[00:00:02]
[Items 1 & 2]
IS MAYOR FORD.I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.
THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STAY HERE.
PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD'S PRIVATE COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA IS PRESENT.
THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL.
THE CITY STAFF AND MEETING PRESENTERS AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE HERE OR PRESENT CITY MANAGER, OLDEST JONES, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLEN MARTEL, CITY ATTORNEY
WE WILL NOW HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY FIRE CHIEF CAMPBELL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER MARIA, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE ON HERE, THESE ARE JUST OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVES.
THEY'RE NOT, UM, PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, MAN.
UM, I'LL CHECK TO SEE IF THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE.
JUSTIN MEYERS, ARE YOU PRESENT BILL PEDIGREE? ARE YOU PRESENT? PRESENT JEFF FREEMAN.
ARE YOU PRESENT JASON KELLY, ARE YOU PRESENT? PRESENT AND JACOB MENTOR.
I THOUGHT THOSE WERE PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS, PUBLIC COMMENTS, NONE STAFF REPORTS, NONE CONSENT AGENDA.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MAYOR? THIS IS ANTHONY WITH A MOTION TO APPROVE.IS THERE A SECOND COUNSEL, MR. OKAY.
I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING FIRST.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UH, YES.
UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I NEEDED TO PULL 60 TO ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CARES ACT FUNDS.
I KNOW IT MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE AN INCREASE IN, UM, MONIES TO SMALL BUSINESSES FROM 15 TO 20,000 AND ALSO, UH, WE RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
I JUST WANTED THERE TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAKDOWN EXPLANATION ABOUT THAT.
AND IT ALSO SAID THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME MONIES THAT WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT PROVIDING I GUESS, ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO, UH, IMPACT.
SO DO WE NEED TO PULL THAT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO DISCUSS, OR CAN WE DISCUSS IT AS A PART OF THIS CONSENT AGENDA? YES.
MA'AM THE ITEM WOULD NEED TO BE PULLED.
THE MOTION CAN BE WITHDRAWN AND THEN RESTATED TO INCLUDE ITEMS A THROUGH D EXCLUDING ITEM EASE SO THAT, THAT CAN BE TAKEN UP SEPARATELY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, REALISTICALLY, YOU WANT TO REVISE YOUR MOTION OR WITHDRAW IT? YES, MA'AM UH, THIS IS ANTHONY.
MARILLAS MAKING A MOTION TO WITHDRAW MY PAST, UM, MOTION AND TO APPROVE ITEMS A THROUGH D SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THE, IS THAT OKAY SINCE IT WAS SECOND EOS, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
I GUESS MA'AM AS COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING WISHES TO, UM, RETAIN HER SEC.
HER SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STAY ON SECOND.
UM, SO WE'LL DO A VOTE ON THAT AND THEN WE'LL GO TO SIX E FOR DISCUSSION.
SO COUNCILOR MARULA IS, HAS REVISED HIS MOTION TO INCLUDE A THROUGH D COUNCIL MEMBER.
STERLING HAS SECOND THAT I WILL BE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
[00:05:01]
MEMBER EDWARDS.ROULIS MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
I WAS GOING TO SAY WHO'S PRESENTING.
IT'S JUST THE CITY MANAGER AND I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THAT.
AND, UM, AS I UNDERSTOOD SOME OF YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN BONNIE, UM, WE WERE ADVISED, UH, AND IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR ARE OFF TRACK AND LET ME KNOW POLICE, UM, WE RECEIVED NOTICE LAST WEEK THAT THE COUNTY HAD TAKEN ACTION TO INCREASE OUR FUNDING, UH, BY AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION FROM THE ORIGINAL, UH, 3.763 MILLION.
THEY HAD GIVEN US OUT OF THE AMOUNT THEY RECEIVED FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS FROM CARES FUNDS.
AND SO, UH, WE DID RECEIVE THAT ALONG WITH HARRIS COUNTY, WE HAD FUNDS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, YOU ALREADY WERE AWARE OF.
AND, UH, ALSO, UH, WE HAD SOME CDBG FUNDS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE CDBG CB FUNDING FOR CARES ACT.
AND THAT GAVE US A TOTAL NOW OF, UH, 6 MILLION, $108,775.
UH, WITH THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY DID ADVISE THAT WE WERE RESTRICTED AS TO THE AMOUNT, WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THE AMOUNT THEY HAD PROVIDED THE 2 MILLION, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE RESTRICTED TO THE USES FOR THE, UH, THE, UH, RENTAL MORTGAGE AND UTILITY, UH, PROGRAM THAT, UH, WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW, AS WELL AS THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS, THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO PROGRAMS AND WE CAN SPEND THAT ON, UH, THE RMU WAS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AND TO DATE, UH, THERE WAS $464,753 THAT'S BEEN SPENT OR HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON THAT MONEY.
AND SO WE NEED TO, UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE STILL OTHERS THAT ARE REQUESTING FUNDING THROUGH THAT.
AND SO, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, WE INCREASE THAT AMOUNT AND, UH, MAKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, FOR THE, THE, UH, ASCENDING FROM 500,000 TO A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT PROGRAM.
AND THEN, UH, FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, FUNDING, WE, UH, ARE LOOKING AS, UH, THE MILLION IN, UH, TAKEN FROM THERE UNTIL WE MAKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT NEXT MEETING WITH YOU.
THIS CAME UP AS I SAID LATE LAST WEEK.
SO WE WOULD DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND REPLENISH THE MONEY IN THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM.
AND WITH THAT, UH, WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT, UH, WE HAD A SPENDING LIMIT OF 15,000 PER APPLICANT FOR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE PROGRAM.
UH, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT WE GO TO $20,000 FOR THAT, UH, IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT AND TALKING TO THE COUNTY AND TALKING TO, UH, IMPACT OUR CONSULTANT.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT ALSO, UH, BEING ABLE TO OFFER WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
WE HAVE A, UH, A PPP PROGRAM OR A PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM THAT, UH, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF NATIONALLY, THE COUNTY HAD THEIRS IN PLACE FOR THE COUNTY.
DID THEY HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR FUNDING OF IT AND ARE NO LONGER, UH, UTILIZING THAT OR OFFERING THAT? SO THAT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
UH, SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS WE MET WITH LAST WEEK, UH, MENTIONED THE PPP.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BE CONTINGENT ON COUNCIL APPROVAL.
UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE IMPACT GROUP TO, UH, WORK THAT PROGRAM OUT AND GET SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU AS A GUIDELINE FOR, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PROGRAM.
AND TONIGHT WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS, AGAIN, FOR YOU TO ACCEPT THE CARES ACT, UH, FUNDS FROM THE FORT BEND COUNTY, UH, AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER, NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE AMENDMENTS FOR THE CONTRACTS WITH IMPACT.
AND WE, WE, UH, HAVE NOT HAD ANY INDICATION FROM THEM AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT, UH, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THEIR CONTRACT AS TO IF THERE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE INCREASED WITH THE ADDITION OF THE PPP PROGRAM, UH, FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN IF SO, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEKING AUTHORIZATION FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THAT CONTRACT, AS WELL AS THE FORT BEND COUNTY TO IMPLEMENT, UH, ANY, UH, IMPLEMENTATION WOULD TAKE PLACE FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE RENTAL UTILITY AND, UM, RMU A MORTGAGE PROGRAM FOR THIS, THIS, AND THIS AS WELL AS SMALL BUSINESS.
SO, UH, STAFF, AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, SUBSEQUENT AGENDA THAT WOULD, UH, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT WE NOW HAVE $6.1 MILLION, AND WE WOULD COME BACK AND ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL SHEET THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU, UH, REPLENISH THE,
[00:10:01]
UH, REALM MORTGAGE UTILITY.AGAIN, WE'RE RECOMMENDING, WE MOVE FROM, UH, THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM, HALF A MILLION TO THE RENTAL MORTGAGE UTILITY AND REPLENISH THE SMALL BUSINESS WITH A HALF MILLION TO GET IT BACK TO A MILLION RAISING WE'RE HAVING TO DO THAT IS AGAIN THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, THE RMU PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED THE MONEY CURRENTLY.
AND WE CAN REPLENISH THE, UH, OTHER WHITNEY SMALL BUSINESS WITH THE HALF MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, UM, AND AGAIN, UH, UH, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I HAVEN'T YET.
I JUST WANTED TO, WHEN I STARTED THE COVER MEMO AND I SAW, I DID SEE, UH, THANKFULLY PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE RMU PROGRAM AND THAT IT WAS UP TO 464,740 $53.
SO I CAN UNDERSTAND BASED OFF OF YOUR EXPLANATION, WHY THERE WAS MORE MONEY NEEDED.
I GUESS MY ONLY CONCERN WAS IN THE COVER MEMO WHEN IT SAID THAT, UH, YOU WERE RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL, WE ALLOCATE A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OF FUNDING FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM THAT WE ADVOCATED FOR TO THE RMU PROGRAM.
UH, THAT'S WHERE MY, I GUESS, CONCERNS WERE AS WELL AS THE, UH, IMPACT CONTRACT NEEDING TO BE AMENDMENTS AMENDED, TO PROVIDE SERVICES, TO ALLOW THEM TO FACILITATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
BUT MY QUESTION ALSO IS YOU MENTIONED THE PPP, UM, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT I'M ASSUMING IMPACT EXECUTED BEFORE BEING COUNTY.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE EASILY IMPLEMENTED THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THESE CARES ACT FUNDS.
AND WHEN IN FACT WE HAD A CALL WITH THEM TODAY AND WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE GUIDELINES FOR THAT BASED ON THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE COUNTY.
UM, AND, UH, WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM, UH, IMPACT, UH, GILBERT IS ON THE LINE WITH US IF, UH, DAN, ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT, BUT THEY ARE COMING BACK TO US WITH, UH, INFORMATION ON HOW TO THE GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PROGRAM.
ON THE OTHER POINT, YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T, UM, ISN'T LOWER OR ISN'T AFFECTED NEGATIVELY.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND MAKE A BUNCH OF THEM TO INCREASE THAT TO $500,000, ADDITIONAL 500,000 TO A MILLION BACK TO A MILLION WHERE IT WAS AT, UH, PRIOR TO MOVING THAT, THAT 500,000 FROM THERE TO THE RMU.
IT'S A MATTER OF NEEDING THAT CASH NOW IN THE, OR NOT CASH THAT THE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THE RMU, UH, MORE SO THAN THE SMALL BUSINESS AT THIS TIME, BUT BOTH WOULD BE A MILLION.
YEAH, BILL, THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY.
UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS $2 MILLION, UH, WAS THE RESULT OF, I GUESS, SOME OF THE CITIES AROUND US NOT UTILIZING THOSE, UH, THOSE FUNDS.
SO THEY BECAME AVAILABLE AND, UH, THE, UM, KIND OF COMMISSIONER COURT, I THINK MAYBE WITH COMMISSIONER, UH, PRESTIGE KIND OF LEADING THE WAY, UH, TO, UM, UH, DIRECT SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS TO MISSOURI CITY.
IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING? YES, SIR.
AND HE HAD, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER PRESS THAT SHE HAD REACHED OUT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND ADVISED HIM THAT AVAILABILITY OF THOSE FUNDS AND, UH, ADVISED US AGAIN LATE LAST WEEK THAT, UH, THE COURT HAD APPROVED THAT.
ANYONE ELSE? HEY BILL, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
I'M WANTING TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE TIME PERIOD THAT THE PPP PROGRAM WOULD COVER, UM, ANY TYPE OF BUSINESSES AS FAR AS THE PROTECTION GOES.
YES, MA'AM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, AS FAR AS THE GUIDELINES GO WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE HELP OF IMPACT, UH, AND BEING ABLE TO LOOK BACK, UH, TO A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.
AND I BELIEVE IT WAS IN APRIL, UH, POTENTIALLY BEING ABLE TO GO BACK IN TIME FOR THAT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, AS WE'RE RECOMMENDING, IS IT THEIR TOTAL PROGRAM DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE? OKAY.
INCLUDING THE PPP, AS WELL AS SMALL BUSINESS, UH, WOULD BE A CAP OF $20,000 AT THIS POINT IN TIME FOR ANY PARTICIPANT.
SO IF THEY, FOR INSTANCE, HAD, UH, WILL BE, UH, FACETIOUSLY JUST THAT THEY HAD A THOUSAND DOLLARS RENT THAT THEY GOT, THEN THEY WOULD STILL HAVE $19,000 THAT THEY COULD ACCRUE OR UTILIZE FROM A PPP OR, UH, THE GOING FORWARD WITH REGARDS TO THEIR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
SO OUR, EXCUSE ME, THEIR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.
AND SO ANYWAY, UM, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE GUIDELINES AND HOPE TO HAVE THAT DONE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK AND READY TO PUT IN PLACE THAT WE CAN GET THAT OUT THERE QUICKLY TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BILL COPS, MY MEMORY ISN'T, UH,
[00:15:01]
THE, UH, OUR ADULTS CONTENT TO BE UTILIZED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.AND, UH, WE ARE, UH, HEARING THAT THERE MAY BE POTENTIAL DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS NATIONALLY TOMORROW OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THAT POTENTIALLY THAT DEADLINE COULD BE EXTENDED, BUT RIGHT NOW WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE FUNDS EXPENDED BY, UH, DECEMBER 30TH.
UM, BUT THAT MEANS THAT ALSO WE WOULD NEED TO GET THE APPLICATIONS, UH, FINALIZED AND CLOSED FOR THE FINAL PAYMENT BY DECEMBER 30TH, BY EARLY DECEMBER.
SO, UH, THERE'S A, IT'S A SHORT WINDOW WITH RESPECT TO THE PPP.
AND THEN WE, UH, WE ALSO, UH, JUST ONE THING THAT CAME UP IN THE CALL LAST WEEK, JUST IN THE EVENT, YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THIS IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN, UH, WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, LEASED WORDAGE PROGRAM.
THOSE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND SO WHEN THEIR, UH, NEXT MONTH COMES UP, THEY WON'T HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
IT WILL BE A MUCH QUICKER TURNAROUND WITH RESPECT TO BEING ABLE TO PAY IF THEY REQUEST THAT, UH, ASSISTANCE.
AGAIN, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, ONCE MORE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A COUNSELOR, UH, IF WE COULD GET A LIST OF THE BUSINESSES AND THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE RMU FUNDING AND THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM FUNDING, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED, I WILL CHECK AND SEE WITH RESPECT TO, UH, AND AGAIN, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO, UH, PRIVACY ISSUES, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY CHECK INTO THAT.
AND THEN, UH, WE DO, UH, WE'LL BE PROVIDING, HAVE PROVIDED, UH, PREVIOUSLY IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM IN GENERAL AND THERE, WHICH REVIEWED THE PAST WEEKS A MONTH OR WEEKLY REPORT, AND IT SHOULD BE COMING OUT TO YOU, UH, TOMORROW.
AND SO I'LL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT, BUT I WAS, JEFF WOULD DEFINITELY CHECK AND SEE IF WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AT THAT LEVEL, BUT THAT'D BE AN ISSUE EACH JOYCE, THIS IS THE JOYS.
IT DEPENDS ON THE CONTENT OF THE DOCUMENTS.
WE WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS TO SEE WHAT, UH, CONTAINED IN THEM.
SO SPEAKING ABOUT NAMES AND DOOR BUSINESSES, NOT THE KEY DETAILS OF WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY LIVE AND THEIR REVENUES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND THAT NAMES ARE PROBABLY ELIGIBLE FOR PRODUCTION, BUT WE JUST NEED TO SEE WHAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.
I THINK WE SHOULD LIST GIVEN YOUR TAPE COUNSELING NAMES ARE, THEY'RE NOT, NOT THE COMPLETE DETAILS.
I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO KNOW LIKE OUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND ALL THAT.
WHAT I HEAR COUNSELORS AND GOING NEXT TO NAMES AS SOME COUNSELING GOING TO GO WORK HARD AT TRYING TO TURN AROUND.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO JUST KNOW, UM, ACROSS THE CITY WHO'S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE, UM, THE SERVICES AND THE FUNDING, UH, JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT TO EVERYONE AND, UH, THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IT.
UH, OVERALL IT SEEMS AS IF ON THE RMU SIDE, PEOPLE ARE, I'M JUST NOT CERTAIN ON THE SMALL DUTY SIDE, BUT I'M JUST, UH, EAGER TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION.
ANYONE ELSE? YEAH, BILL, UH, THIS WAS COUNCILMAN EMORY.
UH, IF WE'RE INCREASING THE, UH, LEVEL FROM 50,000 TO 20,000, UH, SOMEONE HAD ALREADY APPLIED AND WAS GIVEN THE $15,000 GRANT, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, EITHER REAPPLY OR, UM, HOW WOULD THEY GO ABOUT, UM, MAYBE, UM, RECEIVING THAT EXTRA 5,000 THAT WE'RE INCREASING THE, UH, THE LEVEL BY IF THEY ARE GOING TO UTILIZE IT FOR THE EXISTING, UH, LEASE MORTGAGE PAYMENT THAT THEY'VE ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR, THEN THEY WOULD SIMPLY MAKE THE REQUEST AND THE EXISTING DOCUMENT ON FILE OR THE APPLICATION ON FILE THAT'S BEEN APPROVED WILL BE UTILIZED IF IT'S PPP, THEN THEY WOULD NEED TO FILL OUT A, AN ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, DOCUMENT THAT WILL INCLUDE INFORMATION THAT WOULD, UH, SEE THEIR, SEE WHAT THEY HAVE AS FAR AS THEIR QUALIFICATION FOR THE PPP PROGRAM.
IT'D BE A SEPARATE, A SEPARATE APPLICATION THAT THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE UNDER THEIR EXISTING INFORMATION ON THE MORTGAGE MORTGAGE LEASE.
AND HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING THAT TO, UH, THE, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS?
[00:20:02]
SO WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN DOING A BLITZ, THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, SENDING THEM LISTS WITH INFORMATION, AS WELL AS, UH, HAVING INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.AND, UH, THEN, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, MYSELF AND OTHERS MET WITH, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, THURSDAY NIGHT HAD A OPEN FORUM, UH, VIA WEBEX OR ZOOM.
AND THEN, UH, THE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WILL BE REACHING OUT AGAIN NEXT WEEK, UH, GOING, UH, PHYSICALLY GOING TO BUSINESSES TO LET THEM KNOW OF THE, UH, THE CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT MAY COME ABOUT WITH REGARDS TO THE PPP PROGRAM.
OKAY, WELL, I WAS THINKING MORE OF THOSE THAT HAD THE 15 TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 5,000 AVAILABLE TO THEM.
WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THROUGH IMPACT.
THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN THAT LIST.
I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME, BUT IF A PERSON ALREADY A QUALIFIED FOR THE 15,000 OR THE, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR A SMALL BUSINESS, WOULD THEY BE ELIGIBLE FOR ONLY 5,000 MORE, OR WILL THEY BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR 20,000 SEPARATELY AS PART OF THE PPP, WHICH MEANS THEY COULD HAVE QUALIFIED FOR A TOTAL OF 35,000.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR AS TO WHAT WHAT'S BEING COMMUNICATED AND WHAT'S BEING OFFERED.
IT'S ONLY THE DISCUSSION IS THAT THE PTP WOULD BE A PART OF THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, PORTION OF THE FUNDING.
AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF $20,000 FOR EITHER 20,000, IF IT WERE TO BE A MORTGAGE LEASE, OR IF IT WERE TO BE PPP COMBINED, UH, THAT $20,000 CAP.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM 60 MOVE TO ADOPT COUNCILMAN BONE? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY MY RULES, YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER WAS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS]
81, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING REGULATIONS AND PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 23, REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.JENNIFER, ARE YOU THERE? I AM.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, THIS IS A REQUEST TO AMEND A PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
NUMBER 23, AS THE LOCATION FOR THE PD IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON YOUR SCREEN IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY SIX AND OIL FIELD ROAD.
I'M AN INCLUDES A GAS STATION AND ALSO A WAY A STRIP SHOPPING CENTER AND THAT FACE, THIS IS OIL FIELD ROAD.
UH, THIS REQUEST IS TO AMEND JUST THE EUSTIS PERMITTED WITHIN PD.
THE PD CURRENTLY ALLOWS FOR LC TO A LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT USES, UH, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED TO BE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE SERVICES, UH, THAT ARE ALSO ALLOWS FOR GASOLINE SALES.
AND THEN IT WAS MOST RECENTLY AMENDED TO ALLOW FOR A MEDICAL USE, UM, AN MRI CENTER, UH, THAT LOCATED WITHIN THAT SHOPPING CENTER.
UH, THIS APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR A PAWN SHOP.
UM, HE OWNS A CURRENT PAWN SHOP.
THAT'S JUST NORTH OF THIS SITE ON HIGHWAY SIX, UH, NEXT TO THE EXCEL, UM, EMERGENCY CARE CENTER ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CHELSEA CBO, UH, CENTER.
UM, HE, UH, PLANS TO RELOCATE THAT EXISTING PAWN SHOP, UH, TO THIS VACANT LAND, UH, THAT'S CONTAINED WITHIN THE PD RIGHT THERE AT THE INTERSECTION.
UH, SO THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU IS JUST A REQUEST TO AMEND THOSE USES AND ALLOW FOR CONSTRUCT USE.
UH, THE COUNCIL SHOULD NOTE THAT PAWN SHOPS ARE USED BY, RIGHT.
UH, WHEN YOU GET TO THE LC THREE RETAIL DISTRICT AND EL C3 ZONING IS PRETTY MUCH ALONG THE FURNITURE OF HIGHWAY SIX, UM, ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS PROPOSED SITE.
SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS TO APPROVE, UH, TO ALLOW FOR A PAWN SHOP USE JUST FOR THAT BLOCK.
[00:25:01]
THAT'S OUTLINED IN RED, UM, AND THE PNC, UH, COMMISSION FORWARD TO POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.IS THERE A MOTION MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA? IS THERE A SECOND BLACKENED BY COUNCILMAN EMORY? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER? YES.
MAYOR, THIS IS ANTHONY JENNIFER FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT, UM, JUST IN GENERAL, THAT GAS STATION, THAT MRI CENTER HAS ALWAYS KIND OF LAGGED A LITTLE BIT.
SO HOW WILL JUST PROPERTY MAINTENANCE WORK IN THIS SITUATION IS THE RED BOX, JUST THE PAWN SHOP.
AND THEN THE GAS STATION IS JUST A GAS STATION OR ARE THEY ALL WORKING TOGETHER THERE? DO YOU KNOW? SO THE PAST SHOP OWNER, UM, MR.
UM, BUT GENERALLY THEY WOULD BE INDIVIDUAL SITES, UM, JOINED BY THE ZONING.
AND SO THEY HAVE COLLECTIVE REGULATIONS FOR LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING, BUT THE OVERALL MAINTENANCE WOULD FALL TO EACH OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO THE GAS STATION AND THE SHOPPING CENTER CURRENTLY OWNED BY TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES.
UM, AND SO I AM AWARE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, UM, ON, UM, ONE OF THOSE SITES THAT LEAVES.
AND SO EACH ONE OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING, UM, THEIR SITES TO MEET THE CITY'S REGULATIONS.
ANYONE ELSE? AND THIS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS COMPLIMENT EMORY YOUNG, IS THERE SOME, UH, UH, DATE THAT'S BEING LOOKED AT, MAYBE THE START, UH, I GUESS THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTING A, UH, UH, BUILDING ON THAT AREA.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THAT MIGHT START OR EMORY, THIS IS BILL PEDIGREE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING FLOAT BY NOW? I'M DOING WELL.
UM, MY PLAN IS TO START FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR AND TRY AND COMPLETE IT WITHIN 2021.
I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION FOR THE OWNER, MR. PEDIGREE.
I'M EXCITED THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO, UH, TO GROW AND MOVE TO A MUCH NICER CORNER LOT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS, UH, ENDEAVOR.
UM, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, YOU KNOW, UH, UNFORTUNATELY SOME PAWN SHOPS DO PUT ITEMS ON THEIR PATIOS.
SOMETIMES THEY, YOU KNOW, DO CERTAIN THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE NORM.
UM, ARE YOU GONNA, ARE YOU GOING TO BE OKAY WITH NOT DOING THAT? YEAH.
I, I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
MOST OF THE EASY PONDS ROLLOUT.
IT SEEMS LIKE HALF OF THE BACKROOM EVERY DAY AND, AND NO, WELL, THAT'S NOT MY PLAN AT THIS STORE.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T DO IT NOW OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, I THINK WE'VE PUT A 10 OUT TO TRY AND DO A SATURDAY, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMER APPRECIATION THING WENT TO HAVE, AND IT REALLY DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING ANYONE ELSE.
UM, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE TO, UM, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE'LL DO A VOTE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MAYOR PRO-TEM PRESTON.
NOW SOME MEMBER EDWARDS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS TOOK THAT ORIGINAL TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
YEAH, I THOUGHT HE JUST MADE THE MOTION AND THE, AND THEN THERE WAS A SECOND BY EMORY.
YES MA'AM BUT I DIDN'T DO THE ROLL CALL VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RULE WAS MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCILMAN EMORY MADE THE SECOND MAYOR FORWARD.
NOW IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BY COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER.
EDWARDS' COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS MADE THE MOTION COUNCILMAN MEMORY.
[00:30:01]
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.ARE YOU THERE? DOUG? IS SHE ON THE LINE? OKAY.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE BY MARULA? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO STAFF BEFORE WE DO A VOCAL ROLL CALL VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE SECOND.
SEVEN 82 AN ORDINANCE AT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE USE OF A 34.66 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
AS A SPECIFIC YOUTH DEVELOPMENT UTILITY PUMP STATION DESCRIBING SAID 34 66 ACRE TRACT OF LAND PROVIDING LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND CONDITIONS ON SUCH SPECIFIC USE AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
JENNIFER, ARE YOU THERE? GO AHEAD.
UH, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A FORT BEND COUNTY MUD NUMBER 46 FOR THE AREA THAT'S OUTLINED IN RED.
THIS IS A DRAINAGE FACILITY CURRENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED BY MUD 46.
UM, IT RUNS GENERALLY FROM OIL FIELD ROAD ALONG THOMPSON'S FERRY ROAD AND EXTENDS OUT TOWARDS HIGHWAY SIX.
SO, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM LJA ENGINEERING ARE ON THE LINE AND THEY HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION THAT WILL DESCRIBE THE ACTUAL PUMP STATION FACILITY.
UM, SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE SOME GENERAL BACKGROUND ON THE SITE AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE SUP APPROVAL AS WELL AS, UM, THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AND BEING CONSIDERED.
SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY, UM, THIS PROPERTY THAT'S OUTLINED WITH, OR THAT THE PROPERTY THAT THE MUD HOMES WAS PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE COLONY LAKES CONCEPT PLAN.
UM, AND THAT WAS CONCEPTUALLY PLANNED OUT IN THE MID 1990S TO THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.
UM, IT WAS ORIGINALLY TO, UH, PLAN TO INCLUDE A DRAINAGE FACILITY.
UH, THERE WAS ALSO SOME DISCUSSION ON, UH, PROVIDING RECREATIONAL TRAILS ALONG THE STRETCH OF THE TRAINING'S FACILITY.
UM, AS WELL AS A FUTURE SECTION OF THE SUBDIVISION, UH, TO EXTEND OUT INTO THIS AREA.
UM, THE MUD WAS DEEDED THE PROPERTY BETWEEN, UH, 2003 AND 2007 GENERALLY.
AND SO THEY'VE OWNED AND MAINTAINED THIS PROPERTY SINCE THAT TIME.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR A STORMWATER ABOVE-GROUND STORM WATER PUMP STATION, UH, WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, LATE SUMMER, UH, WITH CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE MUD ENGINEERS ARE ON THE LINE AND THEY'LL GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THE SYSTEM ITSELF.
BUT AS A RESULT OF THE REVIEW OF THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS, UH, THE REQUIREMENT FOR A FLAT, A SUBDIVISION THAT WAS RECOGNIZED AS WELL AS THE REQUIREMENT FOR A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT.
SO INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKETS ARE THE CONCEPTUAL PLANS THAT I MENTIONED I'M ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS JUST A BLOW UP OF THE MOST RECENTLY APPROVED A CONCEPTUAL PLAN, UH, FOR COLONY LAKES.
AND YOU SEE THE AREA, THAT'S THE FINE, HOLD ON BABY.
YOU SEE THE AREA THAT'S DEFINED.
UM, THAT IS, UH, THE SUBJECT OF, OF THIS SITE.
THE REQUIREMENTS, SECTION 15, I REQUIRES SUP SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPROVAL FOR DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES.
AND THAT INCLUDES, UM, ABOVE GROUND, UH, PUMPING STATIONS.
THE, UH, ZONING ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR AN EXCEPTION THAT SUP APPROVAL IS NOT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES.
IF THESE STANDARDS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN ARE MET, UM, GENERAL OTHER STANDARDS THAT ARE IN RED FONT, UM, WERE NOT MET FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WHICH IS WHY A SUP, UH, APPROVAL IS REQUIRED.
AND THE SUBJECT OF, OF THIS ITEMS TONIGHT.
[00:35:01]
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.SO ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, ARE TO APPROVE THE SUP AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UM, ALL OF THE 34.66 ACRES SO THAT THE MUD, UM, OWNS, HOWEVER, THE STORM, UM, THE ABOVE-GROUND STORM WATER PUMP STATION, UH, WOULD JUST BE ON A SMALL PIECE WITHIN THAT OVERALL FACILITY.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN, UM, THE ENGINEERS, UH, PRESENTATION SHORTLY, UM, W WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS WHETHER OR NOT ADDITIONAL BUFFER YARD, UH, REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE IMPOSED, UM, BECAUSE THE SITE IS WITHIN 200 FEET OF A RESIDENTIAL LOT, UM, CONSIDERATION WAS MADE, UM, AS TO, UH, WHAT, UH, THE VISUAL VIEW FROM THOSE RESIDENTIAL LOTS WOULD BE, UM, FROM A PUBLIC VIEW STATE HIGHWAY SIX, UM, OR, UM, OTHER PUBLIC AREAS.
AND IT WAS DETERMINED BASED ON THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT THAT, UM, ADDITIONAL BUFFERING, UH, WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED, UM, ON THE FENCING REQUIREMENT.
THE ORIGINAL PLAN FROM THE MUD WAS TO ENCLOSE, UH, THIS FACILITY WITH A CHAIN LINK FENCE, AND THEY'VE SINCE REVISED THEIR PLANS TO MEET THE CITY'S, UH, FENCING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNITY FENCING.
AND THAT WOULD BE A WOOD FENCE AND CLOSURE MINIMUM EIGHT FEET, UM, AROUND THE PERIMETER OF, UM, THE FACILITY ITSELF.
AND THEN ALSO IN THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING, UH, WOULD BE, UH, LIGHTING STANDARDS TO HELP CONTROL THE FLOW OF WHITE, UM, ONTO, UH, NEARBY, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
SO IT WOULD PROVIDE A BENCHMARK THAT, UM, IF IT EXCEEDS THAT MINIMUM AMOUNT OF THAT MITIGATION WOULD BE PROVIDED TO HELP, UH, CONTROL, UM, THE, THE FLOW NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE MUD ENGINEER HAS A SHORT PRESENTATION TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE DESIGN AND OPERATION FOR THIS FACILITY, AND THEN ALSO, UH, PROVIDED FOR COUNCIL WHERE SOME ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS, WHICH INCLUDED, UM, THE ENTIRE MID 46 DISTRICT MAPS.
SO YOU HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS FACILITY IN RELATION TO, UM, THE ENTIRE MUD 46 AREA, UM, AS WELL AS A PROFILE VIEW OF THIS, UM, THIS PROPOSED STATION, UH, TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THE ELEVATIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE GROUND.
UM, AS WELL AS THE PLAN VIEW, UH, INCLUDING AN AERIAL SHOT, AGAIN, TO PROVIDE PERSPECTIVE, UM, ON THIS, UH, FACILITIES LOCATION ON, ON THE GROUND, AND THESE, UH, EXHIBITS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER.
UM, JASON, JEFF, I'M NOT SURE WHO'S GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION, UM, BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL.
THIS IS JASON KELLY WITH LJ, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, I GOT A BRIEF PRESENTATION, UH, FOR YOU ABOUT THE PUMP STATION, HOW IT'S GOING TO OPERATE AND WHAT OUR, UH, REASON FOR THE, FOR THE PROJECT IS, UH, FIRST, I GUESS JENNIFER TOUCHED ON SOME OF THIS, BUT JUST A QUICK UNDERSTANDING OF THE, OF THE AREA.
UH, THE DISTRICT ENCOMPASSES THE COLONY LAKES AND THE PEBBLE CREEK HAD RIVERSTONE COMMUNITIES ABOUT 520 ACRES, UH, ABOUT 430 ACRES OF THAT IS WITHIN THE DISTRICTS LEVY SYSTEM.
UH, THE REST IS SOUTH OF OUR LEVY.
UH, THAT'S THE, UH, NEAR ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL, UH, RIVER POINT CHURCH AND SOME OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES.
UH, THE CURRENT SYSTEM FOR THE DISTRICT.
UH, WE DO HAVE AN OUTFALL DRAINAGE STRUCTURE, GRAVITY OUTFALL STRUCTURE, UH, WITH SLUICE GATES AND FLAP GATES.
IT'S ABOUT A 6,700 FEET OF LEVY, UH, AND SEVERAL DRAINAGE RESERVOIRS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
UH, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, PUMP OUT OF THE DISTRICT, UH, IN A PERMANENT MANNER.
WE DO HAVE A TEMPORARY PUMPS THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED AND HAVE RENTED IN THE PAST AS A DISTRICT.
UM, AND I THINK, I GUESS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, WITHIN THE LAST FOUR TO FIVE YEARS, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL HIGH RIVER OF RENT EVENTS ON THE BRAZOS RIVER, WHICH DOES AFFECT THE DISTRICT AND WE'VE LOST GRAVITY OUTFALL, UH, WHICH IS NOT CAUSED ANY STRUCTURAL FLOODING IN THE DISTRICT, BUT WE HAVE SEEN HIGH WATER, UH, AND IT HAS NECESSITATED US TO BRING IN TEMPORARY PUMPING, UH, TO GET WATER OUT OF THE DISTRICT, UM, TO NOT HAVE TROUBLES WITH FLOODING.
AND I GUESS HERE'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITH THE PUMP STATION.
UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S A 29,000 GALLON PER MINUTE, UH, FACILITY THAT'S THE, FROM PUMPING CAPACITY.
SO WE'VE GOT THREE PUMPS THAT ARE PLANNED.
UH, IT'S GENERALLY GOING TO WORK WITH TWO PUMPS AND SERVICE, WHICH IS THE 29,000 GALLON PER MINUTE, UH, CAPACITY TO ABOUT 65 CFS.
UH, WE DO HAVE SALUTE SKATES, AS I
[00:40:01]
MENTIONED BEFORE, WE PROPOSE TO UPGRADE THOSE WHERE WE CAN OPERATE THEM, UM, ELECTRICAL ELECTRICALLY AND NOT HAVE TO DO THE MANUALLY, WHICH WILL BE A BIG HELP TO THE OPERATOR.ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE OUR ACCESS TO THE PUMP STATION.
UH, SOME OF THE EXHIBITS THAT YOU SAW SHOW, WE ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO OUR EXISTING OUTFALL STRUCTURE VIA JOHNSON FERRY ROAD, OUR THOMPSON FAIR, EXCUSE ME, AND STATE HIGHWAY SIX.
EACH OF THOSE ARE ABOUT 2000 FEET FROM OUR EXISTING OUTFALL.
WE HAVE TO DRIVE THE LEVEE TO GET THERE, UH, WHICH IS PRETTY DIFFICULT DURING AN EMERGENCY EVENT.
UM, THIS STRUCTURE IS ONLY INTENDED TO BE USED WHEN WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PUMP, UH, ARE NOT ABLE TO GRAVITY OUTFALL OUT OF THE DISTRICT.
SO, UH, ONLY WHEN THE RIVER IS UP AND OUR FLAT GATES AND SLUICE GATES ARE CLOSED, WHERE WE INTEND TO OPERATE THE PUMP STATION.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME EXISTING, UH, UH, TREES THAT, THAT HELP TO SCREEN THE, THE AREA.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT IS, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED, WE ARE PROPOSING A PRIVACY FENCE AROUND THE SITE, UH, TO FURTHER MINIMIZE, UH, THE ABILITY TO SEE THE PUMP STATION, OUR PUMP, THE ACTUAL BUILDING AND CONTROL BUILDING IS ABOUT 200 FEET FROM THE NEAREST RESIDENCE.
UH, WE WILL HAVE BACKUP POWER.
UH, WE DO PROPOSE, UH, AN EMERGENCY GENERATOR THAT WILL BE USED IF WE EVER LOSE, UH, POWER TO DECIDE VIA ELECTRICITY.
UH, THIS IS A VIEW OF THE W THE EXISTING OUTFALL STRUCTURE, WHICH IS WHERE THE PUMP STATION IS PROPOSED.
UH, AND THIS, THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE, IT'LL BE JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE, UH, OF THE RAILING THAT YOU SEE.
AND THOSE ARE THE NEAREST RESIDENCE HOMES THAT, UH, WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE PUMP STATION.
UH, THAT'S A BETHANY BAY DRIVE, UH, THAT YOU SEE THERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE TAKING ACCESS TO ALLOW US TO HAVE BETTER, UM, ABILITY TO ACCESS THE SITE DURING EMERGENCY EVENTS.
UH, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION JUST TO GIVE YOU A, AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE, WHAT I TALKED ABOUT WITH THE GRAVITY OUTFALL SYSTEM.
THIS IS A NORMAL EVERYDAY SITUATION FOR THE DISTRICT.
IF WE RECEIVE RAIN, UH, NO HIGH WATER IN THE BRAZOS RIVER, WE HAVE GRAVITY OUTFALL TO MAINTAIN, UH, DRAINAGE AND KEEP THE, THE, THE STREETS, THE, THE WATER IN THE STREETS TO A MINIMUM.
UH, SO THAT'S OUR NORMAL OPERATING CONDITION.
UH, THE DISTRICT DID PERFORM A STUDY, UH, WITHIN THE PAST YEAR THAT, UH, THAT LOOKED AT THE SITUATION IN, IN LIGHT OF THE, UH, RELEASE OF ATLAS 14 DATA AND, UH, THE HIGHER RAINFALL EVENTS THAT HAVE, THAT ARE ACCOMPANYING THAT, UH, AND WITH THE GRAVITY OUTFALL RESTRICTED, WHERE WE CANNOT USE IT AND A LARGE STORM EVENT INSIDE THE DISTRICT, UH, WE DID SEE THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR, FOR STRUCTURAL FLOODING IN THE DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S WHAT NECESSITATED US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PUMP STATION.
UM, I'M HAVING TROUBLE MOVING THE SLIDES TO SHOW THAT THAT FOR YOU, THERE WE GO.
SO THIS IS IF WE DID NOT DO ANYTHING WITH A PUMP STATION AND WE LOST GRAVITY OUTFALL, WE WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD BRING IN TEMPORARY PUMPS.
SO THIS WOULD NOT BE A REALISTIC SITUATION, BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER THAT TO HAVE A PERMANENT PUMPING FACILITY.
UH, THIS WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL SCENARIO IF WE GOT AN ATLAS 14, UH, TYPE RAINFALL EVENT, WHICH IS 16 AND A HALF FAT, 16 AND A HALF INCHES IN 24 HOURS, EXCUSE ME.
UH, THIS WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL SCENARIO THAT WE WOULD BE HOPING TO AVOID BY BUILDING THE PUMP STATION, UH, WITH THE PUMP STATION IN PLACE.
THIS IS WHAT OUR ANALYSIS SHOWED WITH THE PUMP STATION, THE CAPACITY THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AGAIN WITH RESTRICTED OUTFALL, UH, WE WOULD KEEP THE, THE PAWNING LEVEL, UH, TO ABOUT 64 AND A HALF, WHICH IS WITHIN THE STREETS, UM, OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE, BUT WOULD NOT PUT ANY STRUCTURES AT RISK IN THE DISTRICT.
UM, JUST FOR REFERENCE THE 29,000 GALLONS PER MINUTE IS 65 CFS.
UH, WHEN WE'RE OUT FALLING TO THE BRAZOS RIVER AND FLAT BANK CREEK, UH, VIA GRAVITY, WE ARE ALLOWED TO DISCHARGE ABOUT 447 CFS, OR ABOUT LESS THAN 15% OF OUR, UH, TOTAL CAPACITY.
WE'RE VERY RESTRICTED ON THE RELEASE VIA THE PUMP STATION.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST TOO, ALTHOUGH WE'LL STILL SEE WATER STORING IN OUR LAKES AND CHANNELS, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO, UH, MITIGATE
[00:45:01]
SOME OF THAT PONDING AND, AND GET AT LEAST A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER OUT DURING AN EMERGENCY EVENT.AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
THIS IS A QUICK, UH, UH, SCHEMATIC OR CROSS SECTION OF THE PUMP STATION SHOWS YOU THE PROPOSED CONTROL BUILDING.
UH, WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING SOME, UH, UH, STORAGE, UH, COVERED STORAGE, UM, TO STORE THE TEMPORARY PUMPS THAT THE DISTRICT PURCHASED AND OTHER FLOOD FINDING EQUIPMENT.
THE BUILDING, UM, IS ABOUT 14 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
THE STORAGE, UH, IS ABOUT 16 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
SO THEY DO IT, THEY ARE HIGHER THAN OUR FENCE.
UH, BUT THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT PROPOSED.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SECTION THAT SHOWS THAT A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY, AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY PRESENTATION.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME.
BEFORE WE START WITH QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED BY CASH.
IS THERE A SECOND? LET'S DO A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS MADE THE MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER EMORY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I HAD A QUICK QUESTION, UM, BEYOND NOT DOING ANYTHING.
IS THERE ANOTHER OPTION OTHER THAN THE TEMPORARY PUMPS? UM, THAT'S REALLY, UM, THAT'S REALLY OUR TWO OPTIONS.
I WISH THERE WERE OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD DO, UM, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE GRAVITY OUTFALL.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY LIMITED PUMPING IS REALLY THE ONLY FOR US TO GET, UM, WATER OUT OF THE DISTRICT.
UH, YOU MADE MENTION THAT, UH, YOU, UH, BRING EQUIPMENT IN, UH, THROUGH, UH, TUSCANY LANE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LANE, I GUESS BETHANY BAY DRIVE.
W WHAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT WOULD YOU BE BRINGING IN THERE? UM, IT WOULD BE, UM, GENERALLY IT WOULD BE JUST DURING EMERGENCIES AND IT WOULD BE, UH, UM, IF WE NEEDED TO DO SANDBAGS OR, OR ANYTHING TO SHORE UP THE LEVY, UH, IF WE NEEDED ANY KIND OF, UH, UM, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OR, UH, SANDBAGS, UH, TIGER DAMS FOR FLOOD FIGHTING, UH, THAT TYPE OF THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT WOULD, WOULD, UH, THE MUD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT YOU MAKE TO THAT, UH, THAT STREET, IF WE CAUSE DAMAGE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S INCLUDED OR WOULD NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE AGREEMENT, BUT THE ONE THING WE DON'T WANT IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'VE HAD ON ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT WHERE, UH, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND TORE UP SOME STREETS.
AND, UH, WE, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, I THINK, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE PROTECTION, IF THAT IN FACT HAPPENS, UNDERSTOOD, SIR, MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT WOULD BE, UH, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE BROUGHT INTO THE SITE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE AREA WE WERE DEALING WITH, I MEAN, MOST OF THE AIR IS GOING TO BE, UH, JUST, UH, RAW MATERIAL.
NOT, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE CONCRETE.
SO MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO BE RUBBER, TIRED EQUIPMENT.
SO NOT, IT'S NOT EXTREMELY HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
SO, UH, BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN AND WE WILL, WE, IF WE NEED TO MAKE THAT KIND OF COMMITMENT, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THIS IS COUNSELING AGAIN, AND YOU'RE USING, YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO USE THAT, THAT STREET, THAT ROADWAY, UH, AT TIMES OF, UH, WINTERS END EVENT THAT YOU NEED EITHER SHORE UP, LIKE SAY SHORE UP THE, UH, THE LEVY OR, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF A RAIN EVENT THAT YOU NEED TO GET, UH, EITHER EQUIPMENT OR, UM, UM, OUR PRODUCT BACK
[00:50:01]
THERE.UH, THE ONLY OTHER TIME WE WOULD USE IT, SIR, UH, IS WHEN, UH, WE DO HAVE, WE DO ENGAGE AN OPERATOR THAT GOES OUT TO CHECK THE FACILITY, UH, SO THEY WOULD GO OUT TO IT, UM, ONCE DAILY AND, UH, IN A TYPICAL PICKUP TRUCK, UH, TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ALL THE EQUIPMENT IS, IS OPERATIONAL.
THAT THERE'S NO ISSUES WITH THE EQUIPMENT, UH, ONCE A MONTH, THEY TEST THE GENERATOR, BUT THAT'S JUST THE, THE OPERATOR, UH, NO HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
UH, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE ONLY TIME THAT YOU WOULD SEE MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY TRAVELED IN THAT WOULD BE DURING AN EMERGENCY EVENT.
SO VERY INFREQUENT TRAFFIC, UH, ON A, ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I CAN'T SAY THAT WE WON'T BE THERE EVER WHEN IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY, THAT THAT WILL BE THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY FOR US TO GET IN AND OUT, EVEN ON A NORMAL BASIS.
AGAIN, AS LONG AS WE HAVE SOME PROTECTION, UH, IN CASE THE, YOU KNOW, THE ROADWAYS DAMAGED THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO, UH, UH, STAND UP FOR THE, WHATEVER THOSE REPAIRS MIGHT BE.
CAUSE THOSE ARE CITY STREETS, AS I RE I GUESS, UH, AREN'T THEY, JENNIFER? YEAH, THEY ARE OKAY.
THIS IS ANTHONY MARULA, THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS DISTRICT, UM, THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE GENERATOR.
UH, WOULD THAT BE GATED OFF AT THE, I GUESS BETHANY BAY STREET, OR IS THAT JUST GOING TO BE CLOSED OFF NEAR THE GENERATOR AND THE ASSEMBLY OF THE, UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE A GENERATOR OR A GATE AT THE PUMP STATION? UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID DISCUSS WITH THE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF WHERE IT IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO RESIDENTS, WE MAY LOOK AT DOING, UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, WE CAN TALK FURTHER ABOUT, BUT, UH, WE, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING GATES AND FENCING AND POSSIBLY LANDSCAPING AT THE, AT BETHANY BAY DRIVE TO HELP SCREEN IT.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING I STILL HAVE TO TALK FURTHER WITH THE DISTRICT THAT THEY'RE AT THEIR NEXT MEETING AND BRING SOME CONCEPTS TO THEM.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE DONE SUCCESSFULLY AT, AT OTHER PUMP STATIONS, UH, TO, TO HELP LIMIT THAT INCONVENIENCE.
AND NOT SO MUCH INCONVENIENCE JUST TO CURIOSITY, HAVING AN OPEN ACCESS ROAD TO THAT.
I LIVE BY ONE OF THESE, AND IT'S ALWAYS CURIOSITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO DRIVE.
SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANY FANCY, BUT SOME SORT OF BARRIER THAT'LL, YOU KNOW, UH, KEEP PEOPLE THE CURIOUS PEOPLE OUT.
UM, I, UH, WATCHED THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.
I, UH, HAD A MEETING WITH STAFF TO GO OVER ALL THIS.
I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT JUST EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON ON NIGHTS ROAD WITH THE NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS, THE CHURCHES AND EVERYTHING, AND, AND JUST THAT WHOLE AREA IS A LOW LINE AREA.
AND MY CONCERN WAS, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THAT GROWTH AND WITH THIS, AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO, UM, FLAT BANK AND STAFF WAS ABLE TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS BECAUSE THE MORE WATER WE PUSHED A FLAT BANK, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT OVERFLOWS ON THE HIGHWAY SIX, WHICH IS AN EVACUATION ROUTE.
AND I DID HAVE CONCERNS WITH THAT, JASON, BUT OUR STAFF, THANK YOU, SASHA AND TEAM FOR, UH, PUTTING ME AT EASE AT THAT.
SO, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE GOING ABOUT IT THE RIGHT WAY.
WE WERE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.
LET'S, LET'S PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE, A LITTLE BARRIER IF YOU WILL, TOWARDS THE ACCESS ROAD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
EDWARDS' COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING.
COUNCILMEMBER RULE IS MADE THE SECOND COUNSELOR MEMORY.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE IS COUNCIL MEMBER MARY LIS.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, THE MOTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF YOU APPROACH? GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANT TO THANK SASHI AND, UH, JENNIFER OTIS AND THE STAFF FOR ASSISTING ME THROUGH THIS.
[00:55:03]
COUNCIL MEMBER STANDING.I JUST HAD A QUESTION BEFORE I VOTED ON IT.
I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE AGENDA AS LISTED AS AN ORDINANCE, UM, WITH THIS WAS A, THIS WAS ADDED TO, UM, THE AGENDA OR I JUST KNOW IT WAS PUBLIC HEARING, BUT, UM, I GOT IT.
YES, COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE, WHAT IS YOUR VOTE AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
AND THE SECOND, AND THIS IS MAYOR FORD.
THERE ARE NO AUTHORIZATIONS, NO ORDINANCES.
UM, AND BEFORE WE DO CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS, THERE'S NO EXECUTIVE SESSION, CORRECT? YES MA'AM.
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
TIM PRESTON? DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? JUST REMINDING PEOPLE TOMORROW IS ELECTION DAY TO GET OUT AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET OUT AND VOTE.
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO.
I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVE COUNSELING AND MEMORY.
GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BALLOT FOR THE CITY AND VOTE, PLEASE.
I WANT TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
UM, SO FAR MISSOURI CITY, AND THIS IS MAYOR FORD AND MISSOURI CITY HAS A VOTER TURNOUT OF OVER 68%.
SO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS NOT VOTED, PLEASE GO OUT AND VOTE AND GO ALL THE WAY DOWN THE BALLOT.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.
UM, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE SASHI AND KEVIN CUMMINGS FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THEY DID ON NIGHTS ROAD, SPECIFICALLY AROUND ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, THERE WERE SAFETY CONCERNS, UH, FROM THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS.
UH, THEY, OF COURSE PUBLIC WORKS AS USUAL, DID A GREAT JOB AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED ON THE ELKINS MARQUIS.
SO THERE, THEY MADE THE BIG BOARD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AND YOU MADE THE HIGHLIGHT REAL APPRECIATE YOU.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.