* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Items 1 & 2 ] [00:00:02] I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:31 PM AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED. THERE WILL BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON MAYOR PRO TEM, PRESTON W CAUSE HE THERE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING HERE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY I'LL. NOW I'LL DO A ROLL CALL FOR OUR CITY STAFF AND PRESENTERS, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLEN MARTEL, CITY ATTORNEY CITY, SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND STACY WALKER PRESENT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. OLDEST SPRIGS FIRE, CHIEF EUGENE CAMPBELL, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, TAMIKA JEWITT. YEAH. TAMIKA DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. CEDRIC COLE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS CITY ENGINEER. SHALL SHE KUMAR? YEAH. PLANNING MANAGER. JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. JASON MANGUM. JOSEPH, I DON'T WANT TO MESS UP YOUR LAST NAME WITH VERIDIAN RESORTS. IS JOSEPH ON THE LINE? HE'S THERE? YES, SIR. YEAH. OKAY. SO, SO MAYA WITH LEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. PLANNING MANAGER, JENNIFER. WE'VE ALREADY CALLED YOU. JASON MADE HIM DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. JASON I'M HERE PRESENT PROJECT ENGINEER, JARED WILLIAMS. JARED I'M HERE. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE THAT I DID NOT CALL? OKAY. SINCE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OUR SPECIAL MEETING, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE ALSO AGAIN FOR THE OFFICER THAT WE LOST THIS WEEK. KAYLA RULE, WHO WAS A FORMER OFFICER FOR MISSOURI CITY, AS WELL AS FOR THE FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD AND ANY OTHER VICTIMS OF RACISM AND POLICE BRUTALITY. IF I CAN MAKE SURE EVERYONE MUTE THEIR MIC AND WE'LL TAKE A MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR THEM. THANK YOU. WELL, NOW HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY OLDEST SPRITZ. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THIS IS ODA SPRIGS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE OF 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. THANK YOU. WE NOW HAVE [3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS] A PRESENTATION ON HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS. WE HAVE EUGENE CAMPBELL THAT OUR FIRE CHIEF AND TAMIKA JEWITT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING MARRIAGE COUNSELING RESIDENCE, JEAN CAMPBELL. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. UH, TO MIKE TAMIKA IS GONNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OUTLOOK FOR THE COMING SEASON, AS WELL AS WHAT, UM, SINCE HIS NEED TO DO, TO PREPARE FOR THE COMING HURRICANE SEASON THAT STARTS TODAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND THEIR GROUP HAS PUT TOGETHER. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ONLINE. I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO TO THOSE, UH, THE WEBSITES AND MISSOURI CITY RE TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE POSTED BECAUSE IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE. TAMIKA, WOULD YOU, UH, GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR [00:05:01] PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. LET'S CHIEF CAMPBELL SAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 2020 HURRICANE SEASON TODAY, JUNE 1ST MARKS THE FIRST DAY OF HURRICANE SEASON. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO ON THIS LINE, WHICH YOU GUYS SEE IS THIS IS WHAT THE OUTLOOK IS FOR HURRICANE SEASON FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. THE ORANGE LINE ON TOP OF THE LONGTERM AVERAGE IS WHAT WE NORMALLY, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS AS OUR AVERAGE OF STORMS BENEATH IS ALL OF THE PREDICTIONS OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THIS YEAR. SO IF YOU NOTICE, IF THEY'RE PRODUCING ABOVE AVERAGE YEAR, THIS YEAR, AND JUST AS PROOF OF THAT, WE ARE AT FIRST, THEY HAVE HURTING SEASON AND WE HAVE ALREADY WENT THROUGH TWO OF THE NINE STORMS AND WE HAVE A POTENTIAL THIRD NAME STORM THAT MAY BE NAMED BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. SO WE ARE ON TREND TO HAVE AN ABOVE AVERAGE SEASON AND ABOVE NORMAL SEASON FOR THE 2020 HURRICANE SEASON. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WHAT'S NEW WITH THE HURRICANE SEASON, IN ADDITION TO WHAT CHIEF CAMPBELL MENTIONED ABOUT ENSURING THAT YOU'RE PREPARED AND LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS THAT WE HAVE TO HELP THE CITIZENS PREPARE. I WANT US TO SHOW YOU GUYS A FEW NEW TYPES OF ADVISORIES OR THINGS YOU MAY SEE THIS YEAR. THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR. ONE OF THE NEW THINGS THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS PUSHING OUT IS CALLED A POTENTIAL TROPICAL PSYCH MOUNT ADVISORY. THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE MELODY LAST YEAR. SO WE DON'T GET TRACKS OUR GUIDANCE OF WHERE THE STORM IS GOING TO HIT UNTIL IT'S A NAMED STORM. WHEN WE HAD A STORM AT THE MILLER LAST YEAR, IT WASN'T NAMED FOR RIGHT BEFORE IT HITS THE COAST OF TEXAS. SO WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS PROJECTED TO GO. SO WE DO HAVE STORMS THAT FORM IN THE GULF THAT ARE CLOSER TO THE STATE OF TEXAS OR ANY OTHER US STATES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS NOW GOING TO POTENTIAL TROPICAL SAIGON ADVISORY. THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US MORE IDEAS OF WHERE THAT STORM'S GOING TO GO. SO THAT'S A NEW FEATURE THAT'S BEING PUSHED OUT THIS YEAR THAT WE WILL SEE WHEN YOU START HEARING ABOUT STORMS THAT ARE IN THE GULF. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ALSO WERE COMFORTABLE WITH, IS THIS A SYSTEM FROM THE WEATHER PREDICTION SYSTEM HAS BEEN USED FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AND THIS IS OUR RAIN RISK, UM, HOW WE DO THE RAIN RISK CATEGORIES. SO WE HAVE SOME SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND THIS SYSTEM WAS WITLESS SHE'S THERE SO THAT YOU HAVE A LITTLE UNDERSTANDING. IF WE DO GET A SYSTEM OR STORM IN THE GULF, THIS IS WHAT THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER USES. SO IF YOU SEE WE HAVE A MARGINAL, SLIGHT OR MODERATE RISK, THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT, HEY, WE HAVE AN ISOLATED RISK FOR POTENTIAL RISKS FOR ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. IF IT'S AT HIGH, IT'S GOING TO BE EXPECTED FOR FLASH FLOODING. SO THIS WILL HELP CITIZENS AND THE CITY BETTER PREPARE WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT ARE OUR RISKS FOR THE FLASH FLOODS VERSUS ISOLATED FLOODS. NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT DO YOU DO TO PREPARE FOR HURRICANE SEASON? IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION THAT WILL SEND OUT BY COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT GETTING YOU A PREPAREDNESS KIT, YOU WANT TO ALSO START THINKING ABOUT HOW AM I RECEIVING EMERGENCY ALERTS? ARE YOU SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE MISSOURI CITY'S EMERGENCY ALERTS OR FOR BEING COUNTIES? HOW ARE YOU RECEIVING THESE WARNINGS? THIS CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS IF YOU'RE IN A LOW LYING AREA AND IS PRONE TO FLOODING, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IF YOU HAD TO EVACUATE, WHICH WHITE HAVE YOU HAVE YOU WENT? SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT? AND WE HAVE TOOLS ON THE READY MISSOURI CITY WEBSITE TO HELP YOU DETERMINE AND FIGURE SOME OF THESE OUT. YOU ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT YOUR PREPAREDNESS KIT, WHICH WE HAVE A LIST OR ON OUR WEBSITE. ONE THING THAT'S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR THAN PREVIOUS YEARS IS COVID-19 WITH US HAVING HER OUT OF HOURS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALSO TAKING PRECAUTIONS FOR THAT. SO IN ADDITION TO YOUR NORMAL MANAGEMENT HURRICANE KIT, YOU WANT TO ALSO HAVE FACE TO FACE COVERINGS FOR EVERYONE OF YOUR FAMILY ABOVE AGE OF TWO. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE DISINFECTANTS AND REALIZE WHAT'S WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORS AND SHELTERING PLANS? BECAUSE SHELTERING IS GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING. SO IF YOU ARE AT A PLACE THAT YOU NORMALLY GO AND MAY NEED SHELTER, AND YOU NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT THINGS OF THAT A LITTLE, A LITTLE AHEAD IN ADVANCE AND MAKING SURE YOU HAVE THE PROPER THINGS IN YOUR EMERGENCY KIT SO THAT YOU WON'T BE STUCK IN THOSE LONG LINES AT THE STORE. IF SOMETHING COMES AT THE LAST MINUTE, NEXT SLIDE. SO AFTER YOU CREATE YOUR EMERGENCY KITS, YOU WANT TO ALSO CONSIDER WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD. SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALSO HAVE THINGS FOR YOUR KIDS BASED ON DIFFERENT AGES OF MEMBERS, WHATEVER YOUR DIETARY NEEDS ARE OR ANY JUST SPECIAL NEEDS THAT YOU'LL HAVE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HAVE ENOUGH STUFF FOR THAT STORM. AND THEN ALSO ONCE YOU DO THIS, YOU THEN PULL IT TOGETHER AND CREATE YOUR FAMILY EMERGENCY PLAN, WHICH WE HAVE TOOLS FOR ON OUR WEBSITE. AND THE KEY THING IS ONCE YOU CREATE A SET PLAN, YOU WANT TO PRACTICE IT [00:10:01] WITH YOUR FAMILY OR REVIEW IT WITH YOUR FAMILY. SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT'S EXPECTED. SO WE ARE IN THE BEGINNING OF HURRICANE SEASON. SO AGAIN, JUST KEEP THEM UP ON OUR WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND GHOST WRITING, MISSOURI CITY, WHERE ANY WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS. NEXT SLIDE. ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, TAMIKA. THANK YOU, [4. PUBLIC COMMENTS] MARIA. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING, MARIA? OKAY, WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK. I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. OKAY. OKAY. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO, NO REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE REGULAR MEETING NAME. THANK YOU. UH, THERE, THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS. IS THERE A MOTION [6. CONSENT AGENDA] FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? IS THERE A MOTION ANTHONY MARULA? SO I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MAYOR. PAUL TIM QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. AND THIS IS MAY AFFORD YES. SEVEN . THERE ARE NO ZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES SEVEN B. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS ON THIS AGENDA. EIGHT, THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS, NINE [9. (a) Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an interlocal agreement betweenthe City of Missouri City and the Harris County Flood Control District for the installation and maintenance of flood gauge stations. ] CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY AND THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF FLOOD GAUGE STATIONS. AND WE HAVE SHACHI KUMAR WHO WILL BE PRESENTING. ARE YOU THERE SHOTS? DID WE LOSE SOME DUCKS? HE'S ON THERE. I SEE HIM AS SIX NINE FOR SHAKUHACHI . THIS IS FOR COSMIN EMORY. IS THIS THE SECOND READING? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. OH, SO THIS IS JUST A, UH, AUTHORIZATION BILL. YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD OR I'LL TELL YOU WHY I'LL HAVE GLEN GLEN PIER AVAILABLE. YES. MA'AM THEY ARE COUNCIL. YEAH. THIS IS JUST AN AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY. THIS IS TO INSTALL THE FLOOD GAUGES THAT ARE A RESULT OF HURRICANE HARVEY. UH, TH THIS INSTALLATION, THE INITIAL MAINTENANCE WILL COVER, UH, THE MONEY WE RECEIVED, UH, FROM THE GLO, UH, FOR THAT, UH, FOR THOSE EFFECTS FROM HURRICANE HARVEY, UH, AND IMPACT, UH, GIVE US BETTER READING ON SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THAT FLOODING. UH, THESE GAUGES WILL ALSO TIE INTO THE UPCOMING MASTER PLAN DRAINAGE OR REDO FOR THE CITY THAT WILL ULTIMATELY TIE INTO THE OVERALL DISTRICT, UH, AND TIE INTO THE EOC AS WELL. SO THAT DURING THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS, WE HAVE, UH, MORE REAL TIME INFORMATION THAT WE COULD TIE TO OUR MODELING. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT? THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY. I MAKE THE MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND NEGOTIATE. IS THERE A SECOND? CHERYL? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND MAYOR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHTY. MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON COUNCIL MEMBER EVERETTS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROULIS YES. AND THIS IS MAY AFFORD. YES. BE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING [9. (b) Consider authorizing a parkland dedication proposal for Vrindavan Resorts. ] A PARKLAND DEDICATION PROPOSAL FOR VERIDIAN RESORTS, JENNIFER AND JASON. I DON'T. WHICH ONE ARE YOU GUYS PRESENTING? YEAH. CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS IS JC. I CAN HEAR YOU, JASON. GO AHEAD. YEAH. SO THE, THE PARK, THE PARKS BOARD RECEIVED A PROPOSAL ON THEIR, AT THEIR MAY 7TH MEETING FOR A DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL BE, UM, ON STAFFORDSHIRE ROAD. THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS 87 [00:15:02] UNITS. AND THE PROPOSAL FROM THE DEVELOPER WAS TO DEDICATE A HALF OF THE HALF OF THE PARKLAND REQUIREMENT AS PRIVATE PARKLAND AND THE OTHER HALF AS CASH IN LIEU OF THE PARKS BOARD REJECTED THAT PROPOSAL, UH, CITING THE SECTION IN CITY CODE WHERE PRIVATE PARKLAND SHOULD NOT BE LESS THAN A HALF AN ACRE OF UNENCUMBERED LAND. THE LAND THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED WAS ENCUMBERED BY DRAINAGE AND THEN A SMALL PIECE OF UNENCUMBERED LAND AT THE FRONT OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THE PARKS BOARD ASKED FOR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT TO BE CASH AND LULU BECAUSE OF THAT PROVISION IN THE CODE, IT WAS THEN SENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THE MAY 16TH MEETING OR THE MAY 13TH MEETING, UM, AND FORWARDS THAT SAME POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TONIGHT. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU, JASON. IS THERE A MOTION? UH, JOSEPH, CAN I SPEAK? YES, YOU CAN GO AHEAD. ARE YOU THERE? YES, GO AHEAD. OKAY. JUST A SECOND. YEAH. OKAY. I'M CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JOSEPH . I REPRESENT THE VERANDA AND SENIOR LIVING IN OUR OLD AGE. OUR BIGGEST BURDEN IS THE LONELINESS OF LIFE. OUR CHILDREN AND POSSIBILITIES ARE TOO BUSY WITH THEIR OWN LIFE. THREE YEARS BACK, WE FIVE FRIENDS LIVING IN MINNESOTA CITY FOR A LONG TIME, INITIATED THE SENIOR LIVING PROJECT. UH, WE ARE IN LATE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES. UM, LET OR MANY OTHER PEOPLE WERE ALSO ATTRACTED BY THE IDEA OF LIVING AS NEIGHBORS WHEN WE ARE, UH, WHERE WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER. BUT I'M DAVIN. SENIOR LIVING IS A DREAM PROJECT FOR US AND OTHER SENIOR CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY. WE ACQUIRED A 14 ACRES OF LAND ON 1950 STANFORD FAIR ROAD FOR THIS PROJECT. UH, DURING CONCEPTUAL STAGE, WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE CITY OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THEY TOO WERE VERY EXCITED AND THE SHORETEL SUPPORT IN REALITY, WE ARE NOT GETTING SUCH SUPPORT. THE LATEST EXAMPLE IS THE BETTER EXPERIENCE WE HAD FROM THE PARKLAND COMMISSION. INMATES FROM DAVIN COMMUNITY WILL BE OLDER CITY. SEVEN SCHOOLS PREFER TO HAVE A RECREATIONAL FACILITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, RATHER THAN GOING TO PUBLIC PARKS, SEVERAL MILES AWAY. WE AGREED TO PAY 50% OF THE PAYMENT TO PUBLIC PARKLAND AND THE REMAINING 50%, UH, CREDIT FOR THE PRIVATE PARKLAND. AND WE WANT TO MAKE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMISSION 100% OF THE PAYMENT TO BE MADE TO THE PARKLAND FOR THE PUBLIC PARKLAND, UH, FOR A SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY. THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE WITH THE 50% PAYMENT FOR PUBLIC PARKLAND AND THE 50% CREDIT FOR PRIVATE PARKLANDS, BOTH CITY AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS WILL BE IN A WIN WIN SITUATION. ONE EXCUSE GIVEN BY THE PARKLAND COMMISSION, 400% PAYMENT. AND ALSO IT WAS RETWEETED BY MR. JASON RIGHT NOW WAS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH LAND FOR PRIVATE PARKLAND. THIS IS NOT CORRECT. UH, IF CITY COUNCIL NEED CLARIFICATION ON THIS, OUR ENGINEER IS HERE. IF, UH, IF YOU GIVE HER A FEW MINUTES, SHE WILL CLARIFY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH LAND FOR THE PRIVATE PARKLAND. UH, WE APPRECIATE ALL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE OF BEING GIVEN, BEING RECEIVED FROM CITY EMPLOYEES LIKE MS. JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, MR. , MR. JASON AND JARI. [00:20:01] STILL, WE HAVE TO MENTION THE BUREAUCRACY IN THE CITY OF AND CUMBERSOME WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY MATTERS. THERE ARE MANY MORE EXAMPLES, WHICH I'M NOT AS EXPLAINING DUE TO THE TIMEFRAME. WE HUMBLY REQUESTED THIS COUNCIL TO PROCEED WITH OUR SUGGESTION OF 50% PAYMENT TO THE PUBLIC CLOUD PLAN AND 50% CREDIT FOR THE PRIVATE PARKLAND. DEFINITELY WE WILL WE'LL WRECK AND WE WILL PROVE THAT THERE IS ENOUGH LAND FOR THE PRIVATE CLOUD PRIVATE PARKLAND MAKE TO US CITED BY THE PARKLAND COMMISSION AS A REASON FOR NOT GIVING THE PERMISSION. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. AND I REQUEST TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TROUT RANGE NEAR MISS , UH, TROUBLE. OH. PRO OUR CASE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH LAND. OKAY. SAMIA, ARE YOU THERE? YES. HI, UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND, UM, I'M NOT GOING TO ADD MUCH A BEGINNING, I THINK WAS TO JOSEPH HAS PRETTY MUCH COVERED EVERYTHING THAT I WANTED TO SAY, BUT, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS ARE CONCERNED, THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER IT. BUT I THINK WHAT WAS MENTIONED TO US IS THAT OF THE ENTIRE PRIVATE LAND THAT WAS PRESENT IN, UM, WITHIN THE AREA AND WE HAD DESIGNATED ONE THIRD OF IT WOULD BE, UH, WOULD BE THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE THAT WE COULD CALCULATE AS PRIVATE POCKET. AND EVEN IF WE TOOK JUST ONE THIRD OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF LAND, WE STILL SURPASSED THE AMOUNT OF REQUIRED PRIVATE PARKLAND THAT IS REQUIRED. SO UNLESS, UNLESS THERE WAS SOME OTHER COMPELLING REASON WHY THAT CANNOT BE COUNTED, I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS REJECTED OUTRIGHT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE GOT THAT INFORMATION WHEN WE SPOKE TO, UM, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IN THE BEGINNING. THANK YOU, JENNIFER. CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND GIVE COUNSEL A EXPLANATION, UH, BEFORE WE DO THE MOTION AND A SECOND TO ASK QUESTIONS YES. AND EXPLANATION ON THE RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT YES. AND WHY, WHAT, WHAT WAS ENCUMBERING, UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHY DID THEY MAKE THEIR DECISION FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE? UM, SO THE, THE, THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS DRIVEN BY THE PARKS BOARD, IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS, UM, PRIMARILY THE AREAS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AS THE PARKLAND AND THE PRIVATE PARKLAND, UM, WOULD SERVE DUAL PURPOSES. SO THERE ARE SOME ONSITE DRAINAGE, UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. SO PART OF THOSE RIVERS THAT ARE BEING DESIGNATED, UH, TO SUPPORT THE DRAINAGE FACILITIES, UM, THE DEVELOPER IS LOOKING AT TO USE THEM ALSO AS SOME OPEN SPACE, GREEN SPACE, UM, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, ON SITE THOUGH, THE PARK BOARD FELT THAT BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION. SO THIS, THE LAYOUT OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THEY WOULD HAVE AN INTERNAL, UM, KIND OF GREEN SPACE AREA. THAT'S PROBABLY THE LARGEST PIECE OF THE PARKLAND PERFORMANCE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING THERE'S TWO RIVERS THAT THEY'RE, UM, DESIGNATING ALONG THE STAFFERS, FIRE FRONTAGE. UM, THAT WOULD BE JUST OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN COMMUNITY BOUNDARIES. UM, SO WHEN PARKS BOARD WAS LOOKING AT IT, UM, THEY WERE LOOKING AT THOSE PIECES AND PART OF THEIR DISCUSSION WAS, UM, SINCE ALL THREE PIECES, UM, WE'RE GOING TO SERVE THOSE DUAL PURPOSES THAT, UM, THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT OPPORTUNITIES ON SITE. UM, BUT THE CONVERSATION WAS ALSO KIND OF TALKING IN TERMS OF PUBLIC PARKLAND AND PUBLIC PARKLAND DEDICATION. UM, SO FROM THE PARKS BOARD PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS LOOKING AT, YOU HAVE TWO MAJOR PARKS WITHIN THAT SAME PARK ZONE. UM, SO YOU HAVE WITHIN THAT VICINITY, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC PARKLAND THAT YOU WOULDN'T NEED TO, UM, GET PUBLIC PARKLAND FOR THIS LOCATION, BUT WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING IS PRIVATE, UM, FOR HALF. AND SO IT WOULD JUST BE THOSE PORTIONS THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD ENJOY INTERNAL TO THE SITE. UM, AND THEN AS THEY WOULD PAY THE REMAINDER SP UM, TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF THE LARGER PART, UM, OR ACQUISITION, UH, WITHIN THAT PARK ZONE. SO, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PARKS BOARD PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS MORE OF A FOCUS ON, UM, YOU KNOW, SMALL PIECES ON THIS PROPERTY MAXIMIZE [00:25:01] THE LARGER PARKS AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UM, JUST FORWARDED, UM, PARKS, THE PARKS SPORTS RECOMMENDATIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS KIND OF EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, THAT'S NOT UNHEARD OF FOR IF YOU'RE UTILIZING PARKLAND FOR DRAINAGE OR OTHER USES FOR IT NOT TO BE COUNTED. UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ANY FURTHER WITH QUESTIONS, UH, IS THERE A MOTION MARIN? THIS IS ANTHONY MURALISTS MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, WHAT WAS STATED BY JOSEPH, WHICH IS 50%. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN EMORY. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR FOR THE ENGINEER? YEAH, LET ME, IF I COULD JUST AS COUNCILMAN EMORY, GO AHEAD. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING, UH, EVEN PMC OR THE PARKS BOARD WAS LOOKING AT A, WHAT THEY, UH, THEY INDICATED WAS A REQUIREMENT OF AT LEAST A HALF A CURVE. AND AS I READ THAT, THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT, THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A HALF AN ACRE. IT COULD BE LEFT INTERPRETING THAT CORRECTLY. THIS IS JASON. AND THAT IS CORRECT. IT DOES READ THAT AS RECOMMENDED. AND THAT'S WHAT THE PARKS BOARD, UH, THEY, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT IT WAS RECOMMENDED THEM AND THEY WERE GOING OFF OF THAT RECOMMENDATION. THERE, THERE WAS NO TALK THAT IT WAS RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. BOTTOM LINE AGAIN. BOTTOM LINE. IT COULD BE LESS THAN A HALF AN ACRE. YES. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHTY. I'M NOT HEARING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE MAYOR POTENT PRESTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE. YES. AND COUNCIL MEMBER. ROULEZ SHE MADE THE MOTION, CORRECT? YES MA'AM. I DID. OKAY. IN COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY YOU SECOND. IT, THIS IS AN AIRPORT. YES. [9. (c) Consider authorizing a parkland dedication proposal for Parkway Crossing Phase 1. ] SEE, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A PARKLAND DEDICATION PROPOSAL FOR A PARKWAY CROSSING PHASE ONE AND JASON AND JENNIFER. I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE IS PRESENTING, BUT GO AHEAD. THIS IS JASON. THANK YOU. UM, PARKWAY CROSSING IS A DEVELOPMENT IN PARKS ZONE 10. UH, THIS WAS PRESENTED AT THE SAME PARKS BOARD MEETING THE PARKS BOARD DUE TO THE LACK OF PUBLIC PARKLAND IN PARKS OR 10, UH, REQUESTED THAT, UH, PARKMAN DEDICATION BE, UH, A PUBLIC PARKLAND. THE DEVELOPER UPDATED THE PROPOSAL, UH, WITH THAT AND WAS FORWARDED ON TO PLANNING AND ZONING WITH A POSITIVE REVIEW. OKAY. IS ANYONE ELSE PRESENTING JASON? CAUSE JUST YOU. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER REALIST MAKING A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. I'M NOT HEARING ANY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. AND MARULA IS AND COUNCIL MEMBER MODULUS AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION. AND SECOND, AND THIS IS MAYOR FORD. YES. THANK YOU. 10 ORDINANCES. THERE ARE NO ORDINANCES, 11 RESOLUTIONS. THERE ARE NO RESOLUTIONS CITY COUNCIL [12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS] ANNOUNCEMENTS, MAYOR POTENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY THANKING OUR CITY STAFF WHERE THEIR TIRELESS WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS STAYING SAFE AND KEEPING THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY AS A TOP PRIORITY, SECONDLY, OR WITH THE FAMILY AND LOVED ONES OF DEPUTY CONSTABLE RULE. HE'S JUST STILL BE HERE WITH US TODAY. AS I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT I WOULD SAY REGARDING THE LOSS [00:30:01] OF MR. FLOYD, I HEARD HIS BROTHERS AND PASSIONATE SPEECH EARLIER TODAY. PLEASE ALLOW ME TO SHARE A BRIEF EXCERPT OF WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME. A QUOTE. LET'S STOP THINKING THAT OUR VOICE DOESN'T MATTER AND VOTE, NOT JUST FOR THE PRESIDENT, BUT VOTE FOR PRELIMINARIES. VOTE FOR EVERYBODY. EDUCATE YOURSELF. DON'T WAIT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO TELL YOU WHO'S WHO EDUCATE YOURSELF AND KNOW WHO YOU ARE VOTING FOR. LET'S SWITCH IT UP Y'ALL LIST, SWITCH IT UP AND DO THIS PEACEFULLY. PLEASE. I'M HOPING AND PRAYING THAT EVERYONE IS REMAINING SAFE IN THESE TIMES RIGHT NOW, AND THAT WE REMAIN FOR WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT. THOSE CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO US TO KEEP AND LIFT OUR OFFICER WALKER FROM OUR OFFICER CALEB RULE AND HIS FAMILY AND PRAYER THROUGHOUT THIS DIFFICULT TIME. IN ADDITION THAT I ASKED FOR US TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THE FLOYD FAMILY AND LIFTED IN PRAYER AND ALSO CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR LEADERSHIP. AND AS WE OBSERVE THESE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD, WE ALSO ALSO HOPE AND PRAY THAT OUR LEADERS ARE MAKING THE BEST DECISIONS AND MAKING THE BEST DECISION AND, UM, HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE IF WE ARE HAVING ANY WRONG DURING, IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. UM, IN ADDITION, I'LL ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A MAJOR SHOUT OUT TO MAYOR FOR ALONG WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER PRESAGE, WHO SHE HELD, UM, A WONDERFUL FOOD DRIVES LIKE PPE DRIVE ON SATURDAY. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND IT TURNED OUT REALLY WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR COMMUNICATIONS STAFF WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ASSURE THAT, UM, MY NEEDS AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUES NEEDS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLINGS, EVERYBODY NEEDS WERE MET AND MADE SURE THAT THE EVENT RAN SMOOTHLY AS WELL AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC WORKS. AND ANY ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT MAKES THE EVENT OR SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE OTHER RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THE PROPER USAGE OF A MASS. THANK YOU AGAIN AND HAVE IT FOR NIGHT. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. THANK YOU MAYOR HERE AGAIN. I LIKE TO DO THE, WHAT MY COLLEAGUES CERTAINLY KEEP A FLAWED FAMILY IN PRAYER AND ALSO KEEP OUR NATION AND CRESWELL THIS NATION. UH, HERE AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, KUDOS TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. UH, LAST WEEK I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, UH, PASS OUT, UH, LUNCHES FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS IN MISSOURI CITY, WHICH WAS A GREAT EVENT WITH PRECINCT TWO WITH, UH, CONSTABLE DARRELL SMITH. I ALSO HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK WITH AACC ACIP AND CHAD WAS ABLE TO GIVE FIVE GIFT CARDS, $25 GIFT CARDS TO, UM, OUR CONSTITUENTS IN MISSOURI CITY, UH, MAYOR, ONCE AGAIN, UH, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT ON SATURDAY, SITS WITH YOU WITH THE PPE AND THE FOOD DRIVE A WONDERFUL EVENT. WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND, UH, DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK. UH, BUT I WANTED US TO ASK ALUM ALAIKUM, UH, TO MOST OF OUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY, UH, HAPPY EAT MUBARAK AND HOPEFULLY, UH, THEY HAD A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION LAST WEEK AND WE DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY SO KUDOS TO, UH, ALL ABOUT MUSLIM COMMUNITIES. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, MAYOR, I JUST THINK YOUR, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE. YES. I JUST WANT TO ALSO SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF FORT BEND COUNTY, UH, PRECINCT FOR OFFICER RULE, UH, FORMER MISSOURI CITY, UH, POLICE OFFICER. UH, I KNOW THAT MANY THAT MAY HAVE WORKED WITH HIM ARE PROBABLY FEELING THE STAYING AS WELL. SO DEFINITELY MY PRAYERS WITH THEM. AND, UH, LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL MISSOURI CITY, UH, RESIDENTS TO, UM, REMAIN CALM AND LETS UH, EXPRESS LOVE AMONGST ONE ANOTHER. DURING THIS TIME ZERO CITY IS AN EXTREMELY UNIQUE COMMUNITY. UH, NOT, NO ONE IS FREE FROM ANY ISSUES, BUT I KNOW THAT, UH, I KNOW I'VE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF LOVE AND UH, AND, AND, AND COMPASSION HERE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY OVER MY 20 YEARS. AND I JUST WANT US TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND LET'S HAVE THE MEANINGFUL DISCUSSES THAT WE NEED TO, UH, I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE JACKETS, NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND A PROUD, UH, 1991 GRADUATE OF JACKIE EIGHTS. I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH GEORGE FLOYD. HE GRADUATED TWO YEARS AFTER ME IN 93, [00:35:01] UM, WITH MY COUSIN STACEY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, MANY OF THE JACKETS COMMUNITY, THIRD WAR, COMMUNITY, CUNY HOMES, EVERYBODY WHO KNEW GEORGE AS A GENTLE GIANT AND UH, REALLY A STAPLE IN THE, IN THE THIRD WARD COMMUNITY. UM, AND OF COURSE AT YATES, UH, OR MISSING HIM IN A VERY, VERY, UH, HURT, UH, MANY OF THEM ARE, UM, INCLUDING MYSELF ARE STILL TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THIS. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN BRING FORWARD THE CHANGE AND SOLUTION, UH, AND NOT IGNORE THIS AND SWEEP THIS UNDER THE RUG AS IF A IS NOT A BIG DEAL OR IF IT'S NOTHING TO ADDRESS. UM, LAST THING IS, UH, WE HELD A BIG RALLY, UH, MARCH, UH, THE JACK GATES ALUMNI THIS PAST WEEKEND, UH, FOR MR. FLOYD AND HIS FAMILY. UH, AND, UH, IT WAS VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED AND, UH, THE LOVE WAS, WAS THERE. AND, UH, WE PLAN TO DO SOMETHING HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, AS FAR AS THE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL, UH, AND DO SOME OTHER THINGS TO HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF, UH, MY CLASSMATES AND OUR ALL, ALL OF OUR JACKETS, UH, HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE, UH, IN ALUM, GEORGE FLORIDA. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MORALIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, GOSH, THANK YOU FOR STARTING OFF OUR MEETINGS WITH, UH, A MOMENT OF SILENCE. UM, 2020 HAS PROVEN TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT YEAR ALREADY. WE'VE HAD THE KOBE BRYAN AND WE HAVE THE COBITS, UM, ALL THE FALLEN OFFICERS TO INCLUDE OFFICER CALEB. AND OF COURSE THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. I ECHO WHAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS STATED EARLIER, BUT, UM, I WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING. I HEARD SOMETHING ON THE TV THE OTHER DAY, WHERE A SMALL COMMUNITY, UH, PASTOR WAS ACTUALLY HOLDING A PROTEST INSTEAD OF A PROTEST. AND THAT REALLY HIT HOME FOR ME. AND IT REMINDED ME OF, UM, THE DAY WHERE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING MARCHED IN 1965 WAS IN SELMA AND THE ARCHBISHOP OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH MARCHED WITH HIM. AND IT WAS WITH PRAYER. IT WAS WITH PEACEFUL, THIS THAT THEY PROTESTED, UM, TO ALLOW THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD. AND SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE WITH A PRAYER, UH, FOR THE FLOYD FAMILY. AND IT WAS THE PRAYER THAT ARCHBISHOP STATED THAT NIGHT THAT HE WAS WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THE PRAYER GOES GLORY TO THE MOST HIGH MAY, THIS MARK, THE BEGINNING OF A NEW AGE FOR ALL HUMANKIND, AN ERROR WHEN THE WORD OF GOD CHARTS AND GUIDES OUR LIVES. SO MANY PRAYERS TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE HAD HARM IN THEIR LIVES, MANY PRAYERS TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. AND LET'S JUST BE PEACEFUL, RESPECTFUL, AND LET'S BE A GREAT COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. UH, YES. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH, UH, A, UH, RECOGNITION, UH, OF PRAISE FOR, UH, OUR, UH, FALLEN, UH, DETECTIVE CAITLIN LIBERAL. I KNEW KAY LOOM FROM, UH, HIS ACTIVITIES WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND ESPECIALLY OUR, OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT. AND HE WAS ALWAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE AT THE READY, UH, WILLING TO, UH, UH, TO PITCH IN AND DO WHATEVER WAS NECESSARY. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE WAS, UH, A GREAT OFFICER AND I THINK THE TEST, A TESTAMENT TO THE, THE, UH, THE TRAINING AND DEDICATION THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE IN MISSOURI CITY, UH, ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SAY A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THEM, UH, ARE FOLLOWING JARS, FLOYD, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT STRUCK MOST OF IT ARE ALL OF US, UH, AS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IT WAS ALMOST INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO, UH, UH, TO SEE, UH, I HOPE THAT, UH, HIS FAMILY, UH, UH, HAVE PEACE. AND, UH, MY FINAL PRAYER IS FOR OUR COUNTRY. WE'RE IN A TIME WHERE OUR COUNTRY IS, IS HAVING, YOU KNOW, MAJOR, MAJOR, UH, ELEMENTS OF, UH, OF, UM, BREAK DOWN. UH, AND WE NEED TO, UH, MAKE SURE THROUGH PRAYER THAT, UH, OUR FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AT STAKE. WE NEED TO ALL PULL TOGETHER AND, UH, LET'S MOVE OURSELVES OUT OF THIS, UH, MALAISE THAT WE APPEAR TO BE IN, UH, ONLY COMPOUNDED BY COVID-19. SO WITH THAT, UH, UH, I THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO SEND PRAYERS UP FOR OFFICER RULE'S FAMILY, OUR FALLEN OFFICER, AS [00:40:01] WELL AS GEORGE FLOYD AND HIS FAMILY. I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO, UH, MY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. UH, THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY AWESOME THIS WEEKEND TO MY FIRE AND POLICE, UM, OUR AND FOOD DRIVE. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOOD TO OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE. UH, IT'S, IT'S SO DISHEARTENING TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE IN NEED, HOWEVER, IT'S, YOU KNOW, A BLESSING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE. UM, I WILL BE DOING ANOTHER, UH, FOOD AND PPE DRIVE BECAUSE CLEARLY THERE'S A NEED. UM, AND I'M JUST MOVING, JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RESONANCE, I'M JUST MOVING THROUGH THE CITY. WE STARTED UP NORTH AND WE'RE JUST MOVING THROUGH THE ENTIRE CITY SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY CAN BENEFIT FROM US PROVIDING, UH, PP AND FOOD. IF THAT IS IT, WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING AND WE WILL RECONVENE BACK INTO THE SPECIAL MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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