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OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. CHIEF. ITEM NUMBER FOUR ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS. CITY MANAGER I MEAN CITY SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY ONE SIGNED UP FOR THE. NO,
[(a) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of Consent Agenda items and ...]
MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FIVE ARE STAFF REPORTS. WE HAVE A5A CITY MANAGER REPORT. PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. WE HAVE ANGEL JONES, CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS.GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT THERE ARE 15 ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND I WILL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF 14 OF THEM, STARTING WITH ITEMS B AND C. THESE ITEMS ARE THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCES REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN UPDATE FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER FOUR, RESPECTIVELY. CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BOTH THE FIRST READING ITEM D THIS. THIS ITEM IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CIVIL SERVICE ORDINANCE TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF SERGEANT RADIO SYSTEMS MANAGER POSITIONS FROM 2 TO 1. ITEM E THIS ITEM IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN EXISTING ABOVE GROUND LIFT STATION NEAR OLYMPIA ESTATES, RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED ON FIRST READING BY COUNCIL. ITEM F THIS ITEM SEEKS COUNCIL ADOPTION OF UPDATES TO THE CITY'S CHAPTER 380 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAMS TO STREAMLINE THE REVIEW PROCESS TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND SET CLEAR CRITERIA FOR FUNDING REQUESTS. ITEM G THIS ITEM REQUESTS COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT DONATED EASEMENTS FOR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER EXTENSIONS AT STATE HIGHWAY SIX AND HURRICANE LANE, AND AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS. ITEM H THIS ITEM SEEKS AUTHORIZATION TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $338,119 WITH DATABOX TO UPGRADE THE CITY'S FACILITIES SECURITY SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY IN ACROSS ALL BUILDINGS. ITEM I. THIS ITEM ALLOWS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF WATER, SEWER AND LIFT STATION EASEMENTS FROM MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO IN THE VICINITY OF HURRICANE LANE, BETWEEN LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY AND TRAMMEL FRESNO ROAD IS PART OF OUR UTILITY AND ROAD AGREEMENT ITEM J. THIS ITEM SEEKS AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH AN ANNUAL COST OF ABOUT $332,627 WITH DATABOX TO MAINTAIN THE CITY'S NETWORK AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND ENSURE THEY ARE RELIABLE AND UP TO DATE, THIS AGREEMENT LOCKS IN THE PRICE FOR FIVE YEARS. ITEM K THIS ITEM REQUESTS CONSIDERATION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT WITH SIDDONS MARTIN. EMERGENCY GROUP FOR REPAIRS TO A FIRE DEPARTMENT LADDER TRUCK TO KEEP IT IN FRONTLINE SERVICE UNTIL NEW TRUCKS ARRIVE IN 2026, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ABOUT $132,822, WITH MOST OF THE COSTS COVERED BY INSURANCE ITEM L, THIS ITEM REQUESTS CONSIDERATION TO AUTHORIZE A LAND SWAP WITH FORT BEND COUNTY TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT THE PARKWAY EXTENSION, WHILE ENSURING THE CITY RETAINS PARK ACCESS. ITEM M, THIS ITEM REQUESTS CONSIDERATION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT WITH PARADIGM TRAFFIC SYSTEMS FOR REPLACEMENT OF TEN TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $199,000. THE INDIVIDUAL PRICE OF EACH CABINET IS ABOUT 19,900, AND AN
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AVERAGE OF 7 TO 10. TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINETS ARE DAMAGED EACH YEAR THROUGH ACCIDENTS.ITEM IN THIS ITEM AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT UP TO WITH TEXAS HIGHWAY PRODUCTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $619,500 FOR A PILOT OF THE NO TRAFFIC AI DETECTION SYSTEM ALONG HIGHWAY SIX CORRIDOR SPANNING FROM COLONIAL LAKES DRIVE TO OAKMONT DRIVE, THIS TECHNOLOGY IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING AND REDUCE CONGESTION. THE LAST ITEM, ITEM O SIX CONSIDERATION TO AUTHORIZE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO PROCESS A WIRE PAYMENT OF ABOUT $383,992 TO RECONCILE VALUE ADJUSTMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL TAX ROLL CHANGES FOR PRIOR YEARS, AS REQUIRED BY STATUTE. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
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CITY MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER SIX, OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER. AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK. AND WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE ON THE LINE.YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, I WOULD LIKE TO. PULL. GO AHEAD. OH, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM. OH AND ITEM M. IS THAT YOUR SECOND. WHOSE IS THAT STILL YOUR SECOND.
SO COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER PULLING ITEM M. AND OH AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK SECONDED.
RIGHT. YES. YOU GOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE. YEAH. IS IT ALL DIFFERENT MOTIONS TO PULL. SO HOW DO WE HANDLE THIS? I HAVE LIKE FOUR PEOPLE ON THE QUEUE. SO THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. THERE COULD BE SOMEONE COULD MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THAT MOTION TO ADD OTHER ITEMS. IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO ADD OTHER ITEMS, YES, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM N ALONG WITH O AND M, N AND O FOR ME AND M. SO IS THERE A SECOND THAT'S NEEDED FOR THAT ONE? YES, SIR. OKAY, SECOND. NOW I'LL GET TO THE SECOND. CAN MAINTAIN THE SECOND. IS THAT FINE? I CAN I CAN AMEND MY MOTION. YOU COULD DO THAT AS WELL. YES. TO INCLUDE. GO AHEAD. IS THE MOTION NOW ON THE TABLE M N AND O M AND O. OKAY, THEN LET ME GO TO COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU. MINES WERE M, N AND O AND SIX H. OKAY. IS THAT STILL YOUR SECOND COUNCILMEMBER? O'DEKIRK YES, THAT IS MY SECOND. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER BONEY YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ITEM G G AND DO I NEED TO AMEND MY MY ORIGINAL MOTION? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ITEMS A THROUGH F. I. J K AND L. AND PULL ITEMS G H M N O FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. SECOND OKAY L M N O P. ALL RIGHT. SO CAN WE VOTE ON THE ONES. YES. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD. LET'S VOTE. YOU WANT TO TAKE THEM IN ORDER. OKAY. SO THEN CAN I GO AHEAD AND TAKE THEM IN THE
[(g) Consideration and Possible Action - Accept the conveyance of two water...]
ORDER THAT WE HAD. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL GO TO ITEM G. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. MAYOR I JUST WANTED TO ASK I NOTICED THAT THE DONATION OF OF THE TWO WATER LINE AND SANITARY SEWER LINE EASEMENTS FROM RAJA'S VENTURE CAPITAL LLC. ARE THESE ALREADY FUNCTIONAL OPERATIONAL OR ARE WE GOING TO NEED TO. IS THIS IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR OR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN[00:10:05]
WITH THE CONVEYANCE OF THESE. SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT A PROJECT WHERE WE'RE DESIGNING THE LINES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THESE AREAS. BUT THERE'S THERE'S NOT ANY CURRENT LINES. WE NEEDED THE EASEMENT SO THAT WE COULD INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF OUR DESIGN. AND SO WE REQUESTED RAJA'S TO DONATE THAT. OKAY. SO SO THESE EASEMENTS ARE BEING CONVEYED TO US SO THAT WE CAN IS ARE THESE PROJECTS ALREADY PLANNED? RIGHT. CORRECT. IN THE BUDGET CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN.OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE H COUNCILMEMBER RILEY.
VOTE ON G. WARD ON G OKAY. SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. I DON'T SEE THE SECOND OKAY.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON ITEM G6G. MOTION TO BE ON THAT SCREEN. WE SWITCHED IT. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO ITEM H.
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COUNCILMEMBER RILEY THANK YOU. JOB. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE CITYWIDE ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM WHAT ALL ARE Y'ALL UPGRADING. SO THOSE ARE THE ACCESS CONTROLS FOR THE DOORWAYS THAT GIVES YOU ACCESS. THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS END OF LIFE. THIS UPGRADES ALL THE CARD READERS AND THE CONTROLLERS BEHIND THE CARD READERS. SO IS THERE AN EXPIRATION ON HOW LONG THIS THIS CONTRACT IS FOR? SO USUALLY IT'S MAINTAINED BY THE HARDWARE, THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE HARDWARE. SO AS HARDWARE'S ARE EXPIRED OUT OF MAINTENANCE, THEN WE LOOK AT UPGRADING THEM.SO THEY'RE ON OUR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE OKAY. AND IT'S PART OF OUR REPLACEMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT MY QUESTION WAS. IS IT AT ITS EXPIRATION TIME. YES. AND THEN IS THIS FOR ALL OF OUR FACILITIES ALL CITY FACILITIES. YES OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHAT ABOUT THE QUAIL VALLEY CITY CENTER.
THAT'S INCLUDED CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S INCLUDE THE ACCESS CONTROL PIECE IS INCLUDED IN IT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(m) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the City Manager to nego...]
OKAY. AND WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER I MEAN ITEM SIX M BY COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER. YES. HI, JOY. HELLO. SO MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW THAT THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH DECORATING THE EXISTING AND NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS. SO THAT'S WHAT MY QUESTION RELATES TO. WERE WE WAITING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW CABINETS? NOT, I SAID, SIGNALS, I MEANT CABINETS. WERE WE WAITING ON THESE NEW CABINETS FOR THAT TO MOVE FORWARD? AND DOES THIS RELATE TO THAT AT ALL? NO, THEY DO NOT RELATE. THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT PARKS IS HEADING UP. OKAY, BUT WE WERE NOT WAITING TO FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE ADDITIONAL CABINETS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. OKAY. A COUPLE OF THEM HAD APPROACHED ME AND INQUIRED ABOUT THAT, SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO OR IF IT DID HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S MY QUESTION. EASY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT? YES. JOY CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL THAT WERE OUT. DO YOU HAVE LOCATIONS OF WHERE THESE CABINETS ARE OUT OR ARE Y'ALL JUST PREPARING FOR? WE'RE PREPARING FOR ON AVERAGE EVERY YEAR WE'VE BEEN GETTING ABOUT SEVEN DAMAGED SIGNAL CABINETS THAT OCCUR DUE TO CAR ACCIDENTS. THAT'S MOSTLY THE DAMAGE THAT THAT OCCURS. AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE A SUPPLY ON HAND TO REPLACE THOSE. AND AS WELL AS FINISHING OUT OUR CIP PROJECT, WHERE WE HAVE REPLACED ALL OF THE CABINETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SO DO THEY THE ONES THAT ARE NOT DAMAGED BY ACCIDENTS OR DO THEY? DO THEY HAVE A LIFESPAN OF HOW LONG THEY'LL THEY'LL WORK OR HOW MUCH MAINTENANCE HAS TO BE DONE ON THEM? SO THE LIFESPAN OF 15 YEARS, 15, TEN YEARS, HE WAS READY TO HAD THE FINGERS AND EVERYTHING. THAT'S MY TRAFFIC MANAGER. GREAT JOB. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO WHEN YOU'RE REPLACING THOSE, HOW DO HOW DO YOU GUYS IN PARKS DEPARTMENT COORDINATE WITH THE DECORATION. AND YOU KNOW, THE MURAL ASPECT OF IT. SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUT ONCE WE ONCE THOSE ART WRAPS OR HOWEVER THEY'RE GOING TO INSTALL THOSE ONCE THEY GET THAT APPROVED AND WHAT ART IS, THEN WE'LL WORK THAT OUT WITH THE ARTIST AND THROUGH[00:15:04]
THE CONTRACT. SO WE'LL JUST WORK THAT OUT. THAT'S THAT'S LOGISTICS. BUT YEAH OKAY. GREAT.THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. SO $199,000 IS WHAT THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO APPROVE. AND I DID HEAR THAT VEHICLES RUN INTO THESE THINGS. SO WHAT'S THE LONG TERM. IS THERE ANY OTHER PLAN BESIDES US. KEEP EVERYTHING THAT'S RUNNING OVER THAT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY OF TAXPAYERS MONEY. KEEP CHANGING OUT THE BOXES AND BUYING MORE BOXES. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE LONG TERM PLAN? WELL, THE LONG TERM PLAN IS TO TRY TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS, SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC, BUT, YOU KNOW, PUT BETTER MANAGEMENT OUT THERE OF JUST CONTROLLING SPEEDS AND AND JUST CARELESS DRIVING, YOU KNOW, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THAT.
BUT THIS IS IS COVERED BY INSURANCE AS WELL. SO WHEN THOSE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN WE DO HAVE RISK MANAGER AS WELL AS TMRS THAT GOES AFTER THE DRIVERS FOR THOSE INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS. THEY JUST DON'T FLOW BACK INTO THE DEPARTMENTS. THEY FLOW INTO FUND BALANCE.
GOT IT. OKAY. AND IF NOT, IS IT PML? I ALWAYS GET TMRS AND PML. LET ME STAND CORRECTED ON THAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX M IS
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APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. ITEM SIX N BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN. MOTION. THANK YOU. MAYOR.HI, JOY. SO WITH REGARDS TO THIS AI TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MY QUESTION IS WILL THIS POSSIBLY NO. I'M HOPING THAT THIS WILL EASE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ALL THE WAY. I KNOW THAT WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE MISSOURI CITY AREA, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS IF YOU'RE COMING FROM HIGHWAY 59 AS YOU TRAVEL THROUGH SUGAR LAND, IT IS JUST IT'S SYNCHRONIZED, REALLY GOOD. BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO DULLES, WE START BOTTLENECKING ALL THE WAY OUT.
SO WITH THIS NEW AI TECHNOLOGY, CAN IT BE SYNCHRONIZED TO EVEN MATCH THOSE SIGNALS IN SUGAR LAND SO THAT EVERYTHING JUST KEEPS GOING ALL THE WAY OUT PAST CRAIGMONT? SO IT WILL BE THE SAME SYSTEM THAT SUGAR LAND USES, WHICH IS AFTER WE'VE EXPLORED ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AI SYSTEMS, WE FOUND THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO GO AHEAD AND SYNCHRONIZE WITH OUR ABUTTING CITIES. SO CITY OF HOUSTON IS MOVING TO NO TRAFFIC AS WELL AS SUGAR LAND HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED. SO ONCE WE IMPLEMENT THIS ON HIGHWAY SIX, IT WILL CONNECT TO THEIR SYSTEM AND THEN THAT WILL EASE THAT FLOW. OKAY OKAY. WELL THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING THAT I WOULD HEAR ON TONIGHT. SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH ONCE WE GET THIS.
YEAH WE'LL BE WORKING WITH SUGAR LAND TO WITH THE TIMING. AND THAT'S WHAT THE AI SYSTEM WILL DO IN ITSELF AS WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM SIX N IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
[(o) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the repayment of $383,99...]
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM SIX O BY COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER. HELLO, BERTHA. HI. SO COUPLE QUESTIONS HERE. ARE THESE ADJUSTMENTS. COMMON IS THIS IS THIS DOES THIS TYPE OF ADJUSTMENT COMMON. HAVE WE SEEN THIS. OKAY. THESE TYPES OF ADJUSTMENTS ARE COMMON BUT THEY'RE USUALLY IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT $20,000 OR LESS OKAY. THIS IS THE FIRST THAT I AM AWARE OF THAT WE'VE HAD AN ADJUSTMENT OF THIS MAGNITUDE WITH THE FAST TURNAROUND THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO MAKE TO TO PAY THIS. OKAY. SO HOW DO WE GET ACTUALLY RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE COUNTY ASSESSOR, MISS CARMEN TURNER, WANTING THE PAYMENT THE SAME DAY. AND I ADVISE HER THAT THERE'S NO WAY THAT THAT I HAD THAT AUTHORITY TO DO SO, AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO BRING THIS BEFORE COUNCIL. AND IT WAS AT THE LAST MINUTE THAT WE. WHICH IS WHY IT'S O ON THE CONSENT ITEMS, BECAUSE IT WAS THE LAST ITEM WHEN WE JUST MADE IT BEFORE THE TIME WE HAD TO POST. AND SO I SAID AT THE EARLIEST, PROVIDING THAT I COULD WORK, AND I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CITY SECRETARY TO GET THIS ON THE AGENDA. SO, NO, THIS THIS MAGNITUDE IS IS NOT COMMON. BUT WE THESE TYPES OF ADJUSTMENTS ARE OKAY. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION.HOW WILL WE NOTIFIED OF THIS. SO. HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE CALL AND THE URGENCY OF NEEDING IT.
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RIGHT THEN AT THAT MOMENT. WELL, I THINK THE WAY THESE ADJUSTMENTS WORK, THERE'S A LOOKBACK OF OF FIVE YEARS. AND SO THE URGENCY I THINK OF THE CALL WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY WAS ON THE HOOK FOR HAVING TO PAY IT OUT, AND CONSIDERING IT WAS THE 30TH DAY, WHICH IS THE LAST DAY OF THE FISCAL YEAR PER AUDIT, THE COUNTY COULD NOT CARRY A NEGATIVE BALANCE ON ITS BOOKS. SO IT SHE LITERALLY HAD TO REACH OUT TO EVERY CITY AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE PAYMENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. NORMALLY, THESE TYPES OF ADJUSTMENTS ARE TAKEN FROM THE EARNINGS. AS EARNINGS COME IN, THEY DEDUCT WHAT IS HAS BEEN AWARDED BY THE COURTS, AND THEN THEY PROCEED TO GIVE US THE BALANCE BECAUSE IT WAS SO LARGE AND BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VERY BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR, THE RECEIPTS WERE NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO COVER THIS. SO THAT'S WHY THE COUNTY'S URGENCY, BECAUSE THEY THEY HAD TO GET ENOUGH RECEIPTS IN TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR BOOKS. SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST MISSOURI CITY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERY CITY THAT WAS IMPACTED BY THOSE LAWSUITS, AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, HCC, ANYONE THAT USED THOSE COLLECTIONS OR RECEIVED THOSE COLLECTIONS. AND THEY WERE OVERSTATED BASED ON THE LAWSUIT, HAD TO REIMBURSE OR REFUND THOSE COLLECTIONS. OKAY. AND SO WHERE IS THIS MONEY GOING TO COME FROM? FUND BALANCE. FROM THE FUND BALANCE, YES, IT WILL.IT WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCE BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR ALSO.
SO WE WILL BE ROLLING OVER THOSE COLLECTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED INTO FUND BALANCE, NET OF OUR EXPENSES. AND SO THEY THIS PAYMENT WOULD COME OUT OF FUND BALANCE OKAY, OKAY.
RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER BONEY. YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I THINK COUNCILWOMAN CLOUSER KIND OF ASKED SOME OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS HOW WE GOT HERE AND THAT THIS WAS GENERATED BY A LAWSUIT FILED BY A SMALL BUSINESS OR COMPANIES.
YES. WHO FELT THAT THEY WERE OVERCHARGED AND THEY WON IN COURT. CORRECT. AND AS A RESULT, THE COUNTY HAD TO PAY FOR WHAT THEY HAD COLLECTED. CORRECT. OR IS IT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT? THE COUNTY PAYS? THE COUNTY, RECEIVES THE COLLECTIONS AND PAYS OUT. BUT IT WAS THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT APPRAISAL THAT OVERSTATED, OVERSTATED. AND SO SO BASICALLY WE RECEIVED AS A CITY AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE, MORE MONEY THAN TECHNICALLY WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN. CORRECT. SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE JUST GIVING THEM BACK OR GIVING THEM 383,000, RIGHT? I MEAN, OF COURSE I'D LOVE TO KEEP IT. YEAH. ME TOO. BUT BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR AS TO IT'S JUST NOT US THAT WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING IN ERROR. IT WAS. YES. AND THIS GOES TO THE SAME ARGUMENT THAT YOU HEAR FROM RESIDENTS EVERY YEAR ABOUT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, SETTING THE TAX RATE AND THE CITY SAYING THE VALUATIONS COME FROM CAD AND THAT WHOLE BACK AND FORTH. WELL, THIS IS A CLEAR INDICATION HERE THAT IF WE HAD ANY CONTROL OVER IT, WE WOULD WANT TO KEEP THOSE FUNDS. BUT THIS IS CAD THAT'S DETERMINING THE VALUATION.
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO'S REPRESENTING ALL THE ENTITIES IN COURT. AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY LOSE, WE'RE HAVING TO PAY THAT BACK. SO WE'RE TOTALLY CONTINGENT, RELIANT ON CAD FOR DOING ACCURATE ASSESSMENTS AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT THEY ARE SO THAT WE BUDGET FOR THOSE VALUES. THEN THAT'S WHAT WE CAN RELY ON. BUT GIVEN THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I'VE ASKED STAFF TO DO IS TO TRY TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MEET WITH CAD REPRESENTATIVES, BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GET BLINDSIDED BY THESE KIND OF ADJUSTMENTS.
SO I WANT TO KNOW KIND OF WHAT'S THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, WHAT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF WORST CASE, BEST CASE. AND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE FORTUNATELY FOR US, WE DO NOT BUDGET AT 100% OF COLLECTIONS FOR OUR TAXES. WE DO THAT FOR A REASON BECAUSE THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN. PEOPLE DISPUTE THEIR VALUES. SOME WIN, SOME DON'T. BUT THAT'S WHY WE CANNOT BUDGET AT 100%. BUT THE QUESTION BECOMES NOW WITH THIS, DO WE NEED TO REALLY REEVALUATE THE AMOUNT THAT WE ANTICIPATE IN COLLECTIONS SO THAT WE MAINTAIN SOME ASIDE, JUST IN CASE WE HAVE TO PAY BACK? WELL, I THINK THAT'S WISE AND PRUDENT TO MEET WITH THE CHIEF APPRAISER AND
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THOSE FOLKS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE OFTENTIMES HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE'S VALUATIONS GOING UP ON THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY, BUT IT ALSO HITS BUSINESSES AS WELL. AND I THINK IT'S REAL DISTURBING THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN. I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL SINCE 2017 AND I'VE NEVER SEEN IT HIT LIKE THIS. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. I THINK EVEN SUGARLAND GOT HIT WITH $2 MILLION. YEAH, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IT COULD REALLY IMPACT US IN A MAJOR WAY. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US TO MEET WITH, WITH THOSE THAT ENTITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING A PLAN IN PLACE AND PROTECTING OURSELVES. YEAH. AND I KNOW THAT I WAS TOLD THAT THERE MAY BE ETHICAL REASONS WHY THEY DON'T MEET WITH MUNICIPALITIES, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO APPEAR TO BE SWAYING. BUT I WOULD HOPE THEY HAVE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR SOMEBODY COMPARABLE TO, TO TO MYSELF THAT COULD SPEAK TO OPERATIONS AND SPEAK TO WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WE WILL DEFINITELY BE PURSUING THAT BECAUSE WE JUST NEED IT FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. SO THAT THAT WE'RE WE'RE CLEAR IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR RISK IS, OKAY. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, CONSIDERING THAT THIS WAS A LAWSUIT AND SOMETIMES THERE'S INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT WILL PAY FOR LAWSUITS AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL EVEN PAY FOR SETTLEMENT OF FUNDS. WAS THAT NOT AN OPPORTUNITY OR WAS THAT NOT AVAILABLE? INSTEAD OF US HAVING TO PAY FOR THESE FUNDS? TO BE HONEST, WE NEVER REALLY EVEN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THAT BECAUSE OF THE URGENCY OF WHEN WE NEEDED TO PAY IT. BUT WE DEFINITELY WOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT TO SEE IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY. OKAY. AND I TOO HAD HEARD SOME OTHER ASTRONOMICAL NUMBERS ABOUT SOME FUNDS THAT OUR SISTER CITIES HAD TO RETURN. DO YOU KNOW OF ANY OF THOSE AMOUNTS? NO, I OKAY, YEAH. THAT'S OKAY. I JUST GET IT WITH MY KEEP UP WITH. THAT. WAS THAT WAS ENOUGH OF A HEADACHE TO DO THAT. YEAH, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. AND I GUESS IT JUST TRULY, TRULY CONCERNS ME BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING A LOT OF DIRT RIGHT NOW INSIDE OF OUR OWN CITY. WE'RE BRINGING IN NEW DEVELOPMENT AND OUR CURRENT DEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES OUT TO OUR NEW NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE OUT OFF OF HIGHWAY SIX. AND FOR ME, IT'S JUST IMAGINING IF THEY DECIDED TO GO BACK AND, YOU KNOW, FILE THIS TYPE OF LAWSUIT, WHAT TYPE OF PROBLEMS WE WOULD HAVE. SO I DO APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU CAN SPEAK WITH THE CHIEF APPRAISAL PEOPLE OR SOMEONE OVER THERE, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS RIGHT. RIGHT. AND I ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO SIT ON THOSE BOARDS TO BE MORE COMMUNICATIVE, YOU KNOW, TO OUR CITY STAFF MEMBERS AND OUR CITY LEADERSHIP TEAM SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS RIGHT. THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY, $384,000 THAT WE'RE HAVING TO GIVE BACK BECAUSE OF MISSTATED VALUES, VALUES, PROPERTY VALUES. IT'S ABSURD. MY LAST QUESTION IS, ARE WE REQUIRED BY LAW TO RETURN THIS MONEY? YES. BOO. OKAY. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER I DO. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. SO YOU KNOW, THE THING OUT THERE WITH OUR TAXPAYERS WHO ARE NOT AWARE, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE KEEP OUR TAX RATE WHERE, WHERE IT IS. BUT EVERY YEAR THE CAT GOES UP ON YOUR PROPERTY VALUATION AND IN TURN AROUND, EVEN THOUGH OUR TAX RATE IS REMAINED THE SAME, THEIR TAXES GONE UP. YES. SO THEY TURN AROUND AND SAY IT'S IT'S CITY. THAT'S RAISING THE TAX UP. SO CITY. THE PEOPLE THAT GETS APPOINTED TO THESE PORTMAN CAT. DO THEY COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON. IT. AS FAR AS THE MEMBERS, THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT SITS ON THESE COMMISSIONS. SO WE'VE REQUESTED THAT THEY COME AND.NO, NO, THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION. OKAY. DO WE VOTE ON AS A CITY? DO WE THROW OUR VOTES TOWARDS A CANDIDATES THAT SITS ON IT OR NOT? YES. SO IT COMES BEFORE US. YES. RIGHT. YES. AND WITH OTHER CITIES THAT'S IN THE COUNTY. AND WE HAVE THIS BODY HAS BEEN ASKING YOUR OFFICE. YES. TO HAVE THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEFORE US THAT WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON TO COME BEFORE US. SO THIS WAY WE CAN SEE WHAT THEIR PLAN IS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY VALUATION.
CORRECT? CORRECT. AND WHAT'S THE MESSAGE YOU GET WHEN YOU ASK FOR THEM TO MEET WITH US? I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE BACK. THE LAST TIME I TRIED, NO ONE RESPONDED BACK TO MY EMAILS AND WE'VE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL WITH HAVING THOSE CANDIDATES ACTUALLY COME BEFORE THIS BODY.
OKAY, SO IN THIS SITUATION, YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTS WHO ARE FIGHTING
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THEIR PROPERTY VALUATION RATE IF IT GOES HIGHER. BUT IN THIS SITUATION, IT WAS BUSINESS THAT FOUGHT IT THAT THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERED THIS BIG AMOUNT OF OF THE THE FEE THAT YOU'RE SAYING FROM EACH OF THE CITIES THAT THEY'RE COLLECTING. SO I THINK WE NEED TO I THINK WE NEED TO LET OUR TAXPAYERS KNOW THAT WHERE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, WHY ARE WE GIVING THIS BACK SOMEHOW, NOT JUST THROUGH HERE, JUST A MOTION AND AN APPROVAL? I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE PUT IT OUT THERE.HOW THIS BECAUSE THAT'S ALMOST $400,000 THAT IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN NEXT YEAR, IT MIGHT BE 450 OR MAYBE A MILLION. THAT'S SIMILAR TO SUGAR LAND OR OTHER OTHER CITIES THAT WE HAVE. WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE PAYING. SO THE THIS HAS TO BE PUT OUT THERE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT DUE TO A ERROR FROM OUR OFFICE, MEANING THE BUDGET COMPLIANCE OFFICE, BUT THIS HAS TO BE PUT OUT THERE. SO THIS WAY PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT. OTHERWISE THIS IS A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. IF IT WASN'T PROCESS IT WOULD JUST BE A MOTION AND A VOTE. AND IT PASSES AND IT GETS DONE AND IT'S GONE. NO ONE ELSE KNOWS WHERE THIS MONEY WENT. SO I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES FOR PULLING THESE ITEMS THAT THEY WANT TO BRING IT ON FORWARD AND STARTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS. SO I JUST I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT THE BUDGET OFFICE OR YOUR OFFICE WOULD DO. I THINK MAYBE, PERHAPS IN OUR NEWSLETTER. YES, THAT WE CONTROL THAT GOES OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS, MAYBE NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF EXPLANATION OF WHY WE GIVE THIS MONEY BACK, BECAUSE IT TENDS TO BE EVEN THOUGH WE KEEP THE TAX RATE WHERE IT IS, IT'S ALWAYS THE CITY THAT'S RAISING THE TAXES ON PEOPLE. RIGHT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC EYE. AND WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS HOW TO GET THIS OUT. BUT I CREATED A ONE PAGE SUMMARY THAT KIND OF OUTLINES, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS REFUND. AND BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, TO SUM UP, THE CITY MUST ISSUE REFUNDS TO THE COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR WHEN THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAD LOWERS CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUES THROUGH PROTEST, APPEALS OR CORRECTIONS. THIS ENSURES TAXPAYERS ARE NOT OVERCHARGED AND ONLY PAY BASED ON THEIR CORRECTED PROPERTY VALUES. REFUNDS OCCUR WHEN CAD LOWERS CERTIFIED VALUES AFTER PROTESTS, APPEALS, LITIGATION, OR CORRECTIONS. EACH TAXING ENTITY CITY, COUNTY, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, MUDS, ETC. REFUNDS IS PORTION OVER THE OVER COLLECTED TAXES.
REFUNDS EQUAL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WAS COLLECTED AND WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COLLECTED BASED ON CORRECTED VALUES. THIS IS A ROUTINE STATUTORY PROCESS UNDER TEXAS LAW. TEXAS LAW ALLOWS CAD TO MAKE RETROACTIVE ADJUSTMENTS GOING BACK UP TO FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS WHICH IS NAMED THE LOOKBACK PERIOD. THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW IS SUPPOSED TO BALANCE FAIRNESS TO TAXPAYERS WITH CERTAINTY FOR TAXING ENTITIES FOR MISSOURI CITY, TYPICAL ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS ARE UNDER 20,000. THIS CURRENT REFUND OF $383,992 IS UNUSUALLY HIGH. STAFF HAS REQUESTED SUPPORT DATA FROM CAD TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS AN ANOMALY OR NEW TREND. AND SO ONCE WE GET THAT INFORMATION, THEN WE WILL BE EVALUATING AND DETERMINING NEXT STEPS. BUT THAT'S THE GIST OF THIS REFUND. WELL THANK YOU I'M GOING TO YIELD BACK RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER CLAUS. YES. CITY MANAGER JONES I WOULD JUST ASK THAT MAYBE YOU ADD TO THAT THAT OUR CITY IS REQUIRED BY LAW USING THAT LANGUAGE. AND THEN AND THEN ALSO INCLUDING THAT IF WE DON'T, THIS IS WHAT OUR PENALTY WOULD BE IF WE DON'T COMPLY BY LAW. OKAY. SECOND, I WOULD ALSO MY SUGGESTION IS THAT YOU ADD WHAT WE ARE DOING TO TO PROPOSE AVOIDING THIS SITUATION IN THE FUTURE. I DON'T IF YOU WANT TO JUST KEEP IT TOP LINE, BUT JUST GIVING REASSURANCES TO RESIDENTS AS TO HOW WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE MEASURES, PROGRESSIVE MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. AND THEN SECONDLY, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR US TO PUT THIS INFORMATION IN OUR NEWSPAPER OF RECORD? AS ONE OF THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATING TO
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THE PUBLIC? AS MAYOR SUGGESTED? WE CAN CONSIDER SOME ALTERNATIVES AS TO HOW WE THE BEST WAY TO GET THIS OUT AS A CONSIDERATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER. I'M GOING TO REMOVE MYSELF FROM THE QUEUE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME FOR ITEM O. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BONEY, FOR THE MOTION. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER FOR THE SECOND. WE'LL VOTE NOW. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.[(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against proposed amendment...]
THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO ITEM SEVEN. OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS. ITEM A ZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES. THIS WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING NON-CONFORMING USES. OUR PRESENTER, JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ. WELL, MAYOR PRO TEM, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES, MA'AM. IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK? NO. THERE'S NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS. AND I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ITEM SEVEN, A ONE. THE ATTORNEY 72. 72. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF[(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 16, NONCONFORMING USE OF LAND OR BUILDINGS.NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES OF APPENDIX A OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE ENTITLED THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDING RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO NONCONFORMING USES, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
THANK YOU. JENNIFER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALIGN THE CITY'S EXISTING NONCONFORMING REGULATIONS WITH STATE CODE NONCONFORMING REGULATIONS RECOGNIZE, USES, STRUCTURES, PROPERTY, LOTS THAT WERE LAWFUL PRIOR TO ZONING AMENDMENTS THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED OR AMENDED THOSE RULES.
NONCONFORMING REGULATIONS ALLOW THESE USES AND STRUCTURES TO CONTINUE UNDER CERTAIN PROVISIONS. WHAT THESE CHANGES WOULD DO IS TO SEPARATE TERMINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES FROM NONCONFORMING USES. NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURES WOULD CONTINUE, BUT WOULD LOSE THEIR NONCONFORMING STATUS IF THE STRUCTURE IS ABANDONED, IF IT'S DESTROYED OR SEVERELY DAMAGED, NONCONFORMING USES WOULD CONTINUE BUT LOSE THEIR NONCONFORMING STATUS IF ABANDONED, CONVERTED, CONVERTED TO A CONFORMING USE, OR TERMINATED BY THE CITY. IF THE CITY TERMINATES A NONCONFORMING USE, THEN OWNERS AND TENANTS ARE ENTITLED TO NOTICE AS WELL AS COMPENSATION, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING BOTH OF THOSE PROVISIONS. NOTICE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO BE SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGES TO RULES AND REGULATIONS BY STATE LAW AS WELL, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEY DO FORWARD A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE TAKING THE CITY'S NONCONFORMING REGULATIONS IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ALIGNING IT WITH EXISTING STATE CODE. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER KLAUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BOWEN. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 73 IS
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A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING THE USE OF PROPERTY FOR SMOKE SHOPS THROUGHOUT MISSOURI CITY. WE'LL NOW CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 7A3 CITY SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT. IF NO FURTHER COMMENTS,[(4) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 783. ITEM SEVEN A FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION FOUR DEFINITIONS AND SECTION SEVEN USE DISTRICTS OF APPENDIX A OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE ENTITLED THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ZONING ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW SMOKE SHOPS IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. CAN WE HAVE JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ OKAY? SO SMOKE SHOPS AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, THE[00:40:03]
CITY HAS EVALUATED POLICIES AND IMPACTS ON HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE. CITY COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED STAFF TO LOOK AT WAYS TO LIMIT THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF SMOKE SHOPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THESE RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, AND SHOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SPILLOVER INTO THE CITY. THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 21 ONE THAT IS STILL IN PROGRESS. THE CITY IS CURRENTLY UNDER A MORATORIUM RESTRICTING ANY NEW APPLICATIONS OR APPROVALS. EXISTING ZONING REGULATIONS DO NOT CURRENTLY SPELL OUT SMOKE SHOPS AS A SPECIFIED USE. WHAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD DO IS TO CREATE A DEFINITION OF WHAT DEFINES A SMOKE SHOP. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEFINITION APPROVED FOR THE MORATORIUM PERIOD. WHAT THIS WOULD ALSO DO IS ESTABLISH THAT SMOKE SHOPS ARE PROHIBITED WITHIN ALL OF THE CITY'S COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. AND SO THIS IS THE IMPACT OF THOSE CHANGES ON THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEY DO FORWARD A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. ALL RIGHT.THANK YOU. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK. WE HAVE A QUESTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM RAMOS. THANK YOU. JENNIFER, I WANTED TO ASK IN DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THIS, I'VE FOUND WHERE OTHER CITIES HAVE EVEN EXPANDED THE. LENGTH, IF YOU WILL, UP TO LIKE OVER 1000FT OF THESE SMOKE SHOPS. BEING CLOSE TO SCHOOLS, DAYCARES, HOSPITALS, THOSE TYPES OF ITEMS, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY FOR US HERE IN THE CITY? YEAH. AND THERE'S SOME COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED BUFFERS. THIS WOULD EFFECTIVELY PROHIBIT IT. SO THEY WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED PERIOD. WITHIN THE CITY. IF THE COUNCIL WAS LOOKING AT IDENTIFYING A DISTRICT, THEN THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD PROBABLY BE TO ALSO LOOK AT THOSE BUFFERS AS WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. THANK YOU. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT.
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THANK YOU. ITEM 7A5, THE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING THE USE OF PROPERTY FOR LIQUOR STORES THROUGHOUT MISSOURI CITY WILL NOW GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM SEVEN, A FIVE CITY SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE REQUESTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT. OKAY. THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS. WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC[(6) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
HEARING. 785. WE'LL GO TO 7A6. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION SEVEN USE DISTRICTS OF APPENDIX A OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE ENTITLED THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ZONING ORDINANCE REMOVING PACKAGED LIQUOR STORE USES FROM TWO LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICTS, PROVIDING FOR PACKAGED LIQUOR STORES AND LC3 RETAIL DISTRICTS. PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ OKAY. SO SIMILAR TO SMOKE SHOP LIQUOR STORES, CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE AND REVIEW OF OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, DIRECTED STAFF TO CONSIDER LOCATIONS WHERE LIQUOR STORES ARE ABLE TO BE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WILL.CURRENTLY, LIQUOR STORES ARE PERMITTED IN OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AS USES BY RIGHT. THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 18 EXISTING STORES, WITH TWO THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PERMITTING.
WHAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD DO IS TO ESTABLISH THAT THE LC3 DISTRICT, WHICH IS MORE THE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, IS THE LOCATION WHERE LIQUOR STORES WOULD BE ABLE TO OPERATE.
THE LC2 DISTRICT WOULD NO LONGER ALLOW FOR PACKAGED LIQUOR STORES TO BE LOCATED WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES. THE LC1 DISTRICT BASICALLY SAYS THAT THE SALE OF ALCOHOL RELATED TO LIKE A GROCERY STORE, OR INCIDENTAL TO THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE. AND THIS IS THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE EXISTING CODE AND THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE. AGAIN, THIS WOULD RESTRICT LIQUOR STORES TO THE LC3 DISTRICT AS A USE BY RIGHT.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEY DO FORWARD A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY,
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SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BONEY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM 7A7 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF[(7) Consideration and Possible Action - Second and Final Reading - An ordi...]
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. OKAY, WE HAVE SHASHI KUMAR. OR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS ITEM CAME IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. THIS TRACT OF LAND IS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PLANTATION RIDGE DRIVE, AND 1092 ENCOMPASSES THE JOHNNY TAMALES TRACT. THE APPLICANT, PLANTATION CREEK, REQUESTED ADDING INDOOR SPORTS, SOME KIND OF A LOUNGE AND TO REMOVE THE TIME RESTRICTIONS. THIS WAS REVIEWED BY COUNCIL AS A FIRST READING. COUNCIL APPROVED IT WITH CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS. COUNCIL WANTED TO LIST ALL ALLOWABLE LC TO USES IN THE ORDINANCE, WHICH WE HAVE UNDER EXHIBIT C, WANTED TO PROHIBIT WINDOW SIGNAGE IN NONRESIDENTIAL AREAS. THE SAME HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE AND TO ESTABLISH A TIME LIMIT OF CLOSING A2M, WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED, WANTED TO DEFINE LOUNGE, WHICH HAS BEEN DEFINED AS A PLACE WHERE ALCOHOL IS SERVED AND DOES NOT EXCEED 500FT■!S, AD TO AUTHORIZE HEALTH AND WELLNESS USES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS ORDINANCE. SO THIS HAS BEEN INCORPORATED WITHIN THE ORDINANCE. WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. WE HAVE RECOGNIZED COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO ASK CITY MANAGER. SO DID WE RESOLVE ANY OF THE ISSUES? I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE JUST VOTED ON, EVEN THE NON-CONFORMING USE CONVERSATION. DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATE OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH WHAT BASICALLY WHAT WE OPTED TO DO IN LIGHT OF THE NONCONFORMANCE WAS TO RESTRICT THOSE ANY SMOKE SHOPS OR PACKAGED LIQUOR STORES. LIQUOR STORES ARE NOT ALLOWED HERE. THOSE ARE NOT ALLOWED.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THIS SIMILAR QUESTION IN A DIFFERENT WAY. SO WE'RE NOT CARVING OUT NO DIFFERENT THINGS. NO. EXCEPT FOR WHAT WE VOTED OUT WHICH IS A SMOKE SHOP. CORRECT. RIGHT. BECAUSE I KNOW THE INITIAL WAS TO COME BACK. CORRECT. BUT BECAUSE OF NONCONFORMING, ESPECIALLY IN AN EXISTING PD, WE FELT THAT IT WAS BEST TO JUST CARVE OUT THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE CARVED OUT SPECIFICALLY. AND THEN LCT LRRK2 USES WOULD REMAIN. SO LRRK2 HAS NO RESTRICTIONS. WE HAVEN'T PUT ANY RESTRICTIONS ON LRRK2 ON OTHER THAN WHAT, OTHER THAN THE CARVE OUT FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING.
RIGHT? YES. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS NOT JUST THIS PD, NOT JUST THIS 19, BUT ANY OTHER LC, LC, TWOS, RIGHT. SO WE'RE NOT WE'RE EXCEPT FOR THE, THE ORDINANCE THAT JUST GOT PASSED WITH THE VAPE SHOP AND LIQUOR STORES. WE'RE NOT CARVING OUT ANYTHING.
EVERYTHING REMAINS THE WAY IT IS. THE WAY IT IS FOR NOW. YES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. ITEM SEVEN EIGHT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE
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AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS ORDINANCES EIGHT A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, GRANTING GFL OF TEXAS LP A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP DBA GFL ENVIRONMENTAL THE RIGHT PRIVILEGE AND FRANCHISE TO USE THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY TO CONDUCT A SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES BUSINESS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS WITHIN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. PROVIDING A TERM PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. WE HAVE JASON MANGUM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I DO NOT HAVE A FORMER FORMAL POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE READINGS FOR AN ORDINANCE GRANTING GFL ENVIRONMENTAL FRANCHISE TO OPERATE TRASH AND RECYCLING SERVICES BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2026. THE CITY GRANTS FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS TO PRIVATE ENTITIES[00:50:06]
SO THAT WE CAN REGULATE THE WAY THEY OPERATE IN OUR CITY, AND THIS IS BE COINCIDING WITH THEIR NEW CONTRACT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY LOOKING FOR A SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK COUNCILMEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN MARSH. THANK YOU, MAYOR JASON, JUST REALLY QUICKLY. THIS IS ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE GRANTING OF THE FRANCHISE. THIS IS NOT US DISCUSSING FEES OR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON TONIGHT. THAT PORTION HAS ALREADY MOVED FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution to designate authoriz...]
ITEM NINE OUR RESOLUTIONS NINE A. 9AA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, DESIGNATING AUTHORIZED SIGNATORIES FOR CONTRACTUAL DOCUMENTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION PROGRAM WITH THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE. OKAY, WE HAVE JOEY JOHNSON. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT THIS IS JUST TO GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR IN ORDER TO HAVE CONTRACTUAL AND OTHER DOCUMENTS EXECUTED FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU.WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BONEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. JOEY, WE ALMOST GOT YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM ITEM NUMBER TEN IS A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE DON'T HAVE NONE. NO. ALL RIGHT, THE TIME IS 7:48 P.M. WITH HEARING NO OTHER FURTHER BUSINESSES HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
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