Nov 08, 2022 Council Meeting (November 8, 2022 &amp; November 9, 2022)

I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR BEING HERE TO, UH, TO WITNESS THIS.

YOU KNOW, JUST THE OTHER DAY I WAS AT A MEETING SOMEWHERE AND SOME YOUNG PERSON TOLD ME, OH, YOU'RE JUST A BOOMER.

AND I SAID, WELL, THANK YOU.

UH, THAT MEANS I'M A FIRST DESCENDANT OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST GENERATIONS.

UM, AND SO WHAT WE HAVE TODAY HERE IS MR. ELLIS JAMES WILLIAMSON, WHO IS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN, SERVED IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS.

I'M GONNA READ THE PROCLAMATION, AND I THINK YOU'LL FIND IT.

NORMALLY, I DON'T READ ALL OF THIS, BUT, UH, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH HERE THAT WE, WE NEED TO HEAR ABOUT.

ELLIS JAMES WILLIAMSON, KNOWN AFFECTIONATELY AS JAMIE WILLIAMSON, IS A MEMBER OF A DWINDLING GROUP OF WORLD WAR II SURVIVORS.

WE CELEBRATE STAFF SERGEANT WILLIAMSON'S SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, AND ONGOING SUPPORT OF HIS COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT HIS LIFETIME.

AS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS NATION'S GREATEST GENERATION, ELLIS JAMES WILLIAMSON WAS BORN IN GALLATIN, TEXAS ON APRIL 16TH, 1923, GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, LATER JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS IN 1943.

UH, HIS JOB WAS, UH, A TOP TURNT GUNNER OF A MARAUDER B 26 BOMBER.

UM, LET'S SEE HERE.

HE, UH, AMONG THE MISSIONS THAT HE, UH, WAS ASKED TO COMPLETE, FIRST OF ALL, BACK IN THOSE DAYS, YOU HAD TO COMPLETE 65 MISSIONS, RIGHT? THAT'S GONNA BECOME IMPORTANT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

BUT ONE OF THOSE MISSIONS THAT REALLY STRUCK ME WAS HE WAS ASSIGNED TO FLY OVER AN ENEMY SUBMARINE BASE IN LAHAVE WITHOUT BOMBERS OR FIGHTER ESCORT.

AND THE PURPOSE FOR THAT MISSION WAS TO DRAW FIRE FROM THE ENEMY SO THAT OTHER BOMBERS COULD BOMB THE PLACE.

HE RETURNED, UH, FROM THAT MISSION WITH OVER A HUNDRED BULLET HOLES IN HIS AIRCRAFT AND SURVIVED THAT ONE.

HE, UH, WAS INVOLVED IN THE BOMBING OF, OF D-DAY, UM, UH, AT, UH, THE D-DAY INVASION.

AND LATER ON WAS, UM, UH, WAS FINALLY SHOT DOWN ON THE 65TH MISSION, 65TH MISSION.

HE WAS OVER THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE BOMBING PEOPLE, TRYING TO SAVE OUR GUYS IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, AND GOT SHOT DOWN AND TAKEN PRISONER, WHICH HE REMAINED A PRISONER OF WAR AMONG THE GERMANS, UH, UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.

HE WAS RESCUED BY GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON.

WHAT A HISTORY, WHAT A HISTORY.

UPON HIS RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES, UH, MR. WILLIAMSON WENT STRAIGHT TO WORK AND RETIRED IN 1990 FROM THREE DIFFERENT JOBS.

HE SERVED 30 PLUS YEARS AS A PAINT SALESMAN, TWICE, UH, OWNER AND OPERATOR OF HIS OWN 18 WHEELER.

MR. WILLIAMSON MARRIED HIS FIRST WIFE, ANTOINETTE, WHO PASSED AWAY IN 1990.

THIS UNION PRODUCED THREE CHILDREN, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, AND 10 GREAT, GREAT GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

HE REMARRIED A SECOND TIME TO PRISCILLA KERICK, WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2020.

ELLIS, JAMES WILSON, UH, WILLIAMSON WILL BE 100 YEARS OLD ON APRIL 16TH.

THAT'S TAX DAY, ISN'T IT? THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.

THAT IS UNFORTUNATE.

UH, OF 2023, STAFF SERGEANT JAMES ELLIS, UH, ELLIS JAMES WILLIAMSON IS INDICATIVE OF THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEMBER.

WE CELEBRATE THIS COMING VETERAN'S DAY ON NOVEMBER 11TH.

NOT ONLY DID HE VOLUNTEER TO SERVE THIS COUNTRY AT THE PERIL OF HIS OWN LIFE, BUT RETURNED TO CONTRIBUTE TO HIS BELOVED COUNTRY AND STATE.

MR. ELLIS JAMES WILLIAMSON CONTINUES TO SERVE THE HOUSTON AREA AS AN ANNUAL DONOR TO THE MD ANDERSON ELLIS WILLIAMSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN SUPPORT OF THEIR CERTIFIED TOBACCO TREATMENT PROGRAM.

HE'S AN ANNUAL DONOR OF THE HOUSTON S-P-S-P-C-A AND SEVERAL OTHER PHILANTHROPIC, UH, ENTERPRISES AROUND THE CITY.

UM, SO WE HONOR STAFF SERGEANT, SERGEANT WILLIAMS ELLIS JAMES WILLIAMSON, FOR HIS SACRIFICE, DEDICATION, AND CON CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNITED STATES, TO TEXAS, AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON MAYOR.

AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE, AN INCREDIBLE STORY AND AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY.

AND SO THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022, AS ELLIS JAMES WILLIAMSON DAY, SERGEANT UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, 1943 THROUGH 1945.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. WILLIAMSON.

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STAND, GO, STAND, GO.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

BY, BY WAY OF FULL DISCLOSURE, I HAVE TO TELL EVERYBODY THIS, UH, JAMIE HERE IS MY SECOND COUSIN.

MY, MY MOM'S FIRST COUSIN, AND HIS DAUGHTER, JANICE, IS WITH HIM TODAY.

SHE'S MY THIRD COUSIN.

SO WE HAVE A RICH, UH, FAMILY OF SERVICE HISTORY IN, IN OUR FAMILY, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF JAMIE.

JAMIE, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? WELL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK ALL FOR SHOWING UP AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, UM, HERE ON BEHALF OF A FELLOW CREWMAN THAT CAME BACK.

THERE WAS THREE OF US, GOT OUT OF THE PLANE, AND THREE WENT DOWN WITH THE PLAN.

AND I'M HERE ON THEIR BEHALF TOO, AND ALL THE PARENTS AND THE RELATIONS OF THE SERVICEMEN.

THANK YOU, AND GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

ANY QUESTIONS? AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, MR. WILLIAMSON.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE IN Q, BUT BEFORE WE GO TO THEM, UH, EVERY YEAR, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND I CELEBRATE OUR PARENTS' ANNIVERSARY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE BOTH DECEASED.

AND WE CELEBRATE MY DAD'S 99TH BIRTHDAY ON SUNDAY.

SO, UM, IT IS THE GREATEST GENERATION THAT IS FOR SURE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KOSH JOINING US VIRTUALLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, BRINGING FORTH, UH, THIS, THIS WONDERFUL MAN TO, UH, TO, TO CELEBRATE THE, THE GREATEST GENERATION THAT MY, MY DAD WAS A PART OF, AND MY FAMILY.

THANK YOU FOR YOU SHOWING UP, UH, TO, TO DEFEND OUR NATION AND ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR FOR HONORING THIS MAN.

GOD BLESS YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY HOR, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX, FOR BRINGING IN YOUR COUSIN, MR. WILLIAMSON.

I AM, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND YOUR STORY WAS REALLY COMPELLING.

I'D LOVE TO READ, READ IT AGAIN LATER, BUT, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE ARE HONORED TO HONOR YOU.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. WILLIAMSON.

AND MAYOR, I'LL LEAVE.

LET MEAN, YEAH, AND IT IS, UH, JUST A, UH, HISTORIC AND, UH, MONUMENTAL JOURNEY.

UM, AND WHAT A, WHAT A, UH, AN APPROPRIATE TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX, BECAUSE, UM, UH, THIS WEEK ON FRIDAY, WE'LL CELEBRATE VETERAN'S DAY ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER THE 11TH.

AND SO, UH, YOU'RE STARTING US OFF, RIGHT? UH, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WAS THE PARADE FOR THE ASTROS.

TODAY WE SALUTE AND HONOR YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE SERVICE.

AND THEN ON FRIDAY, UH, WE'LL BE THE PARADE, UH, TO HONOR ALL OF OUR VETERANS.

SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COSMAN KNOX, MAKING IT HAPPEN.

WHAT'S GOING ON? SOME GO ONE WAY, SOME.

THANKSGIVING COMING IS COMING SOON, AND, AND I DON'T WANT MY MOM TO POISON MY FOOD.

SO, UM, THAT'S MY MOM RIGHT THERE IN THE BLUE, BLUE JACKET, OR BLUE BLUE DRESS.

AND HER SISTER, MY AUNT RUTH, RIGHT NEXT TO HER BIG FAMILY AFFAIR.

THANK Y'ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CHAIR.

NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD J. POLLARD FOR A PROCLAMATION TO THE US MARINE CORPS TO CELEBRATE THEIR 247TH BIRTHDAY.

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WELL, MAYOR, WE ARE JOINED BY SOME INCREDIBLE MEN AND WOMEN, UH, WHO SERVE IN OUR US MARINE CORPS.

I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR DEMBO AND DR. JONES, UH, FOR F FACILITATING, UM, TODAY'S COMMEMORATION.

UH, WITH US, WE HAVE LIEUTENANT, LIEUTENANT COLONEL PLUCKER, WHO SERVES AS THE FIRST BATTALION, 23RD MARINES OF ELLINGTON FIELD.

HE IS THE COMMANDING OFFICER THERE, AND, UM, OTHER SERVICEMEN, BUT ESPECIALLY, I WANT TO GIVE A, A SHOUT OUT TO MY FATHER WHO IS HERE, UH, WHO SERVED IN THE MARINE CORPS FROM 1966 TO 68, UH, DURING THE VIETNAM, UH, WAR.

SO THANK YOU, DAD FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.

AND TODAY WE ARE CELEBRATING THE 247TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, AND THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 1775, THE UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL MARINES WERE FOUNDED BY OUR NATION'S LEADERS TO CONDUCT SHIP TO SHIP FIGHTING, PROVIDES SHIPBOARD SECURITY AND DISCIPLINE ENFORCEMENT, AND ASSIST IN LANDING FORCES.

AND WHEREAS THE US MARINE CORPS 247TH BIRTHDAY HONORS THE HISTORY, VALUES, AND MEMORY OF OUR HEROES WHO HAVE SERVED AND REKINDLES THE BOND WHICH UNITES GENERATIONS OF MARINES.

AND WHEREAS THIS DAY, CELEBRATES TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS WITH PROFOUND RESPECT, PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE HERITAGE OF THIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE.

AND WHEREAS THE MEN AND WOMEN SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND THE FAMILIES WHO SUPPORT THEM MAKE GREAT SACRIFICES IN DEFENSE OF OUR NATION.

AND WHEREAS MARINES EXHIBIT HONOR, COURAGE, AND COMMITMENT AND MAINTAIN AN UNYIELDING DEDICATION TO DUTY TO PRESERVE OUR NATION'S VALUES.

AND WHEREAS THE MARINE CORPS MOTTO, PHI DES REPRESENTS THE UNDYING COMMITMENT OF FAITH BETWEEN OUR US MARINES AND THE UNITED STATES, A BOND THAT CONTINUES TODAY.

AND WHEREAS TODAY, WE CELEBRATE THE CONTINUED STRENGTH, PROFESSIONALISM, AND VALOR OF OUR READY AND RESILIENT MARINES AND THE ALL VOLUNTEER FORCE, AND OBSERVE NOVEMBER 10TH AS MARINE CORPS DAY IN HOUSTON.

AND WE CELEBRATE THE 247TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

AND SO, ALL RIGHT, IF Y'ALL ARE, LET ME SAY THIS LAST LINE.

SO, SO THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY RECOGNIZED NOVEMBER 10TH, 2022, AS THE 247TH BIRTHDAY OF THE MARINE CORPS'S DAY, THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.

CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY.

AND SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE MEN AND WOMEN, AND I'M INCLUDING YOU, DR. JONES, WHO SERVED, UH, IN THE MARINE CORPS.

UM, BUT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR OLDEST MARINES HERE WITH US WHO IS 94 YEARS OLD, 7 9 7 97, 97 YEARS OLD.

UH, SO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM AND THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE.

BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, LIEUTENANT, LIEUTENANT COLONEL PLUCKER.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR TURNER.

TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THE GREAT CITY OF HOUSTON, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR TODAY AND DECLARING UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS DAY AND THE GREAT CITY OF HOUSTON.

FIRST BATTALION 23RD MARINES ARE 1 23, IS ONE OF EIGHT RESERVE MARINE INFANTRY BATTALIONS SPREAD ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

AND THE LONE STAR BATTALION IS FORTUNATE TO CALL JOINT RESERVE BASE ELLINGTON IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON HOME, AND KNOW THAT EVERY MONTH THESE MARINES COME TOGETHER TO TRAIN AND PREPARE FOR WAR.

IT'S NO SECRET THERE ARE A LOT OF VETERANS ACROSS THIS GREAT STATE, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF MARINES IN THIS GREAT CITY, BOTH CURRENTLY SERVING AND THAT HAVE ALREADY, UH, HUNG THEIR HAT, EITHER WITH 1 23 CONTINUING THEIR STUDIES, OR SERVING WITH RECRUITING STATION HOUSTON, WHO WILL JOIN DOWNSTAIRS MOMENTARILY TO SLICE A BIRTHDAY CAKE IN HONOR OF OUR CORPS.

BUT KNOW THAT IT IS OUR HONOR AND OUR PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT THE

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MARINE CORPS TO YOU.

AND I WILL SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO FILL OUR RANKS, INCLUDING THOSE HERE STANDING BEHIND ME, REPRESENT ALL THAT IS WELL AND GOOD ABOUT OUR COUNTRY BY PLACING SERVICE BEFORE SELF.

THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED BY ACTION DEED THE IDEA OF SERVING A LARGER CAUSE OF SACRIFICE FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

THEY REPRESENT OUR CORE VALUES OF HONOR, COURAGE, AND COMMITMENT, AND THEY ARE LEADERS OF COMPETENCE, OF COURAGE AND CONVICTION.

REST ASSURED THAT OUR CORPS IS ON TRACK TO MAKE MARINES TO WIN BATTLES AND RETURN QUALITY CITIZENS TO OUR SOCIETY, EVEN HERE IN HOUSTON.

SO ON BEHALF OF ALL MARINES HERE TODAY, AND ON BEHALF OF ALL MARINES ACROSS THIS GREAT CITY, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, THANK YOU FOR DECLARING UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS DAY AND SE FIDELIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE.

UH, FIRST OF ALL IS VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

UM, ANYTIME THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN, UH, SERVICE, WE DEFINITELY WANNA DO THAT.

I KNOW THIS IS EXTRA SPECIAL FOR YOU.

WE'VE HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR FATHER ON MANY OCCASIONS, UH, TO SEE HIM STAND HERE WITH YOU AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT J.

IT WARMS MY HEART, AND I KNOW THAT IT MEANS A LOT TO YOU.

SO TO YOUR DAD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO EACH ONE OF THE, UH, MEN AND WOMEN WHO STAND BEFORE US, UH, I LOVE THE SERVICE BEFORE SELF.

UM, ALTHOUGH, UH, AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND NOT IN THE MARINES, UH, I DEEPLY KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

UM, AND SO I HOPE THAT YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE VALUE YOUR SERVICE AND HOW MUCH WE KNOW THAT IT DOES TAKE SELFLESS COMMITMENT, UM, TO SERVE OUR, OUR COUNTRY, AND TO SERVING THE MARINES.

AND I, I HEAR ALL THE TIME THAT THE MARINES ARE THE, THE FRONT LINES.

THEY ARE THE FIRST TO GO.

UH, SO I KNOW THAT IT, IT TAKES A COURAGEOUS PERSON TO DO THAT, AND SOMEONE WHO IS DEEPLY COMMITTED, UM, TO OTHERS AND TO OUR COUNTRY.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING MANY MORE YEARS OF MARINE CORPS, UH, CELEBRATIONS.

AND THANK YOU, UH, AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US.

MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER FOR A PROCLAMATION TO THE MUNICIPAL COURTS IN HONOR OF MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK, AND A PROCLAMATION TO RETIRING JUDGE FAD WILSON.

AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD, I WANT TO, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE BOTH, UH, MARINE FAMILIES, AND, UH, TO HAVE YOUR DAD THERE WITH YOU IS, IS A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE.

AND, UH, HOW PROUD WE ARE FOR, FOR YOUR SACRIFICE, UM, AND, UH, ALL THAT YOU ALL DO FOR US, FOR OUR CITY ON THIS ELECTION DAY.

I THINK I CAN SAY, WHILE THE NATION, IN SOME WAYS IS DIVIDED, YOU ARE THE FORCE THAT BRING US TOGETHER.

WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU, COMMANDER, AND FOR ALL THAT YOU DO WITH YOUR TROOPS, WITH THE SOLDIERS GUARDING OUR RESOURCES HERE.

AND, UH, I CAN TELL YOU, HAVING RECENTLY BEEN TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY TO VISIT THE, THE GRAVE SITE OF MY UNCLE, UM, YOU ALL CAN MAKE US PROUD WHETHER YOU SERVE HERE DOMESTICALLY, ABROAD, AND WHAT A GREAT DAY TO CELEBRATE THIS BIRTHDAY ON ELECTION DAY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS CISNEROS.

I TOO JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO EACH OF YOU.

I GREW UP IN A NAVY FAMILY, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REAL STRONG BOND BETWEEN NAVY AND MARINES AND, UM, SO, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.

WE, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SO IN YOUR DEBT, YOU KNOW, TO, UM, THAT YOU, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'VE TAKEN ON THIS RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT US.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THANK YOU.

AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. ROBERT DBO AND DR.

LASANDRA JONES, PART OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, SO I, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 200 RINGS THAT ARE STANDING OUTSIDE IN DRESS BLUES, WAITING ON US TO COME DOWN, BUT I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE ALL THE REST OF THE MARINES THAT ARE HERE.

CITY EMPLOYEES, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, UH, OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, AND ALSO, UH, THE OTHER MARINES.

I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO STAND UP AS WELL, ALL THE MARINES.

THANK.

SO, UH, AND I DO WANNA SAY LAST, UH, WE DO STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF THIS IWO JIMA MARINE, THIS VIETNAM VETERAN MARINE AND OTHER VIETNAM VETERAN AND WORLD WAR II MARINES THAT ARE HERE.

SO THANK YOU MUCH HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINE, AND THANK YOU, DR. JONES.

I THINK YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THEM IN THE HEARTFIELD.

SO ALL THE MARINES, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A GROUP PICTURE TOGETHER,

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ALRIGHT, WILL JUDGE ELAINE, MARSHA COME AND I'M SEEING ONE PROCLAMATION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I GOT ONE PROCLAMATION.

OKAY, JUDGE WILSON.

OKAY, UH, LEMME PRESENT.

THE FIRST, THIS IS TO THE MUNICIPAL COURTS, UM, JUDGE ELAINE MARSHALL.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

AND WHEREAS MUNICIPAL COURTS PROVIDE THE CITIZENS OF TEXAS WITH THEIR LOCAL FORUM WHERE QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE LAW, IN FACT CAN BE RESOLVED REGARDING ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF STATE LAW AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES.

AND WHEREAS BECAUSE CITIZENS ENCOUNTER MUNICIPAL COURTS MORE OFTEN THAN ANY OTHER COURT, THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL PLAYS AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN INFLUENCING THE PUBLIC'S OVERALL IMPRESSION ON THE TEXAS JUDICIAL SYSTEM.

AND WHEREAS JUDGES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT ALSO FUNCTION AS MAGISTRATES FOR THE STATE OF

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TEXAS PERFORMING DUTIES SUCH AS ISSUING SEARCH AND ARREST WARRANTS, GIVEN MAGISTRATES WARNINGS, AND SETTING BAIL FOR OFFENSES, RANGING FROM PETTY THEFT TO MURDER.

AND WHEREAS PLEDGING TO BE IMPARTIAL AND TO CONFORM TO THE STANDARDS SET BY THE CANDIDATES OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT, MUNICIPAL COURT EMPLOYEES WORK DILIGENTLY TO ENSURE THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE WHILE UPHOLDING THE RIGOROUS STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONALISM.

AND WHEREAS IN ADDITION TO JUDGES, MUNICIPAL COURTS ARE STAFFED BY CLERKS, COURT ADMINISTRATORS, PROSECUTORS, JUVENILE CASE MANAGERS, BAILIFF, AND WARRANT OFFICERS, THESE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO IMPROVE COURT OPERATIONS BY PARTICIPATING IN JUDICIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THEIR STATE AND LOCAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

AND WHEREAS FROM NOVEMBER 7TH THROUGH NOVEMBER THE 11TH, 2022, MUNICIPAL COURTS WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR CONTINUING TO PRESERVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROTECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR AREA RESIDENTS.

THE CITY OF HOUSTON COMMANDS ALL THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATE'S MUNICIPAL COURTS, AND ENCOURAGES ALL IN THANK AND THANKING THEM FOR THEIR CONTINUED SERVICE.

AND THEREFORE, I SPECIAL TURNER MAYOR, CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 7TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 11TH, 2022, AS MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

CONGRATULATIONS, JUDGE LANE MARSHALL INTO ALL OF THOSE AFFILIATED AND ASSOCIATED WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS.

3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1.

THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER, AND THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

UM, THEY ALWAYS SAY THAT THE PERSON AT THE TOP IS THE BEST WHEN HE HAS EVERYBODY SURROUNDED BY HIM.

I HAVE A FABULOUS STAFF.

THEY ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY.

I HAVE A FABULOUS TEAM THAT'S AT THE OFFICE THAT COULDN'T GET HERE, BUT I JUST WANT THEM ALL TO KNOW THAT I THANK THEM FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ONE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURTS UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP OPERATE AS FULLY AND AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

THANK, CAN MY EXECUTIVE TEAM COME UP, JUDGE YOU TO TAKE OH, I'M LIKE, ALRIGHT HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS CISNEROS.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

JUDGE MARSHALL, WE HAVE, UH, A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE.

HELLO, JUDGE.

UM, WHEN YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP, I, I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT THE MUNICIPAL COURTS, THAT'S YOU, AND THE REASON THINGS THAT ARE GOING SO WELL THERE AND YOU'VE GOT A STRONG TEAM IS THAT'S ALL ON YOU.

SO JUST CONGRATULATIONS, HAPPY MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK.

THANK YOU, JUDGE, AND GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS.

AS A FULL-TIME JUDGE IN 2005, JUDGE WILSON THEN TRANSITIONED TO AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE ROLE FOR THE COURTS AND HAS SERVED IN HI IN THIS CAPACITY.

AND, UH, JUDGE, IF YOU JUST STAND THERE AND LET ME BRING UP JUDGE FA WILSON.

I'LL GET THE HONOR, GET, I WON'T LEAVE HERE.

NO STEPS.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN BRACE RIGHT HERE, PLACE, RIGHT.

LEMME DO THIS.

I'VE KNOWN, UH, THIS JUDGE FOR OH, LONG, LONG TIME.

AND, UH, JUDGE FAD WILSON JR.

WAS BORN IN SAEE, TEXAS.

HE ATTENDED TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY WHERE HE IS EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN 71, MAKING THE DEAN'S LIST EACH YEAR.

JUDGE WILSON WENT ON TO EARN HIS LAW DEGREE, UH, FROM THURGOOD MARSHALL SCHOOL OF LAW IN 74, GRADUATING IN THE TOP 10% OF HIS CLASS, AND SERVING AS RESEARCH ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN.

PRIOR TO ATTENDING COLLEGE, JUDGE WILSON SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, WHILE STATIONED IN GERMANY.

HE SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF AMERICAN YOUTH ASSOCIATION.

PRIOR TO HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN 68, HE RECEIVED A MEDAL OF COMMENDATION.

UPON EARNING HIS LAW DEGREE, JUDGE WILSON ENTERED INTO PRIVATE PRACTICE SPECIALIZING IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW.

HE JOINED HIS, JOINED AS ALMA MATER, TSU, AS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FROM 77 TO 78.

AND THEN AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF THURGOOD MARSHALL SCHOOL OF LAW FROM 79 UNTIL 2007.

HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON BEGAN IN 1978, WHERE MAYOR JIM MCCONN APPOINTED HIM AS A FULL-TIME MUNICIPAL JUDGE.

HE THEN SERVED THE COURT AS THE ASSOCIATE PRESIDING JUDGE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT

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SINCE THAT TIME, HE AND HIS WIFE LARITA HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND CHARITABLE CAUSES, INCLUDING SERVING AS A MENTOR TO UP AND COMING RECORDING ARTISTS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

HE HAS HELD VARIOUS PRESTIGIOUS TITLES, INCLUDING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NAACP EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF THE HOUSTON URBAN LEAGUE, AND HAS BEEN A FREQUENT GUEST SPEAKER FOR THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURT ASSOCIATION.

WHEN ASKED TO CHARACTERIZE JUDGE WILSON'S, MANY RECALLED THAT NOT TOO MUCH, UH, GOT PAST HIM IN THE COURTROOM, ALWAYS READY TO GO TO TRIAL.

JUDGE WILSON HAD THE REPUTATION OF RUNNING A TIGHT SHIP.

HE STRONGLY BELIEVES IN COURTROOM DECORUM, PUNCTUALITY, AND TRIAL PREPAREDNESS.

JUDGE WILSON HAS A KEEN MIND AND POSSESSES A WEALTH OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S BEEN OF TREMENDOUS ASSISTANCE TO THE COURT SYSTEM THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.

ON SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, 2022, JUDGE WILSON HAS CHOSEN TO BEGIN HIS WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT.

HE HAS BEEN COMMENDED FOR HIS HIGH LEVEL OF COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY, TO HIS PROFESSION, AND FOR HIS 44 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

JUDGE WILSON HAS SERVED THE CITY OF HOUSTON WITH DISTINCTION AND HONOR AND RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF HIS DEDICATION AND LOYAL SERVICE.

THE CITY OF HOUSTON, CONGRATULATES AND COMMANDS JUDGE F WILSON ON THIS MILESTONE OCCASION AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR A LONG AND HAPPY RETIREMENT.

SO THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIMS SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022, AS MY FRIEND JUDGE FAT WILSON JUNIOR DAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

THANK YOU JUDGE FOR THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ANY JOB WELL DONE THAT HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT SO FAITHFULLY BY THIS MAN RIGHT HERE, HE HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO EVERY ONE OF US.

AND EVERY STAFF MEMBER AT THE COURTHOUSE IS WAITING TO TALK TO HIM.

EVERYBODY'S WAITING TO SEE HIM.

BUT I JUST WANNA PERSONALLY SAY I WALKED INTO MUNICIPAL COURT.

I WAS CARRYING MY DAUGHTER, AND THE FIRST PERSON WHO GAVE ME THE INSPIRATION AND THE DESIRE TO BE THE BEST JUDGE I COULD BE WAS STANDING RIGHT HERE.

SO, BEHIND YOU IS A A, A WEALTH OF MUNICIPAL COURT MEMBERS THAT I JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND ASK IF THEY COULD STAND BEFORE, UH, JUDGE WILSON SPEAKS.

SO YOU CAN JUST TURN AND SEE.

JUST, THERE'S JUST A, THERE'S JUST A PLETHORA OF THEM THAT'S JUST A SAMPLE ALONG WITH POLICE OFFICERS AND BAILIFFS AND EVERYONE.

SO I'M GONNA MOVE OVER SO YOU CAN SEE THE MIC.

I'M GONNA GET TO YOUR MIC.

SCREWED OVER THIS WAY DOWN.

THERE YOU GO.

NOW YOU CAN JUST TALK.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, MAYOR AND, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

I, UH, DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY HERE THIS MORNING.

I, I'M KIND OF, I'M RUN OUTTA WORDS.

I GUESS THEY'RE 40 YEARS ON THE BENCH.

I USED THEM UP OR SOMETHING.

I'M NOT SURE , BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I, I, I ENJOYED ALL OF MY TIME IN THE, AT THE, AT THE COURTHOUSE AND IN THE COURTS.

UH, MY FATHER ONCE SAID TO ME WHEN I WAS REAL YOUNG, IT DIDN'T MAKE, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THEN, BUT IT DOES NOW.

AND ESPECIALLY TODAY, THAT IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU DO DOING AS WORK, THAT YOU'LL NEVER WORK A DAY IN YOUR LIFE.

AND I STAND HERE AND TELL YOU NOW, I HAVE NOT WORKED ONE DAY.

'CAUSE I LOVED WORKING IN THE COURTHOUSE WITH PEOPLE AND FOUR PEOPLE.

I THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT FOR ME HERE TODAY.

AND I WANNA SAY TO YOU THAT MY PHONE IS STILL WORKING.

I'M STILL, I MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET, KEEP MY PHONE WORKING.

SO YOU CAN CALL ME IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM OR YOU WANT TO THINK, YOU MIGHT THINK I'D BE ABLE TO HELP YOU.

I'LL ANSWER THE PHONE MYSELF.

NO, NEXT, NO SECRETARY, BUT I'LL ANSWER IT MYSELF, .

BUT, UH, FEEL FREE.

I'M, I'M LISTENING IN THE PHONE BOOK AND EVERYTHING ELSE, .

SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND AGAIN, I I, I, I CAN'T SAY THE WORDS THAT I REALLY FEEL IN THE DAY.

I JUST CAN'T FIND THEM.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, I REALLY ENJOYED MY WORK AND I THANK ALL OF YOU, INCLUDING THE MAYOR HERE FOR CONTINUING TO APPOINT ME WHEN HE CAME ABOARD.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THIS BIG CITY, AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU CON CONTRIBUTED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BYE-BYE.

JUDGE WILSON, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE.

WE'LL START OFF WITH COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD POLLARD.

THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE.

AND MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FORTH THIS PROCLAMATION.

UM, JUDGE, I, I TOO AM A THURGOOD MARSHALL SCHOOL OF LAW GRAD AND, UH, PARTICIPATED WITHIN THE NAACP AND THE URBAN LEAGUE.

AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I SAW AND HEARD, UH, WAS READ ABOUT YOU AND I STAND ON YOUR SHOULDERS.

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AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, TO OUR CITY, YOUR 44 YEARS OF SERVICE, YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS OUTSIDE OF EVEN THE COURTROOM, BUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE A GIANT OF A MAN.

AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CELEBRATE YOU TODAY.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN, EVAN SHABAZZ, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PROAM.

AND THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER FOR BRINGING THIS WONDERFUL PROCLAMATION.

AND JUDGE MARSHALL, ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU, BUT I'M GONNA SAY, GROWING UP IN HOUSTON, THIS GENTLEMAN WAS A LEGEND.

SERIOUSLY, YOU ALWAYS HEARD ABOUT HIM AND HOW HE WAS MAKING THINGS HAPPEN, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO I HAVE THE PLEASURE.

I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER ACTUALLY MET YOU.

I'M ACTUALLY ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NAACP AND GETTING READY TO BE THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSTON BRANCH, ONE OF THE VICE PRESIDENTS.

AND SO CERTAINLY I'M WALKING IN YOUR STEPS AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

AND IT'S JUST AN HONOR.

WHEN I SAW THAT YOUR NAME HAD COME UP FOR A PROCLAMATION, I WAS JUST THRILLED.

I SAID, YOU MEAN I'M GONNA ACTUALLY SEE A LIVING LEGEND? AND SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

OH, AND I'M COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN, EVAN SHABAZZ, THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT D, THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KOSH.

HE'S HERE, JUDGE V WILSON.

I'M, I'M OUT AT, AT AN ONCOLOGY, UH, ONCOLOGY, UH, FACILITY RIGHT NOW WITH MY BROTHER, RANDY.

BUT IT'S, IT'S SO GOOD TO TO SEE YOU.

AND, AND I, I'LL NEVER FORGET THE FIRST TIME I MET YOU AND WALKED INTO YOUR COURTROOM, I THINK IT WAS IN 19 94, 95.

AND, UH, I, I REMEMBER YOU VERY WELL.

YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN SO FAIR AND HONEST.

AND THANK YOU FOR TREATING ME SO WELL.

WHEN I'D COME INTO YOUR COURT AND, UH, YOU'RE, AND, AND JUDGE MARSHALL, UH, I TELL YOU, MAYOR, WHEN YOU APPOINTED HER, UH, YOU, YOU, UH, PROMOTED FROM WITHIN OUR CITY RANKS.

AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE, UH, HER AND, AND YOU FOR DOING THAT.

GOD BLESS YOU.

AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, JUDGE WILSON.

AND MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS YOU IN YOUR RETIREMENT DAYS.

I TURN GENTLY AROUND.

THANK YOU,

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DAVE.

ON THE PEOPLE LET'S CHAIR

[2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER MARY NAN HUFFMAN FOR TODAY'S INVOCATION AND PLEDGE.

ONE MINUTE.

FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO BOW YOUR HEADS, GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOUR WISDOM WILL GUIDE THOSE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY.

WE BRING THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY, COUNTY, AND COUNTRY BEFORE YOU AND ASK YOU TO BLESS US THROUGH GODLY LEADERS ON THIS ELECTION DAY.

AND FOR EVERYONE ON THE BALLOT, WHETHER THEY WIN OR LOSE, REFRESH THEIR SPIRITS AND ENCOURAGE THEM.

GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS BOTH IN AND OUTTA THE PUBLIC EYE.

HELP THEM READILY GIVE GRACE AND RECEIVE IT.

LORD, HELP US ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T NEED FULL CLARITY TO WALK IN THE UNIQUE PATH THAT YOU'VE LAID FOR EACH OF US, BUT PREPARE US TO SERVE WHEN WE ARE CALLED MAY EVERY LEADER.

BE ENCOURAGED BY THE TRUTH THAT YOUR LOVE IS ALWAYS STRONGER THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE RICHEST STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, THE INDIVISIBLE JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WE'LL NOW HAVE THE

[ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING]

ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE PREPARE TO ANSWER THE ROLL CALL BY UNMUTING YOURSELVES AND MADAM PAT DANIELS SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MAY I TURNER.

COUNCILMAN PECK HERE.

COUNCILMAN JACKSON? HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN.

COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN CHABAL.

COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS.

COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN? PRESENT.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN CISNEROS? HERE.

COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS? HERE.

COUNCILMAN POLLARD.

HERE.

COUNCILMAN CASTEX TATUM.

COUNCILMAN PLUMMER WILL BE ABSENT.

THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN.

HERE, WE NEED A MOTION TO DELAY THE MINUTES.

CASTEX TATUM, MOVE.

SECOND ROBINSON.

MOTION IN SECOND IN DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED MOTION.

GRANTED.

NOW

[PUBLIC SPEAKERS]

WE WILL REVIEW THE PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING THIS HYBRID PUBLIC SESSION FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS JOINING US VIRTUALLY REMEMBER TO PEAK, SPEAK SLOWLY AND CLEARLY.

IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING, PLEASE TYPE

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THAT INTO THE CHAT WINDOW AND THEN HANG UP.

THIS WILL REMOVE YOU FROM THE MEETING AND WE'LL GIVE US A RECORD OF WHEN YOU LEFT.

STATE YOUR NAME WHEN MAKING A MOTION, SECONDING OR TAGGING.

FOR THOSE JOINING VIRTUALLY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW.

THE AGENDA DIRECTOR WILL BE MONITORING THE CHAT AND WE'LL ADD YOUR NAME TO THE QUEUE.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST BE VISIBLE ON CAMERA WHILE YOU ARE SPEAKING FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

LET ME REMIND YOU THAT IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER, YOU HAD TO SIGN UP WITH THE CITY SECRETARY OFFICE BY 3:00 PM YESTERDAY.

WE WILL CALL YOUR NAME IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.

IF YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM.

IF YOU ARE CALLING IN, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.

IF YOU APPEARING ON CAMERA, PLEASE CLICK THE MICROPHONE ICON AND THE CAMERA ICON.

YOU WILL THEN HAVE YOUR ONE, TWO, OR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

AFTER YOUR TIME, A BELL WILL RING AND ONCE THAT BELL RINGS, YOU MUST STOP SPEAKING.

YOU MAY ONLY SPEAK WHEN RECOGNIZED.

AND IF YOU SPEAK DURING THE MEETING AND I HAVE NOT RECOGNIZED YOU, WE WILL MUTE YOU.

IF YOU SPEAK AGAIN, WE'LL REMOVE YOU FROM THE PUBLIC MEETING.

NOW, ARE THERE ANY PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? SEEING NONE, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER RALPH NEIL.

RALPH NEIL.

MR. NEIL, NEXT SPEAKER.

SABRINA GRAY.

NEXT SPEAKER LORDES ORTEGA.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. ORTEGA, ONLY ONE SPEAKER AT THE PODIUM AT A TIME.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

AFTERNOON.

I'M SORRY TO BE HERE TODAY ON THIS VERY SPECIAL DAY.

MS. ORTEGA, MOVE A LITTLE BIT RIGHT BEHIND THE MICROPHONE.

PERFECT.

I'M SORRY TO BE HERE ON THIS SPECIAL DAY FOR ALL OF YOU AND ESPECIALLY FOR JOSH QUI.

I WISH I KNEW THAT WAS JOSH WILSON.

I WILL ASK HIM FOR AN ADVICE ON MY COMPLAINT TODAY.

, I'M HERE TO FILE A GRIEVANCE TO THE DENIAL OF MY CLAIM BY YOUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT ON AUGUST 20 20TH, A CRIMINAL DRIVING, A STOLEN CAR BEING CHASED BY THE HOUSTON POLICE, DROVE RECKLESSLY THROUGH MY PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD AND CRASHED INTO THE FRONT OF MY GATE AND DESTROY ALL MY FENCE.

I WAS PLAYING WITH MY GRANDSON AT THAT TIME.

THANK GOD THAT WE WAS NOT AT THAT PARTICULAR SPOT BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.

I'M SORRY, BUT IT IT'S BEEN, IT IS BEEN, I'VE BEEN FEELING BAD SINCE THEN, SO I APOLOGIZE.

SINCE THEN, MY GRANDSON CRIES EVERY TIME HE HEAR A POLICE OR A FIRE TRUCK.

TRUCK SIREN.

BUT ANYWAY, THE POLI, I TOLD THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT.

THAT THEY SHOULD BE, BE PUTTING THEIR LIVES AND PEOPLE'S LIVES IN DANGER.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS CISNEROS.

FOR A STOLEN CAR.

I ASKED THEM, NOW WHAT? LOOK AT MY FENCE.

THEY WAS VERY NICE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT, THAT FOR ME TO FILE A CLAIM TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THEY GIMME ALL THE INFORMATION, THE CASE NUMBER, THE FORM THAT I NEED TO FILL OUT AND SUBMIT IT.

I DID WHAT I WAS TOLD TO DO, WHAT THE POLICE OFFICERS TOLD ME TO DO.

THEN I GOT A LETTER FROM YOUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT WITH ALL THAT LEGAL TERMINOLOGY THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND DENYING MY CLAIM.

I WANTED TO THINK THAT I HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS THAT THE OWNER OF THE CAR, WHEN THE POLICE WAS, THEY CHASING THEM TO RECUPERATE HIS CAR DURING THAT ACT, THEY DESTROYED MY FENCE.

AND I WAS ADVISED TO FILE THE CITY.

I DON'T WANNA DO THAT.

I DIDN'T EVEN WANNA COME HERE IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU.

I TRIED TO TALK TO MRS. NEROS, BUT YOUR GATEKEEPERS DIDN'T ALLOW ME TO DO THAT.

I WANTED TO TO SOMEBODY, TO ALL OF YOU TO HEAR MY COMPLAINTS ANYWAY.

I'M ASKING YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO THE WRONG.

THEY DID TO ME.

THANK YOU, MS. ORTEGA.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

MS. ORTEGA, I I KNOW YOU WERE TRYING TO COME LAST WEEK.

MY MY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH YOU AND YOU DID WHAT YOU ASKED, WE ADVISED YOU TO DO, WAS TO FILE A CLAIM WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

YOU DID THAT? YES.

AND THAT, AND WHAT WE'VE

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LEARNED IS THAT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT IT WAS NOT A POLICE CAR THAT HIT YOUR, OR ANY CITY EMPLOYEE THAT HIT THE FENCE.

THAT IT WAS THE CRIMINAL THAT HIT YOUR FENCE AND THAT THAT'S WHO YOU THAT'S WHAT I SAID, A CRIMINAL.

THAT'S WHAT BY THE POLICE.

THAT, THAT THAT'S WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE TO YOUR FENCE AND THAT YOU, YOU NEED AN ATTORNEY TO, TO GO AFTER THAT PERSON.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN ADVISED.

AND THEY, AND AND I WE ALSO HEARD THAT, UM, THAT ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS, RANDY ZAMORA WOULD GET BACK WITH YOU FROM THE CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO, TO SPEAK WITH YOU DIRECTLY ABOUT THAT LETTER.

DID, DID DID YOU SPEAK WITH MR. ZAMORA? NO, THE ATTORNEYS WAS VERY COLDBLOODED AND RUDE.

MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY WENT TO SCHOOL FOR, BUT THEY, THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T CARE.

THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT MY PROBLEMS AND C LIKE NOBODY CARE.

WHY DID I HAVE TO PAY FOR YES, IT WAS A CRIMINAL CAR, BUT IT WAS CHASE BY THE POLICE.

SO I WOULD HAVE TO DIE OR MY GRANDSON HAVE TO DIE FOR SOMEBODY, MY FAMILY TO, TO FILE A SUIT AGAINST THE CITY.

I'M I'M, I'M VERY SORRY YOU HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN UPSET THE WHOLE TIME.

I DID WANNA JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT ADVICE.

YOU SAID YOUR GRANDSON NOW CRIES WHEN HE HEARS A POLICE CAR.

MY CHILDREN USED TO CRY WHEN THEY HEAR THE SIRENS AND JUST, THIS IS OFF TOPIC A LITTLE BIT, BUT BUT TELL HIM THOSE ARE HELPERS AND THAT WHEN THEY HEAR THAT, THAT THOSE ARE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HELPING US.

WHY DID THE POLICE OFFICERS TOLD ME TO FILE A CLAIM TO THE CITY? BECAUSE THEY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY OFFENSE TO BE DESTROYED.

THAT YOUR YOUR ATTORNEYS MAKE THE POLICE.

SOUNDS LIKE THEY LIARS BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME TO DO THAT AND I DID IT.

AND MY OFFICE ALSO ADVISED YOU TO FILE A CLAIM WITH THE CITY AND ADVISED ME, AND I'M GLAD YOU DID THAT.

AND THEN THAT, THAT'S WHEN THEY DID, MADE THE DETERMINATION.

THAT WAS, THAT STARTED THE PROCESS.

SO NOW IT'S BEEN DOCUMENTED THAT IT, IT WASN'T A CITY VEHICLE THAT CRASHED INTO THE FENCE.

IT WASN'T A CITY EMPLOYEE THAT CRASH INTO THE FENCE AND THAT THEIR NEXT, AND THEY, AND THEIR NEXT STEP IS TO, TO, TO GO AFTER THE CRIMINAL.

WHO, WHO CRASHED THE YEAR FENCE.

WHY THE CITY OF HOUSTON DON'T GO OUT TO THEY WAS FOLLOWING HIM.

WHY THEY, WHY DID THEY DO THAT FOR THAT CITIZEN? AND THEY DON'T DO IT FOR ME.

WHY THEY DON'T GO AFTER THEM.

WHY DID I HAVE TO DO ALL THIS? WHY DID I HAVE TO COME IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU TO ASK YOU TO DO? RIGHT.

WHEN, IF YOUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT WOULD'VE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, THEN IT WAS A POLICE CAR CHASING THAT INDIVIDUAL.

WHEN THEY KNEW THAT CAR HAVE A TRACKER.

THEY COULD FIND THAT, THAT CAR AND STOP THEM ANYWHERE.

NOT NOT CHASING THEM AND PUTTING PEOPLE LIVES IN DANGERS.

THEY KNEW THAT CAR THE OWNER CAME BECAUSE THEY, THEY KNEW WHERE HE, HE GOT HIS CAR WAS.

AND HE TOLD ME THAT, THAT THE CAR HAVE A TRUCKER.

THE POLICE KNEW SINCE THE FREEWAY.

THEY CHASE HIM FOR 30 MINUTES ON THE FREEWAY.

THEY COULD HAVE STOP IN ANY OR FIND THE CAR ANY OTHER PLACE WITH THAT TRUCKER WITHOUT PUTTING PEOPLE'S IN DANGERS AND DESTROYING PROPERTY.

VICE ME A PROTE.

MARTHA CASTEX.

TATUM.

MRS. ORTEGA, IS YOUR FENCE REPAIRED? I DID REPAIR IT.

YOU DID REPAIR THE FENCE BECAUSE I DID.

I CANNOT SLEEP WITH THAT OFFENSE.

NO, I, I GET IT.

I I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WAY WE COULD HELP YOU TO GET YOUR FENCE REPAIRED.

BUT YOU'VE ALREADY REPAIRED THE FENCE.

I REPAIRED BECAUSE I WAS WAITING WHEN I SAW THE, THE LETTER WITH ALL, LIKE I SAID, ALL THE LEGAL NO, I GET IT.

TERMINOLOGY.

I DON'T, I'M I'M SORRY THIS HAPPENED TO YOU, BUT, UM, I WANTED TO KNOW IF THE FENCE HAD BEEN REPAIRED BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING FOR THE END RESULT HERE TO TRY TO ASSIST YOU.

NO, THAT'S WHAT I ASKED TO BE REIMBURSED BECAUSE WHY DID I HAVE TO PAY, PAY IT OUT OF MY POCKET WHEN I'M AN INNOCENT OF WHATEVER THAT, THAT A CRIMINAL WAS DOING.

AND IT WAS BECAUSE THE POLICE WAS CHASING THEM.

THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I THINK.

THIS IS VERY WRONG.

THANK YOU MS. ORTEGA.

I'M HEARING SOME BACKGROUND NOISE.

YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE.

IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE NEAR YOU, PLEASE MOVE THE CELL PHONE A LITTLE BIT.

TRYING TO GET THE MEETING.

WE CAN HEAR YOU.

WELL MEETING SET UP BY VIDEO AND THEN I HAD THE PHONE.

HAD SOME TIME GETTING IT SET UP.

YES MA'AM.

I'M JEN AND DUNTON AND I'M HERE BEFORE THIS MEETING WITH A

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RED FLAG.

I MEAN, I'M NOT A RED FLAG, A WHITE FLAG.

I'M A BIT NERVOUS NOW.

I USED TO BE EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND I'M CALLING FOR PEACE 'CAUSE I THINK I'M BEING TARGETED AND I I'M BEING TARGETED FOR SOME REASON.

I USED TO BE EMPLOYED THERE OVER 10 YEARS AGO.

I LEFT IN PEACE WITH A BACK INJURY.

STILL NOT ABLE TO SUSTAIN WORK.

I DIDN'T GET ANY MONEY.

SO AROUND THE PANDEMIC TIME, WE WAS GETTING, UH, OUR STIMULUS MONEY.

I DIDN'T TAKE MY MONEY AND DO WILD, CRAZY STUFF.

I, AND SPEND MY MONEY DOING WILD, CRAZY STUFF.

I SAY LET ME INVEST IN A BUSINESS CALLED JENNY FAMILY TRUCKING.

AND I BOUGHT MY TRUCK 'CAUSE I'M A COM I HAVE CLASS A LICENSE 'CAUSE IT'S HARD FOR ME TO OBTAIN WORK AND I JUST WANT TO BE LEFT FOR, AND Y'ALL POLICES IS OUT HERE AFTER IT DONE BEEN BURGLARIZED AND I CALLED IT AND REPORTED, THEY NEVER CONVICTED THE CRIMINAL THAT BURGLARIZED MY TRUCK.

BUT ME BEING PULLING AND GOING THROUGH IT, TRYING TO DO MY BEST TO OPEN UP A BUSINESS SO I CAN WORK FOR MYSELF AND FOR MY DREAMS THAT I DREAM OF AT THE AGE OF 50 YEARS OLD.

I DON'T HAVE NOTHING.

I DON'T HAVE RETIREMENT.

I DON'T HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE.

I DON'T HAVE A HOME.

I JUST, I WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE.

Y'ALL PEOPLE TOOK MY TRUCK TWICE.

THE FIRST TIME I PAID $3,000 TO GET IT OUT.

Y'ALL TOOK IT AGAIN THE SECOND TIME.

I JUST FELT HOPELESS AND I GAVE UP.

I JUST, I DON'T BOTHER ANYBODY.

I DON'T, I I'M VERY ETHICAL.

I'M A VERY MORAL PERSON.

, I AM SORRY.

I'M, I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THIS.

I SWEAR NOT TO CRY.

BUT MY DREAMS HAS BEEN TORN BAD.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT MY TRUCK 'CAUSE I DON'T EVEN HAVE WORK ANYMORE.

AND I'M HERE.

I GOT THIS PROGRAM TURNED AROUND HOUSTON, I, I, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED, TURN W TURN AROUND HOUSTON TO HELP PEOPLE.

THAT'S, UH, HAVING HARD TIME KEEPING JOBS AND ALL THIS STUFF.

I DON'T KNOW EVERY WORD FROM WORD, BUT I JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, UH, GET MY BOX TRUCK BACK BECAUSE THEY NEVER GAVE WARNING NOTICE TO TELL ME YOU HAD TO MOVE YOUR TRUCK OR MOVE IT IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.

THEY JUST COME AND TUCK IT WITHOUT WANTING IT.

SO MS. DUN, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND YOUR CAR WAS, OR TRUCK WAS PARKED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND SOMEONE CALLED AND HAD YOUR TRUCK REMOVED AND TOWED.

NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE.

BUT I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION NOW AS TO WHERE YOU CAN STORE YOUR TRUCK FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

AND UNFORTUNATELY THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS NOT IN THAT TYPE OF A BUSINESS.

SO YOU HAVE TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT TRUCK NEEDS TO GO FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

IF WE HAVE THE INFORMATION CORRECTLY.

YES, MA'AM.

BUT WHY DID THEY TOW IT ANYWAY WHEN THEY HAD NO, THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME NOTICE OF IT.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT WAS TOWED FROM, BUT UH, UNFORTUNATELY I HAD THE SAME SITUATION WHEN I LEFT MY CAR OVERNIGHT DUE TO AN ACCIDENT AND THEY TOWED ME AWAY FROM A WALGREENS AND THEY HAD EVERY RIGHT TO DO THAT.

UNFORTUNATELY.

COUNCIL MEMBER SI TO GIVE YOU NOTICE, I'M, I DIDN'T KNOW.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW THE LAW.

NEXT SPEAKER GREGORY GREEN.

I DON'T KNOW ALL.

I NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN THE LAW.

Y'ALL HAVE CRIMINALS THAT HAVE JOBS AND HERE I AM, A LAW ABIDING CITIZEN AND YOU WILL REFORM CRIMINALS, LAW ABIDING CITIZENS LIKE ME, NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, HAVE ALL MY ENDORSEMENTS ON MY LICENSE, EVEN A TWIC CARD.

BUT AFTER MY LEAVING THE CITY, I HAVE NOT WORKED SINCE.

AND THAT'S BEEN 10 YEARS AGO.

I BE GETTING WORK 10 THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

I THOUGHT THEY WAS PICKING WITH ME.

SO THANK YOU MS. DUNSON, AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR INCONVENIENCE.

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GREGORY GREEN.

NEXT SPEAKER TIAWANA BRYANT.

MS. BRYANT, NEXT SPEAKER.

AMY DAVIS, WHO I KNOW IS HERE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

HELLO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, HEARING ME OUT TODAY.

SO I'VE SPENT THE LAST YEAR INVESTIGATING THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND WATER BILLING ISSUES AS HOUSTON CUSTOMERS CONTACT US WHEN THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES.

UM, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, CITIZENS THAT ELECTED YOU OFTEN LOOK TO YOU FOR THEIR HELP WHEN THEY CAN'T GET HELP FROM CITY SERVICES.

UM, SO I WAS DISHEARTENED TO HEAR EDWARD WILLIAMS WHO CAME UP HERE TO PLEAD HIS CASE AND BEGGED FOR YOUR HELP ON OCTOBER 4TH.

AND AT THE END OF HEARING WHAT HE HAD TO SAY, MAYOR PRO TEM, MR. GALLEGOS SAID, JUST GO BACK THERE TO PUBLIC WORKS AND THEY'LL HELP YOU OUT.

SO THE 68-YEAR-OLD DISABLED MAN WENT BACK TO PUBLIC WORKS AND HERE WE ARE MORE THAN A MONTH LATER, THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO HIS BILL.

I KNOW THAT THEY GAVE YOU AN INTEROFFICE MEMO EXPLAINING WHY HIS BILL WAS $7,500 BEFORE HE CAME TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

BUT THEY DID LEAVE SOME THINGS OUT.

WHAT THEY LEFT OUT WAS THEY TURNED ON HIS WATER WITH AN AGREEMENT FROM HIS SON.

HIS SON PAID $1,100, MADE AN AGREEMENT TO PAY DOWN THE DEBT THAT HIS FATHER OWED OVER SEVERAL BILLS IN ADDITION TO HIS NEW BALANCE.

BUT THEN THE CITY DID NOT SEND HIM A BILL FOR TWO MONTHS.

SO THEY PAID $1,100, TURNED HIS WATER ON AT THE END OF APRIL.

THE CITY DIDN'T SEND A BILL IN MAY, THE CITY DIDN'T SEND A BILL UNTIL JUNE 23RD.

AND WHEN THEY SENT IT, THEY SAID, YOU NOW STILL OWE US THE $2,500, WHICH HE WAS EXPECTING TO PAY THE DEBT THAT HE OWED.

AND YOU ALSO OWE US ANOTHER 32, $200 BECAUSE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE YOU USE 78,000 GALLONS OF WATER.

AND HE TRIED TO CALL, HE TRIED TO GET HELP.

THEY SAID, YOU MUST OWE IT.

HIS LANDLORD HIRED A PLUMBER.

THEY CAME OUT, DUG UP THE ENTIRE WATER LINE, SHOWS NO LEAKS.

HE'S GOT A HOUSE ON PIER AND BEAM.

THE GROUND IS CRACKED AT HIS PROPERTY.

HE LIVES IN ACRE HOMES.

THERE'S NO WAY HE USED 78,000 GALLONS OF WATER.

THE CITY SAID, WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT.

THEN THEY SEND HIM ANOTHER BILL FOR 64,000 GALLONS OF WATER THAT HE SENDS IN HIS REPORTS.

HE CAME TO YOU ALL AFTER ALL OF THAT, HIS BILLS HAVE NOW GONE BACK DOWN.

THE CITY SAYS MIRACULOUSLY NOW HE'S ONLY USING ABOUT 3000 GALLONS A MONTH.

SO HIS BILLS ARE ABOUT $44 A MONTH AND HE'S PAYING THEM.

BUT THEY SAID HE'S STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE $7,500 IN WATER THAT HE MUST HAVE USED.

THEY CHANGED TECHNOLOGY ON HIS METER.

THEY WENT AND CHANGED IT OUT.

HE EXPLAINED THAT TO YOU WITH NO EXPLANATION OF WHY THEY NEEDED TO CHANGE IT IF HIS METER WASN'T BROKEN.

UM, I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO LISTEN TO CUSTOMERS.

I JUST HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH CAROL HADDOCK WHO SAID, YEAH, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT SOMEBODY IN A SMALL HOUSE LIKE THAT COULD USE THAT AMOUNT OF WATER, BUT NOBODY WAS WILLING TO GO TO HER BEFORE THIS POINT.

LASTLY, I KNOW I'M PROBABLY OUTTA TOWN OUTTA TIME ALMOST.

UM, SADDLE CREEK FARMS MAYOR PRO TEM, YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND SADDLE CREEK FARMS CAME TO YOUR OFFICE.

AND I HAVE EMAILS THAT THEY EXCHANGED WITH DUSTIN, UM, OVER SEVERAL MONTHS ABOUT THEIR DIRTY WATER THAT IS POLLUTED WITH IRON, WHICH IS NATURALLY OCCURRING.

BUT THIS IS WHAT THEIR FILTER LOOKS LIKE.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

HE STOPPED RESPONDING TO THEM.

NOW YOUR TIME IS UP.

BUT LET ME, LET ME, LET ME JUST SAY THAT, UM, PUBLIC WORKS I THINK HAS RESPONDED, UH, TO YOU SEVERAL TIMES AND UH, I KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE INSTRUCTED THEM.

I KNOW PUBLIC WORKS HAS PROVIDED INFORMATION TO YOU SEVERAL TIMES.

AND JUST LIKE TODAY, UH, THE HEAD, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, SPOKE TO YOU AT ONE O'CLOCK TODAY MM-HMM .

UH, AND SO IT'S NOT THAT THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN RESPONSIVE.

THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE.

AND WE TAKE EVERY CUSTOMER, UM, CONCERNS, UH, COMPLAINTS WHEN THEIR WATER BILL JUMPS UP BEYOND WHAT IS THE ORDINARY.

UH, WE TAKE A A GOOD LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND AS I HAVE INDICATED TO PUBLIC WORKS AND TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT WHERE THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES THAT'S CERTAINLY OUT OF THE NORM.

LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE EVERY NECESSARY STEP, UH, TO

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RESOLVE THOSE DISCREPANCIES.

AND IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHERE THE ORDINANCE, UH, THE CURRENT CURRENT ORDINANCE MAY PREVENT US FROM ADDRESSING ANY MATTER THAT, UH, SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, THEN BRING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.

AND I KNOW CITY COUNCIL WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

RIGHT.

AND SO WE WILL DO IT AGAIN.

BUT TO SAY THAT THE CITY IS BEING NONRESPONSIVE WOULD NOT BE TRUE TO SAY THAT WE DO NOT TAKE PEOPLE'S CONCERNS, UH, SERIOUSLY, THAT WOULD NOT BE TRUE.

AND I THINK YOU KNOW THAT.

I THINK, I THINK YOU KNOW THAT.

SO LET'S JUST, UH, LET'S ADDRESS, UH, THE CONCERNS OF THE HOMEOWNERS OR WHOEVER HAS THE OBLIGATION OF PAYING THAT BILL.

LET'S WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT.

AND I HAVE INDICATED TO PUBLIC WORKS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING VERY RESPONSIVE BECAUSE IT IS ALL ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PACK.

THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR WATER BILLS.

WHEN, UM, PEOPLE CONTACT MY OFFICE ABOUT A WATER BILL, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST FRUSTRATING ITEMS TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE THE WATER METER SHOWS THE USAGE AND THAT'S USUALLY THE ONLY THING.

AND THEY SAY, WELL, YOU MUST HAVE USED THAT WATER.

SO THAT'S WHY MAYOR, A FEW WEEKS AGO, I WAS ADVOCATING FOR THOSE SMART ENDPOINTS, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH HOW MUCH WATER IS BEING USED.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A PLAN TO ROLL THAT OUT, UM, AND THAT THERE'S SOME SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

UM, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE.

SO IF THEY'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT USAGE CREEPING UP, THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF ISSUE IN REAL TIME AND THEY CAN ADDRESS IT.

I MEAN, SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENED AT MY HOUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HUGE WATER BILL ACTUALLY TWO MONTHS IN A ROW, UM, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT SMART METER AND HAD NO IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN ISSUE.

SO, UM, JUST AS MUCH AS WE CAN PUSH THAT ALONG, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THERE'S SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, BUT WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THAT CAPABILITY, I THINK WILL REALLY HELP.

JUST TO TAKE OUT THAT SURPRISE AT THE END OF THE MONTH WHEN THEY SEE THAT WATER BILL.

AND WE CERTAINLY WANNA ADDRESS EVERYONE'S CONCERN.

WE SENT OUT OVER 500,000, UH, BILLS, I THINK ON AN, ON AN, UH, A MONTHLY BASIS.

UH, SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS.

UH, YOU, WE VALUE EACH AND EVERY ONE.

AND WHERE THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT ARE BEING RAISED, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

AND IT'S, AND SOMETIMES IT DOES TAKE TIME TO WORK THOSE THINGS THROUGH BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A LEAK INVOLVED, WHETHER IT'S NOT ON OUR PROPERTY, WHETHER IT'S NOT, IT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY.

AND THEN SOMETIMES BY VIRTUE OF THE CURRENT ORDINANCES, THE DEPARTMENT MAY BE STUCK.

BUT WHAT, UH, WHAT I'VE SAID TO PUBLIC WORKS IS THAT IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT BILLS AND LET'S SAY SOMEBODY'S BILL COMES IN AND IT IS OUT OF NORM, OUT OF THE NORM FROM WHAT THEIR MONTHLY BILLS MAY BE, THEN YOU WORK TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND WE'LL ALWAYS LEAN IN FAVOR THAT THE CUSTOMER IS RIGHT.

ESPECIALLY IF ONE MONTH THEIR BILL IS $44 AND THEN, UH, THE NEXT MONTH THEIR BILL MAY BE $4,000, BUT WE KNOW SOMETHING IS GOING ON THERE.

SO YOU TAG THAT AND YOU WORK YOUR WAY AND YOU WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH IT.

UH, BUT CUSTOMER SERVICE IS ALWAYS FRONT AND CENTER.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, I WOULD RATHER THE CITY TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING MORE OR EATING IT.

LET ME JUST PUT, PUT IT THAT WAY.

AND IT'S NOT THE CITY EATING IT BECAUSE OUR MONEY COMES FROM THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES.

SO EVEN IN THESE BILLS, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WHEN THE, WHEN THE CITY DECIDES, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO EAT IT, THAT JUST MEANS IT'S GOING TO BE SPREAD OUT A AMONGST ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING THE WATER BILLS.

BUT CUSTOMER SERVICE IS FIRST AND FOREMOST.

BUT I JUST WANNA BEAR IN MIND, UH, OUTTA 500,000 ACCOUNTS.

I THINK SOMETIMES WE ARE, WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT 50.

MATCHES THE BILL BECAUSE WHEN THE METER'S BROKEN AND YEAH.

AND THEN FROM THAT 50, WE JUST HAVE TO NARROW IT DOWN, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING PEOPLE'S CONCERNS.

AND I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF FRUSTRATIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WILL GET ON PEOPLE'S MINDS MORE SO THAN ANYTHING.

WATER BILL, ELECTRICITY, BILLS, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT ARE FRONT AND CENTER.

WATER BILL AND ELECTRICITY BILL, THE WATER BILL FALLS ON OUR END.

THE ELECTRICITY BILL FALLS WITH THE RETAIL AL PROVIDERS.

SO I WANT TO, I WANT TO THANK YOU.

I I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN VERY, UH, DILIGENT ON IT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DILIGENT AS WELL AND BE RESPON BE RESPONSIVE, UH, TO, TO THE HOUSTONIANS WHO HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH THEIR BILL.

I APPRECIATE IT.

AND IT WAS GREAT TO SPEAK WITH CAROL HADDOCK.

I'D BEEN ASKING FOR AN INTERVIEW SINCE SEPTEMBER, SO THAT WAS WONDERFUL.

SHE DID SAY POSSIBLY CHANGES IN THE WAY THE WATER BILLS ARE LAID OUT WOULD HELP CUSTOMERS UNDERSTAND WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GET AN ADJUSTMENT OF MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS, THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD LOOK AT SO THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE HOURS AND HOURS FOR A CUSTOMER CALLING, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT'S FOR.

UM, AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S A BIT OF A TRANSPARENCY ISSUE WITH SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BREAKING IN THE METERS THAT I AS A HOMEOWNER CAN'T COUNT ON.

JUST GOING OUT TO MY METER TO READ THE METER AND SEE THAT IT

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SO IT, IT'S A TRANSPARENCY ISSUE.

I CAN'T EVEN DOUBLE CHECK THAT I'VE USED THE WATER THAT YOU SAY THAT I'VE USED.

'CAUSE THE METER DOESN'T HAVE A CORRECT READING.

RIGHT.

WE'LL WORK THROUGH.

MAY I TELL MARK? YES.

AND THANK YOU.

I ENJOY WAKING UP WITH YOU AND OWEN AND LISA AND ANTHONY.

I'LL DO A GREAT JOB DAY IN AND DAY OUT, SO THANK YOU.

THANKS.

UH, I KNOW THAT OUR OFFICE HAS TALKED TO MR. GREGORY GREEN.

THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LIVE IN AND ALSO REPRESENT IS WE DON'T RECEIVE WATER FROM LAKE HOUSTON.

WE RECEIVE WATER FROM THE GROUND.

AND WHEN YOU RECEIVE WATER FROM GROUNDWATER, SOMETIMES IT HAS A HIGH QUALITY OF IRON AND MANGANESE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE INCURRED, I'M NOT SURE, UH, I KNOW MR. GREEN LIVES IN WHAT I WOULD CALL SOUTH HUFFMAN, UH, WHICH IS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO IS ANYTIME WE GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT BROWNNESS AND WATER AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S GENERALLY A HIGHER CONTENT OF MANGANESE THAN WE EXPECT.

AND BECAUSE THEY RECEIVE THEIR WATER FROM THE GROUND LIKE I DO, UH, WE HAVE TO GO IN A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AS FAR AS TESTING BECAUSE WE DON'T RECEIVE THE WATER FROM THE NORMAL SUPPLY THAT 99% OF THE CITY DOES.

AND THAT IS LAKE HOUSTON.

SO I KNOW THAT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS.

I DOING SOME TESTING ON SOME OF THE WATER THAT WE SEE RECEIVED FROM HUFFMAN AREA RESIDENTS, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A GOOD ANSWER TO THE SOLUTION.

I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT HIS PIPE LOOKED LIKE BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT, THAT LIVE IN THE HUFFMAN AREA MM-HMM .

UH, THAT HAVE HAD GROUNDWATER PROBLEMS, WHICH IS WHY MANY AREAS AROUND THE CITY OF HOUSTON ARE GOING THROUGH SUBSIDENCE WITH THAT.

SO RIGHT.

MOTION TO EXTEND MOVE MOVED.

THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR REPORTING ON THIS.

UH, MAYOR, I KNOW THAT, UH, IT DOESN'T, LIKE YOU SAID, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN.

I MEAN, I KNOW I'VE BEEN HERE ON NINE YEARS AND EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU HAVE A SENIOR OR SOMEONE THAT'S DISABLED THAT COMES IN AND SAYS, TODAY THEY HAVE A HIGH WATER BILL, WHICH I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW FRUSTRATING AND SCARY IT IS FOR SOMEONE THAT'S ON A FIXED INCOME.

UH, IT IT SINCE, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO IN REGARDS TO WHEN THIS HAPPENS TO A SENIOR OR SOMEBODY DISABLED THAT'S ON A FIXED INCOME? AND I MEAN, THEY'RE BASICALLY SCARED.

'CAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN THEIR BILL WAS $40, $50 AND NOW IT'S $8,000 OR $15,000 WHERE, WHERE PUBLIC WORKS ACTUALLY SENDS OUT, AND I'M ASSUMING WE WOULD'VE TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH A PLUMBER OF SOME SORT, A CONTRACTOR THAT ACTUALLY WILL GO OUT TO THIS PERSON'S HOME AND, AND, AND CHECK THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NOT A LEAK.

UH, AND THEN THAT WAY IT CAN MOVE FASTER BECAUSE LIKE IT WAS STATED, THEY EVEN EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS AN ISSUE, THEY'RE STILL GETTING A BILL THE NEXT MONTH.

AND IT JUST, IT JUST, I MEAN, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THEY DON'T SLEEP AT NIGHT.

BUT I THINK WHAT, WHAT, WHAT CERTAINLY THEY, WHAT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS CAN DO AND SHOULD BE DOING IS WHAT I'VE INDICATED THEY SHOULD DO, IS THAT IF YOU GET A BILL AND LET'S SAY ONE MONTH IT IS OUT OF THE NORM, I MEAN IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT IT NORMALLY IS, THEN THAT ACCOUNT SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY FLAGGED AND THEN IT TRIGGERS FURTHER REVIEW.

SO IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

FOR EXAMPLE, AGAIN, IF SOMEONE IS GETTING, IF THEY, IF THEY NORMALLY, IF THEIR NORMAL WATER BILL, LET'S SAY IS $44 MM-HMM .

AND THEN ONE MONTH IT IS, UH, $900, LEMME JUST USE THAT NUMBER, THEN THAT IS WAY OUT OF THE NORM.

WELL, YOU FLAG THAT ACCOUNT, YOU SIMPLY FLAG IT AND YOU PUT A HOLD ON IT, AND YOU DON'T ASK THE PERSON, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOMEOWNER TO PAY THAT BILL UNTIL IT HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED.

THAT WAY WE KNOW IT'S OUT OF THE NORM.

OKAY? AND SO BOTH PARTIES NEED TO BE WORKING TOGETHER, BUT THE PRIMARY, UH, ATTITUDE ON OUR PART SHOULD BE ONE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.

OKAY? IT'S CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND YOU WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH, AND ONCE THE CITY HAS DONE ITS DUE DILIGENCE, AND THEN YOU CAN POSITION TO SAY, NO, WE'VE CHECKED ON AFTER OUR SYSTEM.

IT'S NOT OUR SYSTEM.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LEAK SOMEWHERE AND YOU NEED TO TAKE FURTHER, GET YOUR PLUMBING AND TAKE FURTHER REVIEW.

OKAY? BUT WHAT WE SHOULD NOT DO IS THAT WHEN THOSE BILLS SPIKE, LIKE THAT JUST INSISTS FOR THE CUSTOMER TO PAY THE BILL.

ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE SAYING THIS IS, THIS IS, DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

OKAY? SO THIS IS NOT A GOT YOU GAME.

IT SHOULD NOT BE A GOT YOU GAME.

AND, UH, AND WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THAT.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, LEMME JUST SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE DEALING WITH 500,000 ACCOUNTS, 500,000 ACCOUNTS ON ANY BASIS, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THAT.

BUT FOR, BUT FOR THAT PERSON WHO HAS THE WATER BILL,

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IT'S EVERYTHING TO THEM.

OKAY? AND SO A LOT OF THIS IS JUST SENSITIVITY, BEING SENSITIVE, OKAY? BEING, UNDERSTANDING, AND THEN PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED.

SO FLAG IT, DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, WORK WITH THE CUSTOMER, THE HOMEOWNER, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.

AND THEN IF IT'S SOMETHING, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE, UH, BY ORDINANCE, UH, THEIR HANDS ARE TIED, THEN YOU BRING IT BACK TO US AND LET US HELP TO RESOLVE WORK THROUGH THOSE PROBLEMS. AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE INSTRUCTED PUBLIC WORKS TO DO.

OKAY? MAYOR, IF THERE'S ONLY 50, ALL 50 OF THOSE PEOPLE MUST BE CALLING ME.

I'M JUST, I UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WALTER AL, IF YOU WILL.

WALTER AL NEEDS A TRANSLATOR AND I SEE HIM ONLINE.

SO HE IS ONLINE, UH, ON THE VIDAL.

OKAY, THANKS.

WILL HILL.

WILL HILL IS WILL HILL PRESENT? WILL HEAL.

WILL HILL IS PRESENT.

HOW YOU DOING CELESTE TURNER? I AM DOING FINE.

UH, I ENJOYED THE ASTROS, AND I'M SURE YOU DID, SIR.

UM, I KNOW THAT YOU, YOU'RE A GREAT MAN OF INTEGRITY.

THEY WOULDN'T HAVE YOU IN THE MAIN SEAT.

AND, UH, I HAVE SPOKE WITH YOU ON SEVERAL TIMES.

I'VE SPOKE WITH SHEILA JACKSON LEE, UH, IN THIRD WARD AT, AT, UH, LAW PARKERS.

UH, I RUN A PLUMBING COMPANY, AS YOU KNOW, BEEN RUNNING IT FOR THIRD.

WELL, I'VE BEEN HAVING A MASTER'S FOR 35 YEARS.

UM, I TALKED TO YOU LAST TIME ABOUT, UH, THE FEDERAL COURT GIVING ME THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AND SENDING ME TO THE POST OFFICE.

UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S A LIGHT MATTER SEEING THAT, UH, I'M A MAN OF INTEGRITY ALSO, AND I DESERVE JUSTICE.

UH, WE HAVE ALREADY SPOKE WITH SHEILA JACKSON LEE SEVERAL TIMES.

SHE SAY SHE'S WORKING ON THE MATTER.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY WANT ME TO GO FORWARD OR GO BACKWARDS.

UH, THEY FILED A HOMICIDE ON ME BACK IN, UH, OH FIVE AT MEMORIAL HERMAN.

OKAY? I'VE CONSTANTLY HAD POLICE TO STOP MY TRUCK.

SAID I HAD COCAINE WITH THE INTENT TO MANUFACTURE.

THEY PULLED GUNS ON ME AND MY COUSIN.

THEY TOOK MY PLUMBING TRUCK AND DROVE OFF IN IT.

THE OFFICERS.

UM, I'VE ALSO SPOKE TO THE NATION OF ISLAM ABOUT THIS MATTER.

UM, THEY HAVEN'T TOLD ME ANYTHING.

I HAVE DOCUMENTS HERE, AND I ALSO HAVE THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SEALS THAT THEY GAVE ME TO GO TO THE POST OFFICE WITH.

YOU KNOW, UH, THEY ALSO TRIED TO MAKE ME HAVE ANXIETY AND STRESS, AND HOW CAN I HAVE ANXIETY IF I AIN'T DEAD, YOU KNOW, IF I'M DEAD.

SO THEY SO-CALLED.

SO I'VE SPOKE TO SEVERAL BLACK LEADERS ABOUT THIS.

UH, IT HAS INTERRUPTED MY FAMILY, OUR GATHERINGS, UH, AND MY BUSINESS.

I'VE ALSO SPOKE TO, UH, LISA HILL, DOWN AT THE STATE BOARD OF PLUMBING EXAMINERS, AND SHE SAID SHE HAD A LAWYER WORKING ON IT.

NOW, IF Y'ALL GOT ME IN ARENA, I NEED TO KNOW WHERE I AM IN THE ARENA.

WE NEED TO GET THIS SOLVED.

I I, I TOOK A LONG TIME.

I'VE JUSTIFIED IT, AND I JUST WANT TO GET IT RESOLVED.

SO, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, YOU CAN TAKE MY NUMBER.

I'LL LEAVE MY, I GOT TWO PAIR OF MASTER LICENSE.

I'LL LEAVE ONE HERE AND THAT'LL BE FINE FOR ME.

THEY MESS WITH MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, WHICH 454-61-5927.

AND, AND NO, IT'S BEEN ONGOING.

SO WE GOTTA GET TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.

YOU KNOW, THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT STOPPED ME ON A PLUMBING JOB, UH, AND TOLD ME, WE CAN'T BOTHER YOU.

WE CAN'T TOUCH YOU.

SO IT'S JUST BEEN ONGOING.

WHAT HAVE I DONE OTHER THAN HELD INTEGRITY TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND BE AS A PLUMBER TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE? WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? I'M A MAN OF A CLAUSE ORDAINED AT 16 YEARS OLD, YOU KNOW, SO I WANT TO TRY TO GET THIS RESOLVED.

AND MY FAMILY IS HERE.

CAN YOU SPEAK LY? UH, NO.

NO, NO.

YOU CANNOT.

WHICH WAS TYRONE, EUGENE HILL.

BUT HE WANNA BASICALLY SAY HOW Y'ALL HAVE, WE'VE BEEN, UH, UH, THREE GENERATIONS OF PLUMBERS.

MY GRANDFATHER, WHICH WAS CAUCASIAN, OUT OF FIFTH WARD, AND MY DAD,

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MY DADDY HAD A HISTORY OF MOST NOTORIOUS GANGSTER OUT OF FIFTH WARD.

BUT I DON'T WANT THEM TO LABEL ME LIKE THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

IF TIME HAS EXPIRED, OH, I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

IF YOU CAN GET RIGHT ON THAT, I'M DEFINITELY GONNA CALL YOU.

I WILL HILL.

DON'T FORGET MY NAME 'CAUSE WE WILL BE BACK.

TALK WITH SHEILA JACKSON.

YOU BROUGHT HER IN LAST TIME.

SO SHE DID TALK TO ME AND SHE ASKED ME WHAT CAN Y'ALL CAN, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU, MR. HILL? OKAY.

WELL, I'M, UH, ANGEL ANDA JONES WAS HERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR RECORDING, OKAY? THANK YOU.

AND I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

I THAT'S UNDERSTAND ALL I ASK.

THANK, THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT SPEAKER, ZACHARY AYS.

NEXT SPEAKER, JOHN IC.

JOHN IC.

IF YOU'LL PRESS STAR SIX.

I DON'T SEE HER TODAY.

JOSEPH SMITH.

IS IT? JOSEPH SMITH? HERE.

GEORGE LEBLANC.

GEORGE LEBLANC IS HERE.

GREETINGS MAYOR.

AND GREETINGS, UH, CITY COUNCIL.

UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS GEORGE LEBLANC.

THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS OUT OF CONCERN FOR MY, UH, GREATER COMMUNITY REGARDING THE PROPOSED, UH, WIDENING OF ALAMEDA GENOA, UH, UH, FOR SAFETY REASONS, BECAUSE, UM, THE TRAFFIC AND, AND THERE'S ONLY TWO LANES.

UH, I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE BACK HERE TO DISCUSS MY WATER BILL AS THE, UH, PREVIOUS, UH, PERSON WHO WAS UP HERE, UH, JUST, UH, SPOKEN ABOUT TWO PEOPLE AGO, TWO PERSONS AGO.

UM, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE HERE TO DISPUTE AND TO BRING TO YOU ALL'S ATTENTION.

MY WATER BILL.

UH, IT IS WELL KNOWN ACROSS THE CITY.

AND I AND I I WATCH MUCH TV AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL DO TOO, THAT ALL NEWS AGENCIES, UH, EVEN UH, WRITTEN, UH, NEWSPAPER AGENCIES HAVE REPORTED, UH, CITYWIDE UNUSUAL HIGH WATER BILLS.

AND, UH, THIS HAS BEEN ON TV.

AND THIS IS, SO, THIS IS NOT A, UH, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL PHENOMENON.

THIS IS A CITYWIDE PHENOMENON.

AND IT HAS, UH, ALSO, UH, AFFECTED ME.

TIME HAS EXPIRED.

I DID ASK FOR THREE MINUTES.

DID YOU, WERE YOU HERE LAST WEEK? NO, SIR.

I, I, I MISSED IT.

I MISSED THAT.

ALRIGHT, I'LL GIVE YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF MINUTES, SIR.

AND, UH, SO AGAIN, MY WATER BILL IS USUALLY A ONE OR TWO, 1000 GALLONS, 2000 GALLONS.

I LIVE ALONE.

I HAVE NO WATER FEATURES AROUND MY HOME.

AND MY WATER BILL SPIKED TO EIGHT TIMES THAT AMOUNT, EIGHT TIMES THAT AMOUNT, UH, FOR AT LEAST THREE BILLING CYCLES.

AND, UH, I JUST PASSED OUT AN INVITATION TO ALL OF YOU IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND REPRESENTATIVE TO PERHAPS PARTICIPATE IN A, UH, HEARING THAT I'VE, UH, THAT I'VE REQUESTED TO DISPUTE THE WATER BILL, UH, BECAUSE THEY DID THEIR INVESTIGATION, THEIR CONCLUSION IS, IS THAT I OWE THE WATER BILL, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M, I'M, I'M EXPERIENCING THIS THE SAME TIME, MANY HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE CITY.

AND THEIR CONCLUSION IS, IS THAT IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT, BUT I'M HERE.

LEMME LEMME, LEMME JUST ASK.

YOUR AVERAGE MONTHLY WATER BILL WAS HOW MUCH? IT'S ONE OR TWO? ONE 1000 GALLONS.

I'M SORRY.

OH, 20, $30.

20 TO $30.

AND WHAT, WHERE, WHERE DID YOU, HOW MUCH WAS, HOW MUCH OF AN INCREASE FOR YOU? UH, IT JUMPED UP TO LIKE $157, ALMOST $200 FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS.

AND WHAT IS IT NOW, SIR? WHAT IS IT NOW? UH, I OWE FOR, UH, PROBABLY THREE TO $500 OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS.

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE DID IT GO BACK DOWN, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE.

UH, IT, IT CAME BACK DOWN AFTER THREE MONTHS TO A FOUR.

IT DID COME DOWN TO FOUR, AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF BEING EIGHT OR NINE, GIVE IT TO ME IN DOLLARS AND CENTS.

UH, IT, IT CAME BACK DOWN TO LIKE 40 OR $50 AFTER THREE MONTHS AFTER THREE MONTH PERIOD.

AND, BUT THE PREVIOUS THREE MONTHS, IT WAS LIKE ALMOST $200 EACH BILL.

AND WHICH MONTH WAS IT? UH, JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.

OH, WELL YOU WATERING YOUR GRASS.

NO, SIR.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I DON'T WATER MY GRASS.

NO, SIR.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I DON'T EVEN WASH MY CAR.

I TAKE IT TO THE, TO THE CAR WASH AND I LIVE ALONE.

THIS WHEN WE, WHEN THIS PHENOMENON IS HAPPENING TO SO MANY PEOPLE.

AND SO, UH, MY, MY POINT IS, IS THAT I'M HAVING TO DO WHAT OTHER CITIZENS ARE DOING, DOING.

I HEARD ONE GUY HAD TO GO TO COURT TO SUE THE CITY ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL

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WELL, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S, SIR, LET'S STICK WITH YOUR CASE, SIR.

YES, SIR.

GOTCHA.

THAT'S NOT ALL.

'CAUSE I DON'T WATCH THAT TELEVISION AS MUCH AS YOU NEED TO WATCH IT.

SO LET'S JUST STICK WITH YOUR CASE.

YES, SIR.

SO WE, AND THAT WAY I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT THAT WAY.

ALRIGHT? AND WHAT I HEARD WAS, WAS THAT THERE HAS, WAS THAT THE CITY WATER DEPARTMENT INSTALLED A NEW SYSTEM? I DON'T KNOW.

SOME SORT OF NEW SYSTEM.

ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN MELVIN SHABAZZ.

LET'S, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S NOT GO THERE, LET'S NOT GO THERE.

LET'S, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SITUATION.

NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE WATER BILL WENT UP.

WAS THERE ANY LEAK? NO.

UH, DETECTED NOTHING OF THAT NATURE? NO.

YES, BECAUSE, AND I COOPERATED WITH THEM TO, YOU KNOW, TO, THEY WENT ME, UH, ASKED ME DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING, AND THEY DID THE INVESTIGATION.

THERE WAS NO LEAKS.

THEY'RE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, I OWED THE BILL BASICALLY, BUT THAT THERE'S NO LEAKS OR ANYTHING THAT, BUT LEMME JUST SAY, NOW THEY PUT A HOLD ON YOUR ACCOUNT.

YES, THERE'S A HOLD ON MY ACCOUNT.

SO THEY'RE STILL REVIEWING YOUR ACCOUNT? YES, BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S A HEARING COMING UP IN DECEMBER THAT I JUST PASSED OUT.

BUT WHAT, WHAT I'VE INDICATED, I INDICATED TO THE PERSON BEFORE WHERE THERE ARE ANY ABERRATIONS BETWEEN WHAT YOU NORMALLY PAY ON AVERAGE AND IT SHOOTS UP YOUR, FOR THE ACCOUNT TO BE TAGGED WHILE THEY REVIEW MM-HMM .

SO THEY HAVE PLACED A HOLD ON YOUR, ON YOUR ACCOUNT? YES, SIR, THEY DID.

OH, OKAY.

AND, AND, AND BEFORE THE DECISION, BEFORE THEY MADE A DECISION AND THE DECISION WAS I OWED THE BILL, SO I HAD TO REQUEST A HEARING, A DISPUTE HEARING TO FURTHER DISPUTE HEARING.

IT HAS BEEN, IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED.

RIGHT.

ACCOUNT, THEY'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO PAY ANY, ANY, ANY OF THAT MONEY AT THAT AT THIS POINT.

SO LET THEM, LET THEM REVIEW IT.

I WILL DO THAT.

BUT, BUT MAYOR, ALL I'M SAYING IS, IS THAT THE FACT THAT THIS PHENOMENON IS NOT JUST EXCLUSIVE TO ME, THAT THIS ALL HAPPENED AT, AT THE SAME TIME.

NO, I'M NOT GOING, I'M GONNA DEAL WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT.

I'M NOT GOING DRAW NO BIG, UM, GENERALIZED SITUATION.

UNDERSTAND, I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE 500,000 ACCOUNTS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR PEOPLE'S WATER.

JUST 30 SECONDS.

MY LAST POINT IS IF THE WATER DEPARTMENT KNOWS THAT THEY INSTALLED A NEW SYSTEM, I HEARD THIS FROM CITY EMPLOYEES EXCEPT FROM WATER DEPARTMENT THAT HAS BEEN CALLED, THAT CAUSED THIS SPIKE.

NOW I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA GO THERE NOW.

I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA GO THERE.

IS THERE ANY REASON WHY YOU WOULD NOT HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE INSTEAD OF HOLDING THEM, HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE TO AN ERROR IN THEIR SYSTEM THAT THEY KNOW OF? NO.

THAT THEY'RE NOT ADMITTING TO? NO, I'M NOT GONNA ACCEPT IT.

WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THERE.

LET'S DEAL WITH YOUR ACCOUNT AND LET'S WORK OUT ANY ISSUES WITH YOU OR PARTICULAR ACCOUNT, OKAY? OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

COUNCILMAN ALCO.

THANK YOU FOR COMING, SIR.

SO WHEN THE CITY COMES OUT TO INVESTIGATE AND SAYS THERE'S NO LEAK, ARE THEY JUST SAYING THAT THERE'S NO LEAK ON THE CITY SIDE, OR, OR THERE'S NO LEAK ANYWHERE? OR DID YOU HAVE A PRIVATE PLUMBER COME OUT AND LOOK ON YOUR SIDE? UH, I, I CHECKED MYSELF AND THERE'S NO LEAKS.

UH, I DIDN'T HIRE ANYBODY AND THEY, AND THEY ASKED ME TO CHECK TO SEE IF, IF, IF THERE WAS ANY SYSTEM LEAKS AND THERE WERE NO LEAKS ON MY PROPERTY AT ALL.

AND SO, UH, BUT THEY DID COME OUT TO CHECK THEIR END AND TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD SEE AND THEY, THEY SAW NO LEAKS AS WELL.

LET'S, LET'S TRY TO WORK THIS THROUGH.

ALRIGHT? OKAY.

AND, UM, I'M INVITING YOU ALL TO ATTEND THAT MEETING, UH, THAT HEAR THAT HEARING ON DECEMBER THE FOURTH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

STEVE WILLIAMS. GUITAR STICKS.

STEVE WILLIAMS, STEVE WILLIAMS, PRESS STAR SIX.

JACOB CLEMENT.

HEY, JACOB.

ARAMARK AS AN EMPLOYEE, I ENJOYED WORKING, WORKING FOR THEM, WORKING FOR THE WORK TO WORK FOR THEM.

AND ANYWAY, WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THIS, UH, MAN NAMED RAY, HE SAID TO ME, AGAIN, EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR MORE MONEY FOR HIS EMPLOYEES, HE SAID.

AND, UM, WELL, UM, ALSO, BOSSES AT ARAMARK SAID THE SAME.

THEY WANT MORE MONEY FOR THEIR SERVICES SO THEY CAN HIRE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE AND, UM, PAY THEM, UH, ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM, UM, WORKING FOR THEM AT ANYWAY.

UM, THE TROS ARE REALLY GOOD, RIGHT? DAVID ROBINSON, GHOST TROS, JACOB.

UM, WHAT ELSE I WANT TO SAY IS, IS, UM, I'M NERVOUS.

I MEAN, MUCH LEFT.

UH, DIDN'T GET ME HERE ON TIME UNTIL, UM, I'M IN ALL JITTERS RIGHT NOW, BUT AT ANY RATE, HEY DAVID AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MARTIN.

HE'S NO LONGER PUT PUT.

YEAH, TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANKS JACOB.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

ALL RIGHT, GO STRO.

ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER.

JUDY HARDING.

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JUDY HARDEN.

IT'S JUDY HARDEN HERE.

JUDY HARDEN, NEXT SPEAKER.

THAT COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS.

ALRIGHT, LET ME JUST SAY THIS BEFORE YOU LEAVE, BECAUSE, UM, I WANNA EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES, UH, TO, UM, THE FAMILY OF ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES TODAY.

I GOT WORD THAT, UH, ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN PARKS AND REC WHILE WORKING, UM, LOST HIS LIFE TODAY WHILE WORKING ON DUTY TODAY, UM, AT, UH, MELROSE PARK.

SO, UH, MELROSE.

SO, UH, UH, THAT ACCIDENT, THAT ACCIDENT, UH, UH, IS BEING AND WILL BE, UH, THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED.

UH, BUT I WANT TO EXTEND, UM, UM, MY PRAYERS TO, UM, THAT FAMILY.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M SURE, SURE THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE FAMILY.

SO I'M NOT GONNA CALL OUT ANY NAMES RIGHT NOW MM-HMM .

UM, BUT JUST, JUST KEEP, UH, UH, KEEP THAT FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS AND HIS AND HIS COWORKERS AS WELL, OKAY? MM-HMM .

UH, BUT THAT SITUATION IS, UM, UH, BEING THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED UNTIL I HAVE MORE INFORMATION.

I'M JUST NOT IN PRIVILEGE, UH, TO TALK ANYMORE.

UM, BUT IT HAPPENED TODAY AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF THAT.

I, I I'M NOT GIVING OUT THE, I'M NOT RELEASING ANY NAME RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE IT 'CAUSE IT HAPPENED, IT HAPPENED TODAY.

HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, WE STAND IN RECESSION UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING AT NINE O'CLOCK.

BUT I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO JUST BE AWARE, OKAY? OKAY.

[RECESS]

ITEM ONE, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR PAYMENT TO TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR ANNUAL CONSOLIDATED WATER QUALITY FEES, AIR EMISSION FEES AND EMISSIONS INSPECTION FEE FOR FY 2023 FOR THE CITY'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.

ITEM TWO, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $1,212,004 AND 75 CENTS.

AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH PRC ROOFING CO, INC.

FOR HPD NORTH COMMAND ROOFING REPLACEMENT ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY ATTORNEY TO DEPOSIT THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARD OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS AND TO THE REGISTRY OF THE COURT TO PAY OUR COST OF COURT IN CONNECTION WITH EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDING STYLE, CITY OF HOUSTON VERSUS GREEN SIX NINE OWNER LP ETAL CAUSE NUMBER 1 1 8 7 6 2 2 FOR GREENS ROAD PAVING AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

PROJECT ITEM FOUR, FAR WEST ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPLY COMPANY FOR PURCHASE OF HAZMAT SUITS AND COVER ROLLS THROUGH THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CORPORATE PURCHASING WITH THE TEXAS LOCAL PURCHASING CED BUYBOARD FOR THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ITEM FIVE, DELTA FIRE AND SAFETY, INC.

FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GEAR AND REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ITEM SIX, AG GRECO LLC FOR APPROVAL OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR THE RENT RENTAL AND LEASING OF HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITION SYSTEMS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE NATIONAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING ALLIANCE FOR THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

ITEM SEVEN SEALS FORD FOR PURCHASE OF TWO BOMB RESPONSE TRUCKS THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ITEM EIGHT, TECHNICAL LABORATORY ASSISTANCE INC.

TO APPROVE PURCHASE OF TWO TRAINING SIMULATED CHAIRS.

ITEM NINE, AMEND MOTION.

2019 DASH 1 95 PASS APRIL 17TH, 2019 TO INCREASE SPENDING AUTHORITY FROM $16,902,152 AND 31 CENTS TO $20,850,301 AND 32 CENTS FOR PURCHASE OF FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR AND OPERATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES FROM THE STATEWIDE PROCUREMENT DIVISION, TEXAS MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULED CONTRACT THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS PROCUREMENT CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AWARDED TO WW GRANGER.

ITEM 10, RESOLUTION SUPPORTING NOMINATION OF COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN TO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

ITEM 11, RESOLUTION AMENDING EXHIBIT B OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2008 DASH FOUR RELATING TO DE DESIGNATING HOUSTON HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT EAST AS HISTORIC DISTRICT BY CHANGING THE BUILDING STATUS OF THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 1429 COLUMBIA STREET.

ITEM 12, RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING NOMINATION MEN'S WAREHOUSE LLC LOCATED AT 1 0 4 8 5 WEST BELFORT BOULEVARD AND 63 80 ROGER DALE ROAD, HOUSTON, TEXAS, TO THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK, ESTABLISHED BY THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM OFFICE WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR FOR DESIGNATION AS AN INTER AS AN ENTERPRISE PROJECT.

ITEM 13 RESOLUTION APPRO AND AUTHORIZING A NOMINATION OF MACQUARIE HOLDINGS, USA INC.

LOCATED AT 500 DALLAS STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS, TO THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK, ESTABLISHED BY THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM OFFICE WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR FOR DESIGNATION AS AN ENTERPRISE

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PROJECT.

ITEM 14, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING VERSION 1.8 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON HARVEY HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GUIDELINES.

ITEM 15, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AND FORM OF RESTRICTED COVENANT FOR THE HARVEY HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND FORMS OF AMENDMENT TO AND REVISED FORGIVABLE LOAN AGREEMENT AND RESPECTIVE PROMISSORY NOTE AND DEED OF TRUST ATTACHED THERETO BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND PARTICIPANTS IN THE HARVEY HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE SAID DOCUMENTS WITH SAID PARTICIPANTS.

THIS ITEM SHALL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AFTER PASTOR OF ITEM 14 ABOVE ITEM 16.

ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM.

ITEM 17, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $2,616,000 AND NO CENTS FROM EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION CONSOLIDATED FUND FOR THE PLANNED NETWORK REFRESH, NETWORK REFRESH AND FIREWALL REPLACEMENT PROJECTS FOR HOUSTON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.

ITEM 18, ORDINANCE APPRO AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRACEWELL LLP AND CITY OF HOUSTON.

ITEM 19, ORDINANCE OF MANY, ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 21 13, I'M SORRY, 2021 DASH THREE 40 TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND AIR CLEANING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

ITEM 20 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND LOCK LORD LLP ITEM 21 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND EVOLVE SOFTWARE CORPORATION.

ITEM 22, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $2,466,478 AND 9 CENTS OUT OF AIRPORTS IMPROVEMENT FUND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A DERIVATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND PREFERRED TECHNOLOGIST LLC ITEM 23, EXCUSE ME, ORDINANCE CONSENTED TO THE CREATION OF HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 5 8 3 I'M 24.

ORDINANCE CONSENTED TO THE CREATION OF HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 5 8 8 ITEM 25 ORDINANCE.

FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO LONGER REQUIRE THE CONTINUED USE OF PORTIONS OF A MORE OR LESS 12 FOOT WIDE ALLEY LOCATED BETWEEN NORTH MAIN STREET AND CORNELL STREET.

ONE ALLEY PORTION BEING SITUATED TO THE WEST OF AND ADJOINING LOT 36 BLOCK 22 OF THE SUNSET HEIGHTS ADDITION, THE OTHER ALLEY PORTION BEING SITUATED EAST OF AND ADJOINING LOT ONE BLOCK, ONE OF THE KLUGE PLACE SECTION ONE RELA AND BOTH ALLEY PORTIONS BEING OUT OF THE JOHN AUSTIN SURVEY.

ABSTRACT NUMBER ONE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS ABANDONING SAID ALLEY PORTIONS TO S SL ASSET HOLDINGS, LLC AND NORTH MAIN CONDOS, LLC, THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS AND CONSIDERATION OF THAT PAYMENT TO THE CITY AND THE AMOUNT OF $90,000 IN NO CENTS AND OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION.

ITEM 26 ORDINANCE ARE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF A 10 FOOT WIDE EASEMENT FOR GAS LINE PURPOSES AND A 60 FOOT WIDE BY 40 FOOT WIDE SURFACE SITE EASEMENT OUT OF CITY FEE OWNED LAND LOCATED IN THE VICTOR BLANCO FIVE LEAGUES GRANT SURVEY.

A DASH TWO HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS TO HOUSTON PIPELINE COMPANY, LP ITEM 27 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY HOUSTON AND THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

ITEM 28 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT INDEMNITY AGREEMENT AND RELEASE BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND PROFESSIONAL TRAFFIC CONTROL LLC ITEM 29.

ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $525,000 AND NO CENTS OUTTA METRO PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION D-D-S-R-F AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND KIMBERLY HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC.

FOR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. ITS PROVIDING FUNDING FOR CIP COST RECOVERY.

ITEM 30 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $525,000 IN NO CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND ADV TAX AS AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND ADU ENGINEERING INC.

ITEM 31 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $13,527,312 AND 60 CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND DRAINAGE CHARGE AND $5,426,481 AND 52 CENTS OUTTA WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM.

CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AWARDING CONTRACT TO JFT CONSTRUCTION INC.

THIS COMPLETES THE READING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE SESSION OF NOVEMBER 9TH, 2022.

STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL.

SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 9:00 AM WANNA WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR VERY OWN MONIQUE ADAMS JONES.

TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND TO ALL THOSE OTHERS.

BORN IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, INCLUDING MY MOM, NOVEMBER 29TH, OH.

AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER NOVEMBER 27TH.

IN THE WORDS OF THE CURRENT CITY SECRETARY PAT JEFFERSON.

DANIEL, I LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.

ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS TREAT EVERYONE THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED.

HAVE A BLESSED AND FANTABULOUS DAY.

THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY.

11 MINUTES AFTER, UH, AFTER NINE.

MY NUMBER ONE FAN.

IT IS, UH,

[RECONVENE]

UH, SO LEMME SAY GOOD MORNING.

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UH, ON WEDNESDAY, UH, NOVEMBER THE NINTH, 2022.

I'M MAYOR REST TURNER AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL DEWATER ON YESTERDAY

[MAYOR'S REPORT]

BEFORE WE LEFT, I MADE MENTION OF, UH, ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO, UM, UH, LOST HIS LIFE.

UH, AND, UM, THAT WAS YESTERDAY.

HIS NAME IS, UM, GEORGE OSORIO, WHO WORKED IN THE, UH, HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

UM, HE WAS KILLED IN A TRAGIC WORK RELATED INCIDENT AT MELROSE PARK, UH, 4 0 1 CANINO ROAD IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON.

AND ACCORDING TO DIRECTOR ALLEN, UH, MR. SORIO HAD BEEN WITH PARKS FOR TWO YEARS, UH, AS AN ELECTRICIAN.

UH, HE WAS A DEDICATED EMPLOYEE WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP WITH VARIOUS PROJECTS.

HE WAS IN HIS MID SIXTIES.

UH, THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE SCENE BEFORE NOON.

UH, THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

UH, THE ACCIDENT ITSELF HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED AS TO WHAT HAPPENED, UM, WHY IT HAPPENED, ALL OF THOSE ANSWERS, UH, FORTHCOMING.

UM, I DO UNDERSTAND ON BEHALF OF THIS CITY, UH, MY PRAYERS, UH, TO, UH, MR. OSORIO'S FAMILY AND, AND THE COWORKERS.

UH, HE WAS IN HIS, UH, SIXES AND, AND HE WAS THE CARETAKER FOR HIS 90-YEAR-OLD MOM, UM, WHO LIVES IN, WHO LIVES IN GALVESTON.

SO JUST SAT ALL, ALL AROUND.

UH, BUT WE WANT TO, UM, INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION AND SEE SIMPLY WHAT HAPPENED.

IT WAS, UH, IT WAS HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS WORKING, UH, UH, AND PROVIDING A SERVICE FOR PARKS AND REC.

SO, AS MORE DETAILS COME FORWARD, UM, I'LL KEEP YOU, I'LL KEEP YOU ABREAST.

MEAN, I, I MEAN, I, IT'S THE TURNING, YOU KNOW? AND, UH, IN, IN SIX THREE WORLD COUNCILMAN MIN THREE TIMES IN THE WORLD SERIES AND TWO TIMES AS CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD SERIES FOUR TIMES, UH, FOUR TIMES, FOUR TIMES THE WORLD SERIES, WASHINGTON, ATLANTA, LOS ANGELES, FOUR TIMES AS CHAMPION.

THE ELECTIONS ARE NOW, WELL SAYING NOW OVER, BUT VOTES HAVE BEEN CASTED AND MAYBE SOME VOTES ARE STILL BEING, UM, COUNTED.

UM, BUT, UM, THE CITY OF HOUSTON BONDS PASS.

UH, SO FUNDING FOR SUCH ITEMS AS POLICE AND FIRE VEHICLES, PARKS, LIBRARIES, SOLID WASTE, AND THE NEW, UM, ANIMAL SHELTER BARK, ALL OF THAT HAS, IS ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ARE MOVING FORWARD.

UM, AND THEN, UH, I DO WANNA CONGRATULATE THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CENTRAL CAMP CAMPUS, UH, FOR WINNING THE MAYOR'S EARLY VOTE CHALLENGE.

UM, UM, THEY HAD OVER 4,800, UH, COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO VOTED, UH, ON THEIR CAMPUS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

UH, UH, THE ASTRO PARADE WAS SIMPLY PHENOMENAL.

I THINK ALL, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT SIMPLY, UM, FOR AMAZING, UM, UH, WAY MORE PEOPLE ATTENDED.

AND IN 2017, UH, SO I WANT TO COMMEND, UM, EVERYBODY FROM HARRIS COUNTY AND EVEN BEYOND, UH, WHO SHOWED UP.

UH, BUT I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, UH, TO SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, SUSAN CHRISTIAN AND, AND THEIR, AND THEIR TEAM AND EVERYBODY THEY HAD WORKING WITH THEM, UM, TO LITERALLY, UH, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS SOME PRE-PLANNING, BUT TO REALLY TURN THIS THING AROUND IN, IN, UH, 48 HOURS FROM SATURDAY TO MONDAY, UH, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHO'S IN THE PARADE AND ALL OF THAT, THE LINE UP AND MAKING SURE IT FLOWS WELL AND WANT TO GIVE A GREAT DEAL OF CREDIT TO HPD AND THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY WERE PUTTING DOWN THOSE RAILS, RAILS ALL THE WAY DOWN, UH, SMITH STREET.

AND THE IDEA OF, OF CREATING A LINEAL PARADE, UH, I THOUGHT WASN'T, YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST BRILLIANT.

INSTEAD OF MAKING ALL THOSE TURNS, BUT JUST ONE STRAIGHT LINE, UH, I THOUGHT THAT WOULDN'T WORK WELL FOR EVERYBODY.

SO IT WAS JUST, UM, IT WAS JUST A FANTASTIC DAY.

AND I WOULD TELL YOU JUST, UM, FOR ME, JUST SITTING ON A FLOAT, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE IT IN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE.

SO JUST, JUST, JUST, UM, AMAZING.

AND THEN OF COURSE, I WANT TO THANK THE ASTROS AND, UH, JIM CRANE AND HIS ORGANIZATION FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN.

DUSTY BAKER.

SO PROUD OF DUSTY.

YEAH, SO HAPPY FOR, FOR, FOR HIM.

UH, BUT THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION FOR MAKING, FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN, UM, IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO SAY THIS IN THE MOST HU HUMBLEST WAY THAT I KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS AS, AS MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER CINCINNATI, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL BEEN HERE.

UH, THE ASTROS HAVE BEEN TO THE PLAY OF SIX OF THOSE SEVEN YEARS.

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TWO TIMES AS, YEAH.

FOUR TIMES IN WORLD SERIES, TWO TIMES AS CHAMPIONS.

YOU MIGHT HAVE TO STICK AROUND HERE.

WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE COVID EFFECT TO YOUR EXTENSION, SECOND A LCS CHAMPION FOUR YEARS IN A ROW.

SO, I MEAN, JUST, JUST AN INCREDIBLE RUN.

JUST AN INCREDIBLE RUN.

SO, VERY PROUD OF THEM.

UH, ONE THING IS TRUE, WHEN, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOKED OUT INTO THAT AUDIENCE, YOU SAW EVERYBODY ALL WALKS OF LIFE, YOU KNOW, POLITICAL PERSUASIONS DIDN'T MATTER.

YOU KNOW, DEMOGRAPHICS, LANGUAGE, UH, FAITH, EVERYBODY WAS, YOU KNOW, HAPPY AND HIGH FIVING AND, AND JUST, UM, IN A GOOD, IN A GOOD PLACE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WISH WE COULD CAPTURE THAT AND JUST SWINGING INTO THE FUTURE.

SO JUST WELL DONE.

AND, UH, AND LET ME THANK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT THERE NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, AND AS GRAND AS THAT PARADE WAS ON, WHEN WAS IT MONDAY AS GRAND AS THAT PARADE WAS ON MONDAY, FRIDAY IS COMING VETERANS DAY.

AND I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO KIND OF GET GEARED BACK UP, BUT VETERAN'S DAY FRIDAY, THE PROGRAM BEFORE, AS Y'ALL CAN RECALL, I THINK IT STARTS AT 10, BUT I MAY BE WRONG, BUT 10 ON CITY HALL AND THEN THE PARADE IMMEDIATELY AFTER.

UM, SO LET ME, LET ME SAY THIS TO, AND IS THAT A HOLIDAY FOR, IS THAT A CITY HOLIDAY? YES.

YEAH, WE'RE OFF ON FRIDAY.

BUT I'M, I, I KNOW IT'S A CITY HOLIDAY, BUT I'M GONNA ASK AS AS MANY OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, UH, TO SHOW UP ON, UM, UH, AT 10 O'CLOCK FOR THE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, UH, TO BE OUT THERE SITTING IN THE, IN THE CHAIRS, IN THE SEATS.

I MEAN, IT'S VETERANS DAY.

AND YOU DON'T WANT VETERANS TO COME AND EVERYBODY ELSE NOT THERE.

SO I KNOW IT'S A HOLIDAY, BUT IF, IF MANY OF MY CITY EMPLOYEES WILL COME AND, UH, BE IN THE AUDIENCE TO SHOW THEIR RESPECT AND APPRECIATION, THAT WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

AND THEN A ASKING, AGAIN, HOUSTONIANS, UH, TO REALLY COME OUT ON, ON FRIDAY, UH, TO BE A PART OF THE CROWD FOR THE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE VETERANS PARADE.

LET US NOT GO DOWN THE STREETS AND WE'RE WAVING JUST AT THE BUILDINGS.

OKAY? AND AS HAPPY AND PROUD AS I AM FOR THE ASTROS AND THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT FOR THESE VETERANS WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES AND, UM, UM, WENT OUT THERE TO SERVE IN PLACES AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THE GLOBE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO OWE THEM THE RESPECT OF HONORING THIS DAY, UH, WHICH IS VERY, VERY SPECIAL.

UH, SO I'M, I'M ENCOURAGING HOUSTONIANS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, UH, TO COME OUT, BE A PART OF THE, BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM, AND BE A PART OF THE PARADE LINE, THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

UH, 'CAUSE I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN PUT FORTH A VERY GRAND PARADE.

WE CAN HAVE TWO PARADES IN THE SAME WEEK.

AND BOTH ARE DESERVING.

AND, UH, SO AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING, IF WE, WE SHOWED UP FOR THE ASTROS AND FOR OUR CITY.

NOW LET'S SHOW UP AGAIN FOR THE VETERANS ON FRIDAY, IF YOU WILL.

UM, LET'S DO THAT.

AND, AND LET'S APPRECIATE, LET'S APPRECIATE OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES OKAY.

AND THEIR FAMILIES.

BUT AGAIN, I, I, I WANNA SPEAK AS LOUDLY AS I CAN.

I, I CAN'T FORCE CITY EMPLOYEES, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO FORCE CITY EMPLOYEES TO COME AND SIT DOWN IN THE, IN THE CHAIRS, UH, ON THAT MORNING.

BUT I'M ASKING YOU IF, IF MANY OF YOU CAN, ESPECIALLY CITY EMPLOYEES, ARE VETERANS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE VETERANS, AND IF YOU'RE NOT A VETERAN, JUST OUTTA RESPECT AND APPRECIATION, JUST COME AND, AND GIVE US, GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR TIME, UH, EVEN ON YOUR, ON YOUR, ON YOUR, UM, DAY OFF.

AND I'LL RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL SEE YOU AND I'LL SMILE AT YOU AND, UH, , YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE PICTURES WITH YOU AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU SATURDAY, YOU KNOW,

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UH, AND SEE.

AND THEN LASTLY, THEN I RECOGNIZE PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE.

UM, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE TIME TO BE A HOUSTONIAN.

LEMME JUST TELL YOU.

AND NOW THE HOUSTON OPEN IS THIS WEEK.

UH, THE CADENCE BANK, HOUSTON OPEN, OKAY.

AT MEMORIAL.

MEMORIAL IS THIS WEEK.

THEY START PLAYING TOMORROW, THE PROAM IS TODAY, AND THEN THEY START PLAYING TOMORROW, AND THEN TOMORROW, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GOING, UH, YOU KNOW, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

I KNOW, UH, I THINK SUSAN CHRISTIAN IS DISPERSING TICKETS.

UH, BUT IF YOU, IF THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU WANNA KNOW OR THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WANNA KNOW, LET US KNOW.

UM, BECAUSE I TELL YOU, WHEN I, YOU KNOW, I GENERALLY GO OUT ON SATURDAYS AND IT'S JUST A FINE TIME.

YOU KNOW, THE ONE IS JUST A WHOLE BEAUTIFUL SETTING.

UH, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON AND I HUNG OUT LAST TIME.

EATING AND DRINKING.

SO SODAS, , BUT JUST, AND JUST, JUST LOOKING OUT ON THE SCENE, YOU KNOW, PEACEFUL, BEAUTIFUL.

JUST ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT RUSHING AND JUST LOOKING AT THE GREENS.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN THIS SAME WEEK.

I MEAN, JUST, YOU KNOW, SO HOUSTON, BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING.

ALRIGHT.

UM, VICE MAYOR PER TIM CASTEK.

TATUM.

SECRETARY, RETURN TO THE AGENDA UNDER THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY.

I, I AGREE.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL TIME TO BE A HOUSTONIAN.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF WE, LAST YEAR WE HAD A, A FLYER THAT WE ALL PUT IN OUR NEWSLETTERS FOR THE VETERANS PARADE.

IF THERE'S A FLYER BEING CREATED, IF THEY WOULD SEND IT TO US AS SAP, PUT IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN OUR, IN OUR NEWSLETTERS AND STUFF.

SO WE CAN ENCOURAGE HOUSTONIANS TO COME OUT AND GET THE WORD OUT.

OKAY? GOOD DEAL.

ALRIGHT.

SAY NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.

UM, MADAM

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ITEM ONE NEEDS A MOTION.

TATU MOVED SECOND.

ROBINSON BEEN MOVED IN SECOND ON NINE ONE.

DISCUSSION.

ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION.

OPPOSE GRANTED ON ONE UNDER THE ACCEPT WORK CATEGORY.

ITEM TWO, NEEDS AND MOTION.

CASTEX TATU, MOVE SECOND.

ROBINSON THEN MOVED.

AND SECOND ON ITEM TWO.

DISCUSSION ON TWO.

DISCUSSION ON TWO IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRAND ON TWO UNDER THE PROPERTY CATEGORY.

ITEM THREE NEEDS A MOTION.

CASTEX, TATUM, MOVE SECOND.

DISCUSSION ON THREE IN FAVOR.

OPPOSED GRANTED UNDER THE PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BS CATEGORY SINCE YOUR LIST WAS DISTRIBUTED, ITEM FIVE HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

SO WE NEED A MOTION FOR ITEMS 4, 5, 6, 7, AND EIGHT.

CASTEX TATUM, MOVE SECOND.

ROBINSON MOVED.

AND SECOND ON ITEMS FOUR THROUGH EIGHT.

DISCUSSION.

DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSING GRANTED UNDER THE RESOLUTION CATEGORY.

ITEM 11 HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED AND WILL BE CONSIDERED IF IT IS RECEIVED BEFORE THE END OF THE MOTION.

I MEAN THE AGENDA ITEMS 10 THROUGH 13 HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION UNDER THE ORDINANCES.

CATEGORY ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ARE 14, 15, 18 THROUGH 2027 THROUGH 31.

THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 14 AND 15, 18, 19 AND 2027 THROUGH 31.

NEED A VOTE ON THE BALANCE.

DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION AND FAVOR OF OPPOSING GRANTED

[CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA]

ITEM NINE NEEDS A MOTION.

CASTEX ITEM MOVED.

SECOND ROBINSON ON ITEM NINE.

TAG BY, SORRY, PLUMBER, TAG BY PLUMBER.

I'D LIKE TO TAG THE ITEM.

UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE.

IT'S BEING TAGGED BY COUNCILMAN PALMER.

ITEM 10 IS A RESOLUTION.

JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 10.

DISCUSSION ON 10.

OPPOSED AND GRANTED.

AND THIS IS, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN BEING APPOINTED TO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAD BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS, .

ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN.

AT HA ALONE, UM, IS INCREDIBLE NOW TO BE, UM, HOLDING THIS POSITION AS WELL.

UM, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO ECHO MY CONGRATULATIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, UH, WHAT YOU, WHAT SHE HAS DONE THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION

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I THINK IT IS A WIN FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT ITEM.

ITEM 12 IS A RESOLUTION.

WE ON ITEM 12, DISCUSSION ON 12, DISCUSSION ON 12.

UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TE CAST TATUM ON 12.

JUST WANTED TO, UM, REITERATE TO COUNCIL THIS, UM, ITEM WAS PRESENTED AT, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER THE 19TH.

UH, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS PROJECT TO PRODUCE 500 JOBS.

THERE'S, UH, ACTUALLY 75 NEW JOBS AND 425 RETAINED.

UH, AND 25% OF THOSE JOBS MUST BE FILLED BY RESIDENTS WITHIN THE ZONE.

AND IT'S A $15 MILLION INVESTMENT, UM, FOR EQUIPMENT FIXTURES, HVAC IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY.

UH, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT BENEFIT.

THIS DISTRIBUTION CENTER IS IN DISTRICT K AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 12 IN FAVOR? OPPOSED GRANTED ON ITEM 12, ITEM 13 IS A RESOLUTION.

WE ON ITEM 13, DISCUSSION ON 13.

DISCUSSION ON 13.

AND VICE VICE MAYOR PROTE CAST TATUM ON 13.

THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT WAS PRESENTED AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

UH, COUNCIL, UH, THESE TEZ PROPOSALS ARE ALWAYS DISCUSSED IN COUNCIL.

THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT WITH INVESTMENT OF 29 MILLION, UM, FOR A 1300 SQUARE FOOT, UH, CORPORATE EXPANSION AND RENOVATION.

UH, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO, UM, INCREASE THEIR CORPORATE PRESENCE AND SUPPORT OF HOUSTON'S ENERGY INDUSTRY.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORT OF COUNSEL ON THIS ITEM TWO.

GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES.

UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 13 IN FAVOR? OPPOSED GRANTED ON 13? ITEM 14 IS AN ORDINANCE.

JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 14.

DISCUSSION ON 14.

DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED CREDIT ON 14.

ITEM 15 IS AN ORDINANCE.

JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 15.

DISCUSSION ON 15 AFTER ANY DISCUSSION ON 15.

ON 15 IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 15 CHAIR RECOGNIZES CHAIRWOMAN.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS ON 15 .

THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER.

I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

UM, UH, YOUR VOTE SIGNALED A REMOVAL OF A 20 YEAR LIEN, UM, FOR HOMEOWNER PROJECTS THAT WITH OUR HARVEY PROGRAMS IN THE CITY.

AND SO JUST CONCEPTUALLY, IMAGINE BEING 76 YEARS OLD AND RECEIVING A ROOF OR A FOUNDATION AND HAVING A 20 YEAR LIEN ON YOUR HOME.

AND SO, UM, MAYOR TURNER, AS YOU CONTINUE TO POINT THE DEPARTMENT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I THINK'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THIS ITEM POINTS TO, UH, WEALTH, UM, AND THE ABILITY FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE GONNA INHERIT THAT HOME TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO WITH THAT HOME FROM EQUITY IN THE MARKET REHAB.

SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY POWERFUL ITEM.

UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE STATE ALSO ALIGNING THEIR, UH, CHANGING THEIR GUIDELINES BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GENERATIONAL WEALTH IN COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU VERY, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

OKAY, NEXT ITEM.

ITEM 18.

THERE'S AN ORDINANCE.

JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 18.

DISCUSSION ON 18.

DISCUSSION ON 18 IN FAVOR.

OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 18.

ITEM 19 IS AN ORDINANCE.

WE ON ITEM 19.

COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS ON ITEM 19.

THANK YOU, MEIRA.

I JUST WANNA THANK THE, UH, HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, DISTRICT DIVE.

MANY OF OUR FIRE STATIONS HAVE BEEN UPGRADED WITH THE VEHICLE EXHAUST REMOVAL SYSTEM.

UH, AND WITH THIS ITEM, UH, STATION 20 WILL ALSO RECEIVE THE EXHAUST REMOVAL SYSTEM.

UH, SO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THIS INITIATIVE.

TO MAURICIO NOVATO, THE PRODUCER FOR THE D LOS MARTOS.

UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 19? ON ITEM 19 IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED ON, ON 19, I'M SORRY.

WHILE YOU WERE TALKING, COUNCILMAN GS, UH, THE DEALS DID LOS ALSO TOOK PLACE THIS WEEKEND.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PARADE, UH, THE FESTIVAL WAS, UH, WAS, UH, OUTSTANDING, UH, JUST ADDED TO THE ATMOSPHERE FOR THIS WEEKEND.

AND HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR IT CAN COME BACK EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER.

YEAH, AND I KNOW, UM, UH, SUSAN CHRISTIAN WAS TRYING TO GET THEM INTO THE PARADE ON MONDAY, BUT THEY HAD ALREADY, THEY WERE ALREADY RETURNING TO, UH, TO DALLAS.

SO YEAH, I, I REACHED OUT

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AND UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE YOU STATED, UH, THE, UH, MANY OF THE FLOATS ALREADY HAD LEFT BACK TO DALLAS.

UH, BUT IT WAS A, UH, VERY SUCCESSFUL, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PARADE.

UH, BUT LIKE YOU STATED, UH, IT'S GONNA BE BIGGER AND BETTER NEXT YEAR.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

THANKS.

COUNCILMAN MCCAIN? UH, MAYOR.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I WAS, UH, I KNOW WE WERE ON A DIFFERENT SUBJECT NOW, SO I I IT'S FINE.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 'CAUSE WE NOW HAVE FIVE OF THE SEVEN, UH, STATIONS IN DISTRICT C WITH THIS EXHAUST REMOVAL AS WELL.

AND I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON THE LAST TWO.

UH, COUNCILMAN, MAY I CALLING? YES.

ALSO ON THE FIRE STATION, I KNOW MANY OF US WERE AT THE FIREFIGHTER MEMORIAL AND WHEN YOU FLIP THROUGH THE BOOK OF THE 80 PLUS FIREFIGHTER TO HAVE DIED, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW FROM CANCER, HEART ATTACKS, THINGS OTHER THAN JUST ACTUALLY THE FIRE.

SO THIS IS A, A GREAT STEP IN, IN PROTECTING THE LIVES OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS.

SEE THAT? YEAH.

AND BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, I THINK THAT'S ALCOTT ELEMENTARY.

UM, THE STUDENTS ARE JOINING US TODAY AND, AND THEIR SPONSORS.

SO IF YOU, UH, IF YOU WITH ALCON ELEMENTARY, JUST STAND UP, HONORABLE STUDENTS AND ALL OF THESE STUDENTS HAVE A, A EXCELLENT ATTENDANCE AND ARE MEMBERS OF THE HONOR ROLL.

SO THESE, YEAH, THESE ARE, THESE ARE OUR SCHOLARS AND, UH, AND, UH, AND OUR FUTURE, UH, AND OUR FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYORS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

LAWYERS, DOCTORS, ENGINEERS, TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, YOU NAME IT.

SO, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING AND UH, LOOK, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY AS LONG AS YOU WANNA STAY.

AND, UH, SO UH, UH, AND THEN I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH Y'ALL BEFORE Y'ALL GET OUTTA HERE.

SO THANK, THANK Y'ALL.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ.

I JUST HAD TO SAY THEY WERE FROM THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION.

I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND REPRESENTING DISTRICT D AND I AM YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND HE SAID THAT YOU ALL WILL ONE DAY BE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT JUST DON'T GO NEXT YEAR.

ITEM 20 IS AN ORDINANCE.

WE ON ITEM 20.

COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN ON ITEM 20.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR LEGAL.

UM, I WAS REVIEWING THIS MATERIAL AND UM, I DISCOVERED THAT JOHN WHITMEYER, WHO'S A CANDIDATE FOR, FOR MAYOR, HE'S ANNOUNCED CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR RUNNING FOR OFFICE FOR NEXT YEAR IS REPRESENTED ON THEIR WEBSITE IS OF COUNCIL.

AND I KNOW OCCASIONALLY OF COUNCILS ARE JUST PERFUNCTORY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT REALLY DOING ANYTHING, BUT SOME OF THEM GET, UM, STIPENDS FOR THE MONTH BY MONTH OR BY YEAR.

AND I WAS REVIEWING THE MATERIAL AND, AND THERE'S A SECTION IN THERE REGARDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IS, AND IT'S DIRECTED PRIMARILY AT THE CLIENTS OF LORD LOCKE.

AND I'LL FIND ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION.

I EXPECT THAT IF MR. WHITMEYER SHOULD WIN, HE'D PROBABLY DIVEST HIMSELF OF THIS RELATIONSHIP, BUT HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO.

AND THIS, THIS CONTRACT WOULD STILL BE IN EFFECT.

AND SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FROM LEGAL.

IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T RUN AFOUL OF ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST? UM, WHILE THIS CONTRACT IS IN, IS ONGOING, UM, 'CAUSE THE SESSION STARTS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SOON.

UH, BUT HE'LL ALSO BE RUNNING FOR MAYOR AT THE SAME TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE TIME THIS CONTRACT IS BEFORE YOU, THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

I, I UNDERSTAND.

IN ADDITION, THE CHARTER DOESN'T CONTEMPLATE PRESENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, WHICH I THINK IS THE QUESTION THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING.

SHOULD THAT SITUATION ARISE, I'M SURE IT'LL BE HANDLED APPROPRIATELY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.

NO WAY TO PUT A LITTLE TICKER OR SOMETHING TO REMIND US IF HE SHOULD WIN THAT.

WE NEED TO BRING IT UP OR NO SIR.

OPEN A PRAYER.

RIGHT? THERE WE GO.

BUT IF HE, UH, LET'S SAY IF HE DIVESTED HIMSELF THOUGH, YOU WOULD SEE NO CONFLICT.

YEAH, NO CONFLICT.

LEMME JUST ACCENTUATE THAT FOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, LEMME TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

'CAUSE I DIVESTED MYSELF OF MY ENTIRE INTEREST IN MY TITLE COMPANY AND LAW FIRM.

BUT FOR SOME THAT STILL WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

MAYBE THAT ONLY APPLIES TO A PERSON LIKE ME.

I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT I DIVESTED MYSELF OF ALL OF MY

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BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS.

AND EVEN THEN THE VERY FACT I WAS ASSOCIATED WITH WAS DAMAGING.

I'M JUST SAYING IT'S THE NAME, BUT MAYBE THAT'S ONLY APPLIES TO A PERSON LIKE ME.

OKAY, BACK ON THE ITEM.

I JUST HAD TO PUT THAT EDITORIAL NOTE THERE.

YOU KNOW, ON ITEM 20, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 20 IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED ON HUFFMAN? HUFFMAN? NO, I'M SORRY.

HUFFMAN? NO.

OH, COUNCILMAN HUFF SHOW COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN VOTING? NO.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT, NEXT ITEM.

ITEM 27 IS AN ORDINANCE.

JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 27.

DISCUSSION ON 27.

DISCUSSION ON 27 IN FAVOR.

OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 27.

ITEM 28 IS AN ORDER.

COUNCILOR MEMBER AL ON ITEM 28.

I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

UH, THIS SOUNDS LIKE WE OWE THIS COMPANY MONEY, BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT I KNOW MY DISTRICT COLLEAGUES ARE WELL AWARE OF.

UM, THE LACK OF STRIPING, THE LA LACK OF PAVEMENT MARKINGS GOING ON.

BUT I'VE BECOME RECENTLY AWARE JUST GEORGE AND I DRIVING TO CHURCH ONE DAY LITERALLY ON ST.

PHILIP.

YOU COULD NOT TELL WHICH LANE WAS WHICH LANE.

SO MADE A SIMPLE 3 1 1 REQUEST AND THEN KIND OF LEARNED WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH HAVING TO SUPPLEMENT WITH YOUR CDSF.

BECAUSE WE HAVE 400 REQUESTS BEHIND.

I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF A DANGEROUS SITUATION, UM, WITH OUR LACK OF PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE, ESPECIALLY IN TIME OF DAY WHERE, WHERE YOU'RE DRIVING.

UM, SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

I HOPE WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO A NEW CONTRACT TO GETTING CAUGHT UP ON THE 400 REQUESTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE BACKLOGGED AND PAVEMENT REQUESTS.

UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL THE ISSUES ARE.

I THOUGHT, UH, WE WERE TOLD SOME OF THEM HAD TO DO WITH LEGAL, BUT NOT THIS CONTRACT.

UH, NOT THIS PARTICULAR LEGAL ISSUE, BUT SOME OTHER LEGAL ISSUES.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I'M GONNA GET OUT THERE AND START PAINTING SOME STRIPES PRETTY SOON.

'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BAD QUITE FRANKLY, ON FIRST TIME I'M HEARING OF IT.

YEAH, 400 I I GOT INFORMATION.

WE HAVE BACKLOGGED ALMOST 400 LANE LINE REQUESTS.

THE LANE STRIPING BACKLOG IS A COMBINATION OF BEING UNDERSTAFFED AND HAVING LIMITED BUDGET AVAILABILITY, WHICH RESULTED IN A LONG BACKLOG OF REQUESTS GOING BACK AS FAR AS MID 2020.

SO WHAT MY DISTRICT COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN DOING IS USING THEIR CDSF.

AND WHO SENT THAT TO YOU? I'M SORRY? WHO SENT THAT TO YOU? UH, PUBLIC WORKS.

WELL.

PUBLIC WORKS NEEDS TO COME SEE ME.

VICE MEMBER TOM, OUR VICE MAYOR.

TOM, CAN ITI HAD MY MEETING WITH, UH, DIRECTOR HADDOCK ON LAST WEEK AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, TRAFFIC MARKINGS ALSO IN THE CONTEXT OF CROSSWALKS.

AND MY QUESTION TO THEM WAS THE TYPE OF PAINT, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD CROSSWALKS AND, UM, TRAFFIC MARKINGS DONE AND THEN IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS IT'S DISAPPEARED BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF CARS THAT GO OVER IT.

SO I PERSONALLY FELT LIKE WE NEED A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PAINT OR SOMETHING MORE SUSTAINABLE BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO PUT THE MARKINGS ON.

UM, BUT THE, THE COMMENT WAS WHEN YOU START USING A DIFFERENT KIND OF PAINT, IT GETS MORE EXPENSIVE.

BUT I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE THE INVESTMENT IN A BETTER QUALITY MARKING SO THAT IT LASTS LONGER BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE USING NOW DOES NOT LAST LONG ENOUGH FOR THE AMOUNT OF CARS THAT ARE ON OUR STREETS.

I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH YOU.

COUNCILMAN MAYOR.

UM, AND THIS IS WHAT I BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE, UM, THE STRIPING OF THE STREETS.

THAT NONE OF THE OVERLAY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN STRIPED.

AND IT'S REALLY DANGEROUS.

I MEAN, JUST DRIVING ON SOME OF THOSE STREETS, PEOPLE ARE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD NOT KNOWING THAT IT'S NOT A ONE-WAY STREET.

AND EVERY TIME I'M DRIVING DOWN THESE, UM, ROADS, SOMEONE IS DOING THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME.

SO IT'S REALLY DANGEROUS AND IT, WE NEED TO GET THAT MOVING.

WE'VE OFFERED TO USE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS, UM, TO JUST GET THEM DONE.

AND WE'RE TOLD THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE TO EVEN DO THAT.

SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO GET THAT MOVING, EVEN IF WE HAVE TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY FOR THEIR STRIPING SERVICES, SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S BECOME REALLY DANGEROUS.

WELL, LET ME APOLOGIZE 'CAUSE IT JUST DIDN'T IT JUST IN DAWN.

I MEAN, IT IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T HIT.

SO, UH, WE'LL ADDRESS IT.

MAYOR PROTO MAYOR PRO, UH, MAYOR PROTO.

MACHINE, UH, CONTRACT SO WE CAN GET IT FIXED.

SO THE ISSUE WITH THE STRIPING IS THEY'RE, THEY HAVE ONE STRIPING MACHINE AND IT'S BROKEN, SO THEY CAN'T DO ANY STRIPING RIGHT NOW.

SO MAYBE WE CAN PLEDGE THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS TO THEIR STRIPING

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WELL, I, I'LL DEAL WITH IT.

I WOULD, I'M A LITTLE EMBARRASSED BY BY THIS CONVERSATION I WILL TELL YOU.

SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA STRIKE YOU.

YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN, I, I DON'T HAVE ANYWAY.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MC KAMAN.

UH, TO MAYOR PRO TEMS POINT.

I HAD INITIALLY HEARD THAT IT WAS ONE MACHINE AND THAT WAS THE ISSUE.

AND I HAD ACTUALLY OFFERED TO JUST BUY A MACHINE AND ASKED HOW MUCH IT WAS.

BUT THEN I WAS TOLD THAT, UH, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE MACHINE.

IT'S CONTRACT ISSUE.

SO I, AGAIN, I MAYOR I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'LL BE LOOKING INTO THIS.

I THINK WE'RE ALL HEARING DIFFERENT THINGS.

I DON'T THINK, UM, ANYONE IS, IS WRONG IN THIS.

I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO PUT MORE OF A FOCUS ON GETTING IT RESOLVED AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND AGAIN, UM, IT'S ALWAYS WHEN YOU DEALING WITH IT TO BRING IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.

'CAUSE IF YOU GO TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND IF IT DOESN'T QUITE RESONATE UP TO ME, IT STAYS THERE.

SO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT I'M, MAKE SURE THAT I'M AWARE, YOU KNOW, HIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH IT MM-HMM .

AND THEN HOLD ME RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

UM, BUT I GOT IT.

I, I UNDERSTAND YOU STILL NEED TO VOTE ON 28.

UH, WE'RE STILL ON 28.

DISCUSSION ON 28.

OPPOSED? GRANT ON 28 I 29 IS AN ORDINANCE.

JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 29.

DISCUSSION ON 29.

DISCUSSION ON 29 IN FAVOR OF POST GRAND ON 29.

ITEM 30 IS AN ORDINANCE.

JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 30.

DISCUSSION ON 30 IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRAND ON 30.

ITEM 31 IS AN ORDINANCE.

JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM ON 31 TAGGED.

ITEM 31 IS BEING TAGGED BY COUNCILMAN POLLER.

WHAT'S IT, WHAT ABOUT ITEM 11? OH, I'M SORRY.

ITEM 11 AND ITEM 11 HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

SO ITEM 11 IS A RESOLUTION.

JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 11.

YOUR TURN TO ITEM 11.

ITEM 11.

DISCUSSION ON ITEM 11.

OPPOSED? GRANTED.

ON ITEM 11, THIS COMPLETES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

AND THEN LET ME RECOGNIZE IT IS THAT CORY, CORY YOUNG? CORY YOUNG IS THE FIRST APPRENTICE AT HOUSTON FERRIS OF STANDUP CORY.

[NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS]

SO WE CAN SEE YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS MAN.

AND YOU, YOU'RE SITTING NEXT TO A VETERAN OVER THERE AT HOUSTON FIRST.

SO THAT'S IT.

SHE CAN SHOW YOU EVERYTHING AND TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW TRACY.

SO WELCOME, WELCOME TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

PROBLEMS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALRIGHT, UM, HOR IS FIRST, FIRST OF TODAY IS, UH, CUSTOMER HOR COUNCIL.

MAYOR ALCORN.

I'M GONNA STEP OUT JUST FOR A MINUTE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH MY, UH, UM, SCHOLARS FROM, UH, FROM ELEMENTARY.

UM, SO CUSTOMER MALCO SHOW.

WHAT YOU THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE.

TESS COATES.

YOU WANNA STAND UP TESS? SHE IS A, A REGISTERED NURSE AT MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL, CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HERMANN, AND SHE'S GETTING HER GRADUATE DEGREE, UM, TO STU TO BE A NURSE PRACTITIONER.

I LOVE NURSE PRACTITIONERS.

MY SISTER'S A NURSE PRACTITIONER.

YOU CAN SIT NOW, I'LL TALK ABOUT YOU A LITTLE BIT, .

BUT THE REASON SHE'S HERE, ONE OF HER ASSIGNMENTS IS TO SHADOW AND OBSERVE HOW A LEADER PROVIDES A UNIQUE VOICE AND THEIR IMPACT ON POLICY, SPECIFICALLY HEALTH, EQUITY, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND FIDUCIARY LEADERSHIP.

SO THUS, MY COMMENTS TODAY ABOUT THE FIRE STATIONS, THAT'S A, WE, WE, I HAD TO GET A LITTLE HEALTH PLUGIN FOR TESTS DOWN THERE.

THE POLICIES WE DO MAKE, THE MONEY WE SPEND REALLY DOES HAVE A HEALTH IMPACT, UM, AS WE DESCRIBED WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRE STATION.

SO WELCOME TESS.

SHE'S ALSO A FRIEND OF MY DAUGHTER'S FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN.

THERE YOU GO.

UM, WE HAD A GREAT PET PANTRY AND MICROCHIP SPAY, A NEUTER EVENT A COUPLE DAYS AGO WHEN I ATTENDED COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JACKSON'S CRIME TOWN HALL.

SEVERAL PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT STRAY DOGS.

WE WERE UP AT TIDWELL PARK FOR HER TOWN HALL ON A SATURDAY.

WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE, WE HEAR ABOUT THAT A LOT ON THE EAST END, NORTHWEST, BUT FAR NORTHEAST A BIG PROBLEM THERE.

SO WE RALLIED BARK AND THE HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY AND DID MICROCHIPPING.

WE GAVE OUT SPAY AND NEUTER, UH, SPAY AND NEUTER VOUCHERS AND A LOT OF PET FOODS.

SO THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THAT AND GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON.

AND ANOTHER NOD TO BARK.

UM, REALLY WANNA COMPLIMENT MADISON AND JARED FROM BARK.

ON FRIDAY MORNING, JORDAN, MY CHIEF OF STAFF, HAD A STRAY DOG INTO HER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, THAT HAD CHEWED THROUGH ITS TETHER, ITS ROPE, AND IT WAS MAKING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS CAUSING SOME

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UH, THE, THE DOG WAS CONFINED IN JORDAN'S BACKYARD AND STAFF CONTACTED JARED AND THE ANIMAL, UM, CONTROL OFFICER MADISON WAS THERE VERY QUICKLY AND HAPPY TO HELP.

AND, YOU KNOW, SOME BARK BARK SOMETIMES GETS A BAD, YOU KNOW, RAP AND WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT HOW GREAT MADISON WAS AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES AT BARK WHEN, UM, DEALING WITH THE ANIMALS.

I WANNA TALK ABOUT PUMPKIN WEEK.

WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL PUMPKIN WEEK.

WE, WE BROUGHT IN 10,000 POUNDS OF PUMPKINS, 10,000 POUNDS IN THAT LAST WEEK.

SO, I MEAN, THE, THE ENVIRONMENT IS A BIG THING TO DEAL WITH.

YOU HAVE TO JUST TAKE A LITTLE BITE OUTTA THE ELEPHANT, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO JUST PICK A LITTLE PIECE OF HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND WE TOOK A 10,000, UH, POUND BITE, UH, UM, FOR OUTTA THE LANDFILL.

AND WE'RE MAKING COMPOST.

THE CITY'S MAKING COMPOST OVER THERE AT OUR REUSE WAREHOUSE WITH THE, WITH THE, UM, WITH THAT, I'M TALKING TO URBAN HARVEST ABOUT, UM, GETTING COMPOST, UH, FOOD DROP OFF SITES AT SOME COMMUNITY GARDENS.

UM, ULTIMATELY, OF COURSE, I'D LOVE TO SEE AN OPT-IN, UH, RESIDENTS COULD PAY FOR, UM, SERVICE, PRIVATE SERVICE TO COME.

THAT'S, THAT'S AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY NOW THROUGH A PRIVATE SERVICE.

BUT IT WOULD GREAT BE GREAT TO HAVE A CITYWIDE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO DIVERT YOUR FOOD WASTE FROM THE LANDFILL.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE DOWN THAT ROAD AS LONG AS Y'ALL WILL KEEP LISTENING TO ME.

UM, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO I THOUGHT YOU WERE MAKING US SOME PUMPKIN BREAD AND SOME PUMPKIN PIE, BUT YOU NEVER DID NEGATIVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA PLUMMER, COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PERAM.

UM, AS WE GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR SOLID WASTE, UM, WITH VETERANS DAY AND THANKSGIVING COMING UP, I'M JUST ASKING FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO HELP US WITH COMMUNICATION AS FAR AS DELAYS, BECAUSE EVERY TIME THERE'S A HOLIDAY, IT TAKES A WHILE TO CATCH UP, AND I THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN TO PUT THEIR TRASH OUT.

AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP COMMUNICATE WHEN THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR CONSTITUENTS.

AND THEN FINALLY, I WANT TO WISH MY MOM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, SHE WATCHES EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEETING AND PUBLIC SESSION EVERY WEEK.

AND SO I'M GLAD THAT HER BIRTHDAY FELL ON A WEDNESDAY, SO I CAN WISH HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON.

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MOM.

UM, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE FOLKS OUT IN PLEASANTVILLE FOR, UM, BEING RECOGNIZED AS A HISTORICAL COMMUNITY.

UM, THIS WEEKEND THEY, YES, IT'S EXCITING THIS WEEKEND.

IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THEY UNVEILED THEIR MARKER.

UM, AND PLEASANTVILLE IS THE FIRST PLANNED BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY, UM, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

AND SO I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST MY HISTORY AND JUST RECOGNIZING THAT IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT BLACKS WASN'T ABLE TO EVEN PURCHASE HOMES, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT WAS JUST EXCITING TO SEE THE HARD WORK OF MARY FINO AND, UM, THE AMERICAN, WHAT IS IT? UM, PLEASANTVILLE CIVIC LEAGUE, AND, UM, JUST EVERYONE PUTTING IT TOGETHER.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THEM.

I KNOW MARY FINO WORKED FOR YEARS, UM, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

I LEARNED ABOUT IT BACK IN 2014.

AND SO JUST TO SEE HER VISION, THE VISION BEING REALIZED AND THE BEING RECOGNIZED, IT WAS JUST GREAT.

AND THEN ALSO, I WANNA INVITE FOLKS, UM, OUT TO OUR DISTRICT B UM, JOBS AND RESOURCE FAIR THIS SATURDAY AT, UM, GREENHOUSE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH, LOCATED AT 200 WEST GREENS ROAD.

IT'S GONNA BE FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM WE STILL CONNECTING PEOPLE TO JOBS.

WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT WAS HIRED THROUGH UNION PACIFIC AND AMAZON.

AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, EMPLOYERS THAT'S GONNA BE HIRING PEOPLE ON THE SPOT.

I KNOW THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE HR DEPARTMENT WOULD BE THERE, METRO.

SO JUST INVITE YOUR FOLKS OUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT NEED JOBS.

SO EVEN IF THEY HAVE A JOB AND THEY WANT TO ELEVATE TO ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, INCOME BRACKET, WE GETTING PEOPLE TRAINED UP AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BASICALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS POVERTY, UM, IN DISTRICT B.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I HAVE.

EVERYONE FOR MAKING IT SUCH A FUN AND SAFE, UH, PARADE AND CELEBRATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN.

THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM.

UM, FIRST MY HEART GOES OUT TO, UM, OUR ENTIRE PARKS DEPARTMENT, FAMILY.

UM, WHAT A TRAGIC PIECE OF NEWS TO GET, ESPECIALLY ON ELECTION DAY.

UM, I DO WANNA THANK ALL OF OUR ELECTION WORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS, UM, ALL THE VOTERS THAT TURNED OUT TO THE ELECTION, ESPECIALLY DISTRICT C.

UM, CONTINUING TO HAVE EXTRAORDINARY TURNOUT IN THE DISTRICT AND PARTICIPATION.

I ALSO WANTED TO THANK, UH, HALAL GUYS.

THEY ACTUALLY, WE HELPED COORDINATE MEALS TO UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.

THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WAITING IN LINE AFTER HOURS, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GET SOME SNACKS.

OTHER ENTITIES WERE HELPING IN DOING THAT IS WELL.

AND LASTLY, UH, THANK YOU TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, ALL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR FANS, MAYOR'S OFFICE, UH, OF SPECIAL EVENTS UNDER DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN,

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UH, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, HAD A VERY, VERY LONG WORLD SERIES AND THEN CONTINUED THROUGH, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE SAFE DURING THE PARADE.

SO APPRECIATE THEM.

AND LASTLY, HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS, UH, THE PGA CADENCE BANK, UH, TOUR AND OPEN AT MEMORIAL PARK AND DISTRICT C THIS WEEKEND, AND A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS WEEK.

AND MAYOR PRO TEM, I KNOW I'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE.

SEE YOU OUT THERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN, EVAN SHABAZZ.

THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.

UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY KNOW I HAVE FOMO, FEAR OF MISSING OUT, SO I REALLY DID HATE THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN YOU FOR THE PARADE.

I ACTUALLY LEFT OUT ON SUNDAY NIGHT, FLEW TO DC FOR A FUNERAL SERVICE FOR A VERY DEAR FRIEND, BUT I REALLY WAS TRYING TO BEAM MYSELF UP SO I COULD GET BACK IN TIME, BUT THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.

BUT I KNOW IT WAS A GRAND TIME.

I SAW THE PICTURES AND I DON'T PLAN TO MISS AGAIN.

UH, ALSO, I WANNA SAY ON THIS PAST FRIDAY, I JOINED A COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN AND, UH, REPRESENTATIVE OF VICE MAYOR PRO TEM AT THE OPERATION STOCKING STUFFER AT FIRE STATION EIGHT.

PLEASE.

I'M ENCOURAGING, UH, MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY TO DONATE TO THIS GREAT CAUSE BECAUSE THE REALITY IS ON CHRISTMAS MORNING, SOME OF THE CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING.

AND SO WE CERTAINLY NEED TO SUPPORT THAT GREAT EFFORT.

UM, ON THIS THURSDAY AT, UH, 11:00 AM THERE WILL BE A, AN EVENT AT THE YOUNG WOMEN'S COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY, UH, WHERE THEY HAVE, UH, THERE HAS BEEN AN APP CREATED TO HELP US TO NO LONGER HAVE ALL OF THESE TRAFFIC FATALITIES.

AND SO THE STUDENTS ARE GREATLY, UH, INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT.

AND THEY WILL, THEY, WE WILL HAVE T DOT AND SAFETY OFFICIALS THERE TO DISCUSS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR APP SO THAT WE CAN WORK ON TRYING TO GET THAT, WHAT IS IT, THE ZERO, UH, DEATH, UH, ON STREET FATALITIES.

AND SO CERTAINLY THAT WILL BE A GREAT EFFORT AT THE YOUNG WOMEN'S COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY, 1906 CLEBURNE AVENUE ON THIS THURSDAY.

ALSO, THERE WILL BE THE GRAND OPENING OF THE REGENCY LOFTS, WHICH WILL BE ALSO ON THURSDAY AT 11:00 AM AT 32 30 DIXIE DRIVE.

AND SO, UH, COME OUT, THIS IS GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL, UH, EDIFICE IN DISTRICT D AND I'VE ALWAYS PRIDED MYSELF ON TRYING TO HELP WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SAY WE WANTED TO STAY IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION, BUT YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP US TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT.

AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT COMING UP IN THE DISTRICT.

ALSO, UH, THERE'S CIGNA SUNDAY IN THE PARK.

CIGNA IS THE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND THAT WILL BE, UH, AT SUNNYSIDE PARK ON THIS SUNDAY FROM NOON TO FOUR, WHICH IS 35 0 2 BELFORT STREET.

AND SO, I WANT TO SAY ONE OTHER THING ON THE PARADE.

I BELIEVE D DELOITTE PARKER MAY HAVE THOUGHT THAT THAT PARADE WAS, UH, FOR HIS HONOR BECAUSE IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY.

AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WISH, UH, MR. DELOITTE PARKER, MR. SHAPE COMMUNITY CENTER, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS.

UM, MAYOR, LAST WEEK, UM, DURING OUR COUNCIL MEETING, UH, YOU SAID THAT IT WAS TIME FOR CONVERSATIONS, TIME FOR CANDID CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO KEEP YES, YOUNG MEN OF COLOR FROM KILLING OTHER YOUNG MEN OF COLOR.

UM, ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS AT TODAY'S CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH COMMITTEE MEETING AT TWO O'CLOCK, WE'LL DO JUST THAT.

FOUR DIFFERENT INITIATIVES WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND, UM, MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, THAT TARGET AT RISK YOUTH, ESPECIALLY ADOLESCENT YOUNG MEN WHO ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS.

AND ON A BAD PATH, THESE PROGRAMS WORK, THEIR SUCCESS IS ALREADY PROVEN.

SO PLEASE JOIN US TODAY TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND HOW EXPANDING THESE PROGRAMS WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD REDUCE VIOLENCE AND SAVE LIVES TWO O'CLOCK TODAY IN THESE CHAMBERS.

INCIDENTS IS A TRIBUTE NOT ONLY TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE OUT THERE, BUT ALSO TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON WHO REALLY KNOW HOW TO CELEBRATE VICTORY.

UM, I'M MAYOR PROAM MARTIN.

YES, THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND, UH, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ASTROS FOR A, UH, A HUGE VICTORY AND CONGRATULATIONS AND KUDOS TO SUSAN CHRISTIAN, WHO ALWAYS DOES A GREAT JOB OF ORGANIZING OUR EVENTS.

AND TO ALL THE FOLKS, UH, THE FIRST RESPONDERS WE HAD THERE, ALL THE FOLKS FROM THE FEDERAL, IN THE STATE, WE EVEN HAD THE FOLKS FROM THE CONROE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO CAME DOWN AND HELPED.

AND TO HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE AND TO REALLY HAVE NO

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UH, SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

AND ALSO THANK YOU TO THE ASTROS AND THE LSU TIGERS WHO MADE MY SATURDAY NIGHT SOMETHING SPECIAL.

SO IT WAS GOOD TO BE THERE.

UH, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, TOMORROW BEGINS THE HOUSTON OPEN, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO MEMORIAL PARK, IT IS IN FANTASTIC SHAPE.

SO MUCH SO THAT MR. CRANE WAS EVEN, UH, TELLING US ABOUT IT ON SUNDAY.

HOW GOOD OF A SHAPE, UH, THE COURSE IS.

SO YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO OUT THERE AND WATCH SOME OF THE PGA TOUR PROS, UH, MAKE SURE YOU GET OUT THERE.

GREAT JOB TO KENNETH ALLEN FOR GETTING IT IN A CONDITION.

AND JULIE BLUM FOR THE GOOD JOB THAT SHE ALWAYS DOES, UM, ON THE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT, THE CLEAR LAKE MONTHLY RECYCLING EVENT WILL BE HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH FROM NINE TO THREE AT THE CLEAR LAKE ELLINGTON AIRPORT RECYCLING CENTER.

AND THIS PAST MONDAY, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE AFTER THE PARADE OF GOING OUT IN MY ASTRO GEAR AND ATTENDING THE TREE PLANTING IN KINGWOOD LED BY TREES FOR KINGWOOD COMMITTEE.

THE CITIZEN LED COMMITTEE HAD WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR MORE THAN A YEAR NOW TO PLANT HUNDREDS OF TREES AROUND KINGWOOD TO REPLACE MANY OF THE TREES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST IN RECENT YEARS.

AND JUST RECENTLY IN THIS SUMMER'S DROUGHT THAT WE EXPERIENCED, URBAN FORESTRY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE TREE PLANTING ON MONDAY, AS THEY DONATED 115 GALLON MIXED NATIVE SPECIES TREES FOR PLANTING.

I'D LIKE TO THANK JEREMY BURKES AND FORESTRY FOR HIS HELP AND GUIDANCE THAT HE PROVIDED US SO FAR.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK BRAD JUDE, CHRIS BLOCK, CHRIS ARSENAL, AND JOYCE CHAMBERS, ALONG WITH THE MANY OTHER RESIDENTS WHO FREELY GIVE OF THEIR TIME TO ENSURE THAT KINGWOOD REMAINS THE LIVABLE FOREST.

UH, VICE MAYOR, PRO TIM, CAST TATU.

PARADE WAS CANCELED DUE DUE TO THE ASTROS GAME.

AND CONTINUING IN THE THEME OF TREES ON TOMORROW, NOVEMBER THE 10TH AT GLENS SHIRE PARK IN BRAYS OAKS, UH, THAT PARK WILL RECEIVE 118 NEW TREES.

SO WE WILL ALSO WANT TO THANK THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, DIRECTOR ALLEN AND THE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGER, AND THE STAFF, AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS COASTAL EXCHANGE, UM, FOR THESE TREES THAT WILL BE PLANTED AT GLENS SHIRE PARK, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL WAYS TO, UH, OFFSET CARBON EMISSIONS, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO PUT MORE TREES IN THOSE PARKS.

UM, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE THERE WHEN WE ARE PLANTING THE TREES, UH, IN GLENS SHIRE PARK, TOMORROW AT 12 NOON AT 1 2 1 0 0 RICEVILLE SCHOOL ROAD.

WE'LL BE OUT THERE TAKING PICTURES AND ENJOYING THE, THE NEW TREES IN THE PARK.

AND THEN MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER THE 14TH AT 11:00 AM WE WILL HAVE OUR EXCITING GROUNDBREAKING OF THE NEW STATE OF THE ART, DR. SHANNON WALKER, NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY, IF YOU WILL JOIN US, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR, RIA LAWSON, AND STAFF AND OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU IN DISTRICT A AS WE BREAK GROUND FOR THE NEW LIBRARY ON NOVEMBER THE 14TH.

HAPPY VETERANS DAY TO OUR VETERANS.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING ON, UH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER THE 11TH.

OUR OFFICE, UM, IS ALSO PARTICIPATING WITH THE NATIONAL FLAG FOUNDATION, UM, TO PARTNER WITH THE MILITARY ORDER OF PURPLE HEART.

IT IS THE ONLY CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED PURPLE HEART ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY.

AND WE'LL BE HONORING THE 240TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PURPLE HEART AWARD.

AND OUR GATEWAYS WILL BE LIT UP IN PURPLE ON FRIDAY THROUGHOUT DISTRICT K.

SO IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH DISTRICT K UNDER THE GATEWAYS, THERE'LL BE PURPLE ON FRIDAY TO CELEBRATE, UH, VETERANS DAY AND THE PURPLE HEART.

UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, A WONDERFUL PARADE AND ALL THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

UH, MAYOR, YOU SAID IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE A HOUSTONIAN.

YES, I MEAN, I HAVE JUST BEEN EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO JUST AMPLIFY WAS, I LOVE THE COMMENT THAT CHIEF NER MADE IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT WHEN CITIES WIN THE WORLD SERIES, HOW THE ATMOSPHERE CHANGES IN, IN CRIME IS LESSON.

AND I THINK THAT THAT IS, UM, JUST A TREMENDOUS, UM, FEAT FOR US AND HOW SPORTS REALLY BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.

AND WE ARE JUST CELEBRATING WITH SUCH EXCITEMENT AND ALL THE JOY THAT'S IN OUR CITY.

UH, I LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

SO KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK HOUSTON, BE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND LET'S KEEP WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE HOUSTON BETTER.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN GALLO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR FIR.

FIRST OF ALL, I DO WANNA CONGRATULATE THE ASTROS ON THEIR VICTORY.

THEY MADE HOUSTON PROUD.

UH, AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, MAYOR, IN REGARDS TO THE DEAL, LOS MUTOS, OF COURSE, THE, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE COMPETING WITH THE, UH, WITH, WITH THE ASTROS.

BUT WITH THAT SAID, I MEAN THE, THE, THE COUNT, THE, UH,

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UH, AND, UH, BUT THE, UH, FESTIVAL CONTINUED AND, UM, WE, WE, WE STILL HAD A GREAT CROWD OUT THERE.

UH, SO, UH, ONLY MEANS THAT NEXT YEAR THE THIRD ANNUAL WILL EVEN BE BIGGER AND BETTER.

UH, SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

UH, ALSO, UM, I WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE AND MY COLLEAGUES, CITY OF HOUSTON SPECIAL CALLED JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH AT 2:00 PM UH, IT'S A JOINT COMMITTEE, UM, BETWEEN THE REGULATORY NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS SHARED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN, UH, AND QUALITY OF LIFE SHARED BY MY, BY ME.

UM, WE WILL HAVE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT GIVE AN OVERVIEW ON THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND MINIMUM BUILDING LINE RENEWAL PROCESS.

UM, I KNOW THERE'S CONCERNS ON THAT.

SO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL BE GIVEN AN UPDATE ON THAT.

THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO GIVE AN UPDATE ON PROPOSAL PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL BUFFERING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS.

UH, SO, UH, I ENCOURAGE ESPECIALLY CIVIC CLUBS, UH, THEIR DEED RESTRICTION COMMITTEES AND THEIR CIVIC CLUB PRESIDENTS TO TUNE IN MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH AT 2:00 PM IT WILL BE VIRTUAL OR HERE IN THE COUNCIL SESSION.

I ALSO, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE, UH, COUNTY RACES HAVE BEEN CALLED ALL 782 PRECINCTS HAVE BEEN COUNTED.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE JUDGE LENA HIDALGO ON HER REELECTION CONGRATULATE COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA ON HIS REELECTION AND CONGRATULATE COMMISSIONER ELECT LESLIE ES.

UH, LOOK FORWARD TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO CONTINUE PARTNERING WITH THE CITY ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, FLOOD MITIGATION, GREEN SPACE IMPROVEMENTS, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK ON SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, HPD AND THE CONSTABLES WORKING MUCH MORE CLOSELY TOGETHER.

UH, MAYOR, LIKE I HAVE ASKED, UH, SINCE THE PARKWAY ADMINISTRATION, I'M HOPING THAT, UH, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE CONSTABLE PRECINCT ONE, UH, CAN, UH, PATROL MORE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DOWNTOWN, UH, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY BUILDINGS COURTHOUSES AND THE JAILS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DOWNTOWN, UH, THEREFORE WHEN THEY RELEASE PEOPLE FROM THE JAIL, WHERE DO THEY HANG OUT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DOWNTOWN? BUT YET H HPD IS HAVING TO COMMIT RESOURCES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DOWNTOWN.

SO I'M HOPING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CONSTABLE PRECINCT ONE WILL DO MORE IN REGARDS TO PATROLLING THE NORTH SIDE OF DOWNTOWN.

AND THEREFORE, HPD LIMITED RESOURCES CAN BE UTILIZED IN OTHER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN.

UH, SO I'M HOPE, I'M HOPING THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK ON WITH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COUNTY.

UH, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON.

A GOOD TIME TO BE BE IN HOUSTON.

AND I JUST WANTED TO PICK UP ON SOMETHING YOU SAID AND A NUMBER OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED AROUND THE HORSESHOE.

AND JUST WHAT A GREAT TIME IT IS TO BE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS.

UM, MAYOR, YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH WITH RECENT, UH, THE, THE SEASON.

WE'RE IN THE SEASON OF THE STATE OF, WE'VE HAD, UH, THE STATE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, THE STATE OF METRO, THE STATE OF THE AIRPORTS, STATE OF OUTER SPACE DOWNTOWN T BUT THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS YOU GAVE LAST WEEK, REALLY, I THINK, SET A WONDERFUL TONE FOR WHERE WE ARE.

UM, AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, WE, WE KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO WORK ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE END, TILL YOU, UH, GET PULLED OUTTA CITY HALL IN YOUR CHAIR.

THAT IMAGE, UH, I DON'T THINK IS ONE THAT ANY OF US WANNA SEE.

MAYOR, YOU'RE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

I THINK, UH, YOU AND DUSTY BAKER MAKE A HELL OF A TEAM AND WE JUST GOTTA KEEP YOU ALL WITH THE BALL CLUB, UH, JUST AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.

I DO WANT TO, UM, SPEAK TO THAT, TO THE ASTROS, INCREDIBLE WIN.

AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO VETERANS DAY AND THE PARADE ON, ON FRIDAY, AS YOU MENTIONED, LET'S ALL GET OUT AND, UH, SUPPORT ALL OUR VETERANS EVERYWHERE.

AND, UH, I THINK BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANE THAT'S OUT THERE IN THE, THE ATLANTIC, WE'VE JUST LEARNED THAT THE ARTEMIS ROCKET, UH, IS NOT GONNA BE LAUNCHED.

OH WOW.

THIS WEEKEND.

THEY'VE JUST POSTPONED IT TILL THE 16TH OF NOVEMBER.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I KNOW A NUMBER OF US ARE REALLY TRYING TO GO DOWN AND SUPPORT OUR BROADER INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.

UH, SO WE'RE GONNA BE FIGURING THAT OUT, MAYOR, BUT SO MUCH GOING ON.

WHAT A, WHAT A PROUD TIME TO BE HOUSTONIAN AND THEY LAUNCH THAT FROM NASA.

UM, MAYBE IF YOU MAKE A CALL, MAYOR, WHY DON'T YOU? I CAN'T DO IT.

OUR WEATHER'S SO MUCH BETTER.

ALRIGHT, BE NICE.

AND TO WRAP WRAPS UP FOR THE DAY, COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS.

ALRIGHT, LET'S CLOSE IT ON UP.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ASTROS.

ONLY IN THIS CITY CAN YOU RIDE A PARADE AND DO THE SOUTH SIDE DOWNTOWN? LIKE IT'S ONLY APPROPRIATE IN HOUSTON.

THE ENERGY WAS BIG IN THE CITY AND, UM, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN ON FLOATS IN NEW ORLEANS FOR MARDI GRAS, LIKE THE ENERGY WAS, IT WAS, YOU COULD FEEL IT IN THE AIR.

SO IT WAS, IT'S

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AND SO JUST THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT.

I WISH I PICKED UP THAT TRASH.

'CAUSE THE STREETS IS A MESS, BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HANGING ON THE ROOF OF SPECS.

THEY'RE IN THE TREES, THEY'RE SITTING ON METRO ON THE STATUES.

IT WAS, IT WAS GOING DOWN IN H TOWN, BUT JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.

AND DEFINITELY, UH, SUSAN'S TEAM PHENOMENAL.

JUST EXCEPTIONAL.

THE, THE ABILITY TO TURN THE CITY INTO THAT TYPE OF SITUATION WAS, IT'S ALWAYS IMPRESSIVE.

UM, AN ANNOUNCEMENT, NO, AS OF NOVEMBER 1ST, THE HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HAS SUSPENDED APPLICATIONS.

SO I JUST WANNA KEEP THAT IN FRONT OF YOU.

UM, WE HAVE EXCEEDED THE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED, RECEIVED, SO AS CONSTITUENTS CONTINUE TO REACH OUT, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THEY DO, UM, LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE ARE NO MORE APPLICATIONS THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING.

AND SO THERE ARE A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE STILL IN THE QUEUE.

UM, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDING FINANCIALLY, FEDERAL DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THAT.

SO JUST WANNA REMIND YOU AS Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, INTERACT WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS, UM, STILL DEALING WITH THE IMPACTS OF, OF COVID, UM, AND EVICTIONS.

UM, ALSO FOR DISTRICT F, THE 50 LPR CAMERAS THAT WE PURCHASED IN DISTRICT F, THOSE ARE IN PROCESS.

I WANNA APPRECIATE THAT.

WE WERE ACTUALLY SLATED FOR PHASE TWO, BUT THEY'RE MOVING, THEY'VE PRIORITIZED THAT.

SO THOSE WILL BE UP.

AND ALSO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH SOLID WASTE TO ADD CAMERAS AND DISTRICT, THEREFORE ILLEGAL DUMPING NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED CAMERAS.

SO I, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE DIRECTOR AT STATE OF THE CITY AND APPRECIATE HIS WILLINGNESS.

AND THEN I INTRODUCED HIM TO BARBARA QUATTRO.

SO, YOU KNOW, HE, SO THEN HE GOT TO GET IT DONE.

'CAUSE BARBARA TRO SAID, WE ARE NOT PLAYING RIGHT.

I NEED HIS CAMERAS.

SO THAT'S IN PROCESS.

WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN.

UM, WITH THAT, UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.

UM, THERE'S A CONCRETE BATCH PLAN ON WIL CRESCENT WESTHEIMER, AND, UM, A RESIDENT HAD ACTUALLY RAISED THE POINT ABOUT HAVING AIR QUALITY MONITORS.

UM, SO MY CHIEF OF STAFF HAS INITIATED THAT CONVERSATION SO WE CAN START GETTING THOSE MONITORS IN PLACE.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GYM THAT I WORK OUT AT.

UM, UM, ACTUALLY DOUG SMITH RAISED THE POINT.

UM, AND SO, UM, SHOUT OUT TO DOUG.

UM, AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OUR QUALITY AIR AND JUST REALLY MONITOR THAT, UH, THAT AREA.

BECAUSE I KNOW, UH, WE HAVE THE CRANIUM SIX AND NOW THERE'S A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO MONITOR THAT.

UM, IN CLOSING, I'LL SHARE SOME PERSONAL NEWS.

UM, I AM ON A RECIPIENT, AS YOU KNOW, I'M GOING UP FOR TENURE AT PRAIRIE VIEW FALL 23.

AND I RECEIVED A GRANT FUNDED BY THE END JOYCE PAYNE RESEARCH CENTER.

UM, AND THIS IS DEEPLY PERSONAL RESEARCH WORK THAT I'M PURSUING, UM, IN MY SPARE TIME AT CITY COUNCIL.

UH, AND IT'S CALLED GRANDMA'S HOUSE, HEIRS PROPERTIES AND BLACK LAND LOSS IN TEXAS.

UH, MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT, UM, THERE ARE MORE AFRICAN AMERICANS LIVING IN TEXAS THAN ANY PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES.

HOWEVER, THERE'S NO, UH, CENTRAL DATABASE FOR THE COLLECTION OF HEIRS PROPERTIES.

AND I WILL NOT FORGET JANUARY 20TH, THE 2020, MR. BROWN CAME TO COUNCIL.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT.

AND HE SAID, UH, MAYOR TURNER, WHERE WE LIVE AND WHERE I GREW UP, YOU KNOW, WE WASN'T DOING NO WHEELS.

EVERY, EVERYBODY KNOW MY UNCLE GAVE ME THAT HOUSE, RIGHT? AND AT THAT MOMENT I WAS LIKE, AH, HE'S AN HEIR.

AND, UM, THE LACK OF GENERATIONAL WEALTH THAT HE'S MISSED AND THE INABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT HARVEY PROGRAM.

'CAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE CLEAR TITLE IMPACTS, MORE AFRICAN AMERICANS THAN ANYONE.

AND SO I'M PURSUING THAT WORK IN MY OTHER LIFE.

UM, BUT I THINK IT'LL BE MEANINGFUL FOR HOW WE DO POLICY AT THE CITY AND THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

SO, UM, VERY RICH.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UM, LASTLY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MS. BERNITA.

SO THIS IS THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW THAT NEVER HAS A BAD ATTITUDE.

I DON'T KNOW.

'CAUSE I DO SOMETIMES AND SHE ALWAYS HAS A SMILE ON HER FACE.

SHE'S ALWAYS LIKE, HELPFUL, WILLING, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US, UM, WHILE ALSO TAKING CARE OF YOUR STAFF.

AND, UM, LASTLY, HAP UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. AND MRS. ANDREW COLTON, A WELCOME, A BABY GIRL.

THEY LIVE IN BARNETT.

SO WE HAVE A NEW BABY IN DISTRICT F.

THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

GOOD.

AND THEN, UM, AND YOU GOT THE GRANT? I DO HAVE THE GRANT, RIGHT? OKAY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

YES, I RECEIVED THAT.

CONGRAT.

AGAIN, UH, JUST A REMINDER, VETERAN'S DAY FRIDAY, UH, PROGRAM, LET'S, I THINK IT'S AT 10, IF I COULD BE MISTAKEN.

UH, BUT ON THE STEPS OF CITY HALL AT 10 O'CLOCK, UM, THERE GO.

AND I KNOW IT'S A CITY HOLIDAY.

UH, UM, SO, SO 10:00 AM CEREMONY.

HOUSTON SALUTES AMERICAN HEROES PARADE.

THE CEREMONY IS AT 10:00 AM UH, SO FOR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO CAN, LET ME ASK YOU TO PLEASE COME OUT, UM, AND JOIN US.

DON'T, DON'T LEAVE US OUT THERE BY OURSELVES.

UH, SO PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US.

AND THEN FOR HOUSTON AS A WHOLE, FOR HARRIS COUNTY AS A WHOLE, PLEASE JOIN US IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER AT 1130, UH, FOR THE HOUSTON SALUTES AMERICAN HEROES PARADE,

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AND I'M ASKING, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF FEDERAL AFFAIRS, MR. DEBO.

DR. JONES, IF Y'ALL PROVIDE FLYERS TO ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY JUST SENT THIS TO ME AND I'M GONNA FORWARD IT.

GOOD DEAL TO GET OUT.

AND THEN TODAY WE'RE GONNA STAND, UM, UM, ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF FORMER, UH, BACHELORS MATILDA GRAVES.

OH, YAY.

AND, UM, WHO, UH, PASSED AND, UM, JUST AN OUTSTANDING, UH, PERSON AND, UM, UM, MEMBER OF A ALPHA KAFFA AFA, UH, SORORITY INCORPORATED.

AND, UM, AND, UM, I BELIEVE HER FUNERAL WILL BE ON MONDAY.

UM, WHAT TIME IS THAT LIBRARY OPENING? UH, I DUNNO.

I HAVE SEEN, OKAY, I'LL SEND IT OUT.

BUT A FUNERAL WILL BE ON MONDAY AT THE FOUNTAIN OF PRAISE.

AT FOUNTAIN.

AT FOUNTAIN OF PRAISE.

SO, UM, SO CERTAINLY WANT TO GIVE, UM, UM, TO REMEMBER, UM, UM, MATILDA GRAY PRO, TIM MARTIN.

MAYOR, WHILE WE'RE IN A PRAYERFUL MOMENT, I FORGOT WE LOST, UH, MR. STAN SARON THIS WEEK.

STAN WAS THE PRESIDENT OF OUR, UM, TOURS.

MM.

AND HE LOST HIS BATTLE TO CANCER.

UH, WHAT A GREAT MAN.

AND, AND, UM, UH, A GOOD, STRONG CHRISTIAN IN MANY, MANY, MANY WAYS.

SO LET'S KEEP HIM IN OUR PRAYERS AS WE THANK YOU.

WE'LL, WE'LL ADJO IN MEMORY OF BOTH OF THOSE PERSONS.

THANK YOU, UH, TODAY.

UH, BUT KEEP THE SPIRIT OF, UH, WITH ASTROS GENERATED AND BROUGHT ON MONDAY.

LET'S KEEP THAT ALIVE AND WELL.