[District G Redistricting Town Hall and CIP Meeting]
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WELCOME EVERYONE.IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME ON IN AND HAVE A SEAT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
YOU KNOW, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
SOME OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHICH YOU WILL HEAR FROM OUR MAYOR, UH, SYLVESTER TURNER, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE, MICHAEL KOSH, AND WE HAVE DAVID ROBINSON, AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE, SALLY ALCORN HERE TONIGHT, WHO GREW UP IN DISTRICT G.
STILL LIVE IN G, STILL LIVE IN G.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE PLANNING AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, UM, TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION AND THE OTHER RELATED MATERIALS FROM TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION.
THEY'RE GONNA BE AVAILABLE ONLINE, UM, AT LET'S TALK HOUSTON.ORG/REDISTRICTING.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO WATCH IT AGAIN LATER, OR TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO TUNE IN.
UM, BUT NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR MAYOR SYLVESTER.
LOOK, I TELLING YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'M IN A, A PUBLIC MEETING OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN, AND IT'S BEEN A JOY TO WORK WITH.
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER AS WE MOVE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO, UH, AND IT'S GOOD TO BE IN YOUR DISTRICT, UH, THIS EVENING IN DISTRICT G.
UH, WE DO HAVE, AND SHE'S ORGANIZED.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN WITH US, EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS NUMBER, THIS IS THE EIGHTH.
THIS IS THE EIGHTH TOWN HALL MEETING, AND THERE ARE FULL MORE TO GO.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING HERE.
AND THEN WE, UH, IN ADDITION, WE BROUGHT DOWN SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE HERE.
SO TONIGHT, WELL, THE PRIMARY, UH, DEAL IS REDISTRICTING.
AND ON OUR PART, JUST LIKE A LISTENING SESSION, UH, TO GET, UH, YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW YOU LIKE THE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF HOW IT IS PRESENTLY CONFIGURED.
UM, THE GOAL IS EVERY 10 YEARS WE DO THIS, AND WE HAVE TO KIND OF BALANCE OUT, UH, THESE DISTRICTS.
ON AVERAGE, ABOUT 209,000 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT ON AVERAGE BY 209,000.
UH, THERE ARE 11 DISTRICTS AND FIVE ARE AT LARGE.
UH, SO WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS BY SOME THAT SAID, MAYOR, UH, UM, LET'S DIVIDE, LET'S HAVE ALL SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.
AND THEN WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO SAID, UM, WE LIKE THE DISTRICT THE WAY IT IS, SO WE WANT TO KIND OF KEEP IT, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS.
AND THEN WE'VE HAD OTHERS WHO WON'T HAD THEIR OWN IDEAS OF HOW THE DISTRICTS NEEDED TO BE REDRAWN.
UM, AND, AND WE USE THE CENSUS NUMBERS, OKAY? UH, IN ORDER TO DRAW THESE DISTRICTS, SOME PEOPLE HAVE ASKED WAYS THAT ONLY REGISTERED VOTERS OR EVERYBODY, UH, AND THE WAY IT WORKS, ALL WARM BODIES.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU ARE BREATHING JUST A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, IT COUNTS.
UH, SO IT'S, IT'S EVERY LIVING PERSON IN THE DISTRICT, WHETHER YOU ARE REGISTERED OR NOT REGISTERED.
IF YOU ARE A LIVING PERSON IN THE DISTRICT, IN TERMS OF DISTRICT G, DISTRICT G IS ABOUT 12% OVER AT 209,000.
SO, WHICH MEANS THAT, UH, UM, TO EVEN OUT ALL OF THESE 11 DISTRICTS, DISTRICT G WILL HAVE TO COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
OKAY? AND THAT'S ABOUT 15,000 PEOPLE COMING DOWN.
AND THEN WHERE THAT THOSE, UH, THOSE PERSONS, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL BE PLACED, UM, THAT'S ALL UP IN THE AIR.
WE DIDN'T BRING OUT ANY MAPS, UH, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE FIRST, UH, ABOUT THEIR HAVE, LISTEN TO THEIR THOUGHTS.
UH, IF WE BROUGHT OUT SOME MAPS AHEAD OF TIME, THEN PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU'VE ALREADY DRAWN AND SOUL, WHY GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS? SO THIS IS THE LISTENING PORTION FIRST.
UH, AND THEN, UH, JERRY WOODS AND THE DEMOGRAPHERS, UH, WILL TAKE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS, AND THEN THEY WILL DRAW, DRAW, UH, UM, THE MAPS, AND, AND THEN THERE'LL BE ANOTHER, SOME THREE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, IN JULY, UH, AT CITY HALL, UH, TO GET PEOPLE'S COMMENTS.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THESE, THE MAPS WILL THEN BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, IN SEPTEMBER.
THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE WILL VOTE IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, AND THEN PEOPLE WILL RUN ON THE NEW MAPS IN NEXT YEAR IN 2023.
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WILL TAKE OFFICE IN JANUARY OF 2024.SO TONIGHT IS THE LISTENING SESSION.
UH, AND THEN AFTER WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE LISTENING SESSION, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, PLEASE WRITE IT DOWN, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS, AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST, UH, WELL NOT QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AS WELL, BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THOSE TWO, THAT'S THE FIRST PHASE AROUND OF THESE MEETINGS, UH, FOR TONIGHT.
AND THEN THE SECOND WILL BE THE CIP.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE AT THE END OF REDISTRICTING, 'CAUSE I'VE GOT ANOTHER MEETING IMMEDIATELY AFTER, AFTER THIS ONE.
UH, BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
IT, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH, WITH REGARDS TO ANYTHING PUBLIC WORKS, UH, THE PARKS, THE LIBRARY PARK, UH, YOU NAME IT, UH, LEMME GET A SHOW.
ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HERE, JUST KIND OF RAISE YOUR HAND AND STAND UP.
SO, UH, THESE ARE ALL YOUR CITY EMPLOYEES, OKAY? SO, UM, AND THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT JUST FOR YOU.
UM, BUT LET ME STOP NOW, AND LET ME ASK YOU TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN.
HELLO, THIS IS MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER.
HOUSTON, THE CITY WE ALL CALL HOME CONTINUES TO PROSPER AND GROW.
RANK THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
WE ARE A DYNAMIC COMMUNITY, RICH IN CULTURE AND DIVERSITY.
TOGETHER, OUR PEOPLE AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HELP TO SHAPE THE GLOBAL METROPOLIS WHERE IDEAS, DREAMS, AND IMAGINATION ARE WELCOME AND CELEBRATED.
HOW WE CHOOSE TO GOVERN OURSELVES IS ESTABLISHED BY OUR CITY CHARTER, MUCH LIKE THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, OUR CITY CHARTER.
IT'S A FRAMEWORK FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S GOVERNMENT, AND FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR GOVERNMENT AND WE THE PEOPLE, ANY GOVERNMENT, WHETHER FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL WORKS BEST WHEN IT REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHY ADJUSTING THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS IS SO IMPORTANT.
OUR CITY ATTORNEY, AURA ELLE, WILL NOW TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN THIS REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
THE CITY CHARTER, AS WELL AS STATE AND FEDERAL LAW, REQUIRE THAT WE ADJUST OUR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS FROM TIME TO TIME IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE DIFFERENCE IN DISTRICT POPULATIONS IS NEVER MORE THAN 10% OF AVERAGE DISTRICT POPULATION.
THE LAST TIME THE CITY ADJUSTED CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, AN ACTION CALLED REDISTRICTING WAS 10 YEARS AGO.
SINCE THEN, OUR POPULATION HAS GROWN BY 9.8% AND IS MORE THAN 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE.
EACH OF THE 11 COUNCIL DISTRICTS EXPERIENCED POPULATION CHANGE AT DIFFERENT RATES.
AS A RESULT, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED FOR OUR CURRENT DISTRICTS BY CITY COUNCIL BEFORE THE NEXT MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN 2023.
THIS MEETING IS ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN THAT PROCESS.
ACCORDING TO THE 2020 CENSUS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DISTRICT WITH THE LARGEST POPULATION, DISTRICT C, AND THE DISTRICT WITH THE SMALLEST POPULATION, DISTRICT H IS OVER 66,000 PEOPLE.
THIS IS 31% OF THE AVERAGE DISTRICT POPULATION, FAR ABOVE THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE VARIATION.
OTHER DISTRICTS ARE ALSO ABOVE OR BELOW THE ALLOWABLE RANGE, AND WILL HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.
THE GOAL OF REDISTRICTING IS TO RECONFIGURE OUR DISTRICTS TO ACHIEVE AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION IN EACH DISTRICT TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS.
STARTING IN 1964, THE SUPREME COURT RECOGNIZED THE PRINCIPLE OF ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE, AND THE APPLICABILITY OF THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE TO REDISTRICTING.
AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 AS AMENDED ALSO SETS FORTH REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL AFFECT THIS PROCESS.
REDISTRICTING MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, OR MEMBERSHIP IN A PROTECTIVE LANGUAGE.
MINORITY GROUP CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION THAT ESTABLISHES THE TIMELINE CRITERIA AND RULES THAT WILL HELP GUIDE THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
THE SPECIFICS FOR EACH OF THESE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, VIETNAMESE, AND CHINESE, CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE@WWW.HOUSTONTX.GOV.
OUR REDISTRICTING TIMELINE IS GUIDED IN PART BY THE DATES THAT RESULTS OF THE 2020 CENSUS BECOME AVAILABLE AND BY THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE, WHICH PROVIDES THAT CHANGES IN ELECTION BOUNDARIES.
EXAMPLE, COUNCIL DISTRICTS MUST BE ADOPTED MORE THAN THREE MONTHS BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
IT IS ALSO INFORMED BY THE 12 MONTH
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RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY CHARTER.AND THE CITY CHARTER ALSO REQUIRES THAT A REDISTRICTING ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED IN THE SAME YEAR AS THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
SO THE PLAN ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN THE FALL OF 2022 WILL BE RATIFIED BY CITY COUNCIL IN EARLY 2023, AND THE NEW BOUNDARIES WILL BE EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1ST, 2024.
WE HAVE ORGANIZED THESE TOWN HALL MEETINGS TO HELP KEEP YOU INFORMED AND AWARE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING AT EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, YOUR PARTICIPATION IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROCESS, AND WE HOPE YOU'LL PROVIDE COMMENTS TO HELP GUIDE DECISIONS ABOUT THE CONFIGURATION OF OUR 11 COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
THESE MEETINGS WILL HAPPEN ACROSS HOUSTON THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS OF APRIL AND MAY.
IN JUNE, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, DEMOGRAPHER AND LEGAL COUNSEL WILL PRESENT A DRAFT PLAN AND MAP TO CITY COUNCIL.
THREE, PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HELD FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON THE DRAFT PLAN AND MAP.
THE FIRST TWO HEARINGS WILL BE ON JULY 13TH, ONE IN THE MORNING, AND ONE IN THE EVENING.
AND THE THIRD WILL BE HELD ON JULY 20TH.
CITY COUNCIL WILL APPROVE THEIR REDISTRICTING PLAN ORDINANCE IN SEPTEMBER.
THE CRITERIA ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL, WHICH SHOULD BE FOLLOWED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, INCLUDE DISTRICTS SHOULD BE RELATIVELY EQUAL IN POPULATION WITH NO MORE THAN A 10% VARIATION FROM THE AVERAGE DISTRICT SIZE, THEREBY ENSURING THE VITAL STANDARD OF ONE PERSON ONE VOTE.
THEY MUST BE COMPOSED OF WHOLE COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS, WHICH ARE DEFINED BY THE COUNTIES, AND SERVE AS THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
WHEN PRECINCTS ARE SPLIT BY THE CITY LIMITS, ONLY THE CITY PORTION OF THAT PRECINCT WILL BE USED.
THEY SHOULD HAVE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES, SUCH AS MAJOR THOROUGHFARES OR BAYOU.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT NOT ALL COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS FOLLOW CLEAR GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES, WHICH MAY MAKE IT NECESSARY FOR CITY COUNCIL BOUNDARIES.
TO DEVIATE FROM A PREFERRED BOUNDARY, THEY SHOULD MAINTAIN COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.
THEY SHOULD BE COMPACT AND COMPOSE OF CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY, INCLUDING FUNCTIONAL AND GEOGRAPHIC CONTIGUITY.
THE FUNCTIONAL DIMENSION MAY TAKE ON ADDED WEIGHT IN SITUATIONS IN WHICH GEOGRAPHIC COMPACTNESS MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT SOME AREAS ARE ATTACHED TO THE REMAINDER OF THE CITY, ONLY BY RELATIVELY LONG AND NARROW STRIPS OF LAND.
FUNCTIONAL COMPACTNESS AND CONTINUITY INCLUDES CONSIDERING FACTORS SUCH AS AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION, EXISTENCE OF COMMON SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND OTHER SHARED INTERESTS.
THE ABILITY OF CITIZENS OF A COUNCIL DISTRICT TO RELATE TO EACH OTHER AND TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVE ON CITY COUNCIL, AND THE ABILITY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO RELATE TO HIS OR HER CONSTITUENCY.
THEY SHOULD PRESERVE INCUMBENT CONSTITUENT RELATIONS BY RECOGNITION OF THE RESIDENTS, OF EXISTING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AND THEIR HISTORY IN REPRESENTING CERTAIN AREAS.
THE PLAN SHOULD NOT FRAGMENT A GEOGRAPHICALLY COMPACT MINORITY COMMUNITY OR PAC MINORITY VOTERS IN THE PRESENCE OF POLARIZED VOTING SO AS TO CREATE LIABILITY UNDER SECTION TWO OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
MORE DETAILS ABOUT THESE CRITERIA CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, VIETNAMESE, AND CHINESE.
TO HELP US MANAGE THIS COMPLICATED AND LENGTHY PROCESS, CITY COUNCIL ALSO ESTABLISHED THESE IMPORTANT RULES.
THE CITY'S PLAN AND ANYONE ELSE'S PLAN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR CONSIDERATION MUST BE IN WRITING, BE BASED ON THE 2020 FEDERAL CENSUS MUST REDISTRICT THE ENTIRE CITY CONTAINING PROPOSED BOUNDARIES FOR ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY.
IF A PLAN DOES NOT REDISTRICT THE ENTIRE CITY, IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR COUNCIL TO ASSESS THE PLAN'S IMPACT ON ONE OR MORE PROTECTED MINORITY GROUPS.
THIS REQUIREMENT DOES NOT PRECLUDE CITIZENS FROM PROPOSING THAT PARTICULAR VOTING, PRECINCTS, NEIGHBORHOODS, OR LOCATIONS BE INCLUDED IN A SPECIFIC COUNCIL DISTRICT.
THE PLAN MUST CONFORM TO THE CRITERIA DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY AND BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 4:45 PM ON JULY 20TH, 2022.
TO RUPE KOSHI IN THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD REGARDING YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CONFIGURATION OF THE NEW COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
YOUR INPUT MAY SIMPLY BE REGARDING NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARIES, OR YOU MAY WANT TO SUBMIT A COMPLETE REDISTRICTING PLAN.
EITHER WAY, THERE ARE SEVERAL POINTS AT WHICH YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS, OPINIONS, OR PLANS, ONE HERE AT THIS OR OTHER SCHEDULED TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
TWO THROUGH OUR WEBPAGE@WWW.HOUSTONTX.GOV.
THREE DIRECTLY TO RUPE KOHI IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THROUGH EMAIL AT RUPE KOSHI@HOUSTONTX.GOV BY US POSTAL
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SERVICE, OR HAND DELIVERY TO RUPE KOSHI, OR FOUR AT ONE OF THE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WILL BE HELD IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF CITY HALL 9 0 1 BAGBY STREET.IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT A PLAN OF YOUR OWN, IT IS VITAL THAT YOU FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES, CRITERIA AND RULES FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
WE'RE READY TO HELP TO ENABLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP AND SUBMIT THEIR OWN PLAN.
A COMPUTER KIOSK WITH REDISTRICTING SOFTWARE WILL BE SET UP IN THE OFFICES OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON THE SIXTH FLOOR OF SIX 11 WALKER STREET, SEVEN SEVEN ZERO ZERO TWO.
PLEASE CALL 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 5 5 2 TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT SO A STAFF MEMBER CAN ASSIST YOU IN USING THE SOFTWARE.
AGAIN, ALL PLANS MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 4:45 PM ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 20TH, 2022.
NO MATTER HOW OR WHERE YOU JOIN THIS CONVERSATION, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARIES ARE AND WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO KEEP A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST TOGETHER.
HOUSTON WILL BE STRONGER AS A RESULT OF YOUR PARTICIPATION.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING IN THE CONVERSATION.
SO JUST, UM, AS, AS, UM, WE PROCEED, JUST BEAR IN MIND, UH, ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE, QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, UH, PLEASE, UH, PUT THEM, JOT THEM DOWN ON THE CARD AND THEY'LL BE PASSED UP FRONT.
AND THEN, UH, YOU'LL BE, UH, COME TO THIS PARTICULAR MIC.
NOW, FOR DISTRICT G, JUST TO KEEP IN MIND, DISTRICT G CURRENTLY IS 12% ABOVE, WHICH MEANS THAT DISTRICT G HAS TO, THE POPULATION HAS TO DECREASE BY 12%.
AND SO THE ISSUE IS, YOU KNOW, WHO STAYS, WHO GOES SOMEPLACE ELSE, OKAY? THAT'S THE CRI THAT'S THE ISSUE AS TO, UH, DISTRICT G.
SO, HAVING SAID THAT, LEMME TURN OVER TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, MY NAME IS JENNIFER OSLAND.
I'M DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND WE ARE COORDINATING THIS EFFORT, THIS REDISTRICTING EFFORT.
SO I WANNA JOIN MAYOR TURNER AND COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN IN WELCOMING YOU AND THANKING YOU FOR TAKING SOME TIME TO LEARN ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND TO GIVE US YOUR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
UM, AS, SO NOW IT'S TIME TO HEAR FROM YOU.
AS MAYOR TURNER SAID, THIS IS A LISTENING SESSION.
IF YOU HAVE, IF, DID ANYBODY, DOES ANYBODY WANNA MAKE A COMMENT? I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS.
IF YOU, AND IF YOU, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND JUST LET US KNOW YOUR NAME.
AND I JUST BEFORE YOU ASK, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, INTRODUCE JERRY WOOD, WHO'S SITTING AT THE FAR TABLE.
HE'S, UH, THE DEMOGRAPHY EXPERT DEMOGRAPHER, WHO HAS HELPED THE CITY REDI WITH REDISTRICTING EFFORTS IN THE PAST.
AND WE'VE ENGAGED HIM TO HELP IN THIS EFFORT, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND SO, UH, MR. WOOD WILL BE TAKING DETAILED NOTES ON ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE ABOUT REDISTRICTING AND JUST REMIND YOU THAT, UM, ONCE WE'RE DONE TALKING ABOUT REDISTRICTING HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, FOLKS WILL BE UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT CIP.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU HOLD THOSE COMMENTS TILL LATER.
SO WITH THAT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD.
INITIALLY I LIVED AT 34 19 ROSEDALE WITHIN BICYCLE DISTANCE OF K-T-R-K-T-V.
I REMEMBER KERICK WAY BACK IN THE DAY.
ANYWAY, I'VE GROWN UP IN HOUSTON.
I'VE LIVED HERE IN THIS AREA FOR 33 YEARS.
UH, IT'S CHANGED OF COURSE, NOW SINCE WE'RE 12% OVER WHICH PART OF DISTRICT G WOULD THEY SLICE OFF.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN.
NOW I'M SAYING DISTRICT G'S PRETTY BIG.
OKAY? NOW, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY, IF YOU ARE PROBABLY IN HERE, THEN YOU'LL REMAIN IN DISTRICT G.
BUT IF YOU ARE SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE OR HERE OR HERE, YOU COULD SHIFT TO DISTRICT A.
NOW THE, THE PROBLEM WITH DISTRICT C IS DISTRICT C IS 17% OVER.
SO MAYOR, YOU POINTED OUT, WE CAN SEE OH, OKAY.
OH, THAT, THAT'S A BIGGER MAP.
WELL, RIVER OAKS IS, ISN'T THAT A
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PART OF DISTRICT G? THIS IS ALL DISTRICT GI WONDER IF REVEREND OAKS WOULD BE SLICED OFF.WELL, IF, IF THAT'S YOUR COMMENT, THEN JERRY.
WELL, NO, NO, I'M JUST SAYING THAT
ALTHOUGH THE NEIGHBORS WANNA SEE HIM GONE, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
I'M NOT EVEN GETTING, I'M NOT GETTING INTO THAT.
YEAH, IT'S EVERYONE AND TONY BUSBY, BUT NO POLITICS.
BUT, BUT THE
YEAH, THIS IS G NO, I'M SORRY.
THIS IS DISTRICT G AGAINST THE GREEN.
AND OF COURSE, DISTRICT C, WHICH IS KIND OF NEXT DOOR IS 17% OVER.
AND THEN YOU HAVE, I THINK DISTRICT A IS UP THERE.
SO IF YOU GOT, IF YOU HAVE TO COME DOWN, THE QUESTION IS WHO GOES TO ANOTHER DISTRICT WHO STAYS? AND IF YOU LIKE THE WAY, IF YOU LIKE WHERE YOU ARE, THEN TONIGHT IS A GOOD TIME TO SAY WE WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN IN DISTRICT G
I'VE GOT, UM, ACTUALLY PEOPLE WHO'VE GIVEN ME CARDS.
JENNIFER, CAN I, JENNIFER, HOLD.
OKAY, JUST REAL QUICK, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST SO I CAN WRITE THAT DOWN.
OH, IT'S, UH, LINBROOK 1, 1 2 0 1 LANE BROOK LINBROOK LINBROOK DIRECTLY NORTHWEST SIDE TENNESSEE.
UM, WELL, ACTUALLY I'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO FILL THAT CARD, SO, BUT I GET RANDY.
UH, SO GREG, UH, SERGI GETTER.
I, I OF COURSE LIVE IN DISTRICT G.
COULD YOU PUT THAT BACK UP FOR A SECOND? THE MAP? YEAH, THE MAP.
SO NOT THIS REDISTRICTING, BUT THE, THE TIME BEFORE THAT I LIVE OUT WHERE IT SAYS PRECINCT 95.
AND WE WERE LOPPED OFF BACK THEN INTO DISTRICT A.
I HEAR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT IS NOT BREAKING UP AT MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT I 10 AND BELTWAY EIGHT, THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE INTERCHANGE THAT HAS MORE LANES THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO WHILE WE ENJOYED BEING IN DISTRICT A, IT WAS NOT MOST, DIDN'T WORK OUT THAT WELL.
SO WE'RE ALSO PART OF MEMORIAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 16, SO WE'D LIKE TO KEEP US ALL TOGETHER, WHICH IS THE BUFFALO BAYOU ON THE SOUTH, VILLAGES ON THE EAST.
THE, UM, AND BASICALLY THE, ON THE WEST IS HIGHWAY SIX AND THE KATY FREEWAY ON THE NORTH.
NEXT IS PIPER MADELINE, FOLLOWED BY RANDY JONES.
I LIVE IN, UH, PRECINCT TWO 17 IN RIVER OAKS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE THAT THOSE OF US WHO ARE INSIDE LOOP SIX 10 SHOULD PROBABLY BE MOVED INTO A DIFFERENT DISTRICT.
I THINK THE, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE MORE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.
RANDY JONES, FOLLOWED BY DIANE GILMAN.
UM, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT GE FOR I THINK NOW 32 YEARS.
UH, AND, AND VERY ACTIVE IN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM.
UH, PRESIDENT OF THE MEMORIAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS, SIX YEARS, I'M SORRY.
UH, AND I, OUR DESIRE IS THAT THE MEMORIAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS NUMBER 16, BE RETAINED IN WHOLE WITHIN DISTRICT G, SO THAT IF THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT, THE ADJUSTMENT IS MADE EAST AND NOT WEST.
WE WOULD PREFER TO HANG TO OUR NORTHERN BOUNDARY LINE OF KATY FREEWAY.
UH, IT MAKES MOST SENSE TO LEAVE THAT BOUNDARY LINE INTACT SOUTH TO NORTH.
UH, AND THEN OUR BOUNDARY LINE TO THE SOUTH, AS GREG HAD MENTIONED, IS BUFFALO BAYOU.
I THINK THAT, UH, THAT'S STILL, UH, WHERE WE THINK WHETHER OR NOT, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR DISTRICTS, UH, FOR SUPER NEIGHBORED 18, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH AND, AND LIKEWISE EVEN 17, THAT I THINK THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE REMAINING OF INTACT AS PART OF DISTRICT G.
UH, DIANE GILLERMAN, FOLLOWED BY DEBORAH HOLLINGSHEAD.
UH, HI, MY NAME IS DIANE GILLERMAN.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT G UH, IN BRIAR VILLAGE AND IN PRECINCT SEVEN 11.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN IN DISTRICT G.
WE ARE ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 17.
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WE'VE BEEN A PART OF DISTRICT G AND WE WANNA STAY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMANTHANK YOU DEBORAH HOLLINGSHEAD.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU MAYOR AND ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
UH, MY COMMENT IS, I, I'M IN G PRECINCT 1 33.
MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU'RE TAKING OUT OF IT AND YOU HAVE DISTRICTS ALL AROUND THAT HAVE HIGH POPULATIONS, WHICH WAY WOULD YOU GO? ANYWAY? UH, I KNOW THAT'S LEFT TO BE DECIDED, BUT I PERSONALLY LOVE G LOVE TO KEEP IT LIKE IT IS.
AND, UH, GOOD LUCK ON THIS DIVISION.
IT MIGHT BE A, IS IT, UH,
THOSE ARE ALL THE CARDS I HAVE.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? UM, YES SIR.
YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
I'M AT, UH, WOODS MEMORIAL, RIGHT UP THERE ABOUT THE 95.
AND I'M PART OF, UH, MEMORIAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL 16.
ALSO, UH, IF I UNDERSTOOD, UH, MAYOR TURNER CORRECTLY, YOU, IF, DID YOU SAY THAT WE HAD TO COME DOWN IN DISTRICT G BY 12% OR THAT WE, OR THAT WE HAD TO BE PLUS OR MINUS 10% OF THE AVERAGE? SO THEN IF THAT'S THE CASE, MAYBE WE ONLY COME DOWN TWO.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE A VARIANT, I MEAN, YEAH.
INNU, INNU, NUMERICALLY SPEAKING, IT'S ABOUT 15,000.
UH, GRANT TRAMMELL, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.
CAN WE, DO WE KNOW WHAT DISTRICT F IS AS FAR AS OVER UNDER DOWN? F IS DOWN.
WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DO YOU LIVE IN? I DO NOT LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
I LIVE ON THE CORNER OF WESTHEIMER.
SO YES, J IS DOWN BY 11, F IS ONLY BY TWO, BUT IT'S WITHIN THE RANGE OF ACCEPTABILITY.
AND IF YOU, IF YOU RECALL FROM THE VIDEO, THERE ARE, THIS IS NOT YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN.
IF YOU, UM, THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE, HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, OR IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEBODY WHO COULDN'T ATTEND TONIGHT WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE, UH, PLEASE, UM, GO TO, LET'S TALK HOUSTON HOUSTON.COM.
YOU WANNA TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT? UM, THERE'S, THE INFORMATION YOU NEED IS ON THAT SITE, INCLUDING MR. CHE'S F RAISE YOUR HAND.
RUPESH IS WITH US TONIGHT AND HE SPEND ALL OF THESE TOO, AND HE WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR COMMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT MR. WOOD GETS THEM, UM, IN TIME TO, TO DRAW THE DRAFT MAPS UP.
SO, UM, YEAH, AND LET ME JUST SAY AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HERE MM-HMM.
UH, TO BECOME AWARE OF THE PROCESS.
'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK UP AND SAY, WELL, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING IN G BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN I'VE BEEN MOVED TO SOME OTHER DISTRICT.
SO I ENCOURAGE THEM AND UH, AND IT IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS BECAUSE IF YOU, YOU CAN MOVE SOMEONE OUT ONE DISTRICT AND INTO ANOTHER, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE CHANGING THAT OTHER DISTRICT AND THE WHOLE MAP CAN CHANGE.
SO IT IS A, IT IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT, UM, KEEPING DISTRICTS COMMUNITY OF INTEREST.
UH, YOU ARE, WE ARE ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY.
SO THOSE ELEMENTS ARE FACTORED IN.
UM, SO THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT GO INTO THE EQUATION.
UM, SO PLEASE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT, AT THE, AT THE MAPS AND TO PROVIDE US WITH THEIR COMMENTS.
UH, JERRY HAS DONE THIS, I THINK THIS, THIS YOUR THIRD TIME JERRY DOING THIS.
I DIDN'T WANT TO KIND OF DATE HIM
BUT, UM, BUT PLEASE, BUT PLEASE, UM, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS,
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UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE ALL OF A SUDDEN IN JULY OR SEPTEMBER SEE SOME MAPS AND THEN THEY LOOK AT IT AND, AND THERE'S SOMEPLACE ELSE.AND THE VIDEO, ALL THE MATERIALS YOU SAW ARE ON THIS WEBSITE, SO, UM, IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT ANYTHING AGAIN OR, OR, OR SUGGEST OTHER PEOPLE.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? IF YOU CAN I SEE THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT TAKE A PICTURE OF DIFFERENT BUSINESS? THAT ONE? YEAH.
AND WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, LET ME, LET ME INTRODUCE, YOU SAW THE PERSON ON THE SCREEN, UH, BUT THE ONE THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN TO IF YOU LIKE, WHAT WE ARE DOING, JUST LIKE WHAT WE ARE DOING.
OH, ARTURA MICHELLE IS THE CITY ATTORNEY RIGHT THERE.
SO HE'S, HE'S, HE'S TAKING ON DEEP LUCK AND THEN MY, UH, THE OTHER DIRECTOR, YEAH, ASHA FRANCIS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IS ALSO PRESENT OF THE EVENING AS WELL.
WELL THAT CONCLUDES THE, OUR REDISTRICTING PORTION OF THE MEETING.
AND I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR MICHAEL RETI OF HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
CAN I JUST ASK ON, WE, WE KEEP FOCUSING ON THE, WE KEEP FOCUSING ON THE PERCENTAGE NUMBERS AT THE DIFFERENT CIPS AROUND, BUT, AND WE HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE POPULATIONS AND CRIME AND WHATNOT.
WHAT ARE THE NUMBER INCREASES OR DECREASES IN POPULATION OVERALL? I MEAN, THERE WE GO.
AND THAT, THIS SLIDE IS ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE TOO.
WE'RE GONNA TURN OVER TO THE CIP AND I'M, I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE, I GOT ONE OTHER MEETING I'M TRYING TO ATTEND.
SO WITH THAT, I'M MICHAEL ALREADY, UM, WITH HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL ON BEHALF OF OUR DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR HADDOCK AND, UH, MY BOSS ERIC, WHO WAS HERE TO WATCH OVER ME AND, UH, ALSO 4,000 EMPLOYEES OF HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.
I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF WITH THIS IN INTEREST OF TIME.
UM, SO THE FIRST SLIDE IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
UH, THE CITY CONTINUES TO ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC.
HOUSTON WILL RECEIVE 607.9 MILLION FROM AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT PASSED BY CONGRESS LAST YEAR.
THE HALF OF IT IS ALREADY HERE, AND NEXT MONTH WE'LL RECEIVE ANOTHER 300 OR SO.
AND THIS GROUP HAS ASKED FOR EVERYONE TO GO ON THIS WEBSITE THAT YOU SEE, AND THERE IS A SURVEY WITH 22 QUESTIONS.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE, PLEASE COMPLETE IT AND IT'LL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
ALTHOUGH I STAND HERE TODAY, UH, REPRESENTING PUBLIC WORKS, THE CIP IS A LOT MORE THAN PUBLIC WORKS.
IT INCLUDES THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT DOES THE VERTICAL BUILDINGS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, LIBRARIES, AND ALSO PARKS AND RECREATION.
SO I'LL BE SPEAKING FOR THEM ON A LITTLE BIT.
UH, IF THERE IS ONE THING I WANT YOU TO TAKE TODAY IS THE THREE RS.
UM, WE, WE, WE CALL THEM THE THREE RS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY OUR STRATEGY, HOW WE MAINTAIN AND OPERATE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, REPAIR INCLUDES STANDARD OPERATION MAINTENANCE LIKE MOWING AND POTHOLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU ARE OUR EYES AND EARS OUT THERE AND YOU CALL US AND WE GO OUT AND DO IT.
AND THIS IS TYPICALLY DONE BY IN-HOUSE, UH, CREWS, AND IT IS PART OF OUR STRATEGY OF KEEPING UP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE NEXT ONE, THE NEXT R IS REHABILITATION.
AND THIS EXTENDS OUR LIFE, THE LIFE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO 10 YEARS OR SO.
THIS IS A STRATEGY THAT'S BEEN LACKING FOR YEARS, BUT NOW IT IS INTEGRAL PART OF THE WAY WE DO THINGS WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS.
SO THESE ARE THE STORMWATER ACTION TEAM, THE SWAT AND THE LOCAL DRAINAGE PROGRAM, WHICH GO AND LOCALIZE ADDRESS LOCALIZED DRAINAGE AND ALSO FOR PAVEMENT.
UH, WE HAVE PANEL REPLACEMENTS AND MILL OVERLAY TYPE OF OPERATION WHERE WE ARE EXTENDING THE SERVICE LIFE A LITTLE BIT.
BUT AT SOME POINT, ALL THESE TWO STRATEGIES WON'T WORK.
WE HAVE TO RIP IT OUT AND REPLACE IT, AND WE JUST SIMPLY CALL THAT RECONSTRUCTION.
THESE ARE TYPICALLY VERY LONG, IT TAKES A LONG TIME.
OBVIOUSLY THEY REALLY COST A LOT MORE MONEY.
THEY HAVE REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION AND
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YOU, YOU KNOW, COMPLICATED UTILITY, UH, CONFLICTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.YOU GOT A GOOD EXAMPLE HAPPENING IN KIRKWOOD, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UH, WITH THIS.
AND IT'S VERY INTRUSIVE SOMETIMES TO, TO, TO NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MOVING TRAFFIC AROUND.
SO I WILL HIT SOME OF OUR PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS IN DISTRICT G, WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE PAST OKAY.
YEAR OR TWO BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN MEETING IN THE CIP FOR A WHILE NOW.
SO KIRKWOOD SUB PROJECT NUMBER ONE, UH, IS ONE THAT IS WRAPPING UP.
IT'S A $70 MILLION PROJECT TO IMPROVE ROADWAY CONDITIONS AND MOBILITY TO MID CITIES CITY DESIGN STANDARDS.
CONSTRUCTION IS FROM BUFFALO BAYOU TO, UH, BRIAR FOREST INCLUDES MORE THAN 4,000 FEET OF STORM LINES TO HELP WITH DRAINAGE.
NEARLY 10,000 FEET OF IMPROVED SIDEWALKS AND SHARED BIKE LANES, NEW PAVEMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF DOZEN OF TREES.
RIGHT AFTER THIS PROJECT, IT WILL BE THE SOUTHERN PORTION.
THIS IS KIRKWOOD SUB PROJECT NUMBER TWO.
WE'LL BEGIN, UH, SOON IN THE NEXT, UH, THIS WILL BE A $22 MILLION PROJECT, WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS SIMILAR TO THE FIRST ONE, BUT ALSO MEETS THE NEW CITY STANDARD OF ATLAS 14.
THESE ARE THE NEW RAINFALL, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
WE'RE GETTING MORE INTENSE RAINFALL AND FREQUENCY THAN IN THE PAST.
SO WE DID UPGRADE OUR STANDARDS FOR THIS AS WELL.
AND COMPLETION IS SCHEDULED IN 2024.
NEXT PROJECT IS KIRKWOOD LIFT STATION.
UH, THIS WAS COMPLETED IN RECENTLY A DIVERSION WASTEWATER, UH, TO NEW HAVEN MOON, AN ABANDONMENT OF THE KIRKWOOD NUMBER THREE RIGHT BY THE BAYOU.
ACTUALLY THE, AND THIS IS A $15 MILLION PROJECT REQUIRED TO IMPROVE CROSSING, UH, KIRKWOOD DRIVE.
UH, CONSOLIDATION OF WASTEWATER FACILITIES IMPROVES THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE UTILITY SYSTEM AND REDUCES THE RISK OF SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS AND DISRUPTION OF SERVICE DURING EXTERNAL WEATHER EVENTS.
THIS IS PART OF OUR CONSENT DECREE REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS ABANDONMENT OF BEARING AND, UH, UH, AND SAN FELIPPE CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES TO DECOMMISSION TO LIFT STATION OF BEARING AND SAN FELIPPE.
WE'RE INSTALLING 11,000 FEET OF WASTEWATER LINE TO DIVERT WASTEWATER TO A 48 INCH GRAVITY LINE, UH, ON SAN PHILLIPPE FOUNTAIN VIEW.
THE PROJECT THAT IS AFFECTED TO FINISH NEXT YEAR, THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION THAT'S ONGOING ON PARK 10.
UH, IF YOU HAVE SEEN, WE HAVE THE PITS, UH, IT'S A TRENCHLESS CONSTRUCTION.
UH, WE WILL SPEND ABOUT 40 MILLION TO UPGRADE WEST WASTEWATER LINE TO CONVEY FLOW OF WASTEWATER TO PARK ROW AND NORTH ELDRIDGE LIFT STATION.
UH, AND FINALLY TRANSFER THE TURKEY CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT CONTRACTOR WILL INSTALL DIVERSION GRAVITY LINES MANHOLES, FORCE MAINS.
WE ANTICIPATE THE PROJECT COMPLETION NEXT SUMMER AND I WILL, UH, I WILL SAY IT RIGHT NOW.
THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT A LITTLE BIT TO ADD THE, UH, INTERCHANGE AT ELDRIDGE AND I 10.
WE HAVE TO CROSS OVER AND COME TOWARDS, UH, MEMORIAL, WHICH WE ENDED OUR PROJECT FOR MEMORIAL PROJECT.
AND WE'LL TIE INTO THIS, THIS WASTEWATER LINE.
UH, WE ASK YOUR PATIENTS, WE ARE COORDINATING HEAVILY WITH THE ENERGY CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
UH, AND UH, PLEASE, UH, THERE WILL BE SOME IMPACT AT THE LOWEST TRAFFIC EFFORT AS WE CAN.
NEXT THE CITY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP PLANS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF DAIRY ASHFORD AND IT IS PREPARING FOR AN APPLICATION SIX SEEKING CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR THE SEGMENT BETWEEN MEMORIAL DRIVE AND BRIAR FOREST.
UH, WE WILL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU POSTED REGARDING THE GRANT APPLICATION WHEN CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN, SHOULD THE APPLICATION IS SUCCESSFUL.
THIS IS PART OF THE STRATEGY WE'RE USING FOR MOST RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
WE ARE GOING AND FUNDING RESOURCES THAT CAN SUPPLEMENT THE CITY FUNDS FROM FEDS, FROM THE TXDOT, UH, WHETHER IT'S FEMA OR ANYWHERE, THE MEMORIAL CITY TERRAS PROJECT.
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ENGINEERING CONSULTANT AS WE SPEAK, UH, FOR STORMWATER DETENTION IN THE MEMORIAL CITY AREA.THIS IS A SUBSURFACE DETENTION THAT WE'RE PLANNING AT ONE OF THOSE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE IN, UH, SPRING BRANCH.
UH, THEIR, THEIR SPORT COMPLEX.
THIS IS A 55 MILLION PROJECT FUNDED THROUGH HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM.
THE, AND IT'S FROM TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
UH, CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN 2024 AND IT WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
WELL, WHAT IS THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S ONGOING ON MEMORIAL FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS? OH, THAT'S COMPLETED.
WE, WE DID HAVE, NO, IT'S NOT OKAY, IT'S NOT COMPLETED.
OKAY, WELL WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE, WHAT ARE THEY GONNA FINISH? MEMORIAL DRIVE, UH, EAST OF, UH, FIRST PROJECT.
ARE WE COMPLETED IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR? OKAY.
WHAT IS IT? WHAT NEXT YEAR? NEXT YEAR? YEAH.
WELL THEY'RE CERTAINLY TAKING THEIR DAMN TIME.
WELL, I MEAN, YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS.
IF YOU'VE LIVED IN THAT AREA, YOU'D KNOW THE HEADACHES.
SO I TOOK A SNAPSHOT OF OUR BUILT HOUSTON.ORG WEBSITE, WHICH WE COLLUDE ALL UPCOMING PROJECTS AND, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
THIS IS A SNAPSHOT FOR DISTRICT G.
UM, THIS IS WHERE IT SHOWS REALLY OUR STRATEGY OF USING REHABILITATION TYPE OF PROJECTS.
SO THESE ARE THE STORMWATER ACTION TEAM WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN AND THE LOCAL DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
UH, SO, UH, THESE ARE THE, ALL THE GREEN DOTS THAT YOU SEE THERE.
YOU CAN GO AND SEE WHAT'S UPCOMING AND WHAT IS ALSO COMPLETED.
AND ON THE SAME WEBSITE YOU DO HAVE, YOU CAN SCREEN, YOU CAN UH, UM, SORT IT THROUGH FOR THE YELLOW DOTS, WHICH ARE THE PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECTS.
SO THESE ARE WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN DISTRICT G OR WILL BE HAPPENING.
AND RIGHT THERE, VALERIE, RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE BACK.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THESE, PLEASE GO OVER THERE AND, UH, SHE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
NOW I'LL BE TALKING FOR PARKS AS PART OF THE 50 50 PARK PARTNER PROGRAM.
BRENTWOOD PARK DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE TENNIS COURT IMPROVEMENTS, NEW EXERCISE STATION, REPLACE BASKETBALL COURT LIGHTING UPGRADES AND WALKWAY REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT.
THE PROJECT IS IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WILL START IN THE FALL.
WALDEN MAR UH, PARK REDEVELOPMENT WAS COMPLETED IN 2022.
PARK IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED DOG PARK, MULTIPLE PLAYGROUND UNITS, WALKING TRAIL BENCHES AND PICNIC TABLES, DETENTION AND LANDSCAPING.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE WITH THIS.
THIS IS, UH, OUR WEBSITE CALLED ENGAGE HOUSTON.
THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW THINGS WE'RE USING TO ENGAGE CITIZENS DURING CONSTRUCTION.
YOU CAN FIND ALL OUR ACTIVE PROJECTS THAT ARE LARGE SCALE FOR NOW AND YOU CAN REGISTER FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT AND YOU WILL GAIN NOTICES WHEN SOMETHING IS UPDATED FOR THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO THERE AND, UH, REGISTER.
AND, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, IF I CAN FIND MY LITTLE CARD, MAYBE I FORGOT, BUT THERE IS A Q CARD THERE.
VALERIE HAS IT
I JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT AS THE NEWEST CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
I KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO INDIVIDUALLY MEET ALL OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE HERE TONIGHT, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M ACCESSIBLE.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MEETINGS OR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO COME AND JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF AND GET TO KNOW, YOU, KNOW, YOUR NEIGHBORS, I'M SO HAPPY TO DO THAT.
IF YOU'RE WANTING TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM DISTRICT G, WE HAVE A LAPTOP AND AN IPAD AT THE CHECK-IN TABLE AND YOU CAN GO IN THERE AND UPDATE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
IF YOU'VE DONE THAT AND YOU THINK, MAN, I'M STILL NOT GETTING THESE UPDATES, PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE GOING THERE.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FINALLY, WE HAVE SUMMER COMING UP AND WE HAVE 37 CITY POOLS IN HOUSTON AND WE NEED LIFEGUARDS.
WE NEED OVER A HUNDRED LIFEGUARDS
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TO GET THESE POOLS UP AND RUNNING.SO IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, KIDS OR NEIGHBORS OR ANYBODY WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO BE TRAINED, THEY GIVE THEM CPR CERTIFIED, EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO, PLEASE GO TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON WEBSITE, HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, BECAUSE SUMMER IS COMING AND THESE KIDS, THEY DEPEND ON THESE POOLS BEING OPEN.
UM, BUT THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING AND PLEASE, IF YOU DIDN'T ASK A QUESTION TONIGHT AND YOU WANNA SUBMIT SOMETHING ONLINE OR GIVE US YOUR INPUT, PLEASE FILL OUT, UH, THE INFORMATION ONLINE AND WE HOPE TO SEE Y'ALL AT OUR NEXT MEETING.