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I COVERED IT.THAT WAS WAS ABOUT, SAY, I'M SORRY.
[City Council - Public Hearing on Bond Election on October 12, 2022.]
OCTOBER THE 12TH, 2022, AND I'M MAYOR SPECIAL TURNER, AND I'M RECONVENING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL.MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR TURNER.
COUNCIL MC CASTEX TATUM? HERE.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A STRONG QUORUM.
AND, UH, I WILL TELL YOU, LOOKING AT PEOPLE, LOOKING AT PEOPLE ONLINE, THIS IS LIKE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
ALRIGHT, YOU DATING YOURSELF?
COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON, JOIN US.
COUNCILMAN ROBINSON IS JOINING US.
COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN IS NOW ON.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL ITEM 45.
ITEM 45 IS A PUBLIC HEARING RELATING TO THE BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022.
THIS IS THE SECOND OF TH OF THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE UPCOMING BOND ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN FRONT OF ME SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? HEARING IS SAYING NONE.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING? MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING.
I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A, A COMMENT, MAYOR, THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, DIRECTOR WILL JONES DID A PRESENTATION TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ON MONDAY.
AND, UM, WE GOT GOOD FEEDBACK AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SHARED THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOND, UM, ELECTION.
AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT PRESENTATION.
UH, THEY WERE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND HE HAS SAID TO ME THAT HE'S WILLING TO GO OUT IF THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO DO THAT.
HE REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED THAT.
SO, UH, THANK YOU DIRECTOR JONES FOR GRACIOUSLY AGREEING TO GIVE YOUR TIME.
AND SECOND TO CLOSE THE HEARING.
ANY DISCUSSION? ANY OBJECTION? HEARINGS NON-GRANT, THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED NOW.
NEXT WE NEED TO REVISIT ITEM 43, UH, WHICH IS THE REDISTRICTING ITEM.
I'VE BEEN NOTIFIED THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO CHANGE THEIR VOTES.
I HEARD THAT FROM HOLLYWOOD SQUARES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF ME.
OKAY, NOW WE NEED TO REVISIT ITEM, UH, 23, WHICH IS THE REDISTRICT ITEM 43 40.
43 EARLIER TO 43, RIGHT? MM-HMM
EARLIER TODAY WE SKIPPED ITEM 43 AND INSTEAD VOTED ON ITEM 44.
UH, MOST OF US THOUGHT WE VOTED ON ON 43.
IN FACT, I THOUGHT WE VOTED ON 43.
UH, BUT ANYWAY, UH, WE NOW NEED, WE ARE NEEDING TO CONFIRM, UH, WITH A FORMAL VOTE.
UH, SO MADAM SECRETARY VIEWER, PLEASE CALL I THE, UH, CALL THE ITEM ITEM 43.
THE REDISTRICTING AN ITEM AS AMENDED THAT WE ARE VOTING ON.
ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL, VOTE.
MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLE MAYOR TURNER.
BUT I'M HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL CAN SEE ME.
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YES.COUNCILOR PLUMMER, YOU'RE STILL MUTED.
THE ITEM PASSES WITH ONE PERSON.
ALRIGHT, NOW THAT WE ARE ALL HERE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO
DO, DO WE NEED TO CONFIRM? 44.
DID WE NEED TO TAKE UP THE OTHER ITEM? WE NEED TO REAFFIRM 44.
ARTURO'S GONNA ASK YOU TO MAYOR, TO THE EXTENT PEOPLE WERE CONFUSED AND THOUGHT THEY WERE NOT, THEY WERE VOTING, REDISTRICTING WHEN THEY VOTED.
SO THERE'S NO QUESTION IN THE RECORD THAT IT APPROVED 44.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL ITEM 44.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS, WHAT IS 44? SO I DON'T MISS THIS ONE.
OH YEAH, THIS WAS THE ITEM THAT WAS TAGGED LAST WEEK.
THIS IS THE ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A SECOND AMENDMENT AND RESTATING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE FORT BEND COUNTY FOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT K, IN FOUR, IN DISTRICT K YEAR FOR THAT
OKAY, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR ON, UH, IN ITEM 44.
IN FAVOR, OPPOSE GRANTED, UH, ON ITEM 44, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO, TO DISCUSS, UH, THIS EVENING? ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, NOW THAT I HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO, TO BOND, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST TAKE A LOOK, LOOK TO THE PERSON TO THE LEFT OF YOU AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, HELLO AND HOW YOU DOING? AND THEN LOOK TO
WE GONNA SAY GOODNIGHT TO THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES, YOU KNOW, SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
SAME TIME, SAME PLACE WE STAND.