Jan 05, 2026 City Council

RIGHT. TODAY IS MONDAY, JANUARY 5TH, 2026. WILL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER THREE WILL BE OUR PLEASURE TO BE LED BY DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA RILEY.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FOUR FOR OUR PUBLIC

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

MR. MAYOR I DO HAVE TWO THAT HAVE SIGNED UP. THEY ARE FOR AGENDA ITEM 7A3.

THE APPLICANTS ARE THE DEVELOPER AND THE APPLICANT FOR THE PROJECT.

SO IT'S BOTH OF THEM ARE FOR SEVEN AND THREE.

YES. DO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT TILL SEVEN, EIGHT? THREE? OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FIVE ARE STAFF REPORTS.

[(a) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of announcements of communit...]

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND BEST WISHES TO OUR RESIDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL 2026.

MISSOURI CITY HAS COMPLETED A YEAR IN REVIEW FOR 2025.

THAT PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE. I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST YEAR AS WE WORK FORWARD TO ACHIEVING MORE IN THIS 2026 YEAR. AND THEN ALSO NOTE THAT MY ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL FOCUS ON COMMUNITY ITEMS OF INTEREST GOING FORWARD.

AND SO WITH THAT TONIGHT, THE ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT I HAVE IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 20TH BECAUSE CITY OFFICES NON-EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WILL BE CLOSED.

RECOGNIZING MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR CELEBRATION HOLIDAY.

SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SIX, OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO REMOVE ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY. SO THE MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON. LET'S TAKE THE VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. SIX A IS JASON?

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the Mayor to execute a P...]

OKAY, SO MY QUESTIONS. HOW DID WE FIND THIS AGENCY? HOW DID WE FIND THIS AGENCY? YES. THIS AGENCY IS IT'S A IT'S A CONSULTANT.

WHO? WELL, LET ME BACK UP JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S CONSUMPTION.

FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. CAN YOU GIVE JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS WITH THIS PROGRAM IS? YES. SO THIS ITEM IS ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE 65TH NORTH GROUP, WHICH IS A CONSULTANT GROUP.

TO DO THAT. THAT DO VARIOUS MUNICIPAL SERVICES.

WE FOUND THEM. WE WE DONE PREVIOUS WORK WITH THEM IN THE PAST.

THEY DID A A FRAUD RISK STUDY FOR THE CITY ABOUT ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.

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THIS PROGRAM IS BASICALLY A, A FLAT FEE FOR, FOR THE YEAR.

AS PART OF THAT, THEY DO UNLIMITED EXECUTIVE LEVEL RECRUITMENTS.

AND JUST FOR POINT OF INTEREST, TYPICALLY WHEN WE GO OUT AND USE A CONSULTANT FOR AN EXECUTIVE LEVEL RECRUITMENT, THOSE ARE TYPICALLY 20, 20 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.

AND SO UNLIMITED EXECUTIVE LEVEL RECRUITMENTS, THEY DO THEY'LL DO A MONTHLY ASSESSMENT ON OUR P CARDS, ASSESSING FRAUD RISK ON OUR P CARD AND AS WELL AS OTHER STUDIES.

ALL IN THAT, IN THAT ONE FEE. OKAY, SO MY SECOND QUESTION IS I NOTICED THAT THEY ADDRESSED WORKPLACE CULTURE AND ASSESSMENTS. WILL THIS TAKE THE PLACE OF OUR EXISTING EMPLOYEE SURVEY? NO, NO. I MEAN, IF WE IF WE DECIDED WE WILL DETERMINE WHAT ANNUAL STUDY OR ASSESSMENT THAT THEY'LL DO FOR US THAT WILL BE DETERMINED BY, BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.

BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO.

THEY HAVE STAFF THAT CAN DO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STUDIES.

AND CAN CAN HELP US WHEREVER, WHEREVER THE NEEDS ARE.

SO IT REALLY IS A GREAT TOOL FOR US TO KIND OF DETERMINE WHERE OUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS ARE AND THEN ENLIST THE HELP OF EXPERTS TO, TO HELP US COMPLETE THOSE STUDIES AND, AND MOVE, MOVE THE ORGANIZATION FORWARD.

OKAY. AND HOW MUCH AND THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR YOU, CITY MANAGER JONES.

HOW MUCH ROUNDABOUT DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO SAVE THE CITY, THIS INVESTMENT? I THINK IT WILL SAVE THE CITY TREMENDOUSLY, BECAUSE WHAT THIS EFFECTIVELY DOES IS CREATES A RISK ASSESSMENT TEAM FOR US.

THAT IS AN OUTSIDE PARTY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO HIRE THE STAFF TO DO THAT KIND OF ASSESSMENT OR TO REVIEW THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE OR TO EVEN CREATE POLICY FOR US. SO I WOULD SAY IF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, 2 TO 3 DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BRING ON TO GIVE US THAT ADDITIONAL RISK PROTECTION BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR PROCESSES ARE MANUAL.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS COMPANY WOULD BE DOING IS COMING IN ASSESSING THOSE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE, LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES, LOOKING AT AI TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN HELP ENHANCE HOW WE DO BUSINESS, AND GETTING RID OF RECOMMENDING, GETTING RID OF SOME OF THOSE MANUAL PROCESSES.

SO I'D SAY THAT THIS INVESTMENT, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS INVESTMENT IS SO LOW, GIVEN WHAT THEY'RE COMMITTING TO DO, IS THEY'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS WITH CITIES.

RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE WITH PEARLAND. THEY DO A LOT OF THEIR EXTRA RISK ASSESSMENT AND WORK LIKE THAT.

SO THEY'RE TRYING TO START BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH MUNICIPALITIES.

SO THAT ONE, WE'RE NOT GOING OUT HAVING TO REINVENT EVERY TIME WE NEED SOME KIND OF SERVICE.

THEY'RE BUILDING THAT HISTORY. THEY'RE BUILDING THAT CAPACITY. AND THEN HELPING US TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY ENHANCE OUR SERVICES.

OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, SO I'LL MOVE ON TO SIX.

SEE, IT SHOULD BE A VOTE ON ITEM. OH OKAY. YES.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON ITEM SIX B OKAY.

A MOTION OH SIX. I NEED A SECOND. SIX A WE NEED A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK.

I WILL NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE.

THE VOTE CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO SIX B AND THAT SHASHI.

[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the City Manager to nego...]

HI. HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING WELL. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. OKAY. MY QUESTION IS BASED ON THE TOP ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT THAT SHOOK OUT IN THE RATING PROCESS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A ROTATION WITH THESE ENGINEERING FIRMS. WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THE ROTATION IS GOING TO BE EQUITABLE AND FAIR, AND WHO'S GOING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT?

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IT DOES NOT MEAN A ROTATION. OKAY. WE TRY TO LOOK AT THE BEST QUALIFIED ENGINEERING FIRM TO DO THE WORK BASED ON EXPERIENCE.

NOW, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN, IF ALL ALL THINGS ARE CONSIDERED EQUAL, YES, WE WOULD TRY TO LOOK AT THAT LIST.

AND WHERE WHERE ARE WE ON THE LIST TO ENSURE THAT WE TRY TO EQUITABLY SPREAD OUR RESOURCES AROUND? BUT I DO NOT WANT IT TO BE MISUNDERSTOOD THAT WE'RE GOING IN ANY KIND OF ORDER.

THAT ORDER IS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THOSE FIRMS HAVE STATED WAS THEIR SPECIALTY.

WHAT WE GET FROM PAST EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE AND THE JOBS THAT THEY'VE DONE, AND THEN THAT LEADS US, IF THEY'RE ON THE LIST, TO BE ABLE TO SELECT THEM.

OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE EQUITABLE AND FAIR TO ALL OF THE FIRMS THAT THAT IT IS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE LIST, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A CONTRACT.

IT DEPENDS ON YOUR SPECIALTY AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SPECIFICALLY.

OKAY. AND THEN THOSE THAT DID NOT MAKE THAT TOP TEN, WILL THEY STILL BE ABLE TO BID ON PROJECTS? ANY. AND GIVEN THE EQUAL CHANCE AND OPPORTUNITY.

OKAY. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. ALL RIGHT.

I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

NICHOLAS, I HAD A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE TIMELINE.

HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE THEM TO DESIGN EACH ONE OF THESE STREETS.

AND ARE THE ARE THERE MULTIPLE ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE VOTING ON, OR IS THERE ONE SPECIFIC ONE? SO IT'S ONE ENGINEERING FIRM. IT'S THE THEY'RE GOING TO DO ALL ENGINEERING, DOING ALL OF THE STREETS AS ONE PROJECT.

OKAY. SO THAT DESIGN IS EXPECTED TO TAKE NINE MONTHS. AND THAT INCLUDES A LOOK AT THE UTILITIES TO SEE IF ANY UTILITY WORK HAS TO BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WE ARE EXPECTING THAT THE BIDDING OF THIS PROJECT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2026, AND CONSTRUCTION WOULD BEGIN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2027.

CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I CAN BARELY. SO SO JUST THE LAST PART ABOUT THE QUARTER.

OKAY. THE WE'RE EXPECTING THE PROJECT TO BID IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2026 AND FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2027.

OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. DO YOU HAVE ANY PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS ON HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE THEM TO RECONSTRUCT THESE PARTICULAR ROADS? AS FAR AS IT'S GOING TO TAKE A YEAR IN 2027, IT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A YEAR.

OR IS THAT GOING TO BE A PART OF THEIR DESIGN PROPOSAL THAT THAT WOULD BE A PART OF? THAT THEY WOULD HELP PROVIDE THE TIMELINE. AND THEN WHENEVER WE ACTUALLY TAKE THE, THE PROJECT TO, TO BID, THEN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WOULD GIVE US THAT TIMELINE. AND WILL THE WORK BE DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY? ARE YOU SO THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO TO TO ALL BID AT THE SAME TIME.

SO SO IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHO ENDS UP GETTING THAT GETTING THAT PROJECT.

THEY MAY END UP TAKING ONE SECTION AT A TIME.

I WOULD, I WOULD EXPECT THAT THAT WOULD BE IT. BUT IF THEY'VE GOT MULTIPLE CREWS, IT COULD BE THAT THEY'RE WORKING IN MULTIPLE AREAS AT THE SAME TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO MORE QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON ITEM SIX B. THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK.

I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. DID WE VOTE ON 60 YET? YES WE DID.

OKAY. ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN.

B PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS. I'LL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A PUBLIC

[(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a request by Darel...]

7A1. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE CAPTION FOR THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

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

AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.

OKAY. I HAVE SHASHI KUMAR ON MY THING HERE. ARE YOU SPEAKING, MA'AM? GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JENNIFER THOMAS IS PRESENTING THIS ITEM.

I'LL BE THERE FOR THE NEXT. THANK YOU. OKAY. JENNIFER.

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OKAY. AS STATED, THIS IS A CASE AT THE INTERSECTION OF FIFTH STREET AND PLEASANT STREET.

IT IS A PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN USED AS A FUNERAL HOME FOR MANY, MANY DECADES.

PRIOR TO THE CITY ESTABLISHING ZONING IN 1981, AT THE TIME THE CITY ESTABLISHED ZONING, THE PROPERTY WAS ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, BUT IT CONTINUED AS A NONCONFORMING FUNERAL HOME UP UNTIL AT LEAST ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WHERE THAT USE LAPSED AND THE NONCONFORMING USE IS NO LONGER ACTIVE. THE PROPERTY IS IN AN AREA THAT'S SURROUNDED BY SEVERAL EXISTING CHURCHES THAT HAVE ALSO HAD PRESENCE IN THIS AREA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

THE APPLICANTS ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY RECENTLY WITH A DESIRE TO CONTINUE OPERATING A FUNERAL HOME AT THIS LOCATION.

AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE WRITTEN SUPPORT LETTER FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THIS PROPERTY AS A FUNERAL HOME.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE TO INCLUDE CONDITIONS TO MAINTAIN THE SITE AS EXISTING.

THE APPLICANT PROPOSES NO CHANGES TO THE EXISTING BUILDING, SETBACK, LAYOUT OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THE PARKING LOT SHOULD BE FORMALLY STRIPED TO INCLUDE IDENTIFIED PARKING SPACES, AS WELL AS ADDING LANDSCAPING TO ENHANCE THE PRESENT STREET AND FIFTH STREET VIEW.

AND THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION BEING FORWARDED TO YOU BY STAFF AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THE APPLICANTS, THE OWNERS OF THE FUNERAL HOME BUSINESS, ARE HERE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER BROWN.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. JENNIFER, IS THERE A LANDSCAPING PLAN THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? NO, NOT NOT A LANDSCAPE PLAN. HOWEVER WE'VE INCLUDED THAT IN THE RECOMMENDATION.

THERE'S ALREADY EXISTING GREEN SPACE, A GROUND COVER ALONG PRESIDENT STREET AND FIFTH STREET.

AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ADD PLANTS AND TREES TO ENHANCE THAT GREEN SPACE.

OKAY, SO WHEN YOU SAY JUST PLANTS AND TREES, BUT NO SCHEMATIC OR NOTHING LIKE THAT.

WHAT WAS THE OWNER'S TAKE ON THAT? WERE THEY IN AGREEMENT TO THAT? THEY ARE HERE. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE OWNER.

YES.

HI. HELLO. HELLO, HELLO. GREETINGS TO YOU ALL.

HI THERE. MY NAME IS DARRYL BROUSSARD. THIS IS MY WIFE, LORETTA.

OKAY. OF COURSE. WE WE ARE JUST GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.

BUT TO TO JUST WHEN IT COMES TO THE LANDSCAPING AND, OF COURSE, MY WIFE AND I OF COURSE WE WILL DO.

MATTER OF FACT, I REACHED OUT TO MY LANDSCAPER TODAY, AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, OKAY, WE NEED TO ADD SOME NICE, BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS HERE. AND SO WE WANT THE PROPERTY TO REPRESENT US AS WELL.

WE LIKE THINGS TO BE DONE WITH EXCELLENCE. AND SO WE WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL WISH FOR US TO DO, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY STAYS LOOKING, YOU KNOW, FINE AND REFINED FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW. ONE OF THE. WELL, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

ONE OF MY BURNING DESIRES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY LOOKS PRISTINE AND THAT IT'S BEAUTIFUL AT ANY WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE IT.

I APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR STAYING IN THAT SAME LOCATION SINCE 1981.

SO THAT'S A LONG TIME. AND TO SEE THAT YOU WANT TO CONTINUE STAYING THERE AND THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO UPGRADE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE FACILITIES LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY.

YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I DO WANT TO ECHO COUNCILMEMBER BROWN SENTIMENTS.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE LAPSE, YOU GUYS WEREN'T AWARE OF WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SCP HAD, YOU KNOW, WAS NOT LONGER NO LONGER IN PLACE.

SO BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY AND LOOKING TO MAINTAIN THAT BUSINESS HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. IT'S NOT IN HERE, BUT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO ANY TYPE OF UPGRADE? AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THE APPEARANCE OF THE ACTUAL FUNERAL HOME IS STILL KIND OF THAT SAME LOOK.

I GREW UP OVER THERE, SO IT'S BEEN LOOKING THE SAME WAY FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT.

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YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. WE'VE SO FAR WE'VE ADDED SOME PAINT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

SO WE DID PAINT IT, YOU KNOW, THE WHITE AND THE BLACK.

OH, WE PLAN ON PUTTING SOME NICE, BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING.

AND OF COURSE YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU ALL ALLOW US TO DO TO UPGRADE IT, BECAUSE WE'RE NAMING THE COMPANY THE PRESTIGE.

SO WE WANT IT TO LOOK, THAT'S THE PRESTIGIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHEN FAMILIES LOSE THEIR LOVED ONE, WE WANT THEM TO, YOU KNOW, FIND A PLACE THAT'S REFINED.

AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT TO THEM. WELL, GOOD. WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW YOU GUYS HAVE MADE ALL THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS. I WILL BE STOPPING BY. I WANT YOU GUYS TO GET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, SITUATED THE WAY YOU WANT TO.

YOU DEFINITELY HAVE MY SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY.

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

I THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM 7A3 HOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A REQUEST BY ETHAN HARWELL,

[(3) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a request by Ethan...]

THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF VICKSBURG AND STATE HIGHWAY SIX, AND SOUTH OF TRAMMEL FRESNO ROAD.

WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM SEVEN, A THREE.

CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE RECEIVED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, MR. MAYOR. ETHAN HARWELL WAS THE APPLICANT.

MR. HARWELL, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ETHAN HARWELL. 11233 SHADOW CREEK PARKWAY THERE IN PEARLAND.

WITH ME THIS EVENING IS SCOTT COLE WITH GBT REALTY, WHO IS ASSISTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY ON BEHALF OF SPROUTS.

WE DO HAVE A SHORT SLIDE DECK TO PRESENT ON. OH.

THANK YOU. KEEP GOING. THERE WE GO. AWESOME. SO, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO THIS EVENING IS VERY BRIEFLY REVIEW OUR SITE PLAN WITH YOU, AND THEN SHOW YOU SOME RENDERINGS THAT ILLUSTRATE WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT WILL LOOK LIKE.

SO THE SITE YOU'LL SEE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO HALVES.

THE NORTHERN HALF THERE THAT IS COLORED AND RENDERED REPRESENTS ABOUT 40,000FT² OF RETAIL SPACE.

THE SPROUTS STORE WOULD BE THE BUILDING ON THE FAR RIGHT, THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WITH A MINOR ANCHOR.

ANOTHER TENANT SUITES THERE AT THE BACK. WE'RE SAVING SEVEN OUTPARCELS THERE ALONG HIGHWAY SIX FOR VARIOUS USES.

WE'VE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT THE USES. WE WANT THIS DEVELOPMENT. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO MAINTAIN A VARIETY OF USES IN THIS DEVELOPMENT TO ONE HELP ACTIVATE THE SPACE, ENSURE A MIX OF TENANTS TO HELP PAY RENT, AND ENSURE THE LONGEVITY OF THE SHOPPING CENTER, AND THAT IT CAN ADAPT TO CHANGING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE FUTURE.

THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE, YOU'LL SEE A PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE THAT IS REALLY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR SITE.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET UP AND MOVE AROUND WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT, SO THAT PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE CONNECTS TO ANOTHER SIDEWALK ALONG THAT SHARED ACCESS DRIVE THAT RUNS FROM EAST TO WEST, AS WELL THE PUBLIC SIDEWALKS.

WE HAVE PUBLIC SEATING ALONG VICKSBURG. THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THAT PROMENADE WITH.

YOU CAN SEE OUR ARCHITECTURE IN THE BACK, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT THAT WE WANT TO CREATE WITH PLENTY OF SHADE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND HAVE AN EXPERIENCE IN THE CENTER. YES, COME GRAB GROCERIES AT SPROUTS, BUT ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE SHOPPING CENTER AS A AS A PLACE OF CONVENIENCE FOR THEM. THIS RENDERING HERE ILLUSTRATES OUR ARCHITECTURE.

YOU CAN SEE THE SPROUTS TRADEMARK JERICHO JADE BARN THAT'S ON EVERY SPROUTS THEY HAVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE TYPES OF MATERIALS WE WANT TO USE.

QUALITY FINISHES. THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST ON THESE MAIN BUILDINGS HERE AT THE BACK, BUT ALSO ON THE PARCELS THERE AT THE FRONT. THIS RENDERING, YOU CAN ALSO START TO SEE THE AWNINGS AND THE ARTICULATION, THE FACADE, THE WAY THE FACADE MOVES IN AND OUT.

SO IT'S NOT FLAT AND UP AND DOWN. SO IT'S NOT FLAT.

IT CREATES A MORE INTERESTING LOOKING FACADE AND IT BREAKS IT UP.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT IN THIS RENDERING HERE.

LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO YOU WOULD JUST BE SOME VIEWS FROM VICKSBURG. IMAGE THERE ON THE LEFT THAT DOES ILLUSTRATE HOW LANDSCAPE SCREENING, BLOCKING LOADING AREAS, THEIR IMAGE ON THE RIGHT ILLUSTRATES SOME OF OUR MONUMENT SIGNAGE.

THEY'LL BE VISIBLE FROM VICKSBURG. SOMETHING THAT THAT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE PRESENTATION,

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THAT WOULD BE A MULTI TENANT SIGN WITH SOME VERY NICE LANDSCAPING AROUND IT TO ANCHOR THE SHOPPING CENTER. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. SCOTT COLE, WHO IS THE DEVELOPER? HI. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SCOTT COLE.

9010 OVERLOOK BOULEVARD, BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE.

37027 HAPPY NEW YEAR. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT IN FRONT OF YOU.

WE BELIEVE THAT SPROUTS WILL WILL ENHANCE THE CITY, SERVE THE PUBLIC.

AN EXCELLENT WAYS. BEING AS AN ORGANIC GROCER WE FIND PEOPLE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH WITH THEIR PRODUCE, WITH THEIR PRODUCT AND THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT COMES FROM THIS TENANT.

THE OVERALL, I'M SORRY, THE OVERALL CHARACTER OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL CARRY OUT THROUGH THE ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER MATERIALS THAT WILL BE USED ON THE SPROUTS FACADE THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE PACKET WILL CARRY INTO THE OUT PARCELS AND WILL CARRY INTO EACH SPECIFIC USE OR TENANT THAT COMES IN ON THOSE PARCELS.

AGAIN, AS ETHAN HAS AS STATED WELL, THAT WE WANT TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND SHOP, BUT THEY ALSO WANT THEY ENJOY ARRIVING, THEY ENJOY BEING THERE.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS THROUGH WORKING WITH JENNIFER AND STAFF THAT THIS IS A A GREAT COMPROMISE AND A GREAT COLLABORATORY EFFORT ON, ON WORKING WITH THE CITY TO TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THE CITY.

AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR WANTS AND THEIR ASKS.

I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. IS THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS? NO, MR. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 783.

784. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 12.97 ACRES OF LAND AS PD

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

PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SHASHIKUMAR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN. AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

I'LL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM AS THE APPLICANT TALKED ABOUT, THIS PARCEL OF LAND, ABOUT 13 ACRES IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF VICKSBURG AND HIGHWAY SIX. THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE PROPERTY IS SD SUBURBAN DISTRICT.

THE REQUESTED ZONING IS TO CONVERT THIS TO A PD ZONING TO INCLUDE LIMITED LLC THREE USES RETAIL DISTRICT USES WITH SETBACKS, LANDSCAPING AND SIGNAGE STANDARDS. THIS REQUESTED ZONING IS IN LINE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL. THE APPLICANT WENT OVER THIS ONE, SO I WILL KIND OF GET THROUGH THE BREEZE THROUGH THIS ONE.

THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED CERTAIN LC3 USES, WHICH INCLUDES CORE WOULD BE THE THE THE SPROUTS, WHICH WOULD BE THE MAIN THING. BUT IN IN ADDITION TO THAT TO SUPPORT TRAFFIC TO THAT SPROUTS THEY'RE REQUESTING INCLUDING GAS STATIONS, MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES, CAR WASH BANK, VETERINARY BEAUTY SHOPS INTO THIS PD, AS WELL AS SOME SETBACK CONSIDERATIONS. YOU HEARD ABOUT THE ENHANCED ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS AND SCIENCE STANDARDS.

THIS IS THE REQUEST REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT SINCE IT'S A ZONING CASE.

A PUBLIC NOTICE WAS POSTED AND HERE IS THE DETAILS OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE.

TO DATE, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS ZONING REQUEST.

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE ILLUSTRATION HERE IS A TYPICAL RETAIL CENTER AT UNIVERSITY AT ECOMMENTS, WHICH HAS GOT A 30 FOOT SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, WHICH IS TYPICAL FOR LC3 USES WITH ENHANCED ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS AND SCIENCE STANDARDS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE CURRENT APPLICANT IS ASKING.

NOW, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS HAS BEEN TO ALLOW FOR CERTAIN LC3 USES.

NOT ALL. AND I WILL BE DISCUSSING THOSE IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

NOW THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED TO PNC. THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ALLOW CERTAIN LC3 USES, BUT TO RESTRICT THE USE OF GAS STATION MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES.

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A CAR WASH, A BANK, A BEAUTY SHOP WHICH IS LISTED HERE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PD.

HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT INSISTED THAT THEY HAVE THOSE WITHIN THE PD IN ORDER TO.

SUPPORT ANCILLARY USES. IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN ANCHOR RETAIL CENTER, WHICH IS THE SPROUT.

PNC CONSIDERED THE APPLICANT REQUEST AND DECIDED TO ALLOW NO MORE THAN ONE OF THESE FACILITIES WITHIN.

THE WITHIN THE PD. THE IDEA BEHIND THAT WAS THAT THEY RESTRICT TO ONE SO THAT IT WILL SUPPORT THE.

THE THE MAIN ANCHOR FACILITY, WHICH IS THE SPROUTS.

YOU HEARD THE RECOMMENDATIONS. YOU HEARD THE PRESENTATION FROM THE DEVELOPER.

WHAT HAS BEEN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY IS TO CONSIDER THIS PD WITH LC3 LIMITED USES.

AND THE RECOMMENDATION FROM PLANNING AND ZONING IS TO ALLOW ONE OF THESE FACILITIES, WHICH WILL SERVE AS ANCHOR FACILITIES, TO THE MAIN DEVELOPMENT HERE, WHICH IS THE SPROUTS ORGANIC GROCERY STORE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SHASHI RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK.

THANK YOU. SO AM I FIRST, IS THERE WATER ON THIS SITE OR DO WE HAVE TO TO PROVIDE WATER HERE? THIS SITE IS HAS ACCESS TO UTILITIES WHICH INCLUDES WATER AND SEWER.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR THE SPROUTS REPRESENTATIVES, BUT I, I WAS AT THE PNC MEETING WHERE THEY PRESENTED HAS THE, THE DESIGN STANDARDS, ESPECIALLY FOR THAT PEDESTRIAN ZONE CHANGED SINCE THE PNC MEETING? BY PEDESTRIAN ZONE. ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE PROMENADE? YES. THE PROMENADE. NO, MA'AM. THOSE HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE MEETING.

WE HAVE INCLUDED. AND NOT IN THE RENDERINGS. BUT WE HAVE INCLUDED BENCHES THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM CITY STAFF.

I SEE THAT I SEE THE BENCHES ON THE DIAGRAMS. FOR SOME REASON, I HAD IN MY MIND MAYBE IT WAS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS OR SOMETHING, THAT THERE WAS SOME, LIKE PERGOLA DESIGN OR SOMETHING THAT KIND OF SWISHED THROUGH THERE.

BUT THIS LOOKS VERY BLAH AND PLAIN TO ME. I'M JUST GOING TO BE VERY, VERY FRANK.

AND THEN THE DRAINAGE DID YOU THE DRAINAGE ZONE THAT I BELIEVE IS IN THIS KIND OF RECTANGULAR AREA? YEAH. NEW POND LOCATION. IS THAT GOING TO BE A REAL POND THAT'S PERHAPS AERATED, THAT HAS SOME SORT OF CENTRALIZED YOU KNOW, MAYBE WALKWAY AROUND IT, SOME WAY TO TIE THIS INTO THE GREATER GOOD OF THIS DEVELOPMENT? ABSOLUTELY, YES. BACKING UP TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE PROMENADE THOSE RENDERINGS ARE PRELIMINARY.

WE CAN GO IN AND ENHANCE WITH MORE PLANTINGS, FLOWERS MULCH.

WE CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH CITY STAFF AND SOME SHADE BESIDES TREES, PERHAPS.

CORRECT. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT PERSONALLY. AND I WOULD LIKE THAT LOCKED IN.

JENNIFER, FROM THE CITY PERSPECTIVE, IF THIS IS APPROVED AND WE HAVE SORRY, SHASHI COUNCIL MEMBER IF I, IF I MAY ADD TO THAT POINT, THEY ARE LOCATING THE DETENTION POND ADJACENT TO THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH NOT ONLY SERVES THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

SO WHICH IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE WE WANT TO PUT MORE PROPERTY TO TAX ROLLS, SO TO SPEAK, ALSO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE ISSUES.

I THINK THIS IS A WIN WIN SITUATION. I THINK IT'S A WIN WIN IF IT IS A FEATURE THAT WE CAN USE.

I DON'T WANT DRAINAGE THAT IS BLOCKED OFF OR SOMEHOW ISOLATED.

I WANT THIS TO BE A BEAUTIFUL ACCENT TO THE PROPERTY.

NOT JUST UGLY DRAINAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, BECOMES, YOU KNOW, A SWAMP ZONE OR, YOU KNOW, THOSE HUGE DETENTIONS THAT NOBODY'S ALLOWED ACCESS TO. I WANT IT TO BE A FEATURE OF THE PROPERTY.

YEAH. YES, MA'AM. SO WE WE ARE INCLUDING BENCHES ALONG THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND THE SIDEWALK.

WE CAN CONSIDER INCREASING OR ADDING A SIDEWALK, LOOPING THE ENTIRE POND WHEN THAT SIZE GETS DETERMINED.

IT'S BEING SIZED ACTIVELY BY KIMLEY-HORN AND DESIGN.

THE POND WILL SERVE THAT ENTIRE TRACT OWNED BY THE ORIGINAL SELLER.

IT'LL SERVE AS A DETENTION FEATURE FOR THOSE.

THEN THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS. I DIDN'T SEE WHERE, SOME OF THESE USES THAT PNC WAS GOING TO LIMIT TO ONE ARE IN THIS DESIGN. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER USES THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE THINKING THAT YOU ARE FOR SURE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO SEEK TO HAVE IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT,

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YOUR QUESTION IS WHERE THE USES WOULD BE. YEAH.

SOME OF THE OTHER USES THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR.

WHERE ARE THEY IN THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN AND WHAT ARE THEY? OKAY. AND STAY ON HERE IF I NEED YOU. SO COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'LL TRY TO JUST ADDRESS THAT QUESTION AS YOU LOOK AT THIS CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN TO THE NORTH.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN POINT IT HERE. THE THE SPROUTS MAIN ANCHOR STORE IS GOING TO BE LOCATED ON THE NORTH.

TO THE WEST OF THAT WOULD BE ANCILLARY CENTERS LIKE THE DENTAL OFFICE AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.

NOW, THE OTHER USES THAT THEY'VE ARE REQUESTED.

NOW THEY'RE NOT EXPLICITLY MENTIONED, FOR EXAMPLE, A GAS STATION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THOSE OUT TRACKS THAT ARE FRONTING HIGHWAY SIX.

YOU SEE THAT THEY HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED A USE THERE, PROBABLY.

AND I USE THE WORD PROBABLY A GAS STATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT MAY GO THERE BECAUSE THAT MAKES SENSE THAT THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE THE USE FOR A USE SUCH AS A GAS STATION OR A CARWASH OR A COMBINATION THEREOF. I USE IT A COMBINATION ON THAT, ON THAT ONE PARTICULAR TRACK, THIS OUTER PARCEL RIGHT HERE FOR BOTH IN A COMBINATION.

CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. AND MY OTHER QUESTION WAS IN REGARDS TO THEM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CONCEPTS THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING AS FAR AS RETAIL? SO WE ARE ACTIVELY LEASING THIS SITE.

OUR TEAM OF LEASING AGENTS AT GPT HAVE BEEN PROBING THE MARKET.

IT IS IT WILL BE MARKET DRIVEN RIGHT NOW. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, ONE OF THE OUTPARCELS, A COMMERCIALLY OWNED AND OPERATED C-STORE ON THE HARD CORNER OF VICKSBURG AND US SIX OR HIGHWAY SIX.

I'M SORRY. AS FOR THE OTHER REMAINING USES ON THE OUTPARCELS, WE HAVE NOT DETERMINED THAT BUT FOR THE VITALITY, THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE PROJECT, WE REQUEST AS MUCH MARKETABILITY, MARKETABILITY TO THIS SITE AS POSSIBLE.

AS FOR THE INLINE SHOPS SHOWN ON THE LEFT OF THE SPROUTS WE WE PICTURE RESTAURANTS, DINE IN RESTAURANTS POSSIBLY A DINING RESTAURANT AS WELL ON ONE OF THE OUTPARCELS AS WELL RETAIL SHOPS AND NEXT TO THE SPROUTS AS WELL THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A HIGH END SHOPPING CENTER.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT OUR NAME CARRIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS WE DEVELOP THESE HIGH END SHOPPING CENTERS AND THAT'S WHAT WE PRESENT TO SPROUTS.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE PARTNERED WITH SPROUTS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE SPROUTS WANTS TO BE. THEY WANT TO BE IN THE HIGH END SHOPPING CENTERS THAT ARE CHARACTERISTIC, STYLISTIC AND ATTRACTIVE. OKAY. DOES THAT PRESENT WHAT OUR VISION IS FOR THIS? YES. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING A LOOK AT MISSOURI CITY.

WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU GUYS AT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING, AND THERE WE SHARED SOME IDEAS WITH YOU GUYS WITH HOW WE WANTED TO FEEL AND THE LOOK TO BE INSIDE OF THIS.

SO REALLY, MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THIS PROJECT, IF I'M JUST GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, ARE THE OUT PARCELS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE TYPES OF MARKET DRIVEN OTHER SPROUT LOCATIONS.

WHAT TYPES OF BUSINESSES DO THEY HAVE IN THOSE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT YOU WOULD BE SEEKING A PLACE HERE? SO JUST AS I DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY, YOU'LL SEE THE HIGHER END USERS, AS IN HIGHER END QSR QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANT.

NO. GIVE ME EXAMPLES. I HEARD YOU SAY THAT, BUT GIVE ME EXAMPLES.

SOMEONE LIKE. AND THIS IS TOUGH FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE NOT LEAST THESE OUT PARCELS ON PREVIOUS PROJECTS.

BUT SOMEONE LIKE A RAISIN CAIN'S AND I CAN'T GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SIGNED LEASES YET, BUT SOMEONE LIKE A RAISIN, RAISING CANE'S A CAVA OR A CHICK FIL A? YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR. WE HAVE WE HAVE REACHED.

WE DID WE DID HEAR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS. REQUEST FOR SALAD.

AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM. BUT AGAIN, I CANNOT CONFIRM SINCE WE DON'T HAVE LEASES SIGNED.

BUT WE HAVE HEARD YOUR REQUEST. WE ARE WORKING WITH TWO SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS RIGHT NOW, ACTIVELY MARKETING THIS.

GOTCHA. SO MAYBE YOU COULD MAYBE JUST HELP MY UNDERSTANDING A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF HIGH END? SO THAT I CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE I DON'T I DIDN'T KNOW THAT RAISING CANE'S FELL IN THAT DEFINITION.

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NOT FEEL RUSHED. SOMEWHERE WHERE IT'S. I FEEL GOOD.

TO BRING FAMILY. I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC DEFINITION, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

THAT'S OKAY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LACK HERE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS FINE DINING SOMEWHERE FOR US TO GO WHEN WE WANT TO DO JUST, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE ELEVATED THAN CAIN'S.

I'LL SAY THAT. SO, AND I THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THAT DEFINITION.

THAT WAY I CAN STOP SAYING, HEY, I WANT HIGH END, AND I KNOW I NEED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC TO SAY, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE HERE IN OUR CITY.

AND WE'RE WE'RE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS HERE WITH ALMOST 100,000 PEOPLE HERE.

BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE LEAVING HERE AND THEY ARE GOING AWAY FOR FINE DINING.

THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO OUR SISTER CITIES, IF YOU WILL, TO ENJOY PARIS, OR THEY'RE GOING TO HOUSTON TO HAVE GARDEN GRACE OR TO GO TO GRANGER'S, WHICH REALLY ISN'T THAT FAR. SO I KNOW THAT WHEN WE MET AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEVEL, WE WERE HOPEFUL. HOPEFUL. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH LAND LEFT.

AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY, I WANT TO SEE SPROUTS. COME HERE.

I REALLY, REALLY DO. BUT WHOLEHEARTEDLY, WE GOT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE VARIETY.

AND I JUST FEEL IN MY HEART THAT YOU GUYS CAN DO THAT AND APOLOGIZE.

I'M GOING TO SAY ONE THING. WE WE HEAR YOUR REQUESTS.

WE REALLY DO. AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS IT'S MARKET DRIVEN AND WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO HEAR YOUR REQUESTS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WE DO WANT TO WORK WITH YOU. WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO SEARCH THOSE USERS THAT YOU'VE REQUESTED.

AND IT'S MARKET DRIVEN. SO AS OUR LEASING AGENTS GO OUT AND THEY SEARCH FOR THOSE USERS, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO PURSUE PURSUE THOSE FIRST.

THAT'S OUR FIRST STOP. SO, IF I MAY ADD ONE THING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THERE ARE A FEW KIND OF FINER POINTS OF THE OF THE CONCEPT PLAN HERE THAT I HAD TO KIND OF RUSH THROUGH IN MY THREE MINUTES.

SO IF I COULD HELP, KIND OF GIVE YOU A BETTER VISION FOR WHAT WE ENVISION WITH SOME OF THOSE OUTPARCELS UP IN THE TOP LEFT, YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE THE STRIP CENTER BUILDING THERE.

PATIO SEATING. THAT'S ONE AREA WHERE WE IMAGINE OUTDOOR SEATING.

THAT WOULD BE MORE CONDUCIVE TO A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT.

WE KNOW THAT THE TYPES OF USERS ARE GOING TO BE ATTRACTED TO THE CLIENTELE THAT SPROUTS WILL BRING TO THE SHOPPING CENTER WILL NECESSITATE CERTAIN AMENITIES.

THAT'S PART OF WHY WE HAVE LEFT THOSE OUTPARCELS BLANK.

SIMPLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO LEAVE FLEXIBILITY IN THE PUD FOR WHAT THOSE USERS MAY BRING TO THE SITE.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE A LOT OF HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH STAFF ON THE SETBACK FROM HIGHWAY SIX TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THAT RIGHT.

WE DON'T WANT THE BUILDINGS TO BE TOO CLOSE TO THE STREET SO THAT WE FEEL CROWDED, BUT WE WANT THEM TO BE FAR ENOUGH AWAY THAT WE CAN CREATE A NICE UNIFORM SETBACK THAT WE DESIRE. ON THAT HIGHWAY SIX CORRIDOR. BUT SCOTT AND I HAVE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THAT SHARED ACCESS DRIVE THERE AND WHAT EXACTLY THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WE WANT TO BRING THE BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THE STREET TO MAKE MORE SPACE ON THE BACK OF THOSE OUT PARCELS TO HAVE ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR DINING, EVENT SPACE, PLAYGROUNDS, THAT TYPE OF THING.

FOR RESTAURANT USERS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT THOSE GROUPS THAT ARE GOING TO WANT THAT EXTRA OUTDOOR SPACE THAT IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS, FINE INSTITUTIONS, THAT KIND OF THING.

SO IF THAT CAN HELP ADD SOME VISION TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

OKAY, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. SO IN TERMS OF YOU ASKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL SETBACK SPACE, IF I HAVE IT CORRECT, IS YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT IN AN EFFORT TO PUSH BUILDINGS CLOSER AND THEN PROVIDE MORE GREEN SPACE? IS THAT IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO SAY? AND WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH THAT BEING WRITTEN INTO THE PD? YES. SO WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO ON HIGHWAY SIX IS A MAXIMUM SETBACK.

WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION WITH STAFF ON WHAT THAT MAXIMUM SETBACK SHOULD BE.

NORMALLY SETBACKS ARE A MINIMUM. AND SO WE, WE ASKED FOR THAT MAXIMUM SETBACK TO BE INCREASED SO THAT WE COULD GET A FIRE ACCESS DRIVE LOOPED AROUND THE BUILDING, PRIMARILY. BUT WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY TO SITE THE BUILDINGS ON THOSE OUTPARCELS HOWEVER WE LIKE.

SO, COUNCILMEMBER, IF I MAY CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT ON THAT ONE, THE SETBACK IS 30 FOOT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.

NOW, THAT'S A TYPICAL SUBURBAN TYPE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.

IN FACT, WHAT THE STAFF IS PROPOSING IS TO BRING THESE RETAIL TO THE FRONT, NOT 30FT BUT 20FT.

OKAY, SO THE APPLICANT HAS SAID WE'LL TRY TO WORK WITH 20, BUT WE WANT NOT TO EXCEED 30FT.

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OKAY. SO OUR PROPOSAL IS TO BRING THE RETAIL FOOTPRINT TO THE FRONT OF THE STREETS, BOTH ON THE SIDE AS WELL AS HIGHWAY SIX.

BUT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING THE FLEXIBILITY TO KEEP IT BETWEEN 20 TO 30FT.

SO. SHASHI I'M SORRY, MAYOR, I JUST NEED A FEW MORE MINUTES.

SO, SHASHI TO THE DEGREE, IS THERE A A COMPROMISE THAT WE COULD HE'S CITING THAT HE NEEDS THIS IN ORDER TO PUT IN A FIRE ACCESS LOOP. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE REQUIRE AS A CITY? YES. OKAY. SO WITH THE RECOMMENDED CHANGE THAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, WOULD THAT STILL PROVIDE HIM WITH WHAT HE NEEDS IN TERMS OF THE FIRE LOOP? I THINK SO WE CAN WORK WITH THEM. I THINK WE WERE LOOKING FOR 20.

THEY'RE ASKING NOT TO EXCEED 30FT, BUT I THINK THAT'S AN ACCEPTABLE COMPROMISE.

OKAY. AND MY, MY, I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO WHERE THIS IS SPECIFICALLY LOCATED, IF I HAVE IT IN THE, IN THE RIGHT LOCATION, IS THIS GOING TO BE DIRECTLY OFF OF THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD FLYOVER? LET ME GET BACK TO THE. OKAY. YEAH, I WAS I WAS TRYING TO SEE WHERE WHERE EXACTLY.

SO THAT IS THE LOCATION. IT'S EXACTLY THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF VICKSBURG AND HIGHWAY SIX.

FORT BENTON CENTER. THE TOWN CENTER TWO IS FURTHER EAST OF THIS PROPERTY.

OKAY, SO WE DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED A DESIGNATED RIGHT TURN TO GO INTO THIS.

I THINK THOSE ARE SOME THINGS I THINK THIS THIS IS FRONTING MAJOR CORRIDORS, HIGHWAY SIX AND VICKSBURG.

SO IT'S GOT IMMEDIATE ACCESS. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY MAJOR TRAFFIC ISSUES, BUT PART OF THE SITE DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO WHETHER WE NEED ANY RIGHT TURN LANES, LIKE A RIGHT TURN LANE OFF OF HIGHWAY SIX, OR A RIGHT TURN LANE OR A DECENT LANE OFF OF VICKSBURG.

BUT THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE GET INTO IN THE DURING THE SITE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WHEN WE KNOW WHAT WHAT WHAT DEVELOPMENT IS COMING AT THOSE OUTLETS.

OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, IT MAY DEFER TO JENNIFER, BUT I'LL START WITH YOU.

IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE PROJECT FROM BEING BLOCKED FROM VISUAL SIGHT, ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY SIX AND AND INCLUDING ALONG THE VICKSBURG AREA.

IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO EASE THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT WE REQUIRE IN THE FRONT EASEMENT, I WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATIVE. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS.

THESE BUSINESSES, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THE PD IS THERE'S BE A SIX FOOT HEIGHT CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE GROUND LEVEL TO THE THE TREE CANOPY SO THAT IT'S VISUAL TO VIEW THE BUILDING. AND THE.

I'M SIX FEET TALL. COME ON. NO, NO IT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR.

SO IT'S IT'S THIS IS ONE OF MY BIGGEST COMPLAINTS WHEN I, WHEN I'M IN MISSOURI CITY HIGHWAY SIX, EVERYTHING IS COVERED. AS SOON AS I CROSS OVER DULLES AND I HIT SUGAR LAND, I CAN SEE EVERY BUSINESS FROM MY LEFT AND MY RIGHT.

DON'T COVER THESE BUSINESSES WITH THESE TREES.

PLEASE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SCOTT AND I DIDN'T GET YOUR NAME.

ETHAN. ETHAN. ALRIGHT. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PROJECT TO US.

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT SPROUTS.

I HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE, BUT BUT IT'S IT'S PRETTY WHAT? THE PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR THINGS SUCH AS THIS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS IF WE CAN GO TO THAT NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN JUST TAKE THAT REMOTE AND STAND OVER THERE.

THANK YOU. KEEP GOING. OKAY. RIGHT THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY HAD ASKED A QUESTION AND I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR ANSWER, WHICH WAS, WHAT ELSE ARE YOU PLANNING TO BRING? AND SHE WAS REFERRING TO THE PARTS IN THE FRONT, RIGHT.

I CAN SEE THE BUILDING. I CAN SEE THE PARKING.

I CAN SEE THE WHERE YOUR POND IS SUPPOSED TO BE OR DRAINAGE.

BUT WHAT I'M WHAT I TO WAS AT THE PNC MEETING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK, AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HEARD WAS GAS STATION, CAR WASH, ALL THAT IT. AND I HEARD ONE OF YOU SAY YOU'RE IN SHADOW CREEK.

SO YOU'RE IN PEARLAND. YOU'RE NOT IN MISSOURI CITY? I LIVE VERY CLOSE TO THAT AREA. THE GAS STATION THAT'S ON THAT VICKSBURG ON THAT SIDE USED TO HAVE THE MCDONALD'S TILL THEY BUILD IT ACROSS THE STREET. AND THAT GAS STATION IS LITERALLY DYING.

SO JUST BEING ON THE ON JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, ACROSS FROM WHERE YOUR SUBJECT PROPERTY IS,

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RIGHT. AND NOT TO MENTION WE HAVE CAR WASHES ON SIENNA PARKWAY.

NOW THERE'S TWO OF THEM. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO'S DOING YOUR MARKETING, WHO'S DOING YOUR STRATEGIES, BUT IF ANYBODY WHO DOES IT SHOULD CAN TELL YOU THAT SOME OF THESE YOU'RE PUTTING SOME THINGS LITERALLY NEXT TO EACH OTHER DOESN'T REALLY WORK.

AND THE PROBLEM I HAVE ALSO IS INSTEAD OF MOVING THAT SPROUT'S BUILDING UP FRONT, WHAT YOU TEND TO DO IS PUT A GAS STATION AND PUT THESE BOXES, AS THEY CALL THEM, UP FRONT, WHICH COMPLETELY BLOCKS THE SPROUTS IN THE BACK.

RIGHT. AND, AND YOU'LL HAVE THESE, THESE TYPE OF PLACES HERE.

YOU TALKED ABOUT ONE OF YOU MENTIONED THE WORD MARKET DRIVEN RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OTHERS UP HERE. I GOT IT PLAYED BY THAT MARKET DRIVEN.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THAT WAS WHERE THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MARKET DRIVEN.

WE'RE GOING TO BE SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS AND COME UP HERE.

AND THEN FINALLY WHEN THEY START BUILDING, YOU GET THESE RESTAURANTS THAT YOU MENTIONED.

I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION THEM ON CAMERA. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THOSE RESTAURANTS, BUT THAT'S NOT THE DEFINITION OF OUR HIGH END WHAT OUR CITIZENS ARE ASKING FOR.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A BREAKDOWN, CITY MANAGER, FROM YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING.

I MEAN, NOT ZONING, BUT YOUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

EXPLAINING TO THESE GUYS ON A ON A, YOU KNOW, PRECONDITION MEETINGS WHAT A HIGH END RESTAURANT IS.

HIGH END RESTAURANT IN MISSOURI CITY IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A FAST FOOD WHERE YOU HAVE SEATING THAT'S AVAILABLE RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

A HIGH END RESTAURANT, TO ME IS SOMEWHERE THAT YOU CAN GO SIT DOWN AND DINE WITH YOUR FAMILY WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH.

RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE YOU CAN SIT DOWN LIKE A NICER RESTAURANT THAT YOU CAN TAKE AND GO SIT DOWN AND NOT BE BOTHERED WITH, WITH ALL OF THIS FOOT TRAFFIC THAT'S TAKING PLACE.

SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS. SO WHAT YOU WHAT WHAT I LIKE IN THE BACK.

IT LOOKS GOOD WITH THE PATIOS AND WITH SIT DOWN AND IN THE MIDDLE.

PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR GREEN SPACES. I WOULD THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT MIDDLE SECTION IS.

AND YOU ALSO DID AN ANSWER, A COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK WHEN SHE HAD ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT NOT JUST HAVING A DRAINAGE POND, A WALK, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND AND SOME KIND OF FEATURES.

I THINK SHE WAS POINTING TO LIKE A WATER FOUNTAIN OR SOMETHING.

SO THIS WAY THAT PEOPLE COULD WALK AROUND AND KIND OF LOOK AT.

SO YOU BRING UP THE ESTHETICS TO THAT WHOLE SHOPPING CENTER, RIGHT? BUT IF YOUR GOAL IS, SINCE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MARKET DRIVEN THAT YOU AND YOU COULDN'T NAME WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING.

AND I GET THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING IT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING. BUT FORT BEND TOWN CENTER TWO RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

WHEN THEY PROJECTED THIS OUT, THEY HAD A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BRING.

AND PRETTY MUCH THAT'S THERE TODAY. SO I UNLESS YOU CAN CONVINCE ME OF WHAT THESE PARTIALS ARE GOING TO DO IN FRONT AND HOW THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY.

WE HAVE GOTTEN TOO MANY ICE CREAM SHOPS AND WE HAVE GOTTEN TOO MANY CAR WASHES.

I MEAN, THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH CARS TO WASH, BUT AN ICE CREAM SHOPS AND THINGS OF THAT TYPE OF NATURE.

SO WE WANT THIS TO BE WE WANT YOU ALL TO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE SIENNA AND AND THE MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS WANTING SOMETHING OF THIS TYPE THAT'S TO BE OUT THERE.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LAND LEFT. WE DON'T. AND WE DO HAVE SOME, BUT WE WANT SOME QUALITY HIGH END WHERE OUR PEOPLE, OUR RESIDENTS, COULD GO AND WALK AROUND AND ENJOY THE ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GOING IN THERE TO JUST SHOP.

SO UNLESS AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR LC3 WE TELL. NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S THE PD, RIGHT? BUT ONCE WE APPROVE, YOU HAVE YOUR MARKET DRIVEN AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET.

SO WALK ME THROUGH. I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT CLARIFYING MY MY RESPONSES TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

AND I HEAR YOUR CONCERN ABOUT WANTING THE HIGH END USERS AS YOU DESCRIBED, AND I APOLOGIZE ALSO, FURTHERMORE, FOR NOT CLARIFYING FOR MIS DESCRIBING HIGH END USERS.

IT IS ECONOMICALLY VITAL, VITAL TO THIS PROJECT THAT WE GET THE USES REQUESTED IN THE ORDINANCE PRESENTED TONIGHT.

FOR THE PROJECT. THE WAY THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL WORK IS THAT WE NEED THOSE OUT PARCEL USERS WHO CAN PAY THE FREIGHT TO COVER THE

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I'M FINE WITH THAT. EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THOSE ARE.

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT? PUTTING IN THOSE PARCELS. AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTIVE LEASES.

YEAH. YEAH, SURE. SO AS SCOTT IS TRYING TO SAY, WE CAN'T MARKET THE SITE UNTIL WE HAVE AN APPROVED PUD.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT ANY OF THE USES PERMITTED IN LQT3 CAN DO WELL ON AN OUT PARCEL AS A STANDALONE BUILDING, OR IN THAT MULTI-TENANT BUILDING THERE AT THE REAR.

OKAY. GOT IT. HOLD THAT THOUGHT. WHAT IS LQT3? WHAT CAN ALL BE IN IT? SO THE PROPOSED USES FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT INCLUDE.

SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR. THE PROPOSED USES FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT INCLUDE ART, MUSIC AND DANCE STUDIOS, BAKERIES, RETAIL SALES, BANKS, BARBERSHOPS AND BEAUTY SHOPS, BOOKS, STATIONERY STORES AND NEWSSTANDS. CANDY. CONFECTIONERY.

RETAIL STORES. CAR WASH ESTABLISHMENTS. DUPLICATING SERVICE SHOPS A CUSTOM DRESSMAKING DELICATESSEN.

SHOPS. DOG AND VET CLINICS. DRUG STORES. FLORISTS AND GIFT SHOPS.

FURNITURE SHOWROOMS AND WAREHOUSES. FURNITURE STORES.

GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS, GROCERY STORES. MEAT MARKETS.

HEALTH AND PHYSICAL FITNESS CENTERS, JEWELRY STORES, OPTICAL GOODS LOUNGES, MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES, HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL, SURGICAL OR DENTAL LABORATORIES.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SALES AND REPAIR SALES SHOPS.

NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CONVENIENCE CENTERS. OFFICE BUILDINGS.

PHOTOGRAPHIC SHOP AND SHOPS AND STUDIOS. PROFESSIONAL OFFICES.

RADIO. TELEVISION SALES AND SERVICE. ELECTRONIC DEVICES SHOPS.

REAL ESTATE AND SALES OFFICES, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL STORES, SPECIALTY SHOPS, TAILOR CLOTHING OR WEAVING APPAREL SHOPS, AND TIRE BATTERY AND AUTO SALES AND SERVICES.

OKAY, SO THAT'S UNDER THE LC3. THOSE ARE LC3 PROVIDED IN THIS MEANING IF THE IF, IF THE IF IT PASSES, ANY OF THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU READ COULD BE THERE.

CORRECT. YES. AND THERE'S EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN PD THAT WE CAN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT, IF IT IS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE, THEN YES, ANY ONE OF THOSE USES MAY BE LOCATED IN THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ASKING ME TO TRUST YOU WITH ALL THAT LIST? 90% OF THEM ARE. PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT THAT I DON'T WANT THEM.

OUR PEOPLE ARE TELLING US AS ELECTED BODY THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WANT.

THEY WANT SOMETHING BETTER. NOW YOU TELL ME IF YOU'RE IN MY POSITION.

HOW SHOULD I VOTE? ARE YOU GOING TO ASK? ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IT ON? ETHAN. GO AHEAD. ETHAN. MAY I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? WHEN YOU SAY THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT, ARE WE DISCUSSING NICER RESTAURANTS? YEAH. YES, SIR. SO I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS A VERY GOOD PROPOSAL TO GET YOU WHAT YOU DESIRE.

THE OUTPARCELS PROVIDE RESTAURANTS THE FLEXIBILITY TO DEVELOP IN THEIR OWN BUILDING AS THEY DESIRE TO CREATE THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT AND ATMOSPHERE.

WHICH IS NECESSARY IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND FOR USERS THAT DON'T REQUIRE THAT MUCH SPACE? THEY WE HAVE TENANT SUITES AVAILABLE IN THE BACK.

I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT RESTAURANTS VERY RARELY STAND ALONE RESTAURANTS.

YOU WILL TYPICALLY YOU'LL NEVER FIND A ROW OF OF OF NICE RESTAURANTS ALL STANDING ALONE.

THEY LIKE TO BE LOCATED IN MIXED USE ACTIVE CENTERS.

AND SO THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH THE TYPE OF CLIENTELE SPROUTS CAN BRING, ALMOST CERTAINLY ATTRACT A NICER RESTAURANT.

OKAY, BUT YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT HAVING A GAS STATION AND A CAR WASH IN FRONT OF FACING HIGHWAY SIX AND THEN THE SIDE TO IT IS VICKSBURG IS NOT THE MOST OPTIMUM LOOK FOR THAT SHOPPING CENTER OR FOR THAT AREA.

SURE. YES, SIR. WE CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE GAS STATION.

I DO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR WE HAVE NOT MENTIONED WE'RE TALKING TO ANY CAR WASHES. IT'S SIMPLY IN THE LIST OF PERMITTED USES.

I WOULD SAY THE SITE WILL BE HAVE A COHESIVE ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPING THEME WHICH WILL ASSIST WITH THAT.

WE'RE ALSO OPEN TO CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE GAS STATION OR CAR WASH TO HELP MAKE IT MORE ESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND BLEND INTO THE ENVIRONMENT BETTER.

OKAY, SO I HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THERE. ETHAN. UNLESS IF YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.

WHAT? I FEEL LIKE YOU GOT THE SPROUTS. THAT'S A DANGLING CARROT.

THE REST OF IT IS. I DON'T WANT THEM. RIGHT. SO SPROUTS, WITH ALL THESE ADDITIONAL STUFF THAT'S COMING INTO IT,

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YES. BUT IF YOU'RE BRINGING THAT SHOPPING CENTER ALONE AND MOVING IT UP TO HIGHWAY SIX, AND OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THE PARKING RIGHT THERE. SO THE PARKING WOULD BE WHAT SHOWS ON THAT PICTURE.

THE PARKING WOULD BE WHERE THE OUTPARCELS ARE, AND THEN YOUR BUILDING WILL BE WHERE YOUR PARKING LOT ON THAT DIAGRAM IS.

THEN I COULD SEE THAT. AND THEN WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE BACKGROUND, WHAT YOU DO WITH IT, IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SO MUCH OF HIGHWAY SIX AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT, WHAT IN THAT WHOLE AREA THERE IS A THERE IS A VISION BY OUR RESIDENTS TO SEE WHAT HIGHWAY SIX AND FORT BEND TOLL ROAD LOOKS LIKE.

RIGHT. SO WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE THE 59 AND HIGHWAY SIX IN SUGARLAND, BUT WE CAN PUT THINGS THAT WHAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING US FOR AND IS. IS THERE ANY MY LAST QUESTION BEFORE I GET TO OTHER PEOPLE, IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY FOR YOU TO MOVE THAT BUILDING ON THAT DIAGRAM? MOVE UP TO THE WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS AND MOVE THAT PARKING LOT TO WHERE THAT FRONTAGE IS.

MAYOR, I APOLOGIZE, BUT NO SPROUTS WILL NOT APPROVE THAT.

OKAY. THAT DIAGRAM, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM, I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. E JOYCE. ARE WE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN STRIKE CERTAIN USES FROM LC THREE? CERTAINLY. SO, AS PRESENTED, THE ORDINANCE LISTS THE USES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE ALLOWED WITHIN THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

IF THE COUNCIL SO CHOOSES, THE COUNCIL MAY, TAKE OUT, REMOVE CERTAIN USES, AND APPROVE THE REST OF THE USES.

OKAY. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY AN OPTION. THAT IS AN OPTION.

SO PACKAGE LIQUOR STORE. WE CAN STRIKE IF IF YOU'LL HELP ME JUST KIND OF JOT SOME OF THESE DOWN.

AND AND OF COURSE THIS WOULD REQUIRE A VOTE. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO KIND OF JUMP IN HERE AND POINT OUT THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT AUTHORIZE. AND I'M LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

IT DOES NOT AUTHORIZE PACKAGED LIQUOR STORES.

SO THERE WERE SOME USES THAT STAFF HAS DISCUSSED WITH THE APPLICANT THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN REMOVED.

OKAY. CAN YOU GO OVER WHAT THE WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR IT, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO STRIKE THEM ALL? I THINK WHAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED IN THE PERMIT USES.

I'M GOING TO READ IT AGAIN. ART, MUSIC AND DANCE STUDIOS.

I'M GOING TO GO SLOW SO THAT YOU HAVE TIME TO PAUSE AND TAKE NOTES.

BAKERIES, RETAIL SALES ONLY. BAKERY. CANDY MANUFACTURING BANK.

BARBER AND BEAUTY SHOPS. THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STAFF DID NOT WANT IN THE INITIAL PROPOSAL THAT WE MADE.

WAIT. NO. TELL ME WHAT'S WRITTEN IN THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING.

I KNOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS. OKAY. WHAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE? ART, MUSIC AND DANCE STUDIOS. BAKERIES, BANK.

BARBER AND BEAUTY SHOPS. BOOK STATIONERY STORES.

CANDY, CONFECTIONERY AND RETAIL STORES. CAR WASH ESTABLISHMENT.

COPYING PHOTOGRAPHY AND DUPLICATING SERVICES, CUSTOM DRESSMAKING.

DELICATESSEN SHOPS. VET CLINIC. DRUGSTORES. FLORIST AND GIFT SHOPS.

FURNITURE SHOWROOM. FURNITURE. FURNITURE STORE.

GASOLINE SERVICE STATION. GROCERY STORES. MEAT MARKETS.

HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTERS. JEWELRY STORES. OPTICAL GOODS LOUNGES, MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES THAT INCLUDES HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL, SURGICAL, OR DENTAL LABORATORIES. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SALES.

NEIGHBORHOOD CONVENIENCE CENTER. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE SALE OF GASOLINE, DIESEL AND OTHER MOTOR FUELS IS PROHIBITED.

OFFICE BUILDINGS. PHOTOGRAPHIC SHOP AND STUDIO.

PROFESSIONAL OFFICES SUCH AS PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS, ETC..

RADIO. TELEVISION SALES. REAL ESTATE AND SALES.

OFFICE. RESTAURANT. CAFETERIA. CAFE. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE PERMITTED WHEN SERVED ON PREMISES INCIDENTAL TO SERVING OF FOOD, RETAIL STORES, SPECIALTY SHOPS, TAILOR CLOTHING OR WEAVING APPAREL SHOPS, TIRE BATTERY AND OTHER AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORY SALES AND SERVICES. OKAY SHASHI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING THE LIST SO THAT THE CITIZENS COULD COULD HEAR IT.

SO WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR YEARS TALKING ABOUT THE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE HIT ON THE GROUND.

HOW IN THE WORLD DID Y'ALL STILL INCLUDE CAR WASH AND GASOLINE?

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HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT ASKED PNC TO INCLUDE ONE OF SUCH USES BECAUSE THEY FELT IF THEY HAVE TO BRING SPROUTS HERE, THEY NEED THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AND THE ANCILLARY BUSINESS SERVICES.

AND PNC MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL TO INCLUDE ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES, AND THAT WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. SO THAT'S COMING FROM OUR PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.

SO MAYBE IF I SAY IT A LITTLE BIT LOUDER. PLANNING AND ZONING CAN HEAR.

SO LET ME GO BACK THROUGH HERE. WHAT INSIDE OF YOUR MARKET STUDY IS TELLING YOU THAT WE NEED ANOTHER GAS STATION AND CAR WASH.

IT DRIVES OFF THE RENT PAY WHO CAN PAY TO BE THERE? AND THOSE USERS ARE THE ONES WHO WHO CAN PAY TO MAKE THE PROJECT WORK.

DO YOU HAVE A GAS STATION TIED TO ALL OF YOUR OTHER SPROUTS AROUND AMERICA? NOT EVERYONE. WE DO HAVE SOME. DO YOU HAVE ONE TIED TO THE ONE IN SUGAR LAND? NO, WE DID NOT DEVELOP THAT ONE. YOU DIDN'T BUILD THAT ONE.

WE DID NOT DEVELOP THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT. I REALLY WANT YOUR SPROUTS.

BUT I REALLY WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I WANT SOMETHING UNIQUE.

I WANT THE CITIZENS TO BE PROUD. I REALLY, REALLY DO.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN HEAR THAT COMPASSION THAT'S COMING FROM MY MYSELF AND SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT ARE SITTING HERE ON THIS DAIS.

A CAR WASH GAS STATION. WE'RE ALL FILLED UP. WE GOT A BUNCH OF THEM.

SORRY, I'M RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT SUGAR LAND SPROUTS AND HOW THEY HAVE REVAMPED THEIR BUSINESS MODEL SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A FAILED SPROUTS IN MISSOURI CITY, BECAUSE THAT WAS PRETTY CRITICAL TO, TO ME. THAT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT SHOPPING CENTER. THERE IS NO GAS STATION OVER THERE.

NOW THAT NOW THERE IS A TRADER JOE'S THERE. AND THE THE PLACE THAT SPROUTS WAS.

BUT THAT SHOPPING CENTER IS ABSOLUTELY THRIVING.

IT IS THRIVING. IT HAS NEIGHBORING GAS STATIONS, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE ONE IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER.

AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY, DEFINITELY NOT A CAR WASH IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER.

SO I DO THINK IT IS VERY POSSIBLE TO MAKE THIS WORK.

I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE STRETCH CENTERS AND YOU KNOW, KIND OF MEDICALLY KIND OF CONCEPTS IN THERE, THE MORE UNIQUE CONCEPTS, I THINK. BUT I JUST.

WE DON'T WANT THAT UGLY LOOK. I CAN DEAL WITH MAYBE LIKE, A, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF MEDICAL CARE FACILITY, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KEEP TALKING HIGH END, MAYBE SOME HIGH END DERMATOLOGY, YOU KNOW, MED SPA KIND OF CONCEPT. BUT I, YOU KNOW, WE STILL KEEP GOING BACK TO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE YOU'VE SET THIS OFF THE ROAD. NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME STRIPPY UGLY STUFF ON THE FRONT.

AND NOBODY WANTS THAT IN MISSOURI CITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO LOCK IN THE DESIGN CONCEPTS, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT WE CAN LOCK THIS INTO THE PD, THAT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE CONSISTENT.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING AS FAR AS ARE THESE OUT PARCELS GOING TO BE SOLD TO THESE NEW BUSINESSES, OR ARE YOU GOING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL? DOES THE COMPLEX MAINTAIN WHAT IS THE THOUGHT THERE? SO WE IMPLEMENT WHAT'S CALLED AN RIA. THINK OF IT AS AN HOA FOR A SHOPPING CENTER.

SO THOSE THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS GET IMPLEMENTED ACROSS.

THAT'S HOW WE ADHERE THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS ACROSS ALL THE USERS AND THE SHOPPING CENTER.

SO THAT DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THAT ABSOLUTELY DOES.

YOU KNOW, I JUST I THINK WE ALL ARE IN THE SAME PLACE THAT WE WANT.

SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS. SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS IS NOT CANE'S.

I'M SORRY. I'M TALKING ABOUT NAMES OF BUSINESSES, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS.

WE HAVE CANE'S IN MISSOURI CITY. I DON'T KNOW THAT.

WE NEED ANOTHER ONE. MAYBE. PERHAPS ONE COULD THRIVE DOWN THERE.

BUT WE DON'T WANT IT. WE DON'T WANT IT IN THAT SPOT.

THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR IT. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME SORT OF COMMITMENT FROM YOU GUYS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING THE RIGHT BUSINESSES HERE.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THAT BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LINED UP.

YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED SOMETHING OUT OF YOU THAT SAYS YOU UNDERSTAND AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO WHAT WE DON'T WANT.

I DON'T WANT AN AUTOZONE THERE. I DON'T WANT A NAPA AUTO PARTS OR WHATEVER.

WE DON'T WANT THAT THERE. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE USES, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT SPROUTS WANTS THAT IN FRONT OF THEM.

I DON'T KNOW. BUT YOU KNOW, I GO OVER TO THAT SAME SHOPPING CENTER THAT SPROUTS USED TO BE IN.

BEAUTIFUL, LIKE THE HARRAH'S COFFEE SHOP. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.

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PEOPLE CAN SIT. THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, LINGER, HAVE FUN.

ALL IN ONE PLACE. SO HOW DO YOU GUARANTEE, HOW DO YOU COMMIT TO US THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET? IT'LL LIKELY TAKE US POSTPONING AND GOING TO ANOTHER MEETING AND WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND WORKING WITH OUR LEASING TEAM TO TRY TO GET SOME LOI SIGNED, GET SOME LEASES SIGNED.

BUT AGAIN, I, I WOULD LOVE I PERSONALLY WOULD LOVE TO.

I HEAR YOUR REQUESTS. IT COMES DOWN TO THE RENT, AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME HEAVY LIFTING FROM OUR SIDE TO ACHIEVE.

BUT RIGHT NOW I CANNOT PROMISE ANY, ANY SPECIFIC WILLING TO PUT THAT WORK IN.

YOU'RE WILLING TO HELP US WITH THIS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME? THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST GOING TO FLEE? YOU'RE NOT LEAVING HERE TONIGHT SAYING WE'RE DONE? YOU GUYS ARE NUTS. WE'RE OUT. YOU'RE WILLING TO PUT THAT WORK IN? YES, MA'AM. WE WOULD LOVE TO POSTPONE ACTION ON THIS ITEM THIS EVENING TO DO MORE RESEARCH, FURTHER REFINE OUR PLAN, CHANGE THE PLAN AS WE'RE ABLE WITHIN THE THE REQUIREMENTS OF SPROUTS AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU.

HOWEVER, I DO HAVE TO TO TO PROVIDE A DISCLAIMER.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE CONSTRICTED BY GEOGRAPHY. THE PROPERTY IS ONLY OF A CERTAIN SIZE AND A CERTAIN LOCATION.

BUT WE WE WE ALSO WOULD LOVE TO SEE A SPROUTS HERE AND PROVIDE THE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY WITH WHAT THEY DESERVE.

AND SO IF THAT TAKES A LITTLE EXTRA TIME FOR US TO GO BACK AND REWORK THIS, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

HAVE YOU GUYS SPOKEN TO OUR RETAIL COACH OR YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO HIM? OUR LEASING TEAM HAS HAS WORKED WITH HIM AND HE HAS ACTUALLY WORKED WITH GPT IN THE PAST.

OKAY, OKAY. SO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. AND YOU'RE TELLING US YOU YOU'RE WILLING TO GO, YOU KNOW BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD SORTA.

AND BUT HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO COME BACK TO US? RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL IT TAKES MONTHS TO GET SIGNED, LOIS.

IT TAKES MONTHS TO GET EVEN MORE MONTHS TO GET LEASES SIGNED.

WE HAVE BEEN SINCE PLANNING AND ZONING. EVEN BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING, WE HAVE BEEN MARKETING AND TWEAKING THE PRO FORMA SEEING.

WHO CAN PAY WHAT? WHO CAN WHO CAN BE HERE? WHO CAN REALISTICALLY BE HERE? WE HAVE A COUPLE OF INTERESTED PLAYERS, BUT IT'S STILL VERY PRELIMINARY.

AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SAY, HERE'S WHO WE'RE BRINGING, WE JUST DON'T KNOW AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER A MOTION O, IF I MAY.

I WAS JUST DISCUSSING SCHEDULE, JENNIFER. IT WOULD BE FEASIBLE AT MOST FOR US TO BE BACK.

YOUR SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH. OKAY.

FANTASTIC. I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS BOTH THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR FOR EVEN PULLING IT AND TAKING OUR CONCERNS BACK AND COMING BACK.

I'M APPRECIATIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

JUST FOR YOU GUYS. AND THEN BACK TO STAFF. THE SUGAR LAND LOCATION THAT THAT I THINK YOU WERE ASKING WITH SPROUTS, THEY'RE CLOSED. RIGHT? IT'S TRADER JOE. IT IS ACTIVE MAYOR.

IT'S STILL THERE. IT'S STILL THERE. NO NO NO NO NO.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE OUT IN ALIANA. I THINK THERE'S ONE IN ALIANA.

OH, THERE'S ONE THAT THAT WAS AT THE COST ACROSS FROM THE COSTCO LOCATION.

HOLD ON. I ASKED THEM. LET HIM ANSWER, PLEASE.

WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER? I APOLOGIZE. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? DID THE ONE IN SUGAR LAND UNIVERSITY AND AND 59 IS THAT SPROUTS CLOSED? AND IS THAT WHAT TRADER JOE IS TODAY? I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER.

WE DID NOT DEVELOP THAT ONE. WE ARE ONLY IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH SPROUTS.

WE ARE NOT SPROUTS. WE'RE JUST THE DEVELOPER FOR SPROUTS.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT QUESTION. GOTCHA. OKAY, SO YOU WERE YOU WERE CLEAR WHEN YOU SAID THAT THERE IS NO WAY WITHOUT SOME OF THESE PARCELS. THAT'S OUT FRONT GAS STATIONS AND CAR WASHES.

YOU SAID THAT SPROUTS NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.

I HEARD YOU SAY THAT. THAT IS THAT IS THE CASE BASED ON THE ECONOMICS OF THE PROJECT.

AND THE WAY THE THE TENANTS PAY THEIR RENT. THAT IS THE CASE.

IT IS ECONOMICALLY VITAL TO THE PROJECT. SO, ETHAN, YOU JUST SAID THAT YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK IN MARCH.

YES, SIR. SO ARE YOU PULLING THE ITEM? IS THAT IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? WELL, IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN IN GOOD FAITH, WORK WITH YOU GUYS AND LEASE AND TRY TO FIND THE USERS THAT YOU GUYS WANT, WHICH GREATLY HELPS US. IT WOULD BE A STEP OF OF GOOD FAITH FOR BOTH US AND YOU, SCOTT.

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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM. NO, I UNDERSTAND. I DO UNDERSTAND.

YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? SO IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T LIKE YOU, RIGHT.

SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE GOTTA DO WHAT OUR CITIZENS ARE ASKING FOR.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE A DEVELOPER FOR SPROUTS.

YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT TO DO WHAT YOU'RE GETTING PAID TO DO.

WE'RE HERE. PROMISE OUR CITIZENS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER, RIGHT.

SO MY LAST QUESTION TO YOU IS, ARE YOU PULLING THIS ITEM TO GO BACK WITH STAFF AND TO RELOOK AT THIS OR DO YOU WANT.

BECAUSE ONCE YOU ONCE WE VOTE ON THIS ITEM IT AIN'T COMING BACK FOR 90 DAYS.

CORRECT. IF IF THERE IS A NEGATIVE VOTE, THEN THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

IF THERE IS A NEGATIVE VOTE, IT WON'T COME BACK FOR 90 DAYS.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR. MAYOR, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM THIS EVENING. SO YOU ARE.

I WANT TO HEAR YOU SAY I'M PULLING THIS ITEM BACK.

YES, SIR. WE'RE PULLING THE ITEM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. HAVE A NICE DAY. YOU WORK WITH HIM? SO. YES, SIR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HEARD YOUR VISION.

AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND TRY TO BRING BACK THE PRODUCT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS, THE VISION AND THAT THE DEVELOPER CAN LIVE WITH.

SO WE'LL TRY TO WORK WITH THEM AND GET THIS BACK AT THE EARLIEST CONVENIENCE SINCE YOU HAD TO MAKE THAT LAST COMMENT, I'M GOING TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT AT THESE PREDEVELOPMENT MEETINGS.

CITY MANAGER, THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOMEONE THAT SIT WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IRON OUT.

WHAT IS THE VISION OF COUNCIL? OUR VISION. AND I'M JUST BECAUSE HEARING FROM HERE TONIGHT SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS IS NOT A FAST FOOD SIT DOWN RESTAURANT. SO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THAT PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE VISION OF CITY COUNCIL IS.

IT'S NOT THE VISION OF STAFF STAFF'S INTERPRETATION MAY BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

WE REPRESENT THE PUBLIC AND WE HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE.

WE HEAR EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT. SO IT'S OTHERWISE WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT THEY SPEND THEIR TIME, DRAWINGS AND MONEY, GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROJECT AND THEN COME BACK, COME BACK UP HERE.

WE'LL HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, SINCE YOU SAID THAT YOU DO UNDERSTAND THE VISION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.

ITEM 7AB87B1. YES. OKAY. 7B1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING

[(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against an ordinance renam...]

SO WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 7B1.

CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO RECEIVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT. OKAY. WE DIDN'T SIGN UP, UNFORTUNATELY.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER. WE DO NOT. THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING 7B1. 7B2. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS,

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

AS YOU'RE AWARE TWO SECTIONS OF THE WATTS PLANTATION ROAD CURRENTLY EXIST.

IT'S DEPICTED ON YOUR SCREENS, THE ONE LOCATED BETWEEN THE LIMITS OF SIENNA PARKWAY AND NITRO.

IT'S CALLED WATTS PLANTATION ROAD. THE OTHER PIECE IS LOCATED ON THE EAST BETWEEN SHIPMENTS COW AND CREEK MONT NORTH.

AND THOSE TWO SEGMENTS OF THE ROAD ARE CALLED WATTS PLANTATION ROAD.

NOW THERE IS A SMALL SECTION OF WATTS ROAD THAT WAS BUILT AS PART OF THE TOWN CENTER THREE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S LOCATED IN THE IN BETWEEN, AND STAFF DELIBERATELY MADE SURE THAT IT WAS CALLED WATTS ROAD WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS AS PART OF THE TOWN CENTER THREE DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS A STREET NAME. RENAMING IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE INITIATED BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WHICH IS THE CASE HERE.

THERE IS TWO THINGS. ONE THERE IS SENSITIVITY TO THE PLANTATION WORLD.

AND ALSO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CONFUSION BECAUSE THE MIDDLE SECTION IS NOW CALLED WATTS ROAD, AND THE OTHER TWO SEGMENTS ARE CALLED WATTS PLANTATION ROAD.

SO IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE THIS NAME TO WATTS ROAD.

THIS REQUIRES NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC AND OTHER ENTITIES, SUCH AS THE POST OFFICE AND THE UTILITIES.

THIS TAKES TWO READING. SHOULD THE COUNCIL APPROVE THIS FIRST READING WILL COME BACK TO THE SECOND READING.

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IN TERMS OF COST, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 IN TERMS OF SIGNAGE AND OTHER RELATED EXPENSES TO MAKE THIS CHANGE.

WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP. I PUT MYSELF UP FIRST.

I JUST DO WANT TO LET STAFF KNOW THAT SOMEONE OBVIOUSLY CITY MANAGER, THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME.

THERE'S SOMEONE THAT WANTED TO SIGN UP TODAY AND SPEAK.

DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO BE HERE AND SPEAK. AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ALSO THAT HE HAD SPOKEN WITH MYSELF AND CITY MANAGER JONES AND COUNCILMEMBER EMERY ABOUT THIS AND AND US PUSHING THIS WITH YOU TO PUT IT ON THIS ITEM FOR FOR US TO MAKE THIS DECISION. IT WAS IN FAVOR OF JUST LIKE I SAID, SEVERAL PEOPLE PUSHED IT, BUT I THINK WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE FOR ME WAS BOB DAVID FROM ESTATES OF SILVERBRIDGE.

SO I KNOW HE WENT TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANAMARIE AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

ANAMARIE CAME TO ME AND WE SPOKE WITH YOU ABOUT THIS AND MOVING FORWARD.

SO THERE'S ONE THING I WOULD ASK. I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO RENAME IT TO WHAT'S YES, ROAD.

IS THAT WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT JUST SAYS, WHAT'S THE PIECE THAT'S IN THE IN THE MIDDLE.

IT'S CALLED WHAT'S ROAD. WHAT'S ROAD? OKAY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I GUESS I WOULD ASK IS, YOU KNOW, IF HISTORY HAS IT, HENRY, WHAT'S WAS THE WAS THE FREED SLAVE THAT THE LAND FOR THE CEMETERY WAS GIVEN TO? OKAY. SO AND THIS IS COMING FROM EMAIL THAT WAS SENT BY BOB DAVID IN ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE.

I WANTED TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF WE CAN NAME THAT TO THAT.

HENRY. WHAT'S. AND THEN HOPEFULLY NOT JUST WHAT'S IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

BUT IF NOT CHANGING IT FROM WHAT'S PLANTATION TO EVEN WHAT'S WROTE IS A PROGRESS IN ITSELF.

BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT IF PEOPLE CAN THINK IT THROUGH.

THAT'S WITH THAT. MY COMMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS, MAYOR.

THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NAME THE ENTIRE ROAD AS HENRY WATTS ROAD.

AND THAT WOULD BE MY MY RECOMMENDATION AND REQUEST FOR THAT TO BE THE MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK.

I CONCUR, ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM.

YES, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO JUST FOR EDUCATION SAKE.

I JUST WANTED TO READ A LITTLE BLURB. THE WATCH CEREMONY.

I'M SORRY. THE WATTS CEMETERY WAS GRANTED TO HENRY WATTS, A FREE MAN OF COLOR, IN 1870.

ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS FROM THE FORT BEND HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

THE CEMETERY, LOCATED IN MISSOURI CITY, WAS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR MANY OF WATTS'S DESCENDANTS AND BECAME KNOWN AS THE GO TO CEMETERY FOR BLACK PEOPLE IN THE AREA. FAMILIES WHO HAD NO CONNECTION TO THE WATTS FAMILY OFTEN ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO BURY THEIR LOVED ONES ON THE LAND.

NOT MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE CEMETERY PRIOR TO 1954 BY THE CURRENT LIVING DESCENDANTS, AND WHILE THERE ARE HEADSTONES ON SITE WITH NO RELATION TO THEIR FAMILY, GRAVES WITHOUT ANY MARKERS OR HEADSTONE ALSO EXIST ON THE PROPERTY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT AND SOME HISTORY AROUND THIS PROPOSED NAMING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. IT WAS SUGGESTED BY YOURSELF, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY THAT WATTS PLANTATION ROAD DO BE RENAMED TO HENRY WATTS ROAD. CORRECT. AND THE OTHER SIDE THAT'S ALSO KNOWN AS WATTS ROAD.

WERE YOU GUYS INTERESTED IN RENAMING THAT SIDE AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY. SO WE HAVE A CONFUSION. OKAY. VERY WELL.

SO, MAYOR, MY MOTION IS TO RENAME BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD HENRY WATTS ROAD.

OKAY. THAT'S YOUR MOTION. IS THAT YOUR SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. OKAY. GO AHEAD. RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM? YES. SO I WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY YOUR MICROPHONE.

HOW MANY PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE TO NOTIFY.

I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT TEN HOMES THAT FRONT FRONTS WATTS PLANTATION AND A FEW BUSINESSES AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES, PROBABLY IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 10 TO 20 THAT WE WILL BE NOTIFYING IN ADDITION TO OUR STANDARD NOTIFICATION THAT GOES OUT TO UTILITY COMPANIES,

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BUT WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE SECOND READING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN ACCURATE COUNT.

OKAY. AND SO IF THIS MOTION PASSES I BELIEVE WE HAVE A FIRST OF TWO READINGS, BUT WHEN, WHEN OR IF THE MOTION PASSES, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? HOW QUICKLY WILL THINGS MOVE? WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED TIME FRAME? CORRECT. AND I THINK HAVE A ROUGH TIMELINE, BUT WE'LL COME BACK WITH YOU AT THE SECOND READING TO GIVE YOU AN ACCURATE SYNOPSIS OF HOW MANY PROPERTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE IN THE MARCH TO MAKE THIS EFFECTIVE.

YOU SAID MARCH. MARCH OF 2026, APPROXIMATELY.

OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER. RIGHT. I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.

THE COST OF $3,000 IS BASED ON JUST THAT ONE SEGMENT.

WOULD THERE BE AN ADDITIONAL COST TO FOR THE ENTIRE I THINK WE HAD LOOKED AT THOSE TWO SEGMENTS THAT YOU SEE UP ON THE SCREEN THAT THE APPROXIMATE COST WAS ABOUT 3000.

IT MAY COST US A FEW HUNDRED, A FEW MORE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO DO THE OTHER PIECE, BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU AN ACCURATE ESTIMATE.

BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE IN THE BALLPARK RANGE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S PLANTATION ROAD.

SO I WOULD HOPE IN MARCH WE CAN START THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAKE IT BIGGER WIDER.

BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR TWO YEARS. NEVER MIND.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.

BUT BUT I'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY.

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

$3,000. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ITEM 7B2. RIGHT. WAIT. ITEM ITEM EIGHT. RESOLUTIONS. EIGHT. EIGHT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY,

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution appointing members to...]

PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.

SHASHIKUMAR. NO, IT'S ACTUALLY NICHOLAS. WELL, I HAVE IT HERE.

SHASHIKUMAR. SO LET'S STICK TO THE SCRIPT MOVING FORWARD.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO THE HARRIS GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL HAS A COMMITTEE CALLED THE THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THIS COMMITTEE COORDINATES DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND ASSIST WITH TECHNICAL TASKS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND TO HELP COORDINATE INTERMODAL PLANNING. THE TWO MEMBERS THAT THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED IS THE CITY ENGINEER, VINCENZO CARROZZA, AS THE PRIMARY VOTING REPRESENTATIVE, AND THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER EDWARD NAGORSKI AS THE ALTERNATIVE VOTING REPRESENTATIVE FOR 2026. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM 8BA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY,

[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution appointing members to...]

THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF 28 MEMBERS FROM FOR THE HEADACHE.

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES, THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

METRO. ONE MEMBER THAT REPRESENTS SMALLER CITIES.

LESS THAN 50,000 PEOPLE. SOMEBODY THAT REPRESENTS THE OTHER TRANSPORTATION INTERESTS.

AND ONE POSITION FOR THE GULF COAST RAIL DISTRICT.

EACH OF THE 28 MEMBERS HAS AN ALTERNATIVE PERSON TO TO VOTE IN THE IF THE PRIMARY PERSON IS ABSENT.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THE SAME MEMBERS FOR THE TPC AS 2025, WITH THE PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE BEING ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SHASHI KUMAR AND THE ALTERNATIVE BEING NICHOLAS COOK, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM EIGHT C RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY,

[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution consenting to the sal...]

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JASON MANGUM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS A REQUEST FROM THE MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ONE TO SELL $8.9 MILLION IN BONDS.

THESE BONDS WILL OR HAVE FUNDED WILL WILL BE REIMBURSING THE DEVELOPER FOR WATER, WASTEWATER AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

THE THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DISTRICT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS ITEM.

OKAY. IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE? YEAH. OKAY.

JUST TELL US WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO FOR $9 MILLION.

SO WE. SORRY. PREVIOUSLY, I'M SHORTER THAN THIS MICROPHONE.

THAT'S OKAY. PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED A SUMMARY OF COSTS ALONG WITH OTHER ITEMS TO OH.

THANK YOU. TO THE CITY MANAGER. SO IT'S. I HAVE A MAP HERE IN CASE IT'S HELPFUL, BUT IT'S WATER, SEWER AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES ONLY TO SERVE. AND DO YOU WANT ME TO LIST OUT THE SECTIONS? IT'S WATER, SEWER AND DRAINAGE TO SERVE SHIPMENTS.

CODE SECTION ONE TWO, PARK VISTA DRIVE PARK'S EDGE, SECTION THREE, PARK'S EDGE.

SECTION FOUR AND FIVE. PARK'S EDGE, SECTION SIX AND EIGHT, AND THEN ALSO AN EIGHT AND A HALF ACRE DETENTION TRACT.

OKAY.

I'M WAITING FOR A MOTION FROM SOMEONE. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT WAS. GOT IT.

OKAY. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLAUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S VOTE. THANK YOU ALL.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ITEM 8DA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS

[(d) Consider and Possible Action - Resolutions to apply for and accept gra...]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

HAPPY NEW YEAR. REQUESTING PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR THE STEP GRANT, BOTH COMPREHENSIVE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE GRANTS THROUGH TXDOT.

WE'VE HAD THIS GRANT FOR MULTIPLE YEARS NOW THEY DID.

TEX DOT DID LOWER THEIR MATCH RATE FROM 20% DOWN TO 15% FOR THE 2027 FISCAL YEAR, SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR STEP COMPREHENSIVE WOULD BE 24,500, WITH A MATCH AMOUNT OF $4,325.

AND THE STEP COMPREHENSIVE OR I'M SORRY, COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE AMOUNT WOULD BE 13 680 WITH A MATCH AMOUNT OF 2415.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. WE I SEE A RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM CLAUSER.

YES, I HAD A QUESTION. I'M ASSUMING THERE'S DATA THAT IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND LOCATIONS TO PLACE THE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS.

HOW HOW ARE WE DETERMINING WHERE THE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS OR LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL BE PLACED? SO TEX-DOT ALLOWS FOR TWO ZONES BASED ON THE SIZE OF OUR CITY.

SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A ZONE ONE AND ZONE TWO IN THE CITY, AND WE LOOK AT THE CRASH DATA THAT'S BOTH PROVIDED BY TEX DOT ITSELF, AND THEN THE CRASH DATA THAT WE PULL OURSELVES TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS MATCHING UP CORRECTLY.

WE ARE ALLOWED A FOR A TWO SQUARE MILE TRACK OF LAND, AND THE WAY THAT WE HAVE IT SECTIONED OFF IS WE ARE HITTING THE MOST PROMINENT AREAS THAT ARE THAT CRASHES HAPPEN IN TO BE ABLE TO WORK THOSE ZONES.

OKAY. SO WITH THIS GRANT, WILL YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MOST RECENT CRASH DATA? YES. OKAY. WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT. SO FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE WE HAVE TWO ZONES.

AND THEN FOR STEP COMPREHENSIVE WE HAVE TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE ZONES.

SO LOOKING AT WHERE OUR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ARE GOING TO BE MOST PREVALENT AND CAUSE POTENTIALLY THE MOST ISSUES IS WHERE WE HAVE THOSE ZONES SET UP VERSUS THE MAIN THINGS THAT STEP LOOKS AT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE IS INTERSECTIONS AND SPEEDING DISTRACTED DRIVERS SEAT BELTS.

SO WE TAKE ALL THOSE FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE ZONES. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BROWN.

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THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER NINE ARE CLOSED. EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THIS DOES NOT HAVE THIS, SO WE DO HAVE THAT CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE FIVE.

SO IF I MAY, THIS REGULAR MEETING DOES NOT HAVE A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO YOU MAY ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND RECONVENE WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS.

WE'RE HEARING NONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND END THIS MEETING AT 8:19 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.