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I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT SEVEN 21 AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE HERE ARE PRESENT.
MAYOR PAUL PRESTON PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING PRESENT
THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY STAFF AND MEETING PRESENTERS.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE HERE OR PRESENT INTERIM CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, PRESENT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLEN MARTEL CITY ATTORNEY
JASON MANGUM HERE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS CITY ENGINEER'S SHASHA KUMAR PRESENT FIRE CHIEF EUGENE CAMPBELL
ANGELO, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
MARTIN RUSSELL FLEET SUPERINTENDENT MIKE CUBS
COULD I GET EVERYBODY TO MUTE YOUR PHONES, PLEASE, PLEASE MUTE YOUR PHONES.
WE WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, CHIEF FAIRS, AND WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
FORWARD WITH PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.I WILL START WITH ADMINISTERING THE OATH OF OFFICE TO CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITIES, BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND COMMISSIONS.
SO TO SEE WHO WE HAVE ONLINE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL EVERYONE'S NAME.
AND ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE ROLL CALL, I WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH.
ARE YOU THERE? LEAH BROWN, BROWN, JEANETTE, THE POLLOCK.
SO PAULA CAMP, PERHAPS THEY'RE ON MUTE BECAUSE I'M PRESENT.
SHIRLEY PAUL, JOE WORKMAN, MARY ROSS, GEORGE JOHNSON, THE THIRD WILLIAM CRONIN MAXIMA, CHARLES JARVIS PRESENT.
THOMAS JOHNSON PRESENT SUSAN DARKER.
BRIAN MERCHANT PRESENT DON JOHNSON PRESENT BUDDY SNYDER, FLORIA LUCAS, PRESENT HEARING OVERTON PRESENT.
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BROWN, TONYA BRAIDS PRESENT DANIEL SILVA, REGGIE ABRAHAM, DENISE PRINGLE PRESENT MAYOR DARREN DORIKA PRESENT.THIS IS JULIA BROWN AND PRESENT.
WE HAVE YOU, DID YOU GET ANGIE ALUM? YES, WE HAVE YOU, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE TYPICALLY DO THIS IN PERSON.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME DUE TO COVID.
WE ARE HAVING TO DO THIS VIRTUALLY.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THAT, UM, IT'S GONNA SOUND A LITTLE CHAOTIC.
WE DO TYPICALLY HAVE YOU GUYS REPEAT AFTER ME, BUT I, MARIA, DO THEY HAVE TO REPEAT AFTER ME OR CAN I JUST READ IT FOR THEM? OKAY.
SO IF EVERYONE CAN REPEAT AFTER ME, WHEN I READ THE OATH AND THEN WILL, AND WHEN I SAY I AND YOUR NAME, SAY YOUR NAME, AND WHEN I SAY, SAY THE OFFICE OF THAT, YOU WILL BE SITTING ON THAT COMMITTEE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS SMOOTHIE.
REPEAT AFTER ME IN THE NAME AND THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I SAY YOUR NAME, MARY ROSS PTOLEMY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, ZONING DAUGHTER, REVIEW COMMISSION, PARKS, AND RECREATION PARKS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND UP THIS DATE.
MARIA, DO YOU NEED EVERYONE TO DROP THEM FORM OFF THE PROCESS NOW? SO NOW I'M GOING TO CONTACT THEM TOMORROW AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THE FORM THAT CAN NOW BE FILLED OUT ELECTRONICALLY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE YOUR SIGNATURE AND THEIR SIGNATURE.
WELL THANK YOU FORM WITH THEM TOMORROW.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM THREE B PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AND MARIA IS THE CERTIFICATE IN MY FOLDER, IN YOUR DROPBOX FOLDER.
I JUST FOUND IT AWESOME PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS ARE INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND OUR PARKS AND RECREATION ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE EQUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ENSURING THE HEALTH OF ALL CITIZENS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL WELLBEING OF A COMMUNITY AND REGION AND PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS BUILD HEALTHY, ACTIVE COMMUNITIES THAT AID IN THE PREVENTION OF CHRONIC DISEASE PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO ARE MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED, AND ALSO IMPROVE THAT MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF ALL CITIZENS, PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS INCREASE A COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGH INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL
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TAX BASE, INCREASED TOURISM, THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES AND CRIME REDUCTION AND OUR PARKS AND NATURAL RECREATION AREAS ENSURE THE ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE AND RECREATE OUTDOORS.THEREFORE, I YOLANDA FORD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY DO RECOGNIZE THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION, RESOURCES AND HEREBY PROCLAIM, JULY, 2020 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
JASON, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? OKAY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS? I WOULD BRIEFLY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IT'S, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE ON THIS, ON THIS, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING PHONE CALL AND TO TALK JUST, JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BRIEF STATEMENTS THAT WAS MADE IN THAT PROCLAMATION, UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATELY WHILE EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID IN THIS, IN THE PROCLAMATION WAS TRUE.
I WANNA, I WANT TO ZERO IN A LITTLE BIT ON MENTAL HEALTH.
UM, DUE TO THE, THE TIMES THAT WE ARE IN, UM, THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL HAS ACTUALLY FLAGGED MENTAL HEALTH AS ONE OF THE TOP CONCERNS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, WITH THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK.
AND, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT PHYSICAL DISTANCING MAY, MAY TAKE A TOLL ON OUR MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH STRESS, ANXIETY PRODUCING GLOBAL PANDEMIC EMERGENCIES LIKE WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT PARKS PROVIDE A CONNECTION TO THE OUTDOORS AND, AND TO GREEN SPACES AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITY FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, WHICH AS WE KNOW, STUDIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED REDUCE STRESS AND IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH.
UH, OUR, OUR LOCAL PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS, OUR TRAILS, OUR RECREATION CENTER COMMUNITY CENTER HAS ALWAYS SERVED AS PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND RESPITE AND SEEK PEACE AND RESTORATION.
UM, I THINK, I THINK DURING THIS TIME OF UNCERTAINTY, THESE PLACES ARE NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER.
UH, OUR, OUR MISSOURI CITY PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO MAINTAIN THESE SPACES, TO KEEP THEM SAFE.
AND WE WANT TO, UH, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UM, BE IN PARKS TO, TO EXPERIENCE THE BENEFITS OF BEING IN A PARK.
UH, AND, AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM C PROCLAIMED, JULY SIX, 2020 AS MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT APPRECIATION DATE IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
DO THEY HAVE THE PROCLAMATION THAT THEY CAN SEE UP ON SCREEN? I MAY, I CAN'T BRING IT UP.
DOUG, ARE YOU ABLE TO BRING IT UP OR MARIA IT'S BEEN DROPPED OFF COUNCIL MEMBER.
DID YOU WANT US TO DISPLAY IT AND ON ZOOM PLEASE? OKAY.
I'LL SEND IT OVER TO COMMUNICATIONS NOW.
YEAH, WELL, I CAN LET ME GO THROUGH IT.
WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN THE, UH, IN THE NATION, UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT, UH, THE, UH, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZE AND EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT, UH, FAR OUR, UH, MEN AND WOMEN, UH, IN, UH, IN BLUE.
AND WITH THAT, UH, I, UM, CREATED THIS PROCLAMATION TO, UH, BE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE IT TO A CHIEF BARISAN AND IT STATES ON THE SIXTH DAY OF JULY, 2020, LET IT BE KNOWN TO ALL CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, WHO HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S APPRECIATION OF THE MEN AND WOMEN, BOTH SWORN AND UNSWORN OF THE MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS POLICE ORGANIZATION.
WHEREAS THE RECENT MISSOURI CITY CITIZENS SURVEY REFLECTS ON 87% CITIZENS' APPROVAL RATING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES AS DEFINED BY THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE POLICY.
AND WHEREAS MISSOURI CITY POLICE COMMAND HAS REVIEWED THEIR POLICY IN REGARDS TO RECENT EXCESSIVE FORCE AND DEESCALATION
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GUIDELINES.AND THEN THIS DEMONSTRATED THEIR CURRENT POLICY IS IN HARMONY WITH CURRENT REASONABLE PRACTICES.
AND WHEREAS THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE ORGANIZATION THROUGH ITS ACTIONS AND PERFORMANCE CONTINUES TO PLACE MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AS ONE OF THE TOP 50 SAFEST CITIES IN TEXAS.
AND WHEREAS THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO STRIVE TO REFLECT THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE SIMILAR TO THAT OF MISSOURI CITY AND FORT BEND COUNTY AND WHERE I, THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO STRIVE FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY OF THEIR ACTIONS WERE ALLOWED BY LEGAL REGULATIONS AS THEY COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITIZENS AND MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
NOW, THEREFORE I FLOYD EMORY ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY AFFIRM OUR UNEQUIVOCAL APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS POLICE ORGANIZATION.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY CHIEF BARISONE.
DID YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? YES, MAYOR.
UH, I HAD THE HONOR EVERY DAY OF REPRESENTING ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN HERE THAT PROUDLY SERVED WITH EXTREME DEDICATION, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE THINGS GOING ON NATIONWIDE, WHERE IT'S BEING PUSHED OUT, THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DISLIKING THE POLICE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING HERE LOCALLY.
UH, OUR CITIZENS AND OUR COMMUNITY HAVE RALLIED BEHIND YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS COUNCIL ALWAYS HAS DONE IS SUPPORTED ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE CITIZENS ARE SEEING YOUR EXAMPLE.
IT'S NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT.
THEY'RE NOT INUNDATING US WITH A LOT OF HIGH CALORIC FOOD HERE, UH, TO THE POINT WHERE NOW I'M HAVING TO SHARE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HELP THEM GET FAT ALSO.
SO, UH, WE REALLY SINCERELY APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT.
NOT ONLY WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, BUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VISITING AND EITHER WORKING OR VISITING IN THE CITY, BUT ALSO CITY COUNCIL.
SO AGAIN, IT'S MY HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF ALL THE DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE THIS CITY PROUDLY EVERY DAY.
FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SERVED UP, SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, FIVE
[5. STAFF REPORTS]
STAFF REPORTS, UH, RECEIVED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL REPORT CHIEF FARRISON YOU'RE OUT.I'M GOING TO TRY TO MOTOR THROUGH THIS RELATIVELY QUICK, CAUSE IT'S A BIT LONG AND I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, SO, UH, IF I CAN GET THE NEXT SLIDE DOUGLAS, THERE WE GO.
ACTUALLY, YOU CAN SKIP PAST THAT TOO.
UM, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE ARE CONSISTENTLY BEING RANKED AMONG THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE STATE AND IN THE NATION.
UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, I'VE GOT THREE OF THEM HIGHLIGHTED HERE WHERE LAWN STARTER HAS RATED US THE 22ND SAFEST CITY, UH, ALARMS.ORG, WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD SITE TO BE RECOGNIZED CAUSE THEIR METHODOLOGY IS SOMETHING TO BE, UH, TO BE RECOGNIZED IN ITSELF ALONE, NOT JUST THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY GO OUT AND ADD RANK, BUT TO BE 34TH IN THEIR RATING SYSTEM IS PRETTY GOOD.
UM, SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS AND OUR OUT OUTREACH AND OPERATIONAL PROGRAMS, UM, MISSOURI CITY, UH, AGAIN, HAS GOT ITS CLEARANCE RATE, UH, ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE WE'RE AT 17%.
UH, UH, THE STATE AVERAGE IS 17% WHERE IT'S, UH, 28%, UH, MEANS WE CLEAR OUR CASES THAT WE DO GET AT ARE MUCH BETTER CLIP THAN THE AVERAGE, UH, AGENCY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, WE CONTINUED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S A PART OF OUR, OUR MISSION STATEMENT ANYWAY, IS TO MAKE SURE WE COLLABORATE WITH OUR CITIZENS.
WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT WITH OUR COFFEE, WHERE THE COP STUFFED A SQUAD CAR, COMMUNITY, TURKEY GIVEAWAY, BLUE SANTA'S TOY DRIVE, OR PUBLIC SAFETY BLOOD DRIVE, AND NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHICH WE HAD A QUESTION FROM THE LOCAL MEDIA ON TONIGHT.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TILL OCTOBER.
WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
WE'RE WAITING TO SEE HOW, UH, HOW WE ALL HEAL FROM COVID BY THEN, AND THEN OUR CITIZENS POLICE AND FIRE ACADEMY.
WE MAY HAVE TO LIMIT THAT TO 10 AND DO A WHOLE LOT OF, UH, SOCIAL DISTANCING AND MASKING UP.
IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, WE'RE STILL UP IN THE AIR WITH THAT ONE.
ALSO, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH RING.
UM, WE HAVE OVER 6,000 MORE CAMERAS OUT HERE HELPING WITH PEOPLE, HELPING US PREVENT CRIME.
SO ANYTIME THERE'S A CRIME IN AN AREA, UH, WE'RE QUICKLY NOTIFIED AND WE CANVAS THE AREA TO LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE'S VIDEOS FROM THEIR HOMES.
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FOR US.THAT'S THE, A STEP OFF THE SILENT PARTNER PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED LONG BEFORE RING WAS, UH, SOMETHING TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE TO US.
WE NOW HAVE AN INVESTIGATOR ASSIGNED TO THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESCUE ALLIANCE, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, UH, THAT IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT BECAUSE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS BECOMING AN ISSUE IN OUR COUNTY.
UH, OUR DRONE PROGRAM OR UAV DRONE PROGRAM IS, UH, BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL AND NOW MORE THAN A DOZEN PILOTS AND MULTIPLE DRONES, UH, WE USE THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE, UH, FINDING MISSING CHILDREN.
WE ACTUALLY PROVIDED OVER, UH, OVERVIEW SECURITY FOR SOME OF THE GRADUATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE AT HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR, HELPING OTHER AGENCIES.
WE'VE HAD OUR, A NIGHTTIME APPREHENSION OF SUSPECTS FOR THE COUNTY, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, USING OUR NIGHTTIME CAPACITY FOR OUR DRONES, FLYING THOSE AT NIGHT, WE STARTED OUR, OUR, UH, EXPLORERS PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE HAD OUR FIRST ACADEMY CLASS GRADUATE WITH 11, UH, TEENAGERS.
UH, AGAIN, WE USE A NARCOTIC SEIZURE MONEY TO GET THAT STARTED AND FUND MOST OF THAT.
SO, UH, THE DRONE PROGRAM AND THE EXPLORERS PROGRAM CAME FROM, UH, NARCOTIC SEIZURE MONEY, NOT FROM OUR TAXPAYER FUNDED, UH, FUNDS IN OUR GENERAL BUDGET.
SO DOUGLAS IS GOING TO GET NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UH, CONTINUING ALL WITH HIGHLIGHTS AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS. UH, WE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED FROM UCR TO NEIGHBORS.
UH, THAT'S THE NATIONAL, UH, UH, INSTANT REPORTING SYSTEM THAT, UH, THE PREVIOUS FBI DIRECTOR PUT INTO PLAY AND AGENCIES HAD A TIMELINE TO GET IT DONE.
UH WE'RE WELL, AHEAD OF THAT TIMELINE, AND THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE ON SOME OF THE THINGS OUR NEXT YEAR'S, UH, REPORTING.
SO WHEN SOME OF THE NUMBERS SEEM A LITTLE BIT OF SKEW NEXT YEAR, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT.
CAUSE WE, UH, WHEN I DO IT NEXT YEAR FROM UCR TO NEIGHBORS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY, THEY COUNT THE CRIMES AND THAT'S A BIGGER DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN HAVE RIGHT NOW ALSO, UH, OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING.
I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LIEUTENANT RUSSELL, TERRY, WHO WAS THE, UH, CATALYST TO GET THAT STARTED.
AND HE RECRUITED QUITE A FEW OTHER OFFICERS.
WE NOW HAVE ZERO VACANCIES ON OUR SWORN STAFF.
UH, TRUTH IS ONLY HAVE FOUR VACANCIES IN OUR, UH, ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT HAPPENS TO BE IN OUR EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATION STAFF.
AND WE'RE ACTIVELY TRYING TO FILL THAT WITH HR IS CERTAINLY HELPING US THERE.
UH, WE SUCCESSFULLY PLANT PAST OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AUDIT WITH THE HELP OF, UH, OUR IT DEPARTMENT, WHO THEY DID A STELLAR JOB WITH THAT.
WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH UNION PACIFIC TO LOWER THE INCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE CRASHED THAT OUR TRAIN CROSSINGS, UH, WE DESTROYED OVER 569 POUNDS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT IN DEA FOR SEVERAL DRUG TAKE BACK DAYS.
AND WE STILL HAVE THE, UH, NARCOTICS DROP BOX IN OUR LOBBY.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT THEY NEED TO GET DISPOSED OF FROM THEIR HOME, SIMPLY COME TO OUR LOBBY AND DROP THAT IN THAT DROP BOX.
EVEN THERE ARE LOBBIES CLOSED FOR INTERACTION THAT DROPBOX IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR OUR CITIZENS.
UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT CONDUCTED 26 NEIGHBORHOODS SWEEPS WITH OVER 14,750 CODE VIOLATION INVESTIGATIONS.
AND THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ATTENDED OVER 366 HOA OR CIVIC MEETINGS.
AND I'M, UH, GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR GRANTS RECEIVED, UH, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, GRANT THE STEP PROGRAM, WHICH STANDS FOR SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, WE HAD $40,791 THAT WAS DESIGNED, UH, DESIGNATED FOR FUNDING OVERTIME FOR THOSE TYPES OF OPERATIONS THAT FOCUS ON SPEED VIOLATIONS IMPAIRED AND OR DISTRACTED DRIVING.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE MOTORCYCLES WORK IN HIGHWAY SIX AND MMM, MMM, 10 92.
SO THEY DO A LOT OF THAT FOR THAT STEP PROGRAM ON OVERTIME BASIS, WE CONTINUED OUR JUST DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANT TO OFFSET THE COST OF OUR BALLISTIC VEST.
I ALMOST REIMBURSES FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF THOSE VESTS.
OUR US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE JAG GRANT, WE'RE GETTING FITNESS EQUIPMENT TO, UH, KEEP OUR FOLKS FIT.
AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW THAT A OFFICER THAT'S PHYSICALLY FIT THE CHANCE OF THEM USING INAPPROPRIATE FORCE IS GREATLY REDUCED IF THE OFFICER IS FIT.
SO WE CERTAINLY ARE FOCUSING OUR FITNESS FOR OUR OFFICERS.
AND OF COURSE OUR GENERAL STAFF CAN USE IT ALSO.
OKAY, DOUG, WE'LL GO BACK TO THAT ONE.
THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, I'M GONNA TRY TO GO THROUGH THAT REAL QUICK, UH, RIGHT THERE.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR HG ACA CRIME VICTIMS LIAISON GRANT THAT FUNDS OUR CRIME VICTIM, UH, LIAISON THAT WORKS HERE AND OUR, UH, DISTRACTED GRANT IS 10,000.
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UH, WE CONSIDER OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE IN PLACE THAT WHEN THE DO GET OUT OF HERE, UH, THAT THE, UH, WE HAVE PEOPLE QUALIFIED PEOPLE THAT CAN STEP UP INTO THIS ROLE OR EVEN OTHER ROLES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, CAPTAIN DWAYNE WILLIAMS FROM OUR COMMAND STAFF GRADUATED THE 279TH DISTRICT OF THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY AT QUANTICO.
THIS PAST YEAR, LIEUTENANT JEFF YORK COMPLETED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE OF TEXAS LEADERSHIP COMMAND COLLEGE PROGRAM AT SAM HOUSTON STATE LIEUTENANT RUSSELL, TERRY HAS COMPLETED THE FIRST TWO MODULES OF LEADERSHIP COMMAND COLLEGE.
HE WILL FINISH MODULE THREE ONCE THEY REOPENED IT AFTER COVID.
AND THEN HE'LL ALSO JOIN THE RANKS OF QUITE A FEW OF OUR COMMAND STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE GRADUATE OF THE LEADERSHIP COMMAND COLLEGE AT SAM HOUSTON, STATE, LIEUTENANT JASON HURD COMPLETED THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE THROUGH THE NATIONAL FORUM OF BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT HE'S TRAVELED ALL OVER THE NATION GOING TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND A LOT OF, UH, LARGE CITIES AND HE'S, UH, HE'S COMPLETED THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE'RE ONE OF THE WE'RE ONE OF ONLY TWO STATE CERTIFIED TRAINING CENTERS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS.
AND, UH, WE HOSTED 57 TRAINING CLASSES FOR A TOTAL OF 239 TRAINING HOURS.
SO APPROXIMATELY 460 OFFICERS SAT AND ATTENDED THESE CLASSES FOR COLLECTIVE TOTAL OF, UH, 2,510 TIKO, ACTUAL TRAINING HOURS.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED UP THERE WITH POLICE ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO ANNUAL TRAINING.
SO ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING LOCALLY, POLICE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE APPLICABLE TO WHAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS STAY UP TO DATE WITH THEIR TRAINING.
CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, IN 2019, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION CONDUCTED, LIKE I SAID, A TOTAL OF 11,482 CODE INSPECTIONS.
UM, WE'LL GET, WE'LL SKIP DOWN HERE A LITTLE BIT.
SO BY THE TIME, BUT THOSE INSPECTIONS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT A HAD THE 1,617 COUNCIL DISTRICT B HAD 1,225 C HAD 759 AND D HAD, UH, UH, 1,188.
UH, THESE ARE THE TOP FIVE, FIVE CODE VIOLATIONS BY DISTRICT.
SO WHEN YOUR CONSTITUENTS ASK YOU WHAT THE HOT TOPICS ARE, THESE ARE THEM, UH, A LOT, THE TRASH SCREENING SEEMS TO BE NUMBER ONE ACROSS THE BOARD ON, ON, ON THE TOP FIVE BY FAR, AND THEN THEY KIND OF START TO MIRROR EACH OTHER IN A SENSE, UH, JUNK VEHICLES AND VEGETATION AND PROPERTY ISSUES IN GARBAGE SEEM TO, UH, LAND JUST ABOUT ON EVERYBODY'S PLATE THERE.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE.
I THINK YOU ALL CAN SEE, AND PLUS THIS IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC, THAT IF ANYBODY'S LISTING, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE SECOND SEAT.
THIS PLATER ALSO, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
I KNOW YOU OFTEN ASK HOW MANY, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE WE HAVE BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
AND WHAT ARE OUR HOT, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE, UH, PREMISE CHECKS AND TRAFFIC STOPS ARE ALWAYS THE TOP TWO.
AND THOSE ARE THE SELF-INITIATED, UH, JOBS THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE DOING ON MOST OF THOSE CASES.
SO, OR SOMEONE'S CALLED US AND WE ARE MONITORING AN AREA.
SO THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS YOU HAVE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NATION RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT BEING REAL PROACTIVE AND TAKING THE FIRST STEP.
THEY JUST KINDA SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO TELL THEM TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING.
THAT'S NOT THE CASE WITH YOUR POLICE OFFICERS AND THE REASON THAT'S NOT THE CASE WITH YOUR POLICE OFFICERS, BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY STILL SHOWING TREMENDOUS OUTWARD SUPPORT FOR THEM AND THE JOB THEY DO EVERY DAY.
I DO NOT WANT THAT TO EVER TAKE HER OFF.
I WANT THEM TO GET OUT OF THAT AIR CONDITIONED VEHICLE AND MIX AND MINGLE WITH THE PUBLIC.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOP TWO, UH, PR ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT ARE SELF-INITIATED ACTIVITIES BY OUR PERSONNEL.
SO I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT THAT TO EVER DISSIPATE.
UH, AND WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL.
AND THAT'S WHAT KEEPS THOSE NUMBERS HIGH.
I'M GOING TO KEEP MOVING, UNLESS SOMEONE HAS A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
SO NEXT SLIDE, DOUG, NEXT SLIDE.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE USE DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO CRIME AND TRAFFIC SAFETY TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT MAY HAVE ANY UPTICKS IN CRIME.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A HIGH CRIME AREA ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.
SO WE REALLY HAVE TO DIG DEEP TO FIND OUT WHAT TYPE OF CRIMES WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPACT AND THE CRIMES THAT WE TEND TO TRY, TRY TO IMPACT, OR THE ONES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL UNSAFE IN YOUR HOME.
UH, THE ONES WHERE IT'S THE PEOPLE MAYBE TRYING TO ENTER YOUR HOME
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DURING THE DAY WHERE YOU'RE AT WORK, WHICH ACTUALLY HAS BEEN DRASTICALLY REDUCED.CAUSE NOBODY'S GOING TO WORK RIGHT NOW WITH COVID.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF HELPING US OUT AND THEN, UH, TRAFFIC COLLISIONS, THOSE THINGS WE FOCUS ON AND THE WAY WE DO IT IS BY, UH, USING LOTS OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREA.
UH, BASICALLY IT'S A PRESENCE.
WE DON'T WRITE THAT MANY TICKETS CAUSE WE DID WRITE AS MANY TICKETS AS TRAFFIC STOPS.
IT WOULD INUNDATE OUR COURTS, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE COURTS BEING SHUT DOWN FOR COVID.
UH, I THINK ALL OF YOU ARE THAT ARE ON COUNCIL HAVE HEARD ABOUT DDX.
UH, BUT IF ANYBODY ON COUNCIL HAS A QUESTION ABOUT DDX, I CAN CERTAINLY GO OVER AT A LATER TIME, BUT THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT IS.
AND IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING.
UH, THIS IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF, UH, THE HISTORY OF DDX.
MOST OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL, KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS CAUSE WE COVERED IT EVERY YEAR.
THIS IS MAINLY FOR THE CITIZENS THAT MAY BE WATCHING THIS FROM, FROM HOME OR THEY CAN GET A COPY OF THIS.
THEY CAN, THEY CAN SEE IT AND EXAMINE IT LATER.
UM, DOUG, NEXT SLIDE TO LET YOU KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE IT'S BEEN OUR FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
WE HAD NO CHANGE IN PART ONE CRIMES, WHICH ARE THOSE, THOSE CRIMES THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE, THE MORE VIOLENT TYPE CRIMES WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANGE.
IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION, BUT THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF DDACTS, WE HAD A 37% REDUCTION IN PART ONE CRIMES IN THE DETOX AREA AND THEN 2018 TO 2019, WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL 10% REDUCTION FROM WHAT WE HAD IN 2016, 2017.
SO A DDX CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE WORKING, UH, SAME WITH THE, UH, VEHICLE CRASHES.
WE'VE HAD A 7% REDUCTION IN VEHICLE CRASHES.
SO, UH, WE COULD, IF YOU NOTICE WHAT THAT WE HAD LESS TRAFFIC STOPS IN THAT FIRST FOUR YEAR, THAT 27, 2018, WE HAD 84,000 TRAFFIC CONTACTS.
WE HAD ONLY 53,000 IN THAT SAME TIME AND STILL WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY GET THE CRASH REDUCTION DOWN AND STILL HAVE A REDUCTION OF 10%.
SO THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SHOWING THAT IT'S, IT'S GOTTEN SOME TRACTION THERE IN THOSE AREAS.
UH, AS I STATED LAST YEAR, OUR 2018 NUMBERS WERE AMAZINGLY LOW COMPARED TO THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
WE'RE NOW INTO THE, NOW THE SIX YEAR, UH, FROM THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND WE'VE HAD A, A 1%, UH, UP CHANGE IN BURGLARY BETWEEN 2018 AND 2019.
AND THAT'S, SINCE WE HAVE SO FEW BURGLARIES HERE IN THE, UH, THE CITY ONE CRIME, YOU SEE, WE HAD A NUMBER OF 98, UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD 97 THE YEAR PRIOR.
THAT'S WHY I AVOID PERCENTAGES.
CAUSE THEY CAN BE QUITE DECEIVING BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS SO LOW.
LARCENY IS ANOTHER WORD FOR THEFT.
WE HAD A REDUCTION OF THE TOTAL OF 48 IN NUMBER, BUT THAT EQUATES TO 7% AND WE HAD, UH, AN UPTAKE OF NINE MORE MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS BETWEEN 2018 AND 2019, WHICH WAS A 20% INCREASE.
BUT OVERALL WE HAD A 5% INCREASE IN A TOTAL REDUCTION OF 38 OF THOSE CRIMES OVERALL, BUT A YEAR TO YEAR, REALLY DOESN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING.
A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE DOES TELL YOU SOMETHING.
SO IF YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR FIVE YEAR AVERAGE, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, OUR NUMBERS CONTINUE TO TREND DOWNWARD.
I THINK WITH COVID, OUR NUMBERS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO TREND DOWNWARD ALSO, UM, IN THE PROPERTY CRIME AREAS.
I'LL TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE WITH COBIT HERE IN A MINUTE WHEN WE GET TO THE VIOLENT CRIMES, BUT, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR, UH, OUR NUMBERS ARE CONTINUING TO DROP OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS COMPARED TO WHAT THEY WERE IN 19.
SO THAT'S A, AGAIN, A TESTAMENT TO THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WORK DILIGENTLY WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO KEEP OUR NUMBERS DOWN.
I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
YOU GET A VISUAL PICTURE ON HOW THEY ARE TRENDING DOWN OR STAYING FLAT.
SO THAT'S AGAIN, PROPERTY CRIMES PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND THAT'S WHAT THE, UH, INVESTORS AND REAL ESTATE PEOPLE LOOK AT AND PERSONS WANTING TO MOVE INTO OUR CITY OR INVEST IN OUR CITY.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
PART A CRAMPS PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
UH, THIS IS A NICE, BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN THAT, UH, AREA OF ONE OF OUR PARKS UNDER CONTROL UP THERE AND KNOCK ON WOOD.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THAT 80% REDUCTION IN THAT TOP CATEGORY BECAUSE THAT MOST OF THOSE ARE OCCURRING, UH, YOU KNOW, IN BUFFALO AROUND PARK AND WE'VE HIT THAT PRETTY HARD AND DISCOURAGED THAT ELEMENT THAT WAS HANGING OUT THERE TO, UH, WELL, IF THEY DO HANG OUT THERE, THEY NOW TRY TO BEHAVE.
SO THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
UH, OVERALL WE HAD A 12% REDUCTION,
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UH, OF VIOLENT CRIME.I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT ROBBERY NUMBER IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE UP FOR 2020 BECAUSE UH, PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT THEY GET TO WEAR A MASK ALL THE TIME.
SO SEEING SOMEBODY WALKING AROUND WITH A MASK ISN'T THAT, UH, UNUSUAL, AND THE PEOPLE THAT SAID TO COMMIT ROBBERIES ARE CERTAINLY TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT THEY GET TO WEAR A MASK ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO GO.
SO OUR ROBBERIES EVENT ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO BE UP NEXT YEAR.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT UNDER CONTROL, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I MIGHT TELL YOU, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE UP ANYWAY.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE.
UH, EVERYTHING STILL SEEMS TO BE TRENDING DOWNWARD.
UH, WE'RE NOT HAVING ANYTHING THAT EITHER IS, ARE TRENDING DOWNWARD OR STAYING FLAT WITH MOST OF THESE.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THAT'S TESTAMENT TO THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE, REALLY WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GENUINELY CARING ABOUT EACH OTHER AND WHAT GOES ON HERE.
SO I'D LOVE TO SAY THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THAT.
CAUSE WE DON'T TAKE ENFORCEMENT AS OUR PRIMARY ROLE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE TAKE A PREVENTION AND EDUCATION FIRST AND PREVENTION EDUCATION, OFTEN TIMES RESULTS IN THESE LOW NUMBERS.
LIKE WE'RE SAYING, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEVIATE FROM THAT ANYTIME SOON.
AGAIN, THAT'S A GRAPH SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT I JUST SHOWED YOU ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
THAT TOP ONE IS THE, UH, THE MURDER SLIDE.
AND AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THAT UNDER CONTROL THERE, SO, OH, I'M SORRY.
THAT ONE ACTUALLY IS AGGRAVATED ASSAULT SLIDE, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY, I'M TRENDING DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, UH, GOING TO CONTINUE TO TREND DOWN WITH COVERT CAUSE, UH, AS JASON SAID, IF WE DON'T GET OUR PARKS OPEN AND KEEP THEM OPEN, PEOPLE DO STRESS OUT A LITTLE BIT.
SO OUR DOMESTIC DISTURBANCES AND FUSSING AND HOMES SEEM TO BE PICKING UP A LITTLE BIT THERE AND COVID SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT OUR NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR.
SO BETWEEN COVID AND NEIGHBORS, I MAY HAVE TO DO A LOT OF EXPLAINING DURING OUR ANNUAL REPORT NEXT YEAR TO YOU ALL.
AS WE, UH, COUNSEL MY MEMORY MENTIONED IN THE PROCLAMATION, WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT.
WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING THIS DATA, THE RAW DATA FOR ALL OF THESE, UH, TOPICS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN NOW ON THE CITY'S WEBPAGE.
AND I ACTUALLY GOT THIS IDEA WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH THE 21ST CENTURY POLICE OR REPORT AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
THEY SUGGESTED WE DO THIS AND NOBODY EVER SEEMED TO WANT TO DO IT.
I CAME BACK AND TALKED IT OVER WITH EVERYBODY HERE, INCLUDING CITY ADMINISTRATION.
WE WENT WITH IT AND IT'S BEEN A, A VERY POSITIVE IN OUR CITY.
SO ANYBODY CAN LOOK AT THIS AT ANY TIME, DAY OR NIGHT TO SEE ANYTHING THEY WANT ABOUT OUR NUMBERS HERE.
AND WE GLADLY TALK IT OVER WITH ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT THEM.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE END OF MY SLIDE.
THAT'S THE FASTEST I'VE EVER GONE TO AN ANNUAL REPORT.
AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR SUGGESTIONS, I AM CERTAINLY OPEN.
WE DON'T EVER FORGET THAT, UH, WE'RE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE WORKED FOR OUR CITIZENS AND YOU ALL ARE OUR REPRESENTATIVES, OUR CITIZENS.
SO ANYTHING YOU THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE, UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO HEAR ABOUT IT AND, AND WILLING TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR US ON ANY AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF MAYOR FOR THIS, THIS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON, IF I MAY POLICE CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK POINTS.
THE FIRST, I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE DEAL WITH THIS COVID AS WE TALK ABOUT, UM, MENTAL ANXIETY AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WHEN WE GET TO CITING PEOPLE FOR SOME OF THOSE MINOR INFRACTIONS, BY NO WAY AM I SUGGESTING THAT WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO DISREGARD, UM, OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS AS IT RELATES TO TRASH BRAINY.
BUT I DO WANT TO GET BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE P AND T APPROACH PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT THE POLICY IS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THEM, YOU KNOW, LEVELS OF WARNING.
UM, AND I KNOW WE'RE DOING THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TOP OF THAT.
AND, UM, JUST BE MINDFUL OF, UM, JUST EVERYTHING GOING ON THESE DAYS AND UNNECESSARILY, UM, CITING PEOPLE TO, TO GO TO COURT OVER SOMETHING LIKE TRASH SCREENING.
NOW, PEOPLE THAT ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE CAST AND WE MOVING INTO THIS GREAT CITY THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THE, THE, UH, THE RULES.
UM, AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TOP OF THAT
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AND MAKE SURE THAT PREVENTION AND EDUCATION IS OUR TOP PRIORITY WHEN IT RELATES TO THOSE KINDS OF MINOR INFRACTIONS.AND THEN SECONDLY, I WANTED TO KNOW IF IT IS POSSIBLE AND I'M LIKE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM COLLEAGUES.
UM, IF WE COULD LOOK AT POTENTIALLY WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT MAYBE IN ONE OF OUR, UM, NEWSLETTERS, WE LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT RAW DATA IS AVAILABLE FOR THEM SO THAT THEY CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE AWARE, UM, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO, TO PUSH THAT OUT.
LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE WE CONSTANTLY HAVE NEW RESIDENTS MOVING IN THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT THAT DATA IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
ARE WE A, WE HAVE THE OPEN DATA INITIATIVE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND I THINK IT'S HIGHLIGHTED PRETTY WELL, BUT I'LL GET WITH, UH, STACY AND HER CREW ON THE OPEN DATA INITIATIVES.
AND AS FAR AS THE WARNINGS AND ALL WITH THE TRASH SCREENING, WE PRETTY MUCH FOLLOW A C COUNCIL GUIDELINES ON ALL THAT.
AND I KNOW THEY HAND OUT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT HANDS OUT, THE LITTLE NOTICES LONG BEFORE WE ISSUE CITATIONS ON ALMOST EVERY CODE VIOLATION.
UH, SOME PEOPLE CALL AND SCREAM AT US BECAUSE THEY GOT A WARNING PLACARD, WHICH THERE'S NO COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, THAT JUST LETTING YOU KNOW A VIOLATION.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY'RE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THE, UH, THE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PART OF IT AND PREVENTION PART OF IT LONG BEFORE THEY WERE A SITE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF?
MARIN COUNCIL AND HONORED SERVE.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEM SIX.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? WHO'S COUNCIL OF EMORY MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION AND THIS IS MAYOR FORD.
SEVEN, EIGHT ZONING, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES.
THERE ARE NONE SEVEN BE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS.
THERE ARE NINE EIGHT APPOINTMENTS.
[9. AUTHORIZATIONS]
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT OR THE DESIGN OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE FACILITY.UH, SASHA, ARE YOU THERE? YES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ZIEGLER COOPER, THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM FOR THE DESIGN OF THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FACILITY, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT ACROSS CITY HALL.
THIS BUILDING HAS REACHED ITS USEFUL LIFE.
UH, THE PLAN IS TO, UH, DEMOLISH AND BUILD A PARKS MAINTENANCE FACILITY, RIGHT AT THE SAME LOCATION, APPROXIMATELY A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WITH ABOUT 3000 SQUARE FOOT OF OFFICE AREA AND THE REMAINING BEING, UH, AREA FOR GENERAL PARTS STORAGE WITH THAT.
AND RFQ WAS ISSUED, UH, NINE FIRMS, UH, SUBMITTED OR RESPONDED FOR THE RFQ, UH, THREE FORMS FOR, UH, SHORTLISTED AND DRAGGED BY THE SELECTION COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF, UH, UH, PARKS PUBLIC WORKS AND THE STEEL CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UH, THE TOP RANKING FORM, UH, W WAS ZIEGLER COOPER.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE PDI COMMITTEE AND PDI COMMITTEE AGREED WITH THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO BRING FORWARD THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT TO CITY COUNCIL.
WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A LOT OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT TO ZIEGLER COOPER IN THE AMOUNT OF $337,000 AND THREE 33, THREE SEVEN, THREE 88 TO BE PRECISE.
UM, THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS COMING FROM THE CIP 500,000 IS POSITED IN FISCAL YEAR 20 TOWARDS DESIGN.
UH, THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, I BELIEVE 3 MILLION BUDGETED IN UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 21 BUDGET FOR CONSTRUCTION WITH THAT.
UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
IS THERE A MOTION? THIS IS COUNCIL MEMORY.
ANTHONY ROULIS I'M MAKING EMOTIONAL THRUSTS.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND COUNCIL.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR SHASHI? ALRIGHTY, I WILL DO A
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ROLL CALL VOTE.MAY I APPROACH HIM QUESTION? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
THAT DID WE LOSE HER? SHE'S ON US HERE.
YOU HAVE TO UNMUTE YOUR PHONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA IS MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCILMAN RABBONI MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
BE CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT FOR THE REMODELING OF A FIRE STATION.
NUMBER THREE FOR CHIEF CAMPBELL.
GOOD EVENING, EVEN MARIN COUNCIL.
THIS EVENING, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS FOR YOU TO CONCERN TONIGHT, AN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH CONSTRUCTION, MASTERS OF HOUSTON, UH, PROVIDING FOR A REMODEL FOR STATION THREE AND FOUR.
LOOKING BACK TO WHEN I FIRST CAME WITH 2016, A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT HAD THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THERE.
HOWEVER, WE HAD SOME ROOFS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE THAT, THAT PUSHED IT BACK TO WHAT YOU SEE FOR YOU TONIGHT.
THE INFORMATION WAS ALSO LOOKED AT IN 2017, BUT HE WOULDN'T ZELLERS.
THEY ALSO MADE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION WAS PUT FORWARD WHEN PUBLIC WORKS, WORKED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GO OUT AND TO GET THOSE COST ESTIMATES DONE THIS YEAR TONIGHT, I ASKED YOU TO SUPPORT $212,528 AND 95 CENTS THAT WERE RENOVATE THESE 20 YEAR OLD PLUS FIRE STATIONS THAT I USE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK BY THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATION EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY FOR THE CHIEF.
WILL THAT TAKE ANY OF THE STATIONS OUT OF SERVICE? NO, SIR.
STATIONS WON'T BE OUT OF SERVICE.
WHAT WE WILL DO IS, UH, DO A PERIOD OF BRIEF TIME.
UM, THE STATIONS COULD BE PARKED OUT ON A RAMP OR, UM, RESPOND FROM, UH, THE REAR OF THE LOT, LIKE OUT OF HIS FAST SIDE OF STATION THREE, WHERE THEY'RE WORKING IN THE BAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO SERVICE.
CAN YOU JUST LET THE PUBLIC KNOW, UH, IDENTIFY THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE RENOVATIONS? YES.
THERE ARE FOUR, UM, THREE GENERAL BONDS AND ONE GENERAL FUND.
UM, THE RENT OF VAPE, THE, UH, THE STATIONS, THERE WAS $131,000 FROM A GENERAL, UH, BOND.
THERE'S A 3000 THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM A BOND.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT WAS FROM THE ROOF.
THERE'S 67,940 FROM A GENERAL BOND.
AND FROM THE GENERAL FUND, UH, $10,800 FOR A TOTAL OF TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND EIGHTY FIVE CENTS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHTY, I'LL DO THE ROLL CALL.
MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
MAY THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
YES, WE WILL MOVE ON TO SEE, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER FOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT.
ARE YOU THERE? YES, I AM THERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THIS THIS EVENING.
UH, MAYOR ON THIS, I'LL TRY TO MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH IT.
UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE TO THE LISTED PURCHASE ORDER BELOW
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ON THE LISTED ON THE COVER MEMO TO ACCOMMODATE THE OUTFITTING OF SOME ADDITIONAL VEHICLES THAT WERE NOT PLANNED ON OUR, UH, F Y 2020 BUDGET.UH, SIMPLY PUT, THESE WERE VEHICLES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS AND WERE TOTAL LOSSES THAT WE DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE A CHANGE ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE EQUIPMENT? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE MAN.
MONI, IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER? EMORY SECONDS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I'M NOT HEARING ANY, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONY MAKE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER ROLE IS YES.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE SECOND MAYOR FORD.
D CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER FOR SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TONIGHT AS A COUNCIL IS PROBABLY AWARE WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT WITH BROOKS CONCRETE FOR SIDEWALK REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND OUR CURRENT CONTRACT HAS A ONE POINT $6 MILLION CAP BECAUSE OF OUR PUSH IN 2019 TO COMPLETE THE SIDEWALK PROJECT.
AND BECAUSE WE'VE CONTINUED TO, UH, ACTIVELY COMPLETE ADDITIONAL SIDEWALKS, ONCE THAT PROJECT WAS COMPLETED, WE HAVE REACHED OUR CURRENT CONTRACT THRESHOLD.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE REQUESTING A 25% INCREASE, WHICH IS ALLOWED THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT POLICY TO BRING THE ONE POINT $6 MILLION CONTRACT UP TO $2 MILLION.
THIS INCREASE WILL ALLOW US THE FUNDS NEEDED TO GET US TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND AT THAT TIME, OR PRIOR TO THAT TIME, WE ARE GOING TO PUSH OUT A REQUEST FOR BIDS, UH, AND THEN, UH, RECEIVED THOSE BIDS AND THEN BRING A RECOMMENDATION FOR A NEW CONTRACT TO COUNCIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO, UM, THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL AND I'M WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
IS THERE A MOTION?
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLIFF? YEAH.
THIS COMES FROM MEMORY, THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, WHERE WILL THEY BE COMING FROM? WELL, BECAUSE WE HAD THE, UM, THE FUNDS DEDICATED TO US THE BOND PROGRAM, UH, THAT WE, THAT WE USE FOR THE, THE, UH, THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM.
WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T EXPAND THE METRO FUNDS AS QUICKLY AS WE THOUGHT WE WOULD.
SO THERE ARE SOME METRO FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THIS WORK.
SO THEY DON'T COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT NO, SIR.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER OF MEROLA'S MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER.
CONSIDER A RE WITHDRAWING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY OR HER DESIGNEE TO INITIATE THE CIVIL PROCEEDINGS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF CITY ORDINANCES AT ONE, TWO SIX FOUR SIX GROVE PARK DRIVE.
AND ONE, TWO SIX TWO TWO GROW PARK DRIVE, UH, ATTORNEY SANS, ANGELO.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS A, UM, ESSENTIALLY A CLEANUP AUTHORIZATION, UH, BACK IN 2015, THE COUNCIL,
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UM, AUTHORIZED THE CITY ATTORNEY OR A DESIGNEE TO INITIATE CIVIL CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS UNDER CHAPTER 54 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE WITH RESPECT TO THREE PROPERTIES IN THE CITY.UH, ONE WAS 2211 GLEN LAKES LANE.
THE OTHER WAS, UH, 27 OH THREE SPRING PLACE DRIVE, AND THOSE LAWSUITS WERE FILED, UM, IN THE, IN AN EFFORT TO, UM, FURTHER PROGRESS IN CODE ENFORCEMENT ABATEMENT ON THOSE TWO PROPERTIES.
UH, THE THIRD ONE WAS, UM, ONE, TWO, SIX, FOUR T ONCE HE WAS SIX, FOUR, SIX GROVE PARK DRIVE.
UM, UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE CITY, UH, BY STAFF.
UM, IT WAS FOUND THAT, UH, THE, THE ISSUES AT THAT PROPERTY WHERE, UH, NO WATER SEWER CONNECTION, UH, WHICH CREATED A, A CODE VIOLATION FOR WHICH CHAPTER 54 WOULD APPLY.
UM, BUT AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, UM, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT EITHER SHORTLY BEFORE A COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THAT LAWSUIT OR IN THE INTERIM, UH, BETWEEN AUTHORIZATION AND THE FILING OF A LAWSUIT, THE STRUCTURE BECAME UNOCCUPIED.
SO IT WAS NO LONGER NECESSARY TO FILE THAT LAWSUIT AGAINST, UH, ONE, TWO, SIX, FOUR, SIX GROVE PARK DRIVE AND ITS OWNER.
SO, UM, WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TODAY TO RESCIND ITS AUTHORIZATION TO FILE THAT LAWSUIT.
SIMILARLY ON NOVEMBER 4TH OF LAST YEAR, UM, UH, COUNCIL SIMILARLY AUTHORIZED THE CITY ATTORNEY OR A DESIGNEE TO FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST, UH, ONCE WE SIX, TWO, TWO GROVE PARK DRIVE AND ITS OWNER.
UH, THE FACT THAT THESE ARE ON THE SAME STREET AS A COINCIDENCE, I GUESS, BUT, UH, IF YOU'LL RECALL, THAT WAS THE ISSUE WITH, UH, BEES COLONIZING ON THE PROPERTY IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 10, CHAPTER 54 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SAYS THAT, UM, ANIMAL CARE CONTROL IS ONE OF THE TYPES OF CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS FOR WHICH YOU COULD FILE A CIVIL LAWSUIT FOR ENFORCEMENT.
HOWEVER, UM, AS THE CITY PREPARED TO FILE THE LAWSUIT, UH, IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, UH, STAFF REACHED OUT TO A NEIGHBORING RESIDENT WHO MADE THE INITIAL COMPLAINT ABOUT THE BEES.
AND HE HAD SAID THAT, UH, THERE, THERE WERE SOME WORK DONE AT A ONE, TWO SIX, TWO, TWO GROVE PARK, AND THAT HE NO LONGER SAW BEES COLONIZING, UH, IN AND AROUND THAT STRUCTURE THAT SUBSEQUENTLY OUR ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION, UH, SERVED A WARRANT.
I THINK THIS WAS APRIL 16TH OF THIS YEAR AND CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO BEES IN AND AROUND THE STRUCTURE WHEN, AT A TIME WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SWARMING, IF THEY WERE THERE.
AND THAT, UM, SOME PARTY HAD TAKEN ACTION TO SEAL THE, THE HOLES IN THE EASE OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE THE BEES WERE COMING IN AND OUT.
SO, UM, BECAUSE THAT HAD BEEN RESOLVED AS WELL AS THE, UM, EARLIER VIOLATION AT THE OTHER PROPERTY ON GROVE PARK.
UH, WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL THAT STAFF IS ASKING COUNCIL TO RESCIND ITS AUTHORIZATION TO INITIATE LAWSUITS ON THESE TWO PROPERTIES.
IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JAMES? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER MORALIS.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY OR HER DESIGNEE TO INITIATE CIVIL PROCEEDINGS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF CITY ORDINANCES AT FOUR FOUR ZERO TWO RING ROSE DRIVE.
JAMES, SANT'ANGELO YOUR BACKUP AND PAUL MCKEEVER.
UM, YES, THIS IS, UM, SEEKING AUTHORIZATION TO INITIATE A LAWSUIT AGAINST 44 OH TWO RING ROSE DRIVE AND ITS OWNER.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A HISTORY OF
UM, YEAH, CERTAIN ITEMS LIKE, UH, TRASH SCREENING HAD BEEN PRESENT, BUT, UH, THE MAIN VIOLATIONS ARE, UM, AND UNSANITARY EXTERIOR STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE.
AND I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS LAWSUIT WOULD BE AN UNSANITARY SWIMMING POOL.
THAT'S NOT KEPT IN A CLEAN OR SANITARY CONDITION AND NOT IN GOOD
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REPAIR.UM, AND, UH, CHAPTER 54, WHICH GIVES THE CITY THE AUTHORITY TO DO CIVIL ENFORCEMENTS, UM, GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO IN CASES WHERE, UH, THE ACCUMULATION OF VEGETATION OR SOME OTHER UNSANITARY CONDITION WOULD LEAD TO THE BREEDING OF, UH, INSECTS OR RODENTS, THAT'S DETRIMENTAL TO, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.
AND UNDER THIS AUTHORITY, THE CITY'S ASKING THAT, UH, YOU ALL AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY OR HER DESIGNEE TO FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THIS PROPERTY AND ITS OWNER.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION MAYOR? THIS IS ANTHONY MARULA IS AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INITIATE CIVIL PROCEEDINGS.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JAMES
SO USUALLY THE PROCESS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SEND A 30 DAY NOTICE UPON THE, UM, ON THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE LAWSUIT.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, UH, WE WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY READY TO FILE A PETITION AND A DISTRICT COURT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HOPE IS THAT AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD, UH, WORK WITH THE CITY TO, UH, BASE THE NUISANCE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HIT, THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY VIOLATIONS, AS I MENTIONED THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENT, UH, AT THIS PROPERTY HISTORICALLY GOING BACK TO AT LEAST, UH, THINK IT'S 2017 WAS WHEN WE FIRST GOT, UM, SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE AN ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT METHODS SINCE, UH, BOTH, UH, CRIMINAL IN MUNICIPAL COURT AND, UH, SEVERAL NOTICES TO THE PROPERTY OWNER HAVE GONE ON HEATED UP TO THIS POINT.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONY MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA IS MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
[10. ORDINANCES]
TEN EIGHT, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE PERSONNEL POLICY OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING A PROCESS FOR CITY COUNCIL, NOTIFICATION OF DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, AND GRIEVANCE REPORTS REGARDING CERTAIN OFFICIALS AND PROVIDING TIME LIMITS TO REPORT ERRORS AND EMPLOYEE PAYCHECKS, AND TO NOTIFY THE CITY OF ANY UNFORESEEABLE LEAVE, TAKEN OR ANTICIPATED UNDER THE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO.UH, JANE SENT ANGELA, ARE YOU, ARE YOU GOING TO PRESENT? GO AHEAD.
I WAS WAITING TO SEE IF YOU GUYS ARE READY.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, I'LL BE BRIEF AND JUST KIND OF RECAPPING THE CONTENTS OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE PERSONNEL POLICY.
UH, I, IT HASN'T BEEN CHANGED SINCE, UH, WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ALL AT THE, UH, SPECIAL MEETING AT, I FORGET WHICH SPECIAL MEETING IT WAS, BUT, UH, BACK IN MAY, UM, AND IF YOU'LL RECALL THIS, UM, UNDER THE CURRENT PERSONNEL POLICY, UH, ADOPTED IN 2017, UH, EMPLOYEES HAVE A DUTY TO REPORT DISCRIMINATION OR HARASSMENT TO, UH, EITHER THEIR IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR, THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, THE HR DIRECTOR, THE CITY MANAGER, OR THE MAYOR, AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS THAT FOR SUCH REPORTS OF DISCRIMINATION OR HARASSMENT THAT INVOLVES THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY, OR THE CITY SECRETARY, UM, THEY, UH, THE PERSON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING SUCH REPORT WOULD HAVE TO REPORT THIS TO THE MAYOR WITHIN 24 HOURS OF RECEIVING THIS REPORT.
UH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO NOTIFY HER IN WRITING AND THEN THE FULL COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO BE NOTIFIED AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR WHICH LEGAL NOTICE CAN BE POSTED.
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UM, SO USUALLY MEANING AT THE NEXT REGULAR SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.AND, UH, SIMILARLY, UH, THIS AMENDMENT WOULD IMPOSE A SIMILAR CHANGE ON GRIEVANCE REPORTS.
UM, IF, UH, AN ACTION IS A GRIEVE OF THE CITY MANAGERS TO THE ATTORNEY OR CITY SECRETARY THEN, UM, THAT APPOINTED OFFICIAL WOULD HAVE TO AGAIN, REPORT THE GRIEVANCE TO THE MAYOR WITHIN 24 HOURS IN WRITING AND, UH, TO COUNSEL THE FULL COUNCIL, NOT LATER THAN, UH, THE NEXT REGULARLY AND PROPERLY POSTED MEETING.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, IT FEELS WHAT'S CALLED THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
ALSO REQUIRES EMPLOYEES TO REPORT ANY ALLEGED ERRORS AND PAYCHECKS WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE DISPUTED PAYCHECK, UM, OR ELSE THEY WAIVE SUCH ERROR TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY CAN DO THAT.
UM, THERE ARE SOME, UH, FEDERAL LAWS THAT MIGHT LIMIT THAT TIMEFRAME BEING IMPOSED, BUT, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, UH, IT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE IN EFFECT.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THE LAST PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE CURRENT PERSONNEL POLICY AMENDS THE LEAVE POLICY BY, UH, REQUIRING AN EMPLOYEE TO REPORT, UM, ANY UNFORESEEABLE LEAVE TO THE HR DIRECTOR, UH, BEFORE THAT EMPLOYEE IS ABSENT FOR MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR A 48 HOUR SHIFT.
IF THE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT IS TO BE INVOKED.
AND ALSO, UM, EMPLOYEES DIRECT SUPERVISORS IN ANY CASE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT ABSENCES AND MORE THAN THREE DAYS TO THE HR DIRECTOR.
UM, IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BY THE, BY THE END OF THAT TIMEFRAME BY THE END OF THE THREE DAYS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE? THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER.
IS THERE A SECOND? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JAMES? OKAY.
MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
10 B AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 62 MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE APPEALING CERTAIN MUNICIPAL COURT FEES PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY JAMES.
SO, UH, THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE, UM, ALL IT DOES IS BRING OUR CURRENT, UH, CHAPTER 62 OF THE CITY CODE, UM, INTO COMPLIANCE WITH A CHANGE THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE MADE LAST YEAR, UH, BASICALLY ACROSS THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
UM, AS WELL AS I BELIEVE THE PENAL CODE THEY'VE RESTRUCTURED THE, UH, CRIMINAL COURT FEE SCHEME, UH, IN THEIR, UH, SENATE BILL THREE 46 UNDER THE OLD STATE LAW.
UM, IF A CITY WERE TO IMPOSE A, UH, TECHNOLOGY FEE, AS WELL AS A BUILDING SECURITY FEE, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT PROVIDES FOR THAT.
BUT SINCE UNDER A SB THREE 46, THOSE TWO FUNDS ARE, UH, WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO A, UM, A CONSOLIDATED FUND THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE AN ORDINANCE.
THEY NEED TO HAVE A SPECIFIC ORDINANCES THAT AUTHORIZE THE TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY FEES ARE UNNECESSARY.
SO, UH, THIS OR THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD CHANGE THE CITY CODE BY ELIMINATING THOSE TWO FUNDS.
UM, AND ALSO SB THREE 46 ELIMINATED THE JUVENILE CASE MANAGER FUND AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE PROVIDED FOR THAT AND I BELIEVE IT WAS 62 DASH 15 OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE.
SO THIS, UH, PROPOSED ORDINANCE RUIN, UH, DELETE THAT SECTION AS WELL.
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MOVE TO ADOPT AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA? SO ARE YOU MAKING A SECOND? YES, MA'AM.WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JAMES? OKAY.
MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA IS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
AND THIS IS MAY AFFORD YES, 11
[11. RESOLUTIONS]
EIGHT, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION, FINDING A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND RATIFYING CERTAIN DONATIONS RELATED TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE DISASTER.OH, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS RATIFYING AND AUTHORIZING CITY FOOD AND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTION EVENT IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO.
MARIA, YOU HAVE ME ON HERE READING THIS? UM, I CAN PRESENT THE RESOLUTION, UM, IF I MAY.
SO THIS, UM, RESOLUTION, UH, AS I MENTIONED, ACTUALLY IN MY, UM, PRESENTATION DURING THE SPECIAL MEETING, UH, THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION PROHIBITS A CITY FROM, UH, LENDING CREDIT OR GRANTING PUBLIC MONEY OR SOMETHING OF VALUE, UH, IN AID OF A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATION, UM, UNLESS A PUBLIC PURPOSE IS, UH, HELD TO BE, UH, FURTHERED AND THAT DECLARING PUBLIC PURPOSE IS A LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION.
SO IT'S WITHIN THE COUNSEL'S PURVIEW.
UH, THIS RESOLUTION, UH, RATIFIED THE, UH, DONATION EVENTS OF FOOD AND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT, UM, THE MAYOR'S HOSTED IN, UH, THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, EXPERIENCING THE, THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
AND IT ALSO AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO, UH, HOST AND PARTICIPATE IN A SIMILAR CHARITABLE EVENTS GOING FORWARD, DECLARING A PUBLIC PURPOSE OF, UM, MAINTAINING COMMUNITY GOODWILL AND INSTILLING TRUST IN A CIVIC INSTITUTIONS AND, UH, HOPEFULLY SLOWING THE SPREAD OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS.
IS THERE A MOTION STERLING SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UM, JAMES, I HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST RECENTLY PUT IN PLACE? WERE WE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS BEFORE, OR WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS? WELL, UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST DECLARING A PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR A, UH, A CHARITABLE OR CIVIC EVENT LIKE THIS.
WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS IN THE PAST.
I KNOW, UM, WE DID ONE WITH REGARDS TO A, UH, A FIREARMS BUYBACK PROGRAM, UH, FOR PEACE OFFICERS THAT, UH, ALLOWS OFFICERS TO, UH, PURCHASE, UH, A RIFLE ON ESSENTIALLY ON CREDIT FROM THE CITY.
UH, WE'VE DONE IT WITH REGARD TO, UH, GIVING THE CITY'S PROPERTY IN THE FORM OF A, UH, A POLICE CANINE TO ITS FORMER HANDLER, UM, BEFORE.
AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY JUST CHANGED THE LAW TO ALLOW FOR THAT WITHOUT A PUBLIC PURPOSE DECLARATION, BUT, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE IT FOR CERTAIN, UM, KIND OF CHARITABLE EVENTS OR, UM, INSTANCES WHERE WE WOULD EITHER, UM, OR WE'D GIVE SOMETHING OF VALUE TO A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
SO IT'S NOT A NEW REQUIREMENT.
UM, IT'S JUST KIND OF CLOSING THE LOOP ON MAKING SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT DECLARES A PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR THESE EVENTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUTS THAT FOR THE PUBLIC.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, THIS WAS A COUNCILMAN EMORY, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, UH, WHEN, UH, THE, UH, PUBLIC PURPOSE IS IDENTIFIED OR RATIFIED, UH, SHOULD THAT, UH, BE SHOWN AS A, UH, COLLECTIVE ACTION BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CONSOLE, OR CAN IT BE DONE JUST BY A ONE INTO VIGIL ON THE, UH, ON THE COUNCIL? LET'S BRING BRAD
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ADAMS BEING BROCCOLI FOR YOU TONIGHT TOO.UM, FOR THE, THE COUNCIL TO DECLARE A PUBLIC PURPOSE BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE GOVERNING BODY MEANING THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY, IT WOULD TAKE A, A, YOU KNOW, A POSITIVE VOTE TO, UM, UH, THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO DECLARE A PUBLIC PURPOSE.
IN THIS CASE, JAMES, THIS IS ANTHONY, UM, IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTION SIMILAR TO THAT OF OTHER CITIES, DID WE HAPPEN TO COMPARE? AND THE ONLY REASON I ASKED THAT IS, UM, DOES THIS, DOES THE GOVERNOR HAVE TO STATE OR DECLARE AN EMERGENCY FOR AN EVENT LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN, OR IT'S JUST A COLLECTIVE VOTE AMONGST COUNCIL TO DO SO AS A HOME RULE MUNICIPALITY, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ABSTINENCE SPECIFIC PROHIBITION BY STATE LAW.
UM, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS ABLE TO, UM, DECLARE THE PUBLIC PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZE EVENTS LIKE THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T, LIKE I SAID, WE WE'VE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE CITY HAS GIVEN SOMETHING OF VALUE TO A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, IT'S NOT CONTINGENT ON THERE BEING ANY SORT OF, UH, EMERGENCY OR DISASTER EITHER OTHERWISE.
UH, MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ONE THING I DO, AND JOYCE, YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THE SPECIFIC CITATION THOUGH OF, I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR 18, UH, WHERE THE MAYOR AS THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, DOES HAVE, UH, SOME POWERS ABOVE AND BEYOND DURING A DECLARATION OF A DISASTER, UH, BY THE GOVERNOR AND WHAT'S IN OUR AREA, IS THAT CORRECT? SURE.
THIS IS JOYCE AND THAT IS CORRECT, BUT I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA IS QUESTION, AND JAMES IS CLARIFICATION, A DELINEATED THAT THIS ITEM IS.
AND APART FROM THE AUTHORITY, THAT'S GRANTED TO THE MAYOR AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR UNDER CHAPTER FOUR 18, IF THE GOVERNMENT CODE AND THE LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION OF THE COUNCIL IN DETERMINING A PUBLIC PURPOSE, WHENEVER ITEMS ARE, OR PUBLIC ITEMS ARE PROVIDED TO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS FOR PRIVATE BENEFITS.
SO THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT I THINK THAT WAS JUST MADE WITH THAT LINE OF QUESTIONING.
WELL, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER, EDWARD SCREAM.
UM, CONSIDERING MAYBE YOU MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT I WAS WONDERING WHAT PROMPTED US TO HAVE THIS RESOLUTION.
NOW, I KNOW YOU SAID WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST, BUT CONSIDERING WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE PPE, UM, DISTRIBUTION DRIVES OF WONDERING, ARE WE A LITTLE LATE OR JUST KIND OF GIVE ME A LITTLE HISTORY ON WHAT BROUGHT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY? UM, THIS, UH, I BELIEVE THE MAYOR HAD REQUESTED, UM, A RESOLUTION THAT AUTHORIZE THE DONATION OF, UM, CERTAIN GOODS, UM, AS WELL AS PROVIDING FOR OTHER THINGS LIKE, UH, QUALITY CONTROL AND, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING STAFF TO MAKE A, A PRE-AUTHORIZED DONATION LIST.
IT WAS AT THE I'VE ONLY BEEN TO, I BELIEVE, TO EMERGENCY OR COVID MEETINGS.
IT WAS AT THE FIRST COVID MEETING.
AND SO IT WAS THE FIRST COLORED MEETING THAT I ATTENDED.
I KNOW YOU ALL MEET REGULARLY, BUT IT WAS REQUESTED AT THAT TIME.
SO BECAUSE JAMES HAD OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, WE JUST KIND OF PUT ALL OF HIS ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA.
IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS SEPARATE JUST TO CLARIFY AGAIN, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY COVID SPECIFIC OR COVID RELATED.
THE MAYOR HAS AUTHORITY UNDER THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DIRECT THE DISASTER RESPONSE, UH, IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS UNDER THE GOVERNMENT CODE, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE UTILIZATION OF PUBLIC RESOURCES FOR THE PRIVATE BENEFIT.
THIS IS WHAT WE DO OR WHAT THE CITY GENERALLY DOES AS WELL.
WHEN WE HAVE THE CO-SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM, WHEN FOLKS COME TO THE CITY AND REQUEST CITY FUNDING FOR CIVIC EVENTS, THEY ALSO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE THE CITY, THE COUNCIL HAS TO MAKE AN INITIAL DETERMINATION AS TO THE PUBLIC PURPOSE.
SO OF COURSE, IN THE MIDST OF AN EMERGENCY,
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IT WAS DIFFICULT TO DO THAT EARLIER ON, BUT THIS IS JUST TO RATIFY THOSE EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AS WELL AS TO AUTHORIZE EVENTS THAT MIGHT OCCUR IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE I MEAN, IT'S APPARENT THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR THOSE EVENTS.UH, AGE-WISE I HAVE A QUESTION AS COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
SO, UH, UH, BASED OFF OF THE, THE, UH, RESOLUTION AS I READ IT, UH, IT STATING THAT BECAUSE ALL OF THE, UM, THE AFRA MENTIONED EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE WERE, UH, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UNILATERAL, UH, EVENTS THAT WERE, UH, SEEMINGLY DONE BY THEM BY MAYOR FOR, UH, IS THIS, CAUSE I HEARD JAMES MENTIONED EARLIER THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL OF COUNSEL, UH, THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL, UH, THOSE EVENTS THAT DID NOT, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.
SO CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN A LITTLE FURTHER WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT? OR ARE WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ALLOWED TO VIEW THESE EVENTS, UH, UNILATERALLY AS WELL? SO THESE PARTICULAR EVENTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE RELATED TO THE DISASTER DECLARATION AS THE MAYOR IS GENERALLY AUTHORIZED UNDER CHAPTER FOUR 18 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO KIND OF DIRECT THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
AND SO THAT AUTHORIZATION IS THERE.
THE REASON THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS BEING PRESENTED IS BECAUSE SEPARATE FROM THAT AUTHORIZATION, WHATEVER THE CITY PROVIDES, ANYTHING, UM, IT COULD BE MONETARY OR TANGIBLE ITEMS THAT ARE PUBLIC THERE, THEY ARE ITEMS THAT BELONG OR OF FUNDING THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY.
WHENEVER ANYTHING IS PROVIDED TO, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL FOR INDIVIDUAL AND INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT, THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNING BODY THAT THERE IS A PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR THAT, UM, ALLOWANCE.
AND SO IN ONE OF OUR EARLIER CONVERSATIONS, AND I SAY OUR, I BELIEVE THAT THE CHIEF WAS, UH, ON THE CALL BILL AND SOME OTHER TEAM MEMBERS WERE ON THE CALL.
WE DISCUSSED THE RECEIVING OF, UM, UH, THE CITY'S RECEIPT OF KIND OF THE PPE ITEMS AND THE NEED FOR, AND LEGALS RECOMMENDATION THAT WE COME BACK WITH THIS DETERMINATION.
AGAIN, THE MAYOR AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGER MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR UNDER THE CODE HAS CERTAIN LATITUDES, BUT THIS ITEM IS KIND OF SEPARATE FROM THAT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR YOU ALL TO DETERMINE THAT THERE IS A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND I MEAN, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
SO THERE IS A PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR PROVIDING PP, UH, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND THE LIKE DURING THIS TIME.
SO THIS IS REALLY, AS JAMES MENTIONED, JUST KIND OF A CLOSING THE LOOP TO DOCUMENT THAT THIS BODY HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE IS A PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS AND RESIDENTS WITH ITEMS THAT ARE FOR THEIR PERSONAL BENEFIT.
SO, SO AGAIN, MY QUESTION SIMPLY IS, UH, DOES THIS GIVE US THE AUTHORITY TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD AS IT RELATES TO ANY COVID RELATED, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ISSUES, UH, IS THIS GIVEN US THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK BEFORE THE BOT? OH, I APOLOGIZE.
I'VE MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION.
SO THIS RESOLUTION WOULD AUTHORIZE, LET'S SAY THE MAYOR LET'S SAY SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS, OR THE SITUATION GETS WORSE.
AND THE MAYOR DETERMINES THAT THERE IS A NEED TO PROVIDE OR TO HAVE A FOOD DRIVE OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT, THIS RESOLUTION WOULD AUTHORIZE, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE CITY'S PROVISION OF ITEMS THAT ARE, THAT BELONG TO THE CITY TO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS.
SO YES, THIS WOULD AUTHORIZE, UM, ADDITIONAL ACTIONS MOVING FORWARD, BUT IT WAS, YOU, YOU STATED EARLIER, IT WAS STATED EARLIER, SHOULD I SAY THAT THIS IS NOT JUST MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, IT APPLIED TO ANYTHING.
SO I JUST WANT TO, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR.
NOW I, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSTATED THAT THIS IS SPECIFIC TO PROVIDING ITEMS THAT RELATE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
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TEM PRESTONCOUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S YES.
YES, I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
YOU JOYCE, UM, IF ALL THESE ITEMS WERE DONATED, WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE RESOURCES? SO ONCE THE CITY TAKES POSSESSION OF THIS IS JOYCE.
ONCE THE CITY TAKES POSSESSION OF AN ITEM, IT BECOMES CITY PROPERTY.
SO GENERALLY WHENEVER THE CITY HAS EXTRA PROPERTY, IT HAS TO, OR GENERALLY AUCTIONS OFF SURPLUS PROPERTY.
IT WAS A OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE CITY TO PRIVATE PEOPLE FOR PRI THE PRIVATE BENEFITS.
SO, UH, YEAH, SO EVEN LIKE THE FOOD BANK, WHEN THEY DONATE, SHOULD THEY, IF THAT'S THE CASE, DO THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE THE CITY TAKES POSSESSION, THAT, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT, THAT, I GUESS THAT UNDERSTANDING, UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET INTO ANY TYPE OF CONFLICT WITH THE PEOPLE DONATING.
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN WITH A FEW OF THE EVENTS IS THAT A LOT OF THE FOLKS DONATING HAVE THEIR OWN FORMS AND CONDITIONS WHEREBY THEY RELEASE ALL, UM, OWNERSHIP OF THE ITEMS TO THE CITY ANYWAY, SO THAT THE CITY IT'S CLEAR THAT THE CITY TAKES OWNER OWNERSHIP, POSSESSION, AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ITEMS ONCE DONATED TO THE CITY.
SO GENERALLY THESE FOLKS THAT ARE MAKING THE DONATIONS KNOW, UM, BUT IT IT'S A CASE BY CASE IT'S A CASE BY CASE.
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
MOVING ON TO ITEM 12 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS, MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON.I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK STAFF AGAIN FOR ALL OF THEIR TIRELESS WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, AMID EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON, BUT ALSO JUST LIKE TO REMIND RESIDENTS TO MASK UP, UM, STAY SAFE, STAY PROTECTED, AND ALSO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE THIS EVENING TO SERVE ON VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND ALL THE RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AND LIKE, MAY I APPROACH HIM, SAID THE MASS WHILE IN PUBLIC, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ECHO WHAT PARTS DIRECTOR JAMES MANGRUM MENTIONED BY MAKING SURE THAT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH ISN'T INTACT AND THAT WE UTILIZE OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
I ALSO WANTED TO INVITE EVERYONE OVER, NOT THE RESIDENTS TO MY PARK CLEANUP, BUT OUR PARK WILL BE HOSTED THERE SATURDAY, JULY 11TH, FROM 10 TO 12.
IF YOU NEED ANY COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO HELP CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL, PLEASE COME OUT.
I'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES PREVIOUSLY JUST SAID TO ALL OF OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS AND OUR STAFF.
ALSO ALL THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES OR OPEN RETRAIN FOR MEMBERS OF OUR, I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE REACH OUT FOR REFILLS.
A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE ARE OUT OF JOBS.
I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH H GAG AGAIN, AND WE'RE IN THE FORT BEND COUNTY AND HOPING WE WILL ABSOLUTELY ESTABLISH A VIRTUAL CAREER FAIR AGAIN.
SO WE'RE WORKING VERY TEDIOUS ON THAT.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL MASK UP.
WE SAY WE CAN'T FOLLOW THE ONE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, UH, WISH THE FAMILY, THE RESIDENTS, AND OUR COLLEAGUES OVER IN STAFFORD, OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS.
AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES ON THE LOSS OF, UH, THEIR MAYOR, UH, AND THEIR, UH, FAMILY MEMBER, MAYOR, LEONARD SCARCELLA, WHO WAS THE LONGEST SERVING MAYOR IN THE COUNTRY AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING, UH, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS SERVED, UH, FOR SO
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LONG AND HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE AN IMPACT THE WAY THAT WE'VE SEEN HIM BE ABLE TO DO OVER IN HIS CITY, UH, IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND RECOGNIZED.AND SO DEFINITELY WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS, WHO GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MODERATE A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, PANEL DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF THE ELECTED INDIVIDUALS AT THE STATE LEVEL, UH, RELATIVE TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN, UH, ISSUES AFFECTING AFRICAN AMERICANS ACROSS THE STATE.
UH, AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO, UH, LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, VOTING IS GOING ON WHEN I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET OUT TO VOTE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A RUNOFF ELECTION THAT'S TAKING PLACE AND IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE BECAUSE SO MANY INDIVIDUALS SACRIFICED AND FOUGHT FOR THAT VERY, VERY WHITE RIGHT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO, AGAIN, STATE MY APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT, UH, OF THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THE, UH, ANNUAL REPORT THAT, UH, CHIEF HARRISON, UH, BROUGHT TO US TONIGHT SHOWS THAT, UH, WE'RE, UH, UH, WE HAVE A DEDICATED FORCE, UH, AND, UH, WE'RE MAKING GREAT STRIDES AND KEEPING MISSOURI'S SHITTY SAFE.
UH, SECONDLY, UH, I AGREE THAT, UH, WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF, UH, THE, UH, UH, MAY ASKING, UH, UP, UH, REQUESTS AND ALSO THE, UH, SOCIAL DISTANCING, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT.
UH, WE NEED TO, AS I SAY, BEND THAT CURVE SO THAT WE CAN GET FULL, UH, UH, PARTICIPATION, UH, IN OUR BUSINESSES, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO A NORMAL, UH, CONDITION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEND CONDOLENCES TO THE STAFFORD FAMILY, UH, IN RE FOR MAYOR SCARCELLA.
UH, I KNOW HE WILL TRULY BE MISSED.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO THE PPE DRIVE.
I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR ASSISTING.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE MORE THAN PROBABLY 50 VOLUNTEERS, UM, UH, AT THE EVENT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO CAME OUT, ALL OF THE SPONSORS WHO DONATED ITEMS FOR THE EVENT.
UM, IT IS A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S DISHEARTENING TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED RIGHT NOW.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE WELL OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO CAME THROUGH, WHO WERE PROVIDED WITH FOOD AND PPE, UH, AND ALSO TO ASK AND REMIND EVERYONE TO PLEASE WEAR YOUR MASK.
I KNOW THAT IT'S INCONVENIENT FOR SOME, UH, BUT THAT IS RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY WAY THAT WE HAVE TO LOWER OUR COVID RATE, IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, I'M SORRY.
WAS THERE SOMEONE, IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, WE WILL ADJOURN AND RECONVENE THE REGULAR SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, IE, JOYCE, WAS THERE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THIS MEETING THAT OKAY.
OR IS THAT JUST THE SPECIAL MEETING? IT WAS JUST ON THE SPECIAL MEETING.
SO WE'LL, WE WILL ADJOURN AND RECONVENE THE SPECIAL MEETING.