May 04, 2026 City Council

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. TODAY IS MONDAY, MAY 4TH, AND I WILL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:48 P.M. AND ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEASURE TO BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. 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. SO

[(a) Proclamation - National Public Service Week]

YOU GUYS DOING ALRIGHT? GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE MISS BERTHA TO PLEASE COME UP AND HER AND HER TEAM. ARE YOU DOING? GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK. I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS PUBLIC SERVANTS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN ENSURING THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT AND DELIVERY OF VITAL SERVICES THAT SUPPORT THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. WHEREAS, THEIR EFFORTS OFTEN PERFORM BEHIND THE SCENES, HELP BUILD A STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT CITY AND IMPROVE THE DAILY LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS.

AND WHEREAS, PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK IS A OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR THE SKILL, DEDICATION AND THE PROFESSIONALISM DEMONSTRATED BY THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES IN MEETING THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PUBLIC SERVANTS ENCOURAGES CONTINUED EXCELLENCE AND INSPIRES FUTURE GENERATIONS TO PURSUE CAREERS IN PUBLIC SERVICE. NOW, THEREFORE, I.

SHERIDA THOMPSON, COUNCILMEMBER FOR DISTRICT B IN BEHALF OF MAYOR ALLEYCAT AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 3RD TO THE NINTH, 2026 AS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN HONORING AND THANKING OUR DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS FOR THEIR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY. THIS TEAM IS AMAZING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. CONGRATULATIONS! MAKE SURE Y'ALL PARTY IN. BERTHA. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF ALL EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY? THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE? NO. SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT. PRESENT THIS TO BERTHA AND HER WONDERFUL TEAM.

PLEASE. EVERYBODY, PLEASE GIVE HIM A BIG, WARM WELCOME. THEY'RE AWESOME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JUST FOR ON THE RECORD, THIS WAS COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON'S FIRST ONE. DO YOU THINK SHE DID GOOD? ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT. WE HAVE FOUR. B IS A

[(b) Proclamation - Historic Preservation Month]

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AND I KNOW THAT YOUR CHAIRMAN COULDN'T BE HERE ON TONIGHT, MR. LAWRENCE TURNER, BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE. WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION, AND IT'S GOING TO HONOR NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION. AND THIS YEAR, THE THEME COMMEMORATES THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. AND WHILE THAT'S IMPORTANT, THERE'S ANOTHER DATE THAT I THINK IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE COMMEMORATE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR OUR CITY AS WELL. AND THAT DATE IS 2026, WHERE OUR CITY TURNED 70 YEARS OLD. AND WHILE THIS IS ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE INDEPENDENCE, THE DECLARATION OF THE INDEPENDENCE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FOSTER AND THAT WE TELL OUR STORIES ABOUT HOW IN FEBRUARY OF 2056, THERE WAS A GROUP OF FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT DECLARED THAT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY HAD 154 CITIZENS THAT WENT OUT AND VOTED AND SAID THAT WE HAD THE RIGHT TO STAND INDEPENDENTLY. SO I HAVE A CHALLENGE. HIGH CITY MANAGER JONES. SO THAT CHALLENGE IS FOR YOU. IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND, MAYBE YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND DONNIE, IF YOU GUYS COULD MAKE SURE THAT THE ENTIRE WORLD KNOWS OF OUR EXISTENCE FOR 70 YEARS, I CERTAINLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. LET ME READ THIS PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU ALL FOR MY ANTIDOTES. WHEREAS NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH IS CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING HISTORIC PLACES, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND LANDMARKS THAT DEFINE OUR SHARED HERITAGE. AND WHEREAS, THE 2026 THEME COMMEMORATES THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND EMPHASIZES ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL, RECOGNIZING HOW HISTORIC SITES CONNECT US TO OUR NATION'S FOUNDING IDEALS AND COLLECTIVE HISTORY. AND WHEREAS, PRESERVING HISTORIC PLACES STRENGTHENS COMMUNITIES BY FOSTERING CIVIC PRIDE, SUPPORTING EDUCATION, ENCOURAGING HERITAGE TOURISM, AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE REUSE OF EXISTING STRUCTURES. AND WHEREAS, NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN LOCAL EVENTS, HEAVY EMPHASIS ON LOCAL EVENTS. OKAY.

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS THAT RAISE AWARENESS AND INSPIRE STEWARDSHIP OF OUR HISTORIC RESOURCES. NOW, THEREFORE, I COUNCIL MEMBER SONYA BROWN MARSHALL, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROBERT J. ELLICOTT AND OUR ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, WE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2026 AS NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH. THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR STANDING WITH ME. DONNIE, DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YOU'RE GOOD. OH, WOW. YOU SAID IT ALL. OKAY. WOULD ANY OF THE PARKS BOARD MEMBERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A FEW WORDS? NOT REALLY. LET'S TAKE THE PICTURE. HOLD THAT FOR ME. HOLD ON. WAIT.

SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. ALL RIGHT.

[(c) Proclamation - National Small Business Week]

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WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THESE PROCLAMATIONS AND THESE CELEBRATIONS GOING. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WINSTON LABAY, OUR DEPUTY DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, TO JOIN US AGAIN. IT'S LIKE WE'RE MEETING LIKE THIS EVERY YEAR. YES, YES. WELL, THIS WEEK IS SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, AND SMALL BUSINESSES PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN DRIVING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY WITH COMMUNITY IDENTITY, CONVENIENCE AND VARIETY FOR OUR RESIDENTS, SALES TAX DOLLARS, JOB CREATION, AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESS OWNERS TO LIVE THE DREAM OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP. AND TODAY, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU IN APPRECIATION FOR ALL YOU DO AT THE SBA. WHEREAS, NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK HIGHLIGHTS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ENTREPRENEURS AND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE U.S.

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER AGENCIES. WHEREAS, FROM STOREFRONT SHOPS TO INNOVATIVE STARTUPS, SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY AND THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR NATION'S PROMISE. AND WHEREAS SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES CREATES JOBS, DRIVES ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND PRESERVES THE UNIQUE CULTURE OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. IS THAT RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. WHEREAS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PROUDLY SUPPORTS THIS NATIONAL EFFORT AND RECOGNIZES THE CRITICAL ROLE SMALL BUSINESSES PLAY IN KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY VIBRANT AND STRONG. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR PRO TEM LYNN CLOUSER, ALONG WITH MAYOR ALLEYCAT AND ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 3RD THROUGH THE NINTH AS NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. SOMETIMES I THINK MY MIDDLE NAME IS SMALL BUSINESS BECAUSE I SCREAM ABOUT US SUPPORTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. IN FACT, IT'S LIKE A RELATIONSHIP. I FEEL LIKE I'M CHEATING ON MISSOURI CITY WHEN I GO OUTSIDE OF MISSOURI CITY TO SPEND MY MONEY, AND THAT'S HOW SERIOUS IT IS TO ME. SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND I WANT TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU IN HONOR OF SMALL BUSINESS WEEK. THESE ARE MY NOTES. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I'LL BE BRIEF. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON BEHALF OF MARK WINCHESTER, OUR DIRECTOR, AND THE ENTIRE HOUSTON STAFF, I WANT TO THANK YOU, THE MAYOR, AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. IT IS TRULY AN HONOR AND EVERYTHING YOU READ, I WAS GOING TO SAY IT, SO YOU TOOK AWAY MY SPEECH. BUT I WILL SAY, BUT NO, IT IS TRULY AN HONOR. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THIS WEEK AS NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, BECAUSE ACTUALLY, OVER 99.9% OF BUSINESSES IN THE COUNTRY ARE CONSIDERED SMALL, EMPLOYING OVER 62 MILLION PEOPLE. SO AGAIN, IT'S AN HONOR FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THIS WEEK AS NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OKAY, SO ITEM

[(d) Proclamation - National Police Week]

ALL RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS TOGETHER. SO I'M GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF, BUT I'M GOING TO LET CHIEF SPEAK TO THIS REAL QUICK. COME ON. ON THIS SIDE. ONE THING AND ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I THINK OF THE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND ALL OF THIS THAT'S HAPPENING, IS WE ALL GET UP IN THE MORNING DRESSES AND GET READY TO WHATEVER WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

WE GET OUT THERE AND WE GO, WE DRIVE HOPING THAT WE DON'T GET INTO A CAR ACCIDENT AND WE COME

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COME ON OUT. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A FREE PHOTO OP, RIGHT? WHY NOT? I GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING TO PUT ON THE WALL. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. OKAY, COME ON IN. I WANT TO. I WANT TO PUT THIS UP ON MY WALL. SO I WANTED ALL Y'ALL IN. CITY MANAGER ANGEL JONES. CHIEF, BEFORE ANYONE LEAVES, I WANT YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS, PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THIS VERY SUPPORTIVE COUNCIL AND POLITICAL LEADERS AND THE CITIZENS IN THIS GREAT CITY. BUT POLICE WEEK IS ALWAYS SPECIAL. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. AND I WANT TO THANK THE OFFICERS, WHAT YOU ALL DO EVERY DAY TO KEEP MISSOURI CITY SAFE. BUT THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE THAT POLICE OFFICERS MAY NOT ONLY HERE ALL OVER THE NATION. SO WE COULD BE SAFE AND MOSTLY, MOSTLY IMPORTANT. NEVER FORGET ABOUT THEM. BUT TO THEIR FAMILIES, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US SURVIVING FAMILY WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THEIR LOVED ONES PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE IN THIS CITY, THIS STATE, THIS NATION NEVER FORGETS ABOUT THEM. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THEM TODAY. AND WE JUST WANT TO KEEP IT GOING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN DO IN THIS PROFESSION SO WE CAN HONOR THEIR NAMES AND ALWAYS HONOR THE SACRIFICE. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

YOU ALL TO COME. BUT I WAS LIKE, LET ME LET ME GET HIM OUT. NO, YOU DID GOOD. WE'RE OKAY.

YES. MAYOR. PRO. YES, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TWO SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE IF YOU WILL STAND UP.

MADISON JONES AND LAUREN LEY, THEY ARE HERE JOINING US TODAY. LAUREN LEY IS A MEMBER OF THE

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CITY SECRETARY, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS FOR ITEMS ON THE

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

[(b) Staff Report - Provide a report on the Municipal Court and items of co...]

ONE OF MY OBSERVATIONS, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THIS SLIDE, SHOWS YOU SOME NUMBERS FROM MARCH OF 2026. OUR TOTAL CASES FILED IN OUR COURT VERSUS THE TOTAL WARRANTS ISSUED. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S NOT THERE'S A LOT OF WARRANTS BEING ISSUED. SO THAT SEEMS TO BE THE TREND MONTHLY.

SO I STARTED ASKING MYSELF AND MY TEAM AND SPEAKING WITH THE JUDGE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO UTILIZE OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND WHAT KIND OF BEST PRACTICES CAN WE PUT INTO PLACE TO HELP IMPROVE BRINGING PEOPLE IN TO COMPLY WITH THEIR CITATIONS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT HAVING WARRANTS ISSUED AGAINST THEM? SO STARTING IN JANUARY, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO THIS. WE LOOKED AT OUR COURT SOFTWARE TO SEE WHAT MODULES WE HAD WITHIN THE COURT SOFTWARE THAT WE WERE ALREADY PAYING FOR. TWO OF THOSE WERE TEXT MESSAGING AND EMAIL MODULES. TEXT MESSAGING WAS BEING USED. IT JUST WASN'T BEING UTILIZED TO ITS FULLEST EXTENT. SO WE HAVE SINCE CREATED SOME TEXT MESSAGING NOTIFICATIONS TO INFORM DEFENDANTS, TO REMIND THEM THAT THEY HAVE A COURT DATE COMING UP TO REMIND THEM THAT THEY HAVE A PAYMENT PLAN DUE IF THEY HAVE DOCUMENTS DUE. WE'RE ALSO NOTIFYING THEM WHEN THEY'RE DELINQUENT AND WHEN THEY HAVE WARRANTS. WE DID UTILIZE THE TEXT MESSAGING BACK IN JANUARY, END OF JANUARY, DURING WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE REFERRED TO AS THE WARRANT ROUNDUP. SO INSTEAD OF A MAILING NOTIFICATIONS, WE TEXT MESSAGED EVERYBODY WHO HAD A WARRANT IN OUR SYSTEM, AND WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF A INCREASE IN COMPLIANCE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. WE ALSO STARTED UTILIZING THE EMAIL MODULE. OUR SOFTWARE GIVES US THE ABILITY TO EMAIL DIRECTLY FROM OUR COURT SOFTWARE RECEIPTS AND DOCUMENTS TO DEFENDANTS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS. THIS ALSO INCREASES COMPLIANCE BECAUSE WE ARE IN AN AGE WHERE EVERYBODY WANTS EVERYTHING ON THEIR PHONE, SO THEY'RE NOT CRUMPLING UP THE PAPER, THEY CAN'T CRUMPLE IT UP, THROW IT AWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE MAD. THEY HAVE IT IN THEIR PHONE FOR EASY REFERENCE. THE BENEFIT TO THESE MODULES, IN ADDITION TO INCREASING OUR COMPLIANCE, IS IT REDUCES COSTS TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE. WE ARE

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WE HAD TWO OF THEM ON FILE. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A STANDING ORDER IS, THAT IS AN ORDER THAT THE JUDGE GIVES TO THE CLERKS THAT ALLOWS THE CLERKS TO PROCESS CASES OUTSIDE OF APPEARING BEFORE COURT. MOST COMMON THAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IS DEFENSIVE DRIVING. AND IN OUR CITY, WE ALREADY HAD DEFENSIVE DRIVING AS A STANDING ORDER, BUT THAT WAS THERE WAS ONLY ONE OTHER ONE AND THAT WAS EXTENSIONS OR RESETS. SO IN APRIL 23RD, I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT DATE. THE JUDGE SIGNED 13 STANDING ORDERS THAT YES, VERY PROUD OF THAT. THAT NOW GIVES US LOTS MORE FLEXIBILITY. SO THE CLERKS CAN NOW PROCESS THINGS SUCH AS COMPLIANCE, DISMISSALS. AND THAT MEANS EXPIRED REGISTRATIONS, EXPIRED DRIVER'S LICENSE, DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT VIOLATIONS THEY CAN PROCESS IN ADDITION TO DEFENSIVE DRIVING, DEFERRED DISPOSITION, WHICH IS ANOTHER WAY THAT A CLERK CAN OR A CLERK CAN OFFER AN INDIVIDUAL TO HAVE THEIR CITATION DISMISSED. WE ALSO, WITH THOSE STANDING ORDERS, HAVE THE ABILITY TO OFFER PAYMENT PLANS AT THE WINDOW, INCLUDING ON WARRANT CASES. SO IF THEY HAVE A WARRANT, THEY CAN NOW COME IN AND DO A PAYMENT PLAN WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BEFORE THE JUDGE.

THESE STANDING ORDERS DO HAVE PARAMETERS THAT THE CLERKS MUST FOLLOW. SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT MEET THOSE GUIDELINES, THEY ARE STILL REQUIRED TO COME BEFORE THE JUDGE. BUT WITH THESE STANDING ORDERS CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW WE JUST STARTED IMPLEMENTING THEM. SO OUR CLERKS ARE LEARNING HOW TO USE THEM. SO WE'RE GOING TO BABY STEP INTO THE NEXT STEPS. BUT WITH THESE STANDING ORDERS IT WILL IMPROVE THE LOBBY EXPERIENCE. ON COURT DAYS. OUR WAIT TIMES WILL WILL GO DOWN QUITE A BIT. IT ALSO PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY FOR DEFENDANTS. SO NOW WITH THESE STANDING ORDERS, THEY HAVE FROM THE DATE THEY GET THE TICKET TO THE DATE THAT IS DUE ON THEIR TICKET, THEY CAN COME IN DURING THEIR LUNCH BREAK, BEFORE OR AFTER THEIR WORK SCHEDULE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME ON THAT SPECIFIC COURT DATE. SO THERE'S MORE FLEXIBILITY. AND IN THE FUTURE, NOT RIGHT NOW. WE HOPE THAT IT WILL EXPAND ONLINE RESOLUTION OPTIONS. SO CURRENTLY PEOPLE CAN TAKE DEFENSIVE DRIVING AND REQUEST FOR THAT ONLINE. BUT WE ARE HOPING IN THE FUTURE WE CAN EXPAND THAT AND HAVE THEM BE ABLE TO DO COMPLIANCE, DISMISSALS OR DEFERRED DISPOSITIONS ONLINE. SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE CHANGES. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, THE JUDGES AND THE PROSECUTORS AND THE CLERKS AND EVEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO COME UP WITH MORE WAYS THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF THESE CITATIONS SO THEY'RE NOT IN A WARRANT STATUS. BUT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR Y'ALL FOR THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

STACY, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL. OH. THANK YOU MAYOR, I APPRECIATE IT. SINCE YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED SINCE JANUARY OF 2026, THE TEXT MESSAGING, HAVE YOU NOTICED A DECREASE IN THE WARRANTS? SO I THINK THAT THE THERE HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH TIME TO NOTICE A TOTAL DECREASE IN THE WARRANTS, BUT WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED IS MORE PHONE CALLS COMING IN, AND I. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT SOME OF THOSE PHONE CALLS HAVE BEEN. IS THIS A SCAM? OH, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO MAYBE GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE THAT IF A MESSAGE IS COMING FROM THE CITY, WHAT TO EXPECT SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT IT'S NOT A SCAM, BUT WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASE OF PEOPLE WONDERING WHY THEY'RE GETTING THOSE MESSAGES. SO I THINK AS WE START TO MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL START TO SEE AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE COMING IN. OKAY. VERY WELL. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION BEING THAT YOU'VE COME FROM A DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITY, 50% OF THE TICKETS THAT WE HAVE SEEN ARE CLOSE TO 50% HAVE RESULTED IN WARRANTS. WHAT IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD? THAT'S AND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN OTHER COURTS, THAT'S THAT'S 50% IS HIGH. I WOULD SAY PROBABLY A GOOD 30% OF PEOPLE STILL ARE NOT GOING TO COME IN AND TAKE CARE OR RESOLVE THEIR CITATIONS. SOME MIGHT COME IN INITIALLY AND NOT FINISH ALL THE WAY THROUGH, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE TREND OF 50% SEEMS TO BE QUITE A BIT. AND THAT'S IF YOU GO BACK, I'M GONNA GO BACK ONE. IF YOU SEE THE LITTLE GRAPH, THE ARREST WARRANTS AND CAPIAS WARRANTS, AN ARREST WARRANT MEANS THEY JUST NEVER CAME IN AT ALL. AND A WARRANT MEANS THAT THEY DID COME IN AND THEY SIGNED A COURT ORDER. THEY JUST DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH. SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF PEOPLE JUST NOT COMING IN. AND I THINK THAT JUST IS A COMBINATION OF MAYBE JUST NOT HAVING A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY ON OPTIONS. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP US INCREASE AND HOPEFULLY IN A FEW MONTHS WHEN I COME BACK ONE DAY I CAN SHOW YOU HOW THE NUMBERS LOOK BETTER. OKAY.

IT'S GREAT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD BENCHMARK FOR YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

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AND THEN WHAT IS THE OTHER METHOD THAT YOU'RE TAKING TO DECREASE THE CONCERNS THAT THIS IS A SCAM WHEN THEY'RE GETTING THESE TEXT MESSAGES AND EMAILS? SO I WOULD LIKE, I JUST HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THAT DISCUSSION YET. I'D LIKE TO TALK TO COMMUNICATIONS TO SEE IF WE CAN UTILIZE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES TO PUT OUT WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND NOT LOOK FOR ON A MESSAGE. FOR EXAMPLE, MOST MOST ENTITIES WILL TELL YOU, WE'LL NEVER ASK FOR MONEY ON A TEXT MESSAGE, RIGHT? IT'LL ALWAYS BE REPORTS TO THE COURT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP WITH THE PERMISSION OF COUNCIL AND ADMIN, TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO, TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE. DO YOU THINK PUTTING SOMETHING ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE THERE'S A LINK ATTACHED TO THE TEXT MESSAGE OR THE EMAIL THAT THEY CAN CLICK ON, AND IT GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR OFFICIAL SITE, TO YOUR COURT RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR IT GOES TO A CHAT BOX DIRECTLY TO ONE OF YOUR CLERKS. WE DO HAVE A QR CODE ON THE CITATIONS THAT SEND US TO OUR WEBSITE, AND WE I HAVE NOT BEGAN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR WEBSITE, BUT WE ARE GETTING THERE. AND DEFINITELY WHEN IT GOES TO THE WEBSITE, WE CAN MAYBE MAKE A BANNER ABOUT THE TEXT MESSAGING. THE OTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE TEXT MESSAGING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PHONE NUMBERS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. SO WE GOT TO COLLECT THOSE PHONE NUMBERS FROM WHEN THE CITATIONS WERE ISSUED. AND EVERY TIME THEY COME INTO OUR, OUR OFFICE. SO THAT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT. YES. AND EVEN WITH YOUR EMAILS, THOSE CAN BE GOING TO BULK SPAM OR ANY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, PROMOTIONAL BOX.

AND THAT COULD BE ANOTHER REASON WHY THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING IN A TIMELY MANNER.

SO YEAH, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER. YES, STACY, GREAT JOB.

AND CITY MANAGER, I HAVE TO COMMEND YOU, ALL THE DIRECTORS THAT YOU HAVE HIRED. I MEAN, YOU DIDN'T MISS THE MARK. RIGHT ON POINT. SO STACY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERTISE. I DID WANT TO ASK YOU. WELL, I WANT TO ADD TO COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY'S POINT. ALSO, THIS MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EDUCATE THE HOA'S, EDUCATE PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR HOA. SO MAYBE SENDING A BLAST TO THE HOA ABOUT WHAT YOU DISCUSSED. BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT EXPANDED HOURS FOR INDIVIDUALS WANTING TO PAY PAY THEIR THEIR FINES AND PAY THEIR WARRANTS FOR THOSE MAYBE WHO, WHO MIGHT WORK DURING THE DAY? SO WE ALREADY HAVE ANYBODY CAN PAY ANYTHING ONLINE. SO EVEN IF THEY COME INTO THE COURT AND THEY HAVE SIGNED UP FOR SOME TYPE OF DEFERRED DISPOSITION OR PAYMENT PLAN, THEY CAN MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS ONLINE AT ANY TIME, 24 OVER SEVEN, AND THAT IS ON ALL THEIR DOCUMENTS. AS I'M UPDATING DOCUMENTS, WE'RE PUTTING THE QR CODE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOCUMENT. THAT WILL TAKE THEM STRAIGHT TO THE PAGE SO THEY CAN MAKE THEIR PAYMENTS AS WELL THERE. I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT EXTENDING THE HOURS OF THE COURT WOULD WOULD BENEFIT THE COST OF HAVING EMPLOYEES THERE, BUT THERE ARE THE ONLINE OPTIONS TO PAY, AND WE TRY TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW YOU CAN PAY ONLINE. SURE. YEAH. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE I KNOW THAT ARE JUST OLD SCHOOL AND THEY DON'T DO THINGS, AND IT MIGHT NOT BE AN OPTION TO DO IT EVERY DAY. IT MIGHT BE THAT ONE DAY A WEEK, MAYBE THERE'S LIKE, LIKE A, A STAGGERED, STAGGERED DAY OR A LATE DAY. WE ALSO HAVE A PHONE NUMBER. WE HAVE A ONE EIGHT, SIX, SIX, I THINK IT'S 1866 NUMBER THAT THEY CAN CALL AT

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WELL, STACY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING THIS. I SAID TWO DEPARTMENTS. I THINK THAT SHOULD WORK, THAT YOU CAN WORK CLOSELY WITH THIS COMMUNICATIONS. AND OF COURSE, IT TECH CUTTING TECHNOLOGY TO CHANGE SOME OF THE THINGS. MAKE IT USER FRIENDLY FOR PEOPLE, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S OUR YOUNGER CROWD OR EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING. SO I THINK IN 2026, WE SHOULD BE ON TOP OF OUR, OUR TECHNOLOGY PIECE. AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WILL WORK WITH YOU TO GET THAT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING. THANK YOU. YES. I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK STACY BECAUSE THE STANDING ORDERS IS NOT A LIKE THING. AND I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THE PRESIDING JUDGE FOR WORKING WITH STACY AND GETTING THOSE SIGNED OFF, BECAUSE THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, I WAS TOLD THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL STANDING ORDERS. SO SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE PRESIDING JUDGES CONCURRENCE. AND SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO WORK TOGETHER. AND THEY'RE DEMONSTRATING THAT THAT CAN BE DONE. SO. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT TO SOME OF THE DIRECTORS THAT ARE SITTING ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM. I'VE NEVER SEEN THE CITY MANAGER GET THAT EXCITED WHEN YOU ALL PRESENT. SO Y'ALL GOT TO BE THINKING, YOU KNOW, GREAT JOB. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, OUR CONSENT

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

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

OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING. SO WE HAVE AN ITEM FOR ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT. AND THIS IS TO UPDATE CERTAIN HIGHER IMPACT USES BASED ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. THIS IS IN LINE WITH YOUR 2040 VISION. BY PROTECTING NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, ENCOURAGING INTENTIONAL AND LAND USE DECISIONS, AND REDUCING INCOMPATIBLE USES NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THESE USES WERE IDENTIFIED TO INCREASE DEVELOPMENT INTEREST DUE TO INCREASED DEVELOPMENT INTERESTS AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS RELATED TO TRAFFIC, NOISE AND OVERALL OPERATIONAL IMPACTS. THE KEY CHANGES THAT THIS AMENDMENT BRINGS FORWARD IS SHIFTING THESE USES FROM BY RIGHT USES TO CASE BY CASE DECISIONS THROUGH THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TOOL. THIS WOULD NOT PROHIBIT THESE USES. THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR PUBLIC INPUT AS WELL AS COUNCIL OVERSIGHT. IF YOU RECALL, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS A ZONING TOOL. IT ALLOWS FOR USES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE IN SOME LOCATIONS, BUT NOT IN EVERY LOCATION. SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPROVAL IS ALREADY REQUIRED FOR A WIDE RANGE OF USES, INCLUDING CERTAIN UTILITIES AND ASSEMBLY USES. THE AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WOULD REQUIRE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPROVAL FOR ALL NEW GAS STATION LOCATIONS, CAR WASHES, AUTO REPAIR, STORAGE WAREHOUSES, DATA CENTERS, AND CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS. THE AMENDMENT WOULD REMOVE THE BY RIGHT APPROVALS IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS AND ADD NEW REGULATIONS FOR THE DATA CENTERS AND CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS. PUBLIC NOTICE WAS COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH

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HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER.

RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR JENNIFER, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. MY QUESTION IS IT WAS ON PAGE 103 THROUGH 104 INSIDE OF THE REPORT UNDER LC TWO. I REMEMBER WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS AND GUN SALES, CORRECT. AND I DID NOT NOTICE THAT THEY WERE LISTED ON. OR MAYBE I COULD HAVE MISSED IT. BUT WERE THEY INDEED CAPTURED? SO THOSE THAT WEREN'T NOTICED IN THAT ORIGINAL BATCH WILL HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO THE SAME PROCESS. SO THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS ONLY PERTAINED TO THAT INITIAL GROUP THAT WE PROVIDED PUBLIC NOTICE FOR. AND SO WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AS A SECONDARY AMENDMENT FOR THOSE USES. AND HOW FAR OUT ARE WE FROM HAVING THOSE TO COME BACK? WE'LL PUT IT ON THE SCHEDULE. YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT AN ANSWER. SO LET ME LET ME REPHRASE IT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GOT MISSED, BECAUSE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE FIRST JOINT PLANNING AND ZONING.

SO AT THE TIME OF THE JOINT MEETING, THE NOTICE HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE FOR THE USES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. OKAY. SO WE STILL HAVE TO DO A SECONDARY NOTICE AND COMPLETE THAT PROCESS. I GOT IT NOW THAT'S MORE THAN FAIR. THANK YOU. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. YES. COULD YOU ADD A LITTLE DETAIL AS TO WHY WE'RE CARVING OUT DATA CENTERS AND WHAT THE THE RESTRICTIONS OR REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO TAKE SOME SPECIFIC ACTION FOR A DATA CENTER? SURE. SO WE KNOW DATA CENTERS ARE AN EMERGING FIELD IN AN EMERGING USE. AND SO THIS GIVES US ACTUALLY PROACTIVE ABILITY TO CREATE THE STANDARDS THAT WE WANT TO SEE FOR LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF WHERE THEY WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, AND THEN ALSO PUT PROTECTION MEASURES IN PLACE. SO WHETHER IT'S PROTECTION FROM A UTILITY STANDPOINT, FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, FROM AN ADJACENCY STANDPOINT, IT ALLOWS US TO BE PROACTIVE IN THAT PROCESS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE IN NO WAY TRYING TO PROHIBIT OUR. REVIEWS, COMPANIES OR DEVELOPERS TO LOOK AT MISSOURI CITY FOR DATA CENTERS. NO. THIS ALLOWS US TO GO THROUGH THAT PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS. IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT THEM, BUT IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THOSE TYPES OF USES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM 8AB1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS.

[(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments regarding the proposed one-way de...]

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

HIGHWAY 90 A AND THE NEAREST PRIVATE DRIVEWAY LOCATED ON THE NORTH WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF CRAVENS ROAD FROM A TWO WAY STREET TO A ONE WAY STREET IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION, ONLY PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE MUSTAFA AL-BASSAM, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS ON MY BEHALF, OUR CITY ENGINEER, VINCENZO CORAZZA, WILL BE PRESENTING THE POWERPOINT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS VINCENZO CAROZZA, YOUR CITY ENGINEER. I'LL BE PRESENTING THE ORDINANCE ITEM

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THERE'S HEAVY COMMERCIAL TRUCK ACTIVITY DUE TO THE NEARBY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PARK THAT IS IN THIS AREA. UNION PACIFIC OWNS THE RAILROAD, CITY, OWNS CRAVENS ROAD AND TEX-DOT OWNS US 98. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US 90 A HIGHWAY AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS IS 43FT.

COMMERCIAL TRUCKS OR 18 WHEELERS. THEY AVERAGE BETWEEN 70 TO 80FT. THEY'RE OFTEN HIT BY TRAINS AT THIS LOCATION AS THEY'RE WAITING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ONTO US. 98 THE CITY, TXDOT AND UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD HAVE COLLABORATED EXTENSIVELY TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SEVERAL OPTIONS, AND I'VE ACTUALLY INVITED DANIEL DVORAK. HE'S THE NEW AREA ENGINEER TO BE HERE TO REPRESENT TXDOT. DANIEL, PLEASE WAVE HELLO. OKAY, SO JUST TO ILLUSTRATE THE PROBLEM, AT THIS INTERSECTION BETWEEN 2021 AND 2025, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVEN CRASHES INVOLVING TRAINS AND TRUCKS AND TRUCKS AT THIS INTERSECTION. THESE STATS MAKE CRAVENS ROAD AND US 90 THE SECOND HIGHEST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND SINCE THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION DATA, WE'VE HAD THREE ADDITIONAL CRASHES, AS REPORTED BY MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND HERE'S A BRIEF HISTORY OF WHAT EFFORTS HAVE UNDERTAKEN IN 2020, CITY PARK DRIVE WAS BUILT THAT ALLOWED AN ADDITIONAL ROUTE CONNECTING THE BELTWAY EIGHT.

AND ALSO THERE WAS A STUDY THAT SUGGESTED ADDING AN ACCELERATION LANE OR AN APRON ON US 90 FOR TRUCKS TO CLEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS. BUT THAT IDEA FAILED TO REACH CONSENSUS.

THERE WERE OTHER STUDIES, BUT ULTIMATELY IN 2025, THE CITY AND TXDOT REACHED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WHEREBY TXDOT WOULD DESIGN AND CONVERT CRAVENS ROAD TO ONE WAY. WHILE THE CITY AGREES TO MAINTAIN THE IMPROVEMENTS ON CRAVENS ROAD. THAT LEADS US TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM. FOR ONE WAY DESIGNATION, OUR MUNICIPAL CODE CALLS OUT FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL.

OKAY, PRIOR TO TONIGHT, WE SENT OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO BUSINESSES INFORMING THEM OF TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING AND OUR DESIRE TO CONVERT PORTIONS OF CRAVENS ROAD TO ONE WAY. THOSE ARE ROUGHLY ABOUT 70 ADDRESSES THAT WE SENT OUT BY LETTER. AFTER TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING. THERE ARE THESE ARE THE FUTURE STEPS. THE SECOND READING IS TENTATIVELY SET FOR MAY 18TH, AND ACCORDING TO TXDOT, THEIR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE FOR IMPROVEMENTS IS SPRING 2027.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BACK TO YOU, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I SIGNED UP AND WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE. SO JUST MAKE IT REAL QUICK. IN SPEAKING WITH I SEE TEX DOT HERE AND SPEAKING WITH OUR RAILROAD COMMISSION, WHAT'S BEEN THE WHAT'S BEEN THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY EVERY TIME AN ACCIDENT TAKE PLACE, THEY END UP COMING BACK OUT AND LOOKING AT LOOKING AT THIS OR MAKING SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THIS INTERSECTION, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. SO WHERE ARE THEY WITH THIS WHOLE THING? IS THERE ANY ANY MOVEMENTS FROM THEM? SURE. OBVIOUSLY, EVERY TIME THERE'S A TRAIN CRASH, THEY HAVE REPRESENTATIVES TO GO TO THE LOCATION. BUT FROM A HISTORY POINT OF VIEW, IN JANUARY 2025, THERE WAS A THE RAILROAD UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, THEIR ENGINEER, WHICH IS BANESH. THEY ACTUALLY DID A, A STUDY FOR CLOSURE, OPERATIONAL CLOSURE OF CRAVENS AND U.S. 90. THERE WAS TWO OPTIONS. ONE WAS COMPLETE CLOSURE AND THE OTHER WAS PARTIAL CLOSURE, WHICH IS THE ONE WAY. SO BASED ON THEIR THEIR STUDY AND WE SPOKE WITH TXDOT AND THE CITY, AND WE DECIDED THE ONE WAY WAS THE BETTER OPTION. OKAY. SO THAT THAT WAS IT. SO I MEAN, THIS IS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON CITY

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WELL, SO THIS IS JUST PUTTING BAND-AID ON A LIPSTICK. IT IS. AND ALL I CAN SAY TO THAT MAYOR IS THAT YOU HAVE THREE ENTITIES THAT ARE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS. FIRST, WE NEED TO GET TO A DESIGN BUILD SO THAT WE CAN EVEN BEGIN TO QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE OUT THERE. THERE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS OUT THERE, BUT THOSE FUNDS GENERALLY REQUIRE A DESIGN BUILD PROJECT. SO THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THE RAILROAD, TXDOT, AND THE CITY WORKING TOGETHER, WE'RE CLOSER TO GETTING TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET ACCESS TO THOSE FUNDS THAN WE WERE WHEN WE WERE NOT WORKING TOGETHER AT ALL. OKAY, SO WHO'S GOING TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THIS TO GET THAT FEDERAL FUNDING, ALL THE ALL THE THREE PARTNERS? AND THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION. SO CAN WE GET THAT IN WRITING? THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO WORK BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITIES END UP WITH SHORT END OF THE STICK ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THIS IS OUR CORRIDOR, OUR BUSINESS DISTRICT, THAT IF WE'RE CONTINUING TO GROW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ANY RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT'S GOING TO COME IN THERE. IT'LL BE BUSINESS. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD COME IS THE FACT THAT THERE'S I'VE SEEN TOO MANY DEALS, MAYOR PRO TEM, AND I'VE SEEN TOO MANY DEALS JUST THIS MONTH ALONE. THAT IS THINGS THAT'S BEEN PROMISED AND THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. SO IF YOU'RE SAYING THE THREE ENGINEERS WORKING TOGETHER AND AND IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS, I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE IN THE PACKET THAT SAYS SAYING THAT THIS IS CONTINUING TO WORK FORWARD WITH THIS BECAUSE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, AND I'M SPEAKING TO YOU, CITY MANAGER, IS THE FACT THAT EASY THING TO DO IS TODAY TO GET FOUR THREE VOTE OR SEVEN ZERO VOTE OR FIVE TWO VOTE AND BE DONE WITH IT. I GUARANTEE YOU THIS CONVERSATION WILL NEVER COME BACK AGAIN UNTIL 5 TO 7 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT SEVEN PEOPLE SITTING UP HERE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM TRYING TO OPEN UP THIS BECAUSE IT'LL START GETTING BUSIER. THEN IT GOES BACK INTO THERE'S NO YOU'RE NOT HERE, I'M NOT HERE. SOME OF US ARE NOT HERE. AND I'M SURE SHASHI MAY NOT BE HERE.

NOBODY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED AND NOTHING EVER GETS DONE. SO TO ME, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD VOTE TO TEMPORARILY DO IT. BUT I CANNOT SAY THAT THIS PROBLEM COMPLETELY GOES AWAY FOR CITY, MISSOURI CITY ON THIS CORRIDOR. BY MAKING THIS ONE WAY, THEN THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE OWNERSHIP COMPLETELY STOPS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING FOR ME TO RELOOK AT THIS AND KIND OF SAYING THAT, WHERE IS IT? I REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT OVERPASS.

WHERE IS IT? WE KEEP BLAMING THE CONGRESSMAN, BLAMING THE SENATOR, BLAMING THE PRESIDENT, BLAMING EVERYBODY ELSE. BUT I DON'T SEE NOT ONE PERSON PUTTING INITIATIVE TO WORK FOR TOWARDS GETTING THIS OVERPASS, BECAUSE I DON'T HONESTLY, I HATE TO SAY THIS. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET AN OVERPASS OVER HERE. IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN. SO IF THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, THEN TELL US TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, NOT OVER PROMISING SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET. SO I YIELD MY COMMENTS BACK, RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM CLAUSER, DID YOU GET ANY FEEDBACK FROM ANY OF THE RESIDENTS? I MEAN, THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT YOU SENT NOTICE TO? WE HAD ONE FROM BEST BUY WHO JUST ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCEDURE. IT WASN'T A PRO OR AGAINST IT. SIMPLY WHEN YOU IMPLEMENT, WHEN WILL YOU IMPLEMENT THIS? WHAT'S THE SCHEDULE? AND SO IN YOUR REPORT SAYS 2027. HOW LONG ARE WE.

TELL ME ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT STARTING IN 2027. SO THAT WOULD BE A TEXDOT SCHEDULE.

IF YOU WANT, I CAN INVITE THE AREA ENGINEER TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT TEXDOT SCHEDULE. DO YOU WANT TO COME UP, DANIEL? HELLO. HELLO. THANK Y'ALL. SO YEAH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MISSOURI CITY, TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. AND RIGHT NOW WE'VE WE'VE HIRED A CONSULTANT, DEVELOPED A DESIGN TO CONVERT CRAVENS TO ONE WAY. THE SCOPE ENTAILS RESTRIPING THE EXISTING ROADWAY. SO THERE'S NO ROADWAY FOOTPRINT BEING ADDED. IT'S RESTRIPING IT TO A ONE WAY CONFIGURATION AND ADDING SIGNS AND BARRICADES TO PREVENT ANY WRONG WAY TRAFFIC ON THERE. SO WE'VE RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM MISSOURI CITY. WE'RE WORKING TO REFINE THE DESIGN AFTER WE KIND OF DEFINE, I GUESS, COMPLETE THE DESIGN AND SCOPE. WE WILL

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90. SO WHEN THE ARMS ARE ALARMED, YOU EITHER RUSH OUT ON 90 TRAFFIC AND GET HIT BY CARS, OR YOU SIT THERE AND GET EVERYBODY TRAINED. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ONLY 43FT AND YOUR TRUCK IS 70 TO 80FT. YOU KIND OF. SO I GUESS I GUESS MY QUESTION WASN'T NECESSARILY WHY THEY'RE NOT ARMS THERE, BUT THE SIGNALIZATION I GET WOULD BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE TO TO TRIGGER THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING TO PUT SIGNALS EVEN ACROSS HIGHWAY 90. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT. IS THERE NOT TECHNOLOGY THOUGH, THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF A TRAIN IS TWO MILES AWAY, THAT COULD SIGNAL TO AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE THEM OR DO SOMETHING IN ORDER TO CLEAR THAT. AND THEY DO. SO WHEN THE TRAIN IS UPSTREAM, UPSTREAM, BASED ON SPEED AND DIRECTION, IT TRIGGERS THE ALARM. SO THE ARMS WILL COME DOWN. IF YOU'RE A PASSENGER VEHICLE, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, STOP BEFORE THE ARM COMES DOWN. OR IF YOU'RE IN THERE, YOU CAN KIND OF SNEAK UP A LITTLE BIT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. BUT A TRUCK IS JUST TOO LONG WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY HEAR THE ALARM COMING DOWN, THE ARM IS COMING DOWN, BUT THEY HAVE A SORT OF LIKE, DO I GO FORWARD OR DO I STAY HERE? SO THAT THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE. IF IT WAS LIGHTED, IF THERE'S A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE, THEN IT COULD LIKE GIVE YOU THE GREEN TO CLEAR THE TRACKS AND STOP TRAFFIC ON US. 90. OKAY, SO IN READING SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS PUT FORTH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STUCK OUT TO ME IS THAT IT SAYS, LET ME FIND IT RIGHT QUICK. ONE SECOND SOMEWHERE. YOU YOU ALLUDED TO CONCURRENCE BETWEEN ALL THREE ENTITIES. IF CONCUR IS CONCURRENCE REQUIRED BETWEEN ALL THREE ENTITIES? YES. ESPECIALLY THE RAILROAD HAS TO BE ON BOARD BECAUSE IT'S THEIR RAILROAD. SO IF THEY DON'T LIKE OUR YOU KNOW. TRAFFIC LIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, THEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CONCUR. IT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO APPROVE CHANGES TO THAT CHANGES TO, TO THEIR TO THEIR OPERATION. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY LOVE OVERPASSES BECAUSE THERE'S NO STOPPAGE OF THEIR TRAINS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THEY REALLY WANT IS SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, MAGICALLY HAVE ALL THIS MONEY, GIVE ME AN OVERPASS, BECAUSE THEN THE TRAINS CONTINUALLY RUN UNDERNEATH. THERE'S NO CONFLICT. BUT IF THERE'S AT GRADE IMPROVEMENTS, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BRING THEM ON BOARD. OKAY. AND THEN SO WHO MANDATES THAT WE CLOSE THE LANE? IS, IS THAT GOING BACK TO THE CONCURRENCE THING AGAIN OR IS IT IT'S US? RIGHT. SO SO THERE WAS THERE WAS SEVERAL STUDIES. THERE WAS A TRAFFIC STUDY. THEY DID GREAT SEPARATION STUDY. AND THEN THE RAILROAD ENGINEER DID A STUDY AND SAID FULL CLOSURE OR

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SO IF A TRAIN DOES COME, IT GIVES YOU THE PREEMPTION TO CLEAR THAT. SO THERE ARE ALREADY ALTERNATIVE ROUTES, BUT PROPER SIGNAGE WILL BASICALLY TELL THEM THAT YOU CAN'T GO SOUTH ANYMORE TO GET TO US 90. GO MAKE A LEFT ON CITY PARK OR MAKE A RIGHT TO GET TO GESSNER TO GO AROUND. SO THERE WILL BE SIGNAGE TO DIRECT THEM TO GO ALTERNATE ROUTES AND THAT'S IDEAL. REALISTICALLY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE DRIVERS THAT MISS THAT SIGNAGE. SO WHAT OTHER MEASURES DO YOU HAVE IN PLACE TO PREVENT THEM? WHICH IS WHAT MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE PREVENTATIVE TO KEEP THOSE DRIVERS FROM TRAVELING DOWN THAT PARTICULAR LANE. AND THERE IS NOWHERE FOR THEM TO TURN AROUND. AN 18 WHEELER CANNOT TURN AROUND RIGHT THERE IF THEY GET TOO FAR BACK. I HAVE SEEN 18 WHEELERS TRAVEL DOWN A DEAD END STREET, EVEN THOUGH THE SIGNAGE WAS THERE, NOT CONCERNING THIS PARTICULAR, AND THEY HAD TO BACK UP ALMOST A MILE GOING BACKWARDS. AND SO THAT CREATES ANOTHER TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUE THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ADDRESSED HOW YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE A TURNAROUND SITUATION OR HAVE SOME REALLY BOLD SIGNAGE OUT THERE, OR HAVING SOME BARRICADES WHERE PEOPLE CANNOT TURN ON TO THAT ROAD PERIOD, OR ELSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SITUATION. AND I WILL I WILL BET MY NEXT CHECK I WON'T. BUT ON IF THEY COME DOWN THAT TRACK, IF THEY'RE TRAVELING DOWN THERE AND THEY REALIZE THEY CANNOT

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OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THEIR THEIR BUDGET, NOT OURS. THAT WAS MY COMMENT. FIRST, THE DESIGN IS CONSTRUCT THE TURNAROUND. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION AND CONCERN IS, OF COURSE, NOW WE'RE REROUTING THAT TRAFFIC ONTO BACK DOWN CRAVENS WHERE THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA OVER THERE THAT IS BEEN ADAMANT ABOUT THE 18 WHEELER TRAFFIC OVER THERE. WHAT WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR THE INCREASED NOISE AND TRAFFIC FOR THOSE RESIDENTS OVER THERE? IS THERE AN OPTION FOR YOU GUYS TO EDUCATE THEM TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD GUN SET LANE? IS THAT AN OPTION FOR INSTEAD OF THEM TRAVELING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GESSNER TO TAKE THAT LEFT OR RIGHT? IS GUN SET AN OPTION FOR THEM TO REROUTE? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT I JUST SEE THE STREET, THE LANE THERE. NOW, I THINK THE THE AREA I CIRCLED HERE IS ALL IT'S ALL INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL. SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU CAN'T GO SOUTH ON CRAVENS ROAD NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO GO NORTH ON CRAVEN AND MAKE A LEFT ON GESSNER. AND ALL OF THAT IS COMMERCIAL. SO THE RESIDENTIAL I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS LIKE UP TO THE VERY NORTH. THE ONLY SCENARIO WHERE THEY BEING DENIED TO GO ON US 90 ON CRAVENS. THEY WOULDN'T GO THROUGH THAT RESIDENTIAL. THEY WOULD MAKE A LEFT RIGHT ON GESSNER OR A RIGHT ON CITY PARK AS THE ALTERNATE ROUTES. SO I DON'T SEE A RESIDENTIAL IMPACT BASED ON THE CRAVENS ROAD CLOSURE. WELL, GESSNER IS THE MAIN STREET TO THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA. THEIR SUBDIVISIONS ON BOTH SIDES. IS IT UP ON YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UP ON. SO AS YOU AS YOU TRAVEL, THERE IS A IF YOU LOOK. LESLIE LANE IS INSIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT GOING DOWN CRAVENS ROAD, WHEN YOU GET TO THE END WHERE CRAVENS AND SOUTH GESSNER MEETS, THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION RIGHT THERE TO THE RIGHT THAT THOSE 18 WHEELERS TRAVEL RIGHT THERE. SO IF THEY TURN LEFT, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GOING TO REMAIN IN THE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL AREA. BUT IF THEY TURN RIGHT ON TO GESSNER FROM CRAVENS ROAD, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TRAVEL THROUGH A, NOT A NOT IN THE ACTUAL SUBDIVISIONS, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRAVELING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SITS ON THEIR LEFT AND THEIR RIGHT. SO MY CONCERN IS THE INCREASED TRAFFIC TRAVELING THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY INCREASE IN NOISE, AND WHAT DOES THAT DO TO OUR ROADWAYS? AND WITH HAVING MORE 18 WHEELERS TRAVELING DOWN SOUTH GESSNER AND ON, ON CRAVENS, WHEN WE CLOSE OFF THAT STREET SO THAT THE CRAVENS. I'M SORRY, GESSNER BETWEEN CRAVENS AND THE US 90 IS IS MAINLY INDUSTRIAL. I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY SOME RESIDENTIAL THERE, BUT THE ROAD IS IS BUILT FOR TRUCK TRAFFIC. WHETHER THERE WAS A STUDY ON ON A DIVERSION FROM THE STUDY AND THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IS LIKE VERY MINOR IN TERMS OF THE IMPACTS ON THE SURROUNDING ROADS. OKAY. THAT'S MY QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT NOW. I MAY JUMP BACK IN THE Q AND A IN A MINUTE. I RECOGNIZE AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING ATTENTION TO IS I THINK THE LAST ACCIDENT THAT WE HAD ON CRAVENS WASN'T JUST A TRUCK AND A TRAIN. IT WAS A COMMUTER RAIL, WHICH HAD, I DON'T KNOW, 80 OR SOME ODD PASSENGERS ON THAT ON THAT THAT TRAIN. SO YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THOSE TRACKS ARE USED FOR MORE THAN JUST COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL USES. THEY'RE THEY USE IT FOR

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I'LL GO BACK AND I THINK THE MAYOR SAID IT 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT A FLYOVER. AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SAID, WELL, LET'S TRY TO PUSH THAT. BUT AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT IS OR IF IF THAT'S AN OPTION OR IS IT AN UNDERPASS OR AN OVERPASS ON SOME OTHER STREET OTHER THAN, THAN CRAVEN. BUT I JUST WANT TO BRING ATTENTION THAT THE, THE POTENTIAL FOR A CATASTROPHIC TRAIN CRASH ISN'T JUST A TRAIN AND A, A LARGE TRUCK. YOU'VE GOT THE COMMUTER RAIL AND YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, TRAVELERS THAT USE THAT FACILITY. AND SO I THINK NOT THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVES US ANY SOLUTION, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE DO SOMETHING HERE SO THAT WE DON'T JUST SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, FLIPPANTLY, WELL, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A ONE ON ONE, YOU KNOW, THE TRAIN PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE OF ITS WEIGHT AND THE, THE TRUCK, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE, TO THE DRIVER. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT AS TO PEOPLE'S ATTENTION THAT WE'RE WE'VE GOT ADDITIONAL LIABILITY AND HARM TO POTENTIAL. THEY MAY NOT BE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY, BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY RESIDENTS OF TEXAS. SO WITH THAT, THAT WAS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY BROUGHT UP SEVERAL GOOD POINTS ON THIS THAT I DIDN'T THINK OF. THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT. BECAUSE IF YOU CLOSE CRAVENS ROAD, THEN TO GET AROUND BACK TO 90, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. SO WHAT I FEEL I'M TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES. WHAT I FEEL LIKE IS WE HAVE THREE GROUPS THAT COLLIDED TOGETHER AND THEY CAME UP WITH THE EASIEST SOLUTION, WHICH IS TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE CRAVENS ROAD AND CALL IT A DAY. AND WE'RE DONE. SO I LIKE TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO FORCE THE OUR CITY ENGINEERS AND TXDOT AND UNION RAIL TO GO BACK AND RELOOK AT THIS AND COME BACK TO US WITH MORE EQUITABLE, APPLICABLE SOLUTIONS VERSUS US SPENDING MONEY. AND WE GOT NOTHING FOR IT. AND WE BE STOPPING THIS. AND THIS FURTHERMORE, WILL STOP THAT DEVELOPMENT COMING UP THERE. AND THEN TO THE POINT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, PRIVATE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT'S THERE. WE JUST DID THIS ON MCLEAN, EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE, TRYING TO CLOSE IT FROM TRUCKS ENTERING THROUGH IT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I SEE YOUR MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, I THINK WE SPEND THE MONEY ALREADY. WE DID THIS STUDY. I THINK THIS IS JUST A JUST A BAND-AID, AND THIS IS JUST ICING ON THE CAKE.

AND IT WOULD BE BEST FOR ALL THREE IF THIS WERE TO BE JUST CLOSED AND NO ONE IS GOING TO GO WORK FOR THIS FEDERAL FUNDED DOLLARS THAT NEEDS TO GET OVERPASSED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S MY SUGGESTIONS. AND, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR MOTION IS. I'M IN THE QUEUE.

YEAH. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, I'M GLAD THAT YOU SAID THAT, MAYOR, BECAUSE I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THIS EASY FIX, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FACTORS. AND MY QUESTION IS, WHY WASN'T A DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY AN OPTION? BECAUSE I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AND I'M NOT THE EXPERT HERE, BUT THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE THE DANGEROUS ACCESS ONTO 90. THAT WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC BACK THROUGH DOWN CRAVENS, AS WELL AS ON SOUTH GESSNER. IF YOU'VE NEVER DRIVEN SOUTH GESSNER LIKE I DO EVERY DAY, IT IS A MADHOUSE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONTO 90. IT IS, IT IS. THERE'S ALREADY A TON OF 18 WHEELERS AND THAT ROAD IS NOT EVEN CLOSED YET. THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC. THERE'S A LOT OF BUMPER TO BUMPER. IT'S IT'S A MESSY ROAD ALREADY. AND THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS WORKED SO HARD, I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AS WELL AS BRINGING TXDOT TOGETHER WITH UNION PACIFIC. BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A. NOW AND LATER, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION

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

THERE'S NO FORMAL FORMAL PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM. THE CITY SOLICITED PROPOSALS FOR LEGISLATIVE SERVICES THROUGH RFP 26049. THE CITY RECEIVED FOUR RESPONSES TO THAT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. STAFF FOUND THAT TWO OF THOSE PROPOSALS, CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND GREENBERG TRAURIG, TO BE OR TO PROVIDE THE BEST VALUE TO THE CITY. BOTH INCLUDE MONITORING LEGISLATION AND SERVICES THAT PROVIDE FOR PREPARING DOCUMENTS TO FACILITATE THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON, WHAT'S YOUR MOTION? MY MOTION IS TO GO THROUGH WITH THE CORNERSTONE. OKAY. IS THAT YOUR SECOND? ALL RIGHT. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND. GO AHEAD. AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE OR AGAINST. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO THE TIME IS 8:13 P.M. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD GO BACK INTO OUR CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE.

77551.074. MAYOR, DID YOU ADJOURN? I APOLOGIZE, YES.

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