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I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT SEVEN OH FIVE AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE FOR THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, STERLING CRESCENT, COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MORALISTS PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY PRESENT.
THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY STAFF AND MEETING PRESENTERS, CITY MANAGER, OTIS JONES.
YEAH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON.
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLEN MARTEL CITY ATTORNEY
MARIA JACKSON AS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, STACY WALKER AS DEPUTY FIRE MARSHALL, MATT RIOS, MATT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
PAUL WAS BECKY RESIDENT, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, SASHA KUMAR, FIRE, CHIEF EUGENE CAMPBELL, CHIEF GAMBLE, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, TOMIKA IT PRESENT DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, ELENA PORTIS UTILITIES MANAGER, TODD HOOVER, EMILY ALLEN, ANDY WHERE'S BECKY DIANE GILT.
GILTNER ERIC BARBARA, BARBARA NANCY SHELF.
REGINA NICKELS, RICK NAVARRO OF DENTON NAVARRO ROACH BURNELL, UH, PRESENT MAYOR DAVID TINNY.
WE WILL NOW HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
FOR PRESENTATION, PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.WE WILL START WITH PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH THE 10TH 2020 AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO PULL UP THE PROCLAMATION.
THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL THOSE LIVING IN AND VISITING MISSOURI CITY AND FIRE IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN, BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY AND HOMES ARE THE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE THE GREATEST RISKS FOR FIRE AND HOME FIRES KILLED MORE THAN 2,630 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2017.
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES RESPONDED TO 357,000 HOME FIRES AND COOKING IN IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF HOME FIRES IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 173,000 ANNUALLY BETWEEN 2013 AND 2017 MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY IN THE KITCHEN WHEN FRYING FOOD ON THE STOOP, ON THE STOVE TOP, KEEP A THREE FOOT KID FREE ZONE AROUND COOKING AREAS AND KEEP ANYTHING THAT CAN CATCH FIRE AWAY FROM STOVE, TOPS AND RESIDENTS WHO HAVE PLANNED AND PRACTICE A HOME FIRE ESCAPE PLAN ARE MORE PREPARED AND WILL THEREFORE BE LIKELY TO SURVIVE A FIRE AND WORKING SMOKE ALARMS CUT THE RISK OF DYING AND REPORTED HOME FIRES IN HALF AND THE TWO AND THE 2025 PREVENTION WEEK THEME SERVE UP FIRE SAFETY IN THE KITCHEN EFFECTIVELY SERVES TO REMIND US TO STAY ALERT AND USE CAUTION WHEN COOKING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF KITCHEN BUYERS.
NOW, THEREFORE ISLAND TO FORD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY
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DO HERE, HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 4TH, THROUGH THE 10TH 2020 AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY TO CHECK THEIR KITCHENS FOR FIRE HAZARDS AND USE SAFE COOKING PRACTICES DURING FIRE PREVENTION, WEEK 2020, AND TO SUPPORT THE MANY PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES AND EFFORTS OF MISSOURI CITY'S FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
TAMIKA, ARE YOU ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION TODAY? CHIEF CAMPBELL IS ON.
HE'S GOING TO ACCEPT THAT HE'S IN THE WAITING ROOM.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS TO LET THEM AGAIN REAL QUICK.
CLIFF, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND LET THEM INTO THE MEETING? OKAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN A WAITING ROOM.
I BELIEVE SHE CAMPBELL WOULD CALL IT IN FROM A, FROM A, UH, FROM A PHONE NUMBER.
ARE YOU THERE ON BEHALF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? OKAY.
UM, AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE PROCLAMATION.
PLEASE BE SURE TO LOOK AT THE MISSOURI CITY'S FIRE WEBSITE FOR TIPS OF HOW FOR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, WE WILL HAVE STUFF POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE WAIT FOR FIRE PREVENTION.
THANK YOU FOR MIKA THREE, BE PROCLAIMED THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY CHANGE IS CONSTANT AND AFFECTS ALL CITIES, TOWNS, SUBURBS, COUNTIES, BOROUGHS, TOWNSHIPS, RURAL AREAS, AND OTHER PLACES AND COMMUNITY PLANNING AND PLANS CAN HELP MANAGE THIS CHANGE IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES BETTER CHOICES FOR HOW PEOPLE WORK AND LIVE.
AND THE FULL BENEFITS OF PLANNING REQUIRES PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS WHO UNDERSTAND SUPPORT AND DEMAND EXCELLENCE IN PLANNING AND PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.
AND THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS TERRITORIES WITH THIS YEAR'S THEME PLANNING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT BENEFITS ALL AND THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION AND IS PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE, THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PLANNERS ENDORSE NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRIBUTIONS, SOUND PLANNING AND PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, MAKE TO THE QUALITY OF OUR SETTLEMENT AND ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THE MANY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY A PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY OF CITY, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT THANKS FOR THE CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE BY THESE PROFESSIONALS.
NOW, THEREFORE I YOLANDA FORD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2020 AS COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH OLDEST, ARE YOU THERE? THIS MA'AM.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
I'M AS ECHOED IN THE THING THIS YEAR PLANNING IS ESSENTIAL TO RECOVERY.
UM, CITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD LIKE MISSOURI SEE ARE FORCED TO BE MORE RESILIENT AND CONCENTRATE ON RECOVERY.
AS WE RESPOND TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AS WELL AS THIS BEING PEAK HURRICANE SEASON ACTIVITY, WE ARE INSPIRED PLANNERS TO SEEK OUT WAYS TO BE MORE FORWARD THINKING AS WE WORK TOWARDS INNOVATIVE PLANNING STRATEGIES.
AS WE HAVE SEEN SMALL BUSINESSES IN NAVIGATING THROUGH LASTLY, WE AS PLANNERS ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE DIGITAL DIVIDE TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AS WE STRIVE IN THIS VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE PLANNING DIVISION, MYSELF, JENNIFER THOMAS PLANNING MANAGER, THOMAS WHITE IIJIMA EDWARDS, AS WELL AS GRETCHEN PAL, WE SAY, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO SEE PRESENTATION OF THE 2020 GOLDEN TREE AWARD TO LUKEY TORTILLA NINE TWO ONE ONE HIGHWAY SIX FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITIES LANDSCAPE.
UH, THE GOLDEN TREE AWARD IS OUR RECOGNITION PROGRAM FOR LOCAL BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
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UH, SOME OF THE SELECTION CRITERIA INCLUDE DONATION OF FUNDS OR IN KIND RESOURCES TO EITHER PARKS OR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, UTILIZATION OF GREEN TECHNOLOGY IN AND AROUND THEIR BUSINESS OR FACILITY AND ENHANCED OR INNOVATIVE LANDSCAPING AROUND THEIR PROPERTY.THIS QUARTER'S, UH, GOLDEN TREE AWARD IS LUPA TORTILLA, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THEIR LANDSCAPING IS IN FACT AS AWESOME AS THEIR FOOD.
SO THIS MYSELF AND FOLKS FROM MISSOURI CITY GREEN WILL DELIVER THEIR WALL PLAQUE AND YARD SIGN IN RECOGNITION OF THIS AWARD.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.AS A REMINDER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BRUCE SABBA ROSKI.
YES, BRUSA BROSKI SEVEN NINE ONE FIVE CHANCEL DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND DEAD.
SO I'M GONNA TOUCH ON A FEW BRIEF SUBJECTS HERE.
THIS TAXATION PROBLEM IN MISSOURI CITY IS GETTING WORSE.
SENIORS HAVE NO REAL EXEMPTION.
YOU'RE WILLING TO BAIL OUT BAIL OUT BUSINESSES, ALONG TEXAS PARKWAY WITH FORGIVABLE LOANS.
WELL, NEIGHBORHOODS NEED ATTENTION TO NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE FOND METAL AND ALL COMMUNITIES.
OF COURSE, YOU ALSO TOOK OUT A SIGNIFICANT TAX BASE.
THE GOLF COURSE THEN BECAME CITY PROPERTY.
WHAT ABOUT SUBDIVISIONS IN MISSOURI CITY THAT HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PAY TAXES ON THEIR FEES? THERE'S SOME RELIEF THERE FOR ALL OF MISSOURI, SO YOU TO ENJOY JUST NOT QUAIL VALLEY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO REINFORCE THE ISSUE OF THE FOND METRO BRIDGE.
WE STILL DON'T HAVE A BRIDGE IN FOND MEADOW.
WE HAVE A COUNCIL WITH FOUR PEOPLE WHO WOULD PROBABLY VOTE FOR THIS, BUT IT NEVER CAME UP AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
THIS AGENDA NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF QUICKLY.
METAL DON'T NEED TO BE CRAWLING THROUGH A HARRIS COUNTY DRAINAGE DITCH TO GET TO A PLAYGROUND.
SO THERE'S OTHER PRIORITIES IN MISSOURI CITY, ALONG WITH SMALL BUSINESSES AND THAT'S THE INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU CAN HELP ONE NEIGHBORHOOD OUT BY TAKING OVER THEIR AMENITY AND PUMPING 38 MILLION PLUS INTO IT.
BUT YOU CAN EVEN HELP OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS OUT BY HELPING THEM REDUCE THEIR TAX BASE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY PROPERTY TAXES ON THE VALUE OF THEIR AMENITIES.
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL WITH SOME OF THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE THE HARRIS COUNTY PART OF MISSOURI CITY IS THE FORGOTTEN PART OF MISSOURI CITY.
IS THERE, THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, MOVE TO ADOPT? OKAY.I HAVE, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, MAY I APPROACH AND PRESTON MAKE THE MOTION, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER AND A RULE IS MADE THE SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I'LL NOW DO A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
COUNCIL MEMBER RULE IS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
AND THIS IS MAYOR FORD GIFTS SEVEN A THERE ARE NO ZONING PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCES SEVEN B.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS, UNRELATED ACTIONS, EIGHT APPOINTMENTS.
THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA.
[9. AUTHORIZATIONS]
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FORT BEND COUNTY FOR CITY HALL DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION.CAN YOU HEAR ME? WELL, YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
MAYOR, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL IN THE 2017 MOBILITY BOND PROGRAM FOR MOBILITY PROJECTS WERE AUTHORIZED.
UM, WHILST THOSE PROJECTS IS THE EXTENSION OF KNIGHT ROAD, UH, OR SORRY, THE EXTENSION OF WHAT'S PLANTATION ROAD FROM THE LIMITS OF MY DRAWER, EXTENDING THE EAST, UH, TO THE, UH, TO FURTHER A LITTLE WEST OF HIGHWAY SIX.
HOWEVER, THAT PROJECT HAS A PRICE TAG OVER 4.3 MILLION, AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE PROJECT AS THE, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ARE MADE AWARE DURING THE CIP PROCESS.
SHASHI, CAN EVERYBODY PLEASE MUTE YOUR LINES? THANK YOU.
WELL, WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD PROJECT BECAUSE THAT PROJECT, THE WATTS PLAN PATIENT EXTENSION HAS A PRICE TAG OF FOUR AND A HALF MILLION PLUS THERE IS NO RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE PROJECT.
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PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN TOOK THE ORGANIZATION AND WENT BACK TO FORT BEND COUNTY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF COMMISSIONER GREEDY PRESTIGIOUS, UH, AND HIS STAFF.UH, WE TRY TO COME OUT WITH A PROJECT THAT'S NEEDED AND ALSO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN AFFORD BECAUSE THE CITY HAS TO MATCH WITH 50%, UH, FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND ONE OF THE PROJECTS, THAT'S SOME, BOTH INTEREST TO MISSOURI CITY AND FOR PENN COUNTY IS THE CITY HALL DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S THE DRIVE COMING OFF OF TEXAS PARKWAY THAT SERVES BOTH THE CITY HALL CAMPUSES, AS WELL AS THE FORT BEND COUNTY LIBRARY THAT HAS THE PRICE TAG OF APPROXIMATELY 1.8 MILLION.
AND WE DO HAVE OUR MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM METRO AND COUNTY IS WILLING TO COMMIT $1.1 MILLION UP TO $1.1 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT TOWARDS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
AND THE BASED ON THE PAYMENT ASSESSMENT WE DID THE PAYMENT IS IN POOR CONDITION AND NEED OF RECONSTRUCTION.
UH, SO WHAT YOU HAVE FOR YOU, UH, FOR, IN FRONT OF YOU TO NIGHTMARE AND COUNCIL IS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH FORT BEND COUNTY FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT.
AND SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT IN ONE LAST POINT IS A ONE UPON AUTHORIZATION FOR PENN COUNTY WILL EXECUTE, PAINT A LOCAL AGREEMENT, AND THEN IT IS SCHEDULED FOR CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME IN SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR AFTER WE COMPLETE THE DESIGN, THAT'S ALL I HAD MARRIAGE COUNSELING.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SHASHI? OKAY.
IS THERE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ONE LAST CHANCE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SASHA? OKAY.
MAY I APPROACH HIM? PRESTON MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE MOTION.
NINE BE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER EQUIPMENT.
DID HE GET ON THE LINE YET? YES, MA'AM.
WE'RE BRINGING FORTH AN ITEM RELATED TO EQUIPMENT FOR EMERGENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE OUT OF BUSINESS CITY EMPLOYEES ARE SAFE.
IN ADDITION, WE'RE ALSO PRESENTING INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP US WITH OUR CONTINUITY OPERATIONS GOING COVID.
UH, TONIGHT TAMIKA AND CEDRIC COLE WILL SPEAK TO THOSE TWO ITEMS. THESE ITEMS WILL BE CARRIED ON ANY ANOTHER ITEM OR LINKED TO ANOTHER ITEM THAT MISS PORTIS WILL BE PRESENTING, UH, WHICH IS THE UPDATED CARES ACT BUDGET FOR JAMAICA.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS CHIEF CAMPBELL MENTIONED, UM, WE ARE REQUESTING THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ITEMS FOR THE CITY UTILIZING CARE'S FUNDS, WHERE YOU WERE LOOKING AT TO WHICH WAS APPROVED IN THE PRIORITY LIST OF ELC CONFERENCE ROOM.
THE FREIGHT'S CURRENTLY IN THE ELC.
IF WE HAD AN ACTIVATION, WE USUALLY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM IN ORDER TO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCE IN CDC RECOMMENDATIONS, WE ARE LOOKING AT EXPANDING SOME OF THE CAPABILITIES THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE SPACE TO SPREAD PEOPLE OUT.
IN CASE WE DO HAVE AN ACTIVATION AND ALSO TO UTILIZE DURING TRAININGS.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT CERTAIN THINGS TO HELP, UM, WITH THE CITY.
ALSO, IN ADDITION, WE'RE LOOKING AT PURCHASING SOME ADDITIONAL LAPTOPS AND CLEANSING PORTALS FOR THE CITY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF CITY EMPLOYEES AND CITIZENS VISITING.
I'M VISITING THE CITY DIRECTOR CALLED, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? HI, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, NO I'M THINKING BACK HOME.
UM, WE HAD TO UTILIZE THE ELT COMPUTERS TO HELP CONTINUE ON OUR OPERATION.
NOW WITH THIS PURCHASE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A FULLY STAFFED TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT INSIDE OF THE LLC.
UM, AS WE HAVE COMPUTERS, LAPTOPS TO BE THE OTHER ORGANIZATION, IF WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
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IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER? EDWARD SECOND.ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? ALRIGHTY, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER AIR WAS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STARLIN.
WILL THIS MAKE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY? YES.
SEE, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS FOR SIANNA MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS.
NUMBER ONE, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, RESPECTIVELY FOR THE PROVISION OF FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.
ALL, UM, ON OR ABOUT AUGUST, 2020, THIS COUNCIL AUTHORIZED STAFF TO PROCEED WITH THE PROCESS OF INITIATING A LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF CNM MUDS ONE, FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.
THIS ITEM CONSTITUTES THE AUTHORIZATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH EACH DISTRICT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MUD ONE TO PROVIDE FOR SUCH LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2020, AND ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2022 RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENTS.
THERE WERE NO COMMENTS ON, UH, OBJECTING TO THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION.
I AM ASKING YOU ALL TO EXCLUDE MUD ONE FROM THIS AUTHORIZATION BECAUSE A MUD ONE WAS UNABLE TO CONDUCT TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND AUTHORIZED THE AGREEMENT PRIOR TO YOUR CONSIDERATION THAT IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
THEREFORE YOU WILL, UH, BE ABLE TO CONSIDER MUD ONES AMENDMENT AT A LATER TIME, BUT AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO CON TO CONCLUDE THOSE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS, AS WELL AS AUTHORIZED THE AMENDMENTS FOR THEIR AGREEMENTS.
THIS ITEM ONLY, UH, I WILL BE ASKING FOR AUTHORIZATION ONLY FOR SIENNA MONTHS, FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN, UH, FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS FOR THE PROVISION OF FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.
WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
IS THERE A MOTION PASSES FROM AN EMORY MOTION TO ACCEPT? IS THERE A SECOND COUNSEL, MR. ALLEN SECOND, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, JOYCE? YES.
UH, DO WE KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE, UH, WANT TO BE ABLE TO, UM, GET THEIR, UM, THEIR PAPERWORK IN LINE? I GUESS I DID.
I WASN'T OR HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MUD ONE'S ATTORNEY THIS AFTERNOON.
HE STATED THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT HEARING WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, WITH ANNEXATIONS, WE'RE ON A VERY TIGHT, A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE TO CONCLUDE THOSE ANNEXATIONS.
THEREFORE IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UH, AGAIN, FOR SOME OF THOSE, UH, FOR THE SANTA MUD ONES, ANNEXATION AT A LATER DATE, UH, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO CONCLUDE THEIR PUBLIC HEARING BY OCTOBER 19TH, WHICH IS YOUR NEXT MEETING, THEY SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE SCHEDULE, UM, WHICH WOULD, UH, ENTAILS ESSENTIALLY FIRST READING OF A, A LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE ON OCTOBER 19TH, SECOND READING ON NOVEMBER 2ND.
SO IF THEY'RE ABLE TO CONCLUDE THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS BY OCTOBER 19TH AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET YOUR AUTHORIZATION BY THAT TIME OR AT THAT MEETING, WE CAN PROCEED.
BUT IF NOT, WE'LL JUST ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO START THE CLOCK OVER AND CREATED ANOTHER TIMETABLE FOR THAT MUD
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
MAY I APPROACH AND PRESTON? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
D CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT FOR CIVIL SERVICE LAW LEGAL SERVICES EAGERLY.
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AGAIN, UH, THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR THE ENGAGEMENT OF SPECIALIZED LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE, UH, LEGAL SERVICES FOR, UH, FORGIVE ME FOR, UM, THE CITY'S POTENTIAL, UH, CIVIL SERVICE ITEM THAT WILL BE ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD BALLOT.AS YOU ALL KNOW, CIVIL SERVICE ESSENTIALLY PROVIDES POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS WITH PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT.
AND ALONG WITH THAT COMES A LOT OF, UH, DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES.
AND, UM, BACK ON OCTOBER, OR EXCUSE ME, JUNE EIGHT, 20, 20, YOU ALL AUTHORIZED STAFF TO PROCEED WITH A SOLICITATION FOR SPECIALIZED LEGAL SERVICES.
THE PURCHASING DIVISION PUBLISHED A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 3RD, 2022 RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED.
ONE OF THOSE TWO RESPONSES, UM, DENTON NAVARRO HAD CIVIL SERVICE EXPERIENCE WITH MULTIPLE CITIES, INCLUDING THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND THE CITY OF HARLAN JENN EAST FOR THE, FROM BRANCH FROM $85 TO $300 AN HOUR.
AS YOU KNOW, THE LEGAL DIVISION DOES TRY TO DO AS MUCH WORK AS POSSIBLE ON THE FRONT END FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT, AND THEN SIMPLY PROVIDE, UM, DOCUMENTS FOR REVIEW AND ADDITIONAL, UH, FEEDBACK FROM SPECIALIZED LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDERS.
UM, SO THAT IS OUR WILL BE OUR APPROACH, UH, REGARDING THIS CONTRACT AS WELL.
I'M HAPPY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, UH, MR. NAVARRO, UH, RICK NAVARRO WITH THIS FIRM IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE LINE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BODY.
IS THERE A MOTION? UH, SO, UH, MOVE TO THAT UP.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY ANTHONY? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, JOYCE OR MR. NAVARRO? YES.
I HAVE A QUESTION RELATIVE TO THIS.
SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT POTENTIAL, UM, CIVIL SERVICE, LEGAL SERVICES, UH, ISSUES THAT COULD ARISE THAT YOU BELIEVE WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO, UH, BE MORE ACTIVELY ENGAGED, UH, AFTER WE SECURE YOUR SERVICES? THAT'S A QUESTION FOR MR. NAVARRO.
UM, WELL THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE, IF THE, UH, PROPOSITION PASSES, UM, IS THAT YOU WOULD THEN THE NEED TO MAKE THE TRANSITION OVER TO A CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM.
AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF STEPS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN, UH, UNDER A TIMETABLE.
UH, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE PASSAGE OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES BY THE CITY COUNCIL RELATING TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RANK STRUCTURE, THE CODIFICATION OF THE RANK STRUCTURE AND ESTABLISHING THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THERE.
IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE THE APPOINTMENT OF A CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, WHICH WOULD BE DONE BY THE CITY MANAGER OR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION BY THE COUNCIL.
AND THEN THAT, THAT BOARD, THAT COMMISSION WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ADOPT THE SET OF LOCAL RULES TO, UH, ADDRESS THE VARIOUS SUBJECT MATTER AREAS COVERED UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE STATUTE, CHAPTER ONE 43 OR THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
THOSE ARE THE, UM, FROM THERE, UH, IT WOULD REQUIRE SOME, UH, TRAINING ABOUT CIVIL SERVICE PROCESS, PARTICULARLY IN THE TESTING AREA AND THE, UM, UH, FITNESS FOR DUTY AREA IN THE DISCIPLINARY AREA, UH, AS WELL.
AND ONCE ALL OF THAT IS IN PLACE AND SOME TRAINING HAPPENS, THEN IT WOULD MOVE INTO A MORE MAINTENANCE, UH, UH, FUNCTION.
SO, UM, SINCE WE'VE DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CITIES, WE HAVE A LOT OF THE UNDERLYING CONTENT ALREADY IN A TEMPLATE FORM.
AND, UM, WE FELT THAT THE STRENGTH OF OUR PROPOSAL WAS THAT WE'RE NOT LEARNING ANYTHING NEW, WE HAVE EXISTING DOCUMENTS, AND THAT WOULD SIMPLY BE, UH, SHARED WITH YOU.
WE WOULD WORK CLOSELY YOUR CITY ATTORNEY AND PROVIDE THE, THAT INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE AT A VERY REASONABLE COST TO YOU.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WE TYPICALLY ARE ON A STAND BY ON-CALL AS NEEDED BASIS,
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UH, IN SITUATIONS THAT PRESENT UNUSUAL ISSUES OF LAW OR DIFFICULTY.SO IT'S JUST A, IT'S AN ON CALL AS NEEDED RELATIONSHIP.
UM, AND A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS ACTUALLY TRAIN THE IN HOUSE STAFF TO HANDLE AS MUCH OF THIS AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT IS THE TYPICAL TIMEFRAME, UH, ONCE OR IF IT IS, UH, UH, VOTED ON BY THE CITIZENS TO GO INTO EFFECT, BUT HOW LONG AFTER THAT WE PROBABLY BE UTILIZING YOUR SERVICES OR NEED YOU IF THIS, UH, PASSES IN NOVEMBER, UM, SIR, THAN THE CITY WILL HAVE UNTIL IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR IN THE, IN THE NEXT FULL FISCAL YEAR OF THE CITY.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND OCTOBER ONE TO GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE, AND THEN IT WOULD LAUNCH IN FISCAL YEAR 2022.
AND THEN THAT'S PLENTY OF TIME TO GET ALL THIS DONE.
THIS WAS COUNCIL WHEN EMORY HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU, AS FAR AS WE HAVE OTHER, UH, CITIES, UH, AROUND THAT, UH, PAY OF THE, UH, CIVIL SERVICE.
AND, UM, I'M WONDERING WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, TRAINING AND USING YOUR, UM, UH, YOUR, UH, STAFF, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT ANY OF, UH, SHARING WITH OTHER, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, CITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE CIVIL SERVICE THAT WOULD, UM, MAYBE, UH, HELP, UH, HOLD DOWN SOME OF THE COSTS THAT MIGHT BE INCURRED THROUGH THIS PROCESS? UM, WELL, I MEAN, YES, I MEAN, YOU'RE CERTAINLY FREE TO LOOK TO, WHAT'S BEEN DONE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I JOINED IN CITIES THAT ARE NEAR, NEAR YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, GALVESTON HOUSTON IS A CIVIL SERVICE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME AND THEIR MATERIALS ARE PROBABLY WAY TOO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT YOU REALLY NEED.
THE REAL TRICK IN THIS AREA IS TO ADAPT THE SET OF DOCUMENTS AND ORDINANCES THAT FIT THE NEEDS OF YOUR CITY.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE RISK OF USING SOMEBODY ELSE'S MATERIALS AND BUILDING OFF OF THAT IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE UNDERLYING STATUTORY LAWS, THE SAME, THERE IS A QUITE A BIT OF DISCRETION AND WIGGLE ROOM IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S ADOPTED.
AND, UM, AND SO I THINK THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MANNER IN WHICH IT'S ADOPTED AND THE SPECIFIC KIND OF RULES THAT YOU ADOPT FIT THE CULTURE AND THE HISTORY OF MISSOURI CITY AND NOT THAT OF ANOTHER CITY.
YEAH, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME, UH, UH, HOLDING DOWN SOME COSTS, BUT, UH, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT AND, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, UH, YOUR EXPLANATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND IF I MAY MAYOR JUST TO RESPOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY'S QUESTION AS WELL, WE CERTAINLY DO TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN HOUSE.
AND THEN WE ATTEMPT TO BRING IN KIND OF THE EXPERTS AT THE BACKEND OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WORK ON.
AT LEAST THOSE PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE.
SO WE WOULD CERTAINLY ATTEMPT TO DO THAT IN THIS SITUATION AS WELL.
CASTLE MEMBER BONY MADE THE MOTION.
CASTLE MEMBER RULE IS MADE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
HE CONSIDER RATIFYING THE CITY MANAGER'S DECISION TO SUBMIT CONCERNS REGARDING PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL AND GOVERNMENT BOND EXPENSES TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND REQUESTING AN INVESTIGATION MR. JONES, A FOLLOWUP TO OUR CONVERSATION.
UH, ALTHOUGH, UH, BEFORE WE TALK, ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T REQUIRED TO GET COUNCIL APPROVAL, I WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND JUST TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RATIFY THAT THIS HAS BEEN SENT OVER.
UM, ANY, ANY OTHER DETAILS THAT SUGGEST, UH, ACCORDING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT WE, UH, WE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION, BUT THAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT.
IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND COUNCILOR PRESTON, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. JONES? UH, SOME, A STATEMENT AND THEN ALSO
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ASK SOME QUESTIONS.WELL, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, DO WE NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? ARE YOU OKAY WITH HIM MOVING FORWARD? IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE CONTENT IS OF THE QUESTION COUNSELING.
SO I SENT AN EMAIL REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTATION TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, REQUESTING THE INFORMATION SURROUNDING THIS ALLEGED ISSUE PRIOR TO THE, THAT WE HAD THAT DAY.
AND I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE CITY MANAGER JONES, WHETHER YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO US, AND WE CAN REVIEW THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE MATTER IT WAS AT THAT TIME PER YOU, THAT THE MATTER HAD ALREADY BEEN SENT AND RECEIVED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THEIR OFFICE.
BUT THE NEXT DAY, UH, WE AS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY AFTER SHE HAD REACHED OUT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT STATED THAT THERE WASN'T, THERE WAS NO FORMAL INVESTIGATION.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, IT STATED, UM, THAT, UH, SHE HAD BEEN INFORMED BY THE DA'S OFFICE THAT A FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF CITY PEG FUNDS HAS NOT BEEN INITIATED.
AND, UM, NOW NEARLY A MONTH LATER, WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO RATIFY A DECISION, UM, THAT WAS ALREADY MADE BY YOU.
AND MATTER OF FACT, WE WERE TOLD BY YOU THAT YOU DIDN'T NEED OUR PERMISSION AS MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL TO DEAL WITH POTENTIAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, TO WHICH I DON'T DISAGREE WITH AT ALL.
BUT I ASKED FOR THAT INFORMATION AND I WAS DENIED.
AND MATTER OF FACT, I STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT REQUESTED INFORMATION, BUT NOW I'M BEING ASKED TO MAKE A DECISION TO REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION OR RATIFY, UH, YOUR DECISION TO, TO MAKE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS AND TO REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION AFTER THE FACT AND WITHOUT SEEING ANYTHING RELATIVE TO THE MATTER.
SO MY QUESTIONS OF CONCERN ARE THESE, UH, THE FIRST IS, DID THAT BRIAN MIDDLETON HAVE THE DOCUMENTS IN HAND WHEN YOU CAME TO US WITH THIS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, CITY MANAGER JONES.
SO AGAIN, I'D ACTUALLY COUNSELED TO GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING INTO DETAIL, BUT I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT, UH, UH, THE DA'S OFFICE ALSO SENT EMAILS AS CONTRARY TO THAT EMAIL YOU RECEIVED FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY.
UH, IN FACT, UM, THE SWORN AFFIDAVIT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AND THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, I, I WOULD PREFER THAT THIS, THIS ITEM GETS DISCUSSED.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT FURTHER AND EXECUTIVE SESSION AS TO PROTECT, UH, THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
WELL, SEEING THAT IT'S SEEING THAT IT IS AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.
UH, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, I GUESS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, BUT THE FACT THAT THIS HAS COME UP FOR US YET AGAIN ON A REGULAR AGENDA, UH, AS A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IS, IS CONCERNING TO ME, REMEMBER IT WAS, IT WAS PLACED.
I PLACED IT HAS, THERE'S ALSO AN ITEM ON AGENDA AS WELL.
IF I COULD FINISH MY STATEMENT, PLEASE, UH, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT BOILS DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BASED OFF OF YOUR COMMENT NOW ABOUT CONFLICTING EMAILS.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION, IS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY NOT TELLING THE TRUTH TO THE CITY ATTORNEY OR IS, IS OUR CITY ATTORNEY NOT TELLING THE TRUTH GUS, OR IS THE CITY MANAGER NOT TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT WHETHER A FORMAL INVESTIGATION WAS ALREADY UNDERWAY? WHEN I REQUEST THE INFORMATION AND WAS TOLD ONE WAS UNDERWAY AT THE TIME, AND THEN THE EMAIL CAME FORTH THE VERY NEXT DAY SAYING THAT AN INVESTIGATION WAS NOT A FORMAL INVESTIGATION WAS NOT UNDERWAY.
SO IF, IF THERE'S A MOTION IN A, IN A SECOND ON THE FLOOR AND WE WERE ABOUT TO VOTE ON THIS BEFORE I MADE MY COMMENTS ALLEGEDLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANNA, I CAN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING WITHOUT HAVING RECEIVED AND REVIEWED ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BEFORE BEING, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T RATIFY A DECISION TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WITHOUT HAVING RECEIVED INFORMATION TO, ARE WE GOING TO RECEIVE THIS INFORMATION? I THINK BOTH THE CITY, EXCUSE ME, I THINK BOTH THE SENIOR ATTORNEY AND I HAVE PROVIDED YOU AN OPTION TO DISCUSS THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT I KNOW THAT SOME FEELINGS MAY BE HURT ABOUT AFFIRMATION BEING TURNED OVER, BUT FEDERAL AND STATE STATUTE ALLOWS FOR ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY TO CONVEY INFORMATION THAT THEY VIEW
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AS BEING POTENTIALLY ILLEGAL.AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO PUT THE ORGANIZATION AT RISK, UH, AND CONTINUE WITH THIS CONVERSATION IN PUBLIC, UH, BY SUPPRESSING THAT.
SO AGAIN, I SUGGEST THAT IT'S TAKEN CARE OF AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT.
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WAIT, WE NEED TO GO INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.UM, I, IF COUNCIL MEMBER ONLY WANTS HIS ANSWER, HIS QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
LET'S GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THIS IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
THE COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU JOYCE AT THIS FIVE, FIVE, 1.071.
I WOULD THINK THAT THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM IT COULD BE PLACED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER.
CLIFF, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND PUT US IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES, MA'AM, I'M DOING THAT THIS WEEK.
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IS NOW EIGHT 39.WE WILL NOW RECONVENE BACK INTO THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA ITEM E WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT A POINT BEFORE THIS VOTE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN AND REITERATE THE CITY MANAGER WHEN ASKED HER FOR THE DETAILED INFORMATION SURROUNDING THIS INDICATED TO US AS A MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THAT THE INFORMATION HAD ALREADY BEEN SENT TO THE DA'S OFFICE, WHICH IS THEIR PURVIEW, AND THAT THEY DID NOT NEED PERMISSION TO DO THAT.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO AFTER THE FACT, ALMOST A MONTH LATER, REQUEST THIS BE RATIFIED AND FOR US AS COUNCIL TO MAKE A DETERMINATION, I IMPLORED THE CITY MANAGER.
IF THEY FEEL THAT THERE'S SOME CRIMINALITY INVOLVED, I EMPOWER THEM TO SUBMIT ANY THING THAT IS DEEMED CRIMINAL TO THE DISTRICT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR THE PROPER CHANNELS.
BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THAT'S ALREADY DONE.
THE TRAIN HAS ALREADY LEFT THE STATION.
AND, UH, ALTHOUGH HE, UH, I GUESS IN A SLIGHT, TRIED TO SAY THAT SOME OF US WERE IN OUR FEELINGS FOR, UH, WANTING THAT INFORMATION.
UH, I, I JUST WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT BEFORE THE PEOPLE, OF COURSE, IS MY DESIRE THAT WE RELEASED THE INFORMATION, NOT ONLY IN THE VEIN OF TRANSPARENCY TO NOT ONLY TO THE COUNCIL, BUT TO THE PUBLIC, ONCE THAT IS ALLOWED TO DO SO, BUT ANOTHER LESS, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT IT TO BE KNOWN THAT I'VE REQUESTED THAT INFORMATION I'VE YET TO RECEIVE IT.
SO I CAN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING I HAVEN'T SEEN.
ALRIGHTY, IS COUNCILMAN EMORY.
IF I COULD PLEASE, I GUESS THE THING THAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT, UH, WHATEVER MATERIAL WAS SENT OVER TO THE DA, THAT IT WOULD, IF IT DIDN'T INCLUDE THE DETAIL OF THE TRANSACTIONS THAT TRANSPIRED PRIOR TO 2016, THAT THOSE DETAILS BE GATHERED AND SENT OVER TO THE DA SO THAT HE KNOWS THE FULL SCOPE OF THE QUESTION THAT'S BEING ASKED.
IT'S JUST NOT FROM 2016 FORWARD ALL THE WAY BACK FOR HOWEVER MANY YEARS, WE HAVE THE RECORDS FOR THAT ONE PARTICULAR, UH, ACCOUNT.
SO, UH, I HOPE THAT, UH, THE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT REQUEST.
UH, AND THAT'S MY REQUEST OF HIM.
I WILL DIRECTOR STOP AND DO THAT.
THE DATA ONE INVESTIGATION, UH, WAS ACCEPTED BY THE DA IS STILL UNCLEAR TO ME.
AND I THINK THE COUNCIL, THERE'S NOTHING IN OUR PACKETS.
THERE'S BEEN VERY LITTLE DATA.
I THINK THE AREAS OF FOCUS FOR BDO AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN TARGETED.
IT'S ABOUT $20,000 AND POSSIBLY MORE.
AND, UM, IT SOUNDS UNFORTUNATE, UH, THE WAY WE'RE APPROACHING US, BUT THANK YOU.
ALRIGHTY, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
PRESTON MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE MOTION CASTLE MEMBER, STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
ABSOLUTELY NO COUNCIL MEMBER, NO COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE USE OF PEERS ON THE SUBMITTED PROJECT WITH ELENA.
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YOU HEAR ME? YES.HOW WAS MUTED? UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE SPENDING PLAN THAT WE HAVE THE PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
UM, IS THE PRESENTATION UP? CAN WE GO TO THE DRIVE? OKAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE FUNDING STRINGS FOR COVID-19 AND ALL THE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN IN RESPONSE FROM DIFFERENT, UM, GRAND TOURS HOSPITAL, GOING TO LOOK AT THE DETAILS ON THE PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, THERE ARE SOME NEW INITIATIVES, UM, THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THERE.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE A LITTLE BIT IN DETAIL, AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE A SLIDE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.
SO THERE'S A LOT, THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT STREAMS, REALLY FIVE DIFFERENT STREAMS OF FUNDING FOR COVID-19.
UM, WE HAVE THE, UH, WHAT I'M CALLING THE ELC GRANT, WHICH IS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CORONA VIRUS, EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING, UM, THAT WAS USED, UH, TO PURCHASE SOME EQUIPMENT FOR THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER.
WE HAVE THE CARE EXACT TIME FUNDS THAT ARE COMING FROM FORT BEND COUNTY AND HARRIS COUNTY.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 4 MILLION, $108,775.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING IN DETAIL TONIGHT.
AND THAT WILL COVER PERSONNEL COSTS, PPE TECHNOLOGY, THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM, THE RENT MORTGAGE UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND EQUIPMENT.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPLY.
UH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT? THANK YOU.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPLY FOR, UH, FEMA PROGRAM ASSISTANCE, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, EXCUSE ME.
AND THAT AMOUNT IS TO BE DETERMINED.
SO ONCE WE TABULATE ALL OF OUR COSTS AND ALLOCATE THEM TO THE KOZAC FOR FORT BEND COUNTY AND HARRIS COUNTY, ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS WE'RE ABLE TO APPLY TO FEMA, OF COURSE, THERE'S A 25% MATCH AND WE ARE ABLE TO A YOUTH CARE ZACK FUNDING AS MATCH.
SO WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO MAXIMIZE ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE REIMBURSED FOR ALL OF OUR EXPENDITURES.
WE ALSO HAVE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, UH, THERE'S FUNDING THERE THROUGH THE CARES ACT, UM, THAT DOES HAVE A, UH, ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
AND I BELIEVE THAT INFORMATION WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL, UM, AT A LATER DATE FOR APPROVAL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND WHAT PROGRAMS THEY'LL COVER THE CARES ACT FOR FORT BEND COUNTY AND HARRIS COUNTY AND CDBG, UH, WILL BE USED FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM AND THE RENT MORTGAGE UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AGAIN, CDBG WE'LL COME BACK FOR, UH, APPROVAL.
SO ON AUGUST 3RD OF THIS YEAR, UH, COUNCIL, YOU APPROVED A SPENDING PLAN THAT TOTALED, UH, $2,357,548.
AND OF COURSE WE WERE AWARDED MORE THAN THAT.
UH, 4 MILLION, 108,775 IS THE AMOUNT AWARDED THROUGH BOTH COUNTIES.
AND SO THIS PLAN, UM, UH, SPINS THE FULL AMOUNT.
AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS ON EACH SLIDE, WE HAVE FLYERS FOR EACH PRIORITY.
YOU'LL SEE A DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPENSE, THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, UH, THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE MADE AND THE FINAL PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO IN THIS AREA FOR PRIORITY ONE, WE HAVE EXISTING EXPENSES.
UM, AT THE TIME OF APPROVAL YOU HAD SPENT APPROXIMATELY $150,000.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAD $61,000, UH, FOR COVERT EMERGENCY SICK LEAVE.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE THE SECTION THAT SPECIFIC TEAM EMERGENCY STICK LEAVE, AND JUST INCLUDE THOSE EXPENSES WITH THE EXISTING EXPENSES, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT ONLY EMERGENCY SICK LEAVE, BUT ALSO HOURS THAT WERE WORKED TOWARDS THE COBIT EVENT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT AMOUNT.
SO, UM, AS OF OCTOBER 5TH, 2020, UH, FOR THE CARE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, REIMBURSEMENT, UH, $498,482.
SO THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE.
THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO USE A THEME OF FUNDS FOR THAT NEXT SLIDE.
THERE WERE CHANGES MADE IN THIS AREA, UH, PREVIOUSLY, UM, WE HAD $150,000 FOR THERMAL
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IMAGING AND THE COST AND, UM, OR APPROACH IN THIS AREA HAS CHANGED.UH, SO THE COST FOR, UH, TEMPERATURE CHECK, UM, EQUIPMENT AND IS $38,775.
UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE, UH, SANITIZE UV SANITIZING, UM, ENTRY GATES THAT WERE APPROVED, UH, EARLIER THIS EVENING IN THE AMOUNT OF 330, $8,250.
THE FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY EQUIPMENT REMAINS AS A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED OF THE MISSOURI CITY CLOTH MASKS THAT WERE GIVEN OUT TO THE EMPLOYEES.
UM, THE ACTUAL COST WAS $7,500.
SO THERE'S A REDUCTION IN THAT AREA.
WE NOW HAVE HAZARDOUS PAY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
UH, THIS WOULD BE A $300 PER MONTH, UM, UH, PAYMENT THAT'S MADE TO FIRST LINE, UM, EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE OB $300 FOR OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, INCLUDING TAXES AND BENEFITS.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS APPROXIMATELY $182,000.
WE ALSO HAVE PROJECTED SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE.
AND THIS IS NOT, OF COURSE, THIS IS NOT THE HAZARD PAY.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE PAYROLL THAT'S PROJECTED THROUGH NOVEMBER.
AND WE REVIEWED THE DIFFERENT TRENDS ON THIS TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT.
WE ALSO HAVE THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DR.
ANSELL DURA, UH, HIS CONTRACT FOR THE REST OF, UH, THE PERIOD THAT CAN BE REIMBURSED THROUGH THE PROZAC.
THE WATER TESTING IS STILL AT $25,000 BUILDING SERVICES.
UH, WE NOW ARE REQUESTING PLEXIGLASS, UM, AND WE HAVE THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE REQUESTING TO REDUCE THAT AMOUNT TO $20,000 FOR FACILITIES OVER NO LONGER REQUESTING INTERCOMS AND AUTOMATIC DOORS.
AND WE'RE NO LONGER REQUESTING 75,000 FOR TESTING AND QUARANTINE.
WE DO HAVE SOME QUARANTINE EXPENSES, UH, IN THE EXISTING EXPENSE, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE WE'RE PAYING FOR QUARANTINING STAFF AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
IF THIS IS CONSTANTLY MEMORY, CAN I ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION IN GENERAL, ALL OF THE, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE, THAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE, WHAT A STATE OF APPROVAL ARE THOSE ITEMS IN? HAVE THEY BEEN APPROVED, UH, AND VERIFIED AS COVID-19, UH, UH, ELIGIBLE EXPENSES AGAINST CARE? YES, THEY HAVE BEEN.
BUT AS FAR AS WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, PROCUREMENT, UH, FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT GONE BEFORE COUNCIL, WE ARE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL TO HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF THIS IN THE SPENDING PLAN, SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE ITEMS. GREAT.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS THE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS.
UH, WE HAD ORIGINALLY $500,000 FOR $2,500 GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSINESS, BUT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A LEASE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SMALL BUSINESS THAT WOULD PROVIDE A GRANT UP TO $15,000, UM, THAT PREVIOUSLY IN A PRESENTATION YOU RECEIVED, UH, IT WAS DOCUMENTED THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT WE BELIEVE ARE ELIGIBLE.
AND, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT $1.5 MILLION WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST THOSE ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES.
THE AMOUNT FOR RENTAL MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE REMAINS THE SAME AT 500,000 AND THEN COUNCIL, YOU ALSO APPROVED THE CONSULTING AGREEMENT WITH IMPACT.
THEY ARE ASSISTING US WITH GRANTS MANAGEMENT.
THEY'RE ALSO ASSISTING US WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE AND, UH, RMU RENT, RENTAL MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THEIR TOTAL CONTRACT IS 319,000, BUT A 15,000 OF THAT IS FOR UPDATING THE, UH, SCOOP PLAN.
SO THIS SECTION, WE JUST SHOW THAT 300, 4,000 AND THAT CONTRACT WAS ALREADY APPROVED AND IS IN THE PROCESS.
NOW, UH, WE STILL HAVE THE PPE FOR SENIOR LIVING AND, UH, SENIOR CITIZENS.
THAT'S AT 75,000 NEXT PRIORITY FOUR.
WE HAVE OTHER EXTENSIVE, UH, WE NO LONGER NEED THE TEMP WORKERS THAT WAS AT 100,000 SINCE WE HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH IMPACT CONSULTING, UM, TELEWORK AND MEETINGS, THIS INCLUDED LAPTOP LICENSEE BACKING STATIONS IN DOCUSIGN.
THE ACTUAL COST IS 110,008, 24.
SO SOME ON AUGUST 3RD, SOME OF THE, UM, BUDGET ITEMS WERE ESTIMATES.
AND SO IF YOU SEE CHANGES IN CERTAIN AREAS, SUCH AS THIS ONE IS BASED ON THE PRICE OF BEING REDUCED, UM, ELC ENHANCEMENTS, UH, THIS ONE CAME MORE, UH, CAME IN MORE AS FAR AS THE, UM, QUOTE THAT WE RECEIVED.
SO IT'S AN ADDITIONAL $60,000 THAT BRINGS THAT TO 160,000.
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TO, UH, GET THE SELF SANITIZING ROBOT, UM, AND PLANNING, WHICH IS THE COOP PLAN WITH IMPACT CONSULTING AND THE COVID EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND WELLNESS REMAINS THE SAME.SO AGAIN, UH, APPROVED AUGUST 3RD WAS APPROXIMATELY 2.3 MILLION.
UH, THE ADJUSTMENT IS APPROXIMATELY 1.7 1.8 MILLION AND THE PROPOSED, UH, AMOUNT FOR OCTOBER 5TH, WHICH IS TONIGHT, UH, IS THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE FUNDING FROM HARRIS COUNTY AND FORT BEND COUNTY CARES ACTIVE, UH, 4 MILLION, 108,775.
SO THE NEW INITIATIVES THAT YOU SAW AS FAR AS THE ADDITIONS ADJUSTMENT COLUMNS OR THESE AREAS, THE CLEANSE PORTAL, WHICH IS THE UV SANITIZING ENTRY DATE, THERE'S 11 OF THEM FOR 11 ENTRY POINTS WITHIN THE CITY.
WE ALSO HAVE THE HABITUS PAY, WHICH I MENTIONED WAS $300 PER MONTH.
WE HAVE THE ELC UPGRADE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 60,000, AND THEN AGAIN, THE SALARY PROJECTION, THAT'S BASED ON THE RECENT TRENDS, AS FAR AS THOSE EMPLOYEES CODING THEIR TIME FOR COVID ELIGIBLE, UM, WORK TIME.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE, THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND THE IMPACT CONSULTING AGREEMENT.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE SMALL BUSINESS LEASE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
UM, AS I STATED BEFORE, WE'RE REQUESTING $1.5 MILLION, UM, MISSES UP TO $15,000 PER GRANTEE.
THE ALLOWABLE EXPENSE WOULD BE, UH, LEASE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS.
AND THIS IS ON AN ELIGIBILITY BASED APPROACH, MEANING THAT ONCE ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN VERIFIED, THE GRANT PAYMENT CAN THEN BE DISPERSED TO THE BUSINESS.
UH, AND ELIGIBILITY IS DETERMINED BY THE CRITERIA THAT'S LISTED HERE.
UH, THEY HAVE TO BE LOCATED IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
UH, THEY HAVE TO HAVE DEMONSTRATED LOSS OF INCOME DUE TO COVID-19.
UH, THEY HAVE TO HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS THE ENTIRE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2019, AND THEY MUST REMAIN OPERATIONAL THROUGH DECEMBER 30TH OF 2020.
THEY MUST HAVE HAD A LEASE OR MORTGAGE THAT WAS IN EFFECT PRIOR TO MARCH 1ST, 2020 MUST BE A SMALL BUSINESS, WHICH IS DEFINED AS HAVING ONE TO 50 FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS OR, UH, POSITIONS, UH, 2019 GROSS REVENUE OF 25,000 TO 5 MILLION.
UH, THEY HAVE TO BE IN GOOD STANDING, MEANING NO OUTSTANDING TAX LANE STATS, DELINQUENCIES, SUSPENSIONS, OR JUDGMENTS.
THEY CANNOT BE, BE BARRED OR SUSPENDED, UM, WHICH IS A FEDERAL TERM.
UH, WE HAVE A FIGHT THAT WE GO TO, TO, UH, LOOK UP HOW'S THAT WE'RE PAYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY AREN'T PROHIBITED FROM CONTRACTING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSIDERED TO BE NON-RESPONSIBLE.
UM, AND THEY MUST NOT HAVE RECEIVED OR APPLIED TO RECEIVE ANY OTHER COVID 19 ASSISTANCE FOR MORTGAGE RENT OR LEASES FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, OR DECEMBER.
NEXT SLIDE THAT ENDS THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AGAIN, THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS THE AMOUNT THAT, UM, IS ACTUALLY APPROPRIATED IN THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED IN THE BUDGET, BUT WE'RE, UH, REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE SPENDING PLAN FOR THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
UH, TOTAL AMOUNT AGAIN IS 4 MILLION, $108,775.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
IS THERE A MOTION? IS COUNSELING EMORY, WE NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND BEFORE WE MOVE ANY FURTHER.
IS THAT YOUR MOTION? IS THAT YOUR MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY CRITERIA THAT YOU LAID OUT THERE FOR THE LAWS? I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHAT IMPACT IS GOING TO BE VERIFYING AND ENSURING THAT ALL APPLICANTS MEET THAT CRITERIA? YES, SIR.
THEY WILL BE VERIFYING AND THEY WILL ALSO BE SUBMITTING THAT INFORMATION WITH THE PACKAGE FOR THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW AND DISBURSE THE FUNDS.
THESE ARE GRANTS, THEY'RE NOT LOANS, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S A GOOD POINT, A CITY MANAGER.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF, UH, MAYBE, UH, JUST A REAL BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HOW THIS WORKS, BECAUSE THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION, I THINK IN SOME AREAS THAT THESE ARE, THESE ARE CITY DOLLARS THAT WERE, UH, LOANING OUT OR GIVING OUT AS GRANTS.
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HAVE TO PAY FOR THESE UP FRONT, BUT THEN WE'RE REIMBURSED BY THE COUNTY.SO IS THERE SOME WAY, JUST REAL BRIEFLY, YOU COULD KIND OF DO AN OVERLAY OF WHAT THE, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE CARES PROGRAM DOES AND HOW WE'RE USING THESE DOLLARS? YES.
SO, UM, THE CARES ACT OUTLINES ALL OF THE ELIGIBLE EXPENSES, UM, AND THE EXPENSES ARE ALL, UM, RELATED TO COVID-19 AND THE IMPACT OF THE 19, WHEN IT COMES TO SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, THE CARES ACT WILL PAY, UM, FOR SOME OF THE LOSS OF INCOME OR SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT THEY HAVE IN RELATION TO LET'S SAY, UM, THE CITY STATING THAT THEY, THE CITY OR THE STATE STATING THAT THEY HAVE TO CLOSE.
UM, SO THESE, THESE ARE GRANT FUNDS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE COUNTY, UM, THAT CAN BE USED FOR THESE SPECIFIC PURPOSES.
AND SO WE HAVE, UM, THERE'S AN FAQ, THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, OUT PHONE.
AND THERE'S A PORTAL THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WILL ASSIST IMPACT IN GATHERING THE DATA.
SO THE BUSINESS WILL GO INTO THE SYSTEM AND FILL OUT ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THEIR ELIGIBILITY THAT WILL BE VERIFIED BY IMPACT, UM, AS WELL AS THEIR LEASE OR THEIR MORTGAGE INFORMATION.
UM, BUT THE MAXIMUM GRANT IS $15,000.
UM, BUT THAT COULD BE SPREAD OVER A THREE PERIOD, MEANING THAT IF THEIR, IF THEIR LEASE OR MORTGAGE IS $15,000 IN ONE MONTH, THEY'VE MAXED OUT THEIR GRANT FOR THE MONTH, BUT THEIR LEASE IS 7,500.
THEY WOULD RECEIVE, UH, UH, PAYMENT FOR TWO MONTHS, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE RECERTIFIED ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO DETERMINE THAT THEY STILL MEET THE CRITERIA OR STILL HAVE THE NEED FOR THE ASSISTANCE.
UM, IF THEIR, THEIR LEASE IS 5,000 OR BELOW, THEY GET OFF, THEY'RE ABLE TO GET IT FOR THREE MONTHS.
UM, AND I BELIEVE, UH, DEPENDING UPON THE APPLICATION WAS, IT WAS, THERE WAS SOMEONE ABOUT TO SPEAK, EXCUSE ME.
SO, UM, DEPENDING UPON THE DEMAND, UM, UH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SERVE AT LEAST 100 BUSINESSES.
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH E LISA WILL BE FOR EACH A BUSINESS, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS GRANT MONEY.
THAT'S COMING FROM FORT BEND COUNTY.
THAT'S ONLY TO BE USED IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AND, UM, THIS 1.5 MILLION WILL BE USED TO ASSIST THE BUSINESSES.
UH, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED? I KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT THE NEXT DAY.
NO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE SOME CLARITY THAT OUR CITIZENS UNDERSTAND WHERE THESE DOLLARS ORIGINATED AND HOW WE ACCOUNT FOR THEM.
AND, UH, THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, UH, BUT I'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE ASK THAT, UH, OTHER QUESTIONS, MAYOR COUNCIL, THIS BILL ATKINSON.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN HEAR ME AS CUT OFF THE CALL EARLIER, BUT, UM, ONE THING TO ALSO MENTION AS ALINA POINT OUT, WE HAD ANOTHER SOURCE OF FUNDS THAT HAS COME THROUGH THROUGH A CDBG.
AND SO EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT POTS OF FUNDS, UH, WE ALSO STRESSED THE FACT THAT, UH, YOU MAY, YOU KNOW, LIKE SHE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A $15,000 LIMIT, OR AS SOON AS WE RUN OUT OF FUNDS ON EACH OF THOSE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS, UH, THEN THOSE PROGRAMS CLOSE, UH, BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING WE GET FOR EACH.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT, KEEP YOU APPRISED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE TIME, WHICH PEOPLE GET, UH, VERIFIED AND THEN THE EXPENDITURES ARE MADE SO THAT WE KNOW, UH, HOW MUCH IS LEFT IN EACH OF THE PROGRAMS, INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS. AND AS ELENA MENTIONED, WE'LL ALSO BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH THE CDBG, UH, AS SOON AS WELL, BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT SET OF CRITERIA THAT WILL BE UTILIZED FOR A DISBURSEMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FALLING WHERE I FELT WE SHOULD HAVE FAILED FROM THE BEGINNING.
I FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, $1.5 MILLION OR EVEN MORE, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD, UH, HELP TO ADDRESS THESE SMALL BUSINESSES WITH THE CARES ACT MONEY VERSUS, UH, LOANS.
I HEARD ONE OF THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS TODAY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT MENTIONED FORGIVABLE LOANS, AND THEN OUR LAST MAJOR SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, UM, UH, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS OR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THAT SPOKE, TALK ABOUT FORGIVABLE LOANS.
AND OF COURSE IT WAS CLEARLY STATED THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PROVIDING FORGIVABLE LOANS.
SO I REALLY WANT TO NOT CONFUSE THE BUSINESSES AS SMALL IN, IN MISSOURI CITY, UM, AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE OR BE RECEIVING, OR IF ARE EVEN AN OPTION FOR THEM
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TO GET A FORGIVABLE LOAN, CAUSE THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN OR, UH, OUR LAST DISCUSSION, BUT THESE GRANT FUNDS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED BY, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ATKINSON, UH, OUR MOST RECENT, UH, CDBG CELIAC MEETING.UM, I KNOW I ADVOCATED AND MADE A MOTION FOR US TO RECEIVE A WELL OVER 200,000 MORE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO GO TO SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN NOT HAVE ENOUGH BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'VE HAD TO ENDURE BY CLOSING THEIR DOORS, UH, OVER THE MONTHS THAT THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH.
COVID I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CRITERIA.
UM, SO, UM, THE, UM, I, WE, WE RECEIVED THE, UH, AGENDA ITEM NINE F UH, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS DOCUMENT RIGHT BEFORE OUR MEETING, BUT I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT, UH, KIND OF SKIM THROUGH IT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT TALKED ABOUT WAS IS THIS OPEN TO SELF EMPLOYED OR SOLE PROPRIETORS.
AND IT ALSO TALKED ABOUT IS THIS AVAILABLE TO TRAVEL AGENTS WHO ARE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS WITH NO EMPLOYEES, CAN YOU ALL KIND OF DELVE A LITTLE DEEPER, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO ACTUALLY OUT OF THESE 100 POTENTIAL BUSINESSES THAT WILL GET THIS GRANT? UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF ARE WE GONNA REALLY BE CLOSELY MONITORING, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO APPLIED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS? UM, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO LAUNCH, UH, YOU KNOW, ON OCTOBER THE 12TH ONLINE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN SEVEN DAYS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALL OF THE MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO, UM, FRAUD OR POTENTIAL FOR MISUSE OF THESE DOLLARS, UH, IN ANY CASE.
SO COUNCILMAN BONEY, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS, UH, WE'VE, UH, CONTRACTED WITH, UH, IMPACT AND THEY, THEY HAVE, UH, RUN THE COUNTIES, UH, PROGRAM AND THESE, UH, GUIDELINES AND STEPS AND PROCESS THAT THEY'RE UTILIZING ARE COMING FROM THAT EXPERIENCE AND KNOWING THE, THE SYSTEM THAT IS IN PLACE FOR, UH, FOR CARES.
AND TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, UM, AND YOU'RE REFERENCING, UH, I BELIEVE QUESTION NINE A AS THE BUSINESS OPEN TO SELF EMPLOYED OR, UH, OR A SOLE PROPRIETORS.
AND IT IS, BUT YOU MUST BE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE FILED A SCHEDULE C ON IRS TAX RETURN ON TWO 19, 2019, AND AGAIN, HAVE AN ACTIVE FRANCHISE ACCOUNT AND, AND LICENSE OR PERMIT FOR THAT ACCOUNT FOR THAT IN PLACE, AT THE POINT AT WHICH YOU'RE DOING IT.
SO, UM, I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
ARE WE GOING TO BE MAKING THE DECISION BASED OFF OF PROFITABILITY OR NO? SO IF YOU POSTED A, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES WHO MAY ATTEMPT TO APPLY IF THEY APPLY AND SAY THEY SHOWED A LOSS ON THEIR FINANCIALS, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM MAY NOT HAVE FILED A SCHEDULE C AS OF YET, BECAUSE IT'S STILL 20.
AND THE CRITERIA STATES THAT THEY HAD TO HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS BY FEBRUARY 15TH OF 2020.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE A SCHEDULE C TO FILE WAS THEY HAD TO BE OPERATION.
SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE DETERMINED? THEY ARE REQUIRED TO UPLOAD MONTHLY PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENTS WHERE THE MONTH'S REQUESTED AND THOUSAND 19 AND THROUGH 2020.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT A PROFIT AND LOSS AND THEIR TAX RETURNS.
SO, SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE A, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.
SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE A SCHEDULE C WE STILL WOULD BE, THEY STILL WOULD BE ELIGIBLE BASED OFF OF THE FINANCIALS AND THE PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENTS THAT THEY UPLOAD.
THEY SHOULD HAVE A SCHEDULE C FOR 2019.
WELL, NO, THAT'S WHAT MY POINT IS.
SO THE CRITERIA STATES THAT THEY HAD TO BE A FULLY OPERATIONAL AS OF FEBRUARY 15TH, 2020.
SO IF THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSES THAT STARTED BETWEEN JANUARY ONE TO FEBRUARY 15TH, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE A SCHEDULE C IN FILE AS OF YET.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WOULD THEY BE ELIGIBLE STILL IF THEY STARTED THEIR BUSINESS IN 2020, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A, OR SAY FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL GOING AND THEY HADN'T SHUT THEIR DOOR.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE BUSINESSES ARE NOT GOING TO BE DEEMED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A SCHEDULE C WELL, AS FAR AS THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA,
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THE BUSINESS WOULD HAVE HAD TO BEEN IN PLACE FOR THE ENTIRE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2019.SO IF THEY FILED THEIR TAX RETURNS, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE A SCHEDULE B OR WE ALSO HAVE A FORM 1120 S UM, SO ONE OF THE CRITERIA IS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS ALL OF 2019.
THAT'S HOW WE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S BEEN A DECREASE IN REVENUE.
SO, SO, SO THEY HAD TO HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR THE FULL YEAR OF 2019.
I JUST DIDN'T SEE THAT ON THE FAQ THAT WAS SENT OVER.
SO I'M GLAD YOU CLARIFIED THAT.
YES, THAT IS A PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IN THE APPLICATION.
WE MIGHT NEED TO, UM, INCLUDE THAT.
SO, SO, SO, SO TO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THEY HAD TO HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR THE FULL 20 FROM JANUARY ONE, 2019 TO DECEMBER 31ST OF 2019, AND HAVE BEEN FULLY OPERATIONAL AS OF FEBRUARY 15TH OF 2020.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE FEBRUARY 15TH DATE, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT ON THE ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION THAT I HAVE, BUT THEY HAD HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS THE ENTIRE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2019, AND US REMAIN OPERATIONAL THROUGH DECEMBER 30TH, 2020.
SO, BUT I'M JUST GOING OFF OF THIS, UH, THIS FAQ, WE RECEIVED THIS COUNCIL AND IT SAYS THIS APPLIES TO SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BUILT, BUT CONSTRUCTION WAS PUT ON HOLD DUE TO COVID-19.
IT SAYS THE BUSINESS MUST HAVE BEEN FULLY OPERATIONAL AS OF FEBRUARY 15, 2020, AND HAS NOT PERMANENTLY CLOSED TO QUALIFY.
AND IT SAYS, DOES A BUSINESS THAT ACTUALLY OPENED MID MARCH THAT HAD A LOAN SINCE 2019 AND STARTED PAYING RENT AND THE LOAN BACK IN 2019 QUALIFY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT ABOUT HOW TO LEARN, BUT THE BUSINESS MUST HAVE BEEN OPERATIONAL AS OF FEBRUARY 15, 2020.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M COMING HERE AS, UM, AS THIS IS BEING PROMOTED AND I'M COMMUNICATING TO SMALL BUSINESSES AS TO WHAT THEIR ELIGIBILITY IS, CAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM TO APPLY AND BE DENIED BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA.
SO COUNCILMAN BONEY, THIS BILL ATKINSON, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'LL BE TAKING PLACE IS THAT, UH, IMPACT WE'LL HAVE A PHONE LINES AND CASEWORKERS THAT WE'LL WORK WITH THOSE THAT MAKE APPLICATION.
AND IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR, UH, INSTRUMENTATION THAT NEEDS TO BE VERIFIED AND FURTHER EXPLAINED, THEN THEY WILL WORK WITH THE APPLICANTS TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
AND I, AND I SEE, UH, I BELIEVE YOU'RE LOOKING AT QUESTION NUMBER 25, UH, IN REFERENCE TO THE, UH, UH, OPERATIONAL AS OF FEBRUARY 15, 2020.
SO WE'LL TAKE NOTE OF THAT AND, UH, AND WORK WITH ON TO, TO CLARIFY THOSE TWO DIFFERENT DATES AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S UNDERSTOOD.
AND THEN AGAIN, LIKE I SAY, EACH CASE WILL BE, UH, UH, LOOK AT POND ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS BASED ON THE CRITERIA AND, UM, THAT ARE SET OUT AND THE INFORMATION THAT THE, UH, UH, BUSINESS PROVIDES TO THEM.
LAST THING I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, CAUSE I DID ASK, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE BASED OFF OF THEIR PROFITABILITY.
SO WHETHER THEY WIN THE RED OR THE BLACK BASED OFF OF THEIR SCHEDULE C OR THE DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED IS NOT GOING TO BE A DETERMINING FACTOR AS TO WHETHER THEY GET THIS GRANT OR NOT.
SO WE WILL BE REVIEWING THE REVENUE THAT IS ON THEIR SCHEDULE C AGAINST THE PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENTS THAT THEY PROVIDE FOR 2020, UH, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE, UM, IMPACT THAT COVID-19 MAY HAVE HAD ON THEIR REVENUE.
UM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IMPACT, UM, CONSULTING GROUP WILL BE PERFORMING.
YEAH, THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY.
ONE MORE, UH, WHEN THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, GRANTS ARE, ARE, UH, PROVIDED, UH, FROM THE, UH, FROM THE, UH, CARES, UH, FUNDING, THOSE DOLLARS THAT COME BACK INTO, UH, INTO THE CITY.
UH, I'M ASSUMING THAT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO SALES TAX AS GENERATED BY THE BUSINESS, NO, MAYBE I'M, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IT, BUT WHENEVER WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S ELIGIBLE AND THE, THE GRANT IS APPROVED, THAT GOES TO THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY THEN PROVIDES A REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CITY FOR THAT, WHAT WE GAVE THE CITY WILL FRONT THE COST.
AND THEN WE WILL REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE COUNTY AND THAT REIMBURSEMENT WILL COME BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
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WELL, THE CASH.SO THERE WILL BE SOMEWHAT OF A LOAN BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE FUND THAT WE'RE USING TO TRACK THESE COSTS.
SO THE CASH WILL, UH, GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT AS FAR AS REVENUE, IT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED REVENUE IN THE GENERAL PLAN.
IT WILL BE CONSIDERED REVENUE IN THE DISASTER RECOVERY FUND.
SO THERE'LL BE A RECEIVABLE THAT'S RECORDED.
SO THERE IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A LOAN OF CASH, BUT NOT REVENUE.
UH, IS THERE ANY PROHIBITION ON USING THOSE, THAT CASH THAT COMES BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND AS FAR AS WHAT TYPES OF, OF EXPENDITURES CAN BE FUNDED OUT OF THAT CASH? OR IS THAT JUST, UH, IN THE SITTING IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR USE, UM, FOR A NORMAL EXPENDITURES OR WHATEVER, UM, PURPOSES WE MIGHT HAVE? OKAY.
SO LET ME, UH, PROVIDE, UH, SOME SORT OF SCENARIO.
SO LET'S SAY OUR FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW IS $15 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND.
WE'RE NOT USING THE MONEY, WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO USE THE MONEY.
SO AS FAR AS, UM, FUND 800, WHICH IS WHAT WE, HOW WE RECORD OUR DISASTER RECOVERY, UM, EXPENDITURES, THE CASH THAT'S SITTING IN FUND BALANCE IS BEING USED TO FRONT THOSE EXPENDITURES.
WHEN WE RECEIVE THE CASH BACK, THE CASH WOULD JUST GO BACK INTO FUND BALANCE.
SO AS FAR AS SPENDING THAT MONEY, THAT WILL REQUIRE AN APPROPRIATION THAT IS STILL CONSIDERED GENERAL FUND MONEY.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT THAT IT'S, WE HAVE NEW CASH TO SPEND FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
IT'S BASICALLY JUST THE COUNTY PAYMENTS BACK, THE MONEY THAT WE SPENT OUT OF OUR FUND BALANCE THAT WAS SITTING THERE.
AND MY QUESTION WAS, IS THERE ANY PROHIBITION ON HOW WE USE THOSE, THOSE DOLLARS THAT COME BACK TO US, OR IS IT JUST A PART OF THE GENERAL FUND AND USED PART OF THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE, AND YOU WOULD JUST APPROPRIATE, UH, OUT OF FUND BALANCE IF THERE WERE ANY REQUESTS.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO GET DOWN INTO THE WEEDS, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHTY.
MAY I APPROACH HIM PRESTON? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER EVERETT'S COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MATE.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
[10. ORDINANCES]
10 ORDINANCES, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR THE PARTIAL ABANDONMENT OF AN APPROXIMATE 19.95 ACRE DRAINAGE EASEMENT, AND THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR THE PARTIAL ABANDONMENT THEREOF TO FLC PARKWAY LP, A TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP PROVIDING FOR THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE ABANDONMENT RELEASE AND RELINQUISHMENT PROVIDING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF NEW DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY RATIFYING THE ABANDONMENT OF A RELATED DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND PROVIDING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.AND THEN COUNSEL, THIS IS SHASHI KUMAR AGAIN, UH, THE NEXT ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, UH, AND IS AN ORDINANCE, UH, TO DIRECT THE MAYOR RELEASE A DRAINAGE EASEMENT CURRENTLY FROM THE CITY'S INTEREST IN FORM OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
UM, JUST, UH, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE ORIENTATION
CURRENTLY THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 19.95 ACRES OF EASTMAN DEDICATED FOR BRAIN AGE PURPOSES.
UH, ONE OF THE SEGMENTS OF THE CHANNEL IS THE MIDDLE OF A TRACK WHEREIN THE NEW, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UPCOMING.
UH, SO THE DOWNLOAD PART IS DEDICATING A NEW DRAINAGE EASEMENT, WHICH IS REFERENCED IN YOUR ATTACHMENT AS EXHIBIT B.
UH, THAT IS MORE THAN THE CURRENT IS MEANT A CONSTANT BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE BAND.
GIVE OR TAKE ABOUT 0.4, FOUR ACRES, UH, SUBJECTED TO THE DEDICATION OF THE, THE NEW, UH, DRAINAGE EASEMENT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, UH, THE RELEASE OR THE PARTIAL RELEASE OF THE DRAINAGE IS MET EXHIBIT A, UH, WHICH IS, UH, CURRENTLY 19.95 ACRES.
UM, AGAIN, UM, THIS IS THE ACTION ITEM FOR YOU IS TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR POLICE.
THE INTEREST OF THE CITY IN A DRAINAGE IS MEANT SUBJECTED TO DEDICATION OF THE NEW DRAINAGE EASEMENT REFERENCED IN AS EXHIBIT B.
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UH, MY SON FOR THE DEVELOPERS REPRESENTATIVE, MR. DAVID TEENY IS AVAILABLE TO AT ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.IS THERE A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER? IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE REPRESENTATIVE? IS THIS GOING TO COST US ANY MONEY? WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE, BE LUDA, I GUESS, SPEAK.
WILL WE BE LOSING ANY, UH, MONEY AS A RESULT OF THIS DECISION? THIS IS SHASHA KUMAR COUNCIL MEMBER KNOW THAT IN FACT, DEDICATING MORE DRAINAGE'S MEANT THAN WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO BE ABANDONED.
SO THE ANSWER IS NO, THANK YOU.
CAST MAYOR BALI MADE THE MOTION.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE SECOND.
[11. RESOLUTIONS]
11 A A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI, TEXAS PROVIDED THE UTILITY SCHEDULE WITH THESE PROVIDING FOR REPEAL FOR PROVIDING US DATA.SO THIS RESOLUTION, UM, IS TO REPEAL THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2020, AND TO PROVIDE DECEMBER 1ST, 2020 AS THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE UTILITY SCHEDULE OF FEES.
THE BACKGROUND IS THAT ON SEPTEMBER THE 24TH, 2020, THE COUNCIL PASSED THE RESOLUTION THAT INCLUDE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 1ST FOR THE GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN FEES.
SOON THEREAFTER, SEVERAL GRP PARTICIPANTS EXPRESSED THE HARDSHIP OF THE OCTOBER 1ST EFFECTIVE DATE SINCE THEY ALREADY HAD THEIR SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING.
AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO THEN EXHORT THE INCREASE IN FEE COST UNTIL THEY COULD MEET LATER IN OCTOBER.
SO, UM, WHILE THE GRP AGREEMENT DOES NOT CONTAIN REQUIRED NOTIFICATION OF FEE ADJUSTMENT TIMEFRAMES, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS APPARENTLY NOT EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATED.
THESE MATTERS TO THE RESPECT OF DISTRICTS.
THIS IS THE BASIS OF, UH, THE CONSIDERATION OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE CHANGE.
IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION THAT SAID ANY QUESTIONS FOR TODD.
COUNCIL MEMBER EVERS MADE THE MOTION COUNSELOR.
MR. LEE MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BOLOGNA.
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ANNOUNCEMENT, MAYOR PRO TEM PRESSED PRESTON, NOTHING.COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, NOTHING.
SO I JUST WANT TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE EARLY.
VOTING STARTS ON THE 13TH OF OCTOBER AND OF COURSE, ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER.
THE THIRD 2020 IS A VERY IMPORTANT ELECTION.
BEING COUNTY IS ON THE BALLOT INDEFINITELY.
MISSOURI CITY IS ON THE BALLOT.
SO PLEASE EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
UM, I ATTENDED A LOCAL GROCERY STORE, GRAND OPENING.
IT'S THEIR SIXTH STORE AND IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
I WAS HONORED TO BE THEIR GUESTS TO SPECIAL GUESTS ALONGSIDE WITH KP GEORGE TO DO A ROOM CUTTING.
SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE PATEL'S ON YET ANOTHER GROCERY STORE AND CONGRATS TO THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, OUR, UH, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE, UH, THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE SETTING UP, UH, USING THE CARES ACT MONEY, UH, THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO GIVE THEM THE ASSISTANCE THEY'VE ASKED FAR.
UH, IT'S A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT GET OUT TO, UH, TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE WHO, UH, MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE IS AWARE OF IT AND WOULD APPLY.
SO, UH, IT'S, UH, I THINK GREAT, GREAT ASSISTANCE TO OUR CITIZENS AND TO OUR, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
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SO, UH, I THINK, UH, STAFF AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN, UH, MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD.THIS IS MAYOR FORD AND WISHING EVERYBODY A GOOD NIGHT.
[15. ADJOURN]
AND IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.