* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. HELLO. [00:00:01] ALL RIGHT, I FIRST, OKAY, LET'S GET GOING. [PRESENTATIONS] I SEE THE FIRST STOP. HELLO, IS IT IS 1 35 ON TUESDAY, MAY THE 10TH, 2022. I MR. CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO WATER IS A HYBRID MEETING WITH SOME COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBERS JOINING IN PERSON AND SOME USING MICROSOFT TEAMS. OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES VICE MAYOR PRO TIM MARTHA CASTEK TATUM FOR A PROCLAMATION TO THE GREATER HOUSTON BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO ONE OF THEIR WORK AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. VICE MAYOR, PORT MAYOR. PORT MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY. UM, EARLIER TODAY WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LUNCHEON OVER AT THE LIBRARY, UM, FOR THEIR ADVOCACY DAY. AND WE HAD THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PRESENT AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NETWORK. UH, DIRECTOR MURRAY WAS THERE, DIRECTOR WILL FALK, UM, UH, MR. JERRY ADAMS WAS THERE. AND I SAW PEOPLE IN THE, UH, LUNCHEON TALKING TO EACH OTHER ABOUT THEIR BUSINESSES, SHARING THEIR ELEVATOR PITCHES, AND, UH, MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS SO THAT WHEN, UH, MONEY, LIKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL COMES THROUGH, OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTRACTING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON COMES THROUGH, THEY'LL BE READY. RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. SO TODAY WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THE GREATER HOUSTON BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND IT READS, UTILIZING ITS MOTTO, ACCESS, ADVOCACY, AND AWARENESS. THE GREATER HOUSTON BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS PROUDLY ADVOCATED FOR THE SMALL AND MINORITY BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN HOUSTON SINCE 1935. IT IS HOUSTON'S FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIC ORGANIZATION AND IS THE BEST FORM IN HOUSTON TO REACH AND PARTNER WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES, ENTREPRENEURS, PROFESSIONALS, AND CONSUMERS. IN 1964, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAC H HANNAH JR, THE CHAMBER CHANGED ITS NAME TO THE HOUSTON CITIZENS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IN 2013, THE CHAMBER REBRANDED ITS LOOK AND NAME TO THE GREATER HOUSTON BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO BE A STRONG PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON IN ENDEAVORS TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP OUR SMALL AND MINORITY BUSINESS COMMUNITY. ON MAY 10TH, 2022, THE GREATER HOUSTON BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR ITS OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. THE CITY OF HOUSTON COMMENCES THE GREATER HOUSTON BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON THIS AUSPICIOUS OCCASION AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR PROAM, AND SO THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM MAY 10TH, 2022 AS GREATER HOUSTON BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM. THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'RE AMONG FRIENDS HERE TODAY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU. I WANT TO THANK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE CHAMBER. WE WERE GLAD TO SEE YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, AND FOR EVERYONE WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT, WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING THAT KIND UPSTAGED US TODAY, , BUT THE BUDGET DOES HAVE TO GET DONE. SO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ACCOMMODATING US AND TAKING CARE OF US OVER AT THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE STAFF WAS WONDERFUL. THIS WAS A GREAT EVENT. VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU SUPPORTED US SO, SO WELL, YOU AND YOUR STAFF, DISTRICT K ALL DAY. UM, SO THE GREATER HOUSTON BLACK CHAMBER IS ABOUT PROMOTING BLACK BUSINESS AND THE RIGHTS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CONSUMERS. AND SO WE'RE GLAD THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS SO FORWARD THINKING WITH THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR MEMBERS HAVE TO BUILD CAPACITY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TO DO, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE READY FOR BUSINESS. THE GREATER HOUSTON BLACK CHAMBER IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. WE KNOW THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. AND TODAY WE HAVE OUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE AND OUR MEMBERS HERE. I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO PLEASE STAND AND BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK, OUR, OUR ADVISORY BOARD, OUR FOUNDATION BOARD, OUR GOVERNING BOARD, AND OUR MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UH, WE HAD A GREAT DAY LEARNING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEARING ABOUT THE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THAT VICE MAYOR [00:05:01] PRO TEM, SO LEY HEADS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS GREAT HONOR TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE. COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY D. THOMAS, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. CONGRATULATIONS, CAROL. THANK TO YOU TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GREATER HOUSTON BLACK CHAMBERS. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR FOR, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING THEM TODAY. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. OUR VICE MAYOR IS WONDERFUL IN, IN LEADING THAT COMMITTEE. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN SAY JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND JUST TRAVERSING AND, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSITION OF THE CHAMBER THROUGH COVID AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CHAMBER WAS ALIGNED WHEN THE CITY ISSUED, YOU KNOW, FUNDING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE SCALED UP AND READY TO GO, WHICH HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OUR CITY REMAINS OPEN TODAY. SO KUDOS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP. UM, AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, CAROL AND HER FAMILY, THEY'RE NO STRANGERS TO SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP IN THIS CITY AND IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, UM, JUST A GOOD TO SEE YOU IN 3D FACE-TO-FACE. AND KUDOS TO EVERYONE AGAIN. AND SHOUT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUE IN, UH, SARAH COURTNEY JOHNSON, ROSE OVER THERE, UH, THE IMMEDIATE PASS BOARD CHAIR OF THE, OF THE CHAMBER. AND THANK YOU FOR HER SERVICE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD POLLARD. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PRO TIMM AND VICE MAYOR PRO TIMM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. CAROL, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THE ENTIRE LEADERSHIP OF THE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ALL THE MEMBERS, YOU ALL DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF BRIDGING THE GAP, UM, BETWEEN THE SMALL BUSINESS MEMBERS OF YOUR, UM, CHAMBER AND WHAT GOES ON AT CITY HALL FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE. UH, YOU STAY ENGAGED WITH OUR OFFICES ON THINGS IN WHICH YOU THINK WE NEED TO BE ABREAST OF. AND THEN YOU BRING US IN AND HAVE US SIT ON PANELS AND BE ABLE TO DISCUSS POLICY CONCERNS, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC. SO CONTINUE BEING THAT BRIDGE. CONTINUE DOING THE WORK, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE GREATER HOUSTON BLACK CHAMBER. AND CONGRATULATIONS, KARA, WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. [00:10:27] LET'S GO. CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER ED POLLARD AND WILL PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TO SHARIQ GANI AND LEADERS FROM THE HOUSTON MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN OBSERVANCE OF RAMADAN. WELL, MAYOR, WE HAVE DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON MUSLIM COMMUNITY WITH US, UH, THIS AFTERNOON. UH, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TRAVELING RECENTLY, SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, UH, PROPERLY GIVE THE PROCLAMATION DURING RAMADAN, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS FITTING TO DO IT TODAY. UM, WE'VE BEEN TO MANY IFTARS OVER THE PAST MONTH OR SO, UH, AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CELEBRATE, UH, RAMADAN WITH OUR MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS. AND DISTRICT J HAS AN EXTREMELY LARGE MUSLIM POPULATION, SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY. AND IT READS, WHEREAS RAMADAN, THE NINTH MONTH OF THE YEAR IN THE ISLAMIC CALENDAR COMMENCED APRIL 2ND, 2022, UPON THE SIGHTING OF THE CRESCENT MOON, AND IS EXPECTED TO END ON MAY 2ND, 2022, INITIATING A CELEBRATION OF FAITH AND SPIRITUALITY MARKED BY WORSHIPING, STUDYING THE QURAN AND HELPING THE LESS FORTUNATE. AND WHEREAS FASTING IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF RAMADAN, A DAILY PRACTICE IN WHICH MUSLIMS ABSTAIN FROM FOOD AND DRINK FROM SUNRISE UNTIL SUNSET, TO FORTIFY THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SUFFERING OF THE POOR AND HUNGRY AND PARTICIPATE IN CHARITABLE ACTS. AND WHEREAS RAMADAN IS ONE OF THE HOLIEST MONTHS IN THE ISLAMIC CALENDAR, A TIME FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH AS MUSLIMS REAFFIRMED THEIR COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AND EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THEIR BLESSINGS. AND WHEREAS MUSLIMS CONSTITUTE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF HOUSTON'S POPULATION NUMBERING APPROXIMATELY 200,000 OF TEXAS'S ESTIMATED 700,000 MUSLIMS, EACH OF WHOM CONTRIBUTES TO THEIR COMMUNITY IN A MULTITUDE OF WAYS, INCLUDING ECONOMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND CULTURALLY. THE CITY OF HOUSTON RECOGNIZES AND COMMEMORATES RAMADAN AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR A BLESSED AND JOYOUS OBSERVANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SAYING, THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM IN THIS CASE, MAY THE SECOND 2022 AS RAMADAN DAY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU ALL WITH US TODAY. THANK, EXCUSE ME AND PEACE BE UPON ALL OF YOU. MY NAME IS SHAIKH ABNI, HONORABLE MAYOR TURNER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US IN THIS MONTH OR THIS PAST MONTH OF RAMADAN AS WE PARTED WAYS WITH FOOD AND DRINK FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET. WE REMEMBERED GOD EVERY TIME WE FELT HUNGRY OR WE SAW OUR COWORKERS EAT BECAUSE RAMADAN ITSELF WAS NOT JUST ABOUT FASTING, IT WAS ABOUT OBEYING THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD TO GO WITHOUT FOOD AND MANY OTHER ITEMS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, EVERY TIME WE FELT A PAIN OF HUNGER, EVERY TIME WE SAW OUR FRIENDS AND OUR COWORKERS SNEAK A SLICE OF PIZZA OR GO OUT FOR TACO TUESDAY AND WINGS WEDNESDAY, WE REMEMBER THAT WE COULD NOT PARTAKE BECAUSE WE WERE FASTING. WE WERE FASTING BECAUSE OF GOD. WE ARE MUSLIMS, AND GOD IS CENTER [00:15:01] TO OUR FAITH AND TO OUR LIFE. THIS PROCLAMATION HERE TODAY, MUSLIMS ALL OVER THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE WORLD LIVED IN A CONSTANT STATE OF HEIGHTENED SPIRITUALITY AND A REMEMBRANCE OF GOD. THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY. IT'S AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE GROWING THOUSANDS OF MUSLIMS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE OVER 200,000 AND GROWING IN OUR AREA. IT'S ALSO AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE INCREDIBLE DIASPORA OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY REPRESENTING LATINOS, SOUTH ASIANS, ARABS, AFRICAN AMERICANS AND MORE. AND WITH US TODAY, WE HAVE IMAM JAIME FLETCHER FROM THE CENTRO OF ISLAMIC, BUT WE ALSO HAVE FRIENDS FROM CLEAR LAKE ISLAMIC CENTER, THE MULTICULTURAL CENTER, THE HOUSTON UYGHUR COMMUNITY, MG ISLAMIC RELIEF, OLIVE BRANCH, DR. ASIM SHA, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, AS WELL AS CHAIRMAN RUI FROM I BENINA CLINIC. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MORRA DEJANI FROM THE HOUSTON ISMAILI JAMAT HANA. THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL. GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, SALAAMS TO EVERYBODY, PEACE OF BLESSINGS. UH, HONORABLE, UH, MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER CITY COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN. UH, WHAT THIS PROCLAMATION MEANS TO MANY OF US AS PEOPLE WHO MIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY. UH, MY PARENTS CAME FROM COLUMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA. OFTENTIMES PEOPLE MAY NOT THINK OF A MUSLIM TO BE A LATINO, BUT THIS GREAT CITY AND ITS DIVERSITY HAS LED THE WAY IN AMERICA OF BEING THE FIRST CITY TO HAVE THE FIRST SPANISH SPEAKING ISLAMIC CENTER IN AMERICA. IT'S LOCATED IN AIF, 30 SECONDS AWAY FROM WHERE WE GREW UP. FROM AIF. UM, I GREW UP, WENT TO HASTINGS AND THE ELSIK HIGH SCHOOL. SO I, I'LL JUST SAY THAT THIS PROCLAMATION IS A TESTAMENT THAT THIS CITY IS NOT ONLY THE MOST DIVERSE, BUT THE MOST INCLUSIVE. AND THERE ARE PEOPLE MOVING FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. UM, IT, IT IS TRUE THAT REAL ESTATE PRICES ARE GOING UP IN, IN THE CITY BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT AROUND OUR CENTER, PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN BECAUSE OF THE GREAT MUSLIM COMMUNITY THAT EXISTS HERE. AND THE INCLUSIVENESS, UH, THAT OUR CITY GOVERNMENT HAS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND WE HOPE TO BE A MODEL OF A CITY FOR THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE. WE'LL START OFF WITH VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX TATUM. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. THANK YOU FOR, UM, BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND THIS PROCLAMATION IS SO STELLAR. UH, I LOVE HOUSTON AND I LOVE THE DIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. UM, I WILL TELL YOU, SEEING, UM, MUSLIMS DURING RAMADAN FREELY EXPRESSING THEIR FAITH AND SHARING THEIR FAITH WITH OTHERS, AND INVITING OTHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE IFTAR DINNERS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT COME WITH YOU, UM, EXPRESSING YOUR FAITH AND PRACTICING YOUR FAITH IS WHAT IS SO REMARKABLE ABOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND SEEING YOU HERE TODAY IS JUST ANOTHER REMINDER OF HOW WONDERFUL OUR DIVERSITY IS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU. CONTINUE TO REACH OUT AND SHARE YOUR LOVE OF GOD AND YOUR, YOUR FAITH WITH OTHERS. UM, IT, IT IS A TREMENDOUS LEARNING EXPERIENCE, AND ANYTIME WE GET TO SHARE IN THAT, UM, IT, IT MEANS A LOT TO US. AND, UH, IT, IT'S HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS, UM, THE LEVEL OF INCLUSIVENESS THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO, UM, JUST THIS TODAY, I HOPE YOU, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH AS LEADERS OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE WELCOME HERE. WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE, UH, WITH YOU, AND WE WANT US ALL TO DWELL IN THIS AMAZING CITY TOGETHER, UH, THE WAY WE WANT TO DWELL IN THE CITY. SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS AND COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, MAYOR. THIS IS A, A GREAT PROCLAMATION AND I HOPE YOU ALL FEEL AS HAPPY AS WE DO, UM, PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU TODAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS SALA. I GOT IT RIGHT. I GOT IT. I GOT IT. UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD, FOR PRESENTING THIS. UM, I, I WILL TELL YOU, UH, THE, THE BENEFIT OF BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER IS THAT WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, UM, IN YOUR FAITH. AND I JUST APPRECIATE ENGAGE AND OLIVE BRANCH AND ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONSISTENTLY INVITE MY OFFICE AND COMMUNITY TO RESPOND TO THEM. AND ALSO COLLABORATING [00:20:01] WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD'S OFFICE, UM, TO SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR BENEVOLENCE SUPPORT YOU, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE FREEZE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IMMEDIATELY RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF HOUSTONIANS, UM, DURING COVID, UH, FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, ALL TYPES OF THINGS. UM, AND WE CAN COUNT ON YOU WHEN WE LOOK BACK ON PHOTOS AND THE ARCHIVES. YOU WERE THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR FAITH. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR BLESSINGS WITH US. AND I HAD NO IDEA THAT HOUSTON HAD, UH, THE FIRST, IS IT THE ONLY OR THE FIRST, THE ONLY, THE ONLY SPANISH SPEAKING MOSQUE. SO, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU WILL EXTEND A TOUR. UM, I WAS WITH YOU UNTIL YOU SAID HASTINGS, AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. 'CAUSE I WENT TO ELSON, SO I DON'T KNOW. BUT, UH, WE WILL, UH, CROSS THAT LINE. UM, AND SO IF YOU WILL EXTEND THAT INVITATION, I WOULD LOVE TO, TO VISIT AND VIEW YOUR MOSQUE AND, UH, EXTEND THAT SAME SUPPORT AND GRATITUDE TO YOUR MEMBERS. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS. AND MR. GANI, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN AS CHAIR OF THE FOOD AND SECURITY BOARD HERE IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO ON THAT AS WELL. GOD BLESS. HOW YOU WANNA TAKE THE PICTURE? UH, I, WHY DON'T WE GO INTO THE HOUSE [00:25:14] CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES MAYOR VETA TURNER FOR A PROCLAMATION TO MANNETTE BASIL HISTORIC COMMISSION CHAIR FOR BEING AWARDED THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD. AND, UH, THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR PROTI AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, UM, MANNETTE IS, IS IS NO STRANGER. SHE'S NO STRANGER BEFORE THIS, THIS BODY, AND QUITE FRANKLY, NO STRANGER TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND WHEN IT COMES TO PRESERVATION, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UM, LEADING THE WAY WITH HER TEAM, UM, HOUSTON HAS BEEN BENEFITED, ESPECIALLY A YOUNG CITY. AND WE ALWAYS, A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE. UH, BUT MY NEPHEW HAVE SHOWN US HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND YET HOLD ON TO OUR HISTORY. AND QUITE FRANKLY, OUR HISTORY CAN PROPEL US FORWARD. AND SO, SO FOR THAT. AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU IN THIS ROLE. UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOUR WORK CONTINUES. 'CAUSE THAT IS A, AND IT'S NOT IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PROCLAMATION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT, IT IS A PART OF WHO YOU ARE. IT'S A PART OF YOUR DNA. AND I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE, I HAVE, UH, AS I'VE WATCHED YOU OVER THE YEARS, ESPECIALLY SINCE I'VE BEEN MAYOR, I'VE SEEN JESS HOW INVALUABLE THE WORK IS. SO LET ME, LET ME THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO DO. NOW, THIS PROCLAMATION, UH, IN BY NO MEANS, UH, QUALIFIES THE WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE. OKAY? IT'S JUST SOMEWHAT DESCRIPTIVE OF THE WORK, BUT IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T QUALIFY. UH, WHEREAS HOUSTON HISTORIC PRESERVATION CHAMPION MONNETTE B BASIL CA, UM, EARNED THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION, UH, PRESERVATIONIST LOCALLY, STATEWIDE, AND NATIONALLY. THROUGH HER STEADFAST LEADERSHIP, TISM AND DEDICATION TO PRESERVING THE CIVIC CULTURAL, HIS HISTORIC FABRIC OF HOUSTON, HER REPUTATION AS A PRESERVATION OF POWERHOUSE LED TO APPOINTMENTS AS CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION FROM WHICH SHE RECENTLY RE UH, RETIRED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER REALLY RETIRE . UH, I JUST, I JUST DON'T SEE THAT, UH, LET'S SAY RETIRING AS A, AS CHAIRPERSON, BUT NOT RETIRING FROM THE WORK. I, I JUST DON'T SEE A RETIREMENT FROM THE WORK. SHE ALSO SERVED AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT INCORPORATED, AND THE DOWNTOWN HOUSTON ASSOCIATION BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE HERITAGE SOCIETY CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBER OF PRESERVATION HOUSTON VICE PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE ASTRODOME CONSERVANCY AND VICE CHAIR AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE JULIA IDA AND LIBRARY PRESERVATION PARTNERS. UH, AND LEMME JUST PAUSE THERE BECAUSE THAT IS A JEWEL. UH, AND NOW WE HAVE ALL KIND OF GROUPS. YOU HEARD THE, THE GROUP TODAY EARLIER OF THE, UH, GREAT HOUSTON, UH, BLACK CHAMBER MEETING OVER THERE. SO MANY WEDDINGS HAVE BEEN HELD OVER THERE, RECEPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD OVER THERE. AND WHEN THE GROUPS COME, THEY MARVEL AT, AT THE, THE, UH, JULIET ISAN LIBRARY. AND WHEREAS MONNETTE B BASIL'S INVOLVEMENT EXTENDED BEYOND HOUSTON TO SERVE IN SEVERAL LEADERSHIP CAPACITIES FOR ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS PRESERVATION TEXAS, SCENIC, TEXAS, AND NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, JUST TO NAME A FEW HER ESTEEM CAREER, UH, LED, LED TO COMMERCIAL VENTURES FOCUSED, FOCUSED ON PRESERVATION, INCLUDING BROKERING PRIVATE INVESTMENTS TO RENEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND RENOVATING HISTORIC HOMES IN EASTWOOD. SHE HAS ALSO FURTHERED THE CITY'S CULTURAL PROGRAM BY SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, AS WELL AS SERVING ON THE VOICE OF SEVERAL RENOWNED HOUSTON BASED ORGANIZATIONS. FOR HER STEWARDSHIP, SHE HAS RECEIVED MANY AWARDS AND ACCOLADES. AND WHEREAS ON MAY THE 10TH, 2022, MONNETTE B BASIL WILL BE HONORED WITH THE MAYOR'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD, THE CITY OF HOUSTON COMMANDS AND APPRECIATES MONNETTE BEIL FOR HER OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND CULTURE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS. AND IF I MIGHT ADD FROM THE ANTIOCH TO THE SAM HOUSTON PARK ALL OVER THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, YOU WILL SEE THE FOOTPRINT OF HER, OF HER WORK. UM, AND I WILL JUST SAY ON A PERSONAL NOTE, UM, HOUSTON IS FAR, MUCH, MUCH [00:30:01] BETTER, UH, BECAUSE OF THE LEGACY YOU HAVE ALREADY, UH, LAID, AND I KNOW FOR THE WORK THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO. SO THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER MAYOR CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM THIS DAY, MAY THE 10TH, 2022, AS MANNETTE B BASIL DAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MUCH. THAT'S JUST AMAZING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK I'M SPEECHLESS FOR ONCE. . THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR VERY KIND, UH, MORE THAN KIND WORDS. AND TO THIS COUNCIL FOR BEING FRIENDS AND COHORTS AND ALL THE PROJECTS AND THINGS OVER THE DECADES THAT I HAVE, UH, BEEN INVOLVED WITH. AND WITH SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND OUR CITY, IT IS TOTALLY GRATIFYING TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN, WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE'S WORK, AND TO TAKE THE VILLAGE, TRY TO ACHIEVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO CONSERVE, PRESERVE, AND PROTECT OUR IMPORTANT HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS FOR OUR CITY AND FOR THE COMMUNITIES AT LARGE. IT HAS BEEN MY PASSION FOR WELL OVER 30 YEARS, AND I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TRIED OUR BEST AND HOPE TO CONTINUE TO, TO CONTINUE THIS LEGACY OF RECOGNIZING OUR CITY'S HISTORY, UH, FOR ITS FUTURE. SO I THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK, UH, THE STAFF OF THE, UM, ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION LED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER, ROMAN MCALLEN, IF YOU ALL WOULD STAND, OH, THERE ARE AND PARTICULARLY, UH, MARGARET WALLACE BROWN, THE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WHO IS A STEADFAST PRESERVATIONIST AND HAS REALLY, UH, HELPED OUR COMMISSION IN SO MANY WAYS. WE ALSO HAVE SOME COMMISSIONERS HERE. I BELIEVE BETH JACKSON IS HERE. THANK YOU, BETH, FOR BEING HERE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY FAMILY WHO HAVE PUT UP WITH ME, MY HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER, MANNETTE, SAME NAME, IF THEY WOULD STAND, PLEASE. AND THEY HAVE PUT UP WITH ME FOR ALL THE NIGHT MEETINGS AND ALL OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES OVER THE YEARS. AND, UH, I COULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THEM. I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ALISON FELL, WHO'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HERITAGE SOCIETY, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW MY, MY BIG FOCUS. SO YOU'RE RIGHT, I'M NOT RETIRING, , I'M NOT. I UNDERSTAND MEGAN ALLY AND GOT AN, UH, PROCLAMATION. SHE TALKED ABOUT IT ON NATIONAL NEWS. DID YOU KNOW THAT ABOUT HOUSTON? SO, I'M GLAD I'M IN GOOD COMPANY. . YEAH. , THANK YOU ALL SO, SO MUCH. IT'S A, A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE. THANK YOU, MANNETTE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN Q. WE'LL START OUT WITH MY FAVORITE ARCHITECT, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER, DAVID ROBINSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO, TEMP, AND MAYOR, I THINK YOU NAILED IT WITH A NUMBER OF YOUR PHRASES IN THE PROCLAMATION READING. I THOUGHT I SAW SO MANY HEADS, UH, NODDING AND AFFIRMING THE FACT THAT MANNETTE, YOU HAVE LEFT THIS CITY SO MUCH BETTER THAN WHEN YOU GOT HERE. YOU MENTIONED THREE DECADES. UM, I KNOW THAT'S ABOUT WHEN I WAS EMERGING FROM ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL AT RICE, AND YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE SCENE EVERY DAY OF THE TIME THAT I'VE SPENT PROFESSIONALLY WORKING ON THIS CITY. YOU'RE SETTING THE PACE. YOU HAVE SET ASIDE SOME OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS HISTORIC ASSETS WITH PASSION, UH, WITH A CAN-DO ATTITUDE THAT JUST WOULD NOT HAVE, UM, HAD IT ANY OTHER WAY. AND YOU'VE TRANSFORMED ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE'VE GROWN TO LOVE ABOUT THIS CITY. 'CAUSE IT IS A CITY NOW THAT CARES ABOUT ITS PAST AND REALLY HAS WORKED TO PRESERVE ITS PAST. SO, I, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYONE MORE THAN YOU THAT DESERVES THAT. YOU HAVE FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES IN THIS, UH, IN THIS CHAMBER TODAY AND ONLINE WATCHING YOU, BUT YOU HAVE BEEN OUR LEADER IN, BUT YOU'RE VERY KIND. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PEOPLE. I MEAN, WE CAN'T ALL DO THIS IN A, A VACUUM. SO WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. NO, YOU'RE GONNA BE QUIET BECAUSE YOU MA'AM, ARE THE ONE TODAY. IT IS YOUR PROCLAMATION AND MANNETTE, WE LOVE YOU AND YOU HAVE CHANGED THIS CITY. AND I WANNA SAY, MAYOR, YOU, YOU'VE SAID SOME GREAT THINGS ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVE SHE'S BEEN. BUT I WANT TO SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS HORSESHOE THAT MANNETTE AND I WERE TOGETHER AT A FARMER'S MARKET IN 2011 WHEN THERE WAS A VACANCY COMING UP IN THE, AT LARGE TWO SEAT. AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHO WOULD RUN FOR THAT SEAT, WHO WAS GONNA RUN YOU OR ME. AND YEAH. AND, AND WE MADE A DECISION ABOUT THAT. BUT HAD I KNOWN THE IMPACT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WITH THE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION, UM, HOW COULD WE HAVE CHOSEN ANY OTHER BETTER WAY? 'CAUSE YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH MANETTE AND MY HEART REALLY GOES OUT TO YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. UM, YOU KNOW, THANKFULLY, THANKFULLY, YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT MEMBER. I'M GLAD THAT WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION AND YOU WERE THE WINNER . WELL, UH, IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE YOUR FRIEND, PETER. THANKS TO YOU, UM, TO YOUR FAMILY, TO ALL THOSE PRESERVATIONISTS, YOU'VE SET THE BAR VERY HIGH. MANNETTE, THANK YOU AGAIN. SO YOU'RE THE ONE TO BLAME, RIGHT? , I'M THE ONE TO BLAME FOR HIM RUNNING. THAT'S RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN, [00:35:01] THANK YOU. AND MANNETTE DAVID'S RIGHT. WE, WE ALL LOVE YOU HERE IN THIS CHAMBER. YOU'VE DONE INCREDIBLE WORK FOR HOUSTON. WHEN I WENT UP TO YOU TODAY, I GO, YOU'RE, YOU GOT AN AWARD, RIGHT? YOU GOT AN AWARD? YOU GO, NO, I'M JUST GETTING A P PROC. BUT YOU DID GET AN AWARD, , YOU GOT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL. SO THANKS FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE MOST RECENTLY AT THE HISTOR, AT THE HERITAGE SOCIETY, UH, ALL THE GOOD WORK YOU'RE DOING THERE. AND PLUS EVERYBODY. SHE IS SO MUCH FUN TO WORK WITH. . SHE'S JUST A LOT OF FUN AND CHEERS TO YOUR FAMILY. AND I WISH YOU WOULD'VE BROUGHT THAT CUTE GRAND BABY WITH YOU TODAY. THANKS, MANNETTE. NO, I THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBER, PARTICULARLY COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS FOR HIS HELP RECENTLY WITH, AND THIS COUNCIL WITH OUR SOME ISSUES AND OUR LEASE AT THE HERITAGE SOCIETY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD POLLARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO, TIM AND MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. NETTE IS, IS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT DOWNTOWN PRE PRESERVATION, UM, YOU ARE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WE THINK OF. AND, UH, AS A MEMBER OF ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS HIGHLIGHTING OUR HISTORY. AND, UH, WHENEVER I'M AROUND YOU, EVEN BEFORE I WAS ELECTED, NOT REALLY KNOWING WHO YOU WERE, I COULD TELL YOU HAD SO MUCH PRIDE IN YOUR WORK BECAUSE YOU PUT SO MUCH ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND YOU WERE SO ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN EVERY SINGLE STEP OF THE PROCESS. AND IT SHOWED AT EACH OF THE UNVEILINGS, EACH OF THE RIBBON CUTTINGS, EACH OF THE CEREMONIES, UM, THAT YOU HAD YOUR HAND IN EVERY SINGLE THING. AND SO YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND SPECIFICALLY DOWNTOWN HOUSTON HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE WATCHING SO CLOSELY. , COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS, THANK, THANK YOU, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THIS, UH, OUTSTANDING RECOGNITION. AND THANK YOU MANNETTE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO TO SAVE AND PROTECT THE, UH, CITY'S HISTORY, UM, IN, IN, IN REGARDS TO THERE AT SAM HOUSTON PARK. ALL THE, UH, HISTORIC STRUCTURES, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, JACK GATES HOUSE. I MEAN, UH, WHEN WE WENT AND TOURED THAT MIRROR THAT WAS JUST, JUST OUTSTANDING TO BE WALKING IN THAT HOME. UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. UH, AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE OLD RUFUSS CAGE BUILDING, SO, UH, UH, AND ANDY EGAN IS ON TOP OF THAT, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME GOOD NEWS SOON, UH, AND, AND, UH, WORK ON PRESERVING THAT HISTORIC RUFUSS CAGE BUILDING AS WELL THERE AT 1417 TELEPHONE ROAD. YEAH, AND THAT'S A REALLY BIG, BIG, UH, BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT. YES, DEFINITELY. DEFINITELY. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. JOINING US VIRTUALLY, COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN, EVAN SHABAZZ, THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR PROAM. AND CERTAINLY I'VE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOU MANNETTE, BUT I ALREADY KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE, UH, GREATLY MISSED. NOW I'M GOING TO GET WITH YOU. I NEED TO PICK YOUR BRAIN ABOUT SOMETHING. AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU AT SOME POINT. BUT I MEAN, YOU'RE THE GURU OF ALL OF THIS, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. I LOOK FORWARD TO ME TO MEETING WITH YOU. UM, AND I COULDN'T LEAVE THIS PODIUM WITHOUT ADVOCATING. FOR ONE THING COMING BEFORE YOU MAY IN THE SUMMER, WILL IT BE A CONSERVATION DISTRICT ORDINANCE, UH, WHICH IS NOT LIKE A HISTORIC DISTRICT. IT'S MORE ABOUT TAKING AN AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE DENSITY OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS, BUT IT HAS CHARACTER AND IT HAS PLACES OF MEMORY AND IMPORTANCE, AND IT CAN HELP WITH, UH, PRESERVING AND CONSERVING THE CHARACTER, THE SCALE OF BUILDINGS WITHIN A CERTAIN AREA. A LOT, A LOT OF CITIES HAVE USED THIS AS A GOOD TOOL FOR COMMUNITY PRESERVATION. AND SO I HOPE YOU'LL GIVE IT CAREFUL CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, MANNETTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] [00:40:47] ALL RIGHT. UH, AS WE NOW SEGUE TO THE COMMUNITY SESSION, UH, THE CHAIR NOW CALLS UPON COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE. THANK YOU. IF WE BOW OUR HEADS, I'M GONNA RECITE THE DAILY PRAYER, UM, THAT WAS SAID BY MOTHER THERESA, NOW, ST. THERESA OF CALCUTTA. DEAR GOD, HELP US TO SPREAD YOUR FRAGRANCE EVERYWHERE WE GO. FLOOD OUR SOULS WITH YOUR SPIRIT AND LIFE. PENETRATE AND POSSESS OUR WHOLE BEING SO UTTERLY THAT OUR LIVES MAY ONLY BE A RADIANCE OF YOURS. SHINE THROUGH US AND BE SO IN US THAT EVERY SOUL WE COME IN CONTACT WITH MAY FEEL YOUR PRESENCE IN OUR SOULS. LET THEM LOOK UP AND SEE NO LONGER US, BUT ONLY GOD. STAY WITH US. AND THEN WE SHALL BEGIN TO SHINE AS YOU SHINE. SO TO SHINE AS TO BE A LIGHT TO OTHERS. AMEN. AMEN. AND PLEASE RISE FOR THE, UH, PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHTY, UH, LEMME GO OVER A FEW PROCEDURES MATTERS. UM, AND THIS THE FIRST, UH, TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, PRIMARILY TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE ON ONLINE. UM, IF YOU HAVE TO, UH, LEAVE THE MEETING, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW, AND THEN YOU CAN PROCEED TO HANG UP. UH, STATE YOUR NAME IF YOU ARE MAKING OR SECONDING A MOTION. FOR THOSE JOINING VIRTUALLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW. THE AGENDA DIRECTOR WILL BE MONITORED IN THE CHAT AND WILL ADD YOUR NAME TO THE QUEUE. IF WE FAIL TO MISS YOU, JUST SPEAK, UH, SPEAK UP. UH, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST BE VISIBLE ON CAMERA WHILE YOU ARE SPEAKING. AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, THOSE WHO ARE IN PERSON, AS WELL AS THOSE ONLINE, IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER TODAY, YOU HAD TO SIGN UP WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE BY 3:00 PM ON YESTERDAY. AND WE WILL CALL YOUR NAME IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP, UH, WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. IF YOU ARE HERE IN PERSON, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. UM, AND IF YOU ARE CALLING IN, PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. AND IF YOU ARE APPEARING ON CAMERA, CLICK ON THE MICROPHONE ICON AND THE CAMERA ICON. YOU WILL THEN HAVE THE ONE, TWO, OR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED. AFTER YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, THE BELL WILL RING. AND ONCE THE BELL RINGS, UH, YOU MUST, UH, STOP WHERE YOU ARE. OR THERE WILL BE A BUTTON, AND THEN YOU'LL GO THROUGH THE CEILING AND, UM, AND WON NOW. BUT ONCE THE BELL RINGS, YOU MUST COME TO A STOP. OKAY? AND YOU MAY ONLY SPEAK WHEN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. ARE THERE ANY PROCEDURAL YOU DO? ROLL CALL. OH, DID I MISS THE ROLL CALL? OH, I'M NOT, SIR, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY YOU DIDN'T MISS IT. , MADAM SECRETARY DECIDED TO DO IN LABOR. OKAY. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE BUDGET. YEAH, YOU [ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING] KNOW, MADAM SECRETARY, YOU'LL CALLED THE ROLE . MAYOR TURNER. I'M HERE. COUNCILMAN PECK? HERE. COUNCILMAN JACKSON? HERE. COUNCILMAN CAMAN. COUNCILMAN EVAN AZZ. CHAIR COUNCILMAN MARTIN? PRESENT? COUNCIL THOMAS. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN? PRESENT. COUNCILMAN CI WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCIL BA GALLEGOS. HERE. COUNCIL POLLARD. HERE. COUNCIL MC CASTEX TATUM. HERE. COUNCIL KNOX WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCILMAN ROBINSON? HERE. COUNCIL KOSH? HERE. COUNCIL PLUM HERE. AND MEMBER ALCORN HERE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NOW [PUBLIC SPEAKERS] I'M BACK. EVERYTHING THAT I SAID BEFORE APPLIES NOW. OKAY. YES. UH, NOW ARE THERE ANY PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? [00:45:01] THOMAS? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS. THANK YOU, MAYOR TURNER. I, I MOVED TO ADD DOUG SMITH, UM, AS A SPEAKER TO THE LIST BEFORE MARY EDWARDS ON THE THREE MINUTES. MARY MARY EDWARDS. WHERE'S MARY EDWARDS? BEFORE? MARY EDWARDS. OKAY. SECOND. AND SECONDED. ANY OBJECTION? CHAIR IS NONE GRANTED. OKAY. IS, IS THAT VIRTUAL OBJECTION? OKAY. AND THAT'S FOR THREE MINUTES. OKAY. ANY OTHER PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? CHAIR HEARS? SEES NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU PROCEED TO CALL THE, UM, SPEAKER'S LIST THE FIRST SPEAKER. FRANCISCO CORTEZ. FRANCISCO CORTEZ. ARE YOU HERE? YES, HE IS HERE. ALRIGHT. OH, A FEW MORE. A A FEW MORE RULES. . NOW LET GO. A FEW MORE RULES. I LIKE THE PROCLAMATIONS TIME PERIOD THAT, THAT WE JUST HAD IN THIS SESSION. THERE ARE NO APPLAUDING. UH, IF YOU DO AGREE, YOU CAN DO THAT. OKAY. OR YOU CAN STAND UP AND STILL DO THAT. UH, BUT, BUT NO APPLAUDING, UH, DURING THIS, UH, DURING THIS PERIOD. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FRANCISCO CORTEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANYBODY WHO CLAPPED , BUT DON'T DO IT AGAIN. . UH, I, I COME HERE REPRESENTING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS, UH, HOUSTON CHAPTER, UH, CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT OF THIS CHAPTER. WE'RE AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S 40,000 REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS STRONG. WE'VE GOT A HUNDRED CHAPTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, AND HERE IN THE LOCAL HOUSTON AREA, WE HAVE THREE. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, FOLLOWED ME HERE TODAY, OR, OR THAT ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY, UM, REPRESENT THE HOUSTON CHAPTER. THEY ARE REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS. THEY'RE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE CALLED UPON BY THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, BY THEIR FAMILIES WHEN IT COMES TO ANYTHING REAL ESTATE RELATED. UH, AND THEY ALSO CAN BE VERY CONDUCIVE TO THE CITY'S EFFORTS IN OPTIMIZING THE HOUSING SITUATION. UM, SO YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE, UH, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS AS BEING ALLIES, UH, TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UH, WE LOOKED A LITTLE BIT ON, ON THE, UH, CITY'S WEBSITE AND THE HOUSTON, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. UH, ONE THING I DIDN'T SEE, AND I EVEN DID LIKE A KEYWORD SEARCH FOR, WAS, UH, THE WORD INVESTOR. AND THE REASON THAT'S ALARMING TO ME IS BECAUSE THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT WE HAVE AS, UH, AN ORGANIZATION IS NOT ONLY THE COST OF REAL ESTATE, BUT THE SHORTAGE, THE SEVERE SHORTAGE. AND, UH, I THINK THAT WHILE I CAN'T NECESSARILY, I'M NOT NECESSARILY IN A POSITION RIGHT NOW TO ASK FOR RESTRICTIONS WITH REGARD TO FOREIGN AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, I THINK THAT IT'S, IT WOULD BE SMART. IT WOULD BEHOOVE US ALL TO KEEP A VERY WATCHFUL EYE ON THE EFFECTS THAT THAT'S HAVING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY. UM, AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE A NATIONAL ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN, AND WE ARE, UH, CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND, UH, THE, THE DATA. IS THAT MY TIME, TIME? HOW LONG, UM, VICE MAYOR PROAM CAST ATU IN THE QUEUE. MR. CORTEZ, IF YOU WANNA, UH, WRAP UP YOUR COMMENT, I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND THEN I WANNA MAKE A STATEMENT TO YOU. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ON A LOCAL LEVEL IS, UH, THE SEVERE SHORTAGE IN, UH, BUILDING, UH, THE LABOR SHORTAGE AND HOW IMMIGRATION AFFECTS THAT. UM, AND ALSO BASICALLY AFFORDABILITY, WHICH WE APPRECIATE WHAT THE CITY'S EFFORTS HAVE DONE, UH, IN THAT DIRECTION. UM, BUT GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBERS. WELL, FIRST I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, UM, LETTING US KNOW THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION IS AN ALLY TO THE CITY. AND THEN I WANT TO ASK IF YOU, UM, AND YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD BE, UM, INVOLVED IN OUR, OUR LARGE TRACK PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE, AS A CITY, ARE LOOKING AT BUILDING MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THERE IS A SHORTAGE. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IF THERE IS A HOUSE THAT GOES ON THE MARKET UNDER $300,000, THERE ARE 40 TO 50, UM, PEOPLE TRYING TO PUT AN OFFER IN ON THAT HOUSE. AND ONLY ONE IS [00:50:01] GONNA GET IT. AND, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR THE OTHER 49 THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO CALL HOME. SO, UM, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN TODAY. UM, WE, WE DEFINITELY ARE LOOKING FOR ALLIES AND PARTNERS. IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT ANY OF THE RECENT, UM, PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS HELD SPECIFICALLY WITH THE LARGE TRACK PROGRAMS, THEY ARE ASKING, UM, FOR INPUT FROM REALTORS AND PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY ON WHAT IS THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THESE HOMES REMAIN AFFORDABLE, AND THEN ALSO, UM, MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT. UM, SO I THINK YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD PLAY A VERY CRITICAL ROLE IN PARTICIPATING IN PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY JUST LIKE THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, AND BEING A RESOURCE AND VALUE ADDED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. WE HAVE BEEN IN STRONG DIALOGUE WITH THE LARGE TRACT, UH, DIVISION. THANK YOU. YEAH, AND I WOULD JUST, JUST FOR YOU TO BE UP HERE, JUST TO KIND OF ACCENT A FEW THINGS. UH, THE GOAL IS STARTING FROM LAST YEAR TO THE END OF DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, IS TO BUILD, UH, 3000, UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. UH, JUST IN THE, MY MEETING TODAY WITH HOUSING, I THINK WE ARE LOOKING, WELL, SINCE I STARTED, UH, WE HAVE BUILT OVER 7,000 UNITS. UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, APARTMENT UNITS. WE GO TO PROBABLY BUILD ABOUT, ABOUT ANOTHER 2000. AND THEN AS I INDICATED TODAY AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, UH, UH, WE ARE GOING, I AM GOING TO RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL THAT WE INCREASE OUR TAX EXEMPTION FOR OUR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO GO FROM 160,000 TO 260,000. UM, AND THAT WILL BE COMING BEFORE COUNCIL AT THE END OF THIS MONTH OR BEGINNING OF JUNE. SO AFFORDABILITY IS, IS KEY. OKAY. AND ESPECIALLY FOR, FOR OUR SENIORS, UM, AND DISABLED COMMUNITY. AND WE KNOW WE HAVE TO BUILD, WE HAVE TO BUILD UP THAT INVENTORY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO LOOK FORWARD TO WORK WITH YOU AND OTHERS. LIKEWISE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER. IRMA GARCIA. IRMA GARCIA IS HERE. THIS THE TRANSLATOR. YES, I'M, OH, OKAY. THEN THAT'LL SAVE ME FROM HAVING TO TRANSLATE. . OH, . . UH, SO SHE SAID, MY NAME IS IRMA GARCIA. I AM A-S-E-I-U TEXAS. HOLD THAT MIC A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO YOU. SORRY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. UH, SHE SAID HER NAME IS IRMA GARCIA. SHE'S A-S-E-I-U TEXAS MEMBER. AND SHE HAS BEEN A JANITOR FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. UM, SHE'S HERE TO TALK ABOUT HER CONTRACT CAMPAIGN, WHICH ON MAY 31ST, THE UNIT CONTRACT EXPIRES. THAT COVERS ALMOST 3000 JANITORS. SHE SAID ONE OF THE PRIORITIES FOR THIS CONTRACT CAMPAIGN IS MORE PAID SICK DAYS. UH, CURRENTLY THEY HAVE TO WORK ONE YEAR IN ORDER TO RECEIVE ONE PAID SICK DAY. AFTER FIVE YEARS OF WORKING, THEY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL DAY, AND THAT'S THE CAP. THEY DON'T GET ANY MORE ADDITIONAL DAYS AFTER THAT. SO THROUGHOUT HER LAST TWO YEARS, SHE HAS CONTRACTED COVID TO 19 TWICE. UM, THAT WAS FOUR WEEKS THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO WORK AND MAKE ANY INCOME. THANK GOD THAT SHE CAN COUNT ON HER HUSBAND TO BE ABLE TO PAY THE BILLS DURING THOSE TIMES. BUT THAT'S NOT THE SAME CASE FOR A LOT OF HER COWORKERS. UH, [00:55:01] MANY DIED. UH, MANY ARE SINGLE MOTHERS THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE TESTING POSITIVE OR THEIR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WERE TESTING POSITIVE, THEY STILL HAD TO SHOW UP TO WORK BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THE MONEY WORKING THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC. WE DON'T FIND A FAIR THAT WE ONLY HAVE TWO SICK DAYS WHILE EVERYTHING'S GOING ON. UM, SHE SAID THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE FIGHT BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC SHOWS THEM THE PROTECTIONS THAT THEY NEED. UM, THIS WAY WITH MORE SICK DAYS THAT THEY'D BE ABLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF THESE BUILDINGS, BUT NO ONE HAS BEEN TAKING CARE OF THEM, WHICH IS THE WORKERS . WE HOPE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT BY THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH IS MAY 31ST. WE HOPE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONTRACTORS AND THE EMPLOYERS. HOWEVER, IF WE DON'T REACH A STRONG AGREEMENT BY THEN, WE ARE READY TO GO ON STRIKE. AND WE HOPE TO COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT. UM, SHE'S GIVING YOU GUYS THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. THERE'S A LOT OF WORKERS THAT NEED THESE PROTECTIONS. UM, SO SHE WANTS TO THANK THE CHANCE FOR SPEAKING TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. AND THANK YOU, UH, FOR COMING BEFORE US TODAY. UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'VE ALREADY, UH, WRITTEN A LETTER, UH, ASKING, UM, UH, BUSINESSES WITHIN THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS DOING AND HOW WE ARE TREATING OUR JANITORS, UM, SECURITY WORKERS, PEOPLE AT THE AIRPORT, AND ENCOURAGING THE FI THE PRIVATE SECTOR, UH, TO, UH, FOLLOW HOUSTON'S LEAD. SO HOPEFULLY, UM, THOSE, UM, NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE FRUITFUL, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE MONTH. OKAY. UM, HOLD ON. THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL SPEAKERS. WE'LL START OFF TODAY WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER. SHE'S ON THE SCREEN. SHE'S ON THE SCREEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR TURNER. UH, I HAVE A QUESTION, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD HER PROPERLY. ARE THE, IS SHE SAYING THAT THESE ARE FULL-TIME WORKERS AND THEY GET ONE DAY SICK LEAVE? YES. YES. YES. AND, AND TWO DAYS, AND TWO DAYS AFTER FIVE YEARS. YES. SO THEY HAVE ONE YEAR. I MEAN, ONE DAY AFTER, ONE YEAR AFTER THEY MAKE FIVE YEARS, THEY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL DAY. BUT THAT'S IT. LIKE, THEY ONLY GET TWO DAYS. SO IF YOU'VE WORKING THERE SIX YEARS, SEVEN YEARS, THAT'S IT. YOU ONLY HAVE TWO DAYS UNDER YOUR BELT. AND, AND THEY'RE WORKING FULL-TIME. SO THEY'RE WORKING MORE THAN 40 HOURS A WEEK. THIS IS FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME WORKERS. UM, MAJORITY OF THE INDUSTRY IS PART-TIME. OKAY. SO THESE ARE PART-TIME WORKERS. SO ARE THE FULL-TIME WORKERS BEING TREATED THE SAME WAY? CORRECT. MAYOR TURNER, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU FROM A STATE LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE. IS THAT, IS IT, ARE, ARE THERE ANY STATE GUIDELINES FOR THAT? MAYOR TURNER STEPPED OUT, BUT I'M NOT SURE OF THE STATE. OH, HE DID. I'M SORRY. OKAY. I COULDN'T SEE. OKAY. SORRY, MAYOR FOR TIM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NO, I'LL, I'LL, UM, I'LL, I'LL LOOK INTO IT A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THE SPEAKER FOR COMING TO, TO LET US KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. PER, UH, UH, SO THIS IS, [01:00:38] NO, NO. OKAY. GRA CURIOUS, WHO, WHO DO YOU LADIES WORK FOR? I SEE YOUR AIRPORT WORKER SHIRT. DO YOU WORK FOR HAS? DO YOU WORK FOR AN AIRLINE? DO YOU WORK FOR NO, I JUST HAVE THE SHIRT ON, BUT I WORK FOR SCIU TEXAS. OKAY. AND SHE'S A JANITOR, UM, WITH A-B-M-A-B-M-A-B-M-A-B-M AT THE AIRPORT, OR SHE DOESN'T CLEAN AT THE AIRPORT? SHE WORKS AT 1600 MAIN STREET. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER. ABBY CAN, MAYOR VICE, VICE MAYOR. YOU WANT TO CON CONFIRM SOMETHING? WHAT? OKAY, I'LL PUT YOU BACK IN RIGHT AFTER, UH, ABBY CAME IN. COUNCIL MEMBER REAL I'LL DEFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. YEAH, THERE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSION IN REGARDS TO THE NUMBER OF SICK LEAVE DAYS. SHE SAID THAT ON HER FIRST, AFTER HER FIRST YEAR, THEY GAVE HER ONE DAY OF SICK LEAVE. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BE THERE FIVE YEARS TO GET TWO DAYS OF SICK LEAVE. AND SHE WAS SAYING THERE'S, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS AND THEY ONLY HAVE TWO DAYS OF SICK LEAVE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. UH, I, FIRST OFF, BIG THANKS TO SCIU, UH, FOR CONTINUING TO LIFT UP THE VOICES OF, UH, JANITORS, OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT, UM, TRADITIONALLY HAVE NOT BEEN REPRESENTED. UH, AND I WANTED TO THANK, UH, IS IT MS. GARCIA? I WANTED TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR COMING, UM, ONE FOR TAKING CARE OF YOUR FAMILY THE WAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO, BUT ALSO FOR SPEAKING TO US TO LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, WE'LL, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS. AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, HE'S WRITTEN A LETTER, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT, UM, I WILL LOOK AT WHAT ELSE WE CAN BE DOING TO, UM, SUPPORT YOU AND OTHERS IN YOUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A SAFE WORKPLACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, LESLIE LEE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. LEE. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? YES. WELL, I WAS SITTING HERE AND EXPERIENCING A BUNCH OF WONDERFUL THINGS THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY AND, UH, I'M REALLY HAPPY AND PROUD TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HOUSTON IN THE GREATER FIFTH WARD AREA. AND, UM, I GUESS I'M GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE THE DEMEANOR A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE I'M KIND OF COMPLAINING. UM, IT IS BEEN, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT, UH, FOR YEARS, NO PROBLEMS. THEY HAD THE NEW TRUCKS, THEY COME, THEY PICK THE TRASH UP. AND, UH, BUT OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT IS BEEN REALLY BAD BEING MISSED. UM, WE'VE CONTACTED 3 1 1 MULTIPLE TIMES AND I JUST STARTED FEELING LIKE 3 1 1 IS JUST A, A, A APPEASING BUCKET TO THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, YOU OKAY? YOU GOT A CASE NUMBER, YOU NEVER HEAR ANYTHING BACK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, HOW WAS IT CLOSED? WAS IT CLOSED? UM, I BELIEVE, UH, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT SAID THAT WE HAD EIGHT OF THEM OPEN. AND I GUESS THE REALLY FRUSTRATING PART CAME TO, UH, THEY HAVE A REPOSITORY. SO, YOU KNOW, HEAVY TRASH IS ONE THING, BUT THE REPOSITORIES WERE GREAT. THEY'VE BEEN USED MULTIPLE YEARS, ESPECIALLY NOW DURING SPRING CLEANING. INSTEAD OF WAITING ON HEAVY TRASH THAT MAY OR MAY NOT COME, IT SITS, IT'S UGLY. UM, WE HAVE FRIENDS AND I, WE GET A TRAILER, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT YOUR [01:05:01] CLIPPINGS UP, CLEAN UP YOUR YARD, REALLY NICE AND GO. SO, UM, HERE RECENTLY, UH, I HAD ISSUES AT THE REPOSITORY, BUT BASICALLY I'M, I'M NOTICING A DECLINE. OKAY? A DECLINE IN SERVICE. OKAY? AND SO THAT'S WHY I CAME. AND A LOT OF TIMES MAYBE YOU GUYS, UH, DON'T KNOW THAT, UH, THE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS AND ISSUES WITH, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT. SO, UH, A LITTLE MORE, UH, DATA GATHERING. I DID. 'CAUSE I WAS GONNA COME HERE AND ASK YOU GUYS, HEY, WHO'S EVER RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS? UH, MAYBE YOU MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT GETTING THEM REPLACED IF THEY CAN'T DO THE JOB. UH, LO AND BEHOLD, ABOUT IN NOVEMBER, YOU GUYS HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT. UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE SPOKE TO ME, UM, VERY PLEASANT CONVERSATIONS. AND SO I TOLD HIM THAT THIS CONVERSATION, I WAS GONNA MAKE IT A TWIST. AND THE TWIST WOULD BE FOR YOU GUYS AS CITY COUNCIL, UH, I BELIEVE HIS NAME IS MR. WILFORK, RIGHT? IF MR. WILFORK COMES TO YOU FOR ASSISTANCE WITH CHALLENGES THAT HE'S HAVING, UH, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD GIVE HIM YOUR ATTENTION AND TRY TO HELP FIX THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE. BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET 'EM FIXED, I JUST DON'T WANNA BE LIKE A NEW YORK CITY. I'M PROUD OF MY HOUSTON CITY. IT'S A VERY CLEAN CITY AND I LIKE TO SEE IT STAY THAT WAY. AND IT'S REALLY ROUGH WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY ON A ONE WEEK CYCLE THAT YOUR TRASH GETS MISSED. NOW YOU'RE TWO WEEKS. AND IF THAT SECOND WEEK CYCLE GETS MIXED, YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THAT I DON'T EVEN WANNA SAY YOU HAVE TO DO. YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT TO SOME TRASH DUMPSTER SOMEWHERE BECAUSE YOUR TRASH IS NOT GETTING PICKED UP AND IT GETS VERY BAD. SO, UH, MY CLOSING STATEMENT IS, PLEASE HELP MR. WIL AND HIS TEAM, UH, PERFORM THE JOB THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE GREATER CITY OF HOUSTON. THANK YOU. AND, UH, THAT'S IT FOR ME. AND THANKS FOR YOUR, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN Q. THANKS FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS AND YOUR CRITICISM. WE ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH CITY OF HOUSTON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. MR. WILFORK IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB. OUR PROBLEM DEALS WITH TRYING TO KEEP EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED, ESPECIALLY TRUCK DRIVERS. GIVEN THE MARKET THAT EXISTS TODAY, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME WE RAISE RATES FOR TRUCK DRIVERS, WALMART AND OTHER CARRIERS OUT THERE FROM AMAZON, ALL THE WAY TO ALL THE DIFFERENT RETAILERS ARE ATTRACTING OUR DRIVERS WITH, UH, MUCH HIGHER WAGES. SO, UH, IT IS A PROBLEM. AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, THE MAYOR MADE A COMMENT ABOUT WE HAVE TO FIX SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. WE'RE THE ONLY CITY IN AMERICA THAT DOES NOT HAVE A FEE FOR TRASH COLLECTION. UH, WE JUST ABSORBED THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND. BUT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON, THANK YOU, UM, VICE MAYOR TIM, THANK YOU SIR FOR COMING IN. I'M THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT REPRESENTS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. OH. UM, AND I LIVE IN FIFTH FORWARD AS WELL. AND SO JUST THE, SO YOU KNOW, THAT TRASH, AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID IS A, A BIG ISSUE. THE LEGAL DUMPING IS BIG ISSUE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. UM, BUT WHAT OUR DISTRICT DO HAVE, WE HAVE A HOT TEAM, UM, THAT ACTUALLY GOES AROUND AND SUPPORT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE, UM, ILLEGAL DUMPING, THEY'LL COME OUT AND PICK UP THE LEGAL DUMPING TO KIND OF HELP, UM, THE, UM, SOLID WEIGHTS DEPARTMENT. UM, BUT WE JUST FOUND OUT THIS WEEK THAT WE'RE DOWN THREE MEN, SO OH WOW. WE GOT TO LIKE RE YOU KNOW, STAFF UP SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM BACK OUT THERE TO PICK UP THE TRASH. BUT THEN ALSO, I JUST WANT YOU YOU TO KNOW THAT WE LAST, UM, BUDGET CYCLE, WE SUBMITTED AN AMENDMENT THAT ACTUALLY EXTENDED DEPOSITORY DAYS BECAUSE AS, AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, MENTIONED THAT IF WE MISS THE TRASH PICK UP, THEN YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE NOTHER WEEK, RIGHT? UM, TO GET TRASH PICKUP. AND SO ONE OF THE, UM, UM, PRIORITIES THAT I'M PUSHING IS EXPANDING INCREASING THE FREQUENCY OF TRASH PICKUPS. RIGHT NOW WE ONLY GET TRASH PICKUP ONCE A DAY. OKAY. BUT OF COURSE THAT REQUIRES MONEY. AND SO, AS THE MAYOR SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, WE RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE THE WAY SOLID WASTE IS OPERATING, RIGHT? THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE WE GONNA NEED A FEE. A FEE, UM, EXACTLY. AND SO, UM, JUST KNOW THAT WE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO, UM, GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO, YOU KNOW, WORK CLOSER WITH MY OFFICE. UM, AND ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT WE ASK THE CONSTITUENTS TO CONTACT THREE ONE ONE AND CALL US WITH THE THREE ONE ONE REFERENCE NUMBER AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S TAKEN CARE OF. AND SO I HAVE MY CONSTITUENT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE HERE RIGHT NOW, AND SHE CAN GET YOU OUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND WE CAN JUST FOLLOW UP AND JUST MAKE SURE WE ARE COLLABORATING TO MAKE SURE OH, ABSOLUTELY KNOW WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY CLEAN. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE HAVE TO DO IT TOGETHER. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I REFUSE TO DO SOME OF THAT, WHAT THOSE OTHER PEOPLE DO. AND SO I LIKE TO JUST SEE EVERYTHING WORK, UH, SMOOTH. 'CAUSE FOR YEARS, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BORN AND RAISED HERE. THOSE REPOSITORIES HAVE WORKED GREAT. IT'S JUST THAT I'M SEEING A, A DIMINISHING, UH, ENVIRONMENT. AND SO I CAME HERE TO MAYBE, UH, IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW THAT, MAYBE WE CAN HELP IT ALL GET, GET EVERYTHING BACK ON TRACK AGAIN. OKAY. WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU TRACE . ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YES. AND MR. LEE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, VERY FAIR, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THE ISSUES THERE, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, WE'LL PRESENT A SOLUTION. I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT. ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT IS THE PEOPLE THAT I SPOKE WITH IN THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, FROM THE GUYS AT THE REPOSITORY ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP, VERY RESPECTFUL [01:10:01] PEOPLE, VERY NICE. UH, THEY JUST, THEY, THEY HAVE CONSTRAINTS. AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY IT, IT IS BEEN A PLEASURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN. THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT COMPLAINING. MOST PEOPLE COME HERE TO COMPLAIN. OKAY? , AND YOU, AND YOU COMPARE, COMPLAINED VERY CONSTRUCTIVELY. I THINK. UM, I DID SPEAK TO MR. WALLOCK TODAY DURING LUNCH, RIGHT AFTER THE BUDGET WAS RELEASED. AND, AND THE, THE, THERE'S NO IFS, ANDS, OR BUTS ABOUT IT. THAT DEPARTMENT IS UNDER RESOURCED AND WE HAVE TO THINK OF A WAY, AND WE HAVE TO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A FEE OF SOME SORT TO BRING THAT DEPARTMENT INTO THE 21ST CENTURY AND GET IT TO BE, PROVIDE THE SERVICE, OKAY? WHICH OUR, UM, RESIDENTS DESERVE. AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY WILL BE RE RECEPTIVE TO THAT. SO MAYBE, MAYBE NOT. WE NEED YOUR HELP , NOT EVERYBODY, BUT THANK YOU. WELL, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THE TRASH ARE NOT PICKED UP, IT WON'T TAKE LONG. THANK YOU MUCH AGAIN, MR. LEE. NEXT SPEAKER. I DON'T SEE HER. TAWANA BRYANT. MS. BRYANT. TAWANA BRYANT. NEXT SPEAKER. AMY RAD. AMY RAD. STAR SIX TO UNMUTE AMY RAD. NEXT SPEAKER PERSON, TAMELA BLACK STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. UNMUTE MS. BROWN. YES, MA'AM. YES MA'AM. WE CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. YES. HELLO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME COMING HERE BECAUSE THE DIRECTOR AND THREE HUMAN RESOURCE ARE CONTINUING TO SEND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES CIVIL SERVICE BOARD AND FIVE STATE DOCTORS FALSE DOCUMENTATIONS OF DEFAMATION AND CHARACTER AND SLANDER OF LIES THAT I HAVE NEVER BEEN WRITTEN UP FOR PRIOR TO ALL THIS. THEY'RE SAYING THEY CHECKED CAMERAS. THAT'S A LIE. THERE ARE NO CAMERAS BY THE GUARD SHACK WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THEY'RE, THEY'RE LYING SAYING THAT I GET AGGRESSIVE WITH COWORKERS DURING TRAINING AND DIRECTIONS. THAT'S A LIE. WE DON'T GET TRAINED BY COWORKERS. WE ONLY GET TRAINED BY SUPERVISORS IN CITY ORDINANCE. 14, 2, 2 4. IT SAYS, MEDICAL REMOVAL AND TAKEN OFF ROSTER. I HAVE NO MEDICAL ISSUES AND THERE IS NO LEGITIMATE REASON FOR MEDICAL REMOVAL. MY TESTS SHOW NO MENTAL DEFICITS. THE DIRECTOR IN THE THREE HR GOT MAD BECAUSE I WENT TO HPD AND 6 1 1 WALKER ABOUT THE RANGER TRYING TO RUN ME OVER TWICE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON TRUCK. I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO TELL COMMISSION'S, BOARDS THAT THOSE ARE LIES. AND THERE IS NO REASON FOR ME TO BE GOING TO FOUR DOCTORS MANDATED TAKEN TWO TO 200 TO 500 QUESTIONS, SPINNING GAS TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. ULTIMATELY, I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION TO COME TO AN END. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT, MS. SPEAKERS. THANK YOU MS. BLACK. NEXT SPEAKER, BARBARA RAY. GOOD AFTERNOON MS. RAY, CITY COUNCIL. MR. RENEE, UM, OH, , EXCUSE ME. HOLD YOU CITY COUNCIL, MR. RENEE. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I, I WANNA SAY IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE IN AMERICA TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, TO HAVE, UH, NOT IT NOT BEING THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN ANYMORE, BUT IT IS STILL THE COLOR OF YOUR MONEY AND YOUR AGE. I'M, I'M OVER 65 AND MY ISSUE IS WITH, UM, MY ISSUE THAT I, I'VE GONE TO EVERYONE THAT I COULD BECAUSE AS A BELIEVER, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FIRST YOU, YOU TRY TO GO TO SOMEBODY AND, AND GET SOMETHING RESOLVED OUTSIDE OF COMING HERE OR GOING TO THE LAW. I'VE TRIED THAT. I WENT TO CONSUMER COMPLAINTS, FCC GOVERNMENT ONLINE. I COULDN'T EVEN GET, UH, ALL MY INFORMATION ON FOR THEM TO CALL ME BACK. UM, I DO KNOW THAT, UH, STACY, UM, OVERBY ONCE I TALKED TO HER, AND SHE'S A TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, BUT I TRIED. I'M COMING TO YOU FIRST AND HERE'S MY ISSUE. I HAVE, MY ISSUE IS WITH T-MOBILE AND THEY'RE KIND OF A BIG COMPANY. UM, I SHOWED MR. RENEE WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING TO ME. INITIALLY I WENT TO WAL. IT'S BECAUSE WALMART IS INVOLVED TOO. AND I KNOW ABOUT WAL, YOU KNOW, THE WALTONS AND THEY HAVE A A T-MOBILE. IT'S NOT JUST A T-MOBILE, IT'S A, IT'S NOT T-MOBILE. T-MOBILE IS A BLOCK AWAY. AND THEY GOOFED ME UP WITH, WITH A PHONE. SO I WENT TO WALMART THINKING THAT THEY WOULD HELP ME. I BOUGHT A SPRINT PHONE. UM, THEY SAID [01:15:01] A GALAXY A 12 FOR $1 AND $25 DOLLAR DOWN PAYMENT REQUIRED. WELL, I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU. I CAN PROVE TO YOU THAT SINCE JULY I HAVE PAID, UH, $710 FOR THIS PHONE. THAT'S, UH, THEY SAY IT'S $131 PHONE. BESIDES MY, YOU KNOW, UNLIMITED TALK AND TEXT. UH, THE DEVICE STILL SAYS I HAVE 14 PAYMENTS LEFT. AND I FIGURED OUT THAT, UM, AT $710, UH, THE 11 PAYMENTS I'VE ALREADY PAID. THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF 64, 51 A MONTH. AND I WOULD, BY THE END OF, UH, MY PAYING OFF THIS PHONE, IT WOULD BE $1,500. NOW, WAIT A MINUTE. AND I HAVE, LIKE I SAID, I, I'VE GONE TO EVERYBODY THAT I, I COULD, I, I WENT TO, I WENT TO T-MOBILE. T-MOBILE GOOFED UP ONE OF MY PHONES BECAUSE I COMPLAINED TO THEM. I WANTED, I I'M OVER 55, YOU'RE CHARGING ME TOO MUCH. SO I, I WENT INSTEAD DURING, UH, IT WAS DURING COVI. SO YOU, YOU REALLY COULDN'T GO TO ANYBODY. I WENT TO, UH, WALMART'S. UH, THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN WALMART, THEY'RE USING WALMART AS THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THEY REPRESENT, THEY DON'T REPRESENT WALMART. IF YOU TRY TO, IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT, EVERYBODY SAYS, NO, WALMART'S NOT INVOLVED. THESE PEOPLE JUST RENT THAT SPACE. SO I WENT TO THEM. THAT PHONE WAS GOOFED UP. NOW I'VE GOT THIS. I, I'M, I'M, ALL I'M ASKING FROM THE CITY COUNCIL IS WHERE DO I GO? BECAUSE I TRIED TO GO ONLINE, I TRIED TO GO TO T-MOBILE, I TRIED TO GO TO, UH, SPRINT. I'VE TRIED TO, WHO, WHO DO I GO TO NOW? MR. MR. RAY, I'M, I'M SORRY FOR YOUR ISSUES. LET ME MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU. THAT'S WHAT I NEED. I'VE SERVED IN, UH, FOR MANY YEARS OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTING ARENA. GO TO T-MOBILE'S WEBSITE. THERE ARE PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY. LOOK UNDER THE TAB. INVESTOR RELATIONS. INVESTOR RELATIONS, OKAY. INVESTOR RELATIONS AND DESCRIBE WHAT'S HAPPENING. 'CAUSE THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN FOR A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY IS PUBLICITY LIKE THIS TO AFFECT THEIR STOCK PRICE. THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING. SO, WHEN I'VE EVER HAD ISSUES OF THIS LIKE THIS, I WOULD ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, GO TO INVESTOR RELATION. THEY HAVE THE PERSON'S NAME THAT'S IN CHARGE OF INVESTOR RELATIONS AND HIS OR HER EMAIL ADDRESS. AND SEND THEM A VERY NICE EMAIL LIKE YOU'VE STATED TODAY. AND I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF YOU DON'T GET ANY IMMEDIATE HELP, BECAUSE IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE A GOOD PATH THAT I'VE TAKEN COUNCIL MEMBER ED POLLARD, EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, AN EAR THAT WOULD TELL ME WHERE TO GO IF I, YOU KNOW, I EVEN, I'VE TRIED TO CALL, BUT LET'S JUST KEEP THAT BETWEEN YOU AND I AND NOBODY ELSE. THAT LITTLE TIP I JUST GAVE YOU. , GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, I CAN STAND BEFORE YOU AND, AND COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMEBODY LIKE THATAM. COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO, TIM, THANK YOU MA'AM, FOR BRINGING YOUR CONCERN TO OUR ATTENTION. WHO DO YOU PAY YOUR, UH, MONTHLY BILL TO? HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU SUBMIT THE PAYMENT? OKAY. I INITIALLY, I WAS TRYING TO DO IT ONLINE, BUT WHEN I, WHEN I REALIZED WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO ME, I STARTED, AND I HAVE MY, I HAVE RECEIPTS WHERE I'VE GONE INTO THE T-MOBILE OFFICE AND WHAT DID T-MOBILE TRYING TO DO TO ME? NOW THEY, I'VE GONE INTO THE T-MOBILE OFFICE. I PAID THEM ONCE. I PAID THEM IN CASH. I, I DO HAVE A RECEIPT A COUPLE TIMES. I'VE, I'VE PAID THEM ON MY PHONE ON, UH, THROUGH THE BANK, BUT THEY WANT, NOW THEY'RE TELLING ME, OH, WE DON'T WANT YOU ON SPRINT. WE WANT YOU TO BE ON A T-MOBILE CUSTOMER. UNDERSTOOD. UNDERSTOOD. 'CAUSE SPRINT HAS, SPRINT HAS MERGED TO T-MOBILE, SO EXACTLY. AND I KNOW THAT THEY PAID SOME PEOPLE ABOUT ME. SO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS WHEN YOU GO INTO T-MOBILE, YOU WILL HAVE, YOU SHOULD HAVE AN ACCOUNT NUMBER THAT'S REGISTERED TO YOUR PHONE. YEAH, I'VE GOT IT. OKAY. YOU WANT TO ASK THEM TO PRINT YOU OUT YOUR TERMS OF YOUR AGREEMENT. I DON'T, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE KICKER. I NEVER SIGNED ANYTHING. THERE'S NO AGREEMENT. I NEVER, THEY, WHEN, WHEN I WENT IN, THEY NEVER A, THEY NEVER SAID, HERE'S HOW MUCH YOU PAY, AND I WANT, HAVE YOU REQUESTED FOR YOUR TERMS OF YOUR AGREEMENT? THAT'S ANOTHER THING I DIDN'T DO. NO, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. SO WHAT I'M ASKING COULD HAVE TO PRINT IT OUT FOR ME. WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS, IS TO GO IN AND ASK THEM TO PRINT OUT GOTCHA. THE TERMS OF YOUR AGREEMENT, AND THEN I WANT YOU TO READ THROUGH YOUR TERMS OF YOUR AGREEMENT, AND I WANT YOU TO READ THROUGH THE TERMS THAT PERTAIN TO PAYMENTS. ALL RIGHT? AND YOU'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF CLARITY ON WHAT IS IN THAT AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WHAT'S IN THAT AGREEMENT, YOU WANT TO TELL THEM, PROVE TO ME THAT I HAVE AGREED TO THIS BY SOME TYPE OF SIGNATURE ONLINE. CLICK THE CERTAIN BUTTON I SOLD REAL ESTATE. I GOTCHA. AND THEN GO FROM THERE. OKAY? OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. GET [01:20:01] A PRINTOUT AND THE, THE, I GO STRAIGHT TO THE, THE CUSTOMER, THE THING ON MINE. OKAY. INVESTOR RELATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON RELATIONS, AND TELL THEM THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM OF HOUSTON TOLD YOU TO DO THAT. THAT'S MAYOR TURNER'S PRO MAYOR PRO TEM. DAVE MARTIN TOLD YOU TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT THIS. THAT A, AN OLD LADY WHO HAS NO MONEY CAN FIGHT WITH T-MOBILE AND, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE NOT AN OLD LADY, YOU'LL OVER 50. WHAT? PLEASE LET US KNOW. AND THE CEO'S NAME IS MIKE SEAVERT. COPY HIM ON THE EMAIL. YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR WEBSITE. TODD BLESS. THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK. LET US KNOW NEXT SPEAKER. TERRY FLETCHER. TERRY FLETCHER. TERRY FLETCHER STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. NEXT SPEAKER CASE FROM CON, NO, SIR, YOU GOT ALL THE TIME. WELCOME AGAIN. WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL TO PASS OUT THIS INFORMATION? RENEE, SECOND QUESTION BEFORE YOU START THE CALL. YES, SIR. UM, WHEN THE MAYOR'S ABSTINE, IS HE DE IS HE BRIEFED ON WHAT, WHAT HE MISSED? HE SURE IS. YES, SIR. HE'S MAYBE EVEN LISTENING. I OKAY. ALWAYS REHEARSE SO THAT I DON'T GET THE BELL. NO PROBLEM. NOW YOU CAN START IT. WAIT A MINUTE, . SORRY. IT'S IMPORTANT. OKAY. I SIT ON THE LAKE AND MS. MILLER RESPECTED MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, STAFF, OFFICERS, AND GUESTS, THANK YOU FOR THESE FEW MINUTES. WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY, MY MOTHER USED TO SEND ME TO THE STORE TO BUY CIGARETTES FOR, IT WAS LEGAL. THEN WHEN I WAS 18 AND BEGAN TO SMOKE, MY MOTHER AND I USED TO CHIP IN HALF FOR CARTON OF CIGARETTES. WHEN I WAS 22, I ACCEPTED ISLAM, AND I WAS TAUGHT THAT SMOKING WAS A SIN. SO I ABRUPTLY QUIT. ALTHOUGH MANY MUSLIMS STILL INSIST ON SMOKING ANYWAY, I WOULD LATER LOSE MANY OF MY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS TO MAJOR ORGAN AND BLOOD CANCER AS A RESULT OF SMOKING AND OR INHALING SECONDHAND SMOKE. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I DELIVERED A SPEECH IN AUSTIN BEFORE THE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND I SUCCESSFULLY FOUGHT FOR THE PROHIBITION OF SMOKING IN MOTOR VEHICLES WHERE CHILDREN OR PASSENGERS, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT IT IS NOW ILLEGAL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO SMOKE IN YOUR CAR IF THERE ARE UNDERAGE CHILDREN AS PASSENGERS. IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST IN FORCE, LIKE SEAT BELTS AND OPEN ALCOHOL CONTAINERS ARE, FORGIVE ME IF I'M OFFENDING SOME OF YOU SMOKERS HERE. BUT MY DUTY IS TO TELL THE TRUTH AND ALSO TO SUPPORT MARI SYLVESTER TURNER'S PROPHETIC STATEMENT. ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN I PRESENTED HIM, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON, COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER AND SEVERAL OTHERS WITH OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AWARDS, HE SAID, WE SHOULD MAKE HOUSTON BETTER. OH, THERE HE IS. HE SAID WE SHOULD MAKE HOUSTON BETTER. THE MAYOR PROBABLY REGRETS SAYING THAT IN FRONT OF ME NOW, BECAUSE I'M SERIOUSLY WAGING WAR AGAINST EVERYTHING I SEE. THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE SO OFTEN, COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON. UH, AND SMOKING IS JUST ONE PROBLEM. EXCUSE ME. IT'S THE RESULT OF A PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS LACK OF EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE REAL HARM THAT SMOKE IS ACTUALLY CAUSING HUMANITY. SO ON SUNDAY, MAY 22ND, I'M HOSTING A DINNER SYMPOSIUM WITH SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS IN HOUSTON. THE TASK I HAVE CHARGED THEM WITH IS TO ENLIGHTEN US ON THE CATASTROPHIC DESTRUCTION THAT SMOKING AND VAPING IS DOING TO OUR BODIES. YES. OUR BODIES, AS THEY WILL PRESENT PROFESSIONAL EVIDENCE THAT SECONDHAND SMOKE IS JUST AS BAD, IF NOT WORSE THAN DIRECT SMOKE. NOT TO MENTION THE DISRESPECT AND DISREGARD FOR THE BODY THAT GOD HAS ENTRUSTED US TO CARE FOR. AND WE'RE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN TO BE JUST AS RECKLESS. AND THE REALITY IS, RAISING THE AGE TO LEGALLY PURCHASE TOBACCO PRODUCTS IS NOT STOPPING OUR CHILDREN FROM SMOKING. I WOULD ARGUE THAT ONLY EDUCATION CAN HELP. I URGE YOU ALL TO COLLECT YOUR FAMILY AND YOUNGSTERS TO COME AND SUPPORT THIS CRITICAL EVENT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. HOPEFULLY WE WILL CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE THINK AND START AND, AND, AND STOP TAKING SMOKING SO LIGHTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HOW DO I DO ON THE TIME? GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE EXCELLENT. YOU, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THIS INFORMATION. AND, AND I DO AGREE. EDUCATION IS THE KEY. JUST, JUST RAISING THE LIMIT'S. NOT GONNA DO IT. YOU, YOU GOTTA EDUCATE, PROVIDE THE INFORMATION, [01:25:01] AND THEN HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. SO, SO, UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE, WE KIND OF PUT THIS MESSAGE OUT AND AMPLIFY YOUR MESSAGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE. HOLD ON. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN JACKSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU BROTHER KAHN. APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR PASSION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ONE FUN FACT. YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW THIS. I SMOKED, I SMOKED FOR 17 YEARS. I STOPPED SMOKING IN 2015 WHEN MY MOM HAD HER STROKE. AND IT WASN'T A STROKE, IT WAS JUST, I KNEW IT WAS TIME TO STOP. AND I THANK GOD THAT HE GAVE ME THE COURAGE AND THAT STRENGTH TO STOP SMOKING BECAUSE IT'S BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH. AND SO I SUPPORT YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR INITIATIVE. I, IF I'M AVAILABLE, I WILL ATTEND. UM, BUT AS FAR AS YOU WERE SAYING THAT THERE, IT IS ILLEGAL TO SMOKE IN CARS RIGHT NOW WITH A KID IN THE YES. OKAY. YES. THAT, THAT, THAT, I FORGET WHICH YEAR IT WAS. UM, UM, STATE REPRESENTATIVE, UM, HAROLD DUTTON WAS WITH ME MM-HMM . WHEN I TESTIFIED BEFORE THE, UM, STATE THE HOUSE DOWN THERE. AND, AND, AND ABOUT A MONTH LATER, THERE WAS A COUPLE OTHER STATE REP, A COUPLE OTHER STATE REPRESENTATIVES THAT ALSO REPORTED IT. A COUPLE MONTHS LATER, I, UH, THEN WE GOT THE NOTICE THAT IT WAS THE, THE LAW WAS PASSED. THEY'RE JUST NOT, THEY'RE JUST NOT ENFORCING IT. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY ILLEGAL IN TEXAS TO SMOKE IN CARS IF YOU'RE UNDERAGE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, WE GET TICKETS FOR SEAT BELTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WE'RE KILLING THESE KIDS IN ADDITION TO OURSELVES, YOU KNOW? AND, AND, AND, AND I TOLD YOU, MAYOR TURNER, WHEN YOU CAME TO VISIT THE MAJI, I SAID, I'M GONNA TRY TO GET AS MUCH DONE AS I CAN WHILE YOU'RE STILL IN OFFICE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M VERY SERIOUS AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE SINCERE. BUT I TRUST COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON. I'M NOT EVEN GONNA VOTE IN THE NEXT ELECTION IF SHE DON'T TELL ME WHO TO VOTE FOR. YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW SERIOUS IT IS, BECAUSE WE GOTTA GET THINGS DONE. BUT WE ONLY HAVE A, A FEW MORE MONTHS WITH YOU HERE AND THE, AND THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT REASONABLE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SUPPORTED. YOU KNOW? SO IF, IF YOU EXPECT TO HAVE ANYBODY ALIVE TO SIT IN THIS COUNCIL, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SMOKING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. NO, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER. KATHY GUNNER. KATHY GUNNER. IS KATHY GUNNER IN PERSON? YES, SIR. OKAY. KATHY GUNNER. HELLO? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. GOOD, GOOD. A GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSELS. I'M, I'M HERE TODAY, MAYOR TURNER AND, AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE WE HAVE A TEXAS CONCRETE BATCH PLANT ON AT 6,001 HOMESTEAD READY MIX. IT'S CALLED TEXAS CONCRETE READY MIX. THEY HAVE MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS SINCE 2020. WE HAVE FILED WITH THE TCEQ AND WE HAVE NOT, UH, GOTTEN ANY RESULTS AS FAR AS OUR COMPLAINTS WITH THE CITY. NOW THEY'RE, THEY HAVE MASSIVE CONTAMINATION OF THE STORM WATER. THEY ARE ACTUALLY PUMPING THEIR STORM WATER INTO THE HOMESTEAD DETENTION POND. I HAVE THE VIDEO FOOTAGE. I HAVE SKY V SKYVIEW, UH, DRONE FOOTAGE OF THEM DOING THIS AS WELL AS PICTURES. UM, AND WHEN THE INSPECTORS ARE COMING OUT, THEY'RE, THEY SEE NO VIOLATIONS. THEY'VE KILLED ALL THE FISH, ALL THE LILY PADS, ALL THE FROG, ANY, ANY LIVE AN, UH, ANIMALS OR ANY LIVE, UH, WILDLIFE THAT'S IN THE DETENTION POND. THEY HAVE AN EXPIRED STORM WATER PERMIT. THEY HAVE, THEY DO NOT HAVE AN OCCUPANCY PERMIT. THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN SEVERAL TICKETS BY HPD AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A WELL WATER PERMIT. THEY ACTUALLY USING WELL WATER. AND SO I'M ASKING THAT THEIR PERMITS NOT BE RENEWED. UH, AND THEY DO NOT GET ANY MORE PERMITS TO OPERATE THAT. WE ALSO HAD A, A, A PROTEST AND WE DID HAVE SOME, UH, COVERAGE. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY LEADERS. SO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET THE CITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING WITH, UH, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC WORKS OR WHETHER IT'S OUR CITY INSPECTORS, WHOEVER'S SUPPOSED TO DO THIS, THEY, THEY ASKED ME NOT TO SPEAK TODAY. I SAID, NO, I'M TELLING YOU, BECAUSE WE NEED SOME HELP FROM THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND TO DO THEIR JOBS AND STOP COMING OUT SAYING THAT THEY DON'T SEE ANY VIOLATIONS. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU, MS. GUN. I WILL TELL YOU, THE PROPERTY, UH, WAS REG TAGGED AND ISSUED CITATIONS, UM, ON APRIL THE 25TH. AND, UH, DURING THAT INSPECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WERE FOUND AND HAD BEEN, UH, REFERRED TO THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND HPDS, MAJOR OFFENDER AND HP AND, UH, HOUSTON PERMIT CENTER, STONE WATER GROUP. AND THEN AS OF MAY THE 10TH, UH, UH, [01:30:01] H UH, THE HOUSTON PERMITTING CENTER IS WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, MAJOR OFFENDERS. AND THEY'RE INVESTIGATING THE BUSINESS TO AS, TO ASSIST HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN DETERMINING WHETHER THIS MATTER IS A CRIMINAL OR A CIVIL CASE. SO THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. COUNCILMAN JACKSON, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU KATHY, FOR YOUR, AGAIN, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMITMENT. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MAKE THE ASH ACTION, UM, BUT I KNOW YOU, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZED IT AND IT WAS A GOOD TURNOUT. CONGRESSWOMAN WAS THERE. SO, UM, WE WERE ABLE, YOU, YOU, YOU MOVED THE NEEDLE A LITTLE BIT. UM, SO MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO, IF WE KNOW THAT THE PERMITTING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE IN VIOLATIONS AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT BULLETS, IS THERE A WAY TO SHUT THEM DOWN UNTIL WE CAN IDENTIFY, UH, WELL, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN RAG TAGGED AND LET ME, LET ME GET WITH PUBLIC WORKS, UM, TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MEANING GIVEN TO THE REG TAG. BECAUSE THERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL, LET ME SEE THAT MEMO AGAIN. THERE ARE SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL, ARE YOU INDICATING TO ME THAT THEY'RE STILL WORKING OUT THERE? THEY'RE STILL WORKING AND, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S IN INVESTIGATION, SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHUT THEM DOWN UNTIL THEY FINISH INVESTIGATING. ALRIGHT, LET ME, LET ME, UH, ASK, UM, UH, LEGAL TO GET INVOLVED WITH IT. I KNOW HPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING IF WHAT I'M READING IS CORRECT AND I'M SURPRISED THAT THEY'RE WORKING OUT THERE. THEY OUT THERE IF, IF THIS, OH YEAH, THEY, THEY'RE STILL WORKING, MAYOR, THEY'RE ACTUALLY TURNING FROM THE THIRD LANE AND MAKING A U-TURN IN THE, IN OVER SIX LANES TO GET BACK TO THE CONCRETE PAGE. CONCRETE BATCH PLANT WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN DEADLY ACCIDENTS. OKAY. SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR. ALRIGHT THEN. LET ME ASK, LET ME ASK MY CHIEF OF STAFF IN LEGAL, UH, TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE HOUSTON PARAMEDIC, BECAUSE, UM, IF ALL OF THESE THINGS, UM, UH, UM, UH, SAY THESE VIOLATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE TO REVIEW WHAT WE MEAN BY RED TAG. I'M STILL CONFUSED. THAT'S ON THE MEANING OF RED TAGS, BUT LET ME, LET US DEAL WITH IT. MM-HMM . AND UH, 'CAUSE THEY SHOULDN'T BE OPERATING OUT THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. AT LEAST THAT'S MY VIEW, BUT LET'S GIVE WITH LEGAL. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. NELLY MIDFORD. NELLIE MIDFORD IS HERE. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. WHAT PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU. AND I AM REPRESENTING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, UH, HISPANIC REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS. AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN TALK, OR THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT. SO, ONE MORE TIME. WE ARE A BIPARTISAN ORGANIZATION. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS FOR THE ORGANIZATION. UM, OUR INITIATIVE AT A POLICY LEVEL ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IMMIGRATION AND ACCESS TO CREDIT. SO ACCESS TO CREDIT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FHA LOANS, VA LOANS, THOSE ARE LOANS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE ECONOMY THAT WE HAVE AND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AS WE TALKED A MINUTE AGO IN FRANCISCO PRESENTED, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND THAT SUPPLY AND DEMAND IS AFFECTING, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS ZONING AND, UM, DIFFERENT POLICIES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE AFFECTING NOT ONLY JUST THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOMES, BUT LET'S SAY, UM, CONVERTING OR REZONING BUILDINGS, OFFICE SPACE, HOTELS INTO POTENTIALLY HOMES RIGHT. OR APARTMENTS OR CONDOMINIUMS. SO WE'RE HERE, JUST TO LETTING YOU KNOW THAT OUR ORGANIZATION, WE'RE OVER 40,000 MEMBERS, OVER 100 CHAPTERS NATIONWIDE, VERY INVOLVED HERE TO SERVE WITH YOU. OUR COMMUNITY ARE HOMEOWNERS AND IT'S ALL ABOUT SUSTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS NEED THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. I HEARD YOU SAYING, IF WE ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU AND THE CITY FOR WHETHER IT'S JUST LAND DEVELOPMENT, I HAPPEN TO, TO WORK IN THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. UH, FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED, UH, FOR 75 HOMES. SO AGAIN, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS. WE REPRESENT NOT ONLY REALTORS, BUT LITERALLY EVERY PROFESSIONAL IN OUR INDUSTRY. AND HERE TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, PARTNER AND, AND GET THE CITY GOING FOR HOUSING. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN [01:35:01] ROBINSON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. AND MS. MIDFORD, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY AND, UH, NOT ONLY, UH, YOUR ORGANIZATION, MR. CORTEZ, BEFORE YOU FOR WHAT HE BROUGHT, UM, I'M THE VICE CHAIR, THE WONDERFUL WOMAN TO MY LEFT IS OUR CHAIR OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, COMMITTEE. AND I WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT WE, WE TALK FURTHER ABOUT INCREASING THAT NUMBER. I KNOW THE MAYOR IS COMMITTED NOT ONLY TO THE SINGLE FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITMENT THAT THE CITY'S ALREADY TAKING ON, AND, UM, WHILE THE MARKETS ARE DYNAMIC AND MOVING RIGHT NOW, I KNOW, UH, THE INTEREST RATES THAT ARE ADJUSTING UP MM-HMM . SEEM LIKE THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY REPRESENT A FURTHER HURDLE TOWARDS ENTRY INTO THE MARKET THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OPEN FOR HOUSTONIANS, UH, IN THE LMI CATEGORIES AND, AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALL SORT OF SPECULATIVE AND HAPPENING AS WE, AS WE TALK TODAY, BUT I WONDER IF YOU HAVE A WORD OR TWO ABOUT THOSE MARKETS, IF THAT, IF YOU FEEL THOSE DOORS ARE CLOSING OR HOW, WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR INDUSTRY IS AT. UM, WE, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE AND SOMETHING THAT MAYBE IF ANY ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COPY OF IT. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS AS A NATION, THE NATION, UM, ORGANIZATION ACTUALLY WORKS WITH THE URBAN INSTITUTE. AND WE PUT A REPORT OUT THERE THAT, UH, REPRESENT ALL THE STATISTICS OF HOUSING FOR HISPANIC. UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE INDUSTRY AND HOW THE INTEREST RATE IT'S ACTUALLY AFFECTING, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE HISPANIC AND A LOT OF LATINOS ARE CREDIT WORTHY READY TO PURCHASE. AND NOW WITH THE INTEREST, INTEREST RATE GOING UP, IT'S OBVIOUSLY, IT, IT'S LESS AFFORDABLE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE'RE MISSING IS IT IS VERY, VERY HARD TO COMPETE WITH INSTITUTIONAL MONEY. IT'S VERY HARD TO COMPETE WITH INVESTOR AT A CERTAIN LEVEL WHEN THEY'RE COMING INTO CITIES. AND I WORK BOTH MARKET, NOT ONLY HOUSTON, BUT I ALSO WORK IN THE AUSTIN AREA. FORGET ABOUT THAT. WE DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THIS. BUT WE DON'T WANT THAT IN, IN, IN HOUSTON. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIES STILL WE'RE HOMEOWNERS CAN AFFORD TO GO AFTER NOT THE CASH BUYER THAT IS COMING OUT FROM INSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL TO PURCHASE THOSE AND THEN RENTING THEM BACK. THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR THE INDUSTRY TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE HAVE NOW SOMEWHAT OF A CHALLENGE WITH BUILDERS COMING IN AND GETTING LAND TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FOR THE PURPOSE OF RENTING. YES, IT'S STILL A FA I MEAN IT'S STILL AT HOME THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PUT A FAMILY IN, BUT ARE WE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE AMERICAN DREAM? IS THE AMERICAN DREAM GOING AWAY BECAUSE WE'RE NO LONGER GONNA BE ABLE TO BE HOMEOWNERS? ARE WE JUST GOING TO WHERE THE RENTING AND WHERE, WHERE CAN WE SEE POLICY BE MAKING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IN THE INDUSTRY? SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU, YOU SHEDDING SOME LIGHT ON IT AND I WOULD VERY MUCH WELCOME SEEING THAT. IF YOU COULD CIRCULATE IT, I THINK WE COULD AT LEAST, UH, PASS IT ALONG TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND, UH, MAYOR, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS PART OF OUR ONGOING CONVERSATION. UM, HOUSING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU MR. JENNIFER. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. JOHNNY TAYLOR. OKAY. JOHNNY TAYLOR. JOHNNY TAYLOR IS, I'M HERE. HERE, TAYLOR. OKAY. MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES. MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES, MAYOR. TO ALLOW TO AT THE PODIUM. GOOD AFTERNOON. SECOND MARY TAYLOR. OKAY. AND I'M HERE TO THANK YOU MAYOR, ATTORNEY FOR MY HOME FENCE. BE REPAIR. AND I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FIVE YEARS AND 88 MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS. SO I'M HERE TO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER, BUT A LONG TIME AGO WE USED GO TO THE MO, THE M CENTER ON CUTTING. WE JUST HAVE A THING USED TO COME ALL THE TIME. YOU ALWAYS KISS ME AROUND MY CHEEK. SO I CAME HERE THAT SAID THANK YOU. OH, VERY NICE. FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF, OF THE HOME. WE STARTED OFF IN THE HOMEOWNER MANAGE PROGRAM, THEN THAT PROGRAM WAS CLOSED ONCE WE GOT THE APPROVAL. WE WENT INTO THE CITY MANAGE AND WE CLOSED AT THE END OF APRIL. AND MY MOTHER JUST, UH, WANTED TO COME HERE AND SAY THANK YOU FOR [01:40:01] GETTING THE RECONSTRUCTION APPROVED. AND YOU SIGNED THE CONTRACT ON THE SECOND, WHICH, A WEEK AGO TUESDAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. YOU, YOU SHOCKED ME WHEN YOU SAID THANK YOU . YEAH, THERE'S A LOT. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I JUST WANNA JUST CHIME IN ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIDE. WE'VE HEARD A COUPLE COMMENTS ABOUT THAT TODAY. UM, AND AS A DEVELOPER, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO HERE IN THE CITY. UM, AND MAYBE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE LOWER LOTS AND GETTING THOSE INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, AND THEN ALSO AUSTIN RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED A PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE PAYING A THOUSAND FAMILIES, UH, TO FIND INCOME OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR I THINK A YEAR. UM, SO THAT MAY HELP WITH DOWN PAYMENT, WITH THE INTEREST RATES GOING UP AND INFLATION GOING UP THAT CAN HELP OFFSET THAT DOWN PAYMENT. UM, AND MAYBE SOME FINANCING ASSISTANCE. SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M RUNNING FOR MAYOR NEXT YEAR, SO, UH, HOPEFULLY I'LL BE THE NEXT MAYOR. I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. ALRIGHT, NEXT, NEXT SPEAKER. ROBERT CAMPBELL. ROB, UH, ROBERT CAMPBELL. OH, THAT WAS THE, OH, THAT WAS THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER. OKAY. ROBERT CAMPBELL. YOU PRESS STAR SIX, YOU CAN PROCEED. ROBERT CAMPBELL. HELLO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. WE CAN, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AGAIN. UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MAYOR TIM, AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ROBERT CAMPBELL. THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, 2022. THE REASON WHY I CAME IS 'CAUSE I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING A WATER BILL. WELL, AFTER TALKING TO YOU GUYS IN MARCH, UH, I DID GET IN CONTACT. SOMEONE DID GET IN CONTACT WITH ME FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON WATER COMPANY AND THEY STRAIGHTENED IT OUT. AGAIN. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE WATER BILLS. THIS LAST TIME I TALKED, SPOKE TO YOU GUYS. I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE CONSTANTLY AND I HAD TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE PROMPT OF MY WATER BEING TURNED OFF TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE AND DID NOT HEAR FROM ANYONE UNTIL I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO CITY COUNCIL. NOW THEY'RE TELLING ME I OWE A TWO MONTH BILL AGAIN AND FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY TELLING ME, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW I CAN OWE SO MUCH. JUST REAL BRIEFLY TO GO OVER MY WATER USE. UH, WE MOVED OUT OF THE HOUSE AND GLOBE REBUILT THE HOUSE. WE MOVED OUT OF THE HOUSE IN AUGUST OF 2021. IN AUGUST OF 2021. IT WAS 4,000 GALLONS USED IN THE HOUSE. WE HAD TO LEAVE THE WATER ON FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES. SO DURING CONSTRUCTION IN SEPTEMBER, THEY USED 7,000 GALLONS. OCTOBER 5,000, NOVEMBER 6,000 DECEMBER, THE HOUSE WAS COMPLETELY BUILT. THEY DIDN'T USE THAT MUCH WATER. THEY ONLY USED 2000 GALLONS IN JANUARY IN LAYING THE SOD. THEY WOULD LAY, THEY USED 5,000 GALLONS. WE MOVED IN IN JANUARY THE EIGHTH, THE 28TH OR THE 24TH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IN FEBRUARY, WE USED 1000 GALLONS. IN MARCH WE USED 1000 GALLONS. IN APRIL, THEY SAY I USED 2000 GALLONS OF DOUBLE. NOW THEY'RE SAYING IN MAY I USED 6,000 GALLONS. IT'S JUST NOT MAKING ANY SENSE. OKAY. LET ME ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE, UM, THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S UM, UH, WATER DEPARTMENT, UH, WITHIN, IN PUBLIC WORKS. UH, LET ME ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM. OKAY? UH, YES, WHICH, WHICH I DON'T MIND, BUT AM I GONNA BE IN THAT GREAT CYCLE OF PEOPLE WHO ENDS UP WITH A TREMENDOUS WATER BILL BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING BILLED? I MEAN, I MOVED BACK IN MY HOUSE IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND HERE IT IS, MAY AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A WATER BILL. THE ONLY WAY I'M GETTING MY WATER PAID IS TO CALL AND, AND CONTACT CITY COUNCIL. ONCE I GET ON THE LIST TO TALK TO CITY COUNCIL, SOMEONE CALLS ME AND THEN TELLS ME, OH, WELL YOU OWE TWO MONTH BILL. I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT EVERY TWO MONTHS. OKAY. AGAIN, LET ME, LET ME ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM. AND, UH, UH, SO SAL RUTA, SAL RUTA IS A PERSON THAT YOU CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO. IS THERE A TELEPHONE NUMBER WE CAN GIVE HIM IF THIS PERSON IS ONLINE? I HAVE S I'M SORRY, I I HAVE SAL'S NUMBERS. YOU, YOU DO HAVE SAL'S NUMBER? YES. OKAY. THIS, THIS IS THE PROBLEM. YOUR ATTORNEY, THIS IS THE PROBLEM. YEAH. WELL, SAL WELL SAL IS IN, SAL IS RIGHT HERE IN THE ROOM WITH US. I'M LOOKING RIGHT AT HIM. LET ME ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SAL. OKAY. SO, OKAY. [01:45:01] SO HOW DO I PROTEST BILL? BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY I AM, I USE 6,000 GALLONS. I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU, I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU HOW TO WORK IT. 'CAUSE WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE YOUR FILE IN FRONT OF ME. I DON'T HAVE YOUR, I DON'T HAVE YOUR FILE IN FRONT OF ME. SO LET ME ASK, I'M LOOKING, I AM LOOKING AT SAL AND, UH, I, LET ME, I'M, I'M ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HIM SINCE YOU HAVE HIS, SINCE YOU HAVE HIS NUMBER, REACH OUT TO HIM. ALL RIGHT. SAL WILL REACH OUT AS WELL. AND SAL, IF YOU'LL REACH OUT TO HIM, OKAY. YOU REACH OUT TO SAL AND I'M ASKING SAL TO REACH OUT TO YOU. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. ANNA LEON. ANNA. LEON. ANNA IS HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, I AM HERE BECAUSE I HAVE, UH, KIND OF THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE, THE WATER BILL I'M REPRESENTING. I'M SORRY, IF YOU CAN PULL THAT UP, I CAN BARELY HEAR YOU. I'M RIGHT INTO IT. WATERVIEW? YES, WATERVILLE. I'M REPRESENTING PLAZA SOUL APARTMENTS. IT'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE LEAF AREA. AND, UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT IN THE FULL CAPACITY AND WE STILL HAVE LIKE, BIG, BIG WATER BILL. UM, I'M TALKING ABOUT $82,000 A BILL, WATER BILL. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MY MAINTENANCE STAFF ON REPAIRING, CHECKING FOR LEAKS, UM, EVERYTHING THAT IS POSSIBLE. I ALSO HAVE, UM, PLUMBING COMPANIES THAT THEY ARE BEING WORKING FOR US DOING THE REPAIRS. AND I STILL HAVE A LOT OF WATER USAGE. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE METERS, BUT IT IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE WE ALREADY DID EVERYTHING. UM, AND I'M HERE ASKING FOR HELP BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. I'VE BEEN CALLING THE, THE WATER DEPARTMENT, BUT, UM, WE ARE JUST GOING AROUND AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. WELL, AGAIN, I'M GONNA REFER YOU TO SAL. HAVE YOU TALKED TO SAL? YES. OKAY. WHEN DID YOU TALK TO SAL? UH, WE JUST SPOKE YESTERDAY AND FRIDAY AND WE ARE TRYING TO SET A MEETING. UH, BUT, UM, I MEAN, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU AND I WANT TO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE PROPERTY. OKAY? I APPRE I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT LET ME ASK YOU TO EXALT, EXALT ALL OF YOUR, YOUR MEASURES, OKAY. UH, WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S WATER DEPARTMENT, OKAY? AND THEN, OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. COUNCIL, HOLD ON. COUNCILMAN THOMAS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND SO I BELIEVE THAT, UM, YOUR APARTMENTS ARE IN DISTRICT F ALE. YES. AND, AND ALE. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER POLL AND I SHARE, UH, A SMALL PIECE. AND SO HOWEVER, UM, SAL, WE CAN FACILITATE WHATEVER WITH THE, TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE, LET US KNOW. OKAY. AND WE CAN ASSIST YOU WITH THAT. SO, UM, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE FROM MY TEAM REACHES OUT TO YOU JUST TO FOLLOW UP AND, AND WE'LL SUPPORT YOU IN THE PROCESS TO GET A RESOLUTION. OKAY? UM, DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN HAVE A, A MEETING, ADMIN ADMINISTRATION MEETING OR HEARING OR, UM, HOLD THE ACCOUNT UNTIL EVERYTHING IS RESOLVED? BECAUSE OF COURSE, I DON'T WANT THE WATER TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR MY CUSTOMERS, YOU KNOW, MY RESIDENTS, SO I DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO, UM, DO THAT. UM, BUT YES, WE CAN MEET AND WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE WATER DIVISION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR WATER BILL AND COME UP WITH THE BEST RELU RESOLUTION FOR THAT. ALRIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. GARY LYNN. GARY LYNN. GARY LYNN. HERE. GARY. GARY LYNN. NOT HERE. NEXT SPEAKER. AMIR. SORRY. AMIR. AN SORRY. IS AMIR IS HERE. AMIR. NEXT SPEAKER. CARINA. YINKA Y. BLESSED CARINA IS HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. DEAR COUNCILMAN AND WOMAN. DEAR MAYOR, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WHO LIKE US NEED YOUR HELP IN MAKING RESIDENTS VOICES HEARD CONCERNING PLACEMENT OF LARGE PUBLIC ARTWORK IN PUBLIC COMMUNITY SPACES. WE URGE THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO DEVELOP STATUTES TO ENSURE COMMUNITY CONSENT IS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC ARTWORK TO BE INSTALLED IN A COMMUNITY SPACE. SECONDLY, I HAVE COME HERE FROM FOND NEIGHBORHOOD TO [01:50:01] ADVOCATE TO KEEP OUR FONDE PARK PROGRAMMING AND SPACES SERVING THE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WHERE IT IS LOCATED. IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THROUGH THE ORANGE SHOW PRESS RELEASE THAT THE DECISION MAKING OVER THE FACILITIES AND PROGRAMMING OF OUR BELOVED FUNDY PARK WILL BE GIVEN TO THE ORANGE SHOW, WHICH IS A HOUSTON NONPROFIT CORPORATION, AS STATED IN THEIR OWN PRESS RELEASE. ALONG WITH THE EXPANSION, THE CAMPUS INTEGRATES INTO HOUSTON'S FOND PARK, ADDING AN ADDITIONAL NINE ACRES OF GREEN SPACE, BRINGING THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE TO 17 ACRES. IT FURTHER TELLS US THE EXPANSION INTEGRATES INTO THE ADJACENT FOUNDRY PARK, ALLOWING THE ORANGE SHELL CENTER FOR VISIONARY ART TO CAPITALIZE ON THE NINE ACRES OF GREEN SPACE AND CONNECT TO THE BIO GREENWAYS TRAIL FOR BICYCLISTS. THE ORANGE SHELL CENTER OF VISIONARY ART WILL REVITALIZE THE PARK WITH COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROGRAMMING FEATURING A 70 FOOT TALL SCULPTURE. I BELIEVE THAT TAKING OVER SUCH INTEGRAL PARKS OF THE PARK AMOUNTS TO APPROPRIATION, GIVEN THE CAMPUS INTEGRATION AND CAPITALIZATION LANGUAGE, WHICH IS ALARMING TO US, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES. AS OFFICERS OF THE FOND CIVIC CLUB. RECENTLY DURING A SHORT ONLINE MEETING, ONLINE NOTICE MEETING, WE WERE ASSURED BY BOTH OUR COUNCILMEN, THE PARKS AND THE ORANGE SHOW, WHICH ARE IN A PARTNERSHIP THAT THE PARK WOULD REMAIN A PUBLIC PARK. THE ISSUE IS NOT THAT THE PARK WILL REMAIN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE ISSUE IS WHOSE INTEREST WILL FUND THE PARK SERVE. IF THE COMMUNITIES, THEN THE PARK FOCUS WILL REMAIN A TRADITIONAL ONE WITH OUR BASKETBALL COURT, OUR SOCCER FIELDS, OUR PICNIC AREAS, OUR PLAYGROUND. IF THE INTEREST OF THE ORANGE SHORE SERVED, THEN FUND THE PARK WILL BE CHANGED TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR SCULPTURES, THEIR ARTWORK, THEIR CONCERTS, AND THE PROGRAMMING THAT THEY HAVE ENCLOSED. WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST YOUR HELP IN ENSURING OUR PARK CONTINUES TO SERVE OUR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. I'M A LITTLE BIT, I DON'T KNOW IF I QUITE UNDERSTAND THIS ISSUE, SO TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, SO LET ME YIELD TO COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, UH, CARINA FOR BEING HERE. UM, LIKE, LIKE YOU STATED, YOU WERE ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED. UH, I KNOW YOU HAD ASKED THE ORANGE SHOW TO COME TO YOUR CIVIC CLUB MEETING IN FEBRUARY. UH, BUT THEN THE, UH, LEADERSHIP OF THE CIVIC CLUB ASKED THEM NOT TO COME TO THE CIVIC CLUB. THAT IS INCORRECT. THE ORANGE SHOW CANCELED OUR MEETING AFTER WE SENT A LETTER TO THE PARKS, BUT THEN LESS THAN 20, 24 HOURS OF OUR MEETING. AND THEY CITED THAT IT WOULD BE AN INEFFICIENT USE OF THEIR TIME, AND THAT THEY WOULD THEMSELVES COMPLETE A SURVEY. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT THAT'S NOT CORRECT. YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU HAD ASKED THEM TO COME TO YOUR CIVIC CLUB. THEY WERE WILLING TO DO SO, BUT THEN AT THE LAST MINUTE, Y'ALL ASKED THEM NOT TO COME TO THE CIVIC CLUB. YOU, YOU STATED THAT YOU WOULD PREFER THEM TO DO IT VIRTUALLY TO THE BOARD OF THE CIVIC CLUB. UH, AND THEN THAT'S WHEN IT WAS NOTED THAT, UH, Y'ALL WERE ASKING FOR TWO TO SIX MONTHS TO CANVAS THE CIVIC CLUB. THAT WAS BACK IN FEBRUARY. HERE WE ARE IN, IN MAY. WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WHEN WE SPOKE LAST WEEK AT THE VIRTUAL MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I MIGHT ADD, THERE WERE 62 PEOPLE ONLINE MM-HMM . IN THAT MEETING. NOT ALL FROM OUR COMMITTEE. WAIT, WAIT ONE, ONE SECOND. LET FINISH, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, THAT AGAIN, THAT, AND I ASKED YOU, WELL, HAVE Y'ALL BEEN CANVASSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE YOU ASKED FOR TWO TO SIX MONTHS? AND THAT WAS BACK IN FEBRUARY. AND YOU SAID, NO, YOU'LL HAVE NOT CANVASSED THE NEIGHBORHOOD YET. THAT, THAT'S WHY THE ORANGE SHOW. AND MY STAFF WENT AND CANVASSED THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN THIS VIRTUAL MEETING. SO THAT WAY EVERYONE CAN KNOW WHAT THE ORANGE SHOW IS PROPOSING. NOW, I MADE IT CLEAR LAST WEEK, AND MAYOR, PLEASE MAKE THIS CLEAR THAT FONDE PARK IS A CITY PARK, CORRECT. NO ONE WILL TAKE OVER THAT PARK, NO OTHER ENTITY. IT WILL ALWAYS, ALWAYS REMAIN A CITY PARK. THE SCULPTURE, WHI WHI WHI, WHICH IS THE, UH, BOB WADE'S SMOKE SACKS, WILL BE PLACED AT THE TRAILHEAD THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CARLETON STREET, UH, THERE ON THE TRAILHEAD, RIGHT BY BREEZE BAYOU. THAT IS PART OF THE GREENWAYS HIKE BIKE TRAILS THAT THE CITY THAT MANY OF HOUSTONIANS VOTED FOR YEARS AGO UNDER THE PARKER [01:55:01] ADMINISTRATION. AND IT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS. THAT IS PUBLIC SPACE. THAT IS PUBLIC SPACE. UNDERSTAND PEOPLE THAT WALK THAT TRAIL. THAT IS PUBLIC SPACE, THAT IS NOT FONDE PARK. UH, LET ME MAKE A FEW CORRECTIONS, UH, CANVASSING. I WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT WHAT WE, THE FOND CIVIC CLUB, WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING TWO TO SIX MONTHS IS TO BE ABLE TO GO DOOR TO DOOR AND ASK OUR RESIDENTS, ARE YOU FOUR OR AGAINST THE 70 FOOT TALL SMOKE SEX? NOW THE SAXOPHONE WAS PREVIOUSLY AT A BAR. IF SOMEBODY ELSE HERE LIVES IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD LIKE THAT SMOKE SAX TO BE PLACED IN YOUR PUBLIC COMMUNITY, PUBLIC COMMUNITY AREA, PLEASE LET, UH, LET THE ORANGE SHOW KNOW. UM, I FIND IT ALARMING THAT A PUBLIC PIECE, UH, A PUBLIC ART PIECE COULD BE PLACED OF THAT MAGNITUDE WOULD WITHOUT COMMUNITY CONSENT AND WITHOUT A COMMUNITY SURVEY. YOU DID SAY THAT YOUR STAFF CAME TO CANVAS. THEY CAME TO DELIVER FLYERS FOR THE MEETING. THAT IS CORRECT. HOWEVER, WE ARE ASKING FOR A SURVEY, MEANING GOING DOOR TO DOOR, WHICH WILL TAKE A, A, A HIGH NUMBER OF HOURS FROM OUR VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE WE ARE A VOLUNTEER LED ORGANIZATION. BUT IT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO US. AND WE ARE COMPLETELY COMMITTED, UH, TO THE, UH, VOICE OF OUR RESIDENTS BEING HEARD. AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC NONPROFIT, THE ORANGE SHOW WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND THE PARKS, UH, TO CONVEY THEIR AGENDA FOR OUR COMMUNITY SPACE WITHOUT OUR CONSENT OR, OR PROPER SURVEILLANCE. I FIND THAT TO BE ALARMING AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH. WELL, LEMME JUST, LEMME JUST KIND OF PUT SOME PERSPECTIVE. IT'S, UH, IT IS A CI FUNDING IS A CITY PARK. WILL ALWAYS BE A CITY PARK. OKAY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S CLEAR. UH, THAT BY, UM, UM, UM, THE BAYOU GREENWAY SPACE, THAT'S PUBLIC GREEN SPACE. OKAY. UH, AND IT'S NOT ABOUT, UM, THE ON SHOW AGENDA. IT IS ABOUT, AND WE'VE, I'VE HEARD FROM MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS RIGHT HERE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING ART MM-HMM . IN PUBLIC SPACES. RIGHT. AND THAT HAS BEEN ECHOED MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES. SO THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ABOUT ANY ONE ENTITY. IT IS, IT IS JUST ABOUT PUTTING PUBLIC ART MM-HMM . IN ALL OF OUR, IN ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES, AND ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT HAD ACCESS TO THE, TO PUBLIC ART PERIOD. BUT WOULD THE COMMUNITY BE ABLE TO HAVE A SAYING OVER? YES, SIR. I'M GONNA BE VERY CAREFUL ON THAT ONE. 'CAUSE I, I'M LOOKING AT THIS MEMO AND IT SAYS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO, WHO LIKE IT, AND THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE IT, BUT NO ONE HAS A VETO ON IT. SO, UM, IT IS A PUBLIC SPACE. RIGHT. I'LL LET, UH, OUR TREASURER WHO'S HERE UPDATE YOU ON THE CANVASING AS WELL. WELL, I'M, I'M, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. MM-HMM . BUT IT IS, IT IS PUBLIC CARD AND AUDIT. AND THE BEAUTY OF IT IS, IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER. OKAY. SO LEMME GO BACK TO COUNCILMAN GALL GOES. THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU KARINA FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON. AND AGAIN, THAT, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE HAD THIS MEETING LAST WEEK, VIRTUALLY MM-HMM . UH, WE HAD OVER 60, UH, RESIDENTS IN THE AREA THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS VIRTUAL MEETING. IT WAS OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TOMMY PACE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ORANGE SHOW IN ATTENDANCE, SO HE COULD ANSWER ANY CONCERNS OR, UH, QUESTIONS, ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS OR ASK, UH, QUESTIONS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAD DIRECTOR ALLEN FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. MM-HMM . HE WAS IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR ALLEN, MYSELF AND THE MAYOR HAS DONE SO RIGHT NOW THAT FONDE PARK IS A PARK, IT WILL NEVER, IT WILL ALWAYS REMAIN A PARK. IT WILL ALWAYS REMAIN A PARK. THE ORANGE SHOW IS NOT TAKING OVER FONDE PARKS. I WISH YOURSELF AND, AND, AND SOME OF YOUR, YOUR OFFICERS TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM STATING THAT. 'CAUSE THAT IS NOT TRUE. WHERE WE, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, THE ORANGE SHOW IS NOT TAKING OVER FONDE PARK. OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE WHERE THE, THE, THE, THE, UH, THE ART PIECE IS GOING TO BE PLACED. IT'S ALONG THE GREEN WASTE. MM-HMM . UH, VOTERS VOTED FOR, FOR, FOR, UH, MONIES TO BE SPENT ON THE GREEN WASTE PROJECT. UH, SO THIS IS A PUBLIC SPACE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE SMOKE SACKS IS, IS IS GOING TO, AND AGAIN, TH THIS IS NOT A DONE DEAL. WE STILL HAVE TO GET, LIKE I STATED AT THE MEETING LAST WEEK, IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL. WE STILL HAVE TO GO, GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. [02:00:01] WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. I, I FIND THAT TROUBLING BECAUSE THE ORANGE SHOW, AND YOU CAN GO TO THE ORANGE SHOW.ORG, THEY'RE ALREADY RAISING MONEY, UN DESIGNATED FUNDS, DESIGNATED FUNDS FOR THIS. AND THERE'S NO DISCLAIMER SAYING THIS MAY OR MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, OBTAIN A PERMIT. THERE'S NO DISCLAIMERS ON THAT. AND, AND THERE'S, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, YOU'RE MISLEADING THE PUBLIC. PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT. THE, THE MONEY'S BEING RAISED BY THE ORANGE SHOW IS FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THEIR PROPERTY, WHICH NO, IT IS NOT. SIR, THERE IS A PAGE JUST FOR SIMON. WAIT ONE SEC. WAIT, LET'S NOT GET INTO A BACK AND FORTH. AND, AND IF THE PERMITTING, IF THE PERMITTING PROCESS IS APPROVED AGAIN, WHICH IT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED, BUT IF IT'S APPROVED, UH, THE, THE CITY'S GONNA ASK, DO YOU HAVE MONIES TO, TO PLACE THIS STRUCTURE THERE? DO YOU HAVE MONIES TO MAINTAIN IT? AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THE MONIES. OTHERWISE THE CITY'S GONNA SAY, NO, YOU CANNOT DO THIS. YOU KNOW, SO, SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE RAISING MONEY. SO THAT WAY IF IT, IF THE PERMITTING AND, AND THE WHOLE PROCESS GETS APPROVED, THEY HAVE THE MONIES TO MAINTAIN IT AND TO PLACE THE ART PIECE THERE AT THE TRAILHEAD. THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE MONIES IS BEING RAISED. RIGHT. SO IF I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECT, MAYOR TURNER AND COUNCIL MAN GALLEGOS THE PARK, THE USE OF THE PARK WILL REMAIN A TRADITIONAL ONE. SO WE'LL NOT SERVE THE AGENDA OF IT'S ONLY NO, IT'S ONLY THIS ONE PIECE. IT'S JUST ONE PIECE. IT'S, IT'S ONLY THIS, THIS PIECE OF ARTWORK. IT'S NOT THE PARK ONLY ONE. OH. BUT BECAUSE ON THERE ONE, ONLY ONE INSTALLATION IS THE BETTER WAY OF PUTTING IT. OKAY. AND SO, SO THE DRAWINGS FROM ROGER PARTNERS ARCHITECTURE FIRM IN THEIR PUBLIC PRESS RELEASE ARE NOT GOING TO COME TO FRUITION BECAUSE I AM CITING THEIR PRESS RELEASE, NOT, NOT MY WORDS, THEIR WORDS, THE INTEGRATION, CAPITALIZATION USAGE FOR THEIR PROGRAMMING. I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK TO SEE WHAT THEY PUT OUT. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. WOULD THE DOUBT I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE THAT BEFORE ME, BUT I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I'VE TAKEN ENOUGH TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER. MOLLY REAGAN SALAZAR. MOLLY IS HERE. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. I AM A 44 YEAR RESIDENT OF FONDE COMMUNITY, ALSO KNOWN AS HAMPSHIRE OAKS AND TELEPHONE PLACE. I'VE BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE FONDE CIVIC CLUB SINCE NI SINCE 1983. AND FOR MANY OF UH YEARS, OUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF A HUMBLE, MULTICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, CONSISTING OF SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH GENERATION SUCCESS STORIES PRODUCING POLICE OFFICERS, LAWYERS, SCHOOL TEACHERS, CORPORATE OFFICERS, AND MANY ENTREPRENEURS, MANY LIVE AND NOW IN FONDE WHERE THEY GREW UP. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO BE THEIR VOICE. OUR CONCERNS ORIGINATE FROM A PROPOSAL BY THE ORANGE SHOW FOUNDATION FOR VISIONARY ART, A PUBLIC NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO CONSTRUCT AND UTILIZE THEIR 1.2 ACRES, WHICH IS PART OF FONDE COMMUNITY, AND DEVELOP A MUSEUM AND ACTIVITY CENTER ON THEIR ADJOINING EIGHT ACRES, WHICH IS FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE PRESS RELEASE THAT WE NOTED OF NOVEMBER, 2021. FOR MONTHS, FONDE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF A VERY IMPORTANT FOREVER TRANSFORMING MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECT THAT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. OUR FIRST NOTICE, WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS VIA VIDEO TELECONFERENCE, HELD ON MAY 5TH, HAS STILL NOT ADDRESSED OUR CONCERNS. PRIMARILY THE ORANGE SHOW, UH, FOUNDATION'S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT TO ERECT THE 70 FOOT SAXOPHONE AND ITS PLACEMENT AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF FONDE PARK. AND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE USE OF THE PARK OF FONDE PARK, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STREETS, TRAFFIC, SECURITY, AND PARKING. AFTER RECEIVING ONLY PARTIAL INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS SOURCES AND MANY CONFLICTING VERBAL ASSURANCES FROM THE PLANNERS, THIS PROPOSAL HAS LEFT FRONDY RESIDENTS ALARMED AND ANGRY. A POLL OF THE RESIDENTS JUST FOR ARTWORK ALONE. ITS LOCATION AND PARKING RESULTS IN 70% AGAINST AND LESS THAN 30% FOR WITH MANY. STILL CONFUSED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FUTURE CHANGES TO THE PARK AND USE OF THE ORANGE SHOW FOR THEIR STATED FUTURE EVENTS. THE FONDE COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS HAD OUTSIDE PRESSURES THAT THREATENED OUR BOUNDARIES. YET IN EVERY INSTANCE, FONDE SPOKE OUT AND HAD A PARTICIPATORY ROLE IN THOSE DECISION MAKING PROCESSES THAT PROVED TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE EXPECT AND HOPE THAT THERE IS A MECHANISM IN THE CITY, PUBLIC [02:05:01] CONTRACTS THAT ENSURE COMMUNITY INPUT AND CONSENT. WHEN ART IS PLACED ON PUBLIC LANDS, VDI EXPECTS THE CITY TO BE TRANSPARENT, FAIR, ACCOUNTABLE, AND INCLUSIVE. NOT ONLY WITH RDY, BUT OTHER COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE USE OF OUR PUBLIC RESOURCES. THANK YOU. THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. COUNCILMAN MAG GALLEGOS. YES. THA THANK YOU MOLLY FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. AND YES, WE ARE BEING TRANSPARENT. THAT'S WHY WE HAD THIS VIRTUAL MEETING LAST WEEK ON MAY 5TH 60. SOME RESIDENTS ATTENDED. WE DON'T KNOW THEY WERE RESIDENTS, BUT GO AHEAD. WELL, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE AREA. UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS TRAILHEAD DOESN'T JUST BELONG TO FONDE PARK. UNDERSTOOD. IT BELONG. IT BELONGS TO THE AREA. SO THERE WERE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE AREA. LET'S MAKE THAT CLEAR. UNDERSTOOD. SO I WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM AS WELL. OKAY. 'CAUSE I WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT. I WANT TO HEAR FROM ANYONE THAT LIVES IN THAT AREA. OKAY. UH, SO AGAIN, TH TH THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S A DONE DEAL YET. OKAY. IT STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, LIKE I STATED LAST WEEK, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MONTH. IT'S GONNA BE MONTHS. IT'S GONNA BE MONTHS. AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF LAST WEEK IN THIS VIRTUAL MEETING. SO I AM BEING TRANSPARENT. OKAY. WELL WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO BE ON RECORD TO, TO HAVE OUR SAY AT THIS POINT. UM, IT'S JUST TAKEN US AN AWFUL LONG TIME TO GET HERE. BUT THANK YOU FOR HEARING US TODAY AND WE WILL BE BACK. IT'S OKAY. ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER. RAMES KAPO. RAMESH KAPO. RAMESH KAPO. HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS HEARING AIDS. THEY WERE STOLEN. AND MAYOR. OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. UH, HONORABLE MAYOR TURNER AND RESPECTABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANKS FOR PROVIDING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BEFORE YOU TO ADDRESS SOME PROBLEM, WHICH IS A VIOLENT CRIME PROBLEM IN HOUSTON. AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, SOON HOUSTON IS GOING TO BE THE WORLD MURDER CAPITAL. I'M SORRY. NO SIR. NO SIR. WELL, I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT. NO, SIR. I'M NOT GONNA SAY. WELL, ANYWAY, MY NAME IS DR. KAUR. I'M 80 YEARS OLD, SENIOR CITIZEN. AND I'VE BEEN IN HOUSTON SINCE 1984. I'M A US CITIZEN FROM DAY ONE. I RAISED TWO CHILDREN IN EIF. ONE OF THEM IS A RENOWNED SURGEON IN VA HOSPITAL IN AUSTIN. THE OTHER WAS IN ATTORNEY. UNFORTUNATELY, I GOT INTO BAD SITUATION, MY COOPERATION ON TWO PROPERTY ON BRAFORD AND GASNER. I HAD TWO TENS ON TWO PROPERTY. I WAS GIVEN AN UNDERSTANDING THAT RENTAL RELIEF PROGRAM WILL GIVE ME SOME MONEY. NOTHING HAPPENED. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE MILLIONS OF DOLLAR WENT. I DID NOT GET EVEN A DIME. I FOLLOW DUE PROCESS OF LAW. I FILED EVICTION AFTER ONE YEAR, LOST $20,000, HAD A CONSTABLE EXECUTED POSSESSION. CONSTABLE TOLD ME TO GET SOMEBODY TO GET THIS PEOPLE'S STUFF OUT, WHICH I DID. THEY, HE GAVE ME POSSESSION DOWNSTAIRS. TENANT CALLED ME THAT UPSTAIRS. SOME PEOPLE ARE INSIDE, THEY'RE DOING DRUGS, THEY'RE DOING PROSTITUTION, THEY'RE DOING ALL I RUSHED. I HAD JUST COME FROM SURGERY, BUT I HAD TO GO. I WENT THERE, I TOLD THE PEOPLE, GET OUT. THEY GOT OUT. ONE OF THEM CAME AFTER ME. I GAVE THEM EVEN SOME MONEY. ONE OF THEM CAME AFTER ME. HE WAS SIX FEET, ABOUT THREE 50 POUNDS WHILE I WAS SITTING IN THE CAR. HE PULLED ME OUT. HE AND MY, ANOTHER BONE IS FRACTURED. I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SHOW YOU ALL THESE PUNCTURE. AND IT, HE TOOK TAHOE, MY CAR, MY TELEPHONE COMPUTER, UH, CAMERAS, UH, EVERYTHING WAS GONE BEFORE THAT. WHEN THE IPHONE PEOPLE ARE IN THE PROPERTY, I CALL POLICE. I SPOKE TO OFFICER. HE SAID, WE'LL BE THERE. NOBODY CAME. IT'S A SLOPPY POLICE, IS VERY SOFT ON CRIME. THEY KNEW VERY WELL. IT'S [02:10:01] GOING TO BE A COMMOTION THERE. SO I CALL AND CALL THE POLICE, THEY WILL NOT COME. THEN I WENT THERE, GOT THEM OUT AND GOT HIT. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED RIGHT ON THE PARKING LOT. ALL OVER MY FIRST, LET ME ASK, DO YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE OR THE PERSON WHO DID THIS? UH, WELL, I KNEW THE PERSON I GAVE POLICE, EVEN THE NAME OF HIS MOTHER, HE LIVED NEXT DOOR. SOMEBODY GAVE ME AND I GAVE HER PHONE NUMBER AND I REQUESTED THE INVESTIGATOR. THERE WERE CAMERAS ALL OVER EVERYTHING. IT WAS BEING RECORDED. I, I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING. I'LL HAVE TO CHECK TO SEE WHAT THE INVESTIGATION, WHAT INVESTIGATION THE POLICE DID. I DON'T HAVE IT BEFORE ME, BUT IF YOU GAVE, IF YOU GAVE THE POLICE OFFICERS, UM, THE NAME OF THE PERSON, I AM SURE. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THEY INVESTIGATED THE SITUATION. SO LET ME FIND OUT AND THEN, UH, I'LL BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT IT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN THOMAS. HI, DR. KAPOOR. I GOT A CASE NUMBER ALSO. OKAY. OVER HERE. HI, DR. KAPOOR. HOW ARE YOU? I'M SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. UM, BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M OKAY, GOOD. I'M, I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE WELL IN THE CHAMBERS, BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, ENHANCES CRIME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS? BLIGHT. SO I THOUGHT YOU WERE HERE TODAY TO SAY THAT YOU WERE MOVING THAT TRAILER OFF OF A LEAF CLOTHING IN WEST PARK. I THOUGHT YOU WERE HERE TODAY TO SAY THAT YOU WERE GOING TO ADDRESS, HELP US IN THE CITY, UM, WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. REMOVED THAT TRAILER. HUH? I THOUGHT, THOMAS, IT'S MY TIME. WE ARE NOT HERE ON THAT. IT'S MY TIME. WOULD LIKE TO, IT MY TIME. DISCUSS THAT ALSO. IT'S MY TIME. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. MR. DR KI GOT, HOLD ON. I GOT OUT. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. IT'S, IT'S MY TIME. OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE HERE TO ADDRESS THE OPEN CITATIONS OF THE PER THAT YOU'RE DOING, BUILDING WITHOUT A PERMIT IN CARVER CREST ON BEVERLY HILLS AND JARVIS. I THOUGHT YOU WERE HERE FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT INCREASES CRIME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I ALSO THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BE HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS THE SAME BEHAVIOR HAPPENING IN BRIAR MEADOW. SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU, UM, THAT BEFORE YOU COME HERE AND SAY THAT HOUSTON WILL BE THE, UH, THE CITY WITH THE, THE HOMICIDE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. WHAT WE DON'T WANT IT TO BECOME IS THE BLIGHT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. AND DR. KAPO, WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH THAT. WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH THAT. WE NEED YOU TO MOVE THAT TRAILER OFF OF A LEAF CLOTHING IN WEST PARK. I NEED YOU TO RESOLVE THOSE OPEN CITATIONS BY MAY 27TH WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. I NEED YOU TO DO THAT. AND I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE YOU LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY WITH, WILL BE SO MUCH MORE APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR EFFORT AS A BUSINESSMAN BECAUSE YOU CHOSE TO RAISE YOUR FAMILY IN THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY OF ALE. AND WE WANNA GIVE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THE OPPORTUNITY AND OTHER FAMILIES TO SAY THE SAME THING. BUT WHEN THEY DRIVE HOME ON ALE CLOTHING IN WEST PARK AND THEY SEE THAT TRAILER TIPPING ON FAUX FOES, THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME PRIDE THAT YOU HAVE WITH RAISING WONDERFUL STUDENTS THAT HAVE WONDERFUL CAREER. SO THE NEXT TIME WE SEE YOU DOWN IN THESE CHAMBERS, DR. KAPU, I HOPE IT'S TO SAY THAT WE MOVE THAT TRAILER AND WE RESOLVE THOSE CITATIONS AND WE'VE MOVED THOSE INOPERABLE CARS AND WE'RE BEING BETTER NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR THOMAS. I RESPECT WHATEVER YOU ARE SAYING HERE. I AM NOT HERE FOR THE PURPOSES. THE FIRST QUESTION IS, THIS IS NOT A MOBILE TRAILER, THIS OFFICE MOBILE OFFER, AND IT'S ON A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. I HAVE NOTHING WRONG TO PLACE THAT WHEN THE TRAILER WAS PLACED. IT'S A PERFECT SHAPE. WHEN I, HE CAN HEAR ME AND STILL I FIX IT, MR. I WILL WORK. I DO NOT WANT ANYBODY TO BE UPSET WITH THE TRAILER. YOU, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO HIM AS WELL. MR. REPAIR THAT YOUR TIME, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. I'M SORRY. YEAH. THE TIME HAS EXPIRED. UH, JUST HONORABLE MAYOR, WHEN I WAS HIT, I LOST MY HEARING AID. OKAY. SO UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO READ SO KINDLY BE PATIENT WITH ME. WELL, I'M AFRAID, I'M AFRAID HOLD YOUR TIME, BUT I'M AFRAID YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. NEXT SPEAKER. DOUG SMITH. DOUG, IF YOU'RE PRESS STAR SIX. DOUG SMITH. YES. I HA YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. UH, AFTER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS'S, UH, COMMENTS, UH, THERE'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT MORE THAT I CAN SAY [02:15:01] OTHER THAN TO NOTIFY YOU ALL THAT THE A LEAF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR NEARLY A YEAR NOW TO GET THE TRAILER REMOVED. IT'S AT WEST HOUSTON CENTER AND ALE CLOTHING. IT'S A BLIGHT. AS COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS DESCRIBED IT, AND IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN MEMORIAL OR THE HEIGHTS, I'M SURE IT WOULD'VE BEEN GONE 10 MONTHS AGO RATHER THAN STILL BEING THERE A YEAR LATER. AND I THINK PART OF THE REASON IS AIF MAYBE HAS A REPUTATION OF BEING A LOWER CLASS OR, UH, DETERIORATING NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT IS NOT TRUE. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE GONNA GET A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, THAT'S GONNA OPEN. WE FOUGHT HARD FOR THAT FOR 20 YEARS, AND IT SHOULD OPEN IN TWO OR THREE MONTHS. UH, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE'VE PLANTED OVER A THOUSAND TREES THIS YEAR ON THE MEDIANS OF OUR STREETS. UH, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE, UH, HAD DOGS AND CATS COME TO BE SPAYED AND NEU, UH, SPAYED AND NEUTERED, UH, TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE, UH, ANIMAL PROBLEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND MOST OF ALL, WE'RE PROUD OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THOMAS, WHO FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT ACTUALLY LIVES IN THE DISTRICT RATHER THAN REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT FROM KINGWOOD. UH, AND ALSO I THINK SHE IS DESERVING A A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS REGARDING THE WAY SHE'S HANDLING THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. SO MUCH SO THAT SHE'S GOTTEN NATIONAL RECOGNITION OR THE DEPARTMENT HAS GOTTEN NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR THE WAY THEY SO, UH, EFFICIENTLY DISTRIBUTED MONEY AFTER, UH, PEOPLE GOT COVID AND THEY NEEDED RENT RELIEF. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE PROUD OF. THIS TRAILER OF DR. KALO IS NOT ONE OF THEM. AND IT IS A BLIGHT. UH, YOU PROBABLY SAW THE PICTURES IN, UH, THE CHRONICLE AND WE'RE TIRED OF IT. AND I HOPE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, THROUGHOUT THE DATE OF MAY 27TH, UH, I'M SORRY TO HEAR, THERE'S ANOTHER 17 DAYS THAT HE HAS, HE HAS PLAYED US FOR THE LAST YEAR. HE'S LIED TO US. HE'S LIED TO THE CITY, HE'S LIED TO THE COUNTY, AND IT'S TIME THAT THE CITY TAKE ACTION AND GET RID OF THIS TRAILER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. NEXT, NEXT SPEAKER. MARY EDWARDS. MARY MARY EDWARDS. MS. MARY, MS. EDWARDS IS HERE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN. YES, MS. EDWARDS. I GUESS YOU'LL GET TIRED OF SEEING ME. NO, WE ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU MS. EDWARDS. BUT, UH, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PULL THAT MIC CLOSE TO YOU SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. THE PEOPLE FROM THE STATE KEEP SAYING THAT. FEMA SENT ME SOME MONEY. PEOPLE DIDN'T SEND ME NO MONEY. I CALLED FEMA. THEY COULDN'T FIND NO KIND OF NOTHING ON MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, ON MY NAME. AND THEN I GOT A LETTER FROM THEM. I THINK HE GAVE A COPY SO YOU COULD READ IT. WOW. WHERE THEY WANNA DECREASE THE FOOTAGE OF THE HOUSE. I'M SORRY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I TOLD THE MAN IF HE WANTED A DOLL HOUSE, HE COULD HAVE IT, BECAUSE I HAVE A FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE, A DEN, A DINING ROOM, AND TWO BATHROOM. AND I WAS GONNA GIVE THAT, GIVE UP SOME OF IT FOR THE CITY. THE CITY SAID THEY WAS GONNA BUILD ME A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE, TWO BATH, BUT THEY DON'T WANNA DO NOTHING. AND HE SAYS HE'S GONNA DECREASE THE FOOTAGE OF THE HOUSE. UM, UM, YEAH, THEY, UM HMM. YEAH. HAVE THEY TAKEN THE POSITION THAT YOU'VE, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT YOU RECEIVED, I GUESS SOME ASSISTANCE FROM FEMA AND YOU'RE SAYING FEMA'S SAYING, NO, THAT'S NOT THE CASE. NO. SHE SAID, I CAN'T HEAR TOO. YOU, YOU DID NOT RECEIVE, YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY, ANY ASSISTANCE FROM FEMA, CORRECT? MM-HMM . YOU HAVE NOT. HUH? YOU, YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANYTHING FROM FEMA? NO, I CALLED FEMA. FEMA SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND NOTHING ON FILE FOR MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR MY NAME. RIGHT. AND I ASKED THEM IF I COULD GET A LETTER TO TELL THEM. SHE SAID NO, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTHING ON FILE. UM, AND, AND MAY I AM LIVING IN A HOUSE WITH MOLD MILDEW, [02:20:01] WHICH I HAVE THE ROOM CLOSED UP, BUT THE AIR CONDITION, THE FENCE IS COMING TO THE ROOM WHERE I'M AT. AND I TURNED 84 SATURDAY. AND I, I'M SICK WITH THIS. ALRIGHT. UM, UH, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LEGAL AID THAT WE USE? UM, STAR, STAR, LONE STAR. LET ME, LET ME, LET ME REF, LET ME REFER YOU TO, LEMME REFER YOU TO LONE STAR LEGAL AID. UM, MS. MS. EDWARDS. UM, AMY, AMY DEN. OKAY. UM, RE IF YOU'LL, IF YOU'LL, UM, WORK RENEE, RENEE, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, RENEE. IF YOU WOULD WORK WITH US TO ASK, UH, LONE STAR LEGAL AID TO REACH OUT TO MS. EDWARDS, JUST LET 'EM KNOW SHE'S A SENIOR CITIZEN 84 AND, UH, NEED SOME HELP ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER BECAUSE I AM LOOKING AT, I AM LOOKING AT THIS LETTER FROM, UM, THIS MEMO FROM FEMA AND THEY, UH, AND THEY ARE NOT SHOWN WHERE YOU RECEIVED ANY, ANY ASSISTANCE. FEMA SAID, DID NOT FIND ANY RECORD OF SUCH FUNDS THAT WAS SENT TO YOU. SO, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATE IS REFERRING TO. UM, BUT THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY WILL RE, THEY WILL REDUCE THE SIZE OF YOUR HOME. SO LET ME, LEMME JUST ASK LONE STAR, UM, O YEAH. GLO LET ME ASK LONE STAR TO, UM, TO, UH, INTERVENE ON YOUR BEHALF. YEAH. FULL BEDROOM WITH A GARAGE DOWNTOWN. YEAH. 'CAUSE THEY BASICALLY WHAT GLO IS SAYING, THEY'RE GONNA REDUCE OUR FOUR BEDROOM HOME DOWN TO TWO. SO, UM, UM, SAME THING. LET, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE FROM, FROM, UH, LONE STAR LEGAL AID TO REACH OUT TO YOU, MS. EDWARDS. OKAY. OKAY. YOU ARE IN DISTRICT D. YOU'RE IN DISTRICT D, MS. CAROL. OKAY. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS. LET'S WORK THROUGH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER TO, TO WORK ON YOUR BEHALF, OKAY? MM-HMM . OKAY. I I HAVE A QUESTION, MAYOR. IS, IS THE LETTER SAYING THAT, IS IT MY TURN? HOLD ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN POLLARD. HE THE FIRST ACCOUNT. I'M CURIOUS IF THE LETTER IS SAYING THAT IF SHE RECEIVED SOMETHING FROM FEMA, CONSEQUENTLY, THAT IS WHY THEY ARE REDUCING BECAUSE OF A DUPLICATION OF SERVICES. BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T EVEN QUALIFY FOR SERVICES THAT ARE GETTING THE REDUCTION IN THEIR HOMES FROM THE GLO WITH BRIDGE. BRIDGE. RIGHT? JUST, THEY JUST, THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY KEEP SAYING THAT, UM, REDUCTION IN SCOPE TO THE HOME, YOU WOULD DEEM, UM, AND THEY'RE SAYING IN PARTIES, BECAUSE THEY, THEY CANNOT PROVIDE A DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS. AND, AND FEMA IS SAYING, WE HAVE NO RECORDS OF HAVING SENT MS. ED EDWARDS ANY MONEY. SO I KNOW IF THEY'RE SAYING SHE HAD A DUPLICATION OF SERVICES, THEN THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THE HOME. BUT THEY'RE BUILDING IT SMALLER BECAUSE OF DUPLICATION OF SERVICES. BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T EVEN GET FEMA FUNDS AND THEY'RE STILL GETTING A SMALLER HOME. SO THE RATIONALE IS INCONSISTENT BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THEY ARE JUST MAKING THE HOME SMALLER AND GIVING PEOPLE WHO HAVE THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM HOMES, TWO BEDROOMS AND ONE BATH ON STILTS. I MEAN, IT'S HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE CITY. AND UNTIL WE HAVE TO, WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CONVERSATION WITH GLO. IT, I KNOW, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN HAS HAD CONVERSATION WITH GLO TO NO AVAIL. I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO, UM, PEOPLE TO, TO NO AVAIL. I, WE, WE'VE GOTTA COME UP WITH A BETTER PLAN TO ATTACK THIS ISSUE. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO BESIDES TRY TO FILE A LAWSUIT OR SOMETHING. WELL, OR SOME KIND OF LEGAL. AND THE ONLY, ONLY, UNFORTUNATELY, AND I HATE TO PUT IT THIS WAY, THE ONLY TIME YOU GET ASSISTANCE ON THIS, IF THIS, IF THE CITY WAS DOING THIS TO MS. EDWARDS, THE MEDIA, THE MEDIA WOULD BE COVERING THE CITY FRONT PAGE, THE PAGE, THE MEDIA WOULD BE COVERING THE CITY. EVER SINCE GLO TOOK OVER THIS PROGRAM, THE MEDIA HAS DISAPPEARED. IT IS NO LONGER A STORY. THIS IS MS. EDWARDS IS 84 YEARS OLD. MM-HMM . WITH A FOUR BEDROOM HOME. WITH A GARAGE. WITH THE GARAGE. AND THEY'RE OFFERING TO REDUCE HER HOME FROM FOUR TO TWO. MM-HMM . AND NO GARAGE. AND, AND NO GARAGE. AND SHE'S A SENIOR CITIZEN. MM-HMM . UM, NOW ON OUR PART, AND I DO AGREE WITH YOU, VICE MAYOR PROAM, IF, IF WE DON'T FIGHT FOR OUR SENIORS, [02:25:02] THEN, THEN WHO WILL? SO, UM, INVESTIGATIVE REPORT, UM, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN POLL THERE WITH YOU HAVE TO BE A GOOD THANK YOU MA'AM FOR COMING FORWARD. UM, SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SITUATION. COUPLE THINGS, MAYOR, UM, ONE, LOOKING INTO A TEMPORARY HOUSING SITUATION FOR HER, WHILE EVERYTHING IS PENDING AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT DO WE HAVE ANYTHING, UM, WHETHER IT'S HOTEL OR SOME TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION THAT SHE CAN, THAT SHE CAN RESIDE IN TEMPORARILY UNTIL WE GET THIS SITUATION FIGURED OUT. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AT LEAST NEED TO EXPLORE AND CONSIDER. UM, THE SECOND THING IS, WE CAN DO OUR PART IN GETTING THE MEDIA ATTENTION, RIGHT? SHE'S ALREADY COME BEFORE US TWICE. IT WOULD SEEM AS IF, UH, AND MAYBE WORKING WITH HER COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, DOING OUR OWN, UM, PRESS RELEASE TO GET THE MEDIA OUT TO SEE THE CONDITIONS THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE HAVING TO LIVE IN DUE TO, UM, POLICIES OF THE GLO BEING INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY DESERVE. RIGHT? AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO OUR PART AND NOT WAIT ON THE MEDIA TO COVER IT, BUT HAVE THE MEDIA COME OUT TO THE SITE TO SEE WHAT SHE'S LIVING IN AND WHAT THE ISSUES ARE. AND THEN I THINK WE'LL GET THE COVERAGE AND ATTENTION THAT WE NEED TO REALLY PUSH FORWARD, UH, WITH GETTING HER SOME ASSISTANCE. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE SHORT TERM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GIVE HER SOME TYPE OF TEMPORARY RELIEF, WHETHER IT'S A HOTEL ROOM OR SOMETHING, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO EXHAUST THOSE OPTIONS, UH, TO ENSURE THAT SHE'S IN A LIVABLE SPACE. UM, IN THE SHORT TERM. LET ME DO THIS IN, IN ADDITION TO LONE STAR. LET ME, LET ME ASK, UM, DIRECTOR BYNUM, UM, AND HOUSING TO DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO ASSIST. UM, BUT I DO KNOW SHE CAN'T DO THIS BY HERSELF. SHE, IF, IF WE DON'T COME TO A RESCUE, SHE CAN'T, SHE CAN'T DO THIS BY HERSELF. AND, AND THAT'S THE FRUSTRATING PART. AND, UM, UM, I TELL YOU WHAT, MS. UH, MS. EDWARDS, UM, WE ARE GONNA GET BACK TO YOU. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, EVAN SHABAZZ THIS ON THE SCREEN. THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I, I'M JUST SITTING HERE SHAKING MY HEAD. AND I DO REMEMBER MS. EDWARDS COMING RIGHT AFTER THE RODEO. IF YOU RECALL. SHE WAS DRESSED UP AND I MADE A COMMENT ABOUT IT. BUT THIS IS SO UTTERLY RIDICULOUS. AND CERTAINLY I WANT STEVEN TO REACH OUT TO HER AS WELL. NOW, WE DO HAVE SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE USING TO REPAIR HOMES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXTENT IS OF YOUR DAMAGE, YOUR DAMAGES, BUT CERTAINLY MAYBE WE CAN MAKE AN ASSESSMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO REDUCE THE FOUR BEDROOMS, TWO BEDROOMS. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S DISGRACEFUL. AND SO CERTAINLY I'M GONNA ASK STEVEN TO REACH OUT TO YOU AND SEE IF MAYBE WE CAN HELP YOU TO REPAIR WHAT YOU HAVE AS OPPOSED TO HAVING IT TOTALLY REPLACED. AND SO, UH, WE ARE WILLING TO, TO TRY TO WORK WITH YOU ALONG WITH LONE STAR TO SEE WHAT KIND OF RELIEF WE, YOU CAN FINALLY GET, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST DISGRACEFUL AND JUST TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. AND I'M JUST SHAKING MY HEAD. BUT I GOTTA DO MORE TO SHAKE MY HEAD. WE GOTTA TRY TO GET YOU THROUGH THIS. AND SO THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD AGAIN, AND WE ARE GONNA TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN TRY TO MAKE THIS ONE OF THE LAST TIMES, OTHER THAN THE TIME YOU COME BACK AND SAY THANK YOU. OKAY? ALRIGHT THEN. UM, UM, WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN, MS. EDWARDS, TO SEE HOW WE CAN ASSIST YOU AND, UM, LET ME TAKE THE TIME. GIVE WHAT YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, LEMME TAKE THE TIME TO COME OUT AND VISIT, VISIT, VISIT YOUR HOME. LEMME TAKE A LOOK AT IT. AND THEN LET ME ASK DIRECTOR BYNUM AND HIS TEAM TO JOIN IN TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ASSIST. AND THEN LET'S, LET'S GET WITH LONE STAR AND UH, SEE IF WE CAN GET YOU SOME REPRESENTATION AS WELL. OKAY? OKAY. WE'LL BE BACK IN TOUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, NEXT SPEAKER. CRYSTAL RODRIGUEZ. CRYSTAL RODRIGUEZ IS CRYSTAL. HERE IS CRYSTAL HERE. NEXT SPEAKER. DEBORAH. ELAINE ALLEN. DEBORAH ELAINE ALLEN. UH, PRESS STAR SIX. DEBORAH ELAINE ALLEN, STAR SIX OF REDUCTION. DEBORAH BORA. ELAINE ALLEN. NEXT SPEAKER, VIRGINIA RANGEL. VIRGINIA RANGEL. STAR SIX. SHE'S ON. I AM HERE ON TEAMS. [02:30:02] YES. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COUNCIL. TODAY. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE 11TH STREET SAFETY PROJECT IN THE HOUSTON HEIGHTS. I, UH, MY NAME IS VIRGINIA SNODGRASS RINGLE. I'VE LIVED HERE IN THE HEIGHTS, UH, AT THE INTERSECTION OF NICHOLSON AND 11TH STREET SINCE 2018. WHEN WE MOVED FROM RICE MILITARY, WE MOVED TO THE HEIGHTS TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS MORE WALKABLE AND WOULD BE SAFER FOR A GROWING FAMILY. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE BOTH RUNNERS AND REGULARLY USE THE NICHOLSON PATH TO RUN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR 10-YEAR-OLD ATTENDS HARVARD ELEMENTARY IN THE HEIGHTS AND RIDES HIS BIKE TO AND FROM SCHOOL EVERY DAY, CROSSING 11TH STREET. BOTH WAYS, THIS IS TERRIFYING AS A PARENT, OUR SON AND OUR FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, BOTH BIKE AND SCOOTER WITH US ALONG THE PATH. UH, ALWAYS NEEDING TO CROSS 11TH STREET SO WE CAN GET TO PARKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. CARS DO NOT STOP AT THE CROSSWALK, EVEN FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS. WE MOVED TO THE, AROUND THE TIME THAT SYRIA WERE KILLED, TRYING TO CROSS SHEPHERD, UH, JUST RIGHT CLOSE TO OUR HOUSE NEAR THE KROGER. WE WERE THRILLED THAT WITHIN A YEAR OF OUR MOVE, THE CITY BEGAN PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN TO MAKE 11TH STREET SAFER. SURELY THE CITY WOULD ACT BEFORE THERE WAS ANOTHER TRAGEDY. WE FOLLOWED THE CITY'S OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE PLAN THAT THE CITY IS OFFERING. WE WANT AN 11TH STREET WITH FEWER CARS, SLOWER CARS, AND A SAFE WAY TO CROSS THE STREET AT THE BIKE PATH. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE PLAN HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD AFTER THREE YEARS OF WORK. IN FACT, WE ARE SO FRUSTRATED THAT WE'VE STARTED ORGANIZING OUR NEIGHBORS AFTER FIVE DAYS. WE HAVE A PETITION, PETITION WITH ALMOST 900 SIGNATURES AND COUNTING THAT WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU. AND WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE TO SHOW THE CITY THAT THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS IN THE HEIGHTS WANT A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS SAFER FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING AND KIDS. WE MOVED HERE FOR WALKABILITY AND SAFETY, AND WE'LL WORK TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT'S WHERE WE HAVE CHOSEN TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SPEAKERS. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, BENJAMIN PETERS. BENJAMIN PETERS, STAR SIX. BENJAMIN PETERS, STAR SIX BENJAMIN. NEXT SPEAKER, ELLIE RIVAS. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR TURNER. AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, WISH, UH, MAD MEXICAN. UH, ALL THE, UH, ISSUES THAT I HAVE, UM, UH, SEEN, UH, WITH, UH, MY PERSONAL LIFE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY, UH, LEO SHIELD. UM, I HEARD TRANSPARENT FOR ACCOUNTABLE, HONEST INTEGRITY LIES. UH, MY QUESTION IS, WHERE IS THE MEDIA? WHERE IS THE LEGAL AID REPRESENTATIVES? WHERE IS THE VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS FROM? LONE STAR AND ALSO WHO IS ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE IN REGARDS TO, UH, A-P-S-C-P-S, HOMELESS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. I'M AWARE OF ALL THESE SITUATIONS AROUND THE CITY. UH, UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN NOT STEP IN UNLESS THEY ARE MEMBERS OF LEGAL SHIELD. I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS MY SITUATIONS. CURRENTLY, I'M WORKING WITH MR. MCNEELY NEELY, UH, THANKS TO, UH, LAST WEEK COMPLAINING ABOUT, UH, MR. GERARDO, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JACOB CLEMENT. OKAY, JACOB, I SAID, FAVORITE TEAM IS YES. WATCH YOUR HAT. HEY. AND I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE MAYOR TURNER FOR HONORING DUSTY BAKER, FOR, HE'S THE BEST MANAGER EVER. AND I ALSO, I WANT TO SAY THIS, I HAVE ONLY WOMAN, BUT WHAT ELSE TO SAY? DUST BECKER. I SAID ABOUT HIM. ASTROS, I SAID ABOUT THEM. AND, UH, MY TURN. OKAY. UM, NOW WHAT I WANT TO DO IS LAUNCH A BUNCH OF COMPLAINT ONLY MEASURE IL WOULD SUPPORT ABORTION. BECAUSE WHY? I SAID THAT IS TOO DESTRUCTIVE. AND ONE, AND THEN IT TERMINATES THE LIFE. IT [02:35:01] ABORTS THE LIFE. AND TWO, IT IT LEADS TO DESTRUCTIONS, SUCH AS ONE, UM, BATTLE OF WORK HAD THAT, UH, FIASCO, UH, DISCOVERED GREEN THE OTHER DAY. WELL, THE NEXT DAY, UH, THE CHURCH DOORS OF THE HARLEY ROSARY CHURCH WERE ECRETED BY, BY SOMEONE PAINTING GRAFFITI OVER THEM. AND THEN, UH, THE ST. BAR MUL CHURCH IN KENNY, TEXAS HAD IT TABERNACLE STOLEN. NOW, THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT. THANK YOU. JACOB. THANK YOU FOR BEING PRESIDENT. GO ASTROS. YES, SIR. GO ASTROS. AND THEY PLAY TONIGHT AT SEVEN 10. SO WE'RE GONNA WATCH, RIGHT? OH, YES. OH, AND MAYOR TURNER, PLEASE BE THAT PROCLAMATION. UM, ARAMARK, UH, SAYING THAT WHAT, WHAT A GOOD EMPLOYEE I AM. , YOU LOOKED AT IT. NO, NO. NOT FOR YOU TO KEEP. I'M GONNA KEEP IT. UM, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER YOU WANT HERE, PLEASE READ IT FOR THEM SO THEY CAN HEAR IT. UH, WHAT? THEY CAN READ IT ON THE SCREEN. ALRIGHT. WE, WE READ, IF YOU WANT YOU TO READ IT, WE ALREADY GAVE IT BACK TO OH, NO, I, I WOULD LIKE MAYOR TO TURN TO READ IT. YEAH. YOU'RE GONNA READ THE, THE PRO, WELL, NOT A PROMI, BUT THE, UH, THEM CONGRATULATING ME ON BEING A GOOD EMPLOYEE. NOT BAD FOR A PERSON WHO HAD A HEAD INJURY, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. YOU AND SUPER DAVE, LEMME JUST SAY, RE RESET, REFRESH, RENEW, EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY 2022, SERVICE EXCELLENCE. A TEAMMATE WHO EXEMPLIFIES A PASSION FOR SERVING OTHERS AND CREATING EXPERIENCES THAT MATTER. PRESENTED TO JACOB, YES. PRESENTED TO JACOB IN RECOGNITION OF THE UNIQUE SKILLS AND PASSION THAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE. CONGRATULATIONS, JACOB. WELL, THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER. APPRECIATE YOU. AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME. OH, AND THAT BOOK ALSO HAS YOUR AUTOGRAPH ON IT IN IT. OH, YOU'RE SO KIND. I MEAN, HEY, YOU'RE A CELEBRITY . WELL, YOU'RE IN THERE WITH THE SOON TO BE SAINT ROSA MURRAY BMI. SHE'S, UH, SOON TO BE SEEN OF THE MAGNIFICO HOUSES. UH, YOU ALREADY AUTOGRAPHED IT ONE TIME. YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, WHILE YOUR PICTURE, YOU DID IT THERE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ALL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. APPRECIATE YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, NEXT SPEAKER. STEVE WILLIAMS. STEVE WILLIAMS. UH, STAR SIX. STEVE WILLIAMS. STAR SIX. STEVE STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER. DICK, PLEASE. THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. ALRIGHT. UH, THANK YOU ALSO VERY MUCH, UH, FOR, UH, FOR, UM, YOUR PRESENCE TODAY, BOTH ON THE SCREEN AND IN PERSON. AND, UM, UH, THE, THE, THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR THIS HOUR GOES TO COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS. FOUR, DROPPING THE MIC, [RECESS] RIGHT? YEAH. WE STAND IN. TELL YOUR DAD WE STAND IN RECESS UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 AM DADDY'S LISTENING. BUT IT IS [RECONVENE] WEDNESDAY, MAY THE 11TH, 2022. I'M MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE, UM, OF THE AGENDA, LET ME RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO REQUEST A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. MAYOR, IF I MIGHT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, THE HONORABLE AMBASSADOR TO, UH, CROATIA IN THIS CASE. UM, UH, AND LET ME GET MY PRONUNCIATION CORRECT. WE HAVE, UM, SHIVI, WHO IS HERE WITH US FROM CROATIA THIS MORNING. AND MAYOR, I UNDERSTAND YOU, UH, MET THE AMBASSADOR THIS MORNING ALREADY, AS WELL AS, UH, OUR REGION'S, UH, CONS. GENERAL, WHO IS RENEE P WHO IS HERE. RENEE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US AS WELL. AND OUR LOCAL HONORARY COUNCIL IS PHIL BERGQUIST. PHIL, IF YOU'D ALSO RISE, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE THREE OF YOU BE RECOGNIZED, UH, BY THE COUNCIL TODAY. WELCOME YOU HERE. IN FACT, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? IF YOU DON'T MIND, WHY DON'T YOU ALL JUST STAND AND JUST COME FORWARD AND MAYBE APPROACH THE PODIUM IF YOU WOULD, [02:40:01] JUST TO BE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UM, I THINK THE, THE REASON FOR THEIR TRIP, OF COURSE, IS TO COME AND SEE MAYOR TURNER AND US THIS MORNING IN HOUSTON, BUT THEY'RE ALSO ATTENDING A TEXAS EUROPEAN UNION BUSINESS SUMMIT, UH, FOR 2022 IN AUSTIN, I THINK LATER THIS WEEK, OR LATER TODAY EVEN. BUT, UH, AMBASSADOR, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HOUSTON. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. AND, UH, PERHAPS IF YOU'D ADDRESS THE MAYOR, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, MR. AMBASSADOR. LEMME JUST START BY, UM, NUMBER ONE, I ENJOYED OUR, OUR VISIT, UM, AND WELCOMED, UM, BACK TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UH, 'CAUSE WE VISITED, UH, IN, UH, 2019, UH, THREE YEARS AGO. AND SO, UM, AND NOW YOU'RE HERE, AND I KNOW YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY, UH, TO AUSTIN, TEXAS, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY. BUT WELCOME, WELCOME TO AGAIN, BACK TO THE CITY AND TO THE, UH, COUNCIL GENERAL. UM, AND I KNOW YOU ARE, UM, PRETTY MUCH STATIONED IN LA BUT ALSO, UH, COVERING THE HOUSTON AREA. AND THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME, UH, HERE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO, WELCOME. AND I DO WANT TO EXTEND, UH, AN INVITATION TO RETURN IN OCTOBER, FOLLOW COUNCILOR COURT BALL, WHERE WE PRETTY MUCH ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCILOR COURT TO THE HONORARY COUNCILOR GENERAL, MY FRIEND. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE AND BACK AT, AT CITY HALL. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. BUT AMBASSADOR, UH, PLEASE, ANY, ANY BRIEF COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, UH, MR. MAYOR, UH, UH, Y ALL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S REALLY A GREAT HONOR ON THE BEHALF OF US ALL, LET ME TELL YOU TO BE HERE AND TO BE RECOGNIZED AND MEETING YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, WE HAVE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES. PHIL IS HERE REPRESENTING US IN ONE SPOT. UH, THE, THE MOMENTS, UH, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND THE PURPOSES OF OUR VISIT HERE, UH, THE MOMENTS OF DIFFICULTY, UH, UH, POSITIVE, UH, SPIN OF IT ALL IS THAT PUTTING US EVER US ALLIES CLOSER TOGETHER. AND THE, THAT BRINGS US THE, IN TERMS OF THE CROATIA, IN TERMS OF THE EU RELATIONSHIP WITH THE, UH, US AND WITH THE, WITH TEXAS IN TERMS OF BUSINESSES, IN TERMS OF ENERGY. ENERGY IS HIGH ON THE AGENDA, DEFENSE INDUSTRY OF STANDING TOGETHER THE, UH, UH, SECURING THE, UH, RELIABLE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS. THIS IS ALL THE TOPICS WE HAVE IN COMMON. AND THE, FROM OUR SIDE, THE FULL COMMITMENT TO, UH, WORK EXTREMELY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND WITH THE, UH, THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND WITH THE US IN ORDER TO FORGE THAT, UH, EVERY STRONGER ALLIANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. AMBASSADOR. AND, AND DO KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAVE A KING INTEREST IN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN EUROPE, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME. AND SO WE'RE WATCHING ALL OF THOSE EVENTS VERY CAREFULLY. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO TALKING ABOUT ENERGY, EVEN LNG, UM, NO BETTER PLACE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAN RIGHT HERE IN, IN HOUSTON, UH, AND ALONG THE GULF COAST. AND I KNOW YOUR VISIT TO, UH, TO AUSTIN WILL BE, WILL BE HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE IF YOU'LL HOLD ON ONE SECOND. THE VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASH, TATUM DOBER, DON , VERY DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING, UH, TO VISIT WITH US TODAY. I ENJOYED OUR, OUR BRIEF CONVERSATION IN THE HALLWAY. AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO SAY HELLO IN CROATIA. UM, AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH MY COLLEAGUES, HOW, WHAT A FAST STUDY I AM. SO, , WE APPRECIATE YOU VISITING WITH US. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO WHILE YOU ARE HERE IN HOUSTON OR IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO US. AND WELCOME TO HOUSTON. THANK YOU. HAVE A SAFE TRIP, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, TO AUSTIN AND LOOK FORWARD TO, TO, TO WELCOMING YOU BACK AGAIN WHILE WE CAN SPEND A LOT MORE TIME TOGETHER. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT. UM, MADAM SECRETARY, [1.  9:00 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING for Chapter 42 Technical Amendments ] WE, WE ARE GONNA TURN NOW TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. ITEM ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CHAPTER 42 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. OKAY. ITEM ONE IS PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE'LL START OFF WITH, UH, UH, MARGARET WALLACE BROWN, DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MY NAME'S MARGARET WALLACE BROWN AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. I HAVE WITH ME TODAY SAVITA BONDY, WHO IS A PRINCIPAL PLANNER IN OUR OFFICE. AND WE ARE GOING TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY ABOUT, UM, OKAY. WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT THE SLIDES UP. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY ABOUT SOME PROPOSED CHANGES. WE HAVE TO CHAPTER 42. AS YOU KNOW, UM, OR AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING A LITTLE BIT LOUDER. MAYBE IT'S JUST A BIT LONGER, MAYBE JUST MY EARS THAT HAVE GOTTEN OLDER. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR TO MAKING CHANGES TO CHAPTER 42. [02:45:01] SO THAT'S WHAT THIS MEETING IS ABOUT. UM, THE, CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THESE ARE THE FIRST OF SEVERAL, UM, ACTIONS THAT WE WILL BRING TO YOU OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS REGARDING OUR LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE. UM, SO SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, UM, THE LIVABLE PLACES INITIATIVE WAS IN, WAS STARTED AS A WAY TO UPDATE OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT CODES TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE, STRENGTHEN, AND PRESERVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S A CONTINUATION OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S EFFORT TO UPDATE SEVERAL SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 42 TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS IDENTIFIED AND PLAN HOUSTON RESILIENT HOUSTON, THE HOUSTON CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, AND SEVERAL OTHER PLANS THAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN PART OF, UM, TO ENCOURAGE. THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO ENCOURAGE A WIDER VARIETY OF AFFORDABLE QUALITY HOUSING AND MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR ALL. HOUSTONIANS. THE CHAPTER 42 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS ARE CHANGING, ARE CHANGES IN THE CODE THAT WILL CLARIFY AND CODIFY CERTAIN EXISTING REQUIREMENTS AND POLICIES WITHIN THE ORDINANCE. THEY WILL ELIMINATE INCONSISTENCIES AND ADD EFFICIENCY TO THE SUBDIVISION PLATING PROCESS FOR OUR TEAM, FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, AND FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WE ANTICIPATE SEVERAL MORE COMING TO YOU AFTER TODAY, BUT I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO SAVITA TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DETAILS FOR THIS ONE PARTICULAR ITEM. THANK YOU. SAVITA BANDY? YES, SIR. UM, THANK YOU PATRICK. AND THAT IT IS, HELLO? NO, HELLO. ONE SECOND. NO, IT'S DOWN ON YOUR END. IT'S ON, IT'S ON MY END. AND QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK THIS BOX. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. DO THAT. ALL, ALL ABOUT SOLUTIONS. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UH, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS VIDA BANDY. I'M PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND PROJECT LEAD FOR THE LIVABLE PLACES INITIATIVE. I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE CHAPTER 42 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. THE VERY FIRST THING, LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE TACKLED WAS THE CHAPTER 42 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. THESE ARE MINOR AMENDMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR EVERYDAY OPERATIONS TO CLARIFY OR CODIFY SOME REQUIREMENTS AND POLICIES. THEY'LL HELP ELIMINATE INCONSISTENCIES, IMPROVE THE WORKFLOW, AND MAKE THE PLANNING PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF NINE PROPOSED TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 42. AS SHOWN IN THIS LIST. I'LL PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE FIRST TWO ITEMS, WHICH MAY BE TOPICS OF INTEREST. OTHERS ARE MORE TECHNICAL ITEMS NEEDED FOR CLARITY, OR INCORPORATING A POLICY INTO THE ORDINANCE. I'LL PRESENT THEM IN BRIEF. SO LET'S START WITH THE FIRST ITEM. IT'S NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO MAKE THE NOTICE PROCESS CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL APPLICATIONS THAT REQUIRE NOTICE EFFICIENCY TO AUTOMATE THE PROCESS AND PROVIDE MORE TIME FOR PUBLIC TO PREPARE. THE PROPOSED NOTIFICATION CHANGES INCLUDE SIMPLIFYING THE NOTIFICATION BOUNDARY TO TWO 50 FEET RADIUS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL APPLICATIONS REQUIRING NOTIFICATION, ALLOWING 20 DAYS FOR THE LETTERS TO BE MAILED OUT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, AND REMOVAL OF THE SIGN WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE FINAL ACTION IS TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT FOR MAILOUTS IS TO HAVE A NOTICE AREA OF TWO 50 FEET RADIUS AROUND THE SITE AND CONTINUES ALONG THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FOR 500 FEET LINEAR LENGTH TILL THE END OF THE BLOCK. SOMETIMES THE BLOCKS ARE VERY LONG AND THE NOTICE AREA STRETCHES FURTHER OUT, CREATING CONFUSION AND ANXIETY. PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS TO SIMPLIFY THE NOTICE AREA TO BE TWO 50 FEET RADIUS AROUND THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS MORE THAN THE 200 FEET REQUIREMENT BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 2 1 2. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS TABLE SHOWS THE CURRENT PROPOSED NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, AS WELL AS THE OTHER REQUESTS LIKE VARIANCES AND SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPOSAL IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF NOTIFICATION, WHICH GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE CHANGE IN THE NOTICE AREA TO MAKE IT 20 DAYS AND MAKE IT CONSISTENT ACROSS BOTH THE APPLICATION TYPES. ALSO, THE NOTICE SIGNED PLACED AT THE SITE MUST BE REMOVED WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ACTED ON THE ITEM. THERE IS NO SUCH REQUIREMENT CURRENTLY IN THE ORDINANCE, AND WE WANNA ADD IT. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE FIRST ITEM. THE NEXT ONE IS SUBDIVISION NAMING STANDARDS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO REMOVE COMPLEX SUBDIVISION NAMES FOR PUBLIC HEARING APPLICATIONS WITH DEED RESTRICTIONS, AND TO CODIFY THE LONGSTANDING SUBDIVISION NAMING GUIDELINES. [02:50:02] LET'S LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE IN THE NEXT SLIDE. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES TODAY ON THE LEFT SIDE, WHEN THE PROPOSED PLAT IS A RELIGHT OF TWO DIFFERENT DEED RESTRICTED SUBDIVISIONS. AND WHAT THE AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW IN FUTURE IS TOWARDS THE RIGHT. I DO WANT TO DRAW EMPHASIS TO THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA WITHIN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IN BOTH THE IMAGES THAT WILL STILL CARRY REFERENCE TO THE PREVIOUS DE RESTRICTED SUBDIVISIONS AND WILL REMAIN ON THE PLAT. THIS WILL HELP BETTER CATALOGING AND EASY REFERENCE. OCCASIONALLY PLANNING COMMISSION HAS CONSIDERED VARIANCES JUST FOR THE SUBDIVISION PLATINUM, AND THIS CHANGE WILL MAKE THE PLANNING PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, THE REST OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE MORE TECHNICAL ITEMS NEEDED TO PROVIDE CLARITY, EASY REFERENCE TO THE ORDINANCE, OR TO INCORPORATE A POLICY. AND I'LL BE BRIEF ON THESE ITEMS. SO THE THIRD, UH, ON THE LIST IS VARIANCES FOR SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND SPECIAL MINIMUM BUILDING LINE APPLICATIONS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO CLARIFY THAT THE FIVE STATEMENT OF FACTS REQUIRED FOR ALL VARIANCES ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR PROPERTIES WITHIN SPECIAL MINIMUM, LARGE SIZE, OR SPECIAL MINIMUM BUILDING LINE AREA THAT ARE REQUESTING VARIANCE USING WESTERN RIGHTS PROVISION. THE NEXT ITEM IS IDENTIFYING FLOODPLAINS ON GENERAL PLANS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO CODIFY THE POLICY INTRODUCED WITH CHAPTER NINE AMENDMENTS AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY THAT REQUIRES ALL GENDER PLANS TO IDENTIFY THE EXISTING FLOODPLAINS AND FLOODWAYS. NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PROVISION. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO INCLUDE ALL PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS IN CHAPTER 42 FOR EASY ACCESS AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING INSTEAD OF REFERENCE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TWO AND TWO. NEXT ITEM IS TIME FOR SUBMITTAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO ADD LANGUAGE REFERRING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION SCHEDULE ADAPTED EVERY YEAR AND AVOID CONFUSION DURING THE HOLIDAYS. THIS WILL ACCOMMODATE LONGER CYCLES BY REFERRING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED SCHEDULE MEETING DATES. NEXT ITEM IS STREET WORTH IN PLACE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO ADD THE OMITTED LANGUAGE FOR CLARITY IN DEFINING THE BOUNDARY AND REMOVE REFERENCES TO ABANDONED STREETS. NEXT ONE. WE ARE ALMOST THERE, NON-RESIDENTIAL RESERVES. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO CLARIFY THAT THE TERM NON-RESIDENTIAL IN 42 DASH 1 93 ONLY REFERS TO A SPECIFIC RESERVE IN OLDER PLATS LABELED AS RESTRICTED TO NON-RESIDENTIAL AND DOES NOT APPLY TO ALL RESERVES THAT FALL UNDER THE DEFINITION OF NON-RESIDENTIAL. UM, WE'LL SKIP THIS SLIDE. NEXT ONE PLEASE. TEMPORARY ACCESS EASEMENTS IS THE LAST ITEM. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO ALLOW TEMPORARY ACCESS VIA AN ACCESS EASEMENT FOR RESERVES RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN UTILITY FACILITIES. UNTIL ESENT STREETS ARE DEVELOPED, THE ACCESS EASEMENTS ARE TEMPORARY UNTIL EDISON PUBLIC STREETS ARE PLOTTED AND MUST FOLLOW THE IDENTIFIED STREET PATTERN OF THE APPROVED GENERAL PLAN. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A RESERVE RESTRICTED TO LIFT STATION THAT TAKES TEMPORARY ACCESS VIA AN ACCESS EASEMENT FOLLOWING THE ALIGNMENT OF FUTURE PUBLIC STREET. UM, WITH THAT I CONCLUDE THE ITEMS, UH, DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEMS, UM, ON THIS SLIDE. AS PART OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND TO NOTIFY PUBLIC ABOUT THESE AMENDMENTS, DEPARTMENT TOOK THE FOLLOWING STEPS. THESE ITEMS WERE PRESENTED TO THE LOUISVILLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE AND TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING. A 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD WAS OPEN FOR PUBLIC TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THESE AMENDMENTS ON MAY 27TH AND FOR LAST YEAR AND FORWARDED THEM TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AGENDA. PACKET INCLUDES SUPPORT LETTERS FROM HOUSTON REAL ESTATE COUNCIL AND GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION. AND ALSO THE SUMMARY OF THE TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS IS INCLUDED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO LOUISVILLE PLACES PROJECT, PLEASE SEND EMAIL TO LOUISVILLE PLACES@HOUSTONTX.GOV OR CONTACT 8 3 2 3 9 360 600. UM, WITH THAT I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT. BE READY FOR QUESTIONS. THANK, THANK YOU, MS. BANDY. AND, UH, LET'S [02:55:01] SEE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING. UM, AND, AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR, SORRY, BACK BEHIND YOU. UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING ON THIS. AND I KNOW THAT, UH, YOUR DEPARTMENT IS ALSO TAKING ON A LOT OF OTHER THINGS RIGHT NOW. UH, I REALLY LOVE THE FACT INCLUDING IDENTIFYING FLOODWAYS AND, AND FLOOD PLAINS ON GENERAL PLANS. SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT FOR RESIDENTS. 'CAUSE THAT'S A BIG, BIG IMPROVEMENT. TWO REALLY QUICK THINGS. UM, IN DISTRICT C AS YOU KNOW, SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND BUILDING LINES ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND WE REALLY, REALLY CARE ABOUT THEM. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, THAT THESE AMENDMENTS IN NO WAY ALTER THE ABILITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO PURSUE THOSE MEASURES. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, YES. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN I WANTED TO FLAG MAYOR, ONE OTHER THING. THIS DOESN'T, UH, PARTICULARLY, UH, RELATE TO YOU AS A DEPARTMENT, BUT IN READING THROUGH CHAPTER 42, AND THIS HAS COME UP SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING ON CLEANING UP THE LANGUAGE, UH, THIS IS VERY MINOR, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF INCONSISTENCIES. UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE DIRECTOR OF, UH, SOLID WASTE USE MASCULINE PRONOUNS. THE PARKS DIRECTOR IS JUST LABELED THE DIRECTOR, UH, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, IS HE OR SHE. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF INCONSISTENCY WITH HOW WE'RE IDENTIFYING DIRECTORS THAT OFTENTIMES DON'T EVEN MATCH, UH, WHO THE DIRECTORS IDENTIFY AS. SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH CLEANUP LANGUAGE, UH, THAT WE'RE JUST PULLING THOSE OUT AS WELL. AGAIN, VERY SIMPLE. IT DOESN'T PERTAIN TO THE HEART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEANING THAT UP. SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN. I VICEMAN PROTE CASTEX TABLE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UM, ESP BANDI AND DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN. THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING THAT WE HAD. I WANTED TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS, UM, FOR US TO, TO LOOK AT ON ON NUMBER ONE. ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE, UM, AMPLIFY ON THOSE SIGNS, THE NAMES OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE, UM, AS WE KNOW, WHEN WE DRIVE BY, UM, AND WE SEE THE BIG WHITE SIGN WITH A LOT OF BLACK WRITING ON IT, AND YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE DRIVE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND YOU'RE PASSING BY NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU SEE A VARIANCE SIGN. SO BECAUSE I'M IN GOVERNMENT AND I KNOW THAT I NEED TO READ THAT SIGN, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT SIGN IS. I'M GOING TO SLOW DOWN AND I'M GONNA STOP AND LOOK AT THAT SIGN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT, OR, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES THAT SIGN SAY. BUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MAY NOT KNOW, THAT VARIANCE SIGN IS VERY IMPORTANT, WE NEED TO READ THAT SIGN. IF IT AMPLIFIES THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD NAME, THEY WILL SAY, OH, WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD? SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE REITERATE. UM, I LIKE THAT WE'RE PUTTING A DIFFERENT UNIQUE NAME AT THE TOP SO IT DOESN'T CONFUSE PEOPLE. BUT I DO THINK THAT ON THAT WHITE SIGN WITH ALL THAT BLACK WRITING, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A BIG SIGN WITH A LOT OF BLACK WRITING ON IT THAT WE NEED TO SOMEHOW AMPLIFY THE NAME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IF I LIVE IN BRENTWOOD, IF I SEE BRENTWOOD AND RED, I KNOW I'M A BRENTWOOD RESIDENT, I NEED TO READ THAT SIGN. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE IF IT'S ALL BLACK WRITING ON THIS BIG WHITE SIGN, I'M JUST GONNA RIDE BY IT AND NOT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AMPLIFY THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD NAME ON THE SIGN SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN KNOW THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN, THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT ON NUMBER TWO, WHAT THE CHANGES ARE? UM, IN NUMBER ONE, THERE ARE THREE THINGS WE ARE CHANGING, WHICH IS, OH, NUMBER TWO, UM, SIMPLIFYING THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT IN INCREASING THE NOTICE, UH, NUMBER OF NOTICE DAYS F FROM 16 TO 20 FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND FROM SEVEN TO 20 DAYS FOR VARIANCES. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC, IT'LL BE VERY EASY TO EXPLAIN WHEN IT IS CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL APPLICATIONS, THAT IT'S TWO 50 FEET RADIUS AND 20 DAYS IN ADVANCE, THE NOTICE LETTERS HAVE TO GO OUT. SO THAT WILL MAKE IT VERY SIMPLE FOR PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND AND ALSO VERY EFFICIENT FOR US TO INCORPORATE IN OUR PROCESSES. IT'S ONE GIS BUFFER OF TWO 50, AND THAT'S IT. WE, WE OFTEN GET COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THEY DIDN'T GET NOTIFICATION RIGHT. AND ENOUGH TIME TO MOBILIZE THEIR TROOPS TO BE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. AND SO THIS WILL GIVE THEM MUCH MORE TIME TO, UM, TO REALLY EXAMINE WHAT, WHAT THE APPLICATION IS ABOUT, AND TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE HOW THEY WANNA APPROACH THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN WHAT WAYS AND, AND WHO AND SO FORTH. UM, IT ALSO GIVES MUCH MORE TIME FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO, TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION. SO WE THINK GOING FROM 14 [03:00:01] AND UM, 16 AND SEVEN TO 20 FOR BOTH IS, IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT. I THINK SO TOO. AND, AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CHANGE BECAUSE WE HEAR SO MANY TIMES FROM RESIDENCES, I, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T, I DIDN'T KNOW OR I DIDN'T GET THE NOTICE IN TIME. AND YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU CHECK YOUR MAIL PERIODICALLY AND BY THE TIME YOU CHECK IT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TIME HAS ELAPSED, THIS GIVES YOU A COUPLE OF MORE DAYS AND I CAN'T GET OFF WORK. EXACTLY. YOU KNOW, PLANNING COMMISS TAKES PLACE DURING THE DAY, SO THIS COULD GIVE PEOPLE, OR MY CHILDREN ARE HOME FROM SCHOOL. RIGHT. UM, MAYOR, THEN I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT I, I DID MENTION TO DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN, AND SHE DID SEE THE CONVERSATION WE HAD ABOUT THE PORTAL, UM, PUTTING THE LEGAL NOTICES ON THE PORTAL AND THAT THESE LEGAL NOTICES COULD ALSO BE PUT ON THE PORTAL, UM, FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO KIND OF MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW IN ADDITION TO WHERE THEY CURRENTLY PUT THE NOTICES. I'VE ALREADY HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH LISA KEN AS WELL. OKAY. AND THEN THE, THE FINAL THING IS HOW DID WE GET THE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC? I SAW THE LAST SLIDE. DID WE SHARE WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD? BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'VE EX EXTENDED THE, THE TIME PERIOD. UM, WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE MAKING THESE CHANGES SO THAT THEY CAN BE AWARE OF, UH, OF THESE CHANGES AS WELL. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE WAS ON THE, IS PART OF THE LOUISVILLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE TEAM. AND YES, WE WILL GO OUT AND NOTIFY AGAIN IF THAT'S NEEDED. HOWEVER, UM, THERE IS ADEQUATE NOTICE ALREADY PROVIDED SO FAR. AND, UM, EVEN IN THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS. WE SEND OUT THE LETTERS EVERY TIME FOR ALL NOTICES GOES TO COUNCIL MEMBERS' OFFICES AND TO SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND TO ANY, UH, ACTIVE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. AND I SPEAK WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR. AND I BELIEVE BACK IN 2020, I MADE A PRES A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO THEM ABOUT THIS. MAYBE 2021. I'LL, I'LL, I CAN CHECK THE DATES AND FIND AND CONFIRM THAT WITH YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. THANK YOU MAYOR AND, UH, DIRECTOR. AND, AND MS. BUNDY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I WANT TO PICK UP WHERE THE VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM LEFT OFF. REALLY? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE HAD A PRESENTATION PRIOR TO THIS HEARING TODAY. AND YOU ALL KNOW FROM MY LINE OF QUESTIONING THE NOTIFICATION, THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION WAS REALLY OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO ME. AND I KNOW WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER THIS MORNING WHO WILL BE, UH, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE INDUSTRY THAT SHE REPRESENTS. THAT IS, OF COURSE, MARLENE GAFFER, WHO WAS FORMERLY THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WAS, SO SHE WAS THE FORMER PLANNING DIRECTOR. PLANNING DIRECTOR. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SHE WAS YOUR PREDECESSOR DIRECTOR. I MISSPOKE, BUT I WANTED TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE IT WAS WHEN I WAS ON, ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAYOR, THAT WE ACTUALLY PASSED THE CURRENT, UH, PUBLIC NOTIFICATION ORDINANCE. AND THAT'S WHEN I KNOW THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, UH, OUR FORMER COLLEAGUES ON HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL WHO CAME, ONE OF WHICH WAS JUST ELECTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE MAYOR. AND, AND SHE WAS REALLY EMPHATIC ABOUT THE PUBLIC NOTICE. AND IT WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY TO EXTEND THE TERRITORY THAT PUBLIC NOTICE WAS REQUIRED. SO TODAY, FOR THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO BE REDUCING THAT SIZE REALLY KIND OF CAUGHT MY ATTENTION AS SOMETHING THAT WE PREVIOUSLY ACTED TO EXPAND. AND THAT'S WHERE LADIES, PERHAPS YOU COULD REMIND THE COUNCIL OR REMIND ME ANYWAY, WHY WE'RE DOING THIS, WHY THE SLIGHTLY SMALLER AREA IS PREFERABLE TO THE BIGGER TERRITORY REGARDING PUBLIC CONFUSION, ET CETERA. YES. SO WE TAKE OUR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS VERY SERIOUSLY, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PUBLIC AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, DESERVE ADEQUATE, IF NOT BETTER THAN ADEQUATE NOTIFICATION OF THINGS THAT ARE COMING, UM, UP IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AT PLANNING COMMISSION. WE LOOKED CAREFULLY AND OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE WAY THE ORDINANCE CURRENTLY REQUIRES US, IT ALLOWS US TO, SO THE STATE, FIRST OF ALL, STATE LAW REQUIRES 200 FOOT RADIUS AROUND ALL PROPERTY, AROUND ALL APPLICATIONS. SO WE EXCEED THAT, AND WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO EXCEED THE 200 FOOT BY GOING TO TWO 50. CURRENTLY, THE WAY THE ORDINANCE READS IS WE HAVE TO MANUALLY, UM, LOOK AT WHERE THAT BLOCK, WHERE WHEN THE 200, WHEN YOU'VE HIT THE 250, YOU EXTEND THAT ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE BLOCK ENDS. SOMETIMES THAT'S A LONG WAY AWAY. AND IT DOES ADD CONFUSION TO THE PUBLIC. IT'S VERY CONFUSING FOR THE PUBLIC THAT WHY AM I GETTING THIS NOTIFICATION? WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE APPLICATION MIGHT BE TWO CIVIC CLUBS AWAY? SO THIS IS A WAY TO, ONE, PROVIDE MORE EFFICIENCY FOR OUR TEAM. WE CAN DO IT THROUGH GIS, WE CAN MAKE THIS MORE EFFICIENT AND BE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT THE BOUNDARIES. AND WE CAN ALSO NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN BE AWARE INSTEAD OF CAUSING ANXIETY IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT REALLY [03:05:01] ARE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR AND, AND MAYOR, REALLY THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING TO GET AT, IS THAT THIS, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GOOD IDEA FOR SIMPLIFYING IT, UM, AND ALLOWING THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION TO BE, UH, CONSISTENT AND NOT CONFUSING. I LIKE WHAT THE VICE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID ABOUT PUTTING THE LETTERS OF THE SUBDIVISION IN RED. I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT WOULD BE TOO HARD EXCEPT RED PAINT. SO THE LANGUAGE ON THE SIGN IS NOT CODIFIED IN 42. IT'S BASICALLY ESTABLISHED BY THE DIRECTOR. AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT VERY CAREFULLY. OKAY. GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN MCCLUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I, I ALSO KIND OF WANNA CHIME IN WITH, WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN ROBINSON SAID IN TERMS OF THE RADIUS. I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THE LINEAR PIECE DOES GET TO BE A BIT CONFUSING. UM, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE HEAR CONSTITUENTS, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE, UM, DIRECTLY IN THEIR SPACE, JUST THE HEARING OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND SO IF WE WERE SHRINK, NOT SHRINKING IT, BUT IF WE'RE JUST ONLY DOING THE RADIUS, THAT ONLY THOSE WITH THE CHILDREN 50 FEET WILL GET PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES. CORRECT? THEY WILL, THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT GET THEM IN THE MAIL. WE, WE PUBLISH OUR AGENDAS. WE, UH, THERE'S, THERE IS A SIGN REQUIREMENT, SO THE SIGNS ARE PLACED ON THE SITE. SO ANY PASSAGE BY, UM, IN THE VICINITY, ALL OF THEM WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE SIGNS. THE TWO 50 FEET RADIUS IS ONLY TO SEND OUT THE LETTERS AND THE ADDITIONAL DAYS GIVES THAT TIME TO GET THE WORD OF MOUTH OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND PREPARE FOR THE MEETING. SO IT'S, IT'S A PACKAGE TOGETHER ALONG WITH, UM, THE CHANGE IN THE BOUNDARY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I THINK WE HAVE A, A PUBLIC SPEAKER. SO MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL THE PUBLIC SPEAKER. MARLENE GRE. MORNING MARLENE. I'M GOOD. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARLENE GRE AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE HOUSTON REAL ESTATE COUNCIL. WE GO BY THE ACRONYM HREC. UM, OUR MEMBERSHIP IS COMPOSED OF PROPERTY OWNERS, DEVELOPERS THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY REGULATIONS THAT THE CITY ADOPTS THAT GOVERN LAND DEVELOPMENT. SO BUILDING CODE, YOU KNOW, CHAPTER 42, PARKING, ALL OF THOSE ORDINANCES. HREC HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN AMENDMENTS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING ALONG WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. SO THIS HAS NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS MOVED VERY QUICKLY. UM, BUT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN INVOLVED. WE'VE ALSO HAVE A MEMBER SERVING ON THE LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE AS WELL, WHERE THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WENT THROUGH. WE APPRECIATE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WORKING WITH US ON LANGUAGE AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT READS THE WAY THEY INTENDED IT TO ME. SOME OF THE CHANGES, STREAMLINE PROCESSES, IT DOES IMPROVE NOTIFICATION AREA AND IT EXPANDS WHO IS NOTIFIED AS WELL. AND THEN IT ALSO TAKES CARE OF SOME TECHNICAL CLARIFICATION MATTERS. SO HRAC HAS NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR OBJECTIONS TO WHAT'S PROPOSED. AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR APPROVE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, MADAM SECRETARY, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? SECOND PLEASE. THE LIST OF SPEAKER. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING, UH, CHAPTER 42 AMENDMENTS? HEARING, SAYING NONE? IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING CAST CASTEX TATUM, MOVE. SECOND ROBINSON. MOVE. AND SECOND IT. ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE. AND THE HEARING IS CLOSED. THANK YOU. AND MAY ITEM AND NOW WE WILL PROCEED, UH, WITH THE MAIN ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY, VIA PLEASE CALL IN. [2.  ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 42 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Subdivision Platting and Development; containing findings and other provisions relating to the foregoing subject; providing for severability; containing a savings clause; establishing an effective date and declaring an emergency ] ITEM TWO IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM TWO. COUNCILMAN PLUMMER ON ITEM TWO, MAYOR TURNER. RESPECTFULLY, I WOULD LIKE TO TAG THIS ITEM JUST FOR SOME, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVERSATION SPECIFICALLY REGARDING TO THE RADIUS THAT WE'VE CHOSEN. JUST WANNA HAVE A COUPLE MORE CONVERSATIONS, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. OKAY. I'LL REMOVE MY TAG FOR, FOR, FOR DISCUSSION. AND JACKSON? NO. OKAY. THIS ITEM IS BEING TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER AND JACKSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON ACCIDENT. OKAY. [MAYOR'S REPORT] ALRIGHT THEN A FEW COMMENTS. UH, YESTERDAY, UH, YOU RECEIVED THE, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, THAT WILL AND WORKSHOPS, I THINK WE'LL BE STARTING THIS AFTERNOON ON THAT PROPOSED BUDGET. UM, [03:10:02] UH, I DISCUSSED SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET ON YESTERDAY AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE. IT IS A BUDGET OF, OF ALL FUNDS OF $5.71 BILLION. UM, IN ALL FUNDS, IT'S A LITTLE ABOUT 9% INCREASE. AND MUCH OF THAT INCREASE, UM, UH, IS DUE TO THE CONSENT DECREE AND THEN THE WATER RATES ISSUES. SO, WHICH IS, UH, PART OF THE CUS SYSTEM. UM, THEN WITH RESPECT TO THE GENERAL FUND, IT, UH, IS 2.74 BILLION, WHICH, UH, REFLECTS AN INCREASE IN SPENDING OF ABOUT 102 MILLION. AND MUCH OF THAT IS DUE TO, UH, THE EMPLOYEE PAY RAISES 6% FOR FI, UM, IN THE FIRST YEAR, 4% FOR POLICE IN THE FIRST YEAR. AND THESE ONE, THESE ARE THREE YEAR CONTRACTS. AND THEN 3% FOR MUNICIPAL, FOR MUNICIPAL WORKERS. UH, ALSO, BEAR IN MIND ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES AND NOW UP TO A MINIMUM OF $15 AN HOUR. UM, THAT IS ALL OF THEM. AND SO THE PAY RAISES REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT. UH, THIS BUDGET WILL UTILIZE $160 MILLION OF THE OPERA FUNDING. UM, THAT'S BE, THAT IS DUE TO THE REVENUE LOSS, UH, WHICH IS, UM, PERMITTED BY THE FEDS TO UTILIZE THE OPERA FUNDING. SO 160 MILLION OF THAT IS IN THE, IS BEING USED IN THIS BUDGET. UM, THE FUND BALANCE IS THE HIGHEST, UM, THAT IT HAS, UH, I BELIEVE HAS EVER BEEN. UM, SO THE FUND BALANCE IS, UM, RIGHT AT 13.5%, WHICH IS ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT WE ARE. UM, UM, HOW CAN I PUT IT? UH, SHOULD HAVE, WHICH IS 7.5 IN TERMS OF ACTUAL DOLLARS. IT'S ABOUT 138 MILLION ABOVE THAT 7.5% DEBT SERVICE AND PAY AS YOU GO. UM, AND WE ARE NOT DRAWING DOWN ON THAT FUND BALANCE AT ALL. UH, QUITE FRANKLY, THE HOPE IS THAT THE FUND BALANCE WILL WILL GROW. UM, AND WE'RE NOT USING ANY LAND SALES OR DEFERRALS IN THIS BUDGET. ALL OF THIS YOU'LL BE GETTING FROM, UM, FINANCE DIRECTOR, EMO AND, UM, AND DIRECTOR, UM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR WILL JONES. SO THIS AFTERNOON, THIS AFTERNOON, SO THAT IS WITHIN IT, IT DOES FULLY FUND FIVE ADDITIONAL CADET CLASSES. I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S ONE ADDITIONAL CADET CLASS THAT WILL GRADUATE BETWEEN NOW AND LET'S SAY MID-JUNE IN THE EXISTING BUDGET. AND THEN FIVE MORE, UH, CADET CLASSES FOR POLICE AND FIRE ARE FULLY, UH, FULLY FUNDED. UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR, IN THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET. IT FULLY FUNDS OUR ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FUND. UM, UM, AT A MINIMUM, I THINK IN THIS ONE IS 23 MILLION AT A, AT A MINIMUM. SO IT PUTS US IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE, DECENT SHAPE FOR THIS UPCOMING HURRICANE, HURRICANE SEASON. UM, AND, UM, AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T HAVE A TOUGH HURRICANE SEASON, UH, BUT AT LEAST THE, THE EQUAL ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FUND IS, IS FULLY, IS FULLY FUNDED. UM, AND THEN IT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, FOR, UH, PARKS. WE DO GO UP, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY FOR OUR PARKS. UM, AND THEN, UM, AS WELL AS FOR OUR, OUR LIBRARIES, UH, SOME OF THEM WILL BE COMING ONLINE. UH, AND THEN OUR MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS, I MENTIONED LIKE A LEAF, UM, THAT'S BEEN WAITING FOR THEIR MULTI-SERVICE CENTER FOR 25 YEARS. UM, AND THEN EVEN THE SUNNYSIDE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, UH, SHOULD BE COMING ONLINE. SO ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED WITHIN THIS, WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET. UH, SO I HOPE YOU WILL, WELL, I KNOW YOU WILL, YOU WILL CAREFULLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT. LEMME JUST SAY WITH RESPECT TO, UM, UH, AND WE WANT TO AS MUCH HOLD ONTO OUR FUND BALANCE BECAUSE MANY OF THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE ENTERED, UH, ARE THREE YEAR AGREEMENTS. AND OUR OPERA FUNDING, UH, WILL, HAS TO BE, UH, OBLIGATED BY 24. SO THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WILL OUTLIVE, UM, THESE FEDERAL, THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE CONVERSATIONS, LET ME ASK YOU TO BE VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT. UH, AFTER DEBATING LONG AND HARD OVER THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUND, WE HAD INITIALLY, UH, SOUGHT TO REDUCE THAT TO 25,000. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, , THAT WAS FUNNY. OH, OKAY. THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS FUNNY. THEY, THEY DIDN'T THINK, ALL RIGHT, LEMME, LEMME, LEMME PULL THAT [03:15:01] ALL THE WAY BACK. , UM, THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUND IS BEING MAINTAINED, UH, AT ITS CURRENT LEVEL. SO WE DID NOT, WE DID NOT TOUCH THAT AT ALL. UM, BUT, UM, UH, THAT IS WHAT IS BEFORE YOU, UH, AS YOU GO THROUGH THE HEARING PROCESS. LEMME JUST SAY WITH RESPECT TO AMENDMENTS, LEMME JUST REPEAT THIS ONE MORE TIME. THESE ARE BUDGETARY AMENDMENTS AND NOT POLICY AMENDMENTS. IF THERE ARE POLICY AMENDMENTS, I WILL RULE THEM OUTTA ORDER AND THEY WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED. OKAY? UM, SO, UH, LET'S BE MINDFUL OF THAT. WE WILL NOT DO, ONCE I RULE 'EM OUT, THE DISCUSSION IS OVER, WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT. OKAY? SO, UM, SO PLEASE, BUDGETARY AMENDMENTS, NON POLICY AMENDMENTS, UM, OTHERWISE WE WOULD OTHERWISE NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. I WASN'T, I, I, I REALLY WASN'T. I REALLY WASN'T. YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, UM, BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, TAKE A, TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND, UM, I HOPE, I HOPE THAT IT WILL MEET WITH, WITH, UM, WITH YOU ALSO, UH, APPROVAL. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ON THAT ISSUE. UH, TODAY, UH, THERE WILL BE A PRESS CONFERENCE REGARDING THE AXIOM SPACE INITIATIVE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS HUGE AFTER, AFTER SPACE PORT. THAT WOULD BE AT 3:00 PM TODAY, AND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME. UM, THAT'S THE DEVELOPMENT OF 22 ACRES AT THE SPACE PORT, AND IT GOES IN LINE WITH COLLINS, UM, UH, OUR, OUR SPACE, AN INTUITIVE MACHINE, BUT IT IS A MAJOR, MAJOR DEAL FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. CAN CREATE, UH, WE'LL BE CREATING MORE THAN A THOUSAND HIGH PAYING JOBS, UM, THERE. SO THAT, THAT, UM, UH, THE ACCENT SPACE ANNOUNCEMENT. UH, WE WILL BE AT THREE O'CLOCK TODAY. UM, AND THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. WE HAVE, UM, 37 POOLS, CITY POOLS, AND IT'S ALREADY HOT, SO CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT'S GONNA BE A MONTH FROM NOW? AND FAMILIES, THE CHILDREN, SCHOOLS OUT, THEY'RE GONNA WANT THOSE POOLS OPEN WHEN WE CAN'T OPEN THEM WITHOUT THE LIFEGUARDS. AND WE NEED AT, WE NEED AT LEAST 111 LIFEGUARDS, UH, TO OPEN UP THOSE 37 POOLS. AND, UH, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE 30. SO LET ME, LET ME ASK YOU ALL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WE, UM, WE, WE PAY $15 AN HOUR, UH, FOR THESE LIFEGUARDS. HOW MANY WE NEED. WE NEED, WE NEED 111 TODAY. WE HAVE 30, WE HAVE TRAINING PLATFORM. UH, I THINK PARKS AND REC WOULD DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THEM READY, SET TO GO. UM, SO WE, WE ARE SHORT OF ABOUT 80, YEAH, 81. SO, UM, WHEN WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE HOT, THE WORST THING IS TO HAVE THE POOLS AND, AND NOT HAVE THE PEOPLE GO FOR HUNDRED MORE. AND I THINK THEY CAN BE, I THINK THEY CAN BE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND, AND OLDER. SO 25 AN HOUR. WELL, WE MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE TO SWEETEN THE POT TO GET PEOPLE TO DRINK THE TEA . WELL, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK YOU WANT ME ERIC, HOW LONG THE TRAINING FOR, UH, LET ME GET, LET ME GET THE PARKS AND REC, LET, UH, WE'LL RESPOND. BUT TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU CAN UTILIZE YOUR NETWORKS TO, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO PRINCIPALS AT SCHOOLS, ORGANIZATIONS, NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTERS, UNIVERSITY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITIES, YEAH, ALL OF THAT. BUT WE DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THESE POOLS, UH, FOR THESE KIDS DOING, YOU KNOW, SO REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. UM, AND THEN AT, AS ANIMAL SHELTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY CONTINUES TO FACE OVER CROWDING BAR HOUSTON AND BIEL PET FOUNDATION ARE PARTNERING TO EMPTY THE SHELTERS BY SPONSORING REDUCED ADOPTION FEES OF JUST $10 FOR THIS FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY. AND TO MEET THE PETS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION, PLEASE STOP BY BARKS ADOPTION CENTER AT 3,300 CAR BETWEEN NOON AND 5:00 PM THROUGH SUNDAY. UM, CIGNA SUNDAY PARK, UH, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WILL TAKE PLACE AT HACKBERRY PARK. THAT'S 7 7 7 7 SOUTH DAIRY ASHFORD ROAD, UH, FROM NOON UNTIL 4:00 PM UH, THAT'S THIS SUNDAY. UH, SO PLEASE, UH, IF YOU CAN PLEASE MAKE THAT, UH, PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND. AND THEN SEEING FINALLY, MAY 20TH IS BIKE TO WORK DAY, HOSTED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES [03:20:01] ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE RIDE FROM BUFFALO BAYOU PARK TO CITY HALL HERMAN SQUARE. UM, THIS WILL BE THE CITY'S 22ND CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF HOSTING THE EVENT AND PROMOTING THE BICYCLES AS AN ALTERNATIVE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. SO PLEASE, PLEASE DO THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, I PUT SOMETHING ON, ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO LET ME REPEAT IT PUBLICLY. UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO, TO, UM, TRY TO GET OUR ARMS AROUND CRIME AND MAKE OUR CITY SAFE, LET ME NOW, UH, SEND A, UM, UH, MAKE A HUGE REQUEST TO OUR PARENTS, TO GUARDIANS FRIENDS BECAUSE, UM, UH, REALLY CONCERNING WITH THAT POPULATION, I USED TO SAY 16 TO 24, BUT LET ME EXPAND IT FROM 14 TO 24. OKAY? UM, YOU KNOW, VERY DISTURBED ABOUT THE SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE, UM, IN NORTHEAST, THESE SIX TEENAGERS, UH, FATAL SHOT, UH, ABOUT ONE. AND AGAIN, THAT'S A YOUNG GROUP, SO, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, PARENTS, PARENTS, PARENTS. AND WHEN THERE ARE TOO MANY, TOO MANY TEENAGERS, KIDS BETWEEN THAT AGE THAT ARE, THAT ARE CARRYING GUNS. SO I KNOW WHEN I GREW UP, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN MY HOUSEHOLD, IN MY MOM'S DAD'S HOUSEHOLD, UM, THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE HOUSE THAT THEY DID NOT, THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF. YOU COULDN'T BRING, YOU COULDN'T BRING ANYTHING IN, YOU KNOW. AND, UH, AS THEY SAID TO US, THERE ARE NO PRIVATE ROOMS. WELL, HELL, THERE WERE ONLY TWO , BUT YOU COULDN'T, THERE WERE NO, THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS PRIVACY IN THEIR HOME. THEY SAID THEY PAID THE BILLS, SO NO PRIVACY. BUT THE POINT THAT I'M MAKING IS THAT, UM, THERE'S TOO MANY, UH, YOUNG INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 TO 24 THAT ARE IN POSSESSION OF GUNS, AND THEY, THEY'RE USING THEM. SO IF YOU LOVE YOUR, IF YOU LOVE YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, UH, TALK TO THEM BECAUSE EITHER THEY CAN END UP BEING SERIOUSLY OR HURT THEMSELVES, OR THEY'LL FIND THEMSELVES IN PRISON, AND YOU DON'T WANT EITHER. SO, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE, YOUR PARENTS GUARDIANS, UH, TALK TO YOU, TALK TO YOU, TALK TO YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, UM, AND, UM, AND DON'T PUT, MAKE GUNS READILY AVAILABLE, UH, FOR THEIR ACCESS. LOCK YOUR GUNS UP, LOCK YOUR GUNS UP. SO THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY, UH, PERSONAL PLEA, UH, TO OUR PARENTS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PARENTS CAN'T BE LIKE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW? UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, UM, I WAS ON MY MIND FOR THIS MORNING. UH, COUNCILMAN P*****K. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. I'M GLAD YOU YOU MADE THAT POINT JUST NOW. I JUST WANT TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, CRIME IN OUR CITY. AND WE'VE SEEN THAT THE AGE OF THOSE WHO ARE COMMITTING CRIMINAL ACCESS, GETTING LOWER, WE PUT A LOT ON HPD, WE PUT A LOT ON CHURCHES, WE PUT A LOT ON TEACHERS, BUT IT'S THE PARENTS THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT AND FIND WAYS TO STRESS TO THEIR CHILDREN WITHIN THEIR OWN HOUSEHOLD, ON RESPECT, ON DISCIPLINE, ON CHARACTER, ON MORALS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS, UH, IS, IS HUMAN ISSUES. YOU CAN THROW A LOT OF MONEY AT IT AND A LOT OF PROGRAMS. BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT PARENTS BEING ABLE TO, UM, PUT FORTH A, A CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN WITH RESPECT, WITH INTEGRITY, UM, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY MISGUIDED YOUTH THAT ARE OUT IN OUR STREETS. AND THAT'S WHY A LOT OF KIDS, THEY, THEY GRAVITATE, GRAVITATE TOWARDS GANGS. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ACCEPTANCE. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR CAMARADERIE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR LOVE. WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO, UM, HAVE PARENTS AND FAMILIES AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, THESE ARE, ARE CHILDREN AND ARE TURNING INTO YOUNG ADULTS THAT MANY TIMES WE SEE ON THE NEWS ARE, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ENGAGED IN A LOT OF THIS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. SO I'M CALLING ON THE PARENTS AS WELL TO, UH, DO ALL THAT YOU CAN, UM, TO ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILD HAS THE, THE MOST OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLE TO THRIVE AND NOT GET CAUGHT UP IN SOME OF THE STREET LIFE. THANK YOU. AND WHEN PARENTS NEED HELP, IF PARENTS NEED HELP, PLEASE REACH OUT. REACH OUT TO US, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PARENTS WORKING TWO AND THREE JOBS AND IT'S TOUGH. SO, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO US AND LET US KNOW. UM, AND THAT'S WHY THE HIGHER HOUSTON YOUTH PROGRAM, WE [03:25:01] PLACE A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THE HIGH HOUSTON YOUTH PROGRAM AND THE FOCUS ON, ON, UH, YOUNG PERSONS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 TO 24. SO, IF, AND LEMME TELL YOU, IF YOU'VE GOT A KID OR IF THERE'S A, A YOUNG PERSON OUT THERE BETWEEN AGES OF 16 TO 24, AND THEY WANT TO WORK THIS SUMMER AND GET PAID FOR IT, THERE IS A JOB AVAILABLE FOR THEM, OKAY? SO EVEN THOUGH IN TERMS OF THE CITY TERMS THAT'S FILLED, AND THAT'S ONLY 450, BUT THE THOUSANDS OF JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE UP TO, I THINK WE'RE OVER 11,000 STUDENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP, AND THERE ARE JOBS FOR THEM. AND THE STRETCH GOAL, FOR EXAMPLE, IS 15,000. AND WE JUST MET LAST FRIDAY WHERE THE FOCUS IS ON, UH, SUMMER INTERNSHIPS FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS. UH, SO, AND THESE JOBS COME FROM ALL OVER. BOEING, FOR EXAMPLE, IS PROVIDING SUMMER JOBS. MANY OF, SOME OF OUR ENERGY COMPANIES ARE PROVIDING SUMMER JOBS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, WE WANNA SHOW OUR KIDS THAT WE LOVE THEM MORE THAN SOME NEGATIVE ELEMENT OUT THERE THAT'S TRYING TO PULL THEM IN. UM, SO THERE ARE SUMMER JOBS, UH, HIRING OPPORTUNITIES. PLEASE GO TO HIRE HOUSTON YOUTH.ORG. HIRE HOUSTON YOUTH.ORG. UH, AND AGAIN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU CAN STRESS THAT IN YOUR NEWSLETTERS TO THE CHURCHES, YOU KNOW, PLEASE ASK THEM, HIRE HOUSTON YOUTH.ORG AND WHETHER THERE ARE EMPLOYERS WHO WANT TO HIRE THESE KIDS, HIRE HOUSTON YOUTH.ORG. SO I WANT TO, UM, UM, THANK, UM, AVERA KOSKI AND, AND JANE CHEEKS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE TEAMS FOR REALLY TAKING THE LEADERSHIP ROLE ON THAT. SO, UM, WE WANT TO HELP, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UM, SO AGAIN, NUMBERS ARE TRENDING, RIGHT? BUT WE, WE ARE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE OR NEED TO BE. UH, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE ALL OF US DOING OUR COLLECTIVE PART, AND I KNOW WE, WE WILL GET THERE. I REMAIN VERY OPTIMISTIC. I REMAIN VERY OPTIMISTIC, UM, ON, ON ALL OF THAT. SO I THINK THAT DOES IT FOR ME. UH, SINCE I'M LOSING MY VOICE, I, UM, I REALLY SANG THE OTHER NIGHT, AND, UM, THEY ASKED ME BACK FOR AN ENCORE. ALL RIGHT, [CONSENT AGENDA] LET'S MOVE TO THE AGENDA, MADAM SECRETARY, UNDER THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY, ITEM THREE NEEDS A MOTION. T MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM THREE. DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSING GRANTED UNDER THE ACCEPT WORK CATEGORY. ITEM FOUR NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX, TATUM, MOVE SECOND, ROBINSON MOVED. AND SECOND. AND ITEM FOUR, DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED UNDER THE PURCHASING INTERATION OF B IS CATEGORY ITEM NINE HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. NEED A MOTION ON ITEMS 5, 6, 7, AND EIGHT. CAST TATU MOVE. SECOND. ROBINSON MOVE. AND SECOND. AND ON ITEMS FIVE THROUGH EIGHT, DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSE, AND GRANTED UNDER THE RESOLUTION CATEGORY, ITEM 10 HAS BEEN REMOVED. SIMPLE CONSIDERATION UNDER THE ORDINANCES CATEGORY. ITEM 26 HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED AND WILL BE CONSIDERED IF IT IS RECEIVED BEFORE THE END OF THE AGENDA. ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ARE 11, 12, 14, 15, 18 THROUGH 2027 AND 28. THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 11, 12, 14, AND 1518 THROUGH 2027 AND 28. JUST NEED A VOTE ON THE BALANCE. DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED, GRANTED, ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE [CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA] CONSIDERATION. ITEM NINE NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX T MOVE SECOND ROBINSON. UM, COUNCILWOMAN CAME IN ON ITEM NINE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM, UH, FOR TWO ODOR CONTROL TOWERS FOR THE 11TH STREET LIFT STATION, UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. WE'VE HAD, UH, MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UM, ODOR, BAD SMELL, GOING [03:30:01] INTO NOT ONLY THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT SCHOOLS. UM, AND I, SO I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS ITEM. I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT, THOUGH, UM, THAT WE ALSO GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE WILLOW MEADOWS WASTEWATER TREATMENT CENTER. I'M LOOKING OVER AT, UH, VICE MAYOR PROM, CASTEX TATUM, BECAUSE BOTH OF OUR OFFICES, UH, CONTINUE TO RECEIVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT LOCATION AS WELL. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WE HAVE IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS IN NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT I'M GONNA PUSH AND CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR WHATEVER WE CAN DO AT THAT LOCATION AS WELL TO MITIGATE, UM, AND IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL ODOR CONTROLLING MEASURES THERE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM NINE? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSE GRANTED ON ITEM NINE. ITEM 10 IS A RESOLUTION. JUST NEED A VOTE. NO. ITEM 10. DISCUSSION ON 10. DISCUSSION ON 10. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 10. ITEM 11 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. WE ON ITEM 11. COUNCILMAN ASH ON ITEM 11. MAYOR, HOW OFTEN ARE, ARE WE HAVING TO MAKE A CLAIM ON THIS TYPE OF A DEAL? DO WE CURRENTLY, UM, IS THIS A RENEWAL ON THIS POLICY? THIS IS, THIS IS THE RENEWAL. THIS IS, UH, YEAH, WELL, WE'RE SELF-INSURED. I MEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE BUYING THIS. UM, ADDED PROTECTION FOR THE CITY. 20, 20,000 EMPLOYEES. IT'S GOT A $10,000, UM, DEDUCTIBLE. IT'S GOT A MILLION DOLLAR CAP. UH, I'M JUST WONDERING, WE HAVING THAT MUCH, UH, UH, SHRINKAGE AS WE MIGHT CALL IT, OR THEFT. IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT INSURANCE IN CASE SOMETHING SHOULD, IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE IT, SOMETHING HAPPENS. AND THIS IS, UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE HAVEVE BEEN MANY CLAIMS ON IT, BUT, UM, IT'S JUST AN ADDED SAFETY NET. WELL, I MEAN, YOU, YOU HAVE TO STEAL OVER $10,000 FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO CLAIM ON IT. THEN YOU HAVE TO PROVE THE GUY STOLE IT. I MEAN, IT'S A WHOLE BIG MESS HERE. YEAH. THE DEDUCTIBLE ON THIS IS $10,000. I KNOW. YEAH. AND LIMITS IT TO 2000 PER CARDS. I, I MEAN, WE'RE SELF-INSURED. I, I JUST DON'T SEE A PURPOSE FOR MAYOR. OKAY. COUNCILMAN P*****K. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK, UH, THE PURPOSE IS, ALTHOUGH WE'RE SELF-INSURED, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE TO COME OUT OF OUR POCKET FOR A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, THEN THIS IS JUST ADDED PROTECTION. IF THE DEDUCTIBLE IS ONLY $10,000, RIGHT? UH, WHICH IS, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ISN'T A LOT OF MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR GENERAL FUND AND IT GETS US UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS IN COVERAGE. UM, I THINK IT'S JUST PRUDENT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON THE BOOKS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO OUR OWN POCKET IF IT'S, IF IT'S A SIGNIFICANT, UM, OCCURRENCE OR INCIDENT THAT HAPPENS. SO LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, IT'S ADDED PROTECTION. UM, SO FOR $10,000 DEDUCTIBLE, YOU GET A MILLION DOLLARS IN COVERAGE. I THINK THAT'S, UH, THE SMART THING TO DO. COUNCILMAN KASH, MAYOR, IS THIS AN AGGREGATE PER YEAR? IS THAT THE MAXIMUM PAY PER YEAR OR IS IT PER INCIDENT? IT IS THE, IT'S, THAT'S THE, THE OCCURRENCE IS PER OCCURRENCE. PER OCCURRENCE. SO WE HAVE 10 BAD ACTORS. WE COULD RECOVER AS MUCH AS $10 MILLION IF IT WAS STOLEN. YES. WELL, THAT CHANGES THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT. OKAY, THANKS. UM, VICE MAYOR PRO TE CASH TATUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAD A, I HAD A QUESTION. UM, DOES THIS ALSO, UM, REQUIRE, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT ALSO REQUIRES PUBLIC OF OFFICIAL BONDS FOR CITY OFFICIALS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN ASK THE ATTORNEY THAT. MY QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS ON THIS ITEM, YOU KNOW, HOW, LIKE, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DOES IT, DOES IT COVER? AND THE, THE RESPONSE I GOT WAS THE RECOMMENDED CRIME INSURANCE POLICY FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISHONESTY PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION TWO DASH 36 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. THIS SECTION ALSO REQUIRES INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC OFFICIAL BONDS FOR DESIGNATED CITY OFFICIALS. THESE BONDS ARE PURCHASED SEPARATELY BY THE CITY. SO I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IF THIS WAS ALSO FOR PUBLIC OFFICIAL BONDS. UM, ATTO, ARE YOU ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT? I'M NOT ABLE TO SPEAK TO IT. I I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS. IF YOU CAN, A MOMENT YOU WANT TO TAG IT, WE CAN BRING IT BACK. OKAY. TAG IT. TAG IT. OKAY. ITEM OSH. ITEM 11 HAS BEEN TAGGED BY, UH, VICE MAYOR PROTI AND COUNCIL [03:35:01] MEMBER KUBOSH. OKAY, NEXT ITEM, ITEM 12 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 12. COUNCILOR MEMBER GGO ON ITEM 12. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I REQUESTED A MEETING WITH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT AND THE SAFEGUARDS INCLUDED IN THEIR PLANS. MAYOR, YOU'LL RECALL CALL THAT IN FEBRUARY OF 2019, SOUTHWEST FUEL STORAGE TANKS AT HOBBY WERE OVERFILLED A, A AT SWIFT SPORT. THE FUEL FACILITY OPERATOR AT THE TIME TRANSFERRED FUEL FROM DIFFERENT TANKS THAT CAUSED A MAJOR LEAK THAT DISCHARGED 64,000 GALLONS OF JET FUEL INTO SIMS BAYOU. IT CAUSED SERIOUS AND LASTING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON OUR WATERWAYS, WILDLIFE, AND SEVERAL PARKS, INCLUDING OUR BRAND NEW BOTANIC GARDEN. THE CLEANUP LASTED OVER TWO MONTHS, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS SOUTHWEST INCREASES THE CAPACITY THAT AT THE NEW FUEL TANK OPERATOR, MENES HAVE THE NECESSARY SYSTEM AND REDUNDANCIES AND CONTAINMENT FACILITIES BUILT IN THE NEW STORAGE TANKS TO PREVENT A DISCHARGE AS WE EXPERIENCED IN 2019. AND I WAS ASSURED BY SOUTHWEST AIRLINES THAT THAT WOULD BE THE CASE. BUT WITH THAT SAID, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES NOW HAS A LARGE FOOTPRINT AT THE HOBBY AIRPORT. I KNOW YEARS AGO, THEY WERE ASKING TO PROVIDE INTERNATIONAL SERVICE OUT OF HOBBY, AND THEREFORE THEY WERE ASKING PEOPLE TO COME AND SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF SOUTHWEST AIRLINES IN PROVIDING INTERNATIONAL SERVICE OUT OF HOBBY. AT THE TIME I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, I WENT AND SPOKE MANY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT. I WENT AND SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF SOUTHWEST SHI AIRLINES. NOW I'M ASKING THEM TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND PARTNER IN THE 50 50 PARKS. WE HAVE AN ANDOVER, WE HAVE ANDOVER PARK IN THE HOBBY AREA, AND IT'S IN NEED OF TENDER LOVING CARE. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES JETS FLY OVER A GARDEN, VILLAS PARK, ANDOVER PARK, AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR SOUTHWEST TO STEP UP. LIKE OTHER CORPORATIONS HAVE STEPPED UP AND PROVIDING SUPPORT IN OUR 50 50 PARKS, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WILL LOOK INTO IT, AND I'M HOPING THEY WILL FOLLOW THROUGH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, UH, I THINK YOU'RE TALKING DIRECTLY TO SHERRY HUB. THAT'S OUT, THAT'S OUT THERE IN THAT, THAT AUDIENCE. AND I SEE GRACIE SIGNS IS ALSO PRESENT, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY FLY HIGH, BUT YOU SPOKE LOW. SO, UH, THE GROUND. UH, LOOK, I, I, THEY ARE, THEY'RE GOOD PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND, UM, AND I KNOW THAT THEY WILL, UM, BE RESPONSIVE AND WE ARE TRYING TO SIGNIFICANTLY UPGRADE, UH, OUR PARKS. AND WE DO A LOT WITH OUR SIGNATURE PARKS, BUT THOSE 350 LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS NEED A LOT OF LOVE AND ATTENTION. SO, UM, AND THE CITY CAN'T DO IT BY ITSELF, SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL PARTNER WITH THE OTHER BUSINESSES AND CORPORATIONS. UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT 22, UH, BASED ON THE SUPPORT FROM BUSINESSES AND CORPORATIONS THAT WILL GET DONE BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF NEXT YEAR. UM, WE CAN ALWAYS ADD, YOU KNOW, A FEW MORE. SO, UM, LOVE, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE LOVE, LOVE. THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WE HAD JUST SAID. YEAH. SO ISN'T THERE A LOGO WITH LOVE? YEAH, WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING ON LOVE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE LOVE BOAT, BUT IT'S THE LOVE AIRPLANE, YOU KNOW? SO SHERRY, GOOD TO SEE YOU OUT THERE, YOU KNOW. ALRIGHT. COUNCILMAN KASH MAYOR. I FLY CONTINUALLY WITH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES. I'LL BE FLYING OUT THIS NEXT WEDNESDAY TO SEE MY GRANDSON UP IN MILWAUKEE. UH, I FIND THAT THIS AIRLINE IS, UH, HAS TO BE THE ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE FRIENDLIEST AIRLINES I'VE EVER, I'VE EVER FLOWN ON. AND, UM, I, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP 'EM HERE. I'M GLAD THAT THEY FLY INTERNATIONALLY NOW. I'M GLAD THAT I CAN GO DOWN TO JAMAICA AND OTHER PLACES ON SOUTHWEST AIRLINES. AND, UH, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THAT THEY'VE DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, I WILL. AND THEN, UM, SOUTHWEST HAS HELPED TO MAKE HOBBY, UM, ONE OF THE TOP 16 FOR FIVE STAR, UH, AIRPORTS IN THE WORLD. IT'S ONLY 16. AND CERTAINLY THAT WOULD NOT BE THE, UH, THE CAVES WITHOUT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES BEING THE MAIN ANCHOR OVER THERE. SO [03:40:01] THAT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. UM, AND I THINK WHAT, AND I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR COUNCIL GALLS, BUT I THINK WHAT I CAN SAY IS, UM, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ONE OF 16 IN THE WORLD, AND THEN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S SURROUNDING IT BE LAGGING BEHIND EITHER. UM, AND QUITE FRANKLY, I'M EXTENDING, UM, I'M JUST GONNA TAKE THIS ONE. I'M ALSO EXTENDING THAT TO INTER CONTINENTAL BECAUSE I MASTERING CONTINENTAL AND ALL OF THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT'S BEING SPENT OVER THERE, UM, BY UNITED AND OTHERS, UH, TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE IN COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENTS TO THE COMMUNITIES AROUND THEM. IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO SPEND THE BILLIONS AT THE AIRPORT, BUT THE COMMUNITIES AROUND IT, UH, AND QUITE FRANKLY, OTHER AIRPORTS LIKE JFK ARE DOING SOME OF THE SAME THINGS UP THERE. WE ARE GONNA BE DOING THE SAME THINGS DOWN HERE. SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE ION, IT'S ABOUT ALL OF THESE MAJOR INSTITUTIONS AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AROUND THEM. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 12? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSE GRANTED ON ITEM 12? THANK YOU. SHERRY . ITEM ITEM 14 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE. WE ON ITEM 14. DISCUSSION ON 14. DISCUSSION ON 14. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSE GRANTED ON 14. ITEM 15 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE ON ITEM 15. DISCUSSION ON 15. DISCUSSION ON 15 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 15. ITEM 18 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE. WE ON ITEM 18. DISCUSSION ON 18. DISCUSSION ON 18 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 18. ITEM 19 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 19. DISCUSSION ON 19. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 19. ITEM 20 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 20. DISCUSSION ON 20. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 20. ITEM 27 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE. WE ON ITEM 27. ITEM 27, DISCUSSION ON 27. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 27. ITEM 28 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 28. DISCUSSION ON 28. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED, GRANTED ON 28. [MATTERS HELD] ITEM 29 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. WE ON ITEM 29 AGAIN. UH, THIS IS WITH UP, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE, I HOPE YOU WILL SUPPORT THE ITEM, BUT I DO WANT TO CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION ON UP, JUST LIKE WE JUST HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH SOUTHWEST UP. MUST COME TO THE TABLE. OKAY, UP MUST COME TO THE TABLE TWO ITEMS. THE RAILROAD CROSS GRADING CROSSINGS, AND THEN THE, UH, CASHMERE GARDENS, UH, FIFTH WARD CANCER CLUSTER. SO UP, UM, UP HAS TO COME TO THE TABLE ON THIS ITEM. AND REACHING OUT TO THE CEO AND OTHERS TO COME TO THE TABLE TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME VERY, UH, DEEP CONVERSATIONS. I'VE ALSO ASKED LEGAL AND ALL OF OUR TEAMS TO MOVE AGGRESSIVELY ON THE, ON THOSE ISSUES. OKAY, COUNCILMAN PLUMMER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE TO, UM, MAKE SURE THE DRAINAGE IS HANDLED IN THIS COMMUNITY. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, MAYOR, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS ITEM. UNDERSTAND. OKAY. THANK YOU. UNDERSTAND. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 29? DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, LAST WEEK I DID TAG THIS JUST OUTTA PRINCIPLE AND, UM, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN MONTHS THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN WORKING, WAITING FOR PERMITS FROM UNION PACIFIC SO THAT WAY WE CAN PROCEED, UH, WITH THE, UH, PROPER, UM, UH, EQUIPMENT AND WHAT HAVE YOU FOR A NEW QUIET ZONE, UH, IN THE EAST END. UH, WE STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED THESE PERMITS, UH, FROM UNION PACIFIC. UH, SO I'M ASKING UNION PACIFIC. IT'S BEEN MONTHS PUBLIC WORKS IS WAITING ON PERMITS SO WE CAN PROCEED WITH PROVIDING THE NEEDED EQUIPMENT, UH, FOR A QUIET, A NEW QUIET ZONE IN THE EAST END THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED. SO, AGAIN, IF UNION PACIFIC CAN PLEASE PROVIDE THESE PERMITS, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 29? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSED, UM, SHOW COUNCILMAN PLUM VOTING POLL. POLLARD SHOW POLL VOTING. NO ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU. UH, POLL, IF YOU WILL, IF YOU DON'T MIND. UH, UH, COUNCILMAN KBA? IS HE STILL, WHERE DID HE GO? HE STEPPED OUT. [03:45:04] ITEM 26 IS IN, SO YOU CAN GO BACK TO 26 AND THEN GO BACK TO THAT ITEM IN A MOMENT. ALRIGHT, WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE FIRST, WHY DON'T WE FIRST TURN TO ITEM 26. ITEM 26 IS NOW IN, IT IS IN ITEM 26 IS IN, SO LET'S GO BACK TO 26. ITEM 26 HAS BEEN RECEIVED. ITEM 26 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. DISCUSSION ON 26, DISCUSSION ON 26. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSE GRANTED ON 26. AND THEN I KNOW IT'S BEEN TAGGED, BUT, UM, UM, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY MICHELLE CAN'T SPEAK TO ITEM 11. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND CALLING IT BACK. AND LET ME JUST ASK THE VICE MAYOR PROAM AND COUNCIL MEMBER KOSH, IF YOU'LL JUST HOLD YOUR TAG FOR A MOMENT. SURE. YES MA'AM. OKAY. SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL ITEM 11. ITEM 11 IS AN ORDINANCE. OKAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CITY ATTORNEY ARTURO MICHELLE, UH, MAYOR, UH, UH, ARTICLE TWO OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES REFERENCES, UH, INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC OFFICIAL BONDS, BUT ONLY FOR A HANDFUL, UH, OF, UH, OFFICIALS. A CONTROLLER, THE DEPUTY CONTROLLER, THE MAYOR, CLERK OF MUNICIPAL COURTS. AND THEIR RELATIVELY LOW AMOUNTS, THE HIGHEST IS 50,000 MOST, OR 25,000. BUT IT SEPARATELY SAYS IT REQUIRES EITHER INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC OFFICIAL BONDS OR A BLANKET CRIME POLICY FOR ALL PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. AND THEN MORE SPECIFICALLY, LATER IN, UH, TWO DASH 39 SAYS THAT A BLANKET CRIME POLICY FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND SHALL COVER ALL EMPLOYEES OTHER THAN THOSE OFFICERS FOR WHICH INDIVIDUAL BONDS ARE REQUIRED. SO THE, THE POLICY HERE IS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE. I, I REMOVE MY TAG. MAYOR, I'LL ALSO REMOVE MY TAG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ATAR. MM-HMM . OKAY. WE ARE BACK NOW ON ITEM 11. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 11? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. DOES THAT DO IT FOR US? MADAM SECRETARY? THIS COMPLETES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. ALRIGHT, [NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS] WE START. COUNCILMAN KNOX, YOU'RE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. UH, NOT JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE POLICE MEMORIAL LAST WEEK. IT WAS VERY TOUCHING. UH, IT WAS DISTURBED. WE ONLY HAD ONE HELICOPTER, THOUGH EVIDENTLY WE GOT SOME SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES WITH HELICOPTER PARTS, SO THEY, THEY COULD ONLY FEEL THE ONE. UH, BUT OTHERWISE IT WAS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND, UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING OUT AND SUPPORT OUR POLICE ON THAT ISSUE. AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR NOW. YOU KNOW, I WAS WONDERING, I MEAN, 'CAUSE MY, MY BACK WAS, AND I THOUGHT I HAD MISSED THE OTHER TWO. YEAH, NO, IT WAS JUST THE ONE, THE ONE, YEAH. THEY HAD, UH, THEY HAD ONE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIELD FOR THEIR POLICE WORK. AND NORMALLY THERE'S THREE THAT FLY. RIGHT? BUT, UH, THEY DIDN'T HAVE, THERE WASN'T ENOUGH AIRCRAFT THAT COULD, WERE AIR WORTHY AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT. BUT, UH, I'M TOLD THAT IT'S, IT WAS JUST A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE AT THE MOMENT. OKAY. THE ONE THAT WAS UP THERE WAS HAD YOUR BADGE ON IT, DIDN'T IT? YEAH, IT HAD MY SON'S BADGE NUMBER ON IT. UH, THE KNOX FOX , IT'S ACTUALLY PRINTED ON THE, IS THAT RIGHT? ANY RATE? UH, IT WAS TOUCHING, YOU KNOW, TO, TO SEE ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, IT STRUCK ME THAT A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW, UH, NOBODY WILL REMEMBER ME. YOU KNOW, THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH PEOPLE AROUND THAT REMEMBER WHO I WAS. BUT WE REMEMBER EVERY ONE OF THOSE POLICEMEN FROM 1860 UNTIL THE PRESENT DAY. SO I WAS TOUCHED BY THAT. ALRIGHT. AND, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LIFT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY UP. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TIM? YES. THANK YOU MAYOR AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER. I'LL REMEMBER YOU IN A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW, THAT'S FOR SURE. SO, THANK YOU. IT, IT, IT WAS A VERY TOUCHING CEREMONY. IT'S ALWAYS A VERY NICE CEREMONY TO ATTEND. AND, UH, I WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING. 'CAUSE I USUALLY HAVE THAT FIRST ONE PEEL OFF TO THE NORTH AND THEN THE OTHER TWO KEEP FLYING AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. SO I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A CHANGE IN PROCEDURE. BUT SUPPLY CHAIN GETS EVERYBODY. THE MAYOR MENTIONED, UH, HOT SUMMER IS COMING UPON US. SO WITH MEMORIAL DAY, WEEKEND AND SUMMER, QUICKLY APPROACHING, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SWIM AND BOAT IN LAKE HOUSTON TO KNOW YOUR ZONES. LAST YEAR WE DEVELOPED THIS PROGRAM THAT IDENTIFIED DIFFERENT ZONES WITHIN THE LAKE. LAKE HOUSTON IS A BIG AREA, AND WE HAD AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT WHERE WE RECEIVED A NINE ONE ONE CALL AND A BOATER COULDN'T IDENTIFY WHERE THEY WERE. SO THAT'S WHEN WE CAME UP MOSTLY TO JESSICA BEMA. MY CHIEF OF STAFF'S IDEA IS THE NO YEAR ZONE, WHERE WE COLOR CODE THINGS FOR SAFETY PROCEDURE. IT [03:50:01] PROVIDES LAKE HOUSTON RESIDENTS AND VISITING RECREATIONAL USERS WITH INFORMATION, PREPARING THEM TO BETTER IDENTIFY THEIR LOCATION ON THE LAKE AND HOW TO BEST REPORT A LAKE INCIDENT TO THE 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE LAKE HOUSTON SAFETY PLAN, VISIT WWW.HOUSTONTX.GOV/KNOW YOUR ZONES THERE. YOU CAN PRINT YOUR OWN MAPS. YOU CAN SHARE THIS WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND YOU CAN POST IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT. THE CLEAR LAKE ELLINGTON FIELD ELECTRONIC RECYCLING EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 12TH FROM NINE TO THREE OR UNTIL THE TRUCKS ARE FULL. INCREASED SAFETY PER PROTOCOLS DUE TO COVID-19 WILL BE ENFORCED. RESIDENTS WILL BE INQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR FACE COVERING WHEN TA TALKING TO THE STAFF. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLACE ITEMS FOR DROP OFF IN THEIR TRUNK FOR EASY CONTACT LIST UPLOAD. AND A REMINDER ON THE SOUTH END, WE WILL HAVE OUR TOWN HALL REDISTRICTING MEETING AT SPACE CENTER HOUSTON SPECIAL EVENTS ROOM NEXT WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 18TH AT 6:00 PM THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR PROAM, CAST T THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE FORMER POWER CENTER. YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR, UM, THE FIVE CORNERS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT RECENTLY PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE ON THE MODERNIZATION PROJECT THAT IS IN PROGRESS AT THAT SITE. UM, THE NEW OWNERS, UM, HAVE CHANGED THE NAME TO THE COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE FOR HOUSTON. UH, AND THIS FACILITY WILL NOW BE AN INCUBATOR FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 SMALL BUSINESSES, A COMMISSARY TO FEED THOSE IN NEED OF FOOD, UH, AND A FOOD PRODUCING GARDEN. AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN KNEW THAT THEY WILL BE TEACHING THE STUDENTS AT THE IMANI SCHOOL ABOUT COMPOSTING. SO, UH, WE, WE ARE GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT, UH, COMPOSTING. THEY WILL ALSO BE AMPLIFYING ECONOMIC COMMERCE AND OPPORTUNITIES TO DRAW PEOPLE TO OUR CITY. UM, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THE SUCCESS OF THAT ORGANIZATION. AND YOU CAN READ THE ARTICLE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE FIVE CORNERS DISTRICT, UH, NEWSLETTER. UH, COMMISSIONER ELLIS WILL HOST THE GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION OF THE EIGHT SOCCER FIELDS AT THE BREW BLUE RIDGE PARK SATURDAY AT 10:00 AM AND THIS WAS THE $2 MILLION GIFT OF THE QATAR HARVEY FUNDS PLUS, UH, 1.2 MILLION FROM PRECINCT ONE TO PROVIDE THIS RECREATIONAL SPACE THAT WILL ALSO SERVE AS WATER RETENTION BASIS FOR FLOOD MITIGATION AND DISTRICT A. SO, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROJECT ON, UM, GRAND OPENING ON SATURDAY. UH, THE INDIA HOUSE WILL BE DISTRIBUTING FREE GROCERIES TODAY FROM 10 30 TO 1130 AT 8 8 8 8 WEST BELFORT. SO FAMILIES IN NEED CAN DEFINITELY RECEIVE THOSE GROCERIES THERE. UH, FORT BEND RESIDENTS, UH, RIDGEMONT ELEMENTARY AND EARLY LITERACY CENTER CARNIVAL IS THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 TO 2:00 PM THERE'LL BE FOOD TRUCKS, FUN GAMES, WELLNESS STATIONS, AND MORE. UH, AND THE ADDRESS IS 49 10 RAVEN RIDGE DRIVE. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE. KEEP UP WITH DISTRICT K. IF YOU'RE NOT RECEIVING OUR NEWSLETTER, LET US KNOW. WE DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL THE GOOD INFORMATION WE'RE PUTTING OUT EACH MONTH. HAVE A SUPER DAY, BE KIND TO EACH OTHER. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MAG GALLEGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANNA INVITE, UH, RESIDENTS IN, UH, THE EAST END AREA TO, UH, PLEASE COME BY AT HARTMAN PARK THIS COMING SATURDAY. UH, FROM TWO O'CLOCK TO FOUR O'CLOCK, UH, TO SIGN UP FOR FREE SPAY AND NEUTERING, UH, AS WELL, PLUS, UH, VACCINATIONS AND MICROCHIP CHIPPING. UM, I WANT TO THANK IT'S AT, UH, AT THE, UH, HARTMAN PARK AT 93 11 EAST, UH, AVENUE P THAT'S 9 3 11 EAST AVENUE P AT HARTMAN PARK. AGAIN, IT'S FROM TWO TO FOUR. THIS COMING SATURDAY. I WANT TO THANK THE PARTNERS THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE BODY OF DOGS. HOUSTON PET SET, EMANCIPET, HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY, SOCIETY, UH, VALERO, HOUSTON PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND MANCHESTER CIVIC CLUB. UH, SO THANK Y'ALL FOR PARTNERING AND, AND, AND, AND, UM, ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE. UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, FOR STOPPING BY ON SATURDAY AT MS. TERRELL'S HOUSE. OH, YEAH. NICE. UH, 86 YEARS YOUNG. UM, HER HOUSE WAS IN, IN, IN DESPERATE NEED OF REPAIRS. SHE LOST HER HUSBAND BACK IN THE EIGHTIES. UM, AND SHE HAS A SON, UH, THAT'S SPECIAL. I MEAN, A GRANDSON THAT'S IN HIS TWENTIES. SPECIAL NEEDS THAT SHE'S TAKEN CARE OF. AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK THAT THE HANO CENTER, UH, FOR COORDINATING ALL THIS. I WANT TO THANK THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MINORITY CONTRACTORS, UH, THAT STEPPED UP, UH, TO RENOVATE HER HOME. UH, AND IT WAS ALL WORTH IT AS YOU, AS YOU COULD TELL, MAYOR, WHEN SHE STEPPED INTO HER HOME WITH A BIG OLD SMILE, RIGHT? [03:55:01] WITH A BIG OLD SMILE. SO, UH, AND HER AND HER GRANDSON, HE WAS EXCITED. UH, 'CAUSE HE HAD A BRAND NEW BEDROOM SET IN HIS RENOVATED BEDROOM. AND HE WAS EXCITED THAT HE WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO, TO SLEEP ON THAT BRAND NEW BED. UH, SO, SO I WANNA THANK YOU AGAIN. I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. IT WAS WELL, WELL WORTH IT. UM, ALSO, UH, WE HAD OUR SIXTH ANNUAL SENIOR PROM, UM, AT THE GRAYSON CENTER. I WANT TO THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA FOR PARTNERING, UH, AND PROVIDING THE FACILITY, THE GRAYSON CENTER AND COUNTY FACILITY PRECINCT TO FACILITY. I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN FOR, FOR STOPPING BY. UM, THIS YEAR WAS OF COURSE, LIMITED. UH, WE JUST CALLED A FEW SENIORS, BUT WE HAD STILL HAD ABOUT 170 SENIORS THAT WERE THERE. UH, NOT COMPARED TO BEFORE COVID, WHERE WE WERE ALMOST CLOSE TO 400. UM, BUT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE SENIORS WERE OUT THERE DANCING, UH, HAVING BREAKFAST. AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF US TAKING THE TIME TO SHOW THEM SOME ATTENTION, UH, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE TIMES. SO, UH, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT MADE THAT POSSIBLE. AND I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED, UH, DISTRICT DIES, UM, REDISTRICTING MEETING AND CIP MEETING LAST NIGHT. UM, IT WAS INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST, BUT, UM, , IT WAS INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST. BUT, UM, IT, IT, IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS GOOD. SO THANK YOU. THANKS. AND, UM, MY PUNISHMENT NOT BEING TO MAKE IT TO THE, UM, TO THE SENIORS DEAL, YOU KNOW. NO, NO. YOUR, YOUR, YOUR SECURITY WAS THERE. THEY SAID THAT IN PERSON. YEAH. UH, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU AND I ARE KEEPING A SIMILAR SCHEDULE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT NEXT YEAR. AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THOSE NUMBERS BACK UP TO 400 COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, BUT IT WAS GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AS IT HAS BEEN WITH MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES SO FAR. MAYOR, WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE CIP MEETINGS. A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT. I THINK WE HAD THE SEVENTH MEETING LAST NIGHT OF THE 12, RIGHT? YEAH. FOUR MORE TO GO. FOUR MORE TO GO. SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN AND OTHERS WHO WE WILL BE JOINING YOU FOR THAT. UM, AND OF COURSE WE'RE GETTING UNDERWAY WITH OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS. AND, UH, MAYOR, YOUR PRESENTATION YESTERDAY, I THINK OF THE BUDGET WAS REALLY COMPELLING FOR, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE. OF COURSE, GOING INTO ALL THE MEETINGS THAT'LL START TODAY. PLENTY OF WORK FOR US TO DO, COLLEAGUES. UM, BUT I WANTED TO THANK THE MAYOR, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE LONGER TERM PROJECTS HE'S BEEN WORKING ON IN PARTICULAR, UH, IN MY WORLD, IS THE CONSENT AGREEMENT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING ON WITH PUBLIC WORKS, A FEW OF THOSE ITEMS, BIG TICKET ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING AND PASSING THOSE ARE REALLY GONNA SECURE A HUGE PART OF OUR OVERALL CITY BUDGET. SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, ANOTHER HUGE PRESSING ISSUE FOR US. UH, WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT OF THE JOINT, UM, UH, MEETINGS FOCUSED ON RAILROAD CROSSINGS. THAT WITH, UH, THE TTI COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS CHAIRS AND SALLY WITH THE REGULATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WILL MEET TOMORROW MORNING AT 10:00 AM IT'S A MEETING THAT WILL HAVE THE SOLE FOCUS OF OUR RAILROAD CROSSINGS WITH, UH, MAYOR. GLAD TO SAY THAT BNSF HAS AGREED TO JOIN US. THEY WILL BE IN CHAMBERS TOMORROW, UH, TO TALK ABOUT OPERATIONS IN THE HOUSTON FACILITY. AND, UH, GRATEFUL FOR THEM COMING TO THE TABLE THIS TIME. WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM PUBLIC WORKS, UH, THEIR TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS ABOUT FUNDING PRIORITIES FOR RAIL. AND SOME OF THE GOOD IDEAS THAT I THINK ARE, THAT ARE COMING, UH, FORWARD TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES WITH BLOCKED RAILROAD INTERSECTIONS. AND MAYOR, YOUR OFFICE OF INNOVATION, JESSE BOUNDS IN PARTICULAR, IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING WITH US ON THE SAME AGENDA ABOUT SMART RAILROAD CROSSING MONITORS AND SOME OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S CLOGGING, UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IN PARTICULAR, UH, PARTS CLOSEST TO THE PORT AND THE EAST SIDE. SO, WITH THAT, MAYOR, ONE LAST BIT OF NEWS, I'M NOT SURE YOU WOULD'VE HEARD. I DID HEAR FROM THE MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, COMMISSIONER KEN CLARK FROM GALVESTON PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS WEEK. MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY LEAVING SEVEN CHILDREN, AND HIS WIFE, HE'S MY PREDECESSOR AS CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL. SO FOR THAT, HE'S BEEN COURAGEOUS IN HIS BATTLE. UM, WISH HIM ALL THE BEST IN HIS HEAVENLY JOURNEY. AND, UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS. GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COLLEAGUES. UH, YESTERDAY WAS LUPUS AWARENESS DAY, UH, AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, SEVERAL FRIENDS HAVE SHARED WITH ME THEIR RECENT DIAGNOSIS OF LUPUS. SO WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE, UH, TEXAS GULF COAST CHAPTER OF LUPUS. AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING AN EVENT TONIGHT AT TRACY G IN WEST CHASE AT 6:00 PM WE EXPECT A FULL HOUSE FOR INFORMATION AND AWARENESS AND EDUCATION. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE AWARE, AWARE [04:00:01] OF ANYONE, UM, LIVING WITH THIS, UH, DISEASE, PLEASE SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT AT SIX O'CLOCK AT TRACY G. UH, MAYOR MENTIONED THIS DURING HIS COMMENTS, BUT SATURDAY WE, UM, EXCUSE ME, SUNDAY WE'LL BE AT HACKBERRY PARK, UM, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT F FOR OUR CIGNA IN THE PARK, UH, EVENT. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT SESSION FROM 12 TO FIVE. SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, PARTYING WITH Y'ALL IN THE SUN 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE HOT . UH, AND THEN I WANNA ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO JOIN US ON MAY 17TH FOR OUR VERY FIRST CIP SINCE 2019 AND OUR REDISTRICTING MEETING. UM, I'M SURE IT WILL BE A LIVELY EVENT. SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO COME AND, YOU KNOW, ASK THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR COMPLETED PENDING AND FUTURE CIP PROJECTS, BUT THEN ALSO, UM, BRING MEANINGFUL QUESTIONS AROUND REDISTRICTING. AND LASTLY, UH, JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH BARK DURING THE MONTH OF MAY. WE ARE PROVIDING SPADING, NEUTERING AND MICROCHIPPING SERVICES AT NO COST TO DISTRICT F RESIDENTS. SO DURING THIS MONTH, TAKE YOUR FUR BABIES TO, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE RESOURCES. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE MY FRIEND, DR. COOPER COOPER TO REMOVE THAT TRAILER OFF OF A LEAF CLOTHING AND WASTE PARK TOW WAY . THANK YOU. THAT TRAILER LET ME THANK YOU. MUHAMMAD ALI. UH, LAYLA ALI. YEAH, LAYLA ALI, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN MAYOR. AND THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUDGET PRESENTATION YESTERDAY. I, I DO LIKE, UM, LIKE THAT HEALTHY FUND BALANCE, THAT WAS A BIG PART OF IT. UM, I ALSO HAVE AN APOLOGY TO MAKE TO MY DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS. I MADE A WRONG VOTE LAST YEAR ON THE CDSF DECREASE. YOU GUYS DO AMAZING WORK WITH THAT MONEY. I THINK IT WAS PARTIAL JEALOUSY. I DON'T GET ANY PARTIAL SUCKING UP TO THE MAYOR AND, UH, PARTIAL JUST, UH, UH, I DON'T KNOW. BUT YOU GUYS DO AMAZING WORK WITH THAT MONEY. I'M GLAD YOU KEPT IT AT THE SAME LEVEL THIS YEAR. AND, UH, ANYWAY, I I, WHEN I MAKE A MISTAKE, I'LL ADMIT IT. AND I'VE SEEN FOR MYSELF THE GOOD WORK YOU DO WITH THAT MONEY. AND, AND I'M GLAD IT'S AT THE SAME LEVEL. UH, I'VE GOT MY BUDGET SURVEY OUT. I'VE GOT OVER A THOUSAND RESPONSES ALREADY SO FAR. SO THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S EARLY IN THE SYSTEM. TOP THREE PRIORITIES SO FAR ARE, OH GOSH, I'D HAVE TO LOOK. I GOT, I THINK WE GOT UP TO ABOUT 3000 OR SOMETHING. UM, UH, TOP THREE PRIORITIES, NO, NO, NO. UH, NO SURPRISE. PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC WORKS. BUT THE THIRD ONE'S A LITTLE IS ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH. SO I THINK PEOPLE SEE BOTH SIDES OF THAT PUBLIC SAFETY AR ARGUMENT, UM, ON, UH, THE CIP AND REDISTRICTING MEETINGS. THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, THERE'S SOME INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS GOING ON. AND I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S THOUGHT PROVOKING ON THE, AT LARGE SINGLE MEMBER, UM, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION. I MEAN, IT'S ABSOLUTELY EMBARRASSING THAT WE JUST HAVE ONE, UM, LATINO MEMBER, UH, AROUND WITH A CITY. UM, THAT'S HALF. SO I, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE DISCUSSION FOR SURE. UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I I'M A LITTLE SAD THAT THIS DISCUSSION'S COMING UP RIGHT WHEN I RAN FOR AN AT LARGE, UH, SEAT. BUT I MEAN, I, I DO, I DO THINK THAT, THAT IT'S AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AND WE SHOULD ALL BE INVOLVED IN THAT. AND FINALLY, UM, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY. UM, YOU JUST HAVE NO IDEA HOW EVERY TEXT MESSAGE LAST WEEK, EVERY, YOU KNOW, FLOWER AND DONATION AND ATTENDANCE AND EVERYTHING EVERYBODY DID FOR ME. I, I, I LOVE CITY HALL. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER A DECADE AND, AND YOU GUYS ARE A FAMILY TO ME. AND, AND IT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME, EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY'S PRAYERS AND EVERYTHING. AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT, IT KEEPS ME GOING. THANKS. THANKS COUNCILMAN PALMER PASS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER P THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, DISTRICT A IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEW HEAVY TRASH AND TREE WASTE PROGRAM. UM, IT'S WITH OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS AND NOW IT, YOU'RE HEAVY TRASH OR TREE WASTE IS MIST AND NOT COLLECTED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON. WE HAVE HIRED A PRIVATE COMPANY TO GO AND PICK UP THE MIST HEAVY TRASH. AND WE'VE TRIED IT OUT, UM, FOR ONE SET OF PICKUPS. UM, 'CAUSE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH THIRD AND FOURTH WEEK PICKUP. SO WE, WE DID IT WITH THE, UM, PREVIOUS MONTH'S PICKUPS AND IT WORKED REALLY WELL. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING IT OUT AS A LITTLE PILOT PROGRAM IN DISTRICT DAY, BUT SO FAR IT'S WORKING OUT REALLY WELL IN GETTING EVERYONE'S HEAVY TRASH PICKED UP ON TIME. SO, UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK DIRECTOR WILL FAL FOR HELPING US WITH THIS PROGRAM. AND HE HAS REALLY BEEN DOING SUCH AN AMAZING JOB, UM, WITH THE RESOURCES THAT HE'S GIVEN. THE TRASH HAS REALLY BEEN PICKED UP, UM, ON TIME LATELY IN DISTRICT A. AND SO WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL FOR HIM AND HOW HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH OUR DISTRICT. SO, THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, REALLY [04:05:01] HE'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM SO THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE GETTING THOSE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TO GET WITH THEIR, UM, TRASH BEING PICKED UP. UM, NEXT IN PREPARATION FOR, FOR THE HURRICANE SEASON, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE HOUSTON TOOL BANK. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP SO THAT IN, UM, THE AFTERMATH OF A DISASTER, OUR CONSTITUENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO TOOLS THEY NEED FOR CLEANING UP FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S FLOODS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF DISASTERS. AND I KNOW DISTRICT F IS DOING THAT AS WELL. SO THE WHOLE WEST AND NORTHWEST SIDE OF HOUSTON WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF IN THE AFTERMATH OF A DISASTER. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP. AND THEN FINALLY, UM, JACOB IN MY OFFICE, UM, TAMARA IS ACTUALLY HIS LAST DAY IN OUR OFFICE. HE IS MOVING, UM, TO NEW YORK, UM, FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO WE'RE SAD TO SEE HIM GO, BUT THANKFUL FOR, UM, THE SERVICE THAT HE'S PROVIDED FOR DISTRICT A. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, LAST WEEK I HAD, I PARTICIPATED IN A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH UM, JUDGE HOGO, COMMISSIONER ELLIS. AND THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS TO ANNOUNCE THE COM UH, THE INTERMEDIARY, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT FUND, WHICH IS A FUND THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, TO ESTABLISH IT, TO SUPPORT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH AT-RISK KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS FUND 'CAUSE THIS IS MORE RESOURCES THAT'S GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU DELINQUENCY AND JUST TO KEEP OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. AND SO I'M, I REALLY, UM, COMMEND JESS, HER DOGGO FOR HER EFFORT. YOU KNOW, SHE PULLED TOGETHER A YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, MADE UP A COMMUNITY AND THEY ACTUALLY FACILITATED THE CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS FUND IS CENTERED AROUND, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY AND NOT THIS SYSTEM. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THESE OPPORTUNITIES. AND UM, ALSO I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, TO REMIND THE DISTRICT B RESIDENTS ABOUT THE DISTRICT B REDISTRICTING AND CIP MEETING THAT WILL BE HAPPENING NEXT TUESDAY, MAY THE 19TH. UM, WE'LL BE AT THE ACRES HOME MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 67 19 WEST MONTGOMERY. THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME ON OUT. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S UM, HYBRID, UM, BUT I WILL TRY TO WORK TO SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT, YOU KNOW? YEAH. BECAUSE THE DISTRICT IS SO SPREAD OUT, UM, AND IT'S IN ACRE HOMES AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE FOLKS OVER IN PLEASANTVILLE AND CASH MILL GARDEN AND THE NORTHEAST HOUSTONS CAN, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THIS. UM, REDISTRICT THIS VERY IMPORTANT MEETING. SO, UM, AGAIN, ON TUESDAY, MAY THE 19TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AT THE ACRES HOME OF THE SERVICE CENTER, REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW IF WE CAN GET IT. UM, IT'S ON HTV. IT'S ON HTV. OKAY. IT'S ON HTV. WELL THANK YOU GUYS. ALRIGHT. HAVE A BLESSED WEEK. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MCCAIN. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. FIRST I WANTED TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THEIR CREWS. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, THEY WERE OUT IN DISTRICT C UTILIZING OUR BUDGET AMENDMENT, UM, TO DO MINOR FIXES AND REGRADES TO THE DITCHES. I WAS SO EXCITED 'CAUSE THEY WERE IN ONE AREA THAT EVERY RAIN, IT FLOODS, UM, AND GOT OUTTA THE CAR, THANKED THEM, BROUGHT THEM SOME WATERS, BUT CANNOT EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION ENOUGH. AND IT'S A REMINDER TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. IT'S REALLY HOT OUT THERE. OUR CREWS ARE WORKING AS HARD AS THEY CAN. PLEASE, PLEASE BE KIND TO THEM. I KNOW THAT CAN, CONSTRUCTION CAN BE FRUSTRATING. UH, BUT LET, LET'S, LET'S BE KIND TO THOSE THAT ARE, UH, SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. UH, THE FREEMANS TOWN CONSERVANCY IS HOLDING A CLEANUP, UH, FOR 1609, UH, SONIA SATURDAY, THIS SATURDAY, MAY 14TH FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON. UH, AND THEY'LL BE CLEARING OUT THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE AND RAISING AWARENESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HOME. SO FOR OUR AT LARGE MEMBERS, UH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US. BUT WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT 'CAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS. UH, MAYOR I WAS VERY CONCERNED. UH, THE CHRONICLE REPORTED, UH, I THINK A FEW DAYS AGO, UH, SOME GRID ISSUES THAT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING IN OUR AREA. UH, THE COST WENT UP $5,000 PER MEGAWATT HOUR WHEN ON AVERAGE IT'S $30, UM, FOR OUR REGION. AND THAT WAS BECAUSE ALLEGEDLY OF CONGESTED TRANSMISSION LINES, UH, BASICALLY SOUTH OF MATAGORDA, THE ELECTRICITY COULD NOT GET TO OUR AREA IN HARRIS COUNTY. SO IT GOT CONGESTED AND SOUTH OF MATAGORDA, UH, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A NEGATIVE COST OF ENERGY WHERE THE GENERATORS HAD TO PAY THE CUSTOMERS TO TAKE THE ELECTRICITY. SO OUR RESIDENTS ARE GETTING CHARGED ASTRONOMICALLY, UPWARDS OF $5,000 MEGAWATT HOUR. AND IN SOUTH OF MATAGORDA, THE RESIDENTS WERE GETTING PAID BECAUSE THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR THE ELECTRICITY TO GO. IT'S MAY, WE KNOW WE [04:10:01] HAD RECORD HEAT ALREADY OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT IT'S ONLY MAY. WE ARE NOT INTO JUNE, JULY, AUGUST. SO I'M, UH, RAISING THAT UP FOR AWARENESS BECAUSE CLEARLY THE ISSUES ARE NOT FIXED. AND I KNOW WE AS A CITY ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, BUT THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE. SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, NOT JUST THE COST, BUT THE SAFETY AFFILIATED WITH THIS WHEN RESIDENTS, UH, CAN'T AFFORD THEIR ELECTRICITY BILLS. AND WE'RE GETTING INTO THE A HUNDRED, UH, DEGREE TEMPERATURES, UH, WITH OUR SENIORS AND VULNERABLE POPULATION. SO I, I BRING THAT UP, UH, BECAUSE IT'S A CONCERN. BUT ON A LIGHTER NOTE, THERE ARE GOATS BACK AT THE ARBORETUM AND, UH, THEY WILL BE THERE, UH, MOWING THE GRASS. UH, IT'S ALWAYS A CROWD PLEASER, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT AND INNOVATIVE WAY. UH, THEY'LL BE THERE THROUGH 6:30 PM THIS FRIDAY. SO IF YOU GO TO THE ARBORETUM, CHECK OUT THE GOATS, BRING THE KIDS, UH, WANT IT TO END ON A LIGHTER NOTE, MAYOR, BUT AGAIN, REALLY CONCERNED. YEAH, THE, THE GREATEST DEAL ON THE MARKET MARKET DRIVEN SYSTEM, 'CAUSE OF THE LACK OF TRANSMISSION LINES THEY CAN GO, THAT COST CAN GO UP TO 9,000 MEGAWATTS. SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. UM, THE GENERATORS EVENTUALLY WILL PASS THOSE COSTS DOWN TO THE RETAIL AND EVENTUALLY GET TO THE END USER. SO EVENTUALLY IT WILL SHOW UP ON YOUR ELECTRICITY BILL. SO THANKS FOR RAISING THAT ISSUE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMAN P*****K. THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WILL BE, BE SPENDING THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS HAVING BUDGET PRESENTATIONS FROM EACH CITY DEPARTMENT. THE FIRST MEETING WILL BE BEGIN TODAY AT NOON WITH THE GENERAL FUND, FIVE YEAR FORECAST BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, FOLLOWED BY THE FISCAL YEAR 23 PRESENTATIONS BY FINANCE AND THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE'LL ALSO BE HAVING PRESENTATIONS NEXT MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. UH, THE BUDGET SCHEDULE IS POSTED ON THE CITY OF HOUSTON WEBSITE UNDER THE BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TAB. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE ALLOWED IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY ON MICROSOFT TEAMS COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO MAKE COMMENTS IN PERSON. CONSTITUENTS CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICES WITH SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND WE WILL RESPOND, UM, AS SOON AS WE CAN. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE. SO WISHING EVERYONE A BLESSED REST OF YOUR WEEK. THANK YOU. YOU COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABAZZ . THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE LONGTIME THAT LONGTIME DISTRICT D RESIDENT RUBY WARE, HAS MOVED TO HER NEW GLO HOME IN TIME FOR MOTHER'S DAY. SHE'LL BE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD IN DECEMBER, SO SHE IS JUST ELATED HER GRANDSON. BRANDON WARE PURCHASED A NEW BEDROOM SET FOR HER FOR MOTHER'S DAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY AS THEY WORK TO REBUILD THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. I WANNA GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ALL COMMUNITY PARTNERS, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON, COMMISSIONER RODNEY ELLIS AND EVERYONE WHO JOINED OUR BIKE RIDE ACROSS THE SOUTH SIDE IN PRECINCT ONE. THIS WEEKEND ACROSS 20 MILES, WE VISITED THE STATUES OF MICKEY LELAND AND DR. KING AND WE ALSO JOINED THE NEW GRANTHAM PARK HOME COMMUNITY TO SEE THOSE BEAUTIFUL HOMES. UH, WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT UNIVERSITY VILLAGE PARK IN THE THIRD WARD HAS RECEIVED A GENEROUS GRANT OF $500,000 FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PARK AMENITIES FOR THE EXISTING POCKET PARK. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH HOUSTON PARKS BOARD, HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES. AND THIS EVENING WE WILL MEET WITH THE UNIVERSITY VILLAGE AND THIRD WARD COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS REMAIN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS PROJECT. THEN I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS SATURDAY, MAY 14TH 16 HARDWORKING YOUTH WILL GRADUATE FROM THE INAUGURAL DISTRICT D FIRST T GOLF PROGRAM. WE COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED AND PROUD OF THESE HARD WORKERS AND LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THEM AT A CERTIFICATE CEREMONY. AND LUNCH WITH MAYOR SYLVETA TURNER. OUR PARTNERS AT FIRST T AND GREATER HOUSTON AND HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM. HAVE TO CERTAINLY THANK STEVEN JAMES IN MY OFFICE. HE WORKED SO DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEY CAME FROM FORG FOR FAMILIES, CUNY HOMES AND HOUSTON PARKS. AND WE ALSO IN, UH, WANT TO THANK AT AND T FOR THEIR CONNECTION AND INSTALLATION OF WIFI AT FM LAW PARK. IN PARTICULAR STACY KENNEDY AND HER TEAM. AND WE ALSO HAVE TO THANK OUR GOLF ANGELS ON THIS SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A FOOD DRIVE AND COVID VACCINATION EVENT AT MOUNT HE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH FROM 10 TO TWO. THE FOOD WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT 78 17 CALHOUN [04:15:01] AND THE COVID VACCINES WILL BE AT THE JJ ROBERSON CENTER. 48 10 ROSEBUD. UH, THERE WILL ALSO BE A SPARKS PARK DEDICATION AT REYNOLDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THIS TUESDAY, MAY 17TH AT 8:00 AM AND OUR CCIP TOWN HALL AND REDISTRICTING MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, UH, AT HCC AIRPORT AT 6:00 PM AND WE'LL HAVE A FREE PET VACCINE PACKAGE ON MAY 23RD. SO YOU NEED TO REGISTER BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING, UH, TAKING YOU BY APPOINTMENTS ONLY AND YOU CAN MICROCHIP, WHICH YOU KNOW IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED AND GET VACCINE PACKAGES. CERTAINLY YOU CAN REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE, BUT I BELIEVE YOU CAN REGISTER ON THE WEBSITE AT BARK. UH, BUT THIS IS STRICTLY FOR DISTRICT D RESIDENTS. UH, ALSO I WANT TO GIVE MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF COACH MAURICE MCGOWAN A LONG TIME AND THE LOVE COACH AT THE JACK GATES HIGH SCHOOL. HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE THURSDAY AT BARNETT STADIUM AND THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE AT THE WHEELER AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH. UH, AND THAT WILL BE SATURDAY. THE VIEWING WILL BE 10:00 AM AND THE 11 AND THE SERVICE WILL BE, SERVICES WILL BE AT 11. AND SO I CERTAINLY WANT TO, UH, GIVE THEM MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES AND I THINK THAT CAN CON CONCLUDES WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU'LL TRY TO MAKE THOSE CHURCH SERVICES. UM, , UH, COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN, YOU'LL WRAP US UP AT TODAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. DISTRICT G IS HAVING THEIR, UM, REDISTRICTING AND CIP TOWN HALL ON THURSDAY FROM SIX TO EIGHT. IT'S GONNA BE AT GRACE PRE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT TEN TWO TWO ONE LLE LANE. SO WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE ON THURSDAY NIGHT. AND THEN ALSO THIS WEEKEND, THE MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE HOUSTON WATER FESTIVAL AND IT WAS SO FUN. YOU KNOW, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS DID A GREAT JOB PUTTING THAT ON. THERE WERE SO MANY ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS. MY BOYS HAD AN AMAZING TIME. NOT ONLY, UM, WERE THE ACTIVITIES FUN, BUT THEY WERE EDUCATIONAL, PROVIDED A LOT OF INFORMATION. AND IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE HOUSTON WATER FESTIVAL, Y'ALL SHOULD ALL GO NEXT YEAR. IT WAS GREAT. . THANKS. ALL RIGHT. , I THINK I, I THINK THAT WRAPS US UP FOR TODAY. SO WE STAND ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.