[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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          6:30 P.M. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE. IT WILL BE LED BY ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF JONATHAN. 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. 
          RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST FOR ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA? NO, SIR. MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          [(a) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of Consent Agenda items and ...]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR STAFF REPORTS. FIVE A CITY MANAGER REPORT PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF CONSENT, AGENDA ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY INTEREST. WE HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, ANGEL JONES. YES. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. TONIGHT THERE ARE FIVE CONSENT ITEMS. AND I WILL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF FOUR OF THEM, STARTING WITH ITEM B, THIS ITEM SEEKS COUNCIL APPROVAL TO AMEND THE FIRE PROTECTION AGREEMENTS WITH FORT BEND COUNTY, MUD'S 129 AND 149 TO REFLECT THE ACTUAL COST OF SERVICE. THE CURRENT MONTHLY UNIT FEES ARE $7.84 FOR MUD 129, AND $8.23 FOR MUD 149, WHILE THE ACTUAL COST IS $28.02 PER UNIT. BOTH MUD BOARDS APPROVED THE UPDATED RATE OF $28 ON AUGUST 25TH, 2025. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY KUDOS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY TO ENSURE COST RECOVERY FOR CRITICAL FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES. THIS IS AMAZING. WE'RE GOING FROM THOSE AMOUNTS TO ACTUALLY RECOVERING OUR COSTS. AND SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR STAFF FOR FOLLOWING UP ON THAT DIRECTIVE TO PURSUE THAT. THE NEXT ITEM SEEKS COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A CHANGE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $211,840, WITH A RHONDA BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION TO ADDRESS UNFORESEEN UTILITY CONFLICTS AND IMPROVE CONSTRUCTION ACCESS FOR THE VARIOUS STREETS WEST OF MCLEAN BOULEVARD PROJECT. THESE CHANGES ARE FULLY COVERED BY EXISTING PROJECT SAVINGS AND WILL NOT EXCEED THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. APPROVAL OF THIS CHANGE ORDER WILL KEEP THE PROJECT ON SCHEDULE AND ENSURE CONSTRUCTION QUALITY AND SAFETY. 
          ITEM D THIS ITEM REQUESTS COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT $1,400 CASH IN LIEU OF PARKLAND FOR ROTHWELL PLACE, ONE DWELLING UNIT. BOTH THE PARKS BOARD AND THE PNC APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION. AND LASTLY, THIS ITEM. THIS ITEM SEEKS COUNCIL APPROVAL TO PURCHASE NEW DISPATCH CONSOLES THROUGH HVAC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $184,425. THE CURRENT CONSOLES HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR USEFUL LIFE. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 
          [6. CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEM SIX. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM BROWNE-MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. SEEING NO ONE ELSE, THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. A MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM SEVEN. OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE? ITEM 783 AND 784 BEFORE ITEM 7A1. LOOKING FOR A MOTION. 
          SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. CITY SECRETARY, DO YOU WANT TO DO A ROLL CALL? YES, MR. MAYOR. MAYOR. ALLEYCAT. YES. 
          MEMBER. BROWN. MARSHALL. YES. MEMBER. CLOUSER. YES. MEMBER. RILEY. YES. MEMBER. BONEY. 
          MEMBER. O'DEKIRK. YES. MEMBER. EMERY. YES. THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          [(3) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against the approval and a...]
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OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM IS SEVEN, A THREE. IS THE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 AND ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026? FISCAL YEAR 2026. WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 7A3 CITY SACKED. DO WE HAVE ANY ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, MR. MAYOR, WE DO. YES. GUY SULLOWAY. MR. SULLOWAY, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING GUYS. I'M AT 3514 CROSS CREEK COURT, MISSOURI CITY. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TO HEAR ME OUT. I SENT YOU EXTENDED COPIES OF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, PLUS MY NOTE FROM LAST WEEK, WHICH SOME OF YOU RESPONDED TO. THANK YOU. I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CITY'S FISCAL TRAJECTORY. IN THE COMING YEARS, THE CITY HAS RELIED HEAVILY ON CONSTANTLY GROWING STREAM OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, BUT THAT WILL NOT CONTINUE. FROM 20 TO 25, PROPERTY TAX REVENUES INCREASED BY 10% A YEAR, TOTALING OVER 60% INCREASE. HOWEVER, IN THE 2026 BUDGET, YOU SEE THAT GROWTH SLOWING TO 4%, WITH ROUGHLY A QUARTER OF THAT COMING FROM NEW PROPERTIES. THE TREND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE, BUT WE CAN'T COUNT ON THE SAME LEVEL OF REVENUE GROWTH AT THE SAME TIME. THE CITY'S HEADCOUNT IS INCREASING, INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY, ADDING 94 POSITIONS. OF THOSE, ONLY 42 WERE IN ESSENTIAL SERVICES LIKE POLICE, FIRE AND PUBLIC WORKS. THE REMAINING 52 POSITIONS WERE IN SUPPORT ROLES. THE CRITICAL QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS IN 2027 AND BEYOND, WHEN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE NO LONGER SUPPORTS THE GROWING COST BASE? THE CITY MUST CHANGE ITS APPROACH GOING FORWARD. THE BURDEN WILL FALL ON THE RESIDENTS TO FUND THAT SHORTFALL. A COUPLE OF THINGS SHIFT TO A MORE CRITICAL BUDGETING PROCESS. BUDGETING PROCESS NEEDS TO BE LESS SUPPORTIVE AND MORE ADVERSARIAL. 
          I'VE GOT 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, INCLUDING 20 YEARS IN SENIOR MANAGEMENT. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN DEPARTMENTS IN MY ORGANIZATION PRESENTED THEIR BUDGETS, THEY WERE RIGOROUSLY CHALLENGED TO JUSTIFY EVERY DOLLAR. IT APPEARS THAT THE APPROACH HERE AT THE CITY IS QUITE DIFFERENT. IN RECENT BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, IT WAS PRESENTED AS A SUCCESS THAT $16 MILLION OF REQUESTED INCREASES WERE GRANTED, 6.5 MILLION, WHICH WAS RECURRING FUNDING. THE FIRST INSTINCT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TO CUT THE 6.5 MILLION AND SLOW THE GROWTH IN COSTS. THE CITY CONSISTENTLY OPERATED WITH AN AVERAGE OF 40 OPEN POSITIONS AND NINE ESSENTIAL NON-ESSENTIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENTS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. ANY POSITION THAT REMAINS OPEN FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS SHOULD BE FLAGGED FOR ELIMINATION, UNLESS A COMPELLING REASON TO JUSTIFY IS THERE IS A COMPELLING REASON TO JUSTIFY ITS EXISTENCE. FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITION ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART ON PAGE 26 OF THE BUDGET BOOK THAT IS ABOUT A $250,000 JOB. ALL IN THAT POSITION MANAGES 11 PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO SUPERVISORS. I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY DO WITHOUT THAT ONE. LASTLY, DEPARTMENTS MUST HAVE MORE DEFINITIVE KPIS TIED TO THEIR ACTIVITIES. A PRIME EXAMPLE IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. KPIS LISTED IN THAT BUDGET IN NO WAY SUPPORT THE EXPENSES BUDGETED. CITY MUST BE ABLE TO QUANTIFY THE RETURNS ON $1.5 MILLION SPENT IN THIS DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING CONDUCTING POST AUDITS ON DIRECT FUNDING PROVIDED TO BUSINESSES IN THE FORM OF GRANTS. IN CLOSING, OUR CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A MORE RIGOROUS AND TRANSPARENT APPROACH TO BUDGETING IN THE COMING YEAR. LET'S FOCUS ON CHALLENGING SPENDING PROPOSALS, ELIMINATING UNNECESSARY POSITIONS, AND ALIGNING DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES WITH CLEAR PERFORMANCE METRICS. THE CITY'S FISCAL FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT, AND I BELIEVE WE OWE IT TO OUR RESIDENTS TO MAKE SMARTER, MORE SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL DECISIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, CITY SECRETARY. THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WITH NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE 
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PUBLIC HEARING FOR SEVEN, EIGHT, THREE. ITEM SEVEN A FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. 
          MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CITY FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR AS REFLECTED IN SAID BUDGET. 
          ADOPTING A PROJECTION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SPENDING BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 20, 2030, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A BERTHA ALEXANDER, OUR INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. BERTHA. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. THIS EVENING, I WILL BE PRESENTING THE CITY'S PROPOSED FY 26 BUDGET FOR ADOPTION. THE BUDGET PRESENTS MONTHS OF PLANNING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CAREFUL FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TO ENSURE WE MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS WHILE KEEPING OUR CITY FINANCIALLY STRONG. THE 
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BUDGET PROCESS IS BUILT AROUND TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. IT BEGAN WITH THE JUNE CITIZEN VIRTUAL BUDGET SURVEY, FOLLOWED BY WORKSHOPS IN AUGUST TO GATHER, INPUT AND REFINE THE PRIORITIES. ON AUGUST 25TH, THE CITY FILED THE DETAILED FY 26 PROPOSED BUDGET AND POSTED IT TO THE WEB FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. TODAY, WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET. 
          THE FY 26 BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED WITH A FOCUS ON LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND PRIORITY BASED DECISION MAKING. WE IMPLEMENTED PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING TO MAKE SURE RESOURCES ALIGN WITH THE COMMUNITY'S HIGHEST NEEDS. A FIVE YEAR BUDGET WAS IMPLEMENTED TO PROVIDE STABILITY. WE MAINTAIN COMPETITIVE SALARIES AND BENEFITS TO RETAIN TOP TALENT AND CONTINUE HIGH QUALITY SERVICES. IMPORTANTLY, WE HELD THE PROPERTY TAX RATE AT 0.570825 WHILE IMPLEMENTING A 5% BUDGET REDUCTION FOR REALLOCATION TO FUND NEW PRIORITIES. FINALLY, WE EVALUATED VACANT POSITIONS, CAREFULLY REALLOCATING BASED ON WHERE STAFF ARE MOST NEEDED. OUR TOTAL REVENUE BUDGET FOR FY 26 IS 257.6 MILLION, ACROSS ALL SOURCES. THE LARGEST SHARE COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS AT 37.1%, OR 95.7 MILLION, FOLLOWED BY UTILITY REVENUES AT 27.1% OR 69.9 MILLION, AND CAPITAL PROJECTS AT 16.8%, OR 43.2 MILLION. WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, OUR LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE COMES FROM PROPERTY TAXES AT 31.8%, FOLLOWED BY BOND PROCEEDS AT 25.5% AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES AT 13.7%. ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, THE TOTAL BUDGET IS 255.6 MILLION. THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS THE MAIN OPERATING FUND, MAKES UP 39.6%, OR 101.3 MILLION OF THE BUDGET, FOLLOWED BY UTILITIES AT 27.8% OR 71.1 MILLION, AND CAPITAL PROJECTS AT 16.4% OR 42 MILLION. WHERE DO MONEY GOES? PERSONNEL COSTS MAKES UP 25.9% OF THE BUDGET, FOLLOWED BY CAPITAL OUTLAY, WHICH IS REALLY OUR CAPITAL AND UTILITY PROJECTS AT 24.9% AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AT 16.8%. PROPOSED STAFFING. THE BUDGET SUPPORTS 465 POSITIONS CITYWIDE. 
          THE COMPOSITION OF THE POSITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE BUDGET BILL PROCESS WAS SEVEN NEW POSITIONS, 404 FILLED POSITIONS AND 54 VACANT POSITIONS THAT ARE EITHER UNDER RECRUITMENT. PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS OR ON HOLD FOR VARIOUS REASONS, AS LISTED IN THE SLIDE. STAFFING DECISIONS REFLECT CAREFUL EVALUATION OF VACANT POSITIONS AND REALLOCATION OF SOME POSITIONS BASED ON SERVICE DEMANDS. THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS OVER 11.2 MILLION IS DEDICATED TO STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, STRENGTHENING MOBILITY AND SAFETY. 2.9 MILLION SUPPORTS PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING SEVEN NEW FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS TO ENHANCE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPACITY. WE'RE INVESTING 4 MILLION IN FLOOD SYSTEM UPGRADES TO REDUCE RISK ACROSS THE CITY FOR QUALITY OF LIFE. 5.2 MILLION GOES TO PARKS IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING 4 MILLION AT STANGMORE PARK AND 2 MILLION FOR ENHANCED ADA ACCESSIBILITY. IN ADDITION, WE'RE USING 7 MILLION IN METRO FUNDING IN 18.9 MILLION IN BOND FUNDING FOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS. AND FINALLY, 10.1 MILLION IS INVESTED IN WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS. IN CLOSING, THE FY 26 PROPOSED BUDGET IS ABOUT BALANCE, 
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SUSTAINABILITY AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. IT MAINTAINS FINANCIAL STABILITY WHILE DELIVERING IMPROVEMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          SO I GUESS JOYCE OR CRYSTAL. SO THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET RIGHT IS GOING TO REQUIRE TWO SEPARATE VOTES. THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. SO I GUESS I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION AND THEN WE CAN GET INTO DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY THE CITY STAFF? IS THAT A YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT IT COULD BE PUT INTO THE SYSTEM, PUT INTO THE SYSTEM? THEN IT WILL REQUIRE A ROLL CALL VOTE. OKAY. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONE, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN MARSHALL. 
          AND WE HAVE WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK WILL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER I'M BERTHA. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A CONSTANT STRUGGLE TO FILL THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE. THOSE ARE CONSTANTLY OVERTURNING AS WELL. WHEN WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED IN THESE POSITIONS, HOW DO WE COVER THOSE STAFFING NEEDS? WE COVER THEM IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. ONE, WE EITHER PAY EMPLOYEES TO WORK OUTSIDE OF THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION, PAY THEM MORE FOR TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS, OR WE CONTRACT THE SERVICE OUT IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. TO DO THAT, THOUGH, WE NEED THE FUNDING AVAILABLE BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE PERSONNEL FOR. I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, FIRE, POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE PERMITTING INSPECTIONS. 
          RIGHT NOW, THE CITY IS IN PEAK DEMAND FOR A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. WE ACTUALLY NEED INSPECTORS GOING OUT CERTIFYING THOSE PROJECTS. IF WE CAN'T HIRE THE CERTIFIED STAFF, WHICH WE VEHEMENTLY TRY TO DO, WE MUST USE CONTRACTORS TO DO THAT TO KEEP THAT WORK MOVING FORWARD. AND THOSE CONTRACTORS, THOSE FUNDS ARE PULLED FROM THE THE THE STAFFING FUNDING BANK THAT WE YES, THAT'S PULLED FROM OUR TOTAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ANY VACANT POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE. AND KEEP IN MIND THAT IT'S NOT ONLY NECESSARY TO MAYBE USE VACANT POSITIONS, BUT IF THE NEED ARISES, I MAY HAVE TO FREEZE POSITIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE REMAIN A BALANCED BUDGET. OKAY, AND I'VE HEARD JUST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC RECENTLY MENTIONED A DEFICIT IN OUR BUDGET. CAN YOU EXPLAIN? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE IN A VERY GOOD FINANCIAL POSITION. WHERE DOES THIS DEFICIT COME INTO PLAY? WELL, FROM FROM A LAY PERSPECTIVE, IT COULD BE THAT SOMEONE IS LOOKING AT OUR RECURRING REVENUE AS WELL AS OUR RECURRING EXPENDITURES. AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE USE FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS A ONE TIME SOURCE TO FILL THAT GAP, THEN THAT COULD BE TECHNICALLY LOOKED AT AS A DEFICIT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE RECURRING REVENUES COVERING RECURRING EXPENSES. BUT THAT'S INTENTIONAL HERE IN THE CITY BECAUSE WE DO THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE LOWEST TAX RATE POSSIBLE. IF WE TRY TO FUND ALL OF OUR EXPENSES WITH PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH IS THE ONE ITEM WE HAVE TO ADDRESS OUR EXPENSES THAT IS MORE RELIABLE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER OPTIONS, THEN THAT'S WHY WE DO IT THAT WAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER MALONEY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS. CITY MANAGER BERTHA, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE SIX AND A HALF? I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, 6.4% IN PERSONNEL COSTS FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          WHAT IS IT A RESULT OF? WELL, IT IS A RESULT OF BUDGETING THE VACANT POSITIONS AT THE MIDPOINT. WE ALSO ANTICIPATE A 9% HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE WHEN WE HAVE A VACANT POSITION. 
          WE BUDGET HEALTH INSURANCE AS IF THE PERSON IS GOING TO COME ON BOARD AND REQUIRE FAMILY COVERAGE, WHICH IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PERSONNEL COST WOULD BE THE ANNUALIZATION OF LAST YEAR'S SALARY INCREASE. ANNUALIZATION OF ANY WHAT I CALL COST TO CONTINUE BENEFITS LIKE WORKER'S COMP AS WELL AS PERSONNEL COSTS INCLUDES THE SEVEN NEW FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS AND THE ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND INSPECTOR. GREAT. AND SO WITH THAT, DO YOU FORESEE THIS YEAR? I KNOW VACANCIES HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT REGULARLY OVER THE 
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PAST YEAR OR SO. DO YOU FORESEE. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, ARE THOSE POSITIONS NEEDED? EVERY POSITION THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET HAS BEEN ANALYZED TO THE NTH DEGREE. WE'VE MET WITH EACH DEPARTMENT AND GONE THROUGH EVERY POSITION THAT WE HAVE, BASED ON THE NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN DEFINED FOR THIS CITY. WE NEED EVERY ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS AND THEN SOME. WE'VE BEEN OPERATING WITH SHORT STAFF. ONE SAYS KEEP ON OPERATING WITH SHORT STAFF. WELL, THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE. WE LOSE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF THE WORKLOAD AND WE NEED A REASONABLE LEVEL OF EMPLOYEES TO MATCH THE DEMAND THAT'S OCCURRING IN OUR CITY. AND SO THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE GROWING FASTER THAN OTHERS. AND YES, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR DIFFERENT WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT. BUT MOST OF THESE ARE FRONT FACING POSITIONS THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE BODIES. YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT OR CREATE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU NEED, AS I WOULD SAY, BOOTS ON THE GROUND. MY MY OTHER QUESTION IS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IS INCREASING BY 1.4% THIS YEAR. WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO. AND THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE ALL THE STAFF WE HAVE TO GET THE WORK DONE. SO THE ONLY WAY WE HAVE IS THROUGH CONTRACTORS. SO THAT COSTS US MORE THAN ACTUALLY HAVING THE STAFF, BUT WE HAVE TO FILL THE GAP. ALL RIGHT. A FEW MORE QUESTIONS, MAYOR. DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH REVENUE WE WON'T BE COLLECTING THIS YEAR DUE TO DEFERRED PROPERTY TAXES? HAVE WE DONE AN ANALYSIS? WE'VE DONE AN ANALYSIS OF THAT TREND, AND I. I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THAT'S BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BECAUSE BEFORE WE PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER, WE LOOK AT ALL THE VARIOUS IMPACTS ON PROPERTY TAXES, WHETHER IT'S THE VETERANS BENEFITS, ALL THE THE VARIOUS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, ALL THE EXEMPTIONS WE LOOK AT, WE ALSO LOOK AT THE RELATIVE PATTERN OF GROWTH AND WHAT WE'RE ALSO PUTTING INTO TOURS. SO EVERYTHING WE LOOK AT AND ANALYZE IT, AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO COME TO WHAT POSITIONS AND WHAT SERVICES WE CAN AFFORD. BASED ON THAT REVIEW, MY LAST QUESTION IS ON OTHER EXPENDITURES. WHAT IS THE 4.1 MILLION CONSIST OF OF OTHER EXPENDITURES? CAN YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT THOSE OTHER EXPENDITURES ARE? SO OTHER EXPENDITURES WOULD INCLUDE TRAVEL AND TRAINING, LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS. JUST ONE MOMENT HERE, I APOLOGIZE. OTHER EXPENSES WOULD ALSO INCLUDE. THE LARGEST PORTION OF IT WOULD BE OUR PROPERTY LIABILITY INSURANCE, WHICH IS 1.1 MILLION. SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS AND OTHER EXPENDITURES WOULD BE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. AND THEN SMALLER ITEMS LIKE RECRUITMENT EXPENSE. AND WE ALSO HAVE IN THEIR GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. SO NO FLUFF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. NECESSARY ITEMS. I'M VERY CONSERVATIVE. I SIR, I DON'T DO FLUFF. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE A STATEMENT. YOU KNOW, I HAVE REVIEWED YOUR BUDGET. YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANTLY, I SUPPORT ITS PASSAGE. WE'RE NOT JUST A GROWING CITY. WE'RE AN AGING CITY. AND WE HAVE TO INVEST IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR OUR PEOPLE. AND OUR PEOPLE CONSISTS OF RESIDENTS, OF COURSE, A CONSIST OF STAFF, AND THEY CONSIST OF OUR BUSINESSES. AND SO I THINK THAT IN LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THERE'S SEVEN NEW POSITIONS THAT ARE GOING TO FIRE. AND I THINK IT WAS EVEN EXPRESSED EARLIER HOW IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY IS. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME NEEDS IN THE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TACKLE THIS THIS YEAR. AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE'RE ABLE TO TO TAKE CARE OF IT, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR. BUT THIS BUDGET ALLOWS US TO PAY FOR THINGS THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE REQUESTED VIA THE CITIZEN SURVEY STREETS, SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC SAFETY, MUCH NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS LIKE DRAINAGE, TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY. IT ALLOWS US TO DEAL WITH OUR DEBT SERVICE, PARKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATIVE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT ARE IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING OUR DEPENDENCY ON PROPERTY TAXES. WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL BY INVESTING IN THE ATTEMPT TO BRING AND ATTRACT THOSE BUSINESSES TO OUR 
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CITY, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS THAT ARE UNDEVELOPED AND ALSO AREAS THAT COULD BE REDEVELOPED. 
          SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED AND ENHANCED TO DO JUST THAT. 
          LIKE I MENTIONED, DEFERRED TAXES, THAT'S A DEEP CONCERN FOR ME BECAUSE I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PAYING THEIR TAXES BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT AND THAT THEY BUT, YOU KNOW, IN PASSING THIS BUDGET OR LOOKING TO PASS THIS BUDGET BECAUSE WE DON'T COLLECT THOSE PROPERTY TAXES FOR PEOPLE THAT TAKE THAT OPTION. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO STILL PROVIDE SERVICES TO THOSE CITIZENS. AND SO AND WE DON'T COLLECT THOSE PROPERTY TAXES UNTIL THE HOUSE IS SOLD OR THEY'RE NO LONGER QUALIFIED. SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT DEFERRED PROPERTY TAXES. ANYWAY. LASTLY, WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE CURRENT NEEDS OF OUR CITY WHILE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE MUST MAKE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT OUR FUTURE. WHICH IS WHY I SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET. THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING, BERTHA, CITY MANAGER AND YOUR DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE. I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE MET WITH US. I'VE HAD MANY, MANY CONVERSATIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS BUDGET AND SEEING HOW SKINNY CAN WE ACTUALLY MADE IT MAKE THIS BUDGET WITHOUT IT IMPACTING PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC SERVICES, AND DEDICATION TO OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES. AND SO ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS WAS THE VACANCIES IN REGARDS TO ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT CAME IN TO US AND IS, ARE THESE VACANCIES? CAN WE TAKE THEM OFF THE BOOKS? AND WE'VE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU, CITY MANAGER, FOR REALLY DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO THIS AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR OUR STAFF MEMBERS, WITHOUT IT IMPACTING SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK WHAT THE PUBLIC SOMETIMES HAS THEIR CONCERNS FROM, FROM A THEIR PROFESSIONAL OR PRIVATE EXPERTIZE IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES IS THESE PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AND EVERYBODY MEANS WELL, THEY WANT THEIR TAX DOLLARS TO BE ALLOCATED PROPERLY AND EFFECTIVELY. BUT I THINK WHAT WE ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS WE PAY TAXES AND WE WANT TO GET THE BEST SERVICE, AND WE WANT TO GET THE BEST OUTCOMES FOR OUR DOLLARS. AND I COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR DOING THE BEST JOB THAT YOU CAN DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH. A LOT OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS ARE WORKING AND DOING MULTIPLE JOBS, AND SO TRYING TO COMPENSATE THEM AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THEIR HEALTH BENEFITS. WE CAN'T CONTROL WHEN THE HEALTH BENEFITS GO UP AND A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT SERVICES, WE DON'T CONTROL THE MARKET. WE CAN ONLY CONTROL THE TAX RATE AND THE PROPERTY TAXES AND THE FUNDS AND THINGS THAT WE GET IN. AND SO WE WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE. AND THIS COUNCIL DOES THE BEST THAT THEY CAN TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THE BEST INTERESTS OF US ALL. AND BASED ON THE PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION OF OUR EXPERT, OUR EXPERTS HERE. 
          AND SO I DO KNOW WITH THE ONES, THE VACANCIES THAT YOU HAVE ON HOLD FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS. I THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT STATEMENT IN THERE. THAT WAY, THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FURTHER INTO THIS TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THESE POSITIONS ARE NECESSARY AND IF THEY CAN BE REALLOCATED OR TAKEN OFF THE BOOKS, WHICH WILL BRING IN THOSE SMALL AMOUNTS OF REVENUE AT A LATER DATE, IF THAT IS POSSIBLE. THE LAST THING THAT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR. EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, THIS COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE NOT BY A WHOLE WHOLE LOT, BUT BY SOME. WHAT WE CAN DO WITHOUT IT IMPACTING SERVICES WITHOUT LETTING GO STAFF MEMBERS. AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PLEAD TO THE PUBLIC TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH US IN PARTNERSHIP TO KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING AND WE'RE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS, LIKE METRO THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL, WHICH IS WHERE A LOT OF OUR MONEY IS GOING AS WELL. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BRINGING US YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND YOUR VIEWPOINT SO THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. SO WE CAN LOOK AT OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS AND OPTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS. 
          AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE. AND WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY TRYING TO GROW THIS CITY TO BECOME A DESTINATION PLACE AS WELL AS KEEP THE SUSTAINABILITY 
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AND THE THRIVING COMMUNITY ASPECTS OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR REALLY WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE WE DID NOT RAISE OUR TAX RATE, BECAUSE THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. YOU KNOW, TO ME, I'LL SAY THAT. AND TO ALSO STILL BE ABLE TO BRING ON THOSE SEVEN NEW POSITIONS FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT. AND SO REALLY MINE WAS JUST COMMENTS AND CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOUS, BECAUSE UNTIL I DID MY DEEP DIVE WITH YOU AND ASKED ALL MY THOUSANDS OF QUESTIONS, I WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF IT. AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAD OUR LAST CONVERSATION TODAY, I AM COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT IN BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR RECOMMENDATION AT THIS FOR THIS PARTICULAR 26 BUDGET. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM BROWNE-MARSHALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR, I APPRECIATE IT. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND SOME COMMENTS. I WANT TO FIRST GO BACK TO THE SLIDE IN REGARDS TO BUDGET STRATEGIES. AND THE SECOND ITEM STATES THAT YOU IMPLEMENTED A FIVE YEAR BUDGET PLAN. COULD YOU KIND OF COVER AND GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITIZENS CAN HEAR WHAT THAT PLAN LOOKS LIKE, PLEASE. OKAY, SO IN MARCH WHEN WE KICKED OFF THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE HAD EVERY DEPARTMENT TO GO INTO OUR ERP SYSTEM AND INPUT THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS FOR FIVE YEARS. NOW, AS A PART OF THE BUDGET, OF COURSE, WE FOCUS ON THE FIRST TWO YEARS BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS ARE REALLY SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO WHAT WE REALLY NEED. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ENHANCING THAT PROCESS. WE REALLY MOVED AWAY FROM JUST LOOKING AT THE BUDGET ANNUALLY, EVEN THOUGH WE PRESENT ONE YEAR TO YOU, SIMILAR TO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN WE HAVE, WE HAVE OUR ESTIMATES FOR THE OTHER FOUR YEARS. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. OUR NEXT QUESTION GOES OVER TO CITY MANAGER. WITHIN THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD EARLIER, THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE IN REGARDS TO THE $16 MILLION IN NEW REQUEST. I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE $16 MILLION IN NEW REQUESTS, BUT I REALLY WANTED YOU TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WITH THE $16 MILLION IN NEW REQUESTS. YES, MAYOR PRO TEM, BASICALLY WHAT WE DO EACH EACH YEAR WE START OFF, WE TALK ABOUT COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES, WE TALK ABOUT EXPECTATIONS, AND WE ASK DEPARTMENTS TO PUT FORTH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE REQUESTS AND EXPECTATIONS. THIS COMMUNITY HAS AS IT RELATES TO THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED. SO WE GET THAT LIST OF REQUESTS FROM EACH DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S THE $16 MILLION THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO. THESE WOULD BE THINGS LIKE ADDITIONAL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, ADDITIONAL PERMIT STAFF OR VEHICLES, OR ADDITIONAL FIRE PERSONNEL FOR CERTAIN CERTAIN CATEGORIES OR INCENTIVE PAY. A HOST OF THINGS THAT ARE IN RESPONSE TO EXPECTATIONS FOR SERVICE DELIVERY OR EXPECTATIONS TO STREAMLINE AND TRY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES. ANALYZING THAT LIST. AND THIS IS WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM. WE PRIORITIZE THAT LIST BASED ON THE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT, WHETHER IT'S LOOKING AT THE THE PROJECT ITSELF OR IT'S LOOKING AT IT'S PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY, IS IT GOING TO ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS MORE MAINTENANCE, IF YOU WILL? THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, HIRING MORE CONTRACTORS TO DO MORE MAINTENANCE. WE TALKED ABOUT WANTING THE ENTIRE CITY TO REFLECT THE STANDARDS OF WHAT THE CITY IS, IS DOING. SO THAT ALSO WOULD INCLUDE TEX DOT ROADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE HEAR A LOT FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE DETERIORATION OR THE CONDITION OF THOSE WHICH WE THEY'RE REALLY NOT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY. BUT IF WE WERE TO ADDRESS THEM ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS, WE'VE TRIED TO DO THE PARTNERSHIP ROUTE, GETTING WITH TXDOT TO SEE IF THEY WOULD PUT MORE MONEY INTO IT, AND THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING FLAT OUT NO. 
          SO THE CITY HAS TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN DO THAT. AND SO THAT'S A PART OF THOSE REQUESTS. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THE REQUESTS, PRIORITIZE THEM, THEN WE FUND THE THINGS TO THE LEVEL OF ANTICIPATED REVENUE SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE WE CAN FUND THEM AND HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. AND SO WITH THAT SAID, OF THE $16 MILLION THAT WAS ACTUALLY 
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REQUESTED, HOW MUCH OF IT WERE YOU ABLE TO ACTUALLY FUND FOUR POINT SOMETHING MILLION. ABOUT 4.1 MILLION. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S 4 MILLION SOMETHING. OKAY. ONE SECOND WE WERE ABLE TO FUND WE WERE ABLE TO FUND ROUNDING 6.5 MILLION IN RECURRING AND BASICALLY 10,000,001 TIME AND 10,000,001 TIME. OKAY. I THINK WHAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITIZENS AND THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND IS EACH TIME YOU SEND US AN EMAIL ASKING US FOR SOMETHING OR COMPLAINING OF A STREET THAT IS FAILING IN REPAIR, IT'S ALMOST IT BECOMES A TICKLER, AT LEAST TO ME, AND IT BECOMES INCUMBENT ON ME TO MOVE THAT OVER ONTO THE CITY MANAGER'S DESK IN ORDER FOR US TO FIND THE FUNDING TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE MATTERS. I AM PROUD THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING. 
          CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD NOW, BUT IT'S OUR STREET DIAGNOSTICS SO THAT WE CAN GARNER DATA DRIVEN, DATA DRIVEN, DATA DRIVEN STREET REPAIRS SO THAT I KNOW EXACTLY WHEN A STREET IS GOING TO COME BECOME AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE YOU KNOW IF THE DOPPLER OR THE TICKLER ISN'T WORKING, THEN I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO CITY MANAGER, AND I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS AND ASK THEM TO PLEASE DO WHATEVER YOU CAN IN ORDER TO MOVE THAT UP RIGHT NOW. MORE SPECIFICALLY, CURRENTLY WE HAVE MAJOR STREET REPAIRS HAPPENING AND OCCURRING RIGHT NOW OVER IN THE LAKE OLYMPIA AREA. I DO HAVE JUST ONE REQUEST PUBLIC WORKS. IF YOU GUYS COULD PLEASE MOVE THE STREET DETOUR SIGN BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SO THAT PEOPLE DO NOT TURN INTO THE STREET DETOUR AREA AND CAUSE A LOT OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION THERE. IF Y'ALL COULD GET THAT DONE, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR THAT. FOR THAT RESPONSE, I WANTED TO ASK IF THE FINANCE TEAM HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT GRANTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE COMING BACK, BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. IF, YOU KNOW, FUNDING IS BEING CUT FROM THERE. 
          SO SOME OF OUR BUDGET DEPENDS ON THAT. WHAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE OUR RECOURSE SHOULD THAT HAPPEN? WELL, AND THAT'S ONE THING WE HAVE TO CONSIDER BECAUSE SPEAKING OF THE SEVEN POSITIONS, FIRE POSITIONS, THOSE ARE GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS. AND SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT LED TO DOING A FIVE YEAR BUDGET PLAN, BECAUSE WE KNOW IN THREE YEARS THAT FUNDING IS GOING TO BE GONE. AND SO BEFORE WE GET TO THE THIRD YEAR AND START TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT NOW SO THAT WE CAN START MOVING TOWARDS BEING ABLE TO ABSORB THAT COST IN WHEN THEY WHEN IT BECOMES TIME TO DO SO. MOST OF THE OTHER GRANTS ARE SMALL ENOUGH IN NATURE THAT THAT WE CAN SOMEWHAT ABSORB THEM, BUT IT'S STILL A PLAN THAT WE CAN'T RELY ON GRANTS AS AS SOMETHING CONTINUOUSLY OR RECURRING. SO THAT'S WHY WE WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BALANCING BASED ON NEED. RIGHT? THAT'S MORE THAN FAIR. AND YOU SAID TO BE ABLE TO ABSORB THEM. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF AS OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE HIGHER AND EVEN WITH US KEEPING OUR TAX RATE THE SAME, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT DOES GENERATE SOME SOME ADDITIONAL INCOME, SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ISSUES WITHIN THIS BUDGET AND WITHIN FUTURE BUDGETS THAT I FORESEE IS THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT ABSORPTION IS GOING TO EAT RIGHT ON INTO THAT. WE'RE ALREADY EATING INTO IT WITH INCREASED COSTS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, DRAINAGE, ROAD REPAIR, INCREASED COSTS IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE INSURANCE AND HEALTH COVERAGES. SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THAT ABSORPTION RATE, IT'S GOING TO WEIGH HEAVY ON US. SO I DO APPRECIATE THE FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK AND THAT AND YOUR PLANNING MOVING FORWARD. I DO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME SHORT TERM ACTIONS THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE TAKING. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE SHORT TERM ACTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC? I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN THING IS JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE NOT BRINGING ON OR INCURRING EXPENDITURES FOR THINGS THAT WE CAN'T JUSTIFY. I MEAN, THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE BY THE RESIDENT THAT SPOKE OUT, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THERE'S NO RHYME OR REASON FOR ME, AS A CEO OF THIS ORGANIZATION, TO EVER DEPEND ON SOMETHING THAT HAS A CAP AND WE CANNOT RELY ON CONSISTENTLY ON THIS LEGISLATOR GIVING US, ALLOWING US TO HAVE THE RESOURCES WE NEED FROM PROPERTY TAXES. SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY LOOKING FOR EVERY OTHER OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE. AND THAT'S WHY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THESE 
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INCENTIVES AND BRINGING IN MORE BUSINESS IS SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IN THE SHORT TERM WE MAY NOT SEE THE RESULTS, BUT LONG TERM WE WILL SEE THOSE ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN THIS CITY. 
          THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT EVERY CONTRACT WE HAVE, PROVIDING SERVICES AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE AT LEAST COVERING THAT COST AND REALLY WORKING THAT THROUGH EVERY DOCUMENT. IT'S LOOKING AT EVERY AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE. IT'S TRYING TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE WORK WITH METRO TO GET MORE OF THOSE RESOURCES BACK TO THE CITY. SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AND SOME OF THOSE AND WHETHER IT'S SHORT TERM OR LONG TERM, THE BOTTOM LINE HAS TO BE WE CANNOT CONTINUE IN THIS MODE OF DEPENDENT ON PROPERTY TAXES WITH A CAP, BECAUSE THE CITY'S GROWING AND WE'RE NOT RESPONDING NOW, AND WE'RE SEEING THE IMPACT ON OUR STAFF IN TERMS OF WORKLOAD, IN TERMS OF RETENTION. AND THIS IS AN EMPLOYEE MARKET. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE DIFFICULTY FILLING POSITIONS A LOT, BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR POSITIONS REQUIRE CERTIFICATIONS. AND IF WE'RE COMPETING WITH OTHER ENTITIES THAT DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE WORKLOAD, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THE THIRD ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WE COULD DO WITHOUT. WELL, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HIRE SOMEONE, WHEN I HIRE, I LOOK FOR GAPS. I LOOK FOR GAPS IN TERMS OF EXPERTISE THAT WE NEED IN THE ORGANIZATION. AND IF WE CAN HIRE THAT IN SOMEONE, THEN GUESS WHAT? WE MAY NOT NEED THAT POSITION. BUT AS I LOOK AT MY PEERS, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THIS STATE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT ME LIKE WHAT YOU YOU ARE OPERATING WITH THAT NUMBER OF STAFF. YEAH. BECAUSE WE MAKE IT WORK BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THIS COMMUNITY EXPECTS. AND THAT'S WHY I KNOW IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WE'VE CUT THE TAX RATE. BUT LET'S BE CLEAR. THESE VOTERS IN THIS CITY APPROVED A BOND THAT INCREASED OUR DEBT RATE. NOW, ONE WOULD EXPECT THAT I WOULD HAVE PROPOSED A TAX RATE COMMENSURATE WITH THAT INCREASE IN THE DEBT RATE. BUT I SAID NO, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ASSESSED VALUE IS GOING UP. WE WANT TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THAT TAX RATE. SO WE'RE EATING THAT IN OPERATIONS. AND THAT'S AN IMPACT. THAT'S AN IMPACT OF ABOUT $1 MILLION ON TOP OF THE MILLION DOLLARS WE CUT BEFORE WE EVEN STARTED THE PROCESS. YES, MA'AM. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. AND AND THE COMMENTS WERE MORE SO DIRECTED SO THAT THE PUBLIC COULD HAVE A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING. THE LAST THING THAT I'LL COMMENT ON TONIGHT IS THAT WE DIDN'T DWELL TOO DEEPLY HERE IN REGARDS TO OUR LGC. YES, AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY AND COUNCIL MEMBER BOWEN AND MYSELF, WE'VE BEEN SERVING AND WORKING DILIGENTLY ON OUR LGC AND WHAT EFFORTS WE CAN BRING OVER FROM THE GOLF COURSE TO BETTER HELP AND AID IN SUPPORTING THIS BUDGET. YES, IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE LGC CAN NO LONGER HAVE DEPENDENT SUPPORT FROM OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          IT'S GOT TO STAND ALONE AND STAND UP. AND STAND. JUST STAND ALONE. I WILL DEFINITELY SEND A THANK YOU OUT TO SERGIO, OUR NEW GENERAL MANAGER OVER AT THE GOLF OPERATION. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE HAS COME ALONG AND IMPLEMENTED WITH SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT OUR COMMITTEE HAS SHOT OVER TO HIM, YOU ARE IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THOSE AND WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF SUCCESS THERE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHERE WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PIE CHART SOMEWHERE ON HERE WHERE WE WILL SEE THAT PLUG GO INTO THERE. THOSE CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. YEAH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SEVEN FIRE. OFFICERS THAT THAT WILL BE BRINGING. ARE WE BRINGING ON ADDITIONAL OR IS THAT OUR THE DOLLARS THAT WE NOW HAVE TO SPEND BECAUSE WE'VE RUN OUT OF THE GRANT, WHICH IS THAT I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. SO WE'RE SHOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVEN ADDITIONAL FIRE OFFICERS, RIGHT. THE QUESTION IS THAT I HAD IS, ARE WE HIRING SEVEN NEW OFFICERS OR ARE WE RUNNING OUT OF THE GRANT DOLLARS? SO NOW WE HAVE TO PAY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR THOSE SEVEN OFFICERS. SO WE WILL BE HIRING ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS. BUT THE GOAL IS TO DO THAT THROUGH ATTRITION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE 
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RETIRE, THEN WE CAN USE THOSE GRANT FUNDS TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS AND NOT HAVE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE OVERALL. AND SO TO THE EXTENT WE CAN DO THAT, WE WILL DO THAT. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE HAVE TO BRING MORE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER, THE HOPEFULLY YOU WILL SEE AN OFFSET IN THE OVERTIME COST THAT'S OCCURRING NOW. SO WE HOPE THERE WILL BE TRADE OFFS. IF WE HAVE TO BRING ON NEW PEOPLE, THEN WE BRING THEM ON WITH THE INTENT OF TRYING TO REDUCE OVERTIME COSTS AND OR WE DO IT THROUGH ATTRITION. OKAY. 
          THERE WAS, I THINK AT 1.4 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH. CAN YOU IS THAT ACCURATE? 1.4 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH. OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH BUDGET, I BELIEVE, IS A LITTLE OVER 100,000 100,000. IN THE GENERAL FUND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME JUST ONE MOMENT. WELL, IF IT WAS ONLY 100,000, THEN I'LL PULL MY QUESTION. YEAH. IT'S NOT. YEAH. 
          I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT. NOT 1.4 MILLION BECAUSE I WAS I WAS THINKING FOR SOME REASON IT WAS A MILLION FOR NO IN THE BUDGET. SO I WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS TOO. IF IT WAS 1.4 MILLION. I'LL, I'LL PULL THAT QUESTION. OKAY. THE AUDIT OF OPEN POSITIONS. WELL, JUST HOW EXHAUSTIVE DID YOU GO THROUGH WITH THE WITH YOUR STAFF TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD THE NEED FOR THOSE OPEN POSITIONS THAT ARE THERE? CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF. SURE. WE WE WENT IN GREAT DETAIL AND I'LL JUST RATTLE OFF SOME OF THE POSITIONS JUST TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AND YOU MORE PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THOSE POSITIONS ARE, AND I'LL ONLY FOCUS ON THE ONES THAT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR. BUT THERE ARE THINGS LIKE A BUSINESS, A SENIOR PRODUCER IN, IN OUR IT DEPARTMENT WHERE WE NEED SOMEONE COMING ON TO HELP US DO OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, IMPROVE OUR WEBSITE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUILDING INSPECTORS. THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE MOST CRITICAL POSITIONS, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE CANNOT HIRE. AND WE HAVE A CONTINUOUS RECRUITMENT FOR THEM. BUT THERE ARE CERTIFICATIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY. AND SO WE HAVE TO BRING ON CONTRACTORS BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T FILL THOSE POSITIONS WITH THE CERTIFICATIONS. WE NEED OTHER POSITIONS. HEALTH INSPECTOR THIS ONE I BELIEVE IS ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE, BUT IT'S CURRENTLY VACANT AND IT SHOWS AS A PART OF THOSE 60 PLUS VACANCIES. WE HAVE RECREATION SPECIALISTS, RIGHT OF WAY TECHNICIAN. THE PAPERWORK FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY TECHNICIAN JUST CAME ACROSS MY DESK TODAY. SO THESE ARE POSITIONS THAT PEOPLE LEAVE AND THEN WE HAVE TO RECRUIT FOR IT AND THEY COME BACK DIFFERENT PEOPLE. SO THEY'RE ALWAYS CHANGING OUT AGAIN. SOME OF IT IS DUE TO WORKLOAD BECAUSE WE REQUIRE A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES. AND GIVEN THIS IS AN EMPLOYEE MARKET, PEOPLE HAVE CHOICES. AND SO WE THAT'S SO THOSE ARE OTHERS. THEN WE HAVE IN PUBLIC WORKS SIGNAL TECHNICIANS, STREET TECHNICIANS. AGAIN THOSE ARE ALWAYS POSITIONS THAT HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER. WE'RE CONSTANTLY HIRING FOR THOSE POSITIONS. BUT AT THE SAME THING WE'RE COMPETING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR. SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF POSITIONS THAT YOU SEE IN OUR VACANCIES THAT WE'RE ALWAYS RECRUITING FOR. IN MUNICIPAL COURT, WE HAVE THREE VACANCIES. I'M PURPOSELY HOLDING THOSE BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO HIRE THE DIRECTOR FIRST. I WANT THE DIRECTOR TO BE ABLE TO COME ON BOARD SO THEY CAN BRING ON THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE EXPECTATIONS THAT I WOULD HAVE IF WE FILL ALL THE POSITIONS BEFORE THE DIRECTOR. THAT'S NOT GIVING THE DIRECTOR A CHANCE TO BUY IN AND BE ABLE TO HELP SHAPE THAT SHAPE THAT STAFF. SO THAT'S THOSE ARE ASIDE FROM THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC RELATIONS. I MEAN, PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS. OKAY. WELL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT OUR CITIZENS UNDERSTAND THAT WE LOOK AT THAT WITH A, WITH WHAT I CALL A JAUNDICED EYE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM ON THE, ON THE, THE PAYROLL AND IN THE BUDGET, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH, OUR EVALUATION OF JUST HOW CRITICAL IT IS TO HAVE THAT POSITION CONTINUE ON IN THE COMING YEAR. 
          ABSOLUTELY. AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT NOT ONLY HAVE WE LOOKED AT THEM TO A VERY, VERY FINE DETAIL TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT ROLE THEY PLAY, WE HAVE CUT POSITIONS AND OR REALLOCATED POSITIONS TO GREATER NEEDS. SO IT'S NOT AS IF IT'S THE SAME POSITION 
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THAT'S THERE, IT'S THE POSITION THAT'S BEEN NEWLY CREATED. AND ONE I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF. 
          WE NEED STRONG FINANCIAL EXPERTISE IN THIS ORGANIZATION, GIVEN ALL THE VARIOUS CONTRACTS WE HAVE, THE VARIOUS AGREEMENTS WE HAVE, THE VARIOUS ENTITIES THAT WE ADDRESS. WE NEED SOMEBODY WITH THAT EXPERTISE. WE DO NOT HAVE THAT CURRENTLY IN-HOUSE. SO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO CONTRACT OUT OUR COST STUDIES FOR OUR RATE INCREASES, FOR OUR FOR OUR EVALUATIONS OF PIDS, FOR OUR FOR OUR REVIEWS, WITH ALL THE AGREEMENTS WE HAVE, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO CONTRACT THAT OUT AND WE NEED THAT IN-HOUSE. SO SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN REALLOCATED TO FILL NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE ORGANIZATION. OKAY. MY LAST QUESTION IS FROM A STANDPOINT OF THE INCREASES THAT WE'RE FINDING IN SALARIES AND IN IN THE BENEFITS, DO WE HAVE JUST KIND OF A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING, NOT UNDERSTANDING, BUT A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT THE INCREASE THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL COST IN OUR BUDGET IS, YOU KNOW, ARE WE. STAYING UP WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE THE DOLLARS THAT WE'VE BUDGETED LAST YEAR, BUT ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE SEEING INCREASE? I THINK YOU MAY HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INCREASES IN HEALTH BENEFITS THAT YOU HAD. WHAT, LIKE A WAS IT A 9%. YEAH, 9% INCREASE. WELL THAT JUST GOES TO THE BOTTOM LINE I MEAN YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, SO IT'S JUST THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO WE CAN GIVE THE CITIZENS OF FLAVOR THAT, HEY, WE'RE NOT RUNNING, YOU KNOW, AS IF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SAME COST BASIS THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. RIGHT? THERE'S INCREASES NOT ONLY IN PERSONNEL BUT ALSO IN COST OF GOODS AND, AND OTHER ITEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, IMPACT OUR BUDGET. SO WE WE. THAT I THINK THAT THAT WAS THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AND I DID WITHDRAW MY QUESTION ON THE 100 OR THE MILLION FOR 100,000, 100,000. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZE AND COUNCILMEMBER KRAUS. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. AND THANK YOU FOR THE SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT WE HAD FOR YOU TO ANSWER SEVERAL OF MY QUESTIONS. AND I DID. WHEN I MET WITH YOU, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE COULDN'T SQUEEZE A DOLLAR OUT OF OUT OF SOMETHING. BUT I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW YOU ALL WERE ABLE TO, TO BALANCE THE BUDGET WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE AND DON'T HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW. I HAD ASKED YOU LAST MONTH IF WE HAD ROOM TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE AND YOU SAID NO. SO YOU'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NO WIGGLE ROOM TO DO THAT THIS YEAR FOR THE RESIDENTS. THE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK IS, IS MORE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE THE FUNDS, THE 750,000 THAT ALLOCATED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND MR. SULLOWAY, THIS ADDRESSES YOUR QUESTION ON THAT. WOULD YOU JUST AS A MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE, WOULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT THAT WE ARE NOT FUELING OVERHEAD COSTS FOR BUSINESSES WITH THE $750,000 AND WHAT THAT PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE NOW, OR AS IT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED VERSUS LAST YEAR? WELL, I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THESE THESE FUNDS ARE STRUCTURED IN A REIMBURSEMENT MANNER. NO FUNDS ARE APPLIED TO A DEVELOPER UNTIL THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY ARE ONE, ADDING EITHER ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL OR TAX BASE REVENUE, SOMETHING BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT'S SET UP WITH THE INCENTIVES. SO SO WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANYTHING UNTIL WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN COMMITTED AND DONE. AND SO THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC CRITERIA OF WHAT IS APPLIED. AND EVEN BEFORE THE PAYMENT IS MADE, IT IS AUDITED TO DETERMINE THAT THOSE ARE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THAT PROJECT THAT OCCURRED WITHIN THE TIME OF THE AGREEMENT. SO THIS IS NOT JUST GIVING MONEY AND HOPING THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS. YOU'RE INCENTIVIZING ACTIVITY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAVE LONG TERM IMPACT LONG AFTER THE PROJECT IS PUT INTO THE CITY. YOU WILL SEE RETURNS ON THAT. AS THAT BUSINESS CONTINUES TO THRIVE. 
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HIRE PEOPLE, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE CITY. SO IT IS REALLY A STRATEGIC INVESTMENT. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE LGC. AND I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PROFITABLE WITH THE LGC. AND I DO BELIEVE WITH THE RENOVATION OF THE GOLF COURSE THAT WE WILL HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THESE PROJECTIONS WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE FUTURE, AND HAVE YOU BROKEN THAT DOWN AS TO WHAT YOU ALL THINK, HOW, HOW, HOW, HOW THE FUNDS FROM, I GUESS, THE PROFIT PROFITABILITY OF THE LGC WILL HELP US MAYBE REDUCE SOME TAXES OR, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME KIND OF BENEFIT FOR THE RESIDENTS. LET ME JUST SAY THAT RIGHT NOW, AS A PART OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS, THE LGC BUDGET IS BASICALLY A PLACEHOLDER. WE PLAN TO BRING BACK THE LGC BUDGET IN OCTOBER TO FOR THE LGC BOARD TO GO THROUGH, TO LOOK AT THE RATES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, TO LOOK AT THE SERVICES THAT WILL BE PROVIDED, AS WELL AS THE RETURN, AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS, RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE STILL IN A QUANDARY, SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD A FULL YEAR IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO REALLY GET A TREND GOING OF WHAT THOSE REVENUES LOOK LIKE. BUT THANKS TO OUR NEW GENERAL MANAGER, SERGIO IS ON IT, LOOKING AT THOSE REVENUES MONTHLY TO START CREATING THOSE TRENDS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE AND THAT WE WILL BE PREPARED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN OCTOBER. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I THINK A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. SO I'M NOT GOING TO ASK THAT. BUT I HEARD YOU SAY EARLIER YOU NEED MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. RIGHT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT IS HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE USING OUR TECHNOLOGY BASED AND IN INTO IMPROVING EFFICIENCIES? SO CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH OR WOULD THIS HELP? WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO IMPROVING EFFICIENCIES? USING I HATE TO SAY THE WORD AI, BUT TECHNOLOGY, STUFF LIKE THAT THAT ARE VERY WELL OUT THERE. SO YES, THAT'S TOP OF MY LIST. AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS AND OPERATIONS WILL TELL YOU THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY THINGS I'M ALWAYS PUSHING FOR IS TECHNOLOGY. 
          TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO BE GREAT FOR A LOT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS THAT WE DO. IT STILL WILL NOT NEGATE HOW WE DELIVER CODE ENFORCEMENT, POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND ALL THAT, BUT IT WILL HELP US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE MANUAL PROCESSES THAT WE DO AND SOME OF THE STAFF NEEDS THAT WE WOULD HAVE EVEN AROUND RECRUITMENT AND FINANCE AND THOSE THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS IN THIS BUDGET IS FUNDING FOR A CONSULTANT TO COME IN AND REVIEW ONE OF THE MOST DEMANDING AREAS WE HAVE IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT FOR THEM TO COME IN AND AND RECOMMEND HOW WE ORGANIZE OUR INFORMATION, PULL ALL THE VARIOUS SOURCES WE HAVE FOR POLICY DECISIONS INTO ONE PLACE, LOOK FOR OPERATION DEFICIENCIES SO THAT THEY CAN RECOMMEND WAYS TO HELP US WORK SMARTER. LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES TO DETERMINE IF WE'RE ADHERING TO THAT. FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE BEST USE FROM THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GIVE US THE FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT MORE ATTRACTIVE AND EASIER FOR BUSINESSES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE. AND NOT ONLY BUSINESSES, BUT STAFF UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF POLICIES, DIRECTION THAT ARE IN MULTIPLE PLACES, AND IT REQUIRES SOMEONE UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THAT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT. IF THIS PROPOSED BUDGET IS APPROVED, THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT ASSESSMENT AND HAVE THAT DATA TO START US IN THE DIRECTION OF BEING ABLE TO ENHANCE THAT AND AUTOMATE SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES. WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS OF AUTOMATING THAT TO STREAMLINE SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE DO. THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR DISCUSSION THIS THURSDAY WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AS TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO HELP US MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF INITIATIVES AS TO HOW WE CAN WORK SMARTER. SURE. SO JUST A 
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COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS FOR ME. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR GOOGLE GOOGLE IMAGE, I MEAN GOOGLE AND ASK THE POPULATION SIZES OF MISSOURI CITY IN 2020, IT WAS 74,259 PEOPLE IN 2025, ACCORDING TO GOOGLE. IT'S NOW WENT FROM 74 TO 79,484. SO NOW DID HEAR CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, ON THE FLY FROM YOU SAYING, WELL, NO, WE'RE AT ABOUT 104,000 PEOPLE. AND I DO RECALL MAYBE THREE, 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID A STUDY TO LOOK AT SALARIES OF STAFFS AND ALL OF THAT. AND I THINK THERE WAS ONE THING THAT I HAD POINTED IT OUT. I THINK, COUNCILMEMBER OUDERKIRK, YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T HERE, BUT THE REST OF US WERE HERE. BUT WHAT WAS INTERESTING WAS OUR SIZE, OF OUR SIZE. AND WHEN I SAY IN SIZE, TALKING ABOUT POPULATION, THE NUMBER OF STAFF WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. THAT WAS AN OBSERVATION THAT EVEN THOUGH WE WEREN'T LOOKING FOR THAT, WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE SALARY BALANCE. AND IT SHOWED WHERE WE ARE TO A CITY OF SIZE OF FORGET THE 4000, LET'S JUST SAY 100,000. AND FOR US TO BE AT 465 PEOPLE, TO ME, THAT SHAPED THE BONE TO THE PRACTICALLY AS POSSIBLE. YOU CAN. SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND BERTHA AND NOT JUST THE TWO OF YOU, BUT I THINK THE STAFF, THE DIRECTORS IN THE ROOM AND WHO'S NOT HERE TO THANK YOU FOR MANAGING IT. BECAUSE. BECAUSE TO HAVE 100,000 PEOPLE AND TO BE ABLE TO AND OUR AND TO BE ABLE TO RUN IT AT 465. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. NOTHING AGAINST OUR SISTER CITIES, BUT I KNOW THAT FACT THAT OUR SISTER CITIES, ACCORDING TO THE NEW NUMBERS, THEY'RE AT ABOUT 118,000, BEING THE LARGEST CITY IN IN FORT BEND COUNTY. I'M NOT GOING TO NAME WHO THAT IS, BUT EVERYBODY WOULD KNOW. BUT THEY'RE AT 890 POSITIONS OR 900 SOME POSITIONS COMPARED TO WHERE WE AT NOW. SO THAT'S ALMOST DOUBLED FROM WHERE WE ARE. SO MY MY COMMENT IS TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR OPERATING UNDER THAT AND UNDER THE IF YOU LOOK AT FIRE, YOU BROUGHT DOWN THAT VACANCIES TODAY, ZERO VACANCIES, YOU KNOW, THANKS TO THE CHIEF AND THEN HIS TEAM FOR THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE, AND ALSO OUR UNDER OUR PUBLIC SAFETY UMBRELLA THAT THE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU CAME IN IN 2022 OR END OF 22, I SHOULD SAY YOU WERE ABOUT 31 POSITIONS AND TODAY YOU'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 13 IS MY UNDERSTANDING. AND AND WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND GOING THROUGH SO SO I THINK A LOT OF THE KUDOS IN MANAGING STAFFING HAS TO GO TO THE STAFF, AND THEN IT HAS TO GO TO THE DIRECTORS IN THE ROOM, BECAUSE I KNOW THE FIRST THING THAT YOU WANT TO DO IS ASK FOR MORE POSITIONS AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FILL IT FOR THEM TO MANAGING IT, AND THEN FOR YOU AND BERTHA TO CONTROLLING IT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE NOT OUT OF CONTROL. SO THAT AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO COMMEND. 
          YEAH. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT LIKE BERTHA DOESN'T DO ANYTHING ON THE FLUFF. I DON'T DO ANYTHING ON THE FLY. THOSE NUMBERS CAME FROM A SURVEY THAT WAS A PAID FOR SURVEY THAT WAS VALIDATED NUMBERS. SO YOUR POINT IS VALIDATED, CLEAR AND POINTED. 
          YES. MAY I PLEASE, IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE, ONE OTHER THING I FAILED TO MENTION THAT'S DRIVING THE PERSONNEL COSTS IS YEAR TWO OF OUR THREE YEAR MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT, AS WELL AS SALARY INCREASES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO COUNCILMEMBER BONNIE IS NEXT. SO HE'S COMING TO YOU. WELL, I DO WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND BERTHA, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR THE BALANCED BUDGET PRESENTING IT. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S ROLE, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, IS TO PRESENT A BALANCED BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION AND FOR APPROVAL. SO FOR BOTH OF YOU, AND THEN ALSO REDUCING THE NO. AND AND THAT IS TOUGH TO DO, ESPECIALLY AT THE 2021 BOND APPROVED BY OUR CITIZENS. SO THAT ITSELF I THINK WITH 465 POSITIONS. AND GIVEN THAT, I THINK THAT'S A BIG KUDOS TO WHAT YOU HAVE ALL DONE. AND I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, YES, I WISH WE HAD MORE MONEY 
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THAT WE CAN FUND MORE POSITIONS AND TO IT. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I'M PROUD TO GET OUT THERE. WHEN OUR SISTER FACILITIES AND SISTER CITIES AND, AND STAND BEHIND THE NUMBERS AND THE THINGS THAT YOU PUT OUT. BUT OF COURSE, AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THAT CONTROL WITHIN THOSE POSITIONS TO TO MANAGE THAT MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDED, IF WE DON'T GET IT, THEN WE'RE BACK TO AND I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROBABLY COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL ASK FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET. AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. SO ANYWAY, KUDOS TO YOU TO THE WHOLE TEAM. BUT REMINDING THE STAFF, THE DIRECTORS AND THE MANAGERS AND OTHERS IN THE ROOM AND WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. WE WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR OUR OUR INTERIM FINANCIAL OFFICER. AND I KNOW IT'S TOUGH, BUT THEY DON'T LEAVE ANY DOLLAR BEHIND. BUT LET'S CONTINUE THIS WORK MOVING FORWARD. I THINK MISSOURI CITY'S GOT A GOOD DAY AHEAD OF US. AND THEN I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED THAT YOU INTRODUCED THE FIVE YEAR BUDGET, BECAUSE THAT RIGHT THERE SETS THE WAY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO THIS WAY WE UNDERSTAND HOW IT LOOKS BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU'RE JUST DOING IT EVERY YEAR. YEAH. OFF THE CUFF. AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THAT IN THAT PROCESS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITH THAT I YIELD BACK I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. MAYOR I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION. AND REALLY I MEAN THIS CAME BEFORE OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, WITH MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY AND COUNCILWOMAN O'DEKIRK ABOUT THE FIRE POSITIONS. AND IT WAS A LOT OF ROBUST CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION AROUND IT. BUT AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT INVESTING FOR THE FUTURE AS WELL AND MAKING SMART DECISIONS JUST TO ASK WHERE WE WEREN'T, WE UP AGAINST SOME SORT OF A NOT SO MUCH A DEADLINE, BUT, WELL, MAYBE IT WAS A DEADLINE WHERE IF WE DID NOT MAKE THAT DECISION, THOSE DOLLARS FOR THE GRANT WOULD BE RETURNED. IS THAT CORRECT? CAN YOU CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? YES. WITH ANY FEDERAL GRANT, THERE'S A TIMETABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE SO COMPETITIVE. AND FOR US TO EVEN BE A CITY, TO BE RECOGNIZED, TO GET THAT GRANT, IT WAS VERY CRITICAL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE FUNDS BY THE DEADLINE, THAT WE HAD TO RECOGNIZE THOSE FUNDS AND START AND APPROVE THE GRANT. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, WE HAD TO LOOK AT FUTURE TO DETERMINE HOW WE COULD USE THESE. AND FORTUNATELY, AT THE TIME WHEN WE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT, WE HAD VACANT POSITIONS. SO THEY LOOK AT THE NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE AT THE TIME YOU APPLIED FOR THE GRANT, NOT AT WHAT WAS BUDGETED, BUT WHAT YOU HAD AT THE TIME. SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE WE GOT 13 POSITIONS. 
          IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY. AND SO BUT WE ONLY HAVE TO HAVE A REQUIREMENT OF THE SEVEN BECAUSE THROUGH ATTRITION, WE'VE ALREADY USED A PORTION OF THAT. RIGHT. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO TO BRING THAT FORTH BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE LIKE IT WAS MENTIONED, PUBLIC SAFETY IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THIS BUDGET. AND AS WE'RE GROWING AS A CITY, WE GOT TO MANAGE THAT GROWTH. AND PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH POLICE AND FIRE PARAMEDICS ON THE STREET. AND SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, TO TO GET THESE SEVEN POSITIONS IS, IS NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO FUND OTHER POSITIONS, BUT BECAUSE WE, WE STOOD TO LOSE THE GRANT. SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS SMART TO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT DECISION. SO ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. THANK COUNCILWOMAN CORK. SHE KIND OF PUSHED HEAVY ON THAT AS WELL. SO GOOD I HAD ONE MORE THING THAT I WROTE DOWN. IT'S JUST A COMMENT I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT LEGACY. YES. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT I WE STARTED PUTTING THIS NEW LEGACY COMMITTEE AND I THINK MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER EMERY, BUT COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK, MYSELF, COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER RILEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. NO, I'M NOT SAYING, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING IN OCTOBER. YES. 
          SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND KIND OF SEE WHERE WE ARE AND MAKING SOME OF THE PROGRESS. 
          AND I KNOW YOU ALL ARE GIVING KUDOS TO SERGIO, BUT I LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S BEEN KUDOS BEEN SHOULD BE GIVEN AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GIVE HIM BASED ON WHAT WE SEE. THAT THAT'S WHY I SAY WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING IT IN OCTOBER. THERE YOU GO. FULL COUNCIL TO. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SERGIO. NOTHING TO YOU ALL DOING A GREAT JOB. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAD A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN. MARSHALL. SINCE 
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THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS LEFT ON THE ON THE BOARD COUNCIL. CITY SECRETARY. MAYOR. 
          YES. MEMBER. BROWN. MARSHALL. YES. MEMBER. CLOUSER. YES. MEMBER. RILEY. MEMBER. BONEY. 
          YES. MEMBER. O'DEKIRK. YES. MEMBER. EMERY. YES. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. 
          NEXT IS THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET THAT WILL REQUIRE RAISING MORE REVENUE FROM THE PROPERTY TAXES THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. REQUIRES A SEPARATE RECORD VOTE. IS THERE A MOTION TO RATIFY THE REVENUE INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET? SO WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          CITY SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER BROWN. YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF THIS TAX RATE BEING THE SAME FOR THREE YEARS, CONSECUTIVE. AND WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A REDUCTION FOR SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO THAT. SO WE'VE GONE FROM $0.63 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NOW WHAT WE'RE PROPOSED WITH TODAY, 57. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE COULD HAVE, BY STATE LAW, GONE WITH THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE TO HAVE THE SAME REVENUE THAT WE COLLECTED LAST YEAR. BUT THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IS GOING TO ACTUALLY SAVE ABOUT $20.20 LESS ANNUALLY. I MEAN, YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO SAVE $20.20 AS THEY WOULD HAVE PAID IN TAXES ON PROPERTIES IF WE WOULD HAVE GO AHEAD. AND IF WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS ADOPTION OF THIS TAX RATE TODAY. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT, MAN. I THINK THAT WE'VE COME A LONG WAY AS A CITY. THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES FOR OUR FUTURE THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, BUT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. YEAH. CITY MANAGER SAME ECHOING THE SIMILAR COMMENT. I THINK WHEN IN 2020 IT WAS UNDER POINT SIX 3 OR 6 TWO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. AND TODAY TO KEEP IT IN FIVE YEARS AND I WOULD HOPE IN THE IN THE LONG RUN, BERTHA, BOTH OF YOU AND BASED ON OUR SALES TAX AND SEE HOW IT GOES, MAYBE WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO LOWER IT DOWN. BUT IT REALLY I KNOW IT TAKES ON THE SALES TAX AND WHAT HAVE YOU. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING A GREAT JOB. SO. CITY SACK. YES, SIR. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BONIN. YES, MAYOR. YES. MEMBER. BROWN. MARSHALL. YES. MEMBER. CLOUSER. YES. RILEY. YES. MAYOR. 
          YES. YES. MEMBER. EMERY. YES. THE MOTION TO RATIFY CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          [(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against an ad valorem tax ...]
NEXT IS SEVEN, A ONE. WE'RE BACK TO NOW. 7A1. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST. AND AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING IN SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. WILL NOW GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 7A1 CITY SACKED. DO WE HAVE ANY ANYONE REQUEST TO SPEAK? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT. OKAY. WITH NO FURTHER COMMENTS, 
          [(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - An ordin...]
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 7A1. AND NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO 7A2. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE ASSESSMENT, LEVY AND COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, FOR THE TAX YEAR 2025 AND EACH YEAR THEREAFTER UNTIL OTHERWISE PROVIDED, PROVIDING THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH TAXES SHALL BE DUE AND TIMELY PAID. AUTHORIZING AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY FOR THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT AD VALOREM TAXES IN LIEU OF RECOVERING ATTORNEY'S FEES, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SO BEFORE, AS I WANT TO JUST POINT IT OUT, CITY ATTORNEY, THIS ITEM ALSO REQUIRES RIGHT ALSO REQUIRES THREE VOTES OF THE COUNCIL, ONE FOR THE DEBT SERVICE COMPONENT OF THE TAX RATE AND ONE FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS COMPONENT OF THE TAX RATE, AND ONE FOR THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE TAX RATE. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TAX RATE OF 0.115796 FOR THE DEBT COMPONENT OF THE TAX RATE, AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF? THANK YOU. I HAVE, I SEE OH, MAYOR, DID YOU WANT THE ALBERTA. YES. I'M SORRY. OKAY. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. OKAY, I'LL BE QUICK. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THIS EVENING I WILL BE PRESENTING A PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE FY 26 BUDGET YEAR. THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS THE CENTRAL PART OF OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING. AND ENSURE 
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THAT WE CAN CONTINUE DELIVERING QUALITY SERVICES WHILE MAINTAINING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS 0.570825 PER $100 OF TAX VALUE. THIS IS THE SAME AS OUR CURRENT PROPERTY TAX RATE. SO THEREFORE THERE'S NO INCREASE IN THE RATE ITSELF. 
          IMPORTANTLY, THE PROPOSED RATE IS BELOW BOTH THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE OF 0.577832 AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE OF 0.60069. AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, OUR DEBT RATE DID INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY $0.01. SO INSTEAD OF INCREASING THE PROPERTY TAX, THE CITY MANAGER WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. THEREFORE, WE SHIFTED $0.01 FROM THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TO THAT. THIS DEMONSTRATES OUR COMMITMENT TO KEEPING TAXES STABLE WHILE FUNDING CRITICAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS STRUCTURED, LET'S LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF THE ADJUSTED VOTER APPROVAL RATE, THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS IS 0.455029, WHILE THE DEBT SERVICE OR INS PORTION IS 0.115796. SO COMBINED, THOSE TWO AMOUNTS TOTAL 0.570825. THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 73.7 MILLION, USING A 98.5% COLLECTION FACTOR. OF THIS AMOUNT, APPROXIMATELY 51.8 MILLION WILL GO TO THE GENERAL FUND, 8.7 MILLION WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE TERS, AND 13.2 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE VALUE OF A PENNY EACH $0.01 IN THE TAX RATE GENERATES APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILLION FOR THE CITY. IF WE GO ONE STEP FURTHER, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, WE CAN BREAK THAT DOWN BY COUNTY. SO 1 MILLION COMES FROM FORT BEND AND 67,000 FROM HARRIS COUNTY. 6767, 67,000 FROM HARRIS COUNTY. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE HISTORICAL TAX RATES ALONGSIDE THE PROPOSED RATE. 
          THE PROPOSED RATE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIOR TWO YEARS, AND OVERALL CONTINUES TO BE LESS THAN THE TEN YEAR AVERAGE. SO IN SUMMARY, THE FY 26 PROPOSED BUDGET IS BUILT ON THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.570825. THIS RATE IS LOWER THAN BOTH THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.570825. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY TAX RATE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TAX RATE OF 0.115796 FOR THE DEBT COMPONENT OF THE TAX RATE, AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF? I WOULD ASSUME, COUNCILMEMBER VAUGHN, IS THAT YOUR MOTION? SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. SEEING NO DISCUSSION, CITY SECRETARY. MAYOR. YES. MEMBER. BROWN. MARSHALL. YES. YES. MEMBER. RILEY. YES. MEMBER. 
          BONEY. YES. MEMBER. O'DEKIRK. MEMBER. EMERY. YES. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. THE SECOND MOTION. LOOK. ASKING FOR A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE THE TAX RATE OF 0.455029 FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COMPONENT OF THE TAX RATE, AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF. DO SEE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER CLAUSER. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, CITY. SECOND. MAYOR. ELLICOTT. YES. MEMBER. BROWN. 
          MARSHALL. YES. MEMBER. CLOUSER. YES. MEMBER. RILEY. MEMBER. BONEY. MEMBER. O'DEKIRK. MEMBER. 
          EMERY. YES. THE MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. THIS YEAR'S TAX RATE DOES NOT EXCEED THE THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING A TOTAL TAX RATE OF 0.570825 PER $100 VALUE, AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY 
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COUNCIL MEMBER BONE, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN. MARSHALL. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. CITY. MAYOR. YES. MEMBER. BROWN. MARSHALL. YES. MEMBER. CLOUSER. YES. MEMBER. 
          RILEY. MEMBER. BONEY. YES. MEMBER. O'DEKIRK. YES. MEMBER. EMERY. YES. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. BROTHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, FOR YOUR LENGTHY DISCUSSION. SEVEN B IS ZONING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCES. SO WE GO TO SEVEN B. 
          [(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a request by Quidd...]
ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A REQUEST BY EQUITY ENGINEERING ON BEHALF OF FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT MUD 47 AND 48 FOR FOR SOME SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ON AN APPROXIMATE 0.1456 ACRE TRACT OF LAND FEET FOR THE CONTINUED USE OF EXISTING EXISTING DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES, ABOVEGROUND LIFT STATIONS, AND TO EXTEND SUCH ZONING DEVIATES FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP OF THESE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR AN AMENDMENT. THEREFORE, SO THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED R-2 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN OLYMPIA ESTATES RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF JANET LANE AND VICKSBURG BOULEVARD, AND HAS ACCESS OFF THE VICKSBURG BOULEVARD. SO WE HAVE, I GUESS I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 7B1. CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT. OKAY. THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS. WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND CLOSE 
          [(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 7B1. AND WE GO TO 7B2. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF A 0.1455 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AS A SPECIFIC USE SANITARY SEWER LIFT STATION, 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 I THANK YOU. WE HAVE JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS JUST AN APPLICATION TO BRING THE ZONING CURRENT. THIS IS AN EXISTING FACILITY. THE UTILITY IS DOING PREPAREDNESS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND ALSO CONTINUITY OF SERVICE. SO THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE CHANGE TO THE FACILITY. NO LONG TERM CHANGE TO THE FACILITY. JUST TO BRING THE ZONING CURRENT ON THE ON THE PROPERTY. AS OF THIS DATE, WE'VE RECEIVED NO PROTEST OR SUPPORT. AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SCP APPROVAL FOR THIS UTILITY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER OUDERKIRK, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN. MARSHALL, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, CITY SECRETARY, WE CAN USE THE VOTING SYSTEM. MR. MCFALL. YES, SIR. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE SYSTEM. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, THANK 
          [(3) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a request by Plant...]
YOU, THANK YOU. JENNIFER. ITEM 7B3 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A REQUEST BY PLANTATION CREEK INVESTMENT, LLC TO AMEND THE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICT AND RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 19, ORDINANCE ZERO, DASH ZERO ZERO 32 PERTAINING TO NONRESIDENTIAL LOTS, INCLUDING USE OF REGULATION AND HOURS OF OPERATION, AND TO THE EXTENT SUCH AS SUCH, ZONING DEVIATES FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR AMENDMENT. THEREFORE, PD NUMBER 19 IS LOCATED NORTH OF PLANTATION SETTLEMENT AT FIRST COLONY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION SOUTH OF AN AC SELF-STORAGE AT 20 604, FM 1092 AND THE MISSOURI CITY MUNICIPAL COURT AND PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS, AND THE ENCLAVE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION EAST OF OYSTER CREEK PLANTATION RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION AND WEST OF THE QUAIL VALLEY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. NONRESIDENTIAL LOTS IN PD NUMBER 19 ARE THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 2710, FM 1092, 2720, FM 1092 AND 2730 FM 1092. I WILL NOW CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. SEVEN B3 CITY SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SPEAK TO SPEAK ON? I MEAN 
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SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT. OKAY, SO NO FURTHER COMMENTS. WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING 7B3. RIGHT. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO SEVEN B FOR AN 
          [(4) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING REGULATIONS AND PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 19, REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. ADOPTING A SITE PLAN APPLICABLE TO SAID DISTRICT. 
          DESCRIBING A 65.008 ACRE TRACT OF LAND. 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. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE WE HAVE SHASHI KUMAR, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BEFORE I GO TO THIS ITEM, MAY I ASK YOUR PERMISSION TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW CITY ENGINEER, IF I MAY, FOR A BRIEF MOMENT. SURE. OUR NEW CITY ENGINEER IS VINCENZO CORAZZA. HE IS CORRECTED ME HOW TO SAY HIS NAME? VINCENZO. HE COMES TO US FROM CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE WAS WORKING FOR CITY OF MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA. HE'S ABOUT 20 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, TEN YEARS FOR MUNICIPALITIES. HE'S WORKED EVERYWHERE. HE'S WORKED IN ARIZONA, HE'S WORKED IN FLORIDA, HE'S WORKED IN CALIFORNIA. HE HAS LICENSES IN MANY STATES. HE'S HELD POSITIONS AS CITY ENGINEER, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS MANAGER AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. I'M VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME VINCENZO ON BOARD, AND HE'S ALSO A US ARMY COMBAT VETERAN. SO WITH THAT, VINCENZO. 
          THANK YOU. WILL PROBABLY SEE MORE AT THE PODIUM. AND I CAN BE AT THE BACK SEAT MOVING FORWARD. SO NOW WE LIKE YOU TO GO AHEAD. SO GOING BACK TO THIS ITEM, MAYOR, IF I CAN GET TO THE POWERPOINT, THE ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU IS TO CONSIDER AMENDING AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. 19. IT PERTAINS TO REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN THIS ORDINANCE. JUST TO ORIENT YOU. THIS IS AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FM 1092 AND PLANTATION RIDGE DRIVE, MOST FAMOUSLY KNOWN FOR JOHNNY TAMALES PROPERTY. THE CURRENT ZONING ALLOWS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LC2 LOCAL RETAIL, COMMERCIAL, AND THE CURRENT RESTRICTIONS FOR THE. OUR HOURS OF OPERATIONS ARE BETWEEN 6 A.M. AND 9 P.M. THE APPLICANT, PLANTATION CREEK INVESTMENT LLC, HAS COME TO US AND SAID THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND CLIENTELE WITH THIS RESTRICTIVE PD AMENDMENT AND BASED ON THE MARKET CONDITIONS, THEY'RE REQUESTING AMENDMENTS TO INCLUDE INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY AND LOUNGE. WE INTERPRET LOUNGE TO BE MORE LIKE A BAR, A DAYCARE OR A CHILDCARE CENTER, MEDICAL FACILITIES LIKE A DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR A DENTIST'S OFFICE. AND TO REMOVE THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS THAT'S LISTED ABOVE, WHICH IS FROM 6 A.M. TO 9 P.M. STAFF HAS EVALUATED THIS IN TERMS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES NOT DIRECTLY LOOK INTO THIS LAND, IT DOES SAY THAT ANY RETAIL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT MAINTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS PROPERTY ABUTS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. STAFF DID PRESENT THIS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONS. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ALLOW INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LC2 USE, BUT WITHOUT A LOUNGE TO ALLOW FOR DAYCARE OR CHILDCARE. THIS CAN HAPPEN ONLY IF THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS USED FOR THIS FACILITY, MEDICAL FACILITIES, AND TO MAINTAIN HOURS OF OPERATIONS FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ONLY FROM 6 A.M. TO 9 P.M. SO YOU REMOVE THE RESTRICTIONS FOR INDOOR, BUT YOU STILL MAINTAIN THE OUTDOOR RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO MAINTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY, SO TO SPEAK. PLANNING AND ZONING AGREED WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS THERE ARE FORWARDED THIS RECOMMENDATION WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CHASSIS. WE'LL START OFF WITH COUNCILMEMBER CLAUSER. YES. THANK YOU. SHASHI. MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE BUFFER BETWEEN THIS VENUE AND THE RESIDENTIAL BACKYARDS? I ANTICIPATED THIS QUESTION, SO I GOT MY LITTLE CHEAT SHEET HERE. AND JENNIFER, CORRECT ME IF I MISSPEAK. IT IS AT LEAST 25FT, 20, 20FT, 20FT. OKAY. AND WHAT IS THE MATERIAL OF THE BUFFER? WE CURRENTLY HAVE WOODEN FENCE. 
          THE REASON BEING THERE IS A UTILITY EASEMENT WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A MASONRY FENCE. SO 
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IT IS A WOODEN FENCE THAT'S OUT THERE. OKAY. AND IS THE ARE ARE THEY WILLING TO PUT IN ADDITIONAL BUFFER FOR THE RESIDENTS. WE DO NOT THINK BASED ON WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, THIS NEED FOR ADDITIONAL BUFFER OR FENCING, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALLOWING ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITY, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY LOUNGE. WITH THAT, YOU WILL PRESERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY, AND THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS FOR OUTDOORS ARE RESTRICTED TILL 9 P.M. SO STAFF DOES NOT SEE THE NECESSITY FOR ALL THOSE RESTRICTIONS. OKAY. AND THEN JENNIFER, I DID SEE A FAIR NUMBER OF LETTERS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, MORE SUPPORT THAN THE OPPOSITION. SO THERE WERE 18 PROTEST LETTERS THAT INCLUDED NOISE, BUT MAYBE THEY WERE NOT AWARE THAT OUTDOORS THAT THAT THERE WOULD BE NO NOTHING OUTDOORS. SO MAYBE JUST IF THIS IS APPROVED AND I'M I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN I SAW THE SUPPORT LETTERS WITH RESIDENTS SAYING WE NEED WE NEED ENTERTAINMENT, WE NEED NON-CONVENTIONAL, UNCONVENTIONAL HOURS FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO WORK LIKE I. THERE WERE SOME VERY IN-DEPTH COMMENTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS THAT THIS WENT OUT TO. MY ONLY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT IF THIS PASSES THAT THE PROTEST, THE PROTESTERS WILL BE NOTIFIED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO OUTDOOR. 
          ACTIVITIES GOING ON SO THAT THEY ARE PUT AT EASE WITH THIS AND THEN THAT. I THINK THAT'S MY LAST COMMENT. IS THE PROPERTY OWNER HERE? YES, MA'AM. OH, HI. CAN YOU COME UP? YES. 
          HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE. YES. WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THEN JUST GIVE US A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THIS, AND WHY YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO APPROVE THIS? MY NAME IS NEIL PATEL. I OWN THAT WHOLE PROPERTY OVER THERE WITH JOHNNY TAMALES ALONG WITH THE RETAIL CENTER. SO WHEN WE BUILT THE RETAIL CENTER, WE WANTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO WE DIDN'T WANT A CLASSIC NAIL SALONS OR THE THING. NOTHING AGAINST ANY PARTICULAR BUSINESS, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO HOOK UP OR WHATEVER. SOMETHING THAT WE. I LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY MORE THAN 20 YEARS. WE HAVE PRIDE IN THE CITY, AND WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING OUT OF THE BOX THAT HELPS THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. SO BASICALLY WE LOOKED AT SCHOOL, WHICH WAS A SPANISH SCHOOL. AGAIN, THERE WERE RESTRICTIONS OF THE HOURS. THEN BASICALLY WE LOOKED AT RECREATION CENTER FOR ADULT INDOOR. OKAY, SO TYPICALLY A RECREATION CENTER, IF YOU LOOK INTO IT, IS LIKE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE ADULTS CAN COME AND ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES. RIGHT NOW, NOTHING MISSOURI CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING. PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO MIDTOWN OR SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE THE CITY. RIGHT? SO THAT'S AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING INTO IT. WE ALSO LOOK FOR URGENT CARE HEALTH CENTER. BASICALLY, THEY ARE EXTENDED HOURS. THEY HAVE TO BE OPEN TILL 10 OR 11. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT IN THE 2025, IN THE CITY AND CREATED A VIBRANT IS ALL RESTRICTED WITH THAT SPACE. NOW WE GET EVERYBODY TO COME IN AND DO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT NOBODY WANTS. HOWEVER, WHEN WE ARE CHALLENGED WITH THAT. SO OUR GOAL IS LIKE, IF I TAKE A RECREATION CENTER, IT HAS TO HAVE A REFRESHMENT CENTER, QUICK BITES. KIDS CAN EAT WHILE THEY DRINK, YOU KNOW, PROTEIN. IT'S LIKE LIFETIME, YOU KNOW, LIFETIME HAS A REFRESHMENT CENTER. SO WE HAVE A REFRESHMENT CENTER. OKAY, SO IT'S NOT A BAR. IT'S NOT A LOUNGE. IT'S NOT WHERE PEOPLE HANG OUT JUST FOR ALCOHOL. IT'S JUST A REFRESHMENT CENTER WHILE THEY'RE ENTERTAINING THEMSELVES. YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO COME TO JOHNNY TAMALES TO PLAY CARDS. THE ELDERLY PEOPLE. NOW WE OPEN AT 11, BUT THEY REQUEST THAT CAN WE COME AT 9:00 TO PLAY CARDS? SO THE CITY NEEDS SOME COMMUNITY CENTERS OR RECREATION FOR THE ADULTS AND EVERYTHING. AGAIN, WE ARE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. WE DON'T OWN NUISANCE AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE COMMOTIONS IN THE PARKING LOT TO DISTURB OUR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE AGAIN, NEIGHBORS ARE THE ONES THAT KIDS WILL COME AND EITHER WORK FOR US OR WE ARE GOING TO BE INTEGRATED WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR CUSTOMERS. RIGHT? 
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SO BASICALLY, THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING AND REQUESTING AND COMING TO THE CITY AND SAY, HEY, LET'S LOOK OUT OF THE BOX AND SAY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO ACCOMMODATE THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED IN TODAY'S TIME? SURE. YEAH. NO, YOU GAVE AN ACCURATE PICTURE. 
          SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER OUDERKIRK DON'T DON'T LEAVE. 
          SORRY. SO TO CONFIRM THAT YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO HAVE ALCOHOL ON THE PROPERTY AT ALL. YEAH. 
          WE ARE REQUESTING THAT REFRESHMENT CENTER. SO WE HAVE TO SELL BEER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT WE ARE NOT COMPETING WITH JOHNNY TAMALES BAR IN THAT RECREATION CENTER. SO ANYBODY WHO'S GOING TO BE A TENANT WOULD WANT SOMETHING FOR THEIR CLIENTS. OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT OPENING IT. I'LL HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY TO OPEN IT. BUT THAT WOULD BE A REQUEST TO CREATE A REFRESHMENT CENTER THAT ALONG WITH THAT, THEY WILL HAVE MOCKTAILS AND ALONG CERTAIN ALCOHOL DRINKS FOR THAT. BUT IT'S NOT A BAR OR IT'S NOT A LAUNCH. I'M PRETTY SURE LIFETIME SMELL IS SELLING SMOOTHIES, NOT BEER, RIGHT? I THINK ALCOHOL, THEY SELL ALCOHOL. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. LIFETIME DOES. YES. THANK YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE HALF OF THIS BUILDING. IT'S A LARGE I MEAN IT'S A IT'S A FAIRLY LARGE BUILDING. IT WOULD BE THE WHOLE 10,000FT■!S GOING TO THE RECREATION CENTER, GOING TO A RECREATION CENTER. OKAY. SO SO I RENT IT TO A SCHOOL. THEN WE HAVE TO STILL RENT IT BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENT, THE WHOLE 10,000 TO THE SCHOOL. RIGHT. IF I RENT IT TO AN URGENT CARE, THEY NEED 5000FT■!S. SO YOU'D HE MULTIPLE TENANTS. SO. SO I HAVE GOT MULTIPLE OPTIONS DEPENDING UPON WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. I WAS JUST HOPING THAT IF I SPRAINED MY ANKLE PLAYING PICKLEBALL, I CAN RUN OVER AND GET MY A WALK OVER. THAT'S NOT A LIMP OVER. LIMP OVER. SO NO. 
          OKAY. SO SO IS WAS IT EVER DISCUSSED WITH THE RESIDENTS, THE FENCING ISSUE? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HUGGED THE PROPERTY LINES HAVE BEEN USED IN THE PAST, AND I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE REALLY ALLEVIATED A LOT OF THESE ISSUES IF WE HAD JUST USED THE PROPERTY LINE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION OR A JENNIFER QUESTION. IS THAT NOT AN OPTION TO. I BELIEVE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS RODEO BEFORE. YEAH, YEAH. AND I THINK EVERYBODY IS OVER HERE IS FULLY FAMILIAR WITH EVERYTHING WE WENT THROUGH FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. OKAY. AND BASICALLY IT IS A MUD ISSUE IS THE THE HOUSING ISSUE AND IT'S THE CITY ISSUE. SO I THINK WE. 
          RUB THIS THING TO THE END WHERE WE WERE HELPLESS. I CAN GO AHEAD. THANK YOU IF I MAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION. THE CITY GRANTED A VARIANCE FOR THE FENCE. OF COURSE, THERE WAS A BRICK WALL TO BE BUILT. IT CANNOT BE BUILT BECAUSE THERE ARE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. SO THE CITY GRANTED A VARIANCE. THERE IS A WOODEN FENCE. SO THAT ISSUE HAS COME IN FRONT OF THIS BODY AND THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED. I ALSO WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THE CURRENT USES, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS CONSISTENT WITH LRRK2. THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN LRRK2. SO OKAY. JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE MY CONSTITUENTS AND I'M CONCERNED THAT THEY ARE NERVOUS ABOUT THE PROJECT. I THINK JOHNNY SAID PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE HAD A PREVIOUS PATIO PROGRAM WAS INTERESTED IN IN THAT PROGRAM. 
          SO ARE THEY AT THIS POINT NOT CONSIDERING AN OUTDOOR PATIO AREA FOR EATING? I KNOW THERE'S A LIKE A GRASSY AREA UP FRONT THAT POSSIBLY COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR TABLES. THE CITY HAD COME UP WITH A PATIO PROGRAM. YES, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE ENTERTAINING IT. YES. AND AGAIN, EVEN IF WE HAD THE PATIO PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE TIMING, WE WOULD HAVE CLOSED AT 9:00 ANYWAY. OKAY, OKAY. SO IT WAS NOT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS THE PATIO THERE. WE WOULD HAVE KEPT IT OPEN LATE NIGHT. SURE, SURE. BUT YOU WERE CONFIDENT THAT EVEN IF THERE IS AN WE'RE OKAY, SORRY, NOT EVENT CENTER, A RECREATION FACILITY, THERE'S NO LOUD MUSIC. IT'S A NORMAL DECIBELS. THERE'S NO OUTSIDE CONGREGATION, NOWHERE TO CONGREGATE. AND THEN WITH THE CHILD CARE FACILITY, OF COURSE, YOU YOU WOULD HAVE TO MEET STATE REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE PROPER SIZING OF OUTDOOR PLAYGROUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF IF THEY COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT THE STATE APPROVES, IT FITS. IF IT DOESN'T MEET STATE REGULATIONS, YOU DON'T GET APPROVED. ABSOLUTELY. SO BASICALLY, ANYBODY WHO IS GOING TO PUT A SCHOOL IN THERE IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE RIGOROUS LICENSING AND EVERYTHING. THEY'RE JUST 
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NOT GOING TO BUILD IT AND COME IN AND THEN LOOK FOR THE LICENSE, BECAUSE THERE IS A WHOLE ARCHITECTURE COMMITTEE THAT THEY HAVE TO APPROVE EVERYTHING OFF OF IT AND GET IT LICENSED BEFORE THEY EVEN GO AHEAD AND SIGN OR EXECUTE THE LEASE ON. OKAY. SO BASICALLY THE PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS, THEY COME TO THE CITY AND GET MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BEFORE EVEN THEY START THE PROCESS. RIGHT. SO BASICALLY THAT'S WHERE WE ARE COMING TO BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN PUSHBACK BY THE CITY. AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE COMING TO OVERCOME SOME OF THE PUSHBACKS, TO SEE HOW WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN BASICALLY BY NO MEANS EVEN TODAY, WE DON'T DO OPEN DOOR PARTIES AT THE RESTAURANT. RIGHT? EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE REQUESTS. OKAY. THERE ARE POLITICAL RALLIES. THEY WANT TO DO ATTEND AND DO IT IN THE PARKING LOT. BUT WE REFUSE TO DO THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN OPERATIONAL HOURS. BUT THAT'S NOT SOME OF THE THINGS WE ENTERTAIN. OKAY. AND LAST QUESTION, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I ATTENDED AN EVENT RECENTLY AT JOHNNY TAMALES AND THE PARKING WAS ABSOLUTELY PACKED. NOT ONLY WAS IT PACKED AT JOHNNY TAMALES, THE ENTIRE. ACCESSORY BUILDING, THE EMPTY BUILDING, PARKING WAS FULL AND I ACTUALLY HAD TO PARK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE STREET ON THE SIDE. SO THIS THIS DRAWS TO THE CONCERN THAT WE INITIALLY HAD WITH THE SCHOOL USAGE. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'D HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH, YOU KNOW, A RECREATION FACILITY, BUT DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PARKING? JENNIFER. WE HAVE A CROSS PARKING AGREEMENT ANYWAY, BUT JENNIFER CAN ADDRESS THAT. SO YES, PARKING WOULD HAVE TO BE ACCOMMODATED. WE HAVE DONE PERFORMED PARKING ANALYSIS FOR CERTAIN SCENARIOS, AND THERE ARE A FEW SCENARIOS THAT COULD WORK. AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE DETAILS OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE MATCHING THE PARKING WITH THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING FOR THE YOUTH. SO WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY LATER WHEN THE BUSINESS COMES TO US TO RESOLVE THE PARKING ISSUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE PARKING WAS SOME OF MY QUESTIONS, SO I'M GLAD YOU ADDRESSED THAT. MY OTHER QUESTION IS THE TIME, THE HOURS OF OPERATION. WHY IS IT THAT YOU GUYS WERE NOT RECOMMENDING OR RECOMMENDING TO MAINTAIN THE SAME HOURS? COUNCIL MEMBER WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS NO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9 P.M. AND 6 A.M. 
          OUTSIDE. SO ARE THEY PROPOSING TO HAVE OUTSIDE? AND MAYBE THIS QUESTION FOR YOU. AND NOW ARE Y'ALL DO Y'ALL HAVE INTEREST FOR BUSINESSES TO HAVE OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT? NO. PLEASE, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM. PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC. THANK YOU. KNOW, THE PRESENT PLAN IS NOT TO DO ANYTHING OUTDOOR. THE PRESENT PLAN IS TO BE INSIDE THE BUILDING BECAUSE WE CANNOT BRING THE ENTERTAINMENT, THE GAMES OR ANYTHING OUTSIDE IN THE PARKING LOT. AND WITH THIS ■PARTICULAR POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF, DOES THAT WORK WITHIN THE CONFINES OF YOU BRINGING MORE TENANTS? YEAH, THAT AS I SAID. THEN IT OPENS UP DOORS TO EITHER BRING AN EMERGENCY CENTER OR SCHOOL OR ADULT RECREATION CENTER OR SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE COMMUNITY CAN DEFINITELY USE. AND SO OUR PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO OTHER CITIES TO ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES. OKAY, SHASHI, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MEDICAL FACILITIES, BECAUSE IT'S NOT HIGHLIGHTED OR IT'S, IT'S IT'S SHADED. ARE Y'ALL RECOMMENDING NOT TO HAVE MEDICAL FACILITIES? WE ARE RECOMMENDING MEDICAL FACILITIES WHEN WE MEAN MEDICAL FACILITIES. IT'S MORE LIKE A DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR A DENTIST OFFICE. IT IS VERY MUCH ALLOWED WITHIN THE LC2, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. AND THAT WORKS WITHIN SOME OF THE INTEREST THAT YOU'VE HAD. YES. ALRIGHTY. AND I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE WITHOUT A LOUNGE INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY WITHOUT A LOUNGE, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THAT MEANS? OUR INTERPRETATION OF LOUNGE IS PRIMARILY MORE LIKE A BAR, AND IT'S NOT VERY CLEAR IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, BUT GENERAL INTERPRETATION IS A BAR. AND AS THE APPLICANT SAID, THE MAIN INDOOR ACTIVITY THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS AN INDOOR FACILITY. THEY STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE ALCOHOL, BUT IT IS NOT PRIMARILY A PURPOSE OF A BAR OR A LOUNGE. SO WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING A LOUNGE. OKAY. AND I KNOW I SAID THAT WAS MY LAST QUESTION, BUT MY LAST QUESTION IS, AND THIS MAY BE FOR ASSISTANT CHIEF HEARD, HAVE WE EXPERIENCED ANY NOISE COMPLAINTS FROM THE COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF, SINCE THIS WAS 
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ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS BY THE RESIDENTS, THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE. I'M SORRY. IN REFERENCE TO THAT BUSINESS CENTER? YES. NONE THAT I CAN THINK OF. NOTHING HAS REALLY COME ACROSS OUR DESK TO BE A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESS CENTER. 
          THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I DON'T RECALL THERE BEING ANY I MEAN, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN KIND OF QUIET OVER THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, SPICE IT UP A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME GREAT BUSINESSES SO WE CAN GET THOSE SALES TAX DOLLARS HERE. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, I'M 100% SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IN OUR CITY. AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU, BUT WE TAKE PRIDE BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. YES. AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO OR BECOME A NUISANCE TO ANYBODY OR PART OF THE CITY BECAUSE WE, THE CITY IS OUR CITY. YES. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS ABOUT BUSINESSES LIKE YOURS IS YOU GUYS LIVE IN THE CITY, SO YOU'RE INVESTED IN THE CITY AS YOU ARE BRINGING GREAT BUSINESSES TO THE CITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM BROWNE-MARSHALL THANK YOU. MAYOR. I HAVE A LITANY OF QUESTIONS, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME IF YOU DON'T MIND. SHASHI. UNDER THE LC TWO I WAS TRYING TO FIND MY CHEAT SHEET LIKE YOU HAVE. ARE WE SAYING WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE THAT ALL LC TWO BUSINESSES AS OUTLINED THERE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIT INSIDE OF THIS? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. JUST QUICKLY FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR CAN YOU NAME THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES? LC TWO INCLUDES CARWASH, BANK, COMMERCIAL INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITY. I'M NOT NAMING EVERYTHING, BUT JUST GIVING THE BROAD THINGS A GROCERY STORE, HEALTH AND PHYSICAL FITNESS CENTER, JEWELRY STORES, INDOOR GAME PARLORS, PACKAGING, LIQUOR STORE, OFFICE BUILDING, PHOTOGRAPHIC SHOP, RESTAURANT, CAFETERIA, SPORTING GOODS, FURNITURE STORES, TAILOR CLOTHING, BED CENTER, A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SALES, AND A SHOP. SO THESE ARE GENERALLY BROADLY ALLOWED WITHIN LC2. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THE REASON WHY I ASKED IS BECAUSE WE WOULD OPEN THAT UP NOW AND WE WOULD BE SUBJECTED TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR ON TONIGHT IS FOR US TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE ABILITY TO PLACE A SCHOOL OR THE ABILITY TO COME WITH THIS INDOOR SPORTS CENTER WITH ALCOHOL OR, YOU KNOW, NOT I'M NOT SAYING WITH ALCOHOL, BUT WITH REFRESHMENT CENTER. YEAH, NOT NOT A BAR, NOT IN THE SENSE OF A BAR. SO SHASHI AND JENNIFER, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, INSTEAD OF US OPENING IT UP TO AN ENTIRE LC TWO, WHY CAN'T WE JUST PIN IT DOWN TO THOSE TWO THINGS AND MAYBE ADD A COUPLE OF MORE THINGS INTO INTO THE ORDINANCE? I GET THAT A CARWASH CAN'T GO THERE IN THE CURRENT CAPACITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND HERE'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT. YOU GUYS HAVE STATED HERE UNDER THE USE REGULATIONS NUMBER THREE SCHOOL OR CHILDCARE FACILITY. AND THEN YOU HAVE A, B AND C AS OUTLINED AS TO WHAT CAN HAPPEN. YOU GUYS HAVE ALSO SAID MEDICARE MEDICAL CARE FACILITY USES, PROVIDED THAT SUCH FACILITY IN THAT AREA UNDER LC TWO. BUT WHY CAN'T WE ALSO ADD LIKE A NUMBER FIVE THAT WOULD SPECIFICALLY STATE A HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER AND THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER COULD BE FOR THINGS LIKE HOLISTIC APPROACHES LIKE YOGA STUDIOS, ACUPUNCTURE, A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS I THOUGHT ABOUT, BUT I THINK IF WE GIVE HIM MORE SPECIFIC TARGETS, INSTEAD OF JUST OPENING UP THE ENTIRE LC TWO, CAN, I THINK WE WOULD DO OURSELVES MUCH BETTER JUSTICE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW. WE KNOW WE LIKE YOU, BUT YOU MIGHT SELL YOUR PROPERTY ONE DAY, AND WE WANT TO KEEP THAT AREA PROTECTED AND KEEP THAT AREA BEAUTIFUL. AND THE LAST MY LAST COMMENT UNDER ITEM THREE, UNDER THE USE REGULATIONS FOR ME, I PREFER A VERY CLEAN LOOK ACROSS BUILDINGS. THE AREA THAT YOU HAVE BUILT OVER WITH JOHNNY TOMALIS AND THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY. IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY GREAT. I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE NO SIGNAGE WITHIN THE WINDOWS SHOULD IT BECOME A SCHOOL. THAT JUST TENDS TO CHANGE WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND IF AND IT FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE. SO I WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT. AND I WOULD SAY IF WE CAN TAKE IT BACK TO THE APPLICANT TO 
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WORK THROUGH A LIST OF USES, BECAUSE THAT LQ2 ALLOWS FOR IT'S CUMULATIVE. SO USES, IT'S CUMULATIVE. SO USES THAT ARE PERMITTED IN LCC ONE ARE ALSO PERMITTED IN LC TWO. SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO KIND OF PULL THAT LIST TOGETHER AND THEN PRESENT THAT ON A SECOND READING BACK TO THE COUNCIL. I WOULD MOST APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD BE HOPEFUL THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD SUPPORT THAT. AND I WANT TO REITERATE, MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU HEARD THAT IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION HERE. WE'RE TRYING TO DO ACCOMPLISH TWO THINGS MAINTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. 
          NUMBER TWO, WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM COUNCIL. WE WANT TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THE OPTIONS IN THE BENEFIT WITHIN THE LC TWO FOR THE APPLICANT TO LEASE THE PROPERTY TO WHATEVER THEY WANT. AND TO THE EXTENT WE'LL TAKE YOUR COMMENTS AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN INCORPORATE AND BRING IT AT THE SECOND READING. SHASHI, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT, BUT QUITE FRANKLY, SOME OF OUR LC2 AND LC1, WE'VE GOT ENOUGH OF IT. 
          WE'RE ALREADY STARING AT IT. WE'RE LOOKING AT 21 VAPE SHOPS. WE GOT LIQUOR STORE ON EVERY CORNER, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU GO BACK AND WORK WITH THE APPLICANT. HE'S WILLING TO WORK WITH US TO NOT BRING IN CERTAIN BUSINESSES. SO I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT ON US TO SPECIFICALLY SPELL OUT WHAT CAN GO INSIDE OF THOSE BUILDINGS. OKAY. THANK YOU, IF I MAY. YEAH. 
          OKAY. SURE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND AND KICKING THIS CAN FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND EVERYBODY OVER HERE KNOWS ABOUT IT, RIGHT? BASICALLY, I HEAR YOU AND I RESPECT YOUR COMMENTS. WE WANT A CERTAIN RESOLUTION IN A TIMELY MANNER BECAUSE BASICALLY WE ARE LOSING OUR POTENTIAL CLIENTS ON A DAILY BASIS FOR TAKING TIME. RIGHT. NUMBER. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY THAT LRRK2 HAS A BROADER THING. IF WE WANTED IT, I WOULD HAVE RENTED IT TWO YEARS AGO. RIGHT? TODAY, IF I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU AND IF I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF A COMMITTEE, THERE IS A LEVEL OF INTEGRITY THAT I STAND WITH, THAT CERTAIN THINGS I EXPECT AND CERTAIN THINGS I WANT TO DO. OKAY. BUT LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, MONEY RUNS OUT, PATIENCE RUN OUT. THEN WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE EASY ROAD OUT. IF WE WANT TO STAND ON A CERTAIN GROUND AND MAINTAIN A CERTAIN THING, WE NEED EFFICIENCY FROM THE CITY TO APPROVE IT OR PUT IT IN THE CAN AND SAY, HEY, FORGET IT, RIGHT? AT LEAST WE KNOW WHERE TO MOVE FROM, RIGHT? BECAUSE I HAVE GONE FROM COMMITTEE TO COMMITTEE MONTHS AFTER MONTH, APPLICATIONS AFTER APPLICATIONS. AND BASICALLY I'M STILL STANDING AND WHERE SOME OF MY POTENTIAL TENANTS ARE STILL WAITING. SO I BEG OF YOU GUYS TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO RESPECT EVERYBODY'S OPINION AND RESPECT THAT WE ALL WANT TO MAINTAIN A CITY OF A CERTAIN STANDARD. BUT AS YOUR BUDGET CALLS AND EVERYTHING WE ARE LOOKING AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS LOOKING FOR EFFICIENCY WHERE WE CAN GET RESULTS AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF OUR LIVES. MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS IS THE FIRST READING, AND SO WE HAVE A SECOND READING THAT WILL COME BACK. CORRECT? WHEN IS THE SECOND READING SCHEDULED? AT THE NEXT. NEXT? IT CAN BE SCHEDULED FOR THE SCHEDULED AT THE NEXT MEETING. AND THE NEXT MEETING IS IN TWO WEEKS. TWO WEEKS? OH, NO IT'S NOT. I'M SORRY. YEAH. WE HAVE AN EXTRA WEEK. SORRY. THREE WEEKS, SIX OCTOBER THE 6TH. YOUR COMMENTS ARE DULY NOTED, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. WE WILL MOVE THIS AS FAST AS WE CAN. AND SO OCTOBER. THEY'RE SHAKING THEIR HEAD, NODDING TO YOU. SO. OKAY. OCTOBER 6TH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A JUST A FEW QUESTIONS. SO IF WE'RE CHANGING IT FROM 9 P.M. WHICH IT IS TODAY, WHAT WILL BE THE NEW TIME. IT'S THERE IS NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE NEW TIME FOR INTERIOR. FOR THE EXTERIOR IT'S FROM 9 P.M. TO 6 A.M. NO OUTDOOR USE BETWEEN 9 P.M. AND 6 A.M. BUT FOR INTERIOR THERE IS NO LIMITS. THERE IS NO TIME LIMITS, THERE'S NO TIME LIMITS. 
          THAT MEANS THEY CAN RUN ALL THE WAY TILL. THAT'S CORRECT. ALL THE WAY ACROSS. OKAY, AND JUST A QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION. THAT TIMELINE IS ACTUALLY 6 A.M. TO 9 P.M. THANK YOU. YES. 
          RIGHT. 6 A.M. TO 9 P.M. YEAH. I MEAN, I GUESS THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT, WHERE DID HE GO? OH, I'M SORRY. I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. IF YOU GO TO LIFETIME FITNESS, RIGHT? THEY DO HAVE COFFEES AND ALL OF THAT, BUT THEY HAVE SOME, SOME ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AS WELL. YES. SO IS THAT THE CONCEPT? BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 
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IS THE CONCEPT. THE CONCEPT IS LIKE IF YOU HAVE AN ENTERTAINMENT CENTER RECREATION, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO TOPGOLF. YEAH, OKAY. WHEN PEOPLE ARE PLAYING AND EVERYTHING THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, FOR CHILDREN, THERE ARE SOFT DRINKS, JUICES, MOCKTAILS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          ALONG WITH THAT, THERE MIGHT BE SOME ALCOHOL OVER THERE TOO, RIGHT? SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE REFRESHMENT CENTERS. THEY MIGHT HAVE FINGER FOODS. OKAY. BY ALL MEANS. WE ARE NOT THERE. OR GETTING A NEW TENANT TO COMPETE WITH JOHNNY TAMALES WITH THEIR BAR. GOT IT. OKAY. BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE A LEASED PROPERTY. JOHNNY IS AN OWNED PROPERTY. SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO CANNIBALIZE OUR BUSINESS. NUMBER ONE, HOWEVER, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES, THEY DON'T WANT RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY THAT YOU CANNOT DO CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING EVEN IF PARENTS COME IN TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN OUT THERE, THEY MIGHT DRINK A BEER OR TWO OR SOMEBODY WHO WENT TO PLAY GOLF ACROSS THE STREET MIGHT COME TO CHILL OFF WITH A BUNCH OF FRIENDS AND HAS A PLACE TO HANG OUT, YOU KNOW? SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING, AND THE POTENTIAL TENANT IS LOOKING ON A BUSINESS PLAN BECAUSE THEY'RE RENTING A 10,000FT■!S. SURE. SO I GUESS, U KNOW, CITY MANAGER, MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS IN THE SAME LINE. IF YOU OPEN IT UP TO A FULL LLC TOO, BECAUSE I DID HEAR WHEN YOU WERE READING THOSE LIST OF BUSINESSES THAT COULD COME LIQUOR STORE AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT THAT'S IN THERE. AND THEN ALSO, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THE FENCING, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE DONE WITH IT. SO WHAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S 20FT AWAY. CAN'T REQUIRE FOR, YOU KNOW, MASONRY FENCE THAT PUTS A LITTLE BIT OF RESTRICTIONS. RIGHT. AND IT IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE THE WAY THE PROPERTY IS AND WHAT WE HAVE. SO I'M GLAD THAT THERE'S NO PATIO PROGRAMS THAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE IDEAL PLACE FOR IT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'M ACTUALLY OKAY WITH DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T TURN INTO AFTER CERTAIN HOURS, A FULL LOUNGE AND A BAR. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN OPEN FOR TWO YEARS. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE, BUILT FOR TWO YEARS AND NOT HAVING A SINGLE BUSINESSES THAT'S IN THERE FOR TWO YEARS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S CONCERNING. IF YOU'RE THE OWNER AS JUST AS MUCH AS I THINK THE CITY WANTS THE BUSINESSES, NEW BUSINESSES TO COME INTO MISSOURI CITY, JUST AS MUCH AS WE PROMOTE BUSINESSES, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO COME UP AND DO IT. AND I THINK IT'S ALSO 9 P.M. NOTHING IN OUR CITY, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT CLOSES AT 9 P.M. OR IS FORCED TO CLOSE BECAUSE THIS IS IN A PD THAT BACK WHEN IT WAS DONE, IT REQUIRED TO BE AT 9 P.M. SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT HAVING PATIOS INSIDE AS CLOSED, THE DOORS ARE CLOSED. I'M OKAY WITH IT. BUT THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE LOUNGE, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SERVE ALCOHOL. BUT IT'S JUST SO WHEN WE ARE REUSING, IS IT THE THE NAME LOUNGE OR WHAT IS IT? THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT IS ALCOHOL IS NOT THE PRIMARY USE. THEY CAN STILL SERVE ALCOHOL. A LOUNGE IS MORE LIKE A BAR WHERE ALCOHOL SALES IS THE PRIMARY USE. THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE. 
          OKAY, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, THAT'S WHY WE'RE TAKING OUT THE DEFINITION OF A LOUNGE. OKAY. 
          AND IT IS AN INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY. BUT THEY STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE ALCOHOL OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT'S NOT THE PRIMARY USE OKAY. SO THEY STILL HAVE THE THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST SAID OKAY. WITH THAT. WE ARE CALLING IT A REFRESHMENT CENTER. SURE. RIGHT. SO IT ENERGIZES. 
          AND AT THE SAME TIME IT'S LIGHT SNACKS. SO ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTOOD. SO THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION THAT I HAD. SO I'M GOING TO YIELD BACK AND RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU MAYOR I JUST WANTED TO I CONCUR WITH MAYOR PRO TEM ON THAT. ONCE THE CHANGE IS MADE, YOU KNOW, ANY ALLOWABLE USE FOR LK2 LK ONE AND TWO WOULD BE THERE FOR YOU AS A CURRENT OWNER OR ANY FUTURE OWNER IF YOU WERE TO SELL IT. SO I THINK THAT WITH IT BEING A PD, WE JUST NEED TO, TO YOUR POINT, TELL YOU WHAT'S ALLOWABLE AND WHAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH. 
          SORRY FOR YOUR DELAY. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO TO CONTINUE TO SPEND MONEY AS AN ENTREPRENEUR AND NOT GET THE RESULTS. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING SOME STUFF DONE. I GUESS MY MY ONLY COMMENTS ON THIS IS RELATIVE TO THE HOURS OF OPERATION. I DON'T I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF HAVING JUST BLANKET HOURS OF OPERATION REMOVED. I 
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THINK THAT THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE SOME PARAMETERS THERE, AND I'M OPEN TO HAVING IT UP UNTIL 2 A.M. AT MAX. WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT'S FAVORABLE TO YOU? THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH. WE WILL BE CLOSED BEFORE THAT. BUT AGAIN, 2 A.M. IS FINE. SO 12. SO TILL MIDNIGHT. MIDNIGHT 2 A.M. I THINK SO 11. AND I'M JUST NINE. GOING DOWN TO NINE. SO. SO I'M JUST SAYING I THINK, YOU KNOW, 2 A.M. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T BECOME AWARE OF THIS SITUATION UNTIL PRESENT, BUT COUNCILWOMAN O'DEKIRK, WOULD THAT BE A GOOD TIME, YOU THINK FOR FOR THE MY ONLY HANG UP WITH THAT IS IF THEY HAVE A MEDICAL FACILITY AND WANTED TO DO LIKE A 24 HOUR FACILITY, WE WOULD BE DENYING THAT OPTION. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE FAVORABLE TO EVERYONE IF YOU HAD SOMETHING LIKE A MEDICAL FACILITY. SO WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DECLINE THAT AT 24 HOUR FACILITY CANNOT COME IN THAT BUILDING. OKAY, OKAY. IT CANNOT BE AN E.R. YES, IT CAN BE AN URGENT CARE THAT CAN OPEN TILL 10 OR 11 AT THE MOST. OKAY. BUT IT CANNOT BE BECAUSE THAT BUILDING IS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR AN ER. AS LONG AS YOU AGREE AND APPROVE. I'M. THAT MAKES ME HAPPY. I JUST WANT TO LAND ON THE RIGHT TIME. THAT WOULD YOU FEEL WOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS. I HAVEN'T TALKED TO ANY OF THE RESIDENTS THERE TO KNOW. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE YOU'RE MAKING NOISE AT 2 A.M. OR 5 A.M. I'M STILL GOING TO BE IRRITABLE. SO JUST DON'T MAKE NOISE, PLEASE. SO NOW WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY ARE OF A POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS AND THAT'S SOMETHING. AND WE ARE OPEN LIKE ANYBODY SHOWS SOME CONCERN. WE ADDRESS IT OKAY. AND WE RESPECT EVERYONE WHO COMES IN AND EVERYTHING. AND IF ANYBODY WHO HAS PATRONIZED OUR BUSINESS, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE RESPECT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. WHAT TIME DOES JOHNNY TAMALES CLOSE? 9:00. OH, OKAY. WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO BE OPEN ON THE WEEKEND, A LITTLE LATER, BUT BASICALLY. SO, I MEAN, 2 A.M. IS I MEAN, UNLESS YOU JUST THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE DISAGREEABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TIME. I WOULD RATHER SEE 2 A.M. THAN UNLIMITED MYSELF. SO, YEAH, THAT THAT ALONG WITH THE. JUST WANTED TO GET IT ON THE RECORD ABOUT THE ONCE THE CHANGE IS MADE, IF YOU MAKE IT LLC TO THAT WHICH INCLUDES LC1, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY'RE YOU OR ANYONE IN THE FUTURE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT WHATEVER THERE THAT WOULD BE ALLOWABLE, EVEN IF THEY DECIDE TO COME IN AND TEAR IT DOWN. OR BUILD SOMETHING ELSE, THAT WOULD BE ALLOWABLE AS WELL. SO I WOULD NOT BE FAVORABLE FOR THAT. BUT I THINK GOING BACK, BRINGING BACK WHATEVER ALLOWABLE USE IS THAT WE PICK OUT OF THE LC ONE AND TWO, I'M I'M OPEN TO IT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I COPY YOUR COMMENTS, PUTTING THE RESTRICTION UP TO 2 A.M. AS WELL AS OTHER USERS SUCH AS HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER, YOGA, ACUPUNCTURE. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED IN THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE, WILL INCORPORATE THOSE AND BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK, THANK YOU. I THINK A LOT OF THE HANGUP HERE IS IS THIS DEFINITION OF LOUNGE. SO OF COURSE REFRESHMENT STANDS SOUNDS GREAT. YOU GO TO A ROLLER SKATING RINK, YOU'VE GOT A REFRESHMENT STAND AND THEY MAY HAVE A BEER FOR FOR THE PARENTS. HOW DO WE DEFINE THAT MAYBE JENNIFER I DON'T KNOW. HOW DO WE DEFINE IT SO THAT IT'S IT'S TIGHT. AGAIN WE SELL TRADE OWNERSHIP. SOMETHING HAPPENS. HOW DO WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT NOW A BAR? AND THE WAY WE WOULD DEFINE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER IS THE PRIMARY USE IS NOT A LOUNGE OR A BAR. THE MAJORITY OF THE FACILITIES USED FOR INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY AND AN ANCILLARY PRODUCT OF THAT IS SERVING BEVERAGES, BOTH ALCOHOLIC AND NONALCOHOLIC. AND THAT'S HOW WE WOULD DEFINE IT. AND I WILL LET YOU GUYS CHIME IN IF THERE IS ANY ROOM FOR MAKING THAT INCORPORATION IN THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE, WHEN WE BRING IT BACK TO YOU, WE CAN FIRM IT UP A LITTLE BIT. SO THAT WAY THE COUNCIL HAS THE COMFORT LEVEL TO VOTE ON IT. THAT JUST YES. SO WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE A DEFINITION THAT PROVIDES SPECIFIC SQUARE FOOTAGE OR A MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE ANCILLARY USE. OKAY. GREAT. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE GAS STATION THAT CAN BE AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO WE HAVE KIND OF A PERCENTAGE OF SALES KIND OF THING. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. YEAH. HELP ME OUT FROM DEFINITION STANDPOINT. WAS THERE GOING TO BE A. A CHILD CARE CENTER OR A SCHOOL THERE 
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IN THAT IN THAT COMPLEX? AND I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER. THERE CAN BE A DAYCARE CHILD CARE CENTER. BUT AS YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, IF THERE IS ONE, IT HAS TO BE THE ENTIRE FACILITY. THERE CAN'T BE A CHILDCARE CENTER AND SOMETHING ELSE. IF IT IS ONE, IT'S GOING TO BE THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE A DAYCARE OR A CHILDCARE FACILITY. MY QUESTION REALLY WAS ONE. IF YOU'VE GOT A SCHOOL OR A DAYCARE CENTER, DO WE HAVE ANY PROHIBITION OF ALCOHOL BEING SOLD WITHIN X NUMBER OF FEET OF THAT? THAT CENTER QUESTION AND YOU TALK ABOUT IT BEING A LOUNGE. OKAY. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO SELL ALCOHOL THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD WE RUN UP AGAINST A PROBLEM WITH WHATEVER ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE OR PROHIBITION WE HAVE? AS FAR AS THE SERVING OF ALCOHOL WITHIN SO MANY FEET, YES. SO THE SECTION SIX DASH 13 OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE DOES PROVIDE THAT THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BY A DEALER WITHIN 300FT OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL IS PROHIBITED. 
          SO IT'S 300FT, AND THERE'S A SPECIFIC MECHANISM TO MEASURE THE 300FT DISTANCE. AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN A SCHOOL AND A DAYCARE. AND SO THERE IS A DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS BASED ON CERTAIN TYPES OF LICENSES BETWEEN A DAYCARE AND THE SALE OF ALCOHOL. OKAY. WELL, MY REASON FOR MY QUESTION, I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD. AND WE THINK THAT HE'S MAN, HE'S GOT IT MADE. AND WHEN HE COMES BACK AND WE START FINALIZING IT, THE ORDINANCE COMES UP OR THE PROHIBITION COMES UP. AS FAR AS YOU CAN'T SELL ALCOHOL WITHIN THOSE CERTAIN LEVELS. SO I'M TRYING TO PROTECT HIM SO HE DOESN'T GO DOWN THAT ROAD AND SAY, HEY, I'M GOING TO SELL, YOU KNOW, ENERGY DRINKS, BUT IT'S ALCOHOL RELATED OR. 
          CONSISTENCY. SO I JUST BRING THAT UP AS A AS A CAUTION. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LIKE I SAY GO DOWN THAT ROAD AND FIND OUT EVENTUALLY THAT WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 
          SECOND QUESTION I HAD IS, IS THIS THE SAME COMPLEX THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT THE PARKING BETWEEN. CASA VAQUERO AND. NO, NO, THIS IS FURTHER DOWN. YES, SIR. THIS IS BY PLANTATION CREEK DRIVE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WAS THE GIST OF MY QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. 
          RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER. YES. SO, MR. PATEL, I HAVE A QUESTION. SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS READY TO SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE. YES. OKAY. IF I'M THINKING ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX, HAVE YOU BEEN TO INTO BOUNCE. BOUNCE. YES. OKAY. AND HOW THEY HAVE THE QUICK QUICK GRAB AND GO REFRESHMENT CENTER. THAT'S WHAT THE PICTURE YOU'RE PAINTING. 
          THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M GETTING IN MY MIND. THE KIDS GO PLAY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, LITTLE PIZZA OR SOMETHING, THEY CAN GET IT. MOM AND DAD CAN GRAB AN ICEE OR OR OR A BEER OR SOME WINE. SO I'M ENVISIONING THAT IS THIS OR CAN YOU NOT SAY THAT YOU'RE LEANING MORE TOWARDS THE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER VERSUS THE ER. WELL, RIGHT NOW WE HAD ER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE LIST. THEN CAME A SPANISH SCHOOL THAT HAVE GOT 19 SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THEN CAME THE RECREATION CENTER. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW IN THE RUNNING IS THE RECREATION CENTER IN THE SPANISH SCHOOL AND THE SPANISH SCHOOL. THOSE ARE THE TWO IN THE RUNNING. OKAY, OKAY. BUT SINCE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE THOUGHT THAT WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST GO AND GET ANYTHING DONE. THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO JUST WAIT EVERY TIME WE HAVE A POTENTIAL CLIENT. RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW. IF I GO THROUGH THE RECREATION ROUTE, OKAY, THERE WOULD BE SNOOKERS. THERE IS A SIMULATION GOLF WHERE YOU PLAY THAT, AND BASICALLY THERE WOULD BE A PICKLEBALL COURT. OKAY. SO BASICALLY IT'S IT'S SORTED OUT DIFFERENT SECTIONS FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE. AND THERE WOULD BE A REFRESHMENT CENTER WHERE PEOPLE CAN STILL SEE IT AND DO IT WHILE THE KIDS ARE PLAYING, OR CERTAIN PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY IS PLAYING IN, THE SPOUSE WANTS TO SIT THERE WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND TALK ABOUT IT. SO THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING, BUT IT'S NOT A FULL 
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FLEDGED. BAR, OR IT'S JUST A REFRESHMENT CENTER THAT YOU MAKE IT AND YOU MAKE IT ELEGANT. 
          YOU MAKE IT ELEGANT ENOUGH THAT COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE TO ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES AND STILL ENJOY. OKAY, NO, I GET IT NOW. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO ONE ELSE ON THE Q&A. THE MOTION I. WHAT IS YOUR MOTION? THANK YOU. MAYOR. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WOULD HAVE STAFF TO GO BACK AND WORK MORE WITH THE APPLICANT IN AN EFFORT TO NOT OPEN THE FULL ZONING OF LC1 AND LC2, BUT TO CARVE OUT SOME OF THE ITEMS WITHIN LC1 AND LC2, ALONG WITH THE ITEMS IN WHICH THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AND ALSO TO INCLUDE UNDER ITEM THREE, USE REGULATIONS. NO SIGN, SOME TYPE OF SIGNAGE LANGUAGE TO KEEP THE LOOK CLEAN AND TO ADD A COMPONENT OF NUMBER FIVE THAT WOULD OPEN IT UP FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTERS. I THINK I GOT IT, I'M TIRED. OKAY. OH, AND TO INCLUDE THE HOURS FROM UP TO 2 A.M. UP UNTIL 2 A.M. JUST CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU ABSOLUTELY. AND DID YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THE DEFINITION OF THE LOUNGE THAT WE DISCUSSED AS WELL, TO KIND OF NAIL DOWN WHAT IS CONSIDERED A LOUNGE SO THAT THAT IS NOT INCLUDED? YES. OKAY. FIRST ITEM. SO THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE WITH THE SPELLING OUT OF LC2 USES, WHICH DOES INCLUDE LC1 USES PROVIDING LANGUAGE THAT PROHIBITS WINDOW SIGNAGE. IF THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED AS A SCHOOL OR CHILDCARE CENTER PROVIDING A 2 A.M. CLOSED TIME IN TERMS OF HOURS OF OPERATION, INCLUDING A DEFINITION FOR LOUNGE THAT'S FOCUSED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, USAGE OF THE PROPERTY, AND THEN ALLOWING OR SPECIFICALLY ALLOWING HEALTH AND WELLNESS USES. YES. OKAY, I DIDN'T HEAR HER SAY WINDOW. YEAH. SHE SAID WINDOW SIGNAGE. THAT WAS THE FIRST, BUT NOT WHEN SHE MADE THE MOTION. THAT'S WHAT SHE MEANT, I BELIEVE. JUST JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO SEE CRAYONS. BUT WHAT IF THEY PUT PICKLEBALL? REMEMBER? CAN YOU PLEASE TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON? YOU'RE RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER OUDERKIRK WINDOWS SIGNAGE ON ALL OF THEM. OKAY, SO REGARDLESS OF THE REGARDLESS OF THE USE. THANK YOU. IS THAT YOUR SECOND. YES. OKAY. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER CLAUSER SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM EIGHT ARE 
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AUTHORIZATIONS EIGHT A. JUST EIGHT A. IT IS AN AUTHORIZATION TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH PLAYWORLD THROUGH THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING. SO I APOLOGIZE. SO LET ME, LET ME LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THAT. AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT WITH THE PLAINWELL GROUP INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $130,000 FOR PLAYGROUND REPAIRS AT MAGNOLIA PARK THROUGH THE BY BOARD COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM. SHASHIKUMAR. YES, SIR. MADAM COUNCIL, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT MCNAUGHTON PARK SUSTAINED DAMAGE DUE TO A VEHICLE INCIDENT. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING THAT. SO THIS WILL GIVE US THE AUTHORIZATION TO GO REPAIR IT. STAFF IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FROM HTML, WHICH WILL IN TURN GO TO THE THE THE THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE TO RECOUP THE COST. AND THIS IS TO AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURE UP TO 130,000 TO REPAIR THE EQUIPMENT, TO MAKE IT SAFE, AND SO THAT WE CAN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OR HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT IS THAT SOMEHOW DO SOME PROTECTION DEVICES LIKE BALLARDS OR SOMETHING IN FRONT OF THE THE ENTRANCE INTO THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. DOES THIS INCLUDE THOSE TYPES OF, OF, I GUESS, SAFETY FEATURES, IF YOU WILL? YES. KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. IT INCLUDES BOLLARDS TO MINIMIZE OR PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM BROWNE-MARSHALL THANK YOU, MAYOR CHASSIS. JUST AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT WAS A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH THE VEHICLE OWNERS. AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE NOT COVERED THIS. THE WAY IT WORKS IS OUR INSURANCE CARRIER. 
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HTML PROVIDES FOR US TO GO AND REPAIR THESE DAMAGES. THEY IN TURN GO AND GO AFTER THE OTHER INSURANCE TO RECOUP THEIR COSTS. THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. OUR HTML. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR HTML CAREER, AND I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN THE AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM EIGHT B IS 
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CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH GFL. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES USA, INCORPORATED FOR THE COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING IN MISSOURI CITY. WE HAVE JASON MANGUM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M EXCITED TO TALK TRASH WITH YOU TONIGHT REGARDING OUR SOLID WASTE COLLECTIONS. I'D LIKE TO START BY CORRECTING QUICKLY. GFL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES USA INCORPORATED WAS THE NAME THE PARENT COMPANY WHEN WE INITIALLY MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM, AND IT IS NOW GFL ENVIRONMENTAL INCORPORATED. SO IF THERE'S A MOTION, WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND USE THE GFL ENVIRONMENTAL INCORPORATED. JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW. THE CITY HAS TWO SOLID WASTE COLLECTION CONTRACTS, WHICH WILL BE CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE SINGLE CONTRACT WITH OUR NEXT SOLID WASTE CONTRACT. THIS SOLID WASTE CONTRACT WILL BE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND FOR COMMERCIAL COLLECTION SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY. THE CITY GRANTS THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO COLLECT SOLID WASTE THROUGH FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE REGULATED AND CONSISTENT WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES FOR ALL PROPERTIES. JUST AS A REFRESHER, THE REASON WE HAVE TWO COLLECTIONS IS BECAUSE WHEN WE ANNEXED A PORTION OF SIENNA, THERE. WASTE COLLECTION AGENCY WAS A DIFFERENT A DIFFERENT COMPANY, AND THE REGULATIONS REQUIRED US TO BE ABLE TO, TO KEEP, TO KEEP THEM FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. A LITTLE BIT OF THE SCOPE OF THE SERVICES RESIDENTIAL, AND WE'RE FOCUSING ON RESIDENTIAL FOR THIS PRESENTATION. THE COLLECTION FOR COMMERCIAL IS IN THIS HOWEVER, THAT THAT HAS SUCH A IT VARIES SO GREATLY BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE COMMERCIAL SERVICES, THE SIZE, THE FREQUENCY, THE TYPES OF DUMPSTERS AND ROLL OFFS. SO REALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION SERVICES TWICE A WEEK AND RECYCLING AND BULK TRASH TWICE PER MONTH. THAT'S WHAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS, DUE TO RESIDENTS REQUESTED WEEKLY RECYCLING AND BULK TRASH SERVICES, THIS WAS CONSIDERED AS AN ALTERNATE IN THE. IN THE BIDDING PROCESS. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT THAT STAFF IS PROPOSING TONIGHT WILL BE AA7 YEAR TERM WITH TWO OPTIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWALS. THE REASON WE ARE PROPOSING A SEVEN YEAR TERM IS THIS HELPS US KEEP THE RATES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE FACT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH GFL AND ARE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THEY CAN PROVIDE AND HOW THEY PROVIDE IT TO OUR RESIDENTS. WE HAD A. 
          OPEN RFP AND WE HAD FIVE COMPANIES BID ON THIS PROCESS. THE EVALUATION PROCESS HAD FIVE EMPLOYEES FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHO INDEPENDENTLY SCORED EACH OF THE FIVE COMPANIES. WE DID HAVE A SIX SUBMISSION, WHICH WAS A THEY SUBMITTED A NO BID RESPONSE, SO WE HAD FIVE THAT ACTUALLY SUBMITTED BIDS. AFTER SCORING THE PROPOSALS, GFL RECEIVED THE TOTAL THE GREATEST NUMBER OF TOTAL POINTS AT 445.5 POINTS BY OUR FIVE EVALUATORS, WHICH CAME OUT TO AN 89.10 AVERAGE. THE REASON THEY RECEIVED THE HIGHEST SCORE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT REALLY STAND OUT THAT I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO. THEY WERE THE ONLY AGENCY OR THE ONLY SERVICE PROVIDER THAT HAD NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROJECT REQUIREMENTS. 
          ALL THE OTHER FOUR RESPONDENTS HAD EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROPOSED CONTRACT AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT. THEY ALSO HAD VERY STRONG VALUE ADDED SERVICES, INCLUDING DEDICATED WEBSITE ACCESS, COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FACILITY TOURS, HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE TWICE PER YEAR AND ELECTRONICS RECYCLING TWICE PER YEAR FOR FREE. JUST AS A POINT OF 
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CLARIFICATION, THE ELECTRONICS RECYCLING IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH MISSOURI CITY GREEN AND THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN INCREASING IN COSTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THE SERVICES. 
          AND GFL IS OFFERING THIS AT NO COST AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT. AS I MENTIONED, WHEN WE DID THE RFP, I WAS ASKED TO ASKED ASKED THE RESIDENTS OF WHAT WHAT DO THEY PREFER THE EVERY OTHER WEEK, WHICH IS WHAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS GET CURRENTLY WITH GFL WHEN IT COMES TO RECYCLING AND BULK TRASH COLLECTION OR WEEKLY. WE DID CONDUCT A SURVEY, AN ONLINE SURVEY, AND IT WAS ESSENTIALLY 2 TO 1. RESIDENTS PREFERRED THAT WEEKLY RECYCLING AND BULK TRASH PICKUP. HERE ARE THE TERMS WE ASKED. WE ASKED EACH COMPANY TO PROVIDE US THEIR STANDARD RATE, AND THEN WHAT KIND OF DISCOUNT WOULD WE GET FOR A FIVE YEAR TERM AND A SEVEN YEAR TERM? AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE SEVEN YEAR TERM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BASE RATE, THEN THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR RECYCLING BULK TRASH FOR A TOTAL MONTHLY FEE. THAT TOP PART OF THE TABLE IS IF WE KEPT THE STATUS QUO FOR THE CURRENT GFL CUSTOMERS, MEANING RECYCLING IN BULK TWICE A MONTH AND THEN THE OPTION TWO, THE LOWER HALF OF THE TABLE IS HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL IT WOULD COST IF WE ADDED THE WEEKLY RECYCLING. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COST CAME IN QUITE LOW. ONLY ANOTHER ADDITIONAL DOLLAR 70 A MONTH TO GET THAT ADDITIONAL SERVICE OF WEEKLY RECYCLING OF BULK TRASH PICKUP FOR A TOTAL COST OF 1965. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO NUMBERS WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT IS THE TOTAL THE TOTAL LAND COST, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE CURRENT SERVICE FEES ARE. AND THEN THE NEW SERVICE FEES. CURRENTLY, THE BEST TRASH SERVICE FEES ARE 2484. THIS THIS WOULD GO TO 1965 AND THEY WOULD NOT SEE A CHANGE IN SERVICE. OUR GFL CUSTOMERS WOULD SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN COST AND THAT INCREASED SERVICE DELIVERY OF WEEKLY RECYCLING AND BULK TRASH PICKUP. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, AND I BELIEVE GFL IS ALSO HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. WAS IT EMERY A BONNIE? IT WAS BONNIE. 
          WAS IT YOU? YES. OKAY. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SOME QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY CONTRACTS CURRENTLY THAT ARE MORE THAN FIVE YEARS WITH THE THE ONE YEAR RENEWALS, AND IF SO, WHAT? WHAT ARE THEY? ANY CURRENT CONTRACTS THAT ARE MORE THAN FIVE YEARS? YES I WOULD I WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP. IF WE HAVE ANY FIVE YEAR CONTRACTS. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME VENDORS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A LONG TIME THAT WE'VE USED FOR SINCE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR CONTRACTS LOOK LIKE. I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHY WE DECIDED TO MOVE AWAY FROM FIVE YEARS AND GO TO SEVEN YEAR. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT LOCKING IN RATES, BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT RATES ARE GOING TO BE PAST FIVE YEARS. SO YEAH, I JUST WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHY. BECAUSE THIS IS IN ESSENCE WITH THE TWO YEAR RENEWALS OR NINE YEAR CONTRACT, IF I MAY REALLY QUICKLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THE CITY DOES GENERALLY HAVE CONTRACTS THAT ARE LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS WITH FRANCHISEES, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH CENTERPOINT AND OTHER ENTITIES LIKE THAT THAT HAVE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY. AND JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, IF THIS AGREEMENT DOES PASS, THE CITY WILL STILL HAVE TO ADOPT A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT AS WELL OR FRANCHISE ORDINANCE. WELL, THAT HELPS HELPS ANSWER THE QUESTION, BECAUSE I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE CONTRACTS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US IN THE PAST HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TAX COLLECTION OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE TEND TO DO THAT. BUT AT ANY RATE, THE QUESTION I ALSO HAD, IS THERE ANY REASON WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY OF THE COMPARISONS FOR BEST TRASH, FRONTIER WASTE, TEXAS PRIDE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT LIKE WE HAD THE COMPARISONS IN OUR PACKET FOR BETWEEN BEST. I MEAN, JUST FOR GFL, IT WAS JUST A GFL COMPARISON. YEAH, REALLY IS WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO BECAUSE THE PROCESS WAS NOT SOLELY BASED ON ON COST. THERE WAS SEVERAL CRITERIA. COMPANY EXPERIENCE WAS 10% OF THE EVALUATION PROJECT METHODOLOGY WAS 35% FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY, 10% FEES WAS ONLY 10% CONTINGENCY SERVICES, 20% VALUE ADDED SERVICES 5% AND RESPONSIVENESS 10%. SO FEES WAS JUST A SMALL PORTION OF WHAT THESE COMPANIES WERE RATED ON. AND OVERALL, BECAUSE OF THE OVERALL SCORES. THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO SHOW YOU THE TOTAL POINTS, BECAUSE FEES WAS WAS ONLY A PORTION OF THE 
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REQUIREMENT FOR FOR THESE RESPONSES. NO, I UNDERSTAND, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE FEES ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, PAID BY THE CUSTOMERS, THE RESIDENTS. AND SO I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE KNOWN WHAT THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WAS BETWEEN ALL FIVE COMPANIES, NOT JUST THE ONE, WHICH IS WHAT CONCERNED ME. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK IS ON TERMINATION, AND I CAN PROVIDE THAT IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT I CAN ALSO SAY THAT GFL WAS ALSO THE LOWEST IN FEES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY WAY TO TO VERIFY OR KNOW THAT, WHICH IS WHY I ASKED. I, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT GFL WAS THE ONLY ONE WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS. THERE WERE THOSE RESPONDERS THAT INDICATED IN TERMS OF EQUIPMENT THAT I THINK THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SERVE. IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO. YEAH, THERE WAS THERE WAS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE COMPANIES OTHER THAN GFL HAD SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROPOSED CONTRACT OR THE PROPOSED PROJECT. SOME OF THEM INCLUDED. IT WAS CONTINGENT ON THEM HAVING ENOUGH EQUIPMENT TO, TO TO SERVE THE MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS. AND SO SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE LOOK AT OTHER THINGS OTHER THAN FEES, BECAUSE WE COULD GO WITH THE LOW BIDDER. AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TRUCKS TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS, WE'RE GOING TO PAY THE PAY THE COST OF HAVING THOSE LOW, LOW FEES. YEAH. BUT WHEN WE'RE MAKING A DECISION LIKE THIS ESPECIALLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, POTENTIALLY NINE, IT'S HELPFUL TO GET ALL OF THE INFORMATION. SO WE KNOW. SO I WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN THIS IF NOT ASKING THE QUESTIONS. SO NOT KNOWING IF THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE TRUCKS OR VEHICLES OR WHATEVER IS IS STUFF THAT WE NEED TO KNOW. BECAUSE THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING. AND SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS IF IF APPROVED, I KNOW THAT THERE IS A TERMINATION CLAUSE WITHIN THERE, NOT JUST FOR THE THE, YOU KNOW, AFTER SEVEN YEARS, BUT WITHIN THAT SEVEN YEAR PERIOD. WHAT IS THE HOW ARE WE MONITORING CONTRACT PERFORMANCE TO DETERMINE WHETHER, YOU KNOW, TERMINATION OR CHANGE IS WARRANTED, SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH US CHANGING OUR JANITORIAL SERVICES EARLIER THIS YEAR. WE, THE CITY STAFF, RECOMMENDED THAT WE TERMINATE AND THEN GO TO ANOTHER FIRM. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT CRITERIA WAS. SO IT'LL BE HELPFUL TO KNOW UPON APPROVAL OR IF THIS IS APPROVED, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE DO HAVE METRICS IN THE IN THE AGREEMENT. 
          THOSE METRICS THERE'S 13 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES WHERE WE MEASURE THEM ON EFFECTIVENESS SERVICE DELIVERY, RESPONSIVENESS. THOSE INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE VERY BASIC THINGS LIKE JUST COLLECTION OF TRASH, COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLES, COLLECTION OF FRANCHISE AND THE REVENUES THAT WE RECEIVE, BUT ALSO REPORTING COMPLAINTS, PROPERTY DAMAGE, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, CARTS AND CONTAINERS, ENVIRONMENTAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, TRAINING AND SAFETY, EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND AUDIT RIGHTS. SO THOSE ARE ALL THE 13 AREAS WHERE WE CAN WHERE WE HAVE WHERE WE TRACK AND WE MEASURE. WE DO RECEIVE A MONTHLY, FOR EXAMPLE, CUSTOMER SERVICE REPORT FROM GFL. EVERY CALL THAT COMES IN IS LOGGED. THEY THEY INDICATE HOW HOW IT WAS RESOLVED, THE TIMELINE IT TOOK TO RESOLVE IT. SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE MONITOR ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND HOW DO WE AS A CITY THOUGH, MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER THEY GET WARRANTS, A CONSIDERATION OR POSSIBLE TERMINATION OR NOT? I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS ACTUALLY HAS CRITERIA. SO HOW DO WE AS A COUNCIL KNOW? HOW WILL WE KNOW WE WOULD BRING IT TO YOU. WE WOULD SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH COUNCIL AS WELL AS A CONTINGENCY PLAN ON WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE HAD TO REMOVE THIS PROVIDER OF SERVICE, BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I JUST WANTED TO IT'S HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW YOU WOULD YOU WOULD HAVE THAT WELL IN ADVANCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. I RECOGNIZING. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU FIRST. AND I THINK EVERYONE UP HERE WILL PROBABLY HAVE A SIMILAR COMMENT. GFL IS NOT JUST A SERVICE PROVIDER. THEY ARE A STAKEHOLDER IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEY PROVIDE THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY. THEY'VE DONE ALL SORTS OF THINGS, LIKE MEET US ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO PICK UP GARBAGE FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE SCOUTS PICKED UP ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET. THEY PARTICIPATE IN MULTIPLE FUNDRAISERS FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT THEY CONTRIBUTE TO. SO WE APPRECIATE 
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THAT. SO NOT JUST ARE YOU COMING IN WITH THE BEST PRICE, BUT YOU ALSO ARE AN ACTIVE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. THAT SAID, THIS PAST WEEKEND I WAS AT A COFFEE MORNING FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS AND ONE LADY CAME UP AS I WAS CHATTING WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER LADIES AND SAID, WHY DO WE HAVE TRASH PICKUP TWO DAYS A WEEK? I DON'T NEED IT. 
          AND I AND ONE OF THE OTHER LADIES AND I WERE LIKE, ARE YOU KIDDING? I HAVE TO HAVE TRASH PICKUP TWICE A WEEK. AND THEN SHE SAID, WELL, I USE MORE RECYCLING. SO WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT NOT ALL OF US NEED ALL OF THE THINGS ALL THE TIME, BUT WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN NEEDS. AND I AM OF THE OPINION THAT THE ADDITIONAL RECYCLING IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF US ARE FILLING UP THAT RECEPTACLE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN THE THE BIWEEKLY SCHEDULE. AND BUT WE'RE STILL MAINTAINING THE BULK TRASH. SO I APPRECIATE IT AS A RESIDENT HAVING THE OPTION. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T USE THE SERVICE, YOU CAN ALWAYS KEEP YOUR YOUR BIN PARKED IN YOUR GARAGE OR BEHIND IT OR WHEREVER YOU STASH IT. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM BROWNE-MARSHALL THANK YOU. SO WE'RE MOVING TO IF IN THE EVENT THAT COUNCIL DECIDES TO CHOOSE OPTION TWO, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE THE WEEKLY RECYCLING AND WEEKLY BULK TRASH, IF WE DID IT ON A SEVEN YEAR, THAT'S A $4 AND FIVE CENT RATE INCREASE TO OUR RESIDENTS. IF WE DO IT ON A FIVE YEAR, THAT'S A $4 AND 70 $0.01 RATE INCREASE TO OUR RESIDENTS. IF WE DO IT ON A TWO YEAR, IT'S A $4 AND 60 CENT RATE INCREASE TO OUR RESIDENTS. ARE YOU GUYS RECOMMENDING THE SEVEN YEAR FOR TO TO WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF RECOMMENDING THE SEVEN YEAR? I THINK THE PURPOSE WAS TO TRY TO KEEP IT AS CLOSE TO THE $15.60 AS POSSIBLE. BUT IN HEARING THE COMMENTS, I MEAN, BOTH ARE COST EFFECTIVE. THE SHORTER TERM GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY AROUND PRICE. THE LONGER TERM GIVES US A LITTLE BIT BETTER RATE TO OUR TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND I MEAN, SO EITHER WAY, YOU'RE YOU'RE GOING TO IF WE GO WITH THIS, EITHER EITHER ONE WORKS OKAY. AND JUST AND JUST THE TWO YEAR, THE ORIGINAL ONE YOU SAID WAS A $4. IT'S LIKE A $9, I'M SORRY, $9. YES. YES, NINE, $9.60. $9. OKAY, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF AN EXTENDED ANYTHING PAST FIVE YEARS. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, IS IT A 60, IS IT 60 CENT TO THE CLIENT? YOU KNOW, TO OUR RESIDENTS WORTH, YOU KNOW, STAYING AT FIVE YEARS WITH THE OPTIONAL FOR THE ONE YEAR RENEWALS OR NOT. I'M TRYING TO JUST FIND A BASE METHOD TO BACK INTO THAT. AND THEN THE LAST COMMENT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE IS THE HOUSEHOLD WASTE AND ELECTRONIC SERVICES. THE EVENTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE. 
          ARE THOSE THE SAME TWO EVENTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE CURRENTLY WITH OUR MISSOURI CITY GREEN OR THESE ADDITIONAL. SO, SO THIS WOULD THIS WOULD BE THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN AND THE CITY WE PARTNER TO TRY TO FIND A VENDOR TO DO THE HOUSEHOLD ELECTRONICS EVENT. AND THE COST HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. GFL IS BASICALLY SAYING THAT THEY WILL BE THE THE VENDOR FOR THAT AT NO, AT NO CHARGE. DO WE CURRENTLY PAY THE OTHER. OKAY, THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU MAYOR. I HAD SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED. SOME OF THEM JASON. SO THANK YOU. ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE IS WITH THE TWO YEAR OR THE TWO YEAR OPTIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWALS, AT WHAT POINT, REGARDLESS IF WE WENT WITH FIVE YEAR OR SEVEN YEAR, AT WHAT POINT DO WE WOULD YOU BRING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL FOR THE RENEWAL? IS IT WITHIN A YEAR PRIOR TO THE CONTRACT ENDING, OR IS IT TWO YEARS? WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? AND ARE THERE PROVISIONS IN THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF RATE INCREASE THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE? YES, THE THE CONTRACT DOES HAVE PROVISION FOR ANNUAL RATE INCREASES, WHICH DOES COME TO COUNCIL ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          AND THAT'S BASED ON IT'S A IT'S A FORMULA BASED ON CPI AND DIESEL FUEL COSTS. AND SO THAT THAT THAT WOULD BE NO CHANGE. THAT WOULD WOULD COME BACK TO YOU GUYS EVERY YEAR FOR THOSE 
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ANNUAL INCREASES OR, OR WHAT HAVE YOU. THE OTHER PART OF YOUR QUESTION WAS, OH, THE ANNUAL THE, THE ONE YEAR RENEWALS. YES. THAT WOULD BE A MECHANISM OF THE CONTRACT, WHETHER IT WOULD BE AUTOMATIC UNLESS WE SAID NO OR WHETHER IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD BRING BACK TO YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE THE SAMPLE CONTRACT TO SEE WHICH ONE THAT IS. SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE WRITTEN IN THE CONTRACT. IF IT'S AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OR IF COUNCIL IS REQUESTING TO HAVE THAT REVISITED, IT'S GENERALLY IT'S GENERALLY AUTOMATIC UNLESS NOTICE IS PROVIDED WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME FRAME. SO IF THE AND WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS GENERALLY OR THE CITY HAS GENERALLY DONE IS THAT BEFORE THAT TIME FRAME, THE MANAGEMENT TEAM BRINGS THE CONTRACT TO THE COUNCIL FOR AN EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT AND CONSIDERATION, AND THAT IS THE TIME FRAME IN WHICH YOU ALL WOULD DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH THE THE RENEWAL OR SEND A SEND A NOTE BASICALLY, OR A LETTER THAT YOU'RE NOT RENEWING. SO WHICH PROMPTS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION, AND YOU MAY HAVE DISCUSSED THIS OR NOT. IF IT'S AUTOMATIC RENEWAL, IS THERE AN AUTOMATIC. IS THIS THE THE PRICE RATE THAT WE'RE LOCKED IN, WHETHER IT'S THE FIVE YEAR OR THE SEVEN YEAR, IF IT'S AUTOMATIC RENEWAL, ARE WE LOCKED INTO THE SAME PRICE? IF IT'S IF IT'S AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL AND IT'S AND IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC, IT'S MAY BE RENEWED. SO AGAIN, BEFORE THAT TIME FRAME, THE MANAGEMENT TEAM WOULD BRING THIS CONTRACT BACK TO YOU, TO YOU ALL KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU ALL DO WITH I THINK IT'S TAX COLLECTION AND THOSE TYPES OF CONTRACTS WHERE YOU GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BEFORE THE RENEWAL PERIOD SO THAT YOU CAN DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE CONTRACT AS IT RELATES TO PRICING. THIS CONTRACT AS OUR CURRENT CONTRACT PROVIDES FOR AN ANNUAL INCREASE. IF THEY SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR AN INCREASE, AND THEN COUNCIL CONSIDERS THAT BASED ON THE RESTRICTIONS IN THE CONTRACT, AND IF IN THIS IN THIS TIME PERIOD, WOULD YOU HAVE TO GO? IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE OTHER BIDS, WOULD YOU STILL GO BACK OUT FOR OTHER BIDS, OR DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE RENEWAL FIRST OR NOT RENEW IT? WE WOULD DO IT WITH ENOUGH, ENOUGH NOTICE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK OUT FOR AN RFP. SO WE WOULD WE WOULD BRING THAT TO YOU WITH ENOUGH NOTICE SO THAT WE COULD GO BACK OUT FOR BID. OKAY. DID YOU GET ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC IN REGARDS TO THE NEW RATES OR ANYTHING? WERE YOU DID YOU CITY MANAGER, DID YOU RECEIVE ANYTHING? I HAVE NOT ASKING. THEY DIDN'T WANT THEIR RATES TO GO UP OR THEY LIKED THE SERVICE. I HAVE. I'VE HEARD NOTHING BACK IN TERMS OF FEEDBACK. AT LEAST IT'S NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. 
          ANY FEEDBACK SINCE IT'S BEEN POSTED TO THE PUBLIC. SO I KNOW GFL IS HERE. COULD COULD SOMEONE FROM GFL COME UP? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS. WHY DON'T Y'ALL SIT BACK THERE LAUGHING AT HIM? Y'ALL JUST PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? YEAH, MATT CARTIER, I'M THE REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR TEXAS. HI, MATT. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU IN REGARDS TO THE SERVICES THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING TO ADD ON, LIKE THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AND THE ELECTRONICS RECYCLE EVENT. HAVE Y'ALL DONE THESE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY BEFORE? AS ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS? I'M GONNA HAVE TO DEFER TO THE EXPERT HERE ON THIS QUESTION. 
          MA'AM. SUZANNE, YOU KNEW THIS WAS COMING. I BELIEVE THAT WE JUST CONTRACT OUT THIRD PARTY VENDORS, AND WE MANAGE IT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET IT DONE. THAT IS CORRECT. SO Y'ALL HAVE DONE THIS IN OUR CITY BEFORE. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH MISSOURI CITY GREEN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THEM NOW. WE DO HAVE A COMPANY THAT WE USE FOR ELECTRONIC RECYCLING AND ALSO FOR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE. WE WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT WE PARTNER WITH. SO WITH THESE TWO EVENTS, WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT, THIS WOULDN'T BE AN ADDITIONAL COST. THIS WOULD BE A A COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE PROVIDING WITH THIS CONTRACT. CORRECT? CORRECT. AND SO HERE'S MY ASK FOR YOU GUYS TO THINK ABOUT, BECAUSE MISSOURI CITY GREEN IS SUCH A GREAT PARTNER AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS ON RECYCLING AND GOING GREEN TO OUR CITY FOR MANY YEARS. AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, ASSISTED WITH THEM ON ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS AND I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. WOULD YOU GUYS BE WILLING TO STILL PARTNER WITH THEM, WITH THE CITY, TO ALLOW THEM TO BE ONE OF THE LEAD? YOU KNOW, I GUESS PARTNERS OR SPONSORS AND YOU GUYS AS SPONSORS WITH THEM JUST SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH 
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US AND WITH YOU GUYS BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU GUYS DO A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE OFFERING THIS, BUT I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE MISSOURI CITY GREEN TO BE A BIG PART OF THIS PROGRAM AS WELL. YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND WE KNOW THEM WELL, AND WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THEM, AND THEY HAVE CALLED US FOR NUMEROUS THINGS AND WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THAT. OKAY. WELL, AND THAT AND THAT IS THE INTENT OF, OF WHEN WE PUT THAT IN THE RFP BECAUSE MISSOURI CITY GREEN HAD COME TO US AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS GETTING PRETTY PRICEY AND WE NEED SOME HELP. AND SO INSTEAD OF US PAYING MORE, WE DECIDED TO SEE IF OUR SOLID WASTE PROVIDERS WOULD HELP US WITH THAT. AND THAT'S GREAT. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD WANT TO KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS BRINGING TO THE TABLE? I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE DON'T DO JUST THESE SIMPLE CONTRACTS. OKAY. HOW MUCH DO WE PAY YOU? OKAY. WE'LL PAY YOU THIS AMOUNT WHERE YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY BRINGING SOMETHING THAT'S COMMUNITY FRIENDLY TO THE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO PARTAKE IN, AS WELL AS YOUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION OUTREACH. 
          COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, OR WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING? CERTAINLY. SO WE HAVE ATTENDED NUMEROUS EVENTS AND WE BRING PAMPHLETS AND WE TALK TO YOUR FOLKS. WE HAVE COME TO SEVERAL OF YOUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. AND YES, AND WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO CONTINUE TO COME TO THOSE AND TALK TO YOUR RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, I HAVE PEOPLE THAT CALL ME QUITE OFTEN, AND WE JUST TALK THEM THROUGH ANY ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE OR CONCERNS OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. AND WE TRY TO PARTNER UP WITH Y'ALL. AND ARE Y'ALL GOING TO STILL HAVE THE LITTLE GREEN TRASH CANS AT THE EVENTS? YES WE WILL. ALRIGHTY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, IS THE FACILITY TOURS? IS THIS SOMETHING NEW THAT YOU GUYS ARE OFFERING, OR HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS FOR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES? YES. AND SO IT'S IT'S NOT NEW AND WE ABSOLUTELY OPEN OUR DOORS TO THAT. SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN DOING THOSE FACILITY, THOSE FACILITY TOURS WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT. OKAY. GREAT. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING. 
          THANK YOU MATT OKAY. GREAT JOB. EVEN THOUGH SHE PUT YOU OVER OFF TO THE SIDE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE SIT DOWN? NO. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. 
          YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT. GFL'S HAD THAT'S BEEN REAL HELPFUL TO SOME OF US OLDER FOLKS IS THE VALET PROGRAM. ARE WE STILL GOING TO HAVE THAT PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO US? YES. 
          OKAY. AND DISABLED, BECAUSE THAT'S REAL HELPFUL TO LIKE I SAY TO SOME OF US OLDER FOLKS, SO WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF US. THE OTHER IS, I THINK WHEN WE LOOKED AT GFL AT THE BEGINNING, THEY HAD A PERCENTAGE OF NUMBER OF YOUR UNITS WERE NATURAL GAS. ARE YOU DO YOU STILL PROMOTE NATURAL GAS? WHAT'S THE THE RATIO THERE. SO FOR THIS CONTRACT WE'LL BE BUYING 19 BRAND NEW TRUCKS. AND EVERY ONE OF THEM WILL BE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS. OKAY. SO WHAT WHAT WOULD THAT MAKE YOUR. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU COULD. YEAH. AT THE LOCATION THAT THAT SERVICES MISSOURI CITY WE'RE ABOUT 70% COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS THERE AT THAT LOCATION WITHIN THE THE REGION HERE IN TEXAS WE'RE. 6040 NATURAL GAS TO DIESEL OKAY. OKAY. GREAT. WELL THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER. THANKS, MAYOR. I HAD A QUESTION. FOLLOW UP ON THE MEMO THAT YOU ALL PROVIDED. IT SAID THAT THE CONTRACT ALLOWS FOR ANNUAL PRICE INCREASES AND INCLUDES A DISASTER PICKUP OPTION. I HAVE A QUESTION ON BOTH OF THOSE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN IF IT'S FIXED AND LOCKED IN FOR SEVEN YEARS, PLUS THE ONE, TWO, ONE YEAR RENEWALS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY IT ALLOWS FOR ANNUAL PRICE INCREASES? YES. SO THERE'S WE WE USUALLY COME TO THE COUNCIL EVERY YEAR FOR THE SOLID WASTE PRICE INCREASE. AND AS I MENTIONED IT'S BASED ON A FORMULA. AND THAT FORMULA IS TYPICALLY CALCULATED BY USING THE THE INCREASE IN DIESEL PRICES AND THE INCREASE IN CPI, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS IS NOT NEW. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE, WE CURRENTLY DO WITH OUR SOLID WASTE CONTRACT IS THERE IS AN ANNUAL THEY THEY ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE US A LETTER SEVERAL MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME. WE REVIEW IT AND THEN WE BRING IT TO COUNCIL TO TO APPROVE THAT PRICE INCREASE. AND IT'S BUT IT'S WRITTEN IN THE CONTRACT OF THE MAXIMUM THEY CAN THEY CAN GO UP BASED ON THOSE THINGS. YES. BUT BUT 
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IT'S IT THE PRICING IS NOT FIXED. IN ESSENCE IT'S, IT'S FIXED AT A, AT A BASE I GUESS. 
          BUT IT COULD GO UP. CORRECT. YOU KNOW. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY, THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT YOU KNOW, THAT IS CORRECT. AND THEN ON THE THE DISASTER PICKUP OPTION, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT AS WELL? YEAH. SO THAT WAS BID AS JUST IF IN THE IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, MASS PICKUP OPTION, LIKE IN THE CASE OF A DISASTER, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD COST. SO IT'S IT'S GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY BE IN THE CONTRACT. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO USE IT, BUT IT JUST MEANS THAT IT'S THERE IF WE NEED IT. DO WE HAVE THAT COST? YEAH, BUT I DON'T I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME. YEAH. OKAY. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I AS, AS IT RELATES TO GFL ITSELF HAS BEEN AN AMAZING COMPANY, FAR BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS PROVIDER THAT WE HAD. SUZANNE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ACCESSIBLE AND I ACTUALLY CALL HER ON HER CELL PHONE AND BE LIKE, THESE PEOPLE. TRASH DIDN'T GET PICKED UP AND SHE GETS RIGHT ON IT. AND I DON'T SUGGEST EVERYBODY DO THAT. I'M JUST I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT THAT ON SUZANNE, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PRESENT. THEY HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. THEY GAVE US NEW ALL NEW BINS WITH, YOU KNOW, LARGER BINS AS AN INVESTMENT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, PUT THE QR CODE ON THERE SO PEOPLE CAN FIND OUT WHEN THEIR PICKUP TIMES ARE AND OTHER INFORMATION. SO THEY'VE BEEN AN AMAZING COMPANY. MY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ARE JUST ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME OF THE CONTRACT BEING SEVEN YEARS. AND SO AND THAT'S ONLY A STAFF RECOMMENDATION. COUNCIL IS FREE TO MAKE WHATEVER MOTION THAT YOU GUYS DESIRE. THAT'S IT. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER. YES. SO THANK YOU GFL FOR REALLY WHAT YOU ALL HAVE OR HAVE DONE. THE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP, AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME I'M IN THE COMMUNITY, I SEE Y'ALL IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO YOU'RE MORE THAN JUST TRASH. YOU REALLY ARE A TRUE. I CAN ONLY HAVE THAT. I CAN ONLY SAY THAT IN THIS CONVERSATION YOU'RE MORE THAN JUST TRASH. NO, BUT YOU REALLY DO SET THE BAR HIGH FOR A TRUE PARTNERSHIP. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY QUESTION. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU. I DON'T THINK THAT THE THERE'S A COST FOR THE VALET, BUT IS THERE ONE? AND DO Y'ALL PLAN ON CHARGING FOR CAN YOU COME BACK UP TO THE TO THE MICROPHONE? I'M TRYING NOT TO HAVE TO PUT MY OTHER GLASSES ON. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T THINK Y'ALL CHARGE FOR VALET, BUT BUT TELL ME WE DO NOT CHARGE FOR THE VALET. OKAY, SO IF THERE IS A MEDICAL REASON THAT SOMEONE CANNOT PULL THEIR TRASH BIN, OUR FOLKS WILL GO TO THE BACK AND WILL EMPTY IT AND PUT IT BACK. RIGHT. OKAY. AND THERE'S AN APPLICATION FOR SOMEONE THAT'S DESIRING THAT TO FILL OUT. WE DO HAVE A FORM. 
          YES, YES, I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO IS CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR AND GAVE THEM YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND IT'S WORKING OUT PERFECTLY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I ALSO WENT TO AN HOA MEETING AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. AND MOST OF THE HOA REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT SERVICE EXISTS. SO IF YOUR CONTRACT IS APPROVED, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO MAYBE PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT THAT SERVICE IS AVAILABLE. THE OTHER QUESTION IS ADDITIONAL CAN COSTS. WHAT ARE THE ADDITIONAL CAN IF SOMEONE WANTS AN ADDITIONAL CAN WOULD WHAT ARE THE ADDITIONAL CAN COSTS HAVE THAT IN OUR PROPOSAL. THAT'S IN THE PROPOSAL. AND IT. LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND IT HERE REAL QUICK. 
          IT'S NOT NOT A LOT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I BELIEVE GFL WAS THE LOWEST OF ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL COSTS. SO WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO FIND THAT IF, IF SOMEONE HAS. THEY'RE CHARGED FOR AN ADDITIONAL CAN, BUT ARE THEY CHARGED AN EXTRA FEE TO PICK THAT CAN UP EACH WEEK. SO THERE WERE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE RFP THAT WE THAT WE ANSWERED. SO ALL OF THOSE WILL BE IN THE IN THE RFP OKAY. AS THEY WERE STATED. SO WHILE HE'S LOOKING FOR THAT, MY OTHER QUESTION IS BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE ABSORBING THE COST OF THE RECYCLING, NOT 
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RECYCLING THE THE TWO EVENTS, THE RECYCLING EVENTS, WHAT IS THE COST? AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR YOU, CITY MANAGER, WHAT WOULD WHAT'S THE COST SAVINGS FOR THE CITY UTILIZING THIS FREE SERVICE THAT GFL HAS GIVEN US FOR THE EDUCATION? I MEAN, THE TECHNOLOGY. YES, YES. BECAUSE YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE PRICES WERE INCREASING. SO I JUST WANT TO GET KIND OF AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH WE'RE ACTUALLY SAVING. I THINK THE LAST ONE, IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, IT WAS $15,000. I WAS GOING TO SAY 13,000. SO SOMEWHERE IN THERE IN THAT, IN THAT 13 TO 15,000 PER EVENT, PER EVENT FOR ELECTRONIC, WE STAND TO SAVE MAYBE ABOUT 25, $26,000. YES. 
          OKAY. OKAY. AND. NEXT QUESTION IS. THE WEEKLY RECYCLING. I HEAR DIFFERENT FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS. I HEAR THAT SOME WANT WEEKLY, SOME, YOU KNOW, ARE OKAY WITH EVERY OTHER WEEK. 
          SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE REQUEST, CAN YOU KIND OF PINPOINT IS IT TEN PEOPLE THAT ARE ASKING FOR THIS FOR A YEAR WITHIN A YEAR SPAN? IF YOU CAN HELP ME OUT WITH THAT, I WOULD ALMOST SAY THAT IT'S A 5050. NO, IT'S IT'S 2 TO 1. IT'S 2 TO 1. 2 TO 1 WANTED WEEKLY VERSUS EVERY OTHER WEEK. AND WHAT WAS THE SAMPLE SIZE FOR THIS. WE HAD THIS OPEN FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. AND WE HAD WE HAD LESS THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE RESPOND TO IT OKAY. SO LESS THAN 100 OKAY. BUT THIS IS THIS IS IN ALLIANCE WITH EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HEARD WHEN I RECEIVE CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC IS THAT THEY WANT ADDITIONAL RECYCLING. I CAN ALSO VERIFY, AS WE GO THROUGH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPORT THAT MUST, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY, THE MAJORITY OF CUSTOMER SERVICE COMPLAINTS THAT THEY RECEIVE AT THE CALL CENTER IS YOU DIDN'T PICK UP MY RECYCLING, AND THE RESPONSE WAS INFORM THEM OF THE CORRECT WEEK THAT THE RECYCLING IS PICKED UP. 
          GOT IT. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S A VERY COMMON COMPLAINT THAT THAT COMES IN. AND THAT'S THAT'S THE RESOLUTION IS YOU PUT IT OUT ON THE WRONG DAY OR THE WRONG WEEK. YEAH. AND SO I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE, THE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF, OF THE RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR THE WEEK, THE WEEKLY RECYCLE. 
          OKAY, OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT, IS THAT THE THE CALLS THAT I RECEIVE IS THEY WANT IT EVERY WEEK BECAUSE THEY GET CONFUSED ON WHEN TO PUT IT OUT. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE VOLUME IS NECESSARILY GOING TO INCREASE. IT'S JUST THAT THEY'LL KNOW, OKAY TO PUT IT OUT OKAY OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, JASON. AND SUZANNE, BECAUSE THAT WAS MY QUESTION ABOUT HOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE REQUESTING FOR WEEKLY VERSUS EVERY OTHER WEEK. 
          AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATELY 100 PEOPLE. AND I DON'T SEE THE REASONING TO HAVE EVERYBODY ACROSS THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS, TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR 70 BASED ON A FEW PEOPLE WANTING WEEKLY VERSUS EVERY OTHER WEEK. I'M HAPPY WITH THE AND I ATTEND A LOT OF THESE HOA'S AND PEOPLE ON THE STREET AND SEE THEM IN THE GROCERY STORE, AND PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH GFL, WITH THE EVERY OTHER WEEK SERVICE ON THE RECYCLING AND BULK PICKUP. AND I THINK WHAT WOULD REALLY BE GREAT IS IF WE COULD DO MORE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE HOW TO FIND OUT WHEN THEIR BULK AND RECYCLING SERVICES WOULD BE, IF THAT COULD BE A PART OF YOUR OUTREACH, EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT AND MARKETING. AND I WOULD ASK OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AS WELL, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KNOW ONE, HOW TO GET YOUR CALENDAR, WHICH Y'ALL ARE GREAT ABOUT, THAT, HOW TO GET YOUR CALENDAR, MAYBE EVEN PROVIDING IT TO THE HOA SO THEY CAN DISPERSE IT TO THEIR RESIDENTS. AND AS WELL AS PROVIDING HOW PEOPLE CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU DIRECTLY TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF SUZANNE'S PERSONAL CELL PHONE CALLS ON SUNDAYS. AND SO THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS THAT I WOULD OFFER YOU. I KNOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SHARE AS WELL. I DO, AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD IN OUR RFP RESPONSE WAS THAT WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE 
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THAT WE NOW HAVE AN APP THAT ALL OF YOUR RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS, AND IT WILL TELL THEM, BASED ON THEIR ADDRESS, WHAT DAY THEIR TRASH PICKUP IS, WHAT DAY THEIR RECYCLING PICKUP IS. 
          AND SO THAT WILL LARGELY ELIMINATE SOME OF THE CONFUSION. IF YOU HAD EVERY OTHER WEEK RECYCLING, WELL, THAT WOULD BE NOW TELL US YOUR NAME. TELL US WHO YOU ARE. JACQUELINE SYKES. 
          AND I'M THE REGIONAL SALES MANAGER. I'M SUZANNE'S BOSS. OKAY, OKAY. WELL, YOU'VE TRAINED HER WELL. SHE. SHE DOES A GREAT JOB. YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS PHENOMENAL. I GET VERY FEW CALLS ABOUT THE PICKUPS, BUT OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE DO, YOU GUYS JUMP RIGHT ON IT AND RECTIFY WHATEVER THAT SITUATION WAS. BUT I'M. I'M COMPLETELY IN SUPPORT OF KEEPING IT BIWEEKLY ON THE RECYCLING. I DON'T SEE A NEED TO FINANCIALLY BURDEN THE REMAINDER OF THIS CITY RESIDENTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR 70 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A FEW ARE WANTING IT BECAUSE CONVENIENCE VERSUS A NEED OF SERVICE. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, AND THIS IS JUST REALLY FARFETCHED IN THE EITHER NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, DO YOU GUYS FORESEE MAYBE OFFERING YOUR, OUR 65 AND OLDER WHO ARE PART OF OUR TAX, OUR SENIOR EXEMPTION PROCESS, OFFERING THEM A DIFFERENT RATE VERSUS THE HOLISTIC RATE THAT WE CHARGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. IF IT WAS PART OF THE RFP. THAT'S WHY I SAID, NOW WE'RE IN THE FUTURE. YEAH. LOOKING AT THAT AS A CONSIDERATION. AND SO IT'S JUST A QUESTION THAT KIND OF CAME UP TO ME RIGHT NOW. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN THE PROCESS, BUT LOOK AT THAT AS A CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE AS THE RATES INCREASE, OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE 65 AND OLDER, THEIR INCOME DOES NOT INCREASE. AND SO $1.70 OR $2 MAY BE NOTHING TO THE AVERAGE PERSON, BUT TO SOMEONE WHO IS ON A FIXED INCOME, THAT MAY BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEDICATION, YOU KNOW AND YOU KNOW, THEIR CAT FOOD FOR THEIR PET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO JUST KIND OF LOOK AT THAT. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THOSE THAT HAVE WHO WANT ADDITIONAL SERVICES, THAT WAS ANOTHER CONCERN OF MINE. INSTEAD OF INCREASING THE RATE, THOSE THAT DO WANT TO HAVE THE WEEKLY SERVICE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A NEED FOR THAT SERVICE, THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING SEPARATE THAT THAT PARTICULAR RESIDENT HANDLES WITHIN THE RFP CALLED FOR. IT'S EITHER EVERYONE GETS EVERY OTHER WEEK OR EVERYONE GETS EVERY WEEK CORRECT. AND THAT'S JUST JUST A POINT OF CLARITY. IF SOMEONE WANTS THAT SERVICE, I DON'T I DON'T SEE A NEED FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS TO BURDEN THAT COST FOR THOSE THOSE FEW THAT MAY WANT TO HAVE IT WEEKLY. SO BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM BROWNE-MARSHALL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. MISS SYKES, YOU YOU MIGHT HAVE TO COME BACK UP. I'M NOT SURE. OR IT MAY BE YOUR ENTIRE TEAM. SOME OF MY QUESTIONING KIND OF SURROUNDS OPERATIONS BECAUSE I RIDE AROUND THE ENTIRE CITY ON TRASH DAYS. I'M. I'M ALWAYS OUT IN THE CITY. I SEE THE RECYCLING BINS OUT EVERYWHERE. WHILE OUR SURVEY WAS 400 PEOPLE, COULD YOU GUYS POSSIBLY PROVIDE US WITH SOME FEEDBACK ON ACTUALLY HOW MANY RECYCLING BINS YOU GUYS ARE PICKING UP THROUGHOUT THE CITY? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT, BUT. BUT WHAT ARE YOU PICKING UP? YEAH, I WOULD SAY RECYCLING ON EVERY OTHER WEEK BASIS, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE AT LEAST A 70% PARTICIPATION RATE IN MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE IT EVERY WEEK. YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT MORE 6,560%, BUT YOU'RE PROBABLY HERE 70 TO 80% WITH THE EVERY OTHER WEEK. AND THE WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION THAT I LIVE IN, WE USE IT TREMENDOUSLY. AND I THINK IN ORDER FOR US TO GET OUR NUMBERS UP EVEN HIGHER, IT'S GOING TO TAKE EDUCATION TO TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PURPOSE AND THE LEVEL OF RECYCLING REALLY DOES DO, NOT ONLY FOR OUR CITY, BUT ALSO TO OUR CONTINENT AND TO OUR PLANET. IT TAKES EFFORT, I GET THAT, I GET THAT, AND THEN IT ALSO TAKES EFFORT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STORING THESE TWO BINS AND THREE BINS. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO KNOW THE TRUE NUMBERS WHILE WE DO OUR INTERNAL SURVEYS. AND MAYBE ONLY 100 PEOPLE ANSWER, YOU GUYS HAVE THE ACTUAL STATISTICS. AND SO IF WE HAVE 70% OF THE RESIDENTS OR BETWEEN 60 AND 70% OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE USING RECYCLING, WE MAY HAVE TO REALLY TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT EXPANDING OUR RECYCLING 
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ALONG WITH OUR BULK TRASH. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S JUST TWO PEOPLE IN MY HOUSE, BUT WE FILL UP OUR RECYCLING BIN EVERY WEEK, SO MINE IS ALWAYS OVERFLOWING AND I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO PUT THE STUFF. SO IT IT ENDS UP GOING INTO MY TRASH CAN. AMAZON PACKAGES. YEAH. SEE, I WASN'T GOING TO WASN'T GOING TO ADMIT THAT. BUT PART OF IT IS THAT AND I WAS ALSO GOING TO SAY WE CAN DO FLOOR AUDITS ON YOUR RECYCLABLES. SO WE WILL TAKE YOUR LOADS AND IT WILL ACTUALLY TELL YOU IF IT'S CARDBOARD, PLASTICS, PAPER AND WHAT PERCENTAGES. AND IT WILL ALSO GIVE YOU A CONTAMINATION RATE. SO YOU'LL KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE CONTAMINATING. YEAH. RECYCLING. 
          YES. AND THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE PIZZA BOX CANNOT GO INSIDE OF THE RECYCLING BIN. THE TOP CAN NOT THE BOTTOM. YEAH, EXACTLY, EXACTLY. AND SO MY LAST COMMENT, IF WE COULD MAYBE SOME KIND OF WAY FILTER SOME OF THAT INTO OUR METRICS FOR, FOR TESTING JUST IN CASE THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO GO WITH THE WEEKLY OPTIONS. AND IF WE AREN'T USING IT AFTER WHAT, I DON'T KNOW, YEAR 2 OR 3 OR WHATEVER. MAYBE WE COME BACK IN AND WE RENEGOTIATE THE TERMS. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO JASON, WHAT IS BEFORE US? WHAT IS THE MOTION THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROPOSING. SO OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH GFL ENVIRONMENTAL INCORPORATED FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION. AND THAT'S UP TO UP TO WHOEVER'S MAKING THE MOTION, WHETHER THAT'S A TWO YEAR OR A FIVE YEAR OR SEVEN YEAR. GOT IT. SO QUESTION I HAVE JUST FROM BY LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, I'VE NOTICED THAT TWO YEARS IS THAT TOTAL MONTHLY FEE IS 2425. AND OF COURSE IT GOES DOWN RIGHT BECAUSE THE DURATION CORRECT. 
          AND IT TAKES THAT. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OPTION TWO, IT FLUCTUATES, MEANING THAT TERM TWO YEARS, YOU'RE AT DOLLAR TOTAL ADDITIONAL FEE. SO IT'S $0.50 FOR RECYCLING AND $0.50 FOR BULK TRASH. BUT THEN IF YOU LOOK AT FIVE YEARS, THE RECYCLING WENT UP TO $0.75. 
          WHILE THE BULK TRASH DROPPED TO $0.25. THEN IF YOU LOOK, HERE'S THE RECYCLING WENT UP TO A DOLLAR AND A BULK TRASH FOR $0.70. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND SAYING, WHY IS THE JUMP FROM THE FIVE YEARS AT $0.25 TO SEVEN YEARS 70, BUT FROM TWO TWO YEARS IT WAS $0.50. AND THEN IT WENT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN 5 A.M. I AM I SEEING THIS OR ARE YOU GETTING WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH, I HAD MY SAY. I HAD THE SAME QUESTION WHEN I PUT THE SLIDE TOGETHER. I CHECKED THE NUMBERS TWICE AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE ACCURATE BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THEY BID IT. FOR SOME REASON, THAT JUST THERE'S SOMETHING THAT JUST DOESN'T ADD SOMETHING. I MEAN, THEY'RE HERE TO EXPLAIN IT, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT PART OF THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT IS IN THE BASE RATE AND AND FOR BECAUSE IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BASE RATE IS MUCH, MUCH HIGHER THAN THE OTHERS. SO I'M THINKING THAT THE AS WELL AS THE RECYCLING AND ALL OF THOSE ARE HIGHER IN THE BASE RATE. SO THEREFORE, BECAUSE OF TWO YEARS, I WOULD SUSPECT THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO MAKE THE EQUIPMENT INVESTMENT INTO THE CITY FOR THAT SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME. BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE HERE. NO, NO, NO, I GET THAT. I DON'T I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION. IT'S REALLY A SMALL NUMBER. YEAH. I JUST THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE TIME FRAME. MOST OF IT IS IN THE BASE RATE I GET THAT, YEAH. I MEAN I REALLY DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE. I'M JUST I WOULD I WAS THINKING THE OTHER WAY AROUND. IT'S A CONSISTENT TERM. IT SHOULD BE UP. THAT'S ALL. MY POINT WAS THAT IN THE BASE. YES. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, SOME OF MY COMMENTS ARE. WHAT I HEAR IS REALLY CYCLING WEEKLY, WHETHER YOU HAVE IT OR NOT. 
          THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GETS TRASHED FULL AND THEN PUTTING IT. AND THAT'S AT LEAST FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE. AND I THINK THERE WERE COMMENTS MADE HERE THAT GFL. 
          YOU KNOW, DONE A COUPLE OF THINGS. I MEAN, THEY WENT OUT THERE AND PUT ALL THE NEW CANS AND THEY'RE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO IF THERE'S A WITH THE TRUCK, IF THEY'RE THE LID BROKE OR IF THERE'S A HOLE, THEY COME AND REPLACE IT. I MEAN, AND THOSE ARE SERVICES FROM A WHAT WHAT 
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DO WE HAVE 40,000 HOMES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT BUT FROM THAT, THAT THAT'S IMPECCABLE IN MY OPINION FOR A COMPANY. WHILE I SAY THAT THOUGH. I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT THE EMERGENCY PICKUP I DO RECALL DURING HURRICANE BERYL THAT I THINK THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY MEETING THAT WAS CALLED, AND WE APPROVED ABOUT $1 MILLION. RIGHT. BUT THEN WE END UP USING FORT BEND COUNTY BECAUSE WE HAD SOME KIND OF PARTNERSHIP WITH FORT BEND COUNTY, AND IT COSTED ZERO. RIGHT. SO WALK ME THROUGH THIS, THIS EMERGENCY PICKUP OF $1 MILLION. SO ESSENTIALLY NOTHING, NOTHING WOULD CHANGE. WE STILL HAVE OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RUNS AS PART OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. OKAY. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT OPTION TO WORK WITH FORT BEND COUNTY. HOWEVER, IF THERE WAS A A DIFFERENT INCIDENT WHERE WE WE NEEDED THIS THEN THEN WE HAVE IT. AND SO IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A SAFEGUARD AND A AND A REDUNDANCY WHEN IT COMES TO SOME SORT OF AN EMERGENCY. WE FELT LIKE THIS WOULD JUST BE A GREAT BEST PRACTICE, SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEETING. IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE PART OF PART OF THE CONTRACT AS A OKAY, AS AN ALTERNATE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS, BUT WE WE'RE STILL PARTNERS WITH FORT BEND COUNTY. 
          IT ONLY GETS ACTIVATED IF WE USE IT RIGHT. EMERGENCY OPERATION. SO IF ANYTHING THIS WOULD ALLEVIATE IS FOR THE BODY GETTING TOGETHER TO DO AN EMERGENCY APPROVAL OF 1 MILLION THAT I THINK WE DID AT THAT TIME. CORRECT. SO SO THIS IS SO FOR THIS IT TAKES A COUNCIL CORRECT CHOICE TO, TO HAVE THIS EMERGENCY TO BE USED. IF FOR SOME REASON, FORT BEND COUNTY ALL OF A SUDDEN CAN'T DO PICKUP IN MISSOURI CITY, THEY ONLY DOING THREE CITIES OR, YOU KNOW, SIX CITIES, THEN THIS WOULD KICK OFF. OR IS THAT AUTOMATICALLY IN IT FOR STAFF. 
          SO THE PROVISION IS BUILT INTO THE PROPOSED CONTRACT. RIGHT. SO ONCE THE CONTRACT IS APPROVED, WHICH IS THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, THE CITY UNDER THE THE CITY MANAGER'S LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE WOULD BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO USE IT. NOW, I WOULD IMAGINE IN THE MANAGER'S TRADITIONAL FASHION THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY INCLUDE THE CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I SEE EMERY, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY HAS A MOTION. SO IF YOU CAN TELL US WHAT THAT MOTION IS, SIR. AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER NEGOTIATED. EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH GFL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR FIVE YEARS. THAT. YEAH, WITH THE TWO YEAR. WITH A TWO YEAR, TWO OPTIONAL OPTIONAL EXTENSION EXTENSION. OKAY, SO THAT'S YOUR MOTION FOR A WEEKLY RECYCLING OR FOR BIWEEKLY RECYCLING? I'M SORRY, WITH WEEKLY OR BIWEEKLY RECYCLING. WELL, I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BIWEEKLY, WASN'T IT? OR WERE YOU TALKING WEEKLY? I THINK MINE'S BIWEEKLY, SO NOBODY WANTS TO CHANGE IT. OKAY. 
          YEAH. SHE HAS A SECOND. THAT'S A GOOD OUT. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY I WAS. YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THE PROBLEM NOW IS SOMEONE WAS WANTED. I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE IS I LIKE TO HAVE WEEKLY. SO NOW THAT MEANS I'D HAVE TO VOTE THIS OUT AND THEN THAT. RIGHT. OR SOMEONE COULD MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THIS SO THAT INSTEAD OF BIWEEKLY, IT'S WEEKLY. AND THEN YOU VOTE. THE COUNCIL WOULD VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST AND THEN GO BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION. 
          OKAY. I WOULD CHANGE MY MOTION TO. TO WEEKLY. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, IS THAT YOUR SECOND? I'M ASKING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. IS THAT HER SECOND? OKAY. SO SHE REMOVED THE SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK. OKAY. SO WHAT THE MOTION THAT YOU HAVE IS JOYCE, CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT WE'RE VOTING? YES, SIR. IT'S A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH GFL ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. FOR THE COLLECTION OF SOLID, SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING SERVICES FOR A FIVE YEAR TERM WITH WEEKLY RECYCLING AND BULK 
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PICKUP. YEAH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. BONNIE. YES, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION. THESE SERVICES ON THE NEW CONTRACT WOULD BE OPTIONAL. CORRECT. I KNOW THAT THEY WERE INCLUDED ON THE FULL BASE RATE ON THE THE THE CURRENT CONTRACT. AS I SEE THIS HERE, IS THIS SAYING THAT THE BASE RATE WOULD BE WHAT IT IS. AND THEN YOU CAN ADD THESE SERVICES AS AN OPTION PLUS 75 OR PLUS 25, OR WILL IT BE AUTOMATICALLY AUTOMATIC. WE JUST BROKE THEM OUT. SO YOU WOULD SEE THE OKAY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE BECAUSE THE WAY IT LOOKS LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S OPTIONAL, THAT YOU CAN OPT OUT OR NOT. SO IT'S IT'S I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THIS. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IN PARENTHESES THE TOTAL. ALL RIGHT. JUST WANTED TO BE SURE ON THE RECORD. THANK. 
          RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU. JASON. WHAT IS OUR CURRENT MONTHLY FEE FOR THE BIWEEKLY RECYCLING AND TRASH? BULK TRASH. THAT'S A 1560 A MONTH. SO WE'RE PAYING 1560 A MONTH. AND THE CURRENT MOTION IS TO INCREASE TO $20.31, $19 AND 65. NO. THE WEEKLY SAYS $20.31. CORRECT. SO WE'RE ROUGHLY INCREASING ALMOST $5 EXTRA A MONTH, SO THAT PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HAVE WEEKLY CAN HAVE WEEKLY, AND THOSE THAT DON'T WANT OR NEED WEEKLY WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR A SERVICE THAT THEY DON'T NEED. SO THAT'S WHAT THE MOTION IS. THE EXTRA $5 A MONTH FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE WEEKLY RECYCLING AND BULK TRASH. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT THE MOTION IS? YES, MA'AM. YES. SO I JUST WANT TO THE RECORD TO BE STATED, I DON'T SUPPORT THIS. 
          AND BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT'S NOT FAIR TO TO RESIDENTS TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL $5. FOR RESIDENTS TO PAY AN EXTRA ALMOST $5 A MONTH FOR A SERVICE THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A HUGE NEED FOR THOSE SERVICES. AND BASED ON THE DATA THAT WAS EVEN SHOWN, OVER 100 PEOPLE HAVING WEEKLY RECYCLING AND BULK TRASH, WOULD THERE BE AN OPTION FOR THOSE THAT NEED EXTRA RECYCLING BINS TO JUST HAVE AN ADD ON OF A BIN? JUST JUST A QUICK CORRECTION. YOU'RE COMPARING THE THE FUTURE RATES TO THE OLD RATES. IT'S REALLY A DOLLAR MORE. IT'S NOT $5 MORE. IT THE FIVE YEARS WITH EVERY OTHER WEEK RECYCLING IS $19.31. SO THAT'S. YEAH. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE ONLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A DOLLAR MORE FOR THE WEEKLY RECYCLING. THE PRICE IS GOING TO GO UP REGARDLESS WITH WITH THE NEW CONTRACT WITH THE WEEKLY IT ONLY GOES UP AN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR. IT'S NOT IF IT WAS $5. IF WE STAY WITH OUR TRADITIONAL SERVICES AND WENT TO JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE, SEVEN YEARS, IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL ROUGHLY $2. AND SO COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY MADE A MOTION FOR FIVE YEARS, ORIGINALLY FOR A BIWEEKLY SERVICE, WHICH IS GOING TO INCREASE IT ABOUT $4. CORRECT. AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADD ON AN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR OR EXCUSE ME, ADDITIONAL. YEAH, ROUGHLY ADDITIONAL DOLLAR FOR WEEKLY SERVICES, WHICH THAT'S CORRECT. BUT WE CURRENTLY PAY WAS $15 AND SOME CHANGE. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING $20 AND SOME CHANGE. SO SO CAN I, CAN I INTERJECT SOMETHING. THIS IS WHERE THE CONFUSION IS WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SAY $50.60, RIGHT. OR WHATEVER THAT RATE IS, THEN YOU SHOULD, WHEN YOU PRESENT IT, SAY THAT THE NEW RATE AS IT IS WOULD BE 19 SOMETHING BECAUSE IT WENT UP. 
          CORRECT? WE DID RIGHT THERE. NO, NO, NO, I GET THAT. AND THEN A DOLLAR MORE OR DOLLAR $0.70 MORE IF YOU WENT TO A 70 YEAR OR WHATEVER. SO IF WE DIDN'T CHOOSE RECYCLING OR BULK WHAT WOULD YOU WHAT WOULD WE BE PAYING TODAY? IT'S RIGHT THERE UNDER THE STATUS QUO. I KNOW IT'S RIGHT THERE. WHAT IS IT? I'M ASKING YOU SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR IT. IF IT WAS A FIVE YEAR TERM, IT WOULD BE 1931 A MONTH. IF IT WAS A TWO YEAR TERM, IT WOULD BE 2425 A MONTH WITHOUT RECYCLING, WITHOUT A BULK RATE. I MEAN, THE BULK TRASH WITH ZERO RECYCLING AND ZERO BULK. 
          YEAH, YEAH. THEN IT WOULD BE $16 AND 56 A MONTH FOR A FIVE YEAR TERM. BUT THE CONTRACT COMES AS IT'S ALL IN ONE CORRECT. MEANING THAT YOU YOU'RE PAYING FOR FIVE YEARS, WHICH WOULD BE 1931 PLUS A DOLLAR MORE, WHICH MEANS $20.31. SO WHAT IT SHOULD READ. SO FOR 
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FIVE YEARS, $20.31. AND THEN WHAT IT SHOULD READ IS $17.95 PLUS 170, WHICH WOULD BE 1965. 
          RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT IT IS. SO SO IT'S NOT FAIR TO SAY THAT YOU'RE PAYING. SO YOU'VE GONE FROM $15.60 NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN TO IF YOU'RE DOING FIVE YEARS $20.31 CORRECT. AM I SAYING I'M, I'M, I'M JUST GOING BASED OFF OF WHAT? COUNCILMEMBER RILEY ASKED. SO WHAT IS THE WHAT IS WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? THE DIFFERENCE IS YOU. THE WEEKLY IS A NEW SERVICE, SO YOU DON'T COMPARE THAT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS BULK PICKUP AND RECYCLING AT TWICE A MONTH. RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S BUILT INTO THE 1931. SO WHETHER WE DO ADDITIONAL WEEKLY OR NOT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING MORE BECAUSE COSTS HAVE INCREASED THE NEW COST WITHOUT ANY OF THAT FOR A FIVE YEAR IS $19.31, RIGHT. WHAT THEY WILL PAY. 
          ADDITIONALLY, IF WE GO WITH THE FIVE YEARS IS $1. $1 MORE PER MONTH, $1 MORE PER MONTH PER MONTH, WHICH WOULD BE THE $20.31. SO IT'S NOT REALLY YOU'RE PAYING $5 FOR $5. IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BASICALLY THE $19 AND THE $15.60 FOR COMPARABLE SERVICE. 
          RIGHT. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT I WAS JUST GETTING CONFUSED, COMPLETELY CONFUSED ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. GO AHEAD. MY ONLY CONCERN, YOU KNOW, IS SAVING THE RESIDENTS MONEY. IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE SAVE THEM MONEY IN ONE PLACE, IT KICKS IN SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND THAT'S THAT'S MY HUGE CONCERN. I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SENIORS. 
          I REALLY AM PEOPLE THAT ARE ON A FIXED INCOME, AND I HAVE A LOT OF THEM IN MY, MY DISTRICT. 
          AND SO I HEAR THEIR CONCERNS AND I'M AND I'M AND I'M COMPASSIONATE TO THEIR FINANCIAL NEEDS, YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL'S RECOMMENDATION. FOR SEVEN YEARS I WASN'T REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER IT'S 5 OR 7 AS FAR AS TERM LIMITS, BUT I AM LOOKING AT THE COST OF THIS. AND THAT IS THAT'S A HUGE, YOU KNOW, $2 TO MOST PEOPLE. AS I SAID EARLIER, THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. BUT WHEN WE GO FROM A MONTHLY RATE OF 1795, YOU KNOW, IF WE DID THE SEVEN YEARS VERSUS 16, EXCUSE ME, $15 AND SOME CHANGE, THAT'S THAT'S EASIER FOR THE AVERAGE, YOU KNOW, PERSON TO TRY TO SWALLOW. BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY PAYING FOR A SERVICE THAT'S AROUND $15. YES. COSTS GO UP. BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THE FIVE YEAR AND ADD ON AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE, THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL $5 VERSUS STAYING WITH THE CURRENT SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AND GOING WITH THE THE LESSER RATE FOR 1795 FOR SEVEN YEARS. THAT'S THAT'S MY ONLY THING IS I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM A PRICE STANDPOINT FOR OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE PICKING UP THE COST ON THIS. SO THIS THIS IS VERY CHALLENGING FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE TO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS FROM RESIDENTS WHO HAVE AN ISSUE WHEN I VOTE ON THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. AND I KNOW YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, YOU MADE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FIVE YEAR. AND NOT THAT YOU HAVE TO CHANGE IT, BUT I WILL ASK BECAUSE I'M GOING TO DO THE ASK IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER DOING THE SEVEN YEARS FOR THE BIWEEKLY WHEN YOU ORIGINALLY SAID FIVE YEARS BIWEEKLY AND YOU AMENDED IT. BUT CONSIDERING THE SEVEN YEARS FOR THE 1795 BIWEEKLY RECYCLING AND BULK TRASH FOR SEVEN YEARS. BUT THAT'S MY ASK. SO I GUESS I'M SORRY. I KNOW WE'RE GOING OFF THE QUEUE HERE. SO, COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS ADDITIONAL $0.70. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YOU DON'T WANT TO DO AN ADDITIONAL $0.70. WE PAY WHAT AGAIN, 15 CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW 1560 1560 FOR BIWEEKLY RECYCLING. CORRECT? CORRECT. ALONG WITH OUR OTHER REGULAR STUFF, IF WE GO WITH THE SEVEN YEAR TERM, THAT MONTHLY WOULD BE 1795. SO ROUGHLY $2.30. OKAY. IF WE GO WITH THE FIVE YEAR TERM AND WE ADD ON OPTION TWO WITH THE FLEET SERVICES. RECYCLING AND BULK, THAT COST GOES FROM 1565 TO $20.31. BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING ON A SERVICE. SO EITHER WAY, THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO PAY 
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AN INCREASE. BUT TO TO A SENIOR CITIZEN, YOU KNOW, ON A FIXED INCOME AND DISABLED PEOPLE ON A FIXED INCOME, $5 IS A BIG DEAL FOR THEM A MONTH. NO, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT WHAT I GUESS I'M TRYING TO COMPREHEND IS THE FACT THAT THE $15 AND CHANGE IS NO LONGER AN OPTION WHEN THE CONTRACT ENDS, RIGHT? IT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR ANYONE, GFL OR WHOEVER IT IS. SO YOUR NEW OPTION NOW FOR SEVEN YEARS IS $17.95, FOR FIVE YEARS IS 1931 AND THEN FOR TWO YEARS 2425. SO WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT ONE. SO IT WENT FROM 15 AND CHANGE TO 1795 AUTOMATICALLY. 
          RIGHT? OKAY. SO THEN AFTER THAT, WHAT YOU'RE REALLY WHAT I GUESS WHAT WE REALLY ARE LOOKING AT IS $1.70 MORE FOR RECYCLING AND BULK TRASH EVERY WEEK OR DOLLAR MORE ON THE FIVE YEAR, WHICH IS $0.75 AND $0.25 OR A DOLLAR MORE FOR TWO YEARS. SO SO YOU REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FIVE YEAR AND A SEVEN YEAR IS $0.70 IN THAT BULK TRASH DEAL. RIGHT. 
          RECYCLING AND THE BULK TRASH DEAL. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. WHEN YOU TAKE IT TO SEVEN YEARS, YOU DO. IT'S 1795, RIGHT. SO THAT'S LOWER. THAT'S CLOSER TO YOUR 15 THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THEN. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT IF WE DID EVERY DAY, I MEAN SORRY, EVERY WEEK UNDER THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 20, 31 UNDER FIVE YEARS AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONLY EVEN IF YOU DO IT EVERY DAY, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE 1965 ON THERE. SO IT'S REALLY FOR ME, I'M JUST TRYING TO ABSORB WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS $0.70 IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE $0.70 THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, MAYOR. 
          BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT IT. THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS. TOTAL MONTHLY FEE FOR OPTION ONE SEVEN YEARS, BI WEEKLY RECYCLE IN BULK TRASH. THIS IS CURRENT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE BI WEEKLY. I'M SORRY I TAKE THAT BACK. DOLLAR 70 RIGHT. SORRY I'M LOOKING AT DOLLAR 70. SO DOLLAR 70 FOR A WHOLE MONTH IS YOUR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEVEN YEARS AND THEN THE FIVE YEARS? AM I SAYING IT RIGHT? NO, IT'S $0.70 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SEVEN YEARS. I'M SORRY. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT I THINK I HEAR YOU. YOU'RE YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE. 
          I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM WHAT IT SAYS. TOTAL MONTHLY FEE. THE BASE IS 1590. THE RECYCLE IS DOLLAR $0.55 AND TOTAL MONTHLY FEE FOR THE RESIDENT FOR SEVEN YEARS. OR, YOU KNOW, FOR A SEVEN YEAR TERM. BIWEEKLY RECYCLING AND TRASH, BOTH TRASH. WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WOULD BE INCREASED TO $17.95, WHICH IS A $2.30 INCREASE FOR THE RESIDENT EACH MONTH. YOU I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE. I'M NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT WEEKLY SERVICES, SO I HAVEN'T HAD ANY REQUESTS. AND TO GFL'S POINT AND TO JASON'S POINT, EVEN WITH THE SURVEY, WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A HUGE REQUEST FOR WEEKLY SERVICES. AND I JUST FIND IT, YOU KNOW, UNFAIR TO THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE NOT REQUESTED FOR WEEKLY SERVICES TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR A SERVICE THAT THEY DIDN'T REQUEST FOR ON TOP OF. 
          THEY'RE ALREADY GOING TO GET AN INCREASE FROM IF WE WENT WITH THE SEVEN YEAR, WHICH IS WHAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDED, SEVEN YEAR CONTRACT, BIWEEKLY RECYCLING AND BULK TRASH, WHICH IS OUR STATUS QUO. THAT WOULD CAUSE THE RESIDENTS $17.95, WHICH IS A $2.30 INCREASE FOR THE RESIDENTS 35. THE COUNCIL HAS MADE ANOTHER A DIFFERENT MOTION AND THEIR OWN REQUEST. 
          RIGHT. AND I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE DATA AND THE INPUT FROM GFL AND FROM WHAT WAS WHAT WAS STATED TONIGHT. SO I DON'T I DON'T SEE THE NEED OF HAVING A WEEKLY RECYCLING OR BULK TRASH FROM THE LENS OF THE RESIDENTS THAT I'VE ENGAGED WITH. AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE WEEKLY IS COMING FROM, THE COUNCIL AND WHERE YOUR DATA IS COMING FROM, OR WHERE YOUR REQUEST OR THOUGHT PROCESS IS FOR ADDING ON THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE. WHILE WE'RE ALREADY EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT. RIGHT. AND I'LL END WITH THIS. I'M GOING TO GO ON BACK ONTO THE LINE. THERE'S NOWHERE IN AMERICA THAT YOU CAN SPEND ONE DOLLARS AND $0.70 AND HAVE RECYCLING PICKED UP EVERY 
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WEEK, AND A BULK TRASH THAT PEOPLE PUT OUT THEIR BROKEN TREE OR WHATEVER, PICKED UP EVERY WEEK FOR $1.70. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. THAT'S THE CASE. AND LET ME LET ME JUMP ON BACK INTO IT. I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER NEXT. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO, I, I WAS ASKED A QUESTION BY COUNCIL LADY RILEY IF I WOULD CHANGE MY MOTION. AND MY ANSWER IS NO. I'LL LEAVE MY MOTION AS IT IS. IF THE BODY DOESN'T LIKE THAT MOTION, THEN IT'LL BE DEFEATED. AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE YOUR MOTION SO, YOU KNOW, I THAT'S MY MY COMMENT. YES, SIR. SO LET ME GET BACK INTO MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN. MARSHALL, ARE YOU SPEAKING? I DIDN'T OKAY, IT WAS CLOSER. 
          CLOSER WAS FIRST. SORRY. GO AHEAD. BECAUSE THEY REMOVED IT. THAT'S OKAY. I FORGOT WHERE I WAS GOING. OKAY. SO I AM I'M GOOD WITH THE FIVE YEARS, BUT I AM ALSO I'M GOOD WITH KEEPING THE BIWEEKLY AND BULK TRASH THE SAME. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE I REMEMBER THIS CAME UP WHEN WE HAD OUR LAST RETREAT, AND I REMEMBER TALKING TO DANIELLE AND MY QUESTION WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING IN? WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE REALLY WANTING RECYCLE, RECYCLING? SO AT THE RETREAT, YOU ASKED ME TO DO A SURVEY THAT WAS THAT WAS THE ASK WAS TO DO A SURVEY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID. OKAY. AND AND FOR EVERY ONE PERSON THAT SAID THEY LIKED IT, EVERY OTHER WEEK WE HAD TWO PEOPLE SAYING THEY WANTED IT EVERY WEEK. SO IT'S A TRUE 2 TO 1 REQUEST FOR WEEKLY RECYCLING FROM THE RESIDENTS. 100% OF THE CALLS THAT I WOULD GET WERE PEOPLE REQUESTING DEALING WITH RECYCLING. AND I CONFIRMED THIS WITH WALTER AS WELL FROM THE CALLERS THAT HE WOULD GET WERE PEOPLE WANTING WEEKLY RECYCLING, WEEKLY BULK TRASH PICKUP, AND IN ADDITION, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPORT SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY OF CUSTOMER SERVICE REQUESTS ARE PEOPLE PUTTING THEIR RECYCLING OUT ON THE WRONG WEEK. AND SO WHICH IS ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT THE WEEKLY RECYCLING, WHICH IS WHY THAT WAS RECOMMENDED FROM STAFF. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT TO YOU, IS IT BECAUSE DO YOU KNOW, IS IT BECAUSE THEY JUST FORGOT? WELL, MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO ME BECAUSE GFL DIDN'T PICK UP MY TRASH. THEY PICKED UP MY TRASH, BUT THEY DIDN'T PICK UP MY RECYCLING. SO WE REACH OUT TO GFL, WHO HAS A DEDICATED CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE, AND THAT'S THAT'S USUALLY THE ISSUE. SO OR WHEN WE EXPLAIN THAT TO THEM, THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY ASK WHY DO WE ONLY DO IT EVERY OTHER WEEK? SO WITH THIS BEING BULK TRASH PICKUP NOW BULK TRASH, WE'RE TALKING LIKE TVS, MATTRESSES, THAT KIND OF THING, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. SO IF Y'ALL CAN IMAGINE COLLEAGUES EVERY WEEK, SOMEBODY THROWS THEIR MATTRESS OUT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, AND, OH, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE TRASH MAN ALREADY CAME. THE MATTRESS SITS OUT THERE. GOD FORBID IT STARTS RAINING AND THE TVS SIT OUT THERE. AND ESTHETICALLY, HOW IS THAT GOING TO LOOK WITH OUR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE PROBLEMS WITH THAT, WITH PEOPLE LEAVING THEIR STUFF OUT IF THEY ALREADY DON'T KNOW WHEN BULK TRASH IS NOW AND THEY PUT IT OUT THERE, GARBAGE PERSON ALREADY COMES AND IT'S JUST OUT THERE. I'M JUST I'M THINKING ABOUT THE THE ESTHETIC LOOK OF THAT AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN, MARSHALL CITY MANAGER, IS THIS OUR FIRST READING AND WILL WE HAVE THIS IS THE ONLY THIS IS THE ONLY READING. I'M SORRY. READING. HEARING. OKAY. I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION. THAT WAY IF IT FAILS, THEN WE CAN JUMP INTO A NEW A NEW DIALOG. SO I'LL CALL THE QUESTION OKAY. SO THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS FIVE YEARS WEEKLY RECYCLING AND BULK PICKUP OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE VOTING. YEAH. WELL WHAT I'LL DO RESPECT, MAYOR I DID HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION BEFORE WE VOTED. I KNOW THE QUESTION WAS CALLED. THERE'S THREE PEOPLE. I HAD A QUESTION. DID YOU CALL THE QUESTION WAS CALLED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE VOTING? YES. 
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WE'RE VOTING. SHE CALLED THE QUESTION MEANING THAT LET'S VOTE WITH WHATEVER THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE ON THE TABLE, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND. RIGHT. BY MARSHALL. THE MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 2. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, ITEM. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON 
          [(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
TO 89A CORRECT NINE A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AMENDING CRITERION PROCEDURES FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITHIN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO. OKAY, REJOICE. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STAFF PRESENTED THE PROPOSED TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 280 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO YOU ALL ON JUNE 16TH, 2025, AS WELL AS JULY 21ST, 2025. THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE REVISED PROGRAMS. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS CREATE TWO PRIMARY PROGRAMS, ONE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, WHICH EMPHASIZES PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AS WELL AS JOB CREATION, AND A SECOND PROGRAM WHICH FOCUSES ON REDEVELOPMENT AND PLACES A GREATER EMPHASIS ON LOCATION. 
          THESE PROGRAMS STREAMLINE ELIGIBILITY. THEY ALSO CREATE A MATRIX SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDATIONS. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WHEN APPLICATIONS GET TO 60 POINTS, THOSE APPLICATIONS WILL THEN BE REFERRED TO THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, AFTER WHICH, IF THEY HAVE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, THEY WILL GO ON TO THE FULL COUNCIL. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ALSO COMBINES THE RESTAURANT AND PATIO PROGRAMS AND AS WITH ALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, THEY ARE SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING. SO IF NO FUNDING IS BUDGETED, THEN THE CITY WILL NOT ALLOCATE ANY ANY FUNDS TO THOSE PROGRAMS. SO AGAIN, THIS PROGRAM, THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDES GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND STREAMLINES THOSE FOR APPLICANTS. IT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE PROGRAMS APPLY TO FOR PROFIT BUSINESSES BECAUSE, AS MENTIONED, THE GOAL OF THESE PROGRAMS IS TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND REVENUE TO OFFSET THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE PAYING. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE OTHER REQUIREMENTS YOU CAN READ A FEW OF THEM THAT ARE THAT ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN. ONE ITEM THAT CAME UP IN A PREVIOUS MEETING WAS RELATED TO SAME PROPERTY INCENTIVES. IN CONSIDERATION OF THOSE CONCERNS, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR INCENTIVES FROM FIVE YEARS TO THREE YEARS. AGAIN, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PROPOSED MATRICES, WHICH WILL BE REVIEWED BY STAFF TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO RECOMMEND THE PROGRAMS. YOU CAN SEE THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. IS THE EMPHASIS ON LOCATION AND FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS THERE ARE POINTS THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR JOB CREATION. THE PROCESS AGAIN IS PROPOSED TO HOPEFULLY SIMPLIFY THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR POTENTIAL APPLICANTS. BUT THIS THIS NEW MATRIX PROPOSAL DOES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STANDARDS FOR APPLICANTS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL. AND THAT'S FOR THE PROTECTION OF, OF COURSE, COUNSEL AS WELL AS THE TAXPAYER, SO THAT WE'RE REALLY FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT ADD VALUE TO MISSOURI CITY. WITH THAT, THE ESTIMATED TIMELINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS NOVEMBER 1ST. 
          IF THIS ORDINANCE IS APPROVED ON FIRST READING TONIGHT AND SECOND READING ON OCTOBER 6TH, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JOYCE. WE ARE GOING TO GO DOWN SOME QUESTIONABLE. WE HAVE JOANNA O'DEKIRK. THANK YOU. WE HAVE GONE OVER THIS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND I AM VERY MUCH IN FAVOR. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT MR. SOLOWAY, THIS EVENING IN THE BUDGET CONVERSATION, MENTIONED AN 
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AUDIT TO QUANTIFY THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE AT A LATER DATE AFTER COMPLETION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN SO THAT WE CAN FIND OUT HOW THESE ARE ACTUALLY BRINGING MONEY INTO THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN EVALUATE THAT AT A FUTURE TIME, SO THAT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE PROGRAMS AND RENEWALS AND THAT TYPE OF THING AND, AND REEVALUATIONS THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING FIRM. SO YES. THANK YOU. AND THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND SECTION 11 ON PAGE 25 OF 26 DOES REQUIRE SUCH AN ANNUAL AUDIT THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR A REVIEW OF THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES, SALES TAXES, AS WELL AS REVENUE IMPACT. YES, RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, JOYCE, FOR BRINGING THIS UP TO THE FULL BODY OF COUNCIL. THIS WILL HELP GREATLY BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE A TRUE SCORING SYSTEM IN ORDER TO BETTER DEFINE INCENTIVES AND TO BETTER AWARD INCENTIVE DOLLARS, SOMETHING THAT BECOMES CRITICAL, ESPECIALLY AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE LEVEL. 
          AND WHAT I ALSO LIKE ABOUT IT IS THAT IT WILL ALSO PLACE IN CERTAIN TRIGGER POINTS AND REQUIREMENTS THAT THE APPLICANTS MUST PROVIDE FOR THE SCORING, WHICH ALSO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, TRUE TRUE DATA, NOT MORE SO THE DREAM, IF YOU WILL, BUT IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY WILL. WE WILL RECEIVE A GOOD RETURN ON THE CITY'S INVESTMENT. SO THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER. YES. THANK YOU JOYCE. THIS PROGRAM. IT WE HAD A LOT OF APPLICATIONS, BUT THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION, WHICH I'M GLAD THAT WE CAME TO THIS POINT WHERE EVERYBODY'S PRETTY MUCH ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD. MY QUESTION TO YOU, WILL, WILL BE, I KNOW WE HAD APPLICANTS IN THE QUEUE. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE APPLICANTS THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE RIGHT NOW? GO AHEAD. 
          THOSE APPLICANTS WILL NEED TO REAPPLY UNDER THE NEW STANDARDS, UNDER THE NEW PROGRAMS IF ADOPTED. OKAY. AND WILL THERE BE ANY TYPE OF APPEAL PROCESS? THERE IS NOT AN APPEAL PROCESS CURRENTLY BUILT INTO THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED. IT IS SIMPLY THE MATRIX SYSTEM. STAFF WILL PROVIDE ITS RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THAT MATRIX TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MAY EITHER FORWARD THAT APPLICATION ON TO THE FULL COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION OR A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION, BUT THERE IS NOT AN APPEALS PROCESS. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE THIS AN OBJECTIVE PROCESS, CONSIDERING THE FACTORS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS AND THE COUNCIL, WE'VE TRIED TO INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THE MATRIX SYSTEM. OKAY. GOOD DEAL. AND THEN ONCE IF THIS IS APPROVED AND ONCE IT IS APPROVED, WILL BE THE COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR BUSINESSES. I KNOW THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS STARTED WORKING ON THAT COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, SO I WILL DEFER TO ELIJAH TO PROVIDE THAT COMMUNICATIONS PLAN TO COUNCIL. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. REGARDING THE COMMUNICATION PLAN, WE DO HAVE THE DATE THERE TO IMPLEMENT THE OUTREACH, EDUCATION AND MARKETING PLAN, WHICH IS THE SAME THING AS THE COMMUNICATION PLAN. IT'S UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE MARKETING MATERIALS AND HOW WE PLAN TO REACH THOSE WHO ARE IN THE QUEUE, WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY APPLIED, THOSE WHO HAVE CONTACTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THIS PAST YEAR THAT THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN ON PAUSE, AND JUST THOSE WHO HAVE COME BY WAY OF COMMUNITY EVENTS, COUNCIL INQUIRIES, STAFF RECEIVES INQUIRIES ALL THE TIME. SO WE HAVE A RUNNING LIST OF THOSE WHO WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO. BUT THE COMMUNICATION PLAN ITSELF IS CONSIST OF, YOU KNOW, THE MARKETING MATERIALS ALSO TOUCH POINTS WITH THE COMMUNITY. SOME OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS, WE PLAN TO HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF TABLED THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED TO COME AND ASK QUESTIONS. BUT YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THIS ALSO ADVERTISED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. OKAY. THANK YOU. I RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER BONEY. THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, EXCITED TO SEE THIS PROGRAM. THESE PROGRAMS KIND OF EVOLVED FROM WHENCE THEY'VE COME. YOU KNOW, STARTING WITH OUR CONVERSATIONS IN THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND AND NOW, YOU KNOW, HAVING MORE TEETH IN THEM IS IS WHAT'S 
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GOING TO HELP US, I BELIEVE, ATTRACT THE RIGHT BUSINESSES. AND I'M THANKFUL THAT YOU LISTENED TO US TO CONSIDER KEEPING THE EMPHASIS ON THE CORRIDOR FROM WHENCE IT STARTED, BECAUSE THAT'S A REDEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR. I DID HAVE SOME THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME. 
          ONE OF THE RELOCATION FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER, UNLESS THEY'RE MOVING TO A REDEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR. THANK THANK YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN AN AREA AND THEY REALLY WANT TO MOVE TO TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT OR ALL THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DEFINED, WE SHOULDN'T PENALIZE THEM FOR FOR DOING THAT, AND WE SHOULD INCENTIVIZE THEM. THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FOR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATION, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO GENERALLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND WE HAVE USED IT IN CERTAIN ECONOMIC CURRENT ECONOMIC INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS. IT'S A SPECIFIC MONETARY AMOUNT, USUALLY THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF A VIOLATION OR POTENTIAL VIOLATION FOR A CITY CODE VIOLATION. SO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF VIOLATIONS IS $500. SO THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGE AMOUNT IS GENERALLY ABOUT $1,500 FOR VIOLATIONS. BUT WE HAVE NOT TO DATE, WE HAVE NOT HAD TO UTILIZE THAT PROVISION. OKAY. 
          BUT IT'S $500 OR UP TO 500. IT'S UP TO 1500. IT'S USUALLY IT'S USUALLY THE MAXIMUM OF THE CITATION WHICH IS $500 TIMES THREE. OKAY OKAY. WELL AS LONG AS WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WHAT THAT, THAT LOOKS LIKE, THE OTHER THING IS I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE CLEARER ON THE PART WHERE IT SAYS THAT THE PROPRIETOR OR MANAGER OF THE BUSINESS RELATED BY BLOOD. 
          THAT'S KIND OF VAGUE TO ME. I THINK IT NEEDS TO SPELL OUT EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT I MEAN? IS IT A COUSIN? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HOW FAR DOWN THE LINE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT RELATED BY BLOOD? I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE A LOT CLEARER AS TO AS TO WHAT THAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          AND THEN ON THE SECTION TWO C, I HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A CONCERN, AND I EXPRESSED THIS IN THE PAST ABOUT THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. IF A BUSINESS THAT WOULD QUALIFY, THAT IS A TENANT LESSER IF THEY APPLIED IN THAT PARTICULAR STRIP CENTER OR ENTITY, RECEIVED TAX FUNDING FROM US. SAY FOR INSTANCE, WHERE ALEX IS, KITCHEN IS LOCATED. I'M NOT PICKING ON THEM. I'M JUST SAYING, AND THERE'S A TENANT INSIDE THAT WANTS TO DO TENANT IMPROVEMENTS AND BUILD OUT AND THINGS. I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S FAIR TO PENALIZE THEM FOR WANTING TO. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND IT IMPROVES THE OVERALL PROPERTY, BUT THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESS, I'LL JUST TAKE THE OLD MOVIE THEATER PROPERTY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE RECEIVED FUNDING. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE COME UP ON THREE YEARS YET, BUT IT COULD I THINK IT'S BEEN WITHIN THREE YEARS SINCE THEY GOT THE ACTUAL FUNDING. BUT IF YOU HAVE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN IN THAT LOCATION FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND REALLY WANT TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE PENALIZING THOSE THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO IMPROVE BECAUSE THAT PARTICULAR STRIP OWNER GOT SOME FUNDING. SO HOW COULD WE ADDRESS THAT? SO IF AT ALL, THE STAFF DID TRY TO ADDRESS THAT BY DECREASING THE TIME FRAME FROM FIVE YEARS TO THREE YEARS. SO TAKING OFF TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS IN BETWEEN. BUT THE CONCERN WAS THAT WE WOULD HAVE DEVELOPMENTS, STRIP CENTERS AND SHOPPING CENTERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM. THEY WOULD UTILIZE A PORTION OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE EXTERIOR, THEN UTILIZE PUBLIC DOLLARS AGAIN FOR THE INTERIOR. AND SO THE CONCERN THERE IS THAT REALLY THE PUBLIC SHOULDN'T SUBSIDIZE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR ENTIRETY IN THAT MANNER. SO THAT'S WHY THE THREE YEAR TIME FRAME WAS INCLUDED. BUT AGAIN, IT WAS ADDRESSED, OR THE STAFF DID TRY TO ADDRESS IT BY DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF TIME FROM FIVE YEARS TO THREE YEARS. SO IF A IF A IF A TENANT AFTER THREE YEARS GOES AND APPLIES FOR FUNDING AND RECEIVES THAT FUNDING, THAT THREE YEARS STARTS AGAIN, CORRECT. EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. CORRECT. BECAUSE THAT DEVELOPMENT, THAT PROPERTY 
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WILL HAVE BENEFITED FROM PUBLIC DOLLARS. AND SO THE GOAL IS NOT TO HAVE DEVELOPMENTS, YOU KNOW, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF THE CITY'S FUNDING FOR THESE PROGRAMS. THE GOAL IS TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GARNER NEW BUSINESSES, NEW PRODUCTS, NEW SERVICES THAT WILL THEN INCREASE SALES AND PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE CITY. IT'S NOT TO CARRY THE ENTIRE LOAD. SO IF IF THE PARTICULAR TENANTS RECEIVED LESS THAN $100,000 IN FUNDING AND THEY IT'S A COMBINATION OF OF TENANTS AND IT EQUALS 100,000, IS IT PER ISSUANCE OR APPLICATION THAT'S APPROVED AND FUNDING RECEIVED. IT'S REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT. OR CAN IT BE UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT COLLECTIVE AS WRITTEN AND PRESENTED. IT'S BASED ON THE APPLICATION. SO IT WOULDN'T MATTER IF THE TENANT RECEIVED 30,000 VERSUS 100,000, OR 95,000 VERSUS 5000. IF THERE'S AN APPLICATION WHERE PUBLIC FUNDS ARE RECEIVED TO BENEFIT PROPERTY, THEN THAT PROPERTY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS BEFORE THEY COULD RECEIVE PUBLIC FUNDING. AGAIN, TO IMPROVE THE VALUE AND THE APPEARANCE, OR DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAM OF THAT PROPERTY. OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST THING, BECAUSE I HAVE SOME SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, THE 60 POINTS, YOU KNOW, WHY SO LOW I 60 POINTS IS KIND OF LOW. 
          I MEAN IN SCHOOL WITH 70 POINTS IS PASSING. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE WHY WE HAVE 60 POINTS AS THE BENCHMARK NUMBER. I MEAN, OUT OF 100, I THINK THE THE 60 POINTS WAS SETTLED ON TO GIVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REALLY THE MOST THAT WE COULD GIVE THEM SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER THEY WANTED A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THE PROPOSALS. STAFF. AND. STAFF DID NOT WANT TO ULTIMATELY DECIDE ALL OF THE THE APPLICATIONS THAT GO FORWARD. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THE COUNCIL AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SOME DISCRETION IN DETERMINING IF YOU THINK A PROJECT IS WORTHY OF RECEIVING PUBLIC DOLLARS AND TAXPAYER DOLLARS. SO THE 60 IS REALLY JUST A THRESHOLD THAT SAYS THEY'VE MET, YOU KNOW, THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS REALLY MORE THAN THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED BY YOU ALL TO POTENTIALLY RECEIVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS. SO IT'S IT'S THE FIRST STEP, RIGHT? WELL, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF OF THE CHANGES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE I REALLY HAVE. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO THAT A LOT FURTHER PERSONALLY. YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S SINCE WE GIVE UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR ONE APPLICANT TO, I GUESS, BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THAT, MAYBE AS A WAY, IF YOU ARE A TENANT OF A PROPERTY AND YOU HAVE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES IN THERE THAT WANT TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY, YOU CAN HAVE AFTER THAT THREE YEAR PERIOD OR WHATEVER THAT THEY GOT FUNDING, IT SHOULD BE A COLLECTION OF UP TO THAT AMOUNT. JUST MY PERSONAL FEEDBACK. YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE ONE TENANT LOOK IMMACULATE AND THEN OTHERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT TO WAIT THREE YEARS IF THEY TRULY WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY. THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS, TEN YEARS, 15 YEARS, AND THEY WANT TO IMPROVE IT. I JUST THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS ON IT. THANK YOU. SO ANGEL, I JUST I JUST SIGNED UP TO JUST ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE TO BE ANSWERED. SINCE WE'RE UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHERE ARE WE WITH THE DIRECTOR FOR THAT DEPARTMENT? IT'S BEING RECRUITED FOR NOW. NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NINE B AN 
          [(b) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AMENDING THE CIVIL SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT RELATED TO THE STRENGTH OF FORCE OF A CERTAIN CLASSIFIED RANK WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS AMENDING THE CIVIL SERVICE. IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ORDINANCE REGARDING STRENGTH OF FORCE AND REDUCING THE SERGEANT RADIO SYSTEM MANAGER'S POSITION FROM 
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2 TO 1. THIS POSITION WAS TEMPORARILY ADDED IN FY 25 TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO TRAIN A REPLACEMENT FOR THE RETIRING RADIO SYSTEM MANAGER. OKAY, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BONEY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. 
          LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AS ASSISTANT CHIEF STATED HERE ALL NIGHT THAT NO ONE EVEN ASKED YOU A QUESTION. HERE WE GO. NINE SEE AN ORDINANCE OF THE 
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CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING THE SEVENTH UPDATED ANNUAL SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO. OKAY. WE HAVE. 
          GREETINGS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MARK FUHRMAN. HE IS FROM MUNICH. 
          MUNICH IS OUR CONTRACTOR WHO MANAGES OUR TOWERS AND OUR PITS. AND HE WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION ON NINE C AND NINE D. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARK FUHRMAN. I'M A VICE PRESIDENT WITH MUNICH. WE ARE THE CITY'S PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR. WHAT I HAVE HERE FOR YOU TONIGHT ARE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN UPDATES FOR EACH OF THE CITY'S TWO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. SO THESE ARE ROUTINE ANNUAL UPDATES OF THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLANS THAT WERE APPROVED TO LEVY ASSESSMENTS ON EACH PROPERTY WITHIN THE PIDS. THESE ARE COMPLETED PURSUANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 372. SO I'LL START WITH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, AKA LAKESHORE HARBOR. SO THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS AT THIS TIME. YOU MAY RECALL LAST YEAR THAT WE DID A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENT COSTS. SO THOSE THE COST FINANCED BY THE PIDS AS WELL AS THE DEBT ISSUED BY THE CITY. AND WE FOUND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE ASSESSMENTS TO ALIGN THEM WITH THE ACTUAL COST, THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS. SO THOSE REDUCTIONS ARE STILL IN PLACE, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'D EXPECT AT THIS POINT, SINCE ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN COMPLETED. HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE AGGREGATE ASSESSMENTS AND ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS BEING BILLED TO PROPERTY OWNERS. THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS BILLED. THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE FLAT ANNUAL FEES, SO THEY WILL BUILD THE EXACT SAME AMOUNTS THEY WERE BILLED LAST YEAR. WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 600 PARCELS AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PREPAYMENTS, SO PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE THE OPTION TO PREPAY THEIR ASSESSMENT BALANCE IN FULL AT ANY TIME. BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT. 
          DISTRICT NUMBER TWO. LAST THING ON PAGE TWO IS THAT LAST YEAR, COUNCIL PROVIDED THE DIRECTION TO REACH OUT TO THE HOA FOR EACH BID WE DID. SO I CONTACTED BOTH THE HOA FOR LAKESHORE HARBOR AND CRAIGMONT HAVEN'T GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM THEM, BUT I'LL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT. 
          PARTICULARLY, SHOULD THESE REPORTS BE APPROVED. WE WILL UPLOAD THE INFORMATION WITHIN THE REPORTS TO OUR WEBSITE. WE HAVE A PROPERTY SEARCH FEATURE WHERE ANY PROPERTY OWNER CAN SEARCH FOR THEIR PROPERTY AND FIND THEIR ASSESSMENT AND THEIR ANNUAL INSTALLMENT. SO AFTER APPROVAL, WE'LL UPLOAD THAT INFORMATION. I'LL REACH BACK OUT TO THE HOA TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY FEEDBACK. THAT IS PIN NUMBER TWO. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BID. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'RE ON. BERTHA. DID YOU SAY. IT'S PRESENTING A NINE D RIGHT. 
          CORRECT. TWO AND PITT FOR FOUR. OKAY. CAN WE TAKE THE PITT TWO FIRST AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL GO FROM TO THE FOUR. YES. ALRIGHT. IS THERE IS THERE A MOTION. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN. MARSHALL SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK 
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YOU. ITEM NINE D AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING THE FIFTH UPDATED AND RESTATED SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR. OKAY. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. SO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR IS FREMONT. SO THIS IS A SIMILAR REPORT TO WHAT I JUST REVIEWED FOR PID NUMBER TWO, WHERE WE WOULD UPDATE THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENT COSTS FOR THE PID AND THEN ALLOCATE THE ASSESSMENTS TO EACH PROPERTY BENEFITING FROM THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENT COSTS. THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETED. THE ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS ARE FLAT FEE. SO PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE BILLED THE SAME AMOUNTS THEY WERE BILLED LAST YEAR. AND AGAIN, WE DID CONTACT THE HOA AND ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM. BUT WE'LL BE ACTIVE IN OUR OUTREACH AND CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BONEY, SECONDED 
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BY COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU ALL. ITEM NUMBER TEN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE IS NONE. AND WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THE TIME IS 10:26
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