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TODAY IS MONDAY, AUGUST 17TH. WILL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:32 P.M. WE DO HAVE WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL, AND OUR PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. LET'S SAY OUR PLEDGE TO THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 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. RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. CITY SECRETARY,
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HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS FOR ANY ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA? YES, MR. MAYOR, I HAVE I RECEIVED A PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST FOR THE ITEM. I'M SORRY. JUST ONE MOMENT, MAYOR. FOR ITEM NINE G. ANTHONY BELL, SENIOR. MISTER BELL, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. OH. HI. MY NAME IS ANTHONY BELL. I'M WITH THE UNIVERSAL MADE. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR LETTING US, ALLOWING US TO HAVE OUR ANNUAL VETERAN LUNCHEON. THIS WILL BE OUR SIXTH ANNUAL VETERANS LUNCHEON THIS YEAR ON NOVEMBER THE 15TH. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTNERING WITH US AND HELPING US OUT. AND JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FIVE ARE STAFF
[(a) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of announcements of communit...]
REPORTS. WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR CITY MANAGER, ALAN BOGART. FIVE, A MR. MAYOR, I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A PERSON THAT I HAVE ARRANGED TO COME IN AND HELP US IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AREA. YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WE RECENTLY HAD OUR LONGTIME DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR STEPPED DOWN, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF HER AND IN ORDER TO. TRY TO FIND WAYS TO UPGRADE AND IMPROVE THE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE IN THAT AREA. I HAVE ASKED FOR MR. JIM CALLOWAY AND JIM, IF YOU'LL PLEASE, STAND SO PEOPLE CAN KNOW TO THROW THINGS AT YOU. I SAY THAT BECAUSE JIM HAS ONE OF THE BEST SENSE OF HUMOR YOU'RE EVER GOING TO RUN ACROSS. JIM CALLOWAY IS BOTH THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION AND FOR THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND. IN SUGAR LAND. HE DID SUCH A GOOD JOB AT IT THAT I PROMOTED HIM TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WHICH HE SERVED TO UNTIL THIS LAST YEAR WHEN HE RETIRED. I HAVE BROUGHT HIM IN AS A PART TIME TEMPORARY ADVISOR WHO WILL WORK WITH OUR STAFF TO LOOK FOR WAYS THAT THE SERVICES WITHIN THAT AREA CAN BE MADE ALL THE BETTER. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW WHO JIM IS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE IS NOBODY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT KNOWS MORE ABOUT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PROCESSES IN TEXAS THAN JIM CALLOWAY DOES. SO I THINK HE'LL GIVE US A LOT OF HELP. THANK YOU MAYOR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SO WE CAN THROW THINGS AT HIM.YES, YES. AND HE'S THE BIGGEST AGGIE IN THE WORLD, AND IT'S SO IRRITATING. THANK YOU. ALL
[(b) Presentation and Discussion - Certified Tax Rolls.]
RIGHT. WE HAVE ITEM FIVE B, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION DISCUSSION CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS.WE HAVE RHONDA SMITH, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO FORMALLY RECEIVED THE 2026 CERTIFIED CERTIFIED TAX ROLL. THERE WE GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS REQUIRED BY LAW. SO THE TWO THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY LAW IS THAT THE TAX ASSESSOR MUST FIRST SUBMIT THE APPRAISAL
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ROLL FOR THE CITY, SHOWING THE TOTAL APPRAISED, ASSESSED AND TAXABLE VALUES ALONG WITH THE TAXABLE VALUE OF NEW PROPERTY TO THE CITY. AND THEN THE SECOND THING THAT MUST HAPPEN UNDER THE TAX LAW IS THE TAX ASSESSOR MUST ESTIMATE THE COLLECTION RATE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE AMOUNT OF DEBT TAXES COLLECTED IN EXCESS OF THE ANTICIPATED AMOUNT. AND THESE TWO ITEMS ARE PART OF THE AGENDA. SO THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL, THIS ACTUAL SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL. AND I'M GOING TO TALK SPECIFICALLY FROM THE THE TOTAL NUMBER THE TOTAL COLUMN. THE COMBINED CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUE ACROSS BOTH COUNTIES, WHICH IS FORT BEND AND HARRIS COUNTY. TOTAL 13.35 $13.3 BILLION. WHEN YOU COUNT THE VALUE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE ARB OR THE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD NUMBER. SO THAT GETS YOU TO THE 13.3 THIS YEAR. SO IF YOU TAKE THAT AND COMPARE IT TO 2025, IT'S AT 13.1 BILLION. SO WE'RE SEEING THAT THE RATE OR THE VALUE HAS INCREASED YEAR OVER YEAR BY 1.76%. NOW MOVING TO THE NEW IMPROVEMENT IN PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUES FOR THIS YEAR, THIS FOR 2026, THE VALUE IS NOW 154 MILLION COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE SHOWING A 5.5% INCREASE. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, IT'S BOTH THE FORT BEND AND HARRIS COUNTY. FORT BEND MAKES UP IN EXCESS OF 94% OF THAT. AND THE REST IS HARRIS COUNTY.THE OTHER ITEM WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS REVENUE FORGONE. AND THAT'S THE EXEMPTIONS. AND WITHIN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, WE HAVE HOMESTEAD OVER 65 AND THE DISABLED EXEMPTIONS. AND AS YOU SEE LOOK, YEAR OVER YEAR FOR HOMESTEAD, IT HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED BY 3.4 MILLION IN VALUE. BUT THE TOTAL INCREASE IS 11 BILLION. BUT WHEN YOU TAKE THE ASSESSED VALUE, THAT ACTUALLY IS SHOWING A 2.2 THE TAX, I'M SORRY, THE YEAR 2026 TAX VALUE FOR EXEMPTIONS IS 2.2 MILLION COMPARED TO 2.1. SO WE'RE SHOWING A SMALL INCREASE OF $66,000 FOR EXEMPTIONS. AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY PROVIDED THIS TO OUR CITIZENS. AND THE BIGGEST INCREASE IS IN THE OVER 65 EXEMPTION. SO THAT IS IT FOR THE SUMMARY OF THE TAX ROLL. CERTIFIED TAX ROLL. SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEXT STEPS ONCE YOU'VE RECEIVED THE TAX ROLLS THERE ARE TWO DATES THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT. ONE IS WE'RE GOING TO PUBLISH THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, WHICH IS FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH. THE NEXT IS TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 21ST. AND WITH THAT, THAT IS THE END OF THIS REPORT. IT'S JUST A SUMMARY. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT YOU RECEIVE THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU RHONDA. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS YOU COME IN BACK UP AGAIN. RIGHT.
IF I COULD ADD ONE THING, I DID NOT ASK FOR RHONDA TO INCLUDE THE NUMBERS, BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT A LOT OF THE INCREASED VALUE IS OCCURRING IN THE TOURS. YES. AND WE DON'T GET THAT REVENUE. IT COMES IN AND THEN IT GOES BACK OUT. SO THAT WOULD BE A PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT I THINK WOULD BE VALUABLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE'LL PROVIDE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RHONDA. I RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TEM. OH. FOR MY COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO MOVE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE IS IT? NINE A THROUGH E RACHEL IS ALWAYS PRESENTING. AT THE END OF OUR MEETINGS, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE RACHEL MURRAY AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AHEAD. SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEMS NINE A THROUGH E. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD BE YOUR MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLAUSER. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS NOT ON THE THING. YEAH. SO WE HAVE A SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. GO AHEAD. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
LET'S GO AHEAD. MAYOR. YES. MEMBER. BROWN. MARSHALL. YES. MAYOR. PRO TEM CLAUSER. YES.
MEMBER. RILEY. YES. MEMBER. THOMPSON. MEMBER. O'DEKIRK. YES. MEMBER. EMERY. YES. THE MOTION
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution approving the submiss...]
CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO NINE RESOLUTION NINE A, A RESOLUTION[00:10:04]
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A FY 26 COMMUNITY POLICING DEVELOPMENT MICRO-GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO RECRUIT, HIRE AND RETAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, RACHEL. I KNOW YOU WEREN'T READY, SO LET'S GO. THAT'S OKAY. WE WILL GET READY REAL QUICK. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF. GOOD EVENING. REQUESTING APPROVAL TO APPLY. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE THREE GRANTS UNDER THIS COMMUNITY POLICING DEVELOPMENT MICRO-GRANT. THE FIRST ONE IS FOR RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND HIRING. THE GOAL HERE IS TO FOCUS ON THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ASPECT OF THIS GRANT. AND THERE IS A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR, SOME SOFTWARE WE'RE APPLYING A LOT FOR OFFICER OVERTIME, BEING ABLE TO SEND OUR OFFICERS, OUR RECRUITMENT TEAM TO THE EVENTS, TO ALL OVER THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT OUTSIDE OF OUR NORMAL AREA. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. THANK YOU.WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND USE A DIE. I MEAN, USE A COMPUTER TO GO AHEAD. AND SO I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A MOTION. THAT WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON, SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution approving the submiss...]
CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. ITEM 9B9BA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF AN FY 26 COMMUNITY POLICE POLICING DEVELOPMENT MICRO-GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO PURCHASE UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO. GOOD EVENING. AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER CATEGORY WITHIN THAT SAME GRANT THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR TWO. IT'S CALLED PATROL LEAD DRONE. AS FIRST RESPONDERS. THE COMPANY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THEY'RE JUST RUNNING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. AND SO ESSENTIALLY THEY WILL BE DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDERS. THEY HAVE TO BE LAUNCHED FROM THE GROUND. THEY DON'T HAVE A DOCKING STATION TO BE LAUNCHED. BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE NEXT. ANTON, BE HERE AT 630. RIGHT. ALRIGHT. I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A MOTION. ALRIGHT.
WE HAVE 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 UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. THANK YOU.
[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution approving the submiss...]
ITEM 9CA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A FISCAL YEAR 2026 COMMUNITY POLICING DEVELOPMENT MICRO-GRANT PROGRAM APPLICANT APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO OBTAIN A PART TIME ANALYST POSITION, TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO.THANK YOU. SO THIS IS THE THIRD CATEGORY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR UNDER THE THE COPS MICRO GRANT, AND WE'RE APPLYING FOR A PART TIME ANALYST POSITION TO BE ABLE TO ANALYZE CRIME TRENDS AND HAVE THEM HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC FOCUS WITHIN THE CITY TO WORK WITH OUR OFFICERS AND OUR INVESTIGATORS. SO WE'RE APPLYING FOR ALL OF THEIR TRAINING, A LOT OF THEIR EQUIPMENT, CONFERENCES, THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK HE SHOWED UP. SO IT'S OKAY, WE HAVE ONE MORE.
YOU GOT ONE MORE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SEEING I WANT TO CALL FOR A MOTION. ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. NO OTHER KNOWN ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. 9DA RESOLUTION
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OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A FISCAL YEAR 2026 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES SAFER OUTCOMES ENHANCING CRISIS RESPONSE TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO. OKAY, SO THIS ONE IS ALSO THROUGH THE COPS OFFICE, BUT IT'S CALLED SAFER OUTCOMES. AND THE WHOLE FOCUS OF THE TRAINING, THE WHOLE FOCUS OF THE GRANT IS DE-ESCALATION TRAINING. SO THAT FOCUSES WITH OUR OFFICERS WHERE WE CAN GET DISPATCH INVOLVED AS WELL. IT WILL FOCUS ON NOT ONLY DE-ESCALATION TACTICS THAT WILL FOCUS ON WORKING WITH DISABILITY, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THIS AND SO ON. THIS ONE, WE'RE APPLYING FOR WHAT'S CALLED A TRAINING POD THROUGH AXON. IT'S A FIVE PERSON TRAINING SHIPPING CONTAINER BASICALLY, AND THEN FIVE VR HEADSETS TO GO WITH THE TRAINING. OKAY. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CALLING FOR A MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER[00:15:01]
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 AND NINE E RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL[(e) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution approving the submiss...]
OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A FISCAL YEAR 2026 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FISCAL YEAR 2026. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CYBERCRIMES PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO. SO THIS GRANT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IT'S GOING TO BE FOR OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN GRANT. IT'S FOR CYBER CRIMES. AND ON THIS GRANT, WE'RE APPLYING FOR A PART TIME DIGITAL FORENSICS SPECIALIST TO COME IN AND WORK WITH OUR ICAC INVESTIGATOR, OUR TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATOR ON THAT. WE'RE APPLYING FOR ALL OF THE SOFTWARE NEEDED, ALL OF THE TRAINING NEEDED MOVING FORWARD, AND THEN OFFICER OVERTIME FOR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE ENCOMPASSING WITHIN THAT. OKAY, CALL FOR A MOTION. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MEMBER O'DEKIRK. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, THANK[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO JUMP BACK TO ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A CONSENT AGENDA. CALL FOR MOTION.OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, WHAT IS YOUR MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRINTED. IS THAT YOUR SECOND COUNCILMEMBER? ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON, SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. OUR AUTHORIZATION SEVEN A IS
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the Fire and Rescue Serv...]
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO EXECUTE A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, FORT BEND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FIRST RESPONDERS FOR FOR COMPLEX RESPONSE AND INVESTIGATION PLANNING FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN FORT BEND COUNTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS HOUSE BILL 33. WE HAVE OUR CHIEF, MARIO PARTIDA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THIS REQUEST IS FOR THE EXECUTION OF A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR RESPONSE TO QUALIFYING SCHOOL INCIDENTS. THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH HOUSE BILL 33, WHICH WAS ENACTED AFTER THE UVALDE SCHOOL SHOOTING. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL COST OR RESOURCE COMMITMENT TO THE CITY AND NO CHANGE TO OUR CURRENT RESPONSE PROCEDURES OR OR OPERATIONS.THE AGREEMENT FORMALIZES AND SOLIDIFIES DEPARTMENT EXISTING RESPONSE PLANS AND MUTUAL AID COORDINATION FOR SCHOOL INCIDENTS. STAFF RECOMMENDS EXECUTING THE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND DPS FOR RESPONSE TO QUALIFYING SCHOOL INCIDENTS, AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU CHIEF. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. I'M CALLING FOR A MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. GOOD JOB, CHIEF. THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. ITEM
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - Designate the proposed maximum ad ...]
NUMBER SEVEN B IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO DESIGNATE THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM AD VALOREM TAX RATE AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2026. RHONDA SMITH CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'VE ACCEPTED THE TAX CERTIFIED TAX ROLL. NOW IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT WE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR CITY COUNCIL TO SET TONIGHT. BUT BEFORE WE GO THERE, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO GET HERE FIRST. BY LAW, WE HAVE TO DO TWO TWO THINGS. ONE, ESTABLISH TWO BENCHMARKS. ONE IS CALLED THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. AND THAT IS THE RATE THAT GENERATES APPROXIMATELY THE SAME REVENUE AS THE PRIOR YEAR, EXCLUDING ANY PROPERTY VALUE ADDED. THE SECOND IS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, AND THAT'S THE MAXIMUM THE CITY CAN ADOPT BEFORE REQUIRING AN ELECTION. SO ONCE WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ADDRESSING THE ACTUAL MAXIMUM TAX RATE, WHICH WE'RE HERE TODAY. SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT BEFORE I WANT TO SET A FEW COMPARABLES JUST FOR CONTEXT. SO NOW WE HAVE OUR FAMOUS DIME THAT WE TEND TO TO SHOW. AND WHAT THIS IS FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF PROPERTY TAX PAID BY MISSOURI CITY, $0.27 OF THAT[00:20:08]
GOES TO MISSOURI CITY. THE REMAINING 73% CENTS GOES TO FORT BEND ISD, FORT BEND GENERAL AND H H CC. OF THAT, ABOUT 49% OF THAT GOES TO HISD. SO WE WANTED TO AT LEAST SHOW THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT THE TAXPAYER IS SHOWING IN REFERENCE TO THEIR TOTAL PROPERTY TAX. SO THIS SCHEDULE IS A SCHEDULE OF A TEN YEAR HISTORY. IN THE BOTTOM TWO ROWS ACTUALLY SHOW THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, WHICH WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY, FOR YOU TO APPROVE IN THAT PROPOSED TAX RATE IS 0.578363. WE ALWAYS GO OUT SIX DIGITS AND THEN THE TEN YEAR AVERAGE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSED OR THE SCHEDULE, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS IN 2019 AND 2020. YOU SEE THE HIGHEST RATES AT 0.63. BUT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE KEPT IT FLAT AT 0.570825. SO THAT'S FOR 24, 25, 26. AND YOU SEE OUR AVERAGE IS 0.588240.SO THAT'S TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE HAD A STEADY DECLINE AND A STABILITY WITHIN THAT 0.57 RATE.
SO NOW LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF OUR COMPARISONS TO OUR PEERS. HERE. WE SEE THAT WITH MISSOURI CITY WHEN WE COMPARE OUR PEERS WHICH INCLUDES BAYTOWN, PEARLAND, RICHMOND AND LA PORTE, WE ARE ACTUALLY LOWER. AND SO THAT IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT WE'RE WITHIN RANGE AND EVEN LOWER THAN OUR PEERS, FRIENDSWOOD AND PASADENA AND CONROE ARE A LITTLE LOWER, BUT THEIR MAKEUP IS DIFFERENT. SO THIS IS A SLIDE WHICH IS THE AVERAGE IMPACT ON A HOMEOWNER.
SO THE FIRST COLUMN SHOWS THAT, I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO LOOK DOWN BECAUSE I CAN'T READ THAT. THE FIRST COLUMN SHOWS THAT WITH THE NEW TAX RATE BEING PROPOSED, THE TAXPAYER WOULD PAY $1,900.
THAT'S COMPARED TO THE TAX RATE OF 1917 FROM LAST YEAR. THIS IS BASED ON AN AVERAGE TAXABLE HOME VALUE OF 334 000. SO WHAT THIS IS SHOWING YOU IS THAT THE RATE THAT THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER WOULD SHOW PAY WOULD GO UP, BUT IT WOULD ONLY GO UP BY $45 ANNUALLY. SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT A TAXPAYER NOW WOULD PAY $163 VERSUS $159, WHICH IS ABOUT $3.75 MORE PER MONTH THAN LAST YEAR. AND AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS BASED ON THE AVERAGE TAXABLE HOME VALUE OF $334,000.
NOW, WHAT ARE WE PROPOSING? SO THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.578363 PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 0.007, OR THREE QUARTERS OF A PERCENT, OVER THE CURRENT TAX RATE OF 0.57025, AND THAT REMAINS BELOW THE VOTER APPROVED RATE AND CLOSER TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. SO THE PROPOSED PROPOSED RATE IS COMPRISED OF THE FOLLOWING. THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, OR IS 0.455029, WHICH REMAINS STEADY AND HAS NOT CHANGED. AND THEN DEBT SERVICE, WHICH IS 0.12334. THAT GETS YOU TO THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.578363.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS THE DEBT SERVICE. AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PURSUE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SO IF WE ASSUME THAT AT 98% IS OUR COLLECTION, WE'RE VERY CONSERVATIVE IN IN THAT RATE, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE GENERATES ABOUT 75 MILLION IN TOTAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. OF THIS, 51.6 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE GENERAL FUND, 7.8 WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES, AND THE REMAINING 16 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. SO WITH THAT, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT CITY COUNCIL SET THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE AT 0.578363. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SORRY. EXCUSE ME. THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE. EXCUSE ME. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS THIS REFLECTS ABOUT THE THREE QUARTER CENT INCREASE. YES. WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT THIS IS VERY CONSERVATIVE CONSIDERING THIS IS WE'RE
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INCREASING THE DEBT RATE TO COVER THE BONDS THAT WE'VE MINIMALLY INCREASED, BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT TWO AND A HALF CENTS PREVIOUSLY, I THINK. SO WE ARE KEEPING THE M AND O LEVEL LEVEL. SO EVEN WHEN WE'RE ADDING IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR ANIMAL SHELTER, WE ARE COVERING THAT WITH OUR PREVIOUS RATE. YOU KNOW, AT A TIME WHEN WE KNOW THAT ROSENBERG'S IN A CRISIS, I KNOW THAT FRIENDSWOOD IS RAISING THEIR RATES. SUGARLAND IS RAISING THEIR RATES. I THINK WE'RE DOING PRETTY DARN GOOD. SO I APPRECIATE THIS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL. THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK COVERED MY THINGS. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I LATE SIGN UP. I DID. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK ALAN. THANK YOU RHONDA. THANK YOU TO ALL YOUR TEAM, ESPECIALLY CYNTHIA, WHO JUST GOT HERE. AND I, I HEARD SHE REVIEWED IT, BUT WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS 2024, 25, 26. WE LEFT IT FLAT 0.57. REMEMBER WHEN COUNCILMEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER AND I GOT HERE, IT WAS AROUND 60, 62 OR $0.63. AND THEN I THINK WITH WITH I THINK COUNCILMEMBER RILEY AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER BROWN MARSHALL GETTING HERE, WE WERE ABLE TO RELOOK AT THIS AND BRING IT DOWN IN 23, 24 HOUR TIME FRAME TO LEAVE IT FLAT. WITH SO MUCH GOING ON WITH INFLATION, WITH THE INCREASES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON WITH STAFF, CIVIL SERVICE, I CAN KEEP GOING WITH AND KEEP IN MIND, WITH 2021 BOND THAT PEOPLE ELECTED, PEOPLE VOTED FOR, WE WERE ABLE TO GET $30 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS ALSO COMPLETED WITHIN THIS, FROM .570 8 TO 0.5783, EVEN THOUGH MUSTAFA WANTED MORE. BUT THAT'S OKAY. BUT IT RIGHTFULLY SO THAT MAKING SURE THAT OUR TAXPAYERS REALLY NEED TO KNOW IN A TIME OF CRISIS AND TIME OF UNCERTAINTY, IN A TIME THAT'S EVERYONE IS QUESTIONING, EVEN AMONGST OURSELVES, AND TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER A BUDGET THAT'S REALLY WITH NOTHING AND TO GET WHAT WE ARE GETTING. I AM REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR WORK AND TO THE ENTIRE FINANCE TEAM AND THEN THE DIRECTORS, THE DIRECTORS THAT WORKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SURE AND THIS AND THE CFO TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THEIR ITEMS WERE GOT IN, AND TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER A BUDGET SUCH AS THIS, TO ME, IS REMARKABLE. IMPRESSIVE. FROM THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE FROM 2020, BOTH MAYOR PRO TEM AND I, TO SEE IT IN. AND I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD IT WOULD HAVE TO GO UP EVEN HIGHER TO CONTINUE THE SERVICE WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING OR REDUCING ANY SERVICES THAT YOU ALL BE ABLE TO DELIVER THIS. SO THIS IS REMARKABLE TO OUR CITIZENS. ANY CITIZENS THAT'S OUT THERE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE HARD WORK THAT THE STAFF HAS GONE THROUGH AND THAT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOUR COUNCIL PARTICIPATING ON TWO BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND THEN INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS. AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER, ANGEL JONES, AND WORKING WITH US, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THIS IS SO IT'S A COMMUNITY EFFORT. AND OF COURSE, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS.AND WE HOPE THAT THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THIS AND, AND MAKE THINGS WORK. AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE'S, THERE'S, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY TIGHT. SO BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND ALL OF THAT IS NOT PROBABLY NOT GOING TO WORK THROUGH IN THIS PROCESS. BUT, BUT I WANT TO GIVE TODAY, I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE ENTIRE STAFF AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR SPENDING THIS TIME. SO WITH THAT, I YIELD RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER EMERICH. YES, I, I WOULD LIKE TO TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR RATE FLAT. I THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT THAT WE WENT BACK TO THE STAFF AND REALLY FINELY TUNED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING. SO I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT INFLATION, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE INCREASES IN SOME OF THE PERSONNEL THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS, I AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT THAT WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE. WE BEING THE STAFF AND THE THE CITY MANAGER DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO COME UP WITH A
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RATE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO STAY VERY CLOSE TO WHERE WE, WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. SO AGAIN, HATS OFF TO THAT GROUP OF STAFF AND, AND EMPLOYEES FOR THE HARD WORK AND BRINGING SOMETHING THAT'S, I THINK IS MEANINGFUL TO, TO US AND TO OUR CITIZENS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I FORGOT ONE PERSON. I DID SIGN MYSELF BACK UP. BERTHA ALEXANDER. BERTHA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE MOTION. IS THERE A MOTION? SO COUNCIL MEMBER RAMOS, WHAT IS YOUR MOTION. THANK YOU. ON TONIGHT I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SET THE MAXIMUM AD VALOREM TAX RATE AT 0.578363. AND TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2026. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON, IS THAT YOUR SECOND? ALL RIGHT.SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON, SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MOTION CARRIES
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action – First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM EIGHT, OUR ORDINANCES EIGHT A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL, AMENDING REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO ACCESS TO RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. OKAY. WE HAVE MUSTAFA AL-BASSAM, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS EVENING. WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM FOR YOU IN FRONT OF YOU TO AMEND A SMALL SECTION OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL, THE IDM SECTION 11.15 QUICK MODIFICATION WOULD LIKE TO AMEND TO THIS. IDM IS BASICALLY ELIMINATE A SECTION OF THAT CODE WHERE IT STIPULATES THE REQUIREMENT FOR ACCESS POINTS ON DEVELOPMENTS. CURRENTLY, THE CODE STIPULATES THAT ANY ANY DEVELOPMENT HAS 30 OR MORE, 30 OR MORE LOTS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT. THE SAME CODE IS REFERENCED IN THE FIRE ACCESS, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ELIMINATE IT FROM OUR SECTION AND JUST REFER TO THE FIRE ACCESS CODE, WHICH IS CHAPTER 38. AND THIS IS IN FRONT OF YOU HERE, JUST SHOWS THE AMENDMENT TO WHAT THE SECTION WILL BE DELETED FROM THE CODE. STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL. AND THAT'S IT. OKAY, SO. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT A IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. ALL RIGHT. MEMBER THOMPSON. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
YOU. ITEM EIGHT B AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 38 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE, AMENDING THE 2021 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. AMENDING PROVISIONS RELATING TO ACCESS TO RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. OKAY, WE HAVE EMILIO RUIZ, DIVISION FIRE CHIEF. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL HERE TONIGHT ASKING TO AMEND OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 38, SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE ACCESS ON DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE 40 OR MORE. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE THAT THRESHOLD SET AT 30, WHICH IS MODELED AFTER THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. SO WE HAD TO GO BACK. AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH CUTBACKS. ALSO, OUR DEVELOPERS AND THEY'RE TRYING TO COME IN. THERE'S VERY SMALLER. THEY'RE SMALLER AREAS WITHIN OUR CITY THAT ARE LOOKING FOR DEVELOPMENT AND TO MAKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THE REASONS WHY WE'RE COMING. WE HAD TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD DO. IT'S A IT'S A LOCAL POLICY CHANGE WHERE THE FIRE CODE SETS THE MODEL, AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT AND DO A RISK ASSESSMENT ABOUT WHAT CAN OUR CITY HANDLE WITH OUR CURRENT SERVICES THAT WE HAD. SO WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THAT, AND WE'VE INCREASED THAT THRESHOLD FROM 30 TO 40. BUT ALSO THERE IS SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THAT. AND THOSE THREE EXCEPTIONS WILL REMAIN IS ONE IS THAT IF THEY DON'T WANT THAT TWO ACCESS, IF THAT THRESHOLD IS HIT AT 40, THEN THEY CAN SPRINKLER THE HOMES. IF THERE'S A ONE ACCESS ROAD, THE SECOND EXEMPTION WOULD BE THAT THEY COULD HAVE THE MAIN ENTRY ROAD BE 36FT WIDE. THAT'D BE THE[00:35:05]
SECOND EXEMPTION. AND THEN ON THE THIRD EXEMPTION FOR US THAT I COULD REMEMBER IT ALL. IS IF THAT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO LATER CONNECT TO A LARGER DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE KNOW IF IT'S ALREADY ZONED, WE ALREADY HAVE THAT, THEN WE WOULDN'T MAKE THEM PUT THAT SECOND ACCESS. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION. CONSIDERATION TONIGHT TO AMEND THE CURRENT CODE AND MOVING THAT THRESHOLD FROM 30 TO 40 SO THAT WE HAVE A LOCAL POLICY THAT WE CAN ALL FOLLOW IN THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL. THANK YOU.MAYOR PRO TEM, I THINK THIS QUESTION KIND OF SURROUNDS LAND AND WHAT WE HAVE LEFT THAT'S AVAILABLE. I THINK WE MAY POSSIBLY SEE THIS COME UP AGAIN, BECAUSE I LIKE HOW DAVID GWYNN EXPLAINED IT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. WE HAVE POSTAGE STAMP LITTLE AREAS. AND SO DO WE THINK THAT 40 WILL HOLD IN A VAST MAJORITY OF THESE SMALLER AREAS? ARE WE OR DO WE KNOW? YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT? SO WE LOOKED AT WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND REALLY THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES THAT ARE COMING, YOU KNOW, EVEN LEGISLATIVELY. AND SOME OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE UNDERSTOOD IS THAT OUR ZONING IS KIND OF HOLDING BACK. SO LIKE THE SETBACKS AND, AND THOSE ARE ALL CHANGING AND WE'VE KIND OF HELD ON TO THAT.
WE LOOKED AT THE RESEARCH OF ALL THE CITIES COMPARABLE. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID BACK AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH NOT ONLY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, BUT ALSO OPERATIONS. AND AS A DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE IS WHAT COULD WE DO IF WE DON'T HAVE MUTUAL AID COMING IN? AND SO THAT WE GOT TO LOOK AT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. SO THE WORST CASE SCENARIO FOR US IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A HURRICANE, A DISASTER. WELL, WE'RE NOT COUNTING ON OUR PARTNERS OR WHO WE NORMALLY WORK WITH IS WHAT CAN WE HANDLE AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, AND WHAT THE INTENTION OF THAT MODEL CODE IS. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THAT.
WITH THAT NUMBER, IF YOU GO DO YOUR RESEARCH, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CITIES THAT THAT NUMBER MOVES AND FLUCTUATES, BUT IT ALSO MOVES WITH THE SIZE OF THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND SO ONE OF THOSE, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL, AS A COUNCIL HAVE TO KIND OF LOOK AT. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS A 40, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO LOOK AT, GO BACK WITH MR. BOGART AND, AND COME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT NUMBER AFTER, YOU KNOW, EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THAT. NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO GO BACK AT THIS TIME. IT'S JUST MAINLY JUST PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE SO THAT WE AREN'T CAUGHT HERE AGAIN, OR HAVING TO KEEP AMENDING AND ADJUSTING. I, I RESPECT YOUR RATIONALE AS TO HOW YOU GOT HERE AND, AND ACTUALLY I EVEN APPRECIATE IT, I REALLY DO. SO I THINK IF I HEARD WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS THAT OUR ORDINANCES AND OUR RULES ARE KIND OF MAKING IT SO THAT THEY'RE SO RESTRICTIVE. SO WHEN GOING BACK. SO THE FIRE ACCESS REALLY IS PART OF THE APPENDIX. AND SO YOU HAVE THE MODEL CODE, RIGHT, THE 2021 IFC. AND WE HAVE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS THAT ARE THERE. AND THOSE AMENDMENTS, YOU KNOW, EVERY CITY LOOKS AT IT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE EVERY CITY IS DEVELOPING THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE ARE ALL COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. AND SO WHEN THEY GO INTO THAT MODEL CODE AND THEY'RE ADOPTING THAT, EVERY CITY LOOKS AT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CITIES JUST LIKE THERE IS IN DIFFERENT DIFFERENT ADDITIONS. I KNOW STAFFORD, I THINK IS STILL UNDER THE 2015. I THINK YOU HAVE PEARLAND THAT'S IN 2018. SO AS AS THOSE MODEL CODES COME AND WE'RE COMING UP EACH YEAR, THEY'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE RESTRICTIVE. THE APPENDIX THOUGH, AS A CITY IS REALLY WHERE, WHERE WE CAN ADJUST THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF LEFT TO LOCAL POLICY REALLY. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING TO YOU ON THAT ONE IS THAT WE FEEL OKAY DOING THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. THANK YOU. SO WHEN YOU SAY THAT THEY'RE GETTING MORE RESTRICTIVE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THE OPPOSITE. THEY'RE GETTING MORE LENIENT IN ONE WAY, BUT IT'S RESTRICTING WHAT WE CAN DO LOCALLY. IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? SO WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE IS CREATED, AS IT THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT THAT WE'RE. AND I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE. IN THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF COVERAGE WHEN IT COMES TO BATTERIES AND AND STORAGE SYSTEMS, RIGHT? THERE'S THERE'S NOW THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS INCREASED, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF MORE FIRES, A LOT OF MORE THAT'S REALLY RELATED TO, TO THOSE, TO THOSE BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEMS, THE BATTERY CHARGERS. AND SO IN THE MODEL CODE, THEY'RE GOING TO START
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LOOKING AT ALL THE INCIDENTS THAT THEY'VE HAD INTERNATIONALLY FROM A FIRE PERSPECTIVE AND MAKE THOSE THINGS SAFER. SO WHEN YOU GO AND ADOPT A 2024 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME CHANGES IN THERE THAT REALLY START TO MODEL WHERE YOU CAN PLACE THOSE. SO INSTEAD OF LIKE DOING IT ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF A PARKING GARAGE, NOW THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF THE PARKING GARAGE FOR THOSE BATTERY CHARGERS, OR THEY'RE ON THE TOP LEVEL SO THAT IT'S NOT, IF IT AFFECTS THAT YOU'RE NOT HAVING DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING ITSELF AND YOU CAN CONTROL THOSE. SO AS THE CODE EACH YEAR THERE'S BEEN ADDITIONS TO THAT. IT'S REALLY THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE CASE STUDIES THAT HAD HAPPENED AND HOW CAN WE BETTER PREVENT A TRAGEDY AND ALSO SAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT MONEY OF THESE BUILDINGS GETTING DESTROYED, DESTROYED BECAUSE OF ALL THESE INCIDENTS THAT THEY HAD. SO EVERY YEAR THAT THE THAT WHETHER IT'S THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, OR THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS ALL THOSE CASE STUDIES OF HOW WE GOT HERE. AND SO IT'S REALLY MODELING WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WHAT PROMPTED OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE ANNUAL CHANGES OR THE VARIOUS CHANGES IN CODE, WHAT PROMPTED US TO WAS IT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? WHO, WHO PROMPTED THE, THE, THE GROWTH FROM THE 30 TO THE 40? I MEAN, WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO, TO MAKE THAT CHANGE? COUNCIL MEMBER I ASKED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, BECAUSE WE HAD A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE IT WAS A REAL LIVE ISSUE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE A DEVELOPER WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE FORWARD AND THEY WERE BEING STUCK BY THIS PROVISION, AND ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE OTHER LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY WHERE THIS IS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM, AND THAT FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT IS CORRECT, AND THAT THERE ARE THERE'S A RANGE OF WHAT IS DETERMINED, ACCEPTABLE. AND MOVING TO THE 40 IS CERTAINLY WITHIN THAT RANGE. OKAY. OKAY. AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE MADE SOME, YOU KNOW, LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS, THE 36 FOOT IT'S NORMALLY 30. IS THAT RIGHT FOR A THE ENTRYWAY. SO SO NORMALLY IT'S A 28, 28, 38, SO 30. OKAY. SO IT'S ALMOST A FULL CAR BREADTH PLUS. SO IN THAT, WHAT IT DOES IS IT ALLOWS OUR LADDER TRUCKS TO BE ABLE TO GET IN AND MAKE THAT TURN BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S EMERGENCY ACCESS, IT'S ACCESSING THAT. IF YOU, IF YOU START TO SEE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE CITY AND SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT YOU'VE HAD, I'LL USE FONDREN PARK AS, AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE STREET WITH. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THEN IT REALLY DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE CARS ARE GOING TO BE PARKED IN THE STREET. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH MORE DENSITY AND CORRECT. THAT'S GOING TO BE EVEN MORE CROWDED. SO THAT MAKES SENSE. SO BUT YOU, WE, YOU FEEL LIKE WE'VE MADE THE LOCAL ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED, LIKE THE SPRINKLERS AND THE WIDER STREETS THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE, THE DENSITY. I JUST WANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DENSITY, I JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THOSE, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE SITUATIONS IN DANGER. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST JUDGMENT AT THIS TIME. OKAY.
THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE CALLING FOR A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER EMERY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MEMBER. BROWN MARSHALL. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(f) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution approving a Local On-...]
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO ITEM NINE F. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER FOR THEIR DESIGNATED NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A LOCAL ON SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS. TEXAS, ACTING THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR CERTAIN SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS TO FM 2234 AT BUFFALO RUN AND SCANLON ROAD.DESIGNATING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE AS THE AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL TO ACCEPT, REJECT, AMEND OR TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT AND MAKING THIS RESOLUTION A PART OF THE AGREEMENT. OKAY. WE HAVE MUSTAFA AL-BASSAM, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THE ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THE PERMITTING OF THE INTERSECTION OF 2234 AND BUFFALO RUN. IT'S BASICALLY SIGNAL UPGRADES FROM SPAN WIRES TO MASS ARMS. AS WE'RE FINALIZING THE DESIGN PHASE AND THE PERMITTING PHASE,
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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REQUIRES AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THEM TO TO PROCESS THE PERMANENT PHASE OF OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL AND THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT. OKAY, MUSTAFA, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. IS THIS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S LEFT ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IN THE CITY THAT'S ON A SPAN WIRE VERSUS A MASS ARM? WE DO HAVE ABOUT 20 LEFT IN THE CITY. I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY IF IT'S THE ONLY ONE LEFT ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, BUT WE DO HAVE ABOUT 20 THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT'S STILL ON SPAN WIRE. OKAY. AND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE METRO. SO WE TRY TO AT LEAST FINISH ONE INTERSECTION PER YEAR AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEARS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CALLING FOR MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
[(g) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing a partner...]
WE HAVE ITEM NINE G RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AUTHORIZING A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN MISSOURI CITY AND UNIVERSALLY MADE. OKAY. RECOGNIZING DONNIE HAYES, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. GOOD EVENING. I'M BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND ALSO UNIVERSALLY MADE. THIS IS FOR AN EVENT, OUR VETERANS THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON THAT WE PARTNER ON. THIS IS A FOR US TO CONTINUE THIS LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP. THAT'S BEEN JUST ABOUT SIX YEARS NOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER ON. BUT THIS IS ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE EVENTS THAT WHERE WE USED TO HOLD AN EVENT OURSELVES AS A DEPARTMENT AND ALSO SUPPORTED THIS EVENT AS WELL. AND SO ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, OUR DEPARTMENT PARTNERED WITH UNIVERSALLY MADE TO BEGIN DOING THIS EVENT TOGETHER RATHER THAN HAVING TWO SEPARATE EVENTS. THIS IS A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT. SO IT WILL GO FROM 26 TO 28. IT DOES PROVIDE AND LIST OUT EXACTLY WHAT IN-KIND SUPPORT SERVICES WE WILL BE PROVIDING.BUT REALLY THIS IS ABOUT ELIMINATING REDUNDANCY AND PROVIDING SOME STABILITY FOR THIS EVENT GOING FORWARD. ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE CALLING FOR MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION
[(h) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing the Mayor...]
CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NINE EIGHT, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ADOPT THE 2025 HARRIS COUNTY MITIGATION PLAN. OKAY. WE HAVE TRUMKA. SORRY, TRUMKA. WE JUST LET RACHEL GO FIRST. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO WE'RE HERE AGAIN TO ADOPT THE HARRIS COUNTY'S MITIGATION PLAN.WE ALREADY SIGNED ON TO THE FORT BEND COUNTY'S PLAN. THIS PLAN IS EVERY FIVE YEARS. AN OBJECTIVE OF THE PLAN IS TO EXAMINE THE HAZARDS THAT IMPACT THE CITY, AND TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL PROJECTS TO LESSEN THE IMPACTS OF THE CITY. SO THIS PROCESS STARTED IN 2024.
IT WAS A MULTI-DEPARTMENT PROCESS THAT INVOLVED PUBLIC WORKS, FIRE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, COMMUNICATIONS, PARKS AND INTERNAL SERVICES. THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN THE FALL OF 2025, AND THEN IT HAD TO GO THROUGH THE STATE AND THROUGH FEMA FOR APPROVAL BEFORE IT COULD COME BACK TO US TO SIGN OFF ON THE PLAN. DURING THIS PROCESS, CITY STAFF LOOKED AT RISK ASSESSMENTS, CITY CAPABILITY ASSESSMENTS. WE DID AN ANALYSIS OF PAST DISASTERS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR RISKS WERE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A PUBLIC STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH AND INPUT PORTION OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDED WEBSITE UPDATES, PLAN SURVEYS, AND IN A REVIEW PERIOD. LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE THE POWERPOINT, BUT THE HAZARDS THAT WE LISTED, WE HAVE A LIST OF 17 HAZARDS THAT WE GO OVER.
I'LL JUST MENTION THE HAZARDS REALLY QUICKLY. WE ARE REQUIRED BY FEMA TO GO OVER ALL TO RANK ALL HAZARDS. WE HAVE COASTAL EROSION, WHICH WAS LOW. OH KEEP GOING. MOVE. OH, I HAVE IT.
SORRY. SO THESE ARE HAZARDS ON HERE SINCE YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT. NOW I'M NOT GOING TO POINT OUT ALL OF THEM, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO TOUCH ON THE OUTLIERS ON HERE. SOME WE HAVE COASTAL
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EROSION ON THERE. WE HAVE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI. WE KNOW THOSE ARE NOT IMPACTING US, BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO RANK THEM WITH FEMA. THE TWO THAT RANKED HIGH WERE MASS MOVEMENT AND SEVERE WEATHER. THIS RANKING PROCESS LOOKED AT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT OCCURRENCE.WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS TO OUR COMMUNITY, OUR PEOPLE, PROPERTY AND ECONOMY? THEN WE LOOKED AT OUR COMMUNITY CAPABILITIES TO ADDRESS THIS HAZARD, AND WE LOOKED AT THE CHANGING FUTURE CLIMATE CONDITIONS AND CHANGING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY. SO THE ONLY TWO THAT CAME UP AS A HIGH RISK WERE SEVERE WEATHER AND MASS MOVEMENT. MASS MOVEMENT IS EROSION, WHICH IS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT WE HOPE TO HELP LESSEN THAT RISK WITH AFTER WE DEVELOP THE HAZARDS AND RANK THE HAZARDS, THEN WE HAVE DEVELOPED CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY FUND WITH GRANT FUNDING THAT WHEN IT COMES AVAILABLE AND THE THINGS ARE SUCH AS PUBLIC OUTREACH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES THAT CAN HELP LESSEN THE IMPACT OF THE CITY. SO WE'VE DEVELOPED 16 PROJECTS IN OUR MITIGATION PLAN. THESE PROJECTS ARE LOOKED AT ANNUALLY, AND WE CAN UPDATE THESE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO ADD OR DELETE SOME AS NEEDED BASED ON THE CHANGING CLIMATE. SO IN ORDER TO BE TO QUALIFY FOR MITIGATION GRANTS, FEMA REQUIRES JURISDICTIONS TO HAVE AN APPROVED MITIGATION PLAN BY FEMA, AND THE CITY ADOPTED MITIGATION PLAN TO BE ELIGIBLE.
THESE PRE-IDENTIFIED PROJECTS WILL BE USED FOR POTENTIAL GRANT FUNDINGS, AND WE RECOMMEND THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN TODAY. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. I JUST HAD A COMMENT.
Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE SEEN CRYSTAL ANIMAL'S FACE WHEN YOU SAID WHERE'S THE PRESENTATION? BECAUSE IT WAS JUST PRICELESS. THEY WERE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? ALRIGHT, CALLING FOR A MOTION. SORRY. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE NO OBJECTION HEARING. NO OBJECTIONS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 724
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