* 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. [00:00:06] TIMOTHY [PRESENTATIONS] DURS, WHO REMEMBER WHEN ALL THE ALLIGATORS WERE COMING OUTTA THE BAYOU AND GETTING IN PEOPLE'S POOLS AND EVERYTHING. WELL, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE GUY. SO WE WERE JUST ABSOLUTELY FASCINATED TALKING TO HIM. AND I SAID, I'M GONNA HONOR YOU AT CITY HALL 'CAUSE THAT'S ONE HECK OF A JOB. SO I WON'T READ THIS WHOLE THING, BUT I'LL GET RIGHT TO THE MEAT OF IT. WHEREAS FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS, TIMOTHY HAS WORKED AS A NUISANCE CONTROL HUNTER CAPTURING NUISANCE ALLIGATORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND AT BUSINESSES IN HOUSTON AND THE SURROUNDING REGIONS. AND WHEREAS HE CAPTURES AROUND 180 TO 250 ALLIGATORS ANNUALLY, RANGING FROM 12 INCHES TO 12 AND A HALF FEET, WITH OVER 2,500 CAPTURED OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER, HE ALSO TRAPS FERAL HOGS FOR THE CITY OF PEARL LAND AND CITY OF PASADENA. AND WHEREAS TIMOTHY ENJOYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT RESIDENTS AND WILDLIFE THROUGH HIS WORK, THE CITY OF HOUSTON COMMENCES TIMOTHY DURAMIS FOR HIS TIRELESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS. AWESOME. THANK YOU. WAIT, HOLD ON. YOU'RE NOT DONE. BEST PART'S COMING. SO THEREFORE, I, VESTER TURNER MAYOR CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM DECEMBER 13TH, 2022 AS TIMOTHY RAUS DAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. CONGRATULATIONS, MY MAYOR. AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU DID. OUTSTANDING JOB MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NO, COME AND SAY THAT OVER THE MIC AND YOU, THE MAYOR, MAYOR TURNER DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON . OKAY. UH, I LIKE PROTECTING THE, UH, MEN IN BLUE, UH, THE HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLES, THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFFS, UH, WITHOUT ME, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD LOSE A LIMB OR GET BITTEN AND GET AN INFECTION. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M TRAINED TO DO THIS TYPE OF THING. I'M BRAVE AND CRAZY ENOUGH TO DO IT. I ENJOY DOING IT. AND I THANK THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR THIS AWARD, AND I THANK SALLY AND MAYOR TURNER, UH, IS MAKING THIS. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE THEY GO, WHERE THE ALLIGATORS, OH, I, I RESCUE ALL THESE ALLIGATORS. I CAPTURE 'EM ALIVE, AND I TAKE 'EM TO A GATOR RESCUE PARK IN BEAUMONT, IN BETWEEN, UH, BEAUMONT AND WINNIE REALLY. AND, UH, THEY GET TO LIVE OUT THE REST OF THEIR LIFE THERE INSTEAD OF BE BEING TERMINATED. ONCE THEY GET CALLED AS A NUISANCE ALLIGATOR, WE EITHER HAVE TO PUT 'EM DOWN OR TAKE 'EM TO A RESCUE PARK, OR TAKE 'EM TO A FARM WHERE THEY HARVEST THEM LIKE TURKEYS OR WHATEVER. BUT I ACTUALLY TAKE 'EM TO A RESCUE PARK WHERE THEY GET TO LIVE OUT THE REMAINDER OF THEIR LIFE AND BE THE DINOSAURS AND GREAT CREATIONS THAT GOD CREATED 'EM TO BE. AWESOME. FANTASTIC. Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, MARTHA CASTEX TATUM. SURE. MR. TIMOTHY, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT YOU BEING HERE TODAY. I HAD SO MANY FRIENDS THAT, UM, LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY, IN THE SUGAR LAND AREA IN SNA THAT WERE TAKING PICTURES OF ALLIGATORS AND POSTING IT ON FACEBOOK SAYING, I SAW THIS ALLIGATOR IN THE, IN THE CREEK BEHIND MY HOUSE. AND EVERYBODY WAS VERY WORRIED ABOUT ALL THE ALLIGATORS THAT WERE, WERE COMING OUT AT ONE TIME. SO, I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMEONE THAT, UH, PEOPLE CAN CALL THAT IS NOT AFRAID TO GO AND TACKLE THOSE ALLIGATORS, BECAUSE I TELL YOU, WHEN I SEE A SIGN THAT SAYS, BEWARE OF ALLIGATORS, I'M BEING AWARE OF ALLIGATORS. SO THAT'S BASICALLY THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO, AND SAVING THE ALLIGATORS AND TAKING THEM TO A RESCUE PARK. WE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET TO LIVE OUT THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. AND, UH, FERAL HOGS ARE SO DANGEROUS. AND THE FACT THAT YOU ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, CATCHING THOSE FERAL HOGS AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY AREN'T HARMING PEOPLE MEANS A LOT. SO, SALLY, THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU. UM, YOU, YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO BE ON INTERESTING JOBS. THERE'S, THERE'S A SHOW CALLED PEOPLE WHO DO INTERESTING JOBS. YOU NEED TO BE ON THAT SHOW. THANK YOU, MARTHA , AND THANKS AGAIN. AND CONGRATULATIONS MR. DURAMIS. THANK YOU. TURN RIGHT AROUND IF WE WERE INTERESTED. SIGN UP. AND I WAS CRAZY ENOUGH TO SIGN UP AND UP, BEEN DOING EVER SINCE THERE WAS ABOUT 30 OF US AND THEY ALL KIND OF PETERED OUT. AND THERE'S ONLY LIKE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE OF US LEFT IN HOUSTON AREA. SO I GO FROM GALVESTON TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY, DOWN TO KATY TO CHAMBERS COUNTY. I GET 'EM ALL. THANK YOU, MAN. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. HAVE THE HOLIDAY DAYS. ALRIGHT, CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX TATUM FOR A PROCLAMATION TO UNITED AIRLINES AND RECOGNITION OF GIRLS IN AVIATION DAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, I'M GOING TO ASK IF DELILAH JONES BARTLETT AND DARREN HALL WOULD COME FORWARD. [00:05:07] MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TODAY I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TO UNITED AIRLINES IN RECOGNITION OF THE UNITED AIRLINES GIRL IN AVIATION DAY. THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, I WAS THRILLED TO SPEAK TO A HANGER FIELD WITH ASPIRING YOUNG GIRLS SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR LIVES AND UNITED AIRLINES GIRLS IN AVIATION DAY THAT WE HELD AT IAH UNITED AIRLINES. GIRLS IN AVIATION DAY OFFERED GLIMPSES OF OPERATIONS FROM IN-FLIGHT TO STATION OPERATION CENTERS AND RAMP AREAS. SO, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION TODAY, AND IT READS, WHEREAS ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, UNITED AIRLINES WELCOMED MORE THAN 30 YOUNG WOMEN FROM ACROSS THE HOUSTON REGION, INCLUDING STUDENTS FROM HOUSTON, ISD, STERLING AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL, AND DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL AT ITS ANNUAL GIRLS IN AVIATION DAY AT UNITED'S HANGAR X, LOCATED AT GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT. AND WHEREAS THE EVENT FEATURED ENGAGING INTERACTIVE SESSIONS, INFORMATIVE PANEL DISCUSSIONS WITH VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT, KATHLEEN SWAIN, UNITED LEADERS AND FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES, AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GIRLS TO BOARD A 7 37 MAX EIGHT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT IN A HANDS-ON ENVIRONMENT. WHEREAS CREATED IN 2015 GIRLS IN AVIATION DAY WAS HOSTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WOMEN IN AVIATION INTERNATIONAL, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE ENCOURAGEMENT ADVANCEMENT OF ALL WOMEN IN AVIATION IN AEROSPACE CAREER FIELDS. WHEREAS GIRLS IN AVIATION DAY IS PART OF UNITED'S EFFORT TO CLOSE THE GENDER GAP BY BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS AND PROMOTING INCLUSION. EARLIER THIS YEAR, UNITED AIRLINES OPENED ITS VERY OWN FLIGHT TRAINING SCHOOL, AVI EIGHT ACADEMY, WITH THE GOAL OF TRAINING 5,000 NEW PILOTS BY 2030 WITH AT LEAST HALF BEING WOMEN OR PEOPLE OF COLOR MAYOR. AND SO THEREFORE, AND SO THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM DECEMBER 13TH, 2022 AS UNITED AIRLINES GIRLS IN AVIATION DAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM, VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, AND, AND SPECIAL THANK YOU TO, UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING US ON THAT DAY AND BEING SO INSPIRING TO THE GIRLS. UM, AT UNITED, WE'RE SUPER FOCUSED ON CREATING OPPORTUNITY HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND AS VICE MAYOR PRO TEM SPOKE ON, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN, UM, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. YOU MAY HAVE EVEN HEARD EARLIER TODAY, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE VERY BUSY THAT, UM, WE ARE ORDERING, YOU KNOW, 200 ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS GROWTH FOR UNITED ALSO MEANS GROWTH OPPORTUNITY AND CAREER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FOLKS IN IN HOUSTON. UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT A SMALL THING. MY PERSONAL JOURNEY IS ONE THAT IS, UM, I BELIEVE VERY INSPIRATIONAL TO THE YOUNG WOMEN HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON WHERE YOU CAN COME IN AT AN ENTRY LEVEL JOB AND WORK A CAREER TO BECOME THE TOP 1% OF THE ORGANIZATION. AND SO WE, WE, WE, WE, WE REALLY WANNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT HERE FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PARTNER TO DO SO. THANKS AGAIN FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I, I DO WANNA ADD, UM, BEFORE I LET DARREN SAY A FEW WORDS, UH, IT WAS VERY INSPIRATIONAL FOR ME TO STAND AND WATCH THESE YOUNG GIRLS IN THE HANGAR, AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THEM THEM THAT THERE WERE 10 WOMEN SERVING ON CITY COUNCIL, AND THEY WERE ALL VERY INTRIGUED BY THE FACT THAT THERE ARE 10 WOMEN SERVING ON HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL. SO WE ARE A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. DARREN, DO YOU, I'LL JUST SAY THAT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IS A, IS A HALL MARKET UNITED AND THAT AVI EIGHT CLASS THAT DELILAH OR THE VICE MAYOR PRO TIM TALKED ABOUT 80% ARE WOMEN AND, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. SO WE NOT ONLY MET THAT 50% GOAL, BUT WE EXCEEDED IT AT 80% SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND, AND REALLY PROUD OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON. OUR, OUR CEO TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK. AND, UH, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO UNITED AIRLINES IN ALL THESE INITIATIVES. YOU KNOW, WE HAD TWO GREAT ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY. THE FIRST ONE WAS THE NUMBER OF PLANES THAT UNITED IS PURCHASING, AND THE SECOND ONE WAS COLLINS AEROSPACE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR THE SPACE SUITS, UH, FROM NASA. SO IF PEOPLE [00:10:01] ARE LOOKING FOR WHAT'S THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN AVIATION AND AERONAUTICS BECAUSE, UH, THAT IS GOING TO TAKE US TO THE, TO THE NEXT CENTURY AND BEYOND. SO, UH, NOT ONLY OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG LADIES, MY DAUGHTER'S ROOMMATE IN COLLEGE, WHO IS A FRIEND THAT SHE GREW UP WITH SINCE SHE WAS THREE YEARS OLD, UH, HAS A DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, AND NOW WORKS IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA. SO, UH, GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG LADIES AND YOUNG MEN TO DO MANY FANTASTIC THINGS IN THE FIELD OF AERONAUTICS AND AVIATION. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM FOR HONORING THESE YOUNG LADIES. TURN RIGHT AROUND. CUT. OKAY. [2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] AND THE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES VICE MALE PRO TIM MULTICAST, DICTATOR FOR, FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE. THANK YOU MAYOR. PASTOR BRANDON WASHINGTON IS THE CO-PASTOR ALONGSIDE HIS FATHER, PASTOR TERRY L. WASHINGTON AT THE WORD OF FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH IN HOUSTON. LOCATED IN HARM CLARK IN DISTRICT K. PASTOR BRANDON WASHINGTON IS A GRADUATE OF HIGH TIDE HIGH SCHOOL. HE ATTENDED THE COLLEGE OF BIBLICAL STUDIES IN HOUSTON. SINCE THE AGE OF 22, PASTOR BRANDON WASHINGTON HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO SERVING AND PROVIDING FOR THE HARM CLARK COMMUNITY TWICE EACH MONTH. UH, PASTOR BRANDON HOSTS FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS OF FRESH PRODUCE AND ONCE PER MONTH, HE HOSTS GROCERY POP-UP SHOPS, ALLOWING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SELECT VEGAN AND ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTS. PASTOR BRANDON IS ALSO ACTIVE IN THE LOCAL SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT A. HE RECEIVED THE KEY TO PETERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON JULY 21ST, 2022, FOR HIS OUTSTANDING, RELENTLESS, AND SELFLESS SERVICES TO THE STUDENTS. PASTOR BRANDON LOVES HIS COMMUNITY AND HIS FAMILY. HE'S MARRIED TO TAMIKA WASHINGTON. THEY ARE THE PROUD PARENTS OF FOUR CHILDREN, SIDNEY CADENCE CORTLAND, AND BLAKE. TODAY, PASTOR BRANDON IS JOINED BY DEACON TERRELL, TERRELL AL JR. NOW, I WOULD ASK IF PASTOR BRANDON WASHINGTON WOULD JOIN US AT THE PODIUM AND PROVIDE OUR INVOCATION FOR US TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, PASTOR. THANK YOU. AND TOM MAYOR, THANK YOU. AND TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME HERE ON TODAY. LET'S PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, WE SAY THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SEE THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR HEALTH AND STRENGTH, STRENGTH THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN OUR LEADERS STRENGTH THAT THEY NEED TO CARRY ON DAY BY DAY. FATHER, WE INVITE YOUR PRESENCE HERE ON TODAY. GIVE OUR LEADERS COURAGE AND WISDOM SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES AND THE RIGHT DECISIONS THAT WILL, UH, UH, MAKE OUR CITY EVEN GREATER THAN WHAT IT IS. FATHER, WE LAY OUT THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU. WE ASK THAT YOU LET EVERY EAR BE A LISTENING EAR AND LET EVERY HEART BE A COMPASSIONATE HEART. I PRAY NOW FOR OUR MAYOR, CONTINUE TO HOLD HIM UP, CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN HIM, CONTINUE TO LEAD HIM AS HE SO FAITHFULLY LEADS THIS CITY. I PRAY FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM VISION AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS THAT WILL ALLOW OUR CITY TO BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER CITIES ACROSS THIS GREAT COUNTRY. FATHER, I PRAY NOW FOR HOUSTONIANS. LET THOSE WHO ARE FILLED WITH ANGER AND HATRED BE FILLED WITH JOY. YES. LET THOSE WHO ARE HOPELESS BE FILLED WITH HOPE. [00:15:02] LET THOSE WHO ARE SEARCHING FOR PEACE MAY THEY FIND PEACE IN YOU. WE THANK YOU AND WE LOVE YOU, NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE BY FAITH THAT YOU WILL ANSWER OUR PRAYERS. WE LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU FIRST LOVED US. IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE RISE, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FOR WHICH STANDS I WANNA NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, JUSTICE. ALRIGHT, [ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING] MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU HAVE, PLEASE CALL THE OATH. MAYOR TURNER. HERE. COUNCIL PECK. HERE. COUNCILOR JACKSON. HERE. COUNCIL MC CAMAN. COUNCILOR EVAN SHABAZZ. COUNCILOR MARTIN PRESENT. COUNCILOR THOMAS. PRESENT, COUNCILOR HUFFMAN. COUNCILMAN CISNEROS? HERE. COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS? HERE. COUNCILMAN POLLARD. HERE. COUNCILMAN CASTEX TATUM. HERE. COUNCIL KNOX. HERE, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. COUNCILMAN OSH. COUNCILMAN PLUMMER AND COUNCILMAN ALCORN HERE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 13TH AND 14TH AND SEPTEMBER 27TH AND 28TH, CAST MOVE ALCORN. SECOND BEEN MOVED AND SECOND ON THE ADOPTION OF THE ANY OBJECTION. CHAIR, NONE. THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. UH, FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE JOINING US VIRTUALLY, UH, IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT, IN THE CHAT WINDOW, THEN YOU CAN PROCEED TO HANG UP. UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, THE ASSISTANT COUNCIL MEMBER, STATE YOUR NAME WHEN MAKING OR SECONDING AN ITEM FOR, FOR THOSE JOINING VIRTUALLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE TYPE THAT IN THE CHAT WINDOW. WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT AND, AND WE'LL CALL ON YOU. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST BE VISIBLE ON CAMERA WHILE YOU ARE SPEAKING. [PUBLIC SPEAKERS] NOW FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UM, LET ME REMIND ALL OF YOU, IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER TODAY, YOU HAD TO SIGN UP WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE BY 3:00 PM YESTERDAY. AND WE WILL CALL YOUR NAME IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. IF YOU ARE HERE IN PERSON, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND STAND RIGHT BEHIND ONE OF THOSE 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. YOU WILL THEN HAVE THE ONE, TWO, OR THREE MINUTES FOR WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO SPEAK. AND WHEN YOU HEAR THE BELL, UH, RING, UH, THAT MEANS THAT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED AND YOU MUST COME TO AN IMMEDIATE STOP AND YOU MAY ONLY SPEAK WHEN RECOGNIZED. UM, I DO HAVE A PROCEDURAL MOTION. OKAY. UH, WITH, LET ME START WITH A PROCEDURAL MOTION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD ROSA GOSMAN TO THE END OF THE THREE MINUTE NON-AG AGENDA LIST OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS. YOU'LL THEN HAVE THE TWO OR THREE. IT'S TO SPEAK THE BELL RING. UH, THAT MEANS THAT YOUR ACCOUNT OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. TO ADD THE NAME AGAIN, ROSA GOMAN. ROSA GOSMAN TO THE END OF THE THREE MINUTE LIST. IT'S BEEN MOVED. ANY OBJECTION, CHAIR NONE. MOTION IS GRANTED. JACKSON COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON FOR PROCEDURAL MOTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MOVE MR. FRED WOODS TO THE TOP OF THE NON AGENDA. THREE MINUTE LIST. UM, UNDER, BEHIND BERNICE DAVIS THOMAS SECOND MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY OBJECTION? ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION? HEARING NONE. MOTION IS GRANTED. ANY OTHER PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? MR. MARTIN? UH, MAYOR PROTE MARTIN? YES. MAYOR, I MOVE TO ADD MR. JACOB CLEMENTIS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE ONE MINUTE LIST. PREVIOUS ONE MINUTE LIST. THOMAS SECONDS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. UH, ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION CHAIR IS NONE. MOTION IS GRANTED. ANY OTHER PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? ANY OTHERS? OKAY, WITH THAT BEING DONE, UM, MADAM SECRETARY, YOU PROCEED TO CALL THE SPEAKER SPEAKER'S LIST. DONNA RICKENBACKER. DONNA RICKENBACKER. DONNA IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY ALEX WAYNE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR TURNER. COUNCIL AFTERNOON. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DONNA RICKENBACKER. I'M THE DEVELOPER OF OST LOFTS. IT'S ON THE AGENDA AND I'M JUST HERE TO, UH, [00:20:01] TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL OR ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE. THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE'S A LONG LIST OF QUESTIONS. DONNA . I'M SORRY. YEAH. A LONG LIST OF QUESTIONS ON THIS PROJECT. UH, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. OH, I'M SORRY. I I READ IT WRONG. QUEEN OF THE TAXPAYER. MM-HMM. WHAT HAPPENED? ALRIGHT, NEXT, NEXT SPEAKER. ALEX WAYNE, ONE PERSON AT A TIME. YEAH. MY NAME IS . SHE'S, UH, I INTRODUCED SHE HER OWNER AND PRESIDENT FOR STORE. SHE WILL SAY EVERYTHING. ALEC? NO, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. HOLD ON. ALEX, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK. YEAH. THE THREE UNCLE, UH, HAMMED STORE. GRAND OPENING IN THIS SET. SUNDAY. UH, OKAY. DECEMBER 18TH. SHE'S OWNER. SHE WANT TO INVITE OR IS SHE GOING TO SPEAK? YES, SHE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION. WHAT'S, WHAT'S HER, WHAT'S HER NAME? UH, JANE. IS THERE A MOTION TO ALLOW HER TO SPEAK MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW OUR GUEST TO SPEAK SECOND. MOVE SECOND. ANY OBJECTION? CHAIR IS NOT. OKAY. SO ALEX, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA SAY? UH, SHE JUST WANTED TO LET, UH, ALL THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCILMEN KNOW WHAT'S THIS STORE? THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, IN CHINA, THERE ARE 400 STORE RIGHT NOW. FIRST IN USA, SO THIS BREAKTHROUGH FOR, UH, IN, BUT THERE IN CHINATOWN. SO FIRST ONE. OKAY. THEN YOU MAY SPEAK. YEAH. MY NAME'S JANE LEON, PRESIDENT. OH, OKAY. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MAYOR, SAY YOUR NAME AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. JANE LEON. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, UH, MAYOR AND THE CITY, UH, COUNCIL. MY NAME'S JANE LEON, PRESIDENT OF THREE ONCO HEME TOAST ON DECEMBER 18. THIS COMING SUNDAY AT 11, UM, THREE, ONCO HEME TOAST WILL CELEBRATE THE GRAND OPENING OF ITS FIRST USA FLAGSHIP STORE ON IN HEART OF THE CHINATOWN. UM, MAY I HAVE HONOR, UM, TO ASK MAYOR TO PRESENT THIS PER RECOMMENDATION FOR ME SO WE CAN OH, YOU HAVE IT? YES. OH, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS SUNDAY TEENTH, THIS COMING SUNDAY? YEAH. OKAY. IN THE A LEAF AREA? YES. ? MM-HMM . OKAY. YEAH. ASK YOU TO COME TO MY CEREMONY. YOU HAVE TIME. WHAT TIME IS IT? INMATE 11. 11. 11 O'CLOCK. WE HAVE A, A LINE DANCE, EVERYTHING EVENT. OH, YOU GOT LINE DANCING TOO? YEAH. MM-HMM. MM-HMM . UP TO ENVELOPE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, . OKAY. CHAIR COGNIZE. THIS COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON FOR PROCEDURAL MOTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MOVE KATHY GUNTER FROM THE ONE MINUTE NON AGENDA LIST UP TO THE THREE MINUTE NON AGENDA LIST BEHIND MR. FRED WOODS. SECOND. FOR ONE MINUTE, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTIONS BEEN SECOND. ANY OBJECTION CHAIR'S? NOT A MOTION. MS. GRANT, GIVE A SECOND. NO, SHE TOLD ME. YES. SECONDARY BY COUNCILMAN ACO. SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER BEING PRESENT. YEAH. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. BERNICE DAVIS. BERNICE DAVIS IS BERNICE DAVIS. BERNICE DAVIS IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY FRED WOODS. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU MAYOR AND ALL. CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME. MY NAME IS BERNIE DAVIS. I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF QUE CIVIC CLUB. WE ARE LOCATED [00:25:01] NEAR SUNNYSIDE, AND I AM HERE, UM, IN HONOR OF MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE CONSISTENTLY ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE SAME ISSUES WITH, UH, OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS BEING VIOLATED BY DEVELOPERS OR I'LL SAY GREEDY DEVELOPERS. UH, FOR, UM, WE'RE HERE AT LEAST THREE TO FOUR TIMES A YEAR AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS TO, UH, BECAUSE THEY KEEP ISSUING, UH, VARIANCES FOR, FOR SEPARATION OF PROPERTY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, UH, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY BASED ON ID RESTRICTIONS THAT OUR PROPERTIES CAN BE DIVIDED. UM, I'VE BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 2010. WE'VE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE SINCE 2010. AND, UM, THE CITY KEEPS ALLOWING, UM, DEVELOPERS TO COME IN AND, UM, ASK FOR A DIVISION OF A PROPERTY. FOR INSTANCE, WE WERE JUST HERE AUGUST THE AUGUST THE FOURTH FOR A PIECE OF PROPERTY AT ALBERTA STREET IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT WAS DECLINED, BUT WE'RE BACK AGAIN ON THE 15TH OF THIS MONTH BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO, I DON'T KNOW, JUST NAG US. HOPE WE WE'RE NOT, UH, ON TOP OF IT. BUT WE'VE GOTTA COME BACK AGAIN ON THE 15TH OF THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND IT'S ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT THAT PROPERTY CANNOT BE DEVELOPED WITH, BY DIVIDING IT. ID RESTRICTIONS SAY THAT YOU MUST ONLY BUILD SINGLE RESIDENTIAL INDIVIDUAL HOMES. NO APARTMENTS, NO DUPLEXES, NO THREE STORY HIGH RISES CAN BE BILLED. THERE ARE CERTAIN, UH, DIMENSIONS THAT THE PROPERTY HAS TO FIT INTO TO BE DIVIDED. AND BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF OUR PROPERTIES, NONE OF THEM FIT INTO THAT. AND, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, DEVELOPERS WHO ARE NOW THREATENING OUR COMMUNITIES BY GETTING THE LAWYERS INTERRUPTING OUR CIVIC CLUB MEETINGS TO COME IN AND, UM, WANT TO DIVIDE OUR PROPERTY. NOW, THEY DON'T EVEN WANNA LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY JUST WANT TO BUILD AND MAKE MONEY, BUT THEY WANT TO NOW, UM, DIVIDE OUR PROPERTIES. AND SO NOW THEY WANT TO CHANGE OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS, AMEND THEM TO FIT THE PURPOSE OF A DEVELOPER CHANGING. NOT A RESIDENT WHO WANTS TO BUILD A HOUSE IN THERE, BUT JUST DEVELOPERS ALSO, WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH, NOW THE DEVELOPERS WANT TO BRING IN A MAKE A NEW SUBDIVISION INSIDE OF OUR SUB, INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY. ID RESTRICTIONS SAY THAT IF ANYONE COMES IN, ALL PROPERTY MUST FALL UNDER THE SAME DEED RESTRICTION THAT'S WRITTEN. SO WHEN WE HAVE SOMEONE COME IN HERE AND THEY WANT TO AMEN, ID RESTRICTIONS, I'LL LET YOU FINISH. GO ON THEN. UM, IT'S ANNOYING. IT'S, IT TAKES OUR POWER AWAY FROM OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS. UH, SOMEONE WANTS TO PUT, JUST SAY, THE STREET IS ALBERTA. THEY WANT A ALBERTA VILLA, WHICH NOW SAYS THAT THEY CAN MAKE THEIR OWN DEED RESTRICTIONS IF THEY ARE A DIFFERENT SUBDIVISION, WHICH THEN WEAKENS WHAT WE HAVE, WHICH MEANS GIVES OTHER PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND COME RIGHT BEHIND THEM. WE HAVE REALTORS WHO ARE NOW, UH, ADVERTISING OUR PROPERTY SAYING THAT YOU CAN DIVIDE OUR PROPERTY, YOU CAN MAKE AS MANY ON THIS ONE PIECE OF LAND. YOU CAN BUILD AS MANY HOUSES WHEN IT'S VERY REAL. I, ID RESTRICTIONS ARE VERY STRICT. THEY'RE WELL WRITTEN AND, UH, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'VE ADDRESSED THE REALTORS, BECAUSE I'M THINKING THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE OWNERSHIP TO NOT BE ABLE TO LIE WHEN THEY ADVERTISE ABOUT THE PROPERTY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WHAT I'M HERE FOR TODAY IS TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST HAPPENING IN BROOKHAVEN. THIS IS HAPPENING ALL AROUND US IN OUR BLACK COMMUNITIES WHERE DEVELOPERS OR GOING IN TRYING TO DISTORT THE VALUE OF OUR LAND. EVERYONE WHO MOVES INTO BROOKHAVEN UNDERSTANDS THE RULES AND THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THE SIZE OF OUR PROPERTY, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE THERE BECAUSE WE LIKE THE WAY OUR COMMUNITY LOOK. AND SO WE'RE ASKING THAT WE GET SOME ASSISTANCE. ALSO, THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT IS ISSUING PERMITS FOR PEOPLE TO BUILD DUPLEXES AFTER WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOWN HERE TO FIGHT ABOUT THAT. YOU CANNOT BUILD A DUPLEX, YOU CANNOT BUILD AN APARTMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY, [00:30:01] I GOT IT. I GOT IT. I GOT IT. AND WE'RE FINDING FAKE PERMITS. WE'RE LITERALLY HAVING TO POLICE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, TAKE PICTURES OF EVERY PERMIT FOR EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY. I GOT CALL IN. I GOT TO SEE IF IT'S REAL. I GOT IT. UM, CAN THEY ISSUE, LEMME JUST ASK, UH, CAN THEY ISSUE A PER, CAN THEY ISSUE A VARIANCE TO GET AROUND THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS? UM, LEGAL, CAN THEY ISSUE A VARIANCE TO GET AROUND THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS? I, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CANADIAN? YEAH. I THINK THEY CAN MAYOR, BUT I CAN MAKE SURE I CAN, YEAH. TO GET AROUND YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS. I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS PART OF THE VARIANCE PROCESS. I'M NOT, UH, FAMILIAR THAT FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY FIND OUT. LEMME JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND WE'LL CHECK INTO IT. I'LL CHECK INTO IT. I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME ISSUES WHEN THE, WHEN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT TIGHT ENOUGH. OKAY. UM, IT DOES SOUND LIKE I'M READY. IT DOES SOUND LIKE Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS. UM, AND WE SHOULD HONOR THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. UM, SO, SO LET ME, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME HAVE, LET ME HAVE MY LEGAL DEPARTMENT, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT IT. AND THEN I THINK YOU DO RAISE A LEGITIMATE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT, UH, PERMITTING SHOULD BE ISSUING PERMITS THAT, AGAIN, GO AROUND YOU DUE RESTRICTIONS. SO YOU'VE RAISED A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT IF, UM, CAUSED ME CONCERN. SO LET US, LET US, LET US, UH, DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, UH, INTO YOUR, INTO YOUR SITUATION. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN MADMAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, AND THANK YOU MS. DAVIS. I THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. AND JUST AS A SIDEBAR, I ACTUALLY MET MS. DAVIS, JUDSON ROBINSON, UH, WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE ELEVATOR TO BE FIXED. SO THAT'S JUST A SIDEBAR MAYOR, UH, BECAUSE THE, THE SENIORS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING TO THE CLASSES AND WE'VE HAD TO TRY TO MAKE SOME ACCOMMODATIONS, BUT SHE DIDN'T COME DOWN HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT I THOUGHT I'D THROW THAT IN. BUT AT ANY RATE, I BELIEVE THAT IT'S NO POINT IN HAVING DEED RESTRICTIONS IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ENFORCED. I WANNA ASK YOU, IS SOMEONE CURRENTLY BUILDING IN YOUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW THAT HAS VIOLATED THE DEED RESTRICTIONS? UH, SOMEONE STARTED TO BUILD OKAY. A SET OF DUPLEXES, WHICH WE TOLD THEM IN JULY ABOUT IT, AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PERMIT NUMBER OR WHATEVER. AND, UH, BECAUSE OF OUR POLICING, WE, UH, ACTUALLY STOPPED AND ASKED THE GENTLEMAN WHAT WAS HE BUILDING, AND HE SAID, DUPLEXES. SO WE WERE ABLE TO CALL DOWN TO PERMITTING AND, AND GET IT STOPPED. OKAY. SO, SO THEY HAVE STOPPED BECAUSE, SO THEY HAVE STOPPED, IF THEY HAVE NOT STOPPED, I WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE LEGAL TO GET A STOP WORK ORDER SO THAT THIS COULD BE EXAMINED. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, AN INSTANCE WHERE CIVIC CLUB LEADERSHIP SHOULD BE ABLE TO SIGN OFF ON SOME OF THESE, UH, PERMIT APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE PROBLEM. AND SOMETIMES THESE ISSUES DO SLIP UNDER THE RADAR WITH PERMITTING. SO JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAYBE LOOK AT AS A COMMITTEE. UH, BUT I, I THANK YOU FOR COMING AND CERTAINLY I BELIEVE MY CHIEF OF STAFF DID LEAVE YOU A MESSAGE, SO PLEASE GET BACK WITH HIM AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO, YOU KNOW, STOP THIS VIOLATION IF IN FACT THAT IT IS DEEMED TO BE ONE. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON THAT BECAUSE OF THE POLICING OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE'VE ACTUALLY HELPED YOU BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THEIR BUILDING THAT DID NOT HAVE PERMITS. AND BECAUSE WE BOUGHT IT TO THE FACE OF THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT, THEY WERE ABLE TO STOP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCIL . THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU MS. DAVIS FOR COMING. WE DID, UM, THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING A FEW MONTHS AGO, I THINK IT WAS ON, ON DEED RESTRICTIONS AND WHAT EXACTLY THE CITY DOES AND DOES NOT DO. MAYOR, THERE, THERE CONTINUES TO BE, I I REALLY SEE THE LIMITATIONS, UH, THAT LEGAL HAS. UM, JUST IN BANDWIDTH, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE, WERE MORE REACTIVE. IT'S COMPLAINT DRIVEN. UM, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ENOUGH. IT'S JUST A CHECK A BOX. THE, WHEN THEY GO TO GET THE PERMIT, IT'S JUST, YES, WE HAVE FOLLOWED DEED RESTRICTIONS AND IT'S AT UP TO NEIGHBORS LIKE MS. DAVIS TO FIND OUT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, THEY'RE NOT, AND BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S WAY TOO LATE. SO THERE'S A, THERE'S AN ISSUE THERE. I'M NOT, I MEAN, WE'VE KIND OF WEIGHED IT BACK AND FORTH. I'VE TALKED TO, UH, CITY LEGAL A LOT. IT'S, IT'S MORE NUANCED AND HARDER THAN IT SOUNDS. UM, I'VE, WE'VE BROUGHT UP THE, THE CIVIC CLUB AND HOA THING, BUT THAT HAS, ITS, ITS DIFFICULTIES ACCORDING TO, TO LEGAL. SO IT'S DEFINITELY AN AREA, UM, WORTH EXPLORING. BUT, UH, IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT. MM-HMM . SO THANK YOU FOR COMING. I MEAN, WE SEE, [00:35:01] WE DON'T WANT NEIGHBORS TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BE OUT THERE. I MEAN, WE, IF WE, WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE THERE FOR A REASON, AND THE CITY, TO WHATEVER EXTENT IT CAN, SHOULD HELP PROTECT THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS. BUT I FEEL LIKE THE ONUS IS A LOT ON THE NEIGHBORS TO, TO BRING IT TO US INSTEAD OF US KIND OF FIGURING IT OUT. SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I DO KNOW, UM, UH, CITY LEGAL ATTORNEY MICHELLE IS TELLING ME THAT, UM, MS. DAVIS, SHE DID FILE A D RESTRICTION COMPLAINT ON OCTOBER 11TH OF 22, ABOUT THAT DUPLEX BEING BUILT AT 1113, IS THAT DANU DANU AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON ISSUED A STOP, UH, WORK ORDER NEXT, THE NEXT DAY. AND THEN LEGAL SENT, UH, A LETTER ON OCTOBER 21ST, UH, SAYING THAT THEY VIOLATED THE DE RESTRICTIONS AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON WOULD SUE IF IT WASN'T CORRECTED. UH, AND THAT STOP WORK ORDER CONTINUES AND THE PERMIT IS, IS ON, IS BEEN PUT ON HOLD. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING, FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. APPRECIATE IT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS. THANK YOU, MS. DEVA. I JUST WANTED TO, TO, TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, UH, AND YOUR NEIGHBORS FOR BEING VIGILANT AND WATCHING, BECAUSE THE THING IS, IS, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T GET CAUGHT, THEN THERE YOU'VE SET A PRECEDENT THAT IT'S OKAY, AND THEN THE NEXT PERSON THAT COMES BEHIND SAID THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO IT. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING ON TOP OF IT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. FRED WOODS. FRED WOODS. FRED WOODS IS HERE. BE FOLLOWED BY KATHY GUNNER. ACTUALLY, HAPPY HOLIDAYS. OH, THANK YOU HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, MY NAME IS FRED WOODS. I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE INTERIM PRESIDENT OF NORTHWOOD MANOR CIVIC CLUB. UM, I'M ALSO A RECENT GRADUATE OF COMPLETE COMMUNITIES UNIVERSITY. UH, I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A HOMEOWNER OF OVER 16 YEARS, CURRENT RESIDENT AND LEGACY DESCENDANT OF NORTHEAST HOUSTON, WHOSE FAMILY HAS RESIDED IN THE AREA FOR OVER A CENTURY. I URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST NOT EVEN CONSIDER AWARDING THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9 99 29 HOMESTEAD ROAD, OR AS I REFER TO IT, THE OLD KMART, UH, ANY CITY OF HOUSTON FUNDING, UNLESS THEY ARE DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT PROGRESSING THE OLD KMART INTO SOMETHING USABLE THAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY MORE COMPLETE. THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF DEVELOPERS CAPABLE OF MEETING THE CRITERIA TO BE AWARDED FUNDING TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ONE OF THE CRITERIA, UH, MENTIONS DEVELOPERS BEING IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON ON ALL PREVIOUS COMMITMENTS. THIS CRITERION IS ONLY RELATED TO PREVIOUS GRANTS, LOANS AND LOAN COMMITMENTS. BUT WHERE IS THE MORAL AND ETHICAL STANDARDS? WHERE ARE THE CRITERIA CONCERNING COMMUNITY INPUT? WHAT PREVENTS A DEVELOPER FROM BEING AN ACTUAL SLUM LORD? MEETING THE CURRENT CRITERIA AND BEING AWARDED FUNDING FROM THE CITY? TWO WEEKS AGO, COMMUNITY LEADERS STOOD BEFORE YOU SEEKING YOUR SUPPORT AND HOLDING THIS STAKEHOLDER ACCOUNTABLE, UH, TO THE PROMISES HE ALREADY MADE. WITH NO PROGRESS, NO TIMELINE, NO FOLLOW UP MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY OR OTHERWISE. ONE VERY WELL KNOWN COMMUNITY LEADER AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATE EMPHASIZED THAT WE ARE A PATIENT PEOPLE. BUT HOW LONG ARE WE TO STAY ON THIS MOUNTAIN? ARE DECADES NOT LONG ENOUGH TO SEE SOME PROGRESS? WE SHOULD NOT SUPPORT ANY DEVELOPER ACTIVELY PRACTICING BUY AND HOLD STRATEGIES IN OUR POOREST COMMUNITIES. NOW, THERE IS A COMMUNITY FORUM. UH, I PASSED OUT A FLYER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC NEXT MONDAY, NO, UH, DECEMBER THE 19TH AT 1:00 PM AT GRACE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH, LOCATED AT 55 57 75 LITTLE YORK ROAD, UH, TO DIS TO DISCUSS THIS TOPIC. UH, IF YOU DECIDE TO COME MAKE SURE TO PASS BY THE KMART, I'M SURE IT WILL LEAVE YOU WITH A LASTING IMPRESSION OF THE DISPARITY WE HAVE LIVED WITH FOR FAR TOO LONG. HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL AID YOU WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION. UH, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. WOODS. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. NEXT SPEAKER. KATHY GUNTER. UH, KATHY GUNTER, YOU'RE PRESS STAR SIX. HELLO. I'M HERE. I'M ON. OKAY, WE CAN HEAR YOU. ME. HI. HI. GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. LISTEN, WE HAVE A LIGHT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN, [00:40:01] UH, IT WAS DUE TO BE COMPLETED AT THE CORNER OF HOMESTEAD IN BENNINGTON BACK IN MARCH. AND NOW THAT THE LIGHT IS UP AND IT'S COMPLETE AND WE HAVE CENTER POINT AND EVERYBODY HAS PUT THEIR, UH, EVERYBODY HAS FINISHED, THE LIGHT HAS NOT, UM, IT HAS NOT COME ON. SO WE'VE, UH, I'M GETTING A LOT OF CALLS AND WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE WRECKS SINCE OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. WE'VE HAD AS ACCIDENTS AFTER ACCIDENT, AND SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET KILLED. AND I, THIS IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE PROCRASTINATING. THEY GIVE US SOME, GAVE US SOME REASONS, BUT I TRY. I TALKED TO SAL, HE CALLED ME AND HE SAID HE COULD NOT GIVE AN ANSWER SINCE I'M GETTING ON THE DOCKET, THEN LET YOU GIVE THE ANSWER. SO MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT'S PROLONGING THEM TO GO AHEAD AND TURN THE LIGHT AND GET IT WORKING. WELL, THE NOTE, UH, MS. TON, THE NOTE THAT THEY GAVE TO ME IS THAT, UH, H UH, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, UH, REACHED OUT TO YOU AND THEY NOTIFIED YOU THAT THE LIGHT WOULD BE ACTIVATED IN JANUARY. NO, THEY, THEY, THEY DIDN'T, THEY SAID, THEY GAVE ME SOME EXCUSES AS TO WHAT THE REASON WHY IT HAD NOT BEEN ON, BUT WHAT DAY IN JANUARY? WELL, BECAUSE ACCIDENTS ACCIDENT THAT HAPPEN EVERY WEEKEND. DID THEY? BUT DID THEY TELL YOU THAT IT WOULD BE ACTIVATED IN JANUARY, I THINK? NO, I THINK THEY REACHED OUT TO, UH, COUNCILMAN, UM, UH, COUNCILMAN JACKSON'S OFFICE AND I, AND, AND GAVE HER SOME INFORMATION. SO I'M NOT REALLY, I'M NOT, THEY DIDN'T REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY. NO. WELL, IF THEY DIDN'T REACH OUT TO YOU, THEN SOMEBODY IS NOT TELLING ME THE TRUTH. UM, SO LET ME FIND OUT WHO'S NOT TELLING ME THE TRUTH. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, I'LL, I'LL GET WITH MARY, MY CHIEF OF STAFF TO SEE IF THEY DID GIVE US A DATE. BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE WERE WAITING ON CENTER POINT TO TURN THE LIGHT ON. AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT I HAVE AT THIS POINT. BUT, UM, WE'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP TO SEE IF THEY ACTUALLY GAVE US A DATE, BUT I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON THAT LIGHT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. UM, BUT IT IS UP. THANK GOD. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S UP. AND EVENTUALLY IT'LL BE TURNED ON AND WE CAN LIKE MITIGATE SOME OF THE, UM, ACCIDENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU KATHY, FOR YOUR, UM, LEADERSHIP. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. JENNIFER MOHAWK. JENNIFER MOHAWK. IF YOU'RE PLAY MOHAWK, IF YOU'RE PLAY PRESS STAR SIX. JENNIFER MOHAWK. JENNIFER MOHAWK, STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER. JOE RADO. JOE TO, IF YOU'RE A PRESS STAR, SIX. I'M HERE. YES, SIR. COMPUTER, HOW YOU GUYS DOING? YOU SEE ME? HELLO? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. WHY DON'T HAP I WAS, I WAS SEEING YOU GUYS, BUT I DON'T SEE YOU NOW, SO HANG ON. LEMME SEE. ALRIGHT, SO, UM, THIS IS, UM, HELLO EVERYONE. VERY HAPPY HOLIDAYS, . UH, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I'M HAVING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ABOUT AND MAYOR ABOUT, UH, FAILURE TO RESPOND IN A TIMELY MANNER, UM, TO OUR PROPERTY, TO MY PROPERTY OF 51 UNITS, UM, WITH BASICALLY TRESPASSERS. AND THEY'RE NOT JUST SIMPLY TRESPASSERS. THIS ONE PARTICULAR TRESPASSER WHO I EVICTED BACK IN AUGUST, WHO CONTINUES TO COME BACK TO MY PROPERTY, UM, I'VE GOT SOME REALLY GROOVY PICTURES HERE OF HIM. THIS IS, UH, ON THE 10TH HERE. HE IS ON THE FOURTH. I'VE CALLED SEVERAL TIMES, HAD TO CALL FOUR TIMES IN AUGUST TO GET HIM OUT. I'VE BEEN CALLING REPEATEDLY. I'VE HAD MY TENANTS CALL TO GET THIS PERSON OFF THE PROPERTY. AND, UM, POLICE SAY EITHER THEY DON'T SHOW UP, THEY SHOW UP TWO HOURS LATER. I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT QUITE LIFE AND DEATH AT THIS POINT, BUT WHAT HE DOES IS HE BEFRIENDS WHAT I CALL STREET KIDS OR PREDATORS AND LEECHES. AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE BIT ROUGH, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE YOUNG. THEY COME ON, THEY BACKTALK, UM, THEY BRING DRUGS AND BEER, AND THEY COME AT ALL SORTS OF HOURS. HERE'S A BATMAN. HE DOESN'T HAVE AN BUTLER NAMED ALFRED. AND HE DOESN'T FIGHT CRIME. HE CAUSES CRIME. UM, THIS IS A LIST OF VIOLATIONS HE DID WHEN HE WAS ON MY PROPERTY. THIS IS THE WATER BILL. HE CAUSED $2,000 OF MY WATER BILL TO GO UP, WHICH I CAN'T GET A, A BREAK ANYMORE BECAUSE SOMEBODY DECIDED THAT THE WATER LEAK POLICY DOESN'T APPLY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON ANYMORE. SO, UM, HE'S, HE'S BASICALLY A [00:45:01] MENACE. SO I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY SERGEANT HENDERSON AND ASHLEY CAMPBELL CALLED ME THIS MORNING. UM, I'VE CO I'VE, I'VE SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OFFICERS. UM, I WANT HIM OFF THE STREETS. I WANT HIM OFF MY PROPERTY AND HE SHOULD BE IN JAIL. MY NEXT STEP IS TO CONTACT THE CO THE DA'S OFFICE OR THE JUDGE AND SAY, WHY ISN'T THIS GUY IN JAIL FOR CONTINUED VIOLATION? HE BASICALLY LOOKS FOR ANY VACANT APARTMENT IN MY PROPERTY AND, AND BUSTS IN THERE. EITHER SLIDES A WINDOW OPEN OR BREAKS A DOOR, AND HE STAYS IN THERE AND IT'S A CAT AND MOUSE GAME. AND, UM, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS HE, HE HAS A FOOT MONITOR ON, SO HE SHOULD BE EASY TO CATCH. I'M TRYING TO MAKE THIS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE POLICE, BUT SO FAR IT'S NOT HAPPENED. SO I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS OR THE POLICE, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO GET THIS PERSON OFF MY BACK BECAUSE HE'S CAUSING DISRUPTION AND HE'S INTERRUPTING MY SERVICE TO THE OTHER TENANTS. AND I WANT IT ADDRESSED. SIMPLE AS THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS, MR. RADO, UM, I'M COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS, AND YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MY STAFF AND WE'RE CONNECTING YOU EACH TIME WITH POLICE. THE POLICE AND I, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO HELP BUT IT, AS YOU SAY, IT'S BEEN A CAT AND MOUSE GAME. WHEN THEY GET OUT THERE, HE'S GONE. UM, I KNOW THAT THEY, THEY DID SUGGEST, UM, THAT IT MIGHT BE WISE TO, UM, EMPLOY A COURTESY OFFICER AND, AND WE SHARED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE YEAH. THE CONSTABLE OFFICE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT AND THEIR, AND CONTRACT DEPUTIES THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO YOU. UM, AND I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE DA'S OFFICE AND UM, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, YOU KNOW, TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM. BUT, BUT, UM, WE, WE JUST HAVE HPD HERE AND, AND, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE. I'M SORRY, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, UM, TO, TO CATCH HIM IN THE ACT. WELL, I MEAN, THEY JUST NEED TO GET THERE WHEN WE SAY HE'S THERE. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. HE'S USUALLY HANGING, HE'S HARASSED THE DOLLAR STORE NEXT DOOR. UM, I DID SEND AN EMAIL OR RESPOND ONLINE TO THE HPD FOLKS ASKING 'EM WHAT THE COST WOULD BE. I MEAN, I'M NOT TOTALLY OPPOSED TO IT. I DON'T HAVE A BIG BUDGET, LIKE THESE $30 MILLION APARTMENT OPERATIONS, BUT I, I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEM ON THAT. SO, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M BULLY ON THE POLICE. IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT. IT'S JUST THE PROCESS AND GETTING SOMEBODY DEDICATED TO IT. I MEAN, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A, A POLICE OFFICER TO BE THERE. UH, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN WE CALL, HE'S USUALLY THERE. I'VE GOT HIS BIKE AND HE'S NEXT DOOR. IT'S, THIS ISN'T LIKE CHASING DOWN, UM, THAT, UH, EL CHAPO FELLOW. YEAH. SO, UH, I'LL CONTINUE WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, PLEASE CONTINUE TO, TO LET US KNOW TOO, AND WE'LL 'CAUSE WE'LL FOLLOW UP. IT'S JUST ANOTHER VOICE TO THE, TO HPD AND, AND IT'LL HELP SHINE A LIGHT. OKAY. WELL I WILL KEEP DOING THAT. THANK YOU, Y'ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. BRIDGET LAND. BRIDGET LAND. IF YOU PRESS STAR SIX, BRIDGET, LAND STAR SIX. BRIDGET, LAND STAR SIX. BRIDGET LAND. NEXT SPEAKER. TURNER KERLEY. TURNER. CARLEY IS HERE. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. UM, MY NAME IS TAU AND I AM AN IRISH CITIZEN THAT CAME TO THE US ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO FOR UNIVERSITY. UM, MY BACHELOR'S IS IN CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING FROM RICE UNIVERSITY. AND I AM CURRENTLY PURSUING A MASTER'S IN DATA SCIENCE ALSO AT RICE UNIVERSITY. AND I WILL BE GRADUATING THIS MAY . UM, IN LIEU OF ME GRADUATING. I'VE BEEN APPLYING TO FULL-TIME JOB OFFERS, AND I'VE RECENTLY RECEIVED OFFERS FROM ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS, BOEING AND CHEVRON. HOWEVER, ONE COMMON ISSUE AMONGST ALL THESE OFFERS I'VE RECEIVED IS THAT THEY DO REQUIRE ME TO HAVE A US PERMANENT RESIDENCY. SO, UM, ALREADY TO THIS FACT, UM, BOEING HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN BACK THEIR OFFER BECAUSE OF THIS, UH, IMMIGRATION ISSUE. AND I'VE BASICALLY COME HERE TODAY TO ACTUALLY ASK THE COUNCIL IF THERE'S ANY WAY YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO ASSIST ME IN OBTAINING A PERMANENT RESIDENCY. AND I, AND I WISH WE COULD. HOW, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN, YOU'VE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS? YES, I'VE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS. MM-HMM . AND WHAT ARE YOU OPERATING ON? IS LIKE A GREEN CARD RIGHT NOW? I AM UNDER AN F1 STUDENT VISA. MM. UM, MAYBE WE CAN, UM, RHONDA, YOU ALL [00:50:01] CAN HELP HER. IF Y'ALL ASSIST, MAYBE CAN ALSO CONNECT HER WITH ONE OF THE CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES. SHEILA? YEAH. UH, RHONDA, RIGHT THERE. THANKS. YEAH. WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU. OKAY? YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATS TO YOU. YEAH. GO OUT BIG TIME. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER. DOUG SMITH. DOUG. IS DOUG HERE? HE'S NOT, IS NOT HERE. JAMES SUTHERLAND. JAMES SUTHERLAND. IS JAMES HERE. JAMES SUTHERLAND. NEXT SPEAKER. FOREST STOKES. FOREST. STOKES FOREST IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY DEBORAH. ELAINE ALLEN. EITHER ONE. SAY, UH, UH, I HOPE Y'ALL INDULGE ME. I ORIGINALLY CAME DOWN HERE TO TALK ABOUT ONE THING, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE, OR FIRST OF ALL, I'M A VETERAN. I SERVE MY COUNTRY. I'M ELIGIBLE FOR A HUD VASH AND SERVICE SUPPORT FOR VETERAN FAMILIES, WHICH THEY DO EVERYTHING EXCEPT SCRATCH YOUR BACK FOR YOU. BUT ANYWAY, I'VE BEEN HOMELESS FOR OVER TWO YEARS AND I'VE CAME TO CITY COUNCIL THREE TIMES. THIS IS MY FOURTH TIME. AND YOU MAYOR SET ME UP. I DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF COUNSEL, BUT YOU SET ME UP WITH A LIAISON BETWEEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. AND, UH, THEY'VE DONE NOTHING FOR ME. AND MATTER OF FACT, I WENT TO SEE ONE OF THE LIAISONS ONE TIME, AND HE TOLD ME FLAT TO MY FACE, IT'S NOT THAT I CAN'T HELP YOU, I WON'T HELP YOU. HELP YOU. AND THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE RIGHT THERE, SIR. WHEN A MAN SAYS THAT. NOW, WAIT A MINUTE. NOW WHO, WHO SAID THAT TO YOU? WHO SAID THAT TO YOU? ONE OF YOUR LIAISONS? I DON'T HAVE HIS NAME RIGHT NOW. WHO? MR. DIRECTOR. DEMBO. I KNOW. DIRECTOR. WELL, WELL, I TALKED TO ALL OF 'EM, SIR. JUST TO ABOUT, WELL, THE ONLY, THE ONLY THREE, IT'S EITHER WOULD BE DR. UH, DIRECTOR DEMO. I'VE TALKED TO HIM AT ONE TIME BEFORE AND HE'S DONE NOTHING. OH. UH, DR. JONES OR MARK EICHENBAUM. THOSE ARE THE ONLY THREE. OKAY. WELL, LET ME STATE THIS FOR THE RECORD. UH, I'VE COME DOWN HERE NUMEROUS TIMES TO TRY TO TALK TO HIM FURTHER. AND, UH, THE STAFF DOWN HERE, DOWN IN THE SECURITY DOWN HERE WOULDN'T LET ME TALK TO 'EM. THEY GIMME EXCUSES. MM-HMM . WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED? TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED. I NEED HOUSING. I'M A HOMELESS VETERAN. YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GET A JOB WITHOUT, UH, PERMANENT HOUSING? NO, I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HOUSING. AND WE WANT, UH, EVERYONE TO GET HOUSING. AND QUITE FRANKLY, VE VETERANS ARE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. VETERANS ARE THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR, FOR HOUSING. IF Y'ALL CAN, UM, SOMEONE CAN TRY TO REACH OUT TO, TO DIRECTOR DEMBO OR DR. JONES AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF VETERAN FABS AND ASK THEM TO COME OVER. SAY, SIR, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WITH ME AT THE VA HOSPITAL THAT NEED TO BE ERRORED. THEY TOOK ME TO WHAT'S CALLED THE IRAQ COMMITTEE. MM-HMM . AND I GOOGLE IT UNDERNEATH THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. MM-HMM . AFTER IT TOOK PLACE. AND IT STANDS FOR INTERDEPARTMENTAL RADIO ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MM-HMM . WHICH YOUR SOLE FUNCTION IS RIGHT. TO ASSIST ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND ASSIGNING RADIO FREQUENCIES TO GOVERNMENT RADIO STATIONS. MM-HMM . AND, UH, IT DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO. BUT WHEN I WENT TO THIS BOARD, UH, THERE WAS TWO MEN ON ONE END AND TWO LADIES ON THE OTHER SIDE. I SAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONFERENCE TABLE WHEN IT STARTED. THE TWO LADIES GOT UP AND LEFT AND NEVER CAME BACK. THIS WAS AT THE VETERANS HOSPITAL. OKAY. VETERANS HOSPITAL. MIKEY EDA BAKERY MEDICAL CENTER. RIGHT. I, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. IRAC COMMITTEE DON'T EXIST. AND, UH, THERE'S, I'M SUPPOSED TO CHECK IN EVERY TIME I GO IN THERE AND I, I'VE DONE DONE NOTHING. AND I WILL, I WILL STATE THAT IN FRONT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE. NO, I UNDERSTAND. WE WANT TO LOOK, WE WANT TO HELP YOU. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE ASSISTANCE, UH, THAT YOU NEED. SO I TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU, YOU'LL, IF YOU'LL JUST TAKE A SEAT AND, UH, I ASK FOR A DIRECTOR DEMO OR DR. JONES, UH, TO COME IN TO SEE, TO, TO ASSIST YOU. CAN I STATE A COUPLE MORE THINGS, SIR? CERTAINLY. OKAY. I, WHEN I WAS LIVING ON THE STREET MM-HMM. I HAD MY LUGGAGE MM-HMM . I GOT SO SICK, EVEN AT THE METRO BUS DRIVER HAD TO HELP ME OFF THE BUS. MM-HMM . WELL, WHEN I GOT TO THE BACK DOOR AT THE, IN THE BUS TURNAROUND, THE BA ELECTRONIC DOORS WERE LOCKED. SO I, WHEN I LAID DOWN ON THE, ON THE, ON THE GROUND THERE, 'CAUSE I COULDN'T, I DIDN'T HAVE NO ENERGY AND I WAS SICKENING. THE DOG, UH, THEY COME AND GOT ME BY A STRETCHER MM-HMM . AND, UH, THEY, IT WAS ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH ME. THEN I, THEY PUT ME IN A WHEELCHAIR AND PUSHED ME TO THE BACK GATE OF THE VA HOSPITAL RIGHT THERE ON OST AND MADE ME GET OUTTA THE WHEELCHAIR. SO THEN I CALLED THE AMBULANCE, THEY TOOK ME TO MEMORIAL HERMANN [00:55:01] SOUTHWEST. THEY WOULDN'T EVEN TRIAGE ME. AND THEY HAD SECURITY ESCORT ME WITH MY LUGGAGE TO A BUS STOP ON BENU. MM-HMM . THEN I CALLED ANOTHER AMBULANCE. THEN, UH, THEY TOOK ME TO LBJ HOSPITAL AND LB HOSPITAL CONFIRMED I HAD A STROKE AND I WAS SO WEAK I COULDN'T, WHEN I RAISED MY ARM, LIKE UP THERE, I COULDN'T HOLD IT UP. IT'D GO DOWN LIKE THAT. I WAS ASPIRATING. THEY DID SWALLOWING TESTS, ALL KINDS OF TESTS, AND THEY ADMITTED ME. MM-HMM . YEAH. SO, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE WITH ME IN THE VA? I UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FACT OR FICTION, BUT THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A $10 MILLION LOAN OUT ON, IN MY NAME THROUGH THE VA RIGHT NOW MM-HMM . SO IF I HAD THE MONEY, IF IT WAS MY MONEY, AND MATTER OF FACT, THEY WON'T GIMME NO INFORMATION. I'VE BEEN ASSAULTED BY TWO VA POLICE OFFICERS. ONE IN THE ONE IN THE, UH, EMERGENCY ROOM RIGHT THERE, COUNTER FOR NO REASON. RIGHT. FOR MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT. TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH. AND I WAS TRYING TO GET MY NITROGLYCERIN PILLS FROM MY HEART RENO. RIGHT. SEE, I DIED FOUR YEARS ON THE TABLE. I HAD A QUADRUPLE BYPASS. RIGHT. OKAY. BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS NOT, I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. THEY DON'T WANT TO HELP ME WITH NOTHING. RIGHT. I WENT TO THE REGIONAL OFFICE AND THEY TOLD ME WE CAN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. AND THEN ANOTHER PERSON TOLD ME TO GO BACK INSIDE AND GO TO CLINIC FOR WHERE THEY DO HOUSING. AND, UH, THEY STILL, AND, AND ONE TIME I WAS ASSAULTED IN CLINIC FOR TRYING TO GET HOUSING. RIGHT. WELL, LET'S SEE, LET'S SEE. AND I DIDN'T CREATE NOTHING, SIR. RIGHT. WELL, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S TRY TO HELP YOU OUT AND, UM, I TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU, IF YOU'LL JUST GO WITH, UH, THAT LADY RIGHT THERE, RHONDA. AND THEN, UH, WE'LL TRY TO GET, UM, UH, ONE OF THE STAFF PEOPLE TO COME DOWN TO, TO ASSIST YOU. OKAY. OKAY. WELL LOOK, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP ONE MORE ISSUE. MM-HMM . WHO, UH, WOULD YOU SAY THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION, UH, OVERRIDES LEGISLATIVE LAW, WOULDN'T YOU SAY? WELL, I'M NOT GONNA EVEN GET INTO THAT, BUT, UH, THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION IS, WELL, SIR, I CAN TELL YOU IT DOES, IT DOES OVERSEE ALL, ALL OF THE TEXAS LAWS, THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION. EVERYTHING HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION. WELL, WHAT I WANT, I, WELL, IT DOES. I'M I'M VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE LAW. MATTER OF FACT, I'LL SAY I KNOW MORE LAW THAN JUDGES, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. AND ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE SUPREMACY CLAUSE? WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, WE WON'T GET INTO THAT TODAY. OKAY. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN HELP YOU. WELL, THE REASON I WAS BRINGING THIS UP, 'CAUSE I WAS TALK, I WANNA TALK ABOUT TAXPAYERS MONEY. WELL, 'CAUSE I WANNA RUN FOR PRESIDENT. WELL, I, I AND I, OKAY, I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT. BUT LET'S, LET'S HELP YOU. SO DR. JONES IS RIGHT THERE WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF VETERAN AFFAIRS. SHE'S, SHE'S A FORMER MARINE. WOULD YOU LET ME SPEAK IF I SET ANOTHER APPOINTMENT? WELL, YOU CAN. YOU'RE FREE TO COME, UH, ANY TUESDAY THAT YOU SO DESIRE. BUT LET'S HELP YOU, YOU A VETERAN. 'CAUSE I CAN SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW WHERE, WHERE THE JUDGES ARE VIOLATING THE LAW. WELL, I IN NEVER CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT. BUT LET'S GET YOU SOME CLAUSE IN THE FIFTH AMENDMENT. HE DOESN'T. NEXT SPEAKER, DEBORAH, ELAINE ALLEN, DEBORAH ELAINE ALLEN, DEBORAH ELAINE ALLEN STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER LEE MILLER LEE MILLER'S LEE. LEE MILLER'S HERE, FOLLOWED BY MARK RUSSELL. HELLO EVERYBODY. YEAH. IF YOU GET RIGHT BEHIND THAT MIC. THERE YOU GO. HELLO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. IT'S AN HONOR ACTUALLY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. I CALL MYSELF A LEGAL ALIEN. MY CHILDREN ARE BORN IN HARRIS COUNTY AND I GOT TO TEXAS AS QUICK AS I COULD. BUT BEFORE THAT I WAS CONSIDERED A YANKEE. YEAH. BUT I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. SO I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO BUILD A HOME IN AN AREA THAT I LOVE IT. I WOULD CALL IT A LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS A STREET CALLED LONGMONT. IT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM TANGLEWOOD. LITERALLY OUR STREET DIVIDES THE AREAS. THERE IS NO HOUSE THAT IS GREATER THAN TWO AND A HALF STORIES MAY BE CONSIDERED THREE, BUT TWO AND A HALF. THERE IS A SIGN THAT HAS GONE UP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS LARGER THAN A SIGN IS ALLOWED TO BE. IT IS 15 FEET TALL BY WHATEVER WIDTH ADVERTISING A HOME. THAT'S, UH, MULTIPLE HOMES THAT WILL BE SEVEN STORIES HIGH. THE GROUND FLOOR WILL BE PARKING. THIS IS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, BUT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SIX STORIES UP. SO WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. LAST, LAST WEEK, A YEAR AGO, THE, UH, NOVEMBER MEETING OF THE CITY PLANNING DEVELOPMENT HAD A SIGN OUT TO COME TO THE [01:00:01] MEETING. AND MY HUSBAND AND I CALLED AND ASKED FOR IT TO BE RESCHEDULED. HE WAS VERY ILL. THEY GAVE US A ONE TIME RESCHEDULE. HE ENDED UP GOING ON DIALYSIS. HE IS ALIVE NOW. BUT IT'S BEEN QUITE A CHALLENGE. SO FOREVER IN ALL DIFFERENT WAYS, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING TO GO ON THIS SINGLE FAMILY LOT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. WE SHARE A COMMON DRIVEWAY. THE NEW SIGN WENT UP, UH, LAST WEEK AND IT'S GONNA BE A SEVEN STORY DWELLING, MULTIPLE DWELLING RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. AND IT'S A VERY QUIET, LIVABLE, KIND NEIGHBORHOOD OF FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND DOGS. IT WILL BE AN ALBATROSS FOR SOMETHING THAT LARGE TO GO UP. MY BIGGEST NIGHTMARE WAS IT WAS GONNA BE A DENTAL OFFICE. AND THAT WOULD BE NICE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT'S GONNA GO UP NEXT. SO THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE BUILT OUR HOME, BY TIME WE GOT TO THE INSPECTION OF, UH, PERVIOUS AND IMPERVIOUS BY THE CITY. THE CITY REQUESTED THAT WE MANDATED THAT WE MAKE THE DRIVEWAY NARROWER BEHIND OUR GATE AND THE SWIMMING POOL SMALLER SO THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH IMPERVIOUS. THIS DWELLING THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE BUILT WILL HAVE NO PRIUS. IT IS UNDERNEATH OF THE WHOLE BUILDING CONCRETE FOR PARKING 17 SPOTS ON A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT. AND NO CHANGE IN THE DRIVEWAY. SO IT'S, IT'S SCARY TO ME. WE, WHEN WE MOVED IN THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CHANGED US FROM THE, UM, THE RIGHT KIND OF FLOODPLAIN TO BEING IN THE FLOODPLAIN. MAY I HAVE A LITTLE LONGER SINCE YES. TIME HAS EXPIRED. I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE. OKAY. SO THERE WAS FLOODING BEFORE ON THE LOT IN FRONT OF US AND AROUND THE CORNER. AND IT WILL START FLOODING AGAIN WITH THIS KIND OF A DWELLING. SO CITY PLANNING MEETING RULED IN OUR FAVOR BEFORE LUNCH. I DROVE DOWN AFTER LUNCH AND THEY CHANGED THEIR RULING AND THEY SAID THEY GOT NEW EVIDENCE AND THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT CALLED EVERYBODY THAT WAS RULED AGAINST AND TOLD THEM THAT THEY WERE GOING TO LOSE. AND SUDDENLY IN AN HOUR, AND I HAVE THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL, UM, DOCUMENT THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU'RE HANDED IT, WHEN YOU MEET AT THE MEETING THAT SAYS IT RULED IN MY FAVOR. AND THERE IS NO INFORMATION THAT COULD HAVE BEGOTTEN IN THAT ONE HOUR. NOR DO I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY HAS THE RESOURCES TO CALL 190 SOME ODD PEOPLE, THE ONES THAT WERE NOT RULED IN AND TELL THEM TO COME UP WITH NEW EVIDENCE. SO IT'S RARE TO HAVE THE ORIGINAL, BUT I DO, IT'S THE ONE THAT IS PERMANENTLY ATTACHED. AND I ASK THAT EVERYTHING BE LOOKED AT AND THAT THE RE PLATTING NOT BE ALLOWED THE WAY IT'S GONNA BE PROPOSED. OKAY. WELL, LEMME JUST SAY, UM, I AM CERTAINLY WILLING TO TAKE ON TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. UH, I KNOW ON THIS NOTE THAT I HAVE, IT SAYS, PLANNING REPORTS 50 10 LONGMONT IS A STANDARD UNRESTRICTED RESERVE THAT WENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. AND LEGAL MADE A DETERMINATION THAT AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE IS AN ALLOWED USE FOR THE SITE. BUT YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT THE STAFF INITIALLY DISAPPROVED OF THIS PROJECT. YES, IT'S RIGHT ON THIS PAGE. AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY IN THE HOUR PLANNING BETWEEN GOING TO LUNCH AND TALKING TO THE, UH, ADMIN WHO I KNOW WITH FIRST NAME BASIS, SHE SAID, IT'S BEEN RULED IN YOUR FAVOR. AND THEN I SAID, CAN YOU EMAIL ME A MESSAGE? AND I CALLED BACK AN HOUR LATER AS I'M HEADING TO THE MEETING, SHE SAID, UH, UH, UH, CAN YOU HOLD A MINUTE? AND I HELD, SHE CAME BACK. SHE SAYS, WE'VE CHANGED OUR MIND, WE'VE CHANGED THE RULING. I SAID, IN AN HOUR. SHE SAYS, YES, THE, THE RULE IS WE HAVE TO CALL EVERYBODY THAT IT WAS RULED AGAINST, WHICH I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING. AND THAT THEY BROUGHT NEW EVIDENCE. WELL, THEY DIDN'T PUT NEW EVIDENCE BECAUSE I TOLD HER OF TWO DIFFERENT EMAILS FROM ME AND MY ATTORNEY WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT ALLEGEDLY WAS NEW. OKAY, LET ME, LEMME TAKE A LOOK. LEMME TAKE A, LEMME TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY, ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. MAYOR, JUST, UH, HAVING SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION BODY. MS. LIEBE, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME UNDERSTANDABLE COM, UH, CONFUSION, NOT PERHAPS ON YOUR PART, BUT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED BY THE DIRECTOR. WHAT WE HAVE AS A DOCUMENT HERE IN FRONT OF US IS A FAIRLY STANDARD, UH, STATEMENT. YOUR ITEM WAS NUMBER ONE 40 ON THE LIST. UHHUH , THE GOUT PARTIAL REPL NUMBER TWO. AND [01:05:01] IN THE COLUMN WHERE IT SAYS DISAPPROVED, THAT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. SO THE COMMISSION, WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS TOLD. I UNDERSTAND WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MISCOMMUNICATED. UM, THAT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. IT IS THE COMMISSION THAT HAS THE DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO OVERRULE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OR BASICALLY TAKING, TAKEN INTO THEIR OWN CONSIDERATION WHEN I, WHEN I GOT TO THE MEETING. SO I'M NOT TELLING YOU, EXCUSE ME. NO. WHEN I LET, LET ME FINISH, MA'AM, THAT THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT YOU'RE WRONG, BUT THAT PERHAPS THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION. SO I WAS, WHEN I GOT TO THE MEETING, THEY SAID THE DECISION'S BEEN MADE, WE'RE NOT CHANGING IT AGAIN. YEAH. AND, AND THERE IS TAPE ON THIS. SO WE WILL LOOK AT, YES, AND I THINK WE SHOULD GET IT. LOOK AT IT AND WE'LL, WE'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED. THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. BUT WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. AND THANK YOU, SIR. SHEDDING SOME LIGHT ON THIS. IT DOES LOOK LIKE A PRETTY LARGE BUILDING. THEY'RE PROPOSING A PRETTY LARGE, IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY LARGE BUILDING. THEY'RE PROPOSING THERE. SO I'M SENSITIVE TO YOUR CONCERNS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, MARK RUSSELL. MARK RUSSELL. MARK IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY DIANE MCMASTER. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, I'M HERE FOR A SIMILAR CAUSE. I HOPE YOU HAVE A HANDOUT THAT I GAVE TO THE BAILIFF. I'VE MET WITH OUR COUNCILWOMAN HUFFMAN RECENTLY ABOUT THIS. SO NOTWITHSTANDING HOW IT GOT HERE AND THE CONFUSION AND THE, THE OVERRULING, UH, WHICH WE DISAGREE WITH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT CAME OF THAT. BUT WHAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT TODAY IS, IT'S CALLED THE BEVERLY AND, AND HOW THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 42 IMPACTS THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT, WHICH SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE NOT ON A MAIN STREET. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF TANGLEWOOD. THERE ARE NOTHING BUT HOMES THAT HAVE, BUT EVERY PIECE OF THIS PROPERTY, IT IS A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT, VERY SMALL A SEVEN STORY BUILDING. THE FLOOR PLATES ARE GONNA BE 4,000 FEET, AND IT IS IN A FLOODPLAIN. BUT THE MOST EGREGIOUS PART ABOUT THIS, THE DEVELOPER CAME IN, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GOT PASSED, BUT AT HIS PROFIT, AT THE DETRIMENT OF THE SURROUNDING HOMEOWNERS, NOT TO MENTION PRIVACY, SECURITY, LIGHTING, ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT NONE OF Y'ALL WOULD WANT THIS IN YOUR BACKYARD. SO I KNOW THIS PROBLEM EXISTS WELL BEYOND JUST OUR DISTRICT. I'M SURE A LOT OF YOUR DISTRICTS, I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OTHER SPEAKERS TALK ABOUT IT. IT'S A, IT'S A PROBLEM. AND I, I GUESS THAT'S MAYBE WHY THE ORDINANCE 42 IS BEING, HAS BEEN, UH, ADOPTED, BUT IN THIS AMENDMENT IS EVEN STRICTER. SO I'M HERE TODAY, UH, REALLY ASKING YOU, AND THAT COMES UP FOR A VOTE HERE SOON. I BELIEVE THAT YOU SUPPORT IT BECAUSE IT WILL, IT WILL PROBABLY ELIMINATE THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THE SETBACKS WILL NOT ALLOW HIM TO DO THIS IN SUCH A SMALL LOT. EVEN IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE 42, HE COULD CHOP OFF ONE FLOOR AND STILL DO A SIX STORY BUILDING. SO THERE'S A WAY TO GET AROUND IT RIGHT NOW. SO I'M REALLY, REALLY REACHING OUT TO THE COUNCIL THAT THIS 40 ORDINANCE, 42 AMENDMENT GETS PASSED. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANT YOUR SUPPORT FOR. AND, AND I'M HOPING, UH, THAT THAT HAPPENS. SO, UH, I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AND AT LARGE MEMBERS TO GO IN MORE DETAIL. UH, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THREE THINGS. YOU SEE THE BUILDING? I GAVE A HANDOUT. IT IS SEVEN STORY. IT'S RATHER OBNOXIOUS. IT'S GONNA BE LOOKING IN ALL OF OUR BACKYARDS. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER THING ON THERE. THERE'S A SIGN THAT SHE MENTIONED. I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE, THE ORDINANCE AND THE, AND THE, UH, SIGN ORDINANCE PEOPLE. IT WAS NOT APPROVED. THAT DOES NOT HAVE A PERMIT ON IT. THIS DEVELOPER IS VERY, VERY, DOES NOT CARE ABOUT FOLLOWING PROTOCOL OR RULES. I TALKED TO, UH, WESLEY HALL, I BELIEVE HIS NAME, AND WHO'S THE HEAD INSPECTOR. HE HAD ANOTHER GUY COME OUT. HE'S GONNA SEND HIM, UH, CITATIONS, WHICH ARE REALLY NOT GONNA BE A BIG DEAL. HE'S GONNA LEAVE IT UP THERE. SO IT, IT DOES NOT BEG WELL FOR US THAT, THAT THAT STAYS UP THERE. BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT'S THE MENTALITY OF THIS DEVELOPER. HE'S GONNA GO AROUND EVERYTHING HE CAN TO BUILD THIS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT'S JUST A TRAVESTY. IT, IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN IN ANY DISTRICT WHERE YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. IF WE'RE ON A MAIN STREET, I UNDERSTAND IT. THAT'S THE RISK YOU TAKE WHEN YOU LIVE ON A MAIN STREET. BUT WE ARE NOT. AND YOU BUY A HOME IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU HOPE THAT YOU HAVE SOME PROTECTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER. DIANE MCMASTER. DIANE MCMASTER TO BE FOLLOWED BY DIANE HOBSON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE ON THE SAME ISSUE. UM, SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO PEOPLE AT HOME. IF THERE'S A FEW, UM, FIRST LET ME START OFF BY TELLING YOU, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE I LIVE. AND I THINK THIS DESERVES ALL YOUR INTENTION FOR THE REASONS I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT. SO, UH, I LIVE IN A, UH, A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S NEXT DOOR TO THE PROPOSED SEVEN STORY HIGH RISE DEVELOPMENT AT [01:10:01] 5,010 LONGMONT. IT'S A COMMUNITY OF 16 TOWN HOMES AT THE EDGE OF TANGLEWOOD, RIGHT NEXT TO THE PROPERTY LIKE THE FAMOUS DENE HOUSE. WE ARE MEESE VANDERAU INSPIRED MID-CENTURY MODERN HOMES. THERE'S A WHOLE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ARCHIVE AT TEXAS A AND M ABOUT HOW THE MOST NOTABLE ARCHITECTS IN HOUSTON IN THE 1960S COLLABORATED WITH LUIS BARRAGAN, WHO'S THE MOST FAMOUS ARCHITECT IN MEXICO OF ALL TIME. SOME SAY TO SOURCE MATERIALS TO BUILD OUR PROPERTY. IT'S UNIQUE. AND HE SOURCED MATERIALS FOR THIS PROPERTY THAT'S GONNA BE TEARED DOWN AT THE SAME TIME AS WELL. SO THEY ARE SISTER PROPERTIES BUILT BY PRESTON BOLTON AND OTHERS AS HOMES FOR THEMSELVES, OR NOTABLE RESIDENTS SUCH AS OIL BARON W HOWARD LEE, AND HIS WIFE, ACTRESS JEAN TIERNEY, Z ZARE OF THE ZANE'S FOOD DYNASTY. AND THE ENTIRE GEORGE BUSH FAMILY HAVE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. IN FACT, HW BUSH FIRST ELECT WAS FIRST ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE CONGRESS WHILE RESIDING HERE WITH HIS FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDED GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT GEORGE H. BUSH AND GOVERNOR JEB BUSH IN 1966. HE GOT HIM ELECTED THIS ADDRESS. THE DISTRICT WAS CREATED TO GET HIM INTO CONGRESS. YOU GUYS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE UNIQUE RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE PRECISELY BECAUSE OUR LACK OF ZONING LAWS. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T INADVERTENTLY DESTROY YOUR CITY FOR THE SAKE OF A POORLY THOUGHT OUT AND SHORTSIGHTED DEVELOPMENT. I MEAN, TWO FORMER PRESIDENTS AND TWO STATE GOVERNORS IN THE SAME HOUSE AT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE SEVEN STORY HIGH RISE AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS GOING TO REALLY FORMER FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER PETER BROWN FELT SO STRONGLY ABOUT OUR STREET, BLESS HIM, THAT HE COLLABORATED WITH U OF H HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE GURUS. SORRY. HE WAS A NICE GUY. AND STEVEN FOX OF RICE TO REGISTER US IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AS A NATIONAL PLACE OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE. I'VE GIVEN YOU HIS LETTER. HE'S NOT HERE TO ALIVE TO SPEAK TO YOU, BUT I'VE BROUGHT HIS LETTER TO SPEAK FOR US BOTH. HE GREW UP ON THE STREET. HE KNEW THE ARTISTIC AND POLITICAL ELITES WHO LAUNCHED LITTLE OLD HOUSTON INTO THE NATIONAL SCENE DURING THE OIL FUEL BOOM OF THE MID 1960S. UM, THESE, THE TIME HAS EXPIRED. MAY I HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE, PLEASE. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE. UH, THESE BUILDINGS THEY LEFT IS REALLY A PRICELESS LEGACY TO US ALL. I MEAN, I KNOW WE LOST THE ASTRODOME, BUT A SMALL COMMUNITY LIKE THIS CAN BE SAVED FROM DEVELOPMENT. DO WE REALLY WANNA DESTROY THIS HISTORY, OUR HISTORY, GOOD GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE, AKA YOU GUYS MEANS THAT YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THESE, DEVELOP THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT'S PLANNED TO GO UP BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY'S IMPORTANT. PLEASE THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THE PROPOSED HIGH RISE AT 5,010 LONGMONT, BECAUSE IT'S A DEATH BELL THAT YOU CANNOT UNRING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, MS. MCMASTER, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. UM, PETER WAS A GOOD FRIEND. UM, JUST WONDERING IF YOU CAN APPROXIMATE THE DATE ON THIS SINCE THE LETTER DOESN'T HAVE A DATE ON IT. UM, YES, I CAN TELL YOU IT WAS, UM, I MEAN, I CAN PROBABLY GET AN EXACT DATE, BUT I'M SAYING, I'M GONNA SAY 2008. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. I'M SORRY. ONE SECOND. ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SPEAKING TODAY AND TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS, UM, TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAD A GREAT COMMITTEE MEETING THIS MORNING WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE REVISIONS TO THE ORDINANCE, UM, ABOUT BUFFERING, LIGHT POLLUTION, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE REALLY GOOD CHANGES, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE IN A CITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE ZONING. UM, GOOD CHANGES TO MAKE IT A GREAT PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE. SO THANK YOU FOR, YEAH. IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE WANT GOOD DEVELOPMENT. SO, AND I KNOW THAT CISNEROS WAS INVOLVED IN REHABBING THE, A ARCHITECT HUSBAND, I BELIEVE WAS INVOLVED IN REHABBING ONE OF THE HOUSES ON OUR STREET RECENTLY. SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, IT'S, IT'S A GEM. HELP US, YOU KNOW, NOT LOSE IT FOR HOUSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MM-HMM . NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. DIANE HOBSON. DIANE HOBSON. IF YOU'LL PRESS STAR SIX, DIANE HOBSON, STAR SIX. OH, SHE'S HERE. YOU'RE HERE HERE. I HAD LIKE TO GIVE PRAISE AND HONOR TO GOD FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE ON TODAY. [01:15:02] HONORABLE MAYOR AND DISTINGUISHED CITY COUNCIL PERSONS MALE AND FEMALE. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE COMES A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF LOVE. FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF LOVE, FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF LOVE. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? WELL, I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION. I'M GONNA SHARE IT WITH YOU. OKAY. THE NATIONAL ORGANIC FOOD DRIVE IS THE FIRST ORGANIC FOOD DRIVE IN THE UNITED STATES PRESENTED BY GOD RESOURCES INCORPORATED. IT CONTINUES TO TARGET CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES TO DECREASE THE 2020 US CENSUS RECORDED 14 MILLION CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM FOOD SECURITY WITHIN OUR COUNTRY. MY NAME, AS YOU HEARD, IS DIANE HOBSON. I AM A ALUMNI 2010 FROM HARVARD. I WORK CONTINUOUSLY WITH OUR MAYOR. SOME YEARS AGO, YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER, THERE'S AN EPIDEMIC REGARDING NOT ONLY FOOD INSECURITY, BUT OBESITY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE THAT DEALS WITH FOOD. HOWEVER, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS ENLIST SUPPORT FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SO THAT WE WILL HAVE HEALTHY FOOD GOING TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR CHILDREN. AND YOU SAY, WELL, HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT? IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE AREA, THEY HAVE HEALTHY, THEY NEED NUTRITION THAT IS HEALTHY AND THEY CAN LEARN HOW TO GROW THEIR OWN WITHOUT PESTICIDES GOING INTO THEIR GARDENS. IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP COMMUNITIES TO DO THAT. THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE STANDS WILLING AND READY TO ASSIST EACH OF US. WHO IS INTERESTED IN THAT? I KNOW WE HAVE MANY CONCERNS, NOT ONLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. WE ARE TRAVELING THROUGH MANY CITIES BECAUSE THIS IS A NATIONAL, LEMME SAY IT AGAIN, IT'S A NATIONAL EPIDEMIC. IF 14 MILLION CHILDREN, WE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF OURSELVES IN THE UNITED STATES TO HAVE THAT. EVEN IF IT WAS 1 MILLION CHILDREN, WE SHOULD BE ASHAMED. AND MAY I CAN HEAR YOU WITH ONE MORE MINUTE. I'M GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU, SIR. I REALLY WON'T NEED THAT. I'M JUST HERE TO HEIGHTEN THE AWARENESS THAT WE HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE HUNGRY. THAT'S JUST THE CHILDREN. NOW WE'RE NOT COUNTING THE ADULTS AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN WHO ONLY COME FROM WELFARE FAMILIES. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN WHO ARE HUNGRY. AND SO WE JUST WANT YOU TO JUST BE SUPPORTIVE IN THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AND BE SUPPORTIVE IN THE FACT THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN WHO ARE IN OUR MIDST, NOT ONLY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT ALL OVER THIS UNITED STATES. SO IF YOU WOULD JOIN IN WITH ME AND JUST FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF LOVE. THANK YOU. ONE SECOND. UH, COUNCILMAN POLLARD. COUNCILMAN POLLARD. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU MA'AM FOR COMING FORWARD. UM, I TOOK THE LEAD ON, UH, CREATING THE FOOD INSECURITY BOARD AND MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE RAISED ARE THE ISSUES THAT THE BOARD, UH, IS TRYING TO ADDRESS. OKAY. AND SO BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY CARD. OKAY? I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR VOICE AS A PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, OKAY. AND, UH, FIND WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN GET YOU INVOLVED, OKAY? ALRIGHT. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, YOU'RE WELCOME. NEXT SPEAKER. WILLIE WILSON JUNIOR. WILLIE WILSON JUNIOR, YOU'RE PRESS STAR SIX, WILLIE WILSON. JUNIOR. HELLO. HELLO. HOW YOU DOING? HOW YOU DOING, MAYOR? HOW YOU DOING, COUNSEL? I'M, I'M JUST CALLING TO MY CONCERN ABOUT THE SECURITY AROUND IN THAT CITY, AND I THINK THE, UH, THE CHIEF SHOULD TURN HIS RESIGNATION BECAUSE YOU APPOINTED HIM. SO YOU ARE THE ONE THAT'S DRIVING THE [01:20:01] SHIP. SO I THINK THAT THE CHIEF IS DOING A REAL HATEFUL, BAD JOB, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT FROM THERE. BUT I CAN, I GOT COMMON SENSE TO SEE WHAT I NEED TO SEE. SO, SIR, I JUST ASKED YOU AS THE MAYOR WHO APPOINTED HIM YOUR SHIP TO, TO LEASE RIDE STRAIGHT OR BOTH OF Y'ALL NEED TO RESONATE. THAT'S ALL. WE, WE FOR THE PEOPLE YOU SAY YOU FOR THE PEOPLE. SO BE FOR THE PEOPLE AND LET THE PEOPLE GET PEACE FOR DUKE THE JEWELER AND TAKE OFF. AT LEAST GIVE US 30 DAYS TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING ON DUKE THE JEWELER. PLEASE. THIS YOUNG MAN DIED OUT THERE IN THE STREET. IT, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S CRAZY. SO PLEASE GIVE US 30 DAYS TO AT LEAST TELL US SOMETHING, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT CASE. SO SIR, YOU THE DRIVING THIS SHIP, DRIVING STRAIGHT. THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE CALL FROM FLORIDA NEXT SPEAKER. VIVIAN JOHNSON. VIVIAN JOHNSON. UH, PRESS STAR SIX VIVIAN JOHNSON. STAR SIX VIVIAN JOHNSON. AND TAKE OFF. HELLO? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, KNOW, MAYOR, UM, WHY IT IS, THERE'S BEEN A HUNDRED PLUS DAYS SINCE THERE HAS BEEN ANY TYPE OF ARREST FOR JAMES DARWIN CROSS. AND TO THIS DAY, HIS AUTOPSY REPORT HAS STILL NOT BEEN, UM, RELEASED. AS WELL AS, UM, WHY IT IS THAT, UM, THESE, THAT THESE, UM, THAT THESE DICE GANGS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIS DEATH AS WELL AS THE DEATH OF TAKEOFF. AND WE STILL HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE ABOUT THESE MURDERS AND THESE CONNECTIONS TO THESE MURDERS. THE PEOPLE ARE STILL WALKING AROUND THE STREETS OF HOUSTON. THEY'RE STILL HUMILIATING. THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND I THINK YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT. THEY ARE VERY WELL KNOWN AND THEY ARE INTIMIDATING EVERY, EVERY DOGGONE WITNESS IN THE TAKEOFF CASE. AND THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO INTIMIDATE EVERY PERSON THAT COMES THERE TO VISIT. IT IS A SHAME. YOU ARE THE MAYOR, YOU'RE OVER THE CHIEF. IF THE CHIEF CAN'T DO HIS JOB, YOU SHOULD TAKE HIM OUTTA THERE. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. I AM, AM VERY UPSET BECAUSE MY KIDS CANNOT EVEN COME OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN FIFTH WARD THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. THIS GAMBLING STUFF IS ILLEGAL. WHY IS THERE ILLEGAL GAMBLING GOING ON IN HOUSTON? THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. AND YOU ARE OVER EVERYTHING. SO I LOOK FOR YOU TO DO YOUR JOB AND TAKE CARE OF IT. A A P THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THE CALL FROM MINNESOTA NEXT SPEAKER. MARCUS JOHNSON. MARCUS JOHNSON. PRESS STAR SIX MARCUS JOHNSON. STAR SIX. YEAH. HOW YOU DOING, PAM? I'M DOING FINE. WE CAN HEAR YOU. UH, UH, MAYOR TURNER, ON LAST WEEK, I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE UPDATES ON TAKEOFFS AND THE DUKE, DUKE, THE JEWELER MURDER. YOU TOLD ME TO CONTACT HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I DID. I CONTACTED CHIEF COLE CASE AKA CHIEF TROY FINNER. AND I CONTACTED HIS WIFE, MS. SHANNON CENTER. MS. SHANNON CENTER TOLD ME THAT SHE WOULD TELL ME WHO KILLED TAKEOFF. SHE WOULD TELL ME THE CHIEF'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE MURDER OF TAKEOFF. IF ALL I DID WAS GET SYLVESTER ON THE PHONE. AND IF YOU CAN GET ON THE PHONE TO CALL ME, I CAN GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED. I NEED YOU TO HAVE SYLVESTER TO CALL ME. OKAY? I'M GONNA PLAY IT ONE MORE TIME. THAT'S THE CHIEF'S WIFE. CHIEF FINN'S WIFE TOLD ME. SHE KNOWS WHO KILLED TAKEOFF. SHE KNOWS THAT ALL I GOTTA DO IS GET SYLVESTER ON THE PHONE AND SHE WILL TELL ME WHO KILLED TAKEOFF. WATCH THIS CHIEF. [01:25:01] I MEAN, WATCH THIS, UH, MAYOR. AND IF YOU CAN GET SYLVESTER ON THE PHONE, YOU CALL ME. I CAN GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED. I NEED YOU TO HAVE S CALL ME. OKAY? NOW. ALRIGHT, NOW, CHECK THIS OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR INVOLVEMENT IS WITH THE MURDER OF TAKEOFF MAYOR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CHIEF'S INVOLVEMENT IS WITH THE MAYOR OF TAKEOFF, WITH THE MURDER OF TAKEOFF. BUT I WANT JUSTICE FOR DUKE, THE JEWELER, AND I WANT JUSTICE FOR TAKEOFF. ALL RIGHT? NOW, THE, THE WIFE, THE CHIEF'S WIFE, TOLD ME TO GET YOU ON THE PHONE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE MURDERS. AND THAT SHE WOULD TELL US EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO KNOW. THE RE THE WAY THAT JAY PRINCE IS INVOLVED, MICHAEL PRINCE, ALL THE PRINCES, EVEN THE CHIEF. NOW, I CALLED THE CHIEF. I TALKED TO CHIEF ON THE PHONE, AND HE THOUGHT I WAS MICHAEL PRINCE. HE WAS TRYING TO COVER UP THE MURDER ON THE PHONE. THAT'S THE CHIEF, SOMEBODY THAT YOU HIRED. SO THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. IF YOU CANNOT GIVE US UPDATES OR TELL US WHO KILLED TAKEOFFS, WHO KILLED DUKE, THE JEWELER, I WANT YOU TO RESIGN. I ALREADY HAVE 8,000 SIGNATURES. WE GOING FOR 10,000 SIGNATURES. I GOT EIGHT, 8,000 ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES. I WANT YOU TO RESIGN. I WANT THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO RESIGN TODAY. OR I WILL BE DOWN THERE NEXT WEEK. I WILL BE IN PERSON NEXT WEEK. AND YOU WILL SEE ME STANDING IN THAT HALLWAY IF YOU DO NOT RESIGN, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU AND THE CHIEF NEED TO RESIGN. YOU NEED TO TELL HOUSTON THAT YOU AND THE, AND THE CHIEF WERE INVOLVED IN THE MURDER OF TAKEOFFS. WHY DON'T YOU GIMME, WHY DON'T GIMME YOUR ADDRESS. WHY DON'T YOU GIMME YOUR ADDRESS SO I CAN FIND YOU. WHY DON'T YOU GIMME YOUR ADDRESS SO I CAN FIND YOU. OH, YOU WANT MY ADDRESS? MY ADDRESS IS PO BOX 4 1 1 1, DALLAS, TEXAS, 7 5 3 4 1. THAT'S MY THREE. AH, THAT'S JUST TOO CUTE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FROM DALLAS. UH, I THINK I'M ALMOST CONVINCED WE'LL START OFF AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR ON, ON THIS POP OFF. YOU MUST BE IN PERSON. WE'RE GONNA END THIS ONLINE CALLING. SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF, THAT DID IT FOR ME. SO, UH, AS OF THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, YOU MUST NOW COME TO THE CHAMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU MUST BE IN YOUR SEATS. THIS, THIS WILL SHOW THAT, UM, WHEN YOU START ABUSING IT, THEN IT'S TIME TO END IT AND IT'S BEING ABUSED. AND ENOUGH, I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS. SO, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT BOLD ENOUGH TO SHOW UP, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THE TIME TO BE LISTENING TO THIS FOOLISHNESS. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. SECOND. JESSICA MELENDEZ. JESSICA MELENDEZ, PRESS STAR SIX. JESSICA MELENDEZ. STAR SIX. JESSICA MELENDEZ. NEXT SPEAKER. RON ROBERTS. I'M SORRY. HELLO THERE. SHE'S, YES, WE ARE HERE. WE CAN HEAR YOU. HI. HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. WE CAN HEAR YOU. I'M ALSO CALLING. YES, I AM ALSO CALLING. 'CAUSE WE, THE PEOPLE DO NEED ANSWERS AND JUSTICE ABDU THE JEWELER AND TAKE OFF. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHY IT'S BEEN OVER A HUNDRED AND SOMETHING DAYS. AND WE HAVE NO UPDATES. NOTHING. WHAT IS, WHAT IS BEING DONE? WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ALL THESE DICE GANGS AND THE MURDERS HAPPENING AT THESE DICE GANGS OF THESE YOUNG INNOCENT PEOPLE? I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WE DO NEED ANSWERS. WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET ANSWERS? HOW COME NOTHING HAS BEEN UPDATED? WE'VE HAD NO UPDATES ON JUST THE JEWELER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FROM GEORGIA. DO YOUR JOB, MAYOR. DO YOUR JOB. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. OKAY. RONALD ROBERTS. RONALD ROBERTS. RONALD ROBERTS IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY ART SMITH. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCILPERSONS. UH, I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAIN ON THE, UH, UH, THE VARIANCE POSTINGS, THE, UH, APPLICATIONS FOR VARIANCE POSTINGS THAT APPEAR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. SO, UH, MS. DAVIS SPOKE EARLIER, AND SO, UH, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH COUNCIL'S PRETTY MUCH AWARE OF WHAT OUR SITUATION IS. SO WE'VE BEEN, LIKE SHE SAID, DOWN AT THE, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER'S MEETING, UH, DISCUSSING THE VARIANCE THAT WERE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE POSTED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND EACH TIME THE VARIANCE WERE, UH, THEY WOULD BREAK OUR, OUR, UH, UM, DEED RESTRICTIONS, THE WAY THEY'RE WRITTEN. SO THESE VARIANTS REALLY WILL WEAKEN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS FOR, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND, UH, HOUSTON HERE OR OTHER AREAS ALSO. AND, UH, SO THE, UH, RESTRICTIONS WERE POSTED, ORIGINALLY POSTED, WELL, THE ORIGINAL WRITING, UH, WAS IN 1939. [01:30:01] AND, UH, SO THESE, THESE RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN FOR THE BROOKHAVEN NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVE, UM, SCULPTURED THE BROOKHAVEN NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE THAT TIME. AND, AND FOR, UH, FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEIGHBORS, THIS REALLY HELPS, UH, THE HOMES, YOU KNOW, BE STRONG AND, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD BE STRONG. SO, AND IT BRINGS OUR NEIGHBORS TOGETHER. SO WE HAD A REAL STRONG, UM, UH, UM, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. WE HAD A REAL STRONG SHOWING AT OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, SO WE KNOW AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, IT WAS STRONG. SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT THE, UH, LEGAL DEPARTMENT, IF POSSIBLE, LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS OR THE, THE WAY THE APPLICATION IS STRUCTURED, SEE IF, IF THE APPLICATION EVEN OPPOSES A CIVIC CLUB, HOA, IF IT OPPOSES THE STRUCTURE OF THE, UH, OF THE CONTRACT THAT THE HOA OR THE CIVIC CLUB HAS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT CAN, UM, GET THAT APPLICATION. SO IT, IT GOES NO FURTHER THAN THE, UH, UH, THAN THE FIRST, UM, APPLICATION THAT THE IS MADE TO THE, UH, CITY OF HOUSTON OR TO THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS, A PLANNING COMMISSION, THEN JUST, JUST, UH, DON'T EVEN APPROVE THE SIGN, BE, UH, PUT UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, UH, AND THE OTHER THING THAT, UH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS, LIKE MS. DAVIS SAID, LIKE MORE THAN ONCE THERE WERE, UH, BUILDERS CONSTRUCTING, UM, UH, BUILDINGS OR RESIDENTIAL, UM, STRUCTURES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS DEFINITELY AGAINST THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. AND THE FACT THAT WE DID GO AND FIND THOSE AND, AND NEIGHBORS CALLED AND, UH, TALK WITH EACH OTHER. AND WE DID, UH, GET THOSE ITEMS STOPPED. UH, AND, AND, AND SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THE, THE, THE, THE FOUNDATION, NOT THE FOUNDATIONS, BUT THE FORMS FOR THE FOUNDATIONS ARE STILL IN THOSE LOTS. OKAY, SO HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I DON'T KNOW, DID YOU FINISH YOUR COMMENT? UH, THOSE WERE THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT I WANTED, IF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT CAN, UH, RESTRUCTURE THE APPLICATION. SO THEY GOES, NO. IF IT LOOKED LIKE IT'S GOING TO OPPOSE A DEED RESTRICTION, UH, IN A STRUCTURED CIVIC CLUB OR STRUCTURED HOA, THEN THE APPLICATIONS SHOULD GO NO FURTHER, I THINK. AND, AND THE FACT THAT, THAT, UH, THERE WERE BUILDINGS, I MEAN, THERE WERE, UM, CONSTRUCTIONS OF FOUNDATIONS BEING BUILT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO SOMEWHERE IN THE INSPECTION DEPARTMENT OR THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT, THE, THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW, JUST A, UH, YOU KNOW, BROTHER-IN-LAWS OR COUSINS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, GOING ON. I DON'T KNOW. BUT THE FACT THAT WE DID SEE THESE, YOU KNOW, AND SO WELL, AND SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IF, IF, IF THERE'S MORE OF A, A, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, OF, UH, FOLLOW THE, THE RULES OR REGULATIONS FOR THE, UH, PERMITTING DEPARTMENT. OKAY. I THINK MY CHIEF OF STAFF LEFT YOU A MESSAGE. OKAY. UH, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, EITHER RETURN THAT OR ASK HIM TO REACH OUT TO YOU AGAIN SO WE COULD GET A MORE IN DEPTH DISCUSSION OKAY. OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING TO SEE IF WE CAN FACILITATE IT. RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING. SURE THING. ONE SECOND. UM, VICE MAYOR, MR. ROBERTS, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND AMPLIFYING THIS ISSUE THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. YES, MA'AM. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS MAYOR, I WANTED TO ASK IS, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR US TO CREATE THAT POSITION FOR SOMEONE TO VERIFY THESE AFFIDAVITS, BECAUSE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW, UH, IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP A PROPERTY AND GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT, THAT JUST CHECKING A BOX THAT SAYS, YES, I'VE VERIFIED THE D RESTRICTIONS, OR, YES, UH, I LOOKED AT THE D RESTRICTIONS, BUT NO ONE CONFIRMS THAT THEY AREN'T VIOLATING THE D RESTRICTIONS OR THAT THERE REALLY IS OR IS NOT D RESTRICTIONS IN THAT, UM, COMMUNITY. SO I FEEL LIKE WE WOULD BE IN A BETTER POSITION IF WE HAD A POSITION OR A PERSON THAT ACTUALLY VERIFIED THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THAT THEY AREN'T VIOLATING THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. I THINK THE, THE, LET ME TAKE THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT. IN THEORY THAT IS TRUE, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. AND, AND I THINK PEOPLE WILL SAY YOU'RE SLOWING DOWN THE PROCESS. I THINK THE, I THINK THE, THE BETTER OPTION IS BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO, TO, TO CHECK THAT THEY HAVE LOOKED AT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THERE ARE NO ISSUES. NOW, THE QUESTION SHOULD BE, WHAT IS THE RAMIFICATION? IF THEY MISREPRESENTED, WELL, WHAT THE REV RAMIFICATION IS THIS, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS TO FILE A LAWSUIT. WELL, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M SAYING IF THAT, IF SOMEONE PER, IF SOMEONE MISREPRESENTS AND CHECK THE BOX THAT THEY'RE ACTING IN COMPLIANCE AND COMES TO FIND OUT THAT THEY DIDN'T ACT IN COMPLIANCE, UM, [01:35:01] THEN THE RAMIFICATIONS SHOULD BE QUITE SEVERE, EVEN IF IT, EVEN IF IT MEANS, UH, TEARING DOWN WHAT YOU HAVE PUT UP, WHICH IS GONNA BE VERY COSTLY ON SOMEBODY'S END. BUT IF IT WILL TAKE A WHOLE SLEW OF LAWYERS ON THE FRONT END TO GO THROUGH AND CHECK TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE DEED RESTRICTIONS, NOT DEED RESTRICTIONS, IF THERE ARE DEED RESTRICTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE. THAT'S A, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK ON THE FRONT END. AND THAT'S WHY WE PUT THE ONUS ON THE DEVELOPER TO SAY, HAVE YOU CHECKED? AND ARE, ARE YOU OPERATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS? NOW, HOWEVER, I I THINK THAT THE ONUS IS ACTUALLY ON THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER'S GONNA SAY, YES, I CHECKED THE BOX. AND THERE'S DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT IT DOES NOT GO IN DEPTH TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE D RESTRICTIONS ARE BEING VIOLATED BY WHAT IS BEING BUILT. AND SO, UNLESS RESIDENTS, UM, LIKE THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, COME TO THE DEPARTMENT AND MAKE A COMPLAINT TO THE COUNCIL OFFICE, NO ONE GOES IN TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S A VIOLATION. NO, I AGREE. IT'S, THERE ARE CHECKS ALL THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE CHECKS THE BOX AND SAID THAT I'VE LOOKED AND WE ARE ACTING IN COMPLIANCE, AND THEY START BUILDING JUST LIKE THESE PERSONS HAVE COME AND SAID, UH, NO, YOU ALL ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THEN IT COMES BACK TO US AND WE CHECK. IT WAS AT THAT POINT WHEN MS. DAVIS, I THINK I GOT YOU, MS. DAVIS CAME AND SAID, NO, THIS PERMIT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED. YOU ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE DE RESTRICTIONS. THEN CITY THEY GO, TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND AGREED THAT THEY WERE OPERATING AND PUT A STOP ON IT. SO IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY, THE COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE OUT THERE HAVE TO BE LOOKING AND CHECKING. UH, AND THEN WHEN THEY BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION ON THOSE PARTICULAR CASES, THEN LEGAL IS ABLE TO TAKE, TO DRILL DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK. BUT IF WE ASK THEM LEGAL ON THE FRONT END TO TAKE A LOOK AT EVERY REQUEST BY THESE DEVELOPERS, THAT IS ASKING A GREAT DEAL. THAT IS A VERY COSTLY, UH, STEP. AND THE QUESTION IS, NOW WHO PAYS FOR THAT? BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, YOU ARE ASKING FOR A SLEW OF LAWYERS OR PARALEGALS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SO IT'S GOTTA BE SOME SEVERE RAMIFICATIONS. IF A DEVELOPER CHECKS THE BOX AND, UM, MOTION TO EXTEND, MOTION TO EXTEND MS MOVED SECONDING OBJECTION CHAIR IS NOW GRANTED. SO THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME SEVERE RAMIFICATIONS. IF A DEVELOPER CHECKS THE BOX AND PERCEIVES, AND THEN THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE STEPS UP AND SAYS, YOU SHOULD NOT BE BUILDING HERE. YOU ARE VIOLATING OUR D RESTRICTIONS. AND IF WE FIND OUT THAT IN FACT, A DEVELOPER IS VIOLATING THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, THEN THERE HAVE TO BE SOME SEVERE CONSEQUENCES. AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN OUR ORDINANCES TO MAKE IT MORE SEVERE. AND THEY'RE NOT SEVERE ENOUGH BECAUSE BASICALLY THEY, THEY AREN'T SEVERE AND THEY, AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME. AND I'M THINKING ABOUT A SITUATION IN A COMMUNITY, UH, THAT I REPRESENT WHERE THE HOMEOWNER GOT A PERMIT TO BUILD A CARPORT, WHICH WAS A VIOLATION OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. BUT HE CHECKED, YES, HE CHECKED HIS DEED RESTRICTIONS, HE PUT UP THE CARPORT, NOW THE COMMUNITY IS, UM, PETITIONING THE CITY, AND THE CITY IS IN A LAWSUIT WITH THIS PERSON. WHEREAS I FEEL IF THEY WOULD'VE CHECKED IT AT THE BEGINNING AND SAID, NO, YOU CAN'T PUT A CARPORT BECAUSE THESE ARE YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS, THEN WE WOULD'VE CAUGHT IT ON THE FRONT END AND WOULDN'T BE IN A LAWSUIT. NO, I, I AGREE. IT'S JUST WHERE, WHERE THE, WHO'S GOING TO ASSUME THE COST ON THAT FRONT END. UM, NOW IF IT'S A SITUATION WHERE, IF, IF THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE SAW THAT PERSON BUILDING THE CARPORT, AND BEFORE IT WAS CONSTRUCTED ALL THE WAY, CAME TO THE CITY AND SAID, LOOK, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS HOMEOWNER PROPERTY OWNED IS ACTING CONTRARY, UH, TO THE DE RESTRICTIONS, AND THEN WE STEP IN AT THAT MOMENT, THEN YOU CAN STOP 'EM AT THAT MOMENT. BUT I MEAN, I AGREE WITH YOU. IT'S JUST WHERE IN THE CONTINUUM WHO ASSUMES THE RESPONSIBILITY? WHERE, AND WHO'S GOING TO ASSUME THE COST? AND, UH, AND IT'S TRYING TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE. UH, HOLD ON. UM, THAT STIMULATED A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, . UH, SO COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND AND I, I AGREE THAT WE HAVE TO FIND A, A RESOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S FACING THE ENTIRE CITY. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO WHERE, UM, THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION OR THE CIVIC CLUB HAS TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS. THEY KNOW THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. MAYBE THE, UH, DEVELOPERS HAVE TO GET SOME TYPE OF, UM, SIGN OFF FROM THE HOA UPFRONT THAT WE, WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF, OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE CHECKED OFF THAT IT IS GOOD, UM, BASED ON OUR, OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS. AND EVEN IF THERE'S SOMETHING ONLINE TO WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A PERSON CHECKING EVERYTHING, [01:40:01] BUT IF YOU GO ONLINE AND YOU CLICK YES, I HAVE, I HAVE LOOKED AT THE DE RESTRICTIONS IN THIS DEVELOPMENT. UM, UH, IT'S NOT RESTRICTED BY THE DE RESTRICTIONS BY CLICKING THIS. UM, YOU KNOW, I GIVE, I I, I PUT FORTH THAT. AND IF, IF, IF THAT IS NOT TRUE, THEN THESE PENALTIES WILL COME INTO PLACE. WHATEVER THAT IS, RIGHT? OKAY. AND THEN IT GOES BACK TO SAY, DID YOU CLICK THAT? IF YOU CLICK THAT AND IT COMES TO SHOW THAT NO, YOU WERE ACTUALLY IN VIOLATION OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, WELL, YOU'RE GONNA HIT THIS FINANCIAL PENALTY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN WITHIN AN X AMOUNT OF TIME, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. AND THEN YOU WON'T SEE ALL THESE, UM, PEOPLE DOING SHORTCUTS OR DOING THINGS THAT AREN'T PROPER. BUT THE HOAS AND THE CIVIC CLUBS, THEY KNOW THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS BETTER THAN ANYTHING. AND IF, IF, IF WE WANT TO HAVE THEM COME AFTER THE FACT AND THEY HAVE TO BE THESE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHDOGS, THAT'S A LOT TOO. MAKE THE DEVELOPERS GO TO THE HOA AND SAY, WE ARE COMING INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE PROPOSE X DEVELOPMENT. WE NEED TO SIGN OFF FROM YOU ALL THAT IT MEETS THESE D RESTRICTIONS. AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THIS START TO CEASE IF WE GO THAT ROUTE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK I, I THINK, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S SOME MERIT IN THAT AS LONG AS THE PROCESS, AS LONG AS WE ARE NOT UNDULY SLOWING DOWN, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE CRITICISM WILL COME INTO PLAY. UM, SO I, I, IT'S, IT'S ROOM FOR THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I MEAN, 'CAUSE UM, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CITY MADE THE DECISION THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA DO ZONING, WE OPENED UP THE FLOODGATES. AND NOW THAT WE ARE, THE CITY IS MOVING AT A RAPID PACE AND DEVELOPING, AND PEOPLE ARE BUILDING ALL OVER THE PLACE. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR LAND TO BUILD. UH, SO I, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A LOOK, TAKE A, A MORE, A MORE, A DEEPER DIVE ON WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO PROCEED. BUT THIS CONVERSATION IS, IS, UH, STIMULATING A LOT OF, A LOT OF THOUGHT AS YOU RIGHTFULLY SHOULD. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. YES, MA'AM. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER POLL'S POINT, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, DO VERY WELL WITH NOTIFICATION FROM THE STATE. WHEN WE RECEIVE A 9% TAX CREDIT APPLICATION, IT KICKS OUT AN AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION, UM, FOR DEVELOPERS HAVE TO NOTIFY US THAT THEY INTEND TO DO A DEAL IN YOUR DISTRICT. I THINK SIMILARLY, LOCALLY, WE'VE ADOPTED MEASURES THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE TO GO TO A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMPLETE COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE TO GET THESE LETTERS OF SUPPORT. NOT TO SLOW DOWN, BUT ON A CERTAIN LEVEL, WE ALREADY DO THIS. UM, I DO THINK EVEN AT JUST THE LEVEL OF NOTIFICATION, ONCE THEY APPLY FOR THAT PERMIT, THAT THE, THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR THE HOA SHOULD RECEIVE A NOTICE TO KNOW THIS IS IN PROCESS PLANNING, SENDS US MOTION TO STAND. SECOND OBJECTION HERE. NONE GRIND. THANK YOU. PLANNING SENDS US EVERY VERY OFTEN A LIST OF, OF ONGOING PERMITS AND PLATS THAT ARE IN QUEUE FOR EACH DISTRICT. AND YOU CAN MONITOR THAT. IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK. YOU HAVE TO DILIGENTLY BE ON THAT. SO EVEN ON THE COUNCIL STAFF SIDE, WE DO RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, SOMETIMES THAT DOES FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT OF DETAIL AND WE'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO I DO, UM, UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT JUST THE, THE NATURE OF THOSE, UM, DEED RESTRICTIONS. HOWEVER, I THINK THE SIMPLE NOTIFICATION OF AN AUTOMATIC, IT SHOULD KICK BACK TO WHOEVER WE HAVE ON FILE. I DO THINK THAT'S A INCREDIBLE BURDEN FOR CITY LEGAL TO DEAL WITH AFTER THE FACT. AND THEN THE, THE REALITY IS, IS THAT EVEN IF WE DO THOSE PENALTIES, RIGHT, UH, SOMEONE WILL STILL COME BACK TO COUNSEL AND SAY, OH, AMEND THE ITEM. I'M GONNA GET IT FIXED, YOU KNOW, PLEASE VOTE. YOU KNOW? RIGHT. AND WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT. WE'LL BE CAUGHT UP IN THAT EACH TIME. SO I DO THINK A SIMPLE NOTIFICATION WILL ALLOW HOA AND RESIDENTS ON THE FRONT END TO LEAST COMMUNICATE IN A PUBLIC SESSION BEFORE WE'RE TOO FAR ALONG IN THE PROCESS. MM-HMM . BECAUSE BY THAT TIME, THEN WE'RE AT WAR ABOUT AMENDING AN, AN ITEM AND LETTING THEM KEEP THEIR BUILDING AND DOING ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. SO, UM, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. I THINK IT'S JUST A TRANSPARENT, EFFICIENT WAY TO MOVE. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER . YES. JUST, JUST, UH, JUST REITERATING THAT NOTIFICATION, SOME IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY EXACT, WE DON'T WANNA SLOW THINGS DOWN AT ALL, BUT SOME KIND OF NOTIFICATION COULD BE WARRANTED. I'VE HAD GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH HEATHER COOK, SHE PRESENTED AT COMMITTEE AND NEAR JA IRE. THERE ARE, THIS IS A, A COMPLEX THING THAT SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES HOMEOWNERS GROUPS UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS IS NOT THE SAME INTERPRETATION AS, AS CITY LEGAL'S INTERPRETATION. SO THAT, THAT'S A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC ALSO, WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO COURT ON SOME OF THESE THINGS. IF, IF IT, IF SOMETHING'S HAPPENED, LIKE IN YOUR CARPORT EXAMPLE, IF YOU ALREADY HAVE FIVE [01:45:01] NEIGHBORS WHO GOT AWAY WITH PUTTING THE CARPORT UP, ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT'S KIND OF LIKE, WELL, YEAH, YOU HAVE IN YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT CARPORTS AREN'T ALLOWED, BUT THERE'S ALREADY FIVE. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, SO THERE'S IT. I DON'T KNOW. IT, THERE'S A LOT OF LAYERS TO THIS AS YOU PEEL BACK THE ONION, BUT HAPPY TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE IN COMMITTEE ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY, UH, COUNCILMAN MSBA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ACTUALLY MENTIONED, UH, THAT WHEN THE OTHER SPEAKER WAS HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAD A DEED RESTRICTION WORKSHOP, I GUESS IT WAS A YEAR AGO. TIME PASSED SO FAST. AND SO I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ON TOP OF THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS, BECAUSE IT'S VERY, VERY HURTFUL WHEN YOU FIND OUT THAT YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS HAVE EXPIRED AND THEREFORE YOU HAVE NO TEETH. BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE THOSE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE. THE CITIZENS ARE THERE, RIGHT THERE. IF YOU GET READY TO BUILD SOMETHING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, I'M GONNA KNOW. AND SO I WANNA ALSO LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IS. PARTICIPATE IN YOUR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, ORGANIZE YOUR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS. I THINK THAT COULD HAVE A PERVASIVE, UH, EFFECT EVEN ON OUR TRASH AND CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. BECAUSE WHEN YOU BECOME MORE INVOLVED AND ENTRENCHED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU'RE LESS INCLINED TO TRASH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD THROW THAT IN AS WELL. BUT RIGHT NOW, WE REALLY DO NEED TO LOOK AT IT AND, AND TAKE A DEEPER DIVE TO SEE HOW WE CAN PREVENT ALL OF THESE LEGAL ACTIONS AND PEOPLE HAVING THE PROTECTIONS THAT SHOULD BE AFFORDED BY THESE DEED RESTRICTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND MR. ROBERTS. NOW WE ARE BACK TO YOU, . OKAY. SO, AND, AND ANOTHER THING I WANNA SAY IS LIKE EACH TIME THAT WE'VE GONE DOWN TO THE, UH, UM, UH, PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING, SO THAT'S, THAT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM WHATEVER THE PLANNING COMMITTEE DOES OTHER THAN 'CAUSE WE, WE ARE OBJECTING TO THE SAME, YOU KNOW, UH, BASIC, UH, UH, UH, UM, ISSUE EACH TIME. AND ALSO, I'LL, I'LL SAY TOO, LIKE ONCE WE DID FIND THAT THERE WAS A VIOLATION GOING ON AND WE CALLED, UH, 3 1 1, AND WHICH GOT US IN TOUCH WITH THE, UH, UH, DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY DID COME OUT, LOOK, LOOK OVER THE, UH, UH, THE ISSUE. AND IF THERE WAS NOTHING POSTED, NO, NO, UH, UH, PERMIT POSTED, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DEALT WITH THAT, THEY DID DEALT WITH THAT ISSUE, OR THEY, YOU KNOW, ISSUED A, A VIOLATION NOTICE. SO, UH, THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING AND, AND THERE'S NO NEED TO OVERWORK THE, UH, UH, UH, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING. I MEAN, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION. THANK LOOK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YOUR COMMENTS WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. ALRIGHT. I'M SORRY, ONE SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMAN POLL. YEAH, LAST THING, MAYOR. UH, I, I THINK WHAT WE'VE ALL KIND OF, UM, COME TO SOME CONCLUSION ON IS, IS NOTICE IS IMPORTANT. WHETHER, WHETHER IT, WHETHER IT, UM, REQUIRES THAT IT, IT, IT, IT HAS TO HAVE SOME ACTION AFTER THE NOTICE OR NOT. WE CAN ALL DECIDE ON THAT POLICY-WISE, DOWN THE LINE, BUT SOME TYPE OF NOTICE JUST SAYING, HEY, THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN PROPOSED, OR A PERMIT HAS BEEN PUT FORTH, OR SOMETHING. JUST SOME NOTICE. SO THEN BOTH SIDES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO LOOK INTO, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY VIOLATION, UM, FROM A, FROM A VERY SIMPLISTIC STANDPOINT, THAT AT LEAST NEEDS TO BE MET. AND I THINK, UM, YOUR COMMENTS TODAY HAVE REALLY HELPED SPUR A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDED TO BE HAD. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO TRY TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. BUT NOTICE IN ITSELF IS, IS IMPORTANT ACROSS THE BOARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. NEXT SPEAKER ART SMITH, MR. SMITH TO BE FOLLOWED BY COFFEE BAY. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT, UM, I GOT A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF MR. EARL, WHICH IS EARL HENDERSON PARK. THIS IS A PARK THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN, IN, UM, OFF OF, UH, HARDY STREET. AND THE RHINE EDITION IS THE ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PARK, I'M, I'M A I'M, IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. I MISSED THE TIME WHEN THE MAYOR, ALL Y'ALL WENT OUT THERE, Y'ALL DID SOME BICYCLE STUFF AT EARL HENDERSON PARK, BUT DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET ON I THINK THE 4,200 BLOCK OF MURRAY STREET, THERE'S BUSHS AND WEEDS, PROBABLY AS TALL AS THAT CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT UP THERE. AND, UM, I MEAN, IT'S VERY, VERY BAD. THERE'S A INDIVIDUAL, THERE'S SOME HOMELESS GUYS THAT STAY IN THERE. AND I'M NOT SPEAKING AGAINST THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HOMELESS BEFORE IN MY LIFETIME, YOU KNOW, UM, SO I'M DEFINITELY NOT SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THAT. BUT THERE'S A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL. THERE WAS A CAUCASIAN MALE THAT LIVED IN THESE BUSHES THAT WE'VE REPORTED SEVERAL TIMES. I'VE COME DOWN HERE TO CITY HALL BEFORE AND TALKED ABOUT IT. BUT THIS HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL, THIS CAUCASIAN MALE WAS FOUND DEAD YESTERDAY ON THE TABLE UNDER THE GAZEBO AT THIS EARL HENDERSON [01:50:01] PARK. THERE WAS SEVERAL, UM, HPD OFFICERS OUT THERE. THE MEDICAL UNITS WAS OUT THERE. UM, AND, UM, THE CORONERS CAME OUT, BUT THE MEDICAL UNITS, THEY HAD, THEY MASK ON AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND I WAS JUST, I HAD REPORTED TO 3 1 1. THEY HAVE SINCE RECTIFIED THE PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE SINCE CAME OUT AND, UM, UH, SANITIZED THE TABLE, BUT HAD THOSE POLICE OFFICERS, OTHER CORONERS ROPED THAT AREA OFF WHEN THE BODY WAS REMOVED, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN OPEN ALL DAY ON YESTERDAY. I WAITED AROUND FOR A COUPLE HOURS, MY WIFE AND I. BUT, UM, ALSO I SAW A FAMILY, A GRANDMOTHER AND HER TWO CHILDREN, I MEAN HER TWO GRANDKIDS. AND I SAW ANOTHER, UH, FAMILY THAT STAYED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PARK. AND THEY SAY, MAN, THE CITY'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE WEEDS AND EVERYTHING, IT'S BETWEEN, UH, THE PARK, MURRAY STREET, AND THEN THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THEY USED TO BE, I THINK IT'S USUALLY PACIFIC, ONE OF THOSE. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, SO I'M TALKING TO THE GRANDMOTHER AND SHE SAID, THERE'S A COYOTE THAT COMES OUT EVERY NIGHT. AND HER HUSBAND, HER DAD TOLD HER ABOUT THE COYOTE THAT COMES OUT. SO I TOLD HIS GRANDMOTHER, I SAID, YOU MIGHT WANNA WATCH YOUR PETS BECAUSE THAT COYOTE CAN COME INTO YOUR YARD AND KILL BOTH OF YOUR PETS. WELL, THE LITTLE GIRL IS ABOUT SIX, SEVEN YEARS OLD. SHE SAID, NO, SIR, NOT ONLY WILL THE, THE COYOTE COME IN AND KILL THE PETS, THE COYOTE COME AND KILL ME AND MY BROTHER. AND THAT WAS VERY DISHEARTENING FOR ME TO HEAR THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MAJOR NEGLECT THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE. AND LIKE I TOLD SOME OF THE PEOPLE FROM HARDY STREET, I SAID, HEY, MAN, WHILE Y'ALL OUT HERE TAKING PICTURES AND ALL ON THE NEWS AND EVERYTHING, WHEN THE, Y'ALL HAD TO MARRY THEM OUT HERE, WHY Y'ALL DIDN'T ASK THEM ABOUT, HEY, WHEN CAN WE CLEAN UP THAT OVER THERE ACROSS THE STREET? NOW I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UH, MS. UH, CARLOS RIO'S OFFICE, UH, UH, MS. EMILY, SHE CALLED COUPLE OF TIMES AND UH, UH, AND RENEE THAT OFTEN, THAT USUALLY BE IN HERE. YOU KNOW, THEY ON TOP OF IT BECAUSE, BUT, BUT THIS ADDRESS THING THAT'S, THEY KIND OF, THERE IS SO MUCH CONFUSION ON WHO OWNS THE LAND, WHETHER IT'S UNION PACIFIC OR THE RAILROAD, THE CITY. MY, I CHALLENGE SOME OF MY BUDDIES. I SAY, MAN, WE NEED TO GET ALL OUR OWN WEED EATERS AND ALL THAT STUFF TO GO OVER HERE AND CLEAN THIS UP. AND WE WALKED OVER THERE SOMETIME IN MAY, APRIL OR MAY, AND WE SAW A BIG OLD SNAKE IN THERE. SO BIG AND BLACK MAN, SO BIG. I'M GONNA BE HONEST, MAN, THAT COUNTS AT ALL, ALL WORK OUT, MAN. THEY, THEY, THEY JUST LIKE, OH, NAH. ALRIGHT MAN, WE GOTTA GET SOME HEAVY TRACTORS OR SOMETHING IN HERE, BUT CAN I GET EXTRA MINUTE? UM, GIVE YOU ONE, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE. YEAH, YEAH. SO, SO, SO IT, THE, THE PARK IS EARL HENDERSON PARK. THIS IS A PARK THAT, THIS IS OUR FORMER BASEBALL COACH. HE'S NOT, HE'S DECEASED NOW, BUT HE TAUGHT US A LOT OF INTEGRITY AND TAUGHT US A LOT OF MORALS AND A LOT OF S AND AND HE SHOWED US HOW TO BE ACCOUNTABLE, MAN. AND I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING, I DON'T KNOW IT BY BEING END OF THE END OF THE YEAR THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES, BUT THIS HOMELESS GUY WAS LIVING ON THIS PROPERTY THAT I'VE BEEN REPORTING FOR OVER A YEAR THAT'S BEEN NEGLECTED IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT OFF OF COLLINSWORTH AND HARD STREET. AND I'M JUST SAYING, IS IT ANYTHING THAT THE CITY, WHAT CAN WE DO? WE GOT SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S WILLING TO COME OVER THERE AND HELP, BUT WE JUST NEED SOME REAL MACHINERY TO COME OVER THERE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S PRETTY BAD. AND, AND, AND BEHIND THE PARK WHEN THOSE TREES AND EVERYTHING IS DOWN, IT'S A REAL NICE SCENERY. AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO SAY TO MR. PENA, ARMANDO PENA, HE HAD THE, UH, PRESSURE WASHER CREW GO OUT THERE FROM THE CITY. SO 3 1 1 DOES WORK, 3 1 1 DOES WORK. AND, AND, AND I KNOW Y'ALL CAN'T DO ANYTHING IF YOU'RE NOT, IF IT'S NOT BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER, MR. ROS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR, FOR WORKING WITH ME AND MY AND, AND NOTIF IN MY OFFICE. WHEN YOU REPORTED THE, THAT DEATH, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE FIRST WE KNEW ABOUT IT, AND WE JUMPED ON IT TOO. AND THE, AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT GOT SOMEONE OVER THERE IMMEDIATELY TO CLEAN AND, AND SANITIZE. SO THANK YOU. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, AND THE INVESTMENT THAT HAS GONE INTO, UM, REALLY UPGRADING THAT PARK. YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, IT'S A, A TESTAMENT TO, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY WHO, WHO, THAT IT'S, IT, IT MEANS SO MUCH, YOU KNOW? AND, AND THE COACH THAT WAS THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAD SUCH A POWERFUL IMPACT ON, ON NOT JUST YOU, BUT, BUT MANY OF THE, THE ADULTS WHO REALLY POINT TO HIM. I HEAR STORIES ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO HEAR YOU ALSO SAY THAT, UM, THE PROPERTY THAT'S, THAT'S OVERGROWN, THAT'S NOT CITY PROPERTY. THAT'S THE, THAT BELONGS TO THE RAILROAD. THE RAILROAD, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOTORIOUS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING COOPERATION TO, TO, TO CLEAN UP. BUT THAT IS NOT CITY PROPERTY. THE CITY PROPERTY I THINK IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, THAT'S GETTING A, A LOT OF LOVE FROM WHAT I CAN TELL. YOU KNOW, WE'VE CERTAINLY INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY IN IT. AND I'VE ALSO, UM, LAST YEAR, UM, MET WITH, UM, THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, TO THE, [01:55:01] THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, BECAUSE THAT BOOK BELONGS TO THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GROW THAT WAY INTO SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, YOU KNOW, FIELDS OR MAYBE A, AN ACTIVITY CENTER. THERE'S A LOT OF BIG DREAMS, BUT THAT'S, THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE COUNTY THAT WOULD DO THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, AND YES, WE ARE IN A CITY WHERE THERE'S BAUSE AND THERE'S, THERE'S SOME KIND OF WILD AREAS AND THERE ARE COYOTES. I'VE, I'VE, I'VE HAD REPORTS OF COYOTES RUNNING DOWN, YOU KNOW, ON THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET IN WOODLAND HEIGHTS. I MEAN, THEY COME UP, THEY'RE ALL OVER, YOU KNOW? YEAH. SNAKES AND RATS AND THINGS. RATS EAT SNAKES OR NO, SNAKES EAT RATS. I'M SORRY, THE OTHER WAY AROUND. YOU KNOW? SO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO KILL A SNAKE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT BOTHERING YOU BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY TAKE CARE OF OTHER PROBLEMS TOO. YEAH. UM, AND IN THE, I I KNOW THERE ARE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THOSE BUSHES. YEAH. AND, UM, AND WORKING WITH THE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE RYAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION, SHE KNOWS ALL OF THEM BY NAME AND, AND WORKS WITH THEM. AND I'VE CONNECTED HER LAST YEAR WITH MARK EICHENBAUM, WHO'S, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF, UM, OF HOMELESSNESS TO, TO, BECAUSE BECAUSE THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP THERE WITH HER. THEY TRUST HER, YOU KNOW, TO TO CONNECT HIM TO THEM, TO, TO, TO SEE WHO COULD BE PERSUADED TO ACCEPT HOUSING, BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS THE CITY'S GOAL IS TO PUT PEOPLE IN HOUSING. YEP. SO IF THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UM, WE CONTINUE TO DO REALLY A, A VERY GOOD JOB HOUSING PEOPLE, BUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MORE THAT ARE HOUSED, THE ONES THAT ARE, THAT REMAIN, ARE THE HARDEST TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, TO CONVINCE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAN, WOULD ACCEPT HOUSING. SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR EYE ON 'EM AND YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HELPING THEM TOO. MY, MY, MY OUTLOOK ON IT WOULD BE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAD, WOULD HE HAVE LOST HIS LIFE? HAD HE HAD THOSE BUSHES BEEN DOWN? THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ONE PLACE THAT HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, IF YOU PASS BY THERE, NOW THE STENCH IS SO BAD ACROSS THE STREET, YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT'S MORE DECOMPOSED BODIES OVER THERE. THIS IS LIKE SERIOUS. MM-HMM . AND MY WIFE AND I, WE WAS LIVE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND A LOT OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIAS PEOPLE ON FIFTH WARD LIVE TV, THEY WAS CALLING IN AND THAT HELPED OUT. EVEN MR. PENA WITH THE, UH, GREENERY, UH, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE CITY. HE, HE MENTIONED THAT NOW THE PROPERTY THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, I HAD THE FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER, CARL CRAWFORD, MY WIFE AND I WAS WORKING WITH HIM MM-HMM . AND AT THE TIME WE WAS WORKING WITH, UH, MR. UH, MICHAEL KOSH, AND I ASKED HIM TO PUT $5 MILLION ON THE TABLE TO BUILD A CARL CRAWFORD COMMUNITY CENTER. AND HE WAS INTERESTED, BUT SOMETHING JUST KIND OF FELL APART AS FAR AS, UH, BUT, BUT, BUT HE WAS INTERESTED IN PUTTING UP $5 MILLION OF HIS OWN MONEY TO, TO BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE HE PLAYED IN THAT PARK AND GREW UP ON, ON IN THAT SAME AREA. BUT, BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT HAPPENED WAS ALL OF THOSE HOUSING AND, AND HERE'S A PICTURE I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE IT. OKAY. YEAH. BUT HERE'S A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE HOUSING THAT WAS THERE YEAH. ON THAT PROPERTY THAT YOU SAID THAT'S NOW OWNED BY THE COUNTY. YEAH. WELL, LET ME TELL. I WENT TO A MEETING AT PRECINCT TWO AND, AND, UM, THE COMMISSIONER IS INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, SO HE HAD A LIAISON THERE AND THEY WERE ALL TALKING, WE, WE MET AT THERE AT, AT A COUNTY OFFICE, UM, IN FOR PRECINCT TWO ABOUT THAT. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS, BUT I MEAN, BUT I MEAN, I MEAN IN TERMS OF THE, AND MOVING IT FORWARD, BUT, BUT THERE IS, THERE'S A GROUP OUT THERE THAT'S ALREADY, YOU KNOW, DREAMING BIG ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD BE. AND I, I WOULD CONNECT WITH THAT COMMISSIONER, WELL, THIS WAS IN 2017. OKAY. I WAS ACTUALLY CARL CRAWFORD, MY WIFE CRAWFORD, AND ANOTHER FRIEND OF OF HISS. WE, WE WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST ONES THAT INITIATE THAT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH IT NOW, BUT IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT YOU GET AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S WILLING TO PUT UP ITS OWN $5 MILLION TO HAVE SOMETHING BUILT TO, TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. WE, WE, WE PROBABLY NEED TO TAKE THIS OFFLINE. YEAH. TIME. WE'LL TALK SOME MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. COUNCIL, I'M SORRY, IS THAT MOTION TO EXTEND? I JUST WANTED TO THE MOTION TO EXTEND. YES. SECOND, SECOND. YOU OBJECT HEARING. JUST VERY QUICKLY, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU A THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS COMING DOWN, TAKING CARE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YES MA'AM. AND FOR YOUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. COFFEE L BAY COFFEE L BAY. HELLO. HOW Y'ALL DOING? UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN REFERENCE TO WHAT MY HUSBAND JUST SAID, UH, MISS CIRO, SHE SAID THAT IT WASN'T THE CITY PROPERTY, IT WAS THE RAILROAD PROPERTY WAS CITY PROPERTY, JUST LIKE IDENTICAL TWINS RIGHT NEXT TO THE RAILROAD PROPERTY. AND BOTH PROPERTIES ARE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND IT'S BEEN SOME ILLEGAL DUMPING RIGHT THERE ON THE PART THAT I SUPPOSEDLY IN REFERENCE TO THE CITY PROPERTY AND EVERYTHING IS STILL IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. WHAT IT IS, IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. UM, MY SUBJECT WAS BASED UPON COMMUNITY PARK HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS BECAUSE WE HAVE CHILDREN [02:00:01] THAT PLAY IN THAT PARK. MY HUSBAND AND I GOT MARRIED IN THAT PARK GOING ON 25 YEARS AGO. AND AT THE TIME ALL OF THAT WAS NOT THERE. AND SO WHEN WE SEEN THE DECEASED BODY IN THE PARK, WHICH IS A CITY PARK, UH, THERE WAS NO TAPE AROUND THE BODY TO INFORM ANYBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS GOING ON. THE GUY THAT WAS HANDLING THE, UH, DECEASED, UH, MALE PERSON'S BODY WAS LAUGHING AS IF IT WAS FUNNY. AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THEY REMOVED HIS BODY, UH, THEY DIDN'T PUT ANY YELLOW TAPE UP. AND I WAS LIKE, ALRIGHT, WHAT IF PEOPLE EAT AT THAT TABLE AND NOT KNOWING THAT IT WAS A DEAD BODY THERE? WHAT IF THE CHILDREN PUT THEIR HANDS THERE AND PLAN AND PUT 'EM IN THEIR MOUTH? I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE OF A SAFETY PRECAUTION AT THAT TIME WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WAS IN A POSITION OF POWER TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. LIKE IT WAS A POLICE OFFICER OUT THERE, A FEMALE WHO COULD SHE HAVE CALLED TO SAY, HEY, UH, IT NEED TO BE SOME YELLOW TAPES, SOME PRECAUTION SIGNS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT GOING ON. AND LIKE ART SAID, WE REPORTED THIS, UH, TO THE CITY 3 1 1, ET CETERA, ABOUT A YEAR OR A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. NOBODY DID ANYTHING. AND IT'S A, UH, YELLOW SIGN UP THERE AS IF THE CITY, UH, ED THE CITY. SO I'M LIKE, OKAY, WILL THE CITY DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BEING THAT THE CITY IS ED ABOUT THIS ILLEGAL DUMPING ALL OF THESE BUSHES, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE BUSHES? AND MY THING IS, WHEN YOU COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE AND PEOPLE THAT ARE IN A POSITION OF POWER LIKE YOU GUYS, TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, YOU UNIFY AND YOU GET RIGHT ON IT. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO BE A DEAD BODY IN THE PARK FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN. AND WE'VE BEEN CALLING ABOUT THIS SITUATION FOR YEARS AND THEY SAID THE UH, POLICE OFFICER SAID THAT THE DEAD BODY WAS SLEEPING IN THE BUSHES. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN ABOUT STOPPING THE VIOLENCE SINCE WE GAVE THE JUNE 10TH EVENT OVER THERE AT EARL HENDERSON PARK, LIKE IN, STARTED IN 1994. AND SO THIS IS NOTHING NEW, AND WE'RE STILL SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH TO CRIME AND STOPPING THE VIOLENCE. AND IT'S SAD THAT A PERSON CAN HEAR YOU A LITTLE BIT WHEN SOMEBODY DIED. YOU KNOW, LET'S TAKE CARE PRIOR TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 'CAUSE MAYBE THAT GUY HAD A HEALTH PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, WE AS TAXPAYERS, WE HAVE MONEY WITHIN THE CITY THAT WE PAY AS TAXPAYERS THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THE CLEANING OF THE PARK. YEAH. IT'S BEAUTIFUL NOW, BUT I KNOW WHEN Y'ALL CAME OUT, MAY I HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE PLEASE. THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S BEAUTIFUL NOW, AND THAT'S GREAT. I GIVE YOU ONE, I GIVE AND I CONGRATULATE YOU. I CONGRATULATE YOU, UH, MAYOR TURNER AND EVERYBODY THAT WORKED ON THAT, UH, MISS CISNEROS. BUT AT THE TIME, I'M SAYING TO MY HUSBAND, DID THEY NOT SEE THESE BUSHES OVER THERE? DID THEY NOT KNOW ABOUT THESE HOMELESS PEOPLE OVER THERE? AND THAT'S MY MAIN THING. IT'S GREAT TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT LET'S NOT JUST BEAUTIFY THIS, BUT THEN RIGHT THERE ACROSS THE STREET, WE HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE, BUSHES AND ALL OF THAT. AND I SAID TO ART, I SAID, THAT'S GOOD. THE COMMUNITY WANT TO HELP AND MOW THE GRASS DOWN OR WHATEVER, BUT THE CITY HAVE GENERAL FUNDS. THEY HAVE MONEY. I WOULD TAX DOLLARS. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IT'S RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN SEE IT. AND THE THING IS JUST ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. WHEN PEOPLE BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION, YOU KNOW, YOU, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE WANT YOUR VOTES, THEY ALL IN YOUR FACE, EVERYBODY LOOKING BEAUTIFUL, SMILING WITH THE BEAUTIFUL TEETH. BUT THEN WHEN YOU GET IN THE SEAT AND YOU TRY TO CALL PEOPLE AND EMAIL 'EM, NOBODY GET BACK WITH YOU. SO MY THING IS, WHEN YOU SERVE FOR THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU WORK FOR THE PEOPLE AND IT'S JUST WANT A BETTER HOUSTON WITHIN THE NATION. AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. AND, AND THERE ARE ALWAYS THINGS, SOME MORE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE. UM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, 25,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOUSED TO A HOMELESS. MM-HMM . OKAY. 25,000. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. AND, AND SO IT'S NOT THAT THE HOMELESS HAS BEEN IGNORED, OKAY? THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FINDING THEMSELVES IN NEED AND ARE CONSTANTLY GOING THROUGH OUR SYSTEM, FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS, AND ANY NUMBER ON THE STREETS. SO NO ONE IS IGNORING THE HOMELESS. NOBODY'S WAITING FOR ANYBODY TO BE, UH, TO DIE BEFORE MAKING ACTION. MM-HMM . THE FOCUS, UH, OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS HAS BEEN ON PARKS. MM-HMM . AND PARKS, NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. MM-HMM . NOT THE WELL KNOWN PARKS. MM-HMM . BUT THEY ARE TREMENDOUS NEEDS THAT EXIST. MM-HMM . WITHIN OUR CITY. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE NEEDS THAT EXIST OUT THERE. WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS. UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UM, YOU CAN'T JUST DO IT ALL UNDER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THERE HAVE BEEN, THERE'S BEEN NEGLECT OF THIS CITY OVER THE DECADES OKAY. OVER THE DECADES. SO I AGREE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT LEMME JUST SAY UHHUH, BUT THAT'S NOT COME TO THE MIC AND ACT LIKE NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. OKAY. AND I DIDN'T SAY THAT THEY WAS NEGLECTING. I'M SAYING WHEN YOU REACH OUT ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITES, [02:05:01] THE ONLINE AND ALL OF THAT, YOU GET NO ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND. I'M SPEAKING THE TRUTH INTO FACTS. OKAY. AND MS. CIRO DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT PART EXISTED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. SO COME ON, LET'S KEEP IT REAL, BUT KEEP IT. THANK YOU. LET'S REAL, I'M NOT ACCUSING OR BLAMING ANYBODY, I'M JUST STATING FACTS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, NEXT SPEAKER. ROSA, GO. GUZMAN. ROSA GUZMAN IS HERE. HI MAYOR. HI, COUNCIL MEMBERS. HOW ARE Y'ALL? I'M GOOD. I'M, I'M HERE TODAY. UM, IN REGARDS, I DO NOT HAVE THIS PROJECT NUMBER, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE MAYOR, UH, REHABILITATION PAVEMENT FOR THE AREA IN THE SECOND WARD EAST END. IT IS, UM, A PROJECT THAT I PERSONALLY WAS WORKING WITH VERONICA HERNANDEZ ON. THESE ARE THE STREETS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT, BUT THEY'RE GOING FROM NAVIGATION TO CANAL, AND WE WERE TALKING CANAL TO HARRISBURG. UM, I'M JUST, THE PROJECT, IT STATES THAT IT WAS GONNA START ON THE SEVENTH. IT HAS NOT STARTED. SO I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE YOU COULD AMP THE NAVIGATION CORRIDOR TO DO CANAL TO HARRISBURG ONLY BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, FOR ME, IT'S QUALITY OF LIFE, IT'S SAFETY, IT'S CONNECTIVITY, IT'S STREETS, IT'S SAFETY, REALLY QUALITY OF LIFE. UM, THE NAVIGATION, WHERE THEY'RE DOING THIS IS MORE ON THE INDUSTRIAL AND MAC ROAD. THERE'S NO, THAT'S INDUSTRIAL. UM, NAVIGATION, CMEX, IT'S INDUSTRIAL. YOUR PROGRAM IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR COMMUNITY, FOR STREETS, FOR QUALITY OF LIFE. SO THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR AREA IS CANAL TO HARRISBURG FROM OLD HAM TO BURR TO LOCKWOOD, HARRISBURG, WHERE THERE ARE SEVERAL, SEVERAL INITIATIVES. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT, ON WHICH INITIATIVE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THERE'S ONE THAT DEALS WITH, UM, UM, THIS IS ASPHALT PAVEMENT. YEAH. YEAH. WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT? IT CAME OUT, I SAW IT ON FACEBOOK. I ALSO SAW IT ON THE SECOND WARD, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. I DO SERVE AS A, A REPRESENTATIVE FOR AREA OF THREE FOR THE SECOND WARD SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, THIS IS MY AREA. UM, VERONICA CAME OUT BEFORE SHE LEFT SUSAN'S OFFICE, AND SHE AND I DROVE, WE WALKED SOME OF THESE STREETS. UM, THE NEED IS FROM CANAL TO HARRISBURG COMING FROM OLDHAM FROM THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO BURR TO LOCKWOOD. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN CIRO. OKAY. UM, SO ROSA, I'M GLAD I WAS ABLE TO ADD YOU ON TODAY. MM-HMM . UM, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN A VERY, UH, ENGAGED AND INTERESTED PERSON IN THIS FOR A LONG TIME. AND THAT LAST YEAR, UM, WHEN, UM, YOU SUBMITTED THE STREETS THAT YOU RECOMMENDED MM-HMM . WE PASSED THEM ON. YES. AND I, I SAW, LET ME FINISH. SO WE, WE, WE GAVE INTO PUBLIC WORKS AND IDENTIFIED THEM, AND SO THEY WERE ON THE LIST AND THAT WERE, THEY WERE INCLUDED IN WHAT WAS EVALUATED. SO THE, THAT, THAT AS PART OF THIS, THIS PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT OF WHAT CITIES, I MEAN, WHAT PARTS OF THE, THE DISTRICT GET ASPHALT. THERE'S TWO AREAS THAT ARE GETTING IT IN DISTRICT H AND ONE OF THEM WAS SECOND WARD. AND SO, UM, THE STREETS PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE WE PASSED ON YOUR CONCERNS WHEN WE HEARD FROM YOU, UM, THIS WEEK AFTER YOU SAW IT IN THE NEWSLETTER MM-HMM . THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT IT. UM, AND, UH, THEY SAID THAT THEY CONSIDERED THOSE, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT, AND THEY'VE GOT METRICS WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU. 'CAUSE THAT JUST CAME TODAY. BUT, UM, OF HOW THEY EVALUATED THEM, THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT MEASURES, BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THE ONES THAT YOU SUBMITTED, UM, ARE, ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, I IMPORTANT TO GET DONE TOO. IT'S JUST THAT THESE WERE PRIORITIZED. AND SO, UM, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT, THAT THE, THAT THE CITY IDENTIFIED SECOND WARD IS A RECIPIENT FOR THE, THIS PROGRAM. AND THEN JUST ADDITIONALLY, I ALSO, YOU KNOW, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS GET TWO LANE MILES THAT WE GET TO, TO PICK WHEREVER WE WANT. AND I ALSO PUT THAT IN SECOND WARD ON COMMERCE STREET, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS, YOU KNOW, NEEDS IT TOO. SO I KNOW THERE'S MORE, AND IT, BUT I WANT YOU TO BE, UM, ASSURED THAT IT'S THAT THE STREETS THAT THAT, THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED ARE ON THE LIST. THESE ARE MY STREETS. THESE ARE MY STREETS. I KNOW ME AND VERONICA DID THESE STREETS, AND THE STREETS WERE FROM OLDHAM CANAL. I UNDERSTAND. TO HARRISBURG, TO BERG TO LOCKWOOD. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WITH THIS ONE IS THAT THEY'RE GOING NAVIGATION, TERMINAL ROAD COUNCIL MEMBER. THIS IS INDUSTRIAL. WHY ARE WE DOING INDUSTRIAL AREAS WHEN THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE SECOND WARD CANAL TO HARRISBURG, CONNECTIVITY TO THE RAIL. THE STREETS ARE BAD. MM-HMM [02:10:01] . YOU CAN'T EVEN ROLLER BLADE. IF YOU WANNA ROLLER BLADE, YOU CAN'T EVEN GO THROUGH A MOTOR SCOOTER A WHEELCHAIR, BECAUSE THERE'S RIVETS IN THE ROAD. I MEAN, IT'S BAD. ROSA, ROSA, BEAR MIND. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ONE AND DONE. RIGHT, RIGHT THERE. PROJECT HASN'T STARTED YET. I LIVE IN THE AREA AND I HAVE SEEN NO ONE OUT THERE. WELL, I, I, I, I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. IT'S SAID DECEMBER 7TH, WE ARE THE 13TH. AM I CORRECT? SO NO ONE'S BEEN OUT THERE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M JUST HOPING THAT YOU CAN REVERT AND MAYBE HAVE THEM COME. BUT, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE JUST GONNA BE DOING ONE STREET AND THEN WE ARE DONE IN THAT AREA. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, SIR. THERE'S PLENTY OF STREETS. RIGHT? THERE'S LIKE ABOUT 10 STREETS COMING. THERE ARE A NUMBER, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STREETS THAT NEED, THAT NEED WORK. NO. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT, AND I'M ELATED THAT YOU'RE COMING THROUGH, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS IS LONG OVERDUE. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, I HAVE ALWAYS ADVOCATED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE SIDEWALKS. RIGHT, RIGHT. QUALITY OF LIFE, YOU KNOW, UM, SAFETY. RIGHT. THIS IS, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE. AND TO DO THOSE STREETS, THOSE STREETS ARE, ARE POSSIBLE. THEY'RE GOOD STREETS. NAVIGATION IS GOOD. UH, CANAL IS GOOD. RIGHT. IT'S THE IN BETWEEN STREETS. IT'S YOUR OLD HAM, IT'S YOUR MARSDEN, IT'S YOUR LINWOOD, GREENWOOD, KALER. ALL OF THOSE ARE JUST LIKE REALLY BAD STREETS. I MEAN, IT'S A RAGGEDY ROAD. RIGHT. I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU. RIGHT. AND I'M JUST SAYING, IT, IT, IT DOES IN TIME WE'LL GET TO THEM. UH, 'CAUSE THE FOCUS IS ON REPAIRING THESE BAD, BAD STREETS. MM-HMM . SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK, BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY MAY BE ON ONE STREET DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET TO THE STREETS THAT YOU THEY'RE IN. NO, AND, AND I MEAN, I'M EXCITED THAT THE PROJECT HAS EVEN BEEN CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, FOR THE AREA. I'M TRULY AM, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE, IT REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FROM CANAL TO HARRISBURG, BECAUSE NAVIGATION IS FINE. THERE'S CYCLISTS THAT IS OUR ONLY THREE LANE ROAD RIGHT NOW. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO NAVIGATION IS PERFECT. YOU CAN LITERALLY CYCLE, YOU KNOW, RIDE A BIKE. MM-HMM . YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. A CAR, IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE CANAL IS POSSIBLE. I I GOT YOU. IT'S HARRISBURG AND THE IN-BETWEEN STREETS THAT ARE NOT. OKAY. I GOT THANKS. THANKS FOR, UH, SO DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING COUNCIL MEMBER OR IF THEY MIGHT CONSIDER CHANGING IT? NO, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE, BUT LET ME ASK PUBLIC WORKS TO GIVE WITH, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO LET YOU KNOW TIME-WISE WHEN THEY WILL BE STARTING. OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE IT SAID DECEMBER 7TH, AND THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE. THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE. I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS OUT THERE LOOKING AND THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE. OKAY. AND WHERE DID YOU, I'M SORRY. AND WHERE DID YOU GET DECEMBER 7TH FROM? UH, IT'S ON THE INFORMATION THAT THEY PASSED FOR THE SECOND WARD. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD INSURANCE, BECAUSE I'S COMING ALL OF, COMING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE. I, I KNOW THE STREET HAS THIS PROGRAM IS NOW ONLINE, SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN LITERALLY LOOK ONLINE. IT SAYS STARTING DECEMBER 7TH, THEY'LL TAKE TWO TO THREE MONTHS. OKAY. AND THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE. THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY. THEY SAID SOMETHING. THEY NEED TO UPDATE THEIR TIMELINE. YEAH. OKAY. THANKS. THANKS. THANK. SURE. MM-HMM . OKAY. EL MONTOYA REVIS TO BE FOLLOWED BY WALTER VIDELL. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, MAYOR SIR. ROSA TURNER. UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, MY UPDATE IS, UH, THE CRIMINAL COURT ON ATTORNEY JOHN DW. UM, BASICALLY ARRESTED MY CASE FOR, UH, JANUARY 26, 23. I ATTEND IN THE MORMON CHURCH BECAUSE, UH, RASCON AND PRESIDENT, UH, BRENTON SCOTT THREATENED ME FOR COMPLAINING THAT THERE WAS A SLANDER AND OTHER SITUATIONS IN THE MORMON CHURCH. I'M NOT A MEMBER, BUT I WAS TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO PRESS, UH, TRESPASSING CHARGES BECAUSE I CALLED THE POLICE. SO I'M NOT ATTENDING. UH, I, UH, PUT SOME COMMENTS ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT AND I'M ASKING THE PUBLIC TO STOP SUPPORTING JAKE RASCON, UH, A BC 13, STILL WATCHING NEWS TO WATCH A DIFFERENT CHANNEL. UH, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS ALSO GOT, UH, HOSTILE CONFRONTATIONAL. HE THREW A CAN AT MY DOOR. MY DOOR WAS IN THE SECOND FLOOR, AND I GOT SCARED. MY WEAPON WAS INSIDE, UM, THE VEHICLE. AND I CALL HPD BECAUSE I WAS SCARED FOR YEAH. EXPIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE'S NO EVICTIONS AT THIS TIME, SIR. I'M SORRY. THERE'S NO EVICTIONS AT THIS TIME AT THE PROPERTY, BUT THERE IS A LOWER HOSTILE, UH, HOSTILE, UH, NEIGHBORS. OKAY. WELL, I, I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST. OKAY. THANK YOU. FOR THE BEST OF YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU IN 23. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. THAT'S ALL. WALTER VIDAL. WALTER VIDAL. IF YOU PRESS STAR SIX. OH, WALTER WALTER VIDAL. YES. IS THAT YOU? SHE'S TRANSL NO, TRANSLATING. OH, YOU'RE TRANSLATING FOR WALTER. YES. SHE'S TRANSLATING WALTER VIDAL STAR SIX. ONE MORE TIME. UH, [02:15:05] OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. STEVE WILLIAMS. STEVE WILLIAMS. PRESS STAR SIX. STEVE WILLIAMS. STAR SIX. STEVE WILLIAMS. STAR SIX. NEXT SPEAKER. JOSEPH NIA. JOSEPH NIA. HERE. JOSEPH NIA. NEXT SPEAKER. KAREN SIMS. KAREN SIMS. IS KAREN HERE? YES, I'M KAREN IS PRESENT. THAT'S JOSEPH. NIA IS THIS, IS THIS CON. JOSEPH NIA. JOSEPH NIA. I'M SORRY. HELLO, MAYOR. I MEAN, WHO ARE YOU OF YOU? I DON'T KNOW WHO I'M DEALING WITH. JOSEPH NEIL. YOU'RE JOSEPH NEIL. MR. MAYOR, YOU DID VERY GOOD ON THAT PARTY. YOU MADE THAT LAST WEEK AND I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU. AND RIGHT NOW YOU REALLY WORK HARD TODAY AND I HOPE YOU'RE DOING ALL RIGHT NOW. THE THINGS THAT I MADE RIGHT NOW, AND I'M RIGHT HERE OFFERING YOU AND GIVING TO YOU. IT'S, WE CAN REPAIR THE ORONE LAYER BY GOING TO THE, ANOTHER COUNTRY TO USE MY, MY SYSTEM. YOU CANNOT USE IT IN, UH, AMERICA BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT PLACE TO USE IT. WE HAVE TO GO TO THE ANOTHER COUNTRY. AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU, UH, AND TELL YOU WHAT IT IS. YOU HAVE TO GIMME SOME TIME PLEASE, SO I CAN COME AND TALK TO YOU AND ANOTHER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. OKAY, MR. NEIL? UH, THANK YOU. AND LEMME TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU SENT ME SO I CAN, I'LL REVIEW IT, OKAY? OKAY, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. KAREN SIMS. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, I'VE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES. UM, I DID RECEIVE A, UH, CALL FROM NATASHA JACKSON'S, UM, STAFF. HOWEVER, IT WAS, UM, IT DID NO SERVICE TO ME BECAUSE, UM, THE SAME INFORMATION I CALLED 2 1 1 4. UH, I'M ASKING AGAIN FOR A IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION. I'M DEMANDING IT PRETTY MUCH, UH, ON THE 3 0 9 FAMILY COURT AND THE THREE 15 FAMILY COURT UNDER THE DEAN LEADERSHIP OF SHERRY DEAN AND MIKE SNYDER. I AM STILL FIGHTING WITH THAT, UM, UM, UNLAWFUL EXTENSIONS, FABRICATION OF EVIDENCE. I HAVE SO MANY DOCTOR'S NOTES. I HAVE SO MUCH, UH, SO MUCH EVIDENCE THAT PUTS THIS A RICO ACT. AND, UM, I'M ASKING AGAIN FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO INTERJECT AND LOOK AT THIS, NOT TO SEND ME SOME 2 1 1 INFORMATION I CAN DO DIAL MYSELF FOR, BUT SOME FROM SOME LEADS THAT I CAN'T. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. UNFORTUNATELY. MS. SIMS, WE, WE CAN'T INTERJECT IN A, IN A, IN A COURT CASE. I MEAN, I'M NOT, NOT THE COURT CASE, BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, I NEED, UH, OVERSEE A MAYOR'S OFFICE. DOES WHAT? I MEAN, EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DOES. MAYBE I'M, MAYBE I'M I'M BARGAINING THE WRONG TREE. YEAH. 'CAUSE I, I, I JUST DON'T THINK FROM THIS END THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST YOU. I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT DO MAYOR, WHAT IS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE? UH, WHAT IS, WHAT DO THEY DO? I MEAN, WHAT DEAL WITH A LOT OF MATTERS AS IT RELATES FROM I'M HERE, SIR, YOU CAN LOOK AT ME, NOT, NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP YOU IN YOUR PARTICULAR CASE. MS. SIMS, COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE MAYOR OFFICE DOES? WHAT YOUR, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR, I'LL TELL YOU BETTER YET. WHAT IS YOUR SPECIFIC REQUEST? AND THEN I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE CAN GO AHEAD. UH, I REQUESTED AGAIN FOR IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION ON THE FAMILY COURT SYSTEM. UH, ALL THE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SNATCHED AWAY, ESPECIALLY BLACK AND BROWN IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, AND NOW SITTING IN OFFICES DOING, JUST SITTING THERE FOR NOTHING. I'M, I'M, THEY HAVE AN ADOPTION, UH, LIST THAT'S, THAT WRAPS AROUND THE CORNER, SIR. MS. MS. SIMS. I'M RIGHT. I'M NOT TRYING TO ARGUE WITH YOU TODAY. I'M NOT ARGUING, SIR, I ASK YOU A QUESTION. WELL, I KNOW THAT'S WHY YOU HAVEN'T ANSWER IT YET. WE CANNOT HELP YOU ON YOUR PARTICULAR REQUEST. OKAY. WHAT DOES THE MAYOR OFFICE DO? COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. THANK YOU MAYOR. MA'AM, WE ONLY LOC DEAL WITH LOCAL ORDINANCES. LIKE WE DO NOT EXPLAIN LOCAL ORDINANCES ARE LAWS THAT, UM, OVERSEE THINGS THAT ARE JUST FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. WHAT YOU ARE ASKING ABOUT FOR ONE IS IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH, WHICH IS [02:20:01] COUNTY, AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WHICH IS THIS ACCOUNTANT IS WHAT? FAMILY. FAMILY LAW. OKAY. THEY'RE FAMILY COURT, OF COURSE. OKAY. SO, BUT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WHICH IS FEDERAL. I UNDERSTAND. MAYBE YOU CAN CONTACT YOUR CONGRESS PERSON BECAUSE I DID THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR I DID, NO, YOUR CONGRESS PERSON. I DID. SHE WAS ASKING LEE. I DID. OKAY. AND CONTINUE TO GO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT WHEN YOU COME HERE TO THE CITY LEVEL, OKAY. ASKING ABOUT FEDERAL ISSUES OR FAMILY COURT ISSUES, WE DON'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTION. OKAY. AND SO, UH, YOU ARE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE WITH USING YOUR WORDS, BUT I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO COME BY ALL MEANS PLEASE COME. I DON'T WASTE MY ENERGY AND TIME, BUT THERE'S ONLY BUT SO MUCH WE CAN DO TIME'S ESSENCE. AND WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR PARTICULAR ISSUE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO OTHER THAN WISH YOU WELL. SO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DOESN'T OVERSEE THE COURT SYSTEM OR NONE OF THAT? NO, NOT AT ALL. NOT AT ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. JACOB CLEMENTI. HI GUYS. HEY JACOB. HEY JACOB. SENATOR, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVE MARTIN. THE BEST FOR LAST, UH, AT END MINUTE I'M GONNA PUT COUNCIL MEMBER WITH PAULA ON THE, THE SPOT AND COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN, EVAN SHABAZZ ON THE DR. SHABAZZ ON THE SPOT. UH, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON ON THE SPOT. AND COUNCILMAN DAVE MARTIN ON THE SPOT SPOT. OKAY. FIRST I ABLE A FOR YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD, WHAT YOU, WHAT ARE YOU DOING AFTER THE TEXAS WHEN THE, UH, THE, THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS CAME? WHAT ARE YOU DOING AFTER THE TEXANS? WHEN THE KANSAS CITY CHIEF CAME? I'M GONNA BE CELEBRATING. ALRIGHT, AND WELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO WITH ME TO THE DOMINIC VARNEY'S HOUSE WITH BRETT WARD RUNNER HOUSE CHIEF? SEND ME AN INVITE AND I'LL CHECK MY SCHEDULE. I WILL. ALRIGHT, WELL IT IS, UH, AND THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON NOW CAN PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. DR. AZZ, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TOMORROW NIGHT? ME? YEAH, YOU IN YOUR DISTRICT TOMORROW? YEAH, 7:00 PM THEY'RE HAVING A BASKETBALL GAME TRYING TO BACK ON TIII HAVE A TICKET FOR YOU. CAN I GETTING INTO THEY RIDING NOW STREET? UH, I THINK I'M VERY BUSY BUT JACOB, BUT NO, NO, NO. I'M NOT GONNA GIVE YOU THE UH, THE TICKET BUFFOON. NO, I UM, I MEAN, UM, ENJOYED THE BOSTON ACCEPT, I MEAN THE BOSTON HAS A GOOD BASKETBALL TEAM AND KIND OF GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM WITH THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS. YEAH. HAS EXPIRED. GOOD TO SEE JACOB. OH HEY MARTIN, YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE MY FAVORITE COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE I'M GOOD LOOKING THAT AND PLUS YOU HAVE A GREAT LAST NAME MARTIN BECAUSE THAT IS MY MIDDLE NAME. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. YEAH. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO TAKE IT? THANKS JACOB. HE COMES FROM MATCHES BACK WHERE? WELL WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. . THANKS JACOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER. COMPLETE THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. OKAY, THAT'S THE LAST [RECESS] SPEAKER FOR THE YEAR FOR 2022. I'LL FOR TOMORROW 20, RIGHT. ALRIGHT, WE STAND IN RECESS TILL TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 AM QUARTERBACK 2022. ITEM ONE, PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE, MARKET SQUARE ZONE ITEM TWO, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 116 ACRES OF LANTER REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 18 FIFTH WARD ZONE ITEM THREE, PUBLIC HEARING DATE REGARDING THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 20, SOUTHWEST HOUSTON. ITEM FOUR, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 21 HARDY NOR NEAR NORTH SIDE ITEM FIVE, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ANNEXATION OF 17.7 ACRES OF LAND TO REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 23 HARRISBURG ZONE ITEM SIX, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR THE CREATION OF REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 28 MEDICAL CENTER AREA. ITEM SEVEN PUBLIC HEARING RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE PROLOGIS AND WAYFAIR REINVESTMENT ZONE. ITEM EIGHT ORDINANCE DESIGNATING THE PROLOGIS WAYFAIR REINVESTMENT ZONE FOR TAX ABATEMENT PURPOSES. [02:25:02] ITEM NINE, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $415,471 70 CENTS AND ACCEPT ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH STAR SERVICES INC. ITEM 10, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR OF HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $1,329,250 31 CENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH GRAVA LLC. ITEM 11, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR OF HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR DECLINING THE ACCEPTANCE OF REJECTING AND REFUSING THE DEDICATION OF 50 FOOT WIDE BREACH TO STREET FROM BINGHAM STREET NORTH TO WINTER STREET. SITUATED IN THE WR BAKER EDITION. NORTHSIDE BUFFALO BIO OUT OF THE JOHN AUSTIN SURVEY. ITEM 12, RUSH TRUCK CENTERS OF TEXAS LP DBA RUSH TRUCK CENTER HOUSTON FOR THE PURCHASE OF SUPER DUTY TRUCKS THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING WITH THE TEXAS LOCAL PURCHASING COOPERATIVE. ITEM 13, PERKIN ELMER HEALTH SCIENCES INC. FOR SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF PERKIN ELMER EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE. ITEM 14 NETS INC. NETWORK SOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE CITYWIDE CISCO SMARTNET ANNUAL MAINTENANCE ITEM 15, FAR WEST ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPLY INC. FOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING KITS. ITEM 16, TACTICAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT INC. FOR APPROVAL OF SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF TACTICAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT UPGRADES AND TRAINING. ITEM 17 DATAMINR INC. FOR SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE FOR ACCESS TO THE FIRST ALERT WEB-BASED SOFTWARE. ITEM 18, THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGIES LLC FOR SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE FOR THE FIVE CAST INSIGHT SOFTWARE LICENSE ANNUAL FEE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. ITEM 19, AMEND COUNCIL MOTION 2018 DASH 0 1 0 2 TO INCREASE THE SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR LIQUID GASEOUS CHLORINE FOR BRENTAG SOUTHWEST INC. ITEM 20, AMEND COUNCIL MOTION 2018 DASH 4 4 0 TO INCREASE THE SPENDING AUTHORITY TO LIQUID POLYMER FLOCCULENT CHEMICALS FROM POLY DINE INC. ITEM 21 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND HANNO CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNS INC. ITEM 22 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND MAYBERRY HOMES INC. ITEM 23 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND BRENTWOOD ECONOMIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DOING BUSINESS AS BRENTWOOD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. ITEM 24 ORDINANCE ARE PROVEN AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO EXECUTE AND SUBMIT REQUIRED MATERIALS INCLUDING THREE APPLICATIONS AND BUDGETS TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. ITEM 25 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS FOR HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY. ITEM 26 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE MIDTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. ITEM 27 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $800,000 NO SENSE OUT OF THE HAS RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT FUND FOR THE AIRCRAFT SUPPORT SYSTEMS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND JBT AEROTECH CORPORATION. ITEM 28 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $2,847,500 NO CENTS OUT OF AIRPORTS RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT FUND AWARD AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO LEAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE COMPANY. ITEM 29, ORDINANCE APPROVED IN AUTHORIZING DERIV DERIVATIVE AGREEMENT WITH CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP. ITEM 30 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $710,700 NO CENTS OUT OF EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION CONSOLIDATED FUND $1,350,000 NO SENSE OUT OF FLEET EQUIPMENT. SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO PURCHASE. REFUSE TRUCKS FOR THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT. ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR VARIOUS CITY, CITY DEPARTMENTS AND AN ASPHALT PAVER TRUCK FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM 31 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $2 MILLION NO SENSE OUT OF SOLID WASTE CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A BILL OF SALE FROM WM RECYCLE AMERICA LLC [02:30:05] ITEM 32 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT RELEASE AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHEYENNE CARBAR. ITEM 33 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN SCHIFFER HICKS JOHNSON PLLC ITEM 34 ORDINANCE APP APPRO APPROPRIATING $2,818,000 NO CENTS OUT OF PARTS. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND, $55,000 NO CENTS OUT OF CONTRIBUTED CAPITAL PROJECT FUND AND $185,000 NO CENTS OUT OF STATE GRANT FUND FOR THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL TAX ORDER CONTRACTING PROGRAM. ITEM 35 ORDINANCE APPRO APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING DERIVATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND PS LIGHTWAVE INC. ITEM 36 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHOR ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AWARDING DERIVATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. ITEM 37 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $2,500,000 NO CENTS OUT OF EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION CONSOLIDATED FUND AND APPROVING A DERIV DERIVATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. ITEM 38, ORDINANCE APPRO AND AUTHORIZED ORDINANCE PROVEN AND AWARDING CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND SALE RICO COMMUNICATIONS LLC ITEM 39 ORDINANCE APPRO AND AUTHORIZING CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND SMART SCAPING LLC ITEM 40. ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2019 DASH 8 0 3 TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT, APPROVE IT AND AUTHORIZING A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH AMBASSADOR SERVICES LLC ITEM 41. ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2019 DASH 8 0 4 TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH MACKLEMORE BUILDING MAINTENANCE INC. ITEM 42, ORDINANCE APPROVED APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND UNIVERSAL PROTECTION SERVICES LP DOING BUSINESS AS ALLIED UNIVERSAL SECURITY SERVICES. ITEM 43 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE THE DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO SUBMIT AN ELECTRONIC APPLICATION FOR AND ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. ITEM 44 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF HOUSTON, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 1 0 5 4 RELATING TO THE RESCHEDULING OR POSTPONEMENT OF CERTAIN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO POSTPONE THE MEETING SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY DECEMBER 20 AND WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 21ST, 2022. ITEM 45 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $2,203,097 32 CENTS OUT OF CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS TAX INCREMENT FUND FOR REINVESTMENT. ZONE 26, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS SUNNYSIDE ZONE FOR PAYMENT TO SUNNYSIDE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. ITEM 46, ORDINANCE ENLARGING THE BOUNDARIES OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS MAIN STREET MARKET SQUARE ZONE ITEM 47 ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER THREE, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS MAIN STREET MARKET SQUARE ITEM 48 ORDINANCE ENLARGING THE BOUNDARIES OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 18, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS FIFTH WARD ZONE ITEM 49, ORDINANCE ENLARGING THE BOUNDARIES OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 20, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, SOUTHWEST HOUSTON ZONE ITEM 50, ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FIFTH AMENDED PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 20, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS SOUTHWEST HOUSTON ZONE ITEM 51 ORDINANCE ENLARGING THE BOUNDARIES OF REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 21, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS HARDY, NEAR NORTH SIDE ZONE ITEM 52, ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE FOURTH AMENDED PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCE PLAN, FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 21, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, HARD HARDY, NEAR NORTH SIDE ZONE ITEM 53, ORDINANCE ENLARGING THE BOUNDARIES OF REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 23, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, HARRISBURG ZONE ITEM 54 ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE BOUNDARIES OF REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 23, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, HARRISBURG ZONE ITEM 55. ORDINANCE DESIGNATING A CONTIGUOUS GEOGRAPHIC AREA WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, LOCATED IN THE MEDICAL CENTER OF HOUSTON AND GENERALLY BOUNDED BY MAIN STREET ON THE NORTHWEST HERMAN BOULEVARD ON THE NORTHEAST ALAMEDA ROAD ON [02:35:01] THE SOUTHEAST AND OLD SPANISH TRAIL ON THE SOUTH. A GENERAL AREA BOUNDED BY HOLCOMB BOULEVARD ON THE NORTH MAIN STREET ON THE SOUTHEAST AND MONTCLAIR DRIVE ON THE WEST. AND A GENERAL AREA BOUND BY DIXIE DRIVE ON THE NORTHEAST GRAND BOULEVARD ON THE SOUTHEAST LOCKETT STREET ON THE SOUTH AND ALAMEDA ROAD ON THE NORTHWEST AS REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 28, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER AREA ZONE ITEM 56, ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2012 DASH 1 0 4 8 WHICH DESIGNATED REINVESTMENT ZONE 24 CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. ITEM 57 ORDINANCE ARE PROVEN AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG THE CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, THE REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER 24, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS GREATER HOUSTON ZONE AND THE HARRIS COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN CONNECTION WITH REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 24, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS GREATER HOUSTON ZONE ITEM 58, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SECOND AMENDMENT TO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, THE HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 24, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS GREATER HOUSTON ZONE AND THE HARRIS COUNTY RE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. ITEM 59 ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE 800 BLOCK OF REAN STREET NORTH AND NORTH, NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES BETWEEN JULIAN STREET AND WATSON STREET WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS AS A SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE BLOCK. ITEM 60 ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE 900 BLOCK OF REAN STREET NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE BETWEEN MISHAW STREET AND JULIAN STREET WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS AS A SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE BLOCK ITEM 61 ORDINANCE CONSENTING TO THE ADDITION OF 242.1688 ACRES OF LAND TO HARRIS MONTGOMERY COUNTY'S MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. ITEM 62 ORDINANCE CONSENTING TO THE ADDITION OF 0.7177 ACRES OF LAND TO HARRIS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 14, ITEM 63 ORDINANCE FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO LONGER REQUIRE THE CONTINUED USE OF WHIT ROAD FROM OLD GALVESTON ROAD TO ITS TERMINUS. LOCATED IN THE JOHN GAY SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER THREE 10 AND FREDERICK MARVIN MARTIN SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 5 5 1 HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS ABANDONING SAID STREET EASEMENT TO THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. PURSUANT TO A MEMO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. ITEM 64 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY. ITEM 65 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $288,750 NO CENTS OUT OF THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AS AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND ZIN KELK ENGINEERING INC. ITEM 66 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $632,000 NO CENTS OUT OF THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $5,945,500 NO CENTS OUT OF METRO PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION D-D-S-R-F AND $3,823,000 NO CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND ADV VALOREM TAX AS AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION TO THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, LAKE HOUSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 10. ITEM 67 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $4,650,000 NO CENTS OUT OF THE DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND DRAINAGE CHARGE AWARDED CONTRACT TO DL GLOVER UTILITIES LLC ITEM 68. ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $2,364,615 NO CENTS OUT OF THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AWARDING A CONTRACT TO EQU INTEGRITY SOUTHEAST INC. ITEM 69 RECEIVED, SELECT AND CONFIRM NOMINATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT TO POSITION EIGHT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HOUSTON CIVIC EVENTS INC. ITEM 70 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $13,527,312 60 CENTS OUT OF THE DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND DRAINAGE CHARGE AND $5,426,481 52 CENTS OUT OF THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AWARD AND CONTRACT TO JFT CONSTRUCTION INC. ITEM 71 ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2018 DASH 9 0 9 TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND DECOR I-Q-L-L-C. THIS COMPLETES THE READING OF THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SESSION OF DECEMBER 13TH AND 14TH 2022. [02:40:02] STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL'S SCHEDULE TO BEGIN AT 9:00 AM IN THE WORDS OF THE CURRENT CITY SECRETARY. ALWAYS TREAT EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING THE WAY YOU WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED. HAVE A BLESSED AND FAB FANTA DAY. OH THIS MORNING. . [RECONVENE] ALL RIGHT, LET ME, OKAY, SAY GOOD MORNING AND IT IS NOW 9 0 5 ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 14TH, 2022. I MAYOR SPECIAL ATTORNEY. I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING, SO WE'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND BE FINISHED WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. AND, UM, SECOND. SECOND. UM, SO WE'LL START TODAY. WE'LL START TODAY WITH SEVERAL TURS AND TAX ABATEMENT ZONE HEARINGS. UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR TS THREE, UH, WHICH IS THE MARKET SQUARE ZONE. [1.  PUBLIC HEARING for the eighth amendment to the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE (Market Square Zone) - DISTRICTS C - KAMIN; H – CISNEROS and I - GALLEGOS ] UH, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE. I WAS TOTALLY WRONG ABOUT HIS. ITEM ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO PROJECT PLAN, THE REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER THREE, MARCUS SQUARE ZONE. OKAY, I HAD THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR GRANT TILLISON DOWN TO SPEAK, BUT I SEE THAT'S NOT THE CASE. SO IF YOU ALL INTRODUCE YOURSELVES, UH, WHO'LL BE REPRESENTING. HI, GOOD MORNING. I'M JENNIFER CURLEY, I'M REP REPRESENTING THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I'M ANDREW BUSKER, ALSO REPRESENTING THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. HI, MS. CROWLEY. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 20,000 2022, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REINVESTMENT NUMBER THREE, REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE, THE MAIN STREET MARKET SQUARE ZONE, AND THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY APPROVED AN EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE MARKET, MAIN STREET MARKET SQUARE ZONE'S, PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN THE AMENDED PLAN AND FORWARDED THE AMENDED PLAN TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 1 1 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 7 AND 3 1 1 0.011 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. A MUNICIPALITY MUST HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO A PROJECT PLAN INCLUDE CHANGES THAT INCREASE THE TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST DATED IN A PLAN OR REDUCES ENLARGES THE BOUNDARIES OF A ZONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY IS REGARDING THE PROPOSED EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN STREET MARKET SQUARE ZONE PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN. NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE DECEMBER 2ND, 2022 EDITION OF THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE. IN BRIEF, THE AMENDED PLAN PROPOSES AN ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES INTO THE MAIN STREET MARKET SQUARE ZONE. THE PROPOSED AREA IS GENERALLY BOUNDED BY ALLEN PARKWAY ON THE NORTH TAFT STREET ON THE EAST WALKER STREET AND WEST MCKINNEY STREET ON THE SOUTH AND STANFORD STREET ON THE WEST. THE PROPOSED AREA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS OF WAY STANFORD STREET BETWEEN ALLEN PARKWAY AND WEST MCKINNEY STREET, WEST MCKINNEY STREET BETWEEN STANFORD STREET AND TEMPLE DRIVE. TEMPLE DRIVE BETWEEN WEST MCKINNEY STREET AND WEST WALKER STREET AND WALKER STREET BETWEEN TEMPLE DRIVE AND TAP STREET. THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION WILL ENABLE THE MAIN STREET MARKET SQUARE ZONE TO IMPLEMENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, PRIMARILY TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE DETENTION AND OTHER DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, STREETS AND STREETS SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS. IN CLOSING CITY STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THE MAIN STREET MARKET SQUARE AUTHORITY ON THE PROPOSED EIGHTH AMENDED PLAN AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE EIGHTH AMENDED PLAN IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. UM, I DON'T SHOW ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? OKAY. UM, IF Y'ALL STEP ASIDE FOR JUST ONE SECOND AND IF YOU'LL TAKE THE SEAT AND IF YOU'LL TELL US, UH, WHO YOU ARE, GIVE US YOUR NAMES AND PROCEED. UH, MY NAME IS LLOYD ADAMS. I'M A RESIDENT AND A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TEMPLE TERRACE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION. UM, I WAS HERE [02:45:01] LAST WEEK SPEAKING TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ABOUT THIS ANNEXATION AND I WANTED TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE AS WELL AS THE CITY AND THE TOURIST PEOPLE FOR LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS AND AGREEING TO WORK WITH US TO ADDRESS THEM. UM, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE ANNEXATION. AS AN ANNEXATION, OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT IT'S TOO NARROW. UM, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO ALLOW SCI TO REDEVELOP THE OLD CHANNEL 11 SITE AND THE LARGER PIECE OF PROPERTY THEY OWN ADJACENT TO IT. UM, THE ANNEXATION IS BASICALLY JUST THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA SPILL OVER INTO THE LARGER NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR INSTANCE, STANFORD STREET IS ANNEXED ONLY HALF OF IT FROM ALLEN PARKWAY TO WEST MCKINNEY STREET, WEST MCKINNEY STREET, ONLY A THIRD OF IT. TAFT STREET, NONE AT ALL. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA TAKE PLACE, WHEN IT DOES, ALL THE IMPACTS ARE GONNA SPILL OVER TO THE REST OF THE STREETS. SO WHAT WE HAD PROPOSED WAS THAT THE RIGHTS OF WAY TO ALL OF WEST MCKINNEY, ALL OF STANFORD, ALL OF TAF STREET AND ALL OF WEST LAMAR STREET BE INCLUDED IN A SUBSEQUENT ANNEXATION SO THAT AS THOSE IMPACTS DEVELOP, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN BE PROTECTED THROUGH THE CHURCH PROGRAM. AND THAT SEEMED TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYBODY AND WE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. THE OTHER CONCERN WE HAD HONESTLY, WAS WHEN THIS TAKES PLACE, THAT THE INCREMENTS THAT IT GENERATES BE USED TO HELP THE LOCAL AREA WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE AND NOT JUST DISPERSED TO DOWNTOWN AND AREAS THAT AREN'T REALLY DIRECTLY AFFECTED. THERE'S A LOT THAT COULD BE DONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THAT MONEY IF IT DOESN'T GET DILUTED TOO MUCH BY BEING PUT IN A MUCH LARGER GEOGRAPHIC AREA. UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE STOOD AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS AWARE OF THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMAN CAMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, LLOYD. FIRST I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, OTHER RESIDENTS OF TEMPLE TERRACE FOR COMING TO THE TABLE. JUST SO COUNCIL KNOWS, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS, UM, TO HELP FACILITATE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TS AND WITH SCI, UH, TO MAKE SURE RESIDENTS DO HAVE A VOICE IN THIS MAYOR. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I APPRECIATE ANDY AND GWYNN'S WORK ON THIS, THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, ENCOMPASSING SIMPLY THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAYS WHICH DON'T UP OUR, UM, INCREMENT, BUT THAT CAN ALLOW FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN IN THE NEW YEAR DO THOSE FULL ANNEXATIONS OF MCKINNEY, TAFT AND STANFORD, UH, UNDER CHAPTER THREE 11 OF STATE LAW, THE TS CAN ACTUALLY IMPROVE THOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO YES, UM, I HAVE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TS ON THIS AND I APPRECIATE THEM COMING TO THE TABLE WITH THE AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY ARE GONNA, UH, REALLY FOCUS AND TAKE SERIOUSLY THE NEEDS OF THAT ENTIRE AREA AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT GROWTH WILL HAVE. SO LLOYD, THAT'S, UH, ALL THANKS TO YOUR WORK, UH, THE RESIDENT'S WORK, UH, AND OUR MAYOR YOUR OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LAY OUT WHERE THINGS STAND, UM, AS YOU SO ELOQUENTLY DID. SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. PROBLEM. I WANNA THANK THE, THE CITY FOR BEING SO WILLING TO LISTEN. COUNCIL MEMBER AL COLEMAN, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN AND LLOYD FOR COMING AND COMING TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING TO REALLY LAY OUT WHAT, WHAT THE ISSUES WERE. SO WE'LL BE TRACKING THIS AND IN THE FUTURE, I DO THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT. THE, THE SURROUNDING RIGHT OF WAY THAT DOESN'T ADD TO OUR, TO TOWARDS THAT 25% AND ALSO THE, THE, UH, ABILITY MAYOR TO KEEP THE, THE INCREMENT GENERATED THERE KIND OF IN THAT AREA TO THE EXTENT WE CAN INSTEAD OF SHIFTING IT, YOU KNOW, TO THE BROADER TOURS. I KNOW THAT'S NOT, I KNOW WE CAN, IT BELONGS TO THE JURORS AS A WHOLE, BUT TO THE EXTENT WE CAN MAKE SURE THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN AND WILL BE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THAT. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR INPUT. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I'M CLEAR YOU'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THE ANNEXATION CURRENTLY PRESENTED. YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT LARGER. YES. THE ANNEXATION AS IT WAS PROPOSED WAS JUST TOO FOCUSED JUST ON BASICALLY PRIVATE PROPERTY WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT. THAT COULD BE SERIOUSLY IMPACTED. SO INCLUDING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE DOESN'T INCREASE THE, THE, THE CAP. SO YOUR POSITION IS THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE BIGGER. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON TURS THREE ITEM NUMBER ONE? ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING? OKAY. ARE IS HE COMING TO SPEAK? OH, I'M SORRY. OH, SORRY. GOOD MORNING. ALAN DOUGLAS, UH, COO FOR CENTRAL HOUSTON AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TURS, UM, MARKET SQUARE PARK. TURS. I DIDN'T [02:50:01] EXPECT TO SPEAK THIS MORNING, BUT I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD ANSWER A COUPLE OF POINTS. UM, THAT WAS JUST RAISED THE FIRST BEING THAT, UH, THE TOURS IS COMPLETELY AMENABLE TO ABSORBING THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, AROUND THE 10 ACRES OF S CI'S PROPERTY. UH, THE SECOND IS THE AUTHORITY, THE, EXCUSE ME, THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS, UH, VERY AMENABLE TO THE IDEA OF CREATING, UH, A SORT OF PENUMBRA, A KIND OF AREA THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE SCI DEVELOPMENT SHOULD IT HAPPEN THAT WOULD ALLOW AND, AND HOPEFULLY CREATE ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC HOUSING FOLKS TO GET ACROSS INTO THE PUBLIC ASSEMBLY AREA THAT SCI IS PROPOSED TO BUILD ON THEIR PROPERTY, UH, SHOULD THAT OCCUR. UH, SO WE'RE IN CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. UH, WE'VE TALKED TO COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, UM, AND WE HOPE TO, UH, BE A, A PARTNER AND A TEAM, TEAM MEMBER. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND ALLEN, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND THE S BOARD, UM, THROUGHOUT THESE CONVERSATIONS, THE CALIBER OF PROFESSIONALISM, BUT ALSO THE FOCUS ON RESIDENTS AND THE GREATER GOOD, UH, FOR THE ZONE THAT YOU ENCOMPASS ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ALONG ALLEN PARKWAY, THE GREENWAYS THERE INTO DOWNTOWN AND COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS KNOWS BEST ALL THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING IN DOWNTOWN FOR THAT REVITALIZATION AS WELL THAT HELPS THE BROADER CITY. SO I, I THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US, WORKING WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND I'VE BEEN NOTHING BUT, UM, IMPRESSED AND, UH, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT ABOVE BOARD AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS. THANK YOU. UH, LET ME JUST ADD TO THAT ONE SECOND. ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR VISITING WITH ME ON THIS AND, UH, LIKE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN STATED, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE MARKET SQUARE CHURCH IS DOING, UH, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS WELL. SO, UM, I DO SUPPORT THIS AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE VISIT. UH, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT AND THAT IS, UM, THE, THE PROJECT PLAN THAT WE LAID OUT BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL THINK OF THE DOWNTOWN TOURISM AS DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION, OUR LARGEST SINGLE EXPENSE EVERY YEAR IS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE, OF THE BUFFALO BAYOU PARK FROM SABINE TO SHEPHERD. AND SO THAT IS AS WELL PART OF OUR, UH, OUR MANDATE, UH, WHICH RUNS ALONG ALLEN PARKWAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UHHUH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON CHURCH NUMBER THREE? I DON'T KNOW ONE IF THEY HAVE MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING. CASTEX TATUM MOVED TO CLOSE THE HEARING. SECOND ROBINSON MOVED AND SECONDING OBJECTION CHAIR IS NONE. AND THE, UH, HEARING IS CLOSED. UH, MADAM SECRETARY, UH, THE NEXT IS HEARING ON TERRACE 18 AND IF, UH, SECRETARY MADAM SECRETARY, YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM TWO. [2.  PUBLIC HEARING regarding the annexation of approximately 116 acres of land to REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER EIGHTEEN (Fifth Ward Zone) - DISTRICT B - JACKSON ] ITEM TWO, THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 116 ACRES OF LAND TO REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 18, FIFTH WARD ZONE. OKAY, MS. CROWLEY, YOU WANNA TAKE IT FROM HERE? GOOD MORNING AGAIN. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS ON THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY ENLARGEMENT TO REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 18. THE FIFTH WARD ZONE NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE DECEMBER 5TH, 2022 EDITION OF THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE. ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2022, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FIFTH WARD ZONE AND THE FIFTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THE AUTHORITY APPROVED A BOUNDARY ENLARGEMENT AND FORWARDED THE PROPOSAL TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES AN ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 116 ACRES INTO THE FIFTH WARD ZONE. THE GENERAL AREA INCLUDES THE HOMESTEAD DETENTION BASIN WITH PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY. UM, THOSE RIGHTS OF WAY INCLUDE EASTBOUND ON LIBERTY ROAD FROM WACO STREET TO HOMESTEAD ROAD AND NORTHBOUND ON HOMESTEAD ROAD FROM LIBERTY ROAD TO THE DETENTION BASIN. PURSUANT TO TEXAS TAX CODE SECTION THREE 11.007, THE CITY MAY ENLARGE THE BOUNDARIES OF AN EXISTING REINVESTMENT ZONE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON COMPOSITION. NOT MORE THAN 30% OF THE PROPERTY IN THE ENLARGED ZONE, EXCLUDING PROPERTY THAT IS PUBLICLY OWNED IS USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. AND THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE OF TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY IN THE ENLARGED ZONE AND IN EXISTING REINVESTMENT ZONES DOES NOT EXCEED 25% OF THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE OF TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY AND IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS CREATED BY THE CITY, THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION WOULD ENABLE THE FIFTH WARD ZONE AND THE AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENT AND ENHANCEMENTS TO PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSED FOR THE BASIN. ENC CLOSING CITY STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THE AUTHORITY ON THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY ENLARGEMENT AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY COUNCIL TO IMPROVE THE BOUNDARY ENLARGEMENT IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THANK YOU SIR. VERY, VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS TO MS. CROWLEY? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THURSDAY 18 FIFTH WARD? HEARING SEEN NONE. IS THERE MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING? CASTEX TATUM MOVED TO CLOSE THE [02:55:01] HEARING. SECOND ROBINSON BEEN MOVED AND SECOND TO CLOSE THE HEARING. ANY OBJECTION? HEARING NONE. AND THE HEARING IS CLOSED. THANK YOU, SIR, VERY MUCH. UM, MADAM SECRETARY, UM, THET 20 SOUTHWEST HOUSTON ZONE. UH, [3.  PUBLIC HEARING regarding the fifth amendment to the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY (Southwest Houston) - DISTRICTS F - THOMAS; J - POLLARD and K - CASTEX-TATUM ] ITEM NUMBER THREE, IF YOU RECALL, ITEM THREE PUBLIC HEARING DATE REGARDING THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT PLANNING REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 20, SOUTHWEST HOUSTON. MS. CROWLEY ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2022, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 20, THE SOUTHWEST HOUSTON ZONE, AND THE SOUTHWEST HOUSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. THE AUTHORITY APPROVED A FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE SOUTHWEST HOUSTON ZONES PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN, AND FORWARDED THE AMENDED PLAN TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS THREE 11.0033 11.007, AND THREE 11.011 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. A MUNICIPALITY MUST HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO A PROJECT PLAN INCLUDE CHANGES THAT INCREASE THE TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST STATED IN A PROJECT PLAN, OR REDUCES OR ENLARGES THE BOUNDARIES OF A ZONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY IS REGARDING THE PROPOSED FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE SOUTHWEST HOUSTON ZONE PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN. NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE DECEMBER 2ND, 2022 EDITION OF THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE. IN BRIEF, THE AMENDED PLAN PROPOSES AN ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 1,673 ACRES INTO THE SOUTHWEST HOUSTON ZONE. THE GENERAL AREA IS DESCRIBED IN FIVE PARTS AS FOLLOWS. PART ONE IS A GENERAL AREA THAT INCLUDES ALE COMMUNITY PARK, HACKBERRY PARK, BOONE ROAD PARK, A PARCEL ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BEL AIR. AND SO THEORY ASHFORD AND THE PARCELS ON THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST CORNERS OF BEACH NUT AND SOUTH DAIRY ASHFORD. THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THIS TRACT INCLUDES PORTIONS OF BEL AIR CENTER POINT ENERGY TRANSMISSION LINE EASEMENT, SOUTH DAIRY ASHFORD, AND THE BRAISE BAYOU DRAINAGE CHANNEL. PART TWO INCLUDES AN AREA GENERALLY BOUNDED BY ALPHA ROAD ON THE NORTH SOUTH, KIRKWOOD ON THE EAST, BINETTE ON THE SOUTH, AND COOK ON THE WEST. THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THIS TRACK INCLUDES A PORTION OF BINETTE. PART THREE IS AN AREA GENERALLY BOUNDED BY WEST SAM HOUSTON TOLLWAY, SOUTH RINO ROAD AND WEST BELFORT GLENS SHIRE PARK PARCELS NEAR THE RICEVILLE SCHOOL ROAD, WEST AIRPORT BOULEVARD, AND WEST SAM HOUSTON TOLLWAY, SOUTH INTERSECTIONS PARCELS ALONG THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT DRAINAGE CHANNEL AND CENTERPORT ENERGY TRANSMISSION LINE PARCELS. THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THIS TRACK INCLUDES PORTIONS OF RINA ROAD, WEST BELFORD, RICEVILLE SCHOOL ROAD, WEST PORT BOULEVARD, AND HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT DRAINAGE PART FIVE INCLUDES A GENERAL AREA INCLUDING PARCELS NEAR WELCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, MARION PARK PARCELS EAST OF VALLEY, WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARCELS WEST OF TINSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ABUTTING THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT DRAINAGE CHANNEL PARCELS ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WEST AIRPORT BOULEVARD AND SANDPIPER DRIVE PARCELS BOUNDED BY SANDPIPER FOND MEADOW AND BOB WHITE DRIVE FORESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE PARCEL NORTH OF IT. AND HAVELAND PARK. THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THIS TRACK INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT DRAINAGE CHANNELS, SOUTH GESNER WEST PLACE, FOND MEADOW, ARMANDY SANDPIPER, BOB WHITE WICK AND BONNET MINETA. PART FIVE IS A GENERAL AREA INCLUDING WILLOW WATER HOLE, GREENWAY CHIMNEY ROCK PARK, THE PARCELS BOUNDED BY INE WEST BELFORD AND CHIMNEY ROCK, AND THE FORMER SHELL OIL SITE ON GMER. THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THIS TRACK INCLUDES PORTIONS OF WILLOW WATER HOLE, WEST BELFORD, CHIMNEY, ROCK, BURDINE, GMER, WILLOW, RICE, CREST, AND DRY. THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION WOULD ENABLE THE SOUTHWEST HOUSTON ZONE AND THE AUTHORITY TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, INCREASE STORM WATER CAPACITY, DEVELOP AND ENHANCE RECREATIONAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS BIKE PASS, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, AND PUBLIC GREEN SPACE, AND BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE TO SPUR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WITHIN THE ZONE. IN CLOSING, CITY STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THE SOUTHWEST HOUSTON AUTHORITY ON THE PROPOSED FIFTH AMENDMENT PLAN AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE FIFTH AMENDMENT PLAN IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE MAYOR. UM, PRO TIM, UM, MARTHA, CAST TAYLOR. THANK YOU MS. CURLEY. UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM ECSTATIC ABOUT THE ANNEXATION IN TERMS 20 SPECIFICALLY ON PART FIVE. UH, THAT IS IN DISTRICT [03:00:01] K. UH, THESE ARE SOME PARTICULAR AREAS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS. UM, SPECIFICALLY, UH, NEAR WELCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, NEAR TINSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. UH, WE'VE TALKED, UH, AT LENGTH ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF IN INCREASING THE DETENTION, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WILLOW WATER HOLE AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE MORE CAPACITY FOR THE STORM WATER. THIS IS A GREAT ANNEXATION, UH, FOR SOUTHWEST HOUSTON ACROSS FK AND J. UH, SO WE, I I WANTED TO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS ANNEXATION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THESE IMPROVEMENTS COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN P*****K. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. UM, I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT MORE BINET WAS INCLUDED, UH, WITHIN THE ANNEXATION, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 59 AND, UH, BELTWAY EIGHT, UH, WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. UH, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING AREA OF OUR CITY, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THE PROSTITUTION AND DRUGS AND OTHER CRIME ASPECTS. AND THIS SHOULD ALLOW US TO BE VERY CREATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW INFRASTRUCTURE CAN PLAY A ROLE WITH, WITH LIGHTING AND URBAN DESIGN AND WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, UH, WITH THESE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT OF DOLLARS AND TRYING TO REDEVELOP THAT AREA. UM, SO I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE AND I WANT TO PUT THAT ON EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, THAT THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COUNCIL REALLY HAVE TO MAKE A PRIORITY AND I'M GLAD TO SEE IT WAS IN, IN INCLUDED WITHIN THE ANNEXATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE ARE HERE TO PLEASE. SO, UM, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST WHAT WE DO. OKAY. UM, I DON'T SEE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO, TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? HEARING IS SEEING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE CAST TATUM? MOVE TO CLOSE THE HEARING. SECOND ROBINSON MOVE AND SECOND TO CLOSE ANY OBJECTION. CHAIR IS NONE AND THIS HEARING IS CLOSED. UM, MADAM SECRETARY ON THIRD, 21 HARDY, NEAR NORTH SIDE ZONE. [4.  PUBLIC HEARING regarding the fourth amendment to the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY-ONE (Hardy/Near Northside) - DISTRICT H - CISNEROS ] UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, IF YOU PLEASE CALL THAT ITEM. ITEM FOUR IS THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT PLANNING REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 21 HARDY NEAR NORTH SIDE. OKAY, MS. CROWLEY. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, ON DECEMBER 9TH AND STATE, I'M SORRY. AND STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN. OH, SIR. YEAH. ANDREW BUSKER, UH, MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YEAH, BUSKER. YEAH. THANK YOU. ON DECEMBER 9TH, UH, 2022, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 21 AND THE NEAR NORTH SIDE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY APPROVED A FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE HARDY NEAR NORTH SIDE ZONES PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN, AND FORWARDED THE AMENDED PLAN TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS THREE 11.0033 11.007, AND THREE 11.011 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. A MUNICIPALITY MUST HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO A PROJECT PLAN INCLUDE CHANGES THAT INCREASE THE TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS STATED IN A PROJECT PLAN, OR REDUCES OR ENLARGES THE BOUNDARIES OF A ZONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY IS REGARDING THE PROPOSED AMENDED PLAN. NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE DECEMBER 2ND, UH, 2022 EDITION OF THE EASTERN CHRONICLE. IN BRIEF, THE AMENDED PLAN PROPOSES AN ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 42 ACRES INTO THE HARDY NEAR NORTHSIDE ZONE. THE GENERAL AREA DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, A GENERAL AREA THAT INCLUDES THE HOUSTON FARMER'S MARKET PARCELS BOUNDED BY A CEMETERY, NORTH LOOP FREEWAY, EAST 28TH, AND SYLVESTER ROAD AND PARCELS BOUNDED BY SYLVESTER TABOR, SAMUEL, AND ANGELINE. THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION ALSO INCLUDES AIRLINE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY, UH, FROM SYLVESTER TO LINK AND LINK RIGHT AWAY FROM AIRLINE TO NORTH FREEWAY EAST OF I 45. THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION WOULD ENABLE THE HARDY NEAR NORTH SIDE ZONE AND THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE DRAINAGE AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN AN AREA NEAR THE HOUSTON FARMER'S MARKET. IN CLOSING, CITY STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THE AUTHORITY ON THE PROPOSED AMENDED PLAN AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE AMENDED PLAN IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTION MR. BUSTER? OKAY, I, AGAIN, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CHURCH? 21. THE HARDY NEAR NORTH SIDE. SO ITEM FOUR, ITEM FOUR. HEARING SEEN NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING? AEX TATUM, MOVE TO CLOSE THE HEARING. SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED AND SECOND TO CLOSE. ANY OBJECTION? YOUR NONE. AND THIS HEARING IS CLOSED. [5.  PUBLIC HEARING regarding the annexation of 17.7 acres of land to REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY-THREE (Harrisburg Zone) and to clarify the boundaries - DISTRICTS H - CISNEROS and I - GALLEGOS ] UM, NEXT IS THE HEARING FOR T 23, THE HARRISBURG ZONE. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, MADAM SECRETARY, YOU PLEASE CALL THAT HEARING. ITEM FIVE IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ANNEXATION OF 17.7 ACRES OF LAND TO REINVESTMENT, ZONE NUMBER 23 HARRISBURG [03:05:01] ZONE. AND TO CLARIFY THE BOUNDARIES MR. MS. CROWLEY, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS ON PROPOSED BOUNDARY CHANGES TO REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 23. NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE DECEMBER 5TH, 2022 EDITION OF THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE. ON NOVEMBER 7TH, 2022, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HARRISBURG ZONE AND THE HARRISBURG REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY APPROVED BOUNDARY ENLARGEMENT AND FORWARDED THE PROPOSAL TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES AN ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 18 ACRES INTO THE HARRISBURG ZONE. THE GENERAL AREA IS DESCRIBED IN TWO PARTS AS FOLLOWS, THE PARKLAND KNOWN AS GUADALUPE PLAZA, THE, AND TWO PARCELS SOUTH OF NAVIGATION BOULEVARD AT THE INTERSECTION OF ESEN STREET AND MAC ROAD. PURSUANT TO TEXAS CODE SECTION 3 11 0 0 7, THE CITY MAY ENLARGE THE BOUNDARIES OF AN EXISTING REINVESTMENT ZONE SUBJECT TO THE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON COMPOSITION. NOT MORE THAN 30% OF THE PROPERTY IN THE ENLARGED ZONE, EXCLUDING PROPERTY THAT IS PUBLICLY OWNED, IS USED FOR THIR, IS USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, AND THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE OF TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY IN THE ENLARGED ZONE AND IN EXIST IN EXISTING RE INVESTMENT ZONES DOES NOT EXCEED 25% OF THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE OF TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY AND IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS CREATED BY THE CITY, THE PROPOSED ANNEX ANNEXATION WOULD ENABLE THE HARRISBURG ZONE AND THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE, MOBILITY, AND CONNECTIVITY, PARKS AND RELATED AMENITIES, CULTURAL RESOURCES AND HOUSING IN THE AREA. ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2019, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HARRISBURG ZONE ADOPTED A FIRST AMENDMENT PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR THE ZONE, WHICH CALLED FOR THE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 358 15 315 ACRES AS WELL, AS WELL AS THE DE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 44 ACRES. ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2019, THE CITY ADOPTED ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 19 9 98, APPROVING THE FIRST A AMEND PLAN FOR THE ZONE AND ORDINANCE 20 19 9 97 ENLARGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ZONE. THE D DE ANNEXATION WAS NOT CLEARLY DESCRIBED IN ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 19 9 97. SO TO CLARIFY, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HARRISBURG ZONE, A RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE AN AMENDED AMENDMENT TO, OR ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 19 9 9 7 AND BOUNDARY REDUCTION IS ON TO ON, ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THE AREA TO BE EXCLUDED IS A SMALLER AREA WITHIN THE GENERAL BOUNDARIES OF EAST TEX FREEWAY AND BEAR STREET ON THE NORTH BAYOU STREET ON THE EAST, BUFFALO BAYOU ON THE SOUTH, AND UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD ON THE WEST. ENC CLOSING CITY STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THE AUTHORITY ON THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY ENLARGEMENT, AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE BOUNDARY ENLARGEMENT IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. THANK YOU MAYOR CO. COLLEAGUES. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UM, ANNEXATION MIRROR. AS YOU RECALL, WHEN WE DID THE, UH, RIBBON CUTTING IN REGARDS TO THE EAST END MAKER HUB HUBS, UH, MAKER HUBS, UH, EXPAND OUR SPACE, UM, UH, AT WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT, UH, THEY WERE BASICALLY RUNNING OUTTA ROOM. IT'S JUST BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL IN REGARDS TO THE TENANTS THAT ARE GOING IN THERE. SO THIS IS EXCITING. UH, AND ALSO IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, BUFFALO BAYOU SOUTH TRAIL, UM, COLLEAGUES, AS YOU KNOW, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE KINDER FOUNDATION WITH THEIR A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL GO INTO THE, UM, EAST SECTOR OF BUFFALO BAYOU, UH, THE BUFFALO BAYOU PARTNERSHIP, THE CITY'S COMMITMENT, AND THE CAVITY COMMITMENT, UH, AND NOW, UH, AGAIN, WITH THE, UH, HARRISBURG TURS. SO THAT'LL BE ANOTHER ENTITY THAT CAN ALSO HELP IN REGARDS TO, UH, RESTORE, REDEVELOP, AND, UH, REGARDING BUFFALO BAYOU SHOW IN SUPPORT OF THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE, WE HEARD YOU AND WE RESPOND. YOU KNOW, WE GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT , UH, AT LEAST FOR TODAY. UH, IF I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK , WE'LL TALK LATER. , HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYBODY. UH, , I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP ON CHURCH. 23, THE HARRISBURG, UH, UH, ZONE. IF ANYONE HERE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK? HEARING, SEEN NONE. IS THAT MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING? CASTEX TATUM, MOVE TO CLOSE THE HEARING. SECOND ROBINSON, THEN MOVE AND SECOND TO CLOSE THE HEARING. ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NONE. AND THIS HEARING IS CLOSED. [6.  PUBLIC HEARING regarding the Preliminary Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for the creation of REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT (Medical Center Area) - DISTRICTS D - EVANS-SHABAZZ and K - CASTEX-TATUM ] UH, WE NOW TURN TO JUROR 28, UH, WHICH IS THE MEDICAL CENTER, UH, ZONE. UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL PLEASE CALL THIS ITEM, [03:10:01] ITEM NUMBER SIX, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT PLANNING REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR THE CREATION OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 28 MEDICAL CENTER AREA. MR. BUSTER, WE'LL TAKE THIS ONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS THREE 11.003, AND THREE 11.011 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. A MUNICIPALITY MUST HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN A REINVESTMENT ZONE IS CREATED. THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY IS REGARDING THE PROPOSED CREATION OF REINVESTMENT, ZONE NUMBER 28, AND ITS PRELIMINARY PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN. NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE DECEMBER 2ND, 2022 EDITION OF THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE. IN BRIEF, THE PRELIMINARY PLAN PROPOSES A ZONE OF APPROXIMATELY 1,332 ACRES TO BE KNOWN AS THE MEDICAL CENTER AREA ZONE. THE CONTIGUOUS BOUNDARY IS DESCRIBED IN THREE PARTS AS FOLLOWS. FIRST, A GENERAL AREA BOUNDED BY MAIN STREET ON THE NORTHWEST HERMAN BOULEVARD, ON THE NORTHEAST ALAMEDA ROAD ON THE SOUTHEAST AND OLD SPANISH TRAIL ON THE SOUTH. SECOND, A GENERAL AREA BOUNDED BY HOLCOMB BOULEVARD ON THE NORTH MAIN STREET ON THE SOUTHEAST MONTCLAIR DRIVE ON THE WEST. THIRD, A GENERAL AREA BOUNDED BY DIXIE DRIVE ON THE NORTHEAST GREEN BOULEVARD, ON THE SOUTHEAST LOCKETT STREET ON THE SOUTH, AND ALAMEDA ROAD ON THE NORTHWEST. ADDITIONAL RIGHTWAY INCLUDED IN THIS BOUNDARY ARE A PORTION OF HOLLY HALL AND PORTIONS OF CAMBRIDGE AND ALAMEDA, SOUTH OF OLD SPANISH TRAIL. THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION WOULD ENABLE THE MEDICAL CENTER ZONE AND FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO IMPROVE STORM DRAINAGE AND WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, IMPLEMENT ROAD AND STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND MOBILITY. ENHANCE SIDEWALK AND MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A DA COMPLIANCE AND NON VEHICULAR MOBILITY AND PARK RELATED ASSETS AND SUPPORT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND. IN CLOSING, A RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE DESIGNATION OF THE MEDICAL CENTER ZONE IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THANK YOU. UM, I HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, AND WE WILL CALL THEM IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, SIGNED UP. SO, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER, DOREEN STOLLER. DOREEN ER, IF YOU'LL PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU AFFORD THIS ITEM OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. I KIND OF FIGURE GOTTA KNOW , GOTTA KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING. DOREEN, GOOD MORNING. I'M DOREEN STOLLER, AND IN TWO AND A HALF WEEKS, I'LL BE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS AS PRESIDENT OF HERMAN PARK CONSERVANCY. I'VE REALLY ENJOYED PARTNERING WITH TEAM CITY DURING THIS TIME. UM, CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS AS WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER TO REVITALIZE THIS VITAL COMMUNITY RESOURCE. AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE IN DISTRICT D AND THANK COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ FOR HER SUPPORT. IN ADDITION TO PARTNERING WITH THE CITY, WE LOVE PARTNERING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. A KEY GOAL OF OUR MASTER PLANNING PROCESS IS TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND CONNECTIONS TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, MAJOR INSTITUTIONS AND THE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS THAT SURROUND THE PARK, INCLUDING RICE UNIVERSITY AND THE MEDICAL CENTER. WE WANT SAFE AND EASY ACCESS FOR THE FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS, PATIENTS, AND PATIENT FAMILIES WHO UTILIZE HERMAN PARK AS A RESPITE FOR THE STRESS AND TRAUMA OF WHATEVER THEY ARE EXPERIENCING. IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT SPENDING TIME IN NATURE BENEFITS BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK ARE AT RISK FOR THE WORST HEALTH OUTCOMES, SOME OF WHICH CAN BE IMPROVED BY ACCESS TO WALKING TRAILS AND SPENDING TIME IN THE PARK. THE DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATION OF HERMAN PARK IS REALLY A MIRACLE OF BROAD-BASED INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, WE'VE RECEIVED OVER 41,000 GIFTS OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS OR LESS, AND THESE COME FROM 151 OF HOUSTON'S 178 ZIP CODES, 151 OF HOUSTON'S 178 ZIP CODES. SO NOT ONLY DOES THE ENTIRE CITY COME TO USE AND LOVE THE PARK, THEY ALSO SUPPORT IT, BUT THIS BROAD BASED COMMUNITY SUPPORT REALLY CAN'T ADDRESS THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF A HUNDRED YEAR OLD. WELL LOVED, WELL USED PARK. WE, WE JUST HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WENT OUT IN THE PARK AND THE H PART ELECTRICIAN HAD TO CALL OTHER CITIES BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO WORK THE HAND CRANK ON THE TRANSFORMERS TO GET IT GOING. AGAIN. THE TURS WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO ADDRESS THESE CRITICAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, ENABLING H PART CIP, TO REPAIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. [03:15:01] THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH. UM, AND COUNCILMAN G, ARE YOU ON THIS ITEM, OR, OR DID I FAIL TO ERASE YOU? I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS AFTER LAST WEEK. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN EVAN? NO, DOREEN. DOREEN. OH, I HAVEN'T RELEASED YOU YET. UH, SEE, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN? EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, DOREEN. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU AND TO ENGAGE WITH YOU, ESPECIALLY RECENTLY WHEN WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DOG DOG PARK. AND, UH, JUST YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN STELLAR AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE JUST AS MANY MORE IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNT, UH, VICE MAYOR, PRO TIM, UH, CAST TATU. I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS AFTER THE SPEAKERS. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW, DOREEN . NEXT SPEAKER. SHAVANA SCHREIBER. DEVONNA SCHREIBER. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SHAVANA ROBERT SCHREIBER, AND I SIT ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE HERMAN PARK CONSERVANCY. UM, AND I'M ALSO THE CO-CHAIR OF THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR CONSIDERING MSTS, UM, WHICH BENEFITS 6 MILLION ANNUAL USERS TO HERMAN PARK. AS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE, I HAVE HAD A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE BROAD NATURE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT USES, LOVES, AND SUPPORTS THE PARK. TO DOREEN'S EARLIER POINT, OUR 6 MILLION VISITORS COME FROM ACROSS THE HOUSTON REGION, AND EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND OUR USERS MATCH THE DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY. NOW, THESE 6 MILLION USERS NEED SOME PLACE TO PARK, AND MOST OF THEM ARE STILL DRIVING THEIR CARS. UM, AND I'M SURE I DEFINITELY HAVE EXPERIENCED, AND I'M SURE YOU HAVE TOO, THE FRUSTRATION OF LOOKING FOR PARKING ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY WHEN YOU JUST WANT TO ENJOY THE PARK WITH YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS. SO THE TURS WILL PROVIDE CRITICAL FUNDING TO ADDRESS THE MOBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, AND INCLUDING NEW PARKING SOLUTIONS. BUT WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE MULTIMODAL ACCESS AND DO HAVE PLANS TO LEVERAGE THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION GRANTS TO PROVIDE SAFE TRANSIT FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS TO CONNECT TO THE PARK. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, AND I GUESS YOU CAN TELL I'M FOR THE CREATION OF THIS TUR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS VERY MUCH. UM, I HAVE COUNCILMAN MCCAIN, AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON THIS, COUNCILMAN MCC. THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR INVOLVEMENT AS A DISTRICT C RESIDENT. YES. UH, YOU DO SO MUCH FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. OH, WELL, THANK YOU. UH, SO THANK YOU. AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. MR. CIRO. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT ADDRESSING THE PARKING CHALLENGES BECAUSE, UM, DOREEN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, BUT, UH, THERE, UM, YOU'VE DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB OF LEAVING THIS, UM, THIS ORGANIZATION THAT HERMAN PARK CONSERVANCY. BUT AS IT'S GOTTEN NICER AND MORE DESIRABLE, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, MORE AND MORE OF HOUSTON WANTS TO BE THERE. AND THERE IS A HUGE CHALLENGE. SO, YOU KNOW, UM, THE, THE, UM, PUBLIC TRANSIT OVER THERE IS IMPORTANT, BUT SO AS A WAY TO FIGURE OUT THE CARS MM-HMM . SO, SO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT. I'M EXCITED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, MADAM SECRETARY, NEXT SPEAKER. NICOLE TUBY. NICOLE TUBY. GOOD MORNING. I'M NICOLA FUENTES TUB, AND I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THE HERMAN PARK CONSERVANCY. THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING. I CO-CHAIR THE URBAN LAND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH REBECCA MARK BOSCH AND BRIAN RAWLINGS. OUR ONE FOCUS OF OUR COMMITTEE IS RESILIENCE. THE PARK CURRENTLY DOES A LOT TO MITIGATE STORM WATER FOR THE AREA, BUT OUR MASTER PLAN DESCRIBES WAYS THAT WE AT THE PARK CAN DO MORE, AND WE ARE IMPLEMENTING WHAT WE CAN. FOR EXAMPLE, AS PART OF OUR COMMONS PROJECT, WE ARE REPLACING SEVEN ACRES OF TURF WITH NATIVE GRASSES THAT WILL ABSORB MORE RAINWATER. OUR MASTER PLAN ALSO FEATURES DRAINAGE AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, SUCH AS A CHAIN OF LAKES THAT WILL HOLD WATER, THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, CASCADE DOWN TOWARDS THE BAYOU. OUR PLANNERS HAVE CREATED THESE RESILIENCY MEASURES AS BEAUTIFUL PARK FEATURES, BUT THESE RESILIENT FEATURES NEED FUNDING. FURTHER. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PARK NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED AND THAT EVERY MAINTENANCE HOUR THAT CAN, THAT THE CONSERVANCY CAN FUND DIRECTLY OR THROUGH VOLUNTEER HOURS, FREE H PARK RESOURCES TO BE REDIRECTED TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. HERMAN PARK IS A RESOURCE USED BY THE ENTIRE HOUSTON COMMUNITY. NOT ONLY DOES THE PUB PUBLIC USE THE PARK, BUT IT ACTIVELY HELPS MAINTAIN THE PARK. THE PUBLIC HAS CONTRIBUTED OVER 181,312 HOURS SINCE 2007. OUR VOLUNTEERS REPRESENT ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY AND SHOW HOW BELOVED THE [03:20:01] PARK IS TO THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERING THE FORMATION OF TIERS 28. AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M FOR IT. WE WILL USE THESE TIERS, FUNDS TO CREATE RESILIENT AND DARE I SAY IT, ATTRACTIVE FEATURES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, MADAM SECRETARY, NEXT SPEAKER. PHOEBE TUDOR. PHOEBE TUDOR, AND IF YOU'LL LET US KNOW IF YOU'LL FORWARD IT AGAINST IT. . GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR, AND ALL. MORNING, PHOEBE, ALL OF YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS PHOEBE TUDOR. I AM A PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE HERMAN PARK CONSERVANCY. AND I, I CURRENTLY SERVE ON ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH HERMAN PARK FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS, SO I PRE UH, DATED DOREEN, AND I'VE BEEN AROUND TO WATCH, UH, HOW MANY IMPROVEMENTS HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS. UH, I HAVE TO SAY, SITTING HERE THIS MORNING, I'M REALLY GRATIFIED TO HEAR ALL THE DISCUSSION THROUGHOUT THE CITY ABOUT, UH, IMPROVING GREEN SPACES, QUALITY OF LIFE, WALKABILITY, TRANSPORTATION. I MEAN, THE CITY HAS JUST COME SUCH A LONG WAY OVER THIS 30 YEARS SINCE I FIRST MOVED HERE. AND IT'S, IT'S JUST REALLY WONDERFUL. SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. UM, ONE OF THE REASONS I STAY INVOLVED WITH HERMAN PARK IS BECAUSE IT, IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT REALLY GETS THINGS DONE. UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, IF YOU VISIT THE PARK. UH, AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD, WHICH DEALS WITH PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AS WELL AS, UH, HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS ALONG THE BAYOU. AND THROUGH MY INVOLVEMENT, I REALIZE IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE ART PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, BUDGET TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, CREATION OF THIS TOURS AND INCLUDING HERMAN PARK, WOULD ALLOW, UH, SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT CURRENTLY GO TO HERMAN PARK TO BE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND OTHER PARKS. MAYOR, I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN THROUGHOUT YOUR, YOUR TERM. UH, SOLVING THE PARKING ISSUE IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS VERY HARD TO FUNDRAISE FOR. INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING THE CITY'S HELP FOR, UH, YEARS. AND WE FEEL THAT THE INCLUSION IN THIS NEW TOURS WOULD BE A CREATIVE WAY TO HELP FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GO ALONG WITH THE OTHER WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE, UH, AT HERMAN PARK. UH, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE CREATION OF THIS TOURS. WE ARE DELIGHTED TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AS WE HAVE OVER MANY YEARS. UH, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT, MAYOR IN PARTICULAR, AND EVERYONE AT THE CITY. UH, AND, UM, AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M FOR IT. SO, WE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANKS, PHOEBE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THAT'S WORKING. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN KALEN. ALRIGHT, MAYOR, I STEPPED IN IT EARLIER BY STARTING TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE DISTRICT C RESIDENTS WHEN PRETTY MUCH EVERY SPEAKER I KNOW, AND IS A DISTRICT C RESIDENT. SO, UH, TO NICOLA, PHOEBE, OF COURSE, AND ABBY, WHO WILL BE SPEAKING NEXT, THANK Y'ALL. UM, AGAIN, YOU MAY LIVE IN DISTRICT C, BUT YOU ARE MAKING A PROFOUND IMPACT FOR ALL OF OUR GREEN SPACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, AND THANK YOU , APPRECIATE ALL YOUR, ALL OF YOUR HELP. THANKS, PHOEBE. OKAY, THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY. NEXT SPEAKER. ABBY ROBERSON. ABBY ROBERSON. I, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR TURNER. AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING. MY NAME IS ABBY ROBERSON AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF PLANNING AT THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER. AND I'M HERE TO REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT IN THE CREATION OF THIS ZONE. THIS ZONE'S CREATION IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST, INVEST IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT FOCUSES ON RESILIENCY, ROADWAY ENHANCEMENTS, AND PEDESTRIAN AND MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE ZONE. THE CREATION OF THIS ZONE IS A CRITICAL STEP IN ENSURING RESILIENCY IN OUR CITY'S HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE THAT BENEFITS PATIENTS, OUR FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC MED STUDENTS, AND ALL OF HOUSTON. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT OF THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER AND IN YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS ZONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, ABBY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY HI, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. I SEE, UH, MR. MCKEAN IN THE AUDIENCE, AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT THE TMC IS TO THE CITY. I KNOW THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR, PRO TEM AND ALL OF US, UH, UH, GET TO BRAG ABOUT THE TMMC, UH, WHEN WE, WHEN WE TRAVEL, WHEN WE REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF HOUSTON. AND, UH, ALSO OF COURSE, THE HERMAN PARK. INCLUSION IS SOMETHING THAT CAN JUST MAKE US ALL SO VERY PROUD AT THE HEART OF OUR CITY. BUT, UH, FUNDAMENTALLY, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU MENTIONED, IT BEING RESILIENT, THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT [03:25:01] WE'RE DOING AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT IN THE GREATEST MEDICAL CENTER IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ALCO. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THOUGH, NOT ON THE LIST, BUT CERTAINLY HERE AS COUNCILMAN ROBINSON IS SYNDICATED IS BILL MCKEN, THE CEO OF TMC, AND I THINK HE ALSO HAS, UH, ASHLEY MCFE, WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGY AND ADMINISTRATION. BILL MCKEN, CEO. GOOD MORNING MAYOR. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, IT'S HARD TO SELECT ANY ONE OF YOU. I MEAN, THIS, AS YOU'VE STATED, UH, COUNCILMAN ROBERTSON AND ROBINSON, THAT THIS IS A GIFT TO THE WORLD, AS BARBARA BUSH ONCE SAID, AND IT TOUCHES ALL OF US. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS CEO, THAT NOT A DAY GOES BY. THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T SAY, MY BABY WAS BORN THERE, MY BABY WAS BORN THERE, AND MY FATHER'S THERE, AND IS, IS GETTING CARE. SO IT'S REALLY SPECIAL. AND I THINK WHAT PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE IS WE'VE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THIS TOURS BEFORE. WE DID SOMETHING QUITE MOMENTOUS. WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER, WE REALIZED THAT LIKE BOSTON AND SAN FRANCISCO, IT WAS REALLY THE CULMINATION OF INDUSTRY, SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR GREAT LEADERS AND, AND SCIENTISTS. AND WE'D NEVER HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, OUR LAND COVENANTS ACTUALLY FORBID FOR 76 YEARS THE ABILITY TO BRING INDUSTRY. AND IT WAS AN, AN INHERENT WEAKNESS. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN CREATING COMPANIES LEFT AND RIGHT, AND THEY DISAPPEAR TO THE WEST AND THE EAST COAST. UM, SO ENOUGH ABOUT THE COAST, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE THIRD COAST. UH, WE ARE A COASTAL STATE, AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR LIFE SCIENCE. LIFE SCIENCE IS GOING TO BE, I PREDICT ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING 80% GROWTH IN LIFE SCIENCES OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. AND NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY WITH TMC. HELIX PARK WAS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING INDUSTRY IN. SO OUR BOARD CHANGED THE COVENANTS FOR THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS. OUR COOKIE FACTORY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS OUR INNOVATION FACTORY, IT'S NOW THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD FOR LIFE SCIENCES. THIS IS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD, AND IT SHOWS THE POWER OF HOUSTON. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S MAYBE LESS GLAMOROUS AND MAYBE, UH, PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE IS WHY THIS TURS IS SO IMPORTANT. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. I SPENT SIX DAYS IN MY OFFICE DURING HARVEY, AND IF ANYONE REMEMBERS THAT, WE KEPT EVERYONE BECAUSE OF THE GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS WE MADE WITH SUB SUBMARINE DOORS AROUND EVERY HOSPITAL. ALL THE HOSPITAL LIGHTS WERE ON AND WORKING. WE HAD CARS FLOATING DOWN THE STREETS. BUT THE, BUT THE HOSPITALS WERE OPEN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND IS THE, WE CREATED AN ISLAND. YOU COULDN'T GET DOWN MAIN STREET, YOU COULDN'T GET DOWN HOLCOMB. THESE ARE STREETS THAT NEED INVESTMENT TO NEED DRAINAGE TO BE, TO BE RAISED UP. WATER. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WATER, AND I KNOW WE HAD A RECENT WATER, BUT WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE MEDICAL CENTER, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WATER POTABLE, DRINKABLE WATER, YOU CANNOT RUN A SURGICAL PROGRAM WITHOUT DRINKABLE WATER. YOU JUST CAN'T TAKE ANY WATER. WE HAVE TANKS, WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BURN RATE OF WATER IN THE MEDICAL CENTER, WE'RE ACTUALLY A HUGE BURDEN ON THE ENTIRE CITY'S STRUCTURE. SO BUILDING A RESERVE SYSTEM THAT LASTS FIVE DAYS, SEVEN DAYS, IS GONNA TAKE A LOT OF BURDEN OFF THE CITY AND WILL ACTUALLY, UH, KEEP THE, THE OPERATING ROOMS, THE EMERGENCY ROOMS OPEN. SO IT'S A KEY PART. SO ACCESS TO THIS MEDICAL CENTER IS REALLY KEY. IT'S THE THING I WORRY MOST ABOUT WHEN IT RAINS. IT'S HOW MUCH OF THE CITY IS GONNA BE CUT OFF FROM THE GREATEST MEDICAL CENTER IN THE WORLD. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS. I THINK IT WILL BE A GAME CHANGER FOR US. AND ANOTHER THING, NEVER FOLLOW THESE INCREDIBLE SPEAKERS FROM THE PARKS, OUR FRIENDS. THAT'S, THAT'S THE WORST THING TO DO IN A CAREER IS FOLLOW. BUT THEY'VE BEEN GREAT FRIENDS. AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARKS, ANYONE THAT GOES TO THAT PARK OR TO THE ZOO AND TRIES TO PARK ON A SATURDAY, YOU DON'T NEED TO SEE ULTIMATE FIGHTING. YOU JUST NEED TO DRIVE INTO THOSE PARKING LOTS AND SEE THE DEMAND. SO INFRASTRUCTURE AND TYING THE PARKS. AND YOU'LL SEE HELIX PARK, WE HAVE SIX PARKS RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF IT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE OLD MEDICAL CENTER, WHAT WE CALL NORTH DISTRICT NOW, IT IS CONCRETE JUNGLE THAT HAS NO GREEN SPACE. AND IT, IT'S JUST, IT'S A REFLECTION OF ARCHITECTURE. DAVID, YOU'RE A GREAT ARCHITECT. YOU KNOW THAT WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS IN THE PAST. AND NOW THE OUTSIDE SPACE IS ACTUALLY EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE LABS INSIDE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IDEAS COME FROM. THAT'S WHERE DISCOVERY HAPPENS. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVER A BEAKER, I ASSURE YOU. IT'S OVER LUNCH. IT'S RUNNING WITH A COLLEAGUE. SO I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU'LL, UH, SERIOUSLY SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL BE A GAME CHANGER FOR HOUSTON. AND I THANK YOU ALL, AND I LOVE THE FESTIVE DRESS HERE FOR THE HOLIDAYS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH. HOLD ON. UH, VICE MAYOR, UH, PRO TEM, UH, TATUM. I WAS GONNA SPEAK AFTER [03:30:01] ALL OF THAT. OKAY. OKAY. UM, MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN. YES. I'LL, I'LL JUMP IN FRONT OF, UH, THE VOTE AND EVERYTHING. AND MR. MCCAIN, IT, UH, IT IS TRANSFORMATIVE. I'VE, I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR 10 YEARS AND THIS IS THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE ISSUE THAT WE'VE SEEN. AND THE REASON WHY IS NOT ONLY WILL WE BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THE INCREMENT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS WITHIN HERMAN PARK, UH, IMPROVING THE GREEN SPACES, ADDRESSING THE MOBILITY IN THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER, BUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM OIL AND GAS. OIL AND GAS WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF WHAT WE DO. BUT I REALLY DO WORRY ABOUT THE DRILLING COMPANIES AND THE MIDSTREAM COMPANIES THAT RELY ON THE TRANSPORTATION OF FLUIDS THAT MAY NOT BE HERE. AND AS WE MOVE TO CLEAN ENERGY, CLEAN HYDROGEN, CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE, WE LOOK AT INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON THAT ARE GONNA BE PART OF THE NEXT ITERATION OF WHAT WE ARE. AND WE HAVE THE GREATEST LARGEST MEDICAL CENTER IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT WE REALLY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE LIFE SCIENCE PART. YES, WITH THE ROBOTICS PART, WITH THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PIECES THAT SHOULD GO HAND IN GLOVE WITH THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER, THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THIS AND MORPH THE CITY FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY TO WHAT THE CITY WILL BE IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS. ROBOTICS, MEDICAL DEVICES, UH, SURGERY IS BEING PERFORMED EACH AND EVERY DAY BY MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, ROBOTIC INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE RUN BY DOCTORS, BUT REALLY ADDRESSED BY MACHINES. SO I'M REALLY STOKED ABOUT THIS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSITION THE CITY, UM, INTO THIS NEW BUSINESS ALONG WITH, AS I'VE BEEN PREACHING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AERONAUTICS AND AVIATION. SO AS A CITY OF HOUSTON, TRANSITIONS FROM OIL AND GAS TO MEDICAL AND THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TMC THREE, AERONAUTICS, AVIATION. YOU KNOW, WHEN OTHER FOLKS ARE SITTING IN THIS SEAT LONG AFTER US, THEY'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT HOW OUR FOREFATHERS AND MOTHERS AND SISTERS AND BROTHERS BUILT THE CITY ON THIS NEW WAVE. AND IT IS THE MOST AMAZING THING THAT I THINK I'VE SEEN IN 10 YEARS ON BEING COUNCIL. SO HOW IRONIC IT IS ALSO THAT DR. TURNER, WHO WAS GIVEN AN HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE ON SATURDAY, IS SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT TRANSITION IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON INTO THIS NEW ITERATION OF WHAT WE ARE. SO THANK YOU. DO I HAVE TO CALL YOU DR. MAYOR OR MAYOR, DOCTOR? OH, ALWAYS. MAYOR, DOCTOR, DR. TURNER, OR JUST SIR? IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST HIS, YOU JUST CALL ME SYLVESTER. YES. SO THANK YOU SPEAKERS, AND THANK YOU BILL AND YOUR STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW, DID I, DID I HEAR YOU SAY STOKED? STOKED . THAT'S HOW EXCITED I AM. DID HE SAY ST AN OLD GUY SAYING STOKED? HE DID SAY STOKED. HE STOKED. I SAID NO, YOU, NO, YOU DIDN'T SAY STOKED. OH, HIM. IF YOU A DOCTOR, I CAN BE STOKED. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I I'M WITH YOU ON THAT, . ALRIGHT. COUNCILMAN MY COUNCILMAN. MC CAYMAN. THANK MAYOR. I THINK THAT'S NOT TOO MAYOR. I THINK THAT'S NOW TOO DOCTORATES. YOU HAVE SO YOU KNOW IT. DOUBLE, DOUBLE DOCTOR. DOUBLE DOCTOR BILL. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE LIFE SAFETY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE ASPECTS OF THIS. UH, MY COLLEAGUES DUNNO THIS, I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE HOSPITAL FOR A PROCEDURE DURING THE FREEZE, UH, WHEN I WAS EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT. AND NURSES WERE HAVING TO, UH, FLUSH TOILETS WITH BUCKETS OF WATER. UM, SO THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THAT UP AS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT TO THIS BECAUSE OUR HOSPITALS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO OUR HOSPITALS. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BRINGING THAT NEXUS TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT. I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT ASPECT OF THIS AND ALL THE MORE REASON, UH, TO SUPPORT IT. I ALSO THOUGH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE YOU HERE, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY WANNA THANK EVERYONE AT TMC IN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR PERSEVERING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. YEAH. UH, IT IS HEROIC AND CONTINUES TO BE HEROIC. SO PLEASE BRING BACK OUR GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR THAT AS WELL. I WILL. AND I ALSO WANNA EXTEND THAT THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE, THE LEADERSHIP, UH, THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR CAME TO MY OFFICE WHEN THE VIRUS WAS IN WUHAN. IT HAD NEVER BEEN TO EVEN EUROPE. AND WE PREPARED FOR THIS. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR ENTIRE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS OUTSTANDING AS WAS THE COUNTY. IT WAS, I THINK, ONE OF THE GREATEST MOMENTS IN OUR 77 YEAR HISTORY AT THE MEDICAL CENTER. AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. BUT IT WAS [03:35:01] PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SHINING MOMENTS OF TRUE COLLABORATION AT THE MEDICAL CENTER. SO THANK YOU. I WILL TAKE THAT BACK. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS. UM, JUST SPEAKING MORE ABOUT THE COLLABORATION THAT'S BROUGHT THIS TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, THE, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE BEING FORGED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER AND THE, AND, UM, HERMAN PARK HAVE SOME HISTORICAL ROOTS. YOU KNOW, THAT THE, THAT THE LAND THAT THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER SITS ON WAS ORIGINALLY HERMAN PARK. YES, ABSOLUTELY. 120 ACRES. I HAVE A PICTURE OF THE SIGN IN MY OFFICE. IT'S, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. AND THINK ABOUT IT FROM 120 TO NOW 1400 ACRES. IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. SO MY FRIENDS AT THE PARK REMIND ME, I'M ON THEIR LAND ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU, BILL. LET ME, LET ME, LET ME THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, OF YOU AND, AND YOUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION. UM, I THINK WHAT IS, WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT, I THINK TO ALL OF US, UM, IS THAT NUMBER ONE, WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR CRITICAL ASSETS. OKAY. AND, UM, WHAT THE MEDICAL CENTER IS DOING FUTURISTICALLY. YEAH. I THINK IT'S EVEN, UM, WILL BE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT IT HAS DONE IN THIS PAST. AND THE FACT THAT Y'ALL HAVE ARE NOW ADDING THEIR COMMERCIAL IN, UM, THE INDUSTRY SECTOR TO IT HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE BENEFITS OF THAT TO FLOW AND TO SPILL OVER, EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE MEDICAL CENTER. AND THAT'S WHY HERMAN PARK AND OTHERS WILL BENEFIT FROM IT. SO LET ME, LET ME THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING JUST FUTURISTIC. IT'S ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT, UH, HAVING THE LARGEST MEDICAL CENTER AND JUST STANDING ON THAT. IT'S ANOTHER THING BY RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO WANT TO BE FIRST. AND THIS IS STILL A VERY MUCH COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HOUSTON TO PUT ITSELF, UM, WHERE YOU LOOKING AT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TWO YEARS FROM NOW, BUT WHAT, WHERE WE WILL BE 15, 20 YEARS FROM NOW. I THINK THIS WILL HELP TO MOVE US IN THAT RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AS YOU SOLIDIFY, UM, THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER, EVERYTHING AROUND IT BENEFITS AS WELL. YEAH. AND, UH, AND, BUT FOR WHAT'S TAKING PLACE AT THE MEDICAL CENTER, UH, THOSE OTHER BENEFITS WOULD NOT BE FLOWING AROUND IT. AND THEN THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT, UM, UM, WITH WHAT THE MEDICAL CENTER IS DOING, EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, IN THE REGION, IN THE STATE, IN THE COUNTRY, AND QUITE FRANKLY, PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO THE MEDICAL CENTER. SO, UM, WE ARE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE, UH, TO HAVE THE MEDICAL CENTER HERE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO FLY TO IT. WE CAN SIMPLY DRIVE THAT WAY. SO, UM, UH, THIS IS A, THIS IS AN ITEM, UM, THAT PEOPLE CAN'T JUST MEASURE BY THE BOUNDARIES THAT WE ARE SETTING. I THINK IF WE DO THAT, THEN WE'RE BEING VERY NARROW IN OUR SCOPE. I THINK THIS IS ONE PARTICULAR ITEM, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO MEASURE ABOUT WHERE THE BENEFITS WILL ACTUALLY FLOW. AND IN THIS CASE, UH, AND THE REASON WHY THIS ITEM IS ON THE, ON THE AGENDA IS THE BENEFITS FROM THIS ITEM WILL FLOW THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY AND BEYOND. SO THAT'S WHAT'S SO CRITICAL. BUT IT TAKES LEADERSHIP. AND SO I WANT TO THANK, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE LEADERSHIP OF YOUR, OF YOUR TEAM, AND THEN ALL OF THE, UM, INSTITUTIONS, UH, THAT MAKE UP THE ME THE MEDICAL CENTER. SO, UM, LET ME STOP. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND THANK YOU MR. MCKEAN FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I DID MAKE THE CONNECTION UNTIL YOU MENTIONED HURRICANE HARVEY AND I REFLECTED WHEN I WAS WORKING IN THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER FOR UT HOUSTON DURING IKE. AND I REMEMBER I WAS TAKING THE BUS AT THE TIME AND IT ALMOST TOOK ME TWO AND A HALF HOURS. I REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE OF THE WATER AND THE FLOODING AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, AND SO I, I'M RECALLING MY EXPERIENCE IN THOSE WHO DID NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO STAY AT HOME. WORK FOR HOME WAS NOT AN OPTION. BUT FOR THOSE OF US THAT STILL HAD TO GET TO THE MEDICAL CENTER, 'CAUSE IT'S A 24 7 OPERATION, THIS TYPE OF TURS AND THE INVESTMENT WILL DEFINITELY TRANSFORM, UM, HOW WE DO OUR BUSINESS AND HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE RECOVERY AFTER DISASTER. UM, SO THAT BUSINESS CAN CONTINUE TO GO ON. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT AND MAKING THAT CONNECTION. YEAH. AND THEN CAUSING ME TO, UH, REMEMBER THAT MOMENT, UH, UH, BECAUSE FOR THOSE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL, RIGHT? AND FOR MANY OF, UM, OF YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THE MEDICAL CENTER THAT WORK IN FOOD SERVICES, NURSES, AIDE STAFF, THEY RELY ON THAT. SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE MUST BE IN PLACE. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, PORT CAST TATUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND MAKE MY COMMENTS BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE CREATION OF THIS TURF IS A PHENOMENAL PARTNERSHIP. UM, LISTENING TO THE SPEAKERS FROM THE HERMAN PARK CONSERVANCY [03:40:01] AND HEARING MR. MCKEEN FROM TMC, UM, THIS IS A WONDERFUL MARRIAGE. UH, AND, AND I'M VERY EXCITED, UH, TO SEE THAT WE ARE EXPANDING IN LIFE SCIENCES. UM, I MEAN, THAT TYPE OF A $2 BILLION INVESTMENT IN LIFE SCIENCES IS GOING TO BE SO IMPACTFUL ACROSS OUR ENTIRE CITY. UM, MAYOR. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO, UM, AMPLIFY THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINE AND FANIN AND HOLCOMB AND CAMBRIDGE AND HOLLY HALL STREETS GETTING THOSE MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON THOSE STREETS FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE MONEY TO, TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. SO TO SEE THIS ON THE HORIZON IS VERY EXCITING. UH, ALSO, UM, THE NECESSARY STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO HAVE A WATER SYSTEM, UH, IN THE MEDICAL CENTER. AND FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO BE ABLE TO GAIN THIS ASSET IS GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS FOR OUR RESILIENCY. AND THEN MAYOR, FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE EMERGENCY COMMITTEE MEETING WE HAD ON DECEMBER THE SEVENTH. I MEAN, THE INFORMATION WAS SUCCINCT. IT WAS, UM, IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE THIS DECISION. WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY DELVE IN TO DISSOLUTION, UM, IMPLICATIONS. UH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ANALYSIS WHEN WE UPDATE OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES IN 2023. UH, AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, KNOW THE IMPACT THAT ALL OF WHAT WE WILL VOTE ON TODAY, HOW IT IMPACTS OUR 25%, UH, STATUTORY, UH, CAP. AND TO SEE THAT THIS BIG IMPACT ONLY IMPACTS OUR CAP. A SMALL AMOUNT IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE CITY. MM-HMM . BECAUSE THE, WE ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS WORK ACROSS THE CITY. I THINK MOST OF THE DISTRICTS ARE IMPACTED, BUT ALL OF HOUSTON WILL BENEFIT FROM THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING TODAY. SO THANK YOU TO, UM, ANDY AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR TILLERSON, FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED. ANSWERED QUESTIONS STATE AND, UH, ADDRESS CONSTITUENT CONCERNS. UH, I LOVE TO SEE THIS IS HOW GOVERNMENT SHOULD WORK AND PEOPLE SHOULD SEE HOW GOVERNMENT AT ITS FINEST IS, IS WORKING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE LEADERS AT THE HERMAN PARK CONSERVANCY, TO THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER, TO THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND EVERYONE THAT'S PLAYING A PART IN MAKING HOUSTON THE VERY BEST THAT IT CAN BE, UH, IN THE FUTURE. COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS? THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. THIS IS EXCITING. UH, I, I SUPPORT THIS, UM, AS, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER, UH, IS A MAJOR ECONOMIC ENGINE HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UH, BUT WITH THAT SAID, THE SPEAKERS THAT ALSO SPOKE, STATED THAT, UH, SO, SO YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COMING INTO THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER. SO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT IS SO IMPORTANT SO THAT WAY THEY CAN SEE HOUSTON IN BEAUTIFUL HOUSTON ALSO. UH, BUT IT'S ALSO STATED THAT THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL AMENITIES THERE AS WELL. UH, THE HERMAN PARK, UH, THE ZOO, UH, AND THEN A MAJOR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING, RICE UNIVERSITY, SAMIR, I'M ASKING THAT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, BE DIVERSE IN REGARDS TO REPRESENTATION FROM THE ZOO, HERMAN PARK, RICE UNIVERSITY, HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM, AND OF COURSE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE AREA AS WELL, UH, TO BENEFIT THE WHOLE AREA. UH, AND, AND, AND, AND JUST NOT, OF COURSE, THE MEDICAL CENTER IN REGARDS TO REPRESENTATION ON THIS BOARD. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. AND I, I AS WELL WANNA JUST THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. UM, BEING IN HEALTHCARE, HEALTHCARE IS DIFFERENT NOW THAN IT USED TO BE. YEAH. IT'S FROM PATIENT EXPERIENCE TO, TO THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S NECESSARY. AND WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE HERE, AND I'M, SO THIS IS A GOOD DAY FOR US ON COUNCIL, HONESTLY. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS, UM, THIS IS GONNA CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES. AND WHAT YOU SAID, MAYOR, IS SO IMPORTANT. WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MEDICAL CENTER TOUCHES EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. IT'S NOT JUST WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES. AND WHAT WE SEE OFTENTIMES IN MANY DISTRICTS ARE THE HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT ARE THERE. AND WHEN THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO GET THE HEALTHCARE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES, THEY GO TO THE HEALTH, THEY GO TO TMC. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. UM, I'M SO EXCITED TO VOTE ON THIS, HONESTLY. UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE, THE MARRIAGE. I LOVE THAT WORD . THE, THE, THE GOOD MARRIAGE , UM, BETWEEN, BETWEEN THESE TWO ENTITIES, UM, HONESTLY, AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, JUST, THIS IS JUST A REALLY GOOD THING FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. YOU KNOW, I JUST TRAVELED TO THE UAE IN DUBAI, AND I'M TELLING YOU, [03:45:01] EVERYONE KNOWS TMC, IT'S JUST WELL REVERED AND IT'S RESPECTED ON EVERY LEVEL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN. THANK YOU MAYOR AND MAYOR, THIS IS THE BIG DEAL. THIS IS THE FIRST TOURS YOU'VE CREATED SINCE YOU'RE ADMINISTRATION. SO YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID, UM, THAT IT, THE BENEFITS FLOW TO THE ENTIRE CITY. AND, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL. THANKS TO ALL THE SPEAKERS. DOREEN, GREAT JOB. KIND OF ASSEMBLING THE TOPICS. UM, I LIKE THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT NOT JUST PEOPLE VISITING FROM 150 ZIP CODES MORE PLUS, BUT GIVING MONEY FROM 150 ZIP CODES. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. UM, THE PARKING THAT WAS ADDRESSED, THE FLOOD MITIGATION THAT WAS ADDRESSED, INCREASED WALK, WALKABILITY AND MOBILITY THAT WAS ADDRESSED. UM, MR. MCKEAN, I DID NOT KNOW THERE WERE COVENANTS IN PLACE AND THAT YOU HAD TO CHANGE THAT. SO THAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME AND THAT, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT HELIX PARK AND ALL THE LIFE SCIENCE. I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM, THAT SPACE AND LIFE SCIENCE ARE, ARE THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY. AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL. SO, UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME. GREAT JOB AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FINALLY, WHAT I WAS SAYING, UH, AND COUNCILMAN , YOU, YOU REMINDED ME. THIS IS THE, UH, FIRST TOURS, UM, IN, IN MY SEVEN YEARS PROBABLY WILL BE THE LAST. UM, BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANDY CAN AND HIS TEAM, UH, FOR LAYING OUT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ALL OF THIS. IT IS A LOT OF WORK, UM, AND ALL OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD, UH, ON THIS PARTICULAR, UH, SUBJECT MATTER. UH, BUT IT IS, IT IS IMPORTANT, UM, AND IN THE SYSTEM THAT WE CURRENTLY OPERATE AS A CITY TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE ALL OF OUR TOOLS FOR THE GREATER BENEFIT OF THE ENTIRE CITY. AND THAT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, IF WE DO THIS, DOES IT BENEFIT JUST THOSE WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES? BUT DOES IT, WILL THE BENEFITS FLOW EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES AS IT RELATES TO THE MEDICAL CENTER? UM, THERE ARE MANY HOUSTONIANS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE, UH, OF COURSE BENEFIT FROM WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE INSIDE. AND THEN WITH THE, UH, ADDED COMPONENTS TO THE MEDICAL CENTER, UH, WHICH WILL GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, UM, PLACES LIKE HERMAN PARK, UH, WILL, WILL BENEFIT AS, AS WELL. AND THOSE ARE ASSETS THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE. UH, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, HERMAN PARK, UH, JUST CAN'T REMAIN AS IT IS. IT NEEDS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO ADVANCE, TO MOVE FORWARD. AND HOPEFULLY WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY WILL ENCOURAGE POTENTIAL INVESTORS TO INVEST IN HERMAN PARK, KNOWING THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES COMING IN THAT THEY CAN LEVERAGE OR THAT THEY KNOW WILL BE THERE FOR ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UH, SO IT BENEFITS. AND THEN FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE NATIVE HOUSTONIANS WHO WERE BORN, BORN AT, UM, HERMAN HOSPITAL MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, LIKE YOURS, TRULY , UM, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE, THOSE THINGS, ASSETS WE HAVE TO NOT JUST PROTECT, BUT ENHANCE. AND LASTLY, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WHEN WE WERE, UM, WHEN WE WERE MAKING OUR PRESENTATION, UH, TO MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN, UH, NATIONAL COMMITTEE, THE SITE COMMITTEE, THE ONE QUESTION WAS ASKED, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT COMING IN 28. ONE QUESTION THAT THEY ASKED THAT I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY PROFOUND WAS, UH, MAYOR WILL SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT EXISTS IN THE, IN HOUSTON TODAY? TELL US WHERE IT WILL BE SIX YEARS FROM NOW WHEN WE, WHEN WE COME BACK, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A, YOU KNOW, PRETTY GOOD QUESTION. SO WE'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE SEE, WE, WE SEE WHERE YOU ARE TODAY, UH, BUT OTHER CITIES ARE COMING RIGHT BEHIND YOU AND TRYING TO TAKE YOUR PLACE. SO SIX YEARS FROM NOW, WILL YOU BE HOLDING ON TO YOUR POSITION OR ADVANCING YOUR POSITION? ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT I USED LAST NIGHT WAS THE MEDICAL CENTER. MM-HMM . UH, ABOUT, UH, SEVEN YEARS AGO, UM, THE MEDICAL CENTER WAS AT A DIFFERENT PLACE FROM WHERE IT IS TODAY. YEAH. IT HAS MOVED FORWARD. AND SIX YEARS FROM NOW, THE MEDICAL CENTER WILL BE EVEN FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY. SO WHEN YOU COME BACK SIX YEARS FROM NOW, AND IF YOU JUST GO TO THE MEDICAL CENTER AND MEASURE IT, USE THE BENCHMARK WHERE IT IS TODAY, YOU WILL SEE [03:50:01] A MUCH MORE, UH, ENHANCED, COMPETITIVE, UH, IN, UH, SPACE, UH, THAN TODAY. AND THAT'S WHERE THE CITY NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED. YEAH. NOT WHERE WE ARE TODAY, BUT WHAT WE ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE SIX YEARS FROM NOW. AND I THINK WITH THIS PARTICULAR TERRACE, I THINK HERMAN PARK WILL BE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION. MEDICAL CENTER WILL BE IN MUCH BETTER POSITION. AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE CITY OF HOUSTON WILL BE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION FROM THE CREATION OF THIS PARTICULAR TERRACE. SO, AGAIN, UH, CONGRATULATIONS. AND, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A CLOSE VOTE TODAY, , UM, , YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT THANK YOU, BILL. APPRECIATE YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP AS WELL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WILL SAY ONE THING, AND THIS IS AN INVITATION. I KNOW THE MAYOR WILL BE HERE, BUT LESS THAN A YEAR FROM NOW. WE'RE GONNA OPEN HELIX PARK. SO ALL THAT CONSTRUCTION, IT LOOKS LIKE SHANGHAI NOW WITH ALL THE CRANES, BUT LESS THAN A YEAR FROM NOW, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE BEGINNING OF THAT VISION, UH, OF OUR NEXT STAGE OF EVOLUTION. SO I'D LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU COME JOIN US. IT'D BE A GREAT CELEBRATION OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE COLLECTIVELY DONE. SO THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE. I MEAN, HOW MANY, HOW MANY, HOW MANY BUILDINGS ARE, ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETED? UH, UH, NEXT YEAR. BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, THE FIRST THREE WILL BE UP AND OPENED. UM, IT WITHIN A YEAR, SO BE NEXT FALL, WE'LL BE OPENING THE, AND ALL THE PARKS, ALL THE STREETS, ALL OF THE DRAINAGE DETENTION TO THE NEW STANDARDS. BY THE WAY, UM, IS UNDER IT, WE HAVE EIGHT, I THINK IT'S 13 OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOLS UNDERGROUND THAT WILL TAKE ALL THE WATER FOR THE ENTIRE CAMPUS. SO WE MADE THOSE INVESTMENTS REALLY EARLY ON, SO NOT PIECE BY PIECE AS OFTEN HAPPENS. SO IT'S A REALLY EXCITING, IT'S REALLY KIND OF A MODERN, UH, NO PUMPS. IT'S ALL USING, UH, JUST A, A NATURAL FLOW ALL THE WAY OUT. SO IT'S, IT'S A BRILLIANT DESIGN. SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU SHARE IN THE OPENING OF THAT EVENT. IT'LL BE REALLY EXCITING. AND ALL OF MY, MY NEW MARRIAGE, I HAVE TO CALL MY WIFE, BUT MY NEW MARRIAGE OF OUR PARTNERS OF THE PARK, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. IT'S SUCH A JEWEL THAT MAKES SO MUCH OF IT. REMEMBER THAT, THAT THE 10 MILLION PEOPLE WE TREAT EVERY YEAR, MOST OF THEM, THE FIRST PLACE THEY HEAD IS TO HERMAN PARK AND TO THE ZOO. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PLACE. SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'LL ALL TOGETHER BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH YOUR BLESSING. OF COURSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. CHEERS. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU. UM, IS THERE A MOTION I DON'T SEE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANYONE. LET ME ASK, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? HEARING SEEN? NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING? YES. THANKS, TATUM. MOVE TO CLOSE THE HEARING. SECOND, ROBINSON BEEN MOVED AND SECOND TO CLOSE THE HEARING. ANY OBJECTION? HEARING NONE. THE HEARING IS CLOSED. UM, NOW WE [7.  PUBLIC HEARING relating to the designation of the PROLOGIS-WAYFAIR REINVESTMENT ZONE for Tax Abatement Purposes - DISTRICT B - JACKSON ] TURN TO, UH, HEARING ON THE PRO LOGOS BOLO WAY, WAYFAIR REINVESTMENT ZONE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, MADAM SECRETARY. ITEM SEVEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE PRO LODGES WAYFAIR REINVESTMENT ZONE FOR TAX ABATEMENT PURPOSES. MR. BOW, UH, BUSTER, THANK YOU. AS REQUIRED BY SECTION THREE 12, UH, 0.201 AND SECTION THREE, 12.207 OF THE TAX TEXAS TAX CODE. A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED BEFORE A TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE CAN BE DESIGNATED AND BEFORE A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT CAN BE APPROVED. NOTICE OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE ON DECEMBER 2ND, PROLOGIS INCORPORATED. AND WAYFAIR, LLC SUBMITTED A JOINT APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION OF A TAX ABATEMENT TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF A PROJECT. PROLOGIS INCORPORATED PLANS TO DEVELOP A 1.2 MILLION SQUARE FOOT FULFILLMENT CENTER OF WHICH WAYFAIR, LLC WILL BE THE SOLE TENANT. PROLOGIS INCORPORATED PLANS TO INVEST $70 MILLION FOR THE BUILDING AND REQUIRED STRUCTURES WHILE WAYFAIR LLC PLANS TO INVEST $63.2 MILLION TO BUILD OUT THE INTERIOR INSTALL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND OTHER COSTS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT FOR OPERATIONS. THE PROPOSED TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF BUSH UNDER INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT, AN AREA SMALLER THAN THE GENERAL BOUNDARIES OF GREENS ROAD ON THE NORTH JFK BOULEVARD ON THE EAST NORTH SIM HOUSTON PARKWAY, EAST ON THE SOUTH, AND MILNER ROAD ON THE WEST. THE TAX ABATEMENT PROPOSAL IS FOR 90% OF THE CITY PROPERTY TAXES OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD. THE FIRST YEAR ABATEMENT IS PROJECTED AT 336,000, AND THE AVERAGE ANNUAL ABATEMENT IS PROJECTED AT ALSO $336,000. WAYFAIR LC WILL CREATE APPROXIMATELY 400 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT DIRECT JOBS BY 2026 AS REQUIRED BY THE 2022 TAX ABATEMENT ORDINANCE. THE COMPANIES MUST ADHERE TO THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING A PROVISION OF [03:55:01] OSHA TRAINING FOR WORKERS AND SUPERVISORS, HIRING FROM DOT CERTIFIED CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS, ADVERTISING WITH AND HIRING FROM REENTRY PROGRAMS, AND HIRING FROM HIGH POVERTY CENSUS TRACKS. IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIRED COMMUNITY OF BENEFITS, WAYFAIR PROLOG, I'M SORRY, WAYFAIR, LLC HAS AGREED TO A MINIMUM STARTING SALARY OF $16 AND 25 CENTS PER HOUR FOR FTE DIRECT JOBS. IN CLOSING, SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT AND APPROVING THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT A LARGE EMPLOYER IN HOUSTON, WE'LL SEND A RESOUNDING MESSAGE TO MID-SKILL WORKERS THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MID-SKILL JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST JOB CREATION NEEDS. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER TARSA JACKSON, WITH NO OBJECTIONS, A RECOMMENDATION TO CREATE A TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. A RECOMMENDATION TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE PRESENTED ON A FUTURE AGENDA, AND THAT TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR REVIEW PRIOR TO COUNCIL ACTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, FIRST I REALLY WANNA COMMEND COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID TO GET THESE BENEFITS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND MAYOR, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND MOVING FORWARD ON THIS MODEL. UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR RAISING THIS RIGHT NOW. I SHOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY RAISED IT EARLIER. AND I RECOGNIZE THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH COUNT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, BACK IN 2019, UH, WAYFAIR ACTUALLY SOLD, UM, FURNISHED THE BEDS FOR CHILD DETENTION IMMIGRANT CENTERS HERE IN TEXAS, AND THERE WAS A WALKOUT BY THEIR EMPLOYEES. UM, I THINK THAT BRINGING JOBS TO THIS CITY IS IMPORTANT. I THINK THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE SECURED, UH, IS THAT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANNA SEE? MY ONLY REQUEST, MAYOR, AND I'VE ASKED COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON THIS AS WELL, IF YOU ALL ARE HAVING CONTINUATIONS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH WAYFAIR, UM, TO BRING THIS UP, IS SOMETHING THAT WE DOESN'T NECESSARILY REFLECT THE, UM, WAYS IN WHICH HOUSTON OPERATES IN THE TREATMENT OF, UH, IMMIGRANTS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN IN OUR STATE. SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT THAT BE RAISED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WAYFAIR'S CONTINUING TO DO THAT, BUT IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND I FELT THE NEED TO, UM, BRING IT UP SO THAT IT DOES STAY ON OUR RADAR. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN JACKSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UM, THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THIS INITIATIVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK, UM, SPEAK WITH GWEN AND THE FOLKS OVER AT WAYFAIR DISCUSSED THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND THE NEEDS FOR JOBS WITHIN, UM, DISTRICT B. YOU KNOW, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE DID LAUNCH OUR BE SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVE. UM, THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT B WITH SOME, INTO SOME GOOD PAYING JOBS. AND SO WE, THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE INITIATIVE AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE GETTING PLUGGED IN. SO I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED. UM, AS YOU KNOW, LIKE 38% OF FOLKS IN DISTRICT B ARE MAKING UNDER $25,000 A YEAR, OR HOUSEHOLDS MAKE UNDER $25,000 A YEAR. AND THIS IS JUST GONNA GET US CLOSER, UM, TO OUR GOALS. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIPS AND CONVERSATIONS AND FINALIZING THIS COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU AGAIN. YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE TO PLEASE , UM, YOU KNOW, UM, AND WE ARE HERE TO BUILD A FUTURISTIC CITY WITH MULTIMODAL FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION IN EVERY PART OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON. ALL, UH, VICE MAYOR TIM CASTEK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE INFORMATION AND THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING. I JUST WANTED TO AMPLIFY THE IMPORTANCE OF LETTING, UH, RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT B AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON KNOW ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE IMPACT THAT ITEMS LIKE THIS WILL MAKE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE RESIDENTS FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THEY COME AND THEY, THEY MAKE COMMENTS LIKE, IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ALWAYS GET THIS. SO WE ALWAYS GET THAT. AND I THINK IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE SURE WE ARE AMPLIFYING, UH, WHEN WE ARE PUTTING POSITIVE THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND SO I WANTED TO JUST AMPLIFY THE IMPORTANCE OF THE JOB CREATION AND THE AVAILABILITY AND THE CLOSENESS WHERE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN WORK IN THEIR SAME COMMUNITIES. BECAUSE COMMUTING SOMETIMES CAN BE A CHALLENGE AND A BARRIER TO EMPLOYMENT. AND WHEN YOU HAVE GOOD JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE CAN HAVE EASIER ACCESS TO THAT EMPLOYMENT. SO I WANNA AMPLIFY THIS. I'M THINKING ABOUT MAYOW WOLF THAT'S COMING TO DISTRICT B AND MAYOR, I MEAN, IT REALLY IS A TESTAMENT TO US LISTENING TO CONSTITUENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON SAYING, WE WANNA HAVE GREAT THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITIES TOO. AND WE ARE DOING THAT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, [04:00:01] COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE COMING TO DISTRICT B IN A LOT OF THE AREAS IN OUR, IN OUR CITY. AND LET ME, AND LET ME JUST, LET ME AMPLIFY THAT AS WELL. AND THAT IS, IS NOT EVEN JUST CREATING TURS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY, UM, BUT WHETHER IT'S IN A REINVESTMENT ZONES AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO INVEST IN AREAS OF OUR CITY WHERE THEY HAVE NOT LOOKED IN THE PAST. MM-HMM . THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT. UH, WE HAVE TO, UM, UM, THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT INVESTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST ON, FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST, NORTH TO THE SOUTH IN BETWEEN. UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO INDUCE AND SOMETIMES ENTICE PEOPLE TO BE IN THESE AREAS. BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT INVESTMENTS ARE FLOWING FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST NOW OVER TO THE NORTH AND NOT OVERLOOKING THE CENTRAL PART. NOW, I, I, I WILL ADD, UM, THAT IT HAS BEEN DUE TO A LACK OF INVESTMENT FOR DECADES, OKAY? MM-HMM . AND YOU DON'T FIX IT OVERNIGHT, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL IN TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO INVEST IN THIS AREA. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE AND THE HOPE IS THAT MORE WILL COME, MORE, THAT MORE WILL COME. SO, UM, BUT AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON LET, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, AND BEING VERY FOCUSED IN SEEING THAT THE AREA BENEFITS AND THE PEOPLE BENEFIT, UH, BECAUSE THE MINIMUM, I THINK FOR THE JOBS THAT, UH, FROM THIS PARTICULAR ENTITY, IT'S LIKE $16 AN HOUR, 17 OR SO, WHICH IS, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. OKAY? SO, UM, ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? IS THERE ANYONE HERE? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE WHO CHOOSES TO SPEAK ON THE PERGA BELOW? JUST WAYFAIR REINVESTMENT. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. HEARING IS SEEING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING AS TATUM MOVE TO CLOSE THE HEARING? SECOND ROBINSON MOVE AND SECOND TO CLOSE ANY OBJECTION. CHAIR IS NONE, AND THE MOTION IS GRANTED. OKAY, NOW WE, [8.  ORDINANCE designating the PROLOGIS-WAYFAIR REINVESTMENT ZONE for tax abatement purposes pursuant to Article IV of Chapter 44 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas This item should only be considered after passage of Item 7 above ] ON THE LAST ITEM, UM, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE MM-HMM . UH, WE'LL NOW VOTE ON THE CREATION OF THE WAY WAYFAIR ZONE. AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS THE CREATION OF THE ZONE ONLY AND WE'LL COME BACK IN JANUARY AS COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT. SO THIS IS A VOTE ON THE ACTUAL ITEM TO APPROVE THE CREATION OF THE ZONE AND ONLY THE CREATION OF THE ZONE. MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. ITEM EIGHT IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSED, AND GRANTED. CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILMAN JACKSON TO THE PEOPLE IN DISTRICT B. ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE PUBLIC, ALL OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND NOW WE [MAYOR'S REPORT] WILL WITH THE MAYOR'S REPORT. SO LET ME BE VERY, VERY BRIEF ON THIS. UH, I WAS HONORED TO, UM, TO PROVIDE THE COMMENCEMENT AT TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ON SATURDAY, ON SATURDAY MORNING. A GREAT EXPERIENCE, GOOD TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE GRADUATING. UM, UH, TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. UM, THE CITY OF HOUSTON AVIATION DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH, UH, TEXAS SOUTHERN AVIATION DEPARTMENT, UH, TO, UH, TO LOOK TO ESTABLISH A 30,000 SQUARE FOOT EDUCATIONAL BUILDING WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART CLASSROOMS AND LABS. A NEW 30,000 SQUARE FOOT HANGAR, UH, THAT WILL HOUSE 15 NEW TEXAS SOUTHERN TRAINING AIRCRAFT, A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT HANGAR. UH, AND QUITE FRANKLY WOULD MAKE TEXAS SOUTHERN ONE OF THE LEADING SCHOOLS ON IN AVIATION. IN FACT, IT WILL BE THE LEADING SCHOOL ON AVIATION. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEY'RE ESTABLISHING THE CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE HEALTH. WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ALREADY ABOUT, THERE ARE SOME ZIP CODES IN OUR CITY WHERE THE DEATH RATE, UM, IS 24 YEARS LOWER THAN, THAN THE ADJACENT, UH, UH, AREA. AND, AND AT THE SAME TIME THE HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT EXIST. SO THEY'RE ESTABLISHING THE CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE HEALTH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A COMPLETE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE ESTABLISHED A HEALTH EQUITY RESPONSE TEAM, AND WE WILL PARTNER WITH THE CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE HEALTH AND, AND REALLY THEN PARTNERING WITH TEXAS SOUTHERN TO DRAW DOWN OTHER PHILANTHROPIC AND FEDERAL GRANTS. AND REALLY THAT'S THE PORTION OF COMPLETE COMMUNITIES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, WHERE THE FOCUS IS ON, UH, ADDRESSING THE HEALTH DISPARITIES WITHIN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER SOURCED AND UNDER [04:05:01] RESOURCED, UH, UNDERSERVED. AND SO THERE'LL BE AN ITEM COMING FOR YOU TO YOUR NEXT, UH, YEAR IN JANUARY TO JOIN IN AND SUPPORTING THAT CENTER ON TRANSFORMATIVE HEALTH. SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UH, AND THE FUTURE. UM, TURNAROUND HOUSTON, UH, THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS AND OTHER PARTNERS ARE HOSTING THE TURNAROUND HOUSTON JOB AND READINESS AFFAIR. TOMORROW, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT BURNETT BAYLAND COMMUNITY PARK, THAT 6,000 CHIMNEY ROCK AND JOB SEEKERS SHOULD REGISTER ONLINE TO INTERVIEW WITH HIRING MANAGERS TO LOOK TO FIELD IMMEDIATE OPENING. SO THAT'S TURNAROUND. HOUSTON, I DID ANNOUNCE THAT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL SITE COMMITTEE IS IN TOWN. UH, THEY WILL BE HERE ALL DAY TODAY, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UM, UM, BRINGING THE CONVENTION HERE IN 2028, BUT THEY'LL BE MAKING THE DECISION IN 2023. SO, UM, UM, UM, AND THEY'RE MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, UM, TODAY, AND I THINK MAY PRETEND YOU WERE OVER THERE EARLY THIS MORNING. MM-HMM . UM, AND THEN LEMME JUST NOTE THAT THIS SATURDAY, LET ME INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN US AT THE MAYOR'S LOVE OUR PARK FEST AT IRVINGTON PARK AT 1000 CADE. UH, THERE WILL BE ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN IN THE ENTIRE FAMILY AND THE LOVE OUR PARK EVENT SHOWCASE MANY OF OUR SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, UH, THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND SO WE HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS AT, AT THE IRVINGTON PARK. SO PLEASE, UH, JOIN US ON SATURDAY. UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S AT NOON, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT US TO REMEMBER AND SEND OUR CONDOLENCES AND PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY OF SENIOR HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER VIDAL LOPEZ. AS YOU KNOW, HE PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK AFTER SUFFERING SEVERE INJURIES WHEN HIS CAR WAS HIT BY A TRAIN LAST WEDNESDAY MORNING, UH, WHILE, UM, I THINK HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK. SO LET'S REMEMBER THE FAMILY OF, UH, SENIOR HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER VIDAL, UH, LOPEZ, UH, COUNCILMAN GALLO. SEE YOU IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IN REGARDS TO HEALTH DISPARITIES IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE MAGNOLIA PARK MANCHESTER, UH, COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, I'M HOPING THIS IS SOMETHING WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK FURTHER INTO THIS, UH, POSSIBLY, UM, I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY HAS ALSO INVESTED IN REGARDS TO AIR MONITORS. UH, HOPEFULLY MORE, SOME MORE AIR MONITORS IN THE EAST END, ABSOLUTELY. ALONG THE PORT OF HOUSTON WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT'S IT FOR THE MAYOR'S REPORT. NOW LET'S [CONSENT AGENDA] TURN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, MADAM SECRETARY, UNDER THE ACCEPT WORK RIGHT UNDER THE ACCEPT WORK CATEGORY, ITEMS NINE AND 10 HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION UNDER THE PROPERTY CATEGORY. ITEM 11 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATU MOVED, SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED. AND SECOND ON 1911. DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANITE UNDER THE PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS. CATEGORY ITEM 19 AND 20 HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. NEED MOTIONS FOR ITEMS 12 THROUGH 18. CASTEX, TATU, MOVE. SECOND ROBINSON. MOVE THEN SECONDED ON ITEMS 12 THROUGH 18. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANITE UNDER THE ORDINANCES. CATEGORY ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION, OR 21, 26 THROUGH 31, 38 THROUGH 42, 44, 46, 47, 48, 51 THROUGH 54 AND 64. THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 21, 26 THROUGH 31, 38 THROUGH 42, 44, 46 THROUGH 48, 51 THROUGH 54 AND 64. NEED A VOTE ON THE BALANCE. DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POSTING. GRANTED, I JUST CARE OF YES, THAT ITEM HAS PASSED. YOU ALL ARE FREE TO GO. , THAT'S 55. ITEM 55 HAS PASSED. [CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA] OKAY, ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEM NINE NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED. AND SECOND ON ITEM NINE. WE ON ITEM NINE. DISCUSSION ON [04:10:01] NINE. DISCUSSION ON NINE IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON NINE. ITEM 10 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE. SECOND ROBINSON MOVE. AND SECOND ON 10. COUNCILMAN GALLEGO SAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE ON THIS, IN, ON THIS SEAT FOR COMING TO AN END OF NINE YEARS. AND ABOUT TWO YEARS AFTER I TOOK OFFICE, I WENT TO VISIT SENIORS AT THE VS. AT WINKLER, UH, THERE ON WINKLER. AND, UM, MANY OF THE SENIORS HAD CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO SIDEWALKS GOING FROM THEIR FACILITY TO THE BUS STOPS THERE ALONG WINKLER. UH, THEY, IT WAS NOT EASY ACCESS AT ALL IN REGARDS TO WHEELCHAIRS AND PEOPLE ON WALKERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. UH, SO IT TOOK TIME. BUT HERE WE ARE. UH, AND WHEN YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY, MAYOR, WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THAT AREA, PLEASE DRIVE DOWN. WINKLER. EXCITED. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CONTRACTOR, GRAVA AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR A JOB WELL DONE. THIS PROJECT, WE PAIRED WINKLER ROAD, WHICH WAS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE PRIOR TO THIS REHAB PROJECT. AND WE ALSO CONTRIBUTED DOLLARS FROM THE DISTRICT ICE SERVICE FUND TO ADD CURBING AND BUILD NEW SIDEWALKS ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF WINKLER TO HELP IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY AND MOBILITY. AND THE SENIORS ARE VERY EXCITED. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ITEM. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 10? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 10. ITEM 19 NEEDS A MOTION. WILL ITEM 19, DISCUSSION. STATE A MOVE SECOND, ROBINSON. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND ON ITEM 19. DISCUSSION ON 19. DISCUSSION ON 19 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED GRANT A NO GRANTED ON ITEM 19, SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, A POLL VOTING NO. ITEM 20 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED IN SECOND ON ITEM 20. DISCUSSION ON 20. COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER ON 20. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I'M, I'M SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH, UM, WITH EVERYONE. OBVIOUSLY MY CONCERN IS JUST THE MWBE'S PARTICIPATION, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS, UM, A CHEMICAL THAT IS DIFFICULT TO ATTAIN. AND SO, AND WE, AND THERE'S A SHORTAGE THERE. AND SO WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. JUST WANNA BRING ATTENTION TO JUST THE MWBES AND US DOING, YOU KNOW, THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT MINORITY BUSINESS. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND, AND THEN JUST FOR AN ADDED REFERENCE ON THIS, IT IS A 7.2 ON 11. UM, BUT ONE OF THE SUBS, THEY HAVE WORKED ON AN AGREEMENT, AS YOU ALL CAN'T REMEMBER, CAN'T RECALL TO ONE OF BRIAN IF HERE SEVERAL TIMES THEY'VE WORKED ON AN AGREEMENT EVEN WITH TAWA O' BRYANT. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 20? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ITEM 20. ITEM 21 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 21. UH, MEMBER GSON 21. THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, DISTRICT I IS ENDING ON A GOOD NOTE. UH, MAYOR, AS YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT HERE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR SOME TIME. YES. UM, I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT, NOT JUST FOR THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. IT WILL PROVIDE WORKING PEOPLE AND FAMILIES, BUT ALSO FOR THE PARTNERSHIP FORMED WITH THE TEJANO CENTER, WHICH WILL OPERATE A STANDALONE QUALITY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM ON SITE. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE DEVELOPMENT WILL COMBINE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. WE VERY MUCH NEED AND SUPPORT THESE TYPES OF PLANNED COMMUNITIES IN DISTRICT I. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, YOUR ADMINISTRATION, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND OF COURSE DONNA RICKENBACKER, WHO'S IN, OUT IN THE AUDIENCE HERE OF DWR DEVELOPMENT GROUP. AND DR. TAMEZ WITH THE TEJANO CENTER FOR YOUR WORK AND VISION. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DETERMINATION AND GOING THROUGH ALL THE OBSTACLES THESE PAST TWO TO THREE YEARS. BUT HERE WE ARE VOTING ON THIS MAGNIFICENT PROJECT THAT WILL BE BUILT THERE IN DISTRICT. I, SO THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNCILMAN GGO AGAIN, THANK YOU. YOU STAYED, UM, FOCUSED ON THIS PROJECT AND UH, REALLY HAVE BIRD DOGGED IT. AND UM, TO DONNA OUT THERE, DONNA'S ALWAYS ON IT. OKAY? AND, UH, TO ALL OF THE PARTNERS TO JOHANNA CENTER, DR. MAZ, EVERYONE, THIS WILL BE A TREMENDOUS ADDITION. THANK YOU, UM, TO OUR CITY. SO CONGRATULATIONS. UM, UM, READY FOR THE VOTE. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED GRANTED ON ITEM 21. ITEM 26 [04:15:01] IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 26. DISCUSSION ON 26. ON 26. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 26. ITEM 27 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. WE ON ITEM 27, DISCUSSION ON 27. DISCUSSION ON 27 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED GRANTED ON 27. ITEM 28 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 28. DISCUSSION ON 28. ON 28 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 28. ITEM 29 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. WE ON ITEM 29. DISCUSSION ON 29. ON 29 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 29. ITEM 30 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. WELL, ITEM 30, COUNCILWOMAN CAYMAN ON 30. THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANTED TO SPOTLIGHT THIS ITEM AND FOLLOW UP WITH A QUESTION. UM, IT INCLUDES IN ADDITION TO OTHER THINGS, UH, $750,000, UM, FOR A PURCHASE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ORDERED. UM, I DID WANT TO ASK A QUESTION IF SOMEONE COULD FOLLOW UP WITH ME, MAYOR. UM, CURRENTLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, UM, THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL ALLOCATED $550 MILLION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANTS. E-E-C-B-G FUNDS, UM, IS ONE OF THE TOP 10 MOST POPULOUS CITIES IN TEXAS. WE'RE AUTOMATICALLY ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE GRANTS FROM THE DOE. I KNOW CLEVELAND IS INSTALLING CHARGING STATIONS AND EVS USING THAT. NEW YORK CITY IS THREE CITIES ARE LOOKING AT ELECTRIC FIRE TRUCKS. MY QUESTION IS IF WE COULD GET AN UPDATE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THOSE GRANT FUNDINGS AND WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT SO THAT WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF THAT AS WELL. SURE. WE'LL HAVE, UM, UH, TINA AND PEOPLE WITH EVOLVE HOUSTON, UH, TO GET WITH YOU ON THAT. OKAY. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. SURE, NO PROBLEM. MAYOR, INCLUDE ME ON THAT TOO, PLEASE. OKAY, SURE. UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 30? DISCUSSION ON 30 IN FAVOR, OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 30, ITEM 31 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. UH, VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM CAST TATUM ON 31. THANKS MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SPOTLIGHT ITEM 31 AS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO IMPROVE OUR RECYCLING PROCESSES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, THIS SITE WOULD BE STRICTLY FOR RECYCLING AND WILL OPERATE AS A TRANSFER STATION. SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MOVE FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON AS WE IMPROVE OUR PROCESSING FOR RECYCLING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, RIGHT? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WITH TRUCKS HAVING TO TRAVEL ALL THE WAY ACROSS. YES. SO THIS WILL HELP TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS THIS PURCHASE IT, UH, THE FACILITY, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER ITEM COMING SOON ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL COSTS. OKAY? SO JUST BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT ITEM. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 31? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED ON 31. ITEM 38 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. WE ON ITEM 38. ITEM 38, DISCUSSION ON 38. DISCUSSION ON 38 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED GRANTED ON 38TH. ITEM 39 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. A AND OUR NEW VICE MAYOR, UM, VOTE. UH, TIM CAST TATUM WAS GONNA HIT THE BUZZER ON 39. OKAY. VICE MAYOR VOTE. TIM, CAST TATUM. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS ITEM. UH, 39, THE LITTER ABATEMENT SERVICES. UH, AND THAT WE ARE, UM, PUTTING SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES INTO LITTER ABATEMENT. UM, WE, WE ALL STILL SEE TOO MUCH LITTER ON OUR STREETS WITH 50% OF THAT LITTER BEING DISCARDED FROM PEOPLE'S CARS. UM, I DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR US TRYING TO WORK OUT A PLAN TO PUT THAT ON THE NEWS, PUT IT ON TV AND RADIO BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AND THROWING STUFF OUT OF THEIR CARS, THEY NEED TO GET THE MESSAGE THAT, UH, WE WANNA PREVENT THAT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND TO HELP US KEEP OUR STREETS CLEAN BECAUSE WE ARE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LITTER ABATEMENT AT THE DETRIMENT OF MORE MEANINGFUL PROGRAMS. AND WE HAVE TO PICK IT UP. AND I'M, I'M GRATEFUL TO DIRECTOR WILL FALK AND ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT HE IS IMPLEMENTING FOR US TO MAKE SURE THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS CLEAN. BUT WE HAVE TO GET THE MESSAGE TO HOUSTONIANS THAT WE ARE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PICKING UP LITTER THAT CAN BE PREVENTED AT THE DETRIMENT OF USING THAT MONEY FOR SOMETHING MORE MEANINGFUL. AND I WILL TELL YOU, I'M AT, I'M, I'M AT A LOSS. UM, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO [04:20:01] CHANGE THE CULTURE THAT EXISTS IN THIS CITY. OKAY? WE ARE PAYING AND PAYING AND WE GET, KEEP GETTING HIT BY THE MEDIA AND EVERYBODY ELSE. WE ARE PICKING UP TRASH. I MEAN LEGAL DUMPING SITE. WE JUST WENT OUT COUNCIL MEMBER SHABA YESTERDAY. WE HAVE CLEANED THE SITE, OKAY? BUT WHEN PEOPLE COME RIGHT BACK AND DUMP RIGHT BACK AGAIN, THIS IS NOT CONCIERGE SERVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO, WHO ARE JUST THROWING LEAD OUT OF THEIR CARS, JUST GOING ABOUT AND JUST THROWING IT ON THE GROUND AS IF THEY, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S GOING, SUPPOSED TO COME BACK AND PICK IT UP OR, OR DUMPING STUFF, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, AND THEN PEOPLE CALLED AND COMPLAINED, SAY, SEE, THEY HADN'T CONVICTED. I, WELL NOW I HAVE PUB A SOLID WASTE, FOR EXAMPLE, DOCUMENTING WHEN THEY GO OUT AND THEY PICK IT UP. LAST TIME YOU PICKED IT UP DOCUMENTED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAID, WELL, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR TWO AND THREE MONTHS. NO IT HASN'T. SOLID WASTE HAS BEEN OUT THERE AND PICKED IT UP. BUT SINCE WE WERE OUT THERE AND PICKED IT UP, PEOPLE HAVE COME RIGHT BACK AND, AND THEN THE SAME SPOT YOU CAN DRIVE THROUGH THIS CITY, AND YOU'LL SEE HOW IT'S PUT OUT IN THE SAME SPOT AS IF IT'S A DEPOSITORY. MM-HMM . AND WE GET HIT BY IT. ALL PEOPLE SAY THEY WOULDN'T BE DOING THIS IN OTHER AREAS. NO, YOU WRONG. I'M TIRED OF THAT ARGUMENT. I'M SORRY. NO, WE IN THE AREA, WE ARE PICKING IT UP AND I KNOW WE ARE PICKING UP 'CAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH WE ARE SPENDING TO PICK IT UP. WE ARE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. YEAH. MILLIONS. SO WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE THE CULTURE. IT'S, I AND, AND I NEED YOUR HELP ON THIS ONE. 'CAUSE I, I'M JUST, I'M FRUSTRATED. I I'M JUST FRUSTRATED, MAYOR. I DID WANNA ADD, I, I WAS, UM, TRAVELING AND, UM, AND GRANTED I WAS ON AT MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND WE HAD GONE ON A TOUR AND GRANTED THEY DON'T HAVE, UM, FAST FOOD ON THE, ON THE ISLAND, BUT I WAS ON THE TOUR AND I WAS TALKING TO THE TOUR GUIDE AND I SAID, I CANNOT BELIEVE I HAVE NOT SEEN A PIECE OF PAPER ON THE STREET AT THE BUS STOP ANYWHERE ON THIS ISLAND. HOW DO Y'ALL KEEP THIS ISLAND SO CLEAN? AND THE GUY LOOKED AT ME AS IF I WAS SAYING SOMETHING FOREIGN. I MEAN, HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE, WHAT? WE JUST DON'T DO THAT. AND I THOUGHT, HOW DO WE GET HOUSTONIANS TO FEEL SO PROUD OF WHERE WE LIVE AND TO WANT TO LIVE IN A SPACE THAT IS SO CLEAN THAT PEOPLE THAT COME TO HOUSTON WOULD SAY, HOW DO THEY KEEP THIS SO CLEAN? AND PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT THEM AND SAY, WE JUST DON'T DO THAT. I MEAN, HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHEN I SAID, HOW DO Y'ALL KEEP THIS, THE ISLAND SO CLEAN? THERE'S, THERE'S NO TRASH, THERE'S THERE'S NOT ONE PIECE OF PAPER ON THE ISLAND. AND IT CAN BE DONE IN JAPAN, THE WHOLE COUNTRY. NOT ONE PIECE OF PAPER. NOT THIS SIZE ON THE GROUND. AND I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU GO. MM-HMM . THAT'S AFF FLUENT, WHATEVER. NOT ONE PIECE OF PAPER. SO THE POINT THAT I'M SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAKE, THIS IS A CONTRACT FOR THE ANTI LITTER. THERE'LL BE ANOTHER CONTRACT COMING BEFORE YOU FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING. YEP. THERE'S ANOTHER CONTRACT COMING FOR CAMERAS. WE ARE SPENDING NOW MONEY FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. OKAY? WE ARE DOING ALL THESE THINGS, BUT IF THE CULTURE DOESN'T CHANGE, WE, WE CAN'T SUSTAIN IT. AND IT'S NOT THAT PEOPLE DON'T CARE. YOU KNOW, I DONE GOT, YOU KNOW, SOLID WASTE PEOPLE FROM THE TOP BOTTOM, 'EM GETTING TIRED OF ME PICKING UP THE PHONE, YOU KNOW, SAYING, HEY, SO NOW THEY, THEY, THEY PREPARED TO DEAL WITH ME. THEY, THEY PULL UP THE DATES AND TIMES WHEN THEY PICKED IT UP. SO ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY LIVING AROUND PHIL. I CAN'T STAND IT MYSELF. I CANNOT STAND IT, OKAY. TRASH. I CANNOT, I CANNOT STAND. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY LIVING AROUND IT. [04:25:01] AND NOBODY SHOULD BE LIVING AROUND. I DON'T CARE HOW LITTLE YOU MAKE OR HOW MUCH YOU MAKE, NO ONE SHOULD BE LIVING AROUND IT. BUT WE'VE GONE TO, WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM DUMPING THEIR TRASH IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. I DO, I DO THINK MAYOR, THAT OUR IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR PROCESSES AND, UM, HAVING OUR DEPOSITORIES OPEN, OPEN LATER, THE CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAVE, I KNOW MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN CATCHING PEOPLE KNOCKING ON THEIR DOORS, SENDING THEM TO COURT. UM, AND I WILL SAY THAT, UH, SMART SCAPING, WHO IS PARTICIPATING IN THIS LITTER ABATEMENT HAS BEEN PICKING UP THE LITTER IN, UH, DISTRICT A AND IN OUR MANAGEMENT DISTRICT DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. SO VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THEY WILL NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND, UH, THEIR REACH IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, BUT WE HAVE TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY ARE THROWING LITTER IN OUR CITY AND DUMPING IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ALSO BE A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO FOR THIS PROCESS AS WELL. I AGREE. COUNCILMAN GALL. I'M SORRY. I'VE BEEN KEEPING ON COUNCILMAN S THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK, UH, VICE MAYOR CASS TATUM FOR STAYING ON TOP OF THIS. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. UM, AND I AGREE. I MEAN, IT, THIS IS OUR CITY AND WE, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE INDIVIDUALS. IT'S SO FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU'RE BEHIND A CAR AND YOU JUST SEE THEM THROW SOMETHING OUTTA THEIR CAR. LIKE IT'S NOTHING. WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THEY COULD HAVE A BAG IN THEIR CAR AND THEY CAN COLLECT THEIR TRASH AND WHENEVER IT'S APPROPRIATE TO PUT THAT TRASH IN A TRASH CAN. BUT IT'S ALSO FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND AND YOU COME TO A RETAIL STRIP OR A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT AND THERE'S TRASH AROUND THERE. GRANTED, I KNOW IT'S NOT THE RETAIL STORE DOING IT. I KNOW IT'S NOT THE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT DOING IT, IT'S THEIR CUSTOMERS. BUT GEE, GO, GO, GO OUT THERE AND PICK IT UP. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT 'CAUSE ME FOR MY, YOU KNOW, THE WAY I FEEL THAT THAT'S, THAT'S A HEALTH ISSUE. IF YOU'RE AT A RESTAURANT AND YOU HAVE TRASH OUTSIDE IN THE, ON, ON THEIR GREEN SPACE AND THEIR PARKING LOT, THAT, THAT'S A HEALTH ISSUE IN MY OPINION. AND I, AND I THINK WHEN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENFORCEMENT, I THINK THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE OUT THERE ENFORCING THINGS LIKE THAT, LETTING THESE, UM, RETAIL AND, AND, AND FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS. AND RESTAURANTS KNOW IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO GO OUT THERE AND PICK UP THAT TRASH AROUND THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS. AND WITH THE BOND ELECTION MAYOR, I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DEPOSITORIES. 'CAUSE I KNOW THE, UH, FORMER DIRECTOR OF SOLID WASTE AND THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF SOLID WASTE, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN ASKING FOR MORE, MORE DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES. 'CAUSE I'VE EXPERIENCED IT MYSELF. ESPECIALLY IF IT'S HOT IN THE SUMMER AND YOU'RE WAITING IN LINE TO THROW YOUR HEAVY TRASH AND DO THE RIGHT THING. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IT WHAT REALLY GETS FRUSTRATING, YOU'RE THERE WAITING AND THEN YOU FIND OUT THAT THE CONTAINER'S FULL. SO THEY'RE HAVING TO TAKE THE CONTAINER BACK TO DROP, TO EMPTY IT OUT, AND YOU'RE THERE WAITING EVEN LONGER. UH, SO THAT JUST ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO GO OUT TO A VACANT LOT AND DUMP. UH, SO I'M HOPING WE CAN ADDRESS THAT BY INCREASING THE DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES AND THE HOURS OF THE DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES. THANK YOU. THANKS. MAY APPROACH HIM, MARTIN. THANK YOU DR. TURNER. 10 YEARS AGO I MET A YOUNG MAN THAT WORKED FOR JERRY DAVIS. HIS NAME'S BRIAN SMART, ALWAYS THOUGHT HE WAS A REALLY GOOD YOUNG MAN, SMART, ARTICULATE, AND, UH, REALLY A HARD WORKER. AND TODAY WE HAVE THIS ITEM IN FRONT OF US, AS IS BRIAN SMART'S COMPANY. HE AND HIS DAD FORMED THIS COMPANY. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF YOU BRIAN, AND WHAT YOU AND YOUR DAD HAS TRANSFORMED THIS COMPANY INTO. AND YOU ALWAYS ASK THIS, GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY. AND HE GAVE VICE MAYOR PRO TEM GAVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP. AND HE'S DONE A MASTERFUL JOB. SO I KNOW HE IS GETTING MARRIED SOON. SO GOOD LUCK TO YOU, BRIAN GOT MARRIED. CONGRATULATIONS, BRIAN. BUT, UH, WHAT A GREAT STORY OF A GREAT YOUNG MAN WHO DID A GREAT JOB AND JUST WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY AND WE GAVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY AND HE'S JUST KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK. SO, VERY PROUD OF YOU, BRIAN. AND, UH, GOD BLESS. THANKS, UH, COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR ABATING THAT PROBLEM THAT WAS ON THE NEWS THE OTHER DAY, AND FOR OTHER TIMES THAT YOU HAVE COME TO DISTRICT D BECAUSE IN REALITY, UM, A LOT OF THIS DUMPING OVERWHELMS OUR HOT TEAMS. THEY CAN'T PICK UP ALL OF THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALSO FUNDS, COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS THAT COULD BE ALLOCATED FOR OTHER THINGS IF WE DID NOT HAVE TO EMPLOY ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO TRY TO GET IT DONE. BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID, THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS VERY [04:30:01] IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, THESE CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, ONCE PEOPLE EMBRACE THAT THEY ARE A PART OF THE PROCESS, THEN SOMETIMES THAT EVOKES PRIDE AND, AND THEY WILL NOT, UH, JUST THROW THE TRASH DOWN. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE BECOME HOMEOWNERS, UH, THEY BECOME A LOT MORE COGNIZANT OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS. AND SO WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ABATE IT BECAUSE, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IF, IF IT SHOWS CLOTHES AND IT'S STILL THERE, PLEASE CALL US, US BACK BECAUSE WE WANT TO ABATE IT. WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL IGNORED. AND I LIKE YOU, YOU KNOW, I LIKE A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT, BUT I, I, I REALLY HAVE TO THANK YOU BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE BROUGHT INTO THE PICTURE, YOU GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I KNOW THAT THE, THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION APPRECIATES IT AS WELL AS THE REMAINING, UH, CITIZENS OF HOUSTON. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN P THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I THINK WHAT VICE MAYOR PROTI CASTEX SADAM SAID, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGO SAID ABOUT THE DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES, I THINK ALSO WOULD REALLY HELP, UM, EXPANDING THE HOURS MORE DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES. UM, ANOTHER SUGGESTION IS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF NOTICE IN REAL TIME WHEN IT'S FULL SO PEOPLE AREN'T WAITING AN HOUR IN THE CAR. AND THEN THEY GET FRUSTRATED WHEN THEY FINALLY GET TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE. AND THEN AT THAT POINT FIND OUT THAT IT'S FULL. IF WE CAN MAYBE PUT IT ONLINE OR HAVE A SIGN AT THE ENTRANCE THAT'S IN REAL TIME SHOWING PEOPLE. SO THEY AREN'T WAITING THAT REALLY LONG AMOUNT OF TIME. UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE DONE IN DISTRICT A IS WE WORKED WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHERE, UM, OFFENDERS ACTUALLY HAVE COME OUT TO DISTRICT A TO PICK UP THE LITTER, UM, AROUND DISTRICT A. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING WITH THEM TO SEE HOW WE CAN EXPAND THAT PROGRAM TOO, BECAUSE THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMAN MCCAIN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, TO COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS POINT ABOUT BUSINESSES, WHETHER IT'S OUR ASSOCIATIONS, UM, OTHER CORPORATE ENTITIES. WE HAVE PHENOMENAL BUSINESS PARTNERS AT THE CITY AND MOST OF THEM DO THE RIGHT THING. BUT WE ALSO HAVE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES THAT ARE DUMPING MATERIALS INTO FIELDS. I MEAN, THE WEIGHT ALONE, THE COST IS EXPONENTIAL. UH, ONE EXAMPLE, NOT DIRECTLY CORRELATED, BUT WE HAD A MOVING TRUCK IN DISTRICT C BLOCKING THE STREET THE OTHER DAY AND NO TRAFFIC COULD GET IN. AND INSTEAD OF CALLING HPDI CONTACTED THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE MOVING COMPANY. AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO SAY THEIR NAME BECAUSE THEY DESERVE TO BE CALLED OUT ROADRUNNER. AND THE GENERAL MANAGER OF ROADRUNNER TOLD ME, WELL, WE SHOULD LET LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK THIS OUT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE. AND I SAID, IT'S GOING TO EXPEND CITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES IF THEY HAVE TO COME OUT THERE FOR THIS. CAN Y'ALL PLEASE MOVE A COUPLE FEET? REFUSED. THAT'S A COST ON CITY RESOURCES. WHEN WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT COOPERATING OR BEING A GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNER WHEN IT COMES TO DUMPING, WE NEED TO BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TOO. WHETHER COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, IT'S YOU BRINGING THEM BACK OUT. UM, BUT ALSO MAYOR, WORKING WITH OUR ASSOCIATIONS THAT MAY HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THESE BAD ACTORS BECAUSE THE COST, I MEAN, IT, IT SHOULD BE THE COST OF THEM DOING BUSINESS, NOT THE CITY DOING BUSINESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE DISCUSSION AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK. IT COMES, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA GET IT ON TOP OF IT AND MAKE A CLEANER CITY. I MEAN, THAT'S NOTHING SHORT OF THAT IS A, IS A, IS A SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU ALL. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 39 IN FAVOR? OPPOSED GRANTED ON 39? NEXT ITEM, ITEM 40 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. WE ARE ON ITEM 40. UH, COUNCILMAN PLUM ON 40. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR TURNER. AND FIRST OF I, I WANNA, YOU KNOW, I WANNA APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S ASSISTANCE ON HELPING ME UNDERSTAND THIS. UM, I DID MAKE A REQUEST, UM, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO SEE IF THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY TO DIVIDE THIS TO, UM, 'CAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS TWOFOLD. ONE, IT'S ADDITIONAL FUNDS, UM, FOR MATERIALS, PAPER GOODS AND, AND, AND FLOOR CLEANING. BUT IT'S ALSO TO YOUR, TO YOUR, UM, TO, TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BE GRATEFUL TO YOU, TO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE $15 RAISES. UM, AND SO I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO DIVIDE THE TWO BECAUSE WE ARE INCREASING THIS CONTRACT AND IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO JUST HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH, UM, AMBASSADOR SERVICES. SO, AND, AND LET, AND LET ME, IF YOU WILL, ALLOW ME TO AT LEAST EXPLAIN THE ITEM. NO, AB ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND I CAN COMMENT ON YOURS BECAUSE THIS [04:35:01] CONTRACT WAS ENTERED INTO, IN, IN, IN PAST, IN OCTOBER OF 2019. OKAY. OCTOBER, 2019, WE PASSED IT. NO ONE SAW COVID COMING. OKAY. AND THEN OF COURSE, COVID HIT IN 2020. THE REASON WHY THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU FOR THREE REASONS. FIRST IN 20 20, 20 21, AND EVEN NOW IN 2022, THERE ARE CASES OF COVID AROUND, WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO DO ENHANCED CLEANING. SO IN, IN 20, WHEN THE, WHEN THE, WHEN THE, WHEN THE COVID HIT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND, AND I JUST USED MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE WHEN I CAME DOWN WITH COVID, OKAY? THEY HAD TO CLEAN EVERYTHING ON IN THAT AREA HERE AT CITY HALL WHERE I HAD BEEN, OKAY, THAT WASN'T A PART OF THE COUNTRY. I MEAN, THEY DIDN'T FORCE, WE, NO ONE FORESAW THAT, WHETHER IT'S AT THE POLICE STATIONS, FIRE STATIONS, YOU NAME, WHATEVER AREAS THEY COVERED. COUNCIL OFFICERS, WHEN PEOPLE CAME DOWN WITH COVID CALL WAS MADE. AND OVERNIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, HAD TO GO AND DISINFECT EVERYBODY'S AREA. SO WE WERE ASKING THEM TO DO SUBSTANTIALLY MORE IN ALL OF 20 20, 21. AND EVEN NOW, WELL, THE PART OF THAT ENHANCED CLEANING, THAT'S $3,806,000 JUST ON THAT ALONE. AND THEN WE ADDED ANOTHER AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT DIDN'T INCLUDE THE PAPER PRO PRODUCTS, AND THE FLOOR CLEANING WASN'T IN THE ORIGINAL. THAT'S 1.9 MILLION. AND NOW WE ARE WANTING PEOPLE TO GET UP TO $15 AN HOUR. MM-HMM . THAT STARTS THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY TO BRING THEM UP. AND THAT PORTION IS $803,803,000. SO THAT'S WHAT BRINGS YOU TO THIS, THIS AMOUNT. AND I WILL TELL YOU, IN THE ABSENCE OF C IT WOULD BE A LOT LESS. AND THIS PARTICULAR AMOUNT WILL CARRY THEM THROUGH THE END OF THE CONTRACT TERM, WHICH IS OCTOBER OF 2024. AND THAT'S REASON COUNCIL OF EMPLOYMENT STILL WITH YOU. YEAH, NO, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THE CLARIFICATION. NO, AND I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT. I WAS GONNA KIND OF EXPLAIN ALL THAT IN THE REST OF MY CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. BUT, SO BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE WE CANNOT SEPARATE THE TWO, I'M OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE I NEED OUR WORKERS TO GET PAID FAIRLY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER IN PLACE. MY CONCERN IS THAT, AND, AND LISTEN, I'M A BUSINESS OWNER. STAFFING HAS BEEN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE, PEOPLE NEED TO GET PAID FAIRLY, RIGHT? AND, UM, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HIRE PEOPLE. SO I UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, MY GOSH, I THINK CLEAN SURFACES OF MY OFFICE SO MUCH WHERE THE STUFF SHOULD BE PEELING OFF AT THIS POINT. UM, AND I, AND I HATE TO KEEP ON BRINGING THIS UP, BUT IT'S JUST THE M WBE. SO WE HAVE TO JUST, AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT REMAINING TIME IN THIS CONTRACT, UM, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING A BETTER JOB. THIS IS A JANITORIAL SERVICE. AND YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND ON THE OTHER ONES WHERE THERE'S, THERE'S SPECIFIC GASES AND, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, PRODUCTS THAT WE NEED THAT ARE HARD TO GET OUR HANDS ON. BUT THESE ARE JAN JANITORIAL SERVICES. AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, I'M JUST BRINGING LIGHT TO THIS. I'M OBVIOUSLY GONNA SUPPORT THIS ITEM ALONG WITH 41 AND SAME COMMENTS ON BOTH OF THEM BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 130 EMPLOYEES ARE, THAT ARE EMPLOYED BY AMBASSADOR ARE PAID FAIRLY AND GET THE RAISES THAT THEY DESERVE. UM, AND, AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT ON 41, BUT THERE ARE 50 EMPLOYEES ON THAT ONE, SO I DON'T WANNA SPEAK ON THIS AGAIN, BUT MY POINT IS, IS THAT WE HAVE TO JUST DO A BETTER JOB. THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT CAN JUMP ON BOARD. THERE WERE, DURING COVID, VID, HUNDREDS OF COMPANIES WE'RE CREATED TO CLEAN. AND, UH, WE JUST NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. AND OBO DOES A GREAT, YOU KNOW, GREAT JOB AS WELL. UM, BUT IF WE KEEP ON GIVING THEM BUSINESSES THAT THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH A TRACK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, IT JUST MAKES IT HARD ON EVERYONE. AND SO WE JUST, I JUST WANNA JUST BRING LIGHT TO THIS. UM, I'M OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTING THIS. I'M GRATEFUL THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET THE MONEY THAT THEY DESERVE AND NEED. UM, BUT I WANT, I WANNA JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO, UM, BE RESPECTFUL OF MINORITY BUSINESSES AND, AND REACH OUT FURTHER TO ENGAGE THEM. IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WE, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED THIS OVER AND IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE ON YOUR QUICK, IN YOUR QUICK LIST. IT'S NOT JUST THOSE FOLKS. WE, THERE ARE TOO MANY COMPANIES OUT HERE IN SMALL BUSINESSES THAT CAN JUMP ON BOARD AND HELP US MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND REACH THE GOALS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE. RIGHT? AND CURRENTLY, I MEAN, WHEN WE LET THIS CONTRACT, THEIR GOAL WAS 11% AND THEY'RE [04:40:01] CURRENTLY ACHIEVING A 9.65. SO, AND A CONTRACT THAT GOES UNTIL OCTOBER, 2024. SO OBO, UH, IS TRACKING, THEY, THEY ARE TRACKING, BUT ONLY 11% GO, THEY'RE AT 9.65. SO THEY'RE 1.35 AWAY FROM THEIR, FROM THEIR GOAL. UM, UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS SET. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M, AND THEY HEAR WHAT WE'RE ALL SAYING. OKAY? AND, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT AND I'M SENSITIVE TO YOUR POINT. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WORKING AND, AND YOUR ADVOCACY IN REGARDS TO MAKING SURE THAT THESE WORKERS HAVE A LIVING, LIVING WAGE IN REGARDS TO $15 AN HOUR COME JANUARY 1ST. UM, BUT ALSO I'VE BEEN NOTIFIED BY, BY SEIU THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THESE CONTRACTORS TO TRY TO TALK TO THEM, I GUESS. UH, AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY LUCK. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M HOPING THAT THESE CONTRACTORS ARE, ARE, UH, VIEWING, UH, THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL TODAY. AND I'M ASKING THEM, UH, WHEN SEIU CALLS TO SIT DOWN AND JUST TO DISCUSS AND TALK. UH, PLEASE HAVE THE COMMON COURTESY TO MEET WITH SEIU. UM, AND AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL FOR AGREEING TO PROVIDE THE $15 RAISE COME JANUARY. UH, BUT AGAIN, I'M ASKING THAT Y'ALL PLEASE SIT DOWN WITH THE SEIU WHEN THEY CALL, THANK YOU. AND, AND WE'LL MONITOR THAT. AND THEN, UM, WHAT I HAVE ASKED OBO ON SOME OF THESE DEALS IS TO DO EITHER LIKE SOME QUARTERLY MONITORING TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE. OKAY? AND EVEN ON THIS PARTICULAR DEAL, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER, I HAVE ASKED THEM TO DO QUARTERLY MONITORING TO LET ME KNOW WHERE THINGS ARE AND CERTAINLY LET COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW WHERE THINGS ARE. 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET TO THIS POINT AND THEN HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE. OKAY? SO, UM, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL DO AND I THINK YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHERE THINGS, OF HOW THINGS ARE PROGRESSING AND I'LL KNOW WHERE, HOW THINGS ARE PROGRESSING. OKAY? ALRIGHT. UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM FOUR? ON ITEM 40 IN FAVOR, OPPOSED GRANTED ON ITEM 40? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. ITEM 41 IS AN ORDINANCE, JUST NEED A VOTE. AND AGAIN, ON ITEM 41 TO, TO, TO GIVE YOU FURTHER EXPLANATION ON IT, THE COVID ENHANCEMENT CLEANING, UH, REPRESENTS, UH, WELL IT IS 910,000 OF THAT. AND THEN WE ADDED SOME NEW LOCATIONS FOR THEM TO CLEAN. AND THAT WAS 1,119,000, UH, ON THAT, ON THAT PORTION. UM, AND THEN THERE TOO ARE GOING UP TO THE 15. UH, AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER, UH, THAT'S 964,000 AND THAT'S HOW WE GET TO THIS AMOUNT. OKAY. AND AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL MONITOR EVERYTHING ON THIS AS WELL. UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON 41? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED, GRANTED ON 41. AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ITEM 42 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. WELL, NOT 42. COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN ON 42. THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF OUR ALLIED PERSONNEL. UM, THEY GREET US WITH A SMILE. THEY KEEP US SAFE. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO, UH, THANK YOU FOR KEEPING WITH YOUR COMMITMENT, UM, NOT JUST $15 AN HOUR MOVING FORWARD, BUT WITH POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE RAISES INCORPORATED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. UM, I OF COURSE ASKED A QUESTION RELATED TO WHAT ADDITIONAL BENEFITS, UM, DO THE EMPLOYEES GET? I WANNA THANK GSD AND YOU EARLIER AS IT RELATES TO HEALTHCARE EARLIER IN THE YEAR, BRINGING ALLIED BACK INTO COMPLIANCE, FIXING THAT ISSUE. AND I'M SO THRILLED THAT THEY, ALLIED WAS SUCH A GOOD PARTNER IN THAT, AND I WANNA THANK THEM. WHAT I LEARNED THOUGH, UM, IN INQUIRING ABOUT BENEFITS IS THAT CURRENTLY IN OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS, THE CITY, WE, AS A CITY, WE DON'T REQUIRE RESPONDENTS TO PROVIDE BENEFITS INFORMATION IN THEIR PROPOSALS. AND I THINK THIS INFORMATION, UM, WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW WHEN THEY'RE PROVIDING THOSE PROPOSALS. AND FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THEY DON'T OFFER PAID PARENTAL LEAVE, BUT IF ANOTHER, UH, ENTITY IS APPLYING AND THAT'S INCLUDED, IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT. AND, UH, I WOULD OF COURSE [04:45:01] ADVOCATE REGARDLESS THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS LIKE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP, AS IT RELATES TO THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS WE DON'T REQUIRE THEM TO INCLUDE THAT, UM, INFORMATION. I THINK WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON IT. AND I THINK WHAT WE ASKED AND THE AGREEMENT THAT, WELL, THE WAY WE'VE WORKED IT IS THE PAY OR PLAY, RIGHT? OKAY. UM, AND, UH, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PROCUREMENT, SO WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW AS TO WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO. LEGAL IS A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL. AND SO, WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK WITH YOU AND GIVE YOU A REPORT ON WHERE WE ARE UNDERSTOOD. AND I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. UM, BUT ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE APPROVING 15 AN HOUR AND MOVING FORWARD, AND I AM, UH, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AND THE WORK OF OUR ALLIED PERSONNEL. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AREA. AND, AND IN THIS PART CASE, THEY'RE PROVIDING INSURANCE, WHICH IS A, WHICH IS A GOOD DEAL ALONG WITH THE 15. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 42? DISCUSSION ON 42 IN FAVOR, OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 42? THANK YOU ALL ON THAT ONE. ITEM 44 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. I'M GONNA ASK THE 44 BE DELAYED UNTIL WE AND IT UP AT THE VERY, BRINGING IT UP AT THE VERY END. . WHAT, HOW DO WE, UM, MAYOR PRO IF YOU, IF YOU MOTION, HOW ABOUT WE DELAY TO THE NEXT MEETING? DELAY IT TO, JUST A MOTION TO DELAY TILL THE END OF THE MEETING. NO THANKS. NO SECOND. I DON'T THINK . ALRIGHT DOC, SECOND, LET'S GO. WHAT YOU DOING, DOC? ALL RIGHT. BATTLE SECRETARY. YOU CALL ITEM 44. ITEM 44 NEEDS AND A VOTE IMMEDIATELY. IT WAS, HE REALLY PICKLE DIDN'T EVEN PUT IT UP. TIFFANY, WITH HER ARMS CROSSED. NOT EVEN THE BARE PROAM ON THE VICE. I FORGET. NO SINKING. OH, MERCY. MERCY. OKAY, I GOT IT. I GOT IT IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? NOW WORK ITEM, ITEM PASSES. THAT WAS A COUP. WAS A COUP TAKEOVER. A COUP. THAT WAS CLEAR COMMUNICATION FROM THE COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER. I GET YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT. DO WHAT? I DIDN'T GET YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT. I DIDN'T VOTE. NO. . SO LOOK, I I'VE GOT SOME ADVENTURES IN THE FUTURE WAITING FOR ME NEXT WEEK. SO I'M OUTTA HERE. MM-HMM . OKAY. NEXT ITEM. ITEM 46 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 46. DISCUSSION ON 46. DISCUSSION ON 46 IN FAVOR OF POST GRAND ON 46. ITEM 47 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON? NO. ON ITEM 47. SHE'S ON 48. DISCUSSION ON 47. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANT. I'M 47. ITEM 48 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. ITEM 48 NOW. COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON ON 48. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION FOR, UM, THIS ITEM EXPANDING THE FIFTH WARD TURS. UM, THIS EXPANSION IS GONNA PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED RESOURCES FOR TO IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OVER IN THAT AREA. UM, THE HOMESTEAD BASIN, UM, WE ACTUALLY, UM, UH, LAST LAST YEAR WE DID A WHOLE TOUR. I HOSTED A BIKE TOUR, UM, WHERE THE COMMUNITY, WE WENT OUT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, AND, UM, HEAR, HEAR YOU RIGHT. DID I HEAR YOU RIGHT? YOU HOSTED A BIKE TOUR? WE, WE HOSTED, I HOSTED A BIKE TOUR OH, WOW. IN THE AREA? ON THE STREETS. ON THE STREETS. ON THE STREETS, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. AND WE RODE, RODE AROUND WITH COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKED ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA. YEAH. . WHAT? THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE MAYOR. YEAH. BUT CHURCH SECRETARY WAS TAKING NOTES, A MIKE TO, AND WE'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER ONE. BUT IT WAS, I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE EXPANDING THIS. IT'S GONNA GIVE US THE MONEY THAT WE NEED, UM, NOT JUST FOR THE ROADS, UM, LIBERTY ROAD. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF UPGRADES NEEDED THERE AS WELL AS HOMESTEAD. AND SO I KNOW THE FOLKS OVER THERE IN HOUSTON GARDEN IS GONNA BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HARRIS COUNTY, BECAUSE I KNOW THE CITY, UM, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, THIS IS GONNA HELP US KEEP UP THE MAINTENANCE. UM, BUT THE COUNTY WILL, YOU KNOW, DE DEVELOP THE AREA AND, UM, WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, UP TO THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS. I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BENCHES AND WALK PARKS AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GREAT STUFF UP IN THAT SPACE. THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE. AND SO JUST THANK YOU AND, UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT [04:50:01] JUST FOR, UM, MOVING THIS FORWARD. SO, AND YOU, THANK YOU. YOU'RE THANKING US, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP MM-HMM . BECAUSE WE ARE NOW EXTENDING MORE INTO THAT, TO THAT NORTH, UH, EAST AREA. AND, UM, AND THE HOPE IS THAT THIS WILL INCENTIVIZE, UH, OTHER THINGS TO HAPPEN THAT WILL INCREASE THE INCREMENT THAT CAN REALLY THEN TURN INTO OPPORTUNITIES, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, YOU NAME IT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 48? DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 48, ITEM 51 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A, A VOTE BILL. ITEM 51. DISCUSSION ON 51. DISCUSSION ON 51 IN FAVOR OF, OH, IN FAVOR OF POST GRANT ON 51. ITEM 52 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE BILL. ITEM 52. DISCUSSION ON 52. DISCUSSION ON 50. OH COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN ON 52. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I JUST, I THINK THIS IS THE LAST TOURS ITEM THAT WAS SQUARED. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE, UH, SOME GENERAL COMMENTS. UH, AND THANK THE VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM FOR A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING AND FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR A VERY PRODUCTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. WE HAD, I THINK A, A CONVERSATION THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS A LONG OVERDUE THAT WE REALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO 25%. I KNOW, MAYOR, YOU'RE VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT, UH, OF OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREMENT TIED UP IN CERTAIN AREAS. AND I KNOW THOSE OF US THAT LOOK OVER THE WHOLE CITY AS YOU DO. UM, AND, AND GOODNESS GRACIOUS, WE WOULD NEVER STEP IN FRONT OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE THET THAT, THAT DO SUCH GOOD WORK IN THEIR AREAS. BUT I DO THINK WITH THE, WITH THE INFORMATION THAT THE REVENUE CAP, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEEN LEARN THOUGHT FOR THE PAST DECADE THAT THET IS OPERATED COMPLETELY OUTSIDE. IF, IF WE WERE TO TAKE SOME OF THE MONEY BACK, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT, RIGHT? AND WE, AND WE DO. SO I THINK IT, IT, IT MERITS CLOSE SCRUTINY ON, ON ALL OF THESE, ESPECIALLY ONES THAT ARE, UH, ACCOMPLISHING THEIR GOALS. I MEAN, I THINK THEY WERE NEVER SUPPOSED TO GO FOREVER, ALTHOUGH WE SEE HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE AND WE SEE HOW NIMBLE THEY ARE AND EFFICIENT IN PUTTING INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE GROUND. SO I KIND OF SEE IT BOTH WAYS, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TIED UP IN AREAS AND I THINK THE DISCUSSION WAS VERY GOOD. I'M VERY EXCITED THAT ANDY AND GWEN WILL BE WORKING INTO OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. UM, I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE A DISSOLUTION OF TOURS. I THINK IT'LL BE MAYBE SOME PHASING OUT OR PHASING OR LIMITING OUR PARTICIPATION. YOU KNOW, WE PARTICIPATE NOW IN ALL OF OUR TOUR IS AT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE INCREMENT THEY GET, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. YOU CAN GET A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE INCREMENT. SO I THINK THESE ARE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS TO HAVE, UH, AS WE LOOK AT OUR, OUR AT THE IMPACT ON OUR OVERALL TAX REVENUE. SO, UH, I THINK WHAT WE'VE DONE TODAY AND, AND THESE, I, I REALLY, UM, AM GRATEFUL TO YOU THAT YOU'RE THE, TO, TO THE ADMINISTRATION, THAT THESE ARE NOT LIFTING US TOO MUCH MORE TOWARDS THE CAP, BUT, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FINANCIAL POLICIES THAT COME FORWARD THAT REALLY, REALLY, AS THEY SAY, LOOK AT, UH, THE DEBT, THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES FEE THAT WE DO GET, WHICH IS GOOD BENEFITS. THE WHOLE DISTRICT, OF COURSE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I MEAN, BENEFITS THE WHOLE CITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING BENEFITS, THE WHOLE CITY. UH, CERTAINLY THE NEW, UH, TOURS TODAY, THE BENEFITS FLOW TO THE WHOLE CITY, BUT, UH, REALLY WITH THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE REVENUE CAP. AND ANOTHER, ANOTHER ISSUE THAT'S COME UP IS THE, IS SB TWO AND IT'S, AND ITS IMPACT. AND I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE ABOUT THAT AND HAVE HEARD DIFFERING OPINIONS ON HOW THAT PLAYS OUT. AND I'D LIKE, UM, TO ASK IF THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN, UH, ONE, ONE TAX ATTORNEY TOLD ME IT MIGHT REQUIRE A, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY LAY IT OUT IN THE CODE, UH, AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION ON THAT. ON ON WHAT? ON, ON HOW, UM, KIND OF RE ANNEXING PORTIONS OF TS OR A LESSER PERCENTAGE TAKING THAT MONEY IN HOW SB TWO PLAYS INTO THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE LEARNED THAT IT DOESN'T AFFECT THAT IN THAT FIRST YEAR, THE CITY WOULD GET THE MONEY FROM OUR VOTER AND POST 2004 REVENUE CAP, BUT THE IMPLICATIONS FROM SB TWO ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX. I'VE HEARD IT KIND OF BOTH, BOTH WAYS. IT, IT WOULD BE, WE WOULD STILL GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT INCREMENT. AND THEN I'VE HEARD POSSIBLY NOT. SO, UH, IT'S, IT MIGHT BE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON THAT, BUT, AND, AND WE CAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT NOW. WE CAN DO IT, UM, OFFLINE. BUT, UH, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT TOO. I JUST THINK THAT THE, THE ATTENTION TO THAT, THIS, THIS INCREMENT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALWAYS KIND OF ASSUMED, OH, WE CAN HAVE IT ANYWAY. CAN'T HAVE IT ANYWAY. SO GIVE IT TO THE TURS, AT LEAST WE'LL GET SOME PROJECTS DONE. AND, AND I THINK THAT, THAT THIS DISCUSSION KIND OF CHANGES A LITTLE BIT KNOWING THAT THAT MONEY COULD BE, UM, TAKEN IN THAT FIRST YEAR. [04:55:01] WELL, IT, IT CHANGE, IT CERTAINLY DOES CHANGE THE RATIONALE. YOU CAN'T USE THAT RATIONALE ANYMORE. UM, AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN'T USE THAT RATIONALE ANYMORE, UH, THAT YOU CAN HOLD ONTO IT. OKAY? WHICH MEANS THAT FOR COMMUNITIES, FOR AREAS WHERE NO TOURS EXIST OR WHERE THERE ARE TOURS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A BIG INCREMENT COMING THE CITY AS A WHOLE, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE IN MANY WAYS SUPPLEMENT THOSE AREAS. BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE A CITY OF STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES. AND I THINK THAT'S THE WORST PART. AND THERE WAS EVEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TERMS DON'T HAVE TO BE CONTIGUOUS. UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY YOU COULD TAKE ONE OF THET THAT HAS A, A WEALTHIER TOURS AND ANNEX PARTNER WITH PARTNER. I MEAN, YEAH, THERE ARE MANY, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT FORMS. UM, AND, AND, BUT THERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL ELEMENTS IN THE CITY THAT WHERE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, I MEAN, EVEN PARK REVENUE, I MEAN, WE HAVE THIS ELEMENT, I THINK WHEN THERE'S DEVELOPMENT, THE, THE, THE PARK OF MAP STAYS WITHIN THAT AREA AND REALLY IT'S, IT'S NOT DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE THERE ARE VARIOUS NEEDS. I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S, IT IS ONE STRUCTURAL FACTOR AFTER ANOTHER. IT'S FINE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS, BUT WHERE THERE ARE COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT BELL RING, MOVE SECOND. ANY OBJECTION GRANTED. AND WHERE THERE ARE COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE THOSE REV, THAT REVENUE STREAM, THEN THEY ARE TOTALLY RELIANT ON THE GENERAL FUND. MM-HMM . SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE, UM, ON HOW WE ADDRESS THOSE, THOSE AREAS AND WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT EXIST IN THOSE AREAS WHERE NO TURS OR SYSTEMIC REVENUE STREAM IS FLOWING TO THOSE AREAS AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU FIND MORE PROBLEMS. AND WE JUST USE ILLEGAL DUMPING, WHETHER OR NOT YOU FIND THOSE, THESE TYPE OF ISSUES IN THOSE AREAS WHERE THE REVENUE STREAM IS NOT AS VIBRANT OR ROBUST. SO WE, WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I THOUGHT THE CONVERSATION VICE MAYOR PRETEND THAT YOU HAD ON THE CONVERSATION. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INSTRUCTIVE AND ENLIGHTENING AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH IT. IT'S COMPLICATED. UM, BUT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IT. OKAY, SO THANK YOU. UM, VICE MAYOR, UH, PRO PROAM CAST, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, YOU ASKED SOME GREAT QUESTIONS AND REALLY HELPED TO PUSH THAT CONVERSATION FORWARD, BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE TOOL AND WHAT REALLY BROUGHT IT HOME FOR ME WAS WHAT WE ARE DOING IN 28 WITH PROVIDING THAT WATER SYSTEM THAT WILL BECOME A PUBLIC WORKS ASSET. YES. UH, THAT WE AREN'T HAVING TO BUILD THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND REALLY EXPLAINS HOW THIS IS A VALUABLE TOOL FOR ASSETS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BELONG TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UH, AND I, I DID WANT TO JUST SAY THAT WITH, UH, THE ANNEXATIONS AND THE CREATION OF TURS 28, OUR STATUTORY CAP MOVED FROM ONLY, UM, 23.75 UP TO 23.89. SO I, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT USING THE RIGHT OF WAYS AND CONNECTING THOSE TURS THAT WAY, UM, HELPED US TO STILL HAVE SOME SPACE WITHIN THAT 25% STATUTORY CAPITAL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 52? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? I OPPOSE GRANT ON 52 CHAIR RECOGNIZES, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP FOR MOTION? YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO TAKE ITEM NUMBER 54 BEFORE ITEM NUMBER 53. SECOND ROBINSON, IT BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, WE JUST NEED TO CLARIFY THE BOUNDARIES OF IN 54 BEFORE WE ENLARGE THE BOUNDARIES OF 53. OKAY? UM, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION AND THE OBJECTION CHAIR NON MOTION IS GRANTED. MADAM SECRETARY, YOU'LL CALL ITEM 54. ITEM NUMBER 54 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. DISCUSSION ON 54 4. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANTING ON 54 AND NOW 53. ITEM NUMBER 53 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. DISCUSSION ON 53, DISCUSSION ON 53 IN FAVOR OF POST GRANTING ON 53. ITEM NUMBER 64 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. YOU MEAN 55 54? OH, NO, I'M SORRY. [05:00:01] WE GOT THAT. WE JUST DID 50. WE DID 54 ALREADY. 4 4 50 64 64 60. YOU SAID 54. DID I SAY 64? OH MY BAD. I APOLOGIZE. ITEM NUMBER 64 IS AN ORDINANCE. WE ON ITEM 64. ON ITEM 64, DISCUSSION ON 64. DISCUSSION ON 64 IN FAVOR OF POST GRAND ON 64. ITEM [NON-CONSENT - MISCELLANEOUS] 69 IS A MOTION TO RECEIVE, SELECT, AND CONFIRM NOMINATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT TO POSITION EIGHT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HOUSTON CIVIC EVENTS INC. OKAY, WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE NOMINATION IN WRITING. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? THANK, OKAY, UH, UH, CHAIR RECOGNIZES MAYOR PRO TOWN. YES. UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD RECEIVE IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, A LETTER ON THE NOMINATION AND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MS. DIANE UNTERMEYER. AND YOU WILL SEE HER RESUME ATTACHED. AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR POSITION EIGHT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HOUSTON CIVIC EVENTS INCORPORATED. THANK YOU. OKAY, HAVING SAID THAT, WE'LL NOW VOTE ON, ON THE CONFIRMATION OF MS. DIANA AYA, UH, TO THIS PARTICULAR POSITION. ANY DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED. CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. AYA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUSAN . ALL [MATTERS HELD] RIGHT, NEXT ITEM. ITEM 70 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN POLL ON ITEM NUMBER 70. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THIS IS A STREET AND DRAINAGE PROJECT IN DISTRICT J, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN THE RICHMOND PLAZA SOUTH AREA, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT OUTSIDE OF BEL AIR. I HAVE BEEN TO LAND THIS ITEM FOR SOME TIME JUST BECAUSE, UH, WE NEEDED MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND, UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF PARTICULARS ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE NEEDED TO WORK OUT WITH THE RESIDENTS AND HAVE THEM TRULY UNDERSTAND THE VISION FOR WHAT THE CITY IS PROPOSING. UM, BUT I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, YOUR OFFICE MAYOR, AND EVERYONE INVOLVED FOR, UH, THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING. UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNICATION, A LOT OF COMPROMISE, AND, UM, TO ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, I KNOW WE WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH ON A FEW ISSUES AND SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT THE CONSTITUENTS WANT TO EVEN, I DIDN'T PERSONALLY AGREE WITH, BUT I WORKED FOR THEM. SO I WAS PUSHING VERY HARD, UH, FOR THEM TO GET SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE. UM, BUT OVERALL, I THINK WE'VE FOUND A, A, A SPACE WHERE EVERYONE CAN, UM, AGREE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY. UM, AND THESE UPGRADES WILL DO A LOT, UH, FOR THE AREA. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED FOR THE DUE DILIGENCE AND THE ENGAGEMENT WITH MY OFFICE AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THIS PROJECT COMING TO THE DISTRICT. SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. NO, THANK YOU. AND LET ME THANK YOU. LET ME THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND I WILL AND CAN CERTAINLY PERSONALLY ATTEST THAT YOU ALL HAVE WORKED THIS VERY, VERY HARD AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WITH PLANNING, UH, UH, WITH MY SPECIFIC, DIRECTLY WITH MY OFFICE ON THIS. AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES AS A RESULT OF THE INPUT FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK WE'VE RESTATE WHAT I WOULD CALL AN ACCEPTANCE ACCEPTABLE MEDIUM ON IT. BUT I WANT TO, I WANT TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS, ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD NEGOTIATIONS ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU, MA'AM. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 70? ANY DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSED GRANTED ON ITEM SEVEN 70. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM, ITEM 71 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE ON ITEM 71, DISCUSSION ON 71. DISCUSSION ON 71. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED, GRANTED ON 71, THIS COMPLETES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU ALL. SO VERY, VERY, DO YOU DO THAT NOW OR LATER? [NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS] OKAY. JUST BEAR IN MIND THAT BECAUSE OF THE COUP, UM, WE WILL [05:05:01] NOT BE MEETING, UH, NEXT, NEXT WEEK ON THE FOLLOWING, UH, OR THE FOLLOWING WEEK. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA DISCUSS SOME ITEM, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH ME, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST LET ME KNOW AND SEND ME A ZOOM LINK. . YEAH, , YES. SEND ME SOMETHING ON TEAMS. DO. SO 2019. NAH, I THINK, I THINK WE ALL NEED THE BREAK. YES, I THINK WE ALL NEED THE BREAK. UM, BUT I WILL SAY, I WILL SAY IN 2022, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND. MM-HMM . WE HAVE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND IN 2020 TOO. SO LET ME, LET ME THANK ALL OF YOU, UH, FOR YOUR WORK, FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON, ON, ON EVERYTHING. UH, IT'S BEEN VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. AND THEN, UH, WE'LL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING IN JANUARY AND WE'LL KICK OFF JANUARY WITH THE, UH, UH, CUTTING THE RIBBON ON A LEAF MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, 62 MILLION. YEAH. AND THEN, AND THEN WE'LL TURN RIGHT AROUND AND WE'LL CUT THE RIBBON ON THE SUNNYSIDE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER IN JANUARY. SO, UM, UM, SO A LOT OF THINGS WILL BE TAKING PLACE, UM, IN 2023, KICKING OFF IN, IN JANUARY. BEAR IN MIND THAT THE, THAT WOULD BE A, UH, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE A CONSOLIDATED SESSION ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY THE FOURTH, UM, 2023 AT 9:00 AM 9:00 AM. SO, UM, UH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND ENJOY. WE'RE GONNA START OFF TODAY WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. COUNCILMAN MC KAMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I WAS LOOKING BACK IN PREPARATION FOR OUR ANNUAL REPORT, AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS VERY CAREFULLY. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE, IS IT THE FIRST YEAR OF YOUR TERM WHERE WE HAVE NOT AS OF YET, IN A YEAR, HAD A FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTER? I THINK YOU'RE ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S NOT OVER. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, TWO MORE WEEKS, BUT I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE. UM, YES, IT'S BEEN A GOOD YEAR SO FAR. YES, YES. UM, MAYOR, WE, AND I'M GONNA SAY SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN YOU, I MEAN STAFF, I MEAN REALLY A TEAM EFFORT. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO PASS PAID FAMILY LEAVE FOR 22,000 EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR. UH, WE SAVED RIVER OAKS THEATER. WE HELD IN DISTRICT C, OUR FIRST PRIDE WITH FAMILIES EVENT, AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT YESTERDAY TO THE HISTORICAL MOMENT WHEN THE PRESIDENT SIGNED THE RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT. UH, AND THAT WORK CONTINUES. WE'VE BEEN FIXING DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS. WE'VE BEEN IMPROVING STREETS IN THE DISTRICTS, SIDEWALKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, PROJECT BRAZE IS COMPLETE. AND, UH, WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES, UH, WE HAVE NOW, WE NOW HAVE A, A COMMITMENT FROM TXDOT, UH, TO ACTUALLY ALL THE BRIDGES WERE RAISED, BUT FOR T DOTS, IT'S SIX 10. AND NOW TDOT, UH, I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR THIS, IS GOING TO BE RAISING THEIR, AT LEAST ONE OF THEIR BRIDGES THERE AS WELL. AND THAT'S COMING EARLY NEXT YEAR. UM, WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON CONSTITUENT SERVICES, 22 OVER 22,000 EMAILS IN A YEAR. THOUSANDS OF CALLS TO OUR OFFICE ALONE. UM, BUT MAYOR, YOU REALLY STEPPED UP AND OUR CITY REALLY STEPPED UP IN ADDRESSING CRIME HOLISTICALLY. AND ONE SAFE HOUSTON, I THINK, UH, HAS RIGHTFULLY SO DOMINATED THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS YEAR AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE AS A CITY HAVE BEEN MAKING. UM, MY FOCUS CONTINUES TO BE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT SPACE. AND I WANTED TO PUT OUT PUBLICLY, UM, BECAUSE IT'S THE HOLIDAYS, UM, THE HAWK CRISIS LINE, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC IS A REMINDER 7 1 3 5 2 8 2 1 2 3. AND ALSO OVER THE HOLIDAYS. IT'S REALLY HARD FOR SOME, UH, AND THERE THE HARRIS CENTER'S MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS LINE IS 7 1 3 9 7 0 7,000. UH, BUT I, AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CRIME RATES, THERE'S A AND HOMICIDE RATES, A LARGE PORTION OF THAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND WE CONTINUE TO COMBAT THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE ONE OF THOSE DRIVING FACTORS OF THOSE RATES. THE OTHER, UM, IS GUN VIOLENCE. AND MAYOR, YOU HAVE TAKEN SUCH A PHENOMENAL LEADERSHIP ROLE, UM, IN THAT, I'LL SHARE A STATISTIC. ONE IN FIVE CHILDREN, AGES FIVE TO 14 HAVE HANDLED A GUN IN THE HOME WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS' KNOWLEDGE, ONE IN FIVE. AND NO PARENT WANTS THEIR CHILD, UM, TO BE HARMED. BUT WE ARE SEEING WAY TOO MANY HEADLINES OF UNINTENTIONAL SHOOTINGS OF CHILDREN, WHETHER IT'S FROM STRAY BULLETS [05:10:01] OR IN HOMES. SO I HAVE LAUNCHED, UH, AND I'M COUNSEL COLLEAGUES. I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO LOOK AT THIS AS WELL. UM, I'VE DEDICATED $75,000 OF DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS FOR A GUNLOCK, UH, PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HPD. AND BE SMART AS PART OF MAYOR YOUR LOCK IT UP SAFE CAMPAIGN. UH, WE ARE GOING TO ANY PTO, UH, IN THE DISTRICT THAT WILL HAVE US TO TALK WITH PARENTS ABOUT GUN SAFETY. AND IF THEY DON'T OWN A HOME, NORMALIZING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UH, TALKING WITH OTHER PARENTS. WHEN YOU DROP OFF YOUR CHILD AT SOMEONE'S HOME ASKING IF THEY HAVE A GUN, IS IT STORED SAFELY? HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AND BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE ISSUE. SO WE'RE DISTRIBUTING FREE GUN LOCKS MATERIALS, DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. UM, IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH HPD TO MAKE SURE GUNS ARE NOT IMPROPERLY STORED IN CARS, UH, AND A FRIENDLY REMINDER, WHETHER IT'S KEEPING YOUR GUN IN THE HOUSE OR IN A CAR TO LOCK THEM UP, MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING AS INDIVIDUALS TO, UM, GUNS FALLING INTO THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE THEM, WHETHER THAT'S CRIMINALS OR CHILDREN, BOTH OF THEM. SO I WANTED TO, UM, BRING THAT UP. AND MAYOR, UH, IT IS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF SANDY HOOK TODAY. UH, SO RECOGNIZING THAT WE AS A COUNTRY HAVE NOT, UM, DONE NEARLY ENOUGH, NEARLY ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO GUN VIOLENCE AND, AND THE SLAUGHTER OF OUR CHILDREN. UH, IN CLOSING, ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I WANNA THANK EACH OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR A PHENOMENAL YEAR, MAYOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP, OUR COUN, OUR DEPARTMENTS STAFF, UH, MY CONSTITUENTS, THE BEST CONSTITUENTS IN THE CITY. UH, BUT HAPPY HOLIDAYS. I HOPE EVERYONE IS SAFE AND HAS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL NEW YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND LET ME, LET ME JUST HIGHLIGHT THE, THE FREE GUN LIKE LOCK PROGRAM. I DON'T WANT THAT JUST TO GO IN PASSING. AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION OF $75,000 TO COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUND FOR THAT. 'CAUSE GUN VIOLENCE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR OUR CHILDREN. SO A LOT OF GUNS, PEOPLE, PEOPLE GOT A LOT OF GUNS IN THEIR HOMES, ESPECIALLY OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON WHEN KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL AND THEY ARE ROAMING AROUND LOOKING FOR GIFTS, OKAY? YOU DON'T WANT THEM LOOKING AND THEM FINDING A GUN AND THEN USING IT WHEN THEY AND THE OTHER KIDS AROUND. SO THE FREE GUN LOCK PROGRAM, UH, IS, IS AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM. GUN LOCKS PERIOD. AND SO, UH, UH, LET'S HIGHLIGHT IT AND I THINK WE'LL INCORPORATE IT UNDER ONE SAFE HOUSTON INITIATIVE AS WELL, SO WE CAN KEEP IT OUT FRONT. SO THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, PARTNERING WITH YOU ON THAT. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCILMAN POLLARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, TOMORROW MY OFFICE IS PARTNERING WITH THE CITY'S OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST A JOB FAIR IN DISTRICT J. THE JOB FAIR WILL BE FROM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT BURNETT BAYLAND PARK, LOCATED AT 6,000 CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD. THERE WILL BE ON SPOT INTERVIEWS WITH HIRING MANAGERS LOOKING TO FILL IMMEDIATE OPENINGS, AND THERE WILL BE POSITIONS RANGING FROM ENTRY LEVEL TO UPPER MANAGEMENT. ALSO, IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE JOB FAIR OR WANT TO DISCOVER MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, PLEASE VISIT DISTRICT JJO.COM TO SEARCH THOUSANDS OF OPENINGS ALL OVER THE HOUSTON AREA. I WANT TO WISH MY MOTHER, UH, DR. DIANE JIMON POLLARD, UH, A HAPPY RETIREMENT TODAY FROM TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. UH, SHE SERVED, UM, AT THE UNIVERSITY FOR 44 YEARS AS A DIRECTOR OF THEATER, UH, CHAIR OF THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT, AND NOW DEAN OF THE HONORS COLLEGE. SO 44 YEARS AT TSU AND THEN BEFORE THAT, SIX YEARS AT MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. SO IN TOTAL, 50 YEARS OF SERVICE IN HIGHER EDUCATION. UM, WE'LL BE CELEBRATING HER AT TSU TODAY AT THREE O'CLOCK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. UM, AND THANK YOU MAYOR IN YOUR OFFICE FOR THE PROCLAMATION THAT WE WILL PRESENT. UH, FINALLY, MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE FAMILY AND LOVED ONES OF SENIOR POLICE OFFICER VIDAL LOPEZ. UH, HE WORKED OUT OF THE SOUTH GESNER STATION. UH, HE WAS ALWAYS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF DISTRICT J AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES. AND SO IT'S A TOUGH LOSS FOR OUR AREA AND A TOUGH LOSS FOR THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT. SO PRAYERS WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR, TO YOUR MOM. AND I'M, I'M GONNA TRY TO GET BY THERE, UH, THIS AFTERNOON. UM, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO HER ON, UM, I MEAN, JUST A STELLAR CAREER. SO, UH, AND THEN BEFORE YOU, SOME OF YOU LEAVE, LET ME SAY, UM, ON THE 19TH, UH, WE ARE HOSTING, UH, UH, THE MAYOR'S MEDIA PARTY RECEPTION. YOU'RE ALL INVITED. UH, I THINK IT'S FROM SIX TO EIGHT 30. AND, UH, WE ARE CONVERTING THE LEGACY ROOM INTO A, YOU KNOW, LITTLE PARTY ATMOSPHERE. SO, UM, [05:15:01] ON THE 19TH, IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, COME ON BY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE INVITING, YOU KNOW, MEDIA PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT STATE. I MEAN, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE WE ALL JUST ENJOY THE HOLIDAY SEASON. SO, UH, PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR ON THE, ON THE, ON THE 19TH FROM SIX TO EIGHT 30. SOMETIME THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN TO GO HOME, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE HERE. ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND YOUR MOM MUST HAVE STARTED AT 10 YEARS OLD. MY GOODNESS. UH, I WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT I, UH, WENT TO THIS PAST SATURDAY. UM, THE OPERATION LOVE OF BLACKSHIRE ELEMENTARY AND PASTOR ED JONES SERVED AS THE SANTA, AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS JUST A PICTURE THAT I WILL NEVER, UH, GET OUTTA MY MIND. UH, ALSO THE WHO DAT NATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION AND SOPHOMORE KITTY COLLEGE GAVE BICYCLES TO THE CHILDREN. AND ALSO THERE WAS A HOLIDAY IN THE TRAY AT THE EMANCIPATION PARK. AND SO THOSE ARE THREE OF THE, SEVERAL OF SEVERAL EVENTS THAT I ATTENDED ON SATURDAY. BUT, UM, MOVING FORWARD, UH, THERE'S A FRESH PRODUCE MOBILE MART ON TOMORROW AT TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, AGAIN, WHERE PASTOR ED JONES IS THE PASTOR FROM 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AND AT, THAT'S AT HOLMAN STREET CHURCH AT, UM, EXCUSE ME, IT'S 2,600 HOLMAN STREET. UM, I THINK THEY GAVE ME THE RIGHT ADDRESS, WHICH IS TRINITY, WHICH IS THE CORNER OF LIVE OAK. AND, UM, HOLMAN ALSO, UM, FRIENDS OF RIVERSIDE PARK WILL HAVE THEIR SOUL SANTA ON THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, THE, EXCUSE ME, DECEMBER THE 17TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT THE GROOVY GRILL MANSION. ALSO, THE HPD SOUTHEAST BIKE AND BADGES WILL BE SATURDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO NOON, SO THE KIDS CAN COME BY AND GET BICYCLES AT 8,300 MACAU ROAD. AND THEN, UH, PUTTING THE HOOD BACK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM 12 TO THREE ON BRINKLEY AND EDGAR, WHERE THE MASS GWD MUHAMMAD WILL BE SPONSORING THE FOOD FUND PRAYER AND FELLOWSHIP, THAT, THAT WILL TAKE PLACE EVERY FRIDAY. AND THEY WILL ALSO BE OPENING AND DEDICATING THEIR NEW PRAYER GARDEN. ALSO. LET'S SEE ON, UM, THERE'S AN ONGOING, UH, FOUNDATION, THE CHASE, THE WIZARD SIMON FOUNDATION, WHERE THEY ARE TAKING CHRISTMAS TOYS. UH, THE LAST DAY TO CONTRIBUTE IS ON, UH, THIS SATURDAY. AND THE ADDRESS IS 33 35 ROSEDALE STREET. ALSO, UH, I NEED TO ANNOUNCE OUR EVENT IN FROM DISTRICT D IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSTON AERIAL LEAGUE, URBAN YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, UH, ALSO SPONSORED BY HEB, THE DELTA SIGMA THETAS AND THE KAPPA ALPHA SIDE FRATERNITY. WE WILL HAVE OUR HU HOLIDAY FOOD DISTRIBUTION, UH, FROM 10 TO THREE AT THE LILLY GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE THEY HAVE THAT NEW STREET IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH. THANK YOU. UH, 70 34 TIERWESTER STREET. AND SO IF YOU CAN COME BY, PLEASE DO THAT. AND I WANT TO SAY, I THINK THAT'S ALMOST IT. LET'S SEE. I GOT ALL THESE PAPERS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT AT ANY RATE, UH, PLEASE COME BY IF YOU CAN. UH, MARY, WE CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR FACE IN THE PLACE. UM, AND I WANT TO WISH, UH, SEASONS GREETINGS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT OR GOOD DAY OR WHATEVER. . COUNCILMAN CISNEROS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S OF, OF A, A REALLY GREAT IMPORTANCE TO, UM, MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT H. AND THAT'S ABOUT, UM, THE WORK THAT TDOT'S DOING IN PROPOSING, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE HIGHWAYS, UM, BOTH THE, UM, THE NORTH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND, AND THE FLYOVERS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S SO CONCERNED ABOUT. YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST COMPLETELY COVER UP THE, THE, THE, THE BAYOU TRAILWAYS THROUGH THERE AND, UM, JUST HAVE SUCH A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON, ON THE EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE USING THE TRAILS. AND THEN NOW ALSO THE, UM, THE, THE PROPOSED PROJECT TO ELEVATE I 10 AND, UM, REMOVE A SMALL FOREST THAT, TO MAKE IT A DETENTION POND. UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING TO GET COLLECT MAPS FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND REALLY ASSESSING, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UM, LAND THAT THE CITY, UM, HAS CONTROL OVER. UM, THERE IS A, UM, A, A PETITION THAT IS CIRCULATING NOW, UM, THAT IS TO, UM, TO THE MAYOR AND TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S TO US, AND IT IS, IS EDGING UP ON 3000 SIGNATURES SO FAR, UM, UM, REQUESTING THAT ALL THE CITY HAS TO DO IS TO DECLARE THIS A CITY PARK. [05:20:01] AND THAT THEN, UM, THE WHITE OAK GREENWAY AS A CITY PARK. THEN THEY, AND THE PETITION SAYS, THIS WILL PRESERVE NATURAL HABITAT FOR AREA WILDLIFE, PROVIDE GREEN SPACE FOR PUBLIC USE AND PREVENT DEVELOPMENT ON THIS LAND, INCLUDING THE EXPANSION OF FREEWAYS. SO THE PETITION GIVES THE IMPRESSION THAT THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO DO. AND I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT. 'CAUSE I, I HAVE, I'VE GOT TWO BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT IT IS, UM, DO WE THE CITY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DESIGNATE A CITY PARK ON SOMEONE ELSE'S LAND? THAT'S A BIG QUESTION BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WHERE THE BAYOU TRAILS TO TOUCH THE CITY OF LAND, IT'S ALREADY ALREADY A PARK, BUT IT CROSSES OVER INTO OTHER AREAS THAT IS NOT OUR LAND. SO, YOU KNOW, IS THERE, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD CALL SOMEONE ELSE'S LAND TO CITY PARK? THAT'S A BIG QUESTION. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS, AND IF, SO, IF THE CITY WAS ABLE TO SAY THIS IS A CITY PARK, WOULD THAT IN FACT GET US THE INTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF PROTECTING THE PARK FROM HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE PARK? IT LOOKS TO ME THAT IN FEDERAL LAW, AND I'M NOT A LAWYER, WE HAVE SOME ATTORNEYS HERE, BUT I AM NOT A LAWYER, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WHAT THE FEDERAL LAW SAYS IS THAT IT, IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY PROTECT THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF LAND. IT, IT WOULD BE MAYBE A, A BARGAINING PIECE TO MITIGATE IN SOME OTHER AREA. SO, I DON'T KNOW, THIS PETITION DOES GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS CALL IT A CITY PARK AND THAT IT WILL BE PROTECTED. AND I DON'T, I, I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WOULD DO AT ALL. SO THERE, THESE ARE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, BUT I DID WANNA RAISE THEM BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SIGNING THIS PETITION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, OH, NO, I'M NOT DONE. OKAY. OKAY. I'M DONE WITH THAT PART . UM, I DID WANNA JUST, UM, ALSO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MAYOR'S LOVE, OUR PARK FEST AT IRVINGTON PARK THIS SATURDAY ON DECEMBER 17TH. THAT WILL BE FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AND WE'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE, MAYOR. AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, I WANTED TO WISH HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM DISTRICT H TOWN. YOU HEARD ME? DISTRICT H TOWN. WE ARE DISTRICT H TOWN. HAPPY, HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM DISTRICT H TOWN. AH, OKAY. , THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, I CAN, I CAN GO WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, UH, LET ME JUST, YOU SO I GO THIS WAY. UM, I KNOW I, I GOT A COUPLE OF TEXTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WON'T CALL PEOPLE'S NAMES ABOUT, UM, WHAT WOULD I LIKE, UH, FOR THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. UH, BUT LET ME JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE OFFER, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE MALL AND GIVE ME ANYTHING. JELLY CAKE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU JUST GOT THE URGE, SAY, JUST PUT IT . YEAH. VICE MAYOR PROAM CAST TATUM, WHAT YOU GOT GOING ON? JUST A FEW THINGS. UH, TONIGHT, CENTER POINT ENERGY WILL BE HOSTING THEIR SAFETY DISCUSSION WITH SOUTHWEST CROSSING RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND THAT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT 6:00 PM TONIGHT AT THE HPD SOUTHWEST COMMAND STATION. MAYOR, YOU MAY REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THIS SAFETY MEETING. AND SO THE RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM CENTER POINT, UH, TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE, THE SAFETY ASPECTS OF THAT FACILITY AT THE CORNER OF HILLCROFT AND WEST ORM. SO THAT WILL BE, AGAIN, TONIGHT AT 6:00 PM AT THE HPD SUBSTATION ON NATA. UH, ALSO OUR OFFICE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SPREADING SOME HOLIDAY CHAIR, UH, THIS FRIDAY AT 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM WE WILL HAVE OUR DISTRICT K ANNUAL TURKEY GIFT AWAY. UH, AND IF YOU DID NOT KNOW TURKEYS HAVE DOUBLED IN PRICE, UH, WE HAD TO REACH OUT TO SOME ADDITIONAL SPONSORS TO GIVE OUT THE SAME NUMBER OF TURKEYS. I MEAN, TURKEYS ARE EXPENSIVE NOW. THEY ARE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE. UM, BUT WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO OUR DISTRICT, A PARTNERS THAT HAVE STEPPED UP TO HELP US PROVIDE THOSE TURKEYS FOR THE SENIORS. IF Y'ALL WANT TO HAVE SOME FUN ON FRIDAY FROM 10 TO 12, WE'LL BE GIVING OUT THE TURS TO THE SENIORS IN DISTRICT A. WE'LL HAVE A DJ OUT THERE SPREADING SOME HOLIDAY CHEER AND WAVING AND SAYING THANK YOU TO OUR, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WORK ALONGSIDE US IN DISTRICT A, UH, DAY IN AND DAY OUT. SO AGAIN, THAT'S ON FRIDAY FROM 10 TO 12 AT THE FOUNTAIN LIFE CENTER. UH, MAYOR, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, AND I WANTED TO KIND OF JUST GET THE APPETITE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS WHEN WE HOST PUBLIC SESSION IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, I, WEEK AFTER WEEK, I LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO PUBLIC SESSION, WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE, UM, THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY MAY HAVE FACED TRYING TO GET TO PUBLIC SESSION. UM, I'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE, UH, RESEARCH FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE TO SEE [05:25:01] WHAT OTHER, WHEN OTHER CITIES HOST, UH, THEIR COUNCIL MEETINGS AND, AND PUBLIC SESSIONS. AND, UH, REALLY THINKING ABOUT WOULD IT BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US AS A CITY TO LOOK AT POSSIBLY HOSTING PUBLIC SESSION IN THE EVENING TIME, UH, AS OPPOSED TO TWO O'CLOCK ON A TUESDAY. AND I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WOULD, WHAT DO I THINK WOULD BE IDEAL? UH, AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK IS IDEAL, AND I'M GONNA KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SURVEY SOME PEOPLE IN THE CITY AND SEE IT. IF THAT'S REALLY A CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AS THINGS CHANGE IN THE CITY, IT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNE TIME FOR US TO, TO MAKE SOME CHANGES FOR HOUSTONIANS. UM, BUT JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND WHAT I SEE IN THE CHAMBER AND, AND WHAT PEOPLE TELL US, I LIKE THE IDEA OF A MONDAY EVENING PUBLIC SESSION AND A WEDNESDAY CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS WOULD BE FOR, UM, EVERYBODY, BUT I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT AN EVENING TIME PUBLIC SESSION, AND WOULD THAT ALLOW US TO ENGAGE MORE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON? WOULD MORE PEOPLE COME IF WE HAD PUBLIC SESSION IN THE EVENING? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR FROM HOUSTONIANS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PETITION THEIR GOVERNMENT TO ENGAGE IN THEIR, IN THEIR GOVERNMENT, COME TO THEIR CITY HALL. AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FACE CHALLENGES WITH OUR CURRENT, UM, MEETINGS SET UP AT TWO O'CLOCK ON TUESDAY. SO I'M INTERESTED IN EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS ON THAT AND TO SEE IF THAT'S EVEN SOMETHING WE WANT TO PURSUE. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING SOME REST OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD. I CALLED MY MOM AND SAID, I WANT TO COME BACK TO MY OLD ROOM, LAY IN MY OLD BED AND JUST GET SOME SLEEP. . SO HAPPY HOLIDAYS. I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY YOUR TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF THOSE TURKEYS, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE PRICE OF A HEN A HE NO CORN? CAN THOSE SENIORS SPECIFICALLY ASK FOR TURKEYS? AND SO I AIM TO PLEASE KIND OF LIKE YOU. I WONDER WHAT WOULD , I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU GAVE 'EM A ISH HEAD. I DUNNO. I DUNNO. OH, I, I KNOW. TURKEYS ARE EXPENSIVE. THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE. OKAY, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON MAYOR, I'D JUST APPRECIATE, UH, THE LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU'VE MADE, UH, AT THE BE BEGINNING IN YOUR MAYOR'S REPORT AND, UH, WANTED TO WISH YOU A VERY RESTFUL AND, AND PEACEFUL HOLIDAY. THANK YOU. I HOPE ALL HOUSTONIANS CAN TAKE THAT CUE. AND, UH, WISHING YOU A HAPPY HANUKKAH, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY KWANZA. THANK YOU. I KNOW IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE HAPPIEST OCCASION FOR THE AGENDA DIRECTOR IF ARGENTINA PREVAILS AND JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WHETHER THEY PLAY MOROCCO OR FRANCE, FRANCE IN THE FINAL WILL BE DETERMINED LATER ON TODAY. SO, UH, GOOD LUCK, MARTA AND MESSI. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU. UM, VERY LIMITED COMMENTS. UH, YESTERDAY WAS MY DADDY'S 68TH BIRTHDAY, SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO WILA THOMAS II , THE FIRST MAN OF DISTRICT F UH, BUT SEPARATE OF THAT, JUST WANNA REMIND, UH, RESIDENTS, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EVENTS HAPPENING ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17TH. UM, WE'RE HAVING AN ICED OUT CHRISTMAS AT KENNEDY ELEMENTARY FROM ONE TO 4:00 PM WITH UP TO $10,000 IN GIVEAWAYS. THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS HOSTING A RECYCLING EVENT FROM 9:00 AM TO TWELVES. AS YOU GET READY TO CLEAN OUT YOUR HOMES AND GET READY FOR 2023, THIS IS A WONDERFUL TIME TO GET THOSE DOCUMENTS AND THOSE ELECTRONICS OUT OF YOUR HOME. AND THEN HOPE CLINIC ON BEL AIR, THEY'RE HOSTING A WINTER WONDERLAND AND FOOD PRODUCE DRIVE AT 10:00 AM SO THOSE ARE SOME RESOURCES THERE. AND THEN JUST LASTLY, I DIDN'T SQUARE IT. IT WASN'T NECESSARY, BUT AGENDA ITEM 22 THAT WAS ON CONSENT WAS, UH, UH, SUPPORTING THE MAYBERRY HOME PROJECT IN DISTRICT D. AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON MY COMMENTS ABOUT HOW CRITICAL THE SINGLE FAMILY, UM, PROGRAM IS, UM, WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT THE COST OF HOME, UM, AN 1800 SQUARE FOOT HOME IS STARTING AT 2 49 AND THE MOST IS A 3,400 SQUARE FOOT HOME AT 2 97. YOU CANNOT FIND THIS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO SINGLE FAMILY, THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH WITH DE UH, A DETACHED HOME WITH THE GARAGE GREEN SPACE INCLUDED, UH, UM, THIS IS TO BE NOTED AND I THINK THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXCELLENT WAY OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S COMING BEFORE US. SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. UM, THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT PROJECT AND JUST HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU. UM, GET SOME REST, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, UM, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING AND, UM, HAVING A GOOD TIME. ARE Y'ALL SERVING COCKTAILS AT YOUR MEDIA PARTY OR WE, IS IT BYOB IN THE LEGACY ROOM? OKAY. ALRIGHT. TAKE CARE OF [05:30:01] US, MAYOR, UH, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING Y'ALL NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. CONSTABLE, MAYOR ACORN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANTED TO, UH, THANK THE CITY CONTROLLER AND THE AUDIT DIVISION. THE RECENT, UM, REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED ON MONDAY ABOUT THE HOUSTON PERMITTING CENTER. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT THEY HAVE HAD SOME OF THE FINDINGS FOR THE LAST SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS AND ARE ALREADY WORKING ON IT. THE ONE THAT, UM, SPECIFICALLY AS I REVIEWED THE, THE REPORT, UH, IS THE ONE ABOUT, UH, MANAGEMENT DID NOT CONDUCT EFFECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE DATA TO IDENTIFY ANY POTENTIAL IRREGULARITIES IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS. HPW DOES NOT USE DATA TO TRACK, MONITOR AND INVESTIGATE CERTAIN RED FLAG ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS IMPROPERLY ROUTED PERMITS, INAPPROPRIATELY EXPEDITED REVIEW OF PROJECT PLANS, APPROVALS OF THOSE WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION, INSPECTION SCHEDULED WITHOUT SUPERVISORY APPROVAL. THE LIST GOES ON, IT'S JUST THE PROCESSES AND THE TRAINING THAT, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME THINGS ABOUT PERMIT FEES IN THERE TOO, BUT I'M REALLY FOCUSED ON THE PROCESSES AND THE, AND THE, THE KIND OF COMPREHENSIVE AND CONSISTENT TRAINING OF THE EMPLOYEES. I KNOW THEY HAVE A BIG STAFFING GAP THERE, AND IT'S SOMETHING I WANNA DEFINITELY TALK TO YOU ABOUT IN THE NEW YEAR, UM, UM, ABOUT STAFFING OVER THERE. BUT JUST COMMEND THEM FOR ALREADY GETTING ON THESE THINGS AND COMMEND THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE FOR TAKING A HARD LOOK AT, AT THE HOUSTON PERMITTING CENTER, AS I KNOW ALL OF US AROUND THE TABLE ARE INTERESTED IN, IN, UM, STREAMLINING PROCESSES THERE. AND, UH, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PLUMMER. THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER. UM, I JUST WANTED TO JUST TELL EVERYONE THANK YOU, THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT DONE, AND I'M JUST INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO SIT AT THIS HORSESHOE WITH ALL OF YOU. UM, AND I WANTED TO WISH MY, MY SON MAXIE, HE'LL KILL ME CALLING HIM THAT ON PUBLIC PUBLICLY MAXWELL, UM, A HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY. UM, HE TURNED 20 ON, UM, ON THE 12TH, SO IT'S WONDERFUL. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU, AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THANKS, COUNCILMAN P THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS EARLIER AND COUNCILMAN POLLARD'S WORDS AS WELL ABOUT, UM, OFFICER LOPEZ. UM, THIS DEATH HAS REALLY HIT THE DISTRICT, A TEAM VERY HARD, AND MYSELF INCLUDED. UM, HE BEGAN HIS 20 YEAR CAREER WITH HPD IN THE NORTHWEST DIVISION. I DIDN'T KNOW HIM AT THE TIME, BUT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE HONOR TO MEET HIM MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS. AND HIS LOVELY WIFE MARISSA AS WELL. UM, SHE'S PREGNANT WITH THEIR FIRST CHILD, SO JUST SO DEVASTATING. UM, SHE DID ASK, UM, THAT I SHARE THAT THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE CEREMONY WILL BE MONDAY, DECEMBER 19TH AT 10:00 AM UM, IN GLACIA UNI UNIVERSAL, UM, 6 1 1 5 SOUTHWEST FREEWAY, 7 7 0 5 7. UM, WE'LL SEND THAT INFORMATION AROUND AS WELL. AND, UM, ASSIST THE OFFICER.COM. THERE IS A FUNDRAISER FOR HER. LIKE I SAID, SHE IS PREGNANT WITH THEIR FIRST CHILD. SO ANY ASSISTANCE THAT ANYONE CAN OFFER, I'M SURE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. YOU'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO, TO US ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBER. YEAH. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES. SO, UH, FIRST I JUST WANNA JUST THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR DISTRICT B UM, HOLIDAY DINNER ON SUNDAY. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. THE DISTRICT B CHOIR DID SING. WE HAD, IT WAS SOME GOOD SERVICE. UM, BUT SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST THE FOLKS WHO DONATED AND JUST THEIR TIME AND OUR GIFTS THAT WE CAN GIVE AWAY. UM, LEE ZIAN, ROLAND GARCIA, THE CLIFFORD GROUP, UM, STEAD, CIGNA, ANHEUSER-BUSCH, MOLINA HEALTHCARE UNION, PACIFIC HOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE, HILL DAY PUBLIC RELATIONS, THE ASTRO FOUNDATION COMMISSIONER RODNEY ELLIS, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, AND OF COURSE, PASTOR MORRISON FOR ALLOWING US TO, UM, HAVE THE, UM, DINNER AT HIS CHURCH. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE LOOKING FORWARD, UM, TO NEXT YEAR EVEN. WE, WE ALSO HAD, UM, WILLIE D WHO CAME OUT AND HELPED ME GIVE OUT THE RECOGNITIONS TO OUR LEADERS, UM, JUST FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE, UM, OVER THE YEAR. AND THEN ALSO ESTHER'S CATERED, UM, THE DINNER. AND SO WE HAD, AGAIN, A GREAT TIME. IT WAS GOOD FOOD, GOOD FELLOWSHIP. UM, AND WE, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. UM, TONIGHT AT 4:00 PM OUR DISTRICT B CHOIR WILL BE DOING CAROLING, AND SO WE'LL BE HITTING UP THE HOUSTON GARDENS AREA, UM, C*M AND GRACE SENIOR LIVING CENTER, UM, PLEASANTVILLE, WE'LL BE IN PLEASANTVILLE AS WELL AS FOCUS CARE HOME CENTER. AND SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GO OUT AND SING WITH TO THE SENIORS AND JUST BRING SOME CHEER. AND I'M GONNA SING IN THE CHOIR AS WELL. YES, I'M GONNA SING AND I CAN'T SING, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN. SO, UM, JUST THANK THE CHOIR FOR JUST THEIR, THEIR EFFORT, YOU KNOW, THEIR PRACTICING. AND THIS IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, JUST GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR VOICES. AND SO IN THIS SATURDAY, UM, WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH IMPACTING HOUSTON, UM, AT THE HOT POTATO PARK. WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A WINTER WONDERLAND TAR GIVEAWAY. UM, AND THIS IS, UM, AGAIN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER THE 17TH, BETWEEN [05:35:01] 12 3:00 PM UM, BRING YOUR KIDS OUT. UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TOYS, UM, JUST GIFTS. AND AGAIN, A A LOT OF FUN. SO HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE. IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR. AND THEN LASTLY, MAYOR, I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE. UM, I DIDN'T MENTION, I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, UM, DURING, UM, THIS NUMBER NINE ON THE AGENDA, IT WAS UPGRADES TO THE CASHMERE MULTI SERVICE CENTER. I KNOW THE FOLKS OUT THERE IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THESE UPGRADES. UM, SO JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UM, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ, AND THANK YOU MAYOR. AND DON'T GET ANY NOTIONS ABOUT SINGING WITH THAT, THOSE CAROLERS. UH, BUT AT ANY RATE, I JUST WANNA MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NORMALLY I WOULD'VE MADE IT NEXT WEEK, BUT SINCE, UH, , UH, WE RELUCTANTLY VOTED NOT TO MEET NEXT WEEK, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BOSS WOMEN NETWORK AND NO SISTER LEFT BEHIND, UH, PRESENT A FOURTH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE AND GIVEAWAY, WHICH WILL BE FRIDAY, DECEMBER THE 23RD FROM ONE TO 3:00 PM AT THE SOUTH LAWN, PALM APARTMENT 7,006 SCOTT STREET. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME REALLY CHA SOME REAL CHALLENGES THERE. AND SO THIS WILL BE A GREAT EVENT AND DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED. YOU CAN GO TO WWW.BOSSWOMENNETWORK.COM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. UM, THEN LASTLY, LEMME JUST SAY THAT, UH, SINCE WE'RE NOT MEETING AGAIN, UM, BUT DO TAKE THE TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE, WE USED TO CALL IT THE CER, LIKE THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND WE'LL PROBABLY BE COMING OUT SOMETIME, MAYBE LIKE NEXT WEEK OR THE END OF NEXT WEEK. SO DO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. UM, I ANTICIPATE, UM, THAT THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE CITY OF OF HOUSTON, WE'LL BE A LOT HEALTHIER, UH, THAN IT HAS BEEN IN QUITE SOME TIME. UH, AND I DO ANTICIPATE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN ON THE GOVERNMENT FUND BALANCE, UM, UH, ALL OF THAT WILL GO UP WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE CITY'S ASSETS THAT WILL GO UP. AND I, AND I THINK IT WILL GO UP SUBSTANTIALLY BECAUSE LAST YEAR'S CER HAD OUR NET ASSETS AT ABOUT, UH, THAT'S ABOUT 3.5 BILLION. BUT I ANTICIPATE THAT WHEN THIS REPORT COMES OUT, UH, THAT THE ASSETS FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE RANGE OF SOME 5.5 BILLION. SO, UM, AND AGAIN, UH, I THINK THAT WILL BE DUE TO THE EFFORTS OF, OF THIS CITY COUNCIL AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN 22. UH, THE PENSION REFORMS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE ARE WORKING, UH, AND THE REFORMS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE ON THE OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, THOSE REFORMS ARE WORKING. SO, UM, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT, AND THAT'S EVEN WITH THE VOLATILITY OF THE MARKET, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, THE FINANCIAL, UH, STABILITY OF THE CITY I THINK IS PRETTY GOOD. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, PERSON KNOWN, I CERTAINLY WANT TO, UM, DR. KATHY FLANAGAN, FOR THOSE OF YOU KNOW, HER MOM PASSED, UH, LILY BELL, UH, FLANAGAN. SO THAT, UH, FUNERAL WILL BE, UH, TOMORROW. THE VIEWING IS, UH, TODAY. UH, SO I CERTAINLY WANT TO EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES, UH, TO KATHY AND TO HER, UM, SISTERS AND BROTHER AND HER MOM, UH, WHO TURNED 85, UH, RECENTLY, UH, BUT HAS PASSED AWAY. SO AS SHE, AS THEY GET PREPARED TO CELEBRATE HER HOMECOMING, UH, ON TOMORROW. SO, UH, HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, LOOK, ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS, BE SAFE. ENJOY WITH YOUR FAMILIES, TAKE SOME TIME, NO REST, UH, AND ALL OF THAT AND APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALL HERE. WE'RE ALL, YEAH, OKAY. WHICH IS A BLESSING IN AND OF ITSELF. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR AN INCREDIBLE YEAR. APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND NOW 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.