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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.IT IS 1:40 PM ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH.
IT IS 1:40 PM ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH.
I AM MAYOR PRO TEM DAVE MARTIN, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AS A HYBRID MEETING WITH SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS JOINING IN PERSON AND SOME USING MICROSOFT TEAMS. CHAIR NOW
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RECOGNIZES VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX TATUM FOR A PROCLAMATION TO WILLOW MEADOW CIVIC CLUB IN CELEBRATION OF RECEIVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD USA AWARD.UH, MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.
UH, MARTIN, I'VE PUT ON EACH OF YOUR SEATS A COPY OF THE WILLOW MEADOWS CIVIC CLUB NEWSLETTER, AND WE GET THIS IN OUR OFFICE EVERY, EVERY TIME THEY PUBLISH A NEWSLETTER.
AND I WAS LOOKING AT THEIR NEWSLETTER, AND I HAD ATTENDED THE NEIGHBORHOOD USA CONFERENCE ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON'S OFFICE.
WE'VE ATTENDED THE CONFERENCES, AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT THEY AWARD, UM, AWARD IS ON NEWSLETTERS.
AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE NEWSLETTER AND I, AND I SAID TO DEEDEE, WE NEED TO CALL WILLOW MEADOWS AND TELL THEM THEY NEED TO APPLY FOR THE NEWA AWARD BECAUSE THEIR NEWSLETTER IS SO WELL DONE, AND NOT MANY CIVIC CLUBS STILL ARE PRINTING NEWSLETTERS.
AND SO THIS IS A VALUABLE TOOL.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SHARE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, AND SO THEY APPLIED AND LO AND BEHOLD, THEY WERE A WINNER.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, KIM.
SO THE BOARD, UM, WHO'S A PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AND STEVEN IC TO COME ON UP.
UM, STEVEN ALSO WAS AWARDED, UM, AN AWARD FROM NOOSA, AND I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION AND IT STATES, WHEREAS WILLOW MEADOWS IS A DE RESTRICTED NEIGHBORHOOD OF 820 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DEVELOPED BY JOSEPH MEYER JR.
THE COMMUNITY CONSISTS OF FOUR GEOGRAPHIC SECTIONS, NORTH, CENTRAL, SOUTH, AND WEST.
WILLOW MEADOWS IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED WITH EASY ACCESS TO THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER GALLERIA MUSEUM DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.
AND NEIGHBORHOOD USA PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIVERSE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS TO SHARE EXPERIENCES TO BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES.
NEWA IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WHEREAS CREATED IN 1975, NEWA CONTINUES TO ENCOURAGE NETWORKING AND INFORMATION SHARING TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS AMONG NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR THE GOAL OF STRENGTHENING EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHEREAS NEWA RECOGNIZES THE WORK BEING DONE IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WITH A VARIETY OF AWARD CATEGORIES, NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE YEAR, BEST NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM, NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTER COMPETITION, AND WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA'S NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WHEREAS NEWA AWARDED WILLOW MEADOW CIVIC CLUB SECOND PLACE IN THEIR 2022 NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTER COMPETITION FOR THEIR PRINT FORMAT.
THE NEWSLETTER WAS JUDGED BY FIVE CRITERIA.
NEWSO ALSO AWARDED STEVEN EK OF WILLOW MEADOW CIVIL CLUB, THE WHO'S WHO NEIGHBOR VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR FOR 2022.
THE WHO'S, THE WHO'S WHO AWARD WAS CREATED TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE WORK MIRRORS THE MISSION OF NOOSA.
AND WHEREAS DISTRICT K CELEBRATES THE WILLOW MEDAL CIVIC CLUB FOR THE NOOSA 2022 NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTER COMPETITION AWARD.
AND STEVEN PEK FOR THE WHO'S WHO NEIGHBOR VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR 2022.
THEREFORE, I MAYOR PRO TEM DAVE MARTIN ON BEHALF OF SYLVETA TURNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 18TH, 2022 AS WILLOW MEADOWS CIVIC CLUB DAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, KIM, THE PRESIDENT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A WORD, AND THEN STEVEN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A WORD, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH.
YOU CAN GO THAT MICROPHONE THERE.
MY NAME IS KIM SOUK, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF WILLOW MEADOWS.
AND IT'S, UH, JUST A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
AND, UH, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT, UH, UM, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM
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MARTHA TEX TATUM SUGGESTED THAT WE GET INVOLVED WITH THESE AWARDS.AND SO IT IS JUST REALLY, UH, AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
WELL, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
I REALLY FEEL UNDESERVING OF THIS AWARD BECAUSE I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING IN THE VOLUNTEER SECTOR.
BUT, UH, I WILL GRACIOUSLY ACCEPT IT AND HOPE THAT THE OTHERS WHO I THINK ARE BETTER THAN ME AREN'T, UH, ANGRY WITH ME FOR GETTING THIS AWARD.
STEVEN, UM, YOU VOLUNTEER AT THE CIVIC CLUB SECURITY CHAIR.
YOU'VE DONE SO FOR 20 YEARS, YOU STEPPED IN FOR THE PRESIDENT'S ROLE AS THE CIVIC CLUB DURING HURRICANE HARVEY AT A TIME WHEN 42% OF THE HOMES IN WILLOW MEADOWS HAD SUSTAINED FLOOD DAMAGE.
UM, YOU'VE DONE A LITANY OF THINGS, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU ARE VERY MUCH DESERVING OF THIS AWARD.
IF, IF YOU COULD ALSO, IF YOU COULD ALSO INTRODUCE YOUR GUESTS, THE, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL OF THEM COME UP.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN ALSO HAS A PORTION OF WILLOW MEADOW.
SO DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YEAH, IF I MAY.
FIRST I WANTED TO THANK VICE MAYOR PRO TEM CASTEX TATUM.
UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GETS THE BENEFIT OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, WORKING TOGETHER WITH ONE OF THE BEST I'M GONNA GET IN TROUBLE, BUT ONE OF THE BEST CIVIC GROUPS IN THE CITY, UM, IS ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE.
AND I, STEVEN, I THINK IT, UH, SPEAKS VOLUMES THAT YOU HAVE SO MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY WITH YOU.
UH, AS YOU ALL CAN TELL, STEVEN, UH, IS HUMBLE, BUT SO DESERVING OF THE RECOGNITION.
AND WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP AND ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.
AND, UH, I KNOW YOU'LL INTRODUCE EVERYONE, BUT WE APPRECIATE OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL OF OUR CIVIC LEADERS.
KIM, IF YOU WANNA INTRODUCE THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE.
STEVEN, YOU WANNA COME ASK QUESTIONS FIRST OR COMMENTS? YEAH.
COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS AND, UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
UH, I'M A PRODUCT OF WILLOW WILLOW MEADOWS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UH, I GREW UP RIGHT THERE OFF OF MCDERMOTT, UH, NEAR Q'S BURGERS.
SO I'M, UH, I'M LOOKING THROUGH THE, UM, THE, UH, MAGAZINE THAT YOU, THE NEWSLETTER THAT YOU ALL HAVE AND LOOKING AT ANNIE'S HAMBURGERS AND Q'S, BURGERS AND DRAFTING ACADEMY, WHICH I LIVE DOWN THE STREET FROM.
AND IT'S BRINGING BACK A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH WONDERFUL PEOPLE, UH, AND, UH, PROUD TO BE FROM IT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEWSLETTER AND ALL YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
I'M GONNA SAY CHAIR CAYMAN VICE MAYOR PRO TEM.
AND, AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS.
UM, AS AN AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER, I WANTED TO COME IN 'CAUSE THIS SPEAKS VOLUMES FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND FOR WHAT YOU DO.
UH, STEVEN AND KIM, I KNOW THE NEWSLETTER COPY THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT US IS ACTUALLY FROM 2020, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
I'VE GOT A 2020 AND KIM, YOU WERE THE SECRETARY, I BELIEVE AT THE TIME.
AND STEVEN, YOU WERE AN AT LARGE MEMBER.
THIS IS REALLY FULL OF INFORMATION AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO STILL LIKE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING GRAPHIC AND, UH, BEAUTIFULLY ASSEMBLED, THIS IS A, IT'S A VERY HANDSOME DOCUMENT.
YOU GUYS ARE KEEPING IT GOING OVER THERE.
AND WE KNOW, UH, THROUGH YOUR TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH YOU AT THE PODIUM AND OUR MAYOR PRO TEM THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A STELLAR JOB THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP.
UH, YOU MAKE US PROUD AND, UH, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON 'CAUSE I JUST WALKED IN, BUT THESE ARE MY FUN WILLOW MEADOWS PEOPLE I WAS JUST WITH AT THE, AT THE, UM, AT THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, RIGHT? THE 2.0, IS THIS ABOUT PICKLEBALL? NO, NO.
THEY WON THE NEWSO AWARD FOR THEIR NEWSLETTER, AND THEN STEVEN WON THE WHO'S WHO AWARD IN WILLOW MEADOWS.
AND THERE ARE PICKLEBALL COURTS AT THEIR PARK THAT, THAT WAS YEAH, WE PLAYED EARLIER.
JUST SO ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS AND GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY.
AND, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, UH, VICE MAYOR PROTO AND COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE RECOGNITION AS A FORMER CIVIC CLUB PRESIDENT AND BEFORE RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR 15 YEARS, A CIVIC CLUB PRESIDENT, I HAVE TO SAY THIS, THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING, OUTSTANDING NEWSLETTER.
UH, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON HAS STATED SO MUCH VITAL INFORMATION THAT RESIDENTS NEED TO HAVE, UH, TO
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PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.KIM, DID YOU WANT TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE AND I SEE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY IS HERE.
GANG'S ALL HERE, GANG IS ALL HERE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE HERE, UH, DAVID KRUER AND, UH, HE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE NEWSLETTER AND HE'S A BOARD MEMBER FOR MANY YEARS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, JEFF PETERS AND, UH, HE WAS ON THE BOARD FOR MANY YEARS AND, UH, HAVE, UH, HAS BEEN INVOLVED, UH, WITH VARIOUS THINGS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE LIEUTENANT BARROW HERE WHO, UH, IS, UM, WITH US AS A SECURITY, UH, THAT WE HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND HE OVERSEES THAT.
AND, UM, SO I GUESS, UH, I GUESS THAT'S IT.
I THINK YOU DIDN'T WANNA COME.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU.
OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION, UH, WILL BE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS, AND THE CHAIR WILL RECOGNIZE HIM NOW FOR A PROCLAMATION TO HOUSTON BCYCLE TO CELEBRATE THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY.
UH, SO COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS JOINING YOU AT THE PODIUM, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
UH, MAY I HAVE THE B CYCLE REPRESENTATIVES UP HERE, PLEASE? ALL OF US? YES.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS AN HONOR TO PRESENT THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION TO THE HOUSTON B CYCLE, UH, CELEBRATING THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY.
UH, THEY MO, FIRST OF ALL, THEY'VE MOVED INTO THE EAST END THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE, SO THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
UM, THE, UH, HOUSTON BEACH CYCLE, AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A LITTLE LONGER THAN OTHERS, UH, SOMETIME AGO WE WERE DISCUSSING THE, UH, DOCKLESS BIKES, UH, POSSIBLY COMING INTO HOUSTON, WHICH I OPPOSED, UH, DUE TO THE FACT THAT, UH,
UH, SO I JUST FELT LIKE THAT WAS NOT GOOD.
SO I'M GLAD THE HOUSTON B CYCLE IS HERE.
I'M GLAD HOUSTON BCYCLE IS DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN REGARDS TO PROVIDING, UH, TRANSPORTATION IN REGARDS TO BIKES, UH, HERE IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CIRO, YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US SINCE THIS IS ACTUALLY IN, IN, IN SECOND WARD.
THE, THE, THE OFFICE FOR BCYCLE.
UH, HOUSTON BCYCLE IS A CITY'S NONPROFIT BIKE SHARE PROGRAM WITH MORE THAN 150 STATIONS AND 1000 BIKES AVAILABLE TO RIDERS ACROSS HOUSTON.
THE SYSTEM IS OPERATED BY HOUSTON BIKE SHARE, A LOCAL 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO BIKE SHARE THAT FOSTERS RECREATION, MOBILITY, AND PERSONAL WELLNESS.
HOUSTON BEACH CYCLE INITIALLY BEGAN AS A PILOT PROJECT IN MAY OF 2012 WITH THREE BIKE STATIONS DOWNTOWN AND 18 BICYCLES.
THE PROJECT WAS FUNDED THROUGH AN AN EPA GRANT.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON RECEIVED AS A WAY TO ENCOURAGE BIKING IN HOUSTON.
THE CITY WORKED WITH A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS TO ESTABLISH HOUSTON BIKE SHARE TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE BIKE SHARE PROGRAM.
THE PILOT PROGRAM PROVED SUCCESSFUL AND LED TO THE FIRST ROUND OF RAPID EXPANSION IN 2013 WHEN THE BIKE SHARE SYSTEM GREW TO 29 STATIONS AND 215 BICYCLES.
IN JANUARY OF 2017, HOUSTON BCYCLE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON WAS AWARDED A $4.7 MILLION EXPANSION PROJECT THROUGH THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
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AND LOCAL FUNDING THAT FIVE YEAR EXPANSION SAW HUGE LEVELS OF GROWTH.QUADRUPLING THE NUMBER OF STATIONS TO 153, ADDING ALMOST 800 BICYCLES AND FUNDING TO TRANSPORT VANS TO SERVICE THE GROW GROWING NETWORK.
FUNDING FROM HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT ONE ENABLED FURTHER EXPANSION AS WELL AS STARTING THE POPULAR ELECTRIC ASSET E-BIKE PROGRAM IN 2019.
UNDER COMMISSIONER RODNEY ELLIS LEADERSHIP PREACHING ONE WAS CONTRIBUTED, HAS CONTRIBUTED TOWARD 47 BIKE SHARE STATIONS AND ALMOST 500 BIKES, INCLUDING 100 E-BIKES.
AND I'D LIKE ALSO TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA FOR PARTNERING WITH ME.
UH, IN REGARDS TO B CYCLES IN DISTRICT I TODAY, BIKE SHARE IS AVAILABLE IN 21 LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORKS GIVING MORE HOUSTONIANS EQUITABLE ACCESS TO A RELIABLE AND INEXPENSIVE FORM OF TRANSIT.
AS USE STATIONS ARE ADDED TO THE NETWORK, THE BIKE SHARE SYSTEM BECOMES MORE USEFUL BY CONNECTING MORE NEIGHBORHOODS TO JOB CENTERS AND RECREATIONAL DESTINATIONS.
B CYCLES REACH AS ASTOUNDING AS BCYCLE RIDERS HAVE TAKEN.
1.6, UH, MILLION TRIPS RIDDEN 9.5 MILLION MILES, BURNING 379 MILLION CALORIES, AND CREATING 9 MILLION POUNDS OF CARBON OFFSET B CYCLE'S.
GROWTH IS RAPID AND RIDERSHIP HAS GROWN 700% IN THE LAST NINE YEARS.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO A BETTER BIKING INFRASTRUCTURE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO MORE PEOPLE ON BIKES WITH THE EXPANDED HOUSTON BIKE PLAN IN THE WORKS.
BIKING IS HOUSTON'S FUTURE ON OCTOBER, UH, 18TH, 2022 B CYCLE WILL BE HONORED FOR THEIR TIRELESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AND RECOGNITION OF THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON SALUTES IT, COMMENDS BCYCLE ON THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS.
THEREFORE, I MAYOR PRO TEM DAVE MARTIN ON BEHALF OF SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 18TH, 2022 AS HOUSTON CYCLE DAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILPERSONS ON BEHALF OF HOUSTON BIKE SHERE, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVESTMENT, FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, BUT ALSO FOR UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A FUTURE THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE ALONE.
I'M A NATIVE HOUSTONIAN AND MANY OF MY COMP COMPETITORS HERE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT BICYCLING AND MULTIM MODALISM.
WE ARE HERE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HOUSTON, SUPPORT OUR VISITORS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FUTURE FOR ALL OF US.
CERTAINLY ONE THAT LETS US GET PUMPED ABOUT GETTING AROUND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HOUSTON BIKE SHORE TEAM.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE, UH, COUN COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS, DID YOU WANT TO START? I, I WOULD THANK YOU.
THIS IS, UM, A HAPPY DAY CELEBRATING, YOU KNOW, THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
I'VE SEEN IT GROW, YOU KNOW, AND THE POPULARITY 700%.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SO SATISFYING TO BE OUT AND SEEING PEOPLE RIDING THOSE BIKES, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UM, I, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU'VE, UM, DISCOVERED TO, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I THINK IT WAS IN DENVER, THAT, THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO, TO BRING IN BIKES THAT THEY WERE NOT USING, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S HELPED OFFSET COSTS.
SO, SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING, UM, THIS PROGRAM GROWING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW IT GETS STRONGER AS THE NETWORK EXTENDS FURTHER AND FURTHER OUT BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT CONNECTIONS AND THE, AND THE MORE WE CAN REACH OUT INTO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE THIS, THE BETTER AND STRONGER THIS PROGRAM WILL BE.
VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, THANK YOU FOR, UH, BRINGING THE RECOGNITION.
YOU ALL HAVE SUCH AN IMPACT IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS.
AND I COULD NOT BE MORE APPRECIATIVE OF THE PARTNERSHIP.
I KNOW IN DISTRICT STEEL ALONE, WE'VE BEEN, WE CAN'T ADD THEM FAST ENOUGH.
UH, THE ARTWORK THAT'S ALSO BEING INSTALLED, UH, WITH SOME OF THEM COUNCIL MEMBER I THINK IN YOUR DISTRICT AS WELL, IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
AND I THINK IT'S, UH, VERY TIMELY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS TODAY THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
UH, AND YOU ALL ARE INTEGRAL IN CHANGING THE WAY IN WHICH WE AS HOUSTONIANS, UH, GET AROUND SAFELY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.
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YOU DO.I LOVE THAT STAT ON, UH, CARBON REDUCTION.
AND, UH, AS WELL AS THE OTHER ONES, VERY INTERESTING.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.
LOOKING FORWARD TO EVEN MORE STATIONS COMING UP IN DISTRICT C.
VICE MAYOR PROAM, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST ONE.
I REMEMBER WHEN IT FIRST ROLLED OUT.
AND, AND I ALSO REMEMBER LIKE THE FIRST TIME I DID IT, I WAS WORKING AT CITY HALL.
I HAD SOMETHING TO TAKE TO THE FEDERAL BUILDING, AND I GOT ON THAT ONE AND I FIGURED IT OUT.
I WAS RIDING ON THE SIDEWALKS LIKE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO, AND, UM,
BUT I GOT, I GOT THERE AND I FELT SO GOOD ABOUT MYSELF THAT I HAD RUN THIS DOWNTOWN AIR ERRAND WITHOUT, UH, GETTING IN A CAR OR ANYTHING.
TELL ME THERE'S A CONTEST GOING ON.
'CAUSE I WAS AT A A A, UM, A LUNCHEON RECENTLY, AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, CAROL HADDOCK, HAD RIDDEN THE B CYCLE TO THE LUNCHEON BECAUSE THERE'S A CONTEST GOING ON ON HOW MANY B CYCLE STATIONS YOU CAN DO IN OCTOBER OR WHATEVER.
IS THAT, OR YOU CAN, IS THAT THE RIGHT THING? YES.
IS THAT, THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
CAN SOMEBODY TALK, TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, AND THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROJECTS THAT WE DO AT HOUSTON BCYCLE.
IT'S, UH, THIS YEAR IT'S A MONTH LONG CHALLENGE TO TRY AND HIT ALL OF 153 STATIONS IN A MONTH.
WE, UH, THE FIRST PERSON TO BECOME, IT'S NOT A COMPETITION, SO EVERYBODY WHO ACHIEVES IT IS, IS RECOGNIZED.
UM, BUT THE FIRST PERSON TO ACHIEVE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP DID IT IN 10 DAYS, WHICH IS REMARKABLE.
I MEAN, CONSIDERING OUR NETWORK IS 26 MILES FROM THE FURTHEST TWO STATIONS, IT'S LIKE 120 MILE SQUARE MILES THAT WE COVER ALTOGETHER, AND HE HIT ALL 153 STATIONS.
SO, YEAH, IT'S, UH, WELL, THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO.
DO SUPPORT YOUR COLLEAGUE TOO.
SHE, SHE NEEDS THAT CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND CONTRARY TO WHAT I LOOK LIKE, I DO RIDE THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK, BUT OF COURSE I HAVE AN ELECTRIC BIKE.
BUT CERTAINLY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MAYA OVER AT THE EMANCIPATION PARK, AND MY BIKE WAS MALFUNCTIONING, AND SO I COULDN'T RIDE LONG AND FAR, BUT I FOUND OUT THAT HER DAUGHTER AND MY NIECE WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WERE JUST GREAT FRIENDS.
AND HER BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER IS NOW A MODEL.
UH, JUST A, SHE WAS ALWAYS SUCH A SWEETHEART AND BEAUTIFUL.
AND THEN HER MOM IS, IS IS A NOTED, UH, PERSON AS WELL.
NOW TELL, TELL ME YOUR MOM'S NAME AGAIN.
AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO HER AS WELL.
AND SO, AND COINCIDENTALLY, MY BIRTHDAY WAS THURSDAY, SO WE KINDA HANGING OUT TOGETHER, CELEBRATING OUR BIRTHDAYS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR HOUSTON IN TERMS OF HELPING US TO LIVE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS FOR, UH, BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
AND WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO RIDE ONE DAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
UH, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CAY AND SAID SHE LIKED THE STAT, UH, I LIKED THE STAT ABOUT THE CALORIES BURNED
THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE BEST STAT THAT I, THAT I HEARD.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
UM, I DO HOPE IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO GO OUTSIDE THE LOOP.
UM, DISTRICT A IS PRIME WITH OUR NEW TRAILS, UM, FOR AN ADDITIONAL BCYCLE STATION.
UM, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP WITH GETTING ANOTHER B CYCLE STATION IN DISTRICT A, UM, AND CONGRATULATIONS AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
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ONE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES[2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD POLLARD FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE.AND MAY WE PLEASE ALL BOW OUR HEADS FOR A WORD OF PRAYER.
LORD, FIRST I WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU WILL DO.
LORD, GUIDE US DURING THIS MEETING AS WE AIM TO GOVERN WITH YOUR WILL IN MIND.
PLEASE WATCH OVER OUR CITY, KEEP US SAFE AND CONTINUE TO BLESS US IN ALL WE PURSUE.
LET US REMEMBER TO ALWAYS PUT THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON FIRST AND STRIVE TO BE CARING AND COMPASSIONATE IN ALL WE DO.
WE LOVE YOU AND GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE, HONOR AND GLORY WITH RESPECT TO ALL FAITHS AND RELIGIONS.
BUT IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY, AMEN.
PLEASE STAND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR NEXT, WE'LL HAVE OUR ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE PREPARE TO ANSWER THE ROLL CALL BY UNMUTING YOURSELF IF YOU JOIN IN US VIRTUALLY, MADAM
[ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING]
SECRETARY, MS. DANIEL, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR TURNER WILL BE ABSENT.COUNCIL MEMBER P HERE, COUNCILMAN JACKSON.
I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 2ND AND THIRD.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION.
WE'LL NOW REVIEW THE PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING THIS HYBRID PUBLIC SESSION MEETING FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
REMEMBER TO SPEAK SLOWLY AND CLEARLY.
IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW AND THEN HANG UP.
THIS WILL REMOVE YOU FROM THE MEETING AND GIVE US A RECORD OF WHEN YOU LEFT.
STATE YOUR NAME, WHEN MAKING A MOTION, WHEN SECONDING OUR TAGGING.
FOR THOSE JOINING VIRTUALLY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE TYPE THAT INTO THE CHAT WINDOW.
THE AGENDA DIRECTOR WILL BE MONITORING THE CHAT AND WILL ADD YOUR NAME TO THE QUEUE.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST BE VISIBLE ON CAMERA WHILE YOU ARE SPEAKING FOR ALL THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
LET ME REMIND YOU THAT 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 THAT YOU SIGNED UP WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.
IF YOU ARE HERE IN PERSON, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM.
IF YOU ARE CALLING IN, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
IF YOU APPEARING VIRTUALLY ON CAMERA, CLICK ON THE MICROPHONE ICON AND THE CAMERA ICON.
YOU WILL THEN HAVE ONE, TWO, OR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
AFTER YOUR TIME, A BELL WILL RING AND ONCE THAT BELL RINGS, YOU MUST STOP SPEAKING.
YOU MAY ONLY SPEAK WHEN RECOGNIZED.
IF YOU SPEAK DURING THE MEETING AND I HAVE NOT RECOGNIZED YOU, WE WILL MUTE YOU.
AND IF YOU SPEAK AGAIN, WE'LL REMOVE YOU FROM THE MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER ABEY CAYMAN.
I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MOVE TERRY KAMINSKI UP.
BE FOR ONE MINUTE BEHIND KAY SWINTT, OUR FIRST SPEAKER, SECOND ROBINSON MOTION.
OPPOSED? ANY DISCUSSION? MOTION GRANTED BEHIND IN THE ONE MINUTE.
ANY OTHER PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? HEARING NONE, MADAM SECRETARY,
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PLEASE CALL.THE FIRST SPEAKER CASE WENT TO BE FOLLOWED BY TERRY KAMINSKY.
I'M, I'M HERE REPRESENTING NEIGHBORHOODS TO TRAIL SOUTHWEST IN HONORING STEVEN POLACK FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS AS A VOLUNTEER.
I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF SOUTHWEST HOUSTON.
UH, A SECRETARY OF THAT ORGANIZATION.
AND I, MY ONE MINUTE IS TO SAY I'VE WORKED AS A VOLUNTEER AND AS A NON VOLUNTEER FOR YEARS, AND STEVEN IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE, UM, NETWORKER THAT I HAVE EVER WITNESSED.
SO ALL WE HAVE IS A SMALL BUDGET AND THE ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
AND HE'S CREATED A SPACE FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN HIKING AND BIKING, SAFETY AND ACCESS TO GOOD TRAILS TO COME TOGETHER, TO SHARE INFORMATION, TO, TO, UH, ANALYZE INFORMATION, TO PRIORITIZE INFORMATION, AND TO COLLABORATE IN A WAY THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS IN HOUSTON,
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IN MAKING THIS A SAFER CITY FOR HIKING AND BIKING ENTHUSIASTS, WHETHER IT'S FOR WORK OR FOR PLAY, OR FOR EDUCATION.THANK YOU MAYOR PRO, TIM AND MS. WIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEIGHBORHOODS TO TRAIL SOUTHWEST AND, UM, ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING ARE TO BRING MORE CONNECTIVITY TO SOUTHWEST HOUSTON AND ALSO TO STEVEN.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AWARD.
YOU WORKED TIRELESSLY AROUND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR DISTRICTS.
VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX.
MS. SWT, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SUPPORT YOUR, UM, FELLOW VOLUNTEER IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I LOVE TO SEE THE COMRADERY AND THE, UM, WAY Y'ALL WORK TOGETHER SIDE BY SIDE AND THE SUPPORT.
UH, STEVEN DEFINITELY DESERVED THE PROCLAMATION TODAY FOR HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, ALSO RECOGNIZING HIS WORK.
AND I WANTED TO SAY WE SEE THE SAME THING IN CITY COUNCIL.
WE SEE THIS COUNCIL, PEOPLE COMING TO OUR MEETINGS, WHETHER IT'S SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD OR NEIGHBORHOODS VI TRAIL SOUTHWEST AND HOW YOU GUYS WORK TOGETHER.
AND YOU SAID A GOOD MODEL FOR THE VOLUNTEERS IN THE CITY.
KAY IS ALSO VICE PRESIDENT OF SOUP NEIGHBORHOOD 31, WHERE I'M PRESIDENT ALSO.
SO, UM, WE ALSO WANNA CONGRATULATE, UM, STEVEN, UM, I LABELED HIM OUR ZOO MASTER BECAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW, ESPECIALLY ME, TO CONDUCT A ZOOM MEETING.
AND STEVEN STEPPED RIGHT UP AND SAID, I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR YOU.
UM, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 38 THAT HE BELONGS TO IS, UM, OUR NEIGHBOR.
AND HE JUST CAME ON AND EVERY SINGLE MONTH, UM, WITHOUT FAIL, HE JUST GAVE US OUR, UH, ZOOM LINKS AND HELD OUR MEETINGS.
AND WITH EVERYTHING ELSE HE DOES, AS IF YOU CAN SEE HIS LIST OF WHY HE BECAME THE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR, UM, HE FAITHFULLY HELPED US ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UM, OUR PANDEMIC AND IT STILL CONTINUING TO HELP US.
IT IS A VERY MUCH WELL DESERVED HONOR.
YOU ARE TOO HUMBLE AND IT IS VERY WELL DESERVED.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, STEPHEN, FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US.
AND, UM, KAY, I WAS GONNA, I WAS SAVING MY REMARKS FOR WHEN TERRY WRAPPED UP TO THANK BOTH OF YOU AND GERDA FOR BEING HERE.
UM, AS YOU HEARD FROM TERRY, UH, WE HAVE MEMBERS LEADERSHIP OF A DIFFERENT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD HERE TO SUPPORT SOMEONE ELSE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT DOOR.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH A GREAT, UM, TEAM.
THEY HAVE SUCH A GREAT FEELING OF COMRADERY AND NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, SPIRIT AND STEVEN.
I AGAIN, CANNOT THINK OF ANYONE MORE WELL DESERVING THAN YOU, UH, YOU TIME AND AGAIN, SHOW UP NOT JUST FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT FOR ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
I KNOW IT MEANS A LOT TO STEVEN, EVEN IF HE'S BLUSHING.
UM, BUT AGAIN, TO ALL OF YOU AND ESPECIALLY GREATER MYLAND SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AS WELL.
NEXT SPEAKER, MILES BLACKWOOD TO BE FOLLOWED BY IA LANO.
AFTERNOON, HELLO, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, INCREASE OF, UH, TRAFFIC FATALITIES HAPPENING IN HOUSTON.
UM, I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WILL BE SPEAKING AFTER ME WILL SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST DEATHS, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HOW, UM, TRAFFIC CALMING AND THE HOUSTON BIKE PLAN AND, UH, THESE CERTAIN THINGS THAT HOUSTON IS STARTING TO IMPLEMENT, UH, WILL POSITIVELY AFFECT EVERYONE.
UM, TRAFFIC DEATHS ARE OVERWHELMINGLY, UH, MOTORIST ON MOTORIST, AND SOMETIMES THERE IS THIS NOTION THAT, UM, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IN CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, DOESN'T BENEFIT EVERYONE.
UM, ONLY BENEFITS LIKE THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA OR IN THAT SPECIFIC COMMUNITY OR CYCLISTS THAT USE THAT ROUTE.
UM, A LOT OF THE DEATHS HAPPENING HERE IN HOUSTON ARE, UM, VEHICLES AND, UH, VEHICLE ON VEHICLES, SORRY.
AND THE SPEED OF THESE VEHICLES NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT
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ORDER NOT ONLY IN ORDER TO PROTECT, UH, PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING, BUT ALSO, UH, PEOPLE DRIVING ACROSS THE CITY AS WELL.HELLO ON ILIA COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN.
I I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AS A DISTRICT C RESIDENT IN THE HEIGHT FOR COM HEIGHTS FOR, UM, SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THIS.
AND I KNOW RIGHT, UH, NEARBY WHERE YOU LIVE.
UM, WE'VE ALSO HAD CYCLIST DEATHS AND ONE OF OUR GHOST BIKES THERE, UM, IS IN HONOR OF DAVID LEON LOYA, UM, WHO WAS HIT AND KILLED CYCLING ON HEIGHTS BOULEVARD, UH, BACK IN 2019.
SO AGAIN, AS MANY OF YOU COME UP, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT DEATHS, AND I KNOW TWO MORE GHOST SPIKES WENT UP, ONE IN THE DISTRICT JUST THIS PAST FEW WEEKS.
AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, IN YOUR AREA SPECIFICALLY OUR AREA SPECIFICALLY THAT DEATH.
NEXT SPEAKER, ALEJANDRO PEREZ, TO BE FOLLOWED BY MITCHELL LYNCH.
DOES THAT WORK? YOU'RE ON? YES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, UH, MY NAME'S ALEJANDRO PEREZ.
I'M A RESIDENT OF THE NORTHLINE COMMUNITY, LIFELONG HOUSTONIAN.
AND I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE A HARD TIME DEALING LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH PREVIOUS, UH, SPEAKER, UM, DEALING WITH THE RECENT DEATH CAUSED BY A TERRIBLE HISTORY OF HOUSTON, DESIGNING ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEVER BENEFITED ANYTHING ELSE THAT DOESN'T HAVE FOUR WHEELS, AND BREEDS A VERY TOXIC BEHAVIOR OR DRIVER MENTALITY WHEN VULNERABLE USERS TRY TO COMMUTE.
I SEE MYSELF EVERY TIME THERE IS NEWS COVERAGE OF VULNERABLE USER DYING ON THE CITY STREETS BECAUSE I COMMUTE BY BICYCLE SO OFTEN THAT PEOPLE WHO RECOGNIZE ME OR KNOW ME FORGET THAT I ALSO DRIVE.
WE BARELY HAVE ANY DECENT SIDEWALKS AND DECENT ONES ONLY HAPPEN TO BE WHERE THERE IS NEW DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN MY EYES, I HAVE SEEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CYCLIST WORKING ON HIS RECOVERY AFTER HE WAS HIT, GOING HOME FROM DENVER, HARVARD, ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I ATTENDED THE GHOST PIKE MEMORIAL FOR DAVID LOYA IN THE HEIGHTS, AND I WENT TO ALSO, UH, SHANE MCKINNEY'S MEMORIAL LIKE SUNDAY.
I, I ALSO FREQUENT BEN HAMIN MENENDEZ GHOST PIKE LOCATED IN NEAR NORTH SIDE, AND I CLEAN HIS, UH, LOCATION OF TRASH AND OVERGROWN GRASS.
MY SINCERE GRATITUDE GOES OUT TO THE SIMS FOR REACHING OUT TO ALL THESE VICTIMS FAMILIES DURING A TERRIBLE TIME, AND THE EFFORTS TO BRING AWARENESS IN THESE CHAMBERS.
IN MY EYES, SHANE'S DEATH WAS PARTICULARLY IMPACTFUL BECAUSE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THAT TRAFFIC DEATH IS ONE OF THE IDENTIFIERS OF WHAT I BELIEVE LEADS TO A BICYCLE FANTASY CITY.
PEOPLE WITH A GRASSROOTS INTEREST IN BICYCLING IN HOUSTON, THE PRIDE RIDE BIKE RIDE IN HOUSTON IN THE PAST WEEK WHILE GHOST BIKES WERE BEING ORGANIZED AND TO BE SET UP WITH THE FAMILY, THE RECENT VICTIMS, A COWORKER AT A BIKE SHOCK I WORKED FOR, WAS HARASSED OVER A MILE LONG ALONG WESTHEIMER HIS COMMUTE ON HIS COMMUTE HOME FROM WORK.
WHY I REFUSE TO THINK THIS IS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE AND I REFUSE TO BECOME THESE IDE BY HOW MUCH THIS IS HAPPENING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE AS A CITY HAVE FINALLY STARTED TO TAKE STEPS TO MAKE HOUSTON A SAFE, HOUSTON A CITY SAFE FOR MORE THAN JUST CARS.
I BELIEVE IN THE PARA SHIFT NEEDING TO HAPPEN, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE PUT ON A FAST TRACK.
MAYOR TURNER, YOU'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT THIS, AND WE NEED THAT SAME ENERGY WHEN IT COMES TO ACTION.
I'M STILL HURTING OVER DECISION ON SQUARE 5 27 BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CONSENSUS.
HOWEVER, I SAW YOU DECIDED TO LOOK IN 11TH STREET YOURSELF AND ULTIMATELY SUPPORTED THAT WHAT WAS BEGIN, WHAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT INITIATIVE.
COUNCILMAN RIC, CARLOS CISNEROS.
ALEJANDRO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
DID YOU HAVE MORE YOU WANTED TO FINISH UP? UH, YES.
I JUST HAVE LIKE ONE MORE PARAGRAPH.
IN THE BAC MEETINGS I HAVE ATTENDED ADVOCATES AND HOUSTONIANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED GREATLY WITH IDEAS AND THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS A HARD TIME LOOKING TO ALL THE FEEDBACK BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ENOUGH RESOURCES.
I AM IN THAT COMMITTEE, I AM THE VICE CHAIR, AND HOW CAN I INVITE PEOPLE TO SPEAK UP AND PARTICIPATE WHEN THE FEEDBACK THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING HAS TO BE PUT ON HOLD? YES, SOME OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE COMING TO TERM LIMITS.
PLEASE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE FATALITIES
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IN HOUSTON BY 2030 ARE POSSIBLE AND NOT BE DISRUPTED OR PUT IT BACK BURNER.AND ALEJANDRO, I, I SO APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, AND I'M, I KNOW HOW HARD THIS IS AND TO, TO PERSONALLY KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IN JUST A NUMBER, YOU KNOW, IT'S REAL PEOPLE THAT IF YOU HAD REAL LIVES THAT WERE COUNTING ON BEING SAFE, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO GET ON THEIR BIKE AND GET HOME SAFELY, AND THAT, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING FOR EVERYBODY.
AND THE, THE FACT IS, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, UM, THE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE, AND OUR LOFTY GOALS FOR VISION ZERO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING, WE'RE TRENDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
SO EVEN AS THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE NEED TO DO MORE, WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO DO MORE.
AND THERE, THERE ARE PROJECTS IN THE WORKS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED, WE NEED TO REALLY BE SEEING PROGRESS WITH, UM, BEHAVIORAL SAFETY FACTORS.
YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEEDING, PEOPLE THAT ARE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, PEOPLE THAT JUST DON'T RESPECT BICYCLISTS OR PEDESTRIANS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S, UM, IT'S A HEARTS AND MINDS BATTLE TOO.
UM, I WANNA JUST, JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT ONE, ONE SMALL EFFORT THAT I THINK THAT WILL BE HELPFUL IS THAT, UM, THE, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS PUT OUT OF, OF HOUSTON VISION ZERO COLORING AND ACTIVITY BOOK FOR CHILDREN.
I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS, THIS KIND OF THING HELPS, YOU KNOW, UM, REACH KIDS, THIS WILL GET TO THEIR FAMILIES TOO, YOU KNOW, AND HELP EXPLAIN, UM, WHAT MULTIMODAL MEANS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT TRAFFIC SAFETY IS AND YOU KNOW, WHAT BEING A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN IS.
BUT IT'S, THAT'S JUST ONE STEP.
BUT, UM, BUT I JUST REALLY, I HAVE SUCH RESPECT FOR YOU AND, AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR ORGANIZING THIS.
IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT ALL OF US HERE ARE, ARE REMINDED AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHAT A, WHAT A SERIOUS ISSUE THIS IS.
THANK YOU JUST AHEAD OF TIME FOR TO EVERYONE WHO'S COME TO SPEAK TODAY ON THIS THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, TIFFANY THOMAS.
GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, MR. PEREZ.
AND, AND MAYOR PRO TIM AND COLLEAGUES, UM, HE IS REALLY COMMITTED TO THIS BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY SHOWED UP, UM, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE TO WAIT IN CHAMBERS FOR PUBLIC SESSION.
SO HE TOOK HIS TIME AFTER WORK, GOT OFF WORK A LITTLE EARLY, AND WAS SO COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE HE WAS, UM, AT PUBLIC SESSION THAT HE WAITED FOR HOURS FOR THIS MOMENT.
SO I WANTED TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S THE COMMITMENT A LOT OF HOUSTONIANS HAVE TO MAKE OR SOME CAN'T MAKE BECAUSE OF CHALLENGES.
AND SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOUR TEARS AND YOUR FRUSTRATION AND NOT FALLING ON DEAF EARS, TO MY COLLEAGUE'S POINT, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT IS BEING PUT INTO THIS.
AND I CAN SPEAK JUST IN, ON THE WEST SIDE, IN DISTRICT F THE NUMBER OF LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR FEDERAL FUNDING TO EXPAND, UM, UH, THE BIKE PATHWAYS ON THE WEST SIDE OF HOUSTON, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RESIDENTS HAVE THAT, THAT, THAT ACCESS AND RESOURCE, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT THOSE PEDESTRIANS AND PROTECT THOSE ON BIKES.
SO THAT EFFORT IS HAPPENING AND WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN WITH GRANTS PROGRAMMING, WORKING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND OF COURSE, YOUR ORGANIZATION.
SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO HAVE PEOPLE GET ENGAGED AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK TO GET TO THE GOAL.
AND I KNOW IT MAY BE FRUSTRATING, BUT, UH, YOUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY IS CRITICAL TO US BEING SUCCESSFUL AS A CITY.
AND JUST A POINT OF REFERENCE AT COUNCIL MEETINGS, WE DO NOT ALLOW APPLAUSE, BUT IF A WAVE OF THE HAND IS APPROPRIATE.
SO THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION, MR. LYNCH.
HOW ARE YOU? I, UM, I DON'T KNOW, I'D LIKE SPEAK PROPERLY, BUT WOULD YOU MIND MOVING TO ONE OF THE MICS SO WE CAN GET YOU ON? THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
IT'S BEEN SEVEN DAYS SINCE I WITNESSED SOMETHING SO HEINOUS AND CRUEL BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT HOUSTON RESIDENTS FEEL THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO BE PRESENT IN TRANSPORTATION.
HOUSTON IS THE BADASS CITY OF THE WORLD.
WE TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER WHEN OTHER CITIES WOULD'VE BALTER, THEY WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO.
IT IS NOT OKAY FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE TO PERISH FROM HATEFUL PEOPLE.
AND THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS.
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IN OUR CITY.IT HAPPENED TO ME LAST NIGHT FOR NO REASON.
SOMEBODY WAS ANGRY BECAUSE THEY SAW A BICYCLE.
HOW, WHAT CAN I DO? AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO CHANGE THAT FOCUS AND DIRECTION OF NEGATIVITY? THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE RIDING TO WORK.
THEY RIDE BIKES BECAUSE THEY USE THAT MONEY THAT THEY SAVE ON THEIR CAR TO PUT CLOTHES ON THEIR KIDS' BACKS.
WE HAVE GOD TO DO BETTER, AND WHAT CAN I DO BETTER? SO THAT'S, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME AND WE WON'T FORGIVE YOU.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAME AND HAS A COMMENT.
MR. LYNCH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN A AGAIN, UM, I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND ALEJANDRO FOR COMING AND I THINK IT TAKES A LOT, UM, GIVEN WHAT I THINK YOU SAID YOU WITNESSED, LET ALONE, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE DAY TO DAY.
UH, YOU MENTIONED HIM AT THE END.
SO I, I HAD GONE INTO Q TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, SHANE'S NAME WAS, WAS MENTIONED.
UM, COLLEAGUES, UH, SHANE MCKINNEY WAS KILLED DURING PRIDE RIDE, UH, ON, IN DISTRICT C ON WEST DALLAS.
UM, WITNESSES HAD TOLD POLICE THAT HE HAD UNFORTUNATELY LOST CONTROL OF HIS BIKE AND HAD FALLEN, BUT THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED, UM, WHEN THE ONCOMING SEDAN ACTUALLY ACCELERATED AND RAN HIM OVER WHILE HE WAS LYING ON THE ROAD.
UM, SO I, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I, IT TAKES A LOT FOR YOU ALL TO COME HERE.
UH, IT TAKES A LOT FOR YOU TO SPEAK ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU'VE SEEN, LET ALONE EXPERIENCE, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT IS RECOGNIZED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED JUST VERY RECENTLY AND CLEARLY VERY, UH, RAW.
NEXT SPEAKER, CASEY DEN, BOYK TO BE FOLLOWED BY KEVIN STRICKLAND.
UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS THAT, UH, YOU HAVE PUT FORTH TO MAKING SECOND WARD BIKE SAFETY.
AND, UM, I STARTED CYCLING DAILY WHEN I MOVED INSIDE THE LOOP, AND I NOTICED HOW EASY IT WAS TO REDUCE MY CARBON FOOTPRINT.
I USED MY CAR TO COMMIT TO WORK, AND I CYCLE WHEN I CAN TO SAVE TIME, TO SAVE GAS, TO SAVE RESOURCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
I AM A TAXPAYER, AND I'M ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER.
AND DURING COVID IT HIT HEAVY.
AND, UM, THE LACK OF A SOCIAL LIFE, THE LACK OF A JOB, A PURPOSE, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND EVEN JUST ACTIVITIES IN GENERAL, INCREASE MY INTEREST IN RIDING.
AND BECAUSE OF THIS, I RIDE WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE ETHNICITIES, AGES, LIFESTYLES, CAREERS, UPBRINGINGS, AND LIFE GOALS.
AND THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN COMMON.
WHAT UNITES US IS OUR CYCLING.
IT'S OUR PASSION, IT'S OUR THERAPY, IT'S OUR OUTLET.
WHAT SCARES US IS THE CARS, AND WE'VE SEEN IT, AND WE'VE ALL BEEN VICTIMS TO IT.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, HOUSTONIANS WHO OWN BIKES HAS INCREASED SO MUCH IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
AND I'VE SEEN THIS DRAMATIC INCREASE IN SOCIAL RIDES.
UM, AND BECAUSE OF THE, THERE'S MANY REASONS FOR THIS.
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IS VERY SERIOUS, AND CYCLING IS VERY THERAPEUTIC.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING AT HOME AND THEY DON'T NEED THE CARS ANYMORE, BUT THEY STILL NEED TO COMMUTE TO GO TO THE GAS STATIONS OR GO TO GET GROCERIES.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE THROUGH THE METRO BIKES AND WALKING.
AND OF COURSE, WITH THIS RECESSION, I FEEL THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE IN THIS MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE ECO, MORE ECO AND BUDGET FRIENDLY LIFESTYLES.
SO THIS CALLS FOR SAFER STREETS AND MORE AWARENESS.
THE DEBTS LAST YEAR VERSUS YEAR TO DATE THIS YEAR ARE AT 11, AND WE STILL HAVE TWO AND A HALF MONTHS TO GO, AND I REALLY HOPE IT DOES NOT INCREASE.
ONE MORE, I FEEL VERY UNSAFE RIDING IN CERTAIN AREAS.
BIKE TRAILS ARE GREAT, BUT AT NIGHT THEY'RE VERY DANGEROUS AND THEY'RE NOT LIT, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE QUICKEST ROUTE TO GET HOME.
I RIDE 'EM FROM MY HOUSE IN SECOND WARD TO PRIDE RIDE, AND I USE ONE OF THE MOST UNSAFEST TRAILS, WHICH IS THROUGH THIRD WARD, AND I THINK IT'S CALLED THE COLUMBIA TRAIL.
THAT TRAIL HAS BEEN DANGEROUS.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ROBBED, JACKED AND EVERYTHING.
AND THAT'S THE QUICKEST WAY FOR ME TO GO FROM SECOND WARD TO MIDTOWN TO GO JOIN MY FRIENDS IN ON THE PRIDE RIDES.
I KNOW SPECIFICALLY I'VE SEEN AND WAS A PART OF THREE DIFFERENT INCIDENTS WHERE TWO, TWO CYCLISTS WERE AT FAULT AND ONE CAR WAS AT FAULT, WHERE IT WAS A COLLISION.
BUT EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT CAR RAN OFF, REGARDLESS IF IT WAS THEIR FAULT OR NOT, THEY RAN OFF.
THERE WAS A SIDE OF A CAR ON THE ROAD, A PIECE OF THE, THE WINDOW ON THE ROAD, AND THE CAR STILL DROVE OFF, AND IT WAS THE CYCLIST'S FAULT.
SO HOW CAN WE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? I WOULD LIKE US TO REALLY PUT FORTH A LOT OF, UM, CAMPAIGNING FOR THE THREE FOOT LAW TO KEEP THE DISTANCE.
I LOVE THAT IT'S ON THE RIGHT, THE BACK OF THE, THE COP WINDOWS, BUT THE TEXT DOT SIGNS ARE VERY EFFECTIVE ON THE HIGHWAYS, UM, SURFACE, UH, SIGNS ON SURFACE STREETS WHERE CO CYCLISTS
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ARE COMMONLY FOUND, AND ALL CITY EVENTS JUST TO SPREAD THE WORD AND HAVE AWARENESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE A STRICTER ENFORCEMENT ON THE THREE FOOT LAW, UM, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE THE, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO THE IMPORTANCE TO LOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FOLLOWING THIS RAW LAW, THE WAY THAT WE LOOK FOR DRUNK DRIVERS, THE WAY THAT WE LOOK FOR, OKAY, I'M SORRY.
COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN, IF YOU JUST WANTED TO FINISH UP, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE LAST WORD.
UM, WE ALSO NEED BETTER INFRASTRUCTURES.
ROADS ARE MADE FOR CARS, BUT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS SCOOTERS, E-BIKES, LOW CARBON FOOTPRINT VEHICLES WHEN WE HAVE POTHOLES AND WE HAVE TO AVOID THEM, THAT CAN CAUSE US TO GET OUT OF THE LANE AND GET HIT.
OR IF WE HIT THE POTHOLE AND WE FALL DOWN, WE COULD POTENTIALLY GET HIT FROM BEHIND STRICTER LAWS ON THE HIT AND RUN PLEASE, BECAUSE IT IS NOT EASY TO CONVICT THEM.
BUT I FEEL THAT IF THE DRIVERS FEEL THAT THEY'RE HELD MORE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, THAT THEY WILL STOP AND THEY WILL DEAL WITH THE SITUATION.
AND THEN LASTLY, PLEASE, COMMUNITY CLASSES, ONLINE EVENTS, TEACHING BIKE ETIQUETTE, SAFETY, AND DEFENSIVE CYCLING.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS.
THANK YOU MAYOR PRO, TIM, AND THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU EVERYONE ELSE FOR BEING HERE.
I KNOW THAT, UH, IN DISTRICT, I, WE JUST RECENTLY PLACED, UH, DEDICATED BIKE LANES ALONG LAWNDALE DUE THE FACT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, IN REGARDS TO THE GHOST BIKES JUST POPPING UP AND, AND SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.
UM, BUT IN, IN YOUR TALK HERE, YOU DID MENTION SOCIAL RIDES.
I KNOW I WAS EATING AT A RESTAURANT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HERE IN DOWNTOWN, AND I SAW THIS LARGE GROUP OF CYCLISTS, UH, AND THEY WERE COMING DOWN WALKER, UH, AND THEY WERE COMING IN AND OUTTA TRAFFIC.
I MEAN, I, I I, I WAS WATCHING 'CAUSE I WAS AFRAID THAT SOMEONE WAS GONNA GET HIT.
UH, SO ARE Y'ALL ADDRESSING SOCIAL, LARGE SOCIAL RIDES? YES.
WHEN THEY GET ON THE STREET AND THEY'RE GOING IN BETWEEN CARS AND WHAT HAVE YOU AS WELL? YES.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON ADVOCATING TOWARDS LETTING CYCLISTS KNOW HOW TO BE SAFE AND, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING THE RULES AND MAKE IT SAFER FOR ALL OF US TOGETHER.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS ALREADY DARK AND, AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS SCARED SOMEONE WAS GONNA GET HIT.
I MEAN, IT WAS IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON AND THEY WERE IN A DOWNTOWN STREET AND IT WAS A LARGE CROWD OF CYCLISTS, YOU KNOW, JUST DRIVING THROUGH THE STREET.
UH, SO I'M GLAD THAT Y'ALL ARE ADDRESSING THAT AS WELL.
NEXT SPEAKER, KEVIN STRICKLAND TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOE KOFU.
I HOPE EVERYBODY'S WELL TODAY.
MY NAME IS KEVIN, I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER.
UM, I'M ON THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 15 BOARD, WHICH IS THE GREATER HEIGHTS NUMBER OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE TODAY UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
UM, SO I'M ASKING THAT Y'ALL LISTEN TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS TELLING YOU.
WE HAVE A CRISIS OF PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE DEATHS AND INJURIES, AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF STATS.
ON THE WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER 24TH, FOUR PEOPLE, PEDESTRIANS WERE KILLED IN ONE WEEKEND.
AT THAT POINT OF THE YEAR, 74 HOUSTONIANS PEDESTRIANS HAD BEEN KILLED.
AS THE PRIOR SPEAKER MENTIONED ALREADY THIS YEAR, 11 PEOPLE ON THEIR BIKES HAD BEEN KILLED.
AND THAT'S MORE THAN THE TOTAL OF LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR WAS MORE THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.
THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, HGAC WAS HERE.
AND THEY TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE STATS AND THEY POINTED IT OUT.
COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS ASKED ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS.
THE NUMBERS ARE TRENDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
SO WE MUST START BY HAVING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS CRISIS.
I, I'M SO TIRED OF SEEING ANOTHER STORY ABOUT A BICYCLIST OR A PEDESTRIAN.
AN 8-YEAR-OLD WAS KILLED IN KINGWOOD ON HIS BIKE IN A STREET, AND HE WAS BLAMED BECAUSE IT APPARENTLY WASN'T A SAFE STREET, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS.
I'M SO TIRED OF SEEING PEOPLE HAVING TO WALK IN THE STREET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS.
50% OF HOUSTON IS NOT WALKABLE.
I'M SO TIRED OF SEEING THE LITTLE YELLOW SIGNS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE RESIDENTS ARE BEGGING DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN.
BUT IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW DESPERATE PEOPLE ARE THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WALK AND BIKE SAFELY IN THIS CITY.
IT IS A CIVIL RIGHT AND IT IS BEING DENIED TO US, AND WE, WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT.
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SO TIRED OF SEEING NEIGHBORS ON FACEBOOK BEG FOR STOP SIGNS.IT IS RIDICULOUS HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET A STOP SIGN.
YOU CAN ASK ANYBODY IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY WILL TELL YOU WHERE THE CRASHES HAPPEN AND WHERE THE STOP SIGNS NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE.
WE HAVE TO WORK ON CHANGING THAT.
I WORRY ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE REPORTERS AND JOURNALISTS WHO COVER THE STORIES.
I'M SO THANKFUL THAT THEY DO, BECAUSE SO OFTEN WHEN A CRASH HAS HAPPENED, EITHER THE INVESTIGATION IS FAULTY OR NO CHARGES ARE FILED, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
KEVIN, I HAD A FEW COMMENTS, BUT I JUST, IF YOU COULD WRAP UP IN JUST A FEW QUICK SECONDS.
UM, WE'RE NOT EVEN HOLDING DRIVERS ACCOUNTABLE AND WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT.
I'M ASKING THAT LEADERS LEAD ON THIS ISSUE.
PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH BEING RUN OVER.
OUR NEIGHBORS IN MONTROSE ARE SO FRUSTRATED THAT THEY CANNOT GET THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL SAFELY BY WALKING.
THAT WE'RE ORGANIZING A CAMPAIGN TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN REDIRECT OUR TAX DOLLARS FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEOPLE.
IF YOU'RE A NEW CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE CITY COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR'S RACE, I'M ASKING YOU TO PAY ATTENTION.
SOMETHING HAS CHANGED IN HOUSTON.
I'VE LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
PEOPLE WANT THIS CHANGE, AND I'M ASKING YOU TO PUT THAT AS PART OF YOUR PLATFORM IF YOU'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL TIME.
YOU, KEVIN? UM, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL THINGS.
I KNOW THAT THE SIDEWALKS CAN'T COME FAST ENOUGH, AND MY OFFICE IS TRYING TO FUND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE HAVE LIMITED CDSF.
WE'RE FUNDING AND PARTNERING WITH OUR TOURS ON PROTECTED BIKE LANES WHERE WE CAN, AGAIN, THEY CAN'T COME FAST ENOUGH.
UM, YOU'RE A RESIDENT OF SHADY ACRES, AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DANGERS AROUND THERE, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE OVERDEVELOPMENT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN.
UM, YOU TALKED, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT CYCLISTS COLLEAGUES, BUT KEVIN RAISES THE POINT ABOUT PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
AND, UM, I, I DID WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM WHERE YOU LIVE.
UM, WE LOST RYAN LUTZ, WHO WAS WALKING HIS DOG, UM, WAS HIT BY ANOTHER RESIDENT, DROVE OFF, UH, ENDED UP CRASHING HIS VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD, AND THAT'S WHEN POLICE CHOSE TO MAKE THE ARREST.
UH, THEY HAD LET HIM INITIALLY GO OR WHATEVER.
THEY DIDN'T WRITE HIM UP WHEN, UM, HE HAD HIT AND KILLED RYAN.
SO, AND I'M, I, I DON'T WANNA, THAT'S A VERY VAGUE BRIEF SUMMARY OF IT.
THERE'S MORE DETAILS TO IT, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SHADY ACRES SPECIFICALLY AND WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE AND OTHER RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE THERE.
THERE'S SO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO SHADY ACRES.
ANY OF US COULD NAME MANY OF THEM.
UM, THE GRID FOR THIS CITY WAS LAID OUT DECADES AGO, RIGHT? DEEP DITCHES FOR DRAINAGE, UH, NO SIDEWALKS.
THE CITY IS GROWING UP AROUND THAT.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT CHANGING, AND WE'RE NOT FUNDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE.
SO IN SHADY ACRES, PEOPLE WITH THEIR DOGS, KIDS ON THEIR BIKES, UH, OLD PEOPLE ALL HAVING TO WALK IN THE STREETS, AND I'M ACTUALLY SURPRISED THEY'RE NOT MORE AND INJURIES.
AND TO BE FRANK, IT'S, IT'S COMING.
UM, I SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN, THAT APP, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THERE'S A CRASH EVERY DAY,
UH, TDOT HAS 347 MILLION TO BURN ON 1.7 MILES OF FREEWAY, YET WE CAN'T FUND SIDEWALKS FOR THIS CITY.
THE CITY HAS A BOND ISSUE COMING, AND THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE ABOUT FUNDING THE PEOPLE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS.
TIM, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND BEING HERE TODAY.
UH, IN REGARDS TO WHAT YOU WERE STATING IN REGARDS TO, UH, STOP SIGNS, I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU IN REGARDS TO, IT SHOULD BE THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT KNOW THAT THERE'S A STOP SIGN THAT'S NEEDED.
UH, I, I DEALT WITH THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN I WAS A CIVIC CLUB PRESIDENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UH, TO TRY TO GET A FOUR-WAY STOP.
WE HAD A TWO-WAY STOP, BUT WE NEEDED A FOUR-WAY STOP.
UH, AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AFTER I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER, A RESIDENT, UH, WAS IN A VEHICLE AND GOT HIT AND SHE, SHE LOST HER LIFE, UH, WENT TO PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, THEY WERE THEN ABLE TO DO A FOUR-WAY STOP.
BUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOME GUIDELINES
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THROUGH THE STATE THAT TELLS MUNI THE MUNICIPALITIES ON HOW THEY CAN PLACE A STOP SIGN.SO IF THAT'S TRUE, UH, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST YOU GET WITH YOUR STATE, UH, REPS, UH, SINCE YOU HAVE AN ANOTHER STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMING IN JANUARY, UH, TO SEE IF THAT CAN BE CHANGED.
AND I TOTALLY AGREE, IT SHOULD BE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S ASKING FOR THAT STOP SIGN THAT SHOULD HAVE SOME SAY SO, UH, FOR, UH, WHEN THEY REACH OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR A STOP SIGN.
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS CISNEROS.
UM, I WANTED TO, TO GO BACK TO SOME STATISTICS THAT WERE SHARED WITH US AT THE, THE LAST TTI MEETING ON OCTOBER, UH, SIXTH.
AND THAT ABOUT, UM, TRAFFIC DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES IN, IN HOUSTON, UM, IN 2021.
SO THERE WERE, THERE WAS ALMOST A DEATH A DAY ALMOST.
THERE WAS 331 TRAFFIC DEATHS, UM, AND 1,620 SERIOUS INJURIES IN HOUSTON IN THAT LAST YEAR.
AND, AND, UM, 32% WERE PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES.
UM, IT DOESN'T BREAK IT DOWN TO SAY HOW MANY, UM, BICYCLE DEATHS THERE WERE, BUT, BUT A THIRD WERE PEDESTRIANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THOSE ACCIDENTS.
THE CRASHES, EXCUSE ME, IT'S NOT ACCIDENTS.
WE'RE CALLING 'EM CRASHES OF THE, OF THE ALMOST, YOU KNOW, UM, ONE DEATH DAY STATISTIC THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY ALARMING TO SEE THE, THE NUMBERS.
AND, UM, JUST WANNA TO, TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE AND HELPING RE REMIND US, BRINGING THIS FORWARD, SHINING A LIGHT ON IT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T NOT BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS.
I'LL, I'LL BE BACK TO TALK ABOUT THIS MORE.
NEXT SPEAKER, JOE
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS JOE CORU FO.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BIKE HOUSTON, A NONPROFIT ADVOCACY GROUP WORKING TO TRANSFORM HOUSTON INTO A CITY WHERE ANYONE, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY LIVE, CAN SAFELY AND EASILY GET AROUND BY BIKE.
WE'VE APPLAUDED MAYOR TURNER AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM OVER THE YEARS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO MAKING HOUSTON A MORE MULTIMODAL CITY AND FOR A CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, THE HOUSTON BIKE PLAN, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, AND SO ON.
WE KNOW THAT TRYING TO ELIMINATE TRAFFIC DEATHS AND TO MAKE THIS CITY SAFE FOR EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY GET AROUND, IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING IN A CITY AS BIG AS OURS, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT FOR DECADES HAS BEEN BUILT FOR ONE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AND ONE MODE ONLY.
AND WE'RE PAYING FOR THIS GRAVE SERIES OF ERRORS THAT SOMEHOW PASSED FOR CITY PLANNING DECADES AGO WITH BLOOD AT LEAST 241 PEOPLE TO DATE THIS YEAR, ALMOST ONE PER DAY, AS COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS JUST SAID HAVE BEEN KILLED IN TRAFFIC, 11 OF THEM ON BICYCLES THAT 11 MATCHES THE TOTAL KILLED IN ALL OF 2021.
THESE TRAFFIC DEATHS ARE SO COMMON, WE ALMOST MISS THEM.
AND WE'VE BEEN HEARING SO MUCH ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY LATELY WITH THE ELECTION SE SEASON, AND I KNOW IT'S A PRIORITY FOR EVERYONE AROUND THIS TABLE.
I CAME HERE TO REMIND YOU OF THE JOB YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO.
PUBLIC SAFETY IS OF COURSE, THE TOP PRIORITY OF GOVERNMENT.
WE CAN'T ADDRESS TRAFFIC VIOLENCE IF WE DON'T TREAT IT LIKE THE EMERGENCY THAT IT IS.
AND WE CAN'T ACHIEVE THIS PARADIGM SHIFT THAT WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT IF WE DON'T HAVE A SAFE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET AROUND, REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY TRAVEL.
AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T LIKE THE SCALE, AS WE'VE PROVEN WITH THE VARIETY OF HIGH QUALITY BIKEWAYS AND STREET REDESIGNS THAT WE'VE SEEN AROUND THE CITY.
LAWNDALE HILLCROFT, WHICH WE RODE TOGETHER.
COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD AUSTIN STREET, WHICH WE RODE TOGETHER.
COUNCILMEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ CULLEN, WHICH WE RODE TOGETHER.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, AND SO MANY OTHER STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN REDESIGNED, UH, FOR SAFE TRAVEL FOR ALL MODES IN RECENT YEARS.
AND WE'RE ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGES COMING TO 11TH STREET AND THE HEIGHTS.
AND WE'RE ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGES COMING TO TELEPHONE ROAD, THANKS TO THE FUNDING BROUGHT HOME BY OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
WE NEED YOU TO MARSHAL THOSE RESOURCES AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
AND WE KNOW RESOURCES ARE GOING TO BECOME HARDER TO COME BY VERY SOON, BUT WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY.
AND IF THERE ISN'T A WILL, THIS ISN'T THE JOB FOR YOU.
LIKE ALEJANDRO SAID, WE NEED TO FAST TRACK THIS PARADIGM SHIFT BECAUSE ALL THE TALK ABOUT CONNECTIVITY IN A MULTIMODAL CITY AND A PARADIGM SHIFT WILL JUST BE TALK.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT BASIC SAFETY FOR ALL USERS OF
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OUR STREETS, UNTIL WE GET TRAFFIC CALMING, WE TAME TRAFFIC, WE REDESIGN OUR STREETS, SO THEY'RE SAFE FOR EVERYONE.IT MEANS WE HAVE TO LIVE AND DIE WITH THE MILES AND MILES.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON.
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME MORE TIME, JOE? FIVE SECONDS PLEASE.
IT MEANS WE HAVE TO LIVE AND UNFORTUNATELY DIE WITH THE MILES AND MILES OF DEADLY STREETS THAT REMAIN OUT OF SYNC WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO VISION ZERO.
I WANTED TO, UH, CHIME IN HERE AND JUST SAY THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
UH, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, JOE IS NEW TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR DEDICATION, UH, TO TRAFFIC, UH, VIOLENCE, THAT, THAT PHRASE NEEDS TO BE BECOME MORE COMMON.
JUST LIKE I THINK WE HEARD EARLIER, ACCIDENT IS NO LONGER INTENDED TO BE IN OUR, UH, VOCABULARY AS COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS POINTED OUT, IT'S THEY'RE CRASHES.
THEY'RE THEY'RE DEATHS, THEY'RE VIOLENT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PAINFUL.
THEY'RE OUR FRIENDS, THEY'RE OUR NEIGHBORS, THEY'RE OUR RELATIVES.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WE LOVE, AND IT, IT'S NOT OKAY.
AS SOME OF US HEARD AT LUNCH TODAY WITH THE PARKS BOARD AND A, AND A SPEAKER FROM CHICAGO SPEAKING ABOUT, UH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ENGINEERED AS IT'S BEEN RATHER THAN PLANNED OR DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT'S SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES, PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLING, AND FOR US TO BE A CITY, UH, THAT I, I BELIEVE AS, UH, COPE HOBBY WAS QUOTED TODAY AS SAYING THAT CAN TRULY BECOME ITSELF.
WE HAVE TO, UH, WE REALLY HAVE TO DESIGN, UH, OUR WAY OUT OF A DEATH TRAP.
AND AS BEAUTIFUL AS HOUSTON IS BECOMING, AS MUCH AS WE ALL LOVE THIS CITY, UM, IT, IT, IT IS, UH, A GROUP EFFORT FOR ALL OF US TO CONTINUE TO COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS A SAFER CITY FOR US TO CARE ABOUT ONE ANOTHER ON THE ROADWAYS, TO WORK TOGETHER OVER MULTIPLE JU JURISDICTIONS.
THAT'S THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THAT'S HARRIS COUNTY, THAT IS OUR LEGISLATORS.
AS HAS BEEN SAID TODAY, WE NEED TO WORK ON STATE LAW.
WE NEED TO WORK ON LOCAL REGULATIONS.
WE NEED TO WORK ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE ON THIS.
AND, UM, I JUST WANT US TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN, JOE, FOR BEING HERE, FOR SPEAKING TO US LIKE THIS.
YOU HAVE COME BEFORE TO THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL TO AT THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL.
UH, SPEAKING, SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER IS IMPORTANT.
YOU DO IT WITH, UM, WITH A LOT OF CHARISMA AND YOU DO IT WITH A LOT OF CONVICTION, AND WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR INPUT.
UM, NOW I JUST, I WANTED TO ECHO I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION'S LEADERSHIP.
YOU'RE ALSO, I'M PROUD TO SAY A DISTRICT C RESIDENT, UM, AND JUST ADVOCATING NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP, UH, BEFORE I THINK YOU'RE, I BELIEVE THE LAST SPEAKER TODAY SPEAKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY BIKE SAFETY AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
IS THERE AN ASK THAT YOU HAVE OF US? I THINK AS COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON SAID, IT TAKES A VILLAGE, AND IN THIS CASE A METROPOLIS TO GET THIS DONE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CENTRALIZED CONTROL LIKE A LOT OF OTHER CITIES DO OVER OUR STREETS.
WE'VE GOT T AND MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, WE'VE GOT COUNTY PRECINCTS, WE'VE GOT CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, WE'VE GOT THE TPC, WHICH IS FRANKLY A HUGE, HUGE PROBLEM FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AS I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM KNOW THAT'S SO MUCH OF THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES OR WOULD BE AVAILABLE RESOURCES OUT THERE.
THEY COME INTO OUR METROPOLITAN REGION AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY COME RIGHT TO TIMMONS ROAD AND THEY GO RIGHT BACK OUT TO BRAZORIA, LIBERTY CHAMBERS, GALVESTON, WALLER, ET CETERA, AND WE DON'T SEE ENOUGH OF IT.
AND THAT'S NOT THE FAULT OF ANYONE IN THIS ROOM.
THAT'S THE WAY THE BYLAWS OF THE TPC WERE WRITTEN, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO I THINK WE ALL NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT TAKES MORE THAN JUST THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM AND THE MAYOR.
BUT IT'S A, IT'S A REGIONAL EFFORT, AND IT'S, AND IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE, LIKE I SAID, TO CONTINUE TO MARSHAL THOSE RESOURCES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WHERE WE CAN FOR DEDICATED PROJECTS IN HOUSTON, AND TO FOCUS WHAT FUNDING WE HAVE AT THE CITY LEVEL AND THE TSAS ESPECIALLY, UM, TO PUT TRAFFIC SAFETY AS A HIGHER PRIORITY.
I MEAN, WE KNOW IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY, BUT WE KNOW IT CAN BE A HIGHER PRIORITY.
AND, AND THANKS TO ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT CAME HERE TODAY AND SPOKE ON THIS SUBJECT.
UH, I'M THE FATHER OF A YOUNG MAN WHO RODE HIS BIKE 4,000
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MILES OR 400 MILES FROM, UH, AUSTIN, TEXAS TO ALASKA.AND, UH, EVERY DAY ON THOSE TREACHEROUS ROADS, SOME OF 'EM TWO LANES, SOME OF 'EM FIVE LANES, 10 LANES.
UH, MY WIFE AND I WORRIED EACH AND EVERY DAY AND SAID OUR PRAYERS FOR HIS SAFETY, BECAUSE BIKE SAFETY IS, SHOULD BE A RIGHT FOR EVERYONE WHO RIDES THEIR BIKE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SO, UM, I KNOW YOUR FEELINGS, ESPECIALLY MR. PEREZ.
BUT, UH, UH, I'LL NEVER FORGET THOSE DAYS AND, AND THANK GOODNESS THAT, UH, THOSE DAYS ARE BEHIND US, BUT I KNOW HE REALLY ENJOYED IT.
DONNY FATE, MR. FATE, DONNY FATE, AND I JUST HAD A, A MEMORY LAPSE.
IT WAS 4,000 MILES THAT THEY RODE, AND THEY DO IT EVERY YEAR.
A GROUP OF YOUNG STUDENTS FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
HELLO, JARVIS TILLMAN, WE, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
WE NOW HAVE A ADMIRE, I THINK, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, DENGA.
UH, I'M JUST CHECKING IN MR. MR. TILLMAN, WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK TO YOU.
I, I COME HERE, UH, BECAUSE I'VE HAD, UH, PROBLEMS, UM, WITH TRANSPARENCY WITH THE, UH, HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MY CAR ACTUALLY, UM, DISAPPEARED.
AND, UH, THE REASON IS BECAUSE, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, IN 2000, IN 2020, UH, DURING THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC, THERE WAS A TIME THAT BUSINESSES WERE, UH, UH, WERE SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCING.
SO I TOOK MY CAR TO A, FOR A MECHANIC, AND THEN THIS MECHANIC ACTUALLY, UH, TOOK MY CAR PLUS ANOTHER A, A PASTOR'S CAR.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY DID.
BUT FROM THAT, FROM THE TIME OF ACTUALLY, UH, UH, GETTING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I HAD DONE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, MECHANIC TO A POINT WHERE WHEN I, UM, WHEN I WAS TOLD BY THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THE DEPARTMENT THAT TAKES CARE OF THE, UH, STOLEN CARS, YOU KNOW, THEY TOLD ME TO GO AND, AND FILE A, YOU KNOW, A, A POLICE REPORT UNDER THE STOLEN FOR A STOLEN CAR.
OKAY? SO WHEN I WENT THERE, INSTEAD OF FILING THIS, THE, UH, THE, THE STOLEN CAR, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, I WAS, I WAS REJECTED, YOU SEE? AND THE REASON I WAS REJECTED WAS BECAUSE THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY TOOK THE CAR WENT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THEMSELVES AND ACTUALLY FILED A REPORT.
OKAY? NOW, IT WOULD'VE BEEN SIMPLE, OKAY? THE REASON THEY, HE, HE WENT THERE IS BECAUSE THE FACTS THAT THE OCCURRED PUT IN THERE, I HAD ALREADY GONE THROUGH IT TO A POINT WHERE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT I COULD, HE COULDN'T, HE WENT IN AND PUT IT IN HERE AND ACTUALLY PRETTY MUCH CONFESSED THAT, WHERE HE TOOK MY CAR, HE SAID HE TOWED MY CAR TO A SCRAP YARD, OKAY? A CAR THAT I HAD DONE, UH, ENGINE WORK WITH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILE WARRANTY, A THUNDER BOAT, THUNDERBOLT ENGINES, WHICH IS A PEST, YOU KNOW, UH, ENGINE BUILDER IN HOUSTON, YOU SEE? SO, SO WHEN, WHEN I WENT THERE, THE OFFICER THAT WAS THAT, UH, SERVICED ME, SHE TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, I CANNOT FILE A REPORT.
COME TO FIND OUT, WHEN I THEN FILED TO GET THIS REPORT, THEN THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT WHAT THEY DID TO THE CAR.
THEN I WENT BACK AGAIN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SAID, LOOK, OKAY, THIS MAN IS SAYING THAT HE TOWED MY CAR FROM HIS SHOP, RIGHT? AND THEN SCRAPED IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, IS IT, HOW DO I PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME? UH, DENGUE.
DENGUE, MR. DENGUE, UM, YOU ARE, YOUR ADDRESS IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED PART
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OF THE COUNTY, BUT YOU STILL ARE IN A LEAF.SO I WISH I WAS ABLE TO, UH, TO REPRESENT YOU.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT JUST TO BE CLEAR ABOUT, UM, THE ISSUE IS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HPD AUTO THEFT DIVISION.
RIGHT? AND, UM, THEY RECOMMENDED FOR YOU TO TRY FILING CHARGES THROUGH THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CORRECT? WELL, THEY DID THAT.
THE ONLY THING IS THAT THE ADDRESS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS WRITTEN IN HERE, WAS DONE BY THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE CAR.
YOU SEE, IT'S WRONG INFORMATION ON THE RECORD.
YOU SEE? WELL, I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE AUTO SHOP WHERE THIS TOOK PLACE IN DISTRICT K, AND WE HAVE A GREAT VICE MAYOR PRO TEM THAT HAS A, I MEAN, HAVE YOU HEARD OF HER? SHE'S, SHE'S PRETTY GREAT, AND I THINK SHE'LL BE ABLE TO ASSIST YOU WITH THAT.
UM, AND SHE WORKS VERY WELL WITH HER COMMAND STATION IN DISTRICT K AS WELL.
NOW, OKAY, THEN, AND THEY CAN CORRECT THAT.
THEN I WANTED TWO QUESTIONS, OKAY? OKAY.
I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, THE RULES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS.
I'M NOT HERE TO TRY TO FORCE THEM TO DO ANYTHING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I, WHAT I, WHAT I BEG FOR IS TRANSPARENCY.
AND YOU WANTED, SO HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS.
I THEY REFUSE TO GIVE ME THE, THE, THE INVESTIGATION THAT THEY HAVE.
BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THE, THE, THE, UH, GENERAL, UM, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN AUSTIN REF CANNOT, YOU KNOW, TOLD THEM THAT THEY CANNOT GIVE ME THE REPORT.
WELL, MR. KADE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE ON MY TIME.
I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR SO WE CAN GET YOU SOME RESOLUTION.
YOU ARE ASKING FOR A COPY OF THE REPORT.
WHAT ARE YOU SPECIFICALLY ASKING US TO HELP YOU WITH TODAY? YES.
IF, IF, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW, IF YOU CAN HELP ME GET THE, THERE WERE FOUR OFFICERS THAT WERE SENT THERE.
IF YOU WANT THEIR NAMES, I HAVE THEM HERE BECAUSE I DID SEND A CERTIFIED LETTER TO THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH THEY DENIED ME.
SO, UM, SHAW EDWARDS, WHO'S IN MY OFFICE, HE'S BEEN IN CONTACT WITH YOU.
MAKE SURE YOU GET HIM THAT INFORMATION AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW UP TO GET YOU WHATEVER COPIES YOU NEED, OKAY? OKAY.
MR. TILLMAN, ARE YOU THERE NOW? JARVIS TILLMAN? HMM? GO AHEAD.
HEY, UH, UM, HELLO COUNSEL AND, UH, MAYOR TURNER.
I'M CALLING TODAY ABOUT MY HOUSING SITUATION.
I HAVE A HOUSING VOUCHER, AND I'VE BEEN HAVING THIS HOUSING VOUCHER BETWEEN I BELIEVE EIGHTH JULY, AND NOW WE'RE HEADED INTO NOVEMBER.
WE'RE IN OCTOBER, WE'RE HEADED TO NOVEMBER.
AND, UM, MY VOUCHER EXPIRES IN NOVEMBER.
SO I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE, THROUGH THE SALVATION ARMY AND WITH MY CASE MANAGER, S ERIC.
AND I'VE JUST BEEN GIVEN A RUNAROUND ABOUT, UH, HOW THE HOUSING VOUCHER WORKS AND WHO IS WILLING TO ACCEPT ME BECAUSE I'M JUST SITTING ON THE VOUCHER AND IT'S NOT BEEN USED.
AND, UH, I'M JUST CALLING TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.
HOW CAN WE PROCEED WITH FIGHTING HOUSING, WITH THE TEACHING HOUSING ALTER CHOICE.
JOSEPH IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY SEMINOLE DUREL FOSTER.
I HOPE YOU'RE DOING ALL RIGHT.
AND, UH, I JUST GOT, UH, THINGS TO TELL YOU THAT, UH, ALL MADE THIS SYSTEM THAT, UH, THAT YOU ARE GONNA MAKE AFTER THAT OXYGEN MANUFACTURING, THE OXYGEN, AND, UH, THE REASON WE DO THAT, THE REASON THAT I CHOSE THAT, BECAUSE, UH, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF, UH, ALL THESE, UH, ALL THESE BEAMS
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COME FROM THE SUN AND BURN.AND I MADE THE SYSTEM TO MAKE THE OXYGEN TO GO AHEAD TO THE, TO, TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT REPAIR TO THE OZONE LAYER.
AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY, ANY QUESTION ABOUT IT, PLEASE, AND OTHERWISE I GO SIT DOWN.
AND, UH, I THINK THERE'S, UH, AND IS THAT NALA? YA, YA, NYLA NAIA.
SHE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO VISIT WITH YOU.
YOU CAN VISIT WITH, YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
SEMINOLE DURACELL FOSTER, UH, SEMINOLE DURACELL FOSTER IS NOT HERE.
BENJAMIN BROADWAY VIEW, PRESS STAR SIX BENJAMIN BROADWAY, STAR SIX BENJAMIN STAR SIX.
NEXT SPEAKER DEVAL JOSEPH SHAPIRO.
DEVAL JOSEPH SHAPIRO IS PRESENT.
YOUR COMING IN RIGHT BEHIND WONDER MIC.
MY FAMILY IS LIVING IN HOUSTON FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS.
TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE HINDU AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
I BOW TO THE GOD RESIDING INSIDE YOU.
WE ARE A S PART OF NATIONAL MOSAIC FOR MORE THAN 80 YEARS.
TODAY IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE CLOSE TO 6 MILLION HINDUS IN THE US OR 2% OF THE US POPULATION.
THE MAJORITY HAVE IMMIGRATED FROM INDIA.
NOW THE THIRD, SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION OF AMERICAN HINDUS ARE WORKING IN EVERY FIELD.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MEDICINE, BUSINESS, EDUCATION, LAW, JOURNALISM, POLITICS, JUDICIARY, ARMED FORCES AND SPACE EXPLORATION.
TWO SANSKRIT WORDS MEAN THE WHOLE WORLD IS ONE FAMILY.
WE RESPECT AND ACCEPT ALL FAITHS.
WE BELIEVE IN LIVING IN HARMONY AND MUTUAL RESPECT WITH PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT FAITHS AND RACES.
HINDU EPITOMIZES HUMAN RIGHTS, ANIMAL RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION, AND SUSTAINABLE AND HARMONIOUS LIVING.
THE STRENGTHS OF HINDU RELIGION ARE NUMBER ONE, YOGA PRACTICE OF YOGA SAVES US FROM MAJOR ILLNESS.
GIRLS ARE ENCOURAGED FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.
MARRIED WOMEN ARE IN TRUE SENSE ARE BETTER HALF STRONG MARRIAGE SYSTEM.
MANY OF MY FRIENDS ARE CELEBRATING 50TH MARRIAGE.
ANNIVERSARIES SUSTAINED MARRIAGE IN THE COMMUNITY.
EDUCATION PARENTS TAKE CARE OF KIDS TILL THEY ARE GRADUATE AND ARE MARRIED IN RETURN.
KIDS TAKE CARE OF PARENTS IN THEIR OLD AGE, EACH CONTRIBUTOR THAN CONSUMER.
WE CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THE RESOURCES THAN WE CONSUME IN SPITE OF OUR LOW ABIDING, PEACEFUL LIVING IN HARMONY WITH ALL NATURE.
WE FACE HATE CAMPAIGNS FROM COMMUNITIES WITH WASTED GEOPOLITICAL AGENDAS POWERED BY ALMOST UNLIMITED FUNDS.
THEY PLAY A DOMINANT ROLE IN THE MEDIA AND ACADEMIA AND HAVE NOTICEABLE INFLUENCE ON THE AMERICAN POLITICS.
THESE FORCES POSE A SERIOUS THREAT TO OUR NATION AS WELL AS TO THE RIGHT, TO THE EQUALITY AND EDUCATION FOR WOMEN.
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST CITY GOVERNMENT TO COLLABORATE WITH US FOR A RESOLUTION IF AN ISSUE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
MR. PORRO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO FINISH YOUR STATEMENT? JUST HOFFMAN PROCEED.
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THANK YOU.UH, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST CITY GOVERNMENT TO COLLABORATE WITH US FOR A RESOLUTION.
IF AN ISSUE CONCERNING HINDUS ARISE MORE THAN 20 STATES AND 30 CITIES HAVE DECLARED OCTOBER, 2022 AS HINDU HERITAGE MONTH.
WE ARE THANKFUL TO THE MAYOR AND THE UH, TEAM.
HERE IS THE PROCLAMATION YOU HAVE GIVEN US.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, CERTAINLY WITH YOUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THANK YOU YESTERDAY FOR JOINING US.
MAYOR IN CITY HALL ANNEX, UH, MR. JOSHUA PURA AND A NUMBER OF THE HINDI, UH, COMMUNITY CAME TO CELEBRATE WITH US.
THE ALI, THE CELEBRATION, THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.
THEY WERE VERY GENEROUS WITH GIFTS.
AND OF COURSE THE PROCLAMATION FROM YOUR OFFICE.
MAYOR, I WAS, UH, VERY HONORED TO READ WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, UH, WHO JOINED ME IN THE HALLWAY AND MADE PHOTOGRAPHS AND EXCHANGED GIFTS.
THANK YOU VERY KINDLY FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY, YOUR GENEROSITY.
I APPRECIATE WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT, MAYOR, ABOUT PEACE AND, UH, SHARING THE LIGHT OF ONE ANOTHER WITH EACH OTHER.
AND, UM, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YESTERDAY.
WHAT A SPECIAL TREAT TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU ALL.
UM, BUT ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS TODAY.
UH, NOT ONLY IS YOUR, YOUR FAITH AND YOUR HERITAGE AND YOUR CULTURE, UM, SOMETHING WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM AND A AND A BEAUTIFUL GIFT TO HOUSTON.
UH, BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT A REALLY IMPORTANT SUBJECT, WHICH IS COMBATING HATE.
AND, UH, YOU ALL ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN THE CELEBRATION OF DIWALI.
RIGHT? AND, UH, FOR ME, THE RIGHT, UH, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE LIGHT AND SHINING A LIGHT IN THE LIGHT, OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS AND THAT DARKNESS, THAT IS WHAT IMPORTANT IS ABOUT, IS HATE.
UH, MANY OF US AT THE HORSESHOE, NOT ALL OF US, UH, AND ESPECIALLY I KNOW MAYOR TURNER, UM, WE CONSIDER OURSELF ALLIES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HATE AND, UH, ARE THERE FOR WHATEVER YOU NEED.
BUT I WANTED TO ESP ESPECIALLY SAY HAPPY DIWALI TO EACH OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES.
JOSEPH MC JOSEPH MCAL IS NOT HERE.
LOUIS DARLING LOUIS, UH, DARLING, IF YOU PRESSED STAR SIX LOUIS DARLING.
ROBERT IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY WALTER MALLETT AND GENTLEMEN, DOING TODAY.
UH, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL AND I THINK I HAVE A PRETTY CONCERNING ISSUE THAT I'M BRINGING UP TODAY ABOUT THE HOMELESS RECIPIENTS OF HOUSING.
AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS WE ALL HAVE A COMMON DENOMINATOR, MOST OF US, AND WE HAVE A BACKGROUND.
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO GET A DECENT, COMPLEX AND PROPERTY TO LIVE ON, WE, UH, ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, A BARRIER.
AND WE WAS ASKING THE CITY, WHOEVER, YOU KNOW, THE COALITION FOR HOMELESS, SOMEONE TO HELP US TRY AND COME, COME OVER THAT BARRIER SO THAT WE HAVE A SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE, YOU KNOW, TO LIVE DECENT.
AND THAT'S ALL I CAME TO SAY TODAY.
NO, I APPRECIATE THAT, MR. KEYS.
UH, IN FACT, UH, MY TEAM HAD A CONVERSATION SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ISSUE, UM, JUST THIS WEEK.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, THE, UH, IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, WE'LL CREATE A, A GROUP OF UNUSABLE PEOPLE, UH, BECAUSE OF, UH, UM, THE PAST, THE BACKGROUNDS.
UM, BUT EVERYBODY NEEDS HOUSING.
SO WE, THIS IS ONE AREA THAT, UM, WE ARE BEING, UM, GIVEN A LOT OF ATTENTION TO.
SO, UM, I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS AND, UH, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU AT THIS MOMENT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
AND, UH, I'M WAITING ON, I KNOW, I KNOW YOU ARE.
WALTER MALLET, PRESS STAR SIX.
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JOSEPH SMITH.WHAT'S A DIFFERENT JOSEPH SMITH.
STEVE WILLIAMS. STEVE WILLIAMS. STAR SH STEVE WILLIAMS. STAR SH STEVE WILLIAMS. YES.
MR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR ME.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
WELL, WELL, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE AN APPEAL TO THESE BLACK, THESE CHURCHES, ALL OF THEM, UH, REGARDING THE COMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
I DON'T WANT DONALD TRUMP TO BE PRESIDENT.
I THINK ANN COTER OR TED POLL, THE FORMER CRIMINAL COURT JUDGE, WOULD MAKE A VERY MUCH BETTER PRESIDENT THAN, THAN, THAN HE.
AND I THINK HE'S LYING IN MOST OF THINGS HE DOES.
AND ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, SAY THAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO PUT OUT A LETTER TO THESE CHURCHES THAT ARE NOT BAPTIST.
AND BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THESE TWO GROUPS IN THE BLACK AND WHITE ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE REALLY DOING DAMAGE TO THIS COUNTRY, THE BLACK, BAPTIST, WHITE BAPTIST, AND IT'S THE REST OF THEM.
THESE CHURCHES, THEY GET TOGETHER CAN PULL TOGETHER A FORCE THAT CAN, THAT CAN SAVE THIS COUNTRY FROM, FROM THIS DETERIORATION.
I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THERE, THERE ARE TWO MATTERS.
YOU ALSO NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TWO YOUNG, BLACK, MISSING FEMALES, BOTH IN HOUSTON.
UH, I, I I I DON'T WANNA DISCUSS ONE BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA SACRIFICE THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE.
THE PERSON COULD BE CAUGHT, I THINK, WHO DID THIS.
THE TALK IS ALL AROUND, UH, REGARDING ONE OF THEM.
UH, UH, SO I, I I I, I WANT TO, I WANT TO, UH, I'M GONNA LEAVE A MESSAGE, UH, ON THE VOICEMAIL OF ONE OF YOU, UH, PROBABLY MR. ASH, IF HE'S STILL THERE, IF IT'S IN THE COUNCIL, I'M GONNA LEAVE A MESSAGE ON YOUR VOICEMAIL PROBABLY.
AND, UH, YOU SHOULD, UH, UH, TAKE NOTE OF THAT, THAT MESSAGE.
I'M GONNA LEAVE AND MAYBE GIVE IT TO CORNELL X OR WHATEVER.
BUT ANYWAY, SO, UH, UH, REGARDING BOTH THESE FEMALES, AND I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW EACH OTHER, I DON'T THINK THEY DO ANYWAY, BUT, UH, SO I WANNA BRING IT UP TO YOU.
THERE'S SOME THINGS REGARDING CENTRAL PATROL.
I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU BEFORE, IT'S NOT, BUT A OF CORRUPTION.
AND, UH, I, I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH TWO SERGEANTS RECENTLY AND, AND, AND WELCOME IS REALLY ROCKED IN BOTH INSTANCES.
IT'S JUST, UM, CAN'T GETTING ANYTHING DONE HERE, YOU KNOW, ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK WITH IT.
NOW I'M IN THE RIGHT SO MANY TIMES OR, OR I'M AT LEAST POINTING SOMETHING OUT TO YOU THAT'S, THAT'S TRUE ON THE, AS THE STATE OF PROVERBIAL NOSE IN YOUR FACE.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING ON, SO MANY THINGS GOING ON.
UM, UM, BUT I DO WANT TO APPEAL TO SOME OF THESE CHURCHES THAT ARE NOT BAPTIST, UH, THAT ARE BOTH BLACK AND WHITE.
THAT IF THEY GET TOGETHER AND I'LL TRY TO IN INDUCE THE INFLUENCE TO COMING TOGETHER.
AND, UH, I THINK WE CAN SAVE THIS COUNTRY.
I THINK THE BAPTISTS HAVE MADE TOO MANY ERRORS IN THEIR, FOR, IN THEIR POWER, YOU KNOW, USING THEIR POWER TO ELECT NUMEROUS PEOPLE.
AND MOST OF THESE PEOPLE TURN OUT TO BE NOTHING.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE STATUS QUO, UH, AS IT IS.
AND, UH, I THINK THESE NON BAPTIST CHURCHES REALLY NEED TO GET TOGETHER.
AND I'M CERTAINLY GONNA TRY TO MAKE MY CONTRIBUTION TO SOME EFFORT OF, OF GATHERING BOTH BLACK AND WHITE INTO A FORCE, A POLITICAL FORCE TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY.
BUT, UH, SO THAT'S ON MY MIND.
MR. KUBA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE STILL ON COUNCILS, BUT I'M GONNA LEAVE A MESSAGE ON A VOICEMAIL THERE AND I'M GONNA ASK THAT.
I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE IT PRIVATE WHERE IT SAYS PRIVATE OR WHATEVER, AND, UH, EXPLAIN ABOUT THESE TWO FEMALES HERE.
ALRIGHT? I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU PATIENCE.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KBA GETS IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
I'M SURE COUNCIL MEMBER KBA WILL RESPOND TO HIM.
LY MONTA REVIS, YOU MONTA RES.
I GOT, UH, I'M EMPLOYED WITH, UH, THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM.
UH, HERE IS MY BADGE AND I HAVEN'T TAKEN LOTS OF TRAINING, SO I'M SORRY, THERE'S STILL NO EVICTION IN PLACE.
UM, STILL WAITING FOR HOUSING TO CONTACT ME.
UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE A REMARK.
I'M ANTI BULLY, ANTI HATERS, ANTI STALKING.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE STUCK ME IN THE COMMUNITY AND I REALLY DON'T LIKE, UH, THE MEAN COMMENTS.
UH, MY SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, ARE, UH, POSTS THAT I CREATE.
AND BASICALLY IT IS JUST TO, UH, EXPOSE SOME OF THE AWARENESS OF WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT ABOUT BLACK, WHITE HISPANICS, IT'S JUST ABOUT WE TRY TO, UH, BECOME, UH, BETTER, UH, HUMAN BEINGS, BETTER BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I'M WORKING ON MY SPIRITUALITY.
I REALLY ENJOY YOUR REMARKS IN THE CHURCH THAT YOU ATTENDED ON SUNDAY.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY.
RONNIE WOODS IS RONNIE WOODS HERE.
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GOOD AFTERNOON.THIS IS MY SECOND TIME ACTUALLY SPEAKING IN FRONT OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, MY NAME IS RONNIE WAYNE WOODS IN MY LIFE, IN MY, UH, WHOLE LIFE FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS HAS BEEN STREAMED AND MY IDENTITY HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM MY BROTHER PAUL BAILEY.
UH, BACK IN 2004, UH, MY MOM WAS VERY ILL.
MY BROTHER PAUL BAILEY TOLD ME TO COME HOME AND I WAS WORKING AT A PRESTIGE JOB AT, UH, US FOOD SERVICE.
UH, AND IT WAS A LAW LAWSUIT PUT IN FOR A WRONG, FOR TERMINATION.
'CAUSE I SHOULDN'T HAVE NEVER GOT FIRED FROM A JOB.
AFTER ASKING FOR A LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO GO HOME FOR MY MOTHER'S FUNERAL, AND PAUL BAILEY RECEIVED A CHECK.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH, BUT I WANT TO THANK IT WAS ABOUT $867,000.
AND 18 YEARS WITH 1800 $67,000 OF INTEREST SHOULD BE A LOT OF MONEY AT THE AGE OF 52 WHEN I CALL TO COLLECT.
AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE PAID OFF.
I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, ARE WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU NEEDING MR. WOODS? WHAT AM I NEEDING? I'M NEEDING PROTECTION OF MY LIFE.
I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IN REGARDS TO FIXING THE, THE, UH, HOMELESS SITUATION, UH, THE FOOD STAMP SITUATION, THE, UH, DRUG DEALING SITUATION, THE BEING AFTER TWO O'CLOCK SITUATION.
I GOT A LOT OF THINGS I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
IT'S GONNA TAKE MORE THAN ONE MINUTE.
YEAH, NO, IT DEFINITELY WILL TAKE MORE THAN ONE MINUTE.
I'LL TRY TO PUT SOMEBODY IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
ALL RIGHT, JACOB, YOU GOT SOME TICKETS? ALMOST
A COWORKER OF MINE NAMED RAY WISHES ME TO LET YOU KNOW THAT A PAY RAISE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WORK FOR ARAMARK, ARAMARK HEAD HONCHOS WOULD LIKE ME TO TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE HIRING AS COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON CAN SAY A BOSTON RED SOX FAN, GRAVES TEAM THAT BASE THE BRIT YANKEES.
AND, AND, UM, WELL, UM, AND, UM, GO ASTROS, PLEASE CHECK WITH T UM, WITH BASEBALL SEASON ENDING WITH ASTRO WINNING THE WORLD SERIES, I'LL CONCENTRATE ON HELPING THE TEXANS GO TEXANS.
I SPOKE BEFORE THE HARRIS COUNTY HOUSTON SPORTS AUTHORITY, AND THEY WERE HONORING, THEY WERE HONORING JIMMY ROUGE.
I GAVE THEM A WOODEN PLAQUE WITH THE TEXAN LOGO, WANTED CHRISTINE STRINGHAM, MY BOSS AT ARAMARK, GAVE THEM A PACKAGE OF TEXAS.
UH, JACOB, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
THANK YOU FOR SITTING THROUGH, UM, AND BRINGING SUCH SUPPORT FOR OUR, OUR HOMETOWN TEAMS. UH, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A SHAKEUP WITH THE TEXANS, SO I'M HOPING, UH, MAYBE THAT GIVES THEM THE, THE NEXT LEVEL PUSH THAT THEY NEED.
BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR RELAYING THE MESSAGE OF SOME OF YOUR COWORKERS AS WELL THAT MAYBE COULDN'T HAVE MADE IT DOWN HERE TODAY.
AND I, I APPRECIATE YOU CARRYING THAT MESSAGE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS SHOWING UP AT THE GAMES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SPIRIT AND THANK YOU FOR BEING AN AMAZING DISTRICT C RESIDENT.
OKAY, THIS MIGHT BE BAD NEWS, BUT IT'S, UH, JOYFUL NEWS ALSO BECAUSE I USED TO BE MYSELF.
I MEAN, UM, MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO, OR 40 PLUS SOME ODD MONTHS.
I WAS ON A BICYCLE WHEN I WAS 14 AND I GOT VERY EXTREMELY HIT TRAUMATICALLY BY A CAR.
WE DIDN'T NEED BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
THANK YOU JACOB FOR SHARING THAT.
OH, MISS THELMA SCOTT
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY, MARY AND HOUSTON IS NICE OUTSIDE.
YEAH, NO, IT'S A NICE OUTSIDE.
GOT TO FIND A, UH, SAFE DIVERSITY.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO SAY WHAT I'M HERE
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FOR.'CAUSE KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER TATUM, UH, OFFICER.
AND, AND UH, ALRIGHT,
NOW, LAST COUPLE WEEKS AGO I BROUGHT EVERYBODY A FLYER.
SO I'M HERE TODAY 'CAUSE WE GETTING READY FOR THE SHOWDOWN, RIGHT?
AND I'M BACK TO INVITE YOU GUYS IN CASE YOU GUYS DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE I LEFT WITH EVERYONE.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, MAYOR, THAT I WANTED TO SAY BEFORE I ASK YOU THIS, I WANNA SAY THAT YOU ARE THE BEST MAYOR AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR JUST SUPPORTING THESE KIDS WITH DISABILITIES TO GO TO COLLEGE.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL NEVER FORGET.
ALWAYS REMEMBER, EVEN WHEN SYLVESTER TURNER IS NO LONGER MARRIED, THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR YOUR MAYOR TO GO TO COLLEGE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND EVERYONE IS INVITED TOMORROW FROM NINE 30 TO ONE 30.
THE SHOWDOWN WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS AND THE STUDENTS.
AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
IF STILL LOOKING FOR, UH, SPONSORS FOR THE BUSES.
SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR THE BUS, JUST LET ME KNOW.
OKAY? HAVE A BLESSED AFTERNOON, OKAY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS, OKAY? OKAY.
UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT I WANNA BRING Y'ALL BACK THIS AFTERNOON.
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ALL RIGHT, WE STAND IN RECESS UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 AM OKAY, THANK YOU.ITEM ONE, PUBLIC HEARING RELATING TO THE BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022, REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BONDS.
ITEM TWO, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, LEGISLATIVE PRINCIPLES FOR THE A DA SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR ANNUAL RENEWAL OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR OF HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $5,463,810 AND 18 CENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH ANGEL BROTHERS ENTERPRISES, LTD FOR FY 2019 PAYMENT REPAIR AND REHAB WORK ORDERS NUMBER TWO, ITEM FIVE, HOUSTON SPAY NEUTER CLINIC FOR APPROVAL OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF SPAY AND NEUTER FOR THE BARK SHELTER PETS.
ITEM SIX, SILSBEE TOYOTA FOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF HYBRID TOYOTA CAMRYS THROUGH THE INTER-LOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM FOR THE FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ITEM SEVEN, GARY FRITZ FOR PURCHASE OF HORSE DRY ANIMAL FEED A FOR THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ITEM EIGHT, TEXAS CONCRETE ENTERPRISE READY MIX INC.
FOR APPROVAL OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY PURCHASE OF READY MIX CONCRETE FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NINE, GLOBAL WET LLC FOR ONSITE RECONDITIONING OF SELF-CLEANING BAR FILTER, SCREEN PARTS AND SERVICES FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM 10 HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
ITEM 11, ORDINANCE APPROVING SOUTHERN WATER CORPORATIONS AMENDED TARIFFS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2021.
ITEM 12, ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2021 DASH TWO TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CONTRACTOR AMOUNT FOR PROFESSIONAL MATERIALS.
ENGINEERING AND TESTING SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND ONE TERRACON CONSULTANTS INC.
TWO OF VILLAGES ENGINEERING CORPORATION.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES INC.
NINO AND MOORE GEO GEOTECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CONSULTANTS SEVEN.
ASSOCIATED TESTING LABORATORIES INC.
GARRIN DONOR ENGINEERING SERVICES INC.
11 DAY AND ASSOCIATES, L-T-D-D-B-A GL TECH ENGINEERING AND TESTING AND 12 QC LABORATORIES INC.
FOR THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM.
ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HOUSTON AGAPE HOME CDC TO PROVIDE LOAN AND UPTOWN TURS 14 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING VERSION 2.0 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON HARVEY SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM GUIDELINES 15.
ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF GRANT APPLICATION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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FOR ENHANCED AIR QUALITY MONITOR MONITORING FOR COMMUNITIES.ITEM 16, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING GRANT APPLICATION TO THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION FOR THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY CAPACITY FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
ITEM 17 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND WORK QUEST FOR PLASTIC METER BOX AND COVER INSTALLATION AND READING SERVICES FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM 18, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND FORD AUDIO VIDEO SYSTEMS LLC ITEM 19, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHOR AND AWARD AND CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND VITRO PROTECTION SYSTEMS INC.
ITEM 20 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND MORRIS AND MCDANIEL INC.
ITEM 21, ORDINANCE APPROVING AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING AGREEMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL EXPERT SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND DB THREE UNLIMITED SERVICES LLC AND LOGICAL RATIO LLC ITEM 22 ORDINANCE APPROVING FOURTH AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN 62 0 1 BONUM LP ITEM 23 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $1,776,390 AND NO CENTS.
ITEM PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND.
WARDEN CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CONTRACT TO SLO BRYAN CONSTRUCTION LTD ITEM 24 ORDINANCE DE APPROPRIATING $14,096 AND NO CENTS OUT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED TO CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CONTRACT WITH SPARK GLASS CONSTRUCTION COURT ITEM 25, ORDINANCE DE APPROPRIATING $135,056 AND NO CENTS CENTS OUTTA PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED TO CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CONTRACT WITH SPARK GLASS CONSTRUCTION COURT ITEM 26 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT RELEASE AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN ALLEN PE.
ITEM 27, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING ANY LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON, KATY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AND HARRIS COUNTY.
ITEM 28 ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ACQUISITION BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS OF A 200 SQUARE FOOT STREET RIGHT OF WAY.
EASEMENT SITUATED IN THE F HAMILTON SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 10 78 HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS FROM LANDMARK INDUSTRIES ENERGY LLC ITEM 29 ORDINANCE CONSENTED TO THE CREATION OF FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 1 34 F ITEM 30.
ORDINANCE CONSENTED TO THE ADDITION OF 1 1 6 0.7 ACRES OF LAND TO FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 2 2 9 ITEM 31.
ORDINANCE CONSENTED TO THE ADDITION OF 6.97 ACRES OF LAND TO WEST HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 21 ITEM 32.
ORDINANCE CONSENTED TO THE ADDITION OF 3.03 ACRES OF LAND TO WEST HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 21 ITEM 33.
ORDINANCE CONSENTED TO THE ADDITION OF 62.271 ACRES OF LAND TO HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 2 84.
ITEM 34 ORDERS APPROPRIATING $1,988,636 AND 28 CENTS.
ITEM WATER AND SOIL SYSTEM CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
ITEM 35, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $18,557 AND 77 CENTS OUT OF WATER AND SEWER CONTRIBUTED CAPITAL FUND AS AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION TO CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARPER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, LLC ITEM 36 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $525,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND VALOREM TAX AS AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND A GEAR AND FIELDS LP ITEM 37 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $4,650,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND, DRAINAGE CHARGE AWARD AND CONTRACTOR DL GLOVER UTILITIES.
ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $3,225,000 AND NO CENTS OUTTA WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM.
CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AWARD AND CONTRACT TO RELIANCE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LP ITEM 39, ORDINANCE AWARD AND CONTRACT TO SPECIALIZE MAINTENANCE SERVICES INC.
ITEM 40 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HOUSTON FIRST CORPORATION.
THIS WAS TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON.
THIS WAS ITEM 23 ON AGENDA OF OCTOBER 12TH, 2022.
THIS COMPLETES THE READING OF THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SESSION OF OCTOBER 19TH, 2022.
STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL.
SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 9:00 AM IN THE WORDS OF OUR FORMER CITY SECRETARY, MS. ANNA RUSSELL.
SHE ALWAYS SAID, DRIVE SAFE, DRIVE FRIENDLY, AND HAVE A NICE DAY.
IN THE WORDS OF OUR CURRENT CITY
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SECRETARY, PAT JEFFERSON DANIEL, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS TREAT EVERYONE THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED.
HAVE A BLESSED AND FANTABULOUS DAY AND GO ASTROS.
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ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH.NO, OCTOBER THE 19TH, SORRY, 2022.
I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO WATER.
[1.
9:00 AM - PUBLIC HEARING DATE in connection with the bond election to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022
]THE LAST OF, UM, OF THREE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE BOND ELECTION.MADAM SECRETARY OF YOUR PLEASE CALL ITEM ONE.
ITEM ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING RELATING TO THE BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022.
OKAY, THIS IS THE THIRD AND THE FINAL, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE UPCOMING BOND ELECTION ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH.
UH, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP, UH, TO SPEAK THIS MORNING.
UH, SO LET ME ASK, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS, ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, UH, SEEING AND HEARING? NO ONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING? CASTEX TATU MOVED TO CLOSE THE HEARING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND TO CLOSE THE HEARING.
ANY OBJECTION TO CLOSING THE HEARING? HEARING? SEEING NONE THE HEARING IS CLOSED.
SO THAT FULFILLS OUR, UM, OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UH, THAT HEARING WILL BE ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH, UH, FOR THE BOND ELECTION.
AND LET ME ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO FURTHER EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THESE ISSUES, UM, ON FOR NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH.
NOW WE'VE DONE THE FINAL, UM, PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS BOND.
UH, I'VE REQUESTED A A LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BE ASSIGNED TO EACH BOND.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE UPDATED THAT DURING THE, UH, PROCESS AND, UH, THE LIST I HAVE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE $10 MILLION FOR THE MOFFITT PARK.
I'VE MADE A REQUEST TO, UM, TO GET THOSE COPIES AFTER THIS.
UM, AND, AND I'M GETTING SOME DIFFICULTIES, SOME PUSHBACK ON PROVIDING ME WITH A LIST.
IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON FOR THAT PUSHBACK? BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE REPRESENTATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THERE'S SUBJECT TO CHANGES ON THAT LIST.
SO I DON'T WANNA MISRE, I DON'T WANNA MISREPRESENT.
YOU CERTAINLY CAN, UM, SPEAK TO, UH, MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT, UM, UH, THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO, UH, FUND, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO MISS.
WE DON'T WANT TO MISREPRESENT, UH, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON WHY I CAN'T HAVE THAT LIST? I THINK THEY'VE BEEN, HAVE THAT BEEN PROVIDED TO EVERY COUNCIL? WE, THEY PROVIDED ONE BEFORE, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE MOFFITT PARK ONE.
WELL WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
[MAYOR'S REPORT]
YESTERDAY, UH, FIRST OF ITS KIND RECYCLING FACILITY, UH, HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED, UM, IN THE HOUSTON AREA BY CYCLIC EXXONMOBIL AND DALE BASSELL.UM, THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, WITH THIS GROUP AS WELL.
UM, AND THE ECON, THE CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, UM, AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM.
UH, THE $100 MILLION FACILITY WILL SORT AND PROCESS PLASTICS, INCLUDING MANY THAT ARE NON-RECYCLABLE WITH TRADITIONAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY.
AND THIS FACILITY WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PROCESS 150,000 TONS OF PLASTIC, CREATING FRESH PLASTIC FROM WASTE AND SERVING AS A PIVOTABLE PIECE OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY.
AND THE CITY HAS PARTNERED WITH THESE GROUPS AND FCC ENVIRONMENTAL AND THE HOUSTON RECYCLING COLLABORATION WITH THE GOAL OF SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE PLASTICS RECYCLING RATE HERE IN HOUSTON.
SO YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT IT.
IT'S A, UM, A MAJOR STEP FORWARD WORKING WITH THE CO WITH THE ENERGY SECTOR, UH, THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR.
UM, AND THE CITY WILL BE ISSUING ITS OWN PRESS STATEMENT, UH, IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
SO I'M VERY PLEASED, UH, WITH THIS AND WORKING WITH, UM, CYCLIC EXXONMOBIL, LINE
UM, AND THEN YESTERDAY THE CITY OF HOUSTON WAS DESIGNATED AS A MUSIC FRIENDLY COMMUNITY BY THE STATE OF TEXAS MUSIC OFFICE.
UH, WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO NICOLE IRVING.
UH, THE MUSIC FRIENDLY COMMUNITY PROGRAM SEEKS TO FOSTER MUSIC BUSINESS RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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IN TEXAS CITIES AND COMMUNITIES.AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMPLETED THE MULTI-STEP CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR THIS.
WITH THE SUPPORT FROM THE TEXAS BUS MUSIC OFFICE, THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IN TEXAS CREATED MORE THAN 210,000 DIRECT AND INDIRECT PERMANENT JOBS.
SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT.
UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO GET YOUR FLU SHOT.
UH, I'LL BE GETTING MINE TODAY, AND SO LET ME ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET THAT.
AND WITH FEWER PEOPLE WEARING MASKS.
UM, AND WHEN IS EXPECTING THE FLU, PEOPLE CATCHING THE FLU, THAT NUMBER TO INCREASE.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN YOUR FLU SHOT, UH, JUST SEE ME AND THEN I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY COUNCIL MEMBER TO GIVE YOU YOUR FLU SHOT MYSELF.
UM, IT IS RELATIVELY PAINLESS.
UH, IF DONE CORRECTLY, YOU KNOW,
OF COURSE, EARLY VOTING BEGINS MONDAY, OCTOBER THE 24TH.
IT HAS COME SO QUICKLY ON THIS, SO OCTOBER 24TH AND RUNS THROUGH NOVEMBER THE FOURTH.
AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO EXERCISE YOUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHT TO VOTE.
UH, YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, I JOINED EMMANUEL MIRANDA TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO VOTE.
WE ANNOUNCED OUR, UH, UH, EARLY VOTE COLLEGE CHALLENGE, UH, INVOLVING UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, DOWNTOWN, THE GATORS UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CENTRAL CAMPUS, THE, UH, COUGARS AND TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, THE TIGERS, UH, THEY'LL BE COMPETING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
AND HOW MANY, UM, CAN EARLY VOTE AND EARLY VOTING, UH, LOCATIONS ON THEIR PARTICULAR CAMPUSES.
SO, UH, LET ME ENCOURAGE, UM, YOU TO ENCOURAGE YOUR CONSTITUENTS REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY VOTE, UH, TO PARTICIPATE AND TO VOTE.
SO EARLY VOTING STARTS ON MONDAY, RUNS THROUGH NOVEMBER THE FOURTH AND THE ELECTION WILL BE, UH, THE ACTUAL ELECTION WILL BE ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH.
UH, AND ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO THE HOUSTON DASH, UH, WHO HAVE ENDED THEIR SEASON AFTER MAKING THE SOCCER TEAM VERY FIRST PLAYOFF DEBUT.
UH, THEY HAD OVER 21,000 PEOPLE, UH, IN ATTENDANCE FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR MATCH.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD, UH, TO THEM IN THEIR NEXT SEASON.
UM, AND THEN, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEK WILL BE A BI WEEK.
UH, SO FOR THOSE WHO, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE TO COME, UH, THE DOORS WILL BE OPEN AND YOU CAN COME AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TAKE YOUR SEAT AND, UH, BUT IT'LL BE A BYE WEEK.
AND, UH, UH, SOME OF US WILL BE HEADING TO THE JAPAN TRADE MISSION, UH, LEAVING ON SATURDAY, UH, WITH THE GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP AND OTHER BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
UM, IT'LL BE A RELATIVELY LARGE TRIP BECAUSE, UM, UM, WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 50TH, 50TH SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH CHIBA.
SO IT'S THE 50TH YEAR RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME.
SO THE 50TH YEAR CELEBRATION WITH SISTER CITY, RELATIONSHIP WITH CHIBA.
AND THEN SECONDLY, THE HOUSTON BALLET, UH, IS ALSO HEADING TO JAPAN.
IT JUST SO HAPPENS WE'RE CROSSING AT THE SAME TIME AND THEY ARE TAKE, AND THEY WILL BE, BE PERFORMING SWAN LAKE, UM, WHILE WE ARE THERE AND PRACTICING THERE.
HAVE YOU DONE DO SWAN LAKE? ONLY WITH MY ARMS AT HANDS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BEST I CAN DO.
BUT THEY'RE TAKING LIKE A 90 MEMBER CASH OF, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? CASH OR CREW, IS THAT THE RIGHT WORD? CASH.
AND THEN MANY OF THEIR TRUSTEES ARE GOING, SO JUST WITH THE HOUSTON VALLEY ALONE, THERE'LL PROBABLY BE ABOUT 135 PEOPLE.
AND THEN COMBINED WITH THE TRADE AND INVESTMENT DELEGATION, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 37.
SO IN JAPAN NEXT WEEK, WILL PR WILL BE CLOSE TO 170, UH, HOUSTONIANS, IT WILL BE THE LARGEST, UH, DELEGATION, UM, THAT WE'VE TAKEN AT ANY TIME, UH, IN JAPAN.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TRAIL.
UH, THERE ARE MAJOR TRADING PARTNER WITH US.
UM, AND I THINK THE DIVIDENDS WILL FLOW BACK, UM, BOTH WAYS.
SO, UH, PLEASE KEEP US IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, BUT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO THAT, TO THE JAPAN TRADE MISSION.
UH, AND THEN LET ME CLOSE WITH THE HOUSTON ASTROS.
UH, QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, I WANTED THEM TO PLAY THE YANKEES.
UM, SO I WANTED THE YANKEES TO BE IN THE MATCHUP WITH THE HOUSTON ASTROS.
UH, YOU KNOW, UH, NEW YORK AND THE YANKEES COME WITH A GREAT DEAL OF SWAGGER.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME MAY SAY ARROGANCE, UM, BUT
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EVERYBODY KNOWS THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND THEY COME FROM A VERY, UH, HUGE MEDIA MARKET.AND REALLY, IF YOU WANT TO BE WAY UP IN THE LIGHTS, UH, YOU MATCH UP WITH THE HOUSTON, I MEAN, WITH THE NEW YORK YANKEES.
SO, UM, UM, AND WHEN WE BEAT, UH, THE NEW YORK YANKEES, UM, THEN WE ARE JUST PROPELLED EVEN HIGHER.
UM, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE MATCHUP.
FIRST TWO GAMES WILL BE HERE IN HOUSTON, FIRST GAME TONIGHT.
AND, UM, UM, THE ASTROS ARE JUST INCREDIBLE.
SO WHEN THE YANKEES MEET THE SPACESHIP, UM, THEY WOULD PLUMMET BACK TO THE GROUND AND THE SPACESHIP WOULD TAKE RIGHT ON OFF.
UM, SO JUST, UH, EXCITED BY THEM.
UH, SO GET, LET'S ALL, UH, BE VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE.
I KNOW THE, THE FANS TONIGHT WILL BE PUMPED UP AND, UH, UH, JUST RARING TO GO.
AND I WILL BE, UH, UM, ENCOURAGING I SUPPORTING THEM, UH, AS I ATTEND THE WESTBURY CIVIC CLUB TONIGHT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I WILL BE.
I WILL FULFILL MY COMMITMENT THAT I MADE, BUT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'S GONNA BE THERE, YOU KNOW, UH, GO, GO STROBES.
UH, AND I'M FINISHING ON THAT, ON THAT NOTE.
AND, AND HAVING SAID THAT, CONSENT MADAM SECRETARY.
UM, AND LEMME WISH HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARY BENTON.
SO MARY BENTON, YOU KNOW, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HUH? SHE'S A LITTLE PRIVATE.
WE CELEBRATED YOUR BIRTHDAY SEVERAL TIMES.
AND, AND, AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KAREN EVAN SHABAS BIRTHDAY WAS LAST WEEK.
THURSDAY OF LAST WEEK AFTER COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU DIDN'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY.
DID YOU GET YOUR, BUT DID YOU GET YOUR CAKE? DID I GET MY YOUR CAKE, JELLY CAKE, MY JELLY CAKE? NO.
AND CELEBRATE THE ENTIRE MONTH.
I DO CELEBRATE THE ENTIRE MONTH.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET ANY, YOU KNOW.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT GETTING OLDER
YOU GOT BETTER, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT NOT OLDER.
AND SAME THING WITH, UH, MARY BENON AS WELL.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THE CONSENT AGENDA UNDER THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY.BOTH ITEMS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION UNDER THE ACCEPT WORK CATEGORY.
ITEM FOUR, NEEDS AND MOTION CAST.
THIS HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.
OPPOSED GRANTED UNDER THE PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BS CATEGORY.
ITEM SIX AND EIGHT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION.
NEED A MOTION FOR ITEMS FIVE, SEVEN, AND NINE.
DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRADE UNDER THE ORDINANCES CATEGORY.
ITEM 10 HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ARE 11 13, 14, 17, 23 THROUGH 25 AND 27.
THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 11, 13 AND 14, 17, 23, 24, 25, AND 27.
HOW ABOUT, SORRY, I DIDN'T HAVE THOSE.
WHEN DID THEY GET SQUARED? THIS MORNING? THIS MORNING.
THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 11, 13 AND 14.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN Y'ALL TURN.
11 13, 14, 17, 23, 24, 25, AND 27.
DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANT.
[CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA]
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I IS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION.ITEM I, ITEM TWO NEEDS A MOTION.
UH, VICE MEMBER DE CASTEX TATUM ON TWO.
UH, HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH, UH, OUR LEGISLATIVE PRINCIPLES FOR THE, UH, NEXT SESSION.
AND WANTED TO JUST AMPLIFY THE MESSAGE, UM, FROM ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN WE HAD RESIDENTS FROM SOUTHWEST CROSSING HERE IN CHAMBERS, UM, FOR US TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION, UH, WHEN THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION, UM, IS APPROVING PROJECTS IN OUR CITY THAT WE RECEIVE NOTICE TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, TO THE COUNCIL OFFICES SO THAT WE AREN'T, UM, IN THE BLIND WHEN THEY ARE APPROVING, UH, PROJECTS IN OUR DISTRICT.
AND I THINK UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, WE HAVE A, UH, PRINCIPLE THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THAT, BUT JUST WANTED TO AMPLIFY THE IMPORTANCE OF US FOLLOWING THAT TYPE OF LEGISLATION.
UM, WE HAVE HAD SOME, UH, PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, SENATOR BORIS MILES' OFFICE ABOUT, UM, WORKING ON LEGISLATION FOR MAKING SURE WE, UM, ARE RECEIVING THOSE NOTICES IN A TIMELY MANNER AND ACTUALLY TRYING TO EXPAND THE TIME TO, UH, RESPOND BACK TO THE RAILROAD COMMISSION BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S 18 DAYS.
AND WITH THE TROUBLE WE HAD WITH THE MAIL DELIVERY DURING COVID, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION.
UM, AND THERE COULD, THERE WERE NO GOOD CHECKS AND BALANCES ON, UM, WHEN THAT MAIL WAS DELIVERED AND WHEN RESIDENTS, UM, SENT THEIR RESPONSES BACK TO THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
SO JUST ASKING OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM TO, UM, FOLLOW THAT LEGISLATION AND BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT LEGISLATION AS WELL.
AND THAT IS, UM, THAT IS A PRIORITY.
AND UH, UH, IT DOES FALL UNDER THAT, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY THAT HEADING OR THAT DESCRIPTION.
UH, BUT WE, WE WILL ALSO BE SPECIFICALLY FOR FOLLOWING LEGISLATION THAT WE KNOW, UH, SUPPORTS THAT ELEMENT.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER, IF YOU KNEW A SPECIFIC LEGISLATION, UH, THEN ALSO LET US KNOW.
UH, SO IT, THE WAY THE LEGISLATIVE PRINCIPLES ARE, THEY ARE, THEY ARE, THEY'RE BROAD CATEGORIES, BUT ON SPECIFIC THINGS OR SPECIFIC LEGISLATION THAT'S FILED, UM, THAT WE SHOULD BE TRACKING FOLLOWING, UH, WHETHER FOR OR AGAINST, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW.
AND THEN WE CAN TARGET ON JUST LIKE ON, UH, THE TENANT ELEMENT THAT'S INCLUDED.
UH, SO ANYTHING DEALING WITH TENANT ISSUES, TENANT MATTERS OR LEGISLATION THAT WE SHOULD BE ASKING LEGISLATES TO CARRY ON OUR BEHALF, IF YOU'LL LET US KNOW.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN BE VERY TARGETED, UH, AND DIRECTIONAL IN OUR, IN OUR APPROACH.
AND BILL KELLY, HE SAYS HE STARTS TO TALK TO MILES'S OFFICE AND THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE.
YEAH, AND WE ALREADY IN CONVERSATION VICE MAYOR TIM WAS SENATOR TO MILES' OFFICE ON THAT LEGISLATION WITH SOUTHWEST CROSSING.
UH, THAT WAS THE COMMITMENT THAT WE MADE TO THE PEOPLE WHO CAME AND, AND WE INTEND TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND UH, YOU KNOW, OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM WILL BE MADE FULLY AWARE.
AND YES, I WANTED TO JUST THANK THE LEGISLATIVE TEAM AND YOU, THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ADDING.
SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION SO PEOPLE KNOW, UM, HOW AWESOME THIS IS, UM, SUPPORTING LEGISLATION THAT ENHANCES CONSUMER PROTECTIONS FOR CITIZENS AND EMPOWERS LOW TO INCOME RESIDENTS AND WE ADDED TENANTS.
WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE HEARING RIGHT NOW.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE LEGISLATIVE TEAM AND YOU, THE ADMINISTRATION, UM, FOR INCLUDING THE WORD TENANTS.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE TEAM IS THAT WHERE THERE SPECIFIC LEGISLATION THAT YOU ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN TO KEEP YOU ABREAST OR WHEN THOSE HEARINGS WILL BE, IN CASE YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO TO AUSTIN TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE HEARINGS AS WELL.
SO, UM, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.
AND I'M CERTAINLY SAYING TO THEM, YOU KNOW, FLAG THOSE THINGS THAT OF PARTICULARLY INTEREST AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU ARE AWARE, UH, OF WHEN THOSE, UM, BILLS
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WILL BE HEARD.AND THEN, UM, TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANT TO GO TO AUSTIN AND PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING PROCESS OR TALK TO LEGISLATORS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO THAT.
UM, I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE THAT TOOK A LOOK AT THESE LEGISLATIVE PRINCIPLES AND WE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THAT COMMITTEE.
A LOT OF REALLY GREAT DISCUSSION.
UM, I AGREE WITH ALMOST EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST.
UM, THERE WERE A FEW ITEMS THAT I WAS KIND OF THE DISSENTING VOTE ON, AND SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S MY DUTY TO CONTINUE THAT DISSENTING VOTE HERE TODAY.
BUT, UM, THERE'S SO MANY GREAT THINGS ON THIS LIST AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY TO ADVOCATE FOR MOST OF THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT.
WELL, 'CAUSE I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO ARE ON THE COMMITTEE.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES, IT TAKES TIME.
AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ELSE YOU DO.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, EACH AND ONE OF YOU THAT SERVED ON THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE TO ADVANCE WHAT IS BEFORE US TODAY.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMAN MCCAIN.
JUST TO PIGGYBACK ONTO THAT, UM, WHILE AS THE LEGISLATIVE AD HOC GROUP, A LOT OF TIME GOES INTO THAT, EVEN MORE TIME GOES IN FROM NOT, YOU KNOW, GR BILL KELLY'S TEAM, BUT ALSO LEGAL IN EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT WE WORKED WITH THAT CAME BEFORE US WITH THEIR PROPOSALS, WITH THEIR NEEDS, UM, TO THOROUGHLY VET THEM.
SO IT, IT IS A LONG PROCESS AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT PLAY A ROLE IN IT AS WELL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM TWO? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? I OPPOSED? SO, COUNCILMAN KNOX AND COUNCILMAN PECK'S VOTING NOW.
COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN VOTING NOW, KOSH SHOW.
COUNCILMAN KOSH VOTING NOW ITEM PASSES.
SO KOSH, NOT, UH, PECK AND HOFFMAN.
ITEM THREE NEEDS A MOTION ON ITEM THREE, CAST SIX.
ITEM THREE HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM THREE.
UM, SO I WAS CURIOUS WHY WE'RE BUYING THESE CARS, THESE HYBRID TOYOTA CAMRYS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THESE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE ROAD AND I'M TOLD THAT THESE ARE FOR THE INVESTIGATIVE DIVISIONS, HOMICIDE DIVISIONS SPECIFICALLY SORT OF SAVE MONEY ON THAT.
AND I GUESS HOMICIDE GUYS DON'T NEED TO HURRY UP AND GET ANYWHERE.
EVERYTHING, EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE THERE WHEN THEY GET THERE.
SO, UH, THESE ARE NOT, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
I'LL, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS.
THESE ARE NOT THE PATROLS, BUT IT DOES COINCIDE WITH OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
RESILIENCE PLANS, REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND WHERE WE CAN PURCHASE, UH, HYBRIDS OR ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES.
UM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
UH, COUNCILMAN KINGMAN? THANK YOU MAYOR.
AND I, I DID WANNA, UM, APPRE I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO HPD FOR WORKING WITH FLEET MANAGEMENT ON THIS ITEM AND CONTINUING TO LOOK AT HOW THEY CAN BUY IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, YOUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
AND I DID WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN HYBRID AND ELECTRIC.
UH, THERE SOMETIMES APPEARS TO BE SOME CONFUSION HYBRID RUNS ON GAS.
THERE'S NO NEED TO STOP TO CHARGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I, I DID JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT AS WELL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM SIX? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON ITEM SIX, ITEM EIGHT NEEDS A MOTION CAST.
ROBINSON, BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM EIGHT.
AND ITEM EIGHT IS BEING TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS.
OKAY, IT IS IS BY POLLARD THOMAS, COEN ELSE.
SHABBAT CAST TAX TITLE, CAST TAG TITLE? TWICE.
IS THERE SOMETHING HERE THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF? IT'S CONCRETE MAYOR.
UM, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NAMES AGAIN? TAGGING THE ITEMS. THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TAGGING POLLARD ALCO, THOMAS JACKSON, SHABAZZ, VICE MAYOR PRO TIM.
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ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, IS THERE SOMETHING ON THIS CONCRETE THAT THIS CONCRETE.IS HE GONNA RELEASE? YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE TO RELEASE THEIR TAG.
IS EVERYBODY RELEASING IT? YES.
ARE YOU RELEASING OR NOT RELEASING? I'M NOT RELEASE.
WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
OPPOSED? GRANTED ON ITEM 11, ITEM 13 IS AN ORDINANCE.
AND SO I SQUARED THIS ITEM LATE.
UM, BECAUSE AFTER WE HAD THE, UM, REDISTRICTING CONVERSATION, I WAS REALLY SENSITIVE TO THE CONVERSATION AROUND GENTRIFICATION AND SO I ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL CON UM, INFORMATION FROM THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH WHO THEY'RE RECRUITING, RIGHT? IN THESE PROGRAMS. AND AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, WE PASSED, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING GUIDELINES FOR OUR DEVELOPERS.
AND SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT AND JUST TO AMPLIFY THIS IN FRONT OF YOU, AND I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUE WILL, WILL JUMP IN ON THIS.
SO THIS PROJECT NUMBER 13 WITH THE AGAPE, UH, PROJECT, THEY'RE RECRUITING 60 TO 100% A MI IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO REALLY BALANCES THE CONVERSATION TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ATTAINABLE HOUSING AND IN THESE COMMUNITIES, THAT THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A HOME.
UM, SO THIS IS, UM, REALLY GOOD WORK.
I KNOW A HOUSING DEPARTMENT WAS NERVOUS WHEN I WAS LIKE, YOU, I'M A TAG IF YOU DON'T GIMME THIS INFORMATION
AND I THINK IT'S GOOD 'CAUSE THIS IS THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN FRONT OF US TO KNOW AS WE DO THIS WORK THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY GET TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY AND CREATE WEALTH.
SO I TOTALLY SUPPORT THIS ITEM.
YOU AND I CAN AFFIRM THEY WERE NERVOUS AND THAT'S WHY THE CHIEF OF STAFF HAS COME TO ME BY
ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHABA.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS FOR, UH, OUR DISCUSSIONS.
I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THIS ITEM, THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS VERY MUCH NEEDED.
UH, BUT THERE WAS A CONCERN, UH, AS TO THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO I THANK YOU, UH, HOUSING CHAIR FOR, UM, CONTACTING ME AND FOR GETTING THE INFORMATION.
THANK YOU COUNCILOR MAYOR COEN.
AND THIS, THIS PROJECT'S GREAT.
I'VE BEEN OUT THERE TO AGAPE, UH, EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE, THE CHILDCARE, THE, UM, THE HOUSING, EVERYTHING TO DO IN THAT COMMUNITY.
IT'S A GREAT STORY AND, AND JUST HAPPY TO SEE OUR MONEY GOING IN HERE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 13? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 13, WE DO HAVE SOME OF OTHER FOLKS HERE AND UH, I SEE SOME AGAPI PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT, YEAH, VERY, VERY HAPPY.
THEY'RE STILL NERVOUS, LOOKS LIKE TO ME.
UM, I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THIS ITEM.
IT'S FOR THE NEW WATER METER, UM, BOXES.
AND THIS IS FOR THE ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE KIND OF IN REAL TIME THEIR WATER USAGE, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE NOW, UM, AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THEY'RE SURPRISED BY THEIR WATER BILL BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS A LEAK OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS GOING ON.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE THIS.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS BASICALLY TO REPLACE OLD ONES AND BROKEN ONES AND NOT NECESSARILY FOR NEW METERS.
AND ALL THE NEW METERS COMING ON DO NOT HAVE THIS CAPABILITY.
AND SO I TALKED TO DIRECTOR HADDOCK ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE LOOKING AT A TIMELINE FOR ALL THE NEW METERS AND REGULAR METERS, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERY METER TO HAVE THIS.
I THINK IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF THAT SURPRISE OUT OF, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE MONTH PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY SEE IF THERE WAS A LEAK AND GET IT FIXED BEFORE THEY'RE GETTING THAT $3,000 WATER BILL AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT AND, UM, EVEN MOVING FORWARD, THAT SHOULD BE THE CASE.
SO WE'LL CONTINUING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
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THANK YOU.UH, ANY, UH, DISCUSSION ON ITEM 17, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 17.
WE ON ITEM 23, UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM ON ITEM 23.
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ISSUE.
UM, I HAVE A SPECIAL AFFINITY FOR VINCENT BRANCH LIBRARY.
IT'S THE LIBRARY THAT I USED TO GO TO AS A YOUNG GIRL WHEN I HAD TO DO MY HOMEWORK.
AND MY MOTHER USED TO TAKE US TO THE LIBRARY.
BUT I THINK THAT RESIDENTS WILL REALLY APPRECIATE THE NEW TECH LINK SITE THAT'S GOING INTO, UM, VINCENT BRANCH LIBRARY.
WE'VE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO VISIT SEVERAL OF THE TECH LINK LIBRARIES IN OUR, UM, WORK TO BRING ON THE NEW LIBRARY IN DISTRICT K, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT ONE OF THE EXISTING LIBRARIES IS ALSO GETTING A BIG UPGRADE WITH MULTIMEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER.
UM, NEW TOOLS FOR EXPLORING MUSIC AND VIDEO PRODUCTION, DIGITAL ANIMATION, GRAPHIC DESIGN, PHOTO EDITING, MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION, CODING AND GAME DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS AND WANTED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS, UH, ITEM.
AND APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT ON ITEM 23.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 23? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 23.
ITEM 25, JUST, UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM ON ITEM 25.
UH, HAPPY TO SEE ALL THIS ACTION AROUND OUR LIBRARIES IN DISTRICT K.
UM, WANTED TO JUST AMPLIFY 24 AND 25 BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS, UM, HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LIBRARY STAFF AND, UH, GSD ABOUT WANTING TO HAVE A, AN ADDRESS ON CHIMNEY ROCK AS OPPOSED TO BELROSE.
AND SO THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND THE CREW HAVE ALL GONE IN AND LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING THE ADDRESS FROM 55 0 5 BELROSE, WHICH IS A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD STREET.
UH, SO THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE NEAR THERE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASED TRAFFIC COMING IN ON BELROSE, BUT THEY HAVE NOW MOVED THE ADDRESS TO, UH, BE A CHIMNEY ROCK ADDRESS.
AND SO THE RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, ENTER INTO THE LIBRARY PARKING LOT ON CHIMNEY ROCK.
AND THAT WOULD KEEP A LARGE NUMBER OF CARS FROM THE SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD STREET TO THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
UM, JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO AMPLIFY THAT WE ARE LISTENING TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE RESIDENTS AND A LOT OF TIMES THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO THE CONCERNS HAVE REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH MOVING, UH, THIS ADDRESS FROM BELL ROSE TO CHIMNEY ROCK.
LEMME JUST ASK THIS, THAT VINCENT LIBRARY TICK LINK.
IS THAT CLOSE TO WESTBURY? NO, BUT THIS LIBRARY IS THE LIBRARY IN WESTBURY.
WHICH ONE? THE WHAT? 24 AND 25.
THE NEW NAME IS GOING TO BE THE SHANNON WALKER, UH, LIBRARY, NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY, BUT VINCENT BRANCHES IN HAR CLARK.
I JUST WANTED TO HAVE IT FOR THE, THE MEETING TONIGHT.
COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCAIN.
AND I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY, UH, APPRECIATION AGAIN TO VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, FOR HER COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, WHAT SHE HAS DONE WITH RESIDENTS, INCLUDING DISTRICT C RESIDENTS.
AS YOU ALL WILL REMEMBER, THIS LIBRARY REPLACES, UM, THE DISTRICT C MEYER LIBRARY AND, UH, THE INNOVATION THAT'S TAKING PLACE THERE, THE FACT THAT IT'S GONNA SERVICE SO MANY, AND AGAIN, THE COLLABORATION AND INPUT THAT YOU'VE TAKEN ALSO FROM DISTRICT C RESIDENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION FOR THAT.
DID WE NEED TO VOTE? WE A VOTE ON IT.
HAVE TO COME BACK LATER THIS AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW, SO VOTE 5 25.
UM, THIS, UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSE GRANTED ON 25? THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO SPOTLIGHT THIS ITEM.
UM, IT'S A GRANT APPLICATION, UH, IN, IN AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, FOR MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON TAKES, UH, A PARTNERSHIP WITH A MULTI-LAYERED APPROACH.
BUT THE GRANT IS FOR THE TEXAS ANTI-GANG GRANT PROGRAM.
UH, SO MAYOR, AS WE CONTINUE AND YOU CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON, UM, COMBATING VIOLENT CRIME, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT
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OF THAT AND JUST WANTED TO POINT IT OUT FOR RESIDENTS.ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 9 0 27? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 27, ITEM 40 IS AN ORDINANCE.
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40, UM, START OFF WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS ON ITEM 40.FIRST OF ALL, I, UM, SUPPORT THIS ITEM IN, UH, REPRESENTING THE, UH, THEATER DISTRICT.
THIS IS A, UH, A LONG NEEDED RENOVATION OF JONES HALL.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE LEN WYATT SQUARE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, UH, WILL BE OPENING, I UNDERSTAND NOW IN THE EARLY SPRING.
UH, AND THIS WILL JUST COMPLIMENT THAT.
UH, SO I WANT TO THANK ALL THE DONORS AND THE PHILANTHROPISTS THAT ARE GIVING MONIES, UH, FOR AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE RENOVATIONS OF JONES HALL, UH, WHICH, UH, WAS BUILT BACK IN THE SIXTIES.
UH, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT, UH, FOR DOWNTOWN.
UM, AND, AND, AND, AND WITH THAT MAYOR, I KNOW THAT THE, UH, THEATER DISTRICT HAS REACHED OUT TO MYSELF AND TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SOME TIME AGO.
I THINK THE ASK IS $15 MILLION.
UM, ARPA FUNDS WOULD OFFSET THE LOSSES THAT THE THEATER DISTRICT SUFFERED DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN THE THEATER DISTRICT WAS CLOSED.
THEY ALSO HAD TO PAY THE ACTORS AND THE TECHNICIANS AND WHAT HAVE YOU IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM, UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE WAS NO PERFORMANCES.
UH, SO THERE WAS NO REVENUE COMING IN, BUT YET THEY STILL HAD TO PAY TO KEEP THESE, UH, UH, PROFESSIONAL TECHNICIANS AND, AND ACTORS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
UH, AND MAYOR, THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR ECONOMIC ENGINE IN, IN DOWNTOWN IN ORDER TO BRING PEOPLE BACK TO DOWNTOWN, TO HAVE RESIDENTS MOVE INTO DOWNTOWN.
UH, SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO, MAYOR, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE ARPA FUNDS, UH, $15 MILLION, UH, TO HELP THE THEATER DISTRICT, UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY SUFFERED, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THEY ARE STILL HURTING.
UH, AND, AND THEY DID REACH OUT TO ME AGAIN ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE.
SO I'M HOPING THERE'S SOMETHING THERE, MAYOR, IN REGARDS TO ARPA FUNDS, AND I THINK THE ASK WAS $15 MILLION.
LET ME JUST SAY, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE, UM, UH, THE, UM, SALES TAX COMING BACK IN, UH, ON THE HOT FUNDS, UM, THAT THEY ARE ABOVE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN.
UH, SO, UH, THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT TO, AND THIS IS 2.5 MILLION, WHICH EVENTUALLY WILL COME OUT OF THE ALPHA FUNDING, IS THE WAY WE ARE DOING IT, IS THE REVENUE LOSS WHICH WE CAN REPLACE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE DOING THIS.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE DOING THIS HERE.
BUT I WOULD TELL YOU $15 MILLION IS A HUGE, AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, UH, IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND I HOLD BACK ON THE UPPER FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES BECAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
UM, AND FROM ALL INDICATIONS, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING COLLECTIVELY ON PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, IT'S WORKING HOMICIDE NOW IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS 8% LESS.
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, THIS MORNING, 32 MURDERS LESS THAN LAST YEAR.
SO, UH, IF SOMETHING IS WORKING COLLECTIVELY, UM, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP IT WORKING.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I AM A STRONG, HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE ARTS, HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE ARTS.
UM, UM, AND WE ARE EVALUATING THE REQUEST.
$50 MILLION, I WILL TELL YOU IS A HUGE RE IT'S A HIGH NUMBER.
I, I'M, LEMME JUST BE VERY CLEAR, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO 15 MILLION.
BUT, BUT, BUT IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF GET GIVING SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT'S LESS THAN THE 15 MILLION? AND I'VE INDICATED, AND I'VE INDICATED TO SOME OF THEM, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING MM-HMM
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS.
UM, AND I'VE ASKED FINANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE, UH, WHERE THINGS STAND.
AND SO GIVE ME A, UH, HELP ME TO PROVIDE ME A NUMBER THAT WE FIND THAT'S A WORKABLE NUMBER.
UM, SO WE'LL DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST NOT IN A POSITION TO SAY WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
'CAUSE WE'LL BE, WE'VE KIND OF BEEN WAITING TO SEE WHERE THINGS ARE AND I WOULD HATE TO COMMIT A NUMBER.
AND THEN, UH, PEOPLE COME TO US AND SAY, WHAT'S, WHAT WAS THE PRIORITY HERE? SO, UH, WE WILL DO SOMETHING.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
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WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP THE THEATER DISTRICT, AGAIN, THE THEATER DISTRICT IS SUFFERING SP SPEAKING TO, TO THEATER DISTRICT HOUSTON.UH, AND, AND THIS IS ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE I THE IKE, UH, KIOSKS THAT WE VOTED ON.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, INITIALLY IA DID NOT SUPPORT THAT.
UH, UH, THEY ARE POPPING UP IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.
AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I, WE, WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP AND PROMOTE, UH, OR ASSIST NONPROFITS MM-HMM
UM, BUT THE THEATER DISTRICT IS TELLING ME THAT THEY ARE BEING CHARGED AND IT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE FOR THEM TO PROMOTE SHOWS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE THEATER DISTRICT.
AND, AND, UH, AND I FOR ONE, THINK THAT THE, UH, MOTION TO EXTEND SECOND.
WE'LL BRING YOU BACK IN THE QUEUE.
I, I, FOR ONE, THINK THAT WE NEED TO TALK TO IKE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS A THEATER DISTRICT, THESE, THESE KIOSKS, WHICH IN MY VISION, I'M HOPING THERE'LL BE A COUPLE ON THE NEW BEAUTIFUL RECONSTRUCTED BAGBY STREET.
UH, SO THAT WAY VISITORS TO OUR CITY, HOUSTONIANS, UH, THAT ARE WALKING ALONG THE STREETS CAN GO TO THESE KIOSKS AND THEY CAN SEE WHAT'S PLAYING AT THE WAR, THEM, WHAT'S PLAYING AT THE ALLEY, WHAT'S PLAYING AT JONES, UH, AND, AND, AND, AND THEREFORE TO HELP THAT THE AID DISTRICT TO AT LEAST SELL TICKETS.
UM, BUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY'RE BEING CHARGED A GOOD AMOUNT TO PUT THAT INFORMATION ON THESE KIOSKS.
UH, SO THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN HELP WITH ON THAT.
MAYOR, I THINK WOULD, WOULD, WOULD HELP THE THEATER DISTRICT TO AT LEAST SELL TICKETS.
WELL, I'M NOT, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.
I YOU'RE BRINGING IT TO MY INTENTION FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UH, LOOK, I'M A, I'M A, I'M A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE THEATER DISTRICT AND THE ARTS.
UH, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK WITH ME AND NOT AROUND ME.
OKAY? LEMME SAY THAT EVEN TO MY FRIENDS, I'M A HUGE SUPPORTER, BUT IF YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE TO BE A SUPPORTER, YOU TALK TO ME AND NOT AROUND ME.
'CAUSE THAT DOESN'T GAIN YOU ANYTHING.
IN FACT, IF Y'ALL KNOW ME, YOU KNOW,
SO, ESPECIALLY WHEN I'VE SAID TO SOME, WE ARE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS.
DON'T FEEL, DON'T FORCE ME TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY.
THEY HAVE A STRONG, THEY HAVE A STRONG ADVOCATE, COUNCILMAN GGO.
AND YOU AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, BEING THE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTING DOWNTOWN AND THEATER DISTRICT, IT'S MY, YOU KNOW, IT'S MY PLACE TO BRING THIS AT THE HORSESHOE.
SO I'M NOT, I'M SORRY IF YOU GOT OFFENDED.
I REPRESENT THE OFFENDED TO DISTRICT.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT OFFENDED WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, LIKE, THEY TALK TO YOU, THEY CAN TALK TO ME.
NO, I'M NOT, I'M NOT OFFENDED.
PLEASE DON'T, DON'T, DON'T INTERPRET IT THAT WAY.
AND, UH, YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
I, I CERTAINLY SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER GALLAS AND EVERYTHING HE'S SAYING ABOUT THE PERFORMING ARTS COMMUNITY AND, AND OUR ARTS COMMUNITY.
THE REASON I TAGGED THIS ITEM LAST WEEK WAS, I THINK WHAT YOU ALLUDED TO, SORT OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE DEAL, THE FINANCES, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, THE SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, IT IS A COMPLICATED FINANCIAL DEAL.
AND I THINK TO THE CREDIT OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO HOUSTON, FIRST TO ANDY HICKEN, UH, FOLKS LIKE KIM STERLING, UH, WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES AND, UH, THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORT THE ARTS, THIS DEAL HAS COME TOGETHER AND IT'S GONNA PROVIDE FOR A REALLY WONDERFUL, UM, SET OF RENOVATIONS FOR THE JONES HALL FACILITY.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S TO THE POINT YOU MADE, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SOME OF THE OTHER PRIORITIES OF THE ARPA FUNDS, THAT'S REALLY, UM, THE REASON I WANTED TO SCRUTINIZE IT.
AND I DO WANT THANK ANDY KIN AND KIM STERLING IN PARTICULAR FOR PROVIDING EXCELLENT INFORMATION THAT CLARIFIES THE NATURE OF A REALLY, UM, I THINK IMPRESSIVE AND, UM, AND GOOD DEAL FOR THE CITY.
UM, ALCORN COUNCIL MAYOR ALCORN, THANK YOU MAYOR.
AND AND MAYOR, YOU HAVE BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE ARTS.
YOU OFTEN SAY THAT ART IS THE SOUL OF OUR, OUR CITY.
I, I WANNA, UM, ALSO ADVOCATE ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, REMEMBER AT THIS REQUEST WAS FROM SEVEN CULTURAL DISTRICTS.
UM, NOT JUST THE THEATER DISTRICT, MIDTOWN ARTS DISTRICT, HOUSTON, HISTORIC THIRD WARD, EAST END CULTURAL DISTRICT THEATER DISTRICT, HOUSTON FIFTH WARD CULTURAL DISTRICT, HOUSTON MUSEUM DISTRICT ASSOCIATION.
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SO IT'S THE WHOLE KIT AND CABOODLE.AND, AND I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED THAT YOU, ARE YOU GONNA FIND SOME MONEY FOR THAT? DON'T WANNA SIT IN YOUR CHAIR.
UM, IT'S HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE WITH THAT MONEY ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN THIS.
BUT JUST WANNA ADD MY VOICE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE ARTS AND CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE RENOVATIONS AT JONES HALL, WHICH ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED.
AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND NOW IF YOU ALL CAN FOLLOW UP, WHEN I WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE, I HELPED TO CREATE THOSE CULTURAL DISTRICTS.
UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I COULD BE MISTAKEN.
YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT MISTAKEN.
YOU KNOW, AND, UH, FOUGHT HARD TO TRY TO GET ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, UH, FOR THE ARTS.
IN FACT, CHAMPIONED THE ARTS WHEN I CHAIRED THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON, ON APPROPRIATIONS WHEN IT CAME TO THE ARTS.
UM, SO I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE.
UM, SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE ARTS TOO, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE AT THIS HORSESHOE THAT IS.
UM, BUT AS WE JUST MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE, THE KIOSK, I, I HAD A THOUGHT THAT ANOTHER WAY TO SUPPORT OUR PATRONS MIGHT BE A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, REMINDING DRIVERS TO BE AWARE OF THEM AS THEY WALK AND ROLL, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR CITY.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN'S POINT, UM, 'CAUSE IT ALSO INCLUDES, AGAIN, A LOT OF NONPROFITS.
THIS COALITION THAT CAME TOGETHER, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE HOUSTON BALLET TO THE MANIL, THE ENSEMBLE PROJECT ROW HOUSES FIFTH WARD AND OTHER CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICTS, UM, ALL CAME TOGETHER WITH THIS PROPOSAL.
AND I AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND FULLY ALIGNED WITH YOU IN TERMS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AS A PRIORITY AND THE PRIORITY.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE WE WERE ALL THROWING AROUND AS A COUNTER PROPOSAL, AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU OFFLINE ABOUT THIS, IS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS REQUESTED IS A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK.
UM, BUT IF WE ONLY FOCUSED ON UNREALIZED 2020, UM, HOT REVENUES, THAT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES IT AND IS A MORE NARROWLY TAILORED, UH, APPLICATION FOR, AGAIN, THE IMPACT THAT COVID HAD, UH, NOW THAT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE NONPROFITS.
AND I KNOW MOCA IS WORKING ON OTHER GRANT ALLOCATION PROCESSES, AND I THINK MOCA DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT FOR WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THUS FAR.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SAY, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND THROW IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD JUST LOOK AT UNREALIZED HOT FROM 2020 AS A POTENTIAL, UM, APPLICATION FOR THIS THAT REDUCES IT SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND I THINK THAT IS A PART OF WHAT FINANCE IS DOING, TRYING TO MORE ACCURATELY DETERMINE WHAT THE UNREALIZED WHAT THE LOSS WAS.
AND, UH, AND, AND IT MAKES IT MUCH EASIER WHEN IT'S, UM, WHEN THE REQUESTS ARE MORE TARGETED.
FOR EXAMPLE, JONES HALL, JONES HALL NEEDS REPAIRS.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 60 YEARS.
AND, UM, AND SO THIS INITIAL REQUEST WAS WHEN, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I THINK THE PLAN WAS TO RAISE 35 MILLION.
AND SO, AND THEY CAME, THEY CAME TO ME, UH, BECAUSE THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THEIR PHILANTHROPISTS, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A CITY COMMITMENT.
THEY WANTED FIVE FOR ME, RIGHT? AND SO WE ENDED UP DOING, SAID, OKAY, WE'LL DO 2.5 AND, UM, TRY TO PULL IT FROM THE OPERA FUNDING.
UH, AND THEN WE'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THAT.
SO WE MADE THAT COMMITMENT SO THAT THEY COULD SEE THAT THE PUBLIC WAS, THAT THE CITY WAS IN.
AND I THINK NOW THEIR FUNDRAISING GOAL HAS GONE FROM 35 TO CLOSE TO 50, I THINK SO.
UM, SO IF THAT, IF THAT, THAT THOSE SEED DOLLARS OR THE SEED, UM, UM, MONEY, MONEY HELP, THAT'S A GREAT DEAL.
'CAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE WHAT THAT THE CITY WAS IN.
SO WHEN THE REQUEST IS MORE TARGETED THAN JUST MAYBE LIKE A GENERAL 15 MILLION, IT JUST MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT WHEN, IF IT'S, IF IT'S NOT MORE TARGETED.
UM, AND IT'S ESPECIALLY WHEN THE HOT, WHEN THE HOT DOLLARS ARE INCREASING NOW.
BUT, UH, UH, BUT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE COMMITTED AND WE WORK WITH THEM.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FACTORED IN ALL OF OUR, THE CITY'S NEEDS SO THAT WE NOT
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MAKING A COMMITMENT THAT YOU THEN HAVE TO PULL BACK FROM BECAUSE SOMETHING ELSE COMES FORWARD.SO, AND I, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT, MAYOR.
AND AS THE SECTOR THAT WAS THE FIRST TO CLOSE ITS DOORS AND THE LAST TO WELCOME PEOPLE BACK IN.
I'LL MAKE A, A PERSONAL PUSH FOR ALL RESIDENTS.
THERE'S SO MANY SHOWS RIGHT NOW.
UH, PLEASE SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, OUR ARTS COMMUNITY AND OUR THEATER COMMUNITY, UH, I MEAN, OUR BROADWAY SHOWS, OUR SMALLER SHOWS, EVERYTHING IS BACK.
UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AS WELL.
ANOTHER THING, FOR EXAMPLE, CHIEF NER CAME TO ME, UH, LAST WEEK BECAUSE THE NOTION IS HOW DO WE ENTICE MORE, GETTING MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND GETTING MORE PEOPLE IN OUR CADET CLASSES? UM, AND WHEN LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WHAT WE ARE PAYING, UH, PEOPLE TO COME IN AS CADETS WAS LOWER THAN IN OTHER CITIES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE SAID, OKAY, OVERTIME IS FINE, BUT WE NEED MORE, MORE PEOPLE.
AND SO I AUTHORIZE, UH, AN ADDITIONAL $10,000 TO BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO ARE ENTERING OUR CADET CLASSES.
WELL, THAT WAS AN UNANTICIPATED AS, BUT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY AND GETTING MORE SO, LIKE YESTERDAY AT THE CADET CLASS, THERE WAS 67 THAT GRADUATED.
THEY WON'T BENEFIT, BUT THE NEXT CLASS AS WELL.
SO I'M JUST SAYING IT'S THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT COME UP WHEN THEY WERE NOT PLANNED, NOT ANTICIPATED, AND YOU JUST HAVE TO BE PREPARED.
BUT, UM, BUT I'M, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU, UM, ON THE AS, UH, TO REFINE IT.
AND THEN WE WILL, THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET TOGETHER.
WE'LL, ANYTHING ELSE ON ITEM 40? UH, IS THERE, THERE WAS A MOTION MOVING A SECOND, RIGHT? IT'S AN ORDINANCE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN MAYOR ALCORN ON, ON 40.
SORRY, JUST ONE MORE THING I KNOW.
UM, I CAN'T MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE KIOSKS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, I DID ASK, WHEN I REVIEWED THE PAUSE AND ASSESS REPORT, I DID ASK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ABOUT ARTS AND THINGS, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIR TO DISPLAY CONTENT FROM HOUSTON'S SEVEN CULTURAL DISTRICTS.
UM, SO I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS.
I DON'T THINK THAT, I THINK THAT THAT'S A BENEFIT FOR OUR CULTURAL DISTRICTS, THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE, UM, PAYING A LOT FOR THAT.
SO, AND WE'LL ALSO HELP THEM WITH SALES.
SO JUST WANTED TO GET THAT IN THERE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN.
I DID WANNA ALSO, AS YOU SUPPORT THE ARTS, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND THE CITY.
UM, THE STATE JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS COMPLETED THE MULTI-STEP CERTIFICATION PROCESS, UM, AND HAS BEEN DESIGNATED OFFICIALLY AS A MUSIC FRIENDLY COMMUNITY BY THE TEXAS MUSIC OFFICE.
SO THAT AWARD IS GOING TO BE GIVEN NEXT WEEK, UM, AT A, UH, TOWN HALL.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHY I BRING THIS UP FOR THOSE IN THE ARTS INDUSTRY, SPECIFICALLY IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
NEXT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25TH IS GOING TO BE A MUSICIANS AND MUSIC PROFESSIONALS, UH, LISTENING SESSION.
IT'S GONNA BE AN OPEN TOWN HALL WITH OUR MUSIC COMMUNITY AND THE WHAT WE VOTED ON, COLLEAGUES, THE HOUSTON MUSIC ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, AND THAT WILL BE IN DISTRICT C AT THE HEIGHTS THEATER.
UM, TO ATTEND, YOU HAVE TO RSVP.
UH, SO IF ANYONE'S LISTENING THAT'S INTERESTED, UH, IT'S HOUSTON MUSIC LIVE, OR YOU CAN STREAM AND JOIN VIRTUALLY THROUGH HTV ON FACEBOOK.
BUT MAY, I WANTED, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT OUR CITY STANDING FOR THE ARTS, WE'RE RECEIVING THIS RECOGNITION AND CERTIFICATION FROM THE STATE.
I CONGRATULATE YOU AND MOCA ON THAT.
BUT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MUSIC COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE MUSIC ADVISORY BOARD IS GOING TO BE NEXT WEEK AT THE HEIGHTS THEATER IN DISTRICT C.
UM, SO ENCOURAGING AND COLLEAGUES, IF YOU COULD SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S A MUSIC VENUE, WHETHER IT'S AN ARTIST THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT INPUT AND FEEDBACK.
SO, WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE IN THIS CONVERSATION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 40 IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? AND GRANTED, LET ME ALSO ADD TO WHAT ARE TOP PRIORITIES FOR ME TOO? PARKS AND ILLEGAL DUMPING.
AND THOSE ARE HIGH PRIORITIES FOR ME.
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ARE TURNING TO[NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS]
THE POPOFF WITH COUNCILMAN KOSH.YOU KNOW, MAYOR, IF THE ASTROS DON'T WIN, I'M GONNA BE OFFENDED.
SOMEBODY JUST CAME AND GAVE ME, UH, EARLIER, UH, THEY GAVE HIS COUNCIL MEMBER A CRACKER.
JACKS MAYBE WANT TO SING THAT SONG, YOU KNOW, TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME.
BUT, UM, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD AND I AGREE WHAT YOU, WITH, WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE FACT THAT, THAT PLAYING THE, THE YANKEES PUTS US ON THAT BIG STAGE THAT THEY PUT US IN THE EVENING TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE TWO BEST TEAMS IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE WITH A RECORD, THE BEST RECORDS ARE HOUSTON AND, AND NEW YORK.
AND SO, UH, I'M, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, AND I JUST, I'LL BE SO EXCITED IF WE WIN.
I I, UH, I'LL BE WATCHING IT, UH, FROM, FROM A ROCKING CHAIR.
UM, VERY BRIEFLY YESTERDAY, WE HAD OUR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MEETING WAS REALLY GOOD.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE MASTER CONTRACT AGREEMENT THAT'LL COME TO COUNCIL AND THE IMPACT THAT THEY'RE MAKING COMMUNITIES AND WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO TO THOSE HOMES.
AND THEN SUNDAY, I CELEBRATED WITH THE VIETNAMESE AMERICAN PHARMACISTS AT THEIR GALA ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
UM, FUN FACT, THEY PROVIDED, UM, 10,000 VACCINES OF COVID AND FLU.
AND WE ACTUALLY HELD THE GALA IN 7 7 0 36, WHICH AT ONE POINT HAD SOME OF THE HIGHEST COVID POSITIVITY RATES.
SO IT WAS KIND OF KISMET THAT WE WERE ALL THERE.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME JUST THANKING THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE, IN THEIR WORK, IN THEIR CONTINUED EFFORT, WELLNESS CLINICS, HYPERTENSION, AND ALL OF THEIR WORK.
UM, AND THEN I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS TONIGHT AT THE HISPANIC HERITAGE RECEPTION.
IS THAT, WAS THAT THE EVENT ON SUNDAY WITH, IS IT AO UHHUH? YEAH, WE DID.
AND I SAID WHAT I ASKED THEM TO DO, I SAID, WELL, SINCE THE MAYOR'S UNABLE TO BE WITH US TONIGHT, I INVITED THE BOARD MEMBERS JUST TO COME ON DOWN AND WE'LL PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION TO THEM IN PERSON.
JUST ONE THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UH, GOING AROUND TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT THE REVISIONS TO THE NOISE ORDINANCE.
I KEEP HEARING HOW LONG PEOPLE HAVE TO WAIT ON THE NON-EMERGENCY HPD LINE.
IT CAN BE 30 MINUTES OR LONGER.
UH, I HEAR IT FROM NEIGHBORHOODS AND I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE HEARD IT ABOUT THE NOISE ISSUE.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE BOGGING DOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE THAT ARE OFF DOING, YOU KNOW, MORE IMPORTANT VIOLENT, CHASING CRIMINALS.
SO I REALLY WANNA DIRECT 'EM TO THE NON, BUT IT, IT COMES UP IN OTHER ISSUES TOO.
PEOPLE DRIVING AND SEEING SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T WANNA CALL.
IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST AN ISSUE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL AT THE HEC CENTER, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL HANDLED AT THE HEC CENTER.
SO HOWEVER WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ON THAT ANGLE, UM, I'M ALL FOR, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO NOT REPORT THINGS.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE WAY WE TRACK DATA.
AND WE'RE OUT PREACHING TO EVERYBODY.
PLEASE CALL, PLEASE CALL, PLEASE CALL.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING SOMETHING TO YOUR ATTENTION ABOUT THE STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
THE STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN AMAZING, BY THE WAY.
THERE'S SO MANY STREETS IN DISTRICT A THAT WOULD'VE NEVER HAD THIS RESURFACING PROJECT.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE PROGRAM.
UM, ONE ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING THOUGH IS THAT ALL OF THE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN RESURFACED RECENTLY HAVE NOT BEEN RES STRIPPED.
AND I DID TALK TO DIRECTOR HADDOCK ABOUT IT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ISSUES WITH, UM, FINDING A CONTRACTOR, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD ON THAT.
BUT ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO PUSH THAT FORWARD.
WE'VE RECEIVED SO MANY PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS ABOUT, UM, RES STRIPING, THOSE ROADS.
UM, IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, EVEN WORK WITH THE COUNTY, MAYBE TO JUST GET SOME OF THOSE DONE REALLY QUICKLY, BECAUSE NONE OF THEM ARE STRIPED AT ALL.
AND SO THERE'S SOME DANGEROUS SITUATIONS GOING ON THERE.
SO I'D APPRECIATE IF WE COULD FIND A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND AGAIN, ON THOSE TYPE OF ISSUES, FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW 'CAUSE I, I WASN'T AWARE.
UM, THIS WEEK, THE SECOND TRAINING FOR THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER PROGRAM AND INCREDIBLE MESSENGERS ARE UNDERWAY AND SO ON.
TOMORROW AT NOON, WE'VE INVITED PRESS AND YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME AND MEET THE, UM, CREDIBLE MESSENGERS FROM THE FIRST COHORT AND THE SECOND COHORT.
WE HAVE THE FOUNDERS OF CREDIBLE MESSENGER DOWN TRAINING, UM, INCLUDING,
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UM, HIS, HIS ANTONIO, WHICH IS ANTON.HE'S, HE'S THE FORMER LEADER OF THE LATIN KINGS.
AND SO HE'S DOWN WORKING WITH OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST COME OUT AND GET A CHANCE TO MEET 'EM AND LEARN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE WENT THROUGH IN LIFE AND HOW THEY'VE COME TO THIS POINT TO JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO AGAIN, IT'S TOMORROW AT GREENHOUSE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH.
UM, AT NOON, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN US, UM, ON MONDAY, AS YOU SAID, MAYOR'S ELECTION DAY.
SO I WILL BE VOTING AT CASHEL GARDEN, UM, MULTI-SERVICE CENTER AT NOON.
AND SO I'M INVITING THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT B TO COME AND JOIN US TO CAST OUR VOTE EARLY.
UM, EARLY VOTE IS UNDERWAY, AND SO PEOPLE NORMALLY WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE.
SO I'M, BUT I'M GONNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE SOON.
I'M DOING EARLY VOTES SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE LAST DAY.
I, UM, THANK YOU TO THE ASTROS FOR THESE RALLY TOWELS.
UM, REALLY QUICKLY, UH, OUR REGISTRATION, THE THIRD ANNUAL DISTRICT C RAIN BARREL SALE, UH, WE BOUGHT, WERE, WERE, UH, SUPPLEMENTING THE COSTS OR SUBSIDIZING THE COSTS AT $10 EACH FOR RAIN BARRELS.
USUALLY THEY'RE ABOUT 70 TO $80.
UM, WE'RE AT 290 SOMETHING REGISTRATIONS.
UH, SO FOLKS CAN REGISTER THROUGH DISTRICT C IF YOU'RE A DISTRICT C RESIDENT.
UH, I ALSO WANNA THANK TREES FOR HOUSTON MAYOR THIS YEAR.
TREES FOR HOUSTON IS DONATING TREES, SO ANYONE THAT GETS A RAIN BARREL CAN ALSO GET, UH, SOME TREES TO PLANT, UH, FOR THEIR YARD AS WELL.
UH, THE JCC ANN AND STEVEN KAUFMAN JEWISH BOOK AND ARTS FESTIVAL STARTS ON OCTOBER 22ND AND RUNS THROUGH NOVEMBER 5TH.
UH, THIS IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IT'S A GREAT, GREAT COMMUNITY-WIDE EVENT.
AND IT ALSO, UH, THIS SUNDAY IS OLIVER LAPIN FAMILY DAY, UH, WHICH IS VERY SPECIAL FOR AND CHILD FRIENDLY IN HONOR OF, UH, EVEN AND BOBBY LAPINS, LATE SON OLIVER.
UM, MAYOR, WE HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS COME FORWARD YESTERDAY RELATED TO BIKES AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
UH, I WANNA THANK YOUR TEAM FOR CONTINUING TO LOOK AT ALL OF THAT.
UH, WANTED TO PUT KIND OF AN EXCLAMATION MARK.
WE HAD MULTIPLE GREATER HEIGHTS AND SHADY ACRES RESIDENTS COME.
UM, AND AS WE DEAL WITH ISSUES RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE, I JUST WANTED TO LIFT THEM UP AND SPOTLIGHT THAT, UM, AS AN AREA THAT'S DESPERATELY IN NEED, GIVEN THE OVERDEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE SEEING.
UH, FOR RESIDENTS CELEBRATING DIWALI.
UH, IT BEGINS ON MONDAY THE 24TH.
AND WITH THAT GO ASTROS COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD.
UH, THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, MY OFFICE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH BARK AND THE HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY FOR A FREE PET FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
WE WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING SPAY AND NEUTER VOUCHERS FOR DISTRICT J RESIDENTS.
THE LOCATION WILL BE SHARPSTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH AT 7,000.
BEL AIR BOULEVARD WILL BE FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM UH, NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
AND THIS WILL BE A DRIVE THROUGH.
POP YOUR TRUNK FIRST COME FIRST SERVE EVENT.
UH, SO WE PUT THAT FLYER OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.
ALSO, FOR ANYONE THAT IS LOOKING FOR A JOB, UM, PLEASE VISIT WWW.DISTRICTJJOBS.COM WHERE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF AVAILABLE JOBS ALL OVER THE HOUSTON AREA THAT IS LISTED ON THE SITE.
THEY'RE ALL CATEGORIZED BY PROFESSION AND SPECIFICALLY FOR DISTRICT J RESIDENTS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY LOW LEVEL CRIMES OR VIOLATIONS HAPPENING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, GO TO DISTRICT J PATROL.COM.
YOU CAN REPORT THOSE VIOLATIONS ON THE SITE.
IT WILL GET STREAMLINED, UH, TO THE DRT WITH HPD, AND THE DISTRICT J PATROL WILL ADDRESS THOSE, UH, REPORTS.
AND THE COOL THING ABOUT THE SITE IS YOU CAN TRACK THE PROGRESS OF YOUR SUBMISSION ONLINE.
SO WE ENCOURAGE ALL THE DISTRICT J RESIDENTS TO GO TO DISTRICT J PATROL.COM.
I WAS HAPPY TO JOIN YOU AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, CAYMAN AND PLUMBER, ALONG WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL AND COUNTY COLLEAGUES YESTERDAY, AND THE PRESIDENT AND CEO EMILY WHITEHURST FOR THE HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER'S LAST EVENT IN DISTRICT C.
UM, I WAS ALSO GLAD TO BE THERE WITH ADVOCATES AND SURVIVORS.
AND THEIR NEXT, UH, EVENT HOPEFULLY WILL BE A GROUNDBREAKING IN DISTRICT D, SO THEY WILL JOIN US IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION.
ALSO ON YESTERDAY, I, UH, WELCOMED, UH, DR.
TARA GREEN, WHO IS THE FOUNDING CHAIR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES.
THERE WAS A RECEPTION FOR HER AT THE ENSEMBLE, AND WE WELCOME HER TO DISTRICT D AND THE, UH, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
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ON, UH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER THE 20TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT 52 60 GRIGGS ROAD.I WILL JOIN THE HOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE FOR THEIR VETERAN SURVIVING SPOUSES AND DEPENDENT SUPPORT SERVICES EVENT.
UH, THAT WILL BE, UH, TOMORROW.
AND SO CERTAINLY I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
ON SATURDAY, THE TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WILL HAVE THEIR FRESH, FRESH PRODUCE MOBILE MART.
UH, AND THAT WILL BE FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT 2,600 HOLMAN STREET IN THE CHURCH PARKING LOT.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A CIVIC ACADEMY THAT WILL TALK TO, UH, PEOPLE ABOUT VOTING.
THIS IS A NONPARTISAN EVENT, CERTAINLY, UH, ABOUT VOTER EDUCATION FROM 11 TO 12 AT THAT SAME LOCATION.
ALSO, ON FRIDAY, I WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE SPOOKTACULAR FEST, HPD SOUTH CENTRAL STATION 2202 ST.
EMMANUEL, UH, FROM FIVE TO 8:00 PM WHERE WE WILL HAVE THE CHILDREN COME OUT AND GET GOODIES.
AND, UH, AND SO THAT'LL BE A GREAT EVENT.
UH, AND ALSO ON SATURDAY, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER GREAT EVENT, HALLOWEEN TREAT FEST IN RIVERSIDE PARK, WHICH IS 2,600 CALUMET, WHICH WILL BE FROM NOON TO 2:00 PM LET'S SEE.
UH, ALSO, UH, THERE WILL BE A FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY RALLY ON THIS SUNDAY, WHICH IS ALSO A NONPARTISAN EVENT, UH, FREE ADMISSION, WHICH WILL BE FROM FOUR TO 7:00 PM AT THE ANITA PLAZA.
AND THERE WILL BE A GREAT LINEUP OF ENTERTAINMENT.
AND THIS IS SPONSORED BY THE NAACP CWA WALKER ENTERTAINMENT AND SEVERAL OTHERS.
AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE ENFORCING THE NOISE METER ORDINANCE.
UH, WE WILL NOT, UH, TOLERATE, UH, THE, THE PEOPLE NOT HAVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE FUN AND HAVE BUSINESS IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION, BUT WE WILL NOT DO THAT AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND SO CERTAINLY, UM, WE JUST WANT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT MAYBE WE MAY BE A LITTLE SLOW AND STARTING, BUT THEY HAVE THE NOISE METERS AND THEY KNOW THE MISSION IS TO BRING QUALITY OF LIFE BACK TO THAT COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WELL.
APPRECIATE THAT REPORT FROM A DISTRICT D MISSIONARY, BAPTIST CHURCH
UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN.
UM, ON FRIDAY, DISTRICTS G AND DISTRICTS F COMPETED IN THE WEST CHASE DISTRICT CORPORATE CHALLENGE.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD PARTICIPATED.
IT ENDED UP BEING MORE OF A FITNESS COMPETITION.
SO, UH, WE PLAYED BASKETBALL, RUGBY, SOCCER, DODGE BALL, KICKBALL, AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THE AWARD CEREMONY TO SEE THAT WE CAME IN FIRST PLACE
UH, ALSO THIS WEEKEND WE HAD A REALLY SUCCESSFUL OPENING TO THE KINDLE LIBRARY.
I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE HANDLED ONE MORE PERSON WALKING THROUGH THAT DOOR.
UM, THE ROUGH NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 500 PEOPLE CAME THROUGH ON THAT SATURDAY, BUT WE'RE WAITING FROM THE LIBRARY TO HEAR THOSE FINAL NUMBERS.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO MADE THAT POSSIBLE.
THE MAYOR, UM, PARKS, LIBRARIES.
IT WAS JUST SUCH A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
AND DAVID ROBINSON CAME AS WELL.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR COMBINED MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN BENEFITING CHILDREN'S SAFE HARBOR.
SO DON'T FORGET, A BOWLING TOURNAMENT IS ON TUESDAY, STARTING AT FIVE O'CLOCK AT THE LARAMA OF BOLERO.
I DUNNO WHAT IT'S, BUT GET YOUR REGISTRATIONS TURNED IN.
WE HOPE TO HAVE EVERYBODY THERE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE'RE SELLING KRISPY KREME DONUTS THIS MORNING ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
IF YOU HADN'T HAD ENOUGH BREAKFAST, GO ON OVER.
WHERE, WHERE ARE THEY? GROUND FLOOR AND THE, UH, ANNEX.
I'M GOING TO EAT A COUPLE AND TAKE MY MEDICINE AFTERWARDS.
AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED YESTERDAY AT PUBLIC SESSION.
THE, THE, THE, THE SPEAKERS THAT CAME TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE, THE UPTICK WE'RE SEEING IN, UM, FATALITIES ON, YOU KNOW, FOR, UM, BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS WAS VERY EMOTIONAL AND, AND VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE, THE SPEAKERS TO, TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, JUST DAYS AGO, SECRETARY PETE HICK SAID, WE LIVE IN AN ERA WHEN IT IS SAFER TO FLY IN AN AIRPLANE 30,000 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND THAN IT IS TO WALK DOWN THE STREET.
AND WE ARE SEEING THAT THAT'S TRUE.
UM, VISION ZERO IS DESPITE THE CITY'S COMMITMENT AND THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING TO, UM, IMPROVE
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IN, IN INFRASTRUCTURE, WE ARE, WE ARE TRENDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.UM, UM, WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CUT THE FATALITIES THAT WE, THAT WE SEE IN THE SERIOUS INJURIES.
UM, SO AS WE, WE MAKE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, THAT WE ARE TAKING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE SAFE, RESPONSIBLE DRIVING BEHAVIOR AND, UM, TO BE TARGETING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS AND ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING WHAT THEY THEY NEED TO DO TO, TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE.
UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TIM, CAN I SAY TAYLOR? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF MY NOMINATION TO, UM, THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AND THEN ONWARD, UH, FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD.
UM, I DID RECEIVE THAT NOMINATION IN THE LETTER FROM THE LEAGUE.
UH, SO NEXT MONTH I WILL GO TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF, UM, CITY SUMMIT, WHERE I WILL VIE FOR THAT POSITION ON THE BOARD, UM, FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, AND I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED AND LET YOU KNOW HOW, HOW THAT GOES.
UH, TODAY WE WILL HAVE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AT 2:00 PM THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION ON THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE PROPOSALS.
COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS WILL, UM, PRESIDE OVER THE MEETING.
SO IF YOU CAN BE HERE IN CHAMBERS AT TWO, THAT'S GREAT.
IF YOU CAN JOIN ON MICROSOFT TEAMS AT TWO, THAT'S ALSO, UM, JUST AS GREAT.
BUT WANNA MAKE SURE COUNCIL MEMBERS GET THAT INFORMATION.
SO WHEN THESE ITEMS COME ON, UM, OUR AGENDA, YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THOSE, UM, PROPOSALS.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, WANT TO THANK YOU MAYOR AND EXECUTIVE CHIEF SATTERWHITE AND ELISE COFFEE FROM, UH, SOLID WASTE.
WE HAD OUR INAUGURAL PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING THIS SATURDAY AT THE, UH, FOUNTAIN LIFE CENTER, AND WE HAD 46 OF OUR 96 CIVIC CLUB PRESIDENTS AND HOAS, UM, PRESENT.
AND IT WAS A GREAT MEETING, VERY INFORMATIVE.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS WERE REALLY INSPIRED.
AND, AND IT WAS A OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT, UM, WHAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO OVER THIS NEXT YEAR, AND THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE.
AND THE SYNERGY IN THE ROOM WAS AMAZING, UM, BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE DID IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT WORKED FOR US AND, UM, WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO DO AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO, I, I THINK IT WAS A, A GREAT FIRST MEETING, MAYOR, OF COURSE, THEY ALL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.
AND, UM, WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON PUBLIC SAFETY THAT WERE MADE.
WE, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE STATS IN DISTRICT.
A VERY HAPPY THAT, YOU KNOW, CRIME IS DOWN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND FOR A LOT OF THOSE PRESIDENTS, UM, THEY DIDN'T REALIZE, UH, THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE, THE NEWS MEDIA.
AND THEY WERE VERY HAPPY TO HEAR STRAIGHT FROM, UH, EXECUTIVE CHIEF SATELLITE AND FROM YOU ABOUT THE REAL NUMBERS, UH, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO, UM, THE MUSIC FEST AT THE WILLOW WATER HOLE ON OCTOBER 29TH FROM 11 TO 7:00 PM IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE MUSIC FESTIVAL AT, UH, THE WILLOW WATER HOLE, THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR YOU TO GO.
THE WEATHER'S SUPPOSED TO BE REALLY NICE.
THERE'S A GREAT LINEUP OF MUSICIANS.
THERE'LL BE FOOD TRUCKS, LOTS OF FUN AND EXCITEMENT.
BRING A CHAIR, COME HANG OUT IN DISTRICT A, YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY LOVE BEING OUTSIDE AT THE WILLOW WATER HOLE.
THERE'S SOME GREAT IMPROVEMENTS COMING, UM, TO THAT AREA OF THE CITY.
AND I ANTICIPATE THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR PREMIER PARKS IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF HOUSTON AND IN THAT REGION.
UM, ONCE ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE.
SO HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 29TH FOR THE MUSIC FEST IN DISTRICT K.
UH, COUNCIL? YEAH, THE, UH, EVERY D THERE FROM THE ST.
UH, DISTRICT K METHODIST, UH, PITTSBURGH CHURCH,
LAST, UH, WEEK, I, UH, JOINED COMMISSIONER GARCIA, UH, IN OPENING THE FIRST ANNUAL HANNO TECH SUMMIT AT THE ICON.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, WAS A GREAT EVENT.
UH, I WANT TO THANK JESSE MARTINEZ, WHO, UH, MOVED FROM SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR.
THIS JUST SHOWS YOU HOW GREAT THE ION IS NOW.
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HE WAS, HE WAS, HE'S FROM HOUSTON, BUT HE HAD TO GO TO SAN FRANCISCO.HE JUST FELT LIKE THERE WAS NOTHING HERE, UH, IN REGARDS TO TECH AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO, UH, HE WAS LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO THERE FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.
I WANNA THANK THE GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP, UH, FOR REACHING OUT TO HIM AND CONVINCING HE RELOCATED.
SO HE'S, HE'S RELOCATED AND OPENED HIS OFFICE THERE AT THE ION.
UH, AND THAT, THAT'S WHY HE, HE HAD THE FIRST, UH, TE HANO TECH SUMMIT, UH, WHICH BROUGHT LATINO TECH FOUNDERS, INVESTORS, AND THOSE WHO WORK IN THE TECH INDUSTRY, UH, AT THE SUMMIT THIS PAST WEEKEND.
AND I BELIEVE IT WAS A FIRST MAYOR, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE MAYOR ORAL PROCLAMATION THAT I READ AND GAVE TO JESSE, WAS DELIVERED ON A WAGON, UH, THAT, UH, TO HANDLE TRAIL RIDERS.
AND THE WAGON WAS LEADING THE, THE HUNT TRAIL RIDERS.
UH, AND WE TOOK PICTURES OF COURSE, AROUND THE WAGON WITH THE, THE MAYOR PROCLAMATION AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO, UH, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY NEAT.
UH, SO, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU JESSE MARTINEZ FOR MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION
UH, I ALSO ATTENDED, UH, THE MONTROSE CENTER OUT FOR GOOD GALA.
AND I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATE LINDA MORALES, WHO RECEIVED THE 2022 COMMUNITY VISION AWARD FOR HER YEARS OF ACTIVISM IN THE LGBT COMMUNITY AND HER DE DEDICATION AND ACTIVISM AND LABOR.
UH, SO CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
UH, ALSO THIS PAST WEEKEND I JOINED COMMISSIONER ELLIS, UH, IN, UM, DOWNTOWN, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, NINE BEAUTIFUL MURALS THAT ARE ON SIDE ON THE SIDES OF NINE BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLEASE GO BY AND, AND, UH, LOOK AT THESE BEAUTIFUL MURALS AND TO ALL THE ARTISTS, UH, THAT, THAT WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN CREATING THESE BEAUTIFUL ART PIECES ON THE SIDES OF BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.
I ALSO JOINED RICK CAMPO, UH, LAST WEEK AT HI PARK.
I WANT TO THANK CHAIRMAN CAMPO.
I WANT TO THANK THE PORT OF HOUSTON, UH, FOR GIVING BACK TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE PORT OF HOUSTON.
I KNOW THAT THE PORT OF HOUSTON MAYOR IS, UH, PARTNER PARTNERED WITH YOU IN THE 50 50 PARKS, RIGHT? UH, THEY ARE GIVING $2 MILLION, UH, TO IMPROVE TWO PARKS ALONG THE PORT.
UH, AND ONE OF THEM IS HE PARK, UH, AND THEY WILL, UH, START THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, SOON.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO CHAIRMAN PEL AND TO THE PORT OF HOUSTON FOR GIVING BACK.
MAYOR, TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS MY ENTIRE ENERGY ON SUPPORTING THE HOUSTON ASTROS.
COUNCILMAN MCCAIN? YEAH, MAYOR, I APOLOGIZE.
I MISSED TWO REALLY BIG THINGS.
UM, FIRST, I, I NEGLECTED TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK, UH, HOUSTON'S CONS GENERAL TO DENMARK FOR, UM, INCLUDING ME ALONG WITH AN ENTIRE TEXAS DELEGATION OVER TO DENMARK EARLIER THIS MONTH.
UM, TO LOOK AT ENERGY TRANSITION TECHNOLOGY AND FOR OUR CITY, THE IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION ARE EXTRAORDINARY.
UH, THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, THE ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND THE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WERE ALREADY SEEING.
SO I, I NEEDED TO THANK THEM FOR PROVIDING THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I LEARNED A LOT.
AND THEN LASTLY, I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT, THE A PP SUNED HOUSTON OPEN PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT IS STARTING TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY AT MEMORIAL PARK.
UH, WE HAVE OVER, IT'S EITHER 700 REGISTRANTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND LOCALLY THAT ARE PARTICIPATING.
UH, RESIDENTS CAN GO ONLINE TO GET TICKETS OR PURCHASE THEM AT THE GATE, IT'LL BE AT MEMORIAL PARK, AT THE TENNIS CENTER.
AND MAYOR, WE HAD A REALLY FUN, UH, EXHIBITION GAME AND AT THE STEPS OF CITY HALL YESTERDAY, UH, CHIEF BUNI, UH, WHO PLAYS QUITE OFTEN, UH, CAME OUT AND JOINED US, UH, AS DID CARLOS WITH HTV.
UH, THERE WERE SOME GOOD GAMES AND MATCHES GOING ON, BUT AGAIN, UH, WE'RE JUST SO THRILLED.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WORKING WITH ME TO BRING THIS PROFESSIONAL TOURNAMENT TO HOUSTON.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND I THINK WE WILL BOTH BE OUT THERE ON FRIDAY, UH, TO RECOGNIZE, UH, ALL THE PRO PLAYERS THAT ARE COMING TO OUR CITY.
PLAN TO BE AT THERE ON FRIDAY MORNING, I THINK IS GOOD.
JUST, YEAH, JUST REMEMBER, UM, BREAK WEEK NEXT WEEK.
YOU ALL HOLD IT DOWN ON TUESDAY AND, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THAT? SO WE'RE BACK TUESDAY.
WE'LL BE BACK TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST,
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SO WE, WE'LL BE BACK, UM, ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER.CAN YOU IMAGINE NOVEMBER 1ST? YEAH.
THIS WINTER DAY BECAUSE I WENT AND PULLED, NOT THAT PULL OUT.