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TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
THAT THE NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE HERE OR PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER REALIST, COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S COUNCIL MEMBER.
HE'S THERE? YEAH, HE'S JUST ON MUTE.
MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MORALIS COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY.
ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE ON MUTE.
NO, THEY'RE ON, I SEE THAT MAYOR PRO TEM IS MICROSOFT, BUT I'M NOT GETTING ANY AUDIO.
IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LOG BACK IN OUR PRO TEMP.
SO YOU HAVE THAT ALL FIRST THE MICROPHONE.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO STAFF AND I'LL GO BACK TO THOSE THREE INTRO CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, CITY ATTORNEY JOYCEE JAMO, SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON, PRESENT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, STACY WALKER.
DID MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON GET BACK ON OR COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S OR EMORY? IS HE STILL ON MUTE? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
WELL, MAYOR, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, AS I INDICATED AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, WE'RE HAVING A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TONIGHT IN THE MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN LION, GEORGE FLOYD.
AND SO I AM EMCEEING THE EVENT AND COORDINATE IT.
THANK YOU ALL COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
YEAH, THEY'RE BOTH ON LOG OFF.
AND THEN LIKE LOG BACK INTO THE MEETING.
WE HAVE A QUORUM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL COME IN AT SOME POINT I
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WE'LL GET STARTED WITH TWO EIGHT INTERVIEW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CANDIDATES TO SERVE ON VARIOUS CITY BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS.DO WE HAVE MR. ODL IN WHO'S WAITING YET? YES, I'LL BRING THEM IN IN A SECOND.
JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN HE'S READY.
HELLO? YES, THIS IS MAYOR FORD.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I'M DOING GREAT.
WELL, WE ARE INTERVIEWING TODAY.
YOUR DESIRE BOARD IS THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND THEN JUST WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION AND THEN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE, AND YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
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SO MY NAME IS BILL ODL.UM, I HAVE, UH, HAD THE PLEASURE OF ACTUALLY BEING ON THE BOARD SINCE ITS BEGINNING, DON SMITH.
UM, COUNCILMAN IN NOVEMBER, DON SMITH HAD ASKED ME TO BE ON THE FOUNDATION WHEN IT STARTED.
AND SO I JOINED IT AND BEEN VERY ACTIVE AND, AND HAVE SEEN THE BOARD OBVIOUSLY COME THROUGH IT'S IT'S EARLY STAGES TO WHERE IT IS NOW.
UM, CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE BOARD, UH, PRESIDENT.
UM, I HAVE LIVED IN FORT BEND COUNTY FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, ACTUALLY LIVED IN SIENNA PLANTATION FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS.
AND JUST RECENTLY ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, MOVED TO RIVERSTONE AND LIVE IN, IN SUGAR LAND.
UM, I, UH, I'M PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT PARKS.
UM, AS A CITY, I'VE DONE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF WORK WITH THE CITY, MY FIRM ON THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF TBG PARTNERS, WE'RE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS.
SO PARKS IS KIND OF WHAT, WHAT WE DO AND WHAT I DO AND WHAT I LOVE DOING.
AND SO HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF OBVIOUSLY DEAL WITH THE PARKS FOUNDATION, HELPING TO RAISE FUNDS TO NOT ONLY BUILD NEW PARKS, BUT TO RAISE FUNDS, TO IMPROVE EXISTING FACILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN GREAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE, SINCE, SINCE WE'VE BEEN ON THE BORDER, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD IS WE'VE CREATED A WEBSITE WE'VE RECENTLY HIRED A GRANT CONSULTANT TO HELP US WRITE GRANTS, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UM, THAT TODAY SIGNED A COUPLE OF LETTERS TODAY FOR SOME LARGE GRANTS THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER AND WE'VE INVESTED INTO GETTING THEM THE STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTANT, WHICH I THINK WILL HELP US GO IN THE FUTURE AS A, AS A PARKS FOUNDATION.
SO I HAVE A DESIRE TO KIND OF NOT STEP AWAY FROM WHAT I PUT A LOT OF WORK IN TO HELPING GET TO WHERE IT IS TODAY AND, AND, AND HOPE THAT THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL WOULD BE TO POLICE, ALLOW ME TO PARTICIPATE FOR ONE MORE TERM.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ENOUGH OF WHAT YOU NEED OR IF I NEED ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP.
UNLESS YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE WE'RE OKAY.
UM, I'LL JUST GO AROUND TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
NOW, THE MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON GET BACK ON THE LINE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIMITS WITH HER.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS IF YOU ARE GRANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OR CONTINUE TO SERVE WHAT WILL BE YOUR GOALS FOR THEIR, UM, THE PERIOD OF THE POSITION.
AND THE FIRST GOAL WOULD BE TO COMPLETE THE MEMORIAL, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PROJECT, WHICH WE'VE STARTED AND RAISED A LOT OF FUNDS FOR, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL START CONSTRUCTION SOON.
THE OTHER WOULD BE TO, UM, RAISE MORE FUNDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO, UM, MANY, MANY SMALL PROJECTS IN THE CITY PARKS PROJECTS.
UM, WE HAVE DONE THAT ALREADY IN A COUPLE, BUT TO DO MORE OF THAT WOULD BE KIND OF MY DESIRES THAT HAVE, HAVE FUNDS THAT ARE MORE DIVERSE THAN JUST THE PROJECT, BUT ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
NOW I JUST WANT TO THANK MR. ALDEN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN MISSOURI CITY.
YOU ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, RICHARD COUNCIL MEMBER LIST.
UM, MAYOR, I MENTIONED THAT, UH, IT'LL BE ON THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AND DO MORE AROUND THE PARK, THEN ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.
SO THANK YOU, BILL FOR THAT INFORMATION.
IS COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY THERE? YES, I SEE HIM ON, I'M JUST GETTING ANY AUDIO FROM HIM.
UM, I THINK SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HAVING A FEW TECHNICAL ISSUES, SO I UNDERSTAND SO, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING INTO, UH, OR CALLING IN TO INTERVIEW WITH US TODAY.
WE'LL WE'LL GET, WE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU ASAP.
OKAY, DOUG, YOU CAN SEND THE NEXT PERSON IN
HI, MS. ROSE, HOW ARE YOU? THIS IS MERE FOR
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YOU.WELL, TODAY WE'RE DOING INTERVIEWS FOR THE BOARDS AND YOUR INTERVIEW WILL BE NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES.
YOU'LL HAVE A, YOU CAN BRIEFLY INTRODUCE YOURSELF WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE YOUR DESIRED BOARD.
WE HAVE HERE IS THE PLANNING AND COMMISSION PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BOARD.
SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
YES, MA'AM, WE'LL JUST GET EVENING TO EVERYBODY.
I'M SO GLAD TO, UH, TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND SO GLAD IT'S THAT WE'RE USING TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
UM, MY NAME IS COURTNEY JOHNSON BROS.
I AM A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY.
UM, MY FAMILY MOVED INTO THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHEN I WAS SEVEN AND, UH, LIVE IN METAL CREEK, QUILL GLAND, MAKE OLYMPIA AND NOW, UH, AND ALSO COLONY CROSSING.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR MOST OF MY LIFE AND HAVE ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BE A PART OF PLANNING AND ZONING NOW FOR FIVE YEARS.
UH, SO ASKING TO BE REAPPOINTED TO THE BOARD.
UM, MY BACKGROUND IS IN REAL ESTATE.
UM, MY FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY OFF OF LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY, G JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT, AND WE DO REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL HOME SALES, COMMERCIAL SALES, ALSO TOO, PRIMARILY IN THE MISSOURI CITY AREA.
SO I'VE ENJOYED BEING A PART OF THE COMMISSION.
AND HOPEFULLY THE BACKGROUND THAT I HAVE IN REAL ESTATE HAS BEEN HELPFUL ALSO TO OVER THE YEARS, UM, ON THE, ON THE BOARD.
UH, SO IT WOULD BE A PLEASURE TO CONTINUE SERVING.
THANK YOU, MS. ROSE, THAT WE GET MAYOR PRO TEM BACK ON THE LINE.
COUNCIL MEMBER AIR WAS, GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING TERM IT'S CHOSEN TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE? UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ENJOYED BEING A PART OF PLANNING AND ZONING IS WHERE WE HAVE, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS NICE WHEN, UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL PULL UP INTO THE PARKING LOT FOR THE MEETING IN THE PARKING LOT SCHOOL.
AND I SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT HAS REALLY BROUGHT THE DL COMMUNITY OUT.
UH, SO ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO REALLY KIND OF CONTINUE THAT IN ENGAGEMENT, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS, UH, THAT THE CITY HAS A ROBUST FACEBOOK WEBSITE, ET CETERA, THAT I SEE PEOPLE GETTING MORE, UM, ENGAGED AND ACTIVE AND ALSO USING THEIR VOICE.
SO ONE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO USE, I KNOW NOW OUR PRIMARY METHOD OF PATIENT WHEN, UH, ME BEING A FAKE, UH, THAT'S ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, THE CITY HAS SUCH A ROBUST COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A DIALING SYSTEM A LITTLE BIT, WE CAN USE IT, THEIR TEXT MESSAGE LINE AND WE CAN USE TO GET PEOPLE MORE ENGAGED OTHER THAN JUST MAIL OUT.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN, UH, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS ENGAGED AND ACTIVE IN WHAT IS, WHAT IS, WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THEM.
ALRIGHTY, THANK YOU, COUNCIL NUMBER STERLING.
THANK YOU, MS. ROSE FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS SERVICE IN MISSOURI CITY.
I KNOW YOU BRING A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO OUR MEETINGS AND OUR BOARDS AND TO THE COMMUNITIES IN MISSOURI CITY.
BUT MY QUESTION IS HOW IMPORTANT IS ATTENDANCE AND SERVING ON THE BOARD? AND, UH, TELL ME, HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, BY SERVING, WOULD YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ATTEND THE MEETINGS IN ORDER TO BE A GOOD SERVICE TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES, UH, ON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE AS A PLAN IN ITS OWN A COMMITTEE MEMBER? YES, MA'AM THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, I WOULD BE COMMITTED, UH, TO OUR MEETINGS CURRENTLY WE'RE MEETING ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS AND THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, BARE COMFORTABLE FOR MY SCHEDULE.
UM, IN THE MEETINGS IS PRETTY, ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT.
UM, WE HAVE STARTED UTILIZING ZOOM FOR OUR MEETINGS DURING THE COVID VIRUS.
UM, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN CONTINUE.
THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE MAYBE WE ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND WE STILL, UH, CONVENE IN A PERSON IN THE PAST, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN UTILIZE, UH, ELECTRONIC PLATFORM LIKE THIS TO KIND
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OF BE ABLE TO AVOID SITUATIONS LIKE THAT.UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M CERTAINLY COMMITTED TO IT.
UM, AND LOOK AT LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY, SO, UM, I THINK OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, UM, ANY MEETING THAT I'VE HAD TO MISS, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE STAFF AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT THEY ARE, UM, UM, AWARE OF THAT, UM, BEFORE THE MEETING AND CAN KIND OF PLAN ACCORDINGLY TO, TO HAVE A CALL.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF INSTANCES WHERE WE'VE MAYBE HAD TO MOVE THE MEETING JUST BASED UPON HAVING CORN, IF THAT PARTICULAR DATE WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR ENOUGH OF THE MEMBERS, UH, BUT HAVE BEEN FLEXIBLE, UM, ALSO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN DIFFERENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF THAT, THAT THE COMMISSION IS INVITED TO.
SO AGAIN, STILL PLAN TO BE VERY, VERY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT AND IN ALL THE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
I'VE WATCHED YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE BOARD.
HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR UPCOMING RE UM, MEETINGS THAT HAVE REZONING THAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY IS NOT COMPLETELY ON BOARD? HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR THOSE TYPES OF MEETINGS? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT THE STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB WITH IS PREPARING US FOR THE MEETINGS AHEAD OF TIME.
WE USUALLY WILL GET THE PACKET THE FRIDAY BEFORE.
SO WE ALMOST HAVE A FULL WEEK, UH, TO RE REVIEW THOSE DOZER ITEMS. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I KIND OF LOOK AT WHEN I'M APPROVING ITEMS THAT ARE COMING, THAT A COMMUNITY HAS AN ISSUE WITH.
UH, ONE THING THAT'S REALLY BIG FOR ME, UH, TO UNDERSTAND IS IF THAT DEVELOPER, A PURCHASER OF THAT PROPERTY HAS MET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
OUR CITY HAS A VERY ROBUST AND ACTIVE, UH, HOA IS.
AND IN MY OPINION, IN THE APPROACH THAT I'VE TAKEN ON THIS BOARD IS IF THAT DEVELOPER HAS NOT TAKEN THE TIME AND THE INTEREST TO ENGAGE THAT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TO GET FEEDBACK INTEREST BUY-IN ON THEIR PROJECT, UH, BEING THAT THAT IS AN ISSUE.
UM, YOU WON'T GET EVERYONE TO LOVE EVERYTHING.
EVERYONE WON'T LIKE EVERYTHING, BUT IF THEY HAVE NOT EVEN CROSSED THAT PATH OR TRY TO ENGAGE THE ACTUAL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, THAT IS, UH, THAT IS A FLYER.
UH, SO WHEN PREP PREPARING FOR THOSE TYPE OF MEETINGS, THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL ASK THE STAFF, UM, AND AGAIN, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH.
THE STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB PREPARING US FOR THAT, BUT THOSE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE HOW THE DEVELOPER HAS ACTUALLY ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AND THOSE LEADERS, AND TRY TO DO THAT DUE DILIGENCE INFORMATION WORK BEFORE THE MEETING AS, AS, UM, AS A PREPARATION FOR, OKAY.
ALRIGHTY, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, COURTNEY FOR YOUR, UH, CONTINUING SERVICE TO, UH, TO THE CITY AND ON THE P AND G.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR, UH, DISCUSSION WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN MEROLA'S AS FAR AS HOW YOU GET PREPARED, UH, WHEN, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS PREPARED EITHER HAVING WORKED WITH, UH, THE STAFF OR THE, UH, THE DEVELOPER OR, UM, MOSTLY IMPORTANT OR MOST IMPORTANTLY, UH, THE, UH, THE HOA.
SO, UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR, UH, UH, CONTINUED SERVICE.
AND, UH, WE HOPE THAT, UH, WE'LL SEE YOU, UH, AT THE, UH, THE NEXT P AND Z MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, MS. ROSE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY.
AGENT ABRAHAM READY? I BELIEVE HE IS.
MR. ABRAHAM, ARE YOU THERE? YES, I AM.
I'M TRYING TO START THE VIDEO.
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HELLO, MAYOR.HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M DOING WELL DOING WELL.
YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW.
YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW.
UM, YOU CAN, YOU CAN BRIEFLY TELL US JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE, UH, WE HAVE YOU DOWN HERE FOR THE PARKS BOARD AND THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS.
SO YOU CAN JUST, WHICHEVER ONE YOU PREFER, UH, THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY FOR YOU, JUST LET US KNOW.
UM, AND AFTER THAT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
SO WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED THEN? YES, GO AHEAD.
SO AM I NOT ABLE TO, UH, YOU, YOU GUYS ON THE VIDEO? NO.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE OUR AUDIO.
WE DON'T HAVE OUR VIDEO, BUT YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO.
SO, UM, MY NAME IS REGGIE ABRAHAM.
UH, I LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR A LITTLE OVER 36 YEARS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED, UH, UH, IN THIS AREA, I STARTED, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH MY HIGH SCHOOL, UH,
AND I WENT TO MY UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES AND GRADUATE STUDIES AND MY DOCTORAL STUDIES, I HAVE A DOCTORATE.
UM, I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY, UH, AS YOU, UH, MAY UNDERSTAND WHY.
I MEAN, I HAVE MOVED THAT SEVERAL OFTEN, UH, WITH JOBS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS THAT, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS, I, I CARE A LOT ABOUT THIS AND I'VE MADE IT KNOWN TO PERSONAL CONTACT WITH IT'S MAYOR OR ANYONE ELSE.
UM, I WANTED TO GIVE A LOT OF BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT I GREW UP IN, AND I GENUINELY WANT TO BE A VOICE FOR FOLKS THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT LIVE NEAR NEIGHBORS THAT I'VE GROWN VERY FOND OF.
AND, UH, I DO CARE OUT THE, UH, THE WELFARE OF OUR, OF OUR CITY.
AND SO I, WHEN I WAS ASKED TO VOLUNTEER, UH, AS A BOARD MEMBER, I DID THE JAIL RECEIPT AND THEN EARLY ON, ON THAT, ON THAT BOARD.
AND I ENJOY BEING ON IT AND GIVING MY, UH, YOU KNOW, 2 CENTS WORTH ON, ON THE ONLY AGENDA ITEMS. AND I'D LIKE TO DO THE SAME WITH, UH, VOA AND AS WELL AS PARKS, UH, BOTH.
UM, I MEAN, I DON'T MIND BEING ON SEVERAL BIG IS I HAVE THE TIME IN THE EVENINGS TO BE AVAILABLE OR CAN YOU SUPPORT AND, UH, AND, AND MORE SO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I ENJOY BEING HERE AND I LOVE TO GIVE THEM BACK.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MY FIRST QUESTION, OR MY ONLY QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS OF SHELDON FOR THE COMING TERM AND, UM, HOW DO YOU PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THEM? OH, I'M SORRY.
YOUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING TERM, IF CHOSEN FOR THE POSITION AND HOW DO YOU PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THEM? WELL, THE, THE, THE COMING, UH, I OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA ITEMS AND SEE WHAT, WHAT I AM B QUESTION TO DO.
I WILL ALWAYS GIVE EVERYTHING I HAVE ON IT.
A HUNDRED PERCENT MY OPINION IN MAKING SURE THAT THE WELFARE OF THE HORSE AND BE A VOICE FOR THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE SCHOOL COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING.
THANK YOU, MR. ABRAHAM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED YOU SERVED ON SEVERAL BOARDS AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
HOW IMPORTANT IS YOUR ATTENDANCE IN ALL THESE WATER? DO YOU SEE THAT THERE IS NOT STRETCHING A LITTLE BIT TOO THIN, OR YOU THINK YOU WOULD HAVE THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE, I THINK, AND IS VERY IMPORTANT
SO, YEAH, I INVOLVED ALL FOUR, A HUNDRED PERCENT ANY MEETINGS, AND IF I HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S PLANNED
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DURING THOSE MEETINGS, MAKE SURE THAT I THANK YOU, SIR.I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH COMMUNITY PARK AND I KNOW YOU'RE A FREQUENT USER OF OUR SOCCER FIELDS.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING JUST OVERALL PARK EVENTS, WHICH ONE PARK EVENT DO YOU PARTICIPATE IN OR ENJOY, OR, OR JUST, YOU KNOW, THINK OF WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT? WELL, I MEAN, THE HONESTY AS YOU KNOW, I AM, I PLAY SOCCER AND I STILL PLAYED FOR THE PLUCK TEAM.
AND SO YOU'VE BEEN AT A COUPLE OF OUR EVENTS, I BELIEVE THE LAST TERM THAT WE HELP.
AND WE OPENED THE TOURNAMENTS IN THE CITY AREA, PARKS THAT WE PRACTICE EVERY SUNDAY AT THE PARK.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EMAILS COME IN, WHETHER OR NOT.
AND THERE'S SO MANY FIELDS THERE TOO.
IT MAKES IT EASY FOR US TO GET OUT THERE AND GET SOME EXERCISE.
SO, YES, UH, I, THERE'S A REASON WHY I'M ACTUALLY WANTING TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE YOUNGER, UH,
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ABRAHAM, UH, THAT IS THE END OF YOUR INTERVIEW.
UH, WE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN TO INTERVIEW WITH US.
I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS SOON SAY, WELL, WHAT ARE YOUR MASKS? ALRIGHTY.
GO AHEAD AND SEND THE NEXT PERSON IN.
I JUST SAW THIS YOUNG I'M ONLINE.
HI, MS. YOUNG, THIS IS MAYOR FORD.
HOW ARE YOU MAYOR FOR I'M DOING WELL.
YOU WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES, 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW TODAY.
IF YOU CAN START OFF BY JUST LETTING US KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AND THEN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THAT POINT, WE'LL ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE FOR YOU AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO MERE FOR IT.
WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.
MY NAME IS ANGIE YOUNG AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN DISTRICT B AND I.
I'VE SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AND THE GRADUATE SCHOOL WHERE I TAUGHT RESEARCH RESEARCH STATISTICS, AS WELL AS HEALTH POLICY AND SOCIAL POLICY IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL.
I'VE ALSO TAUGHT ON THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL AS WELL, BUT MOSTLY ON THE GRADUATE LEVEL.
I'VE ALSO SERVED AS A CEO OF THREE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, TWO IN HOUSTON AND ONE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
AND I ALSO HAVE WORKED FOR FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SO I DO KNOW FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
I'VE WORKED IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES AT ALL, THREE LEVELS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
UM, I ALSO, UM, I'VE ALSO SERVED AS CHAIR OF THE, UH, HOUSTON AMERICAN RED CROSS.
I SERVED AS BOARD CHAIR FOR THAT BRANCH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND I'VE ALSO SERVED ON OTHER NON-PROFIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SO I HAVE A VARIED BACKGROUND AND I THINK THIS MAKES ME A GOOD CANDIDATE TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
AND ALSO, I LIKE TO SEE SOME CHANGE IN MY COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY JUST WITHIN MY SUBDIVISION,
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BUT ALSO WITHIN MISSOURI CITY.SO I THINK THAT SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION WILL GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY TO GIVE BACK, BUT ALSO SEE THE CHANGE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITHIN, WITHIN OUR CITY OF MISSOURI, WITHIN MISSOURI CITY.
UM, I THINK THAT MY BACKGROUND GIVEN THAT GIVEN MY BACKGROUND, I THINK THAT IT WILL DEFINITELY, UM, SHOW THAT I, I AM A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR, UM, ON THE BOARD, ON THE BOARD AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S ABOUT, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF MY BACKGROUND.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MS. YOUNG INTEREST TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, MY FIRST AND ONLY QUESTION IS, UM, TO YOU, WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING TIME IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS POSITION? LIKE TO SEE THAT IN TERMS OF MY GOALS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE UNITY ON THE, UM, MORE UNITY AND DIVERSITY WITHIN, UM, WITHIN THE VARIOUS COMMISSIONS, UM, WITHIN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, AND ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE APPEAR TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, LOOKING AT THE POLICIES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE APPEARING TO THE POLICIES AS WELL AS THE RULES AND REGULATION OF THE, OF THE, UH, CITY, GOVERNMENT COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
THANK YOU, MS. YOUNG FOR YOUR DESIRE TO SERVE.
AND I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WANT TO DO, UH, AT LEAST HAVE SOME CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT IN THE CHARTER REVIEW HAVE YOU THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE MOST IMPACTFUL, UM, FOR CHANGING THE COMMUNITY, JUST LOOKING AT HAVING MORE, MORE DIVERSITY WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES, HAVING PERSONS WITH, UM, WITH, UH, A VARIED BACKGROUND TO SERVE ON THE VARIOUS, UM, VARIOUS COMMITTEES.
AND SO JUST LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE DIVERSITY AND MORE UNITY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, UH, YES.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, MS. YAMA FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE, UH, COULD YOU, HAVE YOU, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE, UH, THE CITY CHARTER AND, UH, WHAT TYPES OF THINGS, UH, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE ADDRESSED IT WITH, UH, BUT WHAT TYPES OF CHANGES WOULD YOU, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, THE CHANGE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE CHARTER, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE A CARING TO THE POLICIES AND THE POLICIES AND THE REGULATIONS AS IT RELATES TO CITY GOVERNMENT.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE, UM, THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE POLICIES AS IT RELATES TO EXCUSE ME, AS IT RELATES TO THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES, UM, THAT ARE CHARTED BY THE, BY THE CITY, BY MISSOURI CITY.
OKAY, MS. YOUNG, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW, UM, WHO WE'VE APPOINTED TO THOSE EACH OF THE COMMISSIONS VERY SHORTLY.
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO BOTH CITY COUNCIL PERSONS, AS WELL AS YOU MAYOR ON TURN TO THANK YOU AGAIN.
I MEAN, SOME OF YOU ARE TURNED UP, THEREFORE, THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR OPERATIVE.
THANKS AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND I APPRECIATE THIS, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT MY BACKGROUND.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON.
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M ON THE CALL A LOT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THIS EVENING, BUT JUST WANT TO HEAR.
LET ME GET IN WITH THE VIDEO IN ONE SECOND HERE.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I'M WONDERFUL.
YOU WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW TODAY.
YOU CAN START OFF WITH JUST TELLING US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, UH, AND WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
AND AFTER THAT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE, AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
I AM A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY.
I'VE LIVED HERE NOW SINCE 2006.
SO ABOUT 14 YEARS, UH, SINCE JANUARY, 2006, ACTUALLY A LITTLE OVER 14 YEARS.
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TO PRACTICE LAW FOR 17 YEARS, SINCE 2000.AND I WOULD LIKE TO SIT ON THE COMMISSION.
I'D LIKE TO STAY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY.
I'M ON SET ON A COUPLE BOARDS, MY HOA BOARD FOR ONE, I CURRENTLY SIT ON THE TARS THREE BOARD AND I'M WANTING TO SIT ON THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSION BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT I'M QUALIFIED TO DO SO.
AND I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE SERVING MY COMMUNITY.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, MS. KIM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING TERM AND CHOSEN FOR THIS POSITION AND HOW DO YOU PLAN TO IMPLEMENT? UM, MY GOALS WILL BE IN LINE WITH, UH, WHATEVER THE COMMISSION IS REQUIRED TO DO MAINLY, UM, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, REVIEW THE CHARTER, SEE IF ANY POST CHANGES NEED TO BE DONE.
AND IF THEY ARE DONE TO MAKE THOSE, IF THEY DO NEED TO BE DONE TO MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING.
UM, MS. CAMPUS, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, ATTENDANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT AS SERVING ON THE BOARDS AND I KNOW YOU SERVED ON SEVERAL.
WHAT GRADE IMPROVEMENTS IS YOU BRING IN SERVING ON THE CHARTER? WOULD PEOPLE, I APOLOGIZE.
I MISSED THE LAST PART OF THAT, BUT IMPROVEMENTS, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ACTUAL COMMISSION.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO THE MEMBERS ARE NOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR TERMS ARE EXPIRING.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT ME PERSONALLY, WITH MY BACKGROUND THAT I DO BRING, UH, CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS TO THIS COMMISSION.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE COMMISSION RIGHT NOW.
I JUST KNOW THAT EVERY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS YOU GUYS DO DO THIS AGAIN.
AND SO, UM, IF THERE IS A SPOT FOR ME, I DO BELIEVE TO BE THERE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BRING TO THE ACTUAL COMMISSION.
THANK YOU MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER LIST, GOOD AGE OF PAULA AND LOOKING FOR YOU AT LOOPY TORTILLAS, HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING WELL.
UM, I WANTED TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO, UM, THE CHARTER AND I DUNNO WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, BUT THERE'S, IS THERE SOMETHING THERE THAT REALLY DRAWS YOUR ATTENTION THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMISSION? UH, IF YOU WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY? NO.
UM, I, ME PERSONALLY, I HAVE LOOKED AT THE CHARTER.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING RIGHT NOW THAT, UM, I WOULD ACTUALLY CHANGE.
I'M WILLING TO LISTEN TO, UH, PROPOSED CHANGES.
I'M WILLING TO LISTEN TO ANYONE THAT MIGHT HAVE INPUT ON WHETHER OR NOT, UM, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE ACTUALLY CHANGED THERE.
BUT ME PERSONALLY, NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT I WOULD SAY NEEDS TO BE CHANGED AT THIS POINT.
I AM, UH, WILLING TO REVIEW ANY PROPOSED CHANGES THAT ARE THERE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GIVE MY VIEWPOINT ON WHETHER OR NOT I THINK IT SHOULD BE CHANGED WHETHER OR NOT I THINK IT SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED.
THAT'S WHY I'M WILLING TO LISTEN TO EVERYONE INVOLVED AND TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
UM, OR, UH, YOUR, UH, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO, UH, SERVE ON, UH, OUR, UH, COMMITTEE AND THIS CAMP.
UM, I GUESS, UH, THE QUESTION THAT I WOULD HAVE IS, UM, KNOWING I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE A, UH, AN ACTIVE LAWYER AT THIS POINT, AND THE QUESTION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, THE AVAILABILITY TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN, UH, THE, UH, CHARTER REVIEW BOARD MEETINGS, UH, WHICH, ALTHOUGH IT'S, I THINK THE, UH, THE TERM IS FOR SIX MONTHS, BUT, UH, I BELIEVE THAT THAT DURING THAT SIX MONTHS, IT CAN BE PRETTY INTENSIVE AS FAR AS, UH, BEING ABLE TO GET TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A GROUP.
SO, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, ANY PROBLEMS OR ISSUES WITH, UH, UH, BEING ABLE TO, UH, COMMIT THE TIME THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO, UH, PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THIS BOARD? NO, SIR.
WE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU AS SOON AS WE MAKE APPOINTMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TO INTERVIEW
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WITH US TODAY.IS MR. DAVIDSON ON THE LINE, MR. DAVIDSON.
HI, GOOD EVENING, MR. DAVIDSON.
HOW ARE YOU ALL? WE'RE DOING WELL.
YOU WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW.
UH, IF YOU CAN BRIEFLY JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, UH, WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AND THEN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THAT POINT, WE'LL ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE, AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM, AND YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME OKAY, CORRECT? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU VERY WELL.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, UM, GOOD EVENING.
UM, I HAVE BEEN A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT, UH, SINCE I THINK 1997.
UM, MY FAMILY MOVED OVER HERE, UH, FROM SUGARLAND AND, UH, WHEN I GOT FINISHED, UM, IN CA COLLEGE, I MOVED BACK AND DECIDED TO CALL MISSOURI CITY HOME.
UH, I WENT TO DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN WENT TO UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WHERE I RECEIVED MY BACHELOR'S IN COMMUNICATIONS.
AND THEN, UM, WENT TO UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AND GOT MY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, UH, WHERE I FOCUSED ON, UH, PUBLIC BUDGETING AS WELL AS, UH, GOOD GOVERNANCE.
UM, SO I RECENTLY MOVED TO DISTRICT B I'M IN THE, UH, DRY CREEK VILLAGE AREA.
AND WHAT REALLY GOT ME INTERESTED IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY UNDERSTANDING ONE, HOW BEST TO GROW A COMMUNITY, AND THEN HOW THAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REALLY TIES INTO AN AREAS LOCATE, EXCUSE ME, AN AREAS, EDUCATION AS WELL AS ITS INFRASTRUCTURE AND ATTRACTION, UM, TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT REALLY LED ME, UH, YOU KNOW, TO BE INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION.
ALRIGHTY, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR CITY.
UM, WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING TERM OF CHOSEN FOR THE POSITION AND HOW DO YOU PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THOSE CALLS? GOTCHA.
UM, SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE THE CAMERA LOOKING DOWN SOME OF MY NOTES, CAUSE I HAD, UH, JOTTED SOME FEW, A FEW THINGS DOWN.
UH, ONE OF MY BIGGEST THINGS IS MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THE MONEY THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR, UM, THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UM, I, I NOTICED ON YOUR LAST AGENDA MEETING THE FULL AGENDA, UM, BACK IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, THERE WERE, UM, THERE WAS A SECTION ONE OH EIGHT PROGRAM AS WELL AS HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAM.
SO MY NUMBER ONE GOAL WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ALLOCATED FUNDS ARE USED EXACTLY HOW AND WHEN THEY'RE OUTLINED, UH, TO BE, UH, TO BE USED, I AM INTERESTED IN GROWTH IN TERMS OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK THE CITY IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED, UH, TO BE A THRIVING BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND HA HAVE A THRIVING BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHERE WE ATTRACT BUSINESS AND THEN WE'LL RETAIN THE GOOD BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING, UM, IN THE CITY.
SO, UM, ONE MAKE SURE THE MONEY THAT'S ALLOCATED IS USED AS IT, AS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE USED.
AND THEN SECONDLY, ATTRACTING A NEW, NEW BUSINESS AND NEW, UH, THINKING OF NEW WAYS TO DEVELOP THAT IS BEAUTIFICATION ALONG SOME OF OUR EXISTING ARTERIES, BUT ALSO, UH, BUILDING UP NEW, UM, NEW AREAS THAT ARE UP AND COMING MY AREA, UH, IN PARTICULAR, BUT ALSO SOME OF OUR, UH, OLDER PARTS OF THE CITY, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OR WHEN YOU ALL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, THAT, UM, IT, IT MAKES SENSE, UM, TO YOU ALL AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I AND MY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS COULD PROVIDE, UH, COULD DO THAT BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE BUILDING IN ONE AREA, UM, IT SHOULD REALLY, UM, BENEFIT ECONOMICALLY THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
UH, NO, JUST THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS, AND FOR YOUR DESIRE TO SERVE.
OKAY, COUNSEL, GOOD EVENING, MR. DAVIDSON.
AND I REALLY, REALLY, I REALLY GOT TO, I REALLY GOT TO DO THIS YOLANDA GO KOOKS VIKINGS.
YEAH, I HAVE, UH, I HAVE A FEW ALLEGIANCES AND UH, GO BACK.
NO, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
UM, I APPRECIATED YOUR INTRODUCTION.
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THAT ADDRESSED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS.I DID HAVE A SIDE QUESTION AND THAT IS, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN ALSO POSSIBLY SERVING ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION? AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS WITH YOUR, YOUR BACKGROUND IN ADMINISTRATION AT U OF H UH, THAT COULD BE A GOOD FIT AND JUST ASKING IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN THAT.
AND PART OF THE, PART OF WHAT I, UM, HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, WITH MY INTEREST IN GOOD GOVERNANCE IS IT HAS TO COVER MORE THAN ONE ENTITY.
SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS, IS A GROWING PASSION OF MINE, BUT REVIEWING AND CHARTER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT IT'S WRITTEN IN CODE.
SO IN CASE, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS HAVE CONCERNS, YOU CAN EASILY REFERENCE BACK, OKAY, HERE'S, WHAT'S IN OUR STATUTES, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO, AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO.
SO YEAH, MY, MY INTEREST IS REALLY IN SERVING.
UM, I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I CAN LEND MY VOICE IN DOING THE WORK.
I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WITH MISSOURI CITY WHERE IT IS TODAY.
AGAIN, I REALLY DO THINK IT IS, UM, AT THE POINT WHERE IT CAN MAKE A PIVOT TOWARDS SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.
SO THAT'S A LONG WAY OF SAYING YES, I'LL TAKE IT.
UH, ONE QUESTION, UH, WHAT ADDED VALUE, UH, COULD YOU, UH, BRING TO THIS BOARD IF YOU ARE, UH, SELECTED TO BE A BOARD MEMBER? WELL, I THINK SO AND A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, UM, WOULD, WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT.
AND I'LL TRY TO EXPAND ON THAT.
UM, GROWING UP HERE, UM, WHAT I NOTICED AT THE TIME I WAS GROWING UP THERE, WEREN'T A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR A YOUNG PERSON INTERESTED IN CITY GOVERNMENT, UM, AND THE INNER WORKINGS OF IT.
SO WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL AND CAME BACK, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT I DID WAS IN HOUSTON.
UM, I WAS A PAST CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CHAIR FOR THE URBAN LEAGUE, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.
I, UM, CONTRIBUTED TO A NUMBER OF LEADERSHIP ACADEMIES, BOTH HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD, AS WELL AS WITH THE GREATER HOUSTON BLACK CHAMBER WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.
AND WHAT I LEARNED THERE IS REALLY WHAT MAKES THE CITY OF HOUSTON TICK.
AND SINCE IT IS GOING BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, WITH A LOT OF THE, UH, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO MOVE THE LEVERS AND NOT SAYING THAT I BRING ANY EXTRA NETWORKING, UM, CAPABILITIES TO THE TABLE, BUT I BRING THAT PERSPECTIVE OF SEEING HOW A CITY THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO US, UM, IS, IS DOING A LOT OF, UH, GOOD THINGS.
AND THEN BRINGING THAT TO MISSOURI CITY, UM, WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH MY AGE, I THINK A LOT OF, UM, UH, YOUNGER PEOPLE, I KNOW A COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS CAN ATTEST TO THAT.
A LOT OF US AREN'T NECESSARILY CONCERNED WITH CITY GOVERNANCE AND WE, WE BRING A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO THE TABLE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO DO.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS COMMITTEE IN PARTICULAR, UH, THERE'S NEW WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS, AND THEN I MIGHT HAVE TO COLLABORATE, UM, WITH YOU ALL AND PROVIDE, UM, PERSPECTIVE AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO INTERVIEW WITH US TODAY.
WE WILL DEFINITELY GET BACK WITH YOU AS SOON AS WE GET OUR BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO INTERVIEW WITH US TODAY.
I SEE MR. WILLIS ON, I JUST DON'T HAVE THE AUDIO FOR HIM.
SO MR. WILLIS, THERE SHOULD BE A BUTTON THAT SAYS, JOIN AUDIO.
NEED TO CLICK THAT BUTTON SO WE CAN
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HEAR YOU PLEASE.[00:57:05]
OKAY.YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW.
UH, YOU CAN TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE, AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
OKAY, GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE WEB BROWSER, PLEASE.
YOU WANT ME TO CLOSE MY, HOW ARE YOU? NO, THANK YOU.
I'M TRYING TO CLOSE THE WEB BROWSER HERE.
YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW.
YOU CAN TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK YOU IF, OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.
CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW? I CLOSE A WEB BROWSER.
I'M USUALLY NOT THAT TECHNICAL BAD THERE.
SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME.
I APPRECIATE, UM, ALL OF YOUR, YOUR TIME AND WHAT YOU ALL DO FOR THE CITY.
UM, MY NAME IS JOHN CONLIN, A LONG TIME, 22 YEAR RESIDENT OF FORT BEND COUNTY ON THE FIRST 21 YEARS OF THOSE WERE IN FIRST COLONY SHERWIN.
UM, MY WIFE AND OUR THREE SONS MOVED OVER TO QUAIL VALLEY A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.
UM, UH, ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WAS, WAS MY YOUNGEST IS NOW GOING TO BE A JUNIOR AT ELKINS WANTING TO AND ELKINS WITH MOST OF HIS FRIENDS.
SO, UH, WHO CAN SAY NO TO THEIR KIDS.
UM, EVEN WHEN YOU TRY IT, DOESN'T USUALLY WORK OUT SO WELL.
UM, UH, THREE BOYS AGES, 21, 20 AND 16.
UM, MOVED DOWN HERE FROM NEW YORK ABOUT 22 YEARS AGO.
I WAS COMMODITY BROKER FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
AND FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, I'VE BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR A DRONE COMPANY.
UM, I HAVE, UH, I HAVE SERVED OVER THE YEARS ON VARIOUS YOUTH BOARDS, FIRST COLONY, LITTLE LEAGUE, UH, CLEMONS BASEBALL, UM, WINE SAY OF, OF AUSTIN WAY BACK WHEN.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, WHAT I WOULD BRING TO THE TABLE BEING ON THE PLANE ZONING COMMITTEE IS THAT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT W W WE LIVE IN A VERY UNIQUE AREA, UM, ORDERING HOUSTON, OBVIOUSLY A SUGARLAND.
UM, AND, AND WE HAVE, I THINK WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO
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OURSELVES AND THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT MISSOURI CITY STAYS BEAUTIFULLY AESTHETICALLY, UM, THAT IT GROWS ORGANICALLY.AND, UM, THAT THE PERCEPTION OF THE CITY IS A CITY OF, OF, OF BEAUTY.
UM, WE LIVE IN A GREAT AREA AND I THINK THAT AGAIN, AESTHETICALLY, WHEN SOMETHING LOOKS NICE AND WE HAVE PARKS TRAIL CITIES, IT, IT ATTRACTS, UM, HOMEOWNERS AND ATTRACTS BUSINESSES.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SEE THAT, UM, TO, TO SEE THAT KEEP HAPPENING IN, UH, W WITH THE PROPER ZONING AND NOT, NOT TOO MUCH BUILDING AND NOT, NOT ANY EYESORES THAT WOULD, UH, MAKE OUR CITY LESS ATTRACTIVE.
ALRIGHTY, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING QUITE WELL.
HOW ARE YOU? WELL, MY FIRST QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING TERM IF CHOSEN TO SERVE IN THIS POSITION? WELL, I GUESS FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D HAVE TO LEARN THE ROPES.
I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO GET WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AND GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE TO SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD.
I COULD BE A CONSENSUS BUILDER.
UM, HOW, UH, GOING FORWARD, YOU WOULD, THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS WOULD BE HOW, UM, WHEN YOU SPEAK TO POTENTIAL BUSINESS OWNERS, WHEN YOU SPEAK TO CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, UH, DEVELOPERS, HAVE THEY TAKEN THE PROPER STEPS PRIOR TO COMING TO THE CITY, UH, TRYING TO WIN A CONTRACT OR TO BUILD SOMETHING, UM, HAVE THEY SPOKEN TO THE COMMUNITY? UM, HAVE THEY GOTTEN IDEAS FROM HR? HAVE THEY SPOKEN TO PEOPLE IN SIMILAR SITUATION? SO, UM, MY, MY GOAL WOULD BE TO, TO LEARN THE ROPES AND TO, TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE, UM, AND LEARN HOW TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT OUR, WHAT OUR CITY GROWS AGAIN, UH, ORGANICALLY AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
ALRIGHTY, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING.
THANK YOU, MR. COLLIN, FOR YOUR DESIRE TO SERVE, BUT I HAD NO QUESTIONS.
YOU ANSWERED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, HAVE YOU ATTENDED A PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING? IF NOT, CAN YOU REFER TO MAYBE OF THE P AND Z ISSUES THAT MAY HAVE CAUGHT YOUR ATTENTION? MOST RECENTLY, I HAVE NOT ATTENDED A MEETING.
I HAVE NOT ATTENDED A MEETING.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND A MEETING IN PERSON WOULD BE NICE TO GET, SO WE GET THE FUEL SO TO SPEAK, OBVIOUSLY THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN AWHILE.
I'M NOT SURE WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BETHANY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
I CAN'T REALLY GIVE YOU ANY, ANY OFF PAN.
I, I JUST KNOW THAT I, EVERY TIME I DRIVE DOWN HIGHWAY SIX, EVERY TIME I GO TO ELKINS TO PICK UP MY SON, EVERY TIME I THERE THERE'S NEW DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, AND THERE, THERE THERE'S CONSTRUCTION ALL THE TIME AND IT, AND IT JUST ONE OF MY, I DON'T WANT TO SAY CONCERNS CAUSE THAT WOULDN'T BE, BUT ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS THAT AGAIN, THINGS ARE BEING DONE IN THE RIGHT WAY AND THAT, UM, OUR CITY STAYS, UM, ATTRACTIVE TO NOT ONLY OBVIOUSLY, UM, BUSINESS, NEW HOMEOWNERS AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
SO THANKS FOR MR. KOTLIN A QUESTION I HAVE.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR MOVING INTO QUAIL VALLEY.
WE, UH, WE NEED, UH, PEOPLE COMING IN FROM SUGAR LAND, SO THANK YOU.
WHAT SKILLS, UH, UH, WILL YOU BRING TO THE COMMITTEE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I BELIEVE I'M A CONSENSUS BUILDER.
I, I PLAYED SPORTS MY WHOLE LIFE.
UM, I HAVE THREE SONS WHO ARE PRETTY GOOD ATHLETES.
UM, I I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO COACH SOME GREAT YOUNG MEN OVER THE YEARS.
UM, FIRST TIME, UH, LITERALLY CLEMENS HIGH SCHOOL, UM, YOUTH BASKETBALL, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
I BELIEVE THAT I'M PRETTY GOOD LISTENER.
UM, MY WIFE MAY NOT AGREE WITH THAT, BUT, UM, I, I BELIEVE THAT YOU TAKE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, UM, DECIPHER THAT YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH GOOD PEOPLE, YOU CONSENSUS BUILD AND YOU, YOU LEAN ON PEOPLE WITH SOME KNOW-HOW.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT BY DOING ALL THOSE THINGS, I'M ABLE BETTER TO COME UP WITH IDEAS, THOUGHTS, OR, YOU KNOW, DECISION THAT I CAN THEN BRING TO PEOPLE AND HOPEFULLY PUT ON THE TABLE FOR OTHERS TO THINK ABOUT DISCUSS AND, UH, AND IMPLEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TO INTERVIEW WITH US AND WE WILL DEFINITELY GET BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY SHORTLY TO LET YOU KNOW WHO WE DECIDED TO PUT ON EACH BOARD AND COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TO SEE EVENING
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TO INTERVIEW WITH US.YOU GOT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HAVE A GREAT ONE.
HI, MR. WILLIS, THIS IS AMIR FORD.
YOU WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW.
UH, IF YOU CAN BRIEFLY TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU'D LIKE TO SERVE.
AND AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS WILLY WILLIS.
I'VE BEEN A CITIZEN IN THE MISSOURI CITY FOR 32 YEARS.
UM, UH, FOR PROFESSION, UH, I AM A LIFE INSURANCE AGENT AND, UM, UH, I'VE DONE SEVERAL CIVIC DUTIES SINCE IN THE 32 YEARS UP IN HERE.
I USED TO SERVE ON MY, UH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, HOA.
UM, I'VE WORKED ON CAMPAIGNS AROUND, UH, LET'S SAY, RIVER CITY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IS I THINK IS A PRIVILEGE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MY FIRST AND ONLY QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING TERM IF CHOSEN FOR THIS POSITION? WELL, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'VE NEVER SERVED AS A, UH, PLANNING ZONE.
SO IT'S, THIS WILL BE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME, BUT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 32 YEARS.
I'VE SEEN MISSOURI CITY GO FROM SMALL TO LARGE AND, UH, MY INTEREST WAS TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO SEE THAT PARTICULAR PROGRESS BE BORN.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
THANK YOU, MR. LEWIS, FOR YOUR DESIRE TO SERVE COUNCILOR MORALIS.
HELLO, MR. WILLIS, HAVE YOU ATTENDED A PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING AND IF NOT, IS THERE A PARTICULAR PLANNING AND ZONING REFERENCE POINT THAT CAUGHT YOUR ATTENTION IN MISSOURI CITY? UH, NO.
I HAVE NOT ATTENDED A MEETING.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE DECORATION, I GUESS, WOULD BE ONE, ESPECIALLY THE PARK HERE NEAR, UM, THE ESTHER, YOU KNOW, I CAN REMEMBER WE LOOKED LIKE LITTLE SWAMP OUT THERE AND OF COURSE NOW IT'S EVOLVED TO, UH, A REAL NICE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY MR. WOLF.
THANKS AGAIN FOR, UH, APPLYING FOR THE POSITION.
WHAT SKILLS WOULD YOU GRIND TO THE A P AND GPU, UH, WERE SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE A P AND D BOARD? I WORKED, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I WORKED ON THE, UH, ON MY HOA, UM, COMMUNITY.
UH, WELL, WE DID A LOT OF PLANNING AND THINGS FOR THE, UH, UH, QUILL GREEN, UH, COMMUNITY THERE, UH, SCHEDULING DIFFERENT, UH, UH, EVENTS AND WHATNOT.
UM, I'M A MEMBER OF A GROUP CALLED NOON PERTAINS HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND, UH, IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION, UH, I HAVE, UH, SERVED AS A SECRETARY, VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT.
SO, UH, I'M, UH, VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, POLYMETRIC PROCEDURES AND, UH, UH, UH, TAKING WHAT'S, UH, UH, GIVEN ME AND HELP ENSURE THAT THAT, UH, MOVED FORWARD.
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RIGHT.THANK YOU, MR. WILLIS, WE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY AND THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TO INTERVIEW WITH US HAVING ALRIGHTY.
IF ANYONE IS WAITING, JUST SEND THEM IN AND LET US KNOW WHO IT IS WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE IN.
DID YOU GET A CALL FROM MR. RICHARDSON, MR. RICHARDSON? UM, I SENT HIM AN EMAIL AND I CALLED HIM TWICE.
HE DIDN'T PICK UP, BUT I LISTENED TO MESSAGES.
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OKAY.HOW ARE YOU MAYOR? I'M DOING WELL.
YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW TODAY.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU LIKE TO KEEP SERVING ON THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
AND IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THEY'LL ASK YOU THOSE QUESTIONS AND THAT'LL BE IT.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM, WELL, AS MAYOR FORD SAID, MY NAME IS SONYA BROWN.
I'M A 26 YEARS CITY OF MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT.
I'M A LICENSED TEXAS REALTOR AND I'M CURRENTLY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MARSHALL MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC A TO REAL ESTATE FIRM THAT PRIMARILY MANAGES NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND SMALL MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, PRIOR TO STARTING MARSHALL MANAGEMENT GROUP, MY BACKGROUND INCLUDED SERVING AS A CORPORATE CONTROLLER, ACCOUNTING EXECUTIVE AND AN EX-PAT OFFICER FOR A LOT OF YEARS AGO.
UM, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT, UM, THE NUMBERS TELL A STORY.
AND SO IN TODAY'S TIME, I PRETTY MUCH USE MY ABILITY TO HELP THE ENTITIES TELL THEIR STORIES, ESPECIALLY FROM A FINANCIAL BACKGROUND OF IT.
AND THAT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND TO HAVE SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY WHEN LOOKING AT THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION ASPECT SIDE OF IT, IF YOU WOULD, I'M A PROUD MOTHER TO ONE BIOLOGICAL SON AND TO ONE SON THAT CAME TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH US WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD AND HE NEVER LEFT.
BOTH ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES, ONE WITH A MASTER'S OF EDUCATION.
AND THE OTHER CURRENTLY SERVES THE FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL.
AS A STUDENT FACILITATOR, I'M MARRIED TO RETIRED, SHERIFF'S DEPUTY ANTHONY MARSHALL.
AND WE ARE BOTH IN AGREEMENT THAT MISSOURI CITY WILL BE HOME FOR US FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
SOME OF YOU GUYS MAY KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I'VE, UH, SERVED ON THE COMMISSION FOR 16 YEARS.
UM, IN 2014, I BECAME THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, AND I'VE PRETTY MUCH STAYED IN THAT SAME CAPACITY.
I ENJOY, UH, TAKING A LOOK AT ALL OF THE PLANTS AND HELPING TO SHAPE THE CITY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO DO IT FOR A FEW MORE YEARS HERE TO COME.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU, MS. MARSHALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
HI, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, UM, WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING TERM, IF CHOSEN TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THIS POSITION TO CONTINUE BEING OPEN-MINDED TO LISTEN, UH, TO THE APPLICANTS, HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CITY, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UNTIL THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES OF THE LAND USE MAPS AND TO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE MOVING THE CITY FOR, FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
IF THAT MAKES SENSE, WHETHER IT'S ON OUR FOUR EAST SIDE, OUT ON OUR WEST SIDE, JUST KEEPING A BROAD OPEN MIND, CAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME LARGE ACRE TRACKS LEFT AND, UM, JUST WANT TO BE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN HELP IN ANY WAY THAT I POSSIBLY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET DEVELOPED AND INTO SOMETHING GOOD COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
THANK YOU, MS. MARSHALL, FOR YOUR CONTINUING SERVICES, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ YOUR RESUME TODAY.
UM, SINCE YOU'VE SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR QUITE SOME TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY HAVE BEEN YOUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UM, UH, ON THE BOARD, IN YOUR REASON FOR CONTINUING TO SERVE ONE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT? AT LEAST IT'S AN ACCOMPLISHMENT TO ME.
UM, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, THE LAND THAT SITS UP THERE NEXT DOOR TO CITY HALL, THERE WAS A GROUP THAT CAME BEFORE US AND THEY WANTED TO DEVELOP A GAS STATION ON THAT LAND.
AND WITH EVERYTHING INSIDE OF ME, I VEHEMENTLY SAID, NO, NO, NO, NO.
WE'RE GOING TO PRESERVE THAT LAND.
SOMETHING WILL COME ONE DAY FOR THAT LAND.
AND THE VERY NEXT DAY, THE OWNER OF THAT LAND GAVE ME A TELEPHONE CALL
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AND HE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH ME AND HE LEFT AND HE ALSO TOLD ME, SWEETIE, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT PIONEERS GET KILLED.AND I SAID, WELL, I'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND, SIR.
WELL, I'M THANKFUL TO THIS VERY DAY THAT I BE ADMITTEDLY SAID NO AND ALSO REACHED OUT TO OTHERS AND ASKED THEM TO ALSO SAY NO, BECAUSE ON THAT VERY LAND NOW STANDS HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
AND I THINK THAT WAS A MUCH BETTER CHOICE THAN A GAS STATION.
GOOD EVENING, MS. MARSHALL, HOW ARE YOU? HELLO? HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD.
I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE EMAIL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR VISION, AND YOU ARE A GREAT LISTENER, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
I'VE ATTENDED A LOT OF THOSE MEETINGS AND IT DOES GET PRETTY, PRETTY TOUGH IN THERE AND YOU'VE ALWAYS CONDUCTED YOURSELF.
WELL, YOU'VE ALWAYS LOOKED OUT FOR ALL OF US, UH, INCLUDING THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE COMING TO SPEAK.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.
UH, AGAIN, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUING SERVICE.
UM, I KNOW THAT IT'S, UM, UH, DIFFICULT AT TIMES TO WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH, UH, MANY OF THE, UH, ISSUES THAT, UH, THAT COME UP TO THE A P AND Z.
AND I WANT TO, UH, UH, EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE, YOUR, UH, YOUR THOROUGHNESS, UH, AND, UH, AS THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU GAVE YOUR FORESIGHT AS TO WHAT'S BEST, UH, IN MANY SITUATIONS FOR THE CITY OF, UH, OF MISSOURI CITY.
SO THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR, UH, YOUR SERVICE.
UH IT'S WELL-RECOGNIZED AND, UH, WE'LL, UM, BE PROVIDING YOU, UH, THE, UH, RESULTS OF OUR, UH, OUR INTERVIEWS HERE SHORTLY.
SO THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE.
OKAY, MS. MARSHALL, I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I REMEMBER WHEN THEY TRIED TO REZONE THAT LAND AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THE RIGHT THING.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY HOW LONG THAT WAS CAUSE I'M DATING MYSELF.
I REMEMBER YOU WHEN YOU WORKED IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR KNOWING GREEN BAND.
I KNOW IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO PUSH BACK.
SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, DOING THE RIGHT THING IS ALWAYS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TO INTERVIEW WITH US THIS EVENING, AND WE WILL DEFINITELY GET BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY AND LET YOU KNOW WHO'S WHO'S BEEN PUT IN WHAT POSITION.
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OKAY.I'VE GOT MS. ROSS, IF Y'ALL WONDER.
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HELLO, MS. ROSS.MA'AM HI, MS. ROSS, THIS IS MAYOR FORD.
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW.
IF YOU CAN TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND JUST BASICALLY LET US KNOW WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE YOU DOWN HERE FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, SO JUST, AND THE, AND THE PARKS BOARD.
SO JUST LET US KNOW, UH, WHY YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE SERVING.
AND AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE, AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING IN REALLY EARLY, BUT, UM, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, UH, VERY ACTIVE IN CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND I'VE KIND OF TOOK A BREAK, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
THERE IS A LOT OF, THERE ARE SOME, THERE'S SOME QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.
UH, I DON'T KNOW I HAD ALL THIS IN MY HEAD, UM, BUT I'VE SERVED ON CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT RELATE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES COMMUNITY AS WELL.
IF, AND, AND NOW THAT I'M HERE, I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR, UH, IT WAS FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT NOW THAT I'M OLDER, ALMOST, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ELDERLY PEOPLE.
UM, AND AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, THE POLITICAL ISSUES HERE BECAUSE THEY SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IN THE CITY.
AND, UH, I HAVE ALWAYS WORKED IN VERY TEDIOUS, HIGH STRESS SITUATIONS.
WHEN I DID WORK, I DID PURCHASING, UM, PROCUREMENT SPEC DEVELOPMENT, CONTRACT DEVELOPMENT.
I'M USED TO TAKING A SITUATION APART, TAKING DOCUMENTS APART, PUTTING THEM BACK TOGETHER, IDENTIFYING THINGS THAT ARE NOT JUST QUITE RIGHT AND HOW YOU GET THEM.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF EXCITING.
I TOOK OVER OF A TERM FOR THE PARKS BOARD AND WAS VERY QUIET FOR A FEW MONTHS.
AND NOW I'M GETTING REALLY EXCITED ABOUT FINALLY BEING ABLE TO DO A BEAT, FINALLY BEING ABLE TO BEAT ACTIVE CAUSE IT CAUSE THEY DON'T NEED OFTEN THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION IS SOMETHING THAT I LIKEN TO WHAT I DID AS, AS MY CHOSEN PROFESSION.
IT'S, IT'S A MATTER OF GOING TAKE TAKING CHARTER ISSUES OR ISSUES THAT MAY RELATE TO THE CHARTER AND HOW IT'S WORKING OR NOT WORKING, UH, FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, ITS CITIZENS, IT'S BOARDS, IT'S OFFICERS.
AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT MAY NEED SOME REVIEW, SOME CHANGE, UM, GOING THROUGH THE CURRENT CHARTER, IDENTIFYING ISSUES THAT NEED CHANGE, HOW TO CHANGE IT, WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO, TO IDENTIFY TO CHANGE AND, UH, PUT IT INTO A DOCUMENT THAT YOU CAN TAKE TO COUNCIL.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE ACCEPTED.
I, UM, I THINK THAT, THAT MY CHOSEN PROFESSION KIND OF UNIQUELY QUALIFIED ME TO DO THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND UM, SO IDENTIFIED THE CHARTER COMMISSION AS A COMMISSION THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SERVE EFFECTIVELY ON.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. ROSS? YES.
MS. ROSS, YOU CAN APPLY THIS QUESTION TO WHICHEVER COMMITTEE YOU SEE FIT.
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MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING TERM IF CHOSEN FOR THE POSITION? AND BEFORE YOU ASKED, I JUST WANT TO MY ANSWER, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.SO OUR CITY AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO ASSURE THAT WE ARE PROGRESSING WELL, MY GOALS FOR THE CHARTER COMMISSION ACTUALLY IS FIRST OF ALL, TO GET TO KNOW THE CITY CHARTER BETTER.
UM, I REVIEW THOSE THINGS, USUALLY JUST KIND OF MY FRIENDS CALL ME NERDY BECAUSE I LIKE TO RENEW THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UH, JUST BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE CITY.
I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T DONE A LOT OF THAT FOR MISSOURI CITY UNTIL LATELY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF EXCITING.
IT'S LIKE GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK AND INTO A POOL THAT YOU USED TO BE IN.
UM, I'M NOT USED TO THE CHARTER COMMISSION.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S ON THE COMMISSION AND I'M NOT USED TO HOW THEY WORK, BUT READING THE CHARGE OF THE CHARTER COMMISSION LETS ME KNOW THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'RE CHARGED WITH IT LETS ME KNOW THAT THIS IS, THIS IS PROBABLY EXACTLY WHAT I NEED TO BE DOING.
MA'AM COUNCIL MEMBER WAS, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, YES.
I LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UH, AS WELL AS YOUR PASSION AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT.
AND UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER LIBERALIST.
GOOD EVENING, MS. ROSS, IS THERE A PARTICULAR ITEM YOU, THAT DRAWS YOUR ATTENTION THAT PERHAPS DOES ADDRESS THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT? NO.
WELL, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THERE REALLY, BUT WHAT I, MORE THAN ANYTHING I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE THE CHARTER, WHERE THE CHARTER COMMISSION IS NOW, WHAT ARE THEIR IMPORTANT ISSUES NOW? BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
IF IT'S, IF THERE'S SPECIFIC THINGS THAT I AM CONCERNED WITH, THEN THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH A COMMISSION AND A COMMISSION THAT REPORTS TO THE COUNCIL, THEN I THINK THAT I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO COMPARE, UM, MY CONCERNS WITH THEIRS.
AND MOST OF THE TIME YOU LEARN OR YOU HAVE A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT HOW SELFISH YOU ARE OR NOT.
AND, UH, I HAVE SOME, BUT I HAVE MY MAIN ISSUES HERE RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S VERY SELFISH BECAUSE IT AFFECTS WHERE I LIVE IS, IS DRAINAGE ISSUES.
DID HE CHARTER AND HOW THOSE, HOW DEVELOPERS ARE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP IN THIS AREA AND HOW, HOW DOES, HOW DO I WANT TO PUT THIS? UH, THE CITY ADDRESSES THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE ISSUE.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE I'LL, UM, ASKING TO BE MADE A PART OF THE, THE PART, THE CHARTER COMMISSION KNOWING FULL WELL THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT'S MY LITTLE, THAT'S MY, THAT MY SELFISH ISSUE THAT MAY, THAT MAY HAVE TO GO AWAY BECAUSE THERE MAY BE MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED RIGHT NOW BY THE BODY OF THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY AND MARY HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL.
UH, WHAT, UH, PERSPECTIVE, UH, WOULD YOU, UH, BRING TO THE, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION? WHAT PERSPECTIVES? YEAH.
WHAT PERSPECTIVE WILL YOU BRING, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT ADDED VALUE YOU MIGHT BRING TO THE, UH, TO THE, UH, COMMISSION? WELL, IN TERMS OF LOOK, I, IN TERMS OF HAVING TO GO IN AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE OPERATION OF CITY GOVERNMENT UNDER THE CHARTER, EVERY CITY HAS A CHARTER AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT I'M, I I'M, I'M GOING TO GO IN THERE AND GO OVER THE WHOLE CHARTER AND ATTACK THIS ATTACK THAT NO, THAT'S NOT EVEN REASONABLE, BUT
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WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS BE PART OF A GOOD COHESIVE BODY SO THAT WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES THAT COME UP, UM, MAKE MYSELF, UH, FAMILIAR ENOUGH TO GO INTO THE CHARTER, IDENTIFY WHERE I NEED TO BE.AND WHAT PARTS OF THE CHARTER WILL I D WORK? UH, WHICH, WHICH PARTS OF THE CHARTER AFFECT THE ISSUE AT HAND? UM, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD AT THAT.
TAKING AN ISSUE AT HAND, IDENTIFY THE RULES THAT APPLY, UH, APPLY THEM, UM, UH, BE WILLING AND UNAFRAID TO DISCUSS, DISCUSS ITEMS AND, UM, WORK COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATIVELY TO PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION FOR CITY COUNCIL.
BUT THANK YOU THAT'S UH, TO ME IS AN ADDED VALUE THAT COULD BRING TO THE, UH, TO THE COMMISSION.
SO WE WILL MAKE A DECISION ON WHO WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN WHAT POSITION, AND WE'LL BE LETTING THEM KNOW, BUT WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING AND INTERVIEWING WITH US TODAY AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
THE ONLY PERSON THAT I HAVE ON THAT, MR. RODNEY GRIFFIN, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SEND HIM IN MR. GRIFFIN.
GOOD EVENING, MR. GRIFFIN, THIS IS MAYOR FORD.
HOW ARE YOU? I AM BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED OR YOURSELF.
YOU WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW TODAY.
IF YOU CAN BRIEFLY INTRODUCE YOURSELF, TELL US WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO SERVE.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE ON HERE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
I'M A HUSBAND, I'M A FATHER, I'M A GRANDFATHER AND I'VE, I'VE BEEN OUT HERE IN THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY, 40 YEARS OVER HERE IN KAUNAS GLEN.
SECOND TO RIGHT OFF TEXAS PARKWAY.
AND I'M INTERESTED IN POSITION BECAUSE I FIGURED THE TIME I SPENT HERE COUPLED WITH MY EDUCATION, MY GOVERNMENT PLANNING ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS MY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, UNIQUELY QUALIFIES ME FOR THIS POSITION, A POSITION ON PLANNING AND ZONING.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, I DO.
MR. GRIFFIN, THANK FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, MY QUESTION TO YOU, WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING TERM IF CHOSEN FOR THE POSITION? WELL, MY GOALS WOULD BE TO JUST MAKE THE CITY A, A BETTER, UH, A BETTER, A BETTER PLACE, UH, ACTUALLY PARTICULARLY SITE IN TERMS OF TEXAS PARKWAY, WHICH I RAISED CHILDREN HERE, UH, RAISE THE RENT RATE, RAISE A FAMILY HERE, UH, LIVE HERE TO HELP, TO GET MY ASSISTANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT MIGHT COME BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO HELP REVITALIZE IT, TO BRING IT TO, TO WHAT IT ONCE WAS OR, OR EVEN BETTER OR CERTAIN THAT IT JUST TO LAND MY SKILLS GENERALLY TO, TO PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, GIVEN THE EXPERIENCE I HAVE HAD WITH THE ST JOHN'S, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT ONE TIME, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT, TO, TO HELP
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WITH BRINGING, BRINGING THOSE SKILL SETS TO THE REAL ESTATE SKILL SETS THAT I HAVE AS WELL TO HELP US ZONE WHERE APPROPRIATELY TO PRESERVE THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND TO BRING HELP, BRING TOP BUSINESSES HERE, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTER.DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, NO.
THANK YOU, MR. GRIFFIN, UM, FOR YOUR DESIRE TO SERVE, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS.
HEY, GOOD, GOOD EVENING TO YOU TOO, SIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER, EMILY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, UH, ONLY TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO RODNEY FOR, UH, HIS, UH, CONTINUING, UH, SERVICE TO, UH, FROM THE JEWISH CITY.
OKAY, MR. GRIFFIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN TO INTERVIEW.
AS SOON AS WE GET PEOPLE APPOINTED, WE WILL GIVE YOU A CALL AND LET YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE APPOINTED INTO ONE OF THE SEATS.
I DIDN'T SAY WHAT A DISCONNECT AND I GOT A, I GOT A HUNDRED DOGS HERE ON MY HANDS.
THAT COULD BE, ANYBODY'S WAITING TO SEND THEM IN.
DID I SAY YOUR NAME CORRECTLY? YEAH, YOU DID.
WELL, YOU WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW TODAY.
UH, IF YOU COULD JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.
UM, AND FROM THERE, LET US KNOW WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE SERVING.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE ON THE PARKS FOUNDATION AND AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM, I HAVE LIVED IN A MISSOURI CITY, GOSH, FOR COMMERCE 25 YEARS.
UM, AND UM, ALL MY KIDS WENT THROUGH FORFEITS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I WAS WITH AT AND T FOR 34 YEARS AND I RETIRED FIVE YEARS AGO AND NOW I JUST LIKE TO DO GOOD STUFF IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'M NOT, NOT WORKING, NOT, NOT DOING THE PAYCHECK THING ANYMORE, JUST TRYING TO, UM, GET INVOLVED IN, UM, THINGS THAT I HAVE A PASSION FOR ONE THING I WOULD POINT OUT, UM, ON THE INVITATION THAT I GOT FROM THE CITY SECRETARY.
UM, AND I THINK MAYBE ON YOUR NOTES, IT MIGHT INDICATE THAT I'M IN DISTRICT C THAT THAT IS INCORRECT.
I'M ACTUALLY IN A FORD EMIRATES DISTRICT D SO IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO YOU OR NOT.
NOW SHE'LL GO AHEAD AND NOTE IT.
DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, UM, DESIRE TO SERVE AND IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY.
MY QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING TERM OF CHILDREN FOR SUFFICIENT? I'M SORRY, THE GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING TERM IN WHAT MY QUESTION WAS, WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING TERM IF CHOSEN FOR THE POSITION? OH, I SEE.
WELL, I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE HAVE THE PARKS FOUNDATION BOARD IS REALLY JUST SORT OF A FUNDRAISING ARM FOR, UH, FOR THE CITY FOR PARKS AND REC.
SO OBVIOUSLY OUR MAIN GOAL IS RAISE MONEY, WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT IN THIS, UH, COVID ENVIRONMENT.
UH, AND WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE ECONOMY AND EVERYTHING.
SO I THINK OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS GOING TO, UM, FIND WAYS TO SUSTAIN THAT
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KIND OF, UH, INCOME AND GROWTH SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE DOING THINGS THROUGH THE FOUNDATION.RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND OUR PLANS FOR THE VETERANS MEMORIAL, BUT ONCE THOSE DOLLARS ARE SPENT, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE IN RESERVE.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME, SOME HELP RAISING SOME MORE MONEY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
THANK YOU, MS. ENSUES FOR YOUR DESIRE TO SERVE.
UM, WELL SERVING ON THE FOUNDATION, WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISH, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST PARTICIPATING IN THE FUNDRAISING ASPECTS.
UM, ALSO WE, UH, RECENTLY BROUGHT IN A CONSULTANT TO NOT ONLY HELP US WITH FUNDRAISING, BUT ALSO TO WORK ON OUR GOING FORWARD VISION IN OUR PLAN.
UM, I WAS PART OF THIS SMALL GROUP THAT INTERVIEWED SEVERAL CANDIDATES FOR THE FUNDRAISING, UM, UH, CONTRACT AND THAT IS IN PLAY NOW.
I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO, TO RAISE FUNDS FOR NONPROFITS.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORT THUS FAR.
UM, AS WE ALL KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE VETERANS MEMORIAL, IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOUR WORK ON AND THEN NEXT, YOU KNOW, A YEAR OR SO? SO THAT'S PART OF THIS PLANNING SESSION GOING THROUGH IS TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THOSE PRIORITIES.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE ANY STATED PRIORITY ON WHAT OUR NEXT PLANS WOULD BE, WHAT OUR NEXT, UH, UM, PROJECTS MIGHT BE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT PERSONALLY, UM, I REALLY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN WITH THE FREEDOM TREE PARK.
I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S PLANS DRAWN UP TO DEVELOP THAT, BUT OF COURSE, THAT'S ALSO GOING TO TAKE MONEY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, THANK YOU FOR, UH, UH, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE ON THE, UM, ON THE, UH, THE BOARD.
UM, AND, UH, FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, UH, GOD SMITH CALLED YOU, UM, I MEAN MACHINE, BECAUSE YOU WERE ABLE TO GO OUT AND FIND THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WERE, WAS ABLE TO, UH, UH, PROVIDE THE FUNDS FOR A NUMBER OF THE, UH, UH, JUNETEENTH, UH, PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAD.
SO YOU COME OBVIOUSLY HIGHLY REGARDED, UH, IN THAT RESPECT.
AND, UH, I, I LIKE YOUR, UH, YOUR APPROACH AS FAR AS THE FREEDOM TREE AS SOMETHING THAT, UH, JEFFREY BONEY AND MYSELF, UH, HAVE AT WORK ON.
AND, UH, YOU GOOD POINT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING A SITUATION WHERE WE WE'VE GOT TO FIND FUNDING FOR IT.
SO WE LOOK FOR GREAT THINGS TO DO THAT, UH, AS OUR NEXT BIG PROJECT OF THE, UH, THE, THE, UM, THE PARKS FOUNDATION.
SO THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR START-UPS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I AGREE, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT FREEDOM TREE PROJECT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL AMENITY.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE END OF YOUR INTERVIEW.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN TO INTERVIEW WITH US TODAY.
UH, WE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY AND LET YOU KNOW WHO'S FILLING WHAT POSITIONS ON OUR BOARD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
GOOD EVENING, MR. WORKMAN, THIS IS MAYOR FORD.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I'M JUST FINE.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW.
IF YOU CAN BRIEFLY JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO KEEP SERVING ON YOUR BOARD.
AND AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK YOU WHATEVER QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.
AND I BELIEVE I HAVE YOU DOWN HERE ARE YOUR YOU'RE.
YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
SO IF YOU CAN TELL US WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THAT COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
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WILL ASK YOU WHATEVER QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE AT THAT POINT.YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, A LITTLE BACKGROUND, I, I WAS ON COUNCIL FOR EIGHT YEARS AND I'VE SERVED ON TWO PREVIOUS CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSIONS AND, UH, 2012 AND 2016.
UM, I'M ALSO ON THE, UH, WELL THAT MATTER, UM, IN MY OPINION, THE CHARTER REVIEW, UH, COMMISSION IS ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT COMMITTEES BECAUSE LIKE THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION IT'S, UH, THE CITY HAS TO KEEP IT CORRECT.
AND, AND, UH, I THINK HAVING SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE, OF THE CURRENT CHARTER IS IMPORTANT, UM, BECAUSE YOU TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THE CHARTER AND TO, TO, UH, BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT IMPLICATIONS CHANGES TO IT MIGHT HAVE, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS TO TRY TO REVIEW COMMISSIONS THAT I WAS ON, UM, IT SEEMED LIKE MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT COME UP AND MOST OF THE CHANGES ARE PROMULGATED BY THE CHANGES TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION BY LEGISLATURE.
AND IT REQUIRES, UH, CITIZENS, CITIES, HOMELESS, HOME RULE CITIES TO MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR CHARTER, TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
UH, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT COME UP, UH, CITIZENS WILL COME FORWARD WITH REQUESTS FOR ITEMS, AND, UM, WE CONSIDER THOSE.
UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE COMMISSION IS NOTHING MORE THAN A RECOMMENDING BODY.
WE JUST LISTENED TO THE PUBLIC AND WE LOOK AT CHANGES THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE MADE AND RECOMMEND THOSE TO THE COUNCIL.
IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL TO EITHER ACCEPT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS OR TO REJECT THEM, OR EVEN ADD THINGS THAT THEY THINK OUGHT TO BE ON THE NEXT BALLOT, UM, TO AMEND THE CHARTER.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST A RECOMMENDING BODY AND, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE CHARTER AND FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER EDWARDS.
UM, MR. WHARTON, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
I KNOW YOU AND I, WE WORKED ON THE BOARD IN 2016 AND I KNOW YOUR SKILLSET, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE, UH, YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE.
SO THEREFORE I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR TYING EVERYTHING TOGETHER WITH THE STATE AND JUST KINDA HOW IT ALL WORKS.
JUST TO COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, THANK YOU, JOE, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HELP US OUT, UH, UH, LOOKING AT OUR, UH, CITY CHARTER TO MAKE WHATEVER CHANGES MAY BE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF NEW LEGISLATION, OUR INPUT FROM, UH, FROM CITIZENS, UH, THAT, UH, MAY HAVE, UH, IDEAS OF, UH, HOW TO DO THINGS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
UM, I THANK YOU WITH, UH, ASK YOU YEAH.
SO, UH, I GUESS, UH, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT SKILLS ARE VALUE ADDED? W DO YOU BRING TO THE, UH, THE, UH, COMMISSION BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, THAT SERVICE AS A, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER? WELL, I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE CHARTER AND HAVING, HAVING BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE, UH, VARIOUS DELIBERATIONS OF COUNCIL.
UM, WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO DO CERTAIN THINGS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD SAY, NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S QUITE RIGHT.
THE CHARTER SAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
OR, UH, YES, THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.
SO, UH, JUST, JUST HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE OF BUMPING INTO VARIOUS, UH, SECTIONS OF THE CHARTER AND THEN UNDERSTANDING WHAT, WHAT MAKES IT UP.
UM, AND THEN, THEN ALSO WHEN I SERVED ON THE, ON THE COMMISSION BEFORE, UM, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE IMPLICATION OF WHAT SOME SUGGESTIONS MIGHT
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BE AND HOW THEY AFFECTED THE, THE CHARTER, UM, REQUIRES YOU TO KIND OF GO BACK AND REVIEW THOSE SECTIONS OF THE CHARTER AND, AND UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.UM, WE DON'T, EVEN WHILE I WAS ON COUNCIL, WE DIDN'T SIT THERE AND READ THE WHOLE THING COVER TO COVER.
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF, UH, THE EXPERIENCE OF BUMPING INTO CERTAIN SECTIONS, UH, DURING THE EIGHT YEARS THAT I WAS THERE.
AND THEN THE TWO TIMES I SERVED ON THE REVIEW COMMISSION.
THAT'S THE INNER YOUR END OF YOUR INTERVIEW.
WE WILL CONTACT YOU SHORTLY AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE APPOINTED ONCE AGAIN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND INTERVIEWING THIS EVENING AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
THE ONLY PERSON THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW IS KAREN OVERTON.
HERE, DID HE MISS OVERTIME? THIS IS MAYOR FORD.
YOUR INTERVIEW WILL BE UP TO 10 MINUTES TODAY.
IF YOU CAN BRIEFLY JUST LET US KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY AND WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE.
AND AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE, AND THAT'LL BE IT.
AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE DOWN HERE, YOUR DESIRE BOARD IS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OR AUNT OR TOURIST BOARD THREE.
SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
I'M GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.
UM, I USUALLY AN INTERVIEW USUALLY GOES INTO A PERSON'S DEGREE, THREES AND, AND BOARD OF AFFILIATIONS.
AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE SERVED ON FIVE BOARDS.
I'VE SERVED IN CIVIC ORGANIZATION AS AN ORGANIZER.
I HAVE AN ADVANCED DEGREE IN FINANCE AND MARKETING.
UH, I LIKE TO CALL MYSELF A COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR, BUT WHAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED FOR IS THAT I'M A TEAM BUILDER.
UH, I BUILD TEAMS. I AM ABLE TO, TO WORK WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS TO COME TO A CONSENSUS.
THAT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND GOOD FOR THE, UH, COMMITTEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UH, I HAVE STRONG COGNITIVE SKILLS.
THAT MEANS THAT I CAN SEE A PROBLEM BEFORE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM.
I LOOK AT PROBLEMS AS CHALLENGES IN WHICH A SOLUTION OR SOME MEANS OF COMPROMISE CAN BE ACHIEVED.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED AS BEING VERY OPTIMISTIC.
I SEE THINGS FOR THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS.
UH, UH, I WILL NOT IGNORE, UH, OTHER ITEMS, BUT I GO WITH FACTS AND THEN I PROCEED VERY OPTIMISTIC WITH A VERY BRIGHT VIEW OR A VIEW IN MIND THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR ALL INVOLVED.
AND I ALSO LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED AS SOMEONE THAT'S A GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS.
YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN TALKING TO PEOPLE, I BELIEVE IN TALKING TO PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE PROBLEM, UH, OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE A VESTED INTEREST AND THAT ARE SINCERE IN TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM WITHOUT REALLY GETTING INTO CREDENTIALS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO BE
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CONSIDERED AS SOMEONE THAT'S VERY SINCERE, VERY HONEST, VERY DIRECT FIRM, BUT VERY KIND.ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO MA'AM BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING.
I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, DESIRE TO SERVE THEM OUT BOARDS IN.
WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS.
SO YOU APPLIED FOR P AND Z AND, OR TERMS, IS THERE ONE OR THE OTHER THAT YOU PREFER OR LIKE, YEAH, I'M LEANING MORE FOR PLANNING AND ZONING BECAUSE I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN MISSOURI CITY AS A COMPLETE METROPOLITAN AREA.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT PLANNING PROCESS OF DEVELOPING OUR CITY INTO THE NUMBER ONE METROPOLITAN SUBURB IN THE HOUSTON PROPER AREA.
I WAS GOING TO ASK WHY AND YOU JUST ANSWERED IT.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
UH, I THINK IN MY NOTES HERE, KAREN.
YES, THANKS AGAIN FOR, UH, FOR SERVING, YOU KNOW, OUR PATHS HAVE CROSSED A NUMBER OF TIMES, UH, IN, UH, THE LAKE OLYMPIA, UH, AND, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, ACTIVITIES.
SO I, I APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR, UH, YOUR, UH, DESIRE TO, UH, CONTINUE SERVICE FOR RO UH, WITH AZURE CITY AND ON THE SORT OF CITY BOARD.
UM, YEAH, YOU'VE ANSWERED MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I, UH, WAS GOING TO ASK, UH, AS FAR AS, UM, WHAT YOU WOULD BRING TO, UH, THE, UH, THE PNZ BOARD, UH, IF YOU WERE SELECTED.
SO, UM, I GUESS AT THIS POINT, OTHER THAN SAYING AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE, UH, THAT, UH, THE ONLY QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, THANK YOU.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FLORA FOR BEING AN ACTIVE CON COUNCILMAN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, FLOYD ATTENDS OUR HOA MEETINGS A LOT, AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE HIS INVOLVEMENT.
IF WE HAVE TIME, WE DO GO AHEAD.
OKAY, MR. OVERTON, IF FOR SOME REASON, UH, THE P AND Z COMMISSION, UM, POSITION DOESN'T APPLY, COULD YOU, OR WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN TERSE THREE? AND IF SO, WHY DOES TOURIST THREE'S KIND OF STRIKE YOUR INTEREST? WELL, TURDS THREE IS CLOSER TO MY COMMUNITY WHERE I LIVE.
AND WHO AM I SPEAKING WITH? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T GET YOUR NAME.
ANTHONY, UH, TURDS THREE, AS I LOOKED AT THE MAP WAS CLOSER TO WHERE I LIVE.
I LIVE IN LAKE OLYMPIA AND I FELT LIKE SINCE I WAS CLOSE TO THAT COMMUNITY, MORE NET TERRITORY, IT, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OF KIND OF SEEING SOME THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, EYES ON RIGHT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S REALLY MORE FOR A LOCALE.
UH, BUT THE, A P AND Z IS, IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK I WOULD BE A LOT MORE.
UM, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY AS WELL AS TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
AND YES, HE'S RIGHT IN YOUR BACKYARD, SO THANKS.
OKAY, MS. ALBERTON, THAT'S IT FOR YOUR INTERVIEW TODAY? WE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE APPOINTING TO EACH BOARD.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR SHARING MY VIEWS.
WE'VE GOT, UM, ANTHONY SNIPES NEXT.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY? HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING WELL.
YOU'LL HAVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE SERVING ON THE PARKS FOUNDATION.
AND AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, UH, ANTHONY SNIPES, UH, BEEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
MOST OF MY CAREER HAS BEEN, UH, IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVING IN A NUMBER OF CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
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WORKING IN STATE GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS NONPROFIT AS WELL.UM, I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH MY BACKGROUND, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHY I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE PARKS FOUNDATION.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FOUNDATION BEING CREATED IN 2016, IT REALLY WAS TO LEVERAGE ON DOLLARS FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY SO THAT WE CAN ENHANCE OUR PARKS, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS, AND ALSO TO HAVE A MECHANISM IN WHICH THAT WE CAN PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING YOUTH, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, FOR ME, I THINK MY, UH, 20 PLUS YEARS OF, UH, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, FUND DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, CREATING A NUMBER OF RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, UH, COUNTRY, UH, SPECIFICALLY MOST RECENTLY IN THIS REGION, I THINK, UH, IS IMPERATIVE FOR STARTUP NONPROFIT.
AND, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, UH, AS YOU LOOK AT TRYING TO LEVERAGE DOLLARS THROUGH FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER RELATIONSHIPS IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE, UH, A BOARD NOT ONLY THAT IS AMENABLE TO WORK, BUT ALSO HAS RELATIONSHIPS THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOUNDATION.
SO, BECAUSE I AM A GOING ON FIVE YEAR RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, I WANT TO SERVE AND DO THE BEST THAT I CAN TO CONTINUE TO MAKE MISSOURI CITY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
MR. SIMONS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY.
UM, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING TERM IF SHELLS INTO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THIS POSITION? WELL, I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT, UH, UH, BOARD MEMBERS WOULD NEED TO DO IS TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE CURRENT PRESIDENT.
BILL ODO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IS TO STRATEGIZE, UH, ON PRIORITIES, UH, FOR THE PARK FOUNDATION, GETTING ALL OF US IN A ROOM TOGETHER AND TO, UH, SORT OF, UH, FACILITATE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE.
UH, SO WE CAN BE A GREAT PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
AND I THINK AT THIS, UH, AT THIS POINT, THAT MEETING IS SCHEDULED, I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK, OR, UH, I THINK IT'S NEXT WEEK, UH, WHERE THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND TO REALLY PRIORITIZE AND, AND PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO ACTION, UH, FOR THE PARKS FOUNDATION.
BUT IF, UH, FROM MY LIST, I THINK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF KEY THINGS.
UH, UH, PARKS ARE OPEN SPACES, MISSOURI CITY AS WELL KNOWN FOR OUR GREEN SPACES.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO NOT, UM, ALLOW THOSE, UH, THOSE PRIORITIES TO GO DOWN, UH, AND WITH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OF COVID-19, UH, RESOURCES MAY BE SLAMMED FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT.
UH, SO WE GET LEVERAGE HOPEFULLY DOLLARS, UH, FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AS WELL AS, UH, NON-PROFITS TO ENHANCE THAT, UM, SO THAT OUR PARKS CONTINUE TO BE, UH, WHAT WE ARE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE KNOWN AND RECOGNIZED FOR, BUT THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD PUSH.
CAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE TO MAINTAIN OUR PART FOR OUR NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS AND OUR YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT IN SERVING THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
AND I HAVE THE FURTHER QUESTION.
UM, WHAT IS, WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION TO THE FOUNDATION? I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I WOULD SAY IS ONE TO BE, UM, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN BEING ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE, UH, THE NONPROFIT, I THINK IN 2016, WE REALIZED THE IMPORTANCE, UH, OF, UH, UH, HAVING, UH, A PARK FOUNDATION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO LEVERAGE DOLLARS.
IN SOME INSTANCES, IF THE CITY CAN'T, UH, UTILIZE SOME DOLLARS OR OUR VIEW TO PLAN FOR CERTAIN DOLLARS BECAUSE OF OUR STATUS BEING A FIVE OH ONE C3, WE REALIZED PRETTY QUICKLY THAT THAT LUCK SHORT AND LONGTERM WILL ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE DOLLARS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF MISSOURI CITY.
UH, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE BROUGHT TO, UM, THE PARKS FOUNDATION, UH, OUR RELATIONSHIPS WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GOING OUT, ASKING FOLKS TO, UH, SUPPORT US.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE CALLS, UH, WE'RE IN THE FUND DEVELOPMENT STAGES NOW WITH OUR FUND DEVELOPER THAT WE'VE HIRED.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST THING THAT THEY ASKED US IS WHO ARE THE FOLKS THAT YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH, UH, SO THAT WE CAN ACCESS THEM THROUGH YOU.
UH, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT I BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, UH, OUR RELATIONSHIPS THEN EVEN MAKE CALLS AND GET FOLKS TO BE INVOLVED.
UM, AND I THINK BECAUSE WE ARE YOUNG, UH, UH, FIVE OH
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ONE C3, UH, IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO SAY.WE WANT PEOPLE, UM, THAT HAVE SERVED ON A LOT OF BOARDS THAT MAY HAVE, UH, UM, A LARGE AMOUNT OF NAME RECOGNITION.
BUT I THINK WITH US JUST GETTING STARTED, YOU NEED PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK.
YOU, YOU NEED PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE, UH, PERSONALLY, UH, AND WE'VE DONE THAT, UH, PERSONALLY OUT OF OUR OWN, UH, PERSONS TO, TO BENEFIT THE NONPROFITS.
SO FOR ME, I THINK SWEATING TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING, BUT I UNDERSTAND IN THE BUILDING OF A NON-PROFIT, UH, YOU'D HAVE TO CRAWL BEFORE YOU WALK AND WALK BEFORE YOU RUN.
AND WE'RE AT THAT POINT WHERE WE'RE PICKING MOMENTUM UP AND THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO EVEN MORE.
BUT I WOULD SAY, UH, WORKING HARD TO GET US UP AND RUNNING AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN LEVERAGED TO TRY TO AT LEAST START THOSE PROCESSES AND, UH, THOSE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE.
THANKS FOR YOUR, UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE, UH, IN BRINGING THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, PARKS FOUNDATION UP TO THE STATUS THAT IT'S AT TODAY.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO AND, UH, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS, UH, THAT YOU, UM, YOU FOLKS, UH, HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT AND WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT.
UH, SO, UM, UM, I WOULD ONLY DROP A HINT.
UM, YEAH, UH, THE HINT IS, UH, CONTINUE MAKING MUSIC.
UH, AND, AND SECOND, UH, MORE SERIOUSLY, UH, THE FREEDOM TREE PARK IS SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, A REAL LOAN ISSUE THAT, UH, UH, A NUMBER OF US HAVE, UH, TRIED TO, UH, TO FOSTER AND TO PROMOTE.
SO, UH, ANYTHING THAT, UH, WE CAN DO TOWARDS, UH, BRINGING THAT TO, UH, TO FRUITION, UH, YOU KNOW, IS, UH, IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, VERY, UH, USEFUL AND, AND, UH, HELPFUL TO, UH, THE, UH, STATUS OF MISSOURI CITY HAS AS FAR AS A DESTINATION PLACE.
THAT'S THE END OF YOUR INTERVIEW.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN THIS EVENING.
WE WILL BE GETTING BACK TO ALL THE CANDIDATES SHORTLY AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT BOARDS THEY'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO.
THANKS AGAIN, AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
HOW ARE YOU THIS EVENING? I AM DOING FINE.
YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW TODAY.
BASICALLY JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
AND AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE, AND YOU CAN GET STARTED.
WELL, THE REASON I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, PARTICIPATE WITH THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSIONS COMMITTEE, I'M OUTGOING.
I LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS PERTAINING TO OUR CITY AND OUR COMMITTEE.
UH, I LIKE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE.
OF COURSE, I'M AN EDUCATOR, SO I LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AND I LIKE TO BE CREATIVE AND, AND JUST TO DIG INTO ISSUES COULD HELP OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST IN SARAH MS. POWELL.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, MS. PAUL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DESIRE TO SERVE MISSOURI CITY THAT HAD NO QUESTIONS, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL NUMBER RUELAS.
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GOOD EVENING.I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CHART REVIEW AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON RATHER THE CHARTER AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE CHARTER THAT DRAWS YOUR ATTENTION.
WELL, I DID, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE, UH, CHARTER.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A CHARTER OR WE'RE REVIEWING A CHARTER, WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS OR MAKE DECISIONS IN REFERENCE TO TERM LIMITS, LIMIT, UH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, INFORMATION.
WE CAN ALSO DISCUSS INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO TIME LIMITS.
LET THE TIME, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR MAYORS SERVING OFFICE OF YES, I DID.
I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THE, UH, CHARTER.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
UH, MS. PAUL FOR, UM, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO, UH, UH, ASSIST US IN, UH, FIELDING A, A COMMISSION THAT WOULD, UH, HELP MISSOURI CITY MOVE FORWARD.
UH, WHAT, UH, UM, WHAT SKILLS WOULD YOU BE BRINGING TO THE, UH, THE BOARD? ARE YOU TO THE COMMISSION? SHOULD YOU, UH, BE, UH, SELECTED? WELL, I COULD USE MY PROFESSIONAL, UH, MY PROFESSIONALISM, MY EXPERIENCE AS AN EDUCATOR PRIOR TO, UH, BECOMING AN EDUCATOR, I WORKED IN THE GAS INDUSTRY SO I CAN USE MY EXPERIENCES AND MY KNOWLEDGE AND MY PROFESSIONAL, UH, LITHIUM TO COMMUNICATE IN A CLEAR AND CONCISE MANNER TO GIVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK IN REFERENCE TO ISSUES RELATING TO OUR CITY.
WELL, THANK YOU, MS. PAUL, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR INTERVIEW.
WE WILL GET BACK TO ALL THE CANDIDATES SHORTLY AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
HELLO, MS. THOMAS, ARE YOU THERE? HI, GOOD EVENING, MS. THOMAS.
HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS EVENING? I'M DOING FINE.
YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW THIS EVENING.
IF YOU CAN JUST BRIEFLY TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND TELL US WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON, LET ME SEE WHAT BOARD THEY HAVE, YOU COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND JUST LET US KNOW WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE, AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
OF COURSE, MY NAME IS ROSLYN THOMAS.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF FORT BEND, MISSOURI CITY FOR, UH, 25 YEARS.
I AM A NATIVE OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
I HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING FROM DELHI UNIVERSITY.
I CURRENTLY WORK AT MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER.
THERE I AM AN OPERATIONS MANAGER AS AN OPERATIONS MANAGER.
I SUPERVISE AND TRAIN SUPPORT STAFF, EXCUSE ME, AND INDIRECTLY, UH, TRAIN ADDITIONAL STAFF AS WELL, SUCH AS INFECTION PREVENTIONIST, UH, BY THE WAY, THE DEPARTMENT THAT I WORK IN IS INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND INFECTION CONTROL AND EMPLOYEE HEALTH.
IF I'M GOING TOO FAST, PLEASE TELL ME SO THAT I CAN SLOW DOWN.
I'M TRYING TO GET MY 10 MINUTES IN.
UM, UM, THERE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE INFECTION CONTROL AS AN OPERATIONS MANAGER, I INITIATE AND EXECUTE, UH, FACULTY APPOINTMENTS.
UH, I INITIATE AND EXECUTE, UH, BASIS, UH, BE AT H ONE BASIS, OASIS JV, SIS FOR, UH, EDUCATIONAL APPOINTEES, AS WELL AS FOR EMPLOYEES, UH, CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES AND SOME FACULTY THAT WE HAVE.
UH, I COORDINATE OUR HUMAN RESOURCE ACTIONS, UM, BE AT HIRING FIRING, UM, MENTORING, UH, POSTING POSITIONS.
UM, I WORK WITH THE BUDGET, UM, AND THE DEPARTMENT, UM, OVERSEE MOVES, UH, HAVE ALSO WORKED.
I'VE WORKED AT MD ANDERSON FOR 15 YEARS, 10, 15 YEARS NOW IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
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I AM INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION, ACTUALLY, I APPLIED FOR TWO POSITIONS.UM, WHY I'M INTERESTED IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS BECAUSE I HAVE THREE KIDS AND MY OLDEST IS 21 WITH MY KIDS.
I HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY OF FORT BEN, UM, MISSOURI CITY WITH THE SCHOOLS.
I HAVE BEEN, UH, PRESIDENT OF PTO PTA.
I HAVE BEEN ON THE MEMBERSHIP BOARDS ALL THROUGH THEIR, UM, HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY YEARS.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY MY LAST CHILD JUST GRADUATED FROM ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, UM, I ALSO HAVE, WAS A MEMBER OF A PROGRAM WHERE I WAS VICE PRESIDENT.
NOW, THESE THINGS MAY NOT SEEM LIKE THEY ARE THAT IMPORTANT, BUT THEY ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THOSE COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS HELPED SHAPE, UH, THOSE STUDENTS.
BECAUSE IF ANY OF YOU HAVE KIDS, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE THE ONES THAT HELP, UH, THE SCHOOLS, UM, WE'RE BRINGING IN MONEY, UM, PROVIDING DIFFERENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AS FAR AS FUNDING, CERTAIN ITEMS THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO THE SCHOOL MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FUND THROUGH THE DISTRICT, UH, AND HELPING TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE.
I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF ANOTHER ORGANIZATION WHERE WE, UM, DO DIFFERENT THINGS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, CAP CAP IS COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS WHERE WE HELP A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, EXCUSE ME, NINTH AND 10TH GRADE, I'M SORRY, 11TH AND 12TH GRADERS TO PREPARE FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION.
WE EXPOSE THEM TO SCHOLARSHIPS.
WHAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, UH, HAVE TAKEN THEM ON DIFFERENT COLLEGE TOURS AND BROADENING THEIR HORIZON AS TO HOW TO BEHAVE.
UM, UM, JUST DIFFERENT THINGS ON BECOMING AN ADULT.
I WAS ALSO PART OF AN ASCEND PROGRAM THAT TOO WAS A COLLEGE PROCESS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE WITHIN THE FORT BEND COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I FEEL THAT AS A MEMBER OF THIS, ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THAT MY SKILLS OF WHAT I HAVE DONE AS A ACTIVE PARENT, AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMITTEE COMMUNITY COMMITTEES IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT I CAN BRING A WEALTH OF INFORMATION, UH, TO THIS BOARD AND DEVELOPING COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, NOT JUST FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND WHAT BEN IS A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK CONSISTENTLY GROWING, CONSTANTLY GROWING, AND THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR MORE IMPROVEMENT SO THAT WE CAN BETTER OUR CITIZENS, BETTER, OUR CHILDREN, UH, CREATE A MORE DIVERSIFIED, UH, AND EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND IN THIS WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY AND WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON, I WOULD LIKE TO BE A POSITIVE FORCE AND ENLIGHTENING A COMMUNITY TO KNOW MORE, TO SEE MORE, TO DO MORE AND TO BE MORE INVOLVED WITH PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE YOU, BUT THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET PAST ALL OF THIS IS IF WE LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER.
COUNCIL MEMBER WAS, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO MERIT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR CITY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS FOR YOUR DESIRE AND YOUR PASSION TO SERVE.
SO I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
GOOD EVENING, MS. THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INTRODUCTION IN THOSE COMMENTS.
UM, YOU GOT ME EXCITED, UM, ON THE, ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIFIC ON THAT COMMITTEE THAT YOU WOULD REALLY LOVE TO DO OR GO AFTER OR DRAWS YOUR ATTENTION? YES.
SO AS A MEMBER, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THEM, THE COMMITTEE IS TO BRING MORE DIVERSIFY PROGRAMS INTO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, FOR OUR YOUNGER KIDS, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FUTURE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO BRING, AND WE HAVE LOTS OF AREAS IN FORT BEN THAT ARE UNDERSERVED.
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SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO REACH OUT TO THOSE COMMUNITIES, I'M SORRY, I HAVE KIDS, YOU PROBABLY HEAR ONE RIGHT NOW IN THE BACKGROUND, UM, TO REACH OUT TO THE PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH TOOLS MORE SO THE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE PARENTS ON WHAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO.SO A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF A COMMITTEE.
UM, UH, MAYBE WE CAN CALL IT A DIVERSIFY PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME NAME, BUT TO REACH OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND SHOW THEM EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO SHOW THEM EXACTLY HOW HEALTHY EATING LOOKS.
UM, IF PEOPLE NEED HELP WITH, UM, UH, SOME MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO BRING THINGS INTO THE COMMUNITY ON PROGRAMS TO SHOW THEM WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T TAKE MEDICATIONS CORRECTLY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
UM, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS ON ONE OF THE COMMITTEES THAT I'M ON, WE DID WAS WENT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SHOW THE INDIVIDUALS HOW TO TAKE MEDICINE, EXACTLY HOW IT READS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES FOLKS DON'T ALWAYS DO THAT CORRECTLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FOLKS.
SO I WOULDN'T LIKE TO BE A PART OF SOME PROGRAM THAT WE CAN GO INTO THE COMMUNITIES AND JUST BROADEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS.
BUT FIRST WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE SO THAT WE CAN AS A COMMITTEE, AS A BOARD, AS A COMMUNITY CAN MEET THOSE NEEDS.
ALRIGHTY, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OTHER THAN TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO, UH, UH, TO SHARE, UH, ON ONE OF OUR, UH, ONE OF OUR BOARDS.
THAT'S THE END OF YOUR INTERVIEW.
WE WILL BE APPOINTING PEOPLE SHORTLY AND WE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND LET YOU KNOW IF YOU WERE SELECTED AS ONE OF THE CANDIDATES AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING IN TO INTERVIEW WITH US OR YOU'RE WELCOME.
SO, UM, ARE YOU SAYING THAT I WILL KNOW TODAY IF I HAVE BEEN SELECTED? NO, NOT TODAY.
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WITHIN THE WEEK.
I HOPE THAT I HAVE EXCITED YOU ALL AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
MA'AM GOOD EVENING, MR. NICHOLS.
WE ARE, WE ARE, UH, YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW.
IF YOU CAN BRIEFLY TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE.
UH, AND AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL WILL ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE YOU DOWN FOR THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION AND YOUR CURRENT MEMBER.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WELL, WE'VE BEEN IN MISSOURI CITY FOR 30 YEARS.
WE MOVED IN, UH, 89 AND RAISED HER SON AND WE'RE EMPTY NESTERS NOW.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME TIME AND THE WHEREWITHAL TO GIVE BACK.
UH, WE HELPED WITH PAUL, UM, URBAN FORESTER TO FOUND THE MEMORIAL TREE TREE PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, WE STARTED THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND THAT THOSE WITH THOSE KIDS, IN FACT, WE SAW THEM AT A TREE EVENT, UH, ON THE EDIBLE ARBOR.
THOSE KIDS WERE REALLY WORKING HARD.
AND SO WE JUST GOT, WE STARTED, UH, THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR THEM AND, UM, UH, THAT WE DONATED 10 EVERYTHING AND WE'RE JUST READY TO GIVE, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY AND WE, WE LOVE MISSOURI CITY.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
PHILANTHROPY IS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF OUR MAKEUP NOW.
ALRIGHTY, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO MAYOR, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR SEAT.
YES, MA'AM COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING.
AND UH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
GOOD EVENING, MR. NICHOLS, YOUR RESUME SPEAKS VOLUMES.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR CITY.
NOT ONLY AT THE FOUNDATION LEVEL, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE BETWEEN
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ART STREETS AND BENCHES AND WHATNOT.SO FOR ME, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS OTHER THAN JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND YOUR WIFE.
WE CAN'T FORGET THE BOSS EXACTLY.
UH, TOM, THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE, UH, ON THE, UH, UH, FOUNDATION.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, AS YOU SAY, UH, UH, HAVE A BUZZWORD WITH YOU AND, AND A, UH, UH, PASSION, UH, AND IT'S, UH, DISPLAYED QUITE A BIT BY ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU AND YOUR WIFE DO TO MAKE MISSOURI CITY A BETTER PLACE TO, UH, TO LIVE.
SO CONTINUE, UH, YOUR, UH, WITH YOUR PASSION AND, UH, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR. NICHOLS, THAT WILL CONCLUDE YOUR INTERVIEW.
WE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR INTERVIEWING WITH US.
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MARIA, MARIA, MARIA, MARIA.OH, DOES SHE CALL HIM USUALLY? YES.
ARE YOU ABLE TO SEND HER A MESSAGE? CAN SHE STILL GET A MESSAGE OR I'LL CALL HER ON HER CELL PHONE? NEVERMIND.
UM, I CAN REACH HER ON HER CELL PHONE EITHER.
UM, ARE YOU ABLE TO, I DID SEND HER AN EMAIL, BUT ARE YOU ABLE TO SEND HER A MESSAGE ON HERE? SHE JUST SENT ME LIKE AN EMAIL SAYING THAT, UH, SHE'S CALLING THE CANDIDATES NOW.
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OKAY.WE'VE GOT, UM, JEANETTE QUIMBY.
HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? OH YES.
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW.
IF YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE.
AND AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.
I HAVE YOU DOWN HERE FOR YOUR DESIRE BOARD IS TO CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT MISSOURI CITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN IN HOUSTON SINCE 1984.
I'VE WORKED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER FOR 20 YEARS.
THE ANDERSON FOR KEN AND I'M CURRENTLY RETIRED FROM THE STATE, BUT TOOK A SECOND CAREER WITH WORKING FOR TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN THE MEDICAL STAFF OFFICE.
SO I PROCESS THE PRIVILEGING DOCUMENTS FOR PHYSICIANS AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS TO ENSURE THEY MEET COMPLIANCE WITH JOINT COMMISSION AND MCQA AND MAKE SURE THEY CROSS THEIR T'S.
DOES THEIR EYES WENT TO SCHOOL AND HAVE A LEGAL LICENSE? UM, MY I'LL CALL IT.
MY ONLY POLITICAL EXPERIENCE THAT I CAN REALLY SAY WAS THAT I HAD BEEN ELECTED, WHO WOULD BE THE PRESIDENT OF OUR UNIVERSITY CLASSIFIED STAFF COUNCIL REPRESENTING THE, UM, THE LAY PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE IN THE TRENCHES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
I DID THAT FOR A YEAR AND THEN I MOVED OVER TO MD ANDERSON.
I LIKE TO SEE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY, I LIKE TO SEE CHANGES.
I LIKE TO SEE HOW THINGS WORK.
I LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS WORK AND THIS IS A NEED FOR A CHANGE IS TO SOMEHOW BE PRODUCTIVE AND HELP WITH THAT CHANGE.
IF THERE WAS NO NEED FOR A CHANGE, THEN THAT'S FINE.
REVIEW IT AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
UM, MY HUSBAND, AND IF YOU'VE SEEN ME WITH THE COUNSELING PREVIOUSLY, I TALK MORE AND I HAVE A HARD TIME SOMETIMES GETTING MY POINT ACROSS IN LESS THAN FIVE SENTENCES.
SOMETIMES I'M SOMEONE WHO LIKES TO TALK AND GIVE YOU A NOVEL INSTEAD OF A SHORT SYNOPSIS.
SO THAT'S ONE OF MY WEAKNESSES.
I'LL, I'LL ADMIT THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT BY LOOKING AT THE NOVEL VIEWPOINT IN GIVING MY PRESENTATION, SOMETIMES THAT ENABLES TO LOOK AT THINGS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
I, BECAUSE I DO LIKE TO LOOK FOR DETAIL AND I DO LIKE TO SCRUTINIZE THINGS.
AND I LIKE TO, AS I SAID, I LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THINGS.
AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S, UM, IN WORKING WITH A COMMITTEE, THERE'S A GIVE AND TAKE SITUATION.
YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE PERSON MAKE THE DECISION AS A CHANGE.
EVERYONE HAS TO UNDERSTAND THE CAN, CAN, SOMETIMES WE CAN'T ALL COME TO AGREEMENT, BUT IF IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR THE GROUP THAT YOU WERE PRESENTING, THEN YOU WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
SO I HOPE THAT GOD, AGAIN, I HOPE I DIDN'T TALK TOO FAST.
I HOPE I WAS KIND OF CLEAR ON WHERE I'M COMING FROM AND WHO I AM.
UM, JUST AS A REGULAR PERSON I'VE, I'VE WORKED.
WHEN I WAS AT THE MEDICAL SCHOOL AT UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, I WORKED AS A SUPPORT PERSON.
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A RESEARCHER.I MOVED UP FROM THE LOWEST LEVEL OF SECRETARY UP TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.
WHEN I WENT TO MD ANDERSON, I SUPPORTED OUR, UM, CLINICAL NURSING DIRECTOR IN PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY, ONCOLOGY, OUR FINANCIAL BUSINESS DIRECTOR, AND THEN MOVED UP TO SUPPORT OUR, UH, CHIEF DOCTOR USING A CLIENT.
AND IT SAID AT MD ANDERSON NOW ON BASICALLY A PAPER PUSHER.
AND I'M REALLY ENJOYING THAT ASPECT OF MY LIFE.
I NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT REIMBURSEMENTS OR PROCESSING TRAVEL REQUESTS.
AS I SAID, I JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET OUR COMPLIANCE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THIS DAY AND AGE.
SO I, I HOPE THAT HELPS EXPLAIN WHO I AM.
ALRIGHTY, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS NOW? MAYOR DON, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR CITY.
I LOVE MISSOURI CITY, UH, COUNSELOR.
DARLENE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR DESIRE TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE.
AND SHE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HER CITY.
BELIEVE ME, AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR SUPPORT.
COUNCIL MEMBER IS GOOD EVENING IS GOING TO BE, UM, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE CHARTER AND IF SO, IS THERE SOMETHING IN THERE THAT STRONG YOUR ATTENTION HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THE CHARTER AND EXTREME DETAIL? THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S OUTRIGHT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT AS PART OF THE CHARTER REVIEW IS THAT THE CITY DOES TAKE AN ACTIVE INTEREST TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF AREAS THAT WOULD SAY AN ACTIVE CHARTER, THAT'S IT FOR THE REST OF THE LIFE.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL SET IN STONE FOR YEARS UPON YEARS.
AND I LIKED THE FACT THAT MISSOURI CITY IS PROACTIVE IN GETTING A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS TOGETHER TO TAKE THE TIME AND LOOK AT THAT CHARTER.
SO I WILL ADMIT NO, I HAVE NOT WITH THE CHARTER IN DETAIL.
I AGAIN APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE CITY DOES TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW IT ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS THAT, THAT LEADS DO NOT DO THAT.
ALRIGHTY, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
UH, THANK YOU, MS. IS GOING TO BE, UH, WHAT SKILLS I, I KNOW YOU LISTED A NUMBER OF, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UM, AND WORK EXPERIENCES, BUT, UH, COULD YOU MAYBE EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT ON, UH, WHAT SKILLS YOU'D BRING TO THE, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION? MY, I LOOK AT TWO THINGS FOR MY SKILLS.
THE FIRST AND FOREMOST TO ME IS THAT I LOVE MISSOURI CITY.
I WANT MISSOURI CITY TO SUCCEED AND I WANT IT TO BE THE BEST.
THAT'S NOT REALLY A SKILL IS MY INTEREST IN IT.
MY HEART, MY SKILL FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT WOULD BE THAT I DO HAVE AN EYE FOR DETAIL, AND I DO HAVE AN IDLE LOOK AT IT FOR GOING DOWN TO THE IMPACT ON I'LL USE MY SKILLS AT THE HOSPITAL WITH CREDENTIALING IN REVIEWING THE DOCUMENT.
I MAY NOT BE A LAWYER OR SOMEONE WITH A HIGHER EDUCATION.
I COMPLETED TWO AND A HALF YEARS AT UTL PASO.
MY DEGREE PLAN, THERE WAS AS A NURSING MAJOR.
SO I MAY NOT HAVE THAT COLLEGE DEGREE, A BACKGROUND THAT I HAVE AN EYE FOR DETAIL.
AND I HAVE AN ITEM TO REALLY LOOK AT THE UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHY WE DO THINGS.
SO MY SKILLSET IS I, IF YOU WOULD ASK MY MANAGER, HE'S GOING TO TELL YOU I WILL LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED TO MAKE SURE THAT I DO SOMETHING RIGHT.
AND IF I DON'T DO IT RIGHT, BELIEVE ME, I'M GOING TO KEEP TURNING UNTIL I FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH, WITH WHAT MY PROCESS IS.
SO AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF A WEAKNESS, BUT ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, I'VE GOT THAT EYE FOR DETAIL AND I'VE GOT THE EYE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET COMPLIANCE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I DO NOW IN MY CURRENT JOB.
AND I'VE BEEN AT TEXAS, CHILDREN'S DOING COMPLIANCE AND SAID COMPLIANCE WITH PHYSICIANS COULD EXPLAIN FOR OVER SIX YEARS.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY TECHNICAL SKILL.
AND MY OTHER SKILL IS THAT MY HEART IS IN MAKING SURE THAT MISSOURI CITY SHINES.
WE NEED, WE ARE THE BEST IN THIS, IN THIS STATE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION FOR MISSOURI CITY.
UH, THAT'S A GREAT ATTRIBUTE TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO STATE.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, MS. QUIMBEE THAT'S THE END OF YOUR INTERVIEW.
WE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY ON WHO WE APPOINT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL BOARD.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING AS WELL.
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OKAY.HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING WELL.
YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW.
IF YOU CAN BRIEFLY JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE.
AND FROM THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE AND ASK YOU WHATEVER QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
IS THIS FOR BOTH OF THEM POSITIONS OR JUST ONE AT A TIME? YES MA'AM.
SO WE HAVE YOU DOWN FOR THE PARKS BOARD AND THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
SO YOU CAN TELL US WHY YOU WANT TO SERVE FOR BOTH AND WHICH ONE IS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU? WELL, THEY'RE KIND OF EQUAL, BUT I LOVE THE PARKS BOARD BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THE PARKS BOARD.
I LOVE THE MEMBERS OF THE PARKS BOARD AND NOT REALLY LIKE WHAT THE PARKS BOARD STANDS FOR.
I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE COMMUNITY OF BOARDS THAT WE HAVE.
AND, UH, I'M HONORED TO SERVE TO EACH BOARD MEMBER IS OVER ONE PARTICULAR PARK AND I'M HONORED TO BE OVER THE FREEDOM TREE PARK, WHICH MEANS A WHOLE LOT TO ME.
I JUST LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
I LOVE THE IT'S JUST AMAZING TO ME HOW MUCH THEY DO WITH SUCH A SMALL GROUP OF EMPLOYEES.
SO THEREFORE I CAN DO AS A CITIZEN TO HELP.
UM, WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE, UM, THE CHARTER, UM, BOARD POSITION.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT TAKES PLACE EVERY FOUR YEARS AND FROM WHAT I'M GATHERING, IT, IT'S A BOARD THAT REVIEWS THE ACTUAL CHARTER FOR THE CITY.
AND I THINK YOU NEED A LOT OF DIVERSITY WITH, UH, WITH THE CHARTER.
UM, NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYBODY THAT LOVES MISSOURI CITY MORE THAN I DO.
AND I THINK I COULD GIVE SOME INPUT FROM DIFFERENT ASPECTS AS A CITIZEN.
UM, I THINK MISSOURI STATE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST CITIES, THIS SIDE OF HIM AND WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP.
I WILL IN A LITTLE TIME, I HAVE LEFT ON THIS SIDE A FAVOR.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. JOHNSON? THANK YOU MS. JOHNSON, FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS COMMITMENT TO MISSOURI CITY.
ALRIGHTY, COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING.
THANK YOU, MS. JENSEN FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
I KNOW HOW INVOLVED YOU ARE AND I SAY, THANK YOU.
UH, I DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO SERVE BACK ON THE PARKS BOARD.
UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
UH, COULD YOU, UM, UH, I, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, ASSETS YOU AWARE, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, ACTIVITIES WITHIN, UH, MISSOURI CITY, UH, IS THAT, UH, SOMETHING YOU CAN KIND OF, UH, DETAIL? WELL, I OFTEN SAID MAYOR, IF I HAVE TO COME TO THE CITY ANOTHER DAY DURING THE WEEK, I NEED A CHECK, BUT THAT'S A JOKE.
I SERVE ON THE, UH, TOURIST BOARD.
AND I ALSO GRADUATED FROM, UH, MISSOURI CITY UNIVERSITY CLASS OF 2014.
AND WITH THE, WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE WERE ABLE TO START A FARMER'S MARKET HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BE IS A REAL COMMUNITY HUB.
AND IT'S BEEN ABLE TO, TO BE THAT, THAT, THAT MISSING PIECE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, BECAUSE OF IF WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, THE FARMER'S MARKET.
AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR HELPING US WITHOUT A RIBBON CUTTING AND THANK YOU TO FLORIDA FOR HELPING US.
BUT, UM, ONE, ONE THING I'VE REALIZED ABOUT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
IT'S THE ONE PLACE IN MISSOURI CITY WHERE WE HAVE SOMETHING EVERY WEEKEND.
AND, UH, I REALLY, I REALLY ENJOY IT.
UM, COVID HAD A LITTLE HICCUP WITH US, BUT WE'RE BACK OPEN NOW.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S DEAR TO ME, WE WANT TO HELP THE LOCAL VENDORS AND THE LOCAL FARMERS.
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THIS IS SOME OF THE LIVELIHOOD OF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.THIS IS THE ONLY JOB THEY HAVE.
SO WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD WITH THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH IT.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO, UM, TO MAKE, BUT I FOUND OUT IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ALL THE THINGS THE PARTS DEPARTMENT OFFERS AND IT'S A WHOLE LOT.
IT IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT'S NEEDED.
AND WHAT ELSE I CAN SAY? UM, I JUST, MY MASTER'S DEGREE IS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND I THINK THAT'S JUST WHERE MY HEART, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I DO TO HELP THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, THAT'S JUST MY PASSION.
IF YOU DO ANY MORE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY TIME TO DO THAT.
SO STAY IN THERE, RIGHT? YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS WILL CONCLUDE YOUR INTERVIEW.
WE WILL GET BACK TO ALL THE CANDIDATES SHORTLY.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CALLING IN AND SPENDING TIME WITH US THIS EVENING.
WAS THAT EVERYONE? NO, WE HAVE, UH, MS. NETTY GLAZE LEFT.
IS SHE ON SHE'S NOT ON YET? NO.
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OKAY.HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS EVENING? I'M DOING WONDERFUL AND YOURSELF.
YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR INTERVIEW THIS EVENING.
IF YOU CAN BRIEFLY JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE.
WE HAVE YOU DOWN FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE PARKS BOARD.
AND AT THAT POINT, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE, AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WELL, I AM, I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE IN MISSOURI CITY FOR PROBABLY ABOUT 15 YEARS AND I'VE SEEN QUITE A FEW OF, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON.
SO WHEN I RECEIVED AN EMAIL STATING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME OF THE MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS SIGN UP FOR THE BOARDS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
UH, MYSELF, I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THINGS AND I LIKE TO HAVE HANDS-ON ON CERTAIN THINGS.
SO I WANTED TO GET INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT'S GOING ON.
SOME OF THE NEW PROJECTS THAT'S, UM, OUTSTANDING HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND THEN THAT WAY I CAN UNDERSTAND BETTER ON HOW ALL THESE THINGS CAME ABOUT TO BE FINALIZED.
YOU KNOW, WHAT IT ALL ENTAILED AS FAR AS GETTING IT STARTED TO THE END.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO MAYOR.
I DON'T, BUT I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN OUR CITY.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DESIRE TO SERVE.
NUMBER RULERS, MS. GLAZE, IS THERE SOMETHING PARTICULAR AROUND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT REALLY DRAWS YOUR INTEREST? WELL, AS FAR AS KNOWING PEOPLE WITHIN, UM, MISSOURI CITY, I KNOW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND, UH, AS I SAID BEFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO BE HANDS-ON TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE BOARD.
UH, I'M NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT ALL GOES ON IN THE BOARD.
SO THAT'S WHAT INTERESTS ME AS FAR AS GETTING ON THE BOARD TO GET MORE IN DEPTH AND DETAIL OF WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL INVOLVED IN THERE.
AND THEN AT A LATER TIME, I CAN BETTER ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU IF I'M SELECTED AND GET IN THERE AND SEE EXACTLY HOW THINGS ARE RUN.
COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, BUT THANK YOU.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN THIS EVENING AND WITH US, UH, WE WILL BE, UM, UH, SELECTING CANDIDATES AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A CALL AND LET YOU KNOW
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WHO'S BEEN SELECTED FOR WHAT POSITIONS.AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME, MAN.
I ENJOY TALKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING AND B YOU TOO.
BYE-BYE BYE-BYE DOUG, IS THAT EVERYONE? I BELIEVE SO.
ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE INTERVIEWED ALL OUR CANDIDATES TONIGHT.
UM, I WANT TO PERSONALLY SAY I AM VERY IMPRESSED THAT, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET SO MANY NEW CANDIDATES TO, UH, COME IN AND STEP UP.
I REMEMBER A TIME WHERE THERE WAS NO ONE WHO WAS INTERESTED IN SERVING OTHER THAN PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE CURRENT BOARDS.
SO IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE THAT WE NOW HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF CANDIDATES.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE AGENDA AND BASICALLY, UM, I'LL GO THROUGH EACH BOARD AT THIS POINT.
UM, IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND APPOINT, WE CAN, IF NOT, UH, THEY'LL FALL OVER TO THE MEETING ON MONDAY.
UH, WE CAN START WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MAN.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE RESPECTIVE BOARDS.
I BELIEVE ALL INCUMBENTS SHOWED VERY WELL AND, UM, THEY DESERVE TO SERVE AGAIN.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION COMES FROM AN EMORY.
WE HAVE EMOTION IN THE SECOND.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO STATE, I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THE EFFORT, THE ENERGY, THE ENTHUSIASM, AND THE WILLINGNESS TO CONCEIVE CONTINUE SERVING FOR EVERYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE SERVING.
I AM OF THE OPINION THOUGH, WITH SUCH GREAT, UM, RESPONSIVENESS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE IS TRULY A DESIRE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ENGAGED, UM, A PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT THE CITY.
AND SO I AM OPEN TO US, UM, LOOKING AT APPOINTING NEW NEW PEOPLE, BRINGING SOME, UM, NEW ENERGY AND NEW PERSPECTIVES TO THE TABLE.
THIS IS COUNSELING THE STERLING.
UH, I DO THINK WE HAVE GREAT CANDIDATES AND THOSE WHO, UH, HAVE THE DESIRED TO CONTINUE SERVE.
UM, PREVIOUSLY WHAT I MENTIONED, UM, BEING GREAT CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY IS GOOD, BUT BEING ABSENCE FROM, UH, COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND JUST CONTINUE TO HAVE A WILLING TO SERVE.
I THINK IT'S DOING A DISSERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I BELIEVE I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING.
UM, I DO FEEL AS IF THE ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE AND UM, IF THAT'S A PROBLEM, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE OTHER CANDIDATES THAT WERE WILLING TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY.
BUT WE HAVE A MOTION THAT A SECOND.
SO I WILL DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE.
DO YOU WANT TO APPOINT EVERYBODY BACK AGAIN? YES OR NO? NO.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, RIGHT? OKAY.
AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
SO, AND I, THIS IS MAYOR FORD AND MY RESPONSE IS NO.
UH, SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE FIRST BOARD IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE BOARDS.
WE HAVE POSITION SIX AND SEVEN THAT'S OPEN.
AND THE CURRENT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE POSITION FOR POSITION SIX IT'S UNITS WRITER FOR POSITION SEVEN IS THE LEAH BROWN.
WE HAVE NEW CANDIDATES, THE SEVEN NEW CANDIDATES ARE JAMES DAVIDSON OR ACTUALLY THERE'S YES.
ALICE THOMPSON, UH, MIMI KLEIN, RAYMOND RICHARDSON, CINDY PROCTOR, ROSLYN THOMAS, AND NETTIE GLAZE.
SO LET'S START WITH POSITION SIX WITH SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR POSITION SIX MAYOR, GO AHEAD.
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FOR IT.I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ANGIE YON TO BE APPOINTED TO THE I'M SORRY TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SHE CONTACTED ME DURING THE, THE MEETING AND, UM, INFORMED ME OF HER INTEREST.
UM, IS THERE A SECOND? I'M SORRY, GIVE ME THAT NAME AGAIN.
ANDY YOUNG, SHE INTERVIEWED FOR THE CHARTER COMMISSION REVIEW MORE.
SO SHE OFTEN ALSO EXPRESS HER INTEREST IN THIS BOARD AND I FEEL AS THOUGH SHE WOULD GET A BETTER FIT FOR IT.
IS THERE A CULTURAL MEMORY WHO WAS THAT? I'M SORRY, ANDREW YOUNG.
IS THERE, IS THERE A SECOND BEFORE WE START DISCUSSION I'D SECOND YOUNG.
FOR POSITION SIX, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ANGIE YOUNG AND A SECOND.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FOR POSITION SIX MIRROR UNITS RIDER IS THE INCUMBENT FOR POSITION SIX.
TH THIS IS A COUNCILMAN EMORY.
UH, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT, UH, WE GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THE, UH, UH, THE LONG SERVICE AND THE STATUS OF RIGHT OR WRONG, THE CDBG BOARD.
AND, UH, THEN WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TIMES WHEN EXPERIENCE TRUMPS NEWNESS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MAYOR? UM, I KNOW LAST TIME YOU DID THIS INTERVIEW, THERE WAS QUESTION KIND OF ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE DEFINITION OF THE ROLE.
AND I FELT AS THOUGH THIS INTERVIEW, SHE DID QUITE WELL, BUT SHE ALSO GAVE US REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES AND ALSO SHOWED THE PASSION OF WHY SHE LIKES TO SERVE ON THIS PARTICULAR, UH, COMMITTEE.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, I'M ALL IN FOR NEW PEOPLE.
BUT IN THIS CASE, THE THING EUNICE SPOKE VERY WELL AND HAS A GOOD TRACK RECORD HERE.
WELL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL.
SINCE WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, MAYOR PROTON.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER RULES.
UH, DOUG, DID MARIA GET BACK ON THE LINE? I'M HERE, MAYOR.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE BACK ON THE LINE.
UM, SO WE HAVE, SO MOTION PASSES FOR POSITION SIX, ANDY YOUNG.
SO POSITION SEVEN DALEA BROWN IS CURRENTLY IN THE POSITION.
SHE'S AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVING.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION, IF NOT, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO NOMINATE SOMEONE ELSE EITHER WAY, THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT ZEALY BROWN, THE, UH, THE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR SERVICE ON THE BOARD.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY MARULA.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'M NOT HEARING ANY OKAY.
AND MOW AND COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
AND THE SECOND, AND THIS IS MAY AFFORD.
SO MARIA, ARE WE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE? YES MA'AM.
WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS MEMBERS.
UH, WE HAVE POSITION ONE AND POSITION TWO AND AN ALTERNATE THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR POSITION ONE.
WE HAVE GEORGE III JOHNSON, THE THIRD DISTRICT B WHO AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVING.
AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW FOR MR. JOHNSON, HE WANTED TO COME INTERVIEW.
HE SAID HE WASN'T ABLE TO COME IN DUE TO SOME, UH, FA FAMILY HEALTH ISSUES.
UM, SO IF THERE, IF THERE'S A MOTION FOR MR. JOHNSON, IF NOT, DOES SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR SOMEONE ELSE ON THE LIST? THE NEW CANDIDATES ARE
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WILLIAM CRONIN AND MAX MONTAGUE.THE THIRD I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO KEEP GEORGE JOHNSON JUST A SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR GEORGIE JOHNSON.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
SO MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON? YES.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA IS AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION IN THE SECOND.
POSITIONED TO ROGER MORRIS DISTRICT.
DID YOU EVER HEAR BACK FROM HIM? NO, MA'AM WE HAVEN'T HEARD, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM SINCE WE CONTACTED HIM BACK IN.
I THINK IT WAS MARCH OR APRIL.
SO ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS FOR POSITION TWO? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO, UH, UH, APPOINT, UH, BILL CRONIN.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BREMMER.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHTY.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY AND MARULA IS MAKE THE MOTION IN THE SECOND.
UH, WE HAVE A ALTERNATE POSITION AVAILABLE.
UM, WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON THERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, CONSIDER, UH, MAX
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
THIS COUNCIL MEMBER ROOMS. OKAY.
YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY AND RUELAS MADE THE MOTION IN THE SECOND.
MOTION PASSES, ELECTRICAL BOARD MEMBER POSITION TWO CHARLES JARVIS AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVING.
WE HAVE ONE NEW CANDIDATE, WHICH IS BILL CRONIN.
IS THERE A MOTION, MARIA? WELL, I'M SORRY.
HE WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PHYSICIAN FIVE, WHICH IS THE AT-LARGE POSITION POSITION NUMBER TWO.
AND YOU GET TO BE A REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.
BILL CRONIN WITHIN, HE DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR THAT, BUT HE WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR POSITION FIVE NEXT YEAR.
I BELIEVE WE ALREADY APPOINTED HIM TO, UH, THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION BOARD, UH, PERFORM ON BOTH ON MULTIPLE BOARDS.
CAN THEY? WELL, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE EVEN QUALIFIED FOR THIS BOARD.
MARIA WAS JUST SAYING, SO I'M THE ONLY PERSON WE HAVE ON THERE IS CHARLES.
COUNCILMAN EMORY, KEEP MR. JARVIS.
WE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY WITH THE MOTION.
WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING WITH THE SECOND.
ARE, IS THERE ANY QUESTION? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE COMMENTS? I'M NOT HEARING ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, I WILL DO A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING MASON, SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION AND THIS IS MAY AFFORD.
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WE HAVE POSITIONED TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT, 10, AND 12 AVAILABLE.WE WILL START WITH POSITION TWO AND I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT POSITION TOO.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION OR DISCUSSION? OKAY.
UH, MAYOR POTENT PRESTON MADE THE MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE SECOND.
POSITION FOR PROFICIENT POSITION FOR MARY ROSS.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT MOTION.
MAYOR PRO TEM, PRESTON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, EDWARDS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE MOTION.
POSITION SIX SHARMAN, MCGEE, GILBERT.
SHE DID NOT AGREE TO CONTINUE SERVING.
HOW WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE SUSAN? UM, I HATE I'M GOING TO MISS HER LAST NAME, BUT SUSAN DARKER.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? I'M NOT HEARING ANY, UM, MAYOR POACHING FOR ESTIMATE.
THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE MOTION.
BRIAN MERCHANT AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVING.
IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOW MR. BRIAN MERCHANT TO CONTINUE SERVING SECOND BY MARULA.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ROLL CALL VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE MOTION.
UH, SECOND THE MOTION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
IS THERE A MOTION? UM, MOTION, GO AHEAD.
I'LL S I'LL SECOND FLOYD'S MIRROR.
WHAT WAS THE, I GOT TALKED AT THE SAME TOWN TIME.
WHAT WAS YOUR MOTION TO, UM, REAPPOINT DON JOHNSON POSITION.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? UH, WE WILL HAVE A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER.
LET'S MAKE THE SECOND POSITION.
12 BUDDY SNYDER DISTRICT BEAT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT BUDDY SNYDER CONTINUE TO, UH, UH, BE APPOINTED TO POSITION 12.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHTY.
MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON, NO COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER.
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COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION AND THIS IS MAY AFFORD.WE'RE GETTING HER MOVING ALONG RIGHT HERE.
UM, I'VE DOWNLOADED THE ROSTER OUT OF BOX AND THEN IT MAY NOT BE THE MOST LATEST AND GREATEST.
UM, I SHOWED A VACANCY LEFT BY PAMELA ANDREWS.
DID WE FILL THAT? BECAUSE THE ROSTER SHOWS THAT IT WAS STILL VACANT, UM, MARINA.
AND IF IT'S, AND IF IT'S STILL VACANT, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE DEBBIE PONCIK OKAY.
ROSTER THAT THE INFORMATION THAT'S THE PACKET.
THAT'S IN THE FOLDER FOR TODAY.
I THINK IT WAS OH, OH FIVE TO 20 JEN.
JUNE 5TH OF 2020 AND JUNE, UH, A THAT HAS THE, UH, THE ROSTER.
AND ALSO YOUR PACKET HAS THE CORRECT ROSTER IN THERE AS WELL.
NO, THIS ONE SAYS 2019 TO 2021, SO.
SO MARIA, DID WE COVER ALL THE PARKS BOARD MEMBERS? YES.
WE HAVE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS.
NOW WE HAVE POSITIONED ONE POSITION TO POSITION THREE IN POSITION FOUR OPEN POSITION.
ONE IS CURRENTLY IN AND JUST FYI, WHAT WE, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP DOING THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW NEW MEMBERS KNOW.
AND IN THE PAST SO THAT WE HAVE FAIR DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE CITY, WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT EACH, UM, EACH DISTRICT SELECTS, YOU KNOW, THEIR KIND OF SELECT THEIR PERSON FOR THEIR AREA.
ARE YOU ABLE TO GIVE ME THE DISTRIBUTION FOR THE ENTIRE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SO WE CAN KIND OF GET A UNDERSTANDING OF ABC AND D DO YOU HAVE YES.
UH, THAT, UH, DISTRIBUTION IS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
IT'S NOT A RECOMMENDED SUGGESTION.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, YES, IT'S A SUGGESTION.
AND I JUST WANTED, YOU KNOW, THE NEWER MEMBERS TO KNOW.
SO, UH, CURRENTLY THE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEY HAVE THREE MEMBERS WHO SERVE DISTRICTS, A ONE MEMBER WHO SERVES DISTRICT B, TWO MEMBERS THAT SERVE DISTRICT C AND THREE MEMBERS THAT SERVE DISTRICT D.
SO JUST FYI GUYS, THAT'S THE DISTRIBUTION THAT'S GOING ON? SO WE HAVE POSITION ONE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY DISTRICT A, WHICH IS LORIA LUCAS.
SHE AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVING.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR POSITION ONE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND IS ANY DISCUSSION.
I'M NOT HEARING ANY, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE SECOND.
POSITION TO COURT, COURTNEY JOHNSON, ROSE.
AND THAT DISTRICT A THAT'S ON THERE.
THAT COURTNEY IS NOT IN DISTRICT A SHE'S IN DISTRICT D.
SO THAT'S FOUR PEOPLE IN DISTRICT D.
SO WE HAVE A HEAVY CONCENTRATION FOR D JUST FYI AND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE A RODNEY GRIFFIN FOR POSITION TWO FOR DISTRICT EIGHT.
IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? I'M NOT HEARING A SECOND.
IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION? THERE'S COUNCILMAN EMORY I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REAPPOINT COURTNEY
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JOHNSON ROSE TO A POSITION TO, OKAY.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF MAYOR? THERE'S A DISCUSSION.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I HAVE NO FAULT WITH ANY OF THEM, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DISTRICT A, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE TOTALLY LIMITED IN REPRESENTATION AND DISTRICT AS IT IS.
AND CERTAINLY, AND I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU JUST SAID THOUGH, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CLEAR REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE DISTRICT, I CERTAINLY LIKE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE OUTSTANDING CITIZENS, BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE WILLING AND WANT TO DO THE JOB AND BEING ABSENT IS NOT ONE OF THEM THAT REALLY STANDS CLEAR WITH ME.
SO I JUST WANT US TO JUST PUT THAT ON THE TABLE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING? I THOUGHT YOU DID A GOOD JOB ASKING HER SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ATTENDANCE.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY SHE AND SHE RESPONDED ACCORDINGLY, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND I, AND YOU'RE RIGHT NEAR THREE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE OR WHAT TO BELIEVE BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE ATTENDANCE ROSTER HERE.
AND THEN I WAS LISTENING TO HER COMMENTS AS WELL.
SO FOG AGAIN, NOT KNOWING EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT HAND FROM THE LEFT HAND, WHICH IS REALLY THAT THE TRUE MEANING OF THE QUESTION.
SO THAT WAS MY, THAT WAS MY POTENTIAL.
COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON, ONCE AGAIN, UH, FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, YOU SAID THAT COURTNEY IS IN WHAT DISTRICT CURRENTLY SHE'S IN D AND THAT BRINGS DS REPRESENTATION TO WHAT? I THINK FOUR OR FIVE MORE HERE AGAIN, DISTRICT EIGHT.
IS THIS TOTALLY UNDERREPRESENTED? I'M SORRY.
IT'S BECAUSE OF LEADERSHIP OR CHALLENGES OR WHATEVER, BUT WE ARE TOTALLY NOT REPRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.
I MEAN, WE'LL, WE'LL DO A VOTE IF IT PASSES, THEN IT IS WHAT IT IS.
IF IT DOESN'T, THERE ARE STILL NEW APPLICANTS AT THE BOTTOM THAT YOU GUYS CAN SELECT FORM, SO.
MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON, NO COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, NO COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER RULE, IS YOU SECONDED? CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
UM, SOMEONE ELSE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION LIKE TO NOMINATE KAREN OVER 10.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR KAREN OVERTON.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'M NOT HEARING ANY DISCUSSION.
WELL I'LL DO ANOTHER ROLL CALL.
MAY THE, YOU MADE THE SECOND, CORRECT? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS MADE THE MOTION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
UH, I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, UH, AND I VOTED FAR, BUT, UH, THE, UH, KAREN OVERTON IS ALSO INDEED.
SO WE HAVE POSITION THREE, SONYA BROWN, MARSHALL, WHO IS IN DISTRICT D AND SHE AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVING.
IS THERE A MOTION? THIS IS MARULA FOR AN APPROVAL FOR MRS. MARSHALL.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, ANY DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER STERNLY MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
WE HAVE POSITIONED FOR JAMES NORCOM.
HE AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVING.
IS THERE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION FOR A NEW CANDIDATE? ALSO.
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I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON COUNCIL NUMBER.
IT WAS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MAKE A MOTION.
CAN I HEAR THE MOTION AGAIN, PLEASE? THE MOTION IS FOR, UH, DANIEL, DANIEL SILVA OR POSITION FOR YEA AND COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER IN, RIGHT.
YOU GETTING ALL OF THIS? YES, MARIA.
LET ME, I'M JUST MAKING SURE YOU'RE STILL THERE.
SO DO WE HAVE EVERYBODY COVERED FOR A PLANNING AND ZONING? YOU DO.
WE, THE NEXT HOUR, WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT BOARD, THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS.
WE HAVE POSITION FOUR POSITION FIVE AND TWO ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
WE WILL START WITH POSITION FOUR.
ROGER MORRIS DID NOT RESPOND TO EMAIL, PHONE CALLS OR CERTIFIED MAIL.
SO IS THERE A MOTION? THE CANDIDATES, THE NEW CANDIDATES ARE BELOW.
THIS IS ANTHONY MAKING A MOTION FOR REGGIE ABRAHAM.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. ABRAHAM.
WE HAVE A MOTION AT A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE IT THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA IS MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
POSITION FIVE IS DENISE KRINGLE.
SHE AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVING.
IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AGREE TO CONTINUE.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE SECOND, CORRECT? YES.
WE HAD CLEO ALDRIDGE IN DISTRICT B.
SHE AGREED TO CONTINUE SERVING.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR MS. ALDRIDGE OR SOMEONE ELSE? PLEASE MAKE THE MAYOR.
UH, THE ALTERNATE POSITION WAS FOR SHARING.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON MAKING A MOTION TO REAPPOINT.
IS THAT OKAY? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WAS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD? YES MA'AM.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, MAYOR POTEN PRESTON MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER.
EVERYONE'S MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
MY RULE IS NO COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
ALL RIGHT, MARIA REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, JUST CONFIRM THAT IF THERE'S A TIE, SINCE THERE'S ONLY SIX OF US ON THE PHONE THAT THE MOTION DIES, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T PASS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
CAUSE THAT JUST HAPPENED WITH ANOTHER CANDIDATE AND I WANTED TO CONFIRM IT.
ALTERNATE, THE OTHER ALTERNATE IS SHARON'S EUREKA.
IS THERE A MOTION? THIS IS ANTHONY MAKING A MOTION FOR SHARON.
IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN EMORY.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
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YES.THE COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY AND MARULA HAS MADE THE MOTION.
IS IT, IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING? YES.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I WORK WITH THEM ON A PROJECT RIGHT NOW, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT IN OUR PRIOR INTERVIEWS.
UM, A COUNCIL MEMBER WAS VERY CRITICAL OF CANDIDATES.
NOT UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE, UH, FOR WHAT THEY'RE APPLYING FOR AND LOOKING OVER MY NOTES.
I BELIEVE THIS CANDIDATE AND SOME OTHERS DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHERE TERM THREE WAS EVEN LOCATED.
I'M EXCITED CAUSE HE'S IN MY DISTRICT, BUT I THOUGHT I'D PUT THAT COMMENT FOR RECORD AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHTY.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS AND STERLING MADE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER ROLLERS.
DID YOU OKAY? WHO MADE THE MOTION? OKAY.
WHO MADE THE MOTION? STERLING MADE THE MOTION AND I MADE THE SECOND, RIGHT? NO SIR.
AND I'M SITTING HERE JOTTING IT DOWN.
SO WE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA SAID YES.
MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION.
UM, THIS IS QUITE A FEW OF THEM.
UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MARIA CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT NO NEW PEOPLE APPLIED.
SO IT'S ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE MAYOR.
SO IF THERE'S A MOTION, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE TO REAPPOINT THE PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE, WE CAN DO THAT AND SOMEONE CAN SECOND IT AND WE CAN VOTE OR WE CAN GO THROUGH THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, ALL THE CANDIDATES VIA FORMER CANDIDATES WHO AGREED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, ANTHONY? OKAY.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO LET'S DO A VOTE ON THIS MAYOR.
PRO TEM PRECEDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
NO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOTOROLAS AND COUNCIL MEMBER MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
UM, UM, YES, BUT IT'S STILL IT'S IS WHO'S KEEPING COUNT ON THE BOYS AT A TIE.
AND THEN MARIA, WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, BUT NO ONE APPLIED APPLIED FOR THE PARTS FOUNDATION.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST THAT I THINK IF THEY WERE IN RED, THEN THOSE, UH, THOSE CANDIDATES EITHER LEFT THEIR SEAT OR THEY'RE, THEY DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE THEIR SERVERS.
LIKE FOR POSITION ONE THAT CANDIDATE REQUESTED NOT TO CONTINUE HIS SERVICE AFTER JUNE 30TH.
AND THEN I THINK I'LL BE, OTHERS ARE VACANT POSITIONS.
NOW THERE'S TWO MORE THAT NO LONGER WISH TO CONTINUE THEIR SERVICE AFTER JUNE 30TH, POSITION EIGHT AND POSITION NINE.
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THAT STILL PER THE, UM, THE BYLAWS? ARE, ARE THEY GOING TO STILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE EACH CHOICE? I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU, JOYCE.THE FOUNDATION CAN STILL OPERATE.
THE FOUNDATION COULD ALSO, AND THIS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
THEY CAN RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO THE COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER THOSE PEOPLE AS WELL, BECAUSE SOME OF THE PAST POSITIONS, UH, WERE FROM KIND OF THE CORPORATE SECTOR OF THE CITY THOUGH.
YOU COULD BE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM NIAGARA.
THERE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ANOTHER COMPANY IN THE, IN THE CITY AS WELL.
SO MOVING FORWARD EITHER THE COUNCIL CAN RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO SERVE IN THOSE POSITIONS OR THE FOUNDATION ITSELF CAN RECOMMEND PEOPLE FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
ALRIGHTY, MAYOR, COUNCILMAN EMORY.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, ASK, UM, MARIA, IF SHE COULD MAYBE REACH OUT TO DEBBIE PANCHECK, WHO I THINK WOULD, UH, BE A, UH, A, COULD, UH, TENDER FOR THIS AND ALSO JAMES DAVIDSON, UM, MARIA COULD REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, FOUNDATION.
UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
OKAY, MARIA, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT TO THEM? AND THEN IF THEY'RE THEY'RE OPEN TO IT, PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY.
YES MA'AM BUT I THINK PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL APPOINTED CANDIDATES, UM, UH, THEY, THEY MOVED, THEY WENT AHEAD AND THEY MOVE FORWARD TO APPOINTED TO THIS POSITION BASED ON THEIR REQUEST TO, TO SERVE THE BOARD.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF COUNSEL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD THAT WAY, IF YOU WANT ME TO BRING IT BACK.
UM, WELL THOSE PEOPLE HAVEN'T, THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T SAY THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THE PARKS FOUNDATION, SO WE NEED TO FIND OUT IF THOSE CANDIDATES ARE INTERESTED.
THE NEXT IS THE 2020 CHARTER REVIEW.
THERE ARE ONLY FIVE MEMBERS FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, NOT A RULE, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS EACH DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER PICKED SOMEONE TO REPRESENT THEIR DISTRICT.
AND THEN I BELIEVE THE AT-LARGE AND THE MAYOR PICK THE FIFTH PERSON.
SO IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED THAT WAY, THAT'S FINE.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, BUT WE DO NEED EQUAL DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES.
UH, JEANETTE QUIMBY, JOE WORKMAN, JAMES DAVIDSON, EUNICE RIDER AND THOMAS JOBS.
THAT'S YOUR MOTION? YES MA'AM.
IS THERE A SECOND MEMORY? I SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT IT HAS GONE TOTALLY AGAINST WHAT WE WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST.
UM, I THINK THAT IT IS OFFENSIVE TO THE BOARD OF COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR US TO MAKE ONE SLATE MOTION FOR ALL FIVE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTER REVIEW.
WHEN I'M APPALLED THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD MAKE THAT TYPE OF MOTION.
LIKE TO SAY YOU, YOU CLEARLY, UM, I'M SORRY.
YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP SAYING THAT YOU WANT CLEAR REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE CITY, BUT HERE AGAIN, I MUST, I MUST SAY THIS IN ALL DUE RESPECT THAT WITH DISTRICT EIGHT, WE'RE TOTALLY TOTALLY UNDERREPRESENTED.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WISH THE COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER SOME DISTRICT AID BECAUSE WE OFTENTIMES HERE I HAVE A TENDENCY TO FORGET THE PEOPLE IN THE NORTH.
AND SO IT CLEARLY, IT CLEARLY INDICATES NOW WHERE ALL WE'RE SHIFTING ALL OF OUR MEMBERS.
SO I WISH WE WOULD CONSIDER, UH, SOME OF THE MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT A, UM, I THINK THAT'S FAIR.
STERLING, DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND? WELL, WE NEED TO DO A VOTE FIRST AND THEN IF THIS DOESN'T GET PASSED, MAYBE WE CAN DO IF I MAY.
AND CHRIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
UM, MAYBE IT IS AGAINST MAYBE IT'S NOT, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY FOLLOWED WHAT USED TO BE ALL FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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FROM THE PAST.UH, THE INTENTION OF MY FIVE WAS NOT TO STIR UP ANY MASS OR ANYTHING.
UM, I JUST LISTED THE FIVE, SO I'M SORRY IF YOU'VE FOUND IT OFFENSIVE, BUT WE HAVE GONE AGAINST THE PAST, RIGHT? YEAH.
I JUST WANT, YEAH, I DON'T LIKE THE WORDS OF PAUL.
IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T INTENDED TO STRIKE.
HE WAS JUST, THAT'S WHAT I CAME UP WITH.
SO CHRIS CAN BE APPALLED IF YOU'D LIKED, BUT THAT WAS MY EXPLANATION.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON.
AND ONCE AGAIN, I REPEAT THAT.
I AM APPALLED THAT MY COLLEAGUE WOULD NOMINATE FIVE MEMBERS FOR THE CHARTER REVIEW IN TOTAL DISREGARD FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO IN THIS CALL THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
AND SO YES, I AM APPALLED, BUT CHRIS, WE CAN VOTE ON YES OR NO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET UPSET SAYING THAT I'M APPALLED.
WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A PAUL.
I JUST MADE THE FIVE MEAN YOU CAN VOTE.
AND LET'S JUST START ONE BY ONE.
I, I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO AND I CAN ALSO MAKE MY COMMENTS AS FIT AND I CAN REPLY.
AND I'M RESPECTFULLY REPLYING SAYING THAT IT WAS NOT INTENDED TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF, WELL, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
UM, THE MOTION WAS ALREADY MADE, RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO DO COUNSELING.
EMORY HAD TO STATE A COMMENT TO THAT COUNSELOR AHEAD.
I'D LIKE TO BRING TO THE STERLING'S ATTENTION THAT YOU NEED EACH WRITER.
ISN'T DISTRICT A SO IT'S NOT, I'M SORRY.
I KNOW ALL OF MY PIN FOR THE DISTRICT AND BELIEVE ME.
AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S ONE OF MY THING I WAS MENTIONING.
I DO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE IN DISTRICT EIGHT SINCE I HAVE PUT ON THE TABLE TONIGHT, MINI FOUR TO DISTRICT GAME, WHICH IS NOT, BUT IT'S OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT WOULD BE ACROSS THE CITY AND LET'S MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE, AND I UNDERSTAND, I KNOW JANET EQUIVALENT KNOW IT QUITE WELL AND I WOULD DEFINITELY VOTE FOR HER.
AND I KNOW MS. RIDER, I KNOW I'VE WORKED WITH HER ON CHARTER REVIEW.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, I JUST WANT TO BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE.
AND JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE CLEAR REPRESENTATION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ACROSS THE BOARD.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST NOT MINIMIZE THE DISTRICT GATE.
I DID NOT CHOOSE A C SELFISHLY.
I CHOSE THE NAMES THAT I FELT WERE APPROPRIATE.
SO AGAIN, COUNSELOR AND PRESTON, THERE WAS TWO A'S ON THE LIST.
SO I APOLOGIZE IF I MADE YOU APPALLED, OKAY.
LET'S LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
AND THEN IF, IF THERE ARE OTHER NOMINATIONS WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
SO THE CURRENTLY THE MOTION IS ALL THE NAMES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RULE IS MAKE THE MOTION FOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND.
IF THAT DOESN'T PASS, THEN WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT MOTION.
SO COUNT MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON, NO COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, NO COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER RULE IS MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE SECOND.
IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION MAKE, I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE NOMINATE, UH, UH, JANET QUIMBY DISTRICT AID FOR THE CHARTER.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR THE SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA IS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
IS THERE A SECOND MOTION? MA'AM NOMINATED, SONYA.
SORRY THAT ANTHONY MAYOR PRO TEM.
HOW MANY SON YOU'RE GETTING? OKAY.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? AND THAT WAS FOR SANDRA GIDDINGS.
SO I DON'T HEAR ANY DISCUSSION.
MAY I APPROACH HIM? PRESTON DID THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
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DID THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.WHICH ONE'S IN IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER? EDWARD CSL.
YES, BUT MOTION FAILS BECAUSE IT'S A THAI COUNCIL MEMBER PRESS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS FEEL.
IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION? WE HAVE THREE MORE TO GO? YES.
MA'AM I LIKED THE MOTION FOR SHIRLEY PAUL.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR SURELY PAUL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER EVERS MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, MARULA AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
EMORY WOULD, UH, UH, ASK THAT, UH, WE CONSIDER JOE WORKMAN.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
NO COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
SHE REMOVED HER JANE DAVIDSON REALLY? IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH.
I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOTION, THE MOTION.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MARY ROSS.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION DISCOUNTED WHEN EMERY, IS SHE ON A BOARD ALREADY OR IS THAT THAT'S NOT ANY TYPE OF SHE, SHE MIGHT BE, BUT THAT'S NOT A STIPULATION.
YOU CAN SERVE ON MULTIPLE BOARDS.
MAKE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER.
DID WE APPOINT EVERYBODY? OKAY.
AND GUESS WHAT GUYS WE'RE DONE.
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WHO WE, UH, I'M ALL THE CHARTER REVIEW.MARIA, GO AHEAD AND PLEASE GIVE US THE ACTUAL DISTRICTS ALSO WITH THAT.
UH, WE APPOINTED MS. JEANETTE QUIMBY.
SHE'S A DISTRICT A, WE APPOINTED A SECOND ONE TO PAULA CAM, DISTRICT B AS IN BOY, SURELY PAUL SHE'S DISTRICT B AS IN BOY, JOE WORKMAN, DISTRICT D AS IN DOG AND MARY ROSS DISTRICT.
D AS IN DOG MOTOROLA'S DIDN'T GET ANYBODY AND SEE I'M APPALLED.
THAT WAS YOUR EMOTION EARLIER.
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE CAN ADJOURN.