Nov 01, 2022 Council Meeting (November 1, 2022 &amp; November 2, 2022)

WELCOME.

UH, PROUD TO BE STANDING HERE THIS MORNING WITH, UH, UH, CARMEN AND HER HUSBAND IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE, UH, BUS SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE TOURS HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, THE DOUBLE DECKER BUS.

UH, SO, UH, THEY'RE HELPING TO PROMOTE OUR DOWNTOWN, UH, AND OUR CITY, UH, AND THEY'RE CELEBRATING THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY.

SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION.

UH, WHEREAS HOUSTON CITY TOURS IS A LOCAL FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED COMPANY FOCUSED ON IN THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, FOUNDED BY ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ AND MARY KAMAN GALLEGOS.

IN 2012, HOUSTON CITY TOURS HAS BEEN OFFERING GUIDED SIGHTSEEING TOURS FOR TRAVELERS INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT HOUSTON'S HERITAGE AND CULTURE FOR A DECADE.

AND WHEREAS HOUSTON CITY TOURS PROVIDES ITSELF ON DELIVERING THE SAFEST, MOST ACCURATE, COMFORTABLE, AFFORDABLE, AND ENTERTAINING TOURS OF THE CITY AND LOCAL ATTRACTIONS.

AND WHEREAS HOUSTON CITY TOURS PROVIDES ITS GUESTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY A PANORAMIC VIEW OF HOUSTON FROM THE TOP OF OPEN AIR DOUBLE DECKER BUSES.

AND WHEREAS HOUSTON CITY TOURS HAS CREATED AN AMAZING TEXAS STEAM VISITORS CENTER, WHERE VISITORS CAN CHECK IN AND START THEIR TOUR, RELAX, LEAVE THEIR LUGGAGE, BUY SOUVENIRS, GET MAPS, AND GATHER INFORMATION ON LOCAL ATTRACTIONS AND CITY EVENTS.

AND WHEREAS GUIDED BY LOCAL EXPERTS, HOUSTON BUS TOUR PROVIDE A DEATH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE AREAS MOST POPULAR DISTRICTS, NEIGHBORHOODS, ART AND TRADITIONS, WHILE ALSO GIVING TRAVELERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE DOZENS OF ATTRACTIONS, ARCHITECTURE, AND SIGNIFICANT SITES.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF HOUSTON CONGRATULATES AND COMMENDS HOUSTON CITY TOURS ON ITS 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS IN ALL ITS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

AND THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROBABLY PROCLAIMED NOVEMBER 1ST, 2022 AS HOUSTON CITY TOURS DAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

CONGRATULATIONS.

UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND ALL OF Y'ALL FOR HAVING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND SAFE CITY THAT WE GET TO ENJOY AND SHOWCASE PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

AND THEY COME HERE WITH THE EXPECTATION TO SEE THE SPACE CENTER, AND WE SHOW 'EM THE CITY.

THEY'RE AMAZED, AND THEY'RE LIKE WANTING TO COME BACK AS HOUSTONIANS.

THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO.

I KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS AND HIS ROLE NOW ON THE BOARD OF HOUSTON, FIRST, AND, UH, WHERE THE MAYOR AND I HAVE BEEN RECENTLY TRAVELING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WE HEAR ABOUT TOURISM, AND I THINK WE'VE HEARD ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL JOURNEY IN DRIVING THAT BUS FROM MEXICO.

SO THIS IS A LEGEND THAT IS IN THE MAKING AND SOMETHING THAT HAS RESONATED AROUND THE WORLD.

SO WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

UH, MAYOR, I KNOW WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THEM HERE WITH US TODAY.

WE WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS FOR YOUR GREAT LEADERSHIP TODAY.

SO, UH, THERE'S NO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE, SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, IF YOU HAVE A FINAL WORD, WE'D HEAR IT FROM YOU.

IN HOUSTON, UH, DOWNTOWN HOUSTON ESPECIALLY.

EXCUSE ME.

YES.

AGAIN, UH, CARMEN AND HER HUSBAND HAVE, UH, BEEN DOING THESE TOURS FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, PROMOTES OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S CONVENTION YEARS IN, IN OUR CITY, UH, TO BE DRIVING AROUND

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UH, AND WITH HOUSTON FIRST AND THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, WITH ALL THEY HAVE DONE AND ACCOMPLISHED THESE PAST YEARS.

I MEAN, THIS IS A WAY TO SHOWCASE OUR BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN.

AND IF I CAN ADD TO THAT, LET ME, LET ME THANK YOU BOTH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, BECAUSE IT IS A WONDERFUL WAY, UH, TO HIGHLIGHT TO PR, TO MARKET, TO SHOWCASE OUR CITY, AND, UM, AND YOU ALL DO YOUR JOB'S EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY WELL.

SO FOR, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON 10 YEARS, AND WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS.

THE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAS FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE.

AND THAT, UH, EVEN MORE PEOPLE WOULD TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE AND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING OUR CITY, UH, BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'RE SEEING ON THE, UH, HOUSTON CITY TOURS, THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER BE VISITORS, BUT WOULD BE PROUD HOUSTONIANS.

SO, THANK CARMEN.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

OH, VERY CORRECT, MAYOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT AND FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY.

IT MAKES SUCH AN INCREDIBLE FIRST IMPRESSION FOR OUR VISITORS.

THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE.

ALL RIGHT, THEN,

[2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

I'M GONNA ASK DR. RUTH ALLEN SISON TO COME FORWARD AND PRAY FOR US.

UH, SHE'S THE LEAD PASTOR OF THE BEAUTIFUL BAH LAND CHURCH IN THE HOUSTON'S THIRD WARD, AND SHE AND HER FAMILY PLANTED THE CHURCH OVER 20 YEARS AGO.

SHE IS ALSO SOMETIMES FEATURED ON ISAIAH CAREY'S SHOW AS AN EXPERT WITNESS OR A COMMENTATOR.

SHE'S ON THERE ALL THE TIME.

SHE'S WHAT? SHE'S ON THERE ALL THE TIME.

YES, SHE IS, BECAUSE SHE HAS SO MUCH WISDOM, AND SO CERTAINLY I APPRECIATE HER AS A DISTRICT D CONSTITUENT.

AND, UH, SHE'S A COURAGEOUS COMMUNICATOR.

SHE CERTAINLY, UH, SPEAKS UP ON ISSUES, AND SHE HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS SERVICE IN, PARTICULARLY IN THE THIRD WARD COMMUNITY.

AND SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE NEWS DIRECTOR IN THE TOP MARKET IN AMERICA.

AND SO, CERTAINLY, I'M SO VERY HONORED THAT DR. RUTH ALLISON HAS COME FORTH TO SHARE, SHARE, AND COVER US IN PRAYER.

WELCOME TO CITY HALL.

AND THANK YOU MY WONDERFUL COUNCILWOMAN SHABAZZ.

TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE COUNCIL.

I'D LIKE TO JUST LEAD US IN A, UH, PRAYERFUL MEDITATION TODAY AND, UH, INVITE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE.

AND ASK GOD TO FEEL YOUR HEART WITH COMPASSION AND LOVE, TO FILL YOUR HEART WITH COMPASSION AND LOVE, AND THEN TO FORGIVE, TO RELEASE AND FORGIVE ALL OFFENSES, HURTS, PAINS, DISAPPOINTMENTS, FORGIVE THOSE, RELEASE THOSE.

IN THIS, IF YOU WOULD CLOSE YOUR EYES, I, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY SAFE HERE.

SO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND JUST BREATHE.

BREATHE IN AND BREATHE OUT,

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AND THEN TO BE GRATEFUL TO FILL YOUR HEART WITH GRATITUDE FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR IN OUR GREAT CITY.

AND NOW, IF YOU WOULD, IMAGINE THE PERFECT CITY, THE PERFECT CITY WITH WONDERFUL TRAFFIC FLOW, COMPLETE PEACE, WONDERFUL PUBLIC SERVANTS, ENOUGH HOUSING, ENOUGH FOOD, MANY JOBS, AN AMAZING ECONOMY WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, ALL OF US APPRECIATING EACH OTHER, LOVING EACH OTHER.

YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT, THAT PERFECT CITY.

AND THEN THINK OF THE ONE THING, ONE LITTLE THING, OR MAYBE A BIG THING THAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THAT COME TO PASS.

JUST IMAGINE AND IMAGINE ALL OF US IN OUR CITY PULLING FOR OUR CITY TO BE AS GREAT AS IT CAN BE.

AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, WITH THE GREATEST MAYOR, WITH THE GREATEST REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT D, WITH THE GREATEST COUNCIL, WITH THE GREATEST PEOPLE, THAT ONE LITTLE THING THAT YOU AND I CAN DO AND COMMIT TO DOING THAT.

AMEN.

MADAM SECRETARY, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR TURNER.

YOU PLEASE RISE FOR THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH NATION UNDER GOD, JUSTICE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL.

UM,

[ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING]

PRESENT, COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABA.

HERE, COUNCILOR MARTIN.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN THOMAS.

PRESENT, COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN? PRESENT? COUNCILMAN CISNEROS? HERE.

COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS? HERE.

COUNCIL POLL.

HERE.

COUNCILMAN CASTEX TATUM.

COUNCILMAN PLUMMER AND COUNCILMAN ALCORN.

HERE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT A MINUTES OF AUGUST 16TH AND 17TH AND AUGUST 23RD AND 24TH MOVE ROBINSON MARTIN.

SECOND MOVED THE SECOND TO ADOPT THE MINUTES.

AND THE OBJECTION, CHAIR, NONE IN THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.

UH, LEMME JUST SAY, FOR THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE ONLINE, UH, REMOTELY, IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW, AND THEN THAT WILL REMOVE YOU.

STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE REST OF, UH, EVERYONE.

STATE YOUR NAME AND MAKING A SECONDING AND A MOTION FOR THOSE JOINING.

JOINING VIRTUALLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW, AND THE AGENDA DIRECTOR WILL BE MONITORING THAT WINDOW.

IF WE FAIL TO SEE YOU, UH, HEAR YOU, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

UM, AND REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST BE VISIBLE ON CAMERA WHILE YOU ARE SPEAKING.

UH, SEE COUNCILMAN PLUMMER IS, UH, ONLINE, UH, AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, FOR THOSE WHO WILL BE COMING BEFORE US, UH, TODAY, UH, YOU HAD TO SIGN UP WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE BY 3:00 PM ON YESTERDAY, AND WE WILL CALL YOUR NAME IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.

IF YOU ARE IN PERSON, UH, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND GET BEHIND ONE OF THOSE MICS.

IF YOU ARE CALLING IN, PRESS

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STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.

UH, IF YOU ARE APPEARING ON CAMERA, CLICK ON THE MICROPHONE ICON AND THE CAMERA ICON.

YOU WOULD THEN HAVE THE ONE, TWO, OR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED.

UH, AND WHEN YOU HEAR THE BELL RING, UH, THAT MEANS YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, AND YOU MUST COME TO AN IMMEDIATE END IF YOU ARE ONLY, UM, AND BEAR IN MIND, YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK WHEN RECOGNIZED.

ARE THERE ANY PROCEDURAL MOTIONS FOR TODAY? HEARING IS

[PUBLIC SPEAKERS]

SEEING NONE.

MADAM SECRETARY OF YOU, PROCEED TO CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER.

THE FIRST SPEAKER, LISA CARUTHERS.

UH, LISA CARUTHERS IS LISA HERE.

LISA IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY TIFFANY SONG.

AND SORRY FOR THE DELAY.

OUR PROGRAM PROVIDERS PIVOTED.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR TURNER AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS LISA CARUTHERS.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR AFTERSCHOOL SUMMER AND ENRICHMENT FOR KIDS AT HARRIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

I'M HERE TODAY JUST TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN YOUTH AND OUTTA SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING.

MANY CITIES INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND IGNORE THE FACT THAT YOUTH AND INVESTMENT IN KIDS IS PART OF THE INVESTMENT IN A CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND YOU HAVE BEEN AN EXCEPTION TO THAT.

AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HOUSTON FOR THOSE INVESTMENTS.

AFTER COVID HIT AND THE WORLD WENT INTO LOCKDOWN, YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST CALLS I MADE.

WE WERE GETTING READY TO RELEASE OUR GRANT AWARDS, AND WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD PIVOT AND CONTINUE WITH THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS.

AND OUTTA SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING, YOU SAID, GO FORTH.

THEY PROVIDE RESOURCES, THEY PROVIDED ACTIVITY KITS, THEY PROVIDED THINGS TO FAMILIES.

THEY WERE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN A NEW AND DIFFERENT WAY.

THEY WENT VIRTUAL AND PARENTS ENGAGED IN A NEW WAY THAT THEY HAD NOT BEFORE, BUT THANKS TO YOUR CONTINUED AND UN STOPPING INVESTMENT, THOSE FUNDS KEPT MOVING AT A CRITICAL TIME.

AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED RESULTS FROM A, UH, RESEARCH STUDY THAT WE COMMISSIONED THAT THANKED FOR THE CRITICAL PIECE OF THE CONTINUED INVESTMENT FOR THE HEALTH OF THE NONPROFITS IN HARRIS COUNT IN HOUSTON, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

AND SO WE WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT SUPPORT, AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU APPROVING ITEM NUMBER 37 ON THE AGENDA FOR, UM, GRANT AWARDS THIS CYCLE, YOU RECEIVED 63 ORGANIZATIONS APPLYING TO 87 PROPOSALS FOR A AMOUNT OF OVER, UM, $800,000.

AND THERE WILL BE A ROUND TWO BEING ISSUED AS WELL AS YOUR ADMINISTRATOR FOR THOSE FUNDS.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

WE KNOW THAT THE AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE HAS ALSO SURVEYED PARENTS IN THAT AFTERSCHOOL INVESTMENTS.

PARENTS AGREE, NO MATTER IT'S A NONPARTISAN ISSUE, AND THEY'RE 80 IN SUPPORT OF SUPPORT OF AFTERSCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING AT 80% AND ALL 80%, ALL PARENTS, 80% OR MORE SUPPORT AFTERSCHOOL FUNDING, NO MATTER THEIR, UH, POLITICAL ORIENTATION.

COUNCILMAN MCCAIN.

UH, LISA, I HAVE NO DOUBT THERE'S A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE RIGHT NOW JUST TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION, UM, FOR ALL THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING IN SUPPORT THAT YOU PROVIDE, WE HELP FACILITATE IN PARTNERSHIP, BUT IT'S REALLY YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION THAT ARE DRIVING IT AND PROVIDING THAT, UH, CRITICAL ENRICHMENT AND SUPPORT FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

UH, I LOVE THE REPORTS WE GET BACK.

WE SHARE THEM OUT WITH OUR RESIDENTS.

UH, THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU WERE MAKING, AT LEAST IN DISTRICT C THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, UH, IS VERY SPECIAL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE ITEM.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

MR. CISNEROS.

RECOGNIZED THAT THE CITY IS, IS THE BIG FUNDER HERE.

UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY WANNA SAY, UH, HOW MUCH I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT, UM, HARRIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DOES TO ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM CASE FOR KIDS, BECAUSE IT IS REALLY A GREAT WAY TO GET, UH, RESOURCES INTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO REACH NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN.

AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND FUNDING IT, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, EVERY YEAR, THE CITY OF HOUSTON PUTS IN AT LEAST $495,000.

AND THEN THERE ARE MANY OF US HERE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, ADD TO THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK OVER TIME, I'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE PUT IN A LOT, I'M LOOKING AT A LETTER THAT FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM BEFORE, FROM 26 16, 20 17, WHERE I PUT IN 21,000 ON TOP.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I, I JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT IT'S

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AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THE, AS THE BOARDS, YOU KNOW, ARE, YOU KNOW, RECEIVING THE MONEY, YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE FACE THEY SEE, BUT, BUT THE CITY IS SO BEHIND THIS AND, AND IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE GENEROUS IN SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, AND WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS GREAT PROGRAM.

COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD.

AND, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE.

UM, MS. CARUTHERS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS.

UH, MY OFFICE, TOO, UH, ALWAYS IS EXCITED ABOUT SUPPORTING THE CASE FOR KIDS PROGRAMMING.

UM, THERE'S SO MANY GREAT NONPROFITS ALL OVER THE CITY, BUT SPECIFICALLY IN DISTRICT J THAT WE LIKE TO GET BEHIND AND ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR, UM, GOOD PROGRAMS. UM, THE ONE THING I WANT TO BE ABLE TO STRESS IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND NONPROFITS THAT WANT TO BE A PART OF CASE FOR KIDS ON THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

AND I KNOW THIS YEAR, UH, WE ARE FUNDING FOR DISTRICT J, UH, NOT AS MANY PROGRAMS AS WE DID LAST YEAR.

AND I THINK A PART OF THAT COULD BE BECAUSE OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS CHANGED MM-HMM .

AND SO IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO EDUCATE AND MAYBE, UM, TRAIN THE NONPROFITS ON THE BEST WAYS IN WHICH TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION, MAYBE SOME TYPE OF SEMINAR OR A YOUTUBE VIDEO SO THAT THEY WON'T, UM, GET CAUGHT UP WITH ANY HURDLES OR BARRIERS, UM, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE I WANT AS MANY PROGRAMS AS POSSIBLE TO PARTICIPATE SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT.

SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE.

AND ONCE THEY'RE THROUGH THEIR PROCESS, THEY ARE IN IT FOR FIVE SOLID YEARS AND WON'T HAVE TO REDO THAT PROCESS AGAIN.

COUNCILMAN MAG GALLEGOS.

AND THANK YOU, LISA.

I JUST WANNA JOIN MY COLLEAGUES AND THANKING YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND, AND, AND, UH, AND HARRIS COUNTY FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO IN REGARDS TO THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. UH, I TOO, UH, UM, CONTRIBUTE FROM, UH, DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS EVERY YEAR IN REGARDS TO PROGRAMS AT SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT.

UH, AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE KIDS, UH, TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO AFTER SCHOOL.

UH, AND, AND THAT'S WHY I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF THIS, TO, TO KNOW THAT KIDS ARE HAVING SOMETHING TO DO AFTER SCHOOL.

UH, THEY'RE AT THE SCHOOL.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO.

COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER EVANS SHABA.

AND THANK YOU MS. CARUTHERS.

AS A RETIRED EDUCATOR, IF THERE'S ANY SUCH THING, THIS MAKES A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND FOR THE NONPROFITS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM.

UH, WE STRETCH IT AS FAR AS WE CAN.

WE CERTAINLY WISH WE COULD, UH, GIVE MORE MONEY TO MORE PEOPLE, BUT WE DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO TREMENDOUSLY, AND THE ORGANIZATIONS LOOK SO FORWARD TO, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS.

SO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT D BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW EDUCATION IS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO CHANGING THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU, LISA.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT SPEAKER.

TIFFANY SONG, UH, TIFFANY'S SONG, VALE TO BE FOLLOWED BY ANGELA ROMERO.

TIFFANY, MY NAME IS TIFFANY SONG VALE, AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE 12 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX AT 41 0 9 JACK STREET, 5 1 7 AND 5 1 9 WEST MAIN STREET IN THE FIRST MONTROSE COMMONS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS.

I AM ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO GET THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO INSPECT THIS MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

ON MAY 24TH, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT WE HAD NEW OWNERS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF STAGE COACH.

WE HAVE NOT HAD WEEKLY GARBAGE COLLECTION IN MORE THAN TWO MONTHS.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RELIEF.

AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS FROM MULTIPLE RESIDENTS, WE HAVE FILED 3 1 1 REQUESTS WITH THE CITY.

THE DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT INSPECTED THE DUMPSTER ON OCTOBER 11TH, AND THE DUMPSTER WAS REMOVED ON OCTOBER 12TH WITH NO WARNING.

NOW WE HAVE NO MEANS TO HAVE OUR GARBAGE COLLECTED, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.

THE TRASH IS ATTRACTING RODENTS AND IS QUICKLY BECOMING A HEALTH HAZARD.

I'M ASKING YOU TO SEND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO INSPECT THE PROPERTY AND COMPEL THE NEW OWNERS TO FOLLOW CITY REGULATIONS AND RESUME DUMPSTER SERVICE.

PLEASE DO NOT MAKE US WAIT 180 DAYS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TODAY, AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.

I HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE THIS WITH THE OWNERS, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

LEMME JUST SAY SILENT WASTE AND, UH, THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, ARE SCHEDULED TO COME OUT THERE AGAIN TO INSPECT THE PROPERTY.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN.

UH, WITH EVICTION FOR, UH, STIRRING THE POT AND ASKING FOR THIS.

UM, AND I JUST WANNA THANK OUR RESIDENTS, UH, FOR COMING TODAY.

UH, COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE A FEW FOLKS COMING JUST TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE.

UM, MAYOR, WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS ANOTHER, UH, LANDLORD.

THIS, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED FOR QUITE SOME TIME BY A DIFFERENT OWNER WHO WAS A TERRIFIC COMMUNITY PARTNER.

NOW IT'S IN NEW HANDS.

AND THIS, UH, LANDLORD ALLEGEDLY HAS ALSO THREATENED THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMING HERE TODAY.

SO SEVERAL HAVE NOT COME,

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THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER ISSUES, INCLUDING REFUSAL TO REPAIR A AC UNITS IN THE SUMMER.

UM, AND RESIDENTS HAVE HAD TO BEAR THE, UH, COST OF THAT.

I JUST LEARNED OF THIS ASPECT OF IT.

BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANNA APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING DESPITE SOME OF THE THREATS.

YOU ALL ARE CONTINUING TO BE VERY RESPECTFUL.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE, UM, THE LANDLORD NEEDS TO BE PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT LEGALLY THEY NEED TO BE PROVIDING.

AND THE NAME OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEW NAME IS, SIR.

WELL, UM, BOTH THIS, UM, SOLID WASTE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THEN NO, WALTER HAMRICK, WHO IS THE, UH, UH, PERSON, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF WHO ARE PLACED IN, IN CHARGE OF THE STRIKE FORCE TEAM.

UM, THEY WILL BE OUT THERE.

OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, ANGELA ROMERO.

ANGELA ROMERO TO BE FOLLOWED BY GLADYS HOUSE ALE.

IT WOULD BE REDUNDANT TO REPEAT WHAT MY, MY NEIGHBOR JUST SAID AND WHAT YOU'VE SO ELOQUENTLY STATED.

UM, SO YES, UH, IT'S THE, UH, WOOD BAKER IS THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND STAGE COAT IS THE MANAGEMENT.

WE WERE PERFECTLY HAPPY BEFORE, UH, JUNE.

AND SO THEN THE, THE ISSUES BEGAN.

UM, I THINK I CAN ADD THAT NOW.

UM, THIS SECTION WAS NOT ACTUALLY SPOKEN.

UM, SO RIGHT NOW THE GARBAGE HAS BEEN ACCUMULATING IN THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE.

SO IT'S ATTRACTING RATS, RACCOONS, POSSUMS, CATS, AND OTHER ANIMALS.

AND IT'S CREATING AN EYESORE AND PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD.

UM, AND, UM, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU, UH, GIVE US YOUR SERVICES, BUT IT'S QUITE EXCITING TO SEE ALL OF YOU RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS MY, MY FIRST, UH, YOU FULL A YOU'VE GOT OUR FULL ATTENTION.

ALL RIGHTY.

THAT'S ALL.

I DON'T NEED ANYTHING ELSE.

ONE SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBER, CAMERON.

AND AGAIN, ANGELA, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING.

I KNOW THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME, AND I BELIEVE TIFFANY'S FIRST TIME COMING AS WELL.

UM, AND I, I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW, UH, WELL, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH YOU, MAYOR, YOUR TEAM, UM, RENEE, OTHERS, BOTH DEPARTMENTS HAVE HAD EYES ON THIS, AND I APPRECIATE YOU PROVIDING THAT UPDATE.

BUT THE MAYOR TAKES THIS EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY AS SAYS, ALL OF COUNCIL.

AND IT'S, IT'S, I, MAY I ADD THAT THIS WAS, UH, THIS BUILDING COMPLEX IS PARTICULARLY BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST, UM, ART ARCHITECTURE PROJECT BY THE U OF H, UH, ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS.

SO IT'S A, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, AND WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO LIVE IN THERE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, ESE.

OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, GLADYS HOUSE L BE FOLLOWED BY JOE ANN CARAWAY, PEACE COUNSEL.

AND THAT INCLUDES YOU TOO, MAYOR.

I'M SORRY, .

ANYWAY, UM, THE, UH, HANDOUT THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED OR, UH, CONCERNS OF FREEDMAN'S TOWN THAT HAVE REALLY GONE UNADDRESSED, YOUR ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION, MAYOR, AND I KNOW AS MAYOR, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS TO, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS, BUT WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY TANGIBLE CORRECTIVE ACTION WHATSOEVER.

AND IT'S GOTTEN PRETTY, UM, URGENT WITH THE, AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THE DOCUMENT WITH THE PARKS, THE, THE THREE HERITAGE HOUSING, UH, THAT HAS FALLEN IN.

AND THAT'S JUST NO WAY TO, TO TREAT OUR HERITAGE.

UH, THE WALLY PARK IS IN SERIOUS NEED OF, UH, GENERAL REPAIRS.

PEOPLE ARE TRIPPING, UH, ON, UH, THE ROOTS OF TREES.

MORE SALT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT IN.

AND THE, UM, BASKETBALL COURT IS SO LOW UNTIL YOU CAN PLAY BASKETBALL DOING RAINY DAYS OR WHATEVER.

IT NEEDS TO BE ELEVATED AT LEAST ONE FOOT.

AND I'VE, UH, SHARED THESE CONCERNS OVER THE YEARS, AND STILL, UH, NOBODY'S DOING ANYTHING.

YOU SHARED 'EM WITH WHOM? GLADYS, YOU'VE BEEN JUST, OH, WELL, PARKS AND RECREATION.

I KNOW WHAT, YOU'VE BEEN HERE, YOU'VE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES.

YOU'VE NEVER BROUGHT THESE CONCERNS UP HERE.

YES, I HAVE.

NOT HERE, NOT IN THIS NOW WHERE YOU ARE.

SAY, UH, SAY I DIDN'T, ARE YOU GONNA ADDRESS 'EM NOW? MAYOR, NOW THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S YOUR FORK, IT'S YOUR TIME.

GLADYS .

NOW THAT YOU KNOW, I, I JUST NEED TO KNOW, UH, HOW SOON WE CAN ANTICIPATE CORRECTIVE ACTION, MAYOR.

A SAFE COMMUNITY, AND THE PRESERVATION OF OUR HERITAGE IN FREEMANS TOWN.

I'M NOT HERE TRY TO, TRYING TO DEBATE YOU, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I, I JUST WANT A SAFE, A SAFE PARK ENVIRONMENT,

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AND, AND WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER IN FREEMANS TOWN.

BUT WHEN YOU COME AND YOU START BY SAYING IT HADN'T BEEN ADDRESSED IN YEARS, THEN YOU PUT YOURSELF IN A CONTENTIOUS STATE.

WELL, THE PICTURES, IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

I DIDN'T MAKE THESE PICTURES UP THERE.

MM-HMM.

IF ANY ACTION WOULD'VE COME DONE.

COUNCIL KAMAN.

AND GLADYS, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR COMING AND KEEPING US SURPRISED OF, UH, EVERYTHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I DID WANNA, UH, POINT OUT THE HOMES THAT YOU NOTED HERE, AND I BELIEVE BOTH, UH, MY OFFICE AND MAYOR, YOUR TEAM HAS COMMUNICATED THESE ARE T HOMES.

AND I, I CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THAT.

UM, WE NEED A LOT OF RESTORATION AND A LOT OF RES RENOVATION AND A LOT OF DOLLARS FLOWING TO THE AREA.

BUT IT, THESE ARE TS HOMES, MAYOR, NOT CITY OF HOUSTON SPECIFICALLY.

SO I JUST, AGAIN, WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO WORK.

WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THET MAYOR, I KNOW YOUR TEAM HAS, BUT JUST AS WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE CITY IS DOING VERSUS NOT, UH, ON NUMBER ONE, ON NUMBER TWO, IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND MORE, UM, I KNOW WE'VE ASKED SEVERAL TIMES.

I KNOW THAT WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS THAT, UH, YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH HELICOPTER LANDING PAD, UM, CODE, ET CETERA.

BUT I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT THE OUTSTANDING QUESTION IS THAT YOU HAVE RELATED TO THE LANDING PAD.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS IF THEY CAN COPY ME AND YOU ON ANY COURT.

'CAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANYONE.

THAT'S WHY I CONSTANTLY COME BEFORE COUNSEL, UH, TO TRY AND GET SOME CORRECTIVE ACTION BECAUSE, UM, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LARGE CONSTITUENCY, EACH OF YOU, BUT THESE PICTURES ARE NOT LYING.

YOU KNOW, I, I, AND I'M AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, A TOURS OR FOURTH WAR REDEVELOPMENT, UH, ISSUE ON THESE THREE HOUSES.

BUT COUNCIL MEMBER, THE ROOF HAS COLLAPSED ON THESE HOUSES.

THEY GET TAX DOLLARS, THEY'RE NOT BROKE.

SO ENFORCEMENT'S A LACK OF ENFORCEMENT OR ACCOUNTABILITY, THERE'S NO TRANSPARENCY.

SO, I MEAN, I, I GUESS THEY'RE GONNA WAIT UNTIL THE HOUSES FALL IN AND DEMOLISH THEM.

SO, AND THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.

FRIEDMANS TOWN IS THE LARGEST HISTORIC DISTRICT OF ITS KIND IN NORTH AMERICA.

AND I, I'VE JUST BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD SO MANY TIMES AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT THE MAYOR.

AND, UM, BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN, COUNCIL THAT WE, THIS CASE, IT'S LIKE BEING TAXED WITHOUT REPRESENTATION AND IT'S JUST, JUST BLATANT DISRESPECT OF OUR ANCESTORS.

I, I WOULD SAY THOUGH, GLADYS, JUST, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND AGAIN, WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU, BUT WHAT THE MAYOR HAS DONE THROUGH THIS ADMINISTRATION IN SUPPORTING THE AREA AS A WHOLE, THE HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED, BUT FOR THE WORK OF MAYOR TURNER AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT, SO LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK AT IT, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PAINTING WITH BROAD STROKES AS IT RELATES TO WHAT THE CITY IS AND IS NOT DOING IN FRIEDMANS TOWN.

WELL, JUST TIRED OF TALK AND PEOPLE SKIPPING OVER US.

SO, UH, JUST NEED SOME TANGIBLE COR CORRECTIVE ACTION DONE IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW? THANK YOU.

NINE YEARS LATER, NOTHING.

NEXT SPEAKER, DENNIS SANDERS.

GLAD IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

ALRIGHT, HAVE A GOOD DAY.

NEXT SPEAKER, JOANNE CARAWAY.

JOANNE, KAREN, WE, YOU OPPRESSED STAR SIX.

JOANNE CARAWAY.

STAR SIX.

JOANNE CARAWAY.

DENNIS SANDERS, IF YOU OPPRESSED STAR SIX DENNIS SANDERS, STAR SIX DENNIS SANDERS, STAR SIX.

NEXT SPEAKER, STEVEN LONGMEYER.

STEVEN LONGMEYER IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY WILL HILL.

GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MAYOR TURNER.

MY NAME IS STEVEN LONGMEYER.

I LIVE AT 6 0 3 WEST MAINE, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM 41 0 9 JACK STREET.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION OF THE FIRST MONTROSE COMMONS.

AND I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT ALL OF THE DISGUSTING THINGS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN TOLD ABOUT WHAT I SEE WHEN I DRIVE OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND LOOK TO WHERE THE DUMPSTER USED TO BE.

BUT RATHER, I'D LIKE TO, TO FIRST OFF, START BY THANKING PERSONALLY, CITY OF HOUSTON EMPLOYEES, JACK VALINSKI, UH, ALICE COFFEE AND BAKARI MAXWELL FOR THEIR EFFORTS, UH, THUS FAR.

AND THE, UH, RESIDENTS OF THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHICH WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE ZACH DANIEL, WHEN MR. AARON TOOK IT OVER IN THE 1990S AND RESCUED IT FROM A CRUMBLING BUILDING BUILT IN THE 1940S TO EXACTLY THE MODEL THE

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CITY WANTS IN ITS LIVABLE PLACES, UH, MULTIFAMILY DWELLING SETTING IN AN OLD HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.

THESE NEIGHBORS HAVE AN AVERAGE TENURE IN THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX OF SEVEN YEARS.

THE OLDEST HAS BEEN THERE 16 YEARS.

THAT'S VERY UNUSUAL FOR MONTROSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THEY ARE INTEGRAL PARTS OF OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE HOW THEY'RE BEING TREATED NOW UNDER A NEW OWNER THAT'S FROM OUT OF TOWN WITH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SERVICE ADDRESSES SO THAT THEY HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN LEGALLY SERVED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON YET, BECAUSE WE CAN'T NAIL THEM DOWN TO A SPECIFIC ADDRESS.

SO I'M HERE IN FULL SUPPORT OF, OF MY NEIGHBORS AND TO BEG THE CITY FOR WHATEVER HELP WE CAN GET.

I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH ANYBODY THAT WE NEED TO, TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF.

COUNCILMAN MCCAIN.

REALLY QUICK, I THINK THIS IS LAST DISTRICT C RESIDENT, BUT, UM, STEPHEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT AS A LEADER IN THE CIVIC GROUP, BUT ALSO ADVOCATING FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN NEED.

UM, STEVE, YOU'RE THE REASON WHY YOU, THEY'RE PLUGGED IN AND HERE TODAY.

UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AS WELL AND WORKING WITH ME.

THANKS.

AND THANK YOUR OFFICE AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN'S OFFICE FOR THEIR HELP ON THIS AS WELL.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

NEXT SPEAKER, COURTNEY FRISSON.

NEXT SPEAKER, WILL HILL.

WILL HILL, WILL HILL, WILL HILL.

NEXT SPEAKER CHYNA.

GREG CHYNA CRACK, G-R-A-G-G.

COURTNEY FRISSON.

IF YOU PRESS STAR SIX COURTNEY FRISSON, STAR SIX.

COURTNEY FRISSON.

NEXT SPEAKER MARVA LYNN ROBINSON.

THOMAS MYRA.

MYRA LYNN ROBINSON.

THOMAS STAR SIX MYRA LYNN ROBINSON THOMAS, IF YOU PRESSED STAR SIX, MYRA LYNN ROBINSON THOMAS.

NEXT SPEAKER, DEBORAH BO.

ELAINE ALLEN DEBORA.

ELAINE ALLEN STAR, SEX DEBORA ELAINE ALLEN, YOU OPPRESSED STAR SEX.

DEBORA ELAINE ALLEN.

NEXT PICTURE, BENJAMIN CALHOUN.

BENJAMIN CALHOUN IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY BETH GUILLORY.

I AM BENJAMIN MCCAL HOME.

UM, I'M HERE ABOUT THE HPD AND THE BODY CAMERAS.

UH, I'VE BEEN APPROACHED IN THE PAST BY HPD OFFICERS AND THEIR BODY CAMERAS WERE NOT ON WHILE THEY APPROACHED ME AND WAS INVESTIGATING THE ALLEGED INCIDENT, WHICH THEY CLAIM TO BE.

UH, YOU KNOW, THE REASON THEY DETAINED ME DURING THE TIME DETAINED ME.

AND DURING THE TIME THAT THEY INVESTIGATING WHETHER I COMMITTED A CRIME OR NOT, THE BODY CAMERA, THE RED LIGHT IS LIT UP WHEN I GO TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

THE LAST TIME ON OCTOBER THE 18TH, BETWEEN 8:30 AM AND 8:45 AM I WAS APPROACHED BY OFFICER RIZZA AND DE LEON.

THE RED LIGHT WAS THE ONLY LIGHT ON, ON THEIR BODY CAMERA.

UH, WHEN I TOLD 'EM THAT, THEY TOLD ME THE RED LIGHT MEANS THE BODY CAMERA IS ON.

SO I WENT TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

I SPOKE WITH ON OCTOBER THE 21ST, I SPOKE TO A FEMALE NAMED SERGEANT NICKERSON, AND SHE TOLD ME THAT THE RED LIGHT MEANS THE BODY CAMERA'S ON.

SO YOU HAVE TWO LIGHTS, THE GREEN LIGHT AND THE RED LIGHT.

THEY'RE TELLING ME THAT THE RED LIGHT IS INDICATING THAT THEY'RE RECORDING AS, AND SEE THIS IS A ISSUE, NOT ONLY A SAFETY ISSUE.

IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TO HIT ME, UH, USE FORCE OR SOMETHING, THEN IF THEY WERE AGAINST POSSIBLY MINE, OR IF I'M NOT HERE, I CAN'T DEFEND MYSELF.

IF YOU INVESTIGATING A CRIME AND YOU TAKING, UH, LIKE TESTIMONY STATEMENTS AND STUFF FROM THE PERSON TO SEE IF YOU HAD THE RIGHT TO ARREST OR NOT.

IF THEY WAS AUTHORIZED TO HAVE ME ARRESTED, THEN IT'S THE POLICE OFFICER'S WORD.

HE, HE COULD ACT AS THE JUDGE, JURY AND PROSECUTOR.

HE COULD DECIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M JUST GOING TO, YOU REQUIRED TO PRESENT THIS, THAT, AND THE THIRD TO SHOW THAT YOU AUTHORIZED TO HAVE HIM ARRESTED THAT THIS IS YOUR PROPERTY.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M JUST GONNA SAY, YOU GAVE IT TO ME.

AND, AND, AND IN FRONT OF A JURY, THEY'LL BELIEVE HIM OVER ME.

THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU GOT THE BODY CAMERA, YOU KNOW, HE SHOULD HAVE THAT BODY CAMERA ON HE, IF HE'S DOING THE RIGHT THING, IF HE'S BEING HONEST, HE DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO NOT WANNA HAVE HIS BODY CAMERA ON.

AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS SHOULDN'T CO-SIGN AND IT SAY THE RED LIGHT MEAN THE BODY CAMERA ON, WELL, THE GREEN LIGHT IS LIGHT IS NOT ON.

YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, UH, WELL I'VE, I'VE HAD, UM, UH, TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE INTERNAL AFFAIRS TELL ME THAT.

AND I, I GOT A LETTER FROM SERGEANT NICKERSON SAYING THAT, AS YOU SAID, AS WE STATED, THE RED LIGHT MEANS THE BODY CAMERA'S ON.

SO HE'S NOT THE PROBLEM.

IF INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS OKAY WITH HIM DOING THAT, IF THEY'RE OKAY WITH HIM PICKING AND CHOOSING WHEN HE GONNA USE THAT BODY

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CAMERA, AND WHEN HE'S NOT GONNA USE IT, THEN HE'S NOT THE PROBLEM.

THE PEOPLE OVER HIM IS THE PROBLEM.

YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? IF THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCES FOR HIM DOING THAT RIGHT THERE, I, I CAN'T HARDLY SEE HOW A RED LIGHT WOULD INDICATE THE BODY CAMERA IS ON AND THE GREEN LIGHTMAN IS OFF.

THAT DON'T HARDLY MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE RIGHT THERE.

BUT IF, IF, IF, IF YOU REPORTING IT TO HIS HIGH UPS AND YOU JUST LOOK AT ME LIKE, OKAY, WE AIN'T GOTTA DO NOTHING, BUT THEN THAT'S, THEN, THEN I'M LOOKING AT THE PROBLEM.

THAT MEANS THAT HE'S NOT THE PROBLEM IF, IF HE'S NOT GONNA BE DISCIPLINED, IF IF IT'S A PROTESTANT, HE'S SUPPOSED TO WEAR IT.

IF HE IN THE RIGHT, HE SHOULD HAVE IT ON.

WELL THEN LET ME FOLLOW UP.

BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, THAT THE BODY CAMERA IS ALWAYS RECORDING.

UM, AND I THINK CHIEF INTEREST MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO HIS OFFICERS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE THE, THEY SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE CAMERA ON.

BUT, UM, I'LL SEE HIM IN A LITTLE BIT AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU WITH, UH, WITH HIM ON THAT O OH, OKAY.

'CAUSE THIS WAS, THIS TOOK PLACE ON OCTOBER THE 18TH BETWEEN 8:30 AM AND 8 45 AT, UH, 1520 OLIVER STREET.

AND, UH, IT WAS OFFICER RIZZA, UH, A-R-I-Z-A AND, UH, D LEON, THAT'S WHAT THEIR NAME TAG SAID.

D-E-L-E-O-N.

AND UH, LIKE I SAY, SERGEANT NICKSON WITH INTERNAL AFFAIRS WAS THE ONE WHO WAS LIKE, UH, YEAH, RED LIGHT MEANS THE BODY CAMERA ON.

I GOT YOU.

ALRIGHT, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH CHIEF NER AND I'M GONNA HEAR SOMETHING WHEN I CAN'T.

NO, I'M GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH THE OVERALL POLICY AS IT RELATES TO, UH, BODY CAMERAS AND WHEN IT SHOULD BE TURNED ON AS IT RELATES TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

UH, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, BUT I DO WANNA FOLLOW UP WITH CHIEF NER AS TO WHAT THE POLICY IS WHEN POLICE OFFICERS ARE INTERACTING WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CAMERA, THE BODY, THE CAMERA IS ALWAYS RECORDING.

YEAH, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

IT IS ALWAYS RECORDING.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN.

AND, UM, I, THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL WORD.

WHAT I HEAR YOUR QUESTION BEING IS, DOES RED LIGHT MEAN ON OR OFF? AND MY UNDERSTANDING AND MY, WHAT I BELIEVE IT IS, IS RED LIGHT MEANS RECORDING.

AND GREEN GREENLIGHT MEANS THE POWER IS ON.

BUT AGAIN, REGARDLESS IF THERE'S CONFUSION FOR THE PUBLIC, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO COMMUNICATE THAT OUT AS TO WHEN IT IS RECORDING, ET CETERA, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS THAT ARE WONDERING, DO KNOW AND DO HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE.

UM, BUT I, I BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE CASE.

SO YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU SAYING YOU BELIEVE THAT? SO HOW DO I GET A COPY OF, OF THAT RIGHT THERE? LIKE SOMETHING SHOWING ME THAT THAT'S THE CASE FOR, FOR MY SAFETY? 'CAUSE LATER ON YOU SAY, I TOLD HIM I, I, THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE.

I WASN'T SURE ABOUT THAT.

I'M, I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP.

THE MAYOR'S GONNA FOLLOW UP.

LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP.

LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP WITH CHIEF FON TO, TO CLARIFY WHAT THE POLICY IS.

SO LET ME, LET ME CLARIFY IT AND WE'LL TAKE NOTE, UM, OF WHO YOU ARE.

AND I THINK, UH, I'M BENJAMIN CAHO.

AND I'LL HAVE THEM FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.

TO EXPLAIN WHAT, TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE POLICY ACTUALLY IS.

I'LL GET A COPY OF IT TO YOU.

I'LL HAVE SOMEONE REACH OUT TO YOU TO CLARIFY WHAT THE POLICY IS.

UHHUH BETH GUILLORY TO BE FOLLOWED BY LORDES ORTEGA.

GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, I PRACTICED, I'M GONNA SPEAK VERY FAST.

THERE'S NO WAY I CAN SAY MY WHOLE STORY IN THREE MINUTES, SO I'M GONNA JUST GET THE VERY OBJECTIVE.

I JUST WANNA STATE NUMBER ONE, UH, I HAD A HOME INVASION LIKE NANCY PELOSI.

UH, WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, UH, I, UH, I'M SO UPSET ABOUT THIS.

I DON'T PLAN TO VOTE IN THIS CITY SOON, MAYBE NEVER AGAIN FOR THE SERVICE I HAD, I HAD THE HOME INVASION ON OCTOBER THE 10TH.

UH, THIS GENTLEMAN, A HANDYMAN, UH, IT WAS A HANDYMAN WHO KNEW NOTHING.

I WANTED TO REPLACE A HOT WATER TANK.

HE KNEW NOTHING.

AND, UM, I DIDN'T ALLOW HIM IN MY HOUSE.

I SAID I WOULD PAY FOR, PAY HIM FOR WHAT HE DID DO.

I WAS GONNA DO THAT.

I WANTED TO BE FAIR.

AND, UH, ON OCTOBER THE 10TH AT 10:00 AM ON A MONDAY MORNING, HE JUST BEGAN KICKING THE DOUBLE DOOR.

IT'S A DOUBLE STEEL DOOR, A TWO STORY HOUSE.

SO IT'S PRETTY STRONG KICKING THAT DOOR IN.

THAT IS THE MOST TERRIFYING THING YOU ALL CAN IMAGINE.

I KNOW HOW NANCY PELOSI'S HUSBAND FELT.

IT WAS HORRIBLE.

I MEAN, HE ADJO THE DOOR ABOUT SEVEN

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TO EIGHT INCHES.

AND, UH, I'M ON THE PHONE YELLING NINE ONE ONE NINE ONE ONE.

HE'S NOT HEARING ME.

AND ANYWAYS, I HEARD THE 9 1 1 OPERATOR STATE THAT I HEAR HIM BREAKING THE DOOR DOWN.

I MEAN, A JARRING.

I COULD SEE THE STREET.

AND NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, HE HAD A PRIOR RUN.

HE ATTEMPTED TO DO THAT BEFORE WHILE I WASN'T THERE.

BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED WITH HIM, WITH THE, UH, UH, REPLACING THE TANK THAT FRIDAY.

AND THIS WAS THE SATURDAY.

I GAVE HIM HIS TOOLS BACK.

SAT WOULD PAY HIM.

SO ON MONDAY, THIS IS WHEN HE ARRIVED.

DURING THAT, LONG STORY SHORT, THE POLICE ARRIVED WITH THREE POLICE CARS AND A HELICOPTER.

I DUNNO WHETHER HELICOPTER, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE HELICOPTER CAME FROM OR IF THEY CAME DOWN AND JUST FIGURED THERE'S GONNA BE BLOODSHED.

I DON'T KNOW.

NONETHELESS, THE POLICE WERE THERE.

I WAS SO RELIEVED.

I WAS DISCOMBOBULATED.

THE POLICE MADE A LOVE TO THE PERPETRATOR, LIKE THE VAL, THE OFFICERS, THEY WERE AFRAID.

I THINK THEY PROBABLY FIGURED HE WAS CRAZY.

AND THEY TREATED ME THE VICTIM AS THAT OF THE PERPETRATOR.

THEY YELLED AT ME APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET, SHUT UP BECAUSE THE PERPETRATOR APPROACHED THEM AND SAID, SHE TOLD ME TO COME HERE TODAY.

I SAY, THAT'S A LIE.

THEY SAID, SHUT UP.

I WAS NO THREAT TO THEM.

OBVIOUSLY.

I WAS ALL DRESSED UP AT THE TIME.

THREE MINUTES ALREADY.

TOM HAS EXPIRED.

IS THAT, SO THAT ONE, ONE SECOND.

ONE LAST ONE.

1 1, 1 SECOND, ONE SECOND.

BECAUSE I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING HERE.

THE HANDYMAN CAME, DID HE COME BECAUSE HE SAID THAT YOU HADN'T PAID HIM.

IS THAT IT? WELL, I TOLD HIM I WAS GONNA PAY HIM.

SO HE DIDN'T SAY THAT.

HE JUST APPROACHED AND START KICKING.

I, I UNDERSTAND.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME FACTS HERE.

BUT I HAD TOLD HIM I WOULD.

AND SO HE, HE CAME TO GET PAID.

IS THAT THE REASON WHY HE, I DON'T KNOW.

HE JUST STARTED KICKING, I'M ASSUMING, OF COURSE.

'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THIS HANDYMAN, SOMEBODY REFERRED HIM TO ME.

HE JUST BEGAN KICKING THE DOOR.

HOW LONG HAD HE BEEN DOING WORK AT YOUR, AT YOUR HOME? I, I, I DON'T KNOW.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME EVER.

HE WAS REFERRED TO ME AND SAID HE WAS A CON.

THEY SAID HE WAS A CONTRACTOR, A FRIEND OF MINE.

AND THEN I THINK THE SERGEANT ASKED, UH, THEY COULDN'T, THEY COULDN'T SPOT ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR DOOR? UH, YES.

UH, THIS IS WHAT THE, UH, OFFICER STATED WHEN HE ARRIVED THERE.

THAT INTELLECT IS BEYOND ME.

HE SAYS, HE REPRIMANDED ME AND SAID, HOW DID YOU CALL US? YOU PUT OUR LIVES IN DANGER.

I DON'T SEE ANY FOOTPRINTS ON THE DOOR.

THIS IS WHAT YOU SAID.

I SEE NO FOOTPRINTS.

I GOT YOU.

I'M JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME INFORMATION.

BUT WHO CAN SEE FOOTPRINTS ON A DOOR? LET ME, LET ME JUST FINISH THOUGH.

I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY COULD NOT, FROM WHAT I'M ABLE TO SEE, THEY, THEY COULD NOT DE DETECT, THEY COULD NOT DETECT ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR, TO YOUR DOOR.

UH, MAYOR, HE DIDN'T EVEN LOOK FOR DAMAGE.

WHO CAN SEE DAMAGE WITH THE NAKED, UH, NOT DAMAGE.

UH, THE DOOR JARRED.

AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU PUSH ON IT RIGHT NOW, I HAVE TO HAVE THE DOOR REPLACED.

YOU CAN SEE THROUGH.

AND THEN, AND THAT'S NOT THE WORST OF THE STORY.

IF I MAY CONTINUE, I KNOW, I KNOW.

NOW LET, NO, LET ME, LET ME, 'CAUSE I, LET ME, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME INFORMATION.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO THE, THE POLICE OFFICER SAID THEY COULDN'T, THEY COULDN'T DETECT ANY DAMAGE.

AND I THINK YOU, YOU WANTED THE HANDYMAN TO BE ARRESTED.

NO, SIR.

THAT'S SO NOT TRUE.

I KNEW THEY WOULD NOT GET, UH, TELL THE TRUTH.

NUMBER ONE, THEY DIDN'T EVEN OBSERVE A DOOR FOR ANYTHING.

BUT WHAT I'M UNDERSTAND, WHAT, SO WHAT DID YOU WANT THEM TO DO WITH IT? I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE I WAS DISCOMBOBULATED.

I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THEY HADN'T ARRESTED HIM.

I, I, I, I WAS JUST GLAD TO BE ALIVE AND THAT I WASN'T INJURED BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MAN PLANNED TO DO.

THEY JUST LEFT.

AFTER ALL OF THAT, THEY LEFT, HE APOLOGIZED THAT THEY TREATED ME AS THAT OF A PERPETRATOR.

AND WHEN THEY LEFT, UH, THE FOLLOWING NIGHT, I HEARD SOMETHING COME DOWN.

I THOUGHT IT WAS HIM.

I NEARLY JUMPED TWO STORES.

IT WAS THE CEILING FELL DOWN.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT HE DUMPED 35 GALLONS.

I'M SORRY.

'CAUSE THE TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

I I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE NOT, I'M GLAD YOU WERE NOT HURT.

WELL, I CAN'T SAY THAT THE POLICE CHIEF TOLD ME, UH, HUNG UP ON ME AND SAID, I HAVE NO TIME IF HE COMES BACK HOME AGAIN.

NO.

THE GUY HAS BEEN BACK THREE TIMES STUCK IN ME.

AND NO REPORT WAS WRITTEN.

I MEAN, A POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO ACTS THAT WAY, WHAT GOOD ARE THEY? OKAY.

I MEAN, IMAGINE HAVING A, AN INVASION.

NO, I DON'T THINK Y'ALL UNDERSTAND.

AN INVASION IS TERRIFYING.

POLICE CHIEF, BUT THIS COMMANDER HASEK DID NOTHING.

AND THE POLICE DID NOTHING.

AND I KNOW YOU, UH, UH, APPOINT THE

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AND THEN UNDER MY, MY INTELLIGENCE AND SAY, OKAY, MS. GARY, IF THEY COME BACK, CALL 9 1 1.

MS. GARY, THANK YOU.

UNBELIEVABLE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. ORTEGA.

ANYWAY, I EVEN EXPECTED MORE SYMPATHY, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK I HAVE IS NOT PRESENT.

SHIRLEY CORNY.

TAKE A BREAK ON THAT ONE.

DID YOU CALL SHE COMING? LOTUS? NO, THAT'S SHIRLEY.

CORNY.

IT'S SHIRLEY CARNEY.

UH, NO, I'M SHIRLEY CARNEY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

I'M HERE.

WELL, I, I GUESS YOU DON'T NEED ANY, UH, UM, INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE SHERIFF OR, OR THE POLICE, UH, INTRODUCTION.

SO, UH, WE'LL CHANGE UP THE PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT.

I LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR JOB ON THE GREEN SPACE AND THE CLEANING OF THE WATER.

SO SINCE I, I'M CHANGING IT UP BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF A FEW OF YOU, COUNCILMAN HAD ASKED FOR THAT.

THE SHERIFF BE GIVEN A SPECIAL, UM, I, I GUESS MONETARY FUND.

WELL, I DON'T DO GROUPS.

I DO, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M A, A CONSERVATIVE.

I, I I VOTE INDEPENDENTLY.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA SPEAK TO.

I'M GONNA SPEAK TO THE GREEN SPACE THAT YOU HAVE HERE IN HOUSTON.

YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT FORGING, UM, FOOD SOURCE.

AND WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONTINUE THAT.

AND IF THERE IS ANY MONETARY FUND TO BE DONATED TO THOSE SPACES, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP UP THE, UM, THE GREEN SPACE THAT IS ALREADY HERE AND TO, YOU KNOW, THE WATER, THE WATER IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO US.

THAT ALL THAT, EVEN OUR LITTLE FISHERIES THAT ARE ALONG THE TRIBUTARY.

SO WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PAY MORE ATTENTION TO, TO OUR, THAT WHAT'S AFFECTS US ALL.

AND THEN, THEN, OTHER THAN JUST A GROUP OF PEOPLE, I KNOW THAT THEIR JOBS AREN'T HARD.

AND YES, IT, IT IS CORRUPTION ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IN EACH DEPARTMENT, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE.

I MEAN, BUT THERE'S NO, NOTHING IS PERFECT.

SO, UM, AS JEREMIAH, UM, SAYS IN HERE, BUT BE CAREFUL OF THE LION TONGUES.

YOU HAVE TO STAND IN THE GAP FORM.

YOU ARE HERE TO, FOR ALL OF US, NOT JUST ONE OF US, NOT JUST TO US POLICE.

WAS THAT MY THREE MINUTES? NO, MA'AM.

BOOM.

CONTINUE.

NOT JUST FOR THE POLICE, NOT FOR THE SHERIFF.

WE RESPECT THEM, BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME ISSUES.

AND WE HAVE TO CONTACT YOU PERSONALLY A ABOUT OUR PERSONAL ISSUES.

I, I, I FEEL I'VE BEEN CONTACTED THIS WEEK FOR, FROM YOUR SHERIFFS AND FROM YOUR POLICE.

I, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE HAVE ISSUES, BUT I'M NOT HERE FOR THAT.

I'M HERE FOR THE GREEN SPACE TO FORGE AND TO KEEP LIVING IN PEACE.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR WHAT I BELIEVE IN OR WHAT I NEED TO DO? NO, MA'AM.

THERE ARE NO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND AND REMARKS ABOUT OUR GREEN SPACE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. HENDERSON.

NEXT SPEAKER, JIA HENDERSON TO BE FOLLOWED BY THOMAS LOKO.

AFTERNOON.

UM, I'VE DOCUMENTED MOST OF MY RECENT EXPERIENCES ONLINE@LINKATREE.COM.

A BLUE JOURNEY.

I WAS CHRONICALLY HOMELESS AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY AND HAVING MY SON IN OCTOBER OF 2022, OFF AND ON FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.

IN JUNE OF 2021, AFTER THREE TRIBES, I FINALLY MET WITH THE BEACON WHO CONNECTED ME WITH THE SALVATION ARMY OF TEXAS.

THROUGH THIS CONNECTION, I WAS ABLE TO ACQUIRE HOUSING FOR MY SON AND

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I, DESPITE THE TWO EVICTIONS ON MY RECORD.

THE SALVATION ARMY PAID THREE MONTHS OF MY RENT AND TEXAS RENT RELIEF PAID THREE MORE.

THIS ALLOWED ME TO SAVE TWO MONTHS OF RENT AT THE MORGAN APARTMENT, MANAGED BY BE WORLD LLC AT THE TIME.

IN SEPTEMBER, 2021, THE RED APPLE TOOK OVER THE PROPERTY.

ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2021, TEXAS EXCEL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TOOK OVER.

TEXAS EXCEL.

DECIDED NOT TO RENEW THE LEASE OF ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

I APPEALED TO THEM BASED ON MY PAYMENT HISTORY, AND THEY AGREED TO RENEW MY LEASE, UH, SET FOR JUNE, 2022.

IN FEBRUARY, 2022, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD BIPOLAR TWO, SEVERE ANXIETY AND SEVERE DEPRESSION ON JUNE 3RD, 2022.

AFTER SPEAKING TO HR ABOUT MY DIAGNOSIS AND EXPERIENCING A DEPRESSIVE EPISODE THAT CAUSED ME TO GO INTO A DEEP SLEEP AND MISS RETURNING TO WORK ON TIME, I WAS FIRED BY ACNE INC.

ON JULY 30TH, 2022.

I SIGNED THE NEW LEASE AFTER THE PROPERTY, FAILED TO, UH, CORRECT THE DATE.

ALSO IN JULY, 2022, THE MORGAN APARTMENTS WAS ACQUIRED FROM TEXAS EXCEL BY Q 10 PROPERTY ADVISORS IN JULY, 2022, WHO AGREED TO HONOR THE NEW LEASE THAT ENDS ON JUNE, 2023.

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022, MY RENTAL CHARGE WAS $870 AND I PAID IT.

I WAS SENT A NOTICE TO VACATE FOR $29 IN UNPAID RENTAL CHARGES DUE TO THE INCREASE IN RENT NOTATED ON MY NEWLY SIGNED LEASE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH.

THE NOTICE WAS DISMISSED WITH THE PROMISE TO PAY ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, WHICH I PAID IN OCTOBER.

I PAID MY RENT AT 8 99.

ON OCTOBER 20TH, I RECEIVED A LETTER ON THE OUTSIDE OF MY DOOR STATING THAT I OWED $376 AND 39 CENTS FOR ELECTRIC CHARGES, SUBMETERING FEES, AND LATE PENALTY FEES.

I PAID THE AMOUNTS IN THREE SEPARATE PAYMENTS BY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23RD.

I WOKE UP ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 24TH WITH NO LIGHTS.

I DID NOT HAVE LIGHTS FOR TWO DAYS, AND I HAD TO STAY IN A HOTEL, UM, THAT I COULD NOT AFFORD.

MY LEASE DOES NOT EXPLICITLY SAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW THAT I MUST PAY UTILITIES.

AND THOSE LAWS ARE THE, UM, PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS SUBMETERING FEES, UM, AS WELL AS THE UTILITIES CODE.

UH, CHAPTER 180 4.

I NOW HAVE LIGHTS ON THANKS TO A FRIEND DANIELLE POTTER, BUT I DO NOT HAVE MONEY TO PAY MY RENT DUE TODAY OR MAINTAIN MY QUALITY OF LIFE DUE TO THE NEGLIGENCE AND UNLAWFUL CHARGES FROM THE MORGAN APARTMENTS, WHO HAS FAILED TO CONTACT ME REGARDING THIS MATTER AND INSISTED I SUBMIT ALL QUESTIONS VIA WRITING AND THEY'LL GET BACK TO ME WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.

I'VE ALSO MISSED TWO WEEKS OF WORK WHILE DEALING WITH MY MENTAL HEALTH.

AS THIS SITUATION TRIGGERED MY HOMELESSNESS TRAUMA INTO A TWO WEEK LONG HYPERMANIC STATE.

I'VE BEEN TO THE ER AND HAD TO CALL THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

COUNCIL MEMBER RABBIT CAYMAN.

I, I WAS JUST GONNA, I THINK YOU'RE ALMOST TO THE END OF YOUR COMMENTS.

I WAS JUST GONNA LET YOU FINISH UP.

OKAY? UM, I'VE BEEN TO THE ER AND HAD TO CALL THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS LINE TWICE.

AND I'M APPEALING TO YOU ALL AS A HUMAN, A MOTHER, A DAUGHTER, A SISTER, A FRIEND, A NEIGHBOR.

PLEASE HELP ME FIGHT THIS AND RETURN TO A PEACEFUL HOME OF QUIET ENJOYMENT.

SO THANKS AGAIN.

UH, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS HERE, AND IF YOU WOULD GET WITH HER, THERE'S, LET ME GIVE YOU A PHONE NUMBER.

IT'S ONE EIGHT EIGHT EIGHT SEVEN EIGHT TWO EIGHT FOUR SEVEN SEVEN EIGHT EIGHT EIGHT SEVEN EIGHT TWO EIGHT FOUR SEVEN SEVEN.

THAT IS A PUBLIC, UH, UTILITY PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WHAT YOUR ISSUE IS, THERE'S A SUB-METERING FEE THAT YOU'RE BEING CHARGED.

SO, UM, NYLA WITH A RA IS HERE AND SHE WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, EXPLAIN YOUR CASE TO HER, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN GIVE YOU SOME HELP.

BUT ULTIMATELY IT RESIDES WITH THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, OKAY? AND THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT I GAVE YOU, THE 8 8 8 NUMBER.

BUT MEANWHILE, NALA FROM OUR ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS WILL HELP YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.

OKAY? SO GOOD LUCK.

I APPRECIATE YOUR PICTURE OF YOUR SON ON THE SECOND PAGE.

UH, GOOD MORNING, UH, TON CITY OF HOUSTON.

AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP THREE POINTS THAT I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ON AUGUST 1ST, 22ND, ZERO, CARDIFF, WHICH IS, UH, CITY OWNED PROPERTY THAT I'VE HAD TO CONSTANTLY TRY TO CLEAN UP.

AND Y'ALL SAID Y'ALL DID IT IN 2019, BUT THERE'S 40 FOOT TALL TREES OUT THERE.

WE HANDED OUT A WORK ORDER ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.

MR. ROBINSON, THE SUPERVISOR, AND WE STILL AIN'T HAD NOTHING DONE.

CRACK DEALERS HANG OUT THERE IN A SCHOOL BUS DROP OFF.

NUMBER TWO ISSUE IS SIX YEARS AGO WE ASKED FOR THOMPSON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU SAID, NO MONEY IN THE BUDGET.

AND THEN NOW I JUST TALKED TO 'EM AND THEY SAID, I NEED TO SPEAK TO MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH CARLOS CIRO, AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR MELLS PARK.

BUT THEY'RE TELLING FIVE MORE

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YEARS FROM NOW, WE WALK OUR DOGS, OUR CHILDREN ARE PLAYING, AND WE HAVE MORE CAR WRECKS JUST BEING HIT.

AND THERE'S CHICKEN COOPS IN NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND ANOTHER THING I WANNA SPEAK ABOUT, THE HP RESPONSE TIME IS THREE HOURS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

COMPUTERS ARE DOWN DOWNRIGHT.

I MEAN, CRIME MAKES ARE ZERO.

AND NOW WE'RE, I, I HAD 10 COMPLAINTS OF ASSAULT IN JUST ONE MONTH.

YOU KNOW, DOJ ASKED, ASKED YOU TO GIVE HIM A HAND.

YOU TELL HIM YOU DON'T NEED 'EM.

I THANK THE, SEE IF HOUSTON NEEDS THE DOJ AND HELP REMOVE YOUR YOURSELF FROM OFFICE.

PRAISE GOD.

TODAY'S MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY.

SHE PASSED AWAY THREE YEARS AGO WAITING ON HARVEY RELIEF FUND, MY BROTHER, AND STILL ARE WAITING FOR REIMBURSEMENT.

I'M LIKE, SO NOT JUST BLACK AND BROWN ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FUNDING ISSUES, YOUR LAWYERS GOT PAID.

HOW ABOUT US NOW? I'M DONE WITH THAT ANYMORE.

THANK YOU MR. SLOCUM.

UH, COUNCIL MAYOR CARLOS CISNEROS.

UM, THANK YOU MR. SLOCUM FOR CALLING IN AND, UH, JUST PLEASE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MY OFFICE.

WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ASSIST YOU.

UM, I KNOW ONE OF YOUR, UM, REQUESTS WAS, UM, FOR SPEED CUSHIONS ON THE STREET.

UM, THERE IS CURRENTLY NO APPLICATION ON FILE FOR THAT.

SO, UM, PLEASE WORK WITH US AND WE CAN HELP YOU TO, TO START THAT PROCESS.

UM, ONCE, ONCE IT'S IN THE SYSTEM, THEN, THEN, UM, IT'LL BE EVALUATED AND WE, WE PRIORITIZE THE, THE MOST DANGEROUS, UM, SITUATIONS TO, TO PUT CUSHIONS IN FIRST.

BUT JUST PLEASE KEEP WORKING WITH MY STAFF AND, AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP YOU AND ALL ALL THE ISSUES.

YES MA'AM.

WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH OVER IN MERRILL PARK.

BE FOLLOWED BY CORINA VELAZQUEZ.

AFTERNOON, MS. WRIGHT.

HI.

UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M REALLY KIND OF CONFUSED.

SO IN 1986, I KNOW THAT WAS A WHILE AGO AND NONE OF Y'ALL WERE PROBABLY HERE THEN, BUT MAYBE Y'ALL WERE LIVING IN HOUSTON.

UM, THERE WAS A COMPANY CALLED DURWIN GREEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND THERE WAS, UM, A COMMISSIONER CALLED BOBBY ECCLES.

COMMISSIONER ECCLES RESIGNED FROM OFFICE.

THE REASON THAT COMMISSIONER ECKELS RESIDE FROM OFFICE IS BECAUSE GERALD GREEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, UM, WAS BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES OF DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES THAT COST HOUSTON OVER $10 MILLION IN, UM, DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES.

THE RESULT WAS AN OUT OF COURT SETTLEMENT OF $1 MILLION PENALTY BEING PAID.

A PLEA OF GUILTY FOR BRIBING PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

COMMISSIONER ECHO, UM, RESIGNED.

AND THAT COMPANY, DURWIN AND GREEN, IS NOW DOING A LOT OF PROJECTS WITH THE CITY.

THEY'RE THE ONE WHO'S NOW WORKING ON 11TH STREET DOING THE CONSTRUCTION PRO PROJECT THERE RIGHT NOW.

UM, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE STILL DOING BUSINESS WITH A COMPANY LIKE THAT.

CAN ANYONE ANSWER WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO ACTUALLY BE BANNED FROM DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON? ANYBODY? OKAY.

UM, ON 11TH STREET, ONE OF THE, WELL, NOT 11TH STREET, BUT LET'S GET TO ACTION ZERO.

SO ACTION ZERO.

IT WAS ADOPTED IN 2018.

SINCE THEN, DEATHS HAVE INCREASED FROM 2018.

THE RED 206 DEATHS 2021 FROM THEIR REPORT WAS UP TO 311.

IT INCREASED 51%.

SERIOUS INJURIES HAVE INCREASED FROM 1,210 TO 1,620 OF 34%.

THE ONLY EXPLANATION THAT WE GOT FROM DAVID FIELDS AND COUNCIL MEMBER L HO, I KNOW YOU WERE THERE AND MR. ROBERTSON, I THINK MS. THOMAS, YOU WERE THERE TOO.

IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE ONLY EXPLANATION THAT WE GOT IN THE TT I MEETING WAS COVID RELATED INJURIES.

BASICALLY WHAT HE WAS CLAIMING IS THAT THERE WERE LESS CARS ON THE STREET DURING COVID, WHICH MEANT THAT PEOPLE WERE DRIVING ERRATIC AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS CAUSING THE ISSUES.

WE'RE PUTTING BIKE LANES EVERYWHERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT I JUST GAVE Y'ALL, THEREFORE ACTIONS THAT THEY'RE SAYING ARE MAJOR ACTIONS THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED OR ARE HIGH PRIORITIZED.

ONE OF THEM IS HIGH INJURY NETWORKS.

THERE WAS ONLY 1.3 MILES OF HIGH INJURY NETWORKS THAT WERE ADDRESSED THAT WAS LESS THAN 1% OF HIGH INJURY NETWORKS WERE ADDRESSED LAST YEAR BY VISION ZERO.

NEXT YEAR, THIS YEAR COMING UP, WE HAVE 125 MILES OF BIKE LANES THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SOMEONE'S MAKING MONEY ON THIS AND IT'S THE CONSTRUCTION

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COMPANY.

AND WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? YEAH, TOM HAS EXPIRED.

WE HAVE NO COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAKING.

SO I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES ON 11TH STREET MM-HMM .

AND I KNOW YOU'VE HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, DAVID FIELDS AND, UH, THE CONTRACTOR.

THAT WAS IN 1986.

YOU KNOW, PAST PERFORMANCE IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY LOOK AT, AND THEY AWARDED THE CONTRACT.

AND IN OUR RECOLLECTION AND OUR INFORMATION, WE SEE A RESPONSIVE VENDOR IS DEFINED AS A BID PROPOSAL RESPONSE TO A SOLICITATION THAT FULLY CONFORMS IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS TO THE SOLICITATIONS AND ALL ITS REQUIREMENTS.

SO, UH, THAT FIRM WAS CHO CHOSEN AND, UM, THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AND I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE IT, BUT THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.

WHAT ABOUT VISION ZERO? NOT, HAVE YOU EVEN LOOKED AT THE VISION ZERO REPORT? NO.

YOU AND DIRECTOR FIELDS HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ON, ON VISION ZERO PLAN, SO NOTHING.

NEXT SPEAKER, KARINA VELAZQUEZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY WALTER VIDELL.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR TURNER.

NO, HE'S TAKING A BREAK.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK HERE BRIEFLY.

MY NAME IS CORINA VELAZQUEZ AND I WORK FOR MS. BERNITA JONES AS HER ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE.

THIS YEAR.

I AM THEIR, THEIR NEW COORDINATOR FOR ALL C-N-L-C-M-C 2023.

AT FIRST, I WAS A BIT NERVOUS ABOUT THE WHOLE CMC 'CAUSE I HAVE NEVER DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.

BUT THEN I UNDERSTOOD WHAT C-M-C-M-C MEANT.

OUR GOAL THIS YEAR WAS FOR US TO RAISE $5,000 AND WE CAME CLOSE TO OUR GOAL.

THE TOTAL WE DID WAS 4,820 WITH 7 CENTS.

NOW DOES ANYBODY HAVE $20 TO SPARE? IF I HAVE A HAT, I'LL GO AROUND.

COUNCIL MEMBER .

COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN SELECTED CHILDREN'S SAFE HARBOR AS THE NONPROFIT CHARITY COMPARING LANIER'S TOTALS.

WE HAVE RAISED MORE THIS YEAR.

I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY A OCC TEAM FOR HELPING ME SET UP AND HELPING ME SELL THE FOOD.

I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY COMMITTEE TEAM FOR GIVING ME IDEAS ON WHAT WE SHOULD SELL DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO GIVE A VERY BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO DONATED TO THE CITY COUNCILS THIS YEAR.

NOTHING BUT BUN CAKES.

STORE NUMBER 0 1 75 FOR DONATING 24 BUNDLES, CHICK-FIL-A, STORE NUMBER 0 2 9 5 6 FOR DONATING 150 CHICKEN BISCUITS KRISPY KREME PARENTAL LOCATION STORE NUMBER 3 91 FOR DONATING 144 DONUTS.

VALERA BOWLING ALLEY LOCATED AT 29 2 9 9 25 BUNKER HILL ROAD ALLOWED US TO USE THE FACILITY FOR US TO HAVE OUR BOWLING TOURNAMENT CRAVE CUPCAKES.

UH, WEST UNIVERSITY CURB KIRBY LOCATION DONATED A GIFT CARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $47 STARBUCKS STORE 62 78 CHANNEL LOCATION FOR DONATING FIVE TRAVELER COFFEES FOR TWO DIFFERENT DAYS.

SHIPLEY DONUTS, STORE NUMBER ONE FOR DONATING A HUNDRED DONUTS.

KINDER SCOTT, STORE NUMBER 2 6 5 11 6 HEIGHTS LOCATION FOR GIVING A GIFT BACK EVENT DATE.

THAT WAS ON OCTOBER 27TH AND A TWO DAY ONLINE GIFT BACK EVENT.

KENDRA SCOTT, STORE NUMBER 2 6 5 0 0 3 4 FRIENDSWOOD BRICK BAYBROOK AREA FOR DONATING TWO ITEMS SUCH AS A BRACELET AND A NECKLACE FOR THE SILENT AUCTION WE HAD DURING A BOWLING EVENT ON OCTOBER 25TH, 2022.

MEET DINDA STORE NUMBER TWO FOR DONATING A GIFT CARD IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS.

WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DONATIONS.

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU KARINA.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WANT ADDRESSING, BUT I'LL BE THE FIRST.

I ALWAYS APPRECIATE EVERY TIME I WALK THROUGH THE DOOR, UH, YOUR BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND YOUR KIND WORDS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT EACH AND EVERY DAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR PROTO.

I'M ACTUALLY GONNA DEFER, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, TO COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN FIRST, UH, SINCE SHE HAS BEEN, UH, SPEARHEADING, UH, ON THE COUNCIL SIDE, THIS EFFORT WITH KARINA.

AND THEN I, I'LL GO AFTER HER MEMBER MARY ANNE HUFFMAN.

I JUST WANNA SAY HOW IMPRESSED I HAVE BEEN WITH YOU, PURINA, YOU REALLY TOOK THIS PROJECT ON AND YOU DIDN'T STOP.

UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

I KNOW COLLECTING ALL THE DONATIONS, GETTING THE AUCTION ITEMS TOGETHER, ORGANIZING THE BOWLING TOURNAMENT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

APPRECIATE THAT.

NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN.

THANK YOU MAYOR PROTO, YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE HOW MUCH WE LOVE YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR ENERGY, YOUR EFFORT, UM, YOUR, YOUR KIND HEART, YOUR ATTITUDE OF SERVICE, NOT JUST TO COUNCIL, BUT TO THE CITY.

PLEASE KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU, AN AMAZING JOB THIS GO ROUND AND ALSO TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM, RIGHT?

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THAT WORKS WITH BERNITA.

THEY DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

AND THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME SPEAKING AT COUNCIL, RIGHT? YES.

GOOD JOB.

MY FIRST TIME , I WAS SO NERVOUS.

YOU DID GREAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ED POLLARD, THANK YOU MAYOR PROTI AND QUEEN OF THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD TODAY AND FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, TOWARDS THE CHARITY AND KEEPING US ENGAGED.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, WHENEVER I CLICKED ON MY EMAIL, I WAS SEEING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT EFFORTS AND ALL THE GOODS AND SERVICES THAT YOU ALL WERE PUTTING FORTH FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BUY.

UM, BUT BEYOND THAT, AS COUNCIL MEMBER CAME AND SAID, IT'S, IT IS REALLY YOUR, YOUR SPIRIT AND YOUR ATTITUDE.

UM, MANY TIMES WHEN WE COME, UH, TO THE ANNEX, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH ALL THESE ISSUES AND CONCERNS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS AND THINGS WITH THE CONSTITUENTS, BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE AND YOU'RE ALWAYS VERY WELCOMING AND WARM, UH, WITH HIGH SPIRIT.

AND THAT TRANSLATES TO US.

UM, BECAUSE JUST SEEING A WARM SMILE AND SOME ENCOURAGING WORDS GOES A LONG WAY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR ATTITUDE AND YOUR SPIRIT.

AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN AS WELL FOR, FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN THIS REGARD.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS CISNEROS.

COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD.

I AM REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU TO TALK TO US AND TO REPORT BACK ON, ON THE BIG EFFORTS YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS.

UM, YOU'VE CONSISTENTLY JUST ADDED A WHOLE LOT OF ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S BEEN CONTAGIOUS.

SO I THINK IT'S BEEN A SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISER BECAUSE OF YOU.

UM, THANK YOU.

AND, AND I AND I DO ALSO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER MARIANNE HUFFMAN, YOU KNOW, BEING OUR, UM, OUR LEADER ON THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS EFFORT AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UM, AND, AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP TO DO THAT, .

IT'S, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A, A LOT OF WORK ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON, BUT, UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S A GOOD CAUSE.

AND JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH, BOTH OF YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS THE ONE THAT HAS TO KISS THE PIG OR WHATEVER.

WHAT IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WELL, IT'S KISS THE CRITTER A CRITTERS, SO, UM, I'M NOT ABLE TO SAY WHAT DATE.

BUT IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS DEVIL'S A LIAR.

, WAIT, I DON'T WHO IS THE, WHO WON THE TOP? THERE'S, THERE'S TOP FOUR.

IT WAS TOP THREE, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S FOUR PEOPLE, I WILL HAVE TO DRAW A NAME AND AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.

YOU CARE WHO YOU DRAW, THAT AIN'T HAPPENING.

YOU COULD DRAW WHO YOU WITH.

SO THERE'S SOME FOUR PEOPLE ON THE KRISTA CRITER, BUT ON THAT DAY OF THE EVENT, I WILL HAVE TO DRAW A NAME.

WON'T BE ME.

HOW MUCH YOU NEED FOR TIFFANY THOMAS TO KISS THE CRITTER FOR RAISER RIGHT NOW TO HAPPEN? YOU AIN'T GOT ENOUGH MONEY? WELL, WE'RE OFF BY 1 79 WITH $93, SO, ALL RIGHT.

Y'ALL BETTER FIND SOME ARPA FUNDS.

I AIN'T GOT .

UM, BUT I GOT 10 DO $10 FOR YOU THOUGH.

OKAY, PERFECT.

I'LL TAKE IT.

SO I CAN DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

STILL GOTTA KISS IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN, EVAN SHABAZZ.

I'M GLAD YOU GOT THAT OUTTA YOUR SYSTEM ABOUT WHO WAS KISSING SOMETHING.

'CAUSE IT WOULD NOT BE ME.

, I JUST WANNA TELL YOU.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

WE HAD A BLAST, UH, AT THE BOWLING TOURNAMENT.

I STILL KIND OF THINK WE WON, BUT , UH, 'CAUSE THEY WERE AWARDING THE PRIZES AND WE WERE STILL BOWLING.

SO IT'S, IT WAS A GLITCH IN THAT SYSTEM.

BUT CERTAINLY WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN HAS JUST COME IN AND, AND JUST RAISED ALL THIS MONEY, AND I'M JUST GLAD THAT I, THERE'S NOTHING IN MY BOX.

AND SO I'M NOT IN YOUR .

YOU REMEMBER, I TRIED TO GET YOU TO TURN IT AROUND AND PUT MORE MONEY IN THE PERSON WITH THE MOST MONEY, UH, WOULD BE THE ONE THAT NO, WITH THE LEAST MONEY WOULD HAVE TO BE THE ONE TO DO THE KISSING.

BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK THAT GLITCH OUT.

BUT AT ANY RATE, IT'S NOT ME, SO I'M NOT GONNA EVEN DEAL WITH THAT.

BUT CERTAINLY WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AND YOU HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT, BUT IT COMES FROM THE TOP.

YOUR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT AND AS THEY SAID, IT GOES FROM THE HEAD TO THE BEARD TO THE SKIRT.

AND SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

AND I'M DONE.

THANK YOU, .

COUNCIL MEMBER CORINA, MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHOSE TEAM WON THE BEST COSTUME GETS TO PICK WHO KISSES THE CRITTER.

NO, BUT THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

UM, MEMBERS OF THE SESSION.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, WHEN IS THIS GONNA HAPPEN? THE NEXT, UM, MAYBE THE SECOND WEEK OR THE THIRD WEEK.

WHO KNOWS? ALL RIGHT, BUT IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.

WHAT'S THE LINE? UH, YESTERDAY WAS THE LAST DAY, BUT IF ANY DONATIONS FOR THE REMAINING BALANCE, I'LL TAKE IT.

WALTER VIDAL, NEXT SPEAKER.

THO AWO, WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? ALL OVER WORLD TO FRANCE.

ME TO EVERYWHERE.

HELLO,

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I AM DR. THOMPSON, AQUA UBA, INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL LEADER, PHYSICIAN AND COMMUNICATOR.

I ALWAYS COME BEFORE PEOPLE IF I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY THAT WOULD LEAD TO CERTAIN, UH, RESULTS OR OUTCOMES THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL MAYBE TO THE MAJORITY.

THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M HERE AGAIN, WHEN PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE UNITED NATIONS AND WHO WAS GOING TO SAY, DON'T CALL EITHER ARGENTINA OR THAT VIRUS, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THEM NAMES.

I WORK WITH THE CITY TO SAY, HEY, HOLD IT.

WHEN PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THAT, UH, FIFA WAS GOING TO LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION OF THE CITY, YOU ARE THERE.

AND I WALK WITH THEM TO SAY, HEY, MAYOR TURNER, CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO MANAGE COMMUNICATION? AND THEY SAY, OH, YOU, YOU ARE GOING TO DESTROY OUR CHANCES TO WIN.

I SAID, NO, WE ARE GOING TO WIN BECAUSE OF WHAT I SAID.

SO WE BROUGHT THE HOSTING TO THE CITY.

SO I'M NOW SPEAKING AGAIN, AND THE POINT I'M MAKING IS I'M GOING TO READ THIS AS I CONCLUDE.

THERE IS A JOURNALIST FOR THE CHRONICLE WHO WROTE IN 2015 DECEMBER.

I TELL THE FIRST THIS WAS THE HEADLINE OF CAPTION PARKER INCREASED THREE TRIPS.

IN FINAL TERM, CRITICS ASK WHETHER PUBLICLY FUNDED INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS WERE WASTEFUL.

I AM NOT INTERESTED ON THE DEFENSE THAT PARKER PUT BECAUSE IT WAS VERY INTELLIGENT AND WISE.

BUT I'M SAYING WE HAVE BEGUN TO HEAR THE NOISE AND THE CRITICS TALKING ABOUT THE MISSIONS.

I AM CAUTIONING THAT IF YOU DON'T SEPARATE THE GOVERNING SECTION OF THIS LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IF YOU DON'T SEPARATE THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE AND ALSO THE JUDICIARY, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CRIMINAL OR COMMUNITIES, UH, COURTS WHO HAVE PROBLEMS. BECAUSE WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY EVERYBODY LIKE YOU TOOK AND YOU FORGET THAT THERE IS, THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN LINE TO CHECK COUNCIL MEETINGS, THERE MAY BE CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

YOU CANNOT SHUT DOWN THE PEOPLE'S COUNCIL FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY IF YOU SHUT DOWN THEIR WHOLE COUNCIL AND DON'T DO THEIR BUSINESS BECAUSE YOU TAKE EVERYBODY OVERSEAS.

THESE CRITICISMS AND QUESTIONS THAT WE UNDER WHO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE OUT THERE HERE BEGIN TO COME.

AND THESE ISSUES HAVE BEGUN TO RESOUND.

SO IN ORDER THAT PEOPLE DON'T CAUSE ME A TON OF PROBLEMS, WE ARE SAYING THAT EVEN IF THE INTERNATIONAL TRIPS INCREASE, IF THE VICE MAYOR IS NOT THERE, AT LEAST LET ATU CHAIR THE MEETINGS BECAUSE EXCEPT YOU HAVE EXPLANATIONS.

WE ARE ASKING WHY IS IT THAT THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS IS NOT DONE WHEN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SESSIONS LAST WEEK AND EVERYBODY'S GONE TO JAPAN.

THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR IS NOT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

YOU ARE THERE COUNCILORS.

SO MAYBE I COULD GET ONE OR TWO OR THREE INTELLIGENT ANSWERS.

YES, TOM HAS EXPIRED.

NO SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE, BUT UH, I'LL GIVE YOU AN INTELLIGENT ANSWER.

SO, UH, I THINK THIS WAS LIKE THE THIRD WEEK THAT WE HAD OFF.

I MEAN, WE DON'T TAKE A LOT OF BREAKS AND UH, THIS WAS ONE OF THE VERY FEW WEEKS THAT WE HAVE TIME OFF.

WE DO IT FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.

WE DO IT DURING HOLIDAYS AND WE DID IT FOR, FOR SPRING BREAK.

AND WE DID IT, UH, LAST WEEK BECAUSE, UH, JUST THE IMPORTANT ECONOMIC MISSION TRIP THAT WAS TAKING PLACE.

WE DIDN'T WANNA MISS ANYTHING.

SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US.

SO YOU, ON THE BREAK, DO PEOPLE TAKE OVER THE MEETINGS IN LIEU OF PEOPLE GOING OUT? YOU WERE ON THE WANT.

YOU WANT US TO MEET 52 WEEKS OUT OF THE YEAR? I'M NOT SURE.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT LEGALLY BECAUSE WE ARE ON RECORD, ARE YOU SAYING THAT LEGALLY YOU WERE ON BREAK AND YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SHUT DOWN THE CITY BUSINESS? WE DON'T SH WE NEVER SHUT DOWN THE CITY.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING AND THAT WAS BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL VOTING ON THAT.

GOOD AFTERNOON MR. SMITH.

WHENEVER WE DON'T MEET, IT COMES TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A VOTE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.

LAST WEEK WE WE'RE NOT MEETING, THAT'S A VOTE OF COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH IT.

OKAY, SO THAT IS NOT, ALRIGHT.

SO THOSE ARE THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU DO THOSE, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO, IT'S NOT LIKE THOSE THINGS ARE IN THE CHARTER BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HAVING SOME ISSUES AS THE WAY THAT THIS COUNCIL IS RUN.

YOU REMEMBER, I'M ONE OF THOSE WHO HAD PROPOSED THAT YOU ARE CHAIRING THE, THIS THIS HOST AND IT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN LOS ANGELES AND OTHER PLACES.

THE MAYOR IS NOT THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE GOVERNANCE BODY.

SO IN, BECAUSE WHAT WE SAY IN POLITICAL SCIENCE IS THIS IS ENTRY LEVEL POLITICS POSITIONS.

AND IF THE MAYOR WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE HEAD IS ALSO THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNING BODY, THEN THERE WILL ALWAYS

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BE CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY COMPLAINING.

I READ ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE SAYING ABOUT AN PARKER.

I DON'T WANT MAYOR TURNER TO BECOME A, A MAYOR OF BALTIMORE WHO WENT TO PRISON OR NAIN OR OTHER FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN SENT TO PRISON BECAUSE PEOPLE PLAY GAMES.

JAMES NOLAN IS NOT PRESENT.

NEXT SPEAKER.

THOMAS ABNEY.

MR. ABNEY NEXT SPEAKER IS NOT PRESENT.

JOSEPH SMITH TO BE FOLLOWED BY ELLIE MONTOYA.

REBUS.

SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT POLICE REPORTS.

UH, I'VE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH IDENTITY THEFT FOR THE LAST 20 SO YEARS.

WE FOUND OUT WHO IT IS.

A WOMAN KEEP HAVING KIDS, PUTTING 'EM IN MY NAME.

I WORK FOR THE CITY, BUT THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING, I'M WORKING FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THEY GONE SOME MONEY OUT MY CHECK FOR KIDS' NAME AND I ALREADY SHOWED THEM THAT MY KIDS NOT NAMED THIS.

SO THE MAYOR, SYLVESTER TURNER HAD OFFICER TO COME TALK TO ME ABOUT IT, BUT SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING YET.

AND THAT'S BEEN LIKE FIVE BEFORE.

IT'S REELECTION.

SO NOW I HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION, I CAN'T WORK.

AND FROM THE PANDEMIC, I HAD TO BE FORCED TO WORK 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE NO BENEFITS.

I FORCED TO WORK, BUT THEY SHUT DOWN MY FACILITY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

I WASN'T ABLE TO GET NO UNEMPLOYMENT SOME KIND OF WAY.

MY SOCIAL SECURITY CARD CAME UP DAMAGED.

I TRIED TO GET, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET MY SOCIAL SECURITY CARD SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.

SO I WENT TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY PLACE TODAY THEY SAY THEY DONE MAILED IT OUT THREE TIMES LAST WEEK.

LAST YEAR I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED MY CARD.

SO SOMEONE IS USING MY NAME DURING THAT, BUT SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICER WON'T TELL ME WHO THEY MAILING IT TO.

SO NOW I'M SICK, I CAN'T REALLY WRITE, BUT I FOR, I GOT, I GOT FAMILY.

UH, SO MY IDENTITY IS SO MESSED UP, SO DAMAGED BECAUSE HPD WON'T DO THEY JOB.

MY BROTHER'S A POLICE OFFICER AND THEY SAY, SO I OPENED ME UP A BUSINESS.

THEY CONFISCATED MY TRAILER SAYING THE TRAILER WAS STOLEN.

IF IT'S STOLEN, WHY THEY HAVEN'T LOCKED ME UP.

THE PERSON WHO I BOUGHT THE TRAILER FROM PROGRESSIVE IS THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT DO THE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE HERE.

WE GOTTA SHARE PROGRESSIVE.

SO I'M TALKING TO PROGRESSIVE.

IF THE TRAILER'S STOLEN, WHY Y'ALL AIN'T LOCK ME UP? I HAVE THE TRAILER FOR FOUR YEARS AND I'M PAYING INSURANCE ON THE TRAILER.

BUT GO TO HPD AIN'T DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT.

SO NOW I CAN'T WORK.

I'M STACKING UP ON CHILD SUPPORT.

SO I GO GET MY DRIVING LICENSE, CAN'T GET MY DRIVING LICENSE, BUT I DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING LEGALLY BECAUSE THEY MAIL IT TO ME.

JUST THAT I HAVE TO REAPPLY AND REAPPLY.

I I DON'T HAVE NO IDENTIFICATION, DON'T HAVE NO SOCIAL, CAN'T GET A JOB.

AND NOW EVERY TIME I LOOK UP YEARS LATER, LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY, I GOT THE P SOCIAL, THEY SAY THEY MAIL ME STUFF A YEAR AGO.

WHY? IT'S NOT COMING TO ME.

I'M MARRIED.

IF YOU CAN'T FIND ME, YOU CAN FIND MY WIFE.

BUT I'M TO THE POINT NOW AND I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF MY KIDS.

I GOTTA PROVIDE, CAN'T GET A JOINT.

AND THERE'S EVIDENCE COURT 3 0 8 IS THE, THAT TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU MR. SMITH.

COUNCIL MEMBER ED POLLARD.

THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM.

UM, THANK YOU MR. SMITH FOR COMING FORWARD.

I'M TRYING TO GET A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THE ASK IS OF US.

UH, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE POLICE REPORTS.

ALL THESE, ALL THESE ENTITIES THAT PEOPLE PRESSING CHARGES ON, ALLEGEDLY PRESSING CHARGES ON ME IS HINDERING ME FROM GETTING MY IDENTIFICATION I NEED.

IF I'M BREAKING THE LAW, LOCK ME UP.

THAT'S WHAT I TOLD MY WIFE.

I'M HERE TO TURN MYSELF IN BECAUSE EVERY TIME I LOOK UP, EVERYBODY'S SAYING THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO CONTACT ME.

MY BROTHER'S OFFICER, MY SISTER OFFICER, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW WORKED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO WHY NOBODY IN THE HPD OR HARRIS COUNTY COULD LOCATE ME.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

BUT MY QUESTION IS, AS A COUNCIL, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT IS YOUR ASKING? I'M TRYING AND THEN, UH, I WORK FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND WHEN I

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CAME UP HERE AND BROUGHT THIS TO THEIR ATTENTION, THEY TERMINATED ME BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING MONEY OUTTA MY CHECK FOR A KID.

DOES NOT MIND IT.

AND I SHOWED THEM MY CUSTODY PAPER, I SHOWED THEM THE BLOOD TESTS AND I SHOWED 'EM I HAD CUSTODY, BUT I CAN'T STOP THEM.

THEY SAY THE WOMAN COULD NAME THE KIDS WHAT SHE WANT, BUT IF SHE MAKING ME THE FATHER, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PRESS CHARGES ON HER.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING, HPD AND EVERYBODY KNOW COURT 3 0 8 IS ONE DOING THE WRONG.

SO WHY AIN'T DID NO ONE DID ANYTHING ABOUT THAT YET? YEAH.

SO YOUR, YOUR NAME IN DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS FROM EITHER, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? BECAUSE CHILD SUPPORT IS THE STATE, WHICH IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

WHEN IT COME TO CHARGES, ONLY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CAN PICK UP ANY CHARGE THAT HPD CALLS OVER.

AND WE ARE MORE LEGISLATIVE SO WE DON'T OH, RIGHT.

NO, NO.

SO IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC ASK OF US, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY CARD AND YOU CAN REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE.

BUT REGARDING WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD TO US, BASED ON YOUR INFORMATION, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A CITY COUNCIL ISSUE OR SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO A DIFFERENT BODY.

WELL, LEMME ASK YOU THIS.

UH, MY, MY KIDS' MOTHER'S VICTIMIZED BECAUSE THEY NOT GETTING ANY CHILD SUPPORT THAT GARNISH IT FROM OTHER KID.

SO NOW I HAVE A DAUGHTER, I CAME UP HERE WHEN MY KIDS WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, MY DAUGHTER FINNA GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR.

SYLVESTER AIN'T DID ANYTHING.

SO THIS IS WHAT I'M TELLING YOU.

UH, SO THE MOTHER SAID THAT I KIDNAPPED MY DAUGHTER.

SO I CALLED H HARRIS COUNTY HAD ME TO BRING MY DAUGHTER BACK TO THIRD WARD TO TURN IN.

I WENT TO HPD AND THEY ONLY REASON HARRIS COUNTY DIDN'T ARREST BECAUSE HPD AND I HAD THE LETTER SHOWING THAT I, 'CAUSE I DON'T GO TO MY KIDS' MOTHER'S HOUSE, I PICK 'EM UP FROM THE SCHOOL.

SO, AND IF THEY MAKING FALSE ALLEGATIONS ON ME, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PRESS CHARGES ON THEM.

THAT IF YOU, IF YOU'RE CLAIMING FALSE ALLEGATIONS, YOU'LL NEED TO GET AN ATTORNEY TO BE ALRIGHT TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT MY DAUGHTERS AT SCHOOL TRYING TO GRADUATE.

SHE CALL HIM.

SIR, YOU COULD BE SMIRK ALL YOU WANT.

I'M NOT BEING, YOU COULD BE SMIRK ALL YOU WANT 'CAUSE I'M GONNA GO, I'VE BEEN FIGHTING THIS FOR 20 SOMETHING YEARS, SIR.

PROUD TO CALL YOU MY FRIEND.

I'M GONNA KEEP GOING.

I'M GONNA KEEP GOING OVER Y'ALL HEAD LIKE I'M MARRIED.

SO ONLY THING I'M GONNA DO NOW IS TO THANK YOU VOICE, MY WIFE.

THANK YOU MR. SMITH.

AND SO HOW CAN I HAVE ALL THESE KIDS WHILE I'VE BEEN MET WITH MY WIFE 33 YEARS? THANK YOU SIR.

GOOD LUCK.

SO YOU AIN'T COME TO GET STOPPED.

SEE YOU'RE AT WORK TODAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, I'M SORRY.

UH, I'M NOT ABLE TO COME TODAY.

I'M AT WORK.

UH, MY UPDATE IS A FOLLOWING.

I MET, UH, WITH, UH, THE OFFICE MANAGER AS WELL AS WITH THE SOCIAL WORKER THAT HAS BEEN COMING TO THE PROPERTY WHERE WE LIVE AT.

WE HAVE, UH, UH, SECURITY PATROL AND I'M TRYING TO SEE HOW I CAN ASSIST THEM.

AND AT THE MOMENT THERE IS NO EVICTIONS.

SO THAT WILL BE MY UPDATE.

I'M SO SORRY I WASN'T ABLE TO COME TODAY, BUT I'M AT WORK.

UM, I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT MY MANAGER IS COVERING WITH ME TO TRY TO CONNECT, UH, DURING A PUBLIC MEETING.

WELL, THANK YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AT WORK AND HOPE THINGS GO WELL.

JACOB CLEMENTE, GO ASTRO.

OKAY, UM, I'M GONNA READ THREE LETTERS.

DEAR JACOB, I SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR INITIATIVE AND KINDER IN SPEAKING AT COMMISSION'S COURT.

THE WAY YOU HONOR AND COMMISSION AROUND A DECADES OF SERVICE WAS VERY HEARTFELT.

HIS DEDICATION TO SEVEN, HIS PEOPLE WILL BE REMEMBERED LONG AFTER HE RETIRES.

ENGAGED CITIZENS LIKE YOU AND LY ENRICH OUR DEMOCRACY.

AB ABOUT WHAT YOU WHAT YOUR PRESENCE BROUGHT TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

THIS WAS BY KIND REGARDS RODNEY ELLIS.

NOW I HAVE A LETTER, A LITTLE NOTE FROM, UH, JACK KEGEL, HOW GENEROUS OF YOU, SIR, TO SUPPORT THE ASTO AND CHOSE YOUR KIND AND COM COMPASSIONATE LOVE.

AND THEN ANOTHER LETTER FROM A FRIEND OF MINE THAT I MET AT MEADE PARK.

HE SAID, THANK YOU FOR BEING MY FRIEND.

I HAVE TOLD MANY PEOPLE ABOUT YOU AND HOW YOU, HOW HARD YOU WORK.

I AM VERY

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UH, UH, STAY SAFE AS I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED NEXT BASEBALL SEASON.

ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN.

JACOB, JACOB, DID YOU WANNA FINISH UP ANYTHING ELSE SUPER QUICK? YES, I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO ED POLLARD AND SOMETHING TO SAY TO COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ED POLLARD, WHEN, UM, UH, DOMINIC BONNER HEARD YOU MENTIONED HER NAME AND SHE JUST BECAME SO .

SO THANK YOU A LOT BECAUSE YOU'RE NUMBER ONE, ONE NUMBER.

YOU'RE NUMBER ONE.

AND THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK, I'M MUST SAY YOU TAKE A VERY MUCH A CONGRATULATIONS FOR ME FOR SUPPORTING, UH, UM, ALEXANDRIA AND WELL, BECAUSE A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER POLITICIANS HERE IN THE, IN SETTING OF HARRIS COUNTY, LIKE JERSEY VILLAGE AND UH, PASADENA AND, UH, WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE SUPPORT HER ALSO.

SO I CONGRATULATE YOU AND, UM, WHILE THEY ROBINSON, THE BOSTON MAKE IT, OH WELL MAYBE NEXT YEAR.

GHOST TROS JACOB GHOST STRO, COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN.

JACOB, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING PATIENT WITH US AND SITTING HERE AND BRINGING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT.

I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU AT THE GAME THE OTHER DAY, BUT WE'LL, I WAS BUSY AT WORK.

I KNOW YOU WERE.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

SO, JACOB, I, WHEN I SAW YOU A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AT THE GAME, YOU SAID I WAS NUMBER ONE.

SO IS ED POLLARD ONE A OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? WELL, YOU'RE MAYOR PROS HIM.

HE'S JUST A COUNCIL MEMBER.

JUST A LOWLY OLD COUNCIL MEMBER.

YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER.

YEAH, SHE'S THE BEST COME PERSON TO BE.

AND I THANK YOU.

AND FROM THIS LOWLY OLD COUNCIL MEMBER, GHOST STRO.

SEE, I GOT MY TIE ON, SO MY, I'M WEARING IT.

ONE LAST THING.

I DIDN'T WEAR IT IN GAME ONE THAT DAY AND THAT WAS THE FIRST GAME I MISSED.

AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED IN GAME ONE? IT'S YOUR FAULT THEY LOST.

IT WAS MY FAULT, BUT I HAVE IT ON TODAY.

I'LL HAVE IT ON TOMORROW.

I'LL HAVE IT ON THURSDAY AND HOPEFULLY WON'T HAVE TO WEAR IT AFTER THAT.

THAT, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

AND RATE, UH, THE LAST COUPLE I WAS AT CIA .

YEP.

AND THE HOUSTON COUNTY, HARRIS COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, C HOUSTON CENTER WAS PRESENT AND I MADE A FRIEND WITH HER.

ALL RIGHT, JACOB.

GOD BLESS, GOOD LUCK GOES THROUGH.

NEXT SPEAKER.

STEVE WILLIAMS. STEVE WILLIAMS. NEXT SPEAKER.

GAY HAR GAY HART.

NEXT SPEAKER ANGEL CORTEZ.

ANGEL CORTEZ.

NEXT SPEAKER JUDY HARDING.

MUST HER NUMBER STAR SIX.

STAR SIX.

MS. HARDING.

MS. HARDING STAR SIX.

HELLO THERE.

SHE'S OKAY.

HELLO? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

GO AHEAD.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE, UM, SOLID WASTE HEAVY TRASH PICKUP THIS LAST MONTH WHEN THEY HAD THE HEAVY TRASH PICKUP, WHICH HAS HAPPENED TO US BEFORE.

THE CLAW TRUCK THAT THEY USED DIGS DOWN SO DEEP THAT THEY HAVE THESE DEEP GOUGES IN THE AREA WHERE THEY'RE PICKING UP THE TRASH.

WHEN IT HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE, IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE, MY HUSBAND AND I STOPPED PUTTING OUT THE HEAVY TRASH THERE.

WE WERE TAKEN TO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SITES, BUT I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS HAPPENING TO UNTIL I LOOKED OUT ON NEXT DOOR.

AND IT'S CLOSE TO 50 PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING.

SO I WAS WONDERING, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE CAN'T HAVE THE HEAVY DUMPSTER TRASH BAGS LIKE THE WASTE MANAGEMENT CUSTOMERS DO, WHICH WOULD AVOID THIS ISSUE AND ALSO AVOID US HAVING TO PUT OUT SO MUCH HEAVY TRASH ON THE CURB AREA.

I KNOW THAT AREA BELONGS TO THE CITY, SO IF WE CAN'T HAVE THE HEAVY DUMPSTER TRASH BAG, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING THOSE DAMAGE? YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

I WILL SEND YOUR PHONE NUMBER THAT YOU SENT US TO SPEAK TODAY TO SOLID WASTE AND SEE IF THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF YOU AND GIVE YOU A CALL, OKAY? OKAY, THANK YOU.

MS. HARDEN, HAVE YOU TALKED TO ANYONE AT SOLID WASTE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR DAMAGE? I TRIED CONTACT, I TRIED TWICE CONTACTING THEM BEFORE GETTING ON TO SPEAK AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE.

UM, I TRIED CONTACTING MR. GLASS BECAUSE I HAD SPOKEN WITH HIM BEFORE IN SOLID WAYS, BUT, UM, NO ONE.

OKAY, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION.

USUALLY WE GET SOME INFORMATION AHEAD OF THE MEETING, BUT

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YES, MA'AM.

THIS SPEAKER, THIS COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS.

THIS

[RECESS]

MEETING WILL BE HELD IN RECESS TILL TOMORROW AT 9:00 AM AND THE ASTROS ARE UP TO ONE.

TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HIRING CLARK FORT BEND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

ITEM THREE, REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HOUSTON DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FOR TERM CHECKS EXPIRED JUNE 1ST, 2026.

ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION FROM CHIEF OF POLICE FOR EXTENSION OF INJURY ON DUTY LEAVE SALARY CONTINUATION FOR SERGEANT MICHAEL VANCE FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2022 THROUGH DECEMBER 19TH, 2022.

ITEM FIVE, RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY ATTORNEY TO SETTLE CONDEMNATION MATTER OF CITY OF HOUSTON VERSUS MOLER VENTS.

LLC ETAL CAUSE NUMBER 1 1 6 8 5 4 3 FOR AN ADDITIONAL $905,150 AND NO CENTS ABOVE THE AWARD OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONS FOR THE SPELMAN DE DETENTION BASED BASIN.

PROJECT PARCEL LY 20 DASH OH 21 ITEM SIX, RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY ATTORNEY TO DEPOSIT THE AWARD OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS OF $5,654,000 AND NO CENTS.

CITY OF HOUSTON VERSUS GRADY.

INVESTMENTS OF HOUSTON, LLCA TEXAS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, ET ALL CAUSE NUMBER 1 1 8 8 9 3 1 FOR THE ACQUISITION OF LAND BEING PARCELS OH 1 2 1 OH Y 21 DASH OH OH ONE AND OH Y 21 DASH OH OH TWO FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS FACILITY.

PROJECT ITEM SEVEN, HOUSTON PET SET FOR APPROVAL OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR SPARE AND NEUTERING SERVICES FOR BARK ANIMAL SHELTER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.

ITEM EIGHT, WASHINGTON COUNTY TRACTOR INC.

FOR NEW HOLLAND.

TRACTOR REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR THE FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.

ITEM NINE, CHASTAIN FOUR FOR PURCHASE OF MEDIUM DUTY CAB AND CHASSIS AND TRUCK BODIES THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING.

ITEM 10, CALDWELL CHEVROLET, $495,985 AND NO CENTS DOGGETT FREIGHT LINER OR SALT, TEXAS 1 MILLION 8 11 800 $11,936 AND NO CENTS.

HOUSTON FREIGHT LINE OF $2,219,046 AND NO CENTS.

AND RUSH TRUCK CENTER, $4,855,223 AND NO CENTS FOR PURCHASE OF HEAVY DUTY CABIN CHASSIS AND TRUCK BODIES.

ITEM 11, CHASTAIN FORD $8,842,735 AND 38 CENTS.

AND HOUSTON FREIGHT LINEUP $296,038 NO CENTS FOR PURCHASE OF MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY CAB AND CHASSIS AND BODIES.

ITEM 12, MD HELICOPTERS INC.

FOR APPROVAL OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR MD HELICOPTER PILOT TRAINING.

ITEM 13, SOUTHWEST SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.

FOR PURCHASE OF HIGH DENSITY SHELVING THROUGH THE TEXAS MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULE PROGRAM.

ITEM 14 PKJ INTERNATIONAL LLC FOR PURCHASE OF METERING PUMP PARTS.

ITEM 15, PARA DIGHAM TRAFFIC SYSTEMS, INC.

FOR PURCHASE OF TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT.

ITEM 16, PATRICIA TECH SUPPLY AND SERVICE FOR PURCHASE OF ASPHALT CLEANING, SUB CLEANING SUPPLIES.

ITEM 17, COBURN SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.

FOR PURCHASE OF CLAMP AND PIPE FITTINGS.

ITEM 18 DOCU DOCU LINKS OPERATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR PURCHASE OF DATA MIGRATION SERVICES.

ITEM 19 INDUSTRIAL TECH TX CORP FOR APPROVAL OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS OF FILTER TO FILTERS AT THE EAST WATER PURIFICATION PLANT.

ITEM 20, PLANTED CELLULAR INC FOR PURCHASE OF SOLAR PANELS WITH MOUNTS FOR SCHOOL ZONES.

ITEM 21 LYX, LYTX INC.

FOR APPROVAL OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR PURCHASE OF TIER TWO MANAGEMENT SERVICE AND DRIVE CAM ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES.

ITEM 22 SHI GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR PURCHASE OF D THREE MOBILE SECURITY CAMERA TRAILER SYSTEMS THROUGH OMNIA PARTNERS PURCHASING COOPERATIVE.

ITEM 23, AMEND MOTION.

2018 DASH 3 33 PASSED AND ADOPTED JUNE 27TH, 2018 TO INCREASE SPENDING AUTHORITY FROM $5,986,000 IN NO CENTS TO $6,401,438 AND 56 CENTS FOR PURCHASE OF SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AWARDED

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TO PACIFIC STAR CORPORATION.

ITEM 14, RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS.

ITEM 25 ORDINANCE WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION ONE DASH 13 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, RELATING TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX PERCENTAGE ADJUSTMENT ITEM 26 ORDINANCE APPROVING THE CERTAIN THE CREATION OF THE CONTAINER LEASE FUND.

ITEM 27 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO AMENDED 2019 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.

ITEM 28, ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN WM CORPORATE SERVICE INC.

AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR A HANGAR AND RELATED PROPERTY.

ITEM 29, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $183,169 AND NO CENTS OUT OF AIRPORTS IMPROVEMENT FUND APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING A REIMBURSABLE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN CEDAR OF HOUSTON AND US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.

ITEM 30 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $1,500,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF AIRPORTS RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT FUND AND AUTHORIZING MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING MAINTENANCE SERVICES CONTRACT TO BOYER INC.

ITEM 31 ORDINANCE AWARDING CONTRACT TO PAGE MANAGEMENT LLC ITEM 32, ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AWARDING CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HUNT EQUIPMENT CODE INC.

ITEM 33 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND RICOH USA INC.

ITEM 34 ORDINANCE SUBMITTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 18 3 48 TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CONTRACT OF AMOUNT FOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND SERIAL COM INTERNATIONAL INC.

ITEM 35 ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 22 5 0 5 TO APPROVE AN AUTHORIZED AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS JONES STAFFING AND RECRUITING LC ITEM 36 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS OF $10,000 AND OH CENTS.

ITEM MISCELLANEOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS SLASH ACQUISITION CP SERIES E FUND TO THE EXISTING PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH HARRISON BERG ARCHITECTS, LLC ITEM 37 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING IN LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF FUSION AND HARRIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

ITEM 38 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $1,550,000 IN NO CENTS FROM EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION CONSOLIDATED FUND FOR REPLACEMENT OF BODY ARMOR VEST AND RIFLE PLATE REPLACEMENT.

ITEM 39, ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2016 DASH 6 0 9 CONSENTING TO THE CREATION OF HARRIS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 13, ITEM 40, ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2016 DASH SEVEN 14 CONSENTING TO THE CREATION OF HARRIS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 14, ITEM 41 ORDINANCE MANY.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 2019 DASH 7 27 CONSENTING TO THE CREATION OF HARRIS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 24 OR ITEM 42 ORDINANCE FINDING AND DETERMINING PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT KNOWN AS NORTH CORRIDOR CONSOLIDATION PACKAGE THREE, FLOW DIVERSION 36 INCH FROM IMPERIAL VALLEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO NORTHGATE REGIONAL LIFT STATION PROJECT ITEM 43 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON, WEST PARK, MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT AND A HS MULTI-FAMILY CONSTRUCTION.

LLC TO SUPPLY PORTABLE WATER ITEM 44, ORDINANCE APPROPRI IN $2,047,205 AND 35 CENTS OUT OF METRO PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION, D-D-S-R-F AWARDING CONTRACT TO JFT CONSTRUCTION INC.

ITEM 45 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $14,925,300 AND OH CENTS OUTTA WATER AND SEW SYSTEM.

CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AWARDING CONTRACT TO T CONSTRUCTION LLC.

THIS IS THE END OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

NON-CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM 46, SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE REGARDING THE DESIGNATION FOR THE BRIMORE FOUNDERS DISTRICT.

G-P-L-L-C REINVESTMENT ZONE FOR TAX ABATEMENT PURPOSES.

ITEM 47, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CASTEX TATUM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE INTERIM CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER ON AWARD TO TEXAS CONCRETE ENTERPRISE READY MIX, INC.

FOR APPROVAL OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY PURCHASE OF READY MIXED CONCRETE.

IT WAS TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON, EVAN SHABA, THOMAS POLLARD, CASTEX, TATUM, AND ALCORN.

THIS WAS ITEM EIGHT ON THE AGENDA OF OCTOBER 19TH, 2022.

THIS COMPLETES THE READING, EXCUSE ME, OF THE AGENDA FOR THE COUNCIL SESSION OF NOVEMBER 2ND, 2022.

STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL.

SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 9:00 AM AND IF I MAY SAY SO MYSELF ON NOVEMBER THE FIFTH, I WILL MAKE 38 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

YAY.

AMEN.

NOVEMBER 8TH, NOVEMBER 5TH, OH FIFTH, NOVEMBER 5TH.

I'LL MAKE 38 YEARS AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL BORN IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, INCLUDING MY MOM NOVEMBER 29TH.

IN THE WORDS OF THE CURRENT CITY SECRETARY, MS. ANNA RUSSELL, SHE ALWAYS SAID, DRIVE SAFE, DRIVE FRIENDLY, AND HAVE A NICE DAY.

IN THE WORDS OF THE

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CURRENT CITY SECRETARY, I 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 9 0 4 ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER THE SECOND, 2022.

I'M MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER

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AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL OF WATER.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THIS IS GONNA BE A HYBRID MEETING BECAUSE, UH, UH, THE VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, IS OUT OF TOWN.

UH, SHE'S GOT HER MIGHTY ORANGE ON, SO, UH, AND I THINK SHE'S, UH, UH, TUNING IN FROM PHILADELPHIA.

SO WELCOME VICE MAYOR PRO TEM.

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ALRIGHT, UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT.

SO LET ME RECOGNIZE, UH, COMPTROLLER CHRIS BROWN, AND THEN THE FINANCE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR.

UH, WILL JONES.

GOOD MORNING MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD MORNING.

I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH.

IN THE GENERAL FUND, THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE IS PROJECTING AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 300.8 MILLION FOR FY 23.

THIS IS 37.7 MILLION LOWER THAN THE PROJECTION OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

BASED ON OUR CURRENT PROJECTIONS, THE FUND BALANCE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 127.2 MILLION ABOVE THE CITY'S TARGET OF HOLDING 7.5% IN RESERVES.

OUR REVENUE PROJECTION INCREASE BY 16 MILLION FROM OUR AUGUST 22 REPORT.

PROJECTED SALES TAX REVENUE INCREASED 20 MILLION DUE TO HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED RECEIPTS.

EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES INCREASED BY 6 MILLION FROM THE AUGUST 22 REPORT, PRIMARILY DUE TO A 4.5 MILLION INCREASE IN THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT'S COLLECTION COSTS RELATED TO ILLEGAL DUMPING IN BULK WASTE, A 2.5 MILLION INCREASE FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE RENOVATION OF JONES HALL AND A 1.6 MILLION DECREASE IN HEALTH DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES.

UH, LOOKING AT OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WE HAVE NO CHANGES, UH, FOR THIS MONTH AND OUR COMMERCIAL PAPER AND BONDS.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR VARIABLE RATE DEBT, ALL OF THAT IS WELL BELOW THE 20% THRESHOLD.

SAMARA, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT AND SWAP REPORT.

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, THE CITY HAD $5.1 BILLION IN OUR GENERAL INVESTMENT POOL.

FITCH RATINGS REVIEWED THIS POOL AND ASSIGNED THE HIGHEST RATING.

AAA UH, INVESTMENTS ARE 334 MILLION HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR.

THIS IS, UH, PRIMARILY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE REIMBURSEMENTS OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FROM AVIATION AND INCREASES IN FUNDING FROM THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND AND THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, THE GENERAL INVESTMENT POOL WAS YIELDING 1.379%, AND THAT'S UP FROM THE 1.075% YIELD IN THE PRIOR QUARTER.

MOVING ON TO OUR QUARTERLY SWAP REPORT, UH, THE CITY HAD POSITIVE RECEIPTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022 FROM ITS SWAPS OF $1,320,234.

AND THE FAIR VALUE FOR THE SWAPS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022 WAS NEGATIVE 113 MILLION.

UH, THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 20 MILLION LESS THAN LAST QUARTER.

SO THOSE ARE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THEM.

IF THE MARKET PRESENTS THE OPPORTUNITY, WE WILL UNWIND THOSE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

AND 974,000 INCREASE IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, RELATED TO THE MONKEYPOX WASTEWATER TESTING AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HABIT'S ABILITY PROGRAM.

UH, DIRECTOR WILL JONES.

GOOD MORNING.

UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, THIS IS THE THREE PLUS NINE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.

FISCAL YEAR 2023.

PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON THREE MONTHS OF ACTUAL RESULTS AND NINE MONTHS OF PROJECTIONS FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

OUR REVENUE IS 4 MILLION LOWER THAN THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND THE PREVIOUS REPORT, UH, THE VARIANCE FROM PRIOR MONTH PROJECTION IS DUE TO 4 MILLION DECREASE IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL FOR THE FOLLOWING.

UH, 4.4 MILLION DECREASE TO REFLECT LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED.

UH, CHARITY CARE PROGRAM REIMBURSEMENT, UM, 2.5 MILLION DECREASE, UH, DUE TO A CHANGE IN THE FUNDING MECHANISM ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1115 WAIVER PROGRAM, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROVIDER CHARITY CARE PROGRAM.

UH, 2.5 MILLION INCREASE IN UPPER REVENUE LOSS FOR THE RENOVATION OF JONES HALL, AND YOU'LL SEE THE OFFSET ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE FOR THAT AS WELL.

488,000 INCREASE IN ELIGIBLE REIMBURSEMENT HEALTHCARE PROVIDER UNDER THE CARES ACT PROVIDER RELIEF FUND.

ON OUR EXPENDITURE SIDE, UH, OUR PROJECTION IS 6.1 MILLION HIGHER THAN THE ADOPTED BUDGET IN PREVIOUS REPORT, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO 4.5 MILLION INCREASE IN SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS, UH, CITYWIDE ILLEGAL DUMPING AND BULK BULK WASTE, UH, COLLECTION PROGRAM.

AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE REVENUE 2.5 MILLION INCREASE IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE RENOVATION OF JONES HALL

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UM, AND THEN THERE'S A 459,000 INCREASE IN A RA, UH, DUE TO HIGHER VOLUME OF SPAY AND NEUTER AT THE BARK ANIMAL SHELTERS.

AND YOU'LL SEE AN OFFSET IN THE SPECIAL FUND AS WELL.

UM, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A DECREASE 356,000 FIRE DEPARTMENT TO REFLECT BILLING COLLECTIONS RELATED TO LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED CHARITY CARE PROGRAM AND A 2.5 MILLION DECREASE IN HEALTH.

UH, DUE TO THE 1115 WAIVER PROGRAM, WE ARE CURRENTLY PROJECTING THE ENDING FUND BALANCE TO BE 338.5 MILLION, WHICH IS 10.1 MILLION HIGHER THAN THE ADOPTED BUDGET, AND 14.6% OF ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES, LESS DEBT SERVICE AND PAY AS YOU GO.

THE FUND BALANCE IS 165 MILLION ABOVE THE TARGET AT 7.5% OF EXPENDITURES, EXCLUDING DEBT SERVICE AND PAY AS YOU GO, UM, ON THE ENTERPRISE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

THE ONLY CHANGE WILL BE EMBARKED RELATED TO THAT 459,000 FOR THE, UH, SPAY AND NEUTER FOR THE BARK PROGRAM.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

YESTERDAY I BROUGHT UP A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO A AUDIT DEPARTMENT, MS. COURTNEY SMITH'S REPORT RELATED TO HOME TAKE HOME VEHICLES FOR FLEET.

AND AFTER ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, UH, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED WAS FOR FISCAL YEAR 18 AND 19.

AND ACCORDING TO THE FLEET DEPARTMENT, A LOT OF THOSE MATERIAL WEAKNESSES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND HAVE BEEN CHANGED.

SO MY ASK WOULD BE TO THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE AND, AND INTERNAL AUDIT DIRECTOR COURTNEY SMITH, TO DO AN ADDITIONAL REPORT AND EXAMINE THE INTERNAL CONTROLS FOR FY 21 AND 22 TO MAKE SURE ALL THOSE WERE ADDRESSED BECAUSE THERE WAS, UH, A NUMBER OF WEAKNESSES, UH, AND INTERNAL CONTROLS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.

AND ONE THAT WAS PARTICULARLY DISTURBING WAS ONE WHERE TAKE HOME VEHICLES.

AND THE TAX COMPONENT OF THAT IS IF YOU TAKE HOME A CITY CAR AND YOU USE IT FOR CITY BUSINESS, THERE IS NO PERSONAL TAX THAT YOU INCUR.

BUT IF YOU TAKE HOME A VEHICLE AND YOU USE IT FOR PERSONAL BUSINESS, WHICH YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO, YOU DO HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE MILES AS PERSONAL AND RELATE THOSE BACK TO YOUR PERSONAL INCOME TAX STATEMENT.

IF YOU DON'T, THEY DEFER BACK TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR THE LIABILITY.

SO MY ASK WOULD BE TO DO FOR CONTROLLER BROWN AND, AND MS. SMITH TO DO A, UH, AN ADDITIONAL REPORT FOR FY 21 AND FY 22.

AND BY THE WAY, THIS WAS, UH, A, A VERY GOOD REPORT BY COURTNEY SMITH.

SHE DID A GREAT JOB WITH IT.

AND, UH, I ALWAYS ENJOY READING YOUR REPORTS.

UH, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE DO, BUT, UH, MS. MOR SMITH DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IF I MAY, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ATTENTION TO THAT.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE DO DO THESE AUDITS.

THEY ARE VERY, UH, TECHNICAL AND COMPLICATED AND, AND NOT ALWAYS DO WE SEE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE SET FORTH, UH, ARE IN FACT CARRIED OUT.

WE TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT, UH, OUR NATURE OF DOING THE FOLLOW-UP AUDITS.

WE WILL IN FACT, UH, TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT AND WE WILL PUT THAT ON THE FOLLOW-UP AUDIT PLAN, UH, TO REVIEW THAT IN THE FUTURE.

UH, AS YOU ALL RECALL, THE, UH, WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE LIFE SAFETY BUREAU, UM, WE DID, UH, AN AUDIT.

IT WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE BY A, A PREVIOUS CONTROLLER AND FOUND QUITE A BIT OF FINDINGS, AND UNFORTUNATELY THOSE WERE NEVER IMPLEMENTED.

WE DID A FOLLOW-UP AUDIT AND THEN, UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT FOLLOW-UP AUDIT FOUND A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS, UH, TO THE MAYOR AND, UH, FIRE CHIEF PENA'S CREDIT, UH, THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE AND, UH, THOSE ARE ALWAYS IMPROVING SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY.

SO WE WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

UH, COUNCILMAN KASH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR CONTROLLER BROWN.

YESTERDAY YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PRICE OF EGGS.

THAT, THAT THEY GO UP FROM $3 TO $6.

THERE'S NO SALES TAX ON FOOD, IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME.

THAT WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE.

LET'S SAY BATTERIES.

I, I KNOW EGGS ARE RELATABLE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SEEING THE PRICE OF THOSE ARE, ARE INCREASING QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SAID, BUT I, I ENJOYED THE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CALLS I GOT SAY, HEY, WE DON'T PAY TAXES ON, UH, ON FOOD ITEMS. I GOT IT.

GOOD POINT.

AND I TOLD, I TOLD 'EM THE SAME THING YOU DID.

UH, WHAT ABOUT ON ELECTRICITY? UH, OUR ELECTRICAL BILLS, THERE'S TAX ON THAT.

I, I DO BELIEVE WE PAY A, A FRANCHISE TAX ON, UH, YEAH, IT'S FRANCHISE.

WELL, I KNOW THAT MY ELECTRIC BILL HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED, UH, HERE IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS.

AND, AND I'M SURE THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY BEEN A REAL IMPACT, UH, ON OUR CITIZENS AS WELL.

RUNNING? IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING? I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

AND SO THEY'RE GETTING THAT IMPACT AND THEN, THEN INCREASE WATER BILLS.

SO, UH, IT'S REALLY HITTING THEM HARD.

UH, UH, DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT REDUCES ITS STAFF FOR EMS. UH, AROUND 30% THEY SAY, UH, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

UH, ARE WE SHARP MONEY TO, TO KEEP OUR AMBULANCES

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I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH CHIEF PENA.

I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.

I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? THE QUESTION, MAYOR WAS IN REFERENCE TO THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S EMS, THAT, THAT THEY'RE, THEY SAY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DROPPING THE, THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE FROM A HUNDRED PERCENT DOWN TO 30% DURING CERTAIN HOURS OF THE DAY.

YOU'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH YOU, UM, WITH CHIEF PENA ON THAT.

HE, HE RESPONDED TO ME ABOUT IT, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE SHORT OF MONEY TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO MAN THOSE, UH, AMBULANCES, OR ARE WE SHORT AMBULANCES? WELL, AGAIN, CHIEF PINGA IS THE BEST ONE TO RESPOND.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, CHAIR.

RECOGNIZE THIS MAYOR PROM FOR A MOTION.

YES.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT DATED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022 AS PRESENTED.

YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.

ANY OBJECTION.

SECOND ROBINSON.

UH, ANY OBJECTIONS? IT, IT'S MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY INVESTMENT.

IT'S A MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY, MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY REPORT DATED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

ANY OBJECTIONS? CHAIR NONE.

MOTION IS GRANT.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

[MAYOR'S REPORT]

A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS.

UM, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UH, UH, SOME OF YOU OR ALL OF YOU AT THE STATE OF THE CITY TODAY.

AND, UM, UM, WE'LL BE COVERING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TOPICS.

UM, SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU TODAY.

UM, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, WE WERE OUT, UM, ON THE JAPAN TRADE MISSION.

UH, WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS THAT IT WENT VERY, VERY WELL, VERY WELL RECEIVED.

UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE, UH, VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE VICE MINISTER OF LAND AND TRANSPORTATION, VICE MINISTER OF, OF THE ECONOMY AND TRADE, UM, THE MAYOR OF CHIBA CITY, WHICH IS OUR SISTER CITY.

UM, AND, UH, LAST WEEK WE CELEBRATED OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH CHIBA CITY, UH, AND HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH THE GOVERNOR OF CHIBA CITY, AS WELL AS WITH THE GOVERNOR OF TOKYO.

UM, WE VISITED WITH A NUMBER OF COMPANIES THERE, MITSUBISHI, UH, TOSHIBA, WHICH HAS BEEN IN THIS CITY FOR 45 YEARS, UH, SUMIT, UH, WHICH IS ALSO IN THE CITY.

ALL OF THOSE COMPANIES WERE TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND CAPACITY, UH, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

UH, SO THAT WAS VERY, VERY, VERY POSITIVE.

HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO RIDE THE HIGH SPEED TRAIN, UH, WHICH I WILL TELL YOU WAS AN INCREDIBLE RIDE.

UM, VERY QUIET, UM, MOVES FAST, GOT UP TO ABOUT 185 MILES AN HOUR.

UM, AND, UM, THE JAPANESE TECHNOLOGY HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED AN ACCIDENT IN 60 YEARS.

SO, UM, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF TEXANS RODE THAT HIGH SPEED TRAIN, I THINK ALL TEXANS WOULD LOVE IT.

IT REALLY MADE YOU PROUD, UH, TO HAVE THE HOUSTON BALLET PERFORMING IN TOKYO, UM, WITH ABOUT IN TOTAL, UM, WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE ON THE TRADE DELEGATION WITH THOSE, WITH THE BALLET, ABOUT 150 PLUS HOUSTONIANS, UH, IN JAPAN AT THE SAME TIME, UM, WITNESSING THE HOUSTON BALLET.

YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO, UH, WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE SOMETHING FIRSTHAND, IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

UM, BUT THAT WASN'T, THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE RIDE.

DON'T KNOW WHERE, UM, WHERE THE, WHAT THE FUTURE IS.

UM, THE WAY I CHARACTERIZE IT, THERE'S THINGS ARE STILL IN LIMBO, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THERE'S CONVERSATION.

UM, AND THE JAPANESE OFFICIALS THAT WE TALKED TO WAS, UH, WAS POSITIVE ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE A GREAT DEAL TO GET THAT PROJECT MOVING.

SO IT'S, IT'S STILL, CONVERSATION IS STILL TAKING PLACE.

BUT, UM, WE, WE SHALL SEE.

ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

UH, THE, THE OTHER HIGHLIGHT, THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHT FOR ME WAS THAT, UH, UH, THE HOUSTON BALLET, UH, WAS ALSO IN JAPAN.

AND, UH, FIVE YEARS AGO IN CELEBRATING CHEAPER CITY'S 45TH, THEY BROUGHT A SMALL SUBGROUP OF THE BALLET.

THIS TIME THEY BROUGHT THE FULL COMPANY, UH, ALONG WITH, UM, ABOUT 35 MEMBERS OF THEIR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, UH, SPONSORS, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE.

UM, AND, UM, THE, UM, THEY PERFORMED SWAN LAKE, UH, WHICH WAS BEAUTIFULLY DONE.

UM, UM, BUT IN GETTING THE CHANCE TO JUST MEET AND TALK TO THE, THE DANCERS THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, YOUNG, ENERGETIC, FULL OF SPIRIT, UH, WAS CHEFS, WAS CHEFING, WAS INCREDIBLE.

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AND, UH, I DESCRIBE IT AS, UM, UM, INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY THROUGH CULTURAL ARTS.

UM, BECAUSE YOU HAD, YOU HAD THE, UM, HEAD OF MANY OF THE COMPANIES THAT WERE IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, UH, WHO WERE JUST VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE BALLET, BUT THEY JUST DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB ON AN INTERNATIONAL STAGE.

VERY WELL RECEIVED.

SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A GREAT DEAL OF CREDIT TO THE HOUSTON BALLET, THE PATRIOTS, AND THEIR SPONSORS, UM, AND JUST ASK EVERYONE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT.

I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU EARLY VOTING IS TAKING PLACE, SO PLEASE VOTE.

UM, POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM UM, THERE'S NO DRIVE THROUGH.

UM, BUT AN ELECTION DAY IS ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH.

UM, BUT EARLY VOTING CLOSES ON NOVEMBER THE FOURTH.

AND WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S CHALLENGE WITH, UH, TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, DOWNTOWN CAMPUS, UM, ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, UH, THE MOST THAT VOTE EARLY, UH, AND UHD YOU KNOW, THEY, UH, THEY NOT, THEY'RE NOT PLAYING.

SO, UM, UM, SO, UH, TO UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CENTRAL AND TO TEXAS SOUTHERN, UH, THEY NEED TO COME ON WITH IT.

UM, SO I'M PROUD TO SEE THOSE YOUNG FOLKS, UM, UM, PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE HOUSTON WORLD SERIES.

UH, LAST NIGHT WAS NOT A GOOD NIGHT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

UM, CITIES HIGHLY, HIGHLY RESILIENT.

UM, SO, UH, UH, TONIGHT IS ANOTHER DAY.

AND, UH, SO JUST SEND SOME POSITIVE VIBES, UH, TO PHILLY, PHILADELPHIA.

YOU KNOW, I STILL ANTICIPATE THE ASTROS TO BE IN THE WORLD SERIES.

I THINK THIS IS OUR SEASON.

I THINK IT'S OUR DESTINY.

AND, UH, WHEN YOU PLAN THE BEST, IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY.

I KNOW WE, WE ARE USED TO JUST WINNING AND NOT LOSING AT ALL.

UM, BUT THIS IS WHEN THE BEST GET TESTED AND HOUSTON IS OUR BEST, UH, WHEN WE ARE HAVING TO BOUNCE BACK.

AND SO, UM, JUST IN A LOT OF VIBES TO THE HOUSTON ASTROS, TO DUSTY AND ALL OF THEM.

UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO HAVING THE ASTROS RETURN TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, TO CONTINUE TO PLAY AND TO CONTINUE TO WIN.

AND SO, UH, UM, THAT'S JUST WHO WE ARE.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, A NEW STUDY HAS RANKED HOUSTON NUMBER FIVE OF THE TOP PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES FOR VETERAN ENTREPRENEURS.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.

I MEAN, WE WERE LIKE WAY UP, UH, BUT NOW WE'RE RANKED NUMBER FIVE.

THE STUDY LOOKED AT HOUSTON'S ECONOMIC GROWTH SUPPORT FOR VETERAN STRONG EMPLOYMENT AND LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AMONG VETERANS.

AND JUST LAST MONTH, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS PARTNERED WITH THE REGIONAL VETERANS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO HOLD THE FIRST VETERAN BUSINESS EXPO, UH, BRINGING AWARENESS TO LOCAL VETERANS OWNED BUSINESSES.

UH, SO THERE ARE MORE THAN 300,000 MILITARY VETERANS LIVING IN THE HOUSTON AREA, AND, UH, JUST VERY PROUD OF, OF, OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON ON THAT, ON THAT FRONT.

UM, HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABA.

THANK YOU MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING.

I JUST WANNA REMIND PEOPLE THAT ON TOMORROW, THE POLLS ARE OPEN TILL 10:00 PM UM, ALL THE OTHER DAYS IS SEVEN TO SEVEN, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S AT 10:00 PM TOMORROW.

THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN TOMORROW, THURSDAY UNTIL 10:00 PM SO LET ME ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO EXERCISE, EXERCISE, EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO, TO VOTE.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

ALL RIGHTY.

UH, HAVING SAID THAT, NOW IT'S TIME TO MOVE TO THE AGENDA.

THERE'S NOTHING SQUARE TO, IF THERE'S A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA BY ACCLIMATION, I'LL TAKE THAT OUT.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

MOVE COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON.

UM, MADAM SECRETARY, AND LET'S PROCEED WITH THE AGENDA UNDER THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY.

ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND FOUR HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION.

NEED A MOTION FOR ITEM THREE?

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NO, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM THREE.

DISCUSSION.

DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSED? GRANTED.

THAT IS TO, UH, THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE HERE, PLEASE STAND, UH, AND COME FORWARD.

POSITION 16 IS EDNA RAMOS.

17 IS SHARIA MCKENZIE 18.

IT'S JACK KAZ, UH, D RO COURT.

19 IS CRYSTAL ALLEN, 20 IS MARIAN HARPER.

22 IS BENJAMIN LANA.

AND 23 IS KENNETH KENNY, B MEYER.

UH, JUST COME, COME DOWN.

AND SINCE I CALLED DOWN A NUMBER OF NAMES, GIVE US, GIVE US YOUR NAME.

BENJAMIN YANA.

YANA.

UM, LOOK, LET ME, LET ME THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO SERVE, UH, TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, NOT JUST THE DOWNTOWN CITY OF HOUSTON 'CAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE COMING DOWNTOWN.

LET ME, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON.

I REMOVE SEPARATE CONSIDERATION.

JUST WANT TO THANK BEN.

HE'S, UH, BEEN A GREAT PLAYER WITH HIS COMPANY, SKANSKA, AND DOING GREAT THINGS AROUND, UH, DOWNTOWN, IN NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT JUST DOWNTOWN, UH, BUT THEY'RE BRINGING A BIG GAME TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON MAYOR AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK OF HIS TEAM AND WHAT HE'S BRINGING TO HOUSTON.

YEAH, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING DOWNTOWN TOO.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

LOOK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY, MADAM SECRETARY, UNDER THE PROPERTY CATEGORY.

I BOTH ITEMS FIVE AND SIX HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION UNDER THE PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF B CATEGORY.

ITEM SEVEN HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION.

NEED A MOTION FOR ITEMS A THROUGH 23 MOVE ROBINSON MARTIN.

SECOND, BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST RIGHT NOW UNDER THE RESOLUTION CATEGORY.

ITEM 24 HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION UNDER THE ORDINANCES.

CATEGORY ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ARE 25, 26, 34, 37, AND 44.

THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 25, 26, 34, 37, AND 44.

JUST NEED A VOTE ON THE BALANCE.

DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANITE.

[CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA]

ITEM NUMBER ONE NEEDS A MOTION MOVE, ROBINSON, MARTIN.

LET'S MOVE TO SECOND ON ITEM ONE.

DISCUSSION ON ONE.

DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION AND FAVOR OF POST GRANITE.

ITEM TWO NEEDS A MOTION MOVE ROBINSON MARTIN.

SECOND MOVE.

AND SECOND ON ITEM TWO.

DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION AND FAVOR OF POST GRANITE ON ITEM ONE, WHICH INCLUDES THE SAME PEOPLE ON ITEM TWO.

UH, THIS IS TO THE, UH, TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 25, ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARRA CLARK FORT BEND ZONE.

UH, POSITION TWO IS THEODORE ANDREWS.

THEODORE IS HERE.

TA TO COME FORWARD.

UH, POSITION FOUR IS BRANDI HARLOW AND POSITION SIX IS PHYLLIS J BAILEY.

THESE ARE THE SAME FOLKS WHO ARE ALSO SERVING ON THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

UM, TED, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, LEADERSHIP ON THE, UM, HOWARD CLARK FORT BEND ZONE.

REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.

UH, CHAIR RECOGNIZES VICE MAYOR PRO TE CAST TATUM ON, ON SCREEN.

AND BLUE, IN CELEBRATION OF OUR ASTROS IN THE WORLD SERIES.

JUST WANTED TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO MR. ANDREWS AND HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE HIS LEADERSHIP ON THESE BOARDS.

UM, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO ALSO BE REAPPOINTING BRANDY HARLOW, WHO IS A BUSINESS OWNER IN DISTRICT A AND PHYLLIS BAILEY, WHO BRINGS A WEALTH OF, UH, EXPERIENCE IN MEDIA AND ADVERTISING.

UH, BUT MR. ANDREWS, WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE AGREED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE, UH, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.

WE'VE HAD SOME PHENOMENAL, UH, PROJECTS HAPPEN THE MOST RECENTLY.

THE ONE THAT I, THAT I LOVE TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR, IS OUR GATEWAYS PROJECT THAT WE'VE WORKED ON, UH, WITH THE, UH, TRI-PARTY AGREEMENT.

UM, AND A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE THERE, MAYOR, WHEN WE HAD THE, UH, GRAND OPENING OF OUR DISTRICT K GATEWAYS.

AND IF ANY OF YOU RIDE THROUGH DISTRICT K ALONG THOSE GATEWAYS, UH, RIGHT NOW THE LIGHTS ARE LIT UP IN ORANGE

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SO, UH, MR. ANDREWS, NOT ONLY FOR THAT PROJECT, BUT ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO, UM, WONDERFUL PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

AND COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABA.

I HAVE KNOWN TED ANDREWS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A STELLAR, SOLID GENTLEMAN, AND SO I'M VERY HONORED, UH, TO KNOW HIM AND KNOW HIS SERVICE.

I, I USUALLY SEE HIM ON WHEELER STREET IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION, UH, WORKING RIGHT THERE NEAR TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR YOUR MANY LONG YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP AS WELL.

THANKS, AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

OKAY, MAD SECRETARY, ITEM FOUR, NEEDS AND MOTION MOVE, ROBINSON MARTIN, SECOND MOVED.

AND SECOND ON ITEM FOUR.

DISCUSSION ON FOUR.

YES, MA'AM.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN ON FOUR.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, THIS ITEM IS IN REFERENCE TO SERGEANT VANCE, WHO WAS INJURED WHEN HE WAS RESPONDING TO A CALL AND HE WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES.

UM, ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA NUMBER 38, WHICH HAS ALREADY PASSED, UM, I WAS EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF, AND THAT'S THE PURCHASE OF BODY ARMOR VESTS, ACCESSORIES, AND SUPPLIES FOR POLICE OFFICERS, UM, WHICH WILL HAVE A DIRECT SAFETY IMPACT.

AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE LESS ITEMS LIKE THIS ON THE AGENDA, UM, IN THE FUTURE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSED GRANTED ON ITEM FOUR, ITEM FIVE NEEDS A MOTION MOVE ROBINSON MARTIN.

SECOND MOVED.

AND SECOND ON ITEM FIVE.

DISCUSSION ON FIVE.

DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED ON FIVE.

ITEM SIX NEEDS A MOTION MOVE ROBINSON, MARTIN.

YES, MOVED.

AND SECOND ON ITEM SIX, DISCUSSION ON SIX.

DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANTED ON ITEM SIX.

ITEM SEVEN NEEDS A MOTION MOVE ROBINSON MARTIN.

MOVED IN.

SECONDED ON ITEM SEVEN, DISCUSSION ON SEVEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS ON SEVEN.

I WAS JUST VERY EXCITED TO SEE PET SET IN, IN THIS AND, YOU KNOW, OUR, UM, FORMALIZED RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM FOR ADDITIONAL SPAY NEUTER.

UM, PET SET HAS BEEN SUCH A LEADER IN OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, AND SPAY NEUTER IS A BIG PART OF WHAT THEY DO, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO, TO, UM, GIVE HIM A SHOUT OUT.

AND, AND, AND TO, TO SAY THAT, THAT, THAT THERE ARE SIX AREAS THEY FOCUS ON BESIDES SPAY, NEUTER, ALSO CRUELTY AND PREVENTION, RESCUE ADOPT, TRANSPORT RESEARCH, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY, BOTH AT THE STATE AND THE LOCAL LEVELS.

BUT, UM, KUDOS FOR GETTING THEM PART OF OUR SYSTEM.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM SEVEN? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRAND ON ITEM SEVEN, ITEM 24 IS A RESOLUTION.

JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 24.

UH, COUNCILMAN POLLARD ON 24.

THANK YOU MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE.

UH, ITEM 24 IS A RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF WEST U AND THIS IS REGARDING, UH, THE REFINO TRACK.

YES.

UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, REFINO, UH, FOR YEARS AND WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES AND PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SEE DONE ON THAT TRACK OF LAND, BUT WE NEVER OWNED THE LAND.

UH, IT WAS OWNED BY WEST U AND THE OTHER TRACK IS BEL AIR.

BUT, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO, UH, PUTTING FORTH SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MEANINGFUL AND HAVING REAL CONSIDERATIONS, UH, UM, THAT OUR CD CAN LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING, NOT ONLY WITH, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS, BUT THAT COMMUNITY.

UM, SO I WANT TO THANK, UH, YOUR ADMINISTRATION, BUT SPECIFICALLY STEVEN COSTELLO, UH, FOR ALL OF HIS EFFORTS, UH, TO STAY ENGAGED AND TO MAKE THIS, UM, TRACK A PRIORITY.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, BEING ABLE TO ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY AND THEN TAKING THE STEPS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT.

SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND I WILL SAY THAT, UM, UH, I'VE HAD DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR, WEST U AS WELL AS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, I MEAN WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

UM, SO WE ARE IN CONVERSATIONS WHAT THIS RESOLUTION WILL DO WILL GIVE US THE AUTHORITY, UH, TO TALK TO THEM, TO, UH, UH, TO NEGOTIATE, UH, THE SALE OF THIS, OF THIS PROPERTY.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCAIN.

TO, UH, STEVE CASTELLO, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, MICHELLE MAYOR, YOU AND, UH, PLEASE KNOW THAT ON COUNCIL YOU HAVE AT LEAST OUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR DOING WHAT WE CAN TO GET THIS TO TURN OUT.

AND I ECHO, UM, THE SENTIMENTS OF COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD AND APPRECIATION FOR THIS ITEM.

UH, AS COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN HAS SAID, I MEAN, REFINO HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

AND THE FACT THAT WE MAY BE MAKING PROGRESS ON IT, AGAIN, THE CITY DOESN'T OWN IT, BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE CREATING AND SETTING UP THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY BE TURNING A LANDFILL INTO MUCH NEEDED FLOOD DETENTION, UH, FOR SOUTHWEST HOUSTON, UH, I THINK IS A VERY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL STEP.

SO MY APPRECIATION

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AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND IT'S WITH WEST U AND MAYOR SAMPLE, AND, UH, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELL TO SOMEONE ELSE.

UH, BUT I THINK THIS USE OF IT WOULD BE, UH, A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THIS CERTAINLY WILL CONFIRM, UH, OUR INTENT, UH, TO, UH, TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY.

UM, WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM IS THAT, UH, UH, WE ARE NOT ONLY INTERESTED IN INQUIRING, ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY, BUT WE WILL ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY SOON.

UH, WHICH MEANS THAT, UH, UH, ONCE WE REACH AN AGREEMENT, UH, WITH WEST U, UH, THEN WE WILL MOVE QUICKLY TO CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY.

SO, UH, BUT IN TERMS OF DETENTION IN THIS AREA, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS A VITAL COMPONENT.

UM, IT WILL CERTAINLY GO A LONG WAY IN MITIGATING IT.

UH, SO THERE ARE TWO AREAS THAT'S WEST U AND THERE'S BAIL.

UH, BUT, UM, WEST U WELL ALL OF THEM, THEY CAN SELL IT TO WHOMEVER THEY WANT TO.

AND, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE, THIS IS ONE TIME, UH, WHEN THE CITY NEEDS TO MOVE ON IT, YOU KNOW, UH, EXPEDITIOUSLY AND NOT DRAG IT OUT.

IF YOU END UP DRAGGING IT OUT, YOU DON'T GET IT.

SO THAT'S WHY THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA AND A STRONG VOTE FROM CITY COUNCIL.

I THINK WE'LL GO A LONG WAY IN, IN INDICATING OUR INTENT.

ANY OTHER, UM, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH ON ITEM 24.

ITEM 25 IS AN ORDINANCE THIS NEED A VOTE.

WE ON ITEM 25, NOW, LET ME JUST SAY ON ITEM 25, UH, BASED ON THE CPI, UM, THE FEES, UH, WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GO UP, UH, ON ABOUT, UM, ABOUT 1300 FEES THAT FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY.

UM, AND BASED ON THE CPI, UH, WITHOUT THIS ORDINANCE, THE FEES WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GO UP ABOUT 8.14%.

UM, CURRENTLY ON ANNUAL BASIS IT'S LIKE 2.66, UH, AND DUE IN LIGHT OF THE FACT, UH, THAT INFLATION IS UP AND, UH, PEOPLE ARE HARD PRESS, OKAY.

UM, THE ADMINISTRATION CHOOSES NOT, UH, TO, UH, AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE FEES AT THIS TIME.

UH, SO I WOULD PREFER, UH, THAT WE KEEP THINGS AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW AND INCREASE THE 2.66 VERSUS, UH, GOING UP TO 8.14.

UH, AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS BEFORE YOU NOW DOWN THE STRETCH, THINGS CHANGE, YOU KNOW, THIS CAN BE ADJUSTED, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, UH, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST KEEP IT AT 2.66.

UH, THIS WILL IMPACT ABOUT 58% OF OUR FEES, ABOUT 1300 OF THEM.

UM, SO THAT IS WHAT IS BEFORE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX.

I APPLAUD THIS IS, AND WE NEED TO MARK THIS DAY DOWN IN HISTORY.

A GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY ISN'T GOING FOR THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TAX, UH, TO BURDEN OUR, OUR TAXPAYERS WITH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, THE, THE THING IS THAT, SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS ARE UNDER A LOT OF STRESS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF COVID AND FREEZING AND CURRENT ENVIRONMENT THAT WE LIVE IN AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO I, I APPLAUD THIS FOR DOING THIS.

ONLY THING IS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A 0% INCREASE ON THIS AND JUST KEEP AT, UH, THE CURRENT RATE, UH, FOR ANOTHER YEAR OR SO.

UM, THAT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER.

THAT'S NOT SACRIFICE THE GOOD SEEKING THIS TO THE PERFECT, AND HERE WE GO.

NOT THE GOOD FOR THE PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THAT'S ALL I HAD.

THANKS.

UM, LEMME JUST SAY THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THE WATER RATES.

OKAY? OKAY.

UM, BUT, UM, OTHER MATTERS AS WELL.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 25? DISCUSSION ON 25 IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 25? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ITEM 26 IS AN ORDINANCE.

WE ON ITEM 26.

ON ITEM 26.

UH, COUNCILMAN IMPACT ON 26.

UM, I AGREE THAT IT TOO SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN SEPARATE INDEPENDENT FUND.

THIS IS TO ESTABLISH THE CONTAINER LEASE FUND.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I SUGGESTED WHEN WE FIRST, UM, WERE VOTING ON THE FEE, SO I STILL DON'T SUPPORT THE FEE, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FEE, I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN A SEPARATE FUND SO WE CAN ACTUALLY WATCH THE MONEY AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO THE RIGHT PLACE.

UM, IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW, THERE'S SEVERAL LINE ITEMS INVOLVING, UM, THE, UM, THIS FUND AND ALSO THE EXPENDITURE.

SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF IT THE WAY THAT IT IS NOW.

SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT FOR TRANSPARENCY.

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UM, MY, MY ISSUE WITH IT THOUGH IS IF IT WAS HARD TO BE ABLE TO DECIPHER WHERE THE, WHERE THE DOLLARS FROM THE FEES WERE GOING INITIALLY, IF WE'RE STARTING THIS NEW FUND WITH A ZERO BALANCE, HOW ARE WE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE FEES THAT WERE COLLECTED PREVIOUSLY ARE GOING TO BE APPROPRIATELY TRANSFERRED OVER INTO THIS NEW FUND SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT ALL THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN CAPTURED FROM THE THE PREVIOUS LEASE FEES ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS FUND AND NOT BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR, FOR OTHER THINGS? I THINK FINANCE CAN TRACK EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR THAT CAME IN AND, AND TELL YOU WHERE IT WENT.

SO THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.

SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, WHY ARE WE STARTING IT AT A ZERO BALANCE AND NOT AT WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE CREATING, WE ARE CREATING THE, THE DEDICATED ACCOUNT.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

UH, NUMBER TWO, ALL OF THE EXEC, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN COLLECTED MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN EXPENDED.

OKAY? SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ANYTHING TO PUT IN IT, YOU CAN'T PUT IN IT IF IT'S ALREADY BEEN EXPENDED.

BUT IN THE, IN, IN THE EVENT THAT THE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN EXHAUSTED AND THERE ARE DOLLARS THERE, WHY WOULDN'T WE LOOK TO THAT TO SEE? BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING THIS BALANCE WITH A, I MEAN, WE'RE STARTING THIS FUND WITH A ZERO BEGINNING FUND BALANCE.

YOU HAVE TO CREATE IT FIRST.

CORRECT.

BUT INSTEAD OF, INSTEAD OF WRITING THAT, IT COULD SAY, WE ARE GONNA CREATE THE, THE FUND AND TRANSFER ALL LEASE FEES COLLECTED INTO THE FUND.

WELL, WHO, WHO SAYS THAT'S NOT GONNA TAKE PLACE, BUT YOU GOTTA CREATE IT FIRST WITH THE RULES.

I HEAR YOU.

I'M JUST, I'M JUST STATING WHEN WE, WHEN WE START, WHEN WE STATE THAT IT'S A ZERO BALANCE FROM THE JUMP, IT CAN ALSO BE LOOKED AT AS WE'RE NOT FOR SURE THAT ALL THE MONEY WILL THEN BE TRANSFERRED OVER.

AND I'M SAYING THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

WE, WE KNOW WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE GOING, BUT YOU CREATE THE FUND FIRST.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT HASN'T BEEN EXPENDED, IT GOES TO THE, IT GOES TO THE NEW FUND.

I THINK WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING.

IT'S JUST THE SEMANTICS.

I'LL ROLL WITH YOU.

ANY DOLLARS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN EXPENDED, THAT ARE STILL, THAT HAVE COME IN FROM THE CONTAINER FEE WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW FUND.

BUT IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU'RE OPENING UP A BANK ACCOUNT, YOU START THE BANK, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.

I KNOW, BUT AS A LAWYER, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WOULD'VE WROTE, IF THAT WOULD'VE BEEN STATED RIGHT HERE, WE WOULD HAVE NO ISSUE.

BUT IT'S NOT STATED ON THE PAPER.

BUT WE GOING, I'LL ROLL WITH YOU.

I KNOW IT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE.

YEAH, JUST, JUST ROLL WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.

ALL, YOU KNOW, , YOU'LL GET TO YOUR DESTINATION.

ALL RIGHT UP.

THAT'S DEAL.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 26, ITEM 34 IS AN ORDINANCE.

WE ON ITEM, WE ON ITEM 34, DISCUSSION ON 34.

COUNCIL MEMBER BERG CAYMAN ON 34.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THIS ITEM, UH, IT'S RELATED.

THIS IS ADDRESSING THE STEADY INCREASE THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE NUMBER OF LANGUAGE LINE UNI UTILIZATIONS AND MINUTES USED FOR TRANSLATION AT HECK.

UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS MAYOR, AS YOU'RE AWARE, UM, THE INCREASING USE OF 9 1 1, AND I UNDERSTAND THE STRESS THAT OUR NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKERS ARE ALSO UNDER.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THAT AS WELL.

OUR PAY, OUR BENEFITS, UH, AND RECRUITMENT FOR 9 1 1 BECAUSE THOSE JOBS, THOSE CALL TAKERS, UH, THAT'S A LOT OF STRESS THAT THEY'RE UNDER, UH, IN A VERY HIGH STRESS SITUATION.

UM, BUT I, AGAIN, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM IN POINTING OUT THAT WE ARE SEEING EVEN MORE USE OF MULTI-LANGUAGES CALLING INTO 9 1 1, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

MORE PEOPLE ARE USING IT.

UM, THERE'S MORE ACCESS, BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON, UH, THAT TYPE OF ACCESS AND RESPONSE FOR 9 1 1 CALLS.

AND I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST, UH, SPEAKING WITH, UH, CHIEF PENA AND OTHERS YESTERDAY ABOUT CAD, AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.

BUT ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS ARE GONNA SERVE TO HELP WITH, UM, ADDRESSING CALLS FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE, RIGHT? WE NEED, WE NEED MORE, WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN 9 1 1.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR THEM.

OKAY? SO IF YOU KNOW OF PEOPLE, UH, INTERESTED, UH, WE, WE ARE HIRING, QUITE FRANKLY, WE ARE HIRING IN ALMOST ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, BUT WE CERTAINLY NEED MORE THAN THAT.

ONE, ONE CALL TAKERS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX.

THAT THEY SHOULD OUGHT TO, UH, TO PAY FOR SOME OF THAT.

I'M CURIOUS, UH, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP PAY FOR SOME OF THIS AS A RESULT OF THE FEDERAL POLICY OF OPEN BORDERS? WE'RE SEEING THESE INFLUX OF PEOPLE COMING IN SEEMED REASONABLE

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ARE WE GONNA MAKE AN EFFORT AT ALL TO DO THAT? I THINK SEPARATE AND APART FROM OPEN BORDERS, WE, WE ARE THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.

I GET THAT.

BUT STILL, WE'RE GETTING THIS INFLUX OF PEOPLE COMING ACROSS THE BORDER AND THEY'RE COMING TO HOUSTON.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT IT'S COSTING US MONEY TO DEAL WITH THEM.

AND I THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE PAY.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU CONFLATE THOSE ISSUES.

NOW, TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE ARE HIGHLY DIVERSE.

145 LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN IN THIS CITY.

WHEN WE HAVE FACED SEVEN FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTERS, DISASTERS OCCUR, PEOPLE CALL IN.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE THE DIVERSITY WITHIN I WOULD CITY SEPARATE AND APART FROM THIS BORDER ISSUE.

BRAINS ON EVERYTHING, OKAY? SEPARATE, APART FROM THE BORDER ISSUE.

UH, NOW IF THERE'S COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, IT WILL WORK.

AND I THINK A LETTER FROM YOU SAYING, YOU KNOW, IN SUPPORT OF THAT WILL PROBABLY HELP BU KNOCKS.

BUT LET'S NOT CONFLATE THE ISSUES HERE.

THIS IS ABOUT SERVICING HOUSTONIANS, OKAY? AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN HOUSTON.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING.

I MEAN, WE'RE FACING DISASTER.

SO LET'S NOT CONFLATE ALL OF THAT OTHER STUFF.

UH, THIS IS, THIS IS ABOUT MEETING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR CITY AND, UH, AND QUITE FRANKLY, ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SIDE.

UH, BUT FOR THE OPERA FUNDING, UH, WE WOULD'VE BEEN LAYING OFF 2000 CITY EMPLOYEES.

SO THANK, WITH LET'S THANK THEM.

LET'S THANK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, FOR THEIR FUNDING TO KEEP HOUSTONIANS FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS AND MUNICIPAL WORKERS THAT WORK.

SO LET ME THANK THEM FOR THE OPERA FUNDING.

THAT'S $606 MILLION THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE COME INTO THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

BUT FOR THOSE DOLLARS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, MY CONSTITUENTS NEEDS WOULD'VE BEEN UNMET.

SO I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION, UH, FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, WHICH PROVIDES AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF $369 BILLION, UH, FOR CLIMATE MITIGATION.

AND IF THERE'S ANY AREA IN NEED OF CLIMATE MITIGATION DOLLARS, THAT'S THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

'CAUSE WE'RE ON THE GULF COAST, THOSE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

SO I WANT TO THANK THE FEDERAL LEADERSHIP FOR $369 BILLION IN CLIMATE MITIGATION UNDER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.

SO CARES FUNDING, BUT FOR THE CARES FUNDING, WE WOULD'VE BEEN IN TROUBLE.

THOSE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT.

UH, SO WE SHOULD BE, UH, AND CERTAINLY THIS ADMINISTRATION IS VERY GRATEFUL TO OUR FEDERAL LEADERSHIP FOR BEING AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER, UH, WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

UM, NOW HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, WE ARE STILL ON ITEM 34.

COUNCIL MEMBER GABE.

THANK YOU, MARIN.

UM, I, I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE MY COLLEAGUES GETTING A CHECK OUT OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE CREATING XENOPHOBIA IN FEAR OF THE OTHER, BUT DESPITE THAT, UM, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS ITEM NOT ONLY INCLUDES SPEAKING, UH, SPANISH, BUT VIETNAMESE, MANDARIN AND CANTONESE, KOREAN, ARABIC, GERMANY, FRENCH, AND OTHER LANGUAGES.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 34? UH, IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 34.

ITEM 37 IS AN ORDINANCE.

WE ON ITEM 37, DISCUSSION ON 37.

DISCUSSION ON 37.

DISCUSSION IN FAVOR.

OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 37.

ITEM 44 IS AN ORDINANCE.

WE ON ITEM 44, COUNCIL MEMBER POLL ON 44.

I WAS, UH, GLAD TO SEE THIS ITEM COME FORWARD.

UM, AND I'M PRETTY SURE A LOT OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE GLAD TO SEE THIS ITEM COME FORWARD.

AND I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR HADDOCK, UM, FOR ENSURING THAT, UM, WE CAN SUPPLEMENT THE WORK OF PUBLIC WORKS WITH OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS TO DO SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE, UH, SPEND OUR CDSF DOLLARS ON.

MY QUESTION IS, UM, I SEE THAT ON THIS ITEM WE WENT WITH A LOW BID.

IS THAT REQUIRED IN, UM, THIS BID PROCESS TO GO WITH A LOW BID? OR WERE WE, DID WE HAVE THE OPTION TO LOOK AT MAYBE BEST VALUE OR SOMETHING OR, OR ANYTHING ELSE? I BELIEVE IT'S THE LOW BID ON THIS ITEM.

UM, I, I TRUST THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS, WAS VETTED WELL AND WOULD DO GOOD WORK.

AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS HERE BECAUSE MANY TIMES WE, WE SPEND OUR CDSF DOLLARS AND IF IT'S ONLY PUBLIC WORKS, THEY CAN ONLY DO, BUT SO MUCH WITH THE PERSONNEL THAT THEY HAVE.

AND SO TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MOVE THESE PROJECTS QUICKLY, UH, TO HAVE OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS TO SUPPLEMENT, UM, WE'LL BRING MORE SERVICES AND MORE PROJECTS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THIS IS GREAT.

IS A MOTION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE REGARDING THE DESIGNATION FOR THE BRIMORE FOUNDERS DISTRICT.

WELL, IT IS THE ADMINISTRATION'S DESIRE, UH, TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPLEMENT YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUND TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU MAXIMIZE WHAT YOU CAN DO IN YOUR

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DISTRICT.

SO WE THOUGHT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH YOU ALL, UH, IN THIS EFFORT, UH, TO DO JUST THAT.

SO, AND THIS IS ALSO LEANING ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO HELP US, YOU KNOW.

WELL, SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE INTO PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

THERE YOU GO.

BUT ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ASSIST YOU IN YOUR DISTRICTS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE.

YOU KNOW, SO JUST LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN BE HELPFUL, .

SO PLEASE PASS IT ON TO THE, TO YOUR DISTRICTS THAT, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION IS, IS HERE TO HELP YOU ALL OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

UM, NOW WHAT WE CAN DO, I THINK WE CAN DO MORE IF, IF WE GET, IF WE REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUND.

OOH.

AND THEN WE CAN, AND THEN WE, THE ADMINISTRATION CAN DO EVEN MORE.

WELL, LET'S DON'T SACRIFICE THE GOOD FOR THE PERFECT.

ONE THING I'VE LEARNED IN MY, IN MY SEVEN YEARS HERE AS MAYOR, I WAS TELLING ABOUT THE BIGGEST FIGHT THAT I HAVE HAD WAS REDUCING THAT COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE.

OH LORD, Y'ALL WORE ME DOWN AND, AND, AND, AND LOOK.

AND NOW WE DON'T TOUCH IT.

MM-HMM.

BUT, UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT I WILL SAY AND WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED, UH, IS THAT YOUR UTILIZATION OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUND HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL AND VERY IMPACTFUL.

UM, SO IT HAS PROVEN TO BE A GOOD THING.

AND THAT I, THAT I WILL SAY, UH, BECAUSE YOU CAN DO, YOU CAN DEAL THINGS MORE DIRECTLY AND SPECIFICALLY IN YOUR DISTRICTS.

UM, SO IT DOES, IT DOES BENEFIT.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ON THAT NOTE.

UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 44 IN FAVOR? OPPOSED GRAND ON 44.

ITEM 46

[NON-CONSENT - MISCELLANEOUS]

IS THAT A MOTION? MOTION.

MOTION? WE NEED A MOTION.

AND COUNCILMAN PECK? I DO KNOW THAT THEY'RE GIVING YOU A BRIEFING PRIOR TO.

[MATTERS HELD]

UM, ITEM 47, COUNCILMAN POLL ON 47.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REFER ITEM NUMBER 47 BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

AND, UH, TODAY WE START WITH CONS.

WE MOVED IN SECOND TO REFER ITEM 47 7.

BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

DISCUSSION.

DISCUSSION IN FAVOR POST GRANITE.

MS. COMPLETES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU ALSO VERY, VERY MUCH.

AND, UM,

[NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS]

NO, UM, SO I'LL BE REALLY QUICKLY 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE THINGS TO DO.

SO IT IS OFFICIAL OCTOBER 31ST, THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY CLOSED, WHICH IS THE ALE REGIONAL LIBRARY CLOSED ON MONDAY IN PREPARATION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER OPENING IN DECEMBER, DECEMBER 22.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HUGE BLOCK PARTY, WANNA THANK, UM, EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT.

THE COMMUNITY IS CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO CELEBRATE, AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US FOR THAT RIBBON CUTTING SLASH BLOCK PARTY WHENEVER THAT IS.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, UH, LAST WEEK.

AND DID YOU SAY IT IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 22? DECEMBER, BUT DID YOU SAY 22? 22? YEAH, I WANT IT ON DECEMBER 22.

UHHUH.

DECEMBER 22.

WE'RE ROCKING AND ROLLING.

YEAH, WE'RE ROCKING AND ROLLING.

AND SO THE OFFICIAL NOTICE TO THE COMMUNITY FROM THE LIBRARY, IT'S GONE OUT, THAT LIBRARY IS CLOSED SO THEY CAN TRANSITION MATERIALS AND ALL OF THAT PROCESS.

AND I MET WITH, UM, YOUR DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS, SUSAN CHRISTIANSEN, AND WAS LIKE, WE WANT BLOCK PARTY.

SO SHE, SHE'S GONNA DO HER THING ON THAT SITE, SO IT'LL BE A GOOD DAY.

I AM MENTIONING THAT IN THE STATE OF THE CITY TODAY.

BUT WE'RE EXCITED AND SO LONG TIME COMING, AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE WILL JOIN US.

AND THEN SECONDLY, LAST WEEK I HAD THE PLEASURE OF, UM, KEYNOTING WITH DIRECTOR KEITH BYNUM, THE STATE OF HOUSING HOSTED BY HAR AT THE HIGHER REGENCY.

IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TALK ABOUT NOT JUST THE CITY'S VISION AROUND HOUSING, BUT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING AROUND AFFORDABILITY.

UM, AND MY

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THEME SONG WAS LIZZO.

IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME.

IT WAS GOOD.

AND THEN KEITH BIN'S THEME SONG WAS SEPTEMBER BY EARTH, WIND AND FIRE.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, IF YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF HIS REMARKS WERE RECORDED, MAYOR, BUT YOU SHOULD GO BACK AND LISTEN TO HIS REMARKS.

I THINK YOU'LL BE PRETTY PLEASED, UM, WITH WHAT HE HAD TO SHARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

UM, BUT JUST LASTLY, WE ARE ROCKING AND ROLLING IN DISTRICT F ON AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF, UH, PROJECTS FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS FULLY SUBSCRIBED BEFORE THE BUDGET YEAR ENDS.

SO WE'RE ROCKING AND ROLLING WITH SIDEWALK STREETS, SPEED BUMPS, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.

MAYOR, I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR YOUR WORK.

UM, THAT'S BEGINNING ON THE STEP ON THE, THE, THE RNA ISSUE OF THE COMMERCIAL TRUCK, COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND LARGE TRUCKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORKING ON ME ON SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

I'LL, UH, WE'LL LET THE, ALL THE COLLEAGUES THAT ARE INTERESTED KNOW ABOUT THAT.

BUT THAT'S, THERE'S SOME GOOD FOLLOW UP THAT CAME FROM THAT MEETING AND APPRECIATE THAT.

FINALLY, UM, IT'S PUMPKIN WEEK.

WE'RE COMPOSTING PUMPKINS OVER AT THE REUSE WAREHOUSE.

YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PRESS AROUND IT.

UM, AND IT'S EXCITING.

WE'RE, BRING YOUR PUMPKINS, DON'T THROW 'EM IN THE TRASH.

UH, BRING 'EM TO THE REUSE WAREHOUSE, 9,003 NORTH MAINE, CARLOS CISNEROS DISTRICT, AND, AND LA IT'S EVERY DAY FROM EIGHT 30 TO SIX 30 THROUGH FRIDAY.

SO BRING US YOUR PUMPKINS.

UH, COUNCILMAN PLUMMER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER P UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO OUR ANNUAL PUBLIC SAFETY TOWN HALL LAST SATURDAY.

UM, CHIEF NER AND CHIEF PENA SPOKE AS WELL AS, UM, THE COMMANDERS IN DISTRICT A I THINK EVERYONE, UM, GOT A LOT OF USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY.

UM, ALSO THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN FOR BEING THERE AND STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX'S OFFICE.

AND A SPECIAL THANKS AGAIN TO OUR SPONSORS.

UM, THE NEAR NORTHWEST MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THE SPRING BRANCH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, UM, AND MOLINA HEALTHCARE, WHO PROVIDED THE DRINKS FOR THE EVENTS.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

IN FACT, UM, WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE TIME IN SAVE THE CITY TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.

ONE THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, 'CAUSE I WAS ASKED, I WAS, I WAS AT AN EVENT AND, UH, THE PERSON SAID TO YOU, UH, MAYOR, YOU, YOU NEED TO HIRE MORE POLICE.

SO WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF POLICE THAT WE'VE HIRED IN THIS ADMINISTRATION.

ALMOST 2000 POLICE OFFICERS, 1,991 UP TO THIS POINT.

SO WE ARE HIRING POLICE, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COMMERCIALS OUT THERE ABOUT, I WILL HIRE 1000 POLICE OFFICERS.

WE'VE HIRED 1,991 AND 91.

OKAY? SO IT'S INFORMATION PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW, BUT WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW, AND WHICH I WOULD HIGHLIGHT TODAY, IS THAT WHEN I STARTED, 38% OF THE 5,200 POLICE OFFICERS WERE ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE.

I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT, 38% OVER 2000 POLICE OFFICERS WERE ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE IN JANUARY, 2016.

AND THAT NUMBER HAS COME DOWN TO NOW 29% AND HAS BEEN COMING DOWN EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.

BUT, UM, WE HAVE HIRED 1,991 POLICE OFFICERS.

ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON.

COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN.

UH, REMINDER THAT OUR ANNUAL RAIN BARREL SALE, UH, IS UPON US NOVEMBER 12TH, BUT THE DEADLINE FOR DISTRICT C RESIDENTS TO REGISTER FOR THE SUBSIDIZED COSTS.

NORMALLY THEY ARE $77.

UH, WE SUBSIDIZE 'EM, SO THEY'RE $12.

AND THEN TREES FOR HOUSTON IS THROWING IN FREE TREES AS WELL, WHICH WE REALLY APPRECIATE.

UM, THAT DEADLINE IS FRIDAY.

SO, UH, RESIDENTS CAN EMAIL DISTRICT C@HOUSTONTX.GOV, UM, TO SIGN UP AND, UH, PAY IN ADVANCE FOR THEIR RAIN BARRELS.

IT'S ALWAYS A REALLY SUCCESSFUL EVENT, AND WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE PARK, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WORKING FOR US.

UM, MAYOR, WE HAD SUCH A SUCCESSFUL PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT AT MEMORIAL PARK TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT.

UH, HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, THOMAS, DIRECTOR ALLEN.

EVERYONE OVER, UH, 700 PEOPLE REGISTERED FOR THE TOURNAMENT FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, AND CAME TO HOUSTON FOR THIS.

UH, EVERYONE WAS ASKING FOR MORE COURTS.

I KNOW THAT THEY'RE COMING.

BUT AGAIN, A HUGE THANKS FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE INAUGURAL YEAR.

THAT LEADS ME TO, UH, OUR NEXT HOUSTON OPEN, UH, IN JUST A FEW WEEKS.

I KNOW MAYOR PRO TEMS VERY EXCITED AS WELL.

MONDAY, MONDAY, UM, REMINDER TO NOT PARK IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND

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MEMORIAL PARK.

YOU WILL GET TOWED.

THERE ARE SHUTTLES.

UH, YOU CAN RIDE SHARE.

THERE ARE BUSES.

BUT GO TO HOUSTON OPEN GOLF.COM, UH, FOR YOUR PARKING PASSES.

UH, HOPE THE WEATHER'S AMAZING FOR IT.

IT'S ALWAYS A FANTASTIC EVENT.

UH, ALSO WANTED TO WISH OUR CHIEF OF STAFF, KATE DENTLER, A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON FRIDAY.

UH, KATE IS AMAZING AND WE ARE WISHING HER MANY, MANY, MANY HAPPY RETURNS.

LASTLY, MAYOR, UM, I APPRECIATED THE COALITION THAT CAME TOGETHER YESTERDAY MORNING, UM, TO ADDRESS THE ILLEGAL MAILERS THAT HAVE BEEN CIRCULATING IN SOME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE EXTREMELY RACIST AND RACIALLY DIVISIVE.

SO, YOUR WORDS, THE COALITION THAT CAME TO TOGETHER TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THAT.

UM, I'M, I'M LIFTING THEM UP IN THE MESSAGE OF UNITY, UH, THROUGH ELECTION TIME AND BEYOND.

UH, REMINDER TO VOTE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE VOTE.

ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, NEED TO TURN OUT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S A LONG BALLOT, BUT IT'S WORTH IT.

GO THROUGH EVERYONE AND, UH, PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRACY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN POLLARD.

UM, I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A MASTER PLAN DISCUSSION COMMUNITY MEETING AT THE BURNETT BAYLEN PARK.

THIS IS LOCATED, UM, ENGULFING, AND IT'LL BE TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 3RD FROM SIX TO SEVEN 30.

THIS IS TO DISCUSS A GRAND VISION FOR THAT PARK.

AND I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER JACK KEGEL FOR LEADING THIS EFFORT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO ANNOUNCE AT THAT SAME PARK THIS SUNDAY, WE WILL BE HAVING A, UH, FREE PET VACCINES, UM, EVENT.

AND MY OFFICE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH PETCO, LOVE TO PROVIDE FREE PET VACCINES AND MICRO CHIPPING FOR FAMILIES IN NEED.

THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 6TH AT BA BURNETT BAYLAND PARK FROM 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM YOU MUST REGISTER PRE PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT.

YOU CAN CONTACT OUR OFFICE TO DO THAT, OR YOU CAN GO ON ANY OF MY SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, UH, TO CLICK ON THE LINK SO THAT YOU CAN REGISTER YOUR PET, UH, FOR THE VACCINES AND THE MICRO CHIPPING.

UH, BOTH THESE EVENTS, UH, ARE IN THE HEART OF GULFTON.

I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE, UH, WE WANT TO PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO IN DISTRICT J.

UM, I DON'T LIKE SAYING THE WORD UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE DO OUR BEST TO SERVE EVERY COMMUNITY.

UM, BUT THEY NEED A LOT OF ATTENTION.

AND SO WE'RE MAKING A PRIORITY.

UM, AND LASTLY, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO GIVE, UM, MY PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY, UH, AND FRIENDS OF TAKEOFF.

AND, UM, THAT WAS AN INCIDENT IN OUR CITY THAT WE'RE NOT PROUD OF.

WE KNOW THAT WE ARE BETTER THAN WHAT THAT INCIDENT SHOWED.

UM, BUT MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY AND THOSE INVOLVED AND TO SEND A MESSAGE TO, UM, OUR YOUTH THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE PROMOTE CERTAIN THINGS, IF WE'RE AROUND CERTAIN THINGS, IF WE'RE GLORIFYING CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING, PUTTING OURSELVES AT A DISADVANTAGE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OWN HEALTH AND WELLBEING.

AND THAT PARTICULAR INCIDENT HAD A YOUNG, A LOT OF YOUNG BLACK MEN WHO WERE OUT LATE, UM, DOING THINGS THAT, UM, PROBABLY WEREN'T AS PRODUCTIVE AS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING.

AND FOR, FOR ME TO SEE IT FROM AFAR WAS DISHEARTENING.

AND I JUST WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND THEIR VALUE AND THEIR WORTH, AND FIND THEIR PASSION AND THEIR PURPOSE IN LIFE, AND DO THINGS THAT ARE PRODUCTIVE, UH, THAT WILL BENEFIT NOT ONLY THEMSELVES, BUT SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.

UM, SO MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO THAT FAMILY AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO EVERYONE WHO'S OUT THERE, UH, WHO IS INVOLVED WITH THAT EVENT, OR JUST LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITY TO FIND WAYS TO STAY ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW, FIND WAYS TO, UH, SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

UM, BECAUSE WHAT WE SAW THAT NIGHT WAS NOT A REFLECTION OF WHO WE ARE.

AND I HOPE THAT WE DO BETTER.

AND WE'RE IN DAYS PAST, IF THERE WAS AN ARGUMENT THAT TOOK PLACE, UH, WHERE THERE WAS A GATHERING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, EMOTIONS WENT HIGH.

AND I JOINED WITH YOU.

AND I KNOW, UH, TAKEOFF'S MOM, UH, IS IN TOWN.

SO CERTAINLY WE WANT TO EXTEND OUR PRAYERS TO HIS, TO HIS MOTHER, AND TO HIS FAMILY MEMBERS, AND TO HIS FRIENDS.

UM, SO I AGREE WITH YOU, UH, BUT WE DO NEED TO HAVE A VERY SERIOUS, UPFRONT, CANDID CONVERSATION, UH, BECAUSE TOO MANY YOUNG MEN OF COLOR ARE TAKING THE LIVES OF OTHER YOUNG MEN OF COLOR.

AND, UM, AND AGAIN, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THAT AGE GROUP BETWEEN LET'S SAY 16, 24, 16, EVEN 30, UM, WE ARE SEEING TOO MANY LIVES CUT SHORT BY OTHER YOUNG MEN OF COLOR.

SO WE DO NEED TO HAVE A VERY UPFRONT, CANDID CONVERSATION.

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THOSE, THOSE ARGUMENTS WERE RESOLVED BY FIST FIGHTS YEARS AGO.

NOW, THOSE ARGUMENTS ARE RESOLVED BY PULLING GUNS BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS PACKING.

AND SO IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT, PEOPLE GET MAD.

UM, AND INSTEAD OF, LET'S SAY YOU THROW ON A FIST, YOU PULL A GUN AND YOU START SHOOTING, AND EVEN INNOCENT PEOPLE, BYSTANDERS END UP GETTING HIT AND IN SOME CASES KILLED.

UM, BUT I DO NOT THINK THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT, UM, WE JUST NEED TO SIDELINE OR NOT WANT TO DISCUSS.

AND I DO THINK IT'S A CONVERSATION, UH, THAT, UH, UM, THAT NEED TO BE HAD BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY YOUNG MEN OF COLOR WHO ARE TAKING THE LIVES OF OTHER YOUNG MEN OF COLOR, AND THEIR FUTURES ARE CUT SHORT, FAMILIES ARE LEFT MOURNING AND GRIEVING.

UM, AND THE PAIN SIMPLY DOES NOT GO AWAY.

AND THAT IS THE ISSUE, UM, THAT DEEPLY CONCERNS, CONCERNS ME.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU HAVE FAME OR FORTUNE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU ARE KNOWN OR NOT KNOWN AT ALL, BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE ON OUR STREETS, YOUNG MEN, UH, WHO DESERVE TO LIVE A FULL AND, UM, PRODUCTIVE LIFE, OKAY? BUT WE CANNOT IGNORE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY YOUNG MEN WHO ARE WALKING AROUND WITH GUNS, WHAT THEY VIEW AS THEIR PROTECTION.

BUT LET ME TELL YOU, IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT, AND WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN SITUATIONS WHEN I WAS A MUCH YOUNGER GUY.

AND, UH, YOU GET INTO A CONVERSATION OR YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING AND IT LEADS TO A FIGHT, AND THEN THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, A PUNCH IS THROWN.

I MEAN, WE'VE ALL BEEN, WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.

BUT IN THIS DAY AND TIME, IT'S NO LONGER THE PUNCH, IT'S THE PULLING OF THE GUN.

UM, BUT THAT, UM, THAT EVENT WAS A PRIVATE EVENT, OKAY? IT WAS A PRIVATE EVENT THAT WAS BEING HELD, UM, OF ABOUT 40 PEOPLE.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I READ SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND PEOPLE SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, HOUSTON DA DA, IT WAS A PRIVATE EVENT, OKAY? IT WASN'T RANDOM, OKAY? IT WASN'T RANDOM.

IT WASN'T LIKE YOU WERE AT A CLUB AND ALL THIS WAS A PRIVATE EVENT.

AND THE PEOPLE IN THAT PRIVATE EVENT, SOME OF THEM KNOW WHO DID IT IN THAT PRIVATE EVENT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO, UM, CONTINUE TO BE VIGILANT, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT WHETHER IT HAPPENED HERE OR HAPPENED IN ANY OTHER CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKEOFF WAS VERY POPULAR.

A LOT OF PEOPLE LISTENED TO MES THE GROUP.

UM, AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE YOUNG TO BE FAMILIAR WITH TAKEOFF IN THE GROUP.

YOU COULD BE IN YOUR SIXTIES, GONNA BE FAMILIAR.

SO, UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR FOR, FOR, FOR RAISING THE ISSUE AND BRINGING IT UP, COUNCIL.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND, UM, WHEN YOU, AS YOU STATED, NOT TO, UH, SIDELINE THE CONVERSATION, BUT TO HAVE THAT CANDID CONVERSATION WHENEVER YOU, UH, WANNA PUT THAT TOGETHER, UH, I LIKE TO LEAD IT WITH YOU, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE IT, BECAUSE LEMME TELL YOU, AND AND I SAID THIS, I SAID THIS MORE THAN A YEAR OR TWO AGO, IF, AND LEMME JUST SAY, IF A POLICE OFFICER SHOOTS A YOUNG MAN, OKAY? AND PEOPLE THINK IT WAS A BAD SHOOTING THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

PEOPLE ARE COMING RIGHT HERE, AND THEY'RE BEING VERY VOCAL AND VERY LOUD.

BUT THE SAME EMOTIONS ARE TO EXIST WHEN A YOUNG MAN OF COLOR SHOOTS A YOUNG MAN OF COLOR, LIFE IS STILL AS VALUABLE.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO TOOK IT FOR THAT MOM, THAT FATHER, THEIR SISTER OR BROTHER, THEY'RE STILL FEELING THE PAIN.

BUT UNTIL WE TAKE OWNERSHIP OF WHAT'S HAPPENING,

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UH, UNTIL THE VILLAGE, AS WE OFTEN REFER TO, UNTIL THE VILLAGE STANDS UP, THIS IS NOT GOING TO STOP.

OKAY? I COULD NOT, THERE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN A POLICE OFFICER THERE THE OTHER NIGHT THAT WOULD'VE PREVENTED THIS FROM OCCURRING.

OKAY? AND AS MAYOR, WHAT COULD I HAVE DONE TO HAVE PREVENTED THAT, THAT FROM OCCURRING? WHAT, AS MAYOR, WHAT COULD I HAVE DONE? WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME TO DO? YOU CANNOT BE A PART OF EVERY PRIVATE EVENT THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN THIS CITY.

SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME, YOU KNOW, AS MY MOM USED TO SAY TO ALL OF HER KIDS WHEN WE WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE, WE CAREFUL WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND WHO YOU'RE HANGING WITH.

AND IF SOMETHING AIN'T RIGHT, YOU NEED TO, YOU NEED TO GET OUTTA THERE, YOU KNOW? BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT OUR YOUNG MEN OF COLOR.

I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE THEY DESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE FULL AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES.

AND THEIR LIVES SHOULD NOT BE CUT SHORT BECAUSE SOMEONE GOT A SHORT TEMPER, GRABBED A GUN, AND STARTED SHOOTING.

THAT IS CRAZY.

AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN MY, COULD HAVE BEEN MY BROTHER, COULD HAVE BEEN MY NEPHEW.

THAT'S CRAZY.

SO ANYWAY, I LEMME NOT GET ON ON ON THAT.

I GOTTA A STATE OF THE CITY.

I NEED TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER, BOSS.

HAVE TALKED ABOUT ILLEGAL DUMPING, UH, PARTICULARLY IN SUNNYSIDE AND THIRD WARD, AND WE ARE JUST REALLY INUNDATED WITH THIS DUMPING.

AND I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES, AND AS YOU SAID, FOR THE KNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES.

AND I WANNA SUGGEST THAT, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA HAS, IS SO PREVALENT IN OUR SOCIETY THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE CAN'T TRANSFER SOCIAL SKILLS TO BE ABLE TO DISAGREE AND TO NOT END IN GUNPLAY.

AND SO CERTAINLY WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR GRASSROOT ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAN GO AND PLACES THAT WE CAN'T, WHO MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE THE YOUNG PEOPLE THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW, BECAUSE WE ALL DISAGREE.

BUT IT SHOULD NOT END IN GUN PLAY.

AND SO, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

UM, AND THEN ON A, ON A BRIGHTER NOTE, UM, I WANNA CONGRATULATE THE TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY TIGERS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COUGARS FOR A SUCCESSFUL HOMECOMING WEEKEND.

THE THIRD WARD AREA WAS INUNDATED WITH PEOPLE JUST HAVING A GREAT TIME, AND THEY HAD A GREAT TIME.

AND, AND THAT'S WHAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC.

AND I WANNA WELCOME THE JACKSON, JACKSON STATE, UH, UNIVERSITY TIGERS AND COACH PRIME TO, UH, HOUSTON.

OF COURSE, OUR TIGERS ARE GONNA ANNIHILATE THEIR TIGERS, BUT WE WELCOMED THEM TO THE CITY, JUST THE SAME .

AND SO, UH, ALSO ON THIS PAST SATURDAY, THERE WAS A MCGREGOR PARK CLEANUP AND, UH, WITH THE FRIENDS OF MCGREGOR PARK, HOUSTON PARKS BOARD, AND HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION THAT SUPPORTED THIS CLEANUP.

OVER 70 VOLUNTEERS SHOWED UP TO CLEAN UP THE PARK, UH, AND ALONGSIDE BRAS BAYOU ADJACENT TO THE PARK, ALSO MAYOR, THANK YOU.

AND COMMISSIONER RODNEY ELLISON, ALL THOSE, AND CONGRESSWOMAN, UH, JACKSON LEE AND STATE REP JOLANDA JONES FOR JOINING US IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION FOR THE UNVEILING OF THE RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, WHICH IS GONNA BE A VITAL, VITAL INSTITUTION.

UH, THE PROJECT WILL START NEXT YEAR WITH RENOVATIONS TO THE HOSPITAL, NURSING SCHOOL, AND LAUNDRY.

BUILDINGS AND SERVICES PLANNED FOR THE SITE INCLUDE DENTAL CARE, WHICH IS A MAIN GAP IN, IN OUR, UM, UH, IN OUR, UM, UH, INSURANCE.

AND CERTAINLY, UH, THOSE THINGS ARE NEEDED.

CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS, FLU SHOTS, OBESITY REDUCTION, ASTHMA MANAGEMENT, DIABETES PREVENTION, WIC SERVICES, AND MATERNAL, UH, INFANT HEALTH.

AND SO WE WELCOME THE REOPENING OF THAT FACILITY ON THIS SATURDAY, EXCUSE ME, ON THIS THURSDAY, THERE WILL BE REBUILDING TOGETHER, HOUSTON THIRD WARD SHOWCASE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE USED TO HAVE A HONORARY MAYOR OF THIRD WARD IN MR. ED BANKS, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A REVITALIZATION OF HIS HOME WHERE HIS WIFE STILL RESIDES, AND THEY'RE GONNA GET ROOF RESTORATION, STABILIZING THE STRUCTURE AND PLUMBING.

AND SO IT'S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL EVENT WHERE VOLUNTEERS WILL COME TOGETHER AND HONOR HIS MEMORY AS WELL AS, UH, SUPPORT HIS WIFE.

UM, THEN THERE WILL BE A BLESSING OF THE PETS AND FREE RABIES SHOTS AT TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FROM TWO TO 4:00 PM ON THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER THE FIFTH.

AND SO WE ASK PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND GET YOUR DOGS, UM, RABIES SHOTS.

AND MAYOR, UM, I'M, I'M GONNA JUST ASK YOU, WE

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AND WE DID REACH OUT TO YOUR OFFICE AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR, UH, YOU ALL TO COME AND, AND HELP US BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THEY'VE HAD THESE PILES FOR A FEW MONTHS, AND I DON'T THINK THEY, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY REPORTED THEM, UH, BUT NOW THAT THEY KNOW, YOU KNOW, I AM ACCOUNTABLE.

AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO, TO ABATE THOSE ISSUES AND ASK PEOPLE TO PLEASE STOP DUMPING.

I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT'S A CHALLENGE TO GET THE MATERIALS TO THE DUMP SITE, BUT IT'S SUCH AN UNFAIR CIRCUMSTANCE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE TO LIVE AMONG THE PILES OF TRASH THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PLACE IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES OR DOWN THEIR STREETS.

AND SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOUR OFFICE TO GET THIS ABATED AND THANK YOU.

AND GO TIGERS.

AND GO ASTROS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SO MOVED BY WHAT I'M WAS HEARING YOU SAY, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD AND, AND MAYOR.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT, UM, JUST GOING BACK TO THE, THIS REALLY TERRIBLE FACT THAT NOW THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN YOUNG PEOPLE IS GUNS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

IT'S GUNS THAT ARE KILLING YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND, UM, I, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THIS DAY AND TIME, AS YOU SAID, MAYOR, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN DISPUTES AREN'T AS LIKELY TO BE SOLVED BY FISTS AS THEY USED TO BE, IS WHEN YOU KNOW WHEN GUNS ARE SO AVAILABLE.

UM, IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN, I MEAN, WE KNOW JUST THE PREVALENCE OF GUNS IS A PROBLEM.

AND WE KNOW THAT, THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULDN'T HAVE SOLVED THAT, THAT OR PREVENTED THE, THE, THE DEATHS THIS WEEKEND.

UM, WE ALL HAVE A ROLE IN THE SUCCESS OF CHILDREN.

AND WHEN I HEAR YOU SAY WE NEED TO HAVE HAVE CANDID CONVERSATIONS, WE, WE ARE, WE KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING.

WE KNOW WE CAN CANDIDLY ALL SAY, YES, WE KNOW THIS IS TERRIBLE.

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.

WHAT WE, I SEE, WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS MAKE COMMITMENTS AND OWN THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT, THAT EACH OF US HAS.

YOU KNOW, NOT JUST INDIVIDUALLY, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF SOCIETY HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE THE CITY, SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS WHAT THE CITY CAN DO.

BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY CAN, THE CITY CAN DO AND HAS DONE.

OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS, HAS HAD SOME WONDERFUL, VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS THAT ARE, THAT ARE TARGETING EXACTLY THE POPULATION.

UM, YOU KNOW, UH, YOUNG MEN OF COLOR THAT ARE HURTING OTHER YOUNG MEN OF COLOR THAT NEEDS BIG SUPPORT.

THEY WORK, THEY ARE VERY EFFECTIVE, AND THEY, THEY, THEY CATCH YOUNG MEN THAT ARE, THAT ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS, YOU KNOW, AND BRING THEM BACK.

AND THEN THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROVEN HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY CAN BE WITH JUST, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF HELP.

IT'S NOT EVEN A LOT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I MEAN, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT AVENUES TO, TO TACKLE THIS ON.

UM, NEXT WEEK IS, UM, THE NEXT CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH COMMITTEE MEETING.

AND, UM, UH, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT A A, A NEW INITIATIVE.

IT'S AN IDEA THAT'S JUST GETTING FLESHED OUT NOW ABOUT, UM, HOW CITY DEPARTMENTS CAN CONNECT WITH YOUTH BETTER, HOW TO EDUCATE AND, AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT THE ROLE OF A CITY IS.

AND, AND JUST ALL THE, ALL THE, EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN CONNECT TO YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ALL HELPS IN INVEST IN THEM AND, AND, AND HELPS CREATE, UM, STRONGER CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, MORE CONTRIBUTING, UM, PEOPLE THAT WILL, THAT, THAT WE NEED, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO TAKE OUR CITY FORWARD.

UM, I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US FOR THAT MEETING.

THE MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, UH, NO, UH, NOVEMBER 9TH AT TWO O'CLOCK.

AND, UM, AND I'M, I'M, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN, IT DOES HELP SHINE A LIGHT ON THE NEED.

AND, UM, THE NEED'S BEEN THERE A LONG TIME ANYWAY.

BUT I, I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT, THAT THERE'S MORE RALLYING AND YOU KNOW, OF REAL SUPPORT, OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS THAT, THAT CAN, UM, MEDIATE SOME OF THE, THE DAMAGE WE'RE SEEING TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

THANK YOU MAYOR PRO MARTIN.

YES, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, NEXT WEEK IS GONNA BE A REAL BUSY WEEK IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

NOT ONLY WILL WE HAVE THE WORLD SERIES VICTORY CELEBRATION, BUT AS COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN SAID, THE CADENCE BANK HOUSTON OPEN START ON MONDAY THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER, AND IT WILL BE HELD AT THE NEWLY ANNEXED, UH, INTO DISTRICT E MEMORIAL PARK GOLF COURSE.

AND KUDOS TO DIRECTOR KENNETH ALLEN AND JULIE BLUM WHO HEAD UP THIS OPERATION.

JULIE IS THE ONLY FEMALE GENERAL MANAGER OF A PGA TOUR GOLF COURSE IN THE UNITED STATES.

SO SHE DOES A GREAT JOB DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

AND THE COURSE IS IN FANTASTIC

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AND COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN DIDN'T EVEN BLINK AN EYE WHEN I SAID NEWLY ANNEXED AREA INTO DISTRICT E MEMORIAL PARK.

SO I'LL REPEAT MYSELF, , AND YOU CAN PLAY GOLF OUT THERE AS A SENIOR.

YOU KNOW, NOT THAT WE'RE SENIORS FOR $15, WHICH IS THE, THE GREATEST BARGAIN IN THE GAME OF GOLF TODAY.

SO, GOOD LUCK NEXT WEEK, UH, DIRECTOR ALLEN.

JULIE, Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT TOURNAMENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING IT.

THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BAY AREA HOUSTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP IS HOSTING A HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION EVENT THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, BEGINNING AT 10:30 AM AT THE LONE STAR FLIGHT MUSEUM.

THE EVENT IS OPEN TO EVERYONE INTERESTED IN ADDRESSING THE IMPACT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO COMBAT THIS HEINOUS CRIME.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SIGNING UP FOR THE EVENT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEMS, THE BAY AREA HOUSTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP, OR THE DISTRICT E OFFICE AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 3 0 0 8 ON THE NORTH SIDE.

THE KINGWOOD MONTHLY RECYCLING EVENT WILL BE HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY AT NINE O'CLOCK TO THREE O'CLOCK OR UNTIL THE TRUCKS ARE FULL.

UH, ALSO THIS PAIR SATURDAY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE VILLAGE CENTER'S ANNUAL GALA, WHICH RAISES MONEY FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE OF CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

I'M THANKFUL TO THE EVENTS CHAIRS, MY GOOD FRIEND AND NEIGHBORS, JAY AND SALLY MINKS, AND JOE AND KATHY, CLEARLY, CLEARLY.

AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MS. CHRISTIE CONRAD AND KIM BUS.

UH, KIM ACTUALLY SERVES ON OUR TOURIST BOARD IN THE LAKE HOUSTON AREA.

FINALLY, I'M THANKFUL TO MAYOR TURNER AND ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED OF PROVIDING GRANT FUND FUNDING TO THE VILLAGE CENTER OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.

AND IT WAS REALLY NEAT.

WE HAD A, A DJ AFTER IN THE NUMBER OF SPECIAL NEEDS FOLKS, ADULTS, MAINLY, UH, IN WHEELCHAIRS, HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME.

AND I, UM, I WISH COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS WAS HERE.

'CAUSE I KNOW HE DEALS WITH THE DISABILITY OF HIS BROTHER MICHAEL, BUT HE WOULD'VE REALLY ENJOYED THIS NIGHT, AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE THERE AND GOD BLESS.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR PROAM CASH.

TATUM.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.

UM, THE FIRST ONE IS A REMINDER FOR DISTRICT EIGHT RESIDENTS THAT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH IS THE LAST DAY TO APPLY FOR THE MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM.

UM, HOPING TO SEE SEVERAL PROJECTS COMING, UH, FROM RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS FOR BEAU BEAUTIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THEN THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO SAVE THE DATE FOR NOVEMBER THE 14TH.

AT 11:00 AM WE WILL HAVE THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE SHANNON WALKER NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY IN DISTRICT K AT 55 0 5 BELROSE.

UH, SO I HOPE THAT, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL YOU ALL BE ABLE TO ATTEND.

UH, AND DISTRICT K RESIDENTS ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO BREAKING GROUND AND SEEING THAT NEW LIBRARY GO UP.

UH, HAVE A SUPER DAY AND I'LL BE ROOTING FOR OUR ASTROS TONIGHT AT THE GAME, LOOKING FOR, UH, DIFFERENT RESULTS TONIGHT.

UM, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON.

JUST A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT TOMORROW MORNING'S, MONTHLY TTI COMMITTEE MEETING, TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE'RE GONNA BE COVERING THREE TOPICS, INCLUDING, UH, THE PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICTS, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS PRESENTED BY THE A RA, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS PARK HOUSTON.

SECOND WILL BE THE HIGH CAPACITY FIBER CIRCUIT SURFACES CONTRACT WITH PS LIGHTWAVE, PRESENTED BY THE HOUSTON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR LISA KENT.

AND FINALLY, THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT RADIO REPLACEMENT PROGRAM WILL ALSO BE ON THE AGENDA.

SO WITH THAT MAYOR, A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNOLOGY, A LITTLE BIT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS ME OF YOUR REPORT THIS MORNING ON THE JAPAN MISSION TRIP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT LEADERSHIP, ALL THAT EXCELLENT WORK, UH, ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE GLOBE HERE, BACK HOME IN HOUSTON LAST NIGHT WE WERE VISITED BY THE AMBASSADOR TO DENMARK, UH, FROM DENMARK TO THE UNITED STATES.

MS. CHRISTINA MARCUS LESSEN, UH, SHE IS A WONDERFUL PERSON, BRINGS A LOT, AND I THINK, UH, WITH DIRECTOR HADDOCK THERE AND LOTS OF DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, INTERCHANGE WITH THAT NORTH EUROPEAN NATION.

WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE TO WORK ON INTERNATIONALLY, BUT RIGHT BACK AT HOME AND WITH VICE MAYOR PRO TEM IN PHILADELPHIA.

I WANT TO CONCLUDE WITH TROS.