE OF SIENNA SIENNA RANCH. YES. OKAY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GET CORRECTED BECAUSE I, BECAUSE THEY HAD TWO ROUTES TO USE. ONE WAS SIENNA RANCH ROAD. THE OTHER ROUTE WAS SIENNA PARKWAY. SO WHEN YOU SAY SIENNA AREA 8 A.M. TO 4 P.M, IT'S MISLEADING. YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS. SIENNA AREA CONSIDERED SIENNA PARKWAY SEEING A CROSSING SIENNA SPRINGS YOU 
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KNOW YOU GOT WATERS. WATERS LAKE I MEAN YOU GOT ALL OF THEM ARE CONSIDERED SIENNA AREA, SO I THINK WE NEEDED TO GO BACK. WHATEVER WE DO, LABEL IT ON WHICH PARKWAY BECAUSE I THINK THAT HELPS THE POLICE OFFICERS IF THEY'RE STOPPING THEM. OTHERWISE, THERE'S NO WAY FOR THEM TO TELL SIENNA AREA WHICH ONE WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PERSON THAT CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT THE LAST MEETING WAS TALKING ABOUT THEY NEED TWO ROUTES. ONE WAS SIENNA PARKWAY AND THE OTHER ONE WAS SIENNA RANCH ROAD AND GOING TOWARDS LJ PARKWAY AND THEN CUTTING THROUGH THERE AS THEY'RE BUILDING MORE OUT THERE. SO I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE MORE CLARITY. AND ANGEL, I JUST WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU ON THE USER FEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT THIS? ABSOLUTELY. AND I WILL BE BRINGING IT BACK IN A FUTURE AGENDA. TO THE EXTENT THE STATE ALLOWS, WE WILL BE COMING UP WITH A FEE FOR IMPACTING ROADS, AND THAT'S ACROSS THE BOARD FOR IDENTIFYING ALL VEHICLES OF A CERTAIN WEIGHT THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY. AND AS LONG AS THE STATE ALLOWS US TO DO SO, WE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR A USER FEE. THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. I DO WANT TO I THINK THIS HAS BEEN THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS COME FOR US TO BE FRANK. AND I REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS A DIFFERENT HOUR OF OPERATION PROPOSAL FROM THIS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WHEN THE REPRESENTATIVE WHO I WANT TO SAY IS WITH JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT, WHO REPRESENTS WHO WAS REPRESENTING THEM, MENTIONED THAT IF WE DEVIATED FROM WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY WERE SEEKING WAS, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A BUSINESS DECISION, IS WHAT I REMEMBER THEM SAYING. AND I DO ALSO REMEMBER CHIEF HARRIS, WHO WAS MENTIONING HOW CHALLENGING THIS WOULD BE TO TRY TO MONITOR. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE SO MANY OTHER THINGS TO DO, IS IT OKAY IF CHIEF HARRIS, CAN YOU SPEAK TO IF YOU DON'T MIND, WHAT IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE ON OPERATIONS? I MEAN, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SO MUCH. YES, SIR. SO I CAN TELL YOU THE WE CAN'T ENFORCE THE TIMES BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY CUT AND DRY. THE TIMES THAT THEY CAN BE ON SANTA'S PARK OR THE OTHER ROADS. IT'S THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES, THE NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT WE WILL HAVE TROUBLE MONITORING BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T WON'T KNOW WHAT TRIP THEY'RE ON UNLESS THERE'S SOME KIND OF SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR THE NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT ARE TAKEN, SOMETHING THAT THE DRIVERS CAN COMMUNICATE TO THE OFFICERS. BUT THE TIMES WE CAN'T ENFORCE FOR SURE. HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? DO THEY HAVE LIKE A CERTAIN SIGNAGE OR. YEAH, THE TRUCK SHOULD HAVE SOME SIGNAGE WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, TO IDENTIFY THAT THEY'RE PART OF THIS COMPANY. OKAY. AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO JUST SIT AND SEE WHICH VEHICLES ARE GOING UP AND DOWN, AS DURING THE OFFICER'S DAILY ROUTINE PATROLS, IF THEY SEE THAT TRUCK ON THE ROAD AND IT'S BETWEEN THE TIMES, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE, YOU STOP THEM AND CITE THEM. AND IF IT'S ALREADY A BUNCH OF TRAFFIC ON THAT STREET, WHERE WOULD YOU STOP THEM AT? YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE EVEN MORE BACKUP ON ON THE STREETS, ON TWO LANE ROADS GOING EACH WAY. SO, I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS LOGISTICALLY IS GOING TO WORK, NOT ONLY FROM Y'ALL'S PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO JUST FROM A TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE. IF IT'S ALREADY AN ISSUE WITH TRAFFIC, THIS WOULD CAUSE AN EVEN GREATER PROBLEM. SO IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING INCORRECT THAT YOU HAVE SLIPS THAT THEY HAVE TO PRODUCE THAT? WOULD THEY HAVE LOGBOOKS? YES. SO THAT'S A WAY TO TRACK IT. CORRECT? CORRECT. WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF EXTRA STUFF. RIGHT. SO IS MY LAST THING IS, IS SO IS IT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THESE HOURS OF OPERATION. AND THEN I GUESS MY QUESTION IS HOW DO WE HOW ARE WE? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT LOG BOOKS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, TO BE HONEST, BUT I JUST KNOW THAT IT SAYS HERE 6 TO 5 OUTSIDE OF SIENNA AREA AND 8 TO 4 WITHIN SIENNA AREA. HOW IS THAT GOING TO TRULY BE MONITORED, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH TRUCKS SHOULD BE? I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND LOGISTICALLY HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK, WHICH IS WHY I FIND IT PROBLEMATIC TO APPROVE THESE TIMES. YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. YEAH, I HAVE I GUESS THE ISSUE ALSO WITH THIS OUTSIDE OF SIENNA AND THE SIENNA AREA, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU DEFINE THAT? AND TO ME THAT JUST OPENS UP PANDORA'S BOX. YOU DON'T REALLY YOU KNOW. HAVE A GOOD WAY OF, I GUESS, IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, FROM 6 TO 5 WHAT TRUCKS SHOULD BE THERE ON IN THE AREA THAT'S IDENTIFIED AS OUTSIDE OF SIENNA. I MEAN, AND IF I MAY REALLY QUICKLY INTERRUPT YOU ALL, 
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THAT'S THE SLIDE SAYS OUTSIDE OF SIENNA SIENNA AREA. BUT THE ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY STATES THE STREETS ON WHICH THEY CAN DRIVE LJ PARKWAY AND. YES SIR, YES SIR. SO THE FIRST ITEM IS AND IT'S IN B ONE THOMPSON FERRY ROAD TO SIENNA SPRINGS BOULEVARD, SIENNA SPRINGS BOULEVARD TO SIENNA RANCH, SOUTH OF SIENNA RANCH TO FORT BEND PARKWAY OR SIENNA PARKWAY. SO THE PROHIBITION WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY ON SIENNA PARKWAY. THAT MAKES IT MORE. I'M SORRY, WHY THIS? THIS IS WHAT? PUBLIC WATCHING IS HERE AT HOME AND WHY THIS DOESN'T REFER TO WHAT YOU KNOW. IT SHOULD. IT SHOULD INCLUDE THOSE ON THERE. THAT'S THAT'S YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? THIS IS WHAT IF ANYBODY IS SITTING AT HOME WATCHING THIS AND, YOU KNOW, SEEING THIS, THIS CONVERSATION, THEY'RE SEEING WHAT THIS IS. THEY'RE NOT SEEING SOMETHING. RIGHT. SO EITHER A WE GOT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THESE PRESENTATIONS BEFORE IT WILL PUT THROUGH TO US AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ACCURATE. IF NOT, WE'RE VOTING ON SOMETHING. BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS. SO YOU KNOW, SOMEONE SITTING AT HOME DOESN'T REALLY KNOW ANYWAY. I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER. WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, BUT I THINK, AS YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN IDENTIFIER AS TO WHAT STREETS OR ROADS ARE CONSIDERED OUTSIDE OF SIENNA OR. WELL, YOU REALLY DON'T EVEN LOOK AT THAT. YOU JUST LOOK AT THE ROADS THEMSELVES, AND YOU DON'T CARE WHETHER THEY'RE IN SIENNA OR IN SIENNA. YEAH, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. IF THAT'S WRONG, THEN YOU KNOW. SO I'LL HAVE TO TELL ME WHY THE, THE THING THAT AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY MANAGER BROUGHT UP IS A USAGE FEE SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, THESE HEAVY TRUCKS ARE TAKING A TOLL ON OUR STREETS AND OUR ROADS. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE OUGHT TO HAVE SOME WAY OF HAVING SOME COMPENSATION FOR THAT. SECONDLY IS THE HOURS JUST REALLY KIND OF PROLONGS THE OR EXACERBATES THE, THE TRAFFIC ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IN THAT AREA. AND IF WE GO FROM 250 TO 300 TRIPS, I MEAN, ALL WE'RE DOING AND THOSE THOSE STREETS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ARE ROADS ARE PRIMARY. AREAS THAT ARE PRIMARY ROADWAYS THAT CARRY OUR TRAFFIC THROUGH SIENNA IN AND OUT OF SIENNA. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST I GUESS THE QUESTION IS IF WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, OR IF WE DON'T PROVIDE THEM WITH THIS ACCESS, WHAT DOES IT DO TO MISSOURI CITY? WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON MISSOURI CITY? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY IMPACT THAT'S THERE'S NEGATIVE IMPACT BUT NO POSITIVE IMPACT. WELL, ACTUALLY IT COULD BE POSITIVE IMPACT AND LESS WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR ROADS AND NO NEGATIVE IMPACT. YEAH. OKAY. IT'S. I, I JUST AT A POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW SOMEHOW. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT THAT'S WORKABLE. AND I DON'T THINK WHAT WE'RE BEING PRESENTED WITH IS WORKABLE, WHETHER IT'S TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS COMPANY OR THE DISADVANTAGE OF THIS COMPANY, OUR JOB IS TO LOOK, WHAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF MISSOURI CITY CITIZENS AND DISADVANTAGE TO MISSOURI CITY CITIZENS, NOT ONE PARTICULAR BUSINESS. THE OTHER THING, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT USAGE FEE, HOW DO YOU HOW WOULD YOU DESIGNATE WHO TO APPLY A USAGE FEE TO? WE'VE GOT TRUCKS COMING IN FROM ALL OVER GOD'S CREATION THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH SIENNA AND THROUGH MISSOURI CITY. HOW DO YOU DISTINGUISH WHICH ONES SHOULD BE CHARGED A USAGE FEE AND WHICH ONES? YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ANY MEANS OF DOING SOME KIND OF A USAGE FEE BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT LOCATED IN MISSOURI CITY. THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE JUST TRANSVERSING THROUGH MISSOURI CITY. I THINK THAT'S A FUTURE AGENDA, AND THAT'S ONE THAT STAFF WOULD FLUSH OUT TO DETERMINE HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE FEES COULD BE, WHAT WHAT ARE ALLOWED, HOW WOULD WE 
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DIFFERENTIATE. SO THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY A FUTURE AGENDA. WHEN WE BRING BACK THE USER FEES, WE WOULD HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS ADDRESSED IN THAT AGENDA ITEM. ARE WE VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT OR WHAT'S THE I DON'T KNOW, WE GOTTA I GOTTA GET THREE MORE PEOPLE AND THEN WE'LL GO TO BROWN MARSHALL WHO PUT THE MOTION IN AND SEE IF IT'S GOING TO BE A MOTION OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION OR NOT RECOGNIZING. COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER. YES. SO TWO POINTS. DIDN'T WE PROPOSE THEM USING THIS ROADWAY OVERNIGHT? WE DID LIKE OVERNIGHT. YEAH. SO WE DID WE DID PROPOSE AND THEY SAID THAT THAT THAT WOULD THAT WOULD THAT WOULD TOTALLY NOT WORK. THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS THERE SOME TYPE OF. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS THAT CAN BE DONE? JOYCE, WITH OTHER BENCHMARK CITIES THAT MIGHT HAVE THE SAME SIMILAR SITUATION AND COMPARING THE FEES THAT THEY CHARGE. WHEN YOU'RE REFERRING TO FEES, DO YOU MEAN USER FEES? USER FEES, WHAT WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THAT WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM THAT'S BEFORE YOU ALL SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO THE LAND USE OF THIS AREA FOR A QUARRY. 
          SO DISCUSSION ABOUT USER FEES AND POTENTIAL USER FEES ACROSS THE CITY WOULD BE FOR A FUTURE MEETING. OKAY. AND CITY MANAGER JONES, IF THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF USER FEE OR FEES THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED, HOW QUICKLY COULD THEY BE IMPLEMENTED? WOULD WE HAVE TO WAIT A CERTAIN PERIOD OR COULD DO WE? WOULD YOU ALL PRESENT THAT AND WE COULD ADOPT THOSE AT THAT TIME? I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON THE FEE. OKAY. BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF THE FEES ARE 1 OR 2 READINGS AND. OKAY, OKAY. ALL OF THAT. SO YOU'VE ANSWERED MY QUESTION. YES. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT THE FEES WOULD LOOK LIKE COMPARING TO OTHER CITIES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING, AND ALSO GOING BACK TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO INCONVENIENCE THEM TO OPERATE OVERNIGHT, BUT IT INCONVENIENCES OUR RESIDENTS TO BE IN ALL THE TRAFFIC. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT INCONVENIENCE MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THEY MIGHT JUST HAVE TO DO BUSINESS IN A DIFFERENT WAY. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THOSE HOURS WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          THEM OPERATING THEIR 300 250 TRUCKS OVERNIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER OUDERKIRK. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, FIRST I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT CONTROL. AND SINCE YOU'RE STILL STANDING UP THERE, THERE'S ONE WAY IN THIS PLACE AND ONE WAY OUT. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU COUNT IF YOU'RE GOING TO COUNT. AND AGAIN, THAT'S A MANPOWER THING. BUT THAT'S AN EASY THING TO SIT THERE AND SAY ONE, TWO, THREE. RIGHT. YOU CAN COUNT AT THAT THAT ACCESS POINT. NOW TRIP TICKETS. AS COUNCIL MEMBER AMBER EMERY HAD MENTIONED AT THE LAST HASH OUT OF THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION TO LOOK AT. BUT THERE'S ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT THEY CAN ONLY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TO COUNT THEM ON SIENNA PARKWAY AND ON PARKWAY. WE CAN COUNT THEM RIGHT AS THEY'RE LEAVING THE PLACE, BECAUSE THEY CAN ONLY LEAVE 300 TIMES. I WOULD PREFER TO SEE 250 TIMES, BUT WE'LL SEE. BUT IF WE PUSH THEM OUT OF THE AREA, THEY STILL HAVE TO BRING TRUCKS TO SIENNA PARKWAY. SO THERE IS BENEFICIAL TO WORK WITH THEM IF WE CAN GET FEES OUT OF THEM, BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE TO PULL FROM A DIFFERENT AREA BECAUSE WE'VE KIND OF KICKED THEM OUT, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE BRINGING TRUCKS INTO SIENNA JUST FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. AT LEAST WE HAVE SOME SORT OF CONTROL OVER THIS, AND WE WOULD GET SALES TAX FROM THOSE. YEAH. OKAY. SO YEAH, BUT ONE THING THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER TYING TO THIS IS IF WE HAVE THINGS LIKE ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON SIENNA PARKWAY THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT A MORATORIUM ON ON THOSE DAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO STOP WORK. AND IF WE HAVE SOME SORT OF EMERGENCY, THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO STOP, BECAUSE THIS ABSOLUTELY ADDS TO THE MESS AND ADDS TO THE TRAFFIC. SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT IN THERE SOMEHOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT SUGGESTION KNOWING AND MAYBE THE MAYOR CAN UNDERSTAND THIS CONCEPT, KNOWING HOW THESE TRUCKS DROP LOADS AND THEN THEY HAVE TO THEY LEVEL THAT LOAD AND THEN THEY DROP ANOTHER LOAD. IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN ONGOING, CONSTANT THING ALL DAY. UNLESS THEY'RE HAVING THE OTHER THE LAND CREWS DOING LIKE THAT CIVIL 
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WORK, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO OVERNIGHT BECAUSE THEN THEY HAVE TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE ON SITE, LIKE WITH THEIR BULLDOZERS LEVELING ALL NIGHT. IF THERE'S IF, IF THEY'RE ALREADY CONSTRUCTING NEARBY, THEN THAT MEANS THEY'RE WORKING ALL NIGHT DURING NIGHT HOURS, LIKE LEVELING THAT DIRT BECAUSE. SO THEY'LL DROP THE LOAD, LEVEL THAT OUT. THEN THE NEXT TRUCK SHOWS UP. THEY'LL LEVEL THAT OUT. SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. I UNDERSTAND THEIR PROBLEM WITH WORKING AT NIGHT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THEY CAN'T JUST DUMP LOADS AND THEN HAVE ALL THESE HUGE PILES OUT THERE. THEY KIND OF HAVE TO WORK IN LIKE A PROGRESSION. SO I THINK THE MAYOR PROBABLY UNDERSTANDS THAT A LITTLE BIT FROM CONSTRUCTION WORK. CHIEF, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. SO YOU CAN JUST BUT BUT I DO SHE SHE CHIEF HARRIS I SAID I BUT MY JUST QUESTION IS ANGEL THERE ARE TWO OTHER WAYS TO GET ONTO SIENNA PARKWAY TO GO IN THE BACK. WHICH WHICH IS MCKEEVER COMING FROM THAT 521 AND HIGHWAY SIX SIDE. OR IF YOU TAKE 521 DOWN THE RIGHT BEFORE SEEING A POINT, THE SIENNA PARKWAY KIND OF RUNS INTO THAT. SO THAT'S WAY IN THE BACK. 
          THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE USUALLY FROM WHERE THE ROUNDABOUT AND KIND OF COMING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE FRONT, RIGHT WHERE THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD AND, AND WHAT'S AND ALL THAT IS WHERE THE CONGESTION IS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE MORE COMMERCIAL. THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET ONTO THE PARKWAY AND ALL THAT. OKAY. SO I THINK WHEN YOU GO BACK AND SPEAK TO THEM, LOOK AT THOSE TWO ALTERNATIVES, WHICH ARE MCKEEVER AND EVEN OF COURSE, THE TIMING HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU ALL NEED TO ACCURATELY PUT IN. AND THEN ALSO THAT 521 COMING OFF OF TO INTO THE SIENNA PARKWAY, WHICH MAKES THEM GET TO THE BACK, WHICH THEY ARE NOT BUILDING IN THE FRONT, THEY'RE BUILDING IN THE BACK. SO WHY NOT USE THE 521 AND GO DOWN THAT WAY AND GET TO IT SO YOU DON'T YOU ELIMINATE ALL OF THIS CONGESTION. AND I GUESS ONE OBSERVATION FOR ME WAS, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER HAD ASKED, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER MENTIONED WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE THIRD TIME, AND YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW. AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER ASKED OVERNIGHT, WHICH I REMEMBER I WAS TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT YOU'RE ALL LOOKING AT US LIKE, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? SO I GUESS MY SUGGESTION IS, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, IT'S JUST A HUMBLE SUGGESTION IS GO BACK AND LOOK AT SOME OF THESE HOT TOPIC DISCUSSIONS AND THEN SEE WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. AND SO THIS WAY WE'RE NOT SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT A TRUCK AND, AND TRYING TO DELIVER THIS FOR ALL OF THESE TIMES THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE. AND, AND I'M NOT PROPOSING A FEE OR USER FEE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE BOTTOM LINE IS NOBODY TAKES OWNERSHIP OF SIENNA PARKWAY. THE WEAR AND TEAR TO EXPANSION FORT BEND COUNTY. THEY SAY THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY. THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT. BUT THAT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. SO WE ALLOW YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PERSONAL, ANYTHING AGAINST ANY DEVELOPER OR ANY OWNER OR ANYBODY. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU BUILD A BRIDGE. IT'S TWO WAYS, NOT ONE WAY, BECAUSE THERE'S COST IN IT. 
          RIGHT. SO WE NEEDED TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GETTING BACK FROM THE CITY. I KNOW IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST THAT WE HAVE ALLOWED THIS TYPE OF PRACTICES TO TAKE PLACE FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND TRYING TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR IS, IS NOT EASY. BUT BUT WE HAVE TO RIGHT NOW WE ARE LISTENING TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. WE'RE LISTENING TO OUR CITIZENS. AND THAT PARKWAY HAS BECOME A DANGEROUS ZONE EVERY DAY. AND I THINK OUR OUR FORMER DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS KNOW THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE SUBDIVISIONS BEING BUILT RIGHT BEFORE A LIGHT AND PEOPLE CAN'T GET OUT. AND WE HAVE THAT PROBLEM ON AVALON. WE HAVE THAT PROBLEM ON SEVILLE BRIDGE. WE HAVE THAT PROBLEM WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU GO DOWN THAT PARKWAY, PEOPLE JUST CAN'T GET OUT, MAKE A LEFT TURN GOING INTO RIDGE POINT HIGH SCHOOL. SO IT'S, IT'S WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT PLEASE, PLEASE LOOK AT THIS AND COME BACK WITH IT. AND I AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ALL ARE NOT TALKING TO THE TRUCK OWNER. THERE'S A COMPANY, NOT JUST THE LAND DEVELOPER. I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T BE SPOKEN TO. THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY REPRESENT. I MEAN, THEY'RE THESE TRUCKS ARE COMING THROUGH, BUT ARE WE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ACTUAL TRUCKING COMPANY, WITH THE OPERATOR? THE OPERATOR? YEAH, WHOEVER THAT IS. YES. WE ARE. YES. OKAY, I YIELD BACK COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. WHEN THE GENTLEMAN WAS HERE THE LAST TIME, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FROM JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT, THEY SAID THEY DON'T THEY DON'T WORK AT NIGHT BECAUSE THE WEATHER DURING THE PRODUCTS TO THEIR MATERIALS TO CONSTRUCTION SITES AND CONSTRUCTION SITES WORK 
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BASICALLY 8 TO 5. SO THAT'S WHY THEY CAN'T DO DELIVERY TIMES IN THE EVENING. CITY MANAGER HAD A QUESTION. THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST, IF IT'S NOT APPROVED, WHAT WHAT DOES IT DEFAULT TO SINCE THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING FIVE YEARS PAST THE EXPIRATION. SO IF COUNCIL CHOOSES NOT TO APPROVE THIS OR OR DELAY THIS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHAT DOES IT DEFAULT TO? IT BASICALLY DEFAULTS TO THEM BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE. AND BASED ON THAT, THEY CAN START TO BE CITED. SO THEY IF THEY CHOSE TO STILL DRIVE AND MAKE THEIR DELIVERIES THROUGH THESE ROUTES, THEY WOULD BE CITED. EVERY TRUCK WOULD BE COULD BE EVERY TRUCK COULD BE CITED. OKAY. AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SOME SORT OF A DECISION TONIGHT. NO. OR CAN WE DELAY THIS? I THINK I WOULD WANT TO DELAY IT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS AND WE CAN GO. I UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY IN THIS. I UNDERSTAND OF NOT WANTING TO PUT MORE TRAFFIC ON SIENNA PARKWAY. I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT ROAD IS FAILING. AND FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, THIS IS NOT SO MUCH DIRECTED AT THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY. IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A VALID ORDINANCE. AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING DIFFERENTLY. SO FROM FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T WANT IT TO APPEAR THAT WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY. IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE THAT SIENNA PARKWAY IS SO FAIL, IS FAILING SO BAD THAT EVERY DECISION WE MAKE HAS TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT UNTIL WE FIND A SOLUTION. SO THAT GOES BACK TO MY SAME QUESTION, BECAUSE TOMORROW IS TUESDAY AND I'M PRETTY SURE THEIR BUSINESS IS OPEN AND MAKING THEIR ROUTES AS AND IN FAIRNESS, I WOULD SAY WE CONTINUE UNDER THE OLD ORDINANCE THAT HAS EXPIRED UNTIL WE CAN BE TIME CERTAIN ON A DECISION, WHATEVER THAT DECISION IS GOING TO BE, AND HOW SOON, IF FOR WHATEVER REASON WE PAUSE THIS, HOW SOON WE WOULD WE SEE THIS ITEM BEFORE US AGAIN WITH SOME BETTER IMPLEMENTATION OF WELL, WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE THE OTHER OPTIONS. SINCE IT WAS MENTIONED THAT MOST OF THE WORK IS BEING DONE IN THE BACK INSTEAD OF IN THE FRONT, WE WILL EXPLORE THE MCKEEVER AND THE 521 ENTRIES. WE WILL ALSO EXPLORE. WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT AT NIGHT AND THAT ONE WAS OPERATIONALLY NOT FEASIBLE FOR FROM THE OPERATOR PERSPECTIVE. SO WE TOOK THAT OFF THE TABLE WHEN THEY SAID THAT WAS NOT A FEASIBLE OPTION BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CONNECTED TO THAT. SO WE WILL EXPLORE THE OTHER OPTION AND WE WILL COME BACK WITH OPTIONS. YOU KNOW THAT WHETHER THEY SAY THEY CAN USE THE MCKEEVER OR THE 521 ENTRY POINTS OR TIGHTEN THIS EVEN MORE OFF OF SIENNA PARKWAY, WHATEVER WE CAN GET WITH THE OPERATORS, WE WILL COME BACK WITH THAT AS KIND OF THE FINAL INFORMATION. AND BY THAT TIME I WILL I WILL HAVE AT LEAST AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHETHER ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A USER FEE IS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE STATE. SO I WILL HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT IF THAT'S EVEN SOMETHING WE CAN PURSUE DOING, AND WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE FROM A PRELIMINARY PERSPECTIVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER EMERY, YOU HAVE THE LAST WORD, SIR. YEAH. LAST WORD ARE THE HOURS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AND THE NUMBER OF TRIPS, THE BEST THAT THEY CAN COME UP WITH FOR THEM. I GUESS, TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE EFFICIENTLY AND FROM A PROFIT STANDPOINT OR WHATEVER, ARE THESE THE BEST THEY CAN DO? I WOULD SAY YES. I'M SORRY. YES. OKAY. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE'VE ASKED THEM OR WE ASKED THEM, BUT WE ASKED THEM UNDER THE MINDSET OF THEIR OPERATION. WHEN WE GO BACK, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM UNDER THE MINDSET OF THIS IS WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AND WHAT DOES THAT DO TO YOU? OKAY. AND SO WE WILL KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE WILL ASK THE QUESTION DIFFERENTLY. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN MARSHALL, AND WE'RE JUST DYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT MOTION IS. BUT YOU ARE THE MOTION IS TO TABLE THE MATTER UNTIL WE CAN GET THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER, IS THAT YOUR SECOND? THAT'S MY SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. SO DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT? YES. ALL RIGHT. MISS HARRIS. COUNCILMAN CLAUSEN. THE MOTION TO POSTPONE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER TEN ARE RESOLUTIONS TEN, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO UPGRADE THE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. ITS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY. FUNDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATING THERETO. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, SHASHI KUMAR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL STAFF IS ALWAYS LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN OBTAIN GRANTS TO ADVANCE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES. IN THIS CASE, IT'S TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND IDEAS AND ADAPTIVE SIGNALS. WE HAVE A GRANT FROM HJC BEING ROUTED THROUGH TXDOT AS THE ADMINISTRATOR. THERE IS A RESOLUTION THAT THE COUNCIL NEED TO AUTHORIZE IN ORDER FOR US TO PURSUE THIS GRANT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU SIR. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BONEY, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN. MARSHALL. COUNCILMEMBER BONEY, IS THAT YOUR MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD? ALL RIGHT. IT'S YOUR SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER TEN B 
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ASSIGNMENT OF A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND AX PARK 890 CASCOM LP PERTAINING TO THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF MISSOURI. CITY REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 16 TO PARK 890 OWNER THREE, LLC. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ELIJAH WASHINGTON, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE ASSIGNMENT OF AN EXISTING TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE AX PARK 890 PROJECT TO PARK 890 OWNER, LLC. TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND. THIS ABATEMENT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN 2018 FOR IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED IN 2019 AND IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY COMCAST. THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES A 50% ABATEMENT ON THE TAXABLE VALUE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, WITH THE MINIMUM APPRAISED VALUE REQUIREMENT OF 4.5 MILLION. THE TERM RUNS THROUGH 2028 AND IS CONTINGENT ON ANNUAL COMPLIANCE. THE REASON FOR THE ASSIGNMENT IS THAT IN MAY 2024, THE PREVIOUS OWNER NOTIFIED THE CITY THAT OF ITS INTENT TO SELL THE PROPERTY. 
          THAT SALE CLOSED IN JULY OF 2024 AND THE NEW OWNER, PARK 890 OWNER LLC, HAS REQUESTED ASSIGNMENT OF THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT TO THEIR TO THAT ENTITY, THE AX PARK 890, THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND THE ORIGINAL PARTY TO THE TAX AGREEMENT, AS WELL AS THE NEW OWNER, HAVE SIGNED AN ASSIGNMENT, NOTICE AND CONSENT REGARDING THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION WOULD ALLOW ASSIGNMENT OF THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT TO THE NEW OWNER, AND WOULD REQUIRE THAT IT ABIDE BY THE TERMS OF THE ORIGINAL ABATEMENT AGREEMENT. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK. GO AHEAD. THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO ENSURE THE AGREEMENT IS PROPERLY REASSIGNED, AND THAT THE NEW OWNER REMAINS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE MOVING FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. I'M SORRY THIS ALL HAPPENED WAY BEFORE I WAS THIS WAS EVER ON MY RADAR. SO I NEED A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHY IT BENEFITS US TO GIVE THEM THIS TAX ABATEMENT. WELL, IN 2018 WHEN THIS WAS PASSED, IT WAS SAID THIS WAS A NEW PROJECT, THE PARK 890 MASTER PLAN BUSINESS PARK. AND THIS BUILDING WAS THE ONLY BUILDING THAT WENT OUT AND GOT AN ABATEMENT AGREEMENT FROM THE CITY. AND SINCE THEN THEY ACTUALLY HAVE NOT BEEN GRANTED ANY ABATEMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT MET THAT THRESHOLD. SO TO THIS POINT, THERE HAS BEEN NO BENEFIT PROVIDED TO THE APPLICANT. AND IF THEY WERE TO DO SO, THEY WOULD NEED TO COMPLY EACH YEAR. 
          OKAY. SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE THE VALUE TO THE THRESHOLD BEFORE THEY GET ANY ABATEMENT. YES. CORRECT. OKAY. SO DO THEY FEEL LIKE I MEAN, HAVE WE TALKED TO THE NEW OWNER. 
          THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THE THRESHOLD AND THAT'S WHY THEY WANT TO BE THERE. OR SO THE RECORD SHOWS THAT ALTHOUGH PREVIOUS YEARS THEY DID NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD, THEY ACTUALLY DID MEET THE THRESHOLD AND PROPERTY VALUE THIS YEAR. BUT THEY MISSED THE DEADLINE. SO THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE ABATEMENT FOR THIS YEAR. BUT THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS JUST TO REASSIGN THE ABATEMENT TO THE NEW OWNER. AND SO WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF US? I MEAN, IS THERE ANY LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR US TO DO THIS? I DON'T THINK WE'D BE VOTING ON IT IF THE CONTRACT PROVIDES THAT 
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THE CITY SHALL NOT UNREASONABLY WITHHOLD ITS CONSENT TO AN ASSIGNMENT. SO THERE IS THAT. 
          BUT THE CONTRACT HAS ALREADY BEEN OR THE ABATEMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN GRANTED TO AN ENTITY. AND AS ELIJAH MENTIONED, THIS IS AN ASSIGNMENT OF AN EXISTING AGREEMENT TO ANOTHER ENTITY THAT PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. BUT PURSUANT TO THE CONTRACT, THE CITY SHALL NOT UNREASONABLY WITHHOLD ITS CONSENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH IN THE AGREEMENT. AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO CONFIRM THIS FOR ME. I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE WHERE THEY ARE ASKING FOR ANY TYPE OF EXTENSION. WE ARE NOT GRANTING AN EXTENSION. WE DON'T. OKAY. JUST SEE THE NOD. THERE'S NOTHING IN IT WILL DEFINITIVELY EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2029. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, ELI. YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON YOUR I THINK THIS IS YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION THE FIRST TIME. WE TRY TO BE AS HARD ON YOU AS WE COULD. SO YOU DID A GREAT JOB. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION OF CLARIFICATION. THIS IS THIS AGREEMENT IS JUST TO TRANSFER IT FROM ONE NAME TO ANOTHER FOR THIS PARTICULAR TAX ABATEMENT. 
          CORRECT? CORRECT. THIS ITEM IS TO TRANSFER OKAY. IT'S NOT TO INCREASE. IT'S NOT TO DO. IT'S JUST REALLY TO CHANGE FROM ONE OWNER TO ANOTHER OWNER. CORRECT. AND WE HAVEN'T PAID OUT ANYTHING. CORRECT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW. SURE. SO YOU THINK IT WAS A GREAT DEAL BACK THEN? NO, DON'T DON'T ANSWER THAT. I'M JUST I WE HAVE A NO, WE HAVE A I'M NOT FEELING HERE. YEAH. BECAUSE IF NOT YOU GET CALLED MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN. MARSHALL SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES SIX. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 11 ARE CLOSED. 
          EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. WE DON'T HAVE NONE. AND WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE TIME IS
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