[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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TODAY IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, 2026. WILL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:45 P.M. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL OF QUORUM. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE TO BE LED BY COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PLEDGING TO OUR GREAT COUNTRY. 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. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. ITEM
[(a) Recognition - HEB's support and donation for Missouri City's B...]
NUMBER FOR OUR PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION FOR A IS RECOGNITION OF HEB SUPPORT AND DONATION OF FOR MISSOURI CITY'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DONNIE HAYES, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY. WE HAVE WITH US TODAY LAUREN FROM HEB. SHE'S OUR ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES. WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND AS A DEPARTMENT AND ALSO AS A CITY TO THANK HEB AND RECOGNIZE THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS. THIS YEAR, HEB WILL BE MAKING A DONATION OF $10,000 TO OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY DURING THE FREEDOM WALK ON ON SATURDAY THE 28TH. AND SO, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THESE TYPES OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ENTIRE MONTH COULDN'T BE DONE WITHOUT THE TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM HEB. NOT ONLY DO WE GET THIS $10,000, BUT THE EVENTS ARE ALSO SUPPORTED BY ANOTHER 7000 $500,000 THAT HELPED TO MAKE THINGS LIKE OUR LOVE AND LAUGHTER COMEDY SHOW LAST FRIDAY HAPPEN, OR THE FREEDOM WALK. ALSO OUR KICKOFF. EACH ONE OF THOSE EVENTS, WHEN THERE'S FOOD OR DONATIONS, WE ARE TRULY SUPPORTED BY HEB AND WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU AND GIVE APPRECIATION TO HEB. FOR HE'S TAKING A PICTURE. LET ME JUST ADD ONE THING TO THE HEB. IT'S DONNY YOU FORGOT TO MENTION. IT'S TONY EVANS FREEDOM WALK IN MISSOURI CITY. TRUE. THANK YOU. WAS A HEB EMPLOYEE THAT'S ALWAYS SUPPORTED CITY OF MISSOURI CITY THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. JULY 4TH WE HAD SNOW FEST AND WE HAD OF COURSE, BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION. AND EVEN DURING HURRICANES AND AND EVERY OTHER CATASTROPHE THAT WE HAD HERE, H-E-B WAS ALWAYS LOOKING TO HELP. SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM NUMBER FOUR B. OH YOU GOT OFF THE HOOK. OH NO NO NO PLEASE SAY SOMETHING. I WAS JUST LOOKING DOWN. COME HERE, COME HERE, COME HERE, COME HERE, COME HERE. YOU GOTTA SAY SOMETHING. YOU GOTTA SAY SOMETHING. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US OUT HERE. AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DONATE TO THIS WONDERFUL CAUSE. WE LOVE MISSOURI CITY, AND WE LOVE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.AND HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE THIS PARTNERSHIP FOR YEARS TO COME. YAY! THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET
[(b) Recognitions - Clean Restaurant Awards 2025]
ME LOOK UP BEFORE I READ. FOR ME IS A RECOGNITION OH, CLEAN RESTAURANT AWARDS FOR 2025. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY GERALD HORACE NOW WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN FOOD SAFETY AND SANITATION. THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, ALONG WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT, PROUDLY PRESENTS THE SHOW-ME CITY CLEAN RESTAURANT AWARDS TO HONOR RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO CLEANLINESS AND PUBLIC HEALTH. TO QUALIFY, A RESTAURANT MUST COOK AND SERVE DINING FOOD TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND RECEIVE A PERFECT SCORE OF 100 ON BOTH SEMIANNUAL ROUTINE HEALTH INSPECTIONS WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD. THIS MEANS NO CRITICAL VIOLATIONS AND MAINTAINING A VALID HEALTH PERMIT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. BETWEEN JANUARY 2025 AND[00:05:05]
DECEMBER 2025, 118 RESTAURANTS WERE INSPECTED. OF THOSE, ONLY FIVE EARNED A PERFECT SCORE ON BOTH INSPECTIONS. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT. THIS RECOGNITION REFLECTS THE HARD WORK OF OWNERS, MANAGERS AND STAFF WHO MAKE FOOD SAFETY A DAILY PRIORITY. THEIR CONSISTENCY AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL HELPED BUILD TRUST WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MAYOR DOWN TO HELP US PRESENT THE AWARDS. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. AND SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR HEALTH INSPECTORS WHO MADE THIS PROGRAM POSSIBLE.THEY WORK DILIGENTLY TO EVALUATE EACH ESTABLISHMENT FAIRLY AND THOROUGHLY TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS ARE MET. AND THEY WILL COME ON DOWN TO HELP US PRESENT THESE AWARDS.
SO OUT OF THOSE FIVE, THANK YOU. WE HAVE MR. CHRISTOPHER JOLIVETTE AND MR. BRYSON FORD.
SO OUT OF THOSE FIVE THAT I MENTIONED WHO PASSED THOSE RESTAURANTS THAT PASSED THEIR ROUTINE INSPECTIONS OF 100 THIS YEAR, WE HAVE TWO HERE TONIGHT. FIRST WE HAVE MY SLIDE. OH, MAHIMA INDIAN BISTRO.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE ONE OF MY FAVORITE NYC FOOD SPONSORS, CHICK FIL A, NUMBER TWO 550. AND THAT'S OWNED BY MR. TONY LEVINE.
WE WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR AWARDEES FOR TONIGHT, AND SEE IF MAYOR HAD ANY WORDS. I GOTTA ASK THE COUNCIL SOMETHING. HAVE YOU? I'VE BEEN IN COUNCILMEMBER AND I, MAYOR PRO TEM, AND I'VE BEEN HERE AT THIS SO MANY EVENTS SINCE FIVE YEARS. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE GIVE MORE EXPLANATION ON THE AWARDS THAN GERALD. BUT IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU. AND I HEAR THAT IT'S REALLY FIVE. I KNOW BOTH CHICK FIL A AND MAHIMA, SO YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. CONTINUE TO DO IT AND WE'RE JUST VERY PROUD AND ENJOY. AND WE WANT TO SEE MORE AND MORE AND MORE ON THAT LIST. RIGHT. ALRIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. THANK.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FIVE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS. CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO REQUEST SPEAK ON ANY AGENDA ITEMS? YES MR. MAYOR, WE DO. DAVID ATWOOD HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SEVEN D. OKAY, MR. ATWOOD, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. MY NAME IS THAT 110011 CALEB WAY, MISSOURI CITY EAST. VILLAGE.
AND IT'S IN THE LAST AREA OF MISSOURI CITY THAT'S BEEN ANNEXED. I WANTED TO MAKE JUST ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT. I MADE IT EARLIER. I'LL MAKE IT AGAIN REGARDING SEVEN D AND THE RENEWAL OF THE AGREEMENT WITH SIENNA JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT. AND AGAIN, I'LL JUST MY ONE
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QUESTION I ASKED BEFORE IS WHO'S IN CHARGE? AND THAT THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO STEP UP AND DO SOME GOVERNING IN THE AREAS OF THEIR ETJ. I'LL SPECIFICALLY SAY SIENNA, BUT IT COULD BE ANY OF THE ETA ETJ. AND BECAUSE THERE'S A LACK OF ANYBODY WILLING AND ABLE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE, GOVERNANCE, WHATEVER FOR WHAT GOES ON IN, IN SOME OF THESE AREAS. SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT IN SOME OF THE AREAS OR NOT IN THE CITY OFFICIALLY, BUT THEY ARE IN YOUR ETJ AND THEY DESPERATELY NEED SOMEONE TO STAND UP AND TAKE CHARGE BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IT IS DOING IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU,[(a) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of announcements of communit...]
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS STAFF REPORT. WE HAVE SIX A CITY MANAGER REPORT. IT IS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. WE HAVE ANGEL L JONES CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING.MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS I HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS TONIGHT STARTING WITH. FIRST, I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, MR. MUSTAFA AL AL DAWSON. HE JOINED US LAST WEEK.
MUSTAFA HAS NEARLY 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ENGINEERING, PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT. MOST RECENTLY, HE SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND CITY ENGINEER FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, WHERE HE LED ROADWAY DRAINAGE, UTILITY AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. HIS BACKGROUND IN MANAGING COMPLEX CAPITAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONS WILL BE A STRONG ASSET AS WE CONTINUE FOCUSING ON RELIABLE SERVICE DELIVERY AND LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING. SO WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. COME AT A BETTER TIME. AND THEN NEXT, THE CITY WILL HOST A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE CARTWRIGHT ROAD STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH AT 6:30 P.M. THE MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINING ROOM AT 3849 CARTWRIGHT ROAD. THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A SEGMENT OF CARTWRIGHT ROAD THAT HAS REACHED THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE. THE CITY IS ALSO EVALUATING POTENTIAL TURN LANE IMPROVEMENTS AT CARTWRIGHT ROAD AND FM 1092, TO HELP IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG TRAFFIC FLOW, AND THEN ALONG WITH THAT STORMWATER, I MEAN STORM DRAINAGE UPGRADES TO HELP REDUCE SOME OF THE POOLING THAT GOES ON ALONG CARTWRIGHT ROAD. THE LAST ITEM, IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU AND THE PUBLIC THAT MISSOURI CITY'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE END OF THE MONTH, FEATURING A VARIETY OF EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. WE INVITE EVERYONE TO EXPLORE THE FULL CALENDAR OF EVENTS ON OUR WEBSITE AT WW, MISSOURI CITY HT GOV. AND THE MONTH CONCLUDES ON FEBRUARY 28TH WITH THE TINEKE EVANS FREEDOM WALK BEGINNING AT 9 A.M. AT COMMUNITY PARK. THIS COMMUNITY EVENT BRINGS RESIDENTS TOGETHER TO WALK TO THE HISTORIC FREEDOM TREE TO CELEBRATE OUR SHARED HISTORY, HERITAGE AND UNITY AS A CITY.
WE HOPE YOU ALL WILL JOIN US. MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
[7. CONSENT AGENDA]
THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AS A CONSENT AGENDA. MAY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS STAFF, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE PULL ITEM SEVEN C BECAUSE STAFF WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER MARSHALL, DID YOU JUST PUT IT UP? YEAH I CAN OH. I'M SORRY. IS ITEM D C AND D D IS THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU ALL VOTED AGAINST. SO OKAY. YES. SORRY. SO DO YOU NEED C AS WELL I DO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET ME GET A MOTION OKAY. GO AHEAD. MAYOR I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PULL ITEMS C, D, E AND F, AND WE APPROVE ITEMS A, B AND G. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S BEEN A[00:15:04]
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MARSHALL, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MEMBER BROWN MOTION. I'M SORRY. WELL, THE MOTION[(c) Consideration and Possible Action – Second and Final Reading - An ordi...]
CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE GO BACK TO ITEM SEVEN C COUNCILMEMBER BROWN. MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAYOR. I BELIEVE THIS WAS ONE THAT CITY MANAGER WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.OKAY. THAT IS CORRECT. AND IF I COULD ASK THE CITY ENGINEER TO THERE WE GO. IS THERE THE SLIDE AND THE SLIDE OKAY OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS VINCENZO CAROZZA, YOUR CITY ENGINEER. TONIGHT I WILL BE PRESENTING THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE TO UPDATE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL, OR IDM FOR YOUR REVIEW AND ACTION. IN LIGHT OF THE INCIDENT LAST FRIDAY, CITY STAFF REVISITED OUR SUBSURFACE UTILITY ENGINEERING, OR SU REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. IN THE FIRST READING AT OUR FEBRUARY 2ND, 2026 COUNCIL MEETING, THE LANGUAGE INDICATED THAT SU CAN BE REQUESTED BY THE CITY. AND NOW TONIGHT WE'RE PROPOSING SU BE MANDATORY. WE'RE ALSO ADDING. SO YOU SEE IN THE SLIDE THERE, WE'RE ALSO ADDING ANOTHER SECTION, SUBSECTION NINE, THAT DETAILS WHAT THE LEVEL SUES ARE AND WHERE THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED. THIS IS JUST A QUICK VISUAL OF THE LEVEL OF SU THAT WILL REQUIRE. I DO WANT TO QUICKLY RECOGNIZE OUR SCHAUMBURG AND POLK, OUR CONSULTANT FOR THE IDM MANUAL THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE TO GET IT TO THIS FAR. THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE AUDIENCE, JOHN IVORY. THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. I PUT MYSELF UP. SO WHEN YOU SAY SUE THAT I WOULD UNDERSTAND AND SERVE UTILITY ENGINEERING, RIGHT? YES. SO WHAT ARE WE CHANGING INTO THE DESIGN MANUAL. SO IT WAS REQUESTED. BUT TONIGHT WE'RE MAKING IT MANDATORY. SO EVERY RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT WE WILL REQUIRE SUBSURFACE ENGINEERING. SO OKAY SO EVERY MOVING FORWARD WITHIN THE CITY LIMIT RIGHT.
MANDATORY. AND HOW DOES THIS WHAT DOES THIS BENEFIT. WELL THE MANDATORY REQUIRES THE RIGHT OF WAY APPLICANT TO ACTUALLY CONSIDER MORE THAN SIMPLY DRAWINGS WHERE THE UTILITY CROSSINGS ARE. SO THEY WANT TO INSTALL A FIBER OPTICS LINE FOR EXAMPLE. THEY JUST COME IN FOR A PERMIT. THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS. THINGS ARE MORE INVESTIGATION, MORE RESEARCH TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER IS OUT THERE ISN'T SIMPLY THERE'S MORE RELIABILITY ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE CROSSING. AND HOW DO WE HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THIS, THAT THEY'RE BRINGING OUTSIDE RESOURCES OTHER THAN THE MARKING AND THINGS OF THAT TYPE OF NATURE? SO THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. WHEN THEY COME IN FOR A PERMIT, WE WILL REQUIRE THE SU LEVEL A, WHICH WILL BE VERY INTENSIVE. THEY'LL PRESENT THEIR PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR US TO REVIEW. AND THEN ONCE WE APPROVE IT, WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD, IN ADDITION TO MARKINGS, THEY'LL HAVE TO DO POTHOLING. OKAY. SO I GUESS I WOULD JUST MAKE A COMMENT IS THE FACT THAT CITY MANAGER, WE KNOW THAT WHAT HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE WITHIN OUR OUR PUBLIC STRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL TO CHANGE THIS TO MORE PERMANENT. AND NOW ONCE THIS IF THIS PASSES THAT, THAT MEANS IF THERE IS ANY UTILITY COMPANY, NOT ANYONE THAT'S WORKING ON ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH GAS, WATER, WATER LINE, ANYTHING THAT'S UNDERGROUND IS GOING TO HAVE TO NOW GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THROUGH THE WHEN THEY APPLY FOR THE APPLICATIONS, THROUGH THE RIGHT OF WAY, PERMIT YES TO THE RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT. AND ONLY ONCE THIS IS BEING LOOKED AT AND AND SATISFIED TO THE TO THE PEOPLE STAFF HERE IS ONLY WHEN THE
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PERMIT IS GIVEN. RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'LL YIELD BACK RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. THANK YOU. SO WHICH IS THE CURRENT STANDARD? WHICH LEVEL? THE CURRENT STANDARD. THE 2019 ONE HAS DOESN'T DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT A, B, C OR D, BUT THE ONE WE'RE PROPOSING WITH THE SECOND READING ACTUALLY CALLS OUT A, B, C, OR D. OKAY, OKAY. BECAUSE GROUND PENETRATING RADAR WAS THROWN OUT THERE. WHY AREN'T WE USING THIS. AND SO NOW WE'VE GOT THESE STANDARDS AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW. AND DOES THIS APPLY? I BELIEVE ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS BROUGHT OUT THE IT SEEMED TO BE PLAYING OUT BETTER IN SIENNA WITH SOME OF THESE UTILITY COMPANIES IN THE CITY LIMITS VERSUS ETJ. DO WE HAVE CONTROL OVER ETJ OR IS THIS THIS DOES NOT APPLY IN SIENNA TO ETJ? NO, THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO SIENNA AND ETJ. IT ONLY APPLIES TO THOSE RIGHT OF WAY PERMITS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO LOOKING FOR A MOTION. CAN WE DO INDIVIDUALLY? CRYSTAL. NO SET UP FOR THE VOTE. OR WE COULD DO IT. IT'S UP TO YOU, MAYOR. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO DO INDIVIDUALLY. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. THAT IT'S NOT GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM. OH, WELL. CATCH IT. LEON, ARE WE VOTING ON SEVEN C? YES. TOUCH IT WITH YOUR HAND. OKAY, THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, SO WE. THAT'S OKAY, THAT'S FINE. IT'S OKAY, IT'S FINE. PLEASE LEAVE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL AND SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER. AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO[(d) Consideration and Possible Action - Second and Final Reading - An ordi...]
ITEM SEVEN D. MAYOR, AS THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING IN REGARDS TO THIS MATTER, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORTH A MOTION TO DISAPPROVE THE RENEWAL, IF I MAY. MOTION IS NOT NECESSARY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT APPROVED ON FIRST READING. SO. SO WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING HERE. OKAY, GOOD. WE'RE DONE. WHY IS THAT? I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE IN ORDER TO GET TO SECOND READING, AN ORDINANCE HAS TO PASS ON FIRST READING. AND BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE DID NOT PASS ON FIRST READING, THEN IT DOES NOT GET A VOTE ON SECOND READING. OKAY, I'M GOING TO REMEMBER THAT.[(e) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the City Manager to nego...]
OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM SEVEN E OKAY. MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CITY MANAGER. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. AND I THINK MY QUESTIONS KIND OF ARE FOR BOTH SEVEN E AND SEVEN F. DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE LIKE A LIFESPAN CHART OR SOMETHING OF ALL OF OUR FLEET AND OUR VEHICLES? AND WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR OLD FLEET? WE DO HAVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF ALL OF OUR VEHICLES. HOWEVER, THAT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY PROMPT A NEW PURCHASE. IT HAS TO MEET SEVERAL CRITERIA, INCLUDING MAINTENANCE, EXCEPT WHAT THE USE OF THE VEHICLE IS, SO IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC. SECOND, THE WHAT PROMPTS THE US PURCHASING VEHICLES HAS TO DO WITH THAT.THE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS AND THE USE OF THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS THE AGE. SO ONCE THE COST BENEFIT OF THE VEHICLE, ONCE WE DETERMINE IT'S MORE MAINTENANCE THAN TO GO OUT AND GET ANOTHER VEHICLE, THEN THAT VEHICLE IS PUT UP FOR REPLACEMENT. AND THEN WHAT WAS YOUR SECOND QUESTION? WHAT WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR OLD FLEET? THEY'RE AUCTIONED. THEY ARE AUCTIONED OFF. AND THEN IN THE EVENT THAT. SO GOING BACK, BASED ON THE CURRENT LIST THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT FORWARD TO US OR INSIDE OF THE REPORT, EVERYTHING SAID REPLACEMENT VEHICLES. SO ARE WE ADDING ANY NEW FLEET OR OR IS THIS ALL REPLACEMENT? GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I THINK ALL OF THEM ARE REPLACEMENT EXCEPT ONE NEW UNIT. AND THIS NEW UNIT WAS REQUIRED BECAUSE OF THE NEW STAFF POSITION. BUT THE REST OF IT IS ALL REPLACEMENT. LIKE THE CITY MANAGER ALLUDED TO, THAT HAVE REACHED THEIR USEFUL LIFE. AND BASED ON THE COST BENEFIT, IT'S BETTER TO REPLACE THE UNIT THAN MAINTAIN THE CURRENT UNIT. AND WITH REGARDS TO OUR MOTORCYCLE DIVISION, WE HAVE IN THE REPORT AS WELL THAT WE WOULD BE REPLACING TWO MOTORCYCLES FOR CERTAIN WE ARE REPLACING TWO, OR ARE WE ADDING TWO? REPLACING TWO, WE ARE
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REPLACING TWO UNITS. TWO HARLEY-DAVIDSON FROM THE PD TRAFFIC UNIT, WHICH IS THE SECOND AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU HAVE, RIGHT? THAT THAT IS UNDER. IF I KIND OF SAID THAT, MY QUESTIONS KIND OF COVERED BOTH OF THEM. WITH REGARDS TO OUR FLEET AND OUR ASSET LIST, AND THEN THEY'RE ALL ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. I'M TRYING TO GET AT HOW WE GET I GET ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT I GUESS IT MORE SO DWELLS DOWN TO OUR VEHICLE USE POLICIES. AND IS THERE A GRADING SYSTEM AS TO HOW WE DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, QUICKER USE SPAN BASED ON DEPARTMENT WEAR AND TEAR AND OR VEHICLE TAKE HOME? HOW DOES ALL OF THAT WORK? ALL ALL OF THAT GOES INTO PLAY. BUT ADDITIONALLY, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS PULLED VEHICLES FROM DEPARTMENTS AND CREATED POOL VEHICLES. OKAY. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES WE NEED FOR FLEET OVERALL, AND THEN TRYING TO MANAGE THEM DIFFERENTLY IN TERMS OF HOW MANY WE HAVE SITTING AROUND NOT BEING USED EFFECTIVELY. WE ALSO EVALUATE WHETHER IT'S MORE COST BENEFICIAL TO ALLOW FOR TRAVEL, MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT OR A STIPEND FOR CAR ALLOWANCE. SO IT REALLY WE GO THROUGH A SIGNIFICANT REVIEW PROCESS. THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO CUT COSTS AND PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL TAKE HOME VEHICLES ONCE AGAIN TO DETERMINE THE LEGITIMACY OF ANY EMPLOYEE HAVING A TAKE HOME VEHICLE. ARE WE GETTING CLOSER TO FIGURING THAT OUT, OR YES, DO WE MADE ONE CUT TO CUT DOWN THE NUMBER OF TAKE HOME VEHICLES? AND NOW WE'RE DOING A SECOND PASS IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN. SO THAT WOULD BE WE WOULD, LIKE YOU SAID, IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET, WHICH THAT WOULD BEGIN AROUND JUNE OR JULY. SO. IF WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF NEEDING TO FIGURE THAT OUT, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL WE GOT CLOSER? NO, BECAUSE WE KNOW THESE ARE AT A MINIMUM, THERE ARE OTHER REQUESTS THAT WERE MADE THAT WE PUT ON HOLD, OKAY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT OVER REPLACING MORE THAN WE NEEDED. AND WE'RE BRINGING ON NEW OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TIME, AND WE'RE BRINGING ON NEW STAFF. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FULLY UTILIZING THOSE POOL VEHICLES AND ALSO MAKING SURE WE REVIEW THE TAKE HOME POLICY. AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION FOR NOW INSIDE OF THE REPORT, IT ALSO INCLUDED EVERYTHING TO OUTFIT THE VEHICLES AS WELL. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE MAYOR. YEAH, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER AND AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. I'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THIS TAKE HOME VEHICLE POLICY FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET. AND THEN HOW MANY VEHICLES DO WE CUT? BECAUSE I HEARD SOMEONE SAY WE CUT, BUT I SEE ONE THAT'S ADDED HERE. RIGHT. SO WHAT? I NEED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS. AND I THINK I BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SOME INCIDENCES AS WELL. SO I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES THAT NEEDS TO PULL THIS UNTIL WE GET INTO A WORKSHOP AND THEN UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE ARE, AND THEN WE ADD THIS ITEM BACK INTO IT. CITY MANAGER FOR APPROVAL. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I ASKED THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO PULL THIS ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION AT OUR WORKSHOP. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. WE HAVE COUNCIL RECOGNIZED COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS EVALUATION, DO WE HAVE SOME STRICT PARAMETERS THAT WE WANT TO GIVE TO THE CITY MANAGER? AS TO I KNOW THERE'S A BUDGET CONSIDERATION, BUT ARE THERE OTHER PARAMETERS THAT ARE USED THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE ADDRESS THOSE? AGAIN, GETTING TO THE POINT, DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT FLEET FOR THE THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL THAT WE HAVE. SO I THINK THAT'S BEEN THE WHAT HE JUST COUNCILMEMBER EMERY JUST SAID IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEEDED TO LEARN FROM WORKSHOP COMING IN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, EVEN RETROFIT ALL OF THIS INTO IT, WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST? WHAT WAS THE TOTAL[00:30:04]
COST POINT? 2.12. TOTAL BETWEEN THE TWO, PROBABLY 2.1 MILLION. RIGHT. AND ON THIS, WHAT'S PUT IN FRONT OF US, IT SAYS ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION. CORRECT.MAYOR, IF I MAY ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. YES. THE TOTAL DOLLAR IF YOU ADD THAT THE FIRST CONTRACT IS ABOUT $1.4 MILLION, THE OTHER ONE IS CLOSE TO $867,000. BUT THIS IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. THESE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS AND WAS PRESENTED AS PART OF THE. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO BRING THIS BACK TO YOU, BUT THIS WAS PRESENTED AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. IT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AND INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE BUDGET. RIGHT. WE'LL BE GLAD TO BRING THIS BACK TO YOU AND SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE REQUESTED. APPRECIATE THAT. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER
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RAMOS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER IF HER MOTION ALSO INCLUDED ITEM F FOR WORKSHOP E AND F? YEAH, IT SHOULD BE TOTAL. SHOULD BE THE TOTAL. IT SHOULD BE. IT SHOULD BE THE BOTH. IT SHOULD BE. WE WILL BRING BACK BOTH BECAUSE ONE IS JUST A DIFFERENT VENDOR.SO LET ME RESTATE MY MOTION. MY MOTION IS TO. BUT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED E. NO WE DIDN'T. WE WE PULLED E OKAY. ALL RIGHT I GOT THE OTHER ONE CIRCLED. I'M SORRY. IS TO. TAKE E ITEMS E AND F TO OUR WORKSHOP. AND CONSIDER THOSE AT OUR WORKSHOP AND NOT VOTE ON THOSE TONIGHT.
THAT'S MY SECOND. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLAUSEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER LEFT? NO, NO, NOT ON THAT.
RIGHT. OKAY. NOW WE HAVE WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN RELATED ACTION. 8A1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING USES REQUIRED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPROVAL LOCATED WITHIN A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. WELL, WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM EIGHT, A ONE CITY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT. OKAY. IF NO FURTHER COMMENTS, NO ONE SIGNED UP. WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING 881 AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM
[(2) Consideration and possible action First of Two Readings - An ordinance...]
882882. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION EIGHT PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND SECTION 15 SPECIFIC USE PERMITS OF APPENDIX A OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE ENTITLED THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE LOCATION OF USES REQUIRING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AMENDING THE SPECIFIC USE REQUIREMENT FOR LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS. PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE SHASHI KUMAR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AGAIN. WHAT THIS ITEM DOES IS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY, WHICH IS WHERE WE PROMOTE HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT. BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN USES SUCH AS THAT REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WHICH ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE PD. SO THIS CLARIFIES THAT ITEM. OUR INTENT IS TO HAVE HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE CITY AND PROMOTE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER WHILE SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BUT WHAT THIS PD, WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES IS WITHIN THE PD, IT IDENTIFIES AREAS WHERE WE NEED A SPECIFIC USE PERMITS, FOR EXAMPLE, GAS STATIONS, PLACES OF ASSEMBLY AND ASSISTED LIVING. SO OVERALL THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE VISION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS. WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. FOR THE MOTION. OKAY. SO RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RAMOS OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH SHASHI AND TEAM. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO COUNCIL SO THAT IT WILL FALL A LITTLE BIT MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO INSIDE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH REGARDS TO THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE PLACING UNDER THE SP, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A LIST THAN WHAT YOU EXPRESSED IN YOUR COMMENTS, JUST SO THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR, CAN YOU? IF THAT'S CORRECT, I JUST WENT OVER A COUPLE OF THOSE ITEMS, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO OVER THE LIST HERE. IT'S AN EXHAUSTIVE, EXHAUSTIVE LIST. I KNOW IT INCLUDES CEMETERY, CHRISTMAS TREE SALES, CREDIT CARD BUSINESSES, GAS, ELECTRIC, PUBLIC UTILITY STATIONS, GROUNDWATER AND SEWER[00:35:03]
FACILITIES, GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS, GOLF COURSES, GREENHOUSES, INSTITUTIONAL AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, MODEL HOME SALES, FUNERAL HOMES, OIL WELLS AND RELATED STRUCTURE.OUTDOOR COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT. PLACES OF ASSEMBLY, QUARRIES, MINING ACTIVITIES. HORSE TRACK.
JUNKYARDS. LANDFILL IN TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION, YARD EQUIPMENT AND CELL PHONE TOWERS.
SO THIS IS THE WHOLE LIST. THE THREE THAT I GAVE YOU WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE, BUT THIS IS A VERY EXHAUSTIVE LIST. SO IF THESE ITEMS FALL WITHIN A PD, THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE THE REQUIREMENT OF OBTAINING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. OKAY. AND WHAT ABOUT STORAGE FACILITIES, STORAGE WAREHOUSES. WHERE THE WHERE WOULD THAT FALL? I SEE A SALVAGE OR JUNKYARD. I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC THING FOR STORAGE FACILITIES. I DON'T SEE IT IN THIS PARTICULAR LIST. I DO NOT EITHER. THEY CURRENTLY DO NOT REQUIRE AN SCP PERMIT. THEY HAVE BEEN PERMITTED IN OTHER DISTRICTS THROUGH LC4 AND SOME SPECIAL LANGUAGE AND PDS, BUT THEY CURRENTLY DO NOT REQUIRE SPS. SO DO WE KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY THAT ARE ALREADY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY GO INSIDE OF SOME OF THE REMAINING PD DEVELOPMENTS? WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THAT, BUT WE ARE COMPILING A LIST OF USES THAT WE WILL GO BACK AND LOOK AT IN ORDER TO ADD ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC USE PERMITS. SO UNTIL WE GET THERE AT THAT POINT, COULD WE PLEASE ADD STORAGE UNITS, STORAGE WAREHOUSES TO THIS LIST? THANK YOU.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. THANK YOU. SO YOU MENTIONED ASSISTED LIVING. DOES THIS INCLUDE ALL SENIOR LIVING OR SENIOR LIKE 55 PLUS OR IS IT SPECIFICALLY ASSISTED LIVING? LET ME TRY TO READ THAT ONE HERE. SO IT SAYS INSTITUTION OTHER THAN AN INSTITUTION THAT QUALIFIES AS A CHILD CARE FACILITY FOR CHILDREN, ELDERLY PERSONS, MENTALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS, OR PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS. THAT'S WHAT THE DEFINITION IS. OKAY. SO IT WOULDN'T INCLUDE INDEPENDENT LIVING I DON'T THINK LIVING ON THEIR OWN. OKAY. AND ANYONE WITH A CURRENT APPLICATION, THEY WOULD NOT FALL UNDER THESE NEW RULES. DO I SEE IF YOU COULD PLEASE CLARIFY ON THAT PLEASE? SURE. AND IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL LEGAL ADVICE, I'M JUST TELL US WHAT IT IN A CLOSED SESSION. IS EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH. IF THERE IS A PENDING APPLICATION, THEN THAT APPLICATION, THE RULES THAT ARE IN PLACE WHEN THE APPLICATION IS FILED AS WELL. THANK YOU. YES. ALL RIGHT.
LOOKING FOR A MOTION. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM CLAUSER. YES, MAYOR. BEFORE YOU GO INTO ITEM NINE, A, I'D LIKE TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 551.074 TO DISCUSS ITEMS AROUND NINE. OKAY, SO THAT'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND OKAY. SO WE HAVE A I SEE IT ON HERE MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON. ALL RIGHT. SO SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES
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