* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [PRESENTATIONS] [00:00:05] IT IS 1 35 AND, UM, ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, 2022. I'M MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TOWARD AS A HYBRID MEETING WITH SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS JOINING IN PERSON, AND SOME USE THE MICROSOFT TEAMS. UH, THE CHAIR WILL FIRST RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EVANS, UH, AZZ FOR A PROCLAMATION TO THE ROCK ROCKET HOOD ROCKING HOOD FOUNDATION TO HONOR THE ORGANIZATION'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION, WHICH IS DISTRICT D. I DON'T KNOW IF MR. ROCKMORE IS HERE. ROCKMORE? I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HERE. OKAY. HERE. I DON'T KNOW. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THE ROCK IN ROCK IN HOOD FOUNDATION DAY, WHEREAS JOE ROCKMORE CREATED THE ROCK IN HOOD FOUNDATIONS OUT OF HIS BARBERSHOP IN AUGUST, 2014. YES. THERE YOU GO. I WAS LOOKING BACK. I WAS LIKE, WHERE ARE THEY? WHAT, HOW YOU DOING? HELLO. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW, NOW WE ARE READY TO ROCK. HOW ABOUT THAT? ALL RIGHT. WHERE IS JOE ROCKMORE CREATED THE ROCK IN HOOD FOUNDATION OUT OF HIS BARBERSHOP IN AUGUST, 2014 AFTER NOTICING THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WHO WERE RETURNING TO SCHOOL IN THE INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS OF HOUSTON. AND WHEREAS THE ROCK IN HOOD FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO ASSIST LOW INCOME PARENTS RESIDING IN HOUSTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS THAT ARE FACED WITH CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING SCHOOL ITEMS FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND TEENS. AND WHEREAS JOE, ALONG WITH TRACY MORRIS AND OLATUNDE I, THROUGH THE ROCK IN HOOD FOUNDATION, HAVE BEEN FEEDING AND CLOTHING THOUSANDS OF KIDS FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, SENDING THEM TO SCHOOL WITH THE ESSENTIAL ITEMS, INCLUDING UNDERGARMENTS, SOCKS, UNIFORMS, AND LAPTOP COMPUTERS. AND WHEREAS THE ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT OCCURS ON THE WEDNESDAY PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR. IN ADDITION, LOCAL BARBERS, HAIRSTYLISTS, AND BRAIDERS ALSO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO ASSIST WITH THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION OF HELPING KIDS TO FEEL AND LOOK THEIR BEST WHEN ENTERING THEIR CLASSROOMS. AND WHEREAS THE ROCK IN HOOD FOUNDATION HAS FORMED PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE MAD LINESMAN FOUNDATION, BOYKINS YOUTH FOUNDATION, ACTIVE ATHLETE, ADIDAS SWEET U, DOMINO'S PIZZA, AND OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP MAKE THE ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT SUCCESSFUL AND HAS HELPED OVER 4,000 KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. AND WHEREAS THE ROCK IN HOOD FOUNDATION PLANS TO CONTINUE ITS MISSION BY EXPANDING ITS SERVICES TO INCLUDE ASSISTING PARENTS WITH JOB AND HOUSING RESOURCES, WITH THE GOAL OF EMPOWERING THEM TO SET EXAMPLES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. WHEREAS THE CITY OF HOUSTON COMMENDS THE ROCK IN HOOD FOUNDATION FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO EMPOWERING AND PREPARING STUDENTS FOR SCHOOL BY PROVIDING THEM WITH THE NECESSARY TOOLS TO SUCCEED. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND SO THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 29TH, 2022. THAT'S ROCKING HOOD FOUNDATION DAY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. CONGRATULATIONS, TURNER. OKAY. UM, I'D LIKE THANK EVERYONE FOR SHOWING UP, UM, AND WE RECEIVED THIS DAY. UM, I LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT WE PARTNER WITH EVERY YEAR, AND WE REALLY, I WANT TO CHALLENGE THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO ADD TO OUR, UM, FOUNDATION AND HELP OUT MORE KIDS. THANK Y'ALL. YOU GUYS, . THANK YOU. AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL GIVE YOU THE LAST WORDS. WELL, I WANT TO THANK THIS ORGANIZATION AS A RETIRED EDUCATOR. IF THERE'S ANY SUCH THING, I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS, AND CERTAINLY TO HAVE THE KIDS GET THE HAIRSTYLES AND THE HAIRCUTS, THAT IS A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS EFFORT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SELF-ESTEEM IS VERY IMPORTANT IN HOW YOU LOOK. YOU KNOW, OTHER KIDS CAN BE VERY, VERY COOL. AND SO CERTAINLY OFFERING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY LOOK GOOD, BUT [00:05:01] BE WELL PREPARED FOR SCHOOL IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE. AND I WANT TO THANK THIS ORGANIZATION AND, AND HOPEFULLY I, I TOLD, UH, MR. IOU THAT I HOPE I DIDN'T TEAR UP HIS NAME VERY MUCH, BUT CERTAINLY I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU, AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY. OH, CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZED MAYOR SYLVETA TURNER FOR A PROCLAMATION TO AUDI SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE AUDI DAY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. IF I CAN HAVE EVERYBODY KIND, I COME. YES. MAYOR, HOW YOU DOING TO SEE YOU AGAIN? GOOD TO SEE YOU TODAY, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. GOOD TO SEE YOU, MR. MAYOR. HEY, HOW YOU DOING? HEY, HOW YOU DOING? OKAY. THIS IS AUDI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, AND WHICH I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF HOUSTON SEES EDUCATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT, THE GREAT SOCIAL EQUALIZER, AND A KEY TO A PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY, A GOOD EDUCATION IS VITAL TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CHILDREN. AND IT'S BASIC TO THE STRENGTH OF NATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE. AS THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL IN HOUSTON, THE AUDI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL'S VERY PURPOSE IS TO INSPIRE LEARNERS THROUGH ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, AND MULTILINGUAL FLUENCY FOR A LIFE OF GLOBAL IMPACT. AND WHEREAS A CENSUS FOUNDING BY KATHLEEN ARTY OVER 65 YEARS AGO, THE ART INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HAS SERVED AS HOUSTON'S PREMIER INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OFFERING STUDENTS A RIGOROUS PATH TO GRADUATING WITH EITHER THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE OR THE FRENCH BACCALAUREATE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY. THE AUDI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IS THE ONLY SCHOOL IN HOUSTON FULLY ACCREDITED THROUGH TERMINOLOGY BY THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. AND WHEREAS THE ART INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OFFERS MANY WORLD CLASS PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTS CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, INTERNSHIPS, AND COMPETITIONS THAT ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY, WORK COLLABORATIVELY, AND LEAD CONFIDENTLY. AS A RECENT SPONSOR OF THE DESIGN SPRINT ON FLOODING A VIRTUAL PROBLEM SOLVING EVENT, THE AUDI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SHOWS IT NOT ONLY EMBOLDENS ITS OWN STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THEIR CURIOSITY, PUSH BOUNDARIES, AND CREATIVELY SOLVE CHALLENGES, BUT DOES THE SAME FOR STUDENTS ACROSS HOUSTON AS WELL. AND WHEREAS ON NOVEMBER 29TH, 2022, THE AUDI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR ITS ABILITY TO EMPOWER FUTURE WORLD LEADERS FROM DIVERSE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS ACROSS THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIMED NOVEMBER 29TH, 2022, AS THE AUDI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL DAY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. WHO'S LISA? ARE YOU REPRESENTING? WHO SPEAKS? I'M GONNA SPEAK FIRST AND MAKE SHE WILL SPEAK. OKAY. MR. TEHIR. UH, MAYOR, UH, YOU MUST BE WONDERING WHAT AM I DOING HERE? UH, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ADI, UH, EVERY YEAR I INVITE SOME STUDENTS TO DO A PROJECT FOR ME IN PLANNING COMMISSION. AND SAHA NIVER, WHO IS SON OF MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET, APPROACHED ME AND HE SAID, UH, I WANNA DO A PROJECT. I SAID, COME ATTEND A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. AND HE IMMEDIATELY FOCUSED ON FLOODING AND DRAINAGE ISSUES. AND I SAID, I WANNA WRITE A PAPER ON FLOODING AND DRAINAGE. AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW, HE SAID, MR. TAHI, WE WANT TO DO A HACKATHON. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HACKATHON IS. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF HACKATHON. SO THEN HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT WE [00:10:01] ARE GONNA INVITE SEVERAL SCHOOLS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, EVEN ONE SCHOOL FROM NEPAL IS HERE. UH, AND THEY SAID THAT WE ARE GONNA DO THIS COMPETITION. WE NEED THREE JUDGES. AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GONNA ASK MR. COSTELLO, OUR CHIEF RECOVERY OFFICER, AND MR. BALDWIN TO, TO HELP ME JUDGE THIS THING. WE WERE THE JUDGES, AND THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. THEY DID SUCH A GOOD JOB THAT I THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED. THIS IS AN ICONIC SCHOOL. I'VE DRIVEN THERE 40 YEARS, UH, ACROSS. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THIS SCHOOL GROW. UH, IT'S SUPPORTED BY OUR COUNSELOR CORE. UH, SO I THOUGHT, MAYOR, THAT THIS IS TIME THAT WE BRING ARTIE BACK. THERE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, BUT, UH, THIS IS A SCHOOL WITH WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A LONG-TERM, UH, RELATIONSHIP. I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE COUNCIL JOURNALS WHO ARE HERE. UH, THE NEWEST ONE I UNDERSTAND IS FROM LIBYA. MR. MOHAM, YOU ARE HERE. UH, WE HAVE COUNCIL GENERAL FROM JAPAN, AND WE HAVE OUR FRIEND COUNCIL GENERAL FROM FRANCE, VALERIE, WHO ACTUALLY CHANGED HER PLANS. SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN NEW ORLEANS TODAY, AND SHE SAID, UH, ZAV, I'M GONNA BE THERE BECAUSE TI IS IMPORTANT FOR ME. SO TO TALK ON BEHALF OF TI IS LISA DARLING, WHO RUNS THIS AWESOME SCHOOL AND, AND IS STANDING NEXT TO HER, IS SAHE NBER, THIS STUDENT WHO ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA AND GOT ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS TOGETHER. IN FACT, ONE SCHOOL IS IN NEPAL, SO I CONGRATULATE HIM FOR THAT. LISA, OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, MR. TEHIR. AND THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, FOR THIS HONOR FOR OUR SCHOOL, WE DO WANNA EXPEND EXTEND SPECIAL THANKS TO MR. TEHIR FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. EVERY ADULT, AS WITH THIS LAST GROUP AND HERE NOW WHO SUPPORTS OUR STUDENTS, IS TO BE COMMENDED. UM, THIS DESIGN SPRINT HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY PROJECT FOR THE SCHOOL. SO I WANNA THANK STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND FRIENDS OF THE SCHOOL WHO'VE TAKEN TIME TO JOIN US IN THIS CELEBRATION. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'D LIKE TO CELEBRATE THE STUDENTS. THAT'S WHAT WE DO AT ADI, WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS CHALLENGE. SAHI NEVER AS ALREADY INTRODUCED, IN PARTICULAR, TOOK INITIATIVE, PUT FOCUS TO THIS PROJECT, AND PROVIDED LEADERSHIP FOR IT. THE ADI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SERVES MORE THAN 1700 STUDENTS IN OUR VERY INTERNATIONAL CITY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY REPRESENTS OUR RICH, CULTURAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE HERE IN HOUSTON. SO, TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO US IS A GREAT HONOR. INDEED, OUR SCHOOL IS FOCUSED ON CELEBRATING DIFFERENCES, ENGAGING STUDENTS IN RIGOROUS LEARNING, AND ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE WORLD CITIZENS. THIS PROJECT IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF OUR MISSION BEING BROUGHT TO LIFE BY OUR STUDENTS. I'M INSPIRED BY THEM. I'M PROUD OF THEM. UM, I'M PROUD OF STUDENTS ALWAYS WHO TAKE INITIATIVE AND TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD JOINING YOU ALL WHO ARE TRYING TO DO THE SAME FOR US. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THIS HONOR, AND WE'RE PARTICULARLY, UM, APPRECIATIVE, MR. MAYOR OF YOUR TIME WITH US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE, BUT BEFORE THAT, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND INTRODUCING THE OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE WITH YOU, THAT'D BE GREAT. BE DELIGHTED TO, TO MY FAR LEFT IS MR. J WATKINS, WHO'S REPRESENTING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE AUDI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL TODAY. HE IS ALSO AN AUDI PARENT AND THE PROUD PARENT OF A PARTICIPANT IN THIS PROJECT. TOM ODIN IS OUR HEAD OF SECONDARY SCHOOL AT THE AUDI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, AND SUPPORTS OUR STUDENTS IN SO VERY MANY OF THESE PROJECTS. AND YOU HAVE ALREADY MET OUR STUDENT, SO YOU'VE NEVER, AND YOU VERY WELL KNOW MR. CHI HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. AMY PICK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS PROCLAMATION FORWARD. LISA, WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT ADI IS IN DISTRICT A AND THAT WE GET DIS WE GET ADI IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE STUDENTS WHO ATTEND AUDI ARE SO IMPRESSIVE. AND THIS HACKATHON SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS SUCH A GREAT EVENT. FLOODING AND DRAINAGE, THOSE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE ISSUES TO TACKLE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. AND, UM, MR. CASTELLO AND MR. BALDWIN, AND, UM, MR. TEIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, JUDGING THIS COMPETITION AND, UM, BRINGING IT FORWARD TO THE STUDENTS. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, UH, WILL ALSO BE JOINING US AT THE RECEPTION, WHICH WILL FOLLOW THIS CEREMONY ACROSS THE HALL AT THE, AT THE LIBRARY. AND WE WILL BE GIVING OUT INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATES FOR ALL THE STUDENTS, INCLUDING THE WINNERS. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A, A MOMENT TO THANK ANDY IKIN AND HIS STAFF FOR REALLY [00:15:01] HELPING US WITH THIS PROJECT AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS TAKES PLACE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM. MARTHA CASTEX. TATUM. THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL DARLING, WE ARE SO HONORED TO HAVE YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE HERE AT YOUR CITY HALL. UH, I DO WANT TO HEAR FROM THE STUDENT TO FIND OUT WHAT HIS PROJECT IS. AS A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAS HAD REPETITIVE FLOODING IN MY DISTRICT, THERE MAY BE AN IDEA THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND AGAIN, TO EACH ONE OF YOU WHO HAS PARTICIPATED WITH THESE STUDENTS. UH, MAYOR, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW TO ENGAGE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I MEAN, THIS IS AN IDEAL WAY FOR OUR FUTURE LEADERS TO GO AHEAD AND TACKLE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITIES THAT WE LIVE IN. WE ALL BELIEVE IN SERVING WHERE WE LIVE, AND I AM ANXIOUS TO HEAR WHAT YOUR PROJECT WAS, BECAUSE IF WE CAN USE IT, WE'VE GOT SOME INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS COMING TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. WE ARE LOOKING FOR ALL GOOD IDEAS. YEAH, SURE. UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO FIRST OFF, START BY SAYING, THIS IS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND ESPECIALLY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE WHO'S MADE THIS PROJECT POSSIBLE AND EVERYTHING HERE POSSIBLE. SO, UM, UNDER THE GUIDANCE AND, UH, HELP OF MR. TAHIR, I WAS ABLE TO CREATE A HACKATHON, WHICH IS AN ONLINE VIRTUAL EVENT WHERE I BROUGHT STUDENTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, LIKE MR. TAHIR SAID EARLIER, THERE WAS A TEAM FROM NEPAL WHO ATTENDED. UM, AND THESE TEAMS ALL CAME TOGETHER AND CREATED SOLUTIONS FOR HOUSTON'S MOST PRESSING ISSUE, FLOODING, RIGHT? SO THEY WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT WERE SO GOOD, UM, STATED BY MR. HIR, MR. BALDWIN AND MR. CASTELLO, UH, THAT THEY DECIDED IT'D BE AN, HONESTLY A GREAT IDEA TO KIND OF COMMEND THESE STUDENTS AT THIS EVENT. AND THESE STUDENTS CAME UP WITH FANTASTIC SOLUTIONS. AND HONESTLY, LIKE, UM, JUST BEING ABLE TO LEAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS AN HONOR. AND BEING ABLE TO, UH, REPRESENT AUDI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HERE HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE HONOR. AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE A THANKS TO ALL THE STUDENTS WHO TOOK TIME OUTTA THEIR WEEKEND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT. AND YOU CAME UP WITH THESE GREAT SOLUTIONS, AND I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM. SO THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND, UM, UH, MR. TAHIR, IF YOU COULD SEND THOSE SOLUTIONS OVER TO OUR EMAILS, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON. THANK YOU. AND MAYOR PROAM. AND, UH, COMMISSIONER TAHIR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS TO AUDI. AUDI, OF COURSE, IS SUCH A WONDERFUL INSTITUTION IN OUR GREAT CITY. I KNOW, UH, THE MAYOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TODAY IS, IS DOING US A GREAT SERVICE. AS VICE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS JUST SAID, WE WANT TO SEE THE PROJECTS, WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR IDEAS. UM, I WILL TELL YOU, I, I CHAIR THE TTI COMMITTEE, WHICH STANDS FOR TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. SO A HACKATHON IS CENTRAL TO A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL INTERESTS THAT WE HAVE. AND OF COURSE, THE FLOODING AND DRAINAGE WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IS VERY CENTRAL TO ALL THE WORKS WE DO WITH PUBLIC WORKS. SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY PLEASED, UH, WITH THE EFFORT YOU'VE HAD. I CONCUR. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THE GOOD IDEAS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS TODAY. IT'S WONDERFUL WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN. AND, UM, ZAP, GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE ALL THE FOLKS FROM AUDI. UH, I WORKED WITH A GENTLEMAN THAT HAS TWO KIDS THERE, AND HE ALWAYS TELLS ME ABOUT THE GREAT HAPPENINGS IN AND AROUND YOUR GREAT SCHOOL. I SERVED ON A SCHOOL BOARD FOR 10 YEARS, AND, UH, EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN PARAMOUNT IN MY THINKING. SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE MORE ABOUT THESE RECOVERY PLANS, BUT THAT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING FOR US TO FIND OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. WE'RE GONNA DO THIS IN TWO FORMS. WE'LL TAKE THE FIRST PICTURE WITH JUST MR. AND MR. BALDWIN. OKAY. DO I TAKE THE FIRST PICTURE WITH THE, WITH THAT FIRST GROUP? YES. AND THEN WE, UH, UH, WE'LL DO THE, UH, SECOND, WE'LL DO THE SECOND PICTURE WITH THE, WITH THE STUDENTS. OKAY. [00:23:42] CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER FOR A PROCLAMATION TO MR. J. MARKS IN HONOR OF HIS 99TH BIRTHDAY. J MARKS, MR. CHEMIST, J THE MAN. YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING THIS A CHEMIST LATELY. HI, HOW YOU DOING? MY DAUGHTER? THAT'S MY SISTER. THAT, ALL RIGHT. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION TO JAY MARKS, UH, 99 YOUNG, YOU KNOW, WHEREAS LONGEVITY OF LIFE IS A BLESSING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL AND FOR A COM COMMUNITY, WHICH BENEFITS FROM THE KNOWLEDGE, CREATIVITY, WISDOM, AND EXPERIENCE THIS INDIVIDUAL BRINGS. THE CITY OF HOUSTON RECOGNIZES WITH RESPECT AND GREAT ADMIRATION, THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS JAY MARKS WAS BORN IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY ON [00:25:01] NOVEMBER 26TH, 1923, THE CHILD OF SNYDER DE UH, THE CHILD OF LESTER, IMPERIAL MARKS JAY MARKS SECURED HIS FIRST JOB WORKING FOR HIS UNCLE BEN SNYDER, AT THE SNYDER DEPARTMENT STORE FOR 75 CENTS AN HOUR. THAT WAS BIG MONEY. TWO YEARS LATER, JAY BEGAN HIS LIFE OF SERVICE BY ENLISTING IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AS A BOMBARDI DEER TRAINING ON B 20 FOURS AND B 20 NINES. AND WHEREAS JAY MARKS MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, UH, SHIRLEY GLOSSON, UH, J JAY AND SHIRLEY WERE MARRIED FOR 68 YEARS, AND THEY WERE BLESSED WITH TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN, LESTER AND FRANCIS. AND WHEREAS JAY MARX HAS BEEN A PILLAR OF THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST 67 YEARS, JAY MARX HAS BEEN A LEADER IN BOTH HIS CIRCULAR AND RELIGIOUS LIFE. UH, JAY MARX ESTABLISHED, UH, TWO MANY AUTOMOBILES DEALER, WELL, YEAH, TOO MANY AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIPS TO COUNT AND WAS HIMSELF THE CEO AND FOUNDER OF FIVE OF THOSE DEALERSHIPS. JAY MARKS EXCELLED BOTH FINANCIALLY AND IN TERMS OF RESPECT AMONGST HIS PEERS. BENNY ELECTED THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT ABOVE THE HOUSTON AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION AND THE TEXAS AUTOMOBILE DEALER ASSOCIATION, ALONG WITH BECOMING A FINALIST FOR TIME MAGAZINE'S DEALER OF THE YEAR. AND WHERE JAY MARKS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONAL LEADERS OF CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL, THE OLDEST JEWISH SYNAGOGUE IN TEXAS. JAY HAS ALWAYS, UH, SET THE PERFECT EXAMPLE FOR HIS FAMILY, HIS CONGREGATION MEMBERS, AND HAS HAD A LASTING POSITIVE IMPACT ON EVERY PERSON HE HAS EVER ENCOUNTERED, AND I CAN ATTEST TO THAT. AND WHEREAS JAY MARKS HAS ENRICHED THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS, HIS PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVORS, SUCH AS THE EARN TO LEARN PROGRAM FOR HID STUDENTS, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER'S CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP BALL, HIS SPONSORSHIP OF MUSIC STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AND RICE UNIVERSITY, HIS PASSION TO SUPPORT THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM, AND HIS PARTICIPATION ON THE BOARDS OF COUNTLESS CIVIC, CULTURAL, AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, HAS PROVEN HIS PASSION TO MAKE HIS MARK AND LEAVE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE THAN HE FOUNDED. AND WHEREAS JAY MARKS HAS TURNED 99, AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON PLANS TO WELCOME HIM BACK TO CITY HALL, UH, NEXT NOVEMBER FOR HIS MEMBERSHIP INTO THE HOUSTON'S MOST ELITE GROUP, OUR CENTENARIANS, THE CITY OF HOUSTON HONORS JAY MARKS FOR HIS LIFE OF GIVING, SHARING, AND OF LEADING HIS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TO HAVE GREATER HEIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENT. THEREFORE, I, INVESTOR TURNER MAYOR CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM THIS DAY, NOVEMBER 26TH, 2022, AS JAY MARKS DAY, 99 YEARS YOUNG FOR A LIFE WORLD, WHOOPI . THANK YOU. COME ON, JAY. YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING RIGHT HERE? BLESS EVERYONE. I HOPE YOUR GOAL IS MY GOAL. HIT THE 100TH TOGETHER, . THANK YOU, MR. MARKS. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE. FIRST OF ALL, COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KNOX. MR. MARKS, LET ME JUST SAY, I CELEBRATED MY BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK. I TURNED 64. WONDERFUL. AND I CAN TELL YOU THE CLOSER I GET TO 99, THE YOUNGER THAT LOOKS TO ME. SO GOD BLESS YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US. AND, AND, UH, WE HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL YEAR THIS YEAR. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU BEING NEXT YEAR ON YOUR 100TH BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU, MIKE. COUNCILMAN RAVI CAME IN. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT JOB THAT Y'ALL DO FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR, UH, BRINGING THIS FORWARD IN RECOGNITION. AND MR. MARKS, I WAS HOPING I KNOW WHO THEY ARE, BUT YOU'D ALSO INTRODUCE, UH, YOUR FAMILY THAT IS WITH YOU TODAY. I KNOW THEY'RE VERY SPECIAL TO YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU. SHE WANTS YOU TO, I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT SHE INTRODUCE US. OH, OH, FORGIVE ME. HEARING AIDS MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, FRAN, MARKS LOW, AND MY VERY MATIC SON, LESTER MARX, WHO IS INVOLVED IN THE ART COMMUNITY, THANKS TO THE MAYOR. WELL, I KNOW YOU, UM, DO SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS A MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL. I KNOW THAT, BUT ALSO IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY. AND YOUR LEGACY CONTINUES AND YOUR FAMILY. I KNOW YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, UH, ALSO TAKE UP THAT MANTLE ALONGSIDE YOU. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, MR. MARSH. CONGRATULATIONS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AND I HOPE YOU LIVE 99 MORE YEARS. . WOW. JAMES MAKING A SLOW TURN. HOLD ON. AND WE'RE GONNA HOLD THIS TOGETHER. YEAH, YOU DO THAT. AND [2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] [00:31:37] THE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE KNOX FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, FELLOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE AND HONOR TO REPRESENT OR TO, TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TODAY DR. DARREN W MOORE. UH, HE WAS THE PASTOR AT TRUVIN MISSIONARY CHURCH IN SPRING, TEXAS. ALTHOUGH HE'S IN SPRING, A LOT OF HIS CONGREGATION ARE, UH, RESIDENTS OF HOUSTON. UH, HE WAS SELECTED OR, OR CALLED TO THAT PARTICULAR POSITION IN SEPTEMBER OF 2013. HE'S A NATIVE OF AUSAS, LOUISIANA, HOLDS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE FROM GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY, A MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, A DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY. HIS RELIGIOUS TRAINING ALSO INCLUDES A MASTER OF DIVINITY AND BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL STUDIES, UH, FROM THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND THE MASTER OF THEOLOGY FROM THE DUKE UNIVERSITY OF DIVINITY. DR. MOORE IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER, WHERE HE IS A TECHNOLOGY MANAGER. HE IS ALSO EMPLOYED, OR HAS BEEN EMPLOYED BY A VARIETY OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES IN HIS CAREER, WHICH I FIND THIS INTERESTING. A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. EVIDENTLY WE HAVE A, AN ACTUAL SPY IN OUR PRESS. . ALRIGHT, UM, I'M, I'M JUST BEING SILLY. OF COURSE. UM, AND OF COURSE, HEWLETT PACKARD, MEMBER OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE HAS EARNED THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIAL. HE IS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY NATIONAL ALUM ASSOCIATION, PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY. MM. ADDITIONALLY, HE SERVES ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE BAPTIST GENERAL CONVENTION OF TEXAS, SERVES AS A MODERATOR ON A TEAM OF THE UNION BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. HE HAS BEEN IN HOLY MATRIMONY WITH HIS LOVING WIFE, ARLENE. LET SOME MORE SINCE JUNE 28TH, 2003. CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. UM, AND BY THE WAY, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT TRUVIN, UM, MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH RECENTLY ON NOVEMBER THE 13TH, CELEBRATED THEIR 120TH CHURCH ANNIVERSARY IN THE SAME SPOT. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, DR. MOORE. UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION THAT WE RECEIVED, HONORING THAT OCCASION. WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. AND MY THANKS, UH, COME FROM MY CONGREGATION TO ALL OF YOU TODAY FOR HAVING US. LET US PRAY. GOD OF JUSTICE AND MERCY, THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY. HELP US TO ACT WITH CHARACTER AND CONVICTION. HELP US TO LISTEN WITH UNDERSTANDING AND GOODWILL. HELP US TO SPEAK WITH CHARITY AND RESTRAINTS. GIVE US A SPIRIT OF SERVICE. REMIND US THAT WE ARE STEWARDS OF YOUR AUTHORITY. GUIDE US TO BE THE LEADERS THAT YOUR PEOPLE NEED. HELP US TO SEE THE HUMANITY AND DIGNITY OF THOSE WE DISAGREE WITH. AND TO TREAT ALL PERSONS NO MATTER HOW WEAK OR POOR, WITH THE REVERENCE YOUR CREATION DESERVES. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNCIL, OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY STAFF, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR HOSPITAL STAFF, AND ALL THOSE WHO WORK TO MAKE THIS PLACE. WE CALL HOME SUCH A WONDERFUL CITY. AND FINALLY, FATHER, RENEW US WITH THE STRENGTH OF YOUR PRESENCE AND THE JOY OF HELPING TO BUILD THE COMMUNITY WORTHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON. WE ASK THIS AS [00:35:01] YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, CONFIDENT IN YOUR GOODNESS AND LOVE. AMEN. AMEN. JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNTIL THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR THANK YOU, DR. MOORE, FOR BEING HERE. AND I SEE YOU GOT YOUR BLUE ON , REPRESENTING I GOTTA REPRESENT REP. YOU REPRESENT THEM. SIGMAS. OKAY. . YES. ALL RIGHT. UM, [ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING] UM, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLE MAYOR TURNER. HERE. COUNCILMAN PEG? HERE. COUNCILMAN JACKSON? HERE. COUNCILMAN KAMAN. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABA. HERE. COUNCILMAN MARTIN. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN THOMAS? PRESENT. COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN? PRESENT. COUNCILMAN CISNEROS? HERE. COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS? HERE. COUNCILMAN POLLARD? HERE. COUNCILMAN CASTEX TATUM? HERE. COUNCILMAN KNOX? HERE. COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. HERE. COUNCILMAN KUBOSH? HERE. HERE. COUNCILMAN PLUMMER. AND COUNCILOR ALCORN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS JOINING US VIRTUALLY, UH, IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW AND THEN YOU CAN PROCEED TO HANG UP. UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND MAKING A SECONDING, UH, UM, AN ITEM. AND FOR THOSE JOINING VIRTUALLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW. WE'LL BE MONITORING, UH, THAT PERIODICALLY. AND PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST BE VISIBLE ON CAMERA WHILE YOU ARE SPEAKING [PUBLIC SPEAKERS] FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS. LET ME REMIND YOU, IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED AS THE PUBLIC SPEAKER, YOU HAD TO SIGN UP WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE BY 3:00 PM ON YESTERDAY. AND WE'LL CALL YOUR NAME IN THE ORDER IN WHICH YOU SIGNED UP WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. IF YOU ARE IN PERSON, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND GET BEHIND ONE OF THOSE TWO MICS. IF YOU ARE CALLING IN, PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. AND IF YOU ARE APPEARING ON CAMERA, CLICK ON THE MICROPHONE ICON AND THE CAMERA ICON, AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE THE ONE, TWO, OR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. AFTER YOUR TIME, THE BELL WILL RING. AND ONCE YOU HEAR THE BELL RING, UH, YOU MUST COME TO AN IMMEDIATE END. UH, CHAIR WANTS TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON FOR A PROCEDURAL MOTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD RAIN EATON TO THE BOTTOM OF THE THREE MINUTE AGENDA. SPEAKERS LIST. SECOND ROBINSON. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND. AND THE OBJECTION. CHAIR. NONE. AND THE MOTION IS GRANTED. THE SECRETARY HAS. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? OKAY, JUST PLEASE BEAR IN MIND, YOU GOT TWO FULL PAGES TODAY. MOTION ON THE MINUTES. IS THAT NOT IN THERE? DID I SKIP IT? YEAH. UH, ON THE MINUTES. LET'S, LET'S DEAL WITH THE MINUTES. WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 30TH AND 31ST AND SEPTEMBER 7TH. CASTEX TATUM MOVED. SECOND. ROBINSON BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND ON THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS. ANY OBJECTIONS? CARRIES NONE. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. AGAIN, BEAR IN MIND THERE ARE SPEAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS PA UH, THIS, UM, LONG HANDOUT. UM, SO LET'S PROCEED. UM, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL THE, THE, UH, SPEAKER'S LIST. ALEX LADA. ALEX LADA, IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE COME UP. MR. LADA IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY DARCY LADA. AND IF YOU GET BEHIND ONE OF THOSE MICS, GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER. AND THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ALEX LADA. I'M A RESIDENT IN, UH, DISTRICT D AND DR. EVAN SHABAZZ'S DISTRICT. I'M JUST HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE, UH, THE CREATION OF BIKE FRIENDLY LANES IN DISTRICT D ALONG BLOT STREET. MY FAMILY, MY FAMILY AND I, WE BIKE OFTEN ACROSS BLOT. UH, I GO TAKE IT TO WORK. WE TAKE OUR SCHOOL, OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL ALONG BLOT. AND WE VERY MUCH ENJOY THE SAFETY OF THOSE LANES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN DOWNTOWN ACROSS MIDTOWN. UH, THERE ARE MANY OF US ACROSS DISTRICT D THAT REALLY ENJOY THESE, UH, BIKE PROTECTED LANES TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT STREETS HAVE MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS, FOR BIKE USERS. THERE ARE MANY OF US OUT THERE THAT, UH, REALLY CHAMPION THESE INITIATIVES. UH, THEY'VE BEEN ONGOING. SO WE ARE JUST KIND OF HERE IN SUPPORT. I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME JUST TO SAY THAT WE, UH, REALLY CHERISH THESE INITIATIVES AND THAT THERE ARE MANY OF US THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE, UH, BIKE LANES, NOT JUST IN DISTRICT D BUT ACROSS THE CITY. UH, SO I'M JUST KEEPING IT VERY BRIEF, BUT I JUST WANT TO KEEP THOSE MOMENTS TO YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COMMENT. I'M SURE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU MR. LATA. YOU ARE APPARENTLY IN MY CIVIC ASSOCIATION, UM, [00:40:01] BECAUSE I LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. YES. I JUST WANNA ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION. UM, WOULD YOU BE CONCERNED THAT NONE OF THE CIVIC CLUB LEADERS IN THAT AREA ARE EVEN AWARE OF THIS PROJECT AND DO NOT SUPPORT IT? WELL, I THINK PUBLIC DISCOURSE IS IMPORTANT, HENCE MY BEING HERE. AND I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. UH, IT TAKES A COMMUNITY, OF COURSE THEY'LL LEAD THESE INITIATIVES, BUT I THINK YOU'RE VERY MUCH WELL OVER THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MANY OF US THAT APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT, UH, PEDESTRIAN SAFE STREETS, BIKE, SAFE STREETS ARE A NO-BRAINER. I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION. UH, SO I WELCOME THOSE INITIATIVES AND, AND AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THIS DISCOURSE. BUT YES, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN. NEVERTHELESS. I, I, I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR SORT OF DILEMMA. WE NEED TO SORT OF TALK TO OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD AS A POLICY INITIATIVE. HOUSTON GOING GREEN, PROTECTING OUR STREETS, PROTECTING OUR PEDESTRIANS, THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A WINNER ACROSS THE BOARD. UM, SO I, I, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN, BUT THAT'S HOW I SEE IT. AND, AND ONE LAST QUESTION. SURE. ARE YOU AWARE THAT THERE IS A SAFE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL? LESS THAN A HALF A MILE FROM THAT AREA WHERE YOU COULD COLUMBIA TAP TO THE COLUMBIA TAP? I LOVE THE COLUMBIA TAP TO, TO NORTH AND SOUTH, UH, MCGREGOR, WHICH WILL TAKE YOU TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. YES. MCGREGOR PARK, UH, TO THE EAST, TO THE MEDICAL CENTER, UH, THE MUSEUM DISTRICT AND TWO, UM, AREAS TO THE, UH, WEST. SO THERE IS ALREADY, UH, A SAFE BIKE PATH. AND LET ME, LET ME BE CLEAR. I AM VERY, I AM A BIKER. I, I ACTUALLY BOUGHT A ALMOST A THOUSAND DOLLAR BIKE, UH, FOR MYSELF FOR CHRISTMAS. I'VE BEEN WITH THE COMMISSION ONS RISE AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE, UH, COMMUNITY. AND I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF SAFETY FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I WANNA CREATE A WIN-WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU THOSE QUICK QUESTIONS. I USE THE COLUMBIA TAP RAIL ALMOST EVERY DAY TO TAKE MY KIDS TO SCHOOL. NOW, HERE'S THE PROBLEM. I GREW ACROSS BROAD STREET TO GET TO THE COLUMBIA TAP AND I FACE DANGERS, WHETHER IT'S, UH, METRO BUS OR OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. STREETS ARE FOR EVERYBODY. THEY'RE NOT JUST FOR FOUR, FOUR WHEELS, THEY'RE FOR ALL OF US. AND SO I, IN ORDER TO GET TO THE COLUMBIA TAP RAIL, I NEED TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT. AND MANY OF US WHO ARE NOT JUST ON TWO WHEELS, BUT ARE WALKING. AND SO THE COLUMBIA TAP DOES GO NORTH AND SOUTH, BUT YOU NEED ALSO AN EAST AND WEST CORRIDOR TO GET US THERE. YEAH. OKAY. UM, AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION. I'M NOT GONNA JUST KEEP YOU ON THE SPOT. UM, THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO GET TO THE COLUMBIA TAP, WHICH ACTUALLY GOES RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE IN FRONT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON ROSEDALE. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE BLOT TO GET TO THE COLUMBIA TAP. YOU CAN USE ROSEDALE. SO, JUST A SUGGESTION. WELL, I, I UNDERSTAND IT SEEMS MORE CONVENIENT FOR ME TO GO YOUR ROUTE, HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHER IN THE DISTRICT THAT HAVE TO GO OTHER ROUTES AS WELL. SO I APPRECIATE THAT SUGGESTION, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT, UH, ON THE MIND, I THINK OF ALL OF US THAT LIVED IN DISTRICT. OKAY. ONE LAST THING I SAID THAT WAS THE LAST, IF YOU WANNA GET TO GALVESTON, YOU DO HAVE TO PLAN TO GET THERE. I SUGGEST THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PUT ANY BIKE LANES DOWN I 45. SO YOU'RE CERTAINLY GONNA HAVE TO CHOOSE ANOTHER PATHWAY TO GET THERE. AND IF YOU HAVE ROSEDALE THAT IS RIGHT THERE BY YOU, AS WELL AS BLOT, I THINK ROSEDALE WOULD BE A VERY VIABLE AND SAFE PATH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET ME JUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT AS IT RELATES TO ITEM 54 THAT DEALS WITH STREETS AND DRAINAGE . SO ITEM 54 DEALS WITH STREETS AND DRAINAGE ON BLOT. OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, UM, STREETS AND DRAINAGE, AND I'M HOPING THAT EVERYBODY SUPPORTS STREETS AND DRAINAGE ON BLOCK . ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM. DARCY LADA. UH, DARCY LADA IS COMING TO BE FOLLOWED BY ALONZO EDWARDS. MS. LATA. AND ARE WE PRONOUNCING THAT YOUR LAST NAME, RIGHT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. GOOD DEAL, MS. LATA. CORRECT. THANK YOU. GOOD. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. UM, SO I'M ALSO, I'M MARRIED TO ALEX AND WE'RE, I'M A MOTHER. SORRY, I DON'T SPEAK THAT OFTEN, BUT ACTUALLY THE, UM, THE BIKE ISSUE AND THE BIKE LANES IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. UM, I, I'M BORN AND RAISED HOUSTONIAN. I'VE LIVED IN THIRD WARD IN MONTROSE ALL MY ADULT LIFE. AND I REMEMBER BEING IN MY TWENTIES AND RIDING AROUND LIKE A MAD WOMAN. JUST NOT NO PROTECTION, BUT IT WAS LIKE INVIGORATING. 'CAUSE I WAS 20, I HAD NOTHING TO LOSE. BUT NOW, AS A MOM IN MY FORTIES AND I'M WITH MY CHILDREN TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THE SAME, UM, ACTIVITIES OF, SUCH AS FUNDS LIKE BIKE RIDING, I GET MORE TERRIFIED JUST RIDING THEM. WELL, ACTUALLY, NO, SORRY, I'LL TAKE THAT BACK. THERE'S BEEN SOME GREAT IMPROVEMENTS, [00:45:01] I'LL SAY FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. LIKE THERE'S BEEN MAJOR, UM, BEAUTIFUL CHANGES WITH PROTECTED BIKE LANES AND I'VE NOTICED THAT AND I LOVE IT. AND, UM, I'VE, MY GOAL IS FOR THE WHOLE CITY TO BE COVERED IN PROTECTED BIKE LANES. LIKE THERE ARE THE COLUMBIA TAP, THERE'S THE MCGREGOR, THERE'S VARIOUS, THERE'S AUSTIN STREET. BUT I THINK THE, YES, I THINK THE GOAL WOULD BE JUST TO HAVE ALMOST EVERY STREET WITH BIKE LANES. I WANT EVERY STREET TO BE SAFE FOR WALKERS AND RIDERS AND, UM, NOT JUST CARS. I THINK THE CITY WOULD JUST BENEFIT GREATLY. ENVIRONMENT WOULD BENEFIT GREATLY. PUBLIC HEALTH WOULD BENEFIT GREATLY FROM JUST ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BIKE AND WALK AND SCOOTER SAFELY ACROSS THE CITY. UM, SO I'M VERY MUCH FOR MORE PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON EVERY STREET. AND PARTICULARLY SINCE WE LIVE RIGHT ON WENTWORTH NEXT TO BLOT STREET, NEXT TO TSU UNI, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. UM, EVEN I THINK ONE ISSUE MIGHT BE WITH, UM, I HEARD ABOUT CAR VEHICULAR NIGHTMARES BEING ON BLOT, AND I DISAGREE WITH THAT. UM, LODGE STREET HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW, AND IT HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH ONE WAY, UH, LIKE A ONE LANE, ONE WAY STREET. AND IT HASN'T BEEN THAT BAD. LIKE, AND YESTERDAY WE ACTUALLY WROTE IT. ME AND THE GIRLS JUST WROTE IT, JUST A TEST, RIGHT? AGAIN, JUST AT RUSH HOUR. AND IT'S ONE WAY BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW AND THE OTHER LANES, AND IT REALLY IS RUSH OUR TIME. AND WE DIDN'T NOTICE ANY PROBLEMS WITH TRAFFIC. TIME HAS FIRE. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN AZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. YEAH. I WANNA ASK YOU, WERE YOU IN THE AREA A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN THEY HAD HOMECOMING? YES. OKAY. DO YOU THINK THAT AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE COULD HAVE GOTTEN UP AND DOWN THAT STREET? HAD THEY HAD ONE LANE IN ONE DIRECTION AND ONE IN ANOTHER DIRECTION, DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE? UM, I MEAN, THAT HYPOTHETICAL, I FEEL LIKE IT'S EMERGENCY THOUGH. VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY COMMON TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. SO I'M JUST WONDERING, WOULD THEY HAVE EASILY BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT AND NOT TO MENTION IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY AT TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. DO YOU SEE THAT? THAT'S A PROBLEM EVACUATING , ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS FOR BIKERS. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCAIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, IT, IT'S A DISTRICT D RESIDENT. I'M NOT GONNA ENGAGE, BUT YOU MENTIONED THIS SEEMS LIKE A FAMILY AFFAIR. AND I THINK YOU MAY HAVE ONE OF YOUR DAUGHTERS, BOTH OF BOTH OF THEM. DO YOU WANT, I DON'T WANNA EMBARRASS THEM, BUT DO YOU WANNA INTRODUCE THEM? THAT'S CELESTE. SHE'S SEVEN YEARS OLD AND THAT'S INES AND SHE'S FIVE YEARS OLD. IS IT, IT THEIR FIRST TIME AT COUNCIL? IT IS. YEAH. WELL, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING. YEAH, THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALONZO EDWARDS. ALONZO EDWARDS. IF YOU ARE PRESS STAR SIX. ALONZO EDWARDS. STAR SIX. MR. EDWARDS. STAR SIX. MR. EDWARDS. NEXT SPEAKER. RICHARD PALACIOS. RICHARD PALACIOS. HE'S ON, HE'S ON SCREEN. THERE YOU GO. UH, YES, I'M JOINING VIA TEAMS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? UH, WE CAN HEAR YOU AND SEE YOU. GREAT. YOUR TURN. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. UH, MY NAME'S RICKY PALACIOS. I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT D ON A STREET. UH, SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON, BUT, UM, YEAH, I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON, UH, BIKE SAFETY. AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK FIRST OF ALL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MR. CHAVA AND EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN CHAMPIONING THE STREET IMPROVEMENT AND THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. UM, IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE THAT, UH, INVESTMENT BE PUT INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I USE THE BIKING TO GET AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD REGULARLY AND I JUST HOPE THAT THAT'LL BE CONSIDERED WITH THE STREET IMPROVEMENT. UM, MY WIFE AND I USE THAT TO GET AROUND, UH, LODGE AND, UM, WITH MY FRIENDS THAT I INVITE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO COME AND MY WIFE THAT DOESN'T, UM, LIKE AS MUCH ON A REGULAR BASIS, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THEM FEEL SAFE ON THE ROAD. UM, I KNOW SOMETIMES CARS CAN GO A LITTLE FAST DOWN THERE. UH, AND I ALSO HAVE SOME FRIENDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DO A WALKING ROUTE. UM, AND WHEN WE'RE ON THE SIDE STREETS, IT'S OKAY, LIKE ON ARBOR AND OTHERS. BUT, UM, WHEN THEY GO PAST BUDGET, UM, I, [00:50:01] I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE STREET FOR SAFETY, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANNA RUN THEM OFF OF THE WALKING PATH. UM, FOR MY DAILY USE, UM, I USE A LOT OF THE SERVICES ON BUDGET. I GET TO THE METRO, TO U OF H, I GO TO THE BLO COMMUNITY GARDENS, UH, THE BLO FOOD HALL TO THE WEST, TO THE MUSEUM DISTRICTS, UH, TO THE FRENCH EAST. AND FOR, UH, ME, BETWEEN BEING BLO AND MCGREGOR, IT'S UH, GO GOING ALL THE WAY TO CAMPUS TO GET TO THE SERVICES SPECIFICALLY ON BUDGET, UH, ISN'T THE MOST DIRECT ROUTE FOR MYSELF. SO, UM, AND GOING TO TIER WESTERN, I USE MCGREGOR PARK NORMALLY TO GO TO THE DISC GOLF AND PLAY BASEBALL AT THOSE COURSES. SO, UH, HAVING THAT ROUTE I'D REALLY APPRECIATE AS WELL. UM, COLUMBIA TAP GOES NORTH TO SOUTH, BUT AS I MENTIONED, A LOT OF THE SERVICES I USE ARE DIRECTLY ON T. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. ONE, ONE SECOND. ONE SECOND. THANK YOU. ONE SECOND. ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN MADMAN, SHABA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AGAIN, I AM VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF BIKE SAFETY, BUT I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS. BUDGET IS A VERY BUSY STREET. IT'S ALSO ONE WHERE THEY HAVE MANY, UH, BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE PRECLUDED FROM HAVING PARKING ON IN FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESS. AND SO OF COURSE I'M IN, IN FAVOR OF ADVANCING THAT AS WELL. BUT I THINK THAT THERE ARE OTHER STREETS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED, UH, TO FACILITATE THIS AND GET THIS A WIN-WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO I DON'T WANT IN ANY WAY TO THINK THAT I JUST OPPOSED TO BIKE LANES, BUT I DO THINK THAT MORE THOUGHT AND REVISITING BLOT AS AN OPTION IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WARRANTED. AND SO I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, UH, TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT YOU ARE RIDING. MAYBE WE'LL RIDE TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. MY BLESSING. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU'LL GO BACK, MADAM SECRETARY TO ALONZO EDWARDS. ALONZO EDWARDS. ALONZO EDWARDS. PRESS STAR SIX. I'M PRESENT. YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. GREAT DEAL. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME IN TODAY. GOING TO, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT IF I COULD. I'M REVEREND ALONZO EDWARDS. I'M A SENIOR PASTOR OF PIL CONGREGATIONAL, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 31 15 BLO. AT THAT LOCATION, WE OWN A DAYCARE CENTER THAT IS LOCATED BEHIND THE CHURCH, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CHURCH. WE OWN A COMMUNITY CENTER LOCATED AT 31 18 LOGIC THAT SERVES A COMMUNITY FOR VARIOUS, FOR VARIOUS GATHERINGS. INSIDE THAT COMMUNITY CENTER, WE HAVE CREDIT UNION THAT IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THE SAME ADDRESS IS THE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY CALLED MANOR HOUSE THAT IS PARTNERED WITH FOUR OTHER COMMUNITY CHURCHES. MY CONCERN FOR TODAY IS IF THE PROPOSED PLAN TO NARROW BLOCK FROM FOUR LANES TO TWO, IT WILL CREATE AN EVEN LARGER TRAFFIC FLOW PROBLEM FOR ALL OF THESE ENTITIES AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS ATTENDING TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN ON BLOCK DURING PEAK HOURS FOR CLASSES OR ANY EVENTS AT TSU, BUT TRAFFIC IS AN ISSUE. ENTERING AND EXITING A PARKING GARAGE MAKES IT ALMOST I IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE HEADING TO THEM AND LEAVING THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEFORE THE CITY GOES TO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT. UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE AND I YIELD BACK MY TIME. NOW. AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU PASTOR EDWARDS. AND, AND VERY QUICK QUESTION WITH YOU BEING THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH THERE, WERE YOU ENGAGED IN ANY PART OF THIS DECISION REGARDING, UM, A BIKE LANE GOING RIGHT THERE BY YOUR CHURCH IN THAT EVERY HEAVILY CONGESTED AREA ALONG WITH TEXAS SOUTHERN? I, I WAS NOT ENGAGED AT ALL. UM, I HEARD ABOUT IT LATE, UH, WHEN THE PROJECT HAD ALREADY STARTED. MATTER OF FACT, I HEARD ABOUT IT WHEN THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT PHASE TWO OF THE PROJECT, WHICH I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT. OKAY, THANK YOU. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING HERE IS THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ENGAGE THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY IMPACTED AS WELL AS THE CHURCHES, UH, AND, AND THE, UH, SCHOOL. AND SO CERTAINLY, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND I THINK THAT WE CAN WORK THIS OUT WHERE IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR THE BIKERS AS WELL AS FOR THE CITY. I JUST WANNA BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT IT. THANK YOU. HEY, MAC. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. SARAH AMRAN. SARAH, I'M I'M RON AM AMRON. I AMM. RAN. YES. [00:55:01] IRAN. YEAH, I'M HERE VIRTUALLY. I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME. YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU AND SEE YOU. OKAY, PERFECT. UM, FIRST, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL TODAY. UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS SARAH IMRAN. UM, I'M A CO-FOUNDER OF A YOUTH LED ORGANIZATION CALLED HOUSTONIANS ENACTING LIBERATION, UM, WHERE WE WANT TO FIGHT FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND FIGHT AGAINST, UM, DISCRIMINATORY URBAN DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES. SO I'M SURE YOU CAN GUESS WHY I'M HERE TODAY. UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY LIKE SO MANY OF THE OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT, UM, BIKE LANES AND, UM, PEOPLE FIRST TRANSPORTATION IS VITAL TO NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE THERE, BUT TO THE ECONOMY AS WELL AS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY AS A WHOLE. IT'S NOT EMERGENCIES HAPPENING AND TRANSPORTATION FIRMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU MS. IMRAN. UH, JUST WANT TO ASK YOU, I SEE THAT YOU DO NOT LIVE IN DISTRICT D SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU, DO YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IF YOUR COMMUNITY WEIGHS IN ON WHERE BIKE LANES SHOULD BE PLACED? UH, AGAIN, NO ONE IS OPPOSED TO BIKE SAFETY, CERTAINLY NOT ME. UH, I DO KNOW THAT IT'S BASICALLY A VERY SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD TO TRAVEL THROUGH, BUT OF COURSE, BLOT IS JUST NOT, UH, I THINK THE, THE MOST CONDUCIVE STREET TO CHOOSE. SO DO YOU THINK THAT, UM, THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE ENGAGED, THE COMMUNITY RIGHT THERE PROPER SHOULD BE ENGAGED IN WHAT AFFECTS THEM AND THEIR DAILY MODALITY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY? BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY FOUR LANE, UH, STREET THAT GOES THROUGH THE AREA. SO DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD BE, I DON'T MEAN TO MAKE THE QUESTION REALLY HARD. I GUESS I'M THROWING MY POINTS IN THERE, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, DO YOU THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HAVE SOME ENGAGEMENT BEFORE THINGS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CONSTRUCTED? YEAH, SO I THINK, UM, LIKE YOU SAID, AND LIKE EVERYONE WHO HAS SPOKEN BEFORE ME, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL. UM, AND THERE HAVE BEEN PROJECTS IN THE PAST THAT HAVEN'T ENGAGED, UH, FULLY WITH THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS THE I 45 EXPANSION PROGRAM, BUT THEY STILL SEE PROGRESS DESPITE THAT. UM, SO OF COURSE WE ALL WANT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S NECESSARY FOR ANY PROJECT. UM, I PERSONALLY DON'T LIVE IN DISTRICT D, BUT I DO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AND I LIVE RIGHT OVER IN DISTRICT, UH, DISTRICT B, UM, IN SECOND WARD. AND I USE THE COLUMBIA TAP TRAIL ALL THE TIME AS WELL AS METRO TO GET TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. AND, UM, I CAN JUST IMAGINE HOW USEFUL IT WOULD BE TO THE STUDENTS AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. UM, HOW USEFUL SUCH A LANE WOULD BE TO HOUSTON AND TO THEM IF THEY WERE . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, ISAIAH MARTIN. ISAIAH MARTIN. IS ISAIAH HERE. ISAIAH MARTIN. NEXT SPEAKER. CLAUDIA CARTO. CLAUDIA CARL, IF YOU'RE PRESS STAR SIX. CLAUDIA COLLETTO. YES, SIR, I'M HERE. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME. SURE. UH, THANK YOU ALL TODAY FOR BRINGING UP SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT D, VERY PROUD TO LIVE IN THIRD WARD. I AM A BIKE RIDER AND ALSO A PEDESTRIAN. AND MY CONCERN, WHICH I THINK IS SHARED BY EVERYBODY SO FAR TODAY, IS SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY. SO IN PARTICULAR, UM, IT IS A CHALLENGE FOR ME AND MY NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS TO DO EVERYDAY THINGS ON OUR BIKES, LIKE GET TO THE HEB, THE MCGREGOR, HEB, UM, WITHOUT BEING CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GONNA GET HIT BY A VEHICLE. UM, THERE CERTAINLY ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOYING THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SEVERAL OF THE, UH, BIKE GROUPS AND THEY GET TOGETHER SOCIALLY. BUT MY CONCERN IS MORE FOR, UM, IT BEING INTEGRATED [01:00:01] IN A WAY THAT WE CAN ALL SHARE THE ROAD TOGETHER AND WE CAN ACTUALLY WALK AND BIKE AND BE ABLE TO GET BACK AND FORTH AND DO THINGS AND MAKE SPACE FOR EACH OTHER. SO THAT'S SPECIFICALLY WHY I AM HERE TODAY. I JUST WANNA ENSURE THAT MY VOICE AS A RESIDENT OF THIRD WARD IS HEARD AND THAT I AM LOOKING FOR MEANINGFUL SOLUTIONS SO THAT WE CAN ALL SHARE THE WARD, THE, THE WARD AND THE ROADS TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, NEXT SPEAKER. PHYLLIS MOSS. PHYLLIS MOSS, PRESS STAR SIX. PHYLLIS MOSS, YOU'RE MUTED. YES, I'M HERE. OKAY, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. UH, I'M PHYLLIS MOSS AND I'M A RESIDENT OF RIVERSIDE TERRACE. UM, I SUPPORT THE DRAINAGE, THE STREET REPAIR, THE LARGER SIDEWALKS, THE HARDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT. BUT AT THIS POINT, I DO NOT SUPPORT THE BIKE LANES SPECIFICALLY ON BLOT AND CLEBURNE IN THAT AREA. THE TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. UH, AND THAT SIDE OF BLOT, THERE'S THE, UM, THE GYM OR THE STUDENT ACTIVITY WHERE THEY HAVE THE BASKETBALL GAMES, THERE'S THE FOOTBALL FIELD, THERE'S THE, THE TRACK FIELD WHERE THEY RUN. SO THEY HAVE A TON OF ACTIVITIES ON THE BLOT SIDE. THERE'S ALSO PILGRIM CHURCH AND THERE'S ALWAYS ACTIVITIES GOING ON, AND THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE TURNING IN AND GOING INTO THOSE ACTIVITIES WITH A BIKE LANE RIGHT THERE THAT WILL BACK THAT, ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC UP. THE, THE PEOPLE WHO DO PARK ON BLOT WILL BE FORCED TO MOVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE ALREADY HAVE SEVERE PARKING ISSUES WITHIN RIVERSIDE TERRACE. AND NO PARKING ON BLOCKET WILL CAUSE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING THE BUSINESSES, THE ONES THAT HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS AT NIGHT, AS WELL AS DURING THE DAY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND A LOT OF THE STREETS ALREADY HAVE RESTRICTED PARKING. LOOK, UH, MY HUSBAND AND I RIDE OUR BIKES REGULARLY AND WE GET ON THE COLUMBIA TAB TRAIL, WHICH RUNS DIRECTLY THROUGH TSU AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. THERE ARE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS FROM THE HEIGHTS TO DOWNTOWN TO THE MEDICAL CENTER, BRAISED BAYOU, WHERE RIDERS CAN GET ON THE TRAIL AND GAIN ACCESS TO TEXAS SOUTHERN TO U OF H TO THE U OF H MEDICAL SCHOOL. IT'S JUST, I THINK, NOT A NECESSITY THAT THE BIKE LANES BE ON BLOT. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO GET THERE VIA THE COLUMBIA TAP TRAIL, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TRAIL THAT TAKING UP TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC ON BLOT IS NOT A NECESSITY. AND I THINK THAT WILL CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS. THERE ARE BIKE RIDERS, BUT NOT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER THAT I BELIEVE, UH, WOULD WARRANT TWO WHOLE LANES OF TRAFFIC LEAVING BLOT STREET TO ACCOMMODATE BICYCLE RIDERS. CYCLERS ARE ACTUALLY MUCH SAFER RIDING ON THE TRAIL THAN RIDING IN THE STREET. OKAY. SO YOU CAN RIDE THE, THERE'S EVEN SIDEWALKS ALL THE WAY DOWN BLOT TO SCOTT AS WELL AS ON THE CLEBURNE SIDE. THE ONES BY TEXAS SOUTHERN HAVE BEEN, UM, ENLARGED. THEY'RE EXTRA LARGE AND TWO OR THREE BIKERS COULD RIDE AT ONE TIME. UM, SO HONESTLY, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE BIKE LANES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ESTABLISHED, AND THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN FOR ME. SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD UTILIZE THE COLUMBIA TAP TRAIL AND ALL THAT IT OFFERS IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN, BE IT U OF H, THE GAMES, TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON MEDICAL SCHOOL, ALL OF THAT CAN BE ACCESSED EASILY FROM THE COLUMBIA TAP TRAIL. YOUR TIME MCGREGOR, YOU? NO. ARE YOU AWARE THAT, THANK YOU. ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE ITEM TOMORROW DEALS ONLY WITH SEWER AND DRAINAGE ON BLIND? WELL, SO ARE THEY TIED TOGETHER? CAN WE NOT GET THE SEWER AND DRAINAGE WITHOUT THE BICYCLE? IS IT TIED TOGETHER AS THE ONE ITEM, ITEM, THE ITEM TOMORROW? WELL, THE ITEM TOMORROW DEALS WITH SEWER AND DRAINAGE. SO YOU'RE SAYING TO US THAT YOU WANT US TO VOTE NO TO SEWER AND DRAINAGE ON BLOCK? WELL, I JUST DON'T SEE WHY THE TWO HAVE TO BE TIED TOGETHER. WHAT DOES THE BIKE LANE HAVE HAVE TO, WE'RE NOT TO DO WITH SEWER AND DRAINAGE. WE'RE NOT, THE BIKES HAVE BEEN LONG GONE. THAT HORSE IS OUT OF THE CORRAL. SO I'M JUST SAYING TOMORROW ON TOMORROW'S ITEM. WELL, I'M JUST, I'M JUST, I'M JUST ASKING TOMORROW'S ITEM DEAL WITH SEWAGE AND DRAINAGE. I'M, I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION. OKAY, DR. BARBER, AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYOR, OUR CIVIC ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE, WAS NEVER NOTIFIED AND NEITHER WERE ANY OF MY NEIGHBORS ON MY BLOCK. 18 RESIDENTS, NO ONE KNEW ABOUT THIS BIKE LANE ISSUE. I, I UNDERSTAND. AND SO THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AND REACHED OUT TO WERE NOT, [01:05:01] AND THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MAYBE OTHER OPTIONS PROVIDED SO THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BE HAPPY WITH, WITH A BIKE ACCESS. I AM DEFINITELY, BUT THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY. WELL, I'M JUST SAYING TO TOMORROW'S ITEM DEALS WITH SEWER AND DRAINAGE ON BLANC. I I'M JUST ASKING, ARE YOU ASKING US TO VOTE NO ON THE SEWER AND DRAINAGE ON BLANC? YES, I AM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, COUNCILMAN MAYOR SHABAZZ, UH, THANK YOU, MS. MOS. AND ALSO, UH, THERE'S A BUS, A METRO BUS THAT GOES DOWN THAT ONE LANE UP AND ONE LANE BACK. AND SO THAT WOULD FURTHER PRECLUDE THE ABILITY TO MOVE. AND, AND I LIKE MS. MOSS. I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THE BIKE PLAN. UH, WE KNOW IT'S ALL PACKAGED TOGETHER, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN SEVER SOME THINGS IF, IF, UH, BY COUNCIL APPROVAL TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE BIKE LANE PLAN BECAUSE AS SHE SAID, OUT OF FIVE CIVIC CLUBS IN THAT AREA, NOT ONE CIVIC CLUB LEADER HAS HAD ANY ENGAGEMENT. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT WE WANNA PROJECT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH CITY PROJECTS. THANK YOU MS. MOSS. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, SAMMY HUGHES. OH, SHE'S THERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY EDWARD PETIT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. HUGHES. TO STEP BEHIND THE MIC, PLEASE STEP BEHIND THE MIC. THERE YOU GO. MY NAME IS SAMMY PRINCE HUGHES. I'VE LIVED IN ON SOUTHMORE FOR 75 YEARS, ALMOST SEVEN, FIVE YEARS. IN FACT, I LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE THAT I GREW UP IN ON SOUTHMORE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTHWOOD CIVIC ASSOCIATION, AND I, I'M A PAST PRESIDENT OF SOUTH OF RIVERSIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION. MY CONCERN PRIMARILY IS THE FACT THAT NO ONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS INFORMED. I AM SICK AND TIRED AND FED UP WITH OTHER PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH NO INPUT FROM US. IT'S, IT IS JUST LIKE THEY KNOW. SOMEBODY KNOWS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR US. WE LIVE THERE. WE KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR US. WE ARE VERY CAPABLE OF OPENING OUR MOUTHS AND SPEAKING OUR OPINIONS. WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ISSUES BEING DONE, ARE CHANGES BEING MADE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE ONLY TIME WE FIND OUT ABOUT IT IS AFTER IT HAS ALREADY STARTED. AND THEN IT'S LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? NO ONE ASKS US ANYTHING. THEY JUST DO IT. AND I, I DRIVE FOR UBER, AND I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT DOWNTOWN HAS BIKE LANES, WHICH IS GREAT. OTHER MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS, PREDOMINANTLY MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BIKE LANES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN, IN THE AREAS WHERE INCREASED GENTRIFICATION AND DENSITY IS BEING MADE. BUT WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH RIVER OAKS, I DON'T SEE ANY, ANY BIKE LANES. AND TO ME, THAT'S A DISPARITY. WHY IS IT THAT SOME PARTS OF TOWN ARE GETTING SO MANY BIKE LANES AND IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHERS AREN'T? I THINK THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE SO THAT BIKES AND CARS CAN PARTICIPATE. I'M NOT IN OPPOSITION TO BIKES, BUT I AM IN OPPOSITION TO BLOT. BLOT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY STREET. WE LOOK UP AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF BLOT AND TIL WESTER A SIGNAL LIGHT THAT HAD BEEN THERE FOR OVER 60 YEARS, SUDDENLY IT'S GONE. AND EVERYBODY'S SAYING, DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? DO YOU KNOW? NOBODY KNOWS UNTIL AFTER. WE ARE TOLD, AFTER THE FACT LOGIC AND HOMECOMING, FOOTBALL GAMES, BASKETBALL GAMES, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE TWO LANES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. SO I JUST NEED THE WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE TO STOP MAKING DECISIONS. US. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN, EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PROAM. UH, MS. HUGHES. UH, CERTAINLY I I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A LONG [01:10:01] TIME COMMUNITY LEADER AND I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU, YOUR HEALTH IS, IS, IS NOT WELL. YEAH. AND FOR YOU TO COME DOWN HERE TODAY MEANS A LOT TO ME. THANK YOU. BECAUSE YOU MADE YOUR WAY DOWN HERE. BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT COMMUNITY HAS A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT IN ANY WAY, EVEN THE, THE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN ENGAGED AT ALL. AND THAT IS MY PROBLEM. IF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGES AND THEY DECIDE, YEAH, WE WANT IT ON BLOT, THEN LET'S ROLL. BUT IF THE COMMUNITY HAS NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN DISCUSS IT AT ALL, AND THEIR FIRST BLUSH OF IT IS IN THE LAST WEEK, I THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING, UH, JUST UN INHERENTLY, INHERENTLY UNFAIR ABOUT THAT. SO I THANK YOU MS. HUGHES FOR COMING TODAY. THANKS. THANK YOU, MS. HUGHES. NEXT SPEAKER, EDWARD PETIT TO BE FOLLOWED BY ASSISTANT MAMA SONYA. GOOD AFTERNOON. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ED PATIN. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIRD WARD IN DISTRICT D FOR 12 YEARS. UH, THE FIRST HALF I LIVED IN THE MCGREGOR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. THE LAST SIX YEARS I'VE LIVED IN THE GREATER THIRD WARD SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I NOW SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M ALSO A PHD STUDENT IN URBAN PLANNING AT TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. I AM ALSO A COMMUNITY CHAMPION FOR EVOLVE HOUSTON AND THE HARRIS COUNTY TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY, UM, UH, DESTINATION TRAIL. AND I WAS ONE OF THE THIRD WARD, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FOR PRECINCT ONE'S PARK SMART INITIATIVE. UM, I AM PROBABLY GOING TO UPSET BOTH SIDES TODAY. I BELIEVE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ FOR BEING A CHAMPION OF COMMUNITY VOICE WHEN WE FACE SO MANY CHALLENGES IN THIRD WARD, GETTING OUR VOICES HEARD, WHETHER IT'S WITH ILLEGAL DUMPING, THE COLUMBIA TAP TRAIL WITH RICE MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND THEIR, UH, ION DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ HAS STOOD UP FOR COMMUNITY VOICE WHEN OTHERS ON THE HORSESHOE HAVE NOT. AND I ALSO WANNA THANK COMMISSIONER ELLIS FOR INVESTING IN DRAINAGE AND, AND, AND, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AFTER DECADES OF NEGLECT IN THIRD WARD. OVERALL, I THINK THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING THE BIKE LANES AROUND TEXAS SOUTHERN, ARE A NET BENEFIT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT IN THIRD WARD, WE KEEP HAVING THESE ENTITIES, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY OR THE COUNTY OR RICE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT COMING INTO A RISE MANAGEMENT COMPANY COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAYING, BECAUSE THIS, WE'VE DETERMINED THIS IS A NET BENEFIT. YOU ALL NEED TO SWALLOW THE REPERCUSSIONS AND YOUR VOICES DON'T MATTER. WE'VE ALREADY DETERMINED IT. AND SOMETIMES, LIKE THEY, IN THIS CASE, THEY MIGHT HAVE A VIRTUAL MEETING WHERE THEY GIVE US, UM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE FORM TO FILL OUT THAT NOBODY HEARD ABOUT THIS VIRTUAL MEETING. AND IF YOU LOOK RIGHT NOW AT THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR BLO AND CLEBURNE, IT SAYS STATUS OF OF BLO CLEBURNE CONCEPTUAL. THEY DON'T UPDATE THEIR OWN WEBSITES AFTER WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION SLIDES ON THIS WEBSITE AT THE FEBRUARY 3RD VIRTUAL MEETING, THE END OF THE PRESENTATION SAID, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU LATER THIS SPRING WITH, UH, A COMPILATION OF YOUR FEEDBACK AND THE DESIGN COMPONENTS FOR YOU TO COMMENT ON. THAT MEETING NEVER HAPPENED. THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WERE NEVER HAVING ANY DIRECT, UH, ENGAGEMENT FROM, UH, THE COUNTY. I TALKED TO THE OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS IN MCGREGOR. I TALKED TO THE CIVIC CLUBS, ESPECIALLY THE WASHINGTON TERRACE CIVIC CLUB WHERE THIS IS ALL OCCURRING. NONE OF MY COUNTERPARTS IN THE OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE OTHER CIVIC CLUBS HAD ANY DIRECT ENGAGEMENT. I EMAILED THE COUNTY THIS MORNING. AM I MISSING ANYTHING? DID WE HAVE SOME MEETINGS THAT I JUST MISSED? AND I GOT A REPLY BACK JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO WITH TWO PRESS RELEASES. PRESS RELEASES ARE NOT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS MEETING WITH THE CIVIC CLUBS, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, THE COMMUNITY LEADERS, THE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THESE PROJECTS. AND THIS LACK OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY IS PITTING RESIDENTS AGAINST EACH OTHER. MS. PHYLLIS AND MS. CLAUDIA SHOULD HAVE HAD A SEAT AT THAT TABLE. THEY COULD HAVE FOUND A SOLUTION THAT WOULD'VE WORKED FOR BOTH OF THEM. BUT INSTEAD, YOU'RE PITTING THE NEW RESIDENTS AGAINST THE OLD RESIDENTS. YOU'RE PITTING THE CYCLISTS AGAINST THE NON CYCLISTS. THANK YOU, MR. PETIT. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. AND, UH, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR COMING. I JUST HAD A CLARIFICATION QUESTION. 'CAUSE SOME OF US RIGHT IN THE, IN OUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE ALL THE HISTORY THAT YOU OR COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ DOES. WHEN YOU SAY THAT, UM, THEY, THEY HAD SAID THEY WOULD COME BACK WITH A SECOND MEETING ON THOSE SLIDES. WAS THAT THE CITY OR THE COUNTY? THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE IT TOOK ABOUT 10 EMAILS TO FIGURE OUT WHO THEY IS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEBSITE, IT SAYS THE PROPOSED PROJECTS ARE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT ONE. UM, THERE'VE BEEN OTHER PROJECTS WITH HARRIS COUNTY MONEY, AND WHENEVER WE'VE GONE TO HARRIS COUNTY AND SAID, WHO DO WE SPEAK TO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT, THEY'LL SAY, WELL, WE'RE GIVING THE MONEY, BUT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS, THEY'RE THE ONES DOING THE ENGAGEMENT. RIGHT. I, WHEN WE GO TO THEM, THEY REFER US BACK TO THE COUNTY. I, I UNDERSTAND. SO, OKAY, THERE'S [01:15:01] SOME, IT'S NOT CLEAR ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THE PRESS RELEASES THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, WHO ISSUED THOSE PRESS? WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WHAT? WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE SPEAKING WITH US? WHERE ARE THESE UPDATES? WHY HAVEN'T WE HAD THESE MEETINGS? THERE'S NO ONE PERSON WHO'S ABLE TO TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON. OKAY. THA THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. CAROLYN, EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM, AND CERTAINLY THANK YOU, ED. I'M GONNA SAY IF ED PETIT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T BECAUSE ED PETIT STAYS ON TOP OF EVERYTHING. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND ON THAT PARTICULAR SURVEY, THERE'S NOTHING THAT IDENTIFIES WHERE THE PEOPLE, WHERE THE RESPONDENTS EVEN LIVE. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU COULD LIVE IN KATY AND SAY, YES, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS BIKE LANE. I THINK THEY ONLY HAD 33 RESPONDENTS IN, IN THE WHOLE SURVEY. SO 33 RESPONDENTS DETERMINE A, UH, SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS A COMMUNITY, THEIR ABILITY TO MOVE AROUND. AND THERE HAS, AND I WANNA, I CAN'T EMPHASIZE IT MORE. THERE HAS BEEN NO ZERO ENGAGEMENT WITH ANY CIVIC ORGANIZATION IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO I THINK THAT THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR A CONVERSATION HERE BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH MOVING FORWARD ON BUILDING ANYTHING. I KNOW THIS IS ABOUT DRAINAGE, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT ONCE YOU PAY THE BILL, NOBODY LISTENS. AND SO WE CERTAINLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS HEARD BEFORE WE MOVE ANY FARTHER WITH A BIKE PLAN. BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN BIKING, I BELIEVE IN SAFETY, BUT I BELIEVE IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, MR. PETIT, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. SO TOMORROW'S ACTION ITEM FOR US IS A ROUGHLY A $300,000 INITIATIVE THAT DOES BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE ROAD, DOES DRAINAGE AND SEWAGE BELOW. SO TO ME, WHO'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS, THIS IS A COUNTY PROJECT THAT WE'RE GONNA PARTICIPATE IN TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE BELOW THE ROAD TO HANDLE SEWAGE AND DRAINAGE. HAS ANYONE TAKEN IT UP WITH YOUR COMMISSIONER AND GOING TO THEM? BECAUSE YOU'RE COMING HERE RAISING YOUR VOICE AT US AND I LOOK AT IT AND SAY, I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. ALL I HAVE TO DO WITH THIS IS PUTTING SEWAGE AND DRAINAGE UNDERNEATH A UNDERNEATH THE STREET. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, HAS ANYONE TAKEN IT UP WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER? IT? SOME OF THE, EXCEPT THE QUESTION, LIKE SOME OF THE PREVIOUS FOLKS COMMENTED, THE ROAD STARTED GETTING TORN UP AND THEN WE HAD TO DO OUR OWN DIGGING AND SEND OUT, YOU KNOW, DOZENS OF EMAILS TO FIGURE OUT WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHICH THING. UM, I THOUGHT FROM PREVIOUS INFORMATION I HAD THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WAS DOING THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS EVEN FOR THESE PROJECTS FUNDED BY HARRIS COUNTY. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD, UM, FOR PREVIOUS PROJECTS. SO APPARENTLY THIS CASE WAS DIFFERENT. AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT HARRIS COUNTY DID WITHOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED, I DUNNO IF WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO COUNCILORS COURT AND BRING THIS UP, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE RESIDENTS ARE TOLD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T VOTE YES AND GET THIS FUNDING, THEN YOU JUST LOSE OUT. AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS A LARGER ISSUE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE DON'T LIKE THE APPROACH THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT'S SAYING BEGGARS MUST BE CHOOSERS AND YOU EITHER GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE PEOPLE ARE THE CITY OR YOU DON'T GET THE FUNDING. YEAH. SO I, I'LL GIVE YOU MY POINT OF VIEW, AND I THINK IT MATCHES A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE WILL DEFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN EVANS SHABAZZ, BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THIS AREA BETTER THAN ANYONE. SO WE WILL DEFER TOMORROW ON SPENDING $300,000, WHICH IS MINIMAL TO DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THE STREETS, PARTICULAR DRAINAGE AND SEWAGE. SO IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WHAT SECONDS? ALL THOSE OPPOSED FAVORED, UH, OCEAN GRANITE. SO THIS IS A VERY MINUTE SUM TO PAY ON THE TOTAL PROJECT THAT COULD HAPPEN THERE. BUT IT'S NOT THE CITIES, IT'S THE COUNTY THAT'S PUSHING THIS. SO WHAT AM I MISSING? I WOULD SAY THAT IF EITHER THE COMMISSIONER OR THE CITY, UM, TAKE BACK ANY OF THE MONEY THEY'VE COMMITTED TO THESE UPGRADES WITHOUT ACTUALLY GETTING INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS ON WHERE THEY CAN BE SPENT. AND LIKE WE SAID, WE'RE NOT AGAINST BIKE LANES. WE WANT INPUT ON WHERE THOSE BIKE LANES ARE GOING. THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS ON CLEBURNE AND ON WHEELER AND ON OTHER STREETS THAT CONNECT WITH THE COLUMBIA TAP. AND THERE'S OTHER STREETS WHERE WE'VE ASKED FOR IMPROVEMENTS LIKE MCGOWAN STREET AND DIXIE [01:20:01] DRIVE, WHERE WE'RE TOLD THERE'S NO MONEY AND THEY CAN'T DO IT. SO IF, IF THEY, IF ANYONE PULLS MONEY AND BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO, DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT AND EXACTLY WHERE THEY WANT TO WITHOUT RESIDENT INPUT, THEN I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE A VERY LOW IMPRESSION OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS COUNCIL MEMBER, CAROLYN, EVAN SHABAZZ, . WHAT CAN I SAY TO THAT? UH, CERTAINLY, UH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. I MEAN, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE STEER SHARED CONSTITUENTS, AND SO EVERYBODY NEEDS TO HAVE SOME INPUT, UH, IN THE AREA THAT'S IMPACTED BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SHARED CONSTITUENTS. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMISSIONER. I WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE. BUT CERTAINLY THE WAY THIS IS PACKAGED, IT'S LIKE YOU PAY THE BILL AND THEY JUST MOVE ON. THEY MOVE ON, AND THEN THE COMMUNITY HAS TO TAKE IT. AND I, I DON'T, I DON'T TAKE IT WELL BECAUSE MY COMMUNITY DOES NOT TAKE IT WELL. AND SO I THANK YOU, ED, FOR COMING FORWARD. UH, OF CERTAINLY THIS NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION AT COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, BECAUSE THE, THE MESSAGE IS THAT WE WANT SAFE BIKES, BUT WE WANT INPUT IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS THAT COULD PUT US IN DANGER. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL. IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF I WANT IT, I DON'T WANT IT. OKAY. IT'S A MATTER OF, AGAIN, WE CANNOT GET, UH, EMERGENCY VEHICLES DOWN THE STREET NOW WE HAVE A BUS LANE THERE AS WELL. AND SO IF THERE IS ANY, GOD FORBID, ANY NEED FOR EVACUATION TO TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, THEN WE ARE AT A REAL, REAL DEFICIT BECAUSE THERE ARE NO OTHER METHODS OF GETTING OFF THAT CAMPUS, EXCEPT BLOT STREET. CLEBURNE IS A TWO LANE STREET, WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL, AND I THANK THE COMMISSIONER, BUT I CERTAINLY KNOW THAT MY COMMUNITY NEEDS SOME, SOME FURTHER ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT ON WHERE THESE BIKE LANES NEED TO GO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN. THANK YOU. MARY PRO TEMAN. UM, I'M MORE SO POSING A QUESTION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS UP TOMORROW. UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU RAISED THE ISSUE, AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ ON THIS, UM, ABOUT WHAT THIS ITEM IS, BUT MORE TO THE POINT I HAVE QUESTIONS. IF WE COULD GET CLARIFICATION ON, UM, IF THIS ISN'T APPROVED, WHAT HAPPENS? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY? RIGHT? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON, UH, YOU KNOW, AS ONE OF OUR IN-HOUSE DESIGN GURUS, SOMETHING GOES TO DESIGN AND THEN BREAKS GROUND. AND MY UNDERSTANDING, I COULD BE MISTAKEN, IS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY BROKEN GROUND ON THIS. SO IS THERE NO TURNING BACK? I'M JUST ASKING WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE. AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE EVEN BEFORE COUNCIL BREVIN, SHABAZZ WAS EVER IN, IN OFFICE, RIGHT? SO THIS IS NOT DIRECTED AT YOU RELATED TO BREAK, YOU KNOW, LACK OF NOTIFICATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE. BUT I, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, AND I THINK SOME OF US ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HOW FAR ALONG ARE WE WITH THIS, AND THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT CLARIFICATION TOMORROW. WELL, I THINK WE ARE WELL INTO THE PLANNING STAGES ON IT, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU, IF THIS ITEM DOESN'T EVEN GO FORWARD, IT'S NOT STOPPING THE OTHER, SO, AND I WILL SAY TO YOU THAT THE OTHER WAS NOT WITHOUT COUNCIL REPRESENTATION. OKAY. OH, IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE COUNCIL B REP DID NOT REPRESENT COUNCIL COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE WAS VERY MUCH IMPORTANT IN THE INITIAL PLANNING. SO THAT'S NOT ANYBODY CLAIM THAT WE DID THIS IN THE ABSENCE OF REPRESENTATION FROM DISTRICT D. SO LET ME BE VERY CLEAR, BUT LET ME ALSO BE VERY CLEAR, IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER DOESN'T WANT THIS ITEM TO MOVE FORWARD, I'M NOT GONNA SPEND MUCH TIME ON IT. IT JUST WON'T GO FORWARD. SO YOU DON'T GET, YOU DON'T GET THE WATER AND SEWER BY THIS ITEM. AND I'M GOOD. AND WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON. I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS ITEM TOMORROW. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT HORSE LEFT THAT, UH, STABLE WITH REPRESENTATION ON LOGIC. GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME NO PROBLEM. SEND IT BACK TO ADMINISTRATION. WE ARE MOVING ON. THANK. OKAY. SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. COUNCIL COUNCILMAN VIN CHABA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES, MA'AM. I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER BEEN A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS A DISTRICT D REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE ME. I DON'T THINK THERE WAS EVER A QUESTION, BUT WE ARE NOT WORRIED AS MUCH ABOUT THE REPRESENTATION [01:25:01] OF THE PREVIOUS PERSON. UH, WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO MY KNOWLEDGE FROM 2018 UNTIL NOW. AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION TO DETERMINE HOW WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE REGARDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. NO QUESTION. THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THIS SEAT, BUT IT'S NOT HIS INPUT THAT I'M LOOKING FOR. IT'S THE INPUT OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I GET IT, MAYOR, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE, AND, AND ONE OTHER THING, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A COUNTY ISSUE, BUT PEOPLE COME TO THE CITY FOR EVERYTHING. AND SO WE NEED THE CITY TO HELP US TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THIS WITH PERHAPS WITH YOUR, UH, INFLUENCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER, TO ASK HIM TO RE-LOOK AT IT SO WE COULD REVISIT THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA LOSE OUT ON THE DRAINAGE AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER AMENITIES. BUT I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A WIN-WIN MAYOR IF, IF WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND LOOK AT PUTTING THOSE BIKE LANES SOMEWHERE ELSE OTHER THAN A MAJOR, MAJOR FOUR LANE ARTERY IN THE COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL AND THE BIKE LANES HAVE NOT STARTED. AND COUNCIL IN THAT COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL, I'M NOT SPEAKING AGAINST ANY, ANY OF THAT. THE ONLY POINT THAT I'M SAYING THIS ITEM DEALS WITH SEWER AND DRAINAGE, BUT IF YOU ALL DO NOT WANT THIS ITEM TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU ALL SEND IT BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND WE ARE NOT GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IT. I'M MAKING IT VERY, VERY CLEAR. COUNCILMAN ROBINSON? THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I THINK YOU, YOU'RE MAKING AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT THE SEWERS AND THE DRAINAGE THAT WOULD GO IN THE ROADWAY ARE CRITICAL FOR ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA GO ABOVE IT. THEY, THAT WOULD HAPPEN. AND, UH, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN REALLY ELOQUENTLY. AND MY FRIEND SAMMY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO I'VE KNOWN FOREVER, UM, JUST GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE COMING OUT TO, UH, SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGAGEMENT. MAYOR, I KNOW YOU BELIEVE IN THAT AND WE BELIEVE IN ENGAGING NEIGHBORHOODS. ED, YOU AND I HAVE RIDDEN BIKES TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER OF TIMES. UH, THIS IS A CRITICAL PART OF DISTRICT D AND, UH, FOR IT TO LIVE AS THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BIKE LANES ARE THE BEST POSSIBLE CONFIGURATION THAT THEY COULD BE. MY GUESS IS THAT WE COULD PAY FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DRAINAGE AND GET THIS WORK DONE UNDERNEATH THE STREETS AND THINK ABOUT THE REVISITING OF THE, OF THE BIKE ROADWAY. AND ONE WOULD THINK AGAIN THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO WITH COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, WELL, CERTAINLY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT CLARIFIED BY TOMORROW MORNING IF THAT IS THE CASE. IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD HAVE AS A COUNCIL OR AT LEAST ENCOURAGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COUNCIL MEMBER EVANS SHABAZZ TO HAVE A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN WITH HER DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY TO PERHAPS MODIFY, UH, THE CONFIGURATION, THE ALIGNMENT, OR OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE PLAN. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF A HUGE PROJECT. I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY UNFORTUNATE IF IT DID NOT GO FORWARD, MAYOR. RIGHT. BUT I'M, I'M GONNA YIELD TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PORTEL MARTIN. YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW THE BOUNCING BALLS, BUT I'M NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF IT. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED BY PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER DWIGHT BOYKINS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS. WAS THERE AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED BY COUNCIL MEMBER? CAROLYN? EVAN SHABAZZ? NONE. OKAY, SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION TOMORROW IS THUMBS DOWN ON 54. GOT IT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM. NEXT SPEAKER. SISTER MAMAYA. MAMA SONYA, IF YOU, I'M ON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M ON THE COMPUTER NOW. NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD ON SISTER. OKAY. LISTEN TO US, HEAR US. DON'T IGNORE US. I HOPE YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT US. KUDOS, MAYOR TURNER FOR YOUR HANDLING OF THE BOIL WATER ISSUE. YOU'VE DONE GOOD. THANK YOU. AND I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH TO MY COUNCILWOMAN, MY FELLOW JY ALUMNI, THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UH, MY FAMILY MOVED TO THIRD WARD IN 1960, DISTRICT D ON WENTWORTH STREET. NOW ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION ON BLOT. REALLY, BLOT IS A MAJOR, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS LIKE OUR MAIN STREET WHEN IT GOES UP AND DOWN. NOW, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE WHEN YOU HAVE BASKETBALL, GAMES, CONCERTS, ANY OF THE MAJOR, MAJOR, UH, EVENTS ON CAMPUS. IT'S HARD GETTING UP AND DOWN BLOCK THE STREET WITH FOUR LANES, THE CHURCH, AND HAS A NURSERY SCHOOL. AND DON'T LET THEM HAVE A BIG FUNERAL ON, ON SATURDAY. TRAFFIC WILL BECOME MORE CONGESTED, VERY CONGESTED. WE ALREADY HAVE THE COLUMBIA TAP TRAIL. I GOT A BIKE FOR, FOR CHRISTMAS. [01:30:01] HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO USE IT YET BECAUSE WE HAD COVID. MY HUSBAND HADN'T PUT IT TOGETHER YET. BUT I DO INTEND ON GETTING ON IT AND GETTING ON THE COLUMBIA, UH, TAP TRAIL. I SAY NO, NO TO THIS, UH, TO THIS, UM, UH, UH, UH, TO, TO, TO HAVING ONE LANE IN ONE LANE OUT THAT IS, THAT CAN PROVE TO BE VERY, VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. AND WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE DANGER IN OUR COMMUNITY. WELL, I KNOW YOU SAID THE HORSE IS, UH, ALREADY LEFT THE GATE. LET'S HO LET'S CALL THE HORSE BACK. I SAY DRAINAGE. YES. TWO LANES. NO. LISTEN TO US. REMEMBER US. I HOPE YOU REALLY LOVE US. DO YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT US? THANK YOU SO MUCH, . THANK YOU. THANK YOU SISTER. MAMA, SONYA. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO ISAIAH MARTIN. ISAIAH MARTIN IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY RAIN EATON. HOW'S IT GOING? COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR TURNER. EVERYONE ELSE, I WANNA APPLAUD EVERYBODY FOR THE WORK YOU GUYS DID ON THE BOIL WATER NOTICE. THAT WAS TREMENDOUS. AND, UH, AS SOMEBODY WHO LIVES DOWN HERE, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS, UH, SO MUCH. UH, I'M A GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, AND, UM, DURING MY TIME IN COLLEGE, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING TO TEXAS SOUTHERN FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS AND PARTICULARLY GOING TO HOMECOMING, ONE OF WHICH EVEN AS AN ALUMNI OF U OF H, I WENT TO THE HOMECOMING THIS YEAR AT TEXAS SOUTHERN. AND I GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT IS PARTICIPATING IN THIS AREA. UH, DURING EVENTS OF HIGH IMPORTANCE AND WITH BASKETBALL GAMES COMING UP AND WITH, UM, POTENTIAL FOR MORE FOOTBALL GAMES AT TEXAS SOUTHERN. I BELIEVE IT IS A STRONG NIGHTMARE SITUATION FOR NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS THAT ARE AT TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, BUT ALSO FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AS WELL. UM, I KNOW MAYOR TURNER, YOU ARE A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS. I'VE WORKED WITH YOU A LOT IN THE PAST, AND SO I AM JUST ASKING YOU TODAY, UM, TO DELAY THIS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. UH, SO MORE STUDENTS AND MORE PEOPLE AND MORE COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER AND, AND, UM, ADVOCATE FOR A BETTER SOLUTION. MORE BIKE LANES IN OTHER AREAS, PERHAPS, UM, INSTEAD OF ONE THAT AFFECTS THE ONLY MAJOR FOUR LANE ARTERY ON BLOT. SOMETHING THAT WILL TREMENDOUSLY BLOCK TRAFFIC, UH, FOR THE STUDENTS AND SURROUNDING AREA. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, UH, MR. MARTIN, IT'S, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE COUNCILMAN WANTS TO SEND IT BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION. THE ADMINISTRATION WILL RECEIVE IT WHEN IT WILL RETURN. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHEN. YEAH, OKAY. I MAKE NO PROMISES ON THAT, BUT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ANOTHER MAYOR. THANK YOU. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ANOTHER MAYOR. BUT YOU CAN BRING IT BACK TO ME. I'LL RECEIVE IT. ABSOLUTELY. BUT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BLAME ME WHEN THE RAIN COMES. I HEAR YOU. OKAY. SO, BUT I GOT YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. GOD ALWAYS CAN SEE YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANKS. ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER. RAIN EDMAN. BE FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW NIXON. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR TURNER. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON AND EVERYONE ELSE. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON HOW YOU ALL MITIGATED THE, UH, BOIL ISSUE. NOTICE THAT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE. UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO COME TO SPEAK ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 18. THE, UH, AGREEMENT THAT IT'S GONNA BE DONE BETWEEN, UH, ORACLE HOUSES, HOUSING, AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO PROVIDE A LOAN SO THAT WAY THERE COULD BE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE ACRES HOMES COMMUNITY. I WANNA FIRST CONGRATULATE YOU FOR CHAMPIONING THIS INITIATIVE. THERE ARE NOT VERY MANY CITIES WHO WILL LEAD THE INITIATIVE TO MAKE MORE INCENTIVES FOR DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, I DO WANT TO EXPRESS SOME CONCERN BECAUSE THE TIMING AND THE WINDOW FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING JUST SEEMS A LITTLE BIT TOO, UH, LIMITED. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT FOR THE A MI WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BETWEEN 80% TO 120, BUT IN THE AGENDA ITEM, IT'S SET TO 90% TO 120 A MI. UM, I, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE RAPID GENTRIFICATION THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE ACRES, ACRES, HOMES, COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY ALONG ITS SOUTH SIDE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THIS ITEM BE TAGGED AT LEAST, SO THAT WAY RESIDENTS CAN ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO, UH, UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM WITH THIS PROJECT, BUT ALSO TO SEE IF ORACLE IS WILLING TO COME BACK TO THE TABLE TO SEE IF THEY CAN ONCE AGAIN AGREE, UH, HONOR THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT TO HAVE IT AT 80% A MI, BUT ALSO TO SEE IF THERE CAN BE ROOM TO EXTEND THAT PERIOD. UM, IN ORDER TO BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH. THERE IS VERY LITTLE, UM, REALISTIC TIMING TO SAY THAT GENERATIONAL WEALTH CAN BE BE BUILT WITHIN FIVE YEARS AND TO LIMIT IT TO WHERE THE AFFORDABLE [01:35:01] HOUSING MARKET CAN ONLY BE SOLD. THE HOUSES CAN ONLY BE SOLD AT A MI FOR FIVE YEARS. THAT REALLY DOESN'T SET UP THE COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY TO WHERE THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY GAIN ACCESS TO THAT LEG UP, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, FAMILIES IN THAT COMMUNITY. SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT THIS ITEM COULD BE TAGGED SO WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH ORACLE. THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY HAVE BEEN WILLING TO WORK WITH OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT TO GIVE US AS MUCH INFORMATION AS SHE HAS ASKED FOR, BUT WE JUST REALLY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT FIVE YEAR LIMIT TO SEE IF IT COULD BE EXTENDED SO THAT WAY IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE APPROACHABLE FOR FAMILIES IN THE ACRES, ACRES HOME COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND I THINK THAT FIVE YEAR LIMIT WAS SET TO MATCH THAT OF THE STATE. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I COULD BE WRONG. UH, UM, I, OKAY. I THOUGHT I SAW SOMEONE IN THE QUEUE. COUNCILMAN JACKSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU MS. EATON FOR COMING IN, UM, TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE. OF COURSE, AFFORDABILITY PERIOD HAS BEEN A DISCUSSION, UM, FIVE YEARS. I FELT THAT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME. UM, WE NEEDED TO EXTEND THAT. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, WORKING MORE WITH ADMINISTRATION, UM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY EXTENDING THAT AFFORDABILITY PERIOD FROM FIVE TO 10. THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. MM-HMM . NEXT ITEM. I WAS IN THE QUEUE. MAYOR TURNER. YEAH. COUNCILMAN THOMAS. I WAS, I HAD A QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. COUNCIL COUNCILMAN THOMAS. THANK YOU MUCH. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, RAIN. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. WELCOME BACK TO CITY HALL. QUESTION. CAN YOU CLARIFY YOUR, YOUR INITIAL REQUEST WAS THE A MI FROM 90 TO 1 20 80 TO ONE 20. CAN YOU POINT TO AN ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WHERE THE 80 WAS ALREADY DECLARED AN AGREED TO, AND THEN IF IT'S NOT THE FIVE YEAR, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING THEM TO EXTEND THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD TO FROM FIVE TO WHAT YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, SO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS 80% TO 120% A MI. UNFORTUNATELY, I DO NOT HOLD THAT, UH, ORIGINAL DOCUMENT TO, UH, THAT SHOWS THAT AGREEMENT, BUT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH, UH, THE PERSON WHO GAVE ME THAT INFORMATION TO, UH, GET IT FOR YOU. AND, UH, IDEALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS EXTENDED FROM FIVE YEARS TO 10 YEARS. UM, I HAVE, UH, SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL EXPERTS IN THE AREA TO, UH, IN THE AREA OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE MODELS AVAILABLE TO WHERE THIS CAN BE EXTENDED TO 10 YEARS, SO THAT WAY IT CAN ACTUALLY PROMOTE MORE GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR, UH, LOW INCOME FAMILIES. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS CAN BE ACHIEVABLE FOR THE CITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE A PILOT PROGRAM OR SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS JUST NOW STARTING, BUT I DO WANT TO STRETCH THE CITY'S ABILITY AND SEE IF THAT CAN AT LEAST BE EXTENDED TO 10 YEARS SO THAT WAY IT CAN HAVE A REAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY. SURE. I APPRECIATE THAT. ANY INFORMATION YOU HAVE, IF YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO SHARE THAT AND IF YOU SHARE IT WITH, UM, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND IF SHE CAN SEND THAT TO US, UM, I DON'T HAVE THE ITEM IN FRONT OF ME TO, UM, TO RECALL WHAT THAT IS, BUT, UM, DEFINITELY WILLING TO SEE WHAT THE LANGUAGE SAYS AND WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR ORIGINAL AGREEMENT. ABSOLUTELY. I'LL BE WHAT THEY AGREED TO INITIALLY. I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOUR, UH, UH, STAFF. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. MATTHEW NIXON. MATTHEW NIXON. IS MATTHEW. HERE. MATTHEW. MATTHEW. NEXT SPEAKER LOUISE BLACK. LOUISE BLACK. IF YOU OPPRESS STAR SIX LOUISE BLACK STAR SIX LOUISE BLACK STAR SIX LOUISE BLACK. NEXT SPEAKER, KATHY GUNNER. KATHY GUNNER'S HERE BE FOLLOWED BY JOHNNY GENTRY II. IF YOU GET RIGHT BEHIND ONE OF THOSE MICS, THERE YOU GO. RIGHT? YEAH, THERE YOU GO. GREETINGS MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. I'M KATHY ANTE FROM HOUSTON GARDEN CIVIC CLUB. UM, MEMORIES OF THE OLD KMART, UH, PARKING LOT OLD KMART SHOPPING STRIP INCLUDES A VIBRANT PLACE TO SHOP. PEOPLE HAD JOBS. I USED TO WORK DOWN THE STREET AT WIENER'S, AND THEN IT TURNED INTO A FLEA MARKET AFTER IT CLOSED. THEN THEY HAD A FOOD COURT, UM, AUTOZONE AND A NAIL SPA. THIS OLD KMART PARKING, UH, THIS OLD KMART, UH, CENTER HAS BEEN VACATED FOR YEARS AND MANY TIMES WE FEEL LIKE THE HAVE NOT LIFE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE HAVE NOT LIFE FOR US. INSTEAD OF TREATED, WE GET TRICKED AND WE REALLY FEEL TRICKED BECAUSE THIS OLD KMART NEEDS SOME REAL INVESTMENTS. AND NOW THIS AREA IS USED FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING IN THE BACK CAMPAIGN [01:40:01] SIGNS IN THE FRONT AND TURKEY GIVEAWAYS DURING THE HOLIDAYS. THAT'S WHAT IT'S USED FOR. AND IT'S EMBARRASSING TO ME AND SOME OF MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EVEN IF YOU DRIVE BY. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE $5 MILLION OF UNFORGIVABLE MONEY THAT THE CITY IS GIVING TO THE OWNER OR LENDING TO THE OWNER, MR. ALANI IS I'M HOPING THAT SURELY SOME OF THAT MONEY CAN BE EARMARKED TO CLEAN UP THAT PARKING LOT AND CLEAN UP THAT AREA. UH, THAT KMART SHOPPING CENTER ARE TEAR DOWN. WE ARE MORE THAN JUST THROUGH THE THREE BS BARBECUE BAR, BEAUTY SHOPS AND, AND, AND WHAT THEY CALL US, THE THE THREE BS, THE BARBERSHOP BEAUTY SHOP AND BARBECUE. WE ARE MORE THAN THAT. WE, THIS IS A PART OF MY COMMUNITY AND THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THIS AREA FOR OVER 25 YEARS. WE WANT TO SEE A DIFFERENT MOVIE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A URGENT CARE PEDIATRICS, A VETERINARIAN CLINIC, DPS OFFICE, OR EVEN A SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE SOUNDING THE ALARM NOW BEFORE WE DRINK THE WATER. AND I HOPE YOU HEAR ME. AND PERHAPS YOU CAN TAKE IN CONSIDERATION DOING SOME, UH, REAL INVESTMENTS OR HELPING TO GET SOME REAL INVESTMENTS IN THAT NORTHEAST AREA. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN JACKSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU KATHY, UM, FOR COMING IN. UM, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS HOMESTEAD, KMART SHOPPING CENTER THAT'S BEEN VACANT FOR OVER ALMOST 25 YEARS. IT'S CONTAMINATED. UM, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT OWNER HAS, THERE'S BEEN LIKE MULTIPLE SALE AND REPURCHASING. BUT ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS IS, UM, FROM AN ARTICLE DATED BACK IN 2013, UM, MIKE MORRIS, UM, A REPORTER, THE REPORTER THAT WROTE THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DEMOLISHED AFTER WAS PURCHASED THE LAST TIME. AND SO MY ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WE HAVE BEEN HAD SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THAT'S BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS PROPERTY TAKEN CARE OF, AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S OWNED BY, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPER AND THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. BUT I THINK THAT WE AS A CITY, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY, UM, TO MAKING SURE THAT WE CLEAN UP CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES OR WE HOLD DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE TO WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST CONSTANTLY GIVING THEM DOLLARS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WE HAVE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND THEY HOLD SOME STANDARDS TO WHERE WE ARE NOT GONNA KEEP GIVING THEM MONEY, AND THEY'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF PROPERTIES IN DISTRESSED NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THIS IS ABOUT US. SOMEONE, THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S THE STATE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SOMEONE STANDING UP AND STEPPING IN AND SAYING, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. IT'S TIME FOR US TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT PROPERTY OF HOMESTEAD THAT HAS BEEN VACANT AGAIN FOR OVER 25 YEARS, THAT'S CONTAMINATED IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THANK YOU KATHY, FOR COMING IN. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU. HELLO, KATHY. IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AT THE TURKEY GIVEAWAY IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION. AND YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. YEAH, LOUISE BLACK HAS LOGGED IN. LOUISE BLACK. WE GOING BACK. LOUISE BLACK STAR SIX LOUISE BLACK STAR SIX. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. LOUISE BLACK STAR. SIX LOUISE BLACK STAR SIX. AGAIN, LOUISE BLACK. JOHNNY GENTRY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR TO SHARE ON TODAY. UM, I'M JOHNNY GENTRY III. I REPRESENT COMMUNITY WORK, CDC. WE'RE A NONPROFIT IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON, UH, THAT FOCUSES ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT. ALSO, PASTOR A CHURCH CALLED FREEDOM CHURCH AT 71 11 HOMESTEAD ROAD. UM, WE'VE HAD A LONG HISTORY IN NORTH FOREST OF CONTENDING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN WITH 99 29 HOMESTEAD. UM, I WANNA START USING MY TIME JUST BY READING A LETTER FROM PASTOR STEVE HALL, WHO'S A PART OF THE DISTRICT B FAITH-BASED LEADERS ALLIANCE THAT OUR COUNCILWOMAN HAS HAS PUT TOGETHER. UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE ON HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN LABORING FOR CHANGE AT THIS PROPERTY. UH, PASTOR HALL APOLOGIZED THAT HE COULDN'T BE HERE, BUT HE SAYS HE WANTS TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO CAN TO SPEAK UP, UH, ABOUT THIS ISSUE. HE SAYS, 20 YEARS AGO, I WORKED HARD WITH OTHERS, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY TO AFFECT CHANGE IN THAT SPECIFIC PROPERTY BETWEEN THE CONTAMINATED SOIL, THE BROWNSFIELD ISSUES, AND THIS OWNER, OUR EFFORTS WERE BARRED AT EVERY TURN. HE SAYS THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO FOLLOW THROUGH [01:45:01] ON ANYTHING AGREED UPON. AND I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY NOT TO GRANT FUNDS TO HIM TO BUILD ANYTHING ELSE IN ANOTHER DISTRICT UNLESS SOME OF THOSE FUNDS OR SOME FUNDS CAN BE USED TO CLEAN UP THE OLD KMART LOCATION AND A GROCERY STORE PUT, UH, IN ITS PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO, UM, ALONG WITH OUR COUNCILWOMAN, WE'VE BEEN LABORING, WORKING, COLLABORATING WITH DEVELOPERS, DONORS, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, UH, STAKEHOLDERS, UM, LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WOULD COMPRISE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, UH, TEAM TO WORK TO SEE SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE HAPPEN, UH, AT THAT LOCATION. AS, AS MY SISTER KATHY GUNTER SAID, WE'D LIKE TO SEE A GROCERY STORE THERE, WE'D LIKE TO SEE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, WE'D LIKE TO SEE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING THERE, AS WELL AS OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SO, UM, WE ARE LOCKED ARMS WITH OUR DISTRICT, OUR COUNCILWOMAN, AND WE WANNA SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN. AND I BELIEVE THE LETTER SAYS IT ALSO. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN CHIFFON, COUNCIL. THANK YOU PASTOR. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND JUST YOUR COMMITMENT FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING SURE OUR COMMUNITIES MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ELLEN SHABA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GREETINGS AND CERTAINLY GIVE THEM TO YOUR DAD. YES, THE LEGEND THAT THE NAACP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE JOHNNY GENTRY JR. YES, MA'AM. SO THANK YOU. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE FOR YOU TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK TO US. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. UM, NOW, LOUISE BLACK. LOUISE BLACK. YES, SIR. OKAY. YES. YOU CAN HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. SORRY, I HAVE TO JUST DIAL IN REAL QUICKLY. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM LOUISE BLACK AND I AM PHONING IN, IN REFERENCE TO THE OLD KMART CENTER MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M VERY FRUSTRATED THAT WE HAVE HAD TO LIVE WITH THAT CENTER IN OUR COMMUNITY JUST SITTING THERE. I HAD BEEN IN THE AREA COUNCIL FOR OVER 49 YEARS, AND I REMEMBER THE AREA WHERE THE OLD KMART STORE USED TO BE. THAT WAS A VERY NICE AREA WHERE FAMILY WENT SHOPPING, WHERE WE TOOK OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WENT WHEN WE HAD ITEMS, YOU ACTIVITIES ON THE PARKING LOT, JUST ENGAGING FAMILIES. AND NOW WE CANNOT DO THAT. WHAT WE ARE, WHAT I'M REQUESTING, ALONG WITH OTHERS, MAYOR, THAT WE GET THAT PLACE CLEANED UP. THE OWNER, UH, THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY, THAT PERSON AL ASHANTE, HE ALLOWED THAT PROPERTY TO SIT IN OUR AREA FOR ALL THESE YEARS AS THOUGH HE CARES NOTHING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. SO MAYOR, WE ARE ASKING THAT HE, THE PRESSURE BE PUT ON HIM TO CLEAN UP THE AREA, PUT SOMETHING IN THE AREA THAT WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND IF ANY FUNDS. AND AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, MR. ASHANTE IS REQUESTING FUNDS $5.6 MILLION TO BILL ELSEWHERE WHEN HE'S NOT TAKING CARE OF WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO US AND THE GREATER NORTHEAST HOUSTON AREA. SO DON'T CONTINUE TO ALLOW MAYOR, DON'T. PLEASE DON'T ALLOW HIM COUNSEL TO LET THIS BUILDING AND THIS COM THE WHOLE AREA THERE, LYING RUINS WHILE WE HAVE TO PASS THROUGH THERE. AND OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN LOOK AT THAT AREA AND THE CONDITIONS IS 10 10, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU NO SPEAKER. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER CAN CON TO BE FOLLOWED BY HUEY GERMAN WILSON. JUST GIMME A SECOND. YES. PHONES, JUST GIMME A SECOND. GOOD AFTERNOON, YOUR MOM. I'M SO SORRY. I I DON'T MOVE AS FAST AS I WOULD LIKE TO. . IT MAKES TWO OF US. I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT. WITH THE NAME OF GOD, MOST GRACIOUS, MOST COMPASSIONATE. I, I GREET THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL. AND I THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THESE FEW MOMENTS TO SPEAK. UM, I'M A NEW KID ON THE BLOCK. BASICALLY. I CAME TO HOUSTON IN 2010. IN 2000 AND, AND 2012, THE YEAR THAT THIS L KANI PURCHASED, UH, OPENED THIS, UH, START BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY. THAT'S WHEN I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY ON HIRSCH ROAD, UH, AND TURNED IT INTO AN ISLAMIC CENTER AND A COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER. 2012. IT'S NOW 10 YEARS LATER. 10 YEARS LATER, UM, WE HAVE, UM, TRIPLED THE PROPERTY VALUE THERE, [01:50:01] UH, AND, AND, AND QUADRUPLED OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES WHERE THE PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY ACTUALLY DEPEND ON US. AND JUST, UH, IN AUGUST, UM, COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON WAS THERE AND WE BROKE GROUND FOR A PLAZA. WE'RE GONNA BUILD NEXT DOOR. THIS IS JUST IN 10 YEARS, OKAY? WITHOUT GETTING ONE PENNY FROM THE CITY. THESE, THESE PEOPLE OR, OR VENTURE CAPITALISTS, THEY DO NOT LOVE THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THEY DO NOT LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. AM MAYOR, UH, TURNER. I, ME, I MENTIONED TO YOU THAT I, I'M ACTUALLY LIVING THE WORDS THAT YOU SAID, VERY PROPHETIC WORDS WHEN WE, WHEN WE HONORED YOU AND SEVERAL OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHEN YOU SAID, WE SHOULD LEAVE THE CITY, LEAVE THIS PLACE IN BETTER CONDITION WAS WHEN WE FOUND IT. I TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. I LIVE FOR THAT AND I'M, AND I'M SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. I'M USING THESE COUPLE OF MINUTES I HAVE LEFT TO APPEAL TO THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE THE POWER TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY, TO HAVE THE INFLUENCE THAT HAVE THE JUICE TO, UM, TO INTERRUPT ANYTHING THAT, THAT, THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO NEGLECT AND IGNORE, UM, THE, WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN POUR MONEY INTO SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AT ALL. THESE PEOPLE AROUND THAT, THAT AREA AROUND HOMESTEAD AREA, THAT WHOLE EAST HOUSTON AREA, THEY'RE NOT A PIMPLE. THEY'RE JUST NOT GONNA GO AWAY. YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE ACTUALLY LOVE THE COMMUNITY AND WE CARE ABOUT IT. AND, AND WE SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE WE CARE ABOUT IT. I'M A PART, I'M, I'M HERE TO STAY. I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW? AND IN FACT, I WANT TO HELP IMPROVE, UM, THE ENTIRE AREA. YOU KNOW, HAVE THE PEBBLE IN THE POND MENTALITY. YOU THROW THE PEBBLE IN THE POND, THE WAVES GO OUT AND PROVE EVERYTHING. SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE OUR, OUR TASK. THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. DEAR COUNCIL PEOPLE. IT'S NOT JUST A, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING REALLY IS A MEANINGLESS POLITICALLY CORRECT CLICHE BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS AFFORDABLE. DEPENDS ON WHO'S BUYING IT. A ROLLS ROYCE IS AFFORDABLE, DEPENDING ON WHO'S GOING TO DRIVE IT. SO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT DOESN'T IMPRESS ME. THAT MEANS THAT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT. THAT MEANS SOMEBODY WILL. SO WE, SO WE SHOULD THINK VERY CLEARLY BEFORE WE JUST LET PEOPLE JUST COME IN. USE UP THE HARD EARNED DOLLARS THAT THE TAXPAYERS ARE GIVEN AND TO HELP SOMEBODY ELSE GET RICHER. WHO HAS NO LOVE FOR HOUSTON AT HEART? BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I LOVE HOUSTON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW MY TIME IS UP. I HOPE I'VE MADE MY POINT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LEMME JUST CHAIRMAN, LEMME JUST SAY, 'CAUSE I'M, I'M GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE MYSELF IN IN A FEW MINUTES. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT THAT I HAVE TO BE AT. I DO THINK THAT THE DIFFERENT GROUPS ARE SEEKING THE, ARE WARNING THE SAME THING. I REALLY DO. SO LET ME JUST BEFORE WE ALL BEAT UP ON EACH OTHER, CAN WE NOT SIT DOWN AND WORK TOGETHER ON THIS, UH, COUNCIL? COUNCILMAN JACKSON, I KNOW WHERE YOUR HEART IS. I KNOW EX I KNOW. I THINK EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SEEKING. AND, UH, EVEN WITH AL BACK THERE, I THINK I KNOW WHERE HIS HEART IS. I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE LINES WENT. MUST WENT THE TIME. SORRY, I'M JUST MAKING A COMMENT RIGHT NOW. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THE LINES WENT LIKE THIS. BUT LET ME JUST SAY THAT, UH, IT SEEMED LIKE, UM, PEOPLE OF GOODWILL OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF COME TO THE TABLE AND, AND, AND WORK IT OUT AND FIGURE IT OUT. I I, I DO BELIEVE THAT BEFORE WE GET INTO A PLACE WHERE WE, WHERE WE ARE LIKE THIS, AND THAT'S WHY I SEE WE ARE GOING, AND LET ME JUST ASK TO KIND OF TAKE A BREATHER ON THIS. UM, AND EVEN THE SAME THING WITH RESPECT TO THE ITEM ON DISTRICT D. YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN KIND OF TAKE A BREATH AND MOVE FORWARD IN A MUCH MORE COLLECTIVE, COLLABORATIVE WAY. I DO BELIEVE THAT. 'CAUSE EVERYBODY, THE PEOPLE AROUND THIS TABLE, ESPECIALLY COMING FROM THESE DISTRICTS, YOU WANT YOUR DISTRICTS TO BE BETTER AND FRUSTRATED THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME. WANT THE IMPROVEMENTS. SO LET ME JUST AS, AS PROBABLY THE OLDEST PERSON AROUND THIS TABLE, BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE GO BANGING HEADS, LET ME, LET ME JUST ASK, WHY DON'T Y'ALL COME TO THE TABLE AND COME AND VISIT WITH ME, , BUT I DON'T WANT US TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE BANGING HEADS. AND ONE THING I'VE LEARNED AND BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS A LONG TIME, IF IT GETS PERSONAL, IT DOESN'T WORK. IT JUST WILL NOT, IT WILL NOT WORK. SO, [01:55:02] UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S FOR ALL IT'S WORTH, FOR ALL. IT'S FALL, IT'S WORTH. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE HERE, BUT I DO HAVE A, AN APPOINTMENT THAT I HAVE TO BE AT, AT AT FOUR. OTHERWISE I WOULD, I WOULD REMAIN. SO NOW PROAM, IF YOU, IF YOU A STEP IN AND COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR, MR. SHABA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET BACK UP, MA'AM. COME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, MY HUSBAND AND I REALLY ENJOYED THAT EVENT AT THE DELUXE THEATER, AND YOU NEED TO DO MORE OF THEM. THANK YOU. I, YOU WERE THERE. THAT WASN'T YOU. WELL, WELL, IF IT WASN'T YOU, YOU NEED TO GET IN STEP AND GET IT DONE BECAUSE IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU, . THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HUEY GERMAN WILSON TO BE FOLLOWED BY DR. DEBORAH HARRIS. YEAH. MAY REPORT TO MAY I I BROUGHT PHOTOS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, COUNCIL, MY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. UM, AND I, I HEARD THE MAYOR CLEARLY I LIVED IN TRINITY HOUSTON GARDENS MY ENTIRE LIFE. AND, UH, I'M SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT FOR TRINITY HOUSTON GUARDS. AND I, ALONG WITH PASTOR HALL 20 YEARS AGO, HELPED DEVELOP, UM, NORTHEAST BEYOND 2000 SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW WHAT OUR COMMUNITY LOOKED LIKE IN THE YEAR 20 20, 20 2000. AND HERE WE ARE AT 2022. AND I HEARD THE MAYOR CLEARLY, I WANT YOU TO HEAR ME CLEARLY. WE'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN ON THAT SITE. AND 12 YEARS AGO, MR. KASHANI CAME OUT WITH VERY GOOD INTENTIONS. SAME PICTURES I PRINTED FOR YOU. HE PRINTED WONDERFUL RENDERINGS FOR US TO SHOW US WHAT WAS POSSIBLE IN THAT, ON THAT SITE. AND WE BELIEVED AND WE WAITED AND WE CONTINUE TO WAIT TO THIS DAY. AND IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE PICTURES THAT I'VE, THAT I PRINTED FOR YOU, I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. NOT JUST THE FACT THAT HE PAINTED IT PERIODICALLY, NOT THAT IT'S BEEN SOLD TWO OR THREE TIMES. THE FACT THAT HE HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO MOVE A PROJECT FORWARD ON THAT SITE. THAT IS THE PROBLEM. IT IS NOT THAT WE ARE IMPATIENT PEOPLE. WE ARE NOT, WE ARE THE MOST PATIENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. BUT THIS HAS GOT TO END. SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH 99 29 HOMESTEAD. THE ILLEGAL DUMPING THAT EXISTS BEHIND IT. THE PICTURE DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE. AND THAT'S MINOR COMPARED TO WHAT WE NORMALLY SEE ON THAT SITE. THE VINES GROWING ON THE BACK OF IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYTHING EVEN GROWS THERE WITH THE, WITH THE LEVEL OF TOXICITY THAT EXISTS THERE. UM, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT SITE RESTORED TO SOMETHING WE'VE NOT EVEN BEEN THE PEOPLE SAYING IT HAS TO HAPPEN. WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN EXACTLY. WE NEED IT RESTORED. WE NEED IT REPAIRED BECAUSE IT SITS AT A CORNER AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CORNER THAT HAS MANY POSSIBILITIES. THE OLD KMART FACILITY, I REMEMBER IT AS A CHILD FONDLY, BUT AS KATHY SAID, AS, AS PASTOR GENTRY SAID, WE'D LIKE TO SEE A MOVIE, WE'D LIKE TO SHOP. I'D LIKE TO HAVE MY NAILS DONE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO A GROCERY STORE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THOSE ARE THE POSSIBILITIES THAT EXIST. IF THE SLUM LORD THAT IS ON, THERE'S THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY, IS FORCED BY THE CITY TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING AT THIS POINT, THAT THE SLUM LORD, ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY WHO WOULD'VE BEEN FORCED TO EITHER REPAIR THAT OR TEAR IT DOWN. I, I DON'T CARE IF HE GIVES IT BACK TO THE CITY AND DOES A BROWNFIELD ON IT, WE DO BROWNFIELD ON IT. SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN. AND I IMPLORE YOU TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON. THANK YOU. MS. HUEY, DID YOU WANNA CONTINUE YOUR COMMENT? I, MY COMMENTS COULD GO ON FOREVER, BUT, UH, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND JUST YOUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR, OUR DISTRICT, OUR COMMUNITY IS, IS TREATED EQUALLY AND FAIRLY AND, AND THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS TAKEN CARE OF. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN. HOLD ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU KATHY, FOR COMING DOWN. AND JUST GIVE ME A LITTLE, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY A LONG TIME. I REMEMBER JERRY DAVIS JUST LIKE SAYING THE NUMBERS HOMESTEAD, DON'T YOU? I MEAN WE'VE, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AROUND CITY HALL. WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY A LONG TIME. WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RENDERINGS THAT WERE SHOWN, UM, YEARS AGO, CAN YOU TALK TO ME A LITTLE [02:00:01] BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE PLANS WERE? UH, A BEAUTIFUL HEB WAS THE, THE, UH, THE, THE LOCATION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TURNED INTO AN HEB WITH, UH, ESPLANADE THAT ALSO OFFERED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER SHOPS TO SUPPORT THE GROCERY STORE. NOW I DON'T THINK THEY PUT ANOTHER, UH, UH, DRY CLEANERS IN THERE EVER, BUT OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD SUPPORT A GROCERY STORE. AND SO HEB WAS MENTIONED MORE THAN ONCE, BUT THERE WASN'T A FORMAL, I MEAN, THERE WAS JUST A RENDERING OF WHAT COULD, WHAT WAS POSSIBLE ON THAT SITE. OKAY. OKAY. AND HEB WAS THE GROCERY STORE THAT WAS MENTIONED AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THAT WAS OFF THE TABLE AND WE WERE ONTO OTHER GROCERY STORES THAT WERE POSSIBLE, BUT NOBODY WOULD PUT THEIR NAME ON IT. SO WE NEVER REALIZED A GROCERY STORE OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF STORE ON AT THAT LOCATION. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SURE. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, DR. DEBORAH HARRIS. HELLO. GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M ON THE YES MA'AM. WE CAN HEAR YOU AND SEE YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, I WANT TO, UH, SAY GOOD AFTERNOON TO MAYOR TURNER TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN, UH, CHARLES, CHARLES JACKSON FOR HER SERVICE IN DISTRICT B. UH, I'M WITH THE FAITH-BASED LEADERS ALLIANCE, AND SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF WHAT'S, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT THE PROPERTY AT HOMESTEAD. UH, AND MY, MY, UH, TAKE ON THIS. THERE ARE SO MANY POSSIBILITIES THAT CAN HAPPEN, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME BUILDINGS THAT ARE EYESORE BECAUSE THEY'RE RUN DOWN AND, UH, IT MAKES IT A POTENTIAL FOR A HAVEN FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. IT AFFECTS THE PROPERTY VALUES IN THE AREA. SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF ANY, UH, LEGISLATION OR WHATEVER THAT WOULD REVITALIZE. SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES CAN BE USED FOR SHELTERS. WE DO HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE. WE HAVE HAVE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO NEED PLACES AND ACTIVITIES AND THINGS TO DO. SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF WHAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN IS SUGGESTING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. I DRIVE ALL OVER HOUSTON, SO IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE, BUT IF YOU ARE ON A MAJOR THOROUGH FASTS STREET, UH, SUCH AS, UH, HOMESTEAD, UH, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY CATCHES YOUR ATTENTION. SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, REVEREND CHARLES NOBLE, REVEREND NOBLE, SIX TO UNMUTE NEXT SPEAKER, DR. TRACY HARRELL. DR. TRACY HARRELL. NEXT SPEAKER PASTOR EDDIE DECKER, TO BE FOLLOWED BY A JUANITA EARNEST. GOOD AFTERNOON PASTOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE INTO THE MAYOR IN THIS ABSENCE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY PRAYING FOR HIM AND OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, TASHA JACKSON, AND ALL OF YOU. I'M GONNA REFERENCE TO A MOVIE MANY YEARS AGO, BOYS IN THE HOOD, THE CLOSING OF THIS MOVIE, THE STATEMENT WAS MADE EITHER THEY DON'T KNOW, THEY DON'T CARE, BUT EITHER WAY, THEY DON'T SHOW. AND FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS, EVERY RESIDENT VOTER UP AND DOWN HOMESTEAD HAS TO GO TO THE BALLOT THAT IN THE BACK OF THEIR MIND A DREAM DEFERRED. EITHER THEY DON'T KNOW, THEY DON'T CARE, BUT EITHER WAY, THEY HAVE NOT SHOWN. CAN YOU IMAGINE 25 YEARS OF SEEING THIS BUILDING ABANDON PROSTITUTION, DRUGS, ILLEGAL ACTIVITY? AND YOU ARE TOLD YOU LIVE IN THE LAND OF FREE, YET OUTSIDERS CONTROL YOUR STREETS. WE ARE ASKING YOU WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT HOMESTEAD HAS THE SAME RESPECT AND DIGNITY THAT RIVER OAKS HAS, THAT THE GALLERIA HAS. AND EVERY ZIP CODE IN HOUSTON, THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE, UP AND DOWN HOMESTEAD, SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEE THEIR DREAMS NOT DEFERRED, BUT THEIR DREAMS MANIFESTED. SO I ASK YOU TO PUT IT ON YOUR HEARTS TO MAKE THIS BUSINESSMAN GET BUSY AND TURN THAT SIGHT INTO SOMETHING VALUABLE. SO YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR AND STRUGGLE CAN SEE THE AMERICAN DREAM MANIFESTED DURING THEIR LIFETIME. 25 YEARS OF PROMISES, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. I'M ASKING YOU TO COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS BUSINESSMAN COME TO WORK, ENVISION THIS WHERE THE MAYOR OF DISTRICT B WOULD COME TOGETHER, WOULD PICK UP TRUCKS, TAKE ALL THE TRASH AND DEBRIS AND LEAD IN HIS FRONT DOOR. THAT'S ILLEGAL, BUT IT'S NOT ILLEGAL FOR HIM TO LEAVE TRASH AT OUR FRONT DOOR. MAY GOD BLESS [02:05:01] YOU, MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, A JUANITA EARN GOOD EVENING. THIS IS A JUANITA EARN. I AM A MEMBER OF DISTRICT B, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT B. I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE 98 99 29 HOMESTEAD ROAD, THE KMART PARKING LOT CALLING BECAUSE WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE OWNER WHEN COUNCILWOMAN NATASHA JACKSON WAS ELECTED INTO OFFICE ABOUT WHAT WAS NEEDED, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN THE AREA WITH THE OWNER. EVERYTHING WAS SET OUT. WE WERE HEARING THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVE US A YEAR, GIVE US A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU. I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM THIS GENTLEMAN. ONLY NOW THAT I HEAR THAT HE WANTS THE $5 MILLION FORGIVENESS. AND I THINK THAT IS TOTALLY WRONG TO BUILD IN ANOTHER DISTRICT IF HE IS NEEDED SOME MONEY AND HE'S NEEDING TO BUILD IN DISTRICT B TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO HERE IN DISTRICT B, NOT OVER IN ANOTHER AREA. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IF THE CITY GIVES HIM THIS MONEY. AND THAT'S WHY I SAY WE OUGHT TO SEE WHO WE ELECT TO OFFICE, WHO'S GONNA BE FOR THE PEOPLE AND NOT FOR JUST CASH MONEY. SO I SAY THAT A LOCAL ENFORCEMENT BUILDING SHOULD BE BUILT IN THAT AREA ALSO FOR THE POLICE OFFICER AND SHERIFFS AND EVERYBODY TO GET TOGETHER TO HELP THAT OUR COMMUNITY ALSO. SO I SAY THIS HERE ON THAT BEHALF, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T GIVE HIM THIS MONEY TO BUILD SOMEWHERE ELSE AND TO HELP US TO GET RID OF THAT EYESORE THAT'S THERE. GET ON HIM, STAY ON HIM. I APPRECIATE THE TIME SO MUCH. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, VICKY MARTIN. YES. GOOD EVENING. ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? YES MA'AM. WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. CALL PEOPLE. UH, I'M CALLING REGARDING HOMESTEAD, UH, ROAD 99 29. HOMESTEAD, I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS CALLERS. WE DID HAVE A MEETING AND I BELIEVE MAY, 2021. WE SPOKE AT THAT MEETING WITH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ABOUT THE PERSPECTIVES OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR AND SEE AND IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND. I'M A PRODUCT OF FOREST BROOK HIGH SCHOOL. I REMEMBER THE HOMESTEAD PARADES WHERE WE WERE ACTUALLY ENGAGED IN PARADES DOWN AT THOROUGHFARE. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THERE WAS SHOPS AND ENTITIES THAT YOU WELCOME IN A COMMUNITY. NOW FAST FORWARD TO 2022, THAT PRODUCT THAT THAT PROPERTY HAS SAT THERE IN BLIGHT FOR ALL THESE YEARS. I HEAR OTHER COMMUNITIES TALK ABOUT BIKE TRAILS. WE RIDE BIKES, BUT LOOK WHAT WE HAVE TO RIDE BY WHEN WE ARE GOING WHERE WE ARE GOING. I HAVE LIVED IN A, UH, GALLERIA AREA. I'VE LIVED IN FRIENDSWOOD AND I'VE NEVER SEEN A COMMUNITY TAKE THIS LONG TO REDEVELOP A PUSH START ITSELF. ALL BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY WITH CONDITIONS, HAVE NOT COME THROUGH ON THE CONDITIONS, STILL HAVE THE PROPERTY DOING NOTHING STAGNATED, RECEIVE COMMUNITY INPUT. AND NOW THEY MAY BE AWARDED OR CONSIDERED TO DO A PROJECT IN ANOTHER DISTRICT WITH THE, IN THE TUNE OF $5.6 MILLION. I BELIEVE THAT YOU TAKE YOURSELF WHEREVER YOU GO. SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL HAS SHOWN YOU WHAT HE'S DOING OR NOT DOING IN OUR AREA, DISTRICT B, THEN THERE'S A PUBLICITY THAT HE MAY DO THE SAME THING IN ANOTHER AREA. I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A TIME CONSTRAINT. I WOULD SAY THIS, WE CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. WE INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 49 50. AND WE WANNA SEE, IN MY LIFETIME, WE WANNA SEE THE THINGS THAT WE LEAVE OUR COMMUNITY TO DO. I I, I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, CENTRAL MARKET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A GROCERY STORE IN OUR COMMUNITY. MY DRY CLEANERS, EVERYTHING. I GET MY NEEDS MET. EVEN BANKING. I HAVE TO LEAVE MY COMMUNITY FOR BANKING. WE'VE ENDED, IDENTIFIED THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THAT SPOT. IT SERVES THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE NO DIALYSIS. WE HAVE NO STOREFRONT, LAW ENFORCEMENT STORE STOREFRONT. WE HAVE NO PRINT SHOPS COPY SENT. IF I, IF MY PRINTER INK DRIES OUT, I DON'T EVEN HAVE A PLACE I CAN DASH TO TO COMPLETE OFFICE TYPES SITUATIONS. SO I YIELD BAG. THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME TO SPEAK, BUT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT LOCATION AND I AGREE WITH ALL THE PREVIOUS CALLERS BECAUSE WE COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND THIS IS THE THINGS WE AGREE ABOUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, STEPHANIE COLLINS. STEPHANIE COLLINS, STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER. AMANDA LUNA. AMANDA LUNA. HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? AND WHO IS THIS [02:10:01] LUNA? MY NAME IS STEPHANIE COLLINS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? MS. COLLINS, WE CAN HEAR YOU. HELLO? UM, I'M OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT B, B AS IN BOY, AND I'M FROM THE ROSEWOOD CIVIC CLUB. OKAY. I TOO HAVE CONCERNS OF THE OLD, UH, KMART. I HAVE QUESTIONS AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE OLD, UH, KMART WHEN MR. KANI PURCHASED THE OLD KMART FOR A THIRD TIME IN 2012. ACCORDING TO MR. KANI AND HORIZON GROUP INTERNATIONAL, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY NEEDS AND HOMESTEAD SOLUTIONS. SO WHY DID THIS STRATEGIC PLAN SUDDENLY DIE? THE PROPOSAL HAS NOT BEEN MET. WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS PROPOSED PROJECT FOR DISTRICT B? AND HOW CAN WE TRUST AL KANI AND THE HORIZON GROUP INTERNATIONAL TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR DISTRICT B? THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. AMANDA LUNA. MS. LUNA, NEXT SPEAKER. ERICA HUBBARD. ERICA HUBBARD. NEXT SPEAKER MARIA BONDI. MARIA VILLA. NEXT SPEAKER SEMINO DURACELL. MS. DURACELL STAR SIX TO UNMUTE NEXT SPEAKER, CAROLYN LEE. CAROLYN LEE, STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER, JONATHAN WAGON. JONATHAN WEGAN. NEXT SPEAKER, DEBORAH. ELAINE ALLEN. ELAINE ALLEN DEBORA. ELAINE ALLEN. NEXT SPEAKER, KATHY CHENEY. KATHY CHENEY. NEXT SPEAKER, STEVE WILLIAMS. STEVEN WILLIAMS, STAR SIX TO UNMUTE MR. WILLIAMS, STEVEN WILLIAMS, STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER, TIMOTHY SMITH, RECORD. THANK YOU MR. SMITH TO BE FOLLOWED BY BRANDON ROBERTSON. EVERYBODY GOOD. THANKSGIVING? YEP. GREAT. UPCOMING CHRISTMAS. YES SIR. HOW ARE YOU? UH, DOING GREAT. MY NAME IS TIMOTHY SMITH. UH, I'M A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL. JESUS CHRIST. UH, MAINLY BEEN DOING OUTREACH MINISTRY FOR ABOUT NINE AND A HALF YEARS. UH, HEALING, PREACHING. LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. I'VE HAD JUST GREAT VISIONS AND I'M BELIEVING GOD FOR THE MIRACULOUS. AND I WANT TO TURN THE ASTRODOME INTO GOSPEL. MEGACHURCH, ASTRODOME, A MECCA FOR REVIVAL. HOUSTON WILL BE A HUB OF REVIVAL, NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE OF HOUSTON, BUT FOR ALL OF TEXAS, THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD. THE HEALING, POWER AND PRESENCE OF JESUS CHRIST WILL BE THERE. IT'LL BE OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY. WE'LL HAVE SECURITY WILL HAVE PRAYER WARRIORS. WE'LL HAVE PRAYER INTERCESSORS. WE'LL HAVE SUNDAY SERVICES, 10:00 AM 6:00 PM EVERY 60 DAYS, WE'LL HAVE A WEEK LONG REVIVAL, WHICH WILL INCREASE REVENUE SHOPS, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, WHAT HAVE YOU. PEOPLE WILL COME FROM ALL OVER. I HAVE A TEAM OF PASTORS, BLACK, WHITE, HISPANIC, ASIAN, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GOD LIKES. GOD LIKES DIVERSITY. GOD LIKES UNIFICATION. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN LOVE, LOVE AND UNITY. LOVE AND RESPECT. LOVE AND DIGNITY. LOVE AND HONOR. YOU KNOW? AND, AND LET'S JUST FACE IT, PEOPLE, EVERYBODY NEEDS JESUS CHRIST. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A CHRISTIAN 17 YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND I, YOU KNOW, I WAS GONNA DO AWAY WITH THIS. AND LORD SAID, NO, NO, NO, YOU GO BACK TO HOUSTON AND YOU DID. I, I FIRST CAME HERE 10 YEARS AGO. I'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT THIS FOR LIKE OVER FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. I SAID, LORD, THAT'S A TALL ORDER. GOD'S ABLE, GOD'S ABLE GOD CAN MAKE THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE. SO I'M BELIEVING GOD TO BRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE. THE FINANCIALS, I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE ALL OF IT, BUT THIS IS THE BEST USE FOR THE, FOR THE ASTRODOME. NOT A GARDEN. WE'RE, YOU [02:15:01] KNOW, SEEDING, LIGHTING, A STAGE, JUMBOTRONS. I MEAN, THAT, THAT, THAT'S SIMPLE. YOU KNOW? AND, AND, AND, AND, AND WE COULD TURN IT INTO THE GREATEST THING, FAITH, WONDER OF THE WORLD'S EVER SEEN, YOU KNOW, GOSPEL, MAKE A CHURCH ASTRODOME, UH, MECCA, REVIVAL, REVIVAL HUB FOR ALL OF AMERICA, ALL OF THE WORLD. PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER. WHY? 'CAUSE THE HEALING, POWER, AND PRESENCE OF JESUS CHRIST WILL BE THERE TO MEET EVERY NEED. RESTORATION CHAINS, BROKEN, ALCOHOLISM, ADDICTION, PORNOGRAPHY. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS, GOD CAN BREAK THE CHAINS. JESUS CHRIST WILL BREAK THE CHAINS. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL HAVE A, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE IT FULLY STAFFED. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT LOVE THE LORD THAT ARE HERE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE ARE THE CITY. WE'VE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THEIR SPIRITUAL NEEDS. WE GOTTA HELP PEOPLE GET OFF THE DOPE, GET OFF THE ALCOHOL, HELP PEOPLE GET HEALED IN THEIR SOUL, PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD TRAUMA AND PROBLEMS IN THEIR FAMILY. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. I LOVE YOUR PASSION. I LOVE, I AGREE WITH YOUR MESSAGE, BUT GOD IS TELLING ME TO SEND YOU A MESSAGE THAT SAYS, TAKE THIS UP WITH HARRIS COUNTY. I HAVE, BECAUSE HARRIS, NOBODY OWNS THE I FROM, NOT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE, I'VE CALLED EM, CALLED AND GO TO 'EM AND GO TO THEIR MEETINGS. OKAY? PREACH. PREACH. OKAY. BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR MESSAGE AND YOUR PASSION. SO, SO THE CITY CAN'T DO ANYTHING? NO, SIR. WE DON'T OWN IT. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. CAN YOU LEAD ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BESIDES JUST HARRIS COUNTY? I'VE CALLED, I, I MEAN, I'VE TRIED TO GET AHOLD OF, YEAH, THEY HAVE COMMISSIONER COURTS ON TUESDAY. YES. WEDNESDAY. SORRY. NO, TUESDAY. NO. TUESDAY. YEAH. TUESDAY. EVERY OTHER. EVERY OTHER TUESDAY. EVERY OTHER TUESDAY. SO I THINK THEY HAVE, UH, NEXT WEEK. SO GO TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT AT NINE O'CLOCK, I THINK IT IS. OKAY. RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. UH, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER MAN OF CHRIST, ED POLLARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO. TIM, THANK YOU, SIR, FOR COMING FORWARD. I KNOW HE DIRECTED YOU TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT. UH, I TOO WANTED TO JUST THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD. I KNOW, UH, IT TAKES A LOT TO HAVE A VISION AND THEN BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT IT PUBLICLY. UM, BUT WHEN YOU GO BEFORE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, I WILL COME WITH, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS A SUBSTANTIVE BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS YOU'VE HAD WITH THE OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS AND PASTORS WITHIN YOUR NETWORK ON, ON A REAL PROPOSAL FOR THEM TO CONSIDER. AND, AND, AND I THINK THE MORE THAT YOU PUT SOMETHING SUBSTANTIVE IN FRONT OF THEM, UH, THE MORE THAT THEY CAN CONSIDER MM-HMM . UH, BUT, UH, IT WOULD BE WITH THE COUNTY. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING FORWARD. AMEN. THANK YOU, SIR. VICE MAYOR PROAM, MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, I I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE ASTRODOME HAS A FOUNDATION AND THEY HAVE PUT OUT SURVEYS ON, UH, POSSIBLE USES FOR THE ASTRODOME. UM, I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK UP THE ASTRODOME FOUNDATION BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR POSSIBLE USES FOR THAT FACILITY. AND THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SHARE YOUR IDEA FOR, FOR ONE OF THE USES, A POTENTIAL USE FOR THE ASTRONAUT. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. YEAH. I BELIEVE IT'S GOD'S WILL. I REALLY DO. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. GOD BLESS. NEXT SPEAKER, BRANDON ROBERTSON. BRANDON ROBERTSON. MR. ROBERTSON IS NOT PRESENT. DR. RAM RAMIS. KAPO. DR. KAPOOR? YES. HOW ARE YOU? WHERE'S MY FRIEND? TIFFANY THOMAS TO BE FOLLOWED BY AI MONTA REVIS. ONLY ONE PERSON. ONLY ONE PERSON. EXCUSE ME. ONLY ONE PERSON AT THE PODIUM, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. THANK YOU, SIR. NO, WE CAN'T. YEP. GO AHEAD. YOU CAN JOIN. NO, SIR, YOU CANNOT. YOU'RE FLYING SOLO. I DO HAVE A HEARING PROBLEM. THAT'S WHAT HE'S HERE. I CAN EXPLAIN TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT IF THERE IS ANY QUESTION FORM OF COUNCIL MEMBER, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND. OKAY. I WAS ASSAULTED ON 24TH OF MAY, APRIL, UH, BY TWO PEOPLE IN A VERY BAD NEIGHBORHOOD. I OWN A PROPERTY THERE. THEY HIT ME HERE, SO I CAN'T HERE ANYMORE. BUT ANYWAY, LET'S COME. I'M COMING TO THE SITUATION NOW. WHAT I AM HERE FOR, I OWN A PROPERTY IN ZIP CODE 7 7 0 8 8. THAT'S HOT AREA, JACKSON AREA. YEAH, GO AHEAD. THIS PROPERTY OWNERSHIP WAS ACQUIRED IN 2020. I GOT A PAPER HERE. I GOT A DEED FROM TAX FORECLOSURE WAY BACK IN 19 89, 32 YEARS AGO. THERE WAS A HEARING ORDER ON THIS PROPERTY, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW. I WENT, NOT THE OWNER. I WERE NOT IN POSSESSION. NOBODY LIVE ON THE PROPERTY. I DID NOT LEASE TO ANYBODY BECAUSE OF, I WAS NOT THE OWNER. TWO YEARS AGO, I ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY. THE OFFICER CROSS CALLED ME, [02:20:01] THE POLICE OFFICER IN THAT AREA, AND HE SAID, I WANT TO MEET WITH YOU. ARE YOU THE OWNER NOW? I SAID, YES. SO I MET HIM. HE SAID, WHERE YOUR DRIVER LICENSE? I GIVE DRIVER LICENSE. HE SAID, THIS PROPERTY, THE DANGEROUS BUILDING. I SAID, NOT THAT I KNOW OF. AND HE SAID, YOU CANNOT ENTER THE PROPERTY. I SAID, THAT'S FINE. SO I LEFT. IT HAPPENED IN AUGUST, NO, MAY, 2021. BUT I TOLD HIM I NEED TO DO MINIMUM REPAIRS ON THIS PROPERTY TO AVOID GETTING VANDALISM, GETTING VANDALIZED, OR SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN. AND HE SAID, NO, I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO EVEN ENTER. I WENT BACK, HE CALLED ME AGAIN IN MONTH OF AUGUST 21. I MET HIM, AND HE TOLD ME THAT, UH, IF YOU, YOU NEED TO GET A PERMIT, YOU NEED TO GET EXTENSION OF THE ORDER. I SAID, WHICH ORDER? HE SAID, 32 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS AN ORDER. I SAID, THAT'S FINE. I APPLIED FOR EXTENSION, I SECURED PERMITS. ALL THE PERMITS ARE HERE. AND I FIXED THIS PROPERTY VERY WELL. I DID NOT KNOW BEHIND MY BACK. HE SENT 300 TICKETS ON THIS PROPERTY. 300 PEOPLE. WHAT'S ABOUT 300 TO $400,000? AND I DIDN'T KNOW. THEN A PROSECUTOR CALLED ME, I WENT THERE. HE SAID, IF YOU HAVE PERMITS, YOU SECURE THIS PROPERTY NOW. I SAID, I JUST ACQUIRED TWO YEARS AGO. I SHOULD BE HEARD BY THE HEARING OFFICER GIVEN THE TIME. GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY. I'LL FIX IT. SO I FIX IT. THANK YOU, DR. KA. NOW, THANK YOU, DR. KAPO. THERE ARE NO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ADDRESS YOU, SO THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, I MONTOYA REVIS FATHER BY JOSEPH NIA. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, CITY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, MAYOR , UH, THIS AFTERNOON, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SAY THAT THERE IS NO EVICTION IN PLACE AT THIS TIME. I LOST MY JOB AT THE AIRPORT SYSTEM, AS YOU KNOW, POLICE, UH, GOT INVOLVED AND I RECORDED THE MANAGER THAT HE STARTED TOSSING THE BOX INSIDE THE OFFICE. I WAS BY MYSELF AND I, THERE WAS A KNIFE IN THE KITCHEN, UH, HPD DIDN'T WANNA DO ANYTHING. SO, UM, I'M VERY SAD THAT, UH, MR. TAR JACKSON DOESN'T HAVE, UH, MORE VOICE, UH, INSIDE THEIR SYSTEM, AND THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. SO I PASS ALL THE TESTS. I HAVE PROOF. UM, I UNDERSTAND SOME PEOPLE GET INTIMIDATED WHEN YOU SPEAK SPANISH OR ENGLISH BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT YOU MIGHT BE, UH, A LIABILITY IN THEIR EYES. UM, BUT, UH, THE BOOK WAS LIKE OVER A THOUSAND PAGES, UH, AND, UH, I WASN'T GONNA TAKE ABUSE. UM, SO, UH, I RECORDED, TOOK PICTURES, GOT HR INVOLVED, AND NOTHING WAS, YEAH, TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY YOU LOST YOUR JOB. I THOUGHT WE WERE TURNING A CORNER THERE. SO, ANY MEMBER, MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON? NO. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I CAN CONNECT YOU WITH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE TALKING TO UNITE HERE AND SEIU, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, YOU KNOW, GET WITH THEM. I'LL CALL 'EM MANY TIMES AND THEY'RE NOT, UH, PICKING UP. OKAY. SO I'LL TRY TO GET YOU CONNECTED TO THEM SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE TO ADVOCATE WITH YOU. OKAY? ABSOLUTELY ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. JOSEPH NIA. JOSEPH NIA. NEXT SPEAKER, KAREN SIMS TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOE . GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. SIMS. AFTERNOON. UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING TODAY. UM, I'VE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES, AND I WANNA THANK, UM, COUNCILWOMAN LATASHA JACKSON FOR REACHING OUT TO ME. UM, HOWEVER, I'M STILL DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUES, UH, AND DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH. EVERY TWO MINUTES, A CHILD IS REMOVED FROM A HOME AND PLACED IN FOSTER CARE. LESS THAN 50% OF THOSE CHILDREN ARE RE REUNIFIED WITH THEIR CH, WITH THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR FAMILY. UM, ON JULY 21ST, 2008, I WAS PULLED OVER BY HPD, UH, FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MY OWN CAR, UM, THAT WAS CALLED IN BY MY BROTHER, FBI, AGENT FREE MASON PHILIP SIMS. AND ALL ALLEGATIONS AND INVESTIGATION WERE, SEEMED TO BE FALSE. HOWEVER, MY CHILDREN AND I WERE SEPARATED UNTIL THIS DAY, WERE STILL SEPARATED. UM, I AM DEMANDING A FULL INVESTIGATION ON THE FOR, UH, MIKE SNYDER, THE FORMER THREE 15 FAMILY COURT JUDGE, SHERRY DEAN, A FORMER 3 0 9 COURT JUDGE, CPS INVESTIGATORS, SHAMAL KAHN, UH, AMY BACHO. [02:25:01] MARY, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. UH, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON. A FEW OF MY MINUTES. OKAY. A MINUTE. YEAH. UH, THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED TODAY. I'M STILL FIGHTING FOR MY DAUGHTER, SON, WHO'S 16 YEARS OLD. MY SON'S 14 YEARS OLD, WHO'VE BEEN, UH, RELOCATED TO PHOENIX, ARIZONA, WHO'VE BEEN PLACED IN AND OUTTA FOSTER CARE. I MEAN, NOT FOSTER CARE, BUT MENTAL FACILITIES AND GROUP HOMES. MY DAUGHTER HAS FAMILY MEMBERS. WE HAVE FAMILY EVERYWHERE. THERE'S NO NEED FOR A CHILD TO BE IN GROUP HOMES. IT'S FOR CHILDREN WITH NO FAMILY. I NEED ASSISTANCE. UM, I, I DID CONTACT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE, UH, MR. PJ ASKED ME TO. HOWEVER, I'VE ALREADY DID ALL THOSE WORK. SO I'M ASKING FOR, UH, MORE ASSISTANCE, AND I'M ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE WITH, UH, I HAVE A TRIAL COMING UP ON DECEMBER 1ST, WHICH SHOULD BE, UH, RESET BECAUSE I DO HAVE, UH, ATTORNEYS THAT ARE WORKING WITH ME. I WILL STILL BE ATTORNEY OF RECORD, HOWEVER, I STILL BEING COACHED. UM, WE NEED FINANCES, WE NEED HELP. AND I NEED THIS BOOK CLOSED, THIS CHAPTER CLOSED IN MY LIFE IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, JOE TFO, TO BE FOLLOWED BY KEVIN STRICKLAND. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, JOE. I'M JOE COFO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BIKE HOUSTON. MM-HMM . UM, FIRST OFF, I KNOW PUBLIC WORKS HAS HAD A HECK OF A COUPLE OF DAYS, SO I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE SOMETHING ENTIRELY UNRELATED TO THE WATER CRISIS. UM, THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE CITY'S FLEET, THE NEW BIKE LANE SWEEPER THAT WE'RE, THAT WE KNOW HAS HEADED ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE. UH, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. UM, I KNOW THE FOLKS WHO MANAGE SWEEPING ARE, UM, TAKING IT OUT AND TESTING IT AND SEEING HOW IT WORKS. SO I WANNA APPLAUD PUBLIC WORKS FOR MAKING THAT A PRIORITY THIS YEAR. ALSO, I WAS AT THE CITY'S FIRST EVER WORLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, UM, CEREMONY EARLIER THIS MONTH WHERE, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM DAVE, UH, DAVE MARTIN WAS THERE. I THINK THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS AT THE EVENT. UM, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING SO ELOQUENTLY. THANK YOU. ABOUT HOW OUR SOCIETY HAS BECOME DESENSITIZED TO TRAFFIC VIOLENCE, AND FOR THE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE HOUSTONIANS SAFELY REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY TRAVEL. I STOOD HERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO AFTER WE LEARNED ABOUT THE 11TH HOUSTONIAN TO DIE WHILE RIDING A BIKE IN 2022. UH, MATCHING. YEAH. TOM HAS EXPIRED. I PUT IN FOR THREE MINUTES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON. JOE, WOULD YOU LIKE SOME OF MY TIME PLEASE? UM, WE JUST HEARD ABOUT THE 12TH BICYCLIST FATALITY ONE MORE THAN THERE WAS AN ALL OF LAST YEAR, UM, BIKE FATALITIES. UH, BICYCLIST FATALITIES HAPPEN IN EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY. UH, BUT THERE'S ONE PLACE WHERE THEY DON'T HAPPEN, AND THAT'S IN PROTECTED BIKE LANES OF THE 66 PEOPLE KILLED WHILE RIDING BIKES IN HOUSTON. SINCE MAYOR TURNER TOOK OFFICE IN 2017, NOT ONE WAS KILLED ON A STREET WITH A PROTECTED BIKE LANE. NOW, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC OF CONVERSATION TODAY, AND I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO ARGUE ABOUT THE, THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE ALL KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT. THE WAY WE DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS PRETTY FLAWED, THOUGH, IN THIS CITY. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS, AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND HAVING A MEETING AT 6:00 PM ON A WEEKNIGHT ISN'T THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT. YOU HAVE TO, TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. WHEN WE SAW ON 11TH STREET, UH, NAYSAYERS ABOUT THAT PROJECT SAYING YOU CAN'T TAKE A FOUR LANE STREET AND NARROW IT TO THREE OR TWO LANES, WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND TALKED WITH BUSINESS OWNERS, WE TALKED WITH OTHER RESIDENTS, BECAUSE YOU TEND TO GET PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT CHANGE. WHEN YOU DO THE TRADITIONAL METHODS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, YOU ONLY HEAR FROM ONE SIDE BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE CHANGE, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE PROGRESS, THEY OFTEN DON'T TURN OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT VESTED INTEREST IN, IN KEEPING THINGS THE WAY THEY WERE. EXCUSE ME. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO ACHIEVE THIS CITY'S VISION ZERO GOAL OF ELIMINATING TRAFFIC DEATHS BY 2030, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT PROTECTED BIKE LANES ARE NOT A NICE THING TO HAVE. THEY'RE NOT A RECREATIONAL AMENITY. THEY'RE LIFESAVING PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON. TAKE A SECOND OR TWO MORE OF MY TIME HERE. THAT, JOE, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, AND YOU DO HAVE AN EXCELLENT PERSPECTIVE ON THIS. YOUR, YOUR ROLE WITH, UM, YOUR DAY JOB. IF YOU WANNA STATE THAT OUT LOUD. UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BIKE HOUSTON. RIGHT. AND SO OBVIOUSLY THERE HAS BEEN FAIR AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION TODAY. APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WAITING AND, UH, AND, AND BEING WITH US HERE TODAY TO SPEAK THAT WITH, UH, THE MAYOR'S POINT THAT THE DRAINAGE AND, UH, SEWAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THIS, UH, WOULD SEEM LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT OF EXPERTISE TO COME TO BEAR ON THIS PROJECT. UM, AND I GUESS I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT, AND IF YOU DO HAVE ANY OBSERVATIONS ABOUT WAYS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU THINK ARE WORTH, UH, MENTIONING. SURE. I THINK THE FIRST THING I'D SAY IS, YOU [02:30:01] KNOW, WE, WE, WE TEND TO HEAR, AND WE'VE HEARD IT TODAY, WE BELIEVE IN BIKE LANES. WE, WE WANT BIKE SAFETY, BUT MAYBE WE CAN PUT THOSE LANES SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND WE HEARD THAT, UH, ON THE, THE CONVERSATION AROUND 11TH STREET. PEOPLE CAME UP TO ME AT MEETINGS AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, I RIDE A BIKE, BUT WHY CAN'T YOU PUT THESE ON 14TH STREET OR 20TH STREET, OR WHATEVER? AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, THE PEOPLE WHO DESIGNED THIS FACILITY ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD. THESE ARE PLANNERS AND ENGINEERS WHO KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. UM, AND WE LOOKED AT THE PROJECT OURSELVES AND WE THOUGHT, WELL, THIS SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE THAT STREET HAS GOOD THROUGHPUT. IT HAS LIGHTS AT INTERSECTIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING. UH, NOT SO MUCH DIFFERENT FROM BLOT STREET, A FOUR LANE STREET, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE PARK ON. SO IN, IN MANY WAYS, OPERATES LIKE A TWO LANE STREET. UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, OUTREACH, YEAH, I HAVE THE 6:00 PM PUBLIC MEETING VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON THAT, THAT CAN BE PART OF IT, BUT HAVE THINGS ON WEEKENDS. YOU KNOW, I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. I HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME GETTING TO MEETINGS AT 6:00 PM ON A WEEKNIGHT. UM, YOU TEND TO GET A LOT OF EMPTY NESTERS. YOU GET OLDER RESIDENTS WHO TEND TO BE MORE ENGAGED, MAYBE MORE SOPHISTICATED IN THESE ISSUES WHO ALREADY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN, IN KEEPING THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE. UM, SO I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, HAVE EVENTS IN PUBLIC ON THE STREET IN THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE PROJECT IS PLANNED, AND THAT THE, YEAH, TO YOUR POINT, AGAIN, ON, UM, 11TH STREET, A LOT OF THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE WITH THE MAYOR HIMSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN AND OTHERS GOING OUT THERE ENGAGING WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, TRYING TO FIND, UH, WHERE THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY REALLY, UH, FEEL ABOUT THINGS. SO I, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS CISNEROS. HELLO. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU AND BY HOUSTON FOR, UM, HELPING THE CITY TO ENGAGE. AND, UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE WE OUGHT TO BE DOING, BUT, BUT I MEAN, BUT YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS PLAYED A BIG PART OF BEING ABLE TO REACH MORE PEOPLE, A WIDER RANGE OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT, THAT WOULDN'T SHOW UP FOR A MEETING, BUT, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT DEPEND ON THOSE, THOSE ACCESS POINTS AND, YOU KNOW, ROADWAYS AND BIKE LANES AND TO GET TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING IF THEY'RE WALKING OR IF THEY'RE ROLLING. SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, OTHER, UM, THINGS THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE THAT WOULD HELP US TO COMMUNICATE BETTER. COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN. MOTION. MOTION. MOTION TO EXTEND. SECOND. SO MOVED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION GRANTED. COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN. THANK YOU. THANKS JOE FOR COMING AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON REALLY HIT MY QUESTION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT DOES ROBUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT LOOK LIKE? WHICH I DO AGREE. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS. UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY FOR THE SWEEPING THING. I MEAN, IF NOT FOR YOUR ADVOCACY FOR THAT, BUT REALLY PUSHING FOR THE CLEANING OF THE BIKE LANES, UM, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US SWEEP UP CAVALCADE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS. UH, THANK, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I KNOW THAT IN A DISTRICT, IOWA, WE HAVE A NEW BIKE LANE ON LAWNDALE, AND, UM, I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. IT'S, IT IS NOT JUST FOR CYCLISTS. I MEAN, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THERE. THERE'S A GENTLEMAN THAT'S A DOUBLE AMPUTEE WITH PROSTHETIC LEGS AND HE'S WALKING IN THE BIKE LANE. I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE THE SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, AREN'T LEVELED AND WITH, WITH, UH, CRACKS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND THEN I SAW A LADY, UH, WITH A MOBILE WHEELCHAIR USING THE BIKE LANE AGAIN, BECAUSE THE SIDEWALKS UNFORTUNATELY ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, SMOOTH AND WHAT HAVE YOU. SO, UH, SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN JUST, IN MY OPINION, A BIKE LANE. IT'S FOR THOSE, UH, THAT ARE DISABLED. UH, AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT AND EXERCISE AND FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT GOING, GOING TO FALL, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY HAS NOT REPAIRED THE SIDEWALKS. UH, SO I JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT. THANK YOU, JOE. NEXT SPEAKER, KEVIN STRICKLAND. GOOD AFTERNOON MR. STRICKLAND, AND THANKS FOR YOUR ENORMOUS PATIENCE. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, TO EVERYBODY. BUT THE RAIN CLOUD, WHICH FOLLOWED ME ON MY BIKE FROM THE HEIGHTS TO DOWNTOWN, I HOPE IT'S GONE BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE TODAY. I, I HOPE I CAN ADD SOME VALUE TODAY. AND I DON'T WANNA PING PONG THE BALL BACK AND FORTH OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY COVERED. UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS I APPRECIATE. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SHABBAT THAT YOU MENTIONED, THE COLUMBIA TAP TRAIL, IT ACTUALLY HAS SAFETY ISSUES AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FLAG THIS FOR SOME TIME. UM, WHEN THERE ARE EVENTS AT PNC STADIUM, THE PARKING ATTENDANTS DIRECT PEOPLE TO DRIVE OVER THE SIDEWALK AND PARK ON THE COLUMBIA TAP TRAIL, UH, THE BUSINESS OVER THERE HAS BEEN FLAGGING THIS FOR MONTHS. SO IN BY HOUSTON, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM GET AWARENESS FOR THIS. THE SECOND PROBLEM IS, AND THESE [02:35:01] ARE BOTH ACTUALLY RELATIVELY EASY TO SOLVE, IS THAT CARS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE AND EXITS FOR THE BIKE PATH WHEN YOU'RE CROSSING THE STREET. SO WE NEED BALLARDS THERE. SO I'M ASKING, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHOSE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT IS DOWNTOWN OR, BUT THAT CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. I ASKED FOR THREE MINUTES. GO AHEAD. UH, WELL, WE ONLY HAD ONE, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU SOME OF MY TIME. UM, HOUSTON PARKS BOARD AND, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, IF WE COULD COME UP A SOLUTION TO FUND THAT, AND PARTICULARLY THE EAST DOWNTOWN TOURS PROBABLY HAS SOME MONEY FOR THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS. THANK, THANK YOU MEMBER. TIM. UM, I'M SORRY, WHAT AREA AGAIN WERE YOU REFERRING TO? IT'S THE COLUMBIA TAP TRAIL WHERE IT CROSSES THE STREETS NEAR DOWNTOWN. SO, LIKE ST. CHARLES? YEAH. YEAH. IT'S DISTRICT. I, YEAH. AND, AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR WHAT, UH, TWO THINGS. BOLLARDS ALONG THE STREET SO THAT CARS CAN NO LONGER DRIVE OVER THE SIDEWALK TO PARK ON. AND THE, THE BUSINESS OVER THERE CAN SHOW YOU ALL THE PHOTOS. IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY BAD PROBLEM. AND THEN BALLARD'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, UM, I'M SORRY. THEN THE OTHER COMPONENT IS A BALL BELT. IT'S ILLEGAL TO PARK 20 FEET FROM WHERE? UM, A, A CROSSWALK THAT'S CONSIDERED A CROSSWALK. SO BALL BOUNCES LIKE CURBED EXTENSIONS SO THAT CARS CAN'T PARK THERE 'CAUSE YOU CANNOT SEE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO CROSS THEIR, AND YOU MENTIONED EDDO DISTRICT. SO HAVE YOU ALREADY SPOKEN WITH E THE, THE EDDO MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OR NO? NO. OKAY. NO. YEAH. HAVE YOU REACHED OUT? SOME OF US HAVE, NOT ME IN PARTICULAR, BUT SOME OF US HAVE REACHED, TRIED TO, YEAH. HAVE YOU, IF YOU COULD REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE AND, AND, AND, AND WE CAN DISCUSS THIS FURTHER AND THEN GO FROM THERE. WE, WE, WE WOULD LOVE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DID SIGN UP FOR THREE MINUTES, PROBABLY GAVE YOU FOUR , BUT I'LL LET YOU 30 SECONDS TO WRAP UP. ALRIGHT. REGARDING LOGIC, UH, TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY IS AN URBAN UNIVERSITY. THERE ARE 7,000 STUDENTS THAT GO THERE. 75% OF THEM LIVE OFF CAMPUS. THAT COMMUNITY DESERVES A SAFE CHOICE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO SCHOOL, ANY PERSON GOING TO SCHOOL. SO THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THAT VIA CAR. UM, LASTLY ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT AS A COMMUNITY LEADER ORGANIZER, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKS TWO WAYS. PHONE, TEXT, EMAIL, WORK TWO WAYS. SO WHEN WE STOOD UP FOR 11TH STREET, I'M PART OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD THERE, WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAKEHOLDERS TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION. SO, AND I TAKE JOE'S POINT THAT THE WAY WE DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT'S NOT GREAT, BUT WE DO NEED TO REMEMBER IT NEEDS TO COME FROM PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT ONE. THIS COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. [RECESS] WE STAND IN RECESS TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 AM USA ONE RN, NOTHING. OH YEAH. TO PLAY THE DUTCH ITEM ONE REQUEST [RECONVENE] FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ANNE SUNG TO POSITION 25 OF THE HOUSTON WOMEN'S COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE JANUARY 2ND, 2027. ITEM TWO, REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF BETH BRAND HARP TO POSITION 13 OF THE HOUSTON FOOD INSECURITY BOARD FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE JANUARY 2ND, 2025. ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR APPROVAL TO FIND A CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $1,094,917 AND 8 CENTS AND ACCEPTANCE. WORK ON CONTRACT WITH DNB ENTERPRISES INC. FOR UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK REMOVAL, EXCUSE ME, REMOVAL, REMEDIATION AND INSTALLATION AT THE SOUTHEAST PATROL STATION FOR THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR APPROVAL. THE FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $442,000 AND NO CENTS AND ACCEPTANCE. WORK ON CONTRACT WITH TIMES CONSTRUCTION INC. FOR SYLVAN RODRIGUEZ PARK BOARDWALK. ITEM FIVE, DOCKETT HEAVY MACHINERY, LLC, EXCUSE ME, $1,303,600 AND NO CENTS. ASSOCIATED SUPPLY CO INC $230,628 AND 33 CENTS. AND ROCO SUPPLY CO $192,717 AND NO CENTS FOR PURCHASE OF EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE END OF LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING WAS SOURCE. WELL THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL AND THE TEXAS LOCAL PURCHASING CORPORATE BIBLE FOR THE FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF VARIOUS CITIES, CITY DEPARTMENTS. [02:40:01] ITEM FIVE, TEXAS AGENCY NETWORK GENERATION, A PURCHASE OF TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR HOUSTON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. ITEM SEVEN, PRECISION TASK GROUP, INC. FOR PURCHASE OF SOFTWARE LICENSES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ENTERPRISE SERVICE MANAGEMENT PORTAL THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR HOUSTON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. ITEM EIGHT, ENVISION WEAR INC. FOR PURCHASE OF SYSTEM PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. ITEM NINE HYDRO MAX U-S-A-L-L-C FOR SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY AND WATER VALVE REPAIRS FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM 10, NERI CONSTRUCTION LLC FOR SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY WATERLINE REPAIR FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM 11, RAY TECH CONSTRUCTIONS RESOURCES INC. FOR SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY WATERLINE REPAIR FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM 12 B AND S CONSTRUCTION CODE FOR SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY WATERLINE REPAIR FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM 13, MIDDLETON BROWN, LLC FOR SPINNING AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY WATERLINE INSPECTION SERVICES FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM 14, OMEGA ENGINEERS INC. FOR SPINNING AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY WATERLINE INSPECTION SERVICES FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM 15, AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC. FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO THE CRYOGENIC AC OXYGEN PLANT AT THE 69TH STREET WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM 16, HARTWELL ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATION FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY REPAIR PORTS FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM 17, ORDINANCE SUBMITTING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE ONE AND ADDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE FIVE TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON TEXAS RELATING TO PERMITS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND OUTDOOR MUSIC EVENTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY DECLARING CERTAIN CONDUCT TO BE UNLAWFUL AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. THEREFORE, ITEM 18, ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND RC ENTERPRISES, U-S-A-D-B-A, ORACLE CITY HOMES LLC ITEM 19 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CITY OF HOUSTON TO ENTER TO TWO CONTRACTS WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. ITEM 20 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONTINGENT WORKFORCE SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS JONES. STAFFING AND RECRUITING LLC ITEM 21 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN D DE ROAD DAROLD BROUSSARD IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. ITEM 22 ORDERS APPROPRIATED AND $248,220 AND NO CENTS OUT OF MISCELLANEOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS ACQUISITION CP SERIES E FUND APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH GAD BERRY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC. ITEM 23 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL $40,000 IN NO CENTS. ITEM MISCELLANEOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS ACQUISITION CP SERIES E FUND FOR THE DESIGN OF THE KENDALL NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY UNDER THE PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ROBERT ADAMS INC. ITEM 24 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL ONE $1,267,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW MONTROSE LIBRARY UNDER THE DESIGN BILL CONTRACT WITH DAVID E. HARVEY BUILDERS INC. ITEM 25 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $750,000 AND NO CENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING FUNDS. $150,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF POLICE CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $150,000 IN NO CENTS OUT OF PARKS CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $100,000 IN NO CENTS OUT OF FIRE CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $100,000 IN NO CENTS OUT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $50,000 IN NO CENTS OUT OF GENERAL IMPROVEMENT. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $150,000 IN NO CENTS OUT OF SOLID WASTE CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND, $50,000 OUT OF $50,000 IN THOSE CENTS OUT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND FOR PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES TASK ORDER PROGRAM FOR FY 2023. ITEM 26 ORDINANCE AWARDING CONTRACT TO WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY ITEM 27 ORDINANCE SUBMITTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 21 10 97 TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND DENALI WATER SOLUTIONS LLC ITEM 28 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HOV SERVICES INC. ITEM 29 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND CITY AND SCA GROUP L-L-C-D-B, ACA S GROUP. ITEM 30 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIRST RENEWAL OF CHILDCARE LOCAL MATCH CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND GULF COAST WORKFORCE BOARD ITEM 31 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SIX AMENDED AND RESTATED HERMAN PARK GOLF COURSE CONCESSION AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND BSL GOLF CORP. ITEM 32 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION OF REC RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT PROGRAM TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. ITEM 33 ORDINANCE CONSENTED TO THE ADDITION OF 2.6420 ACRES OF LAND TO CROSBY MUNICIPAL [02:45:01] UTILITY DISTRICT ITEM 34 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF 14,184 SQUARE FEET OF CITY FEE OWNED LAND LOCATED IN THE REELS AND TOBO SURVEY ABSTRACT 59 HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS SELLING THE PROPERTY TO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. ITEM 35 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AND A LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT ITEM 36 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ITEM 37 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ITEM 38 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $280,074 AND 28 CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND VALOREM TAX APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING FACILITIES EXTENSION AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND CENTER POINT ENERGY, HOUSTON ELECTRIC LLC ITEM 39 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING MAINTENANCE AND ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. ITEM 40 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL $28,559 AND 21 CENTS FROM DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND DRAINAGE CHARGE FOR THE EXISTING AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. ITEM 41 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $3,150,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND GUPTA AND ASSOCIATES INC. ITEM 42 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $3,150,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF WATER AND SEW SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND APPRO WE AN AUTHORIZING FIRST AMEND AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HR GREEN INC. ITEM 43 ORDINANCE APPROPRI $3,281,555 AND NO CENTS OUTTA WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AWARDING CONTRACT TO CFG INDUSTRIES. LLC ITEM 44 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $4,863,765 AND NO CENTS OUTTA WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AWARDING CONTRACT TO RAY TECH CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES INC. ITEM 45 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING 18,000,100 532,000. NO 532,000 AND NO SENSE OUT OF WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AWARD AND CONTRACT TO RAY TECH CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES INC. ITEM 46 SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE PROLOGIS WAYFAIR REINVESTMENT ZONE TAX PAYMENT PURPOSES. HEARING DATE WEDNESDAY 9:00 AM DECEMBER 14TH, 2022. ITEM 47 SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER THREE. MARCUS SQUARE ZONE HEARING DATE SAME 9:00 AM DECEMBER 14TH. ITEM 48, SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE REGARDING THE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 116 ACRES OF LAND TO REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 18 FIFTH WARD ZONE HEARING DATE, 9:00 AM DECEMBER 14TH. ITEM 49. SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE REGARDING THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 20, SOUTHWEST HOUSTON ZONE HEARING DAY 9:00 AM DECEMBER 14TH. ITEM 50, SET OF PUBLIC HEARING DATE REGARDING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT PLANNING REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 21 HARDY NEAR NORTH SIDE HEARING DATE, 9:00 AM DECEMBER 14TH. ITEM 51, SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE REGARDING THE ANNEXATION OF 17.7 ACRES OF LAND TO REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 23 HARRISBURG ZONE AND TO CLARIFY THE BOUNDARIES HEARING DATE WEDNESDAY, NO 9:00 AM DECEMBER 14TH. ITEM 52, SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE REGARDING THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR THE CREATION OF REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 28 MEDICAL CENTER AREA HEARING DATE WEDNESDAY 9:00 AM DECEMBER 14TH, ITEM 53, ORDINANCE APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZING CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND MOTIVA ENTERPRISES. LLC. THIS WAS TAGGED BY CONST POLLARD. THIS WAS ITEM 20 ON AGENDA OF NOVEMBER 16TH, 2022. ITEM 54, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING 396,471 AND 60 CENTS OUT OF WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND APPROVING AUTHORIZING ANY LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY AND TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. THIS WAS TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABA AND POLLARD. THIS WAS ITEM 28 ON AGENDA OF NOVEMBER 20, NOVEMBER 16TH, 2022. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ITEM 55, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $13,527,312 AND 60 CENTS OUTTA DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND DRAINAGE CHARGE AND $5,426,481 AND 52 CENTS OUTTA WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AWARDING CONTRACT TO JFT CONSTRUCTION INC. THIS WAS TAGGED BY, THIS WAS DELAYED BY MOTION NUMBER 20 22 5 78 ON NOVEMBER 16TH, 2022. THIS WAS ITEM 33 ON AGENDA OF NOVEMBER 6, 16, 20 22. THIS [02:50:01] COMPLETES THE READING OF THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SESSION OF NOVEMBER 30TH, 2022. STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL SCHEDULE. BEGIN AT 9:00 AM IN THE WORDS OF OUR FORMER CITY SECRETARY, MS. ADAM RUSSELL. SHE ALWAYS SAID, DRIVE SAFE, DRIVE FRIENDLY, AND HAVE A NICE DAY IN THE WORDS OF OUR CURRENT CITY SECRETARY, PAT JEFFERSON DANIEL, I'D LIKE TO LEAD YOU WITH THIS. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS TREAT EVERYONE THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED. HAVE A BLESSED AND FANTASTIC OF DAY. IT'S NINE 15, BUT I KNOW IT'S WRONG. SO, UH, BUT REALLY IT'S RIGHT, YOU KNOW. SO LET'S GET STARTED. GOOD MORNING. IT'S NINE 15 ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, 2022. I'M MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER. I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO WATER AND WE'VE GOT SOME APPOINTMENTS. SO, UM, [CONSENT AGENDA] MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE. ITEM NUMBER ONE NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM MOVED SECOND ROBINSON. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM NUMBER ONE. UH, DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSE AND GRANTED ITEM NUMBER ONE, MR. CONFIRMATION OF ANN SONG TO POSITION 25 OF THE HOUSTON WOMEN'S COMMISSION. UH, IS ANN Z HERE? NOPE, I DON'T SEE ANN. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER ON THE, UH, HOUSTON WOMEN'S COMMISSION. AND MADAM SECRETARY, [2.  REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of BETH BRANIFF HARP to Position Thirteen of the HOUSTON FOOD INSECURITY BOARD, for a term to expire January 2, 2025 ] IF YOU'LL PLEASE CALL ITEM TWO. ITEM TWO NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON HAS BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND ON ITEM TWO. DISCUSSION ON ITEM TWO. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSING GRANTED. UH, ITEM TWO IS ON THE APPOINTMENT TO BETH BRAN. HAR TO POSITION 13 OF THE HOUSTON FOOD INSECURITY BOARD IS BETH, UH, BRAND, BRAND HART, IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD, NUMBER ONE, GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE ON THE, UH, HOUSTON FOOD INSECURITY BOARD. UM, IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, BOARD. UM, THIS IS ONE THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH, UM, WELL NOT PRETTY MUCH, BUT WAS INITIATED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD POLLARD. UH, RECOGNIZING THAT EVEN IN A PROSPEROUS CITY, UH, THERE IS STILL TREMENDOUS INS, FOOD INSECURITY THAT EXISTS. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO WORKING, UH, WITH YOU. UH, YOU WANNA SAY GOOD MORNING TO US. GOOD MORNING. AND I AM HONORED TO SERVE IN THIS WAY AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT. AND SPECIAL THANK YOU TO YOU, MAYOR TURNER FOR COMING AND SPEAKING AT OUR LUNCHEON AND TELLING YOUR AMAZING TESTIMONY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. LET ME YELL TO, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, DAVID MARTIN. YES. CONGRATULATIONS MS. HARP. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW MS. HARP, SHE IS THE CEO OF KIDS MEALS AND DOES A FANTASTIC JOB. I KNOW THAT'S AN AMY PECK'S AREA, BUT, UH, ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, UM, THEY WERE REALLY FRONT AND CENTER WITH A LOT OF THE ISSUES WE WERE FACING WITH OUR, OUR KIDS THAT REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE ME MEALS AND KIDS MEALS WAS RIGHT ON TOP OF IT. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR WORK ON THE, UH, FOOD INSECURITIES BOARD. SO THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY AT KIDS MEALS. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. IN FACT, UH, HOW MANY, HOW MANY MEALS DO Y'ALL SERVE ON A DAILY BASIS WHEN CHILDREN ARE IN SCHOOL? WE'RE DOING ABOUT 5,600 MEALS A DAY AND 44 HOUSTON AREA ZIP CODES. UH, BUT LIKE ON MONDAY WHEN SCHOOL CLOSED, WE WERE RIGHT, A LITTLE OVER 10,000 MEALS A DAY. YEAH, SO, SO CERTAINLY WANNA THANK YOU WHAT YOU DO. COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE, UH, BETH, GREAT TO SEE YOU. YOU TOO. AND, UM, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FOOD INSECURITY BOARD, UM, PAUL AND I, WE ACTUALLY SAW A NEWS STORY ON KIDS MEALS AND WE WERE LIKE, THIS IS, THIS IS THE PERSON WE DEFINITELY NEED, UH, ON THE BOARD AS WELL. WE NEED HER INSIGHT. WE NEED HER VOICE. AND SO WE KNEW WHEN WE HAD AN OPENING, UH, ON THAT BOARD THAT SHE WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT WE REACHED OUT TO. SO IT WAS GREAT MEETING WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER PAC. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND CONGRATULATIONS, UM, FOR BEING APPOINTED TO THIS BOARD. AND I JUST COULD NOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT KIDS MULES. THAT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO EVENTUALLY HAVE YOU IN DISTRICT DAY. AND THANK YOU. AND COMING FROM BRINGING YOUR TEAM AND VOLUNTEERING, WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE. YES. IF ANYONE WANTS TO VOLUNTEER WITH KIDS MEALS, IT'S SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PACKAGE ALL THE FOOD. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT. WE HAD A GREAT TIME DOING IT. WE'RE GONNA BE BACK. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND OUR GOAL IS TO SERVE 26,000 CHILDREN A DAY BY 2031. SO WE'RE BUILDING A BUILDING AND UH, SO IF ANYBODY IN ANY DISTRICTS HAS ANY CONNECTIONS TO COMMUNITY CENTERS [02:55:01] OR ANYWHERE WHERE WE NEED TO BE SERVING, PLEASE REACH OUT. WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE MORE AND MORE CHILDREN. THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. THANK YOU MARIN. AND BETH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HELLO AS WELL AND THANK YOU FOR THE TOUR I HAD RECENTLY, COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO GO VISIT, ESPECIALLY AS BETH HAS JUST SAID, THE NEW FACILITY IS GONNA BE COMPLETE AND UH, WE'RE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT YOUR, THE ABILITY TO EXPAND THE SERVICES YOU PROVIDE. AND MAYOR, I DO THINK THAT, UH, YOU HAD A VERY SPECIAL OCCASION THERE, UM, WITH BETH. YES. , UH, THAT, UH, WE HEARD ABOUT SO INVOLVING THE FIRST DAUGHTER. YES. SO, UH, VERY EXCITING AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. WE'RE GONNA BE PULLING HARD FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS. IN FACT, UM, UM, JIMMY PROPOSED TO MY, UH, TO MY DAUGHTER AT KIDS MEAL. AT KIDS MEALS. YEAH, YEAH. IT'S A SURPRISE FOR US ALL. AND SHE, UH, SHE CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY AT KIDS AT KIDS MEAL. SO JUST A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION AND BETH, JUST THANK YOU AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM, STAFF FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO. THE VOLUNTEERS, THE SPONSORS, THE DONORS, UM, YOU KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL, OTHERS WILL DO EVEN MORE. BUT, UH, YOUR PRESENCE ON THIS FOOD INSECURITY BOARD WILL BE VERY HELPFUL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I'M HONORED TO SERVE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, [MAYOR'S REPORT] JUST, UM, A FEW POINTS. UM, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, UH, THE POWER WENT DOWN AT THE EAST WATER PURIFICATION PLANT ON SUNDAY AT 10 30. UM, IT WAS RESTORED, UH, AT 1230. SO IT WAS, THIS POWER WAS DISRUPTED FOR TWO, FOR TWO HOURS. AND BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT, THERE'S A DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT THAT'S BEING DONE. BUT BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT, UH, THERE WAS AN OVERLOAD. UM, TRANSFORMER, TRANSFORMER WENT DOWN, UH, THERE'S A BACKUP GENERATOR AND THERE WAS AN OVERLOAD ON THE BACKUP. SO WHATEVER THE, WHATEVER CAUSED THE OVERLOAD ON ONE, WHEN THE BACKUPS TOOK IN, IT OVERLOADED THE SECOND. UM, AND SO EVEN WITH, UH, BACKUP GENERATORS, IF THE TRANSFORMERS ARE DOWN, YOU DON'T HAVE THE CONNECTION. UM, BUT, UM, THE ELECTRICIAN, SAVORY ELECTRIC, UH, WAS OUT THERE IN 30 MINUTES. UM, AND IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES, THE PRESSURE WAS BACK UP IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES. UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE SENSORS AND WE HAVE SENSORS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM, UM, YOU HAD 21 SENSORS, UH, FIVE OF THEM NEVER WENT BELOW THE 20 PSI, YOU HAD 14 OF 16 SENSORS THAT DRAW BELOW THE 20 PSI FOR LESS THAN TWO MINUTES. AND THEN YOU HAD TWO SENSORS THAT DRAW BELOW THE PSI FOR 30 MINUTES. UM, AND ALL OF THIS IS RELEVANT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL BEEN, UH, THROUGH, UH, THIS, LET'S SAY CONDITIONS WHEN A BALL WATER NOTICE IS NEEDED. WHEN THE, REMEMBER WHEN THE 96 INCH PIPELINE RUPTURED POWER WAS DOWN, PRESSURE WAS DOWN FOR A LONG TIME, OKAY? UM, AND THE BALL WAR NOTICE WAS GIVEN, UH, UNDER WINTER STORM URI POWER AND PRESSURE WAS DOWN FOR DAYS. WATER, WATER WAS, WAS GIVEN IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. UM, IT HAD PRESSURE BELOW, UM, UH, 20 PSIS, LET'S SAY FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. AND FOR MOST OF THOSE SENSORS, IT WAS BELOW FOR LESS THAN TWO, TWO MINUTES. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANY INFILTRATION. AND IN FACT, OF THE 29 SAMPLES THAT WERE PULLED, NO SAMPLE SHOWED ANY BACTERIA OR ANY CONTAMINANTS, NONE. UM, BUT WHEN YOU PUT IN A, UH, UM, I NOTICE A BALL, WATER NOTICE, IT IS VERY, VERY DISRUPTIVE. SCHOOLS ARE AFFECTED, BUSINESS OR AFFECTED, HOSPITALS ARE AFFECTED. UH, BUT THIS, BUT THIS LATEST EVENT DOESN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO COMPARING THE FIRST TWO. BUT IF WE ARE INSTRUCTED TO DO A BALD WATER NOTICE, YOU DO A BALD WATER NOTICE. UH, BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, UH, WHEN YOUR SENSORS ARE DOWN FOR LESS THAN TWO MINUTES, 14 OF THEM, 14 OR 16, AND TWO FOR 30, AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF CONTAMINATION OR BACTERIA INFILTRATING YOUR SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE [03:00:01] TO TAKE A REVIEW ON, UH, ON EVERYTHING. NOT JUST ON WHAT HAPPENED AT THE WATER TRANSPORTATION OF, UM, PURIFICATION PLANT AND WHY THE OVERLOAD ON THE TRANSFORMERS. BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK ON JUST THE PROCESSES AS WELL. AND WHEN YOU PUT, UM, A BALL, WATER NOTICE, UH, IN PLACE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT CAN BE, IN THIS CASE, MUCH MORE DISRUPTIVE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. SO WE JUST, A LESSON LEARNED, WE'VE ALL GONE THROUGH SEVERAL CRISISES. UM, AND LEMME JUST SAY THIS, UM, IN ALL FAIRNESS TO OUR WORKERS AT PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND, AND ACROSS THE BOARD, I USED THIS ANALOGY ON YESTERDAY 'CAUSE PEOPLE WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? IF YOU ARE AT HOME ON A HOT DAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HEAT START RISING INSIDE AND YES, YOUR SYSTEM BREAKS DOWN, IT BREAKS DOWN, YOU KNOW, UM, IF YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING AND WANT TO GO TO AND GET READY TO DRIVE AND YOU GET IN YOUR CAR AND IT DOESN'T CRANK UP, IT BREAKS DOWN. UM, THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. YOU KNOW, NOBODY WENT OUT THERE AND SAID TO THE TRANSFORMER, DON'T WORK TODAY. OKAY. SO I WANT TO, I WANT TO, UM, SAY STUFF DOES HAPPEN EVEN IN THE WORST OF TIMES. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE WORKERS FOR WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK BECAUSE THEY WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK TO, UM, GET THAT POWER UP AS QUICKLY AS THEY DID THAT WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET THE SAMPLES. UM, THEY WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, TRAVELING OUT TO WEST HOUSTON TO FLUSH THE LINES WITH CHLORINE, UM, AT THREE 30 IN THE MORNING. UH, SO I WANT TO GIVE THEM A LOT OF CREDIT FOR JUST, UH, BEING ON THE JOB AND RESPONDING. AND THEN I WANT TO THANK YOU ESTONIANS FOR, UH, FOR BEING VERY, VERY, VERY, UH, PATIENT AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS SITUATION. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH SEVEN FEDERALLY DECLARED OFFICERS. WE'VE GONE THROUGH, UM, THIS IS NOW THE THIRD SITUATION WITH BARB WATER NOTICE. AND, UM, AND I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN THIS SEAT LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO CAN DRIVE BETTER AND THEY'RE NOT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, YOU KNOW? BUT HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, UH, WHAT I WANT TO ASSURE PEOPLE IS THAT THE WATER WA WAS SAFE FROM THE, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. OKAY. AND REMAINS SAFE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ENTIRE TIME. WE'LL ALWAYS SEEK TO IMPROVE WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, DISSEMINATING INFORMATION AND GETTING THE WORD OUT. AND HOMELAND SECURITY CHIEF BURING IS ALREADY WORKING ON THAT. SO, UM, WE'LL WORK TO DO, WE'LL WORK TO PROVIDE, UH, INFORMATION, BUT WE DO NEED TO HAVE A REVIEW AND WE WILL DO A DIAGNOSTIC. WE ARE DOING A DIAGNOSTIC REVIEW OF OUR, OF OUR SYSTEM. AND THEN WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHEN BALD WATER NOTICES SHOULD BE ISSUED. WE DO NEED TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, UH, IN THAT SITUATION. SO, UM, I'VE GOT PEOPLE IN QUEUE. LEMME JUST SAY, UH, COUNCILMAN P THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, AS YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE PROCESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. UM, I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT ALERT HOUSTON AND THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT CHIEF BUNICH IS LOOKING AT IT, BUT ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP TO PUT A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR THAT, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE BOIL WATER NOTICE UNTIL THAT TEXT MESSAGE WENT OUT AT LIKE 10 30 THE NIGHT OF THE BOIL WATER NOTICE. AND UNLESS YOU WERE SIGNED UP FOR ALERT HOUSTON, YOU DIDN'T KNOW EITHER. SO, UM, SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO MAYBE SEND IT OUT THROUGH THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM OR JUST A PROCESS IN PLACE SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE SIGN UP FOR ALERT HOUSTON, THEY'RE GONNA GET THIS KIND OF MESSAGE VERSUS THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT. YEAH. AND, UH, CHIEF BE AND HOMELAND SECURITY HAVE ALREADY MADE THE CHANGES. UH, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR ALERT HOUSTON. THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. UM, UH, BUT I WOULD TELL YOU, HAVING GONE THROUGH TWO OTHER OF THESE, UM, UM, BALLING NOTICE, UH, THE SAME PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED. WE'LL ENHANCE IT. UH, 'CAUSE YOU WANT EVERYONE TO BE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN REAL TIME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO YOU, WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER AND WE'LL SEEK TO, WE'LL SEEK TO DO BETTER. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCILMAN KUBO MAYOR, HAVE THEY, UH, HAVE THE ELECTRICIANS FIGURED OUT [03:05:01] WHAT CAUSED IT AND HOW WE CAN, UH, PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN? NOT YET. IN FACT, THERE, THERE'S, THEY'RE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. SO THERE'S ONE TEAM THAT'S OUT THERE. AND THEN, UH, AND THEN I'M BRINGING ON AN OUTSIDE TEAM, UH, TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC UH, REVIEW. UH, BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE AS WE SPEAK SOMETHING CALLS THE, UH, OVERLOAD ON BOTH TRANSFORMERS. SO THEY'RE WORKING FEVER SHAFT THERE TO, TO FIGURE IT OUT. AND THEN THE, FROM WHAT, WHAT I'M BEING TOLD, I'M, I'M NOT THE EXPERT ON THIS, BUT IF THERE'S AN OVERLOAD WORKING TO SEE HOW YOU CAN BREAK THAT OVERLOAD SO IT DOESN'T OVERLOAD THE SYSTEM, IT'S NOT LIKE A CIRCUIT BREAK OF SOME KIND. SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL FIGURE IT OUT. BUT, UM, UM, THE INSTRUCTION IS, UH, TO FIGURE OUT SUCH THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN IN THIS SITUATION. SO, BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE AS WE SPEAK. WILL YOU REPORT BACK TO US ONCE WE DO? OH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. AND I, AND AS INDICATED TO THEM. CAUSE IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A FACTOR HERE. WE WANT, WE WANT, UH, WE WANT THE SOLUTIONS ON IT. COUNCIL [MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL - Council Member Peck first] MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I THINK I'M PROBABLY THE MOST ACTIVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ON TWITTER, UM, IN THE HORSESHOE. AND, UM, I FOUND OUT ON TWITTER, UM, AROUND SEVEN 30. AND SO WE DIDN'T RECEIVE A, AND IT, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THE INITIAL COMMUNICATION. I THINK WE RECEIVED IT IN THE EMAIL THE DAY AFTER OR THE DAY BEFORE YOUR PRESS CONFERENCE. AND SO TO THE POINT, I THINK THE COMMUNICATION DID IMPROVE POST THE PRESS CONFERENCE ALERTS WERE GOING OUT, BUT WE WERE TRENDING ON HOUSTON. 'CAUSE PEOPLE WERE SAYING IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN. AND SO FOR ME, IF I DIDN'T CATCH IT ON TWITTER, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEND OUT A NEWSLETTER OR WHATNOT. SO I THINK AS WE LOOK AT IMPROVING THOSE PROCESSES, AND THEY HAVE BEEN, BECAUSE THOSE COMMUNICATIONS HAVE THE POST ALERTS FOR COUNCIL TO BE ALERTED SO WE CAN SHARE OUT TO OUR DIS YOU KNOW, OUR NETWORK SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, BECAUSE THAT WAS, IT'S THE SUNDAY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED. EMERGENCIES HAPPEN. I GET THAT. BUT IF WE CAN IMPROVE THAT, THAT WOULD BE MUCH HELPFUL. SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT MESSAGE ALERT HOUSTON OR WHATEVER CHANNEL TO GET THAT OUT. BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I, I SAW THAT TWITTER AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE USING SOCIAL MEDIA 'CAUSE OTHERWISE THAT INFORMATION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SHARED. BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR SENIORS DISABLED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK, AND THAT'S, AND THE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA IS VERY HELPFUL. I MEAN, THAT IS THE TWO PRIMARILY THAT I USE DURING HURRICANE HARVEY. OKAY. UH, SO WE WANNA USE THAT TO, AND ALL OF THE OTHER, ALL OF THE TOOLS, YOU KNOW, SO THANKS. THANKS VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMER, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. AND, AND TO THE POINT OF COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, I THINK THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. I THINK IF WE, IF WE ALL KNOW THEN WE CAN DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION QUICKER AS WELL. BUT ALSO I KNOW THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS, UM, WITH SENDING A BROAD MESSAGE OUT THROUGH THE HARRIS COUNTY, UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE COUNTY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. AND SO MAYBE WHEN WE DO THE NOTICES, MAKE SURE WE SEND THE MAP THAT THEY SENT OUT WHERE THEY CAN PUT THE ADDRESS IN AND KNOW IF THEY'RE AFFECTED. I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TOO. UM, ALL ON THE FRONT END IF WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT AS WELL. EXACTLY. THANKS. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. JUST A FEW OTHER, I'M SORRY. COUNCILMAN MGOS. THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND ALSO I MAY ADD, UH, IF WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT IN REGARDS TO CONTACTING THE MAYORS OF THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT BUY THE WATER FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON. I KNOW MAYOR MOYA CONTACTED ME AROUND EIGHT O'CLOCK SAYING, HEY, IF A RESIDENT OF MINE CONTACTED HER, UH, SAYING, HEY, THEY, DID YOU SEE THAT ON THE NEWS CITY IS ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO BOIL THEIR WATER? UH, SO SHE WAS ASKING ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO? SO THEN I GOT A HOLD, UH, I WAS COMMUNICATING WITH, UH, DIRECTOR HADDOCK ON THAT. UM, BUT UM, SHE, SHE CLAIMS THAT SHE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTICE OR ANYTHING AND SHE CHECKED WITH HER CITY SECRETARY. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT BUY WATER FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THANKS. ALRIGHT, WITH RESPECT TO, UM, DECEMBER 3RD, RELIANT LIGHTS, THE MIRRORS, UM, TREE LIGHTING. UM, SO THAT IS COMING UP. THE RELIANT LIGHTS, MAYOR'S, HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR. ELIZABETH KILLINGER, PRESIDENT OF RELIANT NRG RETAIL WILL JOIN, WILL JOIN US. AND GRAMMY AWARD WINNER, DISCO SINGER GLORIA GAY ART WILL PERFORM AT THIS YEAR'S HEADLINER. UM, I THINK WE ALL REMEMBER HER, WHICH I THINK SHE'S BEST KNOWN FOR THAT SONG. UH, UH, I WILL SURVIVE, UM, UH, WRITTEN BY, UH, I THINK I PARTICIPATED IN THE LYRICS. UM, NOW HOLIDAY EVENT WILL FEATURE C CAROLERS VENDOR MARKETS INSTAGRAM READY PHOTOS. UM, THE, IT BEGINS AT 6:00 PM ON SATURDAY IN FRONT OF HOUSTON CITY HALL. AND WE WOULD HAVE THE LIGHTING OF THE OFFICIAL HOLIDAY TRADE IS OVER 50 FEET TALL AND DECORATED WITH 4,000 ORNAMENTS AND NEARLY 100,000 ENERGY EFFICIENT LED [03:10:01] LIGHTS. UH, THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE BUYER'S PROCUREMENT FORM WILL TAKE PLACE IN PERSON ON THURSDAY, UH, DECEMBER 1ST, WHICH IS TOMORROW, UH, UM, BARK, UH, THIS SATURDAY BARK BARK IS OFFERING FREE PET MICROCHIPS BETWEEN 8:00 AM AND 10:00 AM AT 3,300 CARR STREET, UH, WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. SO PLEASE TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE. UM, I DON'T WANT TO END THIS SO WITHOUT, UM, UH, REALLY ACKNOWLEDGING, UM, UNITED STATES WORLD CUP TEAM. UM, AND BEATING IRAN ON YESTERDAY WON ZIP. SO, UM, A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THEM, UH, MADE US ALL PROUD. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM. BUT I'M ALSO PROUD OF, UM, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON'S BEING'S BASKETBALL TEAM BEING RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE UNITED STATES. SO, UM, UM, COACH SUMMERS, ALL OF SAMSON, ALL OF THEM. UM, JUST A BIG SHOUT OUT AND HOPE IT LASTS FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME. BUT ENJOY, BUT ENJOY THE MOMENT. SO BEING NUMBER ONE. AND THAT CONCLUDES, UH, THINGS FOR ME. SO, UM, LET'S NOW TURN TO, UH, TURN TO THE AGENDA [ACCEPT WORK] UNDER THE ACCEPT WORK. ACCEPT WORK CATEGORY ITEMS THREE AND FOUR. NEED A MOTION CAST ITEM MOVE SECOND ROBINSON, IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND ON ITEMS THREE AND FOUR. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSING GRANTED UNDER THE PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BID. CATEGORY ITEMS 12, 13, 15, AND 16 HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED AND WILL BE CONSIDERED IF THEY'RE RECEIVED BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING. ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ARE NINE, 10, AND 11 THROUGH 16. OF COURSE, ITEMS NEED A MOTION FOR ITEMS 5, 6, 7, AND EIGHT. TATUM, MOVE SECOND, ROBINSON. OKAY. UM, MOTION ON 5, 6, 7, AND EIGHT. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED AND GRANTED UNDER THE ORDINANCES CATEGORY ITEMS REMOVED, SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. R 17, 18, 24, 29, 32, 35, 36, 38, 40 AND 42. THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 17 AND 18, 24, 29, 32, 35, AND 36, 38, 40 AND 42. NEED A VOTE ON THE BALANCE. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSING GRANTED I REMOVE [CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA] FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEM NINE NEEDS A MOTION CAST. MOVE ROBINSON. SECOND MOVED. AND SECOND ON ITEM NINE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN ON ITEM NINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. FIRST I, I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM IN PUBLIC WORKS. UM, ALL OF THESE ITEMS JUST SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS RELATE TO THE INCREASE IN WATER MAIN BREAKS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF THE INCREASE IN DROUGHT, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WE ARE CONTIN GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THIS TREND THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. MY QUESTION, MAYOR, UM, AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSIVENESS AS WE ADDRESS THIS. WE'VE HAD, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE WATER MAIN BREAK, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO REPAIR SINCE NOVEMBER 7TH, UM, FOR SOME RESIDENTS. AND THERE'S A WHOLE LIST IN DISTRICT C OF OTHERS THAT WE'RE MONITORING, ARE WE TRACKING AS A CITY THE INCREASE THE UPTICK? SO WE HAVE AN AVERAGE OF HOW MANY WATER MAIN BREAKS WE MAY SEE COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING THROUGHOUT THE DROUGHT AND THE ADDITIONAL COST THAT THE CITY IS INCURRING BECAUSE OF THESE WATER MAIN BREAKS. SO ONE, ARE WE TRACKING THAT AND COULD WE HAVE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPACTS THAT WE'RE SEEING? AND ARE WE LOOKING AT, UM, JUST LIKE WITH THE FREEZE WE NOW USE AND ARE TRENDING TOWARDS DIFFERENT TYPES OF PIPING IN OUR HOMES THAT ARE MORE RESILIENT? ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT TYPE OF, UM, IMPROVEMENT FOR OUR UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE? BECAUSE WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE SO MUCH OF THIS TO THE, THE RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE TRACKING, THE ANSWER IS YES. UM, LET'S SAY PRIOR TO LAST YEAR ON AVERAGE, WELL, LET'S SAY WE HAD AS LOW AS WE NORMALLY HAVE AS LOW AS 400 WATER MAIN LEAKS ACROSS THE CITY. UH, AND THEN WE START AVERAGING ABOUT SIX TO [03:15:01] 700. UH, THIS SUMMER, FOR EXAMPLE, WE GOT UP TO 1100 AND IT WAS INCREASING. THAT IS WHAT TRIGGERED BRINGING IN THESE CONTRACTORS BECAUSE WE WERE, WE WERE BEING OVERWHELMED. UM, AND SO WE END UP, UM, BRINGING ON MORE CONTRACTORS TO, TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION. AND THAT HAS, AND THAT HAS HELPED. UH, NOW IT DOES COME WITH AN EXPENSE. SO RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL, AND, YOU KNOW, WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE CHANGING, UH, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO, THESE ARE EPOS, BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR NEXT YEAR'S PUT OUT A, UM, LIKE A, A WORK ORDER CONTRACT WHERE YOU GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HAVE LIKE FIVE OR SIX CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE, YOU KNOW, PROCESS AND THEY'RE ON BOARD JUST LIKE WE DO WITH DEBRIS REMOVAL. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THESE EPOS. YOU KIND OF VET 'EM AHEAD OF TIME AND YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHAT WE INTEND TO DO NEXT YEAR, UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A SITUATION THAT IS CONTINUING IN TERMS OF, UH, LET'S SAY AS WE FIX THEM OR AS WE LOOK AT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO, UM, THE BEST MATERIALS TO PUT IN TO KIND OF, TO MITIGATE THIS? THAT IS WHAT, UH, I'VE ASKED PUBLIC WORKS TO DO. UH, BECAUSE WE, WE, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE CHANGING CONDITIONS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MITIGATE MORE WATER MAIN LEAKS. UM, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BELOW THE CITY IS OLD AGING. AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DECREASED NUMBER. UM, BUT I, I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO SAY THAT RIGHT NOW. SO WE, WE SIMPLY HAVE TO GET PREPARED TO HAVE ENOUGH CONTRACTORS IN PLACE, PRE-POSITION, I MEAN, PRE-CHOSEN, UH, SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND, AND NOT HAVE ALL THIS WATER FLOWING DOWN THE STREETS. AND I, AGAIN, REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE CREWS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK FOR MONTHS ON THIS ISSUE. MY CONCERN IS THE COST, THE INCREASED COSTS AGREE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE REVENUE CAP THAT WE FACE. UM, WE DO HAVE HB FIVE 70 BEING REFILED AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE. UM, I HELPED WORK ON THAT. I KNOW THE CITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT, THAT, UH, HAS THE STATE LOOK AT THIS HOLISTICALLY FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE THAT CITIES ARE CURRENTLY INCURRING BECAUSE OF DROUGHT AND INCREASING WILDFIRES. WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH OF THAT HERE IN HOUSTON. BUT AGAIN, THIS, THIS COST ISN'T GOING AWAY. AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR IT. AS A PART OF THE PASSAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, BILL, UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ASSESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE, RECOGNIZING THAT IT IS AN AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND START MAKING THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY? BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH OUR GROUNDS IS AGING. IF AS IT GETS HOTTER, THINGS START SHIFTING, THINGS START BREAKING. SO, UH, AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KIND OF GET IN AHEAD OF TIME. NOW, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IT WILL CREATE INCONVENIENCE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO AND, AND, AND, AND, AND REPLACING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT I AGREE, WE NEED, WE ARE TRACKING AND NOW WE NEED TO ASSESS WHAT'S THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE TO PUT IN PLACE TO MITIGATE FUTURE MAINTENANCE LEAKS. THANKS. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMAN ROBINSON, THE CHIEF FTTI. YES. UH, SO I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER CAME IN, ASKED A GOOD QUESTION. AND NOT ONLY ARE WE TRACKING IT, BUT OF COURSE WE HAVE HISTORICAL DATA FROM 2011, 2012, OUR LAST SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, DID COVER MORE THAN ONE YEAR. SO WHILE WE THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES AND THE GLOBAL TRENDS FOR MORE DISRUPTIVE EVENTS AND HIGHER COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE ESCALATION, ALL OF THESE THINGS, I THINK THERE ARE, THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS THAT THE MAYOR'S REALLY ALLUDING TO, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF. UM, THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT'S COMING DOWN YOUR POINT, AGAIN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATURE THIS UPCOMING SESSION. AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THOSE ENDS. I ALSO ASSURE YOU AND THE MAYOR KNOWS, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE TTI AGENDA, UH, FOR THE COMING YEAR THAT WILL ADDRESS THAT. AND, UH, WE HAVE VARIOUS THINGS, UH, THAT I'LL MENTION LATER IN THE SESSION, UH, ABOUT TOMORROW'S MEETING. BUT, UH, LOTS OF STUFF GOING ON. AND TECHNOLOGY'S NEW, NEW WAYS OF MAKING LONGER LASTING PIPES. UH, BETTER MATERIAL USE LONG LIFE, ALL OF THE ABOVE. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, VICE MAYOR FOR TIM. CAST . THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M ALSO, UM, HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'VE GOT THESE CONTRACTORS OUT HELPING US WITH THE WATER LEAKS THAT ARE HAPPENING. WE GET SEVERAL CALLS ABOUT THE WATER LEAKS THAT HAVE BEEN RUNNING, UM, UNFORTUNATELY IN SOME PLACES FOR MONTHS. UM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GATHER THIS INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE, UM, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL [03:20:01] MONTHS, WE ARE RECEIVING SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE COST OF PEOPLE'S WATER BILLS. AND, AND WHEN THEY SEE WATER RUNNING FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, THERE IS THE CORRELATION OF, WELL, WHO'S PAYING FOR THIS WATER THAT'S RUNNING IN OUR, IN OUR STREETS? I KNOW THAT THE MOST RECENT COUNT IS 632 ACTIVE LEAKS IS WHAT WE RECEIVED FROM, UH, WE AVERAGE BETWEEN SIX AND 700, RIGHT? WHAT WE RECEIVED, UH, THIS MORNING FROM PUBLIC WORKS. BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT, LOOK AT THE TRENDS, AND ALSO COMMUNICATE THAT INFORMATION TO OUR CONSTITUENTS SO THEY CAN KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE CONTRACTORS ON THE GROUND THAT ARE, ARE HELPING US BECAUSE WE WERE OVERWHELMED WITH THE NUMBER OF LEAKS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY. SO THANK YOU TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR, UM, DIRECTOR HADDOCK CAME AND HAD A MEETING WITH US IN OUR OFFICE BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF LEAKS THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING. SHE'S DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB OF KEEPING US UP TO DATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHARE THAT WITH CONSTITUENTS AS THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WATER BEING SUCH A PRECIOUS COMMODITY THAT WE ALL CAN AGREE ON. COUNCILMAN MAYOR, COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THE, THE, THERE'S MASSIVE NUMBER OF LEAKS THAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HOMEOWNERS BILLS GOING UP IN REGARDS TO THEIR WATER. UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING A GOOD NUMBER OF HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE ALSO CLAIMING THAT THEY'RE GETTING OUTRAGEOUS WATER BILLS. SO I, I'M, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. UH, BUT I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. UH, WE ARE PUTTING MONIES INTO THIS TO ADDRESS THESE, UH, LEAKS AROUND THE CITY. UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND IS PRIORITIZING THE, UH, WATER LEAKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN REGARDS TO IF SOMEONE SEES A LEAK, UH, ON THEIR BLOCK AND THEY'RE JUST SEEING WATER COMING OUT, BUT IT'S JUST NOT, YOU KNOW, GUSHING OUT, RIGHT? UH, THEN, THEN THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE THAT'S GONNA BE ADDRESSED LATER. UNFORTUNATELY, UH, I, I KNOW THAT WE RAN INTO ONE, UH, ABOUT 3, 3, 4 MONTHS AGO, I GUESS, UH, ON WAYSIDE. AND THAT WATER WAS JUST GUSHING OUT. UH, SO PUBLIC WORKS WENT OUT THERE ON A, ON, YOU KNOW, REALLY QUICK. UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAD TO TURN THE WATER OFF AND IT WAS OFF ALL DAY LONG. SO WE WERE GETTING CALLS FROM RESIDENTS IN THE AREA THAT WHEN, WHEN ARE THEY GONNA HAVE WATER AGAIN? UH, CHECK IN WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND WITH THE, ONE OF THE, UH, WORKERS THERE, UH, HE INFORMED ME, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE COULD HAVE HAD THIS FIXED WITHIN TWO HOURS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THE OLD INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THE MAPS ARE OUTDATED, AND THEY WERE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT CUTOFF VALVE WAS. UH, SO THAT'S WHAT WAS TAKING SO LONG FOR THEM TO FIND THAT CUTOFF VALVE, UH, TO TURN THE WATER OFF AND TO ACTUALLY FIX IT. UH, SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE IS THAT WE JUST HAVE OLD MAPS, UH, IN REGARDS TO WHERE, WHERE IS THE CUTOFF VALVE. UH, SO ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED, AND HOPEFULLY RESIDENTS OUT THERE WILL UNDERSTAND, UH, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THEY CUT OFF THE WATER. IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST STANDING THERE AND, AND, AND NOTHING'S HAPPENING, IS THAT THERE, THERE'S ISSUES LIKE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE IS THE CUTOFF VALVE TO CUT OFF THE WATER. SO, THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN KOSH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, OF COURSE, THIS MONEY'S COMING OUTTA THE ENTERPRISE FUND AND NOT THE GENERAL FUND. AND, AND SO, UH, I HEARD THE GOVERNOR SAY WE HAD, UH, I THINK $30 BILLION, AND HE'S GONNA PUT A LOT OF IT IN INFRASTRUCTURE, OR OUR LOBBYIST, UH, UH, LOOKING AT TRYING TO GET SOME OF THIS FOR, UH, FOR SOME OF THESE, UH, SOME, SOME OF THE CITIES THAT, THAT HAVE CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE, LIKE OURS IS AGING. WE'RE ONE OF THE OLDEST CITIES. AND, UH, HAVE WE, HAVE, WE LOOKED AT GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? YEAH, WE ARE LOOKING AT COUNCIL EVERY POSSIBLE SOURCE, $30 BILLION. MAYOR, JUST SITTING THERE. THE STATE HAS A HUGE, HUGE FUND BALANCE. IT BELONGS TO US, AND YOU HELP US GET SOME OF IT. WELL, IT, IT'S FOR THE, IT'S THE PEOPLE'S MONEY. I AGREE. YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE THAT THEY'RE NOT USING IT. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, AND WE'RE STILL ON ITEM NINE, NINE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM NINE? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSED? GRANTED ON ITEM NINE? HOLD ON ONE SECOND. LET ME, UH, I NOTE TO THE, UM, WOMEN'S COMMISSION, UM, WE APPOINTED, ANNE SIGNED OR VOTED ON HER APPOINTMENT. I THINK SHE'S HERE. SORRY, ANNE SIGNED, IF YOU ARE HERE, IF YOU ARE, JUST STAND UP AND COME FORWARD. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, WORKING WITH YOU ON THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION. WOMEN'S COMMISSION HAS ALREADY DONE SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS, AND THERE'S CERTAINLY BEEN VALUE ADDED TO THE, TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO YOU WANNA SAY GOOD MORNING [03:25:01] TO US REAL QUICK? ? YES, IT'S ON. IT'S ON, IT'S ON. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, IT'S A REAL HONOR TO, UM, BE APPOINTED TO THIS COMMISSION. I APPLAUD THE VISION, YOUR VISION, MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, AND, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPOINTING THIS COMMISSION AND FOR THE WORK. IT'S DONE SO FAR, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, JOINING IN THE WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MC KINGMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU NOT ONLY FOR YOUR SERVICE, UH, NOW ON THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION, BUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY AS A WHOLE, UH, WHETHER IT WAS SERVING AS TRUSTEE OF HISD, UH, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY WORK THAT YOU DO AND CONTINUE TO DO. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR STEPPING UP. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU. UH, UH, SHE'S A RESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT. UH, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK Y'ALL. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT, WITH MAY. COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND ANN, WE ARE SO VERY DELIGHTED THAT YOU ARE OFFERING YOUR SERVICES TO THE CITY. AS WAS STATED BEFORE, YOU, YOU'VE DONE SO WELL AND, AND GIVEN A STELLAR SERVICE IN REGARDS TO OUR CHILDREN. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. SHABAZZ. THANKS, ANNE. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALRIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, BACK TO YOU. ITEM 10 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED AND SECONDED. ON, ON ITEM 10. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANT ON 10. ITEM 11 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED IN SECOND ON ITEM 11. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANTED ON 11. ITEM 14 NEEDS A MOTION. HAS TATUM MOVE? SECOND. ROBINSON MOVE. AND SECOND ON ITEM 14. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANITE ON 14. ITEM 17 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE WHEN. ITEM 17, DISCUSSION OF 17. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KNOX ON 17. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH THIS. I MEAN, IT, THE WAY I READ THIS ORDINANCE, IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TARGETING, UH, GROUPS OF 500 OR MORE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN A MUSICAL EVENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND IT'S LIMITED TO THAT. UH, I, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE COST OF PROVIDING SECURITY FOR LARGER EVENTS THAT WE'RE SURPRISED BY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DO EVENTS AND THEN THEY JUST HAVE A PROBLEM. THERE'S TRASH INVOLVED, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF CLEANUP ISSUES. AND I, AND I GET THE NEED FOR THIS. I'M, MY CONCERN IS, AND I'M ALWAYS HESITANT TO ENGAGE IN LAWS THAT APPLY SPECIFICALLY TO ONE GROUP OR ANOTHER. I, I BELIEVE IN THE FAIR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW ACROSS, THERE ARE OTHER EVENTS BESIDES MUSICAL EVENTS THAT CREATE SIMILAR PROBLEMS. UH, A LOT OF, THERE'S CAR SHOWS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY PARKING LOTS IN VARIOUS PLACES WHERE THERE'S LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, WELL, MORE THAN 500 WHO CREATE THE SAME KINDS OF SECURITY AND CLEANUP ISSUES. AND THESE ARE APPARENTLY UNADDRESSED IN THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. UH, SO I'M GONNA TAG THIS ITEM AND I'D, I'D LIKE TO REVIEW IT SOME MORE AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHY, UH, OR HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPECIFICALLY TARGET ONE INDUSTRY WHILE LET, LETTING EVERYTHING ELSE NOT HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT. ANYWAY, THAT'S, UM, UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO DISCUSS IT, I'M GONNA TAG THE ITEM. UM, THERE IS SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE. OKAY. YOU'LL HOLD HIS TAG FOR NOW. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, AND CERTAINLY RESPECT THE RIGHT OF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER TO TAG AN ITEM. UH, THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO COMMITTEE IN A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON OCTOBER 13TH. UM, THE, JUST TO ADDRESS ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD GET YOUR ANSWERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY. THIS ADDRESSES THE SOUND ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD ENCOMPASS AND ENCAPSULATE WHY WE'RE ADDRESSING AND WHY THE CITY AND THE MAYOR IS ADDRESSING MUSIC. SPECIFICALLY DURING THE COMMITTEE MEETING. IT WAS ALSO SAID, UH, THAT THIS IS ONE BITE AT A BIG APPLE, AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS IN THE WORKS. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, COUNTY, UH, THE COUNTY AND THE CITY JUST PARTNERED IN MAYOR AT YOUR PRESS CONFERENCE. YOU ANNOUNCED IT, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT JUST APPROVED IT, I BELIEVE UNANIMOUSLY YESTERDAY. UM, THE ILA RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO THE RELATIONSHIP, THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND PROPER VETTING FOR EVENTS AT NRG PARK. UH, SO THIS IS ONE BITE AT THAT APPLE. OF COURSE, WE CAN GET YOU WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU NEED. UM, BUT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM THAT, UH, NOT ONLY ADDRESSES A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN AND NEED, BUT ALSO ADDRESSES A STRAIN ON CURRENT LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES THAT THE CITY IS HAVING TO [03:30:01] PONY UP FOR, UM, IN RESPONSE TO POORLY PLANNED EVENTS AT TIMES. THANK. AND LET ME JUST ADD, UM, SINCE THE THIS IS, THIS IS, YEAH, THIS IS MUSIC EVENTS OUTDOORS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY, I WILL TELL YOU I WANTED IT TO BE NARROWLY DONE. 'CAUSE THIS IS PEOPLE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO I DID NOT WANT IT TO BE, UM, BROAD. I, WE WANTED TO, TO GET TO, UM, THE, THE CHALLENGING PROBLEM AREAS. UH, IT WAS AN EVENT, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UH, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT POPPED UP. IT WAS GONNA HAVE LARGE, LARGE NUMBERS. IT WAS CREATING A NIGHTMARE FOR POLICE AND FIRE. AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT IN TRYING HOW TO HANDLE THAT SITUATION BECAUSE IT REALLY COULD HAVE BEEN, UM, UM, BAD. AND SO THIS ORDINANCE IS INTENDED TO BE VERY NARROWLY TAILORED TO DEAL WITH MUSIC EVENTS. IT DOESN'T COVER, FOR EXAMPLE, CHURCHES OR SCHOOL EVENTS, UH, EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, UH, ANY EVENT THAT'S ALREADY REQUIRING PERMITS, IT'S NOT DEALT WITH HERE. OKAY? UM, AND THEN THIS IS DEALING WITH, LET'S SAY, MUSIC EVENTS WHERE THE, WHERE THE NUMBER IS GREATER THAN 500 AND FORM A PUBLIC SAFETY POINT OF VIEW, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO POLICE AND FIRE. UH, WE NEED TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY BECAUSE EVEN IF IT'S HAPPENING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, IF THERE'S A PROBLEM IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS OUR PROBLEM, AND PEOPLE ARE ASKING, OKAY, SO WHY DIDN'T YOU ALL DO SOMETHING OR STEP IN? SO, UH, COUNCILMAN MIN NOTE, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE. UH, BUT, UH, I WANTED THIS ONE TO BE, UH, NARROWLY, UH, DRAFTED TO MEET, UH, SPECIFIC CONCERNS, UH, THAT WE HAVE HAD TO ADDRESS AND IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING TO ADDRESS, AND WE'VE SPENT HOURS AND HOURS ON, ON PARTICULARLY EVENTS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HANDLE THAT WHEN THERE WAS NO ORDINANCE IN IN PLACE. SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS BEFORE, BEFORE US. AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FEEL FREE TO, UH, GIVE US SUSAN CHRISTIAN OR OTHERS, UM, THAT WE CAN ADDRESS. BUT THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN OCK. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, MY CONCERN IS THE SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, THE UNEQUAL APPLICATION OF POLICY OR A LAW. AND, UH, SO I'M GONNA BE VISITING WITH, UH, OUR CITY LEGAL SO THAT I CAN GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT WE'RE TARGETING THIS MUSIC INDUSTRY AS AN ISSUE WHEN THERE ARE OTHER THINGS GOING ON. AND CERTAINLY WE NEED TO EXEMPT CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS, BUT THOSE ARE ON, ON, UH, LIKE SCHOOLS ARE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. SO THERE, FOOTBALL GAMES AND THAT SORT OF THING ISN'T A PROBLEM. BUT, UH, BUT YEAH, WE, WE CERTAINLY NEED TO MAKE SOME EXCEPTIONS FOR THAT, FOR THE CHURCHES, ET CETERA. BUT, BUT THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT CREATE JUST AS MUCH PROBLEM AS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY DOES, UM, ON, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. UM, AND SO I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, SETTING A BAD PRECEDENT BY DESIGNING AN ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY FOR ONE KIND OF EVENT. AND, UH, I, I'LL, I'LL BE VISITING. I DID VISIT WITH SUSAN CHRISTIAN. SHE GAVE ME SOME GREAT ANSWERS AND I APPRECIATE HER COMMENTS. UH, BUT THINKING ON IT, I WANTED TO VISIT WITH, UH, CITY LEGAL THIS WEEK AND FIND OUT, UH, HOW THAT WORKS. I, I JUST WANNA BE COMFORTABLE WITH IT BEFORE I VOTE FOR IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I CAN UNDERSTAND, BUT AGAIN, THE PHRASE THAT I, YOU'VE OFTEN HEARD ME SAY, IF YOU, UH, IF YOU SEEK THE PERFECT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE GOOD, YOU END UP WITH NOTHING. UH, SO HAVING SAID THAT, COUNCILMAN KNOX, UH, TAX ITEM 17. ITEM 18 IS AN ORDERED, JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 18. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. IS, IS TAGGING COUNT. UH, ITEM NUMBER 18. OKAY, NEXT ITEM. ITEM 24 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 24. COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN ON 24. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY QUICKLY, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ITEM. IT IS AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT BECAUSE OF THE ESCALATION OF COST, BUT THIS IS FOR, UM, THE NEW MONTROSE LIBRARY. IT REPLACES THE MONTROSE FREED LIBRARY IN DISTRICT C. UM, THE COMMUNITY COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED FOR THIS, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 24? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSED? GRAND ITEM [03:35:01] 24. ITEM 29 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. COUNCILWOMAN ALCON ON 29. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M EXCITED FOR THIS ITEM. THIS IS FOR A FREIGHT MAP, A FREIGHT PLAN. WHEN WE STARTED TALKING IN RNA ABOUT ILLEGAL PARKING BY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. IT ALSO HAS COME UP ABOUT, UH, VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S HARD, THESE LARGE TRUCKS, IT'S HARD ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, CUTTING CORNERS, RUINING CURBS, UH, ALL KINDS OF, UH, PROBLEMS. SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THIS. THIS IS A GREAT STEP TOWARD KIND OF ALLEVIATING THAT PROBLEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 29 IN FAVOR OPPOSED GRANTING ON 29. ITEM 32 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE. WELL, ITEM 32, DISCUSSION ON 32. DISCUSSION ON 32 IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED BRANDON ON 32. ITEM 35 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 35. UH, VICE MAYOR PROTE, CAST DICTATUM ON 35. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS. UH, HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT WILL BE DESIGNING THESE THREE STORMWATER DETENTION BASINS. UH, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT IN DISTRICT A, THE WESTBURY COMMUNITY HAS SUFFERED, UH, REPETITIVE FLOODING LIKE SOME OF OUR OTHER COMMUNITIES. BUT THIS, UH, DETENTION BASIN AT CHIMNEY ROCK HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROJECT WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE, UH, APARTMENTS THAT ARE THERE, SPRING VILLAGE APARTMENTS. UM, AND I WANTED TO REALLY TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK THE, UM, HOUSING, UH, AND, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR THE BUYOUT PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE COUNSELORS AVAILABLE TO RELOCATE THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THOSE APARTMENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED REPETITIVE FLOODING BUT NEEDED SOMEWHERE ELSE TO RELOCATE TO SO THAT WE CAN, UM, CONSTRUCT THIS STORM WATER BASIN. AND THE PROCESS WENT VERY WELL. THE RESIDENTS, UM, HAVE EXPRESSED, UH, A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR THE HELP THAT THEY RECEIVED FOR THE RELOCATION. UH, AND THE RESIDENTS THAT REMAIN IN WEST BEAR ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED THAT THIS, UH, STORMWATER DETENTION BASIN IS GOING TO GIVE RELIEF TO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN CRYING. WE, WE'VE ALL HEARD THE, UM, YOU KNOW, CRIES OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR, FOR THAT TYPE OF RELIEF. SO I'M, I'M EXCITED THAT THIS IS MOVING FORWARD AND, UH, LOOKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UH, ON THIS ITEM. OKAY, Y'ALL, WE ARE, WE ARE STILL HERE. ARE THE CAMERAS? ARE THE CAMERAS LEAVING? I'M OUTTA ORDER, I'M SURE, BUT SUSAN'S TALKING THEM. OH, I'M, AND I'M JUST BEING FACETIOUS. I MEAN, . YEAH, I'M JUST, I'M JUST JOKING WITH 'EM. BUT DID Y'ALL GET A GOOD SHOT OF ME IN MY NEW SUIT? . ALRIGHT, WE WERE ON ITEM 35. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 35 IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANT ON 35? ITEM 36 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE. COUNCILMAN POLL IT ON 36. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, ITEM 36 IS TO REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO SUBMIT AND ACCEPT GRANT FUNDS ON THE COVID HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOR KEEGAN'S BIO AND REFINO HILLS. THIS APPLICATION REQUEST IS OF $96 MILLION TO HELP IMPROVE CAPACITY AND CONVEYANCE ON KEEGAN'S BIO AND ALSO EXCAVATE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A DETENTION FACILITY ON HALF OF THE REFINO PROPERTY. HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAS STUDIED REFINO HILLS FOR DETENTION AND HAS COORDINATED WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT ON THEIR KEEGAN'S BAYOU STUDY. BOTH ENTITIES HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE A CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT AND DETENTION FACILITY THAT WILL PROVIDE BENEFIT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SURROUNDING CHANNEL AREA. UM, THIS GRANT APPLICATION IS GONNA BE VERY COMPETITIVE. I KNOW THAT, UM, AND IT'S GOING TO BE WITH PROJECTS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE THAT WILL BE APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT. BUT THIS 96 MILLIONS COULD BE TRANSFORMATIVE, UH, FOR THE REFINO AREA. AND THIS IS COMING OFF THE HEELS OF A RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, WHERE WE'LL BE NEGOTIATING WITH WEST SHOE, UM, TO, TO POSSIBLY BUY, UM, THAT PROPERTY. AND SO, UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT RINO IS BEING MADE A, A TRUE PRIORITY AND THERE'S A LOT OF ACTION AND MOVEMENT, UH, TOWARDS THIS. UH, BUT I, I WANT TO THANK CHIEF COSTELLO, UH, PARIS SHALA, DIRECTOR HADDOCK AND ALL THAT'S INVOLVED, ALL WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS APPLICATION PROCESS. UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET GOOD FEEDBACK ON IT AND GET SOME DOLLARS FLOWING TO THE STATE FOR THAT PROPERTY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 36 IN FAVOR? OPPOSED GRANTED [03:40:01] ON 36. ITEM 38 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 38. DISCUSSION ON 38. DISCUSSION ON 38 IN FAVOR OF POST GRANTED ON 38. ITEM 40 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 40. DISCUSSION ON 40. DISCUSSION ON 40 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 40. ITEM 42 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 42. COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN ON 42. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET A LIST OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, UM, BY COUNSEL, UM, THAT WERE REQUIRED FOR COMPLIANCE FOR THE CONSENT DECREE? YOU MEAN, YOU MEAN FOR THE, UM, FOR THE CONSENT DECREE THAT, UH, THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS. THE EPA. THE EPA CONSENT, YEAH. CONSENT DECREE. YES. SO, SO TELL ME THAT QUESTION ONE MORE TIME SO I MAKE SURE I GOT IT. SO ARE THERE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A LIST OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL SO FAR? OKAY. I THINK WE BE EASY TO DO CONTRACT AS OPPOSED TO PROJECT, BECAUSE SOME WILL WORK. OKAY. ARE WE SAYING CONTRACTORS OR PARTICULAR PROJECTS? JUST PROJECTS. LET'S, LET'S, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN PUT THAT LIST TOGETHER FOR YOU. YEAH, LET'S, LET'S, IF YOU GIVE US, IF YOU'RE GIVEN THE ADMINISTRATION TIME TO PULL THAT UP ON ALL ON ALL. AND I WOULD SAY CONTRACTS PROJECTS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL AS IT RELATES TO THE CONSENT DECREE. OKAY. NOW THE ONLY ISSUE IS THAT THERE ARE SOME, THERE ARE SOME CONTRACTS AND PROJECTS THAT, THAT MAY INDIRECTLY IMPACT THE CONSENT DECREE. AND SO IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, YEAH, IT'S NOT AN EXACT SORT OF THING BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH, UH, SANITARY SEWER, UH, OVERFLOWS. SO I MEAN, IT'S, LET US WORK, LET US WORK ON IT AND THEN SEE IF, UH, IF, IF, IF THAT WOULD SATISFIES YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. SURE. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 42? DISCUSSION ON 42 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED GRANTED ON 42. ITEM 46 [NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS] IS A MOTION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE RELATING TO THE DESTINATION OF THE PROLOGIS WAYFAIR REINVESTMENT ZONE. CASTEX TATUM MOVED TO SET THE HEARING DATE TO WEDNESDAY AT 9:00 AM ON DECEMBER 14TH, SECOND ROBINSON THEN MOVED. AND SECOND FOR THE HEARING DATE. UH, ANY DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSED GRANTED ON 46. ITEM 47 IS TO SET A HEARING DATE FOR THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE. CASTEX TATUM MOVED TO SET THE HEARING DATE TO 9:00 AM DECEMBER 14TH, 2022. SECOND, ROBINSON MOVED AND SECONDED ON HEARING DATE. AND DISCUSSION ON THE HEARING DATE IN FAVOR OF POST GRANITE ON 47 48 IS TO SET THE HEARING DATE FOR THE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 116 ACRES OF LAND. THE REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 18 FIFTH WARD ZONE, CASTEX TATUM MOVED TO SET THE HEARING DATE FOR WEDNESDAY, 9:00 AM DECEMBER 14TH, 2022. SECOND ROBINSON MOVED. AND SECOND FOR THE HEARING DATE, UH, ANY, UH, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED PASSED ON 48. ITEM 49. SET A HEARING DATE FOR THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING. PLAN A REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 20 SOUTHWEST ZONE. CASTEX TATUM MOVED TO SET THE HEARING DATE FOR WEDNESDAY, 9:00 AM TO DECEMBER 14TH, 2022. SECOND, ROBINSON MOVED. AND SECOND ON THE HEARING DATE ON IN ITEM 49. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANTED ON 49. ITEM 50, SET A HEARING DATE FOR THE FOURTH AMENDED PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 21 CASTEX TATU. MOVED TO SET THE HEARING DATE TO WEDNESDAY, 9:00 AM DECEMBER 14TH, 2022. SECOND, ROBINSON MOVED IN SECOND ON, ON ITEM 50 ON THE HEARING DATE. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED GRANTED ON ITEM 50. ITEM 51. SET A HEARING DATE FOR THE ANNEXATION OF 17.7 ACRES OF LAND, THE REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER 23, HARRISBURG ZONE. CASTEX STATE A MOVE TO SET THE HEARING DATE TO WEDNESDAY, 9:00 AM DECEMBER 14TH, 2022. SECOND ROBINSON. MOVE TO SECOND ON ITEM 51, SETTING THE HEARING DATE. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED [03:45:01] BRANDON. NUMBER 51. ITEM 52 TO SET A HEARING DATE FOR THE CREATION OF THE MEDICAL CENTER AREA ZONE AND THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT PLAN AND FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 28 MEDICAL CENTER AREA. CASTEX TATUM. MOVE TO SET THE HEARING DATE FOR WEDNESDAY AT 9:00 AM ON DECEMBER 14TH, 2022. SECOND ROBINSON. AND MOVE A SECOND. SECOND. THE HEARING DATE, THE 9 52. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANT. NOTE 52. ITEM 53 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 53. DISCUSSION ON 53. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANTED ON 53. ITEM 54 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. DISCUSSION ON, ON 53. COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABAZZ. 54 . THANK YOU MAYOR. ALRIGHT, MAYOR. MAYOR TURNER. THIS ITEM IS FOUR, I'M SORRY, ON ITEM 54. YOU READY FOR ME? OKAY. YES. UH, THIS ITEM IS MORE THAN ABOUT PAYING FOR NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS. UH, TAXPAYERS AND COMMUNITIES ARE ENTITLED TO ENGAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE THAT IMPACT THEIR MOBILITY AND SAFETY. IF TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY NEEDS TO BE EVACUATED FOR ANY REASON, THIS COULD BE A MAJOR CALAMITY. UH, THERE ARE MORE ALTERNATIVES THAT COULD BE EXPLORED TO MAKE THIS A WIN-WIN FOR BIKERS AND THE COMMUNITY. AND WE MUST ENGAGE OUR MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS TO ALLOW THEIR INPUT IN THIS DISCUSSION. EVEN TRAINS AND SHIPS CAN BACK UP TO PICK UP PEOPLE IF YOU WANT THEM TO RIDE. THEREFORE, I MOVE TO REFER THIS ITEM BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION. THEY MOVED. AND SECOND TO REFER ITEM 54, BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANTED. THE ITEM COMES BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION. NEXT ITEM. ITEM 55 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. MAYOR. MAYOR. ITEM 55, COUNCIL MEMBER. OH YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER POLL ON ITEM 55. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DELAY THIS ITEM TO DECEMBER 14TH. UM, MOTION IS MADE TO DELAY TO DECEMBER 14TH. BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. AND DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANTED ON 55. ON THE MOTION ON 55. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE ITEMS THAT WERE NOT IN. ITEM 12 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM MOVED. SECOND ROBINSON AND MOVED. AND SECOND ON ITEM 12 MOVED. AND SECOND ON ITEM 12. ITEM 13. HOLD ON. YEAH, MOVE THE SIGNAL ON ITEM 12. WE'RE ON 12. THIS PERTAINS TO THE, UH, WATER MAIN LEAKS. OKAY. ON 12, DISCUSSION ON 12. DISCUSSION ON 12 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? WE HAD JUST, JUST, JUST REQUIRES A, A VOTE. CORRECT? JUST VOTE. OKAY. ON 12, UH, IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 12. ITEM 13 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM. MOVE. SECOND ROBINSON. MOVE THEN. SECOND ITEM ON ITEM 13. MOVE DISCUSSION ON 13. DISCUSSION ON 13 IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED ON 13. ITEM 15 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATU MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM 15. DISCUSSION ON 15. DISCUSSION ON 15 IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED ON 15. AND ITEM 16 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX ITEM MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM 16. DISCUSSION ON 16. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED ON 16. THIS COMPLETES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. UH, TODAY WE START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PAC. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, FIRST I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO, UM, THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE GRAND REOPENING OF STATION 38. AND SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN FOR JOINING US. I KNOW STATION 38 GOES INTO DISTRICT GA LOT, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN FOR BEING THERE TO CELEBRATE THIS GRAND REOPENING AND ALSO STAFF FROM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN'S OFFICE AND COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX'S OFFICE. UM, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. UM, THE, ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DID AT THE STATION, THEY COMPLETELY REDID THE HVAC UNIT AND A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR FIREFIGHTERS AT STATION 38. UM, THIS SATURDAY, HEB IS HOSTING THEIR FEAST OF SHARING HOLIDAY DISTRIBUTION. IT'S A DRIVE-THROUGH. UM, YOU CAN STOP BY AND PICK UP HEB MEALS FOR YOUR FAMILY. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3RD AT DELMAR STADIUM. 2020 MANGO, UM, FROM 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AND SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10TH IS THE VOGEL CREEK HOLIDAY WALK, SPONSORED BY THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD AND BE WELL ACRES HOMES. IT'S FROM FOUR TO 6:00 PM MEET [03:50:01] AT 7 8 2 3 STREAMSIDE. UM, EVERYONE WILL HEAR AN UPDATE ABOUT THE VOGEL CREEK GREENWAY PROJECT AND THEN JOIN THE FUND TO SING CAROL'S AND ADMIRE THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S HOLIDAY LIGHTING. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JACKSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, FIRST I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO JOINED US ON YESTERDAY FOR PUBLIC SESSION, UM, TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS A BLESSING TO SEE OUR LEADERS, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS JUST STEP UP AND HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. AND MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JUST, YOU KNOW, YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR, UM, PARTNERSHIP ON THIS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, JUST MOVING THIS PROJECT, UM, FORWARD IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UM, ON THIS SATURDAY, WE'LL BE HAVING, UM, A OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS LIGHTING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING IN ACRES HOMES. IT'S THE 10TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, WHICH WILL BE AT HPD NORTH COMMAND STATION, LOCATED AT 94 55 WEST MONTGOMERY. IT STARTS AT FIVE AT AT 4:00 PM SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, COME OUT, UM, ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES. UM, LASTLY, ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, I WANT EVERYONE TO MARK THEIR CALLENS. WE'LL BE HAVING OUR DISTRICT B HOLIDAY DINNER AT NEW FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH, UM, ON NORTH NEW FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH NORTHEAST, LOCATED AT 89 55 NORTH WAYSIDE DRIVE. UM, EVERYONE IS INVITED IN DISTRICT B, SO PLEASE RSVP BY CALLING OUR OFFICE AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 3 0 0 9, OR EMAILING US AT DISTRICT B@HOUSTONTX.GOV. THANK YOU, . OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN KAMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL AND RESTFUL THANKSGIVING. I WANNA FIRST THANK ALL OF OUR CITY WORKERS FROM 3 1 1 TO FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WERE ON CALL AND WORKING THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS TO KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING. UH, I WAS GOING TO ADDRESS WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN HEADLINES RELATED TO THE RISE IN ANTISEMITISM, UH, OR THE EMBOLDENED NATURE OF ANTISEMITISM THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING. BUT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE TODAY. INSTEAD. I WAS THRILLED TO SEE, UM, THE SENATE PASSED, UH, RESOUNDINGLY THE RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT. UH, IT WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE HOUSE WHERE IT'S EXPECTED TO PASS. SO I WANTED TO, UM, IN LIGHT OF SOME DARK TIMES, THE FACT THAT WE ARE STILL SEEING PROGRESS. UM, ANDY QUALITY, I THINK IS A WONDERFUL THING ON OUR FEDERAL LEVEL. SO JUST WANNA LIFT THAT UP TODAY. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABA, COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN SAID SHE'D GIVE ME HER TIME. , UH, JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ON DECEMBER THE THIRD, THERE WILL BE A SENIOR PROM AT THE EMANCIPATION CULTURAL CENTER FROM FOUR TO 8:00 PM THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WILL HOST A SENIOR PROM. UM, AND THERE WE WANT TO JUST LIFT UP OUR SENIORS AND THEIR SERVICE TO OTHERS IS A CONTINUED BLESSING ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER THE SEVENTH, WHY WOMEN STARTED A PITCH COMPETITION WHERE I WILL BE ONE OF THE JUDGES AND THEY WILL COME FORWARD. AND THE FINALISTS WILL ALSO GAIN EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO VALUABLE RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE TO HELP THEM THROUGH THE COMPETITION PROCESS. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT ON YESTERDAY TO SPEAK THEIR CONCERNS ON A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. AND, UH, FINALLY, I WANT TO WISH A HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY TO NORMA JEAN JEFFERSON, THE MOTHER OF OUR CITY SECRETARY, PAT PAT JEFFERSON DANIELS. AND SHE'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. AND, UH, I WANNA WISH HER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, COUNCIL MRS. NEROS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANTED TO, TO GO BACK TO, UM, THE, THE TOPICS THAT WERE COVERED AT THE LAST CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH COMMITTEE WHERE THE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PRESENTED, UM, FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT, THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY AND THAT, THAT ARE ALREADY PART OF WHAT WE DO HERE AT THE CITY THAT HELP, UM, STUDENTS, HELP CHILDREN, HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, BE STRONGER, HEALTHIER, UM, PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF OUR, OF OUR CITY. AND, UM, THAT DETERRED VIOLENCE. THEY'RE PROVEN THAT THEY WORK, THAT THEY, THAT THEY ARE GOOD INVESTMENTS IN THAT. UM, AND I, I, I HAD A MEETING, UM, A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH THE, THE, UM, THE ORGANIZATION THAT, THAT HAS THE URBAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM. IT'S A GROUP CALLED, UM, A SOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE HERE IN HOUSTON. BUT, UM, THEY SHARED SOME INFORMATION WITH ME THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING THAT I WANTED TO TELL Y'ALL. THEY WERE SAYING THAT, UM, WHEN YOU TALK TO ADULTS AND WHEN YOU TALK TO CHILDREN ABOUT WHAT MAKES CHILDREN FEEL SAFE IN SCHOOLS, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. AND THAT, YOU KNOW, ADULTS TALK ABOUT LIKE [03:55:01] ARMING TEACHERS AND FORTIFYING, YOU KNOW, IN, UM, SCHOOLS TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE BARRICADING YOU, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT THAT WHAT, WHAT THE KIDS SAY, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO THE KIDS. WHAT THEY SAY IS THAT WHAT MAKES THEM FEEL SAFE ARE THE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS THAT THEY HAVE WITH EACH OTHER AND THE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS THEY HAVE WITH THEIR TEACHERS. SO THAT'S WHAT THESE PROGRAMS AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS PRESENTING, DO THEY STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIPS THEY MAKE, THEY REALLY BUILD A SUPPORT NETWORKS, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH, UM, UM, AMONG THE, THE KIDS AND, AND THE WHOLE THAT SCHOOL FAMILIES THAT, THAT, THAT MAKES IT A SAFER PLACE THAT PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, CAN, CAN GROW UP AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UM, AND, AND, AND NOT END UP, YOU KNOW, IN THE SITUATION THAT WE'VE SEEN SO, SO MUCH RECENTLY OF, YOU KNOW, YOUNG MEN OF COLOR ARE KILLING EACH OTHER. AND SO, UM, WITH THAT, MAYOR, I HOPE THAT WE'LL BE HEARING FROM YOU SOON ON, ON AS YOU REVIEW. I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING CLOSELY AT, AT THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, I WANTED TO ALSO SAY I I WILL BE DIRECTING SOME OF, OF MY COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE DOLLARS TO THEM AS WELL. AND, UM, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ANYONE ELSE LOOKING AT THAT IF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY OF HOW TO SPEND, UM, THE FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE, THAT THIS IS A SUPER GOOD INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND, AND, UH, THE FUTURE OF HOUSTON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR PROAM MARTIN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MR. BOB MITCHELL, PRESIDENT OF THE BAY AREA HOUSTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP ON HIS UPCOMING RETIREMENT. AFTER SERVING 21 YEARS WITH BAY A IN THE LAST 14 YEARS AS ITS PRESIDENT, BOB IS STEPPING DOWN, BUT HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE BAY AREA HAVE NOT ONLY IMPROVED EVERYTHING IN DISTRICT E, BUT OUR REGION AS A WHOLE, HIS WORK IN SPACEPORT AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE NOW SEEING, UH, WHAT USED TO BE ELLINGTON FIELD HAS BEEN PARAMOUNT TO OUR SUCCESS IN THE AERONAUTIC FIELD. AND EVEN THOUGH HE'S RETIRING TO START A NEW CHAPTER IN HIS LIFE, I'M SURE HE'LL REMAIN A STRONG PILLAR FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU, BOB. UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING A MENTOR FOR ME, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, INVOLVEMENT IN OUR AREA. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR RETIREMENT. UH, KINGWOOD MEAT MONTHLY RECYCLING EVENT WILL BE HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3RD FROM NINE TO THREE. AND ONCE AGAIN, UNTIL THE TRUCKS ARE FILLED. UH, WE ALWAYS, UH, HAVE THIS EVENT AND THE TRUCKS ALWAYS GET FILLED UP AROUND ONE OR TWO O'CLOCK AND PULL OUT AFTER THAT. BUT IT'S AT THE KINGWOOD METRO PARKING ROD ONCE AGAIN THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER, DECEMBER 3RD AT NINE O'CLOCK UNTIL THE TRUCKS SO FULL. THANK YOU. I VICE MAYOR PROAM CASTING TATUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT IS ON TOMORROW, DECEMBER THE FIRST FROM 10:00 AM TO 12. I'M PARTNERING WITH THE HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE FREE PET PANTRY, PROVIDING FREE FOOD TO OUR PETS. UH, WE, WE ALL LOVE OUR PETS, UM, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS DO HAVE FOOD FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR PETS. IF YOU'VE EVER ATTENDED ONE OF THESE EVENTS, I KNOW THAT SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY TO HOST THESE. THEY'RE VERY WELL ATTENDED PEOPLE LINE UP EARLY TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN GET FOOD FOR THEIR PETS. SO THIS WILL TAKE PLACE ON TOMORROW FROM 10 TO 12 AT 38 10 WEST FUQUA STREET AT THE HY CLARK MULTI-SERVICE CENTER. SO HOPE TO SEE RESIDENTS THERE. AND THEN ALSO COUNCIL MEMBERS. I I, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS. THERE'S GONNA BE A SPECIAL CALLED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER THE SEVENTH, UH, AT 2:00 PM UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GWEN TILLETT AND BELL WILL BE PRESENTING ONTS ANNEXATION. AND IF YOU'VE NOTICED IN OUR AGENDA, WE HAD A LOT OF, UM, ITEMS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER THE 14TH, UH, TS ANNEXATIONS. AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FLESH OUT OUR QUESTIONS AND GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED, UM, PRIOR TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON DECEMBER THE 14TH. SO AGAIN, THAT MEETING IS ON DECEMBER THE SEVENTH AT 2:00 PM I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE. BE KIND TO EACH OTHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. BACK IN JUNE 12TH, 2016, A MAN WALKED INTO A BAR, A PULSE NIGHTCLUB IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, AND TARGETED 49 INDIVIDUALS AND WOUNDED 53 SOLELY FOR BEING WHO THEY WERE. WE HAD A LARGE VIGIL BACK THEN IN FRONT OF CITY HALL COUNCIL MEMBER KUBOSH, AND I READ THE NAMES OF THESE 49 VICTIMS THAT WERE TARGETED BY A MADMAN. LAST WEEK, I ATTENDED ANOTHER SOLEMN VIGIL THIS TIME, REMEMBERING FIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE GUNNED DOWN AT CLUB Q IN COLORADO SPRINGS, WHERE A MAN WALKED INTO A CLUB WITH HIS WEAPON OF WAR AND OPEN FIRE, RANDOMLY KILLING FIVE INDIVIDUALS. DANIEL DAVIS [04:00:02] ASTON 28, KELLY, LOVING 40, ASHLEY PAUL, 35, DEREK RUMP 38, AND RA RAYMOND GREEN VANCE 22 AND 17. OTHERS WERE SHOT AND INJURED, GUNNED DOWN ONCE AGAIN SOLELY FOR BEING WHO THEY WERE AS INDIVIDUALS AND FOR LOVING WHOM THEY CHOSE TO LOVE. THE FAR RIGHTS, HATEFUL RHETORIC, FEAR MONGERING AND TARGETING CERTAIN GROUPS BY DEMEANING THEIR CHARACTER AS INDIVIDUALS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. AND YET, ONCE AGAIN, THESE FAR RIGHT OFFICIALS ARE UP TO NO GOOD LOOKING HOW THEY CAN CONTINUE THIS DIVISION IN OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY SOLELY FOR THEIR OWN POLITICAL AMBITIONS WITH NO REGARD TO HUMAN LIFE. AND THIS HAS TO STOP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS. UH, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. WITH SO MUCH IN THE NEWS THE LAST FEW DAYS ABOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM. UH, I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE OUR FINAL MEETING OF THE TTI COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, TOMORROW MORNING. IT'S AT 10:00 AM DECEMBER. FIRST, WE'LL BE COVERING FOUR THINGS MOSTLY RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY. THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WILL BE PRESENTING THE ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY, THE E-DISCOVERY SOFTWARE PURCHASE AND IMPLEMENTATION SYSTEM. WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THEIR EMERGENCY ALERTING SYSTEM. AND THAT'S A REPLACEMENT PROJECT FOR THE HFD AND THE HITS DEPARTMENT. THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE PRESENTING TWO ITEMS, ONE ON E-SIGNATURE CONTRACT AMENDMENT AND THOSE DOCUMENTS. AND FINALLY, UH, THEY, THE HITS DEPARTMENT WILL BE PRESENTING THE GTE MOBILE NET, VERIZON WIRELESS AMENDMENT. THOSE FOUR THINGS COMING SOON TO THE COUNCIL AGENDA, BUT FIRST TO THE TTI COMMITTEE MEETING TOMORROW MORNING AT 10:00 AM HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. LASTLY, JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE US SOCCER TEAM. WE WILL BE PLAYING THE NETHERLANDS, THE DUTCH ON SATURDAY GO, USA, COUNCILMAN THOMAS. THANK YOU MUCH. JUST A FEW FOLLOW UPS FROM, UM, MY PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES. IN THIS PAST FEW SUMMERS I'VE RELEASED PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES, AND WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS MORE THAN POLICING. AND SO I'M SO HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP, UM, AND TO ANNOUNCE THEM WITH THE THANKS OF COUNCIL AND MAYOR FOR PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA. ALL FIRE STATIONS AND DISTRICT F HAVE RECEIVED NEW INSTALLATION OF THE NEW ELECTRONIC GATES. SO THAT'S THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE STATION 60, 10, 76, 73, AND 83. I DID A POPUP AT 76 TO LOOK AT THE GATE, AND IT'S GREAT. SO IT ALLOWS FIRE TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT. THEY CAN GET OUT OF THERE. SO THANKS FOR COUNSEL FOR SUPPORTING THAT ITEM. ALSO, DISTRICT F IS LIT, AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, CREATING, UH, UH, LIT SPACES, MORE PUBLIC LIGHTING AND PUBLIC SPACES. AND SO HAPPY TO REPORT BY MID-DECEMBER, WE WILL HAVE FOUR METAL POLES INSTALLED AT NOBILITY, ONE AT WELLINGTON DRIVE, 15 METAL POLES AT SOUTH RICHMOND, AND THREE WOODEN POLES AT SOUTH RICHMOND, A TOTAL OF 23 INSTALLED LIGHTS. SO WE KNOW PUBLIC SAFETY, AGAIN, QUALITY OF LIFE, OUR PUBLIC SPACES, UM, SHOULD HAVE ADEQUATE LIGHTING TO CREATE SAFETY. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THAT IS HAPPENING ALSO, UM, THE INSTALLATION OF SPEED BUMPS ON, UH, HIGH STAR FROM COOK TO DAIRY ASHFORD. UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, IN 2019, THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN THAT WAS CROSSING THE STREET FROM HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS HIT, UM, SUFFERED SOME, UH, UH, A BRAIN TRAUMA LATER GRADUATED. AND I WAS ACTUALLY ON SITE AND WITNESSED THAT. 'CAUSE I WAS, IT WAS DURING ELECTION SEASON, AND I MADE THE POINT. I SAID, IF I CAN, IF, IF I WIN THIS POSITION, I KNEW I WAS GONNA INSTALL SOME SPEED BUMPS. SO THEY ARE, THEY'RE INSTALLED. SHOUT OUT TO THE ALE TEACHER ASSOCIATION FOR TWEETING ME. UH, THE INSTALLATIONS HAPPENING, THE WA THE RAIN DELAYED US, BUT IT'S THERE SO WE CAN CREATE, UH, MINIMIZE THE SPEEDING AND CREATE SOME SAFER STREETS. AND THEN TWO OTHER THINGS, MAYOR, I HAVE TWO SIGNIFICANT COST ESTIMATES FOR PANEL RECONSTRUCTIONS IN DISTRICT DEATH, AND I AIN'T GOT THE MONEY, SO I, I NEED YOUR HELP. SO ONE IS DAIRY ASFORD, ONE'S LIKE 4 65, AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PANEL RECONSTRUCTION. IT'S NOT ON OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, TDO DOES THEIR PLANNED REVIEW OF, OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE PLANNED OUT IN THE DISTRICT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY ROBUST AGENDA. BUT WE ALSO HAVE NOT ONLY DAIRY ASHFORD, BUT THERE'S A COST ESTIMATE ON RICHMOND IN WEST CHASE TILL BELTWAY EIGHT. AND THAT'S LIKE $465,000 TOO. AND I AIN'T GOT IT. SO, UM, I'M ASKING THE MAN, WHAT A PLAN. UM, IF YOU CAN SHAKE SOME POCKETS FOR ME, BUT THAT'S, SO HOPEFULLY WE GOTTA GET THESE STREETS DONE. SO TAG, LOOK AT YOU. SO WHAT I'M ALREADY FULLY [04:05:01] SUBSCRIBED TO ALL OF ALL OF MY COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS. I ONLY PROBABLY HAVE $30,000 LEFT. SO FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UH, THESE WOULD HAVE TO BE BOOKED. BUT THEN THAT WOULD FULLY SUBSCRIBE ME AND I'LL BE UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE. SO, HOWEVER, IF WE CAN PRIORITIZE THIS WITH TDO, MAYBE FOR THE NEXT ROUND. BUT THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT PANEL RECONSTRUCTIONS THAT I THINK WILL ENHANCE, UH, TRAFFIC IN STREETS, UH, IN THE WEST CHASE AND A LEAF AREA. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, SHOUT OUT TO MY VERY BEST FRIEND DANA ANDERSON SOUL. SHE'S TURNING 42 TODAY. SHE'S AN OLD GIRL. UM, HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLD GIRL. I'M WISHING YOU BLESSINGS AND HAPPY DAYS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. THANK YOU MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MAYOR QUINN. THANK YOU MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, THANK YOU FOR READING THE NAMES. UM, I JOINED YOU AT THAT VIGIL AND I WAS ALSO AT THE VIGIL, UM, AFTER THE ORLANDO EVENT. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYOR LOOKING AROUND THAT VIGIL LAST WEEK AND SEEING MAYOR PARKER AND KATHY AND SEVERAL OTHERS THAT THIS MAN, HOW MUCH DO THEY HAVE TO PUT UP WITH? I MEAN, THESE, THESE THINGS THAT KEEP HAPPENING, WE'RE RIGHT A WEAPON WAR. UH, AND I REMEMBER AT THE ORLANDO VIGIL, THE THREE AMIGOS, OR MAYBE THERE WERE JUST TWO, BUT THEY WERE THERE. AND THAT MADE ME SAD 'CAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, NOT THREE AMIGOS ANYMORE. BUT ANYWAY, SO THANK YOU FOR READING THEIR NAMES AND BRINGING THAT UP. THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, UH, A BEAUTIFUL VIGIL. AND I KNOW THERE WERE STATEMENTS READ BY, UM, YOU AND OTHER, UH, MAYOR. UH, I ALSO, UH, VICE MAYOR PROAM AM HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HAVING THIS MEETING ON THE TOURS. ANNEXATIONS, AS EVERYONE'S AWARE, THERE HAVE BEEN, HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF PRESS ON S AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE REVENUE CAP. UH, I WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN AROUND HERE A WHILE AND I WAS PRETTY SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THERE IS, UH, THAT, THAT THERE IS A, A, A MECHANISM BY WHICH THIS CITY CAN GET THAT MONEY. I KNOW IT'S COMPLICATED. I KNOW THERE, THERE'S DEBT ASSOCIATED, IM PROTTS AND THE PROJECTS THAT THEY DO, BUT I REALLY WANT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. AND BECAUSE IF THERE IS A WAY ON SOME OF THESE LONGER TERM TSS THAT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED MANY OF THEIR GOALS TO GET SOME OF THAT MONEY TO THE AREAS OF TOWN WHICH HAVE NOT, UM, HAD THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A TURS, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE FULLY EXPLORED. ALSO, THE IMPLICATIONS, IF ANY, I'VE HEARD DIFFERING THINGS ON THE STATE REVENUE CAP AND HOW THAT APPLIES. IT'S COMPLICATED. I'VE HEARD VERY, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD TWO SIDES KIND OF ON THAT. BUT, UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT AT THIS MEETING, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, THAT THERE COULD BE A PRETTY ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT T AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE, UM, ON THE REVENUE CAP AND THE CITY. SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PLUM. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, COUNCIL MOGO IS FOR MENTIONING THOSE NAMES. UM, AND I THINK THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, WE NEED TO PRAY FOR PEOPLE'S SOULS AND FOR PEACE ACROSS THIS WHOLE NATION WORLD, ACTUALLY. UM, I WANTED TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR, UM, MY TRIP. IT WAS PHENOMENAL. UM, I REALLY WANNA COMMEND MY STAFF FOR ORGANIZING EVERYTHING. HOUSTON FIRST GAVE ME SO MANY GIFTS TO TAKE OVERSEAS, AND SO EVERYONE GOT A GIFT. IT WAS, IT WAS AWESOME. I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL GENERAL, UM, SAEED ALMAHA, WHO IS THE, UH, COUNCIL GENERAL FOR THE UAE, UH, JAMAL, UM, WAS IS A SISTER CITY, UH, PRESIDENT, UM, OF UAE. AND I JUST WANNA QUICKLY CALL OUT WHO I MET. I MET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE US EMBASSY, CLEVELAND CLINIC, THE USA SPACE AGENCY, UM, YA, WHICH IS A SATELLITE AND COMMS COMPANY. UM, MUBADALA HEALTH, WHICH IS, UM, PRIMARILY ALL OF THE, UM, THE, THE, IF YOU COULD KIND OF THINK OF THE COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE IN TERMS OF HEALTH, THAT THAT'S WHO MANAGES THAT ACOM. AS WE ALL KNOW, ACOM, ACOM BUILT, UH, MULTIPLE FACILITIES THERE. AND I GOT TO SEE WARNER, UM, WARNER BROTHERS WAS, IS WAS VERY FUN. UM, BUT, UH, THEY ALSO BUILT, UM, THE, UH, THE CLEVELAND CLINIC AND A, AND A BEAUTIFUL SANCTUARY. AND KINDA LIKE A VETERAN'S MEMORIAL, IF YOU CAN KIND OF IMAGINE, UM, HERE CALLED WESTAT. UH, I SAW THE SHEIKH ZAID GRAND MOSQUE, WHICH WAS MIND BLOWING. I MET WITH, UH, THE, THE, UH, CEO OF PURE HEALTH, UH, THE DUBAI FUTURE FOUNDATION, THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL, THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND PREVENTION, THE DUBAI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY ECONOMY, AND THE S SMILEY CENTER. 15 AMAZING MEETINGS. AND THESE WERE WITH HEADS OF STATE. IT WAS PRETTY PHENOMENAL. UH, AND OUR TAKEAWAYS IS WE HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON, MAYOR TURNER, SO MUCH IN COMMON IN HEALTHCARE, IN AI, THINK TANK INVESTMENTS, TRADE OPPORTUNITIES, SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATION IN SPACE. AND SO I'M INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO MEET WITH YOU, MAYOR TURNER, GIVE YOU A FULL UPDATE ON WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT THE CO YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATIONS WERE, AND, UM, AND SEE HOW WE CAN WORK CLOSELY WITH, UM, THE UNITED AIR EMIRATES. [04:10:01] THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. OKAY. UH, SEE, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, UM, WITH ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, UH, WE STAND ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.