Dec 01, 2025 City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. SO TODAY IS MONDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2025.

WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:33 P.M..

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE. IT'LL BE LED BY GIRL SCOUT TROOP NUMBER 157018.

COME ON UP.

YEP. THAT'S.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, ONE INVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

WAIT, WAIT. HOLD ON. ANDREW. ANDREW. WE'RE GOING TO.

ALL. YEAH. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. YOU NEED US TO SHIFT OVER.

OKAY. SHIFT OVER. THIS WAY. TO THE LEFT. THERE WE GO.

GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM WE HAVE FOR IS PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION.

[(a) Administer Oath of Office for the 2025 - 2026 Mayor's Youth Commis...]

SO I'M GOING TO INVITE GERALD TO COME OVER HERE.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. SO FIRST WE HAVE OUR HISTORIAN, MISS LAUREN LAY.

NEXT WE HAVE OUR SECRETARY, MISS ANVESHA SUBRAMANIAM.

AND OUR VICE PRESIDENT, MISS EVELINA SHAJU. AND OUR PRESIDENT, MISS PRIYA SEBASTIAN.

AND THIS IS OUR SECOND FEMALE PRESIDENCY IN A ROW.

OKAY. WELL, I WANT TO WISH THEM CONGRATULATIONS.

AND TO THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I WAS THERE FOR THIS ELECTION NIGHT AND THE PRESIDENT HAD A PEN.

THAT WAS HIS VOTE FOR YOU. UNDERNEATH EVERY SINGLE CHAIR.

AND THAT'S HOW SHE WON THE PRESIDENCY. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. RIGHT.

AND I ASKED IF THAT WAS RIGHT TO DO SO. I SAID YES, IT WAS.

IT'S CONSIDERED AS WELL. YES, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. SO ARE YOU READY TO TAKE YOUR OATH? YES. OKAY. SO. YOU GUYS OKAY? ALL RIGHT. REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME. ALRIGHT.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.

THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE DUTIES OF OFFICE OF OFFICE OF NAME YOUR OFFICE SECRETARY.

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI.

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OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PRESERVE, TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TO COME DOWN TO, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A GROUP PICTURE WITH THEM BECAUSE NEXT TIME YOU'LL SEE THEM PROBABLY AT THEIR GRADUATION.

BUT SO COME ON DOWN.

SO I GUESS WE ALSO WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOUR PLAN FOR THIS YEAR IS.

ANYONE PRESIDENT. I SAY PRESIDENT OR LET MY NUMBERS SPEAK FOR ANYBODY.

OH, TELL THE AUDIENCE WHAT YOUR PLAN FOR MARRIAGE.

SO THIS YEAR, OUR PLAN FOR MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION IS NOT ONLY ABOUT, LIKE, JUST BEING ELECTED AS OFFICIALS.

IT'S, LIKE, DEEPLY WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE VALUES. LIKE IT'S NOT JUST, OH, I'M IN THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION.

THIS IS LIKE A BIG THING ON MY COLLEGE RECORD.

IT'S MORE ABOUT WE TAKE TIME OUT OF OUR SCHOOL DAYS TO COME HERE AS A GROUP, AS A TEAM, TO DEVELOP MORE ON OUR OWN CIVIC SKILLS AND MORE LIKE AS A TEAM DEVELOPMENT. LIKE I WORK WITH MY TEAM, I LISTEN TO THEIR IDEAS.

IT'S MORE ABOUT I HEAR THE IDEAS OF MY YOUTH AND I WORK TOGETHER TO LIKE, EMPOWER MY COMMUNITY.

AND SO I'M NOT HERE WITHOUT MY TEAM MEMBERS AND I'M NOT HERE.

FIRST OF ALL, PRESIDENT IS NOT THERE WITHOUT THE PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR THEM FOR.

SO WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION, IT'S THE YOUTH, THE 109 STUDENTS THAT TAKE TIME OUT OF SCHOOL.

THEY COULD BE AT SOFTBALL PRACTICE, DUAL PRACTICE, BUT THEY TAKE TIME TO COME AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND I WOULD LIKE MY CO MEMBERS TO ADD ON.

OKAY. THAT WAS LIKE SUCH AN AMAZING SPEECH. YOU DID LIKE.

THAT WAS AMAZING. YEAH. BUT AS HISTORIAN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ALL OF US JUST TAKE TIME OUT OF OUR DAY TO COME AND HELP YOU GUYS, AND WELL, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION STUDENTS.

AND I JUST WANT, AS THE HISTORIAN, TO RECORD WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE DO TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.

PEOPLE JUST HELPING THEM HAVE FUN AT THE SNOW FEST AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND HELPING DOING THINGS LIKE PICKING UP TRASH AND JUST HELPING OUR COMMUNITY BE THE BEST IT CAN BE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING THIS YEAR, RECORDING MAKING A YEARBOOK AND ALL THINGS LIKE THAT, RECORDING THINGS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS MY HONOR TO, LIKE, BE IN THIS POSITION RIGHT NOW.

I'M SO THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE WHO VOTED FOR ME AND EVEN EVERYONE WHO DIDN'T.

I'M JUST SO THANKFUL THEY'RE ON THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION AND THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP OUT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THEY BOTH HIGHLIGHTED EVERYTHING I WANTED TO SAY VERY WELL.

BUT AS VICE PRESIDENT, SERVING UNDER PRIYA AND WITH THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI CITY, WE HOPE TO CREATE AN IMPACT NOT JUST AS THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THIS GENERATION, BUT AS THE FUTURE LEADERS OF TOMORROW AND OF MISSOURI CITY.

AND WE HOPE TO CREATE AN IMPACT THAT'S NOT JUST AVAILABLE TO THE YOUTH, BUT TO ALL MEMBERS OF MISSOURI CITY USING THE VALUES THAT WE'RE TAUGHT IN THIS COMMISSION.

SO EVERYONE DID AN AMAZING JOB OF SAYING WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID, BUT SO I'LL KEEP IT REALLY SHORT AND SWEET.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, I BELIEVE THAT THE WORLD IS MALLEABLE, AND I THINK ADVOCACY IN OUR YOUTH CAN PROPEL THAT CHANGE FOR THE FUTURE.

AND I THINK BY BEING ON THIS COUNCIL AND BY WORKING WITH THESE AMAZING PEOPLE, WE'RE ABLE TO INVOKE THAT CHANGE AND PROMOTE IT IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY, WITHIN OUR OWN YOUTH. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AWESOME. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY GERALD DID TALK THE PRESIDENT.

THERE'S NO I IN A TEAM, RIGHT? THERE YOU GO. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, PARENTS.

IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, TAKE PICTURES CLOSER.

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THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

OH. IT'S HERE. OH THAT'S GREAT.

OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FOUR. I MEAN, NOT FOUR. FIVE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. HEY EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS DANISH ABHAYARATNA.

I LIVE AT 4427 PINE LANDING DRIVE. THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT THE METRO.

HOPEFULLY YOU ALL GOT MY EMAIL WHERE I SUMMARIZED SOME OF WHAT'S HAPPENING OR WHAT THE POLL I SENT OUT.

BUT BASICALLY LAST NIGHT I SAW THIS AGENDA ITEM ON, ON ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.

AND I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE FOLKS IN MISSOURI CITY THOUGHT ABOUT OUR DEAL WITH THE METRO.

SO I TRIED TO SUMMARIZE THE DEAL, THE VOTE, AND WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING TODAY.

AND YOU KNOW, WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY SHOCKED BY THE AMOUNT OF VOTES I RECEIVED IN A SHORT TIME.

SO I POSTED IT LAST NIGHT AT LIKE 9 P.M. AND AS OF A FEW MINUTES AGO, IT HAS 151 VOTES.

SO CLEARLY PEOPLE WERE, YOU KNOW, EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE AND TALK ABOUT A SUBJECT AS BORING AS OUR OUR CONTRACTS WITH OUR TRANSIT AUTHORITIES.

SO JUST AS A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE RESULTS 66 VOTED 66 VOTES.

SORRY, 68 VOTES FOR. NO, FOR WE WE DON'T WANT TO RENEW 66 VOTES FOR RENEGOTIATING PRIOR TO RENEWAL AND SIX VOTES FOR RENEWING THE CONTRACT AS IS, AND THEN 12 VOTES FOR.

I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO LEARN MORE. SO BASICALLY, BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THE SCOPE AND TIMING OF THE DECISION IS. BUT I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK INTO SOME OF THE COMMENTS ON THAT POST.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE COMMENTING WHETHER THEY LIKED IT, WHETHER THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT AND WHY.

BUT I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO RENEGOTIATE THE DEAL, IT GIVES US A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT WE WOULD RENEGOTIATE FOR, WHETHER THAT'S EXPANDING CURB TO CURB, WHETHER THAT'S EXPANDING WHERE THE BUS ROUTE GOES OR IF WE ACTUALLY WANT TO DO, YOU KNOW, THE BIG DOG MOVE AND PULL OUT. WE CAN LOOK AT THE EXAMPLE THAT HAPPENED OUT IN THE DFW AREA WITH PLANO.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE OTHER CITIES IN DFW THAT ALSO FOLLOWED SUIT, BUT THEY'RE WORKING WITH THEIR STATE REP AND ACTUALLY GETTING IT WORKING TO GET IT, PUT IT UP FOR VOTE AND THEN CHANGE IT IN THE LEGISLATURE.

LEGISLATURE. Y'ALL GET WHAT WORD I'M TALKING ABOUT.

BUT BUT BASICALLY MY MY ENCOURAGEMENT IS TO YOU GUYS TODAY IS TO YOU KNOW, DISCUSS SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE WENT THROUGH THUS FAR BECAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE DONE SOME WORK ON IT AND THEN TALK ABOUT WHAT THE BEST PATH FORWARD IS, BECAUSE AS WE HAD ALL THIS COMMERCIAL GROWTH I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THAT MONEY IN THE CITY.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING. HAVE A GOOD ONE.

BYE. ROSALIND. HAROLD. MRS. HAROLD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

WHAT? WHAT AGENDA ITEM? AGENDA ITEM £0.07 AND SEVEN Q.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ROSALIND HAROLD, AND MY ADDRESS IS 4511 PINE LANDING DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY,

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TODAY, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GENERAL CONCERN AS THE COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD IN APPROVING RENOVATIONS AND REPAIR EXPENDITURES FOR THE COURSE.

FIRST, I URGE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO RECEIVED A FINANCIAL DONATION FROM ANY CONTRACTOR OR BUSINESS ENTITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOLF COURSE RENOVATION TO RECUSE HIMSELF OR HERSELF FROM VOTING ON THESE EXPENSES EXPENDITURES.

I AM NOT ASSERTING ANYTHING UNSAVORY OR UNTOWARD HAS OCCURRED TO DATE, BUT IT DOES GIVE THE APPEARANCE THAT CONTRACTORS, IF THEY'VE DONATED TO YOUR CAMPAIGNS, HAVE AN INSIDE TRACK ON GETTING THEIR CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY APPROVED.

SECOND, I WOULD URGE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO LIVES ON THE GOLF COURSE AND WHO WOULD PERSONALLY BENEFIT OR COULD FINANCIALLY PROFIT FROM THE GOLF COURSE RENOVATIONS TO ALSO CONSIDER RECUSING HIMSELF OR HERSELF FROM VOTING ON REPAIR EXPENDITURES.

THIS BENEFIT INCLUDES INCLUDES THE LIKELIHOOD OF AN INCREASE IN YOUR PROPERTY'S VALUE BECAUSE OF THE RENOVATION OR REPAIR COST.

THAT'S ALL THE CONCERNS I HAD TODAY. THAT'S JUST, GENERALLY SPEAKING, REGARDING THE REPAIR RENOVATIONS THAT YOU ALL WILL BE CONSIDERING TODAY OR MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK ON MY CONCERNS.

BRUCE ZAMBRASKI WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM £0.07.

MRS. DOMBROWSKI, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU. I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER THAN CAROLYN.

THIS 630,000 FOR EMERGENCY POWER BACKUP GENERATOR.

WHO'S GOING TO GET THE FIRST CHOICE TO SHELTER THERE IF THERE'S NO POWER? WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY. THE RESIDENTS OF QUAIL VALLEY, LIKE ROSALIND STATED.

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE INTERESTS IN THAT OR WITH CONTRACTORS WITH THAT? FRANKLY, I'M TIRED OF IT. I'M TIRED OF ALL THAT ATTENTION GOING TO QUAIL VALLEY.

MAYBE THEY GET OUT AND VOTE MORE. MAYBE THEY ELECTED YOU PEOPLE IN THERE.

BUT REMEMBER, YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ALL OF MISSOURI CITY.

AS MY PROPERTY TAXES GO UP ANOTHER 10% A YEAR AND THE DISINTEREST OF MY SUBDIVISION FONDMETAL FURTHER INFURIATES ME.

IT'S TOTAL NONSENSE. YOU SHOULDN'T BE SPENDING MONEY ON BACKUP POWER FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND WHAT ROSALIND STATED IS 100% TRUE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE REST OF MISSOURI CITY AND NOT TRYING TO REBUILD A COUNTRY CLUB.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SIX, OUR STAFF REPORT SIX CITY MANAGER REPORT PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMUNITY

[(a) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of Consent Agenda items and ...]

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. TONIGHT THERE ARE 19 CONSENT ITEMS, AND I WILL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF 18 OF THEM GIVING MY VOICE. I MAY HAVE TO CALL RELIEF UP HERE TO GET THE REST OF THEM OUT, BUT STARTING WITH ITEM B THIS ITEM IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE SEEKING AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 147 TO ADD APPROXIMATELY 0.5956 ACRES FOR THE EXPANSION OF A PARKING LOT.

ACCESSORY TO THE EXISTING ASSEMBLY USE. ITEM C THIS ITEM REQUESTS CONSIDERATION TO AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CITY'S QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT, WHICH DETAILS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, EARNINGS, AND PORTFOLIO COMPLIANCE.

THE REPORT CONFIRMS THAT THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS REMAIN FULLY COMPLIANT WITH POLICY AND DEMONSTRATE STABLE PERFORMANCE IN THE QUARTER.

ITEM D THIS ITEM IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE SEEKING AUTHORIZATION TO GRANT UPDATED SERVICE CREDITS FOR MRS ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES AND ENABLING INCREASED ANNUITY BENEFITS.

ITEM E THIS ITEM IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE SEEKING AUTHORIZATION TO ANNEX A PORTION OF THE SIENA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, LOCATED NEAR WATTS PLANTATION ROAD AND AVALON POINT AND SIENA PARKWAY.

ITEM F. THIS ITEM REQUESTS COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO MEND CHAPTERS TWO, 17, AND 74 OF THE CITY CODE.

THE UPDATE DISBANDS THE ART AND CULTURE COMMISSION AND CONSOLIDATES RESPONSIBILITIES OF PUBLIC ART PROGRAM OVERSIGHT INTO THE PARKS BOARD, REDUCING REDUNDANCY AND STREAMLINING ADMINISTRATION.

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ITEM J. THIS ITEM REQUESTS COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION FOR AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING HOW TAP FEES AND IMPACT FEES WILL BE PAID AND DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN MISSOURI CITY AND FORT BEND COUNTY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BENEFITING KITTY HOLLOW PARK.

THE AGREEMENT ENSURES ACCURATE COST SHARING FOR UTILITY RELATED EXPANSIONS.

ITEM K THIS ITEM REQUESTS COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S EXISTING METRO MOBILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, ITEM L THIS ITEM REQUESTS CONSIDERATION TO AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT WITH BACKWATER FENCE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF NEW FENCING AROUND BICENTENNIAL PARK, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $80,000.

ITEM M THIS ITEM SEEKS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH FIRST TEE, GREATER HOUSTON TO USE THE CITY'S GOLF COURSE AND PRACTICE FACILITIES FOR YOUTH PROGRAMS, WHILE ALLOWING PRIORITY FOR CITY EVENTS.

THE KEY TERMS UNDER INCLUDE A SEVEN YEAR TERM WITH RENEWAL OPTIONS.

DISCOUNTED YOUTH RATES. $150,000 FOR COURSE IMPROVEMENTS AND $100,000 IN-KIND DONATIONS OF MATERIALS AND SERVICES AND LIABILITY INSURANCE. ITEM IN THIS ITEM REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION FOR $649,811.90.

DESIGN CONTRACT WITH HDR ENGINEERING FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF LA QUINTA DRIVE.

DESIGN WORK INCLUDES PAVEMENT ANALYSIS, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, ROADWAY ALIGNMENT CONFIRMATION, AND PREPARING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR FUTURE CAPITAL WORK ITEM.

THIS ITEM REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHERN POLYMATH CREATIVE CONSULTING FOR DESIGN, FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW SCULPTURE AT FREEDOM TREE PARK IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $400,000.

ITEM. P THIS ITEM REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH WORLDWIDE POWER PRODUCTS FOR GENERATORS AT THE QUAIL VALLEY GOLF CLUB AND RECREATION CENTER, NOT TO EXCEED $630,000.

THE GENERATORS SUPPORT RESILIENCE BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY POWER AND OPERATIONAL CONTINUITY DURING OUTAGES.

ITEM Q THIS ITEM REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE A 50 KILOWATT GENERATOR FOR THE DRY CREEK LIFT STATION FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,450. THIS PURCHASE WILL HELP ENSURE WASTEWATER SERVICES REMAIN FUNCTIONAL DURING POWER INTERRUPTIONS. ITEM R THIS ITEM REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH UNICAMP TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE, FINANCIAL, AND COMPLIANCE SUPPORT FOR THE CITY'S PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS AND TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $522,500. ITEM S THIS ITEM REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SOURCEWELL TO IMPLEMENT A FLEET KEY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO ENHANCE INTERNAL CONTROLS, TRACK USAGE, IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY, AND SUPPORT BEST PRACTICES FOR FLEET AND FLEET IN FLEET OPERATIONS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $110,000. ONE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAVE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT OUR ANNUAL

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THE PARADE BEGINS AT 9 A.M. STARTING AT QUAIL VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THAT'S LOCATED 3500 QUAIL VILLAGE DRIVE. PLEASE PLAN TO ARRIVE EARLY TO SECURE A GOOD VIEWING SPOT.

THE FUN CONTINUES IN THE EVENING AT CITY HALL COMPLEX, WITH FESTIVITIES KICKING OFF AT 3 P.M.

AND THE LIGHTING CEREMONY AT 8 P.M.. PLEASE BRING YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY AND ANYONE ELSE YOU CARE TO BRING TO CELEBRATE IN THOSE FESTIVITIES. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT THEY WANT TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? YES, MAYOR. WELL, I'VE SEEN A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.

SO DO WE. SO DO WE ENTERTAIN THAT ON THIS, OR DO WE ENTERTAIN IT ON THE NEXT ONE WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MOTION? I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD. SO FOR THE NEXT ITEM WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION CAN JUST MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS FOR WHICH THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS AND FOR THE ITEMS FOR WHICH THERE ARE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN LET THE MAKER OF THE MOTION KNOW SO THAT HE OR SHE CAN PULL THOSE ITEMS AS WELL, SO THAT THERE CAN BE DISCUSSION. OKAY. SO ARE WE HAVING A DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW ON CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? WE'RE GOING TO ITEM SEVEN. AND THEN SOMEONE CAN MAKE A MOTION.

OKAY. SO THEN IF THERE'S A MOTION. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN MARSHALL, WHAT IS YOUR MOTION?

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THAT YOUR SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. MAYOR.

OKAY. THAT IS YOUR SECOND. OKAY. NOW I'M GOING TO SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT BEFORE WE GET TO THE OTHER QUESTIONS.

ARE WE. SO IF THERE'S DISCUSSION ON THAT, IF THERE'S DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD AN ITEM, THE MAKER OF THE MOTION CAN CONSIDER THAT.

OKAY. SO COUNCIL MEMBER ANAMARIE. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PULL EM ITEM M FOR DISCUSSION.

M AS IN MARY, YOU SAID RIGHT. M YES, M OKAY. ANY OTHERS? RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK, I'D LIKE TO ALSO PULL ITEM P.

OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER. ANY ITEMS YOU ALL WANT TO PULL? CAN I SEE YOU ON THE QUEUE? YES. MAYOR PRO TEM PULLED K SO.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. RIGHT. YES. I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM IN, AND THEN I HAVE ONE CORRECTION FOR THE MINUTES UNDER SEVEN A DO I GO TO THE CORRECTIONS OR DO I PULL IT? PULL IT. I NEED TO PULL SEVEN A. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO IS THAT STILL YOUR. CAN YOU PUT IN YOUR MOTION? YES, SIR. I WILL CLEARED IT. MAKE A IS IT OKAY TO DO IT VERBALLY? OKAY. I WILL ADD TO THE MOTION TO PULL ITEMS M, N, P AND A AND TO ADOPT ALL OF THE OTHER K AND K AS AS STATED. OKAY. IS THAT YOUR SECOND? WE HAVE ONE MORE. I FORGOT TO ADD. WHERE IS IT? KLINK F AND F. OKAY, SO YOUR MOTION IS TO APPROVE EVERYTHING ELSE EXCEPT FOR SEVEN A, F, K, M, AND P.

YES. RIGHT. YES. EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY. GOOD? YES.

THAT'S BEEN THE MOTION. SO THAT'S YOUR STILL YOUR SECOND? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO THAT'S YOUR SECOND. ALRIGHT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

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SO IF YOU ARE THE PERSON WHO PULLED IT PLEASE GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THAT ITEM SEVEN A THANK YOU.

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Approve the City Council Special a...]

THERE IS AN ERROR ON THE LAST AGENDA FROM NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025.

AGENDA ITEM TEN C. IT WAS MOTIONED BY SONYA BROWN IN THE CORRECTION.

SHOULD BE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. THOMPSON.

YOU HAVE ME LISTED AS THE SECOND, AND I'M NOT.

OKAY. SO IF YOU COULD CORRECT THAT IN THE MINUTES.

AND THAT CONCLUDES LET ME MAKE A MOTION OR ANYTHING.

NO, I MEAN, SO CAN WE TAKE THIS INDIVIDUALLY.

YES. OKAY. SO THAT WAS SEVEN A YES OKAY. SO COUNCIL MEMBER MOTION ON THIS ONE OKAY.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH THAT CORRECTION WITH SEVEN A ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. SO I THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ITEM SEVEN F AS IN FRANK? YES. MY QUESTION IS

[(f) Consideration and Possible Action - Second and Final Reading - An ordi...]

THEY GENERALLY HAVE A MEETING IN THE FIRST. DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER.

SO THEY WILL BE OR OF EACH MONTH. SO THEY WILL BE NOTIFIED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS THIS MEETING IS PUBLIC.

I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE NOT WAIT UNTIL THEIR MEETING THAT THEY BE NOTIFIED TOMORROW SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SURPRISES.

SO I WOULD AND THEN IS THERE A PLAN TO OFFER THEM TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR ANY OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS WELL? IF NOT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT. ACTION. IS THAT YOUR MOTION? YES. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM F, IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ANAMARIE SEEING.

NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ITEM SEVEN K. SEVEN K. THANK YOU. MAYOR. IT WAS MYSELF AND COUNCIL

[(k) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the City Manager to exec...]

I WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE AN UPDATE OF ALL THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT WENT AND WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE OR ACCOMPLISH IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH METRO TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT ARE IN THE BENEFITS OF THE CITIZENS. ACTUALLY, THESE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR SIX PLUS MONTHS, IF I MAY REJOICE. GIVE YOU GIVE US A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE CONTRACT AND THE TERMS. I KNOW THE CONTRACT IS EXPIRING END OF THIS YEAR.

IF YOU COULD WALK US THROUGH THE CONTRACT'S TERMS, THEN I CAN TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS. ABSOLUTELY.

SO, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE CITY ENTERED INTO AN ARRANGEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE METRO SYSTEM BACK IN 1978.

THE CITY'S CURRENT CONTRACT WITH METRO WAS EXECUTED IN 2012.

IT GIVES MISSOURI CITY 1% OF ALL OF THE SALES TAX REVENUE DEDICATED OR IT GIVES METRO.

I APOLOGIZE, 1% OF MISSOURI CITY SALES TAX REVENUE PURSUANT TO THE CONTRACT.

MISSOURI CITY THEN GETS BACK HALF OF THAT 1% FROM METRO, BUT THAT IS ONLY PURSUANT TO THE CONTRACT.

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AS SOME OF YOU ALL KNOW. IT IS LEGISLATIVE. THERE CURRENTLY IS NOT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO REMOVE ITSELF OR REALLY HOLD AN ELECTION TO GET OUT OF METRO.

THE CITY ENTERED INTO METRO BY WAY OF AN ELECTION BACK IN THE 70S.

SO WE WOULD NEED AN ELECTION TO GET OUT OF IT.

BUT THERE'S NOT A STATE LAW PROVISION THAT REALLY PROVIDES THAT.

THE STAFF AND MEMBERS, I THINK, WHICH HAS BEEN MENTIONED HAVE ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE WITH METRO OVER THE COURSE OF YEARS.

AND JUST A FEW OF THE ITEMS THAT STAFF HAS ASKED FOR INCLUDE STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ASKED FOR INCLUDE A REVENUE CAP ON THE AMOUNT THAT IS DEDICATED TO METRO, AN INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF THE SALES TAX REIMBURSEMENT THAT IS GIVEN TO THE CITY, FUNDING SPECIFIC PROJECTS, A SHORTER TIME FRAME ON THE ACTUAL CONTRACT, AS WELL AS REMOVAL OF A CLAUSE THAT PREVENTS THE CITY FROM TAKING ACTION TO REMOVE THE CITY FROM METRO.

METRO HAS REJECTED THOSE SUGGESTIONS. THOSE REQUESTS FOR CHANGES.

WHAT METRO HAS RECENTLY AGREED TO IS FUNDING SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

SO CERTAIN SPECIFIC AND OF COURSE MOBILITY PROJECTS.

AND SO THAT'S THE BACKDROP. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SHASHI.

THANK YOU JOYCE AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AGAIN, TO REITERATE, 50% OF THE SALES TAX THAT GOES BACK TO METRO IS APPROXIMATELY REBATED TO THE CITY. AND WHAT DOES METRO DO WITH THAT? YOU KNOW THAT RECENTLY THEY BUILT A METRO PARK AND RIDE GARAGE, WHICH IS ESTIMATED AT A COST OF $60 MILLION AS IT HAS 1750 PARKING SPACES.

THERE ARE 1200, APPROXIMATELY 1200 RIDERS THAT USE THAT TO GO TO THE MEDICAL CENTER FACILITY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS A BUS SERVICE THAT'S BEEN ADDED TO 70 SERVICE, WHICH PROVIDES COMMUTE TO RESIDENTS IN ONE OF THE MOST CONGESTED CORRIDORS TO THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER. IN ADDITION TO THAT, METRO PROVIDES CURB TO CURB SERVICES.

THE MONEY THAT'S REBATED TO THE CITY IS USED FOR ESSENTIAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

THAT INCLUDES MANNING OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER, SIDEWALK AND STREET REHAB, AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES. THOSE ARE WHAT IT'S DONE NOW.

AS PART OF THESE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH METRO, AND WE HAVE DONE ALL WE CAN TO GET THE BEST BENEFIT OUT OF THE METRO.

THEY HAVE AGREED AND AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY METRO BOARD.

THEY WILL FUND A FULL ROUNDABOUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF KNIGHT AND WATTS PLANTATION.

WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A GROWING AREA. THAT'S WHERE THE METRO PARKING GARAGE IS TO ALLEVIATE CONGESTION AND TO IMPROVE SAFETY.

METRO IS FUNDING 100% OF THE $2 MILLION PROJECT.

WE HAVE ALSO ASKED THEM TO BE A SPONSOR ON THE TRAIL PROJECT, WHICH PROVIDES CONNECTIVITY TO METRO FACILITIES.

THIS IS AN HE'S GRANT. CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADMINISTER THIS PROJECT FOR METRO AS CAPTAIN.

ON ANOTHER NOTE, WE HAVE ALSO SUBMITTED THESE TWO PROJECTS ARE ALREADY APPROVED ON ANOTHER ASPECT.

WE'VE ALSO ASKED FOR A TRAIL PROJECT ESTIMATED AT $5 MILLION TO CONNECT FROM METRO GARAGE AND THE QUADRANT OF HIGHWAY SIX AND THE TOLL ROAD, WITH THE TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT COMING BACK ALL THE WAY SOUTH INTO SIENNA.

THAT'S ESTIMATED AT A COST OF $5 MILLION. WE ARE IN THE NEGOTIATION PHASE.

METRO HAS NOT GIVEN US A FIRM FEEDBACK ON THAT.

SO THESE ARE SOME SOME OF THE TERMS THAT WE NEGOTIATED OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS TO ENSURE THAT WE GET VALUE BACK TO OUR CITIZENS IN TERMS OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH METRO. SHASHI, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT OVERVIEW.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN ON ONE OF YOUR LAST NEGOTIATED MEETINGS WITH THE METRO BOARD MEMBERS, ALONG WITH MAYOR ALLEYCAT, AND ON THAT DAY, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE ASKED FOR A LITANY OF ITEMS. IN ORDER FOR US TO RECEIVE BACK SOME OF THE MONEY THAT THAT 1% THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE BACK TO THEM.

AND IF MY CALCULATIONS ARE CORRECT, $14 MILLION WERE COLLECTED IN SALES TAX DOLLARS.

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IT REALLY DID. BUT COOLER HEADS PREVAILED AND WE WERE ABLE TO WALK BACK INTO OUR CITY.

AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION IN PROJECTS THAT WILL BE FUNDED BY METRO.

SO THAT'S $10 MILLION. WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF ABOUT IN WHAT YOURSELF AND THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR IS WILLING TO PUT FORTH AN EFFORT IN DOING, IS TO CONTINUE DOING THIS TYPE OF NEGOTIATION EVERY YEAR GOING FORWARD.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE. AND SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR EFFORTS. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK.

THANK YOU. SO I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY AGAIN THAT THE WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY IS NOT ACTUALLY CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP OR OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO.

IT IS TO CONTINUE THE HALF HALF CENT ESSENTIALLY REBATE THAT THEY GIVE US FOR MOBILITY PROJECTS.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. SO WHEN WE'RE AT THE NEGOTIATION TABLE AS MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONED, WHO VOTES OR HOW DOES THE WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT THEY DETERMINE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO EITHER GIVE OR TAKE IN THE, IN THAT NEGOTIATION PROCESS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WHEN THEY LEAVE THAT ROOM? THEY'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION THAT THAT DAY. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY LEAVE THAT ROOM? WHO IS MAKING THE DETERMINATION TO GIVE US ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

A CAP. WHO IS MAKING THAT DETERMINATION? AND I WILL START THAT.

AND MAYBE JOYCE CAN ADD THAT ONE. THE METRO BOARD MAKES THAT DETERMINATION.

AND JOYCE, OUR CITY MANAGER, YOU CAN ADD TO THAT ONE.

YEAH. YEAH. SO WHO SITS ON THE METRO BOARD? YOU HAVE REPRESENTED REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE SMALL CITIES, WHICH I THINK THERE TOO. YOU HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM HOUSTON, AND I THINK THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE FOR HARRIS COUNTY.

THANK YOU. SO WHEN WE ARE GOING TO THIS BOARD AND WE'RE ASKING FOR THINGS THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH INCENTIVE TO GIVE MISSOURI CITY ADDITIONAL TERMS THAT ARE IN OUR FAVOR. CORRECT? RIGHT. BECAUSE THOSE ARE MAINLY HOUSTON ENTITIES, AND THEY'RE BENEFITING FROM THE DOLLARS THAT THEY'RE SIPHONING FROM US, ESSENTIALLY. RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S YOU KNOW, THIS CONTRACT IS TIED HER HANDS BACK IN 1978.

RIGHT. AND THE MEANS OF NEGOTIATION. THE CITY'S HANDS ARE TIED.

SO WHEN WE ASK FOR THINGS, WE'RE ASKING FROM A POSITION THAT IT IS JUST NOT FAVORABLE TO MISSOURI CITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, AMENDING THIS DOES TAKE STATE LEGISLATION.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE PLAN TO ACTIVELY PURSUE.

CAN WE SAY THAT? NO, WE CANNOT SAY THAT THAT OKAY.

SO AGAIN, OUR HANDS ARE TIED IN WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO SAY AND PUBLICLY DO IN THIS CONTRACT.

SO I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT ALONG THIS ENTIRE PROCESS AND IT WILL TAKE CITIZEN ASSISTANCE, BUT OUR HANDS ARE EXTREMELY TIED IN WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT GET OUT OF THIS CONTRACT.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THE VAST MAJORITY, MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL CITY STAFF WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

BUT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY FEASIBLE AT THE MOMENT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING EXAMINED.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO, CITY MANAGER, GO AHEAD.

I THINK I JUST WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFYING POINT AND IT MAY BE UNDERSTOOD, BUT FROM THE PUBLIC, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE CITY DOES NOT RECEIVE THE 1%.

THE THE METRO RECEIVES THE 1% AND THEN ALLOCATES BASED ON THE CONTRACT A HALF A PERCENT TO THE CITY.

SO IT IS TOTALLY METRO FUNDS THAT ARE PROVIDED TO THE CITY VIA THE CONTRACT.

SO IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CONTRACT, METRO IS NOT OBLIGATED TO GIVE THE CITY A DIME.

THANK YOU. RIGHT. SO CITY MANAGER. SO I GUESS I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

WHY THE 15 YEAR? WHY THE 15 YEAR THAT IS THAT IS THE THE IS AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THAT IS THE TIME FRAME THAT WAS SPELLED OUT IN THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION AND THAT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED EVERY RENEWAL.

SURE, WHEN YOU SAY THAT THE INITIAL RESOLUTION, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN METRO WENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO ASK THE PUBLIC WHETHER THE PUBLIC WANTED TO SEE ADDITIONAL MOBILITY PROJECTS,

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OKAY. SO I MEAN, I THINK EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SPELLED OUT HERE.

SO THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, WHETHER IT'S THIS BODY OF COUNCIL OR THE ONE PRIOR TO US OR THE ONE PRIOR TO THAT, OR THE ONE THAT WILL COME IN THE FUTURE OR EVEN FURTHER FUTURE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WITHOUT GOING TO THE STATE OF TEXAS LEGISLATION AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE OR STATE SENATOR PUSHING FOR THIS AND TO BE ABLE TO GET IT PASSED ON THE STATE. I MEAN, ON THE ON THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE FLOOR IN ORDER TO FOR A CITY SUCH AS MISSOURI CITY TO GET OUT OF THIS DEAL. CORRECT? CORRECT. AM I SAYING ANYTHING DIFFERENT? CORRECT. CORRECT. SO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS A CONTRACT THAT'S GIVEN TO US BASED ON THIS VOTE THAT TOOK PLACE IN 1978 BY METRO, AS A AGREEMENT FOR US TO SIGN NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO MEANING WHAT HAPPENED IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS CONTRACT, IF THE COUNCIL DOES NOT APPROVE THE CONTRACT OR THE AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT ON JANUARY 1ST AND FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2026, METRO WILL NO LONGER BE OBLIGATED TO REBATE THE CITY BACK THAT HALF CENT.

OKAY, SO THAT ONE PENNY, THAT 100% THAT'S GOING COLLECTED BY THE THE METRO 1%.

YES. AND THEN THAT ONCE THEY COLLECT IT, THEY GIVE YOU BACK.

THEY GIVE MISSOURI CITY BACK THAT 50%. CORRECT.

SO JUST SO THAT WE'RE ALL UNDERSTANDING THIS YEAR OR 2425, THAT AMOUNT EQUATES TO THAT 1% WAS AROUND 14 MILLION TOTAL. TOTAL. YES. AND THE CITY RECEIVED 7.7 MILLION.

RIGHT. WHICH IS THAT 50% THAT'S GIVEN BACK. SO IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION, IF WE DON'T EVEN PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, AND IF WE DON'T VOTE ON EVEN IF WE VOTE AGAINST IT, RIGHT.

MEANING THAT STARTING FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2026, RIGHT, WHICH IS 30 DAYS AWAY, THAT THEY WILL GO AHEAD AND STILL COLLECT BECAUSE THERE'S A VOTE ON IT, BUT WE DON'T GET EVEN THAT HALF THAT SEVEN.

IF OUR SALES TAX TO BE THE 14 MILLION AGAIN. SO WE DON'T GET THAT MONEY BACK, AND I WOULD BE COMING TO YOU WITH AN AMENDED BUDGET TO EITHER REDUCE SERVICES OR TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL REVENUE, BECAUSE OUR BUDGET WOULD THEN BE UNBALANCED.

OKAY. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THE REASON I GUESS SHE'S UP HERE IS THE FACT THAT IN THE PAST, SINCE 1978, NOW WE'RE IN 2025. SO FAR, THE MY UNDERSTANDING IS SINCE 2022 IS WHEN WE REALLY STARTED TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECTS OTHER THAN 50% THAT THEY'RE OBLIGATED TO GIVE IT TO US, RIGHT? CITY OF MISSOURI, CITY THAT WE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING AND WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO GET THOSE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS, WHICH WE DON'T VOTE ON IT, WHICH IS VOTED BY THE METRO BOARD, WHICH THEY CAN LITERALLY SAY NO, THEY CAN VOTE IT DOWN AND THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA ITEM.

IF THEY CHOSE NOT TO. RIGHT. BUT NOW, OUT OF THOSE THINGS, BESIDES THE 60 MILLION OR $65 MILLION METRO CAR GARAGE YOU STATED, WHAT ARE THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE? AS I SAID, MAYOR, THE FIRST PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN FULLY APPROVED BY THE METRO BOARD IS THE ROUNDABOUT PROJECT, ESTIMATED AT 2 MILLION, RIGHT AT WATSON AND NITRO IN THE VICINITY OF THE METRO GARAGE.

THERE IS ANOTHER TRAIL PROJECT WITH AGASSI FUNDING.

THE CITY IS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A STATUS TO RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING.

METRO HAS STEPPED UP TO BE THE SPONSOR, SO METRO WILL BE FUNNELING THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS INTO MISSOURI CITY.

THAT'S ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE NEGOTIATED OR AGREED UPON $3 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS.

WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO THEM, WHICH IS IN THE PIPELINE FOR DISCUSSION, BUT THAT'S NOT BEING AGREED TO AT THIS POINT.

BUT WHAT WE HAVE AGREED TO AT THIS POINT IS PROJECTS TO THE TUNE OF $3 MILLION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU KNOW, PUBLIC THIS THIS NEEDS TO BE PUT OUT THERE FOR INFORMATION.

SO WE'RE CLEAR. I KNOW THAT EVERY TWO YEARS OR EVERY THREE YEARS OR SO, WE HEAR ABOUT THESE METRO DEAL THAT TOOK PLACE WITH CITY,

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SO THIS NEEDS TO BE PUT OUT THERE SOMEWHERE ON OUR WEBSITE OR SOMEWHERE.

SO THIS WAY PEOPLE CAN LOOK INTO THIS AND READ THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND, AND MAKE IT WORK.

SO THIS THIS AGENDA ITEM, THAT'S THAT'S BEFORE US.

THIS CONSENT AGENDA IS TO IF IT'S APPROVED IS FOR A 15 YEAR CONTRACT AND WHICH ALLOWS THE SAME.

THERE'S NO CHANGE IN WHAT THE PUBLIC VOTED ON IN 1978, WHICH IS STILL THE 1% CORRECT.

CORRECT. SO THE CITY IS STILL REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN METRO REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERE'S A CONTRACT.

THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU I YIELD BACK.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUS. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY TO THE THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. AND I WANT TO CAUTION, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA IS AT OUR FINGERTIPS EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT'S A BLESSING AND IT'S A CURSE.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT READING INFORMATION THAT'S DISSEMINATED BY ANYBODY.

IT'S EASY TO DO. BUT UNLESS THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AGREEMENT WITH OUR CITY, A VERY IMPORTANT FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT, UNLESS YOU HEAR INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT SIT IN THESE MEETINGS.

AND AS MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, THESE MEETINGS GET INTENSE.

THEY ARE OUR STAFF IS DOING THE WORK. ALL RIGHT.

UNLESS YOU HEAR THE INFORMATION FROM OUR STAFF ON OUR ON OUR SITES AND WE PUT IT OUT, PLEASE TAKE IT AS FACE VALUE.

ANYBODY CAN PUT ANYTHING OUT THERE. FREEDOM OF SPEECH, I GET IT.

BUT THESE ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS.

AND OUR TEAM, THEY SPEND THE TIME TO AND THEY PUT IN THE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT REPRESENTATION.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT.

BUT IN THAT SAME VEIN, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT YOU ALL TO BE A PART OF SO THAT WE CAN GO ALONG THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THIS DEAL, HOPEFULLY GET OUT OF IT.

BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME WORK, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE CALLING ON YOU ALL TO HELP US.

OKAY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT UP A POLL ON SOME SITE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GO TO.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU REAL FACTS AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU REAL INFORMATION. I WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, AND I WANT YOU TO BE GUARANTEED OF SUCH. SO THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY, IS FOR THE PUBLIC TO TO KNOW THAT THE INFORMATION COMES FROM US.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL BECAUSE WE ARE PUSHING FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE PAYING FOR.

SO THAT'S THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF YOU KNOW WHAT CITY MANAGER SHASHI, YOU GUYS AND EVEN CITY ATTORNEY REALLY BREAKING THIS DOWN. AND SOME OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED ALREADY.

BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO REITERATE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE THERE'S AN AGREEMENT FROM 1978.

CORRECT. WHICH IS WHAT LOCKED THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY INTO THIS ORIGINAL FLOOR PLAN WITH METRO.

THEN THERE IS A 2012 CONTRACT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.

CORRECT. WHICH IS ABOUT THE AMENDMENT. CORRECT.

AND THE AMENDMENT IS BASICALLY HOW WE GET A HALF A PERCENT OF OUR DOLLARS BACK, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE WOULD NOT HAVE THESE DOLLARS. AND AS CITY MANAGER STATED, WE WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO OFFER SOME SERVICES BECAUSE WE WOULD LOSE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, SEVEN, $7 MILLION PLUS. AND SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO REITERATE, AND I GET IT FROM THE PUBLIC'S PERSPECTIVE.

I WILL BE HONEST, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTS.

OKAY. UNTIL I GOT INTO THIS SEAT AND DID MY OWN RESEARCH.

AND IT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND AND DECIPHER ALL OF THE LOGISTICS OF THIS, YOU KNOW, GOVERNING ASPECT.

BUT I WANT TO REASSURE THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE NOT SITTING STILL ON THIS.

WE'RE ALL TAXPAYERS, TOO, AND I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.

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AND MY CHILDREN MAY EVEN HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE GROWN. WE ARE DEPENDING ON THE STAFF TO DO THEIR JOBS TO REALLY MAKE FINE TUNE EXECUTIVE, YOU KNOW, PROPOSALS TO I'M TRYING TO BE VERY, YOU KNOW, VERY PROFESSIONAL WITH MY WORDING DEALING WITH METRO BECAUSE WE ARE IN A VERY COMPLICATED SITUATION.

BUT JUST KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL, THIS STAFF, THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL WE CAN DO SOMETHING THAT IS BETTER SUITED FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

LONG AFTER I'M EVEN OFF COUNCIL, I WILL STILL BE ADVOCATING FOR THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DEPEND SOLELY ON OUR PROPERTY TAX.

WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR REVENUE. AND AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW AND WE ARE CAPITALIZING ON MORE SALES TAX REVENUE, MORE BUSINESSES. WE NEED OUR DOLLARS BACK IN OUR CITY.

BUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER POINT, WE WILL NEED THE CITIZENS HELP ON THIS.

WE NEED YOU TALKING TO YOUR LEGISLATORS. YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE ONES THAT ARE THAT ARE THERE NOW, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE COMING UP. WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP US DO OUR JOBS AND DO THEM BETTER.

IN ORDER FOR US TO GO FORWARD, IT IS GOING TO TAKE A COLLABORATIVE, COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT COUNCIL WORKING WITH OUR STAFF, STAFF AND COMMUNITY. EVERYBODY IS A PART OF THIS BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IMPACTED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

SHASHI, I HAD A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE 15 YEARS LENGTH AS IT RELATES TO THIS.

WERE THERE ANY OTHER OPTIONS TO CHANGING THE 15 YEARS, FIVE YEARS, SEVEN YEARS? I KNOW YOU GUYS ASKED, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS.

WHAT DID Y'ALL DO TO TRY TO LIMIT EVEN THAT EFFORT TO SEE IF THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY, AS WE'VE BEEN IN LENGTHY CONVERSATIONS? I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT.

I THINK WE'VE GONE TO THEM MULTIPLE TIMES ASKING FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE CONTRACT.

JOYCE, IF YOU CAN CHIME IN ON THAT MATTER, PLEASE. CERTAINLY, METRO HAS REJECTED OUR REQUEST FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE CONTRACT, SO WE ONLY CAN DO THE 15 YEARS. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING.

THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT ANY CHANGES? YES. OKAY. AND SO AGAIN IT GOES BACK TO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE TO THE PUBLIC, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION. AND I KNOW IT'S CONFUSING.

I KNOW THAT IT'S AGGRAVATING. AND I KNOW EVERYBODY THINKS THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT SOLUTION.

BUT THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS DONE IS WE'VE GOT TO ALL WORK TOGETHER AND COMMUNICATE AND DEAL WITH THE FACTS.

HOPEFULLY, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT, DO A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, PULL THE ACTUAL CONTRACT AND SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THERE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

THAT WAY, YOU'RE DEALING IN FACTUAL INFORMATION AND DEALING WITH THE RECEIPTS.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT OUT GOOD INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC. AND THAT'S THE BEST WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALL BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET THIS RESOLVED IN A BETTER SITUATION FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND FOR YOU AS THE RESIDENTS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

ONE THING WITH WHEN WE TALK ABOUT METRO I WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOUR TO YOUR YOUR ATTENTION IS THE SOMEWHAT OF AN EXPANSION OF CURB TO CURB THAT PIECE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD IT FROM RESIDENTS THAT IT'S ONLY CERTAIN PARTS OF MISSOURI CITY THAT'S GETTING THIS.

SO I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT AS YOU ALL FURTHER HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS TALK ABOUT EXPANSION OF CURB TO CURB.

SO THIS WAY THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE UTILIZED WITH THIS.

I YIELD BACK COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. EMERY. YEAH, YEAH.

THE ITEM M THE. PROVISION FOR. NO, WE'RE NOT OKAY.

WE'RE STILL ON K THE EXPANSION OF THE IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENT ON THAT ON THE METRO COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, THEN I DON'T SEE NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. I DO HAVE MOTION AND SECOND ONE.

QUICK, IF I MAY, MAYOR, ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION THAT FIRST AGREEMENT IN 1978 WAS A VOTE.

SO THAT WAS A VOTE BY THE PUBLIC. IT'S NOT. SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION.

THERE'S NOT A CONTRACT. IT WAS A VOTE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC ON THE METRO ITEM.

SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER ANAMARIE ANYTHING ON METRO. NO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.

MARSHALL. WHAT'S YOUR MOTION? MY MOTION IS TO EXECUTE THE AMENDED CONTRACT FOR THE METRO AGREEMENT.

OKAY. IS THAT STILL YOUR SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER? RILEY. SO THERE'S A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN.

MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

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NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM SEVEN M. THAT'S FOR EMERY.

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THE MONEY HAD TO GO OVER BECAUSE IT WASN'T CITY MONEY.

IT WENT OVER AND WAS HELD IN RESERVE BY THE FIRST TEE OF HOUSTON, WHICH IS THE PARENT ORGANIZATION IN HOUSTON FOR FIRST TEE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T LOOK AT THAT 250 AND SAY, THERE GOES ANOTHER 250 OUT THE DOOR TO, YOU KNOW, TO QUAIL VALLEY. THAT WAS MONEY THAT WAS WAS HARD EARNED BY THE LADIES AND SOME GENTLEMEN FOR ACQUIRING DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE THE FIRST TEE PROGRAM.

AND THEN WITH THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO COME UP WITH A WAY OF USING THAT $250,000, BECAUSE THAT BELONGS TO THE FIRST TEE OF QUAIL VALLEY. IT DOESN'T BELONG TO THE FIRST TEE OF HOUSTON.

AND WE COME UP WITH AN ARRANGEMENT, AND I THINK I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO SERGIO AND LET HIM TELL THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING WITH THAT, THOSE DOLLARS.

OKAY. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR, THE FIRST TEE IS A NATIONAL PROGRAM WAS STARTED IN, I THINK, IN 1997.

IT'S A PROGRAM TO HELP UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN PLAY GOLF.

BUT IN, IN ADDITION TO GOLF, TEACH THEM CORE VALUES LIKE HONESTY AND HARD WORK AND SERVICE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. I STARTED TEACHING IT YEARS AGO.

IT STARTED IN QUAIL VALLEY IN 2012, I BELIEVE WITH 16 STUDENTS.

NOW EVERY YEAR 400 STUDENTS GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

IT'S A IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM. SO IT STARTED IN 2012 AND QUAIL VALLEY COUNCILMAN ANAMARIE IS BEING A LITTLE BIT BASHFUL BECAUSE HIS WIFE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO SPEARHEADED THE PROGRAM HERE WITH THE LGA.

LINDA ANAMARIE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY SPEARHEADED IT.

AND THROUGH TOURNAMENTS FROM THE LADIES GOLF ASSOCIATION, THEY DONATED 150,000.

SO THERE WAS $250,000 SITTING IN THERE WHEN THE WHEN THE DONATIONS STARTED TO STALL, BECAUSE THE GOAL WAS TO BUILD A LITTLE PAR THREE EXECUTIVE COURSE, WHEN THE WHEN, WHEN, WHEN IT ALL STARTED TO STALL, WE TRIED TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT COULD THE FIRST TEE COULD UTILIZE IT.

AND COULD YOU PUT UP THAT SCREEN? GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

OKAY. OVER ON THE ON THE DRIVING RANGE, JUST TO EXPLAIN, ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE FIRST TEE, GO OVER TO THE DRIVING RANGE AND THEY HAVE A SMALL AREA ON A PUTTING GREEN.

SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE WE EARMARKED THAT MONEY SO THAT $150,000 GOES TO A CHIPPING GREEN BUNKER THAT'S EXISTING, A GREEN THAT IS EXISTING AND TO BUILD A NEW GREEN.

SO NOT ONLY WILL THEY BE ABLE NOW, CURRENTLY THEY HAVE ABOUT 30 OR 40 CHILDREN AT A TIME.

THEY CAN PROBABLY HAVE UP TO 80 AT A TIME. AND IT'S A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE CITY BECAUSE NOW OUR GOLF, OUR PRACTICE FACILITY IS GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL.

BUT WHEN THEY'RE THERE, THEY GET THAT EARMARKED TOWARDS THEM.

ADDITIONALLY, WHEN YOU GET TO THE TO THE CLUB, THEY WOULD HAVE A LITTLE POP UP TENT.

NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A NICE PAVILION WITH SIGNAGE, WITH BENCHES WHERE THE PARENTS CAN SIT, WATCH THEIR CHILDREN PRACTICE. SO IT'S A IT'S A GREAT WIN WIN FOR THE CITY AND FOR FIRST TEAM.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. I CAN'T ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO THAT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO TO MISSOURI CITY TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS THE, THE KIDS WHO ARE TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY GOLF VERY QUICK JUST TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE'RE AT. THIS IS THE PARKING WELL. WELL IT WAS THERE WE GO.

THERE WE GO. THAT'S THE THE PARKING LOT OF THE DRIVING RANGE ON.

AND THAT IS THE PRACTICE FACILITY WHERE THE RED THE RED IS THE EXISTING PUTTING GREEN IN ABOUT 3 TO 4 YEARS, 3 TO 5 YEARS, JUST LIKE THE EL DORADO GREENS.

THAT IS GOING TO BE NEED TO BE RESURFACED. CURRENTLY WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE OUT THERE, THEY ONLY ARE ALLOWED TO USE HALF OF THAT PUTTING GREEN, AND THEN THEY USE THE BUNKER AND THEY HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW AND THE CHIPPING GREEN, WHICH ARE REALLY OUTDATED AND NEED SOME HELP.

THE THE $150,000 IS GOING TO BE USED TO RESURFACE THE AREA IN RED.

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THE YELLOW IS GOING TO BE A BUNKER THAT IS MORE USABLE FOR KIDS, SO THAT YOU CAN GET 4 OR 5 IN THERE AT A TIME, AT A TIME. AND THEN THE BLUE AREA IS WHERE THE PROPOSED GAZEBO WILL GO.

AND THEN THE PURPLE IS TO BUILD BUILD A SHED WHERE THEY CAN PUT THEIR WHERE THEY CAN STORE ALL THEIR PROPS THAT THEY NEED.

SO IN A WAY IT IS IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE FIRST TEE PROGRAM.

THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. MY COMMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I SIGNED MY COMMENT IS MAKE SURE THAT 250,000 DOESN'T GO TO HIS WIFE.

SO YEAH. SO IS THAT YOUR IS THAT YOUR MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER ANAMARIE FOR ITEM TO ACCEPT THAT 250,000 FOR EM.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER EMERY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

REMEMBER, BROWN. MARSHALL. OH. I'M SORRY. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM SEVEN N.

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IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT. OH, HI, JOY. THE IT SAYS HERE TO EXECUTE A DESIGN.

THIS IS THE 650,000 FOR JUST THE DESIGN. YES.

THIS IS JUST FOR THE DESIGN OF LA QUINTA. HERE WE GO.

OH, LA QUINTA DRIVE. SO WE'RE JUST CURRENTLY ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL FOR THE DESIGN ENGINEER TO GO INTO DESIGN PHASE WITH ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION IN 2027. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION, TOO, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT ONE.

HOW LONG WILL THE IT TAKE FOR THEM TO DO A COMPLETE REDESIGN FOR THIS PARTICULAR STREET? SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A YEAR. A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.

AS WE DESIGN IT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DESIGN, THE TOTAL DESIGN, AND THEN LOOK AT HOW WE CAN PHASE OUT THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO THAT'LL BE A PART OF THE ENGINEER'S PACKAGE TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT THE DIFFERENT PHASES IN THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WE GO TO AFTER WE GET THE COMPLETE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. AND WHAT IS THE STRETCH? SO I SEE THIS FROM, FROM THIS PARTICULAR POINT TO THIS POINT.

SO IS THAT TWO MILES? IS THAT FOUR MILES, IS THAT A MILE? WHAT IS THAT? WELL, IT'S FROM IT'S FROM OAK POINT TO DEERWOOD LANE.

I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT SHY OF TWO MILES.

YEAH. AND THE REASON I WAS ASKING THAT BECAUSE THE DESIGN AMOUNT IS, IS VERY HEFTY.

SO I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW LONG OF A STRETCH THAT YOU GUYS ARE DESIGNING FOR.

AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS WHY WAS THIS PARTICULAR STREET SELECTED? WELL, IT IS SCORED LOW. WE USE OUR PCI SCORES, WHICH SCORES THE CONDITION OF EACH OF OUR STREETS.

AND ACCORDING TO THE SCORING, IT WAS BELOW VERY BELOW AVERAGE.

IT HAD SCORES FROM ZERO UP TO 12, WHICH YOU ARE SCORING ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 101 HUNDRED BEING A GREAT STREET.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR, YOUR SCHOOL GRADES, THAT'S WAS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE CHOSE LAQUINTA FOR A PROJECT.

OKAY. BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO. NO REDESIGN, NO CONSTRUCTION, NO ANYTHING ON THAT STREET? NO. WE'VE DONE JUST A COUPLE OF MINOR REPAIRS JUST TO KIND OF HOLD OVER UNTIL WE DID THE BIG CONSTRUCTION.

AND THIS STREET SEES A LOT OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE.

IS IT THE ONE THAT'S LEADING INTO WHERE THE GOLF CLUB IS? YES. OR IS IT ON THE OTHER END? NO. IT'S LEADING TO WHERE? THE GOLF COURSE. SO FROM CARTWRIGHT, WHEN THEY TURNED ON FROM CARTWRIGHT DOWN TO LA QUINTA.

IS THAT THE AREA OR IS IT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE? NO. IT'S GOING IT'S LIKE I CAN'T SEE. IT'S. IT'S.

I'M SORRY. IT'S SOUTH OF CARTWRIGHT. I'M OKAY.

MY BEARINGS OFF. THAT'S OKAY, THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S A TRICK QUESTION IN THERE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE OAK POINT AND DEERWOOD IS, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE LENGTH OF THE STREET,

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AND THAT THIS PARTICULAR STREET HAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC, HAS A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN WALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND HASN'T HAD ANY UPDATES AND REPAIRS. NO. WELL, FIVE YEARS AGO WE DID AN OVERALL CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF ALL THE STREETS IN THE CITY, AND ALL THOSE STREETS WERE RANKED ACCORDING TO THE SCORE.

AS I SAID, A CONDITION ASSESSMENT SCORE AND LAQUINTA DRIVE RANKED VERY LOW ON THAT.

SO IT WAS ALWAYS A PART OF OUR INITIAL BOND WHEN WE CAME TO THE PUBLIC TO ASK FOR BOND MONEY TO DO OUR PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY.

SO IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU KNOW, GOLF COURSE OR ANY TYPE LIKE THAT.

WE STRICTLY USE OUR SCORING METHOD AND OUR CONDITION ASSESSMENT IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE YEAR.

AND DID THIS GO OUT FOR AN RFQ FOR THE BIDDING FOR THE ENGINEERING FIRM? OKAY. THE ENGINEERING FIRM. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I JUST PUT MYSELF UP, UP, UP TO THE Q COUNCIL MEMBER.

RILEY, MY QUESTION IS TO YOU IS YOU SAID 650 000 IS HEFTY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? LIKE THIS IS A DESIGN PROJECT, RIGHT? YES. WHEN YOU SAY HEFTY, DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU THAT THIS IS OVERCHARGING OR WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? NO, I DIDN'T SAY THAT. IT WAS JUST A LARGE NUMBER SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND.

THE REASON THE NUMBER IS SO LARGE IS BECAUSE THE STREET IS LONGER.

SO THERE'S MORE EFFORTS THAT HAS TO GO INTO THE DESIGN AND THE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED ARE BEING ADDRESSED.

SO IT'S NOT JUST A SIMPLE STREET PANEL REPAIR.

IT'S A TWO MILE LONG STREET. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, I YIELD BACK. RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GLAD THAT YOU SAID THAT THIS IS PART OF THE BOND, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE SAY THAT THIS THIS PARTICULAR STREET RECONSTRUCTION CAME OUT OF THE 2021.

YES. BOND. I DID HAVE HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE SELECTED CONTRACTOR.

HE FELL HDR FELL AS NUMBER EIGHT ON OUR PREFERRED LIST.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED TO ONE THROUGH SEVEN? SO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE LIST, THAT OF SHORT LISTED ENGINEERING FIRMS, WE UTILIZE ALL OF THOSE CONTRACTORS.

SO WE'RE UTILIZING THIS CONTRACTOR. SO IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH A RANKING SYSTEM.

OKAY. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT ABOUT THEM BEING RANKED.

IT'S JUST THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'VE SHORTLISTED INSIDE OF OUR PDR.

CORRECT. AND AND THEN YOU THEN WE CHOOSE PER PROJECT.

OKAY. VERY WELL, THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, CITY MANAGER.

SIMILAR TO WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM WAS ASKING ABOUT US.

I GUESS MY UNDERSTANDING, PUBLIC WORKS OR WHOEVER IT IS PLACING THESE FIRMS ON A ON A, I GUESS, A LIST OF WHERE THEY BELONG OR WHATEVER THAT IS.

AND IT'S OFTEN THAT COMES AND ASKS, HOW DO YOU SKIP TWO AND THREE? AND THEN YOU GO TO 8 OR 16. LIKE WHAT IS OUR RATIONALE? OUR RATIONALE IS BASED ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS.

ONE IS WE TRY TO LOOK AT IT FROM A COMPETITIVE STANDPOINT IN TERMS OF NOT GIVING ALL CITY RESOURCES TO ANY ONE CONTRACTOR.

THE OTHER PIECE IS THEIR SPECIALTY. THEY'RE DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS THAT STATE THAT THEY SPECIALIZE IN DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO NATURALLY WHEN WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S PART OF THEIR SPECIALTY.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE A CONTRACT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THE LIST AND IT'S NOT THEIR SPECIALTY.

SO WE HAVE CONTRACTS IN UTILITIES AS WELL AS ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE.

AND SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AWARDING THAT CONTRACT TO SOMEBODY THAT HAS THE HIGHEST AND BEST EXPERTISE IN DOING WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM TO DO.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID SOMEONE WHO'S NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER 20, LET'S JUST SAY WHEN YOU SAY BASED ON THEIR SPECIALTY, RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY LIST EACH ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS LISTS, THOSE AREAS OF EXPERTISE.

SURE. SO WHEN THEY WHEN THEY BID FOR IT, DON'T, DON'T.

THAT SKEWS THEMSELVES OUT OF IT RIGHT AWAY. NO.

BECAUSE THIS IS AN ENGINEERING CONTRACT THAT WE DO FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

SO WE TRY TO DO A LIST OF ALL QUALIFIED ENGINEERING FIRMS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN INVENTORY OF CONTRACTORS TO DRAW FROM? SURE. SO I SHOULD COME UP HERE. I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. IS THAT THE BEST PRACTICE THAT'S OUT THERE? BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THERE'S A HUGE CONFUSION WITH CITY OF MISSOURI

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SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LET ME ADDRESS THAT. YES, IT IS THE BEST PRACTICE.

THE MISCONCEPTION HERE IS THIS IS NOT THE ONLY STREET THAT WAS SELECTED IN THE BOND PROGRAM.

THERE WERE PROBABLY A DOZEN OF STREETS THAT WERE SELECTED.

SO WHAT WE DID IS IN, IN CONTINUATION OF THE COUNCIL POLICY THAT WE GIVE CHANCE TO QUALIFIED CONSULTANTS.

I WANT TO STRESS NOT A CONSULTANT, BUT QUALIFIED CONSULTANTS.

WE HAVE SO MANY STREETS THAT NEEDS TO BE REBUILT AND DESIGNED.

WE HAVE SO MANY QUALIFIED CONSULTANTS AVAILABLE.

SO WE SELECTED THOSE CONSULTANTS AND BASED ON BASED ON THEIR CAPABILITY.

AND WHEN I MEAN CAPABILITY, SOME ARE LARGER FIRMS MORE CAPABLE OF DOING LARGER COMPLEX PROJECTS THAT ARE SMALLER FIRMS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF HANDLING SMALLER PROJECTS.

SO WE PAIR THEM UP AND WE BRING THEM TO THE BODY.

SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STREETS THAT NEEDS TO BE DESIGNED AND RECONSTRUCTED.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF QUALIFIED CONSULTANTS AND STAFF PAIRS THEM AS AND WHEN THEY ARE PROGRAMED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

AND THIS IS VETTED BY THE PDI COMMITTEE. AND WE COME AND PRESENT TO YOU TO AWARD THE CONTRACT.

THAT'S THE SIMPLE PROCESS BY VETTED BY PDI COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE HAS PRE-SELECTED THESE CONSULTANTS PDI COMMITTEE.

WELL, PDI THE STAFF MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION.

PDI COMMITTEE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BODY OF COUNCIL.

ULTIMATELY IT WILL COME TO THE COUNCIL. BUT PDI SUBCOMMITTEE IS THE ONE THAT IS SCREENED.

THESE CONSULTANTS. AND THIS IS THE LIST THAT HAS BEEN SELECTED BY PDI COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL, AWARDS THE CONTRACT. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT TO RELOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THEN THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S THREE PEOPLE ON COUNCIL COMMITTEE THAT'S PRE-SELECTING THESE.

AND THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT I THOUGHT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS OF THE PDI COMMITTEE THAT Y'ALL ARE RUNNING PROJECTS THROUGH THEM BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVEN OF US.

SO I THIS IS NEWS TO ME. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO CITY MANAGER TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT SAYING THAT BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

BECAUSE WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN I DIDN'T GET TO PRE-SELECT BECAUSE WE'RE SITTING HERE.

NOTHING COMES INTO FINAL IF WE DON'T VOTE ON IT AS A TEAM.

THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT? CORRECT. RIGHT. AND IF FOUR PEOPLE MAKES THE CHOICE, THEN IT PASSES.

SO THEN IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS ALREADY PRESELECTING IT, THEN I'M WONDERING, IS THAT WHAT THE CONFUSION IS FOR PEOPLE TO SAY BECAUSE I DON'T I WHEN WHEN I GET ASKED I ASK, IS THIS HOW PEARLAND IS DOING? OR IS THIS HOW SUGARLAND IS? IS THIS HOW ALL THESE OTHER CITIES, THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS OVER THERE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT MISSOURI CITY IS DOING.

SO WE NEED TO GO BACK AND RELOOK AT THIS. WE'D BE HAPPY TO RELOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS A COUNCIL ADOPTED CONSULTANT SELECTION POLICY THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING, BUT WE WILL BE DEFINITELY HAPPY TO RELOOK AT THE PROCESS AND PRESENT YOU SOME CONCEPTS.

THANK YOU. RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM BRIAN MARSHALL. THANK YOU.

WE'VE HAD SOME RECENT, VERY RECENT ROBUST DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO PUTTING IN TIMELINES AND TIME PHASES WITH REGARDS TO OUR CONTRACTORS GETTING THESE CONTRACTS PUSHED FORWARD. JOY, I'LL ASK YOU THIS.

IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, HOW LONG SHOULD IT TAKE TO STUDY TO BE COMPLETED? IT SHOULD TAKE A YEAR FOR FOR THIS LENGTH OF A ROAD WITH YOU HAVING NOT ONLY JUST WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PAVEMENT, REDOING, CONSTRUCTING A PAVEMENT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE STORM SEWERS.

SO THAT HAS TO BE ANALYSIS DONE FOR THAT AS WELL.

AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT PHASES THAT WE DO OUR REVIEW AS, AS THE CITY WHEN THE CONSULTANTS SUBMIT THEIR PLANS TO US.

SO 30, 60, 90% BEFORE WE CAN EVEN TAKE THE SET OF PLANS TO CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN, IN ALL FAIRNESS, CITY MANAGER. IF WE WERE TO TIE THIS PROJECT TO THE DESIGN PHASE TO ONE YEAR, WOULD THAT BE ADEQUATE IN TERMS OF HOW WE RELEASE OUR BOND FUNDS? OR DO YOU SEE THERE BEING A PROBLEM WITH TRYING TO TIE TIME TO WHEN WE WOULD DRAW DOWN ON BOND FUNDS? NO, I ACTUALLY DON'T SEE THAT AS A PROBLEM AS IT RELATES TO BOND FUNDS.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS CONVEYED TO THE CONTRACTOR IN REGARDS TO THAT TIME FRAME WAS IN TERMS OF THIS PRICE.

WAS THERE A TIME FRAME? NO. BECAUSE THE THE FUNDING IS IS THERE FOR THE DESIGN AND THEN WE'LL HAVE FUNDING RELEASE FOR CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. SO I GUESS MY CHALLENGE WOULD BE TO GO BACK TO THE PARTICULAR CONTRACTOR AND TO MAKE SURE THAT HE COULD GET IT DONE WITHIN A ONE YEAR TIME FRAME. YES, THAT WOULD HELP US MOVE THESE PROJECTS, KEEP THEM MOVING, AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY PUSHING OUR CONTRACTORS TO GET THESE OR EXCUSE ME, OUR DESIGN CONSULTANTS TO GET OUR DESIGNS THROUGH TO US SO WE CAN REVIEW SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE QUICK TURNAROUNDS AND TO KEEP ON BEING ON SCHEDULE SO WE CAN BE IN

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THEN IT GETS PUSHED TO MARCH, THEN IT GETS PUSHED TO MAY, AND AND IT JUST KEEPS GETTING PUSHED.

SO ANYWHERE WHERE I CAN PUT FORTH A TIMEFRAME FOR TOTAL COMPLETION, I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO CITY MANAGER AGAIN, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP.

WHO WHO DEFINES WHO DESIGNED THE TIME FRAME? IS IT IS IT REALLY THE THE DESIGNER TELLING US WHAT TIME OR ARE WE TELLING THEM WHAT'S US? SO WE USUALLY TELL THEM THAT THROUGH THE CONTRACT.

OKAY. SO WE TOLD THIS PARTICULAR PERSON IT TAKES A WHOLE YEAR.

YES, YES. BASED ON HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE WHOLE YEAR BASED ON THE THE LENGTH OF THE ROAD AND BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS DESIGN, ANALYSIS AND COMPLETION AND KNOWING THAT WHAT OUR REVIEW TIME IS AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE TO CALCULATE ALL OF THAT WITHIN THEIR SCOPE WHEN THEY NEED TO MAKE THEIR SUBMITTALS.

BUT IF THEY WERE TO SAY THAT THEY CAN GET IT DONE IN SIX MONTHS, OUR ANSWER WOULD BE NO.

IT'D BE TAKE A YEAR. NOT UNLESS THEY COULD PROVE THAT TO US THAT IT WOULD TAKE SIX MONTHS NORMALLY ON DESIGN.

AND I WAS ON THE DESIGN SIDE AS A CONSULTANT, THAT A ROAD TO THIS AT THIS MAGNITUDE IS GOING TO TAKE UP TO A YEAR.

SO NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO JUST, OH, WE'RE STOPPING AT 12 MONTHS.

YOU HAVE TO BE FINISHED. IF IT'S COMPLETED BEFORE THE 12 MONTH PERIOD, THEN THAT IS EXCELLENT.

BUT WE KNOW ON AVERAGE THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A YEAR.

OKAY. WHERE DID YOU GET THAT AVERAGE FROM BASED ON PREVIOUS PREVIOUS PROJECTS, PREVIOUS PROJECTS.

SO CITY MANAGER WHEN WE WHEN THESE THINGS COME BEFORE US, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE COUNCIL TO PUT A TIMELINE.

OKAY. SO THIS WAY WE'RE NOT WAITING ON STAFF TO DESIGN BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS THIS WAS A 2021 BOND.

WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE 2026 PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THESE STREETS THAT WE SAID THAT WE VOTED FOR BACK IN 2021, AND IT HASN'T. I MEAN, WE'RE STILL GOING WITH ONE AT A TIME.

THIS WAS ONE OF MY COMMENTS TO YOU EARLIER WAS, WHY ARE WE JUST DOING ONE STREET AT A TIME? WHY DON'T WE HAVE DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS, DIFFERENT DESIGN FIRMS BIDDING ON MULTIPLE PROJECTS? SO THIS WAY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE PROJECTS ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING DONE AND NOT WAITING ON ONE FIRM DESIGN FIRM, ONE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO FINISH LA QUINTA DRIVE, AND THEN WE JUMP ON TO ANOTHER DRIVE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S QUITE ALONE AND YOU HAVE DESIGNS THAT ARE SHOWING AND I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THIS TIME FRAME.

LET ME LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS BOND PROCESS WORKS.

EVIDENTLY THERE WAS A DECISION THAT WAS MADE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT WE WERE GOING TO ISSUE THE BONDS INTO INCREMENTS.

SO BASED ON THAT, THAT ALLOWS US ONLY TO DO CERTAIN ASPECTS OF A PROJECT AT A TIME, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ISSUING ALL THE BONDS AT ONCE. IF WE WERE IF WE GO TO A NEW BOND WITH ME HERE, WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A SPENDING PLAN AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN ISSUE ALL THE BONDS AND DO ALL THE WORK EXPEDITIOUSLY. BUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DESIGN THE BOND ISSUANCE THIS WAY, THEN WE ONLY HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO DO CERTAIN PROJECTS WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME.

SO WAS THAT A COUNCIL DECISION OR WAS THAT WAS A COUNCIL DECISION BASED ON, I WOULD THINK, THE CAPACITY OF STAFF, THE CAPACITY OF STAFF TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS AVOIDING ARBITRAGE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A NEGATIVE TO THE CITY IF THAT WERE TO OCCUR.

SO AGAIN, IT WAS THE COUNCIL DECISION TO DO THOSE BONDS IN INCREMENTS.

BUT I HEARD YOU JUST SAY IT WAS A COUNCIL DECISION BASED ON STAFF AVAILABILITY.

RIGHT. WELL THAT'S I'M, I'M, I'M I DON'T HEAR I WAS NOT HEAR I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BASIS WAS.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE SOME RATIONALE FOR WHY YOU WOULD DO IT IN INCREMENTS.

AND TO ME, SINCE A LOT OF IT IS CONTINGENT ON STAFF AND EMPLOYING CONTRACTORS TO DO THE WORK.

I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE A CAPACITY ISSUE AT THAT POINT.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND TO CITY MANAGER MOVING FORWARD, IF THERE ARE ANY BONDS THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT AS A SPECIAL COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS ABSOLUTELY BEFOREHAND.

JUST PUSHING IT THROUGH. IT WOULD BE NO OTHER WAY THAT IT TAKES A YEAR AND A HALF TO COMPLETE ONE BEFORE WE TOUCH THE OTHER ONE.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CITIZENS VOTED FOR. WELL, AND AGAIN, I WOULD SAY THAT GOING FORWARD,

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AND AND AS LONG AS THERE ARE CONTRACTORS AVAILABLE TO DO IT, THEN WE CAN MANAGE IT.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, IS THAT YOUR MOTION FOR ITEM M? I MEAN, N IS THAT WHAT IT IS N TO MOVE FORWARD? YES. COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, IS THAT YOUR SECOND? ALL RIGHT. SO SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM £0.07. WHO WAS THAT? WHO PULLED THAT?

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IN GENERAL, IN THE CITY WHAT FACILITIES HAVE CITY OWNED FACILITIES HAVE EMERGENCY GENERATORS THAT ARE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED.

SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THIS COMPLEX AS HAVING A PARTIAL GENERATOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS BUILDING.

IT DOES NOT RUN THE ENTIRE BUILDING. IT'S ONLY PARTIAL. THE FIRE STATIONS ALL HAVE PERMANENT GENERATORS.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE COURT BUILDING, WHICH IS USED AS THE EOC DURING EMERGENCIES THAT IS THE MAJOR BUILDINGS THAT HAVE EMERGENCY POWER. SO DOES THE COMMUNITY CENTER FALL UNDER THAT.

UNDER THE PARTIAL IT DOES NOT. SO THE ONLY FACILITY THAT WE WILL HAVE.

SO THIS THIS GENERATOR WILL COVER THE ENTIRE CITY CENTER OR WHAT ARE WE CALLING QUAIL VALLEY GOLF CLUB CLUB.

WHEN THIS IS INSTALLED. CORRECT. SO THAT IS THE ONLY FACILITY THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT HAS EMERGENCY POWER THAT WE COULD RUN IMMEDIATELY FROM THE GET GO ON FOR A WARMING CENTER OR FOR A A, YOU KNOW, A, A COOLING CENTER.

SO, SO THIS ITEM IS ACTUALLY FOR TWO DIFFERENT GENERATORS.

ONE IS FOR THE QUAIL VALLEY GOLF CLUB, THE OTHER IS FOR THE RECREATION CENTER.

OKAY. SO SO IT WOULD BE BOTH OF THOSE FACILITIES AS BEING FACILITIES THAT WOULD BE FULLY POWERED.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO AND AGAIN, THE INTENT IS NOT JUST TO SAVE THE BUILDING, WHICH IS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED IN THE PREVIOUS HURRICANE THAT DAMAGED OR WHEN BERYL DAMAGED THE CITY CENTER AT THE TIME.

IT IS TO BE USED AS EMERGENCY CENTERS FOR HEATING AND COOLING BECAUSE.

NO. AND JUST A LITTLE CLARIFICATION AROUND THAT.

WE ALSO COOPERATE OR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, AND THE COUNTY HAS IDENTIFIED COOLING AND WARMING CENTERS.

THAT IS A WHOLE NOTHER CONVERSATION TO GET INTO IN REGARDS TO COOLING AND WARMING CENTERS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS AT ANOTHER TIME.

THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO ENSURE THAT THIS FACILITY THAT SERVES AS THE FEEDING, THAT'S THE ONLY KITCHEN OR FOOD WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING DURING EMERGENCIES.

OKAY. SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY PURPOSE AS WELL TO MAINTAIN THE KITCHEN IS TO MAINTAIN THE KITCHEN.

THAT'S THAT'S OUR FOOD SOURCE. AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE TO PROVIDE THAT TO ANYONE WORKING IN AN EMERGENCY STATUS.

SO STILL IT FALLS UNDER EMERGENCY. IT DEFINITELY FALLS UNDER EMERGENCY FOR SURE.

AND THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE RECREATION CENTER.

THEN AS BACKUP POWER, IT'S THE SAME. IT'S HOW WE USE IT AND HOW WE PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY.

IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO GET ADEQUATE SPACE.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A BACKUP TO DO SO.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE OPERATING PORTION OF THAT WHICH WE HAVE NOT DONE.

OKAY. SO I FIRMLY AGREE. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE THE COUNTY RESOURCES, BUT I DON'T TRUST THE COUNTY.

IN THE PAST THEY'VE BEEN SLOW TO MOVE, AND IF WE HAD OUR OWN FACILITIES THAT COULD HELP AND HOUSE OUR, OUR, OUR CITIZENS, THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.

SORRY. NO. THAT'S OKAY. SO I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS ALL STARTED BACK FROM A COMMITTEE THAT WAS STARTED IN LIKE 2022 AND IN 2023, THEY LOOKED SPECIFICALLY AT THIS COMPLEX. WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO POWER THE THREE BUILDINGS THAT ARE PART OF THIS COMPLEX? THE CITY HALL, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BUILDING, AS WELL AS AS THE COMMUNITY BUILDING.

THAT WENT TO A DESIGN AND CAME BACK AT A PRICE TAG OF APPROXIMATELY $2.5 MILLION.

WE HAVE $1 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY POWER. SO AS WE WERE AS THE COMMITTEE MET THIS YEAR, WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE BUILDINGS THAT SERVE THE SAME FUNCTIONS.

AND SO IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GOLF CLUB WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR SUPPORT OF STAFF AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS.

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IT WAS LOOKED AT AS THE RECREATION CENTER BECAUSE IT'S SIMILAR SIZE AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ASSISTANCE.

SO WE WERE LOOKING AT THE GOALS THAT WERE WERE USED FOR THIS COMPLEX, AND WE APPLIED IT IN A BROADER SENSE SO THAT WE COULD BRING IT IN AT A PRICE THAT WE COULD AFFORD. FANTASTIC. AND THAT'S MY MAIN ISSUE, IS THAT THIS IS NOT JUST TO KEEP OUR OUR CENTERS MOLD FREE.

IT IS A TRUE EMERGENCY USE. SO THAT WAS MY MAIN ISSUE WITH THAT.

AND SO CAN I ASK YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN THE RECREATION CENTER, WHAT SORT OF CAPACITY ARE WE LOOKING AT? IF WE WERE TO USE IT FOR THE COMMUNITY? LIKE HOW MANY? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION DIRECTLY. YEAH. AND I THINK THAT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.

YEAH. OKAY. SO THAT THAT WOULD DEPEND ON THE SITUATION.

MAKE SENSE OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I JUST HAVE COMMENTS.

DURING WINTER YURI STORM IN 2021, WE USED THIS FACILITY.

ACTUALLY, TEXAS RANGERS WERE OUT HERE. FORT BEND COUNTY CAME OVER.

THIS WAS THE ONLY RECREATIONAL CENTER WAS THE ONLY WARMING SHELTER IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

OH, WOW. AND THEN THE GOLF COURSE WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUE WITH BARREL WAS POWER WAS GONE.

SO IT LEAKED THROUGH THE ROOF. SO EVEN IF TOMORROW THERE'S ANOTHER HURRICANE, EVEN IF YOU HAVE GENERATOR, IT STILL LEAKS. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LEAKS AND ENDS UP FIXING THE LEAK.

BUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE AWAY IS YOU DON'T HAVE A BUILDING WITH ZERO POWER AND SITTING OUT THERE WITH WATER, RIGHT? AT LEAST IT'S DRYING. SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL CHANGE UP THE, YOU KNOW, SHOCKS AND ALL THAT.

BUT I THINK THE CRITICAL POINT IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT FORT BEND COUNTY, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE OTHER AREAS, CITIES ARE REBUILDING THEIR EOC, THEIR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS.

OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IS REALLY SMALL TO BEGIN WITH.

ANYWAY. BUT IF MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT THAT YOU USE THE RECREATIONAL FACILITY AND THE GOLF COURSE AS A MEANS OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WORKING OVERNIGHT TO SLEEP IN.

YES, BECAUSE I DO RECALL WHEN THE RANGERS WERE HERE, WE USED THE RECREATIONAL SPACE IN THE GYM AS A PLACE OF LIKE A TENT OR THOSE BEDS, IF YOU WILL, FOLDABLE BEDS. AND WE HAVE CREW THAT WORKS ON PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND PARKS AND ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN TO HELP.

THIS WOULD AGAIN SERVE AS A FACILITY FOR THAT KIND OF USAGE.

SO I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY TIME THAT WE INVEST IN IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND DO IT.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. SORRY. I WAS CAPTIVATED BY THE CONVERSATION.

MOST OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ALREADY ANSWERED. CITY MANAGER, THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION.

WHY THIS LOCATION, THE QUAIL VALLEY GOLF CLUB? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS CHATTER OUT THERE, AND SO YOU CLARIFIED THAT WHICH THAT I THINK THAT WAS AN AREA THAT I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT. WHY THIS LOCATION. AND IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

IT IS OUR ONLY FACILITY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PREPARE, COOK FOOD, ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

AND OUR STAFF, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, EMS, THEY, EVEN OUR PUBLIC WORKS PARKS, EVERYBODY STILL HAS TO WORK. YES. AND SO IN A LOT OF CASES, EVEN WITH BARREL COUNCIL DIDN'T HAVE POWER, MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DIDN'T HAVE POWER AND A LOT OF OUR STAFFS.

SO THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE WHY THIS LOCATION WAS SELECTED.

BUT I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION THAT POPPED UP BECAUSE YOU SAID THE 630,000 IS FOR THE TWO LOCATIONS.

AND I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE THE QUAIL VALLEY GOLF CLUB IS BEING EXPANDED AND IT'S A TWO STORY.

SO WILL THAT ONE NEED A BIGGER GENERATOR SYSTEM OR WILL IT NEED WILLING TO UP AND DOWNSTAIRS SYSTEM.

LIKE HOW DOES THAT THAT WORK? BECAUSE THE RECREATION CENTER IS LIKE IT'S JUST A FLAT STANDALONE BUILDING.

CORRECT. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT TWO INDIVIDUAL QUOTES.

THE THE GOLF CLUB IS RECEIVING A 400 KILOWATT GENERATOR.

SO IT'S A, IT'S A LARGER SIZE GENERATOR. WHEREAS THE RECREATION CENTER HAS A 200 KILOWATT GENERATOR THAT WOULD BE INSTALLED AT THAT LOCATION.

OKAY. AND SO HOW LONG WILL THE BACKUP GENERATOR PROVIDE POWER? HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO, SO THESE GENERATORS ARE NATURAL GAS.

THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE STAFF THAT IS HAVING TO GO OUT AND SUPPLY DIESEL TO TO KEEP THEM RUNNING.

SO IT'LL HAVE A NATURAL GAS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A CONTINUOUS SUPPLY OF FUEL.

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AND THEN ONE OTHER THING THAT JUST POPPED UP IN MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS YOU SAID YOU HAD $1 MILLION BUDGET.

AND WITH THE THE LEFT OVER DIFFERENCE. IS THERE ANY ROOM TO DO A REMAINDER OF A FULL SERVICE HERE AT CITY HALL, OR PUT A PARTIAL AT ONE OF OUR OTHER LOCATIONS? LIKE THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR THE NEW BUILDING ON TEXAS PARKWAY? IS THERE ANY OPTIONS FOR THAT? SO THAT COMMITTEE PLANS TO RECONVENE TO, TO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST USE OF THE MONEY, IS THAT DO ASSESSMENTS OF THE CURRENT GENERATORS THAT ARE, THAT ARE AT FACILITIES THAT MAY BE GETTING OLD, WHERE IT MAY BE TIME TO REPLACE THOSE GENERATORS, OR DO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SERVE A PURPOSE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS? OKAY. ALRIGHTY.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK, IS THAT YOUR MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

DID YOU PUT IN. NO. YEAH. WE'RE USING THESE. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. I SEE NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO IT TOOK 809 FOR US TO MOVE OUT OF CONSENT AGENDA.

I TRY, I TRY, I REALLY TRY ITEM EIGHT APPOINTMENTS.

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Elect a Mayor Pro Tem.]

ROME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.05 OF THE CITY CHARTER, THE MAYOR PRO TEM SHALL BE A COUNCIL MEMBER AND SHALL BE ELECTED BY THE COUNCIL AT A COUNCIL MEETING BETWEEN NOVEMBER THE 15TH AND DECEMBER, THE 31ST OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR.

OKAY. THE MAYOR PRO TEM SHALL HOLD THE TITLE FOR ONE YEAR.

AND UNTIL THE ELECTION OF THE SUCCESSOR. OF COURSE, THE MAYOR PRO TEM SHALL ACT AS THE MAYOR DURING THE ABSENCE OR DISABILITY OF THE MAYOR.

AND SO ACTING IN THIS CAPACITY SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY CONFERRED UPON THE MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT. SO I SEE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK.

WHAT IS YOUR MOTION? MY MOTION IS THAT WE MAKE COUNCILMEMBER LYNN CLOUSER, THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE NEW YEAR.

OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON, IS THAT YOUR SECOND? ACTUALLY WAS VOTING TO KEEP MAYOR PRO TEM AS MAYOR PRO TEM.

OKAY, SO THEN I DIDN'T KNOW. CAN YOU PULL OUT OF YOURSELF OUT OF THE SECOND? IF YOU'RE NOT, THAT'S NOT YOUR SECOND. OKAY, OKAY.

IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, SO THERE'S A MOTION.

COUNCILMEMBER ANAMARIE, IS THAT YOUR SECOND? YES.

OKAY. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

YES. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE REASONING FOR SELECTING COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER FOR FOR MAYOR PRO TEM VERSUS MY MYSELF, LAST YEAR, I WAS SKIPPED OVER AGAIN.

AND SO HERE IT IS AGAIN THIS YEAR IN 2025, FOUR YEARS IN I STILL HAVE NOT SERVED AS MAYOR PRO TEM.

AND SO THE OTHER OPTION WAS MADE FOR MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN MARSHALL TO CONTINUE ON AS MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME IN THE PUBLIC WHY YOUR SELECTION IS FOR SOMEONE WHO'S ACTUALLY SERVED A YEAR BEFORE LAST? AT THIS POINT, I FEEL THAT COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER WILL DO AN AMAZING JOB AT THE ROLE.

AND MY DECISION ISN'T BASED ON TIME IN POSITION OR YEARS ON COUNCIL.

IT HAS TO DO WITH THE QUALIFIED CANDIDATE. SO IS THAT TO STATE THAT I'M NOT QUALIFIED? MY STATEMENT IS THAT I AM NOMINATING COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER AND SHE'S THE THE CHOICE THAT I FEEL BEST AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

OKAY. WELL, I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE A STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC SERVING ON THIS COUNCIL FOR FOUR YEARS AND SERVING WITH INTEGRITY AND ETHICS. IT MAKES IT REALLY COMPLICATED TO UNDERSTAND WHY Y'ALL CHOOSE, AS MY COLLEAGUES, TO CONTINUE TO OVERLOOK MY WORK, MY SERVICE, AND MY TENURE HERE.

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AND SO I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH HOW Y'ALL CHOOSE TO OVERLOOK AND RESPECT THE WORK THAT I AM DOING HERE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

AND I'M JUST VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THAT. AND I WAS ELECTED AT 80% THIS LAST ELECTION CYCLE IN 2020 FOR MY DISTRICT EIGHT VOTERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEIR DISTRICT A COUNCIL MEMBER SERVE IN A CAPACITY OF THAT LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP.

AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENT. AND I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED WITH HOW Y'ALL CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN THIS PARTICULAR ROLE. AND SELECTING HOW YOU'RE SELECTING THIS CITY, CITY SECRETARY CHRISTEL RONE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THERE BE PUT FORTH A PROCESS IN HOW WE SELECT MAYOR PRO TEM GOING FORWARD FOR THE FUTURE OF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IS SERVING IN THE PAST ADMINISTRATION AND THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, IT SEEMS TO BE PICK AND CHOOSE WINNERS AND LOSERS.

AND SO I THINK IT'S TIME FOR A TIME THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE AND HOW WE SELECT MEMBERS TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN MARSHALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY HUMBLE GRATITUDE FOR YOU GUYS ENTRUSTING ME OVER THE LAST YEAR TO SERVE AS YOUR MAYOR PRO TEM.

IT WAS TRULY, TRULY AN HONOR. IT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK.

I DO WELCOME THE REST THIS TIME. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NOMINATING ME ONCE AGAIN TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE AT THIS CROSSROADS, I DID EXTEND AN OFFER OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY FOR SHE AND I TO WORK ON JUST WHAT SHE'S ASKED FOR ON TONIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON PUTTING FORTH SOME TYPE OF A PLAN, IF INDEED THAT IS THE DESIRE OF THIS BODY TO PUT FORTH SOME TYPE OF PLAN, THEN THEN SO BE IT.

BUT AT THIS TIME, I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR ENTRUSTING ME.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL, I SIGNED MYSELF UP.

ENJOYS. WHAT DOES IT SAY IN THE CHARTER? SO THE CHARTER ONLY PROVIDES THAT THERE WILL BE AN ELECTION OF A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

OKAY. DOES THE CHARTER SAY ANY PRE-ARRANGEMENT RULES OR ANY ANYTHING THAT SAYS THAT WE GO BASED ON SENIORITY OR WE GO BASED ON WHO, WHAT DISTRICT, WHAT A LARGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO YOUR INTERPRETATION? NO, SIR. IT'S NOT. NO. OKAY. CAN A MEMBER OF COUNCIL, INCLUDING MYSELF, GIVE DIRECTION TO CITY SECRETARY TO COME UP WITH A PROCESS TO ELECT A MAYOR PRO TEM, IF THAT'S WHAT THE CHARTER STATES? SO CAN. YOUR QUESTION WAS, CAN ANY ONE MEMBER GIVE DIRECTION OR GIVE DIRECTION? ANY ONE MEMBER CAN GIVE DIRECTION TO THE CITY SECRETARY.

BASED ON WHAT I JUST ASKED YOU ABOUT THE CHARTER.

NO. NO. RIGHT. CORRECT. OKAY. SO WHICH MEANS THIS IS UP TO THE SEVEN PEOPLE IN THIS BODY WITH NO PREARRANGEMENT.

IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT ANYONE CAN NOMINATE ANYONE.

AND IF THERE IS A SECOND, THEN THAT'S A SECOND.

IF IT REMAINS THAT WAY, IF THERE'S A VOTE, IF IT FAILS, THEN WE GO BACK OUT AND LOOK FOR ANOTHER MOTION.

CORRECT? CORRECT. IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING? THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, YES. RIGHT. SO. SO IS THERE ANY PREARRANGEMENTS BY THIS COUNCIL OR ANY PREVIOUS COUNCIL THAT'S IN WRITING OR SOMEWHERE THAT STATES WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR PICKING A MAYOR PRO TEM? NO. YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S ON YOUR. NO, SIR.

OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NOT. THAT'S IN WRITING.

NO, SIR. OKAY. SO I WANT TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

THE FACT THAT THIS IS WE'RE FOLLOWING THE CHARTER.

ANY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL CAN PUT IN A MOTION TO ELECT OR APPOINT OR PUT A MOTION OUT THERE TO VOTE ON FOR ANY PERSON. AND THIS IS THIS IS AN ELECTION OR THIS IS BEING VOTED ON BY ONLY SEVEN OF US.

CORRECT? CORRECT. CORRECT. SO AND THIS IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOUR OFFICE, WHICH IS CITY ATTORNEY OR YOUR OFFICE.

CITY SECRETARY. CORRECT. OR THE CITY MANAGER, WHICH THE THREE WE APPOINT AS MEMBERS OF BODY TO GIVE US DIRECTION AS TO HOW WE ELECT A MAYOR PRO TEM. CORRECT. CORRECT. OKAY. I YIELD BACK.

THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER EMERY.

STATE YOUR MOTION AGAIN ONE MORE TIME. MY MOTION IS TO ELECT COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER LANAKILA ESSER AS MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE

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THE MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 1. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ITEM EIGHT B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.

[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - Appoint a member to the board of d...]

WHAT IS THE MAYOR PRO TEM? IT'S LIKE A VICE MAYOR.

ASSISTANT MAYOR. WHEN THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE TO SERVE OR AT EVENTS, THEY STEP UP.

AND SO IT'S IT'S A LOT MORE WORK. SO THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SONIA BROWN MARSHALL FOR SERVING.

AND I'M HONORED TO SERVE AGAIN AS YOUR MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU. ITEM EIGHT B WAS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT A MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FORT BEND SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM BEGINNING ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2026 AND ENDING ON JANUARY 31ST, 2028. CITY SECRETARY THE FORT BEND SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT HAS NOTIFIED THE CITY THAT THE TERM FOR MR. WILLIAM WALLACE, THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DISTRICT, WILL WILL EXPIRE IN JANUARY OF 2026.

THEREFORE, THE DISTRICT IS REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL EITHER REAPPOINT MR. WALLACE OR APPOINT ANOTHER QUALIFIED RESIDENT TO BE THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE.

TO BE QUALIFIED, THE MEMBER MUST BE A RESIDENT OF AND QUALIFIED VOTER IN THE DISTRICT, AND MR. WALLACE HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD SINCE 1995. MR. WALLACE WAS CONTACTED AND HE IS HERE TONIGHT.

IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS OF HIM. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. RECOGNIZE AND COUNCILMEMBER CLAUSEN.

YES. SINCE MR. WALLACE HAS SERVED SINCE 1995 AND HE IS HERE, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO COME UP.

HE'S ROUGHED IT THROUGH THIS WHOLE MEETING. AND ANYBODY THAT SERVED SINCE 1995, THAT'S WHEN I GRADUATED COLLEGE.

WE WON'T GO INTO THAT. RIGHT, RIGHT. RIGHT. RIGHT.

RIGHT, RIGHT. HELLO, MR. WALLACE. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. SO YOU'VE BEEN SERVING SINCE 1995? YES. WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO CONTINUE SERVING IN THIS ROLE? YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN AN ACTIVE CITIZEN WITHIN THE CITY FOR.

WELL, I MOVED HERE IN 85. I ACTUALLY RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL AND DID NOT WIN IN A RECOUNT.

BUT I BELIEVE SERVICE IS IMPORTANT. WHICH REMINDS ME.

LET ME FIRST THANK AND CONGRATULATE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN REELECTED AS WELL AS NEWLY ELECTED TO COUNCIL.

AND ALSO, I THINK AS YOU'VE SEEN TONIGHT, IT'S A VERY CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING TO BE OUT FRONT DEALING WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND ON ISSUES.

IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, VERY COSTLY TO THE PUBLIC IN TERMS OF TAXES AND IMPLICATIONS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN ACTIVE PERSON. I BELIEVE IN SERVICE AND HAVE CHOSEN TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.

I MUST ADMIT, I DID NOT EXPECT TO BE DOING THIS SINCE 95.

IN FACT, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT I HAD BEEN SERVING FOR SO LONG AND YOU KNOW, HAVE NOW BEEN THE MOST TENURED PERSON ON THE DISTRICT.

AND, OF COURSE, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO REPRESENT THE CITY IN THAT REGARD AND SOMETHING EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, VERY COSTLY IN TERMS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT IT HAS DEMANDED OF THE CITIZENS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT MISSOURI CITY IS PROPERLY REPRESENTED ON THIS DISTRICT, NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO FOR THE COUNTY ITSELF, WHICH THIS DISTRICT DOES HAVE MAJOR IMPLICATIONS FOR.

SO IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. WELL, GOOD. WELL THANK YOU.

AND I GUESS THIS IS KEEPING YOU YOUNG. SO. WELL.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. IF I MAY MAKE A COMMENT, MR. WALLACE HAS VERY DILIGENTLY SERVED THE INTEREST OF MISSOURI CITY.

ULTIMATELY, THIS BOILS DOWN TO THE WATER RATES THAT WE SET FOR THE RESIDENTS.

SO IT'S A VERY KEY POSITIONS. HE'S REGULARLY MEETING WITH THE STAFF, DILIGENTLY REPRESENTING US ON SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT.

I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR THE SERVICE AND HIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE FOR MISSOURI CITY.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S BEEN TURNOVER, SO IT'S IN THE STAFFING.

SO I'VE BEEN SOMEWHAT THE CONSISTENT FIGURE, IF YOU WILL, WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER.

BUT IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WITH MR. COOK NOW JOINING THE GROUP AND WHATNOT.

I THINK YOU HAVE SOME EXPERTISE AND TALENTS HERE THAT'S GOING TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE,

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SO IT'S A PLEASURE. ALL RIGHT. MR. WALLACE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP TODAY.

OF COURSE. AND AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS WE HAVE THESE TYPE OF APPOINTMENTS THAT COME BEFORE US.

WE'VE ALWAYS ASKED OUR CITY SECRETARY TO INVITE THOSE THAT WANTS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.

SO AT LEAST WE KNOW A PERSON BY NAME TO A FACE.

WE AND I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HERE AND STAYED THIS LONG.

AND TO GO THROUGH THIS ITEM TO BE HERE, THAT TELLS ME THAT YOU HAVE A VERY WELL INTEREST IN SERVING CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AT THIS BOARD.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I WILL SAY THAT I WILL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS STAFF ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTRICT TO ANY COUNCIL MEMBER OR REPRESENTATIVE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET FURTHER DETAILS OR INFORMATION ON WHAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY THAT RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY.

ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR. SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER RAMOS.

I GET THIS RIGHT. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.

I SEE NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER NINE. ORDINANCES NINE A. NINE A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]

SO IN THE PAST THE IMPACT FEES AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN HAS BEEN LOOKED AT BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

SENATE BILL 1883 THAT WAS PASSED THIS DURING THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION CAME INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST.

AND IT REMOVED THE ABILITY FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO SERVE AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

IT REQUIRES NOW AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTS OF FIVE MEMBERS OR AT LEAST FIVE MEMBERS, 50% OF WHICH MUST BE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING INDUSTRIES.

THIS ORDINANCE IS SIMPLY TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW STATE LAW. THANK YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. NOT.

ITEM NINE B AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AMENDING THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST,

[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - An ordin...]

APPROPRIATING SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE TO VARIOUS FUND ACCOUNTS, AMENDING THE AUTHORIZED STAFFING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.

AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO TAKE STEPS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH TRANSFERS, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.

I. BERTHA ALEXANDER, INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING.

IF THIS AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, IT DOES TWO THINGS.

IT ADDS TWO FULL TIME POSITIONS TO THE BUDGET, INCREASING IT FROM 465 FULL TIME FTES TO 467. THIS AMENDMENT INCREASES PERSONNEL COSTS BY 171,000 TO FUND PROJECTED SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR TWO NEW LIAISON POSITIONS FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

THESE POSITIONS WILL IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THIS AMENDMENT ALSO INCREASES REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE BY $300,000 TO FUND CHRISTMAS LIGHTING AND DECORATIONS. THE OVERALL IMPACT TO THE BUDGET WOULD BE A DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF $471,000, LEAVING A BUDGETED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 39.9 MILLION.

THAT CONCLUDES THE BUDGET AMENDMENT PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT. FOR 2026. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM, I MEAN, COUNCILMEMBER BROWN.

MARSHALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. BERTHA, EVEN WITH THE $39 MILLION THAT WE WOULD LEAVE IN FUND BALANCE.

WHAT IS OUR THRESHOLD REQUIREMENT THERE? 30%.

IS OUR THRESHOLD ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 30%, AND WE TYPICALLY CARRY 30%.

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IT'S REALLY NO IMPACT THAT YOU SEE TOWARDS THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION? SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM BROWN.

MARSHALL. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. ITEM NINE C, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY,

[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - An ordin...]

OKAY. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. CRYSTAL.

BEFORE WE LET BERTHA PRESENT ON THE ABOVE ITEM, IT SAYS ON B, IT SAYS BERTHA ALEXANDER, INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT NINE C SAYS BERTHA ALEXANDER, CHIEF BUDGET AND PERFORMANCE OFFICER.

WHICH ONE IS WHICH? THAT IS A TYPO. IT WOULD BE THE INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

WELL, CITY MANAGER, IT SOUNDS TO ME MORE LIKE A CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, BUT ALL RIGHT, BERTHA.

OKAY, I'M PRESENTING A BUDGET ITEM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO TONIGHT I WILL BE PRESENTING THE FINAL FY 25 BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH INCLUDES UPDATES TO SEVERAL FUNDS TO ALIGN THE BUDGET WITH ACTUAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

WE ARE RECOGNIZING AN INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT OF $781,400 RELATED TO DAMAGES CAUSED BY HURRICANE BERYL. THIS FUNDING IS ALSO BEING ADDED TO REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE TO ADDRESS THOSE STORMS RELATED COSTS. SO THE NET IMPACT THERE IS ZERO. NEXT, THE AMENDMENT INCLUDES A TRANSFER OF 1.86 MILLION FROM NON-DEPARTMENTAL TO THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO COVER THE MAY 4TH, 2025 SALARY INCREASES AND ASSOCIATED BENEFITS FOR BOTH CIVIL SERVICE AND NON-CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES.

THESE INCREASES WERE ALREADY APPROVED AS A PART OF THE FY 25 ADOPTED BUDGET, AND THE TRANSFER JUST SIMPLY ALLOCATES THE DOLLARS OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS. THE AMENDMENT TRANSFERS 2.9 MILLION TO THE MISSOURI CITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION TO ELIMINATE PRIOR STRUCTURAL DEFICITS.

THIS AMOUNT COVERS FIVE YEARS WORTH. THESE ARE TECHNICAL TRANSACTIONS IN ORDER TO CLEAR OUT SOME IN ACCOUNTING TERMS DUE TO. DUE FROM. OKAY. THIS GIVES LGC A CLEAN SLATE AND WE MOVE AWAY FROM THAT STRUCTURE BASED ON A PRESENTATION WE SAW EARLIER. THIS TRANSFER IS TIED TO AN AMENDED OPERATING AN AGREEMENT WHICH STATES THAT THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FUNDING ANY DEFICITS TO ENSURE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CITY OWNED ASSET. OVERALL, THE NET IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE IS A DECREASE OF 2.79 MILLION, AND THE BUDGETED ENDING FUND BALANCE IS 24.8 MILLION, AND THAT NUMBER WILL BE SOLIDIFIED ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE AUDIT. THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS SPECIAL REVENUE.

THE DONATION FUNDS TO 31, WHERE WE RECEIVED $13,500 IN DONATIONS TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION PROGRAM.

THIS AMENDMENT ADDS THE REVENUE AS WELL AS INCREASES THE EXPENSE TO COVER THE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WERE ISSUED.

THE NET IMPACT IS ZERO, AND THE BUDGETED ENDING FUND BALANCE IS 306,184.

CAPITAL PROJECTS. THIS IS A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUND FOR 17.

THIS AMENDMENT ADJUSTS THE BUDGET TO REFLECT THE FULL AMOUNT OF BOND PROCEEDS RECEIVED.

REVENUE IS INCREASED BY 124,055, AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE INCREASED BY THE SAME AMOUNT.

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UTILITY PROJECT FUND. CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION 218 SERIES A.

WE'RE REDUCING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT BUDGET BY $53.

THIS REDUCES THE BUDGET TO MATCH THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF BOND PROCEEDS RECEIVED.

REMOVING EXCESS BUDGET AUTHORITY THAT IS NO LONGER NEEDED.

IF WE DON'T REMOVE IT FROM THE BOOKS, IT KEEPS ROLLING FORWARD.

SO THIS IS A TECHNICAL CLEANUP. THE BUDGETED ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR THIS PARTICULAR FUND IS PROJECTED TO BE 12.1 MILLION.

OTHER. ENTERPRISE FUND 580, WHICH IS SOLID WASTE.

THIS AMENDMENT REFLECTS AN INCREASE IN SOLID WASTE REVENUE OF 55,502 TO MATCH ACTUAL COLLECTIONS.

THIS IS A PASS THROUGH FOR US. WE'RE ALSO INCREASING THE SOLID WASTE SERVICES EXPENSE BY 55,502, IN ORDER TO COVER THE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER INVOICES.

THE NET IMPACT IS ZERO, WITH THE BUDGETED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 244,641.

AND THE FINAL SLIDE IS THE ENTERPRISE FUND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION FROM FIVE.

71. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE TRANSFERRING 2.79 MILLION.

THIS IS A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT IN ORDER TO CLEAN UP THE BOOKS FOR THIS PARTICULAR FUND.

THIS IS A FORMULA DRIVEN ENDING FUND BALANCE.

IT'S NOT ACTUAL. SO NO, LGC DOES NOT HAVE ANY FUND BALANCE OF 1.5 MILLION.

IN CLOSING, MOST OF THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE BUDGET NEUTRAL.

WE WANTED TO BRING FORWARD THESE CLEAN UP ITEMS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ACCURATELY REPORTING AND WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. BERTHA, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANTED TO I MISSED THAT SLIDE. WHAT WAS THAT? MIKE BROUGHT IN 13,500. YOU REMEMBER THAT NUMBER? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM CLAUSEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BROWN. MARSHALL. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER TEN ARE RESOLUTIONS TEN, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY,

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution confirming the City M...]

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.

I THANK YOU. WE HAVE HEIDI RODRIGUEZ, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER.

YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ACTUALLY HEIDI COONEY.

GOT MARRIED RECENTLY, BUT I AM THE HR IS RODRIGUEZ, RIGHT? I JUST KNEW SOMEONE WAS GOING TO ASK. IT'S OKAY.

IT'S. IT'S FINE. NO PROBLEM. DOESN'T MATTER. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE REAPPOINTMENT OF OUR CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONER, JACQUELINE WATSON. AS AN OVERVIEW, OUR CIVIL SERVICE WAS ADOPTED BY VOTERS ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 UNDER CHAPTER 143 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH GOVERNS OUR MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

UNDER CHAPTER 143, THE CITY MANAGER MUST APPOINT THREE COMMISSIONERS WITH COUNCIL CONFIRMATION.

MISS WATSON, WHO IS WITH US THIS EVENING, CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE COMMISSIONER AND CHAIR AND HER HER TERM WILL END DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR CITY STAFF MEMBERS HAVE VOTED TO REAPPOINT MISS WATSON FOR ANOTHER THREE YEAR TERM.

CURRENTLY, CITY MANAGER JONES IS SEEKING COUNCIL CONFIRMATION OF HER REAPPOINTMENT TO POSITION TWO BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2026. MISS WATSON IS HERE THIS EVENING. IF SHE'D LIKE TO COME UP TO JUST INTRODUCE HERSELF.

SURE. THANK YOU. HEIDI. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

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SO I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO GIVE MY BEST TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER, I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENT.

FIRST OF ALL, SAYING THANK YOU. BUT JUST TO SAY THAT AS I CAME INTO THIS CHAMBER I SEE HEIDI'S WHOLE TEAM IS HERE.

HEIDI WAS STANDING AT THAT PODIUM PRACTICING.

YOU DID A GREAT JOB. GREAT JOB. DON'T EVER BE NERVOUS.

I AGREE. I AGREE. SHE WAS EXCELLENT. I ACTUALLY HAD TO DOUBLE CHECK AND SEE DID I? WAS I LATE TO THE MEETING BECAUSE SHE'S ALREADY PRESENTING, RIGHT.

BUT ANYWAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER. RILEY, WHAT IS YOUR MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ODEKIRK.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. I SAID SHAUN, OUR PRACTICE MAKES BETTER.

SHOULD BE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ITEM TEN B A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY,

[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution casting votes for the...]

ALL RIGHT, CITY SECRETARY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS ENTITLED TO 48 VOTES AND WILL NEED TO BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE NOMINATED PERSONS ON THE ELECTION BALLOT.

VOTES MAY BE CAST. ALL FOR ALL FOR ONE OR ALLOCATED AS DESIRED AMONG THE CANDIDATES FOR A TOTAL OF 48 VOTES.

THE CITY MUST SUBMIT THE NAME CAST TO THE CHIEF APPRAISER OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BEFORE DECEMBER THE 15TH.

THE CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITIONS AND THERE'S ONE FOR EACH POSITION, THERE'S PAMELA J.

GASKIN, WHO HAS SERVED ON THE FORT BEND APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND ALSO PAUL STATMAN, WHO IS THE CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT WHO HAS SERVED ALSO ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

A REQUEST WAS SENT TO FORT BEND COUNTY ASKING THAT THE NOMINEES ATTEND THE MEETING TONIGHT.

AND NEITHER ELECTED TO COME TO THE MEETING THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE REASON WHY I SIGNED UP.

DID THEY TELL YOU THEY'RE NOT COMING, OR ARE THEY? JUST NEVER RESPONDED. SO THE REQUEST WAS SENT TO FORT BEND, AND FORT BEND HAD TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT THE NOMINEES.

I DID REACH BACK OUT TO FORT BEND AND I DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.

OKAY, SO I WOULD ASK IS WHAT DOES FORT BEND CAN DO FOR US ON CITY? THEY HAVE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JOBS, AND THAT IS TO DETERMINE OUR ASSESSED VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO GENERAL PUBLIC? WHEN YOU SAY ASSESSED VALUE, YOU'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE IT IS THE CITY.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT'S RAISING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.

SO I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN IT IN LAYMAN'S TERM.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND WHAT DOES THAT BOARD DO IN LAYMAN'S TERMS? THE CAD DETERMINES THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME FOR TAX PURPOSES.

OKAY. SO EVEN THOUGH WE KEEP CITY OF MISSOURI, CITY KEEPS THE SAME TAX RATE, BUT FORT BEND CAD APPRAISAL DISTRICT RAISES THESE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THE OPTION. THEY VOTE ON IT, JUST LIKE WE VOTE ON IT TO RAISE THAT APPRAISED VALUE.

EVEN THOUGH CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS KEEPING THAT TAX RATE AT THE SAME, YOU WILL SEE SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN MISSOURI CITY.

THEIR PROPERTY TAXES GO UP. THAT'S CORRECT. CORRECT.

THAT THEY MAKE THE DECISION TO INCREASE THE ASSESSED VALUE. SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMING BEFORE US AND COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY VALUE, YOU KNOW, VALUES ARE CONSTANTLY GOING UP AND ALL OF THAT TO THE CITY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHO KAT IS.

THEY'RE LIKE THIS FBI, CIA STUFF. NOBODY KNOWS AND NOBODY KNOWS WHO'S ELECTED US OR WHO WE ARE BASICALLY VOTING FOR OR GIVING OUR VOTES TO INDIVIDUALS. SO WHAT WHAT THAT BOARD DOES, DO WE HAVE CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM BASED

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SO YOU REQUESTED A MEETING? TO WHO? KAD ADMINISTRATION.

OKAY. AND THE CAT ADMINISTRATION NEVER RESPONDED BACK.

NOT TO ME, NOT TO YOU. SO WE WE WERE. AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT REQUEST.

THE REASON THAT WE WERE ASKING FOR THAT MEETING.

THE THE SPECIFIC REASON FOR THAT MEETING WAS TO DISCUSS THE OVER, OVER ASSESSED VALUE THAT WE THEN HAD TO RETURN FUNDING TO THE COUNTY. HOW MUCH WAS THAT? APPROXIMATELY 300 AND SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO HOW DID HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT? IT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE THOSE ASSESSED VALUES WERE PROTESTED BY VARIOUS BUSINESSES, AND THE BUSINESSES WON THE PROTEST. AND AS A RESULT, IT BECAME IT BECAME AN OVERCHARGE.

AND WE HAD TO RETURN THE PAYMENT TO COUNTY. SO DO WE ALLOCATE MONEY OFF TO THE SIDE FOR THESE KIND OF THINGS.

OR IT'S JUST A KIND OF A KNEE JERK MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY.

WELL, ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE THAT COVERS EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE UNKNOWN UNANTICIPATED TYPE ACTIONS THAT WE HOLD MONEY ASIDE FOR.

SO YOU'RE SPEAKING IN CITY MANAGER TERMS, SO I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY.

SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU HAVE A BUSINESS IN MISSOURI CITY THAT YOUR APPRAISAL VALUE HAD GONE UP BY THE FORT BEND CAT APPRAISAL BOARD MEMBERS THAT VOTED YES, THAT YOU AS A BUSINESS WENT TO THIS MEETING, WENT TO THE CAT.

AND WHETHER THROUGH AN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR YOU WENT OVER THERE AND FOUGHT YOURSELF, SO YOU FOUGHT AND YOU WON.

SO THERE WAS TOTAL AMOUNT OF THAT MONEY THAT THE CITY OWED WAS 300,000, 300, 300,000 TO THE FORT BEND COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. CORRECT.

THE FORT BEND COUNTY. FORT BEND COUNTY, OF COURSE, MAKES THE PAYMENTS.

THAT'S PART OF IT. SO I WOULD SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES, THERE'S A REASON WHY THAT WE ASK FOR THESE PEOPLE, WHETHER THROUGH ADMINISTRATION YOU DEAL WITH ON THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE, WE DEAL WITH ON PEOPLE WHO ARE WE'RE VOTING FOR AND TO BE PART.

SO AT LEAST WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND THEN THE FACT THAT THESE ADMINISTRATION OF FORT BEND CAD, AFTER ASKING BY THE CITY MANAGER OF MISSOURI CITY FOR TO SIT DOWN SO WE CAN EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR RESIDENTS, WHAT WE'RE HEARING, WHAT ARE SOME OF OUR CONCERNS HAVE SHOWN NO INTEREST IN IN THAT MEETING? AND IF I COULD MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT, I THINK PART OF WHAT WAS CONVEYED TO STAFF TO ME IS THAT WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT SEPARATION BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE THAT WE'RE COLLUDING ON THE ASSESSED VALUES WITH ANY MUNICIPALITY.

SO TO TO SOME EXTENT, THEY'RE SAYING THAT BY MEETING OR HAVING INTERACTION THAT COULD BE MISCONSTRUED AS WORKING IN COLLUSION TO FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE. OKAY. SO NOW WHY IS THERE WHY DOES THIS BODY NEEDS TO VOTE ON THIS? YEAH. IT'S STATUTORY. STATE LAW PROVIDES THAT STATE LAW.

YEAH. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. FINISH YOUR THOUGHT.

I DON'T WRITE IT, BUT STATE LAW DOES PROVIDE THAT ENTITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAVE A VOTE AND IS SAYING WHO'S ON THOSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. OKAY. SO ARE AT ONCE THESE BOARD OF DIRECTORS COME INTO PLAY.

ARE THEIR INFORMATION PUBLIC? YES. IS THAT PUBLIC? THEIR BIOS, NOT THEIR BIOS. HOW DOES A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY CONTACT THEM? BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT THEY ELECT THE SEVEN OF US.

WE ARE VOTING FOR THESE MEMBERS TO BE PUT ON THIS BOARD.

AND IF THERE ARE RESIDENTS HAVE CONCERNS, JUST LIKE THEY SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO REACHING US, THEY SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO REACHING THESE PEOPLE.

SO ARE THERE INFORMATION IS THAT PROVIDED TO CITY OF MISSOURI, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE OR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE? YES. AND SO THEIR THEIR INFORMATION, AS FAR AS THEIR NAMES AND THEIR BIOS IS PUBLIC ON, ON THE INTERNET.

HOWEVER, I DO NOT HAVE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES OR CONTACT INFORMATION.

I NORMALLY GO THROUGH THE ADMIN STAFF OR THE CHIEF APPRAISER THROUGH FORT BEND CAD IN ORDER TO MAKE REQUESTS FOR THEM TO COME TO MEETINGS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE VOTING ON FOR THEM. YES. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL END IT. I THINK THERE'S COUNCIL MEMBER.

O'DEKIRK IS ON IT. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT PUBLICLY.

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AND THE FACT THAT THEY CHOSE NOT TO COME, AND THEY'RE NOT HERE AND THEY HAVEN'T EVEN RESPONDED TO YOU.

IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? THAT IS CORRECT. SO MY VOTE WILL BE NO.

RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. MY QUESTION WAS, IF I VOTE NO TONIGHT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE TWO SPOTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPEN? DO WE GET TO VOTE AGAIN OR DO WE FORFEIT OUR RIGHT TO VOTE? WHAT HAPPENS? SO WE WOULD FORFEIT OUR VOTES IN THE OTHER CITIES IN FORT BEND COUNTY, OF COURSE, HAS THE SAME OPPORTUNITY AS MISSOURI CITY TO VOTE FOR THESE POSITIONS.

AND SO WE WOULD FORFEIT OUR VOTES. ALL RIGHT.

SO MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS I WOULD ASK ALL THE CITIZENS IN MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS TO POST THIS PART OF THE MEETING ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.

THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON.

BUT WHAT THE LITERATURE SAID, WE HAVE TO HAVE 48 VOTES.

SO WE DO NOT VOTE. DO THEY GET ALL THE VOTES THEY NEED TO FOR THESE PEOPLE TO BE VOTED INTO POSITION OR HOW WOULD THAT WORK? SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT. SO THEY MAY THE CITY IS JUST ALLOCATED 48 VOTES, BUT THE OTHER PARTICIPATING ENTITIES ALSO HAVE VOTES.

SO IF THOSE PEOPLE GET ENOUGH VOTES FOR THOSE POSITIONS, THEY WOULD STILL GET THOSE POSITIONS.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCILMEMBER BROWN, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY THAT IS VOTING.

AND WHAT I WOULD HATE FOR US TO SEE HAPPEN IS THAT IF WE FOREGO OUR VOTE AND THEN BY VOTING, THAT THAT IS OUR POWER, AND BY SAYING WHO IT IS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO BE THERE TO ANSWER MAYOR'S QUESTION IN REGARDS TO IS THERE A LIST OF THESE PEOPLE OUT ON THEIR WEBSITE? YES, YES THERE ARE.

BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AT THIS LEVEL, THIS BODY DOES NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT FORTH ANYONE.

ONLY THE TAXING ENTITY HAS THE ABILITY TO PUT FORTH THOSE PERSONS WHOM THEY WANT TO RUN.

SO WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE INVITED THEM OUT, YOU KNOW, TO COME AND SPEAK I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LITTLE BACK HOMEWORK ON THESE INDIVIDUALS, AND I FEEL COMFORTABLE ON TONIGHT PUTTING FORTH A VOTE FOR SOMEONE.

OKAY. AND THAT WILL BE MY MOTION. WELL, LET ME ADD ONE MORE THING.

I PLACED MYSELF ON IT. THE FACT THAT YOU, AS A CITY MANAGER, ASKED FOR A MEETING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY HAVEN'T REACHED BACK OUT TO YOU TO HAVE THAT MEETING.

THAT'S ANOTHER REASON FOR ME VOTING NO. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ANAMARIE SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. DO YOU NEED THE NUMBER, PLEASE? OKAY, 24 AND 24. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? COUNCIL MEMBER ANAMARIE THAT WE SPLIT THE VOTES? 48 VOTES BETWEEN THE TWO PEOPLE. BETWEEN PAM GASKIN AND PAUL STOMATITIS.

THAT'S YOUR MOTION. YES, SIR. OKAY. REMEMBER BROWN MOTION? YES. YOUR VOTE PLEASE. WHAT? OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE DOING A ROLL CALL.

I'M SORRY. SO. THE MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 2. YES.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO ADJOURN. OKAY, SO THE TIME IS 852.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. YEAH. OKAY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.