* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] I CALLED [Items 1 & 2] THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:54 PM AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE FOR THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED. I WILL NOW DO A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL. MAY I APPROACH HIM PRESENT? COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER LIST. PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY PRESENT. I WILL NOW DO A ROLL CALL AS CITY STAFF AND MEETING PRESENTERS, CITY MANAGER, OLDEST JONES, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LANDMARK TAIL CITY, ATTORNEY EOC, JAMO CITY, SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, STACY WALKER, PLANNING MANAGER, JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. OLDEST SPRINGS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. ELENA PORTIS, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. CITY ENGINEER, SASHA KUMAR, FIRE, CHIEF EUGENE CAMPBELL UTILITIES MANAGER, TODD HOOVER, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, TAMIKA JEWITT TAMIKA. AWESOME. GO AHEAD, CHIEF. SHE WON'T BE ON IT. OKAY. AUSTIN LUCIFER, R P L S TERRACE. O'BRIEN FOR BEING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PRESIDENT MICHAEL HICKS, FBI ISD, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. MICHAEL HICKS, TIMOTHY BARNES, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL, HUCKABEE ARCHITECTS, JERRY BETZ, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, PARTICLE COACH CIVIL ENGINEER. JERRY, ARE YOU THERE? MY HEATH BUDDHA EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT CFM KIERAN, ROBBIE, GRADUATE INTO HERE, EIT. OKAY. TONY VOID, VOID ASSOCIATES, PRESIDENT MAYOR. IS THERE ANYONE I DID NOT CALL I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. JEREMY DAVIS ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER. OKAY. THERE WAS SOMEONE ELSE. YES. OKAY. I HEARD SOMEONE ELSE WORKED. ALEXANDER BUDGET AND FINANCIAL REPORTING MANAGER. OKAY. JEREMY DAVIS, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? NICE. INSTEAD OF OUR GOLF COURSE MANAGER. OKAY. WE WILL NOW START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE CITY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. GLEN MARTEL WILL LEAD ME IN THE PLEDGE PLEASE. 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. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS OR RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT. WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. DOUG IS BRUCE DEBRA ROSKI. STILL ON THE LINE. I DON'T SEE HIM ON. OKAY. THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS. [6. CONSENT AGENDA] IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? OH, OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I'LL DO A ROLL CALL. BOAT MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EVER WAS MADE THE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONY MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. ROULIS YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. AND THIS IS MAYOR FORD. YES. [7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS] [00:05:01] SEVEN 81 ZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS GRANTING SPECIFIC USE NUMBER TWO OH EIGHT, WHERE THE USE OF A 20 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AS A SPECIFIC YOUTH, PLACES OF ASSEMBLY, HAVING SAID 20 ACRE TRACT OF LAND PROVIDING LIMITATIONS RESTRICTIONS, AND ON SUCH SPECIFIC USE AMENDING THE ZONING OF THE CITY OF THIS VERY CITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, RIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. ALRIGHTY, JENNIFER, ARE YOU THERE? I AM. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPOSED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, OVER OFF OF NINTH COURT AND UH, THOMPSON'S FAIRY ROW. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS AGAIN, I LOOK AT THE SITE IT'S 20 ACRES, UM, OUT OF THIS SITE THAT IS OUTLINED IN RED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN THIS IS AN ADJUSTED VIEW, A PROPOSED CAMPUS OVERLAID OVER THAT AERIAL IMAGE. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. AND I WANTED TO GIVE A UPDATE ON SOME OF THE DISCUSSION ITEMS FOR, UM, FROM THE FIRST READING, UM, THE CITY ENGINEER ASSISTANCE TO THE ENGINEER, AS WELL AS FOR BENIGN SEEDS DESIGN TEAM, UM, ARE ON THE LINE, UH, TO, UH, DISCUSS ANY SPECIFICS IF COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION, BUT THE DISCUSSION ITEMS FROM THE FIRST READING, UH, THAT THIS PRESENTATION COVERS ARE, UH, THOMPSON FERRY ROAD OR THOMPSON FERRY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND PROPOSED SIDEWALKS, THE INGRESS EGRESS PROFESSION, UM, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC NOTICE AND ON THE PUBLIC NOTICE, UM, IT'S JUST NOTED THAT COUNCIL'S A CONTINUED CONCERN ON, UH, THE DISTANCE THAT PUBLIC NOTICE WAS MAILED OUT TO. UH, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT, UM, WAYS THAT WE CAN EXPAND IT BEYOND, UH, THE MINIMUM LEGAL REQUIREMENT OF 200 FEET AND, UH, PROVIDE, UH, SOME, UM, PROPOSED, UH, DISTANCES THAT MIGHT WORK, UM, TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO FROM THE DISCUSSION ITEMS ON TOXICS FERRY IMPROVEMENTS AND THE SIDEWALKS AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS CONFIRMED THAT AS SIDEWALK ART PROPOSED ALONG CONFERENCE FERRY ROAD, UM, THEY PROVIDED AN EXHIBIT THAT SHOWS THE SIDEWALK LOCATED WITHIN THIS PROPOSED CAMPUS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF, UM, THE SIDEWALK EXTENDING MORE, UH, TOWARDS OIL, SILK ROADS, AS WELL AS SOUTH AND EAST, UH, INTO THE ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS. UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, DESIGN TEAM ALSO DISCUSSED THE LEFT TURN LANE, UH, THAT'S PROPOSED ON THE CONSTANTS FERRY ROAD. SO THEY'VE PROVIDED AN EXHIBIT, UH, THAT SHOWS WHAT THAT LEFT TURN LANE, UM, WOULD BE DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A CONCEPTUAL EXHIBIT TO SHOW, UH, TO ILLUSTRATE THAT CONNECTION. UM, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE FACILITATED BY SOME ROAD, WHITE MEAT, UM, ON CONSTANT SPERRY AND THEN RE STROPPY RE STRIPING, UM, AS NECESSARY. AND SO ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE SHOWN ON THE THOMPSON BERRY IMPROVEMENTS, EXHIBIT A THAT WAS PROVIDED TO COUNSEL, UM, MIDDAY, UM, OR TODAY EARLIER TODAY. UH, AND THEN THERE'S EXPERTS INCLUDED ON THESE PRESENTATION SLIDES, NEXT SLIDE. AND SO THIS IS A EXCERPT FROM THAT EXHIBIT AND THIS EXPERT SHOWS, UH, THE POTENTIAL WIDENING OF THOMPSON'S FERRY ROAD, UM, AS WELL AS THAT LEFT TURN LANE AS DESCRIBED NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THEN THIS IS A VISUAL SHOWING, UH, THE SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS. SO IT'S SHOWING THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK SEGMENTS IN THAT PURPLEISH COLOR AND YOU SEE THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK SEGMENTS EXTENDING UP, UH, TOWARDS OIL FIELDS AND THEN, UH, TO THE SOUTH AND EAST, UM, ALONG NIGHT'S COURT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. ON THE INGRESS AND EGRESS, AS THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LOOP DESIGN, THE DEVIL'S BACKWARDS DESIGN, UH, THAT THIS CAMPUS HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR AN 80 VEHICLES, WE'VE MENTIONED AT THAT LAST MEETING OF THE DESIGN TEAM IS CLARIFIED THAT THAT IS WHAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER DURING THE PEAK DEMAND [00:10:01] HOURS. UM, THE PEAK HOURS OF WHEN PARENTS OR, UH, WHEN STUDENTS WOULD BE DROPPED OFF OR PICKED UP AT THE CAMPUS, BUT THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF THAT LOOP ROAD, UM, AS DESIGNED WOULD BE WHAT BE ABLE TO FACILITATE 132 OF VEHICLES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND SO THEY PROVIDED A VEHICLE BACKING, SAVE IT THAT ILLUSTRATES THAT MAXIMUM CAPACITY FOR THE LOOP ROAD. AND AGAIN, GIVES A VISUAL FOR, UM, HOW, UH, STUDENTS WOULD BE, UM, DROPPED OFF ON THE CAMPUS OR PICKED UP ON THE CAMPUS, UH, ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY BACK OUT ONTO A TOMPKINS FERRY ROAD OUT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THE PRESENTATION SLIDES AGAIN, UH, THE CITY ENGINEER, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, AND FOR BIN IC DESIGN TEAM ARE ON THE LINE. UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT OR IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PUBLIC NOTICE ASPECT OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, HEY, JENNIFER, THIS IS ANTHONY ON THE PUBLIC NOTICE. UM, IT'S KIND OF TWO WAYS, RIGHT? WHETHER WE EXPAND THE DISTANCE OR WE LOOK AT WHO THOSE, UM, THAT WE'RE NOTIFIED ARE. SO AGAIN, THAT LIST THAT WE HAD WERE TWO MUD DISTRICTS, TWO D TWO FBI ISD AND OUR REAL ESTATE. SO IF WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, PERHAPS THAT'S WHEN WE DO EXTEND IT. SO JUST WANTING TO TEST THAT OUT HERE. YEAH. AS A TRADER. YEAH. YEAH. INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, A BLANKET 500 FEET, WE, WE LOOK AT SOME TRIGGERS LIKE THAT. UM, AND THEN JUST, I JUST WANT TO THANK FORT BEND ISD FOR LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS. UH, PERHAPS MAKING ALSO HAVE A SMALL LISTENING GROUP WITH, UH, SOME OF THE PTO THERE AT THE SCHOOL AT ELKINS. CAUSE THEY DO HAVE EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE ON SAFETY. WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. AND SO IF THEY'RE OPEN TO THAT OR IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE, SO THEN PERHAPS IT CAN MEET WITH THE PTO AND JUST HAVE A SMALL SESSION ON SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS, BUT THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN EMORY, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CORBYN ISD DESIGN TEAM FOR LISTENING TO US AND, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE. AND I KNOW THAT THE PARENTS THAT DROP OFF THEIR KIDS, UH, ARE PROBABLY, UH, UH, EXCITED ABOUT, UH, WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING ALSO. SO THANKS AGAIN. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE MOTION TO APPROVE? THIS WAS CONSTANTLY MEMORY. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND RULE TO HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND, ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE ENGINEERS OR JENNIFER OR ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHTY, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MAYOR PRO TEM QUESTIONS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BELLY. YES. AND COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE RULE IS MADE. THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION. THIS IS, MAY AFFORD. YES. ITEM B ONE, THE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2020, SEPTEMBER 30TH CITY FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR AS REFLECTED AND SAID, BUDGET ADOPTING A PROJECTION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SPENDING BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2025, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. ALRIGHTY, ELENA, ARE YOU THERE? I AM. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UH, IN PRIOR MEETINGS WE DISCUSS, UH, COUNCIL PRIORITIES AND SOME OF THE BUDGETARY INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO PRIORITIES TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE NUMBERS. MOST OF THE NUMBERS WILL BE PRESENTED IN SOME REFORM. UH, YOU'VE HAD THE BUDGET DOCUMENT TO REVIEW OVER THE PAST MONTH. UM, AND I, AND, AND WE'LL JUST LOOK AT THE SUMMARY INFORMATION AND BE READY TO PROVIDE ANY ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE OUTLINE FOR TONIGHT PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR FUND BALANCE, UH, INCLUDING OUR FUND BALANCE POLICIES. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT NEW INITIATIVES THAT ARE WITHIN THE BUDGET. TALK A LITTLE ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, WALK AND LOOK AT THE STAFFING PLAN FOR YEAR 2021. AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW ALL OF THE BUDGETARY INFORMATION, INCLUDING AN ALL FUNDS SUMMARY, UH, AND THE GENERAL FUND INFORMATION AS WELL AS [00:15:01] BUDGET COMPARISONS FOR ALL FUNDS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. PRIOR TO GOING INTO FUND BALANCE, I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT THE BUDGET DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. AS WE PREPARED A SUBMITTED FOR THE AWAY AWARD, THE NUMBERS WILL NOT CHANGE, UM, WHICH WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT IS THE NUMBERS. UM, THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL, UH, SCHEDULES OR CHANGES TO CERTAIN SCHEDULES IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH, UM, RULES REGARDING THE, UH, BUDGET AWARD. SO IT IS, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE DOCUMENT WILL CHANGE, BUT NONE OF THE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE. OKAY. SO THE FUND BALANCE POLICY WAS UPDATED IN 2019. UM, THE FUND BALANCE FOR THE GENERAL FUND, UM, STATES THAT THE CITY TARGET THE FUND BALANCE WITHIN THE RANGE OF 20 TO 30% OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING RECURRENT TRANSFERS. THE CALCULATION FOR THE PERCENTAGE IS LOOKING AT THE FUND BALANCE DIVIDED BY THOSE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, PLUS RECURRING TRANSFERS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, THERE ARE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF FUND BALANCE WITH AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE BEING FUNDS THAT ARE NOT, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE A PLAN TO USE THEM. UH, THE POLICY STATES THAT ONCE THIS UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE REACHES 25%, WHICH IS THREE MONTHS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES, ANY EXCESS AMOUNT WILL BE ADDED TO AN EMERGENCY RESERVE. AND ALSO, UH, AN AMOUNT WILL BE ADDED TO THE OPERATING CONTINGENCY RESERVE, BOTH BEING, UH, $1.5 MILLION OR 2.5% OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. UH, THE ONE AREA OF THE POLICY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REALLY LOOK AT IS THE AMOUNT OF EXCESS FUND BALANCE ABOVE THE POLICY. SO THE POLICY STATES THAT IF THE FUND BALANCE EXCEEDS THESE AMOUNTS, WHICH WOULD BE THE 20 TO 30%, UM, WITH THE FUNDING OF THE RESERVES, THE AMOUNT OF EXCESS OF THE POLICY REQUIREMENTS MAY BE UTILIZED TO FUND ONE TIME EXPENDITURES AND THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET. SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT WHAT OUR PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE WILL BE FOR 2020, WHICH WILL BE THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE FOR 2021 AND THE ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR 2021. UM, IN A FUTURE SLIDE, WE WILL LOOK AT THE DETAIL ON SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT WE ARE USING THAT IS WITHIN THE FUND BALANCE. WE HAVE WERE PLANNING TO USE APPROXIMATELY $3.6 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I KNOW THERE'S CONCERN WHEN YOU BEGIN TO USE FUND BALANCE. UM, BUT I DID WANT TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THE PERCENTAGE, WHAT OUR FUND BALANCE PERCENTAGE, UM, PER POLICY WILL BE. UH, SO THE PROJECTED BEGINNING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 IS 38 POINT 47%, WHICH IS WELL ABOVE THE REQUIREMENT. UH, AND WITH $3.6 MILLION THAT WE'LL REVIEW ON A FUTURE SLIDE. THE PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE IS 33 POINT 57%, WHICH IS STILL ABOVE THE FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENTS. AND WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, USING FUND BALANCE AND HOW IT COULD IMPACT OUR BOND RATING. UM, I'VE ALSO INCLUDED THE PERCENTAGES, UM, DOING A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF, UH, MOODY'S THERE, THEY'RE OUT THERE, A CALCULATION FOR FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENT OF REVENUE. THEY ALSO INCLUDE THAT SERVICE WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR CALCULATIONS. AND SO USING THE FIGURES FOR FUND BALANCE FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE, THE PROJECTED BEGINNING FUND BALANCE IS 43 POINT 32%. AND THE PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE IS 38 POINT 39%. UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT PER THEIR SCORECARD, ANY FUND BALANCE THAT EXCEEDS 30% IS CONSIDERED TO BE VERY STRONG OR AAA RATING IN THAT CATEGORY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WITHIN THE BUDGET, WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING, UH, PROPOSED INITIATIVE. UH, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO ROOM, $200,000. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE, UH, ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, UH, SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT, WHICH WILL FUND ALL REPAIRS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE CURRENT PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. THAT'S $1.8 MILLION WITH JUST ONE TIME. AND THIS IS A USE OF FUND BALANCE. ORIGINALLY THE PLAN WAS TO REPLACE ALL OF THE SIDEWALKS IN FIVE YEARS, UH, ALLOCATING THESE FUNDS TO THIS PURPOSE. THIS YEAR, WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, REPLACEMENTS AND REPAIRS COMPLETED WITHIN ONE YEAR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. WE ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLEET EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND AND THE IT EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND, BUT THERE ARE, UH, ADDITIONAL VEHICLES THAT ARE INCLUDED. WE HAVE REPLACEMENT OF 10 UNITS, UH, WHICH INCLUDES THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FROM THE CRITICAL LIST, WHICH IS 444,000. THAT'S THE BASE THAT WE WERE PLANNING TO TRANSFER. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE [00:20:01] FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TWO VEHICLES AND OUTFITTING A ONE TIME COST OF 82,900. UH, WE HAVE AN AERIAL LIFT AND CHIPPER TRUCK FOR PARKS AND RECREATION TOTAL 100, 5,000 FOR BOTH. AND WE HAVE A STREET SLEEPER FOR PUBLIC WORKS. THAT'S ONE TIME, $210,035. AND THE AMOUNT THAT'S GOING TO BE TRANSFERRED THAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR IT. EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT IS 1 MILLION, $275,000. THAT IS ACCORDING TO OUR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE. WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE EQUIPMENT WHEN, UM, THE END OF LIFE COMES WITHOUT NEEDING TO HAVE A HUGE HIT TO, UH, THE GENERAL FUND. WE ALSO HAVE INVESTMENT IN OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES. UH, WE HAVE $1,000 THAT'S ONE TIME, WHICH INCLUDES A LEAN SIX SIGMA PROGRAMMING, UM, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT METHODOLOGY THAT'S DESIGNED TO EVALUATE PROGRAMS AND PROCESSES TO ELIMINATE PROBLEMS, WASTE INEFFICIENCY, AND IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS TO PROVIDE A BETTER RESPONSE TO CUSTOMER'S NEEDS. MMM. A TO SUMMARIZE THE $3.6 MILLION, UM, THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT'S THE USE OF FUND BALANCE INCLUDES THE 1.8 MILLION FOR SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT. UM, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, WHICH IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE $1.7 MILLION THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH IS BROKEN DOWN, UM, ON THE SLIDE $200,000, WHICH WAS ONE TIME STARTUP FUNDS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. WE ALSO HAVE THE SMALL BUSINESS REVOLVED BALDING LOAN PROGRAM OF 1.5 MILLION THAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE SPECIAL MEETING. UM, THIS WILL ASSIST IN, UH, DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION, FOCUSED ON REVITALIZING THE AREAS IN WHICH THEY'RE LOCATED. THEY ANCHOR CAPITAL AND COMMUNITIES BY DEVELOPING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY RANGING FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO SHOPPING CENTERS AND EVEN BUSINESSES. A BOARD MEMBERSHIP WOULD BE STAKEHOLDERS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, AND COMMUNITY BANK REPRESENTATION, WHICH WILL ASSIST WITH THE ACCESSING A BANK COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT FUNDS, AND OTHER SOURCES OF CAPITAL. THE $1.5 MILLION THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE SMALL BUSINESS REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM WE'LL PROVIDE WORKING CAPITAL OR REAL ESTATE REDEVELOPMENT, UH, WILL ALSO SEEK OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THROUGH BANKS AND OTHER PROGRAMS TARGETED AT PROJECTS IN THE CDC STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, SUCH AS TERMS PARKS FOUNDATION, THE COUNTY, AND ATTEMPT TO CREATE SYNERGY BETWEEN THESE GROUPS, UM, IN PREPARATION FOR, UM, THE CDC, UH, STAFF BEGAN RESEARCHING, UH, CDCS, REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY, UH, AND, UH, OF THOSE THAT WERE REVIEWED, WE HAVE AVE CDC, HOUSTON, HOUSTON AREA, URBAN CDC, LONG ISLAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF NEW YORK AND THREE CDC, CINCINNATI, OHIO. I KNOW WE SPOKE ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THIS INFORMATION EXTENSIVELY DURING A SPECIAL MEETING. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, UM, YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD CITY MANAGER JONES OR, UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER? BILL ATKINSON. OKAY. I'M HEARING THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UM, PROVIDE, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE KARABAKH, WHICH WE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER THIS EVENING. UM, PRIORITY THREE SPECIFICALLY, WHICH IS PUBLIC OUTREACH. UM, YOU HEARD DURING THE SPECIAL MEETING, UM, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING A SMALL BUSINESS EMERGENCY GRANT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO ASSIST THOSE WITH SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY COVID. UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT $1 MILLION. UM, PREVIOUSLY WE HAD $500,000 SET ASIDE, UM, BUT WE HAVE, UH, LOOK TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT AND I BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT MAY BE HIGHER THAT'S. UM, SO IT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE RENTAL MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UH, WHICH IS SET AT $500,000 AND PPE FOR SENIOR LIVING AND SENIOR CITIZENS. UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'LL SEE, UH, WE HAVE THAT YOU ALL APPROVED, UM, SOME OF THIS FUNDING ON AUGUST 3RD, AND YOU'LL SEE THE ADJUSTMENT, WHICH IS THE CHANGE IN THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM. AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN, UH, EARLY OCTOBER WITH A NEW PRIORITY LISTING WITH A COST NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, TO REVIEW THE, UH, STAFFING FOR THE CITY. UH, WITHIN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE HAVE SEVEN NEW POSITIONS AT A COST OF $377,907. [00:25:01] UH, WE HAVE ONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR WITHIN HR. WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS, WE HAVE A HUMAN RESOURCES, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, GENERALISTS, AND A LEAN SIX SIGMA COORDINATOR, UH, AND HUMAN RESOURCES. UH, ONE OF THE POSITIONS WAS FUNDED FROM A REALLOCATION OF EXISTING DEPARTMENT, RESOURCES AND COMMUNICATIONS. WE HAVE THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AND COMMUNICATIONS WRITER AND IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW COORDINATOR AND COMMERCIAL PLANS REVIEWER. UH, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COORDINATOR WAS PARTIALLY FUNDED FROM A REALLOCATION OF EXISTING DEPARTMENT RESOURCES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WELL, THE TOTAL AUTHORIZED POSITIONS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS 379. THE LARGEST DEPARTMENT IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 146.2 FTE T S T E FOLLOWED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT 78. AND PUBLIC WORKS AT 42. NEXT HIGHEST IS GENERAL GOVERNMENT AT 40, WHICH INCLUDES CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY, SECRETARY LEGAL COMMUNICATIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, AND MUNICIPAL COURT. AND THIS CHART DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PART TIME POSITION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. SO THIS FUN SHOW, THIS SLIDE SHOWS ALL OF THE NUMBERS FOR ALL OF THE CITY FUNDS, INCLUDING THE GENERAL FUND SPECIAL REVENUE FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS, DEBT, SERVICE UTILITIES, AND OTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS, BUT ALSO INCLUDES BEING EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. UH, THE TOTAL REVENUE AND TRANSFERS IN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 IS 136,000,548 $97. THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFER OUT IS $151,556,570. UM, AND AS YOU SEE THE EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT, EXCEED THE REVENUE AND TRANSFER IN, AND THAT IS, UH, BASICALLY BECAUSE OF, UH, SPENDING RESOURCES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE EXISTING RESOURCES. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE REVENUE OVER UNDER EXPENDITURES, UH, I'LL START FROM THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT, UH, THAT SERVICE FUNDS YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'LL BE SPENDING 422,997 OVER THE REVENUE THAT WILL BE COMING IN. THIS IS BECAUSE WE BOUGHT DOWN THE, UH, INS RATE, UH, BASED ON EXCESS COLLECTIONS IN 2019. SO WE'RE USING FUND BALANCE, UM, SPECIFICALLY COLLECTIONS FROM 12 TO TAX YEAR 2019, UM, TO BUY DOWN THE RATES AND THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS. UH, WE HAVE, UH, FIFTH, APPROXIMATELY 15.6, $5 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES OVER REVENUE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING DOWN BOND PROCEEDS AND OTHER EXISTING RESOURCES MOVING OVER TO THE GENERAL FUND. YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, $3.6 MILLION, WHICH IS THE W THAT'S THE CITY EXPANDING THE FUND BALANCE. UH, WE ALREADY WENT OVER THE PERCENTAGES. SO YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE STILL WELL ABOVE, UM, THE POLICY AND WE'RE WITHIN POLICY WHERE ANY EXCESS CAN BE USED FOR ONE TIME. SO ONCE AGAIN, THE, THIS $3.6 MILLION IS FUNDING ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING THE 1.8 MILLION FOR SIDEWALKS. 1.5 MILLION FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM, UM, AND ALSO, UH, CONTRACTS, THE LEAN SIX SIGMA IMPLEMENTATION AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND SEED MONEY FOR THE CDC BEFORE, UM, REVIEWING THE BUDGET COMPARISONS FOR ALL OF THE FUNDS. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THE GENERAL FUND. WE WILL STAY ON THIS SLIDE. UM, AS YOU KNOW, OUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES ARE PROPERTY TAX SALES, TAX, FRANCHISE REVENUE, AND LICENSES AND PERMITS. UH, PROPERTY TAX IS APPROXIMATELY 55% OF THE TOTAL REVENUE BUDGET FOLLOWED BY SALES TAX AT 16% FRANCHISE REVENUE AT 6.3% AND LICENSES AND PERMITS AT 5.3, 2% OF THE TOTAL REVENUE, THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUES COMPARED TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET INCREASES 3.2, 4%. AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL GO OVER THE REASONS FOR THOSE, UH, INCREASES. I'M A STATE THAT ALSO THE PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS THAT YOU SEE ON HERE INCLUDES THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENCIES AND PRINT, UM, PENALTY AND INTEREST IN OUR GOVERNMENTAL REVENUE IS AT 11.32%. AND THAT IS, UM, A LARGE INCREASE. AND THAT IS PRIMARILY DUE TO, UH, THE $4.1 MILLION IN CARE, ZACK FUNDING. OKAY. AS FAR AS FUNCTIONS AND EXPENDITURES AND PERSONNEL IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CATEGORIES OF EXPENDITURE AT 56% [00:30:02] OF OUR EXPENDITURES, WE HAVE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS LESS THAN 4%, A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT AND SERVICES AT 11 POINT 64%. AND I'M A STATE IN THE BACK OF YOUR BUDGET DOCUMENT, WHERE YOU HAVE ALL OF THE DETAIL FOR THIS OBJECT CLASS, UM, PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT SERVICES. AND YOU ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE, UH, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES LINE, UH, REPAIRS OR MAINTENANCE UNDER 2%, UH, UTILITIES, BUT OVER 3% OTHER EXPENDITURES THAT A FIVE POINT 37% TRANSFER OUTS, UM, HAVING PRIEST, UM, THEY'RE AT 11 POINT 45% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET. AND THAT'S DUE TO AN INCREASE IN, UM, TRANSFERS AND TERRORS AND SIDEWALK, THE SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, AS FAR AS, UH, THE DEPARTMENT, UM, THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT I JUST A BOOK ABOUT CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY SECRETARY, UM, ET CETERA, THAT 12% OF THE BUDGET FINANCIAL SERVICES WERE ONLY THREE POINT 64%. POLICE IS AT 22 POINT 18% FIRE, 14 POINT 10%. SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET IS SPENT ON PUBLIC SAFETY. UM, PUBLIC WORKS IS THAT 15 POINT 16%, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION IS A LITTLE LESS THAN 6% DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. IS THAT 3% IT 9% AND NON DEPARTMENT ALL IS THAT 15%, UH, THAT'S THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THIS IS THE BUDGET COMPARISON FOR THE GENERAL FUND. UH, WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, WE ALSO HAVE OUR DISASTER FUND, WHICH, UH, WHICH IS WHERE WE ACCOUNT FOR, UH, SAY HURRICANE HARVEY. AND NOW, UH, THE CARES ACT, WE COMBINE THEM INTO ONE BUT 800 IS LIKE A SUB FUND ON THE GENERAL FUND SO THAT WE CAN TRACK ALL OF OUR COSTS SEPARATELY, THE GENERAL FUND OF COURSE, FRONTS, UM, MOST OF THE EXPENDITURES, UH, AND WE ARE REIMBURSED EITHER BY FEMA, UH, AND IN THE CASE OF CARE, ZACK, UH, BY FORT BEND COUNTY AND HARRIS COUNTY FOR THOSE EXPENDITURES. AND AGAIN, AS DISCUSSED EARLIER, IT IS ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS. SO THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S FRONT, THE EXPENSES. UM, SO THE REVENUE, UH, AN INCREASED 10.7%, AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS DUE TO THE CARES ACT FUNDING OF 4.1 MILLION. WE ALSO HAVE AN INCREASE IN OUR SALES TAX REVENUE BASED ON TRENDS IN THE FORECAST FROM, UH, JOHN HOCKEY, NEIL'S WITH TX P WHO IS OUR ECONOMIST. UM, I KNOW THAT THAT IS A SURPRISING CONSIDER CONSIDERING COVID-19. UM, BUT IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, WE WERE VERY CONSERVATIVE IN, UM, OUR ESTIMATES FOR SALES TAX. AND THIS ALSO IS A CONSERVATIVE, UM, ESTIMATE, BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY PLANNING TO RECEIVE MORE WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGET THAN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. SO WE ARE DOING GOOD. NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SALES TAX COLLECTION, IT IS ACTUALLY INCREASED AND HOPEFULLY, UM, IT WILL, IT WILL REMAIN THAT WAY. UH, THE SLIGHT INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE BASED ON, UH, NEW PROPERTIES ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL. AS YOU KNOW, TONIGHT, WE ALSO HAVE ADOPTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, WHICH IS, UH, CALCULATED IN THIS BUDGET AS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE. WE ALSO HAVE AN INCREASE IN LICENSES AND PERMITS, AND THAT'S DUE TO DEMAND AND ADJUSTMENT TO FEES BASED ON THE FEE STUDY, OUR EXPENDITURES INCREASED 18.2%. AGAIN, MAJORITY OF THAT IS 4.1 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES FOR THE CARES ACT. UM, ALSO SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE DISCUSSED REGARDING OUR INITIATIVES, UH, ALLOCATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT, THE SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT AND LEAN SIX SIGMA IMPLEMENTATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YOU FIND THE OTHER SLIDE. THE TRANSFER OUTS INCREASED BY 2.4 MILLION. WE WANTED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON WHAT THE GENERAL FUND IS FUNDING THROUGH TRANSFER OUT. UM, OF COURSE WE HAD THE FLEET EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT, UH, AT 700, APPROXIMATELY 713,000. WE'RE GOING AROUND THESE FIGURES, UH, SIDEWALK, REPAIR MAINTENANCE, 1.8 MILLION I T REPLACEMENT, APPROXIMATELY 1.3 MILLION CDBG, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. THIS HAS AN ANNUAL A TRANSFER, AS LONG AS WE HAVE THAT FUNDING. UM, THE, THE GRANT DOES NOT FUND 100% OF SALARY. SO THIS IS THE CITY'S MATCH, $13,201. UH, WE ALSO HAVE TO TRANSFER OUT THE, UH, REVENUE FOR THE TERMS. WE COLLECT THE GENERAL FUND, UH, PROPERTY TAXES IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND THEN BASED ON THE ASSESSED VALUES IN TERMS ONE IN THE PAYMENT SUITE, UH, TRANSFER THAT OUT. AND SO THOSE ARE THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE LISTED, AND THAT MAKES UP THE 7.4 MILLION IN TRANSFERS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE NEXT ONE THAT WE'LL REVIEW THE DEBT SERVICE FUND [00:35:01] AGAIN, AS MENTIONED A REVENUES 650,000 TO 84 LESS. AND THAT IS, UM, WE HAVE BOUGHT DOWN THE, UH, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE USED, UH, 97% AS THE ASSUMPTION FOR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS AS A RESULT OF COVID-19. AND THAT'S THE SAME FOR THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE UP BY A SMALL AMOUNT. UH, WE HAVE A REDUCTION IN BOND, INTEREST, EXPENSE, AND PAYMENTS, UH, BUT WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN TRANSFERS AGAIN, DUE TO THE TERRORS, UM, THE REVENUE FOR PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE INS RATE, IT'S PUT INTO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND THEN IT WAS LATER TRANSFERRED INTO THE TERRORS, THE BASED ON THE PAYMENTS AND THE ASSESSED VALUATION, NEXT SLIDE, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. NOW THIS IS A TOTAL OF MANY FUNDS, INCLUDING ASSET FORFEITURE AND SEIZURE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT FUNDS. I BELIEVE THERE'S THREE OF THEM, THE PEG MCTV FUND. WE ALSO HAVE A GRANTS AND DONATIONS FUND. WE HAVE A CDBG FUND, A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. MTBA OUR THREE TARS ARE TWO PIDS AND WE HAVE MANY PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDS. SO ALL OF THEM ARE SUMMARIZED IN THIS CHART, THE TOTAL REVENUE AND TRANSFERS IN, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 14.3 MILLION, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 23.4%. UH, THIS IS, UH, PRIMARILY DUE TO, UH, TRANSFER, UH, IN THE METRO FUND TO PAY FOR A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT AND ALSO INCREASES IN PARK ZONE AND STATE SEIZURE REVENUE, TOTAL EXPENSES, AND TRANSFERS OUT APPROXIMATELY 12.4 MILLION, UH, THE REDUCTION OF 9.7%. AND THAT'S DUE TO A REDUCTION IN BUDGETED CAPITAL OUTLET EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFER OUT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, UH, INCLUDED IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS. WE HAVE OUR METRO FUNDS. WE HAVE OUR GENERAL GOVERNMENT PROJECT FUND TRANSPORTATION PROJECT FUND FACILITY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECT, THEN OUR PARKS PROJECT FUND. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR IMPACT FEES, ROADWAY, AND DRAINAGE, AND OUR BOND PROCEEDS FOR THE GENERAL OBLIGATION, THAT ISSUE FOR 2018 AND THE GENERAL OBLIGATION THAT ISSUE INCLUDING REFUNDING FOR 2019 TOTAL REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 WITH ALL OF THESE FUNDS COMBINED IS 11,858,971, WHICH IS A REDUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 40%. AND THAT IS DUE TO BOND PROCEEDS RECEIVED WITHIN FISCAL YEAR 2020 ARE PROJECTED TO BE RECEIVED A TOTAL EXPENSES AND TRANSFER OUT IS $27,515,038, WHICH IS A REDUCTION OF 32.4%. AND MATT IS, UH, ATTRIBUTABLE TO A REDUCTION IN BUDGET AT CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENDITURES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, A BUDGETED WITHIN OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS. UH, WE HAVE OUR CIP, THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR CIP. WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS INFORMATION AS IT IS A PART OF THE BUDGET DOCUMENT, TOTAL DRAINAGE PROJECTS. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $2.1 MILLION IN DRAINAGE PROJECTS, AND THAT INCLUDES WILLOW WATERHOLE, AMERICAN LEGION AND BUFFALO RUN PROJECTS, DRAINAGE PROJECTS. UH, IN OUR FACILITIES FUND, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE EXPANSION OF PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR PARK MAINTENANCE FACILITY, AND OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER UPGRADES, BUT THEN TRANSPORTATION, UH, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 8.7 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, TRAFFIC STUDIES, GIS MAPPING SIGNAL, UPGRADES SEQUENCING, UH, SIDEWALK REPAIR. UH, WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE OF 1.8 MILLION OF ONE TIME FUNDING, BUT THERE WAS 411,002 61 THAT WAS A PROGRAM PRIOR TO THE 1.8 MILLION. SO THAT AMOUNT IS APPROXIMATELY 2.2 MILLION. WE ALSO HAVE THE PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. UH, WE HAVE THE PARK EIGHT 90 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED TO PAY. UH, WE ALSO HAVE HIGHWAY SIX AT TOWNSHIP SIGNAL UPGRADE AND A THOROUGHFARE AND ITS MASTER PLAN. UH, WE HAVE TRANSFERS TO THE GENERAL FUND AND, UH, REBATES FOR SIENNA PLANTATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. SO THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND. THEY'RE ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE UTILITY FUND, BUT THEY ARE A PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO, UH, WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AS WELL. UH, THE TOTAL UTILITIES CONSTRUCTION FOR THE YEAR IS ESTIMATED TO BE 2 MILLION, $465,000. [00:40:01] THE GRAND TOTAL BETWEEN, UH, GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND UTILITIES, UH, 16,000,008 59 TO 61. AND THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UTILITY FUNDS. OKAY. THIS ALSO IS A COMBINATION OF ALL OF OUR UTILITY FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDES STEEPBANK FLAT BANK, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, UH, OUR IMPACT FEES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER. WE HAVE, UH, MULTIPLE MUSTANG BY YOU FUNDS. UH, THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY, UM, CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE ACCOUNT FOR MUSTANG BY YOU TO ASSIST WITH BETTER REPORTING TO THE MUD. WE ALSO HAVE OUR NORTHEAST OYSTER CREEK, UH, FUND HIGHTOWER LIFT STATION FUND, AND OUR WASTE WATER WASTE, WATER UTILITY FUND, ALL OF OUR 2018 CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, TOTAL REVENUE AND TRANSFERS IN A $28,535,219 TOTAL EXPENSES AND TRANSFER OUT 26,700, 3,181. THERE'S A REDUCTION IN REVENUE AND EXPENSES. UH, MOST OF THEM ATTRIBUTED TO BOND PROCEEDS AND A REDUCTION IN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT. THAT'S COMPARED TO LAST FISCAL YEAR, SLIGHTLY UTILITY FUNDS ARE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND THAT'S THE, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION ON OUR SOLID WASTE FUNDS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THESE COMBINED. UM, THE TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET, 7,577,003 84. AND THAT'S THE TOTAL REVENUE AND TRANSFERS IN AND THE TOTAL EXPENSES AND TRANSFER OUT 7,000,005 11, FIVE 51. UM, UH, THERE IS A DECREASE IN CHARGES FOR SERVICES AT THE LGC AND THAT IS, UH, DUE TO THE IMPACT OF COVID-19. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, AN INCREASE IN SOLID WASTE, UH, CUSTOMERS. I REFLECTED IN THOSE FEES. AND, UH, WE ALSO TRUED UP OUR SOLID WASTE REVENUE, UM, BASED ON A REVIEW OF OUR CUSTOMER BILLING, OUR EXPENDITURES DECREASED 4.6. MOST OF THIS IS, UH, IT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THE GRILL AT THE GOLF COURSE DUE TO THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 NEXT SLIGHTLY, I HAVE TWO MORE OF THESE NUMBERS SLIDES BEAR WITH ME PLEASE. UM, THIS ONE IS THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND BUDGET IS 2,074,003 16, THE TOTAL EXPENSES, AND TRANSFERS OUT A 1,000,002 OH NINE, THREE 64. UH, NOW WE HAVE A DECREASE IN INTEREST INCOME HERE. UH, WE HAVE A DECREASE IN INTEREST INCOME AND OFTEN, BUT, UM, HERE, THIS IS A MAJORITY OF THE REVENUE DECREASE. UM, ALSO A REDUCTION IN TRANSFERS, UH, FOR THE IT SERVICE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE NOW BEING FUNDED DIRECTLY IN THE IT DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. WE ALSO HAVE A REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURES FOR EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER REPLACEMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I'M LOOKING AT ALL THE BUDGET COMPARISON, UM, DUE TO THE, UH, REASONS, UH, REFLECTED IN THE OTHER SLIDES, THE TOTAL REVENUE AND TRANSFERS IN DECREASES BY APPROXIMATELY 3.6%. UM, AGAIN, WE'RE AT 100, $136,548,097 A TOTAL EXPENSES AND TRANSFERS OUT, UH, DECREASES BY APPROXIMATELY 15.5%. AND WE'RE AT $151,556,570. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, TRYING TO MAKE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY ANTHONY? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ROLL CALL TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING? UM, MAYOR PUTIN, PRESTON, YES. CATHERINE MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER, STERLING CASTLE MEMBER BONNIE. YES. I'M A RULE IS MADE THE SECOND CATHOLIC FROM EMORY. YES. YES. SO GO AHEAD. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FIRST RELATED TO THE PROPOSED CDC. [00:45:01] UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHO SELECTS THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WERE AFTER MENTIONED ON THE BUDGET AND WHO DOES THE CDC REPORT? BOTH OF THOSE ANSWERS WOULD BE THE SAME TABS. SO, SO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR APPOINTING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO THE CDC AND WOULD HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER THEM. YES, SIR. VERY SEPARATE TO WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE RIGHT NOW AND GO OFF. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I, THAT I HAVE IS, UM, ON THE SBA WEBSITE, THERE'S A LISTING OF ALL THE CDCS AND THE REGION. UH, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PROBLEM ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE THAT ISN'T ALREADY BEING ADDRESSED BY THE OTHER CDCS THAT ALREADY EXIST AND THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY PARTNER WITH, FOR INSTANCE, UH, THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL HPAC IS A CDC. AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCILWOMAN STERLING, WHO IS ON THAT, UH, CDC. UH, SO WE DON'T, IN MY OPINION, NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. WHY DO WE NEED A CDC VERSUS CAPITALIZING ON THE RELATIONSHIP WE ALREADY HAVE WITH HPAC OR WORKING WITH OTHER REGIONAL CDCS COUNCIL MEMBER? AND JUST TO SAY, MANAGER AT A PERSON THINK THAT, UH, SO LONG AS IT HAS A FOCUS FOR THE COURT OR, AND FOR MISSOURI CITY, UH, I THINK THAT'S, IT'D BE WORTHWHILE CONSIDERING THOSE THINGS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CDC THAT'S FOCUSED EVERY DAY THAT THAT BOARD GETS UP, THAT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON REDEVELOPING, THAT CORRIDOR. HAVE WE REACHED OUT AT ALL TO ANY OF THE CDCS, OR HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO HJC SINCE WE CURRENTLY HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER SERVING ON THE BOARD OR HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY WOULD HAVE AN INTEREST OR AN APPETITE FOR, UM, TO, TO, TO DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT SPECIFICALLY, AGAIN, WE ANTICIPATE NOT HAVING CONVERSATIONS OVER THE NEXT COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS, AND TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH A PROPOSAL, I HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATION PRELIMINARILY, UH, AT LEAST WITH TWO ENTITIES, BUT, UH, NOT THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR, NO. OKAY. THE REASON I'M ASKING IS CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON THIS BUDGET AND AS PART OF THAT FUNDING IS GOING TOWARDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CDC HAS MENTIONED. SO I JUST WANTED TO GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WHAT I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DO IS TO MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO VOTE, UH, ON A BUDGET THAT WOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF INVESTING IN THAT AREA, UH, IN A DIFFERENT WAY IN WHICH YOU HAVE BEFORE. UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, THERE'S CERTAINLY TIME AND ROOM, UH, TO, UH, TO STRUCTURE SOMETHING WITH AN EXISTING CMC. YES, THIS WAS COUNCILMAN EMORY. UH, I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, ON, UH, THE USE OF, UH, THE, UH, GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT ARE OVER ARE, UH, PRESCRIBED, UH, UH, 30%. WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THE DISPLAYS, IT INDICATES THAT THOSE SURPLUS DOLLARS SHOULD BE USED FOR ONE TIME FUNDING. AND IF THAT'S TRUE, UH, ARE WE, UM, FUNDING THESE NEW, UH, FULL TIME EMPLOYEES FOR, UH, THE LEAN SIX SIGMA PROGRAM, THE LOAN PROGRAM AND THE TWO, UH, COMMUNICATIONS, UH, EMPLOYEES, ARE THEY, ARE WE USING THOSE, UH, EXCESS GENERAL FUND DOLLARS? SO, UH, BOTH BILL AND ATLANTA RESPOND TO DETAIL IT, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, THAT, UM, UH, YOUR CURRENT POLICY ACTUALLY, UH, THE FLOOR OF IT IS NOT 30 SET. THE FLOOR IS 20%. IN FACT, IT'S 20 TO 30% IS WHERE, UH, THE POLICY SUGGESTS THAT WE LAND, UH, UH, OVERALL, BUT, UM, I'LL LET ELENA AND BILL ANSWER TO THE, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION. OKAY. THIS IS ELENA. UM, THE USE OF FUND BALANCE IS ONLY BEING USED FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. UH, THE PERSONNEL COSTS, UH, THAT, UH, YOU DESCRIBED, THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN [00:50:01] THE, UH, BASE BUDGET AND SOME OF THOSE PERSONNEL COSTS ARE ACTUALLY FUNDED, UH, THROUGH REALLOCATION OF EXISTING FUNDS. THE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES THAT THE FUND BALANCE IS BEING USED FOR, UM, IS AS FOLLOWS 1.8 MILLION FOR THE SIDEWALK REPAIR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. UH, 1.5 MILLION FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS LOAN, UH, THERE'S, UM, FUNDS INCLUDED IN THERE THE, UH, $200,000 FOR A CDC AND ALSO A CONTRACT FOR LEAN SIX SIGMA IMPLEMENTATION, NOT THE STAFF THAT WOULD BE IN PLACE IN HUMAN RESOURCES. OKAY. BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT, UH, THAT WAS, UH, ADDRESS THE QUESTION THAT I HAD AND MAYBE I NEED TO RESTATE IT. UH, WE, UH, ACCORDING TO THE, UH, THE SCHEDULES, WE HAVE THE ADDITION OF ONE FULL TIME EMPLOYEE TO, UH, UH, ADMINISTER THE LEAN SIX SIGMA PROJECT. WE HAVE TWO COMMUNICATIONS EMPLOYEES ADDED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS COMPLEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS. AND WE HAVE, UH, ONE, UH, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE, UH, THE LOAN PROGRAM. THAT'S FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE, UM, ASKING TO FUND ARE THE DOLLARS THAT ARE FUNDING THOSE COMING OUT OF THE EXCESS OF THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES OVER THE 30%, UH, THRESHOLD THAT WE SAY WE NEED TO, UH, TO MAINTAIN, UH, NO, SORRY. THEY ARE NOT THERE. I'M A PART OF THE, UH, REGULAR OPERATING BUDGET. THEY WERE APPROVED TO SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE BASE BUDGET, UM, IN THE FUTURE THEY WERE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN EMORY, THEIR OPERATIONAL REVENUES ABOVE AND BEYOND ONE TIME REVENUES. OKAY. SO I WANT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT USING ANY GENERAL FUND EXCESS RESERVES TO FUND THESE, UH, FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. NO, SIR. WE'RE NOT, WE ARE NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS ANTHONY. A QUESTION FIRST SHOOT, MANOR JONES, A CITY MANAGER JONES. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN RECONSIDER SOME OF THESE FTES, THE SIX SIGMA COORDINATOR AND THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENTS? I'D LIKE TO COMPARE THOSE TO A COUPLE OF THINGS IF I MAY. SO, UM, IF WE LOOK AT, FOR INSTANCE, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS, WE ONLY HAVE TWO CHIEF TECHNICIANS FOR SIGNALS AND A TECH TWO FOR A SIGNAL. UH, WE ALL HAVE SIX PARK TAKE CARETAKERS AND COMPARISON. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, ONE REVIEW COORDINATOR IN PERMITS. WE HAVE FIVE PERMIT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S GONNA GET US A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SIDE. UM, SO IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN RECONSIDER REALLOCATING THOSE FTES TO REALLY BIG NEEDS AND PARKS AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY OR PUBLIC WORKS RATHER THE CITY MANAGER JAMS. I, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A BUDGET PROPOSAL FROM ME TO YOU. AND, UH, IS THAT THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL? I SUGGEST HIGHLY THAT YOU DON'T? I THINK, UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE BECOME A DATA DRIVEN ORGANIZATION AND THAT WOULD BEGIN MAKING DECISIONS BASED OFF DATA. I THINK, UH, HISTORICALLY ANYTIME AN ORGANIZATION SHIFTS FROM BEING LESS SUBJECTIVE AND MORE DATA DRIVEN, YOU TEND TO SAY BETWEEN 20, 25% OF COSTS, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DUPLICATIVE EFFORTS INSIDE CITY HALL AND WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS EXTERNALLY AS CITY HALL, I LIKE TO TRY TO ELIMINATE THAT AND GET US TO A PROCESS THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE BUSINESS AND PRO COMMUNITY, UH, EXAMPLE WOULD BE OUR COMMITTEE PROCESS. UH, RIGHT NOW OUR PERMITTING PROCESS IS JACKED UP AND WE'VE GOT TO TRY TO GET IT TO A PLACE WHERE, UH, WE HAVE A ONE STOP SHOP. UH, ALL OF THAT INCLUDES HAVING A FOCUS, UH, ON IMPROVING OUR PROCESSES AND ELIMINATE WASTE. THAT'S WHAT LEAN SIX SIGMA DOES. THAT'S THE BASIS OF THAT PHILOSOPHY INSTALLATION OF IT AND MAKING THE ORGANIZATION DATA DRIVEN. SECONDLY, ELECT TO SAY THAT WE DO HAVE TWO DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY THAT IS CURRENTLY DOING IT. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DOING IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO WITHIN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ITSELF HAS SAVED US, SAVES US [00:55:01] A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OPERATING COSTS BECAUSE THE POLICE CHIEF IS ABLE TO, UH, DIRECT, UH, SHIFTS STAFF BASED OFF THE DATA HE'S RECEIVING, UH, WHETHER THE CRIME DOWN AND ALSO INTEL FROM THE STREET. THE SAME THING HAPPENS IN A FIRE DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE THAT PHILOSOPHY OF CLOTH ROUTE ORGANIZATION, UH, IS A PHILOSOPHY THAT WOULD GENERATE COST SAVINGS TO US. UH, SO YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE IN MORE REVENUE, YOU CAN REDUCE YOUR COSTS. AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A LOT OF INSTRUCTIVE EFFORTS THAT STRONGLY BUREAUCRATIC, AND WE'VE GOT TO BREAK THAT BARRIER AND HAVE IT BE MORE PRO BUSINESS AND HAVING A MORE FORWARD LEAN IN TERMS OF MAKING DECISIONS FROM A DATA PERSPECTIVE AND IMPROVE OUR OVERALL PROCESSES, UH, TO IMPROVE OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE ELEMENT, THESE THINGS, NOT ON YOUR OUTLINE FOR ME, THEY'VE BEEN OUTLINING YOUR COMMUNITY SURVEYS. THAT'S TAKING PLACE AS WELL OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO. YES, BUT I GET THE LEAN PIECE. UM, BUT TAKING COMMUNICATIONS FROM NINE TO 11, WHEN WE HAVE SIX PARTAKERS, WHEN, UM, WE ALWAYS GET EMAILS ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET PERMITS. WHEN I HAD A RESIDENT COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW LONG IT TOOK US TO GET A LIGHT FIXED, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO RETHINK ABOUT WHEN YOU MENTIONED CUSTOMER SERVICE. THOSE TWO ITEMS ARE ALSO CUSTOMER SERVICE. OUR PARKS ARE NUMBER ONE, BUT WE ONLY HAVE SIX PARK TAKER. SO I'M JUST SAYING, DO WE REALLY NEED TO GO FROM NINE TO 11? CAN WE LOOK AT MAYBE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT? THAT'S MY QUESTION. SO AGAIN, I WOULD TELL YOU WHEN I LOOKED AT IT AND EVALUATED IT FROM A, FROM AN OPERATION STANDPOINT, UM, I THINK PART OF WHAT YOUR QUESTION DEALS WITH IS THE, IS THE, UH, LACK OF APPROPRIATE PROCESSING. UM, AND IN OTHER WORDS, UH, YOU YOURSELF JUST MENTIONED THAT, UH, PEOPLE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME OF GETTING A BASIC, UH, SOLUTIONS, UH, DONE. AND OFTENTIMES IT'S JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A BUREAUCRATIC AND DUPLICATE A PROCESS, AND I WANT TO SHRINK THAT PROCESS. I WANT TO HAVE US BE MORE DATA DRIVEN FROM AN OPERATING STANDPOINT IN ORDER, SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER LEAN FORWARD IN TERMS OF A CUSTOMER SERVICE IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS PIECE THAT YOU MENTIONED. UM, I THINK, UH, GIVEN WHERE WE ARE IN PARTICULARLY GIVEN WITH COVID AND GIVEN THE NEW FRONT FOR LEAN THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, TO NOT ONLY, UH, UH, GROW OUR ECONOMIC BASE AND OUR ECONOMIC PIE, THE ABILITY TO MARKET BRAND ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE ACCURATELY WITH PEOPLE, UH, IS IMPORTANT. UH, THAT DEPARTMENT USED TO HAVE A STAFF OF 11. SO WE WOULD GO, AND WE WOULD BE GOING BACK TO THAT, THAT LEVEL. I THINK THAT WAS THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL, UH, WHEN THAT CITY MANAGER WAS HERE. UH, AND, UM, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A MORE APPROPRIATE, UH, AND I WILL TELL YOU, GIVEN COVERT RIGHT NOW, IT'S ACTUALLY CREATED MORE OF A DEMAND ON THAT DEPARTMENT. NOT LESS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO OVER COMMUNICATE TO ISSUES OF, COVID NOT LESS COMMUNICATE THE ISSUES OF COVID. UH, SO I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS COMBINED AS TO WHY I STAND FIRM IN TERMS OF MY, MY PROPOSAL TO YOU OBVIOUSLY IS TO, WILL THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE AS A BODY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. YEAH. I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT APPLIES TO ALL DEPARTMENTS FOR, THANK YOU. I JUST LIKE TO SAY, THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERILELY. UM, THANK YOU, UH, CITY MANAGER JONES, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ELECTED AND CAME ON BOARD IN DECEMBER, THAT WAS IN JANUARY, ACTUALLY. THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I ASKED ABOUT BEING A DATA DRIVEN AND THIS ORGANIZATION, AND I FOUND THAT, UM, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ON THE FLY. UH, ANYTIME YOU HAVE, UH, YOU MAKING DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS, IT SHOULD BE ALIGNED WITH YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALSO DRIVES YOUR BUDGET. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I'M SO GLAD WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT. THANK YOU. QUICK QUESTION ON THE RESERVES. SO ARE WE OKAY WITH WHAT WE WANT TO PROPOSE HERE AND TAKING AWAY SOME OF THE MONEY FROM THE RESERVES FOR SOME WHO, WHO WERE ON THE CALL? YOU KNOW, WE PALLY ROYAL CLOSED IN FACT BED BATH, AND BEYOND JUST ANNOUNCED CLOSED OR AS CLOSING. SO ARE WE GONNA SEE MORE OF THOSE LARGER BUSINESSES CLOSE? AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TAP INTO RESERVES. [01:00:05] THIS IS ELENA. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE, UM, IN, IN REGARDS TO THE SALES TAX, WE HAVE BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE IN OUR ESTIMATE. I BELIEVE THE ESTIMATE FOR SALES TAX IS APPROXIMATELY ASSIGNED 0.6 MILLION, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 20, 2019, WE RECEIVED 10 POINT APPROXIMATELY 10.6 MILLION IN SALES TAX. AND THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY RECEIVING OVER 11 MILLION. SO I BELIEVE, UH, IF SALES TAX CONTINUES AND THE MANNER IN WHICH WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING IT, WHICH INCLUDES SOME, UH, NEW BUSINESSES, UM, WE HAVE ENOUGH CUSHION IN OUR ESTIMATE BEING CONSERVATIVE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR, UM, THOSE, THOSE CLOSURES. NOW, IF WE WERE TO SEE A LOWE'S HOME DEPOT OR, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE LARGE BIG BOX OF CLOTHES, AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE COULD BE, UM, AN ISSUE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE DO HAVE AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY A MILLION DOLLAR CUSHION WHERE WE'RE HOPING, UM, THAT, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE REVENUE AND THE MANNER OR THE TRENDS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, UM, IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? I HAVE MORE, BUT I WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE SOME AIRWAY THERE. I THINK YOU CAN GO HERE AND I WON'T SAY ANYTHING. OKAY. UM, JUST IN GENERAL ABOUT THE BUDGET, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY IN THERE TO HELP PEOPLE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY WHERE I THINK WE COULD BE HELPING OTHERS AS WELL. SO LEXINGTON SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN FLOODING. THEY'VE BEEN COMPLAINING FOR OVER FIVE YEARS ABOUT FLOODING, AND I KNOW WE'RE DOING A STUDY. I KNOW WE'RE PUTTING SOME MONEY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY TO HELP ON LEXINGTON, BUT I SEE THAT AS AN AREA THAT WE SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY INVESTED MONEY IN ALSO IN PARKS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY IN PARKS. I KNOW JASON WAS VERY, VERY GENEROUS IN HIS BUDGET FOR, FOR HIS MEMBERS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TRUTHFULLY, I WISH WE HAD PUT A LITTLE MONEY IN, IN THE PARKS. UM, AND THEN FINALLY RELATED TO CDC, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BE HONEST CITY MANAGER JONES. THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE CVC WAS FRIDAY WHEN IT WAS PLACED IN OUR BOX. AND I DON'T SEE ANY DATA THAT WE NEED A CDC. AND IF WE DO, I AGREE WITH PARTNERING WITH ONES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. THE PRESENTATION SHOWED THAT THIS, IT SAYS THE PRESENTATION THAT BETWEEN TURF THERE WOULD BE GREATER SYNERGY BETWEEN TERSE PARKS, FOUNDATIONS AND COUNTIES. I SAY WE ARE SYNERGIZED THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH GRADY ON THE GYM, THE FACT THAT WE'RE BUILDING A VETERANS MEMORIAL, THE FACT THAT WE'RE HELPING THE SHOPPING CENTER, ALL THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE SYNERGY IN TERMS. AND SO THAT ONE CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. SO I DON'T WANT TO BE RUDE. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT POINT BLANK. I BELIEVE THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, LACKS TRANSPARENCY AND PROMOTE PROPOSING A CDC ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. AND I LOOKED AND I RESEARCHED, AND IT TALKED ABOUT HOW THESE HELP AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO ARE WE HAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MCTS OR IS IT TRULY JUST FOR BUSINESSES? SO, UM, THAT'S KINDA MY THOUGHTS ON CDC AND I'M A LITTLE FRUSTRATED THAT WE'VE GOT IT ON FRIDAY NIGHT. AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO FOR MORE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, IS THIS A CITY MANAGER, JONES MAYOR? IF I MAY ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, UH, I JUST GOT HERE IN THE LAST PART OF JULY AS THE MAYOR PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ACTIVELY LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO REDEVELOP THAT CORRIDOR. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE SPENT THE LAST DECADE OF TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, BUT IT STILL HAS SEGREGATED OVER THE LAST DECADE. AND I THINK THAT THIS APPROACH, UH, IS PROVEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. IT'S PROVEN IN THIS REGION ROURKE, UH, AND, UH, WE OUGHT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. IF WE CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING, YOU CAN DO, GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE REAL ESTATE ASSETS IN THAT AREA TO CONTINUE TO DECLINE. YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE MARKET CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO SPUR A BETTER QUALITY LEVEL OF GROWTH AND REDEVELOPMENT, ILS ASSETS. AND WHILE, YEAH, FROM A SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S BEEN SOME, SOME THINGS DONE THERE HASN'T BEEN THE ACTIVATION FROM A DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT TO MAKE IT CHANGE. IF IT HAS, WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAVING A CONVERSATION OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. YEAH. SO SENIOR MANAGER JONES, I AGREE THAT IF YOU DO THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A BAD RESULT. RIGHT? SO, [01:05:01] BUT MY POINT IS, IS THAT CITY COUNCIL IS MAKING A DECISION TONIGHT ON A BUDGET, 1.5 HERE, 1.8 THERE, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US IN A TIMELY FASHION TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. I READ CVCS THIS WEEKEND AND IT TALKED ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, AND I JUST NEED MORE DATA. I NEED MORE WORKSHOPS. I NEED SOMETHING TO MAKE A BETTER DECISION. SO I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT. WE CAN'T KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO WHAT'S YOUR POINT TO YOUR POINT? I DO AGREE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION AGAIN, I'M COMING TO THIS THING A LITTLE LATE IN YOUR BUDGET PROCESS, UH, THAT SHOULD NOT PROHIBIT ME FROM MAKING PROPOSALS THAT I THINK MAKE SENSE, UH, ALSO TO POSITION ME AND GIVE ME AN EMPHASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT MOVING FORWARD, UH, THAT BEFORE WE FINALIZE ANYTHING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOROUGH CONVERSATIONS. I INTEND TO WORK NOT ONLY WITH THE BUSINESSES IN THAT CORRIDOR RESIDENTS, IN THAT CORRIDOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT QUARTER AND FRAMING UP SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL DOES FINALIZE, UH, FOR US TO MOVE AHEAD. JUST GOTTA TAKE SOME TIME TO DO THAT. TYPICALLY IT TAKES, UH, YOU KNOW, THREE OR FOUR MONTHS TO DO THAT. I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS. I CAN'T, I CAN'T ANSWER AS TO WHY YOU HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE I ASKED YOU'VE BEEN HERE. I HAVEN'T, BUT I KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO REALLY MOVE THE DYNAMIC AND THE SHIFT AND START HAVING THE PRECEDENT HAPPENED IN THAT CORRIDOR, THIS IS WHAT NEED, THIS IS WHAT'S NEEDED. THE BUSINESSES HAVE TO BE REINVESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR HAS TO HAVE AN INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO CHANGE THE MARKET. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M PROPOSING IN THIS BUDGET THAT WE DO. I CAN'T ANSWER FOR WHAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE. THERE'S COUNCILMAN EMORY, CITY MANAGER JONES, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS. AND SO YOU HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD FEELING OF WHAT MY THOUGHTS WERE ON THIS BUDGET, ESPECIALLY SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE THERE. UM, I GUESS THE BIGGEST THING THAT I HAVE IS JUST SEEING AN INCREASE IN FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE IN, UM, THIS 19 ENVIRONMENT. AND I DON'T BELIEVE NOW IS THE TIME THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT INCREASING OUR BUDGETS FOR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN WITHIN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR. AND I AM CONCERNED THAT WE, UH, WE DON'T, WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH, UM, UH, RESERVES, UH, IF WE HAVE SOME MONEY EXPECTED EXPENDITURES OR REDUCTIONS IN REVENUE THAT WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO OUR CITIZENS AND SAY, WHOOPS, YOU KNOW, WE OVERSHOT THE MARK AND WE NEED MORE DOLLARS COMING FROM PROPERTY TAXES. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S A CONCERN, I THINK, UH, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT. UH, SO HOPEFULLY THIS WAS NOT, UH, A, UH, A SURPRISE TO YOU AS TO WHAT MY CONCERNS WERE. UM, AND, UM, LET'S SAY THE, THE, UH, LOAN PROGRAM, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SO FAR OUT OF KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THE PROGRAM IS AND WHAT, UH, WE SHOULD, UH, UH, BE INSTALLING AS, AS A PROCESS. UM, I'M STILL NOT CONVINCED ABOUT LEAN SIX SIGMA. UH, I KNOW THAT WE, WE HAVE MAYBE, UH, AN AREA THAT WE NEED TO, UH, LOOK FOR IMPROVEMENTS, BUT I DON'T BUY THE, THE, UH, THE, UH, UH, FACT THAT, UH, WE'RE CONSIDERED TO BE, UH, INEFFICIENT AND, UM, UH, NEEDING, UH, YOU KNOW, A COMPLETE REMAKE OF, UH, OF OUR, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, THEIR, THEIR PROJECTS. I THINK, UH, THOSE FOLKS HAVE SHOWN A REAL, UH, UH, DEDICATION TO THE JOB. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR, UH, FULL TIME EMPLOYEES TO POPULATION, WE'VE GOT THE BEST RATIO, YOU KNOW, IN THE, UH, IN THE AREA. AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE DILIGENCE AND THE HARD WORK OF OUR, OUR CITY STAFF. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US, UH, IN CERTAIN AREAS, UH, TIGHTEN THE BELT AND, UH, GO ALONG WITH THAT SAME, UH, MINDSET THAT WE HAVE, UH, [01:10:01] OVER THE LAST, UH, THREE OR FOUR YEARS. SO THANK YOU. WELL, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. UM, I LIKE TO MAKE A POINT IN STATE HOW IN OUR SPECIAL MEETING, WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WE NEED TO GET THE POINT OUT TO THE RESIDENTS AROUND THE CHARISM AND GET THEM MORE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT THE ACT ENTAILS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. IF WE DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF MANPOWER OR AMOUNT OF STAFF IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, HOW DO WE EXPECT TO EFFECTIVELY INFORM THE RESONANCE? SO, UM, IT'S ALWAYS A CRY ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNICATION IS AND INFORMED, INFORMING THE STAFF, OR WE'RE NOT DOING A GOOD DUE DILIGENCE ON MAKING SURE THE RESIDENTS HAVE AMPLE ENOUGH INFORMATION BEING PUT OUT. SO, I MEAN, THIS IS A TIME FOR US TO CORRECT THAT TYPE OF ERROR THAT'S BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT FOR MONTHS. AND, UM, AS LIKE I SAID, AS WE MENTIONED IN THIS SPECIAL MEETING, HOW ARE WE EXPECTING THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENTS THAT GO DOOR TO DOOR, BOTH SPEAK TO THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER? I MEAN, IT'S ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF STAFF. SO AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE NOT BEING REALISTIC HERE. THIS IS MAYOR FORD. UM, BILL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT ON YOU OR MAYBE ALAINA. UM, OUR LAST CITY MANAGER, ONE OF THE THINGS HE CONSTANTLY SAID IS THAT WE OPERATED WITH A PERCENTAGE OF LESS STAFF OF CITIES, OUR SIZE. UM, DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHAT THAT NUMBER WAS? MAYOR THIS STILL AG? I KNOW WE'VE HAD THAT IN PAST BUDGETS HAS REP AS A REPRESENTATION, BUT I DON'T RECALL THOUGH IT'S A PARK HALF OF THE NUMBER, AND I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS AND IT WAS RELATIVE TO VARIOUS CITIES COMPARED TO THE CITY. I DON'T RECALL. YEAH. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS AND I, AND I THINK EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE EXCEPT FOR DR. STERLING THAT WE'VE HEARD AT EVERY SINGLE BUDGET PRESENTATION IS THAT WE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE WERE OPERATING WITH 25%, I THINK, IF NOT MORE OR LESS STAFF THAN CITIES OUR SIZE. SO, UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE INCREASE IN STAFF, ESPECIALLY WITH COVID FOR COMMUNICATIONS, UM, I THINK WHAT THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU'VE INCREASED STAFF IN, UM, MR. JONES. YES MA'AM. UM, AND, AND THAT'S IN REFERENCE TO, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SCREAMING FOR YEARS ON HOW POORLY WE ARE RESPONSIVE BECAUSE IT'S JUST BEEN LACK OF STAFF. UM, AND I KNOW THAT OUR PERMIT REVIEWER AND THE STAFF OVER THERE HAVE BEEN OVERWORKED FOR YEARS. UM, I THINK WHEN IN 2008, BEFORE WE HAD, UM, THE ECONOMY, UH, FALL APART, UH, RIGHT IN 2009, I THINK WE HAD LIKE TWO OR THREE REVIEWERS OVER THERE. NOW THERE'S ONE. AND THEN WE CONTRACTED OUT. SO WE WERE, WE'RE MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION WHEN IT COMES TO EFFICIENCY AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY. UM, BUT MR. JONES, I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY, I'M SURE YOU CAN GET, UM, THAT DOCUMENT AND I'LL TRY TO FIND IT IN MY DOCUMENTS, BUT WHERE WE HAD A, OUR LAST CITY MANAGER ACTUALLY PROVIDED A BREAKDOWN ON THE AMOUNTS OF BARELY FEWER SAT STAFF THAT WE HAVE VERSUS CITIES OUR SIZE. I THINK EVEN WITH THESE ADDITIONAL FTE, WE'RE NOT EVEN BEGINNING TO TOUCH, UH, THOSE CITIES. AND NOW THAT WE HAVE TO BE LIKE THOSE CITIES, BUT IF WE'RE HAVING ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, WE HAVE SURVEYS THAT HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS ARE ASKING FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND JUST TURN A BLIND EYE TO IT. SO, YEAH, MAYOR, THIS IS ELENA. I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE CHART AND R F E PER 1000, UM, AS PRESENTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET, WAS THAT FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR POINT MAYBE 4.5 FTE FOR 1000, WHICH WAS THE LOWEST COMPARED TO OUR BENCHMARK CITY, WHICH FELL FROM ABOUT FIVE TO 11 FTE PER THOUSAND PEOPLE. CORRECT. OKAY. RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? YEAH. SO THIS IS COUNCIL [01:15:01] MEMBER BONY. I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO REITERATE THE TEXAS, THE TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT COURT, OR IS A VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, NOT ONLY DO I LIVE OFF OF TEXAS PARKWAY AND IN THIS CORRIDOR, UM, I PATRONIZE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA AND I HAVE, UH, COMMUNICATION WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND VARIOUS PEOPLE IN THE AREA, INCLUDING SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT ATTEMPTING TO CAPITALIZE ON THE DISAPPOINTMENTS AND THE HOPES OF THE COMMUNITY BASED OFF OF A HOPE AND PASTA WITH NO CONCRETE VISION, NO CONCRETE PLANS, AND ASKING US TO SIMPLY THROW, JUST THROW MONEY AT IT AND HOPING FOR THE BEST, IT'S NOT A PLAN OR IT'S NOT VISION. UH, IT MAKES FOR A GOOD SOUNDBITE AND A NARRATIVE, BUT IT'S NOT A PLAN OR A VISION. SO, UM, MY CONSTITUENTS, MY, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE HAD MANY WISHLIST ITEMS AND I'VE HAD INFORMED THEM OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE GOT WITH FUNDING, THOSE REQUESTS. LIKE I SAID, MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS IN HONDA'S GLEN AREA, THEY REQUESTED THE LAWN CLIPPINGS TO BE PICKED UP AFTER EACH MODE. NOW I'VE ALWAYS HAD TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY BECAUSE THE CURRENT AND FUTURE OBLIGATION, BUT PEOPLE IN HUNTER'S GLEN AREA ALSO HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE ESPLANADES ON THE INDEPENDENCE ELECTION TO BE IMPROVED AND MAINTAINED BY THE CITY, SAME RESPONSE. AND THERE ARE VARIOUS OTHER CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE REQUESTED OTHER WISHLIST ITEMS THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT WE'RE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE IMPROVEMENT. SO IF A TERMS AS THAT I HEARD MENTIONED EARLIER IS LIKE A CDC. AND THAT MEANS WE ALREADY HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THE TERRORS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE. AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT. I'M SURE THAT IF THE TAXPAYERS HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FUNDING, THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM, AND THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT THEM LIKE SIDEWALK, STREETS, PARKS, PUBLIC SAFETY BEAUTIFICATION, VERSUS A CDD CDC, A SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM THAT TAXPAYERS IN THE CITY MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO PATRONIZE SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES, IF THEIR TAX BURDENS IMPACT THEM LONGTERM. I KNOW BASED ON WHAT MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE TOLD ME, I KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE TAX PAYERS MONEY, WE NEED TO SPEND IT ON HOME OWNERS DIRECTLY. AND I'M ASKING THAT THIS SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM PROPOSAL, THAT THE CDC, UH, BE REMOVED FROM THE BUDGET AND THAT WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PARKS AND OR PLANNING, PERMITTING EMPLOYEES BY TWO VERSUS INCREASING THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT BY TWO. AND WE NEED TO TAKE A VERY, VERY CLOSE LOOK AT THESE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AMOUNTS THAT HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. SO I FIND IT VERY, VERY, UM, DIFFICULT TO VOTE FOR THIS BUDGET AS IS OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. I'M NOT HEARING ANYTHING. OKAY. WELL, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC PARENTS? SECONDARY. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I DO THE ROLL CALL, VOTE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HERE? ALRIGHTY. MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MADE THE MOTION COUNSEL STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER, BONE BONEY COUNCILOR MARULA MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. AND THIS IS MAYOR FOR YES. OKAY. THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE TWO VOTES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE? I'M NOT HEARING. I'M SORRY. YEAH. HEY, I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE? OKAY. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, AS I CAST A VOTE TODAY, I WANT TO FIRST SAY THAT I'M HUGELY SUPPORTIVE OF THE TAX BREAK THAT I CITIZENS INSTEAD TO RECEIVE, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDST OF COVID-19, BUT I HAVE TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT OR FRUSTRATION AND MY DEEP CONCERN AS THE, UH, LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, THE FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE AND PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION. AND THE LAST MINUTE ACTIONS OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION HAVE PROVEN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM WITH THE CDC AND A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES IN THE MIDST OF THIS UNPRECEDENTED COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN LIEU OF A POTENTIAL CIVIL SERVICE BALLOT REFERENDUM INVOLVING OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. AND BECAUSE OF THIS 3.5% PROPERTY CAP THAT I'M SURE WILL IMPACT THEIR STARTING NEXT YEAR AND BEYOND WHY [01:20:01] WOULD I, I MEAN, NO, ACTUALLY, WHY WOULD WE IN GOOD CONSCIOUS BURDEN, THE STRUGGLING AND HARD WORK AND, AND TAX PERIODS OF MISSOURI CITY, ESPECIALLY OUR SENIOR CITIZENS WITH A SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM AND CDC AND OTHER THINGS THAT, UH, EVEN IF IT'S ALLEGEDLY ONE TIME THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT RELATIVE TO THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY, LIKE I SAID EARLIER IN ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM, THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE LOANS IN THE REGION, AND WE JUST RECEIVED $3.7 MILLION IN GRANT MONEY FROM THE CARE ZACK FROM FORT BEND COUNTY. AND WE JUST VOTED LAST COUNCIL MEETING TO ACCEPT $374,000 IN GRANT MONEY FROM THE CARES ACT FROM HARRIS COUNTY. AND WE'VE ALLOTTED A MILLION OF MILLION DOLLARS AND POSSIBLY MORE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY. SO MODIFYING THE GRANT OFFERS TO MAKE UP FOR THE NEEDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND NOT USE THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN MEET THEIR DIRECT NEEDS. AS THE BAR A BUDGET CURRENTLY STANDS. I HAVE THE BOAT. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE WE DO IT ALL CABO, UH, THERE'S COUNCILMAN EMORY, UH, THAT WOULD, UH, PRETTY MUCH ECHO WHAT, UH, MY CONSOLE MEMBER AND ASSOCIATE, UH, INDICATED. UH, I, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, THROWING PEOPLE ABOUT AROUND A PROBLEM AND THINKING THAT'S GOING TO, UH, TO SOLVE ALL OF OUR ISSUES. UH, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT A POINT IN TIME, UH, IF, UH, WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, UH, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO WHAT, UH, THE OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENT MANAGERS HAVE DONE AND THAT'S, UH, UH, DO THE BEST THAT THEY CAN WITH THE, UM, UH, WITH THE STAFF THAT THEY HAVE. AND I THINK THERE'S PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS THAT SHOW THAT THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. WE ARE NOT FLOUNDERING IN OUR, IN OUR DEPARTMENTS, WITHIN OUR STAFF WITH, UH, PROVIDING SERVICES TO, UH, OUR CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE, MAYOR? THIS IS ANTHONY. UM, I REALLY WISH I COULD HAVE SOLVED SOME FLOODING AND LEXINGTON SETTLEMENT, UH, AND LEXI AND LAKE COLONY. I REALLY WISH I KNEW MORE ABOUT THE CDC AND I REALLY WISH I KNEW MORE ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, A GRANT OR A LOAN. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS AND THE, THE, UH, BUSINESSES AND DISTRICT C CAN CAPITALIZE ON THIS GRANT SLASH LOAN. SO I DIDN'T GET A REAL GOOD, COMFORTABLE FEELING THAT IT WILL HELP THE HOTELS AND DISTRICTS SEE THAT IT'LL HELP MR. UH, SUGARS AND THE OTHERS. UM, THE PRESENTATION CLEARLY SHOWED TEXAS PARKWAY AND CAR, RIGHT, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT PLACE TO INVEST, BUT WE HAVE TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY. AND I DON'T GETTING A PACKET ON FRIDAY NIGHT. JUST DOESN'T GIVE ME THE SENSE THAT I AM GOING TO HAVE MY DISTRICT REPRESENTED IN THAT GRANT SLASH LUNCH. SO THANK YOU. I THINK EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SAID HE HAS MET WITH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU AND BONEY, UH, TOOK THE TIME TO MEET WITH HIM. I'M SURE HE WASN'T HIS COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT YEAH. OKAY. UM, SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS TOOK THE TIME TO, UM, MEET WITH HIM. ONCE THE AGENDA CAME OUT, ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS I'VE HAD FOR YEARS IS, UM, US GETTING THE AGENDA, UM, WHEN WE GET IT. UM, UM, AND THAT DIDN'T CHANGE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER WAS HERE, SO MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WORK IT OUT WITH THIS CITY MANAGER SO WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. UM, MR. JONES, OVER THE PAST, UM, I GUESS TWO OR THREE BUDGET YEARS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT REVENUE VERSUS EXPENSES, WHAT, WHAT WERE WE BUDGETED FOR OVER THE PAST THREE, COUPLE OF BUDGET YEARS VERSUS THIS YEAR? WELL, WE HAVE MAYOR OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, UH, HAD MORE EXPENSES THAN WE HAVE TAKEN IN, IN TERMS OF REVENUES. UH, I BELIEVE THE YEAR BEFORE THAT IT WAS NOT. AND AFTER THAT, IT WAS MAY AROUND 10, BUT, UH, THOSE THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OFFSET BY TRANSFER THE INS AND OUTS THIS YEAR IS THAT THAT SAME PHILOSOPHY IS BEING APPROACHED HERE. AND WE'RE ABOUT 2 MILLION, UH, I'M SORRY, 3 MILLION, UH, UH, OVER. SO WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING HERE THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE [01:25:01] BEFORE. AND WE FAR EXCEEDING THE CITY COUNCIL'S POLICY ON FOOT BALANCE ON ALL FRONTS. UH, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT, UH, WHILE WE TAKE THE CITY BACK TO EFFECTIVE TAX RATES. SO YOU SAID IT WAS 9 MILLION THE PREVIOUS YEAR, 10 MILLION BEFORE THAT WE WEREN'T USING THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE. AND I DON'T REMEMBER HAVING THIS MUCH CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BUDGET, BUT I DIGRESS, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND JUST, I KNOW I, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA IS, HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT CDCS, DO FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UM, THERE ARE SOME THAT FOCUS ON HOUSING, BUT CDCS DO FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. USUALLY THEY ARE PUT INTO CERTAIN AREAS, CERTAIN AREAS OF COMMUNITIES, UM, AND THEY WILL REBUILD THOSE AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE CITIES WILL MUNICIPALITIES WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH THEM AND LET THEM BE THE LEAD ON REDEVELOPING, THOSE AREAS. UM, JUST KIND OF FYI WITH CDC, BUT YEAH, I'M SURE MRS. DOWNS DOES NOT HAVE AN ISSUE WITH SITTING DOWN IS ANYONE TO GO MORE IN MORE DETAIL, UM, OVER THE BUDGET. UM, IF THERE'S NOT ANY MORE DISCUSSION, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE. MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON. DID YOU, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE OF Y'ALL MADE THE MOTION IN THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER ERRORS. DID YOU MAKE THE MOTION? CORRECT. AND MERE PROTEIN. PRESTON. YOU MADE THE SECOND. YES. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. NO COUNCIL MEMBER REALIST. NO COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. NO. AND THIS IS MAYOR FORD. YES. IS THERE A MOTION TO RATIFY THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUES REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET NEED A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON. YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF MAYOR FORD? COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ON WHAT THIS ITEM IS VOTING ON SPECIFIC. IS THERE A MOTION TO RATIFY THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUES REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALRIGHTY, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE NEAR PROTON PRESTON MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROULEZ YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. AND THIS IS MAYOR FORD. YES. UH, ITEM SEVEN, B TWO PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THE AMENDMENT TO THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AND SIANNA MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBERS. ONE FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, RESPECTIVELY TO PROVIDE FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES. YOU JOYCE. YES. GOOD EVENING. ALL, UM, THIS, THE NEXT TWO ACTUALLY AGENDA ITEMS ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER BOTH ADDRESS COUNCIL'S GOALS OF MAINTAINING A FINANCIALLY SOUND CITY GOVERNMENT, AND HAVING QUALITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP. BUILD OUT A NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. FORGIVE ME. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS OR THE AMENDMENT OF THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND SIENNA MUD, ONE OF SIX AND SEVEN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT IS A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND A SPECIAL DISTRICT THAT ASSISTS THE TWO ENTITIES AND PLANNING FOR DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATORY CONTROLS OVER CERTAIN AREAS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS. THANK YOU. IF WE COULD JUST GO BACK TO THE DEFINITION OR TO THE, UH, THANK YOU. UM, A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT MAY PROVIDE FOR LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATIONS ON TERMS ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH THE CITY AND [01:30:01] THE DISTRICT. AND AS YOU'LL SEE ON THIS SLIDE, I'VE JUST INCLUDED THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FROM THE STATUTE THAT AUTHORIZES THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT TO ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT UNDER TERMS THAT THEY BOTH AGREE ON. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THANKS. UH, MISSOURI CITY ENTERED INTO STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS WITH THE SIENNA MUDS AS EARLY AS 2001. THE CURRENT AGREEMENTS FOR SIENNA MUD MUDS ONE FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN, ALL PROVIDE FOR FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATIONS. IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET SUCH AS REIMBURSEMENT OF THE DEVELOPER FOR CERTAIN COSTS, THEY ALSO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATIONS. BUT ONE OF THOSE PURPOSES AT THIS POINT DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT PROVISION OF FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES A LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE LIST OF DISTRICTS. THE CITY IS CURRENTLY PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES PURSUANT TO MULTIPLE AGREEMENTS WITH THOSE DISTRICTS, THOSE DISTRICTS DISTRICTS FORGIVE ME, BUT THIS ITEM FORMALIZES THE PROVISION OF THOSE SERVICES THROUGH A LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION. ALTHOUGH THE, THIS IS A LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION, THE CITY SERVICE PLAN WOULD STILL CONSIST OF THE TERMS AND REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THOSE EXISTING AGREEMENTS. THEREFORE, THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY OPERATIONAL CHANGES. THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS A FIRE STATION THAT SERVES THAT AREA. THE CITY IS CURRENTLY PAID FOR SERVICES FROM RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA, PURSUANT TO THESE CONTRACTS. THOSE THINGS WOULD NOT CHANGE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I'M TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE? I'M NOT HEARING ANY, IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBERS CURLING SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS MADE THE MOTION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, JOYCE? ALRIGHTY. WELL, WE GOT TO VOTE TO OPEN A MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. YES. COUNSEL MR. LEE MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCILOR MARULA HAS MADE THE MOTION IN COUNSELING THEM EMORY AND IT SAYS MAYOR FOR YES. OKAY. ONE MORE CHANCE. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? ALRIGHTY. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING IN SANTA ANA? IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN EMORY SECONDS. YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MAYOR. PROTON PRESTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS AND COUNCIL MEMBER MADE THE MOTION. AND THE SECOND, AND THIS IS NEAR FOUR. YES. ITEMS SEVEN B THREE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE ANNEXATION FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO SIANNA MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBERS. ONE, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, RESPECTIVELY. YOU JOYCE. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU ALL. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THESE LIMITED PER ANNEXATION OF ANNA MUG. ONE, FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN. AND FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE DATE, MY OFFICE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED LIMITED PURPOSE. THE DISTRICTS AND THE PRIMARY DEVELOPER AND LANDOWNER HAS NOT OBJECTED TO THIS PROPOSED LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES OUT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS DEPICTION, YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT MUDS. UH, ONE IS THE TINY, UH, MUD, THE LITTLE BLUE MUD AT THE BOTTOM OF MUD. SEVEN FIVE IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THAT, BUT SEVEN IS JUST NORTH OF THAT. AND SIENNA MUD SIX IS OVER TO THE SOUTHWEST. UM, THIS, UH, DEPICTION IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN YOUR PACKET FOR REVIEW. AGAIN, THIS IS A LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES IN THIS TERRITORY. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. AS I MENTIONED, THIS ITEM IS RELATED TO THE ITEM BEFORE THE AMENDMENT OF THOSE AGREEMENTS WOULD THEN AUTHORIZE THE LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION THAT WE'RE, UH, DISCUSSING, [01:35:01] UM, OR RECEIVING ANY TESTIMONY OR EVIDENCE ON IN THIS ITEM. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THIS MATTER. SORRY GUYS, I COULDN'T GET MY THING OFF OF ME. IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC? HEARING MY EMOTIONS OFF IN A PUBLIC COUNCIL? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. UH, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MAYOR PRO TEM. PRESTON MAY THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROULIS YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. AND THIS IS MAYOR FORD. YES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU JOYCE? BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER? WAS THERE A SECOND THAT YOU COUNSEL MY MEMORY? YES. I'M NOT SURE I GOT IN BEFORE. UH, I HEARD YOUR NAME, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOU AS THE SECOND. UH, WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MAYOR POTENT PRESTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS. YES. AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE SECOND. THIS IS NEAR FORWARD. YES. [8. APPOINTMENTS] A CONSIDER NOMINATING A CAST VOTES FOR CANDIDATES TO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. INTER-GOVERNMENTAL GOVERNMENTAL POOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MARIA. HOW OUT HERE IN CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS MARIA I'M. THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE EARTH, FULL CAMP, FEMALE IRP, AND AS ENTITLED TO VOTE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBERS, CITY COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER A CANDIDATE, NOMINATION, NOMINATIONS, AND CAST VOTES FOR CANDIDATES TO SERVE ON A TML IRP BOARD OF TRUSTEES. CITY COUNCIL CAN VOTE FOR ONE CANDIDATE FOR EACH PLACE OR A WRITING CANDIDATE. THE BALANCE MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2020, AND THE CANDIDATES ARE FOLLOWED PLACE ONE, UH, ROBERT T. HERRERA PLACE TO, UH, CHRIS ARMACOST OR, UH, JOHN W BOLAN PLACE THREE GEORGE HIDE RE ROY, UH, MAIN OR, OR JEFFREY SNYDER PLACE FOR IS ROBERT AS HAWKS OR DAVID, UH, MARTIN KIMBERLY, MY SUMMER OR SEAN OVER OVERNIGHTED. SO AT THIS TIME CITY COUNCIL CAN, UH, CAST THEIR BOATS FOR ANY ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS OR SUBMIT A WRITING CANDIDATE. DOUG, ARE YOU MEETING MY MICROPHONE? MARIA? DO YOU WANT IT? YOU WANT US TO, UH, EMAIL OR? YEAH. UM, HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS? PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN DONE DURING A REGULAR MEETING. SO EVERY TWO YEARS IS WHEN COUNSEL GETS THIS NOMINATION TO MISS THE SUMMIT. THERE THEY'RE BOTH FOR THE CANDIDATES SERVE ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE TML IRP. SO THE LAST, UH, I THINK THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS WAS IN 2018 AND COUNCIL DID IT THROUGH ACTIONS OR IN THE REGULAR MEETINGS. OKAY. EXCUSE ME, MARIA, DO YOU HAVE, UH, ANY THING THAT I KNOW YOU YOU'VE, UH, INDICATED WHO THE, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS WERE BY EACH POSITION? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU CAN, YOU CAN SHOW US TO, UH, MAKE THAT DECISION [01:40:01] A BIO OR SOMETHING? YEAH, GO AHEAD. DO YOU HAVE A BIO OR ANYTHING? SO WE KNOW WHO WE'RE VOTING FOR. OKAY. THE IS IN THE COVER MEMO. OH, OKAY. THE COVER MEMO. YES. THE COVER MEMO HAS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CANDIDATES. I JUST LISTED THEIR NAMES. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO CAST VOTES FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE T AND L I R P MS. POOL OR TRUSTEE. AND THEN WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION, UM, IN NEED TO PROVIDE PLACE ONE PLACE TO PLACE THREE IN PLACE FOR, UM, FOR THESE TRUSTEES. AND IF YOU GUYS AREN'T READY TONIGHT, THERE IS A MEETING NEXT MONDAY, MARIA, YOU SAID THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT BY THE 30TH. YES MA'AM. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION ARE, IS EVERYONE READY TO VOTE TONIGHT OR DO YOU WANT TO DO IT ON MONDAY ON THE 28TH? MAY I NEED TO REVIEW IT? I'M I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T SAY THAT I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION. OKAY, GO AHEAD. I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO NOMINATE ROBERT HERRERA FOR PLACE ONE JOHN BUS FALLING OR PLACE TO JEFFREY SNYDER FOR PLACE THREE AND EIGHT MARTIN FOR PLACE FOR, OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT MOTION. MY MEMORY. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I DO THE ROLL CALL VOTE? YES, MAYOR. THIS IS COUNSELING PRESTON, A REQUEST WE MADE FOR ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO, UM, REVIEW THE INFORMATION. ARE WE OPPOSED TO THAT? NO, BUT, UM, SO COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE MADE A MOTION, SO WE'LL DO A VOTE. IF IT DOESN'T PASS, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, UH, STERLING CAN MAKE HER MOTION TO PUT THIS ON THE 28TH. AND IF SHE CAN GET A SECOND AND IT'LL PASS AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. ALRIGHT. SO NEARPOD SON, PRESTON. THEREFORE I AM, I'M VOTING AGAINST THIS AS THIS MOMENT TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUE TIME TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION I MYSELF HAVE REVIEWED IT, BUT I RESPECT HER REQUEST TO REVIEW THIS INFORMATION. OKAY. CATHERINE MEMBER ATTICS. NOW COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING HAS MADE A REQUEST. SO I'M GOING TO SAY, SHE SAYS NO. IS THAT CORRECT? COUNCIL NUMBER STERLING. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY AT AN ADD A COMMENT TO MAKE THOSE, UM, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVED THE BUDGET INFORMATION, FINALIZED BUDGET INFORMATION IN THE SAME PACKET. THESE ARE BUYERS THAT PROBABLY BREED TWO TO THREE SENTENCES. IT'S A PART OF THE PACKET. AND SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT HOW MY COLLEAGUES WERE, OR WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WAS IN THE PACKET THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE VOTED ON TONIGHT. UM, YEAH. I SPEAK MAYOR FORD IN MY, IN MY DEFENSE. I, I, I TOOK MY TIME THE WHOLE ENTIRE WEEKEND AND READ THE WHOLE ENTIRE BOOKLET OF THE FINANCIAL BUDGET. AND THAT'S OVER. IF YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PAGES IT IS, SO NO, I DID NOT TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ SOMETHING. THAT'S THREE LINES WHEN I READ A WHOLE ENTIRE THREE RING BINDER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, I RE I RESPECT THAT, BUT I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO READ THREE LINES. WELL, WE CAN'T HOLD UP THE CITY'S BUSINESS. THIS IS NOT A CITY. OKAY. IT'S CITY BUSINESS. YOU DON'T WANT TO HOLD THAT. I CAN VOTE. EVERY ITEM THAT COMES BEFORE US IS IMPORTANT. WE MAKE A DECISION. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ELECTED THE COUNTY BOARD. I'M VOTING. NO, THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. SO COUNCIL MEMBER, BILL, HE MADE THE MOTION COUNCILOR MARILLAS UM, YES. MA'AM JEFFREY. UH, WHO DID YOU HAVE OR COUNCIL MEMBER? BONEY. WHO DID YOU HAVE FOR PLACE FOR? I MISSED THAT ONE. DAVE, DAVE MARTIN, LET ME, UH, I'M TAKING A GLANCE. I PICKED SOMEBODY ELSE. SOMEBODY TAKE THE GROUND SMEAR PRO BUDGET. OKAY. OKAY. I'M GOOD WITH THAT MOTION. OKAY. AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE SECOND AND THIS IS MAYOR FOR IT. AND I WILL GIVE MY COLLEAGUES AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW. SO COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, [01:45:01] WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY THE 28TH? MY EMOTION, I'M SORRY, MARIA. RE-ENTER RIGHT. WHEN IS THE DEADLINE? THE 30TH, SEPTEMBER 30TH. THE DEADLINE DOESN'T MAKE THE BALLOT AND SEPTEMBER 30TH, LAURIE, I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. WE CANNOT EMAIL THIS TO YOU. NO, THIS IS EACH CHOICE. IF I MAY AMEND AGAINST THAT, MAY I JUST NEED TO CLARIFY THAT THE BALANCE MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30TH. OKAY. I GOT THAT. THE MEETING IS ON THE 28TH. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU, UM, RELATIVE TO THIS ITEM, BEING A MOTION AND A SECOND AND VOTED ON. UM, AND IT DID NOT PASS. DOES IT FALL INTO THAT 90 DAY THRESHOLD OR CAN IT JUST BE PUT ON THE NEXT AGENDA? OH, ARE YOU REFERRING TO RECONSIDERATION? RIGHT? THEY SAYS WE JUST MADE A WEEK, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE A FIVE VOTES, TWO THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS, ONE OF WHICH CAN BE UNDER PREVAIL PARTY TO BRING UP THE MATTER FOR A VOTE. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO JUST SUSPEND THE RULES AT THE NEXT MEETING AND DO THE BOAT, CORRECT? OR YOU COULD SUSPEND THE RULES? YES. MA'AM YOU COULD DO EITHER ONE. YEAH. OKAY. UM, SO COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO PUT IT ON THE NEXT MEETING AGENDA? YES. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALRIGHTY. I'LL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MAY REPORT TIM PRESTON. YES. NELSON. THE MAYOR WAS MADE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER, BODY QUESTION. UM, AGAIN FOR EACH JOYCE, JOYCE, UH, AM I ABLE TO VOTE ON THIS WITH, BEFORE WE SOME SUSPENDING THE RULES NOW, OR WE DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL, UH, MONDAY OR I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE MOTION. SURE. THIS IS A VOTE TO PLACE AN ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA WHEN MONDAY ACTUALLY COMES AND THEN THERE'S ACTUALLY CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM. UM, THEN WHILE WE'LL NEED FIVE VOTES IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY TAKE UP THE ITEM. SO THE MOTION THAT WAS JUST MADE AN A PLEASE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, UH, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M INCORRECT, BUT IT WAS TO PLACE THE ITEM ON AN AGENDA. YOU KNOW, IT'S A SEPARATE, IT'S A MOTION IN A, BUT THEN ON MONDAY YOU WILL BE RECONSIDERING THE SAME ITEM, WHICH WAS JUST CONSIDERED. AND THE RULE ABOUT RECONSIDERATION WILL APPLY AT THAT TIME. ALRIGHTY. COUNCIL MEMBER. BODY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER RULES. YES. COUNSELOR MAMMARY. YES. YES. [9. AUTHORIZATIONS] NINE A CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CORRIDOR. IT HAS MEANT MONUMENT SIGNS, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT PRINTING, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SHASHI KUMAR. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. THANK YOU. UH, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS TO AUTHORIZE A CON UH, ORGANIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC, MASONRY AND FENCING MONUMENTS SIGNED PROJECT. LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE DID COMPLETE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CORRIDOR ADVANCEMENT PROJECT, WHICH WAS THE MEDIAN LANDSCAPING ALONG TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT. THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH WE CAME TO COUNCIL WITH THE LOCATION WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE IN MARCH 20. AND, UH, WE HAVE FIVE LOCATIONS, UH, AT THE KEY ENTRY POINTS TO THE CITY WHERE WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, WHAT WE CALL THEM, BE READ OR SIGNED SIMILAR TO THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. AND IN SOME LOCATIONS, UH, COLUMNS ON WHAT WE CALL AS MONUMENTS. AND THESE FIVE LOCATIONS WERE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AT THE MARCH 2ND MEETING. UH, WE DID THIS PROJECT. WE HAD THREE BIDDERS AND THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WAS, UH, [01:50:01] IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT $503,000. UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, UH, UH, COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION OF THIS CONTRACT. SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, UH, CONSTRUCT THIS, UH, UH, READERS' SIGNS AND MONUMENT LOCATIONS. AND I DO RECALL THAT ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS IN THE COUNCIL MEETING WAS IF WE HAVE SOME EVENTS, UH, WE HAVE TO MOVE THE DISPLAY TRAILERS, UH, TO NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS, HAVING THESE MAGNIFYING MONUMENT SIGNS THAT, UH, FOUR STRATEGY STRATEGIC LOCATIONS, WHICH IS INDEPENDENCE IN FARNBOROUGH, TEXAS PARKWAY AT TOTAL CREEK, UH, INDEPENDENCE AT MURPHY AND DALLAS, AND CARTWRIGHT'S WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO BETTER ADVERTISE AND NOTIFY OUR RESIDENTS. UH, WITH THAT I'M A, I'M A, WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THIS CONTRACT. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT. UH, IS THERE A MOTION? REMEMBER PRESTON? OKAY. I HEARD SOMEBODY ELSE WITH THAT. YES MA'AM. OKAY. SO WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND SASHA. UM, IT IS HOW MANY PHASES IS IN THIS, THIS PROJECT ALTOGETHER THREE PHASES MAYOR. AGAIN, THE FIRST PHASE WAS THE MEDIA LANDSCAPING. AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE PHASE TWO. AND THE PHASE THREE IS WHAT WE CALL THE RED CARPET, WHICH IS ENHANCED LANDSCAPING IN FRONT OF CITY HALL ON HCC CAMPUS. SO THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN PHASE. OKAY. SO THE, I GUESS THE, UM, PER PHASE THREE, THAT'S THE RENDERING AND WE SAW WITH THIS AREA OR THE AREA BY CITY HALL BEING KIND OF THE FOCAL POINT, IS THAT YES. MA'AM WE HAVE HAPPENED TO DISPLAY WHEN WE HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING EARLIER LAST WEEK. YES. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM, OKAY. NO PROBLEM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SASHA? DID YOU INCLUDE, DID YOU MENTION THE MONUMENT SIGNS FOR FUNDRED PARTY, BUT THEN WHAT YOU SAID, UH, THE INDEPENDENCE AT FONDREN? UH, NOT NECESSARILY FUNDING MOTIVATION, UH, WHEN WE COUNSEL IN MARCH, BUT THIS, UH, THERE IS ALREADY A MONUMENT SIGN. AND I THINK THE CONSENSUS FROM COUNCIL WAS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BUILD THESE FOUR LOCATIONS. AND THE FIFTH LOCATION IS CORRECTION OF AN EXISTING SIGN LOGO. AND THEN IF FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE AFTER WE HAVE DONE, UH, THE PHASE THREE OF THE PROJECT, UH, WE'LL SEEK COUNCIL DIRECTION ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHTY, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE, MAYOR PARKER AND PRESSING. AND YOU MADE THE MOTION, CORRECT? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER EVER WORKS? YES. SOME MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. BE CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF AIR REGULATORS. SHE CAMPBELL. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JEAN COUNTY FIRE CHIEF. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING THE PURCHASE OF CREAKY THREE AIR REGULATORS FOR A COST OF $75,048. UH, THROUGH CARAVAN FUNDING, THIS PURCHASE WILL ALLOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE FIREFIGHTERS, THEIR OWN PERSONAL AIR PACKS AND REGULATORS IT'S HELPED ISOLATE POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS WHO CURRENTLY SHARE THE REGULATORS. THIS IS CURRENTLY BOUGHT A HIGHWAY DUE TO COVID-19 THE CURRENT SYSTEM REGULARLY, UH, STAY WITH THE AIR PACK AND THEN A SHARED FROM UNIT TO UNIT FROM DIFFERENT PERSONS FROM DAY TO DAY, THIS WOULD DIRECTLY REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING CONTAMINATED BY THIS AND ANY OTHER THING THAT HAS PASSED PERSON TO PERSON PASSED PERSON TO PERSON. UH, AND THESE FUNDS WERE ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED UNDER PRIORITY ONE ON YOUR AUGUST 3RD COUNCIL MEETING. AND HOWEVER WE, BECAUSE OF THE COSTS, WE'RE BRINGING HIM BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR REVIEW OF THE REQUEST. THE PURCHASE, UH, IS BEING PURCHASED THROUGH A VENDOR WHO'S APPROVED BY ACAC. UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL ON BAD WORDS THERE A SECOND. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. WELL, MR. AND THE SECOND, [01:55:02] ALRIGHTY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF CAMPBELL? OKAY. I'LL DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE CAMPBELL. WHAT'S THE LIFESPAN OF THESE DEVICES. MA'AM THE LAST SPAN COULD BE FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS, BUT HERE AGAIN, TWO PIECES BREAK. WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING IS WE ENDED UP, UM, WE, WE, WE PLACED IN PARTS AND PIECES. SO ALL WALLET SHOULD BE AS MANY AS FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS. THEY USED A DAILY. I WENT WHEN PEOPLE ON DUTY. UM, SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON AND TEAR. UM, SO IT COULD BE UP TO THAT AND MY YEAR, BUT IT COULD BE LESS BASED UPON WHERE AND COUNTY IS. SO WHAT WOULD NORMALLY HAPPEN IS WE MIGHT GET THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE, MAYBE 10 ON A YEAR. WOULD THAT NEED PARTS AND REPLACEMENTS? RARELY DO WE NEED THERE CHANGE OUT LARGE AMOUNTS OF AIR REGULATORS. HOWEVER, WE DO GET UPDATES WITH, UH, A NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION AGENCY THAT PROTECT FIREFIGHTERS. SOMETIMES REGULATORS ARE PHASED OUT. UM, HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE WE'LL GET FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. ALRIGHTY. I'LL DO THE ROLL CALL VOTE. MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON. YES. EDWARDS MAKE THE MOTION. CASTLEMAN WAS STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER VOTING. YES, YES, YES, YES. OH, THEY DID MAINTENANCE CONTRACT. YEAH. THIS IS JASON, UH, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. OUR CURRENT BEDMATE, HIS CONTRACT EXPIRES AT THE END OF THE MONTH. WE RECENTLY GONE OUT TO BID AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE AN EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH THE LO UH, BETTER FROM THIS PROCESS CALLED PAUL WAS A CITY FORESTER AND HE, UM, ADMINISTERS THIS CONTRACT AND IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE CONTRACT, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A BID MAINTENANCE CONTRACT? SO MOVE AHEAD BONUS. FIRST, WE GOT A MOTION BY BONNIE A SECOND BY MY RULE. IS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL OR JASON? YEAH, THIS IS A COUNCILMAN EMORY. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, BEDS THAT, UH, WE'RE, UH, CONSIDERING UNDER THIS CONTRACT OR IS IT STILL THE SAME, UM, BEDDING, UH, LOCATIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY MAINTAIN? THIS IS PAULA ANSWER THAT WE'RE ADDING THE LIBRARY LANDSCAPE, WHICH WAS FINISHED LAST YEAR. AND AS PART OF THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL ALSO ADD ABOUT ONE MONTH OF MAINTENANCE TO THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT ROAD MEDIANS. GREAT. THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHTY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. YES. YES. THAT'S A MEMBER BODY MADE THE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER IS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES, YES, YES. [10. ORDINANCES] AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR THE ASSESSMENT TO LEVY AND COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, WHERE THE TAX YEAR 2020 AND FOR EACH YEAR THEREAFTER UNTIL OTHERWISE PROVIDED PROVIDING THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH TAXES SHALL BE DUE AND TIMELY PAID AND AUTHORIZING AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY FOR THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT AS LOREM TAXES IN LIEU OF RECOVERING ATTORNEY'S FEE. ALRIGHTY, ELENA MAYOR, MAYOR COUNCIL. THIS IS NOT A LINE OF THIS IS STILL IN PLACE OF THE LINER. UH, BUT, UH, DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT PROPERTY TAX CODE, AS YOU KNOW, STATES THAT ATTACHING UNITS MAY NOT IMPOSE PROPERTY TAXES IN A YEAR UNTIL THE GOVERNING BODY HAS ADOPTED THE TAX RATE FOR THAT YEAR. AND THIS WILL [02:00:01] ALLOW FOR THAT. IT ALSO STAYS THE VOTE SETTING. THE TAX RATE MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE VOTE ADOPTING THE BUDGET. UH, THE RIGHT MUST BE ADOPTED BEFORE THE LATTER OF SEPTEMBER 30TH OR THE 60TH DAY AFTER THE DATA'S CERTIFIED PRAISE AND ROLL RECEIVE WITH EXCEPTION FOR A TAX RATE THAT EXCEEDS THE VOTER APPROVED RATE, UH, HARRIS COUNTY CERTIFIED THEIR PRINCIPAL ROLE ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2020 AND IS INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT AND REPORT APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE WAS SET OF PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.598035 PER $100 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, WHICH IS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE FORMERLY KNOWN AS EFFECTS TAX RATE. THE TWO COMPONENTS OF THE TAX RATE MUST BE APPROVED SEPARATELY, UH, IN THIS ITEM THAT BEING THE MNO AND THE DEBT, RIGHT. AND THEN FINALLY, UH, ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE SECTION A 1.10 2.09 A AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE STATES, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE MUNICIPALITY MAY LEVY TAX TAX IS ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BUDGET UNDER SEPARATE COVER. YOU ADOPTED THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET, AND THAT WAS DEALING WITH BASED ON THE PROPERTY RATE OF 0.598035 PER $100 VALUATION. AND THE CITY COUNCIL PROPOSED A TAX RATE ON THE AUGUST 17TH OF THAT AMOUNT. AND A, THIS RATE IS AGAIN, THE NO NEW NEW RATE AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR TO ADOPTION. THE TOTAL RATE WILL CONSIST OF A DEBT RATE OF 0.4144505 AND M AND O RATE FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION RATE OF 0.453530 FOR A TOTAL OF POINT AGAIN, 0.598035. AND AGAIN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO THESE CONJURE SEPARATE ITEMS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE TAX RATE. AGAIN, A 0.598035. ALRIGHTY. UM, DOUG IS BRUCE ON THE LINE. I DON'T SEE HIM ON NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE THREE VOTES OF THE COUNSELOR, ONE FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS COMPONENT OF THE TAX RATES. ONE FOR THE DEBT SERVICE COMPONENT OF THE TAX RATE AND ONE FOR THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE TAX RATE. SO HERE'S THE FIRST ONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RATE OF 0.453, FIVE, THREE ZERO FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS COMPONENT OF THE TEXT? I NEED A MOTION MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? TELL US MEMBER PRESTON. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALRIGHT, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON. THEY, THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EVERETTS MADE THE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER RULERS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. YES. AND THIS IS MAYOR FORD. YES. HERE'S THE SECOND ONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RATE OF 0.144505 FOR THE DEBT SERVICE COMPONENT OF THE TAX RATE COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA 0.1445045 DEBT RATE. IS THERE A SECOND COUNSEL? MR. ALLEN? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALRIGHTY, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. BONNIE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER HAS MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. AND THIS IS MERE FOURTH. YES. HERE'S THE THIRD ONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE? PROVIDING THE TEXT RAPE OF POINTS? FIVE NINE, EIGHT ZERO THREE FIVE. SO MOVED COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. IS THERE A SECOND COUNSELOR? EDWARD SAID, ALRIGHTY. I'LL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON. YES. IT WAS MADE THE [02:05:01] SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONY MADE THE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS. YES. EMORY YES. YES. [11. RESOLUTIONS] EIGHT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ESTABLISHING CERTAIN PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AUTHORIZING THE USE OF CITY FUNDS OR SUCH PROGRAMS AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO. OKAY. COUNSEL THIS. YES. MA'AM. THIS IS PHIL ATKINSON. THIS RESOLUTION ESTABLISHES AGAIN, THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR THE PROGRAMS AS AN AUTHORIZED AS COUNCIL TO, UH, WITH THE PRIORITIES RELATING TO COVID AND THE THREATS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT ASSIST RENTERS AND SMALL BUSINESS. THE CITY IN CONDUCTING THE PROGRAMS AND MAKING SUCH EXPENDITURES MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT AGAIN UNDER CARE THAT AND THE CITY IS ELIGIBLE. AS WE DISCUSSED AND RECEIVING 4.10 $4,108,775 IN CARE ACT FUNDS FROM BOTH HARRIS COUNTY AND FORT BEND COUNTY. THIS RESOLUTION ALSO, DISPLAYERS THE PELLET PURPOSE FOR THESE PROGRAMS AND SPINACHES REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION. AND, UH, AGAIN, CREATING A SAFER AND MORE UNITED COMMUNITY AND HELPING TO SLOW THE SPREAD COVID-19 PANDEMIC TO MAINTAIN THE ECONOMIC SECURITY AND STABILITY OF MISSOURI CITY. AND A STAFF IS RECOMMENDING VERBAL MOTION TO APPROVE BY ANTHONY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CAST MEMBER BODY ALREADY. SECOND IT ALRIGHT. UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BILL? I WOULD SAY, UM, COUNT, THIS IS ANTHONY BILL. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS I MADE EARLIER THIS EVENING. UM, THE FEES THAT IMPACT IS CHARGING US WHILE THEY MAY BE MARKET VALUE, WHATEVER, UH, THEY'RE EXCESSIVE $227,000. UM, PEOPLE GETTING PAID 55 BUCKS AN HOUR OR 125 BUCKS AN HOUR. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. AND I KIND OF HOPE THAT WE CAN PUT THAT BACK INTO OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE. SO LET'S MOVE FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHTY, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MAYOR PUTIN. PRESTON. YES. COUNCILMEMBER EVERETT'S COUNCIL MEMBER AMOROUS. YES. COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. AND COUNCILOR RABBONI MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER LIST MADE THE MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER EMORY. YES. AND THIS IS MAYOR FORD. YES. THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI, TEXAS AMENDING THE UTILITY SCHEDULE WITH PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. IS TODD OR SASHI? WHO'S I DON'T KNOW. WHO'S PRESENTING. YES. UM, HELLO, MAYOR FORD AND COUNCIL. UH, THIS IS UBER. UH, THIS RESOLUTION IS REGARDING, UM, THE AMENDMENT. UM, I'LL BREAK THE PRESENTATION UP. SO WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE OVERVIEW OF, UM, THE GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN IS THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE CREATED THE FORT BEND SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT IN 1989 TO REGULATE THE REDRAW OF GROUNDWATER TO MINIMIZE SUBSIDENCE AND FORT BENNING SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT THEN CREATED A GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN IN 1998 WITH THE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS ON HOW TO PREVENT FOR SUBSIDENCE BY GROUNDWATER REDUCTION MEASURES. NEXT WHAT'S UP NEXT LOT. THIS SOCIETY'S DISTRICT THEN REQUIRED ALL CITIES AS APPLICABLE TO CREATE THEIR OWN GROUND WATER REDUCTION PLANS ABOUT 2008 MISSOURI TO BE LED THE TASK OF UNITED MISERABLE UTILITY DISTRICTS IN CITY LIMITS. AND THOSE IN THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY AND RJ R R G R P HAS MET THE REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS OF 30% BY THE 2013 REQUIREMENT. AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE REDUCTION REQUIREMENT OF 60% BY THE 2015 REQUIREMENT. NEXT LOT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS A [02:10:01] MAP OF ON ALL THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY IN THE AREA IN YELLOW OF THAT IS THE SURFACE WATER USERS AND THE AREA IN THE NORTHEAST. THAT'S THE GROUNDWATER USERS. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE CITY ALONG WITH PARTICIPANTS BUILT THE ORIGINAL SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN 2012, WITH A PLANT CAPACITY OF 10 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPLAINED EXPANDING THE PLANT TO 20 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. AND THE NEXT EXPANSION, WE REALLY QUITE HAVEN'T DETERMINED THAT YET NEXT LOT. PART OF THE GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN. WE ARE CAREFULLY MONITORING, UM, AND WE BUDGET FOR OPERATIONAL AND PLANT EXPANSION COSTS. AND HERE IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THOSE COSTS FOR OUR SURFACE WATER TREATMENT, PLANT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE NEXT TO PAY FOR THESE CALLS, THE GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN OR GRP COMMITTEE EVALUATES THE ACTUAL BETA AND THE PROJECTS FOR THE FUNDS NEEDED FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THIS IS HOW WE DETERMINE WHAT THE PUMPING SPEEDS SHOULD BE TO CALCULATE THE PROPOSED PUMPING FEE EVALUATED EXPENSE DATA FROM FISCAL YEAR 2018 AND 2019. AND WE PROJECTED EXPENSES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, 2021 NEXT, NEXT LOT. SO WE COMPARE THE CURRENT ANALYSIS WITH THE LAST ONE PERFORMED AND WE DETERMINED THAT OUR OVERALL EXPENSES INCREASED BY 17% WHILE THE OVERALL REVENUE ONLY INCREASED BY 13%. THIS IS THE BASIS OF DETERMINING THAT A RATE INCREASE IS NEEDED. NEXT, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. . SO THIS DATA SHOWS THE INCREASE IN EXPENSES FOR SURFACE WATER AT ABOUT, UM, 1.2 MILLION AND GROUND WATER EXPENSES AT ABOUT 663,000. NEXT LAP. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS THE, A SEPARATE EVALUATION SUMMARY OF THE AVERAGE COST PER THOUSAND GALLONS TO PRODUCE GROUND WATER. THE RESULT OF THE EVALUATION DERIVED AT 59 CENTS PER THOUSAND WITH THE PRIOR FACTOR BEING 47 CENTS PER THOUSAND GALLONS. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE CALCULATION THAT WE USED, UM, FOR THE GRP FEE ANALYSIS. THIS IS OUR CURRENT RATE. SO THE PUMPING FEE, THE CALCULATION IS THE COST OF THE SURFACE WATER. PLUS THE COST OF THE GROUNDWATER DIVIDED BY A THOUSAND GALLONS OF THE SURFACE AND GROUND WATER THAT GIVES US OUR PUMPING SPEED. SO OUR CURRENT RATE IS 47 CENTS PER THOUSAND GALLONS, AND THAT IS THE WAY IT COSTS MY WATER USERS TO, TO CREATE THEIR GROUNDWATER. OUR CURRENT WHOLESALE OR GROUNDWATER PUMPING SPEEDS, A DOLLAR 72 PER THOUSAND GALLONS. AND OUR CURRENT SURFACE WATER PUMPING SPEED IS $2 AND 19 CENTS PER THOUSAND. NOW IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT TO ADD THAT ABSENT THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FORT BEN SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS FOR GROUNDWATER REDUCTION, WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY $6 AND 50 CENTS PER THOUSAND. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED RATE THAT I HAVE FOR MY, UM, AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME, UH, FORMULA. UM, I WILL POINT OUT [02:15:01] A NEEDED CORRECTION IN THE SLIDE. MY SINCERE APOLOGIES AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS $2 AND 31 CENTS. THAT IS A TYPO. IT SHOULD BE $2 AND 38 CENTS. I'VE LOOKED AT THIS COUNTLESS TIMES AND I JUST CALLED THIS, UH, UH, LATE THIS EVENING, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS CORRECT THROUGHOUT ALL OF YOUR PACKET. UM, THAT NUMBER OF $2 AND 38 CENTS APPEARS EVERYWHERE, BUT HERE. SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED CHANGES, UH, WERE ON THE SLAB BEFORE IT WAS A 47 CENTS. NOW IT'S 59 CENTS WHERE THE SLAB BEFORE WAS A DOLLAR 72 FOR THE GROUNDWATER PUMPING FEE. IT'S A DOLLAR 79 AND THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WAS $2 AND 19 CENTS FOR THE SURFACE WATER PUMPING SPE. UH, THE PROPOSED IS $2 AND 38 CENTS PER THOUSAND. SO AS A COMPARISON, I'VE PROVIDED A COUPLE OF ENTITIES IN OUR COUNTY THAT SHOWS THAT OUR CURRENT PUMP EDGE, THE, AND EVEN THE ONE IS LOWER THAN THAT, OF OUR NEIGHBORS. SO IF YOU LOOK, OUR, OUR CURRENT, UH, SURFACE WATER PUMPING SHOULD BE IN MISSOURI CITY AT $2 AND 19 CENTS WITH A PROPOSED CHANGE OF $2 AND 30 CENTS. IT'S CHEAPER THAN NORTH PORT BAN WATER AUTHORITY AT $4 AND 30 CENTS. THE CITY OF RICHMOND AT $2 AND 42 CENTS. AND THE CITY OF ROSENBERG AT $2 AND 60 CENTS. THESE ARE JUST TO NAME A FEW, BUT IT GIVES YOU KIND OF A COMPARISON OF HOW WE'RE MUCH LOWER THAN THE SURROUNDING AREAS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS SHOWS THE OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND PERCENT OF THE CHANGE. SO, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE CURRENT OF FEES OR $2 AND 19 SNAPS FOR SURFACE WATER, 47 FOR GROUND WATER USERS FEE, AND THEN A DOLLAR 72 FOR THE GROUND WATER PUMP, THE PROPOSED CHANGES OF TWO 38 59 AND ONE 79 OR 19 CENTS PER THOUSAND 12 CENTS PER THOUSAND 7 CENTS PER THOUSAND RESPECTIVELY WITH THE CHANGE OF 8.6, 8% FOR SURFACE WATER, 25.5, 3% FOR THE GROUNDWATER USERS SPADE AND $4 AND SEVEN, UH, I'M SORRY, 4.07% CHANGE, UH, FOR THE GROUNDWATER PUMPING SPEED. SO, UM, THIS IS THE OVERVIEW OF ALL OF OUR CALCULATIONS AND DETERMINATION BASED ON THE NEEDS OF OUR EXPENSES FOR OUR REVENUE AND THE NEEDED CHANGES OF OUR FEES. SO, UM, LASTLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. UH, WE ALREADY HAVE A VERY, UH, UH, FINAL DRAFT TO QUICKLY POST A QUESTION AND ANSWER DOCUMENT ON OUR CITY WEBSITE TO EXPLAIN, UH, THESE FEES INCREASES AND IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL THIS EVENING. SO IF I'LL NOW PASS IT OVER TO SASHA KUMAR, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEER, IF HE WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING OR MAKE ANY NEEDED CLARIFICATION'S. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOHN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AGAIN, TODD WENT TO ONE IN DETAIL, THE REASONING BEHIND HOW WE ARRIVE AT THESE FEES. I JUST WANT TO ADD AND SUMMARIZE A FEW THINGS HERE. THIS GRP PROGRAM AND WARMER PLANT HAS BEEN ACCOUNT. YOU WILL. IF THE CITY PROJECT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND PRODUCE THE LOWEST COST IN THE REGION NOW, UM, IT COSTS, IT IS CHEAPER TO PRODUCE AND SUPPLY COSTS ABOUT 59 CENTS TO PRODUCE A MILLION GALLONS OF GROUNDWATER VERSUS A $2 AND 38 CENTS TO PRODUCE SURFACE WATER. UH, THE CITY'S MAIN STRATEGY DECISION KIND OF HELPED IN KEEPING PAST LOWER. WE DECIDED TO CONVERT A PARTICULAR AREA TO RECEIVE SURFACE WATER, THE AREAS WHERE THE PLANT IS AND , AND THE OTHER AREAS REMAIN BEING SUPPLIED BY GROUNDWATER PERMIT. THIS MANDATE OF EVER EVERY PARTY, WHICH IS THE PEOPLE THAT USE, UH, WHICH IS THE MARCH THAT USE GROUND WATER, AS WELL AS PEOPLE THAT USE SURFACE WATER PAY FOR THE EXPANSION. SO WHEN YOU SAW THOSE TWO RATES, UH, THE SURFACE [02:20:01] WATER USERS PAY A FEE OF 38, $2 AND 34,000 GALLONS. AND THEN WE REBATE 59 CENTS. THE COST OF PRODUCING GROUNDWATER PEOPLE THAT DEPEND ON THE PRODUCERS THAT DEPEND ON THE NON WATER. AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THESE RATES AT THE VERY MINIMUM. NOW, RECENTLY, THE CITY IS LOOKING AT A LONGTERM STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 15 MILLION GALLONS, A DAY OF WATER FROM THE GULF COURSE WATER AUTHORITY, UH, AND WATER IS A COMMODITY. NOW ANOTHER 10 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER WAS MADE AVAILABLE AND WE HAD TO QUICKLY HOP ON IT AND LOCK THAT CONTRACT. SO AS OUR COSTS INCREASE, UH, THE GRP COMMUNITY IS VERY CAREFUL IN THE SENSITIVE TO ANY RATE INCREASES, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME. BUT LOOKING AT THE LONGTERM PERSPECTIVE OF LOCKING IN THE WATER THAT WAS AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS PLANNING FOR FUTURE EXPANSION, UH, WE HAD TO CAREFULLY MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENT TO OUR RATES, AND THEY'RE GOING UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT STILL, AS TODD MENTIONED, WE ARE VERY COMPETITIVE AND WE ARE ONE OF THE LOWEST RATES IN THE REGION WITH THAT. THE ACTION ITEM FOR YOU TONIGHT IS ADOPT THE NEW RATES. THE GDRP COMMITTEE HAS MADE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. TODD AND I ARE THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE ME ON COUNSELING. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. UH, MARRIAGE COUNSELING, EMORY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE IS I, I SEE THAT, UH, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A 60%, UH, SURFACE WATER BY, UH, 2025. UH, WHERE ARE WE ON THE, UH, ON THE SCALE OF BEING ABLE TO, UH, MEET THAT MANDATE? TODD, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT? YEAH, THIS IS TODD HOOVER. THE LAST OFF SAW WE WERE AT 42%, UM, WITH OUR PROJECTION OF THE SURFACE WATER PLANT EXPANSION, AND ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT SOME WATER REUSE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONVERTING SOME GROUND WATER CUSTOMERS TO SURFACE WATER, UH, WE'RE IN LINE AND MY VIEW OF MEETING THAT CRITERIA. OKAY. BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND THE PENALTY IS FAIRLY SEVERE. IF WE DON'T REMEMBER IF I MAY ADD A LOT OF GROWTH. SO WE ARE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL HIT THE 60% COMMERCIAL MANDATE IN THE EVENT, WE DON'T, UH, WE'VE ALSO OVER CONVERTED. SO WE HAVE KIND OF SAVED ALL THE ORACLE MOTION IN THE BANK AND WE CAN USE THAT. SO WE ARE WELL POSITIONED TO MEET THE 20, 25 MANDATES, UH, WE'LL END WITH THAT. GREAT. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS THERE WAS A SIZEABLE INCREASE IN THE EXPENSES. UH, AND, UH, MY QUESTION IS, UH, ARE THOSE, UH, EXPENSES, HOW ARE THEY, UH, UH, AUDITED AND, UH, WE'RE ASSURED THAT THEY'RE, UH, UH, APPROPRIATE AND, UH, ONE OF THE APPROPRIATE, UH, UH, EXPENSES FOR THAT OPERATION. SO, TOM, IF I CAN TAKE THAT QUESTION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE EXPENSES CAME FROM THE PURCHASE OF THE ORIGINAL MODEL THAT I TALKED ABOUT. UM, SO WE HAD 15 MILLION GALLONS OF RAW WATER THAT WE ARE PURSUING TO THE GULF COAST WATER PARTY. ANOTHER 10 MILLION GALLONS BECAME AVAILABLE. SO WE WANTED TO PURCHASE AND LOCK THAT SO-CALLED, UH, WATER THAT WAS AVAILABLE. SO, UH, THAT IS WHY YOU SEE THE BUMPING EXPENSES AS WE GROW AND ADD MORE CUSTOMERS. UH, WE, WE CAN DO UP CUT COST AMONG MORE CUSTOMERS, BUT I THINK IN THE LONG RUN, WE ARE WELL POSITIONED TO BE ONE OF THE LOWEST COST PROVIDER QUALITY WATER IN THE REGION. OKAY. WE'LL LET YOU, THAT SHOULD BE OUR GOAL, SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE MEET IT. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU. THAT, UH, ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. THANK YOU. ANY ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHTY. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION? THE SCOUTS WERE AN EMORY MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, I HEARD A COUNSELOR MR. LANE. SECOND. UH, I WILL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MAYOR PRO [02:25:01] TEM PRESSER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER LISTS. YES. AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION. THIS IS MAYOR FORD. YES. C CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGERS IN A WEEK. THAT WAS PULLED FROM THE AGENDA. SORRY, COUNCILMAN EMORY, COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THE BASIS WAS SO FAR? DO WE JUST NEED TO WAIT UNTIL IT COMES BACK ON THE, UM, ON THE AGENDA? WELL, YOU HAVE TO WAIT, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT CAUSE IT WAS POOLED. OKAY. SO YEAH. WHY DON'T YOU PM ME AND TELL ME WHAT, UH, WHAT THE REASON WAS. OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS. OKAY. SORRY. SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION. UM, [12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS] 12 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS. UM, MAYOR. POET'S IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS, STAFF AND MY DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, UM, FOR THE PARK CLEANUP THAT WE ENGAGED IN ON LAST SATURDAY AT HUNTER'S GLEN PARKS. UM, WE HAD A GREAT TIME, GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND WE GOT A LOT ACCOMPLISHED. UM, SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU. TELL ME SOME NUMBER, I'M SORRY. MAY I LIKE TO ECHO YOUR COMMENTS? WE DID HAVE A GREAT TURNOUT AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A MAJOR SHOUT OUT TO ALISON VICKERY OF THE PARKS CLEANUP, UM, DEPARTMENT, OR I'M SORRY, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. SHE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IT OUT, COORDINATING THE EVENT. AND I JUST WANTED TO LET HER KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE HER ALSO THANKS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR CAPTURING THE MOMENT OUGHTA RECOGNIZE THAT PARTICIPATED WONDERFUL JOB YOU COUNCIL MEMBER STARLING. AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO ECHO WAS A GREAT EVENT AT DISTRICT A AND SO I APPRECIATE, UH, THE SEAN CREW. WE HAD A GREAT TIME, UH, COUNSEL WOMAN, AND, UH, LASTLY, UH, MAY OF PROTON AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF, UM, ONE OF THE CENTERS ON 2234. SO THAT'S FORTHCOMING. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ALRIGHTY, COUNCIL MEMBER OF BONEY. YES. HI. UH, JUST WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO THANK THE LADIES OF THAT COUPLE OF KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED FOR ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE IN A VIRTUAL, UH, PANEL, UH, ON THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING OR ELECTION TIME IS AROUND THE CORNER WHEN ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET OUT AND DO THAT AS WELL AS, UH, I PARTICIPATED IN A, UH, CARAVAN, UH, PUT ON BY THE 20, 20 CENSUS. AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS. IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE CENSUS FORM SEPTEMBER THE 30TH IS THE DEADLINE. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT SO THAT YOU CAN BE COUNTED. THAT CONCLUDES MY COUNCIL MEMBER RULERS. YES, MA'AM. UM, JUST WANT TO THANK WALMART. AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME OUT TO HELP CLEAN THE TRAIL, THE WALMART PARKING LOT, AND SOME OF THE SURROUNDINGS, IT WAS NOT A CITY FUNCTION. IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE JUST GOT TOGETHER AND DID VERY PRODUCTIVE AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. AND, UM, I GUESS THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YEAH, IT'S UH, FIRST OF ALL, LIKE THE PAST MY, UH, APPRECIATION TO THE STAFF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE, UH, THE BUDGET PRESENTATION. I KNOW THAT'S NOT AN EASY TASK AND, UH, WE, UH, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, LIKE TO SEE, UH, THE DETAILS. SO AGAIN, UH, A JOB WELL DONE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT I, I LIKED THE BUDGET, BUT I LIKED THE PRESENTATION THAT THE, UH, THE STAFF PUT TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU. AND THIS IS MAY OR FORWARD, I'LL SAY, UM, THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE TONIGHT. WE DO HAVE TO GO INTO, BACK INTO OUR SPECIAL MEETING. SO, UM, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS REGULAR MEETING, AND THEN IF YOU GIVE ME A SECOND, I WILL RECONVENE THE SPECIAL MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.