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          [District I Redistricting Town Hall and CIP Meeting]
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          GOOD EVENING. 
          WELCOME EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. 
          LET ME BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE, UH, ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OR OFFICIALS THAT WE HAVE JOINING US TONIGHT. 
          UH, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN. 
          WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. 
          WE ALSO HAVE STAFF FROM COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA'S OFFICE REPRESENTING PRECINCT TWO. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY TEAM MEMBERS FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE WITH US TODAY, THE HOUSTON MUNICIPAL CHANNEL CREW FOR TELEVISING, THE MEETING, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS FOR COORDINATING THE LOGISTICS. 
          A BIG THANK YOU AS WELL TO OUR WONDERFUL HOST, DR. FRANCIS RIN GLOVER, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM HERE AT THE HCC SOUTHEAST. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HCC SOUTHEAST IS ALWAYS ACCOMMODATING WHEN WE HAVE ASKED FOR, UH, SPACE. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR DOING THIS TONIGHT. 
          AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS UNDERGOING THE PROCESS OF REDISTRICTING USING THE INFORMATION FROM THE 2020 US CENSUS. 
          AND THIS EVENING, WE'LL RECEIVE UPDATES FROM THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON THE CITY'S REDISTRICTING PROCESS, WHAT IT ENTAILS, THE TIMELINE, AND TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HEAR FROM YOU, WHAT YOU EXPECT FROM THE PROCESS, WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE IN A REDRAWN MAP, AND HOW THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE RECONFIGURED. 
          PLEASE NOTE THAT TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION AND OTHER RELATED MATERIALS FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT LET'S TALK HOUSTON.ORG/REDISTRICTING. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S LET'S, LET'S TALK HOUSTON.ORG/REDISTRICTING. 
          AFTER THE REDISTRICTING PRESENTATION, WE'LL HEAR FROM OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ABOUT ONGOING IMP PENDING PROJECTS HERE IN DISTRICT I. 
          AT THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION, BOTH THE REDISTRICTING PORTION OF THE MEETING AND CIP, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS, OR YOU CAN VISIT ONE-ON-ONE WITH ANY OF THE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES HERE. 
          SO PLEASE BE SURE TO STICK AROUND. 
          AND THE, UH, DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES AND DEPARTMENTS ARE RIGHT HERE AGAINST THE WALLS. 
          SO, UM, YOU CAN EITHER ASK THEM DURING THE, UH, OP THE QUESTIONS, THE OPENING FOR THE QUESTIONS, OR YOU CAN GO ONE-ON-ONE AND ASK AND TALK TO THEM. 
          UH, BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, MAYOR TURNER TURNER WILL OFFER A FEW REMARKS. 
          PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE MAYOR. 
          I KNOW THIS PAST SATURDAY, HE WAS IN DISTRICT I QUITE A BIT, UH, THIS PAST SATURDAY WE STARTED OFF IN THE MORNING TOGETHER AND WE ENDED UP IN THE EVENING TOGETHER AT AT, AT THREE DIFFERENT EVENTS HERE IN DISTRICT. 
          I, SO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET ME SAY, LEMME SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE AND IS GOOD TO BE, UH, BACKEND DISTRICT. 
          I, UH, WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, AND I DON'T THINK, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, HE IS A HANDS A HANDS-ON REPRESENTATIVE. 
          I MEAN, UH, EVERY DETAIL, EVERY INCH OF DISTRICT GUY, HE'S, HE'S ON IT. 
          UM, AND SIR, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE HIS SERVICE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO, TO WORK WITH YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MCGEERS, WHAT YOU DO, UH, AS INDICATED, UH, TONIGHT, IT, IT IS ON TWO SUBJECT MATTERS. 
          THE PRIMARY ONE IS ON REDISTRICTING. 
          SO THAT WILL, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST PART OF IT. 
          EVERY 10 YEARS WE GO THROUGH, WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THERE ARE NO MAPS TONIGHT BECAUSE THE FIRST PART OF IT IS THE LISTENING PORTION. 
          SO TONIGHT ON REDISTRICTING, WE CAME TO LISTEN, UH, BECAUSE IF WE CAME OUT WITH SOME MAPS, UH, PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU DIDN'T TALK TO US FIRST. 
          AND SO WE, THIS IS THE LISTENING SESSION. 
          WE WANT TO HEAR FROM, FROM, FROM YOU, UH, AS, AS RELATES TO YOU LIKE THE WAY DISTRICT GUY IS, YOU THINK CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. 
          WHATEVER YOUR COMMENTS ARE, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EX EXPRESS THEM. 
          UH, AND WE WILL TAKE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS, UH, INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE OF IT IS THAT THE MAPS WILL BE DRAWN, AND THEN YOU'LL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THOSE MAPS AND THEN COMMENT ON THOSE, ON THOSE MAPS, UH, IN JULY. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE VIDEO THAT'S GONNA BE COMING UP VERY, VERY SHORTLY. 
          AND THEN AFTER THAT, UH, THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, THE PLAN IS TO VOTE ON, 
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UM, THE PROPOSED MAPS, UH, IN SEPTEMBER. 
          UH, AND THEN PEOPLE WILL RUN ON THOSE MAPS IN 2023 AND START SERVING IN JANUARY OF 24. 
          ALL OF THAT WILL BE, WILL BE ON THE VIDEO. 
          I DO. 
          AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCO AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON AT LARGE MEMBERS HAVE PRETTY MUCH BEEN AT ALL OF THE MEETINGS, ALL OF THESE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, AND THERE ARE 12 OF THEM, UH, THAT ARE SCHEDULED. 
          I THINK THIS IS NUMBER SEVEN. 
          THIS IS NUMBER SEVEN, AND FIVE AND FIVE TO GO. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE, I WANT TO THANK THE DIRECTORS, UH, OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR BEING HERE. 
          DIRECTOR ALLEN OVER PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR ALLEN OF YOUR STAN. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, ANDY EKIN IS THE CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER. 
          ANDY EKIN IS PRESENT. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM THE DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN OVER PLANNING. 
          YOU'RE GONNA BE HEARING FROM HER VERY SHORTLY. 
          UH, WALTER HAMBRICK IS THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF WALTER'S RIGHT THERE. 
          AND THEN MARK, DIRECTOR MARK WILFORD IS OVER SOLID WASTE, AND HE IS BACK THERE. 
          AND SO THE SECOND PART WILL BE DEALING WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, THOSE TYPE OF PROJECTS. 
          AND, UH, UM, UM, UH, ERIC, WHERE'S THAT GENTLEMAN RIGHT THERE, IS GONNA BE PRESIDING OVER THAT, THAT SECOND PORTION. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THE, ALL, ALL CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          IF YOU ARE A CITY EMPLOYEE, IF YOU JUST RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND UP, UH, CITY EMPLOYEES, AND SO THEY'RE, YOU CAN SEE 'EM ALL AROUND THE ROOM, ALL AROUND THE ROOM. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH THE FOCUS IS, IS ON REDISTRICTING ON ANY OTHER MATTER WHETHER PLAIN TO PARKS, LIBRARY, PARKS, UH, YOU NAME IT, UH, THEY ARE HERE. 
          SO PLEASE TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE. 
          UH, TONIGHT. 
          I'M, OH, ARTURO MICHELLE, THE CITY ATTORNEY. 
          UH, THAT GUY RIGHT THERE, UH, IS, IS ALSO PRESENT. 
          SO I'VE GOT TWO MEETINGS GOING. 
          I'M GONNA STAY, I CERTAINLY THROUGH THE, THE, THE REDISTRICTING PORTION 'CAUSE I DO WANNA HEAR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          AND THEN, UH, UH, AFTER THAT WE'LL TURN TO THE SECOND PHASE, AND THAT'S WHEN I MAY HAVE TO LEAVE, UH, TO GET TO THE SECOND MEETING. 
          HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, UM, PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION NOW TO THE VIDEO 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 CELEBRATE. 
          HOW WE CHOOSE TO GOVERN OURSELVES IS ESTABLISHED BY OUR CITY CHARTER, MUCH LIKE THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. 
          OUR CITY CHARTER IS THE 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, ARTURO 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 EXPERIENCE 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 
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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 A 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 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 THOROUGHFARE OR BA. 
          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. 
          NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY SHOULD BE COMPACT AND COMPOSED 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 CONTIGUITY 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 
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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 OR 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 KOSHI IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THROUGH EMAIL AT RUPESH DOT COHI@HOUSTONTX.GOV BY US POSTAL 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 BACKBEAT 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 FOURTH 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. 
          GOOD EVENING EVER, EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME IS MARGARET WALLACE BROWN AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND I WELCOME ALL OF YOU HERE TONIGHT FOR THIS VERY, VERY, UM, SIGNIFICANT MEETING. 
          I, I THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULES AT HOME WITH YOUR FAMILIES, UM, BEING WITH US TONIGHT. 
          THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, WE HAVE NOT BEGUN LOOKING AT BOUNDARIES FOR COUNCIL DISTRICTS YET. 
          WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU FIRST. 
          SO THIS IS OUR FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS. 
          WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT WHICH DISTRICT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN, HOW YOU THINK YOU RELATE TO THE LARGER CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU, WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND SO WE ARE GONNA, WE HAVE CARDS. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE VIDEO THAT WENT BY REALLY FAST, SO I'M GONNA REPEAT SOME THINGS. 
          EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROCESS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONTX.GOV. 
          NO, I'M SORRY, I SAID THAT WRONG. 
          LET'S TALK HOUSTON.ORG/REDISTRICTING. 
          THAT IS, UM, ON THE CARDS THAT YOU'RE FILLING OUT. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION IS YOU NEED TO KNOW RUPE KO'S EMAIL ADDRESS. 
          AND HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS R-U-P-E-S-H, RUPESH DOT KOHI, K-O-S-H-Y, AT HOUSTON TX.GOV. 
          THOSE TWO PIECES OF INFORMATION CAN GET YOU THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS WITH US. 
          UH, RUPESH IS IN THE BACK COLLECTING CARDS FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL READ THE NAMES OFF THE CARDS, AND THEN WE'D LIKE YOU TO COME TO THIS MICROPHONE IN THE MIDDLE AND GIVE US YOUR COMMENTS. 
          SO RUPE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, SO I'M GONNA READ JUST THE CARDS THAT HAVE REDISTRICTING COMMENTS RIGHT NOW. 
          I KNOW THERE'S SOME HAVE BOTH. 
          YOU WILL BE ASKED TO COME UP A SECOND TIME. 
          BUT FOR THE REDISTRICTING COMMENTS, UM, I HAVE A CARD FROM MARK RODRIGUEZ AND THEN BOLIVAR FRAGA AFTER THAT. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERY OTHER PERSON FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          MY NAME'S MARK RODRIGUEZ. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT H. 
          THE REDISTRICTING DOESN'T MEAN A LOT TO ME BECAUSE FOR 
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ONE, THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS ALMOST 50% LATINO AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE LATINO COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE DISTRICT. 
          I MEAN, ON THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AT A 16 AND ALSO THE, AT LARGE SPOTS RIGHT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT REDISTRICT AND HOW, AND GETTING RID OF THEM AND, AND GOING BACK TO MORE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS? WELL, MY, MY MY PERSONAL OPINION, UM, IS THAT IN REGARDS TO THE, AT LARGE DISTRICTS, I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST TWO OR THREE RE UH, AT LARGE DISTRICTS. 
          UM, SO THAT WAY YOU HAVE AT LARGE, UH, DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE, THAT ALSO HAVE THE BIG PICTURE. 
          THEY ARE REPRESENTING THE WHOLE CITY OF HOUSTON LIKE THE MAYOR DOES. 
          UM, SO IN, IN, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, WE DO, WE DO NEED AT LEAST TWO OR THREE, UH, AT LARGE. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, LULAC IS LOOKING AT FILING A LAWSUIT TO, UM, GET RID OF ALL FIVE AT LARGE DISTRICTS. 
          UH, BUT I PERSONALLY THINK THAT WE NEED AT LEAST TWO OR THREE. 
          ONE LAST THING REAL QUICK. 
          WHEN YOU'RE A CITIZEN ASKING A QUESTION AT THE, AT LARGE, THEY ALWAYS DIRECT 'EM TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER ANYWAY. 
          SO I DON'T REALLY SEE THE POINT AS A, I MEAN, WHEN WE ASKED HELP BEFORE THEY SAY YOU NEED TO TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AND THANK EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          THANK YOU BO AND THEN ALFREDO BLANCO AND MR. BLANCO WOULD LIKE TRANSLATION SERVICES. 
          SO HOWEVER WE'RE PROVIDING THAT, PLEASE. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY EMPLOYEES, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          I LIKE, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ, I ALSO LIVE IN DISTRICT H I'M IN SECOND WARD, AND MY REQUEST THIS EVENING IS THAT WE CONSIDER HAVING SECOND WARD BE PUT INTO DISTRICT. 
          I, UH, WE'RE PART OF THE EAST END AND MAYOR, I KNOW YOU WERE AT THE, UH, EAST END STREET FESTIVAL FOR CINCO DE MAYO, WHICH WAS ON THE NAVIGATION ESPANADE IN SECOND WARD. 
          SO WE'RE IN THE EAST END DISTRICT. 
          WE'RE IN THE BOUNDARIES OF, UH, HCC SOUTHEAST, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE HERE TONIGHT. 
          WE'RE ALSO IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EAST END TURS OR TUR 23. 
          WE'RE IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EAST END CHAMBER. 
          SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE WOULD BE IN DISTRICT I WITH THE REST OF THE EAST END. 
          I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE MANY FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITY DISTRICTS AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PURPOSE OF, OF FAIR AND EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION FOR ALL OF, UH, HOUSTONIANS. 
          AND WE'RE A VERY DIVERSE CITY. 
          BUT AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU, YOU DO CONSIDER HAVING SECOND WARD MOVE INTO DISTRICT. 
          I THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND JUST, AND JUST FOR, SO WE'LL HAVE, UM, GOOD CLARIFICATION AND WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          UM, LET'S ASSUME THAT, UH, THINGS, LET'S SAY, LET'S ASSUME FOR ONE, THE THINGS REMAIN AS THEY ARE IN TERMS OF, UH, FIVE AT LARGE, OR, AND 11 SINGLE. 
          AND I, AND MARK, I HEARD WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY. 
          UM, THEN THE GOAL IS TO AVERAGE OUT THESE DISTRICTS TO ABOUT 209,000 PER DISTRICT. 
          OKAY? AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS THAT ARE ABOVE THAT 209 AND WE NEED TO BRING THEM DOWN. 
          AND THEN THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT ARE BELOW THAT 209, AND THEN WE NEED TO BRING THEM UP. 
          AND SO IF YOU GO BACK TO, YEAH, GO BACK TO I, ALRIGHT, TO THAT MAP WITH ALL OF THEM. 
          I, UM, YOU WANT THE CHART UP, SIR? THE CHART THAT SHOWS CHART THE SHOWS ALL THE, THE PERCENTAGES? NO, THE NEXT ONE. 
          THE NEXT ONE. 
          I THINK THAT ONE. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, AND THIS MAY HELP ALSO BECAUSE YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 
          SO YOU WILL SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE MADE COMMENTS ON DISTRICT H. 
          DISTRICT H IS 17% BELOW. 
          OKAY? DISTRICT I IS 14% BELOW BOTH OF THOSE DISTRICTS, UH, AS THE, AS THE, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL SEATS ARE CURRENTLY CONFIGURED, BOTH OF THOSE DISTRICTS ARE IN NEED OF POPULATION, OKAY? THEY BOTH ARE IN NEED OF POPULATION. 
          SO EVEN IF YOU, AGAIN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN TAKE FROM DISTRICT H GO TO DISTRICT I, BUT BOTH OF THOSE DISTRICTS ARE STILL IN NEED BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH BELOW. 
          OKAY? NOW YOU HAVE DISTRICT C, WHICH IS 15% ABOVE AND THE OTHERS. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S ABOUT KIND OF LEVELING OUT. 
          SO THEY CAN ALL BE 2,209, BUT IT'S NOT JUST BASED ON NUMBERS. 
          WE ALSO TAKE, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE COMMUNITY OF INTEREST, UH, THE PROXIMITY, THE CLOSENESS, ALL THUS IMPORTANT, THE DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY. 
          WE ARE THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, SO WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT AS WELL. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT A, IT'S, IT CAN BE A, A SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED PROCESS. 
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AND SO WHETHER, WHETHER YOU, WHETHER WE MAINTAIN, UH, THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION FIVE AT LARGE OR 11 DISTRICTS, OR WHETHER WE SHIFT TO ALL DISTRICTS, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE A LEVELING OUT ABOUT THE SAME. 
          AND YOU STILL HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST. 
          YOU STILL HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DIVERSITY AND SOMEBODY ASKS AT ANOTHER MEETING, UH, DO WE JUST MEASURE THOSE PEOPLE WHO VOTE OR NOT? NO, IF YOU ARE A WARM BODY, OKAY? IF YOU ARE BADLY BREATHING, OKAY, WE COUNT YOU. 
          AND IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE, HOW YOUNG YOU ARE, WE DO COUNT YOU, WE COUNT ALL WARM BODIES IN THAT CONFIGURATION, OKAY? UM, SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO'S ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, WHO'S REGISTERED, NO, ALL WARM BODIES. 
          AND SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T ATTEMPT TO GUARANTEE AN OUTCOME. 
          UH, BUT WE DO TAKE A NUMBER OF THOSE FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT. 
          AND DANIEL BEAR, LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE BEEN HERE THIS EVENING, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S PRESENT, OKAY? SO PLEASE GET, UH, IF, IF YOU HAVEN'T FILLED OUT THE CARD, PLEASE DO THAT. 
          ANY COMMENTS? WE TAKE ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR ALFREDO BLANCO. 
          AND HE WOULD LIKE ASSISTANCE WITH TRANSLATIONS. 
          OKAY, LET ME ASSIST ATTEMPT TO, OH, YOU'RE GONNA HELP HIM. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE I WAS GONNA DO THAT. 
          BUT YOU GONNA, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO LAUGH THAT LOUD  DISTRICT. 
          SO, UM, SORRY. 
          SO I HAD A, A MEETING, UH, WITH LULAC PEOPLE AND THE CITY HALL IN THE CITY HALL AT, AT CITY HALL. 
          AND, UH, YOU SAID THAT YOU WANTED TO BREAK THE CHARTER. 
          YEAH, ROBERT, MM-HMM . 
          YOU DAVID, THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM, BUT FIVE YEARS AGO IN DONIS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, WE SHOULD ELIMINATE AND JUST REMAIN FIVE MEMBERS. 
          AND, UM, YOU ARE THE BOSS. 
          SO YOU'RE THE ONE WHO MAKES DECISIONS. 
          OH, I'M NOT THERON. 
          NOW YOU, YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS, BUT YOU ACT LIKE ONE . 
          WELL, THAT MAY BE TRUE, GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THE, YEAH, SO, UH, I FEEL THAT WE ARE NOT RESPECTED AS HISPANICS, UH, BECAUSE, UM, IN THE PAST REPRESENTATION WE HAD ONE WHITE PERSON AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS A BLACK PERSON. 
          SO WE NEED TO ELIMINATE EVERYTHING SO THAT WE'RE BETTER REPRESENTED. 
          ROBERT? ROBERTO, FREDDY, AGAIN, I'M GIVING YOU MY PERSONAL OPINION. 
          I, I I THINK WE NEED TWO OR THREE AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, BUT MAYBE NOT ALL FIVE. 
          UM, AND JUST TO MAKE, JUST TO CORRECT THE RECORD, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON DOES COME INTO THE EAST END. 
          I HAVE SEEN THEM AT MANY EVENTS TO CORRECT THE RECORD. 
          I'VE SEEN COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN IN, IN, IN, IN, IN, IN DISTRICT DIE AT MANY EVENTS. 
          UH, SO A LARGE, A LARGE, UH, AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS DO COME INTO DISTRICT DIE. 
          UH, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT WE NEED TWO OR THREE AT LARGE DISTRICT COUNT, UH, AT LARGE DISTRICT COUNT, OR AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT NOT ALL FIVE GROUNDBREAKING. 
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YES. 
          SO, UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN, YOU, YOU SEE THEM BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO THOSE PRIVATE FUNCTIONS. 
          BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN INVITED, I HAVEN'T BEEN INVITED TO ANY OF THOSE. 
          AND, UM, AND I HAVE BEEN, UH, THE JUDGE OF THE PRISON FOR 31 YEARS, AND I'M NOT INVITED BACKYARD IN MY OWN BACKYARD. 
          AND BEFORE YOU GO, MAY, MAY YOU DO SOMETHING RIGHT FOR THIS, FOR THESE PEOPLE HERE, FOR US. 
          SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S TIME FOR A REAL CHANGE. 
          AND BEFORE YOU GO, PLEASE DO SOMETHING FOR, FOR THE PEOPLE. 
          AND MASON PART HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR TWO YEARS. 
          WELL, I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO A DISCUSSION. 
          UM, IT IS FOCUSED ON REDISTRICTING. 
          AND, UM, I'M GOING TO ASSUME WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS THAT YOU DON'T LIKE THE AT LARGE POSITIONS, BUT I, I GET YOU. 
          I I GOT YOU. 
          BUT I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO, UH, TO DEFEND MY RECORD AS MAYOR TONIGHT. 
          I THINK MY REC, I THINK MY RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. 
          UH, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY UNDER THIS LEADERSHIP, BOTH YOUR FIRE CHIEF AND YOUR POLICE CHIEF WERE HISPANIC, NAMED BY THIS MAYOR, OKAY? AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS, HISPANIC APPOINTMENTS, MORE HISPANIC APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THIS MAYOR THAN ANY PREVIOUS MAYOR IN THE HISTORY OF THIS CITY. 
          SO I STAND BY MY RECORD, AND IF YOU CAN FIND SOME MAYOR THAT HAS DONE MORE IN TERMS OF ELEVATING HISPANICS TO KEY POSITIONS AND HAVE DIRECTED MORE ATTENTION IN THE COMMUNITIES THAN THIS MAYOR THAN YOU LET ME KNOW. 
          I'LL STAND BY MY RECORD AND I'LL CHALLENGE ANYONE TO POINT TO ANY SIXTH WITH THE ONE OF THE MAYORS WHO HAVE BEEN MAYOR OF THIS CITY THAT HAVE DONE MORE AS IT RELATES TO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY THAN I HAVE. 
          AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT. 
          AND, AND, AND I'M, I'M SORRY, LET ME MAKE MY COMMENTS FIRST. 
          AND, AND, AND I ALSO WANNA STATE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYOR TURNER, WHEN HE RAN THE VERY FIRST TIME, HE ASKED TO MEET WITH ME FOR MY ENDORSEMENT FOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          I MENTIONED TO HIM THAT IF HE BECOMES MAYOR, WILL HE TARGET AND WORK ON REPRESENTATION BECAUSE OF OUR DIVERSITY IN OUR CITY? AND LIKE HE STATED, HE DID, HE APPOINTED AN HISPANIC POLICE CHIEF AND A FIRE CHIEF ON THE SAME DAY. 
          HE'S PUT IN, UH, $19.5 MILLION FOR AN HISPANIC ARCHIVE IN OUR CIP. 
          WE RAN OUTTA, WE RAN OUTTA ROOM FOR OUR ARCHIVE, OUR ARCHIVES, HISPANIC ARCHIVES IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
          I MET WITH THE MAYOR AND HE PLACED $19.5 MILLION IN THE CIP FOR AN HISPANIC ARCHIVE CENTER. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, SO THE MAYOR HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN REP REPRESENTING THE LATINO COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. 
          OKAY, MR. HONEY, JAMES HONEY IS NEXT, AND EDWARD YBARRA FOLLOWS HIM. 
          APPRECIATE HIM AND I GO THROUGH THE SAME UP UNTIL YOU CONSISTENTLY NEXT. 
          NOW, AS FAR AS WE'VE HIRED, I WAS THERE. 
          I WORKED FOR HAW MCC MEYER WHEN THE REDISTRICTING CAME ON. 
          SEVEN OLD WHITE GUYS THAT FOUGHT WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE MINORITIES DIDN'T GET ELECTED JUST LIKE THEY DID IN THE DIRTY 30. 
          WHEN I WORKED WITH AND NICK IN AUSTIN, THEY FOUGHT TO MAKE SURE THE STATE FOUGHT TO MAKE SURE MINORITY ELECTED. 
          BUT FROM THAT TIME TILL NOW, THERE'S BEEN 20, 21 DEPARTMENT HEADS UP UNTIL THE MAYOR HERE, THERE WAS ALWAYS ZERO, ONE OR TWO. 
          I THINK ONE TIME THERE WAS TWO HISPANIC DEPARTMENT, SEVEN, EIGHT BLACK. 
          THE PAST 10 YEARS HAVE BEEN AN ASIAN UNTIL THIS MAN CAME IN. 
          AND THEN THERE WAS FIVE, PROBABLY MORE THAN I REMEMBER THE PAST 30 YEARS. 
          AND HE CAME ON BOARD, TRICKLED DOWN TO A LOT. 
          AND LIKE YOU SAID, ONE THING WAS THE LIBRARY BALLOON ON THE, UH, HISTORIC 
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ARCHIVE SECTION. 
          SO I TRIED TO GIVE THAT TO YOUR, GOT THROUGH IT. 
          SO I JUST, IS THAT OKAY? THAT'S CERTAINLY TRUE. 
          I MEAN, IN ADDITION TO THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE FIRE CHIEF, THE DIRECTOR OF, UM, A RA, WHICH OVERSEES ALL OF OUR PERMITTING, IS AN HISPANIC FEMALE. 
          YOUR DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH PEOPLE OF DISABILITIES IS AN HISPANIC MALE. 
          UH, THE PERSON WHO WAS OVER AND COMMISSION WAS AN HISPANIC FEMALE, YOUR METRO APPOINTEE, TERRY MORALES, AN HISPANIC FEMALE. 
          AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON, ALL APPOINTED BY THIS MAYOR. 
          YOUR DIRECTOR OF AIRPORTS IS STILL MARIO DIAZ. 
          SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR POLICE, FIRE, AIRPORTS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, A RA MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND THE LIST GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN, ALL APPOINTED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MARIO DIAZ. 
          HE WAS APPOINTED BY A DENISE PARKER. 
          BUT I HAVE KEPT HIM ON AND HE'S BEEN WITH ME FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. 
          AND THAT'S NOT, THAT'S, AND THAT'S ON APPOINT ON APPOINTMENTS. 
          BUT WHEN YOU LOOK IN TERMS OF THE INVESTMENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ITSELF, INVESTMENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES, I THINK YOU WILL FIND THEM TO BE SIGNIFICANT. 
          AND I TRY TO REPRESENT, BE EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THIS CITY, IN EVERY DISTRICT. 
          AND SO MY MY PHILOSOPHY IS JUST LIKE MY MOM AND DAD, I HAVE NO RESPECTIVE PERSONS. 
          IF YOU ARE IN THE CITY, I REPRESENT YOU. 
          AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU'RE DOCUMENTED OR UNDOCUMENTED, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR LANGUAGE IS. 
          I'VE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINE ON ALL OF THOSE ISSUES. 
          BUT AGAIN, TONIGHT IS ON REDISTRICTING. 
          OKAY? SO LET'S GET BACK TO REDISTRICTING. 
          IF YOU LIKE THE CONFIGURATION, GREAT. 
          IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE CONFIGURATION, WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU. 
          SO THE NEXT PERSON, PLEASE, JAMES HONEY, TO BE FOLLOWED BY EDWARD YBARRA. 
          DOES THIS THING GO OUT? JUST PULL IT OUT, JAMES. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          FIRST OFF, UH, THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, ADDRESS YOU. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW WE'D BE GET, GET, HAVING THE CHANCE TO SPEAK TONIGHT, SO I DIDN'T PREPARE ANYTHING. 
          I'VE THROWN A COUPLE OF NOTES ON THIS CARD. 
          I'VE, I'M, WHILE I'M A DELEGATE IN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 62, I'M NOT HERE REPRESENTING 62. 
          I'M HERE PRIMARILY, UH, REPRESENTING MYSELF. 
          I'VE BEEN IN MIDTOWN 41 YEARS, AND, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY STRADDLING SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 62. 
          MIDTOWN IS STRADDLING C AND D. 
          AND I FEEL THAT WE, AND MANY OF US FEEL THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, AND WE HAVE A, A TASK FORCE IN 62 THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE AND, AND WHAT WHAT WOULD MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE FOR US. 
          WELL, AS I SAID, WE STRADDLE C AND D AND, UH, I FEEL WE'RE MOSTLY IN D AND IN THE PAST, I FEEL, AND NOT, SO, NOT, NOT, NOT WITH EVAN SHABAZZ, WE'RE HAPPY WITH HER, BUT, UM, IN THE PAST WE'RE JUST THIS TINY LITTLE CORNER OF D WE ARE A, A PIMPLE ON THE PROVERBIAL ELEPHANTS. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT? AND WE JUST SEEM TO GET LOST IN THE OTHER STUFF THAT'S GOING IN THAT HUGE DISTRICT D AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT PRIMARILY C AND I. 
          BUT GIVEN THAT C'S GOTTA GIVE UP SOME, AND I NEEDS TO SUCK UP SOME, I IS KIND OF WHERE SOME OF US ARE LEANING TO. 
          CAN YOU, UM, AND AS I SAID, WE'RE HAPPY WITH, UH, SHABAZZ EVANS, EVAN SHABAZZ, BUT UM, THERE HAVE BEEN DISTRICT OR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE PAST THAT WERE LESS THAN STELLAR. 
          I USED TO RUN INTO GALLEGOS AT MEETINGS ALL THE TIME AT EVENTS AND SAY, YOU'RE NOT MY COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT YOU'RE MY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND . 
          AND I LIKE HIM A LOT. 
          NOW I KNOW HE'S TERMED OUT, BUT, UM, THE THING ABOUT I IS IT'S DOWNTOWN. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROGRESS, PROGRESS OF THIS CITY, MIDTOWN IS GONNA BECOME MORE OF DOWNTOWN. 
          AND I THINK IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR US TO BE BUNDLED WITH DOWNTOWN AND, HEY, WE USED TO BE PART OF I YEARS AGO. 
          MAYBE IT'S JUST TIME TO COME HOME. 
          UM, SO THAT'S MOST OF WHAT I WANNA SAY. 
          WE'RE LOST IN THE, UH, AT LARGE POSITIONS, I THINK SERVE A VITAL NEED. 
          WE'VE GOT, UH, DAVE HERE, UH, AND UH, UH, SALLY, SHE'S THE ONE WHO'S BEEN SPEAR SPEARHEADING EFFORTS ON NOISE, AND THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM IN MIDTOWN. 
          AND WE ARE EVER SO GRATEFUL FOR WHAT SHE HAS BEEN DOING. 
          UM, KNOX HAS HELPED US IN THE PAST WITH PROBLEMS. ONE OF MY EARLIER COUNCIL MEMBERS, ONE OF THE AT LARGE MEMBERS TOLD ME, YOU 
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CANNOT LET HIM KNOW THAT I AM HELPING YOU. 
          BECAUSE HE GETS VERY ANGRY WHEN HE FINDS OUT AT LARGE MEMBERS ARE HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS THE ATTITUDE BY SOME PEOPLE. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S A RARE ATTITUDE AT LARGE. 
          MEMBERS HAVE HELPED US IN THE PAST AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO KEEPING THEM. 
          UM, THEY SERVE A VITAL NEED BECAUSE JUST SOMETIMES PROBLEMS, NEIGHBORHOODS GET LOST IN THE PROCESS OF EVENTS. 
          YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT THAT LARGE MEMBER, YOU CAN GO TO FIVE OF 'EM, AND THAT'S GREAT. 
          UM, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NEED THAT WHY REDISTRICTING, REDISTRICTING HAS TO FOLLOW VOTING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES. 
          UH, MAYBE IT'S THE LAW NOW, BUT WHY IS IT THE LAW? UM, IF WE TRY TO LEAVE D MY OWN PRECINCT, VOTING PRECINCT 0 0 21 STRADDLES 2 88, AND SUBSUMES EMANCIPATION PARK, WHATEVER THING, WHATEVER REDISTRICTING I PROPOSE, I WOULD NOT DREAM OF TRYING TO CARVE OUT EMANCIPATION PARK FROM HISTORIC THIRD WARD COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT D. 
          I WILL, I'M READY TO STAY IN D BUT THINK THE REST OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS PROBABLY BETTER SERVED IN I OR POSSIBLY C. 
          UM, AGAIN, I JUST WANNA RE REITERATE THE NEED FOR AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND JUST FOR, AGAIN, FOR CLARIFICATION, 'CAUSE WANNA HIGHLIGHT, OF COURSE, THIS IS I, THIS IS D WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR, AND DI BELIEVE IS ABOUT 7% ABOVE. 
          SO D FOR EXAMPLE, IS LOOKING TO SHED SOME OF HIS PEOPLE. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, THIS IS H UNDER AND H GOES ALL THE WAY IN HERE. 
          SO IT BORDERS DISTRICT I NOW, HOWEVER WE, HOWEVER WE PULL. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          IT, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT CHANGING HERE. 
          HOWEVER, WE PULL COULD AFFECT THE WHOLE CITY DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU PULL FROM. 
          BUT I IS BELOW H IS BELOW D IS 7% ABOVE, AND I THINK C IS ABOUT 15% ABOVE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. 
          I THINK IT'S 17, IT'S 17. 
          C IS 17% ABOVE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE OUT. 
          OKAY? OKAY, NEXT ONE. 
          THANK YOU EDWARD YBARRA TO BE FOLLOWED BY DANIELLE LAPIERRE. 
          CAN I LOWER THIS? MAYBE A LITTLE BIT. 
          , JUST A LITTLE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME WAS VERY TALL. 
          I TAKE IT OUT. 
          OKAY, WELL, THERE WE GO. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          I'M JOHNNY CARSON NOW. 
          ANYWAY, UH, MAYOR, THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL, UH, MEETING ABOUT YOUR RECORD. 
          I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT RECORD. 
          I SUPPORTED YOU WHEN YOU WERE FIRST RAN. 
          AND, UM, BUT I'M ALSO, UH, CLOSE TO PASADENA. 
          AND PASADENA WENT THROUGH, UH, A LAWSUIT WHERE THEY FINALLY DID GET SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, AND THEY SEEM TO BE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          NOW, HOUSTON IS THE LARGEST CITY IN TEXAS THAT DOES NOT HAVE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS. 
          I BELIEVE, UH, JERRY WOOD, JERRY WOOD COULD CONFIRM THAT, I THINK. 
          BUT THE, UH, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, UH, ROBERT G'S SUGGESTION TO GO DOWN TO TWO OR THREE, UH, AT LARGE MIGHT BE A GOOD ONE. 
          I LIKE SOME OF THOSE AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'VE VOTED FOR MOST OF THEM. 
          UH, NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT SOME OF THEM. 
          AND, UH, SOME OF 'EM HAVE BEEN VERY USEFUL IN GETTING THINGS ACCOMPLISHED. 
          BUT, UH, THE NEGATIVE IS THE, UH, FACT THAT, UH, LATINO VOTERS HAVE NOT BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN ELECTING REPRESENTATION. 
          AND, UH, SUPPOSEDLY WE HAVE TWO DISTRICTS, OR MAYBE THREE. 
          IT DEPENDS. 
          IF YOU CALL JAY A HISPANIC DISTRICT, I WASN'T IN CHARGE OF THE REDISTRICTING THE LAST TIME, BUT, UM, I THINK, UH, H AND I SHOULD DEFINITELY BE, UH, KEPT AS A MAJORITY HISPANIC DISTRICTS. 
          AND I, I THINK, UH, IF WE GO DOWN TO TWO THAT MIGHT ENCOURAGE MAYBE, UH, ONE OR TWO MORE ADDITIONAL HISPANIC COUNCIL MEMBERS BY DISTRICT. 
          AND SO, UH, AGAIN, I THINK, UH, THIS IS NOT PERSONAL WITH THE MAYOR. 
          IT IS NOT IF THEY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR RECORD, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU, IT'S ABOUT THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HAVE TO BE THE MAYOR AT THE TIME. 
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 . 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW TO I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, LET ME NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          DANIELLE REDISTRICTING, STAY ON REDISTRICTING  , DANIELLE LAPIERRE TO BE FOLLOWED BY AMY DEN. 
          I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HEAR AMY FIRST. 
          UM, UH, MY NAME'S DANIELLE LAP PERRIER. 
          I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE EASTWOOD CIVIC ASSOCIATION. 
          UM, WE EXIST WITHIN AMY DENTON'S, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, SO SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 64. 
          OUR BOUNDARIES ARE MILBY STREET ON THE WEST, THE WEST BELT UP RAIL LINE ON THE EAST SIDE, HARRISBURG ON THE NORTH, AND I 45 FEET ARE ON THE SOUTH. 
          UM, THE PERSPECTIVE OF OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATION IS THAT WE'D LIKE TO MAINTAIN OUR COMMUNITY WITHIN ONE DISTRICT. 
          RIGHT NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY SPLIT BETWEEN I AND H WITH A TINY SLIVER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EXISTING AND H BETWEEN THE GALVESTON SUBRA, SO AGAIN, ANOTHER UP TRACK AND HARRISBURG. 
          THIS ACTUALLY CUTS OUR COMMUNITY OFF, UH, FROM EASTWOOD PARK. 
          IN TERMS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER WE TALK TO ABOUT THE PARK THAT IS NAMED AFTER OUR OWN COMMUNITY, WE'D LOVE TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY REUNITED WITH THAT PARK UNDER ONE COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT OUR COMMUNITY FEELS CULTURALLY AND COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY CONNECTED TO SECOND WARD, AND THAT LARGELY IN IS ENCOMPASSED BY DISTRICT H. 
          SO IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SHIFTING DISTRICTS HERE, UH, GREATER EASTWOOD, UM, CIVIC ASSOCIATION WOULD BE HAPPY TO JOIN, UH, IN, UH, TO, UH, WORK TOWARDS, UH, WORKING WITH SECOND WARD, UH, WHO DO A GREAT JOB OF CARING FOR OUR BELOVED EASTWOOD PARK. 
          UM, I THINK THE LAST PIECE I WOULD SAY IS THAT BECAUSE THE BORDERS OF OUR DISTRICT EXIST AROUND RAILROAD TRACKS, IN SOME CASES, THERE'S OFTEN, AND IN PARTICULAR THE GALVESTON SUB, THERE'S OFTEN A FEELING THAT CONCERNS ABOUT RAILROADS GET OVERLOOKED BECAUSE IT SITS ON THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN I AND H. 
          UM, SO PERHAPS A SHIFT THERE WILL HELP US ADDRESS SOME OF THE CRITICAL ISSUES WE'RE, UH, WE'RE SEEING WITH RAIL STOPPAGES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND I'LL SEE YOU ALL ON THURSDAY, I'M SURE TO TALK ABOUT THAT TOO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, INVITE EVERYONE TO THE UPCOMING, UM, SECOND, UH, JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON, AND MYSELF. 
          UH, IT'S THIS THURSDAY AT 10:00 AM UH, IT'S AT THE, UH, CHAMBER IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND OR IF NOT, YOU CAN ALSO ATTEND VIRTUALLY. 
          UM, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN THERE. 
          UH, BACK IN JANUARY WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING ON THIS, IT WAS UNION PACIFIC. 
          AND I KID YOU NOT, THAT THAT COMMITTEE MEETING WAS THREE HOURS, THREE HOURS, RESIDENTS CALLING IN, COMPLAINING AND UPSET. 
          UH, SO THIS THURSDAY WILL BE BURNING TO NORTHERN END AT 10 O'CLOCK. 
          SO I ASK YOU TO PLEASE, UH, ATTEND VIRTUALLY OR YOU CAN ATTEND AT THE, UH, THE, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AMY DEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY DI DIANE ALMOS. 
          GUZMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY NAME IS AMY DEN. 
          I'M THE CURRENT, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT FOR JOINT COUNCILS 64 AND 88. 
          UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THESE TWO SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD STAY TOGETHER. 
          THIS IS THE AREA KNOWN AS GREATER EASTWOOD LAWNDALE WAYSIDE. 
          UM, WE ARE IN THE SAME COUNCIL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, UH, IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE ORGANIZED AS A JOINT COUNCIL. 
          AND SO IT IS DIFFICULT AS, AS SHE JUST SPOKE ABOUT, WHEN WE ARE SPLIT AS A JOINT COUNCIL BETWEEN DIFFERENT, UH, DISTRICTS. 
          ALSO, OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL WORKS REALLY CLOSELY. 
          IT WAS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63 SECOND WARD. 
          AND FOR THE ISSUES WITH EASTWOOD PARK, UH, THAT WERE MENTIONED, WE HAVE VERY LIGHT CONCERNS WITH THAT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO I CAN SEE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 64 AND SIX, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 88, AND THEIR PRESENT BOUNDARIES BEING IMPORTANT TO BE IN THE SAME COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SHARE. 
          AND WE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T COORDINATE IN ADVANCE, BUT WE ARE ALIGNED . 
          THANK YOU DIANE. 
          ALMOST GUZMAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY DR. 
          SERGIO LIRA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          YES. 
          MY NAME IS DIANE OLMO GUZMAN, AND I'M WITH THE LULAC REDISTRICT REDISTRICTING TASK FORCE. 
          AND, UH, ON MARCH 28TH, WE HAD AN EXCELLENT TOWN HALL MEETING WHERE WE PRESENTED THE REASONS WHY LULAC IS SUPPORTING AND FIGHTING FOR SINGLE MEMBER 16 SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          AUSTIN RECENTLY DID SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, DALLAS, FORT WORTH, SAN ANTONIO, 
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AND HOUSTON BEING SO DIVERSE NEEDS TO GO TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS. 
          THIS IS A MATTER OF PARODY AND JUSTICE. 
          IT'S A MATTER OF THE, UH, CIVIL RIGHTS AMENDMENT OF 1965, TO HAVE THE VOTING RIGHTS TO HAVE EQUAL REPRESENTATION. 
          WE WANT TAXATION WITH REPRESENTATION, AND FOR THAT, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE CONTIGUOUS, UH, DISTRICTS, NO CRACKING, NO PACKING, BUT HAVING US TOGETHER. 
          AND IF YOU GET RID OF THE AT LARGE, THEN POSSIBLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD MORE, UH, LATINOS IN THOSE DISTRICTS BECAUSE THE LATINOS ARE ALL, ALL OVER HOUSTON. 
          AND SO THEREFORE WE NEED TO GO TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          SERGIO LIRA TO BE FOLLOWED BY YVETTE ORANO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MARGARET. 
          UM, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY, COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS. 
          A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          CAN WE REFER BACK TO COUNCIL DISTRICT POPULATION SLIDE? UM, ONE OF MY, AS PRESIDENT OF LULAC COUNCIL 49 67, AND CO-CHAIR OF THE REDISTRICTING LULAC TASK FORCE. 
          BUT THIS CHART HERE IS SIGNIFICANT. 
          SAFETY HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY PRIORITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SAFETY IS EVERYONE'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? EVERYONE? AND WHAT'S, WHAT, IF YOU LOOK AT DISTRICT HI AND J, THE IMPORTANT QUESTION HERE IS WHY, WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE OUTFLUX OF THE POPULATION AND DISTRICTS THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY HIGHLY CONCENTRATED FOLKS OF COLOR? AND YOU LOOK AT B AND F, WHICH HAVE REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE. 
          WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE AND WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? WHAT ARE THE FACTORS? I HAVE YET TO SEE A CLEAR EXPLANATION AS TO WHY FOLKS ARE LEAVING THESE DISTRICTS. 
          AND THE REASON I SAY IT IS BECAUSE IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THOSE FACTORS 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WE'RE GONNA BE HERE AGAIN WITH THE SAME ISSUES. 
          SO THE QUESTION IS, WHY IS THERE AN OUTFLUX OF FOLKS IN THESE DISTRICTS PREDOMINANTLY HIGHLY CONCENTRATED FOLKS OF COLOR? THE OTHER QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REVERSE THOSE FACTORS? SO THEREFORE, IN 10 YEARS, WE'RE NOT HERE AGAIN. 
          HAVING H WAS THE HIGHEST NEGATIVE NUMBER AS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF DISTRICT HI WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER UNDER DR. 
          LIRA. 
          I'M GLAD YOU POINTED THAT OUT. 
          'CAUSE I I'VE BEEN BRINGING THAT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, IT'S FUNNY THAT IT'S HJ AND I THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LATINO AREAS. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          . 
          WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE CENSUS, YOU HAD THAT FEAR FACTOR OUT THERE. 
          YOU HAD THE STATE THAT PLA SB SB FOUR WHERE SOMEONE IS STOPPED, LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN ASK THEM FOR THEIR PAPERS OR DOCUMENTATION, YOU KNOW, UH, AND THEN YOU HAD OF COURSE, PRESIDENT, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP PUTTING THAT FEAR OUT THERE AND REGARDING IMMIGRANTS. 
          SO IN MY OPINION, THERE WAS AN UNDER COUNT BECAUSE BACK IN, BACK IN 2010, THE HISPANICS WERE AT 44, 40 5%, AND NOW IN 2020 WE'RE AT 47%. 
          YOU KNOW, SO, SO, SO THERE IS AN UNDER COUNT, UH, IN, IN, IN MY OPINION. 
          UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO NOW WE HAVE TO ADDRESS, AND I AGREE THAT THE EXPERTS WOULD SAY THAT THE UNDER COUNT IS GIVE OR TAKE PLUS AND MINUS 5%, BUT THIS IS 17%, 14%, 11%. 
          AND I JUST WANT YOU TO, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE OVERARCHING FACTORS HERE. 
          DOES GENTRIFICATION PLAY A ROLE? DOES CRIME IN CERTAIN AREAS PLAY A ROLE? CHANNEL 13 HAD A REPORT YESTERDAY ON CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY, AND I KNOW MAYOR, MAYOR, GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND THINGS ARE PROGRESSING. 
          BUT THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE THERE IS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF MORE CRIME THAN OTHER AREAS. 
          RECENTLY, SOMEONE JUST GOT KILLED HERE AT DENNY'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND OF COURSE, THE ARLENE ALVAREZ SITUATION. 
          BUT THERE ARE SOME, SOME PROBLEM AREAS. 
          AND NOT TO SAY THAT IN THE AGGREGATE, THE CITY IS DOING BETTER. 
          YES, THEY ARE IN ADDRESSING THIS CRIME CRISIS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. 
          BUT THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT I, I 
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I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY GENTRIFICATION AND CRIME HAVE CONTRIBUTED SOMEHOW SOME, SOME WAY IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND MAYBE IT'S NOT A, A, UM, QUANTITATIVE STUDY, BUT I'M SURE THERE IS SOME QUALITATIVE FACTORS INVOLVED. 
          SO COULD SOMEONE ADDRESS THAT AGAIN? LET ME, LET ME ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS HAS SAID. 
          I THINK WHAT YOU WILL FIND, NOT JUST IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT EVEN ACROSS THE STATE IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CENSUS, THERE IS A SERIOUS UNDER COUNT FOR A NUMBER OF FACTORS. 
          UM, IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, GENERALLY, PEOPLE ARE NOT AS RESPONSIVE TO CENSUS INFORMATION FOR VARIOUS REASONS. 
          THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR INFORMATION, THEY'RE CONCERNED WHERE THEIR INFORMATION, UM, HOW THE INFORMATION WILL BE USED. 
          AND SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF HESITANCY, UM, TO, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, WHICH GOES INTO THE CENSUS REGARDLESS OF THE FACTORS WE ARE OBLIGATED TO USE THAT CENSUS INFORMATION IN DRAWING THE DISTRICTS. 
          SO, UM, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS. 
          WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WOULD BE THE MAIN FACTOR BESIDES THAT? WELL, WHAT I CAN SAY TO YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S POPULATION HAS GROWN BY 9.8%. 
          SO IF THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S POPULATION HAS GROWN BY 9.8%, UM, AND THEN WHERE YOU COMBINE THE FACT, UH, THAT, UM, UM, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WERE MORE, HES LESS, WERE MORE HESITANT NOT TO RESPOND TO, UH, CENSUS TAKERS, THEN IT BECOMES, IT BECOMES A COMPOUNDING EFFECT. 
          AND SO IN NOT RESPONDING TO THE CENSUS, AND THEN YOU'RE HAVING TO REDRAW THE LINE BASED ON THE CENSUS, IT'S LIKE A DOUBLE EFFECT. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN GO AND DO ANOTHER SURVEY AND, AND DETECT THAT UNDER COUNT AND THEN DRAW THE DISTRICTS ACCORDINGLY. 
          WE JUST, WE ARE CONSTRAINED BY THE, BY THE PROCESS. 
          NO, I AGREE. 
          AND, AND I AGREE, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE OTHER TWO BIG FACTORS, OVERARCHING, WHAT IMPACT DO THEY HAVE ON DISTRICT HINJ? THAT'S JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IT IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, MS. ARIANO, I BELIEVE THE FIRST NAME IS YVETTE. 
          MA'AM, BEFORE YOU SPEAK, COULD YOU PLEASE SPELL YOUR NAME FOR ME SO I CAN MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR IN THE RECORD? YEAH, MY FIRST NAME, UH, MY FIRST NAME IS YVETTE, Y-V-E-T-T-E, ANO, A-R-E-L-L-A-N-O. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          I LIVE AT EAST END APARTMENTS, 2 2 2 SOUTH 66TH STREET IN MAGNOLIA PARK. 
          I'M A PART OF THE MAGNOLIA PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION. 
          I'M AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN MY COMMUNITY. 
          I VOLUNTEER, I HAVE DONE CLEANUPS, MAYOR, I EVEN WALKED AROUND ACRES HOMES WHERE I GREW UP AND PUSHED FOR YOU TO BECOME MAYOR. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T WIN THAT TIME. 
          I WAS GOING TO EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL AT THE TIME, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID IN GETTING STUDENTS OUT TO HELP SPREAD THE VOTE. 
          BUT I WILL SAY THAT SAYING THAT NO OTHER MAYOR HAS DONE AS MUCH AS YOU, DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE DONE ENOUGH. 
          AND THAT IS A CRITICISM THAT AS A VOTER, AS A TAXPAYER, YOU SHOULD BE OPEN TO. 
          I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, GALLEGOS, WHEN I WENT TO THE COUNTRY CLUB CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND YOU PROPOSED REMOVING TURS FROM THE HARRISBURG TURS TO BUILD A DOG PARK IN A WEALTHIER, WIDER COMMUNITY, I WAS THERE, I SAW AMY DEN, I SAW YOU, I SAW ALL OF THE OTHER FOLKS REALLY PUSHING FOR THIS BECAUSE MEXICANS IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE MYSELF, DON'T KNOW HOW TO WALK OUR DOGS OR PICK UP AFTER OUR DOGS. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL SAY BEING PART OF DISTRICT H IN MAGNOLIA PARK, WE SHARE A LOT OF THE SOCIAL ISSUES FACING PETROCHEMICAL EXPOSURE WHEN IT COMES TO FUGITIVE EMISSIONS, LIKE FLARING AT NIGHT THAT WE SEE ALL ON OUR WAY HOME. 
          WHEN I'M WALKING THROUGH MASON 
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PARK, WHEN I'M GOING THROUGH THE GREENWAY BAYOU THAT I LOVE, WE'RE EXPOSED TO THE EXPLOSIONS. 
          WE SMELL SMELLS, EVERYTHING FROM GAS TO BURNING PLASTIC AND RUBBERS BECAUSE WE LIVE IN AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. 
          I'M ALSO THE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FENCELINE WATCH AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION BASED IN THE EAST END OF HOUSTON. 
          BEING THAT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS A PRIMARY CONCERN, WE SHOULD BE MORE ABLE TO LINK COMMUNITIES THAT SHARE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES LIKE THAT OF DISTRICT H MAGNOLIA PARK WITH OTHER PARTS OF MAGNOLIA PARK THAT ARE SPLIT UP BETWEEN DISTRICT I AND COMMUNITIES LIKE MANCHESTER IN DISTRICT E THAT PRIMARILY HAS A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL REPRESENTATION, WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          WITHIN DISTRICT E, THERE ARE PORTIONS THAT ARE BEYOND SCAA WHERE IT TAKES OVER AN HOUR TO TRAVEL THAT ARE CLOSER TO CONROE THAN TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I BELIEVE THAT DISTRICT E PLACES LIKE MANCHESTER SHOULD BE BETTER CONNECTED TO DISTRICT H, ESPECIALLY AS OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATION IS WORKING WITH THAT OF MANCHESTER CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND SMITH EDITION. 
          SO I REQUEST YOU TO TAKE THESE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE WE ALL SMELL THE SMELLS OF VALERO, LIONEL BASSEL, AND TEXAS PETROCHEMICAL BECAUSE OUR NEIGHBORS SHOULDN'T BE THOSE THAT ARE CLOSER TO CONROE THAN TO OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS SPLIT UP BY DISTRICTS. 
          I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROPERLY ORGANIZE POLITICALLY, THEN WE WILL HAVE A GREATER CHANCE AT SUCCESS WHEN IT COMES TO CURVING EMISSIONS THAT ARE FUELING NOT ONLY THE CLIMATE CRISIS, BUT REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES LIKE THOSE I FACE LIKE THE SCARS AND THE RASHES I HAVE ON MY BODY FROM THOSE TYPES OF EXPOSURES THAT I SHARE WITH MY NEIGHBORS IN DISTRICT I AND DISTRICT E. 
          AND TO THE POINT SAID EARLIER ABOUT DISTRICT H LOSING POPULATION, OUR LOW INCOME HOUSING IS BEING DECIMATED IN ORDER TO BUILD CONDOS, THAT OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATION GETS PRESENTATIONS FOR SENIOR CENTERS, WHERE IF YOU ARE A SENIOR, YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE $77,000 A YEAR. 
          AND THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT TO TAKE ANY MORE THAN 2% OF VOUCHERS BECAUSE THEY ONLY NEED 2% TO GET A TAX DEDUCTION. 
          I REQUEST YOU TAKE ALL OF THESE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION AND HOLD YOURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE AS A CHAMPION IN OIL, GAS, AND ENERGY. 
          YOU ALSO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          WE ARE THE ONES WHO VOTE YOU INTO POWER AND INTO PLACE AND JUST AS EASILY CAN AND WILL VOTE YOU OUT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          MY NAME IS YVETTE ANO, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES CAN COME TOGETHER IF WE STOP BEING SPLIT UP FOR ECONOMIC INTERESTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, CAESAR ESPINOZA TO BE FOLLOWED BY VICTOR GONZALEZ, MR. ESPINOZA. 
          OKAY, I'LL CALL HIM BACK IN A MOMENT. 
          UH, VICTOR GONZALEZ AND THEN STACY FAIRCHILD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T FINISH SPEAKING. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA SPEAK THEN. 
          UH, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS I GRADUATED FROM U OF H WITH SYLVESTER. 
          WE WERE IN THE SENATE FOR, UH, THREE YEARS TOGETHER. 
          AND HE WAS A BRILLIANT POLITICIAN BACK THEN TOO. 
          HE WAS ALWAYS IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE. 
          BUT, UH, I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT ROBERT GALLEGOS HAS A BIG HAND IN HELPING PICK NOT JUST TO HISPANICS, BUT ALL THE QUALITY DEPARTMENT HEADS. 
          I WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR, UH, MAYOR HOFFINS, WHITMEYER AND MCCAN, AND A LOT OF DEPARTMENT HEADS WERE HIRED BECAUSE THERE WERE SOMEBODY'S DRINKING BUDDY OR THEY RAISED MONEY AND THE CITY LOST WHEN I WAS THERE. 
          HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON INCOMPETENCE. 
          UH, THEY HAD HIRED A, UH, ARMY COLONEL 
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THAT HIRED 15 ARMY COLONELS. 
          HALF OF 'EM ALMOST WENT TO PRISON, AND THEY LOST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PUBLIC WORKS. 
          AND IN MY OPINION, PUBLIC WORKS IS STILL RACIST. 
          UH, THE, UH, I WROTE A PAPER ON TXDOT, THE GENTRIFICATION OF A INNER CITY, 15 PAGES PROVEN THAT THEY HAD A LOT OF LIES AROUND A BUNCH OF DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          I SENT IT TO YOUR OFFICE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER GOT IT. 
          I WROTE ANOTHER PAPER ON METRO LOSING MILLIONS OF BUCKS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER GOT THAT ONE. 
          UH, THE, UH, HISPANICS HAVE LOW JOB COUNT AT ALL LEVEL IN VIRTUALLY EVERY GOVERNMENT AGENCY IN HOUSTON. 
          IT HAS IMPROVED UNDER YOU BECAUSE TURNER'S, BACK WHEN WE WERE IN SCHOOL, DIDN'T SEE BLACK BROWN ALREADY JUST SAW THE PERSON FOR WHAT THEY ARE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE. 
          THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE THAT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THE HISPANICS ALWAYS GET CHEATED ON EVERYTHING. 
          TXDOT CLEANS ALL THE BIOS. 
          THE OLDEST BIOS IN HOUSTON WHEN HOUSTON GOT INCORPORAT, 1836 ARE STILL FILTHY. 
          THE BIOS ON THE EAST END SIM BILE NORTH SIDE, THEY'RE BIG JUNGLES. 
          WHY IS ALL THE BIOS ALL OVER THE CITY CEMENT CEMENTED IN CUT WIDE AND CLEANED FOR FLOODING, BUT THE OLDEST BS IN TOWN ARE FULL OF RATS AND WINOS AND TRASH. 
          JUST, JUST, YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE MAPS. 
          TXDOT CLEANS AND PUTS UP 20 AND 30 FOOT CEMENT WALLS ALL OVER THE CITY FOR SOUND BEARERS ON THE FREEWAY EVERYWHERE, EXCEPT THE BODY OF, AND NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          VI VI VICTOR APPRECIATE IT. 
          BUT, UH, WE'RE DISCUSSING REDISTRICTING, SO, YEAH, WELL, ANYWAY, THAT'S PART OF REDISTRICTING. 
          THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STATE REPS, THE SENATORS, THE CONGRESS, THEY'RE ALL BY DISTRICT. 
          WELL, WHY, WHY, WHY ARE WE, UH, ARGUING ABOUT GETTING DISTRICTS FOR THE CITY? BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, STACEY FAIRCHILD TO BE FOLLOWED BY JESSICA. 
          EY. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND DIRECTOR BROWN FOR, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS FOR HOLDING THESE MEETINGS TONIGHT. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANNA MAKE. 
          I'M HEARING A LOT ABOUT UNDERREPRESENTATION AND I AM HERE AS THE SECRETARY OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE TONIGHT. 
          WE HAVE ROY LIRA, WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE. 
          AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS, WE, UM, THE CITY IS COMPRISED OF 88 SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ONE WAY TO GET INVOLVED IS TO, IS TO GET INVOLVED WITH OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, I SEE OTHER PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT WHO ATTEND OUR MEETINGS REGULARLY. 
          AND IF YOU ARE WANTING TO GET INVOLVED POLITICALLY, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO, UM, IT'S A GOOD PATH, UH, TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A NATURAL PROGRESSION ALMOST. 
          AND I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROBINSON IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. 
          HE WAS CHAIR OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE AND HERE HE IS SITTING IN HIS SECOND TERM AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          SO, I'M SORRY, THIRD. 
          SO, UM, SO I MEAN, THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. 
          UM, ALSO TOO, WE JUST, UH, OUR PAST CHAIR JUST THIS LAST YEAR FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS WAS JUAN SOTO. 
          SO HE, UH, HAS REPRESENTED, UH, HISPANICS, UH, CITYWIDE, AND HE IS OUT OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 49 AND 50 IN THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF HOUSTON. 
          SO YOU, YOU'VE JUST HAD ONE WHO, UH, LEFT AND HE IS PAST CHAIR, AND NOW YOU'VE GOT ONE WHO IS UP AND COMING AND WILL PROBABLY BE PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR. 
          AND I WOULD JUST INCUR THOSE TWO EXAMPLES. 
          IN ADDITION TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROBINSON IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS AT THE CITY, UNDERSTAND THE INFLOW AND OUTFLOW OF CITY GOVERNMENT, AND, UM, WE WILL SUPPORT YOU AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THERE AND REPRESENT HISPANICS CITYWIDE. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME SEE ME OR ROY, UH, AFTER THE MEETING, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO CONNECT YOU WITH OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          SECONDLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, I'VE HEARD THIS AT SEVERAL DISTRICT MEETINGS ABOUT PEOPLE WANTING TO BE REPRESENTED ONLY BY ONE DISTRICT, AND I DISAGREE WITH THAT. 
          AND MR. WOOD, THIS IS FOR YOU. 
          AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22, WHICH IS WASHINGTON AVENUE COALITION MEMORIAL PARK, WE ARE REPRESENTED BY C AND H, AND WE HAVE, WE ARE THE POSTER CHILD FOR THE NOISE PROBLEM FOR THE BARS. 
          AND MOST OF THAT FALLS IN SEA. 
          MOST OF THE PROBLEM, UM, IF, 
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IF COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T A CAUSE THAT SHE WANTED TO TAKE ON, YOU KNOW, I WOULD KIND OF BE LEFT IF, IF I WERE ONLY REPRESENTED BY ONE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY REAL SUPPORT THERE. 
          I WOULDN'T HAVE ANYBODY TO GO TO. 
          AND SO, UH, THANKFULLY SHE HAS PLAYED A SUPPORT ROLE IN US GETTING THE SOUND ORDINANCE REVISIONS, WHICH WAS JUST PAST THIS PAST WEEK. 
          BUT COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN HAS BEEN JUST AMAZING, UM, AT LEADING THIS EFFORT. 
          AND SHE'S HERE TONIGHT, AND I WANNA THANK HER PUBLICLY FOR ALL OF HER EFFORTS. 
          UM, AND EVEN THE SUPPORT OF COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON AND THE MAYOR AND OTHERS. 
          UM, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING EACH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THAT REASON. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T HAD THAT EXPERIENCE, UH, IN RECENT YEARS, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO FEEL, WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          SO, I'M, I'M AFRAID THAT IF WE LIMIT EACH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD TO ONE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, THEY COULD FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY AGAIN. 
          SO THAT'S NUMBER TWO. 
          NUMBER THREE, UH, WELL, I ALREADY MADE IT WITH, UH, I, I REALLY THINK WE NEED AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE OUR, OUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS CANNOT TAKE ON ALL OF THE RESPONSIBILITY. 
          AND I USE MY OWN, AS AN EXAMPLE, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, UH, ABBY CAYMAN, SHE HAS OVER 70, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF YOUR DISTRICT, BUT SHE HAS OVER 70 CIVIC CLUBS. 
          SHE CANNOT ADDRESS EVERY ISSUE IN EACH OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN CAME INTO PLAY AND WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US WITH THE SOUND ORDINANCE REVISIONS, WHICH I DO BELIEVE IS GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR US IN DISTRICT C. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER HAVING THE, UH, AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS AS, UM, A PLACE FOR RESIDENTS TO GO, UH, WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO COLLABORATE ON AN ISSUE OR, OR A COUPLE OF ISSUES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, HCC, TRUSTEE LAREDO. 
          THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. 
          UH, JESSICA HALSEY, AND THEN JOSE MORENO. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON REPRESENTATIVES THIS EVENING, INCLUDING MAYOR TURNER. 
          UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, UH, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          UH, THIS IS ABOUT REDISTRICTING, JUST LIKE, UH, BOTH FRAGA AMY IS WITH CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS WHO THEY SPOKE THIS EVENING. 
          I'M ALL FOR UNITING DISTRICT H WITH I TO BECOME ONE. 
          UM, JUST TO GO BACK THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE IN THE PAST, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. 
          SO, I AM FOR, UM, NOT ONLY MYSELF AS A RESIDENT, UH, OF SECOND WARD. 
          I AM A BOARD MEMBER OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL 63, BUT THIS EVENING IT'S ABOUT, UM, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT H. 
          THEREFORE, WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF UNITING WITH DISTRICT I. 
          AND IT'S ABOUT TIME. 
          WE NEED THOSE NUMBERS. 
          WE NEED TO INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS. 
          WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. 
          AND NOW, UM, AFTER REDISTRICTING, I LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON, SELIA ALCORN FOR THEIR SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON FOR VISITING EASTWOOD PARK. 
          YOU'RE NOT A STRANGER TO EASTWOOD PARK COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISIT. 
          THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT EASTWOOD PARK. 
          UH, WE NEED YOUR REPRESENTATION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELIA ALCORN, YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR US. 
          YOU ATTEND OUR MEETINGS, UM, AT EVERY MEETING FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          YOU'RE THERE FOR US, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          PLEASE CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. 
          MR. MAYOR EASTWOOD PARK, IT'S GROWING EASTWOOD PARK. 
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IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT HISTORIC PARK. 
          IT REPRESENTS DISTRICT EYE AND AGE. 
          AND FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, I HAVE PARTNERED WITH EASTWOOD CIVIC ASSOCIATION FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY TOGETHER, THEREFORE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR BOTH OF US, H AND I, TO UNITE. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN, CITY OF HOUSTON THIS EVENING, VISITING WITH US. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          LOOK, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD ALSO TO SEE YOU ON THE 12TH, UH, REBUILDING TOGETHER, HOUSTON. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          GOOD SEEING YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OOPS. 
          UH, MR. MORENO AND I, I CAN'T READ WHETHER IT'S JESSE OR JOSE. 
          JOSE. 
          JOSE. 
          I WANTED TO SAY SOME THINGS ON CIP. 
          IS THIS FOR THAT RIGHT NOW? I'M SORRY. 
          NO, IF I'LL, ILL CALL YOU BACK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I READ THAT WRONG. 
          UM, RORY LERA AND THEN CESAR ESPINOZA. 
          GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS AND DIRECTOR BROWN, AND THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          UM, I'M HERE THIS EVENING AS A REP, OH, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT H AND SECOND WARD. 
          HEARING BOTH SIDES THIS EVENING, IT'S A TOUGH DECISION THAT THE DEMOGRAPHERS, WELL, MR. WOOD HAS TO FACE AS WE HEAR PEOPLE WHO WERE IN FAVOR OF TRANSITIONING OVER TO H AND OTHERS. 
          FOR I, THAT I'M NEUTRAL BECAUSE I SEE THERE ARE FOUR OTHER SU FOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS REPRESENTED THIS EVENING. 
          AND COLLECTIVELY AT GRASSROOTS LEVEL, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE, THESE VOLUNTEERS AND ADVOCATES, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AROUND, HAVE STEPPED UP, HAVE DONE THE THINGS, AND HAVE WORKED COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          WITH THAT IN MIND, THE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES, I AGREE WITH MS. HALSEY AND OTHERS IN THAT THOSE ARE NEEDED POSITIONS. 
          I CAN STATE WITH, UM, A FAIR STATEMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN HAS BEEN AT OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS CONSISTENTLY. 
          SHE'S ALSO BEEN A DRIVER IN WHAT WE'VE NOW SPOKEN ABOUT, THE SOUND ORDINANCE FOR THOSE. 
          WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS LOCALLY, IF WE LOOK AT HARRISBURG AND NAVIGATION AND CANAL STREET, SOME OF THE BARS LATE AT NIGHT, THE WORK THAT HER GROUP HAS DONE THAT SHE SPEARHEADED, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR LIVES POSITIVELY IN 118 DAYS WHEN THIS LAW GOES INTO EFFECT. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE DON'T REALIZE THAT ARE GOING ON AT A HIGHER LEVEL. 
          UM, THAT MAY NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED BY A SINGLE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE WHO MAY BE CONSUMED WITH THE CAUSE. 
          THAT WILL BE MULTIPLE YEARS OR MULTIPLE TERMS. UM, SO THAT'S MY FEEDBACK ON THERE. 
          REGARDING THE SECOND AWARD, AGAIN, WE'VE HEARD CASES BEFORE AND AGAINST WITHIN, UM, REMAINING H AND TRANSITIONING EASTWOOD TO, UH, TO H OR TO IRA TO H. 
          UM, GOOD LUCK AS A DEMOGRAPHERS. 
          I'M SURE THIS IS A COMMON THEME THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH SOME OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          CHEERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, CAESAR ESPINOZA, AND THEN DONALD REEDY. 
          OKAY, UH, DONALD REY, AND THEN MICHAEL GONZALEZ. 
          MY NAME'S DON RE, UH, MAYOR ROBERT. 
          DAVID AND SALLY, THANK YOU FOR COMING ALL THE EMPLOYEES, UM, MY OPINION. 
          YOU'VE ALL DONE A PRETTY DARN GOOD JOB. 
          UM, MAYOR ROBERT, YOU GUYS, AS FAR AS THE REDISTRICTING AND CHANGING FROM 11 SINGLES TO FIVE, UH, AT LARGE, THESE TWO THINGS, ARE THEY COMPATIBLE IN THE SAME IN THE TIMEFRAME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? OKAY, SO WE HAVE FIVE COUNT, UH, FIVE AT LARGE. 
          WE'RE GONNA STAY THERE. 
          WHY DON'T WE WORK TOWARDS MAYBE THE FIVE AT LARGE WORKING WITH SPECIFIC DISTRICTS WHEN YOU DO GET A REDRAWN SO THAT THOSE DISTRICTS HAVE DOUBLE REPRESENTATION, EVERYONE WILL HAVE AT LEAST DOUBLE REPRESENTATION. 
          UH, IF YOU DID, IF YOU COULD GET TO 12 AND FOUR, IT'S PRETTY EASY MATH, DAVID, YOU HAVE THREE DISTRICTS. 
          IF YOU WANT SIX, GO TO WORK, THAT'S FINE. 
          BUT AT LEAST THREE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. 
          OUR FITS IN THE TIMEFRAME. 
          IF IT DOES, MAYBE WE CAN CONSIDER THAT. 
          THAT'LL BUY US SOME TIME ALSO TO FIND OUT IF THE COUNTS REALLY ARE AS LOW AS WE THINK THEY ARE IN THESE DISTRICTS. 
          HI AND J. 
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IF THEY ARE, THAT'S AN EASY SOLUTION TOO. 
          GET PEOPLE TO TRUST US. 
          THEY HAVE TO TRUST US, NOT THE GOVERNMENT. 
          I DON'T TRUST YOU. 
          GOVERNMENT PEOPLE COMPLETELY. 
          I TRUST MY NEIGHBORS. 
          I KNOW THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS GONNA ASK RO UH, DAVID AND SALLY BOTH WHAT YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. REEDY, AND, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THIS MEETING ALONG WITH ALL THE CITY OF HOUSTON EMPLOYEES, UH, ROBINSON. 
          I'M CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE. 
          AND, UH, I THINK TO THAT POINT, LET ME JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I LIVE IN A DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          UM, BUT LIKE THE MAYOR HAS SAID, I SERVE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          AND THAT'S NOT JUST ME SAYING THAT, THAT'S THE POLICY OF OUR OFFICE. 
          WE'VE GOT 11 DISTRICTS AND, UM, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A UNIFORM POLICY IN MY OFFICE, WHETHER WE GET AN EMAIL, A TEXT, A TELEPHONE CALL, WE ARE THERE TO SUPPORT OUR 11 DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, COLLEAGUES. 
          AND WHEN APPROPRIATE, OUR FOUR OTHER AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS, SALLY ALCORN AND I HAVE SERVED TOGETHER FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. 
          AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A GOOD DEAL. 
          I THINK PART OF THE REASON, AND I THINK WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, SHE HAS JUST BEEN DOING SOME INCREDIBLE WORK WITH THE ULA REGULATORY AND NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. 
          AND THAT HAS BEEN HUGE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG THE WASHINGTON AVENUE CORRIDOR IN MIDTOWN MAYOR. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING ON A TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 
          SO, I THINK TO REPEAT THE THEME OF THE MEETINGS, THIS IS ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING THAT MUST COME FROM THE CENSUS COUNT. 
          IT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR US TO BALANCE THE DISTRICTS. 
          I AGREE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND OUR MAYOR, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT UNDER COUNTS. 
          AND YET, WHILE THAT TO ME IS COMPLETELY UNFAIR, IT IS THE HAND WE HAVE BEEN DEALT AND WE MUST GO FORWARD. 
          SO THAT IS UNFORTUNATE, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE FOR US TO BALANCE THE DISTRICTS. 
          RIGHT NOW, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR JOB TO SERVE THE CITIZENS AT LARGE ACROSS THE CITY, AND WE WILL DO THAT AS EQUALLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS, THAT IS A BIG CITY. 
          LOOK AT WHAT OUR MAYOR DOES ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. 
          HE IS OUT THERE AND WE TRY TO FOLLOW THAT. 
          BUT WE DO SUPPORT, IN MY CASE, I CHAIR THE TTI COMMITTEE FOR TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          WE'VE BEEN RIGHT THERE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. 
          UM, AND HE KNOWS FOR A FACT THAT I WILL CHAIR THE MEETING ON THURSDAY THAT HE'S BEEN SO PIVOTAL FOR ABOUT OUR RAILROAD CROSSINGS. 
          AND THAT HAS BEEN WITH UNION PACIFIC AND BNS. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE ONE MORE CARD FROM SOMEONE, UH, MICHAEL GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS, UH, GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO RELAY MY COMMENTS. 
          SO MY NAME IS MICHAEL GONZALEZ. 
          I LIVE IN THE GREATER EASTWOOD AREA. 
          AND MY QUESTION TO YOU, MAYOR AND ROBERT, IS I KNOW WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE POPULATION AND THE SURVEY THAT CAME THROUGH AND THOSE THAT ARE UNDER OR NON-REPORTED. 
          SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS HERE FOR, WE'RE GONNA DO THE NEXT SURVEY IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          SO FROM NOW TO 10 YEARS. 
          WHAT ABOUT THOSE THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE SURVEY? THOSE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DID NOT SPEND BACK THEIR INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY HAD UNDOCUMENTED, YOU KNOW, FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE LIVING WITH THEM. 
          AND THAT TRAINS THE DYNAMICS, YOU KNOW, ENTIRELY. 
          SO I LIKE TO HEAR FROM THAT, BECAUSE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WE, WE MIGHT HAVE MORE VOTERS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS WHO ARE VOTING MORE, WHICH WILL NOT BE FAIR TO THE OTHERS DISTRICTS IF WE'RE LOOKING AT POPULATION AND TRYING TO ECHO THAT OUT. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THOSE COMMENTS FROM, FROM THAT. 
          UH, JUST LIKE WE ARE WITHDRAWING THE, THE LINES EVERY 10 YEARS, UH, EVERY 10 YEARS WE'LL GO THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE. 
          SO, UM, LET'S SAY 10 YEARS FROM NOW, UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE RECOUNT AGAIN. 
          UM, 
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AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT ROUND, UM, UM, THE STATE WILL PROVIDE MORE MONEY FOR THE CENSUS. 
          THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY DOLLARS THIS TIME. 
          SO ALL OF THE DOLLARS THAT CAME, THAT WAS PUT ON THE CENSUS CAME FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. 
          OKAY? SO EVERY 10 YEARS, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE RECOUNT. 
          AND EVERY 10 YEARS WE'LL GO THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THE NEXT TIME, UM, WE'LL CATCH THAT UNDER COUNT AND THEN CATCH EVERYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE. 
          BECAUSE YOU COUNT EVERY SINGLE PERSON, WHETHER THEY CAN VOTE OR CANNOT VOTE, YOU COUNT EVERY SINGLE WARM BODY. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR THE MONEY THAT'S COMING INTO THESE, YOU KNOW, TO THESE AREAS AND SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WHY CAN'T WE USE THE MONEY FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE THAT THE PRESIDENT SIGNED? WHY CAN'T WE USE THOSE FUNDS TO DETERMINE OR USE THOSE FUNDS TO, IN THESE SEPARATE DISTRICTS TO DO ANOTHER SURVEY? IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY COMING FROM THE STATE, STATE, CAN'T DO THAT. 
          IT, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A FEDERAL, UH, IT'S IN THE CONSTITUTION, IT'S EVERY 10 YEARS. 
          SO WE CAN'T GO BACK AND, AND, AND DO IT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S AN UNDER COUNT. 
          LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, WE LOST OUT, UH, THE STATE DIDN'T PROVIDE MONIES FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OR THE COUNTIES TO DO A CENSUS OUTREACH. 
          THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR, WE VOTED TO PUT MONIES TO DO A CENSUS OUTREACH. 
          OKAY? SO, SO YOU'RE ASKING WHAT ARE THE, THE, THE IMPACT, WHAT'S THE EFFECTS? BECAUSE WE HAVE AN UNDER COUNT. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'RE LOSING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          THE STATE OF TEXAS, HARRIS COUNTY, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WE'RE LOSING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF FEDERAL DOLLARS BECAUSE THE STATE DID NOT PROVIDE MONIES FOR US TO DO THE CENSUS. 
          NOT ONLY THAT, WE, WE ARE ALSO LOSING REPRESENTATION IN WASHINGTON. 
          I THINK THE STATE OF TEXAS ONLY GOT TWO OR THREE, THREE NEW CONGRESS PEOPLE. 
          OKAY. 
          TWO, WE SHOULDA HAD THREE. 
          YEAH, WE, WE, WE, WE, WE ONLY REC WE ONLY GOT TWO NEW CONGRESS REPRESENTATION IN, IN DC WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THREE CALIFORNIA. 
          THEY SPENT MONEY ON THEIR OUTREACH. 
          SO THEY'RE GETTING, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE MORE REPRESENTATION NOW IN DC BECAUSE OF THEM SPENDING MONEY ON THEIR OUTREACH. 
          SO THAT'S THE IMPACT, BECAUSE WE DID NOT RECEIVE THAT MONIES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MARY. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CARDS. 
          DOES ANYONE ELSE WANNA COMPLETE A CARD AND SPEAK LAST CHANCE? OKAY. 
          THIS ENDS THE REDISTRICTING PORTION OF THE MEETING AND THE CIP MEETING WILL START IMMEDIATELY. 
          YEAH, LET'S TALK TOMORROW. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW WE'RE GOING TO THE, UH, CIP. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE CIP PRESENTATION, I WANT TO SHARE A FEW QUICK UPDATES. 
          FIRST, I WANT TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE MAYOR TURNER FOR WORKING WITH ME TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING TO REPAIR OATS ROAD OATS ROADS ON THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE DISTRICT. 
          IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, A CITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT TO COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA, HAS BEGUN MAJOR WORK ON OATS ROAD THAT WILL INCLUDE ROAD MILLING, BASE REPAIRS, AND IMPROVING THE SHOULDERS. 
          THIS PROJECT WILL NOT ONLY IMPROVE THE DRIVING SURFACE, BUT ALSO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE ROADWAY. 
          LET ME ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS TEAM FOR WORKING WITH MY OFFICE TO PRIORITIZE AND COMPLETE A MAJOR ROAD REHABILITATION ON WINKLER ROAD BETWEEN MONROE AND GLENVIEW. 
          THAT PROJECT REPAIRED BASE FAILURES IMPROVED THE ROAD SURFACE. 
          DRIVABILITY ADDED NEW CURBING AND NEW WIDER SIDEWALKS ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF WINKLER TO HELP IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY. 
          WE ALSO COMPLETED CONCRETE PANEL REPLACEMENTS AND REPAIRS TO WINKLER BETWEEN TELEPHONE ROAD AND WOODRIDGE OFFICE. 
          CITY DRIVE IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING REPAIRS AS WELL. 
          THIS WILL GREATLY BENEFIT THE GULF GATE AND WOODRIDGE CORRIDOR, ONE OF OUR MAJOR COMMERCIAL DESTINATIONS IN DISTRICT. 
          I WE'RE ALSO FINALIZING STREET RESURFACING ON SEVEN 65TH 66TH STREET, AND CAESAR CHAVEZ BOULEVARD BETWEEN CANAL AND HARRISBURG, AS WELL AS AVENUE F BRADY STREET, AVENUE E SHERMAN, SHERMAN STREET, AVENUE C, AVENUE B, BETWEEN WAYSIDE AND OLDHAM STREET AND MOORE'S PLAN FOR THE AREA. 
          THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE MAGNOLIA PARK SECTION TWO, PHASE ONE DRAINAGE PROJECT, WHICH IS, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDERWAY TO DELIVER BETTER DRAINAGE, ROADS AND SIDEWALKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I'M PLEASED TO ALSO REPORT THAT WE CONTINUE TO INVEST DISTRICT SERVICE DOLLARS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, 
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GREEN SPACE AND PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. 
          MANY OF YOU KNOW, DISTRICT COUNCIL OFFICES HAVE DIS DISCRETION ON HOW TO, UH, REINVEST AS MUCH AS $1 MILLION OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS BACK IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND WHILE NOT ENOUGH TO RECONSTRUCT STREETS OR FUN, FUN MAJOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS, MY OFFICE CONTINUES TO WORK WITH RESIDENTS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO FUND NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS, SUCH AS PARK IMPROVEMENTS, TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES, NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINAGE UPGRADES, AND OTHER SMALLER COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. 
          WITH THAT, LET ME TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS TO KICK US OFF WITH THE CIP PORTION OF THIS MEETING, OKAY? OKAY, WE'RE GOOD. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ON BEHALF OF OUR DIRECTOR, UH, DIRECTOR HADDOCK AND MY BOSS, ERIC DARGAN HERE, UH, AND 4,000 EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC WORKS THAT DO THE WORK ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GAVE A GREAT SUMMARY, SO I'LL SKIP SOME OF THE SLIDES IN, IN, IN TO SAVE SOME TIME. 
          . 
          UM, THE FIRST SLIDE IS THE A RP ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          UH, THE CITY CONTINUES TO ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF PANDEMIC. 
          HOUSTON WILL RECEIVE 607.9 MILLION FROM AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT PASSED BY CONGRESS LAST YEAR. 
          THERE IS A WEBSITE THAT SUMMARIZES WHAT HALF OF THE MONEY THAT HAS COME ALREADY AND WHAT IS BEING PLANNED FOR THE OTHER HALF. 
          UH, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO ANNOUNCE THIS PARTICULAR WEBSITE THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE, UH, HOUSTON TX.GOV, UH, SLASH A RPA. 
          AND THERE IS A 22 QUESTION SURVEY WE ASK YOU TO GO AND FILL IT OUT. 
          SO, UH, THIS INPUT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO, TO, TO EVERYONE. 
          UH, ALTHOUGH I STAND HERE TODAY AS PUBLIC WORKS REPRESENTATIVE OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE CIP IS A LOT MORE THAN, UH, PUBLIC WORKS. 
          IT DOES INCLUDE PARKS AND RECREATION, ALSO THE GENERAL SERVICES. 
          SO I'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO TODAY, IF YOU TAKE ANYTHING, UH, FROM THIS MEETING, JUST REMEMBER THE THREE RS, UH, BUILD USED STEP FORWARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2012. 
          UH, THIS IS AS A PAY AS YOU GO, UH, TYPE OF FUNDING. 
          AND WE DO REPAIR, REHABILITATE, AND RECONSTRUCT. 
          AND THESE ARE ALL THE STRATEGIES WE, WE USE CONSTANTLY ON REPAIR. 
          IT'S, IT'S, UH, WHAT YOU CALL IN AND WE REPAIR IT WITH, WE CALL IT DUCT TYPE ENGINEERING. 
          PRETTY MUCH WE NEED TO KEEP IT FOR THE NEXT DAY PRETTY MUCH. 
          OKAY? UH, WE LIVE AND DIE BY 3 1 1. 
          THAT IS THE TOOL THAT WE USE FOR CITIZENS, WHICH ARE OUR EYES AND EARS TO COME TO US. 
          SO THAT IS THE REPAIR SIDE. 
          REHABILITATE IS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED THAT WAS LACKING IN THE PAST YEARS, IS THAT THIS IS THE SMALLER TYPE OF PROJECTS, BUT NOT THE, THE LARGER RECONSTRUCTION TYPE, BUT ALLOW US TO EXTEND OUR SERVICE, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICE FOR FIVE TO 10 YEARS. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER TALKED ABOUT TODAY THAT IS USED FOR THE STORM WATER ACTION TEAM, THE LOCAL DRAINAGE PROGRAM AND THE STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND ALL THAT STUFF COMES INTO THIS REHABILITATION. 
          IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR STRATEGY. 
          AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A VERY GOOD INPUT ON THIS, WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE HE IS THE, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE. 
          AND THEN WE END TO THE THIRD R, WHICH IS RECONSTRUCTION. 
          THESE ARE TYPICALLY THE LARGER PROJECTS WE CAN NOW REPAIR IT, REHABILITATE IT, WE HAVE TO RIP IT OUT AND REPLACE IT. 
          TYPICALLY, THESE ARE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS. 
          IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP. 
          IT HAS REAL ESTATE ISSUES, CONFLICT WITH UTILITIES AND ALL THAT STUFF. 
          SO IT DOES TAKE A LOT LONGER AND AT THE SAME TIME, COSTS SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER THAN THE RE REPAIR AND REHABILITATE STRATEGY. 
          SO I'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE PROJECTS. 
          NOW. 
          THE 72 INCH WATERLINE PROJECT, WE ARE, WE'RE, WE WRAP THIS HUGE 78 INCH WATERLINE AND FROM EMANCIPATION TO TWA ALONG, UH, POKE, HUTCHINS, CLAY, SHE HADLEY AND CRAWFORD. 
          THIS IS A $48 MILLION PROJECT, UH, THAT ALSO HAD AN 80 FEET DEEP, UH, PIT THAT ACTUALLY CROSSED UNDER 59 RIGHT BESIDE, UH, GEORGIA R BROWN. 
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PRETTY IMPRESSIVE PROJECT. 
          WE ALSO RECONSTRUCTED STREETS WITH NEW PAVEMENT TRAFFIC SIGNAL, AND A DA COMPLIANCE SIDEWALK. 
          UM, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE CITIZENS PATIENTS DURING THIS TIME BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN RIPPING THE STREET OUT TO PUT THIS HUGE 78 INCH PIPELINE. 
          THE COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED THIS MAGNOLIA PARK. 
          WE'RE ALSO WRAPPING UP THE PHASE ONE A. 
          UH, THIS IS A $30 MILLION PROJECT, WAS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINAGE AND REPLACE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          CONTRACTORS ARE INSTALLING MORE THAN 9,000 FEET OF WATER LINE WASTEWATER LINE 6,000 STORM WATER, UH, DRAINAGE, AND THREE MILES OF NEW SIDEWALKS. 
          UH, IT'S EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED LATER THIS SUMMER, RIGHT AFTER THIS PROJECT WILL GO WITH THE PHASE ONE B. 
          UH, THIS IS CLOSER TO HARRISBURG. 
          UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN 11 MILLION PROJECT, A MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. 
          UH, AND WE'LL DO SOME REWORK ON BALTIMORE CAPITAL AND DAYTON, AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY 2024 WHYY WOOD ACRES. 
          UH, THIS IS THE DRAINAGE AND PAVING PROJECT CURRENTLY IN DESIGN PHASE. 
          IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO OATS ROAD. 
          IT WILL ALSO ADDRESS NEEDS FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT. 
          THIS AREA IMPACT INCLUDES PENELOPE, EVANGELINE, PANDORA, AND GLORIA. 
          AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL SEE MORE THAN 7,000 FEET OF STORM WATERLINE AND 20 FEET OF NEW SIDEWALKS. 
          THIS SHOULD BEGIN THIS NEXT YEAR. 
          ALSO, LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TELEPHONE ROAD. 
          UH, THIS, THIS IS, UH, A NEW APPROACH THAT PUBLIC HORSE IS USING. 
          UM, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING AND IT'S AN ANTICIPATED TO REVITALIZE TELEPHONE ROAD FOR A LONG WAY. 
          UH, IT IS AN APPLICATION THAT'S IF SELECTED COULD START DESIGN NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THIS WHERE THE CITY APPLIED THE REBUILD AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY, UH, IN SHORT KNOWN AS RAISE GRANT TO ASSIST WITH $26 MILLION TO SUPPLEMENT THET. 
          UH, EIGHT PORTION, NO TS 23 PORTION, WHICH IS BETWEEN LOCKWOOD AND UH, WHICH IS STILL UNDER DISCUSSION. 
          UH, IF SELECTED, SEVERAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE MADE FROM LAWNDALE TO NORTH AND SOUTH SIX 10 TO THE SOUTH. 
          UH, THIS WILL IMPROVE BIKE LANES, SIDEWALKS, SAFER CROSSINGS, UH, CHANGES TO TRAFFIC LANES. 
          WE'LL ADD MEDIAN REFUGE ISLANDS FOR CYCLISTS AS WELL, AND PEDESTRIANS AND FOR OTHER COMMUTERS. 
          WE HOPE TO LEARN ABOUT THE RAISE GRANT APPLICATION, UH, LATER THIS FALL. 
          SO THE COUNCIL MEMBER TALKED ABOUT ALL THE REHABILITATION STRATEGIES THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN DISTRICT. 
          I, UH, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT, WHAT I TOOK OUT OF THE BUILT HOUSTON FORWARD WEBSITE.ORG, BUILT HOUSTON FORWARD.ORG WEBSITE. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THESE, UM, GREEN DOTS. 
          THESE ARE ALL STORM WATER RELATED PROJECTS. 
          AND, AND MOST OF THEM, THE COUNCIL MEMBER ACTUALLY MENTIONED THESE ARE UPCOMING AND WHAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AS WELL. 
          IN THE SAME WAY, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE YELLOW DOTS. 
          THIS IS FOR THE STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM. 
          UH, MIGHT INCLUDE SOME OF THE ROAD TYPE OF TREATMENTS THAT'S HAPPENING. 
          SO I'LL GO BACK INTO THE OTHER DEPARTMENT'S, UH, HIGHLIGHTS. 
          THIS IS FOR PARKS AND CHARLTON PARK. 
          THE CITY RECENTLY RECEIVED NOTICE THAT WE WERE AWARDED A MATCHING GRANT FROM THE PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF CHARLTON PARK. 
          THE GULFTON RE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TURNS EIGHT IS PARTNERING WITH THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ON THIS PROJECT. 
          THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE MULTI-AGE, PLAYGROUND, EXERCISE AREA, AND LAWN PICNIC TABLES, BENCHES, WALKWAY, SHADE STRUCTURES, TENNIS COURT UPGRADES, LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING AND DESIGN WILL START LATER THIS YEAR. 
          DOW PARK AS PART OF THE 50 50 PARK PARTNERSHIP PARTNER PROGRAM. 
          DOW PARK DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE A PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT REPURPOSE OF THREE TENNIS COURTS TO A MINI PITCH, UH, FOR SOCCER, UH, ADD WALKING, TRAIL CONNECTIONS, AND PARKING IMPROVEMENTS. 
          HARTMAN PARK, THIS IS AGAIN AS PART OF THE 50 50 PARK PARTNER PROGRAM. 
          HARTMAN PARK WAS A PILOT PROJECT. 
          THE PROJECT INCLUDED A LARGER 
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PLAYGROUND DEVELOPMENT WITH SWINGS, UH, SPINS AND PLAYGROUND UNITS OF VARIOUS AGES, SIDEWALKS, UH, SEATING AND DETENTION. 
          MASON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          THE MASON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          ROOF REPAIR IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          THE PROJECT IS ADDRESSING STRUCTURAL REPAIRS IN THE OFFICE, RESTROOMS AND STORAGE ROOMS OF THE PERIMETER AND THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING. 
          IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED EARLY THIS SUMMER. 
          UH, THIS IS ALSO A PLAN FOR FUTURE CIP PROJECT IN 2025 THAT WILL ADDRESS THE FULL ROOF REPAIR, UH, REPLACEMENT FOR THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE BUILDING. 
          SO AT THE END, I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH THE ENGAGE HOUSTON WEBSITE. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR ALL OUR ACTIVE PROJECTS. 
          SO YOU HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO GO AND REGISTER FOR SPECIFICALLY THE PROJECT YEAH. 
          YOU ARE INTERESTED IN. 
          AND THE PUBLIC WORKS TABLE IS RIGHT THERE. 
          SO THEY HAVE THIS LITTLE CARD WITH A QR CODE, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SCAN IT ON YOUR PHONE AND ASK QUESTIONS DIRECTLY. 
          THERE IS A ASK US BUTTON THERE SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN ASK US QUESTIONS THERE. 
          AND ALSO ALL THE REHABILITATION PROJECTS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER TALKED ABOUT ARE THERE ON A TABLE. 
          VALERIE, RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THERE. 
          THERE. 
          SEE, THERE THEY ARE. 
          SO THEY HAVE ALL THOSE INFORMATION FOR YOU AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          QUESTIONS. 
          ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WE'RE OPENING IT FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING WHAT YOU HEARD, UH, IF NOT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT ONE-ON-ONE. 
          WE HAVE REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE, THE CITY RIGHT HERE BY THE WALLS. 
          SO YOU CAN GO AND, UH, ASK ANY QUESTIONS ONE BY ONE. 
          SO, UH, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ASK PUBLICLY? IF SO, YOU CAN GO TO THE MIC. 
          LET ME, CAN I CALL THE IN? OH, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          JESSE. 
          READY? WHAT'S THAT NAME? I SLAUGHTERED THE LAST, I'M DAR UH, HOW YOU DOING? MY NAME IS MORENO WITH MAGNOLIA PARK. 
          'CAUSE I LIVE, I'M A RESIDENT AT MAGNOLIA PARK. 
          UH, EVERYTHING LOOKING BEAUTIFUL AS FAR AS ALL THE CONSTRUCTION'S GOING. 
          THERE'S SOME, A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING BAD THOUGH. 
          UH, THEY'RE NOT REALLY PICKING UP THEIR TRASH. 
          LIKE THE, THE DIRT. 
          AS THEY, UH, DIG OUT THE STREETS, THEY MAKE THESE BIG OLD PILES OF, UH, DIRT. 
          SOME PEOPLE, THEY'RE OLDER THAT THEY CAN'T SEE OVER THE TR THE, THE DIRT. 
          THEY ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. 
          I TOLD 'EM, YOU NEED TO BRING THAT DIRT DOWN. 
          THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE, UH, PEOPLE COMING THROUGH. 
          UM, THEY ALMOST, HE ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. 
          HE'S AN OLDER GUY. 
          HE SAYS, I COULDN'T SEE IT. 
          AND THAT TRACK THAT, UH, OLD DIRT WAS THERE FOR ALMOST THREE WEEKS. 
          AND I'M LIKE, DUDE, KEEP THAT DIRT DOWN. 
          I KEEP TELLING THE CONSTRUCTION GUYS, THEY DON'T REALLY USE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT BROOM TRUCK THAT GOES AROUND AND PICK UP THE, THE, THE DUST. 
          'CAUSE ALL THAT DUST IS ALL IT'S DOING IS GOING TO THE HOUSES. 
          UM, ON MY HOUSE, I HAVE TWO DRIVEWAYS AND I NOW, I HAVE A FOUR FOOT, UH, SIDEWALK THAT'S GOING THROUGH MY HOUSE ON THE MAIN STREET OF 78. 
          BUT THE LADY SAID I COULDN'T HAVE A DRIVEWAY THERE. 
          AND ALL IT IS IS LIKE TWO FEET TO THE FENCE FROM THE SIDEWALK GOING TO THE SIDEWALK THAT WAY AND THIS WAY TO THE STREET. 
          IT'S ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF. 
          SO THEY SAY I HAD TO, I TALKED TO THE, UH, GUY WHO'S UH, DOING THE WORK THERE. 
          HE'S CHARGING ME $1,500. 
          HE GOES ON THE SIDE, THEY SAID, I'LL DO $1,500 FOR THAT. 
          I SAID, YEAH, WHATEVER. 
          HE'S DOING SIDE JOBS. 
          SO THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HE'S DOING SIDE JOBS FOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PAY THIS GUY, BUT HE'S DOING SIDE JOBS. 
          AND I'M LIKE, HOW'S THAT WORK? OKAY. 
          AND WHY AM I GETTING WHAT I'M GETTING? YOU GIMME A FOUR FOOT DRIVE, UH, SIDEWALK, BUT YOU'RE NOT FINISHING MY DRIVEWAY. 
          BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ME, THERE'S A HOUSE THAT NOBODY LIVES IN. 
          GAVE A BEAUTIFUL SIDEWALK, I MEAN A BEAUTIFUL DRIVEWAY. 
          AND I'M LIKE, AND THEN I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A LADY DOWN THE ROAD, SHE'S AN ELDERLY LADY. 
          SHE IS WHAT, ALMOST 80. 
          HE CHARGED HER $2,000. 
          AND THAT GIRL DON'T GOT NO $2,000 FOR A DRIVEWAY FOR I GUESS A DRIVEWAY OVER THERE. 
          I'M LIKE, SO THIS GUY'S MAKING, YOU KNOW, EXTRA MONEY, 
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HE'S DOING STUFF. 
          AND AGAIN, Y'ALL DON'T HAVE A GOOD GUY THAT REPRESENTS THAT AREA THAT REPRESENTS Y'ALL. 
          THAT'S F-ING ME REAL, REAL BIG. 
          OKAY. 
          AGAIN, UH, I'M A RESIDENT. 
          I'VE TALKED TO THEM. 
          I TELL 'EM, YOU NEED TO BRING THAT S**T DOWN 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SEE, THEY, THAT GUY TOLD ME TWO DAYS. 
          IT TAKES TWO DAYS TO GET A TRUCK OUT THERE AND PICK UP THAT DIRT. 
          YOU KNOW, HE'LL GET THAT DIRT OUT IN TWO DAYS. 
          NO, LIKE A WEEK, TWO WEEKS. 
          LIKE I SAID, MY NEIGHBOR ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. 
          OKAY? HE'S AN OLDER MAN. 
          GO, GO AHEAD AND LET, ALLOW HIM TO REPLY. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          CAN I, SO MIRANDA, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THERE ARE SOME RULES WITH ACCESS TO PROPERTY. 
          I GET YOU LIMIT LIMITATION OF ONE ACCESS PER PROPERTY. 
          UH, IT IS A BUT IF YOU GO GOOGLE 1970, YOU'LL SEE IT. 
          HOLD ON. 
          I HAD A DRIVEWAY. 
          WHAT, WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS, UH, WE WILL ASK THE PM AND THE CONTRACTOR AT ALL TO MEET REVIEW OF THE APPEAL. 
          AND I'VE DONE THAT EXACT, I'VE DONE THAT, I'VE DONE THAT SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY. 
          WE'LL DO THAT. 
          I'VE DONE THE MAIN ENGINEERS WHO RUNS THE WHOLE PROJECT AND, AND ALSO I'LL, I EVEN WENT TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          THAT'S WHY I WANT TO TALK TO THE MAYOR. 
          I SAYS, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING AS WELL. 
          THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WHEN WE DO CONSTRUCTION, THERE IS A SPECIFICATION THAT'S ATTACHED TO EVERY PROJECT. 
          TYPICALLY THOSE ARE VERY STANDARD DRIVEWAY AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO WHEN THERE ARE MINUTES BEYOND THAT, THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN ADD AMENITIES BEYOND WHAT IS IN THE STANDARD DRIVER. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, SOME, SOME LIKE TO HAVE PE OR BRICKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, SO THE, YEAH, THERE ARE CERTAIN SITUATIONS THAT, THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER MIGHT WANT TO ADD VALUE BEYOND THE STANDARD, I MEAN, ON TYPE OF VALUE. 
          I HAVE CONTRACT WITH THE CONTRACTOR SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF MY, MY ENTRANCE. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT THEN TWO FEET OVER HERE, I HAVE NOTHING. 
          OKAY. 
          TWO FEET ON THAT SIDE OF, OF THE SIDEWALK. 
          I HAVE NOTHING. 
          SO HOW AM I GETTING MY CARS IN? WE, WHEN YOU START, WE'RE REVIEW WORKING ON THIS OTHER SIDE, MR. MORENO OF THE STREET, WE WILL DEFINITELY REVIEW WITH YOU. 
          WE HEARD YOU GO GO. 
          HE'S GONNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU AND HIS, UH, THE PROJECT. 
          AND THAT WAY THEY CAN TRY TO RESOLVE. 
          'CAUSE AGAIN, I, I, I'VE TALKED TO THEM AND LIKE I SAID, IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. 
          THERE'S HOUSES, THERE'S TWO HOUSES, FOUR DRIVEWAYS. 
          THEN THEY TOLD ME, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT LADY GOT IT, BUT I GOT FOUR DRIVEWAYS, TWO HOUSES. 
          I HAVE ANOTHER ONE. 
          I SAW IT. 
          I WAS LIKE, I MEAN, TRUST ME, IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. 
          EVERYTHING IN THE BACKSIDE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. 
          MY SIDE IS GONNA BE THE LAST PART OF IT BECAUSE Y'ALL TRYING TO DO AN EXTRA PROJECT THAT HAS TO TIE IN OUR WATER LINES. 
          OKAY. 
          I HEARD ABOUT THAT ONE. 
          AND THAT WAS AT THE END. 
          AND THEY WERE TELLING THAT GUY, YEAH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO NOTHING THERE ON MY, ON MY E UH, STREET. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT GOES INTO MY PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT AGAIN, I MEAN I'M, I'M, I'M UPSET BECAUSE HE'S CHARGED. 
          I THOUGHT WE HAD A CONTRACT WITH HIM AND HE'S DOING SIDE JOBS. 
          WHAT'S STORE WITH THIS? AGAIN, AS I TOLD YOU, THERE ARE, THERE'S HOUSES BEYOND ADDITION. 
          ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR EN ENHANCEMENTS. 
          YEAH. 
          SOMETIMES THE PRIVATE PROPERTY MAY, MAY TAKE ON THAT, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I WILL DEFINITELY GET THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM TO MEET WITH YOU ON THIS ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I'M HONEST, I ALREADY SAW THE ENGINEER, LIKE HEAD ENGINEER OVER THE WHOLE PROJECT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SHE WENT OUT THERE. 
          WE, WE, WE, WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER PEOPLE ON HERE, SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL DO IT. 
          MR. MORENO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YVETTE. 
          R ANO. 
          I THINK SHE LEFT. 
          OH, SHE LEFT. 
          AMY DI THANK YOU. 
          THIS'LL BE QUICK. 
          I FIRST JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRIORITIZING THE MASON PARK ROOF REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT. 
          UH, THAT'S WONDERFUL. 
          THAT'S VERY NEEDED FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IT IS A GREAT INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY PARK. 
          UM, ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE LAWNDALE PARK DOG PARK, THE WORKING ON THAT GREEN SPACE AND, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS GIVEN TO THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. 
          AND THEN I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE MAGNOLIA MULTI-SERVICE CENTER RENOVATION ON THIS PROPOSED LIST. 
          UM, BECAUSE IF YOU GO TO THE OTHER MAGNOLIA, UM, MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY, THAT A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN REDONE AND REVAMPED AND OURS COULD USE SOME TLC. 
          SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE THOSE PROJECTS ON THE LIST. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF THOSE PROJECTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AMY ALFREDO BLANCO. 
          I BELIEVE HE LEFT. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          CARINA. 
          [01:50:01]
UH, BLESS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI. 
          UM, HELLO AGAIN. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          WE ARE FROM FONDE PARK AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE CAN WE GO TO ADVOCATE FOR A PARK TO GET NEW, A NEW PLAYGROUND? HOW DO WE GET ON THIS LIST? WE, WE, WE'VE GOT THE, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT OVER THERE IN THE CORNER. 
          OH, THEY'RE THE ONES, THE ONE PUT ON THE, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MARK RODRIGUEZ. 
          I BELIEVE HE LEFT. 
          OH, THAT'S IT, SIR. 
          I BELIEVE HE LEFT. 
          IS THAT IT? THAT'S IT. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, ONE MORE. 
          OH, OKAY, MA'AM. 
          EVA LOREDO. 
          MM-HMM . 
          HELLO. 
          I WANNA SAY WELCOME. 
          WELCOME TO YOUR HOME, HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHERE, UH, WHICH I REPRESENT. 
          AND, UM, UH, THAT'S ONE OF MY HATS. 
          AND SO WE'RE, UM, WE'RE REAL PROUD THAT WE HAVE GRADUATION COMING UP. 
          WE HAVE OVER 2000 STUDENTS GRADUATING, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEW STUDENTS COMING IN. 
          NOW, MY OTHER HAT, I'M A RESIDENT OF MAGNOLIA PARK AND, UH, THE CHILDREN AND THE SENIORS HAVE A MESSAGE. 
          AND SO I'M JUST BRINGING THEIR MESSAGE FORWARD. 
          THEY SAID WE AT DAYS OF ALL THE COMMUNITY NEED SOME SERIOUS LOVE. 
          WE NEED TLC. 
          THE SWIMMING POOL NEEDS POWER WASHING INSIDE AND, UM, AND, AND PAINTING. 
          ALSO. 
          IT SAYS, UH, WE'VE ALWAYS, WE'RE AN OLD PARK, AN OLD COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE NOT GETTING THE BIG BUCKS THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS. 
          BUT WE DO NEED SOME, UH, SOME CARE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE SUMMER. 
          THE CLUBHOUSE NEEDS POWER WASHING AND CLEANING THE WATER FAUCETS HAVE SMELLY WATER. 
          AND THE STUDENTS, THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM IS, UH, BEING AFFECTED BY THIS WATER. 
          PEOPLE HAVE TO BRING IN, UH, BOUGHT WATER. 
          DONATED WATER FOR THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM. 
          PLEASE UPDATE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE CHILDREN OF MAGNOLIA AREA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND TR AND TRU LAREDO, UH, WE GOT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BACK THERE. 
          WE CAN SPEAK WITH THEM AS WELL. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, COMMENTS? IF NOT, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CARING ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THANK YOU.
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