* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] IT IS WHAT ABOUT 1 39 [PRESENTATIONS] ON TUESDAY, MAY 20, UM, MAY 17TH, 2022, I MAYOR. SPECIAL TURN. I'M CALLING THIS MEETING ON THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER A HYBRID MEETING WITH SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, JOINING IN PERSON AND SOME USING MICROSOFT TEAMS. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEK TATUM FOR PROCLAMATION TO TREVOR COBB TO RECOGNIZE THE TREVOR COBB HELPING HANDS ORGANIZATION FOR COMMUNITY PHILANTHROPY. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M GONNA ASK MR. COBB, IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TODAY I'M PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION TO TREVOR COBB FOR HIS PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS OF HIS ORGANIZATION, TREVOR COBB, HELPING HANDS, JUST A LITTLE HISTORY ON MR. COBB. HE'S A GRADUATE OF ADOBE HIGH. IN 2014, TREVOR WAS INDUCTED INTO THE DOBY HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF HONOR. IN 1991, TREVOR COBB WON THE DOPE WALKER AWARD AS THE BEST RUNNING BACK IN THE SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE. AND IN 1992, HE WAS NAMED THE 1992 SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE, OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. HE HELD RUSHING RECORDS AT RICE UNIVERSITY AS RUNNING BACK FROM 1989 TO 1992. TREVOR COBB WAS INDUCTED INTO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2018. TREVOR PLAYED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL WITH NFL TEAMS, THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, AND THE CHICAGO BEARS. FOLLOWING HIS SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE AND PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL CAREERS, TREVOR COBB BEGAN HIS NONPROFIT, TREVOR COBB, HELPING HANDS IN HOUSTON TO HELP THE LESS FORTUNATE, ESPECIALLY THOSE EXPERIENCING MEDICAL CHALLENGES AND RELATED FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. TREVOR COBB HELPING HANDS HAVE HELPED THOSE WHO STRUGGLE MANAGING THESE CHALLENGES. RECENTLY IN APRIL, TREVOR HELPING HAND HELD A FUNDRAISER RISES DOWN WITH DOWNS BENEFITS TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR FORMER RICE UNIVERSITY AND DALLAS COWBOY FOOTBALL PLAYER MICHAEL DOWNS. THE FUNDRAISER WAS SUCCESSFUL IN HELPING MICHAEL DOWNS FINANCIALLY WITH THE MEDICAL AND RESEARCH COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH BRAIN INJURIES HE SUSTAINED WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL. THE TREVOR COBB HELPING HANDS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO CONDUCT EVENTS TO RAISE FUNDS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS TO HELP FUND RESEARCH FOR CHRONIC TRAUMATIC NCO. UM, FULL APATHY, THE BRAIN CONDITION, CTE, WE ALL KNOW IT AS CTE, THE BRAIN CONDITION THAT IS CAUSED TO BE THE RESULT OF MULTIPLE HITS TO THE HEAD AND CONCUSSIONS MAY I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION TO TREVOR AND IT READS. TREVOR COBB FORMER NFL PLAYER IN RICE UNIVERSITY. DISTINGUISHED HALL OF FAMER HAS CONTRIBUTED TO MANY WORTHWHILE EFFORTS THROUGH HIS ORGANIZATION, TREVOR COBB, HELPING HANDS AND CONTINUES TO BE A PILLAR OF THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY WITH THE MISSION TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE AND FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED TREVOR COBB, HELPING HANDS HAS UTILIZED ITS MANY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL. IN ITS MOST RECENT EFFORTS, THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED AN EVENT FOR FORMER RIGHTS UNIVERSITY AND DALLAS COWBOY FOOTBALL PLAYER MICHAEL DOWNS, TO RAISE FUNDS TO AID IN THE RESEARCH AND REHABIL REHABILITATION OF THE INJURIES HE SUSTAINED DURING HIS CAREER ON MAY 17TH, 2022. TREVOR COBB WILL BE HONORED FOR HIS UNSURPASSED DEDICATION TO HELPING THOSE IN NEED. THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS INDEBTED TO SUCH ALTRUISTIC INDIVIDUALS LIKE TREVOR COBB, WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR HIS CONTINUED SUCCESS. MAYOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR PRO TIM. AND I'M HONORED TO BE STANDING HERE WITH A FELLOW PLAYER, COLLEAGUE OF MINE, . SO THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM MAY 17TH, 2022. THAT'S TREVOR COBB DAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. CONGRATULATIONS, TREVOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR, PROFESSOR TURNER AND HIS TEAM FOR THIS GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE, UM, FOR ME AND MY FOUNDATION TRUCK CALLED EPI S WHO WILL CONTINUE TO DO GREAT WORK OF HELPING THE, THE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND ALSO TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALSO. COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT 'EM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MR. KYLE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON, [00:05:02] UH, VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM, CAST STATE, STATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS MR. RICE, UH, GENTLEMEN FORWARD. AND, AND MAYOR, I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THE HONOREE TODAY. I I GOT HERE A LITTLE LATE. DID WHAT COLLEGE DID YOU PLAY FOOTBALL AT? RICE UNIVERSITY. COULD YOU SAY THAT A LITTLE LOUDER? THE RICE UNIVERSITY. OH, THE FIGHTING OWLS. THE FIGHTING OWLS. ALRIGHT. OKAY, GOOD. UM, THAT'S GREAT. NOT ALWAYS KNOWN FOR THEIR POWERHOUSE FOOTBALL TEAM, BUT YOU, SIR, ARE, UH, A GREAT, GREAT PATRIOT AND, UH, I'M, I'M VERY PROUD. I I ATTENDED THAT UNIVERSITY AS WELL, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND GO OWLS. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. YOU, SO YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW YOU STATE THIS WITH THE MADISON FOLKS BEHIND 'EM, BUT A PROUD ADOBE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AS WELL. OH, RIGHT, OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, ME GIRL. COULD YOU, UH, INTRODUCE YOUR, YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOU TODAY? OH, OKAY. I HAVE MY BROTHER BORIS, MIKE WASHINGTON. UH, MY WIFE CHRISTINE CALL, UM, MY SISTER ANGELA, UM, MY MOTHER, SISTER KATRINA, AND MY NIECE, UH, KRISTEN, CHRISTINA AND MY NEPHEW, EXEC. UM KAY. JOSHUA. JOSHUA, YEAH. AND KAYLYN. YES. GREAT. WELL, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING WITH AND MY SISTER AIDA , MISS DIDS. OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT'S, WE ALL LOVE MISS DEI. YEAH, DEI DEI. YEAH. AND MY AND MY NEPHEW BACK THERE, JOSHUA. ALRIGHT. SO IS HE RELATED TO THAT SIDE OF THE FAMILY WHERE THAT LADY THAT RAN FOR A POLITICAL OFFICE, DID YOU VOTE FOR YOUR COUSIN? THAT'S NOT A I SHOULD, I ASKED HER THAT. WE DID NOT GO THERE. I ASKED HER THAT QUESTION EVERY DAY I COME IN. THIS IS ONE OF THE SWEETEST LADIES I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE. TRULY IS A SWEETHEART. SO YEAH, YOU MUST HAVE A EXTREMELY WONDERFUL FAMILY IF ANYBODY'S A REFLECTION OF MS. DEDE. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. DO THIS FIRST. YEAH. HOLD THIS. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE HIM AND THANK HIM FOR ALL THE RESEARCH. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. APPRECIATE I WAS, I LITERALLY, I JUST, JUST DO. I TARSHA JACKSON TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TO THE MADISON HIGH SCHOOL BAND TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR WINNING THE 2021 BATTLE OF THE BAND'S EDUCATIONAL SPIRIT DAY. THANK YOU. UM, MAYOR PRO TIM. SO WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE. CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? [00:10:01] A MADISON HIGH SCHOOL BAND, AS YOU MENTIONED, THEY WON THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS FOR THE SAFE DIVERSITY OLYMPIC SPIRIT DAY. UM, THIS, UM, CELEBRATION WAS BROUGHT TO ME BY, UM, MS. THEMA SCOTT, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF, UM, SAFE D DIVERSITIES. BUT AS YOU SEE, I GOT VICE TIM STANDING HERE BECAUSE MADISON HIGH SCHOOL IS HER IN DISTRICT. SO I JUST OUTTA RESPECT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SHE GIVES THE PROCLAMATION, BUT I'M STAYING RIGHT. SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU NOW. ALRIGHT. SO THEY DIDN'T BRING THEIR INSTRUMENTS, BUT IF THEY WOULD, WE WOULD BLOW THE ROOF OFF THIS PLACE BECAUSE THEY'RE SO PHENOMENAL. BUT HAPPY TO JOIN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, UM, IN RECOGNIZING MADISON JACKSON. I'M SO SORRY. THAT'S ALRIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON IN, UH, RECOGNIZING, UH, MADISON HIGH SCHOOL TODAY. WE'RE SO VERY PROUD OF ALL THAT THEY DO, NOT ONLY IN THEIR, UM, STUDIES, BUT ALSO AS THEY SPEND HOURS PRACTICING. IF YOU LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE FIVE CORNERS MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, YOU CAN HEAR THEM PRACTICING OUT, UM, IN, IN THE AREA, UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN THEY ARE OUTSIDE PRACTICING. AND IT, IT IS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THESE STUDENTS, UH, HONING THEIR CRAFT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, UH, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK MS. SCOTT, MS. SCOTT IF SHE'LL COME UP AND HER TEAM WITH THE TROPHY. THEY BROUGHT THE HARDWARE. THEY BROUGHT THE HARDWARE, AND IT SAYS, WHEREAS SAFE DIVERSITY COMMUNITIES IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES ON STOPPING THE STIGMA OF BULLYING AND REDUCING THE DROPOUT IN SUICIDE RATE FOR AT RISK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE EMOTIONALLY AND MENTALLY CHALLENGED. AND WHEREAS AS PART OF ITS MISSION SAFE DIVERSITY COMMUNITIES PROMOTES AN ACADEMICALLY ENRICHING SAFE ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO THRIVE AND SUCCEED IN DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND EQUALITY FOR ALL. AND WHEREAS EVERY YEAR, SAFE DIVERSITY COMMUNITIES HOSTS ITS BATTLE OF THE BAND'S EDUCATIONAL SPIRIT DAY. THE EVENT FEATURES A MULTITUDE OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, PRESENTATIONS AND SPEAKERS, AND AN OBSERVATION OF ITS 80TH ANNIVERSARY. MADISON HIGH SCHOOL BAND WON THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF HOUSTON CONGRATULATES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL BAND ON ITS VICTORY AND COMMENDS SAFE DIVERSITY OLYMPICS EDUCATION SPIRIT DAY FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO EMPOWERING AND EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH AWARENESS AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS. AND SO THEREFORE, I SYLVESTER TURNER MAYOR CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM MAY 17TH, 2022 AS MADISON HIGH SCHOOL BAND DAY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. CONGRATULATIONS, MADISON, THE BAND DIRECTOR. AS THE BAND DIRECTOR COMES UP, IT JUST BRINGS BACK MEMORIES. OKAY. YOU KNOW? YES. WHAT'D YOU PLAY? WHAT INSTRUMENT DID YOU PLAY? THE, THE TRUMPET? I, I LEFT THE FOOTBALL AND WENT TO, WENT TO THE BAND. YOU KNOW, UM, ON BEHALF OF, UH, MS. SCOTT, UH, THE MADISON BAND PROGRAM, WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING US AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING NEXT YEAR. COUNCIL, WILLIAM TATUM, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING SUPPORTIVE. AND MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER, THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. IT IS INDEED A GREAT HONOR AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME I JUST WANTED TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR, UH, TITLE SPONSOR OF THE SPIRIT DAY, UH, MR. RODERICK BROWN, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE MR. O OFFICER COLLIN, WHICH IS OUR HOST OF THIS YEAR FOR 2022. ALRIGHT. HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON. JUST, UH, REAL QUICK, RODERICK BROWN WITH UPS. UH, WE WERE ONE OF THE SPONSORS FOR THIS EVENT, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT WHAT'S REALLY, TRULY AMAZING IS NOT ONLY THE PERFORMANCE THAT MARSHALL GAVE, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY THE LEADERSHIP THAT I SAW ON THE FIELD, REALLY TO UNDERSTAND AND REALLY TALK ABOUT BULLYING AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE, UH, JUST FROM TECHNOLOGY. SO ON BEHALF OF, UH, JUST UPS AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, HPD AND, UH, HFD FOR COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING THE EVENT AS WELL. BUT WHAT A TREMENDOUS EVENT. I REALLY, TRULY, UH, UM, APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU GUYS, UH, SHOWED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALSO, UH, JUST SAFE STANDS FOR STUDENT AND FAMILY EMPOWERMENT. ANYTHING DOING, LIKE, ANYTHING, WORKING WITH THAT IN THE COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING I'M ALWAYS GONNA BE A PART OF. UM, I'M NOT GONNA GIVE A WHOLE WORD SALAD, BUT GREAT JOB, MADISON. YOU GUYS REPRESENTED WELL, HONESTLY, I DIDN'T EXPECT IT. Y'ALL BLEW ME AWAY. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE [00:15:01] A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN Q. THE FIRST ONE IS A VERY JEALOUS JACK YATES HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. CAROLYN EVANS SHABAZZ DON'T HATE ME FROM TIM . YES, I AM A PROUD JACK YCE GRADUATE, BUT I CERTAINLY WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU, MS. SCOTT, AND THIS FINE, UH, FINE, FINE BAND. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE EXTRACURRICULAR AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IS JUST THE ESSENCE OF EDUCATION. THESE WILL BE TIMES THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER AND YOU WILL CHERISH AND CHARACTERISTICALLY PEOPLE WHEN THEY PARTICIPATE IN THESE, UH, TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS. THEY DO MUCH BETTER THAN PEOPLE THAT DON'T. SO I ASSUME THAT YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY DOING VERY WELL IN YOUR ACADEMICS, AND SO STAY FOCUSED. YOU CAN GET BAND SCHOLARSHIPS TOO, SO LET'S NOT LEAVE THAT PIECE OUT. BUT I COMMEND YOU FROM THIRD WARD, JACK YATES HIGH SCHOOL AND JUST CONTINUE TO SOAR AND DO WELL. AND MUSIC IS UNIVERSAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR PER TIM, AND CONGRATULATIONS AS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT A . THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PER VICE, VICE MAYOR PER TIM. AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PATAR JACKSON FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. SMITH, THIS IS AMAZING TO THE STUDENTS. CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS SUCH A HUGE, UM, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR ALL OF YOU. AND, AND LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ SAID, THIS IS THE BEGINNING FOR ALL OF YOU. AND, UM, AND JUST THE, I KNOW YOU PRACTICE A LOT. YOU'RE FOCUSED, YOU PROBABLY MISSED TIME WITH FRIENDS THAT YOU WANNA GO HANG OUT WITH. UM, YOU MAKE HUGE SACRIFICES TO BE TO DO WELL ON THE, ON THE FIELD. AND WHEN YOU DO WELL ON THE FIELD, YOU DO WELL IN LIFE. SO, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK EVERYONE, BUT I HAVE TO SEND THE VIDEO TO THE MAYOR. IT IS BECAUSE THE STUDENTS ARE CHALLENGING THE POLICE OFFICERS. IT IS A DAY. IF YOU GUYS SAW THIS VIDEO, YOU WOULD LAUGH ALL DAY. BUT I HAVE TO SEND IT TO THE MAYOR BECAUSE I'M INVITING THE MAYOR TO COME. HE GOTTA GET A 100 YARD DASH OF THE TUG OF WAR OR SOMETHING ON THIS YEAR. IT'S GONNA BE OCTOBER 12TH. THEY DON'T WANT ANY, YOU DON'T WANT TO CHALLENGE THE MAYOR TO A HUNDRED YARD DAY MAKE, IT'S GONNA BE OCTOBER 12TH THIS YEAR FROM NINE 30 TO ONE 30, HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN MOVE IT BACK TO DIARY STADIUM AND FROM BUTLEY STADIUM. 'CAUSE THE BAY, THE SCHOOLS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME MORNING TRYING TO GET THE KIDS THERE. SO HOPEFULLY THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT, MR. MILLER HOES, AND I JUST WANNA THANK HIM SO MUCH. I JUST WANNA SAY OUR PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT THE LAST 22 YEARS CANNOT BE SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR HOUSTON ISD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AMEN. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU CHALLENGE THE MAYOR TO THE A HUNDRED, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CALENDARS TO KEEP HIS TIME. A HUNDRED YARD DASH, USE A CALENDAR. OH, [00:20:38] CHAIR RECOGNIZES MAYOR SYLVETA TURNER FOR A PROCLAMATION TO DIRECTOR CAROL HADDOCK TO RECOGNIZE THE 62ND NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK. I'M BRINGING THEM. OKAY, THIS IS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, AND I'M HONORED TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN OUT WORKING ON CREWS AND, UM, FILLING POTHOLES, ASPHALT, ALL OF THOSE, WORKING ON THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, UH, THAT SOME OF US, YOU KNOW, USED TO DO, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, I AM PROUD TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK TO ALL OF THESE EMPLOYEES WHO REPRESENT NEARLY 4,000 OTHER EMPLOYEES. EXACTLY. UH, WITH THE CITY, WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AND TO DIRECTOR KARA HADDOCK, WHO'S STANDING HERE. IT, IT READS AS FOLLOWS. WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT HAVE OF, OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON. AND WHEREAS THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES, QUITE FRANKLY, THE STREETS THAT EVERYBODY USES, THE WATER THAT EVERYBODY DRINKS, AND IT GOES ON AND ON, COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, AND EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING, PROTECTING OUR NATION'S, TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT, AND SOLID WASTE SERVICES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS, IN FACT. BUT FOR PUBLIC WORKS, IT WAS NO PUBLIC WORKS. POLICE COULDN'T DO THEIR JOBS. FIRE EMS COULDN'T DO THEIR JOBS. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL IS DEPENDENT ON THE 4,000 EMPLOYEES IN PUBLIC WORKS. AND WHEREAS IT IS IN THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST FOR THE CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS AND CHILDREN IN HOUSTON TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF AND TO MAINTAIN A PROGRESSIVE INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS 2022 MARKS THE 62ND ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, YOU KNOW, I'M, AND I'M THE 62ND MAYOR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OKAY. SPONSORED, SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, THE CITY OF HOUSTON URGES ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND, UH, PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION. CANADIAN, CANADIAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND CEREMONIES DESIGNED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, AND EMPLOYEES. AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION THEY MAKE TO PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL HEALTH, OUR SAFETY, AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. TOGETHER, WE CREATE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR HOUSTON TO THRIVE. THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM IN THIS CASE MAY THE 15TH THROUGH MAY THE 21ST, 2022 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. LEMME JUST SAY, JUST CERTAINLY WANNA APPRECIATE EACH AND ONE DIRECTOR HADDOCK AND TO EVERYONE ELSE, UH, BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, IS THERE'S NO BIG EYES, LITTLE MEANS, UH, IT TAKES ALL OF US DOING OUR RESPECTIVE PART. AND WHEN EVERYBODY DOES IT IS, OR HER RESPECTIVE PART, AND THE CITY FUNCTIONS, NO PUBLIC WORKS, CITY STOPS. IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST AS SIMPLE AS THAT, YOU KNOW? SO I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO, AND YOU ALL ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL OF THE OTHER PUBLIC WORK EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WORKING, WHO ARE WORKING AS WE SPEAK, SO DO KNOW, DO, UH, THAT YOU ARE VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, UH, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. [00:25:01] OKAY. THAT, THAT'S IT FOR ME. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT WORKS FOR PUBLIC WORKS. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WEEK. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE, BUT HOLD ON ONE SECOND THOUGH, MAYOR JIM FOR NICK. OH, WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT IS TRULY MY HONOR TO STAND HERE, UH, AND REPRESENT THE 4,000 MEN AND WOMEN OF HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, WHO, UH, MAKE THE DAY, UM, GO SO MUCH BETTER FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. IT TRULY IS JUST AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE, AND TRULY, THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE A HEART FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND THEY BRING THEIR A GAME EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN THEY COME TO WORK TO SERVE HOUSTONIANS. AND SO I THINK I THANK THEM. I THANK YOU ON THEIR BEHALF, AND, UH, WE VERY MUCH, UH, ENJOY THIS GETTING THIS SMALL HONOR THIS WEEK. UH, WE WILL BE, UH, AND, AND JUST, UH, THE HIGHLIGHTS, WELL, OUR BARBECUE TEAM WILL BE COMPETING DOWN IN SUGAR LAND TOMORROW TO BRING BACK HOME THE TROPHY, UH, FOR THE WHOLE SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGION. UM, I'M, I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT TO COUNCIL SOON. NO PRESSURE ON THE GUYS. UH, AND WE'LL ALSO BE HAVING A, UH, A RECOGNITION LUNCHEON ON FRIDAY FOR OUR ENTIRE 4,000 EMPLOYEES TO THANK THEM, UH, FOR WHAT THEY DO ALL THE TIME. UH, BUT A SMALL TOKEN OF THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ED POLLARD, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM, AND DIRECTOR HADDOCK. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP TO YOUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. UH, WHEN YOU THINK OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE PUBLIC CAN'T WORK WITHOUT PUBLIC WORKS. YOU ALL ARE THE FOUNDATION, UH, FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AS A CITY. YOU KNOW, FROM STREETS TO DRAINAGE, UH, TO WATER FROM, UH, REPAIR TO REHABS, TO RECONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL, UH, LEAN ON. UM, THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU PROVIDE ARE, ARE INVALUABLE. MANY PEOPLE, UM, DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE CITY FUNCTIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT IT TAKES, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD PRODUCTIVELY ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. RIGHT? AND SINCE I BECAME A COUNCIL MEMBER, I LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY. I LOOK AT STREETS DIFFERENTLY. I LOOK AT SIDEWALKS DIFFERENTLY. I LOOK AT PANEL REPLACEMENTS DIFFERENTLY, INFRASTRUCTURE DRAINAGE, ALL DIFFERENTLY. BUT A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM THE WORK THAT WE COLLABORATE WITH YOU ALL THROUGH OUR OFFICE. AND I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING FOR ALL YOUR WORK. UH, ERIC, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND YOUR ENTIRE EXECUTIVE STAFF, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS. UH, WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOU AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON HAVING THIS WEEK, UH, TO RECOGNIZE EVERYTHING THAT YOU PROVIDE TO THE CITY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN, EVAN SHABAZZ, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PROAM. AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR BRINGING THIS PROCLAMATION. AND I AM, I HAVE TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS. YOU ALL ARE REALLY HELPING US TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. AND YOU ALL HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB TO HELP US, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. AND I HAVE TO SAY TO DIRECTOR HADDOCK, AND PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THIS, THERE WAS A BIG CONTROVERSY REGARDING PUTTING A POCKET PARK IN THE, UH, BOTTOM OF THIRD WARD, SO TO SPEAK, AND PEOPLE, AND I WANNA SAY TO HER PUBLICLY HOW MUCH I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SHE HELPED TO NAVIGATE US THROUGH THAT. GAVE US TREMENDOUS DIRECTION AND INSIGHT. AND SO I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTORS AND, AND OTHER PEOPLE DO BEHIND THE SCENES. BUT THANK YOU, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT YOU GUYS. AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT FROM DISTRICT D, THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION, WHICH HAS A LOT OF DESTROYED STREETS. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, , COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THIS RECOGNITION. UH, THANK YOU DIRECTOR FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO ALSO JOIN THE MAYOR AND MY COLLEAGUES AND PERSONALLY THANKING EVERYONE, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. UH, WITHOUT YOU, LIKE THE MAYOR SAYS, OUR CITY WOULDN'T BE WORKING. UH, SO, UH, THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO OUT THERE. Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE A SENSE OF PRIDE, UH, THAT Y'ALL KEEP OUR CITY MOVING. UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, I ALSO WANT TO GIVE, UH, A SHOUT OUT TO THE DIRECTOR AND TO PUBLIC WORKS. I KNOW THAT I WAS AT THE, UH, GOOD BRICKS, UH, UH, UH, AWARDS, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND GET, GET A, UH, TEXT FROM ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS THAT THERE'S THIS BIG, HUGE WATER LEAK AT, UH, LAWNDALE AND WAYSIDE. AND I WAS, I STARTED FREAKING OUT, LIKE, OH MY GOSH. SO CALLED, UH, THE DIRECTOR. AND, UH, UH, SHE WAS ON TOP OF IT. SHE SAID SHE HAD A CREW GOING OUT THERE, UH, AND THEY WERE OUT THERE TILL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING REPAIRING THIS LAKE. I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DAVID ROBINSON. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM, AND THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I MEAN, IT IS PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, SO HOW APPROPRIATE, BUT WHAT A GREAT ARRAY AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP FOR OUR INCREDIBLE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM. SO, I'M, I'M GONNA HOPE TO GET OUT THERE TOMORROW. I KNOW WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW COUNCIL GOES. AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR FOR SHARING, UH, THAT TIME, UM, THAT YOU'LL BE WITH YOUR TEAM. [00:30:01] AND, YOU KNOW, I HOPE YOU ALL ARE GONNA BE SUPER SAFE OUT THERE, AS YOU ALWAYS ARE. BUT, UM, I I JUST WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE COURAGEOUSNESS THAT YOU HAVE AS A GROUP AS WELL. NOT ONLY WITH RECENT EVENTS LIKE, UH, WINTER STORM URI, UH, BUT JUST OUT THERE EVERY DAY. AND I, I SEE THAT FROM THOSE WHO ARE WORKING ON THE STREETS TODAY. I JUST PASSED BY A RESURFACING CREW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY'RE OUT THERE IN THE HOT SUN. NOBODY'S COMPLAINING AT ALL. IN FACT, THEY'RE SO PLEASANT. THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY, UM, GENEROUS WITH THEIR TIME AND INSTRUCTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I SEE THAT ON A CONSTANT BASIS. AND OF COURSE, UM, YOU ALL DESERVE EQUAL CREDIT FOR THAT. BUT I DO WANNA RAISE YOUR DIRECTOR UP 'CAUSE SHE IS ONE INCREDIBLE LEADER. AND THIS IS A TIME WHERE SHE'S LIKELY GONNA BE VERY HUMBLE. BUT I, I DO KNOW THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF HER AND I LOVE THAT I GET TO CHAIR THE TTI COMMITTEE BECAUSE SHE COMES TO ME. SHE IS SOMEONE WHO WILL NOT PASS THE BUCK BECAUSE THE BUCK STOPS WITH DIRECTOR CAROL HADDOCK. AND SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE LEADER, AND WE'RE ALL VERY GRATEFUL FOR HER LEADERSHIP. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO, AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND BE SAFE OUT THERE THIS SUMMER. COUNCIL MEMBER, TIFFANY D. THOMAS, THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ANYTHING IN ADDITIONAL I CAN SHARE THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE NOT SHARED, BUT JUST KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU. A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO YOUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM. UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF EMAILS THAT ARE IN MY INBOX, UH, THAT ARE SENT TO YOUR TEAM. AND WHEN I TELL YOU A SHOUT OUT TO SAL AND EVERYBODY ELSE, BECAUSE THEY HANDLE BUSINESS, AND I KNOW MY OFFICE IS CONSTANTLY IN THEIR INBOX, KEEPING THEM BUSY, BUT THE LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM THAT THEY RESPOND TO, THE TIMELINESS, YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE THE CORE PRINCIPLES THROUGH OF HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. NOT JUST THROUGH EMAIL, BUT WHEN THERE'S A BUSTED PIPE. AND FRONTLINE WORKERS ARE, YOU KNOW, MEETING RESIDENTS. THEY'RE IN FRUSTRATION AND ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THEIR HOMER STREET. YOU KNOW, Y'ALL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. SO I JUST APPRECIATE YOU BECAUSE REALLY A LOT OF THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CHAMPION COMES BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU ACTUALLY DO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE'LL BE CELEBRATING ALL WEEK AND SHOT. AND THEN JUST ANOTHER PLUG ABOUT MY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, BUT WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. , THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM. MARTHA CASTEX. TATUM, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, DIRECTOR HADDOCK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALL THAT YOU DO TO MAKE SURE HOUSTON CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. I I DO WANNA SHARE A STORY THAT JUST BLEW MY MIND WHEN WE HAD THE, UM, WATER PROBLEM, UH, NEAR NRG AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER. YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS WAS NEAR YOUR HOME, AND EVERY, EVERYBODY WAS OUTTA WATER AND EVERYBODY WAS CALLING THE DISTRICT A OFFICE AND THAT PEOPLE WERE MAD. UM, BUT WE NEEDED A PART. AND I, I WENT OUT TO THE LOCATION BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO SEE IT FOR MYSELF. I WANTED TO SEE HOW BIG THE PROBLEM WAS FOR MYSELF. AND WHEN I GOT THERE, MY EYES WERE LIKE, WHAT IN THE, HOW Y'ALL GONNA FIX THIS ? AND IT BLEW MY MIND THAT THEY WORKED THROUGH THE, I WENT HOME AND WENT TO SLEEP, AND I WOKE UP AND THEY WERE STILL WORKING AND THEY GOT IT FIXED AND THEY WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT. AND SO MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALK ABOUT THE VALUE ADDEDNESS OF OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT THAT DAY, UM, I SAW PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES IN A LOT OF STANDING IN WATER, IN MUD, COVERED IN MUD, DOWN IN THE TRENCHES, TRYING TO PUT THAT DRAIN BACK TOGETHER. AND THEY WORKED ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE WAS SLEEPING. THEY WERE GETTING THAT WATER BACK ON FOR HOUSTONIANS. AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF DEDICATION THAT WE SEE FROM THIS DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU AND HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK AND CONTINUE TO BE SAFE OUT THERE. AND WE ARE ALWAYS ROOTING FOR YOU AND CHAMPIONING, UM, ALWAYS CAN FOR HOUSTONIANS. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA PLUMMER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST HAD TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL. UM, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE FORGET ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT REALLY KEEP THE CITY GOING, AND Y'ALL ARE THE ONES THAT KEEP THE CITY GOING, SO THANK YOU. WE DON'T EVER, WE ALWAYS ARE KEEPING YOU ON OUR PRAYERS. WE WANNA KEEP YOU SAFE. UM, THANK YOU DIRECTOR HADDOCK FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. AND, UM, AND JUST CONGRATULATIONS, WELL DESERVED COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM, I THINK EVERYONE KIND OF SAID EVERYTHING, BUT I JUST ALSO WANTED TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION TO PUBLIC WORKS, UM, FOR EVERYTHING THAT ALL OF YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. UM, EVERY TIME WE TALK TO ANY PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES, UM, WE ARE ALWAYS SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WORK AND EVERYONE IS ALWAYS SO NICE AND CARING AND CONSIDERATE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS. AND WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR DISTRICT A. THANK YOU. AND JOINING US VIRTUALLY IS COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KOSH, AND A GREAT CHOICE, UH, CHOSE MS. HADDOCK, YOU'RE STUTTERING. SHE, I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR PICKING MS. HADDOCK TO BE OUR DIRECTOR. CAN YOU HEAR ME? [00:35:01] YES. YES. AND, UH, SHE RESPONDS TO OUR CALLS. UH, SHE DOESN'T SHIRK HER RESPONSIBILITIES. AND, AND I WANT TO THANK MS. HADDOCK AND, UH, ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. I'M NOT GONNA BE THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER NOT TO THANK YOU. SO HAPPY , HAPPY NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS THROUGH WEEK AND A SPECIAL, A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MY GUYS IN KINGWOOD AND THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE. MICHAEL WILSON AND ERIC SOLOMON, WHO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WEEKS IN A ROW BUSTED THEIR TAIL OUT THERE AND DOING A PROJECT THAT, UH, PREVENTS FLOODING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE WE FLOODED PROBABLY FIVE TIMES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE CREW. SO THANKS MICHAEL, AND THANKS ERIC. SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY. AND, AND, AND I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASK THAT ON THOSE DAYS WHEN YOU'RE A LITTLE MORE FRUSTRATED WITH THIS, YOU THINK BACK TO TODAY AND CHANNEL SOME OF THIS YEAH. KEEP THIS ENERGY, UH, . BUT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE, THE 4,000 MEN AND WOMEN OF HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS TRULY ENJOY SERVING HOUSTONIANS EVERY DAY. UM, AND, AND IT'S EASY TO STAND UP HERE AND TAKE THESE ACCOLADES AND I WILL SAY THANK YOU, BUT IT'S EASY BECAUSE OF NOT ONLY THE 4,000 MEN AND WOMEN, BUT THE LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT TAKE CARE OF THE JOB DAY TO DAY. UM, YOU, YOU LOOK GOOD WHEN THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT ARE SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZATION DO THEIR JOBS DAY IN AND DAY OUT. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK THEM. I GOT, I GOT PULLED BACK TO THAT BACK SECTION. THEY CALLED FOR ME TO, TO TALK TO ME ABOUT SOME THINGS. YOU KNOW, THOSE, THAT GROUP RIGHT OVER THAT SECTION, , YOU KNOW, ERIC DARGAN. I TOLD 'EM THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A SERIOUS MOMENT AND THEY WERE RUINING MY CONCENTRATION, YOU KNOW, SO THEY, THEY NEED SOME DEMERITS. WELL, SO, SO THANK YOU. RIGHT AT THE, SO, SO CAN WE TAKE A SMALL POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE HERE? SO, SO IN JUST A FEW DAYS, UH, MR. ERIC DARGAN, OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, WILL BE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON ON JUNE. THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC WORKS WEEK THAT I KNOW HE'S CELEBRATING AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, ANNOUNCED. HE'S, HE'S, HE'S, HE'S REFLECTING ON THAT HE HASN'T MADE UP HIS MIND YET. OH, OKAY. GOOD. . THAT'S ONE OF THE REASON HE CALLED ME BACK THERE. , YOU KNOW, . SO MAYOR COUNCIL WANTS TO KNOW IF THEY CAN, DON'T YOU GET TO WORK, ASK COUNCIL WANTS TO KNOW IF THEY CAN PASS A RESOLUTION THAT FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK, SINCE IT IS PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, WE CALL YOU WITH ALL OUR COMPLAINTS AND NOT DIRECTOR HADDOCK . YEAH. SEVEN ONE IT 7 1 3 5 6 9. THAT NUMBER XXX, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. NOW LET ME ASK, LEMME GET WE GOING. OPEN THAT UP RIGHT HERE. THAT NUMBER OUT. , TAKE THIS SWITCH. [00:41:11] ALL RIGHT. UH, LET'S GET, LET'S [2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] GET STARTED FOR THE SECOND HALF. THE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE EVERYONE TO HAVA HAVA, CAN YOU COME UP HERE PLEASE? SO HAVAS PASSION IS MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND INSPIRING THEM TO GROW. THIS HAS INFLUENCED HER WORK AS A JEWISH EDUCATOR, A WRITER, CREATIVE, AND AN ACTIVIST CHAVEZ. A CHAVEZ HAS BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF THE CONGREGATIONAL, UH, LEARNING FOR TEMPLE SINAI HOUSTON FOR NEARLY SEVEN YEARS, AND IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF DO LADO, A NONPROFIT, WHICH, UH, GIVES OT, JEWS, OT, UM, TO JEWS, UH, WHOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED OR DESTROYED BY NATURAL DISASTER. HAVAS PROFESSIONAL PATH, UM, HAS INSPIRED MANY PEOPLE BY LIVING THEM UP TO THEIR PERSONAL MOTTO, EMBRACE, INSPIRE, AND EMPOWER. COUNSEL, I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU HAVA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME. ABSOLUTELY. UM, HONORABLE MAYOR AND AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WITHIN JUDAISM, THOSE WHO SERVE OFTEN SAY, HEINI, I'M HERE TO SERVE. I KNOW IT'S SAFE TO ASSUME IN THIS ROOM THAT EACH OF YOU HAVE MADE THAT CALL MANY TIMES. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND ALL THAT YOU WILL DO MOVING FORWARD. OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM ALL OF THIS HOLY WORK. HOW FULL OF BLESSING YOU ARE. ETERNAL ONE, OUR GOD, SPIRIT OF THE UNIVERSE WHO HAS CONSECRATED US WITH YOUR COMMANDS AND COMMANDED US TO THOROUGHLY ENGAGE OURSELVES IN THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ENGAGE FAITHFULLY IN SERVICE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, MAY THE HOLY ONE OF BLESSED NAME REWARD THEM AND PROTECT THEM FROM ALL AILMENTS, AND GIVE HEALING OF THEIR BODIES AND FORGIVE THEM FOR THEIR MISTAKES. AND MAY THE HOLY ONE SEND A BLESSING OF SUCCESS UPON ALL OF THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS AND YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR SOULS. AND TOGETHER WE SAY, AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE. OKAY. THANK YOU ALSO VERY, VERY MUCH. UH, IF YOU ARE NOW PREPARED FOR THE ROLL CALL. [ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING] SO I MEAN THE, YEAH. MM-HMM . YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. YEP. OKAY. MAD SECRETARY, MAYOR TURNER. HERE. COUNCIL PEC. HERE. COUNCIL JACKSON. COUNCIL CAMAN. COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABAZ. HERE. COUNCILMAN MARTIN. PRESENT COUNCILMAN THOMAS. PRESENT. COUNCIL HUFFMAN PRESENT. COUNCILMAN CI WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. HERE. COUNCILMAN POLLARD. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTEX TATUM. HERE. COUNCIL OX WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCIL ROBINSON HERE. COUNCIL UBA HERE. COUNCIL PLUMMER HERE. AND CONSTABLE ALCORN. WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF APRIL 12TH AND 13TH. CASTEX STATE A MOVE. SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED. AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE MINUTES. ANY OBJECTION, CHAIR? NONE. THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. ALRIGHT, THEN JUST A FEW, UH, REMINDERS AGAIN, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE WITH [00:45:01] US ONLINE. IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE THE MEETING, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW, THEN YOU CAN PROCEED TO HANG OUT. UH, STATE YOUR NAME WHEN MAKING A MOTION OR SECONDING A MOTION. AND FOR THOSE JOINING VIRTUALLY, UM, AGAIN, TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW AND WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT WINDOW IF WE FAIL TO SEE YOUR, UH, SEE, UH, YOUR NOTE. UH, JUST SPEAK UP AND I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS [PUBLIC SPEAKERS] THAT ARE HERE TODAY AND THOSE THAT ARE ONLINE. UH, JUST A FEW REMINDERS. IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER TODAY, YOU HAD TO SIGN UP AT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE BY 3:00 PM ON YESTERDAY. UH, YOU'LL BE CALLED IN THE AUDIT THAT YOU, THAT YOU SIGNED UP, UH, WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. IF YOU ARE HERE IN PERSON, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, GET RIGHT BEHIND ONE OF THOSE MICS. UH, AND THEN IF YOU ARE APPEARING, APPEARING ON CAMERA, CLICK ON THE MICROPHONE ICON OR THE CAMERA ICON AND THEN YOU WILL BE GIVEN, YOU WILL HAVE THE ONE, TWO, OR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED AND AFTER YOUR, AFTER YOUR TIME. AND WHEN YOU HEAR THE BELL RINGS, THAT MEANS YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED AND YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY COME TO AN END. AND YOU MAY ONLY SPEAK WHEN, UM, WHEN RECOGNIZED. UH, CI SEE COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMER FOR A PROCEDURAL MOTION. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. I WOULD MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD TOMORROW BELL TO THE TOP OF THE THREE MINUTE SPEAKERS LIST PLEASE. AGENDA OR NON AGENDA? THOMAS. SECOND. AGENDA. NON AGENDA. OH, NON AGENDA. I APOLOGIZE. NO, NO, NO, NO. WAIT. PROBABLY THE AGENDA. AGENDA, YES. AGENDA? YES. OKAY. YES. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTIONS. SECOND THOMAS SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND. ANY OBJECTION, CHAIR? NONE. THE MOTION IS GRANTED. ANY OTHER PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? ANY OTHERS? ANY OTHERS? MADAM SECRETARY, YOU PROCEED TO CALL THE, UH, CALL THE AGENDA. I MEAN CALL THE, YEAH. SPEAKER LIST. SARAH DIXON. SARAH DIXON. SARAH DIXON IF OPPRESSED STAR SIX. YOU CAN PROCEED. SARAH DIXON. SARAH DIXON. STAR SIX. SARAH DIXON. STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER. RAMON DIXON. RAMON DIXON. IF YOU OPPRESSED STAR SIX, YOU CAN PROCEED. RAMON DIXON, IF YOU OPPRESS STAR SIX. RAMON DIXON. STAR SIX RAMON DIXON. NEXT SPEAKER. TAMARA BELL. TAMARA BELL. TOMORROW BELL IS HERE. MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL IN PERSON. IT'S BEEN A MINUTE. I ALMOST LOST MY WAY IN THE TUNNEL 'CAUSE I AIN'T BEEN IN SO LONG. UM, BUT I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE, UH, HISTORIC RIVERSIDE DISTRICT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IN THE ORDINANCE. IT SAYS, UH, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO DO THE APPLICATION, YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION THAT IS ATTACHED. THE RIVERSIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION IS THE CIVIC CLUB IN WHICH IT IS A PART OF. AND THEY WERE NOT NOTIFIED WHEN I ASKED WAS I NOTIFIED. THEY SAID THEY MAILED A LETTER TO GOOD HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH IN DECEMBER. UM, DURING THIS PANDEMIC, MANY HOUSES OF WORSHIP, A VIRTUAL AND GOOD HOPE IS ONE OF 'EM. ON YOUR WEBSITE IT SAYS, OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WAS VIRTUAL. I HAD NO IDEA THEY HAD MAILED ME ANYTHING. I JUST FOUND THIS OUT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS WHOLE PROCEDURE AND PROCESS HAS BEEN VERY, VERY ENLIGHTENING. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE IT STARTED, BUT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN CIVIC SINCE I MOVED HERE. AND THE ORDINANCE IN ITSELF, WHICH I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO ADDRESS, NEEDS TO BE REVISED BECAUSE FOR MANY PEOPLE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT DESIGNATION BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD THING AND BELIEVE YOU MEET IN SOME AREAS OF TOWN. IT IS. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A FINANCIAL BURDEN THAT IS ASSESSED TO YOUR PROPERTY AND IN MY COMMUNITY, THE FIRST CHANCE FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO TRANSFER WEALTH IS WITH THAT HOME IN THIRD WARD. THAT IS WHERE IT IS. AND WHEN AN A, A, A DESIGNATION OF A HOMESTEAD IS PUT IN PLACE, THAT REQUIRES YOU TO KEEP YOUR HOME UP TO THAT HISTORIC DIS DIS DESIGNATION, MEANING THEY TELL YOU WHAT KINDA WINDOWS, THEY TELL YOU WHAT KINDA ROOF AND ALL THAT. MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS DO NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL WHEELHOUSE TO DO THAT. AND WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THE PROCESS, BECAUSE WHEN IT INITIALLY WAS VOTED ON, 22 OUT OF 35 RESIDENTS VOTED AGAINST IT AND THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS THE END. THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAP COULD BE REDRAWN WITHOUT THEM REVOLTING. AND THEY GET THAT DESIGNATION. SO THEY ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED [00:50:01] AND DEEPLY TROUBLED ABOUT IT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION DURING THIS PROCESS THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WANTS TO MINIMIZE AND REDUCE THE NOTIFICATIONS THEY CURRENTLY DOING. AND THIS IS A SCENARIO RIGHT HERE THAT TELLS YOU WHY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS IN THE MOST, I MEAN IT, THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY'S HOMESTEAD. WHETHER YOU'VE TAKEN UP A ROAD, WHETHER YOU TAKING OUT A LIGHT, WHETHER YOU MOVING A STOP SIGN WHERE SOMEBODY LIVES AND WHAT HAPPENS, THEIR EGRESS REGRESS SHOULD ALWAYS BE IN THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR MIND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THEIR DWELLING. AND TO TAKE THIS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO VOTED AGAINST IT AND DIDN'T WANT IT, AND NOW THEY'RE IN THIS, WHEN THE APPLICANT HAD THE RIGHT TO APPLY FOR THEIR PROPERTIES ONLY, IT'S REALLY, REALLY DISHEARTENING. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. AND THANK YOU MS. BELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, DR. JAMILA GLOVER. DR. LOVER. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING FINE. HOW ARE YOU? I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I FIRST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION WHEN I SAW SIGNS POP UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND MANY OF US, AS YOU PERHAPS SAW ON THE NEWS, WENT TO THE MEETING AND THERE WAS AN UPROAR. SO AFTER SPEAKING TO MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS AND WITH PEOPLE IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, WE, SOME OF US, WHEN I SAY SOME OF US, MEANING SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS WOULD LIKE A TOWN HALL MEETING OR SOMETHING TO EDUCATE US BECAUSE ONE SIDE IS SAYING HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS COST MORE MONEY. OTHER SIDES ARE SAYING NO, IT DOES NOT. AND EVEN THOUGH MY HOME WAS NOT PART OF THAT ORIGINAL BLOCK, I RESEARCHED AND SAW ON THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S MAPS IN MONTROSE, THERE ARE SIX HISTORIC DISTRICTS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER. SO ONE CONCERN THAT SOME OF US DO HAVE IS THAT ONCE ONE HISTORIC DISTRICT IS ESTABLISHED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OTHERS WILL SOON FOLLOW. AND IF THERE IS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THAT, WE WANT TO KNOW. AND AS YOU GUYS POSSIBLY KNOW AS DEVELOPERS, THEY CAN WRITE OFF THE COST OF MAINTAINING A HISTORIC HOME. ANY REPAIRS THEY DO, THEY CAN WRITE OFF. WELL, IF THERE'S AN INCREASE IN EXPENSE, YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD NO. OH, OKAY. BECAUSE I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THE IR SECTION CODE 1231 ALLOWS DEVELOPERS AND REAL ESTATES TO WRITE OFF ANY EXPENSES AS MY PRIMARY RESIDENCE. I DO NOT HAVE THAT OPTION. SO IF A HISTORIC DESIGNATION IS GOING TO OCCUR AND IT HAS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT, I WANNA BE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THAT. I WANNA KNOW THE PROS AND THE CONS. SO ONE THING THAT WE ARE ASKING, OR AT LEAST I AM ASKING, IS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO, I BELIEVE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME BEFORE JUNE 8TH. SO IF WE WOULD, IF YOU GUYS WOULD POSTPONE THAT AND THEN WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING FIRST AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT, THEN THAT WILL BE USEFUL FOR US CONSTITUENTS. UM, I THINK THAT ANOTHER THING THAT I DO WANNA MENTION IS THAT ROSEDALE, THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE IS THREE STREETS ABOVE WHERE THIS HISTORIC DESIGNATION IS ONE THING THAT I'M PRETTY, IF I READ THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE CORRECTLY, THE MAYOR'S CONCERNED ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS. SO I'M INTERESTED IN LEARNING, WELL IF WE HAVE HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS THAT PERHAPS INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS? MY NEIGHBOR HAS BEEN IN HER HOME FOR 40 YEARS AND IF MAINTAINING IT IS GONNA INCREASE HER, HER EXPENSES AND NOW SHE IS 65 AND ABOVE, AND SHE TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY, JAMILA, I'M 65 NOW, I CAN GET THE 65 AND ABOVE, UM, EXEMPTION. EXEMPTION. BUT HER PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE UP SO MUCH THAT NOW SHE DOESN'T ACTUALLY SEE A DECREASE. SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE SITUATION. WELL, LET ME LEMME RESPOND TO THE LATTER, UH, FIRST BECAUSE, UH, SHE'S 65 AND ABOVE, SO SHE DOES GET A CURRENT EXEMPTION. AND THEN, UM, I WILL BE PRESENTING SOMETHING TO COUNCIL VERY SOON TO INCREASE THAT EXEMPTION FROM 160,000 TO 260,000, WHICH WILL BENEFIT SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. SO THAT WILL BE APPLIED ACROSS THE CITY, ASSUMING COUNCIL VOTES FOR IT. SO THAT'S GONNA HELP PEOPLE LIKE HER. OKAY. UH, LET ME ALSO SAY, UH, AND I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY DR. GLBA, YOU ARE NOT, YOU'RE NOT IN THIS, IN THIS HISTORICAL DISTRICT THAT DESIGNATED TODAY. TODAY, OKAY. CORRECT SIR. THE DISTRICT CANNOT EXPAND WITHOUT YOU ALL WANTING IT. SO IT CANNOT EXPAND. SO IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU'RE NOT IN IT, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT IMPACTED AT ALL. WHAT THERE, THERE ARE ONLY, THERE ARE ONLY 19, UH, PROPERTIES. I'M AWARE OF THAT. THAT'S ONLY INCLUDED. MY CONCERN IS NOT THE EXPANSION. MY CONCERN IS THAT ONCE ONE DISTRICT IS ESTABLISHED, THEN OTHER ONES WILL ESTABLISH. SO WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO AND SAY, HEY, I WANT ANOTHER HISTORIC DISTRICT. TO MY UNDERSTANDING, [00:55:01] WE HAVE THAT RIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU, IF YOU WANT IT, RIGHT. IF YOUR PEOPLE WANT IT, IF YOU ALL INITIATE IT, IT HAS TO BE A PETITION DRIVE. RIGHT. AND THEN YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS FROM DAY ONE. RIGHT. SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A RIVERSIDE TERRACE BECOMES AN HISTORIC DISTRICT. NO, I'M AWARE OF THAT. SO IT DOESN'T, IF YOU'RE NOT IN IT, LEMME JUST BE VERY CLEAR TO EVERYBODY AND I'M, I'M, I'M AT THIS POINT, I WASN'T, I I REGRET THAT I WASN'T AT THE MEETING THAT Y'ALL HAD BECAUSE OUT OF THE, LET'S SAY THE ROUGHLY 300 PEOPLE THAT WERE OUT, THERE'S 295 OF 'EM, WERE NOT EVEN, THEY'RE NOT EVEN AFFECTED BY WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. MM-HMM . SO YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT IMPACTED AT ALL. MAYOR, OUR CONCERN IS WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE WEREN'T PART OF THE 19 AND ARE NOT. RIGHT. THE CONCERN IS, IS THAT ONCE ONE IS ESTABLISHED AND OTHER CONSTITUENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY, WELL NOW I WANT A SECOND HISTORIC DISTRICT AND A THIRD HISTORIC DISTRICT ONLY IF YOU ALL WANT IT. UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. RIGHT. BUT THAT IS THE, THE CONCERN. SO IF THAT, SINCE THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, WHAT WE ARE LIKING OR ASKING FOR IS LET'S HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING JUST TO UNDERSTAND. RIGHT. AND I, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH JUST HAVING A GENERAL TOWN HALL MEETING. UH, BUT LET ME, BUT BUT I WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR. 'CAUSE I'VE, I'VE HEARD THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE THINKING THAT THEY MAY BE INVOLVED IN IT OR IT COULD, IT COULD INCLUDE THEM ONCE IT'S ESTABLISHED, IT CAN REACH OUT AND PULL THEM IN. THE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY NO. AND EVEN WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROPOSED RIVERSIDE TERRORIST HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE 19 PROPERTIES, IT REQUIRED A TWO THIRDS VOTE. RIGHT. IN ORDER FOR THAT TO ESTABLISH. AND SO WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO BEAR IN MIND IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE PEOPLE, IF THIS IS WHAT I WANT FROM MY HOME, RIGHT? OKAY, WHY SHOULD EVERYBODY ELSE TELL ME WHAT THAT IS? I DON'T WANT IT FROM MY HOME. THE OTHER THING THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO BEAR IN MIND, AND I'M TAKING THIS A LITTLE TIME 'CAUSE IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE DEALING, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH GENTRIFICATION, YES. OKAY. AND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A SITUATION LIKE THIS AREA RIGHT HERE MM-HMM . THEY DON'T HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR UP. I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M JUST SAYING RESPECT TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING. YES. THEY DON'T HAVE DE DE RESTRICTIONS. UM, SO THE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU IMPART MM-HMM MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER AND THE PERSONALITY. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS CASE A THIRD WARD. OKAY. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT YOU SEEK TO PUT IN PLACE TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER. AND TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY SHOULD SELL THEIR HOME IN THIS DISTRICT, YOU STILL WANT TO, IN MANY WAYS MAINTAIN THE SAME FACADE. I AGREE. OKAY. OTHERWISE YOU SELL IT AND HERE COMES THIS BUSINESS, WHATEVER NEXT DOOR. SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT. BUT YOU CAN'T ENLARGE YOU, WE CAN'T REDUCE THE SIZE. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THERE ARE 19 PROPERTIES, TWO THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE IN THOSE 19 PROPERTIES SAID YES. OKAY. THAT THEY WANT IT. ANYBODY ELSE OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT'S NOT APPLYING TO THEM, IT'S NOT APPLICABLE TO THEM. AND THE ONLY WAY IT CAN BE APPLICABLE TO THEM, THEY MUST PETITION FOR IT. AND THE PROCESS STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. SO FOR ME, AND I UNDERSTAND, UH, MAYOR TURNER, ONE THING IS, IS THAT IN MY MIND, THIS IS BIGGER THAN ALSO JUST THOSE 19, AND I KNOW WE ARE HERE FOR THAT. BUT AS A CONSTITUENT AND AS A NEIGHBORHOOD TO ME, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALSO GENTRIFICATION AND DEVELOPERS, IT WARRANTS A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THE CHARM IN THE HISTORY. AND SO IF WE COULD DO THAT THROUGH DEED RESTRICTIONS WHERE BOTH SIDES WIN, BECAUSE IN SPEAKING TO THE NEIGHBORS, SOME OF 'EM WENT THE HISTORICAL ROUTE BECAUSE THEY DO WANT TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I PERSONALLY INHERITED THE HOME REHABBED IT GOT MY PROPER PERMITS AND I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING. SO IF WE COULD HAVE A, A, A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW LARGER THAN JUST THIS HISTORICAL DISTRICT OF 19 HOMES, BUT HOW DO WE PRESERVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? AND I AGREE WITH YOU, THAT'S, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL TO HAVE A CONTINUING CONVERSATION. I THINK THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIRD WARD, FOR EXAMPLE, IS FACING GENTRIFICATION. 8,000 AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO USED TO LIVE IN THIRD WARD DON'T LIVE IN THIRD WARD ANYMORE. THAT AREA IS CHANGING QUICKLY. IT IS. OKAY. THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT ARE SET UP IN THIRD WARD. THERE ARE BARS AND CLUBS THAT ARE BEING, THAT ARE SET UP RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN THIRD WARD. SO UNLESS PEOPLE IN THIRD WARD START UTILIZING EVERY AVAILABLE TOOL TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER AND THE PERSONALITY, YOU MEAN, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS KNEW AND KNOW ALL THE TOOLS. SO I HAVE PERSONALLY, UM, DECIDED TO GET VERY ENGAGED AND INVOLVED BECAUSE SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE OLDER AND I'M YOUNG AND STILL FULL OF FIRE. SO, UM, , I WOULD APPRECIATE AN OPPORTUNITY [01:00:01] TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND I DO THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL SO THAT PEOPLE CAN, CAN GET THE INFORMATION. YES. OKAY. BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT, AND, AND THEN FOR EXAMPLE, THE, UH, WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TOMORROW IS TO, IS TO, IS TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT VOTING ON THE, ON THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT, BUT IT'S TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW IS A PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. IN ORDER TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF AND OTHERS TO SET THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. VERY WELL. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S ON THE AGENDA TOMORROW. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I'VE, LET ME YIELD NOW TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT, UH, D COUNCILMAN CAROLYN. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND CERTAINLY THANK YOU DR. GLOVER. I, UM, THE FIRST THING I SAID WHEN WE DID HAVE THE MEETING WAS HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS AND KNOW WHAT IT MEANS? AND SO VERY FEW HANDS WENT UP. SO AT THAT POINT I REALIZED THAT WE HAVE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AS TO WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. AND EDUCATION DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY'RE GONNA AGREE TO IT, BUT IT CERTAINLY GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION. AND SO I AM GONNA ASK FOR AN EXTENSION, SO TO SPEAK, TO EDUCATE. AND I WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY ENGAGED WITH MY OFFICE, UH, IN TRYING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND WITH ROMAN AND OTHERS BECAUSE THIS IS SO VERY, VERY VITAL. AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THEIR PROTECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THE FACT THAT THIS COULD BE A FINANCIAL BURDEN TO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OUR ELDERS, JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BIG BEAUTIFUL HOME DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE BIG BEAUTIFUL INCOME. AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT IMPACTED. AND I WANNA SAY MAYOR, THAT THE PROBLEM IS WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THIS ORDINANCE AND REVIEW IT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS FAIR AND TRANSPARENT. BECAUSE I THINK THE PROBLEM IS PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY CONCERNED, SUCH AS DR. GLOVER, WHO DOES NOT LIVE IN THAT AREA. BUT BECAUSE OF THE DISCRETION OF THE, UH, DIRECTOR TO BE ABLE TO REDRAW THOSE LINES AND THAT ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN FAVORABLY TO ESTABLISHING A HISTORICAL DISTRICT, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE IN FEAR OF. AND SOME OF THOSE HOMES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT 19 DON'T WANT IT. AND SO I WOULD LIKE A WIN-WIN OF SOME SORT WHERE WE COULD TRY TO MAYBE LOOK AT THESE LINES BECAUSE I THINK THAT PEOPLE THAT WANT IT SHOULD HAVE IT, BUT PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY RIGHTS. WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT IT AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THE BEST WAY FOR THOSE LINES TO BE DRAWN. SO I THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE ENGAGEMENT AND WE WILL BE PLANNING A MEETING VERY SHORTLY WITH YOUR HELP, YOUR SUGGESTIONS. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR, THE ONLY THING THAT THE DIRECTOR CAN DO IS REDUCE THE SUB YOU CAN'T EXPAND. YES, SIR. SO IT CAN'T EXPAND BEYOND THE 19 PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN QUESTION AND TWO THIRDS OF THOSE PEOPLE HAD TO VOTE FOR IT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF WHAT WE ARE SAYING TO HOMEOWNERS, WHAT THEY CANNOT DO. SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. AND SO IF OTHER PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THIS DISTRICT ARE TRYING TO ENFORCE THEIR WILL ON PEOPLE WHO WANT IT, THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM. SO THE ONLY THING THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE TOMORROW IS A VOTE ON FOR, ON THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. AND PEOPLE OUGHT TO WANT PEOPLE TO COME AND SAY THEIR VIEW AT A PUBLIC. I CAN'T SEE THE REASON WHY ANYBODY WOULD WANT TO DENY FOLK FROM SPEAKING AT A PUBLIC HEARING. I THINK PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEW. AND, AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. BUT I, BUT THAT'S THE MAYOR OF THE CITY. LET ME BE VERY, VERY CLEAR. IF PEOPLE IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T WANT CERTAIN THINGS, IF THEY DON'T WANT THE PROTECTIONS, IF THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO, FOR, TO SELL THEIR HOME TO WHOMEVER AND A BUSINESS SHOOTS UP NEXT DOOR, IF THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR'S NOT GOING TO TRY TO IMPOSE HIS WILL ON THIRD WARD, THE HEIGHTS EAST END OR ANYTHING ELSE. THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE PEOPLE IN THESE COMMUNITIES, THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU ARE SAYING NO, TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU ARE SAYING NO TO. BECAUSE THERE ARE BARS AND CLUBS THAT ARE WAITING FOR THESE HOMES TO GO UP FOR SALE AND THEY ARE GOING RIGHT IN NEXT DOOR. SO BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU ARE SAYING NO TO. THESE ARE TOOLS THAT I AM PUTTING FORTH TO ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN THE PERSONALITY [01:05:01] AND THE CHARACTER OF HISTORICAL COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THEM AND TO SLOW DOWN THE GENTRIFICATION. BUT IF PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT, IF PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT, THEN ALL I CAN SAY IS IT WAS OURS TO OFFER, IT WAS YOURS TO ACCEPT OR REJECT. AND I'M, I'M GONNA BE EASY EITHER WAY, BUT I DO BELIEVE, AND I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING. YES. AND THERE'S NO REASON TO DELAY THAT. VERY WELL SAID. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP. I'M SORRY, ONE OTHER POINT. MAYOR. IT'S NOT THAT THEY ARE AFRAID OF BEING INCLUDED IN THIS ONE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S FINITE. THEY ARE AFRAID THAT OTHER APPLICATIONS MAY COME UP. AND THEN THE WAY IT IS DONE, THEN THERE IS A DISCRETION BECAUSE THIS, THEY ONLY HAD 13. THEY ONLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE DISCRETION. THE, THE, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR DOESN'T HAVE THAT DISCRETION. SHE HAS THE DISCRETION FOR ANOTHER APPLICATION. NO, MA, THEY, IT MUST BE A PETITION. THE PEOPLE MUST INITIATE IT. THEY MUST PETITION. UNDERSTAND. BUT ONCE IT'S BEEN, ONCE THEY START THE PROCESS, THEN THE PEOPLE GO BACK THROUGH THE WHOLE THING AND THEY VOTE. CORRECT. NO, IT IT, IT, THE WHOLE PROCESS NOT FOR THIS ONE MAYOR, FOR AN ADDITIONAL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THE WHOLE PROCESS STARTS ALL ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT. AND SO THAT IS THEIR CONCERN THAT IT COULD JUST, JUST HEAR ME OUT, MAYOR, THEIR CONCERN IS THAT THERE MAY BE FUTURE APPLICATIONS WHERE PEOPLE PETITION AND THE WAY THE DISCRETION OF THE, UM, DIRECTOR, BECAUSE THIS STARTED OUT WITH ONLY 13 PEOPLE THAT WANTED THIS. AND BECAUSE OF THE DISCRETION, SHE WAS ABLE TO DRAW THOSE LINES TO MEET THAT 67%. AND THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES. SO THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. AND SO JUST, I JUST WANT THEM TO BE EDUCATED ON IT BECAUSE I, AS YOU I AGREE THAT WE WANT TO PROTECT, I DON'T WANT THE, THE ASHBY HIGH RISE TO COME UP ON THAT VACANT LOT. THAT'S WHY WE ARE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET THIS TO GET TO WHERE THEY CAN GET TO THE BEST WAY I, WHICH COULD POSSIBLY BE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND NOT HISTORICAL DESIGNATIONS. I UNDERSTAND. I DON'T WANT, BUT I DON'T WANT ANYONE LEAVING HERE TODAY OR ANYONE THAT'S LISTENING HERE TODAY THAT'S THINKING ABOUT IT. IF THIS HISTORICAL DISTRICT IS ESTABLISHED, THEN IT JUST GONNA SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE AND WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY BECAUSE IT'S JUST GONNA SPREAD BECAUSE NOW YOU'VE OPENED THE DOOR. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT THE CASE. IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. AND I WOULD TELL YOU ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU HAVE SO MANY HISTORICAL DISTRICTS IN THE HEIGHTS, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND THE CHARACTER OF THE, OF THE HIKES. THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY HAVE IT IN THE HIKES, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF IN THE HIKES. SO THEY ARE UTILIZING EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE TO MAINTAIN THE PERSONALITY AND THE CHARACTER OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND AGAIN, THE ONLY THING I'M, AND, AND I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA FIGHT PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, MY MOM USED TO SAY, I CAN'T, I DON'T WANNA FIGHT YOU TRYING TO HELP YOU. SO ALL I'M SAYING IS BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ARE SAYING NO TO. BECAUSE DEVELOPERS AND BUSINESSES WANT THIRD WAR. YES. AND WE JUST WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO, I FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST MECHANISM I GOT. I'M WITH YOU. I'M JUST SAYING TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN PLUM, AND THEN WE GOTTA MOVE ON. YES. THIS IS THE FIRST THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED, THAT I THINK THAT THE OTHER CONCERNS ARE IS, AND MAYOR, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE HOUSEHOLD, THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND THE HEIGHTS IS, UM, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAN THIRD WARD. IT IS. UM, AND SO FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET ANY TYPE OF CREDIT TAX CREDIT ON THEIR PROPERTY, THEY HAVE TO SPEND 25% OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD VALUE. A LOT OF THOSE SENIORS DON'T HAVE THAT. AND SO THE BENEFIT IS JUST DIFFICULT. AND SO I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER, THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN THAT THEY HAVE TOO, IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO BE ABLE TO PLAY, TO WIN WHEN YOU HAVE AN HISTORICAL DISTRICT. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED TO JUST KIND OF CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, BUT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THAT HAP HAS TO DO WITH HOW THE CHARTER THAT HAPPENS TO DO WITH, UM, CHAPTER 33, THAT KIND OF GUIDES THAT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PROBABLY LOOK AT AS WELL, IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY THE DIRECTOR HAS TO CONTINUE TO REDRAW THE AREA UNTIL THEY GET THE VOTES THAT THEY NEED. SO THAT'S, AND I KNOW THAT'S ALL FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES, BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER LOOKING AT LATER ON TOO. ALRIGHT. AND WE CAN THANK YOU. AND THERE, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT EVEN THE PROPERTY WAS IN THIRD WARD IN SOME OF THE AREAS, WHEN PEOPLE WANT THOSE PROPERTIES, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO, THEY'RE GONNA START DRIVING UP THE PRICE OF THE VALUE ANYWAY. IT'S GONNA, THE PRICE IS GONNA GO UP. THE QUESTION IS IN AN, AND LEMME JUST LET ME, LET ME LEAVE THIRD WARD, LET ME TALK ABOUT ANOTHER COMMUNITY. [01:10:01] OKAY. BECAUSE EVEN FOR EXAMPLE, IN RE HOME, WE ARE PROVIDING PEOPLE IN ACRES HOME WITH ALL THE TOOLS TO HOLD ON TO THE PERSONALITY AND THE, THE IDENTITY AND THE SAME VERY SAME TOOLS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED HERE. I'M GOING TO A TOWN HALL MEETING TO DO THE SAME THING, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE A HOME COMMUNITY BECAUSE I SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AND IT'S CERTAINLY IS QUICKLY CHANGING. AND SO WHAT WE DON'T WANNA HAVE IS IF WE CAN'T PREVENT IT, WE DON'T WANT THESE HISTORICAL COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS FREEMAN TOWN AND FOURTH WARD. I AGREE. OKAY. AND YOU DON'T WANNA WAIT TOO LATE BECAUSE THERE'S A CERTAIN POINT IN WHICH THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO AGAIN, BUT IT IS WORTH HAVING A CONVERSATION YES. WHERE WE ARE HAVING A VERY, WHAT I CALL A VERY SUBSTANTIVE, UM, NOT BLAMING HERE OR THAT JUST FOR THE INFORMATION. YES, SIR. AND JUST, AND TRY TO COME UP WITH WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH THE, WITH THE HOMEOWNERS, THE PROPERTY OWNERS. SO, THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCILMAN JACKSON. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON WHAT YOU MADE ABOUT HOW IT PROTECTS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT B. WE WERE TRYING TO DO A HISTORICAL AREA ON JENSEN THAT TO PROTECT US FROM DEALING WITH THIS BATCH PLANT. AND SO IT PUTS A STOP ON BATCH PLANTS AND ALL THESE GAS STATIONS. SO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMING UP WITH ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ZONING. PEOPLE CAN PUT WHAT THEY WANT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO THE ADMINISTRATION IS LIKE COMING UP WITH ALTERNATIVES. SO JUST WANTED TO POINT POINT THAT OUT, THAT WE CAN BENEFIT FROM IT. UM, IF, YOU KNOW, IN, IN DISTRICT B CASE WITH BATCH , SO JUST DR. GLOVER, WE'RE NOT, IT'S NOT OUR INTENT TO HURT. WE WE'RE TRYING TO HELP, BUT WE CAN WE'LL LISTEN TOO. WE NEED TO LISTEN. OKAY. SO, BUT LET'S, LET'S HAVE, LET'S CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NEXT, NEXT TIME, NEXT WEEKEND. ANTOINE BRYANT, ANTON ANTOINE, UH, BRYANT, UH, STAR SIX, OH, THERE HE IS ON TELEVISION. I'M ON TELEVISION ON, ON THE SCREEN. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, BAKER AND CITY COUNCIL , I'M CONTACTING YOU GUYS AS A LONG TIME PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, RIVERSIDE. THIS, MY FAMILY STILL LIVES THERE. I LIVED THERE FOR OVER 50 YEARS, BUT AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR OVER A DECADE, AND, UH, SERVED IN A VARIETY OF PLANNING AND DESIGN CAPACITIES. AND THIS, I APPRECIATE THE SPIRITED DEBATE, BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UH, OFFER SOME COMMENTARY SPECIFIC TO THE VALUE OF HISTORIC DISTRICTS. AND I THINK MR. MAYOR, YOU WERE MAKING SOME OF THE POINTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE. UH, THIS IS TRUE THAT THIS PARTICULAR ONE WAS SPECIFIC TO THESE 19 UNITS, THESE 19 HOMES, IF YOU WILL. UH, BUT THERE ALSO ARE STUDIES PRINCIPALLY BY THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY THAT SPEAK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO NEIGHBORHOODS ADJACENT TO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE DESIGNATED HISTORIC DISTRICTS. UH, BY STUDY FOUND IN 2019, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD COST OF HIGHER HOUSING PRICES DUE TO THE RESTRICTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HISTORIC DISTRICTS, IS GREATER THAN ANY BENEFITS THAT MAY ARISE FROM THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION, WHICH RESULTS IN A NET BENEFIT TO THOSE HOMES. ADDITIONALLY, WANNA MAKE, MAKE US ALL AWARE THAT OUR, THE ARCHITECTURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY CAN BE PRESERVED WITHOUT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS BEING FROZEN IN TIME, OFTEN AGAINST THE WISHES OF THE RESIDENTS AROUND THEM. UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TOOLS AVAILABLE SPECIFICALLY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO ADDRESS, UH, THE CULTURE AND THE PROTECTION OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE EMPLOYED MINIMUM SETBACKS, A NUMBER OF PLACES WE EMPLOYED MINIMUM LOT SIZE TO A NUMBER OF PLACES. UH, AND THERE'S BEEN MORE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH HISTORIC DESIGNATION THAN TO ANY OF THE ELKS ONES CITED. ADDITIONALLY, I WANT US TO ENSURE, I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE BROUGHT UP THE HEIGHTS. I WOULD ARGUE THAT THE VALUATION OF THE HOMES IN THE HEIGHTS HAS PROBABLY MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE 15 YEARS THAT HAS PASSED. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO NEED, UH, TO TAKE NOTICE OF. UM, AS WE LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR AREA, IT'S WELL KNOWN. I CAN PROVIDE DATA FOR THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR IT, UH, THAT WIDESPREAD HISTORIC DESIGNATION AND IMPEDES THAT ADAPTATION. AND OFTENTIMES THE RESULTS IN THE CITY'S PAST, UH, DETERMINING HIS FUTURE. UM, MY SON IS GRADUATING FROM, UH, BAYLOR MIDDLE SCHOOL ON JUNE 4TH, SO I'LL BE IN TOWN FOR THAT WEEKEND. SO IF WE DO HAPPEN TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, I WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE THEN. BUT IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU AND I'LL SEE MY THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANTOINE. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. MELANIE MILES. MELANIE IS HERE. MAYOR, I HAVE A FEW HANDOUTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PASS OUT, SO BEFORE MY TIME BEGINS, IF I COULD DO THAT, IF YOU'LL GIVE THEM RIGHT. THAT'LL [01:15:01] RUN GOING ON, MELANIE. WE WE'LL GO, WE'LL GO THROUGH IT. SHOULD, SHOULD I GO? YEAH. I AGAIN, YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. UM, MAYOR, WHILE, WHILE THE DOCUMENTS ARE BEING PASSED OUT, BECAUSE MY, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THEM AND I, AND I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO, TO REFERENCE THEM AS AS I SPEAK. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I DO WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, AND, UM, THAT WAS SAID HERE EARLIER IN THE LIVELY DISCUSSION IS ONE, UM, I'M HERE NOT ONLY AS A PROPERTY OWNER, UH, IN THE AREA, I'M, I HAVE A PROPERTY ONE BLOCK OVER, ACTUALLY, UH, BEHIND ONE OF THE, UM, HOMES THAT IN THE PROPOSED MAP AREA. BUT MORE RELEVANT, I'M HERE AS, UH, A REPRESENTATION OR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR RIVERSIDE CIVIC CI CI RIVERSIDE TERRACE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, UH, WHICH INCLUDES THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED, OR THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS PROPOSED HISTORIC DISTRICT. UM, SO ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS IS, UH, I'M, I'M ALSO HERE TO PRESENT FIVE VIOLATIONS OF THE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED HERE TODAY. AND I WANT TO REVIEW THOSE AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE. BUT ONE THING THAT WAS STATED IS THAT THIS DISTRICT WOULD NOT BE CREATED UNLESS ONE, THERE WAS A TWO THIRD VOTE BASED UPON THE APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED. TWO THIRDS DID VOTE AND THEY VOTED AGAINST THIS. TWO. IT'S ALSO BEEN SAID HERE TODAY THAT THIS DISTRICT WOULDN'T BE CREATED IF THE PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT IT AND THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY VOTED AGAINST IT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO GO THROUGH AS SOON AS EVERYONE HAS THEIR COPIES. YEAH. MELANIE, PLEASE PROCEED. 'CAUSE THE TIME IS TICKING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE FIRST VIOLATION OF THE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, WHICH I HAVE PROVIDED THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH A COPY OF CHAPTER 33 OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE SEVEN, HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. THE FIRST VIOLATION PERTAINS TO A PROCEDURE, UM, REVIEW, A PROCEDURAL REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION BY THE DIRECTOR. THE DIRECT, THE ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDES THAT THE DIRECTOR, UM, UNDER, IF YOU TURN TO PAGE TWO OF THE ORDINANCE, AND IF YOU LOOK TO ITEM C, IT SAYS, THE DIRECTOR SHALL REVIEW EACH APPLICATION FOR INITIAL COMPLETENESS. AND I'M ALSO GONNA REFERENCE YOU TO B ON THE SAME PAGE. UP ABOVE, IT SAYS, THE APPLICATION SHALL CONTAIN A MAP INDICATING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPOSED HISTORIC DISTRICT. I'M GOING TO TIME, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES. TWO MORE MINUTES. OKAY. UM, THERE WAS A MAP, THE MAP THAT I HAD, THE SECOND EXHIBIT THAT I PROVIDED TO YOU WAS THE ORIGINAL MAP THAT WAS ATTACHED. THAT'S CORRECT. PAGE ONE. IT SAYS, NUMBER ONE, THE ORIGINAL MAP THAT WAS CONTAINED IN THE APPLICATION. THIS IS NOT WHAT WE, UH, HAVE BEFORE COUNCIL HERE TODAY. THE PLANNING DIRECTOR UNILATERALLY MADE CHANGES TO THIS MAP AND REDUCED THE PROPERTIES TO PAGE TWO TO 35 PROPERTIES, WHICH YOU WILL SEE HERE ON PAGE TWO. THIS WAS DONE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. PRIOR TO AND AFTER REVIEWING THE APPLICATION FOR COMPLETENESS, THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION, THE ORIGINAL MAP, IT DOES NOT GIVE THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AUTHORITY TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE MAP UNTIL AFTER THE VOTE IS TAKEN. INSTEAD, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR MADE CHANGES AFTER THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND REALIZED THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE THE VOTES NECESSARY. THAT IS A DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE. THIS, AND THEN ITEM TWO SHOWS WHAT THE RESIDENTS RECEIVED, WHAT THEY VOTED ON, WHICH AGAIN, IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS APPLIED FOR. THE RESIDENTS VOTED ON THE [01:20:01] MAP AND CONTAINED IN NUMBER TWO, THEY VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY NO. AND THEN THE PLANNING DIRECTOR MADE ANOTHER CHANGE TO THE MAP. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON PAGE THREE THAT IS BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY WITH 19 TO 20 PROPERTIES. THAT'S ONE VIOLATION. TWO VIOLATION IS THAT YOU HAVE A CITY EMPLOYEE GIVING PREFERENCE TO ONE GROUP OF CITIZENS OVER ANOTHER GROUP OF CITIZENS. THERE'S A LACK OF IMPARTIALITY, WHICH TOTALLY GOES AGAINST THE ENTIRE SPIRIT. WHEN DOES A CITY GIVE PREFERENCE TO ONE GROUP OVER ANOTHER GROUP? NUMBER THREE, THERE'S A VIOLATION OF NOTICE IN THIS, UM, PAGE TWO AT THE BOTTOM D ONE, IT SAYS THAT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR SHALL PROVIDE 30 DAYS AFTER DETERMINING THE APPLICATION IS INITIALLY COMPLETE. THE DIRECTOR SHALL MAIL NOTICE TO THE OWNERS OF EACH PROPERTY WITH A PROPOSED HISTORIC DISTRICT AS INDICATED MOST CURRENT. AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY, THE DIRECTOR SHALL ENDEAVOR TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION. ALRIGHT, LET ME, THAT DID NOT OCCUR. LET ME, LET ME ATTEMPT TO RESPOND TO YOU. UH, UM, AND THEN OF COURSE I'LL PASS ALL OF THIS ON TO LEGAL AND THEY CAN REVIEW ALL OF IT SINCE YOU, 'CAUSE YOU'RE SPEAKING TO US AS A LAWYER. SO I'LL REFER TO LEGAL AND THEY CAN REVIEW ALL THE DOCUMENTS. BUT I WILL SAY IS THAT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR CAN CERTAINLY CANNOT EXTEND THE BOUNDARIES, CANNOT DO THAT. THE PLANNING DIRECTOR DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY BASED ON WHAT I'M TOLD TO REDUCE IT, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE ARE DEALING WITH PROPERTIES THAT ARE CONTIGUOUS. SHE CAN'T JUST PICK THIS PROPERTY HERE. THIS PROPERTY, IT HAS TO BE CONTIGUOUS. SO YOU CAN'T EXPAND IT FROM THE ORIGINAL NOTICE IN TERMS OF THE TERRITORY INVOLVED. BUT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REDUCE IT TO A SUBSET WHERE THERE IS THAT TWO THIRDS MAJORITY WHERE THOSE PROPERTIES ARE ADJACENT. SO NOW YOU HAVE THE 19 PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN QUESTION. THEY ARE CONTIGUOUS IN NATURE AND TWO THIRDS OF THEM HAVE SAID YES. NOW LET ME, LEMME BE VERY CLEAR, IF NONE OF THE PEOPLE WANT IT, THEY DON'T WANT IT. IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA TRY TO, TO, TO FORCE ANYTHING ON IT. UM, SO IT WAS REDUCED TO A SUBSET WHERE THE PROPERTIES WERE CONTIGUOUS AND TWO THIRDS OF THOSE, THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS WANTED. BUT HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, I'M GOING TO REF, I'M GONNA REFER IT ALL OVER TO LEGAL, AND THEN LEGAL CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THESE DOCUMENTS AND THEY CANNOT, THEY CAN OPINE. 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING. IF, IF I MAY JUST RESPOND TO THE MAYOR'S JUST LAST COMMENT. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YOUR I WAS GONNA SAY, YOUR HONOR, , YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YOU'RE HONORABLE, UH, MAYOR TURNER, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. HOWEVER, THE DIRECTOR'S DISCRETION TO REDUCE THE MAP SIZE ONLY TO ONLY BEGINS AFTER THE VOTE. IF YOU LOOK SPECIFICALLY TO, AND I'M GONNA DIRECT YOU TO, TO PAGE THREE OF NINE, AND IF YOU LOOK AT NUMBER ONE, ACTUALLY G, IF G IF THE DIRECTOR IS ABLE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION A, THEN YOU KNOW, THEN IT'LL BE FINALIZED. BUT THEN THE NEXT SENTENCE, IF THE DIRECTOR IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AFTER, UH, THEN, THEN, THEN THE DIRECTOR HAS THE ABILITY TO MODIFY. BUT THIS IS ONLY AFTER THEY, UH, THE VOTE AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S 67% OF THE RESIDENTS, THIS DIRECTOR MADE CHANGES PRIOR TO A VOTE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS LAST VERSION OF THE MAP IS, IS ONLY AFTER THE VOTE. AND THAT'S CORRECT. IF SHE HAD DONE THIS THEN, THEN PERHAPS SO, BUT SHE DID NOT PRESENT TO THE RESIDENTS THE MAP FROM THE APPLICATION. LET ME, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME JUST DO, LET'S DO THIS. 'CAUSE NUMBER ONE, I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT US TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S NOT RIGHT, THAT'S NOT LEGAL, THAT DIDN'T FILE THE RULES. SO I'M, I WILL REFER THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED TO ME. I WILL SEND THEM OVER TO CITY LEGAL TO ARTURO MICHELLE. YES. AND I WILL LET HIM OPINE AND IT WILL BE WHATEVER IT WILL BE. I APPRECIATE IF, IF, IF, IF THE DIRECTOR, IF WE, IF, IF THE CITY FAILED, AND I WON'T JUST SAY THE DIRECTOR IF, IF ADMINISTRATION FAILED, UH, TO ADHERE TO ALL THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS. IT IS WHAT IT IS. UM, AND WE'LL DO THAT. SO LET ME, I'LL, LET ME SEND IT OVER TO LEGAL AND THEN LEGAL, TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND LET THEM APPLY. AND, AND I WILL MAKE MYSELF, I THINK MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS THERE. THERE ARE ACTUALLY SIX VIOLATIONS. YOUR, YEAH, MAYOR. THAT'S OKAY. THERE ARE SIX VIOLATIONS IN TOTAL OF THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE THAT I HAVE, UM, DOCUMENTED. AND, UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME DOING, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABASH. THANK YOU MAYOR FOR TAKING THAT TO THE LEGAL. JUST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD COMPLETED YOUR PRESENTATION. UH, I THINK YOU'RE SATISFIED WITH, HE'S GONNA PASS IT ON. AND SO I WAS YIELDING SOME TIME TO YOU IF YOU HAD [01:25:01] ANY FINAL COMMENTS. I, I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILWOMAN. UM, I, I THINK IN, IN CONCLUSION, UH, LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE SIX VIOLATIONS. EVEN ONE VIOLATION IS ENOUGH TO, FOR THIS TO STOP DEAD IN, IN THE WATER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT FLAWS OR VIOLATIONS ON THE FACE. WE'RE NOT, THIS ISN'T A MATTER OF HE SAYS, SHE SAID, OR MY OPINION VERSUS YOUR OPINION OR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE HEARD. WE NEED TO HEAR ALL PARTIES ON ITS FACE. THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN VIOLATED IN TWO WAYS, TWO VERY BIG WAYS, AND I HAVE SIX LISTED THAT I'VE ALREADY, I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU ABOUT. TWO. ONE IS NOTICE AND TWO, ACTING OUTSIDE OF HER ABILITIES IN REDRAWING MAPS AND GIVING PREFERENCE TO OTHER GROUPS. SO WE ASK THAT THIS ORDINANCE OR THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS APPLICATION, UM, BE, UM, DENIED AND THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING NOT GO, UM, BE SET FOR HEARING BECAUSE OF ORDINANCE HAS BEEN VIOLATED. SO THANK YOU MR. WE'LL TAKE A, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ASK, UM, UH, MELANIE, UM, IN ADDITION TO THIS, SINCE YOU LIVE IN THE AREA, HAVE PROPERTY IN THE AREA, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE FOR MANY OF THE LEADERS IN THAT AREA TO REALLY TAKE IT A, A, A LOOK AT OH, I AGREE, MAYOR. 'CAUSE UH, . SO, SO LOOK, IF, IF I CAN JUST SET SPEAK TO THAT. I APPLAUD THE MAYOR FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE PRESERVATION AND THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY. I MEAN, I, I I THINK I SEE YOUR VISION. I THINK I DO. AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GO WITH THIS AND, AND WE NEED THAT PROTECTION. WE HAVE BARS POPPING UP, YOU KNOW, STRIP CLUBS AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE DON'T WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE ISSUE IS THIS, THAT WE WANT THE PROTECTION, BUT WE ALSO NEED THE SUPPORT FOR THOSE THAT ARE VULNERABLE. SO HOW CAN YOU, WE, HOW CAN YOU DEMAND THAT SOMEONE REPLACE ALL OF THEIR WINDOWS WITH 1920 CUSTOM STEEL FRAME WINDOWS, YOU KNOW, ON A BUDGET AND THEY'RE BARELY PAYING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. I MEAN, THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HISTORIC DISTRICTS WHERE IT, PARTICULARLY GLENWOOD, UM, SIX SIXTH WARD, WHERE THEY WERE ORDERED TO TAKE OUT, UM, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS AND REPLACE THEM. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE KINDS OF RESOURCES. WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DESIGNED DESIGN GUIDELINES, UM, FOR EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS. THEY'RE DESIGNED GUIDELINES FOR EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS. AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE TOOL, IT'S A COMPILATION OF THE TOOLS. THAT'S WHY THE, THE, THE TAX EXEMPTION, IT'S BEEN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, ESPECIALLY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS THAT I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO. SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE THING BEING DONE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS BEING DONE, BUT IF WE MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO, OKAY, IF WE MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO, AND IF WE DON'T, AND BECAUSE DEED RESTRICTIONS LIKE THIS AREA, NO DEED RESTRICTIONS TAKES 75% OF THE PEOPLE THAT GET THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS IN 75%. NOW, IT DOES HAVE MINIMUM LOT SIZES, WHICH CORRECT, IT DOES, WHICH UP TO SOME DEGREE. BUT IF WE MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO AND OUR FOCUS ON THIRD WARD, BECAUSE THAT IS IN THE TARGET, MY FEAR IS THAT IT WILL BE CHANGING VERY, VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO STAY THERE IF WE REMAIN ON THE CURRENT TRACK. SO YOU GOTTA UTILIZE EVERY TOOL TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER AND THE INTEGRITY. OR IT'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE LIVING THERE. WELL, LET ME JUST, IF I CAN JUST SAY THIS IN CLOSING, MAYOR, WE NEED BETTER TOOLS BECAUSE THE SAME TOOLS THAT APPLY FOR THE HEIGHTS DON'T NECESSARILY WORK FOR THIRD WARD. AND SO WE ARE LOOKING TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO YOU AS MAYOR TO COME UP TO CREATE OTHER TOOLS LIKE THEY HAVE IN CHICAGO AND OTHER PLACES FOR SIMILAR SITUATIONS SUCH AS THIS. SO THIS PARTICULAR TOOL IS NOT THE RIGHT FIT. WELL, LEMME FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WELL, LEMME JUST SAY I VISITED WITH, WITH LORI LIGHTFOOT FROM CHICAGO ABOUT THIS TOOL. OKAY. YOU KNOW WHAT SHE SAID? WHAT? SHAME ON THEM IF THEY DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, MAYOR. WELL, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAVE QUITE A BIT OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO SUPPORT A TEAM. I UNDERSTAND. BUT, BUT THIS DIDN'T JUST COME UP ON, ON ITS OWN. OKAY. I HEAR I, AGAIN, ALL I'M SAYING TO THE, THE PEOPLE IN, IN THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY NO TO. THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. BUT I GOT YOU. I HEAR YOU. COUNCILMAN POP. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, AND I APPRECIATE [01:30:01] THE DISCUSSION. UM, I DON'T LIVE ON THIS AREA, OF COURSE I'M IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON, BUT, UH, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIRD WARD AND THAT THAT IS THE THING THAT TO ME, NEEDS TO BE HIGHLIGHTED MORE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PRESERVATION IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS. THIS, THIS PROPOSED HISTORIC DISTRICT SAYS RIVERSIDE TERRACE, HISTORIC DISTRICT. IT MENTIONS NOTHING ABOUT THIRD WARD, UH, WHICH IN MY OPINION IS THE MOST HISTORIC ASPECT OF THAT COMMUNITY. UH, AND I DON'T WANT IT TO TURN INTO SOMETHING LIKE FOURTH WARD, WHICH IS MIDTOWN. NOW MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT FOURTH WARD IS MIDTOWN. UM, BUT I THINK AROUND THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, THE NAMING OF WHATEVER WE DO IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE POLICY AND THE REGULATION BEHIND IT. MM-HMM . I DO NOT WANT OR SUPPORT FINDING WAYS TO RENAME AREAS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL, UH, UM, AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE TO OUR CITY, UM, TO TRY TO ESCAPE WHAT THE CONNOTATIONS MAY MEAN, UM, AS IT PERTAINS TO THOSE NAMES. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THIRD WARD, I WOULD LOVE TO CONSIDER MAKING SURE THAT THIRD WARD AND THE NAME THIRD WARD, IS IN EVERY SINGLE, UH, CONSIDERATION THAT'S PUT FORWARD. COUNCILMAN, I RESPECT THAT. BUT WHETHER YOU SAY GARDEN CITY OR MONTGOMERY TERRACE OR LINCOLN CITY, IT'S AC ACRES HOME. THE FOUR FOUR. I DON'T CARE. I DON'T CARE. BUT IT NEEDS TO SAY THING. NO, NO, NO, NO. IT DOESN'T NEED TO SAY. 'CAUSE THEY, THEY'RE GONNA BE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WANT TO A ASSOCIATE WITH COUNCIL ACRES HOMES. I HEAR WHAT YOU OH, THEN THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM. THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE MOVED THERE. OKAY. SO THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM. BUT WHAT THE IS, BUT YOU COULD, YOU COULD SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT MIDTOWN IN FORT WARD. I, THAT I KNOW, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION. I THANK YOU. MELODY . OKAY. , THAT'S ALL. NEXT SPEAKER. OKAY. THIS IS ABOUT THE FOURTH SPEAKER AND WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 30 TO GO. SHARON EVANS. BROOKS. HELLO? HELLO. YES, SIR. SIR, AM AM I BEING HEARD? I'M SORRY. IS THIS MA'AM? SHARON EVANS. OH, SHARON EVANS BROOKS. YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. YES. AM I, AM I BEING? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, I COME TO YOU CITY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE RIVERSIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION. UH, WE ARE THE ORGANIZATION THAT, UM, GOVERNS THE AREA THAT WE ARE AT ISSUE WITH HERE, THE HISTORIC, UM, PRESERVATION, UM, DECLARATION OF APPLICATION. UH, I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY VOICING OUR OPPOSITION TO, UH, THE CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION AND THE FORM OF 200 OR SO HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE SIGNED A PETITION IN OPPOSITION. AND THOSE WHO HAVE PHYSICALLY APPEARED AT, UM, OUR HEARING ON LAST WEEK. OUR, WE OPPOSE THE, WE OPPOSE THE APPLICATION FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. ONE, THAT THERE WAS NO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITHHELD BEFORE THE APPLICATION WAS FILED. TWO, THAT THE ORDINANCE RE HELLO? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. THAT THE ORDINANCE RE YES, THAT THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES NOTICE TO THE AREA CIVIC CLUB, WHICH IS THE RIVERSIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, WHICH I REPRESENT. UH, WE WERE NEVER, WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY SUCH NOTICE THREE THAT RESIDENTS WERE ADVISED OF THEIR HOME BEING INCLUDED IN AN HISTORIC, UM, IN AN HISTORIC DESIGNATED AREA. UH, ONLY AT THE RECEIPT OF A LETTER IN THEIR MA IN THE MAIL. A PROPOSED MAP PRESENTING TO HOMEOWNERS FOR HOMES FOR VOTE WAS PRESENTED WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OR ANY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. NOW, MAYOR, I'VE HEARD YOU REMARK SEVERAL TIMES THAT AN HISTORIC DISTRICT CAN ONLY GO FORWARD IF NEIGHBORS WANT IT. HOWEVER, IN THIS INSTANCE, UM, THE APPLICATION DID NOT MEET THE REQUISITE NUMBER, THE REQUISITE PERCENTAGE OF 67%. IT SHOULD HAVE FAILED. BUT FOR THE REDRAWING OR INCLUSION OF TRACKS BY THE DIRECTOR, THE VOTE WOULD'VE FAILED. IT ACTUALLY DID FAIL THE MAP THAT THE HOMEOWNERS VOTED ON, FAILED THE LINES WERE REDRAWN WITHOUT NOTICE AND WITHOUT ANOTHER VOTE. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HEARING OR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT IT'S A CRITICAL STEP. THERE WAS A VOTE TAKEN, THE VOTE FAILED TO PASS. THERE WAS [01:35:01] A REDRAWING TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL TRACKS, AND THERE WAS NOT A SECOND VOTE TAKEN ON THAT. AND THAT IS INHERENTLY AND PATENTLY UNFAIR AND UNDEMOCRATIC. AND I DARE SAY, AS, UM, ATTORNEY MILES HAS NOTED IS IN VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE. AND WE ASK THAT LEGAL AND THE COUNSEL TAKE THAT, UH, SERIOUSLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. UM, I WANT TO JUST PIGGYBACK ON COMMENTS THAT, UM, WE, WE WOULD BE, WE SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT. OH, YOUR, YOUR TIME HAS FRIDAY. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABA. THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I WANNA YIELD MY TIME TO MS. SHARON BARNES, EVANS BARNES TO COMPLETE HER THOUGHTS. THANK YOU. YOU MEAN TO MS. BROOK? WE HAVE BEEN WARNED EVANS BROOK. WE HAVE, IT'S FINE. WE HAVE BEEN WARNED THAT WE SHOULD, UM, BE CONCERNED ABOUT NOT, UH, SUPPORTING AN HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION. WELL, FRANKLY, THE POSITION OF OUR RESIDENCE IS, THIS IS VERY SIMPLE. IF AN INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER WANTS HISTORIC DESIGNATION FOR HIS HOME, THEN HE OR SHE SHOULD PURSUE THAT INDIVIDUALLY ON ROSEDALE. ONE OF THE AREAS IN QUESTION HERE, A HOMEOWNER DID JUST THAT AND HAD HISTORIC DESIGNATION, UM, ACHIEVED FOR HIS INDIVIDUAL HOME. AND SO WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO PRESERVING NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE OPPRESSIVE NATURE AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH DOING SO. THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS THIS, THAT, UH, I MEAN, JUST FUNDAMENTALLY, IF A HOMEOWNER WANTS IT, LET THEM HAVE IT. BUT DO NOT FORCE AND HOLD OTHER HOMEOWNERS HOSTAGE WHEN THEY DO NOT WANT AN HISTORIC DESIGNATION. LET ME ASK, ARE YOU, ARE YOU, THANK YOU. ARE YOU ONE OF THE 19 THAT'S IN THIS DESIGNATED DISTRICT, OR NO? I, UM, I AM WITH THE RIVERSIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION. NO, NO, I DIDN'T ASK THAT. LEMME JUST ASK, ARE YOU ONE OF THE 19 HOMEOWNERS INVOLVED IN THIS DISTRICT? NO, I'M A VERY INTERESTED, UH, RESIDENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NO, NO. PARDON? NO. COME ON, COME ON, ELIZABETH. I AM NOT ONE OF THE NINE. I AM NOT ONE OF THE 19. OKAY. I HAVE HEARD YOUR REASONING AND I JUST, I NO, I I I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU WERE GOING BEFORE YOU ARTICULATED IT. RIGHT. AND THE ANSWER IS NO. I AM NOT ONE OF THE 19 BECAUSE I'M, I WANT TO USE, I WANT TO USE THE SAME ANALYSIS THAT YOU OFFERING. IF THE PEOPLE IN THIS DESIGNATED AREA WANT IT, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T ENFORCE YOUR WILL ON THEM WHEN YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. I THINK, I THINK, I THINK THAT, UH, MAYOR, I, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A PERIOD RIGHT THERE. AND THAT IS, IF THE RESIDENTS DID NOT WANT IT, IT SHOULD HAVE DIED THERE. AND IT DID NOT DIE. THERE. THERE WAS A VOTE AND THE VOTE FAILED. YET THE DIRECTOR, WE YET THE DIRECTOR DREW IN OTHER. BUT YOU'RE GONNA TO MAKE IT PASSED. THAT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO BACK AND FORTH. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT YOU ARE, ARE NOT YOU. YOUR HOME IS NOT IN THIS DISTRICT. YOU ARE NOT IMPACTED. NO, YOU ARE NOT IMPACTED. ALRIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER. JUDA, UH, JUDON. IF YOU HAVE PRESSED STAR SIX, YOU CAN PROCEED JUDON IF YOU HAVE PRESSED STAR. SIX JUDON. STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER. BRIDGET MURRAY. BRIDGETTE MURRAY IN PERSON. IS BRIDGET HERE? BRIDGET? BRIDGETTE IS HERE. HELLO. MS. MURRAY. GETTING RIGHT BEHIND ONE OF THE YOUNG. YEAH, THERE YOU GO. SO, HELLO. I WILL BE CHANGING THE SUBJECT UP A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO SPEAK ON SEVERAL ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS YOU GO THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS. WHILE I LIVE IN THE PLEASANTVILLE COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE THERE ARE SEVERAL UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY THAT HAVE SIMILAR CONCERNS, IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENT AT CITY OF HOUSTON PARKS DEPARTMENT, FACILITIES AND PROPERTIES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BECOME ENGAGED IN THE FRIENDS OF THE PARK GROUPS TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL PARKS AND GREEN SPACES. BUT IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT UPDATED THE PROCEDURE MANUAL SINCE 2004. AS PRESIDENT OF THE JUDSON ROBINSON SENIOR PARK, FRIENDS OF THE PARK, WE STARTED REQUESTING IN 2018 THE STATUS OF REVIEW REVISIONS TO THE MANUAL AND WE'RE STILL WAITING. [01:40:01] JUDSON ROBINSON SENIOR PARK WAS REBUILT IN 2017 WITH THE DEDICATION. IN APRIL OF 2018, A MANAGEMENT DECISION WAS MADE TO MOVE INTO THE NEW BUILDING IN DECEMBER OF 2017. WHILE THE FACILITY WAS NOT FULLY RELEASED FROM CONSTRUCTION WITH OUTSTANDING CORRECTIONS, THE BUILDING HAS A LEAK NEAR THE GYM THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED MULTIPLE TIMES, STARTING IN 2019. BUT IT IS NOT RESOLVED. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN TIME TO ADDRESS THIS WHILE UNDER CONTRACT. IT IS A SOURCE OF, IT WAS A SOURCE OF CONTENTION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO KEEP A KITCHEN IN OUR FACILITY AND TO HAVE A COMPUTER ROOM FOR RESIDENTS IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WANNA THANK THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JERRY DAVIS FOR SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY REQUEST. OUR FRIENDS OF THE PARK GROUP CONTACTED HOUSTON PARKS BOARD TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO GET A COMMITMENT OR PROVIDE NEXT STEPS TO JOIN. WERE WE NOT IN THE RIGHT ZIP CODE? THIS WAS REPORTED IN WRITING TO MR. STEVE WRIGHT BACK IN AUGUST OF 2018, AND WE CONTACTED HIM AGAIN IN 2019. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. UM, LET ME, LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE MINUTE. UH, ALL HE ASSIGNED MR. ICEMAN TO FOLLOW UP. WE'RE STILL WAITING IN MARCH OF 2020. UM, COUN THEN COUNCIL MEMBER JERRY DAVIS STATED HE WOULD USE SOME OF HIS COUNCIL FUNDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT PLEASANTON MANOR PARK. WE'RE STILL NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT PROJECT, 'CAUSE IT WAS INTERRUPTED BY COVID. UM, LET ME JUST SKIP TO SOME OF THE OTHER. WE HAVE, UH, WE WANTED TO TRY TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM TO BRING, UH, SHADE OR COVERING TO THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. BUT, UM, IT WAS VERY, UH, DISHEARTENING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH PARK STAFF. AND THE FIRST QUESTION THEY ASK US IS, DID WE HAVE THE MONEY? THAT'S WHAT MATCHING GRANT IS ALL ABOUT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MONEY TO EVEN MAKE IT HAPPEN. BUT THIS PROJECT IS STILL NEEDED. FINALLY, WE CAN ONLY ASK THAT THE, THE, THE POOL BE INCLUDED IN THE 2022 SEASON. IF NOT, IT WILL BE THREE YEARS THAT THE POOL HAS NOT BEEN OPERATIONAL IN THE COMMUNITY. THE FRIENDS OF OUR, OF THE PARK NOW, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UM, THANK YOU MS. BRIDGET MURRAY FOR COMING IN ALONG WITH THE PLEASANTVILLE RESIDENTS TO TALK ABOUT THIS VERY IMPORTANT, UM, TOPIC. HEY, Y'ALL SAY, HEY, , PLEASANTVILLE. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT, THEY, THEY WANT, THEY PARK ACTIVE. I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT NOT HAVING A, UM, UH, UH, WHAT IS IT FOR THE POOL? UH, WHAT YOU CALL THINK WHAT IS LIFEGUARDS? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO LIFEGUARDS, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE TIME TO FINISH YOUR STATEMENT. UM, THE ONLY THING I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IS THAT WE DIDN'T COME HERE JUST TO COMPLAIN, BUT OUR FRIENDS OF THE PARK IS ACTUALLY PROVIDED TO OUR FACILITY PROJECTORS AND TVS. UH, WE, UH, PROVIDED, UH, BARRIERS TO KEEP THE MURAL SAFE FROM TOUCHING. WE PROVIDE THEM WITH SEASONAL DECORATIONS. WE SUPPORT, UH, SPECIAL YOUTH EVENTS. WE, UH, EVEN STARTED A FIESTA PATRIA CELEBRATION, BUT OF COURSE, COVID STOPPED SOME OF THAT. WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST WITH VARIOUS PROGRAMS. WE PROVIDED FUNDING FOR CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH. UM, WE PROVIDED THEM WITH WHITEBOARDS, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, ALL DURING THE COVID PERIOD. AND SOON WE'LL BE PROVIDING EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS LED BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OUR QUILTING GROUP, TABLE GAMES, BASKETBALL, AND BINGO. SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF COUNCIL UNDERSTOOD THAT WE DO SUPPORT THE PARKS AND WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR SOME SUPPORT FROM THEM. OKAY. WHAT I CAN SAY TO YOU, BRENDA PARKS IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR US. THE BUDGET FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED. UM, THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE VOTING ON. THERE ARE 22 PARKS ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON NOW. SEVERAL IN DISTRICT IN DISTRICT B. UM, WHO HAVE YOU TOLD, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TALKED TO SOMEONE IN, IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT? I JUST, IT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ANYONE IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE SINCE COVID. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, SO, OKAY. WELL LET ME, LET ME, LET ME FOLLOW UP AND LEMME WORK WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OKAY. OH, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND MS. MURRAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, FOR BEING SUCH AN INCREDIBLE LEADER FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. ALL THOSE, UH, PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS YOU LISTED ARE REALLY INCREDIBLE. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. BUT I ALSO, I WANNA MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY ABOUT THE ROOF LEAK. IS THAT, DID YOU SAY THAT'S IN THE NEW FACILITY? YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND IT BEGS THE QUESTION FOR OUR GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHAT'S UNDER WARRANTY. TYPICALLY THAT [01:45:01] WOULD BE WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD GET A QUICK FIX FROM THE CONTRACTOR UNDER THAT. SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL. BUT, UH, FROM A FACILITY STANDPOINT, AND I KNOW MAYOR, AS WE GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR, THOSE NEEDS OF PLEASANTVILLE AND SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES, I KNOW YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND HER PREDECESSOR, OUR FRIEND JERRY, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN WITH THEIR DISCRETIONARY, UM, SERVICE DOLLARS. AND SOME OF US WHO HAVE REMNANT PARTS OF OUR PERSONAL BUDGET IN OUR COUNCIL HAVE, UH, GOOD INTENTIONS. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR APPEALING. 'CAUSE I THINK I'M GONNA SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO COME BEHIND YOU AS WELL. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. IF THERE, IF THERE'S, THERE'S A ROOF LEAK. THAT ROOF LEAK THAT OUGHTA FALL ON THE GHD. SO WE, WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON, ON THOSE THINGS. COUNCILMAN AND, AND MAYOR, I ALSO ON, ON ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN ABCO, THEN COUNCILMAN JACKSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU MS. MURRAY FOR COMING. YOU MENTIONED A A GUIDELINES BOOK, UH, FOR FOR FRIENDS OF PARKS. RIGHT? SO, UH, THE FRIENDS OF THE PARK PROGRAM IS SOME, IS A, IS A PROGRAM THAT IS LED, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY, UNDER HOUSTON PARKS DEPARTMENT. RIGHT. AND I'M JUST ONLINE LOOKING FOR IT. IS IT RIGHT? IS IT, AND THE MANUAL THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IS DOC IS DATED AS 2004. UH, WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN IT AND IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY UPDATES AND WE STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY UPDATES. OKAY. I'M JUST INTERESTED IN SEEING THE MANUAL. SO I'LL I'LL MM-HMM . LOOK AROUND FOR IT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON AND MS. MORALE ALSO WANTED TO JUST LET YOU GUYS KNOW, WE, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING THE TOURS WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND SO WHATEVER WE HAVE LEFT OVER ON OUR DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS, I THINK IT'S CLOSE TO 250. I DECIDED NOT TO SPEND ON CERTAIN THINGS, BUT WE'RE WORKING TO GET SOME MATCHING, UM, GRANTS FOR THOSE DOLLARS AS WELL. I SPOKE WITH, UM, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. THEY'RE WORKING TO TRY TO SEE IF THEY CAN MATCH WHAT WE HAVE. SO WE WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET THESE PARKS UP TO STANDARD. IT'S MY PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PARKS, THE FLOODING, AND GETTING PEOPLE IN SOME GOOD PAYING JOBS ARE MY PRIORITY. SO, JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH DIRECTOR ADAM. IN FACT, ALLEN, IN FACT, HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDING US A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL THE TOURS THAT WE HAD, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND WHAT THE PRICE TAG IS FOR THESE PARKS SO THAT WE CAN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT COSTS, YOU KNOW, TO MOVE OUR PARKS FORWARD. AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LIKE, ADVOCATE FOR RESOURCES BETTER. OKAY. THE FACT THAT WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR, UM, COMMITMENT AND EVERYONE FROM PLEASANTVILLE. THANK YOU GUYS. YES. YOU'RE THE BEST. SO I, I WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT ALSO TO CLINTON PARK IS ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE. OH, CLINTON PARK. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. WHAT'S UP ? YOU ALL ARE HERE ENFORCED US TODAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER JACKSON FOR THE, OH, I'M SORRY. COUNCILMAN JACKSON FOR PROCEDURE. AND I WANT A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MOVE, UM, MS. MARSHA LISTER UP SECOND ROBINSON. THE TWO MINUTE I'M BEHIND, ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW. BEFORE HEATHER LEE. THREE MINUTES. YEAH. THREE MINUTES. THREE MINUTES. DO YOU HAVE MOTION? ANY OBJECTION? CHAIRS? NONE. MOTION GRANTED. UM, SHOULD BE NEXT. MADAM SECRETARY, YOU'LL CALL UP MARSHA LISTER. MARSHA LISTER. GOOD AFTERNOON, HONOR, UH, MAYOR TURNER. COUNCIL TO MY COUNCILPERSON ROBERT GALLEGOS IN THIS ABSENCE, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE, MAYOR. UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, BRING A CONCERN AND MR. JETSON ROBINSON POOL AS A FORMER, UH, EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR 36 YEARS. I'VE BEEN RETIRED THIS YEAR, UH, IN JULY, 13 YEARS FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. I DO VOLUNTEER MY TIME AT THE PARK AND, UM, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE THINGS THAT, THAT GO ON AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND MAYOR, WITH YOUR PERMISSION TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF THOSE THAT ARE HERE WITH US TODAY, IF THEY CAN STAND AT THEIR SEATS. I DO HAVE, UH, PERSONS HERE THAT COME WITH US, IF YOU DON'T MIND. IF THEY CAN STAND. I DO HAVE TWO LADIES THAT COME. THEY JUST WANT TO COME AND LOOK AT YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND. MAYOR, WOULD Y'ALL STAND ? WHO ARE, WHO ARE THOSE TWO LADIES THAT CAME TO LOOK ANYWAY, MAYOR, TODAY WE ARE VERY, VERY INTERESTED AND WE WOULD ASK YOU PLEASE, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON, UH, THAT PLEASE CONSIDER THAT PLEASANTVILLE BE ONE OF THE POOLS I TALKED TO, TO MR. ALLEN. KENNETH. [01:50:01] HE WAS ONE OF MY SUPERVISORS WHEN I DID WORK FOR PARKS DEPARTMENT. I KNOW KENNETH VERY WELL. MR. ALLEN. LEMME CALL HIM MR. ALLEN. I KNOW KENNETH VERY WELL. AND HE SAID THAT HE WOULD CONSIDER THAT PLEASANTVILLE BE ONE OF THE POOLS THAT BE OPEN. WE HAVE A, A VERY LARGE, UH, COMMUNITY OF SENIORS THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POOL. WE'VE GOTTEN OLDER. I'M ALMOST 70. LIKE A LOT OF US, WE, WE IN, IN THAT AGE GROUP THAT WE NEED TO BE IN WATER. WE CAN'T WALK AND RUN ANYMORE. SO WATER IS THE EXERCISE THAT WE NEED. SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF, OF, OF THE PROGRAM. ONCE IT COMES TO THE, TO THE, UH, THE POOL IS OPEN. SO WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT WE HAVE OVER 133 SIGNATURES FROM PARENTS THAT UTILIZE THE FACILITY, UH, WITH THEIR KIDS IN THE EVENING TIME. WE'RE REPRESENTING THEM TODAY. THAT COULD NOT COME. SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO TAKE THAT PLEASE. IN CONSIDERATION. UM, THE FRIENDS OF THE PARK, UH, I'M THE SECRETARY FOR OTHER FRIENDS OF THE PARK, AS WELL AS I AM THE, UH, ACTIVE MEMBER OF WHATEVER GOES ON AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. I COME UP AND I VOLUNTEER AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ONE PERSON THAT'S BACK THERE. SHE WAS MY SEVENTH GRADE, UM, HOME ECONOMIC TEACHER. AND SHE'S IN THE AUDIENCE. SHE SITS AT THE TABLE, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT JUDSON ROBINSON SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER. SHE'S 88 YEARS OLD. HER NAME IS BETTY DORIAN. SHE GIVES BACK, SHE WALKS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SHE, SHE DOES WHATEVER MR. LONDON DOES. SHE GOES ON FIELD TRIPS SHE HELP KIDS WITH, WITH, WITH HOMEWORK AND WHATEVER. UM, MR. TURNER, I'M, I'M GONNA ALLOW YOU TO GO AHEAD ON, I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER BACK. MS. MS. BETTY DOMAN, YOU PLEASE STAND. SHE'S ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK, BACK THERE. AND, AND I JUST WANNA SAY, VOLUNTEERING IS A PART OF WHAT WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT TO GIVE. BUT WHAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE OURSELF, WE'RE A COMMUNITY OF GIVING AND WE'LL GIVE ANYWHERE BECAUSE WE, WE JUST BELIEVE IN GIVING BACK AND SHOWING THAT WE'RE A COMMUNITY OF LOVE AND WE LOVE IN ALL DIFFERENT WAYS, IN ALL DIFFERENT COLORS. SO WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER US TO OPEN UP OUR POOL, PLEASE. AND, AND WE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM, BUT WE'LL LEARN. JUST GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THE POOL THERE? I'M, I'M THE POOL IS THERE. IT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW. YES, IT HAS. YEAH. BEEN CLOSED. FOR WHAT PURPOSE? WHY? WE ONLY HAD 10 LIFEGUARDS. OH, BECAUSE OF LIFEGUARDS. 'CAUSE BECAUSE OF COVID. BECAUSE OF LIFEGUARDS. YEAH. ALRIGHT. AND, UM, OKAY, WE HEAR YOU. AND THAT IS BRENDA DOR, SIR. THE 88, WHAT, WHAT IS HER NAME AGAIN? BETTY DO. BETTY DO, HMM? BETTY DOEN. MS. BETTY DORRA. DOEN. OKAY. YES. 80, 88 YEARS OLD. SHE'S 88 YEARS OLD. SHE TAUGHT AT E SMITH HIGH SCHOOL. OH, I MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT WAS A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BACK THEN. AND BECAUSE THE OVER CARLING BACK IN THE SIXTIES, UH, THEY BUILT ANOTHER SCHOOL AND SHE CAME WITH US BACK THEN. SO, AND SHE'S HERE TODAY AND SHE DID NOT WANNA MISS THIS TRIP. SHE HADN'T BEEN DOWN HERE BEFORE. IT'S A LOT OF FIRST TIMERS HERE TODAY. LIKE I SAY, YOU HAVE TWO ADMIRERS AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. I'M JUST SAYING. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR. IN FACT, THEY, THEY BROUGHT A BUS, THEY TOOK A BUS DOWN TO COME DOWN HERE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU PLEASANTVILLE COMMUNITY FOR COMING DOWN TO CITY HALL. I AM SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT YOU GUYS. YOU AMAZING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND JUST LET ME ASK EVERYBODY FROM PLEASANTVILLE CLINTON AREA TO JUST STAND UP. LET ME JUST SEE YOU JUST STAND UP WHERE YOU ARE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND, UM, YOUR PRESIDENT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND, UH, OKAY. WE, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER ON YOUR, ON YOUR BEHALF. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT, NEXT SPEAKER. HEATHER LEE. HEATHER LEE. IF YOU PRESS STAR SIX, HEATHER. OH, HEATHER. HI. YES, YES, YES. HEATHER. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TODAY. DURING BIKE MONTH, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING AND CHAMPIONING THE BIKE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE. CAN YOU HEAR ME OR AM I CHOPPY? WE CAN HEAR YOU. WE CAN HEAR. OKAY, GREAT. MY HUSBAND, 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND I RECENTLY MOVED TO HOUSTON AND WE ARE SO THRILLED TO BE HERE. OUR PREVIOUS CITY WAS VERY BIKE FRIENDLY. BIKING WAS MY PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORT TO AND FROM DAYCARE, TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, TO WORK, GROCERIES, ALL OF MY ERRANDS. AND THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF JOY THAT MY DAUGHTER AND [01:55:01] I HAVE RIDING OUR BIKE AROUND IS REALLY UNMEASURABLE. IT'S OUR ABSOLUTE FAVORITE WAY TO EXPLORE A CITY AND ESPECIALLY A NEW ONE. AND MY CURRENT LOCATION MAKES THAT A BIT TRICKY TO SAFELY RIDE. I'M TRAPPED BETWEEN WESTHEIMER AND WEST ALABAMA, TWO REALLY FAST ROADS WITHOUT BIKE LANES OR EVEN CONSISTENT SIDEWALKS. I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW A BIKE FRIENDLY CITY THRIVES WHEN COMMUNITIES FEEL SAFE, COMMUTING AND ADVENTURING AROUND ON A BIKE. MAKING BIKE LANES A PRIORITY CREATES AN EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTION. AND I'VE SEEN HOW PEOPLE WILL GET OUT TO EXPLORE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS, VISIT LOCAL SHOPS, AND, AND REALLY ENJOY THEIR CITY FROM A VIEW THAT'S UNIQUE AND ALLOWS YOU TO TAKE IT IN. AND FROM WHAT I'VE READ AND GATHERED IN THE SIX MONTHS THAT I'VE LIVED HERE, HOUSTONIANS WANT ACCESS AND CHOICE WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION. I'VE REVIEWED THE HOUSTON BIKEWAYS PLAN IN DETAIL AND THE WORK BEING DONE HERE IS GREAT. IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PLAN. AND IT COULD BE MORE, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THESE HIGHLY TRAFFICKED GROUPS ON THE PROPOSED PROJECT PLAN, BUT NOT YET IN THE HOUSTON BIKEWAY OFFICIAL PLAN. I HOPE CITY COUNCIL TAKES BIKE TRANSPORTATION INTO ACCOUNT THIS WEEK IN ALL OF YOUR BUDGETING MEETINGS. YEAH. TOM HAS EXPIRED. ONE SECOND. ONE SECOND. COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND MS. LEE, I JUST WANTED TO FIRST OF ALL, UH, START BY WELCOMING YOU TO HOUSTON AND, UH, WELCOMING YOU AS WELL, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I KNOW SEE BY YOUR ADDRESS THAT, UH, YOU LIVE IN A GREAT PART OF TOWN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND YOUR, UH, UNDERSTANDING FROM PREVIOUS PLACES THAT YOU'VE BEEN, UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE. I'M SURE THERE ARE COUNTLESS GROUPS THAT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU AND YOUR, YOUR FAMILY, UH, CONTRIBUTE EITHER BY VOLUNTEERING OR, UH, ACTING ON THE BOARD. MIKE HOUSTON COMES TO MIND, UH, MAYOR AS ONE OF OUR MOST ACTIVE GROUPS, UH, THAT YOU MS. LEE WOULD BE, UH, I, I THINK A WONDERFUL MATCH FOR. SO, I, I THINK YOUR, OUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. SO ON BEHALF OF HER, AS ONE OF YOUR AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WANT TO, UH, OFFER, OFFER MY ASSISTANCE. IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO, PLEASE REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE AND WE'LL HELP, UH, CONNECT YOU WITH SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. THANK YOU. I'M HERE TODAY ON THE SUGGESTION OF MIKE HOUSTON AS A GEAR SHIFTER AND I PERSONALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN I CAN SAFELY LEAVE MY HOME ON A BICYCLE AGAIN. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, EL CABALLERO. EL CABALLERO IS HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, EVERYONE. UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME GIVEN, UH, TO ME TODAY. UH, MY NAME IS ELSA RO. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF SCIU TEXAS. THE WORK WE REPRESENT HOUSTON JANITORS HERE. UH, I THINK THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY PROBABLY RECOGNIZES US FOR. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I ALSO KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS, THE HOUSTON JANITORS WHO HAD BEEN HERE JUST LAST WEEK AND THE WEEK BEFORE THAT, TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR STRUGGLES DURING COVID AND THEIR FIGHT TO TRY TO GET A JUST ECONOMICAL ECONOMIC CONTRACT THIS TIME AROUND. AND SO I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE REPORT ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING. UH, MOSTLY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, OUR JANITORS ARE IN THE PROCESS TOMORROW TO ACTUALLY TAKE A STRIKE BOAT. UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HAVING THEIR NEEDS MET. THEY'RE NOT, UH, HAVING THEIR ISSUES ADDRESSED AT THE TABLE. AND SO IN HOPES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE SAYS WE HAVEN'T KNOCKED ON EVERY DOOR AND, AND THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING, WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COME AGAIN TODAY. UH, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WHILE YOU MAY NOT BE THEIR DIRECT EMPLOYEE, AND I KNOW HOW WELL YOU'VE DONE TO TRY TO RAISE STANDARDS FOR PEOPLE WORKING DIRECTLY FOR HOUSTON AND THE SUBCONTRACT WORKERS, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IMPACTS EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE ENTIRE CITY OF HOUSTON. BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE LIKE THE JANITORS DO WELL, THE ECONOMY OF HOUSTON DOES WELL. I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE SORT OF LEGACY THAT YOU, THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS STARTED TO BUILD HERE, WHILE THE STATE'S NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING BY PEOPLE IN TEXAS BY INCREASING MINIMUM WAGE, YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN A HUGE STEP TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. AND IT'S MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE WORKING AT THE AIRPORTS, FOR PEOPLE WORKING AT GEORGIA BROWN CONVENTION CENTER FOR PEOPLE WORKING RIGHT HERE. AND HOUSTON JANITOR SHOULD BENEFIT FOR, UH, AS WELL. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT SOME OF THE STORIES, BUT YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE HAVING TO GO TO FOOD BANKS FOR FOOD [02:00:01] BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE ON $10 AND 75 CENTS AN HOUR. IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. YOU ALSO KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEIR CUTS AND HOURS RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT GETTING WHAT THEY NEED. YEAH. TIME HAS EXPIRED. UM, UM, ARE YOU ALL STILL NEGOTIATING OR HAVE YOU ALL REACHED AN IMPASSE? WE ARE, UH, SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE TABLE AGAIN NEXT WEEK. UM, WE DON'T, FROM THE MESSAGES THAT I'M GETTING IS THAT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A LOT OF MOVEMENT, UM, TO WHAT WE NEED. UM, AND SO YOU, YOU'RE GETTING, UM, SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE JANITORS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, UM, IN TERMS OF WAGES COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES, WHICH FRANKLY IS SHAMEFUL. IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT THIS CITY AND THE OWNERS OF THIS BUILDINGS WHO ARE HAPPY TO PAY A LIVABLE WAGE IN OTHER CITIES HAVE NOT DONE SO FOR HOUSTONIANS. WELL, IF THIS CHART IS CORRECT, IT IS THIS, IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING. UM, YEAH, I WOULD HATE THAT ANYBODY IS, UM, UM, BEING PAID $10 AND 75 CENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON PAYING JANITORS. SO, UM, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL, UM, COMPANIES WILL RESPOND MORE POSITIVELY. UH, LEMME JUST SAY IF THE CITY OF HOUSTON CAN GO UP TO $15 MINIMUM, UH, CERTAINLY, UM, MOST BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY LARGE ONES, UH, SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME. AND EVERYONE RECOGNIZES THAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING MORE, RIGHT? INFLATION IS REAL, AND JANITORS HAVE TO THE SAME MILK, THE SAME BREAD THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS PAYING. JANITORS HAVE TO DO THE SAME. RENT IS GOING UP, EVERYTHING IS GOING UP, GAS IS GOING UP, RIGHT? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, FOOD, GAS, YOU NAME IT, THE, THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE HAVE GONE UP. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK IN THIS CITY, UM, AND WE HAVE OUTSTANDING, UM, BUSINESSES IN THIS CITY, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WHAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING, ESPECIALLY ON AN HOURLY BASIS, REFLECTS THE MORAL FABRIC OF OUR CITY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT COMPANIES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON BUSINESSES, UH, WHICH, UM, UM, VALUE THE WORK BEING DONE BY JANITORS SECURITY OFFICERS AND OTHER WORKERS AND OTHERS AND, UM, AND JOIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AT LEAST, IF NOT IN SOME CASES MORE. UM, BUT $10 AND 75 CENTS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS SIMPLY NOT ACCEPTABLE. SO, UM, LET US HOPE THAT THINGS, THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE OVERNIGHT. YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALL LOVE THIS CITY. I LOVE THE CITY, I LOVE THE BUSINESSES IN THE CITY AND I HOPE THEY WILL BE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF, OF ALL OF THEIR WORKERS, UH, IN THE CITY. SO KEEP US POSTED. WE SURE WILL. MAYOR. AND IF I COULD JUST SAY ONE LAST THING IS WE KNOW THEY CAN AFFORD IT. UM, OUR, OUR RESEARCH SAYS THAT IT WILL COST THEM ONE PENNY PER SQUARE FOOT PER MONTH TO GIVE GENEROUS $15. AND SO THAT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, WE KNOW IT'S DOABLE. UH, AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT SOME OF YOU WOULD MAKE THOSE CALLS BECAUSE AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE DOING IT IN OTHER CITIES AND THERE'S NO REASON WHATSOEVER THAT THEY CANNOT DO IT FOR PEOPLE IN HOUSTON. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE WORKFORCE THAT WE HAVE HERE, WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY BLACK BROWN WORKFORCE AND HOW IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, WE KNOW THEY'RE BEING LEFT BEHIND IN COMPARISON TO OUR WHITE COLOR WORKERS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT TIME. HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAS. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU MS. RO. I ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WITH SE IU TEXAS REGARDING ANOTHER COMPANY THAT'S A WORLDWIDE COMPANY. I THINK THAT IT AT LEAST $15 AN HOUR, I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ENOUGH, BUT AT LEAST $15 AN HOUR BECAUSE I LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS. PEOPLE THAT DON'T MAKE AT LEAST $15 AN HOUR, THEY HAVE TO WORK MORE THAN TWO OR THREE JOBS. AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THEY CAN'T GO TO THE SCHOOL AND SEE THEIR KIDS. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT IS KEY TO THEIR SUCCESS. SO TO NOT DO THAT CREATES A CYCLE OF POVERTY. CORRECT. BECAUSE THE KIDS NEED THEIR PARENTS TO BE THERE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE ON, TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL ADULTS. ALSO, TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE STREETS, KEEP THEM OUT OF TROUBLE. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT COMPANIES LOOK AT THIS AND [02:05:01] CERTAINLY AT LEAST $15 AN HOUR SHOULD BE PAID TO THEIR WORKERS. SO I CERTAINLY SUPPORT YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER SHAVAS, I WOULD SAY THOSE WERE THE TSU WORKERS AND THEIR EMPLOYER LITERALLY TOLD ME ACROSS THE TABLE THAT THEY'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE JANITORS ARE GONNA GET BEFORE THEY THINK ABOUT RAISING WAGES FOR TSU WORKERS. WHICH IS AGAIN, AN IMPACT. AND WHAT IT MEANS WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE DOWN THE ECONOMY, THE OTHERS DON'T WANNA FOLLOW TO LIFT IT UP. THEY WANNA SEE HOW FAR THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IT, THEY DON'T WANNA LEAD. SO THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. AND, AND IN ADDITION, MAYOR, IT'S NOT TSU, IT'S SODEXO, SO LET'S BE CLEAR, IT'S, WELL, THEY WORK AT TSU UNDER SODEXO. IT'S NOT, BUT WHAT CONCERNED ME AS WELL IS THAT THEY PROVIDED THAT THE SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET, YOUR SCHOOL, UH, PAYS THEIR WORKERS MORE. THEY LOOKED AROUND THAT SODEXO PAYS THEIR, THEIR WORKERS MORE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON THAN THEY DO A FEW BLOCKS. MM-HMM . UH, AT TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. SO I WASN'T GONNA PUT 'EM ON BLAST, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT TEXAS SOUTHERN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. ITS SODEXO. SHE JUST DID. SORRY, IT'S SODEXO, UH, AT TSU YOU. OKAY, WELL LET'S, UM, KEEP US, KEEP UH, KEEP US POSTED. KEEP ME POSTED. THANK YOU. SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW. OKAY, THANKS. ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER. MARCUS GATLIN. MARCUS GATLIN. IT'S MARCUS HERE. MARCUS GATLIN. MARCUS. NEXT SPEAKER. LATASHA DIGES. NATASHA DIGES. NATASHA DIGES IS HERE. I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE AND SPEAK FREELY. I WASN'T ABLE TO PRETTY MUCH SAY ANYTHING I WANTED TO SAY AT MY LOCAL CIVIL, CIVIL COUNCIL MEETING OR CITY COUNCIL MEETING RATHER IN BEAUMONT. I WAS PRETTY MUCH CUT OFF BY THE MAYOR. SHE WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO SAY MUCH OF ANYTHING OR EVEN MENTION ANY NAMES. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M HERE. AND, UM, I JUST WANNA EXPRESS, EXPRESS MY CONCERNS REGARDING A CORRUPT JUDGE AND SOME CORRUPT ATTORNEYS IN BEAUMONT IN THAT AREA. AND I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT I DISCUSSED LAST WEEK. SO I'M GONNA READ OUT SOME COURT TRANSCRIPTS AND THEY WERE ACCIDENTALLY MIXED IN WITH ANOTHER DOCUMENT AT THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE BY ACCIDENT. SO I'M GONNA READ OUT JUST SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND THIS COMMENT HERE IS COMING FROM ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS IN QUESTION. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS PROBABLY WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO MENTION THE NAMES EITHER. SO I'LL MAKE A LIST IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. UM, SAYING YOUR HONOR, AND FRANKLY JUDGE, THIS IS AN IDEA I JUST HAD. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE OR APPROPRIATE. I FILED THIS LAST MINUTE BECAUSE THERE IS JUST NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT WHEN MS. DIGS GETS THIS DOCUMENT, SHE IS GOING TO SEND OUT A TWEET ABOUT IT. SO HAD I FOUND IT YESTERDAY, IT WOULD BE I WOULD BE HERE, UM, COMPLAINING ABOUT LAST NIGHT'S TWEET. COULD THE JUDGE OR THE COURT CONSIDER A GAG ORDER FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS UNTIL THE COURT COULD DO SOME RESEARCH ON IT WHERE NO PARTIES, NO LAWYERS ARE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THE CASE IN ANY PUBLIC FORUM. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A HOT ISSUE RIGHT NOW IN OUR SOCIETY IN GENERAL, THE DAMAGES WILL TRULY BE CATASTROPHIC AND THE HARM WOULD BE IRREPARABLE. I DON'T KNOW IF OPPOSING COUNSEL WOULD AGREE TO A GAG ORDER. I LITERALLY JUST THOUGHT OF THAT IDEA AND MY COUNSEL IS SAYING, UM, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK I CAN AGREE TO THAT HERE, OBVIOUSLY. AND THIS ATTORNEY HERE, HE'S STATING AGAIN, WELL IF YOU NEED TO GO OFF THE RECORD WHILE WE CHAT ABOUT IT, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. I'M JUST THROWING OUT AN IDEA. SO THEY GO OFF THE RECORD, AT LEAST THEY THOUGHT THEY DID. AND THE MACHINE PRETTY MUCH CAPTURED EVERYTHING. AND THE JUDGE HERE IS SAYING, UM, WELL I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. WE HAVE A POTENTIAL TO MAKE THIS WORSE. YOU KNOW, YOU ALREADY MENTIONED WHAT'S GOING ON NATIONALLY. I THINK WHAT'S BEING DONE IS NOT GOING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. IT'S GONNA MAKE THINGS WORSE. AND I'M AFRAID THAT WE MAY HAVE TO DO THAT HERE WITH THIS SITUATION. LIKE I WAS CLASSICALLY TAUGHT AND I THOUGHT ALL LAWYERS, THERE'S A PAUSE. THEN IT WENT ON TO SAY, I'M BEGINNING TO WONDER WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT AFTER I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL. BUT THE CARE FOR FREE SPEECH YOU DISAGREE WITH IS MORE SPEECH, NOT LESS SO YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. UN UNFORTUNATELY. CAN I GET A FEW MORE MINUTES? UNFORTUNATELY, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. UM, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD LEAVE WITH US FOR, SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. OKAY. WELL, I NOTICED EVERYONE ELSE WAS GETTING MORE [02:10:01] TIME WISE. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. UM, VICE MAIL, PORT TIM CASH TECH TAPE, MI MS. DIGS, DID YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC ASK OF US? I MEAN, YOU READ A LOT OF, UM, STUFF TO US, SO I'M, I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW WHAT THE SPECIFIC ASK. IS THERE A SPECIFIC ASK? WELL, THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, REGARDING, I'M SORRY, SYSTEM. IT'S REGARDING CORRUPTION IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM WITH SOME CORRUPT ATTORNEYS AND A CORRUPT JUDGE. SO IT DID YOU WANNA SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR, WITH OUR, OUR LEGAL TEAM OR? MOST DEFINITELY. OKAY. I, I THINK WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION THEN AND, AND SHARE WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM. OKAY. DO I JUST STICK AROUND? NO, YOU CAN GIVE IT RIGHT HERE. UM, AT THE END OF THE, IS HE GONNA MAKE COPIES RIGHT NOW? OKAY. AND YOU JUST WANTED US TO KNOW ABOUT IT? WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO COPIES. OKAY. WE CAN DO THAT. WE'LL GO GET A COPY. COUNCILMAN POLLARD ALSO SAID THAT YOU WOULD PROBABLY STOP BY, UH, AND VISIT WITH HIS OFFICE. THIS COUNCILMAN POLL, RIGHT? MM-HMM . THE NEXT SPEAKER. PATRICK HORN. PATRICK. MR. HORN, HOW YOU DOING? HORN SYLVESTER TURNER ON THIS? IT IS, IT IS ON MY BEHALF BY MY, BY MY HOUSING SITUATION AND MY HOMELESS SITUATION. SO I, I JUST GOT, I JUST GOT OUT OF PRISON. I'VE BEEN LOCKED UP 11 YEARS ON THE 15TH YEAR SENTENCE. SO BEFORE I GOT LOCKED UP, I WAS HOMELESS. I WAS STANDING IN THE SHELTER BACK AND FORTH, SO I JUST GOT OUTTA PRISON ON NO, NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH. AND I SIGNED FOR THE RAPID HOUSING ON NOVEMBER THE 15TH. AND I'VE BEEN WAITING, LIKE, LIKES MY FALL TOGETHER. IT SEEM LIKE IT'S A SLOW PROCESS. I WENT AND SIGNED AT THE BEACON DOWNTOWN AND I BE GOING OUT EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY I CHECK ON YOU SIGNED, WHERE DID YOU SIGN OUT? AT THE, AT THE BEACON. AT THE BEACON. AT THE BEACON AND EVERYTHING I CHECK ON, THEY STILL TELL ME I'M STILL, I'M STILL ON THE WAITING LIST AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND, AND SO WHEN, WHEN I'M ASKING YOU THAT THERE'S ANY WAY YOU COULD TRY TO CONTACT THE, THE HOMELESS COLLISION AND SEE IF I GO AHEAD AND GET MY HOUSING ANYTIME SOON. LEMME SEE. IS THAT, IS, UH, IS, IS THIS YOUR, THIS IS YOUR, YOUR NUMBER. YOU CAN BE REACHED AT THIS NUMBER. OH 8 3 2? UH, NO, I SEE IT. EIGHT. THAT'S THE 8 3 2. THE 8 2 0. THAT, IS THAT YOUR NUMBER? YES, SIR. OKAY. UM, THEN LET, LET ME HAVE, LET ME HAVE, UM, MARK EICHENBAUM, HIS NAME IS MARK. LET HAVE MARK TO GIVE YOU A CALL. YEAH, I ALREADY GOT HIS NUMBER. ONE OF THE COUNCIL GAVE HIM HIS NUMBER. HEARD. OKAY. I GOT HIS NUMBER. HAVE Y'ALL TALKED YET? OH, NO. HE, HE AIN'T NEVER ANSWERED THE PHONE THOUGH. OKAY, WELL I'LL, I'LL HAVE HIM TO CALL YOU. OKAY. IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM, YOU DON'T HEAR FROM HIM BY, LET'S SAY, UH, BY THE END OF TOMORROW. UM, THEN, UM, UM, YOU GOTTA CALL, UH, PEOPLE ARE NOT HERE. I TELL YOU WHAT. I'LL CALL YOU TO SEE IF YOU'VE HEARD FROM HIM, ALRIGHT? OKAY. I'LL CALL YOU MYSELF. OKAY. SO MARK CHEN, BU EXPECT A CALL FROM HIM. ALRIGHT? AND THE THING IS IT, EVERYBODY ELSE GOT IN THEIR HOUSE QUICKER THAN ME THOUGH. YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, I'M JUST TIRED OF BEING OUT HERE. NO, I GOT YOU. YOU KNOWM. I GOT KNOW, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO, I'M GOING TO SCHOOL AND I GOT LIKE A TEMPORARY JOB, BUT A JOB AIN'T ENOUGH FOR ME TO GET ON MY FEET AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I KNOW. I GOT, I'M JUST RID OF TIME BEING OUT HERE. I FEEL YOU. I'M WITH YOU. YEAH. WE'LL HAVE MARK CALL YOU. OKAY? PLEASE MAKE SURE MARK MM-HMM . OKAY. BUT I'LL CALL, I'LL HOLD ON AND, UM, I'LL TOUCH BASE THIS TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO SEE IF YOU'VE, YOU'VE TALKED TO HIM. I'LL BEAR WITH YOU. OKAY, MA, BE PATIENT. ALRIGHT, LATER. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, COUNCILMAN MCCAIN FOR PROCEDURAL MOTION. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE ATED MOTION IF Y'ALL WOULDN'T MIND ENTERTAINING IT. UH, I WOULD MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES, UH, TO MOVE JACOB, JACOB CLEMENTI, UH, FOR ONE MINUTE TO IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE NEXT SPEAKER. DAKOTA ROBINSON. OKAY. YOU HEARD THE MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY OBJECTION, CHAIR? NONE. AND THE MOTION IS GRANTED. YOU, UH, IT SAYS RIGHT HERE, GIARDELLO ISEL. AND THERE I BEGGED MYSELF. [02:15:03] I ONE I THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY NICE. I'LL SHARE THEM WITH ALL THE, WELL, I TOLD THIS MARGARET, UH, I MEAN THIS, UM, GRETCHEN HARRISONBERG WHO USED ME, THE GRETCHEN EY, THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF MARGARET EY, THAT I WOULD TALK ABOUT PRO-LIFE ISSUES. AND SO HERE I AM TALKING ABOUT PRO-LIFE ISSUES. BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS I BEGIN WITH PRO-LIFE. WHAT I WANT TO NOW TALK ABOUT IS HOW I, UH, UM, UH, WORK FOR ARAMARK AT, UH, PARK. AND EVERYTHING IS GOING OKAY. I'M GETTING STRONGER AND STRONGER AT WORKING THERE BECAUSE I GET HELP, UH, ADVICE THAT IS FROM MATTRESS MAC AND, UH, YEAH, HE'S A WELL WONDER BECAUSE HE'LL SAVE YOU MONEY AND EVERYTHING IS FREE. FREE, FREE. THANK YOU JACOB. HEY, DID YOU WATCH THE, UH, ASTROS RED SOX LAST NIGHT? I'LL TELL YOU THIS. THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A TOUGH ONE. IT WAS A TERRIBLE, IT WAS A RAIN DELAY AND IT WAS TERRIBLE. YEAH. BUT, UM, I CAN TELL YOU THIS, I WAS AT MY RESIDENCE AND I SAW THIS, UH, ASIAN AMERICAN WOMAN WALK BY WALKING HER DOG. AND THEN SHE HAD A WRIST SHIRT ON AND I SAID, YEAH, BUT THAT'S, I BETTER. AND SHE LOOKED UP AT ME AND SAID, YEAH, I KNOW THAT. BUT WELL, CAN GO FOR THE RED SOX ONES . SHE USED TO LIVE IN BOSTON. JUST REMIND THEM OF, UH, OF THE, OF THIS COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WE WORK WITH HAS SOME BOSTON ROOTS OVER HERE. WHO WON IN THE, WAS IT THE A LCS LAST YEAR? OR THE A LDS? I THINK IT WAS THE ASTROS WHO BEAT THE RED SOX. BUT DAVE ROBINSON. I ASKED YOU THIS, HOW COME YOU, UH, IF YOU WENT TO RICE, YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE DISTRICT THAT ABBY HAS BECAUSE HE INCLUDES RICE. I LIVE IN DISTRICT C JACOB. OH, YES. AND I LOVE THE ASTROS FOR THE RECORD. HE DOES. HE DOES. YOU'RE FORGIVEN THEN. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU JACOB. UH, AND GO RIGHT. DO YOU LIKE JACK HALE ? NO. NO. I TOLD YOU THIS, THE DISCREPANCY OF PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTY OF HARRIS COUNTY IS ABSOLUTELY DEPORTABLE BECAUSE AT THE SPECIAL SESSION THEY HAD YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT THE VOTING, I WAS THE ONLY SPEAKER THERE. THE ONLY SPEAKER, JUST ME, UH, IF YOU GO, GO, GO UP, UH, UM, ON THE, THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONS MEETING FOR THE SPECIAL SECTION OF YESTERDAY, YOU CAN SEE THAT I WAS THE ONLY PERSON THERE. BUT I DID TELL AN AGGIE JOKE FOR COMMISSIONER AND TOM RAMSEY. SOUNDS GOOD, JACOB. YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. OKAY, GOOD SEEING YOU. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. AND, UH, UH, I'M GONNA BE AT WORK. OKAY. UH, UM, I MEAN, PLEASE TELL ME, UH, LEMME KNOW VIA TEXT OR WHATEVER, UH, IF YOU ENJOYED THOSE BROWNING THAT I'VE MADE FOR YOU. AH, OKAY. OF COURSE. THAT MEANS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL IS INDEBTED TO MEAN TO WRITE, UH, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, UH, OF YOU OF THE BROWNING BROWNIES. YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU, SIR. BECAUSE I BEGGED THEM MYSELF. ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. I'M SURE ABBY WILL SHARE WITH US BACKGROUND. NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER. DAKOTA ROBINSON. DAKOTA ROBINSON. NEXT SPEAKER, JONATHAN WIGAN. JONATHAN WIGAND. NO WIGAND. NO WIGAN. HOW ARE YOU SIR? I'M MIKE. SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SON. I KNOW. THANK YOU. TWO YEARS AGO. AND LUCY, I MOVED HERE IN MARCH. WOULD YOU STEP IN FRONT OF 96? WILL YOU STEP IN FRONT, FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER THERE. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. I MOVED HERE IN MARCH OF 96, BOUGHT A HOUSE IN WESTBURY AND I STARTED THIS BUSINESS. [02:20:01] MY BUSINESS PARTNER WAS JEANETTE GILMAN, SECOND WIFE TO BARTON GILMAN. YOU ALL CAN SEE I HIRED FOUR HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS TO GUARD THE FRONT AND THE BACK. AND PREGOS CATERED THE GRAND OPENING. MY BUSINESS PARTNER RIPPED ME OFF. TOTALLY. AND SINCE THAT TIME, IT'S GONE DOWNHILL OVER $40 MILLION OUT OF MY TRUST FUND FROM MY GRANDPARENTS AND THE GRANDPARENTS OF PAUL HENRY WIGAN. THE NICKNAME WAS BIG RED AND HIS WIFE'S NAME WAS CORD CORDELIA, MADE DELL OF DELL LABS, DELL COMPUTERS. AND MY GRANDPA FOUNDED GENERAL ELECTRIC AND HIS BROTHER WAS EMERSON ELECTRIC, ELECTROLUX, EVEN VERIZON AND GOOGLE. UH, SINCE THAT TIME I'VE BECOME A VICTIM OF IDENTITY THEFT, UH, HEALTH INSURANCE FRAUD, BANK FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING, AND IT'S BEING PICKED UP BY A DETECTIVE WITH THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, BUT I WILL SAY I AM THE ONE THAT WANTED TO GIVE A HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER THAT HELPED ME AT, UH, OH AMBULANCE AT THE PLACE ON 1116 BANK STREET. HIS NAME IS OFFICER KEVIN WILLIAMS. AND I HAVE A PHOTO HERE. THIS WAS MY MOTHER. SHE WAS A HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS INSIDE OF SHIRLEY TEMPLE. AND I HAVE MET MANY PRESIDENTS AND MANY CELEBRITIES OVER THE YEARS. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU, MR. WEEKEND. WELL, I'D LIKE FOR MAYOR TURNER 'CAUSE HE'S MET ONE OF THESE, THE OKAY. IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE THAT TO CERTAINLY. AND I DO APPRECIATE THE HOUSTON POLICE. THEY WERE, THEY WERE BIG AT THAT TIME AND PEOPLE ASKED ME, WELL, UH, I PAID 'EM DOUBLE. WHAT, WHAT THEY ASKED FOR. I PAID 150 AN HOUR AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, BUY SO MUCH. WELL, IT WAS MY MONEY. YES. I CAN PAY 'EM WHATEVER I WANT. YES, YOU CAN. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. NEXT SPEAKER, KYLE HERRERO. THANK YOU MR. HERRERA. HOW ARE YOU? HELLO. YOU ALSO HAVE A HANDOUT THAT I PASSED OUT EARLIER. UH, MY NAME IS PAUL HERRERA. MM-HMM . UH, I'VE LIVED IN THE HEIGHTS FOR 12 YEARS AND I'M A AVID BICYCLE RIDER. I RIDE 50 TO 80 MILES A WEEK. UH, AND I COME HERE TO TALK ABOUT BICYCLE SAFETY IN THE HEIGHTS AND WHY THE 11TH STREET REDESIGN WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR BIKE RIDERS. BIKE HOUSTON HAS COMPILED A LIST OF BIKE CRASHES IN HARRIS COUNTY, UM, FOR 2019 AND 2020. I'M FOCUSED ON THE CRASHES THAT OCCURRED IN THE HEIGHTS OF THE 1,189 CRASHES. ONLY 14 OF THOSE WERE IN THE HEIGHTS AREA BETWEEN MICHO AND SHEPHERD. WHAT CAUSED THESE ACCIDENTS OR CRASHES? 10 OF THESE WERE DUE TO EITHER THE CAR TURNING OR THE BICYCLIST TURNING OR FAILURE TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND WHERE DID THESE HAPPEN? FIVE OF THEM HAPPENED ON HEIGHTS BOULEVARD, WHICH HAS BEAUTIFUL BIKE LANES, BUT THEY ALL HAPPENED AT INTERSECTIONS. SO BIKE LANES PROTECTED OR NOT, WOULD NOT HAVE PREVENTED THESE CRASHES. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LIKE THE BIKE LANES ON HEIGHTS BOULEVARD AND RIGHT ON THEM OFTEN. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THESE MAPS, THERE ARE NO CRASHES ON 14TH STREET, 12TH STREET, NINTH STREET, AND ONLY ONE ON 10TH STREET. I BRING ALL THIS UP TO SHOW WHAT'S LIKELY TO OCCUR ON 11TH STREET IF THIS, UH, BIKE LANES ARE PUT THERE. HEIGHTS BOULEVARD HAS LESS TRAFFIC THAN 11TH STREET. AND BETWEEN MICHO AND SHEPHERD, THERE ARE 22 CROSS STREETS ON HEIGHTS BOULEVARD. THERE'S ONLY 15. ALSO, THERE ARE A HUNDRED DRIVEWAYS ENTRANCES TO BUSINESSES AND ALLEYWAYS ON 11TH STREET. THESE ALL CREATE CONFLICTS BETWEEN BIKE RIDERS AND CARS. CARS TURNING ONTO SIDE STREETS OFF OF [02:25:01] 11TH OR TURNING ONTO 11TH OFF OF THE SIDE STREETS. MIGHT NOT SEE A BIKE RIDER IN THE BIKE LANE. ALSO, BIKE RIDERS FEELING OVER CONFIDENT, THINK THEY HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY AND MAY NOT BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE CARS. AS NOTED, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CRASHES ON THE STREETS PARALLEL TO 11TH STREET. THIS DEMONSTRATE THAT THESE SAFE, THESE STREETS ARE MUCH SAFER FOR BIKE RIDERS AND THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS BIKE ROUTE. 14TH STREET ALREADY IS. IN SUMMARY, THE BIKE LANES ON 11TH STREET WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR BIKE RIDERS AND WILL RESULT IN MORE BIKE CRASHES IN THE HEIGHTS. AND I EVEN AS AN EXPERIENCED BIKE RIDER, WOULD NOT RIDE ON THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, I'M, I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE THAT, UH, MAYOR TURNER IS WORKING WITH PLANNING AND HAS PULLED THAT INTO HIS CORNER AND HE'S GONNA EXAMINE THAT. BUT COUNCIL MEMBER ABEY CAYMAN, GOOD AFTERNOON. HOW ARE YOU? UM, I KNOW YOU'VE SPOKEN AND I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK A LOT ABOUT THE BIKE LANES ON 11TH STREET. THERE'S ALSO SOME REALLY IMPORTANT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AS IT RELATES TO, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, UH, THE CROSS STREET AT NICHOLSON IN 11TH. RIGHT? AND HOW, HOW BAD THAT IS. SO CAN YOU TALK TO, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT THAT ARE HYPER-FOCUSED ON SAFETY, NOT JUST FOR DRIVERS, BUT ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WALK THE AREA, YOU KNOW HOW BAD NICHOLSON IS, RIGHT? UH, I MEAN, IT'S SCARY EVERY TIME YOU CROSS IT. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE OTHER SAFETY FEATURES ABOUT THIS PROJECT? YES. WELL, I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD POINT ON NICHOLSON. I THINK THE ORIGINAL QUESTION OR REQUEST FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS TO PUT A LIGHT THERE. AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT WE CANNOT PUT A LIGHT THERE. NOW, COULD YOU PUT IT A HALF A BLOCK DOWN TO GET BIKE RIDER TO ACROSS? COULD YOU PUT ANOTHER LIGHT MAYBE AT OXFORD STREET SO THAT THAT WOULD SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC AND ALSO LET PEOPLE GET TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. UH, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OTHER SLOW TRAFFIC MEASURES ON SOME OF THE SIDE STREETS, BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 11TH STREET ITSELF, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATED LIGHTS, IF THERE'S A WAY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PUT THEM, WOULD BE A LOT MORE HELPFUL IN SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC AND GETTING PEOPLE TO CROSS 11TH STREET. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. CHRISTINA BERG. GOOD AFTERNOON CITY. OH, GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL. UM, MY NAME'S CHRISTINA ROTENBERG. I AM STAFF WITH BY HOUSTON, AND I AM, WHICH IS BY HOUSTON, IS THE CITY'S ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION WORKING TO TRANSFORM THE CITY SO THAT ANYONE CAN BE SAFE AND EFFICIENT IN HOW THEY GET AROUND THE CITY WITH MODE CHOICE. BUT, BUT BEFORE I START WITH MY COMMENTS TODAY ABOUT BIKE MONTH IN RECOGNITION, IN RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, I JUST WANNA THANK PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE INCREDIBLE JOB THAT THEY DO MAINTAINING ALL OF OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WE REALLY HOPE THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS GIVEN THE RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF ALL 436 BIKE LANES THAT ARE IN THE CITY TODAY. SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING THEY RECEIVE THOSE, UM, RESOURCES WITH THE NEW BUDGET SEASON. BUT TODAY I'M HERE IN RECOGNITION OF BIKE MONTH. IT'S A NATIONAL EVENT AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT CELEBRATES BIKING AND THE MYRIAD BENEFITS THAT COME FROM IT, FROM PUBLIC OR FROM PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMUNITY HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AFFORDABILITY, AND SO MANY MORE. SO PARTICULARLY TODAY, I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE VISION AND SUPPORT IN CREATING A CITY WHERE HOUSTONIANS HAVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS BETWEEN THE BIKE PLAN, THE CLIMATE PLAN, THE RESILIENCY PLAN, AND THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM. HOUSTON HAS CREATED THE BLUEPRINT TO CREATE A CITY WHERE ANYONE CAN GET AROUND THE CITY SAFELY VIA DIFFERENT MODES. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT VISION OUT. SO 2021 WAS HUGELY SUCCESSFUL FOR THE CITY AND BUILDING OUT 92 NEW MILES OF BIKE LANES. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. AND BETWEEN THE CITY'S IMPRESSIVE BIKEWAY PLANNING AND THE ANTICIPATED INFLUX OF FEDERAL FUNDING, WE HOPE AND EXPECT 2022 AND 2023 WILL BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS 2021 IN GROWING AND MAINTAINING THE BIKE NETWORK. TODAY THERE'S 125 BIKE LANES, UM, THAT ARE PROGRAMMED FOR 2022 AND 2023. AND WHAT'S MOST EXCITING ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE SEE THESE BEING ALL OVER THE CITY. SO WE SEE THESE [02:30:01] PROGRAMMED FOR DISTRICTS BCDH AND I. SO PARTICULARLY, I REALLY WANNA THANK THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS CAYMAN, ALCORN PLUMBER, ROBIN ROBINSON, UM, SO MANY PEOPLE HERE FOR MAKING THIS A POSSIBILITY. AND IT'S REALLY BUILDING OUT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S PUTTING US ON TRACK TO BECOMING A GOLD LEVEL BIKE CITY AND HELPING THE REGION MEET ITS RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY GOALS. WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING THE CITY AND SOME OF THE BIKE TO WORK ACTIVITIES THIS FRIDAY, AND I HOPE TO SEE MANY OF YOU THERE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM CHRISTINA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. I KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER, UM, ALSO ON BIKE MONTH. I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN, EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE WORK YOU ALL ARE DOING. UM, I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION, JUST 'CAUSE THE LAST SPEAKER BROUGHT UP 11TH STREET, AND SO WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF BIKES. UM, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A POSITION IN TERMS OF AS A BICYCLIST. UM, FULL DISCLOSURE, I DON'T BIKE ALL THE TIME. RIGHT. I, I CAN'T GET TO AND FROM WORK VERY EASILY DOING THAT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR SOME, UM, IF YOU WERE BIKING ALONG 11TH STREET WITH A PROTECTED LANE, WOULD YOU FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE OR WOULD YOU, YOU PREFER TO BE ON A, UH, 10TH AND A HALF 11TH, 12TH STREET, ET CETERA? WELL, I CAN TELL YOU, I MEAN, AS A HEIGHTS RESIDENT, I BIKE THROUGH THE HEIGHTS ALL THE TIME. I LIVE AT 18TH AND COLUMBIA. MY SON'S DAYCARE IS AT EIGHTH AND RUTLAND, I BIKE THAT WAY CONSTANTLY. UM, I ALSO BIKE TO 11TH BECAUSE OF ALL THE BUSINESS DESTINATIONS ALL THE TIME. AND SOMETIMES, YEAH, I'VE GOT, I HAVE TO TAKE, GO ON EITHER 14TH, 12TH, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER STREETS. BUT I MEAN, I THINK THE REASON WHY THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROJECT IS BECAUSE 11TH IS A BUSINESS CORRIDOR AND THE DESTINATIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT. UM, SO I WOULD ABSOLUTELY BIKE ON 11TH STREET. I MEAN, I DO ALREADY, WHICH WITH A THREE-YEAR-OLD WITH ME PERHAPS ISN'T THE BEST IDEA. BUT, UM, THE DESTINATIONS ARE ON 11TH AND WE TALKED REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT, UH, 11TH AT NICHOLSON. THAT'S A INTERSECTION THAT I HAVE BEEN HYPER-FOCUSED ON. I'M SURE YOU, WITH YOUR FAMILY UTILIZE IT NOT JUST ON YOUR BIKES BUT WALKING. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT INTERSECTION WITH SAFETY? UM, FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, HEATHER LEE, SHE MADE A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT COMPARING HOUSTON TO OTHER CITIES. THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE ACCESSING, YOU KNOW, JUST THE CITY VIA AS PEDESTRIANS OR BICYCLISTS. AND IT'S, IT'S TERRIFYING. SO, I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED IN ADDITION TO INFRASTRUCTURE, JUST TRANSPORTATION, NO NORMS. WE ALL PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT THE LISA TORI SMITH ACT THAT WAS PASSED DURING THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND NONE OF THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS THROUGH THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PRACTICE. AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE LOST A HEIGHTS RESIDENT IN YEAH. IN A, A CRASH RECENTLY. AND WE KNOW THAT THESE CRASHES AND FATALITIES ARE ON THE RISE. IT'S, IT'S TERRIFYING. YEAH. WE JUST LOST SOMEONE ON 25TH STREET PEDESTRIAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND ONE MORE SPEAKER, OUR ANNUAL BIKE TO WORK DAY PARTICIPANT COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON. SO MS. ROMBERG, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE REFERRED TO THE EVENTS COMING UP ON FRIDAY. CAN YOU MENTION ONE OR TWO OF THEM JUST FOR US TO KNOW ABOUT? ABSOLUTELY. SO WE'VE HAD A LOT GOING ON IN BIKE MONTH, BUT PARTICULARLY ON THE 20TH. SO THAT'S THE CITY'S BIKE TO WORK DAY. UM, IT'S GONNA BE HELD RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL. I KNOW WE ARE BY , WE'RE BEGINNING WITH, I BELIEVE THE RIDE STARTS AT MAR, UH, MARKET HALL OR MARKET SQUARE AND WE'LL BE RIDING TO CITY HALL AND WE MAY EVEN BE RIDING TO THE TPC, WHICH STANDS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL. OH YEAH, I CHAIR THAT. YEAH. AND SO IF I KNOW A NUMBER OF YOU SIT ON THE TPC, AND SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US ON A RIDE FROM CITY HALL TO THE TPC, WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN US. UM, BY HOUSTON IS ALSO PUTTING ON A THREE DAY EVENT RIGHT NOW. UM, THAT INCLUDES A CONVERSATION ABOUT BIKE SAFETY, TRAFFIC VIOLENCE, GENERALLY THE EPIDEMIC. SO, UM, ARE YOU, IF I WERE TO AGREE TO DO THAT WITH YOU, COULD WE GET ME THERE ON TIME? ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'RE GONNA LOOK INTO IT FOR THOSE OF MY COLLEAGUES, LIKE, UH, THOSE WHO MIGHT LIVE IN KINGWOOD AND HAVE A HARD TIME WITHOUT A RACK ON HIS BICYCLE, ARE THERE ANY BIKES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AROUND THAT HE COULD RENT? YEAH, I MEAN, BCYCLE, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A CODE FOR, THEY'VE GOT A DISCOUNT GOING ON FOR THE ENTIRETY OF BIKE MONTH. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE CAN ALSO GET YOU A VOUCHER FOR A B CYCLE. I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS ALREADY DOWNLOADED THE APP AND HE'S READY TO GO. YOU CAN ALSO PUT A BIKE ON ANY OF THE METRO BUSES AND ON THE RED LINE I'D LOVE TO GO, BUT I'LL BE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS AS MY SON HAS GRADUATED FROM, FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. OKAY, WE'LL FIND ANOTHER DAY FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM. MS. ROMBERG, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK, THANK YOU [02:35:04] KEVIN. KEITH, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO, UH, I'M GONNA HOP ON THE SOAP BOX REAL QUICK AND USUALLY WHEN I HOP ON THE SOAP BOX, I TALK ABOUT BIKES. WOO. OKAY. SO I'M A RECENT BIKER, UH, PANDEMIC BIKER. I MAKE ABOUT 33% OF MY TRIPS BY BIKE EVERY DAY. UM, THAT'S ABOUT 15 TO 30 MILES EVERY WEEK. UH, USUALLY IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD TRIPS. UM, WHY DO I BIKE? THERE'S THREE BIG REASONS. ONE, THEY'RE SUPER ENERGY EFFICIENT. UH, IF YOU CONSIDER A PERSON, UH, SITTING IN A CAR, ABOUT 4% OF THE VEHICLES FORWARD MOTION IS MOVING THE PERSON THAT NEEDED MOVING IN THE FIRST PLACE. BUT A PERSON ON A BIKE, 85% OF THAT FORWARD MOTION, FORWARD ENERGY IS MOVING A PERSON. SO HYPER ENERGY EFFICIENT, UM, THEY'RE ECONOMICAL. I THINK THAT IF WE COULD ALL GET AROUND BY BIKE, WE'D ALL BE SAVING A LOT OF MONEY. UM, THE A A A SAYS THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON SPENDS $8,500 A YEAR ON A MOTOR VEHICLE, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT. AND IF YOU'RE IMPOVERISHED, THAT'S KIND OF A DEATH SENTENCE. UM, SO I JUST HOPE THAT WE HAVE MORE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE ECONOMICAL OPTIONS TO GET AROUND AND THEY'RE VERY SPACE EFFICIENT. UM, A BIKE LIKE YOU CAN FIT LIKE EIGHT BICYCLES IN ONE PARKING SPOT. SO FOR A BUSINESS THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. UM, A COUPLE USEFUL ROUTES. I USE THE BAYOU TRAILS ALL THE TIME. WE'RE BECOMING A PARKWAY CITY AND YOU CAN GET AROUND PRETTY MUCH THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LOOP USING THE BAYOU TRAILS BECAUSE THAT MIGHT BE AN EXAGGERATION. BUT, UM, I ALSO USE WALL AUSTIN STREET AND BAGBY. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR FUNDING THAT AND GETTING THAT IN THE WORKS. AND UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 11TH STREET AND, UH, I THINK BUILDING BIKE LANES IS A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY, SO KEEP IT UP. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. CHRIST. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GINA WILEY. GINA WILEY. NEXT SPEAKER. ENRIQUE LUO. I'LL BE TRANSLATING FOR MR. ENRIQUE. HI IS, MY NAME IS ENRIQUE LUO. YOU WANNA TRANSFER ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND, UH, MAYOR PRO, HE'S, UH, WANTS TO, UH, TALK ABOUT HIS RECYCLE. UM, ISN'T BEING PICKED UP. HE'S GOT ABOUT FIVE, SIX SERVICE REQUEST NUMBERS THAT HE COULD PRESENT THAT HAVEN'T BEEN PICKED UP IN THE LAST MONTH. HE SAYS THAT THERE'S TRASH IN THE STREET. UH, SOMETIMES THE TRASH ISN'T PICKED UP AT THE END OF THE MONTH, SO HE WANTS TO REPORT THAT, UH, THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S BEING LITTERED AND NOTHING'S REALLY BEEN DONE. HE SAID THE WATER METER AT THE HOME IS NOT WORKING SINCE LAST YEAR. THEY HAVEN'T GONE TO GO FIX IT. NEIGHBOR, HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW HE'S BEING BILLED IF THE WATER METER'S NOT WORKING. HE SAID THEY'VE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THE PAST, UH, IN THE AREA. THEY'RE [02:40:01] FIVE MILES AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN. HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HOW, UH, THERE'S ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS HOME AND NEIGHBORS AND IT'S NOT BEING, YOU KNOW, SOLUTION. SO HE LIVES OFF OF 2 88 NOW. HE BOUGHT A HOME IN THE AIRPORT, UH, BOULEVARD AREA. AND, UH, HE, SINCE EVER SINCE HE IS BOUGHT A HOME, HE'S ALWAYS HAD ISSUES IN THE AREA. SO HE'S CALLED MADE REPORTS AND NOT ONE SOLUTION HAS COME ABOUT. SO WE DO HAVE HIS ADDRESS AND WE DO HAVE RECORD OF HIS REPORTS TO 3 1 1. AND WE HAVE SCHEDULED HIS PICKUP WITHIN THE NEXT 10 DAYS. OKAY. ON THE RECYCLES, HE SAID THAT THE FRIDAYS THAT THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO GO, THEY DON'T GO, THEY GO WHENEVER THEY WANT TO PICK UP THE REC RECYCLING. OKAY. AND YOU SAID IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS. HE'S HE'S BOUGHT THE HOME AND THAT HE'S BEEN HAVING ISSUES. THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE RECORD OF HIS CALLS IN AND WE HAVE RECORDED THEM AND WE WILL GET BY WITHIN THE NEXT 10 DAYS TO PICK IT UP AT, AT THE AIRPORT BOULEVARD ADDRESS HE GAVE. THAT'S ME. I HAVE TOO MANY REPORTS OVER HERE, BUT I DID. AND YES SIR. THANK YOU. ANYWAY, ANYWAY, APPRECIATE IT FOR EVERYBODY. GOT IT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN. EVAN SHABAZZ. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, MR. LUO, UH, TELL HIM THAT HE LIVES IN DISTRICT D ACCORDING TO MY RECORDS. SO COULD YOU TELL HIM THAT WHEN HE CALLS 3 1 1 AND HE GETS THOSE SERVICE REQUEST NUMBERS? IF HE WOULD CALL MY OFFICE DIRECTLY, THEN UH, MY CONSTITUENTS DIRECTOR STEVEN JAMES WILL MAKE SURE THAT HIS TRASH IS PICKED UP. OKAY. AND SO, UM, I CAN GIVE YOU THE NUMBER. MM-HMM . UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL HAND YOU A CARD. UH, I'LL GIVE YOU A CARD. I'LL GIVE YOU A CARD. OKAY. IS UH, YEAH, GO. S TWO. I SAID THE O EXCUSE ME, THREE. WHAT IS MY PHONE YOU CAN DO IN ENGLISH? 3 0 3 0 0 UNO. YOU SAID YOU CAN SAY THAT ENGLISH MISSING THE NUMBER? YEAH, YOU MISSING ONE NUMBER DO THREE ZERO. I GOT IT. THAT'S ABOUT A CI WAS NERVOUS. YEAH, I JUST LET 'EM KNOW. BUT WHAT SHE JUST SAID RIGHT NOW, THANK YOU. YES SIR. YEAH, WHEN I CALL, YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO CALL IN ENGLISH, YOU KNOW, THEY ANSWER IN SPANISH AND THEY SAY, OKAY, I SPEAK TO SPANISH TO THAT LADY AND THEY GIMME A TRANSLATOR. HE SAYS IT'S FINE, I CAN USE IT. YOU KNOW, . THANK YOU. YOU DON'T EVEN NEED A TRANSLATOR. YEAH, THAT'S FINE. GOOD JOB. IT'S NO PROBLEM. YOU KNOW THAT S UH, I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, MOVED SEVEN YEARS AGO OVER HERE TO HOUSTON AND I NEVER HAVE PROBLEMS OVER THERE LIKE THIS AND SAY, MAN, I CALLED TOO MANY TIMES AND NOBODY RESPOND. AND THEY ANSWER AND, AND THEY NOBODY SHOW. THEY SAY I'LL BE THERE IN TWO, IN TWO DAYS. NOBODY SHOW. I GO BACK. OH, HE BE THERE, HE BE THERE. THEY STILL WAITING. WAIT, DIAZ DAYS, 10 DAYS. YES SIR. DIAZ DIAZ. THANK YOU TI AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU STEVEN. STEVEN REISMAN. STEPHANIE REISMAN. STEPHANIE REISMAN. I'M SORRY. STEPHANIE REISMAN. HELLO, I'M HERE. HEY, GO AHEAD. WE CAN HEAR YOU. THANK YOU. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SEEING HOW THIS WORKS AND IT'S BEEN REALLY ENLIGHTENING SO IT'S KIND OF FUN. SO 10 YEARS AGO IN FEBRUARY, 2012, SPURRED BY THE TRAGIC DEATH OF A WOMAN HIT BY A CAR AT 11TH AND HEIGHTS BOULEVARD, A NEIGHBOR AND I LAUNCHED A PETITION TO ASK THE CITY TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SAFE CROSSINGS FOR ALL STREET USERS, ESPECIALLY PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS. OVER ABOUT A TWO MONTH PERIOD WITH OUR PETITION ONLINE [02:45:01] AND HUSTLING FOR SIGNATURES ALONG THE TRAILS AND SIDEWALKS AND AT A LOCAL CAFE, WE GATHERED OVER 1200 SIGNATURES AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY GREAT. UM, IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO GET IMMEDIATE ACTION FROM THE CITY. OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, I'VE COME TO REALIZE WE WERE PLAYING THE VERY LONG GAME. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY MEETINGS, IAN EK AND LAUREN GROVE, SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE BEEN SO PATIENT AND ATTENTIVE AND RESPONSIVE. LISTENERS. THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, THE CITY HAS MADE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE NON-CAR MOBILITY OF OUR NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING SPEED CUSHIONS, WHICH SLOW DRIVERS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS IN STU WOOD. AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE MORE OF THOSE AND ELIMINATING THE CONTRAFLOW TRAFFIC LANE ON STU WOOD TOO. THESE IMPROVEMENTS WERE MET WITH THE USUAL OPPOSITION, BUT EVEN MOST NAYSAYERS NOW WOULD NOT WISH FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE REVERSED. LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, VIRGINIA SNO GRASS WRANGLE LAUNCHED ANOTHER PETITION ASKING FOR THE CITY TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR 11TH STREET. AND IN THIS VERY SHORT TIME, THAT HAS EXCEEDED THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER OVER A TWO MONTH PERIOD 10 YEARS AGO. SHOWING THAT SUPPORT FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS HAS GREATLY INCREASED. MEANWHILE, OUR NON-MOTORIZED STREET USERS STILL NEED TO GET ACROSS THE STREETS AT MULTIPLE POINTS ALL ALONG 11TH, NOT JUST THE NICHOLSON TRAIL. AND HERE IT ALSO BECOMES AN INEQUITY ISSUE AS MANY CANNOT DRIVE. AND WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PUT FORWARD EARLIER, UM, THE COST TO GET TO DRIVE A CAR IS PROBABLY MORE THAN HALF OF A MINIMUM WAGE WORKER'S INCOME FOR A MONTH, MAKING IT QUITE OUT OF REACH FOR IT TO EXPECT EVERYBODY TO GET AROUND WITH A CAR. IT'S ALSO BECOMING, OR CROSSOVERS ARE GOING TO SCHOOLS. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO WORK. I HAVE NEIGHBORS AGING IN PLACE AND THANKFULLY STILL ABLE TO DO SO AS SENIOR HOMES CAN RUN AS MUCH AS $10,000 OR MORE PER MONTH AND THEY ARE WALKING OR RIDING THEIR BIKES FOR THEIR NEEDS. FOR THESE REASONS, I ASK YOU TO TRUST THE INTELLIGENT AND THOUGHTFUL 11TH STREET PLAN PUT FORWARD BY DAVID FIELDS AND CITY'S TRAFFIC PLANNERS. THE ROAD DIET AND LANE REDUCTION PLAN FITS WITH THE CITY'S COMMITMENT DIVISION ZERO AS IT ADDRESSES CROSSING ISSUES ALL ALONG THE 11TH STREET CORRIDOR REDUCES SPEEDING AND WEAVING AND ENSURES SAFER CROSSINGS FOR RESIDENTS WHO NEED TO GET AROUND WITHOUT A CAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. ROSEMAN. JOHN BUS. HELLO? HELLO. GO AHEAD MR. BUSH. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. UH, HONORABLE MAYOR TURNER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO VISION ZERO TO IMPLEMENTING THE HOUSTON BIKE PLAN AND BEING A MEMBER CITY OF THE CLIMATE MAYORS. THESE INITIATIVES WILL LEAVE AN INVALUABLE LEGACY. I'M A RESIDENT IN THE HEIGHTS. I HAVE FOLLOWED, SUPPORTED AND GIVEN FEEDBACK ON THE 11TH STREET SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SINCE THE PROJECT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC IN 2019. I SUPPORT THE PROJECT BECAUSE 11TH STREET WEST OF MICHO IS DANGEROUS. THE ROAD DIET ALONG 11TH STREET, CONNECTING TO THE FUTURE SHEPHERD DURHAM BIKE LANES IS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE VISION ZERO GOALS. SINCE 2012 THERE HAVE BEEN 590 CRASHES RESULTING IN EIGHT SERIOUS INJURIES INCLUDING TO CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS. ALONG THIS SECTION OF 11TH STREET. BASED ON TXDOT RECORDS, THERE HAVE BEEN CRASHES AT EVERY INTERSECTION UP AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR. 11TH STREET IS A FOUR LANE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE WITH A 30 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT DIVIDING THE HEIGHTS. THE CURRENT DESIGN ENCOURAGES SPEEDING WITH TYPICAL SPEEDS OF 38.5 MILES PER HOUR. WE ALL KNOW THE STATISTICS THAT A PEDESTRIAN HIT AT 40 MILES PER HOUR VERSUS AT 30 MILES PER HOUR WILL BE FATAL FOUR MORE TIMES OUT OF 10. WE KNOW CRASHES ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND WE KNOW THAT BIGGER VEHICLES IN DISTRACTED DRIVING ARE MAKING OUR STREETS MORE DEADLY. THIS STRETCH OF 11TH STREET HAS 19 PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS WITHOUT A SIGNAL WITHIN TWO BLOCKS OR FOUR SCHOOLS AND SIX CHURCHES, THERE ARE 22 RESTAURANTS WITH DAILY FOOT TRAFFIC. ON 11TH STREET. THE NICHOLSON STREET AND HEIGHTS BOULEVARD INTERSECTIONS ARE BUSY PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE CROSSINGS. THESE ARE ALL CHARACTERISTICS OF A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET. BUT FOR SOMEONE WITH A MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT, A HIGH SPEED FOUR LANE THOROUGHFARE MIGHT AS WELL BE A RIVER. THE CURRENT DESIGN OF 11TH STREET IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF ALL USERS. ADDING BIKE LANES WITH PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS IS A GOOD SOLUTION. A 2019 STUDY SHOWED THAT BIKE LANES CALM TRAFFIC AND REDUCE FATALITIES FOR ALL ROAD USERS, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH VISION. ZERO PEOPLE BIKE, MORE BIKE LANES ARE PRESENT. A 2021 STUDY SHOWED SWAPPING A CAR FOR A BIKE ONE DAY A WEEK DRASTICALLY LOWERS EMISSIONS, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S CLIMATE GOALS. A 2018 STUDY SHOWED CYCLING IS THE URBAN TRANSPORT MODE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GREATEST PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS. THIS IS ONE OF THE [02:50:01] KEY REASONS THAT BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE A GREAT INVESTMENT. THE WORLD OVER RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY ESTIMATES A SEVENFOLD RETURN FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT INVESTING IN CONNECTED BIKE NETWORKS IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND COST EFFECTIVE. MAYOR TURNER, I KNOW NONE OF WHAT I'VE SAID IS NEW INFORMATION TO YOU. IT'S WHY THE CITY ADOPTED VISION ZERO, THE BIKE PLAN, AND IS PART OF THE CLIMATE MAYORS. AS YOU REVIEW THE MERITS OF THE 11TH STREET SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, I KINDLY REQUEST THAT YOU STAY THE COURSE ON THOSE INITIATIVES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU MR. BUSH. NEXT SPEAKER DEVO. ELAINE ALLEN, DEBORAH ELAINE ALLEN. STAR SIX STAR SIX TO UNMUTE DEBORAH ELAINE ALLEN. WE CAN, WE CAN HEAR YOU. WE THINK. HELLO? I'LL HEAR ME. YES MA'AM. GO AHEAD. OKAY. I HAVE EIGHT PEOPLE TO PROSECUTE. SIX OFFICERS AND TWO FEMALES. THE FEMALE. WE LIVED OVER HERE FOUR YEARS AND I THINK I LOST FOUR YEARS FOR MY DEFENSE. HAVE PAM FOSTER BIRTHDAY, AUGUST 29TH, 1962, THE SANDRA GRAY'S BIRTHDAY. MARCH 31ST, 1970. AND ONE DAY WE DID A CONVERSATION WHEN I STARTED SOCIALIZING WITH HIM THAT NICKY, WHO IS LAUND SAVED 100 WORTH OF LOCKSMITH. SO THINGS STARTED COMING INSIDE MY APARTMENT AND LET ME GET THE OFFICER'S NAME. I DID HAVE DECEMBER 15TH, 2020 AT 1:15 AM THAT MORNING. NOW I CALLED OFFICER AND I WAS IT CARLOS LOAD OFFICERS. AND THE FIRST OFFICER'S NAME IS ROBERT SCOTT. HIS BADGE NUMBER 3 7 7 0. I WAS CALLING THIS ATTORNEY. 7 1 3 2 7 4 0 2 2 1. ASSAULT (713) 308-1100 HOWARD OF MATTHEWS MCCALL ROAD (832) 394-1600, HERNANDEZ, HERNANDEZ, AND CARDENA CARDENA SUPERVISOR. AND TO RODRIGUEZ. WHAT HAPPENED THAT EVERY TIME I CALLED FIVE, THE WHOLE FOUR YEARS, THEY 11 OVER HERE. THE OFFICERS DIDN'T HELP ME. I HAD NINE, MY VERY LAST NAME, LAST NAME. THEY PAID ME CRAZY, BUT I REALIZED THAT NICKY SAID HER DAUGHTER WAS WITH LOCKSMITH, DAUGHTER RELATED. THEY HAVE A MASTER KEY AND STARTED CUTTING DOWN MY FOOD, PUT I COOK FOOD. D REFRIGERATOR SAID, I SAID, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU MS. ALLEN. THANK THANK YOU MS. ALLEN. NEXT SPEAKER. OKAY, I CAN'T GET IT OVER. NEXT SPEAKER. THE NEXT SPEAKER. AMIR. AND SORRY AMIR AND SORRY. NEXT SPEAKER. ARTIE SOUTHERN. ARTIE SOUTHERN. NEXT SPEAKER. VANESSA WILES. VANESSA WILES. NEXT SPEAKER. MS. MONTOYA EZ. YES. WHO IS THIS PLEASE? UH, THIS IS WILDES. VANESSA WILES. YES, YES. GO AHEAD HO HOLD ON ONE SECONDA WILES. GO AHEAD. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JOHNNY ODA. HI CHRISTOPHER HALL. AND WE ARE HERE REPRESENTING THE STERLING COMMUNITY LEADERS. UM, OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE STERLING STUDENTS' QUALITY OF LIFE BY FOOD HOSTING COMMUNITY. HOLD, HOLD ON, ON PLEASE. HOLD ON PLEASE. WE NEED A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AS YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE PERSON WITH YOU. OH, OKAY. WE CAN JUST DO ONE PERSON IF THAT'S MR. WEES. ARE YOU THE PERSON THAT, IS THIS MR. WILES OR MISS SPEAKING OR THIS IS, WE'RE A CLASS CLUB. WE'RE A OH, WE'RE A CLUB. I'M TOO BLESSED. WE'RE A CLUB AND I, WHAT'S TO CALL? I SET THE, I REGISTERED, BUT I IF WE CAN ONLY DO ONE PERSON, THEN ONE PERSON CAN SPEAK. CORRECT. OKAY. VANESSA, WILD. GO AHEAD. [02:55:02] WILD. NO, WE CAN'T A WHILE WE CANNOT HAVE THAT. YOU, IT HAS TO BE THE PERSON WHO SIGNED UP. VANESSA WILDES. YES. OKAY, GO AHEAD. OKAY. UM, SO WE, THIS NAME. OKAY, SO THE, UM, THE MISSION IS TO IMPROVE STERLING STUDENTS' QUALITY OF LIFE BY HOSTING COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS SUCH AS PAVING SIDEWALKS ON MARTINDALE, UM, ROAD IN FRONT OF STERLING. OKAY. UM, SO WE HAVE SOME STUDENT TESTIMONIES 'CAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO GET, UH, THE SIDEWALKS BUILT. UM, ADRIANA MARINA IS AN HCT STUDENT AND SHE SAID THAT SHE FEELS LIKE SHE'S GONNA GET RAN OVER. THERE ARE SO MANY CARS EVERYWHERE AND MOST OF THEM ARE GOING, ARE GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMIT SET AND THEY PAY NO MIND TO PEDESTRIANS. JESSICA HUBBARD STATED BOTH STREETS NEED A SIDEWALK BECAUSE IT'S VERY DANGEROUS FOR ANYONE TO WALK DOWN EITHER OF THOSE STREETS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH ALL THOSE CARS AND BUSES DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE ROADS. KIMBERLY DUKE, DUKE STATED, UM, HER AS A FEMALE, SHE FEELS UNSAFE WALKING 10 TO 15 MINUTES BY HERSELF DURING THE MORNINGS AND AFTERNOONS. AND SHE FEELS LIKE SHE'S RISKING HER LIFE WALKING ALONE FROM HOUSES TO THE SCHOOL AND VICE VERSA. UM, UM, SO WE HAVE MILES WALKED, UH, ADRIANA MEDINA WALKS HALF A MILE TO TWO MILES, DEPENDING ON THE DAY. YEAH. TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK, THANK YOU MS. WILDES. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND AT THE TIME I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXTRA FIVE SECONDS. GO AHEAD, FINISH IT UP. OH, OKAY. OH, AND KIMBERLY DUKE WALKS AM OUTTA SCHOOL. THAT'S IT. OKAY. WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER IN Q UH, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU MS. CAROLYN. COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN. EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU. MAYOR PROTE, I BELIEVE YOU'RE SPEAKING OF THE SIDEWALKS BY STERLING HIGH SCHOOL OR CLOSE TODAY. YES MA'AM. WE ARE. I'M SORRY. YES MA'AM. YEAH, YOU SAID WE ARE, I THINK WE ARE AWARE OF THOSE AND WE ARE WORKING ON THAT BECAUSE IN FACT, SOMEBODY MENTIONED IT AT THE CIP LAST NIGHT, AND SO THERE IS A GREAT CONCERN FOR THE STUDENTS HAVING TO WALK IN THE STREETS. AND SO THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE YOUR NUMBER TO REACH OUT IF WE NEED TO. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND TELL YOUR FELLOW CLASSMATES THAT YOU MADE A DIS UH, A DIFFERENCE AS THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION WILL PICK IT UP. IT'S SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. SO EXCITED, SO EXCITED. MY GOD SIDEWALK. SO THERE, THERE WAS, THERE, THERE WAS ANOTHER SPEAKER THAT WAS, UM, THAT WE MAY HAVE MISSED. WAS IT AMIR? AND, AND SORRY. MM-HMM. ARTIE SOUTHERN MAY HAVE IN THAT GROUP. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. I'M SORRY, RIVAS, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I'M DOING WELL. I WAS LAUGHING BECAUSE SHE WOKE UP AND IT WAS MY TURN. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, BASICALLY I SPOKE WITH ROSA MATTHEWS. UH, NOW WE HAVE NEW OFFICE MANAGER. THIS IS ABOUT THE EVICTION THAT I TALK. MY LEASE IS, UH, UP AT THE END OF THE, EH, EH, MONTH. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UM, ARE YOU GUYS EVEN WORKING, UH, BECAUSE I HAVE CALLED MANY DISTRICTS AND NOBODY PICKS UP THE PHONE. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO CONTACT, UH, YOUR DISTRICTS? I MEAN, IF, I MEAN, STARIA JACKSON IS NOT WILLING TO ADDRESS ME AND, UM, ALL OF OUR NUMBERS ARE ON THE WEBSITE. YEAH. I HAVE CALLED YOUR DISTRICT. UH, I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE BY THE NAME OF DAVID, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I CALLED, UH, THE DISTRICT OF ROBERT GALLEGOS, UH, DAVID, UH, MICHAEL KASH, MR. MICHAEL KASH. HE IS, UH, FURIOUS WITH ME AND HE DOESN'T EVEN WANNA TALK TO ME. EDWARD POLL. UH, I, I'M NOT SURE HE WANTS TO TALK TO ME. ASHA JACKSON. I THINK SHE'S GETTING TIRED OF MY, UH, ROSA MATTHEWS, THE LAW FIRM THAT REPRESENTS ME, THAT MAILS LETTERS ON MY BEHALF. SO WHO IS WILLING TO ADDRESS ME DON'T HAVE, HAS EXPIRED YOUR TIME'S UP. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU 30 SECONDS OF MY TIME. NO, MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE BEST, UH, UH, WAY TO CONTACT, UH, FOR CONSTITUENTS TO CONTACT YOUR DISTRICT? BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT YOU ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR THE CITY. YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT HERE AND NOW. WHO IS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER? UH, THE LADY THAT JUST WALK OUT. ASHA. OH, ASHA JACKSON. I CALL HER OFFICE DURING THE WEEKEND. SHE DIDN'T PICK UP. AND MISS IS MAGNIFI IS NOT ADDRESSING ME. INVITES [03:00:01] ME A PROAM. MARTHA CASTEX. YES, MA'AM. SO WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR ASK OF THE COUNCIL? I'M, I'M HAPPY TO HELP YOU. WE HAVE SITUATIONS WITH HOUSING. UH, IF I FOUND MORE COMPLAINTS THAT WILL BE COMING TO AN OA AND AN OA UH, UH, SITUATION WILL ESCALATE INTO A FINE OVER $75,000. SO IF YOU, I I KEEP, IF I GO AUSTIN, IF YOU HAVE A HOUSING ISSUE YES. IN YOUR YES. APARTMENT YES. HAVE SITUATION COMPLEX WITH HOUSING EVICTIONS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SO ONE THING AT A TIME, MA'AM. YES MA'AM. DO YOU LIVE IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX? YES. OR HOUSE? YES, I DO. SO DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM AT YOUR APARTMENT COMPLEX? I HAVEN BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS NOW. THEY, THEY, THEY FILED THE WHOLE, UH, THE WHOLE STAFF AND WE HAVE NEW STUFF. SO YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM AT YOUR APARTMENT COMPLEX? I DO HAVE A PROBLEM AT MY APARTMENT. YOU DO? AND I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. YOU GUYS ARE NOT WORKING ENOUGH FOR CONSTITUENTS. I MEAN, UH, WE PAY WITH THE TARS MONEY. I WAS TOLD THAT ON THE FIRST FLOOR, I CAN GO AND FILE COMPLAINT IN THE OFFICE OF TAR JA. THANK YOU JACKSON. DISTRICT P WE'LL REACH OUT TO YOU. YOU GUYS GET PAID WITH OUR TAX MONEY. SO THANK YOU. AND, UH, MR. DAVE MARTIN AND MOST OF MY RELATIVES LIVE IN KINGWOOD AND TCA. UH, I MEAN IT'S ALSO YOUR JOB TO DO THE PART THAT, UH, FOR KINGWOOD RESIDENTS, I WILL HATE TO KEEP COMPLAINING AND COMPLAINING. I MEAN, I WILL DRIVE TO AUSTIN. I FOUND MORE COMPLAINTS IF I HAVE TO. I WASN'T BORN A HOUSTONIAN, BUT I MY US CITIZEN, NO OTHER SPEAKER. THANK YOU. NO OTHER SPEAKERS. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER, BARBARA RAY'S ON YOUR FIFTH SPEAKER. APRIL AGIRI, APRIL AGUIRE. HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? YOU'VE BEEN VERY PATIENT. HELLO, MY NAME IS APRIL AGUIRE. I AM THE AUNT TO ARLENE ALVAREZ, THE LITTLE GIRL THAT WAS KILLED IN FEBRUARY 14TH ON VALENTINE'S DAY. I WAS THERE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. THIS IS MY NIECE. UM, I'M HERE CONCERNING THE BAIL BOND BOARD THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY IN JUNE. AND THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE IS AN INTEREST AND I WOULD LIKE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THIS. SO WHAT WE ARE SEEKING IS TO HAVE BAIL BOND TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN DEFENDANTS AND BAIL BOND BOARDS BE PUBLIC RECORD. SO WHEN VICTIMS CALL, THEY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH THEIR DEFENDANT ACTUALLY PAID TO GET OUTTA JAIL. RIGHT NOW THERE IS A VEIL OF SECRECY AND IT IS A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS WITH THE BAIL BOND BOARDS. MY FAMILY IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PASSING THE 10% MANDATE FOR VIOLENT OFFENSES, THE 17 VIOLENT OFFENSES IN THE BAIL BOND BOARD, UH, IN APRIL. SO IN JUNE WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO PASS IS TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY OF TRANSACTIONS FOR THESE SAME 17 VIOLENT OFFENSES. AND I'M SO SADDENED TO SEE THAT A LOT OF THE REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT HERE TODAY. UM, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SEEKING AND WE'RE SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THAT SO THAT WHEN WE GO DO GO BEFORE THE PERFORM FINE. SO YOUR ASK IS, I'M TRYING TO, I WROTE DOWN BAIL BOND BOARD, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO DO? AND WHAT I WILL DO IS I WILL REFER YOU OVER TO OUR BAIL BO BOND BOARD EXPERT, MICHAEL KUBOSH. AND I'LL I'LL GIVE HIM YOUR NUMBER. YES. AND I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING HIM AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO MY FAMILY, UM, YOU'LL, I'M GONNA SEND OVER AN EMAIL OVER TO, UH, AMY AND SHE CAN HOPEFULLY SHARE IT WITH YOU GUYS AND YOU GUYS CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO OUR FAMILY WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PASSING THE 10% MINIMUM MANDATE FOR 17 VIOLENT OFFENSES. SO NOW WHAT WE'RE SEEKING IS FOR VICTIMS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW MUCH PREMIUM IS ACTUALLY BEING PAID TO KEEP EVERYBODY HONEST GO. SO RIGHT NOW WE GO, THERE'S A VEIL OF PRIVACY AND BAIL BOND COMPANIES ACTUALLY DO, UM, THEY JUST DO THEIR OWN INTERNAL UH, INVESTIGATIONS. RECORDS ARE NOT PUBLIC CURRENTLY WITH THE, UH, HARRIS COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. A VICTIM CAN GO ONLINE AND CAN CHECK THE STATUS OF THEIR CASE. AND YOU CAN SEE A BAIL BOND AGENCY THAT TOOK THE CASE. SO WE WOULD LIKE ADDED TO THAT IS JUST TO, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT IT WOULD SAY 10%, 5%, 6%, 8%, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS FOLLOWING THE RULES NOW. UM, OKAY. IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN THERE WOULD BE A PAPER TOWEL STATING, SORRY, MR. WARREN, SORRY, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE AND I SEE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KOSH HAS JUST ENTERED. BUT FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. THANK YOU MAYOR PERAM. AND THANK YOU APRIL FOR SPEAKING TODAY. I THINK, UM, THE ITEM THAT SHE'S REFERRING TO IS ON THE HARRIS COUNTY BILL BOND BOARD NEXT MONTH TO BE VOTED ON. SO OKAY. SHE WANTED TO ADVOCATE FOR, UM, JUDGE MARSHALL TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THAT ITEM, UM, NEXT MONTH. GOT IT. GOT IT. AND SO, UM, AND APRIL, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? IF YOU WANNA USE THE REST OF MY TIME TO FINISH YOUR THOUGHTS. YES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. NEXT WEEK WE'RE GONNA BE THERE IN PERSON. I WAS HOPING TO GET LETTERS OF APPROVAL SO THAT WHEN WE GO TO THE BAIL BOND BOARD IN JUNE THAT WE CAN SAY, HEY, EVERYBODY AT CITY COUNCIL IS ON BOARD. AND THE, UM, WHAT IS IN REFERENCE HERE IS GONNA BE MURDER, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. UM, IT'S GONNA BE HABITUAL, HABITUAL OFFENDERS. AND OKAY, HERE IT'S MURDER CAPITAL, MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, [03:05:01] AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD OR DISABLED INDIVIDUAL AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEKING IS TO KEEP EVERYBODY HONEST NOW THAT WE PASSED A 10% MANDATE FROM FOR VIOLENT OFFENSES, WE ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE BAIL BOND COMPANIES ARE DOING THEIR JOB. AND IF THERE'S NOT, THERE'S SOMETHING IN WRITING CONTRADICTING WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THEIR BUSINESS BECAUSE IT'S A VERY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS. AND I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS, THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T MAKE MONEY OFF OF DEAD PEOPLE. PEOPLE SHOULDN'T MAKE MONEY OFF OF DEAD KIDS. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, GUYS, AND WE ARE THANK YOU. NEEDING HELP TO SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KASH, I'M SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS AND UM, THANK YOU SIR. I, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU, WHY YOU COULDN'T GET AHOLD OF ME. IF YOU CALL MY OFFICE, THEY'LL GIVE YOU OH, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO SIR. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING YOU ON FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIAS. WE'RE JUST LEARNING HOW TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM. WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR YOUR WORK. WELL, I, I HAVEN'T BEEN AN AN ACTIVE BAIL BONDSMAN IN OVER TWO YEARS, UH, BUT I WAS IN THE INDUSTRY FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS. I WILL SAY THIS ONE THING THAT YOU CAN DO THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T DONE, IS DO WHAT I DID. I FILED JUDICIAL BAR, UH, JUDICIAL GRIEVANCE, UH, COMPLAINTS AGAINST EVERY JUDGE WHO LET THESE PEOPLE OUT, THESE VIOLENT HABITUAL OFFENDERS. YES, SIR. THE JUDGES SHOULD HAVE NEVER GIVEN THEM A BOND. AND, AND BY, BY GIVING 'EM A BOND, IT GAVE THE BONDSMAN THE, THE RIGHT TO BOND THEM. BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN GIVEN A BOND. 170 PLUS PEOPLE HAVE DIED AT THE HANDS OF VIOLENT, UH, HABITUAL OFFENDERS. AND I HAVE FILED A JUDICIAL BAR COMPLAINT AGAINST EVERY JUDGE THAT HAS LET SOMEBODY OUT AS A RESULT OF, OF, UH, ALL THE RESEARCH THAT'S BEEN DONE BY CRIME STOPPERS. YES SIR. SIX, SIX OF THOSE JUDGES THAT I FILED A JUDICIAL BAR COMPLAINT DID NOT WIN THEIR PRIMARY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. NOW, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE CREDIT FOR THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S THE CITIZENS ARE WAKING UP SAYING, YES SIR. YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'RE LETTING PEOPLE OUT THAT ARE ENDANGERING OUR, THE PUBLIC. MM-HMM . YOU CAN'T DO IT. YOU GOTTA STOP IT. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M, I I'M ALL ABOUT. AND I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS. IT TAKES GRASSROOTS EFFORTS. IT TAKES WHAT YOU HAD TO DO BECAUSE WHENEVER THEY, THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS FREE BONDS AND, AND ALL THIS BAIL REFORM, I SAID, EITHER ONE REAL IMPORTANT PERSON'S GONNA HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THIS CHANGES OR A WHOLE LOT OF REGULAR FOLK. AND, AND THERE, AND I SAID IT ON CHANNEL 26 IN AN INTERVIEW BACK IN 2017, AND LO AND BEHOLD, UH, OVER 170 HAVE DIED AT THE HANDS OF THESE VIOLENT HABITUAL OFFENDERS WHO HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY THESE JUDGES WHO DIDN'T TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THE THE PUBLIC. AND I'M FRUSTRATED ABOUT IT. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO FILE A JUDICIAL BAR COMPLAINT, UH, YOU REACH OUT TO ME AND I'VE GOT A TEMPLATE AND I'LL HELP YOU DO IT. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. I THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH. THANK YOU MUCH. NOW WE'LL BE THERE IN PERSON NEXT WEEK. I HOPE TO GET LETTERS SO THAT I CAN TAKE SOMETHING IF YOU GUYS CAN'T MAKE IT IN PERSON, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY, AS MUCH AS I WANT TO REGULATE JUDGES, UNFOR, THE STATE OF TEXAS DOESN'T ALLOW US TO DO THAT. SO THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS IMPLEMENT LAWS TO STOP THESE LUCRATIVE BUSINESSES FROM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF VICTIMS AND TRAGEDIES BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GETTING RICH IN THE CITY OVER DEATHS. MR. REMEMBER THIS MCGUIRE, YOU SAY WE CAN'T REGULATE JUDGES? YES, YOU CAN. AT THE BALLOT BOX. YES SIR. AND I HOPE EVERYBODY'S VOTING EARLY, VOTING THIS WEEK. YOU, YOU CAN GET, YOU CAN GET RID OF 'EM. WE DO HAVE POWER OVER THEM. THANK YOU. AND WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO CRY OUT LOUD AND ALONG NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. THANKS. OKAY. SPEAKER LUCK. STEVE WILLIAMS, STEVE WILLIAMS. MR. WILLIAMS NEXT SPEAKER THAT COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. WE STAND AND REST UNTIL [RECESS] TOMORROW MORNING, WEDNESDAY THE 18TH OF MAY 9:00 AM I AM ABOUT TO READ THE DESCRIPTION [RECONVENE] OR CAPTIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE WEEK MAY 17TH AND 18TH 2022 ITEM ONE. RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $2,876,381 AND 78 CENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH PRECISE SERVICES INC. FOR ROADWAY PAVEMENT REPLACEMENT PROJECT, MARTINVILLE DRIVE AND SUNBEAM STREET. ITEM TWO HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. ITEM THREE, AIR CLEANING TECHNOLOGIES INC. FOR REQUIRED PERMITS AT 26 FIRE FACILITIES FOR THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. ITEM FOUR, LANDSDOWN MOODY COMPANY FOR TRACTOR, TRACTOR AND MORE REPLACEMENT PARTS AND SERVICES FOR THE FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. ITEM FIVE, [03:10:01] SEALS FORD FOR UTILITY VEHICLES AND ELECTRIC LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM FOR THE FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. ITEM SIX, FORENSIC LOGIC LLC FOR SOFTWARE LICENSES FOR THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. ITEM SEVEN, PARADIGM TRAFFIC SYSTEMS INC. FOR THE PURCHASE OF TRAFFIC POLES FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM EIGHT, ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER TWO OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES HOUSTON, TEXAS RELATING TO THE HOUSTON COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES. ITEM NINE. ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 46 VEHICLES FOR HIRE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES HOUSTON, TEXAS. ITEM 10 ORDINANCE DENYING THE APPLICATION OF CENTER POINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC LLC FOR APPROVAL TO AMEND IF DISTRIBUTION COUNT COST RECOVERY FACTOR FILE WITH HOUSTON TEXAS ON APRIL 5TH, 2022. ITEM 11, ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING THIRD AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND A CARING SAFE PLACE INC TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS FUNDS FOR THE CONTINUING ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITY RESIDENCE, A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING COMMUNITY RESIDENCE AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. ITEM 12, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT FOR JOB ORDER CONTRACTS BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND BROWN AND ROOT INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC, HORIZON INTERNATIONAL GROUP LLC AND JAMEL AND SMITH CONSTRUCTION LP FOR THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM. ITEM 13 ORDINANCE APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN ELECTRONIC GRANT APPLICATION FOR A FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FOR FIRST RESPONDER OPIOID OVERDOSE NALOXONE TRAINING AND LINKAGE INTO NEEDED EVIDENCE-BASED PLUS PROJECT FOR THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT. ITEM 14 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN ELECTRONIC GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES INTERVENTIONS SERVICES FOR THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT. ITEM 15 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND NORWOOD AND ASSOCIATES INC TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT. ITEM 16 ORDINANCE ACCEPTING INTO CITY OF HOUSTON CIVIC ORDER COLLECTION 52 MAYOR FORTRESS BY VARIOUS ORDERS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN CITY HALL AND ANY FUTURE MAIL PORTRAITS COMMISSIONED BY CITY OF HOUSTON MAYOR'S OFFICE. ITEM 17 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AWARDING CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND FIRECAT LLC FOR FIRE HOSE AND NOZZLE TESTING SERVICES FOR HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. ITEM 18 IS BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. ITEM 19, ORDINANCE AWARDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT TO CLAY POP AND CLIFF JOHNSON FOR STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATION RELATED TO WATER RESOURCE CONSULTING SERVICES FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM 20 ORDERS APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS AND MW HOUSTON LLC FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF AN ART FOCUS INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT VENUE. ITEM 21 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN ELECTRONIC APPLICATION FOR AND ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS THROUGH THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL FOR THE FY 2223 SOLID WASTE GRANT PROGRAM AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SUB RECIPIENT GRANT AGREEMENT. SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL AND CITY OF HOUSTON DECLARING THE CITY'S ELIGIBILITY FOR SUCH A GRANT. ITEM 22 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING SUB-AWARD AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON FOR FY 21 COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID STIMULANT SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM FOR THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. ITEM 23 ORDINANCE TO RENAME THREE PRIVATE INTERNAL STREETS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON'S NEW COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AS MEDICAL CIRCLE MEDICAL SERVICE DRIVE AND EXPLORATION LANE. ITEM 24 ORDINANCE TO RENAME THE ENTIRETY OF BALLSY ROAD TO LYNETTE COVE PLACE. ITEM 25 ORDINANCE CONSENTED TO THE CREATION OF THE TWO 90 COMB MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE AND INCLUSION OF 2 6 5 0.572 ACRES OF LAND AND TO THE DISTRICT AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO ISSUE BONDS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS. ITEM 26 ORDINANCE CONSENTING TO THE CREATION OF HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 5 5 3 CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 2 6 6 0.81 ACRES OF LAND WITHIN THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. ITEM 27 ORDINANCE CONSENTING TO THE CREATION OF FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 2 5 5 ITEM 28 ORDINANCE CONSENTED TO THE CREATION OF FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 2 4 4 ITEM 29 ORDINANCE FINDING AND DETERMINING PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY INTEREST AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF FEE SIMPLE OR EASEMENT INTEREST TO PARCEL OF LAND REQUIRED FOR THE NORTH CORRIDOR [03:15:01] CONSOLIDATION PACKAGE. FOUR DASH 36 INCH GRAVITY SEWER PROJECT FROM MUD 2 0 3 WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO NORTHGATE REGIONAL LIFT STATION WITH ONE PARCEL SITUATED IN THE PEER SETTLEMENT SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 7 49 ITEM 30 BEING A NECESSITY NO LONGER REQUIRES THE CONTINUED USE OF 80 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY KNOWN AS ALICE STREET FROM ARDMORE STREET EAST TO HIS TERMINUS, ABANDONING THE NORTHERN PORTION TO HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION TO ROC HOUSTON PA, THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS IN CONSIDERATION OF ROC HOUSTON PA'S CASH PAYMENT OF 200 320 3,187,000 NO CENTS. ITEM 31 ORDINANCE. FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO LONGER REQUIRED THE CONTINUED USE OF ONE FOOT STREET FROM MCCALL STREET EAST, MORE OR LESS, 147 FEET. TWO MCCALL STREET FROM FOOT STREET TO BRYANT STREET. AND THREE SHILOH STREET FROM MCCALL STREET TO JENSEN DRIVE, ABANDONING SUCH STREET TO WIND ROCK NORTH PFC, THE ABUTTING OWNER IN CONSIDERATION OF ITS CASH PAYMENT TO THE CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $970,912 NO CENTS IN CONVEYANCE TO THE CITY OF AN ACCESS EASEMENT. ITEM 32, ORDINANCE CON ORDINANCE APPROPRIATED $1,739,000 AND NO CENTS OUTTA WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND SMB INFRASTRUCTURE, LTD FOR MISCELLANEOUS LARGE DIAMETER WATERLINE IMPROVEMENTS. PACKAGE TWO ITEM 33. ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $495,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND FCM ENGINEERS. PC FOR GROUNDWATER WELL REHABILITATION ITEM 34 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATED $315,000 IN NO SENSE OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND AVAL TAX AS AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND BLACKLINE ENGINEERING LLC FOR FY 2019. LOCAL DRAINAGE PROJECT WORK ORDER CONTRACT NUMBER FIVE, APPROVED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2019 DASH 6 41 AS AMENDED. ITEM 35, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATED $120,126 AND NO CENTS. ITEM METRO PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION, D-D-S-R-F APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND A RKK ENGINEERS LLC FOR ROADWAY PAVEMENT REPLACEMENT FY 2017. CONTRACT NUMBER TWO, APPROVED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2017 DASH 512. ITEM 36, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $439,736 AND 62 CENTS OUTTA WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AS AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND RELIANCE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LP FOR WORK ORDER. SMALL DIAMETER WATER LINES APPROVED BY ORDER NUMBER 2019 DASH 6 9 3. THIS IS THE END OF THE CONSENT AGENDA UNDER THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM 37, SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE REGARDING THE DESIGNATION OF THE FIRST RIVERSIDE TERRACE. HISTORIC DISTRICT HEARING DATE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8TH, 2022 UNDER THE MATTER SELF CATEGORY ITEM 38. ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 42, THE CODE TO BORDER CITY, HOUSTON, TEXAS RELATING TO SUBDIVISION PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. THIS WAS TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON AND PLUM. THIS WAS ITEM TWO ON AGENDA OF MAY 11TH, 2022. THIS COMPLETES THE READING OF THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SESSION OF MAY 18TH, 2022. STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL. SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 9:00 AM IN THE ROOSEVELT FORMER AND BELOVED CITY SECRETARY, MS. ANNA RUSSELL. SHE ALWAYS SAID, DRIVE SAFE, DRIVE FRIENDLY, AND HAVE A NICE DAY IN THE ROOSEVELT CURRENT CITY SECRETARY PAT JEFFERSON. DANIEL, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS TREAT EVERYONE THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED. HAVE A BLESSED AND FOUS DAY. HAVE A NICE, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. YEAH, WE'RE JUST CALLING. LET ME CALL THIS MEETING [03:20:01] OF CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AND UH, WE'VE ALREADY, WE DID THE ROLE YESTERDAY, SO WE ARE, WE ARE GOOD. UH, WE HAVE EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBER EXCEPT ONE MALE. UH, VICE MAIL PROT, MARTHA TATUM IS ONLINE 'CAUSE SHE'S TRAVELING, UM, TODAY TM TO TML TO FOR TMLT. FREDERICKSBURG. FREDERICKSBURG. SO I THINK SHE'S THE ONLY ONE SHE IS SHE ON ALREADY? SHE, OKAY. SO WE ARE GONNA GET, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED. UM, LET ME SEE. THERE [MAYOR'S REPORT] ARE A FEW THINGS THAT I WANT TO, THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. UM, YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN DEALING, GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THE C-D-B-G-D-R, UH, 17 MITIGATION FUNDING, THE $4.3 BILLION THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE, UH, BY CONGRESS, BY FEDS, AND SENT DOWN 4.3 BILLION FROM HURRICANE HARVEY SENT TO, UM, STATE OF TEXAS. THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING HANDLED BY GLO AND, UM, THEY HAD THEIR INITIAL DISTRIBUTION, UM, A BILLION DOLLARS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATIONS, HOUSTON DIDN'T GET ZERO ON THAT. AND THEN THE FAIR HOUSING DIVISION OF HUD INDICATED THAT, UH, GLO IN THEIR, IN THEIR DISTRIBUTION DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, UH, IN THE MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS, HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY. THOSE WAS THEIR, UM, FINDINGS. AND THEN GLO RESPONDED AND SAID, NO, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. AND THEN ON YESTERDAY, UH, AFTER REVIEWING EVERYTHING AGAIN, UH, HUD HAS ISSUED ITS, UH, FINDINGS OF NON-COMPLIANCE TO GLO AND HAVE GIVEN THEM 10 DAYS TO ENTER INTO A VOLUNTARY, UM, RECONCILIATION SORT OF AGREEMENT, AND A FAILURE TO DO SO. THEY WILL THEN TURN IT OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. SO WE WILL SEE HOW THAT UNFOLDS. UM, THAT, UM, DECISION CAME DOWN ON, ON YESTERDAY. UM, AND LEMME JUST PASS IT OFF FOR THOSE HADN'T SEEN IT. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A FEW COPIES. LEMME SEND ONE THERE AND THEN ONE IN THIS DIRECTION, UM, FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ON, THAT CAME DOWN YESTERDAY. AND, UH, UM, WE WILL BE, UH, CAREFULLY MONITORING TO SEE WHAT UNFOLDS, WHAT UNFOLDS FROM THAT. UM, I DO ALSO, UM, UM, ON LAST WEEK, UH, THE WHITE HOUSE ASKED CHIEF NER AND I TO COME TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON, WELL, THE CALL CAME IN ON WEDNESDAY TO COME TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK. UH, SIX MAYOR, SIX POLICE CHIEFS, UM, THAT WHERE THEY HAD KIND OF SURVEYED THE, THE LANDSCAPE AND WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, CITIES WHO WERE UTILIZING THE OPERA FUNDING TO ADDRESS CRIME. AND WHERE THERE WERE NOTICEABLE, UM, POSITIVE IMPACTS, HOUSTON HAPPENED TO BE ONE. UM, AND IN, IN THAT MEETING, IT WAS MEETING WITH SUSAN RICE, THE HEAD OF THE, UH, THE, UM, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. AND THEN, UH, THE PRESIDENT ALSO CAME IN ON THE BACK END AND HAD A NEWS CONFERENCE, UH, WITH ALL OF US. UM, IN THE ROSE GARDEN. THAT WAS ON FRIDAY. UM, WE ARE SPENDING ABOUT $52 MILLION UNDER THE ONE SAFE HOUSTON INITIATIVE, UM, FROM INCREASED, YOU KNOW, OVERTIME, MORE POLICE OFFICERS, MORE PARK RANGERS, UH, TECHNOLOGY REENTRY PROGRAM. UM, THE LIST GOES ON, ON CRISIS INTERVENTION. UM, IRONICALLY, ON THAT SAME DATE, THE, UM, UM, CREDIBLE MESSENGERS PROGRAM RECIPIENTS WERE GRADUATING ON FRIDAY AS WELL. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SASHA JACKSON, LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT FRONT. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON ALL FRONTS. AND I WILL SAY TO YOU, UH, WHAT THEY, WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE DID NOTE. AND OF COURSE, IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, UH, WE WERE ABOUT 70% OVER HOMICIDES, UH, FROM, UM, FROM LAST YEAR ABOUT 70%. UM, AND THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH US BEING 70%. UH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU WHERE WE STAND THIS MORNING, WHERE WE STAND THIS MORNING, JUST THE LATEST NUMBERS IS THAT WE ARE FIVE, 5%, UM, UM, NINE, NINE MORE HOMICIDES TODAY THAN LAST YEAR. AND SO WE ARE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN ALMOST ALL OF THE CATEGORIES OF VIOLENT CRIME. WE ARE BELOW WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. SO THOSE WERE THE NUMBERS, THOSE WERE THE THINGS THAT THEY HIGHLIGHTED [03:25:01] IN THE WHITE HOUSE. AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING OTHER CITIES, UH, TO DO EVEN MORE TO FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, LEAVES OF CITIES LIKE HOUSTON AND OTHERS. AND, BUT IT'S A ALL HANDS ON DECK. WE ARE SPENDING, UH, IN ONE SAFE HOUSTON, IF YOU KNOW, FOR THE HOUSTON FORENSIC SCIENCE CENTER, WE HAVE, UH, UH, UM, DIRECTED AN ADDITIONAL $1.5 MILLION OVER AND ABOVE THEIR EXISTING BUDGET FOR THE HOUSTON FORENSIC SCIENCE CENTER. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE INCLUDED IN ONE SAFE HOUSTON. UH, I WANT TO THANK, UM, YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, SO LET ME BE VERY, VERY CLEAR. I'M SIMPLY SAYING WE ARE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT WE ARE STILL NOT NEAR WHERE WE NEED TO BE. SO I WANT TO THANK LAW ENFORCEMENT IN EVERY AREA. POLICE, UM, UH, STATE, FEDERAL PARTNERS, ALL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, CONSTABLES, SHERIFF DEPUTIES, YOU NAME IT. UM, THEN I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, UH, WHO HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP AND LENDING THEIR VOICES, UH, BEING OUT THERE TALKING TO OUR YOUTH. ALL OF THOSE SETTLEMENTS WANT TO, WANT TO, WANT TO THANK THEM. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU, CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR IDEAS. UH, I WILL TELL YOU THE MEASURE THAT WE TOOK WITH REGARDS TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS THAT HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL ATTENTION. AND AT THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS IN RENO IN JUNE, THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION ON HOW WE CAN, WHAT HOUSTON DO HAS DONE, EXPAND THAT NATIONALLY. SO, UM, AND EVEN LAST NIGHT AT THE, UM, AT THE HOUSTON HOLOCAUST, UH, MUSEUM EVENT, THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO CAME UP AND, AND THANKED ME ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR THE INITIATIVE ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. SO THAT IS TURNING INTO A, A, A NATIONAL CONVERSATION, AND CERTAINLY EVEN LEGAL, I MEAN, LOCALLY, BECAUSE OTHER CITIES LIKE BAYTOWN AND OTHERS AND, UH, HAVE, UH, INQUIRED ON HOW THEY CAN FOLLOW PUT IN PLACE. THE SAME THING HOUSTON HAS PUT IN PLACE. SO WHEN WE WORK COLLECT COLLABORATIVELY MM-HMM . BECAUSE CRIME IS JUST NOT ONE GEOGRAPHIC. I MEAN, PEOPLE DRIVING, THEY GO SOMEPLACE ELSE AND THEN THEY GO SOMEPLACE ELSE. UM, BUT THOSE TYPE OF THINGS ARE, ARE, I THINK ARE HAVING A MEANINGFUL IMPACT. WE JUST HAVE TO STAY VERY FOCUSED, KEEP DOING WHAT WE DOING, ADDRESS MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND, AND ALL OF THAT. SO, UM, SO LET ME THANK, LET ME THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, YOUR INPUT, UM, AND, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE HEADWAY. AND I'M SURE COUNCIL MEMBER CAME AND AT SOME POINT YOU'LL BE HOLDING, UM, MEETINGS TO DISCUSS, UM, WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WHAT IS OCCURRING, AND WHAT ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, NOW, UM, UH, LAST NIGHT WE WERE, WE WERE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THOMAS, UH, IN DISTRICT, IN DISTRICT F AND A, A GOOD, A GOOD MEETING, UM, UH, IN DISTRICT F PEOPLE. AND WHAT I'M FINDING, AND I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN AL COHEN, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON, OTHERS CAN TASK. THE TURNOUTS HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD. I MEAN, PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE, PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP. SO, UM, UH, SO THAT WAS A GOOD MEETING ON, ON LAST NIGHT. AND THEN TONIGHT WE WILL BE IN CLEAR LAKE WITH MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, DAVE MARTIN. SO WE WILL BE IN, UH, UH, CLEAR LAKE TONIGHT. AND THEN, UH, WE WILL WRAP UP THESE 12 TOWN HALL MEETINGS ON THURSDAY NIGHT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER NATASHA JACKSON IN THE ACRES HOME AREA. , YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE, YOU CAN WALK, YOU KNOW, UH, SO, OH, AND THEN LEMME JUST LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. 'CAUSE VICE MAIL PRO TEM HAS SENT A NOTE, NOTE IN TO SAY THEY WILL BE DISCUSSING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ISSUE AT, AT THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AS WELL. AWESOME. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IN, IN, IN ONE CITY CAN REALLY START TO EXPAND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING. SO, UM, AGAIN, LET ME THANK Y'ALL ON THAT EFFORT, BUT, UH, SO I'M EX I'M EXCITED ABOUT. UM, UM, SO THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS HAVE GONE WELL, UM, THE REDISTRICTING MEETINGS, UM, GONE WELL, CIPI MEAN, WHAT IS THE REPEATED REFRAIN FROM CIP IS THAT PEOPLE WANT MORE , PEOPLE WANT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, THE CIP PROJECTS, PEOPLE WANT, THEY WANT MORE. NO, YEAH. SHOCKING , YOU KNOW, THEY WANT, THEY WANT THE STREETS SMOOTH. YES. YOU KNOW, POTHOLES, THE POTHOLES, YOU KNOW, NO MORE, UH, THEY, THE MORE THE, THE DRAINAGE DETENTION MORE PARTS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT'S UNDER, THAT'S UNDER, THAT'S LIBRARIES AND IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. [03:30:01] UM, THE LIMITED FACTORS, RESOURCES, OF COURSE. SO, UH, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD. AND IT'S BEEN GOOD TO, TO LISTEN, UH, TO, TO JUST HEAR PEOPLE AND, AND TO SEE THEM AND TO BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. SO THANK YOU ALL ON THAT. AND THEN, UM, LET ME CLOSE MY COMMENTS TODAY BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M AN, I'M AN, I'M AN OPTIMISTIC PERSON. I'M, BUT, UM, THE SHOOTING IN BUFFALO CRAZY IS JUST, UM, SHOOTING IN BUFFALO HAS BEEN VERY DISCONCERTING. AND, AND NOT BECAUSE JUST IN BUFFALO, WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB MM-HMM . IN 20 16, 49 PEOPLE KILLED, 52 OTHERS INJURED. WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED IN EL PASO. MM-HMM . UH, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN EL PASO AND LTZ, IT WAS L-G-B-T-Q, PRIMARILY FOCUSED IN EL PASO, PRIMARILY HISPANIC FOCUS. WHAT HAPPENED IN PITTSBURGH AT THE SYNAGOGUE JEWISH COMMUNITY HAS BEEN THE FOCUS, UM, WHAT HAPPENED IN ATLANTA, ASIAN, AND THEY SAY ASIAN WOMEN, THE FOCUS, UM, IN CHARLESTON, UH, SOUTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA, UM, AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THEIR CHURCH WAS THE FOCUS. UM, AND THEN IN BUFFALO, UM, AFRICAN AMERICANS 10 DEAD IN A GROCERY STORE. AND THAT WAS THE FOCUS. UM, BUT WHAT FOR ME IS, IS MOST DISTURBING IS WHEN THE, THE SUSPECT PERSON, UH, THE SHOOTER YOUNG, 18 YEARS OLD, FOR ME, THAT IS WHAT IS MOST DISTURBING. AND, UM, YOU TRY TO REMAIN HOPEFUL IN ALL OF THIS, BUT WHEN 18 YEAR OLDS HAVE ACCESS TO THE GUNS AND THEY DRIVE, INTENTIONALLY DRIVE TWO OR THREE HOURS, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, PEOPLE BEING DISPLACED OR REPLACED, UM, THAT BECOMES CONCERNING FOR OUR COUNTRY. BECAUSE WHAT IT ALSO MEANS IS THAT WE ARE STARTING TO BREED, BREED A YOUNG GENERATION OF EXTREMISTS WITHIN OUR OWN COUNTRY, WHERE THE FOCUS IS ON PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR IDENTITY, AFRICAN AMERICAN OR HISPANIC, OR JEWS OR MUSLIMS, GAY. AND UNLESS LEADERS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM DENOUNCE THESE THINGS VERY PUBLICLY, THEN LEADERS BECOME, THEY BECOME AN ACCOMPLICE, THEY BECOME COMPLICIT. THAT'S A BETTER WORD. AND, UM, AND LEADERS, AND I, I DON'T CARE WHICH PARTY YOU MAY BE AFFILIATED WITH, LEADERS MUST DENOUNCE. AND I'M A, I'M A, I'M A I'M A PRAYER FOR PERSON, PERSON OF FAITH. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, CONDOLENCES AND PRAYERS WITHOUT WORKS DON'T GO VERY FAR. BECAUSE EVEN THE BOOK, GOOD BOOKS SAY, UM, FAKE WITHOUT WORK IS DEAD. MM-HMM . SO LEADERS OR THE LACK OF LEADERSHIP OR LEADERSHIP, THAT'S THAT SPREAD EXTREME IDEOLOGIES OR SERVING AND HELPING TO BREED A YOUNG GENERATION OF EXTREMISTS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY IN GROCERY STORES ON A SATURDAY. AND NOW 10 PEOPLE ARE DEAD. AND QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO WAKE UP PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY. AND I KNOW, AND I LOVE THE PRESIDENT, AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE. WELL, I'M GONNA HOLD ON THAT THIS IS WHO WE ARE. IT'S NOT WHO WE SHOULD BE. THIS IS WHO WE ARE. OKAY? [03:35:01] AND THIS IS HAPPENING ON OUR WATCH, AND I THINK IT'S HAPPENING ON OUR WATCH, BECAUSE LEADERS, LEADERS ARE PARTICIPANT, NOT PART. THEY ARE, THEY ARE PLOWING THE FIELD OF HATE AND BIGOTRY AND, AND ALL THAT'S CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE THAT YOUNGER MINDS ARE ADOPTING. SO IT IS WHO WE ARE. AND THE QUESTION IS, HOW MANY MORE WILL, HOW WILL DIE UNTIL WE LEADERS ACROSS THE BOARD, AND NOT JUST, AND NOT JUST POLITICAL LEADERS, BUT FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, CIVIC COMMUNITY, UNTIL LEADERS STEP UP AND SAY NO, AND DENOUNCE OTHER LEADERS WHO ARE ESPOUSING THESE REPLACEMENT IDEOLOGY, IT, IT WAS CRAZY. SO WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T JUST SATURDAY, THAT JUST KIND OF THREW ME OFF, BUT IT'S THE PROGRESSION OF EVENTS IN AMERICA. IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE TOUR US, SINCE WE, WE ARE THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN, IN THE COUNTRY. EVERYBODY IS REFLECTED IN THIS CITY. AND UNLESS WE ALL BAND TOGETHER AND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WILL, IT WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR. SO MY, MY, MY, THAT'S MY THOUGHT, UH, FOR TODAY. BUT, UM, THERE IS, BUT PRAYERS AND CON AND CONDOLENCES, UH, WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT. AND I AM ENCOURAGING, QUITE FRANKLY, AND I'LL HAVE TO CHECK MY OWN, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHERS TO SEE, UM, WHETHER OR NOT LEADERS EVEN IN OUR STATE HAVE SET, STEPPED UP AND DENOUNCED THE HATRED THAT WAS EXPRESSED IN BUFFALO. I WANNA KNOW WHETHER THE LEADERS IN OUR STATE HAS DENOUNCED IT. AND I'M NOT GIVING ANYBODY A PASS IF THAT TIME IS GONE. THE LEADERS IN OUR STATE, FROM ALL THE WAY UP TO TOP NEED TO DENOUNCE THAT HATRED THAT OCCURRED IN BUFFALO. AND I AM INSISTING THAT THEY DO IT NOT JUST PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES, BUT DENOUNCE THE HATRED BEHIND WHAT TOOK PLACE, DENOUNCE THIS WHOLE REPLACEMENT IDEOLOGY, DENOUNCE IT, SAY IT'S WRONG. AND THE PEOPLE HAVE TO DEMAND THAT FROM THEIR LEADERS. OKAY? THE PEOPLE. BECAUSE IF THE PEOPLE DON'T DEMAND IT, THEN YOU'RE GONNA GET THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU DESERVE. SO THE PEOPLE HAVE TO DEMAND THAT THOSE AT THE TOP DENOUNCE IT, BECAUSE THERE ARE 10 PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRICAN AMERICANS, WHERE AN 18-YEAR-OLD INTENTIONALLY SOUGHT OUT TO KILL THEM, AND HE WAS SUCCESSFUL AND ENOUGH OF THIS. SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I HAD, I HAD FIRST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND REALLY THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR, UM, YOUR LEADERSHIP ON ONE SAFE HOUSTON, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY, BUT FOR THE COUNTRY. BUT, UM, I HAD ACTUALLY BEEN PLANNING TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE GUN VIOLENCE THAT CONTINUES TO TEAR OUR COUNTRY APART. UM, AND THE HATE BEHIND ALL OF THAT TODAY IS ACTUALLY THE ANNIVERSARY OF SANTA FE. UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IN COMMON, AS YOU SAID WITH SO MANY OF THIS IS THE HATE, THE BIGOTRY, THE RACISM, THE ANTISEMITISM, UM, THE FEAR OF OTHER, RIGHT? THAT COMES FROM THIS. AND I, I KNOW LAST NIGHT YOU WERE AT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM, UH, GALA, AND THOSE LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED SEEM TO BE FALLING ON DEAF EARS RIGHT NOW. UH, THE ONE THING, THERE'S MANY THINGS THAT CONCERN ME ABOUT THIS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STANDS OUT, MARJORIE [03:40:01] STONEMAN DOUGLAS, UH, BUFFALO SYNAGOGUE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ALL ALSO HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT THESE FIREARMS WERE OBTAINED LEGALLY. AND MY HOPE IS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CONVERSATIONS WERE HAD UP IN DC BUT IF WE DO NOT TACKLE GUN VIOLENCE HEAD ON AND ADDRESS THIS FOR WHAT IT IS, AND, UM, WE'RE IN BIG TROUBLE AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE UPDATES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SHARE ANY OF THAT RIGHT NOW. I KNOW HPD IS WORKING WITH A TF, UM, TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO ON THE GROUND, BUT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE GUN VIOLENCE. UM, IT IS TOO EASY TO, UH, USE HATE FIELD MENTALITY AND PUT IT INTO ACTION RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MAG GALLEGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING OUT THE LEADERSHIP IN AUSTIN FOR, FOR NOT SPEAKING UP ON THIS, UM, RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT. I CALLED MY OFFICE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THEY, THEY, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE PECAN PARK AREA AND MASON PARK AREA WERE WOKE UP AND FOUND A NEO-NAZI OR BAGGIES CONTAINING NEO-NAZI, UH, PROPAGANDA, UH, TARGETING IMMIGRANTS SAYING THAT THEY'RE HERE TO REPLACE THE WHITE RACE. I MEAN, THAT'S SCARY. THAT IS SCARY. ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEKEND, WHAT HAPPENED IN EL PASO. AND YET OUR LEADERSHIP IN AUSTIN IS SILENT. IS SILENT. SILENT. AND WE'VE ASKED RESIDENTS TO PLEASE DO NOT REPOST THAT INFORMATION ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA. 'CAUSE WE DO NOT WANT THAT ADVERTISED OUT THERE. 'CAUSE YOU'RE JUST HELPING, YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE HELPING THEM, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW RESIDENTS ARE UPSET AND THEY JUST WANNA SHOW WHAT THEY RE THEY, THEY, THEY FOUND ON THEIR DRIVEWAYS. BUT, UH, WE, WE'VE ASKED THEM TO PLEASE REPORT AT HPD. I REPORTED IT. I, I MENTIONED IT TO CHIEF NER YESTERDAY WHEN HE WAS DOING HIS BUDGET REPORT REPORT. UH, AND ALSO TO CONTACT THE ANTIDE DEFAMATION LEAGUE, ALSO TO REPORT IT AS WELL. UH, SO, SO THAT'S SCARY TO KNOW THAT THERE'S GROUPS OUT THERE THAT HAVE THE NERVE TO GO INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS AND TO PLACE THESE BAGGIES OUT ON THEIR DRIVEWAYS. SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE, THAT, UH, AND, AND, AND, AND LET HPD KNOW, AND THEY, THEY'RE AWARE OF IT. 'CAUSE WE REPORTED IT AS WELL FROM MY OFFICE. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, IF YOU WILL, I TELL YOU WHAT, BE, UH, COUNCILMAN JACKSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO COMMEND YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING, UM, TO ADDRESS CRIME, THE ONE SAFE HOUSTON. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE, UM, CREDIBLE MESSENGER INITIATIVE ON LAST WEEK. UM, WE HAD A FIVE DAY TRAINING, OVER 45 PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS, UM, WANTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CREDIBLE MESSENGER PROGRAM. AND THE CREDIBLE MESSENGER PROGRAM IS WHERE WE COUPLE, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE, THAT HAVE BEEN PART IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WITH YOUNG FOLKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE SYSTEM OR ON PROBATION. AND WE CONNECT THEM WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE AND THAT THEY CAN IMPROVE AND CHANGE THEIR LIVES. AND THESE CREDIBLE MESSENGERS ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING, UM, YOU KNOW, GOOD LIVES NOW. THEY, ONE POINT THEY WAS CRIMINALS AND NOW, UM, THEY'RE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT'S BECAUSE OF NOW WE HAVE RESOURCES TO INVEST IN THAT BECAUSE OF, UM, THE ONE SAFE HOUSTON, UM, INITIATIVE. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU. UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE CREDIBLE MESSENGERS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE ADDITIONAL, ANOTHER COHORT, UM, TRAINING. AND, UM, I KNOW, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SHABA, WE HAD SOME CONSTITUENTS FROM HER DISTRICT PART OF THE TRAINING. AND SO I'M WELCOME ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN IT BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO REALLY TACKLE CRIMES BY MAKING SURE COMMUNITY IS IN THE FOREFRONT. AND THE COMMUNITY, OUR VILLAGERS, I CALL 'EM THE, OUR VILLAGE. THEY'RE LEADING THE EFFORT TO TAKE BACK OWNERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. THANK YOU. AND LASTLY, LET'S GIVE OUR YOUNG, UH, PERSONS, UH, SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN SEE. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, A MAYOR, PRO TIM, AND, UM, MYSELF, UM, STANDING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST AS COLLEAGUES, BUT AS FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, THAT DON'T MEAN WE, WE ALL, WE, WE HAVE TO AGREE ALL THE TIME. BUT WHAT THEY DO NEED TO SEE IS THAT WE CAN EFFECTIVELY WORK TOGETHER. THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO, THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO SEE. THEY DON'T NEED TO SEE US GOING TO THE EXTREMES AND TALKING ABOUT EACH OTHER PERSONALLY. BUT WHAT THEY NEED TO SEE, THEY NEED TO SEE US WORKING TOGETHER. THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT WE NEED TO SEND TO THEM. [03:45:01] AND, AND THAT WE ARE, WE ARE OUT THERE WORKING TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THESE, THIS, THIS YOUNGER GENERATION. THEY WILL BE WHAT THEY CAN SEE. AND IF THEY SEE THE VISION AND HATRED, THEN WE ARE CREATING THEM. WHATEVER THEY CAN SEE, THEY WILL BE. AND WE ARE WHAT IS BEFORE THEM. WE ARE, BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD SOMEONE SAY BEFORE, WHICH I LIKE, IS THAT CHILDREN ARE MESSAGES THAT WE SEND INTO THE FUTURE TO A WORLD. WE OURSELVES MAY NEVER SEE. WHAT SORT OF MESSAGE SHALL WE SEND THEM? WE ARE WRITING THE MESSAGE MM-HMM . AND SO I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT WE SAY, WHAT WE DO AS LEADERS, BECAUSE THEY ARE WATCHING US, THEY'RE WATCHING US, AND WE ARE HELPING TO SHAPE THEIR THINKING. OKAY. AND NOW FROM THAT, UM, MADAM SECRETARY, LET'S PROCEED [CONSENT AGENDA] TO THE AGENDA. UNDER THE, UNDER THE ACCEPT WORD CATEGORY. ITEM ONE NEEDS A MOTION. OH, DID, NO, WE ROSE CALLED YESTERDAY. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO CALL ROSE TODAY, RIGHT? NO, WE ONLY HAVE THE ONE PERSON ON. OKAY. THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON ON LINE, SO WE ARE GOOD. OKAY, SAY THAT AGAIN, MADAM SECRETARY. UNDER THE ACCEPT WORK CATEGORY, ITEM ONE NEEDS A MOTION MOVE. ROBINSON MARTIN. SECOND MOVED AND SECOND ON NINE ONE. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED ON MARTIN, UNDER THE PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS CATEGORY ITEMS THREE AND FIVE. I, I'M SORRY, UNDER THE PROPERTY CATEGORY, ITEM TWO HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BS CATEGORY. ITEMS THREE AND FIVE HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. NEED A MOTION ON ITEMS FOUR, SIX, AND SEVEN, MOVE ROBINSON MARTIN. SECOND. BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. 9, 4, 6, AND SEVEN. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED UNDER THE ORDINANCES CATEGORY. ITEM 18 HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. R 8, 9, 10, 12, 19, AND 20. THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 8, 9, 10, 12, 19, AND 20. NEED A VOTE ON THE BALANCE. DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED. ITEM THREE [CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA] NEEDS A MOTION. MOVE ROBINSON ON ITEM THREE. MARTIN. SECOND. MOVE TO SECOND ON ITEM THREE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCC CAMAN ON ITEM THREE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO SPOTLIGHT THIS ITEM. WE HAVE A FEW HFD ITEMS TODAY, BUT UH, THIS ONE IS THE, UH, VEHICLE EXHAUST REPLACEMENT, UH, FOR MULTIPLE STATIONS, UH, WHICH IS CRITICAL FOR THE RESPIRATORY HEALTH OF ALL PERSONNEL, UM, AT THE FIRE STATION. SO IN DISTRICT C, UH, WE HAVE STATION 1362 AND SIX, UH, WITH THESE IMPROVEMENTS COMING FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM THREE? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON THREE ITEM FIVE NEEDS A MOTION. MOVE ROBINSON ON ITEM FIVE. COUNCILMAN MCCOSH ON ITEM FIVE. SECOND. SECOND. MARTIN BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. COUNCILMAN KUMA? MAYOR, NINE YEARS AGO WHEN I GOT ON COUNCIL, I SAW THIS VERY SIMILAR THING WHERE, UH, THE SILSBY FORD, UH, IS, IS GETTING ALL OF THESE PURCHASES AND, UH, PEOPLE STILL CALL ME ABOUT IT, EVEN THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THAT WE GET SOME KIND OF A SPECIAL DEAL. BUT IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT, UH, WITH ALL OF THE DEALERS IN HOUSTON IN THIS AREA, THAT, THAT, I MEAN, MAYOR, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO SILSBEE? , WHICH DON'T BLINK. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I WAS MAYOR. IT'S JUST A LITTLE BITTY PLACE. I USED TO LIVE IN BEAUMONT, WE'D GO UP TO SALIBURY AND I, I'M JUST WONDERING, HOW ARE THEY DOING THIS? WHAT, WHAT'S THEIR, WHAT'S THEIR LINK? UH, MAYBE SOMEBODY IN IN HOUSTON THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE SOMEBODY TO BEAT THEIR PRICE OR SOMETHING. UH, I WOULD TALK WITH UH, UH, GARY GLASGOW, WHO'S OVER OVER MANAGEMENT FLEET. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST A BETTER PRICE THAT THEY OFFER DOWN THERE. UM, BUT I, I WILL FIND OUT. WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, THE, THE THING IS, IF, IF YOU GO TO S BAY AND WITH ALL THE VEHICLES THAT ARE BEING PURCHASED, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE ENOUGH GROUNDS AND THAT'S PAVED TO PUT THOSE VEHICLES. SO THEY MUST BE JUST A PASS THROUGH. YOU KNOW, IT MUST, THAT'S [03:50:01] WHAT'S HAPPENING. IT'S A PASS THROUGH. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU CITIZENS THAT HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER. THERE YOU GO. I BROUGHT IT UP AGAIN. UM, MAYOR PRO, TIM MARTIN. YEP. I A LOT OF COMPANIES AND A LOT OF ENTITIES, THEY HAVE CERTAIN DEALERSHIPS, LIKE ONE DEALERSHIP IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT HANDLE FLEET ISSUES, WHICH MEANS YOU BUY IN BULK. FOR INSTANCE, THIS ONE IS 14 F-150 TRUCKS, RIGHT? SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY IDENTIFY ONE FOUR DEALERSHIP, ONE CHEVY DEALERSHIP, ONE TOYOTA, WHATEVER, TO HANDLE ALL FLEET ISSUED PURCHASES. SO THIS MAY BE A FLEET ISSUE PURCHASE BECAUSE IT'S 17, 14 VEHICLES. THAT MAY BE WHY WE WERE DIRECTED TO SBE VERSUS MICHAEL KOSH FORD AND GMC DEALERSHIP. WELL, WELL, I CAN ASSURE YOU NOBODY ELSE EVER GETS IT. IT'S ALWAYS SBE . YEAH, THEY PROBABLY HANDLE THE FLEET CONTRACT FOR ENTITIES, COMMERCIAL, CORPORATE, AND CITY. OKAY. COUNCILMAN PLUMMER HAVE A QUESTION. IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, IS THERE AN RFP THAT'S DONE OR IS IT JUST, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S BIDDED OUT OR IS IT JUST THIS WAS A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE? OKAY. YEAH, JUST CURIOUS. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON FIVE DISCUSSION PREPARED TO VOTE IN FAVOR? OPPOSE GRANTED ON ITEM FIVE, ITEM EIGHT IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. WE ON ITEM EIGHT, DISCUSSION ON ITEM EIGHT. DISCUSSION ON ITEM EIGHT. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR POST GRAND ON ITEM EIGHT. ITEM NINE IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM NINE. DISCUSSION ON NINE. DISCUSSION ON NINE. DISCUSSION ON NINE IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED ON NINE. ITEM 10 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 10. DISCUSSION ON 10. DISCUSSION ON 10. ON 10 IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED, GRANTED ON 10. ITEM 12 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 12. DISCUSSION ON 10 CRIMES MEMBER PILOT ON ITEM 12. THANK YOU MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. UH, ON ITEM 12, MAYOR, UM, THIS IS A 2017 CONTRACT, UH, FOR WORK AT THE AIRPORT. IT WAS GIVEN TO THREE VENDORS. UM, EACH VENDOR HAS A 30% MWBE GOAL. TWO OF THE VENDORS HAVE ACHIEVED CLOSE TO THAT 30% GOAL OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE CONTRACT. BUT ONE OF THE VENDORS IS DOWN AT 17.8%. UM, THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE WITH THIS, NOT ONLY IS THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR, UH, ONLY AT 17%, UM, BUT WE HAVE A OBO OFFICE THROUGH THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM THAT SHOULD BE MONITORING THIS OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE CONTRACT. AND FOR THEM TO BE THIS LOW TOWARDS THE END OF A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT IS CONCERNING. UH, WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THIS, UM, THE ANSWER I RECEIVED FROM THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM IS THAT THIS PER PROPOSED EXTENSION OF EIGHT MONTHS WILL ALLOW HAS TO ACTIVELY WORK WITH THE VENDOR TO REACH THIS PROPOSED GOAL. BUT MY THING IS, I MEAN, THEY'VE HAD THE CONTRACT FOR YEARS, SO WHAT IS ANOTHER EIGHT MONTHS REALLY GOING TO DO TO CATCH THEM UP? SO I'M GONNA TAG THIS TO GET MORE CLARIFICATION. UM, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY THE VENDOR IS SO LOW. OKAY? AND THAT'S FINE. ITEM 12 IS BEING TAGGED BY COUNCILMAN POLLARD. THOMAS IS ARCHITECT. AND AND THOMAS. AND THOMAS AND PLUMBER MAYOR. AND PLUMBER. PLUMBER POLLARD THOMAS. OKAY. NEXT ITEM. ITEM 19 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 19. DISCUSSION ON 19. DISCUSSION ON 19. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 19. ITEM 20 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 20. DISCUSSION ON 20. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. ON ON 20. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ITEM. . UM, THE MEOW WOLF IS A THREE 80 AG, UM, AGREEMENT, UM, A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN, WITHIN FIFTH WARD. I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED BECAUSE I'M NOT FOND OF, UM, THREE EIGHTIES, BUT AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE TEAM, THE, UM, MEOW WOLF TEAM, I WAS REALLY EXCITED KNOWING THAT THEY'RE COMMUNITY CENTERED. UM, AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE BRINGING SOMETHING THAT IS NEW ACROSS THE, UM, COUNTRY. I MEAN, THEIR BIGGEST ATTRACTION IS IN MEXICO. UM, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, ELEVATE ARTISTS, UM, WITHIN THE DISTRICT OR WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, BUT ALSO BRING JOBS. AND SO THE JOBS $17 AN HOUR, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE OVER 180 JOBS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE CITY. UM, BUT THEN, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA COLLABORATE WITH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AS I SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT, UM, THE [03:55:01] BE SUCCESSFUL JOBS AND COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE THAT WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT. UM, THEY WILLING TO WORK WITH AT-RISK YOUTH. UM, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE BRINGING IN WORKING WITH INTERNS. AND SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING GOOD FOR, UM, THE CITY. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM. IN FACT, VICE MAYOR PRO TIM AND MYSELF WILL BE DOING A TOUR. I TOLD 'EM SO THAT I CAN BE TO SELL IT, UM, TO THE CONSTITUENTS. BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM AGAIN AND KNOWING THAT THEY'RE COMMUNITY CENTERED, AND IT'S NOT JUST THIS, THE REGULAR DEVELOPER, IT'S LIKE REALLY PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY CREATING A PRODUCT THAT HAS NEVER BEEN CREATED BEFORE. AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO THRIVE. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ARTISTS HERE IN HOUSTON AND JUST SHOWCASING OUR TALENT AND ALLOWING, GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT IN THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO AGAIN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ADMINISTRATION AND THE MAYOR WOLF FOLKS AND, UM, YEAH, LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND I, I DID WANT THIS ITEM TO BE, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? UM, SQUARE. SQUARE. UM, BECAUSE THIS IS IMMERSIVE, IMMERSIVE ART MUSEUM. MM-HMM . UM, AND THE BEAUTY, YEAH. AND THE ADDED BEAUTY IS THAT IT, YEAH. FALLS FOR EXAMPLE, WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT AND DISTRICT B. UM, AND YOU HAVE, UM, SOMETHING, WELL, PRETTY MUCH SAME THING. IS IT IN DENVER? LAS VEGAS, SANTA FE AND DENVER. DENVER. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, WHERE THEY ARE, UH, THEY TRACK AS MANY AS 750,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY. THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, UH, THAN EVEN THE ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DENVER, IN COLORADO. UM, AND THEY'RE, AND I THINK THEY'RE PROPOSING TWO IN DALLAS, WELL, TWO IN TEXAS. TEXAS, TWO STEP HOUSTON IN DALLAS. YEAH. SO THE TWO IN TEXAS. AND THIS ONE HAPPENS TO BE, UH, RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. YAY. BUT IT, UM, IT WILL BE, I THINK A, A, A CULTURAL ARTS ATTRACTION. UM, IT IS A MAJOR, UM, VENUE DESTINATION. UM, AND IT, IT HAS HUGE POTENTIAL. UM, AND THEN, UH, AND SO IT WILL BE PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, GOOD QUALITY JOBS AND I THINK EVEN ROOM FOR EVEN, EVEN MORE GROWTH. BUT, UM, ANYTIME YOU CAN SET SOMETHING UP THAT CAN ATTRACT, FOR EXAMPLE, AS MANY AS 750,000 VISITORS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IS, UM, IS A SIGNIFICANT ITEM. AND I THINK IT WILL SPUR ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS EVEN, EVEN AROUND THAT AREA. SO VICE MAYOR, UH, VICE MAYOR, TIM, CAST TATUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, YOU, YOU SAID A LOT OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT I THINK THIS IS EXCITING FOR THE CITY AND I KNOW WE HEAR A LOT FROM OUR DISTRICT B RESIDENTS ABOUT THE BAD THINGS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO IMPROVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. SO I REALLY WANTED TO JUST AMPLIFY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE'RE BRINGING THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO DISTRICT B. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH REVITALIZATION IN A, UH, UH, IN AN OLD WAREHOUSE. UM, THE NUMBER OF JOBS THAT ARE COMING, THE, UM, TOURISM THAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THERE WAS A, A GREAT ARTICLE IN THE HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL THIS MONTH ABOUT THIS PROJECT. AND SO I WANT US TO AMPLIFY IT AND PARTICIPATE IN IT, AND LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THEIR COMMUNITY. AND PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY PARTICIPATE IN AN ART CENTRIC IMMERSIVE, UM, PROGRAM. IT, WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING IN MARCH AND IT JUST BLEW MY MIND. WE, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, AN AMUSEMENT PARK PER SE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT, UH, ENTERTAINMENT VENUE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. AND I'M VERY EXCITED THAT, UM, WE'LL BE SPURRING SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT B AS WELL. THANKS. AND I DO WANT TO, I DO WANT US TO AMPLIFY IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A NAVIGATION CENTER, OKAY? MM-HMM . UM, I MEAN THIS IS, THIS IS A, THIS IS A MAJOR INVESTMENT THAT'S POSITIVE THAT WILL BE UPLIFTING. UM, SO WE DO WANT AMPLIFIED. 'CAUSE WHAT I'VE ALSO DISCOVERED, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN ALL THE DISTRICTS, BUT IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, THEY DON'T KNOW. BUT THIS, UM, THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR PLUS THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. IN FACT, MARTA, SHE DON'T MIND ME SAYING SHE JUST LEFT THE CITY OVER THE WEEKEND TO GO TO THE SAME THING IN COLORADO, IN DENVER. IN DENVER. SO SHE LEFT THE, SHE LEFT THE CITY TO GO, WELL, WE DON'T WANT MARTY TO BE FLYING OUTTA HERE AND SPENDING HER SPENDING HER MONEY IN OVER IN DENVER, HELPING OUR MAYOR HANCOCK IN DENVER. YOU KNOW, SO, UM, BUT, BUT, BUT WHEN WE ARE PLACING LIKE NAVIGATION CENTERS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE REALLY, WE REALLY WANT TO AMPLIFY. 'CAUSE THIS IS VERY, VERY POSITIVE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON? YES. AND JUST TO PUT A CHERRY ON THE TOP, MAYOR, THE, THE [04:00:01] BUILDING FACILITY IS CURRENTLY VACANT. IT'S A HISTORIC BUILDING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO WE'RE UTILIZING HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WE'RE RECOVERING AN ASSET FOR THE CITY THAT WOULD OTHERWISE PERHAPS GO TO THE DUST HEAT. AND, AND THIS IS A, A VERY PRACTICALLY STAGED AND PHASED OPERATION THAT'S GONNA BRING IT BACK. IT'S IN A ALREADY TRANSITIONING NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR TO THE ST. ARNOLD BREWERY DOWN ON OPELOUSAS AND OFF OF LIONS AVENUE. SO IT'S, IT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY. AND TO ADD TO THE GREAT TASTE AND OPINION OF OUR AGENDA DIRECTOR MARK OL, I WANNA SAY THAT MY CHIEF OF STAFF WHO'S HERE WITH US, HAS BEEN TO BOTH THE ONE IN DENVER AS WELL IN SANTA FE. AND I THINK WE'VE GOT TWO THUMBS UP. SO, UH, WITH THAT MAYOR, THIS IS JUST A TOTAL WIN FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, DO WE VOTE RIGHT? NO, NOT YET. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON ITEM 20, WHO IS THAT WITH THAT? WHO IS THAT WITH THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T DUNNO. BUT THAT COUNT MEMBER GUY COMES, MEMBER ROBINSON SAYING, ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM. [NON-CONSENT - MISCELLANEOUS] ITEM 37 IS A MOTION TO CALL A HEARING DATE REGARDING THE DESIGNATION OF THE FIRST RIVERSIDE TERRACE HISTORIC DISTRICT. YOUR ON ITEM 37 7 CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHURCH SECRETARY FROM DISTRICT D, CHURCH SECRETARY. CHURCH SECRETARY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR TO MY CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE VERY ENGAGED IN THIS, THAT THIS IS ONLY A PUBLIC HEARING. UH, THIS DOES NOT SAY THAT I OR YOU ARE ACQUIESCING TO THIS IDEA. UH, AND SO IN THE MEANTIME, I WILL BE HAVING A WORKSHOP TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHAT IT IS, BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THE PROS AND CONS BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY DOES PROVIDE PROTECTIONS, BUT AS WELL, THERE ARE SOME DRAWBACKS THAT PEOPLE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER. SO HOPEFULLY, UH, I'M HOPING THAT THE PRESENTATION BY THE ATTORNEY MAY EVEN, UH, TAKE THIS, UH, SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WE CAN COME BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND, AND PERHAPS SOMETHING CAN BE OFFERED TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT HAVE THE DRAWBACKS. I'M TOLD THAT THERE'S A CONSERVATION DISTRICT THAT MAY COME FORTH, UH, IN THE COMING MONTHS THAT MAY BE A WIN-WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY. BUT I AM MEETING WITH ALL PARTIES INVOLVED. MY OFFICE IS OPEN FOR ANY SUGGESTIONS AND CONVERSATION BECAUSE I ABOVE MOST, I LOVE, UH, DISTRICT D AND I CERTAINLY WANNA OFFER ALL OF THE, ALL THE PROTECTIONS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS AROUND WHEN WE HAD THOSE SIGNS IN THE YARD SAYING, THIS IS MY HOME AND NOT FOR SALE. AND SO CERTAINLY I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTED. AND I THANK YOU MAYOR FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, REVIEWING THE INFORMATION THAT, UH, ATTORNEY MILES BROUGHT FORWARD. AND BECAUSE WE DO WANNA DO IT RIGHT, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC TRUST DEPENDS ON US DOING IT RIGHT. AND SO I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING AND I HOPE IT'S ENOUGH SPACE IN THIS ROOM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR TIM MARTIN? YES, MAYOR, THANK YOU. AND, AND CONGRATULATIONS. COMES MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. YESTERDAY WAS VERY INFORMATIVE FOR ME. I DIDN'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS, BUT THE, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF DOING THINGS LIKE THAT. AND KUDOS TO YOU BECAUSE NOW YOU FORCED US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND TO HEAR WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT IT AND HEAR WHAT'S BAD ABOUT IT. AND IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON FACTS AND NOT INNUENDO. SO THANKS FOR DRIVING THIS FOR US, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITHIN THAT PUBLIC MEETING. THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER KOSH, MAYOR, AFTER THIS HEARING, UH, WHAT ARE THE PLANS? UH, WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO? I THINK, UH, AFTER WE HAVE HEARD FROM, UM, EVERYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, WE'VE ALREADY HEARD SOME FROM, UH, PEOPLE ALREADY, THEN I THINK WE'LL EVALUATE WHAT OUR NEXT COURSE IS. UM, IT JUST WON'T BE ON THE AGENDA THE NEXT WEEK TO VOTE ON IT. NO, I'M NOT COMMITTING ANYTHING UNTIL AFTER WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. YOU KNOW, MY, THE CALLS THAT I RECEIVED, UH, A NUMBER OF CALLS. ONE, ONE WAS ABOUT THE, THE ATTORNEY THAT WAS HERE, ATTORNEY MILES AND HOW WELL, AND SHE TALKED ABOUT THINGS THAT, THAT WERE DEFICIENT IN THE NOTICES. AND, AND THAT, THAT CONCERNS ME. AND I'VE, I PASSED ALL OF THAT ON TO LEGAL, UH, AND ARTURA, MICHELLE AND DENU WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT. AND, AND WILL THEY, WILL THEY BE NOTIFYING COUNSEL OF, OF, OF THE FINDINGS IN THAT? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. AND THE OTHER THING, MARY, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE CITIZENS ARE WANTING TO SLOW ROLL [04:05:01] THIS. I, I ALWAYS LIKE TO VOTE WITH MY DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER. AND, AND I, I WANT TO VOTE WITH, UH, WITH HER. I, I, I JUST AM CONCERNED THAT IF WE, IF WE JUST PASS THIS, THIS QUICK, THEN IT IS, IT, IT'LL JUST RUSH THROUGH WITHOUT, UM, WITHOUT A WHOLE LOT OF, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITIZENS. 'CAUSE I MEAN, LOOK, LOOK, WHEN IT IS AT THE HEARINGS AT 9:00 AM ON WEDNESDAY, AND, AND WE'RE GONNA BE HERE, BUT IT'S, IT'S HARD TO GET DOWN HERE AND PARK. YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T AN EVENING MEETING. AND I REMEMBER WHENEVER THE HIGH FIRST WARD, UH, CAME BEFORE COUNCIL YEARS AGO, AND, AND MY DAUGHTER LIVES IN THE HIGH FIRST WARD. AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IN THAT AREA, AND I LIVE IN, I, I HAVE A HOME IN THE SIXTH, SIXTH WARD. AND, AND MAYOR, AFTER ALL WE WENT THROUGH TO MAKE SURE OUR HOME WAS COMPLIANT WITH THE, THE, THE, THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT, THEY SCALLOPED US OUT. SO , I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, 1619 LUBBOCK, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SCALLOPED OUT OF THE, OF THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT AFTER ALL WE DID. BUT ANYWAY, UH, I, UH, I, I WANNA VOTE WITH YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. I JUST, I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT IF WE PASS THIS NOW, IT'S JUST GONNA GO RIGHT ON THROUGH, YOU KNOW? AND, AND THAT'S MY CONCERN. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT, MAYOR? LET ME, I I, I'M ASKING HER QUESTION. UH, OKAY. ON, ON JUNE, IS IT JUNE THE EIGHTH? THERE WILL ONLY BE A HEARING. OKAY. WE WILL NOT VOTE AT THAT TIME. AND SO AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO, I'M GOING TO TRY TO EDUCATE BEFORE THE EIGHTH. OKAY? I WANNA PLAN A MEETING. I'M, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING A MEETING THAT, AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE SENT OUT. UH, AND THEN AT THAT POINT PEOPLE WILL COME AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST IT. AND AGAIN, I, I WANT TO PROVIDE THE PROTECTIONS, BUT I DON'T WANT THE DRAWBACKS THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, PRESENT GENTRIFICATION IF PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS. SO I'M JUST PLAYING IT BY EAR ALONG WITH THE EDUCATION, UH, SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW. AND EDUCATION DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO AGREE. IT JUST MEANS THAT THEY CAN GIVE AN EDUCATED DECISION. AND SO THAT'S WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE NOT AT THE VOTE PROCESS YET. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. AND MAYOR, MAY I RECLAIM A LITTLE BIT OF MY TIME? SURE. YOU ONE, ONE OF THE THING, MAYOR, YOU, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY THINGS THAT KIND OF PUT US IN A BOX. YESTERDAY YOU MADE THE STATEMENT. I, EVEN THOUGH I WAS VIRTUAL, YOU SAID, I MEAN, WHY WOULD WE VOTE TO NOT LET PEOPLE HAVE A HEARING TO DISCUSS IT? ? AND I'M THINKING, MAN, HE PUT ME IN A BOX ON THAT ONE. SO, YOU KNOW, I I I, I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE RUSHED THROUGH. THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM ME AGAIN IF THAT STARTS HAPPENING. THE ONLY THING WE ARE GONNA, THE ONLY THING THAT, UH, WE ARE SETTING IS JUST TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEIR ABUSE. THAT'S THE ONLY THING. AND, AND WE'LL GET THE ATTORNEY'S OPINION BEFORE THAT HEARING THEN, BEFORE THEN. AND, ALRIGHT. AND IT'S MY HOPE THAT, UM, THAT THE, WE WON'T WAIT UNTIL JUNE THE EIGHTH TO JUST LISTEN. I'M, I'M HOPING BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WE'LL DO A LOT OF EDUCATING. YOU KNOW, I AM INSTRUCTING PLANNING TO BE OUT AND ABOUT BEFORE JUNE THE EIGHTH TO EXPLAIN TO, TO LISTEN AND PROVIDE INFORMATION. WHEN, WHEN WOULD THIS, UH, HEARING BE, UH, I, I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SHABA TALK ABOUT MEETINGS. WILL YOU HAVE A MEETING LIKE AT GOOD HOPE OR SOMETIME AND YOU'LL NOTIFY, WILL YOU NOTIFY US AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS SO WE CAN BE THERE? I INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME BECAUSE EVERYBODY MAY WANNA BE AWARE BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THIS AREA. IT COULD COME UP IN YOUR AREA. AND SO EVERYONE WILL BE APPRISED OF WHEN THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER CONVERSATION? DISCUSSION, UH, ON ITEM 38, DISCUSSION 37. IS IT 37? 37. 37. I'M SORRY. 37. 37 FOR JUNE. AND THIS IS TO SET THE DATE FOR JUNE THE EIGHTH AND 9:00 AM ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION GRANTED. OH, YOU NEED A MOTION? I'M SORRY. DID YOU GET A MOTION? MOTION FOR THE HEARING? SET A MOTION. WE NEED A MOTION, A MOVE TO SET THE HEARING AS DESCRIBED IN THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO, UM, TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE, UH, JUNE THE EIGHTH AT 9:00 AM ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 37. ITEM 38 IS [MATTERS HELD] AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 38. AND COUNCILMAN PLUMER, I THINK YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT. THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, AMEND THIS ITEM, SECTION TWO OF THE ORDINANCE TO REPLACE 250 FEET WITH 300 FEET, THEN MOVED IN, [04:10:01] SECONDED ON THAT. AND SO THE, UH, SO THE ITEM IS TO, THE AMENDMENT IS TO, INSTEAD OF TWO 50 TO GO TO 300 FEET, THAT IS THE AMENDMENT RADIUS, OKAY? AND THAT'S THE RADIUS. AND I AND THE ADMINISTRATION DOES SUPPORT. I DO SUPPORT AND, AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR, FOR DOING THIS. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING IS THAT COMMUNITIES REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND I THINK ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE A BETTER, YOU KNOW, RADIUS OF OF SPACE, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A LOT BETTER FOR EVERYONE. THANKS. THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. OH, I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON, JUST, UH, LOOKING FOR SOME LOGIC BEHIND THE MOTION. NOT THAT I'M AGAINST IT, BUT, UH, WITH TWO 50 AS PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED, 300 SOUNDS REASONABLE. WHY NOT THREE 50 COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT, WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO 300? SO, SO, SO MAYOR, MAY I ADDRESS THEM? SURE. I'M SORRY. CAN I ASK MY PHONE? SO OF COURSE I ASKED FOR MORE 'CAUSE I ALWAYS DO, RIGHT? BUT YEAH, I DID, I DID ASK FOR, I ASKED FOR 500 ORIGINALLY. UM, AND WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, THE CONVERSATIONS, THEY JUST KIND OF FELT THAT IT WAS BETTER THAT WE, THAT WE STICK WITH 300. SO, BUT I, I, IT WAS, I NEGOTIATED AND, AND THE DISCUSSION IN THIS CASE, IF I MAY CURRENTLY ADDRESS IS WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT? YES, SIR. OKAY. UM, MAYOR AND I TAKE IT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT. AND THE STATE LAW IS, UM, IS 200 AND THEN WE WENT TO TWO 50 AND THEN THE COUNCILMAN WANTED MORE AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS, UH, REASONABLE TO, TO GO TO 300. UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE SETTLED. AND ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF REMAINS REMAINS THE SAME. ORDINANCES REMAINS, WE SAY THE SAME, YES. AS PROPOSED, REMAIN THE SAME. REMAINS SAME. YES. EVERYTHING ELSE CAN STAY THE SAME. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? ON THE AMENDMENT? UH, GETTING READY TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT IN FAVOR. OPPOSED GRANTED ON THE AMENDMENT. NOW WE ON THE ITEM AS AMENDED. EVERYTHING ELSE SAYS THE SAME 300 INSTEAD OF 2 2 50. WE ON THE ITEM AS AMENDED. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSE, AND GRANTED. ALRIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, WHAT ELSE? THIS COMPLETES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITH MAYOR PRO. MAY I PRO TE, WHICH I [NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS] WITH YOU? OH, RIGHT OUT THE CH JUST A REMINDER, TONIGHT, THE SOUTHEAST HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE REDISTRICT AND TOWN HALL MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE COOLEST VENUE OF ALL TOWN HALL MEETINGS, SPACE CENTER HOUSTON SPECIAL EVENTS ROOM AT 6:00 PM SO I'LL INVITE EVERYONE IN THE CLEAR LAKE SOUTH BELT ELLINGTON ELLINGTON AREA TO JOIN US TONIGHT. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. TRY IT AGAIN. OKAY, SO I'M NOT, I'M GUESS EVERYBODY HEARD THAT OR DID THEY NOT? SO, ALL RIGHT. ON THE NORTH SIDE, WHILE DREDGING CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE SAN JACINTO RIVER IN LAKE HOUSTON, UH, I WANT TO MAKE A A A STATEMENT ABOUT LAKE HOUSTON PATROL THAT DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB OF LETTING US KNOW ABOUT HAZARDS WITHIN THE LAKE. UH, WHILE THE DREDGING CREWS HAVE REMOVED LARGE ISLANDS AND MOUTH BARS AND SAND BARS IN THE EAST FORK, UH, THE AREA IS ONLY SHIN DEEP. AND AS WE COME UPON BOATING SEASON AND SWIMMING SEASON, UH, WE'VE PLACED 10 BUOYS. LAKE HOUSTON PATROL HAS PLACED 10 BUOYS AROUND THE AREA THAT IS VERY SHALLOW TO MAKE BOAT AWARE. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE LAKE AND TO THE EAST FORK, PLEASE STAY EAST OF THE BUOYS, WHICH IS THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. WELL, I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WHICH AREA YOU'RE GOING IN, IF YOU'RE GOING FROM THE EAST FORK INTO THE LAKE. SO ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE BUOYS, WE HAVE, UH, LANDMARKS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED AROUND THERE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT ALL THE VOTERS AND THE SWIMMERS AS WE MOVE INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS WITH GRADUATION, BEGINNING THIS WEEK IN MANY OF THE UNIVERSITIES, AND THEN CONTINUING NEXT WEEK IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO EVERYBODY BE SAFE. AND, UH, AS MY FRIEND THAT'S NOT HERE TODAY SAYS, AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER ROBINSON. VICE MAYOR. I'M SORRY. OH, I'M SORRY. VICE MAYOR PRO TIM, I'M MARTHA CAST TATUM. THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS WEEKEND. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING COMMISSIONER PRESTIGE AT THE RIBBON CUTTING OF THE FORT BEND HOUSTON SOUTH POST OAKLAND SPORTS PLEX. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SATURDAY AT 10:30 AM AND THE SPORTS PLEX IS LOCATED AT 56 85 HOBBY ROAD. UM, THERE'LL BE LOTS OF GROUPS OUT THERE. I KNOW THAT THE, UM, YOUTH FOOTBALL AND THE CHEER GROUPS, EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE WONDERFUL MEMORIES AT THIS NEW SPORTSPLEX AND, UH, THE CITY AND OUR TUR 25 HAVE ALL BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NEW ADDITION TO DISTRICT K AND FORT BEND HOUSTON. AND OUR NEXT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING IS NEXT THURSDAY, MAY 26 AT 2:00 PM AND WHERE WE'LL HAVE AN [04:15:01] UPDATE ON THE I TRIP PROGRAM. AND FORT BEND ISD IS INVITING ALL SMALL BUSINESS VENDORS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM. UH, THERE'LL BE A VIRTUAL VENDOR TRAINING ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 25TH FROM TWO TO THREE 30. AND TOPICS AND VENDORS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ARE LANDSCAPING, FENCING, NETTING, CONCRETE PAINTING, DRYWALL, FLOORING. UH, AND THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL VENDORS AND BUSINESSES INTERESTED IN DOING BUSINESS WITH FORT BEND, ISD. DON'T FORGET, EARLY VOTING IS IN PROGRESS NOW THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY 20TH FOR THE MAY 24TH PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION. UH, LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD, GO OUT AND VOTE, AND AS ALWAYS, BE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND MAKE IT A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. MAYOR, I THINK I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, UM, RIFF ON THAT. BE KIND TO EACH OTHER. I KNOW OUR CITY SECRETARY ENDS EACH ONE OF HER READINGS ON THE MORNINGS BEFORE OUR SESSIONS WITH A REALLY BASIC RULE ABOUT TREAT EVERYBODY ELSE THE WAY YOU'D LIKE THEM TO TREAT YOU. AND, UH, AS, AS SOMEONE WHO IS A GEN GENERATION OFF, UH, UH, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, MY FATHER WAS BORN THERE AND, UH, GOT A NUMBER OF COUSINS. WE'RE FEELING IT VERY DEEPLY. AND, UH, FOR MY FAITH, UH, TRADITION, THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, OUR, OUR ARCHBISHOP IS, UH, MICHAEL CURRY, WHO IS ALSO A BUFFALO NATIVE. AND, UH, WE'RE FEELING THIS DEEPLY WITHIN THE COMMUNION OF OUR, OUR COLLECTED SAINTS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT TO CALL FOR SOME ACTION, NOT ONLY FROM LEADERS, BUT FROM US. AND I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE FROM YOU ON THAT TOPIC ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT DO, UM, CLEARLY TO STATE WHAT IS EVIL, UM, BUT ALSO TO RESTATE SOME OF OUR IDEALS AND PRIORITIES FOR THIS WORLD. AND, UH, I I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT YOU MIGHT PROPOSE FOR THAT. SO I'M, I LOVE THE WAY THAT YOU STARTED TODAY AND I THINK THAT THAT'S COURAGEOUS IN BOTH, UH, AN OBLIGATION OF THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE IN THE CITY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU CO COUNCILMAN MC KASH. I, I MAYOR I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, PASTOR NASH FOR, FOR 10, 12 YEARS, EVEN BEFORE I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER. AND HE'S VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CRIME IN SUNNYSIDE. AND HE HAS GOTTEN, UH, A, UM, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT'S GONNA BE GOING UP IN SOME OF THE BILLBOARDS AROUND SUNNYSIDE THAT SAYS CRIME CAN'T HIDE IN SUNNYSIDE. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY A CATCHY PHRASE. I REALLY LIKED THAT. AND, UH, HE'S JUST A GREAT MAN AND, UH, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE HIM AND MAYOR TODAY. I'M, I'M GONNA LEAVE AND CATCH A FLIGHT HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. I'M GONNA BE FLYING INTO THE GREAT LAKES AREA WHERE MY GRANDSON IS GONNA GRADUATE. THEY ONLY ALLOW TWO FAMILY MEMBERS TO ATTEND THIS NAVAL GRADUATION BECAUSE OF COVID AND MAYOR, UH, MY SON AND HIS, UH, HIS WIFE AND, AND, UH, THEY WEREN'T VACCINATED SO THEY DON'T GET TO GO. SO THEY SAID I COULD GO. AND I REMEMBER WHENEVER THE COVID-19 VACCINE CAME OUT, THE MODERNA, UH, MY GRANDKIDS REMEMBER THAT YOU WERE GONNA GIMME THE SHOT , YOU SAID IT ON AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE. THE NEAT THING ABOUT IT IS YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, US COUNCIL MEMBERS GETTING IT AND, AND BEING THE OLDEST COUNCIL MEMBER, I, I BELIEVE YOU WAS CONCERNED THAT I'D GET IT. SO I, I RECEIVED THAT MODERNA UH, VACCINE THE SAME DAY YOU DID JUST MINUTES APART. AND THEN I GOT THE BOOSTER AND, AND YOUR STAFF ALONG WITH WILLIAM PAUL MADE SURE I GOT IN TO GET THAT WITH MY WIFE. AND THEN, UH, WE GOT THE, UM, UH, THE, THE SECOND SHOT, THEN WE GOT THE BOOSTER AND, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THESE DOCUMENTS TO GET INTO THE NAVAL BASE. SO I, I'M JUST REAL EXCITED ABOUT SEEING MY GRANDSON. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE EVER MET HIM, HE'S SIX FOOT SEVEN AND HE WANTS TO BE, UH, ON A, ON A SUBMARINE AND , I TOLD HIM, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE BUNKS IN A SUBMARINE THAT WILL FIT A SIX FOOT SEVEN BODY. BUT ANYWAY, HE, HE'S, HE'S GOING INTO THE, UH, NUCLEAR DIVISION OF THE NAVY. I'M SO PROUD AND I'LL BE THERE THIS WEEK. SO I'LL BE LEAVING COUNSEL AND THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING. AND I'LL YOU A GREAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE, MAYOR, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET VACCINATED AND A LOT OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS, UH, GOT COVID BEFORE THEY EVER GOT VACCINATED. THEN THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY NEEDED TO GET VACCINATED. 'CAUSE, 'CAUSE MY GRANDSON'S PARENTS BOTH GOT COVID AND, AND SO THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE IMMUNE BECAUSE THEY GOT COVID, BUT THEY NEVER GOT THE VACCINATION. SO THEY DIDN'T GET, THEY'RE NOT GETTING TO GO. BUT IT'S TO MY BENEFIT AND [04:20:01] UH, I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL THAT YOU MADE SURE I GOT VACCINATED 'CAUSE I GET TO GO TODAY. GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE FOR ME. HAVE A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE TRIP. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR GRANDSON, COUNCILMAN TIFFANY THOMAS. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. UH, MAYOR, THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEST SIDE YESTERDAY. AND UM, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING AND MY DADDY SHOWED UP, AND SO AFTER MUCH NEGOTIATION, HE SHOWED UP. SO IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION AND ALSO THANK YOU TO HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSTON PLANNING. UM, WE HAD NO COMMENTS AROUND REDISTRICTING EXCEPT FOR DOUG. WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON OUR FRIEND DOUG SMITH . UM, ALSO SHOUT OUT TO YOUR OFFICE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. WE HAD A PHENOMENAL TIME AT HACKBERRY PARK, UM, OF THE CIGNA IN THE PARK, UH, SERIES. I BELIEVE THEY CONCLUDED IN ALE ON SUNDAY. IT WAS HOT OUTSIDE, BUT I JUST WANNA THANK CIGNA, HCA TEMP PICO, ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. IT WAS JUST A, IT'S A GREAT TIME. AND MANY PEOPLE, THAT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME AT THE PARK, SO THEY WERE LIKE, WOW, THIS IS A, YEAH, IT WAS A, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN CAME AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT TIME TO SEE ALL OF THE, THE GREEN SPACE THAT WE DO HAVE. UM, NEXT WEEK I LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOME, WELCOMING MY SORROWS OF DELTA SIGMA THETA. WE'LL BE CELEBRATING OUR 25TH D DELTA DAYS AT CITY HALL ON NEXT TUESDAY. UM, SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WORK OF THE, THE, THE MEMBERS OF DELTA SIGMA THETA AT CITY HALL THAT ARE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. UH, AND I AM HOPEFUL ON THE, UH, REMARKS FROM HUD. UM, I'M OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS TO SEE WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR CITY AND ALSO FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND THE MITIGATION PROJECTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN, IN QUEUE. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANNA REMIND MY FRIEND TO REMOVE THAT TRAILER OFF OF A LEAF CLOTHING IN WEST PARK TOW WAY. THANK YOU, . YEAH, KEEP US POSTED ON THAT, ON THAT TRAIL. COUNCIL MEMBER. OUTGOING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANNA MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT ON JUNE 23RD, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON AND I, IN COOPERATION WITH THE HOUSTON PERMITTING CENTER, WILL BE HOLDING A PERMITTING PANEL FOR, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PERMITTING ADVISORY BOARD, LEADERSHIP FROM HPC AND USERS OF THE SYSTEM. UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PERMITTING PANEL. SO SOME OF THE RECENT CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING WILL BE DESCRIBED. IT'S GONNA BE A BREAKFAST SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING. ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET THESE INVITATIONS OUT TOMORROW. IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE CALLING YOUR OFFICE ABOUT THINGS, ABOUT PERMITTING, PLEASE GIVE ME THEIR NAMES. WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THEY GET ON THE LIST. ALL THE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, WILL BE SUBMITTED IN ADVANCE OF THE, OF THE PANEL. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND, UM, AND WOULD LIKE YOUR INPUT, WE'RE GONNA START SENDING THOSE REGISTRATION FORMS OUT TOMORROW. SO IF YOU COULD GET ANY EMAILS TO ME, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN PAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, FIRST I WANT TO THANK SAL IN PUBLIC WORKS FOR HELPING US WITH AN ISSUE. WE HAD A CONSTITUENT WHO HAD AN ISSUE WITH, UM, THEIR WATER METER FOR A YEAR. THEY CONTACTED OUR OFFICE, WE SENT IT TO SAL, HE FIXED IT, UM, IN A MATTER OF DAYS. IT WAS JUST A BROKEN METER, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. SO THANK YOU, SAL. AND THANK YOU ALSO TO HABITABILITY AND PUBLIC WORKS. WE'VE HAD AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH NO AIR CONDITIONING AND A BUNCH OF OTHER ISSUES, AND THEY'VE BEEN ON IT, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM. AND THEN FINALLY, MAYOR YESTERDAY, UM, ARLENE ALVAREZ'S AUNT. UM, ARLENE WAS THE 9-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN FEBRUARY. HER AUNT, UM, APRIL SPOKE YESTERDAY AT PUBLIC SESSION ABOUT THE ITEM THAT'S GOING BEFORE THE HARRIS COUNTY BAIL BOND BOARD NEXT MONTH. THAT WOULD BASICALLY REQUIRE, UM, THE BAIL BONDSMAN TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND HAVE THAT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWING THAT 10% RULE. UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SHARE HER SUPPORT AND, UM, ADVOCATE FOR JUDGE MARSHALL TO, UM, VOTE IN FAVOR OF THAT ITEM NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN US TOMORROW FOR OUR CIP AND REDISTRICTING MEETING. UM, THE MEETING STARTS AT 6:00 PM AT THE ACRES HOME MONTHLY SERVICE CENTER. UM, THIS IS OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSTITUENTS TO GET OUT AND LEARN ABOUT THE CIP PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE REDISTRICTING AND GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK. UM, SO IF THEY NEED MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT MY OFFICE. UM, AND AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 3 0 0 9. AND THEN ALSO ON SATURDAY AT 10:00 AM IS OUR MONTHLY DISTRICT B BRIEFING. IF YOU NEED THE ZOOM LINK, CONTACT MY OFFICE AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 3 0 0 9. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET AMENDMENTS, UM, AND JUST HELPING GET, ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT CONSTITUENTS HAVE ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS. LASTLY, AND I'M VERY SAD THAT MY CONSTITUENTS SERVICE DIRECTOR, RAINMAN, IS LEAVING. SHE'S MOVING ON. UM, RAIN LAST DAY IS ON FRIDAY. UM, SHE DECIDED SHE WANTED TO WORK IN THE COMMUNITY IN ACRES HOMES. AND SO THAT'S GREAT. UM, I, I GAVE HER MY BLESSINGS. UM, BUT I WILL JUST, JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW, WE'LL MISS HER. AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB WITH WORKING WITH THE CONSTITUENTS THROUGHOUT DISTRICT B. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE. HAVE A BLESSED WEEK. [04:25:01] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, SEEING YOU OUT THERE. OKAY. SHE'LL BE BACK TO DO THE PRAYER. OKAY, , UH, COUNCILMAN ABBY CAMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, REALLY QUICKLY, WE'RE CONTINUING TO DEAL, UM, IN DISTRICT C IN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS WITH THE ISSUE RELATED TO, UM, THE VERIZON UTILITY POLLS. SO I, I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. UH, YOUR DEPARTMENT'S HELP. ANOTHER ONE WENT UP, UH, AGAIN, IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT. NO NOTICE. I WILL BE MEETING WITH VERIZON, BUT I HAD ALREADY FLAGGED THE ISSUE THAT THEY WERE IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT DOING THIS. UH, AND THEN THEY PUT UP ANOTHER ONE, EVEN THOUGH, IS THIS THE SECOND OR THE THIRD? SECOND, SECOND IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, SECOND IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, YOU GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DISTRICT, UM, IT CLOSER TO WHERE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROBINSON LIVES. THEY'VE HAD THE SAME ISSUES. THESE ARE JUST THE MOST RECENT ONES. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LEGISLATURE, UM, HAS TIED OUR HANDS AS A MUNICIPALITY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE CONTRACTS WITH VERIZON. WE ALSO PARTNER WITH VERIZON. AND I'M ASKING THEM TO BE GOOD PARTNERS WITH US ON THIS ISSUE. SO, AND I'VE ALSO INSTRUCTED, UM, UM, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS PERMITTING TO HOLD ON THOSE PERMITS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW, UM, WHERE THEY CAN BE PLACED. UM, SO, UM, I AM HOPING THAT PERMITTING IS HONORING, UH, MY INSTRUCTION THAT WE ARE HOLDING ON THOSE, UH, PENDING FURTHER REVIEW BY LEGAL. AND, AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'LL JUST CONTINUE TO BRING IT UP AS WE, WE HAVE THIS ISSUE. AGAIN, IT'S A CITYWIDE ISSUE. IT'S NOT JUST IN DISTRICT C. UM, VERY CONCERN, CONTINUING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FORMULA SUPPLY SHORTAGE. UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND THE FDA'S WORKING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. UM, I HAVE HATED TO SEE THE POLITICS THROWN INTO THIS, UH, WHEN IT, IT'S NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE, BUT THIS IS ABOUT TAKING CARE OF CARE OF FAMILIES. SO I WILL BE DISTRIBUTING, UM, RESOURCES. I KNOW CONGRESSWOMAN JACKSON LEE HAD A FORMULA DISTRIBUTION. MAYOR, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH, UH, INDIVIDUALS IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION AND DIRECTOR WILLIAMS ABOUT WHAT MORE WE CAN BE DOING IN THE MEANTIME. UH, BUT IF ANY RESIDENTS ARE IN NEED RIGHT NOW, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE AND WE WILL HELP SUPPORT. AND FINALLY, MAYOR, UM, I'M JUST GONNA CIRCLE BACK AGAIN 'CAUSE TODAY'S THE ANNIVERSARY, UM, OF SANTA FE. AND, UH, WE ALL KNOW FAMILIES THAT LOST CHILDREN OR THEIR CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN FOREVER IMPACTED, EVEN IF THEY SURVIVED. SO I WANNA, UM, LIFT THEM UP. AND ALSO, UH, THE NEW YORK TIMES FOLLOWING BUFFALO, UH, CAME OUT WITH A, A REPORT FROM A INDEPENDENT, UH, RESEARCHING INSTITUTE. IN JUST THE FIRST 19 WEEKS OF THIS YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN 198 MASS SHOOTINGS IN OUR COUNTRY, 198 IN 19 WEEKS. UM, WE ENDED 2021 WITH 693 MASS SHOOTINGS THE YEAR BEFORE WE SAW 611. UH, THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE, UH, AND THE INACTION IS UNACCEPTABLE. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO, I KNOW, MAYOR, EVERYTHING WE CAN ON THE GROUND HERE. UM, I'M REMINDING EVERY RESIDENT, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS, THE HEAT WE SEEK, VIOLENT CRIME INCREASE. UM, PLEASE LOCK UP YOUR GUNS. DON'T KEEP THEM IN YOUR CAR, KEEP THEM AWAY. PRACTICE SAFE GUN STORAGE PRACTICES. UM, BUT MORE SO BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER, TAKE A BREATH BEFORE ENGAGING. UH, WE HAVE ROAD RAGE INCIDENTS. WE'RE SEEING IT ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT AGAIN, WHEN IT GETS HOT, PEOPLE GET MORE VIOLENT AND MORE ANGRY. SO ASKING EVERYONE TO BE CAREFUL, UM, IN LIFTING UP THE FAMILIES OF SANTA FE. COUNCILMAN POLL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS MORNING I WAS, I WAS RUNNING LATE TO COUNCIL BECAUSE I WAS READING ARTICLES AND GETTING MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT HAPPENED IN BUFFALO. AND I WROTE ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA THIS MORNING, UM, A QUOTE FROM NELSON MANDELA, WHICH STATES THAT NO ONE IS BORN HATING ANOTHER PERSON BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN OR HIS BACKGROUND, OR HIS RELIGION. PEOPLE MUST LEARN TO HATE. AND IF THEY CAN LEARN TO HATE, THEY CAN BE TAUGHT TO LOVE. FOR LOVE COMES MORE NATURALLY TO THE HUMAN HEART THAN ITS OPPOSITE OUR BEHAVIOR, OUR ACTIONS, OUR WORDS, AND OFTENTIMES OUR SILENCE IS WHAT CONTINUES TO PERPETUATE HATE. THE 18-YEAR-OLD WHO STRATEGICALLY PLANNED TO DRIVE 200 MILES TO BUFFALO, NEW YORK TO PURPOSELY SHOOT AND KILL A MASS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, WAS DRIVEN [04:30:01] BY HATE. HATE THAT HE HAS LEARNED. WHEN A PERSON CHOOSES TO DISPLAY HATE, DOES NOT CORRECT THEIR CHILD WHEN THEY DISPLAY HATE, FEED INTO DIVISIVE, HATEFUL RHETORIC OR SAY NOTHING TO DENOUNCE HATE WHEN ONE SEES IT, HATE GROWS, HATE FESTERS, HATE SPREADS. SO BE MINDFUL OF YOUR ACTIONS AND HOW IT CONTINUES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HATE THAT IS A DISEASE IN OUR SOCIETY. AND WHEN YOU SPOKE EARLIER, MAYOR, ABOUT LEADERS AROUND OUR NATION, UM, I WANT TO TAKE IT A STEP BEYOND THAT AND LOOK AT OURSELVES AS COUNCIL. AND MY IDEA FOR US TO TAKE THE LEAD ON DENOUNCING HATE IS FOR MY OFFICE TO WORK WITH YOURS ON CRAFTING A LETTER DENOUNCING HATE THAT WE ALL CAN SIGN AS A COUNCIL, THAT WE SHOW THAT WE AS THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN AMERICA, AND WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LEADERS OF THIS GREAT CITY, WILL DENOUNCE HATE. AND WE'RE CALLING ON OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. AND SO, UH, I'LL CONTACT YOU AFTER THIS TO START WORKING ON THAT. UM, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. WHEN LEADERS FROM THE TOP ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HOUSEHOLD ARE NOT SAYING ANYTHING, UM, THEY BECOME COMPLICIT. SO, UM, LET'S ALL BE MINDFUL OF THAT AND HAVE A BLESSED REST OF YOUR WEEK. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, . THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN POLLARD. I KNOW YOU CALL ME THE CHURCH SECRETARY, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO SAY AMEN TO WHAT HE SAID BECAUSE I CERTAINLY AGREE. UM, AND I WANT TO START OUT WITH THE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION AND ACTUALLY WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE ON THIS PAST SATURDAY. UH, THE 14TH, WE HAD 13 HARDWORKING YOUTH, MOSTLY GIRLS WHO COMPLETED THE INAUGURAL DISTRICT D FIRST T GOLF PROGRAM. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PROGRAM EVERY YEAR. I WANNA THANK YOU MAYOR FOR COMING OUT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW HOW BUSY YOUR SATURDAYS ARE AND TO COME TO THAT GRADUATION MEANT A GREAT DEAL. I MEAN, YOU STOLE SOME OF MY THUNDER, BUT IT'S OKAY. , YOU ARE THE MAYOR. UH, AND THANK YOU FOR DIRECTOR ALLEN FOR HIS SUPPORT AND CERTAINLY THE PARKS TEAM. AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CHECK OUT THE FIRST AT AND T HOUSTON BASED CONNECTED LEARNING CENTER OPEN WITH FIRST T IN DECEMBER AT FM LAW PARK IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION. THANK YOU TO STACY KENNEDY FROM AT AND T. I CERTAINLY HAVE TO THANK, UH, OUR POINT PERSON IN THE OFFICE FOR THIS STEVEN JAMES, BUT MY ENTIRE TEAM AM DEE AND COREY WHO WERE THERE TRYING TO, UH, ADVANCE THIS EVENT. AND, UM, IN SCHOLARSHIPS IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT THAT COMES OUT OF THIS KNOWLEDGE OF THIS GAME. AND SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, UH, FOR THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS, UH, THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GET ON. YESTERDAY I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE REYNOLDS ELEMENTARY REPARK PARK, AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX JOINED US ON YESTERDAY. AND I WANNA THANK ALL US, ALL OF THE SUPPORTERS, THE PRINCIPAL, RANISHA CARTER, WHO WAS A WONDERFUL HOST, HOSTESS, AND THEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KATHLEEN OSBY AND SOME OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS CAME OUT TO JOIN US FOR THAT RES SPARK AT THE END, TO SEE THOSE STUDENTS RUN AND GET ON THAT EQUIPMENT WAS JUST WORTH ALL WORTHWHILE. THEY JUST ENJOYED IT. AND THEN THE WORTHING HIGH SCHOOL BAND CAME OUT TO PROVIDE MUSIC FOR US AS WELL. AND THEN ON MONDAY, MAYOR, I HAVE TO THANK YOU AGAIN. WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL, SUCCESSFUL REDISTRICTING CIP MEETING. THERE WAS A GREAT TURNOUT. IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY. I WANT TO THANK AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON AND AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN WHO CAME OUT, AND OF COURSE THE DIRECTOR, SHANNON BUGS OF COMPLETE COMMUNITIES AND DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOODS, TE KASHA FRANCIS. AND CERTAINLY, UH, DIRECTOR KENNETH ALLEN, WHO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES HAS TO WALK INTO SOME HOT PLACES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE PARKS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. BUT HE'S WORKING TO TRY TO GET ALL OF THAT DONE. AND SO HTV WAS THERE AND, UH, 3 1 1, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE LIBRARIES. IT WAS JUST A HUGE SUCCESS. AND SO MAYOR, I REALLY, REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU STAYED A PRETTY GOOD WHILE. AND THEN I HAD TO TAKE THE QUESTION, SO I THINK I DID OKAY, BUT NOT AS WELL AS YOU. BUT CERTAINLY I THINK THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED AND KNOW THAT WE WANT TO BE ENGAGED AND THAT CIP, UM, YOU KNOW, TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING. THAT'S REALLY GOOD. UH, AND THE REDISTRICTING, OF COURSE, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANYTHING, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERS AND, UM, WE'LL TRY TO MAKE THAT AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY FOR ME. 'CAUSE I'M, I'M A LITTLE TERRITORIAL IF [04:35:01] YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED . BUT, UM, ANYWAY, , I WANNA SAY ON, UH, THIS SATURDAY THERE WILL BE THE HOUSTON ART BIKE PARADE AND FESTIVAL AT MCGREGOR PARK, WHICH IS LOCATED AT CALHOUN AND OST. THAT'S FROM NINE TO SIX. I'VE INVITED MY RIDING PARTNER, UH, UH, TASHA JACKSON, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON TO JOIN. SHE MAY RIDE BY MY HOUSE AND WE'LL RIDE ON OVER TO MCGREGOR PARK TOGETHER. UH, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S OFFERED, I THINK AT FONDE AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PARKS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. BUT CERTAINLY MCGREGOR PARK IS IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION. AND THEN ON MONDAY, THERE WILL BE A FREE PET VACCINE PACKAGE OFFERED, WHICH WILL INCLUDE MICROCHIPS. IT WILL BE IN DISTRICT B, BUT IT'S FOR THE, UH, DISTRICT D CONSTITUENTS, 3,200 CARR STREET. PLEASE GO ON THE HOUSTON WEBSITE, BARK WEBSITE IN PARTICULAR FOR WELLNESS AND SIGN UP. IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM SIGNING UP, PLEASE CALL MY OFFICE AT (832) 393-3001. AND THAT CONCLUDES WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. THEN I WILL SEE. SKIP ONE. NO. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? HAVEN'T SAID ALL OF THAT. STACY, GOOD TO SEE YOU. HOUSTON FIRST. GARY, THANK YOU. ENTERPRISE. OKAY, HAVING SAID THAT, UH, WE STAND ADJOURNED. THANKS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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