Mar 16, 2026 City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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NOT CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:31 P.M. ITEM NUMBER TWO, ROLL CALL. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE. IT WILL BE LED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLAUSEN. 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. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER THREE FOR HIS PUBLIC COMMENTS. CITY SECRETARY, DO WE RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS FOR ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? NO, MR. MAYOR,

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

PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMUNITY INTEREST. ANGEL JONES, OUR CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. AS PART OF OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO ALIGN THE ORGANIZATION WITH THE CITY'S 24 VISION 2040 VISION, WE WILL BEGIN PROVIDING BRIEFLY MONTHLY STAFF PRESENTATIONS DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS. THE PURPOSE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS IS TO HIGHLIGHT CURRENT INITIATIVES, SHARE PROGRESS ON KEY PRIORITIES AND DEMONSTRATE HOW THE WORK BEING DONE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS SUPPORTS THE GOALS OUTLINED IN THE 2040 VISION.

EACH MONTH, 2 TO 3 DEPARTMENTS WILL PROVIDE A SHORT OVERVIEW OF THEIR CURRENT PROJECTS, UPCOMING INITIATIVES, AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION. THIS WILL HELP ENSURE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC REMAIN INFORMED ABOUT THE PROGRESS BEING MADE AND HOW OUR DAILY OPERATIONS CONNECT TO THE BROADER VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. THIS EVENING, WE WILL HAVE BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND FIRE PRESENTING THEIR PRESENTATIONS. THANK YOU. AND

[(b) Staff Report - Provide a report on the Fire Department's Service Respo...]

THERE'S NOTHING THERE. NOTHING. NOTHING THERE. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO OVER IT MANUALLY. THE FIRST I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SOME ONGOING INITIATIVES TO REDUCE THE COSTS AND WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR LARGE FIRE APPARATUS. AND SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING ON A PROJECT TO RIGHTSIZE OUR RESPONSE WITH OUR SMALLER SQUAD VEHICLES. AND SO WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. YOU SHOULD BE SEEING SOMETHING COME OUT SHORTLY IN POLICY, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO RIGHTSIZE OUR RESPONSES TO SOME FACILITIES THAT ARE ALREADY STAFFED WITH PHYSICIANS AND NURSE STAFF. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO REDUCE SOME OF THE THE BASIC BLS CALLS, AS WELL AS CALLS TO SOME OF THESE HOSPITALS. THE NEXT THING I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MONITOR OUR DATA, AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAS SPIKED, WHETHER ON FIRE OR EMS. OUR DATA HAS BEEN CONSISTENT. AND SO OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS OUR PREVENTION ON THE TWO CATEGORIES THAT STAND OUT AND HAVE BEEN KIND OF CONSISTENT FOR US ON FIRES. AND ONE IS THE COOKING AND THE MECHANICAL FAILURES. THOSE ARE THE TWO AREAS, WHETHER IT'S A MICROWAVE OR STOVE. BUT THEN THE OTHER SIDE IS A COOKING. SO WE FOCUS ALL OUR PREVENTION EFFORTS ON THOSE AREAS. MOVING FORWARD, IN EVERY QUARTER, WE RUN OUR DATA EVERY QUARTERLY. AND IF THAT DATA CHANGES, THEN WE CHANGE OUR PREVENTION, FOCUS ON OUR EDUCATION. THE NEXT THING I'D LIKE TO SHARE IS OUR PROGRAM. OUR PROGRAMS ARE WELL AND STRONG AND VIBRANT, SUCH AS OUR SMOKE DETECTOR PROGRAM, WHICH WE ARE PROVIDING FREE SMOKE DETECTOR CHECKS FROM OUR FIRE TRUCKS, AS WELL AS OUR STAFF, AS WELL AS WE REPLACE SMOKE DETECTORS. AND SO ALL THAT IS ONLINE WHERE OUR CITIZENS CAN GO ONLINE OR CALL A PHONE NUMBER AND WE WILL COME OUT TO THEIR HOME AND CHECK THEIR SMOKE DETECTORS FOR FREE. THE SECOND THING IS WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO CONDUCT MONTHLY, AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HELPS US WITH THIS. AND THEIR PARTNER WITH US IS WE CONDUCT MONTHLY SEAT BELT. I'M SORRY, CAR SEAT

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THE LAST TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO SHARE IS WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP THAT'S COMING IN JULY. AND SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, HARRIS COUNTY AND FORT BEND COUNTY TO TO PLAN FOR THE OVERFLOW THAT MAY PUSH OUT INTO THE SUBURBS AND INTO THE COMMUNITIES. AND SO WE'RE PREPARED, WE'RE PREPARING FOR THAT. AND THEN THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO SHARE IS OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN BUSY. THEY'RE THEY IN A COLLABORATION WITH IT, WE PURCHASED A NEW SOFTWARE FOR OUR COOP PLAN, WHICH IS THE PLAN FOR CONTINUATION OF OPERATIONS. AND SO WE WILL BE ROLLING THAT OUT LATER THIS YEAR. THEY'RE WORKING ON GATHERING ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

AND THEN THERE WILL BE AT LEAST TEN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TRAININGS, INCLUDING ONE FOR FOR THE POLICY GROUP LATER THIS YEAR THAT'S REQUIRED ANNUALLY. AND I'M SORRY, ONE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO SHARE IS THIS PAST WEEK OR LAST WEEK, OUR COMMITTEE WENT UP TO APPLETON, WISCONSIN, WHERE OUR FIRE TRUCKS ARE BEING BUILT. AND I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT TWO BIG LADDER TRUCKS THAT YOU FUNDED AND APPROVED OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO OR OVER TWO YEARS AGO, ARE NOW GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION, AND THEY SHOULD BE HERE SOMETIME BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER. AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SURE, CHIEF. THANK YOU. I JUST PUT MYSELF UP THERE BECAUSE YOU SAID THREE THINGS. THE THE NEW FIRST, AND I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS ON A COMMUNICATION OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, THE SEVEN OF US IS JUST A LITTLE COMPETITIVE, RIGHT? YEAH, JUST A LITTLE BIT. SO WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS BEING OUT THERE BROADCASTED IF POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE MAKING A STAFF REPORT TO US THAT TELLS TELLS US THAT YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS. SO AS SOON AS THESE THINGS COME UP AND I WOULD HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY COME THROUGH. BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. RIGHT. AND CITY MANAGER JONES IS ALREADY AHEAD OF IT. SHE'S SHE'S ALREADY WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT DOING A VIDEO, A COMMUNICATIONS. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE NEWS FIRST. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK

[(c) Staff Report - Provide a report on the Public Works Department and ite...]

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AND FINALLY, THE GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE FACILITY THAT'S SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THE FINAL PUNCH LIST ITEMS THAT WILL BE TOWARD THE END OF THIS MONTH, EARLY APRIL. AS FAR AS OTHER OPERATION ITEMS THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE HAVE COMPLETED VARIOUS LOCATIONS OF SIDEWALK REPAIRS TO IMPROVE THE PEDESTRIANS AND SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD APPEARANCE. WE HAD RESTRIPED TWO INTERSECTIONS AND CLEARED OUT SOME VEGETATION TO WRITE MAINTENANCE. AS FAR AS MOBILITY AND SIGNAL LIGHTS, WE HAVE IMPROVED ABOUT 30 PLUS INTERSECTIONS, TIMING ADJUSTMENTS, AND CONTROLLER INTEGRATIONS. WE HAVE REPLACED ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT CAMERAS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND COMPLETED 115 ENGINEERING INSPECTIONS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION VERY QUICK. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER EMERY, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE? THERE YOU GO. HELP ME OUT A LITTLE BIT WITH THE OAKWOOD FOREST DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT.

WHAT'S THE THE ISSUE THERE? DRAINAGE OBVIOUSLY IS THE ISSUE. BUT WHAT WHAT DOES THIS ENTAIL? I SHALL REFER IT BACK TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE THE EXPERT IN THOSE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M NOT THE EXPERT, BUT I WILL FILL IN. THIS IS THE IMPROVEMENTS WHERE WE ARE RESETTING THE CULVERTS AND REGRADING THE DITCHES TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IF YOU MAY RECALL, THIS IS ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE HAVE A OPEN DITCH DRAINAGE SYSTEM. IT'S AN OLDER SUBDIVISION THAT WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, DOES NOT HAVE THE TYPICAL STORM SEWER AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM. SO WE'RE RETROFITTING IT WITH IMPROVED DRIVEWAY CULVERTS AND DITCH GRADING TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE FLOODING THAT THEY'VE WITNESSED IN THE PAST. OKAY, GREAT. THE SECOND QUESTION ON THE SAME SIDE. GOLF COURSE, MAINTENANCE FACILITY. YES, SIR. I SEE WE'VE GOT APRIL 26TH. WHEN IS THE PLAN OR WHAT PLAN DO WE HAVE TO TEAR DOWN THE OLD MAINTENANCE FACILITY DOWN IN ITS EXISTING LOCATION AND, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE THE THE AREA DOWN THERE FOR, FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, USE? YES, SIR. IT'S A TWO PART QUESTION. AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE DOING VERY WELL ON THIS PROJECT. ONCE THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED, WE WILL MOVE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE THE PERSONNEL HERE INTO THIS BUILDING. PART OF THE THIS CONTRACT IS TO TEAR DOWN THE EXISTING FACILITY. SO IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MOVE, WE'RE GOING TO TEAR DOWN. BUT IN TERMS OF YOUR SECOND QUESTION, WHAT'S THEIR NEXT.

THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY FUNDED? THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY, TO RELOCATE THE STAFF AND THE EQUIPMENT, AND TO TEAR DOWN THE FACILITY. THAT IS A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE IN THE NEXT BUDGET AND CIP CYCLE. YOU INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE.

TORN DOWN AND IMPROVED IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE BRING THE NEW FACILITY ON STREAM. IS THAT SO? PLANS. WE WILL MOVE THE EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL TO THE NEW FACILITY AND TEAR THE EXISTING FACILITY, WHICH IS STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THERE IS NO OTHER TASK AT THIS POINT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THAT PROPERTY. OKAY. WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS AND MAYBE SOMEONE CAN HELP, BUT THAT'S CONSIDERED PARKS PROPERTY WHERE THAT FACILITY IS. SO IT MAY, YOU KNOW, HELP US DETERMINE WHAT WHAT CAN AND CAN GO THERE.

SO FOR WHATEVER THAT'S WORTH. SO YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU MUFASA. MUSTAFA. I'M SORRY. I JUST HEARD SOMETHING AND I'M USED TO IT. BACK TO THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAD A QUESTION

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BUT THE MAIN SCOPE OF THIS ONE IS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT. TO THE EXTENT WE DISTURB, A SECTION OF THE ROADWAY WILL REPAIR THAT ONE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THIS IS PURELY A DRAINAGE. IT'S JUST PURELY DRAINAGE. OKAY, SHASHI. OR EITHER. OH EXCUSE ME, I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH COMMISSIONER PRESTAGE ON. SINCE COUNTY DOES ASPHALT ROADS, IT'S TO SEE IF WE COULD GET THE LIST OF THOSE ASPHALT ROADS THAT WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT, AND TO SEE IF THEY CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THEIR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. OKAY.

MEANING THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY DOES THE ACTUAL WORK. YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE THEY THEY HAVE A ASPHALT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE LOOKING AT TO TRY TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF OUR ROADWAYS. AND SO, AND I THINK IT'S MAINLY PRIMARILY OUR LARGER ESTATE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ASPHALT ROADS. AND SO I JUST NOTICED THAT THAT ONE IN THEIR ENTIRE, THAT SUBDIVISION IS KIND OF SMALL, BUT IT REALLY NEEDS SOME ATTENTION. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CITY MANAGER. WITH REGARDS TO THE SIGNAL OPTIMIZATION, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT WHERE YOU PLACE THOSE FIVE TRAFFIC CAMERAS OR WHERE YOU'RE WHAT IS THAT EXACTLY? SO THOSE ARE DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT PLACES. BASICALLY TO OPTIMIZE THE DETECTION SYSTEM. I, I APOLOGIZE, DON'T HAVE THE EXACT LOCATION FOR YOU, BUT I CERTAINLY CAN GET BACK. I DO HAVE THE REPORT ON MY DESK SHOWING THE EXACT LOCATION WHERE WE HAVE REPLACED THOSE CAMERAS. BUT BASICALLY THOSE ARE THE AREAS WHERE WE GET RESIDENTS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC DELAYS. FOR EXAMPLE, A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, WE HAVE RECEIVED AT SIENNA PARKWAY AND HIGHWAY SIX. SO STAFF WERE DEPLOYED OUT THERE TO OPTIMIZE AND CHANGE SOME OF THE CAMERAS DETECTION SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THE TRAFFIC IS BEING DETECTED. OKAY. AND HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO GETTING IN OUR AI CAMERAS? SO THAT HAS BEEN DEPLOYED. I DID NOT SHARE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN THE TESTING PHASE. SO WE DON'T WANT TO PUBLICLY PUT IT OUT THERE.

SO IT HAS BEEN DEPLOYED ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, TWO WEEKS AGO. SO IT IS FULLY IMPLEMENTED.

BUT WE ARE STILL THE AI IS STILL LEARNING AND ADAPTING, AND WE'RE TESTING IT AND CLEANING OUT ALL THE BUGS BEHIND THE SCENES. SO ONCE THAT'S WE FEEL FULLY CONFIDENT THAT THAT'S READY TO GO, WE'LL BE BACK HERE IN FRONT OF YOU AND SHARE THE UPDATES. THAT'LL BE GREAT. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TWICE OVER THIS PAST LAST WEEK AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, NOT COMPARING Y'ALL TO ANYONE, NOT NOT DOING THAT, BUT IT WAS JUST I WANTED TO TEST IT FOR MYSELF.

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DRIVING REGULAR SPEED LIMIT. IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT AI SIGNALING. AND I COULD TELL AS SOON AS I HIT DULLES AND HIT MISSOURI CITY, BECAUSE ALL I SAW WAS BRAKE LIGHTS AND RED LIGHTS. BUT COMING FROM THAT END, JUST TO RUN IT ALL THE WAY DOWN, SIX MINUTES THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD EVENTUALLY GET SOMEWHERE THERE, I THINK OUR RESIDENTS WOULD BE VERY, VERY HAPPY. MY LAST QUESTION, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT, HENRY. WHAT'S ROAD AND TRAMMEL FRESNO? DO WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THE WIDENING OF THOSE ROADS? SO WE DID MEET WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO WAS MY SECOND WEEK OR FIRST WEEK. SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND WE HAVE RECEIVED A 90% SET OF PLANS. THERE ARE SOME SOME COUPLE CONFIGURATION CHANGES IN THE PLAN. SO THAT HAS BEEN SENT BACK TO THE COUNTY ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF, TWO WEEKS AGO. SO AND WE ARE WORKING ON THAT FINALIZING THE DESIGN SETUP PLANS TO TO FINISH IT. AND ONCE WE IF YOU RECALL, IF YOU RECALL, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S HAPPENING IN THERE, WHICH IS THE WATER MAIN TRANSMISSION PROJECT. AND THAT'S TAKING PRECEDENCE THAT WE WANT TO BUILD UP FIRST BEFORE THEY DO THE WIDENING. SO WE ARE RIGHT.

SO THAT IS ALSO IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW IN THE DESIGN PHASE. BUT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON BOTH OF THOSE ROADS. CORRECT. OKAY. AND AFTER WE GET OUT OF THE DESIGN PHASE, THEN YOU THINK THAT WE'LL QUICKLY MOVE. CORRECT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SHASHI AND MYSELF TALKING TO THE COUNTY TRYING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THEY LIKE TO TAKE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR OWN PROJECTS. BUT THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO, WE WERE ASKING TO SEE IF THEY WOULD GIVE IT TO US BECAUSE WE DO HAVE WARMING PROJECT AND EMBEDDING TO THOSE TWO PROJECTS. AS YOU KNOW, ONE CONTRACTOR PERHAPS, OR UNDER ONE UMBRELLA, IT'LL BE EASIER TO MANAGE AND HAVING TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES WORKING IN THE SAME AREA, SO TO SPEAK. SO 2027. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUS. YES. CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR ME? ARE BACK. OKAY. I DIDN'T SEE IN, I GUESS THE THEME OF MAKING SURE THAT MISSOURI CITY REMAINS A SAFE CITY. WHERE ARE WE WITH TRAFFIC LIGHT INSTALLATION ALONG THOSE STREETS THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING ADDITIONAL LIGHTING, IN PARTICULAR CARTWRIGHT ROAD. I WAS DRIVING DOWN CARTWRIGHT ROAD THIS WEEKEND AND I'M LIKE, OH MY GOSH, LIKE WHEN ARE LIKE. AND THEN ALSO AT AND I REMEMBER TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR, LIGHTS AT LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY AND. VICKSBURG. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. THAT IS ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES. WE KNOW THAT LIGHTING IS DEFICIENT AT MANY PLACES IN THE CITY. FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE TXDOT CORRIDORS, CARTWRIGHT AND TEXAS PARKWAY CITY MANAGER AND I PERSONALLY MET WITH THE DISTRICT ENGINEER. WE'VE GIVEN OUR PRIORITIES AND THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR CATEGORY UNDER SAFETY FUNDS TO EXPEDITE THAT PROJECT FOR INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS. THEY HAVE VERBALLY TOLD US THAT TXDOT WILL PAY FOR THE LIGHTS, AND ANY DECORATIVE UPGRADE TO DECORATIVE LIGHTS WOULD BE ON PART OF THE CITY. ONE OF THE REASONS WE DON'T HAVE IT IS I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THE ROADS WERE INITIALLY BUILT, TECH START APPROACHED THE CITY. AT THAT TIME, A DECISION WAS MADE NOT TO FUND THE LIGHTS AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE THE LIGHTS ON CARTWRIGHT ON TEXAS PARKWAY. BUT WE HAVE MADE A REQUEST, AND IT IS IN THE TXDOT PIPELINE TO INSTALL STREET LIGHTS BOTH ON CARTWRIGHT AND TEXAS PARKWAY. GETTING INTO OTHER LOCATIONS, WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED A FEW STREETS WHERE STREET LIGHTS ARE NEEDED. ONE AMONG THEM IS TRAMMEL FRESNO. THAT THAT HAS BEEN CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED IN SINCE CENTREPOINTE CODE. WE ANTICIPATE SOMETIME EARLY THIS YEAR THOSE LIGHTS WILL BE INSTALLED WITH RESPECT TO OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY AT THE AT THE INITIATIVE OF THE CITY MANAGER, WE HAVE SET UP A TRAFFIC SAFETY TASK FORCE COMPRISED OF PD AND OTHER STAFF, WHERE EVERYBODY COMES TO THE TABLE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. WHERE STREET LIGHTING IS. STREET LIGHTS SERVES TWO PURPOSES. ACTUALLY, THE PRIMARY PRIMARY PURPOSE OF STREET LIGHT IS TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY. SO WE ARE IDENTIFYING THOSE LOCATIONS. AND I THINK PERHAPS WHAT WE'LL DO IS OTHER SESSIONS WHERE WE'RE COMING TO COUNCIL TO GIVE AN UPDATE. WE'LL COME TO COUNCIL AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE OTHER CORRIDORS ARE PLANNED FOR STREET LIGHT

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I'M SORRY. YES. SIENNA PARKWAY COMING ON TO FRESNO. SO WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH WITH THE CONTRACTOR AS YOU'RE AWARE, AND YOU'VE SEEN THEIR THEY DID A COUPLE OF ITEMS IN THERE. SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OR SO, MY PLAN, WE'RE PUSHING THEM A LOT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT TIMELINE OPENED. AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE OF THAT IS TO UTILIZE THE INTERSECTION. SO. I WOULD SAY EARLY APRIL. OKAY, NO PROBLEM. THE STREET LIGHTS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I THOUGHT YOU SAID, DON'T WE GET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF STREET LIGHTS? I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT INTERSECTION LIGHTS, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT STREET LIGHTS. AND IF WE DO GET THEM FROM CENTRAL POINT OR WHERE ARE THEY GOING? WE DO. NOT TOO LONG AGO, WE DID A TAKE BACK THE WORD LONG AGO, BUT WE HAD DONE A WORKSHOP WITH COUNCIL EARLIER. SO WE GET ALLIANCE WITH CENTRAL POINTS FOR STREET LIGHTS ON LOCAL CORRIDORS. WHEN I MEAN LOCAL, IT'S THE STREETS THAT FRONTIER HOMES. I THINK THE ALLOWANCE IS ABOUT 50 LIGHTS PER YEAR. SO WE'RE ALL CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT EVALUATING STAFF, DRIVING RESIDENTS, GIVING FEEDBACK.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE DARK SPOTS WHERE THERE IS INSUFFICIENT LIGHTING OR SPACING IS. AND WE DO MAKE THOSE REQUESTS TO CENTER POINT ON A YEARLY BASIS TO GET THE ALLOCATION FROM THOSE LIGHTS. NOW, WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS MAJOR THOROUGHFARES LIKE CARTWRIGHT, TEXAS PARKWAY, TRAMMEL, FRESNO AND OTHER STREETS WHICH ARE. THERE ARE NO STREET LIGHTS OR. THERE IS. THOSE ARE THE CORRIDORS WHERE WE HAVE SOME KIND OF FUNDING TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTS, WORKING JUST IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TXDOT OR GOING SOLELY BY THE CITY. THOSE WERE THE UPDATES THAT I WAS GIVING. BUT THIS IS AN ONGOING THING ON LOCAL LIGHT LOCAL STREETS. WE DO IT EVERY YEAR. WE. WE WILL WORK WITH CENTRAL POINT, INSTALL ADDITIONAL LIGHTS AND AGAIN, THEY DO IT WHERE THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THE STREET LIGHTS ARE INSTALLED WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT IS BUILT AND THERE IS A PARTICULAR SPACING FOR THOSE STREET LIGHTS. THAT'S HOW IT GETS INSTALLED. OFTEN CASES IT'S DEFICIENT BECAUSE THE TREES HAVE OVERGROWN AND IT'S COVERING THE STREET LIGHTS. CENTER POINT WOULD NOT INSTALL ADDITIONAL LIGHTS IN THOSE LOCATIONS. WE WILL TYPICALLY WORK WITH THE HOMEOWNER OR THE HOA TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCY. IF THAT'S NOT CORRECTED, THEN WE GO INTO THIS POOL OF ALLOWANCE THAT CENTRAL POINT GIVES TO INSTALL THE ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. SURE. THANK YOU. SO CITY MANAGER, THE STAFF REPORT. THIS IS GREAT. I THINK OUR CITIZENS ARE WATCHING AT HOME WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT. SO THEY'RE AWARE OF THIS. ONE THING THAT I WOULD ASK TO SEE UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS, THOSE STREET REPAIRS, IF WE CAN ADD SOMETHING THAT IS IN DESIGN OR IF IT'S WORKING, OR IF WHEN WE'RE STARTING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS WHEN YOU GO TO HOA THAT CONSTANTLY ASK ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND SEEING WHERE THEY'RE AT. SO GO AHEAD. THE ONLY REASON WHY WE DIDN'T IS BECAUSE TONIGHT WE HAVE THE CONTRACT FOR BROOKS TO DO THE STREET REPAIR. SO THAT WILL BE AN EXTENSIVE PRESENTATION ON THAT. ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT WAY THAT HELPS. I THINK AS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WE CAN ALWAYS SHARE THIS PRESENTATION AND PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEM. THAT KIND OF ANSWERS A LOT OF THINGS. THE LAST THING I HAVE IS A KUDOS TO YOU, MUSTAFA, BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL RESIDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT. THERE ARE SEVERAL ACCIDENTS AS WELL ON SIENNA RANCH AND SIENNA SPRINGS OR ALGER PARKWAY INTERSECTION LIGHT. I THINK IT WAS, I DON'T KNOW, DAY TEN OR DAY 12 OR SOMETHING. YOU WERE HERE, YOU RESPONDED TO IT. YOU DID A STUDY WITH OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, CHIEF OF POLICE AND ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND THAT STUDY DIDN'T TAKE YOU MONTHS. IT TOOK YOU LIKE LITERALLY A WEEK. AND THEN YOU WERE ABLE TO RETROFIT THAT. AND I'VE SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA SO MANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, GIVING KUDOS TO CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS TEAM FOR FIXING THAT INTERSECTION FLASHING YELLOW. SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU KUDOS FOR THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION. AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, SASHA, YOU OPENED A CAN OF WORMS WITH THE STREETLIGHTS. COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER, YOU CAN

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THEY GROW UP. THEY'RE NOT JUST MESSING UP OUR SIDEWALKS, BUT THEY'RE RUINING THE LIGHT. AND NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT. THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT. SO THEY DON'T. AND WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME TEETH IN THIS, AND WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING TO REQUIRE THOSE TREES TO BE MAINTAINED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. I WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE SEEN EXCELLENCE TONIGHT, EXCELLENCE OUT OF OUR STAFF. ABSOLUTE BEAUTIFUL. WE FILLED POSITIONS, WE'RE DOING THINGS, WE'RE MAKING THINGS MOVE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME NEW PEOPLE BACK THERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY SERGIO. AND YOU CAN HELP. YES YOU SAID THAT CENTER POINT GIVES US, WHAT, SIX AN ALLOTMENT OF 60 OR 50. I BELIEVE IT'S 50 LIGHTS PER CALENDAR YEAR ON LOCAL STREETS. WHEN WERE WAS THAT STANDARD ESTABLISHED? GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT. WELL, I GUESS MY POINT IS, IS THAT MISSOURI CITY IS GROWING.

THAT'S TRUE OF ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GROWING. SO, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE SEE IF WE CAN TWIST CENTER POINT'S ARM AND KIND OF INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COURTESY LIGHTS THAT THEY PROVIDE? MISSOURI CITY BECAUSE IF I WERE TO GUESS, IT'S PROBABLY 10 TO 15 YEARS OLD WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THE, THE, THE 60 OR 50, WHATEVER IT IS, I THINK IT'S COURTESY LIGHTS WITH MUSTAFA ON BOARD. I'M SURE HE'LL BE HOPPING ON THAT. WELL, I'M NOT TRYING TO DO DELEGATION HERE, BUT I THINK WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN. IN FACT, AS I SAY, TWIST CENTER POINT'S ARM AND WITH WHATEVER MEANS WE HAVE TO SEE IF WE CAN INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COURTESY STREETLIGHTS FOR MISSOURI CITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER SONYA BROWN. MARSHALL, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, I'M SORRY. I HAD ONE LAST QUESTION. THE FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER IS THAT THE FACILITY ACROSS THE STREET, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DONE BY MID-SUMMER 2026 ANTICIPATED.

BUT WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES. SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT. THAT'S THAT WAS THAT'S THE GOAL. WE'RE STILL KEEPING THE SAME GOAL THAT WE HAD, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS WORKING, WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND, AND WE HAVE SOME MEETINGS SET UP THIS WEEK TO MEET WITH THE HIGH LEVEL, HIGH LEVEL EXECUTIVE PERSONNELS AT THAT CONTRACTOR TEAM TO SEE WHAT CAN WE DO TO REACH THE GOAL AT SOME POINT? OKAY, THAT'S THAT'S FAIR. AND I DO LIKE THE WORD ANTICIPATED. SO THAT LETS ME KNOW THAT THE GOAL CAN CAN MOVE. I JUST ASKED BECAUSE I ONLY SAW ONE LITTLE STICKER STICKING UP OUT OF THE GROUND. AND THEN I PROMISE THIS WILL BE MY VERY LAST QUESTION.

THE WHAT TYPE OF IS THAT? A SPEED BUMP IN FRONT OF FREEDOM TREE PARK? BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S MUCH HIGHER THAN A PAD SPEED. IT'S A CROSS. IT'S A RAISED CROSSWALK. SO IT IS, IS THE INTENT OF THAT CROSSWALK TO BE FLUSH WITH THE SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES. SO IT'S A SAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS TO BOTH SIDES. SO IT IS A LITTLE HIGHER. AND IT IS IT'S NOT NOT MUCH THOUGH WHAT PEOPLE DO SPEED IN THERE THAT THEY NEED TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TO SLOW DOWN. I'M SLOWING DOWN. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS NOT MY IMAGINATION. I'M LIKE, MAN, THIS THING IS REALLY HIGH. OKAY. YEAH. VERY WELL. THANK YOU.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE A MOTION. IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action – Authorize the City Manager to exec...]

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YES. MUSTAFA, CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER? I GUESS THAT'S 58. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE I KNOW I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO ME, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COMPLETE ROAD CONSTRUCTION VERSUS STREET PANEL REPAIR. SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THEIR STREET WAS BEING COMPLETELY REPAIRED VERSUS THERE JUST BEING SOME PANEL REPLACEMENTS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE? RIGHT. SO THE DIFFERENCE IS COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION. THAT'S REALLY RIPPING OUT THE ENTIRE ROAD FROM INTERSECTION TO

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AND WE JOG DOWN THE LIST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO WE'RE ALREADY WORKING FOR ON THE LIST FOR NEXT YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE. SO AND THAT'S COMBINATION BETWEEN OUR FIELD OBSERVATION, WHAT WE SEE OUT THERE IN THERE, AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS REQUEST THAT THEY SUBMIT AND WE INVESTIGATE IT. AND THE PCI REPORT THAT WAS PERFORMED IN THE CITY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND REALLY, SAFETY CONSIDERATION IS THE FIRST ASPECT THAT WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, IS THIS GOING TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS? OKAY. AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION WITH THE SLIDE NUMBER 63, WITH THE SIDEWALK REPAIRS, THE SIDEWALK REPAIR ALLOCATIONS ARE BASED ON Y'ALL'S ASSESSMENT. OR ARE THESE FROM SIDEWALK REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY RESIDENTS? SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE. SO SIDEWALK REPAIRS ARE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ISN'T SEE IT, WE JOG IT DOWN AND WE OBVIOUSLY GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT. AND IT'S ALSO OUR ASSESSMENT. SO WE HAVE NOT LITERALLY WALKED ALL THE LOCATIONS, BUT AS STAFF DRIVE BY, YOU KNOW, WE WE SEE SOMETHING IN THERE. SO WE, WE JOG THE LOCATION DOWN. SO IT'S NOT REALLY NOT AN ASSESSMENT, SO TO SPEAK, THAT WE WALK EVERY SINGLE FEET THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

BUT IT IS COMBINATION OF RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTING THEIR REQUEST AS WELL AS OUR OBSERVATION. SO THESE ARE BASED ON THE ASSESSMENTS THAT YOU ALL SEE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A COMPLETE REPAIR OF SOME SORT. CORRECT. AND WHAT IS THIS A PART OF THE BUDGET OR IS THERE A SEPARATE WAY FOR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HAD DAMAGE OR THEIR SIDEWALK HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED? IS THIS A PART OF THIS, THIS FUNDING, OR IS THAT TOTALLY SEPARATE? SO REPEAT THAT

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OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN GO UNADDRESSED JUST BECAUSE IT MAY NOT BE ON THE LIST. OKAY. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I WAS TRYING TO GET THE UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OTHER ONES OUT THERE. AND SO WE DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC THINKING THAT THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES AND NOT SOME OF THE OTHER ONES. RIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. YEAH, I. GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS, I GUESS, THAT THE CONTRACTS WERE 7,000,002, I BELIEVE, 27.2. AND IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE THE THE CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO BE. BROOKS CONCRETE. CORRECT. CAN YOU GO TO. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S AG9. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE'S 59. THIS ONE. OKAY. HERE WE SAY THAT BROOKS IS COMMITTED TO DEPLOYING SIX REPAIR CREWS. I ASSUME WE SAY REPAIR. THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, THE REBUILDING OF A FULL STREET OR NOT JUST REPLACEMENT PANEL REPLACEMENT. THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR REPAIR. SO WE'RE NOT DOING THIS, NOT FOR ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION.

THIS IS STRICTLY FOR REPAIR, REPAIRING PANELS AND SIDEWALK. OKAY. SO EXAMPLE, WE'VE GOT ROBINSON ROAD IS GOING TO BE TOTALLY RENOVATED AND AND REPLACED. DOES THIS 7.67.2 DOESN'T INCLUDE A PROJECT LIKE THAT DOES IT. ROBINSON ROAD THAT'S A THAT'S A BOND FUNDED PROJECT THAT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAN THIS. SO THAT WILL WILL BE, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS AND BASED ON WHOEVER THE LOWEST BIDDER ON THAT PROJECT, THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, THAT PROJECT WILL BE AWARDED THAT CONTRACTOR. OKAY.

THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF VOLUME HERE. WILL SIX REPAIR CREWS BE SUFFICIENT TO FOLLOW A TIMELY. REPAIR SCHEDULE? IF I MAY? SO COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WANT TO MAKE TWO POINTS. CLARIFICATION. ONE IS THE STREET REPAIRS THAT WHERE YOU'RE LITERALLY PUTTING A BAND AID TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE STREET. THAT'S WHAT THIS CONTRACT IS ABOUT. THE OTHER CONTRACT IS THE TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS IS FUNDED THROUGH OUR BOND PROGRAM, ROBINSON ROAD, LEXINGTON. MCLEAN IN DISTRICT A THAT'S HAPPENING OR STREETS WEST OF MCLEAN. SO THAT IS A DIFFERENT PART OF MONEY THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED IN THE BOND PROGRAM. THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR. AS FAR AS BROOKS, THEY DID CLOSE TO SIX PLUS MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF WORK LAST YEAR. THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE IT WITHIN THE DURATION. SO THAT IS THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING. AND THEY COMMITTED TO THE CREWS THAT THEY PROMISED TO COMMIT. AND I THINK STAFF IS VERY MUCH STAFF AS WELL AS RESIDENTS, I MUST SAY, ARE SATISFIED WITH THE QUALITY OF WORK. AND I THINK THE CONTRACT IS ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE. I THINK OUR RECOMMENDATION IS BROOKS IS CAPABLE OF DOING THAT WELL, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WITH WITH BROOKS. YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THEIR OF THEIR LABOR. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A QUALITY CONTRACTOR. I JUST WAS CURIOUS AS TO WITH THE NUMBER OF, OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW,

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THIS IS SIDEWALK. YEAH. THIS ONE. SO DOWN THERE. YEAH, PROBABLY THE LAST TWO DOTS DOWN THERE GOING SOUTH ON SIENNA PARKWAY. CAN YOU SEE IT? YES. SO THE LAST TIME WE DID PANEL REPAIR ON SIENNA PARKWAY, I HAD TO SPEND A FEW MORNINGS CIRCLING FOR A COUPLE HOURS JUST BECAUSE I WAS HAVING IRATE NEIGHBORS BLASTING ME AND THE CITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND THE CALLS CAME IN ON REPEAT. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT, BUT IT WILL BE THERE. SO I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE DO THESE, WE HAVE VERY MUCH ADVANCED NOTICE. OUR POLICE ARE PREPARED FOR THIS TYPE OF SITUATION BECAUSE WE KNOW SIENNA PARKWAY IS JUST A HOT MESS WITH THEIR TRAFFIC SITUATION. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS INBOUND OR OUTBOUND. I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS. BUT PLEASE DEAR, PLEASE, PLEASE CAN WE BE PREPARED FOR THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR TEAMS ENGAGED AND COMMITTED TO THIS BECAUSE THAT'S A IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. THE OTHER THING. I SEE OUR OWN TRUCKS, OUR OWN PEOPLE OUT THERE REPLACING SIDEWALKS. SO COUNCILMEMBER RILEY BROUGHT UP THESE LIKE THREE, ONE, ONE, YOU KNOW, INITIATIONS FROM RESIDENTS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE OFF PROJECTS. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN DESIGNATING BROOKS FUNDS AND THEN HAVING OUR OWN TEAMS OUT THERE DOING SIDEWALK REPAIRS? SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE VOLUME OF THESE SIDEWALK REPAIRS, IT IS A LOT FOR US TO HANDLE ALL IN-HOUSE. SO THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO OBSERVE AS MUCH AS WE CAN ON A YEARLY BASIS. AND REALLY OUR TOP PRIORITY AS THE CITIZEN REQUESTS, THOSE ARE THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS TO NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE. AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF REPAIRING SIDEWALKS. IT COULD BE SHAVING OFF A SIDEWALK OR DOING A TEMPORARY PATCH OR REPLACING A PANEL. SO WE TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE IN ADVANCE. BUT REALLY GOING BACK AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF MY UPDATE IN THE EARLIER POWERPOINT THAT WE DID SOME REPAIRS OF, OF DIFFERENT SIDEWALK AREAS IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. SO REALLY LOOKING AT THE VOLUME, IT'S SUCH A LARGE MATTER OF SIDEWALK AREAS THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE OBSERVED ALL BY CITY STAFF, BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THESE ONE OFF INSTIGATED. I MEAN, MAYBE WE HAVE A DROUGHT OR WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, EXTRA RAIN AND WE HAVE UPLIFT OR SOMETHING AND IT CREATES A HAZARD. SO WE HAVE ROOM FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO MAKE THESE REPORTS AND HAVE THOSE FIXED. CORRECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER. IN THE REPORTS THAT WE RECEIVED WITHIN THE PACKET, IT TALKED ABOUT GOING BACK AND CORRECTING THE 2025 AGREEMENT DUE TO AN ERROR.

CAN YOU COVER WITH US EXACTLY WHAT THAT WAS 2025 AGREEMENT. OH, I CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS ONE.

IN 2025, THE TEAM ADOPTED AN AGREEMENT OR PRESENTED TO THE CONTRACTOR AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS, FOR ONE YEAR, THE RFQ. AND THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT WAS A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT. SO THE ONE YEAR TERM SHOULD HAVE BEEN THREE ONE YEAR TERMS. SO THAT WAS THE ERROR THAT WAS CAUGHT IN THIS REVIEW. OKAY. THANK THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN LOOKING AT THE CONTRACTS PRICE SHEET WHICH WAS DONE 214 OF 2025, AND WITH THE 7.2 MILLION THAT WE'RE ASKING NOW, DID WE MAKE ANY TYPE OF ANY CONCESSIONS JUST IN CASE PRICING HAS INCREASED SINCE THAT TIME BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. SO THE THE RFQ OR THE RFP WAS DONE IN 2025, DID REQUEST FROM THE CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE PRICING FOR 25, 26 AND 27. SO IN THERE, WE DO HAVE THOSE PRICES ALREADY ANTICIPATED AND AGREED UPON BY THE CONTRACTOR, AND THE CONTRACTOR IS WILLING TO HONOR THOSE PRICES. OKAY. OH, AND HE WILL HONOR THOSE PRICES, THE PRICES THAT WERE PROVIDED IN THE BID THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN 2025, IN 2025, AND THEN ALSO IN

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IF THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT, WHAT ARE THE TIMELINES START AND COMPLETION. SO THE INTENT HERE IS TO GET THEM GOING. SO REALLY WE'RE LOOKING BETWEEN LATE MARCH UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO WITHIN. OH, I'M SORRY, I HAD MY GLASSES ON. I COULDN'T SEE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO YOU HAVE A LIST OR CAN YOU PROVIDE A LIST OF ALL OF THE STREETS IN THERE? BECAUSE ALL THE DOTS ARE JUST KIND OF OVERLAPPING. I HAVE ALL OF THEM. I DO HAVE ALL THE LOCATIONS WITH ADDRESSES IN THERE, SO I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. OR IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC LOCATION, I COULD CERTAINLY PULL UP MY LAPTOP AND WE COULD LOOK AT IT.

YEAH. AND THEN JUST A REMINDER, I KNOW IN THE PAST WHEN THEY'VE DONE THE STREET REPAIRS PANELS AS WELL AS SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW, JUST STILL DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY ARE AWARE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. SO THAT WAY, IF THEY'RE HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, BACK OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY OR MANEUVER AROUND THE CITY THAT THEY'RE ALREADY AWARE AHEAD OF TIME, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THE HOA, COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL. SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE LAST YEAR, SHASHI, YOU GUYS PROVIDED OUR COMMUNICATIONS, PROVIDED THOSE FLIERS WITH THE STREETS SAYING THAT WHEN IT WOULD START AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME TO COMMUNICATE WITH DISTRICT RESIDENTS. SO IF YOU GUYS COULD DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT AGAIN AND KEEP THAT COMMUNICATION GOING SO THAT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS AREN'T TOO INCONVENIENCED WHEN THIS IS GOING ON. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, I SEE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN RILEY, A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN O'DEKIRK. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. THE MOTION

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

GOOD EVENING. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU RELATES TO THE LONG TERM GOAL OF BEING INTENTIONAL AND PROACTIVE WITH DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE CITY AND MAKES TWO CHANGES. FIRST, THE ORDINANCE REPEALS SERVICE FEES EFFECTIVE JUNE 1ST AND PLACES THEM INTO A RESOLUTION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE NEXT ITEM THAT YOU WILL BE CONSIDERING. THIS RESOLUTION ALSO CONTAINS THE CITY'S OTHER UTILITY FEES. THE SECOND CHANGE IS IT ADDS A PROCESS FOR RESERVING UTILITY CAPACITY UPON A REVIEW OF THE AVAILABLE CAPACITY AND THE PAYMENT OF CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES. THIS WOULD WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AFTER THE APRIL 6TH MEETING, WHERE YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE SECOND READING OF THIS ORDINANCE. I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE ORDINANCE. LOOKING FOR A SECOND? OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE TO SPEAK. THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN BROWN MARSHALL AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN RILEY. I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution adopting an amendment...]

OUTLINE THE RESIDENT COMMUNICATION STRATEGY, REVIEW THE MESSAGING FRAMEWORK AND CONFIRM THE OUTREACH TIMELINE. THE RATE ADJUSTMENT IS A RESOLUTION AFFECTING RATES SPECIFICALLY IN TWO AREAS OF THE CITY. THE MUSTANG BAYOU SERVICE AREA IS AN AREA THAT HAS CITY CUSTOMERS, AND IT'S OPERATED BY THE QUAIL VALLEY UTILITY DISTRICT. OVERALL, IT WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN ITS WATER AND WASTEWATER FEES OF 16% IN 2026. THE OTHER AREA IS

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ADDITIONAL INCREASES IN THE FUTURE ARE LESS, WITH THE NEXT INCREASE BEING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 2027. THIS IS THE RATE RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY SOUTH. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BASE RATE FOR BOTH WATER AND WASTEWATER REMAIN CONSTANT, BUT A VOLUMETRIC CHARGE IS ADDED FOR WATER ABOVE THE 2500 GALLONS. THIS BILL REPRESENTS 10,000 GALLONS OF WATER USE, SO THE INCREASE IS $7.50. BUT AS IT IS A VOLUMETRIC USE FEE, RESIDENTS CAN CONTROL HOW MUCH WATER THAT THEY USE AND THE IMPACT COULD BE GREATER OR LESS DEPENDING ON THEIR OWN WATER USAGE. SO NEXT, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES IN OUR AREA. ALL OF THESE COMPARISONS INCLUDE 10,000 10,000 GALLONS. FOR JUST A FAIR COMPARISON ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPOSED FEES ARE STILL LESS THAN MOST OF THE AREA COUNTERPARTS WHEN IT COMES TO UTILITY RATE FEES. SO WHY IS THIS ADJUSTMENT NECESSARY? SIMPLY PUT, COSTS HAVE RISEN FROM CHEMICALS AND ELECTRICITY TO LABOR AND NEW RULES. THE COST OF TREATING BOTH WATER AND WASTEWATER HAS INCREASED OVER TIME WITHOUT MAKING AN ADJUSTMENT. IT MEANS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DEFER MAINTENANCE. WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER AND THE COST OF EMERGENCY REPAIRS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LARGER RATE SPIKES IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE AT SOME POINT THE RATE DOES HAVE TO CATCH UP WITH US. THE RATE ADJUSTMENT SUPPORTS TAKING CARE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE. IT MEANS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR FACILITIES, INCREASE THE RELIABILITY OF OUR SYSTEMS, AND HELP TO MEET OUR LONG TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABLE GOALS. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO COMMUNICATE THESE CHANGES? SO FIRST, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNICATION IS TRANSPARENT AND THAT WE ARE CLEAR IN WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE NEED TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON WHY WE'RE INCREASING THE FEES AND REINFORCE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. WE ALSO WANT TO PROACTIVELY. WE ALSO WANT TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS CONCERNS SHOWING HOW THESE CHANGES ALIGN WITH COUNCIL'S 2040 VISION, THE CORE MESSAGING FRAMEWORK CENTERS AROUND PROTECTING RELIABLE SERVICE, ADDRESSING RISING OPERATIONAL COSTS, AND REINVESTING IN THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. WITH THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS MODEST INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS. WE WANT TO PROTECT SERVICE RELIABILITY TODAY AND PREVENT SIGNIFICANT RATE SPIKES IN THE FUTURE. SO OUR TIMELINE INCLUDES THREE DIFFERENT PHASES. IN THE IMMEDIATE PHASE, WE'RE GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTING A PRESS RELEASE. WE'RE GOING TO BE UPDATING THE WEBSITE TO INCLUDE A LANDING PAGE AND A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION SECTION. WE ALSO PLAN TO INCLUDE INFORMATION IN THE NEWSLETTER, INSERT MESSAGING AND UTILITY BILLS, AND INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE MIDTERM. LASTLY, AS THE THIRD PHASE, WE WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE HOA AND HAVE TOWN HALLS, TOWN HALLS AS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ENGAGED AND AWARE OF THE COMING CHANGES. SO WE CAN'T RELY ON JUST A SINGLE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL. SO INTERNALLY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO CREATE THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND THE DEDICATED WEB PAGE, THE UTILITY MESSAGE, THE INSERT, THE NEWSLETTER ARTICLE, AND OTHER MEDIA OUTREACH. SO THE NEXT STEPS PROVIDED THAT YOU ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT IS TO LAUNCH OUR COMMUNICATION ROLLOUT. WE WILL MONITOR RESIDENT FEEDBACK AND PROVIDE UPDATES TO COUNCIL AS NEEDED. OUR FOCUS IS PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION, TRANSPARENCY, AND RESPONSIBLE LONG TERM STEWARDSHIP OF THE MISSOURI CITY UTILITY SYSTEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. YES, WE DO HAVE COUNCILWOMAN O'DEKIRK IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION FOR THE CITY SOUTH OR OLD MUD TWO, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, I GUESS LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE NEEDED OR KIND OF ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, HOW HOW ARE THEY DOING AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE OVERALL? WE'RE DOING FAIRLY WELL IN THAT AREA. IT WAS NEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE ARE SOME SOME ITEMS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED.

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OKAY. AND SO THIS ESCALATING ANNUAL ESCALATION THAT WE'RE VOTING ON COVERS US THROUGH HOW MANY YEARS AGAIN? SO SO THE OR IS THIS JUST A THE RESOLUTION IS THREE YEARS IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA. THIS IS THE RATE OTHER THAN INFLATIONARY INCREASES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING COUNCILWOMAN BROWN MARSHALL THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. THE CITY SOUTH SERVICE AREA WITH REGARDS TO. WHEN I LOOK AT IT, OVERALL THEIR INCREASE IS $7.50. BUT THEN WHEN I GO IN, I LOOK AT THE MUSTANG. IT'S AN INCREASE OF $9.55. IS THAT BECAUSE OF AGE OF INFRASTRUCTURE? IT IS. THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS. ONE, THE MUSTANG BAYOU SERVICE AREA HAS MULTIPLE FACILITIES WHERE THEY CREATE THEIR OWN. THEY PRODUCE THEIR OWN WATER. THEY ALSO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN WASTEWATER. CITY SOUTH IS SIMPLY A COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, MEANING THAT IT'S A SERIES OF PIPES THAT THAT WATER IS SENT TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES. AND THEN THERE'S A SYSTEM OF COLLECTING THE WASTE AND SENDING IT TO A DIFFERENT FACILITY. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. AND I'M GLAD THAT THIS ONE IS ON THE SCREEN. SO IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS, THIS IS A VERY SHORT TIMELINE. IT'S ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, I GUESS. SO IS IT? I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE COMING FROM $69 UP TO $117. SO THIS IS LOOKING AT THE SYSTEM OVERALL, THE. AND IN REALITY THE RESOLUTION COVERS COVERS THREE YEARS. SO THE INTENT IS THAT BY THE THIRD YEAR, WE WILL HAVE ALREADY DONE ANOTHER STUDY. AND TO KNOW IF WE ARE ON TRACK, IF RATES NEED TO INCREASE OR DO RATES NEED TO DECREASE? OKAY, SO THIS TIMELINE IS JUST KIND OF BASED ON WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW AND WHAT, WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN. BUT WE'RE ONLY DOING THIS FOR UP TO THE THREE YEAR MARK, WHICH WOULD END US RIGHT AT ABOUT 2029. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I PUT MYSELF IN THE QUEUE. I SEE ON THIS SLIDE IT SAYS THAT THIS IS NOT INCLUDING THE G R P FEE OR GARBAGE FEE. SO THESE FEES ARE NOT EXACT. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. SO BECAUSE THE FEE AND GARBAGE FEE. THOSE ARE FEES THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE ON THE WATER BILL. HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WATER WASTEWATER RATE. THE FEE IS AN INDEPENDENT FEE THAT'S ALSO SET BY BY COUNCIL AS RECOMMENDED BY THE THE G R P OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. GARBAGE FEES ARE ALSO A PASS THROUGH FEE THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, SO WHEN THEY GET THEIR WATER BILL, IT IS GOING TO BE LARGER THAN THE $80.23 IN JUNE IF THE RESOLUTION PASSES ONLY BECAUSE THOSE ARE APPLIED, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ANY CHANGES TO THOSE IT NEEDED TO BE TREATED SEPARATELY. SURE. I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO, TO, TO HEAR THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE FALLING IN LINE WITH OUR THEME OF BEING PROACTIVE.

YOU HAD A WHOLE PRESENTATION ON HOW YOU PLAN TO GET THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC. AND WE KEEP SAYING WE NEED TO TELL OUR OWN STORY. WE NEED TO TO TELL OUR STORY. SO THANK YOU FOR OUTLINING THAT ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT TO THE PUBLIC. SO I CAN APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? MAYOR PRO TEM, MY APOLOGIES. I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE QUEUE. I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M IN THERE. WE CAN EXTEND THIS MEETING ANOTHER HOUR IF YOU WANT. ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION, PLEASE? IF THAT IS YOUR DESIRE. I THINK SOMETHING IN MY QUEUE ONLY SHOWS A SECOND. IT DOES NOT SHOW. OKAY. YOU'RE IN. OKAY.

IT'S MINE. THAT'S BROKEN. ALL RIGHT, SO I SEE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN O'DEKIRK AND A

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OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN. WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 7:41 P.M.

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