[Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting]
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HELLO.I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE OCTOBER MEETING OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE ALLIANCE THIS YEAR.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A VERY GOOD PROGRAM FOR YOU TONIGHT AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
UM, WE WILL START WITH OUR ROLL CALL, UH, WHICH WILL BE, UH, CALLED OUT BY SUPER NEIGHBOR COUNCIL BY STACY.
RUNNING THROUGH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
MARIE CARLISLE, PRESIDENT HERE.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 27 SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 28.
KATHY EASTERLY HERE FOR UNIVERSITY PLACE.
KEITH DOWNEY, CATCHMAN GARDEN IS RIGHT HERE.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 55 SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 57.
BRIDGET MURRAY, PLEASANTVILLE AREA.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 62 SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63 LIRA PRESIDENT, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 64 AND 88.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 65, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 66.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 83, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 84, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 86, SORRY, 84 IS SCOTT KLER.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 86 AND I'LL TRY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 88 1 MORE TIME.
DID I MISS ANYONE? KAY WARHOL HERE FOR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 24 NEAR TOWN MONTROSE.
ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, PASTOR DEB'S HERE FOR 45 DEAR.
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PASTOR DEB AND STACY.RICKY CORDIUS, UM, WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63 DID STATE THAT HE WAS HERE AS WELL.
WOW, WE'VE GOTTEN THAT DOWN TO FIVE MINUTES.
OKAY, THIS IS THE POINT ON THE AGENDA THERE OFFICIAL OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
UH, WE'LL GIVE YOU JUST A MOMENT FOR JUST A VERY BRIEF TIME.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND I'LL CALL YOU IN THE ORDER THAT YOU, YOUR HANDS.
SO PEDRO WAS FIRST, HOW WAS HE? THAT'S NOT SETTING UP ON, UH, WAS HE FIRST? DID HE SAY BEFOREHAND? HE WAS, HE WAS FIRST.
KRO DO YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? YEAH, A COUPLE IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UH, JUST WANNA LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT, UH, WE WERE HAVING A HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL AT PROCTOR PLAZA PARK OVER HERE IN THE GREATER HEIGHTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF NOR HILL.
UH, PROCTOR PLAZA PARK IS LOCATED AT 8 0 3 WEST TEMPLE AND WE WILL BE GOING FROM, UH, SIX O'CLOCK TO EIGHT O'CLOCK AND WE'LL HAVE A CANDY, UH, FOOD AND GAMES AND UH, MUSIC AND UM, DRINKS AND, UH, COSTUME CONTESTS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR, I DON'T KNOW, PAST 15 YEARS, GIVE OR TAKE.
SO EVERYONE'S INVITED, UH, TO IT.
AND, UM, I'LL PUT SOMETHING OUT THAT MAYBE Y'ALL CAN POST ON THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE FACEBOOK PAGE.
AND THEN ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT I WANT TO HAVE, AND THIS HAS KIND OF BEEN A FEW MONTHS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUT THIS OUT.
I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE BARS AND SOME OF THE NOISES THAT WE'VE HAD IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WELL, UH, MONTY BEACH AND, UH, BROOKE SMITH CIVIC CLUB, UH, DID A REAL GOOD JOB AND, UM, TRYING TO CONTROL SOME OF THE NOISE AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITY WAS HAPPENING ON ONE OF THE LOCAL BARS HERE ON, UH, MAIN STREET.
AND, UH, THEY WORKED WITH THE H-P-D-T-A-B-C, UM, UH, CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND, UH, AND TRYING TO, UH, GET THIS BAR TO, UH, BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
UH, IN ANY EVENT, A FEW MONTHS AGO, UM, THE BAR CLOSED DOWN.
THEY JUST DECIDED TO CLOSE AND, UH, EITHER NOT RENEW THEIR LEASE OR WHATNOT AND, UM, IT'S SITTING EMPTY RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, I THINK A LOT OF THE, UH, ACTIVITIES PUT ON BY MONTE BEACH AND BROOK SMITH CIVIC CLUB AND ALL THE OTHER ENTITIES I JUST MENTIONED, HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THEM, UH, NOT WANTING TO, UH, RENEW THEIR LEASE.
A A IT'S A BIG ONE, BUT I GUESS IT'S SMALL IN THE, IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS.
BUT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN GREATER HEIGHTS AND MONTE BEACH AND BROOKE SMITH, UH, THAT WAS A REAL BIG VICTORY FOR THEM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
THOSE ONLY TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS I HAVE.
UH, LET'S SEE, UH, GOING BACK TO OUR ELECTED AS THERE REP REPRESENTATIVES, UH, WELL BE GOOD.
OH, WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I'M FROM COMMISSIONER RODNEY ELLISON'S OFFICE.
UM, I'M A COMMUNITY LIAISON, UH, FOR THE ACRES HOMES AND INDEPENDENCE HEIGHTS COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS GREATER INWOOD.
UH, I JUST WANT TO STOP BY AND SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE AS WELL AS INVITE EVERYONE TO, UM, AN EVENT THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER ELLIS AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER GARCIA HAS PARTNERED WITH, UH, MAYOR, UH, TURNER IN ORDER TO BRING AN H TOWN FAMILY PALOOZA EVENT.
UM, IT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND, UH, SATURDAY OCTOBER 15TH, UH, ENTRY IS FREE.
UH, IT'S FROM 10 TO ONE AT EL FRANCO LEE PLAZA, UH, DOWNTOWN, UH, 1201 CONGRESS STREET.
UH, THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, UH, LIVE MUSIC, FREE FOOD AS WELL AS A LOT OF FUN FOR BOTH, UH, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
LET'S SEE, CHRISTINA WITH, UH, PENNY, UH, I CAN'T SEE ALL OF IT WITH PENNY MORALES, I GUESS.
UM, YES, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
I MY, UH, HOUSE IS KIND OF UNDER CONSTRUCTION TODAY.
MY TWO BACK-TO-BACK BATHROOMS ARE BASICALLY ONE BIG HOLE WITH NO SINKS OR MIRRORS OR ANYTHING.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS, UH, DISORIENTED.
I HAVE TO EMPTY EVERYTHING OUT.
AND, UM, PENNY WAS MENTIONING, UH, THAT IN THE LEGISLATURE LAST SESSION, THERE WERE A LOT OF, UM, MEASURES TO SORT OF TAKE LOCAL CONTROL OVER BY THE STATE ON CERTAIN ISSUES.
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SO SHE FEELS THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SORT OF NOT LET THAT KIND OF GET OUTTA HAND AND TAMP THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.UM, SHE IS IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH HER CHIEF OF STAFF AND POLICY FOLKS TO DEVELOP LEGISLATION FOR THE UPCOMING SESSION.
AND, UM, JUST VERY GLAD TO BE HERE AND TO HAVE YOU ALL AS A RESOURCE TO LET US KNOW WHAT KIND OF ISSUES ARE GOING AR GOING ON ALL AROUND THE CITY.
AND SO, THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT AT THE MEETING.
IT'S DEI CHAVIS, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR VICE MAYOR PROAM AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT K, UH, BRING, BRING IN GREETINGS ON HER, GREETINGS ON HER BEHALF.
WANTED TO THANK ALL THE COMMUNITIES WHO HELD NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENTS AND PLEASE SHARE YOUR PHOTOS WITH DISTRICT K.
I'LL PUT OUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE CHAT.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING THOSE UPCOMING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENTS THAT WERE RESCHEDULED DUE TO THE JEWISH HOLIDAY YOM KAUR.
UM, ALSO TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE, UH, OCTOBER 11TH.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT YET REGISTERED, GO TO VOTE TEXAS.GOV AND GET REGISTERED.
AND, UM, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BOND ELECTION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH AT 6:00 PM YOU CAN ATTEND THE HEARING IN PERSON AT 9 0 1 BAGBY STREET OR VIRTUALLY VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS OR PHONE IN, IF YOU'RE WANTING TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 1 1 0 0.
AND I'LL ALSO PUT THAT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT AS WELL AS THE, UM, WEBSITE TO GET INFORMATION TO ATTEND THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
AND ALSO, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH TO, UM, WE HAVE THREE BOND PREPOSITIONS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO POSSIBLY ATTEND A VIRTUAL, UH, MEETING, UH, TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THESE PROPOSITIONS.
I WILL WRITE DOWN THE LINK ON THE CHAT SO EVERYBODY, EVERYONE CAN ATTEND.
LET'S SEE, UH, TANIA, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP BEFORE.
I'M SORRY I'M NOT ON CAMERA RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT.
I'M DRIVING, PICKING UP MY LITTLE ONE.
UM, BUT I'M TANISHA SPEIER HARRIS COUNTY CLERK.
AND, UM, THERE ARE MANY WAYS THAT WE SERVE YOU IN THIS COMMUNITY.
BUT I WANTED TO BE ON THIS EVENING TO HEAR, UH, THE GREAT SPEAKERS THAT ARE ON AND I PLAN ON STICK STICKING AROUND TO HOPEFULLY BE ON CAMERA TOWARD THE END OF THE CALL.
UM, BUT THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE SERVES YOU IN MANY WAYS.
WE RECORD AND FILE ALL YOUR VITAL RECORDS WHEN YOU START YOUR BUSINESSES, MARRIAGE LICENSES, PROPERTY RECORDS, AND SERVICE YOU IN MANY OF WAYS.
AND SO, I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT VOTER REGISTRATION TOMORROW.
THE CLERK'S OFFICE DOESN'T RUN ELECTIONS ANYMORE, BUT IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTIVATED AND READY TO GO AND REGISTERED TO VOTE TOMORROW.
AGAIN, THIS IS TANISHA
HI, I'M HERE FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I'M THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUPERVISOR AND, UM, I POPPED IN TO, BECAUSE IT'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, WE ARE INVITING, UH, THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO AN EVENT CALLED VICTIM VOICES, WHERE WE CELEBRATE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IT'S GONNA BE OCTOBER THE 25TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AND, UH, AT THE LENTO MECCA BUILDING, WHICH IS ON 3 3 3 SOUTH JENSEN DRIVE.
AND WE WOULD LOVE EVERYBODY TO BE THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY BE TELLING THE STORIES OF THESE SURVIVORS, BUT ALSO GIVING RESOURCES AND INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET OUT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS.
SO WE HOPE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO JOIN US.
I'LL SHARE THE FLYERS WITH YOU, UM, SO YOU CAN PASS 'EM ON TO THE MEMBERS.
UH, ROY, I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP, BUT I BELIEVE YOU ARE SPEAKING ACTUALLY ON AGENDA ITEM THREE, OPEN TOPICS.
CAN YOU HOLD OFF THAT NEXT PART? THANK YOU, RAY.
SO WE WILL SKIP ON THE AGENDA.
WE WILL GO TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, WHICH IS ACCEPTANCE OF THE MEETING MINUTES.
STACY, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT, STACY, OR DO YOU WANT
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ME TO? WELL, SORRY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HOLD BOTH AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER UNTIL NEXT MONTH.AND ALSO, UH, WRITE OR THIS, THIS AFTERNOON I RECEIVED, UH, THE NOTES ON THE LAST TWO PERMITTING, UH, SESSIONS OR MEETINGS.
SO I WILL BE SENDING THOSE OUT AS WELL.
SO WE ARE NOW ON A NEW PART OF THE AGENDA CALLED OPEN TOPICS AND QUESTIONS.
UH, AND YOU MAY NOTICE THAT WHEN THE MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS WENT OUT, UH, WE, UM, UH, WE'RE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SHAKING UP OUR AGENDA TO PUT MORE OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS UP EARLIER IN THE AGENDA INSTEAD OF SQUEEZING IT IN AT THE VERY END.
SO WE HAD ASKED, UH, THOSE WHO WANTED TO MAKE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS TO CONTACT US, UH, IF YOU HAD SOME TOPICS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AREN'T ALREADY ON THE AGENDA, AND SEVERAL PEOPLE DID EMAIL US.
UH, SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH RAY WASHINGTON.
RAY, YOU STILL THERE, RAY? WELL, WE'LL COME BACK TO RAY.
PEDRO, DID YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT OR DID YOU ANNOUNCE EVERYTHING, UH, EARLIER? I'M SORRY.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK.
UH, ONE WAS, I WAS JUST LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'RE STILL ADDRESSING THE SHEET METAL FENCING.
UH, WE PUT IT OUT TO OUR DISTRICT AND THE FEEDBACK CAME BACK THAT PRAYER PUBLIC WORKS, THAT THE CITY DOES NOT DEFINE WHAT YOU CAN MAKE YOUR FENCE OUT OF.
THE WORD WE GOT WAS YOU CAN, AND I KNOW THIS IS GONNA SOUND NON CISCO, BUT YOU CAN BUILD A FENCE OUTTA ANY MATERIAL.
SO BECAUSE I BROUGHT THAT UP WITH SALLY ALCORN'S OFFICE, SHE LET ME KNOW AT ANOTHER MEETING THAT IT WILL BE GOING TO LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR CLARIFICATION.
SO THAT'S THE SHEET METAL FENCING AT, WITH A FENCE ORDINANCE.
AND THE SECOND THING IS, IN MY COMMUNITY, THERE'S A SIGN THAT SAYS A TRUCK STOP WILL BE COMING.
IT'S CALLED A PIT STOP TRUCK STOP AT 77 55 NORTHWAY SIDE.
AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO A RESIDENT TO THE LEFT AND A CHURCH TO THE REAR.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO SEE IF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CAN OFFER SOME ASSISTANCE BECAUSE IF THEY WERE TO PLACE A TRUCK STOP, WE WOULD GET ALL THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE FROM THAT.
THEY CAN'T TURN AROUND AND MAKE A UEY BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE.
UH, PEOPLE WILL BE INUNDATED WITH THE TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THE LIGHTS.
IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET THROUGH LIGHTS BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF THE TRUCKS AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH A TRUCK STOP IN THE BEGINNING OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT BECAUSE OF NO ZONING, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT I WILL GIVE Y'ALL FEEDBACK, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE TRYING TO GET SUPPORT TO TRY TO, TO LET THEM KNOW WE OPPOSE IT.
AND IF WE CAN'T GET IT TO STOP, THEN WE NEED TO SPEAK WITH THEM TO AT LEAST BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
COULD YOU CLARIFY FOR ME, BECAUSE I DIDN'T, UH, UH, ABOUT THE SHEET METAL FENCING, YOU SAID THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SALLY ALCORN'S OFFICE.
WHAT DID SALLY MEAN WHEN SHE SAID LEGAL WOULD CLARIFY THAT? WHAT DID THAT MEAN? NO, SHE, WELL, I SAW HER AT A DIFFERENT MEETING BECAUSE SHE WAS ON LAST MONTH'S MEETING WHEN I BOUGHT IT UP.
SHE SAID THAT SHE'S HAVING HER, UH, OFFICE LOOK INTO IT AND THEY'RE SENDING IT TO LEGAL FOR CLARIFICATION.
JUST TO GET MORE INFORMATION, BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONE THAT SPOKE ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET ORDINANCES MODIFIED OR GET ORDINANCES CHANGED.
BUT PER DISTRICT B'S OFFICE, THE FEEDBACK FROM PUBLIC WORKS WAS IN HOUSTON, YOU CAN CONSTRUCT YOUR FENCE OUTTA ANY MATERIAL.
UM, IT'S JULIA FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN'S OFFICE.
REALLY QUICKLY, I WENT THROUGH JORDAN'S EMAILS AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE DID REACH OUT TO LEGAL ABOUT THIS, AND THEY LET US KNOW IT WAS A, IT WAS A CODE QUESTION, SO THAT'S WHY WE REACHED OUT TO LEGAL.
BUT THEY LET US KNOW THAT FENCES THAT AREN'T OVER EIGHT FEET, UM, CAN BE BASICALLY ANYTHING AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT MASONRY CONCRETE, NOT ELECTRICALLY ENERGIZED OR INCLUDE RAZOR WIRE OR BARBED WIRE.
UM, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE OVER EIGHT FEET, THEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO
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PERMITTING AND THEN WE HAVE DEED RESTRICTION ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITIES THEN.BUT IF IT'S UNDER EIGHT FEET AND IT'S NOT OF ANY OF THOSE MATERIALS, THEN THE CITY DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANY ENFORCEMENT ABILITIES ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
BASICALLY THE SAME THING THAT PUBLIC WORKS SAID, YOU CAN CONSTRUCT A FENCE OUTTA ANY MATERIAL AS IT LONG AS IT DOES NOT EXCEED EIGHT FEET, OR LIKE YOU SAY, CONCRETE OR MASONRY.
AND I THINK THAT'S RIDICULOUS BECAUSE YOU CAN MAKE A FENCE OUT OF TIE RIMS, OLD WONDERS, ALUMINUM CANS, UH, ANY PALLETS, ANYTHING.
UH, RAY, ARE YOU AVAILABLE NOW, RAY? YES.
UH, I WAS TRYING TO, UH, CONNECT.
I COULDN'T CONNECT ON THE, UH, ON THE TEAM.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, CAN I, UH, DISCUSS WHAT I HAD, UH, SENT IN? YES.
IT WAS THE WEST O-Y-M-C-A HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR OVER TWO YEARS NOW, AND WE'VE TALKING WITH PRESIDENTS AND EXECUTIVE FROM THE YMCA TO TRY TO GET IT OPEN.
AND I NEED SOME KIND OF SUPPORT, UH, FROM THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE TO HELP US, UH, SUPPORT US IN, UH, GETTING THIS, UH, YMCA REOPENED.
AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT TO US, ROY.
UH, DID YOU HAVE A BRIEF COMMENT ABOUT THAT? SURE.
MY NAME'S ROY LIRA AND I'M ALSO WITH THE SNA AND AN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER FOR THE TELES AND YMCA, THE DOWNTOWN Y.
SO I REACHED OUT TO KE SO I REACHED OUT TO KIATA CARTER, WHO'S WITH THE TELE SIM.
AND WHAT SHE REPLIED IS, IF YOU SHARE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, THE WHY IS THAT THEY IN AT THE POINT OF WORKING TO REOPEN THE WEST ORUM YMCA, AND THEY'RE FOCUSING ON ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HELP 'EM WITH THESE EFFORTS.
SO WHAT THEY WANT YOU IS TO HEAR FROM YOU, YOU MEMBERS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE, I WONDER ONE OF THE PARTNERS, UH, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, I GUESS THEY WOULD SEND ME SOMETHING ALSO.
AND I CAN, I'M UNSURE IF YOU'VE SPOKEN WITH KIATA, BUT WHAT I CAN, WHAT I'LL DO IS WITH YOUR INFORMATION, I CAN CONNECT THE BOTH OF US THERE TO AT LEAST GET SOME MORE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED.
UH, CERTAINLY WOULD, UH, WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
AND WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? ROY? VICE PRESIDENT OF ARIGHT, VICE CHAIR OF THE SUPER NEIGHBOR ALLIANCE THIS YEAR.
AND I, I GUESS AFTER, UH, CINDY, I NEED TO GET YOUR, UH, INFORMATION AS YOUR, UH, CELL NUMBER SO I CAN GIVE YOU A CALL.
I, I CAN SEND OR YOU CAN CALL ME LATER.
WELL, THOSE ARE THE THREE THAT CONTACT US.
ONE MORE, JUST MAKE IT VERY, VERY BRIEF.
YEAH, EVERYONE'S PROBABLY AWARE BY NOW, BUT THE CITY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THOSE WHO ARE THE CITY DID SUSPEND YARD WASTE COLLECTION DUE TO DRIVER SHORTAGE.
THEY'RE OFFERING $3,000 BONUSES TO GET DRIVERS, BUT JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S AWARE OF THAT SO PEOPLE DON'T PUT THE YARD WASTE OUT.
AND, AND I'M, I SAID TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED.
SO I'M TELLING MY RESIDENTS SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
AND THAT IS POSTED TO THE SNA FACEBOOK PAGE FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE OUT IF THEY, WHAT ABOUT HE, WHAT ABOUT HEAVY TRASH? THERE'S NO, NO HEAVY TRASH YET.
THAT'S MEN BEEN MENTIONED AS YARD WASTE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
THEY PICKED UP IN OUR AREA TODAY AND TODAY WAS PICKUP DAY.
UH, THIS IS A, A PART OF THE AGENDA THAT WE ARE GOING TO, UH, OH, HUEY, ONE MORE, AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST ONE.
UH, WHEN DID THEY SUSPEND YARD WASTE? DOES ANYBODY KNOW? ANNOUNCEMENT WAS ANNOUNCEMENT LAST FRIDAY AGAIN TODAY, BUT TODAY'S EFFECTIVE TODAY.
IT WAS EFFECTIVE TODAY, BUT IT WAS ANNOUNCED LAST FRIDAY ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.
THERE'S AN ARTICLE, HUEY HUEY, THERE'S AN ARTICLE BY THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE THAT I HAVE POSTED TO THE SNA FACEBOOK PAGE THAT EXPLAINS ALL OF IT.
SO THIS IS A NEW FEATURE THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE AGENDA.
SO, UH, KEEP IN MIND NEXT MONTH WHEN THE AGENDA GOES OUT, IF YOU HAVE A TOPIC THAT YOU WANT TO BRING FORTH TO EVERYBODY, GO AHEAD AND CONTACT US.
WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE CAN KNOW HOW MUCH TIME TO ALLOW FOR THIS.
SO THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH FOR THOSE WHO BROUGHT THOSE ITEMS FORWARD TO THE MEMBERSHIP.
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I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A REALLY INTERESTING, UH, PRESENTATION ON THE AGENDA.UH, THESE ARE SPEAKERS, UM, WHO ARE GOING TO BE, UH, TALKING ABOUT BEST PRACTICES AND HOW TO, WHEN YOU'RE PROVIDING TESTIMONY, UH, HOW TO USE DATA AND HOW TO EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES.
WE WILL START WITH PHILIP SALENO FROM SUPER NEIGHBOR COUNCIL.
UH, SO YEAH, SO, UH, THE TITLE IS AS, UH, CINDY JUST MENTIONED, PROVIDE TESTIMONY BEFORE AN AGENCY OR BEST PRACTICES.
I, UH, I I TEND TO JUST SAY PROVIDING PRESENTATIONS OR WHATEVER TESTIMONY TO ME MEANS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE UNDER OATH OR WHATEVER.
UH, SO THE BACKGROUND ON THIS, WE WANT TO PROVIDE IMPACTFUL TESTIMONY TO SUPPORT YOUR POSITION, CAN INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF YOUR DESIRED OUTCOME, RELEVANT DATA, IMPACTFUL STORIES, AND A COMMUNICATION PLAN CAN REFLECT POSITIVELY ON YOUR POSITION SELF AND ON YOUR ORGANIZATION.
UH, FROM OUR S AND A, UH, PULSE SURVEY, UH, THESE WERE THREE THEMES THAT TOUCH ON THIS, UH, PARTICULAR TOPIC, UH, PROCESS OVERVIEW, FOCUS ON ADVOCACY AND POLICY IMPACT, AND THEN BEST PRACTICES PROMOTING THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
SO OUR OBJECTIVES AS TO EDUCATE THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL LEADERS ON HOW TO CREATE DRAFT, PRESENT AND DOCUMENT EFFECTIVE TESTIMONY TO A BODY OR AGENCY TO ORGANIZE MULTIPLE PRESENTERS, TO STRENGTHEN YOUR POSITION AND PROMOTE COLLABORATION AND TO PRESENT ELECTRONIC AND HARD COPY MATERIALS AS TAKEAWAYS THAT PROVIDE RELEVANT INFORMATION AND EVOKE COMPELLING STORIES.
SO WHY PRESENT TO A GOVERNMENTAL BODY? UH, WHEN WOULD YOU DO THIS, UH, TO CONVEY YOUR POSITION ON AN ITEM UNDER CONSIDERATION BY A GOVERNMENTAL BODY? THIS COULD INCLUDE FUNDING FOR A PROJECT OR MODIFICATIONS TO A POLICY OR ORDINANCE OR LAW.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, UH, TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, FOR INSTANCE, THE, UH, COUNTY, UH, JUDGE AND, UH, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
UH, YOU COULD BE TALKING TO, UH, THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION OR, UH, UP IN AUSTIN BEFORE ONE OF THE COMMITTEES, UH, OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
UM, UH, UH, SO, UH, THOSE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF AGENCIES.
I'M SURE THERE'S OTHERS THAT, UH, UH, OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, UH, APPEARED BEFORE.
SO THINGS THAT, THAT FOR A SUCCESSFUL, UH, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, IDENTIFY YOUR MAIN POINT AND STATE YOUR POSITION AND YOUR ASK.
SO, YEAH, JUST STANDING UP THERE FOR TWO OR THREE MINUTES READING FROM YOUR PIECE OF PAPER, UH, OR SPEAKING EXTEMPORANEOUSLY.
UH, YOU'RE GONNA LOSE YOUR AUDIENCE VERY QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE PART OF A LARGE GROUP.
SO YOU WANNA, YOU WANNA WRITE DOWN WHAT IS THE POINT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ACROSS? WHAT'S YOUR POSITION OR WHAT IS YOUR ASK OF THAT, OF THAT BODY THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TO, UH, COMPILE DATA TO SUPPORT YOUR POSITION, WHETHER IT'S MONEY OR IT'S STATISTICS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING, UH, HAVING TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AT A, AT AN INTERSECTION OR, UM, UH, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING DISPLACED FROM HOMES OR BUSINESSES? UH, CREATE A STORY TO DEMONSTRATE AND ALIGN YOUR STORY WITH YOUR DATA AND YOUR POSITION.
UM, ALL OF THIS, REMEMBER, IS YOU GOTTA WORK THIS IN WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
UH, COORDINATE WITH YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE TO IDENTIFY AND PARTNER WITH OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS.
UH, A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN HOUSTON, YOU'RE NOT JUST, IT'S NOT USUALLY JUST ISOLATED TO ONE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, COUNCIL AREA.
UH, SO COORDINATE WITH YOUR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TO, UH, FIND OUT WHAT THEIR POSITION IS AND, AND, UH, GET PARTNER WITH THEM FOR OTHER PEOPLE THAT CAN SPEAK.
UH, ENSURE ALL YOUR SPEAKERS REGISTER TO PRESENT TESTIMONY BEFORE THAT DEADLINE.
UH, AND THAT WILL VARY FROM, UH, GOVERNMENTAL BODY AS TO ONE THAT, UH, CUTOFF DATE IS.
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GOT THAT IDENTIFIED AND EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THAT.PLEASE, UH, IDENTIFY AND COORDINATE WHO WILL TESTIFY, UH, PLAN WHO SAYS WHAT IF THERE'S MORE THAN ONE PER PERSON PRESENTING ON THE TOPIC FROM YOUR TEAM TO AN ORGANIZATION.
IDENTIFY YOUR TALKING POINTS THAT YOU WANNA PRESENT IN ADVANCE AND DIVIDE THOSE TALKING POINTS ABOUT AMONGST THE TEAM MEMBERS.
UH, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, FIF I CAN REMEMBER TOMORROW, BELL AND I WERE PRESENTING TO THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL WITH A HUNDRED OTHER PEOPLE, UH, ON THE, UH, NORTH HIGHWAY, UH, NORTH HOUSTON HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, BETTER KNOWN AS THE I 45 PROJECT.
AND, UH, THE SAME POINTS WERE REITERATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU'LL LOSE YOUR AUDIENCE.
SO, UH, PUT DOWN ON PAPER WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO PRESENT, AND THEN DIVIDE THOSE AMONGST THE VARIOUS TEAM MEMBERS SO YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, UH, UH, UH, PRESENTING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, USE YOUR TIME WISELY.
MOST ORGANIZATIONS ARE GONNA LIMIT YOUR SPEAKING TIME TO THREE MINUTES MAXIMUM.
AND IF YOU'RE PRESENTING ON A, AT A SECOND MEETING OF THAT ORGANIZATION ON THE SAME TOPIC, YOU MAY BE LIMITED TO ONLY TWO OR ONE MINUTE.
SO MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT YOUR, YOUR, WHAT YOUR TOPICS ARE.
ANTICIPATE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT BE ASKED ONE MINUTE REMAINING FOR YOU.
UH, IF POSSIBLE, DISCUSS YOUR PRESENTATION, ADVANCE WITH THE MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE OF THAT ORGANIZATION THAT YOU'LL BE ADDRESSING TO GATHER FEEDBACK, GAIN THEIR SUPPORT, OR AT LEAST HAVE A FRIENDLY FACE IN THE AUDIENCE.
UH, CAN'T REITERATE THAT ENOUGH.
YOUR PRESENTATION SO THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH, EQUIPMENT, ANY SPACE RESTRICTIONS, AND THAT YOU'RE COMPLETE YOUR TESTIMONY WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME.
REHEARSE YOUR REPLIES TO POTENTIAL QUESTIONS.
IF THE PRESENTATION IS VIRTUAL PRACTICE ON EQUIPMENT, YOU WILL USE DURING THE EVENT.
PRINT YOUR TALKING POINTS ON PAPER AND USE A FONT LOG ENOUGH SO THAT YOU CAN EASILY READ THEM.
AVOID BULLET POINTS AS EVEN THE BEST PUBLIC SPEAKER GETS NERVOUS.
AND WITHOUT THE MEAT ON THE BONES, YOU MAY FORGET WHAT YOU WANTED TO SAY.
CREATE AND REVIEW YOUR TESTIMONY, UH, THAT YOU'RE GONNA SUBMIT.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE MAKING EYE CONTACT.
STARING AT YOUR NOTES MAY LOSE THE AUDIENCE'S ATTENTION.
SO IF YOU'RE USING A LAPTOP, LOOK AT THE LAPTOP CAMERA.
IS THIS, IS THIS THE LAST SLIDE, PHILLIP? HOW MANY MORE I BELIEVE IT IS.
WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND FINISH UP THIS LAST SLIDE THEN.
UH, SO ON THE DAY OF THE TESTIMONY, SHOW UP EARLY, SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE, PROVIDE ONLY NEW TOPICS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN MADE BY THE SPEAKERS PRESENTED AHEAD OF YOU.
GIVE ONLY INFORMATION THAT YOU KNOW TO BE ACCURATE.
LISTEN TO THE COMPLETE QUESTION OR COMMENTS BY THE MEMBERS BEFORE RESPONDING TO A QUESTION OR COMBAT, AND BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS' VIEWPOINTS.
UH, IS THERE ANOTHER SLIDE? IF YOU HAVE HANDOUTS, PROVIDE THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE PERSON FOR DISTRIBUTION.
UH, DELIVER YOUR PRESENTATION AS YOU PRACTICE AND REMEMBER THAT THE CLOCK STARTS WHEN YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
SO DON'T WASTE YOUR ALLOTTED TIME.
UH, PROVIDE, YEAH, I, I, I I THINK THE REST OF IT'S PRETTY MUCH, AND THE PRESENTATION IS UP ON THE WEBSITE SO YOU CAN, UH, VIEW IT.
AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A, A BRIEF Q AND A SESSION TOO.
SO, UM, BUT THIS IS EXCELLENT.
THE NEXT PART OF THE SIMILAR TOPIC IS THEORY, UH, JENKO, UH, WITH REBUILDING TOGETHER.
HOUSTON THI ARE YOU HERE? YES, I AM HERE.
HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME? ARY CHENKO.
AND WILL YOUR TEAM BE SHARING THE PRESENTATION? YES, I AM.
AND CAN YOU SEE IT ON THE SCREEN? YES.
MY NAME IS RI CHENKO, CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS AND PROGRAMS OFFICER AT REBUILDING TOGETHER HOUSTON, THANK YOU TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE FOR
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ALLOWING US TO PRESENT TODAY.HOUSTON IS A NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES HOME REPAIRS TO SENIORS, VETERANS, AND LOW INCOME FAMILIES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO AT REBUILDING TOGETHER IS ENHANCE THE LIFE OF THE HOMEOWNERS WE SERVE.
WE WANNA STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITIES THEY LIVE IN, AND WE WANNA BUILD A BRIGHT AND GREAT FUTURE FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY.
THIS YEAR IS OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY.
WE HAVE SERVED OVER 14,700 FAMILIES IN HARRIS COUNTY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND THAT'S BEEN WITH THE HELP OF OVER 300,000 VOLUNTEERS.
AND WHEN YOU AVERAGE OUT THE AMOUNT OF HOMES, UH, OVER THE NUMBER OF YEARS, WE HAVE SERVED A HOME A DAY.
WE'VE DONE A FAMILY A DAY FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS.
AND AS A PART OF OUR WORK, WE DO CRITICAL SYSTEM REPAIRS AND ROOFS.
SO THAT'S ROOF RESTORATION, THAT'S STRUCTURAL STABILIZATION, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL WORK, AS WELL AS OTHER CRITICAL SYSTEM REPAIRS.
WE HAVE A SAFE AND SOUND SERVICES PROGRAM WHERE WE PROVIDE A HEALTH AND SAFETY MODIFICATIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS, WHICH INCLUDE INSTALLING CEILING FANS, WINDOW AC UNITS, INSTALLING HANDRAILS FOR OUR ELDERLY RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS OUR VOLUNTEER HOME REPAIR PROGRAM WHERE VOLUNTEERS COME OUT AND PAINT THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOME, AS WELL AS CAULK, SCRAPE, AND POWER WASH.
AND THIS IS A COUPLE OF HOMES THAT WE'VE REPAIRED, UH, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND SO YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER.
WHO DOES YOUR BUILDING TOGETHER EAST AND SERVE? WE SERVE 96% PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH 65% BEING BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND 25% BEING HISPANICS IN THE CITY.
68% OF OUR HOMEOWNERS ARE OLDER ADULTS WITH 50% OF THOSE HOMEOWNERS BEING 65 AND OVER 75% OF OUR HOMEOWNERS ARE WOMEN, AND 80% OF OUR HOMEOWNERS ARE EITHER EXTREMELY LOW OR VERY LOW INCOME.
NOW, WHAT IS A TESTIMONY? A TESTIMONY IS A POWERFUL MECHANISM THAT CAN BE USED TO INFLUENCE LEGISLATIVE DECISION MAKING.
IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT WAYS THAT ORGANIZATIONS CAN INTERACT WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS IN PUBLIC.
GOOD TESTIMONY VERSUS INEFFECTIVE TESTIMONY.
THE FIRST PIECE OF A GOOD TESTIMONY IS HAVING CLEAR AND CONCISE INFORMATION.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A DIRECTION THAT YOU WANT TO GO IN YOUR TESTIMONY AS GOVERNMENTAL BODIES WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UNDERSTANDING THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
AND IF THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANGLES THAT YOU'RE GOING, IT CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY IS THE ASK FROM THE ORGANIZATION.
THE SECOND PIECE IS DATA AND EVIDENCE AND SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO BACK UP THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ARE BRINGING FORWARD AND PRESENTING.
SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE AS MUCH DATA, AS MUCH EVIDENCE IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL IN HAVING A GOOD TESTIMONY.
AND THE LAST BIT IS INCORPORATING REAL STORIES OR QUOTES.
QUANTITATIVE DATA IS GOOD, BUT WHAT IS ALSO HELPFUL IS BEING ABLE TO HAVE REAL STORIES, REAL QUOTES, BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SERVE, WE ARE ACTUALLY SERVING REAL PEOPLE IN THIS CITY.
SO HAVING A GOOD BALANCE OF QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION AND STATISTICS, AS WELL AS REAL STORIES OR QUOTES, WILL BE ABLE TO ALLOW YOU TO HAVE A POWERFUL TESTIMONY, AN INEFFECTIVE TESTIMONY, HAVING A MOTION AS THE MAIN DRIVER.
NOW THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T BE PASSIONATE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A MEASURED APPROACH.
THERE ARE OVER 10,000 CITY OF HOUSTON, AND ALL OF US ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SERVE.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND SEE THAT YOU HAVE A MEASURED, UM, AND CALCULATED APPROACH AND WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TO THEM.
TWO MINUTES REMAINING, PLEASE.
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ANECDOTAL INFORMATION CAN BE INEFFECTIVE AS EVERY SINGLE NONPROFIT WILL HAVE THEIR OWN INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE.AND RARELY DO ANY ONE STORY AFFECT, YOU KNOW, OR CAUSE FOR A HUGE POLICY CHANGE.
AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOT HAVE UNCLEAR REQUESTS.
WHY ARE TESTIMONIES IMPORTANT? THERE ARE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF A LEGISLATIVE BODY TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION.
THE AUDIENCE IS NOT JUST ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT IT'S ALSO THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
AND IT SERVES AS AN OUTLET TO HOLD YOUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE, BUT ALSO YOUR ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL.
THE FIRST STEP SHOULD BE WHAT IS YOUR TOPIC AND PURPOSE? WHAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT YOU ARE GONNA GO NEXT SHOULD BE WHO WILL BE TESTIFYING.
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT YOU CAN TAKE TO A TESTIMONY.
YOU CAN HAVE ONE PERSON TESTIFYING, OR YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE SPEAKERS BECAUSE YOU WANNA PROVIDE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO YOUR ORGANIZATION AND WHAT YOU WANNA PRESENT.
AND WITHIN THAT, YOU CAN ALSO INCLUDE PEOPLE THAT BENEFIT FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION SERVICES.
AND THE LAST PIECE IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE FOLLOW UP.
ENSURING THAT THE TESTIMONY DOESN'T END WHEN YOU STOP PRESENTING, BUT THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU'RE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SEE HOW DO YOU MOVE THE BALL FORWARD AND CONTINUE THAT PROGRESS THAT STARTED DURING THE TESTIMONY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW QUESTIONS TO BOTH OF THE SPEAKERS.
UH, SO RAISE YOUR HAND, UH, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
UH, THERE'S CERTAINLY, UH, VERY GOOD POINTS FROM BOTH OF THESE.
ALRIGHT, THANK, THANK YOU AND THANKS PHILLIP AND TERRY.
UH, MY QUESTION IS FOR TERRY, FROM A NONPROFIT PERSPECTIVE, AT WHAT POINT DOES THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL ALLIANCE OR CIVIC ASSOCIATION REACH OUT TO YOU? BECAUSE INDIVIDUALLY WE CAN BE EFFECTIVE, BUT WORKING WITH A NONPROFIT HAS, HAS THE RESOURCES AND DATA AND GUIDANCE.
WHERE CAN WE PARTNER AND WHEN AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGES TO DO? YES.
UH, BEING REACHING OUT TO US IS SOMETHING THAT WE WELCOME.
WE THINK THAT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE PARTNERING WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS ALL ACROSS THE CITY AS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH PROVIDING HOME REPAIRS.
THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT EVERYONE IN THIS CITY CAN RELATE TO AND DEAL WITH.
SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY OKAY TO REACH OUT TO US, UM, AT WHATEVER STAGE IN THE PROCESS, WHETHER THAT'S TO BRAINSTORM ON HOW THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LIKE TO GO FORWARD WITH A CERTAIN INITIATIVE OR TO PARTNER SPECIFICALLY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, PRISCILLA? UH, YEAH, OR
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY HER LAST NAME.
IS THIS A LITTLE BETTER? A LITTLE BETTER STILL SPEAK UP.
IT WAS MY VOLUME, MY APOLOGIES.
UM, SO MY QUESTION FOR THE SPEAKERS OR, UM, BOTH OF THE SPEAKERS, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM REBO HOUSTON, BOTH MENTIONED USING DATA, UM, AS PART OF TESTIMONY.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, CIVIC BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS, SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO TO HARNESS THAT DATA AND PUT IT TOGETHER IN A PRESENTABLE MANNER TO BE UNDERSTANDABLE.
HOW CAN YOU HELP US ATTAIN THOSE KIND OF NUMBERS AND PRESENTATIONS AND DATA SO THAT WE CAN, UM, SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND PUT TOGETHER A TESTIMONY THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY? UH, OKAY.
PHILLIP, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT, TERRY, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? UH, THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD OFFER IS, FOR INSTANCE, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE, UH, DOING PRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN IN, IN THE TRANSPORTATION REALM.
UH, SO ON THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS BY FEDERAL LAW, THEY HAVE TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
SO YOU'RE GONNA FIND IN THERE HOW MANY, HOW MANY BUSINESSES OR HOW MANY HOMES ARE GONNA BE, UH, TAKEN AWAY, OR, UM, HOW MANY TREES OR, UH, EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO MANY TIMES THE AGENCY THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING TO THE DATA IS COMING FROM THEM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO USE AS
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PART OF YOUR JUSTIFICATION ON WHY THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT SHOULDN'T BE D DONE.UH, OTHERWISE YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE OR THE AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE ANY DATA.
UH, IT JUST DEPENDS, YOU KNOW, ON THE, ON WHICH BODY AND, AND THE TOPIC THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING AS TO WHERE TO GATHER THE INFORMATION FROM.
AND WHAT I WOULD ADD IS, DEPENDING ON THE POLICY AREA OR THE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY ABOUT, IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO REACH OUT TO SPECIFIC NONPROFITS THAT SERVE IN THAT SPACE.
THEY USUALLY WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE DATA AND INFORMATION THAT COULD BE HELPFUL TO YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND ALSO A RESOURCE THAT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR ME HAS BEEN THE KINDER INSTITUTE.
UH, RECENTLY THEY CAME OUT WITH A STUDY THAT SHOWED THAT 44% OF HOMEOWNERS IN HARRIS COUNTY NEED HOME REPAIRS.
AND SO THAT'S A RESOURCE THAT WE ACTUALLY USE EVERY BUILDING TOGETHER, HOUSTON, TO GET IMPORTANT DATA AND INFORMATION.
UH, PASTOR DEB, THANK YOU CINDY, UH, TO THE GENTLEMAN, UM, FROM REBUILDING TOGETHER, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, OVER HERE WE WE'RE PROPOSED SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 45.
WE'VE BEEN REBUILDING FOR FIVE YEARS NOW.
UM, I WANTED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND WE HAVE A TERRITORY OF 60,000 RESIDENTS AND FOUR CIVIC GROUPS.
UM, THE QUESTION IS, WE HAVE RESIDENTS OVER HERE BETWEEN HARVEY AMELDA AND THE WINTER STORM, ELDERLY, DISABLED, AND OLD PEOPLE POOR THAT ARE IN A SORT OF A, A, A TURN TORNADO BETWEEN BAKER, RIPLEY, CONNECTIVE, TEXAS, AND TE HANA CENTER WORK WAS PUT OUT OVER HERE THAT WASN'T UP TO SNUFF.
SOME THINGS WEREN'T FINISHED, MONEY RAN OUT BEFORE WE WOULD TRY, WE'RE A SMALL CBO BEFORE WE WOULD TRY TO JUST SEND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO YOU.
UH, ARE YOU FINDING A LOT OF THIS WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T JUST WAITING, BUT THEY'VE BEEN DEALT WITH AND NOT CORRECTLY? AND SO I'M GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, BUT I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM HERE.
YES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US.
UM, OUR WEBSITE IS REBUILDING TOGETHER HOUSTON.ORG, AND MY SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS T-T-C-H-E-N-K O@REBUILDINGHOUSTON.ORG.
I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN, T AS IN TOMMY, AND THEN T AS IN TOMMY, C-H-E-N-K O@REBUILDINGHOUSTON.ORG.
AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS (832) 786-0809 AND I'LL DROP IT IN THE CHAT AS WELL.
UH, ONE OTHER SOURCE THAT I USE QUITE A BIT IS, AND YOU CAN GET EMAILS DAILY, THE US CENSUS BUREAU.
THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION, UH, DEALING WITH OUR REGION, BUT ANY REGION AROUND THE UNITED STATES, UH, DEALING WITH A PLETHORA OF ISSUES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ALSO OUT AS A RESOURCE.
UM, IT'S AS FAR AS DATES AND TIMES, IF A SENIOR OR LOW INCOME FAMILY WANTED TO LOOK AT, LET'S SAY, WINTERIZATION, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WINTERIZATION RIGHT NOW, WOULD THEY APPLY FOR 2023 OR IS THERE SOME DEADLINES OR THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FOR THIS YEAR? YEAH, SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY AT ANY TIME IN THE YEAR WE SERVE HOMEOWNERS YEAR ROUND.
NOW, CURRENTLY WE ARE TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR HOME WHO LIVE IN THE THIRD WARD, AS WELL AS THOSE ALL ACROSS THE CITY OF HOUSTON THAT ARE VETERANS AND THAT ARE IN NEED OF WHEELCHAIR RAMPS.
UH, WELL, I'LL USE MY PRIVILEGE TO ASK A QUESTION.
BOTH OF YOU TALKED ABOUT COORDINATING YOUR TESTIMONY.
UH, COULD YOU GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, SAY LIKE, IF YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAN CAN, UM, FIT IN A ONE OR TWO MINUTE TESTIMONY, WHICH YOU MAY END UP HAVING, UH, CAN YOU ALL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT, UH, TIPS ON HOW YOU ACTUALLY MANAGE TO SPLIT THAT UP INTO SPEAKERS OR HOW YOU DO THAT? SO DEPENDING ON, DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO IN THE TESTIMONY, UM, THEN WE, WE DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT ONE SPEAKER PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION OR SPLITTING THAT UP
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TO BE ABLE TO WORK TO THE SPEAK TO THE SPEAKER'S STRENGTH.AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO FIT ALL THAT INFORMATION IN ONE TESTIMONY.
THAT'S WHY THAT FOLLOW UP PLAN IS KEY, BECAUSE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEND THAT INFORMATION TO YOUR ELECTED OFFICIAL AFTER THE TESTIMONY.
SO HAVING THAT FOLLOW UP PLAN, THAT POST TESTIMONY PLAN IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU CAN FOLLOW UP WITH SOME MORE SUBSTANTIAL INFORMATION AFTERWARDS.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, IN REGARDS TO THE GROUPS THAT I'VE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH, WE ALWAYS SAT DOWN AND WROTE DOWN WHAT OUR KEY TOPICS, THE KEY POINTS THAT WE WANTED TO HIT, AND THEN WE WOULD DIVIDE THOSE UP AMONGST THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE WILLING TO DO THE PRESENTATIONS THAT COULD ATTEND.
UH, SOMETIMES THERE WAS MORE TOPICS THAN WE HAD PEOPLE, UH, OTHER TIMES THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE THAN TOPICS.
SO IT ALL DEPENDS, BUT THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHICH, WHICH TOPICS, IF YOU'VE GOT MORE THAN WHAT YOU CAN FIT INTO THE TIME ALLOTTED PER PERSON.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC OR EXPERIENCES THAT PEOPLE MAY WANNA TALK ABOUT WHERE THEY'VE, UH, SPOKEN IN, IN FRONT OF A GOVERNMENT AGENCY LIKE CITY COUNCIL OR OTHER PLACES? THIS IS STACY.
UH, THE, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS, IS THAT THE ONE THING THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED HERE IN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN SPEARHEADING WITH WITH OTHERS ON THIS CALL IS, YOU KNOW, REVISIONS TO THE SOUND ORDINANCE.
AND REALLY WHEN IT COMES TO DATA, PRISCILLA, UH, WE, WHERE WE STARTED WAS WITH FOIA REQUEST.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, WE DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE KINDER INSTITUTE OR YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE OTHER, YOU KNOW, NONPROFITS THAT WERE, UH, FOCUSED ON SOUND TO, TO LEAN ON.
SO SOMETIMES, UH, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO DO IT YOURSELF AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE STARTING A BUSINESS.
YOU ARE CLAWING AT EVERYTHING AND TRYING TO GATHER FROM EVERY RESOURCE POSSIBLE, BUT STARTING WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS A GREAT, UH, PLACE, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT, I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING THIS IS, YOU KNOW, CITY RELATED.
UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I, I I WOULD JUST SAY THAT FOIA REQUESTS, UM, IS ALSO A WAY TO GATHER DATA.
STACY, STACY, YOU'RE USING AN ACRONYM.
OH, FOIA, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
UH, AND THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THAT.
UH, KAY WALTON, WHO IS ON THE CALL, IS VERY, UH, PROFICIENT AS WELL IN, UH, OBTAINING DATA FROM THE CITY THAT WAY.
SO, I MEAN, WE CAN HELP YOU OFFLINE IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, HAVE A PARTICULAR TOPIC OR SUBJECT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, PURSUE.
BUT A GREAT PLACE TO START IS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND OF COURSE YOU HAVE FIVE AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TOO.
ANY OTHER TIPS? LAST THOUGHTS BEFORE WE SWITCH? SWITCH TOPICS? RAISE YOUR HAND.
UM, UH, I'VE DONE, UM, I GUESS WOULD YOU SAY TESTIFYING, UM, BOTH ORALLY AND, AND WRITTEN? UM, A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS THAT I WOULD MAKE.
FIRST OF ALL, THE MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN GATHER, THE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE YOU ARE ABOUT A TOPIC, THE BETTER YOUR PRESENTATION WILL BE BECAUSE YOU'LL TRULY UNDERSTAND THE SUBJECT.
YES, THANK YOU GROVER, AND, UH, EXCUSE MY CAT.
UM, BUT THAT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT HELPS YOU ALSO IN ORGANIZING AND YOU SOUND MORE AUTHORITATIVE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING.
ALSO, IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH A PIECE OF LEGISLATION, MAKE CERTAIN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT LEGISLATION AND READ ANY COMMENTARY ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH EXCELLENT RESOURCES AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DRAFTING IT.
BECAUSE THE MORE INFORMATION YOU, THIS IS ONE TIME WHERE KNOWLEDGE REALLY IS POWER.
UM, SO I WOULD MAKE THOSE SUGGESTIONS.
ALSO, IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHO TO REACH OUT TO, THIS IS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE,
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REACH OUT TO THE ALLIANCE AND SAY, COULD YOU PUT OUT AN EMAIL TO ALL THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS SAYING, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION OR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO GET INFORMATION ON A CERTAIN TOPIC? THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.UH, WELL I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A, A, A WONDERFUL DISCUSSION AND THIS IS EXACTLY KIND OF THE FEEDBACK AND THE DISCUSSION THAT WE WERE HOPING FOR TO KIND OF GET PEOPLE THINKING, UH, MOVING AHEAD WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
SO I WANNA THANK OUR GUEST SPEAKERS, PHILLIP IN THI AND EVERYBODY WHO MADE COMMENTS.
UH, IT'S BEEN A GREAT CONVERSATION.
AND THANK YOU ROY, FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER.
UM, SO WE WILL, UH, SWITCH TO OUR, UH, GUEST PRESENTATIONS, UH, DIRECTOR JONES WITH THE CITY FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND UH, IS RHONDA GONNA BE RUNNING YOUR SLIDES OR IS SOMEBODY IN YOUR GROUP? UH, SOMEBODY ON MY TEAM WILL BE RUNNING IT.
WELL, DIRECTOR JONES IS, UH, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND HE'S HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, THE ITEMS THAT, UH, WE WILL BE VOTING ON IN, UH, JUST A FEW WEEKS.
AND, UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR INVITING ME TO, TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC.
SO WE HAVE A, A BRIEF PRESENTATION JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, THE BOND ELECTION FOR THE NOVEMBER 8TH BALLOT.
SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO FOR THIS BOND ELECTION, IT WILL BE ISSUANCE OF 478 MILLION IN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BONDS.
UM, SO WHAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT THE PROPOSED BONDS WILL FUND 194 MILLION FOR EXISTING PROJECTS, UH, IDENTIFIED AND ADOPTED FY 23 TO 27.
SO THIS PAST, UH, FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, I WANNA SAY THE END OF JUNE.
UM, AND YOU, IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, THE FINANCE WEBSITE, THAT THAT FULL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS UP THERE AND AVAILABLE.
BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT IN THAT, UH, THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE BONDS, UH, IS NEEDED TO COVER AT LEAST 194 MILLION OF PROJECTS ALREADY APPROVED IN THAT PLAN.
UM, SO IN ADDITION, IN ADDITION TO, UH, THOSE EXISTING PROJECTS, UM, THE BOND WILL ALSO COVER ABOUT 156 MILLION, UH, FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
UH, 45 MILLION FOR A NEW ANIMAL CARE FACILITY FOR BARK, UM, AND 23 MILLION, UH, FOR PARK FACILITIES.
SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SLIDE.
UM, SO THIS BOND ELECTION WILL NOT INCREASE THE PROPERTY TAXES.
UM, THE CITY IS SUBJECT TO PROPERTY TAX REVENUE LIMITATION UNDER, UH, PROPOSITION ONE EIGHT H AND IN ADDITION, THERE'S A STATE CAP.
SO ACTUALLY THE CITY JUST ADOPTED OUR TAX RATE, UH, LAST WEDNESDAY, WHICH ACTUALLY DECREASED OUR TAX RATE.
UH, SO VOTE FOR THIS BOND ELECTION WILL NOT RAISE PROPERTY TAXES.
AND OTHER VERY IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW IS THIS BOND ELECTION WILL NOT INCLUDE STREET AND DRAINAGE PROJECT DUE TO, UH, BILL HOUSTON FORWARD OR REBUILD HOUSTON.
THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOAT IN 2010, WHERE WE NO LONGER ISSUED DEBT FOR STREET AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS OR PAY AS YOU GO.
SO BOND ELECTIONS HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN HELD EVERY FOUR TO SIX YEARS, UH, UH, WITH THE LAST ONE HEARING OF 2017.
UM, AND THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF IN LINE WITH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH USUALLY IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
SO USUALLY ABOUT EVERY FIVE YEARS YOU NEED TO GO BACK OUT FOR BOND ELECTION TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE, UH, YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO THIS BOND ELECTION IS IN LINE WITH, UH, THE, THE TIMELINE WHEN WE WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE TO GO BACK OUT FOR A BOND ELECTION.
AND YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE HISTORY THERE FROM 2001 AFTER 2022.
AND AS I NOTED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE ON STREETS AND DRAINAGE WHERE WE STOPPED ISSUING A BOND IN 2012 AGAIN DUE TO, UH, THE PASSAGE OF BILL HE SUPPORT IN 2010.
UM, SO YEAH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO WHAT'S GONNA BE ON NOVEMBER 8TH, YOU'LL HAVE SEVEN PROPOSITIONS, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AT 277 MILLION, YOU'LL HAVE PARKS AT, UH, SIX, THE ANIMAL CARE FACILITY AT 47 MILLION, PUBLIC HEALTH 33 MILLION, UH, JOURNAL OF PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH COVERS THE OTHER EXISTING CITY FACILITIES OR OTHER CITY FACILITIES, PUBLIC LIBRARIES AT 26 MILLION AND SOLID WASTE AT 6 MILLION.
UM, IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY IS ABOUT 59%, UH, OF THE OVERALL BOND ELECTION.
LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A BRIEF, UH, PRESENTATION, JUST KIND OF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, WHAT'S GONNA BE ON THE BALLOT.
UH, DOUG SMITH, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?
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HI, WILL, UM, HEY, DOUG, ON THE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY, CAN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT? WHEN I THINK, AND WHEN I THINK MOST PEOPLE THINK OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THEY, THEY THINK OF POLICE AND FIRE.UH, IS THAT WHERE IT'S GOING OR ARE THERE OTHER PLACES WHERE IT'S GOING? YEAH, IT, IT WILL BE POLICE AND FIRE.
UM, SO POLICE FACILITIES, FIRE STATIONS, UH, YEAH.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, YES, YOU MAY NOT BE THE PERSON WHO CAN ANSWER THIS IN PARTICULARS, BUT 47 MILLION FOR BARK, HOW WILL THAT BREAK DOWN THAT PLACE IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP? YEAH, YEAH.
SO I THINK I CAN PRO PROVIDE A LITTLE INSIGHT ON THAT.
SO 45 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR A NEW FACILITY, SO YOU ARE CORRECT.
SO THE, THE HOPE AND, AND IS THAT WE WILL BUILD A NEW FACILITY TO EXPAND CAPACITY.
UM, AND SO YEAH, IT WILL BE A NEW FACILITY.
SO RIGHT NOW THAT THAT 45 MILLION KIND OF FALLS OUTSIDE OF THE EXISTING CIP, BUT IT WITH THE, WITH THE BOND ELECTION, SAY IF WE HAVE MORE DEBT CAPACITY BEFORE THE END OF THIS EXISTING CIP, THAT WILL GO TOWARDS A NEW, UH, BARK FACILITY.
HOW MUCH OF THAT WILL GO TOWARDS STAFFING? THAT'S THE MAJOR PROBLEM THERE, THAT IN THE LEADERSHIP? YEAH.
WELL, SO, UH, KEEP IN MIND WITH THE, THE BOND ELECTION THAT COVERS, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES AS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THAT DOES NOT COVER STAFFING, BUT THAT WILL BE HANDLED ON THE OPERATING SIDE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET, NOT NECESSARILY THROUGH THE BOND ELECTIONS, SINCE WE DON'T COVER STAFFING THROUGH THAT.
UM, BUT YET THAT IS, UH, UNDERSTOOD THAT IF WE EXPAND THE FACILITY, THERE WILL NEED TO BE MORE RESOURCES PUT IN INTO BAR.
SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE OPERATING BUDGET.
WHEN WILL THIS MONEY HAVE TO BE SPENT? UM, IT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE, BECAUSE I, I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE STATUTE OF LIMITATION IS ON HOW LONG YOU HAVE TO DRAW DOWN FROM THE BOND ELECTION.
IF YOU LOOK AT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL DRAWING DOWN FROM PREVIOUS THE, THE, THE PREVIOUS BOND ELECTIONS.
UM, SO I'M NOT, I, I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT TIMELINE, BUT I KNOW IT'S BEYOND LIKE THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW OF OUR, UH, ACCOUNT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? UH, WELL IN THAT CASE, UH, DIRECTOR JONES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
UH, AND UH, NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, RHONDA, ER, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED RHONDA, UH, HELPS US NAVIGATE, UH, OUR MEETINGS EVERY MONTH, WHICH WE APPRECIATE.
UH, SHE DOES, UH, SHE'S VERY HELPFUL WITH THIS.
HI GUYS, HOW ARE YOU? UM, AND THANKS FOR GIVING US THIS TIME.
UH, MY REQUEST TO HAVE THIS TIME REALLY WASN'T ABOUT ME, IT WAS MORE ABOUT THE TEAM HERE.
UM, I HAVE ON THE SCREEN YOU WILL SEE THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE OFFICE.
AND WHAT I WANNA POINT OUT TO YOU IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE STAFF PHOTO FROM WHEN THAT WAS TAKEN, I AM DOWN FIVE, UM, EMPLOYEES.
SO TAKE THAT PICTURE MINUS FIVE.
AND IT'S JUST THE REST OF US DOING WHAT A TEAM, A LARGER TEAM USED TO DO.
SO SOMETIMES OUR ANSWERS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT SLOW, BUT PLEASE KNOW, WE ARE WORKING.
UM, AND I DID WANNA SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
UM, I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW US FOR ATTENDING SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO.
UM, WE ASSIST WITH PUBLIC MEETINGS, WHETHER IT BE CIP MEETINGS OR TOWN HALLS.
UH, WE ASSIST OTHER DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, ESPECIALLY EVENTS OR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR THAT WE HELP WITH.
AND, UM, WE SOMETIMES DO BLOCK WALKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO GATHER INFORMATION FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, DURING RAIN EVENTS, WE, WE WILL BE IN SHELTERS HELPING THE CONSTITUENTS OUT THAT ARE THERE DURING RAIN EVENTS, UM, AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS, WHETHER THEY'RE FEMA MEETINGS OR MORE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AND, UM, WE ALSO STAFF PUBLIC SESSION.
AND, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID,
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YOU TO GET TO KNOW THE REST OF THE STAFF, SO I'D APPRECIATE IF MY STAFF HAS THEIR, UM, HAS THEIR THEIR CAMERA ON SO YOU CAN BE SEEN.AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO PUT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT.
YOU MAY HAVE DONE SO PREVIOUSLY, BUT IT KIND OF GETS LOST, SO MAKE SURE YOU PUT IT IN AFTER YOUR CHAT.
AND, UH, LET'S START WITH RENEE RUIZ.
UM, I THINK I'VE HOSTED THE S AND A MEETINGS BEFORE.
UH, I AM ASSISTED TO RHONDA SOLDER, UM, BUT, UM, I AM, UM, PART COMMUNITY LIAISON, PART ADMINISTRATOR, PART OF, I WEAR A LOT OF HATS, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I HAVE PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME, UH, FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICES TO ASK US FOR, FOR ADVICE.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSTITUENTS FROM RANDOM PARTS OF THE CITY THAT DON'T BELONG WITHIN OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR SCOPE REACH OUT TO US.
UM, SO THAT'S BEEN, UH, MY PRIMARY JOB IS TO KIND OF ANSWER QUESTIONS AND KIND OF MOVE PEOPLE AROUND AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING, UM, IS, UH, IS ACCORDING.
UM, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, I DO, UM, UH, HOST, UH, OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS FORUM, UM, DISTRICT, DISTRICT D ON OUT.
I'VE ALSO BEEN THE LIAISON OUT IN FORT BEND HOUSTON.
AND NOW I AM, UH, THE LIAISON FOR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 32 AS WELL.
UM, I, UH, GENERALLY DO THE PUBLIC SESSION, UH, ALONG WITH RHONDA.
UH, SO WE LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT GET A PHONE CALL FROM ME IF YOU SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC SESSION.
UM, WE WANT TO GET YOUR TOPIC AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE MAYOR'S WELL INFORMED AS AS, AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF, WHAT YOUR CONCERN MIGHT BE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.
UM, UM, LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, JUST, JUST, I KNOW WE'RE SHORT ON TIME, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MY, MY BACKGROUND WAS IN INVESTIGATIONS.
I WAS AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER THERE FOR 11 YEARS, BUT I'M GOING ON MY SIXTH YEAR HERE AT, UH, MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE OFFICE, AND I REALLY ENJOY IT.
SO I'M, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU ALL.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CENTRAL CORE, UH, INCLU AND ALSO IN SPRING BRANCH.
UH, AND I, UH, OFFICE IN THE DOWNTOWN ANNEX.
SO I ALSO HELP OUT IN THE GENERAL, UH, UH, QUESTIONS, UH, THAT COME INTO THE OFFICE HERE.
AND I ALSO HANDLE THE DATABASE FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE CIVIC CLUBS.
AND I'M IN THE PROCESS OF GIVING EACH CIVIC CLUB THEIR OWN PAGE ON THE WEB, BUT I'M TRYING TO AUTOMATE IT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO OVER REDO IT EVERY TIME.
SO, UM, AND INCLUDING THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS GIVING EACH ONE OF THEM HAVE A PAGE.
SO, UH, THAT'S A FEW THINGS THAT I DO.
AND JACK IS ALSO OUR THREE ONE GU GURU.
HE'S THE ONE THAT PUTS IN ALL THOSE THREE ONE REQUESTS MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE.
UH, SO I'M VERONICA HERNANDEZ.
I'M THE SENIOR COMMUNITY LIAISON WITH, UH, THE OFFICE.
I HAVE THE SOUTHWEST AREA, WHICH IS, I SAY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AREA, THE LARGEST, UH, YOU KNOW, DIVERSE AREA.
I HAVE A LEAF BRAEBURN, BRASO OAKS.
I HAVE GULFTON, SHARPSTOWN, MARLON, UH, WESTBURY, WEST CHASE, MIDWEST.
SO BASICALLY I HAVE FIVE COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
I HAVE ALL DISTRICT JI HAVE FI HAVE K, I HAVE JUST A SMALL PORTION OF G AND I HAVE C 'CAUSE I HAVE THE MEYER COMMUNITY.
UH, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR, WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
I JUST MADE 25 YEARS, UM, IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, SO BESIDES BEING A LIAISON OUT IN THE COMMUNITY BEFORE THAT I WAS DOWNTOWN AND HANDLING ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, WORK.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
AND, UH, BESIDES OUR OFFICE ALSO IS THE OFFICE THAT ALWAYS HAS THOSE PILOT PROGRAMS. WHEN ANY PILOT PROGRAM COME THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, WE'RE THE FIRST ONES TO BE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE, TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE ALSO DO DIFFERENT EVENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
WITH MY COMMUNITY OUT IN THE SOUTHWEST HOUSTON AREA, WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT, UH, COMMUNITIES AND WE TRY TO BRING THOSE RESOURCES TO THE DIFFERENT APARTMENT COMPLEXES, TO THE COMMUNITY CENTERS, TO THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, HOAS AND CIVIC CLUBS.
SO WE TRY TO KEEP THEM ABREAST OF WHAT'S GOING IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
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LITTLE SCRATCHY.I HAVE A REALLY BAD COLD, SO I'LL TRY TO SPEAK AS CLEARLY AS I CAN.
SO I'M IN THE SOUTH AREA AND, UM, I OFFICE OUT IN THE SUNNYSIDE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
I'M OVER EIGHT SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND OUT OF THOSE EIGHT, ONLY TWO ARE ACTIVE.
I DO HAVE ONE THAT I'M TEMPORARILY, UH, OVERSEEING AS WELL.
UM, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 38 NEAR SOUTHWEST.
I ALSO HAVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 83, WHICH IS MCGREGOR.
I HAVE SOUTH PARK SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 79, WHICH IS GULF CREST, BELFORT LEY.
I HAVE GREATER HOBBY EDGEBROOK, SOUTH BELT TON.
UH, ALSO THE, THE TEMPORARY ONE IS THE GREATER FIFTH WARD.
AT THIS TIME, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY.
IT JUST MADE 25 YEARS ON OCTOBER 6TH, UH, BEFORE I WENT OVER TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, I WAS WORKING WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR FIVE YEARS.
AND I WAS WORKING, UH, FOR ONE OF THE DE DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S OFFICE WITH THE ADOPT ESPLANADE PROGRAM.
SO I WAS ABLE TO MEET A LOT OF, UH, CIVIC CLUBS DURING THAT TIME.
SO THAT'S ME, AND I'VE SHARED MY CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO REACH OUT TO ME, I'LL BE, UM, GRATEFUL TO HELP ANYONE.
UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS ANITA IVORY AND I COVER THE NORTHWEST, UH, SIDE OF TOWN.
UH, SOME OF MY SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I COVER IS THE ACRES HOME, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, CENTRAL NORTHWEST INDEPENDENCE HEIGHTS, AS WELL AS GREATER INWOOD.
UM, A LOT OF MY COWORKERS HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO.
UM, I'LL JUST ADD THAT I DO ENJOY WORKING WITH THE CONSTITUENTS AT, UM, A LOT OF TIMES WE GET A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS WHEN, UH, THEY HAVE REPORTED THINGS TO 3 1 1 AND THEY, UM, THE, SOME OF THEIR ISSUES HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND THEY DON'T HAVE, UM, ANY, UH, CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHY IT WAS CLOSED.
SO I ENJOY ASSISTING THEM IN RECEIVING CITY, CITY RELATED SERVICES.
AND I WILL INCLUDE MY NAME AND NUMBER IN THE, UM, IN THE, UH, CONTACTS.
UM, I'VE BEEN WITH THE MAYOR ASSISTANCE OFFICE FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
UM, MY AREA, IT COVERS THE EAST END AREA, PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE PORTION OF IT, UH, WHICH IS AS NORTH AS DENVER HARBOR, UH, GREATER EASTWOOD, SECOND WARD, CLINTON PARK, UM, THE, UH, LAWNDALE WAYSIDE AREA, MAGNOLIA PARK, UH, HARRISBURG, MANCHESTER, UH, PECAN PARK, UH, PARK PLACE, MEADOWBROOK ALLENDALE.
UH, SO I COVER ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, UH, THE BOTTOM OF MEADOWBROOK ONDALE, UH, MOST OF DISTRICT I A PORTION OF H.
UM, AND SO I ENJOY DOING, UH, THE WORK WITH A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO A LOT OF WORK, UM, IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
UH, ANYTHING FROM THE WINTER STORM TO, UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME TURKEY DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, AS WELL AS BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN CONNECTING WITH, UH, WHEN I USED TO WORK WITH HOBBY, UH, WE DID SOME WORK WITH THEM AND ALSO AS WELL AS MAGNOLIA PARK.
UM, SO WE, WE JUST LOVE TO CONNECT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS AROUND THE AREA.
UM, IN MY AREA IT'S PREDOMINANTLY, UM, HISPANIC.
UM, IT HAS STARTED TO CHANGE AND DIVERSIFY ITSELF SOME, UH, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE OLDER HISPANIC, UH, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, IN EAST END.
UH, SO I ENJOY BEING OUT HERE, BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND, AND WHAT WE DO.
SO IF YOU EVER WANT TO COME OUT, LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL GO GRAB LUNCH.
AND LAST BUT NOT NOT LEAST IS THE, OUR LATEST TIRE IS ELDRIDGE, PURE ELDRIDGE.
I AM HOUSED IN THE THIRD WARD MULTIPURPOSE CENTER ON N STREET.
AND I HAVE TAKEN OVER FROM RENEE, THE FORT BEND SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I COVER CRESTMONT PARK, SOUTH ACRES, UH, THIRD WARD AND A PORTION OF SUNNYSIDE.
AND I AM SO HAPPY TO BE BACK AT THE CITY.
THIS IS MY SECOND ROLE AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND, UM, I'M JUST GLAD TO BE BACK AND JOIN A GREAT TEAM.
AND I'VE PUT MY INFORMATION IN THE CHAT TWICE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS TIME AND, AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CITY RELATED, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NECESSARILY DON RELATED, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN AT LEAST POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITY LIAISON.
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JOINING US TONIGHT.UH, I'M GONNA PRESUME, UH, FIRST STEP IS VICKI MARTIN.
THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING EVERYONE.
UH, I DID NOT SEE OUR AREA COVERED, AND THAT'S, UH, INDICATIVE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING SINCE KELLY BRADFORD, UH, POSITION WAS VACATED.
DO YOU KNOW, I, I WROTE DOWN EVERYONE'S AREAS AND I'VE YET TO HEAR WHO'S GOING EAST HOUSTON, UH, NORTHEAST HOUSTON.
SO IS THERE SOME NAME ATTACHED? SO I WILL BE COVERING, UM, FOR KELLY'S AREA FOR NOW.
THAT POSITION IS OPEN UNTIL FRIDAY.
UM, SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED OR YOU THINK WOULD BE GOOD FOR THAT POSITION, PLEASE SEND THEM TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
I HAVE REACHED OUT TO A FEW OF THE LOCATIONS.
UM, I DO PLAN ON ATTENDING MR. DOWNEY'S MEETING TOMORROW.
SO, UM, I WILL PUT MY NAME AND NUMBER IN THE CHAT AND YOU CAN CALL ME FOR ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS.
UH, DOUG SMITH, RHONDA, ANGELA MENTIONED THAT, UH, SEVERAL OF HER SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS WERE, WERE INACTIVE.
UH, ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING TO CHANGE THAT AND IS THERE ANYTHING WE COULD DO AS AN ALLIANCE TO HELP YOU CHANGE THAT? SO WE HAVE, UM, CURRENTLY IN ANGIE'S AREA SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE TO GET EDGE EDGEBROOK UP AND RUNNING.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO COURT A LOT OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU THINK NEEDS HELP AND IS ON THAT CUSP, WE'RE WORKING AT NORTH SIDE RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST FINISHED, UM, IN JESSE'S AREA WHERE TWO OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE UP AND RUNNING, UP AND RUNNING, UM, MAGNOLIA AND MANCHESTER.
SO WE ARE, WE DO WORK IN THE AREAS WHEN WE CAN, WHEN WE KNOW ABOUT IT, WHEN WE HAVE CITIZENS WHO, UM, WHO ARE WILLING TO, TO, TO GATHER AND, AND GET THEIR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD REACTIVATED.
THAT, THAT'S MAYBE AN AREA WE COULD FOCUS ON AS AN ALLIANCE.
UM, AND I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH, UM, I'M CINDY ROY AND I HAVE SPOKEN A NUMBER OF TIMES ABOUT SOME OF THE OPTIONS AND WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE ALLIANCE WOULD LIKE TO GO AND HOW WE CAN HELP.
UH, HUEY, UH, RHONDA, JUST, I, I DON'T KNOW IF DOWNEY IS STILL ON THE CALL, BUT I DON'T THINK HE HAS A MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.
I SAW A NOTICE THAT HE HAD CANCELED.
I DIDN'T SEE THE, THE MEETING NOTICE, BUT I WAS GOING TO EMAIL HIM TOMORROW MORNING.
BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE, UH, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS OR OLD BUSINESS, SO WE HAVE JUST A FEW MINUTES AND I'LL REMIND PEOPLE THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE A, A, A DEADLINE OF EIGHT O'CLOCKS.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT FOR OPEN COMMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW OR REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HOLD A HARRIS COUNTY JUDGE FORUM, UH, ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT.
IT WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON FOX 26 HOUSTON AND AVAILABLE AFTERWARDS TO SHARE FOR ANYONE WHO CANNOT WATCH IT LIVE.
STACY, WILL YOU SEND OUT A MEETING NOTICE ON THAT, LIKE YOU DO FOR THESE MEETINGS SO WE CAN, UH, LINK INTO IT? UH, I CAN, I WILL SEND OUT AN EMAIL.
AND I WILL ALSO POST IT TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
TANISHA, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
AGAIN, I'M TANISHA HUDSPETH HARRIS COUNTY CLERK IN 2020.
MANY OF YOU ELECTED ME AS THE YOUNGEST AND FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN EVER TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE.
I STARTED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 17 YEARS, UH, 17 YEARS AGO, AND NOW I'VE BECOME THE COUNTY CLERK AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
OUR OFFICE, SINCE ELECTED, HAS ALLOWED ME TO DO THINGS LIKE OPEN OUR OFFICES ON SATURDAYS FOR WORKING CLASS FAMILIES FOR THE SYSTEMS THAT YOU NEED.
THIS MONTH, WELL, WE'RE GONNA START PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND MANY OTHER ENTITIES TO START SHARING HOW WE, OUR OFFICE AND MANY OTHERS CAN HELP ESTATE PLAN FOR MANY COMMUNITIES.
SO I HOPE THAT ONE NIGHT I CAN COME AND
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COME TALK ABOUT MORE IN DEPTH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, WHAT WE ARE DOING TO PUSH THE, UH, OFFICE, UH, FORWARD.AND LAST WEEK, OUR CAMPAIGN ALSO RECEIVED THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE.
AGAIN, I'M TANISHA HUDSPETH, YOUR COUNTY CLERK, TANISHA HUDSPETH, YOUR COUNTY CLERK, RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT AGAIN THIS NOVEMBER.
MY RACE IS ALL THE WAY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BALLOT, SO PLEASE BE PREPARED AND READY TO VOTE.
THE ENTIRE BALLOT TOP TO BOTTOM.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
STACY, I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION THAT, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE OFFICER ELECTIONS ARE IN JANUARY.
SO IF ANY OF OUR MEMBERSHIP, UH, IS INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR ONE OF THE POSITIONS, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR OR SECRETARY, PLEASE REACH OUT TO S ACO H@GMAIL.COM.
UH, MY NAME IS MAGEE AND I WORK FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PATRICIA JACKSON.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. TANISHA.
UH, THERE WAS A MEETING I ATTENDED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND THEY MENTIONED THAT, UH, CLOSER TO THE ELECTION, THE BALLOT, LIKE A SAMPLE BALLOT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AND THE PERSON CAN GO AND PUT IN, INPUT THE INFORMATION AND THEY WILL GET LIKE A SAMPLE OF WHAT THEIR ACTUAL, UM, BALLOT IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
IS THAT AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE? IT AB IT ABSOLUTELY IS.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, UM, THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE DOESN'T RUN THE ELECTIONS ANYMORE, BUT I DO AM FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THAT.
AND NOW YOU CAN GO TO HARRIS VOTES.COM, YOU CAN SIMPLY CLICK ON THE SAMPLE BALLOT LINK, PUT IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND GET YOUR ACTUAL SAMPLE BALLOT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT RACES YOU'RE GONNA SEE ON YOUR SPECIFIC BALLOT AND JUST ABOUT HOW LONG THAT BALLOT'S GONNA BE TO STUDY AHEAD OF TIME.
YOU CAN ALSO GO ON THE WEBSITE IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED TO GET IN RELATION TO VOTER REGISTRATION TOMORROW AS WELL.
BUT VERY GOOD QUESTION, SAMPLE BALLOTS ARE UP AND ALSO A REALLY GOOD RESOURCE THAT YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS GUIDE IS UP VIRTUALLY AND THEY HAVE HARD COPY, UH, PRINT COPIES.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, IT'S A NONPARTISAN PAPER FOR ALL THOSE THAT THEY EXTEND THE OFFER TO IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS.
DOESN'T MATTER THE PARTY OR BACKGROUND.
IT GIVES YOU EVERY CANDIDATE, THEIR PLATFORMS AND THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE CAMPAIGNS BEFORE GOING TO VOTE NOVEMBER.
SO HARRIS VOTES.COM.ORG.NET, ANY OF THOSE EXTENSIONS WILL LEAD YOU TO THE SITE TO GET YOUR SAMPLE BALLOT.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU GOOGLE LEGAL WOMEN VOTERS HOUSTON, IT GIVES YOU THAT VOTER'S GUIDE TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR, UH, STUDY AND, UH, IF YOU NEED THAT, UH, ASSISTANCE FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
AND, AND TO TACK ONTO THAT, UH, CINDY, I WANT TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, WHILE EVERYBODY POINTS TO THEM, WHAT NEEDS TO BE NOTED IS, IS THAT THEY REPORT WHATEVER THE CANDIDATE SENDS IN.
SO IT'S BASICALLY A MARKETING PITCH FOR THE CANDIDATE.
SO IN ESSENCE, UM, WHILE, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT'S A GREAT WHAT THEY DO, UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT ENTIRELY, UH, A NEUTRAL POSITION.
SO WHAT I SUGGEST, UH, IS TO ALWAYS DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND BEGIN TO ASK YOUR OWN QUESTIONS OF NOT ONLY THE CANDIDATES, BUT START LOOKING AT THE RECORD IF THEY HAVE ONE.
UM, AND ALSO THEIR PLATFORMS. VERY GOOD INPUT.
AND AGAIN, LEGAL VOTERS IS NOT THE ONLY RESOURCE.
THEY DO JUST PRINT EXACTLY WHAT THE CANDIDATE, UH, PROVIDES THEIR, UH, THE POLITICAL PARTIES, WEBSITES THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, PLATFORMS. AND MOST CAMPAIGNS HAVE WEBSITES AS WELL.
OKAY, WE'RE DOWN TO, UH, ROUGHLY FIVE MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE, UH, SUPER NEIGHBOR COUNCILS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR, UM, ANY OTHER TOPICS TO BRING UP? HELLO? HI, MY NAME IS LETICIA GRANT AND I AM THE GERON SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND I HAVE A, I HAVE A, A RESIDENT THAT REACHED OUT TO ME TODAY ABOUT SPEEDING ON HER STREET.
AND, UM, I SPOKE TO PHILLIP, UH, PJ, WHICH IS OUR CONTACT FOR OUR DISTRICT.
UM, HE'S AT TARSHA JACKSON'S OFFICE AND HE TOLD ME, HE GAVE ME A LINK TO COMPLETE.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF ANYONE HAS GONE ONTO THAT LINK AND WHAT IS THE SUCCESS? UM, BASICALLY THE LINK IS LIKE A, IT'S LIKE A RED FLAG, UM, LIKE A TAG ME.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, EITHER ILLEGAL DUMP, WELL, UM, VANDALISM SPEEDING OR BUR HIGH BURGLARY IN THE AREA.
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CURIOUS IF ANYONE HAS USED THAT FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND HOW SUCCESSFUL HAS IT BEEN? I NEVER HAVE, HAS ANYBODY ELSE, I HAVE NOT USED IT EITHER, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SUBMIT WHAT'S CALLED AN ALERT SLIP TO, THAT'S WHAT IT IS, AN ALERT SLIP.OKAY, WELL IF IT'S AN ALERT SLIP, I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THOSE.
I'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THOSE.
I WOULD SUGGEST REACHING OUT TO OFFICER NICOLE CARTER AT THE NORTH COMMAND.
UH, SHE'S THE COMMUNITY LIAISON AND IF YOU NEED FURTHER INFORMATION, I'M NEXT DOOR TO YOU IN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE.
SO I, I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU WITH THAT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO, UH, OFFICER CARTER.
UH, BUT I CAN TELL YOU ANYTIME I TURN IN ALERT SLIPS, LET ME TELL YOU I GET ACTION OUT OF, OUT OF THE NORTH COMMAND ON THAT GOOD DEAL.
'CAUSE I'M SURE I'M GONNA GIVE HER THIS INFORMATION AND I'M SURE SHE'S GONNA ASK ME AND I JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH IT.
SO I DEFINITELY THANK YOU SO MUCH, PHILIP, FOR THAT INFORMATION.
WELL, AND I'LL SAY THAT WE, YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS, UM, REQUESTED SPEED INDICATORS BE POSTED ON CERTAIN PLACES, YOU KNOW, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE FLASHING LIGHTS AND WHAT YOUR ACTUAL SPEED IS.
YOU CAN REQUEST HPD PROVIDE THOSE ON A STREET TO
AND THE CRAZY THING ABOUT THIS ONE, IT'S ON A DEAD END STREET, SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE.
BUT YES, I WILL, I WILL DO THAT.
I'LL MAKE SURE I LET HER KNOW AS WELL.
YEAH, I ALSO, THERE'S, THERE'S A SPOT WHERE MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE DIED WHEN PEOPLE ARE RACING NEAR MY AREA.
AND, UH, OUR COUNCILWOMAN, UH, MARTHA CASTEX TATUM HAS ACTUALLY SPENT SOME OF HER DISTRICT FUNDS TO, UM, PUT SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNING AND SOME LITTLE RUMBLE STRIPS AND STUFF IN.
UM, COULD I, COULD I ASK LETICIA A QUESTION REAL QUICK? LETICIA GRANT, THIS PASTOR DEB OVER HERE, WE'RE ADJACENT TO YOU IN NORTHLINE? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I'D LIKE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU ABOUT, UH, THE, ABOUT OUR COMMAND.
UH, WE ARE IN NORTHLINE AND WE HAVE OUR COMMAND IN ACRES, HOMES AND DISTRICT B.
AND SO DISTRICT H AND DISTRICT B DON'T REALLY COORDINATE A LOT, AND I THOUGHT MAYBE IF I COULD REACH OUT TO YOU, WE MIGHT COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
I'LL PUT MY INFORMATION IN THE CHAT FOR YOU.
LETITIA, THIS IS STACY FAIRCHILD, I'M THE SEC SECRETARY FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, AND I WAS ALSO A PART, YOU KNOW, LOOSELY A PART OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS, UM, SPEARHEADED BY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN OUR AREA OR IN HOUSTON THAT WAS LOOKING TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
SO I, I WANT TO HEAR MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT YOUR ISSUE BECAUSE IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT FALLS UNDER THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S GONNA BE BROUGHT BACK UP THIS NEXT SESSION.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING OFFLINE.
MY INFORMATION, IT'S IN THE CHAT, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.
OKAY, WELL THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT DISCUSSION ON MULTIPLE TOPICS TONIGHT.
AND WE ARE RIGHT AT 7 58 AND SINCE OUR TIME EXPIRES AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD, UH, UH, QUITTING POINT.
UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, ADJOURN THE MEETING AT, UH, 7 58.