[Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting]
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I FORGET, UH, THIS IS THE LAST MEETING OF 2022.I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US AND I HOPE AFTER THIS MEETING THAT YOU ALL HAVE JUST A WONDERFUL END OF THE YEAR AND HOLIDAY SEASON.
UH, WE ALWAYS START WITH, UH, A ROLL CALL.
SO WE'LL DO ROLL CALL FIRST OF THE MEMBERS.
IF WE HAVE ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE.
WE'LL THEN GIVE THEM A MINUTE OR TWO TO SPEAK AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO OUR PROGRAM.
OKAY, STACY, LET'S DO THE ROLL CALL.
AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU'RE NOT SURE, STACY, COMPUTER SHOWS IS MARK.
SHE IS NOT MARK, THAT'S HER HUSBAND'S NAME.
BUT, UH, JUST DON'T BE CONFUSED.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA START FROM THE TOP.
AND THESE I'M CALLING OUT, UM, AT THE BEGINNING, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENT FOR THE LAST THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS.
SO IF I DON'T CALL YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS BATCH, I WILL COME BACK AND ASK IF I MISSED ANYONE.
FROM THE TOP SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, FIVE.
SALERNO, PRESENT, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THAT? MARIE MARK.
YEAH, THIS IS PEDRO FROM GREATER HEIGHTS.
DOUG SMITH AND BARBARA QUATTRO.
PLEASE PUT YOURSELF ON PRESENT.
PLEASE PUT YOURSELF ON MUTE AS YOU ENTER THE ROOM.
NEW ELECTED PRESIDENT OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 31.
I DIDN'T HEAR SYLVIA RIVAS, SO I THOUGHT I'D CHIME IN.
STEVEN PONOS FOR NEW SOUTHWEST.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 52, GET DOWN TO HERE FOR CASHMAN GARDEN AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE.
I THINK YOU MISSED 49 50 UNLESS I WALKED AWAY.
I'M GOING THROUGH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE THE LAST THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS AND I DIDN'T HAVE YOU AS, AS 48 ATTENDING, BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND MARK YOU.
I WAS ON THE LAST MEETING THOUGH, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE LAST THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS.
OKAY, SO, AND I'M JUST, SO I'LL REPEAT MYSELF.
UM, AGAIN, WHAT THIS RUN THROUGH IS FOR THOSE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ATTENDED THE LAST THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS.
AND AT THE END OF IT, I WILL, UM, RUN THROUGH AND, AND ASK IF THERE IS ANYONE THAT I MISSED
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AND WHO IS PRESENT TODAY.OKAY, I'M STARTING OVER WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 57, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT THIS MIXED UP.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 62, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 66 AND SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 84.
WHO ALL DID I MISS? I HAVE SUPER NEIGHBOR 32.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 86, BART HARRIS.
HAVEN'T HEARD FROM PAULA TODAY.
AND THEN WHO, UM, WHO ELSE DID I HEAR? DID I MISS MEMORIAL? SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 16.
OKAY, GOT YOU DOWN AND THANK YOU.
IS THAT IT? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE TURNING IT BACK OVER TO CINDY.
I WAS TRYING SO HARD TO BE MUTED, LIKE A GOOD PERSON.
UH, YES, I WAS SAYING I'M LOOKING REALLY QUICKLY.
I DON'T SEE IF WE HAVE ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT IF WE DO, THIS WILL BE THE TIME OF DAY.
UH, WHEN WE, UH, HEAR JUST BRIEF COMMENTS FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UH, JORDAN, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? CAN I SPEAK FOR SALLY? UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE HERE? I FORGET.
UM, WE'VE BEEN PUTTING, UH, OTHER PEOPLE AT THE END, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE? JUST K AND SALLY.
ANYBODY ELSE HERE? JUST I SEE CHRISTINA WITH PENNY MORALE.
UM, AND DISTRICT K IS PRESENT ALSO.
I SEE THAT ALSO, UH, LATELY WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FOCUS ON ALL THE, UH, SUPER NEIGHBOR ALLIANCES AND THEN PUT THE OTHERS AT THE END.
SO WE WILL TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS, BUT, BUT PLEASE HELP ME NOT FORGET TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THIS IS THE TIME, UH, FOR OPEN FORM ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS.
IF YOU ARE A REPRESENTING A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEND, UH, A MINUTE OR TWO, NOT LONG, A SHORT ANNOUNCEMENT OR COMMENT, THIS IS THE TIME, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, UH, SO THAT WE WILL KNOW.
UM, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, LET'S SEE.
CHRISTINA'S WITH A REPRESENTATIVE.
OKAY, UH, VICKI, I DON'T, VICKI, WHICH SUPER NARROW COUNCIL ARE YOU WITH? 49 50.
AND I'VE BEEN IN ATTENDANCE IN THE LAST THREE CONSECUTIVE.
SO, UH, VICKY, UM, WHAT KIND OF ANNOUNCEMENT OR COMMENT DID YOU WANNA MAKE? I JUST WANNA, AGAIN, ASK FOR THE ALLIANCE OF SUPPORT REGARDING THE TRUCK STOP, THE PENDING PIT STOP, TRUCK STOP THAT'S PROPOSED AT, UH, NORTHWAY SIDE, NEAR LAY ROAD.
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SUPPORT.WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET SOME RESEARCH BEHIND IT SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO WARD OFF THEM COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND FOR ALL THE FACTORS THAT WE'RE AWARE OF, ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMINALLY, UH, OUR, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE TO OUR STREETS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL.
IS THERE A SPECIFIC, UH, INFO THAT YOU'RE SEEKING FROM OTHER OR ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER, UH, COUNCILS? UH, YEAH, WE JUST WANTED THE SUPPORT SO THAT IF WE HAVE TO TAKE IT ANY FURTHER, WE'LL KNOW THAT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE IS IN SUPPORT OF THEM NOT PLACING THAT TRUCK STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
HEY Y'ALL, UM, TWO ITEMS. ONE FOR MANCHESTER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL.
THEY'RE NOT HERE THIS EVENING.
TCEQ HAS HOST IS HOSTING A MEETING AT 7:00 PM AT HARTMAN PARK ABOUT A PROPOSED STORAGE TANK.
SO THEIR STAFF IS, OR THEIR, UH, THE TEAM MEMBERS ARE THERE WITHIN THE SECOND WARD SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD TO HELP KICKSTART MUNICIPAL FORUMS. IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR, THE 13TH, WE'RE HOSTING A FORUM OF SORTS WHERE WE HAVE OUR ELECTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, STATE REP, STATE SENATOR AND COMMISSIONER FOR PRECINCT TWO THERE.
SO THAT IT'S A FORUM ON WHAT DOES EACH ROLE ACTUALLY DO, WHAT ARE THE CAPACITIES, WHAT ARE THEIR CAPABILITIES, HOW CAN THEY ASSIST AND ALSO GET THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD READY.
AND FOR US, IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'RE HOLDING THAT TYPE OF FORUM.
IF OTHER PEOPLE WANNA JOIN IN OR LISTEN IN.
THIS IS JUST A PRECURSOR TO OTHER FORUMS THAT THE SNA WILL BE HOSTING LATER IN THE YEAR.
AND WILL THAT BE BOTH, UH, LIVEPERSON AND ON, UH, TELECAST OR, THAT'S RIGHT.
ROY, IS THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE HOSTING THIS OR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22 SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63 FOR THE SECOND WARD.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR THE SECOND WARD TO HOST THIS TYPE OF FORM.
AND WE'RE DOING IT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
ONE, AS A PRECURSOR TO WHAT THE SNA WILL HOST LATER, AND THAT'S GONNA BE DISCUSSED LATER TODAY.
AND TWO, TO REALLY HELP OUR COMMUNITY GAIN A TRUE, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT DOES EACH ROLE DO, BECAUSE I THINK WE SAY THE TERMS, BUT MAY NOT REALIZE THAT STATE REPRESENTATIVES, WHERE DOES THEIR AUTHORITY START? AND ANN VERSUS THE SENATOR VERSUS A LOCAL COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO YOU ALL ARE DOING IT FOR YOUR, THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR YOUR SECOND WARD? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND SPECIFICALLY JUST BEFORE, BEFORE ANY OTHER CANDIDATE FORMS ARE HELD, SO WE HAVE A MORE INFORMED AUDIENCE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, BARBARA RA, ARE YOU HERE? YOU HAD EMAILED ME, UM, UH, TREES.
DID YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY FOR A MINUTE OR TWO? ARE YOU HERE, BARBARA? I'M HERE.
UH, I THINK THEY, THEY STILL HAVE SOME MORE TREES.
UH, I WAS CONTACTED, UH, BY SAN TEXAS BECAUSE I NEVER PASS UP A, A FREE TREE.
THE ONLY, UH, THE ONLY CATCH IS YOU GOTTA GO TO GLEN FLORA TO GET 'EM.
SO IF ANY OF THE, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS WANTS, UH, TREES, IT'S THE, UH, MOON NURSERY THERE AND THEY'RE GIVEN AWAY FREE.
THEY'RE MOSTLY FIVE GALLON, THREE OR FIVE GALLON TREES IN.
AND, UH, YOU HAVE TO GO TO, TO GLEN FLORA, AS I MENTIONED TO GET 'EM.
BUT THEY'RE FREE IF YOU WANT, IF YOU WANT ONE, UM, LET ME KNOW.
I'LL SEND YOU THE CONTACT INFORMATION.
BARBARA, I'M HAPPY TO SEND IT OUT ON BEHALF OF THE ALLIANCE.
UH, BUT I, I'M LOOKING AT A, A LIST OF TREES THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS AS OF DECEMBER 8TH.
IS, DO YOU THINK THAT'S STILL THE CASE OR IS THERE AN UPDATED LIST? UH, I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATED LIST, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FOLKS.
BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GET AN UPDATED ONE FROM YOU AND, UH, UH, FOR YOU AND SEND IT TO YOU.
AND I SEE A HAND UP FROM ELENA HEBERT.
SO CINDY, ARE WE GONNA TALK? WE GONNA NOT GONNA TALK AT THE END OF THE MEETING WHERE WE SAY THE OLD BUSINESS IS A NEW BUSINESS, OR YOU DOING THAT NOW? UM, WELL WE, HAVE YOU SEEN THE AGENDA TOMORROW? NO.
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ALL WITH THE SUPER NAME ALLIANCE.SO THE NEXT, UH, FIRST TOPIC IS NEW COMMITTEES AND UPDATED AND DISCUSSION BY ROY LIRA.
UH, THEN, UH, SECOND ITEM IS THE MUNICIPAL FORUMS WITH YOU, UH, JUAN SOTO AND STACY FAIRCHILD.
UH, THE THIRD TOPIC IS TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES WITH, UH, PHILIP SALENO AND MARK KLEIN, AND THEN THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
CINDY, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTIONS? YES.
UM, IS, HAS, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD THREE CHIMED IN THIS EVENING? SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD THREE? I DON'T THINK SO.
UM, THEY WERE MENTIONING THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A NEW BOARD AND THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA TRY TO START, UH, CONNECTING WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE AGAIN.
CHRISTINA, PLEASE HAVE THEM EMAIL US AT S-N-A-C-O-H-S-N-A.
THAT'S THE GENERAL EMAIL ADDRESS.
AND THAT GETS EVERYBODY, UH, SANDRA RODRIGUEZ, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP, SANDRA? YES.
I WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.
HISD IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THEIR REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING THIS THURSDAY AT 9:00 AM PERSONALLY FOR ME, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CERTAIN COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST LIKE RAYBURN AND SHARPSTOWN GULFTON AND PART OF MIDWEST KEPT TOGETHER.
AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE, UH, BEING REPRESENTED BY FOUR DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR FOLKS.
UH, I DON'T SEE ANOTHER HANDS UP, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, PROCEED THROUGH THE AGENDA.
UH, ROY, YOU'RE UP THE FIRST SPEAKER ABOUT NEW COMMITTEES.
OKAY, SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I'LL GO BACK TO THE POLL SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED LATER IN, IN JUNE OR IN JUNE.
AND THE LAST MEETING, WE FOCUSED ON WHAT WE'VE DONE DURING THAT TIME.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, OUR NEXT STEP IS LAUNCHING TWO COMMITTEES THAT ARE DONE.
SO WITH THE INTENT OF ENSURING THAT WE'RE STRENGTHENING OUR KNOWLEDGE, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT ARE EFFECTIVE WITHIN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
SO THAT WAY WHEN THEY RETURN TO THEIR, TO THEIR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, THERE WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND THEY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO WORK WITH AS STATE, WITH STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE CITY AND NONPROFIT.
AND IDEALLY, THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE LOOKED AT WHAT DO WE NEED TO FOCUS ON FIRST, WE REALIZE THAT NEXT YEAR IS AN ELECTION YEAR FOR THE CITY.
THAT'S A HUGE TIME PERIOD FOR US.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE EACH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL WILL HAVE CANDIDATES WHO COME OUTTA THE WOODWORK ASKING TO SPEAK, UM, ABOUT THEIR POLICIES AND PLATFORMS. AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNSELORS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ASK THE RIGHT TYPES OF QUESTIONS AND DO SO WITH AN OPEN MIND.
ADDITIONALLY, AS PEOPLE ROLL OFF THE SNA OR IN THE OR IF THEY CHOOSE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO A HIGHER ROLE OR PARTICIPATE IN ANOTHER COMMITTEE, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE HANDS-ON PRACTICE, HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SOME OF THE COMMON ROLES ARE, GIVING A ONE MINUTE, TWO MINUTE, THREE MINUTE PRESENTATION.
IN THAT LIGHT, WE REALIZED WE DECIDED AS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MOVING FORWARD, THE TWO ITEMS COMMITTEES WERE FOCUSING ON IMMEDIATELY OR INITIALLY OUR MUNICIPAL FORMS FOR 2023 THAT STACY AND JUAN WILL BE SPEAK.
AND TOMORROW WE'LL CHAT AND COORDINATE WITH AND A TRAINING COMMITTEE, TRAINING DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
SO THOSE ARE FIRST OUR NEXT STEPS REGARDING COMMITTEE.
AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO REACTIVATE A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT EXIST.
BUT WE JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE STARTING OFF THE YEAR WITH SOME BASICS SO THAT WE WE CAN LEVEL SET WITHIN THE S AND C QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM AN ELECT.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM ELECTED OFFICES ON HERE.
SO FOR YOU ALL, WHAT DO YOU THINK SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO US OR ADVICE ON US IS? HOW CAN CONSTITUENTS BE MORE EFFECTIVE, WHO HAVE THE RIGHT INTENT, BUT MAY REACH OUT TO YOU ALL WITH INFORMATION THAT MAY NOT BE RELEVANT OR THAT SOMETIMES IS ADVERSE TO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? 'CAUSE FOR US, THIS IS YOUR, YOUR FEEDBACK IS ALSO HELPFUL TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE TIME AND EFFORT AND THINGS THAT TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
SO FOR ANYONE ON THE LINE FROM AN ELECTED OF OFFICIAL'S OFFICE, YOUR FEEDBACK'S WELCOME.
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UM, SALLY ALCORN HAD A REALLY GOOD OUTLINE THAT I TEND TO AGREE WITH THE OTHER DAY WHEN SHE DID A PRESENTATION ON WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HELP OR HINDER YOU AND GETTING WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.UM, I WOULD SAY, I CAN'T REMEMBER, I CAN'T RECALL IF THIS WAS PART OF HER PRESENTATION, BUT I WOULD SAY, UH, PUT A SUMMARY IN WRITING AND MAKE A PHONE CALL.
IF YOU DO BOTH OF THOSE TWO THINGS THAT'LL KIND OF HELP YOU.
I WAS GOING TO REFER TO COUNCIL ACORN'S PRESENTATION AS WELL.
I MEAN, REALLY JUST FINDING YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL AS YOUR FIVE AT LARGE AND THEN WHATEVER YOUR ISSUE MIGHT BE, WHERE THAT FALLS UNDER A COMMITTEE.
I MEAN, I, I WORKED, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING AT CITY HALL FOR SIX YEARS NOW AND I, THIS RURAL CLASS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS REALLY TAKE SERIOUSLY WHAT FALLS UNDER THEIR COMMITTEE, NOT JUST WHAT FALLS WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT.
SO I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER ADVOCATE THAT YOU HAVE.
UH, THE, THE, THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH AND OFFICES, UH, AND HOW WE GOT THEM TO ALIGN WITH US WAS VERY HELPFUL.
AND IT WAS THE LARGEST, UH, WHEN WE FAILED IN OUR, IN MY AREA WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
IT WAS THE LARGEST WHO TOOK UP THE CAUSES THAT WE WERE HAVING AND ADVOCATED FOR US.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHENEVER YOU'RE GOING, SINCE I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR 30 YEARS FOR FREE, UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GOT A PROBLEM AND YOU GO TO THEM, THE BEST THING YOU CAN HAVE IN ADVANCE IS YOUR WARRIORS.
YOU GO BY YOURSELF WASTING YOUR TIME.
YOU BETTER HAVE SOME PEOPLE, UH, ALIGNED WITH YOU TO SHOW THAT THIS IS NOT A YOUR AGENDA, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, DAVE MARTIN, I MEAN OTHER DISTRICT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT EVEN IN OUR AREA TOLD US, YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO SEE HIM, YOU ALL ARE RIGHT, BUT WE DON'T GO AGAINST, UH, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND I'M LIKE, YOUR RIGHT DON'T MEAN A DAMN THING TO ME 'CAUSE I I CAN'T CASH IT.
YOU ALREADY TELLING ME YOU AIN'T GONNA VOTE WITH ME.
YOU KNOW? SO YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE YOU GET SUPPORT WITH THE AT LARGES BECAUSE THEY UM, I'M NOT KIDDING THAT, THAT WHEN YOU REALLY I'M, WHEN THE, WHEN IT'S UP AGAINST THE WALL AND WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, WE WERE UP AGAINST THE WALL.
WE HAD THE CITY ATTORNEY, YOU KNOW, UH, ADVOCATING AGAINST US, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING ADVOCATING AGAINST US.
AND IT WAS THE LARGEST WHO WAS LIKE, LOOK YOU, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS THE LAW, THE STATE LAW, WHICH REQUIRES YOU GOTTA HAVE A A, A MAJORITY VOTE AT COUNCIL AND THE LARGEST WERE WITH US AND THAT'S WHY THEY COULDN'T PASS IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WHEN YOU GO BEFORE ANY STATE REP, SENATOR, MAYOR, WHATEVER, YOU MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR COMMUNITY FOR YOUR SUPPORT 'CAUSE IT MATTERS.
ERICA THOMAS COMMENTS, VERY GOOD COMMENTS.
ROY, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU WANTED TO TA TOSS OUT BEFORE WE GO TO THE OTHER TOPICS? NO, THOSE ARE THE MAIN ITEMS THO.
AND IF THERE ARE OTHERS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US.
WELL, UH, ROY MENTIONED TWO COMMITTEES.
UH, WE'LL, WE'LL SKIP OVER TO THE, UH, NEXT, UH, TO THE FIRST ONE HE MENTIONED.
AND THAT IS, UM, MUNICIPAL FORUMS FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE NEXT YEAR IS AN ELECTION YEAR AT THE CITY LEVEL.
UH, AND ON THAT COMMITTEE IS TOMORROW BELL.
UH, JUAN SOTO, WHO WAS THE PREVIOUS CHAIR BEFORE ME OF THE SUPER NEW ALLIANCE.
AND STACY FAIRCHILD, WHO IS THE CURRENT SECRETARY, UH, HOW DO YOU THREE WANNA HANDLE? UM, IS JUAN HERE? SO JUST THE TWO OF YOU, STACY.
STACY, I DON'T THINK JUAN'S ON THE CALL.
UM, UH, DO JUAN OR BOTH OF YOU WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THIS COMMITTEE? STACY, CAN JUAN JUST GRADUATED.
WHY WOULD HE BE ON THIS CALL?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH Y'ALL? HE'S STILL COMMITTED COMMITTEE.
HE AGREED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE.
HE IS GONNA BE HERE EVERY, HE'S PROBABLY IN ECUADOR ON TOP OF, SO, SO
WELL, I, I'LL JUST GO OVER KIND OF THE IMPORTANCE AND THE BENEFIT AND ADDED VALUE, UM, TO
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THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS FOR PARTICIPATING AND BEING INVOLVED AND ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN, UM, THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS OR FORUMS NEXT YEAR.THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT.
AND I'LL START BY SPEAKING, UH, ABOUT MY MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE IN 2019.
MY HUSBAND AND I, UM, NEW TO, YOU KNOW, LOCAL POLITICS SET OUT TO, UM, EDUCATE OURSELVES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW IT WORKED AND ALSO, UH, 'CAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS BEING INVOLVED ONLY A YEAR AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
WE'D NEVER FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO BE INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT WE FOUND OURSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE WE DID.
SO WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OF THAT YEAR OF THAT, YOU KNOW, MUNICIPAL ELECTION CYCLE AND ATTENDED BASICALLY EVERY EVENT FORUM FUNDRAISER THAT YOU CAN THINK OF AS IT PERTAINED TO DISTRICT C, WHICH IS WHERE I LIVE.
THE, UM, GETTING TO KNOW ALL OF THE AT LARGE CANDIDATES AND AS WELL AS THE MAYOR MAYORAL CANDIDATES.
AND I THINK WE HAD 14 MAYORAL CANDIDATES, INCLUDING THE MAYOR.
WE HAD IT VARIED, UH, BY RACE IN AT LARGE.
UM, BUT IT WAS ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15 IN EACH RACE AT, AT THE, AT LARGE.
AND THEN IN THE DISTRICT C RACE, THERE WERE 17 PEOPLE.
SO I HAD TO GET TO KNOW ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.
AND SO THE WAY THAT WE DID THAT WAS TO ATTEND, YOU KNOW, EVERY EVENT, UH, THAT WAS PUT IN FRONT OF US AND OFFERED TO US.
IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, IT WAS TIRING.
UM, BUT IT PAID OFF IN THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS, UM, THAT HAS BENEFITED US TO THIS DAY.
AND I MET, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU ALL WHO ARE SITTING ON THIS CALL TODAY, UH, AND HAVE ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS, GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH, WITH YOU AS WELL.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT I LEARNED FROM THAT WAS IS IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT MY ISSUES, UH, THAT I WANTED TO SEE SOLVED OR MITIGATED SO THAT WHENEVER WHOEVER WAS ELECTED IN THESE ROLES OR POSITIONS, I DIDN'T HAVE TO START FROM GROUND ZERO ZERO AND EDUCATE THEM ABOUT MY PROBLEM OR PROBLEMS. SO IT WAS REALLY A MATTER OF GETTING TO WORK.
SO WHEN, YOU KNOW, JANUARY 1ST, UH, 2020 CAME AROUND, YOU KNOW, I WAS AT CITY HALL IN THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE, UH, OFFICES, JUST CONGRATULATING ALL OF THEM.
AND EVEN SITTING WITH MY OWN DISTRICT C COUNCIL MEMBER, NEW COUNCIL MEMBER AND JUST GOING OVER, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WERE GONNA WORK OUT, UM, OR WORK THROUGH THE PROBLEMS THAT I HAD.
SO I, I SAY ALL OF THAT TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, DO AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE TIME FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF PUTTING ON FORUMS, PARTNER WITH A, A NEARBY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU MAY SHARE A COMMON INTEREST WITH OR, OR DO A JOINT, UM, YOU KNOW, FORUM.
I KNOW OVER HERE IN MY AREA WE HAVE, UM, FOUR OR FIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WILL SOMETIMES GET TOGETHER AND HOST THINGS DEPENDING ON THE ISSUE.
SO I JUST, I, I JUST ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TO, YOU KNOW, ATTEND EVENTS AND FUNDRAISERS AND ANYTHING THAT'S REALLY PUT IN FRONT OF YOU THAT YOU HAVE TIME FOR TO ESTABLISH THE RELATIONSHIPS, RAISE THE AWARENESS ABOUT YOUR ISSUES OR THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU WANNA MAKE TO YOUR AREA, UM, SO THAT YOU GET ALL OF THAT OUT OF THE WAY THIS YEAR AND YOU CAN GET TO WORK NEXT YEAR WHENEVER THEY'RE ELECTED.
THE OTHER THING THAT I FOUND WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THESE CANDIDATES DIDN'T MAKE IT RIGHT.
THERE WAS ONLY ROOM FOR ONE IN EACH OF THESE RACES, BUT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, POLITICS IN THEIR BLOOD AND THEY HAVE MOVED ON TO OTHER PROMINENT ROLES THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO ME AS WELL.
SO WHILE IT MAY BE TIRESOME TO DEVELOP OR, YOU KNOW, RELATIONSHIPS, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AND ATTEND ALL OF THESE THINGS, IT DOES PAY OFF BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU NEED HELP, I AM ABLE NOW TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL PEOPLE LIKE JORDAN OR CALL PEOPLE LIKE TOMORROW, OR MIKE VAN DUSEN OR PHILIP ERNO OR YOU KNOW, CHRISTINA.
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SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT'S REALLY BENEFICIAL WHENEVER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR JUST GUIDANCE OR DIRECTION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO.ALSO, OF NOTE, THESE ELECTIONS ARE NONPARTISAN.
SO, UM, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE SNA, THE, THE SNA WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE, UM, SUPPORTING A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE, THAT YOU LEAVE IT AT THE DOOR WHEN YOU ARE CONDUCTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE THESE RACES ARE NONPARTISAN AND IT, IT IS ONLY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU TAKE SIDES EARLY ON, IT'S, AND YOUR CANDIDATE DOESN'T WIN.
IT'S, IT'S THAT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH OR TO MAINTAIN A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE YOU DIDN'T SUPPORT.
SO IT'S HIGHLY ADVISABLE, AT LEAST FROM THE SNA THAT YOU LEAVE THAT AT THE DOOR WHEN YOU ARE CONDUCTING OFFICIAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS.
SO TOMORROW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT, UH, IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING, YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS A WHOLE LOT LONGER THAN I HAVE, BUT THESE, THESE ARE JUST SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND BENEFITED FROM AS A RESULT OF MY EFFORTS.
WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU ARE DOING THESE FORUMS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE FORUMS, UH, I REMEMBER TRYING TO UNDERTAKE A FORUM FOR LIKE, EVERYBODY THAT WAS IN THE RACE.
AND AFTER THE THIRD HOUR, I WAS JUST TOLD EVERYBODY TAKE THEIR ASS HOME.
'CAUSE I MEAN, I HAD LIKE, FOR ONE JUDGE POSITION, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN NINE PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT TRYING TO LET EVERYBODY TALK EVEN WITH ONE MINUTE.
LIKE SHE JUST SAT UP THERE AND NAMED ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WAS IN THE RACE SO THAT THAT'S ALREADY, UH, OVER, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT LIKE 90 CANDIDATES, THAT'S AN HOUR AND A HALF IF YOU GIVE THEM ONE MINUTE.
SO WHEN YOU'RE DOING THESE, YOU WANNA, YOU KNOW, I, I LIKE, LIKE ROY WAS SAYING, OKAY, HE GONNA GET HIS STATE REP, HE GONNA GET HIS COMMISSIONER, HE GONNA GET IT AND LET EVERYBODY, OKAY, WHAT YOU DO, WHAT DO YOU DO? OKAY? SO I CAN'T CALL YOU, UH, FOR MY TRASH, BUT I CAN CALL YOU FOR MY STREET FLOODING.
PEOPLE, I MEAN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN HARVEY HAPPENED, EVEN IN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP, UH, THERE WAS CONFUSION AS TO WHO CONTROLLED, UH, LET TURNING THE WATER ON AT THE, OUT AT THE RESERVOIR AND WHO WAS FLOODING WHOSE HOUSE, BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL.
IT'S NOT CITY OF HOUSTON FLOOD CONTROL.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA, I, I LOVE IT THAT YOU'RE GONNA LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEIR PEOPLE DO, BUT WHEN YOU DO, THIS IS GONNA BE A, THIS IS GONNA BE A HARD ONE.
NOW THIS MUNICIPAL RACE COMING UP IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGING ONE BECAUSE IT IS A MAYORAL OPEN SEAT.
AND WE GOT SIX PEOPLE LEAVING COUNCIL, UM, KUBOSH, KNOX ROBINSON, MARTIN GALLEGOS, UH, CISNEROS, UM, SOMEBODY ELSE I'M MISSING, WHAT AM I MISSING? WHO ELSE COMING OFF? COUNCIL? IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO SEVEN, SEVEN COMING OFF PLUS THE MAYOR.
SO WE GONNA SEE PEOPLE WE NEVER EVER SEEN BEFORE, AND THEN WE GONNA SEE PEOPLE WHO WE GONNA SAY YOU RUNNING AGAIN.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO, SO YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVING THE FORUM AND YOU'RE HOSTING IT, YOU KEEP ALL THAT TO YOURSELF.
YOU, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY WHEN WE GET BACK ON HERE, BEFORE Y'ALL GET ON THE CALL, CAN YOU BELIEVE SHE RUNNING AGAIN? I MEAN, CAN YOU BELIEVE HE REALLY STILL TRYING TO RUN AFTER, AFTER LOSS NUMBER 20? YOU KNOW, SO, SO, BUT WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE FORUM, YOU, WHEN YOU DO A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, KEEP THAT STUFF TO YOURSELF.
NOW, UNLIKE ME WHO, WHEN I'M ON MY SHOW SUNDAY GONNA SAY WHATEVER I WANNA SAY, BUT WHEN YOU HOSTING THESE FORUMS, YOU KEEP THAT TO YOURSELF.
AND ALSO TOO, UH, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THIS ON BY YOURSELF.
SO FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UH, WITHIN YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO GO TO EVERY FORUM OR EVERY FUNDRAISER YOURSELF, DELEGATE IT, SPLIT IT UP AMONGST YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP.
SO, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, COME BACK FROM TIME TO TIME, I KNOW I'M PROBABLY PREACHING TO THE CHOIR AND YOU ALL ARE ALREADY DOING THIS, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU'RE NOT, DON'T BE OVERWHELMED ABOUT THIS.
DELEGATE THE WORK AND HELP EACH OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, GATHER THE INFORMATION AND ALSO ESTABLISH THE RELATIONSHIPS.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS THE SUPER, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING WHATEVER EFFORTS YOU WANT TO, UM, DO
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OR, OR EVENTS THAT YOU WANNA HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS NEXT YEAR.SO, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS, UH, WE AT THE ALLIANCE ARE COMMITTING TO A SUPER NEIGHBOR, I'M SORRY, A UH, MAYORAL FORUM AND AT LARGE, AT LEAST ONE, POSSIBLY TWO AT LARGE FORUMS. AND ALSO, UM, AS YOUR, YOU KNOW, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT DISTRICT, WE WILL KIND OF SPLIT IT UP AND, YOU KNOW, HELP SUPPORT YOU THERE.
SO YOU MEAN AFTER THE RUNOFFS FOR THE LARGEST OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
FALL, NOT, NOT EARLY THIS YEAR, BUT IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, I DO RECOMMEND GOING TO ROY'S DRY RUN THAT HE'S GONNA HAVE.
UH, BECAUSE IT WILL PROBABLY GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA, YOU KNOW, ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT TOMORROW, OR I OR JUAN CAN, YOU KNOW, SIT WITH YOU AND KIND OF GO OVER WHAT A FORUM SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO, AND THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATIONS, LOGISTICS, JUST MAKING ALL THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP YOU IN THAT REGARD.
SO, AND WE'LL ALSO DOCUMENT GENERAL GUIDELINES, BUT WE DON'T GET NO MONEY.
STACY SAID, WE WANNA HELP YOU, BUT LET ME MAKE THAT CLEAR.
I WANNA MAKE SURE I TELL YOU HOW THAT WHEN SHE SAY HELP, SHE MEAN WITH INFORMATION.
WE NOT GOING TO PASS OUT THE CHICKEN SALAD OR NONE OF THAT.
AND IF, AND THIS IS WHERE YOU LEVERAGE YOUR, YOU KNOW, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA HAVE FOOD TO ATTRACT PEOPLE, GET THEM TO SPONSOR.
UM, I'VE, I'VE DONE THAT, YOU KNOW, OFF OF WASHINGTON AVENUE AND IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN DRAWING PEOPLE WHO NORMALLY WE WOULDN'T SEE, UM, TO AN EVENT LIKE THIS.
WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR, UH, HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
ROY, DID YOU WANNA DO THE INTRO FOR THE NEXT COMMITTEE? THE TRAINING? WELL, I THINK WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SORRY, I, I NEED TO ROLL UP TO THE TOP.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA POINT OUT IS, UH, TAKING PHOTOS WITH THESE, UH, THESE, UM, POTENTIAL POLITICIANS, UH, INCUMBENTS.
THE ONE THING ABOUT IT, THE PHOTOS THAT YOU TAKE WITH THEM ARE MORE TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THEM THAN IT IS YOU.
THEY WANT TO SHOW CLOUT THAT THEY ARE CLOSE TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THESE COMMUNITIES.
SO YES, WE ARE NONPARTISAN IN OUR ROLES AS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD OF CIVIC LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IF THEY'RE AN INCUMBENT, THEY SHOULD ALREADY KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
AND IF THEY ARE RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, THEY WILL REACH OUT TO YOU.
BUT THEY WANNA SHOW A PICTURE WITH YOU, A PHOTO WITH YOU.
YOU THINK IT'S FOR YOU FOR FACEBOOK, BUT IT'S REALLY MORE SO FOR THEM TO GET VOTES.
AND WHEN YOU ARE SPEAKING WITH THEM, ASK THEM ABOUT THINGS THAT AS, AS, AS STACY AND AS TAMARA HAS SAID, THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT INVOLVE YOU.
THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR LIFE.
WHERE DO THEY STAND? WHERE DO THEY STAND WITH YOUR VALUES? IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THEM RUNNING SOMEBODY'S NIECE THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT WHAT DO THEY STAND FOR AND HOW CAN THEY HELP YOUR COMMUNITY GROW.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
SO IT, ALONG WITH THIS, FOR US, OUR INTENT IS TO REACH OUT TO THE OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN DISTRICT H, WHICH IS COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS, TO TRY TO HOST A FORUM TO TOGETHER SIMPLY BECAUSE WE MAY NOT HAVE A STRONG, OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY HOST A SESSION TOGETHER.
AND BY PARTNERING UP, YOU EASE SOME OF THE BURDEN BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT TOMORROW, WHAT STACY, WHAT JUAN DID AND OTHERS DID FOR THE
AND IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING VERY QUICKLY.
SO BY DOING THIS PARTNERING WITH ANOTHER SUPER COUNCIL IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND THEN THE BENEFITS INCLUDE YOU'RE STARTING TO REACH OUT AHEAD OF TIME AND YOU'RE ABLE TO GET CANDIDATES IN THE SAME ROOM IN A FORUM ASKING WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU.
BECAUSE WHEN THEY GO TO ONE CIVIC ASSOCIATION OR ONE SNC, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU IS GONNA BE WHAT? TO THEM, THEIR REP REPLY IS LIKELY GONNA BE WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOUR SPECIFIC AREA, AN ENTIRE
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DISTRICT.AND HOSTING THAT FORM WITH DIFFERENT SNCS TOGETHER, IT REALLY HELPS TO CLARIFY THE CANDIDATE.
YOU CAN'T TELL US TILT GROUP A, THIS IS IMPORTANT, GO TO GROUP B AND TELL 'EM SOMETHING ELSE HERE.
IT'S FORCING US TO GO PAST ALL OF THIS, EVERYTHING ELSE, AND STRAIGHT TO THE MATTER.
SO THIS IS, THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS SEVERAL THINGS, LESS STRESS ON YOU OR YOUR AND YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH SOMEONE ELSE, YOU'RE ALREADY BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER SNCS FOR POTENTIAL CIVIC ISSUES.
LATER ON YOU'RE QUESTIONING AND FINDING OUT FROM YOUR, THE CANDIDATES WHAT ARE THEIR PRIORITIES.
THEY SHOULD MATCH OUR PRIORITIES.
AND THAT'S DONE THROUGH THERE.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS REACHING OUT AND FINDING OUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK.
AND THEN BY DOING THIS, YOU HAVE SOME PRETTY SOLID MODERATORS WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO WHEN OTHER OPPORTUNITIES DO ARISE, YOU CAN VOLUNTEER AND TAKE THAT BACK TO YOUR SNC.
SO THOSE ARE THE BENEFITS OF THIS, BECAUSE WE FORGET THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, BY MOBILIZING EVERY, ALL OF OUR SNCS TOGETHER, IT'S A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE CORE, UH, ORGANIZATION.
AND IT'S GREAT BECAUSE OUR CANDIDATES ARE ON THEIR FEET OR THINKING ON THEIR FEET MUCH SOONER THAN THEY OTHERWISE WOULD.
I, LET ME MAKE SURE I'M AT THE TOP.
I DON'T SEE OTHER, ANY OTHER HANDS? UH, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION? ANYTHING IN THE CHAT? OKAY.
UH, IF NOT, ROY, DID YOU WANNA DO A QUICK INTRO ABOUT THE, UH, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE? SO, AS PERFECT AND AS WE MENTIONED THE SECOND GROUP, SO THAT'S THE MUNICIPAL FORUMS. I THINK WE ALL GET THE CONCEPT BEHIND THAT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED.
AND THESE ARE SKILLS THAT WE PUT THIS MOVING FORWARD.
WHETHER IT'S THE SNA, YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL OR ANY OTHER GROUP, WE WANNA SHARE THIS INFORMATION.
THE SECOND TOPIC IS TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A LEARNING CURVE.
NONE OF US ARE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AND WE ALL DO THIS AS VOLUNTEERS.
SO IT IS VERY MUCH A LEARNING CURVE IN MY TIME IN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND THE SNA, IT'S EASY TO REALIZE THAT THERE, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND OTHERS WHO ARE JUST LEARNING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SNC IS EQUIPPED WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEED AND THE SKILL SETS, AND JUST HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHO TO ASK TRAINING DEVELOPMENT FALLS INTO THAT REALM.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN DOING SOME OF THIS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS CHRISTINA AND HAS ALLUDED, AND JORDAN ALLUDED TO COUNCIL MEMBER HORNE WAS ONE, THE FIRST SPEAKER THAT GAVE US AN OVERVIEW OF ORDINANCES.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO, SOMEONE COME ONLINE AND SPEAK ABOUT HOW TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE TESTIMONY, EVEN WORKING WITH DATA THAT WAS PART OF, WE WANNA CALL IT A PILOT OR A BETA, SO BE IT.
BUT THAT WAS PART OF WHAT TRAINING DEVELOPMENT REALLY CONSTITUTES.
SO ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THIS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE IDENTIFYING AND PLANNING FOR THE YEAR, WHAT ARE THOSE TOPICS THAT ARE MOST EFFECTIVE? SO WE'RE ABLE TO RAISE THE SKILL, THE KNOWLEDGE OF SNCS OR SNA MEMBERS ACROSS THROUGHOUT THE SNA AND BE ABLE TO PIVOT OR CHANGE DIRECTIONS QUICKLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING NEW THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT OR SOMETHING BEYOND OUR CONTROL THAT COMES ABOUT.
SO IN THAT SPIRIT, UH, MARK CLYDE IS GONNA BE SHARING SOME MORE INFORMATION OR INSIGHT ABOUT THAT, AND THEN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND THOSE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN JOINING A COMMITTEE.
BECAUSE THE BENEFIT OF THIS IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A TRAINING PROFESSIONAL OR A CERTIFIED COACH TO DO THIS.
THIS IS, WE HAVE THE EXPERTISE AMONGST THE SNA TO HELP WITH THIS, BUT REALLY IT'S JUST OTHER VOLUNTEERS WHO WANNA COME TOGETHER WHO ARE TRYING TO DO, WHO WILL DO GOOD FOR, UH, NOT ONLY THIS STAFF OR THIS COHORT, BUT OTHERS THAT FOLLOW US.
EVERYONE'S FEELING WELL TONIGHT.
UH, TO ME THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMITTEES SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE HAS EMBARKED ON.
UH, AND IT'S BECAUSE IT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HELP DEVELOP EXPERTISE, UH, WHICH YOU CAN THEN BRING BACK TO YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOUR OWN ISSUES.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT LEADERSHIP HERE COULD REALLY IMPROVE AND THIS COULD HELP US WITH TESTIMONY BEFORE COMMITTEES AND BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND ELSEWHERE.
SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD START ON IT.
AS ROY TALKED ABOUT, I THINK LIKE PHILIP'S, UH, PRESENTATION RECENTLY, PHILIP SALERNO'S PRESENTATION ON TESTIMONY WAS OUTSTANDING.
AND SO THE IDEA HERE REALLY IS TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE SNA AND OUR COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND WE WANTED TO CREATE A REPOSITORY OF TRAINING CONTENT AND THEN THROUGH
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THAT, HOPEFULLY ESTABLISH STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN THE REGION.UH, AND SO REALLY IT'S AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED AND TRY TO BECOME, UH, MORE OF A, A THOUGHT LEADER AND AN EXPERT IN THESE AREAS.
UH, THIS GROUP WILL IDENTIFY TRAINING NEEDS OF THE SNA, IT WILL HELP DEVELOP LEADERS THAT SUPPORT SNA AND INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL'S MISSION AND VISIONS.
AND IT WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT, UH, OUR LEADERS SHIP BOTH ON THE SNA AND THE COUNCIL, INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL LEVEL, HAVE THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO POSITIVELY ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THEIR CONSTITUENCIES.
SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMITTEE CAN DO.
I CAN SAY THAT HAVING BEEN ON THE DRAIN FLOODING DRAINAGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE FOR YEARS, UH, IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HAD A LAYMAN'S UNDERSTANDING OF FLOODING.
UM, BUT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS, MICHAEL HFMA AND I WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH STEPHEN COSTELLO ON A REGULAR BASIS, UH, AND OTHERS.
AND I LEARNED AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT.
AND I'VE TAKEN THAT, UH, TO MY FORMER BOARD POSITION AT THE COASTAL PRAIRIE CONSERVANCY AND HAVE LED THE HELPED LEAD, HELP THEM WITH LEAD THE CHARGE ON FLOODING ISSUES WITH THE US CORPS, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN HARRIS COUNTY AND THE CITY.
SO I FIND IT TO BE VERY USEFUL.
AND THAT'S JUST, UH, MY OWN PERSONAL EXAMPLE.
ULTIMATELY, THIS COMMITTEE WILL HELP PROMOTE A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
AND YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS YOU'RE GOING TO DEVELOP SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKSHOPS.
UH, THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING, UH, FOR PROMOTE PROPOSING 10 MONTHLY SPEAKERS FROM FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER.
UH, WE'D HAVE SNA BOOTCAMPS LIKE WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
UH, WE CAN HOLD MONTHLY TRAINING FOR SPEAKING AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL CONDUCT A SURVEY ON THE TRAINING NEEDS TO SEE WHERE, UH, OTHER NEEDS WE'RE LACKING IN OR WHAT WE COULD HELP IMPROVE ON.
AND I THINK THERE'S MORE ELEMENTS, BUT THAT'S KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT THIS.
AND, UH, I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
I, I RECOMMEND ANYONE GET INVOLVED WHETHER THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE AN EXPERT OR NOT, BECAUSE THIS IS A CHANCE TO, UH, GROW THAT EXPERTISE BY REACHING OUT TO SPEAKERS, UH, AND LEARNING FROM THEM.
AND THROUGH THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY SHARE THAT KNOWLEDGE HERE WITH SA AND I THINK IT'S JUST SCRAP TOO.
ANYTHING, ANYTHING ELSE, ROY, THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD ON TO THAT? I DIDN'T WANNA GET TOO DEEP INTO YOUR SPECIFIC TASKS, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THE HIGH LEVEL ONES.
THAT'S WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT YOU GAIN OUT OF THIS.
BECAUSE WHEN WE EACH START, NONE OF US ARE EXPERTS IN THIS.
AND ME, THE BEN, THE BIGGEST BENEFIT IS HAVING PEOPLE, I SEE THEM HERE LIKE TOMORROW.
UM, KATHLEEN, UM, CINDY AND STACY WHO ALL, AND JUAN WHO INVESTED TIME IN HELPING TO DEVELOP.
AND I SEE KEITH HERE ALSO DEVELOPING TIME MYSELF TO HELP DO THAT.
AND SO THIS IS ALSO A WAY THOSE WHO ARE SENIOR TENURED OR HAD THE EXPERIENCE, IT'S A WAY OF HELPING TO BUILD A LEGACY WITHIN THE SNA AND THOSE THAT DON'T YET HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE.
THIS IS A WAY TO RAMP UP BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THIS AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EVENTUAL SUCCESSION BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HERE, WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO THIS.
WE ALSO NEED TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE.
AND THIS IS A GREAT FIRST STEPPING STONE.
YEAH, DEVELOPMENT IS A KEY ASPECT, IF I CAN JUMP IN.
AND WE REALLY DO NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF DEVELOPING FUTURE LEADERS WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL COUNCILS, PROBABLY IN PARTICULARLY INDIVIDUAL COUNCILS.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, IN MY AREA THE CIVIC CLUBS ARE VERY STRONG.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE WORK TO DEVELOP SUCCESSION, UH, BECAUSE I CAN'T DO THIS FOREVER.
AND, AND IT'S ALSO MAKES OUR ORGANIZATION STRONGER BY DOING THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS BY PRO PROMOTING, PRO PROMOTING LEADERSHIP AND TRAINING.
UH, AND SPEAKER, SPEAKER, UH, SPEAKER, BEST PRACTICES, TESTIMONY, BEST PRACTICES.
YOU KNOW, IT ALLOWS YOU TO FIND, TO DEVELOP AN EXPERTISE IN SOMETHING.
IT COULD BE HOUSING, IT COULD BE BIKE LANES, IT COULD BE UH, YOU KNOW, QUIET ZONES.
AND ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL HELP YOU BECOME BETTER LEADERS ON YOUR, FOR YOUR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.
ERIC, SO IT'S TIME TO PONY UP AND JOIN THE LEADERSHIP, UH, THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
IS UH, PHILLIP ALSO SPEAKING OR IS HE JUST LISTED AS BEING ON THE COMMITTEE? ROY, IF HE WANTED TO SPEAK, AND I KNOW TAMARA HAS HER HAND RAISED.
YEAH, I CAN'T FIND THE ICON THAT RAISED MY HAND, BUT I WANTED ASK FOR WHAT MARK SAID, UH, ABOUT WHEN YOU GET ON THESE COMMITTEES IS WHAT YOU LEARN.
BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, Y'ALL, WHEN I CAME ON HERE, I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS.
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THAN PAYING MY WATER BILL, UH, UNTIL WE GOT INTO A, UH, A BATTLE WITH THEM WITH CHAPTER 42.NOW YOU CAN'T ASK ME NOTHING ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW THAT BACK WAS UPSIDE DOWN SIDE, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE.
BUT THE REASON I LEARNED WAS BECAUSE I LIVE IN THIRD WARD AND I SAW THEM PUTTING THESE MASSIVE, UH, FOUR, SIX UNITS NEXT TO A SINGLE RESIDENT HOUSE, WHICH MORE THAN LIKELY THEY ELEVATED AND NEVER PUT IN ANY NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.
'CAUSE THE CITY NEVER GOES AND CHECKS.
AND I SAW THAT THESE STREETS NOW STARTED TO FLOOD.
WELL, WE NEVER HAD ANY FLOODING OVER HERE.
SO IT BECAME A NECESSITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH MADE US GET A MINIMUM LOT SIZE DONE.
UM, LIKE THEM I THINK WERE ONE OF THE FIRST TO DO IT.
UH, AND THEN WE DID IT NOT THINKING WE NEEDED IT AND THANK GOD WE DID 'CAUSE OF SOME OF THE BATTLES THAT WE HAVE.
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THESE THINGS GOING IN.
AND UNTIL YOU GET INVOLVED WITH THE CITY, THAT'S WHEN YOU LEARN ABOUT THE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT AND THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE CITY HAS.
BUT IT'S A COMMITMENT OF TIME.
AND, AND WHEN YOU HAVE AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE I DO, THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT COME IN, THEY DOING THE SAME THING I WAS DOING WHEN I WAS THEIR AGE.
THEY TRYING TO RAISE THEIR KIDS.
THEY BUSY WITH THEY CAREERS TRYING TO HOLD THEIR JOB.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO INVEST THE TIME.
THEY MAY COME TO ONE OR TWO MEETINGS.
UH, YOU KNOW, STACY SAID WHEN WE STARTED, WELL, UH, THIS IS BASED ON THE LAST THREE MEETINGS.
WELL, THE, ONE OF MY MEETINGS THE LAST, BEFORE THE THIRD MEETING AGO, I HAD NEVER LESS THAN 150 PEOPLE AT MY MEETINGS.
BUT THAT'S 'CAUSE WE WAS FIGHTING THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
I MEAN, WE HAD 250 PEOPLE, BUT THEN THE DAY THE ASTROS PLAYED, HELL, I AIN'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO MAKE A BASEBALL TEAM.
OKAY? SO, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU DOING THIS, YOU BETTER BE DOING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS THOUGH.
YOUR LITTLE FEELINGS GET HURT.
'CAUSE YOU FIGURE, YOU KNOW, DON'T NOBODY CARE.
BUT UNLESS SOMEBODY'S DAMN RECYCLE BIN STAY OUT TOO LONG TOMORROW, UH, TOMORROW SO AND SO RECYCLE BIN STILL OUT.
SO WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO, BUT YOU GETTING IN THIS BECAUSE OF THE KNOWLEDGE YOU GAIN, BUT DON'T BE LOOKING FOR NO, UH, ACCOLADES, ALL THAT.
YOU BETTER DO IT 'CAUSE YOU LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
'CAUSE IT DON'T PAY NOTHING AND AIN'T NO PENSION.
YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD THAT, UH, THE BEAUTY OF THIS TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IS WE ALREADY HAVE REALLY SOME INCREDIBLE EXPERTS ON SUBJECTS IN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
AND YOU CAN LEVERAGE THEIR EXPERTISE IN DEVELOPING SPEAKERS TRAINING REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THESE EXPERTS JOIN THE COMMITTEE OR NOT.
UH, YOU CAN INVITE THEM IN TO SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE.
FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A QUIET ZONE SINCE 2010 AND YOU KNOW, I'D BE GLAD TO TALK ABOUT THAT ALL DAY WITH SOMEBODY.
WE HAVE A WEALTH OF EXPERTISE, UH, PARTICULARLY IN OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP.
AND SO YOU'RE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH.
YOU CAN BUILD AND, AND LEVERAGE, UH, THESE INDIVIDUAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE, UH, TO GET THIS COMMITTEE LAUNCHED.
ROY, DID YOU HAVE ANY, UH, FINAL WORDS ON, UH, THESE TWO COMMITTEES TO WRAP IT UP? THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE.
AND SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN EITHER OF THESE, EITHER PARTICIPATING IN TRAINING DEVELOPMENT, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A MULTI-YEAR COMMITMENT.
IT CAN BE LET'S TRY THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS AND MAYBE YOU SEE THAT YOU HAVE A NICHE FOR IT.
AND IF YOU
AND IF YOU DON'T, THAT'S OKAY.
BUT THE WHOLE THING IS YOU'VE TRIED AND YOU'VE REACHED OUT AND YOU'VE SEEN YOU, YOU AT LEAST KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T MAY HAVE, MAY NOT ENJOY.
WE NEED TO ENJOY WHAT WE'RE DOING REGARDLESS.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT OR THE CONTENTS, JUST REACH OUT, UH, TO SEN SEND AN EMAIL TO SNA CH THE SUPERNET EMAIL.
AND I WOULD ALSO ADD ONTO THAT, EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD YOU SAY SEVERAL TIMES, YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY INTIMIDATING WHENEVER I CAME INTO THIS AND SEEING ALL THE EXPERTS.
WE ARE ALL IN A CONSTANT STATE OF LEARNING.
SO GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU, UH, WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU JUST, IF YOU JUST WANNA TRY YOUR HAND FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, YOU'RE STILL GONNA LEARN SOMETHING.
WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING YOU WANNA DO LONG-TERM OR NOT, YOU'RE STILL GONNA ESTABLISH OR DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP OR TWO, UH, OR MORE, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS SORT OF THING, UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, PLEASE BY ALL MEANS COME TO US.
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OR IF YOU'RE NOT THERE IS A BENEFIT.IF YOU'RE NOT SURE, BUT YOU THINK YOU MIGHT CONTACT AND REACH OUT BECAUSE I, I HAVE TO SAY I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I DID NOT, I DID NOT KNOW WHAT, I DID NOT KNOW UNTIL I, UNTIL I STARTED COMING TO SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND I WAS JUST IN AWE OF HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE PEOPLE HAD ON DIFFERENT TOPICS.
AND EVEN TO THIS VERY DAY, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN SUPER NATIVE ALLIANCE WHO KNOW SO MUCH MORE DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE ON SO MANY TOPICS.
IT IT IS, IT IS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND, AND EVEN IF THEY, YOU KNOW, IF, I DON'T KNOW, I CAN PICK UP, YOU KNOW, ROY OR A STAY MARKLE AND SAY, WHO TELL ME WHO DO I GO TO FOR THIS TOPIC? IT, IT'S, IT'S, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE IT.
I SEE A HAND UP TO PASTOR DEB, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, IF I WAS INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING OR LEARNING SOME OF THIS, WOULD I BE NEEDING TO WAIT UNTIL 45, UH, REACT DATES OR, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, UM, SOLID YET.
WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE BYLAWS YET.
SO I, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY WHAT YOU HAVE TIME FOR MM-HMM
PASTOR DEB, UM, AND YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR INTERESTS LIE.
SO THE ANSWER IS IT'S OKAY TO, UM, TO PUT MY TIME IN TO VOLUNTEER AND Y'ALL ARE, I JUST WANNA BE IN THE RIGHT LANE, THAT'S ALL.
AND THE SECOND ITEM IS ABOUT THE FORUMS, THE MUNICIPAL FORUMS ON OUR END, I AM WITH SECOND WARD SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, SO WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THE OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT TO TRY TO FOCUS ON A FORUM BEFORE WE ANNOUNCE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND I THINK HAVING THE CONVER HAVING THE HONEST CONVERSATION, ARE WE ALL COMMITTED TO THAT? AND THEN ONCE WE DO THAT, AND IT AGAIN, WITHIN YOUR EACH IN SUPER ATIVE COUNCILS COME BACK TO THE SNA TO SAY, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO.
BECAUSE FOR US IT'S PUSH AND PULL, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, BUT IF WE HAVE THE GROUPS THAT COME TO US ALREADY AND SAY, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO, THAT'S A GREAT HEADSTART.
AND I WILL SAY WITHIN OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M NOT AWARE OF US EVER HOSTING A, A FORUM OR CANDIDATE FORUM LIKE THIS BEFORE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR US ALL.
UH, VICKI, VICKI MARTIN, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? YES.
UH, I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF I CAN HAVE MARK KLEIN, UH, GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM.
UH, SO I WANTED TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE INTEREST FROM MY AREA THAT I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE UP THE COUNCIL'S TIME.
UM, BEHIND THE SCENES, UH, STACY, CAN YOU HELP MARK GET IN TOUCH WITH VICKI? OKAY.
YOU GOT, OKAY, I, I'LL PROVIDE HIS INFORMATION IN THE CHAT.
I'M GONNA SAY ONE QUICK THING.
UH, PIGGYBACKING ON, UH, WHAT CINDY SAID ABOUT BEING INTIMIDATED, THAT'S ONE OTHER NICE THING ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE IS THIS ISN'T ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE INVOLVED NECESSARILY WITH DIRECTLY SAYING GOING TO PUBLIC WORKS HEARING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO A CITY COMMITTEE HEARING OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WORK WITH WITH THE SNA ITSELF.
AND SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THEN, UH, FOR THOSE WHO RATHER WORK BEHIND THE SCENES.
THAT WAS ALL, THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY.
I'LL BE GLAD TO HELP TALK TO YOU TOO, VICKI.
AND ROLLING YOUR HEAD, YOUR HAND UP AGAIN.
I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS GOING UP.
UH, SO, UM, NEXT TOPIC IS THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
UM, UH, I AM GETTING NEAR THE END OF MY TURN AS CHAIR.
UH, AND THERE ARE THREE MEMBERS ON THIS COMMITTEE.
MIKE VAN DEUSEN TOMORROW, BELL AND JANE WEST.
UH, SO, UH, JANE IS NOT HERE, BUT TOMORROW AND MIKE VAN DEUSEN ARE SO, UM, TOMORROW AND MIKE, MIKE AND TOMORROW.
UH, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CINDY.
UH, I I WANT US TO GIVE CINDY A HAND.
SO SHE UNMUTE HERSELF SO SHE CAN HIT UP LAWS, UH, AND THANK HER
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NEIGHBORHOOD.AS I TOLD Y'ALL BEFORE, IT HAS NO, IT PAYS.
NOT PARKING, NOT LUNCH, NOT COFFEE, NOTHING.
AND, UH, IT TAKES A LOT AND IT TAKES A CERTAIN KIND OF PERSON TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE IN A FIGHT AND YOU ARE IN A GROUP THAT HAS A LOT OF FIGHTS, YOU CAN'T GET PEOPLE WHO ONLY GONNA FIGHT WHEN IT'S THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU GOTTA GET PEOPLE WHO GOING TO FIGHT WHEN IT'S YOU, THEM THE OTHER PERSON BESIDE YOU AND THE OTHER PERSON BESIDE YOU.
UH, AND WHEN I CAME INTO THE ORGANIZATION, I HAD JANE, I HAD, UM, OH LORD, SHE, SHE DIED, UH, YOU KNOW, A GAS CAN.
I HAD, I MEAN, I HAD STRONG PEOPLE THAT I WAS, WAS WATCHING.
JANE WAS A WALKING DAMN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE CITY.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS I THOUGHT I KNEW, I'M LIKE, YOU SYDNEE, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.
I'M LIKE, OH, UH, IDM UH, IDK, YOU KNOW,
NO, I MEAN IT WAS, UH, IT WAS TRULY LEARNING.
AND SO, UH, I WANT TO THANK CINDY 'CAUSE UH, I HAD TO BEG CINDY TO COME BACK.
Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, CINDY, SO Y'ALL, Y'ALL THAT DON'T KNOW, CINDY'S HUSBAND IS A BIG TIME PROFESSOR OVER AT RICE.
CINDY IS A RETIRED GENIUS HERSELF.
UH, SHE'S A, A CHEMICAL ENGINEER AND HER HUSBAND WAS A WONDERFUL SABBATICAL.
THEY WERE GONNA BE, UH, ACROSS THE WATER FOR THREE MONTHS.
AND COVID HAPPENED AND GOT CINDY LET US KNOW SHE WAS GONNA HAVE TO RESIGN BECAUSE SHE WON'T BE HERE.
AND SO WHEN JUAN'S TERM, UH, WAS UP AND JUAN WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO GO.
WE HAD TO ASK CINDY TO COME BACK.
UM, AND I WAS SO GRATEFUL THAT SHE DID, UH, CINDY AND MYSELF, REALLY, WE THE ONLY PRESIDENTS THAT REALLY ONLY SERVED ONE TERM, UH, BECAUSE DURING MY, MY SECOND YEAR, I WAS IN A COMA BY JANUARY THE 10TH
SO I WAS OUT THAT SECOND YEAR.
SO I WAS ON THE PHONE EARLIER TALKING TO RORY AND STACY ABOUT SECOND YEAR.
LIKE, SHE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR SECOND YEAR GO BE.
'CAUSE I TELL YOU, LIFE ITSELF, WHO THE HELL WOULD'VE THOUGHT WE WOULD'VE BEEN LOCKED IN A HOUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR ALMOST A YEAR.
SOMEBODY PREDICTS THAT, YOU KNOW? SO, UH, WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED NO MATTER WHAT.
AND SO, UH, WE WILL BE TAKING NOMINEES FOR, UM, PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT STACEY IS STILL ON HIS SECRETARY.
AND WE HAVE A VERY CRITICAL COMMITTEE, WHICH WE HAD SELECTED SOMEONE, BUT DUE TO PERSONAL OBLIGATIONS, THEY HAD TO RESCIND THEIR ACCEPTANCE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, THE HEAD OF THE COMMUNICATIONS FOR US.
UH, AND THAT'S DURING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, WHAT ELSE, STACY, DO THEY DO SOCIAL MEDIA? WHAT ELSE? I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
SO THEY, SO IT WOULD BE IDEAL FOR THEM TO BE PROFICIENT IN FACEBOOK NEXT DOOR? YEP.
I DON'T DO, YEAH, I DON'T NEED TO KNOW ALL THAT.
UH, FACEBOOK, UH, INSTAGRAM, UH, TWITTER, ALL THAT.
ALL THAT AND MS. BELL DON'T DO.
UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO DO THAT, TO LIGHTEN STACY'S LOAD BECAUSE IT'S A CHALLENGE BEING THE SECRETARY AND TRYING TO DO COMMUNICATIONS.
BUT WE NOT LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY LIKE MS. BELL WHO TRYING TO LEARN IT AND THEN RUN IT.
WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO KNOW IT TO HANDLE IT.
SO THAT'LL REALLY LIGHTEN STACEY'S LOAD THUS FAR.
UH, THE NAMES THAT WE HAVE IS ROY LIRA FOR PRESIDENT.
UH, UH, HUEY JERMAINE WILSON FOR VICE CHAIR.
YOU STILL HERE? I AM HERE TOMORROW.
HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN SEE ME NOW.
UH, AND THEN STACEY FAIRCHILD IS SECRETARY WADE STACEY, NOBODY KNOW YOU.
BUT I'M NOT, I'M NOT UP FOR ELECTION.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU OUR SECRETARY.
UH, SO, UH, WHEN I COME BACK TO YOU ALL IN JANUARY, I WILL COME BACK TO YOU ALL AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT OUR, UH, OUR SLATE IS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
UH, GENERALLY THIS MONTH, LET ME SEE, BC BEFORE CO UH, COVID, THIS
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WOULD BE OUR PARTY MONTH.UH, THIS WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE SOME WONDERFUL PARTIES IN THE BASEMENT, FRIED TURKEY AND ALL.
UH, AND SO, UM, UH, WE'RE DOING THIS TONIGHT INSTEAD OF OUR USUAL, UH, CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION.
BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU ALL THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS BY ZOOM AND STAY TOGETHER MEANS SO MUCH TO ME AS THIS ORGANIZATION MEANS A LOT TO ME.
YOU DON'T INVEST THE KINDA SWEAT EQUITY FOR 20 YEARS FOR FREE, UH, THAT I HAVE IN THIS ORGANIZATION.
NOT MEAN A LOT TO YOU AND THE PARTICIPATION OF OTHERS, UH, UH, AND, AND HOW HARD YOU GO IN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE HAS HELPED CHANGE POLICIES, RULES AND REGULATIONS AT THE CITY.
SOMETIMES WE HAD TO DO IT BY FORCE.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO DO IT BY COLLABORATION.
BUT, UH, I WANT US TO APPLAUD AN OUTSTANDING SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET IN THESE BATTLES AND THE PEOPLE THE VERY ELECT AND SUPPOSED TO HELP YOU ARE OPPOSED TO YOU, THEY CAN BE OVERWHELMING.
BUT HUEY JERMAINE WILSON GOT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO COME IN BECAUSE OF THE INCREASING HEAVY ILLEGAL DUMPING AND THE WAY THAT COMMUNITY AND THAT DESERVES AND APPLAUSE.
I MEAN IT THAT
YOU KNOW? I MEAN, HE WAS LIKE, THIS IS 20 YEARS LATER.
THIS IS WHAT I WAS HOPING WOULD HAPPEN, YOU KNOW? AND SO, UH, I I, I WANNA, I WANNA APPLAUD ALL OF YOU ALL FOR STAYING IN THE BATTLE BECAUSE, UH, I MEAN, WE DONE HAD SOME, I MEAN, WE DONE HAD SOME, SOME, SOME BATTLES.
AND I MEAN, ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU GET ON TV OR NOT WITH 'EM DON'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT OCCURRING.
UH, I'VE HEARD SOME THINGS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF WASHINGTON AVENUE THAT I THOUGHT WAS IN STACEY'S NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S NOT, UH, IT'S THE OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND MAN, YOU TALKING ABOUT, I MEAN, MISSING PEOPLE, UH, PEOPLE WATCHING PEOPLE GET RAPED IN THE PARKING LOT.
I MEAN, JUST UN ON STUFF YOU AIN'T NEVER HEARD OF AT SOME OF THEM CLUBS THAT STACEY BEEN TELLING US ABOUT.
BUT THEY STILL OPEN, YOU KNOW? UH, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET PEOPLE WHO WANNA RUN FOR THIS.
DON'T THINK YOU RUNNING FOR THIS SHOW.
'CAUSE WE'LL SHOW RUN YOUR ASS OFF.
UH, WE, I'M LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO RUN IT 'CAUSE THEY WANNA DO THE WORK.
THIS IS NOT, I'M NOT KIDDING Y'ALL.
AND WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN IT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE AIN'T LOOKING FOR YOUR POLITICAL CAREER THAT BE ADVANCED.
WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN THAT AIN'T, WE'VE BEEN PIMPED BEFORE.
WE AIN'T GONNA BE PIMPED AGAIN.
UH, BELIEVE YOU ME, WE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE, AS I SAID, FOR ABOUT THE BETTERMENT OF ALL COMMUNITIES IN THIS CITY.
AND THAT'S ALL I GOT GOTTA SAY ABOUT THAT.
AND, AND, AND, UH, JANE, FOR PUTTING YOUR BRAINS TOGETHER AND, AND, UH, TWISTING PEOPLE'S ARMS BEHIND THEIR BACKS TO CONVINCE THEM TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE.
WE APPRECIATE, UH, UH, YOUR INSIGHTS AND YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, FINISHED THE, UH, TOPICS THAT WERE ON THE AGENDA.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS MEETING PARTICULARLY, WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THEMSELVES.
UH, WE DID HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
IF YOU ALL WANTED TO, UM, MAKE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THEN AFTER THEY FINISH, WE'LL KIND OF HAVE OPEN MIC.
IF SOME, UH, OTHER PEOPLE WANNA MAKE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, THIS WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO DO IT.
THIS IS A MEETING FOR US, RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT.
SO, UH, I THINK IF, IF THERE'S STILL ONLINE, WE HAD, UH, CHRISTINA AND JORDAN, I THINK SHERRY CORTEZ AND MAYBE A FEW OTHERS.
DO YOU WANNA RAISE YOUR HANDS UP? UH, OH.
AND DEEDEE, OH, I SEE DEEDEE'S HAND UP FIRST.
UM, DEEDEE, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
JUST WANNA SHARE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, THIS WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC
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HEARING, ONTS 3 18, 20 21 OR 23 ANNEXATIONS, AND ALSO THE CREATION OFTS 28.AND ALSO, UH, MAYFAIR REINVESTMENT ZONE, UM, TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
UM, THE PUBLIC IS ASKED TO DO SO BY TOMORROW AT 3:00 PM I'M PUTTING THAT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT.
UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, UH, DECEMBER 14TH AT AT 9:00 AM.
UM, ALSO, UM, CENTER POINT ENERGY, UM, WILL BE HOSTING A SAFETY DISCUSSION WITH THE SOUTHWEST CROSSING RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, WEDNESDAY, THAT'S WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM AND THAT MEETING WILL BE AT THE, UH, HPD SOUTHWEST COMMAND STATION AT, UH, 1 3 0 9 7 NATA.
I'M PUTTING THE, UH, MEETING INFORMATION IN THE CHAT.
AND AGAIN, UM, CENTER POINT ENERGY WILL BE HAVING A SAFETY DISCUSSION, UM, DURING THAT TIME.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, DISTRICT K, SENIOR RESIDENTS.
UM, PLEASE, UH, BE SURE TO SIGN UP TO RECEIVE, UH, YOUR FREE TURKEY.
UM, THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED, UM, WHEN VICE MAYOR PROM HOST VA VICE MAYOR PRO TEM CASTEX TATUM HOSTS HER SHARE A HOLIDAY MEAL.
AND THAT WILL BE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, UM, FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT THE FRONT AND LIFE CENTER.
AND, UM, I'LL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION IN THE CHAT, BUT PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT DISTRICT K@HOUSTONTX.GOV.
OUR PHONE IS AT (832) 393-3016.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
AND SEE, NEXT UP IS SHERRY CORTES.
UH, GREETINGS FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING.
UM, THIS MONTH, THE DECEMBER, WE FOCUS ON CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE AND REMINDING PEOPLE THAT, UH, GUNFIRE IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WANTS TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN.
SHOOTING BULLETS INTO THE AIR IS A CRIME, AND YOU CAN KILL SOMEBODY.
THE DA'S OFFICE IS FOCUSED ON PROSECUTING GUN VIOLENCE AT EVERY LEVEL.
THEY KILL WHETHER FIRED FOR CELEBRATORY OR EVIL PURPOSES.
IF YOU USE A GUN, EVEN FOR CELEBRATION, YOU WILL BE INVESTIGATED AND CHARGED WHERE THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS IT.
CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE IS ILLEGAL AND IRRESPONSIBLE.
THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED, UM, TO CALL 9 1 1 TO REPORT THIS CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE AS IT OCCURS.
AND TO CRIME STOPPERS WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERPETRATORS POTENTIAL CHARGES, UM, INCLUDE THE OFFENSE OF DEADLY CONDUCT, A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE THAT CARRIES A PUNISHMENT OF UP TO $4,000 FINE AND UP TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON.
UM, AND THAT IS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, I I HAVE A BIG, YOU KNOW, PROPONENT OF, UH, GUN SAFETY.
SO I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY ALSO TO PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING IN YOUR GUNS AT NIGHT AND NOT LEAVE THEM IN YOUR VEHICLES.
THEY ARE BEING STOLEN AND USED IN AG CRIMES ACROSS THE CITY.
SO THIS IS WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
UM, BY REMOVING THOSE GUNS FROM THE VEHICLES AND TAKING THEM INSIDE, OR TO PUT 'EM IN A GUN SAFE.
THEY'RE AT THE ACADEMY, YOU CAN BUY 'EM AND, AND USE 'EM IN YOUR VEHICLE.
SO, UM, AND ONE LAST THING, UM, IS ILLEGAL DUMPING.
ILLEGAL DUMPING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS A BIG ISSUE.
UM, AND WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BY REPORTING IT TO OUR LOCAL HPD, THE DRT UNIT.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY INVESTIGATE THOSE ILLEGAL DUMPING COMPLAINTS, AND AS THEY BILL A CASE, THEY FORWARD 'EM TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR CHARGES.
BUT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT SOMEONE REPORTING IT TO HPD.
SO PLEASE REMEMBER TO DO THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO JUMP ON HERE AND LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT TOMORROW, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN AND COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS WILL BE HOLDING A SPECIAL CALLED, UM, JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE BUFFERING ORDINANCE.
UM, THAT'S GONNA, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT LIGHT, WE LIGHT FIXTURES, GARAGE SCREENINGS, UM, SCREENING BULK CONTAINERS OR DUMPSTERS, UM, AS WELL AS PROPOSED CHANGES TO BUFFERING ITSELF.
UM, THAT'LL BE AT 10:00 AM YOU CAN WATCH IT ON HTV OR I'LL PUT A LINK TO, UM, TO STREAM IT IN THE CHAT AND FOR THE AGENDA AND MATERIALS AS WELL.
AND I ALSO JUST WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR ALWAYS HAVING SUCH THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS AND AGENDAS.
IT'S, I ALWAYS REALLY ENJOY THESE MEETINGS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO.
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GUYS.AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, TOMORROW BELL'S CHRISTMAS TREE BACK THERE,
I'VE BEEN, I I'VE BEEN ENJOYING IT.
I DON'T SEE ROYCE RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.
SO, UM, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WE'RE GEARING UP FOR THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND SO I'M NOT ON THE POLICY STAFF, BUT OUR POLICY IS GEARING UP TO SUPPORT GOOD LEGISLATION AND CHALLENGE POOR LEGISLATION.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE STATE LEGISLA, UH, LEGISLATURE WEBSITE TO, UM, LOOK UP A SPECIFIC BILL.
UH, IF YOU WANNA SUBSCRIBE TO FIND OUT ABOUT A SPECIFIC TOPIC, YOU CAN DO THAT.
AND YOU CAN, OF COURSE, CONTACT OUR OFFICE AND MY WITH QUESTIONS, AND I CAN HELP DIRECT YOU TO SOMEBODY THAT CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.
SO IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL INTEREST IN A SPECIFIC BILL OR TOPIC, PLEASE, UH, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US.
ESPECIALLY, UH, FOR OUR REPRESENTATIVES WHO, UH, WHO STAYED WITH US THROUGH THE END OF THE MEETING.
WE APPRECIATE, UH, YOU ALL, UH, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, YOU LEARNED SOMETHING.
AND NOW WE'RE INTO THE COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION.
KEITH, YOU ARE FAST UP GETTING YOUR HAND UP.
KEITH DOWNEY, I JUST SHARED SOMETHING WITH TAMARA AND HUEY.
UH, AND I'LL SEND IT OUT, UH, AS SOON AS WE GET OFF THIS CALL TO EVERYONE.
TSU IS PUTTING TOGETHER A LIST, UH, RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR TREE WASTE REMOVAL AND SOLID WASTE REMOVAL.
UM, THAT'S RE THAT'S INFORMATION THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN HAVE.
SO THEY'RE COMPILING LIKE A ONE PAGER FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE, SO THEY WILL KNOW 'CAUSE PEOPLE GET CONFUSED ON EVEN ODDS AND WHAT WHAT IS WHAT.
UH, SO THEY'RE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
I JUST GOT OFF A CALL WITH TSU, UH, WITH DR. KING IN THE BULLET CENTER, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BIKE LANES IN THIRD WARD.
AND SOMEONE SAID THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WE DON'T SEE WHY THERE SHOULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THE BIKE LANES.
I SAID, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY LIKE, NOT LIKE OVER IN CASHMAN AND TRINITY.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE PROBLEM WITH THE BIKE LANES.
YOU NEVER CONSULTED THE COMMUNITY WHEN YOU BROUGHT IN THE LANES, RIGHT? THE COMMUNITY HAS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DECISION MAKING.
AND SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT ALSO AND EXPRESS THAT ON THIS CALL I WAS ON WITH TSU, THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND GET THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY IS VITAL.
YOU JUST DON'T COME INTO A COMMUNITY, COME INTO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE, LET'S SAY, AND YOU'RE GONNA COME IN AND BRING WHAT YOU WANT WITHOUT THEM SAYING WHAT THEY SHOULD, WHAT THEY WILL ACCEPT.
LET'S SAY HUEY, HUEY, GERMAN, WILSON.
UH, AND THANK YOU AGAIN TOMORROW.
UH, AND, UH, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, UH, FOR YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND ALWAYS BEING VERY SUPPORTIVE.
BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR SHERRY.
I NOTICED, UH, SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS IN HARRIS COUNTY EARLIER TODAY, AND I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHO I SHOULD, UH, CONTACT ABOUT IT BECAUSE PALLET YARDS ARE ALMOST AS BAD AS, UH, AS, UM, AS, UH, ILLEGAL DUMPING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY JUST SEEM TO BE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE AND THEY ARE A FIRE HAZARD AND THEY HAVE DRAINAGE ISSUES INVOLVED WITH THEM.
SO, UH, BUT, BUT BECAUSE WE LIVE SO CLOSE TO UNINCORPORATED, UH, HARRIS COUNTY, WE HAVE ISSUES THAT KIND OF STRADDLE THE LINE AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OR WHO TO CONTACT ABOUT THAT.
IT, UM, JULIE, IF NOT, IF YOU CAN SEND, UH, UH, YOUR QUESTION OR COMMENTS SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT TO, UH, SHARON.
ELENA, UH, HERBERT? YEAH, THIS IS ELENA HEBERT.
UM, I PUT A, A LINK IN THE CHAT, BUT, UM, THERE'S A COALITION OF SEVERAL GROUPS ALONG, UM, I 10 AND 45.
WE'RE SEEKING TO, UH, DESIGNATE THE, UH, WHITE OAK BAYOU GREENWAY AS A PARK THAT WILL GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, CREDENCE TO NOT EX HAVING T DOT NOT EXPAND OUTSIDE OF THEIR RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, SO IF YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AND IF YOU'RE, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS YOUR COMMUNITY, PLEASE REACH OUT AND, UM, SIGN IT IF YOU, IF YOU FEEL SO
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INCLINED.SO THIS IS A PETITION? YES, IT IS.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING THAT TO CITY COUNCIL AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING A LOT OF YOUR, YOUR, UM, ADVICE HERE TONIGHT, UH, TO, TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR ELECTEDS.
UH, EXCUSE ME, I HAVE FRIENDS IN THAT AREA.
COULD YOU TELL ME THE NATURE OF THE PETITION AGAIN? WHITE OAK? YES.
SO, UH, WHITE OAK BAYOU BASICALLY RUNS, UM, STARTING IT, THIS OR THE TWO PROPOSED AREAS, UM, IS STARTING AT HEIGHTS, GOING EAST TO 45 AND THEN, UH, NORTH UP 45.
AND THIS ALSO AFFECTS COTTAGE GROVE AND I THINK SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22.
UM, 'CAUSE THERE ARE BASICALLY THREE POINTS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, LOOKING TO RAISE OUT OF THE, UH, FLOOD AREA.
UM, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE OVERALL TXDOT BRIEF ON, UM, THE I 10 ELEVATION.
BASICALLY WHAT THEY WANNA DO IS ELEVATE THREE POINTS.
SO THAT'S UP OUT OF THE WATER THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, UH, THAT, THAT WE'VE TALKED TO, YOU KNOW, FEEL LIKE THAT'S A WASTE OF $347 MILLION JUST FOR ONE OF THE POINTS, WHICH IS THE POINT AT, UM, BASICALLY ON I 10 FROM 45 TO HEIGHTS, THAT'S 347 MILLION.
IT'S LIKE, LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
UM, THAT AREA HAS BEEN HUGELY BUILT UP IN THE TIME THAT THEY DECIDED TO, UH, GO AHEAD WITH THIS PROJECT.
IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE NORMAL ROUTE, WHICH WOULD BE GO TO GO TO, TO THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, PRESENT THE PROJECT.
BASICALLY THE PICTURES OF, UH, I 10 UNDERWATER WE'RE VERY COMPELLING ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND THEY RECEIVED FUNDING IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW, AND NOW THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS.
AND WHAT WE'VE SAID, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AROUND 45 HAVE BEEN SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO STAY WITHIN YOUR DESIGNATED AREA INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO TAKE MORE SLIVERS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR, UM, RESOURCES.
UM, SO WHAT THIS IS TRYING TO DO IS DESIGNATE AT LEAST THE PART THAT WE USE AS A PARK, AS A PARK, SO IT'LL RECEIVE PROTECTIONS AS SUCH.
BECAUSE THIS AREA, IT HAS, UM, HIKE AND BIKE, IT HAS NATURE TRAILS, UM, THE, UH, BAYOU GREENWAYS PROJECTS.
THERE'S SO MANY PROJECTS ALONG IT.
UM, AND IT'S JUST SUCH A HUGE RESOURCE AND IT SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.
WE'RE, WE'RE COMING DOWN TO THE LAST FEW MINUTES, IS IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN, UH, BOTH PUT IN THE CHAT AND MAYBE SEND SO THAT CAN BE EMAILED OUT? OKAY.
GOOD EVENING, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
I AM DANIELLE KEYS BEST COMING ONLINE TO WISH YOU A HAPPY HOLIDAY.
UH, SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT, MISS TOMORROW BELL, WHO IS ALWAYS PROACTIVE IN HER EFFORTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I WAS WITH YOU ALL LAST TIME IN ANOTHER CAPACITY, BUT I AM WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT AS A CANDIDATE FOR AT LARGE ON CITY COUNCIL SEAT TWO.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT.
I WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO PRETTY MUCH I WILL BE, UM, GOING ON MY SECOND YEAR OF CAMPAIGNS
UM, I TOO AM VERY ACTIVE IN PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMUNITY.
I AM ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF BLOT BETWEEN EDISON SCOTT, WHERE THE BIKE LANES ARE COMING IN OR SET TO COME IN.
SO I WILL BE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THAT CAUSE AS WELL AS I WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THOSE CHANGES.
UM, BUT LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES ACROSS THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AGAIN, DANIELLE KEYS BEST CANDIDATE FOR AT LARGE.
NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE ONLY A FEW MINUTES.
WE DON'T NORMALLY HAVE CANDIDATES ANYMORE, SO KEEP THAT IN THE FUTURE.
OKAY, BARBARA QUATRO, I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND IT AN INVITATION TO THE GRAND OPENING OF OUR MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, UH, WHICH WILL BE ON JANUARY, UH, THE 14TH, UH, IN A LEAF.
UH, WE'VE ONLY BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR, UH, 22 YEARS, SO IT'S FINALLY COME TO, UH, FRUITION.
SO COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEW $60 MILLION BUILDING.
OKAY, UH, I SAID I DID NOT REALIZE DANIELLE WAS A CANDIDATE.
UH, MELANIE, YOU SEEM TO BE A CANDIDATE, SO
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I'M GONNA SKIP TO TOMORROW AS WELL TOMORROW.ALRIGHT, LISTEN, UH, I'VE TOLD YOU ALL THIS BEFORE, BUT I WANNA REMIND YOU ALL I AM WORKING WITH TEXANS, HELPING TEXANS, UH, CIRCLES XA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FIRM AS FILED LAWSUIT AGAINST ERCOT FOR 25 BILLION FOR THE, UH, ICE STORM URI.
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE WHO WERE AFFECTED WHO DID NOT GET HELP THROUGH THAT STORM, WHICH IS EVERYBODY IN TEXAS.
I'M SORRY, TOMORROW, I CAN'T, I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ME, BUT EVERYBODY PLEASE PUT YOURSELF ON MUTE BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF BACKGROUND NOISE, AGROUND NOISE, A LOT.
SOMEBODY TYPING ON A COMPUTER OR SOMETHING.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING FROM VICKI MARTIN.
TOMORROW IT WAS HARD TO HEAR YOU.
OKAY, SO I'M GONNA TO GIVE STACY THE WEBSITE AND I'M GIVE OUT A QA QR CODE, A Q, QR Q WHATEVER.
Y'ALL KNOW THE CODE BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT FIVE WEEKS BECAUSE THE, UH, SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF FEBRUARY 14TH.
THIS DOESN'T COST YOU ANYTHING TO DO, BUT IF YOU WERE SOMEBODY WHO LOST POWER AND FROZE LIKE I DID, UH, OR YOU GOT FAMILY MEMBERS, I NEED Y'ALL TO GET ON THIS ASAP 'CAUSE TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THIS.
BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU, THIS IS WHY YOU SEE LAWYERS ON TV SAYING, CALL THEM, WHAT HAPPENED TO US WAS WRONG.
THEY MADE 55 BILLION IN 14 DAYS.
AND SO THIS SOFTWARE COMPANY WENT IN AND DID A FORENSIC ENGINEERING, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND FOUND THE DATA.
SO I AM TASKED WITH HELPING THEM FIND PEOPLE.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO STACY, UH, TO PUT ON FACEBOOK AND ALL THAT.
AND I NEED Y'ALL TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND, AND ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, IF, YOU KNOW IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE, UH, I MEAN WE WERE THE, THE WHOLE TIME WE, I MEAN WE WERE, WE WERE FOUR, FOUR HARD DAYS WITH NOTHING, RIGHT? UH, NOTHING.
SO, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL.
HAVE A BLESSED, WONDERFUL MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A BLESSED HAPPY NEW YEAR.
AND THEN Y'ALL CAN SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME NOW.
'CAUSE YOU GONNA SAY IT AGAIN, Y'ALL HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW.
OKAY,
I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, UH, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY, UH, FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES THIS PAST YEAR.
I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS, HANUKKAH, A HOLIDAY SEASON, HAPPY NEW YEAR AND IT ALL.
AND I I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO STACY.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UH, THERE IS SOME REALLY COLD WEATHER THAT IS COMING OUR WAY BEGINNING TOMORROW AND WE'RE GONNA START SEEING THE EFFECTS OF IT TONIGHT.
AND THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A REALLY COLD SPELL GOING INTO NEXT WEEK.
SO THIS IS JUST A REMINDER, IF YOU ARE TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAYS, FOR CHRISTMAS, UM, PLEASE THINK AHEAD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AS IT PERTAINS TO TRAVEL.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GONNA BE OUT ON THE ROADS.
UH, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME, THERE'S GONNA, YES.
SO, UH, IT'S, I THINK FOR OUR AREA IT'S GONNA BE FINE.
UM, BUT DALLAS AREA, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING NORTH OR WEST
BUT HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
IF Y'ALL CAN VOLUNTEER CHRISTMAS EVE, PLEASE COME TO THE GEORGIA BROWNS.
I'M DOING, I I DID THE THANKSGIVING SUPER FEAST.
I'M DOING THE CHRISTMAS SUPER FEAST.
WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS THEN THAT WE DO IN NOVEMBER.
'CAUSE WE GIVE A TOY TO EVERY KID AND WE EXPECTING 30,000 PEOPLE.
GO TO CITYWIDE CLUB, GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AND SIGN UP AND VOLUNTEER OR WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR DRIVE, UH UH, PLEASE DONATE A TOY OR SOMETHING.
AND MAKE SURE YOU PUT FROM SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE WE GET OUR CREDIT.
JUST SAY YOU FROM SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT PLEASE Y'ALL HELP US, UH, HELP HOUSTON.
'CAUSE Y'ALL, I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO TELL Y'ALL STUFF IS HIGH AND YOU GOT MORE PEOPLE NEED HELP THAN EVER NEEDED HELP BEFORE.
SO PLEASE PUT IT IN Y'ALL HEART TO HELP WITH THAT.
AND REALLY QUICKLY, ELENA, UH, AS THE NEW SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD OF P OF UM, PRESIDENT FOR 22, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UH, THIS PETITION AND YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, I'M INTERESTED IN IT TOO, RACHEL.
UH, WELL THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT MEETING.
GREAT TOPICS, GREAT CONVERSATIONS.
THANK ALL OF Y'ALL AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
I THINK WE ARE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
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GOODNIGHT.