* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [PRESENTATIONS] [00:00:03] AUGUST 16TH, 2022. I'M MAYOR PROFESS TURNER. I'M CALLING THIS MEETING ON THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO WATER A HYBRID MEETING WITH SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, JOINING IN PERSON AND SOME USING MICROSOFT TEAMS. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS FOR A PROCLAMATION TO EMERGING 100 HOUSTON TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THE EXEMPLARY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. AND COUNCILMAN GGO, WE CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT Y'ALL. SO , YOU WANT THE WHOLE TEAM? I GOT ABOUT 12 PEOPLE. UM, WE'LL DO, YEAH, THEY'LL COME IN. OKAY. YEAH. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COLLEAGUES, UM, AND THOSE IN THE CHAMBERS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR OUR PUBLIC SESSION. I AM VERY PROUD, UM, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS GROUP, THE EMERGING 100 HOUSTON CHAPTER, AND THEN A SPECIAL, UH, A SPECIAL TREAT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD POLLARD IS A NEW MEMBER OF THE, UH, 100 BLACK MEN OF HOUSTON. SO THAT'S WHY HE'S STANDING WITH US. UH, HE'S ACHIEVING IN LIFE, UH, CLEARLY. SO I'M PROUD TO, UM, PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU, MAYOR. WHEREAS THE EMERGING 100 HOUSTON SERVES AS THE PREMIER MENTORING ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 22 AND 35. MEN WHO VALUE LEADERSHIP, HARD WORK, HONESTY, INTEGRITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP. WHEREAS THE EMERGING 100 IS THE OFFICIAL YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AUXILIARY OF THE 100 BLACK MEN OF AMERICA INCORPORATED THE EMERGING 100. HOUSTON EXPANDS THE REACH, CAPACITY AND IMPACT OF THE SPONSORING 100 CHAPTER AND OF THE 100 BLACK MEN OF AMERICA INCORPORATED. WHEREAS EMERGING 100 HOUSTON IS A VIBRANT PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE MAIN PURPOSE IS TO ADHERE TO THE FIVE PILLARS OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, MENTORING, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOP THE PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY NETWORKS OF ITS MEMBERS. WHEREAS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE EMERGING 100 PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE AN AVENUE FOR 100 BLACK MEN CHAPTERS TO CONTINUE THEIR ONE-ON-ONE AND GROUP MENTORING TO YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AFTER GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE, CONTINUING THE ONE HUNDRED'S PHILOSOPHY OF MENTORING THE 100 WAY ACROSS THE LIFETIME. AND WHEREAS THE EMERGING 100 HOUSTON HAVE DEVOTED COUNTLESS SCHOLARSHIP AND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO MENTORING HOUSTON SCHOOL AGE YOUTH SINCE THE ORGAN ORGANIZATION'S CHARTERING IN 2013. UH, WHEREAS THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS GRATEFUL FOR THE EMERGING 100, THEIR WORK AND CAN DO ATTITUDE TOWARDS MENTORSHIP AND SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. MAYOR, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND SO THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM AUGUST 16TH, 2022 AS EMERGING 100 HOUSTON DAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. CONGRATULATIONS. AND SO THOSE WHO ARE WITH 100 COME ON. SPEAK FIRST. YEAH, I'M, BUT I'M GONNA LET HIM HOLD HIS PROCLAMATION. SO, UM, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS, UH, SHAW EDWARD SENIOR, WHO IS A, UM, ACTIVE MEMBER OF ONE EMERGING 100. AND I BELIEVE DURING HIS, UM, INDUCTION TO THE ORGANIZATION, THEY, UH, MET, UH, RECORD FUNDRAISING GOALS. AND SO HE DEFINITELY CONTRIBUTES TO OUR COMMUNITY BY LEVERAGING HIS MEMBERSHIP WITH THIS ORGANIZATION. AND WE'RE GLAD THAT THEY'RE IN CITY, CITY, HOUSTON, PLEASE, PLEASE. OKAY. THE MEN OF EMERGING 100 HOUSTON AND THE MEN OF THE 100 BLACK MEN OF METROPOLITAN HOUSTON, WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD, DOING THE BEST THAT [00:05:01] WE COULD TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE UNDERPRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES THAT WE DO REACH OUT TO, AND WE HONESTLY JUST LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO DO A GREAT JOB. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, FOR BRINGING THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION AND, UH, RECOGNIZING THE SPINE ORGANIZATION FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. I KNOW IT'S TAKING FROM YOUR TIME, UH, BUT YOU'RE DOING SO MUCH GOOD WORK, AS YOU KNOW, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU, SIR. REALLY QUICKLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I BECAME A COUNCIL MEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT APPARENTLY BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE A HUNDRED BLACK MEN IS JUST AS SPECIAL. AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF, UH, BEING YOU ALL'S BROTHER NOW. I JUST JOINED THE ORGANIZATION AND, UH, ALWAYS BEEN ENGAGED WITH THE A HUNDRED BLACK MEN, UH, SINCE I WAS YOUNGER, UM, BUT FINALLY HAVE STEPPED UP TO ACTUALLY BECOME A FULL-FLEDGED MEMBER. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED AND LET'S CONTINUE THAT. GOOD WORK. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. VERY GOOD. YES, SIR. WHAT YEAR? ALRIGHT. OH, SET. THE NEXT PRESENTATION WE HAVE IS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, EVAN SHABA. WE WILL HONOR MS, UH, CLARIS FREEMAN COMMEMORATION OF HER 102ND BIRTHDAY. I DIDN'T SEE YOU IN A WHILE. I'M TELLING YOU. YOU GONNA BRING UP NOW. COME ON NOW, MS. CAN STAND AS LONG AS YOU CAN. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THIS IS A GREAT PLEASURE AND HONOR FOR ME, UH, TO COME AND HAVE MRS. FREEMAN COME FOR THE CELEBRATION OF HER HUNDRED AND SECOND BIRTHDAY. NOW, DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICE, MRS. FREEMAN WALKED UP WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. SHE IS JUST SO PHENOMENAL, AND I ALWAYS HAVE TO SHARE THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY MY MUSIC TEACHER, A PIANO TEACHER. I'VE LOST THE SKILLS, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, SHE POURED INTO US AS STUDENTS. AND SHE WAS ALSO ONE OTHER THING THAT IS SIGNIFICANT TO ME. THIS WAS LIKE BACK IN THE LATE FIFTIES, EARLY SIXTIES. AND, UM, SHE AND MRS. BESSIE IRONS WERE TWO FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS IN THE THIRD WARD COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY NOT HEARD OF BACK IN THOSE DAYS. AND SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MRS. FREEMAN, AND THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I'M GONNA READ A HUNDRED AND SECOND BIRTHDAY IS A MOMENTOUS OCCASION AND A JOYOUS TIME TO EMBRACE THE PAST AND REFLECT ON A CENTURY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND MEMORIES. CLARICE MARY ESTELLE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 14TH, 1920 IN MATTOON, ILLINOIS, THE THIRD CHILD OF GEORGE AND ADA. DURING HER CHILDHOOD, SHE, SHE AND HER BEST FRIEND, PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS, WHO WOULD LATER BECOME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO SERVE IN A UNITED STATES CABINET, WOULD SIT IN THE APPLE TREE, LEARN WORDS IN THE DICTIONARY AND DREAM OF HAVING A PROFESSIONAL LIFE IN CHICAGO. CLARICE FREEMAN RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION FROM EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AND A MASTER OF MUSIC EDUCATION FROM THE AMERICAN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. SHE ALSO TRAVELED TO PARIS TO STUDY FRENCH WEWE AT THE ALLIANCE FRANCIS. SHE EMBARKED ON HER TEACHING CAREER AT WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE TAUGHT VOICE LESSONS TO OPERA LEGEND LEONTE PRICE. CLARICE FREEMAN MET HER HUSBAND, LEGENDARY DEBATE COACH DR. THOMAS F. FREEMAN, WHILE ATTENDING CHURCH. THEY MARRIED ON AUGUST 2ND, 1953 AND MOVED TO HOUSTON THE NEXT DAY. DURING THEIR MARRIAGE. THEY WERE BLESSED WITH THREE AMAZING CHILDREN, SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN, AND TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE TAUGHT MUSIC IN THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 1997. TO THIS DAY, SHE'S AFFECTIONATELY GREETED BY HER FORMER STUDENTS WHO ARE NOW ADULTS SUCH AS ME. SHE ENJOYS ACTIVE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THROUGH NUMEROUS MEMBERSHIPS AND HAS EARNED SEVERAL CIVIC AND HEALTH AWARDS ON THIS PAST SUNDAY, AUGUST 14TH, FAMILY AND FRIENDS CELEBRATED CLARICE FREEMAN'S BIRTHDAY. IT WAS A MEMORABLE DAY FOR A VERY SPECIAL PERSON IN THEIR LIVES. AND A TIME TO [00:10:01] REJOICE IN WARM FAMILY TIES, RICH FRIENDSHIPS AND TREASURED ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS THANKFUL TO CLARICE FREEMAN FOR INSPIRING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH WISDOM AND STRENGTH THAT CAN BE PASSED DOWN TO ENLIGHTEN YOUNGER GENERATIONS AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY 102ND BIRTHDAY. AND BEFORE I, UH, READ THIS LAST, UM, PARAGRAPH AND, AND BESTOW THIS PRO PROCLAMATION ON YOU, MS. FREEMAN, LET ME ASK YOU, UM, ARE YOU STILL DRIVING? YEAH. , IT'S GONNA BE PUBLIC RECORD. MS. FREEMAN. NO. LOOK, WE MY THOUGH WE HAVE HAD, UH, PARADES FOR MS. FREEMAN AND I WAS JUST AMAZED THEN WHEN SHE SAT ON THE BACK OF A CONVERTIBLE, UM, DRIVING THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, SOMEONE WHO'S VERY ACTIVE, STILL VERY ACTIVE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, STANDING IN HER OWN RIGHT, IN HER RIGHT MIND AND, UH, WHAT A BLESSING. AND TO BE 102 YEARS OLD, THIS PROCLAMATION SIMPLY DOESN'T DO YOU ANY JUSTICE. BUT HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SAYING, THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER MAYOR CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM AUGUST 14TH, 2022 AS CLARICE FREEMAN DAY 102 YEARS YOUNG IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? OH, I GET TO SEE SOME. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I HAVE AN ALLERGY, SO IF YOU SEE ME WIPING MY NOSE, IT'S BECAUSE I'M NOT CONTAGIOUS. , I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT A, WHAT TO SAY AT 102. WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY. WHATEVER I WANT TO SAY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY, VERY, UH, INTERESTED IN COMMUNITIES. I HAVE BEEN ACTIVE ALL MY LIFE. I, I LOVE PEOPLE. I TRULY LOVE PEOPLE. MY LIFE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY BLESSED. I HAVE HAD EXPERIENCES THAT GO WAY BACK. I HAVE SEEN THE WORLD DEVELOP. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE YOU MUST GET TO KNOW ME BETTER. . AND I THOUGHT I KNOW SOMEBODY, PEOPLE, YOU DID MENTION RONALD GREEN BEING ONE OF MY, OKAY. ONE OF YOUR FORMER COUNCILMEN MEMBERS, , HE WAS ONE OF MY PIANO STUDENTS. I HAVE APPOINTED THAT THIS IS SOMETHING NOT ONLY THE COUNCIL, BUT I HOPE ALL THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING. UH, I WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER. I CAN TALK TO THE LAST ROLE BACK THERE, . I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING ANYWAY. YOU'VE GOT TO BE YOUR PHONE OUT LOOKING AT IT. , WHEN YOU'RE 103, YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH THINGS LIKE THIS. BUT, UM, MAN, WHO THAT, UH, MY BAG, I WANT TO PRESENT SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY BE LOOKING THROUGH BARS ONE OF THESE DAYS. I AM AN ACTIVIST, BUT IT'S, I DO THOSE THINGS THAT CAN PRO CAN MOVE US ALONG IN WAYS THAT WILL BENEFIT EVERYONE. LAST YEAR, THE HEARST PUBLICATION, PEOPLE ASKED YOUNG JOURNALISTS TO FIND SOMEBODY OVER 70 WHO WAS BLACK AND HAD AND ASKED THEM WHAT WAS IT LIKE GROWING UP BLACK IN AMERICA? ONE OF THE STUDENT AT TEXAS SOUTHERN CALLED ME AND ASKED [00:15:01] IF SHE COULD INTERVIEW ME. I SAID, OH, YES, OKAY. I'M USED TO THIS KIND STUFF. AND SO SHE CAME AND INTERVIEWED ME. SHE CAME BACK A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER AND INTERVIEWED ME SOME MORE. AND THEN LATER, A COUPLE MORE WEEKS, SOMEBODY FROM HEARS CALLED ME AND SAID THEY WANTED TO DO A PHOTO SHOOT. I'M THINKING THAT'S WHAT THE MODELS DO. YEAH. , I, LOOK, I NEVER CONSIDERED MYSELF, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT SHE SAID HER IS GOING TO HAVE ASKED STUDENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, UH, TO INTERVIEW AND ASKED WHAT IT WAS IT LIKE TO GROW UP BLACK IN AMERICA. WELL, ALREADY I HAD TOLD 'EM, OH MY GOODNESS. YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU WRITING A BOOK OR SOMETHING? BUT ANYWAY, THAT AT THAT POINT, THE LADY WAS WANT SAID SHE WANTED TO VERIFY. UH, THEY MY STORY. AND, UM, I DID, UH, I NAMED, I SAID, I GRADUATED FROM EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, BUT IT WAS CALLED A TEACHER'S COLLEGE AT THAT TIME. SO I SAID, YEAH, I ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH. DON'T YOU KNOW SOMEBODY'S GOING TO CHECK UP ON YOU, ? I THOUGHT, I, LISTEN, I HAD, THIS WORLD IS SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS, BUT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO PRINT ALL THOSE STORIES IN A BOOK, AND IT WOULD BE PUBLISHED ON JUNE 10TH. SURE ENOUGH, THE DAY BEFORE TWO JUNE 10TH, UH, THIS BOOK CAME TO ME. AND, AND ALSO WITH A, AN AUTOGRAPH OF OPRAH WIN CHURCH. OKAY. REASON I, AND YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THIS MIGHT NOT BE PROTOCOL, BUT THIS IS A BOOK OF ALL OF THOSE STORIES. AND THEY ARE, SOME ARE VERY SIMPLE. MINE. THE STORIES THAT I I GAVE IS IN HERE. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THIS WAS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE WHEN I, THEY HAD THE PHOTO SHOOT . THIS BOOK IS IN, UH, PUBLICATION RIGHT NOW. AND YOU GO TO ANY EBOOK STORE OR YOU KNOW, HAVE AMAZON OR WHATEVER, AND YOU WILL FIND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO GROW UP BLACK HERE IN AMERICA. I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL STORY TO TELL, AND WHEN I SAY I WAS RAISED WHITE PEOPLE, LOOK AT THE END, YOU KNOW, WONDER WHAT, IT'S A STORY. IT'S NOT IN THIS BOOK. IT'S STILL ON MY DESK WAITING FOR ME TO WRITE IT . BUT IT IS TRUE. AND THEREFORE, I HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MINDSET IN THE LIFE THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING THESE DAYS. IT'S AMAZING. IT'S AMAZING. AND I FEEL THAT THIS IS THE REASON I'M STILL HERE. I HAVE A STORY TO TELL YOU, AND WE WILL ALL JOINED TOGETHER. AND WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN, WE THE CHOICES THAT WILL BE I'M TALL, [00:20:13] MS. CLARICE FREEMAN. MRS. CLARICE BRUTMAN, IF YOU COULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOUR GUESTS THAT ARE WITH YOU. IF YOU CAN PLEASE INTRODUCE YOUR GUESTS THAT ARE WITH YOU. FAMILY MEMBERS, I BELIEVE. OH, RIGHT. WHO'S WITH YOU? I'M JERRY. UH, THIS IS MY SON. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, AND THIS IS A MIDDLE CHILD, UH, PARKER FREEMAN. AND MY VERY, VERY DEAR FRIEND, LANDA TURNER EDWARDS. YOU MIGHT EDWARDS TURNER . THAT'S OKAY. AT 103. SHE LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING. I'M SORRY. SHE HAS A NICE IDENTITY. . THIS IS MRS. EDWARD EDWARDS. ATLANTA EDWARDS. SMITHS EDWARDS. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE, WE HAVE, UH, THINK OF JUNETEENTH, THE FATHER OF JUNETEENTH. YES. OH, OKAY. WE, WE HAVE ICE MAYOR PRO CAS STADIUM. OKAY. . MRS. FREEMAN, WE WANTED TO SELL. THANK YOU FOR, HOLD ON, MS. FREEMAN TALKING TO YOU. WE HAVE A WHOLE PROCESS HERE. MRS. FREEMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE WANTED TO DEFINITELY CELEBRATE YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ, THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. AND MAYOR TURNER, THIS IS OUTSTANDING. EVERY CENTURION IN OUR CITY IS EXTRA SPECIAL, AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO HAVE YOU AS A TEACHER, UH, SEEING HOW VIBRANT YOU ARE AT 103. THANK YOU. 102, 102 YEARS OLD. UH, SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, AND I HOPE THAT WE GET TO CELEBRATE MANY MORE YEARS WITH YOU. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. THANK YOU. AND I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. . WAIT, WAIT, DON'T GO YET. DON'T GO YET. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PROCLAMATION. MRS. FREEMAN. I WANNA WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT MY MOTHER IS DIANE JIMON POLLARD. SHE'S THE DEAN OF THE THOMAS F. FREEMAN HONORS COLLEGE AT TEXAS SOUTHERN. AND I WANTED YOU TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY FOR ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS YOU'VE MADE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. WE STAND ON YOUR SHOULDERS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON EVERYTHING. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SHABA, BRINGING THIS FORWARD. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MRS. FREEMAN. UM, I'M JUST HONORED THAT I GET TO, UM, SHARE IN THIS SPACE, IN THIS MOMENT WITH YOU, UM, TO GLEAN FROM YOUR WISDOM. AND I HOPE, UM, EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBERS AND OF COURSE THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING ON FACEBOOK OR HTV, THAT THEY GET TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR CITY. UM, AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SHARE SOME SECRETS, HOW YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK SO YOUNG AT 1 0 2. UH, UM, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN ALSO, IT'S GOOD TO SEE ATLANTA EDWARDS, UM, TAM, SHE'S LIKE THE FORMER FIRST LADY OF 1 46, SO THAT'S HOW I CONSIDER HER. SHE'S A LEGEND IN HER OWN RIGHTS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS TIME WITH US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE ONE MORE. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER JOIN US VIRTUALLY. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER GAY. SORRY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. MS. FREEMAN, YOU'RE AMAZING. I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOU AND I'M JUST SAYING, YOU'RE DOING BETTER THAN ALL OF US. . YOU, YOU'RE JUST SO SPIKE, SPUNKY AND EXCITED AND, AND YOU HAVE SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR, FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK, THANK YOU MS. CLARICE FREEMAN, AND AT 102 YEARS OLD, YOU DESERVE TO HAVE HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUNG BY THE MAYOR COUNCIL AND THE AUDIENCE HERE AT THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE. SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE JOIN US. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY, HAPPY. AND AGAIN, I WANNA THANK FAMILY AND JUST SOME CONCLUSION I WANNA THANK MRS. FREEMAN [00:25:01] AND HER FAMILY. AND ACTUALLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD'S MOTHER WAS AT HER BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. UH, I I SANG A SONG THAT DAY, BUT WE ARE GONNA LEAVE IT AT THAT. BUT ANYWAY, UH, I THANK YOU ALL FOR HONORING HER AND SHE'S SO WORTHY OF HONOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION PRESENTED AGAIN BY MAYOR TURNER TO ROA JONES COLUMBA IN RECOGNITION OF HER RECENT TONY AWARD. WELL, IT SEEMED LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT, UH, FROM ASHAN JONES COUMBA. UH, AND BEFORE I READ THIS, UH, I TELL YOU, I WAS AT HOME, UH, WATCHING THE, UH, TONY AWARDS. I WAS AT HOME WATCHING THE TONY AWARDS AND, UH, THEY WERE GIVING OUT, UH, THIS AWARD. AND, UM, AND THEY MADE MENTION, UM, THIS PERSON FROM ALL DEAN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WOO. WHO, UH, WHO HAD COME OUT OF HER POCKET AND CONTRIBUTED TO OUR STUDENTS FOR THE ARTS. AND, UH, AL DEAN, I SAID, I KNOW. AND THEN THEY MENTIONED GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER. YES. WHICH MY BROTHERS AND SISTER GRADUATED FROM, AND RIGHT ACROSS, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE I LIVE. AND THEN THEY SHOWED THE CAMERA ON SHONDA. AND, UH, I SAID, WHAT THE HECK? , YOU MEAN SHONDA'S AT THE TONY'S? AND SHE DIDN'T INVITE ME. . AND THEN I GOT ON THE PHONE AND STARTED CALLING PEOPLE IN AL DEAN. AND, UM, BUT I WAS SO, SO PROUD. THANK YOU. TO SEE YOU GETTING, UH, THIS AWARD, UH, TONY AWARDS OUT OF 5,000 APPLICANTS. AND THEY, AND THEY CHOSE YOU. IT IS WITH HONOR AND PRIDE THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON CONGRATULATES RASHANDA JONES CUMBA RECIPIENT OF THE 2022 TONY AWARDS EXCELLENCE IN THE EIGHT EDUCATION AWARD. JONES CUMBA RECEIVED HER AWARD AT, UH, ON SUNDAY, JUNE THE 12TH AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL IN NEW YORK CITY. THE AWARD RECOGNIZES A K THROUGH 12 THEATER EDUCATOR IN THE UNITED STATES, WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED A MONUMENTAL IMPACT ON THEIR STUDENTS AND EMBODIES THE PROFESSION'S HIGHEST STANDARDS. RASHONDA JONES CUMBA IS CURRENTLY THE DRAMA TEACHER IN THE AL DEAN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MAGNAN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE ACRES HOME COMMUNITY. HER GREATEST JOY IS TEACHING, UH, IS WITNESSING STUDENTS REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL WHILE GAINING AN APPRECIATION FOR THE ARTS. JONES CORBA, ORIGINALLY FROM WARDEN TEXAS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. AND A 1999 GRADUATE OF WARDEN HIGH SCHOOL WENT ON TO ATTEND PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY WOO-HOO. AND RECEIVED A BA IN THEATER AND A MASTER OF EDUCATION AND ADMINISTRATION. THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, SHE HAS EARNED NUMEROUS ACCOLADES. SHE IS THE PROUD RECIPIENT OF THE STEVENS SPORTS MUSICAL THEATER TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD, AND THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY INSPIRATIONAL THEATER EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD. JONES WAS ALSO INDUCTED INTO THE TEXAS THESPIAN HALL OF FAME AND RECEIVED THE TOUCH LEADING LADIES ORGANIZATIONS, INAUGURAL ARTS EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR. SHE WAS ALSO TEXAS EDUCATION THEATERS ASSOCIATION AS 2017 EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR. AND ALL. DEAN ISD CARVER HIGH SCHOOL'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR IN 2009 AND 2014 AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PANTHER PLAYERS TROOP NUMBER 6 7 5 3. WOOHOO. THE TROOP HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL AT THE UIL ONE ACT PLAY CONTEST, TOMMY TO AWARDS, TEXAS THESPIAN STATE FESTIVAL AND INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL. JONES CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE CHAPTER BOARD FOR THE TEXAS MOND, U-I-L-O-A-P ADVISORY COMMITTEE. CHERRY LACK, TEXAS EDUCATIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND PRESIDENT OF THE SEA. LEE TURNER'S BLACK THEATER EDUCATORS CAUCUS. UH, I CAME UP UNDER HIM AND DURING HER LIMITED FREE TIME, SHE'S A TEACHING ARTIST FOR TOUCH HUMPHREY [00:30:01] SCHOOL OF MUSICAL THEATER, THE ENSEMBLE, THE, AND WORKS AS AN ACTOR, DIRECTOR AND THEATER CONSULTANT. JONES COBA THOROUGHLY ENJOYS GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HER STUDENTS HAVE PERFORMED AT SYLVESTER TURNER'S FUN DAY AT THE PARK, FREEDOM OF A TEXAS 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION. UH, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, THE ACRES, ACRES HOME CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE COMMUNITY CENTERS, CHURCHES AND LOCAL MALLS. AND WITH ALL HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SHE'S AT, SHE'S A, SHE, SHE'S THE ADORING WIFE TO JEAN JOY CUMBA OF KAON. IS HE HERE? YEAH, HE'S RIGHT THERE. KAON. RIGHT THERE. . OKAY. OF KABA. AND THEY ARE THE PROUD GODPARENTS OF PRIYA AND LEONDRE BONHAM. AND SO WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SAYING, THEREFORE I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PRESENT AND NAME AUGUST 16TH, 2022, AS RASHONDA JONES, KUUMBA DAY IN THE CITY. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER. AND THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS HONOR. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK FIRST ALL DEAN, ISD, UM, OUR SCHOOL BOARD UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT BATES, OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT'S HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MADDEN HIGH SCHOOL, OUR PRINCIPAL, DR. ROBERTSON, AND THE FACULTY AND STAFF THAT'S HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ACRES HOME COMMUNITY. YEAH. THE FOR WRAPPING THEIR ARMS AROUND THIS PROGRAM AND, AND BEING VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US AND PACKING THE HOUSE FOR US EACH AND EVERY YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PARENTS FRIENDS THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. I WOULD, I HAVE BEEN TEACHING FOR, THIS IS MY 19TH YEAR IN EDUCATION AND 18 YEARS HAVE BEEN IN GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MAGNAN HIGH SCHOOL. AND I'VE ENJOYED EVERY SINGLE MOMENT OF, OF THAT JOURNEY. AND IT DOESN'T, EVERY DAY I GO TO WORK, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A JOB BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE I AM FULFILLING MY PURPOSE AND MY PASSION. AND THEATER CAN CHANGE LIVES AND IT CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT ONE STUDENT AT A TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY THAT'S HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY MOTHER, MY HUSBAND, MY AUNT, MY GRANDMOTHER THAT, THAT'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE OF ME. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COWORKER AND THEATER PARTNER IN CRIME, JABARI COLLINS. YES. UM, WE GRADUATED FROM PRAIRIE VIEW TOGETHER AND HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER AT CARVER FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS NOW TOGETHER. AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, WORKING WITH, WE'VE BUILT A GREAT PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE A LASTING, UM, LEGACY. AND FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY REASON WHY MY STUDENTS OF GW CARVER MAGNA HIGH SCHOOL. AND TODAY I HAVE STUDENTS, NOT ONLY CURRENT STUDENTS, BUT PAST AND PRESENT STUDENTS. SOME, SOME YOUNG PEOPLE HERE HAVE GRADU, NOT THE KINDERGARTEN. YES, THERE SOME. THEY HAVE GRADUATED OVER 10 YEARS AGO. AND SOME THAT ARE HERE IN THE MOMENT. WE HAVE CURRENT STUDENTS PASSING AND PRESENT AND WE WILL BE SO HONORED TO PERFORM. JUST A LITTLE PIECE FOR YOU TODAY. UH, WE'RE GONNA PERFORM THE FINALE NUMBER FROM THE COLOR PURPLE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MS. PAMELA DIXON FOR BEING THE GENIUS BEHIND THE KEYS THIS, THIS AFTERNOON. SO WE HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR PRESENTATION INSIDE ME [00:35:01] AND, AND WHEN WE HAVE COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE, STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. MY GOD, YOU DID ALL OF THAT. WOW. THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE BOMB. AND GILEAD I NEEDED TODAY. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. UM, BUT I, I I WANNA SAY PRAYER VIEW PRODUCES PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE. UM, THAT'S NUMBER ONE. AND YOU'RE DEFINITELY ON A ROLL. I, UH, I WATCHED YOUR COMMENCEMENT SPEECH ONLINE. I'M A PROUD PRAIRIE VIEW GRADUATE AND FACULTY MEMBER AND A FORMER, UM, SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE. AND I WILL TELL YOU THE, UM, HOW IMPORTANT ARTS AND, UM, THE WORK THAT YOU ARE EXPOSING THEM TO IS SO CRITICAL TO OUR EDUCATION AND HOW IT'S CRITICAL TO THE CITY. UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY TO PROMOTE, PROMOTE ARTS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT. UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE AND GO TO LA OR NEW YORK WHERE THEY COULD DO THIS WORK RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, AND, AND, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. 'CAUSE WE KNOW IT'S NOT EASY AND BEING COMMITTED TO YOUR GIFT BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S MULTIPLYING WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU MAYOR, UM, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM, LIKE THE MAYOR, I WAS READING THE PAPER ON SUNDAY IN JUNE, AND IT SAID, UM, HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, HOUSTON TEACHER GETTING AN AWARD. AND I STARTED READING, I'M LIKE, CAR HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT B. YES. . AND SO I WAS SO EXCITED [00:40:01] AT FIRST, OF COURSE, I SAID, WHY WE NOT THERE? YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT? BUT IT WAS JUST EXCITING TO JUST KNOW ONE OF OUR OWN WAS RECEIVING THIS AWARD. UM, I TOO WAS IN CHOIR AND DRAMA. AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. MM-HMM . AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. UM, YOU WOULD COUNT ON ME, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I LOVE ART. AND JUST HEARING THOSE, THAT, THOSE VOICES JUST BEAUTIFUL. AND SO, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. THANK YOU. AND MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS IN. UM, RASHANDA, CONGRATULATIONS. REALLY THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING THE CITY OF HOUSTON ON A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCALE. UM, MAYOR, CAN WE HAVE THEM EVERY WEEK? ? I MEAN, I, I JUST THANK YOU FOR THE INVESTMENT IN OUR YOUTH. UM, I WAS A TUTS CAMP KID COMING UP. I'M NOT EVER GONNA SING FOR ANYONE. , UM, . BUT, UH, THE, IT, THE ARTS, EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T GO INTO ARTS AS A CAREER, UM, IS SO VALUABLE. AND WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF THAT IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE APPRECIATION OF THEATER, THE APPRECIATION OF MUSIC, THE APPRECIATION OF ART. SO THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN YOUR PARTNERS AND WHAT YOU'RE INSTILLING IN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL GIFT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT THAT YOU ARE GIVING TO ALL OF US AND TO OUR CITY. UH, WE COULD NOT BE MORE APPRECIATIVE AND I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE GETTING THE RECOGNITION THAT YOU DESERVE FOR IT. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR PERAM, CASTEX TATUM TO THE TONY AWARD. WINNER . IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT WE HAVE A TONY AWARD WINNER IN CITY HALL. AND SO TODAY IS EXTRA SPECIAL. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. BUT SEEING YOU AND SEEING THESE STUDENTS, THIS IS YOUR MINISTRY AND YOU ARE DEFINITELY WALKING IN YOUR PURPOSE. THE ARTS IS SO CRITICAL IN EDUCATION. IT'S SO CRITICAL TO CHARACTER BUILDING. IT'S SO INVALUABLE IN THE WORLD. AND TODAY YOU HAVE SHOWN US ALL WHY WE MUST CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE ARTS. AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. I I, MY CUP IS RUNNING OVER RIGHT NOW. UM, HEARING THOSE STUDENTS WAS JUST PHENOMENAL. AND IF THAT GETS YOU A TONY, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHERE Y'ALL ARE GOING NEXT. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES. BEST WISHES. COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABA. THANK YOU. I REALLY AM JUST OVERWHELMED. I MEAN, TODAY IS A REAL DAY FOR THE ARTS, YET MS. FREEMAN, AND THEN YOU ARE HERE TODAY AND IT'S JUST SO IRONIC. I PICKED UP THE HOUSTON STYLE MAGAZINE AND YOU ARE ON THE FRONT COVER. I'M LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, I'M NOW, I'M GONNA REALLY GO READ IT. RIGHT? . AND SO A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. AND YOU'RE JUST AS BEAUTIFUL. MORE BEAUTIFUL IN PERSON, ACTUALLY. BUT THANK YOU. AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAME AND KIND OF TOOK MY THUNDER 'CAUSE I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT THEY COME BACK AND RERE, BUT I GUESS I'LL LET THAT GO. AND, AND MAYBE YOU HAVE THE MAYOR STANDING THERE. HE MAY WANT TO, NO, MAYOR, DON'T SING . THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU STUDENTS FOR BRINGING YOUR AND BLESSING US WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL TALENTS. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, PRAYER VIEW IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES ARE TIRED OF HEARING IT, BUT MY GRANDFATHER WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY. AND SO PRAIRIE VIEW HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER PECK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO AND BRINGING YOUR STUDENTS. THAT WAS SUCH A LOVELY PERFORMANCE. IT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF ALDI AND ISD IN DISTRICT A NOT CARVER HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I JUST REALLY WANNA THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, FOR ALL OF ALDI AND ISD BECAUSE, UM, WHAT YOU DO DEFINITELY, UM, GOES FARTHER THAN THE BOUNDARIES OF JUST THAT ONE HIGH SCHOOL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CIRO, YOU HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE GIFT AND, AND WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO UNLOCK IN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE. THERE IS, THERE IS TALENT IN EVERY ONE OF THEM ALL OVER, ALL OVER THE CITY. ALL OVER THIS NATION. THERE IS SO MUCH IN THEM, BUT THEY, THEY OFTEN NEED SOMEONE TO, TO GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO, TO, TO LET IT GO, YOU KNOW, TO BE FREE TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, FIND THEIR TRUE SELVES AND, AND LOOK WHAT YOU'VE UNLOCKED IN THEM AND UNLEASHED IN THEM. AND I'M, I'M WONDERING WHO OUT HERE'S GOING TO BE GETTING THEIR OWN TONY'S AND, AND WHAT ELSE THEY'RE GONNA GO ON TO DO. CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH ONE OF YOU. YOU'RE, YOU'RE LAUNCHING HIGH. THAT'S ALL. THANK, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LOVE AND YOUR PASSION IN, IN TEACHING THE YOUTH. SO, MAYOR, YEAH, I DO WANT TO, UH, ACKNOW AND RASHONDA MAY MENTION THE, OUR DEAN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT RANDY BBAS IS HERE. AMEN. [00:45:04] THE CHIEF OF STAFF, UH, SHEILA REED AND THE, UM, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF AL DEAN ABEL GARZA, THE CARVER MAG HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. IS THAT DR. ROBINSON? YES. AND, AND HER STAFF. AND THE STAFF. THE STAFF. AND THEN THE CARVER HIGH SCHOOL THEATER 6, 7, 5 3. UH, I WANT TO THANK THEM ALL FOR COMING. AND SO IF WE WILL, IF WE CAN HAVE THE, UH, THE HUSBAND AND THE, AND THE MOM, UHHUH, THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE VIEWER COME UP AND THE GRANDMOTHER, THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF YOU COME US, RANDY BASED, THE TRUSTEE, THE SUPER ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, THE PRINCIPAL, THE FACULTY, THE STAFF. IF YOU ALL WILL COME. HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING GOOD. YOU AGAIN? 6, 7, 5 3. FIVE THREE. YES. UM, ERICA, THANK YOU. [00:52:36] ALL RIGHT. THEN [2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ACTUALLY, TODAY, COLLEAGUES, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT IT WAS A WEEK AGO TODAY THAT WHILE WE WERE ON OUR BREAK WEEK, WE FILLED THE CHAMBER WITH SOME 25 YOUNG FOLKS, MAYOR FROM ISRAEL AND PALESTINE. THESE WERE CHRISTIANS, JEWS, AND MUSLIMS AND MEMBERS OF THE J SECT WHO WERE HERE TO CELEBRATE A ORGANIZATION CALLED JERUSALEM PEACE BUILDERS. IT WAS AN INTERFAITH, UH, MINISTRY AND A SERVICE FOLLOWED, UH, WITH GREAT SPONSORSHIP FROM WHERE, UM, THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT PALMER MEMORIAL, UH, EPISCOPAL CHURCH IS LOCATED. SO TODAY WITH US IN THE CHAMBER, I'D LIKE TO BRING TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE BEEN AFFILIATED WITH THIS MINISTRY. UM, AND THAT'S FIRST DR. I IMAM, DR. MOHAM HA, WHO'S A PHD, AND ALONG WITH HIM, RABBI STEVEN MORGAN, IF YOU TWO COULD COME AND JOIN US AT THE PODIUM. UH, WHILE YOU'RE COMING FORWARD, I'D LIKE TO MENTION MAYOR, THAT IMAM IS, UH, AT THE ASIA ISLAMIC CENTER. HE RESIDES IN CLEAR LAKE HOUSTON. HE'S AN INTERFAITH ACTIVIST, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ISLAMIC AWARENESS. HE'S AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COCOS. HE IS MARRIED AND HAS ONE DAUGHTER, AND MOVED TO HOUSTON FROM PAKISTAN IN 1993. AND ALONGSIDE HIM TODAY IS RABBI STEVEN MORGAN, WHO GRADUATED FROM UCLA LAW SCHOOL IN 1983 AND PRACTICED CORPORATE AND SECURITIES LAW IN LA FOR OVER NINE YEARS. BUT HE BEGAN HIS RABBINICAL SCHOOL IN 1993 IN LOS ANGELES, AND WAS ORDAINED BY THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA IN NEW YORK CITY. IN 19 98, 98, RABBI MORGAN MOVED TO HOUSTON UPON HIS ORDINATION TO SERVE AS A RABBI AT CONGREGATION BETH URIN, AND HAS HAPPILY REMAINED THERE FOR 24 YEARS. HE SUPERVISES THE ADULT LEARNING PROGRAM AT BETH URIN, IN WHICH HE TEACHES AN INVITATION TO JUDAISM COURSE AMONG OTHER CLASSES. THESE TWO ARE HERE WITH US TODAY AS PART OF THIS INTERFAITH MINISTRY AND FOR OUR INVOCATION TODAY. UM, I'M AM MUHAMMAD HAK. I TURN TO YOU FIRST. WELL, UH, HONORABLE MAYOR TURNER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY [00:55:01] TO START OFF OUR SESSION TODAY WITH A PRAYER. SO LET'S PRAY. I BEGIN WITH THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST MERCIFUL, THE MOST BENEFICIAL AS WE BEGIN THIS FALL WITH A SENSE OF HOPE AND PURPOSE FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD. OH, GOD, BLESS OUR CITY'S LEADERSHIP AND THEIR STAFF. AND GRANT ALL OF US WISDOM, STRENGTH, AND SUCCESS IN ALL OUR PROJECTS. OH GOD, GUIDE US TO THE RIGHT PATH, TO THE RIGHT DECISIONS, TO THE BEST POLICIES, SO THAT WE ACCOMPLISH ALL OF OUR TASKS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON. OH GOD, GRANT US YOUR BLESSING IN ALL THAT WE DO. OH GOD, DIRECT THOUGHTS OF OUR CITY LEADERSHIP, THEIR WORDS, THEIR DECISIONS, ACTIONS FORWARD TOWARDS THE RIGHT PATH AND HELP ALL OF US STAY IN THE RIGHT TRACK. OH GOD, MAKE OUR DIFFERENCES OF, MAKE OUR DIFFERENCE, OF OPINION, OF OUR STRENGTH AND NOT OUR WEAKNESS. OH, GOD, BLESS US WITH UNITY OF PURPOSE AND SPIRIT, OH GOD OF ABRAHAM. MAKE OUR DIVERSITY THE SOURCE OF OUR PERFECTION AND NOT THE REASON FOR OUR FAILURE. OH, GOD, UNITE US FOR THE BEST OUTCOME OF OUR EFFORTS. HELP US TO MEET CHALLENGES WITH MUTUAL STRENGTH, OPPOSITION WITH KINDNESS, ANGER WITH COMPASSION AND SADNESS WITH PRAYERS. HELP US TO LIFT THE UNDERPRIVILEGED AND THE OPPRESSED TO LIFT THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO LIFT THEMSELVES AND TO SPEAK FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. OH, GOD, ACCEPT ALL OF OUR PRAYERS WITH YOUR MERCY, KINDNESS AND FORGIVENESS. I MEAN, AMEN. UM, WHAT HE SAID. NOW, I, I DID WRITE SOMETHING, BUT IT'S VERY SIMILAR, ETERNAL SOURCE OF LIFE. WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS FOR OUR CITY AND FOR THIS ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENT, LEADERS OF OUR CITY INSPIRE ALL OF US WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION, WISDOM AND INSIGHT, COURAGE AND STRENGTH, KINDNESS AND UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WE MAY SEE PAST OUR DIFFERENCES IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMMON GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS. GRANT OUR LEADERS CLARITY AND GOOD JUDGMENT IN ALL THEIR DELIBERATIONS. THAT THEY ADMINISTER ALL MUNICIPAL BUSINESS FAIRLY AND JUSTLY FOR THE SAFETY, HAPPINESS, AND PROSPERITY OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. MAY THEIR DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS BE INSPIRED BY YOUR WILL. THAT DIFFERENCES OF OPINION MAY BE EXPRESSED IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF SINCERITY, COURTESY, AND MUTUAL RESPECT. AND THAT THEIR DELIBERATIONS MAY LEAD TO INSPIRED, CREATIVE AND FRUITFUL PLANS AND DECISIONS, WHICH FURTHER ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OUR CITIZENS. CREATOR OF ALL HUMANITY. BLESS ALL THE INHABITANTS OF OUR CITY WITH YOUR SPIRIT IN WHATEVER FAITH TRADITION THEY USE TO FIND YOUR PRESENCE. MAY IT, CITIZENS OF ALL RACES AND CREEDS FORGE A COMMON BOND OF TRUE HARMONY TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE WELFARE OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO RESIDE WITHIN ITS BORDERS. AND MAY YOUR SPIRIT NEVER DEPART FROM OUR MIDST. MAY WE ALWAYS RECOGNIZE THE MANY WONDROUS BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US AND UPON OUR CITY, AND UPON OUR COUNTRY. AND TO ALL OF THIS, MAY WE SAY AM MEAN. AMEN. THANK YOU. HOW AND RABBI MORGAN. AND IF YOU'LL JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, YOU PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND FOR THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDI WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE, FOR IF YOU'RE [ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING] PREPARED FOR THE, UH, FOR THE ROLL CALL. SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE REMOTE, IF YOU'RE PREPARED TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. UH, MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR TURNER. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PECK. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. HERE. COUNCIL CAYMAN. PRESENT COUNCIL COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABA. HERE. COUNCILMAN MARTIN WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS PRESENT. COUNCIL HUFFMAN PRESENT. COUNCILMAN CISNEROS? HERE. COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS? HERE. COUNCILMAN POLLARD? HERE. COUNCILMAN CASTEX TATUM. HERE. COUNCILMAN KNOX WILL BE ABSENT. CONSTABLE ROBINSON. HERE. COUNCILMAN KUBO? HERE. COUNCILMAN PLUMMER HERE. AND COUNCIL BA ALCO. THANK YOU. IF YOU, OH, I'M SORRY. THE MINUTES. WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF JUNE 15TH AND 16TH. CASTEX TATUM MOVED. SECOND ROBINSON AND MOVED. AND SECOND ON THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES. ANY OBJECTION, CHAIR? NONE. MOTION IS GRANTED, UH, WITH RESPECT [PUBLIC SPEAKERS] TO THE HYBRID PUBLIC SESSION FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE JOINING US VIRTUALLY. UH, IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW AND THEN YOU CAN PROCEED TO HANG UP. [01:00:01] UH, STATE YOUR NAME WHEN MAKING A MOTION OR SECONDING ONE. FOR THOSE JOINING VIRTUALLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW AND THEN WE WILL CALL ON YOU. UH, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST BE VISIBLE ON CAMERA WHILE YOU ARE SPEAKING FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS. FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS. IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER, YOU HAD TO SIGN UP WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE BY 3:00 PM YESTERDAY. WE WILL CALL YOUR NAME IN THE ORDER IN WHICH YOU SIGNED UP WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. IF YOU ARE HERE IN PERSON, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE MIGHTY, UH, TO THE PODIUM AND GET BEHIND ONE OF THEM, ONE OF THE TWO MICS. IF YOU ARE CALLING IN, PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. IF YOU ARE APPEARING ON CAMERA, CLICK ON THE MICROPHONE ICON AND THE CAMERA ICON, AND THEN YOU WILL BE GIVEN, WELL ONE, TWO OR THREE MINUTES, UH, TO SPEAK. UH, AFTER THE BELL RINGS, YOU MUST BRING YOUR COMMENTS TO AN IMMEDIATE END. FINALLY, WE HAVE A VERY LONG LIST OF SPEAKERS TODAY, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL RULES, UH, AFTER YOU REACH THAT 150 MINUTE MARK, AND WE ARE AT 192. SO MADAM SECRETARY, YOU'LL READ THE APPLICABLE SECTION OF RULE EIGHT. PLEASE BEAR IN MIND BECAUSE THE TIME LIMITS WILL CHANGE AS OF TODAY, UM, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE. SO, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU READ, UH, RULE, UH, RULE EIGHT, NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION A, IF THE TOTAL OF THE TIMES REQUESTED BY SPEAKERS AT ANY COUNCIL MEETING IS GREATER THAN 150 MINUTES, THE MAYOR SHALL SO ANNOUNCE AND EACH SPEAKER'S TIME SHALL BE ONE MINUTE. FURTHERMORE, WHEN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION ARE INVOKED, THE QUESTION TIME FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHALL BE LIMITED TO A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF ONE MINUTE FOR EACH SPEAKER, NOT WITHSTANDING THE PROVISION OF THIS RULE. AND RULE 10 TO THE CONTRARY. OKAY, SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S GIVEN ONE MINUTE. AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE BEAR IN MIND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS, UH, THAT ARE ON THE LIST TODAY. BUT ONE MINUTE PLEASE, PLEASE ADHERE TO THE ONE MINUTE RULE. UH, THERE ANY PROCEDURE? MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER. THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER. AND GOOD MORNING. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UH, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER RELAT PLUMMER. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE, MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES, UH, TO PLACE MELANIE MILES, TAMARA BELL, AND DORIS BROWN TO THE TOP OF THE ONE MINUTE LIST, PLEASE, THOMAS. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY OBJECTION, JUDGE? NONE. AND THE MOTION IS GRANTED. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? ANY OTHER PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? HEARING NONE, MADAM SECRETARY, YOU WILL PROCEED TO CALL THE SPEAKER'S LESSON. PLEASE BEAR IN MIND YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE OFF OUR ALL SPEAKERS. MELANIE MILES. MELANIE MILES. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. RIGHT, RIGHT BEHIND ONE OF THOSE MICS. YEAH. MIKE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, MY NAME IS MELANIE MILES. I, UH, AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL WITH REGARDS TO 53 26 CALHOUN AND THE 17 TOWNHOUSES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE ERECTED AT THIS PROPERTY. I, UM, BEFORE THE COUNSEL, AS THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WES MCGREGOR, UH, CIVIC CLUB, AND SINCE I ONLY HAVE ONE MINUTE, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF IN SOME, UH, IT IS OUR POSITION THAT THE HOMEOWNERS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED NOTICE, UH, OF THE PLATTING OF THIS PROPERTY, OF THE 17 TOWNHOUSES THAT ARE GOING, UH, TO BE ERECT, THAT HAVE BEEN PERMITTED TO BE ERECTED AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION. UM, THE PROPERTY OWNERS UNDER THE BOTH CITY ORDINANCES AND STATE ORDINANCES ARE ENTIRE ENTITLED TO NOTICE. I UNDERSTAND AFTER MEETING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THAT IT IS THEIR POSITION THAT THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PLA THAT IS INCORRECT, UH, ACCORDING TO STATE LAW ZONING LAW, AND YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. OKAY? AND I BELIEVE, YEAH, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TALKED WITH THE CITY LEGAL AND SOIL VALLEY, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THAT THROUGH. BUT THIS PARTICULAR AREA WAS NEVER PLATTED. NOTICE IS REQUIRED WHEN IT'S A REPL, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT WAS NEVER, IT WAS NEVER PLATTED. AND SO NOTICE IS NOT REQUIRED. UM, SO THAT'S ON THE NOTICE SIDE. AND THEN, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, THEY MADE YOU PRIVY TO SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, LIMITATIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA. UM, SO IT'S A LITTLE, THERE'S A LOT MORE INVOLVED, BUT I THINK CITY IS WALKING, MS. MILES'S, WALKING YOU THROUGH AND THEN WHOMEVER [01:05:01] ELSE. BUT JUST BEAR IN MIND, THIS PARTICULAR SECTION WAS NEVER PLATTED. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABA. SHABA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, UH, ATTORNEY MILES, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT IN HELPING US TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'LL GIVE, GIVE YOU, UH, SOME OF MY TIME. THANK I APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, MAYOR, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE UNDER THEIR DEFINITION OF PLATTING. HOWEVER, PLATTING UNDER STATE LAW AND THERE'S PLENTY OF CASE LAW TO SUPPORT IT AS WELL. IT'S VERY LIMITED AS FAR AS WHAT PLATTING ACTUALLY CONSISTS OF. THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAVE ISSUED A VERY BROAD MEETING WITH LOTS AND BLOCKS, ET CETERA. AND THAT UNDER THE DEFINITION OF THE LAW, CASE LAW AS WELL AS UNDER THE DEFINITION, GENERAL DEFINITION OF PLATTING IS INCORRECT. UM, I HAVE IN INDICATED TO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM WITH REGARDS TO THIS MATTER, BUT IN SOME, YOU HAVE 11 HOMES THAT HAVE EXISTED FOR YEARS O OVER THE FOUR TRACKS OF LAND, AND THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED BACK AND FORTH TO VARIOUS OWNERS. YEAH. TIME HAS EXPIRED. AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I'M SURE THAT THOSE 11 HOMEOWNERS ASSUME, UH, OR WERE OPERATING ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THOSE OVERALL DEED RESTRICTIONS FOR THEIR SUBDIVISION. UM, BUT THE FACTS ARE WHAT THEY ARE. AND I KNOW YOU DIFFER AND YOU'VE BEEN A LAWYER FOR MANY YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN WONDERFUL MANY YEARS. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE MAY DIFFER. THE COURTHOUSE IS ALWAYS THE BEST PLACE TO GET THOSE ISSUES RESOLVED. UM, BUT I, WE UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES AND QUITE FRANKLY, UM, WHICH WE COULD BE EVEN. AND, AND I KNOW YOU AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THINGS THROUGH AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SIT DOWN AND, AND TALK TO ME, UM, ABOUT THEIR, THEIR LEGAL ANALYSIS. SO, WELL, WE KNOW, YOUR HONOR, I MEAN, YOUR HONOR, WE KNOW, UH, MAYOR, THAT YOU HAVE, UM, UH, HAD AN ADMINISTRATION OF OPEN COMMUNICATION, YOU'VE ALSO PROTECTED NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WE COULD COUNT ON THAT. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COUNT ON THAT FROM THE PLANNING DIRECTOR. AND YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. THE COURTHOUSE IS MANY TIMES THE BEST PLACE TO RESOLVE ISSUES LIKE THIS, TO GET A DEFINITION UNDER THE LAW. BUT I AM HOPEFUL THAT WITH, UH, ANOTHER PRESENTATION TO COUNSEL, YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT THE LAW IS PRETTY CLEAR ON THIS MATTER. WELL, I'M NOT GONNA OVERRULE MY LEGAL DEPARTMENT. OKAY. OKAY. SO I, I GOT YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. NO. IS THERE A MOTION COUNCIL? IT, IT'S ONE. I GOT YOU. IT'S ONE MINUTE TOTAL FOR THE SPEAKERS AS WELL AS FOR, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. IS THERE A MOTION TO MOTION TO EXTEND, EXTEND MOVED. AND SECOND AGAIN, ONE MINUTE. COUNCILMAN KUMAR? UH, COUNCILOR, UH, WOULD YOU, UH, BE WILLING TO SEND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHAT YOU HAVE? ABSOLUTELY. I KNOW I'VE SEEN SOME THINGS, BUT IF YOU'D SEND IT TO US IN AN EMAIL, I'M SURE YOU HAVE OUR EMAILS AND I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR PRO. YEAH. CAST TAG. COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THE END RESULT THAT YOU AND THE GROUP THAT YOU ARE REPRESENTING IS LOOKING FOR? I, I KNOW YOU, THERE'S SOME DISCREPANCY WITH THE PLAT, BUT WHAT IS THE END RESULT THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR? THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. THE END RESULT IS BY CITY ORDINANCE. THEN THE PERMIT THAT WAS, UH, GRANTED MUST NOW BE WITHDRAWN AND THEY MUST START OVER. UH, SO, UH, WITH THE PROCESS, BECAUSE NOTICE WAS NOT PROVIDED. SO, UM, THAT IS OUR REQUEST THAT THE PERMIT BE WITHDRAWN. IT'S NO LONGER A VALID PERMIT BECAUSE THE RULES WERE NOT COMPLIED WITH. AND THEN THEY MUST START THE PROCESS OVER. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS MELANIE. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. TOMORROW BELL. TOMORROW BELL. I CAME HERE ON JULY 20TH AND GAVE Y'ALL A BUCKET OF MILK. I TOLD Y'ALL WHAT A GREAT JOB Y'ALL DID IN NOTIFICATION FOR THE REDISTRICT AND HOW PROUD I WAS OF YOU ALL BECAUSE I'D NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. AND HOW I THOUGHT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN MAKING SURE ALL OF HOUSTON HAD A CHANCE TO GIVE THEIR VOICE TO THE REDISTRICTING. THANK YOU, TAMARA. I REMEMBER THAT. I REMEMBER THAT. AND WE JUST HU HUSH HUSH. ANYWAY, THAT IS NOT WHY I'M HERE TODAY. I'M HERE TO TAKE THAT BUCKET AND LOOK BACK BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT Y'ALL DID WITH THIS. I UNDERSTAND ALL THIS THAT Y'ALL SAYING ABOUT WHAT YOU COULDN'T. BUT IN THEIR APPLICATION, THERE IS A REPLANT APPLICATION. YOU DON'T REPLANT WHAT AIN'T BEEN PLANTED. AND THERE LIES THE RUG. MELANIE ASKED FOR A COPY OF IT TODAY AND LEGAL HYDEN HALL AND DIDN'T GIVE IT TO HER. NOW WE GONNA HAVE TO DO A REQUEST FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A REPLANT IN YOUR APPLICATION IF IT WASN'T ALREADY PLANTED. AND WE TALKING 17 TOWN HOMES ON A LOT THAT HEAD OUT WITH SINGLE HOUSE FOR OVER 80 YEARS. OVER 80 YEARS, THERE WAS A SINGLE HOUSE ON THAT LOT AND IS IT WAS SOLD TO A FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO DIDN'T BUILD HIS HOUSE AND SOLD YET. YEAH, TIME HAS EXPIRED, [01:10:01] BUT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, UH, TAMARA, WHATEVER INFORMATION THAT YOU'ALL ARE REQUESTING, YOU'LL GET IT. BUT IT, IT WASN'T, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PLAN. IT WASN'T REPLANTED, BUT, BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU'RE THINKING, WE, WE, WE ARE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET IT BECAUSE, UH, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO ASSIST, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO IT. AS LONG AS WE CAN DO IT LEGALLY. AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO COME ONE WEEKEND AND, AND PAT US, YOU KNOW, PAT US ON THE BACK. , . HEY, KNOCK Y'ALL OUT. I'M NOT KIDDING. I SWEAR I'M SICK OF FIGHTING. Y'ALL KNOW, I DO THIS FOR FREE. I, I BETTER NOT GET NO TICKET BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET A TICKET, YOU KNOW? OKAY. , TAKE YOUR HAND OFF YOUR HIP. . HOLD ON A SECOND. COUNCILMAN PLUMMER. COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR TAMARA, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU MY TIME. IF YOU HAD ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. YES, LET, AND LET ME TELL YOU ALL THIS. I DON'T WANT ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD TO GO THROUGH THIS. ANYTIME SOMEONE CAN COME ON A LOT IN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND PUT 17 TOWN HOMES AND TELL YOU THEY NEED TO TELL YOU NOTHING, THAT'S A PROBLEM. Y'ALL NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. IT FLOODS HEAVILY OVER THERE ALREADY. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THEY GOT THE LAND, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S HIGHER THAN THE HOUSES ADJACENT. SO WHAT HAPPENS? YOU GET MORE FLOODING. THE INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THERE, THE POWER GO OUT. IF YOU GET A HATCH, YOU IN THE SKY, THE POWER GO OUT. THE PLUMBING AIN'T GOOD. YOU HAD ONE PERSON PEEING IN A HOUSE FOR 80 YEARS, NOW YOU GOT 17. ARE Y'ALL GONNA CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE? NO, YOU NEVER DO. YOU CANNOT CONTINUE THIS BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA LIVE IN SUGAR LAND, PEARL LAND OR NORTHERN LAND. I LOVE YOU, STAN. THANK YOU. ONE SECOND. ONE, ONE SECOND. NOW THIS, THIS PORTION OF, OF THE, UM, COUNCIL MEETING IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PROCLAMATIONS. NO CLAPPING. NO CLAPPING FOR THE DECOR OF THE, OF THE, UM, OF THIS MEETING. NO CLAPPING IS ALLOWED. NOW, IF YOU WANNA RAISE YOUR HANDS, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. IF YOU WANNA STAND UP, YOU CAN DO THAT. BUT CLAMPING IS NOT ALLOWED. UM, NOW IF WE WANT TOMORROW BACK, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REMOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES. 'CAUSE THE TIME HAS EXPIRED. JUST BEAR IN MIND, WE HAVE THREE PAGES OF SPEAKERS TODAY. SO, UH, ANY MOTION TO SUSPEND? OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN MOVES TO SUSPEND THE RULES. IS THAT BEEN MOVED A SECOND? ANY OBJECTION? NONE. UH, TOMORROW YOU'LL COME BACK. I WOULD CHANGE MY SHOES. . THAT'S ALL RIGHT. TOMORROW IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE VERY QUICK. I APOLOGIZE. MAYOR, I JUST TOMORROW BROUGHT UP AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE CITY. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE REPL ISSUE. OKAY. AND I DEFER TO LEGAL ON THAT. BUT MAYOR, WE, AT LEAST IN DISTRICT C IN SHADY ACRES, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S RIGHT. WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN SINGLE FAMILY BUNGALOWS FOR DECADES. SIX PACKS, 12 PACKS GOING UP EVERYWHERE, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE CANNOT HANDLE IT. SO I, I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING THE ISSUE. IT'S SOMETHING WE AS COUNCIL NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS. ABSOLUTELY. BUT MAYOR, I DID WANNA JUST ADDRESS THE FACT THAT WE ARE HAVING CONCERNS ALL OVER THE CITY ABOUT, UH, WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN WEATHER THE NEXT STORM IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KBA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, TAMARA, I, I DON'T CARE FOR MILK, BUT IF YOU'D BRING SOME BLUE BELL ICE CREAM NEXT TIME, A BUCKET OF THAT WILL BE BETTER. I WILL. AND DON'T TAKE IT BACK AFTER YOU GIVE IT TO US. I TRY NOT TO. I SWEAR. . ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. I'LL SAY THIS. THAT, THAT REPL THAT DOES MAKE SENSE. YOU CAN'T PLAT, YOU CAN'T REPL SOMETHING HASN'T BEEN PLATTED. THANK YOU. I AGREE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. DARRIS BROWN. DARRIS BROWN. MY NAME IS DORIS BROWN AND TODAY I'M REPRESENTING THE WEST STREET RECOVERY, NORTHEAST ACTION COLLECTIVE AND HARVARD FORGOTTEN SURVIVORS CAUCUS. WE CAME IN SUPPORT OF THE AIR ORDINANCE. WE WANNA KNOW WHAT IS THE HOLDUP. DO NOT ALL CITIZENS DESERVE A QUALITY OF LIFE? WHY DO THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EXIST? BECAUSE THIS IS NOT LIVING SINCE I ONLY HAVE A MINIMUM, I SKIP AROUND. WHY DO THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN FILTHY APARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ELECTED FOR YEARS? SENIORS, BABIES, DISABLED RESIDENTS? THIS IS A, IS A REQUEST FOR URGENCY OF THIS ORDINANCE. IS THIS WHAT WE SHOW THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON OR JUST THE POOR AND MARGINALIZED PEOPLE? ARE THEY BEING PENALIZED, DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BECAUSE THEY ARE POOR AND THIS IS THE BEST THEY CAN DO? YEARS AGO, THE POLICE CARS [01:15:01] HAD HAD A PROTECT AND SERVE ON THEIR PATROL CARS. BUT NO MORE. MAY I ASK, PLEASE, PLEASE, UH, TURN YOUR PHONES ON, ON SILENCE YOUR PHONES. PLEASE DO THAT. OKAY. MAY I FINISH? ALRIGHT. THE TIME HAS EXPIRED, MS. BROWN, BUT I WAS INTERRUPTED, BUT I WILL, I'LL GIVE YOU 10 SECONDS. OKAY. NOW I ASK, WHOSE JOB IS IT TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS OF APARTMENTS IN HOUSTON? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EXACTLY. THANK YOU, MS. BROWN. YOU ARE WELCOME. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, RANDALL CALLANAN. RANDALL CALLAN. YOU'LL PRESS STAR SIX. RANDALL CALLAN. STAR SIX. RANDALL CALLANAN. STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER. KATHY WELLS. KATHY WELLS. KATHY WELLS IS HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR TURNER AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I'M KATHY WELLS AND I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CALHOUN TOWN HOMES. AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I'VE LIVED IN THE WEST MCGREGOR ASSOCIATION DISTRICT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. AND IN THOSE 30 YEARS, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SO MANY WONDERFUL FAMILIES MOVE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILD BEAUTIFUL HOMES AND MAINTAIN THE OLD, I ACTUALLY HAVE A COPY OF THE DOCUMENTARY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WHAT WHAT MAKES ME SO PROUD IS NOT ONLY TO SEE HOW WE HAVE MAINTAINED THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE'VE ENHANCED IT SIGNIFICANTLY. AND SO I JUST REACH OUT TO YOU AND ASK YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT US AND HELP US IN PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND LET'S NOT REPEAT HISTORY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHAB BARNES. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. WELLS. AND THIS MORNING I ATTENDED THE MEETING WITH THE CITY HU LEGAL TEAM. AND, UM, MS. MILES AS WELL AS ARVA HOWARD. IT WAS AN INFORMATIVE MEETING, BUT I'M, I'M VERY, VERY DISTURBED, UH, BECAUSE I HAVE A, A REAL PASSION FOR DEED RESTRICTIONS AND HAD THE WORKSHOP BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THIS AND REALIZE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN WE DON'T COME TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS TAKEN CARE OF. 'CAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT. I WOULD NOT WANT THAT DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO MY HOME. AND SO THERE WAS ALMOST THE INSTANCE WHERE IT WAS, UH, THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT, SOMEWHAT SMALLER, BUT CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS CONDUCIVE FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE WERE ABLE TO COMBAT THAT, UH, WITH OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS. SO PLEASE, PLEASE BE ON TOP OF IT. THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS GOING ON. I'M GLAD THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE COME DOWN TO SPEAK BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING MIRROR MY SENTIMENTS. AND CERTAINLY I AM IN SUPPORT OF, UH, REMOVING THIS PROJECT. BUT OF COURSE WE HAVE TO HAVE, UH, A LEG TO STAND ON. AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO EXPRESS THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMER. MOTION TO HOLD ON A SECOND. THERE. A MOTION TO EXTEND MOVE ROBINSON. I A SECOND MOVED. AND SECOND. AND, AND IT'S EXPENDED AGAIN. LET ME REMIND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS, SO YOU'RE JUST GONNA START WITH US. PLEASE END WITH US. OKAY. SO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO SUSPEND, DON'T LEAVE ME AND A FEW OTHERS HERE FOR THE END. OKAY. STAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH IF WE'RE GONNA SUSPEND THE RULES. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER. COUNCIL COUNCILMAN PLUMMER. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, VANESSA TILNEY. VANESSA TILNEY. IF YOU PRESS STAR SIX, VANESSA TILNEY, STAR SIX. VANESSA TILNEY. NEXT SPEAKER. LINDA PATRICK. LINDA PATRICK. LINDA HERE. LINDA'S HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY WILLIAM AT MS. TOWN. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MAYOR TURNER AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL. I'M LINDA. PATRICK. PATRICK. I'VE LIVED IN THE, UH, WEST MCGREGOR CIVIC ASSOCIATION FOR THE PAST 34 YEARS. WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY PAID OUR TAXES ON TIME. I'VE WORKED WITH THE, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IN RENEWING OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS, WHICH WE THOUGHT WERE IN GOOD SHAPE UNTIL WE RUN INTO A PROBLEM IN THE CITY'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT. TELLS US THAT THEY'RE NOT. IT IS CONFUSING TO US AS, UH, CITIZENS WHEN WE WORK SO HARD TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING THINGS RIGHT AND [01:20:01] WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THE COVERAGE FROM OUR OWN GOVERNMENT. AND IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE UNDER PUBLIC ASSAULT WITH THESE NEW DEVELOPERS COMING IN AND CHANGING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE FEEL THAT THE, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR COULD HAVE AT LEAST PROVIDED US THE COURTESY OF GIVING US SOME HEADS UP ON THIS. AND TOM HAS EXPLAINED HOPE. I HOPE THAT YOU'RE, I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REPRESENTING Y'ALL WILL SHOW YOU ALL THE, THE MAPS BECAUSE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS COVER A LARGE PORTION OF THAT AREA. BUT WITH RESPECT TO THIS AREA, WHICH WAS UNPLANTED, IT IS NOT COVERED. SO I HOPE EVERYBODY'S SHOWING YOU ALL THE INFORMATION 'CAUSE I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH IT. BUT WHEN PEOPLE THOUGHT, PEOPLE MAY HAVE THOUGHT, THE DE RESTRICTIONS COVERED EVERYTHING. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THIS SECTION WAS NOT COVERED. AND BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE. AND THAT'S WHY IT TAKES A NUMBER OF TOOLS TO PROTECT THAT, TO PROTECT THE AREA. A NUMBER OF TOOLS, NOT JUST DE RESTRICTIONS, BUT EVERY AVAILABLE TOOL TO CON, TO INFLUENCE AND CONTROL THE DEVELOPMENT AND ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS WE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE WITH YOU ALL. OKAY. AND WE SHARED MUCH OF THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES THIS MORNING. CAN WE REQUEST THAT THE PERMITS BE WITHDRAWN UNTIL WE, UNTIL WE FIGURE ALL OF THIS OUT? MM. WELL, THEY HAVE BEEN HELD FOR RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE BEEN HELD, BUT, UH, I'LL LEAVE THAT TO LEGAL. I'LL LEAVE THAT TO LEGAL BECAUSE, UH, IT CUTS ON BOTH ENDS. BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL LEAVE THAT TO LEGAL. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAN. THANK YOU. OFFICE DID ASK. OH, I'M SORRY. YOU KNOW, CHEERLEADER VOICE. I FIGURED I COULD JUST KEEP SPEAKING. ANYWAY, UH, MY OFFICE DID ASK FOR THEM TO PUT IT ON HOLD WHILE THIS IS BEING REVIEWED, AND THEY ARE STILL REVIEWING. AND SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT NOT UNTIL THEY DO THEIR FINAL DETERMINATION, WILL ANYTHING HAPPEN. ACCORDING TO WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY LEGAL, THE CITY, THE CITY HAS PUT THEM THE PERMITS ON HOLD AND THEY'VE BEEN TAGGED, AND THEY ARE STILL REMAINING ON HOLD. UH, UM, HOW LONG THAT WILL BE? UH, I CANNOT, I CANNOT SAY, BUT WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE INFORMATION IS MADE READILY AVAILABLE AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE SITUATION IS. UH, AND AGAIN, TO THE EXTENT WE COULD STEP IN AND SAY, NO, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY AND PREPARED TO DO JUST THAT. I JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE LEGAL FOUNDATION ON WHICH TO DO IT. OKAY. OKAY. SO, WE'LL, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. WILLIAM ER. WILLIAM ALSER. IS WILLIAM HERE? WILLIAM ALSER. WILLIAM. WILLIAM HERE. NEXT SPEAKER. TAMIKA WOODS. TAMIKA WOODS IS TAMIKA. HERE. TAMIKA. TAMIKA WOODS. NEXT SPEAKER, GUADALUPE TELLO. GUADALUPE, TELL GUADALUPE IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY TORCH. MARCELLUS. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS GUADALUPE, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE IMPORTANCE FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE ENHANCED LIBRARY CARDS FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. AS A NON-TRADITIONAL FORM OF IDENTIFICATION, I'M A FIRST GENERATION MEXICAN AMERICAN DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS, AND AS A NATIVE HOUSTONIAN, I HAVE SPENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS WORKING WITH MY COMMUNITY TO UPLIFT OUR NEIGHBORS DAILY. I WORK ALONGSIDE ASYLUM SEEKING NEIGHBORS, AND THEIR JOURNEY HERE IS FAR FROM EASY. WHEN ENTERING THE COUNTRY AT THE BORDER, THEIR PASSPORTS AND COUNTRY IDS GET TAKEN AND THEY GET LEFT WITH A PAPER COPY OF THEM. AS I WORK WITH THEM. OBTAINING IDS FROM THEIR CONSULATE IS EVEN MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THERE IS NO APPOINTMENTS, NO ID MEANS NO SHELTER, NO FOOD, NO OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT. AND THE LIST JUST GOES ON. WHEN PARENTS CANNOT ACCESS THESE SERVICES, THEIR CHILDREN OFTEN GO WITHOUT THESE RESOURCES AS WELL. I URGE YOU ALL TODAY TO CONSIDER HOW IMPACTFUL THESE ENHANCED LIBRARY CARDS CAN BE. THANK YOU. ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN GUY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS. TEO, FOR, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AND THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M, I'M WORKING WITH THE MAYOR, AND THE MAYOR IS WORKING WITH, UH, CHIEF NER, UH, TO SEE IF, IF, IF THE CITY CAN ACCEPT, UH, OR WILL ACCEPT THE, UH, UH, LIBRARY CARD FROM, UH, HARRIS COUNTY. AND I AGREE WITH YOU. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO IMPORTANT, UH, OUT, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IN REGARDS TO INDIVIDUALS, UH, FEELING COMFORTABLE SO THAT WAY THEY CAN WALK DOWN THE STREET WITHOUT THE FEAR, WITHOUT THE FEAR BY HPD, STOPPING THEM. [01:25:01] ABSOLUTELY. AND ASKING THEM FOR AN ID. UH, SO, UH, AND, AND, AND, AND IF THIS DOES HAPPEN, THEN WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN WORK WITH A BANK SO THAT WAY A BANK CAN ACCEPT THIS COUNTY ID AS WELL. SO THAT WAY INDIVIDUALS CAN ACTUALLY GO AND CASH THEIR CHECK AND DEPOSIT IT AT A BANK AND NOT BRING IT HOME, NOT BRING THE MONEY HOME WHERE THEY'RE GETTING ROBBED. UH, SO THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, AND MAYOR, AGAIN, I'M ASKING THAT CHIEF NER POLICE ACCEPT THIS FOR A CITY ID, UH, THAT THE COUNTY HAS ISSUED. UH, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS JUST SAY, YES, WE WILL ACCEPT THIS ID FROM THE COUNTY. AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN THE FEAR, LIVE IN FEAR EVERY SINGLE DAY. I MEAN, WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT CAME HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND SAID THAT TO GO INTO A SCHOOL, YOU NEED TO HAVE AN ID TO GO GET YOUR KID. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEY DON'T HAVE AN ID. THEY DON'T HAVE AN ID, SO THEY CAN'T GO GET THEIR KID. ALL WE HAVE TO SAY IS, YES, WE WILL ACCEPT THIS FROM THE COUNTY. AND SO MANY PEOPLE WILL BE SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE LIVING EVERY DAY DOING THEIR DAY-TO-DAY, UH, SHORES AND THEIR DAY TO DAY, UH, UH, ERRANDS WITHOUT FEAR THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, STOPPED AND NOT HAVE AN ID. THANK YOU. THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT IS ACCEPTING THAT ID. THE, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS ACCEPTING THE ID. SO, HI. ALL, ALL, ALL, ALL CHIEF THINNER HAS TO DO IS SAY THE HISD WILL ACCEPT THE ID AS WELL PLUS, BUT THE ID WILL BE ACCEPTED AT ALL CITY, UH, FACILITIES AS WELL. BUT HE'S, HE'S, HE'S REPRESENTED TO ME. HE'S TALKED TO COUNCIL, UH, TO SHERIFF GONZALEZ. I'M SORRY. HE'S TALKED TO, TO THE SHERIFF AND THE SHERIFF IS, THERE IS SOME CONFUSION. LEMME JUST LEAVE IT THAT WAY. YEAH. WELL, WHAT, WHAT I READ IS THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS ACCEPTING IT. THEY ARE STATE SPEEDY. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. WHAT I, WHAT I READ IS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS ACCEPTING THIS FORM OF ID AND IF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS ACCEPTING THIS FORM OF ID, WHY ISN'T THE HISD, I MEAN HPD NOT ACCEPTING THIS FORM OF ID, LET ME TALK TO, UH, ED GONZALEZ. 'CAUSE APPARENTLY THERE IS SOME CONFUSION. THANK YOU. I HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SAYING. LET ME HEAR IT FROM THE SHERIFF . OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. ALRIGHT, THANKS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER. TARS MARCELLUS TARS MARCELLUS, UH, PRESS STAR SIX. TOSH MARCELLUS STAR SIX. TOSH MARCELLUS STAR SIX. MARCELLA STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER. CHASE. ADA CHASE. ADA STAR SIX. CHASE OHADA. STAR SIX. CHASE OHADA. NEXT SPEAKER. AMIR. AND, SORRY, I'M SORRY. NO, NO. OKAY. AMIR ANARI. AMIR ANARI. AMIR ANARI. HERE. NEXT SPEAKER. GARY RUBY. GARY RUBY. IT'S GARY RUBY. HERE. GARY RUBY. HERE. GARY RUBY. NEXT SPEAKER. PATRICIA WILLIAMS. PATRICIA WILLIAMS. IT'S PATRICIA HERE. PATRICIA WILLIAMS. PATRICIA WILLIAMS. NEXT SPEAKER. YEAH. AGAIN, THAT PATRICIA WILLIAMS. NEXT SPEAKER. REEN ADAMS. KAREEN ADAMS. IF YOU'RE PRESS STAR SIX. KAREEN ADAMS STAR SIX. KAREEN ADAMS STAR SIX. GOOD AFTERNOON. YES, MA'AM. HELLO. OKAY. LOOK, I SENT YOU HI. HI, MAYOR. I SENT YOU A LETTER EXPLAINING EVERYTHING. SINCE I ONLY HAVE ONE MINUTE. MY REQUEST WAS TO FIND OUT WHY OR WHO REQUESTED DETENTION DITCHES. WELL SWELLS AROUND MY NEW HOME BUILT BY THE HARVEY PROGRAM. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND IT IS NOT REQUIRED BY THE CITY. EVERYONE BLAMES EVERYONE ELSE FROM THE GLO, THE BUILDER AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON. NO ONE KNOWS WHY. I HAVE SINCE, UH, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OTHER HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILT BY THE PROGRAM THAT HAS IT. WHY NOT? SO MY QUESTION IS, WHY DO, IF IT'S NOT NECESSARY, WHY DID THEY PUT THE DITCHES AROUND THE SIDE AND THE FRONT OF MY HOME? IS THIS A HOME THAT GLO BUILT FOR YOU, MS. ADAMS? YES. OKAY. UH, LET ME JUST HAVE SOMEONE FROM HOUSING TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THE ULTIMATE, I MEAN YOU, BUT YOU NEED TO TALK TO THE STATE GLO, THE OTHER ONES WHO BUILT THE HOME AND THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE RUNNING THE PROGRAM. UH, BUT I CERTAINLY WILL HAVE SOMEBODY REACH OUT, UH, JUST TO, UM, TO GET YOUR CONCERNS AND WE CAN PASS THOSE CONCERNS ON TO THE STATE GLO. OKAY? OH, I HAVE TALKED TO THE GLO AND THEY, THEY TRANSFERRED ME. THEY [01:30:01] PUT IT BACK ON THE CITY OF HOUSTON. BUT DID, DID, DID THE GLO STATE JLO BUILD YOUR HOME? YES, THEY DID. WELL THEN THEY NEED TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY AND STOP SENDING EVERYBODY BACK TO THE CITY WHEN THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BUILT IT. . WELL, I'M SEE, I'M JUST CONFUSED THOUGH. THAT'S WHY I CALL YOU BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S BLAMING HIM. WELL IF THE STATE AND, AND, BUT LEMME JUST SAY IF THE STATE YELLOW BUILT THE HOME, THEN THE NEXT, THE NEXT PERSON YOU NEED TO BE CALLING IS THE GOVERNOR. I, I DIDN'T BUILD IT. OH. OH, THE STATE. YEAH, YOU CAN CALL YOU. WHERE DO YOU LIVE? WHERE DO YOU LIVE? MS. WILLIAM, MS. ADAMS? YES. I LOOK, I LIVE IN SOUTH PARK OFF PERSIAN STREET. YOLANDA JONES. THEN YOUR STATE REP WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOLANDA JONES OR STATE TELL ON TO JUMP OR STATE SENATOR BORIS MILES. CALL BORIS MILES. OKAY. YEAH. CALL STATE SENATOR BORIS MILES. TELL HIM I ASKED YOU TO CALL HIM. UH, I SURE WILL. I SURE WILL. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU MAYOR. I HOPE I CAN GET AN ANSWER FOR IT THOUGH. 'CAUSE IT'S THE FAITH THEY HAVE. I ALMOST FELL IN THE DITCH. NO, I CAN, I CAN'T MOW MY YARD PROPERLY. NO, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT, UH, STATE SENATOR BORIS MILES WILL, WILL, WILL ACT ON YOUR BEHALF. OKAY. GIVE HIM A CALL AND LET LET HIM KNOW THAT, THAT I ASKED YOU TO CALL HIM. OKAY? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, JOE RADO. JOE TOTO, STAR SIX JOE TOTO. IF YOU OPPRESS STAR SIX, JOE TOTO. JOE TOTO STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER, KENYA YATA BREAKER. KENYA YATA BREAKER. CAN YATA HEAR YES. TO BE FOLLOWED BY THOMAS SLOCUM? I JUST WANTED TO READ SOMETHING AND Y IF YOU, IF YOU'LL PULL IT DOWN THEN, MIKE. THERE YOU GO. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO READ SOMETHING SO THEREFORE, THUS SAYS, LOVE THE LORD THY GOD AND KEEP HIS CHARGE IN HIS STATUTE AND HIS JUDGMENT AND HIS COMMANDMENTS. ALWAYS. AND YOU'LL KNOW THIS DAY THAT I'M NOT SPEAKING WITH YOU CHILDREN THAT HAVE NOT KNOWN, AND WHICH I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS, THE CHASTISING OF THE LORD YOUR GOD. HIS GREATNESS, HIS MIGHTY HAND IS, IS STRETCHED OUT. AND HIS MIRACLES AND HIS ACTS IN HIS DEED AND DEED, THE MIDST OF EGYPT AND, AND THE PHARAOHS AND THE KINGS OF EGYPT UNTO THE LAND IN WHICH HE DID UNTO THE ARMY OF EGYPT AND TO THEIR HORSES, INTO THEIR CHARIOT. AND NOW HE MADE THE WATERS OF THE RED SEA OVER THEM FLOW AS THEY POURED AFTER YOU. AND NOW THE LORD HAS DESTROYED THEM UN UNTIL THIS DAY. AND WHAT HE DID UNTO YOU AND THE WILDERNESS UNTO YOU AND TO THE THIS PLACE, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. TO, UH, NEXT SPEAKER THOMAS SLOCUM. THOMAS SLOCUM IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY LEE BRADLEY. HI. HI. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? TODAY? WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM OVER IN MERRILL PARK ADDITION OVER IN THE MERRILL PARK COMMUNITY CENTER. IN OUR ADDITION ON JULY 28TH, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO CLEAN UP A MESS THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON LEFT THERE AND WE HAD TO SEND $4,000 OF OUR PARENTS' MONEY TO ACTUALLY PICK UP THE TRASH THAT WAS RIGHT THERE. THEN ABOUT A WEEK LATER, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO, UH, GO BACK AND TRY TO HAVE IT REDONE AGAIN. WE HAVE NO PATROL PARK RANGERS AND NOTHING PATROLLING OUR AREA. ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME ON A SUNDAY, WE HAD TO CLEAN UP ON EXACTLY, WE HAD TO CLEAN UP THE FRIDAY, THE 29TH OF JULY. 'CAUSE WE HAD A SPECIAL FOOTBALL TEAM APPRECIATION DAY READY FOR, UH, JULY 31ST BECAUSE WE HAD NO ROOM TO PARK FOR OUR PARENTS BECAUSE OF ALL THE TRASH WE HAD, FOOTBALL ACTIVITIES BOUNCING CASTLE, BULL RIDING. AND AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE ALSO HAVING TO BATTLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. ARE YOU REFERRING TO ILLEGAL DUMPING? MR. S SMOKE? EXCUSE ME? ARE YOU REFERRING TO ILLEGAL DUMPING? YES, I AM. OKAY. THE POWERS OKAY. AND, UH, YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. THERE ARE NOT, THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE, THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE ILLEGALLY DUMPING IN THE CITY. AND EVEN WHEN YOU GO AND PICK IT UP A WEEK OR LATER, OR SOMETIMES LESS PEOPLE ARE ILLEGALLY DUMPING. THAT IS A, THAT IS AN ISSUE IN THE CITY. OKAY. SO WE ARE DOING THE VERY BEST WE CAN TO CLEAN, TO CLEAN [01:35:01] THAT UP. OKAY. SO, UH, WE HAVE INCREASED THE FINES TO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY THE STATE. OKAY. WE HAVE HIRED PRIVATE CONTRACTORS TO ASSIST AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE, AND MANY TIMES THE PEOPLE ARE LIVING RIGHT IN THOSE VICINITIES. OKAY. MANY TIMES THERE'S PEOPLE LIVING IN THOSE VICINITIES. SO, UH, COUNCILMAN POLLACK. THANK YOU, SIR. AND, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN, UH, THIS AFTERNOON TO ADDRESS US WITH THIS ISSUE. CAN YOU TELL ME EXACTLY WHERE THE LOCATION IS THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING? WELL, IT'S, WELL, IT'S EXACTLY, UH, YOU HAVE A CITY OF HOUSTON DEPARTMENT RIGHT THERE AT 8,002. AIRLINE RIGHT BACK BEHIND THERE. IT'S CALLED PARK. THAT'S NOT IT'S MELROSE. YEAH, MELROSE. OH, YOUR, YOUR AD. SO THIS IS NOT AT YOUR ADDRESS THAT YOU HAVE OH, ADDRESS. I SEE IT. NEVERMIND. BUT 8,002 IS MY MISTAKE. I WAS LOOKING AT, I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG ADDRESS. RIGHT. EXACTLY. BEHIND THERE WAS REALLY, THE PARK IS AT FOUR 16 CARBY. I'M SORRY, I GOT MY TEETH NAME, BUT, OKAY. , I'M WORKING WITH IT, BUT, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY FOUR 16 CARBY IS WHERE THE ENTRANCE OF THE PARK IS. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, UM, MOTION TO EXTEND. MOVED. MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. AND OBJECTION NON COUNCIL, MR. CISNEROS. THANK YOU MR. ALMA. I'M THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT REPRESENTS THAT AREA. AND, UM, I WANT TO TELL YOU, YOU LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE, YOU'VE TAKEN A LOT OF STEPS TO BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUT, BUT MY OFFICE CAN ALSO HELP FACILITATE, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS. AND I SEE THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE UPDATES OF BACK AND FORTH OF WHAT YOU'VE SAID, WHAT THEY'VE SAID, AND HOW THEY'RE WORKING WITH YOU. AND THEY'VE ADDRESSED SOME OF IT. DEFINITELY. UM, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT THERE SOME GOOD NEWS THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF IS, UM, JUST BEFORE COVID, UM, STATE REPRESENTATIVE ARMANDO WALLY SECURED A $1 MILLION GRANT FROM THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, SO YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY FOR MELROSE PARK. SO I, I ASKED ABOUT THAT TO SEE WHERE WE ARE, WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THAT. AND I HEARD BACK TODAY THAT, THAT, UM, THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON GETTING A PROPOSAL FOR DESIGN SERVICES AND SHOULD HAVE IT THIS MONTH, AND THAT THEY PLAN TO GO TO COUNCIL EITHER IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER FOR ALLOCATING DESIGN FUNDING. SO IT'S STILL A PROCESS, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, UM, BUT, BUT IT'S HAPPENING. YES, MA'AM. I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MISS ANITA IVORY THAT WORKS FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND MR. ARMANDO PENA. THAT IS, HE'S BEEN WITH Y'ALL FOR TWO MONTHS NOW AND HE'S DONE REALLY A GREAT JOB. GOOD. THANK YOU. YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT SPEAKER LEE BRADLEY. LEE BRADLEY. LEE BRADLEY'S. LEE BRADLEY. LEE BRADLEY. HERE. NEXT SPEAKER. LATONYA LOVE, LOVE TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOSEPH PATRICK. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO ME. MY NAME IS DR. LATANYA LOVE AND MYSELF, ALONG WITH DR. RAY. LOVE ARE LONG-TERM RESIDENTS OF RIVERSIDE TERRACE. AND NOBODY IN THIS ROOM WOULD WANT TO BE ME BECAUSE I AM ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY, THESE 17 TOWN HOMES BACK UP DIRECTLY INTO MY BACKYARD. I WILL SHARE A FENCE WITH THIS PROPERTY. AND WHAT DISTURBS ME THE MOST IS HOW THIS DEVELOPER COULD COME IN AND CREATE A BRAND NEW SUBDIVISION. HE HAS CREATED A SUBDIVISION 17 TOWN HOMES, AND THERE HAS BEEN NOT ONE OUNCE OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. NOBODY FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS SAID ANYTHING. WHETHER IT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE LAW OR NOT, NOT IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. A LITTLE COMMUNICATION GOES A LONG WAY WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS JUST A LITTLE COMMUNICATION. IF YOU'RE SAYING I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE NOTICED, A SIMPLE EMAIL TO OUR CIVIC CLUB PRESIDENT TO LET US KNOW WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, THERE IS HORRIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO MY TIME IS UP, BUT I THINK I'VE SAID MY PIECE, BUT I AM VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. AND LEMME JUST SAY, UH, MS. MS. LOVE THAT WHEN THERE'S A REPLANT NOTICE IS REQUIRED. HOW IS IT NOT A REPL? IT'S, I JUST, I'M HAVING, I'M NOT A LAWYER. WELL, I'M, I'M TALKING WELL, I I'M TALKING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THEIR TEAM, AND I'VE TALKED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THERE WAS AN EXISTING HOUSE FOR THERE ALL THESE YEARS, AND NOW THEY'RE 17. WHEN THE, HOW IS THAT NOT A REPLACED? YOU DEED RESTRICTIONS GO BACK DECADES. BUT WHEN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS WERE PUT IN PLACE, OKAY. THAT PARTICULAR SECTION [01:40:01] WAS NOT INCLUDED. AND OVER THE YEARS WHEN PEOPLE RENEWED THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS, THEY RENEWED THEM WITHOUT INCLUDING THAT IN THAT PARTICULAR SECTION. THAT'S HOW THEY WERE RENEWED. AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT DEED RESTRICTIONS FOR THOSE DIFFERENT, FOR THAT DIFFERENT AREAS. NOT ONE, ONE DEED RESTRICTIONS. THERE ARE SEVERAL DEED RESTRICTIONS OVER THERE. OKAY. BUT THAT SECTION WAS NEVER PLATTED. IT WAS NEVER PLATTED. WELL, I I'M NOT TRYING, I HOPE THAT YOU ALL RESEARCH THIS, YOU KNOW, THOROUGHLY. YEAH. AND I'M, AND I'M, AND TRUST ME, I'M NOT SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO ACT ON IT, I HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK WITH. OKAY. SO, UM, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I, I DO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH IT. AND I, ONE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THAT'S ONE REASON WHY THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN HELD OR TAGGED. UM, SO IF THERE'S, IF, IF THERE'S ANY WAY, UH, WE CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, UM, WELL, WHAT I'VE TOLD THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, LOOK AT EVERY OPTION, EVERYTHING THAT'S AVAILABLE. OKAY. SO DON'T GIVE ME A FINAL CONCLUSION UNTIL YOU LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE OPTION. AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH IT, BUT I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. OKAY. UH, VICE MAYOR TIM, CAST TATUM. THANK YOU MAYOR. DR. LOVE, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN TODAY. I KNOW THIS IS NOT A PLEASANT TOPIC THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING OF, BUT, UM, MAYOR, I, I WOULD HOPE THAT BECAUSE DR. LOVE IS SO CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY AND WOULD BE SHARING A FENCE THAT WE COULD MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, THAT THEY ALSO GET, AND I KNOW YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THAT INFORMATION. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT US HAVING YOUR EMAIL, PHONE NUMBER ADDRESS, SO THAT I'VE EMAILED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, Y'ALL, I'VE EMAILED YOU. AND I WILL EMAIL. I WILL CONTINUE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY. OF THE VICINITY THAT YOU LIVE, UM, TO, UH, THE, THE PROJECT. AND, AND I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY, THEY EMAIL ALL OF US. WHEN YOU EMAIL YOU, I MEAN, WE GET A LOT OF EMAILS. I KNOW YOU DO. SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT YOU JUST MAKE SURE YOU DON'T LEAVE TODAY WITHOUT SPECIFICALLY, UM, HAVING YOUR INFORMATION IN THE HANDS OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS SO THAT YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION FIRSTHAND. APPRECIATE THAT. AND WHERE WE MAY NEED TO MODIFY NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE THINGS TOO. MM-HMM . I MEAN, UH, SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT CRACKS IN OUR PROCESSES THAT PEOPLE TAKE, TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE. SO WE'LL TAKE, I KNOW YOU ALL CARE. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO EXTEND. MOTION TO EXTEND ANY OBJECTION TO, A MOTION TO EXTEND HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN MGOS. THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING YOUR, THE CHARACTER OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I, I DON'T KNOW. IT WILL, IT WILL HELP YOU IN THIS SITUATION, BUT I KNOW THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAD THE SAME SITUATION. THERE'S TWO OR THREE SMALLER LITTLE NEIGHBORHOODS NEXT TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND EVERYBODY JUST ASSUME IT'S ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE ALL THE HOUSES WERE BUILT IN 1940. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY LET THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS LAPSE. SO WHEN WE, UH, UH, UH, UPDATED OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS, WE INCLUDED IN OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS WHERE WE CAN GO AND ASK THOSE HOMEOWNERS IF THEY'D LIKE TO JOIN OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS. I KNOW IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME. SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING IT MAY NOT HELP IN THIS SITUATION, BUT HOPEFULLY IF THAT HAPPENS, IT'LL PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN FUTURE. UH, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENTS, UH, SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT, IS LOOK FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE VICINITY THAT HAS DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT ONLY ALLOW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THAT LOT. UH, AND THEN ASK IF YOU CAN JOIN THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS. UH, SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S AN OPTION. APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN JUST I INCLUDE, AND IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, UM, WELL, LEMME JUST LEAVE IT LIKE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MM-HMM . NEXT SPEAKER. JOSEPH PATRICK. JOSEPH PATRICK. I'M JOSEPH PATRICK, UH, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, WEST MCGREGOR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UH, LIVE NEAR DR. LOVE. UH, MY CONCERN IS HOW DO WE GET TO THIS POINT, A POINT IN WHERE YOU GET A MONSTROSITY PLACED UPON ON A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS WITHOUT NOTIFICATION? I UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR SAYS THAT IT WAS NOT, NOT REPLANTED, PLATTERED OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT. AND IT STILL, IT, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF THING PLACED ON A, ON A COMMUNITY WITH SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING AND SEE IF THIS IS A [01:45:01] SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING, THEN HOW CAN IT BE THAT AN, UH, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, 17 UNITS PLACED THERE AND NOT CONSIDERING THE, THE, THE FLOODING ISSUE THAT WE HAVE? ALL OF THIS CEMENT IS GONNA BE THERE. THE WATER'S GONNA RUN OVER TO DOCTOR'S LOVE'S PLACE. IS THE CITY GONNA PAY FOR THE DAMAGES DONE TO HER PROPERTY? IS THE CITY GONNA TAKE YOUR TIME, HAS EXPIRED? NO, BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT. THERE ARE OTHER REQUIREMENTS TO PREVENT, UH, FLOODING AND, AND, AND, UM, SPILL OVER INTO OTHER PROPERTIES. UM, IT MAY NOT BE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT THERE ARE OTHER DETENTION AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE, UM, THAT THIS PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO BE SUBJECTED TO. SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHECKPOINTS THAT WE, THAT WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH. UH, AND I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE TO YOU THIS MAY BE ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE NOTICE WHERE WE NEED TO MODIFY OUR ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE NOTICE, YOU KNOW? UM, YOU KNOW, SO I HEAR, I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND AND HEAR WHAT YOU ALL ARE SAYING. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. PATRICK. I YIELD MY TIME TO YOU. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS. I'M SORRY. I SAID I WILL YIELD SOME MORE TIME TO YOU IF YOU HAVE FURTHER COMMENTS, DO OTHER ISSUES THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. UH, BUT STILL, I'M STILL AT THE POINT I CAN'T GET OVER HOW WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED. IT IS JUST COMMON DECENCY THAT IT'S SUCH A PROJECT, IT'S A MONSTROSITY OF A PROJECT TO BE PLACED IN A COMMUNITY. AND IT IS, IT IS JUST SIMPLE HUMAN DECENCY. I UNDERSTAND THE LEGALITY, LEGALITIES, ALL THAT, BUT THEN THAT WE'RE NOT NOTIFIED. NOT ONE PERSON KNEW THAT THIS WAS COMING ON TO US. SO I'M ALSO CONCERNED, IS TH THIS KIND OF SLACK HAS TAKEN PLACE, HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEEN ADEQUATELY STUDIED IN TERMS OF THE SEWAGE, WHICH IS, AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS ALREADY OPERATING ON A, YOU KNOW, OLD SEWAGE SYSTEM. WILL IT BE ABLE TO, TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. KENNY JOHNSON. KENNY JOHNSON, IF YOU APPROACH STAR SIX. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES, YOU CAN HEAR YOU AND SEE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS KENNY JOHNSON. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR TAYLOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I MEAN, I'LL MAKE THIS PRETTY BRIEF. UH, LATONYA LOVE IS ACTUALLY MY NEIGHBOR. UM, MY HOUSE BUTTS UP TO THE BACK OF THE ACTUAL LOT IN WHICH, UH, THIS MONTRO, AGAIN, IS BEING ERECTED. UH, IF NO ONE HAS ACTUALLY SEEN ANY OF THE DEEDS OR RENEWALS, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GO TO DECEMBER 23RD, 1979. IT CLEARLY STATES TRI 22, ABSTRACT 51, THAT WAS OWNED BY PAUL AND CECILE CH IS A PART OF THE ACTUAL RIVERSIDE TERRACE, UH, RENEWAL. SO CITY PLANNING, THEY HAVE THAT. I PROVIDED THEM, UM, THAT INFORMATION THIS WEEK. UH, AND NOT TO HARP ON THE LEGALITY PORTION OF IT. EVERY SINGLE TIME IT RAINS OVER IN, IN OUR PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAVE A STORM, ANYTHING ELECTRICAL STRUCTURE, WE HAVE FLOODING, UH, ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC. IT'S FUNNY HOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC THAT'S OVER AT MCGREGOR PARK, BUT YET YOU HAVE A PROPERTY THAT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET AND YOU ARE ALLOWING THEM TO BUILD 17 UNITS. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. TIME, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. COUNCILMAN MEMBER SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, MR. JOHNSON, IF YOU WANT TO PROCEED, AND I'LL GIVE YOU MY TIME. THANK YOU. UM, IT'S FUNNY HOW WE COULD ACTUALLY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TRAFFIC THAT'S OVER IN MCGREGOR PARK. THAT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, BUT YET WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN COME IN TO AN ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND ER WRECK 17 UNITS ON ONE PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND CLAIM THEY'RE TRYING TO BETTER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL, IT'S NOT, THAT'S THE MAIN REASON I MOVED MY FAMILY OVER INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I'VE BEEN OVER, I'VE BEEN OVER AT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 12 YEARS. I LOVE ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS. I LOVE MY COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY LOVE THE LOVES. UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THIS A NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT A PLACE FOR SOMEONE TO JUST COME IN AND BUILD WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO JUST TO BASICALLY FATTEN THEIR POCKETS AND EXTEND THEIR, EXTEND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'D APPRECIATE. SO AS OF NOW, I OPPOSE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED CONSTRUCTION OF 53 26. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, DUST O'QUINN. DUSTIN O'QUINN, IF YOU'RE PRESS STAR SIX. HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU AND SEE YOU. HI, MY NAME IS DUSTIN O'QUINN. I LIVE NEXT TO KENNY, AND MY BACKYARD SHARES THE ENTIRE BACK FENCE WITH THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH LEGAL, AND SO I'LL OMIT MY, MY LEGAL [01:50:01] QUESTIONS AND ASK FOR YOU TO RESPECTFULLY ADDRESS, UM, THE FOLLOWING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IT WAS JUST SUGGESTED THAT THIS TRACT COULD BE ADDED TO THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT THAT OWNER OF THAT TRACT DID APPLY FOR THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS, RENEWALS IN 1970S, THE 1990S, AND THE 1980S. AND THAT WAS NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED. THEY WERE NEVER GIVEN NOTICE. SO IF WE COULD JUST PRACTICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE HOW ONE PIECE OF LAND COULD NOT FIT INTO ALL OF THE LAND AROUND IT, HOW THEY COULD APPLY FOR DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT THEY THOUGHT APPLIED TO THEM IN, UH, FOR THREE DECADES IN A ROW. AND, AND JUST HOW WE REACH THIS PLACE WHERE THIS HISTORICALLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD MAY YET AGAIN, FACE DECREASED PROPERTY VALUES AND SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR NOTICE WERE IGNORED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, BRANDON LEONARD. BRANDON LEONARD. BRANDON IS HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. UH, I'LL BE BRIEF. I'M A LONG-TERM, UH, RESIDENT OF HOUSTON. UH, I LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY. I'M, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE OPPOSITION OF THE PROPERTY AT 53 26 CALHOUN. UM, I CHOSE THIS SPECIFIC, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND ITS FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. UM, AND I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN. WE WALK AND RUN AND RIDE OUR BIKES TO THAT PARK EVERY DAY. UH, SO WE'RE EXTREMELY CONCERNED. WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, EXTREMELY VESTED IN THIS REMAINING A FAMILY FRIENDLY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD. IF WE WANTED, UM, A NEW YORK ENVIRONMENT, WE WOULD'VE MOVED TO NEW YORK. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE'RE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEW PROPERTY THAT'S COMING. UH, SO WE, I'M JUST HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, SO THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. FRANK WILLIAMS. FRANK WILLIAMS. FRANK. YEAH, FRANK IS HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE BUILDING OF 17 TOWN HOMES OF, UH, CALHOUN. OVER 30 YEARS AGO, MY WIFE AND I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE CITY OF HOUSTON, LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO, TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN WHERE THERE WOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING IN A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE TOOK PRIDE IN THEIR HOMES. AND THERE WAS A SAFE PLACE FOR US TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN AT SOME POINT IN TIME FOR THEM TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN. AND WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE 17 HOMES, THEY ALLOWED IS GOING TO AFFECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M PRETTY SURE, LIKE MYSELF, AS MY WIFE AND I WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO, TO LIVE AND RAISE OUR CHILDREN, KNEW I WAS DOING THE SAME THING FOR YOUR FAMILIES. SO I DEFINITELY WISH THAT YOU HAVE, COULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT ALIGN THE, THE BUILDING OF THESE 17TH HOMES WOULD DUE TO THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, LIKE I SAY, I'VE BEEN THERE 30 YEARS, OTHERS WAS THERE BEFORE I WAS THERE. AND WE REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE YOU ALL GIVING STRONG CONSIDERATION AS NOT TO ALLOW THE PERMITTING OF BUILDING THESE, THESE TOWN HOMES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SPEAKER. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER, JOY MORRISON. JOY MORRISON. IF YOU ARE PRESSED STAR SIX, WE CAN HEAR, WE CAN SEE YOU, BUT WE CANNOT HEAR YOU. I THINK YOU ARE MUTED. OH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS, UH, DR. JOY SHAW MORRIS, SORRY, I'M IN MY SCRUB CAP. I'M IN MY OFFICE. I'M, UM, BUSINESS OWNER, BOARD CERTIFIED PEDIATRIC DENTIST, US ARMY VETERAN, AND A 10 PLUS YEAR RESIDENT OF RIVERSIDE TERRACE. AND I VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED THE 17 UNITS OF TOWN HOMES BEING BUILT ON CALVIN ROAD. WHEN OUR FAMILY CHOSE TO MOVE TO THE HISTORIC THIRD WARD, WE DID WARD, WE DID THIS WITH A PER PURPOSE. WE MOVED FROM A TOWN HOME COMMUNITY IN THE HEIGHTS TO LIVE IN A TRUE COMMUNITY WHERE MY CHILD NOW CHILDREN COULD HAVE A BACKYARD PLAY OUTSIDE WITH THEIR FRIENDS, AND SAFELY WALK AND RIDE THEIR BIKES INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WITH THE ADDITION OF THESE TOWN HOMES, THIS COULD BE TAKEN AWAY IN A VERY SHORT TIME. THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IS CHANGING, AND WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THIS. WOULD YOU WANT THESE HOMES BUILT IN YOUR BACKYARD? THIS GOES AGAINST THE HISTORY AND THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS NOT WHAT WE, THE RESIDENTS OF RIVERSIDE TERRA ENVISIONED FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS EXTREMELY UPSETTING THAT OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND RESIDENTS WERE NOT INFORMED OF THIS. I'VE HEARD THAT IT WAS NOT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. DR. I MEAN, DR. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I WILL GIVE YOU SOME OF MY TIME TO COMPLETE YOUR, YOUR THOUGHT. [01:55:01] THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA GO ON FURTHER TO SAY I FEEL LIKE THE THIRD WARD HAS, IS CONSISTENTLY BEING ATTACKED. THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN IN RIVER OAKS. THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN WEST U. THIS NEVER HAPPENED IN BEL AIR. JUST GIVE US THE SAME RESPECT THAT YOU'RE GIVEN THE RESIDENTS OF THOSE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. DR. JAMES MORRISON, JR. DR. DR. MORRISON. IF YOU'LL PRESS STAR SIX, DR. MORRISON. STAR SIX. DR. MORRISON. NEXT SPEAKER. RUSSELL JACKSON. RUSSELL JACKSON. RUSSELL JACKSON IS HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DR. RUSSELL JACKSON. I AM, UH, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE WEST MCGREGOR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. UH, ALSO, UH, A PHD IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING AND A 32 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE RIVERSIDE TERRORIST NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, I'VE HEARD QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS AREA WAS EVER ORIGINALLY PLANTED. UH, I WILL SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DETAILS OF THE INFORMATION BEING USED BECAUSE WHEN WE WENT BACK THROUGH RENEWING THE D RESTRICTIONS IN 20 19, 20 20, WE LOOKED AT THE DEED AND THE MAPS FOR ALL OF THEM. AND THERE WERE MAPS THAT SHOWED THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY BEING CALLED THE, UH, BLAND PROPERTY IN THE SECTION. AND IT HAD A SPECIFIC SINGLE PROPERTY RESTRICTION IN THERE IN 1938. AND THE PLAT MAP SHOWED RIGHT NEXT TO THAT AREA. THE BACKEND PROPERTY IN EACH OF THOSE PROPERTIES WERE IN AND RESTRICTED IN 1938 D RESTRICTIONS. AND THEY HAVE BEEN RENEWED SINCE THEN. AND SINCE THERE IS A CLAUSE IN THE CITY'S, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, UH, REGULATIONS THAT SAYS, UH, NOTIFICATION IS REQUIRED. IF THERE'S EVER BEEN A SINGLE FAMILY, UH, RESTRICTION, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. AND COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I'LL GIVE YOU MY TIME. THANK YOU. UH, BECAUSE THERE WAS INDEED, UH, A STATEMENT IN THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S, UH, REGULATIONS THAT SAID THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR A REPL IS REQUIRED. UH, AND THERE WAS A RESTRICTION, PARAGRAPH SEVEN IC OF THE ORIGINAL D RESTRICTION FROM 1938 STATES FOR THAT PARTICULAR LOT. THE BACKMAN PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE ONE IN QUESTION, STATES THAT ONLY ONE RESIDENCE MAY BE ERECTED UPON THE WEST 250 FEET OF EACH TRACK IN THAT BOUNDARY. SO THAT WAS THERE. I'M NOT A LAWYER, I'M A PLANNER. UH, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT EVEN IF THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT IT, WHY DID THE CITY NOT ERR ON THE SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE AS OPPOSED TO JUST TAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR NOTIFICATION. THAT IS THE THING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, IS AT LEAST THE BENEFIT OF HAVING, UH, THE KIND OF, UH, QUESTION OF DOUBT BE PROVIDED THAT THE RESIDENTS, UH, AS OPPOSED TO DEVELOPERS, UH, BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, NEXT SPEAKER TERRELL JEAN TERRELL. JEAN, IF YOU HAVE, PRESS STAR SIX TERRELL JEAN. OKAY, GOOD. GOOD. CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS TERRELL JEAN. I LIVE AT 53 28 CALHOUN, DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR TO 53 26 CALHOUN ROAD. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY VEHEMENT OPPOSITION TO, UH, THAT PROJECT CONTINUING. AND I AGREE WITH WHAT RUSSELL HAS SAID. THERE HAS BEEN SOME DEED RESTRICTIONS PROVIDED BY AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY THAT SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT THAT AREA IS COVERED BY DEED RESTRICTIONS. I KNOW WE CAN'T SOLVE THE LEGAL QUESTIONS NOW, BUT, UH, IT CERTAINLY IS A QUESTION. I'M WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY AND I WAS PROVIDED NO NOTICE WHATSOEVER OF ANY KIND. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, NEXT SPEAKER. COLIN THOMAS. COLIN THOMAS IS HERE. YOU ARE WELCOME. HI. THANK YOU. MY NAME'S COLIN THOMAS. I LIVE AT 44 18 NORTH ROSENE. UH, I AM A A A FACULTY MEMBER ON THE BIOSCIENCES, UH, FACULTY AT RICE UNIVERSITY AND A MICROBIOLOGIST BY TRAINING. AND ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT WITH REGARD TO MY OBJECTIONS TO THIS PROPERTY. I SHARE ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS, UM, SENSE OF RESENTMENT AND NOT BEING INCLUDED IN THIS PROCESS. AND I JUST WANNA CALL THE CITY'S ATTENTION TO, UH, UM, A MORE SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE IS I DON'T THINK THERE HAS BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY PERFORMED, UH, WITH REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. UM, SO ON THE CORNER [02:00:01] OF, UM, MCGREGOR AND, UH, CALHOUN, THERE'S A LARGE, PROBABLY 250 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX, UM, THAT, UH, ROUTINELY IS PROXIMAL TO A REGION WHEN THERE ARE RAINS, WHEN THERE ARE RAIN THAT WE CAN SEE THE MANHOLE COVERS OFF OF THE SEPTIC SYSTEMS BOLTED OFF, THEY FLY OFF. AND SEWAGE EFFLUENT, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I'M CERTAINLY GONNA GIVE YOU MY TIME. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO SEWAGE EFFLUENT CONTINUES TO, UH, POLLUTE THE BAYOU. I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT THE, THE PLUMBING INFRASTRUCTURES, PARTICULARLY THE SEPTIC SYSTEMS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE DATE TO THE WPA PERIOD. THEY'RE FROM, YOU KNOW, 70 TO 80 YEARS OLD. THE ADDITION OF 17 UNITS TO THAT PLUMBING SYSTEM WILL ALREADY STRESS AN EXTANT PROBLEM. UM, OF LATE, MY STUDENTS AND I HAVE BEEN SURVEYING THE BAYOU. WE'VE FOUND LARGE AMOUNTS OF FECAL COLIFORM IN THE BAYOU ITSELF. AND ONE OF MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES AT RICE, UH, DR. ADRIAN CORRERA JUST RECENTLY PUBLISHED A GROUNDBREAKING PAPER, UH, WITHIN ABOUT THE LAST 13 MONTHS ON THE FACT THAT, UM, THE, UH, FLOWER GARDEN BANK'S NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY, WHICH IS ABOUT 115 MILES OFF THE COAST, IT'S THE LARGEST CORAL REEF IN THE GULF THAT SHE STUDIES, UH, IS NOW POLLUTED WITH FE CO FORM. I JUST WANT, THANK YOU. UH, UH, MR. IS THIS MR. THOMAS? YES. YES, MR. THOMAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER THOMAS JONES. THOMAS JONES, STAR SIX THOMAS JONES. STAR SIX. HELLO. HELLO. HELLO? UH, THOMAS JONES. YOU HEAR ME? YES, I'M HERE. CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? HELLO? YES, WE CAN SEE YOU AND HEAR YOU. OKAY. MY NAME'S DR. THOMAS JONES. I'M A RESIDENT ALSO OF RIVERSIDE TERRA 4 4 3 8 SOUTH GREGOR. AND I WANNA EXPRESS MY, UH, MY, I'M VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO THIS, UH, CONSTRUCTION RIGHT HERE. THIS HAPPENED AT 53 26 CALHOUN, AND I'M REALLY UPSET THAT THERE WAS NO NOTIFICATION, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT, UH, REQUIRED BY LAW. IT'S SOMETHING THAT NOT A SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER OR YOU, UH, MAYOR TURNER WOULD WANT NEXT TO YOUR OWN HOME. I HAVE ABOUT A 7,000 SQUARE FOOT HOME AND ABOUT AN ACRE LOT THERE ON SOUTH MCGREGOR. AND THIS PROPERTY, I COULD WALK TO THIS PROPERTY, AND SO I WANT TO, I WANTED TO MOVE THERE SO THAT I CAN HAVE A, A NICE SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND HOPEFULLY PASS IT ON TO MY CHILDREN. BUT NOW IT'S BEING THREATENED. YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING THREATENED, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEING THREATENED, AND IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT WE'RE ONLY HEARING WHY THIS IS ALLOWED. WE'RE NOT HEARING ANY SOLUTIONS, IS HOW TO CORRECT THIS. AND IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD WANT THIS. AND I IMPLORE YOU ALL TO HAVE EMPATHY FOR US RESIDENTS, BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS DON'T WANT THIS OF THE COMMUNITY. WE DON'T WANT IT. AND IT'S JUST THE TIME HAS EXPIRED. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL EXTEND MY TIME TO YOU, MR. JONES, FOR YOU TO COMPLETE YOUR THOUGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT UNDERNEATH OUR NOSE. THERE'S BEEN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT THERE ON CALHOUN, UH, BECAUSE OF THE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION OVER THE BAYOU FOR WIPING OF THE BAYOU. AND SO THE ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED. SO FOR THE PAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, NO RESIDENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE BY THAT, THAT, THAT SITE. AND SO IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT UNDERNEATH OUR NOSES, AND THAT IS NOT RIGHT. MAYOR TURNER, WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE. YOU'VE BEEN A FANTASTIC MAYOR. I RECALL PRIOR TO YOU BEING MAYOR, HEARING YOU TALK AT THE MOREHOUSE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FATHER'S DAY MEETING. AND I SAID, THIS MAN RIGHT HERE CARES ABOUT THE CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I REALLY DO HOPE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO STAND BY US ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT 17 HOMES, TOWN HOMES, WHICH ARE NOT EVEN UPSCALE HOMES TO MATCH THE COMMUNITY, ARE GONNA BE PUT RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD. IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. AND I HOPE THAT WE'RE GONNA PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANT, THE WILL, THE RESIDENTS VERSUS THE WILL OF A, OF A PLANNER OR YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. WHAT I WILL SAY TO YOU, DR. JONES, IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE THING. OKAY? SO WE ARE, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT, AT EVERYTHING THAT, UH, WELL, WE, LEMME JUST LEAVE IT THERE. OKAY. I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, UH, CALLING IN AND TAKING THE TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, SARAH GROSSMAN. SARAH GROSSMAN, IF YOU PRESS STAR SIX, UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU AND SEE YOU. THANK YOU. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SARAH GROSSMAN AND I LIVE AT 41 24 FERNWOOD WITH MY BABY AND HUSBAND. UH, WE STRONGLY OPPOSE CALHOUN TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT, JUST LIKE MY NEIGHBORS HAVE CALLED IN. UM, WE'RE A YOUNG FAMILY THAT MOVED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THE FAMILY VALUES WE GET FROM THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE SENSE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, IT'S UNIQUE, AUTHENTICITY, IT'S HISTORY. AND IT'S TOTALLY DISTURBING TO ME LIKE IT HAS BEEN TO OTHER NEIGHBORS THAT AN OUTSIDE DEVELOPER [02:05:01] COMPLETELY DIVORCED AND DISINTERESTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD HAVE THE POWER TO IMPOSE SUCH A GROTESQUE SYMBOL OF SHAMELESS OPPORTUNISM ON A NEIGHBORHOOD OF LONG TIME INTERGENERATIONAL, UH, RESIDENCE. I'M A MORE, I'M A NEWER RESIDENT TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I MOVED HERE FOR THE SAME KIND OF SENTIMENT THAT OTHERS LIVE HERE FOR. AND DESPITE LIVING HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, DECADES, MY NEIGHBORS HAVE NOT BEEN KEPT IN THE LOOP AND THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN NO NOTICE. AND IT BEGS MANY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY WANTS TO ARGUE THAT IT'S NOT DEED RESTRICTED, WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE OF THAT? AND, UM, AND, AND, AND IS IT ALLOWED THAT THE HOAS ISN'T GIVEN ANY NOTICE WHATSOEVER? AND IF WE WANNA ARGUE THAT IT IS NOT DEED RESTRICTED, IS THERE NOT SOME, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL YIELD MY TIME FOR YOU TO COMPLETE YOUR THOUGHTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ, UM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE NOT JUST SOME SORT OF REASONABLE RELIANCE ARGUMENT OUT THERE FOR 80 PLUS YEARS OF EXPECTATION THAT THIS BE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME? AND, AND RUSSELL EVEN JUST MENTIONED THE 1938, UM, DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT DO INCLUDE THE PROPERTY. SO I'M TOTALLY CONFUSED ON THAT, BUT I, I'M NOT A LAWYER, SO I CAN'T TALK TO IT. BUT, UM, FINALLY, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION, I GUESS AS A RESIDENT THERE, AS SOMEONE WHO'D BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED, I WANNA KNOW WHAT CAME UNDER LEGAL REVIEW TO APPROVE THIS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO DEMAND PROOF IN THE HIGHEST SCRUTINY FOR THE PROCESS THAT LED TO THE APPROVAL OF THIS DISGRACEFUL DEVELOPMENT. UM, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. COUNCILMAN P*****K. THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU MA'AM, UH, FOR COMING FORWARD AND THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA, UH, FOR COMING FORWARD. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATIONS AS A LAWYER. I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT THE, UH, LEGAL DEPARTMENT MAYOR LOOKS AT THIS FROM THE STANCE OF IF THEY WERE DEFENDING, UM, THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT ARGUMENTS AND STRATEGY WOULD THEY PUT FORTH TO DEFEND. I KNOW THERE ARE ARGUMENTS ON THE TABLE OF THIS AREA NOT BEING INCLUDED WITHIN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING THE ARGUMENTS FOR WHY IT IS INCLUDED. AND I THINK BASED ON SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD ON PREVIOUS HISTORICAL DEED RESTRICTIONS, WHAT LANGUAGE IS PROVIDED WITHIN THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT WE CAN INTERPRET THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY WOULD BE INCLUDED. AND I THINK WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT. AND I WOULD LIKE LEGAL TO KEEP MY OFFICE ABREAST OF ANY UPDATES, UH, FROM THAT STANDPOINT AS WELL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND LEMME JUST SAY, AND LEGAL IS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE IN THIS CITY, THERE IS NO ZONING, OKAY? AND AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, DEVELOPERS ARE COMING INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO ALL TOOLS YOU NEED TO UTILIZE ALL TOOLS, OKAY? WHETHER THEY'RE SETBACKS, WHETHER THEY ARE DEED RESTRICTIONS, AND EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE TAKING A LOOK AT THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS, THE LOT SIZE, ALL OF THE TOOLS, UH, BECAUSE PEOPLE, GOD'S NOT MAKING ANY MORE LAND, AND DEVELOPERS ARE LOOKING IN EVERY SECTOR OF THE CITY. SO THEY'RE COMING. UM, ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MOTION TO EXTEND ANY OBJECTION TO A MOTION TO EXTENT HEARING. NOW, GRANTED, COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN FILED BY COUNCILMAN MAGOS AND MARY, I JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SO MANY RESIDENTS THAT CAME HERE TODAY. I KNOW THERE'S LIMITED TIME. WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING ON COUNCIL AGENDA, UM, FOR MONTROSE AND DISTRICT C, IF Y'ALL WILL RECALL, WE HAD AN ISSUE ALONG WELCH STREET WHERE IN A BUNCH OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, ONE LOT DEVELOPER CAME IN. THERE WERE HUGE ISSUES. THERE WAS EVEN CONTESTATION OVER THE SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE APPLICATION ITSELF. BUT NOW WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A RESULT OF THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL AND THAT DEVELOPER CAME IN FOR THAT LOT, BUT ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THEM. SO FOR THE PAST, I THINK FIVE OR SIX AGENDAS, WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IS BLOCK, AFTER BLOCK AFTER BLOCK IS DOING THEIR SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE APPLICATIONS. AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TOOLS AND WHAT IS WORKING, I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT AS A TOOL THAT YOU ALL HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL. UM, I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT RESIDENTS ARE FORCED TO BE THE ONES TO BE PROACTIVE, BUT I WANNA EMPHASIZE THE TOOL THAT THEY, THAT WE DO HAVE AND ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL FOR SURROUNDING AREAS. ANY OBJECTION TO MOTION TO EXTEND? HEARING NONE. RIGHT. COUNCILMAN MARY GALLEGOS. THANK YOU MAYOR, AND I APPRECIATE YOU STATING THAT THE TOOLS, TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, LIKE I HAD BRIEFLY MENTIONED, MAYOR, UM, AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS, IF THEY DO THE LEGWORK TO [02:10:01] GO AND GET THE APPLICATIONS APPROVED AND SIGNED FOR LOT SIZE OR, OR, OR SETBACK OR NO PARKING ON THE GRASS. UNFORTUNATELY THE CITY, WE HAVE A LIMITATION WHERE IT'S ONLY GOOD FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF YEARS. AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS LIKE 20 YEARS, POSSIBLY NOW MAYBE IN 40 YEARS, BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT WHEN THAT TIME COMES, MAN, 20 YEARS OR 40 YEARS, WE, WE MAY NOT BE THERE. WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA BE THERE. UH, BUT IT'S, IT, IT, WHAT I'M HEARING IS STILL GONNA BE A OPT IN. IT SHOULD BE AN OPT OUT RESIDENTS THAT WANNA DESTROY THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY SHOULD HAVE TO GO DO THE LEGWORK AT THAT TIME AND OPT OUT, UH, NOT, NOT HAVE THE RESIDENTS THAT WANNA PROTECT THEIR CHARACTER OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO THE LEGWORK TO OPT BACK IN. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M HOPING WE CAN LOOK AT WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THAT MAKES GOOD SENSE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER IS MARA HERRERA. MARA HERRERA. IS MARA HERE? MA MARA IS HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MAIRA AND I'M A SOCIAL SERVICE COORDINATOR IN HOUSTON'S OFFICE AT KIDS IN NEED OF DEFENSE OR KIND, KIND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON RECOGNIZE THE HARRIS COUNTY ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD, WHICH WILL GREATLY BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 2008. KIND PROVIDES FREE LEGAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED IMMIGRANT CHILDREN WHO ARRIVE ALONG TO THE US. MANY OF THE CHILDREN I HAVE WORKED WITH HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF OR LOST IRREPLACEABLE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, OR SIMPLY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO OBTAIN THEM. AFTER RELEASED FROM FEDERAL CUSTODY TO A CAREGIVER IN A COMMUNITY. MOST UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN LACK COORDINATED POST-RELEASE SERVICES. WE HAVE CLIENTS WHO FACE LANGUAGE ACCESS BARRIERS, ESPECIALLY INDIGENOUS SPEAKING CHILDREN, CLIENTS WHO ARE YOUNG AS THREE YEARS OLD, WHO CANNOT ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES. AND MANY CLIENTS WHO HAVE ALSO SUFFERED FROM HIGH LEVELS OF TRAUMA DUE TO EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND TRAFFICKING. NO CHILD SHOULD HAVE TO GO HUNGRY AND DEPRIVED OF BASIC SERVICES. THEY'RE, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR COUNCILMAN MAGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS GOING BY THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE STORY WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE COUNTY, UH, APPROVED A, UH, LIBRARY CARD TO BE AN ID FOR THE COUNTY. IN THE STORY, IT DID STATE THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS ACCEPTING IT, BUT I REACHED OUT TO THE SHERIFF, UH, AND AT THIS TIME THEY ARE NOT ACCEPTING IT, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING INTO IT. UH, SO THEREFORE THAT'S WHY CHIEF FINNER HAS NOT ACCEPTED IT, UH, UH, SINCE IT IS A COUNTY ID CARD. BUT AGAIN, WITH THAT SAID, I'M HOPING THAT SHERIFF, I MEAN THAT THE, UH, CHIEF VENDOR AND THE SHERIFF WORK TOGETHER, UH, TO HOPEFULLY, UH, THEY CAN ACCEPT THIS AS A FORM OF ID, UH, FOR THE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS HPD. BUT AT THIS TIME, THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS NOT ACCEPTING IT AS A FORM OF ID. UH, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING INTO IT. OKAY, THANK YOU. BUT, BUT, BUT WITH THAT SAID, I'M HOPING, AND AS A FOLLOW UP, I HAVE ENCOURAGED THE TWO TO WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU. BUT, BUT, BUT I, BUT I, MAY I HAVE AN EXTENSION? YES. ANY OBJECTION. CHAIR IS NOT GRANTED, BUT I AM HOPING THAT THE MAYOR DOES APPROVE THE COUNTY ID FOR CITY FACILITIES. SO THAT WAY IF YOU GO TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT OR IF YOU GO INTO CITY HALL OR THE LIBRARY OR WHEREVER, THEY'LL ACCEPT THE COUNTY ID AS A FORM OF ID FOR THE CITY FACILITIES AT THIS TIME. MM-HMM . OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS PERLA GARCIA. PERLA GARCIA AT RU. CAN YOU STAND IN FOR ME SINCE I'M UP HERE? HI. I AM HERE TO ADVOCATE THE USE OF, UH, A LIBRARY CARD, UM, AS A FORM OF IDENTIFICATION. AND I'M HERE TO ASK THAT OF, UH, CHIEF, UH, TROY FINNER BECAUSE AT THIS MOMENT WE FEEL IGNORED AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED A RESPONSE. THIS FORM OF, UM, THIS FORM OF IDENTIFICATION WOULD HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED OR PEOPLE WHO ARE, [02:15:01] UM, HERE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES. UM, THE UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY HAS SUPPORTED THE, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR, UH, YOUR SUPPORT. MANY OF US HAVE PROBLEMS, UH, PICKING UP OUR CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL, PICKING UP OUR MEDICATIONS AT THE PHARMACY, OR IDENTIFYING OURSELVES TO, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR EZ. I THE SHERIFF OF THE HPD, SO THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSEFINA Z JOSEFINA. ZENGA. THE JOSEFINA. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. DEMAR GONZALEZ. DEMARS GONZALEZ. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK TODAY. I HAD PREPARED SOMETHING, BUT I'M JUST GONNA ADDRESS AND BE CONCISE ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT I HEARD TODAY. WHILE MY OTHER PEERS WERE TESTIFYING, UM, UH, WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SHARP GONZALEZ A COUPLE OF, UH, MONTHS AND YEARS AGO. AND, UM, HE HAS A, UH, HE HAS SUPPORTED THE ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD IN MANY OCCASIONS, AND WE HAVE IT ON FACEBOOK LIVE WHERE HE SAYS THAT HE WILL ACCEPT THE ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD. SO WE WILL CHECK BACK WITH HIM ON THAT. BUT I ALSO HAVE A LETTER HERE THAT I WANTED TO DELIVER TODAY THAT IS SIGNED BY MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN SUPPORT OF THE ENHANCED NEIGHBORY CARD. UM, IN THE PAST, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH OUT TO, UM, POLICE CHIEF TROY FINNER. I ALSO HANDED HIM SOME INFORMATION AND HE SAID THAT HE WILL CONTACT THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE THEY'RE ALSO ACCEPTING IT, HE HAS NOT DONE SO, AND HE HAS NOT RESPONDED TO US. AND TO ME, LACK OF RESPONSE IS LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE WE HAVE EVEN VISITED HIS OFFICE IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. UM, WHO SHOULD I GIVE THIS LETTER TO RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, STEVE WILLIAMS. STEVE WILLIAMS, STEVE WILLIAMS. HERE. STEVE WILLIAMS. NEXT SPEAKER. SHEILA BTI. SHEILA BTI. SHEILA BTI. HERE. SHEILA BTI. NEXT SPEAKER, ANNIE WILLIAMS. ANNIE WILLIAMS. IF YOU'LL PRESS STAR SIX ANNIE WILLIAMS, STAR SIX ANNIE WILLIAMS. NEXT SPEAKER RONNIE JOHNSON. RONNIE JOHNSON. RONNIE IS HERE. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL. MY, UH, CONCERNS IS WITH THE SUNNYSIDE AREA HERE IN HOUSTON, IT'S BEEN A FACT THAT SUNNY TIDE HAS GOTTEN NATIONAL ATTENTION DEALING WITH THE CRIME, DEALING WITH THE VIOLENCE, AND DEALING WITH THE DRUG DEALERS AND DRUG USERS THAT ARE IN THAT COMMUNITY. IT'S, TO MY ATTENTION, HAS BEEN A CONCERN THAT THE SENIORS AND THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA ARE UNABLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES IN THE MORNING TO GO WORK OUT OR TAKE MORNING WALKS. SOME OF THE RESIDENTS CLAIM THAT THEIR HOUSES HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED, THINGS HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM THEIR FRONT YARDS. AND IT'S A PROBLEM. AND I'M TRYING TO COME HERE TODAY TO SEE WHAT CAN BE RECTIFIED, WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND MAKE RESTITUTION, UH, COMING TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. UH, WHAT I WROTE DOWN, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK COUNCILMAN MAYOR SHABA. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. UM, OF COURSE I'VE HEARD THAT. I THINK THAT'S KINDA UNFAIR WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, [02:20:01] NOT JUST IN THIS CITY, BUT ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES TO LABEL SUNNYSIDE AS THAT PLACE. BUT CERTAINLY WE ARE CONCERNED, UH, FOR THE SAFETY OF THE SENIORS. AND I, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, UP STEP, OUR POLICE PATROLS WE ARE WORKING WITH, WITH, UH, GANG GROUPS, UH, TO TRY TO, UH, STOP SOME OF THAT ACTIVITY. BUT WE ARE IN A CONSTANT STRUGGLE. AND, UH, CERTAINLY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND IT, IT REALLY MAKES MY HEART HURT THAT OUR SENIORS CANNOT COME OUT AND ENJOY, UH, THE OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOMES WITHOUT BEING EXTREMELY CONCERNED. BUT JUST, JUST STAY DILIGENT. WE ARE WORKING ON IT AND WE ARE DOING WHATEVER WE CAN TO PROVIDE THE PROTECTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED NECESSARY. AND SO, UH, JUST, JUST, WE JUST REALLY WANNA DO, DO A BETTER JOB OF TAKING CARE OF OUR SENIORS AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ARE BEING PUT IN WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE BOARD. I MEAN, SUBSTANTIALLY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ARE BEEN PUT IN. SO LAW ENFORCEMENT'S DOING THEIR PART, BUT IT'S NOT JUST ONE THING, IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. UH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT VIOLENT CRIME IN MOST CATEGORIES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS DOWN. EVEN THE HOMICIDE RATE IS PRETTY MUCH FLAT IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR. UM, BUT LET ME SPECIFICALLY TAKE A LOOK AT SUNNYSIDE BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS UNFAIR TO SUNNYSIDE. YES. OKAY. I THINK THAT IS UNFAIR BECAUSE IN TERMS OF, BECAUSE BROUGHT NATIONAL ATTENTION, WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT NATIONAL ATTENTION BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER AREAS OKAY. THAT WE ARE NOT EVEN IN THE TOP 10. SO YOU GOTTA GO, YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES EVEN BEFORE YOU COME TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO I DO THINK THAT'S UNFAIR. AND I DON'T WANNA MARK SUNNYSIDE IF SUNNYSIDE IS SO MUCH DIFFERENT FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERY PERSON, ESPECIALLY IF OUR WAS SENIORS AND OUR KIDS. YES. TO NOT ONLY FEEL SAFE BUT TO BE SAFE. YES. SO, UM, UM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND VOICING YOUR CONCERNS. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS. NEXT SPEAKER DEBORRA ALLEN. DEBORRA ALLEN, IF YOU PRESS STAR SIX DEBORRA ALLEN DEBORA ALLEN STAR SIX DEBAR. NEXT SPEAKER. MELANIE ARCHER. YES. MELANIE ARCHER HERE. MELANIE IS HERE. HELLO. I THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY. I HAVE SOME PAPERS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD WANNA SEE THEM. I'M COMING TO YOU TODAY TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY YOU GUYS CAN HAVE, MY SON DIED DECEMBER 29TH OF 21 IN HOUSTON AND THE POLICE ARE NOT INVESTIGATING. AND I HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE SITUATION. AND I HAVE WENT TO THE DA'S OFFICE AND I HAVE EMAILED THE CHIEF AND HE SAID HE WOULD, ALL OF ALL I'M ASKING IS HAVE A DETECTIVE TALK TO ME, LOOK AT THE INFORMATION I HAVE AND DO AN INVESTIGATION. THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I'VE ASKED. AND I CAN'T GET THAT. THE OFFICER I MET WITH IN JANUARY DOES NOT THINK THERE'S A CASE. SO THEREFORE THERE'S NO INVESTIGATION. THE GIRL THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS SITUATION HAS ANOTHER PERSON DIED IN HER PRESENCE PRIOR TO MY SON. SHE WAS CHARGED, THEN THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED. SHE, UM, HAS CHANGED HER STORY. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. SO, UH, IS, IS HPD TELLING YOU THAT BASED ON THE FACTS THAT THEY HAVE, THAT THEY DON'T THINK THERE'S A CASE? AND IS THE DA'S OFFICE TELLING YOU THAT THERE'S SOME CASE, I'M TRYING TO QUITE UNDERSTAND. THE DA'S OFFICE IS SAYING THEY CAN'T TAKE A CASE UNLESS THE OFFICER SAYS THERE'S A CASE AND THE OFFICER REFUSES TO INVESTIGATE. NO DETECTIVES WENT TO THE SCENE. NO FORENSICS WERE DONE AT THE SCENE. THE POLICE DIDN'T TALK TO ME AT THE SCENE. I ONLY, THEY ONLY TOOK MY SON FOR AN AUTOPSY BECAUSE THE GIRL THREATENED TO HAVE HIM MURDERED LAST MAY. AND I HAVE THE MESSAGES AND THE POLICE SAID THEY WOULD DO AN AUTOPSY, BUT THAT WAS IT. AND THEY'VE, THEY WON'T LOOK AT ANYTHING ELSE THAT I HAVE AND THEY WILL NOT LET ME GET AN INVESTIGATION DONE WHATSOEVER. ALRIGHT THEN. AND I DO NOT HAVE $5,000 FOR AN INVESTIGATOR, AND THAT'S JUST LIKE A BEGINNING FEE. RIGHT. I, I, THERE'S A LOT HERE THAT, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE UNPACKED. UH, BUT WHAT I CAN AT LEAST DO IS HAVE SOMEONE, UH, FROM HPD, UH, TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO YOU. OKAY? YES. I'M JUST ASKING FOR A DETECTIVE. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR. I'M GONNA ASK THEM TO COME AND TALK WITH YOU. I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE SITUATION. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN ONGOING [02:25:01] INVESTIGATION. IT'S NOT, THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING. IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH CLOSED. WELL, I, I, I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, BUT THEY CERTAINLY CAN, UM, UH, CAN SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH YOU AND EXPLAIN THE SITUATION. AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP. AND I WILL HAVE SOMEONE REACH OUT TO YOU. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. BRIDGET LAND. BRIDGET LAND. UH, IF YOU PRESS STAR SIX, BRIDGET, LAND STAR SIX. BRIDGET LAND. NEXT SPEAKER. THEUS FONTANO. UH, THE PHA FONTANO. IF YOU PRESS STAR SIX, THE FONTANO STAR. SIX THEOPHILUS. NEXT SPEAKER. CRYSTAL PRIESTER. CRYSTAL PRIESTER HERE. CRYSTAL IS HERE. SIR, RIGHT NOW I'M, UH, I'M UNDER SO, SO MUCH RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE MY BROTHER'S IN ICU. I'M COMING, I'M COMING UP HERE BECAUSE HE'S IN ICU RIGHT NOW. HE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE LAST SUNDAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I HAD TO COME UP HERE BECAUSE I WAS ALREADY GONNA COME UP HERE. I DID, UH, A THING, UM, UH, LIKE IN FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN HOUSTON. I DID IT LAST YEAR. I'VE BEEN DOING IT. MY FAMILY OWNS THINGS IN HOUSTON. I'M FROM EGG HOME. MY FAMILY IS NAMED HOKEY REED. HE BARRY GEORGE FLOYD THROUGH IT, UH, UH, HORSE AND CARRIAGE RIDE. I'M THE SOCIAL MAYOR OF MY BROTHER RIGHT NOW. I DON'T HAVE NO MAMA, NO DADDY. MY DADDY SERVED THIS COUNTRY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT. BUT FOR HIS KIDS, I'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF ME AND MY BROTHER THROUGH THE HOMELESS SITUATION. WE CAME THROUGH 12 YEARS AGO, GOING ON 13 YEARS. HE LAYING, I SEE YOU RIGHT NOW. I'M TRYING TO GET TO HIM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT LAST WEEK. YOUR TIME HAS, HAS EXPIRED. EVERYTHING. I JUST DID. I HEAR YOU SAY THAT YOU, ARE YOU RELATED TO, TO MR. REEDS? YES. THAT'S MY FIRST COUSIN. OKAY. I, I'M FAMILIAR WITH HIM. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO RIGHT NOW. AND I JUST WANNA, I NEED HELP ABOUT FINDING OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY BROTHER. NOBODY CAME TO HIS AID. I BEEN THERE AND I'M JUST TIRED OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN HOUSTON. I GOT YOU. I GOT, I UNDERSTAND. LET ME ALSO, I JUST NEED HELP. LET ME RE LET ME REACH OUT TO ALSO MR. REED AS WELL. OKAY. BUT HE HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO ME AND MY BROTHER, MY BROTHER'S NAME THERE RIGHT NOW. AND AIN'T MY, AIN'T, AIN'T NOBODY REACHED OUT. ONLY A COUPLE OF FAMILY MEMBERS BEEN THERE FOR ME. AND RIGHT NOW MY COUSIN TRYING TO TAKE ME UP THERE RIGHT NOW. 'CAUSE THEY DON'T WANT, THEY LIED ON ME IN, IN ST. JOSEPH'S. I WAS TRYING TO MOVE HIM TO ST. JOSEPH'S. I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. HE LIED ON ME. I UNDERSTAND. TAKE IT ONE. I GOT TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME. OKAY. I AM. ALRIGHT. TAKE CARE. ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER IS, NEXT SPEAKER. CARLOS DAVIS. MR. DAVIS. GOOD MORNING. MAY, EXCUSE ME. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR TURNER CITY COUNCIL, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON. I HAVE, UH, FILED A COMPLAINT WITH HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS ON JULY 30TH REGARDING, UH, NO BUILDING PERMITS BEING DONE ON AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. I FILED THIS COMPLAINT SUBSEQUENTLY TO THAT. I DID FOLLOW UP WITH THIS COMPLAINT ON 1002 WASHINGTON AVENUE. UH, FOUR DAYS LATER ON AUGUST THE SECOND, I LEARNED FROM ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS DOWN IN WASHINGTON AVENUE THAT MY INVESTIGATION HAD BEEN CLOSED OUT. I DID NOT FILE THE COMPLAINT ANONYMOUSLY. I GAVE THEM MY NAME, PHONE NUMBER, AND THE INVESTIGATOR WENT OUT THERE AND CLOSED OUT THE CASE. NEVER CALLED ME, NEVER REACHED OUT TO ME AS STANDARD PROTOCOL. I WANTED HER TO CALL ME SO WE CAN GO OVER THE SPECIFICS. GIVE HER MY PICTURES, EVERYTHING. I WENT DOWN TWICE TO SPEAK TO YOUR DIRECTOR AT HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. CAROL INGER HADDOCK SPOKE WITH HER CHIEF OF STAFF ROYAL GARCIA ON AUGUST THE THIRD. HE PROMISED ME THAT HE WOULD CALL ME BACK ON THE 8TH OF AUGUST. NEVER DID THAT. NEVER FOLLOWED UP. I SENT CAROL A CERTIFIED NOTARIZED LETTER. 2 6 1 1 WALKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. HERE ARE COPIES OF THE, UH, INFORMATION HERE THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO REVIEW. UH, UH, SHE NEVER FOLLOWED UP WITH ME. I TRIED TO GET A MEETING WITH HER. NOTHING. AND I SENT HER EMAILS. SHE GOT THE CERTIFIED LETTER ON AUGUST THE EIGHTH AT 3:19 PM SHE NEVER FOLLOWED UP. I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE TWICE. SO NOW I WENT TO TALK WITH MS. KARA ROBERTS, AND NOW I'M HERE. FAILURE TO FOLLOW UP, FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE, LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM, LACK OF INTEGRITY. NOTHING. THEY CLOSED IT OUT. I GAVE PICTURES AND EVERYTHING. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. I, I UNDERSTAND. COUNCILMAN JACKSON AND THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. DAVIS FOR, FOR COMING IN. I'M YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, MY, UM, CONSTITUENT SERVICE REP IS RIGHT THERE. LET GIVE HER YOUR INFORMATION AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND JUST MAKE SURE WHATEVER ISSUE YOU HAVING IS, IS ADDRESSED. OKAY. I WANTED [02:30:01] A MEETING WITH CAROL HADDOCK. SHE'S REFUSED TO GIVE ME A MEETING JUST TO SIT DOWN. I WROTE HER A LETTER CERTIFIED THERE. HAS IT, I TELL WHAT I TELL YOU. WHAT'S EVEN BETTER IS TO GIVE WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY? AND I'M, AND I'LL, ILL, I WILL HELP FACILITATE THAT MEETING BETWEEN YOU AND DIRECTOR HADDOCK. OKAY? IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. OKAY? YOU NEED TO GET RID OF HER. OKAY. INCOMPETENT. THANK YOU, MR. DAVID. HAVE A BLESSED DAY. NEXT SPEAKER. BRIDGET MCCOY. UH, OH. WHERE AM I? UM, BRIDGET MCY. BRIDGET MCCOY. BRIDGET MCCOY. IS BRIDGET. HERE IS BRIDGET HERE. NEXT SPEAKER. RAUL ORTIZ. RAUL ORTIZ IS RAUL ORTIZ HERE. HELLO. HOW YOU DOING, GUYS? UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN BUILDING MY HOME FOR OVER FOUR YEARS. AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN GIVING ME A HARD TIME. I HAVE ALREADY PAID PERMITS, PLANS APPROVED EVERYTHING. I SUBMITTED MY PLANS BORDERLINE TO WHEN THEY WENT TO PROJECT DOCKS. SO THEY DROPPED SOMEONE, DROPPED THE BALL INTERNALLY AND THEN THEY WENT TO THE FLOOD DEPARTMENT. SO THEY PUT A HOLD ON IT. I TOOK CARE OF THAT. AND THERE'S A GUY STILL HARASSING ME. HIS NAME IS HERSCHEL COOPER FROM THE, FROM THE FLOOD, THE FLOOD DEPARTMENT. AND I'VE ALREADY PAID THE STORM, PAID THE FLOOD, AND IT'S BEEN FOUR LONG YEARS. I'VE BEEN PAYING TAXES. AND I'M BEHIND ON TAXES. $20,000 A YEAR BECAUSE IT'S AUDI AND AUDI AND ISD AND CITY. SO IT'S 20,000 A YEAR. AND I'M STILL AT MY CURRENT HOUSE PAYING TAXES. SO I'M JUST DEVASTATED RIGHT NOW. AND I NEED HELP. FOUR LONG YEARS. I'VE GOT A NOTE HERE, MR. ORTIZ, THAT SAYS THAT THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN UNABLE TO REACH YOU. NO, THAT'S A LIE. I HAVE EMAILS WHERE THEY, THEY'RE NEVER IN THE OFFICE. THEY DON'T RETURN MY CALLS. SO I'M JUST DEVASTATED. I'M GOING THROUGH HARD TIMES RIGHT NOW. AND IS THIS YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE? IS THAT, THAT 2 8 1 8 8 2. THAT'S YOUR NUMBER? YES, SIR. OKAY. WE'LL HAVE THEM CALL YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WHAT DO I DO NEXT? UH, SAL'S HERE. IF YOU DOCTOR, JUST WAIT FOR THE CALL. WHO, WHO'S HERE? SAL? WHOEVER. WHERE? SAL. WHERE SAL PUT THERE. IN FACT, THAT'S EVEN BETTER. YOU CAN GET WITH HIM RIGHT NOW. OKAY. I HAVE ALL MY PLANS. EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. AND WHAT'S SAL? OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. HILLARY HART. HILLARY HART. IS HILLARY HERE? HILLARY IS HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR GRANTING ME TIME ON YOUR BUSY AGENDA. IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME, I'LL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING. MY NAME IS HILLARY HART. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THEATER UNDER THE STARS, AND I'M THE INCOMING BOARD CHAIR FOR THEATER DISTRICT HOUSTON. I ASKED TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY TO UPDATE YOU ON THE PHENOMENAL IMPACT THAT ARTS AND CULTURE HAS IN OUR CITY, AND HOW JUST ONE COLLABORATION AMONGST MANY PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IS PROVING TO BE A VALUABLE CORNERSTONE FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AS AN INDUSTRY. ARTS AND CULTURE DRANK SECOND ONLY TO RETAIL. WITH RESPECT TO ADDED VALUE TO OUR NATION'S. GDP IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON ALONE, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN $1.1 BILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT EACH YEAR. AND WHILE THESE FIGURES REPRESENT A PLURALITY OF VOICES AND DISCIPLINES, I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF ONE PARTICULAR PROGRAM THAT WILL LAUNCH NEXT WEEK. THE FIRST ANNUAL HOUSTON THEATER WEEK, WHICH IS AN ADAPTATION OF THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL NEW YORK THEATER WEEK IS THE LARGEST PROMOTION, CELEBRATING LIVE THEATER AND PERFORMING ARTS IN HOUSTON'S HISTORY. FOR ONE WEEK ONLY AUGUST 22ND THROUGH 29TH, OUR ENTIRE HOUSTON COMMUNITY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN EXCLUSIVE BUY ONE GET ONE FREE TICKETS ON NEARLY 90. EXCITING AND DIVERSE YOUR PERFORMANCE TIME. HAVE TO START. I'M GIVING YOU, I'M GIVING YOU MY MINUTE. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK, UH, HOUSTON FIRST. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR STEPPING UP AND IMMEDIATELY HELMING THIS EVENT WITH THEATER DISTRICT HOUSTON. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK OF BRINGING CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE. PLEASE GO TO HOUSTON THEATER WEEK.COM, BROWSE THE INCREDIBLE SPECTRUM OF OPPORTUNITY AND GO SEE A SHOW. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. THANK YOU MAYOR HILLARY, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND I REMEMBER IN THE THICK OF COVID AND IN THE WORST OF TIMES FOR THE THEATER COMMUNITY, YOU WERE THERE WORKING REAL HARD FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE RECOVERY FOR THEATER UNDER THE STARS. SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR COMING BACK. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL SUPPORT YOU. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMAN P*****K. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND MS. HART, THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD. HOUSTON FIRST HAS SENT US ALL THE INFORMATION AS WELL. I KNOW MY OFFICE AND OTHER OFFICES HAVE BEEN, UH, DISSEMINATING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THEATER WEEK AS WELL. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. CHARLES TUCKER. SEAN TUCKER. SEAN TUCKER. MR. TUCKER IS HERE. [02:35:25] GIVE HONOR TO GOD IS THE HEAD OF MY LIFE IN WHICH ALL MY BLESSINGS FLAW. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO EVERYONE AND SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE. MAYOR, I AM AN INVENTOR. I BELIEVE IN CHANGE. AS I LOOK INTO FIFTH WARD, I SEE WHERE IT CAN BE CHANGED. I HAVE DESIGNS THAT I CAN OPEN UP A BUSINESS IN FIFTH WARD. IT COULD BECOME FINANCIALLY SOUND. THIS BUSINESS IS GREEN, SO IT MATCHES UP WHERE OUR HONORABLE JOE BIDEN PRESIDENT, IT MATCHES UP WITH OUR MAYORS. THE PROBLEM IS, IS IT, I MEAN, IS IT LAWS THAT'S STOPPING FIFTH WARD FROM PROGRESSING? BECAUSE EVERY TIME I LOOK ON MY OWN, I SEE WHERE IT'S KIND OF FORMS OF, YOU KNOW, RED LINE. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, MA'AM. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. UH, MR. TUCKER. UH, IF YOU WILL FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, I THINK SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO ALREADY. I KNOW YOU WANTED TO COME AND PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. UH, BUT IF YOU'LL FOLLOW UP, UH, WITH YOUR GREEN IDEA, UH, WITH, UH, SOME OF MY PEOPLE, I THINK THEY'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, TO SPEAK WITH YOU. WELL, IF THEY CALL ME, WELL, I CAN HAVE CONTACT NUMBERS. I'LL BE GLAD TO. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. RIGHT? THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. TUCKER FOR COMING IN. I'M THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, FOR DISTRICT B FIFTH WARD. I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, UM, YOUR PROJECT AND YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AND JUST, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT I CAN TO CONNECT YOU WITH WHO CAN HELP YOU REALIZE YOUR VISION. WELL, IT'S NOT A VISION OF MY OWN. IT'S A VISION OF A COMMUNITY. OKAY. BECAUSE WE ARE CREE ALL OVER THERE AND WE ARE SOME OF THE OLDEST PEOPLE IN THE CITY. IT'S SAD WE LIVE LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE CAN'T PROSPER. I JUST WANTED TO SEE THAT PART PROSPER. YEAH. AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT'S COMING TO, UM, FIFTH WARD. I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PROJECTS. WELL, THAT'S HAPPENING. THAT'S TRUE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, WOULD IT'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT. I MONEY TO SPEND. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE THING. YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS, YOU DON'T HAVE NOTHING. YOU DON'T HAVE WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE LAUNCHING REAL SOON IS A JOBS INITIATIVE TO START TRYING TO GET RESIDENTS CONNECTED TO OPPORTUNITIES. 'CAUSE I AGREE. WE, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FINANCIAL, YOU KNOW, STABILITY IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, CAPITALIZE, MAXIMIZE ON A LOT OF THE OPPORTUNITIES. SO AGAIN, I WOULD LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH YOU AND JUST, YOU KNOW, LEARN YOUR IDEAS AND SHARE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE GOT MOVING ALREADY. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK I LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING TO YOU NEXT SPEAKER. EVERYONE HAVE A BLESSED DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. AARON ROSKI. AARON ROSKI. HOW YOU DOING GUYS? UH, ME AND TURNER. UM, YOU PASSED, UH, $1 BILLION EXPANSION PROJECT FOR THE SHIP CHANNEL. UH, YOU ALSO HAD A, UH, DAM REPAIR FOR THE $14 MILLION, UM, AND CHANGE. UH, AND, UH, THE WHITE HOUSE PASSED A BILL FOR THE, UH, $13.44 BILLION FOR TEXAS INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, I'M A CRANE OPERATOR, AFRICAN AMERICAN. UM, THERE'S NO AFRICAN AMERICAN CRANE OPERATOR COMPANIES HERE. UM, I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE COMPANIES GIVING ME ISSUES. UH, I COULD AFFORD JOBS TO HIRE PEOPLE. UM, I COULD HAVE MY OWN CRANE SCHOOL WELDING. UH, I'VE BEEN GOING TO THESE COMPANIES GIVING ME A HARD TIME. UH, THEY PUTTING IN, YOU KNOW, NO, NO DISRESPECT, BUT THEY PUTTING IN SPANISH, UM, EVERYBODY'S WELCOME. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT, UH, OUR PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING. UH, I COULD, IT IT'S JUST A LOT. UM, BAKER CONCRETE, DIFFERENT COMPANIES LIKE THAT. OR, UM, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND YOU. CAN I GET, GET AN EXTENSION? ARE YOU, ARE YOU SAYING THAT, UH, YOU, YOU WANTED TO PUT TOGETHER YOUR OWN COMPANY OR ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT HIRING YOU? I'M, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND BOTH. UM, I'VE [02:40:01] CONTACTED SOME ENGINEERING COMPANIES WORKING WITH THE SBA, UM, L UH, JA, UH, A LOT OF THE OTHER ENGINEERING BURNSIDE. UM, NO REPLIES BACK AS INTO TRYING TO GET CONTRACTS WITH THEM SO I COULD, UH, AFFORD PEOPLE. DO YOU HAVE, HAVE YOU PUT TOGETHER A COMPANY OR YOU HAVE YES, I HAVE A BUSINESS BANK ACCOUNT. DBA, UM, I HAVE MY AWS AMERICAN, UH, WELDING SOCIETY. I HAVE MY, UH, NATIONAL CRANE OPERATOR COMMISSION CARD. UM, JUST GOT THE ONE FOR THE SKYSCRAPER CRANES. UM, AND ARE THERE, ARE THERE PEOPLE WORKING WITH YOU OR, NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. I WORK FOR MYSELF, UH, DOING, YOU KNOW, LIKE FIXING CARS, UH, TRYING TO GET WELDING CONTRACTS, TRYING TO CALL THESE ENGINEERING COMPANIES, TRYING TO GET CRANE OPERATED CONTRACTS. UH, BUT THESE COMPANIES ALREADY ARE, UH, BILLION, TRILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES. FAMILY GENERATIONAL, PASSING IT DOWN TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE. I DON'T EVEN HAVE NO PARENTS. YEAH. BUT LEMME JUST, SO HAVE YOU GOTTEN CERTIFIED, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON? I JUST GOT A VENDOR'S, UM, UM, ACCOUNT WITH THE, UH, CITY THAT'S GOING YEAH. THAT'S A FEW ADDITIONAL STEPS. YES. YOU NEED, YEAH. YOU NEED, YOU NEED TO BECOME CERTIFIED WITH LIKE THE CITY RIGHT? OR THE COUNTY RIGHT. REACH OUT TO . YEAH. THAT, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY. WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU IS THAT YOU REACH OUT TO THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS OF OPPORTUNITY, OBO. RIGHT, OKAY. AND LET THEM WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. RIGHT. UM, BUT I COME FROM POVERTY. I DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY PARENTS. I GREW UP IN FOSTER CARE. SO YOU GOTTA COME FROM MONEY WHEN YOU DOING STUFF LIKE THAT. UM, NO, NO. THIS IS RIGHT HERE AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. OKAY. I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU REACH OUT TO THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS OF OPPORTUNITY, OBO RIGHT. AND LET THEM WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME FROM MONEY TO DO THAT. RIGHT. BUT YOU NEED TO BECOME CERTIFIED. RIGHT. OKAY. 'CAUSE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO BECOME, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO BUSINESS WITH THESE OTHER COMPANIES, UH, MANY OF THEM ARE GOING, I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE CERTIFIED. YES, SIR. OKAY. YES, SIR. SO, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. VICE MAYOR FOR TIM CAST STATE, THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND I ALWAYS KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE STARTING A BUSINESS, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH AND IT, IT'S DIFFICULT TO BREAK IN AND GET THOSE ORIGINAL CONTRACTS, THOSE, UM, BUT I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU REACH OUT TO THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. UM, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A NAME OF, UH, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS LAYLA MORRIS. OKAY. UM, CONTACT MS. MORRIS. AND THEY, UM, HAVE PEOPLE THERE THAT CAN HELP WALK YOU THROUGH THE STEPS OF GETTING CERTIFIED, UM, TO DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. OKAY. AND I THINK THAT WOULD HELP YOU TO BREAK IN AND GET IN, GET THAT FIRST CONTRACT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND JUST BRIEFLY JUST WANT TO, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP ON AS AN ENTREPRENEUR, BUT THERE'S SOME RESOURCES THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. THE WOMEN'S CHAMBER OF HOUSTON AND ALSO THE BLACK, THE GREATER, UM, HOUSTON BLACK CHAMBER. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS WHERE THEY WALK WITH, UH, NEW ENTREPRENEURS, UH, NEW ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH THIS TYPE OF PROGRAMMING. AND THEY WILL BE A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE FOR YOU JUST TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR NETWORK BUILDING AND ALL THAT INFORMATION SHARING SO YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. ART SMITH. ART SMITH. HELLO. I BELIEVE THAT, UM, AS OF LATELY, UM, I THINK THE 3 1 1 AND SOME OF THE, UM, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAVE PROBABLY BEEN MEETING WITH SOMEONE FROM, UH, CHICK-FIL-A CUSTOMER SERVICE. 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT I'VE BEEN SEEING LATELY. I LIKE THE UPTICK IN THE UPBEAT ABOUT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE IN HISTORIC FIFTH WARD OVER 40 YEARS AGO, UM, SOMEONE AT HCA COMMITTED AN ORGANIZED CRIME BY PUTTING SOME PROPERTY IN AN INDIVIDUAL'S NAME THAT WAS NOT THE DEED OWNER. AND IF YOU ASK YOURSELF, OR IF YOU ASK ME ART, WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE CITY? WELL, MY WIFE AND I WAS AT THE HOUSTON PERMITTING APARTMENT TODAY WITH, WITH, I'VE BEEN TO, UM, COMMISSIONER'S COURT, LENA HELL, DOGO. THEY'RE ALL INVESTIGATING CHIEF FINN. EVERYBODY'S HELPING OUT. BUT WHEN ONE GOVERNMENT MACHINE BECOMES A BAD APPLE AND WITH HCA AND WE ARE SCHEDULED TO SPEAK BEFORE HCA BOARD IN THE MORNING AT NINE 30, IT HAS PUT SUCH A DAMPER ON WHAT'S GOING ON. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. I, MR. MR. BAR, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU. ART, YOU, UH, YOU CAN I YIELD MY TIME TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HCA ORGANIZED CRIME AS FAR AS PUTTING PROPERTY IN SOMEONE'S NAME. AND THAT PERSON HAS COLLECTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS [02:45:01] IN HISTORIC FIFTH WARD. IT HAS MADE IT LOOK LIKE THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT PUBLIC WORKS MACHINES THAT OPERATE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF HCA. IT MAKE IT LOOK LIKE Y'ALL ARE DOWN WITH A BIG COVERUP, A BIG, LIKE Y'ALL ARE PART OF THE SCHEME. BUT LIKE I WAS TOLD TODAY AT THE HOUSTON PERMANENT DEPARTMENT, THAT HCA IS THE BIBLE THAT THEY GO BY AS FAR AS THE CITY AND THEY CAN'T OPERATE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT. SO WHEN H CT MAKE A BAD MOVE AND THEY HAVE NO DOCUMENTATION ON HOW THEY PUT THIS IN, THIS INDIVIDUAL'S NAME, NOT ONE SHRED OF EVIDENCE, AND THAT IS ORGANIZED CRIME BECAUSE IT'S INVOLVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT H CAN'T PUT IT IN SOMEONE'S NAME, WHO'S NOT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED THE OWNER. THANKS. THANKS. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANKS VERY MUCH. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER COFFEE SMITH L BAY COFFEE AND TO, UH, PICK UP WHERE ART LEFT OFF AT WHAT MAKES IT ORGANIZED CRIME, HC IS THE ACCESSORY TO THE ORGANIZED CRIME BY PUTTING PROPERTY THE TAX DOCUMENTS IN SOMEONE NAME WHO IS NOT THE DEED PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO DECEIVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR 40 YEARS AND RECEIVE RENT MONEY, UH, ON PROPERTIES, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR PROPERTY HE DON'T OWN. AND IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO DO THAT. AND SO HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AND THE, UH, TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTORS DEPARTMENT, THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER. SO THAT'S HOW THEY ARE INVOLVING THE CITY OF HOUSTON WITHIN THE ORGANIZED CRIME. BECAUSE ONE DEPARTMENT SAY, WELL, I CAN'T DO NOTHING WITHOUT THIS DEPARTMENT. AND WE ARE AWARE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND YOU HAVE THE EVIDENCE. SO WE ARE HERE TODAY, BRING IT TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON ATTENTION SO THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON CANNOT SAY THEY DO NOT KNOW. AND WHAT THAT DOES THAT CAUSE A FRAUD PROPERTY OWNER TO RECEIVE MONEY FROM TRESPASSERS THIS AND THE OTHER, WHICH BRINGS, UH, THAT WHO VIOLATE CITY ORDINANCE THAT PUT JUNK ON THE PROPERTY. AND THEN PEOPLE SAY, WE CAN'T DO NOTHING BECAUSE THE OWNER'S NOT AVAILABLE. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND ALSO, I WANNA SAY, I THINK IT'S VERY HEARTLESS WHEN PEOPLE COME UP HERE SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES WHO ARE DEAD AND PEOPLE ARE TALKING AND LAUGHING. THANK YOU. UH, COFFEE COME BACK. UH, COFFEE'S ONE OF MY FORMER STUDENTS AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU MY TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, WE HAVE BROUGHT IT TO, HUH, DR. BAD REPRESENT. I WANT CITY COUNCIL. OKAY, THAT'S FINE BECAUSE WE GOT THE MAYOR HERE AND OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO COULD POSSIBLY HELP WITH THIS SITUATION. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED WITH. SO AS A, UH, CITIZEN OF HOUSTON, AND I LOVE MY CITY, SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE OUT OF BEING CONCERNED. AND I WANT EVERYBODY HERE TO KNOW IT'S SOME ORGANIZED CRIME. IT'S BEING INVESTIGATED. PROPERTY WAS PUT IN SOMEONE'S NAME, THE TAX, UH, DOCUMENTS WHO DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY. WE HAVE THE REAL PROPERTY, THE OWNER'S NAME, AND IT HAS CAUSED DECEPTION. AND THIS PERSON HAD RECEIVED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR 40 PLUS YEARS. HE DIDN'T OWN THE PROPERTY WHEN HE WAS ALIVE, AND THEN HE DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY NOW THAT HE'S DECEASED. AND THAT'S THE SITUATION AT HAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER, CRYSTAL RODRIGUEZ. CRYSTAL RODRIGUEZ. NEXT SPEAKER KENNETH ELLISON. AND ALLISON, YOU PRESS STAR SIX. SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. THANK YOU. AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT COST TO RAISE ONE CHILD IN AMERICA TODAY? ACCORDING TO A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN 2015, RAISING ONE CHILD IN A MIDDLE CLASS TWO PARENT HOME FROM INFANCY TO 18 YEARS OLD WAS $233,610. AND FACTORING IN A MARKET INCREASE OF 2%, IT'S CLOSER TO $300,000 TODAY. AND THAT DEFINITELY DOESN'T INCLUDE THE COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION. NOW, PICTURE THE AVERAGE FAMILY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSTON, IN THE SUNNY SIDE CLOVER LAND, SOUTH PARK AREA, WHERE THE AVERAGE FAMILY IS A SINGLE PARENT HOME WITH LOW TO NO INCOME AND MORE THAN ONE CHILD. THINK OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY'RE MISSING OUT ON BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD IT. WITH THE UNITY ONE MOVEMENT, WE IMPLEMENTED WAYS TO BRIDGE THE GAP OF OPPORT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUTH IN THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. OUR PROGRAMS AIM TO EDUCATE, INSPIRE, EMPOWER, AND INFORM TODDLERS, YOUTHS, AND YOUNG ADULTS. AND THOSE YOUNG ARE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY. OH, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR SHABA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UM, MR. ELLISON, I HAVE YOUR NUMBER HERE. WE'LL REACH OUT [02:50:01] AND PERHAPS YOU CAN MEET WITH ME AT ANOTHER TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN, EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU. I'M . THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PAUL QUINN. PAUL QUINN. HELLO, UH, I'M PAUL NAAN. I AM, UH, HERE TO SUPPORT MR. ELLISON'S. UH, HE'S TALKING ABOUT GRANT FUNDING FOR THE UNITY ONE MOVEMENT. UH, I AM AN AIKIDO INSTRUCTOR FOR THE MAT CENTER, WORKING WITH THE UNITY ONE MOVE MOVEMENT. I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE HHR NONPROFIT, AND I'M A PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR SPECIALIZING IN ETHICS. UH, THE ORGANIZATION IS AIMING TO, UH, IMPROVE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, SELF-DISCIPLINE, AND PHYSICAL FITNESS IN YOUTH, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHER USEFUL SKILLS AS THEY GROW UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. CLEVELAND GLEN. CLEVELAND GLEN, IF YOU HAVE PRESS STAR SIX CLEVELAND GLENN CLEVELAND. GLEN. NEXT SPEAKER PRESSA ANTHONY. OH, HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? IS THIS HELLO? IS THIS, IS THIS CLEVELAND GLEN? YES, SIR. I'M SORRY. YES, SIR. THIS CLEVELAND GLEN. UH, I THOUGHT I'M WITH, UH, SEED OF THE SOIL AND, UH, THE NEED FOR FRESH FOOD IS GREATER THAN SUPPLY. AND WHILE CHAIN STORES SUPPLY ACCESS TO FOOD IN SOME AREAS, A LOT OF AREAS DON'T HAVE ACCESS. AND THE BIG FARMS CAN'T PRODUCE ENOUGH FOOD FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT LOCAL FARM WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THE NEED IS MUCH GREATER THAN THE SUPPLY AND SEED OF, TO SOIL'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE FRESHLY WARM FOOD FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES ALONG WITH THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. WE WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND LOCAL UNIVERSITIES LIKE TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, PRAIRIE VIEW, U OF H, UH, RICE UNIVERSITY, AND H-I-S-D-A FEW, UH, IN THE MILITARY, UH, A MISSION IS DEFINED AS A OBJECTIVE TO BE ACHIEVED UNTIL ALL OBJECTIVES ARE MET. THE MISSION IS NOT, IS ONGOING. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, WE NEED YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TIME HAS EXPIRED. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. ALRIGHT, THEREA. ANTHONY THEREA. ANTHONY, HELLO. HELLO. THIS IS THERESA ANTHONY FROM, I'M THE EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NATURE HERITAGE SOCIETY. WE COLLABORATE WITH MR. ELLISON, MR. GLENN, ON PROGRAMMING TO TAKE FAM UNDERSERVED FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE CLOVER LAND SUNNYSIDE SOUTH ACRES AREA, TO EXPOSE THEM TO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EXPOSE THEM TO GARDENING, TO NUTRITION AND EV STEWARDSHIP IN THE OUTDOORS. WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COLLABORATE IN THE FUTURE AND HAVE COLLABORATED IN THE PAST WITH MR. ELLISON AND LOOK FORWARD TO EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ELEVATING THEIR LIFESTYLES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. JESSICA WHEELER. JESSICA WHEELER. PRESS STAR SIX. SHE'S ON, I'M ON ZOOM. OKAY. OR TEAMS. HELLO MAYOR. HELLO. COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I RECENTLY HEARD THAT THE, UH, PROCEEDS FROM AN UPCOMING BOND ISSUE WILL BE GOING TOWARDS THE OVERPOPULATION OF ANIMALS IN THIS CITY. HOUSTON NEEDS TO DO A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR TWO NEW DIRECTORS, ONE FOR BARK AND ONE FOR THE NEW SHELTER. UM, SOME OF THE BOND MONEY NEEDS TO GO TOWARDS EDUCATION FOR WHY SPAY AND NEUTERING ARE HEALTHY FOR THE ANIMAL. AND IT HOPEFULLY WILL BE EASY TO SIGN UP. UM, THE CLEARING OF THE SHELTERS THAT, UM, THERE'S, THERE ARE NO HOME VISITS [02:55:01] THERE. UH, DO THE PEOPLE AT BARK EVEN CALL YVETTE? AND LAST AND YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED? I'M SORRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. SCOTT CLEMENTS. SCOTT CLEMENTS IS HERE. HI. I LIVE IN THIRD WARD BEHIND THE STRIPES GAS STATION NEAR SOUTHMORE 2 88. I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS, UH, TO HPD TO HAVE THEM DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE NOISE THAT HAPPENS THERE BETWEEN SUN. UH, SUNDAY NIGHT, ACTUALLY, IT'S THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT TILL TWO IN THE MORNING. I'VE GOT A VIDEO OF ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO'S HANGING OUT WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HANGING OUT IN THE PARKING LOT. THEY'VE GOT RADIO SYSTEMS THAT YOU CAN HEAR FROM BLOCKS AWAY. IT'S LIKE JAWS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HEAR 'EM DRIVING UP TO THE GAS STATION. BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. AND THEY'LL STAY UP THERE ALL NIGHT. AND IT'S RIDICULOUS. I CALL HPD THEY TELL ME THAT THEY'RE NOT STAFFED ENOUGH. THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MANPOWER. THE STRIPES DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT. THEY SAY THEY DON'T WANNA START AN ALTERCATION. THEY'RE, IT'S LIKE THEY'RE AFRAID TO GO SAY SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY. THEY BLAME HPD, THEY SAY, WELL, IT'S ALL THEIR PROBLEM TO DEAL WITH. UM, THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BASICALLY. AND THROWING Y'ALL UNDER THE BUS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MYSELF, MY NEIGHBORS ON MY STREET. WE'RE ABOUT TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE READY TO START A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY, AGAINST THE POLICE AGAINST STRIPES, AND LET A JUDGE DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS STUFF. THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING EXPIRE. IT'S PROSTITUTION. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN MR. BONDS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I THANK YOU MAYOR, AND I SPOKE WITH YOU RECENTLY. NOW, THE SOUND ORDINANCE, I BELIEVE GOES INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH, AND WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT. BUT I DID WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION BECAUSE I DID PASS IN THAT AREA AFTER I SPOKE WITH YOU. THAT VAN RIGHT THERE, DO THOSE PEOPLE LIVE IN THAT VAN ON THAT PROPERTY? YEAH. THERE'S ANOTHER GUY THAT LIVES ON THE PROPERTY THAT RUNS THE CARWASH AND HAS SPEAKER, SPEAKER AT THE TOP OF IT. AND SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THAT NOISE IS COMING FROM. NO, THAT GENTLEMAN SAYS THAT THOSE ARE LASERS ON HIS VAN. WELL, THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIGHTS, BUT HE'S GONNA PUT LASERS ON 'EM. HE'S, HE LIVES WITH FOUR DOGS IN HIS VAN. IT'S NUTS. THERE'S ANOTHER GUY THAT LIVES IN HIS VAN THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY OR ON THE DENNY'S PROPERTY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. UM, NOW I'VE GOT GUNSHOTS. I GOT A GUNSHOT THAT CAME THROUGH THE BULLET. RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, NICK. THE FENCE LANDED IN MY WINDOW, MY BEDROOM WINDOW. SO NOW I'M IN FEAR FOR MY LIFE AT THIS STORE THAT'S NOT DOING ANYTHING. THE POLICE AREN'T DOING ANYTHING. IF YOU CALL THE POLICE, IF I CAN EVEN GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM AFTER A GUNSHOT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA SHOW UP ANYTIME SOON. WITHIN AN HOUR. IT'S, I WILL ASK THE COMMANDER TO PUT AN ALERT SLIP ON THAT LOCATION, UH, SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO ASSIST YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S VERY FRIGHTENING TO HAVE A GUNSHOT COME THROUGH YOUR WINDOW AND LODGED INTO YOUR WALL AS WELL. SO I, I DID PASS YOUR LOOK AROUND WHEN I, AFTER I SPOKE WITH YOU, AND I HAVE, IT'S NOT JUST THAT I WISH I HAD THE THREE MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE RI AIR THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT, WHICH IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO, TO DEVELOP, UNFORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU DON'T HAVE IT. TODAY'S WHERE GONNA PUT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, GLORIA ZINO. GLORIA ZINO ON SPEAKER, IF YOU PRESS STAR SIX, GLORIA ZINO. GLORIA ZINO. NEXT SPEAKER MARISHA FRIEND. MARISHA FRIEND. STAR SIX. MARISHA FRIEND, MARISHA FRIEND. STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER. DOLA BERRY. DOLA BERRY STAR SIX. HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME PROVIDE INPUT ON THE USE OF NEW FUNDING FOR ANIMAL WELFARE IN HOUSTON. I'M A FERAL COLONY MANAGER, REGISTERED WITH BARK AND I'VE TNR OVER 500 CATS. WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER SHELTER THAT WILL FILL UP IN A WEEK. HOUSTON HAS SO MANY DEDICATED RES RESCUERS THAT UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM AND HOW TO SOLVE IT. WE JUST NEED MORE RESOURCES. FUND THE RESCUE GROUPS THAT ARE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND DOING SPAY AND NEUTER AND PULLING ANIMALS OFF THE STREETS. TWO EXAMPLES. ONE, BARRIO DOGS EDUCATES RESIDENTS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF SPAY NEUTER AND SIGNS THEIR PETS UP FOR SURGERY. THE MORE FUNDING THEY CAN GET, THE MORE PEOPLE AND PETS THEY CAN HELP. TWO TEAM FERAL ORGANIZES A GROUP OF VOLUNTEER TRAPPERS TO SPAY A NEUTER A HUNDRED CATS A MONTH. WE ARE A TOTAL MACHINE WITH MORE FUNDING. WE COULD DO MORE BARK NEEDS FUNDING TO RECRUIT AND HIRE NEW LEADERSHIP. HIRE VETERINARIANS AND VET TECHS, TRAIN STAFF, AND IMPROVE SYSTEMS. BARK DOESN'T NEED MORE SPACE TO MANAGE. THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY NEED MORE RESOURCES, NOT MORE SHELTER SPACE, MORE FUNDING AND MORE PEOPLE HELPING THE PEOPLE WHO HELP ANIMALS. RECENT EXAMPLES ARE RECENTLY A WORKER AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE GATHERED A MAMA DOG AND HER SEVEN PACK YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. LET ME BEG TO [03:00:01] DIFFER WITH YOU. THEY NEED MORE CAPACITY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ALREADY FULL AND THEY'VE BEEN FULL FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO I, I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. UH, NEXT SPEAKER. LIAM RODRIGUEZ. LYNN RODRIGUEZ. STAR SIX LYNN RODRIGUEZ. STAR SIX JEFF BERG. JEFF BERG. YES. YES. WE CAN HEAR YOU ON WASHINGTON AVENUE. YESTERDAY WE HAD ANOTHER MURDER AT HART NIGHT CLUB ON WASHINGTON AVENUE. BY MY COUNT, THIS IS THE THIRD MURDER AT THIS CLUB SINCE QUARANTINE. AND THE FOURTH AT A CLAY OWNED AT NIGHTCLUB JULY 17TH. AND ALL OUT BRAWL INVOLVING DOZENS OF PEOPLE SPILLED OUT FROM THE STANDARD BAR INTO THE MIDDLE OF WASHINGTON AVENUE. GUNS WERE DRAWN, THE VIDEOS THAT THE BRAWL WENT VIRAL. THESE PLACES ARE CESSPOOLS THAT SPAWN THE MOST EGREGIOUS OF CRIMES. RESIDENTS HAVE PLEADED WITH YOU TO TAKE ACTION AND CLOSE THEM DOWN. YOU CLAIM THAT CRIME IS YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN THE CITY, BUT THE MAYOR FAILS TO TAKE ACTION OR EVEN COMMENT WHEN WE SPEAK AT COUNCIL MAYOR TURNER. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR YOU TO TAKE ACTION? PERHAPS THESE BAR OWNERS WERE ALSO PAYING WILLIAM PAUL THOMAS 'CAUSE HE WAS ADVISING YOU TO IGNORE THE ISSUES. NEXT SPEAKER. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU'D SAY. NEXT SPEAKER. ELIE VISS. ANY REVIS? I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER MC. I'M SORRY. HOLD ON. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. PLEASE SAY COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APOLOGIZE. UM, I I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO THE, THE ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE SAID. I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA, BUT I DID WANT, LEMME JUST SAY I'M NOT GONNA RESPOND TO THAT FOOLISHNESS THAT HE JUST GAVE. OKAY. I AGREE. I DID WANT TO THOUGH DISCUSS THE SAFETY ALONG WASHINGTON AVENUE SPECIFICALLY, UM, FROM THE, UH, SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. ALBEIT THAT WAS A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE, UM, THAT WHERE SOMEBODY CAME ONTO BAR PARKING LOT PROPERTY. UM, BUT WE CAN, ARE CONTINUING TO SEE THOSE ISSUES. I ALSO WANTED TO LET RESIDENTS KNOW PUBLICLY THOUGH, MAYOR TURNER, YOU HAVE BEEN VERY ATTENTIVE TO THIS CORRIDOR. HPD CONTINUES TO BE VERY ATTENTIVE TO THIS CORRIDOR. I WAS JUST ON THE PHONE AGAIN WITH HPD, UM, ABOUT THE ISSUE. AND IT'S NOT JUST WASHINGTON AVENUE. THERE ARE OTHER AREAS AND AROUND THE CITY WHERE THIS IS OCCURRING. UM, AND THE, THE GUN VIOLENCE IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. BUT I DID WANNA ADDRESS MAYOR, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE AND IN COMMUNICATION, UH, CHIEF NER PATROL IN THE AREA, UM, ALL FOCUSED ON WHAT IS TAKING PLACE. BUT RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS. UH, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO NOTE IT CAN'T JUST FALL ON THE CITY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES. THERE ARE OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED TO BE STEPPING UP AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. NEXT. THAT, THAT, THAT'S IT. NEXT SPEAKER. LY MONTOYA. GOOD AFTERNOON. HONORABLE SYLVESTER TURNER. UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THIS AFTERNOON. UM, I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE AGAIN ABOUT EVICTION. LIKE MRS. SAVI MENTIONED. UM, THERE IS OTHER LEVELS OF, UH, WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SITUATION. I HAVE TRIED TO USE THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER. THERE IS A SAMPLE LETTER WHEN I TRIED TO MEDIATE WITH THEIOS AND THE MONTOYA. YES. AND ALSO WITH THE LANDLORD. I GOT RECEIVE A, UH, AN EMAIL AND I HAVE ANY COMMUNICATION WITH SENATOR, THE OFFICE OF SENATOR WITH MEYER. UH, I'M WILLING TO ALSO TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING TO TRY TO, UH, RESOLVE SOME SITUATIONS I'M COMING ACROSS. AND IN REGARDS TO HVD, MAYOR AGA, ARRESTED, UH, UH, THE MAN THAT WAS HERE, COULD YOU GIVE ME JUST A FEW SECONDS, PLEASE? YES. NO. YEAH, I GOT ARRESTED BECAUSE I CALL, I WAS BEING SARCASTIC AND, UH, THEY TAKE FOREVER, UH, TO RESPOND. AND I SAID, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE STORY IS BEING ROBBED. UH, AND IT IS JUST TOO MUCH CALM IN THE CITY. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MM-HMM . THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. MARIA LES. MARIA LES. MY NAME IS MARIA ES GOOD EVENING. [03:05:02] UM, I AM HERE TO AGAIN, REMIND YOU THAT, UH, I HAVE ISSUES WITH SOME PEOPLE. DISCRIMINATION TO ME, FOLLOWING ME WHEREVER I LIVE, WHEREVER I MOVE AND WHEREVER I WORK. GOING TO THE MANAGERS OF THE BUSINESS AND, UM, GOING TO THE NEIGHBORS WHERE I LIVE. I HAD TO MOVE SO MANY PLACES, DUR DURING THE YEARS. I LIVE HERE SINCE 1993, IS A FAMILY WHO WAS TALKING TO ME. UH, APPARENTLY THIS MAN WAS A, A DRUG ADDICT, A FOOLISH MAN. I MET AN HCC WHEN I WAS A STUDENT, AND HE HAVEN'T STOP ALL THESE YEARS UNTIL RIGHT NOW. AND HE, IN FACT, WENT TO MY JOB TO MARSHALLS, WHERE, YOU KNOW, AS A, A WELL KNOWN STORE. I WORK IN BUNK HILL IN ECOLINE FOR 15 YEARS AS A PART-TIME CHAP WHERE, UM, I'VE BEEN DISRESPECTED. UM, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THEY DISRESPECTED ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S ALL IN THE POLICE REPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, AND THEY COLLECTING, THEY DOING GET IN. MY THANK YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES. AND, AND I NEED PLEASE YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU. UHHUH . THANK YOU. NEXT, UH, THANK, UH, GLORIA SANTINO IS BACK. YES. UH, IF YOU'RE PRESSED STAR SIX. GLORIA ZINO. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. SORRY, I HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS GLORIA SANTANO AND I'M THE FOUNDER OF BAR DOGS. A GROUP THAT WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING ANIMAL OVERPOPULATION, NEGLECT, AND ABUSE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS. I LIVE IN DISTRICT I COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS IS MY COUNCIL MEMBER. HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH OUR ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORTIVE OF ALONG, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CIS AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN. I'M SPEAKING TODAY BECAUSE I LEARNED OF THE BOND FUND MAYOR THAT YOU PROPOSED FOR BART ON A NEW SHELTER. AND I WANTED TO SHARE, I'M EXCITED, EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS NEWS. THIS IS GOOD NEWS BECAUSE DEFINITELY THE TRAGEDIES WITH THE STRAYS AND THE HOMELESS DOGS AND CATS CONTINUE TO BE ON THE RISE. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT I DO WANT TO EXPRESS THAT A NEWER SHELTER COULD BE BENEFICIAL. YES. BUT I ALSO FEEL STRONGLY THAT A NEW SHELTER WILL ONLY FILL UP. AGAIN, HOUSING ANIMALS IS NOT THE ONLY SOLUTION. SO I DO HOPE THAT THERE CAN BE FUNDS EARMARKED FOR MORE ACCESS TO FREE SPAY NEUTER, LOW COST SPAY NEUTER INITIATIVES. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED AND DIRE NEED. THANKS. I REALLY APPRE AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, ANA BRYANT, TIJUANA BRYANT STAR SIX. TAWANA BRYANT STAR SIX. TAWANA BRYANT. NEXT SPEAKER. RODNEY UNDERWOOD. RODNEY UNDERWOOD. RODNEY IS HERE. MEMBERS, CAN YOU STEP OVER THE MIC? OKAY. CAN YOU BE BETTER? MM-HMM . OKAY. UH, UH, UPLIFT DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE COMMUNITY CARE. WE DEALING WITH, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LOW INCOME, AND UPGRADING OUR COMMUNITIES. UH, WE HAVE, UH, A PROBLEM WITH COMMUNICATING WITH A LOT OF THE OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY TO GET UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN DO THINGS TOGETHER TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. BUT, UH, WE'RE NOT DOING IT RIGHT. AND I COME HERE QUITE A FEW TIMES JUST TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY TRIES TO GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH ME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH CONS, GALAGOS AND CONSTABLE AND SBA A FEW TIMES. SO I JUST KEEP TRYING TILL WE CAN GET IT GOING BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UH, THIS, THE WAY TO DO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. CLAY JORDAN. CLAY JORDAN. [03:10:02] HELLO AGAIN. CITY COUNCIL MAYOR TURNER. I, UM, ACTUALLY REALLY CAN SKIP EVERYTHING 'CAUSE I BROUGHT A HANDOUT THAT P WILL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING. IT'S A LETTER THAT I WROTE TO, UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY ASKING TO ADDRESS WHAT I SEE ARE SOME LEGAL ISSUES WITH A WEST 11TH SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. UH, UNLIKE YOU MAYOR, I THINK THAT ALL OF THE PROJECT IS DANGEROUS FOR EVERY, THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE CYCLISTS. SO THAT'S WHY I CONTINUE TO DO THIS. UM, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS I COULD SAY HERE IN ONE MINUTE, BUT I WANNA SAY I TAKE EXCEPTION TO THE FACT THAT YOU THINK I'M UP HERE BECAUSE OF, I'M, I'M THAT DON'T WANT THE TRAFFIC. I'M NOT HERE FOR THAT. I'M HERE BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON THE STREET THAT I DO, AND I WANT THEM KEPT SAFE. AND, UH, ANYWAY, UH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO HAVE A COPY OF THIS LETTER IF YOU'D LIKE. I WANNA OFFER IT. IF YOU DON'T WANT IT, THAT'S FINE TOO. 16 COPIES THERE WANTS ONE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. UM, ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MCCAIN. MR. JORDAN. ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN MCCAIN, I'M SORRY. ONE, I THINK YOU'RE, THANK YOU FOR BEING SO SUCCINCT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE DOCUMENT, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU AS A RESIDENT FOR SITTING HERE FOR, I THINK WE'RE GOING OVER TWO OR THREE HOURS NOW, UM, TO COME AND SPEAK TO US. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. JAMES WILLIAMS II. JAMES WILLIAMS II. I JUST RUNG MY TIMER SO I CAN START MY ONE MINUTE. I, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, I FEEL THAT IT'S A COORDINATED EFFORT BY EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO DEFRAUD OUR CHURCH. NEW FRONTIER FELLOWSHIP CHURCH. UH, LIKE I STATED MULTIPLE TIMES, THERE'S CURRENTLY A REDEVELOPMENT PLAT THAT IS 31 YEARS PAST DUE THAT OUR CHURCH PAID FOR THAT IS NOT ON FILE, WHICH LED TO A TAX NIGHTMARE. THERE'S ALSO BEEN SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE ROLLED FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAT. UH, WE PUT IN A TAX EXEMPTION PAPERWORK THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT ON FILE. I DON'T THINK THAT I CAN RECEIVE HELP FROM ANY MEMBER OF THIS CHAMBER. SO OUR CHURCH IS COMMITTED TO PROTESTING AND STARTING TO REACH OUT TO OUR MEMBER CHURCHES TO PROTEST THIS ISSUE, TO BRING MORE AWARENESS TO THE ISSUES THAT ARE AT HAND THAT CAN ONLY BE LABELED AS CORRUPTION. I THINK I HAVE EIGHT SECONDS LEFT AND MY MOTHER'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE UNSAFE SITUATION THAT YOUR HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS OR CREATING AT OUR CHURCH ON A CONSTANT BASIS BY REFUSING TO FOLLOW STATE OF TEXAS LAW, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. LATOYA HARRISON LATO. LATOYA HARRISON. LATOYA HARRISON. STAR SIX. LATOYA HARRISON. NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO, THIS IS LATOYA. YES MA'AM. WE CAN HEAR YOU. HELLO? YES. HI. UM, I WANTED TO, UM, ALSO ADD ON TO, UH, WHAT PASTOR WILLIAMS WAS SAYING. UM, WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME OF THE STRANGEST ACTIVITY AND, UH, RESPONSES, UM, TO SITUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING AT OUR, UH, CHURCH. UM, THE POLICE OFFICERS WITNESSED, UH, SOMEONE BREAKING AND ENTERING INTO OUR BUILDING DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. NO ARRESTS WERE MADE, EVEN INFORMED US THAT THE BA WOULD NOT TAKE THE CHARGES. UH, THEY NOTICED AND SAW THAT, UM, THAT OUR BUILDING HAD BEEN VANDALIZED. AND, UH, FOR WHATEVER REASON WE POINTED OUT 'CAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL WAS STILL ON THE PROPERTY. THIS WHO IS RESPONSIBLE, NO ARREST, NO TRESPASSING OF ANY NATURE. AND I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A BUSINESS IN FRONT OF A COP. AN OFFICER SAY, SIR, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO ARREST THIS PERSON. WE WOULD LIKE TO FILE A A POLICE REPORT. YOU ARE WITNESSING AND DO THIS. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. ROSALYN WILLIAMS. ROSALYN WILLIAMS. YES. MAYOR, CHAIR. COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M COMING BEFORE YOU TO ASK YOU TO HELP OUR CHURCH. NEW FRONTIER. WE HAVE A TENANT THERE THAT HAS LEASE HAS BEEN EXPIRED SINCE MAY. THEY ARE REFUSING TO LEAVE. THERE IS NO WAY THAT ANYONE WOULD LIE ON A TENANT TO STILL STAY. THEY RENT FREE. YOU ARE NOT THAT FAR REMOVED FROM A ACRES HOME INDEPENDENCE HIKES OR STUDENT WOOD TO UNDERSTAND WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU, I GOT YOU. I GOT YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? THAT MEANS THAT SOMEONE IS THREATENING YOUR LIFE. AND WE ARE ASKING PASTOR WILLIAMS, WE OWN THE PROPERTY. WE ARE ASKED, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS COME OUT AND WATCHED THEM CUT THE LOCKS OFF OF OUR ELECTRICAL BOXES. THEY HAVE, [03:15:01] WE HAVE PUT A LOCK TO LOCK THEM OUT. WE CAN LEGALLY LOCK A TENANT OUT. THEY STOOD IN FRONT OF US AND LET THEM TAKE THE LOCK OFF. LET LET THEM CALL A LOCKSMITH OUT AND TAKE THE LOCKS OFF. WE EVEN HIRED A OFF-DUTY OFFICER. OFF-DUTY OFFICER, SAY, PASTOR WILLIAMS, YOU, I GUESS I DON'T HAVE TIME HAS EXPIRED AGAIN. I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THAT YOU EITHER GO TO GET YOU A LAWYER, SIR, GO TO THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME SORT OF LEGAL ACTION. SIR, YOU YOURSELF SPOKE THAT YOU HAVE, UH, BEEN AN, UH, AN ATTORNEY YOURSELF. AND YOU KNOW, AND I'M SURE SOME OF YOUR CITY COUNCILS MEMBER KNOW AND RIS, WE TRIED TO CONTACT HER OFFICE. ALL WE ARE ASKING IS THAT WE ARE THE LEGAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. ALL WE ARE ASKING IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD ENFORCE THAT THESE PEOPLE BE REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. WE COULD IMMEDIATELY LOCK THEM OUT. I'M AND I WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. YOU MAY THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE ALRIGHTY. WELL, SHE STEPPED AWAY. I, I, I'M, I'M HERE IF YOU WANNA TALK TO ME. I, I'M THIS THE STATE OF TEXAS. WELL, UH, COUNCILMAN MEMBER. OW. WE, WE, WE, WE GAVE EACH AND EVERY MEMBER, MAYOR. MAYOR, IT'S MY TURN NOW. PLEASE. UM, WHEN WE HEARD FROM THEM, UH, LAST TIME YOU ASKED ME TO WORK WITH YOU, AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING THEM WITH THEM AND, AND ALSO HPD AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. AND, UM, THERE'S MORE TO THIS STORY THAN YOU, YOU MAY BE HEARING RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT CHURCHES THAT CLAIM OWNERSHIP TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. AND THAT NAME IS, EXCUSE ME. AND THAT, UM, THAT THEY HAVE BOTH, UM, CALLED THE POLICE ON EACH OTHER. UH, HPD SAID, UM, HAS, HAS GONE TO SEE, TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHO'S A RIGHTFUL OWNER, BUT THAT IT'S INCONCLUSIVE, THAT BOTH PARTIES HAVE PAPERWORK, THAT THE, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS REFUSING TO ACCEPT CHARGES UNTIL THE DISPUTE WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE COURTS. IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE 189TH DISTRICT COURT, AND NO RULING HAS BEEN MADE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE PLAINTIFFS. THERE IS NOTHING HPD AND THE CITY CAN DO AT THIS POINT. IT IS STRICTLY A CIVIL MATTER IS WHAT I'VE UNCOVERED. UM, MS. EZ, UM, WE ARE, THE PROPERTY HCAB HAS US AS A PROPERTY OWNER. THE IS, WE HAVE THE DEEDS. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, OUR FINAL SPEAKER FOR TODAY IS JACOB CLEMENT. HEY. THE BEST FOR THE LAST, COME ON JACOB. HEAR THAT. EDWARD ROBINSON. I'M GONNA PUT THAT. OKAY. HOW DO YOU SPELL ONE BUT A-S-T-R-O-S ANOTHER WAY IS EMPLOYEES OF ARAMARK. I WAS FORTUNATE TO MEET AN AUDIENCE FAN DURING THE CHERRY POOL INDUCTION CEREMONY. MY TICKET WAS PROVIDED TO ME BY FRANK GRANT OF THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON. HOPEFULLY I CAN CALL YOU ALL FRIENDS AFTER ALL. I THINK OF A GARTH BROOKS SONG WHEN I THINK OF POLITICIANS. HE WAS DOING A CONCERT AT NRG THAT I WORKED AS AN ARAMARK EMPLOYEE. AND HEY FRIENDS IN NO PLACES. NO, NO. SERIOUSLY. ASK ME ABOUT THAT SHIRT THAT I GAVE YOU. MAYOR TURNER, THE SHIRT THAT I GAVE YOU. OH, NICE. THE SHIRT THAT I GAVE YOU. I LOVE THAT. YEAH. IT IS YOUR BODY STRONG. BUT I GAVE YOU A, I GAVE YOU A VAL STRONG SHIRT ALSO. AND, UM, WELL, IT HAS THE BASEBALL. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAVE EXPIRED. YOU'RE THE BEST. GO ASTROS. YEAH. PUT HER OVER THERE FOR YOU UNLESS YOU WANTED OH, OKAY. THANKS JACOB. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER IT. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES THE COUNCILMAN KAMAN. I JACOB, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALWAYS CHEERING ON THE ASTROS, WORKING HARD, BRINGING THE MAYOR VALDI SHIRT, AND JUST STAYING AS LONG AS YOU DID TODAY. THANK YOU. AND, UH, NEXT TUESDAY I'M GOING TO NEED TO BE, UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER BECAUSE I HAVE A BASEBALL GAME TO WORK AT FOR ARAMARK NEXT. SO I'M GONNA CALL YOU UP, ABBY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. UH, [RECESS] THIS CONCLUDES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS FOR TODAY. WE STAND IN RECESS UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 AM THANK YOU. ALSO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, UH, FOR STAYING AND BEING AROUND. THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. STARTED. OKAY. I DON'T NEED THIS ONE. OKAY. [03:20:01] WE HAVE IT. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 7. OH, I NEED A COUPLE MORE, HUH? I KNOW ROBINSON IS ON, ON THE SCREEN. YEAH, NOW WE GOT IT. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. [RECONVENE] IT'S, UH, IT'S 9 0 3 ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17TH, 2022. I'M MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER. I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER, UH, WITH A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WILL BE, UH, ON THE, UH MM-HMM . ON RE REMOTELY. UH, SO, UH, I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX, COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY , AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON. UH, THAT WILL BE WITH US REMOTELY. UM, JUST A FEW COMMENTS, [MAYOR'S REPORT] UH, UH, THIS WEEK. IN FACT, I THINK IT WAS, UH, YESTERDAY WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT INTO LAW, UH, ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT LAWS IN RECENT HISTORY. UH, AS MAYOR OF HOUSTON AND CHAIR OF THE UNITED STATES CLIMATE MAYORS, I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK THE PRESIDENT, UM, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND CONGRESS FOR PASSING, UH, THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, THE IRA WITH ITS TAX CREDITS ON NEW AND USED EVS, WE'LL HELP REDUCE EMISSIONS, CREATE CLEANER AIR, ALL WHILE SAVING MONEY FOR COUNTLESS HOUSEHOLDS. UM, AND IT IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT, UH, THAT'S BEING APPROPRIATED FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION $369 BILLION. SO THIS IS A BIG WIN, UH, FIVE, SUSTAINABILITY, RESILIENCE, AND EQUITY GOALS. THE LAW TAKES THE MOST AGGRESSIVE ACTION EVER IN CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE CRISIS. AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANT FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, WHICH HAS FACED SEVEN FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTROUS IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. UH, IT IS MY HOPE AND BEEN VISITING WITH, UH, CAROL HADDOCK WITH PUBLIC WORKS THAT, UH, MANY OF THESE DOLLARS WILL FLOW TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, THAT WILL HELP FUND PROJECTS TO MITIGATE, TO MITIGATE FLOODING, UH, AND CLIMBING IN, UH, CHANGE IN OUR, IN OUR AREA. I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, UM, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, UH, FOR THE, UH, RAISE GRANT AND THE METRO GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED THIS PAST WEEK, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN GOOD FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND FOR METRO. LAST WEEK, A $21 MILLION, UH, FEDERAL GRANT WAS AWARDED TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR THE TELEPHONE ROAD PROJECT. CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS AND MANY OTHERS WHO HELP, UH, IN THAT APPLICATION PROCESS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THE 2.8, UH, MILE REHABILITATION PROJECT WILL ENHANCE MOBILITY AND ACCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY BY CONNECTING AREA RESOURCES. AND IT WILL MODERNIZE THE ROADWAY WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY TO INCLUDE UPGRADED SIDEWALKS, BUS STOPS, PROTECTED BIKE LANES, STREET CROSSINGS, AND SAFETY TREATMENTS. AND ON MONDAY, A METRO ANNOUNCED IT IS RECEIVING MORE THAN $21 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION TO PURCHASE 20 NEW ELECTRIC BUSES AND CHARGING EQUIPMENT TO ADD TO ITS FLEET. AND THIS IS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE TRANSIT AGENCY'S ONGOING BID TO REPLACE ITS DIESEL POWERED BUS FLEET WITH THE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS ELECTRIC VEHICLES. AND THEN I WANT TO GIVE A, UM, A SPECIAL HANDS UP AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO HOUSTON, HISD, UM, UM, HISD STUDENTS, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE AT WHEATLEY THIS MORNING AT 11. THEY'LL BE AT WHEAT HIGH SCHOOL IN DISTRICT B, UH, TO CELEBRATE THE LATEST ACCOUNTABILITY SCORES FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY WITH SCORES DEMONSTRATE THAT A SUCCESSFUL TRANSFORMATION IS UNDERWAY IN HISD. I THINK THEY RECEIVED 88, UH, IN THEIR, IN THEIR RATINGS. THE DISTRICT EARNED TO BE FROM THE TEXAS FROM TEA ACADEMIC ACCOUNTABILITY RATING FOR THE 20 21, 21 AND 22 SCHOOL YEAR. UH, AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THEM BECAUSE WHEATLEY HAS BEEN, UH, UNDERPERFORMING, UH, FOR EIGHT CONSECUTIVE YEARS. AND FINALLY THEY HAVE RAISED THEIR LEVEL. SO I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. OSBORN ELEMENTARY, FOR EXAMPLE, INCREASE THEIR SCORES BY SOME 30 SOME POINTS TO A 96. AND SO, UH, REALLY WANT TO GIVE THEM A GRADE DEAL OF CREDIT FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING. [03:25:01] SO, TO SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE, LET ME SAY, UH, UH, THANK YOU TO YOU AND TO THE FACULTY, TO THE TEACHERS, TO THE PARENTS, BUT MOST ESPECIALLY TO THE STUDENTS. LET ME JUST GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE STUDENTS, UM, IN HISD AND TO ALL OF THOSE WHO WORK TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND THEN, , YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, HAS EXPIRED MOTION TO EXTEND , UH, OH, WELL LET WE SPEED UP A LITTLE BIT. UH, AND THEN I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR AREA THAT TRAVERSED THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, SUPERINTENDENTS AND TO THE FACULTY, TO THE TEACHERS, TO THE, UH, SCHOOL KIDS, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND THAT SEGUES INTO THE BACK TO SCHOOL, UH, FESTIVAL. UH, THE MAYOR'S BACK TO SCHOOL FEST TOOK PLACE THIS PAST SATURDAY. IT WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL. WE GAVE AWAY THOUSANDS OF BACKPACKS AND PROVIDED, BUT WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT FOR ME WAS NOT JUST THE BACKPACK AND THE SUPPLIES, IT WAS THE, UH, THE DENTAL SCREENING. AND I CAN'T, THE DENTAL AND DIVISION WERE THE TWO MOST POPULAR THINGS. AND, UH, THAT LINE NEVER WENT DOWN. UH, ON THE, ON THE, ON THE DENTAL AND THE VISION SCREENING, UH, THE IMMUNIZATIONS. UM, I MEAN, THOSE WERE THE THINGS THAT WERE SPECIAL, VERY SPECIAL TO ME. UH, NEXT YEAR, WHAT I'VE SAID TO, UH, SAID TO MY TEAM IS THAT I WANT US TO PARTNER MORE CLOSELY WITH ALL OF OUR, UH, UH, SCHOOL, UH, DISTRICTS, UH, TO REALLY PARTNER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE BUSES COMING FROM THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS, UH, BRINGING THEM TO THE GEORGE R. BROWN, UH, BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO GIVE OUT THE BACK PACKS AND SEND THE SUPPLIES, BUT THE OTHER SERVICES ARE SO IMPORTANT. THE DENTAL, THE VISION, ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU DON'T GET FROM A NORMAL BACK TO SCHOOL, THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT. AND SO IT WOULD BE GOOD, FOR EXAMPLE, COUNCILMAN PECK TO HAVE BUSES COMING FROM SPRING BRANCH AND BRINGING THOSE KIDS TO THE GEORGIA BROWN, UH, FROM A LEAVE, UH, COUNCILMAN THOMAS. UH, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE A HARD WAY OF GETTING THEM THERE. BUT IF WE PARTNER MORE CLOSELY WITH THE, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND DO IT IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM, THEN I THINK WE'LL GET A MUCH BETTER RESPONSE AND THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE, OF THOSE SERVICES. AND I WANT TO THANK SHELL FOR UNDERWRITING THIS EVENT. THEY'VE DONE IT FOR 12 YEARS, UH, THE SHELL AND, UH, NOT ONLY THE RESOURCES, BUT THE VOLUNTEERS. AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, HOUSTON FIRST, UH, FOR JUST, UH, BEING A TREMENDOUS PARTNER WITH US ON THIS EVENT. UH, BUT, UM, MY HOPE IS THAT NEXT YEAR WE'LL REALLY ELEVATE AND TAKE HER TO ANOTHER LEVEL. THE VOLUNTEERS, UH, AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS. I MEAN, I JUST WANTED, 'CAUSE UH, THERE WERE SOME PARENTS AND KIDS THAT WERE THERE AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING WAITING TO COME IN. THAT LEADS ME TO LAST WEEK ALSO UNICEF, USA DESIGNATED THE CITY OF HOUSTON AS THE FIRST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES TO BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR THE UNICEF CHILD FRIENDLY CITY RECOGNITION. THIS DESTINATION REAFFIRMS HOUSTON'S DEDICATION TO PLACE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN. FIRST, LISTEN TO YOUTH CHALLENGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADVOCATE FOR AND PROTECT CHILD'S, UH, CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. SO I WANT TO THANK OLIVER KOSKI WITH OUR EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, UH, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO WORKED VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE, TO MAKE THAT DESIGNATION HAPPEN. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT IT HAS EXPANDED A MONKEYPOX VACCINATION CRITERIA TO INCLUDE WARD AND ESTIMATED 26,000 PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY. THIS WILL ALLOW HOUSTON HEALTH TO PROTECT MANY MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AVOID THE HIGH NUMBER OF CASES THAT OTHER LARGE CITIES ARE CURRENTLY REPORTING. THE THREAT OF MONKEYPOX, THE HOUSTON'S GENERAL POPULATION REMAINS LOW. MONKEYPOX IS RARE AND DOESN'T SPREAD EASILY BETWEEN PEOPLE WITHOUT CLOSE PERSONAL SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT. BUT TO, AND TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE VACCINE CALLED 8 3 2 3 9 3 4 2 2 0. THAT'S 8 3 2 3 9 3 4 2 2 0. UH, VISIT HOUSTON HEALTH.ORG. AND FINALLY, THIS THURSDAY, TOMORROW, EVERYONE IS INVITED TO JOIN US FOR THE E EVOLVE HOUSTON OFFICIAL RELAUNCH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF CLEAN TRANSPORTATION. THERE WILL BE A BIG ELECTRIC CAR SHOWROOM AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF E EVOLVE'S NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE FRIDAY, THIS THURSDAY. I BELIEVE IT'S THIS, IT IS TOMORROW. UH, SO, UH, THAT WILL EVOLVE [03:30:01] RE-LAUNCH WEEK. HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, THANK YOU AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, AND DR. PER FOR EXPANDING THE CRITERIA, UM, AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE MONKEYPOX VACCINE. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC SPACE. I KNOW, UM, THAT THE, UH, THE NEWS HAS BEEN REPORTING ON IT, BUT NOW, UH, RESIDENTS WHO DO HAVE HIV, UM, ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE MONKEYPOX VACCINE. SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN IS VIRTUALLY, BUT I, I WANTED TO, UH, BECAUSE IT HAS SUCH AN IMPACT ON HOUSTON EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT WHAT TOOK PLACE AT HGA EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH THE VOTE TO ONLY HOUSTON TO ONLY RECEIVE, I THINK COUNCILMAN ALCORN. IT'S 1.9% OF H G'S ALLOCATION OF NEARLY $500 MILLION THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TOWARDS HARVEY RECOVERY. UH, SO I KNOW WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, BUT I WANTED TO, UH, RAISE THAT EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION. AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON AND ALCORN, UH, THEY GAVE IT ALL THEY COULD YESTERDAY, UH, AND MORE. AND I KNOW MANY OF US SUBMITTED LETTERS OF SUPPORT. WE'VE TESTIFIED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS FUNDING IS, BUT I DID WANNA RAISE THAT TO A HIGHER LEVEL BECAUSE IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT WE'RE GETTING 1.9% OF $500 MILLION FOR HARVEY RECOVERY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. MAD, I HEARTEDLY AGREE WITH YOU. I DO WANT TO AGAIN, ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCO, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON FOR THEIR EFFORTS, UH, THEIR HEROIC EFFORTS ON THAT. UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN, AND THEN WE WILL AWAIT, UM, HUD AND SEE WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY DO, UH, 'CAUSE WE ARE DEALING WITH THESE, UH, CDBG, UH, MID FUNDING. SO, BUT, UM, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FLOWING INTO THE AREA WILL HELP TO FIND ADDITIONAL PROJECTS IN THE AREA. SO, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, UM, THINGS WILL CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. UH, SEE VICE MAYOR PROAM, CAST . THANK YOU, MAYOR. I KNOW YOU TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON THIS, BUT I WANTED TO JUST, UM, LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES PUT OUT A GREAT OP-ED PIECE. IT'S, UH, PRESIDENT BIDEN'S OP-ED, ABOUT THE THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. AND IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THAT, UM, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS WONDERING WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME, AND WE TALK ABOUT IT A LOT. AND, UM, WE'VE ALL DONE SO MANY THINGS TO HELP PEOPLE IN THE MIDST OF THIS INFLATION. BUT THIS ARTICLE REALLY DOES, UM, LAY OUT WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME, FOR, UM, CITIZENS AND, AND PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL, UH, MEANING OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. SO IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. THANK YOU, SIR. VERY, VERY MUCH. OKAY. UM, LET'S [CONSENT AGENDA] TURN NOW TO THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA UNDER THE [MISCELLANEOUS] MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY. ITEM ONE HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR CONSIDERATION. NEED A MOTION FOR ITEMS TWO AND THREE. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE, MARTIN. SECOND. SECOND, ROBINSON, THEN MOVED. AND SECOND. AND ON ITEMS TWO AND THREE, DISCUSSION ON TWO AND THREE. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSED. AND GRANTED, LET ME, UM, JUST DO THREE BECAUSE TWO. OKAY. LET ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THREE, IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE STAND UP. THIS IS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GOFTON AREA MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, AND POSITION ONE IS THOMAS HORNE. TWO IS ISAIAH SUC. THREE IS, UH, TAMMY RODRIGUEZ. FOUR IS WILL FRITO VELASQUEZ. FIVE IS PRITA SHAMA SIX IS TINO BACARDI, AND SEVEN IS CO GTA. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. NEXT, NEXT ITEM I THEY ACCEPT WORK CATEGORY ITEMS FOUR, FIVE. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. COUNCILMAN POLLARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE, UH, APPOINTEES OF THE GULFTON MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. THIS IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST, UH, MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON. ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE, UH, PROVEN TO BE TRUE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. MAYOR, THEY'VE ALREADY GOTTEN OFF TO A HOT START WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY AT THE BURNETT BAYLIN PARK. SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE. AND, UM, GREAT TO SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I KNEW THEY WERE COMING FROM, UH, UH, PROBABLY YOUR AREA IN CUSTODY. THE NAMES ARE VERY DIVERSE. OKAY? SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. OKAY, MADAM SECRETARY, UNDER THE [ACCEPT WORK] ACCEPT WORK CATEGORY, ITEMS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX. JUST NEED A MOTION. CASTEX TELL YOU TO MOVE. SECOND. ROBINSON BEEN MOVED IN SECOND ON ITEMS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED GRANTED [03:35:02] UNDER THE [PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS] PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF B CATEGORY ITEMS. 7, 9, 10, AND 11 HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. NEED A MOTION FOR ITEM EIGHT, MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM EIGHT. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED UNDER [RESOLUTIONS] THE RESOLUTION CATEGORY. ITEM 12, JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 12, DISCUSSION ON 12. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANITE UNDER THE ORDINANCES [ORDINANCES] CATEGORY. ITEM 16 AND 17 HAVE BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ARE 13 THROUGH 15, 21, 23, 25 THROUGH 27. AND ITEM 30 ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEVERAL. CONSIDERATION AGAIN, ARE 13 THROUGH 15, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27. AND ITEM 30, NEED A VOTE ON THE BALANCE. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSE, AND GRANTED, I REMOVE [CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA] SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEM ONE NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX, TATU, MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON, WE MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM ONE. DISCUSSION ON ONE. COUNCILMAN JACKSON ON ONE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TAKE THIS TIME TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE NEW INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING APPOINTED TO THE TERRORIST BOARD, UM, IN THE FIFTH WARD AREA. UM, OF COURSE, EVERYONE THAT'S APPOINTED, UM, CONGRATULATIONS. BUT WE HAVE TWO PARTICULAR NEW, UM, PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN APPOINTED, IF THEY CAN STAND UP. WE HAVE ALICE KIRKMAN, UM, WHO IS A BUSINESS OWNER IN THE FIFTH WARD AREA IN THE CATCHMENT AREA, UM, LONGTIME RESIDENTS. AND SO JUST HER APPOINTMENT IS EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OF INCLUSIVE, YOU KNOW, INCLUSIVE INCLUDING, UM, COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE BOARDS. AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT HER APART, UH, HER APPOINTMENT. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, MISS, I, I'M, HAVE A HARD TIME PRONOUNCING HER LAST NAME. MISS, UM, AYLA, SORRY, WITH TELEMARKET. UM, NEW BUSINESS OWNER, OWN A GROCERY STORE. SHE'S GONNA BRING A LOT OF, UM, UM, NEW INFORMATION AND JUST, UM, JUST HER EXPERIENCE WITH BUILDING GROCERY STORES ACROSS, ACROSS THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, WITH FIFTH WARD AND DISTRICT B, BEING A FOOD DESERT. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HER INPUT AND HER JUST EXPERTISE. SO I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST JOINING THE BOARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU WANNA VOTE? UH, COUNCILMAN MCCAIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO ECHO MY CONGRATULATIONS AND RECOGNIZE THE REAPPOINTMENT, UM, OF OUR CHAIR. UH, DEAR, DEAR FRIEND TO MANY OF US, UH, HARVEY CLEMENS, UH, WHO I KNOW THROUGH HIS INTERFAITH WORK, HIS COMMUNITY WORK THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S A TERRIFIC GROUP AND REALLY HAPPY TO SEE HE WILL BE LEADING THE WAY ONCE AGAIN. MM-HMM . AND COUNCILMAN PALMER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR TURNER. UM, YES, I WANNA CONGRATULATE THEM AS WELL, BUT ESPECIALLY MS. AALA, WE'RE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THEM IN TERMS OF FOOD DESERTS AND, AND FOOD INSECURITIES, AND THEY'RE A WONDERFUL PARTNER. UM, SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE HER ON THE BOARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, NOW LET'S VOTE AND SEE IF THEY MAKE IT, IT'S A CLOSE VOTE. . ALL RIGHT. I, UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM ONE? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSED? GRANTED. UH, SO AGAIN, LET ME, UM, ASK YOU, UH, TO STAND UP AS I CALL, AS I CALL YOUR NAME. IN FACT, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO STAND AND COME FORWARD. UM, THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND THIS IS TO, UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE REINVESTMENT ZONE, NUMBER 18 ON THE FIFTH WARD ZONE, AS WELL AS, UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FIFTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. THEY'RE THE SAME PERSONS. SO IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE STAND AND COME FORWARD. UH, POSITION ONE IS ALICE, ALICE KIRKMAN. UH, POSITION TWO IS HARVEY CLEMENTS, JR. POSITION THREE IS KATHY FLANAGAN, PAYTON. POSITION FOUR IS ST. ALA, FIVE IS STEVEN, J JAMIE BRYANT, AND SEVEN IS ALLISON HAY. SO, JUST COME FORWARD. I KNOW THE COUNCILMAN HAS HAD YOU TO STAND UP, AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO JOIN AND CONGRATULATE YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR, UH, SHOWING A WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AREA, UM, AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT, UM, BOARD TO SERVE ON. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE TWO OF YOU, AS WELL AS EVERYBODY ELSE, TO REALLY ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE BUSINESSES, UH, IN THIS, IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH. NOW, YOU JUST WANT TO, UM, WANT, DON'T YOU JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND, AND JUST GIVE A, A BRIEF COMMENT. OKAY. [03:40:01] MY NAME AGAIN IS ALICE KIRKMAN. AND, UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, THOSE WHO CHOSE ME TO BE A PART OF THIS BOARD. UM, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND I WILL SERVE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS OPHIA YALA, AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ON THIS BOARD. AS MANY OF Y'ALL MENTIONED, WE ARE REALLY DEDICATED IN HELPING IN THE FOOD DESERT. UH, WE'VE BEEN IN THE SUPERMARKET INDUSTRY FOR 25 YEARS, AND THIS IS WHAT WE DO. SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I JUST WANNA ALSO CONGRATULATE YOU BOTH, UH, AND, AND MISS ALA, I ATTENDED THE, UH, GRAND OPENING OF THE STORE THERE, UH, IN, UH, FIFTH WARD, DENVER HARBOR AREA, ALONG WITH THE MAYOR. UH, AND IT'S AN OUTSTANDING, OUTSTANDING STORE THAT, UH, YOU WERE ABLE TO, TO BUILD THERE, UH, UH, ALONG, UH, LIONS AVENUE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER MENTIONED, AND COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON MENTIONED, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IN GROCERY STORES TO FOOD DESERTS. UH, AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER LOCATION, SEE ME AND I'LL TRY TO FIND SOMETHING IN DISTRICT. I, SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY, NEXT ITEM. ITEM SEVEN NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX ITEM, MOVE SECOND, ROBINSON. THEY MOVED IN SECOND. AND ITEM SEVEN, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSE, AND GRANTED, ITEM NINE NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM NINE. UH, DISCUSSION VICE MAYOR PRO TIMM CASTEX TATUM ON NINE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. UH, PRIOR TO US BRINGING ON THESE THREE ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS, WE ALL KNOW THAT WE WERE REALLY, UM, STRUGGLING WITH, UH, PICKING UP THE HEAVY TRASH ON TIME. AND MANY OF OUR OFFICES, THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT WAS THE BULK WASTE, AND NOT GETTING IT PICKED UP ON TIME. BUT SINCE WE'VE BROUGHT IN THESE, UM, THREE ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS TO ASSIST US, UM, WE'VE SEEN A TREMENDOUS INCREASE. RESIDENTS HAVE SENT US MESSAGES THAT HAVE SAID WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY TOOK THE STEPS TO IMPROVE THIS SERVICE. SO HAPPY TO, TO SUPPORT, UM, ITEM NINE TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN MCCAIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANTED TO ALSO SPOTLIGHT THIS ITEM. UH, WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE BACKUP MATERIALS, UM, WHAT STUCK OUT WAS CONTRACTORS WERE, WILL, WILL WORK UP TO SIX DAYS A WEEK, UP TO 10 HOURS PER DAY. UH, AND THAT'S NOT JUST OUR CONTRACTORS THAT ARE WORKING THOSE HOURS. OUR SOLID WASTE WORKERS HAVE BEEN WORKING THOSE HOURS FOR MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THAT. UM, THE CONDITIONS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES CONTINUE TO WORK UNDER AS WE TRY TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AND OUR APPRECIATION TO THEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I GET A LOT OF CALLS ON ABOUT FROM OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL. AND SO I SEE THAT THE SERVICE ROUTES HERE ARE THE SOUTHEAST, NORTHWEST, SOUTHWEST, UM, AND DISTRICT G IS KIND OF MIDWEST. UM, SO I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS TOO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN MC, KOSH. MAYOR, HOW WILL WE BE, UM, IDENTIFYING, UH, WHERE WE NEED TO SEND THESE TRUCKS? UH, BECAUSE THERE'S AREAS THAT I'VE SEEN FOR YEARS THAT, UH, AND IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING. ONCE SOMEBODY DROPS SOME DEBRIS SOMEWHERE, IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS, OH, WELL LOOK THERE, THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA DROP MINE. AND, UH, SO I, I WAS UP IN A DISTRICT, UH, UH, B THIS PAST WEEK, DRIVING AROUND AND, AND, AND IT'S SO DISCOURAGING. ONE STREET WAS NEARLY HALFWAY BLOCKED OFF BY DEBRIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. AND SO ARE, ARE WE GONNA HAVE THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS REPORTING THIS? OR THE CITIZENS? HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA RESPOND TO, TO THIS AREA? ARE WE JUST GONNA DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND OUR OWN TRUCKS ARE GONNA REALIZE IT'S THERE? TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. COUNCIL MEMBER KOSH, THIS REFERS TO OUR BUCK WASTE COLLECTION, HEAVY TRASH THAT'S PICKED UP EVERY OTHER MONTH. SO WE ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL, UH, CONTRACTORS ALONG WITH OUR, UH, OWN SOLID WASTE TEAM, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE STAY ON SCHEDULE ON THE REGULAR ROUTE, ON THE, ON THE REGULAR ROUTE. SO THIS IS THE BUCK WAYS HEAVY TRASH COLLECTION, UH, EVERY OTHER, EVERY OTH OTHER MONTH. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, EVEN ON LEGAL DUMPING, WE ARE PLACING, AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLACING ADDED EMPHASIS ON THAT WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON COMPLETE COMMUNITIES. SO I WILL TELL YOU, IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, JUST BASED ON, UM, THE DATA IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, THE 3 0 1 REPORTING ON ILLEGAL [03:45:01] DUMPING HAS BEEN THE LOWEST THAT IT'S BEEN IN FIVE YEARS. AND EVEN IN AREAS LIKE IN, UM, TRINITY GARDENS, WE, WE PICK UP ILLEGAL DUMPING TWO WEEKS SOONER THAN ON AVERAGE ACROSS THE CITY, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, BUT THIS IS TOO HEAVY TRASH COLLECTION, THE REGULAR SCHEDULE EVERY OTHER MONTH. WELL, WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, I, AND I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, UH, A REQUIREMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE SIZE OF A, OF A PICKUP TRUCK BED IS WHAT I REMEMBER YOU SAYING OVER AND OVER TO PEOPLE ABOUT THIS IS WHAT WE PICK UP. BUT THE PERSON PUTS OUT THEIR OWN TRASH AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE COME AND DUMP TRASH ON THEIR TRASH. AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEING AS WELL. AND IT JUST, AND, AND SO GRANDMA DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE. 'CAUSE SHE DOESN'T GO OUTSIDE VERY OFTEN. I JUST FIND IT VERY DISHEARTENING THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING THIS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THEN PEOPLE DO HAVE TO EXERCISE SOME PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL. UM, BUT EVEN WITH THAT HAPPENING, THE SOLID WASTE TEAMS AND THE PRIVATE CONTRACTORS ARE STILL PICKING IT UP. MM-HMM . I MEAN, THEY'RE STILL PICKING IT UP. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UM, CONTINUE TO CALL 3 1 1. UH, WE HAVE SOME DEDICATED, DEDICATED SOLID WASTE EMPLOYEES. AND AS COUNCILMAN CAYMAN INITIALLY SAID, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING SIX DAYS, SOMETIMES SEVEN, AND THEY WORK, UH, LONG HOURS. SO THEY'RE VERY DEDICATED, UH, IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING. WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS, UH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, UH, FOR THEM. UM, BUT UM, WHEN IT COMES TO TRASH COLLECTION, BUCK WASTE COLLECTION, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE PRIORITIES 'CAUSE THAT IMPACTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF EVERYBODY. UH, AND WITHIN OUR CITY, COUNCILMAN PACK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN SUPPLEMENTING HEAVY TRASH PICKUP IN DISTRICT A WITH COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS, AND IN FACT, REACH, GRAB AND GO. UM, ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT'S GETTING, UM, ONE OF THESE CONTRACTS TODAY IS OUR CONTRACTOR FOR THE DISTRICT, A PROGRAM. IN FACT, THEY WERE THE ONLY COMPANY THAT BID ON THE DISTRICT A PROGRAM. THEY REALLY TOOK A CHANCE ON THIS NEW PROGRAM THAT WE WERE IMPLEMENTING IN DISTRICT A. AND WE'VE BEEN VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THEIR SERVICE. AND OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY AS WELL. JUST THAT ADDED EXTRA, YOU KNOW, PICK UP THAT BEFORE IT WOULD JUST TAKE FOREVER FOR THE HEAVY TRASH TO GET PICKED UP WHEN THEY WERE SKIPPED OR THEY JUST DIDN'T COME DOWN THEIR STREET. AND SO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO VERY HAPPY WITH THAT PROGRAM. AND SO NOW TO, UM, SUPPLEMENT HEAVY TRASH PICKUP CITYWIDE, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY. SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. THANK YOU. AND LET ME COMMEND, UM, UH, THE EFFORTS THAT Y'ALL HAVE TAKEN IN DISTRICT A WE TOKEN TAKING NOTE OF THAT AND PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING VERY POSITIVE POSITIVELY TO IT. SAME THING WITH DISTRICT J. UH, THE ADDITIONAL SERVICE USING THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUND AND ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE DOING THE SAME. I THINK WHAT WE ARE FINDING IS IT'S JUST PUTTING ONE LAYER ON TOP OF ANOTHER LAYER ON TOP OF ANOTHER LAYER, AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, CONTINUING TO EDUCATE HOUSTONIANS THAT BUG WAYS DOESN'T MEAN YOUR WHOLE HOUSE. OKAY? IT IS ONLY WHAT YOU CAN PUT IN A PICKUP TRUCK IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK. UH, AND THEN TO EDUCATE AND CHANGE THE MINDSET OF PEOPLE, NOT JUST TO BE THROWING THINGS OUT. YOU KNOW, I JUST FIND IT DISTASTEFUL JUST TO PUT THINGS OUT ON, ON THE CURB ITSELF AND JUST HAVE IT SIT THERE, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S A, IT'S A MINDSET CHANGE. UH, BUT WE ARE HAVING TO WORK THROUGH IT. BUT WE ARE, WE ARE TRYING TO PUT BELT AND SUSPENDERS ON IT. SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN, LEMME THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOUR HIGH TEAMS AND OTHERS THAT YOU ARE DOING SOLID WAYS. AND THEN WE ARE PUTTING ANOTHER BELT ON THAT WITH ADDITIONAL PRIVATE CONTRACTORS. SO, UH, I THINK WE'LL GET THERE, BUT, UH, WE GOTTA WORK THROUGH IT. CO COUNCILMAN JACKSON, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM. I TRULY SUPPORT IT. UM, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER THAT FOLKS ARE JUST THROWING TRASH ON TOP OF OTHER TRASH THAT'S NOT PICKED UP. UM, BUT WHAT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IN DISTRICT B, WE ACTUALLY ADDING A TEAM, A HOT TEAM, TO THE ALREADY TEAM THAT WE HAVE. SO WE HAVE TWO HOT TEAMS, AND THEN WE JUST RECENTLY GAVE SOME RESOURCES TO, UM, PUBLIC WORKS FOR OUR MOW DOWN PROGRAM. AND THAT'S GONNA HELP US IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHERE DITCHES NEED TO BE CLEAN. AND THEN WE ARE GONNA COPY OFF A COUNCIL MEMBER VICE MATTER FOR THEM, UM, ON, ON HER, UM, HER CATCHING PEOPLE ON THE CAMERA AND JUST PUTTING 'EM ON THE SPOT, PUTTING IT ON, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND USING, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA TO KIND OF HELP US LIKE CRACK DOWN ON THESE, THESE REPEAT OFFENDERS. AND SO I, WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IN DISTRICT B IS JUST REMINDING THE RESIDENTS THAT THIS IS ILLEGAL DUMPING. SO IT'S LIKE WE'RE GETTING, WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING TO FIND NEW RESOURCES TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT TOGETHER WE WILL MITIGATE THE ISSUE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE ITEM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORK AND SOLID. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, SO IN, IN ADDITION TO ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND EDUCATING AND, UM, THE PUBLIC ON HOW, HOW, UM, TO MAKE US MORE EFFECTIVE AND CHANGING MINDSETS ENFORCEMENT IS HUGE TOO. AND I WANNA [03:50:01] JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, PRECINCT ONE, UM, CONSTABLE ROSEN, WHO FOR WORKING WITH, WITH MANY OF US WHO'VE PURCHASED CAMERAS THROUGH HIM. THAT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT. UM, ON THE LEAD STORY FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD COUNT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CASTEX HAY HAYM MAYOR PRO TIM, VICE MAYOR PRO TIM CASS, SIX HAYM. UM, THE LEAD STORY TOMORROW ON THE DISTRICT H NEWSLETTER IS, UM, A PHOTO THAT, THAT THE CONSTABLE, UM, UH, GAVE US FOR SOMEONE WHO IS ILLEGAL DUMPING ON JENSEN DRIVE. AND WE'RE ASKING, UM, DISTRICT H RESIDENTS TO SEE IF THEY KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS, TO IDENTIFY THEM. SO I THINK ENFORCEMENT'S A BIG PART OF THAT TOO. AND AS THE CITY IS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL CAMERAS, I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, UM, HPD OR OR WHOEVER'S LEADING THAT TO, UM, TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT WHAT CONSTABLE ROSEN DOES, BECAUSE THOSE CAMERAS ARE INCREDIBLE. THEY, THEY MAKE THEM IN-HOUSE AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE SUPER, SUPER HIGH TECH AND VERY EFFECTIVE AND VERY DISCREET. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, MY WHOLE FAMILY'S INVOLVED IN THIS. MY, MY HUSBAND CALLED SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY, , AND GOT THE LICENSE PLATE, TOOK THE PICTURE, AND WHEN THEY SAW HIM, THEY TOOK OFF. SO WE WERE ALL INVOLVED IN TRYING TO KEEP THIS DUMPING FROM JUST TAKING OVER. SO THANK YOU, . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON NINE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON NINE, ITEM 10 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 10. DISCUSSION ON 10. DISCUSSION ON 10. DISCUSSION ON 10 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 10. ITEM 11 IS A MOTION. CASTEX TAYLOR, MOVE SECOND ROBINSON. THEY MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM 11. DISCUSSION ON 11. DISCUSSION ON 11. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 11. ITEM 13 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 13. COUNCILMAN BECK ON 13. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, FIRST I WANNA SAY ABOUT THIS BOND THAT I AM VERY PLEASED THAT IT'S NOT INCREASING TAXES. AND I CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PAYING FOR CERTAIN ITEMS FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY, BUT ALSO BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT IN THIS SITUATION. UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DO WANT DISTRICT A TO GET PROJECTS ON THIS LIST BECAUSE AS IT STANDS NOW, I CAN'T ASK MY CONSTITUENTS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING WHERE THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE NOT BEING REPRESENTED ON THIS LIST. SO, AND IN FACT, ALL OF WEST HOUSTON ISN'T BEING REPRESENTED. THIS IS A CITYWIDE BOND AND WE'RE LEAVING OFF A GOOD CHUNK OF THE CITY WITH THE PROJECT LIST THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. AND I REALIZE THAT WE'RE VOTING ON THE FUNDING FOR THIS, AND NOT NECESSARILY THE LIST, BUT I THINK THAT IF WE'RE ASKING VOTERS TO VOTE ON A BOND, THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF LIST ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SO THEY KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING. AND IN 2012, WHEN THE CITY, UM, HAD A BOND, THERE WAS A PROJECT LIST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SEE AND, AND LOOK AT BEFORE VOTING. SO THEY KIND OF KNEW WHERE THAT MONEY WAS BEING SPENT. SO TO THAT END, AND TO GET DISTRICT A ON THIS LIST FOR PROJECTS, I HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS THAT I'M OFFERING TODAY. THE FIRST ONE IS TO INCREASE THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR PROPOSITION A FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BY $30 MILLION TO ADD, UM, THE NEW POLICE STATION FOR THE NORTHWEST DIVISION TO THE PROJECT LIST. THE NORTHWEST DIVISION IS ON THE CIP AND UNFUNDED, WHICH I KNOW IS THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE CIP OR FOR THIS BOND. AND IT, UM, HAS BEEN ON THE CIP LIST SINCE 2015 WITH NO FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE CURRENT STATION IS COM WAY TOO SMALL, COMPLETELY OUTDATED. PEOPLE ARE IN TEMPORARY BUILDINGS. UM, AND THE LOCATION ALL, IT'S ALL THE WAY ON TEAGUE. SO THE VERY FAR EAST SECTION OF THEIR SERVICE AREA, THEY HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY FROM TEAGUE TO CITY LIMITS ON THE WEST SIDE FRY ROAD. AND SO JUST, UM, AS FAR AS TIMING AND, UM, SERVICES, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO KEEP IT IN THAT SAME LOCATION. SO I'D LIKE TO GET THIS ADDED TO THE BOND LIST. OKAY, LET ME JUST, UH, AND I WAS REMISS. LET ME MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT THE BOND PROPOSAL FIRST, AND THEN I'LL COME, COME TO YOU TO, TO YOUR AMENDMENT. IF, FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR PRO WITHIN THE CURRENT CIP AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BETWEEN 23 AND 27. OKAY? BUT THAT THEY APPROVED, WHICH, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED. OKAY? IT'S THE CIP FROM 23 TO 27, THERE ARE PROJECTS, MANY OF YOU ARE PROJECTS, OKAY, [03:55:01] THAT ARE IN THAT CIP FUNDED, OKAY? BUT ALSO IN THAT CIP IT IDENTIFIED PROJECTS BASED ON FUTURE FUNDING SOURCES. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT BE ON THE LIST FOR FUTURE FUNDING SOURCES, WHICH ARE COVERED BY THIS BOND, THEN THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR YOU, OKAY? BECAUSE YOUR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN FUNDED AND THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD IN THE EXISTING, UH, CIP FROM 23 TO 27. AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER, EVERY DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER HAS PROJECTS IN THE 23 THROUGH 27 CIP, EVERY ONE OF YOU. ALL, EVERYONE. NOW WITHIN THAT CIP, WHICH WE VOTED ON, WE IDENTIFIED CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT SAID BASED ON FUTURE FUNDING SOURCES, AND THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THEY'RE ALMOST IN, IN ABOUT EIGHT DISTRICT COUNCIL AREAS. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, I KNOW YOURS IS NOT, I THINK VICE MAYOR PROCAST TATUM IS IN THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT COUNCIL MEMBER CI, YOU'RE IN THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, EVAN SHABA, YOU'RE IN THERE. $194 MILLION OF THIS BOND IS TO PAY FOR THOSE EXISTING CIP PROJECTS IN THE CIP FROM 2327 THAT WE'VE ALL VOTED, THAT WE VOTED FOR, BUT THE FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE. THAT'S RIGHT. SO IF, LET'S SAY WE DECIDE NOT TO PROCEED, LET'S SAY YOU JUST, YOU VOTE ON, THERE ARE PROJECTS IN THE EXISTING CIP FOR 2327, THAT WILL NOT GO FORWARD BECAUSE THE FUNDING PROCEEDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. SO IF YOU'RE NOT ON THAT LIST, LET'S JUST SAY FOR EXAMPLE, IF COUNCIL MEMBER HOFFMAN LOOKS ON THIS LIST AND SHE SAYS, WELL, I DON'T SEE ANY PROJECT IN MY DISTRICT. OKAY, THAT'S MAYOR, THAT'S ON THIS, UH, LIST THAT'S BEING COVERED BY THIS 1 94. WELL, IN PART THAT IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE ALL YOUR OTHER PROJECTS ARE FUNDED AND THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THE 2327. BUT IF YOU ARE ON THE LIST AND YOU DON'T, AND IT'S, THIS DOESN'T GO FORWARD, THEN THOSE PROJECTS DON'T GO FORWARD EITHER. SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE. $194 MILLION OF THIS FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR SIXTY EIGHT IS FOR EXISTING PROJECTS IN THE, IN THE CURRENT, UH, CIP FROM 23 THROUGH 27 THAT ARE NOT FUNDED. OKAY? SO Y'ALL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. THE OTHER DEAL IS THAT THE SECOND PRIORITY IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND 200, I WANNA SAY 200 AND UM, 19 MILLION. LEMME SEE, I'M, WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S THE AMOUNT? 200. AND FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, I DON'T HAVE THE BREAKDOWN. $277 MILLION IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE AND FIRE CITYWIDE. AND THAT'S CITYWIDE. THAT'S CITYWIDE. SO THE TWO TOP PRIORITIES IN THIS BOND PROPOSAL IS TO COVER EXISTING CIP PROJECTS FROM 2327. SO IF YOU DON'T MOVE FORWARD, THOSE PROJECTS DIE. AND THE SECOND IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, POLICE AND FIRE. WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO, THAT REPRESENTS THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THIS 416 MILLION. THE OTHER IS SOLID WASTE LIBRARY AND PARKS TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE FOR PARKS. AND I KNOW COSMAN PACK, I KNOW YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARKS, OKAY? IT'S PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE AND THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED BY YOU ALL LATER ON. OKAY? SO THERE'S PARKS, LIBRARIES, UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE SOLID WASTE. BUT THERE'S A SMALL AMOUNT ON THAT. AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I DIDN'T, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DIDN'T INCLUDE LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES IN HERE IS BECAUSE IT TAKES TOO LONG. AND I WOULD RATHER ADVANCE THOSE DOLLARS FROM THE FUND BALANCE TO GET THOSE DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. MM-HMM . THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN HERE. 'CAUSE WE NEED THOSE DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. AND THEN THE OTHER MAJOR ITEM IS BARK. AND LORD KNOWS I'VE HEARD A GREAT DEAL ABOUT BARK [04:00:01] BARK'S PICKING UP ANIMALS OFF THE STREET. SOMETIMES IT'S 15 TO 30 A DAY, THEY REACH CAPACITY. WHERE DO YOU TAKE 'EM? IF YOU LEAVE THEM ON THE STREET AND THEY END UP BITING OR KILLING PEOPLE, THEN THEY SAY, WHY AREN'T YOU PICKING THEM UP? WELL, WE HAVE A CAPACITY PROBLEM AND WE HEAR ABOUT IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND EVEN IF WE WANTED THE FLEXIBILITY TO PARTNER WITH SOME OUTSIDE GROUPS TO RUN A, A SHELTER, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WANT US TO GIVE THEM THE SPACE WHERE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FACILITY, YOU MISS OUT. SO THAT'S WHY BARK IS INCLUDED. OKAY? SO THE BOND PROPOSAL WAS INTENDED TO BE VERY PRAGMATIC, VERY PRAGMATIC, NOT TO ASK FOR MORE, AND NOT TO PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A WISHLIST WHERE YOU ADD ON A LOT OF PROJECTS AND YEAH, PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT IT, BUT THEN IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. NOW, THE COUNCILMAN P YES, I, THE, THAT COMMAND STATION WAS INCLUDED IN 27 1 PROPOSAL. UH, BUT HHPD, THAT WAS A GREATER PRIORITY THAT CAME UP AND IT GOT PUSHED. SO I WOULD LOVE TO DO IT, UH, IF PEOPLE ELECT ADDED ON, YOU KNOW, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU ALL. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY TO YOU, THERE ARE TWO THINGS. YOU CAN HAVE A HUGE BOND PROPOSAL. WE COULD HAVE A, A BOND PROPOSAL. I COULD ASK EVERYBODY, GIMME YOU A PROJECT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IN THIS BOND PROPOSAL. LET'S ADD IT IN. AND IT COULD BE $800 MILLION. BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE LIMITING FACTOR? IT'S THE DEBT SERVICE. AND IF THE DEBT SERVICE CAN'T SUPPORT IT, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. IT'LL LOOK GOOD, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. AND THAT'S CAPPED BY YOUR REVENUE CAP BECAUSE YOUR REVENUE CAP CAPS WHAT YOU CAN PUT FORTH ON THE DEBT SERVICE. AND IF THE, AND IF YOU CAN'T PAY IT, PAY THE DEBT SERVICE, THE PROJECT DOES NOT HAPPEN. NOW IT COULD BE 800, IT COULD BE $800 MILLION AND WE CAN ADD IT ON, BUT THE REVENUE CAP IS GONNA SAY NO. AND WE ARE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING TO CAUSE US TO HAVE TO INCREASE TAXES OR HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE. SO THAT'S, SO I'M, I'M TRUST I'M NOT, I I FEEL YOU, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS IN 2017, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CAN ADD IT ON AND THE BOND PROPOSAL CAN GO UP FROM 4 68 TO 4 98. I LEAVE IT TO THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR YOU ALL TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. MAY OR MAY I RESPOND TO THAT. UM, AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT WE DON'T WANT A BOND THAT WE CAN'T PAY FOR IN DEBT SERVICES. AND IF YOU RECALL, I DID SEND YOU A MEMO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UM, OF WHAT I WANTED TO SEE IN THE BOND. AND I INCLUDED SIX ITEMS THAT BECAUSE OF DEBT SERVICES AND THE, UM, CONSTRAINTS THAT WERE UNDER, I DID TAPER THAT DOWN TO THREE PROJECTS INSTEAD OF SIX PROJECTS. UM, SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THAT. MY ISSUE IS, UM, IN THE CIPI, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE, THE, THE PROJECT ISN'T ON THE BOND LIST. THAT IT IS STILL GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS IN THE CIP, HOWEVER, THIS NORTHWEST STATION HAS BEEN ON THE CIP SINCE 2015, AND EVERY YEAR IT GETS BUMPED BECAUSE THERE'S NO FUNDING AVAILABLE. AND SO IF WE'RE, IF WE CONTINUE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD, UNLESS THERE'S OTHER FUNDING FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE, IT'S NEVER GOING TO GET DONE. AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THE BOND BECAUSE IT'S NEVER GO GOING TO HA THERE'S NO MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH IT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN THE CIP. AND WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU, COUNCILMAN P, IS THAT I WOULD DO EVERYTHING TO, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. IT SHOULD HAPPEN. I TALKED TO CHIEF FENNER YESTERDAY, HE MENTIONED TWO COMMAND OF STATIONS. THIS WAS ONE AND THEN ONE ON THE EAST END. THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT HE MENTIONED. AND TO THE EXTENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD THAT UH, UH, ADDITIONAL REVENUE BECOMES AVAILABLE WHERE WE CAN ADD IT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CIP AND THE DEBT SERVICE CAN SUPPORT IT, THAT IS A PRIORITY. IT IS A PRIORITY NOW FOR HPD, BUT IF WE ADD IT HERE, IT, IT IS JUST KIND OF LIKE, HANG IT. I WOULD RATHER DO IT WHEN I KNOW IT'S, IT, IT, IT CAN HAPPEN THEN PUTTING AND MAKING IT A WISHLIST ITEM. BUT IN TALKING MY CONVERSATION WITH THEM ON YESTERDAY, IT'S A PRIORITY FOR THOSE TWO. OKAY? SO [04:05:01] I, WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU. IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN AIF CAME UP THE MULTI, THE MULTI SERVICE CENTER, AND THEY HAD BEEN ASKING FOR THAT THING FOR 20, FOR 20 YEARS, AND IN THE LAST CIP YEAH, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO I DON'T, I'M, WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU. IT IS A PRIORITY. UM, UM, HIGH ON THE LIST. UM, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY NEXT YEAR. I CERTAINLY, UM, WILLING TO GO AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND SAY THAT IT IS A HIGH PRIORITY. IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY OF HPD, BUT TO PUT IT ON HERE WHEN IT'S, WHEN THIS ONE IS CERTAINLY CAPPED BY THE DEBT SERVICE, IT'S JUST PROBLEMATIC. UH, BUT IF IT'S THE WILL OF CITY COUNCIL, THEY CAN, AS LONG AS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT'S PROBLEMATIC. SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO YOU HAVE TO TELL ME HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED IF YOU CAN PUT IT BEFORE COUNSEL AND WE CAN VOTE ON IT. UH, WE CAN, UH, TOGETHER WORK, UH, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN WHEN WE VOTE ON THE CIP ON NEXT YEAR, MAYOR. UM, MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THAT, AND I COMPLETELY TRUST THAT YOU WILL WORK WITH ME ON THAT, IS AS WE'RE NEARING THE END OF YOUR TERM, WILL WE BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE THAT QUICKLY? AND THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN. OTHER PEOPLE COME IN, IN OTHER PRIORITIES. THAT'S REALLY MY ONLY CONCERN AT THIS POINT. BUT I WOULD TELL YOU, I INTEND TO WORK UNTIL 1159, UH, PM UM, I INTEND, I, AND I THINK PEOPLE GENERALLY KNOW ME BY NOW, I INTEND TO WORK ALL THE WAY THROUGH. AND ME, THAT WASN'T, THAT WASN'T WHAT I MEANT. JUST A $30 MILLION PROJECT TO COME UP WITH THOSE FUNDS IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, YEAR OR SO. THAT IS JUST MY CONCERN TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO, HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD THAT IT'S ACTUALLY IN WRITING IN THE CIP THERE'S FUNDING ASSOCIATED IN THE NEXT YEAR. AND WHAT, BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. AND IN MY CONVERSATION WITH CHIEF FENNER, UH, HE MENTIONED TWO THINGS. HE SAID HE WANTED TO WORK WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE TWO THINGS HAPPEN WAS PRIORITY. THIS PARTICULAR STATION IN YOUR DISTRICT AND THE ONE ON THE EAST SIDE, THOSE ARE TWO PRIORITIES FOR HPD AND H. IT'S PRIORITY FOR HPD IS A PRIORITY FOR MINE. SO I I I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST MAKE THAT COMMENT TO YOU, UH, PUBLICLY. OKAY, MAYOR, I MEAN, I, I WILL OBVIOUSLY TRUST THAT THAT'S THE CASE. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO FUND IT IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY AND UM, WE CAN GET THAT DONE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, THEN I WILL WITHDRAW THIS AMENDMENT. OKAY, WELL THAT'S, LET'S COMMIT TO WORK ON IT. AND, UM, UM, AGAIN, I MEAN YOU CAN ADD, YOU CAN ADD IT ON, COUNCIL CAN ADD IT ON, BUT IT JUST WILL BE PROBLEMATIC. THAT'S THE ONLY POINT THAT I'M MAKING TO YOU OKAY. WILL WITHDRAW THAT AMENDMENT. BUT I DO WANNA SUBMIT THIS OTHER AMENDMENT, WHICH , UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THESE ARE ALSO PRIORITY ITEMS THAT WE CAN WORK ON. BUT, UM, WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, I'LL TELL YOU ON THE END WITH FOREST DETENTION, I AM MEETING WITH TRANS STAR, UH, TODAY AT THREE 30 WITH TONY, TONY ROBINSON FROM, FROM FEMA SPECIFICALLY ON THIS PROJECT TO MOVE IT FORWARD. AND, AND WHAT I'VE SAID TO THEM IS THAT I WANT THIS PROJECT COMPLETED BEFORE I LEAVE. THAT'S WHY I'M HAVING A CONVERSATION. WELL, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND MEETING WITH THEM IN PERSON TODAY. TODAY, OKAY. AND THIS IS FOR THE, THE OTHER PHASES OF THE RECREATIONAL COMPONENT, NOT PHASE ONE THAT IS REMOVED. I WANT THIS PROJECT COMPLETED OKAY. BEFORE I LEAVE OFFICE. OKAY. OKAY. SO I, I, I CERTAINLY CAN COMMIT TO THAT, TO YOU ON THAT. OKAY. I WILL TAKE THAT COMMITMENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. UM, AND THEN THE FINAL PROJECT, AGNES MOFFITT PARK FOR $10 MILLION. THIS IS SOMETHING UNDER COUNCIL MEMBER STARTED. WE ACTUALLY HAD A MASTER PLAN DONE FOR THIS PARK, AND THE CITY'S PORTION OF IT IS $10 MILLION. IT IS RELATED TO THE CIP BECAUSE THERE ARE COMPONENTS OF THIS PARK THAT ARE IN THE CIP THAT ARE UNFUNDED. UM, AND SO IT'S, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE REST OF THIS PARK GET COMPLETE. IT'S A 40 ACRE PARK, UM, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT AT THE, AT BELTWAY AND LY. AND MY RESPONSE ON THAT ONE WOULD BE WE ARE PROVIDING $50 MILLION IN PARK FOR PARK FUNDING, UH, IN THE CIP, UM, IN THE BOND. IN THE BOND. AND I, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO PICKING ONE OVER THE OTHER BECAUSE EVERYBODY GOT PARKS. AND SO IF I START PICKING ONE, EVERYBODY GONNA SAY, OKAY, MY, [04:10:02] WHAT I WILL SAY TO YOU IS THAT LIKE, EVEN NOW OUTSIDE OF THE CIP, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD AND PARKS AND REC TO COMPLETE 22 PARKS IN EVERYBODY'S DISTRICT BEFORE, BEFORE I LEAVE OFFICE, THAT THOSE ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS. WE CONCERNING LOOKING AT ADDING VARIOUS MEMBERS PARKS, UH, TO THE LIST, EVEN THAT'S A PART OF 50 50. BUT, UM, IF I, IF WE END UP, IF I END UP, LET'S SAY, WELL, IT'S UP TO COUNCIL, IF YOU PUT ONE PERSON'S PARK IN, I'LL LEAVE THAT TO COUNCIL. I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I WORK WITH ME ON THE PARKS. I MEAN, EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE CIP, THERE ARE 22 PARKS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON TO SIGNIFICANTLY IN ENHANCE RIGHT NOW. AND THAT TOO IS A HIGH PRIORITY, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO RAISE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FROM OUT, EVEN OUTSIDE OF CITY OF HOUSTON FOR PARKS. OKAY. SO, UM, THIS ONE, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR, OR MAY I RESPOND TO THAT? YEAH, SURE, SURE. AND I THINK THAT YOUR PARK PROGRAM IS GREAT. THE TWO PARKS THAT ARE, UM, BEING WORKED ON IN DISTRICT, A AARON LADAY PARK AND LANGWOOD PARK, I MEAN THOSE ARE, IT'S GONNA BE GAME CHANGERS FOR BOTH AREAS AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE PARKS. THIS ONE, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BIG PARK, IT DOESN'T FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE 50 50 PARK PARTNERSHIPS AND IT'S, IT'S, I MEAN IT'S 40 ACRES, SO THIS IS A BIG CHANGE. THE POOL THERE IS, UM, IT, IT JUST NEEDS TO COMPLETELY BE REDONE. AND SO IN ORDER FOR ME TO ASK MY CONSTITUENTS TO VOTE FOR, VON I HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THIS LIST AND I'M, SO LET'S LOOK, LET'S LOOK FOR A SPOT. SO I'D LIKE TO LEAVE THIS ONE ON, OKAY? OKAY, I GOT YOU. OKAY. WE ARE, WE ARE ON, UM, I, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THIS AMENDMENT? AMENDMENT TO PROP B AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT TO PROP B BEING PUT FORTH BY COUNCIL MEMBER PAC. AND THIS ONE WOULD IN INCREASE THE BOND AMOUNT BY BY 10. WELL IF WE TAKE THAT OFF, IT WOULD BE 10 BY $10 MILLION FOR THE MOFFITT. MM-HMM . AGNES MOFFITT. YES. MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO CHANGE THIS AMENDMENT TO, UM, INCREASE THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR PROPOSITION B BY $10 MILLION FOR AGNES MOFFITT PARK AND REMOVE REFERENCE TO THE INWOOD FOREST AND REMOVING THE REFERENCE TO INWOOD FOREST IS RIGHT IN. OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. UH, DISCUSSION CAN POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MAYOR. YES. POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR THOSE OF US ON THE LINE, THAT IS THAT TO MEAN THAT THE TOTAL, UH, PACKAGE OF THE BOND WOULD MOVE FROM FOUR 68 MILLION TO FOUR 78 MILLION? THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. AND THEN THE, OKAY, IS THERE ANY OTHER ATTACHMENT, ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD SPECIFICALLY ADD THAT I TAKE IT THE, UH, DRAFT PROJECT LIST WOULD ADD THAT WITHIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES? YEAH, I MEAN IT WOULD, BASICALLY WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS WE'LL BE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF THE BOND PROPOSAL BY $10 MILLION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT ADDITIONAL 10 HAS BEEN, UH, UH, FOR THE AGNES MOFFITT PARK. THAT WOULD BE THE UNDERSTANDING. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. ANY OTHER, I GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE SPEAKING ON THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT. SO ON THE AMENDMENT. SO GALLEGOS WOULD BE NEXT ON THE AMENDMENT. SO, SO COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, ARE YOU SPEAKING ON THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT? NO, I'M SPEAKING ON THE ITEM ITSELF. OKAY. LEMME JUST MAKE SURE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN ON THE AMENDMENT. YES, MAYOR. AND ON THE MAIN MOTION ON THE MAIN ITEM. BUT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, HECK, FIRST OFF, YOU ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING FOR YOUR DISTRICT AND FIGHTING FOR THEM AND REPRESENTING THEM. I HAD ONE QUESTION REGARDING YOUR AMENDMENT, THE PORTION THAT, THAT WE ARE IN DISCUSSION ON NOW. AGS, AGNES MOFFITT PARK IMPROVEMENTS, I BELIEVE YOU SAID. AND IF YOU COULD JUST CLARIFY IN THE CIP THERE IS SOME FUNDING OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PARK ALREADY. YOU ARE TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ON TOP OF WHAT'S ALREADY BEING FUNDED IN THE CIP, IS THAT CORRECT? MAY I RESPOND? SURE, YES, THAT IS CORRECT. SO THERE'S, UM, A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE BASKETBALL, UM, ROOF REPLACEMENT IN THE CIP AND THE REST OF THIS MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK IS UNFUNDED. OKAY, THANK YOU. I JUST, I I WANTED TO CLARIFY. THERE ARE, THERE IS SOME FUNDING THAT'S ALREADY TAKING PLACE. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M JUST GOING DOWN MY LIST AND JUST, LEMME KNOW YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THIS AMENDMENT COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS ON THE AMENDMENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RIS ON THE AMENDMENT. OKAY, GO AHEAD ON, ON THE AMENDMENT. I'LL COME BACK TO YOU ON THE MAIN ITEM ON THE AMENDMENT. UM, MAYOR, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU, YOU SAID JUST [04:15:01] NOW IN TALKING TO US THAT EVERYONE'S GOT PARKS AND, UM, I, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ADDING THIS AMENDMENT TO THE TABLE, UM, BECAUSE EVERYONE DOESN'T HAVE PARKS AND THERE'S A, A SEVERE DEFICIT IN THE NORTHLINE AREA AND DISTRICT H THAT THERE'S NO PARK AT ALL AT ALL. AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR YEARS AND, AND I HOPE THAT SOMEHOW THAT THERE COULD BE FUNDING FOR TO PURCHASE PARK LAND ACQUISITION SPACE. THERE. THERE'S PARDON? OH, THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, SO I MEAN, I JUST, IT IT JUST FEEL, FEELS A LITTLE BIT FREE WILL IN HERE, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE THAT I LIKE THINGS THAT ARE WORKED OUT AND THEN COME TO US FOR CONSIDERATION BECAUSE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING A A, A BIG IMPROVEMENT IN A PARK, HOW WONDERFUL THAT WOULD BE. BUT TO EVEN HAVE A PARK I THINK IS MORE WONDERFUL, YOU KNOW, IN, IN AN UNDERSERVED AREA THAT HAS NOTHING BETWEEN NORTH OF, OF SIX 10, BETWEEN, UM, UH, 45 AND, AND, UH, 69 AND SOUTH OF TIDWELL, THERE IS NOTHING AT ALL. AND SO I I I, I HAVE A HARD TIME SUPPORTING THIS WHEN I SEE THERE'S EVEN GREATER NEED IN, IN MY DISTRICT. SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTIVE. OKAY. LEMME TURN TO COUNCILMAN POLL ON THE AMENDMENT. NO, UM, ASK MAYOR FOR CAST ON THE AMENDMENT. YES. AND MY QUESTION IS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE $10 MILLION PRICE TAG WAS DERIVED. THE $10 MILLION IS FROM THE MASTER PLAN THAT WE DID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. UM, IT'S TO REDO THE POOL THAT IS THERE BECAUSE, UM, OF NEW HEALTH CODES THAT CAME OUT FROM THE STATE LEVEL THAT THE POOL IS NOT GOING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE IN THE, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO THE POOL NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY REDONE. IT'S TO ADD A WALKING TRAIL, UM, AND TO ADD MORE PARKING AS WELL. AND, UM, BASEBALL THERE TOO. SO THE, IT'S, IT'S A, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, WE ACTUALLY CONTRACTED THIS OUT TO DO THE MASTER PLAN, SO RIGHT. THE PRICE TECH IS THERE FOR THAT. AND THE REASON FOR IT IS BECAUSE IT'S BEING UNDERUTILIZED AND THERE'S CRIME ISSUES HAPPENING AT THE PARK, AND WE NEED TO, WE NEED FOR IT TO BECOME A MORE ACTIVE PARK SO THAT THOSE CRIME ISSUES GO AWAY. I, I GET IT. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION, MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN ANSWER FOR THIS, WITH THE SWIMMING POOL UPGRADES UNDER VARIOUS NUMBER 19, UH, DO WE KNOW IF THE SWIMMING POOL AT AGNES MOFFITT PARK IMPROVEMENTS IS INCLUDED IN, BECAUSE IT JUST SAYS VARIOUS. I MEAN, IF IT SAYS VARIOUS, I, BEFORE I, I MAKE A DECISION ON THAT, I WOULD WANT TO KNOW, IS THE POOL AT AGNES MOFFITT PARK IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE VARIOUS SWIMMING POOL UPGRADES THAT WE HAVE IN FOR 125 MILLION? THAT I DON'T, I, I CAN'T SPEAK. I CAN CHECK. CAN CHECK. CAN YOU CHECK ON THAT? BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN PECK, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IN THIS AMENDMENT IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S IN THE CURRENT CIP AM I, IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? THAT IS CORRECT. AND YEAH, IT'S THE POOL PLUS OTHER ITEMS AS WELL, NOT, IT WOULD NOT BE IN THE EXISTING CIP THIS, THIS IS IN ADDITION TO RIGHT. THE POOL IS NOT IN THE CCP I'M IN THE BOND RIGHT NOW. THERE'S SWIMMING POOL UPGRADES MM-HMM . UNDER PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES. AND IT DOES NOT IDENTIFY, IT JUST SAYS VARIOUS. SO BEFORE I DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT I CAN SUPPORT HER AMENDMENT, I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS POOL IS CONSIDERED UNDER VARIOUS SWIMMING POOL UPGRADES. OKAY. BUT, BUT I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT WITHIN THE CIP THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POOL UPGRADES THAT ARE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE CIP. OKAY. SO THIS IS COVERING EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE EXISTING CIP. IF THERE ARE ADD-ONS, IF THIS IS AN ADD-ON TO THE CIP, THEN IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED. SO IT WOULDN'T BE INCLUDED IN THIS VARIOUS NO, THIS IS AN ADD-ON. THIS IS AN ADD ON. SO THIS IS ADDITIONAL, OKAY. THIS IS IN ADDITION TWO. OKAY. AND I THINK I GOT, THIS IS AN ADDITION TWO, CORRECT? YEAH, THIS IS AN ADDITION TWO. SO AGNES MOFFETT PARK POOL IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CIP AND IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE BOND UNDER THE VARIOUS SWIMMING POOL UPGRADES? NO. OKAY. NO. THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ADDED TO. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? VICE MAYOR PRO? NO, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN ON THE AMENDMENT OF BEING OFFERED BY COUNCIL MEMBER? PAT, I APOLOGIZE. ONE MORE QUESTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PET, 'CAUSE I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR, BUT YOU SAID IT'S A 44 ACRE PARK, UM, WITH THAT NEEDS SIGNIFICANT AMENITIES AND THERE ARE CRIME ISSUES. BUT AS WE LOOK AT, UM, WITHIN THE DISTRICT, ARE THERE OTHER POOLS NEARBY? ARE THERE OTHER TRAILS OR OTHER PARKS [04:20:01] NEARBY, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED IN THE DISTRICT? SO IN RELATION TO THIS PARK, ARE THERE OTHER PARKS NEARBY THAT DO HAVE SOME OF THESE AMENITIES? NO. UM, THERE'S NOT ANOTHER PARK VERY CLOSE BY THAT WOULD SERVE THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE THERE. UM, AND THERE IS A POOL, ANOTHER CITY POOL IN SPRING BRANCH, BUT IT'S A BIT OF A DISTANCE FROM THIS PARK. SO IT'S, IT'S NOT VERY CLOSE. SO THE PEOPLE THAT IT'S SERVING, IT'S SERVING DIFFERENT, UM, POPULATIONS OF THE DISTRICT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON COUNCIL MEMBER PECK'S AMENDMENT AS IT RELATES TO MOFFITT PARK? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR, I WHO? SORRY, I THINK I, THE QUEUE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER. OH, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. ROBINSON. APOLOGIES. YES, MAYOR. AND, AND I THINK TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK'S AMENDMENT. UM, AND I THINK THE APPROPRIATE LINE OF QUESTION THAT'S, UH, OCCURRING HERE NOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET OUT OF ORDER, BUT KNOWING THE REAL SERIOUS NEED FOR INVESTMENT IN POOL FACILITIES ACROSS THE CITY, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE MY COLLEAGUES ARE AWARE, THE ITEM 30 ON THE AGENDA THAT WE HAVE NOT YET ENTERTAINED IS ABOUT THE VERY NEEDY PARK FACILITY, UM, AND DISTRICT B. SO TO THE POINT OF, UM, I, I THINK, UH, VICE MAYOR CASTEX TATUM, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT VARIOUS ITEM, THE 19 ITEM FOR WITHIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION FOR SWIMMING POOL UPGRADES, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT CATEGORY FOR US. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROJECT LIST, THE DRAFT PROJECT LIST, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CATEGORIES ACROSS PRETTY MUCH EVERY BOND CATEGORY THAT HAVE VARIOUS DESCRIBED IN THERE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, CURIOUS TO THE PRINCIPLE POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PECK MADE IN MY OPINION, IS THAT SHE'S LOOKING FOR, UH, ASSETS TO BE IMPROVED WITHIN DISTRICT A. AND I WONDER IF YOU COULD GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON HOW, HOW THOSE LISTS WILL BE PLAYED IN OR FILLED IN OVER TIME AND HOW COUNCIL MEMBERS MIGHT, UH, APPEAL TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO GET OTHER PROJECTS INCLUDED. IT'S THE CIP, IT'S THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT VOTE ON THE CIP, THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH ON BETWEEN 23 THROUGH 27, UH, PROJECTS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED ON. UH, WHAT WE ARE DEALING, WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH NOW IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S IN THE 23 TO 27, AND I'LL TELL YOU, THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES FOR, AND, AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT THE ITEM YET, BUT TIDWELL PARK THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY MM-HMM . THAT THOSE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, THAT 9.5 MILLION THAT'S BEEN PUT ON TIDWELL PARK, IT'S NOT IN THE CIP THAT THOSE DOLLARS CAME FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS. RIGHT. AND IT'S REMARKABLY NUMBER. YEAH. SO IN THAT SENSE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR STATE LEGISLATOR CAN ALSO ASSIST BECAUSE THOSE, THOSE, THOSE ARE GRAND DOLLARS THAT CAME FROM THE STATES, NOT IN CPI, BUT IT'S 9.5 MILLION. WHAT ONE WAY OF GETTING IT DONE, COUNCILMAN PAC IS TALKING TO YOUR STATE, STATE LEGISLATURE AND SAYING, HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS A MAJOR PARK AND THROUGH THE TEXAS PARKS OF WILDLIFE, YOU KNOW, WORK ON GETTING, PULLING DOWN GRANT DOLLARS MM-HMM . THAT, THAT'S HOW THAT ONE HAPPENED. AND, AND I WILL TELL YOU, IT CAN'T HAPPEN. IT, IT, IT CAN, SO I KNOW YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL ARE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU ALL HAVE TO DO IT ALL YOURSELF. BUT THAT IS, THAT IS ANOTHER ADDITIONAL SOURCE THAT'S READILY AVAILABLE. MARIN, I THINK THAT, THAT ADDRESSES MY QUESTION. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I ALSO HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS DESCRIBING THE, UH, THE ABSENCE OF PARKS IN HER DISTRICT WHERE SHE MIGHT LIKE TO DO IT. SO I SUPPOSE THAT'S ALSO TRUE FOR HER. AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT FINDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THAT, FOR THE VERY NEEDY DISTRICT AGE. AND I'LL TELL YOU AND I, AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ASSIST WITH THAT. NOW, IN MY CASE, I WOULD HAVE TO ASSIST YOU BEHIND THE SCENE , IF YOU GET MY DRIFT. BUT, UH, BUT YOUR, BUT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE IS IN AN EXCELLENT POSITION TO PULL DOWN RESOURCES. WHAT? THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. I'M SORRY. WAS IT WHO? COUNCILMAN JACKSON? YES, MAYOR. [04:25:01] THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, ADD WITH THE TIDWELL PARK, ONE OF THE, IT WAS SLATED TO HAVE THE POOL PULLED UP AND PUT A SPLASH PAD IN OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTITUENTS, WE DIDN'T WANT A SPLASH PAD, WE WANTED OUR POOL. AND SO WE PARTNERED WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON, YOU KNOW, AND REACHED OUT TO REVEREND WALLY. BUT STATE REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON WAS ABLE TO GET SEVEN, 750,000 IN ADDITION TO 9.5 MILLION TO LIKE, UM, BUILD A AQUA POOL. SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER BEEN BUILT, UM, IN OUR DISTRICT, I THINK ACROSS THE CITY OF HOUSTON, I THINK IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. IT'S GONNA BE AN INDOOR POOL, YOU KNOW, OFFICE BUILDINGS UPGRADE. SO IT WAS ADVOCATE, YOU KNOW, JUST ADVOCATING IN PARTNERSHIP, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SPEAKING OUT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE RESOURCES FROM THE STATE. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, YOU KNOW, JUST PARTNER WITH YOUR STATE REP. I'M ON THEIR PHONE AND SENDING THEM EMAILS. EVEN CONGRESSWOMAN LEE, WE SENT AN APPLICATION TO GET SOME, TRY TO GET SOME RESOURCES APPROPRIATED ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE HOW WE'RE GONNA GET SOME THINGS DONE. SO, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT, THAT TIDWELL POOL , I'M REALLY EXCITED. YEAH. SO THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL WHO'S, WHO'S IS COUNCILMAN PILOT. YEAH, COUNCILMAN PECK. COUNCILMAN PECK MAYOR. AND I COMPLETELY AGREE. I THINK THAT LEVERAGING FUNDS WITH OTHER, UM, LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, THAT'S GREAT. BUT I AM CONSTANTLY GOING TO OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR SPECIFICALLY FLOODING MITIGATION PROJECTS. I'VE LITERALLY MET WITH EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL ON EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT THAT OVERSEES, THAT HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE FLOODING MITIGATION PROJECTS THAT WE NEED IN OUR DISTRICT AND WORKING ON IT IN EVERY CAPACITY THAT I CAN THINK OF AND HAVE LEFT NO STONE STONE UNTURNED WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING MONEY FROM OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. AND AT SOME POINT, THE CITY TAXPAYERS NEED TO BE REPRESENTED WITH CITY TAX DOLLARS. AND SO I FEEL LIKE I'M CONSTANTLY GOING AFTER OTHER MONEY BECAUSE IT'S NOT GETTING PAID FOR AT THE CITY. AND I REALIZE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PRIORITIES, BUT IN ORDER TO HAVE, WANT MY CONSTITUENTS TO, TO, OR TO TELL MY CONSTITUENTS, YEAH, YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR THIS BOND BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF IT, I NEED SOMETHING ON THAT LIST. AND SO AT, AT SOME POINT, THEIR TAX DOLLARS NEED TO PAY FOR TA FOR CITY SERVICES. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M GOING AFTER THIS PROJECT. IF THEY VOTE NO, THEY'RE VOTING NO AGAINST PUBLIC SAFETY PARKS LIBRARY, SOLID WASTE AND OTHER ITEMS. SO, BUT I LEAVE IT UP TO THE VOTERS. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON, ON COUNCIL MEMBER PAC'S AMENDMENT? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MM-HMM. READY TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT? UH, THOSE IN FAVOR. YOU'VE JUST RAISED YOUR HAND. IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF COUNCILMAN FOR THIS, I'M SORRY. IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL MEMBER PAC'S AMENDMENT. RAISE YOUR HAND. NO. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. OKAY. OPPOSED TO THE AMENDMENT. OKAY. OKAY. THE AMENDMENT PASSES. $10 MILLION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE BOND, TO THE BOND PROPOSAL TO 4 6 8. NOW WE ADD 4 78. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, AND SEE, UH, NOW WE'RE BACK AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. COUNCILMAN MAG GALLEGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CONGRATULATIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER PECK. UM, FIR, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, FORMER HOUSING DIRECTOR NEIL RATCLIFFE, THAT'S IN THE AUDIENCE. THANK YOU FOR, FOR, UH, BEING HERE, UH, MAYOR IN, IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE, UM, ANIMAL CARE BARK, UH, $47 MILLION THAT'S ON THIS. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR, FOR PLACING THAT ON THERE. IT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED. UH, BUT YESTERDAY WE DID HAVE SOME SPEAKERS SPEAK AT PUBLIC SESSION THAT THEY WERE ALSO ASKING AND INQUIRING IF THIS MONIES ALSO WILL BE USED FOR PROVIDING, UH, FREE SPAY AND NEUTERING. UH, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY, UH, PET OWNERS WILL DO THE RIGHT THING IF WE PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. UH, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, UH, BARRIO DOGS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE OUT THERE PROVIDING VOUCHERS, UH, IF IT'S IN MY DISTRICT, I'LL GO BY THERE, UH, EARLY IN THE MORNING AND YOU ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE, UH, TO DO THE RIGHT THING. UH, BUT AGAIN, LIKE I'VE SAID MANY, MANY TIMES OVER AND OVER, IF SOMEONE HAS TO PAY THEIR RENT AND THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR, UH, UTILITY BILLS AND THEY HAVE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO. FIRST, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THEIR PETS SPAYED AND NEUTERED. UH, SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. MAYOR, I THINK, UH, WILL BE A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, UH, UH, TO, TO, TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY OF WORKING MAYBE WITH THE COUNTY TO DO A, UH, STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY WITH THE COUNTY. I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY MUNICIPALITY THAT'S HAVING THIS ISSUE. LAST WEEK I GOT A CALL FROM MAYOR MOYA FROM GALENA PARK. SHE WAS ASKING, UH, FOR INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SPAY AND NEUTERING. 'CAUSE THEY'RE HAVING AN ISSUE IN GALENA PARK, IN HISDO CITY AREA. UH, SO [04:30:01] IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE USED, MONIES THAT CAN BE USED FOR A PARTNERSHIP WITH A COUNTY, UH, 'CAUSE, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A COUNTY-WIDE PROBLEM. IT'S NOT JUST A CITY OF HOUSTON PROBLEM, UH, TO SEE IF THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THIS IN REGARDS TO, UH, SPAY AND NEUTERING, UH, ANIMALS COUNTYWIDE. UM, AND THEN IN REGARDS TO SOLID WASTE, UM, AND I KNOW YOU'D MENTIONED IT, THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME, UM, DEPO DEPOSITORIES. THAT WAS SOMETHING, UH, THAT, THAT I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PUSHING ON THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, UH, FORMER DIRECTORS AND CURRENT DIRECTORS OF SOLID WASTES HAVE STATED THAT THEY NEED AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES. AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE, IN MY OPINION, ARE GOING OUT AND, AND, AND, AND, AND DUMPING ILLEGAL TRASH BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST TIRED OF HAVING TO SIT IN LINE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S HOT, UH, TO TRY TO GET THERE, TO DO, TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING OF TAKING HEAVY TRASH TO OUR DEPOSITORY. SO I'M GLAD THAT THAT'S HAPPENING. UM, THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I HAVE ON THIS IS IT'S $6 MILLION, UH, THAT, THAT'S ON THIS BOND, UH, FOR SOLID WASTE. WHEN YET WE'RE HAVING ISSUES IN REGARDS TO OUR HEAVY TRASH NOT BEING PICKED UP ON A TIMELY MANNER, OR RECYCLING NOT BEING PICKED UP ON A TIMELY MANNER. AND I'M HOPING THIS IS A STEP, HOPEFULLY, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, TO POSSIBLY PUT SOLID WASTE ON AN ENTERPRISE FUND. UH, SO THAT WAY HOPEFULLY THEY CAN HAVE THE RESOURCES NEEDED, UH, TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. BECAUSE, UH, FOR ME, IT SEEMS LIKE WE JUST KEEP PUTTING BAND-AIDS ON THIS ISSUE IN REGARDS TO OUR SOLID WASTE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING. UH, AND THEN ON THE LAST NOTE HERE, IN REGARDS TO THE EAST SIDE, UH, SUBSTATION, YES. UH, WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF A NEW SUBSTATION ON THE EAST SIDE. IT'S VERY SMALL. UM, AND A AGAIN, MAYOR, THERE'S SOME PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET, UH, THAT'S UP FOR SALE. AND I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND UNFORTUNATELY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS TELLING ME, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S THE EAST END. IT'S AN, THE EAST END IS INDUSTRIAL. YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE, THERE WAS FACTORIES AND WHO KNOWS WHAT WAS THERE, YOU KNOW, 50, 60, 80, A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, UH, FOR THEM TO SAY, WELL, THERE'S MAYBE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. IT WAS A PIPE YARD. IT WAS A PIPE YARD. YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE KIDS DIGGING IN THE SOIL. YOU KNOW, THAT PROPERTY IS UP FOR SALE AND WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT JUMPING ON IT. WHEN THE EAST SIDE SUBSTATION CAN HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE BUILD, IT'S ALMOST MORE THAN HALF A BLOCK THAT'S UP FOR SALE. AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING ACROSS THE STREET. IT'S A FULL BLOCK THAT'S FOR SALE AS WELL. BUT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS TELLING ME, OH, THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. YOU KNOW, WELL, THEY NEED TO REALLY LOOK INTO THAT TO SEE IF POSSIBLY THAT PROPERTY CAN BE PURCHASED FOR HOPEFULLY A FUTURE SITE FOR A EAST SIDE SUBSTATION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CURRENT ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND AS, AS I INDICATED COUNCILMAN PECK, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR HPD, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. WE RESPECT TO THE SHELTER. UH, WE NEED THE SHELTER FOR ADDED CAPACITY. BUT BEAR IN MIND, YOU KNOW, WE SET ASIDE $1 MILLION FOR SPAY AND NEUTERING FROM THE OPERA FUNDING. SO THAT'S STILL, THAT IS, THAT'S AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO WE ARE, WE'RE DOING THAT. AND THEN ON THE DE DEPOSITORIES. YEAH, I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO, UM, UH, DIRECTOR WILL FOG. ONE OF, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THAT ITEM IS NOT EVEN BIGGER IS BECAUSE WE ARE NEEDING THOSE THINGS NOW. SO, UH, AND THEN ON SOME OF THE DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES THAT WE HAVE, THEY NEED TO BE UPGRADED BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT, IT, THE CAPACITY IS NOT THERE. SO IN MY CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR , HE SAID ON SOME OF THE SUPPOSITORIES THAT WE HAVE, DEPOSITORIES THAT WE HAVE THE LINES ALONG THE WAITING PERIODS ALONG, THEY JUST NEED TO BE UPGRADED IN ADDITION TO ADDING A FEW OTHERS. SO, BUT WE WANT TO DO THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. AND, AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT, 'CAUSE THE, UH, CENTRAL DEPOSITORY THERE ON, IN, IN, IN DISTRICT, I, THEY HAVE THE LAND AND, AND IT JUST NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED. YEAH. AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO, TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR A LOT MORE PEOPLE AND, AND, AND, AND A, UH, QUICKER WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T JUST SITTING THERE FOR RIGHT. AN HOUR OR SO. AND WE'RE MAKING THOSE ASSESSMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCILMAN MCCAMMON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, WELL, I DIDN'T PROPOSE ANY AMENDMENTS, UM, BECAUSE I THINK I, I'M GONNA DEFER TO WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS DETERMINED WERE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ITEMS THAT WERE UNFUNDED AT THE MOMENT. UM, AND I, I DEFER TO THEIR EXPERTISE ON THAT. HOWEVER, I DID WANT TO RAISE, UM, THE ISSUE IN DISTRICT C THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. IT'S ACTUALLY A CITYWIDE CONCERN, UH, RELATED TO THE WEST GRAY MULTI-SERVICE CENTER. UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WEST GRAY, NOT ONLY SERVICES DISTRICT C, IT'S THE, UH, PRIMARY SERVICE LOCATION FOR ALL OF OUR DISABILITY PROGRAMMING FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UH, IT IS IN NEED OF $9.1 MILLION IN UPGRADES. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH LEAK ROOFS, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. SO [04:35:01] I, I WANTED TO RAISE THAT ISSUE BECAUSE THERE ARE, UH, CRITICAL NEEDS THAT CONTINUE TO BE UNFUNDED. I THINK THIS BOND ITEM IS IMPORTANT, UH, FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, UH, FOR OUR FIRE STATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN HERE, THE POLICE STATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED, UH, THE LIST GOES ON. BUT I HAVE A VERY BIG CONCERN ABOUT HOW FAR DOWN THE ROAD WEST GRAY MULTI-SERVICE CENTER IS, UH, IN TERMS OF GETTING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND AGAIN, NOT JUST FOR DISTRICT C, BUT IT'S, IT'S FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES THAT HAVE A MEMBER WITH A DISABILITY, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THOSE SERVICES, THOSE PROGRAMS, THOSE ACTIVITIES, ALL OF THAT IS AT THAT LOCATION. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF, UH, YOU HAD ANY, UH, SPECIFIC PLANS, UH, FOR THAT. UH, BUT I DID JUST WANT TO ELEVATE THE ISSUE, UH, BECAUSE IT, IT'S A CRITICAL NEED RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND I AGREE. AND, UM, THOUGH IT'S LOCATED IN DISTRICT C, IT IS THE HUB FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, COUNCILMAN, WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS THAT I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, UH, THE FORMER DIRECTOR, GABE CA, UH, AND WITH THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, UH, ANGEL PONCY, UH, ABOUT MAKING SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES TO THE WEST GRAY MULTI SERVICE CENTER THAT WOULD PROBABLY END UP BEING A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND INVITING OTHER PARTNERS TO JOIN WITH US. UM, BUT THE WEST GRAY MULTI SERVICE CENTER SPECIALIST RELATES TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, NEED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY UPGRADED. AND QUITE FRANKLY, UM, IT IS EVEN BEYOND 9.5. IT'S A MUCH LARGER NUMBER. YEP. UM, BUT THE HOPE IS THAT BEFORE THIS YEAR'S OUT, UH, WE WILL INITIATE A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, UH, FOR THE WEST GRADE MULTI SERVICE CENTER. BUT IN LEVERAGING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER OUTSIDE PARTNERS AND ASKING THEM TO CONTRIBUTE, WELL COUNT ME IN, UH, FOR THE CAMPAIGN AND WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, WELL, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S IN THE BOND. I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY THAT OUR MUNICIPAL COURTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT CIP FUNDING. IS THAT IS CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. THOMAS, EVEN AS WE WORKED WITH FEMA. YEAH. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU. I ALMOST FORGOT WHAT MY COMMENTS WERE. JUST THREE MEN DURING THIS TIME, LIKE WHAT WE TALKING ABOUT. UM, SO THIS IS GOOD. UM, DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PECK FOR, UM, STARTING US OFF. AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I DIDN'T, UM, AUTHOR AN AMENDMENT IS BECAUSE IT TOOK AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF ENERGY AND LABOR AND EFFORT TO REALLY SET A BASELINE DURING THE LAST CIP PROCESS WITH RESIDENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY DEFINING DEFERRED, PLANNED FUNDED. UM, AND MY FEAR, UM, AND MY RESISTANCE TO AUTHORING AMENDMENT IS THAT THE OPTICS OF YES, YOU ARE AMENDED AND YOUR PROJECT'S ON THE BOND, BUT THE REALITY IS, AND WE'LL BE IN THE SAME SITUATION, GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN. UM, AND SO, UH, I WILL, WHAT THE ITEM IS, WE'RE VOTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER, THAT THIS IS ON THE BALLOT. UM, BUT IF THERE COULD BE A, A FOR ME, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE METHODOLOGY OF CERTAIN PROJECTS WHERE THEY'RE IN ALL DISTRICTS, SEPARATE OF THE EXISTING BOND IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, THOSE FUTURE BONDS AND THOSE FUTURE ITEMS, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SAY TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT. I WASN'T AWARE THAT HPD OFFERED A PRIORITY LIST, RIGHT? I I TO KNOW THAT, OH, WE MAY NOT BE ON THE SAME PAGE. I MIGHT BE ADVOCATING FOR WEST SIDE TO RECEIVE SOME DEALS, BUT HIS PRIORITIES MIGHT BE NORTH AND THEN THE EAST. UM, AND THEN ALSO FOR FIRE, I THINK THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, I CONTRIBUTED ALMOST 200,000 IN TERMS OF LIKE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS FOR FIRE STATIONS. IF I JUST HAD ONE FIRE STATION ON THERE, THEN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BOND, THEN I WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE MY DISTRICT FUNDS FOR SIDEWALKS. YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO JUST TO, UM, AND, AND I'LL DO MORE WORK ON MY END, BUT THAT WILL JUST BE HELPFUL MOVING FORWARD. UM, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M NOT AUTHOR, UM, AUTHORING AN AMENDMENT TO THAT 'CAUSE I TO GO THROUGH THAT LAST CIP PROJECT, UH, PROCESS WITH RESIDENTS NOT BEING CLEAR. 'CAUSE WHEN THEY HEAR CIP, THEY THINK STREETS AND DRAINAGE, THAT'S WHAT THEY, THAT'S WHAT THEY KNOW. AND MY PRIORITY PROJECTS ARE STREETS AND DRAINAGE. AND I KNOW THAT THAT WASN'T AN OPTION FOR THIS. SO, UH, THANKS FOR THE CONVERSATION AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING THIS ALONG. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO EDUCATE THEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS IS NOT STREET AND DRAINAGE. AND THESE ARE CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT NOT STREET AND DRAINAGE. AND THE METHODOLOGIST, DIFFERENT STREET AND DRAINAGE, UH, IS PAY AS YOU GO, NOT BONDS. SO THAT'S STREET AND DRAINAGE PAY AS YOU GO. THIS IS NOT STREET AND DRAINAGE. SO, SO EVERYBODY WILL UNDERSTAND. OKAY. COUNCILMAN KOSH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I'M, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE. HOW, HOW WILL THIS BE PUT ON THE BALLOT? I, I SEE WHERE IT SAYS PROPOSITION [04:40:01] A ALL THE WAY THROUGH G SO, SO THE CITIZENS COULD ACTUALLY VOTE FOR PROP A WITHOUT VOTING FOR PROP B. AM I CORRECT ABOUT THAT? SAY IT ONE MORE TIME. SAY IT ONE MORE TIME. I'M SORRY. I SAID MAYOR. THE, I DON'T SEE ANY BALLOT LANGUAGE YET. AND AND BALLOT LANGUAGE IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND SO THERE'S GONNA BE PROPOSITIONS A THROUGH G. SO THE CITIZENS GET TO VOTE ON EACH ONE OF THE PROPOSITIONS, UH, AND NOT AS A, UH, AS A WHOLE PACKAGE. THAT IS CORRECT. THEY'LL BE VOTING SEVERAL TIMES. THEY HAVE TO VOTE ON PUBLIC SAFETY PARKS, ANIMAL CARE. SO, SO THEY COULD, THEY COULD IN ESSENCE VOTE, UH, FOR PROP A PUBLIC SAFETY. 'CAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BIG ISSUE RIGHT NOW. AND NOT VOTE FOR, UH, FOR LIBRARIES IF THEY WANTED TO. THEY SO DESIRE. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR. AND, AND ALSO, UM, I REMEMBER, SO, SO WHAT IS THIS GONNA COST US TO PUT IT ON THE, ON, ON THE BALLOT? IS IT GONNA COST A MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT? UM, THAT IT'S STILL BEING CALCULATED, BUT BEAR IN MIND, THIS WOULD BE THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. UH, SO STATE WILL BE ON THE BA STATE ELECTIONS, COUNTY ELECTIONS. I WOULD ANTICIPATE BETWEEN MAYBE ONE AND TWO MIL. WOULD THAT BE FAIR, ARTURO? UM, IT, IT MIGHT BE, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF ENTITIES INVOLVED AND, AND THE NUMBER OF ITEMS. SO I CAN GET, UH, AN ESTIMATE. THANK YOU. AND, AND MAYOR, I REMEMBER LAST YEAR IN AUGUST THAT THERE WAS A BALLOT INITIATIVE, UH, OR A CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL. AND THE ISSUE WAS TO NOT PUT IT ON, UH, LAST YEAR'S OR THIS YEAR'S BECAUSE OF THE COST, UH, ASSOCIATED TO THE CITY. AND YET WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THIS, WHICH IS A COST. SO I, I JUST WANNA BRING THAT UP. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST A, UH, A, A A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW. YOU, WE, WE SOMETIMES PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT, UH, AND WHEN WE WANT TO DO IT, BUT THE CITIZENS HAD ACTUALLY, UH, PETITIONED, UH, THE GOVERNMENT, THE CITY GOVERNMENT TO HAVE A CHARTER AMENDMENT. AND WE DELAYED IT FOR ALMOST, UH, WELL, WE DELAYED IT, UH, WHEN, WHEN, BY THE TIME IT VOTES ON NEXT YEAR IT'LL BE TWO YEARS. SO, UH, THAT'S A CONCERN. SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING ALL THAT. COUNCILMAN CISNEROS. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE, OF THIS, UM, BOND AGENDA ITEM. AND, AND, UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE, THE, UM, THE BARK ON FUNDING THE $47 MILLION AND, AND, AND, AND GET ON YOUR RADAR AND EVERYONE'S RADAR. AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO DO MORE HERE. NOT NECESSARILY INCREASING THIS MONEY HERE, BUT INCREASING WHAT THE, WHAT THE OUTCOME CAN BE. AND BY, UM, LEVERAGING, YOU KNOW, OUTSIZED OUTSIDE PARTNERS. I WOULD REALLY LIKE US TO, TO BE WORKING WITH TEXAS A AND M ON THIS. I WOULD LIKE US TO SEE, UM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE, THE DEAN HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN, IN WORKING WITH US TO DO MORE THAN THEY DO NOW TO HAVE EXTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. UM, FUNDING WOULD NOT COME FROM THEM. BUT, UM, BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE BARK FOUNDATION, THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO SEEK PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS THAT COULD, COULD, COULD BUILD MAYBE A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD LET, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, EXTERNS COME, OTHER VETS COME AND TO, AND TO BE PART OF, OF, UM, REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE IN VETERINARY MEDICINE FOR SHELTER MEDICINE. AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VETERINARIANS GOING INTO THAT. THERE'S A HUGE NATIONAL SHORTAGE THAT, THAT WE, UM, AND, AND THE CITY AND OTHER URBAN AREAS COMPETE FIERCELY FOR, FOR VETERINARIANS LIKE THIS. AND HERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND THERE ARE EXAMPLES, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UM, THAT, THAT OF OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THAT. DENVER IS A REALLY GOOD ONE TO LOOK AT HOW THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH UNIVERSITIES. AND I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE. AND SO I, I JUST, I HOPE AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND AS THINGS START TO TAKE SHAPE, THAT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF, OF, UM, OF THE PLANNING THAT BE CONSIDERED. THANK YOU. AND I'M VERY, VERY RECEPTIVE TO WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. OKAY. THIS IS JUST ONE, BUT THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT, LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CONNECTED TO BAR. 'CAUSE IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE MORE THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, BUILDING CAPACITY FOR MORE ANIMALS. I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TO, TO DO THINGS WE'RE NOT DOING NOW AT ALL. GOOD. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT. GO AHEAD. VICE, UH, VICE CHAIRMAN, CAST TATUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I SEE THAT, UM, WILL JONES IS IN THE AUDIENCE. AND AS I LOOK THROUGH THIS, I THINK THIS IS COMPREHENSIVE. UM, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT JUST KIND OF AREN'T HIGH PROFILE ITEMS IN ALL OF THE DISTRICTS, LIKE LIFT STATIONS, PEOPLE DON'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO LIFT STATIONS. BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THEM, THEN THEY'LL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY, THEY REALLY ARE. UM, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON HERE LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL [04:45:02] REMEDIATION. THAT'S IN PUBLIC SAFETY. IT'S IN PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES. IT'S IN GENERAL. GOVERNMENT FACILITIES CAN DO WE KNOW WHAT, WHAT THAT ACTUALLY ENTAILS. IT, IT'S, IT'S IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES AND IT'S THE SAME LINE ITEM OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION. I THINK THEY'RE ALL RELATED TO CAPITAL. TO CAPITAL PROJECTS. RIGHT. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE. OKAY. WILL YOU IN A POSITION TO SPEAK TO THAT? SO YOUR QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO LIKE THE REMEDIATION AND VARIOUS, UH, DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT, IT CAN BE DIFFERENT THINGS FROM SOIL REMEDIATION TO ASBESTOS. UM, IT, IT CAN MEAN BE DIFFERENT THINGS RELATED TO, UH, REMEDIATION. UM, AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE ALREADY, UH, INCLUDED IN THE CIP AND I WOULD HAVE TO GET WITH THE ACTUAL, UH, PROJECT MANAGERS TO GET YOU SPECIFICS. UM, BUT IT, SO THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE 194 MILLION OF UNFUNDED, CORRECT? IT'S, IT'S ALREADY IN THE CIP IT CAN BE ASBESTOS REMEDIATION. IT CAN BE REMEDIATION OUR BUILDINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN KASH. MAYOR, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE, THE, THE, THE CITIZENS THAT ARE WATCHING KNOW THAT, UH, A VOTE FOR, UH, THIS ITEM DOES NOT MEAN THAT I'M VOTING FOR THE BONDS. UH, THAT THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE VOTING FOR YOU TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE FOR THE BONDS. SO WE'RE VOTING FOR THE CITIZENS TO MAKE THE DECISION SO THAT, THAT'S NOT TO BE CONSTRUED THAT I AM FOR THE BONDS, BUT THAT I AM FOR THE RIGHT OF THE CITIZENS TO EITHER VOTE FOR OR AGAINST EACH ONE OF THESE PRO THESE BOND, UH, PROPOSITIONS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS COMPARED TO VOTE IN FAVOR? OPPOSE. RIGHT. OKAY. IS THERE ON THIS ANY, ANYONE WHO VOTED? LEMME DO IT AGAIN. IN FAVOR. OPPOSE A OPPOSED SHALL COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN VOTING? NO. ANYONE ELSE VOTING? NO. I PASSES AS AMENDED. DID YOU SAY? AS PASSED. AS AMENDED. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, NEXT ITEM. OKAY. ITEM 14 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 14. DISCUSSION ON 14. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 14. ITEM 15 AS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 15. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ ON 15. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANNA SAY THAT I GREATLY SUPPORT THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITY FOR HOMELESS PERSONS. AND HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER BEFORE YOU GET, BEFORE YOU GET GOING, YOU CAN HOLD YOUR POINT FOR JUST ONE SECOND. 'CAUSE I WANNA SPEAK TO THIS ITEM FIRST. UH, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM FOR OUR HOMELESS POPULATION. OKAY? AND THIS IS FOR, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND PRIMARILY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS. THIS PROVIDES THEM WITH HOUSING. AND THIS IS A CITY AND COUNTY INITIATIVE. OKAY? UM, COMMISSIONER ELLIS HAS WORKED VERY HELL HARD ON THIS. TENANTS RIGHTS, UH, ELEMENT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS. UM, BUT IF WE WANT TO KEEP OUR ADVANCES GOING AS IT RELATES TO TAKING PEOPLE WHO ARE ON OUR STREETS AND PROVIDING THEM WITH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT. UM, SO I WANTED TO, UM, PUT THAT FORTH. IT'S A COUNTY CITY INITIATIVE. UH, I THINK THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY PASSED THEIR PORTION MM-HMM . AND NOW IT IS UP TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO DO THE SAME. SO IF WE DELAY THIS ITEM AND THERE ARE PEOPLE ON OUR STREETS THAT ARE HOMELESS OR IN YOUR DISTRICTS, UH, PLEASE BEAR THAT IN MIND THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEM OFF THE STREETS AND GET THEM INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ, AND WE NEED TO PASS THIS ITEM TODAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I, I QUITE UNDERSTAND, AND AGAIN, I DO SUPPORT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING [04:50:01] FOR THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY, BUT THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED TO ME. SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAG THIS ITEM, BUT I WILL LIFT THE TAG FOR DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. WELL, FOR DISCUSSION, WHAT CONCERNS HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED TO YOU? I'M SORRY, SIR. WHAT CONCERNS HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED TO YOU? WELL, THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO SPEAK REGARDING THEIR CONCERNS. UH, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL INDULGE US IN THAT. BUT CERTAINLY I HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THIS HOUSING PROJECT, UH, FROM THE ONSET, BUT THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS, UH, THAT I'D LIKE MY COLLEAGUES TO EXPRESS. THANK YOU. AND LET ME HEAR THOMAS JOINS THE TAG FOR DISCUSSION. LET ME, LET ME HEAR THE CONCERNS. I MEAN, WHAT ARE THE CON WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS? 'CAUSE NOBODY HAS COME TO ME WITH ANY CONCERNS. SO WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS? DISCUSSION, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, ARE YOU RELEASING YOUR TAG FOR THIS DISCUSSION? FOR DISCRETION? OH, YES. FOR DISCUSSION? YES, PLEASE. OKAY, THEN FEEL FREE TO TELL ME WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE. COUNCIL PLUMMER, COUNCIL PLUMMER, SENATOR TURNER, IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE PLACES THAT ARE APARTMENTS THAT THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY MANAGES, IT'S PROBABLY SAFER FOR THE PEOPLE TO SLEEP ON THE STREETS. UM, IN JUNE, NHP UM, HAD APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAD NO AIR CONDITION. THEY HAD, UM, RODENTS BABY SLEEPING IN CARS, UM, A CLEAN MANOR AND DISTRICT B AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, UM, JACKSON CAN SPEAK TO THIS MORE DIRECTLY. I'M SORRY, I'M SO HOT RIGHT NOW. UM, THIS WAS A MOU THAT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE. AND THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY DID NOT MANAGE THAT. UM, YES, COMMISSIONER ELLIS, AND I'M SORRY, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT DID VOTE ON THIS, BUT THEY DELAYED THE VOTE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO PUT A TENANTS, UM, AGREEMENT IN PLACE, CONDITION IN PLACE, UH, WHICH IS WONDERFUL, BUT IT LACKS STANDARDIZATION. UM, WE HAVE HEARD REPEATEDLY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM TENANTS IN THIS, IN THIS CITY THAT HAVE NO TYPE OF, UM, SUPPORT, UM, IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THEIR, THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS ARE HABITABLE. AND, UM, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS NEED HOUSING. I GET IT. BUT IF YOU SEE HOW THESE PEOPLE ARE LIVING, HONESTLY, THEY'RE SAFER LIVING ON THE STREET. I'M, I'M FAMILIAR WITH. AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S UNACCEPTABLE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE, THESE ENTITIES THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR HUMAN PEOPLE. FOR HUMAN BEINGS. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. AND WE HAVE FULL GUIDANCE TO DO IT. WE HAVE FULL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO CREATE SOME TYPE OF STANDARDIZED TENANT AGREEMENT, SOME, A LANDLORD AGREEMENT, AND ENFORCE THIS. WE, WE HAVE THAT. THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE THAT GUIDANCE. THE COUNTY HAS PUT FORTH THE TENANT'S RIGHTS AGREEMENT. AND THAT'S WHY WE WAITED BEFORE THIS ITEM WAS EVEN COME. LET ME FINISH, LET ME FINISH. I'M FAMILIAR WITH CLA WITH CLA UH, DEPARTS COMING IN WITH THE NAME OF IT. CLEMY MANOR. COME, MANOR CAN'T HEAR YOU. I'M FAMILIAR WITH CLEMENT MANOR, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT. AND THAT'S WHY THE COUNTY HELD OFF AND WE DIDN'T PROCEED ON THIS. AND THAT'S WHY THEY PUT TOGETHER THE TENANTS PRICE AGREEMENT OVER THERE. AND THEN THE COUNTY HAS VOTED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. SO I'M, I'M FA I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT. OKAY. THIS IS A PROJECT TO BE BUILT. THIS IS NOT ONE THAT'S ALREADY BUILT. THIS IS TO BE BUILT. AND I THINK WE HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT, AS IT, AS IT, ONCE IT IS BUILT, THAT HAS BEEN HANDLED CORRECTLY. BUT TO SAY THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND CONSTRUCT HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY HOMELESS, WHO ARE THE MOST MARGINALIZED AND NEED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS UNACCEPTABLE TO BE. NOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'VE PRETTY MUCH KIND OF COME TO A STANDSTILL RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE HOUSING UNITS. WE DON'T HAVE THE HOUSING UNITS RIGHT NOW. SO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE ARE HOUSING WHO ARE HOMELESS HAS COME TO ALMOST A A STOP. THIS IS ABOUT CONSTRUCTING HOUSING UNITS. SO RECOGNIZING EVERYTHING, COUNCIL MEMBER THAT YOU HAVE SAID, RECOGNIZING EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE SAID, EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE ALERT AND SENSITIVE TO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO EVENTUALLY COME INTO THIS HOUSING UNITS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AT LEAST WHAT, 12 OR 15 MONTHS [04:55:01] AWAY? IT WOULD BE ONE THING IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A HOUSING COMPLEX THAT WAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED AND BUILT AND PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN THERE, BUT WE ARE NOT, ARE NOT. SO TO SAY THAT YOU WOULD PREFER PEOPLE TO BE, TO BE ON THE STREETS RIGHT NOW, RATHER THAN BEING IN A PLACE THAT DOESN'T EXIST RIGHT NOW, IS A NON-SEQUITUR. THEY'RE ON THE STREETS RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE NOT HOUSING UNITS RIGHT NOW TO PUT THEM IN. AND SO YOU ALL ARE GONNA VOTE. NO, , MAY I COMMENT? PLEASE? YOU MAY OBJECT TO EXISTING HOUSING AND THE WAY THEY'RE RUN. I GOT THAT. UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE PUT TOGETHER THE STRIKE FORCE TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE WITH LANDLORDS AND OTHERS WHO ARE CAUSING PEOPLE TO LIVE IN SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS. I GOT THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THIS IS ABOUT CONSTRUCTING NEW HOUSING. SO Y'ALL, Y'ALL DON'T WANNA BILL FOR, FOR THE HOMELESS COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS MAYOR PRO TEM HAD ASKED ME JUST TO BE QUIET ON THIS ITEM. UM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE CLEAR AS CHAIR OF HOUSING, I'M PROBABLY THE DEPARTMENT'S NUMBER ONE FAN. I'LL FIGHT FOR EVERY PROJECT THAT COMES ON THIS A AGENDA AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE VERY BEST. I DON'T PERSONALLY THINK THIS IS ABOUT SAYING NO TO, UM, THE, OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND OUR HOMELESS. I THINK WHAT WE'RE ASKING AND WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO IS CALL DEVELOPERS HIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE ARE TAKEN CARE OF IN NEW OR REVITALIZED PROJECTS. WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT THEY HAVE MASTERED THE PROCESS OF ACCESSING OUR PUBLIC FUNDS, BUT THEY HAVE NOT MASTERED THE PROCESS OF MANAGING THE HUMANS IN THESE UNITS. I CANNOT BE ON RECORD IN FIVE YEARS WHEN PEOPLE LINE UP TO PUBLIC SESSION AND SHOW PHOTOS OF RATS AND ROACHES AND MOU AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN HONORED IN INTEGRITY. AND THEN I LOOK ON THE RECORD AND IT SAYS, THOMAS SAID, YES, I WOULDN'T PUT MY ENEMY IN THOSE UNITS. SO FOR ME, IT'S A NO FOR ME, THIS IS NOT THOSE A HUNDRED, ONE 50, THOSE 150 UNITS. I BELIEVE THAT HOUSTON HAS BEEN OPEN FOR BUSINESS. WE'RE A DEVELOPER CITY. WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME AND BUILD. WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME DO THIS WORK. BUT WE DO HAVE DEVELOPERS THAT DEVELOP AND DESIGN HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS AND VALUE HUMANS IN THOSE UNITS AS WELL. THAT'S FOR ME. THAT'S, THAT'S FOR ME. I THINK, UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPERS THAT COULD DO THIS JOB, THAT COULD DO THIS WORK. UM, SO I, SORRY, MAY MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, I BROKE THAT PROMISE, BUT, UM, WE GET TO CALL PEOPLE HIGHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE GETTING PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS. WELL, LEMME JUST SAY THIS COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW PROJECTS THAT GLO HAS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT FOR US TO PROCEED WITH. OKAY, LET'S, NOW THAT'S BEYOND, LET'S BE CLEAR, MAYOR, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. LEMME JUST SAY THIS NOW. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW PROJECTS THAT GLO HAS GIVEN US THE GREEN LIGHT TO SPEND MONEY ON FOR HOUSING. YOU DON'T SPEND IT, YOU, IT'S GONE. THERE WON'T BE ANY HOUSING BUILT. 'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE DOLLARS FOR THEM. THAT'S RIGHT. SO YOU'LL RATHER SAY TO THE HOMELESS, NO, INSTEAD OF BUILDING AND IF YOU WANNA PUT BELT AND SUSPENDERS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU CAN PUT BELT AND SUSPENDERS ON STANDARDS. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS HERE, AND I THINK IT'S VERY CAREFUL FOR US NOT TO PUT EVERYTHING IN THE SAME BASKET. OKAY. SO ARE THERE PEOPLE LIVING IN SUBSTANDARD HOUSING IN OUR CITY? YES. DO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT? YES. ARE WE SEEKING TO ADDRESS THAT? YES. DO WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS IN OUR CITY AND THEY NEED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING? YES. DO WE NEED TO CONSTRUCT THEM? YES. NOW, IF THIS WAS A SITUATION WHERE YOU COULD TAKE THESE DOLLARS AND GIVE TO ANOTHER DEVELOPER TO BUILD THESE HOUSING UNITS, THAT WOULD BE ONE THING. IF YOU DON'T SPEND THESE DOLLARS, YOU LOSE THEM. NOBODY BILLS. NOBODY BILLS. [05:00:03] IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD PREFER? THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOSE THE DOLLARS AND NOTHING GETS BUILT? IS THAT, IS THAT A BETTER ALTERNATIVE? THAT'S ONE HECK OF A CHOICE. COUNCILMAN POLLICK. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS MAKING VALID ARGUMENTS AND YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE MERIT ON, ON BOTH SIDES OF, OF, OF THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC. MY MY ISSUE IS, IF YOU HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT HAS SHOWN TO PUT FORTH A PROJECT THAT HAS NOW BEEN SEEN TO LEAVE RESIDENTS AND HUMANS IN SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS, WHY ARE WE EVEN CONSIDERING ALLOWING THEM TO DO MORE IF THEY HAVE PROVEN IN THE PAST THAT THEY HAVE NOT LIVED UP TO CERTAIN STANDARDS? THE QUESTIONS IN MY MIND ARE, WHY DID THEY EVEN GET APPROVED IN THE FIRST PLACE? WHAT PRECEDENTS ARE WE, ARE WE SETTING BY CONTINUING TO GO DOWN THE SAME PATH? WHAT MEASURES ARE WE TRULY PUTTING IN PLACE BEYOND LIKE AN MOU OR SOMETHING, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, EVEN MORE ENFORCEABLE TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE LIVING IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS, UH, NEVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN. AND SO WHEN I HEAR FROM THE HOUSING CHAIR THAT SHE'S JUST NOT CONFIDENT WITH THIS PARTICULAR ENTITY BECAUSE OF PAST ACTIONS, IT GIVES ME PAUSE. UM, BUT I DO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BASED ON THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN APPROVED PROJECT, BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S AN APPROVED PROJECT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S GONNA GET THE OUTCOME THAT WE WANT AS WELL. AND I THINK THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE HORSESHOE ARE JUST THE DUE DILIGENCE AND GOING THROUGH EACH STEP TO SAY, IS THIS GOING TO BE IN THE BEST BENEFIT OF THE CITY OR NOT? AND I THINK THERE'S, LIKE I SAID, ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE, BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT WE SHOULD BE DECIDING IS, DO WE FEEL THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL LIVE AT THIS PROPERTY WILL BE LIVING IN A PLACE THAT REPRESENTS THE BEST OF HOUSTON? AND IF THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER HAS NOT SHOWN US ANYTHING TO GIVE US THAT CONFIDENCE, THEN WHAT GIVES US THE CONFIDENCE TO THINK THEY WILL DO IT GOING FORWARD? AND I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GETTING SO MUCH PASSION AND, AND, AND, UM, INSIGHT FROM THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS ON, DO WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER WILL BE PUTTING FORTH A PROJECT THAT WE CAN ALL STAND BEHIND? AND I'M LEARNING MORE AS IT GOES ALONG, BUT BASED ON WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING AND PHOTOS THAT I'VE BEEN SEEING, I'M NOT CONFIDENT. THANK YOU. IF YOU WANT TO PUT BELT AND SUSPENDERS ON HOW PEOPLE, ON WHAT APARTMENT OWNERS ARE, UH, SHOULD BE DOING AS RELATES TO THIS ITEM, FINE. THEN YOU DO IT. IT'S NOT BUILT, IT'S NOT CONSTRUCTED YET. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY TO YOU, COUNCILMAN POLLARD AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW PROJECTS THAT GLO HAS APPROVED. THE CITY IS PUTTING IN $18 MILLION THE COUNTY HAS IS PUTTING IN AND VOTED TO PUT IN $10 MILLION. IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD, WE LOSE IT. WE LOSE IT. AND SO ARE YOU ALL TELLING ME THAT ON A PROJECT, THE JUDGE HAS YET TO BE EVEN STARTED GUARD THAT OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO THAT WE CAN'T PUT IN SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT THE TENANTS WHO WILL BE MOVING IN THIS PROJECT? OR YOU WOULD RATHER SIMPLY GIVE A TEAM MILLION DOLLARS BACK AND SAY, NO, THANK YOU. THAT'S YOUR CHOICE. LET ME, CAN I RESPOND TO YOU REALLY QUICKLY? SO WITH THE PROJECTS, THE PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY OVERSEEING AND MANAGING, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE THAT IF THEY ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT THEY'RE, WE'RE PUTTING IN SAFEGUARDS FOR THOSE PROPERTIES, NOT JUST THE PROPERTIES IN THE FUTURE, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE EXISTING PROPERTIES? IF YOU WANT THIS NEW PROPERTY, [05:05:01] WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE EXISTING PROPERTIES ARE LIVING IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS HEALTHY AND THRIVING? BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE LEVERAGE NOW IN DECIDING IF WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO USE THAT LEVERAGE TO SAY, NOT JUST THIS PROPERTY, BUT ALL PROPERTIES THAT YOU'VE DEVELOPED AND MANAGED NEED TO BE UP TO STANDARD. AND IF YOU WANT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, LET'S PUT IN SOME SAFEGUARDS, BELTS AND SUSPENDERS FOR THE EXISTING PROPERTIES AS WELL. WELL, THERE'S A NEW MANAGEMENT COMPANY AT THAT OLD PROPERTY. WE HAVE A STRIKEFORCE TEAM THAT'S IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. BUT YOU SEEK, YOU SEEK THE PERFECT AND IGNORE THE GOOD, YOU END UP WITH NOTHING AND THE HOMELESS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO REMAIN ON THE STREET. OKAY, I HEAR ALL OF THAT. I GOT 18 MILLION. THE CITY HAS $18 MILLION. IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY GLO TO MOVE FORWARD. AND YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL DOCTORS ARE, ARE INCLINED TO SAY NO. SO YOU DON'T SPEND 18 MILLION, YOU DON'T BUILD ONE HOUSING UNIT. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS REMAIN HOMELESS TO MAKE A POINT, NOT TO MAKE A POINT. WELL, NO, I MEAN, LET ME FINISH AND THEN Y'ALL LET ME FINISH AND THEN I'LL BE DONE. Y'ALL BE Y'ALL CAN MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. LEMME JUST SAY THIS. THERE IS NEW MANAGEMENT OVER THERE. WE'VE PUT TOGETHER THE FIRST RIGHT TEAM. YES. WE NEED TO BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO IMPROVE THE, THE, THE, THE STANDARDS OF LIVING OVER THERE. I GOT THAT. WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE THERE. WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. BUT TO MAKE A POINT TO THAT GROUP BY SAYING NO TO A NEW CONSTRUCTION WHERE THERE ARE LIMITED DOLLARS ALREADY AND THE COUNCIL, SOME MEMBERS ARE INCLINED TO JUST LEAVE IT ON THE TABLE TO MAKE A POINT THAT I CANNOT SUPPORT. SO THE COUNTY MOVES FORWARD AND THE CITY OVER HERE, I'M THINKING ABOUT KILLING IT. . OKAY, I'M DONE. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD THAT I DO SUPPORT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. UM, HOWEVER, I DO NOT SUPPORT THE DEVELOPER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, I AM THE ONE WHO FACILITATED THE MOU WITH THIS DEVELOPER BACK IN 2014, DURING THE DISASTER RECOVERY ROUND $2 THAT CAME IN. AND SO THEY DID, THEY ACTUALLY, UM, I FACILITATED THE MOU WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, COMMUNITY. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT. IT TURNED OUT TO BE JUST A COMMUNITY, UM, AGREEMENT ABOUT FLOODING THE, THE PLUMBING, UM, TENANTS, RIGHT? THEY ACTUALLY, UM, IN, UM, FORMED A TENANTS RIGHT GROUP THAT ACTUALLY GOT, UM, UM, BASICALLY THEY WAS NOT ALLOWED TO, UM, SHARE THEIR CONCERNS WITH THE, UM, DEVELOPER. AND SO, UM, THE FACT THAT THIS DEVELOPER AGREED TO DO CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY DID NOT DO IN MY DISTRICT IN, UM, UM, CLE MANNER, I JUST CANNOT SUPPORT THIS. I CANNOT SUPPORT THE DEVELOPER AT ALL BECAUSE HE MADE A COMMITMENT AND DID NOT FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT COMMITMENT. AND SO I DID SHARE THE MOU WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES. UM, AND SO I JUST HAVE TO STAND WITH THE TENANTS AND THE RESIDENTS, UM, THROUGHOUT DISTRICT B AND, UM, FIFTH WARD, BECAUSE THEY WERE PART OF, UM, CRAFTING SPENDING ABOUT APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS CRAFTING THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT. SO, UM, I DO, BUT I DO SUPPORT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, BUT NOT JUST NOW WITH THIS DEVELOPER, VICE MAYOR. CANT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I THINK THIS, THIS CONVERSATION IS EXTREMELY HEALTHY BECAUSE, UM, FOR MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIVING IN SUB SUBSTANDARD HOUSING. AND, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT HAS COME FORTH, UH, WITH, UH, CLEMMY MANOR, WE SIT IN THESE CHAIRS AND PEOPLE COME WITH POSTERS AND PICTURES OF THE REALLY BAD CONDITIONS THAT THEY LIVE IN. AND WE ARE IN A POSITION NOW TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT ANOTHER DEVELOPER. AND IT IS PRUDENT UPON US TO, UM, LOOK AT, I MEAN, WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT PEOPLE WILL DO IN THE FUTURE. A LOT OF TIMES WHAT, WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST. AND IF I HAD AN AGREEMENT AND I DIDN'T KEEP UP MY END OF THE BARGAIN, I WOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO GAIN THAT TRUST AGAIN. AND WE, I, I WANT TO JOIN THE TAG BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE TO GAIN THAT TRUST AGAIN. UM, HOW CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE TO GAIN THAT TRUST? AGAIN, CLEMMY MANOR IS NOT A HOMELESS, UH, FACILITY. IT IS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND THEY'RE VULNERABLE AND THEY [05:10:01] HAVE TO FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO BE HEARD. AND THEIR LAST RESORT WAS COMING HERE WITH PHOTOS AND PICTURES AND TRYING TO REACH SOMEBODY THAT WOULD LISTEN BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE MANAGING. UM, WERE NOT LISTENING. GRANTED, THERE'S NEW MANAGEMENT, BUT THOSE ISSUES ARE NOT NEW TO US. THEY ARE NOT NEW TO THOSE TENANTS. UM, AND SO NOW THIS SAME DEVELOPER WILL BUILD SOMETHING FOR THE HOMELESS. SO IMAGINE THE TROUBLE THAT A HOMELESS PERSON WOULD HAVE TO NAVIGATE TENANT RIGHTS IF THEY'VE BEEN LIVING ON THE STREETS. AND SO FOR ME, I WANT TO JOIN THE TAG BECAUSE I NEED TO, I THINK PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES, THINGS GO WRONG, AND THAT YOU CAN COME BACK FROM ALMOST ANYTHING. HOWEVER, IT IS PRUDENT UPON US TO KNOW FROM THE DEVELOPERS SEEKING PUBLIC DOLLARS. UM, WHAT WILL YOU DO TO GAIN THIS TRUST? BECAUSE WE ARE PLACING OUR MOST VALUE, OUR, OUR MOST VULNERABLE HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY LIVING ON OUR STREETS, THAT WE ALL CARE ABOUT. WE CARE ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE CARE ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE STREETS. SO WHAT IS THIS DEVELOPER GOING TO DO TO BUILD THAT TRUST AGAIN SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A GOOD DECISION? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN MAKE A GOOD DECISION BECAUSE THERE'S VALID POINTS ON BOTH SIDES. I SUPPORT, UH, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. WE DEFINITELY NEED PLACES FOR OUR HOMELESS PEOPLE TO LIVE. BUT ARE WE PUTTING THOSE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN A FACILITY WHERE WE CAN DEPEND THAT THEY WON'T HAVE TO FIGHT AGAIN FOR THEIR LIVES ONCE WE PUT THEM IN A FACILITY? UM, I, I, I HEAR THAT GLO HAS GIVEN US THE GREEN LIGHT MAYOR, WE, WE HAVE A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH GLO. SO I, I MEAN THAT, THAT'S TOUGH. IT, IT PUTS US IN A VERY PECULIAR SITUATION AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TAKE THIS VOTE TODAY. AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON HOW THE DEVELOPER'S GOING TO GAIN OUR TRUST TO EVEN BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE PUBLIC DOLLARS TO MOVE FORWARD. AND COUNCILMAN KOSH MAYOR, UH, THE, THE, THE, UH, ACRONYM MOU HAS BEEN THROWN AROUND A LOT. FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND IT'S NON-BINDING. AND THAT THEREIN LIES THE PROBLEM. UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NON-BINDING AGREEMENTS. AND SO, UM, PERHAPS THE WEAK DELAY WILL ALLOW THE, UH, SOME COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE, UH, THE, THE, THE PERSPECTIVE, UH, BUILDERS AND PARTNERS IN THIS MATTER TO, TO MEET WITH COUNCIL. AND, UH, BUT MAYOR, I'M, I'M, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU. I'M, I'M FROM MOVING FORWARD, UH, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA LOSE THE MONEY AND, AND THERE ARE NEW FACILITIES, UH, IT'LL BE A, IT, IT, I THINK WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE WAS OLDER FACILITIES THAT HAD NOT BEEN KEPT UP. AND SO, AND I REALIZED THAT IN, IN 10, 15 YEARS, EVERYTHING RUNS DOWN. SO E EVEN EVEN OUR BODIES. SO ANYWAY, UM, I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF IT, BUT I, I THINK MAYBE A WEEK WILL HELP US TO, UH, IRON SOME OF THIS OUT. COUNCIL MEMBER CI MAYOR, WOULD YOU CLARIFY, PLEASE, THE IMPACT ON THE TIMING OF THIS WITH A A ONE WEEK DELAY? I MEAN, DO WE LOSE THE MONEY THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF THIS, OR NO, YOU WILL NOT LOSE IT THIS WEEK, BUT IF YOU DO NOT MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT, YOU WILL LOSE 18.4 MILLION. YEAH, WE, THE ONE WEEK DELAY IS NOT GOING TO HURT US, BUT IF WE DO NOT MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT, WE WILL LOSE $18.4 MILLION. COUNCILMAN POLLARD, UM, THE PUSH FORWARD WITH THE TIMELINE, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF TIMELINE DO WE HAVE? I KNOW THAT A ONE WEEK DELAY IS NOT GONNA IMPACT ANYTHING, BUT WHAT TIMELINE DO WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT WE CAN PUT SOMETHING OR PROPOSE SOMETHING MORE ENFORCEABLE FOR THE EXISTING PROPERTIES WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THEY RECTIFY THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE RECTIFIED NOW SO THAT WE DO HAVE CONFIDENCE MOVING FORWARD THAT THEY WILL ENSURE THAT THE TENANTS THAT LIVE, LIVE AT THE NEXT PROPERTY ARE NOT LIVING IN SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS? BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THE LEVERAGE. AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THAT, BUT I HEAR THAT I, I I, I, I FULLY BELIEVE THAT AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE THE LEVERAGE. 'CAUSE WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA VOTE YES OR NO ON THIS. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING AND I DON'T HAVE THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVE YOURSELF IN THE PAST, WELL PROVE YOURSELF BY DOING X, Y, Z NOW. AND IF I, IF WE KNEW THE TIMELINE ON HOW MUCH TIME WE HAD TO COME TO SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT THAT'S MORE THAN AN MOU FOR THE EXISTING, UH, PROPERTY, THEN [05:15:01] WE CAN USE THAT LEVERAGE TO ENSURE THAT PROPERTY GETS TAKEN CARE OF. AND WE HAVE, UM, AND WE, AND WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT GOING FORWARD FOR THE, FOR THE NEW PROPERTY. WELL, IF SOME OF YOU ALL HAD COME AND TALK TO ME, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN HELPFUL. IF SOME OF YOU ALL HAD COME AND TALKED TO ME, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IF YOU HAD VOICED YOUR, IF YOU HAD VOICE ON COUNCILMAN JACKSON. I KNOW YOU ALREADY TOLD ME WHERE YOU WERE GONNA STAND, SO, UH, BUT IF THE REST OF YOU HAD COME AND TALKED TO ME, UH, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN HELPFUL. UH, BUT THERE IS NO ORDINANCE BEFORE US AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SO I TELL YOU WHAT, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD ON, UH, WHY DON'T WE JUST GO AHEAD ON AND TAG THIS ITEM, UM, AND THEN WE CAN, UH, DEAL WITH IT LATER. COUNCIL MEMBER PLUM, I'M SURE YOU'RE STILL IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER. AND I, I HAVE TO DISAGREE. I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CREATING SOME TYPE OF ORDINANCE FOR DEFINITELY OVER A YEAR. UM, AN AIR IS ONE OF THEM. THAT WAS A SUGGESTION. SO I, I COMPLETELY DISAGREE THAT WE HAVE NOT EXPRESSED OUR CONCERNS. UM, BUT ONCE AGAIN, UM, WE'RE BEING REACTIVE. WE'RE GONNA GIVE THE MONEY TO A COMPANY THAT CLEARLY IS NOT CAPABLE OF MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE IN OUR CITY LIVE INHABITABLE WAY. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PUT THE RULES AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES AFTER WE ALREADY GIVE THEM THE MONEY. ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE BEING REACTIVE. AND I, I THINK THAT'S NOT A VERY GREAT, A VERY GOOD DECISION. AND I WANNA GO ON RECORD SAYING THAT I DO SUPPORT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. UM, AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH VICE MAYOR PRO TEM. THE HOMELESS POPULATION IS OUR MOST VULNERABLE. AND, UM, AND, AND WE HAVE TO, WE'VE GOTTA STAND TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACCOUNTABLE. BUT WE HAVE TO PUT AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE. WE HAVE FULLY AUTHORITY TO DO COUNCIL. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE, YOU CAN VOTE NO ON THIS ITEM AND I'LL RESPECT THAT. YOU CAN VOTE NO, AND THAT IS YOUR CHOICE AND I'LL RESPECT THAT. AND I RESPECT ANYBODY WHO VOTES. NO. SO, UM, BUT PLEASE DON'T TRY TO SHOES STRAPP ME, BUT YOU CAN VOTE NO. ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER GGO. AND THEN, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR SHABA AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THOMAS ARE TAGGING THE ITEM. COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST GIVEN THAT IT IS BEING TAGGED AND GIVEN OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR ALSO FROM THE BUSINESSES INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, THEIR SIDE OF IT AND WHAT THEIR COMMITMENT IS. UH, SO I, I DO HOPE THAT WE WILL GET THAT OPPORTUNITY. UH, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL, AGAIN, FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT TO UNDERSTAND. 'CAUSE I HEARD YOU SAY IT'S ALREADY CLEARED COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND I BELIEVE UNDER COMMISSIONER ELLIS WHO HAS A VERY HIGH STANDARD, UH, FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS IN HIS AREA. SO IT'D BE HELPFUL TO KNOW, UM, SOME OF THAT CONTEXT IN THE COMING WEEKS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISION GIVEN IT WILL BE TAGGED. THAT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL FOR US. AGAIN, IF IT'S ALREADY PAST COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW TO KNOW WHY. ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN GGO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SINCE THIS IS GONNA BE DELAYED FOR A WEEK, IS THERE A WAY TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS IN, IN, IN REGARDS TO, UH, STATING THAT, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY THEY HAVE TO COME AND REPORT EVERY SIX MONTHS TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IN REGARDS TO THE PROGRESS OF THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING BUILT. ALSO, AGREEING THAT THEY WILL ALLOW THE TASK FORCE TO GO INTO THEIR CURRENT PROPERTIES, UH, AND WORK WITH THE TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR CURRENT PROPERTIES. AND THEN ALSO AGREE TO HAVE A COMMITTEE ONCE THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT IS UP AND RUNNING A COMMITTEE OF TENANTS, SO THAT WAY THEY CAN EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS THAT THEY MAY HAVE IN THE NEW FACILITY, UM, TO, TO JUST DELAY IT FOR A WEEK AND THEN COME BACK NEXT WEEK AND VOTE NO. UH, AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA LOSE THIS MONEY. UH, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UH, I AGREE WITH YOU MAYOR. THERE, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE AND I'M NOT COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT NO, YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD. UH, SO I'M, I'M CONCERNED WITH THAT MYSELF. BUT I THINK, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD'S, UH, UH, STATEMENTS THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF GETTING THE ATTENTION OF THE DEVELOPER AND, AND, AND, AND STATING, OKAY, ARE YOU GONNA BECOME, WE NEED YOU TO COME EVERY SIX MONTHS TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT. UH, WE NEED YOU TO AGREE THAT YOU'RE GONNA ALLOW THE TASK FORCE TO GO TO YOUR CURRENT, UH, FACILITIES, UH, AND WORK WITH THEM TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE AND, AND ALSO HOPEFULLY IN A COMMITTEE OF TENANTS AND THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, SO THAT WAY THEY CAN ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS AT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. 'CAUSE I, AGAIN, HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK WHEN IT COMES BACK, IT'S JUST NOT VOTED. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE COUNTS AS THE MAJORITY VOTES KNOW, AND WE DO NOT GET, UH, HOUSING FOR HOMELESS THAT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED. THANKS. THANK YOU. OKAY, [05:20:01] THIS ITEM IS BEEN TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS PLUM AND COUNCIL MEMBER PLUM AND 16 COUNCIL. OKAY, NEXT ITEM, ITEM 21 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 21, DISCUSSION ON 21. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED. ITEM 23 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 23. COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN ON 23. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THIS ITEM JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S REFERENCE, UH, IS THE AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE, UH, CAMERAS. IT'S A SPECIFIC CONTRACT FOR THE DISTRICT, FUNDING FOR IT, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC. UH, THIS WAS PRESENTED AT THE MARCH 31ST PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE. IT WAS ALSO PRESENTED AT A JOINT COMMITTEE WITH TTI LAST WEEK. UM, I DO WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT, UH, WITH THE SYSTEM HPD HAS PUT IN PLACE, UH, ALL OF THE BEST PRACTICES, AT LEAST THAT I HAVE READ ON, UM, IN TERMS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS, UH, HPD OFFICERS UNDERGO TRAINING. ANY SEARCH, UM, OF OFF BY OFFICERS IN THE LPR SYSTEM MUST HAVE A LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCEMENT REASON STATED WITH THE QUERY, UM, EVERY ACTION TAKEN IS LOGGED. THERE AGAIN, ARE MULTIPLE REDUNDANCIES WITH THIS. AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE BENEFITS OF THIS, UM, ARE CLEAR, UH, FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT AND AN INVESTIGATIVE PERSPECTIVE. UH, I DO WANNA ALSO NOTE THAT, UH, JUST BECAUSE FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY SEE, UH, SOME DISTRICTS NOT ON THIS CONTRACT, DOESN'T MEAN THAT THOSE CAMERAS ARE NOT BEING USED IN THOSE DISTRICTS, IN THOSE AREAS. THERE ARE OTHER PARTNERSHIPS TAKING PLACE. SO I AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO SPOTLIGHT THIS ITEM, MAYOR, AS IN ONE OF THE MANY COMPONENTS OF, UH, ONE SAFE HOUSTON AND THE INITIATIVE AND THE WAY IN WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PARTNERING WITH YOU ON THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER P MAYOR. I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM. UM, THESE LICENSE PLATE READERS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR SINCE I WORKED FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SIG, AND I KNOW AT THE TIME THERE WASN'T CAPACITY FOR HPD TO TAKE ON THIS TECHNOLOGY, SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING FOR THAT CAPACITY TO BE MADE THAT WE CAN NOW DO THIS. AND SO DISTRICT A IS PURCHASING 50 OF THE CAMERAS. WE'RE PUTTING IT ALL THROUGHOUT OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT AND PROBABLY WILL BE ADDING MORE ONCE WE SEE HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS IS, WHICH I'M SURE IT WILL BE. UM, BUT I'VE BEEN TELLING NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT THIS WHEN I'VE TALKED AT CIVIC CLUB MEETINGS AND THEY ACTUALLY EVEN WANT IT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY. I WENT TO THE NORTH DIVISION'S PIT MEETING LAST NIGHT, AND CHIEF MARTIN WAS THE SPEAKER HE WAS TALKING ABOUT SHOT SPOTTER, AND HE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS WELL. AND HE SAID THAT UNTIL WE CAN GET AS MANY OFFICERS AS WE NEED, WE NEED THIS TECHNOLOGY. AND THIS IS THE GAME CHANGER REALLY, FOR HPD IS ALL OF THIS TECHNOLOGY. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY GREAT. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN P*****K. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M DEFINITELY EXCITED TO SEE THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY. UM, BEEN PUSHING FOR THESE LICENSE PLATE READERS FOR, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. UM, WHEN CHIEF FINNER FIRST CAME INTO OFFICE, MANY OF US MET WITH HIM AND HE SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THAT TECHNOLOGY WAS, WAS NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT HIS DEPARTMENT COULD BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE. AND, UH, WHEN YOU BROUGHT FORTH YOUR ONE SAFE HOUSTON, UM, PROGRAM, THIS WAS AN ASPECT THAT WE HAD SPOKE ABOUT. UM, SO TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, WE MUST USE TECHNOLOGY TO BE EFFICIENT. AND WE CAN'T HAVE AN OFFICER ON EVERY SINGLE CORNER, BUT WE CAN WORK TO HAVE TECHNOLOGY BRING US MORE SURVEILLANCE ON AS MANY CORNERS AS POSSIBLE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN DISTRICT J THROUGH OUR MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN PUTTING UP THE LICENSE PLATE READERS. I THINK ON THE FIRST DAY THAT WE INSTALLED LICENSE PLATE READERS, HPD WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY SEVERAL STOLEN VEHICLES, UM, AND BE ABLE TO DO AN INVESTIGATION INTO THOSE VEHICLES. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE HIGH CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS ALL OVER THE CITY, WE NEED AS MUCH SURVEILLANCE AS POSSIBLE TO AID HPD IN THEIR INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL AS, UH, TO DETER CRIME FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO CHIEF FINNER AND ASSISTANT CHIEF MARTIN, AS WELL AS A BIG SHOUT OUT TO SAR SERGEANT DORTON FOR WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE EXTREMELY CLOSELY AND CHIEF HUNTER, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE SOFTWARE REGARDING BEST PRACTICES AND DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT [05:25:01] THIS WAS THE RIGHT MOVE, UH, FOR A CITYWIDE UH, APPROACH. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT ON THE WEST SIDE, THERE'S A HUGE COMMITMENT FROM, UH, DISTRICTS HFA AND JAY THAT JUST ON THIS ITEM ALONE, WE'LL BE GETTING 180 LICENSE PLATE READERS. AND IF YOU ADD THOSE WITH SOME OF THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OR SEVERAL HUNDRED LICENSE PLATE READERS. SO FOR ALL THOSE CRIMINALS THAT ARE OUT THERE, KNOW THAT THE EYES WILL BE ON YOU. THESE LICENSE PLATE READERS DO NOT STREAM OR HAVE LIVE RECORDING, BUT THEY'LL TAKE A STILL PHOTO OF EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE THAT GOES THROUGH THAT STREET OR INTERSECTION. AND IF THAT CAR HAS DEEMED TO BE INVOLVED IN A CRIME BASED ON THE LICENSE PLATE OR THE MAKE AND MODEL, IT WILL GET ALERTED OVER TO HPD AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY START AN INVESTIGATION. SO, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THESE IN OUR AREA, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST SIDE. AND I, I APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR OFFICE MAYOR, UH, FOR REALLY LOOKING INTO IT AND BRINGING IT FORWARD. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN KOSH. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY A QUESTION CONCERNING THIS, UH, ATTORNEY MICHELLE. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A CHARTER AMENDMENT PASSED IN IN 2010 CONCERNING THE, UH, PROHIBITION OF PHOTO ENFORCEMENT, OF TRAFFIC. WOULD THIS, WOULD THIS FALL UNDER THAT, SINCE IT'S NOT, UH, ENFORCING TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS? UH, UH, WOULD IT BE EXCLUDED FROM THAT, UH, CHARTER AMENDMENT? I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE EXCLUDED. THAT CHARTER AMENDMENT WAS VERY SPECIFIC TO THE SYSTEM IN PLACE THEN. OKAY. SO, SO IT, UH, UH, AND, AND WHO, WHO WILL BE, UH, FOR, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THERE'S ALSO PRIVATE COMPANIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, NOT, MAYBE NOT IN HOUSTON, THAT ARE SETTING UP THESE TYPE OF SCANNERS IN AREAS WHERE THEY CAN MONITOR, UH, FOR MARKETING PURPOSES, WHERE PEOPLE TRAVEL, WHERE THEY GO, WHERE THEY ENTER INTO BUSINESSES. AND, UH, IS, IS THIS, IS, IS THIS ONLY FOR, UH, HP D'S USE AND NO OTHERS? UH, THAT'S CORRECT. THE, THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE LIMITED LIMITS THE COLLECTION OF DATA TO, UM, TO HPD AND FOR LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. DOES IT ACTUALLY TAKE A PHOTO OR IS IT MAGNETIC RESONANCE WHERE, WHERE IT READS THE PLATE BUT YOU DON'T SEE THE PLATE? UH, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THE, THE VALUE OF THE LICENSE PLATE READERS REALLY COMES IN THAT CREATING THIS NETWORK, UM, AND A SYSTEM THAT CAPTURES DATA THAT CAN, UM, UH, HELP DETERMINE WHERE AND, AND HOW CRIME IN ACTION IS MOVING ACROSS OUR CITY. SO HAVING DIFFERENT DATA POINTS ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND, UM, WHICH IS WHY I'VE JUMPED INTO, TO, UM, TO, TO, UM, PUT FUNDING TOWARDS THIS TOO. 'CAUSE H WE HAVE, UM, I 45 NORTH, WE HAVE I 10, UM, GOING EAST AND WEST, AND WE HAVE I 69. AND WHEN, WHEN I MET WITH HPD, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT THEY, THEY REALLY PRIMARILY TARGETED. SO I HOPE THAT THAT, THAT THIS WILL BE PART OF, UM, THE, THE MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL VICE MAYOR KACK TATUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAD A QUESTION. UM, I KNOW WHEN WE HAD THE, UM, PRESENTATION, I THINK THE QUANTITY FOR THE PROPOSED CAMERA SCHEDULE WAS ABOUT THREE 18, BUT IN MY NOTES I HAD THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE ABOUT 800 CAMERAS IN HOUSTON. IS THAT THE CAMERAS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE IN ADDITION TO THE THREE 18? 'CAUSE I, I, I, I SEE THAT, UM, PUBLIC WORKS IS GETTING 72, ARA IS DOING 25 HPD 17 PLUS WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DOING. BUT I HAD THAT WE'LL HAVE 800 THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. DO WE KNOW, DO YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER? CAN WE ASK COUNCIL MEMBER COMING CAMERAS IN ADDITION TO THE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FLOCK CAMERAS THAT WILL NOW BE IN PLACE BASED ON WHAT WE'RE PURCHASING, WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. I, UNLESS COUNCILMAN, UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TE I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT ANSWER. I DO KNOW THAT PART OF THAT NUMBER COULD ALSO INCLUDE OUR OTHER JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ADDITION TO MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, UM, WESTVIEW HAS CAMERA UP, CAMERAS UP. SPRING VALLEY HAS CAMERAS UP AND THAT INFORMATION, THAT DATA IS SHARED. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT CALCULATION, BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT'S A MUCH HIGHER NUMBER THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE. BUT MAYOR, I, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE HELPFUL TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT. AND I KNOW CHIEF MARTIN HAS BEEN ALL OVER THIS. NICE. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST IN RESPONSE, UM, COUNCILOR KOSH TO SOME OF YOUR [05:30:01] QUESTIONS. UM, I DID WANNA CLARIFY THE, UM, LPR HOT LIST ALERTS THEMSELVES WHEN THEY GO TO HPD ARE NOT THEMSELVES REASONABLE SUSPICION FOR A TRAFFIC STOP OR EVEN PROBABLE CAUSE FOR AN ARREST. OFFICERS STILL HAVE TO VERIFY THE NCIC HITS PRIOR TO STOPPING A VEHICLE. THERE HAS TO BE ALSO A JUSTIFIED REASON FOR ANY FLAGGING OF A SUSPECT VEHICLE. AND THAT INFORMATION ITSELF IS ALSO LOGGED AND AUDITED FOR INTERNAL TRACKING AND ACCOUNTABILITY. SO AGAIN, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOL, BUT THE, UH, REDUNDANCIES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THIS IS USED FOR, AS, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED A LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSE HAS BEEN DONE. SO, AND AGAIN, UH, MAYOR, I NEGLECTED TO THANK CHIEF MARTIN, WHO HAS REALLY, UH, SPEARHEADED THIS EFFORT, UH, FOR ALL THE WORK HE HAS DONE ON IT. AS COUNCIL MEMBER PECK SAID, HE GAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION, UH, TO ONE OF THE AREAS, ONE OF THE PIT MEETINGS LAST NIGHT, AND I HEAR HE IS GOING AROUND TOWN IN RESIDENCE. IT'S BEING VERY WELL RECEIVED. BUT AGAIN, I WANNA EMPHASIZE WE'RE USING THIS AS A EFFECTIVE TOOL AND THE PRECAUTIONS ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEING USED THE RIGHT WAY. COUNCILMAN P*****K AND JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS FLOCK SOFTWARE, UM, IS A NATIONAL, IS A NATIONAL SOFTWARE NATIONAL DATABASE, SO IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE FOR LOCAL, UH, CRIMES AND LICENSE PLATES. UM, BUT IF THERE WAS A LICENSE PLATE FROM A DIFFERENT STATE, BUT IT STILL WAS REPORTED TO BE INVOLVED IN A CRIME, UM, THIS SOFTWARE WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, PICK UP ON THAT AS WELL. SO, UH, I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A GAME CHANGER FOR US. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO TO OUR HOAS AND CIVIC CLUBS, THEY'RE ASKING, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY? AND THIS IS ANOTHER WAY IN WHICH WE CAN SHOW THAT WE'RE BEING CREATIVE AND THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE RESULTS. OFFICER MEMBER KAMAN. SORRY, MAYOR. AND ALSO ONE YOU, 'CAUSE YOU JUST SAID IT ON THE, THE DATABASE. I APOLOGIZE. I KNOW I'M GOING ON AND ON. BUT THE DATA CAN ONLY BE MAINTAINED FOR 30 DAYS BY FLOCK, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL. THIS ISN'T JUST BUILDING SOME MASSIVE DATABASE. IT'S 30 DAYS AND THEN ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS REMOVED. OKAY. PREPARED TO VOTE IN FAVOR, OPPOSED? GRANTED. NEXT ITEM, ITEM 25 IS AN ORDINANCE. YOU NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 25. DISCUSSION ON 25. COUNCIL MEMBER KOSH. MAYOR, I, I HAD CONSIDERED TAGGING THIS MATTER, BUT I SPOKE TO, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FOR, UH, THIS, UH, ENTITY AND THEY, UH, ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS. UH, THAT HASN'T OCCURRED YET ON 26, AND I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF ME, SO, UH, I'LL BE SUPPORTING 25. OKAY, DISCUSSION ON 25. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED, GRANTED ON 25. NEXT ITEM. ITEM 26 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. I'LL BE TAGGING 26 UNTIL I ITEM GET SOME COMMUNICATION ITEM TAG. COUNCIL MEMBER, KASH. NEXT ITEM. ITEM 27 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 27. DISCUSSION ON 27, DISCUSSION ON 27 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 27. ITEM 30 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 30. DISCUSSION ON ITEM 30. COUNCILMAN JACKSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANTED TO SPOTLIGHT THIS ITEM, UM, ACTUALLY NUMBER 29 AS WELL. THIS IS A, UM, GRANT, A URBAN OUTDOOR GRANT, UM, FOR 750,000, WHICH IS NUMBER 29. AND NUMBER, UM, 30 IS 900, 9.5 MILLION, UM, FOR THE AQUA POOL AT TIDWELL PARK. UM, AS YOU GUYS HEARD OVER THE PAST, UM, SIX MONTHS, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS PARK. THE POOL WAS SUPPOSED TO BEEN PULLED UP. UM, COUNCIL, UM, STATE REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON HAD GOT, SHE GOT 750,000 SECURED FOR THAT, BUT THAT WAS A COMPLAINT. WE WANTED TO KEEP THAT PARK, AND SO SHE WENT AND ADVOCATED FOR MORE RESOURCES. THE 9.5 MILLION THAT IS GONNA ACTUALLY, UM, PUT IN A TOP OF THE LINE AQUA POOL. AND, UM, THIS PROPO AQUA POOL INCLUDES IT A HEATING LEISURE LEISURE POOL WITH SWIM LANES AND WATER SLIDES. IT'S, UM, AN INDOOR ENCLOSURE WITH ROLL UP DOORS FOR OPEN AIR ENVIRONMENT WITH WHEN THE WEATHER PERMITS. SO IF IT'S RAINING, IT'LL STILL BE, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THIS POOL. UM, THE, IT WILL BE OFFICE BUILDINGS, RESTROOMS, SHOWERS, UM, IT'S GONNA BE HUGE FOR THE KIDS IN DISTRICT B. SO I'M REALLY, I WANNA JUST THANK, UM, STATE REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS AND AS WELL AS YOU MAYOR, BECAUSE I KNOW [05:35:01] THE CITY'S GONNA HAVE TO MAINTAIN, UM, THE POOL FOR MY UNDERSTANDING. BUT, UM, IT IS HUGE FOR DISTRICT B. AND SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. STATE REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS, UM, THE CITY, THE DISTRICT B IS HAPPY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 30 IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON ITEM 30, [NON-CONSENT - MISCELLANEOUS] ITEM 40 IS A MOTION TO SET A DATE FOR WEDNESDAY FOR A HEARING FOR CHAPTER 32. THE HEARING, THE SUGGESTED HEARING DATE IS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24TH. CASTEX MOVED FOR A HEARING DATE ON AUGUST 24TH AND WEDNESDAY AT 9:00 AM SECOND ROBINSON MOVED. AND SECOND ON ITEM 40. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED, GRANTED ON 40. THIS COMPLETES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. UM, [NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS] START OFF TODAY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I WANNA START OUT BY INVITING PEOPLE, UH, TO COME TO A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING TONIGHT AT ALAMEDA, GENOA AND FURMAN INTERSECTION. THAT IS THE, UH, SUBJECT AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN INFORMATIONAL SESSION FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HEAR FROM THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE, CITY LEADERS, PROJECT LEADERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE, UH, ALAMEDA GENOA FURMAN INTERSECTION PROJECT. UH, TO GET RELEVANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION, DATA, PRESENTATION, AND PRIOR FEEDBACK, UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. IT'S TONIGHT AT THE JONES MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL, AND THAT'S LOCATED AT 25 0 4 ALAMEDA GENOA AT 2 88, AND THE MEETING IS FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM THIS EVENING. ALSO ON, UH, SATURDAY, UH, STEAM THE BLOCK IN SUNNYSIDE PARTY. THAT WILL BE AN EVENT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THIS SATURDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 7:00 PM ACTUALLY. AND IT'S, UH, GONNA BE AT 34 0 8 REED ROAD, AND THEY'RE INVITING PEOPLE TO COME OUT. IT'S, UH, THE SOUTH UNION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, COOPERATION. AND, UH, WE NEED THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND, AND LOOK AT THE, THE, THE TALENT OF THE YOUTH. AND THEN THERE'S GONNA BE A SUNNYSIDE JAM ALSO, SO COME ON OUT. UH, THERE WILL ALSO BE THE CUNY HOMES BACK TO SCHOOL BASH THIS SATURDAY, UH, FROM 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT THE, UH, CUNY HOMES, 32 80 TRILLO STREET. SO PLEASE COME OUT AND GET THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THE CHILDREN. AND THEN ON THE 21ST, THERE WILL BE THE PRAYER WALK FOR PEACE AT 3:00 PM AT BLACKSHIRE ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS 2,900 HOLMAN STREET. AND WE WANT TO COME OUT AND PRAY FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR CHILDREN SO THAT THEY CAN BE HEALTHY AND SAFE, AND WE'LL HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN ON A, UH, SAD NOTE, I WANNA GIVE CONDOLENCES TO FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER CAROL MIMS GALLOWAY, WHO, UH, THE OTHER NIGHT, HER 15-YEAR-OLD GREAT NEPHEW WAS KILLED IN A DRIVE BY. AND SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO HER. AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMAN NARRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UM, BACK TO SCHOOL FEST THIS LAST WEEKEND. AND YOU WERE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, UM, THE, THE OTHER SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED AND MADE AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, TO, UM, THE, THE STUDENTS ARE, IS WHAT MAKES YOUR ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL FEST THE BEST ONE IN THE CITY. YOU KNOW, I SAW ALL THOSE, THOSE DENTAL CHAIRS FILLED UP WITH CHILDREN THAT WERE GETTING THEIR, THEIR, UM, THEIR, THEIR DENTAL CHECKUPS AND, AND, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE DON'T SEE AS MUCH, YOU KNOW, AT, AT THE OTHER EVENTS. BUT THEY'RE WONDERFUL TOO. AND I WANTED TO JUST PROMOTE A, ANOTHER REALLY BIG ONE THAT'S COMING, UM, BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK. UM, FROM 10 TO TO FOUR AT INDEPENDENCE HEIGHTS PARK. AMAZON IS HAVING, UM, A BACKPACK GIVEAWAY. THEY WILL BE, UM, DISTRIBUTING 3,500 BACKPACKS EACH DAY FROM 12 TO FOUR AT INDEPENDENCE HEIGHTS PARK ON, UM, EAST 35TH STREET. UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO COME JOIN US AT D THE DENVER HARBOR MULTI-SERVICE CENTER THIS FRIDAY. UM, WE ARE HAVING A CELEBRATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL NEW MURAL THAT, THAT, UM, UM, WELCOMING EVERYONE AT THE, AT THE ENTRY OF THE BUILDING. IT'S, UM, A LOCAL ARTIST, UH, DAVID MALDONADO, UM, IS THE, THE ARTIST WHO'S CREATED THIS, THIS WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE, UM, MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, UM, THAT WILL BEGIN AT 10 30 ON, UM, THIS FRIDAY. AND I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE PHIL PHYLLIS WHEATLEY HIGH SCHOOL ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENT [05:40:01] AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THEMSELVES UP IN, IN THE TEA STANDARDS. UM, THERE'S A, A SPECIAL, UM, CELEBRATION ABOUT THAT. I DID ALSO GO TO, UM, A-A-A-T-E-A PRESENTATION AT BOOKER T WASHINGTON YESTERDAY BECAUSE BOOKER T WASHINGTON NOW HAS EARNED, UM, THEIR STATUS AS A B RATED SCHOOL, WHICH IS ALSO VERY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. UM, AND REALLY I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY A, UM, A CREDIT TO THE, THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. CARLOS PHILLIPS, THE PRINCIPAL THERE, WHO'S BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL AT, UM, AND INSPIRING HIS STUDENTS AND INSPIRING HIS TEACHERS TO REALLY, TO STRETCH AND DO MORE. UM, AND FINALLY, JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT SCHOOL IS, UM, OPENING UP AGAIN. SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEGUN. UH, HD'S FIRST DAYS NEXT MONDAY. PLEASE BE AWARE OF, OF STUDENTS THAT ARE WALKING OR BIKING OR, UM, GETTING OUT OF CARS, GOING TO SCHOOL. WATCH YOUR SPEEDS AND THROUGH SCHOOL ZONES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM CAST. THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST WANT TO REMIND DISTRICT K RESIDENTS THAT ON SATURDAY AUGUST THE 20TH, UH, DISTRICT CASE ON, ON MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES BASKETBALL PLAYER, JARED VANDERBILT WILL HOST HIS SECOND ANNUAL BACKPACK GIVEAWAY AT MARION PARK FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM UH, THE BACKPACKS WILL BE FILLED WITH SUPPLIES, THE LIBRARY WILL BE THERE, FOOD BARBER CUTS, AND MORE. UM, SO HOPE THAT RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE. ALSO, MADISON HIGH SCHOOL IS HAVING THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL BASH ON SATURDAY THE 20TH FROM NINE TO 12:00 PM AT 1 3 7 1 9 WHITE HEATHER DRIVE, COME OUT FOR GIVEAWAYS, VACCINATIONS, AND BOOSTERS, SPORTS PHYSICALS, FOOD PERFORMANCES, AND MORE, UM, HAPPENING TODAY. VERY EXCITED THAT, UH, METRO 3 1 4 HARM CLARK CURB TO CURB SERVICE IS STARTING. AND THE CELEBRATION BEGAN TODAY AT 10:00 AM AT THE FOUNTAIN LIFE CENTER. AND I KNOW THAT, UM, RESIDENTS WILL ENJOY THIS CURB TO CURB SERVICE. UM, THAT WILL BEGIN ON SUNDAY, AUGUST THE 21ST. SO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM 5:00 AM TO 7:00 PM FOR ONLY A DOLLAR 25 EACH WAY. UM, YOU CAN GET A COPY OF THE ZONE MAP AND MORE INFORMATION AT WWW.RIDEMETRO.ORG/CURB TO CURB. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, EVERYBODY, HAVE A GREAT WEEK. BE SAFE AND BE KIND TO EACH OTHER. THANKS, COUNCILMAN GGO. THANK YOU MAYOR. EXCITED THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON, MOSES, ESPECIALLY DISTRICT DIE, IS A RECIPIENT OF THE RAISE GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. I WANNA THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS. UH, BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES, UH, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, INCLUDING DIRECTOR HADDOCK, DEPUTY DIRECTOR DAVIS, CATHERINE SUMMERLAND, DAVID FIELDS, AND PETER ECKLES. THE RAISE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE TELEPHONE ROAD REVITALIZATION PROJECT WILL BE TRANSFORMATIVE WORK IN A NEGLECTED AREA IN MY DISTRICT OVER THE COMING YEARS. IT WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN THE GREATER GULF GATE FONDE AND FREEWAY PINE VALLEY NEIGHBORHOODS FROM LAWNDALE STREET TO LOOP TO SOUTH LOOP EAST AT THE, UH, SIX 10 FREEWAY. BUT IT SPECIFICALLY ENHANCES MULTIMODAL SAFETY IN AN AREA WITH ONE OF THE HIGHEST CRASH RATES IN THE CITY. LIKE THE MAYOR, I REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENHANCING MULTIMODAL ACCESSIBILITY, INCREASING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, AND IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE, THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, ENABLING HOUSTONIANS TO SAFELY TRAVEL TO AND FROM WORK, SCHOOL, AND OTHER DESTINATIONS. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING $21 MILLION OF THE $26.2 MILLION COMING FROM THE RAISE GRANT. THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ALONG WITH THE GULF GATE RE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, IS ALSO VESTED IN THE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT BY CON CONTRIBUTING TAX REVENUE FROM THE TURS. I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO ENHANCE THE REMAINING SECTIONS OF TELEPHONE ROAD TO CREATE A CONTINUOUS AND COHESIVE TRANSFORMATIONAL CORRIDOR THAT WILL PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACT TO HOUSTONIANS. THIS WORK IS NOT DONE IN A SILO. IT TRULY TAKES A VILLAGE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TYPE OF LARGE SCALE PROJECT. I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT AND FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE LIVABLE CENTER STUDY FUNDED BY THE EAST END DISTRICT THAT HELPED TO REIMAGINE THE TELEPHONE CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION, I WANT TO THANK HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK PUT INTO THE SUCCESSFUL GRANT APPLICATION AND FOR WORKING WITH MY OFFICE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE GULF GATE IN HARRISBURG TOURS FOR CONTINUING TO WORK WITH MY OFFICE TO BRING TRANSFORMATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN DISTRICT DIE. FINALLY, TO MY COLLEAGUES AT THE LOCAL, [05:45:01] STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. THANK YOU FOR SEEING THE BENEFIT OF THE PROJECT AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I APPRECIATE WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS JUST SAID ABOUT THE RAISE GRANT, THE GREAT WORK, UH, COLLABORATING ON THE TELEPHONE ROAD PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, FOR THE EXCITING ACTIVITY GOING ON IN HIRAM CLARK WITH THE CURB TO CURB INITIATIVE WITH METRO AND MAYOR. THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS A NUMBER OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED ISSUES THAT, UH, WERE ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, INCLUDING AT, UH, INTERCONTINENTAL AND ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM. AND I THINK, AS YOU'RE AWARE, SINCE YOU ASKED ME TO REPRESENT THE CITY AND, AND YOU TODAY, I AM, UH, ZOOMING IN TODAY FROM, UH, THE METROPLEX IN NORTH TEXAS, WHERE THIS AFTERNOON I'LL BE SPEAKING ON A PANEL OF THE CITY OF IRVING'S 2022 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT SUMMIT. AND IN PARTICULAR, UM, YOUR FRIEND YVONNE DAVIS, YOUR FORMER, UH, COLLEAGUE IN IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE HAS, UM, WILL MODERATE A PANEL ON THE HIGH SPEED RAIL AND THE PROSPECTS FOR THAT IMPORTANT PROJECT. I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, ASKING ME TO COME HERE AND REPRESENT THE CITY, AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING MY MOST BEST. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, COUNCILOR, COUNCILOR, MEMBER THOMAS. SURE. THANK YOU ALL. I JUST WANNA REMIND, UH, RESIDENTS AND DISTRICT F THAT ON SATURDAY AUGUST 20TH, WE'RE HOSTING OUR SECOND ANNUAL DISTRICT F JOB FAIR. WE ARE EXPECTING OVER 5,000 JOBS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE, UM, AT THE MINIMUM OF $15 AN HOUR. UH, WE ALREADY HAVE CLOSE TO, IF NOT MORE THAN 600 REGISTERED AS OF TODAY. UM, COME AS YOU ARE. WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF, UH, SKILL BUILDING WORKSHOPS TO PREPARE YOU FOR THAT DAY. AND JUST A SPECIAL NOTE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS PARTNERSHIP. WHAT STARTED AS A RESPONSE TO, UM, COVID AND THOSE THAT, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE UNEMPLOYED, UM, TO OFFER THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK INTO HOUSTON'S ECONOMY HAS COMPLETELY EVOLVED TO A MEGA EVENT. AND I WANNA PERSONALLY SHOUT OUT OUT, UM, THE WORKFORCE SOLUTION TEAM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH MY OFFICE THAT HAS TAKEN THE VISION AND EXPANDED IT AND, AND ADDED EVEN MORE RESOURCES. PARTICULAR KIMBERLY WILKERSON, JONATHAN SMITH, MCKAY SIMMONS, UM, AND THEN THE ENTIRE WORKFORCE TEAM THAT WE EXPECT TO BE THERE ON SATURDAY. UM, WORKING WITH US AND TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SCALED UP. WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENTATIONS, HEADSHOTS, UM, AT NO COST. UM, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS FROM WEST HOUSTON, ASSISTANCE MINISTRY, A LEAF ISD, AND OTHERS. SO WE WILL BE THERE, FOLLOW THAT INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR WEBSITE. UM, AND THEN TOMORROW, ON AUGUST 18TH, I'LL BE CELEBRATING HD CHAMBERS. UM, HE IS RETIRING FROM THE A LEAF ISD SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, AND MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PHASE OF HIS, UH, CAREER. AND I'M EXCITED TO JOIN HIM AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE HIS IMPACT AND SUCCESS IN THE DISTRICT. AND THEN ALSO AFTER THE JOB FAIR, FROM THREE TO FIVE, ME AND DJ, MR. ROGERS WILL BE AT AAF ISD CRUMP STADIUM FROM THREE TO FIVE PASSING OUT BACKPACKS. WE HAVE A SERIES OF PARTNERS JOINING US, THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA. HEADS UP HOUSTON, THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, HARRIS COUNTY CLERK, TANISHA SPE MANSA MUSA INCORPORATED AT IN A SERIES OF OTHER PARTNERS. SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, VISIT THE GEORGIA BROWN LAST SATURDAY, PLEASE VISIT US IN THE WEST AT A LEAF CRUMP ISD FROM THREE TO FIVE WE'LL HAVE IMMUNIZATIONS, FREE FOOD, AND OF COURSE GOOD MUSIC. THAT CONCLUDES MY THOUGHTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN P THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, LAST WEEK DURING BREAK WEEK, THE DISTRICT A TEAM AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A MORNING AND GO VOLUNTEER AT KIDS MEALS. AND WE WERE PACKAGING THE TRAIL MIX FOR THE KIDS. AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT ORGANIZATION AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE IT WAS, I MEAN, IT WAS EASY WORK, BUT IT WAS ALSO HARD BECAUSE IT WAS PHYSICAL YOU LIKE WITH ALL THE SCOOPING OF THE TRAIL MIX. AND WE WERE THERE FOR A LONG TIME. SO, UM, PEOPLE DO THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SO I JUST REALLY AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THEM. THEY ARE FEEDING ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY, 10,000 KIDS, UM, IN THE SUMMERTIME. SO JUST REALLY THANKFUL TO THAT ORGANIZATION. EARLIER THIS WEEK, I TOOK A TOUR OF THE HOUSTON TOOL BANK AND WAS ABLE TO SEE THE BINS OF, UM, SUPPLIES THAT WE PURCHASED WITH OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS IN CASE OF A DISASTER. AND THAT ORGANIZATION IS SO AMAZING. THEY, UM, HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT TOOLS AND SUPPLIES THAT PEOPLE CAN CHECK OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM. AND SHOULD THERE BE A DISASTER IN DISTRICT A, WE ARE WELL PREPARED WITH THEIR PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE SUPPLIES FOR PEOPLE TO CLEAN UP AFTER A DISASTER. AND FINALLY, THIS TODAY MARKS, UM, THE TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY [05:50:01] FOR OUR HOT TEAM BEING HIRED WITH DISTRICT A. SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A SHOUT OUT TO EDWARD AND JAMES. THEY DO AMAZING WORK. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO SOME OF THAT, UM, LIFTING, I MEAN, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THEY PICK UP IS INTENSE, SO I JUST REALLY WANTED TO, UM, SHOW MY APPRECIATION FOR THEM. AND FINALLY, I THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE FOR AGNES MOFFITT PARK. I KNOW THAT IT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE IT'S JUST A PARK, BUT FOR DISTRICT A, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO APPRECIATE EV EVERYONE'S SUPPORT ON THAT. THANK YOU. AWESOME. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST START OFF BY CONGRATULATING THE TEAM OVER AT THE PHILIS WHEATLEY, UM, HIGH SCHOOL, UM, FOR MOVING THE SCHOOL OUT OF A IR RATING, UM, TO A C RATING. AND SO THAT'S REAL HUGE. UM, THAT'S EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE A DYNAMIC TEAM OVER THERE, AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND JUST KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. UM, ALSO THIS SATURDAY WE WILL BE HAVING OUR DISTRICT BE BRIEFING AT 10:00 AM WE'LL BE JOINED BY HISD TRUSTEE KATHY BLUE FOR DANIELS AND ALL, AS WELL AS THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT. AND SO I CAN ENCOURAGE CONSTITUENTS TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE TO GET THE, THE LINK, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, GET THE ZOOM LINK. I KNOW WE AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE USING ZOOM, BUT GET THE LINK, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT, UM, ABOUT THE MEETING. UM, LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GSD FOR REPLACING THE BLINDS BEHIND THIS . YOU KNOW, , WE HEARD SOME S**T CHATTING OUTSIDE AND WE TURNED AROUND, WE WAS LIKE, OH, WE CAN'T SEE WHO IT IS. WE GOT NEW BLINDS. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR REPLACING THE BLINDS. I DON'T HAVE A HALO OVER MY HEAD ANYMORE, SO, UM, THIS IS GREAT. EVERYONE HAVE A BLESSED WEEK. COUNCILMAN MARK KAMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, REALLY QUICKLY FOR RESIDENTS, UH, WE HAVE A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22 MEETING TOMORROW AND TDO WILL BE THERE. UH, I AM FUNDING, UH, SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR WOW ROUNDABOUT. UH, IF ANY OF YOU GO DOWN WESTCOTT TOWARDS MEMORIAL PARK, YOU KNOW HOW BAD IT IS OVER THERE. AND WE FINALLY HAVE A PLAN. IT'S GONNA GET IMPLEMENTED, BUT WE NEED RESIDENT INPUT. UH, SO THAT IS GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION TOMORROW AT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22 FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO, UH, TUNE IN FOR THAT. A FEW QUICK THANK YOUS. I WANNA THANK, UM, BARK AND HPW LAST WEEK WE RECEIVED REPORTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT A DOG POTENTIALLY STUCK IN A SEWER. AND THIS HAPPENS APPARENTLY A LOT, UM, AROUND THE CITY. AND I WANNA THANK BARK, UM, MR. MES AND HPWI KNOW THE FIELD SUPERVISOR WAS PAUL D DILLA, WHO WAS OUT THERE WITH ME AND HIS CREW. UM, WE ALL MET ON SITE, UH, AND THE CONFINEMENT DI DIVISION ACTUALLY WENT DOWN TO GO AND LOOK FOR THE DOG. WE COULDN'T FIND IT, BUT AGAIN, UH, I'M HEARING A LOT OF STORIES MAYOR AND OUR CREWS ARE HAVING TO GO DOWN IN AND REMOVE ANIMALS FROM, UH, OUR SEWER SYSTEM. SO THANK YOU TO THEM. I KNOW IT WAS HOT OUT. ALSO MOPD AND HOUSING, UM, DIRECTOR PO POE AND KAYLA MECHO AND OUR FAIR HOUSING COORDINATOR, UH, YOLANDA, FOR WORKING WITH MY OFFICE TO ENSURE A RESIDENT HAD AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE. UM, HE IS CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR. UH, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX HAD ACTUALLY CLOSED OFF THE RAMP EXIT FOR HIM TO GET OUT OF THE PROPERTY. HE COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE PROPERTY. THEY WENT OUT ON SITE IMMEDIATELY. UM, AND THE APARTMENT COMPLEX REMEDIATED THAT. SO AGAIN, UH, EVERY INDIVIDUAL, UM, DESERVES THAT. RIGHT? AND I APPRECIATE MAYOR, YOUR ADMINISTRATION HELPING WITH THAT. AND A FINAL THANK YOU, UM, IT WAS ON THE NEWS, BUT THE ROYALTON HIGHRISE ON ALLEN PARKWAY HAD TO BE EVACUATED, UH, THURSDAY NIGHT. AND, UH, IT'S A 30 PLUS BUILT STORY BUILDING AND, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, UH, WAS OUT THERE IMMEDIATELY GOING UP AND DOWN 30 STORIES BACK AND FORTH, TRYING TO ASSESS, UH, THAT NIGHT. IT TAKES A LOT TO DO THAT. UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, ELLIS DORRANCE AND HENRY TYLER WHO WERE ON SITE AND TERRANCE STEELE, UM, WHO WAS ALSO INVOLVED. AND THEN OUR FIRE, UH, STATION SIX AND 16 WHO RESPONDED, THEY WERE CARRYING ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS WHO COULD NOT GET DOWN THE STAIRS, UH, IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S, CHAIRS THAT THEY CARRY DOWN, MAKING MULTIPLE FLIGHTS UP AND RESIDENTS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE GRATEFUL AS WELL AS TO HPD. AND I ALSO WANNA THANK CHIEF PENAN, BYRON KING FOR COMING OUT WITH ME ON SATURDAY, UH, TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF WHAT WAS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE RESIDENTS COULD GET BACK IN TO GATHER THEIR BELONGINGS. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT FOR, UM, QUITE SOME TIME, UPWARDS OF A MONTH BEYOND. UH, WITH THAT MAYOR, I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE BACKPACKS THAT YOU PROVIDED FOR EACH OF US, UM, FOR BACK TO SCHOOL. CONGRATS ON A HUGE SUCCESS WITH BACK TO SCHOOL FEST, BUT YOU ALSO PROVIDED BACKPACKS FOR EACH OF US. UM, THOSE ARE BEING DELIVERED TODAY. SOME WERE DELIVERED YESTERDAY. GREGORY LINCOLN AND DISTRICT C GOT SOME, UH, CLIFTON, WALTRIP AND HEIGHTS ARE ALL GETTING SOME THANKS TO, UM, YOUR EFFORTS IN ALLOWING US [05:55:01] THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO, UH, I HOPE EVERYONE IS SAFE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. A VERY SPECIAL, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO OUR CHIEF OF ST. STAFF, LANCE GILLIAM. HE CELEBRATED YESTERDAY AND THE FIRST TIME I'M ABLE TO SAY THIS PUBLICLY. I WANNA WISH A VERY, VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO MY LITTLE BROTHER, MY SISTER'S HUSBAND, ON HIS BIRTHDAY. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE STAND, AJA, I. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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