* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] JUNE 28TH, 2022. I AM MAYOR PRO TEM DAVE MARTIN, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AS A HYBRID MEETING WITH SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS JOINING IN PERSON AND OTHERS USING MICROSOFT TEAMS. WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS [PRESENTATIONS] TODAY. THE CHAIR REC RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN EVAN SHABAZZ FOR A PROCLAMATION TO DR. KEN DAVIS TO CELEBRATE THE GREAT, GREAT WORK IN THE THIRD WARD COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MAYOR PROAM. I AM SO VERY HONORED TO BE HERE. UH, CERTAINLY DR. DAVIS, UH, WAS THE FORMER PRINCIPAL AT JACK YATES HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN, YOU ALL KNOW I LOVE ALL THINGS JACK YATES, RIGHT? AND SO CERTAINLY I'M GONNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION THAT IS SO BEFITTING. UH, DR. KENNETH D. DAVIS, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, IS INDEBTED TO THE NUMEROUS EDUCATORS THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ASSURE THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS. DR. KEN D DAVIS IS CURRENTLY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EQUITY AND OUTREACH IN THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND HAS LED AN ESTABLISHED OVER 31 CAREER IN EDUCATION. AS A DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AND LEADER, DR. DAVIS HAS ACHIEVED NOTEWORTHY SUCCESS IN ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THAT HOUSTON'S STUDENTS RECEIVE. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, HE HAS HELPED LAMAR CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT TRANS SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFORM THE ONCE LOW PERFORMANCE SCHOOL TO EXEMPLARY STATUS. WAS TASKED WITH OPENING A NEW ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, MCNEIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND CONTINUED ITS EXEMPLARY CAMPUS PERFORMANCE AMONGST VARIOUS OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS FOR HIS DECADES OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE. DR. DAVIS HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS, SO BE FITTING AND ACCOLADES, INCLUDING BEING SELECTED AS THE HOUSTON AREA ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS, TEACHER OF THE YEAR, PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR, TWICE, AND AWARDED AS THE NATIONAL DISTINGUISHED PRINCIPAL FOR TEXAS. AMONGST VARIOUS OTHERS, HE CONTINUOUSLY INSTILLS GUIDANCE AND MENTORSHIP IN THE LIVES OF STUDENTS THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE ASCENDING TO MEN AND RESILIENT, OUTSTANDING SISTERS EXEMPLIFYING SUCCESS. HE WORKS COUNTLESS HOURS, COUNTLESS HOURS, TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, AND PRESENTING AND SPEAKING TO VARIOUS OTHER EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO GUIDE FUTURE AND CURRENT ADMINISTRATORS. ON JUNE 7TH, 2022, DR. KENNEDY DAVIS WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR, WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS TIRELESS COMMITMENT TO EDUCATIONAL EX EXCELLENCE. THE CITY OF HOUSTON COMMENDS AND APPRECIATES DR. KEN D DAVIS FOR CONTINUING TO ESTABLISH A SUPERIOR STANDARD OF EDUCATION FOR EDUCATORS TO FOLLOW AND FOR STUDENTS TO BENEFIT FROM AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR HIS CONTINUED SUCCESS. OOPS. SO, DR. DAVIS, AS A FORMER BOARD MEMBER OF WHAT WE CALL THE OTHER H-I-S-D-A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF HERE, I KNOW HOW MUCH HARD WORK GOES INTO YOUR JOB EACH AND EVERY DAY. SO GOD BLESS AND APPRECIATE IT. SO THEREFORE, I MAYOR PRO TEM DAVE MARTIN ON BEHALF OF SYLVETA TURNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 28TH, 2022, AS DR. KENNETH D. DAVIS DAY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU GO , UH, IN THE MAYOR'S ABSENCE, MAYOR, PRO TEMP, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ESPECIALLY MY, MY, MY HEART RIGHT HERE, . UM, DR. SHABAZZ, I WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, AND THANK YOU TO, UH, MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO ARE HERE TO HELP SUPPORT WHOM I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL, UH, CAREER WITHOUT THEM. THEY HAVE BEEN A PART OF MY JOURNEY, A PART OF MY STRENGTH, A PART OF MY FAMILY, AND I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF THEM. AND MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE RECOGNITION. IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE RECOGNIZED AMONG MY PEERS, UM, AND HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT AND HOPEFULLY BE A MODEL FOR THEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, DR. DAVIS, UM, AND DR. EVANS SHABBAT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. OBVIOUSLY SUCH AN INCREDIBLE LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY AND FOR YOUR GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK ETHIC. I KNOW, UH, THIS PROCLAMATION IS JUST SO WORTHY. SO WITH YOUR FRIENDS GATHERED AROUND YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER AND DR. DAVIS, OUR CONGRATULATIONS ARE WITH YOU. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, IF YOU HAVE A FINAL WORD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING. WELL, I THINK I SAID IT ALL, AND THAT PROCLAMATION IS SO BEFIT, AND YOU ALL AGAIN KNOW ALL THINGS JACKIE YATES. RIGHT? AND SO I MET HIM MANY YEARS AGO. THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAVE A, UH, PAT DANIEL, OUR CITY SECRETARY IS THE JACK YATES ALUM. AND SO CERTAINLY, UM, I'M JUST HONORED TO BE ABLE TO [00:05:01] GIVE THIS TO HIM. I BELIEVE YOU. AREN'T YOU RETIRING OR SOMETHING IN TWO MONTHS? OH MY GOD. WELL, TWO MONTHS. YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'LL, UNLIKE ME, YOU MIGHT HAVE SYSTEM OF SIT DOWN SOMEWHERE, BUT I, I LOVE WHAT I'M DOING, AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN DO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE ON YOUR BUCKET LIST, UH, TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE. 'CAUSE IT'S HARD FOR AN EDUCATOR TO RETIRE. THEY NEVER REALLY RETIRE. I KNOW THAT'S TRUE. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, UH, DR. DAVIS. AND WE ARE GONNA LINE UP, IT MAY BE BEFORE HE FAMILY, MAYBE BEFORE YOU LINE UP FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHS, DR. DAVIS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM THAT'S WITH YOU TODAY. OKAY. OR ANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE IN YOUR HONOR. ? YES, SIR. THERE ARE A LOT. UM, I'LL START WITH MY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THESE, THIS YOUNG LADY, UM, THERE'S THE PRINCIPAL, UM, TJ KOTTER, UM, MY RIGHT HAND FOR THE, UH, UM, OH MY GOD, I, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. I DIDN'T EXPECT IT. TAKE YOUR TIME. WILLIAM . I DID PUT YOU ON THE SPOT THERE. DR. UH, MR. JOSEPH WILLIAMS. PRINCIPAL BEHIND HIM IS ONE OF MY, UH, FORMER COUNSELORS. SHE'S A LEADER WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES. UM, HER NAME IS, ESCAPES ME 'CAUSE I WENT BLANK. UM, CHARVET MALLARD. WALK UP AND SAY YOUR NAME. UM, MY, MY PARTNER, UM, TJ KOTTER. MY, UM, AS, UM, ASCENDING TO MEN COORDINATOR, UH, MR. BRIT WASHINGTON. THIS IS HORRIBLE FOR ME 'CAUSE THEY ALWAYS SAY, I FORGET PEOPLE . SO MACKENZIE BENSON, WHO IS ONE OF THE MANAGERS IN THE DISTRICT, MY SISTER GAIL COX, I THINK I GOT EVERYBODY. THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. DR. DAVIS. AND, AND PARDON ME FOR PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOTLIGHT LIKE THAT, BUT, UH, I, IT'S GREAT TO KNOW EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THAT'S WITH YES INDEED. APPRECIATE IT. CONGRATULATIONS. AND, AND MAYOR PRO TIM DID COMMENT ABOUT HOW LONG, HOW YOUNG YOU LOOK SO , SO, OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF I WANNA STAND BY YOU. I WANNA, I WANT TO DRINK SOME OF THAT FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH WATER THAT YOU'VE BEEN DRINKING. IF YOU HAVE 31 YEARS IN WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT IS UTTERLY AMAZING. YOU LOOK PHENOMENAL. SO, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. INDEED. THAT'S LINE UP. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE, UH, THE CHAIR WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS FOR A PROCLAMATION THAT WILL RECOGNIZE THE CREATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, HARRISBURG MANCHESTER, NUMBER 65 AND MAGNOLIA PARK. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 82. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, THE PODIUM IS YOURS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM HARRISBURG, MANCHESTER, AND SMITH EDITION TO PLEASE COME UP AND MAGNOLIA PARK. OF COURSE, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY TO THE HARRISBURG, MANCHESTER AND MAGNOLIA PARK SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOOD 65 AND 82. THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ATTENDING QUITE A FEW MEETINGS. UH, I WANT TO THANK, UH, JOAQUIN MARTINEZ AND, AND GLORIA RODRIGUEZ FOR, UH, UH, REPRESENTING MY OFFICE AT THESE MEETINGS AND TRYING TO, OR IN, IN ORGANIZING TO HELP ORGANIZE THIS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEREAS HARRISBURG, MANCHESTER AND MAGNOLIA PARK SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 65 AND 82 WAS FORMED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021, ORGANIZED BY TRUSTED LONG-TERM RESIDENTS, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFITS SEEKING TO UNITE, ADDRESS, IMPROVE, RESOLVE, AND ADVANCE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, EDUCATION, CULTURAL INTEGRITY, CHARITABLE SERVICES, PRESERVATION OF CHARACTER AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE AT LARGE AREA. AND ALSO, I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT IT'S A COMPLETE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO THANK Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL'S EFFORTS ON THAT AS WELL. AND THANK YOU TO MAYOR, UH, TURNER FOR INCLUDING THEM IN OUR COMPLETE COMMUNITIES. [00:10:01] WHEREAS HARRISBURG, MANCHESTER, MAGNOLIA PARK, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 65 AND 82 ARE AMONG HOUSTON'S HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITIES. LET ME REPEAT THAT BECAUSE WE'RE PROUD OF THIS. WHEREAS HARRISBURG, MANCHESTER, AND MAGNOLIA PARK, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 65 AND 82 ARE AMONG HOUSTON'S HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITIES. HARRISBURG WAS FOUNDED IN 1825, SERVED AS THE NAMESAKE FOR HARRIS COUNTY, PREDATING THE CITY OF HOUSTON IN 1835. IT BECAME THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE TEXAS FLAG, THE HARRISBURG JACKSON CEMETERY, A HISTORIC BLACK CEMETERY WHERE MANY OF THOSE BURIED THERE ARE SLAVES AND FORMER SLAVES WAS ESTABLISHED SOMETIME IN THE 1840S OR 1850S. IT'S THE RESTING PLACE OF TOM BLUE, A SERVANT TO SAM HOUSTON MANCHESTER, FOUNDED IN THE 1860S, WAS HOME TO THE FIRST RAILROAD IN TEXAS, AND LATER SETTLED IN EIGHT. IN 1921. SMITH EDITION WAS HOME TO SAVANNAH K SCHOOL, A CIVIC LEADER AND PRINCIPAL OF THE HARRISBURG SCHOOL DEDICATED TO EDUCATING AFRICAN AMERICANS. MAGNOLIA PARK SETTLED IN 1890 WAS THE LARGEST MEXICAN SETTLEMENT IN HOUSTON. CULTURAL AND POLITICAL GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS FOUNDED IN MAGNOLIA PARK ARE THETA, BETO, JUAREZ, CLUB FINO, AND THE CIA. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 65 AND 82 SHOWCASE A VIBRANT RICH TAPESTRY OF CULTURE, ART, FOOD, COMMUNITY, AND DIVERSITY THAT ENCOMPASSED THE VERY BEST OF HOUSTON AND POTO, HARRISBURG, MANCHESTER IN MAGNOLIA PARK. SUPER CONS. AND WHEREAS HARRISBURG, MANCHESTER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 65 AND 82 WILL BE COMMEMORATED FOR ITS LEADERSHIP TOWARD ENHANCING THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE, THE CITY OF HOUSTON COMMENDS THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, JANICE CARTER, WESLEY CARTER, ETHEL TERRELL, TANYA DANIELS, PATRICIA JONES, ANGELA RODRIGUEZ, CYNTHIA VIAL, VICTOR VIAL, GARETH MORGANS, YVETTE, ANO CHI, UH, CHIEF SAVA, JOHN RENA, AND PRISCILLA JORIS FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN FOUNDING SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 65 AND 82. AND GOING BACK TO THE HISTORICAL PART OF THIS AREA, THAT WAS WHERE SANTA ANO TOOK HIS TROOPS AND BURNED HARRISBURG ON THEIR WAY TO SAN JACINTO. SO THAT WAS LEFT OFF ON THIS HISTORY LESSON HERE. SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. THEREFORE, I MAYOR PRO TEM DAVE MARTIN ON BEHALF OF SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROCLAIM TUESDAY, JUNE 28TH, 2022 AS MANCHESTER SMITH'S EDITION AND MAGNOLIA PARK DAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THANK, HERE WE PAY RESPECT TO AWA ATPA ESOC, THE SANTA PEOPLES AND OTHER TRIBES PASS, PRESENT AND FUTURE IN THEIR CONTINUANT, PRESENT IN THE HOMELAND AND THROUGHOUT THEIR DISPELS. THANK YOU. TODAY WE THANK CITY OF HOUSTON COUNCIL MAYOR TURNER, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR COMING TOGETHER ON THIS SPECIAL DAY AS WE OFFICIALLY FORMED SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS 65 AND 82. TODAY IS ACCUMULATION OF OVER A YEAR OF HARD WORK, VIRTUAL MEETS AND EARLY WEEKEND [00:15:01] GET TOGETHERS ALL DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. ALTHOUGH UNIQUE SMITH EDITION, MANCHESTER, HARRISBURG, AND MAGNOLIA PARK HAVE SHARED STRIFE AND LOSS, JOY AND LAUGHTER, WE FIND STRENGTH IN EACH OTHER AS COMMUNITIES OF COLORS DEDICATED TO OUR SHARED FUTURE AS WE PAVE A PATH FOR POSITIVE CHANGE. JOINTLY ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN THE WORKING BACKBONE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AS OUR HISTORIC COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER, WE WILL ADVOCATE FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, PUSH FOR GREATER, MORE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES, AND CREATE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN. ONCE AGAIN. THANK YOU. AND NOW MS. PRISCILLA WILL TRANSFORMED THIS INTO SPANISH. THANK YOU. TAKE A BREATH SMITH EDITION, MANCHESTER HARRISBURG IN MAGNOLIA PARK. SORRY. COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER, I WANT TO THANK YOU AMONG ALL THOSE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY RECOGNIZED, YOU DID MENTION MY, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF WHO'S A RESIDENT, AND, UH, HAS HELPED AND ATTENDED MANY OF THOSE MEETINGS. SO, UH, I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT A WONDERFUL, UH, RECOGNITION THIS IS TODAY. AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE FOR THE CITYWIDE ORGANIZATION, I WELCOME YOU TO THAT BODY AND IT IS TRULY TREMENDOUS, UH, TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR GREAT EFFORT TO GET TO THIS MOMENT. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, THANK YOU FOR, UH, RECITING SOME OF THE HISTORY FOR YOUR TRANSLATION ION AND FOR ALL THESE IMPORTANT MEMORIES THAT ARE BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY. WE DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MICHAEL KOSH IN THE QUEUE TO ADD SOMETHING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, I, I MUST SAY THAT, UH, AS A, AS YOUR LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER, THE DISTRICT HAS A WONDERFUL COUNCIL MEMBER IN COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. HE REALLY WORKS THE COMMUNITY. AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I REMEMBER IS GOING TO THE HARTMAN PARK AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THERE WERE ISSUES ABOUT THE BUSING WITH METRO CHANGING UP THE BUS ROUTE. AND, AND I, I, I HAD CONTACTED THE, UH, THE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE METRO BOARD AND, AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS WORKED, UH, WITH ME AND, UH, WITH THE METRO. AND HE, HE WAS VERY DILIGENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMMUNITY WAS NOT FORGOTTEN AND OVERLOOKED. WHEN I SAW HOW FAR PEOPLE HAD TO WALK TO EVEN GET TO THE BUS ACROSS THOSE RAILROAD TRACKS ON, UH, ON MANCHESTER, IT, IT WAS JUST EGREGIOUS TO, TO THINK THAT A SENIOR, UH, WHICH I AM, WOULD HAVE TO WALK THAT FAR OVER THOSE TRACKS. SO ANYWAY, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND, AND, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS AND, AND, AND VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR, PRO TEM FOR, FOR, FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. AND, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GOOD THINGS OUT THERE. AND HOPEFULLY I'LL GET INVITED BACK TO HARTMAN PARK COMMUNITY CENTER PRETTY SOON. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ONCE AGAIN, WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, IF YOU HAVE A FINAL WORD FOR, FOR US FROM THE PODIUM OR, YES, MA'AM. YOU ALL HAVE SAID EVERYTHING. WE JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK ROBERT GALLEGOS AND JOACHIM. THEY COME OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE MEETINGS. THEY'VE [00:20:01] HELPED THE SENIORS, UH, REBUILD THEIR HOUSES. OKAY. UH, ONE LADY THAT THEY JUST HELPED, SHE HAD NEVER HAD AIR CONDITIONING IN HER HOUSE. SHE ONLY HAD FANS. SHE HAD BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR 69 YEARS. THEY CAME OUT. WE HAVE CENTRAL AIR, SHE HAD CENTRAL HEAT, SHE'S GOT WASHERS, DRYERS. THEY HAVE REALLY HELPED, UH, OUR COMMUNITY AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. DURING THIS WHOLE TIME, THERE'S BEEN ONE INDIVIDUAL FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON WHO HAS HELPED US, UH, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING. AND HE'S MADE THIS PROCESS SO MUCH EASIER FOR US AND ALWAYS TAKING OUR CALLS EVEN WHILE HE WAS ON VACATION. UH, OUR COMPLETE COMMUNITY'S LIAISON, MR. ABRAHAM RIA, UH, RIGHT THERE HE IS, RIGHT THERE. HE DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT. THANK YOU, MR. ABRAHAM. THANK YOU FOR THAT WORD. AND NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, THANK, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. AND ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, Y'ALL'S EFFORTS AND Y'ALL LOVING YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE CARTER'S LOVING SMITH EDITION AND ALWAYS CALLING ME AND ASKING ME THAT WE NEED THIS, WE NEED THAT. AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES. IT, IT, IT TAKES RESIDENTS AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO SPEAK UP AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WANNA PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT. I KNOW IT, IT WAS A LOT OF TIME GOING TO THESE MEETINGS TO TRY TO ORGANIZE THIS. UH, BUT IT'S A BENEFIT FOR ALL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THERE IN THE EAST END. UH, AND AGAIN, THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO INCLUDE IN THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES AND, AND THERE'S BEEN PROGRESS DUE TO YES. THE FACT OF THE COMPLETE COMMUNITY. YES, SIR. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ALL Y'ALL'S EFFORTS. NOW, UH, WE, WE, WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A GROUP PHOTO. YES, SIR. LET'S DO THAT. ORGANIZED FOR, UH, FOR A PHOTO OUT FRONT OR IN THE BACK, OR IF YOU LIKE, BEHIND THE DICE. WE'LL GO THERE. YOU WANT COME INTO THE HORSESHOE COUNCIL MEMBER [00:25:05] CHAIR [2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN FOR TODAY'S INVOCATION AND PLEDGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, MY INTERN, MACON BOWEN. HE'S A SENIOR AT TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY, AND HE WILL BE DOING THE PRAYER FOR US TODAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. LET US BOW OUR HEADS IN PRAYER. FATHER GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOUR WISDOM WILL GUIDE OVER THOSE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY. WE BRING THE NEEDS OF HOUSTON AND OUR GOVERNMENT BEFORE YOU AND ASK US TO BLESS US AND OUR GODLY LEADERS. WE PRAY FOR YOUR PROTECTION OVER LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MILITARY, AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM. FATHER ONLY, YOU KNOW WHAT LIES AHEAD. YOUR PLAN IS OFTEN DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN MIND, BUT PLEASE SHAPE US TO REFLECT YOUR WILL. HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T NEED FULL CLARITY TO WALK THE UNIQUE PATHS THAT YOU HAVE LAID OUT FOR US, BUT TO PREPARE US TO SERVE YOU WHEN WE ARE CALLED. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND DO GOOD FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND BY YOUR HOLY NAME IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON, WE HUMBLY PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE OF ALLE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE PLAN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, NATION UNDER GOD. LIBERTY, LIBERTY, JUSTICE. NEXT, WE'LL [ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING] HAVE OUR ROLL CALL. COUNCIL MEMBERS PLEASE PREPARE TO ANSWER THE ROLL CALL BY UNMUTING YOURSELVES. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR TURNER WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN. COUNCIL EVANS AZZ. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS PRESENT. COUNCIL HUFFMAN PRESENT. COUNCIL CI WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCIL GALLEGOS. HERE. COUNCIL POLLARD. HERE. COUNCILMAN CASTEX TAYLOR WILL BE ABSENT. CONST KNOX. HERE. COUNCILMAN ROBINSON? HERE. COUNCIL OSH. HERE. COUNCILMAN PLUMMER. AND COUNCILMAN ALCORN. HERE WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF MAY 10TH AND 11TH. SO MOVED. SO MOVED. ROBINSON MARTIN. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AND OPPOSED? GRANTED. WE'LL NOW REVIEW THE PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING THIS HYBRID PUBLIC SESSION FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. PLEASE REMEMBER TO SPEAK SLOWLY AND CLEARLY. IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING, PLEASE TYPE THAT INTO THE CHAT WINDOW. WINDOW AND THEN HANG UP. THIS WILL REMOVE YOU FROM THE MEETING AND ALSO GIVE US A RECORD OF WHEN YOU LEFT. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN MAKING A MOTION, SECONDING OR TAGGING. FOR THOSE JOINING VIRTUALLY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE TYPE THAT INTO THE CHAT WINDOW. THE AGENDA DIRECTOR WILL BE MONITORING THE CHAT AND WE'LL ADD YOUR NAME INTO THE QUEUE. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST BE VISIBLE ON CAMERA. WHILE YOU ARE SPEAKING FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, [PUBLIC SPEAKERS] LET ME REMIND YOU THAT IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER, YOU HAD TO SIGN UP WITH THE CITY'S SECRETARY OFFICE BY 3:00 PM YESTERDAY, MONDAY. WE WILL CALL YOUR NAME IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. IF YOU ARE HERE IN PERSON, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. IF YOU ARE CALLING IN, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. IF YOU ARE APPEARING ON CAMERA, CLICK ON THE MICROPHONE ICON AND THE CAMERA ICON. YOU'LL THEN HAVE YOUR ONE, TWO, OR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. AFTER YOUR TIME, THE BELL WILL RING AND ONCE THAT BELL RINGS, YOU MUST STOP SPEAKING. YOU MAY ONLY SPEAK WHEN RECOGNIZED. IF YOU SPEAK DURING THE MEETING AND WE HAVE NOT RECOGNIZED YOU, WE WILL MUTE YOU AND IF YOU SPEAK AGAIN, YOU'LL BE REMOVED FROM THE WINDOW. ARE THERE ANY PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS. THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE. UH, PROCEDURAL MOTION FOR THE ONE MINUTE AGENDA AFTER JUSTIN TREAT TO ADD JOHN WEATHERLY LANG NOAC AND LAMB BASS SECOND ROBINSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK ALSO FOR PROCEDURAL FOR PROCEDURAL MOTION. THANK YOU. I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD BEVERLY RICHARDS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE THREE MINUTE AGENDA LIST. AND I ALSO MOVE TO MOVE, UM, HECTOR DE LA GARZA FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE MINUTE LIST TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ONE MINUTE AGENDA LIST BECAUSE HE'S HERE TO TALK ABOUT AN AGENDA ITEM SECOND ROBINSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION GRANTED. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROCEDURAL MOTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? [00:30:12] OKAY, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER. MARTHA TREAT. MARTHA TREAT CAN WE CAN HEAR YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD. I APOLOGIZE. I REGISTERED YESTERDAY, BUT I DID NOT RECEIVE A LINK TO THE VIDEO. AM I STILL ALLOWED TO SPEAK? YES, GO AHEAD AND SPEAK, MA'AM. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, COUNCILMAN AND WOMEN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE TIME TO SPEAK TODAY REGARDING THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. I JUST WANNA SAY FIRST THAT I'M SORRY I'M NOT ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON. I AM HERE TODAY TO SHARE MY DEEP CONCERN WITH MY FELLOW BRIAR MEADOW NEIGHBORS, REGARDING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. OUR STREETS ARE RAPTURED, LEAD DETERIORATING, AND OUR SIDEWALKS ARE UN WALKABLE. HAVING A SMALL DOG AND A YOUNG TODDLER WALKING, BIKING AND DRIVING HAS BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AS A RESULT. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AS A NEIGHBORHOOD AND A YOUNG FAMILY, WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT LIES BELOW. HISTORICALLY, THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS PROVEN TO NOT BE SUFFICIENT IN MAJOR AND EVEN MINOR WEATHER EVENTS. WE FEEL FORGOTTEN AND OVERLOOKED AND AS A NEIGHBORHOOD WE ARE EXTREMELY DISHEARTENED THAT THE PROJECT THAT PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED FUNDING AND WAS CONFIRMED WAS SO QUICKLY UPENDED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD AND AS GET TIME AS IT VIA. THANK YOU MS. TREAT. THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS. NO SPEAKERS. MADAM SECRETARY. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. JUSTIN TREAT JUSTIN. TREAT STAR SIX 20. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. UH, I'M ALSO ATTENDING VIRTUALLY AND I APPRECIATE, UH, YOU GIVING ME THE TIME TO ECHO AND AND ADD ON TO WHAT MY WIFE JUST SPOKE ABOUT. UH, BACK IN 2013, THE PROJECT, UH, STARTED TO DO THE NORTH, SOUTH AND, UH, EAST BY MEADOW PROJECTS. UH, IT WAS PROMPTLY THE FUNDING FOR THE SOUTH SIDE WAS PROMPTLY PULLED, UH, IN 2020, AND THUS THE NORTH SIDE HAD $17 MILLION SPENT TO COMPLETE THEIR PROJECTS. BUT IN ESSENCE, NOW HAS DEVALUED OUR SIDE, ROUGHLY 30 TO 40,000 IN REAL ESTATE VALUE. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, IT HAS CREATED, THERE WAS A DRAINAGE PROJECT THAT WAS ABOUT 1.3 MILLION DONE IN SOUTH SIDE. THAT HAS NOT WORKED. UH, IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS, WE'VE HAD FIVE TO SIX WATER MAINS BREAK. IT HAS TAKEN THE CITY OVER FOUR WEEKS TO FIX A FEW, AND THEY'RE STILL RUNNING ADDITIONALLY WITH THE SIDEWALKS AND THE STREETS. SO IN DISREPAIR, UH, I'VE EVEN SEEN MY NEIGHBOR'S KIDS FALL ON CRACKS AND SKIN THEIR KNEES AND GET IN. YEAH, TIME HAS EXPIRED AND IT'S JUST BECOME A LIABILITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. TREAT. THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS. MADAM SECRETARY. NEXT SPEAKER. JOHN WEATHERLY. HI, I'M HERE. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. UH, I'M FROM BRIAR MEADOW AS WELL. UM, JUST A COUPLE KEY POINTS. UM, OUR CONCERNS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CENTERED AROUND CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, SAFETY, THAT BEING SAFE, SIDEWALKS AND STREETS, A DA COMPLIANCE SIDEWALKS. UH, WE'D LIKE TO AVOID A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BRIAR MEADOW. UM, THE IMPACT THIS COULD HAVE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOME VALUES AS WELL AS, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS TO REFLECT THE PROPERTY TAXES BEING ASSESSED. WE JUST WANT EVERYTHING TO LOOK, UH, LOOK THE SAME. WE DON'T WANT A SEVEN YEAR GAP BETWEEN ALL OF THIS BEING DONE. UM, ALSO THE AN INTEREST, UH, INTEREST. I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW ALSO ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE THEY REDID, MOVED ALL THE SANITARY LINES TO THE FRONT YARDS. UM, IF THEY DO THAT OR WHEN THEY DO ON THE SOUTH SIDE, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT LATER? REPLACE, UM, SIDEWALKS TWO TIMES. SO ALL OF THAT COMING TO ALSO FINANCIAL SAVINGS TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, IS OUR CONCERN AS WELL. JUST OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, THE, UH, STREET SECTION PATCHWORK FIVE WATER LEAKS THAT JUSTIN MENTIONED IN THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF YOUR TIME HAS THE IN THE PAST, UH, OR THE WATER LEAKS. BUT, UM, AND THEN REDOING ONE SIDEWALK AT A TIME. UM, VERY GRATEFUL MR. WEATHERLY APPRECIATE THAT. BUT IF WE PIECEMEAL OUR SOUTH SIDE TOGETHER, [00:35:01] WE THINK IT'S BEEN GONNA BE A MULTITUDE OF PROJECTS AND VENDORS. UM, AND WE'RE GONNA, THE RESULT'S GONNA BE MORE COSTLY. THANK YOU IF WE, UH, JUST DID THE PLAN AS, AS, UH, INITIALLY, UH, PRESENTED TO US. UH, THANK YOU MR. WEATHERBY. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M SURE YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, MS. THOMAS, IS ON TOP OF THINGS AS ALWAYS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER, LANE NOACK. MR. NOACK, WAYNE NOAC. WE CAN SEE YOU. YOU NEED TO HIT STAR SIX TO UNMUTE, JUST CLICK ON THE MICROPHONE. LGE NOAC. NEXT SPEAKER. LANGHAM BASS. LANGHAM BASS SIX TO UNMUTE. NEXT SPEAKER, CARINA WALKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. WALKER. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DRAINAGE, UM, GOING INTO NEW ONES FROM MY STREET. STILL WOOD. I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 50 YEARS AND OUR STREET DOES NOT DRAIN EVEN THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF WATER. CAN'T GET IT OUTTA THERE. WE'D LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU TO GET TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DRAIN THE STREET. PLEASE. I DON'T WANNA MOVE. I KEEP COMING TO THESE MEETINGS ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO DO SOMETHING, GET CREATIVE, FIND THE MONEY, DO IT WELL. I HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY NEIGHBORS THAT JUST CAN'T KEEP GOING THROUGH IT. WE CAN'T KEEP GOING THROUGH IT. WE LIVE IN THE BAYOU CITY, SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THE WATER. SO LET'S GET TOGETHER AND GET SOMETHING DONE. PLEASE. I'M BEGGING YOU, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MS. WALKER. COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. WAIT, MS. WALKER. MS. WALKER. THANKS MS. WALKER. THANKS FOR COMING TODAY AND TALKING ABOUT THE SPRING SHADOW SOUTH PROJECT, UM, IN THE CIP. WE'RE HOPEFUL TO GET MONEY, UM, FOR THAT PROJECT. AND, UM, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT FLOODS ALMOST EVERY TIME IT RAINS, AND WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THAT WHOLE AREA. UM, I AM THANKFUL TO PUBLIC WORKS THE, UM, SWAT OFFICE. THEY ARE LOOKING AT THIS NOW TO SEE IF THERE'S AN INTERIM, UM, PROJECT THAT WE CAN DO TO AT LEAST ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON GETTING, UM, FUNDING FOR THE BIGGER PICTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, AMY. THANK YOU MS. WALKER. ONE SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KUBOSH. YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING. UM, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING, UH, FOR YOU FOLKS, UH, EVEN WHEN SHE WAS WORKING FOR BRENDA. YES. WITH BRENDA STAR. I JUST TALKED TO BRENDA EARLIER THIS, I THINK IT WAS EARLIER THIS MORNING, AND THERE'S, UM, UH, THERE'S MANY TIMES WHEN, WHEN NO ONE'S AROUND THAT I, OTHER THAN COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT I HEAR, UH, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER TALKING TO THE MAYOR ABOUT EXCESS MONEY GOING TO FIX THIS AREA. AND, UH, SHE ADVOCATED IT IN HER CIP SHE ADVOCATED IT IN HER, IN HER BUDGET AMENDMENTS. UH, SO I'M TELLING YOU, UH, I I SPOKE VERY WELL OF COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GALLEGOS. BUT LET ME TELL YOU, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER IS ALSO VERY MUCH ON TOP OF THIS AND IS CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SURE THIS IS FIXED. YES, SIR. AND, UH, I, I JUST ARE, IF ANYONE CAN HEAR US, NOBODY ON VIRTUAL CAN HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MEETING. YES, WE ARE AWARE OF THAT. THAT'S WHY OUR, UH, MARTA WENT IN THE BACK TO CHECK. WE WENT LIKE FIVE TV SO THANK YOU ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. THANK YOU. SO, SO I WANT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT, THAT, UH, I'M WORKING WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AS MUCH AS I CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING SHE NEEDS THAT I CAN ASSIST HER WITH, ESPECIALLY ON A VOTE, I'LL, I'LL SUPPORT IT. HELLO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, SIR. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOT HEARING ANYTHING. YES, MA'AM. GOTTA BE A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY. THEY CAN'T HEAR ME, BUT I'LL TELL THE AUDIENCE WE ARE AWARE OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. OKAY, THANK YOU. TAKE THE DAY, LA GARZA. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU GOT SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE GOT IT. OKAY. I WAS ASSURED I WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES TODAY, BUT I'VE BEEN JUST NOTIFIED RIGHT NOW THAT I'M ONLY GONNA SPEAK FOR ONE MINUTE, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO SAY AS MUCH AS [00:40:01] I CAN WITHIN ONE MINUTE. UM, I LIVE IN THE CAMPBELL WOODS SUBDIVISION IN SPRING BRANCH DISTRICT A THE FACT THAT I'M THE THIRD GENERATION THAT HAS TO COME HERE TODAY TO PLEAD TO YOU TO FIX THE FLOODING ON OUR STREET IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. THE THREE FLOODS IN FOUR YEARS THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY ENDURED THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN DURING A HURRICANE SEASON, IS A SIMPLE DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR DECADES AND CONTINUES TO BE INTENTIONALLY IGNORED. DURING HURRICANE HARVEY, WHILE THE REST OF HOUSTON FLOODED, WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP OUR HOMES DRY. WE PUMPED THE WATER FROM OUR STREET JUST A HUNDRED FEET AWAY TO AN OFFROAD DITCH THAT RUNS ALONG NEW ENDS. THIS WAS THREE YEARS BEFORE $18 MILLION OF HARD EARNED TAX MONEY WAS SPENT TO ADD RETAINAGE UNDER NEWAN. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KUBOSH? YES. WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SIR? HECTOR THE LA GARZA. ON PAGE ON THE LAST PAGE. IT WAS IN, IT WAS MOVE UP ON THE LAST PAGE. OKAY. I I WAS LOOKING FOR YOUR NAME TO MAKE SURE I OH, OKAY. I, I, I REALIZED. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, AND, AND I AGREE THREE GENERATIONS IS IS TOO, TOO MANY? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU WANNA USE THE REST OF MY TIME TO FINISH YOUR STATEMENT. THANK YOU. SO THIS WAS, UH, THE RETAINERS THEY ADDED UNDER NUANCE WAS 12 AND A HALF ACRE FOOT VOLUME, AND THEY ALSO ADDED A RETENTION POND THAT WAS 15 ACRE FOOT VOLUME. FAST FORWARD FIVE YEARS TO 2022 AFTER THAT PHASE ONE WAS COMPLETE. WE FLOODED JANUARY 9TH, 2022. YOU WILL NOT FIND ANY RECORD OF THIS FLOOD ON JANUARY 9TH OR HURRICANE HARVEY, EXCEPT THE PICTURES I TOOK DURING THOSE EVENTS. IT'S CLEARLY NOT BECAUSE WHY DID THE WATER NOT I ENTERED THE HOMES DURING THESE EVENTS IS CLEARLY NOT BECAUSE OF THE ADDED DRAINAGE, NOT IF WE'RE BEING RESTRICTED WITH AN 18 INCH CULVERT FROM 1956. IT'S BECAUSE I DECIDED I DID NOT WANT MY NEIGHBORS TO GO THROUGH THE AGONY. I WENT THROUGH THREE TIMES IN FOUR YEARS AT MIDNIGHT, JANUARY 9TH OF THIS YEAR, WE HAD A TORNADO TO DOWN ON OUR STREET. AN HOUR LATER, THE STREAM BEGINS, THE STREET BEGINS TO FLOOD. I WALK INTO MY FLOODED STREETS IN MY PAJAMA SHORTS. I GO DOOR TO DOOR TO FIND AT LEAST ONE NEIGHBOR TO HELP ME CARRY THE FEW WATER PUMPS AND HOSES EACH WEIGHING 200 POUNDS THROUGH KNEE DEEP, HIGH, UH, FLOOD WATER AND PLACE 'EM BETWEEN OUR STORM DRAIN AND NEWAN ROAD. NOW IMAGINE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, NO ELECTRICITY. YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU, YOU DO ALL THIS WORK TO GET THE PUMPS OUT OUT THERE AND THE PUMPS DON'T TURN ON. THEY WOULDN'T START. I GO BACK. I DIDN'T QUIT. I DIDN'T SAY, OH, WELL, I DIDN'T QUIT. I DON'T EXPECT Y'ALL TO QUIT. I WENT BACK AND I GRABBED A HANDFUL OF TOOLS TO TAKE APART THE CARBURETORS AND CLEAN THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, JUST AFTER GOING THROUGH THE SCARIEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE, AFTER A TORNADO TURNS DOWN ON MY STREET IN THE FLOOD WATER, I GOT IT FIXED. I GOT 'EM RUNNING. BY THE TIME I GOT 'EM RUNNING, THERE WAS GARAGES THAT WERE FLOODED ALREADY BY THE TIME I GOT 'EM RUNNING, THE, THE WATER WAS ONE INCH FROM ENTERING THE HOMES. SO YOU WON'T FIND THAT ON ANY RECORD, ANY FLOOD RECORD. YOU WILL NOT FIND THAT FLOOD. YOU WILL NOT FIND THE FLOOD FOR HURRICANE HARVEY FOR OUR STREET. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN. THANK YOU MR. DE LA GARZA. AND, AND I'VE SEEN YOU SPEAK AT, AT MEETINGS IN DISTRICT A BEFORE, AND THANK YOU FOR SAVING YOUR NEIGHBORS BASICALLY THAT NIGHT THAT, UM, DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. THAT WAS VERY HEROIC. IS IS THE, THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN YOUR AREA TO FIX THE DRAINAGE, DO YOU KNOW IF THAT IS SCHEDULED OR PLANNED IN ANY WAY? WE KEEP BEING TOLD THE SAME STORY EVERY YEAR, AFTER YEAR, AFTER YEAR, DECADE AFTER DECADE THAT IT'S GONNA GET FIXED. IT'S NOT HAPPENING. IT HASN'T HAPPENED. I HAVE NEIGHBORS. I HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY. I HAVE ONE NEIGHBOR THAT COMMITTED SUICIDE BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT REBUILD HER HOUSE. SHE HAD, THERE WAS NO WAY TO GET ANY HELP. SHE HAS TWO YOUNG BOYS. ONE OF THE BOYS WAS OUTSIDE PLAYING WHEN SHE DID THAT. THE YOUNG BOY HAD TO GO DOWN THE STREET TO ONE OF MY OTHER NEIGHBORS AND TELL HIM, HEY, I THINK MY MOM DID SOMETHING. SURE ENOUGH, MY NEIGHBOR GOES AND HE JUST OPENED THE FRONT DOOR. SHE ROCK WAS CUT FOUR FEET UP. HE LOOKED UNDER AND HE SAW MY NEIGHBOR. OKAY, HOW, HOW LARGE IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? HOW MANY HOMES? MY STREET IS 30 HOMES. THE STREET BEHIND US THAT WOULD'VE [00:45:01] FLOODED IF WE DIDN'T TAKE THAT WATER OUT OF THAT LOWEST POINT, WHICH IS OUR STREET. OVER $118 MILLION THAT WAS SPENT ON NEW ENDS. IF, IF YOU PUT, IF YOU SPLIT THAT MONEY INTO A HUNDRED THOUSAND, WHICH WAS WHAT IT COST TO LIFT A HOME, I LIFTED MY HOME. IT COST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO LIFT A HOME. YOU SPLIT THAT $18 MILLION, THAT'S 180 HOMES YOU CAN LIFT. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN CHEAPER THAN FIXING NEW ONES. AND, AND THAT'S ONLY PHASE ONE. WE STILL HAVE PHASE 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE. PHASE TWO IS ESTIMATED TO BE 25 MILLION. WE CAN'T EVEN GET THAT MONEY. SO WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN CHEAPER TO JUST LIFT THE HOMES? 180 HOMES? YOU COULD HAVE SAVED 180 HOMES WITH THE 18 MILLION, YET IT GOT SPENT ON THE STREET. THAT DID NOT HELP US ON JANUARY 9TH AT ALL BECAUSE THERE'S 120 FEET OF COVERT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FROM 1956. THANK YOU MR. DE LA GARZA. APPRECIATE IT. AS YOU HEARD, WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, SO A FEW SPEAKERS COULD NOT HEAR US, SO WE'LL GO BACK UP TO THAT LIST AND GRAB THEM. THE FIRST IS MR. LANHAM BASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO, SIR. LANGHAM BASS. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD, MR. BASS. UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. MY NAME'S LANAM BASS. I LIVE AT 8 0 1 9 SKYLINE DRIVE IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF BRIAR MEADOW. UH, MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER AND I PURCHASED THE HOME A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. UM, WHEN WE PURCHASED THE HOME, WE NOTICED THE LARGE CRACKS IN, UH, IN THE SIDEWALKS AND THE, THE, THE, THE MISSING HEIGHTS OR, OR SPLIT HEIGHTS IN OUR STREETS. AND WE WERE ASSURED WHEN WE WERE PURCHASING THE HOUSE THAT, UH, THIS WAS A PART OF A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. UM, I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, THAT OUR FUNDING FOR OUR PROJECT WAS, WAS PULLED WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION. UM, AT SOME OF THE EARLIER BRIAR MEADOW SPEAKERS MENTIONED, UM, FLOODING AND, AND CHILDREN FALLING OVER. UH, MY 2-YEAR-OLD IS ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT HAS FALLEN OVER MULTIPLE TIMES. UM, WE CANNOT GO ON WALKS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR BE OUTSIDE IN OUR STREETS BECAUSE OF HOW UNSAFE THEY ARE. UM, AND, AND WE'RE FORCED TO GO ACROSS RICHMOND TO THE NORTH SIDE, UM, WHERE IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE'S A DELINEATION IN VALUES BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE. UM, IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE LEAKS THAT, UH, THAT JUSTIN TREAT MENTIONED IS AT THE FRONT OF MY DRIVEWAY. AGAIN, WE CAN'T USE OUR FRONT YARD BECAUSE OUR WE HAVE FLOODING COMING INTO OUR YARD FROM THE BROKEN PIPES. YOU, YOU HAVE TO, HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU MR. BASS. THERE WERE NO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN Q SO WE'LL GO TO NEXT SPEAKER. LANEZ NOAC LANGE NOAC STAR SIX. HEY, CAN Y'ALL ALL HEAR ME SIR? THIS IS LANE NOAC HERE. WE CAN HEAR YOU. ALRIGHTY. THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US SPEAK TODAY. UM, JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ITERATED. UM, BOTTOM LINE IS WE JUST NEED TO FINISH WHAT WAS STARTED. UH, THE PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED ON THE NORTH SIDE IS GREAT, AND YOU'VE SEEN THE BENEFITS OF THAT PROJECT. AND THE SOUTH SIDE WAS PROMISES PROJECT MANY YEARS AGO, AND WE, LIKE LAMB SAID, UH, THE PROJECT WAS PULLED WITHOUT, UH, ANY BACKGROUND. UM, I DON'T THINK HOUSTON'S A CITY THAT WANTS TO ABANDON THESE CIPS LIKE THIS. AND SO LET'S COMPLETE WHAT WAS UNFINISHED AND, UH, MAKE THIS ONE NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN. UM, SO YEAH, YOU LOOK AROUND, YOU WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU SEE THAT IT FLOODS REALLY QUICKLY AFTER EVEN AFTER 30 MINUTES OF RAIN. UM, YOU SEE ELDERLY THAT CANNOT GET AROUND, ORIGINAL HOME BUYERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CANNOT GET AROUND WELL BECAUSE OF THE CRACKS ON THE, ON THE STREET AND THE A DA INACCESSIBILITY. UH, LET'S GET THIS UP TO CODE AND, UH, FOLLOW UP. WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS DONE ON THE NORTH SIDE. WE'RE ALSO EXPERIENCING THESE WATER LEAKS. WE'VE HAD FOUR OR FIVE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND, UH, THIS IS JUST SHEDDING MONEY THAT THE HOUSTON, THE CITY OF HOUSTON COULD BE SAVING BY. YEAH, TOM HAS, ITS FOLLOWING UP ON THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO. TIM. HI, MR. BASS. THANK YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS FOR CALLING IN. I JUST WANNA RESPOND, UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE, WHO ARE LISTENING, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME OTHER NEIGHBORS THAT ARE, UH, LISTENING VIRTUALLY TODAY. UM, SO THE CIP FOR THE SOUTH WAS NOT PULLED WITHOUT EXPLANATION. WE'VE HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT COMMUNITY. A MEETING, I BELIEVE IT WAS MAY 3RD, A MEMO WAS SENT OUT AND I BELIEVE THAT MEMO IS STILL ATTACHED TO THE MICRO SITE FOR MY DISTRICT OFFICE, UM, WEBSITE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CIP MEETING THAT WAS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REDISTRICTING MEETING, WE WENT AT LENGTH AND SEVERAL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS ATTENDED THAT AS WELL. AND WE DISCUSSED THAT [00:50:01] LENGTH, PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, AND PHASE THREE. AND JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONVERSATION AND, AND GOOD FOR THE RECORD, UM, THE SOUTH SIDE DID RECEIVE A SWAT PROJECT TO ADDRESS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEIR DRAINAGE WAS BA SPACE LINE. THAT PROJECT IS ALMOST AT COMPLETION IN TERMS OF TECHNICAL COMPLETION. IT IS COMPLETE AND THERE'S SOME, UM, UM, MINOR ADJUSTMENTS THE CONTRACTOR WITH THE SWAT DIVISION IS MAKING. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK THEY HAVE ABOUT FOUR MAIN DRAINS, UM, SIMILAR TO ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, EXTREME HEAT, UH, OUR CHALLENGING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WE EXPERIENCED THIS DURING THE FREEZE AS WELL. SO THAT'S BEEN RESPONDED TO AND, AND WAS NOTIFIED THAT PUBLIC WORKS WATER DIVISION WAS ON THE SCENE AS OF THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR, IN THEIR, IN THEIR GOVERNMENT. SO I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE ON TODAY, BUT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN ADDITION TO THE DRAIN MAINTENANCE IN, IN BROWN MEADOW SOUTH. UM, SO THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CLEAR THEN. THEN LET ME CLOSE WITH THIS, UM, FRIDAY IN OUR NEWSLETTER, A NOTICE TO PROCEED WAS SENT, UM, SENT OUT FOR BRIME ON PAGEWOOD TO REPLACE AND REPAIR THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK TO ADD A DA, UM, UM, UH, SIDEWALK COMPLIANCE, UH, END CAPS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE OFFERED FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS A JOT FORM FOR RESIDENTS TO IDENTIFY SMALL CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT THE OFFICE CAN PAY FOR. UM, SO, UM, WE ARE NOT AT A DEAD END. THERE IS A PROCESS TO THAT. SO WHAT WE'RE UNABLE TO ACHIEVE WITH THE CIP, WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT THROUGH SOME OTHER PATHWAYS. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS FOR THAT THOROUGH EXPLANATION. NEXT SPEAKER. FELICIA LATSON. FELICIA LATSON. HI, I'M HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'M SPEAKING AS A FIFTH WARD RESIDENT, AND I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED REAPPOINTMENT OF SPECIFIC URS 18 MEMBERS, SPECIFICALLY THE FOUNDING MEMBERS. UM, THESE MEMBERS HAVE HELD THESE POSITIONS FOR MULTIPLE CONSECUTIVE TERMS, AND AT THIS TIME I'M CONCERNED THAT THEIR INTEREST AND ABILITY TO WORK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH THEY'RE CHARGED WITH REPRESENTING, UH, HAS BEEN DIMINISHED. THEIR REAPPOINTMENT BORDERS UNETHICAL AT THIS POINT, UH, DUE TO THE DUPLICATIVE AND CONCENTRATED SEATS OF AUTHORITY HELD, HELD AMONGST THE SAME INDIVIDUALS. THIS MONOPOLY IN POWER AND DECISION MAKING HAS LED TO A LACK OF CHECKS AND BALANCES AND A LACK OF APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE THAT DIVERSE INTERESTS ARE REPRESENTED AND DIVERSE VOICES ARE WELCOMED INTO THE COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROCESS. IN THE LAST TERM, UH, OF THESE PARTICULAR MEMBERS, A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT WAS THRUST ONTO THE COMMUNITY AS RELATES TO THE MIDWAY DEVELOPMENT BEING ERECTED ON THE EDGE OF THE COMMUNITY. THIS AGREEMENT WAS MADE WITHOUT ACTUAL INPUT FROM REAL LIFE EVERYDAY RESIDENTS. UH, AND ONLY WITH LAST DITCH ADVOCACY EFFORTS WERE MINOR CONCESSIONS MADE, UH, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BENEFIT JUST A, A SMALL PORTION, UH, OF RESIDENTS THAT CURRENTLY LIVE HERE, UH, IN THE SERVICE 18 DISTRICT. THE MODUS OPERANDI OF THE MEMBERS, UH, BEING REAPPOINTED SIMPLY DOES NOT REFLECT WHAT WE KNOW TO BE BEST PRACTICE AND SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT. THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS BOOMING, AND THAT'S A GREAT THING WITH THE NEW RESIDENTS MOVING HERE EVERY DAY. AND THE INTEGRATION OF THOSE NEW RESIDENTS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON AND AIDED BY THE EX. UH, THE, THE PARTICIPATION OF CURRENT RESIDENTS. THIS FIRST 18 DISTRICT DESERVES LEADERSHIP THAT CAN DRAW IN ALL VOICES AND RESPECT ALL VOICES TO PARTICIPATE IN WHAT GREAT ADVANCEMENTS ARE TO COME TO OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS GREAT CITY. AND LEADERSHIP THAT IS TOP DOWN, NON-INCLUSIVE AND SINGULAR IN INTEREST IS SIMPLY NOT ADVANTAGEOUS IN ENSURING THAT THE TOUR 18 DISTRICT, TOM, HAS CONTINUE TO BE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. THANK YOU. YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MS. LATSON. NEXT SPEAKER, LATRICE ST. JEWELS, LATRICE ST. JEWELS LATRICE ST. JULES STAR SIX TO UNMUTE NEXT SPEAKER, VICTORIA ARGA. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO OUR HOME ON STILL WOOD IN CAMPBELL WOODS IN 1973, DURING WHICH TIME WE HAVE FLOODED FOUR TIMES 1992, 2009, 2015, 2019. IT WOULD'VE BEEN SIX TIMES HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR MR. DE LA GARZA [00:55:01] AND HIS PUMPS. UM, THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM WE HAVE WAS INSTALLED IN 1956. IT CONSISTS OF ONE SMALL 18 INCH PIPE THAT GOES UPHILL FROM OUR BLOCK OF STILL WOOD INTO THE SECOND BLOCK OF STILL WOOD UP TO NEWAN. IT IS INSUFFICIENT. OUR STREET ALSO TAKES THE RUNOFF FROM HAMMERLY BOULEVARD AND EVERYTHING TO THE, TO THE NORTH OF THERE. DURING A COMMUNITY MEETING, WE WERE GIVEN THE HOPE THAT WE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR, AND THIS WAS IN, UH, 2019 WHEN WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THE NEW ONES, UH, ROAD PROJECT. UM, OUR STREET WAS TO BE IN PHASE TWO OF THIS PROJECT. SINCE THAT TIME, THERE HAD BEEN NEW HOMES BUILT SOUTH OF NEW ORLEANS. THEY SIT IN A MUCH MORE ELEVATED THAN OUR STREETS. SO NOW WE ALSO ARE TAKING ON WATER FROM, FROM THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, NEWAN ROAD WAS COMPLETED SIX MONTHS AGO. THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT WAS USED IS SITTING UNUSED IN A VACANT LOT. AND WE'RE JUST WONDERING, WHEN IS OUR STREET GOING TO BE ADDRESSED? WHEN IS PHASE TWO GONNA BE STARTED? I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE ALLOCATE THE MONEY FOR US. I HAD MY 79TH BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY, MY HUSBAND IS EIGHTY TWO, TWO, WE ARE TOO OLD TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER FLOOD. PLEASE HELP US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. HOLD ON, MS. ARIAGA, FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. COUNCILMAN AMY PECK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR PERAM, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR ALL OF THE SPEAKERS TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, NEW ORLEANS ROAD, UM, IT, IT'S A GREAT STREET AND ADDED A LOT OF CAPACITY, BUT UNTIL WE START PHASE TWO AND ACTUALLY GET THAT WATER TO NEW ORLEANS, IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, NOT DOING ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT. SO I COMPLETELY AGREE, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO START PHASE TWO AND I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE, UM, THE POTENTIAL OF A SWAT PROJECT TO AT LEAST HELP IN THE INTERIM UNTIL WE CAN GET THE FUNDING FOR THAT. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WORKS OUT. THEY ARE EVALUATING THAT NOW. BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SPEAKING TODAY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, JOHN MURPHY. JOHN MURPHY, STAR SIX. ALRIGHT, THANKS. ALL RIGHTY. ALRIGHT, THANKS Y'ALL FOR HAVING US TODAY. UM, I LIVE IN SHERWOOD OAKS, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT A AND I THINK I'M HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES WITH, UH, AS OTHERS THAT HAVE SPOKEN OTHER THAN WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROJECTS TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT ARE, UH, THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE STARTING. AND, BUT WE'VE CERTAINLY EXPERIENCED A LOT OF THE SAME DRAINING, DRAINING ISSUES. UM, CERTAINLY THE LARGER STORMS BRING ISSUES, BUT WHAT, WHAT I'VE REALLY NOTICED, AND I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 1977, UM, SO A LONG TIME AND, AND HAD SOME OF THE GENERATIONAL ISSUES AS WELL WHERE WE'VE HAD SOME OF THE ORIGINAL OWNERS MOVE OUT AND, UH, HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH, UH, THE DRAINAGE ISSUES FOR A LONG TIME. BUT PARTICULARLY EVEN THE SMALLER, UM, RAINFALLS, THE STREETS ARE DRAINING MUCH SLOWER. WHEN WE DO HAVE HEAVIER, IT'S, UM, THEY, THEY TAKE A LOT LONGER TO DRAIN. UM, AND THEN I THINK IN SOME CASES IN HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'VE GOT BACKWASH FROM THE SEWERS COMING IN, WHICH ISN'T GREAT AS WELL. SO THERE'S SOME KIND OF SOME KIND OF CROSSING, UH, OF SEWAGE AND, AND DRAINAGE HAPPENING AS WELL, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY NOT HEALTHY. UM, WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS, UH, IMPROVED. WE'VE TALKED TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND WE KEEP KIND OF, IT SEEMS LIKE WE JUST KEEP BEING TOLD TO BE PATIENT AND, UM, PATIENT THROUGH GENERATIONS AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, I THINK IN ONE OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, DOESN'T WORK. SO LOVE FOR Y'ALL TO, UH, FOCUS ON, UH, SHERWOOD OAKS AND GET SOME WORK ON THE DRAINAGE SIDE, UH, ADDRESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MR. MURPHY. COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PICK. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU MR. MURPHY FOR SPEAKING TODAY. UM, SHERWOOD OAKS IS ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT A THAT HAS FLOODING ISSUES CONSTANTLY THAT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE PUT TURKEY CREEK ALONG SCENIC RIDGE ON OUR MAINTENANCE, UM, SCHEDULE THAT WE ARE FUNDING THROUGH THE DISTRICT A OFFICE, WHICH HAS HELPED A LITTLE BIT, AT LEAST TO MOVE SOME OF THE WATER THROUGH, BUT IT IS MUCH MORE OF A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM THAN JUST THAT ONE, UM, MINOR FIX. AND SO, UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THAT TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY THING, ANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE CAN DO IN THE INTERIM TO KIND OF HELP WITH THIS. BUT AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO ACTUALLY FIX THE PROBLEM. SO THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TODAY. AGAIN, MR. MURPHY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. WILLIAM LYONS. WILLIAM LYONS. MR. LYONS STAR SIX. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. WE CAN HEAR YOU. YES. THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME FOR ME [01:00:01] TODAY. UM, I TOO AM CALLING ABOUT DETER 18 REAPPOINTMENT AND, UM, I ECHO THE PREVIOUS CALLER'S SENTIMENT. I THINK NOT ONLY IS THIS SOME UNETHICAL USE OF, UM, PLACEMENT AND POSITION, BUT IN THE FIFTH WARD, I ALSO BELIEVE IT CREATES, UM, A VACUUM. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY PEOPLE HAVE ATTENDED THE FIFTH WARD SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THERE'S SO MANY COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD DO GREAT ON THE TOURIST BOARD, YET THAT TRANSPARENCY IS NOT THERE TO EXPLAIN HOW DOES SOMEONE EVEN GET NOMINATED TO BE ON THE CHURCH BOARD? HOW DO PEOPLE EVEN KNOW THE PROCESS OF BEING ON THE CHURCH BOARD? AND SO I DO BELIEVE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT TRANSPARENCY AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN ELEVATE THEIR VOICES AND THEIR SENTIMENT ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE IS BEST FOR THE FIFTH WARD AREA AND THE FIFTH WARD COMMUNITY. I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IT ALSO CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVERSIFY SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE WHO ARE DICTATING NOT ONLY WHAT PROJECTS ARE BEING APPROVED AND ELEVATED, BUT THEN THE CONVERSATIONS LIKE YOU CAN'T HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH THE SAME FIVE PEOPLE ON THE SAME BOARD, RIGHT? SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING OUR COMMUNITIES FORWARD, I KNOW EARLIER IN THE CONVERSATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES, HOW DO WE, UM, NOT ONLY INCREASE THE HOME VALUE, BUT YOU KNOW, RETAIN THESE HISTORICAL CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WHEN YOU HAD THE SAME FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE MAKING THESE SAME DECISIONS, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE LEFT OUT OF THOSE DECISIONS TO MAKE A ROBUST FUTURE FOR FIFTH WARD. AND SO I WOULD JUST REQUIRE OR ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER THEIR REAPPOINTMENT AND ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER FIFTH WARD LEADERS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. LYONS, COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU MR. LYONS FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR CONCERNS. UM, TODAY ALSO, I KNOW MS. LAWSON SPOKE, UM, EARLIER. I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS. UM, I AGREE THAT OUR TERRORIST BOARDS NEED TO BE INCLUSIVE. UM, IT NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M PUSHING FOR. UM, I ACTUALLY MADE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD, ALICE KIRKMAN AND, UM, MR. RUDY ROME, RAM RAMIREZ. UM, BUT LL LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT MR. RAMIREZ IS, IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR HIM TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. SO I ENCOURAGE THOSE IN FIFTH WARD WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE TOURIST BOARD, SEND ME YOUR, UM, APPLICATION OR YOUR RESUME, AND I WILL FORWARD YOUR RESUME OVER TO THE CITY'S OFFICE OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND THEN WE WILL, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT FROM THERE. YOU WILL BE VETTED, AND THEN WE WILL, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD AND SEE WHO WILL GET APPOINTED TO THE BOARD. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU AND WE'RE WORKING TO, UM, FIX THE SITUATION. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU, MS. JACKSON. MICHAEL MORITZ. HEY, GOOD. A MR. MORITZ, MICHAEL MORITZ, STAR SIX. OKAY. HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL. UM, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT AGENDA ITEMS TWO AND THREE AS WELL RELATED TO TOURS 18. BUT BEFORE I DO, I DO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER, BOTH OF WHICH AREN'T HERE TODAY. UH, AND ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT TOOK ACTION LAST WEEK TO HALT THE DEMOLITION OF THE LOSS AT THE BALLPARK APARTMENTS. THAT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS RISING UP TOGETHER AND THEN OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TAKING SWIFT ACTION, UH, TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WORK AND I EMPLOY THIS, EMPLOY THIS COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO CONTINUE BEING STEADFAST AND HOLDING TXDOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS RELATED TO THE I 45 EXPANSION. BACK TO THE TERMS 18 AND FIFTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AGENDA ITEMS, THOUGH, UM, SPEAKING TODAY, UH, TO ASK THAT THE APPOINTMENTS OF THESE MEMBERS BE RECONSIDERED. ALLISON HAYES WORKS FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. GO UP IN FIFTH WARD. JAMIE BRYANT WORKS AT MIDWAY, THE DEVELOPER FOR THE EAST RIVER PROJECT. I JUST HEARD COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON SAY SOMETHING ABOUT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROHIBITING SOMEONE SHE NOMINATED FROM BEING ON THE BOARD. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT WORKING FOR THE DEVELOPER OF THE LARGEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE HISTORY OF FIFTH WARD SEEMS LIKE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. ALSO, KATHY PEYTON AND REVEREND CLEMENS HAVE BEEN AT THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND HAVE PROVEN THAT THEY CANNOT PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF HISTORIC BOARD FORD. THERE HAVE NOT BEEN MEANINGFUL, AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR GOOD PAYING JOBS FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENTS THERE. ALL THESE PEOPLE SOLD OUT TO EAST RIVER ON THE CBA, REPLACE THESE PEOPLE WITH GRASSROOTS LEADERS THAT THE PREVIOUS GENTLEMAN WAS DISCUSSING. ASK THE PEOPLE WHO THEY WANT, GO INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAY, WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE ON THIS FORD? DON'T EXPECT THEM TO KNOW TO COME TO YOU. WE NEED BETTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THIS FRONT. SO I ASK YOU, PLEASE RECONSIDER THESE NOMINATIONS AND FIND PEOPLE THAT WILL REPRESENT THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MARITZ. NEXT SPEAKER, [01:05:01] KENDRA LONDON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. LONDON AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK TODAY. I'M TWO HERE IN REGARDS TO TOUR 18 BOARD. I'M, UM, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN FIFTH WARD, AND NOW I'M A PERMANENT ACTIVIST, UH, ACTIVIST AND ADVOCATE FOR MY COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE LEGALIZED THEFT THAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY COMMUNITY BY TURNS 18. WE HAVE BEEN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REVEREND HARVEY CLEMONS AND KATHY PEYTON FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. THAT LEADERSHIP ALLOWED 133 MILLION PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS TO BE AWARDED TO MIDWAY. MIDWAY, THEN CREATED, UM, HARVEY AND KATHY THEN CREATED AN ADVISORY BOARD. THE ADVISORY BOARD HAS NO ONE ON THAT BOARD THAT IS FROM THE HISTORIC FIFTH WARD. THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND OUR HARDSHIPS AND OUR BARRIERS. SO HOW CAN THEY SPEAK ON OUR BEHALF? THE, UM, WITH THAT, THE, UM, ADVISORY BOARD THAT THEY CREATED, I'M TOLD THEY ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO GIVE US OPEN RECORDS. HOW DARE YOU TAKE OUR TAX DOLLARS AND THEN CREATE A BOARD THAT SETS STATES IN THEIR BYLAWS THAT THEY ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO OPEN RECORDS. WHEN, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TASHA JACKSON SAYS THAT WE NEED CHANGE ON THE TURS 18 BOARD. THAT DOES NEED, SHE'S RIGHT, CHANGE SHOULD BE ON THE TURS 18 BOARD. I WAS UP TO SIT ON THIS BOARD AND I WAS TOLD, BECAUSE I WAS DISRESPECTFUL, I COULD NOT SIT ON THIS BOARD. I HAVE NEVER DISRESPECTED ANYONE, ANY ELDER EVER. I DO, HOWEVER, UNEARTH TRUTHS AND FACTS, SO IT DOES NOT SIT WELL WITH MOST IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO ON WHO'S ON THIS, UM, ADVISORY BOARD, WE HAVE KATHY PEYTON, HARVEY CLEMONS, ALLISON HAYES. ALLISON HAY IS WITH HABITAT OF HUMANITY, AND JAMIE BRYANT IS WITH MIDWAY. WHEN WE WOULD DO COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT MEETINGS THAT WERE DIFFICULT TO HAVE MY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CREATE SPACE TO HAVE IT DONE, THEY WOULD STRATEGICALLY PUT THOSE MEETINGS ON SATURDAY MORNINGS KNOWING THAT OUR COMMUNITY WASN'T AVAILABLE WITH, UM, FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS. SO MY NONPROFIT, OUR AFRICAN FAMILY PROVIDED LUNCH BRUNCH AND LAPTOPS SO THAT THE ELDERS, AND WE TRAINED THEM HOW TO USE IT. SO THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE IN FIFTH WARD DO NOT GET THE CHANCE TO UN TO TEACH OR TO GET THE OPTION OF LEADING THE COMMUNITY. AND HARVEY CLEMEN SHOULD BE GONE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN LONG GONE. HE HAS, HE'S TOO FAR REMOVED TO UNDERSTAND OUR HARDSHIPS. SO I, I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ASK YOU ALL TO PLEASE CONSIDER TAKING THESE POWERFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE POLITICALLY BACKED, OFFER THIS COMMUNITY, OFFER THIS CHURCH 18 BOARD. WE HAVE NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE HAVE NO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WE HAVE GIVEN $133 MILLION OF OUR TAX DOLLARS. THANK YOU, MS. LONDON. COUNCIL MEMBER TALK. JACKSON, HOLD ON. MS. LONDON. MS. LONDON. YES. YOU WANNA OFF FINISH YOUR, UM, THOUGHTS? YES, MA'AM. SO, WITH, WITH THAT BEING, THANK YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME. WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE ARE ALWAYS REACTIVE INSTEAD OF PROACTIVE BECAUSE OF THE POWER THAT IS BEING, BECAUSE OF THE POWER THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR GENERATIONS NOW. RIGHT? SO NOW I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM FIFTH WARD, CRC. WE HAD NO CLUE ABOUT MIDWAY OR THAT EAST RIVER PROJECT. IT WAS STRATEG, STRATEGICALLY LEFT, QUIET. SO WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, THEN I BEGAN TO EDUCATE MY NEIGHBORS ABOUT IT. SO NOW WE HOST A MONTHLY COMMUNITY BIKE TOUR WHERE I TEACH POLITICAL STRUCTURE SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHO HAS THE POWER IN YOUR COMMUNITY. SO THEN I, NOW, WE NOW HAVE A COMMUNITY GARDEN BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A FOOD DESERT. SO IF YOU ALL WERE SO CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY, HARVEY AND KATHY, WHY ARE WE IN A FOOD DESERT? WHY DO WE LACK AFFORDABLE HOUSING? WHY ARE OUR KIDS FAILING IN SCHOOL? WHO IS ON YOUR BOARD THAT UNDERSTAND THE HARDSHIPS OF MY, OF MY NEIGHBORS AND MYSELF? NO ONE. EVERYONE THERE IS POWERFUL, RICH, AND THEY LACK THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HARDSHIPS AND BARRIERS THAT WE FACE. SO I ASK AGAIN, PLEASE ALLOW PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE STRUGGLE [01:10:01] TO TEACH THOSE WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND OUR HARDSHIPS AND BARRIERS. ALLOW US TO TEACH YOU SO YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO ASSIST US. BUT IF IT KEEPS BEING ONE SIDED, THEN WE WILL KEEP BEING, UM, GETTING RAN OVER IN A MANNER THAT WE HAVE BEEN RAN OVER FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND WE HAD TO SIT IN A PAGEANT LAST WEEK RAN BY HARVEY CLEMONS AND DAVID HIGHTOWER. WHAT THEY DID WAS INSULTING TO US AND COMICAL TO THEM. THEY STOOD IN FRONT OF US AND SHOWED US THAT THERE WAS A $75,000 GRANT ONLY FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIFTH WARD COMMUNITY, RIGHT? THEY HAVE MIDWAY HAS NO CLUE OF WHAT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. INSTEAD, WHAT THEY DID WAS GAVE 15 DO THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH IS QUALMS COMPARED TO THIS MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PUT UP. THEY PUT, UM, $15,000 CARROT IN FRONT OF NONPROFITS AND SAID, IF YOU RENDER SERVICES TO FIFTH WARD, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO GET THIS MONEY. EVERYBODY ON THAT, EVERYBODY WHO WAS THERE DID NOT BELONG TO FIFTH WARD. HESTER HOUSE BELONGS TO FIFTH WARD. UM, REVEREND CARDWELL BELONGS TO FIFTH WARD. OTHER NAMES THAT WERE CALLED, WE DON'T KNOW. SO I DID, I DID. I SAID, WHATEVER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN FIFTH WARD ACCEPTS THESE CRUMBS. I WILL NOT PARTNER WITH YOU WITH ANY OF MY EVENTS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOW PARTNERING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DESTROYING OUR COMMUNITY. AND THESE, THESE PEOPLE HAVE DONE THANK, THEY HAVE DONE MORE THAN THANK YOU, MS. LENDING CHANGE COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KOSH. YES, SIR. HI, LADY. UH, ARE THERE ANYBODY, IS THERE ANYBODY ON THE BOARD THAT YOU'RE HAPPY WITH? UM, I WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER THAT IF I KNEW THEM. I DON'T KNOW THEM. WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS WHEN IT'S TIME FOR A TURNS 18 BOARD MEETING, DO YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR US TO GET INSIDE THAT MEETING FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DATE AND TIME THAT MEETING HAPPENS? IT IS STRATEGICALLY PLANNED FOR US TO BE, TO NOT BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO SO, WE COULD HAVE HAD A VOICE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THAT, UM, EAST RIVER PROJECT. AND PLEASE DON'T, DON'T GET IT. UM, CONFUSED. WE UNDERSTAND DIVERSITY. WE ARE NOT AGAINST DIVERSITY. HOUSTON HAS BEEN A DIVERSE CITY FOREVER. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY WITH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MULTIMILLIONAIRE. YOU COME IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH A SMALL BUSINESS, YOU WOULD THINK THAT AN INCENTIVE WOULD BE TO OFFER JOBS TO AT LEAST THE TEENAGERS. INSTEAD, MIDWAY SAYS, WE'LL, LET THE BAND COME. WHEATLEY BAND COME AND PLAY THE DRUMS. WE DON'T, WE NOT DANCING FOR Y'ALL. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DOING. SO HE, UH, DAVID HIGHTOWER SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF LETTING A BAND DANCE. THEY, THEY ASKED EVERY PERSON THAT WAS AWARDED THAT, UM, $75,000 GRANT TO COME ON THE STAGE. AND THEN THEY TOLD THE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO STAND UP WITH THOSE WHO RECEIVED THAT MONEY TO TAKE A PICTURE. AND I COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. AND I SAID, I DON'T WANNA BE A PART OF THIS PAGEANT. THIS IS A PAGEANT. BUT MS. LONDON, LET ME ASK YOU, IS THERE, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT, THAT, THAT WILL LISTEN TO YOU AND THAT ARE, THAT ARE PEOPLE THAT WILL, WILL COMMUNICATE WITH YOU? MY TRANSPARENCY. MY TRANSPARENCY KEEPS PEOPLE AWAY FROM ME. SO I SEE IT AS PROTECTION, SO, NO. WELL, THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON. THANK YOU MAYOR PER TIM. AND THANK YOU, UM, KENDRA FOR COMING UP AND SHARING YOUR CONCERNS. I DID, UM, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR KENDRA TO BE ON THE BOARD AND GOT PUSHED BACK ON THAT. AND SO JUST HEARING YOU GUYS, I, I AGREE WITH YOU. I TOLD YOU IT NEEDED TO BE TRANSPARENT. AND SO, BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU, I'M GONNA REQUEST THAT THIS BE REFERRED BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE PROCESS MORE TRANSPARENT. UM, I KNOW WE RECEIVED A FEW APPLICATIONS, BUT I WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS IN AN OR THEIR, YOUR RESUME. MM-HMM . AND I'LL SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BOARD TO THE COMMISSIONS, AND THEN WE'LL JUST MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT. SO I'LL GET WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND SEE HOW WE, HOW WE CAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ME ON THE BOARD, IT JUST HAS TO BE SOMEBODY THAT UNDERSTANDS ME AND MY NEIGHBORS. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. SO MS. LONDON, TOMORROW THERE'S AN ACTION ITEM. IT'S ITEM NUMBER TWO. SOUNDS LIKE IT'LL BE TAGGED. SO WE WILL NOT VOTE ON IT TOMORROW, BUT THERE ARE SIX POSITIONS IN REINVESTMENT ZONE TOURS. 18. MM-HMM . POSITION ONE IS ALICE. ALICE KIRKMAN. MM-HMM . POSITION TWO IS A REAPPOINTMENT OF HARVEY CLEMONS JR. TO SERVE AS SERVE AS CHAIR. POSITION THREE IS KATHY FLANAGAN. PEYTON FOR REAPPOINTMENT. POSITION FOUR [01:15:01] IS RUDY RAMIREZ. POSITION FIVE IS STEVEN DAY J JAMIE BRYANT FOR A REAPPOINTMENT. AND POSITION SEVEN IS ALLISON HAY. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THOSE WILL BE TAGGED. SO WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO LET COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON REVIEW IT WITH MAYOR TURNER. THANK YOU. THANK SO POINT OF INQUIRY. UH, MAYOR, UH, I WAS TOLD THAT, UH, APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND THINGS ARE NOT TAGABLE. WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL FIND OUT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. UM, IT'S PROCEDURAL. ARE THEY TAGABLE? I THINK IT'S PROCEDURAL. SO I THINK IT IS TAGABLE. I DUNNO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. AC ACTUALLY, COUNCIL MEMBER, I CAN FIND OUT VERY QUICKLY THOUGH. WOULD YOU LET US KNOW ON THAT? I'M SORRY. WILL YOU LET US KNOW? I'LL GIMME A FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. LONDON. NEXT SPEAKER. STEPHANIE CRUZ. HELLO. WE CAN, WE CAN SEE IN HERE YOU, MS. CRUZ. GO AHEAD. COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY. I'VE PREPARED MY COMMENTS AND RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM A FELLOW NEIGHBOR WHO REQUESTED I SHARE ON THEIR BEHALF IF TIME PERMITS. FURTHERMORE, UH, WHILE I AM ONLY ONE PERSON HERE, I ASSURE YOU THAT I'M IN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND WE ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY ORGANIZED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SHARING INFORMATION, ELEVATING CONCERNS, AND DOING WHATEVER WE CAN TO WORK TOGETHER AND SUPPORT CHANGE. PRIOR TO TODAY'S MEETING, I EMAILED MORE THAN 200 NEIGHBORS TO ENSURE EVERYONE WAS AWARE OF THIS MEETING AND TO CAPTURE ANY NOTES FROM NEIGHBORS. I'VE ALSO COMMITTED TO SENDING OUT AN UPDATE TO THEM AFTER TODAY'S MEETING. AGAIN, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE CRUZ AND I'M A RESIDENT OF BRIAR MEADOW. AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE PART JUST SOUTH OF RICHMOND. WHEN WE MOVED INTO BRIAR MEADOW ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, WE WERE THRILLED TO KNOW THAT THE CITY HAD COMMITTED TO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT WOULD DRASTICALLY IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA AND HELP ENSURE A SAFE HOME COMMUNITY FOR OUR GROWING FAMILY. I'M A LIFELONG HOUSTONIAN AND ONE THAT HAS WEATHERED MINI STORMS. I GREW UP ALONG THE BAYOU. I'VE HUNKERED DOWN FOR COUNTLESS STORMS I'VE NEVER EVACUATED. I'VE WORKED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO NAVIGATE DISASTER RELIEF FOR OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. MY WEDDING WAS PLANNED THE WEEK OF HARVEY, AND INSTEAD OF HAVING A WEDDING, WE DID A BLOOD DRIVE FOR HOUSTON AND ASKED OUR GUESTS TO COMMIT TO MUCKING HOMES. I SHARE ALL THIS TO HIGHLIGHT LIKE MANY OF YOU, IF NOT ALL OF YOU, I'VE SEEN THE DANGERS AND DEVASTATION OF POOR DRAINAGE AND I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CITY'S DECISIONS TO CONSIDER DELAYING, PAVING AND DRAINING PROJECTS FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS. AS COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS MENTIONED, WE HAVE RAISED THIS CONCERN AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND SHE NOTED THAT THE PROJECT WAS NOT PULLED WITHOUT EXPLANATION. BUT IF I UNDERSTAND OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS CORRECTLY, THE EXPLANATION IS THAT THE CITY NEVER ALLOCATED FUNDS TO THE PROJECT AND THAT THE CITY'S PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT ALSO EXPIRED. I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE MAY BE EXPLANATIONS TECHNICALLY, BUT THE QUESTION WE MIGHT NEED TO ELEVATE IS WHY DIDN'T THE CITY ALLOCATE FUNDS? HOW DID NOBODY KNOW THAT THESE PLANS WERE GOING TO EXPIRE? AND WHY DIDN'T THIS COME UP UNTIL MARCH OF 2022? COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS' MEMO ABOUT THIS IS DATED MARCH 31ST, 2022, MAKING COMMITMENTS AND ABANDONING THOSE BREAKS. COMMIT BREAKS, COMMUNITY TRUST, AND LEADS TO LONGER TERM ISSUES. FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, DO WE NEED TO RESOLVE THE EXPIRED PLANS OR THE FUNDING FIRST, HOW CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT PHASE OF THE CIP AND MAKE THIS SITUATION RIGHT? OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO WORK WITH YOU, BUT WE CAN'T IF WE DON'T KNOW HOW. IN BRIAR MEADOW, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TWO MAJOR ISSUES, BOTH OF WHICH ARE MAKING DRAINAGE, UM, PROJECTS PARTICULARLY CRITICAL. FIRST, WE DO HAVE A DRAINAGE PROJECT PROBLEM, AS MY NEIGHBORS NOTED, AND WHEN IT COMES TO STORMS, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS UNABLE TO SUSTAIN EVEN SHORT, HEAVY RAINS. AND IF THERE'S A FLASH FLOOD WHEN NEW PARTS BECOME INACCESSIBLE BEYOND STORMS, IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS A LARGER ISSUE POTENTIALLY AT PLAY IN OUR DRAINAGE AND WATER SYSTEMS. AND THERE HAVE BEEN MAJOR LEAKS SPROUTING UP THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. DO YOU HAVE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS PROJECT WAS INITIALLY PRIORITIZED BECAUSE OF PREEXISTING DATA THAT HIGHLIGHTED A NEED. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY DATA TO TELL WHETHER BRI MEADOW WOULD BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN A MAJOR FLOOD EVENT OR CALCULATE THE GROWING RISK WE'RE FACING? WE'VE RECEIVED SOME MINOR IMPROVEMENTS AS COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. NOTED. YEAH, TIME HAS EXPIRED SIGNIFICANTLY LESS. THANK YOU, MS. CRUZ. OKAY, I'LL DROP IT ALL IN TEAMS. THANK YOU. SO A COMMENT RELATED TO THE LAST QUESTION ON ITEM NUMBER TWO. TOMORROW ENTERS 18 AS MR. UH, CITY ATTORNEY, MR. RANDY ZAMORE IS CHECKING ON THE VALIDITY OF THAT. AS I'M CHAIR IN TOMORROW'S MEETING, I WILL ACCEPT A REFER BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION. SO, BUT I WILL DEFER TO, UH, COUNSELOR, UH, ZAMORE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, TED WILKERSON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. WILKINSON. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON YOU ALL. COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. UH, THOMAS. I'M TED WILKERSON. I, UH, AM A RESIDENT OF BRIAR MEADOW ALSO, UH, IT IS, UH, IN [01:20:01] THE MIDWEST, UH, AREA OF THE U OF HOUSTON. AND DISTRICT F UH, COUNCILWOMAN THOMAS IS OUR, UH, REPRESENTS US AND IS VERY RESPONSIVE. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING SHE DOES. UM, I'D LIKE TO ACQUAINT YOU OR REACQUAINT YOU ALL WITH OUR ISSUE, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE BRIAR MEADOW DRAINAGE AND PAVING PROJECT, PHASE ONE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS REALIZED ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IS JUST HAPPENS TO BE DIVIDED BY RICHMOND. SO THIS NORTH SIDE COMPLETED AFTER TWO YEARS OF WORK, RIGHT? AND IT IS A VERY NICE, UH, RESULT. IT IS, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN, UH, 60 YEARS, IT WAS DONE COMPLETELY OVER THE STREETS, THE SIDEWALKS, THE CURBS, THE DRIVEWAY APRONS. IT LOOKS GREAT. AND NOW WE REALIZED AS THIS WAS COMPLETED, WE THOUGHT THAT THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH IS PHASE TWO, WOULD FOLLOW RIGHT ON IT. WE REALIZED THERE WAS NO FUNDING. OKAY? SO THIS IS WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW. WE JUST WANT TO, UH, LET THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, UH, LET OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT IF THE FUNDS DO BECOME AVAILABLE. AND DURING THE, UH, MAY 17TH MEETING WITH, UH, UH, MS. THOMAS AND, UH, MAYOR TURNER, UH, HE'S AWARE OF THIS AND HE SAID HE WOULD TRY TO, UH, EITHER MAKE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE OR TO, UH, UH, OR WHEN THE FUNDS DID BECOME AVAILABLE, HAVE BRIAR MURR MEADOW AS A PRIORITY TO COMPLETE THAT. PHASE TWO ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WE ARE ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'D LIKE IT ALL TO BE UN UNIFIED. IT WAS A GREAT JOB DONE BY, UH, PUBLIC WORKS. CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, MR. MIKE AND, AND THE CONTRACTOR. IT WENT WELL. UM, SO, BUT IT WENT SO WELL THAT THE SOUTH SIDE NOW WANTS THE SAME THING. AND WE WANT THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD TO LOOK AS ONE NEIGHBORHOOD INSTEAD OF A NORTH AND A SOUTH SIDE. AND SO WHEN IT COMES UP, IF YOU CAN REMEMBER US TO BE, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU ALL, UH, UH, UH, GET HIT WITH ALL THE TIME LEFT, RIGHT ABOVE, BELOW. I KNOW THE FEELING, BUT IF YOU CAN REMEMBER US, UH, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS DONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, UM, UH, RATHER THAN WAIT ANOTHER FIVE YEARS FOR THE NEXT, UH, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THANK YOU MR. WILKINSON. COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS. THANK YOU TED. GOOD TO SEE YOU AND STEPHANIE, THAT'S IN THE QUEUE. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DON'T WANT THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE SPLIT NORTH SOUTH. WE DON'T WANT THAT DISTINCTION. UM, I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION OFFLINE WITH MAYOR TURNER JUST ABOUT THE PRIORITY, UM, AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE RECEIVED. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING AND LISTENING, KNOW THAT IT IS A PRIORITY. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY, UM, OUR PRO TEAM CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING TO GO OVER OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. AND IT'S INTERESTING HOW WE FUND THESE PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY WITH OUR PAY AS YOU GO, YOU KNOW, BONDING TOOLS. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL OF US, ALL DISTRICT MEMBERS ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME THING, HAVING PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED OR PLANNED OR DEFERRED. AND YOU SAW THAT AT THE CIP AND FOR ANOTHER CYCLE BEING PUSHED BACK DUE TO LIMITING FUNDS. SO WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, UM, ADVOCATING AND, AND, AND, AND PUSHING THE MAYOR TO, TO HEAR OUR CRIME. BUT PUBLIC WORKS IS COMMITTED TO, AND THIS IS NO SLIGHT TO THEM AT ALL. THEY ARE COMMITTED TO RESPONDING TO OUR DRAINAGE. I THINK ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT THINGS MAYOR TURNER HAS DONE ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK WAS THE DOUBLING THE SWAT, UM, BUDGET TO ALLOW US TO DO SOME BASELINE WORK. AND WE'VE DONE THAT IN YOUR, IN, IN, IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, WHILE WE'RE STILL FIXING SOME OF THE CHALLENGES, SO KNOW THAT IT IS A PRIORITY. AND THERE, UH, BROAD MEADOW IS ON THE LIST SUCH AS CATALINA, UH, SQUARE AND ASFORD PARK. AND SO WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT, UH, RIGHT. WE ARE ALL OF 'EM. EVERYONE'S TRYING TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT THEY GET THEIR FAIR SHORT BECAUSE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING IS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. AND YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT SOLID WASTE, POLICE AND FLOODING, FLOODING AND DRAINAGE AT ANY TIME. SO, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE IN CONTACT WITH ANY MEANINGFUL UPDATE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE TO GET TO ALL THESE THINGS LIKE THE SIDEWALK PROJECTS. YES. AND THE AADA A YES. AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. YEP. UH, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING CAN TAKE QUITE THE PLACE OF THAT ENTIRE FACELIFT AFTER 60 YEARS, SHE GOT A FACELIFT, UH, ON ONE SIDE. SHE WANTS THE REST OF IT DONE. NO, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YOU MR. WILKINSON. NOTHING LIKE FACELIFT TALK AT CITY COUNCIL. NEXT SPEAKER. NAJE SIMMONS. JET SIMMONS NOT PRESENT. NEXT SPEAKER. CAROLYN RIVERA. [01:25:05] MS. RIVERA, CORRECT? YES. YES MA'AM. I REMEMBER THAT. I REMEMBER THAT POSTER. NO, THIS IS NEW. THIS IS A NEW ONE. NEW PICTURES THAT I TOOK. OKAY. YESTERDAY. OKAY. SO IT'S A POSTER. PICTURES ARE DIFFERENT. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL MEMBER TAR JACKSON. I SEE SHE SLEPT. AND TWO CITY COUNCIL. I AM CAROLYN RIVERA. I HAVE LIVED IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON ON DOCK ROAD IN CGA FOR 40 YEARS. FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR SWAT TO EVENLY DISTRIBUTE TO 11 DISTRICTS AND FOR THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS. THANK YOU FOR SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE CITY REMINDING US WE ARE IN HURRICANE SEASON. AND TO PREPARE, I APPEAL TO YOU TO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE SEWAGE AND OPEN DITCH DRAINAGE. FOR MANY YEARS, I HAVE BEEN CALLING AND EMAILING PICTURES DIFFERENT FROM THESE REPORTING DOCK ROAD SEWAGE AND DRAINAGE ISSUES. THE COMPLAINTS ARE CLOSED WITHOUT COMPLETION OR ADDRESSING. THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS INFORMED SOME LMI COMMUNITIES THAT PUBLIC WORTH ADDRESS THE WORST PROBLEMS FIRST. WHAT'S WORSE THAN HAVING SEWAGE LEAKING SO BAD THAT THE STREET IS SINKING INSTEAD OF GAS TOOK THIS MORNING? WHAT'S WORSE THAN HAVING TO BREATHE VAPORS FROM TOXIC, POLLUTED AND CON CONTAMINATED WATER? WHAT'S WORSE THAN STREETS FLOODING FROM WATER THAT HAS BEEN SITTING IN DITCHES AND NOT FLOWING TO THE CITY DRAIN? WHAT'S WORSE THAN RESIDENTS, INCLUDING CHILDREN AND ELDERLY, HAVING TO WADE IN THIS TRYING TO GET TO SAFETY AFTER RAIN? WHAT'S WORSE THAN WATCHING BROKEN SEWAGE TOOK THIS MORNING IN THE AREA, DRAINAGE DITCHES AND CULVER DETERIORATING AND CRUMBLING AT AN ALARMING RATE. I APPEAL TO YOU, CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO ACT NOW AND ALLOCATE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT IS IN PLACE TIME. AND AGAIN, YOU SAY YOU DO THE WORST FIRST. WE APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, BUT IT IS CLEARLY NOT THE WORST. FIRST, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU, MS. RIVERA. COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU MS. RIVER RIVERA FOR COMING IN. UM, AS I SAID ON THE SATURDAY CALL, OUR DISTRICT DEBRIEFING THAT PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE ON THE CALL NEXT MONTH TO GO OVER, UM, ALL THE CF, ALL THE, UM, SWAT PROJECTS, AS WELL AS EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE THEIR, UH, DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE, UM, PLAN THAT THEY HAVE FOR OUR AREA. I'M WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT. UM, EVERY TIME IT IS A CLOUD IN THE SKY, I GET NERVOUS TOO 'CAUSE I KNOW I'M START GETTING CALLS. SO, AND AS, UM, MY COLLEAGUE SAID, WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH THE SAME THING ACROSS THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HOUSTON. SO JUST KNOW THAT I'M ADVOCATING AND THE MAYOR IS HEARING US, BUT YOU JUST KEEP UP YOUR ADVOCACY BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MS. RIVERA. A NUMBER OF FOLKS HAS REFERENCED SWAT TODAY. AND IN THIS INSTANCE, SWAT IS NOT A DEPARTMENT WITHIN HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT IS ACTUALLY AN ACRONYM WE USE FOR OUR STORM WATER ACTION TEAM. AND WHAT THEY HANDLE IS OPEN DITCHES AND DRAINAGE WITHIN OPEN DITCHES ALL AROUND THE CITY. AND WE WERE EACH, IN OUR 11 COUNCIL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY OF HOUSTON, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER WAS ALLOCATED $2 MILLION TO ATTACK THE MOST VULNERABLE AREAS WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT. AND MAYOR TURNER ADDED THAT, ADDED ANOTHER $2 MILLION. SO EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS A TOTAL OF $4 MILLION ALLOCATED TO DO REPAIRS, IN PARTICULAR TO STORM WATER AND, UH, DRAINAGE DITCHES AROUND THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO THAT'S WHAT THE SWAT PROGRAM IS THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO. JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE. NEXT SPEAKER, MAL BIRTH MOSES [01:30:02] MAL MOSES STAR SIX. I SEE HIS NUMBER THERE. MR. MOSES, WE SEE YOU ON SCREEN, BUT WE CANNOT HEAR YOU. STAR SIX TO UNMUTE PLEASE. MAL MOSES. NEXT SPEAKER. ROBIN TOMPKINS. OKAY, ROBIN, WE ONLY ALLOW ONE SPEAKER AT THE PODIUM. SO MR. THANK YOU. I'LL HOLD MY . OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR PRO TIM FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, IT'S BEEN AN INSPIRATIONAL DAY STARTING WITH DR. DAVIS AND, UM, AND A LITTLE CONCERNING AS WELL. UH, I'M HERE ALSO. UM, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SHERWOOD OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT A FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. UH, SHERWOOD OAKS COMPRISES 364 HOMES JUST NORTH OF I 10, BETWEEN BELTWAY EIGHT AND, AND THE ATTICS RESERVOIR. THIS BOARD SHOWS A MACRO VIEW OF THE AREA AND THE FIVE ACRES OF VACANT PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THERE'S ANOTHER SIX ACRES AT SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY THAT IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR. UM, IT IS CLEAR FROM THE SWALE THAT CROSSES THE FIVE ACRES ON THE WEST SIDE OF SHERWOOD FOREST STREET, UH, AND JUST NORTH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT, UM, THE DRAIN, THE DRAINAGE FROM BOTH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THAT FIVE ACRES OF PARKS DEPARTMENT PROPERTY WAS MEANT TO DRAIN CLEAR ACROSS TO ATTIC'S, UH, DITCH. AND, UH, AFTER AMELDA, WE DISCOVERED THAT IT'S CLOGGED. YOU'LL SEE IT IN THESE PICTURES COMPLETELY CLOGGED. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, UH, THE, THE, LET ME JUST READ, SORRY. THIS BOARD SHOWS THE CLOGGED CULVERT THAT WE NOW KEEP CLEARED, BUT WE CANNOT FIND THE OUTLET AND ASSUME THAT IT'S CRUSHED OR CLOGGED. UH, SO SINCE THE GRADE RISES FROM THE LOCATION OF THE CULVERT TO ATTICS DITCH ALL THE WATER FROM THIS ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED FEET IN ADDITION AND INCLUDING THE ACRES BEHIND OUR PROPERTY, FLOWS BACK TOWARD THE POOLS OVER THE CULVERT AND RUNS LIKE A RIVER DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY AND THEN INTO SHERWOOD OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, MR. MURPHY, WHO YOU HEARD EARLIER, THIS IS PROBABLY PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT HE IS EXPERIENCING AS WELL. UM, AND A MINIMUM, MINIMUM AND A MODERATE RAIN. THE WATER THEN POOLS IN THE SEWAGE EASEMENT BETWEEN THE HOMES AT 1706 AND 1714. TARGET, TARGET COURT CAUSING SERIOUS EROSION OVER THE YEARS AND NEEDS TO ALSO BE INSPECTED IN THE CASE OF HEAVIER RAINS LIKE TROPICAL STORM AMELDA WHEN MANY OF THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN. THE RIVER CONTINUES INTO THE STREETS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND FLOODS MANY HOMES BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS BOUND LIKE A BULL BY THE ELEVATED SHERWOOD FOREST STREET. I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE ONLY, UH, CONTRIBUTOR TO THE REGULAR FLOODING THAT SOME HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD EXPERIENCE SINCE THERE'S ALSO A UTILITY EASEMENT, UH, THAT RUNS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT A QUICK FIX TO THE PROBLEM THAT CAN OCCUR BEFORE THE HURRICANE SEASON THIS YEAR IS TO INSPECT AND REPAIR THE CULVERT IMMEDIATELY BEHIND OUR HOME, UH, THAT RUNS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THE WATER FROM THESE DOZENS OF ACRES CAN FLOW TO THE ATTIC'S DRAINAGE DITCH AS ORIGINALLY INTENDED, RATHER THAN THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE LEFT MY CONTACT INFORMATION IN CASE YOU HAVE TROUBLE FINDING THE CULVERT. . THANK YOU MS. TOMPKINS. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. THANK YOU. THANKS MS. TOMPKINS FOR SPEAKING TODAY. I BELIEVE THAT THAT CULVERT WAS EVALUATED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SO NOT RECENTLY. UM, AND IT WASN'T, UM, CLOGGED OR CRUSHED. IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF IT NEEDS TO BE UPSIZED AND IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE WATER. WE'LL ASK PUBLIC WORKS TO GO AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND JUST MAKE SURE, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'RE IN HURRICANE SEASON, THAT SOMETHING HASN'T HAPPENED TO IT SINCE THAT TIME. SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FLOWING AS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. BUT OF COURSE, EVEN IF IT IS, IT, IT STILL NEEDS TO BE UPSIZED. AND SO THERE'S A LOT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET THE WATER MOVING. RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, LISTENING TO THE OTHERS, I DIDN'T ALSO REALIZE THAT, UH, THE CRACKED STREETS AND THERE'S A, A DEFINITE CRACK RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR HOME RIGHT OFF OF THE SEWAGE EASEMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THE EROSION UNDER THE STREET THERE AS WELL. YOU KNOW, I KEEP WONDERING IF WE'RE TWO, OUR TWO HOUSES ARE GONNA BECOME A, A, A SINKHOLE ISSUE, YOU KNOW, AT, SO IF WE'LL ASK PUBLIC WORKS TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M FROM MEMBER SALLY ALCORN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN FOR YOUR THOROUGH DESCRIPTION OF THE, OF THE PROBLEMS THERE. YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF DESCRIBING THAT AND SHOWING US. I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, BUT DO YOU KNOW IF THESE, UH, IF IF THERE'S ANY SCHEDULED OR PLANNED BIG PROJECT FOR THIS, [01:35:01] FOR THE SHERWOOD OAKS AREA, OR HAS IT BEEN ON PAST? MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, BUT DO YOU KNOW IF THIS, THERE'S BEEN PLANS FOR THIS THAT WERE DEFERRED OR IF IT IS CURRENTLY ON ANY KIND OF PLAN? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY CURRENT PLANS. UM, THERE WAS A PLAN THAT WENT DOWN AS FAR AS CHATTERTON, WHICH IS JUST NORTH END OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THAT ENDED THREE YEARS AGO. AND WE THOUGHT THAT THE, THAT SHERWOOD FOREST WOULD BE DROPPED, THE, THE ELEVATION WOULD BE TAKEN OUT. SO WE'RE NO LONGER IN A BOWL, BUT THE PROJECT STOPPED. UH, SO WHEN ALL THE EQUIPMENT WENT AWAY AND WE SAID, UH, YOU KNOW, SO I, I DO NOT KNOW. OKAY. I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KOSH, WHAT ARE YOUR PICTURES? DID, DID YOU HOLD THEM UP? OH, I ABSOLUTELY CAN. SO, UH, THEY JUST SHOW EVERYTHING FROM THE, THE CLOG CULVERT THAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, WHICH WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT UNTIL WE KIND OF WENT ON A SEARCH. UH, THEN YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE JUST PICTURE EVIDENCE. AND I'M HAPPY TO LEAVE ALL OF THIS WITH YOU, UM, OF THE WATER. YOU CAN SEE THE RIVER RUNNING DOWN THE SIDE OF MY PROPERTY. UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, ONCE IT GETS TO THE STREET AND THE STREET IS BACKED UP, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FLOODS, SO, YEAH. OH YES. AND HERE'S, HERE'S THE MACRO, JUST SHOWING YOU THE AREA EXACTLY WHERE IT IS AND HOW THE, I'M SORRY. AND HOW THE WATER FLOWS, UM, FROM THE SWALE AND HOW IT, IT DIVERTS. UH, IT'S, FROM YOUR VIEW SUPPOSED TO BE GOING WEST. IT SHOULD CONTINUE JUST ANOTHER A HUNDRED FEET TO THE DITCH AND INSTEAD TAKE, GO SOUTH. IT, IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING, HASN'T IT? UM, YOU KNOW, FOR MY, MY NEIGHBORS MORE THAN, THAN ME, UM, ON, DURING HARVEY, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STREET FLOODED BECAUSE OF THIS AND THE RIGHT DID NOT. DID YOUR HOME EVER FLOOD? YES. I, MY MY HOME FLOODED THREE TIMES AND YEAH, FINALLY WE MOVED. YEAH. SO, BUT WE JUST GOT TIRED OF IT THERE. I I AM A LITTLE BIT HIGHER WHEN I, I, THE, MY GATE, I HAVE TO OPEN WHEN THE FLOOD WATER COMES. UM, OTHERWISE IT WOULD JUST TAKE IT DOWN. IT'S THAT SEVERE. THE WATER'S RUSHING THAT MUCH. UM, BUT THE, THE HOUSES AT THE END OF THE STREET AND BEYOND ARE THE ONES THAT FOR A WHILE HE HAD SANDBAGS JUST LE HE LEFT SANDBAGS FOR YEARS AROUND THIS HOUSE, UM, UNTIL HE FINALLY HAD HAD ENOUGH AND, AND MOVED. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PHOTOS BECAUSE, UH, PICTURES, UH, SAY A THOUSAND WORDS. MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO APPRECIATE IT. IT'S BEEN COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANTED TO ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN'S QUESTION. UM, IF THIS WAS IN THE WORKS, IT IS NOT, IT'S NOT PART OF THE CIP AT THIS TIME. UM, BUT IT HAS BEEN PRE-ENGINEERED AND SO WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES ARE IN THE AREA AND COMMISSIONER CAGLE HAS AGREED TO HELP WITH FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT. THERE'S, UM, A PUBLIC WORKS LIFT STATION THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY BEING USED RIGHT BY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE COULD, UM, TURN INTO A PARK SLASH DETENTION, UM, WHICH WOULD REALLY HELP SIGNIFICANTLY. ABSOLUTELY. AND HE'S AGREED TO HELP WITH THAT. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LEVERAGE THAT MONEY WITH CITY MONEY OR FEDERAL MONEY, UM, AND GET THAT MOVING, THAT WOULD BE A BIG HELP FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE PROJECT YOU WERE REFERRING TO, UM, THAT STOPPED JUST, UM, BY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT WAS ACTUALLY PART OF AN OLD NEIGHBORHOOD STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT BACK WHEN THE US OF PETITION FOR WHAT STREETS ARE GOING THROUGH THAT PROJECT. SO IT WAS PETITIONED LIKE 20 YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS JUST A SMALL SECTION THAT, UM, THAT WENT THROUGH THAT PROJECT. BUT I THINK THAT, UM, FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I, THE PRE-ENGINEERING, AND THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THAT IS PRE-ENGINEERED. IT'S A $30 MILLION PROJECT, SO IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF WORK TO GET IT DONE. MOTION TO EXTEND. OKAY, MOVE. SECOND. SECOND. ROBINSON. OPPOSED? GRANTED. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER AIM PICK. COUNCIL MEMBER KOSH AGAIN. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. UH, YES SIR. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? ROBIN TOMPKINS. OKAY. I HEARD THAT BUT I DIDN'T CIRCLE IT, SO I'LL REMEMBER. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MA'AM. CERTAINLY. AND I, I'LL DO MY BEST TO KEEP THE CULVERT CLEARED IN THE MEANTIME BEFORE WE CAN GET IT DONE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WAIT, MS. TOMPKINS, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU MS. TOMPKINS. I JUST WANNA MENTION IT'S VERY HELPFUL, THE GRAPHICS THAT YOU BROUGHT IN TODAY. MY PLEASURE AND YOUR WORK HERE IS GONNA MAKE OUR JOB A LOT EASIER. SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH ALL YOUR NEIGHBORS TO SUPPORT WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER PECK HAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. SO, MY PLEASURE. I ALSO, UM, I CAN LEAVE THIS WITH YOU. IT'S GOT MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER. I THINK WE GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MS. TOMPKINS. AND, AND I'M ASSUMING, THANK YOU MR. TOMPKINS AS WELL. OH, YES, . BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY COMMON PROBLEM THAT WE SEE ACROSS THE CITY WITH CULVERTS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES. WE'RE PAYING FOR THE SINS OF OUR PAST. AND WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THAT, WE DEVELOP NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES AND HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH THE CLEANING OUT OF THE DRAINAGE DITCHES AND THE CULVERTS OVER MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS. AND HERE WE ARE TODAY WITH A LOT OF BUILDING NORTH OF US, THAT SEDIMENT HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE. AND WHEN GREAT ENGINEERS DESIGN THE [01:40:01] CITY OF HOUSTON, THEY DID IT AS A PROCESS. WATER COMES FROM NORTH OF US AND FLOWS DOWN A CERTAIN CHANNEL AND EVENTUALLY TO THE GULF. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE INTERMEDIARIES, THE DITCHES OF CANALS ARE ALL FLOODING BECAUSE OF SEDIMENT THAT'S BEEN GATHERED O OVER THE YEARS AND, AND SHAME ON US 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH THAT. I WAS OUT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO IN A, I THINK IT WAS A SIX FOOT PIPE THAT WAS COMPLETELY CLOGGED WITH MUD. AND I WATCHED, THIS WAS PART OF OUR PROGRAM THAT WE HAD THAT WAS REALLY FOR THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, THAT WAS ON THE CIP BOOKS. AND THEY TOOK, AND THEY REMOVED ALL THAT SEDIMENT FROM THAT AND IT MADE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DIFFERENCE. SO I HAVE PICTURES OF MYSELF WALKING THROUGH THE PIPE WHERE IT WAS TOTALLY CLOGGED WITH SEDIMENT. SO, UM, IT'S A PRETTY TYPICAL PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE. AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE ISN'T ENOUGH ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH TO MONEY ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS A PROPER WAY. SO HAVE PATIENCE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS IT IN THE PROPER FASHION. WORKING WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK AS WELL. THANK YOU, SIR. SO THANK YOU. BEFORE WE ADJOURN, MOVE BEFORE WE ADJOURN, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, FURTHER CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON FOR A PROCEDURAL MOTION. THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM. UM, I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MOVE KATHY GUNTHER TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TWO MINUTE LIST FOR TWO MINUTES. IT'S A SECOND ROBINSON MOTION. SECOND IN FAVOR OPPOSED. MOTION GRANTED. NEXT SPEAKER. JULIANNE ALF. GOOD AFTERNOON MS. ALF. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. UM, ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO AGO, TWO LADIES CAME INTO OUR SHOWROOM AT OUR BUSINESS AT CAST FIREPLACES ON TANNER ROAD. THEY HAD TEARS IN THEIR EYES AND THEY SAID, CAN WE LOOK AT YOUR SURVEILLANCE CAMERA? OUR BROTHER WAS KILLED IN A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT ON TANNER ROAD. AND IT WAS A TRAGEDY THAT WAS SO UNNECESSARY. TANNER ROAD IS A VERY DANGEROUS ROAD AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE THAT THERE'S NOWHERE FOR PEDESTRIANS TO WALK. IN ADDITION, MY BROTHER DROVE TO WORK ONE DAY AND HE FOUND A DEAD BODY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT TANNER ON THE WAY TO WORK NEAR BELTWAY AND TANNER, AGAIN, A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT OF A PEDESTRIAN. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS, UM, A LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD NEARBY WHERE ALL THE PLACES ARE ALL THE PLACE OF BUSINESS. AND BEING A LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO RIDE BIKES AND HAVE TO WALK ON THE STREET IN ORDER TO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. AND IT'S A TRAGEDY THAT WE CANNOT PROVIDE A BETTER ROAD FOR THESE PEOPLE TO TRAVEL ON. IN ADDITION, THERE IS NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS INDUSTRIES ON THE STREET. THERE'S THE LONE STAR DISPOSAL, THERE'S REPUBLIC WASTE, THERE'S WASTE MANAGEMENT, HUGE TRUCKS, DUMP TRUCKS, CONCRETE TRUCKS, 18 WHEELERS. THEY'RE HUGE. AND THEY'RE GOING 50 MILES AN HOUR PAST PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES. AND THEY NEED A PLACE TO TURN. IT'S A TWO LANE STREET WHERE THEY CANNOT TURN INTO DRIVEWAYS. WE GET RAW MATERIALS FROM 18 WHEELERS AND THEY HAVE TO GO INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO HOOK IT WIDE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO TURN. SO IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. THERE ARE SCHOOL BUSES GOING UP AND DOWN THIS ROAD EVERY SCHOOL DAY. AND THERE'S PEOPLE FALLING OFF THE ROAD DURING FLOODING. THERE'S ALWAYS FLOODING THAT OCCURS. THE DRAINAGE IS HORRIBLE. SO YOU HAVE THESE PEOPLE THAT, UM, ARE TRYING TO GO DOWN THE MIDDLE 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE THE ROAD AND IT'S NOT THE HIGH WATER THAT'S CAUSING THEM TO FALL OFF THE ROAD, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND THE ROAD AND AN INCH OR TWO OF WATER AND THEY FALL OFF. AND IT'S LIKE A 10 INCH DEEP DROP YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE PICTURES. IT'S HORRIBLE. SO ON UH, LAST SUMMER, A RAIN EVENT IN ONE WEEK, WE PERSONALLY WITNESSED OVER 30 VEHICLES THAT HAD TO BE TOWED. THESE IRREGULAR CITIZENS DRIVING UP AND DOWN TANNER TRYING TO GET THEIR BUSINESS TAKEN CARE OF, AND THEY'RE TOTALLY DISABLED. AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GET ON ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO GET OUTTA THEIR VEHICLE SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET TO SAFETY IN THE WATER, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THE DITCH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE. UM, IN ADDITION, THERE'S 300 NEW APARTMENTS GOING UP ON TANNER. THERE'S AN EXPANSION OF THE LANDFILL THAT WILL PRO POSSIBLY INCREASE 120 MORE TRUCKS ON THIS ROAD. THERE IS GONNA BE SO MUCH MORE TRAFFIC THAN THERE ALREADY IS NOW. AND IT IS UNSAFE. I'M A NATIVE HOUSTONIAN. I'VE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE AND I LOVE THIS CITY. IT'S A GREAT CITY AND EVERYBODY HELPS EACH OTHER SO MUCH IN TIMES OF TRAGEDY AND AND DIFFICULTIES. AND I DRIVE TO WORK EVERY DAY. AND AS SOON AS I GET ON TANNER, I FEEL LIKE I'VE ENTERED A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. PLEASE HELP US EXPAND TANNER ROAD. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU MS. ELF. AND, UM, APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS. AS, AS YOU MENTIONED THIS IN YOUR AREA, [01:45:01] IT'S YOUR BUSINESS AREA. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE WITH YOUR SCHOOL BUSES GOING DOWN, YOU'LL SEE THAT DRAINAGE DITCH IS COMPLETELY CLOGGED, WHICH LENDS TO THE ISSUE. AND THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO MY BUSINESS. RIGHT. AND I'VE CALLED THEM AND CALLED THEM AND THEY SAID, IT'S SO BAD WE HAVE TO GET A CONTRACT COMPANY TO FI FIX IT 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT CAPABLE OF DOING IT OURSELVES. SO THAT IS AWFUL. THE OTHER COMPLICATION, I BELIEVE IS THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY OWNS HALF THE ROAD AND THE CITY OWNS THE OTHER HALF. SO THE COUNTY IS ALREADY, I MET WITH, UM, RAMSEY AND HE SAID, I AM BUILDING THIS ROAD FIVE LANES AND I'M STARTING IN TWO YEARS. SO I'VE GOT A COMMITMENT FROM THE COUNTY AND I'M ASKING YOU TO COMMIT FROM THE CITY SO WE CAN LET THIS MAN AND THESE TWO MEN THAT DIED AND NOT DIE IN VAIN, THAT PERHAPS THEIR LEGACY COULD BE THAT WE WIDEN THE ROAD FOR SAFETY FOR EVERYBODY. COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KUBOSH. THANK YOU MS. AL. APPRECIATE YOU COMING. UM, ON PAGE FIVE, UH, YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF TWO DIFFERENT WHITE PICKUP TRUCKS. IT'S NOT THE SAME TRUCK, IT'S TWO DIFFERENT TRUCKS. YEAH, IT IS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAME TRUCK, BUT IT'S NOT. YOU'RE RIGHT. WELL, WHEN YOU FIRST LOOK AT IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE SAME TRUCK. YEAH, BUT IT'S TWO DIFFERENT ARE. SO THE ROAD COLLAPSED HERE AND, AND THE TRUCKS DROVE INTO THE COLLAPSED ROAD. YEAH. SO THE, HAS IT BEEN REPAIRED? THEY KEEP FILLING IT WITH DIRT AND THE FIRST RAIN WASHES IT AWAY. AND THEY'VE DONE IT FOR YEARS. WE'VE BEEN HERE 13 YEARS AND IT JUST, IT'S NOT A PERMANENT FIX. BUT RIGHT NOW, YES, IT'S FILLED, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT OTHER PICTURE OF THE HUMONGOUS CREVICE, I'M JUST WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO DRIVE INTO, UM, ON, I DON'T OH, PAGE SEVEN. PAGE SEVEN. THIS THING IS GIGANTIC. AND IF A PEDESTRIAN AT NIGHT IS WALKING, THEY'RE GONNA JUST FALL IN IT AND DISAPPEAR. IT IS RIDICULOUS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THAT CAN EXIST. SO I CALLED THE COUNTY AND THEY PUT LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, CONES AROUND IT, BUT THEY'VE BEEN RUN OVER AND STEP, YOU KNOW, SO LITERALLY THERE'S NO LIGHTS AT NIGHT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW SOMEBODY HASN'T FALLEN IN THERE. FOR ALL I KNOW SOMEBODY IS IN THERE. IS ISN'T THERE A LARGE IS IS, ISN'T THERE A LARGE HEB WAREHOUSE? UH, RIGHT ON THAT SAME STREET SOMEWHERE? NO, NOT A TB. NO. SO TANNER, ALL THE THOROUGHFARES BETWEEN I 10 AND TWO 90 ARE FOUR TO FIVE LANES. BUT TANNER, TANNER IS THE ONE BETWEEN WEST LITTLE YORK AND CLAY ROAD. OKAY. IT'S GOT THE WASTE MANAGEMENT, UH, LANDFILL ON IT. IT'S GOT A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF RESIDENTIAL PEOPLE DOWN THE ROAD THAT ARE UNDERPRIVILEGED AND THEY DESERVE TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO WALK. WHEN, WHEN YOU SAY HALF THE ROAD BELONGS TO THE COUNTY AND HALF THE CITY, IT KIND OF CONFUSED ME BECAUSE IT, IT, THE COUNTY HAS REALLY, ALL THE ROADS ARE IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE IN THE CITY, BASICALLY. OH. BACK IN THE DAY, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW. I'VE BEEN TOLD FROM TRI WAY TO GESNER IS THE CITY'S PORTION. AND FROM BELTWAY TO TRI WAY IS THE COUNTY'S PORTION OF THE ROAD. OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. AND SO I GUESS THEY HAVE TO GET TOGETHER, BUT THE COUNTY'S COMMITTED, THEY'RE GONNA DO THEIR PORTION AND I'M HOPING THAT THE CITY CAN DO THE SAME THING. SO COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PICK. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. AND YES, IT, IT, UM, CITY LIMITS ENDS AND THEN THE COUNTY BEGINS. SO THE ROAD IS, YOU KNOW, PARTIALLY IN THE COUNTY ALONE AND PARTIALLY IN THE CITY. AND PREVIOUSLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD TAKE COMMITMENT ON BOTH ENDS TO GET THE ENTIRE STREET DONE. PREVIOUSLY, UM, IT, IT WASN'T MOVING FORWARD ON THE COUNTY LEVEL, BUT NOW, UM, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, HE'S COMMITTED TO GETTING THIS DONE. HE'S READY TO GO. SO NOW THE ISSUE IS ON THE CITY END TO GET THE FUNDING FOR THE CITY PORTION. HE'S EVEN WILLING TO FUND, UM, PART OF THE CITY'S PORTION AS WELL. SO WE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO GET THIS MOVING FORWARD, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. AND THEN ALSO, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF THE LANDFILL. THERE'S THAT TOO. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON ON TANNER ROAD AND I WILL BE AT THE MEETING TONIGHT TO OPPOSE THE EXPANSION OF THE LANDFILL. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT, GREAT, GREAT. THANK YOU. SO, UM, THE COUNTY, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY COULD PROVIDE SOME FUNDS TO THE COUNTY TO JUST LET THEM DO THE WHOLE THING SO IT TAKES IT OFF YOUR BACK. IS THAT TRUE? OR IS THAT NOT TRUE? YES, THAT IS THE CASE. UM, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, UM, HAS COMMITTED THAT HE IS WILLING TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT, BUT THE CITY HAS TO FUND A PORTION OF THE CITY'S, UM, PART OF IT, SO, RIGHT. YES. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD POLLARD. YES, THANK YOU MAYOR PO TIM, AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU MA'AM FOR COMING. YES, THANK YOU FOR THESE PICTURES. THE PICTURES REALLY DO HELP US GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING 'CAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR, UH, WITH THE DYNAMICS OF THIS PARTICULAR AREA. UM, BUT YOUR PICTURES, UH, REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE NEED, UM, NOT JUST YOUR PROJECT, BUT EVERYONE'S, UH, ISSUES. IT'S REALLY UNACCEPTABLE, UM, THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. UM, I AM ENCOURAGED TO KNOW THAT, UM, YOU'VE SPOKEN WITH THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND [01:50:01] WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE REALLY STEPPING UP TO HELP LEVERAGE SOME OF THESE DOLLARS AND PUT FORTH EFFORT TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND REPAIRING SOME OF OUR, OUR ISSUES. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO IS LEAN ON, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER PARTNERS OUTSIDE OF JUST CITY OF HOUSTON DOLLARS MOTION TO EXTEND SECOND FAVOR OPPOSED, GRANTED. 'CAUSE THERE'S ONLY BEEN SO MUCH MONEY THAT WE HAVE, BUT WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THAT MONEY FROM DIFFERENT ENTITIES LIKE THE CITY AND THE COUNTY OR THE CHURCH OR WHOEVER, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THINGS DONE, UH, MUCH MORE QUICKLY. UM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THIS PART IS, IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER GOT TO THIS POINT IN THE FIRST PLACE. YEAH. AND NOT JUST FOR YOU, BUT MANY OF THE PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING AND MY ASK TO THE CITY IS WHEN THE COUNTY OR OTHER ENTITIES STEP UP TO SAY THAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT FORTH A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING AS WELL AS DO THE ACTUAL REPAIRS. WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH OUR PORTION AND WE HAVE TO GET OUT THE WAY. OKAY. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET PROJECTS MOVING QUICKLY. I STRESS ALL THE TIME THE CITY IS TOO SLOW. OKAY? SO IF WE HAVE OTHER PARTNERS WHO CAN PUT UP THE MONEY AND CAN ACT, LET THEM DO IT, AND IF WE HAVE TO EXPEDITE PERMITTING, IF WE HAVE TO EXPEDITE SURVEYS, IF WE HAVE TO EXPEDITE WHATEVER INSPECTIONS, THEN WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO SO. BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE WILLING TO PUT UP A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND THEY'RE, UH, PUTTING FORTH THE EFFORTS TO ACTUALLY REPAIR. SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM, THE PICTURES REALLY HELPED AND FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S DOING THE SAME, UH, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DO THE BEST WE CAN TO ADDRESS IT. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT MAYOR TURNER, HOLD ON. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. OH, SORRY. THANK YOU. MAYOR PROAM. F FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ADVOCACY FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA. LIKE YOU STATED, YOUR BUSINESS IS THERE, BUT YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE AREA. BUT HERE YOU ARE ADVOCATING FOR THOSE RESIDENTS. SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND TAKING THE TIME FOR DOING THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO THE COUNTY. UH, IN MY DISTRICT. I TOO HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION IN REGARDS TO OATS ROAD. OATS ROAD IN THE NORTHEAST. PART OF MY DISTRICT, UH, HAS BEEN LIKE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, UH, FOR DECADES. FOR DECADES. UH, AND I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE FOR NINE YEARS. I WENT OUT THERE AND MET WITH ONE OF THE OWNERS HERE ON OATS ROAD. UH, AND HE ASKED ME, CAN I WORK ON THIS? AND I ASSURED HIM THAT I WILL DO MY VERY BEST. UH, AND I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA, UH, MEETING WITH HIM. UH, WE NOW HAVE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. AND AND I GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU'D LOVE TO GO BY THERE. AND YOU'LL SEE THE WORK HAS STARTED. ACTUALLY, WE WENT BY THERE YESTERDAY TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT PROJECT. AND MANY OF THE BUSINESSES ALONG THERE ARE VERY HAPPY AND PLEASED THAT FINALLY, FINALLY SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED. THIS IS A NEW COMMISSIONER'S COURT WHERE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON ARE WORKING TOGETHER. AND I WANNA THANK MAYOR TURNER. 'CAUSE I REACHED OUT TO HIM TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY. UH, AND, AND, AND, AND IT IS HAPPENING. UH, SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU REACHED OUT TO YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND HE'S WILLING TO DO THIS. UH, AND I'M ASKING PUBLIC WORKS TO ALSO STEP UP, UH, AND WORK WITH THE COUNTY. WHEN, WHEN, WHEN SOMEONE'S THERE OFFERING AN ENTITY'S, OFFERING MONIES ON A PROJECT THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED, LET'S STEP UP AND GET IT DONE. YEAH. UH, SO AGAIN, PUBLIC WORKS COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS WILLING TO PUT SOME MONEY INTO IT. LET'S HAVE THE CITY DO THE OTHER PORTION, UH, SO THAT WAY THESE RESIDENTS CAN GET SOME RELIEF. THANK YOU. RIGHT? MM-HMM . THANK YOU. OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. JUST A QUICK REMINDER TO THE AUDIENCE. IT MAY BE A GOOFY RULE, BUT WE DON'T ALLOW APPLAUSE AND CHAMBERS. IF YOU WANT TO EXPRESS YOUR SUPPORT, DO THIS. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND, UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT FOR EIGHT OUT OF THE LAST NINE YEARS, EIGHT OUT OF THE LAST NINE YEARS, THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAD A TAX RATE DECREASE. AND IN 2019, HARRIS COUNTY PASSED A $2.5 BILLION BOND TO GO TOWARDS DRAINAGE. AND THERE ALSO ARE CONVERSATIONS WRAPPED AROUND ANOTHER BILLION DOLLAR PROPOSAL THAT THEY MAY TAKE UP, TAKE UP LATER THIS YEAR. SO, UH, WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, UH, AND THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. NEXT SPEAKER, BEVERLY RICHARDS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. RICHARDS. GOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL OF YOU. UH, AND I'M JUST HERE. I'M GONNA KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT THE LADY HAS JUST SAID. [01:55:01] THE STREET ON TANNER ROAD, TANNER ROAD HAS BEEN BAD SINCE I'VE KNOWN IT. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE OVER ABOUT 60 YEARS NOW. UM, AND 'CAUSE I WAS RAISED OUT THERE, I'VE DRIVEN SCHOOL BUS OUT THERE AND THAT ROAD HAS BEEN HORRIBLE. IT HAS REPLENISHED IN SO MANY AREAS. LIKE SHE SAID, THE CARS ARE DROPPING OFF THE SIDE. UH, YOU WAIT, LET SOMEBODY PASS IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO PASS DOWN THE STREET BECAUSE OF THE WATER SITTING ON THE STREET. THE DRAINAGE IS BAD FROM ONE END OF TOWN. AS THE LADY SAID, THAT PART OF IT IS BLOCKED BECAUSE THE CITY, CITY DOES PART THE WAY WE UNDERSTOOD IT. CITY DID PART COUNTY DID THE OTHER PART. SO NOW IF THEY'RE WORKING, IF THEIR COUNTY IS WILLING TO DO IT, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET IT DONE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN, TANNER ROAD HAS BEEN REALLY HORRIBLE FOR YEARS. HORRIBLE. YOUR CAR, YOU, IF YOU BUY A NEW CAR, TANNER ROAD IS NOT ONE OF THE ROADS. YOU WANNA DRIVE IT DOWN. AND THAT'S JUST UN THAT'S JUST THE HONEST TO GOD TRUTH ABOUT IT. YOU DON'T WANT TO TEAR YOUR CAR UP AND YOU JUST PURCHASED IT. IT'S HORRIBLE. IT'S PATCHED HERE, THERE. AND PART OF CAMPBELL IS THE SAME WAY. THEY DID DO PART OF CAMPBELL ROAD. THE OTHER PART IS STILL NEED, NEED CONSTRUCTION DONE. BUT TANNER IS HORRIBLE. IT REALLY IS. I, IT'S NO OTHER WAY TO PUT IT. IT IS, IT IS RIDICULOUS FOR A ROAD TO BE THAT BAD. THANK YOU, MR. RICHARDS. AND THAT CARDALE COMMUNITY WE HAVE, WE WORK AROUND IT. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON. THANK YOU MR. RICHARDS, UH, FOR BEING HERE. AND I THINK I WANT TO ADD IN RESPONSE TO YOU, UH, AS WELL AS TO THE EARLIER SPEAKERS THAT IN ADDITION TO PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY, THERE'S A PROCESS COMING UP THIS, UH, LATER THIS YEAR THAT'S CALLED THE TIP. IT'S TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT FREQUENTLY CAN DOUBLE AS DRAINAGE PROJECTS FROM THE HGAC, WHICH IS OUR, UH, COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. MM-HMM . AND FOR US COUNCIL MEMBERS TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND WITH OUR CITIZENS TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE CAN TARGET THOSE DOLLARS. THAT'S ONE OTHER MEANS BY WHICH WE NEED TO UTILIZE ALL THE TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX TO BRING TOGETHER, TO MAXIMIZE OUR INVESTMENTS IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND DRAINAGE. SO THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. YOUR WORDS ARE BEING HEARD. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU MS. RICHARDS. NEXT SPEAKER, MOHAMED ANI. MOHAMED ANI NOT PRESENT. NEXT SPEAKER, CLAY DIPPLE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. DIPPLE. UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, PRO TEM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS CLAY DIPPLE. I LIVE IN DISTRICT I, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE EASTWOOD CIVIC ASSOCIATION'S TRAIN COMMITTEE. UH, RESIDENTS OF THE EAST END HAVE SPOKEN MANY TIMES ABOUT THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF PARK FREIGHT TRAINS, BLOCKING ACCESS TO HOMES, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, HOSPITALS, AND EMERGENCIES. THESE ARE IN AREAS THAT OFTEN HAVE NO ALTERNATE ROUTE. SINCE WE LAST SPOKE AT COUNCIL IN A SINGLE CALENDAR WEEK, OUR CAMERA RECORDED 28 HOURS WHERE TRAINS CAME TO A STANDSTILL AT JUST ONE CROSSING TWICE WHEN IT STOPPED FOR SIX HOURS OR MORE. THE FEDERAL GUIDELINE IS TO NOT LINGER FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES. I'M SURE THAT HOUSTON SMART CITY INITIATIVE, UH, TRAIN SURVEILLANCE PILOT WILL SHOW SIMILAR DATA. AT OUR LAST COUNCIL APPEARANCE, WE WERE ENCOURAGED TO HEAR THAT THE CITY INTENDS TO PURSUE ANY FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR GRADE SEPARATED CROSSINGS AND QUIET ZONES. BUT WE ARE CONCERNED TO REPORT THAT DEADLINES ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL MONEY AVAILABLE THROUGH THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW. THESE COMPETITIVE GRANTS ARE JUST THAT COMPETITIVE AND NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES ARE UPON US. THE RAILROAD CROSSING, ELIMINATION, AND RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PROGRAMS ARE BOTH SET FOR JUNE, WHEREAS THE CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS INITIATIVE IS IN AUGUST. SEEKING OUT THESE GRANTS NOW CAN GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS PAYING FOR REAL SOLUTIONS. THE DOCUMENT WE'VE JUST PASSED AROUND IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE ONE AND A HALF PAGE APPLICATION. THE CITY OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA HAS SUCCESSFULLY SUBMITTED TO SECURE BIL FUNDING FOR RAIL CONGESTION THROUGH THEIR CITY. I SHOW YOU THIS ONLY AS AN EXAMPLE, THAT APPLICATIONS FOR MUCH NEEDED PROJECTS DO NOT HAVE TO BE LONG NOR COMPLEX TO BE EFFECTIVE. THEY STATE THE PROBLEM AND ASK FOR FUNDING TO FIX IT. WE KNOW WHERE THE PROBLEM AREAS ARE AND WE WANT HOUSTON TO BENEFIT FROM THESE FREE FEDERAL DOLLARS BEFORE THEY'RE GONE. WE END WITH A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL. IS THERE A WAY OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN REQUEST A MEETING WITH THE APPROPRIATE CITY STAFF TO GATHER INPUT? YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS, [02:00:02] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY. I KNOW THAT YOU ATTENDED THE LAST TWO, UH, COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, AND ONE OF THEM WAS THREE HOURS LONG. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU ALSO PARTICIPATE WITH THE EAST END NO EASTWOOD RAIL COMMITTEE AS WELL. YES. UM, AND, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, JACK IFF, UH, ALSO, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE ON THE, UH, COMMUNITY TASK FORCE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY JACK. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, AS YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU JUST STATED, UH, WE WE'RE JUST HAVING SO MUCH ISSUES WITH THESE TRAINS. UM, BUT, UH, THERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS IN THE SENSE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, JESSE BOUNDS WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND JACK IFF, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TRYING TO GET, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, CAMERAS SO THAT WAY WE CAN DETECT THE TRAINS WHEN THEY'RE BLOCKING. UH, SO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION, UH, AND, UH, BECAUSE WE CAN'T EXPECT RAILROADS TO BE PROVIDING US THAT INFORMATION, UH, SO THAT, SO THEREFORE WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION. SO I THINK WE'RE GETTING THE ATTENTION OF THE RAILROADS ON ON THAT END. UH, ALSO, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE ARE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR THE GRANT APPLICATIONS ALSO, THE, THE CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, THE RAILROAD CROSSING, UH, CROSSING ELIMINATION, UM, AND THE NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY SHOULD COME OUT SOON. UH, SO, UM, IN REGARDS TO YOUR REQUEST THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE, UH, PLEASE CALL MY OFFICE AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AS WELL. BUT, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE EAST END ARE DOING TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOR DECADES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON. MR. DIBEL, I'D LIKE TO COME IN BEHIND MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ATTENTIVENESS AND YOUR, UH, REAL LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. UM, AND JUST TO POINT OUT, THOSE TWO COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT HE MENTIONED WERE JOINT HELD MEETINGS, NOT ONLY WITH HIS QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE THAT HE CHAIRS, BUT AS WELL AS THE TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN VICE CHAIRS WITH MY CHAIRING AS WELL AS HER COMMITTEE, THE REGULATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS. SO YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND A DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE EAST END FOCUSED ON THIS PROBLEM. AND I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THE ADVOCACY IS, AS YOU POINTED OUT FOR THE GRANT WRITING, HOW WE'RE ALSO GOING FOR THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS COMPETITIVE AS THEY ARE. WE'VE GOTTA GET OUR, UH, WE GOTTA BE COORDINATED TO GO AFTER THAT MONEY, AND I THINK WE ARE DOING OUR HOMEWORK, BUT THE PROOF, OBVIOUSLY IS IN THE PUDDING WHEN WE GET TO, UH, ACTUALLY APPLY FOR THOSE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, ASK YOU TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE CAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DEADLINES DON'T GET PASSED OUT. COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KOOSH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, I, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, AT YOUR PAGE TWO, IT, THERE'S THREE CROSSINGS, THE SKYWAY DRIVE CROSSING, THE BRANHAM LANE CROSSING AND THE CHEN WITH AVENUE CROSSING, UH, IN THE EVENT OF, OF A LONG-TERM BLOCKAGE THERE. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TIMEWISE GETTING THOSE SCHOOL BUSES TO, TO, TO GET AROUND WHERE THEY CAN D DEPOSIT, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE CHILDREN HOME AND, AND WHERE AND, AND ARE THE, THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES. UH, IT HA HAVE, HAVE YOU DONE A STUDY ON, ON, ON HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET AROUND THESE THINGS? UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, THE, THE PACKET THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE CITY OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA SUBMITTED IN THEIR GRANT APPLICATION THAT HAS ALREADY SECURED FUNDING FOR THAT CALIFORNIA PROJECT. SO THIS, THIS ISN'T HOUSTON. NO, THIS IS NOT HOUSTON. BUT THIS IS, THIS IS, I I WAS LOOKING FOR THOSE STREETS AND I COULDN'T FIND NO, NO, THAT'S OKAY. SO, SO THIS, UH, PACKET THAT WE PROVIDED IS JUST TO GO TO SHOW THAT THESE OKAY. THAT THESE, UH, DOCUMENTS DON'T HAVE TO BE COMPLEX OR, OR LENGTHY. I GOT IT. BUT WE, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY THROUGH OUR, UH, SURVEILLANCE PROJECT, THROUGH THE SMART CITY INITIATIVE AND THROUGH THE CAMERAS THAT WE'VE SET UP ON OUR OWN, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR THE TRAIN TRAFFIC. AND ANECDOTALLY, AND THROUGH SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CATALOG THAT IN MANY CASES, THE, UH, THE BLOCKAGES LAST FOR SIX HOURS OR MORE OFTEN IN CLOSE VICINITY TO A SCHOOL. THANK YOU. UH, LANTER ELEMENTARY IN PARTICULAR, I CERTAINLY SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS ASSUMPTIONS, UH, OR HIS STUDIES ON ALL THESE THINGS IN, IN THAT DISTRICT EYE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU, UM, FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. MY QUESTION IS, IS TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THIS SAN JOSE APPLICATION, WAS THIS FOR, FOR RECENTLY THE NEW BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL FUNDS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT? YES. THIS IS, AND HE JUST WENT ON A WEBSITE AND YOU COULD SEE WHAT THEY APPLIED FOR. I MEAN, THAT TO, TO ME, THAT'S THE POINT HERE. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S [02:05:01] IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THE WORKS FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON AS FAR AS APPLICATIONS. MOTION TO EXTEND SECOND, SECOND MOTION TO EXTEND SECOND FAVOR OPPOSED? GRANTED. UH, I THINK MY POINT JUST BEING, I I YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE TRANSPARENT, WHAT KIND OF A TIMELINE, UH, BY WHICH WE ARE A PLAN TO APPLY FOR FUNDS FOR THESE PROBLEM CROSSINGS IN HOUSTON. IS THAT CORRECT? EXACTLY. WHAT, WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS THAT MANY CITIES COMPARABLE TO OURS, IN MANY CASES SMALLER THAN OURS, HAVE ALREADY APPLIED AND ALREADY RECEIVED FUNDING FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE SORELY NEEDED. AND, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT HOUSTON IS A SORE SPOT FOR TRAIN AND RAIL. WE, WE LOVE THAT RAIL BRINGS SO MUCH ECONOMIC ENGINE TO HOUSTON. WE JUST WANT THE TRAINS TO KEEP MOVING. AND I KNOW THAT HOUSTON IS ONLY GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW. UH, WE WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT THESE, THAT THESE APPLICATIONS WE PUT FORWARD ARE PUNCHY AND ARE ACHIEVING THE, THE GOALS THEREAFTER IN A TIME THAT MEETS THE GOVERNMENT'S QUICKLY EXPIRING DEADLINES. I AGREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK MAYOR ROBERT GALLEGOS. THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM. I FELT TO MENTION TO YOU THAT TOMORROW WE'RE SUBMITTING OUR CIP, UH, TO, TO, TO THE ADMINISTRATION, AND I'M SUBMITTING TWO, UH, ONE OF THEM IS IN REGARDS TO THE EAST END TWO QUIET ZONE. UH, IT'S $3.6 MILLION THAT WE NEED, UH, TO, WE CAN, SO WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD. AND THIS IS SOMETHING, UH, THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WANTING FOR YEARS, AS YOU KNOW, UH, I DID MENTION THAT TO THE MAYOR. UH, HE'S ASKED ME TO WITHDRAW IT, WHICH I'M GOING TO DO, BUT HE ASSURED ME THAT HE WILL LOOK AT THIS AND TRY TO FIND RESOURCES, UH, SO THAT WAY WE CAN HOPEFULLY MOVE THIS FORWARD. AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WANTING FOR, FOR YEARS. UH, THIS BASICALLY WOULD, WOULD HELP IN REGARDS TO THE CROSSINGS AT LELAND CULLEN, SCOTT YORK, UH, WHICH WOULD BENEFIT EASTWOOD, WHICH BE BENEFIT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT B AS WELL AS DISTRICT H AND DISTRICT I MM-HMM . UH, SO AGAIN, UM, UH, THE MAYOR DID ASSURE ME THAT HE'LL TRY TO FIND SOME RESOURCES FOR, FOR, UH, SO WE CAN MOVE THIS, UH, QUIET ZONE FORWARD. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MR. DIPPLE. AND I'VE BEEN KNOWING COUNCIL FOR NINE AND A HALF YEARS, EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS. I'VE BEEN SITTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, WATCHING HIM FIGHT AGAINST THE RAILROADS. AND THE MOST AMAZING THING TO ME, AFTER NINE AND A HALF YEARS OF DOING THIS IS THE UNITED STATES IS RUN BY THE RAILROADS, PERIOD. THEY CAN DO ANYTHING WHENEVER THEY WANT TO, WHEREVER THEY WANT TO, AND WE CAN'T DO A DAMN THING ABOUT 'EM. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL. THAT IS A FACT. NEXT SPEAKER. KATHY GUNNER. KATHY GUNNER, STAR SIX. STAR SIX. HI. HI. HELLO EVERYONE. I'M CALLING. I'M, I'M CONCERNED. UH, IN 2019 AND 2020, WE WORKED HARD TO CREATE A DEEP RESTRICTION IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THE, THERE ARE FOR SOME REASON, UH, THE REASON ONE OF THESE WE DID IT IS TO PROHIBIT THE MANY TRUCK YARDS, THE MANY, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT WERE COMING UP. AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAD TWO YEARS TO OPT OUT IF THEY DIDN'T WANT THE DE RESTRICTIONS. WE HAVE TWO PROPERTIES. ONE IS 71 24 STREET, TRUCKY YARD THAT'S COMING, AND 74 20 HOFFMAN STREET WHERE A DUPLEX IS COMING. AND SO OUR PROPERTY CODE, WE GOT, WE, WE, THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE CHAPTER 2 0 1 IS CLEAR. THE RESTRICTIONS ARE VALID. AND THE OPINION OF ONE MAN, DAMIEN CRENSHAW, DOES NOT VOID OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS. UH, WE BELIEVE THAT OUR CIVIL RIGHTS IS BEING ATTACKED, AND WE THINK THE RESOLUTION IS TO STOP CONSTRUCTION OF THIS DUPLEX AND THIS, UH, TRUCK YARD AND THE DU THE DUPLEX THAT CAN GO WITH A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, OR THEY JUST CAN STOP CONSTRUCTION OF IT. UH, IF, IF THE, IF THE REASON THAT THEY'RE NOT PULLING THE DEED RESTRICTION BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO BUSY IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD TO PULL I DEED RESTRICTIONS, THAT IS CLEAR AND JUST BLATANT DISRESPECT. AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT LEGAL. SO, UH, I WANT THE MAYOR TO KNOW, I KNOW IN THIS ABSENCE, BUT I WANT HIM TO KNOW THAT WE CAN'T GET THE COOPERATION FROM THE DEED RESTRICTION DEPARTMENT. AND IF, IF WE CAN'T, IF WE DON'T GET ANYTHING DONE, THEN WHY DO WE HAVE A DEED RESTRICTION ENFORCEMENT DIVISION WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON? SO THAT'S OUR, THAT'S MY CONCERN, AND WE WANT SOME RESOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. WE JUST GOT A FEW PROBLEMS AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THEM WITH OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER NATASHA JACKSON. UM, THANK YOU KATHY, AND THANK YOU FOR [02:10:01] YOUR CONTINUED PUSH ON GETTING, YOU KNOW, DEED RESTRICTIONS ENFORCED. BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, THE CITY, IT'S A CIVIL MATTER. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT THE CITY CANNOT ENFORCE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS? NO, I GUESS I'M ASKING LEGAL. LEGAL. SO THERE ARE LIMITED INSTANCES IN WHICH, UH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON CAN'T ENFORCE DEED RESTRICTIONS. UM, WE CAN, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS A COMMERCIAL VERSUS, UM, UM, NON-COMMERCIAL, YOU CAN ENFORCE THAT. AND, AND SO THE, THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF STRUCTURES ON A PROPERTY CAN BE ENFORCED IF YOU HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT LIMIT TO YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, TO A SINGLE FAMILY. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT A DUPLEX ON THERE. AND THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, UH, DON'T ALLOW FOR THAT. WE COULD, UH, IF THIS IS, UH, THERE WAS A, WE DID HAVE, UM, I, I CANDIDLY, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT LOOKED INTO A DUPLEX BEING BUILT ON A STREET CALLED HOFFMAN, I BELIEVE IT WAS. AND IF THIS IS THE SAME, YES, IF THIS IS THE SAME ONE, WE ALSO LOOKED INTO THE DEED RESTRICTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CONCERN TO BROADLY PUT IT, WE HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE VALIDITY OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH MAKE IT SUCH THAT WE DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN ASSIST IN ENFORCEMENT. NOW, THEY MAY CHOOSE TO DO THAT ON THEIR OWN. UM, BUT, UH, WE, WE DO, AFTER OUR INVESTIGATION, WE DO HAVE A, A, A A SECTION THAT HANDLES THESE AND LOOKS INTO IT. WE, WE UNFORTUNATELY, DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THE QUESTION SHOULD NOT STOP THE, YOU SUBMITTING IT TO A COURT. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. THEY'RE REAL, THEY'RE VALID. THEY, THEY'VE BEEN FILED, UH, WITH HARRIS COUNTY AND, UH, TEXAS. SO I DON'T KNOW, YOUR QUESTION SHOULD NOT STOP, UH, YOUR, YOUR ENFORCEMENT, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT RIGHT. YOU SHOULD SUBMIT IT AND THEN LET THE COURT DECIDE COMES MR. JACKSON, THANK YOU. C AND SO I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND I GUESS WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH LEGAL TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN DO TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE SITUATION FIXED WITHIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT I KNOW, UM, THE ENFORCEMENT OF DEED RESTRICTION IS AN ISSUE ACROSS, UM, THE CITY. I MEAN, DISTRICT I'M HEARING ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME, AND JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY WE, THE WAY THE CITY OR WE CAN GET IT ENFORCED BECAUSE YOU HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS, UM, BUT HOW DO WE ENFORCE IT? AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, UM, PROBLEMS ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO I WOULD, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, WHAT, WHAT I UNDERSTAND, BACK WHEN I WAS CIVIC CLUB PRESIDENT, THAT WAS QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT, UH, THE CITY CAN ENFORCE, THERE'S LIKE FIVE RESTRICTIONS THAT THE CITY CAN ENFORCE. I CAN'T RECALL ALL FIVE OF 'EM, BUT I KNOW THAT, UH, TWO OF 'EM ARE SET BACK IN LOT SIZE, UH, SO THEY CAN INFORM AND ENFORCE THOSE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. UH, AND THEN THERE'S, UH, THREE OTHERS, BUT I JUST CAN'T RECALL WHAT THE O OTHER THREE ARE. BUT I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AS, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, ARE GOING TO, UH, DO PETITIONS OR, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE LOT SIZE AND IN, IN, IN, IN THE, UH, SETBACK AND WHAT HAVE YOU. UM, BACK WHEN ALL THIS STARTED, IT, IT, IT WAS FOR 20 YEARS. SO AFTER 20 YEARS, SOMEONE'S GONNA HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT'S BEEN CHANGED TO 40 YEARS. UH, I'M ASKING, AND I, I'LL, I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, TO SEE THAT WHEN THOSE 40 YEARS COME, I'M HOPING IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT THE, THE PERSON OR PERSONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WANT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE TO GO DO THE PETITION AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE THOSE THAT WANT TO DESTROY THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT GO OUT AND DO THAT PETITION AGAIN. UH, SO, SO, SO, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANNA WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF WE CAN CHANGE THAT, UH, JUST TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, SARAH BEE EDWARDS. SARAH BELL EDWARDS. NEXT SPEAKER. RHONDA JONES. RHONDA JONES, NEXT SPEAKER, WILL HILL. WILL HILL, NOT HERE. NEXT SPEAKER, LISA COCHRAN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. COCHRANE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY OF 2,400 BLOCK OF WHITE OAK DRIVE AND [02:15:01] ALSO THE WHITE OAK DRIVE NER INTERSECTION INTO STUA PARK. UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF HANDOUTS HERE AS I KNOW I HAVE LIMITED TIME. UM, BUT LATELY, UM, ACTUALLY NOT LATELY, OVER THE COURSE OF 30 TO 50 YEARS, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL ACCIDENTS ON THIS ONE CURVE. IT'S A 2,400 BLOCK OF WHITE OAK DRIVE, UM, SPECIFICALLY IN BETWEEN MISHAW AND NER. IT'S A COMPLETELY RESIDENTIAL STREET. IT'S ACTUALLY RESIDENTIAL ALL THE WAY FROM STU WOOD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HOUSTON AVENUE. UM, WE PETITIONED FOR SPEED BUMPS ON THIS STREET, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE CURB IS VERY DANGEROUS. IT WAS ACTUALLY TRADEMARKED, AS WE ALL KNOW, OR IF WE'RE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW ABOUT MARVIN LER. UM, BUT HE USED TO FEATURE THIS AS THE DEAD MAN'S CURB IN THE HEIGHTS, AND THAT WAS 30 TO 50 YEARS AGO. WE'RE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS ON THAT CURB. UM, IN FACT, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE TWO OR THE BLUE TAB, UM, ON MY PRESENTATION, IT SHOWS THE CURB, AND THERE ARE AT LEAST A DOZEN XS ON THAT, UM, PICTURE THAT YOU HAVE THERE. AND BECAUSE OF THOSE XS, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY CRASHES INTO THE, INTO THE HOUSES AND YARDS AND SOMETIMES CARS OF THE RESIDENCES IN THE STREET. UM, AGAIN, I HAVE PETITION FOR SPEED BUMPS, AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS A MAJOR COLLECTOR. UM, HOWEVER, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER STREETS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THAT ENER WATSON AND PICO THAT HAVE BEEN DOWNGRADED FROM MAJOR COLLECTORS TO MINOR COLLECTORS, AND THEY HAVE PUT SPEED BUMPS ON THOSE PLACES. UM, THE, THE THIRD PAGE ACTUALLY, I WANTED TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT. MANY OF YOU HAVE SAID PICTURES SPEAK VOLUMES TODAY. AND THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED JUST A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO. IT WAS ON A SUNDAY, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY EVEN A LINK THERE, ROCHELLE, FROM, UH, CHANNEL TWO. IT WAS THEIR COVER STORY WHEN A CAR SLAMMED INTO THIS HOUSE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THESE ARE NOT JUST FENDER BENDERS. THESE ARE HIGH VOLUME WRECKS THAT ARE COMING AROUND THIS CURVE THAT IS MARKED AT 20 MILES PER HOUR, BUT NO ONE PAYS ATTENTION TO IT. AGAIN, THOSE 13 ACCIDENTS ONLY OCCURRED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. I'VE ONLY LIVED THERE FIVE YEARS, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL PICTURES. UM, TREES HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT. THE, THE FASCIAS OF HOMES HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT. THIS HOME, ACTUALLY, THE OWNER IS HERE, UM, IN THE AUDIENCE HERE WITH ME TO HELP SUPPORT. YOU CAN SEE THAT CAR IS UPSIDE DOWN. UM, ALL OF THESE PICTURES YOU CAN GO THROUGH ON YOUR OWN TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PINK TAB. UM, WE'RE NOT HERE JUST COMPLAINING. WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE DENIED SPEED BUMPS BY THE CITY, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS A MAJOR COLLECTOR, WE WOULD STILL LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, TRY AND DOWNGRADE THE STREET WHERE THE PINK ARROWS ARE. WE WOULD, AT THE VERY MINIMUM, LIKE SPEED BUMPS AND THEN POSSIBLY EVEN A STOP SIGN FROM HAW. UM, WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY FOR PASSING THE 11TH STREET BIKE PROGRAM, AND WE THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THAT, OR MAYOR PROTE FOR THAT. YES, THANK YOU. HOW INSPIRED WE HAVE, UH, A COMMENT FROM PUBLIC WORKS. YES. AND THAT STATES THAT RESIDENTS HAVE THE OPTION TO WORK WITH YOUR COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE. IN THIS INSTANCE IT'S CARLOS CISNEROS, I BELIEVE. YES. ALONG WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO REQUEST A STREET CLASSIFICATION CHANGE. ONCE AGAIN, A STREET CLASSIFICATION CHANGE THROUGH THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN. THIS WOULD ALLOW WHITE OAK DRIVE SEGMENT TO BE REDUCED FROM A MAJOR COLLECTOR TO A MINOR COLLECTOR STREET, SO THAT THE TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES, THE STREET HUMPS CAN BE CONSIDERED. SO OUR ADVICE TO YOU IS WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS TO GET THAT CLASSIFICATION DONE THROUGH CITY OF HOUSTON PLANNING AND DE AND, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND MOVE FROM A MAJOR COLLECTOR TO A MINOR COLLECTOR. AND THEN YOU GO DOWN THE ROAD OF PUTTING IN THE SPEED HOMES. I'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY TRIED THAT. I SUBMITTED A PETITION IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. THE SECOND TO THE LAST PAGE SAYS, UM, GIVES YOU SOME OF THE COMMENTS. UH, WE WERE CALLED IN AND WE HAD A MEETING WITH SHARON MOSES BURNSIDE AND PETER ECKLES. AND, UH, WE ACTUALLY WERE DOWN TO THEM MAILING OUT THE ENVELOPES TO, TO WARN ALL OF OUR OTHER NEIGHBORS AND, AND MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY AGREED. AND SHARON GAVE ME A CALL AND SAID THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE DENIED THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAD SAID, BECAUSE THERE WAS A WATER MAIN UNDER THE STREET, THEY WOULD NOT DO IT. BUT I WAS MORE THAN WELCOME TO CONTINUE MY APP APPLICATION, BUT IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME. SO WE DID NOT CONTINUE THE PROCESS. SHE PROMISED TO AT LEAST HELP US WITH THE SAFETY OF THE NEXT ISSUE, WHICH IS THE INTERSECTION OF ENER AND WHITE OAK DRIVE TO ACCESS ONE OF THE CITY'S MAJOR PARKS DUE TO WHAT PARK, UM, SHE PROMISED TO HELP US WITH THAT. WE'VE OPENED NUMEROUS 3 1 1 TICKETS, STOP SIGNS ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING RAN DOWN. POLICE CAME AND MONITORED THE AREA AT ONE POINT AND WROTE 30 CITATIONS IN A 45 MINUTE PERIOD OF ROLLING THE STOP SIGNS IN SPEED. UM, BUT AGAIN, 50 YEARS NOW FROM MARVIN ZELLER'S REPORT TO ROCHELLE'S, [02:20:01] UM, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, STILL NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BECAUSE THEY WON'T DOWNGRADE THE CLASSIFICATION OF A MAJOR COLLECTOR TO A MINOR. AND AGAIN, PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SET WITH NOT ONLY PCO WANER WATSON, BUT ALSO NER ON, UH, A STRETCH OF THAT. INTERESTING. WAS COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS? UH, SHE WAS NOT UNTIL RECENTLY. WE HAVE WRITTEN HER, UM, OVER THE, OR WE HAVE WROTE HER THE LAST PROBABLY A YEAR, UH, LETTING HER KNOW OF, OF THE ISSUES AND OUR CONCERN, RIGHT? AS MOST OF THOSE CRASHES. THEY'VE HAPPENED OBVIOUSLY DECADES IN THE PAST. I'VE LIVED THERE FOR FIVE YEARS AND BEEN A RESIDENT. AND MOST OF THOSE 13 CRASHES THAT ARE NOTED THERE HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST THREE TO FIVE YEARS. SO IT'S INCREASING. AND A LOT OF THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE, THE TRAFFIC ON WHITE OAK DRIVE. WE HAVE OVER 12 BARS ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND THEY'RE COMING DOWN LATE AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, UH, UNFORTUNATELY INTOXICATED. SO, I MEAN, AGAIN, THE SPEED BUMPS. ANY OTHER TIME, IF IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AT NIGHT ON SUNDAY, WE WERE VERY LUCKY. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PEOPLE WALKING, PUSHING STROLLERS. THIS IS A MAJOR PELOTON. PEOPLE RIDE BIKES ALL DAY LONG, UP AND DOWN WHITE OAK DRIVE. THE ONLY REASON SOMEONE WASN'T INJURED IS BECAUSE IT WAS A, A HUGE HEAT WAVE THAT SUNDAY, AND IT WAS A HUNDRED DEGREES. SO LET US DO THIS. THAT DOCUMENT I JUST READ VERBATIM CAME FROM HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. YES. SO LET US CHECK WITH PUBLIC WORKS WORKING THROUGH COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS, PLEASE, WHO IS OVER IN PARIS THIS WEEK. AND 'CAUSE YOU HAVE TWO EXTRA SYMPATHETIC EARS BECAUSE YOUR DIAGRAM SPEAKS A LOT. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON. YES, MS. CORCORAN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE. AND AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS IS ON A TRADE MISSION WITH THE CITY RIGHT NOW. WE WILL HELP DELIVER YOUR UPDATE OF MESSAGE AND, UH, WITH THE TTI COMMITTEE THAT I CHAIR. I KNOW MY TEAM CAN LOOK INTO IT WITH YOU AND FOR YOU AND GET AN UPDATE SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO NOW. BUT APPRECIATE YOUR GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. THOSE ARE VERY ILLUSTRATIVE AND HELPFUL, AND IT'S CLEARLY A SITUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN, MS. COCHRAN. STAY TUNED. NEXT SPEAKER, AVERY HARRIS. AVERY HARRIS, STAR SIX TO UNMUTE AVERY HARRIS. NEXT SPEAKER, BRENDA CLAY. BRENDA CLAY, STAR SIX. BRENDA CLAY, NEXT SPEAKER TANIKA, ALFRED TANIKA. ALFRED, I'M HERE. OKAY. GOOD TO SEE YOU. HELLO. HOW GOOD AFTERNOON. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. UH, MY NAME IS TANIKA JOY. UM, MY NAME IS TANIKA JOY ALFRED. UM, BETTER YET, NAME IS JESUS. I AM COMING TODAY FOR JUSTICE OR JUST ACTUAL LETTING YOU KNOW, I GUESS, REPORTING IN, UM, FOR MY PEOPLE AND NOBODY WOULD BE IN A BLIND. UM, I'M ALSO JUST GETTING OUT OF REHAB, UH, ON FATHER'S DAY, SO I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME YET TO SEE MY KIDS. I KIND OF JUST KIND OF STAYED DOWN HERE SO I COULD TALK TO THE MAYOR BECAUSE HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE. AND I JUST WANTED TO LET HIM KNOW HOW I WAS DOING, AND ALSO TO TRY TO GET AHOLD OF JOE AND JILL AND TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, UM, I WAS REPORTING IN, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT I WOULD BE TRYING TO DO BETTER INSTEAD OF GETTING IN TROUBLE. SOUNDS GOOD. AND WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY PASS THAT MESSAGE ALONG TO ATTORNEY. AGAIN, I JUST WANNA SAY I THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL, Y'ALL DO FOR HOUSTON, AND THAT I HAVE MY CELL PHONE, MY GODADDY'S NUMBER THAT I CAN GIVE Y'ALL SO Y'ALL CAN KEEP IN CONTACT WITH ME. AND I ALSO HAVE TO GO SEE MY PROBATION OFFICER THURSDAY AT 10:00 AM SO I GOTTA STAY ON TOP OF THAT, IF YOU'D LEAVE THAT NUMBER WITH MR. RUIZ. OKAY. UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE, BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE YOUR PHONE ON OUR LIST. YES, SIR. SO THANK YOU. AND I JUST NEED, UH, THE SUSTAINABILITY, MR. RE, WE OKAY. HELP YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS, MS. ALFRED. GOOD LUCK. NEXT SPEAKER. CECILIA SOLOMON STAR SIX TWO ON MUTE. CECILIA SOLOMON. CECILIA SOLOMON. NO. NEXT SPEAKER. MALCOLM PETRI. MALCOLM PETRI. OH, WE HAD YOU DOWN AS VIR VIRTUAL. GOOD TO SEE YOU. HEY, HOW YOU DOING? YES, SIR. DOING WELL. Y'ALL LIVE AT, UH, 32 14, UH, LIVE OAK [02:25:01] STREET FROM THIRD WARD. YOU TALKING TO THE MIC AND I'M HOPING YOU GUYS CAN HELP ME JUST SLIDE OVER A LITTLE BIT TO YOUR RIGHT. THERE YOU GO, SIR. I'M HOPING YOU GUYS COULD HELP ME WITH THIS, UH, PROBLEM I HAVE WITH MY WATER BILL. UH, FROM, LET'S SEE, FROM, UH, MAY OF 2020 TO DECEMBER OF 2020, I ADDED IT UP. IT CAME OUT TO LIKE SIX TO 8,000 GALLONS OF WATER. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. I LIVE IN A ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATHROOM HOME. UH, AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THAT PART OF IT RESOLVED AS FAR AS THE MONEY, IT'S LIKE $824, BUT THEY STILL BILLING ME. SO NOW MY BILL IS $1,400. THEN I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO I NEED TO TALK TO. HOW CAN WE GET THAT RESOLVED? COUNCIL MEMBER, CAROLYN EVANS SHABAZZ, THANK YOU, UH, FOR COMING DOWN A HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH STEVEN JAMES IN MY OFFICE? UH, NO. I DON'T, I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA ASK HIM TO REACH OUT TO YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ISSUES, UHHUH, REGARDING THE WATER BILLS. AND SO CERTAINLY I, I'LL TELL HIM TO REACH OUT TO YOU TO SEE IF WE CAN HELP YOU TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS. OKAY. UH, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT SOMETIMES FOR A CITIZEN TO GET THROUGH, BUT YES. BUT HE CAN, HE CAN, UH, NAVIGATE THAT FOR YOU TO JUST FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY VALIDITY TO THE BILL UHHUH AND MAYBE TO BRING YOU SOME RELIEF IF IT, IF IT IS NOT VALID. SO YES, IT, WELL, IT, IT, IT STARTED WHEN THEY STARTED BUILDING ALL OF THE, UH, THE THREE STORY MM-HMM . THAT'S WHEN IT STARTED. BUT IT'S, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME FOR TO USE SIX TO 8,000 GALLONS. THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF WATER. I DON'T THIS BUILDING USED THAT MUCH. AND, AND MR. PETRI, THE, THE INFORMATION WE HAVE THAT WAS, THAT YOU REQUESTED A LEAK ADJUSTMENT BUT DID NOT SUPPLY THE PROOF OF THE REPAIR MADE, MADE AT YOUR PROPERTY. SO UHHUH, I'M SURE STEVEN CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. BUT I THINK WHAT HE SHOULD ASK FOR IS THE PROOF OF THE REPAIR FOR THE LEAK. ADJUSTMENT FOR THE LEAK. OKAY. WELL, NOW THEY DID SEND ME, THEY DID SEND ME SOMETHING SAYING THAT, UH, LET'S SEE, THAT THEY, THEY PRETTY MUCH, UH, ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WAS A LEAK. RIGHT. I THINK WHAT THEY'RE WAITING FOR IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS PROOF OF THE REPAIR THAT WAS MADE. OKAY. UHHUH, AND YOU CAN WORK WITH STEVEN. STEVEN DOES A GREAT JOB FOR COUNCILOR SHAB. AGAIN, HIS NAME IS STEVEN JAMES. HE'S MY CONSTITUENTS DIRECTOR. OKAY. SO I'M TEXTING HIM RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT HE REACHES OUT TO YOU SO WE CAN TRY TO GET YOU A RESOLUTION. OKAY. THEY HAVE ME EMAILED AND EVERYTHING. YES. ALSO, AND IF, IF YOU WOULD LEAVE YOUR NUMBER, WE DON'T HAVE YOUR NUMBER ON FILE. IF YOU'D LEAVE YOUR NUMBER WITH MR. RUIZ, WE'LL GET THAT TO STEVEN AS WELL. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY. YES, SIR. THANKS. NEXT SPEAKER. ROBERT CAMPBELL. ROBERT CAMPBELL, SIX STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER. GEORGE WASHINGTON. GEORGE WASHINGTON. IF YOU SAY ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S THE NEXT SPEAKER. I'M LEAVING , NEXT SPEAKER. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I'M JUST KIDDING. . NAOMI HARRIS. NAOMI HARRIS. STAR SIX. YES, MA'AM. WE CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. UH, MY NAME IS NAOMI HARRIS. I RESIDE IN DISTRICT B, UH, IN THE HOUSTON TRINITY GARDEN SECTION OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND I FILED A DATE RESTRICTION COMPLAINT WITH THE, UH, CITY OF HOUSTON. AND, UM, THIS CASE, AND I THOUGHT, AND WHAT, AS A RESULT, I WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER AND ATTORNEY DAMIEN CRENSHAW WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CASE. AND I FILED THIS CASE BECAUSE THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ISSUED A PERMIT TO A PROPERTY OWNER TO CONSTRUCT A DUPLEX IN MY DEED RESTRICTED COMMUNITY, WHERE OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITS MULTI-FAMILY STRUCTURES LIKE DUPLEXES. THE PROPERTY CODE CLEARLY STATES THAT ONLY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES CAN BE CONSTRUCTED. THE DUPLEX IS BEING BUILT AT 74 20 HOFFMAN STREET, ZIP 7 7 0 2 8. IN DISTRICT B, THE VIOLATION IS TAKING PLACE IN A MINORITY COMMUNITY IN THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF HOUSTON IN A PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN, UH, COMMUNITY. [02:30:01] SO THE ATTORNEY THAT'S ASSIGNED TO US, UH, ATTORNEY DAMIEN CRENSHAW, I ASKED HIM HOW DID A PERMIT, HOW AND WHY WAS A PERMIT ISSUED FOR THIS, UH, DUPLEX? AND HIS REPLY TO ME WAS THAT THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT IS TOO BUSY TO RESEARCH DEED RESTRICTIONS OR PROPERTY CODES. AND HE ALSO SAID THAT HE FELT LIKE OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS WERE NOT VALID, AND THAT, UH, WE ARE, UH, WITHOUT, LET'S SEE NOW, HE, HE, HE GAVE ME THIS COMMENT WITHOUT, UH, A COURT ORDER OR ANY LEGAL OPINION. HE JUST FELT LIKE OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS WERE NOT IN ORDER. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COME OUT OF THIS VIOLATION IS THAT, UH, THE OWN, THE PROPERTY OWNER AT 74 20 HOFFMAN CEASES CONSTRUCTION OF THIS DUPLEX AND CONSTRUCT A FAMILY, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE MR. DAMIAN CRENSHAW REMOVED FROM THE NORTHEAST COMMUNITY WHERE ENFORCEMENTS OF THE DE RESTRICTIONS ARE REQUIRED. AND I HEARD, UH, SOME COMMENT EARLIER, UH, WHEN KATHY GUNTHER, UM, MADE A STATEMENT AND IT WAS SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE CITY IT'S NOT, UM, COMMITTED, IS, UM, THAT MIGHT BE LACK OF A BETTER WORD, TO ENFORCING THE RESTRICTIONS. SO MY QUESTION, MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS, WHY DO WE HAVE A PERMITTING DEPARTMENT ARE RESTRIC HOTLINE OF THE VIOLATIONS? YES, MS. MS. HARRIS, ITS, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SIMILAR ISSUE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON TALKED ABOUT WITH KATHY GUNTER EARLIER TODAY. AND THAT IS, YES, 74 20 HOFFMAN STREET AND, UH, 70, I KNOW THAT. 28. YES. IF YOU'D ALLOW ME TO FINISH, UH, THERE, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THIS MANNER WITH REGARDS TO YOUR CONCERN. SO I WOULD STAY IN CONTACT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON, WHO CAME BACK TO PROBABLY GET THE QUEUE AND TALK TO YOU, BUT, UM, STAY IN CONTACT WITH HER BECAUSE THIS ISSUE, UH, WAS RAISED EARLIER TODAY. AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON EXPRESSED HER CONCERN WITH IT, UH, WITH MS. GUNTER AS WELL. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. THANK, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, AND YES, MS. WHO'S, WHO IS THIS AGAIN? HARRIS. NAOMI HARRIS. YES. MS. HARRIS. UM, SO I WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH MS. GUNTER, AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND LEGAL TO JUST SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, GET THIS MATTER TAKEN CARE OF. UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF ISSUES ABOUT ENFORCEMENT, DE DE RESTRICTION ENFORCEMENT. AND SO, UM, WE WILL, WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU MS. HARRIS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON'S ON TOP OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, JAMES JOSEPH. MR. JOSEPH, THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE. YES, SIR. GOOD TO BE HERE. AND I'M BLESSED TO BE HERE. YES, SIR. HELLO, EVERYBODY. IT'S GLAD TO SEE YOU ALL TODAY. UM, LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS IN 2016, AND WE HAD A FOOD DESERT PROBLEM WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT, UH, I LIVE IN. AND, UH, YOU ALL, UH, UNANIMOUSLY GRANTED US THAT. SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU. UM, TODAY I'M HERE. UM, I WASN'T HERE ABOUT THE THURSDAY 18, BUT I DO WANNA SPEAK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I, I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF FIFTH WARD. AND, UM, UH, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, UH, THE REASON I'M ABOUT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO YOU RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE, UM, TURNS 18 FIFTH WARD, CRC, PLEASANT HILL, CRC, HAS BLACKBALLED ME AND THEY WILL NOT MEET WITH ME. SO TODAY, MY NAME IS JAMES JOSEPH AND I BOUGHT A NEW BUILDING IN THE FIFTH WARD. IT IS NOT A NEW BUILDING, BUT IT'S A BUILDING IN FIFTH WARD THAT WAS BUILT IN 1945 BY THE, UH, BY THE LYONS FAMILY, WHO GAVE FOOD AND SHELTER AND WORKED A, UM, UH, MINORITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IN 1960, IT BECAME THE DR. STONE BUILDING. DR. STONE DID HIS RE RESIDENCY AT, UM, ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL. THEN HE WENT ON TO WORK AT THE ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, AND THEN HE OPENED THE LOCATION WHERE I'M CURRENTLY AT TO SERVE PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT PAY OR WHO WERE ON, UH, FIXED INCOMES. SO I PURCHASED A BUILDING LAST YEAR, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE BUILDING IS ST. JAMES IS CENTRALLY LOCATED IN HISTORIC FIFTH WARD. ST. JAMES IS A SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR DESIGNED TO ECONOMICALLY CREATE, CULTIVATE, SUSTAIN, GROW, AND DEVELOP M WBS BEGINNERS, ENTREPRENEURS, ARTISTS, INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS IN AREAS, DEVASTATED AND UNDERSERVED. ST. JAMES IS AN URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO SERVE AND GROW THE RESIDENTS IN THE BUSTLING AREA. WE HAVE PART, UH, RIGHT NOW, SOME OF THE, UM, BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY IN ST. JAMES IS A MENTAL HEALTH, UM, AGENCY, WHICH [02:35:01] IS COMMUNITY AGENCY FOR MENTAL HEALTH, TOUCH MASTER CONSTRUCTION, AND HOUSTON URBAN CONSTRUCTION. AND TODAY, I HAVE MY PARTNERS HERE WHO ARE PARTNER WITH ME AS WELL. UH, WE RECEIVED OUR APPRENTICESHIP CERTIFICATION FROM THE GOV, UH, STATE OF, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OF LABOR TO DO CONSTRUCTION, LANDSCAPING ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, CDL TRAINING, CNA, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEACHERS AID BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, COMMUNITY HEALTH CONSTRUCTION FOR REENTRY YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, MINORITY MEN OF COLOR AND WOMEN OF COLOR. UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 17 YEARS, BEATING THE GROUND AT EACH AND EVERY DAY. LAST SUMMER, WE SERVED OVER EIGHT TONS OF FOOD TO OUR COMMUNITY AS A VOLUNTEER SERVICE THAT WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO, THE OTHER DAY WE DID HAVE A MEETING IN THE FIFTH WARD WITH THE, UH, TURS AND THE FIFTH WARD, CRC. AND I WAS VERY, I WAS DISRESPECTED BY THOSE LEADERS. I WAS TALKING TO ONE CONTRACTOR ABOUT WHAT I DO IN THE COMMUNITY, AND KATHY FLANAGAN WALKED UP AND TOLD THE CONTRACTOR I WAS A LIAR. SO, UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. UH, HAVE YOU REGISTERED WITH OUR OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY? YES, SIR. YOU HAVE? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN. EVAN SHABAZZ. OKAY. GETTING LATE. ANYWAY, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, UH, MR. . OH, I KNOW HIM WELL. I KNOW HIM WELL. HE WAS MY FORMER TEACHER. , YES, YES. FLEMING MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD. AND I WANT TO MENTION THAT, AND YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT HE WAS VANDALIZED, UH, HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT AGO? YES, THE AGO BUILDING WAS VANDALIZED AND THEY, UH, I JUST SPENT $12,000 ON THE AC UNIT AND THEY JUST RIPPED ME OFF FOR 60, 70 BUCKS FOR THE, AND I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO, UH, RECOUP THAT AC RIGHT NOW. SO I'M TRYING TO DO A FUNDRAISER FOR NEXT MONTH THAT, UH, MAYBE WE CAN RECOUP FOR THAT AC SYSTEM BECAUSE I, UH, RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T, IT'S SO HIGH IN TEXAS. I WOULDN'T PUT PEOPLE IN THERE TODAY. AND WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS. FIFTH WARD, THIRD WARD, TSU CAMPUS, AND ALSO 59 AND THE BELTWAY. OKAY. AND ALSO, WE'RE READY. LEMME KNOW ABOUT THE ONE IN THIRD WARD. YES. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE SEEN YOU WORKING VERY, VERY HARD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT WAS A, A TRAVESTY THAT SOMEONE CAME IN WITH ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND, AND RIPPED YOU OFF, RIPPED OFF THE COMMUNITY, ACTUALLY. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, LET YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT YOU AND JUST LET ME KNOW. AND, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION. I DO. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, YOU NEED MUCH MORE THAN WHAT I GAVE. WELL, YES, I KNOW. CERTAINLY. UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING VERY HARD AND THAT THEY DIDN'T STOP YOU. NO. WELL, I'M GOING BACK TO WORK TONIGHT, SOON AS I GET OUT HERE. ABSOLUTELY. SO SOON AS I GET OUT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING FORWARD. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO BE ON THE TUR 18 BOARD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. UM, THANK YOU MR. JOSEPH. YES. FOR COMING IN AND, UM, JUST SHARING YOUR, YOUR PROGRAM. I KNOW WE SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT IT THIS SATURDAY AT, UM, THE PRINCE SQUARE GROUNDBREAKING, AND I REALLY WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT IT AND TO SEE HOW I CAN SUPPORT, UM, THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK IN FIFTH WARD, UM, FOR MANY YEARS. FIFTH WARD BOND, THAT'S HOW WE MET WHEN YOU WERE UNDER FIFTH WARD BUN. AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A PARTNER IN ME, UM, AND I, I WILL HAVE MARY FOLLOW UP SO THAT WE CAN SIT DOWN AND JUST DISCUSS HOW WE, YOU KNOW, MOVING THIS PARTNERSHIP FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK MR. JOSEPH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, CRYSTAL MUHAMMAD. CRYSTAL RY MOHAMMED. NEXT SPEAKER. GAIL JOHNSON. HEY, MS. JOHNSON. HOW ARE YOU? I'M GREAT. UM, I WANTED TO COME AND I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A GIANT CALLED GLO. AND THERE'S THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. I CAME UP BEFORE AND TALKED TO, UM, MAYOR TURNER CONCERNING THIS. AND HE HAD GAVE ME SOME CARDS FOR SOME LADIES TO KEEP UP WITH US AND WHENEVER, IN ANY WAY THAT THEY COULD HELP US. UM, GLO IS A, LIKE I SAID, A GIANT. AND THEY HAVE CAME TO MS. REBECCA CAMERON HOME, AND NOW THEY ARE BREACHED OF CONTRACT. THEY WAS GIVING, THEY POSTED TO THE HOUSE DOWN AND GAVE HER A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE. THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, IT IS THREE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE, BUT MISS MELISSA FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS SAY, WE'RE GONNA DO A TWO BEDROOM, BUT WE'RE GONNA PUT THE OTHER PERSON IN ONE BEDROOM AND TWO PEOPLE IN THE OTHER. THAT'S UNHEARD OF. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY UNHEARD OF. AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT, UH, UM, JUST ONE MOMENT, PLEASE, DR. ALLEN. [02:40:01] SHE, UH, IS NOW WORKING WITH US AND THINGS ARE REALLY GOING WELL. BUT THE CONCLUSION OF WHAT I'M SAYING IS I WENT TO, UM, SHAPE CENTER TO TALK TO A LAWYER BECAUSE I HAVE CAME ACROSS MANY PEOPLE THAT'S BEING HURT BY GLO. I PERSONALLY DON'T KNOW IF IT'S RIGHT FOR ME TO ASK YOU ALL THIS, BUT I CAME TO ASK, THIS IS WHY I CAME THAT, DO YOU HAVE A LOG OF PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN MISTREATED BY GLO? BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE PEOPLE NAMES AND THE LAWYER THAT I'M WORKING WITH THAT THEY, HE TOLD ME WHEN I WENT SATURDAY, IF YOU CAN REALLY FIND PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE SAYING BEING DEVASTATED AND MISTREATED, I WILL STEP UP TO THE PLATE. AND IT'S LAWYERS THAT COME TO THE SHAPE CENTER. AND THEY TALKED TO US. WELL, BECAUSE THE GUY WAS SAYING THAT I WAS SO SINCERE, AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, WELL, I'M GONNA GO BACK AND SEE IF I CAN GET SOMEONE TO TALK TO ME THAT MAYBE THEY KNOW. 'CAUSE MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING HERE ON THAT. AND I'LL BE GLADLY TO PUT MY FEET TO THE PAVEMENT AND REALLY HELP 'EM. AND, AND THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT FROM MEMBER CAROLYN, EVAN SHABAZZ AND I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THIS TWO BEDROOM GLO DEAL SINCE WOW. THE BEGINNING OF TIME. AND IF WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A LIST TO YOU, IT'D BE TOO LONG. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE UPSET ABOUT THIS. IF YOU TALK TO GLO, THE REASONING BEHIND IT IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUND FUNDS FROM HUD TO DO ALL THE HOUSES AS COMPLETE AS THEY WERE BEFORE HURRICANE HARVEY HIT. SO THEY MADE THE DECISION TO DO IT BASED ON OCCUPANCY TODAY, NOT HOW THE HOUSE WAS BUILT 20 YEARS AGO. RIGHT. SO IN THIS CASE, MAYBE FIVE PEOPLE LIVED IN THE HOUSE YEARS AGO, BUT NOW THERE ARE ONLY THREE. RIGHT. THUS, THEIR APPROACH IS THE TWO BEDROOM VERSUS A THREE BEDROOM. AND, UH, I'D BE LESS THAN HONEST IF, IF I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING VERY FAR WITH THIS DISCUSSION WITH THEM. UH, I'M AND AT WITS END FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH THIS ISSUE, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO OUR BORDER AND DISTRICT, UH, DISTRICT D AND DISTRICT E DOWN SOUTH. SO, WELL, WE HAVE A, A, A FEMALE, I MEAN TWO FEMALES AND A MALE. SO EL TWO ELDERLY PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THE SAME ROOM. I MEAN, THAT, THAT, AND, AND THIS IS THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE, SIR. IT IS A CLOSED OUT THREE BEDROOM CONTRACT. RIGHT. AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO COME BACK. THAT'S BREACHING OF CONTRACT, BUT THEY RD RESTRICTIONS AS WELL. I'M BEING WORKED ON THAT WITH MY, WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH UH, UH, WITH, UH, WHAT'S HER NAME? ALLEN, UH, WITH THE THANK YOU EMMA ALLEN. UH, BUT WHAT IS SHE A REPRESENTATIVE? I'M SORRY. STATE REPRESENTATIVE. YEAH. AND SO SHE'S WORKING WITH US, BUT I JUST DON'T WANNA BE THE PERSON THAT I KNOW WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING NOW. WE'RE REALLY GETTING THERE. BUT I JUST THOUGHT IF I COULD HELP BY, BECAUSE I'M, I DO STUFF LIKE THAT. I'M IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. RIGHT. SO IF, IF I DON'T HAVE A LOG THOUGH, BECAUSE I, I JUST CAN'T GO OUT AND START LOOKING FOR PEOPLE. BUT I JUST CAME BACK TO SEE IF THEY NEEDED MY HELP TO FIND PEOPLE THAT THIS LAWYER SAY I WOULD COME IN, BUT YOU CANNOT BRING ME THREE PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO LET ME KNOW THIS IS LEGIT. SO, THANK YOU, SIR. YES. AND THANK YOU. I THINK, UH, REPRESENTATIVE EDWARDS WOULD DO BETTER THAN ALLEN. REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN WOULD DO BETTER THAN US BECAUSE GLO IS AN AGENCY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. SHE IS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE. OKAY. SO I THINK HER INFLUENCE WOULD BE GREATER THAN OURS. SO SHE MIGHT HAVE THE LOG WITH THE PEOPLE NAME ON IT BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE COME ACROSS. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, MA'AM. NEXT SPEAKER, OSCAR THOMAS. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING. I THINK THE AFTERNOON HAS PASSED. . THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO COME HERE TO SHOW YOU THIS, AND IT'S OUR APPRECIATION. UM, ONCE AGAIN, GOOD AF GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS OSCAR THOMAS. I'M A TOP LEADER AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT. I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE THANKS TO MAYOR TURNER IN ITS ABSENCE, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ESPECIALLY COUNCILWOMAN LETITIA PLUMMER IN HER ABSENCE FOR LEADING THIS INITIATIVE OF THE AIR INITIATIVE. UM, INCLUDED IN NEXT YEAR'S HOUSTON CITY BUDGET, THE FUNDING FOR SALARIES FOR EIGHT HABITABILITY HEALTH INSPECTORS, WHICH WILL INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR LANDLORDS TO PROVIDE LIVABLE HOUSING FOR ALL HOUSTON TENANTS. [02:45:01] UM, OUR HARRIS COUNTY HOUSING JUSTICE CAMPAIGN BELIEVES HOUSING IS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT. EVERY HOUSTONIAN DESERVES TO LIVE IN A HOME THAT IS CLEAN, SAFE, AND INHABITABLE. THIS IS A GREAT VICTORY FOR THE TENANTS. AND WE ARE PROUD THAT THIS PA, THIS THIS PAST BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL ULTIMATELY IMPROVE HOUSING CONDITIONS FOR MANY HOUSTON TENANTS IN THE COMING MONTHS. THIS WAS DEFINITELY A BIG STEP. HOWEVER, WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO MAKE SURE THE AIR ORDINANCE IS PASSED AND WE CAN ENSURE A QUALITY LIFE FOR ALL TENANTS IN HOUSTON. AND THE APARTMENT RESIDENTS ARE BEING TREATED FAIRLY, AND THEY HAVE THE, THEIR RIGHTS RESPECTED. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY AGAIN, WE AT TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT, WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE UNDERSTAND THIS AS A PHENOMENAL STEP BECAUSE SENIORS AND CHILDREN ARE LIVING IN, UH, RESIDENTS OF MOLD. THEY'RE LIVING IN, IN INFESTED RESIDENTS OF RATS AND ROACHES. AND, AND WHEN THEY COMPLAIN, THE LANDLORDS, THEY TAKE OFF THE AIR, THE AIR CONDITIONING. AND SO THEY'RE LIVING UP UNDER SOME HORRENDOUS CONDITIONS. AND WE, WE THANK THE, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, FOR SEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF COMING TO THEIR AID. SO ONCE AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION FOR PASSING THIS INTO THE BUDGET. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT SPEAKER, YVONNE SILVA. YVONNE SILVER, YVONNE SILVA, STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER, LORRAINE ATMORE. LORRAINE ATMORE, STAR SIX. TO UNMUTE, STAR SIX. LORRAINE, ADAM MORRIS, STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER. PRADEEP BREWER. OPOLY. PRADEEP. BREWER. OPOLY. NEXT SPEAKER. JOHN DONOVAN. YES. ALL RIGHT. YES SIR. HOW ARE YOU? IT'S PEOPLE. I'M GOOD. UH, IT'S BEEN A HECK OF A WEEK SINCE I WAS HERE LAST WEDNESDAY. YES. GEEZ. HI, THIS IS MISS. YEAH, THIS IS MS. ADAM MOORE. OKAY, WE'LL COME TO YOU NEXT. MS. ADAM MOORE. OKAY. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. WE'RE SORRY. OKAY. UH, I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE, UH, BIKE LANES THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND IMPROVING. UM, ALSO THE BIKE TRAILS ARE JUST PHENOMENAL. I LIVE IN THE MONTROSE AND I TRAVEL UP AND DOWN, UH, UH, WALL DRIVE. UM, NOW THIS IS PICTURES OF THE, OF THE BIKE LANE GOING ON WALL DRIVE. UM, WITH THE BICYCLE BARRIERS THERE, IT'S, UH, PRETTY MUCH THEY CAN'T CLEAN THE STREETS ADEQUATELY ANYMORE. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE. ALSO, THE, UH, THE, UH, BIKE BARRIERS ENDED UP GETTING HIT QUITE A BIT. AND THE REFLECTORS THAT YOU CAN SEE ONE IN THE LOWER PICTURE, UH, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT EITHER END OF THIS TO KEEP PEOPLE KNOWING WHERE THE DRIVEWAYS ARE. UM, BUT IT IS HARD TO SEE. AND I THINK WHAT I DO, I COUNTED, UH, 114 OF THOSE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. 28 HAD BEEN KNOCKED OFF. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RUNNING INTO 'EM. UM, I ALSO, AS FAR AS RIDING A BICYCLE, I RIDE ABOUT A HUNDRED MILES A WEEK. UH, AND THAT'S ONE OF MY, OF MY MAIN CORRIDORS. AND, UH, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. OKAY, MR. GENTLEMEN, WAIT. COUNCIL MEMBER, DAVID. THANK YOU, MR. DONVAN. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, COMING BACK TODAY AND, UH, AGAIN, EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHS. I KNOW THAT VERY WELL. AND JUST, UH, FOR A MATTER OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING, THE CITY HAS JUST PURCHASED A STREET SWEEPING, UH, DEVICE THAT IS SCALED FOR THE BIKE LANES. OH, OKAY. AND WE PRESENTED THAT, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN THE TTI COMMITTEE, AND THEN PASSED IT AS A COUNCIL, JUST I THINK A WEEK OR TWO AGO. SO THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU AND I WHO LIVE VERY CLOSE TO THE WALL DRIVE, UH, BIKE LANE. UH, BUT AGAIN, YOUR POINT ABOUT, UH, KNOCKING THOSE THINGS OVER WE'RE WE NEED SOME CULTURAL CHANGE WITH HOUSTON DRIVERS. SO, UH, APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. I'M, I'M NOT AS AVID A BIKER AS YOU ARE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR LANES. UM, ALSO IT'S, IT'S IF YOU'RE IN THE BIKE LANE AND YOU HAVE TO [02:50:01] SWERVE, YOU CAN'T ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THE BIKE BARRIERS. I MEAN, FOR WHATEVER REASON. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT. THANKS FOR BEING HERE AGAIN. OKAY. THANKS, MR. DONOVAN POLLARD. THANKS. I'M SORRY, MR. DONOVAN. YES. IT COMES FROM A RED POLLARD. I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU FINISHED ALL YOUR COMMENTS, BUT IF YOU WANT THE, IF YOU HAD ANY MORE REMARKS, I WAS GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF MY TIME. UM, IT'S, I, I WOULD JUST THINK THAT IT COULD BE DESIGNED BETTER, LIKE WITH RUMBLE STRIPS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEIR BIKE LANE IS THERE INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY HAVING THE BARRIERS. UH, 'CAUSE PEOPLE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, OH, RIDING IN THE BIKE LANE, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING MORE AT THE BI. OH, RIGHT. RIDING IN THE BIKE LANE. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING MORE AT THE BARRIERS THAN THE ACTUAL BICYCLISTS THEMSELVES. 'CAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO HIT THE BARRIERS. SO THEN THEY MISS ME. 'CAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING OVER HERE AND I'M OVER HERE. UH, I'VE GOTTEN HIT, I'VE GOTTEN HIT ALMOST HIT TWICE JUST BECAUSE OF PEOPLE NOT PAYING THAT MUCH ATTENTION. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I'LL, WE'LL TAKE IT UNDER ADVISEMENT. YEAH. THANK YOU. ADAM. SECRETARY WILL GO BACK TO GRAB MS. LORRAINE ATMORE. THAT'S OKAY. LRA. ADAM MOORE, STAR SIX. MS. ADAM MOORE. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M CALLING. GOOD AFTERNOON. I, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, CAN I BE RECOMMENDED FOR THE BOARD FOR, FOR THE EHV VOUCHER PROGRAM? THIS PROGRAM SAYS THAT PER PERSONS THAT WERE HOMELESS OR IN THE PROGRAM, WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE BOARD, THE DECISION MAKING IMPLEMENT DIFFERENT, UM, CHALLENGES OF STRATEGIC CHALLENGES. AND I FIND, AND THEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND MEETINGS. NOW, I KNOW THAT THE SERVICE PROVIDER AT THE BEACON, WHEN WE WOULD BE THERE, WE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE OUT EARLY WHEN THEY HAD MEETINGS. SO THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE EHV VOUCHER PARTNERSHIP. AND WITH US BEING LEFT OUT, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT ARE NOT BEING HEARD ON BEHALF OF US. THAT, THAT THAT'S NOT BEING ADDRESSED SUCH AS SLUM LANDLORDS. AND IF WE WERE ON THE BOARD, UM, WE COULD, WE COULD DO THE, WE COULD WORK IN THAT AREA WHERE OTHER PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE TIDE. WE, WE KNOW THESE, THESE, THESE LANDLORDS AND JUST LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO QUALIFY TO BE IN APARTMENTS. THEY NEED TO QUALIFY TO BE ADEQUATELY QUALIFIED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE FUNDINGS. I SENT THE MAYOR PICTURES. UH, I'VE EMAILED THEM THE PICTURES OF, OF THE PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY I'M ON. WE HAVEN'T HAD GARBAGE PICK UP FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE. WE'VE ALREADY WENT 16 DAYS WITHOUT HOT WATER BEFORE. UH, WE HAVE NO SECURE. I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON THE EASEMENT AND THE PAVEMENT ON THE GROUND CRACKED ALL OVER. NO PARKING, UH, NO DE DESIGNATED A HANDICAPPED PARKING NOWHERE ON THE PROPERTY. IT'S JUST SO MANY THINGS. AND THIS IS WHERE THEY WILL PUT PEOPLE IN THIS PROGRAM. I'M ASKING TO BE ON THE BOARD BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT I LIKE TO ADDRESS. WHEN HOMELESS PEOPLE GO THROUGH THINGS, THEY NEED COUNSELING. AND COUNSELING DOESN'T JUST CONSIST OF PUMPING PILLS DOWN A PERSON'S MOUTH FOR THEM TO HAVE, THEY HEAD ALL DIZZY AND WOOZY AND ALL THAT. I'M NOT FOR THAT. I, IF YOU LIKE ME, YOU'RE NOT A PILL PERSON. YOU DON'T WANNA BE DRUGGED UP. AND IT IS TIME FOR HOUSTON TO WAKE UP, STEP UP AND BE THE CITY THAT WE SUPPOSED TO BE. IF WE THE MODEL CITY. HOW COME WE CANNOT GET PSYCHOLOGIST INTO OUR MEDICAL? YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. OH, THANK YOU MS. AOR. AND I WOULD ADMINISTRATION. I JUST, CAN SOMEONE ANSWER ME? YES, I WOULD, CAN, CAN SOMEONE, CAN YOU EXTEND MY TIME PLEASE. BECAUSE I, THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE HAVE NO PSYCHOLOGIST. I'VE SPOKEN WITH MY DOCTOR. SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST NEED TO TALK. THANK YOU MS. AMORE. YOU HAVE PEOPLE. I, OKAY. YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUT HERE ON DRUGS AND STUFF. THEY NEED NOT TO, THEY DON'T NEED TO. THEY TAKING THE PILLS, SELLING THEM. THEY NEED TO CONSTANTLY THANK YOU MS. AMORE. WE HAVE NO CONSTANTLY AND WE HAVE NO PSYCHOLOGIST IN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS. COME ON HOUSTON, WAKE UP. LET'S BE THE FIRST ONE. THANK YOU MISS AMORE. THAT'S THE OBAMA CITY. HAVE A BLESSED DAY. NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER. KEVIN WRIGHT. KEVIN WRIGHT STAR SIX. YES. I'M, WE CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. OKAY. I'D LIKE Y'ALL TO EXTEND MY TIME ONE TIME. I KNOW I SPEAK ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, BUT, UH, I'M CALLING TODAY AND I DON'T [02:55:01] KNOW IF CAROL, UH, DR. SHABAZZ WILL HELP ME OR NOT. WE'VE BEEN BUMPING HEADS SINCE SHE KICKED ME OUT OF THE MEETING WITH THE FIVE COPS AT ST. MARY'S BECAUSE I HAD TO WRITE DOWN THE QUESTIONS AT A TOWN HALL, WHICH YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SPEAK UP. IT WAS VERY UNORGANIZED. AND I WAS MISQUOTED AND I WAS THREATENED WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASS UNTIL THE, I TOLD THE COP I'D GO AFTER HIM FOR FALSE ARREST IF HE, UH, UH, UH, ILLEGALLY ARRESTED ME FOR SOMETHING THAT I WAS STRICT ON. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S NOT WHY I'M CALLING ST. MARY'S NEEDS MONEY. THIS, WE NEED THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND ANYBODY WE CAN TO GIVE ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL SOME MONEY. WE NEED A, UM, MARQUEE SIGN OUT IN THE FRONT ON ENNI. ESPECIALLY FOR, WITH ALL THE THINGS GOING ON, THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE INTEREST TO THE SCHOOL IS SO THEY DON'T GET IT CONFUSED WITH THE INTEREST OF THE CHURCH. THE SUPREME COURT HAS ALLOWED, HAS RULED RECENTLY THAT PUBLIC MONEY CAN BE, UH, SPENT FOR PRIVATE TIME, HAS ITS SCHOOLS FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, MR. WRIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER. BENJAMIN BROADWAY. THEY NEVER BENJAMIN BROADWAY. MR. BROADWAY. UH, OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE OUR CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU MAYOR TIM, I DIDN'T WANNA INTERFERE WITH THE WONDERFUL FLOW OF SPEAKERS, BUT I DO HAVE A, AN ANSWER TO THE, UH, T'S QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THE APPOINTMENT'S GONNA BE TAGGED WITH A, UH, WITH A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO MARTA FOR THE ASSIST WHO KNOWS THE RULES BETTER THAN I COULD EVER HOPE TO KNOW THEM. SO ESSENTIALLY THE QUESTION COMES DOWN TO NOTICE. AND SO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WAS REQUIRED, UH, TO GET NOTICE OF THE APPOINTMENTS, INCLUDING A RESUME OF ANY OF THE NEW APPOINTEES. IF IT'S A REAPPOINTMENT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET THE RESUME, BUT AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT NOTICE 14 DAYS PRIOR TO TOMORROW'S MEETING, IT CANNOT BE TAGGED LESS THAN 14 DAYS. IT CAN BE TAGGED CALENDAR DAYS. CAN IT BE DELAYED? NOT TAGGED, BUT DELAYED. I, I THINK IT, YEAH, I THINK IT CAN BE DELAYED. YES. ALRIGHT. THE MORNING. LET'S LOOK AT THAT IN THE MORNING. YEAH. I'LL DOUBLE I'LL, I WILL DOUBLE CHECK THAT AND I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ZAMORE. NEXT SPEAKER. THIS COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. THANK [RECESS] YOU. WE STAND IN RE RECESS UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29TH AT 9:00 AM THANK YOU. OKAY. WAIT. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. YEP, YOU'RE GOOD. [RECONVENE] GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. IT IS 9:03 AM ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29TH. I AM MAYOR PRO TEM DAVE MARTIN AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. I WILL BEGIN THIS [MAYOR'S REPORT] MORNING WITH A VERY BRIEF MAYOR'S REPORT AS WE'RE ONLY FIVE DAYS AWAY FROM HOUSTON'S BIGGEST 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION. THE SHELL FREEDOM OVER TEXAS RETURNS. THIS YEAR AT FULL CAPACITY, WE INVITE FAMILIES TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY. HOUSTON'S ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY EVENT WILL FEATURE LIVE MUSIC AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. OPENING THE SHELL MAIN STAGE WILL BE STEP RID AND THE ZYDECO OUTLAWS. FOLLOWED BY COUNTRY SINGER DUO WALKER COUNTY AND THEN RAPPER SINGER BLANCO BROWN, KNOWN FOR HIS POPULAR SONG, THE GET UP THE COUNTRY MUSIC BAND, SAWYER BROWN WILL HEAT UP A STAGE BEFORE THE LINER CLAY WALKER PERFORMS LIVE PERFORMANCES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY EXTRAORDINARY FIREWORKS. ADMISSION IS ONLY $10 PER PERSON ONLINE AND AT THE GATES. AND CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OLD ARE ADMITTED FREE FOR ANY TICKET INFORMATION OR OTHER, UH, INFORMATION NEEDED FOR THE SHELL FREEDOM OVER FEST OVER TEXAS. CONTACT US AND LOOK AT WEBSITE WWW.FREEDOMOVERTEXAS.ORG. ANOTHER GREAT SUSAN CHRISTIAN PRODUCTION, THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFERING MORE COVID-19 VACCINE OP OPTIONS FOR CHILDREN AGES SIX TO 17 YEARS OLD THIS MORNING. THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS EXPANDING ITS COVID-19 VACCINATION OPTION FOR CHILDREN AGES SIX TO 17. MODERNA WILL JOIN PFIZER AFTER THE RECENT CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES RECOMME RECOMMENDATION AS ANOTHER OPTION AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES CHOOSING A COVID-19 VACCINE FOR CHILDREN IN THIS PARTICULAR AGE GROUP, AGE SIX TO 17, VISIT HOUSTON HEALTH.ORG OR CALLED 8 3 2 3 9 3 4 2 2 0. ONCE AGAIN, HOUSTON HEALTH AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 4 2 2 0 FOR ANY INFORMATION ON LOCATIONS AND SCHEDULED VACCINES. [03:00:01] THE HOUSTON DYNAMO ALL SOCCER FANS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN THE NEWEST DYNAMO SUPERSTAR, HECTOR HERRERA. HECTOR HECTOR HERRERA TO HOUSTON WITH A PUBLIC EVENT HOSTED BY POST XTX IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON ON FRIDAY. HERRERA IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL SIGNING AND DYNAMO HISTORY COMING TO HOUSTON IN THE PRIME OF HIS CAREER FROM ONE OF THE BIGGEST CLUBS IN THE WORLD. ONCE AGAIN FRIDAY AT POST HTX, HECTOR HERRERA WILL BE THERE REPRESENTING THE HOUSTON DYNAMO. FANS ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE FUN AT POST BEGINNING AT 8:00 PM FOR A PARTY LIKE ONLY H TOWN CAN THROW, HECTOR WILL ADDRESS A CROWD AND THE X ATRIUM, WHICH WILL BE LIT DYNAMO ORANGE DYNAMO LEGENDS, WILL ALSO BE INTENDANCE AND MINGLING WITH THE CROWD. YOU CAN REGISTER TO ATTEND THE EVENT AND FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THE HOUSTON DYNAMO WEBSITE FOR SOCCER FANS OUT THERE, THE HOUSTON DYNAMO FC TRAVELED TO A PROVIDENCE PARK THIS EVENING TO FACE THE REIGNING WESTERN CONFERENCE. CHAMPION THE PORTLAND TIMBERS AND THE FINAL MEETING OF THE REGULAR SEASON BETWEEN BOTH TEAMS. THE DYNAMO WILL RETURN TO PNC STADIUM ON SUNDAY, JULY 3RD TO HOST CHARLOTTE FC. THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN BOTH CLUBS, ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY DYNAMO AGAINST CHARLOTTE FC. AS YOU NOTICE, UH, WE ARE MISSING A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS MORNING. VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS CISNEROS ARE NOT WITH US TODAY BECAUSE THEY ARE LEADING A TRADE AND INVESTMENT MISSION IN FRANCE. ALONG WITH THE GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP. THE FOCUS IS ON PROMOTING HOUSTON AS A LEADER IN INNOVATION, ENERGY TRANSITION, AEROSPACE AND EDUCATION. THE DELEGATION HAS SEVERAL SKILLED SCHEDULED MEETINGS WITH HIGH LEVEL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES. THE HOUSTON GALVESTON CUSTOMS DISTRICT IS THE FOURTH BUSIEST GATEWAY FOR US AND FRANCE TRADE. AND FRANCE'S HOUSTON'S SIXTH LARGEST EUROPEAN TRADING PARTNER FROM 2012 TO 2021. TRADE BETWEEN HOUSTON AND FRANCE AVERAGE $4.2 BILLION ANNUALLY AND WAS VALUED AT 5.5 BILLION IN 2021. THE DELEGATION HAS SCHEDULED THE TOUR OF IN STELLAR LABS, A VISIT TO STATION F, WHICH IS THE LARGEST STARTUP CAMPUS IN A MEETING WITH TOTAL ENERGIES. TODAY THE DELEGATION IS ATTENDING THE OPENING OF RICE UNIVERSITY FIRST INTERNATIONAL CAMPUS, THE RICE UNIVERSITY PARIS CENTER WITH RICE PRESIDENT DAVID LEBRON AND PROVOST REGINALD DIS, WHO WILL BECOME RICE'S PRESIDENT IN JULY. AND CONGRATULATIONS. SO YESTERDAY, MAYOR TURNER NAMED TWO INTERN DIRECTORS WHO ARE REPLACING OUTGOING FINANCE DIRECTOR TAN EMO, WHO IS JOINED THE NONPROFIT WORLD AND PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR JERRY ADAMS, WHO IS RETIRING. CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER TO JADA GREENFIELD, THE INTERIM PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR AND WILL THE THRILL JONES THE INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR. UH, WE WISH EVERYONE THE BEST OF LUCK FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY, TAN AND JERRY. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH JJ JADA AND WILL JONES, WHO DO A GREAT JOB IN THEIR PRESENT ROLES TODAY. SO TRANSITION INTO THOSE LEADERSHIP ROLES. YESTERDAY BARK HOSTED AN ANNUAL VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION EVENT TO HONOR BARK VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED OVER 10 HOURS OF SERVICE TO ANIMAL CARE AT THE CITY'S ANIMAL SHELTER. THE VOLUNTEERS HAVE A COMBINED 9,000 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVERLESS TO THE HOMELESS POP PET POPULATION IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO MADAM [CONSENT AGENDA] SECRETARY, WILL YOU NOW PROCEED WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA UNDER THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY. ITEMS TWO AND THREE HAVE BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. ITEM NINE HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ITEM. NEED A MOTION FOR ITEMS 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, AND EIGHT. MOVE ROBINSON. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNDER THE PROPERTY CATEGORY. ITEM 11 HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. NEED A MOTION ON ITEM 10? MOVE ROBINSON. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNDER THE PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS CATEGORY. THE MOTION ON ITEM 12, MOVE COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? [03:05:01] ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSE. MOTION CARRIES ON THE RESOLUTION CATEGORY. ITEM 13. JUST NEED A VOTE. ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 13? 13 IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNDER THE ORDINANCES CATEGORY ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. 25, 27 AND 28. THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 25, 27 AND 28. NEED A VOTE ON THE BALANCE? ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEMS REMOVED [CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA] FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEM NINE NEEDS A MOTION MOVE ROBINSON. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL CIP ALLOCATIONS. WE DO HAVE AMENDMENTS. WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS. WE'LL TAKE THOSE ONE AT A TIME. SO WE WILL FIRST GO TO AMENDMENT NUMBER 6.01. COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. THANK YOU MAYOR PROTI. THIS IS THIS FIRST AMENDMENT 6.01 IS TO REALLOCATE $1.7 MILLION FROM, UM, THE TANNER ROAD STREET OVERLAY PROJECT TO THE TANNER ROAD PAVING AND DRAINING PRO DRAINAGE PROJECT. AS YOU HEARD YESTERDAY IN PUBLIC SESSION, UM, TANNER ROAD IS DEFINITELY IN NEED OF REPAIR AND WIDENING AND, UM, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY IS READY TO GO WITH THIS COUNTY'S PORTION OF THIS ROAD. AND I KNOW $1.7 MILLION WON'T GET US ALL THE WAY THERE FOR THE CITY'S PORTION, BUT IT IS AT LEAST A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO START WITH SOME OF THE PLANNING, AT LEAST FOR THIS UM, PROJECT. SO IT'S BASICALLY REALLOCATING FROM AN OVERLAY PROJECT TOWARDS THE OVERALL PROJECT. THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE A MOTION, WE NEED A SECOND ON 6.01 SECOND ROBINSON. UM, I HAVE A SECOND, BUT I THOUGHT IF YOU PRESENTED THEM, IT'S IN WRITING SO YOU DON'T NEED THAT. YOU'RE CORRECT. YOU'RE CORRECT. SO WE HAVE 6.01. ANY DISCUSSION ON 6.01? AND JUST A REMINDER, IT'S A REALLOCATION OF $1.7 MILLION FROM THE CITYWIDE STREET AND TRAFFIC REHABILITATION PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY TO BE MOVED TO THE TANNER ROAD PAVING AND DRAINAGE PROGRAM. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? IT IS SUPPORTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSE 6.01 CARRIES. NEXT WE'LL TAKE 6.02. COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR 6.01. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, 6.02 IS TO CREATE A TASK FORCE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT HOW TO FAIRLY AND OR EVENLY DISTRIBUTE STORM DRAINAGE FUNDING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AS EVERYONE KNOWS, WE'RE ALL FIGHTING FOR, UM, THIS MONEY FOR OUR DISTRICTS AND I THINK THAT, UM, FINDING A WAY TO DO THIS MORE FAIRLY EVENLY. UM, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS OF GOING ABOUT THAT, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S BETTER WAYS OF ALLOCATING THIS FUNDING THAN THE WAY WE ARE DOING IT NOW. I WILL WITHDRAW THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION SAID THAT THE UPDATED STORMWATER MASTER PLAN WILL HELP WITH THIS PROCESS AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO SEE WHAT THAT MASTER PLAN SAYS BEFORE WE COME UP WITH A SEPARATE PLAN. SO, UM, SO I WILL WITHDRAW THAT, UM, AND WAIT FOR THE MASTER PLAN TO COME OUT. THANK YOU. 6.02 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. WE'LL NEXT TAKE UP 6.03. AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK, THIS AMENDMENT IS TO, UM, ALLOCATE ANY, UM, MONEY FROM THE ENDING FUND BALANCE FROM THE DRAINAGE CHARGE FUND, NOT COMMITTED TO A PROJECT WITHIN THE CIP TOWARDS THE SPRING SHADOW OF SOUTH DRAINAGE AND PAVING PROJECT PHASE TWO. I UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR IS OPPOSED TO THIS ITEM, SO I WILL WITHDRAW IT. BUT SHOULD THERE BE ANY MONEY, UM, AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR FROM THIS FUND, I WOULD APPRECIATE LOOKING AT DISTRICT A, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT. THERE ARE MANY TIMES THAT PROJECTS ARE DEFERRED DELAYED. UM, OTHER THINGS HAPPEN WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WERE COMMITTED WITHIN A FISCAL YEAR. AND SO THE MONEY SOMETIMES IS SITTING THERE. I BELIEVE, UM, I KNOW WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION DURING THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS STILL AT LEAST SOME MONEY IN THAT $68 MILLION FROM THE FUND ENDING FUND BALANCE THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH A PROJECT THAT IS MOVING FORWARD. WE'VE SEEN THAT IN DISTRICT A THAT PROJECTS GET PUSHED BACK AND SO THERE HAS TO, THAT MONEY HAS TO BE IN THE CIP SOMEWHERE. [03:10:01] SO SHOULD THAT BE THE CASE THIS FISCAL YEAR? I'D APPRECIATE LOOKING AT DISTRICT A FOR THAT MONEY. YES MA'AM. SO ITEM 6.03 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN. THANK YOU. JUST TO ADD TO THAT DISCUSSION, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS WE'RE OVER PROGRAMMING THE, THE CIPI MEAN WE ARE PLANNING OUT PROJECTS, WE'RE PUTTING PROJECTS IN THERE THAT WE KNOW ARE NOT, THERE, WILL NOT BE FUNDS FOR. AND THAT'S REALLY MISLEADING TO THE PUBLIC AND A PRACTICE THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE STOP TO THE, TO THE EXTENT WE CAN BECAUSE PEOPLE SEE SOMETHING ON THE CIP THEN THEY SEE, I MEAN I UNDERSTAND HARVEY, WE HAD TO DEFER SOME PROJECTS, BUT THEN THEY SEE IT FALL OFF BECAUSE WE HAVE OVER PROGRAMMED OUR FUNDS AND IT'S REALLY CONFUSING TO THE PUBLIC AND REALLY HARD TO TAKE IT BACK. OH, SORRY. YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GET IT THERE ANOTHER TIME. AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSES SO MUCH ANGST IN THE COMMUNITY. SO AS A PRACTICE. I MEAN, IN ADDITION TO IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THAT ENDING FUND BALANCE. I, I THINK THAT THE, THE CONSISTENT YEAR AFTER OVER YEAR OVER PROGRAM IS, IS A PRACTICE THAT SHOULD CEASE. THANK YOU AGAIN. THAT ITEM 6.03 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. WE'LL, NEXT GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS FOR ITEM AMENDMENT NUMBER 14.01. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, SHE DIDN'T SUBMIT ANYTHING AT THE, THERE'S NOTHING SUBMITTED. YES. UH, COLLEAGUES IN REGARDS TO, IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, MY 4 14 0 1 AMENDMENT IS, UH, $3.64 MILLION, UH, IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT IS NEEDED. UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, MY DISTRICT AND OTHERS ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE RAILROADS IN REGARDS TO BLOCKING OUR CROSSINGS. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, WE ARE ALSO HAVING ISSUES IN REGARDS TO THE NOISE. UH, THE TRAIN'S BLOWING THEIR HORNS AT ALL HOURS. UM, SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR OVER 15 YEARS, EVEN BEFORE I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, AND IT'S THE EAST END TWO QUIET ZONE. I WAS ASKING HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS TO ALLOCATE $3.64 MILLION SO WE COULD MOVE THIS FORWARD. UH, AND, UH, THE EAST END QUIET ZONE WOULD DIRECTLY BENEFIT COMMUNITIES IN COUNCIL DISTRICTS I AS WELL AS H AND IN NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS AND B AND C. UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAYOR ASKED IF I COULD WITHDRAW IT, BUT HE DID ASSURE ME THAT HE WILL LOOK INTO TRYING TO FIND RESOURCES, UH, TO FUND THIS. SO THEREFORE, I WILL BE WITHDRAWING THIS. SO, ITEM 1305 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. JUST, UH, SOME NOTES, I'M SORRY, 1401 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS. 1402 AIMS TO BRING TOGETHER THE DIFFERENCE, A DIFFERENT AGENCIES TO REVIEW OPTIONS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS TO BROADWAY STREET. AND LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, UH, MENTIONED, UH, THIS, THIS WAS ON THE CIP, BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT, UH, HURRICANE HARVEY THAT WAS, WAS TAKEN OFF THE CIP. SO I'M ASKING 'CAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, IN THE FUTURE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, THE EXPANSION OF THE GREEN LINE GOING DOWN BROADWAY TO HOBBY AIRPORT. UH, YOU'VE GOT INFRASTRUCTURE MONIES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. TDOT IS LOOKING AT DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE GULF FREEWAY. UH, SO THEREFORE, I'M ASKING ALL AGENCIES TO REVIEW OPTIONS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS TO BROADWAY STREET. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF BROADWAY WAS ON THE CITY CIP UNTIL 2018 WHEN IT FELL OFF. BUT FUNDING IS NOW AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE TO THE, THE, UH, DESIGN WORK. MY HOPE IS THAT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS, INCLUDING THE ELIMINATION, AND AGAIN, LET ME STATE THAT AGAIN, INCLUDING THE ELIMINATION OF THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE THERE AT, AT, UH, BROADWAY AND THE GULF FREEWAY DEVELOPED THROUGH THIS WORKING GROUP AND COORDINATED AS PART OF THE FUTURE RECONSTRUCTION OF BROADWAY. ADDITIONALLY, I'M HOPING SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE SUBMITTED FOR INCLUSION IN TEXT DOTS RECORD FOR ITS ONGOING PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LINKAGES STUDY FOR THE GULF FREEWAY. SO, DO YOU WITHDRAW 14.02? NO. NO. OKAY. OKAY. NOW, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON 1402? THE ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT OPPOSE. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS IS 14.02. DOES NOT OPPOSE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON. ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO COME IN BEHIND OUR DISTRICT, DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER AND MENTION THAT THIS IS, UM, JUST A HORRIBLE INTERSECTION THAT IS FAMOUS FOR, [03:15:01] UH, ACCIDENTS AND, UH, THEY'RE UNDER THE GULF FREEWAY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE HAS BEEN, UH, RAILING ON FOR, UH, ALL THE YEARS THAT WE'VE SET ON THIS COUNCIL TOGETHER. AND AS THE ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT OPPOSE IT, I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT HIS MOTION AND MENTION THAT NOT ONLY SHOULD WE DO SO WITH CITY DOLLARS, BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN APPROACH THIS PROJECT POTENTIALLY, UM, WITH THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL ON TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT DOLLARS. AND, UM, I THINK THIS IS A, A GREAT IDEA TO GET SOME STUDY AND MOVE TOWARDS FIXING THIS PROBLEM. AND IT'S ALSO MAIN CORRIDOR TO THE, UH, HOUSTON BOTANIC GARDEN AS WELL. SO, YES. AND, AND JUST AN, AN UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS AN EVALUATION AND A SUBMISSION OF RECOMMENDATION. IT DO DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY DOLLARS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THIS. IT IS STRICTLY AN EVALUATION AND SUBMISSION. IF THERE ARE DOLLARS TO BE INCLUDED AT A LATER DATE, WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A VOTE ON THAT AS WELL. THAT IS WHY THE ADMINISTRATION DOES INDEED SUPPORT THIS COUNCIL MEMBER. KUBOSH, UH, MY QUESTION WAS IN REFERENCE TO THE WAY THAT YOU, YOU FORMED THE QUESTION ABOUT, WERE ANY OF YOU IN, IN, UH, OPPOSED TO HIS, UH, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT, SO I WAS TRYING TO ARE WE VOTING YET? NO, WE WILL AFTER DISCUSSION NOW. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IT JUST, JUST THE WAY YOU PUT IT CONFUSED ME. I'M USED TO THE WAY THE MAYOR DOES IT. THERE YOU GO. SO, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS 14.02? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER NINE AS AMENDED, WHICH IS THE CITY OF HOUSTON CIP PLAN. SO ITEM NUMBER NINE AS AMENDED AT THE TABLE COURT ORDER. UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, I HAVE, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PASSED AROUND AT THE HORSESHOE. NUMBER 11, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF 11. I DO NOT, NOT WE DO HAVE THEM. MM-HMM . HERE. OKAY. WE WILL TAKE UP, UH, ITEMS THAT WERE PAST AT THE TABLE. SO EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A MEMO FROM CARLOS CISNEROS AND A MEMO FROM TIFFANY D. THOMAS. SO WE'LL TAKE THOSE UP RIGHT NOW. I HAVE CIS, I HAVE CISNEROS. HERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. GOT IT. ITEM 1301 FROM CARL CARLOS CISNEROS. I THINK WE'LL REFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON. THAT'S RIGHT. AND WITH OUR COLLEAGUE, UH, IN EUROPE. IN FRANCE, AS WE INTRODUCED IN THE MAYOR'S REPORT THIS MORNING. UM, I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT IDEAS THAT SHE HAD FOR DISTRICT H. UH, BUT UNDERSTANDING AND IN DIALOGUE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, SHE HAS SUGGESTED THAT SHE TOO WILL WITHDRAW. UM, LET ME MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE COUNT CORRECTLY. ALL FIVE OF HER AMENDMENTS. UH, SO WITH, WITH, UH, NO FURTHER ADO AS PRESENTED FOR THE RECORD, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW HER FIVE AMENDMENTS AND WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. SO COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS CISNEROS WITHDRAWS AMENDMENT ITEM NUMBER 1301. 1302. 13 0 3, 13 0 4, AND 1305. SO WITHDRAW THOSE ITEMS. COUNCILOR KNOX, COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KNOX. THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTI. UM, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT PROCEDURALLY HERE. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON IS ACTING AS PROXY FOR CARLOS CISNEROS. I DON'T THINK IT WAS A PROXY. I THINK THERE WAS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN COUNCIL MEMBERS ROBINSON AND CISNEROS. I MEAN, IS, SHE'S NOT HERE TO RESOLVE THE MOTION, SO THERE IS NO VOTE. LET ME CLARIFY, MAYOR. IT'S, UM, AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX? YES. UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS, KNOWING THAT SHE WOULD BE ON THIS TRIP, ASKED ME TO PRESENT THEM LAST WEEK. AND IN THE MEAN COURSE, SHE HAS HAD DIALOGUE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. SHE HAS CONFIRMED AS HER STAFF IS HERE WITH US TODAY THAT SHE'S INTENDED TO WITHDRAW. AND SHE TEXTED ME THIS MORNING TO CONFIRM THAT AS WELL FROM ACROSS THE POND. SO WE'RE WITHDRAW. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S NOT HERE YEAH. AND ISN'T ABLE TO TALK FOR HERSELF AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT COR UNDERSTOOD AND PROCEDURALLY WE HAVE A RULE ABOUT THIS, THAT WE CAN DO THIS SORT OF THING. SURE. SHE, YEAH. THAT. WELL, THAT'S MY QUESTION. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE FOLLOWING OUR PROCEDURES. YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTION. TECHNICALLY THESE WILL BE LISTED AS COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON'S AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN SINCE HE BROUGHT 'EM UP AT TABLE. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KUBOSH. UH, MAY I ASK THE MAYOR [03:20:01] THE, UH, UH, CITY ATTORNEY A QUESTION? SURE. UH, ATTORNEY, UH, ARTURO IS, UH, IS WHAT WE'RE DOING PROPER. IT'S, IT, IT IS FOR THE REASONS THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM STATED THAT, UH, IT'S TECHNICALLY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON'S AMENDMENT. SO IT'S NOT, BUT, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE HIS NAME, UH, ON THE DOCUMENT. SHOULD WE TAG THIS TO NEXT WEEK AND, AND DO IT PROPERLY? SO THERE'S NOT A QUESTION? WELL, IT, IT REALLY HAS NO EFFECT IF IT'S BEING WITH THE DRAWN. SO IT WOULD, UM, IT COULD BE TAGGED, BUT THERE'S NOT REALLY A REASON TO DO IT, IS THERE'S REALLY NO HARM NO FOUL. BUT, BUT THE, THE AUTHOR OF IT DIDN'T, DIDN'T WITHDRAW IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S COMING THROUGH. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN WITHDREW IT. OKAY. I, SO LONG AS WE'RE LEGAL ABOUT IT, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE, IF IT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT, UH, A LEGAL OPINION THAT IT'S LEGAL AND IT'S NOT GONNA CREATE US A PROBLEM, I'M CERTAINLY FOR IT. YEAH. I DON'T THINK IT CREATES EITHER A PROBLEM OR A PRECEDENT. THANK YOU. YES. JUST TO REITERATE, THERE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. AND HER INTENT IS TO WITHDRAW THE ITEMS THAT WERE PRESENTED AS TABLE AMENDMENTS TODAY. FOR, FOR THE RECORD, IF I MAY READ THIS TEXT, WHICH I RECEIVED, UH, THIS MORNING AT 1:25 AM WHICH I THINK WAS AT, UH, THE PETIT DEE OF FRANCE, UH, DURING BREAKFAST, SHE WRITES, THANKS AGAIN FOR AGREEING TO PRESENT MY CIP AMENDMENTS AT THE REQUEST OF THE MAYOR. I AM WITHDRAWING THEM, SO THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY. I THINK THAT CLARIFIES THE MATTER. THEY ARE, THEY ARE WITHDRAWN, UH, BY THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO SUBMITTED THEM, AND I AM EXECUTING THAT ON HER BEHALF HERE AT THE TABLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? WE'LL, NEXT GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY D. THOMAS FOR ITEMS 11.01. FIRST, THANK YOU MAYOR PROTI AND COLLEAGUES BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE FOUR ITEMS FOR AMENDMENTS PRESENTED REPRESENTING CIP PROJECTS THAT ARE DEFERRED, UM, IN DISTRICT F FOR A SECOND CYCLE. 11.01 IS THE AILEY FOREST AREA. UM, MANY OF YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE CDBG MITIGATION DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, THROUGH THE GRANT APPLICATION, UH, FOR DETENTION. UM, THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD IN ADDITION TO THAT PROJECT. THIS AILEY FOREST AREA IS A CIP PROJECT TO COMPLIMENT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT HACKBERRY AND BOOM PARK. UH, AND SO THERE'S A REQUEST FOR, UH, THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FROM DEFERRED TO PLANNED. UM, AND THEN IF ADDITIONAL DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE AFTER FISCAL 23 THAT IT IS SCHEDULED TO MOVE FORWARD. YOU WANT ME TO JUST DO THEM ALL IN ONE? NO. IS THERE ANY, UH, SO YOUR POINT IS ON THIS, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT YES. TO MOVE FROM IT'S CURRENTLY DEFERRED TO MOVE FROM DEFERRED TO PLANNED. OKAY. SO ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 11.1? WELL, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THE, UH, THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THIS? I'D LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION. SURE. SO, UM, I AM MAYOR PRO TIM, IF I MAY, UM, MM-HMM . SO I AM, I, I'M CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS OFFERED IN TERMS OF, UM, ATLAS 14. I'M VERY AWARE THAT THESE PROJECTS WHEN THEY WERE, UM, UM, PROPOSED, THE PLANS ARE TECHNICALLY EXPIRED. UM, AND I KNOW THAT HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS IS IN THE PROCESS IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF SECURING A VENDOR TO LOOK AT ATLAS 14 AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PLANS ARE UP TO OUR RESILIENCY LEVELS AND, AND OUR, UM, CITY MODELING, I AM AWARE OF THAT THERE IS A, A WILLINGNESS TO WITHDRAW THE AMENDMENT, UM, WITH THAT IN MIND OF THE 12 TO 18 MONTH PERIOD. SO THIS WAS NOT RECEIVED BY THE ADMINISTRATION LAST FRIDAY ON THE DEADLINE. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT. SO WE WILL ASK FOR A TAG ON THIS ITEM. WELL, I OH, YOU WANNA TAG IT? I HAVE TO, I WAS WILLING TO WITHDREW. YOU WITHDREW IN IT. I, WHAT WERE Y'ALL DOING WHEN I WAS GIVING MY MODEL CARD? OKAY, , SORRY. SO 11.01. SO I'M WILLING WITH BE BECAUSE OF WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S GONNA DO BETWEEN, WITH THAT VENDOR FOR THE CITY MODELING AND ATLAS 14. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, IT'S A 12 TO 18 MONTH PERIOD. SO IF THEY COME BACK WITH, YOU KNOW, THE PLANS ARE ABLE TO BE UPDATED, WHICH WILL INFORM PUBLIC WORKS ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD, I AM WILLING TO WITHDRAW. YES, YOU GOT IT. MY MISUNDERSTANDING. SO, ITEM NUMBER, DON'T PASS ME BY. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 11.01 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY D. THOMAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 11.02, [03:25:01] 11.02. SIMILARLY WITH CATALINA SQUARE. UM, CATALINA SQUARE IS ANOTHER CIP PROJECT THAT HAS, IS THAT IS RECOMMENDED TO BE DEFERRED FOR A SECOND ROUND. UM, ALSO REQUESTING, UH, THAT THIS PROJECT MOVES FROM DEFERRED TO PLAN WITH THE CURRENT ATLAS 14 DATA. UM, AND ALSO PRIOR PRIORITIZING FOR CONSTRUCTION. SIMILARLY, FOR 11.01, I AM WILLING TO WITHDRAW, UM, CONTINGENT UPON THE ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO PRESENT UPDATED PLANS. SO 11.02 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS, 11.03 AND AGAIN FOR 11.03. THIS IS THE ASHFORD PARK CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UM, WHICH IS ALSO SCHEDULED FOR THE RECOMMENDED FOR THE SECOND TIME TO BE DEFERRED. IT'S CURRENTLY DEFERRED. MY REQUEST IS FOR IT TO MOVE AS PLANNED WITH CURRENT ATLAS 14 DATA AND PRIOR PRIORITIZING CONSTRUCTION. IF FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, UM, I'M WILLING TO WITHDRAW PER THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION. SO ITEM 11.03 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS, ITEM NUMBER 11.04. THANK YOU. AND LASTLY, UM, WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS YESTERDAY DURING PUBLIC SESSION AND THROUGHOUT OUR CIP MEETING IN THE DISTRICT AROUND THE, UH, PHASE TWO OF BRIAR MEADOW. UM, TO BRING BACK TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE BRIAR MEADOW, THERE WERE THREE PLANNED PROJECTS FOR THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. THE, UM, FIRST PHASE HAS BEEN COMPLETED WITH MUCH, UM, SUCCESS, AND THERE'S AN ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA TO ADDRESS ADDITIONAL, UM, SUPPORT FOR THAT PLAN. UM, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR 11.4 IS TO EXPEDITE PHASE TWO OF BRI MEADOW BY MOVING IT FROM PLANNED WITH CURRENT ATLAS 14 DATA AND PRIORITIZING IT FOR CONSTRUCTION AS FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE FOR FISCAL 23. THIS PROJECT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS A PART OF THE THREE PHASE CIP FROM THE 2015 CIP CYCLE. AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS AGE, DRAINAGE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND SIDEWALKS, AND THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. UM, FUNDS CAN COME FROM OUR STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM FROM THE 20 20 23 TO 2017 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO MY REQUEST IS TO MOVE FROM PLAN TO FUNDED. SO THAT ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. I DIDN'T REQUEST TO WITHDRAW THAT ONE . OKAY? BUT I, BUT I, BUT I AM, BUT I'M WILLING TO, UM, BECAUSE OF THE ATLAS 14 DATA, THIS IS ALSO A PROJECT. UH, THE PLANS ARE EXPIRED AND, UM, PUBLIC WORKS. AND THE MAYOR HAS, UM, ASSURED ME THAT THEY WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE 12 TO 18 MONTH STUDY. SO THE ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. SURE. THE COUNCIL MEMBER WITH IS WILLING TO WITHDRAW. THANK YOU MA'AM. 11.04. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK. SO BEFORE WE GO TO THE MAIN ITEM AS AMENDED, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON. UM, THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM. AND I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD THAT I WANTED TO SUBMIT, UM, AMENDMENTS HERE AT THE TABLE AND WAS INSTRUCTED THAT I COULDN'T SUBMIT AMENDMENTS AT THE TABLE. AND I WAS OKAY WITH THAT BECAUSE I AM HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, UM, ON THE AMENDMENTS, UM, ON THE CIP PROJECTS THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY IN MAY. UM, THE AMENDMENTS WERE BASICALLY GONNA BE THE DEFERRED, UM, PROJECTS. AND SO JUST WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE TO MOVE THE PROJECTS FORWARD. AND I WILL KEEP THE COMMUNITY INFORMED ON OUR CIP PROJECT. SO, THANK YOU. UH, . YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE MAIN ITEM NUMBER NINE AS AMENDED ITEM NUMBER NINE AS AMENDMENT. ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER NINE? COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN. THANK YOU MAYOR. EM, IF Y'ALL WILL RECALL LAST YEAR, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON AND I HOSTED A SIDEWALK SUMMIT AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT FUNDING PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN SIDEWALKS. AND THE MAYOR, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, MANY PEOPLE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE CURRENTLY DO IT, LEAVING EVERYTHING UP TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS IS, IS JUST NOT VERY, IT'S, WE'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE A SIDEWALK NETWORK, UM, WITHOUT GREATER PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN SIDEWALKS. ONCE AGAIN, IN THE CIP THERE'S ABOUT $3 MILLION FOR ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL THREE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE FOR SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, I WILL JUST SAY THAT THAT'S INSUFFICIENT FOR A CITY OUR SIDE SIZE WITH 4,000 MILES OF SIDEWALKS. I KNOW THAT, UH, DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, ARE VERY GOOD ABOUT PUTTING MONEY INTO SIDEWALKS WITH THEIR COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS. BUT JUST A PLUG THAT I HOPE WE CAN, IN FUTURE YEARS, WE CAN INCREASE FUNDING FOR SIDEWALKS. I KNOW WE ALSO RECONSTRUCT SIDE, WHEN WE TOTALLY RECONSTRUCT A STREET, WE'LL DO SIDEWALKS. SO THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE $3 MILLION THAT WE'RE SPENDING. UM, BUT STILL, I THINK WE NEED TO BE CREATIVE. I KEEP BRINGING UP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUN, UM, COMPLETE COMMUNITIES AREAS. WE COULD USE SOME OF THOSE PUBLIC FACILITIES FUNDS FOR SIDEWALKS. UM, JUST WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK FUNDING, T FUNDS, [03:30:01] EVERYTHING BEING ANDT, DO INVEST IN THOSE TOO. UM, BUT THE CITY'S INVESTMENT, UM, I FEEL LIKE IS, IS INADEQUATE FOR A CITY THIS SIZE. THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT, BUT I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE CIP THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON. AND I JUST WANT TO COME IN BEHIND MY COLLEAGUE AND SAY, UM, YES, IT, IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR SIDEWALK POLICY. IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE CAN RECOGNIZE THAT THE ENORMITY OF THE SIZE OF HOUSTON REALLY CREATES A CHALLENGE FOR CITY RESOURCES WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS WITH THE, WITH THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY. BUT IN THIS CASE, UH, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE OTHER THAN WAIT WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT PRIVATE OWNERSHIP IS GONNA TAKE CARE OF OUR HORRIBLE, UH, REALLY, UH, ALMOST EMBARRASSING SITUATION IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT LACK SIDEWALKS OR HAVE, UH, SIDEWALKS THAT ARE FALLING APART. SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, I KNOW YOU AND I ARE COMMITTED TO THIS ISSUE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT, UH, ALONG WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS, UM, HOW I FEEL ABOUT EVENLY DISTRIBUTING THE DRAINAGE MONEY OR FINDING A MORE FAIR WAY OF DISTRIBUTING THAT MONEY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT, THAT I REALLY HOPE THAT AS WE'RE COMING UP WITH THAT STORM WATER MASTER PLAN, THAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S DRAINAGE PROJECTS, SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE PROJECTS HAPPENING EVERY FISCAL YEAR, UM, IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THAT IS JUST NOT THE CASE. AND I THINK THAT WELL, IN DISTRICT A FOR SURE, WE ARE DEFINITELY UNDERFUNDED WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY OF DRAINAGE PROJECTS BEING SPENT. BUT I THINK THAT EVERY DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER FEELS LIKE THAT TOO. SO IF WE'RE ALL FEELING THAT WAY, BUT YET WE'RE SPENDING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR, THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT IS JUST MORE FAIR SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE HOW EVERY DISTRICT IS GETTING THAT MONEY. UM, WE ALSO NEED TO START LOOKING AT PRIORITIZING WHERE WE CAN LEVERAGE FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN THE COUNTY'S READY TO PUT IN MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD ON A PROJECT BECAUSE THE CITY, IT'S NOT IN THE CIP OR IT'S NOT, UM, FUNDED, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SO WE'RE NOT MISSING OUT ON THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THESE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS THAT WE NEED MOVING FORWARD. BECAUSE I KNOW THE PROJECTS IN DISTRICT A, WE'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST $130 MILLION WORTH OF DRAINAGE PROJECTS. AND THOSE ARE JUST THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN PRE-ENGINEERED. UM, NOT TO EVEN MENTION THE ONES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PRE-ENGINEERED YET. AND SO IT'S, IT'S GOING TO TAKE, UM, PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ENTITIES TO GET THESE DONE AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE CITY CAN'T SPEND $130 MILLION RIGHT NOW ON TWO PROJECTS. SO, UM, I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO START PRIORITIZING, UM, THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND MOVING FORWARD IN THAT WAY. THANK YOU. YES. AND FOR, UH, SEVEN OUT OF MY NINE YEARS OF GOING THROUGH THIS, I SUBMITTED AN AMENDMENT THAT CALLED FOR AN EQUAL DISTRIBUTION AMONG THE 11 COUNCIL DISTRICTS OF THE ALLOCATION TO THE TUNE OF 9.1%. AND EVERY YEAR IT WENT DOWN IN FLAMES. SO I WAS TAUGHT OF MY BATTING AVERAGE DROPPING BELOW ZERO. SO I DID NOT, UH, SUBMIT ANYTHING THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT I DO SUPPORT YOUR, UH, AFFIRMATION OF THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, ED POLLARD. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM, AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. UM, JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER PECK WAS SAYING, UM, IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE LEVERAGE OUR RELATIONSHIPS, UH, WITH OTHER ENTITIES, WHETHER IT'S THE COUNTY FED, STATE TS, UM, AND NOT ALWAYS RELY ON THE CITY HAVING TO DO EVERYTHING. I THINK IT'S A CAPACITY ISSUE. WE PUT ALL THESE PROJECTS IN THESE PIPELINES AND WE'RE, UM, HOPING TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TO GO TOWARDS THESE PROJECTS. BUT MANY OF THESE PROJECTS GET STALLED FOR WHATEVER REASON. EITHER WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY OR SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH THE FUNDS, BUT WE HAVE OTHER ENTITIES THAT COULD DO THE WORK. SO WE SHOULD FIND WAYS TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM MUCH MORE, UM, BECAUSE THE PROJECTS HAVE TO MOVE MUCH FASTER THAN THEY CURRENTLY ARE. AND IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE DO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY OR WE DO PARTNER WITH OUR TURS, THINGS HAPPEN MUCH QUICKLY, UH, OR QUICKER. UM, AND SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE ALL THESE PROJECTS ON THE BOOKS, UM, BUT IT GETS FRUSTRATING FOR THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY DON'T COME TO FRUITION AND THEY DON'T HAPPEN IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO, UH, WE HAVE TO, I THINK, KEEP STRESSING THE FACT THAT WE CAN FIND WAYS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO PUT EVERYTHING ON OUR SHOULDERS, BUT, BUT WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND THE TOURISM AND OTHER ENTITIES AS WELL. THANK YOU. TOTALLY AGREE. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON ITEM NINE AS AMENDED? AND BEFORE WE DO THAT, UH, AS YOU CAN TELL, THE MAYOR ISN'T WITH US THIS MORNING, BUT HE DID SEND A NOTE, HE SAID TO THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE CIP PROCESS THIS YEAR. SO, UH, THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE THIS A MORE SMOOTH PROCESS. MM-HMM . SO THANK YOU. [03:35:01] ITEM NINE AS AMENDED. JUST NEED A VOTE. JUST NEED A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, OPPOSE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MADAM SECRETARY. NEXT ITEM. THANK EVERYONE. ITEM 11 NEEDS A MOTION. ITEM 11 HAS BEEN TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. GALLEGOS IS IN THE QUEUE. COUNCIL MEMBER, BEFORE I TAG THIS, I JUST WANNA EXPLAIN BEFORE I TAG THIS, I JUST WANNA EXPLAIN THAT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS REVIEWED AND APPROVED, APPROVED, UH, THE SUGGESTION OF THE JOINT REFERRAL COMMITTEE. UH, THIS IS A SMALL ALLEY. UH, AND, AND YESTERDAY AT, UH, PUBLIC SESSION, WE RECOGNIZED THE HARRISBURG MAGNOLIA PARK, UH, MANCHESTER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE ELABORATED AND EXPLAINED HOW THE RICH HISTORY IN THE EAST END. BUT THIS PLOT OF LAND GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE JR HARRIS SURVEY, UH, THE HARRISBURG TOWN TOWN SITE PLOT. AND, UM, THIS IS A PIECE OF A, AN ALLEY THAT WAS NEVER ON THAT PLOT TO ACTUALLY BE AN ALLEY. UM, BUT I WENT BY THERE THIS WEEK AND THERE'S ABOUT 10 HOMES OR SO ON THAT SMALL NARROW EAST EARTH STREET. AND BY TAKING THIS ALLEY AWAY, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS WITH SOLID WASTE. SOLID WASTE, IN MY OPINION, IS GONNA HAVE TROUBLE PICKING UP, PICKING UP THE TRASH CANS. 'CAUSE THIS STREET IS SO NARROW. UH, SO THEREFORE I AM TAGGING IT AND I'M GOING TO BE MEETING WITH PUBLIC WORKS, UH, TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO TURN INTO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM FOR SOLID WASTE, WHERE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PICK UP THESE TRASH CANS IN THAT NARROW LITTLE STREET. UH, SO THEREFORE, I AM TAGGING THIS, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY I HAVE SOME, UH, ANSWERS NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU. I'LL JOIN MY COLLEAGUE IN THE TAG ROBINSON. SO ITEM 11 HAS BEEN TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, GALLEGOS AND ROBINSON. MADAM SECRETARY, NEXT ITEM, ITEM 25 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. ITEM 25, DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTE. THIS IS FOR THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP, UM, CONTRACT. AND I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THIS ITEM. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, MAKE NOTE THAT IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GET SOME OF THIS FUNDING FROM TXDOT FOR THE CLEANUPS UNDER THE OVERPASSES, I THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD TRY TO RECOUP SOME OF THOSE COSTS. SO MANY OF THESE CLEANUPS ARE UNDER OVERPASSES, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE STATE SHOULD BEAR SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY IN THE COST OF THIS. I DID HAVE THAT AS ONE OF MY 42 BUDGET AMENDMENTS , UM, BUT IT WAS RULED OUT OF ORDER. SO, UM, NOW THAT THIS IS ON THE AGENDA, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP, THAT IF THERE'S THAT OPPORTUNITY, I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY SOME OF THE COSTS FOR THIS. I MEAN, IT'S UNDER THEIR ROADS THAT THEY MAINTAIN. AND SO THIS IS $7 MILLION, AND I THINK THAT, UM, WE'VE SEEN HOW SUCCESSFUL THE CLEANUPS HAVE BEEN. IT'S DEFINITELY NECESSARY, BUT IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY D. THOMAS. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, AND SIMILARLY SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. UM, JUST WANNA CONTINUE THIS WORK IN THE DISTRICT, UM, AS WE HAVE A GROWING UNHOUSED POPULATION THAT NEEDS SUPPORT AND, UM, UH, THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE, HAVE DEFINITELY LEANED ON THIS SERVICE, UM, IN OUR DISTRICT. SO I, I SUPPORT THIS ITEM AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM, ITEM 27 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. ITEM 27 AFTER VOTE. YES, SIR. AFTER 27 27, THOMAS TAG IS A TAG. COUNCIL MEMBER, THOMAS, WOULD YOU RELEASE YOUR TAG FOR DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KNOX. THANK YOU, MAYOR PROAM. UM, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM PRIMARILY BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO END UP USING SOME OF THESE NEW MANHOLE COVERS, UH, THAT HAVE JUST ARE SOME GREAT TECHNOLOGY AND IS GOING TO HELP US WITH OUR TCEQ VIOLATIONS AND SAVE THE CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE NEXT, IN THE COMING YEARS. AND ALSO, UH, PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE OWE NOW, SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF A BILLION DOLLARS IN FINES AND WHATNOT, UH, THAT THE CITY OWES TO THE STATE AND TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND WE'RE UNDER A, AN AGREEMENT, UH, A CONSENT DECREE TO GET THIS STUFF DONE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A QUICK AND EASY LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT'S GOING TO SAVE THE CITY A LOTS, LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY IN THE LONG TERM. SO I THINK THIS $12 MILLION WILL BE WELL SPENT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING IT PASSED SOON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON. [03:40:01] THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, I WANT TO COME ALONGSIDE MY, UH, OTHER, AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER ON THIS ONE AND SAY, YEAH, THIS IS A, THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. IT ACTUALLY MADE ITS WAY TO THE TTI COMMITTEE. UM, AND THERE'S A PRESENTATION THAT IS ONLINE, UH, ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE CITY AND THE COMMITTEE SECTION UNDER TTI, UH, IT IS IN RELATION TO THE CONSENT, UM, DECREE WITH THE EPA AND THE TCEQ. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE REALLY NEEDING TO EXPAND TO ADDRESS THAT. BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND IF YOU'RE INTO SEWER LINES, IT'S YOUR KIND OF DEAL. , WE'RE ALL IN THE SEWER. AT SOME POINT WE ARE . SO WHEN THIS ITEM CAME UP LAST WEEK, I SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER KNIGHT MICHAEL KNOX IS GONNA BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS ONE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE THAT I THINK YOU REFERRED TO IT AS SMART MANHOLE COVERS, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE CHARGE ON THIS. THIS ITEM, ONCE AGAIN, HAS BEEN TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY D. THOMAS. NEXT ITEM, MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU MIND? ITEM 28 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. ITEM 28 8. ANY DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [NON-CONSENT - MISCELLANEOUS] ITEM 30 NEEDS A MOTION. MOVE ROBINSON. MOVE TO, UH, GO AHEAD, MADAM SECRETARY, IT'S A MOTION TO SET A DATE SEVEN DAYS FROM JUNE 29TH. THAT DATE WOULD BE JULY 13TH. THIS IS A MOTION TO SET A DATE AS JULY 13TH. SO MOVE ROBINSON AND I SECOND. SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. ANY DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 31 NEEDS A MOTION. IT'S A MOTION TO SET A DATE AND I LEFT IN SEVEN DAYS FROM THAT DATE. THE SAME DATE WILL BE JULY 13TH. ONCE AGAIN, THE MOTION IS TO SET THE DATE AS JULY 13TH. SO MOVE ROBINSON. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE? ANY DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSE. MOTION CARRIES. SO UNDER [MATTERS HELD] MATTERS HELD ITEM 32 IS, I ALREADY HAVE A MOTION. JUST NEED A VOTE. AND DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. THANK YOU MAYOR FOR TIM. I AM GOING TO BE VOTING AGAINST THIS ITEM. UM, THERE'S JUST TOO MANY CONCERNS HERE FOR ME TO SUPPORT IT. MOST NOTABLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. FIRST THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE UNSURE AND THEN IT SAID 20% AND THEN POSSIBLY ALL THE EMPLOYEES. SO IT'S JUST, I CAN'T JUSTIFY SPENDING THAT KIND OF MONEY ON SOMETHING WHERE THERE'S STILL CONFUSION ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAM. I MEAN, IT COULD BE ONE PERSON FOR ALL I KNOW. AND SO I JUST, I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT. AND THEN ALSO, THIS IS A COMPANY BASED OUT OF LOS ANGELES, AND THERE ARE COMPANIES HERE IN HOUSTON THAT DO SIMILAR TYPES OF TRAINING. SO I BELIEVE THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TYPE OF TRAINING, UM, WE SHOULD AT LEAST USE A HOUSTON BASED COMPANY AND KEEP THE MONEY HERE IN HOUSTON. SO I AM GOING TO BE VOTING. NO. THANK YOU. SO IN DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL, UM, DIRECTOR CAROL HADDOCK THIS MORNING, I ASKED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD ASKED. AND THIS IS FOR WHEN I WAS TOLD 4,000 EMPLOYEES IN PUBLIC WORKS. IT IS A PROFESSOR THAT IS A TEACHER AT HARVARD WHO WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THIS. AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING IT IS THERE IS SOME CONSTERNATION WITH EMPLOYEES IN THEIR CRITICISM, OUTWARD CRITICISM OF SAFETY, PRECAUTIONS OF MANAGEMENT AND DISCUSSIONS AROUND THAT. AND THIS TRAINING IS TO HELP PEOPLE DEAL WITH THOSE AND HOW YOU BRING UP OBJECTIONS. HOW DO YOU APPROACH THE, UH, THE LEADERS OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THAT REGARD? UH, IT'S AN $80,000 EXPENDITURE FOR A TRAINING PROGRAM THAT AFF AFFECTS 4,000 PEOPLE. UM, I PERSONALLY DO THE MATH ON THAT, AND IT'S VERY MINIMALIST, SO, UH, I AM SUPPORTING IT AS WELL. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SALLY ALCORN. THANK YOU, MAYOR PROAM. I ALSO ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE AFFECTED AND GOT 20%. IT'S NOT GONNA BE FOR 4,000 PEOPLE AT THIS STAGE. IT'S ALSO ELECTIVE. SO I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN MOST NEED OF THE TRAINING WILL BE ELECTING TO TAKE IT THROUGH OUR TALENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. UM, IT IS JUST $80,000, BUT I STILL THINK $80,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY. AND, AND, UM, I WILL BE JOINING IN THE NO VOTE ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? NO, NO. COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX KUBOSH. ALCORN AND PECK AS NO COUNCIL MEMBER. KNOX. KUBOSH. ALCORN AND PECK. CARRIE, ITEM CARRIES. OKAY, [03:45:01] DOES THAT ASK FOR NEXT ITEM? NEXT ITEM. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE. THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. BEFORE [NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS] WE BEGIN THE COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS, I WISH TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY AND REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE A CONSOLIDATED SESSION, A CONSOLIDATED SESSION ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 6TH AT 9:00 AM SO TODAY WE WILL BEGIN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM AND COLLEAGUES. MY COLLEAGUE DAVID ROBINSON AND I HOSTED A VERY SUCCESSFUL PERMITTING PANEL PANEL LAST WEEK. WE HAD OVER 130 PEOPLE ATTEND. WE HAD A LOT OF OVER 200, UH, QUESTIONS SUBMITTED IN ADVANCE. UM, A GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE OVER AT CITY PERMITTING, UM, TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS FOR, FOR CITY PERMITS. I THANK MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER, PECK AND HUFFMAN FOR BEING THERE. AND MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO SENT STAFF, UH, UM, WE'RE GONNA KEEP PUSHING TOWARDS AND ADVOCATING FOR STREAMLINED PROCESSES AND JUST SPEEDING UP THE PROCESS SO PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PERMITS A LITTLE FASTER. SO THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, EVERYONE. AND IF YOU STILL HAVE ANYBODY OUT THERE LISTENING WITH PERMITTING QUESTIONS, PLEASE SEND THEM MY WAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. AMY PICK. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A TCQ PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT THE PROPOSED LANDFILL EXPANSION ON TANNER ROAD. UM, IT WAS A GREAT MEETING. WE HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COME TO, UM, SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS LANDFILL. UM, WE WERE JOINED BY SENATOR WHITMEYER AND REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON AND REPRESENTATIVE, REPRESENTATIVE MORALE SHAW, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX AND HANNAH FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN'S OFFICE. AND, UM, REALLY SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON, UM, FOR JOINING ME, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE LANDFILL AT THE MICROPHONE. I THINK HIS WORDS WERE, UM, REALLY HEARD BY EVERYONE THERE AND REALLY APPRECIATED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. UM, TOMORROW, IF YOU OWN A BUSINESS IN SPRING BRANCH, THE SPRING BRANCH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS HOSTING A COFFEE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO TALK ABOUT BUSINESSES IN SPRING BRANCH. THERE'LL BE, UM, TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 AM AT THE SPRING BRANCH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OFFICE, UM, 96 10 LONGPOINT ROAD. UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO THE BUSINESSES ABOUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THEM MOVING FORWARD. AND FINALLY, LAST WEEK WE HELD A MEETING, UM, WITH BARK AND STAKEHOLDERS FROM THE ANIMAL CARE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS WHO RESCUE STRAY ANIMALS ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND WE TALKED ABOUT MANY OF THE ISSUES RELATED TO THAT IN DISTRICT A PRIMARILY THAT THERE IS NO DROP OFF LOCATION, UM, FOR STRAIGHT ANIMALS IN DISTRICT A AND ANYWHERE REALLY IN NORTHWEST HOUSTON. SO WHEN YOU FIND A STRAIGHT ANIMAL, YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO KEEP IT UNTIL YOU CAN GET IT TO BARK, WHICH NOT EVERYONE HAS THE CAPABILITY OF DOING THAT. SO WE, UM, TALKED ABOUT THOSE ISSUES AND SOME OTHER ISSUES. AND MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO KINDA START A TASK FORCE TO START ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. AND IF YOU, UM, ARE AN INDIVIDUAL OR REPRESENT A GROUP WHO DOES THAT KIND OF THING ON A REGULAR BASIS AND ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THIS GROUP, PLEASE CONTACT MY OFFICE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD J. POLLARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. UH, JUST WANTED TO INVITE THE CITY OUT, UH, THIS WEEKEND, SUNDAY, JULY 3RD, UM, FOR THE LIBERTY FEST, WHICH WILL BE A, UH, FAMILY FRIENDLY, UM, CELEBRATION WITH FIREWORKS. AND IT'LL BE AT THE, UH, OLD SHARPSTOWN MALL, WHICH IS THE PLAZA AMERICAS, UH, LOCATED AT 7,500 BEL AIR BOULEVARD. THERE'LL BE FOOD, FUN, LIVE MUSIC, AND FIREWORKS. THIS WILL BE HOSTED BY THE SOUTHWEST MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, UH, AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE MANY OF OUR CIVIC CLUBS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS OUT. SO, UH, BRING YOUR, UH, YOUR KIDS OUT. WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF VENDORS, LOTS OF BOOTHS. SHOULD BE A FUN TIME. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE. IT'LL BE FROM 1:00 PM ALL THE WAY TO 9:00 PM WHEN THE FIREWORKS START. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN EVANS SHABAZZ. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, I'M GONNA START OUT WITH A SHOUT OUT TO TERRENCE MOORE'S SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT. AND PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT JUST THE LITTLE THINGS ARE. THERE WAS A DISABLED MAN WHO SOMEBODY TOOK HIS TRASH CAN. HE'S BEEN WAITING OVER A MONTH, BUT WHEN MR. MOORE GOT THE WORD, HE WORKED ON IT. AND SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN SOLID WASTE, UH, BECAUSE THOSE THINGS MEAN A LOT, ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE DISABLED. UH, ALSO ON, I HAD THE HONOR OF JOIN JOINING HOUSTON B CYCLE TO CELEBRATE THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY. OF COURSE, I FORGOT TO CHARGE MY BIKE AND I HAD TO USE MY OWN STEAM, BUT CERTAINLY , AND IT WAS PRETTY HOT OUT THERE. SPEAKING OF STEAM. UH, BUT CERTAINLY IT WAS A GREAT RIDE, UH, A GREAT ORGANIZATION. I WANT TO THANK MAYA FORD, UH, THE BOARD PRESIDENT WHO LED THIS RIDE, AND IT WAS, UM, HIGHLIGHTED SOME BUSINESSES AS THEY RODE IN THE [03:50:01] THIRD WARD AREA. AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK, UH, FOR, TO HELP PEOPLE TO BECOME MORE, UM, USER FRIENDLY TO, TO BICYCLISTS AND BICYCLING. AND SO, UH, THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A DISTRICT D EXPUNGEMENT EVENT LAST SATURDAY, AND WE HAD OVER 40 PARTICIPANTS WHO JOINED US AT THE JONES MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AT THE CRESTMONT PARK CAMPUS. AND, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH WHEN THEY HAVE THESE, UH, THINGS ON THEIR RECORDS. AND WE TALK ABOUT CRIME, BUT YET WE NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE SOME MISSTEPS IN LIFE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK ON TRACK SO THAT THEY CAN GET GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT THAT I BELIEVE COULD AFFECT, UH, SOME OF OUR CRIME AS WELL, BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO NORMALLY HAVE, UH, OCCUPATIONS GAINFUL WORKING OPPORTUNITIES NORMALLY DO NOT ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. AND SO IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. I'D LIKE TO THANK, THANK, UM, DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, RASHAD CAVE WAS THERE. TANISHA MANNING, HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, UH, LONE STAR LEGAL AID, ELITE WELDING ACADEMY, AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON REENTRY SOLUTIONS. AND, UH, THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS WAS THE CLEAR LAKE OFFICE. AND SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR COMING OUT. ALSO, UM, MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF THE REVEREND DR. RONALD K MUTAN SR. WHO WAS A VICTIM OF ROAD RAGE, UH, THIS PAST FRIDAY OVER ON THE GULF FREEWAY. AND, UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, TODAY. UM, THE PERSON THAT SHOT HIM IS STILL, UH, AT LARGE AND HE WAS A LOVING FATHER, HUSBAND, GRANDFATHER, PASTOR AND FRIEND. AND CERTAINLY, UH, HIS CHURCH COMMUNITY AS ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY, UH, WILL MISS HIM DEARLY. UH, BUT CERTAINLY WE HOPE THAT WE CAN GET SOME, SOME, SOME MAKE SOME SENSE OUTTA SOME OF THIS, UH, SENSELESS ROAD RAGE, UH, WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING JUST THAT ANGRY, WHERE THEY'RE TAKING OUT A GUN AND SHOOTING SOMEONE. HE ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN, UH, AS HE WAS COMING TO A HALT JUST BEFORE HE HIT A LIGHT POLE. AND SO CERTAINLY MY, MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THEM. AND THEN ON, UH, THURSDAY MORNING, TOMORROW MORNING FROM NINE TO ONE, UH, PM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM THERE WILL BE A HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY PET PANTRY EVENT. IN DISTRICT DEED, IT WILL BE AT THE SUNNYSIDE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, 93 14 CULLEN BOULEVARD. SO COME ON OUT, UH, SO THAT YOU CAN GET SOME, UM, FOOD AND THINGS FOR YOUR PET. AND SO I THINK THAT CONCLUDES WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MARY ANNE HUFFMAN PASS COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KNOX. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO. TIM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING UP ON THE, WE'RE COMING UP ON THE BIRTHDAY OF OUR NATION, JULY THE FOURTH, AND I'VE BOUGHT EVERYBODY A BIRTHDAY PRESENT. I HAVE A COPY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE BIBLE OFTEN, WE JUST REMEMBER THE PARTS WE WANT TO, SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR JULY 4TH FESTIVITIES TO REVIEW WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR COUNTRY WAS REALLY ALL ABOUT, FOUNDED ABOUT, AND WHAT THE CONSTITUTION ACTUALLY SAYS. SO I'M GONNA HAND THIS OUT TO EVERYONE AND THOSE WHO AREN'T HERE, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT ON THEIR DESK AND MAYBE THEY CAN HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO 'EM AS WE CONTINUE OUR GOVERNMENTAL BUSINESS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. IF, IF I READ THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THAT GET CHILLS UP MY SPINE, 'CAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS WOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS, I HAD TO MEMORIZE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY BROTHER JUSTIN FOX AT DELLI AL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1974 FOR CONDUCT UNBECOMING OF A GENTLEMAN . SO WHEN I SEE IT, IT BRINGS CHILLS TO ME GUILTY. THAT WAS MY COMMENTS FOR THE DAY. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, I WANT TO THANK MY, UH, COLLEAGUE SALLY ALCORN FOR THE CO-HOSTING OF THE PERMITTING PANEL LAST THURSDAY MORNING, WHICH I DID THINK ADDED A LOT TO THE CONVERSATION AND HELPED US GET, UH, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON IMPROVING OUR POLICIES. UM, CERTAINLY THANK YOU FOR THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. UM, I'VE ALREADY GOT ONE. UM, SALLY, I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB. I WANT TO REALLY CALL OUT OUR TEAM, UH, THAT IS THE AT LARGE TWO AND THE AT LARGE FIVE STAFF IN PARTICULAR, UH, YOUR CHIEF JORDAN FRAZIER, MY CHIEF DIANA SDO, AND ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS REALLY WORKED HARD. BOY, THEY GOT UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN AND THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS TRULY WITH THE BUDGET, WITH UM, CERTAINLY THE CIP TODAY, WITH ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES GOING ON AROUND TOWN, [03:55:01] OUR TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING THEIR TAILS OFF. SO, UH, HEARTFELT THANKS TO EVERYONE, UH, FOR THAT. AND, UM, I DID ALSO WANNA SPEAK TO THE POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PECK MADE ABOUT THE, UH, PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST NIGHT ON THE EDGE OF TOWN. IN FACT, I THINK TECHNICALLY IT WAS JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF HOUSTON, UH, JUST OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY IN A ROOM THAT REALLY WASN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE CROWD. AND, UM, FRANKLY RAISED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH TCEQ WAS CONDUCTING THEIR BUSINESS REGARDING CARDALE. THAT COMMUNITY THAT IS VERY MUCH ON THE, ON THE UPSWING RIGHT NOW. OBVIOUSLY WITH THINGS LIKE THE TANNER ROAD PROJECT THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT TODAY. UH, COMMUNITIES OF GREAT POTENTIAL. UH, BUT IF WE ARE TO APPROVE A LANDFILL AT THAT SITE OF INCREASED CAPACITY, UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE HORRIBLY DETRIMENTAL. AND AS SENATOR JOHN WHITMEYER AND UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVES, UM, JARVIS JOHNSON, AS WELL AS PENNY MORALES SHAW SAID, IN ADDITION TO, UH, MY COLLEAGUE AND I, UH, THIS IS JUST ABSOLUTELY GONNA BE DEVASTATING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, FOR THERE TO BE A CONTESTED HEARING DECISION MADE ABOUT THIS IS WHERE THIS NEEDS TO GO. SO I'M SAYING THAT AS AN INDIVIDUAL, I'M SAYING THAT AS AN AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER, WHILE IT MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN ONTO THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORD LAST NIGHT BECAUSE OF SOME PROCEDURAL RULES ABOUT WHAT THEY CONSTITUTE AS, UH, QUALIFYING FOR COMMENT OR NOT, UH, I'M SAYING IT NOW FOR OUR PUBLIC RECORD BECAUSE THAT IS A PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO STOP. AND, UH, I WANNA POINT OUT THAT WHEN WE RECENTLY HAD A DELEGATION FROM THE CITY GO TO DENMARK, THAT WE OBSERVED AND HEARD TO OUR EARS THAT THAT IS A COUNTRY THAT HAS NO LONGER A SINGLE LANDFILL IN ITS ENTIRE LAND MASS. AND THAT IS THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO. WE NEED TO HEAD TOWARDS ZERO WASTE AND NOT, UH, BUILD FURTHER ENORMOUS LANDFILLS WITHIN, UH, THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON IN DELICATE AND EXTREMELY PROMISING PARTS OF TOWN. SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY SUMMARY FOR THAT ITEM. COUNCIL MEMBER PECK. BUT, UM, BEYOND THAT, I DID WANT TO LEND MY PERSONAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR LEADERSHIP WHO ARE LEAVING. THAT IS, UH, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TAN EMO AND BEST OF LUCK TO HER FOR WHERE SHE'S GOING. SHE'S DONE ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY WORK FOR THE CITY OVER SO MANY YEARS. UM, SHE WILL BE MISSED, BUT WE KNOW SHE'S GOING ON TO GREAT THINGS AS WELL AS TO GABE CASRE, THE DIRECTOR FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. GABE HAS BEEN A FRIEND, ANOTHER TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR THINGS LIKE IMPROVING SIDEWALKS, WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN AT THE CENTER OF THE DISCUSSION TODAY ON CITY COUNCIL AND ALSO FOR JERRY ADAMS FOR HIS ROLE WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION. SO WITH, UH, GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE SERVICE AND WITH BEST WISHES TO OUR COLLEAGUES AND THE STAFF OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR A VERY PEACE, PEACEFUL, UH, SAFE AND, UH, A WEEKEND OF CELEBRATING LIBERTY, JUSTICE, UH, AND, UH, FOR ALL. LET US, UH, PREPS KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU. LAST, BUT CERTAINLY, NEVER LEAST IN MY BOOK COMES A MEMBER, TIFFANY D. THOMAS. SURE, YOU'RE RIGHT. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR PRO TEM. AND LET ME SAY YOU HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL SUBSTITUTE. UM, I'M GONNA SEND A NOTE TO, UH, MAYOR TURNER AND SAY HE DID GOOD. UH, THANK YOU MA'AM. . SO LAST WEEK I HOSTED THE SECOND ANNUAL DISTRICT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TOWN HALL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, UM, FOR JOINING US ON THE WEST SIDE. LOTS OF GOOD DISCUSSION, UH, REGARDING JUST UPDATES OF THE ONE SAFE HOUSTON PLAN AND RESIDENTS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH OUR PANELIST FROM OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF, UH, CHIEF SATTERWHITE REGARDING PATROL, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF SAN PENA, JUDGE SHANNON BALDWIN, AND OUR DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE OIG CRYSTAL ER FOR REGARDING THE DASHBOARDS, LOTS OF GOOD OUTCOMES. MORE TO COME ON THAT AS WE, UM, OFFER A SUMMER OF SAFETY IN DISTRICT F. UM, ON SATURDAY IT WAS A NECESSARY PAUSE. UH, WE HAD A WELLNESS DAY. SHOUT OUT TO MY DISTRICT F TEAM, THE WEST TRACY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN AGAIN FOR JOINING US ON THE WEST SIDE FOR A MORNING OF YOGA IN THE SUN. UM, IT WAS SO NECESSARY, IT WAS HOT, BUT I, WE ALL WALKED AWAY VERY CENTERED AND JUST REMINDING, UM, EACH OTHER THAT AS WE NAVIGATE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, NEIGHBORHOODS NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO RELEASE AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES, UH, THROUGH MOVEMENT AND, AND AND STILLNESS. AND SO SPECIAL THANKS TO JAINA BUCK WHO FACILITATED OUR YOGA DAY. UH, LAST NIGHT WE HOSTED WITH PUBLIC WORKS, OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETING REGARDING THE WEST PARK DRAINAGE PROJECT. THAT NOTICE TO PROCEED IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN THE FALL. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE ON THAT PUBLIC [04:00:01] ENGAGEMENT MEETING. THE VIDEO WILL BE AVAILABLE, UM, VIA OUR, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND ON OUR MICRO SITE AT THE DISTRICT F OFFICE. STAY TUNED FOR THAT. UM, WE OFF, UM, ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, WHICH IS LED, UM, BY TDO, FACILITATED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. SO LET'S TALK WATER. WE HAVE A SERIES OF WATER MAIN BREAKS, UH, IN DISTRICT FI BELIEVE AS OF LAST WEEK WE HAD CLOSE TO 31 THAT WERE IN PROGRESS OF BEING FIXED. UM, SO, UM, WE ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF THE, UH, WATER MAIN BREAKS IN OUR DISTRICT. AND I HAVE A WATER MAIN BREAK IN FRONT OF MY HOME AND MY HOA UH, BOARD MEMBERS ACTUALLY TEXT ME YESTERDAY. SO KNOW THAT NONE OF US ARE SEPARATE FROM THE IMPACTS OF THIS PUBLIC WORKS IS DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN TO FACILITATE THAT. AND, UM, JUST TO MEASURE YOUR EX YOUR EXPECTATIONS, IT'S GONNA TAKE PUBLIC WORKS CLOSE TO 14 DAYS TO RESOLVE A ROUTINE WATER BREAK. SO, UM, JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE MOVING QUICKLY ON THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS. AS I, UM, SHARED EARLIER, UH, THIS LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER, A SERIES OF PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES THAT I'VE RELEASED. STREET LIGHTING WAS ONE OF THEM. HAPPY TO REPORT 19 OF THE STREETLIGHT APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. FOUR WILL BE ON NOBILITY, 15 ON SOUTH RICHMOND WITH MORE TO COME. SO WE ARE CONTINUING OUR SUMMER OF SAFETY AND I JUST APPRECIATE PUBLIC WORKS AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AROUND THIS. UM, IF MY OFFICE CAN BE OF SERVICE TO YOU, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE DISTRICT F@HOUSTONTX.GOV. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. AND THE MAIN BREAKS WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AS WE MOVE FROM STAGE ONE DROUGHT MAYBE INTO STAGE TWO DROUGHT. SO THAT'S A BYPRODUCT OF THE DROUGHT THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCED. SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER. JUST A QUICK REMINDER BEFORE WE ADJOURN AGAIN ON, PLEASE JOIN US ON THE 4TH OF JULY FOR SHELL'S FREEDOM OVER TEXAS. WE HAVE A GREAT LINEUP OF ENTERTAINERS, UH, HIGHLIGHTED BY CLAY WALKER AND SAWYER BROWN. AND UH, I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE A FEW PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE GONNA GET UP AND DO THE GET UP ON STAGE ON THE 4TH OF JULY. SO THAT WILL BE WORTH YOUR WHILE TO COME TO ATTEND. AGAIN, $10 ADMISSION CHILDREN, FIVE AND UNDER ARE FREE. SO JOIN US ON THE 4TH OF JULY. I PROMISE YOU ANOTHER EXCELLENT SUSAN CHRISTIAN PRODUCTION 'CAUSE SHE DOES A GREAT JOB WITH IT. SO THIS COMPLETES THE COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS AND WE STAND ADJOURNED. UNTIL NEXT WEEK, HAPPY 4TH OF JULY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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