Apr 06, 2026 City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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MONDAY, APRIL 6TH, 2026. WILL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:25 P.M. ITEM NUMBER TWO THE ROLL CALL. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A PLEASURE TO BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA RILEY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. 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.

[(a) Proclamation - National Public Safety Telecommunications Week - April ...]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. CITY SECRETARY, DO HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS FOR ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER SIX ARE STAFF REPORTS. SIX A IS CITY MANAGER REPORT TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. WE HAVE ANGEL JONES, OUR CITY MANAGER MAYOR. I DO NOT HAVE ANY REPORTS TODAY. I READ YOU MADE ME READ ALL THAT.

[(b) Staff Report - Provide a report on the Quail Valley Golf Club and item...]

THERE YOU GO. BECAUSE HE'S THE HE'S THE HE'S THE MOST POPULAR. ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON AT QUAIL VALLEY. JUST I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. OVER IN THE FIRST TEE, WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO OR TWO WEEKS AGO. THE PUTTING AND CHIPPING RENOVATION IS TAKING

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THAT I DON'T WATCH TV. SO I HAD TO FIGURE OUT. SO, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO MARKET WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND WHAT THE VENUE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS WHAT TYPE OF REVENUE WE'RE WANTING. HAVE A REALLY GOOD, SOLID MARKETING PIECE THAT GOES WITH THAT. EVEN REACHING OUT TO SOME INFLUENCERS TO DO VIDEOS, YOU KNOW, WITH EXCHANGE OF SERVICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NO, ABSOLUTELY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO STRESS IS WE'RE VERY DATA DRIVEN. THE TAQUITOS, I LOVE THE TAQUITOS. THEY'RE NOT SELLING AS WELL AS THEY SHOULD. SELLS THE BEST BURGERS. WHAT DO I LIKE TO DRINK? WHAT WOULD I LIKE TO DRINK WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE LIKES TO DRINK? IT DOESN'T MATTER. TITO'S TITO'S OUTSELLS EVERYTHING BY THREE TIMES ULTRA. I'VE NEVER DRANK AN ULTRA IN MY LIFE. IT'S OUR BEST SELLER, MILLER LITE, FOLLOWED BY MILLER LITE. BURGERS OUTSELL EVERYTHING THREE TIMES. AS I GO BACK, YOU KNOW, YOU START LOOKING AT THE DATA. FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, ABOUT 68% OF OUR REVENUE. OF THAT, 65% ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY.

50% OF OUR PLAY COMES FROM RESIDENTS DURING THE WEEK, AND ABOUT 35% IS ON THE WEEKEND.

BECAUSE THE THINGS THAT DRIVE GOLF ARE, YOU KNOW, PRICE, PROXIMITY AND, AND, AND THE PRODUCT. BUT WHEN IT GETS TO THE WEEKEND, PEOPLE ARE MORE WILLING TO DRIVE FAR AWAY BECAUSE IT'S AN EVENT DURING THE WEEK, IT'S MORE ABOUT WHAT'S CLOSE TO WORK, WHAT'S CLOSE TO HOME. AND I JUST THINK THAT MARKETING PIECE, ESPECIALLY EVEN FOR RESIDENTS, I'M STILL HAVING RESIDENTS ASK, IS THIS A PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LOCATION? IT'S LIKE, ABSOLUTELY IT IS. SO MAYBE ADDING SOME OF THAT INTO YOUR MARKETING GOING FORWARD THAT THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC MARKET, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE BEST PUBLIC GOLF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AS WELL AS THIS IS A PUBLIC RESTAURANT. EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC AND WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR HAD TO STEP AWAY. I WAS NEXT IN THE QUEUE. SERGIO, THIS IS WHY YOU ARE IN THE POSITION THAT YOU'RE IN. IF YOU ALL LISTEN TO HIM. SERGIO KNOWS HIS STUFF. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE DONE YOUR RESEARCH. YOU CONTINUE TO STAY UP WITH THE TRENDS. YOU'VE DONE EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO WHEN YOU GOT HERE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

NO THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I LOVE WHAT I DO AND I REALLY ENJOY THIS JOB. IT'S VERY IT'S FUN.

IT'S A LOT OF FUN. AND THE, THE, THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH ARE VERY FUN PEOPLE TO WORK WITH. AND I TALK ABOUT THE CITY. EVERYBODY I'VE WORKED WITH IN THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE. SO I'M REALLY ENJOYING THE EXPERIENCE AND I ENJOY WHAT I DO. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. SO MY COMMENT IS, I JUST IF YOU IF YOU ALL GO INTO THE, INTO THE, THE, THE

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THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT, AND I'LL PASS IT ALONG. YES. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. YEAH. SERGIO. FIRST, THANKS FOR THE WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND APPRECIATION FOR THE FIRST TEE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT QUAIL VALLEY HAS WORKED ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL, AND I THINK THE PROJECT THAT WE'VE STARTED AT PHASE ONE WITH THE WITH THE PAVILION IS A GOOD FIRST START. AND I SEE THEM WORKING OVER THERE ON PHASE TWO.

SO THANKS AGAIN FOR THAT. THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO JUST MENTION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A CHECKLIST OR A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE EITHER HAVE HAD QUESTIONS ON OR, YOU KNOW, OR THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. AND I APPRECIATE AND I BELIEVE I CAN SPEAK FOR THE.

COUNCIL LADY, ZOE MARSHALL BROWN, FOR THE KIND OF WALK THROUGH OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, BEING ABLE TO GO OVER AND SEE THE MAINTENANCE BARN AND WHAT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND, YOU KNOW, AND ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING AND THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PUT IN THERE. I THINK THAT WAS A, A, A REAL HELP. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, WE HAD A, A QUESTION OR A COMMENT THAT WE MAY NEED TO SPEND 2 OR $3 MILLION ON, ON BRIDGES. BUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT AND YOU LOOKED AT IT IN THE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERS LOOKED AT IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT. SO I THINK IF YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE BRIDGES, YOU'LL GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHY IT'S NOT GOING TO COST 2 TO $3 MILLION, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A GOOD. REPORT FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL PEOPLE. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE ITEMS YOU HAD ON YOUR PUNCH LIST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ABLE TO, TO POINT THOSE OUT. SO I GUESS WHAT I'D SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT ANY OF OUR MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE THAT YOU'D BE AVAILABLE TO SHOW THEM ANYTIME YOU GUYS WANT TO COME UP, GIVE THEM A, A WALK THROUGH WHERE YOU CAN REALLY SEE. I MEAN, IF YOU SEE IT, IT'S IT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE THAN A PICTURE OR EVEN KNOW SERGIO'S, YOU KNOW, GOOD SPEAKER, BUT IT'S BEST IF WE CAN. HE CAN SHOW US THOSE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE QUAIL VALLEY A NOT ONLY A PROFITABLE BUT ALSO A FACILITY. AND THAT MISSOURI CITY CAN BE PROUD OF. SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE OFFERED YOUR SERVICES TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT WANT THEM. SO I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO THEM.

WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD WANT TO CONTACT YOU AND GET KIND OF A, A, YOU KNOW, A WALK THROUGH TOO. BECAUSE AS I SAY, IF YOU SEE IT IN, IN, IN ACTION OR IN PERSON, IT MAKES IT A LOT BIGGER IMPACT ON WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT WE NEED TO SPEND MONEY, WE NEED TO, TO DO THINGS.

SO IT WAS A REAL. I THINK, NOT ONLY AN EYE OPENER, BUT A REAL GOOD BENEFIT THAT WE CAN, CAN, CAN PROVIDE TO OUR OUR COUNCIL AND MAYOR. SO WITH THAT, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. I'M LOOKING.

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OKAY, I GOT YOU. SO GO TO HIS JACKET. YOU. I WON'T GIVE YOU A VISUAL. YOU GUYS CAN FILL IN THE BLANKS. GOT YOU ON THAT ONE. I MEAN, YOU'RE RIGHT UP THERE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST WITH JARELL FIGHTING FOR ANIMAL SHELTER. AND NOW WE WANT BATHROOMS. I GOT YOU OKAY. BUT ALL JOKES ASIDE IT IS A CONCERN RIGHT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR CAPITAL PLAN BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THAT THE CAPITAL PLAN WOULD INCLUDE THOSE BATHROOMS OVER ON THE EL DORADO SIDE. AND WE DURING OUR TOUR, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT GETTING LIFE EXPECTANCY OF OUR ALL OF OUR ASSETS OUT THERE SO THAT WE COULD SEE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO CHART YOUR REVENUES WITH YOU ALSO CREATING A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT EVENTUALLY THE GOLF COURSE WILL BE ABLE TO PAY FOR ON ITS OWN. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING THOSE THAT INFORMATION FROM YOU AND JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND GUYS, HE IS THE MOST OPEN PERSON I'VE EVER SEEN.

HE'LL TELL YOU ANYTHING YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO HEAR, BUT HE WILL TELL YOU ANYTHING. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. JUST TO ANGEL, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON COUNCILMEMBER BROWN MARSHALL'S COMMENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF WE NOW DID THE GOLF I MEAN, GOLF CLUB, RIGHT? AND THAT'S RENOVATED THE NEW BAR SLASH RESTAURANT AREA. IT'S COMING UP. I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME UPGRADES TO THE PARKING PARKING LOT AND ALL OF THIS, BUT TRULY SOMEONE. I DON'T PLAY GOLF, BUT I KNOW THAT OTHERS DO WHEN, WHEN YOU REALLY TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE, OF COURSE, YOU BEING INSIDE THE BUILDING IS ONE TYPE OF EXPERIENCE, BUT BEING OUT THERE. YES, THE RESTROOMS. RIGHT? IT MATTERS.

YES, IT MATTERS TO THE GOLFERS BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER BROWN IS RIGHT. WE GET AT LEAST ONE EMAIL WEEKLY TALKING ABOUT, HEY, YOU KNOW, WHY DO I COME OUT AND PLAY? AND YOUR BATHROOMS ARE HORRIBLE, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO DO WE HAVE A LONG TERM PLAN? IS IT GOING TO BE BUDGETED OR HOW ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING THIS ONE BY AND I GET THE ONE BY ONE BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE AND YOU

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UNFORTUNATELY, THE CULTURE IN THE PAST WAS ONLY FIX SOMETHING WITH THE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE. SO THERE REALLY WASN'T A PLAN. SO NOW SERGIO HAS BEEN CHARGED TO IDENTIFY EVERYTHING THAT IS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE AT THE FACILITY ON THE GROUNDS, WHATEVER IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO CREATE THAT PREMIER EXPERIENCE. NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S ALL GOING TO GET BUDGETED AND PAID FOR IN ONE YEAR, BUT HE'S ALSO BEING CHALLENGED TO LOOK AT CREATIVE WAYS TO GENERATE REVENUE, WHETHER IT'S SIGNING RIGHTS OR NAMING RIGHTS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, EXPLORING SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO FUND SOME OF THOSE THINGS. AND ALSO TO SAY THAT WE WILL NEED TO PRIORITIZE ALL OF THEM BASED ON NEEDS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS BEHIND THE CURTAINS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE WATER HEATERS, THE ALL THE MECHANICAL THINGS THAT GO, THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY. WE'VE NOT DONE A GREAT JOB HISTORICALLY OF, OF IDENTIFYING ALL OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE TEND TO LOOK AT THINGS BASED ON THE RESOURCES WE HAVE VERSUS LOOKING AT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND THEN TRYING TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO GET THE RESOURCES. SURE. ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO WHAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS, YOU STATED THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A CAPITAL PLAN AND TO DO SO, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. NOW, WE'RE NOT JUST GOING BASED OFF OF ONCE A YEAR OR ONCE IN TWO YEARS WE DO SOMETHING. OR ARE WE GOING BACK AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMETHING IS BROKEN, WE FIX IT. BUT BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION BACK TO YOU IS THE YOU KNOW, SERGIO, I THINK YOU SAID IT. ONE PERSON GOES IN THERE AND HAVE A BAD EXPERIENCE AND IT MESSES UP WHAT YOU TEND TO FIND IN PUBLIC GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS ARE THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU COME OUT, WHEN YOU GET INTO IT, STARTED TO GET AGED A LOT. I KNOW WE HAVE CLEANING CONTRACTS THAT COMES THROUGH ONCE A DAY AND THEY JUST EMPTY OUT THE TRASH AND AND DO WHATEVER IT IS. BUT HOW DO YOU FIX THAT? YOU KNOW, WHEN DO WE HAVE CLEANING CREW THAT GOES OUT THERE? BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE ONE BATHROOM AND THEN SOMEONE HAS A ONE BAD EXPERIENCE, I MEAN, THEN YOU GOT NOBODY'S GOING TO USE THAT RESTROOM.

IT'S MORE THAN THAT. AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. THERE'S A GOLF COURSE, THERE'S ONE OF THE BATHROOMS RIGHT NOW HAS A BROKEN DOOR BECAUSE SOMEBODY BROKE THE DOOR LIKE TWO DAYS AGO. AND THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON LAQUINTA. WE HAD WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF VANDALISM ON OUR BATHROOMS. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A PUBLIC GOLF COURSE, PRIVATE GOLF COURSE, IF IT'S IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO REACT QUICKLY. AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND I WILL TELL YOU, JUST TO TOUCH REAL QUICKLY ON IT, YOU GUYS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. YOU KNOW, REDOING THE CLUBHOUSE, REDOING LA QUINTA, YOU'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF GOLF COURSES, THIS ONE, GOING BACK TO ANGEL'S POINT IS MOST OF THE TIME YOU DON'T HAVE A CAPITAL PLAN BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND YOU FIX WHATEVER IS BROKEN FIRST. YOU'RE NOT IN THAT POSITION. THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH AND YOU'RE NOT IN THAT BIG OF A HOLE. AND I THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU DO THIS CAPITAL PLAN, THAT YOU REALLY ATTACK IT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT IN A HOLE AND IT'S VERY YOU'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. AND, AND, AND TO GET TO THE BATHROOMS, YOU CAN IMPROVE THE BATHROOMS IN A HURRY. WHEREAS IN MOST PLACES YOU CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S A WANT TO, EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY IT, IT IS A WANT TO. IT'S NOT A HAVE TO, IT'S NOT A BRIDGE. IT'S NOT EROSION. IT'S THAT'S A HAVE TO. I HATE TO SAY IT. BATHROOMS ARE A WANT TO.

I'M NOT GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION. I THINK YOU GOT A PLAN ALREADY. BUT MY ONLY THING IS, YOU KNOW, ON THE WEEKEND, THERE'S THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT GOES THROUGH THAT BUILDING, RIGHT? DO WE HAVE HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES THAT RANDOMLY GOES THROUGH THERE AND CLEAN IT? BECAUSE IF IT'S KIND OF RAINING OR SOMETHING, PEOPLE ARE COMING IN WITH ALL THE MUD.

I MEAN, IN THE RESTROOMS, IT'S HORRIBLE. SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU THAT. YES. AND ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY I'VE, I'VE PLAYED SECRET SHOPPER, ALTHOUGH I CAN'T REALLY BE SECRET, BUT I GO OVER THERE A LOT AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO EAT. THE FOOD IS GOOD. BUT ALSO I CHECKED THE BATHROOMS AND I CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THE BATHROOMS ARE CLEAN WHEN I GO IN THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME I'M COMING BY OR WHAT TIME I'M GOING TO BE

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ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE MEETING TO THE DEATH OF THIS, BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IT'S SAD THAT WHEN WE'RE SPENDING TAXPAYERS MONEY, WE SPEND ALL THIS MONEY RENOVATING IT AND IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO'S COMING IN THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME WALKS INTO THE BATHROOM, RIGHT? AND THEN THEY COME OUT AND SAYING, THIS PLACE IS HORRIBLE, RIGHT? AND SO SOME SORT OF A CLEANING. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT CITY HALL, BESIDES THE SECOND FLOOR HAVING ADMINISTRATION OR DOWNSTAIRS WITH STAFF IS REALLY NOT A LOT OF PUBLIC IS COMING IN AND OUT EXCEPT FOR PERMITTING AND PLANNING WHERE PEOPLE GO TO.

BUT OTHERWISE I GET THE LOGISTICS OF HAVING MAYBE A CLEANER JUST COMES ONCE A DAY AND THEN JUST DO EVERYTHING. BUT THAT'S NOT THE SAME FOR THE GOLF COURSE BECAUSE YOU GOT REGULARLY PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND I WOULD SAY JUST TO MAKE A NOTE, THIS IS NOT JUST FOR CLEANING THE BATHROOMS. THIS IS FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE THE FACILITY NEEDS TO BE A PREMIER FACILITY. THIS GOES TO TECHNOLOGY. THIS GOES TO HOW THEY'RE GREETED AT THE DOOR, HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO SCHEDULE THEIR MEETINGS, THIS HEATING AND COOLING OF THE BUILDING, THIS THIS IMPACTS EVERY FACET OF THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. WELL THANK YOU SERGIO. APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, OUR CONSENT AGENDA. DOES ANYONE

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

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

WELL, HELLO, DAVID. DID YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR SEVEN? A I DO OKAY, IF YOU COULD TAKE US THROUGH THAT, IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, HOW DID WE JUST GO QUEUED UP? THERE YOU GO.

OKAY. FOR THE PRESENTATION. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DAVID GWYNN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE

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IT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY. AS YOU RECALL, THIS ITEM CAME FORWARD OUT OF YOUR RETREAT BACK IN FEBRUARY. THE ITEM IS REALLY DRIVEN BY THE WHOLE IDEA OF TEXAS PARKWAY AND THE ASSET THAT IT REPRESENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE COULD DO AS WE LOOK TO TO REVISION THAT ROADWAY AND TURN IT INTO A MUCH BIGGER DRIVER FOR MANY OTHER ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TYPE INITIATIVES. THIS PROJECT IS TWO PARTS IN SCOPE. THE FIRST IS TO WORK WITH AN IDENTIFIED GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS TO FIND OUT WHERE WE HAVE COMMONALITY. THE SECOND PART IS TO ACTUALLY GENERATE A CONCEPTUAL PLAN THAT THOSE STAKEHOLDERS AGREE WITH. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS. THE FIRST WILL BE INITIAL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TO FIND OUT WHERE THE COMMONALITY EXISTS. THE SECOND PART WILL BE TO DEVELOP THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR THE PROJECT.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE WILL ISSUE MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE THREE PARTNERS THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT. THOSE ARE THE THREE LARGE PLAYERS IN THIS PROJECT. AND THE INTENT IS TO PULL TOGETHER A PROJECT THAT WOULD THEN BE POTENTIALLY ACTED ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO HAVE A REVITALIZATION PLAN IN PLACE, AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A MAJOR INITIATIVE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR REVITALIZATION. OKAY, SO JUST TO RECAP, THE $154,000 IS TO COVER THE COST AND EXPENSES OF AND TO CONTRACT WITH GEORGIE JOHNSON'S TO CREATE A REVITALIZATION PLAN FOR TEXAS PARKWAY. YES. OKAY. SO THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY BUILDING OR ANY CONSTRUCTION IS TO DEVELOP A PLAN WHERE THE STAKEHOLDERS WILL HAVE INPUT AS WELL. I HEARD YOU SAY THAT FULLY PLAN LARGELY IT'S A COORDINATION EFFORT TO, TO, TO, TO DETERMINE WHAT WE WHAT WE PLAN TO DO, WHERE WE, WHERE WE GO AND WHERE WE HAVE COMMONALITY IN THE PROJECT, THE BEAUTY OF HOW THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN POSED IS, IS THAT THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE PROJECT THAT EACH WILL BE RELEASED WITH A SEPARATE NOTICE TO PROCEED, SO THAT AT ANY POINT IN THAT PROCESS, IF IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THIS IS NOT A PROJECT THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IN, IT DOESN'T COST THE WHOLE 154,000. WE LITERALLY HAVE IT ROUGHLY, ROUGHLY IN THREE DIFFERENT PARTS. AND ANGEL, THE CITY MANAGER, WILL INITIATE A NOTICE TO PROCEED ON EACH OF THOSE SEGMENTS. AND YOU'LL KEEP US POSTED. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DAVID. APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING THE PRESENT. I'M STILL LEARNING OUR PROCESS. THAT'S OKAY. AND THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? SO OKAY, SO HOLD ON. SO YOU GUYS GOT TO CLEAR THESE THINGS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS THIS WAS FOR PRIOR. I'M NOT SURE IF I'M SEEING THIS. THIS IS CURRENT. THIS IS CURRENT. THEN AFTER THE QUESTIONS ARE DONE, I'LL CALL FOR MOTION, THEN PUT IT IN BECAUSE THIS GETS REALLY CONFUSING TO THEM. THAT'S WHY DON'T PUT THE MOTION PLEASE UNTIL WE CALL FOR A MOTION THAT WOULD HELP. SO I'M GOING TO READ WHAT IT'S ON HERE. SO THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER. YES. SO IF WE CAN PLEASE PUT THE MOTIONS. I KNOW YOU HAD BROUGHT UP THIS TO ME A COUPLE OF TIMES AS AS A CONFUSION AS WHO PUT THE MOTION AND WE'RE REPEATING THIS. YES. ALRIGHT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, NOT UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN YES, IT

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

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WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PULL ITEM. I MEAN, A CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. 8A1 ITEM, 8A2. AN ORDINANCE OF

[(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - To receive...]

PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT. I RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUDS. I SEE YOU ON THE QUEUE. YES, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 8B2. OKAY, SO THAT IS MY MOTION. THAT'S YOUR MOTION. OKAY. SO IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND ON THIS? FOR SECOND MOTION? I'M NOT SEEING IT. I'M SORRY. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSNER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. OR DO WE NEED TO VOTE OR. NO, IT'S JUST A CLARIFICATION FOR OUR END. IF THERE IS ANY KIND OF RESTRICTION ON TIME OR FOR FOR THE ITEM TO BE PULLED OR TO FOR YES, FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS FOR DISCUSSION WITH THE DEVELOPER AND OUR DEVELOPER, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, DAVID. FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST 90 DAYS. THANK YOU. CRYSTAL. YES. DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS? YES, SIR. OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY.

WE'RE VOTING. I THINK WE'RE VOTING. WE'RE VOTING ON THIS. YES, SIR. OKAY, WAIT. BRYAN.

MAYOR, CAN. YEAH, MAY I IF IF I CAN, IF I CAN AMEND THAT TO NO MORE THAN. THAT'S REALLY WHAT I MEANT TO SAY. NO MORE THAN 90 DAYS. IS THAT YOUR STILL YOUR SECOND COUNCILMEMBER? CAN YOU TAKE ME OUT OF THE QUEUE OR IS MY VOTE YOU CHANGED THE THE THE CLEAR MAYOR. YOU WANT US TO CLEAR THE MOTION? YEAH. PLEASE. CLEAR. CLEAR, CLEAR. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. YES. OKAY. CAN WE PUT THAT ON THE MOTION? OKAY. SO.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE? YES. OKAY. THE MOTION

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the Mayor to sign the Gu...]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MUSTAFA AL-BASSAM, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING. THE ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS 20 6-1 85. IT'S BASICALLY A CROSS ACCESS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GULF COAST WATER AUTHORITY AND THE CITY. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE SIENNA PARKWAY, A MAJOR CORRIDOR IN THE CITY EXPERIENCING A MAJOR SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC CONGESTION THROUGH DURING PEAK HOURS, ONE OF THE PLANNED SOLUTIONS, OR THE SHORT TERM SOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED OR BEEN IN THE PIPELINE, IS TO EXPAND THE MCKEEVER BRIDGE ON SIENNA PARKWAY AND BASICALLY TO ADD TURN LANES ON SANTA PARKWAY. THIS HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND WAS ACTUALLY OUT TO BID THE LAST MONTH, AND THIS WILL BE FULLY OVERSEE OUR. MANAGED BY THE SIENNA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. SO THE IMAGE YOU HAVE RIGHT IN THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS THE CURRENT EXISTING CONDITION. AND THIS IMAGE RIGHT HERE IS THE ACTUAL TURN LANES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE ADDED ON THIS SIENNA PARKWAY. IT'S BASICALLY A RIGHT TURN LANE ON THE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND, AS WELL AS A LEFT TURN LANE ON THE MEDIANS IN THE MIDDLE. AGAIN, THIS WAS DESIGNED BY LJ THROUGH THE CNN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. THE GULF COAST WATER AUTHORITY REQUIRES A CROSS ACCESS

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I DO DEFINITELY HAVE A QUESTION. IF I CAN GET LJ TO COME UP HERE, PLEASE. AND CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT DRAWING? YEAH. NO, NO. YEAH, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. NO IT'S REALLY NOT A QUESTION.

IT'S TO REALLY SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO MUSTAFA. THANK YOU TO SHASHI. AND KNOWING LJ FOR WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WHAT I LOVE THE BEST ABOUT THIS IS THE FACT THAT NOT ONLY IF YOU'RE TRAVELING SOUTH ON SIENNA PARKWAY, THE INITIAL THOUGHT IN THE COMMUNITY WAS THAT LEFT LANE TO MCKEEVER ON THE SCREEN THAT YOU SEE WAS ONLY TWO LANE. I MEAN, TWO CAR GETS IN THERE OR A CAR AND A HALF, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF YOUR CAR. THEN ALL THAT LANE WILL STOP, RIGHT? SO I GUESS IN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT WAS BEING PROJECTED OUT, THERE WAS THE DEDICATED LEFT LANE EXPANDING. BUT TO SEE THIS, NOT ONLY THAT LEFT LANE EXPANSION, BUT ALSO THAT EVEN FURTHERMORE, THAT LANE DEDICATED TO THE RIGHT LANE GOING INTO THE THE CANAL AND ALSO B'S PASSAGE, I THINK THAT WILL TAKE TRAFFIC THE TWO LANES IN THE MIDDLE WITHOUT STOPPING AT THIS LIGHT, OR SOMEONE TRYING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN LANE ONTO BEAST PASSAGE OR LEFT TURN LANE ONTO MCKEEVER. IT'LL CONTINUE TO GO FURTHER, SO KUDOS ON WHOEVER DESIGNING THIS. YOU DESIGNED IT WITH THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF THE CITIZENS WHO TRAVELS EVERY DAY.

FOR THAT, I WANT TO ALSO ADD ANOTHER COMPLIMENT WHEN YOU'RE COMING FROM MCKEEVER EAST, TRAVELING EAST TOWARDS BEAST PASSAGE, MAKING THAT DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE AND KEEPING THAT DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE OVER THE DITCH AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO CROSS INTO SILVER RIDGE BOULEVARD. AND THAT ALSO IS A TREMENDOUS HELP FOR TRAFFIC THAT'S LEAVING THAT BOTTLENECK. WHEN YOU GET TO BEAST PASSAGE OR MCKEEVER FROM SOUTH OF SIENNA, THEN YOU CAN CONTINUE TO TRAVEL FURTHER EXPANDED. I WOULD ALSO ADD ONE OTHER THING. I KNOW THIS CAN BE DONE WHEN YOU COME OUT OF SILVER RIDGE BOULEVARD THAT AS YOU SEE IT ON THAT SCREEN, IF YOU'RE MAKING A RIGHT TURN LANE, IF YOU CAN GIVE A RUNWAY TO FOR THE TRAFFIC TO MERGE IN, IF THAT CAN BE DONE, THEN ALSO STOPS. YOU KNOW, IT HELPS RESIDENTS TO GET OUT OF SILVER RIDGE FASTER BECAUSE YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, YOU HAVE F45 IN THE MORNING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF RESIDENTS USES THAT. SO THEY ALL COMING OUT. AND THEN YOU HAVE KIDS WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN GOING INTO RIDGE POINT HIGH SCHOOL, PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS PEOPLE CUT THROUGH THAT. THEY COME THROUGH SILVER RIDGE BOULEVARD. THEY GET INTO THAT F45 SHOPPING CENTER. THEY GO ACROSS PAST BEING COFFEE, MAKE A LEFT, TRYING TO GET INTO SIENNA PARKWAY. SO IF THEY HAD A DEDICATED KIND OF, IF YOU CALL IT, I THINK SHE CALLS IT A RUNWAY OR SOMETHING. ACCELERATION LANE. THAT'S RIGHT.

THEN YOU CAN MERGE INTO THE LEFT OR IF YOU CAN MERGE, AT LEAST YOU'RE WAITING. THEY'RE NOT BLOCKING ALL THOSE TRAFFIC'S THAT'S COMING OUT OF THERE. BUT KUDOS ON THIS DESIGN.

I REALLY I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I THINK ONCE THE RESIDENTS FIND OUT THAT THIS IS EXPANDED, I'M TELLING YOU, I'VE SEEN IT ALL OVER SIENNA. IT WAS ONLY THE EXPANSION OF THAT DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE WOULD NOW SITS AT LEAST 4 OR 5 CARS THAT'S TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN.

NONE OF THIS OTHER CHANGES. PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT. IF YOU PRESENT IT TO US HERE. MUSTAFA, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT THIS GETS POSTED ON OUR CITY'S SOCIALS. THOSE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS LOOK LIKE RATHER THAN RUMORS, AND PEOPLE ARE JUST PREDICTING AND PROJECTING WHAT THEY THINK IT'S GOING TO BE. BUT I THINK THIS THIS TREMENDOUSLY HELPED THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOW IN THAT SENSE. THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I ALSO LIKE THE FACT THAT CITY. I HEARD MUSTAFA IS ONE OF YOUR SLIDES AS SAYING CITY WILL WORK WITH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TO MAINTAIN THE CONSTRUCTION. RIGHT. OR WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT THAT? NO. SO THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WILL BE MANAGING THE CONSTRUCTION FULLY ON THIS ONE. SO WE ARE WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE CONSTRUCTION OR ANY ACTIVITIES HAPPENING HAPPENING OUT THERE. BUT YOU CAN CALL ME WHENEVER YOU WANT. I, I HAVE A CELL PHONE NUMBER. ALRIGHT. EXCITED. I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE

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IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL, SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT. IMPROVEMENT. OKAY. AND IN TERMS OF I'M LOOKING AT THE LAND THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK IN, WELL, NOT WE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK IN AND TRY TO OBTAIN. DO YOU ALREADY HAVE EASEMENTS? WE'RE WORKING. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW ON THE LAND ACQUISITION, THE RIGHT OF WAY. OKAY. SO THE EASEMENTS TEND TO BE WHAT THEY TEND TO TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME. SO IN A PERFECT WORLD, IF WE HAD ALL OF OUR EASEMENTS, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT? RIGHT. AT ABOUT 300 DAYS. WE ACTUALLY HAD WE HAD MULTIPLE BIDS ON THE PROJECT. WE SELECTED THE THE RECOMMENDED THE BIDDER THAT HAD THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DAYS. IT WAS ABOUT $200,000 MORE THAN THE LOW BIDDER, BUT WITH THE LOW BIDDER HAVING 360 DAYS AND THE PHONE CALLS AND THE PRESSURE, WE FELT THAT IT WAS THE RIGHT RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE THE MORE EXPEDIENT SCHEDULE. SO AND THAT WAS THANK YOU FOR THE PERFECT SEGUE. SO FOR THOSE 300 DAYS AND THEN GIVEN WEATHER AND ALL THIS STUFF, LET'S JUST SAY 376 DAYS, WHAT IS OUR TRAFFIC PLAN? SO YOU'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN TWO LANES OPEN THE ENTIRE TIME. THAT'S PART OF IT. THAT WAS PART OF THE BID TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE MAINTAINING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACKWARDS, BUT IT WOULD. TRAFFIC PLAN JUST FOR THIS BRIDGE IS WHAT I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE DOING. SO IT WOULD BE OPEN THE TWO LANES NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND. OKAY. SO THE TWO LANES WOULD CONTINUE TO BE OPEN, BUT YOU'LL HAVE LIKE, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY TO GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE CAPACITY AND JUST LOOKING AT IT, THIS WILL INCREASE 25% AT BARE MINIMUM. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THERE'S FOUR LANES AND TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION AND WE'RE ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL LANES. SO THERE THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRAFFIC FLOW. SO WHAT NOAH WAS TALKING ABOUT IS THAT WILL STILL MAINTAIN THE EXISTING TWO LANES WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS IN THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE 25%. I WAS GOOD WITH SUBSTANTIAL, BUT I GOT I GOT TO DEFINE IT A LITTLE BIT. NOW I'M PUTTING 25% IN MY NOTES NOW. NO, I'M I'M JUST TEASING YOU. OKAY. SO WE'LL HAVE THE TWO LANES STILL OPEN AND GOING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE GROWING PAINS, ANYTIME WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION GOING HERE AND PEOPLE THEY CALL, THEY CALL THE CITY, THOUGH WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A SIENNA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT DEAL, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO CALL AND COMPLAIN TO US. SO I GUESS THIS IS MORE OF A CITY MANAGER DEAL.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO COMMUNICATE COMMUNICATE OVER COMMUNICATE THAT THIS AREA WILL BE UNDER HEAVY CONSTRUCTION. AND DO WE HAVE ANOTHER WAY IN AND OUT? SO IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG. OH, GOD. NORTH. WELL, YOU CAN GO SOUTH TO 521 AND THEN NORTH YOU HAVE WHAT'S PLANTATION TRAMMEL, FRESNO, FORT BEND TOLL ROAD, SIENNA RANCH ROAD. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, OKAY. SOUTH OF THIS, YOU DO HAVE STEEP BANK TRACE OUT TO THE EAST AND THEN SIENNA PARKWAY TIES INTO 521 AS WELL.

SO WE GOT SOME WAYS. IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, OKAY, WE WILL, WE WILL DEFINITELY OVER COMMUNICATE AND WORK WITH THE HOA TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT EVEN MORE. BUT PLEASE, THIS IS AND, AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD ASK OUT OF CURIOSITY, HAVE WE BUILT INTO THE CONTRACT THAT THE WORK WOULD BE PERFORMED EARLY MORNING HOURS OR LATE EVENING. SO WE DO HAVE RESTRICTED HOURS. AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT WE DO HAVE RESTRICTED HOURS TO WHERE THE WORK WOULD COMMENCE AFTER THE DAYTIME, THE MORNING PEAK AND END BEFORE THE AFTERNOON PEAK FOR THE RUSH HOUR. BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CONSIDER SOME SOME NIGHT WORK OTHER THAN THE DRIVING, THE PILES AND THINGS THAT ARE VERY LOUD BECAUSE THERE ARE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. OKAY. AND CITY MANAGER, THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE GRANTING HERE IS JUST THE THE CROSS AGREEMENT FOR THEM TO WORK IN THE CITY. BUT SIENNA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS TOTALLY BURDENING THE COST FOR THIS. SIENNA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT SLASH CITY. YES.

THERE'S A TERSE YOU ARE NEVER MIND, NEVER MIND. CORRECT. IT'S STILL OUR MONEY. OKAY. THANK

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RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER. I THOUGHT COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON WAS IN THERE.

SO I WANT TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE. YES, MA'AM. HOW LONG DID THE TRAMMEL FRESNO TURN LANE TAKE TRAMMEL? FRESNO TOOK ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS. THERE WAS SOME SOME THINGS WITH HOLIDAYS AND SOME THINGS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED OUT IN THE FIELD. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CORRIDOR HAS HAD A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION SINCE THE TIME THAT WE HAD THOSE PLANS. THE ASPHALT PLANS FOR SIENNA PARKWAY WAS BUILT IN THE 80S. SO THERE WAS SOME SOME LINES THAT WERE ENCOUNTERED TO WHERE THEY HAD TO MOVE ONE OF THE TRAFFIC POLES OUT FURTHER, AND THEN TO PROCURE THE NEW MATERIALS AND MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN THE FIELD. IT DID TAKE LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED. OKAY. BUT THESE THESE CHANGES WERE NOT ANTICIPATED WHEN WE WERE WHEN THEY WERE PLANNED. WHAT WAS THE ANTICIPATED TIME OF COMPLETION? 90 DAYS. IT WAS 90 DAYS. 90 DAYS TURNED INTO 120. OKAY, SO 3 TO 4 MONTHS. OKAY, SO YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS, RIGHT? I DO. OKAY. HELP! HELP ME! HELP THE RESIDENTS! HELP! HELP ME SELL THIS TO THE RESIDENTS. THAT THIS WILL NOT TAKE SEVEN MONTHS IF WE TELL THEM OR IF THEY HEAR YOU SAY IT'S GOING TO TAKE 300 DAYS, HELP ME OUT HERE. SO PART OF THE SELECTION PROCESS, IT WAS PUBLICLY BID BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO WITH WITH THE BEST AND FOLLOW ALL THOSE STATUTES.

THE CONTRACTOR THAT HAS IT IS ONE OF THE MOST REPUTABLE CONTRACTORS. IT'S THE PERSON THAT PEOPLE GO TO WITH EVEN QUESTIONS WHEN YOU'RE BIDDING JOBS. SO I'M, I'M VERY CONFIDENT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT CONTRACTOR FOR THIS JOB. WE ALLOWED FOR THEM TO INSERT THE DAYS INSTEAD OF THE ENGINEER. SOMETIMES IF IF YOU MAKE IT A CONTRACT AND YOU PUT CONTRACT DAYS IN THERE, THERE IS A LIQUIDATED DAMAGES CLAUSE IN THERE FOR PEOPLE GOING OVER. IF THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO OVER, THEY'LL JUST ROLL THAT INTO THEIR BID AND, AND KIND OF GET ACCOUNT FOR THAT, THAT THEY WOULD BE PENALIZED AT THE END OF IT. THE WAY WE BID THIS ONE, THEY ACTUALLY BID THE DAYS THAT THEY WOULD COMPLETE THE PROJECT IN. SO WE GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE PLANS, HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE. I WAS ACTUALLY JUST ON THE CALL, ON A CALL WITH HIM BEFORE WE GOT HERE, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAD EVERYTHING. HE DID SAY THAT HE HAS NIGHT CREWS AND HE'S ALREADY LOOKED AT SOME PHASES. HE, BEING THE CONTRACTOR, HAS ALREADY LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PHASES THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO COMBINE AND SAVE SOME TIME.

OKAY. AND IT'S NOT THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT DID THE IT IS NOT IT IS NOT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CITY MANAGER, I CAME BACK IN HERE BECAUSE THANKS TO MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCILMEMBER BROWN MARSHALL ASKING FOR SOME VALID QUESTIONS AND KNOWING I'M GOING TO GO WITH THIS. THIS IS CITY LIMIT AREA, CORRECT? CORRECT. NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT FORT BEND COUNTY HELP US A LOT. WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. HELP US THAT LOT.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE SAYING, KNOW IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO COME IN HERE, PUT FLOWERS IN MY FLOWER BED. AND IF I DON'T LIKE YELLOW COLOR, I HAVE NO CHOICE SAYING NO BECAUSE IT'S FREE, RIGHT? BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS TAXPAYERS WRITE FUNDING INTO THAT. AND WE HAVE WE'RE GREAT THAT YOU GUYS ARE ON THIS ENGINEERING FIRM. WE'RE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED OF FULTON COUNTY AND THEIR HELP, BUT WE GOT TO HAVE SOME SAY. MEANING I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, WHERE WE GET EMAILS OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING FROM GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW DIFFICULT THIS SIENNA PARKWAY HAS BEEN. AND WHEN WE SEND THAT OUT TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT HIS HANDS UP IN THE AIR SAYING HIS MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND IT'S IT'S FORT BEND COUNTY AND IT'S EVERYBODY ELSE BUT HIM. RIGHT? SO WE GOT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF WORKING RELATIONSHIP IN HERE AS WE'RE APPROVING, TRYING TO GO THROUGH THIS TO APPROVE THIS FOR OUR CITIZENS. CITIZENS ARE GOING TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE KNOWING THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO'S FORT BEND COUNTY. THEY CAN'T EVER GET A HOLD OF FORT BEND COUNTY. THEY DON'T I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO'S ON OUR MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. RIGHT. BUT SO THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS WE GOT TO HAVE SOME CONTROL BECAUSE THIS IS WITHIN OUR CITY LIMIT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS CONSTRUCTION. AND FOR ME TO EDUCATE AND TELL A RESIDENT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO SO BECAUSE THEY WILL TURN AROUND AND SAY, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS ASKED BY A RESIDENT WAS, WOULD YOU LET ME, IF I WAS

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I'M TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH INTERSECTION LIGHTS, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS THIS. AND WE ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATIVE OF IT. BUT I WANT TO ASK CITY MANAGER AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY WHAT ARE SOME RAMIFICATIONS THAT WE CAN PUT IN HERE SAYING THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HAS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, EVERY TWO WEEKS SIT DOWN MEETINGS, CONVERSATIONS AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.

WHAT WHAT IS IT? MUSTAFA ANGEL AND AND MONICA, WHAT IS MY WHAT'S THE WAY TO GET IT DONE? BECAUSE I'VE NEVER HEARD SOMEBODY ELSE COMES IN HERE, WORKS ON YOUR, YOUR CITY LIMIT AND YOU HAVE ZERO CHANCE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR COUNCIL, THE AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU IS WITH THE GULF COAST WATER AUTHORITY. AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY A RIGHT OF ENTRY AGREEMENT. THEY'RE CALLING IT A LICENSE AGREEMENT, BUT IT'S SIMPLY TO BECAUSE THEY OWN THE CANAL, IT'S TO BASICALLY ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR FOR CONSTRUCTION CREWS TO ENTER. I GUESS THAT'S ALL THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED, I GET THAT. WHEN WILL THAT COME UP FOR US? I DON'T I DON'T THINK THE ACTUAL CONTRACT AWARDING PROCESS, HOW WE WOULD DO IT TYPICALLY FOR OUR PROJECT. OKAY, SO EDUCATE ME AS TO YOU'RE THE CITY MANAGER, YOU'RE THE CITY ATTORNEY, EDUCATE ME AS TO HOW ONCE THIS CANAL GETS APPROVED, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GIVING AUTHORIZATION TO FOR THE FOR US TO GIVE THAT, I GET THAT. BUT REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION ASPECT OF IT, AT WHAT POINT IN TIME WHERE WE CAN COME UP AND SAYING THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN HERE, WOULD IT BE A FUTURE DATE? WOULD IT BE WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION IS BEING AWARDED TO A CONTRACTOR OR WHOEVER IT IS, WHERE WE HAVE NO SAY ON A PARKWAY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IN THIS CITY WHERE WE HAVE NO ABSOLUTELY NO SAY FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, I'M NOT SURE I'M FOLLOWING THE QUESTION, BUT LET ME LET ME LET ME THINK THAT IF IF WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THIS IS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, SIENNA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS COVERING THE COST.

HOW ARE WE THE CITY INVOLVED? DO WE ADD IT TO A FUTURE AGENDA WITH SIENNA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT? YES. AND THE CONSTRUCTION? YES. WOULD THAT BE IT? YES. BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SOME KIND OF FORMAL RELATIONSHIP WHERE THE TWO INTERACT. I AGREE AND SET SOME GROUND RULES IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE MADE AWARE OF WHAT THE STATUS OF THE PROJECTS ARE THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY. AND TO ME, THAT'S JUST NORMAL RELATIONSHIP. I DON'T I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ANY ENTITY THAT DOES ANY BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY, I WOULD THINK WE WOULD FORM A RELATIONSHIP TO HAVE FORMAL MEETINGS, TO SAY, WHAT'S THE STATUS AND WHERE IS THIS GOING AND HOW DOES THIS WORK WITHIN THE CITY? I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I MEAN, THE PLANS WERE PREPARED, APPROVED BY THE CITY, APPROVED BY THE COUNTY. SO AS FAR AS THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING, WE ABSOLUTELY HAD COMMENTS FROM THE STAFF, ADDRESSED ALL THOSE COMMENTS AND RECEIVED THE APPROVAL. I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT OF IT, RIGHT? LIKE MUSTAFA SAYS, HE HAS MY CELL PHONE. SHASHI HAS MY CELL PHONE. ALL MOST OF YOUR STAFF HAS MY CELL PHONE NUMBER AND CALL. AND WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE AND PARTNER WITH YOU ALL BECAUSE IT IS, LIKE I SAID, PART OF IT'S A TWO-YEAR PROJECT AND THERE'S AN INTERLOCAL WITH THE CITY AND THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FOR THE TOURS AS WELL. RIGHT. AND YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. MAYOR PRO TEM ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW LONG DID IT TOOK? IT TOOK SEVEN MONTHS FOR A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE. AND WHEN WE WERE ASKING, RESIDENTS WERE GETTING FRUSTRATED OVER THAT WE REALLY WERE HITTING A BRICK WALL, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S NOT US, IT'S FORT BEND COUNTY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. IT'S OTHERS. RIGHT? I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A LARGER PROJECT LIKE THIS, KNOWING THE DESIGN IS WONDERFUL, BUT IT'S NOT THE DESIGN. IT'S THE PROBLEM IS ONCE IT STARTS, IT STARTS CAUSING SO MANY ISSUES ON THAT PARKWAY. AND WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT IT, IT'S IN CITY LIMITS. WHEN THEY THINK IT'S IN CITY LIMIT, THEIR THEIR WHAT THEY'RE THINKING IS THE SEVEN PEOPLE SITTING UP HERE ARE GOING TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO, TO SEE WHAT THIS CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON TILL WE CAN RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO OUR CITY MANAGER

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AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M SAYING WHAT I'M SAYING. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. AND LEGALLY, I DON'T I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT AGREEMENT OR IT'S PROBABLY MENTIONED IN THE INTERLOCAL, BUT WE CAN SET UP MONTHLY MEETINGS. WE CAN SET UP, LIKE I SAID, HE HAS MY CELL PHONE NUMBER. WHENEVER Y'ALL NEED INFORMATION OR THERE'S A MEETING COMING UP, HAPPY TO SHARE. OKAY. AND THEN THE, THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT MEETING IS THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH AND IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING AS WELL. SO I KNOW SOME STAFF HAS JOINED US AT THAT MEETING IN THE PAST AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER EMERY.

YEAH, QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, IS THERE GOING TO BE PART OF THIS PROJECT GOING TO BE THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE THE LIGHTS AT ALL THESE INTERSECTIONS? SINCE WE'RE ADDING A RIGHT TURN LANE INTO WHAT COULD BE TRAFFIC, TRYING TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE RIGHT TURN LANE INTO TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING THROUGH LIKE B'S PASSAGE. SO WHAT PROCESS ARE WE GOING THROUGH TO SYNCHRONIZE THE TIMING OF THE LIGHTS? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ALL THE LIGHTS? COUNCILMEMBER. I'M SORRY, ALL THE LIGHTS ON SIENNA PARKWAY OR JUST SPECIFICALLY THAT INTERSECTION, THIS AREA HERE WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ADDING ADDITIONAL TURN LANES INTO WHAT COULD BE TRAFFIC COMING, YOU KNOW, RIGHT. SO PART OF PART OF THIS, THERE WILL BE MODIFICATION TO THE SIGNAL LIGHT AT BOTH INTERSECTIONS, AS YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE SCREEN. SO THAT THAT WILL BE DEFINITELY PART OF THE IMPROVEMENT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE. OKAY, SO AND IT WOULD BE TIED BACK INTO THE NETWORK UP AND DOWN. YES, SIR. THE ANSWER IS YES. IT WOULD BE PART OF THE PROJECT, AND IT WOULD MAKE SURE THAT IT WOULD GO WITH THE TIMING OF THE OTHER SIGNALS UP AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR. YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE THE RIGHT TIMING, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS ALMOST FOR NAUGHT. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST A QUICK QUESTION. SO PEOPLE WHOM ARE TURNING RIGHT OFF OF MCKEEVER ROAD AND THEY STAY IN THE DEDICATED RIGHT LINE ALL THE WAY TO SILVER RIDGE, AND THEY DECIDE THEY DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE RIGHT ONTO SILVER RIDGE. HOW MUCH TIME WILL THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO COLLAPSE BACK INTO A TWO LANE? IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT THE MAYOR WAS MENTIONING. THERE WOULD BE AN ACCELERATION LANE, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO MERGE, BUT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY TERMINATE. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE THE BIG CRUX WAS TO ADD THE LEFT TURN LANE THAT THAT SOUTHBOUND LEFT TURN LANE. BUT FOR ECONOMIES OF SCALE, WITH THE FUTURE OF THE CORRIDOR BEING WIDENED, YOU WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT BRIDGE DECK AS WIDE AS IT COULD BE NOW. BUT GO AHEAD AND UTILIZING IT FOR THESE TURNING MOVEMENTS AND INSTEAD OF JUST STRIPING IT OFF UNTIL THE FUTURE. OKAY, I'M SORRY, I, I WISH HE WAS HERE. I WASN'T LISTENING TO. NO, IT'S FINE, IT'S FINE. THAT'S WHAT I CAME FOR. OH, OH, IT'S NOT JUST ME.

OH. THERE'LL BE A QUIZ AFTER THIS. COUNCIL MEMBERS. ALL RIGHT. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR QUESTIONS, MA'AM? OKAY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, THERE'S A MOTION BY MYSELF. IS THERE A SECOND? OH, DID SOMEONE MAKE A SECOND? NO. OKAY. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. I WILL

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GOOD NIGHT. MOVING ON TO TEN. WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT

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