* 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. YES, [00:00:01] WE ARE READY. WE HAVE CORN, WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE CITY [Items 1 & 2] OF MISSOURI CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER ON TONIGHT. TONIGHT IS JUNE 10TH, 2020. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COMMISSIONERS PRESENT ON TONIGHT. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL, UH, MYSELF, TONY BROWN, MARSHALL CHAIRMAN HANEY. I'M HERE. HEY, THERE YOU ARE COMMISSIONER. O'MALLEY HERE. COMMISSIONER LUCAS HERE. COMMISSIONER NORCOM HERE. OKAY. AND AT THIS TIME I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT RASMUS JOHNSON ROSE BRIGHTWELL OR BAILEY, OR JOINING US ON THIS EVENING. IT'S STILL A MOTION [Item 3] THAT THE MINUTES BE ACCEPTED FROM MAY 13TH, 2020. THANK YOU, MR. HANEY. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY NAYS? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY. SEEING NONE. THE MINUTES ARE PASSED. MOVE NOW TO REPORTS. [Item 4] CHAIRMAN. I HAVE NO REPORT ON TONIGHT. DO ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE A REPORT? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO STAFF REPORTS. UM, DIRECTOR SPRIGS, IS THERE A REPORT TONIGHT FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AND GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE ELSE. UM, THIS IS OTIS SPRIGS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT, AND I JUST HAD AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND I WANTED TO, UM, PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON BEHALF OF OUR, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION. WE ARE, UH, PREPARING FOR THE, UM, THE NEW PROGRAM YEAR 2020 ON THE HERTZ SIDE, UH, IN TERMS OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO SATISFY THE HERD, UH, NATIONAL OBJECTIVES, WHICH ARE NUMBER ONE TO AID IN THE PREVENTION AND ELIMINATION OF SLUM AND BLIGHT AND BENEFIT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND ALSO TO MEET URGENT NEED. UM, THAT PROGRAM APPLICATION PROCESS HAS BEGUN. UM, WE'VE BEEN, UM, IN THE APPLICATION PHASE SINCE MAY IN WHICH, UM, STUDENTS WITHIN THE MISSOURI CITY, UH, CITY LIMITS HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. SO WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU ALL WOULD HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US AND SEND FOLKS OUR WAY, UM, IN TERMS OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND WE CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SO HAVE THEM CONTACT MYSELF. OUR IIJIMA EDWARDS IN THE DEPARTMENT, ALSO AGENCIES THAT COMPETE AND SERVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN WHICH I DESCRIBED ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES AND ARE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR THOSE CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY. WE ALSO HAVE A HOUSING REHAB IRRITATION PROGRAM IN WHICH WE DO, UM, MINOR REPAIRS TO INDIVIDUAL'S HOMES. SO THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY JULY 3RD AND THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING ON THE NEXT TWO WEDNESDAYS AT FOUR O'CLOCK VIRTUAL SESSIONS IN WHICH WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN ORIENTATION AND PRESENTATION ON THAT APPLICATION PROCESS. UM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BY ALL MEANS MEANS, PLEASE CONTACT US IN TERMS OF THE ACTION PLAN. THAT'LL GO BEFORE COUNCIL IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. SO INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE COMMENTS ON THE ACTION PLAN ALSO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. APPRECIATE THAT. IS THERE A REPORT TONIGHT FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT? GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS JEREMY DAVIS. UH, THE CITY ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE TO REPORT TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. DAVIS, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF THERE'S ANYONE [Item 5] IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION IN REGARDS TO MATTERS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT POSSIBLY BE ON THE AGENDA. NOW IS THE TIME THAT WE HEAR FROM YOU, MS. KELLER, IS THERE ANYTHING, THERE IS NO ONE. THIS IS THOMAS. HI, DID YOU WANT ME TO TELL THEM NOW OR LATER YOU HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA? THE CHAIR WILL RECOGNIZE YOU AT THAT TIME. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. WE'LL MOVE NOW [Consent Agenda] ON NOW TO THE, UH, ITEM SIX. [00:05:02] THIS WILL BE THE, UH, SIX, EIGHT THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE PLANTS. ONE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR HERITAGE PARK DRIVE STREET, DEDICATION PHASE THREE, TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SIENNA OAKS DRIVE STREET, DEDICATION PHASE TWO, THREE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL CLIP FOR SIENNA OAK DRIVE STREET DEDICATION PHASE ONE FOR CONSIDERING THE APPLICATION FOR A FINAL FLAT FOR PARKS AGE, SECTION 14 FIVE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR SIENNA PLANTATION, SECTION 36, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLANT FOR SIENNA PLANTATION, SECTION 34 EIGHT SEVEN. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL FLAG FOR A SECTION 35 EIGHT, EIGHT. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL FOOT FOR SIANNA SECTION 39, EIGHT AND NINE. CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION FOR DON NIB SHOPPING CENTER, BEING A PARTIAL REPLANT OF NOVA VILLAGE CENTER. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? THANK YOU, MR. HANEY, IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. NORCAN. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE [6B. Parks Edge] NOW TO ITEM B PARK'S EDGE. WE'LL TAKE ITEM ONE FIRST. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A REVISED CONCEPT PLAN FOR PARKS ITCH. SO COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. WE HEAR YOU. THIS IS JENNIFER GOMEZ. UM, THIS IS, UH, PARSONAGE, UH, AND ON THE EAST SIDE, UM, OF, UH, THE CITY AS THIS IS A REVISED CONCEPT AND IT SHOWS THE COMPLETE BUILD OUT OF THE PARSONAGE SUBDIVISION. SO YOU'VE SEEN, UH, SECTIONS COME THROUGH, INCLUDING THE SECTION 14 FINAL SLIDE THAT YOU JUST APPROVED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND SO THIS IS A REVISED CONCEPT. SO LAYOUT OF THE REMAINDER OF THE SUBDIVISION, IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, CD 95 WITH THE ZONING FOR THE SUBJECT AREA. UM, AND SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE, UH, THIS REVISED CONCEPT, MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THIS A REVISED CONCEPT PLAN. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS, THE MOTION WAS MADE BY HANEY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR PROXY TO SECTION 10. AND SO THIS IS JENNIFER GOMEZ AGAIN. UM, SO THE NEXT FEW PRELIMINARY PLATS AREN'T ON HERE THAT JUST FOR PERFORMANCE WITH THE REVISED CONCEPT THAT YOU JUST APPROVED. AND, UH, SO THIS, UH, SECTION 10 AS WELL AS THE SUBSEQUENT, UH, SECTIONS, UM, ARE, ARE ALL IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN AND, UH, THE FORM REQUIRED FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT. SO STAFFORD STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND? THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS, THAT WOULD BE HANEY AND LUCAS AGAIN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR EDGE SECTION 11 MAJOR MOTION. THANK YOU, HANEY THERE. SECOND FAVOR. AYE. AND THE SAME AGAIN PER SECTION 15, MR. HANEY. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO NAYS. ALL ARE IN FAVOR. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE HAVE NO ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS ON TONIGHT. WE'LL MOVE [Item 8] NOW TO ITEM EIGHT, EIGHT JOHN AND TEXT AMENDMENTS. Y'ALL'S FAVORITE TOPIC, MOBILE FOOD UNIT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING MOBILE FOOD UNITS. WE'LL HEAR FROM STAFF FIRST AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. [00:10:03] OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, THIS IS JENNIFER GOMEZ. AGAIN, I AM GOING TO SUMMARIZE JUST WHERE WE'RE AT, UH, WITH, UH, THE MOBILE FOOD UNIT, UH, REGULATIONS AND, UH, PROVIDE A FEW ITEMS FOR US TO DISCUSS TONIGHT. UM, AND SO THEN ONCE YOU ALL GET TO THE DISCUSSION PART, WE CAN COME BACK TO THOSE ITEMS. UM, SO JUST IN SUMMARY, UM, YOU ALL FIRST, UH, REDISCUSSED THESE ITEMS LAST FALL AND, UM, AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL, UH, LOOKING TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW FOR THE OPERATION OF FOOD UNITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND SO FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION INPUT, UM, WITH KIND OF, UH, FOCUS IN ON THESE AREAS, UM, IN ALLOWING FOOD TRUCKS TO OPERATE AND CENTRALIZED LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY, UM, PROVIDE SOME ALLOWANCE FOR ONSITE LOCATION. UH, AND THEN THE COMMISSION, UH, BROUGHT IN, UM, HAVING A RESERVATION POLICY OR SOME TYPE OF LIMITATION ON TIME, UM, FOR THOSE, UH, UNITS THAT ARE LOCATED AND ALSO ENSURE THAT, UH, HOMEOWNER PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, AND THEN INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, HAVING PRIVATE PARTIES ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE A MOBILE UNIT, UM, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC OVER THE LAST SEVERAL, UM, UM, UM, ANOTHER TYPE OF MOBILE VENDOR HAS KIND OF A SURFACE FOR US. UM, IT'S NOT A NEW CONCEPT. UH THERE'S UM, UH, EXAMPLES OF IT IN THE HOUSTON AREA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. UM, BUT FOR MISSOURI CITY, IT WAS A NEW CONCEPT. AND SO, UH, WE WERE, UH, INTRODUCED TO GROCERY STORES, UM, ON WHEELS AND, UH, THOUGHT THAT THE TINY WITH US HAVING A SUPPRESSION ON A MOBILE SLEUTH UNITS, UH, IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE ALSO TO, UH, CONSIDER THIS TYPE OF MOBILE VENDOR AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY DESIRE TO MAKE THIS ALSO ALLOW, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO KIND OF HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MOBILE FOOD UNIT, YOU HAVE REGULATIONS IN PLACE THAT CURRENTLY ALLOW FOR MOBILE CLOSED UNITS TO OPERATE. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING NOW TO, UH, CREATE, UH, THOSE CENTRALIZED AREAS AND DISTINGUISH IT FROM, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL OPERATORS, UH, THAT MIGHT'VE, THAT MIGHT WANT TO LOCATE A UNIT. SO THE EXISTING REGULATIONS, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY WITHIN THE ZONE ORDINANCE, UM, A LOT OF THEM, THE HOURS OF OPERATION LOCATION, A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL PERMITTING PROCESS. UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING ON THOSE, UH, TO ALLOW FOR THE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE SINGLE OPERATOR, BUT CREATING A NEW, UM, LAND DUES, UH, KIND OF CATEGORY FOR A GROUPING OF OPERATORS, UM, AND LOCATING THEM WITHIN A MOBILE FOOD UNIT PARK. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. SO FOR THE SINGLE OPERATOR, WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKING THE CURRENT REGULATIONS THAT ARE IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATION, THE LOCATION REQUIREMENTS, HOURS OF OPERATION, THE SIGNAGE, WHICH, UH, THE SCIENCE ALLOWANCE FOR MOBILE UNITS IS CERTAINLY WHAT YOU SEE ON THE UNIT ITSELF. UM, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOCATE, UM, SIGNS EXTERIOR, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE UNIT OR, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE AREA THAT THEY'RE LOCATED. UM, BUT THOSE KINDS OF REGULATIONS, TRASH DISPOSAL, UM, AND DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL, UM, ITEMS, ALL OF THAT WOULD BE TAKEN FROM THE ZONING BOARD MINUTES AND RELOCATED, UH, TO THE BUSINESSES SECTION OF, UM, UH, THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. . SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD TO PROVIDE THE FLEXIBILITY AND TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE FOCUS AREAS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IS ON THE LOCATION REQUIREMENTS. UH, GENERALLY THE ITEMS YOU SEE HERE THAT ARE NOT IN COLOR OR IN BOLD ARE AREAS THAT ARE, THAT, UH, FOOD TRUCKS ARE PERMITTED TODAY. SO THE LOCATION REQUIREMENTS THEY'RE ALLOWED TO LOCATE WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING, UM, ANY KIND OF INDUSTRIAL ZONING AREA AS CONSTRUCTION BY, UM, AS PART OF A SPECIAL EVENT, A CITY EVENT IN PUBLIC PARKS. WHAT'S NOT LISTED ON HERE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT INCLUDING IT. UM, BUT THE CURRENT REGULATIONS DO ALLOW FOR A PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION OR, UM, A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UH, TO LOCATE A FOOD TRUCK AT ONE OF THEIR FACILITIES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO THAT IS A CURRENT ALLOWANCE, UH, IN, IN THE REGULATION. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD, [00:15:01] UH, TO RESPOND TO OUR FOCUS FOCUS AREAS IS TO INCLUDE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, ALL OF OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. UM, SO YOU'RE THINKING, YOU KNOW, YOUR LC DISTRICTS, UM, YOUR BUSINESS PARK DISTRICTS. SO, YOU KNOW, ALONG ALL OF THE MAJOR CORRIDORS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART, UM, AS WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY REGULATIONS, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO ADD MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL, OUR DISTRICT TO THAT AS WELL. AND THAT WOULD COME, THAT WOULD SORT OF FUNCTION SIMILAR TO LIKE THE RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHERE IF, UM, THE MANAGEMENT GROUP FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, UM, IS HAVING A FUNCTION, SPONSORING A FUNCTION, UM, ON SITE THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY AS TO LOCATE A FOOD TRUCK ON SITE, UM, WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT, UM, OR ANOTHER TYPE OF APPLICATION. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE WOULD EXPAND IT TO ALLOW WITHIN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, UM, FOR PRIVATE HOMEOWNERS, PRIVATE PARTIES, UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, UH, FROM LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, COMMUNITY REGULATIONS, UM, EXPANDING IT TO SCHOOL SITES. UH, SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, UM, HCC, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COLLEGES SO THAT BECAUSE THEY FREQUENTLY HAVE EVENTS, UH, PORTLAND IFC USUALLY WILL APPLY FOR A SPECIAL EVENT CLIMATE, UH, TO LOCATE A FOOD TRUCK ON, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THEIR EVENTS, BUT THERE THERE'S TYPICAL FULL EVENTS THAT ARE PART OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TYPICAL NO SCHOOL STRUCTURE. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS JUST TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE LIST, UM, FOR LOCATION, UH, THAT INDIVIDUAL UNITS WOULD BE ABLE TO OPERATE, UM, AT ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS WITH THE RECOMMENDATION IS RIGHT NOW IS, UH, TO LIMIT IT TO NO MORE THAN ONE UNIT AND THE UNIT WOULD HAVE TO BE PLAYED ON A FLAT LOT OR RESERVE AND THE FLAT PORTION. AND THAT IS THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, TRY TO AVOID UNITS BEING PLACED ON VACANT LOTS, UM, UNIMPROVED LOT, UM, YOU KNOW, LOTS WHERE DRAINAGE OR, YOU KNOW, UTILITY HAVE NOT BEEN FACTORED IN, UH, WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EMPLOYED OR NOT. UM, BUT TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THE LOCATION, UM, IS SUFFICIENT FOR MADELINE'S THE LOCATION OF THE UNIT, UM, BUT INDIVIDUALS ACCESSING, UH, THE PROPERTY, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THE HOURS OF OPERATION AND LOOKING AT PROVIDING THAT FLEXIBILITY AND EXPANDING, UM, WHERE, UM, MOBILE FOOD UNITS COULD BE LOCATED. UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO EXTEND THE HOURS, UM, FROM 6:00 AM TO 10:00 PM. UH, SO RIGHT NOW IN YOUR CURRENT, THOSE HOURS ARE ALREADY APPLIED TO CONSTRUCTION SITES. UH, THIS WOULD BE EXPANDED HOURS FOR INDUSTRIAL ZONING. UM, SO SOME OF YOU RECALL FROM THE INITIAL CONVERSATION ON FOOD TRUCKS, THE IDEAS WERE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, NOT TO HAVE TO RESTART, TO COMPETE, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESSES. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AS AN ENHANCEMENT ARE TO BOTH SERVICES. SO THE CURRENT REGULATIONS RESTRICT FOOD TRUCKS FROM ONLY BEING ABLE TO LOCATE IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS DURING PEAK HOURS. SO THEY WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO LOCATE, YOU KNOW, IN THE MORNING RUSH THE LUNCH, RUSH, THE ACCESS, THE EVENING, RAJ, THE DINNER ARREST. UM, SO THIS WOULD BE EXPANDED HOURS FOR, UM, THOSE ZONES, BUT THIS WOULD APPLY TO ALL OF THOSE AREAS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. UM, THE CONSTRUCTION SITES CONTINUES, BUT THEN WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, UM, ON, YOU KNOW, FOR PRIVATE PARTIES, MULTIFAMILY SIDE, ET CETERA, UM, IN THE CASE OF SCHOOL SITES, SPECIALLY THAT AS CITY EVENTS, PUBLIC PARKS, THOSE HOURS OF OPERATIONS WOULD BE DETERMINED, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT THE EVENT IS. UM, SO THE, THEY WOULD NOT BE RESTRICTED, UH, TO, UH, THE SAME, UM, HOURS OF OPERATION. UM, ALSO FOR, UM, THOSE TRUCKS THAT ARE LOCATED THAT ARE NOT PART OF A SPECIAL EVENT CITY EVENT, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL SITE, YOU KNOW, CITY SPONSORED EVENT AS THE PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW WOULD REQUIRE THOSE UNITS TO BE MOVED DAILY, UM, FROM THAT LOCATION. SO NO OVERNIGHTS STORES, UM, AT THE LOCATION THAT THEY'RE BEING PROPOSED TO LOCATE AT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, ON THE OPERATIONAL CAPACITY, ALL OF THE EXISTING REGULATIONS WOULD REMAIN. AND SO BY, UH, TO THE LOCATION OF A TRUCK, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST IN SUMMARY, THOSE, UH, REGULATIONS INCLUDE, UM, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY LIMITATION ON WHERE THEY CAN STORE EQUIPMENT. SO LIKE MOPS AND BROOMS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN STORE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE UNIT. UM, IT RESTRICTS, UM, THEIR SEATING AREA IF THEY CAN'T PROVIDE [00:20:01] SEATING AREAS. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON, UM, THE SCOPE OF, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY PROVIDE THEIR SERVICES ON SITE. UM, SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO KEEP ALL OF THOSE EXISTING REGULATIONS AND THEN ADD THESE LIMITATIONS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE NOT PARKED IN A PARKING STALL. SO, UM, ESSENTIALLY THAT THEY'RE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, KIND OF WITHIN THE PARKING LOT, BUT KIND OF, UM, SITUATED ON A SITE SO THAT CUSTOMERS CAN USE THE PARKING. UM, THEY'RE THERE, THEY CAN'T BLOCK A DRIVEWAY, THEY CAN'T BLOCK A FIRE LANE, UM, BUT THEY WOULD BE POSITIONED SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING SERVICE, UM, ON THAT PROPERTY. UM, ALSO, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES INCORPORATED, AND WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA AS WELL, NO DRIVE-THROUGH SERVICE, UM, FROM MOBILE FOOD UNIT. UM, AND THEN ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STARTED TO DISCUSS IS IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, THE CENTRALIZED AREAS AND CREATING LIKE A MOBILE FOOD PARK, MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK, UM, THEN HOW DO YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN HAVING A PARK AND THEN THAT SINGLE OPERATOR THAT MAY PULL A PERMIT TO LOCATE ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT. ADJACENT TO THE PARK. SO THEY'RE JUST OUTSIDE OF THE PARK, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT WITHIN THE PARK, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UH, UTILIZE THE, UH, SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING IN PROXIMITY TO THE PARK. UM, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND IT'S IN RED FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES, UM, IS LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO, UH, CREATE A DISTANCE, UM, PROXIMITY REQUIREMENT, UM, FROM THE LOCATION OF A SINGLE OPERATOR, UH, TO A, UM, ESTABLISHED, APPROVED MOBILE FOOD. RIGHT? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO TRANSITIONING TO, OR MINUTES, UH, IS WHERE THE MOBILE FOOD UNIT PARTS, UH, WOULD BE LOCATED. AND RIGHT NOW, UH, THE PROPOSAL IS ESSENTIALLY THE INDIVIDUAL UNIT. IT WOULD BE NO MORE THAN ONE, UH, LOCATED ON A SITE. UM, ANY CLUSTERING OF TWO OR MORE UNITS, UH, WOULD BE WHAT NEEDS TO BE LOCATED WITHIN A MOBILE FOOD UNIT PARK. AND SO THE, UM, MECHANISM THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING CAUSE UTILIZING THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UM, FOR THE LOCATION OF A MOBILE FOOD UNIT PARK, UM, REQUIRING AGAIN, THAT, UH, IT'S LOCATED ON A PLASTIC PIECE OF PROPERTY, UH, THE SURFACE WOULD HAVE TO BE, UH, CONSIDERED THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAVE PROPOSED TONIGHT INDICATES A PAVED SURFACE. UM, BUT THAT AGAIN IS A DISCUSSION ITEM, UM, BECAUSE THE IDEA IS IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PERMANENT, BUT TEMPORARY SET UP. UM, SO IT'S NOT LOOKING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE TO TAPE IT WITH CONCRETE, UM, OR SURFACE OF THAT NATURE, BUT THE SURFACE NEEDS TO BE SUITABLE, UM, FOR THE LOCATION OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE UNITS AND ALSO, UH, FOR CUSTOMERS SEATING AND ALL OF THAT. UM, SO THE SURFACE AREA WOULD BE, UM, AN ITEM WITHIN A PARK, UM, AS WELL AS CONSIDERING, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS IN TERMS OF HOW MANY MOBILE FOOD UNIT PARKS, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO ALLOW FOR, UH, WITHIN A CERTAIN AREA. UM, SO SOME COMMUNITIES THAT, UM, ALLOW FOR A COURT FOR, OR PARTS THEY DO PROVIDE, UM, A DISTANCE, UM, THAT SUCH COULD BE LOCATED WITHIN EACH OTHER. SO YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, ON EACH PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, SETTING UP, YOU KNOW, DOWN, DOWN THE COURT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR THAT SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, THAT FOR A, UH, PART, THEY WOULD HAVE TO, UH, PROVIDE DESIGNATED SEATING. UM, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES AND THAT CAN BE DONE ON SITE OR, UM, BY AGREEMENT ON AN ADJACENT PROPERTY. UM, BUT WITH THE IDEA THAT YOU HAD PEOPLE THAT COULD COME TO A LOCATION, UM, ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, GATHER, UM, YOU KNOW, AND BE ON A LOCATION FOR SOME TIME, UM, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE ALLOWANCES TO ENSURE THAT SUFFICIENT PARKING IS AVAILABLE. UM, ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO KEEP, UM, THE PERMANENT TEMPORARY PARK FRESH, UM, BY ESSENTIALLY THE, UH, UNITS THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE PARK PASS TO, UH, CHANGE OUT OVER TIME. UH, SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT ONE UNIT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, IN A PART FOR NO MORE THAN SIX MONTHS. UM, AND THEN A 30 DAY PERIOD, UH, WOULD HAVE TO PASS [00:25:01] BEFORE THEY COULD RELOCATE, UH, WITHIN THAT PART. UM, AND THEN ALSO HOURS OF OPERATION, UM, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT TO CONSIDER HOURS OF OPERATION IN THE SAME WAY AS AN INDIVIDUAL UNITS, UH, LOCATED ON, UM, A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY? OR DO YOU WANT TO CONSIDER, UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL HOURS OF OPERATION OR IS IT A CASE BY CASE BASIS BASED ON, UH, WHERE IT'S LOCATED IN THE CITY? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I HAVE A SHORT VIDEO, UM, FOR YOU, THIS IS A MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK. UH, THAT'S IN TOMBALL, UM, VERY SHORT, UH, VIDEO. UM, BUT ONCE YOU KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TWO TRACKS, THE FOCUS, OBVIOUSLY IN THIS VIDEO, IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE FOOD. UM, BUT TRY TO LOOK PAST THE FOOD AND LOOK AT KIND OF A SET UP, UM, THAT THEY'VE DONE, UM, AT THE FOOD PART. SO, YOU KNOW, THE PLACEMENT OF THE VEHICLES OR THE UNIT, UM, THE SURFACE AREA OF THE BROWN PURPOSE, UH, THEY'D HAVE SOME EATING AREAS. UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO SHARE, UM, SOME, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY DO, UM, AT THE FOOD TRUCK PARK. AND I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE TO, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IF YOU DO HAVE TIME TO MAKE IT UP TO TOM BOSS, UM, TO, UH, EXPERIENCE THIS FOOD TRUCK PARK OR AT LEAST SEE IT, UM, OR, UM, UH, OTHERS THAT MIGHT BE IN THE CITY, UH, THAT'S ALSO, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT AS WELL, JUST SO YOU CAN GET A FEEL FOR WHAT YOU LIKE, YOU DON'T LIKE, UM, WHAT YOU THINK MAY OR MAY NOT WORK, UM, FOR MISSOURI CITY. UH, SO DOUG, IF YOU ARE READY, IF WE CAN PLACE THIS VIDEO, OKAY, ONE MOMENT COME ON DOWN TO FOUR OH THREE MAIN STREET FOR THE APPROPRIATELY NAMED FOUR OH THREE EATS. THIS IS THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY. SO WE NEED ALL THREE JUST TO CARRY A PLATE OF FOOD. AND IF THIS PLACE FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE MAYBERRY, IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE OF THE OWNERS, GRETCHEN FAGAN HAS BEEN THE MAYOR OF TOM BALL FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS. HIS PROPERTY CAME UP FOR SALE. SO WE BOUGHT IT REALLY NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT. AND ONE DAY WE WERE JUST OVER HERE AND SAID, HOW ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS? LET'S SEE IF IT'LL WORK. SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN IT FIRST STARTED. IT WAS JUST AN OLD HUNDRED YEAR OLD HOUSE THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO SINCE THEN FOUR OH THREE EATS HAS TRANSFORMED INTO ONE OF TOM BALL'S BIGGEST FOOD DESTINATIONS. YOU'LL FIND SIX UNIQUE FOOD TRUCKS, GAMES FOR THE KIDS, AND SOME OF THE BEST SNACKS AROUND WE DO DATE NIGHT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SO WE ALWAYS HAVE SOME KIND OF SPECIAL THURSDAY NIGHTS. WE DO BINGO, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WE HAVE LIVE MUSIC KARAOKE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS MARGARITA SPECIALS ON MONDAYS. LET'S SEE. OKAY. WHERE ARE YOU ALL ABLE TO SEE THE VIDEO? YES. OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. CAN YOU GIVE IT ONE MOMENT TO TRANSITION BACK TO THE FLIGHT? OKAY. ONE MOMENT. OKAY. CAN EVERYBODY SEE THE SLIDE? YES, I CAN. I OKAY. I CAN'T YET. OH, OKAY. GLORIA, YOU SAID THAT YOU COULD SEE THE FIRES OF ARC ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS. CAN YOU ALL SEE THE CHOIR? OKAY. SWEET. CAN YOU SEE THE SLIDES? YES. OKAY. OKAY. SO IS IT THE FOUR OH THREE EAST SLIDES? NO, WE'RE NOW NUMBER EIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. [00:30:01] YEAH, YOU'RE THE SINGLE OPERATOR. PARDON ME. OKAY. SO I'M, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TALK FROM THE SLIDES ON MY TEAM. UM, SO ON THE SINGLE OPERATOR, UM, THESE ITEMS THAT ARE IN RED ARE ITEMS THAT, UH, THEY'RE THE, THE FRAME OF IT IS IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT WE REALLY KIND OF NEED TO FLUSH IT OUT. UM, IN TERMS OF WHERE THE COMMISSION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS OR PERSPECTIVE ARE ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. UH, SO, UM, REALLY QUICKLY ON THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, UH, WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS, IS AS WE PROVIDE GREATER FLEXIBILITY, UM, THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GETTING SOME COUNSEL AND FROM YOU ALL, UM, IS W WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS, YOU KNOW, JUST RAMPANT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE DON'T WANNA, YOU SEE IT POP UP IN LATE LOAD, YOU KNOW, GAS STATIONS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, AT, AT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT AREAS FOR THE CITY. SO WE REALLY, WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE FLEXIBILITY, UH, BUT, UH, WITH SOME PARAMETERS AS TO WHERE THEY WOULD GO, UM, ONE OF OUR CONCERNS, UM, OR PART OF OUR CONCERNS ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT THE FOOD UNIT TO BE LOCATED ON A PARCEL THAT INADVERTENTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IMPACTS THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPERATING ON THAT PARCEL. SO LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM SIZE. SO WHILST THE UNITS WOULD BE PERMITTED WITHIN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, UM, TYING IT TO, THEY CAN ONLY BE LOCATED, UM, ON THE SITE OF AN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS, THAT WOULD BE LIKE A PAD SITE, UM, OR A SHOPPING CENTER SITE, AND THEN PROVIDING A MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE. SO THE RECOMMENDATION AND THE REPORT IS, UH, THE INDEPENDENT BUSINESS OR THE SHOPPING CENTER WOULD HAVE TO BE A MINIMUM OF 25,000 SQUARE FEET. UM, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE GROUND IS I WOULD INCLUDE MOST OF YOUR SHOPPING CENTERS. UM, A LOT OF YOUR SHOPPING CENTERS ON TEXAS, EXCUSE ME, ON TEXAS PARKWAY, THE GROCERY STORES, UM, ON TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT ROAD, UM, HIGHWAY SIX, THE MAJOR, UM, UH, CORRIDORS, UM, BUT THE LARGER, UM, CENTERS WHERE A SINGLE FOOD TRUCK COULD LOCATE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT CENTER, UM, AND PROVIDE INSTILL, AND THAT CENTER WOULD STILL HAVE SUFFICIENT ARCHI SUFFICIENT FACILITIES TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CENTER, AS WELL AS CUSTOMERS THAT MAY BE UTILIZING A MOBILE UNIT. UM, THE NUMBER OF UNITS IS THE QUESTION, UM, RIGHT NOW OUR RECOMMENDATION IS, YOU KNOW, A SINGLE UNIT ON A SHOPPING CENTER SITE OR AN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. YOU MAY WANT TO INCREASE THAT MAYBE TWO OR THREE, AND THEN MORE THAN THAT WOULD BE, UM, A MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PARK. UM, THAT'S A CONSIDERATION TO THINK ABOUT HOW MANY, UM, YOU THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, UH, IN TERMS OF INDIVIDUALLY OPERATING, UM, NOT OPERATING AS A COLLECTIVE UNIT. UM, AND THEN ALSO THE NUMBER OF DAYS. AND I, I APOLOGIZE, MY GRASS IS BEING CUT RIGHT NOW. UM, THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT A FOOD TRUCK I COULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS, IS THAT WHILE IT HAS TO BE REMOVED DAILY FROM THAT SITE, UM, IT COULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THAT INDEPENDENT BUSINESS THAT'S SHOPPING CENTER SITE, UM, FOR UP TO A TWO WEEK PERIOD, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO MOVE AGAIN, UM, ON THE PRIVATE PARTY SIDE, UH, THINKING ABOUT, UM, A PRIVATE FUNCTION AT A PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL HOUSE, UH, THE REC THE RECOMMENDED, UH, RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU HAVE IS TO LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN ONE TRUCK, UM, FOR A PRIVATE PARTY ONE TIME PER MONTH. SO, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT REASONABLE? SHOULD IT BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TWO TRUCKS, UM, YOU KNOW, OR, UH, THE TIMING THAT A RESIDENT COULD HAVE OR RESIDENTIAL LOCATION, UH, COULD HAVE A FOOD TRUCK, UM, FOR A PRIVATE PARTY. UM, AND THEN ALSO GOING BACK TO THE DISTANCE, UH, DISTANCE FROM, UM, A MOBILE FOOD, UH, UNIT, UM, PARKS, UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE DISTANCE, UM, THAT AN INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR, UH, COULD BE, UM, FROM, UM, A COLLECTIVE OF GRIPPING OF TRUCKS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. FOR MOBILE SOCIAL UNIT PARKS, UM, THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD FOR A DISCUSSION, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE, UM, TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT PROCESSES, UM, OVERLAYS, UH, CREATING AN OVERLAY FOR FOOD TRUCKS COME UP IN OUR CONVERSATION. UM, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO UTILIZE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UM, BECAUSE THAT GIVES [00:35:01] YOU THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT IT ON A SITE BY SITE BASIS, UM, AND INSIGHTS SPECIFIC. SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE CASE OF LIKE AN OVERLAY, YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT A PARTICULAR AREA OF THE CITY THAT YOU WANT TO KIND OF, UM, ALLOW, UH, MOBILE FOOD UNITS TO OPERATE, OR, YOU KNOW, THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ALLOWS YOU TO DO IT CITYWIDE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. UH, SO THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE DISCUSSION. UM, THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS THE TIME INVOLVED. UH, SO AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A ZONING PROCESS, UH, THAT GOES BEFORE THE COMMISSION, UH, BOTH BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. UM, SO, UM, IN ORDER TO CUT DOWN AND REDUCE SOME OF THAT TIME, IF THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, HAS SPECIFIC SITES THAT YOU THINK, UM, WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION FOR MOBILE FOOD TRUCK, OR IF THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, HAVE SPECIFIC SITES THAT WE CAN EXPLORE THOSE ONCE WE HAVE REGULATIONS IN PLACE. AND I LOOK AT DOING A CITY INITIATED AS ZONING WORKING WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, TO, UH, CREATE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THOSE PROPERTIES, SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE READY, UM, AND THE DEMAND IS THERE, UH, TO LOCATE FOOD TRUCKS, THEY WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, HAVE ANOTHER STEP TO GO THROUGH. UM, AT THAT POINT IT WOULD JUST BE GOING THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, UM, AGAIN, LOCATED ON A PRIVATE PROPERTY. UM, THE PAVED SURFACE KIND OF TALKS ABOUT THAT BEFORE. UM, AND THEN THE MINIMUM DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS, UM, REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN A MOBILE FOOD UNIT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. OKAY. SO ONE MORE CATEGORY TO CONSIDER BEFORE I END THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE CAN GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION, UM, BUT THE MOBILE GROCERY STORE. UM, AND SO AGAIN, WE WERE, UH, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, UM, A LOCAL, UH, GROCERY STORE WANTED TO OFFER SERVICES BEYOND JUST DELIVERY, UM, TO RESIDENTS, UM, IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. AND SO THIS, UH, MOBILE BENDING, UH, UNIT, UM, IS, UH, WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT AND THE TYPE OF UNIT, UH, THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING SELLING. UM, THEY, THEY SPECIALIZE IN FRESH FOOD, UM, BUT SELLING THOSE KINDS OF FOODS WHERE CUSTOMERS CAN ACTUALLY WALK ON TO THE UNIT. AND SO IT LOOKS JUST LIKE A MINI GROCERY STORE. UM, THEY MAY HAVE NON-FOOD, UM, ITEMS, UM, FOR SALES. SO, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD EXPERIENCE, UM, IN A GROCERY STORE IT'S ON A SMALLER BASIS. UM, SO WE HAVE ONE MORE, ONE MORE QUICK VIDEO, UM, AND, UH, IT, THIS WILL KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE CONCEPT AND, UH, WHAT YOUR POSITION IS ON THAT CONCEPT AND, UH, THE PARAMETERS FOR, UM, ALLOWING THAT WITHIN THE CITY. UH, SO DOUG, IF YOU'RE READY AGAIN, IF WE CAN SHOW THAT LAST VIDEO THE GROCERY STORE WE HAVE TODAY IS SOMETHING THAT OUR GREAT GRANDPARENTS CREATED. SO WE NEED SOMETHING FOR TODAY'S URBAN LOCATIONS. QUICK GROCERY IS A NEW WAY TO INTERACT WITH FRESH FOOD, A NEW RETAIL CONCEPT FOCUSED ON LOCAL COMMUNITY HEALTHY AND SIMPLY FATIGUE. SO RATHER THAN 30,000 PRODUCTS AT YOUR TRADITIONAL GROCERY STORE, YOU GOT ABOUT 300 PRODUCTS. YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE. IT'S ALL FRESH LOCAL STYLE. THERE'S NO DYES, NO PESTICIDES. SOME OF IT IS ORGANIC, BUT WE USE COMMON SENSE QUALIFIERS, LIKE NOTHING IN IT. YOU CAN'T PRONOUNCE, WE'RE PARTNERED WITH THE MAYOR'S COMPLETE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE. THE GOAL IS FOOD TO MAKE HEALTHY FOOD MORE ACCESSIBLE. I THINK WHAT'S MOST EXCITING IS JUST THE, THE, THE INTIMACY THAT HAPPENS HERE, THE COMMUNITY THAT HAPPENS HERE, AND THEN THAT, HOW THAT CARRIES INTO THE HOME AROUND THIS TABLE. THIS IS ONE OF THE STARTING POINTS FOR IT, BUT THIS MODEL FITS INTO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LAST VIDEO OUT. SO THAT JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE CONCEPT, UM, OF THE MOBILE GROCERY STORE. AND SO I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE WITH, UH, PICTURES OF THE [00:40:01] LOCAL, UH, FOUR. DO YOU ALL SEE THE SLIDES? YES. OKAY. UM, DO YOU SEE THE HARVEST CHARLIE? YES. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE LOCAL GROUP AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME BEAR REPRESENTATIVES ON, UM, JOINING THE MEETING. UM, THAT'LL PROVIDE SOME INPUT AS WELL. UM, BUT IT'S A SIMILAR CONCEPT THAT THEY WANT TO PROVIDE, UH, WITHIN THE CITY. AND, UH, SO IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THE CITY WANTS TO EXPAND, UM, IT'S VENDING, UH, REGULATIONS FOR, THEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER, UM, NOT ONLY FROM, FOR THE MOBILE FOOD ORDINANCE, UM, BUT EXPANDING THAT DEFINITION OF MOBILE VENDING AND, UM, THE APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS, UH, FOR, UH, THIS TYPE OF SERVICE. AND SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THE PRESENTATION ITSELF. UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION, SO WE CAN GO BACK TO THOSE SLIDES AS NEEDED. UM, AND THEN ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, CONCEPTS, ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MIGHT HAVE. UM, IT, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AS WELL, SO THAT THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THIS. THANK YOU, JENNIFER. GREAT PRESENTATION. UM, VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE. UH, BEFORE WE MOVED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, JENNIFER? UM, YEAH, I HAVE ONE AND SHE PROBABLY ANSWERED THIS AND I JUST DIDN'T CATCH IT ON THE COMMERCIAL, UH, DISTRICT FOR THE FOOD TRUCK. NOW ARE THERE TO BE MOVED DAILY THAT YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE OUT THERE FOR FIVE DAYS OR FIVE? NO MORE THAN FIVE TIMES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YEAH. W YES, MA'AM. SO, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THEY WOULD BE MOVED DAILY OFF THE SITE, BUT THEY COULD LOCATE ON THAT SIDE FOR UP TO TWO WEEKS. SO ESSENTIALLY DURING THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION, DURING THAT TWO WEEK PERIOD, THEY CAN LOCATE THE UNIT ON THAT COMMERCIAL SITE. AND THEN, UM, ONCE THE HOURS OF OPERATION, UM, ARE COMPLETED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO MOVE THAT UNIT FROM THAT LOCATION. THEY COULDN'T STORE IT THERE OVERNIGHT. OKAY. AFTER THOSE TWO WEEKS ARE UP, IS, ARE THEY ALLOWED TO REPEAT OR IT'S JUST A ONE-TIME THING AND ALLOW OTHER FOOD TRUCKS TO COME IN? YEAH, IT'S AN ACTUALLY IDEA. UM, IS THEY COULDN'T, SO THEY, THEY COULDN'T DO IT LONGER THAN A TWO WEEK CONSECUTIVE PERIOD. SO THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A BREAK IN TIME, UM, BEFORE THEY COULD RELOCATE AT THAT SAME LOCATION. OKAY. SO WE HAVEN'T, YOU HAVEN'T DECIDED TO DETERMINE WHAT'S THAT BREAK OR THAT PERIOD OF TIME WOULD BE, UM, AND THAT THE COMMISSION CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT YOUR FEEL IS ON THAT. I WOULD SAY, SO WITH LIKE SPECIAL EVENTS, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS THAT ARE APPROVED AT THE STAFF LEVEL CAN OCCUR, YOU KNOW, NO LONGER THAN A TWO WEEK PERIOD. AND SO USUALLY YOU HAVE A BREAK OF LIKE A DAY, AND THEN, UM, WELL, DEPENDING ON, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE, CAUSE THEY ALSO CAN'T OCCUR MORE THAN ONCE IN SIX MONTHS. UM, SO YOU COULD, YOU COULD ESTABLISH LIKE OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FOOD PARTS IS THAT THEY'RE LOCATED ON THE FOOD PARTS NO LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS. UM, AND THEN THERE'S A 30 DAY PERIOD BEFORE THEY COULD RELOCATE THERE. SO I DON'T THINK THE INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU NEED THAT LONG OF A PERIOD. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T CONSIDER AND, YOU KNOW, IF SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THE PHONE TONIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME PERSPECTIVE TO ONE, YOU KNOW, WHAT SEEMS REASONABLE OR WHAT MAY WORK IN TERMS OF THAT TIMEFRAME. YES, YES. UH, SO THERE ARE TWO REQUIREMENTS, ONE FOR A SINGLE TRUCK, A SINGLE FOOD TRUCK BUSINESS. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER REQUIREMENT FOR SAY A FOOD TRUCK PARK, CORRECT. THIS WILL BE A PRESENTER. AND SO WE'LL GO AHEAD. WELL, JUST TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE FOOD UNITS AND APART, WE STILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE SAME REGULATIONS AS THE INDIVIDUAL UNIT, UM, EXCEPT THAT THEY WOULD BE WITHIN THE PARK. UNDERSTOOD. SO WITH THE PARK, WOULD THERE BE ONE PARK IN THE CITY OR NO, LESS THAN THREE, MAYBE MORE THAN [00:45:01] THAT, THREE OR MORE. IS THERE A NUMBER OF PARK LOCATIONS? I THINK PART OF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DETERMINE IF WE'RE GOING TO GIVE SITE OR NOT YEAH. SPECIFIC SITE OFFICES, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO SPECIFIC SINUSES, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE TIED INTO DOING AN SUP FOR A FOOD PARK AND AN ISSUE P CAN TAKE QUITE A TIME TYSON TIME. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. THAT WAS, I WAS TRYING TO GET THAT CLEAR IN MY MIND. ALL RIGHT, JENNIFER, IN TERMS OF FRIGHT, I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS THIS COULD BE A QUESTION TOO, THAT MAYBE WE COULD ASK SOME OF THE SPEAKERS JUST LOOKING THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE A SITE COULD POSSIBLY BE. SURE. AND, UM, WHAT I'M GOING TO PROVIDE, UM, WITH THE FINAL REPORT IS AN AERIAL OF THAT TUMBLES THE TOMBALL, UM, PART. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT'S POSITIONING. UM, I WOULD SAY, UH, LOOKING AT SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS, OUTSIDE OF TEXAS, UM, ONE OF THE PARAMETERS THAT I FOUND THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL, UM, MAYNARD, TEXAS, THAT'S IN THE AUSTIN AREA. I BELIEVE THEY ONLY ALLOW A FULL COURT ESTABLISHMENT TO BE LOCATED ON A PROPERTY THAT HAS FRONTAGE ON TWO STREETS OF PORN TRACK. BUT JENNIFER, I'M SORRY. THAT HAS WHAT, NOW THAT HAS FRONTAGE ON TWO STREETS. OH, OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE LIKE A CORNER PROPERTY. RIGHT. UM, SO IF YOU THINK OF PROPERTIES LIKE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD THINK OF PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, IN MISSOURI CITY AT MA YOU KNOW, AT THE INTERSECTION AT THE INTERSECTION. SO, UM, THE GRASSY AREA IN FRONT OF SHIPLEY, YOU KNOW, AT LEXINGTON, TEXAS PARKWAY, UM, ACROSS FROM HTC, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN FURTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FOUR CORNERS AT CARTWRIGHT IN PARKWAY ARE PRETTY MUCH, UH, CONSTRUCTED OR BUILT OUT. UM, BUT CARTWRIGHT CARTWRIGHT ROAD IN FMC 92, UM, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF LIKE THE, THE VILLAGE WALK, UM, SHOPPING CENTER, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE A DECENT LOCATION. UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY KIND OF LOOKING AT WHERE YOU THINK, UM, YOU, IT WOULD BE MORE SUITABLE, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE THAT GATHER THAT WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, BIG IMPACT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE, UM, DRIVING THE DEMAND, UM, BECAUSE YOU SEE THESE PARTS AND AS WE'VE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, YOU KNOW, AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE, UM, EXCLUSIVITY. UM, SO I THINK IF YOU PUT PARAMETERS IN, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT, THEN IT'LL NARROW DOWN THE LOCATIONS AND THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS, UH, THAT WOULD POSSIBLY BE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS TYPE OF USE. SO JENNIFER ONE THOUGHT THAT I HAD, UH, AND IT'S MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS IS IT'S ACTUALLY GOOD TO HEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME PUBLIC, UH, UH, INPUT, UH, ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. BUT, UH, WHEN WE, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THESE, UH, MEETINGS, UH, UH, REMOTELY, UM, WE, WE KIND OF WERE, WE'RE LEANING TOWARDS ADDRESSING THINGS THAT WERE MORE CRITICAL. AND, UH, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS MEETS OUR REQUIREMENTS. SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED IN GENERAL THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO GET THE LEVEL OF INPUT THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE FOR SOME OF THIS STUFF. AND I GUESS WE STILL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, EVEN AFTER THIS WEEK, WE'LL HAVE TO, OR THIS MONTH WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IT ANOTHER, ANOTHER TIME BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GOES TO COUNCIL. I BELIEVE SO. UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S KINDA MY MAIN CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO GET THE LEVEL OF FEEDBACK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HELP US KIND OF, UH, NARROW DOWN SOME OF THESE THINGS. UM, AND, AND BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD, WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF TRIED TO MAKE IT, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD I WANT KIND OF LESS RESTRICTED AND, AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT EVEN A TRIAL AND, AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THROWING SOMEBODY OUT THERE AND SEEING HOW IT WORKED AND THEN MAYBE HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE THEIR APPROACH WE HAVE TO TAKE. AND SO YOU KIND OF HAVE, YOU HAVE A FRAMEWORK NOW WHILE THE DIFFERENT THINGS, AND I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AND, AND [00:50:01] COME UP WITH SOMETHING WITHOUT SOME MORE SUBSTANTIAL INPUT. UNDERSTOOD. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. UM, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT IT'S KIND OF JUST BEEN SITTING FOR AWHILE. UM, SO WE WERE MOVING IT FORWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF PUT THESE REGULATIONS INTO PLACE. UH, SO DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, UM, ON THIS PATH, WE CAN CONTINUE TO REACH OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS OWNERS AND, UH, FOOD TRUCK OWNERS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND AFFECTED PARTIES AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC AND SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH INPUT WE CAN GET. UM, BUT DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND. YEAH. AND, AND JUST, UH, ONE MORE COMMENT, UH, REALLY THE, UH, THE GROCERY DELIVERY SERVICE, UM, UM, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WE TRY TO LUMP THEM IN WITH MOBILE FOOD TRUCKS BECAUSE, UM, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT PREPARING FOOD AND, AND TO ME, I WOULD, I WOULD, I THINK THAT'S A HUGE DISTINCTION BETWEEN A FOOD TRUCK AND, AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO. UM, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE CAREFUL WITH, WITH THAT LUMPING THEM INTO, UH, INTO THAT GROUP. HMM, JENNIFER, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. UM, ON THE PRIVATE PARTIES, YOU SAID NO MORE THAN ONE PER MONTH, IS THAT PER HOMEOWNER OR PER SUBDIVISION, IT WOULD BE PER HOMEOWNER PER PROPERTY ON IT. OKAY. AND ON THIS MOBILE FOOD UNIT PARK, HOW OFTEN WOULD THAT TAKE PLACE, IF IS IT DAILY, JUST A WEEKEND OR A FEW DAYS A WEEK, OR DID YOU COVER THAT? NO. AND THAT, THAT WOULD KIND OF BE WHAT THE HOURS OF OPERATION, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A DAILY, YOU KNOW, FUNCTION. UM, BUT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THAT, THAT FOOD TRUCK, UM, PART. SO, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE TYPES OF TRUCKS THAT ARE LOCATED THERE, THEY MAY, YOU KNOW, HAVE A MORE EVENING GROUP. AND SO IT MAY BE AN EVENING, YOU KNOW, HOURS OPERATION. UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, YOU CAN KIND OF SET THOSE PARAMETERS. UM, YOU KNOW, SO ESTABLISHING IF IT'S A SEVEN DAY A WEEK OPERATION, A WEEKEND ONLY OPERATION, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE HOURS THROUGHOUT THE DAY THAT THEY OPERATE. AND DID YOU SAY THAT WAS A MINIMUM NUMBER OF TRUCKS THAT COULD BE ALLOWED DURING THAT TIME? SO THE, THE, UH, REGULATIONS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED WOULD PUT IT AT TWO, SO TWO WELL CART FOR THE, FOR THE MOBILE FLEET. SURE. YEAH, BECAUSE IF IT'S JUST A SINGLE, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THE PART, THE PART CAN BE DEFINE AND THE PARK WOULD HAVE YOU DID. UM, BUT IF IT'S A SINGLE OPERATOR, THEY CAN EITHER GO WITHIN THAT PART OR THEY CAN GO, YOU KNOW, WITHIN ANY OF THOSE OTHER ALLOWANCES. UM, BUT THE PARK ITSELF, IT WOULD BE A CLUSTERING OF TWO OR MORE. UM, SO THAT INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR, YOU KNOW, IF ANOTHER GROUP WANTS TO LOCATE, UM, THAT WOULD BE DESIGNED FOR THAT PURPOSE, WHO WOULD DETERMINE WHICH UNIT WOULD, WOULD BE THERE AT THAT TIME. UM, WOULD IT BE THE PROPERTY OWNER OR WOULD IT BE THE CITY, OR IS IT JUST THE FACT THAT YOU WOULD NEED, UH, THE CITY WOULD AN ISSUE NO MORE THAN, I'LL SAY SIX PERMIT AT THE TIME, WHATEVER THE MAX IS? IS THAT HOW IT WILL BE DETERMINED? YEAH, IT, IT WAS, UM, THE PROPERTY OWNER, CAUSE IT, IT'S NOT, IT WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UNLESS THE CITY WANTS TO GO INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES OR, OR OTHER, UM, BUT OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER. SO, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT LIKE IN THE VIDEO, THE, UM, 403 E, UM, THAT JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE THE MAYOR OF TOMBALL. UM, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS I THINK THEY PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY AS A PRIVATE ENTITY. AND SO THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, THE MAYOR AND I, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER SHE'S TEAMED UP WITH, UM, THEY KIND OF RUN THE OPERATIONS, UH, FOR THAT MOBILE FOOD TRUCK PART. SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WITH ANY BUSINESS GOING INTO A SHOPPING CENTER, UM, THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF MANAGEMENT ENTITY, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPER, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF ORGANIZING IT AND THEN THEY WOULD MAKE THE DETERMINATION ON, YOU KNOW, THE MIX OF TRUCKS IS, YOU KNOW, THE MIX OF, YOU KNOW, ITEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE AVAILABLE, THE ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE. AND THEN THE CITY WOULD JUST PERMIT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE UNIT ITSELF BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THEM WANTING TO LOCATE WITHIN [00:55:01] THE PARK. UH, ONE MORE QUESTION FOR THE MOBILE FOOD, UH, UNIT PARK, WOULD ALCOHOL BE ALLOWED? GOOD QUESTION. WE CAN REVISIT THAT LATER. SO YEAH, I KNOW, RIGHT. IF IT'S NOT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO, THERE'S NO INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO BE THERE PROBABLY IS THAT, OF COURSE THEY'D BE LICENSED, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. THEY STILL HAVE TO HAVE AN ALCOHOL POLICY THAT WOULD STILL APPLY ONE DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, THE TRUCK YARD, THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SELLING THE BEER AND WINE AND STUFF. SO, UM, I THINK THEY'RE YET ANOTHER VENDOR ON THE, ON THE SITE. YEAH. OKAY. OH, OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I LIKE THAT. OKAY. SO, UH, HANEY, YOUR ARE DEFINITELY DULY NOTED. DEFINITELY. UM, BEFORE WE START TRYING TO SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO DWELL DOWN TO EVEN SEND UP A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON TONIGHT TO RETURN BACK TO SOME OF JENNIFER'S QUESTIONS OF US, WHY DON'T WE TAKE SOME TIME OUT TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE ON TONIGHT? WE HAVE MS. THOMAS ST. JOHNSON, FOOD MARKET EVENTS, HOW MS. JOHNSON, OKAY. THAT SHOULD BE IT. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN BEHALF OF THE FOOD TRUCKS I'M INVOLVED WITH FOOD TRUCKS, BECAUSE I OWN A FARMER'S MARKET PARTNERS, MISSOURI CITY LOCATION, AND WE HAVE FOOD TRUCKS. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING IS THE MONTHLY, NOT THE MONTHLY FEE, THE, THE, THE FEED THAT THE FOOD TRUCKS HAVE TO PAY EACH TIME THEY COME TO THE MARKET IS $55 EACH TIME. AND THAT SCARES A LOT OF THE FOOD TRUCK OWNERS AWAY BECAUSE MOST OF THEM HAVE A YEARLY LICENSE THROUGH FORT BEN. SO I'M ASKING IF WE COULD GET A YEARLY PERMIT, UM, INSTEAD OF THEM HAVING TO PAY $55 EVERY TIME THEY SET UP AT THE, AT THE FARMER'S MARKET, ONE OF THE ISSUES BECAUSE THE FARMER'S MARKET IS ONLY FOUR HOURS AND IT'S NORMALLY FROM 10 TO TWO. SO A FOOD TRUCK THAT COMES AT 10, NOBODY'S REALLY BUYING ANY FOOD AT 10. THEY WON'T START EATING UNTIL AROUND 11, 1130. SO THAT ONLY GIVES THEM A COUPLE OF HOURS TO ACTUALLY SELL. SO IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A GOOD FIT. AND SO WHAT I'VE DONE TO COMPENSATE, INSTEAD OF THEM PAYING TO BE AT THE, AT THE, UH, FARMER'S MARKET, I FOUND A SCHOLARSHIP FOR SOMEBODY TO PAY THEIR WEEKLY FEED WITH US. WE HAVE A GROUP IT'S ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT FOOD TRUCKS THAT WE USE, AND WE ROTATE AND, UH, VERY IT'S, IT THEY'RE THE SAME ONES MOST OF THE TIME. SO FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE TO COME OUT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS TO SPEND A LOT OF TIMES IN AN INSPECTOR OUT EVERY TIME TO KIND OF REVIEW THE SAME TRUCK THAT MAY HAVE REVIEWED, YOU KNOW, A WEEK AGO OR MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO. SO THAT WOULD SAVE A LOT. AND THEN WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF BUSINESS TO OTHER CITIES. WE WERE CHARGING THAT EXTRA MONEY EVERY MONTH BECAUSE IF A FOOD TRUCK HAD TO OPERATE EVERY DAY FOR $55 IN MISSOURI CITY, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, IF THEY WERE ON AN OPERATION 28 DAYS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE RE, THIS IS THEIR LIVELIHOOD, THEY'RE PAYING ALMOST $2,000 A MONTH JUST ON FEES FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PERMIT, FOR THE FOOD TRUCK. SO WE JUST GET A YEARLY FEE THAT WE CAN HAVE FOR THEM INSTEAD OF PAYING A WEEKLY AMOUNT, EVERY THEY WOULD ADD A WHOLE LOT. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST STUFF, FOOD TRUCK BUSINESSES, WHICH IS COUSINS. REMEMBER THEY WERE ON SHARK TANK AND THEY GOT THEIR START AND THEY CAME MUCH MORE SERVICE CITY TO, UM, UM, MARKETING. THEY, THEY ARE AT THE FARMER'S MARKET IN SUGAR LAND, AND THEY GAVE UP MISSOURI CITY. THEY WON'T COME BACK TO MISSOURI CITY ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THE HAT PERMITS. SO THEY JUST DO THE SUGAR LAND BECAUSE THEY GO WITH JUST THE COUNTY AND THEN THEY HAVE A SMALL YEARLY FEE FOR THEM. [01:00:01] SO IF WE COULD CONSIDER THAT, THAT WOULD HELP A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE THEY'RE SMALL BUSINESSES AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HELP THEM. THIS IS FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET. YOU SAY? YES. SO THIS IS OTIS SPRIG SPEAKING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, BUT THANK YOU. UM, MS. JOHNSON, MS. JOHNSON, UM, REGARDING THE, THE COUNCIL, UM, THE COUNCIL ENTERTAIN USER FEES BACK IN MARCH. AND WE ACTUALLY, UM, DID RETAIN THE ONE YEAR PERMIT, UM, ONE INSPECTION, UM, ALSO, WELL, IT WOULD BE ROUTINE INSPECTIONS THAT IS, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE WILL MANAGE THAT PROGRAM. UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING REAL SOON FOR YOU. MORE INFORMATION ON HOW THE VENDORS CAN APPLY FOR THAT ONE YEAR PERMIT. UM, THE FEE SCHEDULE HAS THAT LISTED AS $200 PER YEAR. HOW MUCH IS IT? HOW MUCH IS IT FOR? I KNOW YOU ALL HAD DONE SOME RESEARCH. HOW MUCH IS THE FEE FOR SURE. THE LAND FOR THEIR CITY FOR ONE YEAR, BECAUSE WE GOT COMPARABLE TO THEM. I DON'T HAVE THE STATISTICS AND INFORMATION WITH ME, BUT I'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE COMPARISONS BECAUSE WE LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. OKAY. I'LL GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE KIND OF INPUT THAT I'M WORRIED THAT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MISS. IF WE DON'T GET ENOUGH OF THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE NOW, IT'S THE FARMER'S MARKET AND OPERATION YEAR ROUND, OR IS IT SEASONAL OR WHAT NOW? IT'S YEAR ROUND. IS SHE AROUND? WE OPERATE UNTIL ABOUT, WELL, WE JUST REALLY, WE CLOSED DOING THE, DURING THE PANDEMIC AND WE OPENED BACK UP THREE WEEKS AGO AND IT'S GOING WELL. UM, AND WE DON'T USE TWO FLU SHOTS AT A TIME. I CAN HEAR YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU. YEAH. WE USE IN THE SUMMERTIME, WE USE TWO FOOD TRUCKS. WE USE ONE FOOD TRUCK FOR BASIC FOOD, AND WE'LL USE IN THE SUMMERTIME. WE USE ONE FOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE SNOWCONES AND ICE CREAM, THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT. WE DON'T USE, YOU KNOW, NO MORE THAN TWO FOOD TRUCKS, BECAUSE THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF A FARMER'S MARKET IS FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND BUY FROM THE FARMER'S MARKET. IF YOU'RE MAKING IT LIKE A FOOD TRUCK, YOU KNOW, BUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF FOOD TRUCKS, PEOPLE SPENDING ALL THEIR MONEY ON THE FOOD AND NOT REALLY DOING BUSINESS WITH, UH, UH, WITH VENDORS. BUT WE TRY TO KEEP THAT BECAUSE THE VENDORS ARE THERE AROUND SIX HOURS AND THEY NEED FOOD TO EAT AND THAT'S PROBABLY REALLY NEEDED. AND THE PUBLIC REALLY LIKES IT TOO. AND WE FED FOOD TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMPLETELY SELL OUT AND THEY'RE HAPPY. W WHERE IS THIS LOCATED? OH, SO YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE FARMER'S MARKET. I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE , IT'S IT, IT'S AT THE FORT BEEN ANNEX WHERE ACC USED TO BE. OKAY. YES, YES, YES, YES. OKAY. LISTEN, WE'RE THERE EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, 10 DAYS. THE FIVE SIANNA SPRINGS WAY. YES MA'AM. OH, AND ANOTHER THING YOU NEED TO LOOK AT WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE FOOD TRUCKS, BECAUSE SIENNA, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES SAND IS PART OF MISSOURI CITY'S GUIDELINES, AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT, THEY NORMALLY HAVE A FOOD TRUCK PARK EVERY FRIDAY IN JUNE. IS THAT SIANNA? YES. YES. THAT'S YEAH. THEY USE FOOD TRUCKS A LOT, BUT THEN THE FOOD FRUITS ONLY HAVE TO GO WITH THE FOOD BEING, RIGHT. THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO WITH THE MISSOURI CITY. RIGHT. SO EVERYBODY A GOAL THERE. RIGHT. , WE'RE GETTING A BAD RAP. AND I HAD THE FIN WAS OVERSTATED TILL THE COWS COME HOME. BUT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, $55 IS A LOT FOR ONE DAY WHEN YOU MAY NOT SELL, BUT MAYBE $300 WORTH OF STUFF IN TWO HOURS. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. I MEAN, REALLY GOOD INFORMATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. OKAY. UM, WITH ANY OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM HARVEST MARKET, LIKE TO SPEAK, HOW ARE YOU DOING HI, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR US? HI, LET ME SEE IF I CAN TURN MY VIDEO ON RIGHT QUICK TOO, FOR YOU GUYS. OKAY. OH, WONDERFUL. OKAY. SO MY NAME IS PAULA. UM, LAST NAME IS CLACK I'M THE PR DIRECTOR HERE AND I'M ALSO THE TROLLEY PROJECT MANAGER. [01:05:02] UM, THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT, UM, AGAIN, I'M GOING TO KIND OF ECHO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT, UM, MS. THOMAS SCENE SPOKE ON, WHICH IS, IT IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER, UM, TO WORK WITH FLEXIBILITY WITH FORT BEND THAN IT HAS BEEN, UM, TO WORK WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE FOOD TRUCKS FOR MISSOURI CITY SO FAR. UM, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT COPY OF YOU ALL'S AGENDA, BUT I CAN TAKE YOU, I THINK, UM, YOUR ACTION ITEMS WERE, UM, I THINK THERE WERE FOUR OF THEM PROVIDING FOR A CENTRALIZED AREA, ALLOWING THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT TO OPERATE ONSITE. UH, I THINK THE THIRD ONE WAS, UM, RESERVATION POLICY. AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS, UM, ABOUT THE PRIVATE PROPERTIES AND THE HOMEOWNERS. SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY FALL INTO ANY OF THOSE CATEGORIES. SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS SOME FLEXIBILITY WHERE WE CAN ADHERE TO THE SAME HEALTH PERMIT REGULATIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE, BUT WE HAVE NO PREPARED FOOD ON BOARD. WE DO HAVE SOME NON FOOD ITEMS, BUT, UM, OUR GOAL IS WHEN YOU COME INTO THE GROCERY STORE, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 30,000 ITEMS. THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO BRING DELIVERY TO YOU. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT SAME FEELING THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND YOU PICK UP BREAD, BUT YOU DON'T GET THE JELLY OR YOU GET THE CEREAL, BUT YOU FORGET THE MILK, RIGHT? SO WE KIND OF WANT TO PROVIDE, UM, A WAY FOR YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO SHOP, UM, DO YOUR ORDER. BUT WHEN YOU COME ON BOARD TO PICK YOUR ORDER UP, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU FORGOT, WE HAVE IT RIGHT THERE, READY TO GO FOR YOU. UM, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE ALL THE SAME HEALTH GUIDELINES. I CAN TELL YOU, ONE OF THE ADJUSTMENTS, UM, THAT FORT BEND COUNTY DID FOR US WAS BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO OFFER FRESH MEAT. FOR INSTANCE, WE DON'T HAVE A SETUP WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, OR WE NEED TO HAVE SANITATION FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS BECAUSE NOTHING'S BEING PREPARED. HOWEVER, UM, IT CAME WITH THE CAVEAT WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE VACUUM PACKED, UM, OUR FRESH MEAT. AND THEN FOR OUR SEAFOOD, WHAT WE AGREED TO DO WAS VACUUM PACK, SAME PROCESS, EXCEPT IT'S FROZEN. SO THAT'S KIND OF AN IDEA I CAN GIVE YOU, OR, UM, JUST SOME FLEXIBILITY THAT THEY OFFERED US AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE SAME THING. WE ARE COMPLETELY MOBILE. THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO, UM, STAYING IN ONE PLACE, IT'S EITHER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THERE, WE DO THE DELIVERY. YOU COME ON BOARD, YOU GET YOUR ITEMS AND THEN YOU'RE DONE. IT'S ANYBODY. OH, I'M SORRY. SO YOU'RE LIKE A OPEN AIR AND OPEN AIR, UH, MARKET ON WHEELS. EXACTLY. AND A COMPACT FASHION. YEAH. I COULD SEE THAT. YES. AND IT'S SITUATIONAL SHOPPING. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME INTO THE GROCERY STORE AND YOU COME INTO THE LIST AND YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE STORE IN THE MINDSET OF WHAT IS IT THAT I NEED TO GET, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO IT'S KIND OF BUDGET-FRIENDLY. BUT I MEAN, THE, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU CAN DO PAST, UM, CURBSIDE IS FOR US TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE GROCERY STORE AND BRING IT RIGHT THERE TO YOUR DOORSTEP, RIGHT? AND IT'S SITUATIONAL SHOPPING, WHATEVER YOU NEED FOR DINNER THAT NIGHT OR GUESTS THAT YOU DIDN'T EXPECT, OR THE THINGS THAT YOU FORGET, AND YOU HAVE THE MATCHING ITEM AT HOME, WE'VE GOT ALL OF THAT. WHAT'S YOUR, YOUR NORMAL, UH, HOURS OF OPERATION OR, OR DAYS OF OPERATIONS TO EVERY SINGLE WORD EVERY DAY, WHEREVER YOU WERE PERMITTED EVERYDAY, WHEREVER WE'RE PERMITTED. I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE THE GROCERY STORE. YOU KNOW, THE FOOD INDUSTRY IS DIFFERENT. I MEAN, YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THAT FOOD INDUSTRY IS DIFFERENT, BE IT, IF YOUR BRICK AND MORTAR YOUR GROCERY STORE, OR YOU ARE A RESTAURANT BECAUSE ALL OF OUR HOLIDAYS TYPICALLY REVOLVE AROUND THE REPASS THAT WE SHARE TOGETHER. RIGHT. SO, UM, WE HAVE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. WE'RE OPEN AND WE'RE READY. NOW, THE TRUCK OPERATES, UM, 9:00 AM TO, UH, LET'S SEE, 8:00 PM RIGHT NOW. OH, OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. YEAH. AND, UH, IT'S DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW WITH THE PANDEMIC PANDEMIC, BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, LET'S JUST TAKE SIENNA. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS ONE HIGH SCHOOL, THERE'S TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THERE ARE FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS JUST WITHIN SIENNA. SO WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH TRAFFIC BECAUSE I LIVE OUT HERE AND YOU KNOW, THAT ONE WAY IN ONE WAY OUT, IT'S JUST SO MUCH FUN IN THE MORNING. UM, BUT WE, WE WANT TO SITUATE OURSELVES TO, TO WORK WITHIN WHATEVER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'RE IN. UM, I CAN TELL YOU THE GOAL FOR WANTING, UM, TO ASK FOR FLEXIBILITY, TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR PERMIT WITH MISSOURI CITY IS THAT I'VE LIVED OUT HERE FOR AWHILE. AND, UM, MISSOURI CITY HAS SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME SMALL SPOTS IN ENCLAVES WHERE THERE IS A FOOD DESERT. WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE [01:10:01] THOSE AREAS. OH, AND THERE'S NO MARKUP. WE DO NOT MARK UP OUR PRODUCTS, WHATEVER YOU PAY FOR IT IN THE STORE. THAT'S WHAT YOU PAY FOR IT ON THE TROLLEY. OKAY. CAN I ASK YOU ONE OTHER THING ABOUT HARVEST MARKET? YEAH. I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THIS RIGHT QUICK TOO. IF MY COMPUTER GOES OUT, I'M SO SORRY. I WILL JOIN BACK IN ON MY PHONE, JUST IN CASE THEY CANCELED ME OUT. OKAY. OKAY. I WANT TO SAY ONE THING ABOUT FARMER'S MARKET HARVEST MARKET HAS BEEN A REAL GOOD FRIEND TO THE FARMER'S MARKET FROM THE BEGINNING. YES. THEY HAVE A BOOTH AT THE FARMER'S MARKET EVERY WEEK AND THEY HAVE DONE IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY SINCE WE STARTED, SINCE THEY MOVED INTO THE LOCATION, THEY, WHEN THEY BRING THINGS OUT, THEY MAKE SURE WE COORDINATE DURING THE WEEK TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T BRING THE SAME THING THE VENDORS ARE BRINGING. AND THAT HELPS OUT SO MUCH BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE PRICE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. AND WE HAVE SOME VENDORS THAT WE'VE HAD AT THE FARMER'S MARKET THAT A HARVEST MARKET HAS PICKED UP. FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE SALSAS, THE, UH, THE GREEN SAUCE, ALWAYS THE BREE THEY'RE AT FARM THERE THEY'RE APARTMENTS MARKET NOW. AND SO WHEN THE VENDOR CAN'T BE THERE, HARVEST MARKET ACTUALLY BRINGS IT TO THE FARMER'S MARKET. SO HE CAN STILL GET THAT RECOGNITION BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IT'S A GOOD THING FOR A PRODUCT TO END UP IN A STORE, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT FARMER'S MARKET, UH, MARKETING. BECAUSE ONCE YOU GO IN THE STORE, YOU'RE GOING ON THE SHELF, NOBODY'S GONNA PERSONALIZE YOUR MARKETING FOR YOU. SO YOU NEED TO STAY IN THE FARMER'S MARKET TO KEEP, TO KEEP YOUR PRODUCT IN PEOPLE'S PLACE IN FACES. AND THEY ARE SO COMMUNITY ORIENTED AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF ANY OF THE GUESTS THAT ARE ON THE LINE THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO ASK THEM IN TERMS OF TRYING TO HELP US GET TO SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT JENNIFER IS ASKING US TO MAKE? I THINK THAT WE'RE OKAY. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ALL. WE ALL CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT WE LIKED THE IDEA OF HAVING THE FOOD TRUCKS. AND, UM, I THINK WHERE I'M STILL JAMMED UP AT MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR ME IS LOCATION, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE SUP PROCESS. I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH HANEY THAT, UM, THE WHOLE MOBILE GROCERY STORE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND I THINK THEIR PERMITTING ACTS, YOU KNOW, THEIR PERMITTING STUFF WILL NEED TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PREPARING, YOU KNOW, FOOD ITSELF. SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT JENNIFER NEEDS US TO GO TO BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. NORCO, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. MS. GOMEZ, JENNIFER. HI, ARE YOU BACK? I AM HERE. ALRIGHTY. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE, UH, SOME OF, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU WANTED US TO DO, UM, ALL BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET ME GO TO HANEY RIGHT QUICK, MR. HANEY, WE ARE STILL AT THE PRELIMINARY PHASE OF THIS. DO YOU RECOMMEND THAT MAYBE WE GET SOME MORE INFORMATION, JUST FEEDBACK FROM US TO GET THEM TO GO BACK AND PUT INTO THEIR REPORT FOR US TO COME BACK AND REVISIT IT AT ANOTHER TIME? WELL, I THINK THAT IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS KIND OF AN AWKWARD PROCESS GIVEN THE, THE ONLINE NATURE. UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ABLE TO HEAR FROM TWO, TWO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS, BUT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, A BUNCH OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE THAT, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY SHED SOME LIGHT ON SOME, UH, SOME OF THE DESIRES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, I KNOW THAT IN THE, IN THE, UH, PAPERWORK THAT WE GOT FOR THIS MEETING, THERE, THERE WAS A LOT MORE DETAIL AND IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T ADDRESSED IN THE, IN THE, UH, IN THE PRESENTATION. SO, UM, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IS, UM, MORE DETAILED PROPOSAL AROUND WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE OR, OR, OR WHAT STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND, [01:15:01] UH, AROUND SOME OF THESE QUESTIONNAIRES AREAS. UM, I, I JUST, I, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE, UM, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF OPEN QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW THAT SEEM TO BE KIND OF OUT THERE, AND, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M QUALIFIED OR EVEN IN A POSITION TO KIND OF FILL IN THOSE GAPS. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I WAS HOPING THAT THE, THE, THE SUPPLIERS, THE VENDORS COULD, COULD HELP US WITH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT THEIR DESIRES WERE AND, AND LOOKING BACK AT THOSE SAYING, WELL, OH, AND IS THAT REASONABLE OR NOT? UH, YOU KNOW, ALL ALONG I'VE I FELT LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO OVERLY BURDEN THE PROCESS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE STILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH KIND OF CONCERNS, BUT I THINK THAT THOSE ARE KIND OF COVERED. UM, SO, UH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, IN THE END, UM, WHAT, FOR, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, WHAT WE'RE AFRAID OF MADAM CHAIR ALONG WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER HANGING WITH SA WAS SAID, JENNIFER, IS THERE A WAY THAT THIS IS, UH, PUBLICIZED? LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE ARE ADDRESSING A, AN ADJACENT PROPERTY TO 250 HOMEOWNERS, IS THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? CAUSE WE, I KNOW THAT JENNIFER, YOU PUT OUT TODAY THE TYPE OF LOCATION, BUT WE DO, WE KNOW WHAT LOCATIONS COULD BE PARKS AND YOU COULD PROBABLY GET INPUT IF IT'S ADVERTISED, IF YOU KNOW WHAT LOCATIONS YOU CAN MAKE A PART, WHAT LOCATIONS WOULD BE A SINGLE FOOD TRUCK PERMIT YOU FALL. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I THINK I'M, I'M TRACKING, UH, COMMISSIONER HANEY ON, UH, HOW WE COULD GET MORE INPUT. YEAH, YEAH. AND SO, UM, DEFINITELY, UM, WE DON'T SEND THE SAME TYPE OF MATTER PER SE, AS LIKE, AS A REZONING, UM, PROJECT, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A CITYWIDE KIND OF DEAL. SO, UM, IN THIS INSTANCE HAS BEEN JUST WITH KIND OF THOSE, THOSE VENDORS. UM, SO YOU HEARD FROM, UM, MRS. JOHNSON, UM, BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ON THE FARMER'S MARKET DEAL. UM, AND THEN THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. UM, AND THEN ALSO WITH HARVEST MARKET BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT UP, UM, THE MOBILE GROCER. UM, SO IT'S REALLY JUST BEEN THOSE, THOSE VENDORS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST OR HAVE LOCATED, UM, IN THE CITY FOR VARIOUS EVENTS. UM, BUT WE CAN BRAINSTORM ON WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS TIME OF MOBILE REMOTE MEETING, I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THAT'S GONNA PERSIST. UM, BUT WE CAN BRAINSTORM ON WAYS THAT WE CAN, UM, GATHER A MORE PUBLIC INPUT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY, UM, THIS SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, ISSUES OUR COMMUNITY CONFIRMS THE COMMUNITY DESIRE, UM, IS FOR THIS TYPE OF YOUTH. CAUSE IT COULD BE A VERY EXCITING, VERY EXCITING IF WE, WE CAN PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER. UM, SO WE CAN BRAINSTORM ON WAYS THAT WE CAN GET MORE PUBLIC OUTREACH IF WE CONTINUE IN THIS REMOTE FASHION OR EVEN IF WE ARE, YOU KNOW, BACK IN PERSON, UM, HOW WE CAN, UM, CALL IN MORE INPUT AS TO WHETHER THAT'S PEOPLE ATTENDING THE MEETINGS OR MAYBE RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK IN ANOTHER FORM. JENNIFER, THIS IS COURTNEY ROSE. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? OKAY. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT OUR RECOMMENDATION ANYMORE. THERE ARE AREAS THAT WE STILL DON'T REALLY HONE DOWN ON PAINTING. MAYBE WE, WE KIND OF HAVE TO LEAVE THOSE OPEN HANEY. CAN YOU HEAR US? UH, YEAH, I'M GETTING A MESSAGE. MY INTERNET CONNECTION IS CRAPPING OUT. SO WELL, HANG ON JUST ONE SECOND. MS. JOHNSON ROSE WAS SPEAKING. HOW, HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. I'M SORRY. MS. JOHNSON. GO AHEAD. YES, MA'AM SO, SO THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON THE FEES AS PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION ON THIS THIS EVENING? BECAUSE I THINK THE POINT WAS MADE VERY CLEARLY THAT OUR FEES ARE POTENTIALLY, [01:20:02] UM, MAKING MISSOURI CITY NOT AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE FOR FOOD, FOOD TRUCKS, BUT IS THAT PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION ON IT, AS MENTIONED AT THAT SCHOOL BEING HANDLED DIRECTLY BY THE COUNCIL. MR. SPRINGS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND REPEAT THAT AGAIN ABOUT THE FEES, IF YOU WOULD. HE DID SHARE WITH US EARLIER THAT COUNCIL IS WORKING ON THEM. AND I THINK THEY'VE GOTTEN THEM DOWN TO ABOUT 200 A YEAR FOR AN ANNUAL PROCESS. I'M SORRY, CAN SOMEONE, CAN SOMEONE REPEAT WHAT COURTNEY SAID IT WAS GOING IN AND OUT? SO I DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING AND IT WAS AWFUL. I WILL MS. LUCAS. THE QUESTION CAME ABOUT IS ALWAYS ENTERTAINING. THE FEE STRUCTURE AS WE LOOK AT THE MOBILE FOOD UNITS. AND I HAD COMMENTED EARLIER THAT WE DID AN OVERALL FEE STUDY AND ONE OF THE FEES WAS CONSIDERED TO ALLOW FOR THAT ONE YEAR PERMIT. AND I WILL SAY THAT ANY NEW USES OR NEW BEST SAY INSPECTIONS THAT RESULT FROM THESE MODIFICATIONS, THEY MAY TRIGGER SOME ADDITIONAL USER FEE AMENDMENT. SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CONSOLE. UM, BUT WE'LL RUN THAT PARALLEL ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS. SO THERE'LL BE UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS TO ADDRESS ANY NEW CONCEPTS THAT WE COME UP WITH. OKAY. OKAY. LET ME, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SPRIGGS. IF YOU'RE SPEAKING YOU'RE MUTED, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN. OKAY. OH, YOU, YOU MISSED THAT WHOLE LAST STATEMENT I JUST MADE. I AM SO SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. WE HEARD YOU. OH, OKAY. UM, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THE AUDIO BECAUSE AFTER I STATED IT, IT REPEATED IT BACK TO, OH, OKAY. I CAN HEAR THE RE I CAN HEAR THE REPEATING. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. IS THERE A REBIRTH GOING ON RIGHT NOW? OKAY. OKAY. I THINK AT THIS POINT THAT WE'VE BASICALLY HEARD, UH, A LOT OF CONCERNS ON THIS EVENING, SO I'M NOT REALLY EVEN SURE. WHAT TYPE OF MOTION I'M TRYING TO ENTERTAIN HERE RATHER. IS THIS SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA SHELVE OR, OKAY. LET'S DO THAT FIRST. IS THERE, OKAY. NOW WE DID THAT ALREADY. YES. WE CLOSED THE PUBLIC UNION WAS CLOSED. YEAH, WE CLOSE. OKAY. YEAH. SO, UM, COMING ON, UH, MR. NORTHAM, GIVE, GIVE ME SOME TYPE OF MOTION TO, MAYBE LET'S SEND THIS BACK FOR A LITTLE MORE WORK AND WE'LL COME BACK AT A FUTURE DATE. WELL, UM, I MOVED AT, UH, THE TOPIC OF FOOD TRUCKS, SINGLE AND MULTI LOCATION LOOK, UH, PURPOSE, UH, BE SET BACK TO STAFF TOO, SO THAT WE CAN GATHER MORE INFORMATION FOR A FUTURE DECISION OR DECISION, RIGHT WORK FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION, FUTURE CONSIDERATION. THAT'S BETTER. LIKE I SHOULD ALSO PLEASE INCLUDE, UH, TO ALSO WORK ON, UH, THE GROCERY, UH, AND, AND, UH, FURTHER INVESTIGATION AS TO HOW THE GROCERY MOBILE GROCERY, UH, TRUCKS CAN BE, UH, CONSIDERED. I THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND? THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? YES. THIS CHAIR IS. CAN I ASK FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION? SURE. UM, AND SENDING IT BACK, ARE YOU ALL ASKING US TO, UM, BRING BACK MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR GET GATHERED PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN FILL IN SOME OF THESE GAPS? OR ARE YOU ALL NOT AGREEABLE TO THIS DIRECTION AT ALL? YEAH, IT'S MORE SO THE SECOND ONE, WE NEED MORE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, RIGHT? [01:25:06] YEAH. OKAY. GOOD FOR ME. WHAT REALLY THREW ME OFF? I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE PRELIMINARY REPORT IN REGARDS TO FEES AT ALL. SOMEONE FEES CAME UP THAT REALLY THREW ME FOR A LOOP AND, UM, AGAIN, THIS WHOLE LOCATION AND DOING AWAY WITH SUP THAT IS A, THAT'S A VERY BIG DEAL. YEAH. AND I ALSO DO, UM, MS. GOMEZ, DID YOU SAY YOU ALL HAVE SOME POSSIBLE SITES IN MIND FOR THE, UH, MOBILE FOOD UNIT PARK? W I NEED TO SEE SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THOSE SIZES IN THE NEXT REPORT AS WELL. RIGHT. UM, SO I, I STILL, I STILL FEEL LIKE MR. MOTION IS FINE. OKAY. AND I, AND MS. LUCAS, THE SECOND IS FINE. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER POINTS OF CLARIFICATION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ARE THERE ANY NAYS? OKAY. SEEING NONE THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. UH, MOVE NOW [Items 9 & 12] TO OUR LAST ITEM, WHICH WILL BE, UM, IMPACT FEES. WE'LL CONSIDER APPROVING OUR SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR THE NORTHEAST OR ESTHER CREEK SUB WATERSHED LAKE OLYMPIA, PARKWAY, EXTENSION, AND MUSTANG VALUE SERVICE AREA. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS JEREMY DAVIS WITH THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE THREE IMPACT BEES IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, THE NORTHEAST WEST CREEK LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY, EXTENSION, AND THE MUSTANG BY SERVICE AREA. AT THIS TIME, THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS NOT CHANGING THE CURRENT FOOD, THESE, AND WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THEM AS ADOPTED. OKAY. MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL THAT RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU, MR. HANEY, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY NAYS EMOTION CARE APPEARS THAT WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS HERE ON THIS EVENING. IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN? SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS, IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. HANEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. GOODNIGHT, EVERYONE. * 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.