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          I'M THE CHAIR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON TRANSPORTATION 
          [Joint TTI and Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee]
TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. 
          IT IS THURSDAY, AUGUST THE FOURTH AT 10:00 AM HERE AT CITY HALL IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. 
          I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE MEETING AND, UH, INTRODUCE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A JOINT MEETING OF THE TTI AND P-S-H-H-S. 
          THAT'S THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE. 
          IT'S A COMBINED MEETING TODAY. 
          UH, AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE HERE, INCLUDING, UH, CHAIR ABBY CAYMAN, UH, MY COLLEAGUE WHO MAY LIKE TO MAKE SOME INTRODUCTORY REMARKS HERSELF. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          AND, UH, APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP, UH, ON NOT ONLY THIS JOINT COMMITTEE, BUT ESPECIALLY, UH, ON THE FIRST ITEM WE'LL BE TAKING UP TODAY. 
          UM, WANTED TO REMIND, UH, THE PUBLIC THAT'S LISTENING, UH, FOR THIS, UH, CAMERA ITEM THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ALSO TOOK UP, UP THIS ITEM PREVIOUSLY. 
          UH, YOU CAN GO TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WEBSITE TO REVIEW THAT PROGRAM IN MORE DETAIL AS TODAY WILL BE FOCUSING ON SOME OF THE MORE TECHNICAL ASPECTS, UH, OF THE, UH, CONTRACT WORK THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          SO, AGAIN, CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP. 
          UH, APPRECIATE IT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          AND, UH, WITH THAT, I, I, I, THE MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED TO ORDER. 
          UM, THE DATE IS AGAIN, THE 4TH OF AUGUST. 
          I DO WANT TO WELCOME ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF WHO ARE HERE. 
          WE HAVE, UH, STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE CHAIR BEING HERE HERSELF, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CARLA CISNEROS ONLINE WITH US. 
          WE HAVE, UM, WITH THE VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX. 
          TATUM IS HERE VIRTUALLY WITH US. 
          WE HAVE ALSO MEMBERS OF STAFF FROM THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          WE HAVE, UH, DISTRICT, UH, LET'S SEE. 
          WE HAVE DISTRICT G UM, STAFF FROM ANNE HUFFMAN'S OFFICE. 
          WE HAVE STAFF FROM AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE KNOX IN THE AT LARGE ONE POSITION. 
          WE HAVE, UM, STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA PLUMMER IN THE AT LARGE FOUR POSITION, AS WELL AS STAFF FROM VICE CHAIR SALLY ALCORN IN THE AT LARGE FIVE POSITION. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE VICE CHAIR IS, UH, EXPECTED HERE SHORTLY. 
          UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I BELIEVE SHE HAS BEEN HELD, HELD UP BY TRANSPORTATION ISSUES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          SO, WITH THAT, UM, WELCOME EVERYONE. 
          THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD IN A HYBRID MODE DUE TO THE DISCONTINUATION OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 
          THAT'S CHAPTER 5 51 PROVISIONS THAT ALLOWED PUBLIC MEETINGS TO BE HELD SOLELY, VIRTUALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BOTH IN PERSON AT CITY HALL, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, OR VIRTUALLY. 
          UH, THE CHAIR AS PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE COMMITTEE WILL BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE CHAMBER AS I AM, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 51 0.127 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE APPLICABLE TO A GOVERNMENT BODY THAT EXTENDS INTO THREE OR MORE COUNTIES. 
          ALL OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE THE OPTION TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS. TODAY, WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY, ALL OF WHOM HAVE ELECTED TO DO SO VIRTUALLY. 
          AND THE DEADLINE TO DO SO WAS 5:00 PM THE DAY BEFORE OUR MEETING. 
          THAT'S YESTERDAY, UH, UH, AUGUST THE THIRD. 
          BUT HOWEVER, AS ALWAYS, ANY QUESTIONS MAY BE SENT TO THE AT LARGE2@HOUSTONTX.GOV EMAIL ADDRESS, AND WE WILL SHARE THEM WITH THE PRESENTERS FROM TODAY FOLLOWING THE MEETING AND DISTRIBUTE RESPONSES TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          AND SO ON THE, ON THE AGENDA FOR US TODAY, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. WE WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THE PUBLIC ON A CHANGE TO THE AGENDA AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED. 
          AND THAT'S TO PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WAS A LAST MINUTE REVISION, UM, AFTER, UH, AND TO BE WITHIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 
          THE ORDER OF THE PRESENTATION WILL NOW BE AS FOLLOWS. 
          UH, THE FIRST ITEM, AS MENTIONED BY COUNCIL MEMBER AND CHAIR CAYMAN, IS THE FLOCK AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER, PRESENTED BY MIKE BELL, OUR CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS WYATT MARTIN, WHO'S OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF, ALSO WITH HPD. 
          AND OUR SECOND ITEM ON PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING SERVICES WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          THAT'S MS. LISA KENT, WHO'S HERE WITH US IN THE CHAMBER, AS WELL AS THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY, AN UPDATE ON RESILIENT HOUSTON AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          THAT'LL BE PRESENTED BY OUR CHAIR AND CHIEF 
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RESILIENCE OFFICER AND SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, THAT'S MS. PRIYA ZACHARIA. 
          SO, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THESE THREE ITEMS TODAY. 
          AND I THINK WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, YOU'VE GOT A BRIEF STATEMENT, I THINK, OR A, I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE A FEW QUICK INSTRUCTIONS. 
          COLLEAGUES, YOU'VE HEARD THEM BEFORE. 
          UM, BUT PLEASE REMAIN ON MUTE AND HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS TO THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION. 
          UH, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE ONLINE IN CHAT, UH, JUST LET US KNOW AND, UH, THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK. 
          UH, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          UM, AND THEN CHAIR, I DID WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK IS ALSO LISTENING ONLINE. 
          UH, SHE'S IN THE SAME SITUATION AS COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN. 
          THEY'RE BOTH STUCK IN THAT, UM, TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. 
          SO NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC TO AVOID I 10. 
          I THINK IT'S I 10 EAST RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, BUT, UH, WITH THAT, FOR EACH PRESENTATION, TO OUR SPEAKERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          IF YOU COULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND ANY STAFF OR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT ARE WITH YOU, UM, SO THAT WE KNOW FOR THE RECORD WHO THEY ARE. 
          AND WITH THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FIRST FOR OUR FIRST PRESENTATION, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, MIKE BELL, AND OF COURSE, ASSISTANT CHIEF MARTIN, UH, ON OUR FLOCK AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR CAYMAN, CHAIR ROBINSON. 
          UH, AS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS MIKE BELL. 
          I AM THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND CO-PRESENTING WITH ME TODAY IS ASSISTANT CHIEF W MARTIN OVER OUR SUPPORT SERVICES COMMAND. 
          UM, THE PRESENTATION WE'RE GONNA BRING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS, UH, REGARDING THE PROCUREMENT OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, OR A LPR. 
          YOU HEAR US MENTIONED THAT ACRONYM QUITE A BIT. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, THE PROPOSAL AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS IS THAT THE CITY PLANS TO LEASE FLOCK LPR CAMERAS, UH, FOR USE OF VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY TO HELP COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME AND BE PART OF THE ONE SAFE HOUSTON INITIATIVE. 
          SEVERAL OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED FUNDS TO LEASE CAMERAS FOR YEAR ONE OF THE PROPOSED FIVE YEAR CONTRACT ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND WE'RE HOPING TO BRING THIS CONTRACT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL ON, UH, THE AUGUST 17TH AGENDA. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAMERAS THEMSELVES. 
          UH, THE MAIN MODEL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE, UH, CALLED THE, THE FLOCK FLEX. 
          UH, IT'S A SOLAR POWERED CAMERA, ABOUT NINE INCHES BY FIVE INCHES BY THREE INCHES. 
          UH, IT'S A VERY SMALL FOOTPRINT. 
          UH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A, A LOCATION WHERE THERE'S SUFFICIENT SOLAR POWER TO KEEP THE BATTERY, UH, SUFFICIENTLY CHARGED, WE CAN CONNECT IT TO 120 VOLT AC, UH, IF NECESSARY. 
          AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF ONE THERE ON A POLE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, ANOTHER OPTIONAL MODEL. 
          UH, EXCUSE ME. 
          CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE ANOTHER OPTIONAL MODEL AVAILABLE, UH, SHOULD WE NEED IT, IS THE FALCON FLEX. 
          THIS IS A HIGHLY PORTABLE INSTANCE OF THE CAMERA, SAME CAMERA, BUT IT HAS AN INTERNAL BATTERY THAT CAN READ UP TO 30,000 READS. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SOLAR ARRAY TO GO WITH IT. 
          SO, UH, IF YOU PUT IT IN A LOCATION WHERE IT CAN'T GET SUFFICIENT POWER, IT WILL EVENTUALLY RUN OUT OF POWER AFTER THOSE 30,000 READS. 
          BUT THIS IS A VERY MOBILE SOLUTION THAT WE CAN MOVE AT AN INSTANCE IF WE NEED TO AND DEPLOY VERY QUICKLY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, THERE'S A LITTLE BACKGROUND RIGHT NOW. 
          THERE ARE ALREADY A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THESE A LPR CAMERAS IN USE AROUND THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE A MAP THERE. 
          REPRESENTATION, WE WON'T GIVE EXACT LOCATIONS, BUT JUST AS SOME KIND OF A GEOGRAPHIC IDEA. 
          UH, THE LIGHT GREEN ARE, ARE EXISTING HPD CAMERAS. 
          THE NAVY BLUE, UH, COLORED ICONS ARE PRIVATE CAMERAS THAT SHARE THE DATA READS WITH THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THEN THE TURQUOISE CAMERAS, WHICH ARE THE, THE, THE LARGE AMOUNT ARE OTHER AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT SHARED THEIR A LPR READS WITH HPD. 
          AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF WHO THAT MIGHT BE, JERSEY VILLAGE PD, MEMORIAL VILLAGE, KATY SUGARLAND, PAR LAND, AND BELL AIR HAVE ALL DEPLOYED FLOCK A LPR CAMERAS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, FOR THE FUNCTIONALITY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THIS LEASE, UH, THE CAMERAS MUST RECOGNIZE LICENSE PLATES, OBVIOUSLY, FROM ALL 50 STATES, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE US TERRITORIES, CANADA AND MEXICO, BOTH DAYLIGHT AND DARKNESS, THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO READ LICENSE PLATES. 
          IT SPEEDS UP TO A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR, AND THE RANGE OF THE CAMERA HAS TO MEET AT LEAST 15 FEET TO A HUNDRED FEET DISTANCE FROM THE CAMERA. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A, A SPECIFICATION THAT THE ACCURACY OF THE LICENSE PLATE READS MUST MEET OR EXCEED 95% IN OUR USUAL FIELD INSTALLS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          I WANNA GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF VERY RECENT SUCCESS STORIES. 
          UH, THIS ONE IS FROM JUNE OF 22, WHERE OUR CLEARLIGHT CST OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO, UH, LOCATE A, A WANTED MURDER SUSPECT, UH, THROUGH 
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AN A OPR HIT ON A, ON A HOT LIST THAT WE HAD CREATED. 
          UH, THIS WAS NEAR THE PORT OF HOUSTON. 
          ALERT CAME IN, WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THE VEHICLE WITH UNDERCOVER SURVEILLANCE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT IT WAS OCCUPIED BY, UH, THE SUSPECT'S WIFE. 
          AFTER ROLLING SURVEILLANCE, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, MEET THE WIFE AT A GAS STATION OF PEARL LAND, WHERE SHE MET WITH THE SUSPECT AND THE OFFICER WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SIMILARLY, ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN IN, UH, THE 1ST OF JULY, UH, WE LOCATED TWO SEPARATE STOLEN VEHICLES THAT WERE PARKED IN PARKING LOTS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER THOSE. 
          AND THEN ON JULY 8TH, WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER A, A, A ROLLING STOLEN VEHICLE AFTER AN A LPR HIT. 
          AND AFTER THE OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO VERIFY THAT THAT INDEED WAS A STOLEN VEHICLE, THEY WERE ABLE TO APPREHEND THE SUSPECT AND CHARGE HIM WITH UNLAWFUL USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UH, AND THIS IS RECENT, UH, JUNE, UH, JULY 11TH, EXCUSE ME. 
          UH, WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER ANOTHER STOLEN VEHICLE AND ARREST A FELONY SUSPECT, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, UH, WE LOCATED A MISSING FEMALE JUVENILE WHO WAS POSSIBLY TRAFFICKED, AND WE WERE ABLE TO RETURN HER TO A FAMILY. 
          SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT OUTCOME USING THIS TECHNOLOGY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, FOR THE PROPOSED COST, UH, RIGHT NOW THE CAMERAS ARE GONNA BE LEASED FOR $2,500 EACH. 
          ANNUALLY, WE DO PAY AN INSTALLATION CHARGE OF $250 EACH, AND FLOCK TECHNICIANS DO THE INSTALL. 
          THE CAMERAS CAN BE MOVED AS NEEDED. 
          AND AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY'RE SOLAR POWERED WITH AN OPTION FOR, UH, AC POWER IF WE NEED IT. 
          UH, THE FLOCK INSTALLATION INCLUDES A POLE AND CLAMPS AND ALL THE OTHER HARDWARE WE NEED. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING OUT A, AN INSTALLATION SCHEDULE, UH, THAT'LL BE COMMITTED TO LATER. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS IS, UH, AN INDICATION OF THE PROCUREMENT PARTICIPATION THAT WE HAVE. 
          UH, AS OF THIS DATE, UH, ABOUT 318 CAMERAS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME ARE BEING, UM, PURCHASED BY OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER. 
          BUT THEN THERE ARE THREE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING. 
          HPD, UH, A RA AND HPW ARE ALSO PROCURING CAMERAS ON THIS CONTRACT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, THE NEXT STEP, AS I MENTIONED, IS WE, WE PLAN TO BRING THIS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON THE AUGUST 17TH DATE, IF POSSIBLE, FOR A DECISION. 
          AND WE'LL PAUSE THERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, MR. BELL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND I DO THINK WE SEE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH CHAIR CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          UM, CHIEF, QUICK QUESTION. 
          I KNOW YOU, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, UM, THIS IS FOCUSED ON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE PURCHASING CAMERAS, UM, IN SPECIFIC DISTRICTS, BUT THAT IS NOT, AS WE KNOW, AND AS I THINK THE FIRST PICTURE INDICATED, UM, THE EXTENT OF CAMERAS, FOR EXAMPLE, MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, OTHER AREAS, UM, AND BUSINESS PARTNERS, ET CETERA, ARE PARTNERING IN THESE EFFORTS. 
          SO, JUST BECAUSE ONE DISTRICT MAY HAVE FEWER CAMERAS BEING PURCHASED OR NONE, DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE ARE NO CAMERAS IN THAT DISTRICT. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          UH, ONE THING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE IS THE NUMBER OF PARTNERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US ALREADY. 
          WE, WE ALWAYS STATE THAT WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE. 
          UH, IT REQUIRES PARTNERSHIPS AND TEAMWORK AND COOPERATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE STEPPED UP, UH, PUBLIC WORKS HAS STEPPED UP. 
          UH, AND THEN THIS ALSO ALLOWS US TO TIE INTO A MUCH LARGER NETWORK OF CAMERAS THAT ARE OWNED OR LEASED BY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AS WELL AS PRIVATE ENTITIES. 
          UH, SOME OF THE BIG ONES, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE MEMORIAL CITY MALL. 
          ALL OF THEIR, UH, ENTRANCE AND EXIT POINTS ARE COVERED BY LPR CAMERAS. 
          UH, THE GALLERIA, SAME THING. 
          UH, AND IT WAS DONE BY THE, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER IN RESPONSE TO CRIME THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS AFFECTING THEIR PATRONS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE UTILIZING THE BUSINESSES IN THERE ON THEIR PROPERTY. 
          AND SO THEY CONTRACTED WITH FLOCK, AND THEY PUT THE CAMERAS UP, AND THEN THAT DATA IS SHARED WITH US. 
          SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, USE THE ARIA AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          IF SOMEONE WERE TO GET ROBBED IN THE PARKING LOT AND HAVE A DESCRIPTION OF THAT VEHICLE, THE FLOCK CAMERAS AT THE ENTRANCES AND EXITS TO THOSE PARKING LOTS AND PARKING STRUCTURES, WOULD PROBABLY CAPTURE THAT VEHICLE LEAVING THE LOCATION AND GIVE US SOME LEADS AS TO POSSIBLY WHO WE WOULD NEED TO CATCH TO PROSECUTE THAT CRIME. 
          UH, SO THAT, YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THAT JUST, EVEN IF A DISTRICT SHOWS NONE, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE CAMERAS IN THAT AREA. 
          THEY MAY BE PRIVATELY PURCHASED, AND THEY MAY ALREADY BE RELATIVELY SATURATED, WHO KNOWS? GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND AGAIN, I, I'D LIKE TO REFER THE PUBLIC BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE PRESENTATIONS ON THE POLICY BEST PRACTICES, 
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UM, SURROUNDING THE USE OF THE CAMERAS. 
          UH, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW AS WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING THAT TODAY. 
          IT'S NOT GERMANE TO WHAT, UM, IS ON THE AGENDA. 
          BUT AGAIN, CHIEF, THANK YOU, AND, UH, CHAIR, I'LL, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, CHAIR CAYMAN. 
          UH, NEXT IS A QUESTION FROM STAFF, FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN'S OFFICE. 
          JAMES, THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 
          AND, UH, TO CHAIR CAYMAN'S POINT ABOUT, UH, PARTNERS. 
          UH, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD, UH, IS THERE ANY GUIDANCE OR ARE THERE PLANS FOR ANY GUIDANCE FOR, UM, HOAS, UM, UH, THAT MAY WANT TO INSTALL THESE TYPES OF, UH, A LPR CAMERAS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES? THERE ARE, THERE ARE ACTUALLY HOAS THAT ALREADY HAVE THEM. 
          UH, THEY, THEY FALL UNDER THAT PRIVATE, UH, PRIVATELY CONTRACTED CAMERA LIST WHEN, UH, AND DIRECTOR BELL'S PRESENTATION ON THAT MAP. 
          UH, A LOT OF THOSE PRIVATE, UH, ENTITY CAMERAS ARE NOT JUST BUSINESSES. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, SOME OF THEM ARE HOAS THAT HAVE CHOSEN TO COVER, UH, THE LOCATIONS, UH, ENTRANCES AND EXITS TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO THEIR AREA. 
          SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE THE NAVY BLUE CAMERAS, THE DARK CAMERAS ON THE MAP THAT'S NOW SHOWING ON THE SCREEN ARE ALL PRIVATE ENTITIES, UH, SOME OF WHICH ARE HOAS. 
          UH, SO HOAS, UH, AND IT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T, AS A DEPARTMENT TO THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, PROMOTE A PARTICULAR PRODUCT, PROMOTE A PARTICULAR VENDOR, UH, BUT HOAS ARE FREE TO REACH OUT TO FLOCK AND CONTRACT WITH THEM OR THE VENDOR OF THEIR CHOICE. 
          UH, AND MANY HAVE DONE SO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU WOULD, SHOULD SUGGEST THAT THEY JUST REACH OUT TO FLOCK DIRECTLY? YES. 
          IF THEY WANNA DO THAT, THEY'RE, WHAT THEY WILL DO IS THEY'LL CONTRACT DIRECTLY TO, TO THE VENDOR. 
          AND THEN THE, THE DATA ON THE BACK END IS WHAT IS SHARED WITH US. 
          THE CAMERAS ARE NOT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, EV EVEN FOR THE CITY INSTALLATIONS, THESE CAMERAS ARE LEASED. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO OWN THEM. 
          UH, THE DATA IS, IS WHAT BENEFITS US. 
          WE GET, UH, IT, JUST TO GO A LITTLE BIT INTO THE WEEDS OF WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY BEFORE, UH, THE DATA IS RUN THE, THESE READS THAT THESE CAMERAS DO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL IMAGES THAT THE CAMERA CAPTURES THE LICENSE PLATES. 
          THEY RECOGNIZE IT, AND THEY CHECK IT AGAINST NATIONAL, UH, FEDERAL DATABASES, THE NCIC SYSTEM FOR STOLEN AND WANTED VEHICLES. 
          UH, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, AS DIRECTOR BELL MENTIONED ON THAT ONE MURDER SUSPECT, WE CAN CREATE WHAT'S CALLED A CUSTOM HOT LIST, WHERE, UH, THE EXAMPLE I KEEP USING, AND IT ACTUALLY HELD TRUE IN THAT ONE CLEAR LAKE EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE A MURDER AND A SPECIFIC VEHICLE IS SEEN LEAVING THE SCENE, SAY A DRIVE BY SHOOTING AND SOMEONE GETS A LICENSE PLATE NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE, WE CAN PUT THAT INFORMATION IN TO A CUSTOM HOT LIST, WHICH THEN, IF THAT VEHICLE IS SEEN BY ONE OF THESE CAMERAS, IT WILL ALERT US. 
          AND, UH, IT HAS ALREADY COME IN AND ALLOWED US TO CATCH SEVERAL VIOLENT CRIMINALS THAT WAY. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY, WE CAN THEN TAKE THAT LICENSE PLATE AND RUN IT AGAINST FLOCKS DATABASE, WHICH WE DON'T OWN. 
          THEY OWN IT, AND WE RUN OUR, OUR INFORMATION AGAINST IT, AND IT LETS US KNOW THAT, HEY, YES, THAT VEHICLE WAS SEEN HERE, HERE, AND HERE ON THESE TIMES. 
          AND IT GIVES US, UH, LEADS TO GO ABOUT TRYING TO, UH, GET THAT VIOLENT INDIVIDUAL OFF THE STREETS BEFORE THEY VICTIMIZE SOMEONE ELSE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, DAVE MARTIN. 
          UH, HIS, HIS STAFF HAS BEEN HERE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. 
          I'VE FAILED TO NOTE. 
          BUT, UH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR US. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MR. CHAIR AND, AND THANK YOU CHIEF MARTIN AND DIRECTOR, UH, DIRECTOR BELL. 
          YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICE HAS PURCHASED SIX OF THESE CAMERAS ON SATURDAY NIGHT. 
          WE HAD 24 BREAK-INS ON KINGWOOD DRIVE, REALLY BASICALLY ONE OF TWO STREETS IN AND OUT OF KINGWOOD. 
          SO AS WE PURCHASED THESE, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW FLOCK CAMERAS WOULD'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE THAT NIGHT OR COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY AS WE GO THROUGH THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS AND THE PICTURES THAT I SAW, THE CARS HAD ZERO LICENSE PLATES ON 'EM. 
          SO THEY WERE DOING THIS AT NIGHT, 24 BREAK-INS, WHICH IS OBSCENE. 
          YES. 
          AND, UH, AT THE SAME POINT, THEY HAD NO LICENSE PLATE FOR TRACKABILITY. 
          WHAT WE HAVE IS, IF SOMEONE ON THOSE, ON THOSE BREAK-INS WAS TO GET A DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE, UH, ONE OF THE OTHER SELLING POINTS OF THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR WAS THAT THIS SYSTEM CAN ACTUALLY SEARCH FOR A VEHICLE BASED ON A DESCRIPTION AND BASED ON, UH, SPECIAL FEATURES. 
          SUPPOSE I'M GONNA USE JUST A PICKUP TRUCK EXAMPLE THAT HAS A ROOF RACK AND SEVERAL BUMPER STICKERS ON THE BACK. 
          WE CAN SEARCH BASED ON THOSE CRITERIA, AND THE SYSTEM COULD RETURN IMAGES GOING, YOU KNOW, IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, RED PICKUP TRUCK WITH TWO BUMPER STICKERS AND A ROOF RACK? AND IF THE SYSTEM RECOGNIZES THAT, IT COULD ALLOW US TO SEE THAT EVEN IF THE, EVEN IF THE LICENSE PLATE HAS BEEN REMOVED, OR, UH, IF IT'S A FRAUDULENT PAPER PLATE. 
          UH, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE A HUGE ISSUE WITH RIGHT NOW IS FRAUDULENT 
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PAPER PLATES. 
          AND SO THAT WAS A HUGE BENEFIT TO US TO BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY LOCATE A VEHICLE BY A DETAILED DESCRIPTION AS OPPOSED TO JUST A LICENSE PLATE. 
          UH, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS VENDOR'S DATABASE ALLOWS. 
          UH, SO IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE, IF WE HAD A GOOD VEHICLE DESCRIPTION AND THERE WAS CAM AND THERE WERE CAMERAS IN THAT AREA THAT WERE INSTALLED, WE COULD RUN THAT DESCRIPTION AGAINST THOSE CAMERAS. 
          SEE IF WE GET AN IMAGE OF THAT VEHICLE AND PERHAPS THERE IS A FRONT LICENSE PLATE, OR WE CAN GET ENOUGH, WE CAN GET A STILL IMAGE OF THAT VEHICLE THAT WE COULD THEN CAPTURE AND DISTRIBUTE TO OFFICERS IN THE AREA SO THEY WOULD KNOW THE VEHICLE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THAT COMMITTED THOSE CRIMES. 
          BECAUSE AS, AS YOU POINTED OUT, UH, THE NUMBER OF CAR BREAK-INS AND BREAK-INS IN, IN THE CITY IS, IS ALMOST OBSCENE. 
          UH, THAT'S A, A HUGE HIGH VOLUME CRIME THAT WE SEE, UH, THROUGH THROUGHOUT OUR CITY ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THESE WERE BUSINESSES BREAK-INS, THESE WERE NOT, THOSE ARE BUSINESS BREAK. 
          THESE WERE 24 BUSINESSES. 
          SO A FOLLOW UP TO THAT. 
          SO AS THESE THUGS ARE GOING DOWN THE STREET, BREAKING IN ONE AFTER ANOTHER, AFTER ANOTHER, HOW DO WE MONITOR THOSE SO THAT WE CAN GET, LIKE, AFTER THEY DO THE FIRST ONE, THE SECOND ONE, THIRD ONE, IS THERE SOMEONE MONITORING IT THAT CAN SEND A SIGNAL OR CALL TO THE KINGWOOD SUBSTATION AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, IS THAT THE ABILITY TO DETER? THIS IS AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM THAT, THAT JUST PASSIVELY SITS THERE AND RECORDS AND READ IMAGES OF LICENSE PLATES. 
          WHAT WE WOULD NEED WOULD BE THE PATROLMAN THAT WAS TO RESPOND TO SAY MAYBE THE FIRST ONE, MAYBE THAT FIRST ONE HAD AN ALARM SYSTEM OR SOMETHING, AND WE RESPOND AND, AND ARE ABLE TO GET AN IMAGE OF A VEHICLE THAT PATROLMAN COULD IMMEDIATELY THEN GO TO THE SYSTEM AND RUN THAT DESCRIPTION AND SEE IF THAT VEHICLE HAS BEEN SEEN ON ANY OF THESE CAMERAS AND COULD POTENTIALLY INTERVENE THEN TO BREAK THIS CYCLE OF THE 24 BUSINESSES THAT THEY HIT. 
          UH, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS, UH, UH, ONE PERSON IN AN ORGANIZED WAY GOING SYSTEMATICALLY THROUGH THERE, UH, KNOWING THAT THEY COULD PROBABLY GO FROM BUSINESS TO BUSINESS TO BUSINESS AND NOT BE DETECTED. 
          UH, THIS MAY NOT HELP US PREVENT IT UPFRONT, BUT IT COULD SERIOUSLY ASSIST US IN, UH, DETERMINING WHO THAT PERSON IS AND POTENTIALLY PROSECUTING THOSE CRIMES. 
          'CAUSE QUITE OFTEN WITH BREAK-INS AND BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES, QUITE OFTEN WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE. 
          UH, SO THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE A PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT WE OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE AND, AND COULD ASSIST US IN THOSE PROSECUTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          AND, UM, UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, I BELIEVE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM CHAIR CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, VERY QUICKLY, UH, CHIEF, I KNOW THAT THE NEXT ACTION IS, UH, TO HOPEFULLY BRING THIS BEFORE COUNCIL. 
          DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON THAT? THE, THE GOAL RIGHT NOW, UH, AND WE JUST HAD A SEC, ANOTHER CONTRACT REVIEW IN RESPO FROM FLOCK'S RESPONSE TO OUR ORIGINAL CONTRACT PROPOSAL. 
          UH, THE GOAL IS TO BRING IT BEFORE COUNCIL ON THE 17TH OF AUGUST. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          AND FRIENDLY REMINDER ABOUT SOME OF MY OUT OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS ON THE, UM, INFORMATION AND DATA SHARING RELATED TO OUR CON CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS. 
          I HAVE THAT ON MY LIST RIGHT HERE. 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CHECK OFF YET. 
          'CAUSE SOME OF MY PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN OUT, BUT I WILL, I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU. 
          THANKS AGAIN, CHAIR CAYMAN. 
          UH, WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION FROM, UH, THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR PRO TEM THIS TIME FROM HIS CHIEF OF STAFF. 
          JESSICA, GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, UM, IN THE SAME VEIN AS YOUR QUESTIONS REGARDING, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW THINGS ARE GONNA BE STORED AND IT RELATED TYPE THINGS, UM, CHIEF, ARE YOU ALL LOOKING INTO HOW MANY HOURS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT OFFICERS MIGHT NEED? UM, IN ANSWERING MAYOR PROTON'S QUESTION, YOU DID STATE THAT THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A PATROL OFFICER THAT WOULD BE MONITORING THE FOOTAGE AS IT CAME ACROSS IT. 
          IT'S NOT ACTUALLY, UH, A VIDEO CAMERA PER SE. 
          SO IT'S NOT FOOTAGE THAT SOMEONE MONITORS. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIVACY, UH, CONTROLS OF THIS SYSTEM. 
          SO THAT TO KEEP US FROM, UH, UH, REALLY GETTING INVOLVED IN, IN TOO MUCH TRACKING OF PEOPLE ACT ACTIVITIES. 
          WE RUN LICENSE PLATES AND VEHICLE DESCRIPTIONS AGAINST THE SYSTEM AND GET BACK HITS OF WHERE THOSE VEHICLES WERE SEEN ON THESE CAMERAS. 
          WE GET STILL IMAGES. 
          UH, IT'S QUITE OFTEN BEING USED AFTER THE FACT IN THE INVESTIGATIVE PORTION OF A, OF TRYING TO ADDRESS CRIME. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY, IT, IT DOES GIVE US ALERTS IN REAL TIME WHEN A VEHICLE THAT WE HAVE PLACED IN THE SYSTEM IS WANTED, OR A STOLEN VEHICLE PASSES ONE OF THESE CAMERAS, WE DO GET ALERTS IN REAL TIME FOR OFFICERS THAT ARE LOCKED INTO THE SYSTEM. 
          THE TRAINING ASPECT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS THAT I HAVE AN OFFICER AND A SERGEANT RIGHT NOW, A TWO PERSON UNIT WHO HAVE BEEN DOING OUR TRAINING. 
          THEY CAN GO TO ROLL CALL AT A PATROL STATION CONDUCT TRAINING, AND EVERYBODY IN THAT ROLL CALL WILL THEN KNOW HOW TO USE THE SYSTEM AND IT'S WEB-BASED. 
          SO THEY THEN GENERATE A USERNAME, UH, FOR THAT OFFICER TO, TO BE ABLE TO GET THE ALERTS FROM THE SYSTEM, AND THEY GO TO THAT WEB SYSTEM EITHER ON THEIR MOBILE DEVICE OR ON THEIR CAR COMPUTER, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO LOCK IN AND GET THE ALERTS. 
          SO THAT IS, THAT IS 
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HOW WE, WE RUN THE TRAINING ON THIS RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S REALLY A VERY SIMPLE SYSTEM. 
          IF YOU CAN BROWSE THE WEB, YOU CAN USE IT. 
          UM, BUT THERE'S NOT A MONITORING SITUATION. 
          THIS ISN'T A, A VIDEO CAMERA SYSTEM THAT WE, WE HAVE SOMEBODY SITTING IN MONITORING, UH, A, WE DON'T HAVE THE MAN HOURS TO DO THAT LEVEL OF MONITORING FOR VIDEO CAMERAS AND, AND B, THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE SYSTEM'S DESIGNED TO WORK. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THAT WAS EXACTLY MY CONCERN. 
          SO I'M GLAD THAT THAT'S NOT HOW THE SYSTEM IS BEING UTILIZED. 
          UM, ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION. 
          UM, IS THERE INSURANCE ON THE INDIVIDUAL CAMERA, UM, STANDS AND POLES AND EVERYTHING JUST IN CASE THERE'S AN INSTANCE OF DAMAGE IN A CAR ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR VANDALISM? HOW ARE THOSE INSTANCES GOING TO BE HANDLED? THAT IS ACTUALLY, AND I, I CAN'T QUOTE YOU WHAT THE VERBIAGE IS ON IT RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH THE VENDOR RIGHT NOW, IS WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT CAMERAS ARE VANDALIZED, DAMAGED, OTHERWISE DESTROYED, UH, HOW QUICKLY DO THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THEM BECAUSE THE VENDOR OWNS THE CAMERA AT THAT POINT. 
          UH, SO PART OF THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE GETS INTO RESPONSIBILITY. 
          UH, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPLACEMENT, UH, AND SINCE THEY'RE A LEASED CAMERA, THERE'LL BE A FIXED COST. 
          IF, IF IT'S A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY, THERE'LL BE A FIXED COST. 
          IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL, THEN THE VENDOR, THERE'S A PARTICULAR CRITERIA AND TIMELINE UPON WHICH THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THAT CAMERA ONCE IT'S DETERMINED THAT IT'S DOWN. 
          UH, SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WHEN THAT IS PRESENTED, UH, THAT WILL BE IN THE CONTRACT ENUMERATED AS TO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE AND HOW THAT IS, HOW THAT IS DONE. 
          THANKS, CHIEF, SIR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF. 
          AND I BELIEVE WITH THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF IN THE QUEUE. 
          SO AGAIN, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, UM, CHIEF BELL AND ALSO ASSISTANT CHIEF MARTIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK THAT'S GREAT AND INFORMATIVE. 
          AND AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN HAS REFERRED FOLKS BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY WEBSITE FOR THE PREVIOUS INFORMATION THAT DOVETAILS NICELY WITH TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 
          SO THANKS AGAIN, GENTLEMEN. 
          AND WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY, WHICH WILL BE SHARED, UH, WITH THE CHIEF AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MS. LISA KENT, AND THAT'S WITH PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING SERVICES. 
          WELCOME DIRECTOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          HOW ABOUT NOW? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SO, AS CHAIR ROBINSON MENTIONED, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, PROFESSIONAL IT CONSULTING SERVICES. 
          SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          I'LL GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO CATCH UP. 
          WE'RE GONNA GO TO SLIDE TWO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS PROPOSED COUNCIL ACTION WILL BE TO APPROVE AN AMENDING ORDINANCE TO INCREASE THE COMBINED MAXIMUM SPENDING AUTHORITY BY $6.9 MILLION. 
          AND THAT WILL BE ACROSS THREE DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS. 
          THEY'RE LISTED THERE AT THE TOP. 
          THE VENDOR NAMES ARE BURNS ENGINEERING, JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP, AND GCR, WHICH IS DOING BUSINESS AS CIVICS. 
          SO THESE THREE CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED BY THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM IN 2020 AS THE RESULT OF A FORMAL SOLICITATION PROCESS. 
          THE PRIMARY SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED ON THESE AGREEMENTS ARE TASK ORDER BASED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AND THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES ARE LISTED THERE. 
          IT'S THINGS LIKE TECHNOLOGY PLANNING, UM, AND STUDIES, APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AND HOSTING DESIGN SERVICES PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY SERVICES. 
          AND SO THIS COUNCIL REQUEST WILL INCREASE THE HAS SPENDING AUTHORITY ACROSS THESE THREE VENDOR AGREEMENTS, AS WELL AS ADDING NEW SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR THE HOUSTON IT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          THE SPENDING AUTHORITY IS SUMMARIZED THERE, WHERE IT SHOWS THE ORIGINAL COMBINED AUTHORIZED AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL ORIGINALLY WAS $10.5 MILLION, AND THAT WAS EXCLUSIVELY FOR HAS. 
          THIS PROPOSED INCREASE IS THE $6.9 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES FUNDING FOR BOTH HAS AND HITS. 
          SO THAT BRINGS THE REVISED TOTAL PROPOSED SPENDING AUTHORITY, 17.4 MILLION ACROSS BOTH DEPARTMENTS. 
          THE TERM REMAINS THREE YEARS PLUS TWO OPTION YEARS. 
          WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE TERM OF THESE AGREEMENTS. 
          AND THE MWBE PERCENTAGE, UH, WAS ORIGINALLY 24% BASED ON, UM, WORK TO DATE SO FAR. 
          THE BURNS CONTRACT IS LISTED AT 51.6% PARTICIPATION, THAT'S 21.6% ABOVE THE GOAL. 
          CIVICS IS AT 42.3%, SO 18.3% ABOVE THE GOAL. 
          AND JACOBS, THE FIRST TASK ORDER IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. 
          SO SINCE THAT WORK IS NOT YET COMPLETED, WE HAVE NOT GOT MWE STATISTICS REPORTED YET. 
          SO NEXT SLIDE. 
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SO FIRST WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM USES THESE AGREEMENTS. 
          THEIR CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER IS DARYL DANIEL. 
          HE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT HE AND I HAVE BOTH COORDINATED CLOSELY ON THESE AGREEMENTS. 
          AND SO I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE THE POINTS THAT HE BUILT INTO OUR JOINT PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          UM, TO RECAP, THESE TWO ARE SCREENSHOTS FROM THEIR ORIGINAL TTI PRESENTATION BACK IN MARCH OF 2020, AND IT IDENTIFIED THE SELECTION CRITERIA AS WELL AS THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD USE THESE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR. 
          AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, AT THAT TIME, HOBBY AIRPORT WAS STILL A FOUR STAR SKYRAS RATED AIRPORT. 
          AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY THAT RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE, UM, PROJECTS THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON, WERE GEARED TOWARDS RAISING THAT BAR ON THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE. 
          AND MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS DID CONTRIBUTE TO HAS ACHIEVING THAT FIVE STAR RATING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO AS YOU SAW FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE WORK THAT HAS PUT IN AT HOBBY BORE FRUIT, AND THEY ACHIEVED THAT FIVE STAR RATING, AND NOW THEY ARE LOOKING TO MAINTAIN IT. 
          UM, THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. 
          I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE CELEBRATED THIS MULTIPLE TIMES ALREADY, BUT ACHIEVING THAT FIVE STAR RATING, THEY'RE ONE OF ONLY 20 AIRPORTS IN THE WORLD TO DO SO. 
          THEY'RE ALSO THE ONLY CITY IN NORTH AMERICA TO HAVE TWO AIRPORTS RATED STAR, UH, FOUR STAR OR HIGHER. 
          AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF, AND THEY ARE VERY FOCUSED ON CONTINUING TO RAISE THAT BAR FOR IH. 
          SO GOING FORWARD, HAS IS CONTINUING THAT JOURNEY. 
          UM, IH WILL BE A MUCH HEAVIER LIFT FOR THEM. 
          IT'S A MUCH LARGER AND MORE COMPLEX AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON TO HELP THEM IS BUILDING REAL TIME ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS AND SCORING SYSTEMS, UH, THAT MONITOR THAT PASSENGER JOURNEY. 
          AND THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE. 
          SKYTRAX USES 29 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES TO MEASURE THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE, AND SOME OF THEM ARE EXTREMELY TECHNOLOGY INTENSIVE, BUT ALL OF THOSE CATEGORIES REQUIRE SOME FLAVOR OF TECHNOLOGY. 
          THEY USE CAMERAS SO MUCH LIKE YOU JUST HEARD HPD TALKING ABOUT USING FLOCKS. 
          HAS USES CAMERAS FOR A NUMBER OF PURPOSES. 
          UM, THEY ALSO USE BLUETOOTH SENSORS AND A NUMBER OF OTHER SYSTEMS AND DATA INPUTS TO CREATE THESE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, UM, REAL-TIME ASSESSMENT DASHBOARDS. 
          SO HAS TECHNOLOGY HAS PLAYED A BIG PART IN HELPING THEM HAVE THE DATA AND THE SYSTEMS, UM, AND THE FUNCTIONALITY TO ACHIEVE THESE HIGH RATINGS. 
          FROM A PASSENGER EXPERIENCE STANDPOINT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS CHART IS THAT HAS HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME BUILDING REAL TIME ANALYTICS TO MONITOR TRAFFIC FLOW. 
          UM, THESE ARE, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE THAT I'M SURE YOU CAN ALL RELATE TO. 
          UH, YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED THE TRAFFIC SITUATION DUE TO CONSTRUCTION AT IAH. 
          AND SO AS HAS IS MONITORING THESE THINGS, THEY HAVE, UM, EIGHT DIFFERENT ROADWAY SEGMENTS THAT THEY ARE COLLECTING DATA ON AND SCORING. 
          AND SO THE IMAGES THEY HAVE SHOWN THERE, THE RED AND GREEN BLOCKS, THESE ARE EXAMPLES. 
          UM, THIS PROJECT IS IN THE CONCEPT STAGE OF THE PROJECT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING TO CAPTURE REALTIME DATA AND BUILD A SCORING SYSTEM SO THAT ADAM MOMENTS NOTICE AIRPORT MANAGEMENT CAN, UH, BOTH SEE AN OVERALL SCORE AND CAN DRILL DOWN INTO THAT TO DISCERN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH EACH PART OF THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE. 
          SO IN THEIR EXAMPLE, THAT FIRST BOX IS THE ENTIRE IEH AIRPORT SCORE. 
          UH, THE BOX TO THE RIGHT IS SHOWING AS AN EXAMPLE, TERMINAL A, WHICH YOU CAN SEE AS A HIGHER SCORE. 
          IT'S GREEN, UM, TO VISUALLY INDICATE IT'S IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE EXAMPLE TO THE FAR RIGHT IS TERMINAL B. 
          AND YOU SEE IT'S RED, THE SCORE IS MUCH LOWER. 
          THE INTENT FOR THIS DASHBOARD IS THAT AIRPORT MANAGEMENT CAN DRILL DOWN AND BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT DO THEY NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON TO IMPROVE THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS. 
          SO THIS IS A ROADWAY EXAMPLE. 
          THEY ALSO HAVE IN THOSE BULLET POINTS, UH, THE OTHER PASSENGER JOURNEY ELEMENTS. 
          AND THE INTENT FOR THESE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS IS TO USE THESE TO GATHER DATA ABOUT THESE PARTS OF THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA HELP 'EM GET TO THEIR FIVE STAR RATING FOR IEH AS WELL. 
          AND SO THE FINAL BULLET POINT THEY HAVE HERE IS THAT THESE AGREEMENTS WOULD ALSO BE USED TO HELP THEM REALIGN AND SUPPORT THEIR FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, PARTICULARLY FOR POST PANDEMIC ENHANCEMENTS. 
          SO LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR HOUSTON IT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, THIS PRESENTATION 
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IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF CITY DEPARTMENTS WORKING TOGETHER, UH, WHERE WE IDENTIFY THAT WE HAVE COMMON NEEDS AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHARE CONTRACTS AND LEVERAGE, UH, WORK AND, UM, OUTPUTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE BY ONE APARTMENT AND CAN BE SHARED AMONG OTHERS. 
          SO IN THIS CASE, HAS INITIATED THE SOLICITATION AND CONTRACTS SOLELY FOR THE USE OF THE AIRPORTS, BUT AS, UM, NEEDS AROSE WHERE HITS NEEDS TO GET INTO THE SURVEILLANCE BUSINESS FOR SOME OF THE CAMERA SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS THAT DEPARTMENTS ARE NEEDING, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO THEN LEVERAGE THESE AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH A SOLICITATION PROCESS. 
          AND SO, AS I MENTIONED, MY NEEDS ARE LARGELY IN THE CAMERA AND SURVEILLANCE RELATED SPACE. 
          UM, THIS INCLUDES THAT FIRST BULLET IS AN INITIATIVE THAT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY ALREADY AUTHORIZED THE APPROPRIATION OF THE CAPITAL DOLLARS FOR, UM, ESTABLISHING CITYWIDE CAMERA STANDARDS, GOVERNANCE AND, UM, INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN CAMERA SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE AT GSD, PUBLIC WORKS, HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM. 
          SO WHAT THIS COUNCIL ACTION IS DOING IN THAT PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, YOU'VE GIVEN ME PERMISSION TO APPROPRIATE THE FUNDING. 
          I NEED THE CONTRACTUAL VEHICLE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT FUNDING AND COMMISSION THE WORK BY CREATING THIS SPENDING AUTHORITY BUCKET ON THESE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. 
          YOU'RE ENABLING ME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE. 
          UM, WE WILL ALSO BE USING THIS FUNDING, UM, FROM HITS FOR CAMERA USE CASES SUCH AS DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS AND, UM, SUPPORTING THE CITY'S ILLEGAL DUMPING, UH, RESOLUTIONS. 
          OKAY? AND SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE I'LL USE THOSE FOR THAT KIND OF CAMERA. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, WE ALSO HAVE HITS HAS TRANSITIONED TO NOW MANAGING THE CITYWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
          THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY MANAGED BY CHIEF UNI'S ORGANIZATION UNDER THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S DHS, UM, SECTION. 
          AND, UH, BY TAKING OVER THAT CENTRAL VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO INTERFACE CAMERA FEEDS THAT STILL REMAIN SYSTEMS THAT ARE MANAGED BY VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO SHARE THOSE CAMERA VIEWS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES SO IT ELIMINATES DUPLICATION. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE WAYS THAT HITS WILL USE THESE CONTRACTS IS TO ASSESS AND REDESIGN VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT ROOMS. SO YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE IN BUDGET PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE, UH, IT COMMUNICATIONS ROOMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN OVER 600 DIFFERENT CITY OF HOUSTON FACILITIES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SPENDING AUTHORITY THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR. 
          THIS CHART SUMMARIZES THE DEPARTMENTS AND SPENDING OR FUNDING SOURCES. 
          DOWN THAT LEFT HAND COLUMN OF THE PAGE, ACROSS THE TOP, YOU SEE THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND SO FOR FISCAL YEARS 20 AND 21 AND NEARLY ALL OF 22, THAT IS HAS MONEY THAT HAS BEEN, UM, SPENT UNDER YOUR ORIGINAL SPENDING AUTHORITY APPROVAL. 
          WHAT IS DEPICTED FOR FY 23, 24 AND 25 ARE THE FORECASTED SPENDING AUTHORITY THAT IS NEEDED FOR BOTH HAS AND HITS. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, WE'VE SUMMARIZED THIS TABLE SHOWING THE ORIGINAL $10.5 MILLION APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. 
          YOU ADD THAT 6.9 OF ADDITIONAL SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR BOTH HAS AND HITS, AND THAT COMES TO THE COMBINED TOTAL OF 17.4. 
          AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. 
          I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIRECTOR. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE QUEUE, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER ED POLLARD, WHO HAS JOINED US, UH, TODAY IN THE CHAMBER. 
          AND, AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, JUST TO DIFFERENTIATE AND FOR A POINT OF CLARITY HERE, DIRECTOR, I, I, HAVING JUST SPENT SOME TIME WITH OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA MM-HMM . 
          WITH HPD, TALKING ABOUT THE FLOCK CAMERAS. 
          UH, I WANT YOU TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM THAT ITEM, IF YOU HAVE CARE TO CLARIFY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC. 
          YEAH, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 
          SO DEPARTMENTS USE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAMERA SYSTEMS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES. 
          AND WHAT HPD WAS PRESENTING ON WITH FLOCK WAS LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION. 
          UM, THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY INTENDED TO BE INTERFACED TO ANY OTHER SYSTEM. 
          IT'S ALREADY CLOUD HOSTED, AND IT'S USED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR VERY SPECIFIC INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES. 
          WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE REFERENCE A CITYWIDE VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, THESE ARE WHERE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO USE CAMERA FEEDS FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES. 
          SO A VERY SIMPLE EXAMPLE MIGHT BE, UM, WE MAY MONITOR 
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A CERTAIN AREA, SAY AN OUTDOOR SPACE, UH, FOR HOMELAND SECURITY PURPOSES, WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE CROWDS GATHER, BUT WE ALSO MIGHT USE A CAMERA IN A PARTICULAR LOCATION FOR MONITORING, UM, SAFETY CONDITIONS SUCH AS YOU MAY USE A CAMERA FRONT THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS IN PLACE FOR BOTH MONITORING A LIFT STATION, BUT ALSO PERHAPS MONITORING A WATER LEVEL ON A NEARBY STREET. 
          UM, SO THESE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE CAMERA FEEDS, PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE ARE MULTI-DEPARTMENT NEEDS. 
          ILLEGAL DUMPING IS A GREAT EXAMPLE WHERE BOTH SOLID WASTE AND DAWN AND HPD AND PUBLIC WORKS, THEY ALL GET INVOLVED IN THESE SCENARIOS. 
          AND SO, UM, CENTRALIZED VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS JUST ALLOW US TO LEVERAGE A FEED THAT WAS INSTALLED FOR ONE PURPOSE, BUT IT MAY BE APPLICABLE IN OTHER AREAS. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT. 
          AND UH, I KNOW WITH OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT RESILIENT, RESILIENT HOUSTON, SOME OF THOSE GOALS AND SOME OF THE CAMERAS, AS YOU'VE MENTIONED WITH ILLEGAL DUMP DUMPING OR WHETHER IT'S SAFETY ON OUR ROADWAYS WITH OUR TURNAROUND DON'T DROWN PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THOSE ARE GONNA BE SOME WAYS IN WHICH THE CAMERAS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. 
          SO, LAST, BEFORE WE GET TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE IN THE QUEUE, UH, YOU DID MENTION THAT CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER DARRELL DANIEL, HELPED BRIEF FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          HE IS THAT EXPERT WHO IS WORKING, UH, ON THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE AIRPORT AND HOW SOME OF THESE CAMERAS CAN IMPROVE OUR SYSTEM WITHIN THE AIRPORT SYSTEM. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT, I, I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR VICE CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, SALLY ALCORN. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND THIS IS, UH, JUST ADDING MONEY TO EXISTING CONTRACTS, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THE, AND HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD, HAS THIS BEEN IN PLACE WITH THESE THREE VENDORS? THEY AWARDED THESE THREE VENDORS CONTRACTS IN, UM, EARLY 2020. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND, UH, NEXT WE'LL TURN TO CHAIR CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR AND DIRECTOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE TRANSFER OF, UH, THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED CAMERAS, UM, THAT'S GOING TO ALSO INCLUDE UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE CAMERAS AS WELL. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT. 
          AND WHAT WE ARE TRANSFERRING IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, NOT THE ACTUAL CAMERAS THEMSELVES. 
          SO IN MOST OF THESE CASES, THE, THE INITIAL CAMERA SYSTEM ITSELF, THE CAMERA, UM, AND RECORDING DEVICES ARE REMAINING IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT ORIGINALLY INSTALLED THEM. 
          BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO CENTRALLY RECORD AND SHARE THOSE VIEWS. 
          ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT MIGHT BE WHERE, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND GSD OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS MIGHT HAVE TWO OR THREE CAMERAS IN THE VERY SAME LOCATION MONITORING THE SAME THING. 
          SO THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE, UH, DUPLICATIVE CAMERAS BY BEING ABLE TO SHARE THE VIEWS THROUGH THE CENTRAL VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
          GREAT. 
          AND, AND MY HOPE IS, I'M SURE WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AT OEM, AT HEC, UM, YES. 
          YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL ALLOW, UH, THE CAPACITY THAT IS NEEDED AT TIMES. 
          YES. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND ON, ON THAT NOTE CHAIR, I BRIEFLY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, I SAW FROM MY CAMERA, UM, CHIEF PENA IS IN THE AUDIENCE, SO I WANTED TO WELCOME CHIEF PENA AND THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING IN A SPECIAL, I KNOW WE HAVE MULTIPLE PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOLLOWING OUR LAST PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, WANTED TO THANK LINDSAY TAYLOR MUNOZ FOR BEING IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          SHE, UH, SHOULD NOT BE IN CHAMBERS. 
          SHE IS JUST COMING OFF OF SURGERY, SO, UH, THAT, THAT SHOWS DEDICATION RIGHT THERE. 
          BUT WANTED TO THANK HER FOR BEING THERE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN, UM, UH, HER, UH, RECENT CHALLENGES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. 
          UH, I SHOULD SAY DIRECTOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          THERE'S NO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE. 
          AND WITH THAT WE'LL TURN TO THE FINAL ITEM OF THE DAY, AND THAT IS TO ADDRESS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          IT'S THE UPDATE ON RESILIENT HOUSTON AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WITH OUR CHIEF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, MS. PRIYA ZACHARIA. 
          UM, NOT YET A YEAR ON THE JOB, BUT, UH, DOING GREAT THINGS. 
          CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          I THINK WE'VE GOT THE PRESENTATION QUEUED UP AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M PRIYA ZACHARIA, THE CHIEF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER FOR THE CITY. 
          UM, THANK YOU CHAIR ROBINSON. 
          UM, THANK YOU CHUCK HAMAN, UH, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, WHAT I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS AN UPDATE ON BOTH OF THE PLANS AND THE WORK THAT OUR OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY IS CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
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SO THE REASON I WANTED TO START WITH BOTH OF THESE PLANS UPFRONT. 
          SO ON THE LEFT YOU SEE THE RESILIENT HOUSTON PLAN, AND ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS TO JUST UNDERLINE THE, UM, THE FACT THAT OURS IS A COMBINED OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY, AND THE CHARGE THAT'S IN FRONT OF OUR OFFICE IS REALLY EXPEDITED AND STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION OF BOTH OF THE PLANS. 
          SO BOTH OF THESE PLANS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AS OF 2020. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING, UM, AND ALL OF OUR ACTIONS REALLY ARE DIRECTED BY THE PROFILE THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE GREATER REGION HAS IN TERMS OF OUR CLIMATE RISKS. 
          THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE FROM THE CLIMATE IMPACTS ASSESSMENT THAT WE HAD COMPLETED IN 2020. 
          UM, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS, UM, TALKING ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR RISK, UM, WHICH IS EXTREME HEAT. 
          AND THAT IS A LIVED REALITY FOR US, ESPECIALLY THIS SUMMER, WHICH IS, UM, CONTINUING TO BE PRETTY BRUTAL. 
          UM, BUT JUST TO GIVE A A AN OVERVIEW OF THE RISKS THAT WE FACE, UM, AS A CITY AND AS A REGION. 
          IT'S OF COURSE, EXTREME HEAT, UM, MUCH HIGHER LEVELS OF RAINFALL, GREATER PRECIPITATION EVENTS MORE INTENSE AND SLOWER MOVING HURRICANES, SO RESULTING IN GREATER DEVASTATING IMPACTS AS WELL AS EXTREME COLD, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE SAW A LITTLE MORE RECENTLY. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A, A, A A, JUST ABOUT A MINUTE TO, UM, KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT IS THE PROFILE OF HOUSTON'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
          SO THIS IS OUR BASELINE INVENTORY. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE LONG BAR GRAPH THAT'S, UM, RIGHT DOWN BELOW ON THE SLIDE, WHAT IT ESSENTIALLY SHOWS US ARE THE THREE SECTORS OR THE FOUR SECTORS RATHER. 
          WHERE WE SEE THREE REALLY ON, ON THIS GRAPH IS THE THREE THAT CONTRIBUTE THE MOST, AND TWO IN PARTICULAR TO OUR GREENHOUSE GAS, UM, EMISSIONS. 
          SO YOU SEE THE ENERGY SECTOR, UM, CONTRIBUTES TO NEARLY HALF OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
          AND AS MANY OF, UM, OUR SNOW PROBABLY FROM OUR COMMUTE THIS VERY MORNING THAT THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR IS, COMES IN A CLOSE SECOND, CONTRIBUTING TO ANOTHER ALMOST HALF OF THE ENTIRE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY. 
          UM, JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE INFORMATIONALLY. 
          UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PIE CHARTS, YOU'LL SEE THAT 83%, SO THAT'S THE 60 AND THE 33, UM, EIGHT, OH, ACTUALLY IT'S 93% OF, UM, OF, OF THE ENERGY USE COMES FROM THE WAY WE USE ENERGY TO, UH, POWER OUR BUILDINGS. 
          AND 7% COMES FROM THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AND CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, AND IF YOU LOOK OVER TO THE RIGHT ON THE BLUE PIKE, UH, CHART, YOU'LL SEE 55% OF OUR EMISSIONS COMES FROM PASSENGER CARS, ESSENTIALLY, UM, SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          ONE OF THE, UH, THINGS THAT WE REALLY DO TALK ABOUT AS WE TELL THE HOUSTON STORY IS THE STORY OF GROWTH. 
          UM, AS WE ALL KNOW, HOUSTON IS A GROWING CITY REGION. 
          IT'S ONE OF, UM, 13 COUNTIES. 
          HARRIS COUNTY IS ONE OF 13 COUNTIES IN THE GREATER REGION. 
          AND THE HOUSTON, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HAS GROWN BOTH IN TERMS OF ITS SQUARE MILES, WHICH IS ABOUT 667 SQUARE MILES, AS WELL AS IN POPULATION GROWTH, AS WELL AS WE ARE SEEING PATTERNS OF DENSIFICATION IN MANY PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE GREATER HOUSTON REGION, UH, IN THE EIGHT COUNTY REGION, WE WILL BE, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 7 MILLION, UM, POPULATION. 
          AND WITH POSITIVE GROWTH TRENDS CONTINUING, WE ARE PROJECTED TO BE OVER 10 MILLION, UH, BY 2040. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          ANOTHER ASPECT THAT WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT, UH, VERY FONDLY AS WE TALK ABOUT HOUSTON IS THE STORY OF DIVERSITY AND HOUSTON AS A MULTICULTURAL METROPOLIS. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS AND GRAPHICS ON THIS SLIDE, BUT I'LL, I'LL POINT TO A FEW IN PARTICULAR. 
          ONE IN FOUR HOUSTONIANS WAS, IS BORN, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF OUR, UH, COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR, FOR INSTANCE, THE GULFTON COMMUNITY WHERE WE ALL MET THIS PAST WEEKEND ON A BIKE RIDE, UM, FOR AIR QUALITY MONITORS, YOU'LL SEE THAT ALMOST ONE IN THREE, UH, UH, FOLKS FROM THE GULFTON COMMUNITY ARE FOREIGN BORN. 
          UM, GULFTON IS ALSO ONE OF OUR DENSEST RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, IN THE CITY. 
          A THIRD OF HOUSTONIANS OVER THE AGE OF FIVE, UH, SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME. 
          SO ALL OF THIS JUST TO POINT TO THE FACT THAT IN ADDITION TO OUR GROWTH STORY, WE ARE ALSO AN EXTREMELY, UH, MULTICULTURAL AND DIVERSE CITY REGION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, AS WE TALK ABOUT GROWTH AND DIVERSITY, WE ALSO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT RESOURCES IN OUR GROWING CITY ARE NOT EQUITABLY ALLOCATED AND WHICH HAS LED TO DISPARITIES IN QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          SO ONE OF THE GRAPHICS THAT IS REALLY TELLING IS, IS HERE ON THE SCREEN. 
          UM, 
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IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU WILL SEE TWO PARTICULAR NUMBERS. 
          YOU'LL SEE THE 69.8, UM, UH, ON THE UPPER RIGHT SIDE, AND YOU'LL SEE 89.1. 
          WHAT THAT IS IS REALLY LIFE EXPECTANCY IN, IN TWO ZIP CODES THAT ARE LITERALLY SEPARATED BY ABOUT JUST ABOUT TWO MILES. 
          BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE GAP IN LIFE EXPECTANCY, THAT'S A YAWNING GAP. 
          IT'S ABOUT 20 YEARS INTO ZIP CODES THAT ARE SO ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER, WHICH IS AN INDICATOR OF THE DISPARITIES THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE THINK ABOUT RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY AND, AND JUST RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN GENERAL. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, WHICH BRINGS ME BACK TO WHAT WE STARTED WITH TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          UM, IN OTHER WORDS, ESSENTIALLY THINKING ABOUT BOTH MITIGATION, WHICH IS REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
          UM, AND OUR GOAL FROM THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BEING FOR HOUSTON TO BE A NET ZERO CITY BY 2050, WHILE ON THE OTHER HAND, ADAPTING TO THE ALREADY, UM, INBUILT, UM, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND, AND WEATHER PATTERNS, UM, THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE EVERY DAY IN OUR HOMES AND OUR STREETS AND OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          A QUICK OVERVIEW OF BOTH OF THE PLANS, THE RESILIENT HOUSTON PLAN, AS WELL AS THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          THE RESILIENT HOUSTON PLAN INCLUDES, UM, 18 GOALS. 
          IT'S KIND OF THE OVERVIEW FRAMEWORK, THE DIRECTIONAL ASPIRATIONAL FRAMEWORK THAT PROVIDES THE BEARING ALSO FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          UM, WE HAVE 18 GOALS IN THE CLIMATE, IN THE RESILIENT HOUSTON PLAN AND 62 ACTIONS, UM, AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN FROM OUR TWO YEAR REPORT, AND WE REPORT OUT ON THIS EVERY YEAR. 
          SO THIS YEAR WAS OUR SECOND YEAR REPORTING OUT, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, 58 OF THOSE, UM, ACTIONS ARE IN PROGRESS. 
          SO THAT'S ABOUT 95% OF THOSE ACTIONS ARE UNDERWAY. 
          UM, THE CLIMATE ACTION, UH, PLAN IS DRIVEN BY THE IMPERATIVE TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY OUR MAJOR, UM, EMITTING SECTORS, TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY, BUILDINGS, AND MATERIALS. 
          UM, 83% OF THE ACTIONS IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, I WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK, UM, AND THE PROGRAM ITSELF, UH, OF THE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM AND SOME KEY EMPHASIS AREAS, UM, THAT WE, UH, UH, ADVANCING, UM, THROUGH WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN OUR TEAM AND, AND WITH MANY OF OUR PARTNERS. 
          SO ONE OF THE KEY EMPHASIS AREAS IS, UM, STAFFING MAYOR TURNER ON HIS LEADERSHIP ROLES, BOTH NATIONALLY, INTER, AND INTERNATIONALLY. 
          AS YOU MAY KNOW, UH, THE MAYOR IS THE CHAIR OF CLIMATE MAYORS, AS WELL AS THE GLOBAL CHAIR OF THE RESILIENT CITIES NETWORK. 
          HOUSTON IS A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE C 40 COMMUNITY AND A NUMBER OF OTHER COMMUNITIES SUCH AS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND MANY OTHERS. 
          SO STAFFING THE MAYOR IN THIS ROLE AND TELLING THE HOUSTON STORY NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO, UH, FROM OUR OFFICE. 
          ANOTHER BIG THRUST OF THE OFFICE IS PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. 
          UM, SO I GAVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THAT'S UNDERWAY IN TERMS OF JUST NUMBERS, AND WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE PROGRAM AND PROJECT AREAS. 
          BUT WE DEVELOP AND, UM, MANAGE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. WE WORK ON NUMEROUS PARTNERSHIPS AS A NEW DELIVERY METHOD. 
          UM, IN, IN DELIVERING THESE, UH, THESE AMBITIONS, WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THE ENTIRE, UH, COHORT OF ACTIONS IN BOTH OF THE PLANS, UM, IN A WAY THAT'S HOLISTIC, INTENTIONAL, AND STRATEGIC TO IDENTIFY PRIORITY PROGRAM AREAS TO STAND UP IN ADVANCE. 
          WE ALSO DO A LOT OF WORK WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, IN EDUCATING AND CONDUCTING OUTREACH. 
          AND A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE YOUTH CLIMATE AMBASSADORS COHORT THAT'S CURRENTLY WITH US. 
          AND, AND IN ITS LAST WEEK, THEY HAVE DONE SOME FANTASTIC WORK. 
          UM, WE'RE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE IN AS MUCH AS WE WANNA BE INTENTIONAL AND STRATEGIC, WE ALSO WANNA BE OPPORTUNISTIC AND AGILE IN BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO A LOT OF THE GOOD NEWS THAT WE ARE HEARING OUT OF, UM, WASHINGTON AND THE WHITE HOUSE, IN PARTICULAR, THE, THE IIJA FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND LASTLY, WE DO A LOT OF, UH, REPORTING ON THE CARBON DIS DISCLOSURE PROJECT, UM, AND, AND TRACK GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FOR THE CITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, THIS IS IN NO WAY A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE, UH, ADVANCING AND MANAGING. 
          UH, BUT JUST A QUICK SAMPLING, AND I WILL NOT READ OUT EVERY SINGLE NAME ON THIS, BUT JUST A, A A FEW, SOME OF OUR KEY PRIORITY PROJECTS ARE THE SUNNYSIDE SOLAR FARM, THE RESILIENT, NOW COLLABORATIVE FRAMEWORK OF DEVELOPING A MASTER ENERGY PLAN WITH CENTERPOINT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT A C 40, UM, APPLICATION, VERY MUCH, UM, SIMILAR TO THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH TO DEVELOP THE SUNNYSIDE PROCESS, SOMETHING FOR THE VELASCO SITE. 
          UM, WE ARE WORKING ON OTHER PARTNERSHIPS, UH, WITH THE NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION, AND WE ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK THINKING ABOUT RESILIENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, BE THEY MASTER PLAN SUCH AS THE LILY PAD MASTER PLAN OR PILOT 
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PROGRAMS OR, UM, PILOTING RESILIENCE, UM, MEASUREMENT TOOLS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THIS IS A SAMPLING OF A LOT OF WORK THAT WE ARE, UH, ADVANCING, UM, EVERY DAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AS WE THINK ABOUT IMPLEMENTING AND STANDING UP ADDITIONAL PROGRAM AREAS, UM, WE WANNA BE, UH, WE WANNA BE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL 300 ACTIONS, BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE WANNA BE STRATEGIC AND PROGRAMMATIC, AND WE ALSO WANNA LOOK, UM, AT FAMILIES OF ACTIONS THAT KIND OF CAN BE ASSEMBLED INTO WORK PACKAGES. 
          THIS ALLOWS FOR THAT INTENTIONAL COORDINATION BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OF THE HOUSE RESILIENCE ON THE ONE SIDE AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ON THE OTHER. 
          AND A GOOD EXAMPLE IS WHAT WE SEE ON SCREEN. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, UH, THE PROJECT AREA, SAY THE ADOPTION OF THE 2021 BUILDING CODE, THERE'S SIX OR SEVEN OR EIGHT ACTIONS FROM BOTH OF THE PLANS THAT ACTUALLY WRAP INTO THAT ONE PARTICULAR OUTCOME, WHICH IS THE UPDATE OF THE 2021 BUILDING CODE. 
          UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE ACTIONS THAT KIND OF STRADDLE BOTH THE RESILIENT HOUSTON PLAN AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          UM, AND I OFFER THIS AS AN EXAMPLE OF US TRYING TO BE AS SUFFICIENT IN LEVERAGING EVERY RESOURCE AS A, AT OUR DISPOSAL IN, IN, UM, IN PROVIDING, UH, PROGRESS ON, ON, ON IMPLEMENTATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THIS IS A SAMPLE WORK PROGRAM, UM, FROM THE WATER PROGRAM, UH, PROGRAM AREA WI WITHIN THE, THE 300 ACTIONS. 
          UM, AND TO MAKE THE NOTE THAT OUR WORK AND IMPLEMENTATION RELIES HEAVILY ON STAKEHOLDER, UH, ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND AS WE MAPPED ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ACTIONS AND WHO THE DOERS OF THESE ACTIONS ARE, WE SAW THAT ALMOST 60% OF THE ACTIONS ARE UNDERTAKEN BY ONLY THREE DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO THAT'S A RA PUBLIC WORKS AND PLANNING. 
          UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT, UM, IN THIS PRESENTATION, THIS IS A SAMPLE OF A WORK PROGRAM AREA, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THESE ARE SORTED BY DOERS AS WELL AS TARGET AREAS AND VARIOUS CONSIDERATIONS ON HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE INCLUDING IMPLEMENTATION, MOMENTUM, EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS, UM, FUNDING PATHWAYS, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAM AREAS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY FOCUSING ON. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO ALL OF OUR ONGOING PROJECTS, UM, WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE HEAT STRATEGY. 
          UM, SO BEYOND THE RESPONSE ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE, HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO MITIGATE, AS WELL AS ADAPT OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, IN RESPONDING TO HEAT. 
          WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT A HOLISTIC WEATHERIZATION PLATFORM. 
          IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER, WE ARE THINKING OF LAND USE AND MOBILITY AS A A, A AS A PROGRAM AREA. 
          A LOT OF THAT COORDINATION WILL IS, IS ONGOING WITH METRO AND WITH AIR ALLIANCE AND, AND MANY OTHER PARTNERS. 
          WE ARE WORKING ON GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE ON HYDROGEN HUBS AND CAP CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE ON COMMUNITY SOLAR ADOPTION, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM AND OTHERS ON FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE IIJA. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND FINALLY, A LOOK AT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION IS REALLY, UH, BREAD AND BUTTER, UH, IS AND AS MUCH AS THE PROJECTS THAT WE LEAD AND DRIVE, A LOT OF OUR WORK REALLY DEPENDS ON THE WORK THAT'S BEING UNDERTAKEN BY A LOT OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO THAT IS WORK THAT IS ONGOING, UM, THAT INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION, UM, AND SUPPORT. 
          UH, WE ALSO WORK WITH EXTERNAL AGENCIES. 
          UH, WE WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          SOME OF THEM, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST. 
          THE, SOME OF THEM ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE. 
          WE ENGAGE THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND WE ARE CONTINUING ENGAGEMENT WITH, WITH TWO TEAMS, RMI AND HAC, UH, BOTH AS PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AS CONTRACTUALLY. 
          UM, JUST AGAIN, UH, BACK TO THE IDEA OF LEVERAGING EVERY RESOURCE AT OUR DISPOSAL, UM, TO MATCH OUR AMBITIONS, WHICH I THINK BRINGS ME TO THE END OF, UH, THIS PRESENTATION. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIRECTOR. 
          DO YOU, UH, TOUCH ON SO MANY THINGS THAT, UH, OF COURSE RELATE TO THE WORK OF, UH, THE TTI COMMITTEE? SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS YOU, INCLUDING CHAIR CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, DIRECTOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND I'LL, I'LL START BY SAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK, YOU ADDRESSED IT RECENTLY AT THE BE TOP OF YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UM, WE ARE IN A MASSIVE HEAT WAVE RIGHT NOW IN DROUGHT, UM, YEARS PRIOR. 
          IT'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. 
          UM, THOSE EXTREMES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. 
          UH, AND YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY IS CLIMATE CHANGE REAL, BUT WE'RE IN THE THROES OF, RIGHT. 
          SO THERE'S A, SORRY, WE'RE, UH, SHORT ON CHILDCARE TODAY. 
          UM, SO WE'RE IN THE, YOU 
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KNOW, NOT ONLY THE THROES OF IT, BUT THERE'S THIS, A STRONG SENSE OF URGENCY BY MANY OF US TO BE DOING WHATEVER WE CAN, UM, TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE HEAD ON AND AGGRESSIVELY. 
          UM, TO THAT END, YOUR WORK IS VITAL TO THAT. 
          IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW, UH, YOU TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS AND, YOU KNOW, THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING X, Y, Z, BUT, UM, ALL CHAIR, I DON'T WANNA BE DISTRACTING, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A REPORT, A MORE DETAILED REPORT ON WHAT THOSE SPECIFIC ACTIONS ARE AND WHERE THE PROGRESS IS ON THOSE AND THOSE TIMELINES. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL, UH, MUTE BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE LOUD, BUT, UM, DIRECTOR HAD ALSO EMPHASIZED THE NEED, UH, AS IT RELATES TO CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          CHIEF WOULD, WOULD YOU LIKE, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHIEF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CHAIR? UM, SURE. 
          UM, CHECK CAME IN. 
          SO, YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          THIS WORK IS, UM, UH, URGENT AND NEEDS TO BE TIMELY, AND IT'S VITAL. 
          SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING TOGETHER VARIOUS PIECES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED WITHIN BOTH PLANS THAT ARE BOTH MITIGATION AS WELL AS ADAPTATION. 
          UM, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE A FULLER REPORT OUT WHEN THAT WORK IS DONE. 
          BUT TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, HEAT IS A VERY BROAD UMBRELLA. 
          SO THERE ARE THINGS LIKE COOL ROOFS, COOL PAVEMENTS, GREEN ROOFS, UM, A LOT OF NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS. 
          THERE'S A PLACE FOR GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WITH MULTI BENEFITS AND MULTIPLE POSITIVE OUTCOMES THAT HELP IN MITIGATING HEAT. 
          THE TREE PLANTING PROGRAM, THE PRAIRIE RESTORATION PROGRAM, THE 50 50 PARKS. 
          AND THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF ACTIONS THAT WE WANNA BE PULLING TOGETHER INTO AN OVERALL HEAT STRATEGY THAT GOES BEYOND JUST THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE AND TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANNA ADD THAT THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF ONGOING EDUCATION AND AWARENESS AND, AND BUILDING THAT MUSCLE IN THE COMMUNITY ON WHERE TO TURN TO IN LOOKING FOR THOSE, UM, HEAT SOLUTIONS. 
          UM, I, THE LAST THING I WILL SAY ON THAT IS, UM, AS WE THINK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESILIENCE PLANTS, AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF PARALLEL ACTIVITIES THAT WE ARE, UH, EITHER LEADING OR PARTNERING WITH OTHER, UM, OTHER, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS OR EXTERNAL PARTNERS ON BUILDING RESILIENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, HEAT IS ALWAYS A BIG PART OF IT. 
          AND IN MANY OF, UH, THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING, THE WORK PROJECTS, UH, WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT HEAT AND FLOODING TOGETHER BECAUSE SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS ACTUALLY WOULD ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE. 
          UM, I KNOW IT'S NOT A COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER, BUT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO A FULLER REPORT OUT. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          THANKS VERY MUCH. 
          AND SORRY, CHAIR, JUST AS FOLLOW UP, YOU HAD SAID YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPILING A LOT OF THAT, AND WHEN IT'S READY, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE IT. 
          DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED TIMELINE ON THAT? UM, NOT YET. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, I WILL BE HAPPY TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH AN ESTIMATED TIMELINE, BUT I'M HOPING IT'S, IT'S A MATTER OF WEEKS THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING, UM, SOMETHING MORE COMPREHENSIVE. 
          TERRIFIC. 
          AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE QUEUE IS VICE CHAIR ALCORN. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR DIRECTOR. 
          YOU MENTIONED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE IJA. 
          CAN YOU SPEAK TO ANY SPECIFICS? ARE YOU ALREADY ACTIVELY APPLYING FOR ANYTHING? ARE YOU WAITING FOR NOFA S OR WHAT, WHAT WILL YOU BE GOING FOR IN THE IIJA? WHAT ARE YOU FOCUSED ON? SO THERE'S, UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THERE'S A SPECTRUM OF, UM, YOU KNOW, OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE SOME OF THEM IN THE NOTICE OF INTENSE STATE. 
          SOME OF THEM, THE NOVAS HAVE NOT COME OUT YET. 
          WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS, UM, SMART AS POSSIBLE AND TRY, THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF THEM. 
          UH, AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS COORDINATED AND SMART AS POSSIBLE AND ENSURING THAT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE CHASING MAKES THE MOST SENSE AND ALIGNS WITH OUR PRIORITIES. 
          UM, AND I'LL, I'LL JUST GIVE A FEW EXAMPLES. 
          WE ARE, UH, WE ARE TRYING TO SPEAK TO TECHSTAR AS WELL AS FOLKS AT THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL ON THE EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS THE EV CHARGING PROGRAM. 
          SO WITHIN THOSE PROGRAMS, SOME OF THOSE COME TO US FROM THE STATE AND ARE FORMULA FUNDED. 
          SOME OF THEM COME TO US THROUGH THE STATE, STATE, BUT COULD BE COMPETITIVE. 
          AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE ALLOCATED DIRECTLY TO CITIES. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON HOW WELL YOU WRITE YOUR GRANT APPLICATION. 
          SO WE ARE TRYING TO MONITOR ALL OF THOSE, BUT SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE PENDING. 
          UM, WE RECENTLY HAD A QUICK DISCUSSION AT CLIMATE MAYORS WHEN WE STAFF THE MAYOR IN RENO WITH, WITH FOLKS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND SOME FOLLOW UP CONVERSATIONS AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY ON THINGS LIKE THE PROTECT GRANT, UM, AND HOW CAN WE BE, UH, OPPORTUNISTIC AS WELL AS MORE AGILE IN RESPONDING TO THAT. 
          UM, THERE ARE ALSO ELEMENTS OF THE IIJ OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO GRID RESILIENCE, UM, PILOT PROGRAMS. AND ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER. 
          THEN THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY PART OF 
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THE IIJA KIND OF SLEW OF OFFERINGS, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN AWARDED A $1.9 MILLION DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GRANT FOR A HOLISTIC WEATHERIZATION PLATFORM, WHICH REALLY DOVETAILS WELL WITH OUR PRIORITIES WITH THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING, NOT ONLY FROM OUR OFFICE, BUT ALSO UNDER THE RESILIENT NOW PARTNERSHIP WITH CENT POINT. 
          SO WE ARE ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, VICE CHAIR, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION. 
          THAT DOES RELATE TO THE ONGOING DISCUSSION THAT, UH, CHIEF ZACHARIA AND WE HAVE HAD FOR TTI, THE COORDINATION OF ALL THE GRANT PROGRAMS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN JOBS ACTS, THE GRANTS THAT WE'RE TRACKING, WHETHER IT RELATES TO RAINY DAY ISSUES WITH, UH, FLOOD AND DRAINAGE PROBLEMS, HUBS, AND THE LILY PAD NETWORKS, CLIMATE CHANGE, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CARBON CAPTURE, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD. 
          SO, UH, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU, BUT WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WE'VE COME TO THE END OF QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL AND STAFF, AND WE WILL AT THIS TIME SWITCH, UH, TO THE FINAL POINT ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE, UH, JOINED US, I THINK, UH, PERHAPS EXCLUSIVELY ONLINE, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE SOME FRIENDS AND FAMILIAR FACES IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST TURN TO, UH, OUR FRIEND DEBBIE MORIN, WHO'S JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND ONLINE. 
          I SEE YOU THERE, MS. MORIN, AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE A VIDEO TO PLAY FOR US, WHICH I'M EAGER TO SEE. 
          BUT BEFORE WE DO, LET'S, UM, INVITE YOU TO EXPRESS YOURSELF AND, AND COMMENT HERE NOW WITH THE FLOOR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, CAN I BE HEARD? YOU ARE FIRST, MA'AM, GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          CAN I BE HEARD? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. 
          WE GOT YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M DEBBIE MORAN. 
          I'M, I'M A MEMBER OF HOUSTON ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY AND AN INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS THE ONLY REASON I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS LIGHTING ISSUE. 
          AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS THESE PARTICULAR TWO COMMITTEES BECAUSE HOUSTON HAS A PROBLEM THAT BOTH AFFECTS PUBLIC SAFETY AND A SOLUTION THAT WOULD INCREASE OUR RESILIENCE. 
          SO, UM, WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING TO TRY TO GET THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ON BOARD, AND WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE A LOT OF RESPONSIVENESS FROM ART ACEVEDO. 
          AND NOW, UM, UH, SO IN THIS VIDEO, LET ME JUST PREFACE THIS VIDEO. 
          THERE IS A PEDESTRIAN ON THE FAR LEFT. 
          SHE'S LIKE A DARK SHADOW THERE. 
          YOU DO NEED TO WATCH HER WALK FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SHE WALKS IN FRONT OF THE WHITE SECURITY LIGHT. 
          AND THERE'S ACTUALLY ONLY ONE LIGHT. 
          THE SECOND ONE IS A REFLECTION IN A SCHOOL BUILDING. 
          SO NOTICE THAT SHE BECAME A GHOST WHEN SHE WALKED IN FRONT OF THE WHITE SECURITY LIGHT. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO THANK STEVE GOLDBERG, WHO MADE THAT VIDEO ON THE CELL PHONE, WHO'S WITH ME, AND HAS ALSO HELPED WITH, UH, PHOTOS OF AUTO PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT SITES. 
          SO, WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED IN HOUSTON, I'VE WATCHED THE NEWS AND OFTEN WHEN THERE IS AN AUTOMATIC, UH, WHEN THERE'S AN AUTO PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT SITE, I CAN SEE, CAN SEE IN THE NEWS VIDEO THAT THERE IS A LIGHT SIMILAR TO THE LIGHT THAT THIS WOMAN WALKED IN FRONT OF, UM, OFTEN POINTING AT THE DRIVER AND SOMETIMES THE DRIVER'S DRUNK OR SPEEDING. 
          BUT THERE'VE BEEN MANY AUTO PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS WHERE THE DRIVER WAS NOT TICKETED. 
          AND SOME OF THOSE ALSO HAVE SIMILAR LIGHTING, AND IT'S NOT JUST IN HOUSTON. 
          I JUST HELPED AN ADVOCATE IN KANSAS CITY GET THEIR STREETLIGHT, UH, PLAN CHANGED. 
          THEY'RE GONNA USE THE WARMER, SOFTER LIGHTING THAT WE ASKED FOR IN HOUSTON FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS. 
          AND SHE WENT TO SEE AN AUTO PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT SITE NEAR HER HOUSE. 
          AND SHE TOLD ME, DEBBIE, IT'S JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, THERE WAS A BRIGHT LED LIGHT, UH, RIGHT BEHIND THE, A BUS STOP FACING THE DRIVERS. 
          NOW, I HAVE FOUND THAT THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION SHE MENTIONED IS ACTUALLY THE SUBJECT OF AN ARTICLE IN KANSAS CITY, WHICH SAYS IT'S ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS. 
          AND SO THEY'RE GONNA DO ALL SORTS OF VISIONS, ZERO PROVISIONS THERE. 
          BUT THE ONE THING THEY DIDN'T MENTION, THEY DID MENTION INCREASING LIGHT, BUT THEY DIDN'T MENTION GETTING RID OF THE HIGH GLARE LIGHT. 
          SO THIS LIGHT IS ALSO USED FREQUENTLY, UH, FOR VIDEO CAMERAS. 
          AND WE POINTED OUT TO OFFICER CORGI IN THE MUSEUM PARK SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THAT OFTEN THAT LIGHT CAN INTERFERE WITH THE VIDEO CAMERA ACROSS THE STREET OR THE MAIN BRAIN. 
          MS. MAR, MS. MARIN, I, I, YES. 
          TWO MINUTES INTERRUPT YOU, JUST BECAUSE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          I KNOW. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          TRYING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE GRACE HERE WITH A, A LITTLE BIT EXTRA. 
          IF, IF YOU COULD WRAP UP, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          YES. 
          SO THE SOLUTION TO THIS IS TO USE A SOFTER LIGHT THAT WORKS WITH HOW THE EYE WORKS AT NIGHT. 
          SO IT WOULD BE SHIELDED. 
          YOU WOULD NOT SEE THE LIGHT SOURCE, BUT THE LIGHT WOULD STILL SPREAD AND COVER THE, THE AREA THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO LIGHT. 
          AND THAT ALSO IS A LOT LESS LIGHT TO SEE A LOT BETTER. 
          SO THAT'S HOW IT 
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TIES INTO THE RESILIENCE AND WOULD DEFINITELY HELP THE TEXAS GRID. 
          SO THIS IS THE LAMP DEMONSTRATION WE USE, AND THIS IS A RETROFIT WE DID FACING THE WESTBURY COMMUNITY GARDEN. 
          THOSE LIGHTS ARE REDUCED FROM 80 WATTS. 
          THESE ARE ALL LEDS, THE 80 WATT LEDS TO 32 WATT LEDS WITH MUCH BETTER VISIBILITY AND COMFORT STILL WORKS WITH THE VIDEO CAMERAS IN THE BACK OF THE VALERO STATION. 
          AND WHAT MY CAMERA DOES, WHAT THAT CAMERA DID NOT SHOW IS THAT YOU CAN ALSO SEE DETAILS IN THE INTERVENING FIELD ONCE WE CHANGE THE LIGHTS. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          SO THAT'S, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. MOR. 
          AND THERE IS, UH, UH, STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN'S OFFICE WHO I BELIEVE HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          UH, HI. 
          GOOD MORNING, MS. MORAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN HAD TO STEP AWAY, BUT WANTED ME TO, UH, EXTEND HER SINCERE THANKS TO YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY, UM, FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY AND FOR ALL THE GREAT INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE SHARED WITH OUR OFFICE. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A LOT TO, UH, EDUCATE THOSE OF US IN CITY GOVERNMENT ABOUT THIS ISSUE. 
          UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER CAME AND JUST WANTED ME TO EXTEND HER APPRECIATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I'M FROM HOUSTON SINCE AGE 12. 
          I REALLY PREFER TO STAY HERE. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS KIND OF LIGHTING ALL OVER HOUSTON EVENTUALLY. 
          AND I'VE BEEN TO OTHER CITIES. 
          WE SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COLLINS DON'T HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MS. MOORE. 
          AND WE THANK COUNCIL, UH, WE CONCUR WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CAYMAN. 
          AND, UM, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ONGOING SERVICE AND, AND PERSISTENCE ON THE ISSUE FOR IF YOU COULD HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 
          WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FROM OUR VICE CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU, DEBBIE. 
          I MEAN, YOU HAVE EDUCATED US ALL FOR YEARS ON THIS, AND YOU DON'T GIVE UP. 
          AND YOUR ADVOCACY HAS BEEN IMPORTANT. 
          I STILL REMEMBER YOU'RE TELLING ME ABOUT THAT ONE PARTICULAR SHELL STATION. 
          AND, UM, I REALLY, EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY A GAS STATION, I LOOK FOR THE LIGHTING NOW. 
          SO WHAT SPECIFICALLY CAN THE CITY DO? WHAT DO YOU WANT US, I MEAN, DO YOU WANT, IS IT A CODE THING? IS IT A, WHAT WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST ASK FOR THE CITY? YOU'RE, YOU'RE MUTED. 
          SORRY. 
          THE ASK WOULD BE, FIRST OF ALL, A LIGHTING ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD SPUR EDUCATION. 
          SO THE ASK PEOPLE NOT TO, WITH LED TECHNOLOGY, IT'S SO MUCH WORSE IF THEY POINT IT OUTWARD. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE POLICE JOIN IN, UH, AN EDUCATION PROGRAM BECAUSE I THINK THEY WILL BE, HAVE THE GREATEST CREDIBILITY. 
          SO I'M WORKING ON GETTING THE POLICE ON BOARD. 
          UH, THE GUIDANCE ON OUR EDUCATION PAGE WAS ACTUALLY ORDERED BY ART ACEVEDO TO USE SOFT SHIELDED LIGHTING POINTED DOWNWARD. 
          AND THERE'S SIMILAR GUIDANCE FROM THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BUT I CAN'T EDUCATE 4 MILLION PEOPLE. 
          SO EVERY CITY THAT'S SUCCESSFUL IN CHANGING THIS HAS LEADERSHIP FROM THE TOP EDUCATING. 
          OFTEN THE ORDINANCE IS REALLY FOR EDUCATION. 
          OFTEN, ONCE PEOPLE SEE GOOD LIGHTING, YOU DON'T NEED TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO IT, BUT AT THIS POINT, IT TAKES A LITTLE EFFORT TO GET BETTER FIXTURES. 
          AND SO I HAVE INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO DO THAT ON THE EDUCATION PAGE AND THE GALLERY PAGE. 
          IF POLICE ARE ON BOARD WITH US, UM, THEN ALL OF THAT WOULD CHANGE. 
          THE ACCESS TO THE FIXTURES WOULD BE MUCH BETTER. 
          SO THE, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE PEOPLE CELL LIGHTING ARE SAYING THAT PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING THE HIGH GLARE LIGHTING, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT'S WHAT THE POLICE ARE ASKING THEM TO DO. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN, MS. MORIN, FOR BEING HERE. 
          AND, UM, AND WE WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER, WHICH IS, UH, MR. JAIME LAWSON. 
          MR. LAWSON, IF YOU'RE VIRTUALLY WITH US ONLINE, IF YOU COULD UNMUTE, UNMUTE WITH A STAR SIX, UH, MR. LAWSON. 
          JAIME LAWSON. 
          DO WE, WE THINK WE SEE YOU ONLINE. 
          IF YOU COULD HIT STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE CAN TRY TO COME BACK TO YOU IF YOU'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY, BUT WE NEXT HAVE MR. JAIME GONZALEZ, UH, FROM THE NATURE CONSERVANCY HERE WITH US ONLINE AND VIRTUALLY HI. 
          MAY, ARE YOU THERE? AND CAN YOU UNMUTE WITH STAR SIX? OKAY. 
          WE DO THINK WE SEE YOU ONLINE AS WELL, SO WE'RE GONNA CHECK OUR TECHNOLOGY WHILE WE MOVE ON AND SEE IF OUR SPEAKERS, ANY OF THEM CAN GET ONLINE AFTER MS. MORIN. 
          BUT, UH, OUR FOURTH SPEAKER HERE THAT WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MS. SIA KOVICH. 
          AND IF I'VE GOT THAT RIGHT, YOU CAN CLARIFY OR CORRECT ME. 
          HEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? THERE YOU ARE. 
          IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          AND COUNSEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, SO YOU MIGHT, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER ME AS STEPHANIE THOMAS, BUT I, I JUST ANGLICIZED MY NAME AND HONOR OF MY, MY ANCESTORS. 
          SO I'M, I'M DR. 
          STEPHANIA THOMAS KOVIC. 
          AND, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE 
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THE DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE THAT Y'ALL ARE HAVING TODAY. 
          YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, CLIMATE ACTION IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND, UH, THE WORK THAT COUNCIL AND, AND OF COURSE, CHIEF ZACHARIA HAVE, UH, IN, IN, UM, PROTECTING OUR CITY IS IMMENSE. 
          AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ALL ARE TAKING THIS ON BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WITH 10 MILLION PEOPLE COMING, UH, TO THE AREA BY, BY 2040, THAT, THAT WE REALLY MAKE OUR REGION RESILIENT AND SAFE FOR EVERYONE. 
          SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          AND I THINK CHIEF ZACHARIA HAD ALLUDED TO SOME OF THESE THINGS IN HER PRESENTATION. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE EMISSIONS INVENTORY THAT WAS COLLECTED, THAT WAS BASED ON 2014 DATA. 
          AND ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS WHETHER THE CITY HAS, UM, UPDATED THE EMISSIONS INVENTORY OVER RECENT YEARS AND WHAT THE, THE PLAN IS GOING FORWARD TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF EMISSIONS AND, UM, WHAT, UH, UH, UH, WHAT PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING TOWARD THE, THE NET ZERO PLAN. 
          UM, I'M ALSO, UH, INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW COMMERCIAL ENTITIES ARE BEING ENGAGED IN THE PLAN. 
          UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE INITIAL EMISSIONS INVENTORY DID NOT INCLUDE MOST OF THE INDUSTRY THAT WE THINK OF WHEN WE THINK OF HOUSTON, THE, THE REFINERIES AND SUCH AS, AS MANY OF THESE RESIDE OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS. 
          BUT THAT SAID, EVEN WITHIN CITY LIMITS, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES, UH, UH, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, UNIVERSITIES, HOSPITALS THAT ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO, UH, UM, THE EMISSIONS THAT, THAT WERE RECORDED REPORTED. 
          AND UNLIKE OTHER CITIES, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET REALLY GRANULAR ABOUT WHERE THE EMISSIONS ARE COMING FROM, WHICH ENTITY IS USING WHAT ENERGY, AND IN OTHER CITIES, UM, THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAME INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE. 
          WHAT THEY HAVE FOUND IS THAT UNIVERSITIES AND HOSPITALS ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST CONSUMERS OF ENERGY. 
          SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S BEEN ANY SPECIFIC OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH, UM, THE, THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER AND THE NUMBER, NUMBER OF, UH, THE MANY HOSPITALS THAT WE HAVE AND THE MANY UNIVERSITIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR REGION, BECAUSE I THINK THEY CAN ALL BE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND SUPPORTIVE TO THE CITY OBTAINING ITS GOAL OF NET ZERO CARBON BY 2050. 
          AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION THANK YOU, IS REGARDING THE 2021 BUILDING CODE. 
          OH. 
          UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN, UH, THE BUILDING CODE UPDATES ARE SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN AND WHETHER THEY COULD ALSO INCLUDE ELECTRIC READY PROVISIONS. 
          AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WELL, YOU'RE WELCOME FOR THAT, AND I CAN, UH, I, I KNOW THAT, UM, CHIEF ZACHARIA AND HER TEAM ARE HERE IN THE CHAMBERS, AND THEY'RE GONNA DO THEIR BEST TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTIONS, BOTH, UH, ONLINE AND WITH A RESPONSE DIRECTLY TO YOU. 
          UH, STEPHANIE, MY, MY FRIEND, DR. THOMAS KOVICH. 
          AND, UH, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 
          I KNOW THE LAST QUESTION YOU ASK ABOUT THE BUILDING CODE IS ONE THAT WE HAVE HAD, UH, A RECENT PRESENTATION ON THE TTI COMMITTEE. 
          SO CALLING MY STAFF, I KNOW WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT, AS WELL AS POINT YOU TOWARD THE WEBSITE THAT HAS A RECENT PRESENTATION AND A TIMELINE. 
          IT'S, IT'S VERY MUCH OUR INTENTION THAT THAT, UH, 2021 BUILDING CODE UPDATE WILL HAPPEN BEFORE THE END OF 2023. 
          AND THERE ARE, UM, INTENTIONS THAT, THAT HAPPENED VERY DELIBERATELY WITH A TIMELINE AS MENTIONED THAT'S ON, ON THE WEBSITE. 
          SO, APPRECIATING YOUR QUESTIONS AND, UH, WITH THE INTENTION OF GETTING BACK TO YOU, I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER ON OUR LIST TODAY. 
          AND IT'S MS. NANCY EDWARDS, VIRTUALLY WITH US, MS. EDWARDS, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE WITH A STAR SIX, LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE THERE NOT HEARING YOU. 
          WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER, ALSO VIRTUALLY WITH US, UH, MS. ELENA ABERT, OR ABERT, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE. 
          HI, THERE YOU ARE. 
          HI, ELAINE HUBERT. 
          UM, THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          UH, UH, COUNSEL. 
          UM, I WANTED TO TALK, UM, BECAUSE THIS IN, UH, INVOLVES PUBLIC SAFETY AND RESILIENCE. 
          UM, RECENTLY, UH, ACTUALLY LAST WEEK IT WAS RELEASED, UM, A PLAN FOR, UM, HEIGHTS BOULEVARD ON I 10, UH, I'M SORRY, I 10 FROM HEIGHTS BOULEVARD TO I 45 WOULD BE UNDERGOING ANOTHER EXPANSION. 
          UM, AND I, MYSELF AND OTHER NEIGHBORS WERE VERY CONFUSED JUST WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. 
          UM, THE OTHER I 45 EXPANSION WAS PUT ON HOLD SO THAT, UH, TXDOT CAN EVALUATE HOLISTICALLY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND, YOU KNOW, SOCIETAL, SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF ALL OF THE HIGHWAY EXPANSION. 
          UM, THEN THIS CAME OUT, 
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UH, THIS SECTION AND THIS SECTION, YOU KNOW, STILL HITS ALL OF THE SAME, UM, BLACK AND HISPANIC RESIDENTS THAT WERE FOUND TO BE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED. 
          IT STILL HITS, UH, KEYO PER BASIN, OUR WHITE OAK BAYOU AND OUR LITTLE WHITE OAK BAYOU, WHICH ARE HUGE BAYOU SYSTEMS IN THE CITY. 
          UM, IT HAS HUGE IMPACT TO, UM, THE NUMBER OF LANES WE ALL KNOW THROUGH VISION ZERO AND THROUGH WHAT DI DIRECTORS ZACHARIA JUST SAID, THAT, UM, NATURE RESTORATION TREE PLANTING THAT IS AN OR, THOSE ARE ANSWERS TO FLOOD AND HEAT SOLUTIONS. 
          UH, BUT THIS PLAN ASKED TO ONE, HIT THE BAYOU AGAIN AND HIT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, THESE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, AGAIN, WHICH I WOULD SAY IS DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS. 
          YOU KNOW, ON THE EAST SIDE, THEY WERE ASKING TO TAKE SLICES OF WHITEOUT BAYOU. 
          AND NOW ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THEY ARE LOOKING TO TAKE SLICES OF WHITE OAK BY YOU AND TURN NATURE NATURAL AREAS THAT WE KNOW WILL ABSORB WATER INTO, YOU KNOW, UM, PARTIAL CONCRETE AS THE RIGHT OF WAY LANE. 
          AND ALSO TAKING, UM, A LITTLE FOREST THAT WE HAVE FULL OF COYOTES, AMERICAN BALD EAGLES, UH, AND MAKING THAT CRUSH CONCRETE, UH, YOU KNOW, PERMEABLE. 
          WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE HEAT. 
          WE KNOW THAT ADDING MORE LANES MAKES THINGS LESS SAFE. 
          IT MAKES MORE DRIVERS ON THE ROAD, WHICH CAUSES MORE HEAT. 
          ALL OF THESE THINGS TO FLY IN THE MS, WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. 
          MS. BERT, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          IF YOU COULD HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 
          WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM YOU, FROM STAFF, FROM CHAIR CAYMAN'S OFFICE. 
          YES, GOOD MORNING, MS. BERT. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO STRESS, OBVIOUSLY THIS PROPOSED PROJECT AS WE UNDERSTAND IT SO FAR, RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE HEART OF DISTRICT C. 
          UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU THAT IT IS VERY MUCH A MATTER OF CONCERN FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          UH, OUR STAFF IS KEEPING CLOSE EYES ON IT, AND WE'VE ALSO, UH, REACHED OUT TO THE RELEVANT CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ASKED THAT, UH, EVERYBODY WHO CAN BE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS. 
          'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY AS, AS YOU SAID, IT IS A, A MAJOR IMPACT TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO STRESS THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN ABSOLUTELY SHARES YOUR CONCERNS, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY ALREADY HEARING IT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND YOUR COMMENT TODAY. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, MS. VICTORIA FETTE. 
          UH, MS. FETTE, IF YOU ARE WITH US ONLINE, WE THINK WE SEE YOU THERE. 
          IF YOU COULD HIT STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. 
          HELLO. 
          YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK THIS MORNING. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE ISSUE THAT WE HAD, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
          UM, WE LIVE IN, UH, TIMBER GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST OFF OF, UM, ELLA BOULEVARD. 
          AND, UM, OUR HOME WAS BROKEN INTO, THANKFULLY WE WEREN'T HOME, BUT, UM, IT WAS BROAD DAYLIGHT. 
          IT WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST EARLY EVENING HOURS AROUND, UH, 7:00 PM WE HAD SECURITY CAMERAS. 
          UM, WE HAD AN ALARM SYSTEM, WHICH WAS ACTIVATED. 
          AND, UM, THESE CRIMINALS WE'RE FINDING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ARE JUST BECOMING MORE AND MORE BRAZEN. 
          WE HAVE, UM, IMAGES OF THE CULPRITS ON PHOTO. 
          WE HAVE LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS, WE HAVE EVERYTHING. 
          THE ALARM SYSTEM WENT OFF AS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO, BUT STILL FOLKS DON'T SEEM TO BE DETERRED. 
          UM, IT SEEMS TO BE A FAIRLY FREQUENT OCCURRENCE IN THE TIMBER GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. 
          UM, THERE WAS SOME ITEMS THAT WERE STOLEN, WHICH WAS UNFORTUNATE, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN WAY WORSE. 
          UM, THE POLICE DID RESPOND, BUT THEY DIDN'T COME UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT, UM, OF THE, THE SAME DAY THAT IT HAPPENED. 
          SO I JUST, UM, AGAIN, WANTED TO KIND OF PUT THIS ON THE RECORD AND JUST EXPRESS MY CONCERN, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN A, WHICH SHOULD BE A RELATIVELY SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THIS SEEMS TO BE, UM, A MORE COMMON OCCURRENCE. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THE SOLUTION IS, PER SE. 
          THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS, BUT JUST REALLY THE REASON FOR ME TO SPEAKING WITH YOU ALL IS JUST TO, TO HIGHLIGHT OUR EXPERIENCE AND JUST SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS AFFECTING US AND, UM, JUST KIND OF HAVE IT HAS IMPACTED US, UM, JUST FROM WHAT SHOULD BE A SAFER NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THANK YOU VERY, THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE TO SAY. 
          WE, WE GOT YOU MR. ETTE. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT TODAY TO ADDRESS YOU AS STAFF FROM, UH, CHAIR CAYMAN'S OFFICE. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING, AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          I'M SO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, 
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I, I WOULD ASK, SINCE YOU'RE IN TIMBER GROVE IN DISTRICT C, UM, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND REACHING OUT DIRECTLY TO OUR OFFICE, UM, YOU CAN EMAIL US AT JUST DISTRICT C ONE WORD@HOUSTONTX.GOV. 
          I KNOW WE'VE HEARD SEVERAL SIMILAR CONCERNS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS IN TIMBER GROVE AND ANYTHING THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KA AND AND OUR STAFF, UH, CAN DO TO HELP OR CONNECT Y'ALL WITH RESOURCES OR EVEN JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE BEING EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATED TO HPD WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. 
          SO, AGAIN, IF YOU AT YOUR CONVENIENCE WOULD JUST EMAIL US AT, UH, DISTRICT C@HOUSTONTX.GOV. 
          AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING TODAY TO SHARE YOUR, YOUR ISSUES. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY FOR YOUR COMMENT AND, UH, AND SPEAKING WITH US TODAY THAT COMES TO THE END OF OUR, UH, LIST OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS. 
          WE'RE COGNIZANT THAT THERE ARE THREE FOLKS, UH, WHO SIGNED UP FOR TODAY. 
          JAIME LAWSON, JAIME GONZALEZ, AND NANCY EDWARDS, WHO MAY LIKE TO SPEAK. 
          AND IF YOU ARE CHALLENGED BY THE STAR SIX, IF, IF WE WERE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND YOU HAVE TIME TO TEXT US OR TO PUT IN THE CHAT THE NATURE OF YOUR QUESTION, WE WILL TRY TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES, UH, TODAY. 
          UM, AND WHILE WE ARE HOPEFULLY HEARING FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS, LET ME SAY THAT OUR VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, UH, WANTED TO ADDRESS MS. MORAN WITH HER PRESENTATION ON THE LIGHTING, UH, EARLIER. 
          AND SHE SAID, UH, TO READ ALOUD THAT SHE IS ON THE PHONE AND WATCHING THE MEETING, BUT VERY INTERESTED IN PURSUING THE LIGHTING CONCERNS THAT MS. MORAN HAS DISCUSSED. 
          SO WITH THAT, READ INTO THE RECORD FOR TODAY, MS. MORAN. 
          UM, I KNOW YOU HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL INTEREST FROM COUNSEL TODAY. 
          SO WITH THAT AND TAKING A MOMENT FOR ANY OF OUR SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS TODAY, IF, UH, MR. LAWSON, MR. GONZALEZ, OR MS. EDWARDS COULD HIT STAR SIX OR OTHERWISE, LET US KNOW. 
          AND IF, UM, IF WE CAN HEAR YOU LATER TODAY, IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO ASK YOUR QUESTION NOW, WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK FOR IT ONLINE AND FOLLOW UP, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO WITH THAT, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE COME TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA FOR THE DAY. 
          UH, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK AGAIN, ALL OF OUR PRESENTERS AND THE PUBLIC FOR BEING WITH US. 
          UH, THE PRESENTATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE TTI AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY WEBSITE, AND I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE NEXT TTI MEETING, WHICH IS A JOINT REGULATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS AND TTI COMMITTEE MEETING, WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 23RD, UM, 10:00 AM AND AS WELL AS OUR STANDING MONTHLY MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, UH, HERE IN CHAMBERS. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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