* 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. [00:00:13] IT IS [PRESENTATIONS] 1 44 ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023. I MAY I FIRST ATTORNEY. I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO WATER THE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS FOR A PROCLAMATION TO VERONICA CABRERA IN RECOGNITION OF HER WORKING WITH CHILDREN IN EAST TEXAS. JENSEN AND TIFFANY, COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS, IF YOU WANNA COME. SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND, AND, UM, WELCOME. RONNIE CABRERA MORENO MORENO. CABRERA MORENO GOT RIGHT ORDER, AND YOUR, AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL SONS. UM, THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT, YOUR HUSBAND TOO. BUT, UM, UH, I'M REALLY PLEASED TO, TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU TODAY. UM, TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY OF LOVE YOUR PET MONTH. TODAY IS ACTUALLY WORLD SPAY DAY, AND SO THAT WAS REALLY APPROPRIATE TO, TO DO IT ON THIS DAY. I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT THAT SPAY AND NEUTERED PETS REDUCE ANIMAL OVERPOPULATION, SPAY, AND NEUTER PETS ARE LESS LIKELY TO WANDER OR BE AGGRESSIVE. SPAY AND NEUTERED PETS ARE HEALTHIER, HAPPIER, AND HAVE LONGER LIVES. AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF NO COST, ZERO COST SPAY NEUTER OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IN HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND, UM, RON, YOU'VE BEEN SUCH A BIG PART OF THAT THIS MONTH IN, IN MULTIPLE WAYS. UH, RONNIE CABRERO MORENO, A NATIVE HOUSTONIAN AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE EAST TEXT JENSEN COMMUNITY, FOUNDED HTX ART WITH THE MISSION TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS AND EMPOWER COMMUNITIES THROUGH CREATIVE EXPRESSION. RONNIE STARTED HER EMPOWER EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE IN DECEMBER, 2020 THROUGH THE ART BUS, A SCHOOL BUS THAT SHE AND HER FAMILY REMODELED TO FUNCTION AS A MOBILE ART STUDIO. THE BUS, WHICH FEATURES STOOLS, EASELS, AND ART SUPPLIES, TRAVELS TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ACROSS HOUSTON. IN ADDITION TO THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ART BUS, HTX ART OPENED ART IN THE HEART, A BRICK AND MORTAR COMMUNITY ART CENTER IN EAST TEX JENSEN IN 2022. NOT ONLY IS HER ART IN THE HEART STUDIO, A CENTER FOR ART, IT HAS ALSO BECOME THE HEART OF EAST TEX JENSEN. ART IN THE HEART IS A TRUSTED PLACE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GATHER, MEET, AND SHARE IMPORTANT COMMUNITY RESOURCES. THROUGH VACCINATIONS, CO FOOD DRIVES FINANCIAL LITERACY, RECYCLING SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, AND SPAYING AND NEUTERING PETS. THE STUDIO HAS SIGNIFICANTLY STRENGTHENED THE FABRIC OF THE EAST TEXT JENSEN COMMUNITY IN HONOR OF, UM, AT THE MY ANNUAL LOVE YOUR PET MONTH, ART IN THE HEART SERVED AS THE HOSTING SITE FOR THE LOVE YOUR PET ART IN THE CITY, A COLLABORATION WITH, UH, HTX ART, UH, MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS AND THE HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY. THE WORKSHOP ENCOURAGED ARTISTIC EXPRESSION WHILE EQUIPPING ATTENDEES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS NEEDED TO BECOME A RESPONSIBLE PET OWNER. ON JANUARY 28TH, 2023, HTX ART AND THE HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY HOSTED AN EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN IN DISTRICT H GUIDING THEM THROUGH PET OWNERSHIP. AS RONNIE CABRERA MORENO WORKED WITH STUDENTS TO CREATE PAINTINGS THAT ARE, THAT EXPRESSED THE KNOWLEDGE SYNTHESIZED FROM THE HU HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY. UPON THE COMPLETION OF THIS EVENT, 15 ART PIECES WERE SELECTED AND, AND HAVE BEEN ON DISPLAY IN THE LOBBY OF THE CITY HALL ANNEX ANNEX FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY THAT THEY'RE THERE. IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO SEE THEM, PLEASE STOP BY THE ANNEX. UM, THE CITY OF HOUSTON COMMENDS RONNIE CABRERA MORENO FOR EMPOWERING HOUSTON COMMUNITIES THROUGH ART AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS AND ALL FUTURE ENDEAVORS. THANK, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SAYING, THEREFORE, I, SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIMED FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023. THAT'S RONNIE CABRERA MARINO DAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. THANK YOU. YES, PLEASE. UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, AND I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS, UM, A COMMUNITY EFFORT. UM, IT TAKES [00:05:01] TWO PEOPLE, TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THE PEOPLE WITH THE PASSION, BUT THEN THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS. AND I JUST THINK THE CITY OF HOUSTON, I THANK YOU, CARLA. I THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR STANDING BEHIND US AND JUST BELIEVING IN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SUPPORTING, UM, WHETHER IT'S VERBALLY IN, JUST IN ANY WAY, AND MOST OF ALL MY CHILDREN, NOI, VETO, AND JOSHUA, FOR BEING THE MUSCLE, THE VISION, THE HARD WORK BEHIND EVERYTHING THAT I DO, AND THE REAL REASON WHY I DO IT TOO. SO, THANK YOU, MS. VERONICA, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING THIS, AND THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO, UH, AMPLIFY. I LOVE YOUR PET MONTH, BUT MS. VERONICA, THANK YOU. UH, WE SPEND AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME AND MONEY AT THIS HORSESHOE AND DISCUSSION, TALKING ABOUT RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP AND ASKING HOUSTONIANS TO GET INVOLVED AND TO DO THEIR PART. AND YOU'RE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT MAKES OUR CITY SO GREAT. UM, AND SO THANK YOU. AND THEN I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT YOUR BOYS WITH YOU AND THAT THEY GET TO WITNESS, UM, THEIR MOTHER TAKING AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN HER COMMUNITY, AND THEN CLEARLY THIS IS GOING TO SPILL OVER INTO THEIR LIVES. SO THANKS FOR SUPPORTING MAMA ON THOSE SATURDAY MORNINGS AND DRAGGING THAT OUT. UM, WE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN THE QUEUE FOR YOU, BUT JUST KNOW THAT IN THIS CITY, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS. THANKS AGAIN. COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS. THANK YOU, MAYOR TURNUP. NOW I'D LIKE TO CALL COUNCIL MEMBER PECK FOR A PROCLAMATION FOR DRESS FOR SUCCESS IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN THE LAUNCH OF THEIR 2023, HER PATH FORWARD CAMPAIGN. YEAH, WE GOT A BIG GROUP. COME ON AND MAKE YOUR, YOUR V COME AND SEE THE FACES, SO YOU CAN SEE. COME ON UP, COME MAKE A MAKE A UAV. I'M VERY HONORED TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO DRESS FOR SUCCESS. UM, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT A OFFICE PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION FOR MANY YEARS NOW, AND I'M EXCITED TO DO THIS AGAIN THIS YEAR. THE MISSION OF DRESS FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON IS TO EMPOWER WOMEN TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE BY PROVIDING A NETWORK OF SUPPORT, PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE AND DEVELOPMENT TOOLS TO HELP WOMEN THRIVE IN WORK AND LIFE. THE AGENCY'S OBJECTIVE IS TO EQUIP WOMEN WITH THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO ATTAIN LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT AND SUCCESS, ULTIMATELY BUILDING SKILLED LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. FOR 25 YEARS JUST FOR SUCCESS, HOUSTON HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THEIR CLIENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED AND THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO ATTAIN SELF-SUFFICIENCY. SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING ARE DELIVERED AT NO COST WITHOUT GOVERNMENT OR UNITED WAY FUNDING, AND ARE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY. IN 2022, THE ORGANIZATION SERVED CLOSE TO 2000 WOMEN THROUGH MORE THAN 10,300 UNITS OF SERVICE. 56% OF THE WOMEN THAT WERE SUITED LANDED IN JOBS, FURTHER SUPPORTING OUR HOUSTON ECONOMY DRESS FOR SUCCESS. HOUSTON OFFERS HYBRID PROGRAMMING AND ACCESS TO LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY FOR WOMEN TO CONTINUE ENHANCING THEIR SKILLS AND GO FROM LANDING A JOB TO BUILDING A CAREER. OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS, DRESSED FOR SUCCESS, HOUSTON HAS SERVED MORE THAN 46,000 WOMEN WHILE IMPACTING OVER 60,000 CHILDREN IN THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY. THE CITY OF HOUSTON COMMENDS DRESS FOR SUCCESS, HOUSTON FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO HELPING IMPROVE LIVES OF MANY WOMEN AND WISHES THE AGENCY WELL SUITED SUCCESS AND THE YEARS TO COME. MAYOR YOU . THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THEREFORE, I VESTER TURNER MAYOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIMED FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023 AS DRESSED FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON DAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. CONGRATULATIONS. YES. ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK AND ALL OF THE SUPPORT MAYOR [00:10:01] TURNER OVER THE YEARS FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR US AS A AMPLIFYING VOICES FOR THE WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. MY NAME'S LAUREN VICKI COR. I'M PRESIDENT OF DRESS FOR SUCCESS, AND I'M PLEASED TO HAVE OUR PART OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS HERE. LADIES. HELLO. GOOD MORNING, AFTERNOON, AND, UM, OF COURSE, OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR OF HER PATH FORWARD, CHEVRON, UM, AND THEIR INCREDIBLE PASSION AND SUPPORT BEHIND THE WOMEN WE SERVE. AND IT'S AN HONOR TO KICK OFF OUR 25TH YEAR HERE IN THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY AND OUR 20TH YEAR, UM, OF HER PATH FORWARD, WHICH WAS IN ONE SUIT MONTH. AND WE'VE ALL ADAPTED, UM, BEYOND THE SUIT THAT PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE. EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, IS THE COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT AND THE ONGOING, UM, EDUCATION THAT WE PROVIDE. AND WE COULDN'T DO IT, UH, WITHOUT PARTNERS LIKE CHEVRON IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BRINGING UP OUR BOARD CHAIR, CHRISTIE MCCARTHY, AND IN IN-HOUSE COUNSEL DOWNSTREAM OR CHEVRON. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. . THANKS LAUREN. AND, UH, COUN COUNCIL MEMBER PECK SAID IT REALLY WELL. DRESS FOR SUCCESS IS A FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION, AND AS WE APPROACH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, I'M SO PROUD TO STAND BEFORE YOU REPRESENTING CHEVRON ALONGSIDE DRESS FOR SUCCESS. HOUSTON, THE STORY OF CHEVRON'S PARTNERSHIP WITH DRESS FOR SUCCESS. HOUSTON BEGAN IN 2004 WITH A $5,000 CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT THE SEND ONE SUIT DRIVE NOW HER PATH FORWARD CAMPAIGN. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN INCREASINGLY INSPIRED BY THEIR SUCCESS STORIES AND THE VISION THAT ONE WOMAN, ONE SUIT, ONE JOB, CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. COMPARING 2004 TO TODAY, OUR PARTNERSHIP HAS GROWN AS A COMPANY. OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT HAS INCREASED BY A FACTOR OF 20, EXPANDING OUR COMMITMENT TO HER PATH FORWARD, AND CONTRIBUTING TO ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING ON BEHALF OF CHEVRON. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER 25 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP WITH TRUST FOR SUCCESS, HOUSTON AND ALL OF YOU TO SUPPORT AND, AND INSPIRE WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, WE HAVE SEVERAL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR GROUP, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING THEM YET AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, THANK YOU, UH, AND GOOD AFTERNOON. AND COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, AS ALWAYS, I KNOW IT'S YOUR TRADITION TO BRING THIS FORWARD, BUT COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD THAT YOU ALL ARE IN DISTRICT C. UM, AND I I, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH COVID NOW, MORE THAN EVER, THE DISPARATE IMPACT AND THE JOB LOSSES THAT WOMEN HAVE ENCOUNTERED COMPARED TO THEIR COUNTERPARTS, THE ROLE THAT YOU PLAY IN GETTING WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES BACK ON THEIR FEET, UH, IT, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH THAT WE CAN SAY ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND THE STANDARD OF CARE YOU PROVIDE IS SOMEONE THAT CON IS DROPPING OFF CLOTHES OFTEN. UM, AND IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE EMBARRASSING. UH, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL HAVE SUCH A HIGH STANDARD FOR THE QUALITY OF SUITS, OFTENTIMES, RIGHT? HALF OF MINE, IF THEY HAVE A LITTLE HOLE OR A TEAR, THEY'RE GETTING TURNED AWAY. AND IT, THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE DIGNITY AND THE STANDARD AND THE TRAINING THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING FOR THESE WOMEN. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT GIFT FOR HOUSTON, BUT ALSO FOR ALL OF THE WOMEN. AND TO CHEVRON, THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. UH, Y'ALL ARE IN IT DAY IN AND DAY OUT, AS WELL AS THE VOLUNTEERS, THE DONORS. SO AGAIN, MY APPRECIATION TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING SUCH A CRITICAL COMPONENT AS WE GET WOMEN BACK ON THEIR FEET. SO, THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, AGAIN, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD, THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND, UM, GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE. COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. BUT, UH, TO THE ENTIRE DRESS FOR SUCCESS TEAM, I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, UH, THAT YOU PUT FORTH. THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY ARE INVALUABLE. THE MANY LIVES THAT YOU ALL IMPACT ON A DAILY BASIS, UH, HAS BEEN FELT FOR YEARS. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL FOCUS A LOT MORE SOLELY ON WOMEN, BUT EVEN MY PROGRAM SUITS FOR SUCCESS. YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB OF GIVING US A PLATFORM. AND WHEN PEOPLE COME BY TO ALSO DONATE OR TRY TO DONATE MEN'S CLOTHING OR CALL FOR MEN'S CLOTHING, YOU ALL HAVE THE RIGHT NETWORK IN PLACE TO WHERE YOU CAN DIRECT THEM. SO, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT AND FOR ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT FOR OUR PROGRAM AND THE SUPPORT YOU'VE SHOWN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. AND CHEVRON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AS WELL. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KUBOSH. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER PECK. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BRENDA STAREK. YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL, SHE, SHE WAS PUSHING THIS. SHE WOULD ALWAYS COME TO ME AND, UH, WOULDN'T LEAVE ME ALONE UNTIL I GAVE HER A CHECK. , I MEAN, A HUNDRED DOLLARS, WHERE IS IT? WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE YOUR CHECK AGAIN EVERY YEAR. SHE WAS RELENTLESS . SO I JUST SAID, OKAY, . [00:15:01] SO, UH, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU DRESS UP, YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF. HOW MANY TIMES HAS MY WIFE TOLD ME I'M NOT GOING THERE? I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'VE GOT THE RIGHT KIND OF CLOTHES, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE SHE JUST SAYS THAT SHE TOLD MAYOR PARKER, I, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WEARING HIGH HEELS, AND I'M NOT GOING TO COME INTO YOUR HOUSE AT A PARTY. SHE SAID, WEAR YOUR TENNIS SHOES AND BLUE JEANS. YOU KNOW? BUT THE THING IS, IS IT IS, IF I'M DRESSED UP, I FEEL BETTER ABOUT MYSELF. AND, AND, AND I REALLY DRESS FOR ME. I, I, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT. AND, AND WHEN, WHEN WOMEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, I, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. I, I THINK IT'S WHAT YOU'RE PROMOTING HERE IS, IS VERY NEEDFUL. AND SO, WELL, BRENDA DIDN'T GET A CHECK FROM ME THIS YEAR, BUT MAYBE AMY WILL . OKAY, WE'LL TAKE YOUR CHECK. YES, YES. THANK YOU MUCH. VICE MAYOR MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THIS IS DEFINITELY CONTINUING A LEGACY, UM, FOR YOUR DISTRICT. UH, THIS IS A, A PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THIS GROUP OF, UH, LADIES AND MEN WHO PARTICIPATE, UH, FOR THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU ARE BUILDING IN WOMEN. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT, UH, WHEN WOMEN DO WELL, FAMILIES DO WELL, AND WE ARE MAKING AN IMPACT ON FAMILIES IN OUR CITY. AND THAT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THE RECOGNITION TODAY, AND BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS WITH JUST FOR SUCCESS. THANK YOU MUCH. AND COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, BEFORE, UH, WE ALLOW, UH, OUR GUESTS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER ASH'S POINT, I WAS WATCHING THE REEL ON INSTAGRAM, UH, WHEN I HAVE SPARE TIME, , AND IT SAID, IT WAS SAYING, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, HEY LADIES, IF YOU'RE HAVING A DOWN DAY, YOU KNOW, WASH YOUR HAIR, GO GET YOUR HAIR DONE. UM, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, FEELING DOWN OR, YOU KNOW, GO PUT ON SOMETHING NICE, YOU KNOW, SPRAY SOME PERFUME, MARTY, I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE, AND SO THOSE KIND OF SIMPLE THINGS, UM, FOR EVERYDAY LADIES GOES A LONG WAY. AND WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT, UM, A WOMAN THAT IS REENTERING THE WORKFORCE, UM, OR HAS, HAS CHALLENGES OR IS IN TRANS TRANSITION FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR WHATEVER SITUATION, UM, THE GATEWAY INTO THE DRESS FOR SUCCESS IS REALLY THEIR, THEIR NEW START. SO I WANNA APPRECIATE YOU FOR MEETING WOMEN, UM, WHERE THEY ARE AS THEY START THEIR NEW JOURNEY. AND I ALSO KNOW, AND THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR, UH, PRESENTING THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE, UH, MAYOR TURNER HAS A HISTORY OF SUPPORTING WOMEN, UM, AND MAKING SURE, UH, THAT WOMEN ARE NOT ONLY, UH, PLACED WELL WITHIN HIS ADMINISTRATION, BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND HAS AMPLIFIED ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS YOUR OWN. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, PECK, AGAIN, THANKS FOR CONTINUING LEGACY IN DISTRICT F, EXCUSE ME, F IN A, THAT'S LOCATED IN C , THAT'S GONNA GET SOME MONEY FROM AT LARGE. UH, BUT THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALL OF THAT. AND SO PLEASE, UM, INTRODUCE YOUR GUESTS THAT ARE WITH US TODAY. , DID YOU WANNA? YES, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. SO WE HAVE AMBER TEARS, WHO'S HERE WITH CHEVRON. REBECCA LABE, WHO'S A PART OF OUR TEAM, CHRISTIE MCCARTHY, AS YOU ALL MET, ROBIN JOHNSON AND KELLY MONEY HAND, A PART OF DRESS FOR SUCCESS. WE HAVE KATE STALLINGS, MELISSA ABEL, HEATHER DOMING, AMBER DOM. AMBER. WHY DID I DO, OH, 'CAUSE I KNOW HEATHER, EXCUSE ME. FROM CHEVRON. JODY BASH FROM DRESS FOR SUCCESS, TRACY SIMMONS FROM DRESS FOR SUCCESS, DEANDRE WOOD, AND KER IS FROM DRESS FOR SUCCESS, ALL A PART OF OUR TEAM ALONG 11 OTHER WOMEN WHO ARE A PART OF OUR TEAM, AND WE HAVE A FULL FORCE OF VOLUNTEERS, UM, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING OUR JOB SEARCH FLYER AND WAYS TO REACH OUT TO THE WOMEN IN YOUR, FOR THE WOMEN IN YOUR COMMUNITIES TO REACH OUT TO US IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PROVIDING. AND I THINK CHRISTY HAS ONE MORE FUN THING TO SHARE. YES, YES. ON BEHALF OF CHEVRON, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT JUST FOR SUCCESS, HOUSTON WITH A $35,000 CHECK TO KICK OFF THE HER PATH, FORWARD HER CAMP. YAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, ANY FINAL REMARKS? I JUST WANNA THANK DRESS FOR SUCCESS FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO, UM, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. UM, GETTING WOMEN READY FOR JOB INTERVIEWS AND ALL OF THE, UM, THE EDUCATION THAT THEY DO, UM, TO HELP PEOPLE GET BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL [00:21:08] IS NOW TO THE, UM, COMMUNITY SESSION. AND SO THE, [2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] UM, CHAIR RECOGNIZES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN FOR THE INVOCATION ON THE PAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF PERSONAL REFLECTION, BUT, UH, WE HAVE REVEREND RASMUS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. UH, SO I'M ACTUALLY GONNA INVITE MY FRIEND UP AND, UH, REVEREND, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, AND WHAT IS HIS NAME AGAIN? . GOOD MORNING, Y'ALL. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL. LET US PRAY. CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE TODAY, BY THE MANY NAMES WE CALL YOU, WE PAUSE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE FOR EACH OF US. THANK YOU THAT YOUR LOVE IS POURED INTO EVERY INTRICATE ASPECT OF CREATION AND RELEASED TO LIVE WITHIN OUR HEARTS HERE AND ONE OF THE BEST CITIES ON EARTH, HOUSTON, TEXAS. THANK YOU THAT YOUR LOVE CAN BRING GREAT CHANGE, HOPE, AND LIFE TO ALL AWAKEN OUR MINDS TO NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR GREAT CITY. MAY WE CONTINUE TO LEARN AND GROW TOGETHER AS WE MEET TO AFFECT CHANGE ON THIS DAY. AND LASTLY, BLESS OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS CHARGED WITH THE TASK AT HAND. AMEN. AMEN. MAY YOU PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STANDS NATION. YES. THANK YOU. PLEASE PREPARE [ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING] FOR THE ROLL CALL, MADAM SECRETARY, MAYOR TURNER. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PICK HERE. COUNCIL JACKSON MCMAN. PRESENT, COUNCIL EVAN SHABA. COUNCILMAN MARTIN, PRESENT, COUNCIL THOMAS PRESENT, COUNCIL HUFFMAN PRESENT. COUNCILMAN CISNEROS? HERE. COUNCIL MC GALLEGOS. HERE. COUNCIL POLLARD. HERE. COUNCIL CASTEX TATUM. HERE. COUNCILMAN KNOX. HERE. COUNCIL ROBINSON WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER KASH. HERE. COUNCIL WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN HERE NEED A MOTION TO DELAY THE MINUTES. MOVE. MOVE. SECOND. SECOND. CAST SIX. ITEM MOVE. AND SECOND TO DELAY. ANY OBJECTION? CHAIR STAND MOTION IS GRANTED. ARE THERE ANY PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER KASH FOR PROCEDURAL MOTION. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO, UH, KEEP SOME COHERENCY IN OUR SPEAKER'S LIST. MOVE ROBERT RALE FROM, UH, FROM THE ONE MINUTE AGENDA, AND CHRIS POPPAS FROM THE ONE MINUTE, UH, UH, PREVIOUS AGENDA TO THE BOTTOM OF THE, UH, THREE MINUTE, UH, AGENDA. AND, UH, YOU CAN LEAVE THEM AT ONE MINUTE. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. SECOND. I, I'M JUST ASKING HIM TO PUT IT AT THE BOTTOM AFTER RUDY RASMUS SECOND. MOVE A SECOND. ANY OBJECTION? YOUR NONE MOTION IS GRANTED TO MOVE THEM UP AND BEHIND THE AGENDA LIST, KEEPING THEM THEM AT, AT ONE MINUTE EACH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, YOU PROCEED YOUR MOTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MOVE JACOB CLEMENTE FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE MINUTE LIST TO THE TOP OF THE ONE MINUTE NON AGENDA LIST MOVED. AND SECOND. ANY OBJECTION, CHAIR? NONE. MOTION IS GRANTED. COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND MOVE CHRISTINA PAPPAS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE THREE MINUTE SPEAKERS LIST ON THE AGENDA. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. SECOND. ANY OBJECTION? SHARE HIS NONE AGAIN FOR ONE MINUTE. MOVING UP. AND CHRISTINE PAPPAS MOVE TO THE BOTTOM. YES. [00:25:01] OH, I DON'T, WHERE IS SHE? QUESTION THERE, ARE WE PUTTING, ARE WE MOVING HER AFTER RU, REVEREND RUDY, MATT RASMUS? YES. THANK YOU. YES. AND BEFORE MR. RITO. AND BEFORE MR. POWELL. OKAY. ANY OTHER PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? YOU UNDERSTAND? [PUBLIC SPEAKERS] NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, YOU'LL PROCEED TO CALL THE SPEAKER'S LIST THE FIRST SPEAKER, DANIEL DANIELLE GANTT. DANIELLE GANTT IS HERE. WE FOLLOWED BY WILLIAM GONZALEZ. YOU GET RIGHT BEHIND THE MIC. THERE YOU GO. DANIEL, YOU PRESS ANYTHING? YES, YOU'RE FINE. GO AHEAD. HI, MY NAME IS DANIELLE GANTT. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR PAPA'S RESTAURANTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. I HAVE WORKED FOR PAPA'S RESTAURANTS FOR 20 YEARS. I STARTED OFF AS A TO GO SERVER. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO JUST BE MY JOB WHILE I WAS HELPING TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY WHILE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. AND WHAT I FOUND THERE WAS A COMMUNITY. I FOUND OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE, UM, EVERY TIME I TURNED AROUND. AND SO EVEN THOUGH I WAS STUDYING COMMUNICATIONS, THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO ADVANCE WITHIN THE RESTAURANT. UM, AND SO I, I DID THAT. I, I WORKED SOME POSITIONS THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH, A BARTENDER, A TRAINER. AND THEN I WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT OUR CORPORATE OFFICE. AND WHILE I WAS ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, I WORKED IN A MORE ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY, BUT THEN AGAIN, I EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN HUMAN RESOURCES AND WAS GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND SO I AM SO PROUD THAT I GET TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY AND, AND REALLY SHARE WHAT WE'RE ABLE AND WHAT WE AT PAPPAS RESTAURANTS FOR FAMILIES OFFER OUR TEAM MEMBERS. WE OFFER ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS HEALTH INSURANCE, UM, FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY THAT THEY'RE HIRED. THAT HEALTH INSURANCE IS ALSO PARTNERED WITH MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND AN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. OUR TEAM MEMBERS ALSO EARN VACATION ANNUALLY ONCE THEY AVERAGE 30 HOURS, UM, EACH YEAR. AND THIS IS PAID VACATION, THEY CAN TAKE IT OR THEY CAN RECEIVE IT AS A BONUS. WE OFFER A TUITION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF. WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT GO TO U OF H OR TSU OR HCC, AND THE ABILITY TO PREVENT THEM OR REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DEBT THAT THEY GO INTO, IT MATTERS TO US. AND SO WE HAVE A PROGRAM. UM, ON AVERAGE, OUR TEAM MEMBERS EACH SEMESTER RECEIVE $2,500 TO AID IN THEIR, UM, IN THEIR EDUCATION. WE ALSO HAVE A STRONG PROMOTE FROM WITHIN PHILOSOPHY THAT I SHARED WITH YOU. MY STORY, WHILE BEING THE DIRECTOR OF HR IS A LITTLE UNIQUE. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO, UM, WORK IN OUR ORGANIZATION WHERE THEY HAVE A SIMILAR STORY STARTING OFF AS A SERVER AND THEN BECOMING A GENERAL MANAGER. WE'RE ALSO SO PROUD TO BE THE FIRST JOB FOR SO MANY INDIVIDUALS. SO WE HAVE SO MANY AT HOBBY AIRPORT STUDENTS WHO ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT CHAVEZ OR STERLING OR DOLBY. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THEM A FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE AND A COMPETITIVE WAGE. THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION AROUND, UM, OR THE LIVING WAGE ORDER. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANNA SHARE IS, UM, WE, AT BUSH AIRPORT, WE FULLY APPLY THE LIVING WAGE ORDER. AND IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY WITH HOBBY AIRPORT AND A NEW CONTRACT, WE WOULD INTEND TO DO THE SAME. MANY OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS WHO WORK IN A PART-TIME CAPACITY AND AN ENTRY ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION EARN MORE THAN $14 AN HOUR. A PAPAO BARTENDER THAT WORKS FULL-TIME EARNS ON AVERAGE 90,000 BUCKS. COUNCILMAN ASH, I, I'M, I'M GLAD YOU CAME TODAY BECAUSE I GET TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE MY GRANDSON, WHEN I WALKED INTO THE PAPA'S ON HUMBLE, HE DIDN'T TELL ME THAT PA THAT HE WAS WORKING THERE. AND WHEN I SEEN HIM, I, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. HE WAS, OF COURSE HE'S GOING TO COLLEGE, BUT HE DIDN'T TELL ME HE HAD A JOB THERE AS A SERVER. AND HE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB SERVING ME AND THE GUESTS THAT I WERE WITH. AND, AND I THANK YOU FOR THE TRAINING AND, AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN HIS LIFE. HE'S ABOUT TO GRADUATE FROM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF MY MANY GRANDCHILDREN. BUT I, I, I THANK THE PAPA'S ORGANIZATION FOR INVESTING IN HIS LIFE. AND, AND I'VE HEARD THIS TYPE OF STORY FROM SO MANY, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS HAS COME UP. PEOPLE HAVE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME. AND, AND I, I THANK YOU FOR YOU SHARING THAT WITH US. WE NEED TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE IT'S A LOCAL COMPANY THAT'S INVESTING IN OUR, OUR CHILDREN [00:30:01] AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. GOD BLESS YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I JUST, WE CUT YOU OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR THOUGHT. CAN YOU JUST WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS REAL QUICK? AND YES. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. SO, FULL-TIME, A FULL-TIME BARTENDER EARNS ON AVERAGE $90,000 AND A PART-TIME SERVER EARNS ON AVERAGE $70,000 ANNUALLY. AND SO JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, CAN YOU PROVIDE A LITTLE CLARIFICATION? I MAY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I HURT YOU CORRECTLY. ARE YOU ALL PAYING YOUR EMPLOYEES, UH, DIFFERENTLY AT HOBBY THAN WHAT YOU'RE PAYING AT AT BUSH? AT BUSH AIRPORT, WE HAVE APPLIED THE LIVING WAGE ORDER AT HOBBY AIRPORT. WE'RE STILL UNDER THE OLD CONTRACT. AND SHOULD WE BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, WE WOULD APPLY THE LIVING WAGE ORDER, BUT I UNDERSTAND, BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE AT BOTH AND YOU ONLY PLAN YOUR EMPLOYEES ONE THING AT BUSH AND ANOTHER THING AT HOBBY. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANKS. SPEAKER WILLIAM GONZALEZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY TOMORROW. BAIL. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME'S WILLIE GONZALEZ. I'M THE SECRETARY TREASURER FOR UNITED HERE, LOCAL 23. UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK TODAY IN FAVOR OF ITEM 30 AND THE HOBBY AIRPORT. RFP CONCESSIONS THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE ADMINISTRATION. WE'VE WORKED WITH MANY OF YOU ON THIS DAIS OVER THE YEARS ON DIFFERENT R RFPS. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PATH THIS PARTICULAR RFP IS TAKING. TO BE CLEAR, WE'VE NOT ALWAYS BEEN HAPPY WITH THE DECISION, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THERE NEEDS TO BE STABILITY. WE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS HAS TO BE RESPECTED, AND WE HAVE A REAL CONCERN WITH A BITTER AND UN BIDDER THAT DECIDES TO SAY, I'M GONNA GO AND RUN A PUBLIC CAMPAIGN AND GO AROUND THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. WHAT DOES THAT DO? THAT CAN OPEN UP, THAT CAN SET A VERY DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR THIS CITY. OKAY, WHAT'S THE STOP? AN UNSUCCESSFUL BIDDER AROUND MW DBES OR OTHER THINGS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS SAID IS IMPORTANT TO 'EM TO SAY, WELL, WE DIDN'T MEET THAT GOAL, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE, WE ARE VERY GOOD AT WHAT WE DO, AND WE WANNA GO RUN A PUBLIC PETITION AND GIVE IT TO US. THAT WOULD UNDERMINE YOU AS A COUNCIL, THAT WOULD UNDERMINE THOSE THINGS THAT YOU ARE SETTING AS STANDARDS FOR THE CITY. SO WE'RE VERY CONCERNED WITH THE DIRECTION THIS IS GOING. AND THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE AFFECTED, IF THAT'S THE PRECEDENT YOU SET HERE, ARE GONNA BE THE SMALL BUSINESSES. THEY'RE GONNA BE THE WORKERS, THEY'RE GONNA BE THE, THE LITTLE PEOPLE, THE LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN THAT DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GO RUN THAT CAMPAIGN. THEY COUNT ON YOU TO MAKE SURE THE PROCESS IS RUN AND IT'S FOLLOWED AND ADHERED TO. IF NOT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA END UP. NOW, I WOULD SAY THIS, IT IS, I, MY ROLE WITH THE UNION, I DEAL WITH A LOT OF RFPS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES. IT IS VERY RARE THAT I HAVE SEEN AN RFP WHERE THE LOSING BIDDER DOESN'T SHOW UP AND SAY THE PROCESS WAS BAD. THAT'S GENERALLY CONSISTENT. , I'M JUST BEING HONEST. YOU CAN GO CITY TO CITY AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THE DIFFERENCE IS THEY HAVE TO RESPECT THE PROCESS. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW AND RESPECT THE PROCESS. SO WE'RE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RECOMMENDATION THAT THE A-F-L-C-I-O HAS AUTHORIZED ME TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THEM. THEY ARE SUPPORTING THIS. THE BUILDING TRADES ARE SUPPORTING THIS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND I WILL SAY AS A UNION PERSON, NO MATTER WHO THE WORKER IS, ALL WORKERS DESERVE TO BE TREATED RESPECT. SO OUR UNION FULLY SUPPORTS THAT THESE WORKERS ALL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP THEIR JOB. BUT THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THIS DISCUSSION. THIS DISCUSSION IS ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE RFP PROCESS. WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER MEMBERS THAT ARE COVERED. WE HAVE MEMBERS THAT HAVE WORKED FOR MULTIPLE EMPLOYERS AND WE WORK WITH THIS CITY AND THEY WERE WORKABLE WITH US, AND WE FIGURED OUT TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT HIRED AND THERE WAS STABILITY. SO TRANSITION CAN HAVE STABILITY AS LONG AS THE PROCESS IS RESPECTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN KASH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. I TRIED TO CONTACT YOU ONCE I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER, BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE A PHONE NUMBER ON IT, SO I WAS, OR AN EMAIL AND I WAS LOOKING FOR IT. TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF YOU. UM, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING. UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT FOR US TO KNOW, DID, DID, DID THE UNION HAVE A VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS OR DID YOU DO THIS, UH, ON YOUR OWN? OR DID SOMEBODY, HOW, HOW DID HOW YOU, YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE, THE WHOLE UNION. WELL, WE REPRESENT, I'M REPRESENTING UNIT HERE. WE REPRESENT ABOUT 3,500 HOSPITALITY WORKERS IN HOUSTON. OUR MEMBERS HAVE AUTHORIZED SAID, YES, WE WANNA SUPPORT THIS. I AM ALSO AUTHORIZED BY THE A-F-L-C-I-O, NIE, KHALIL AND LACEY WOLF, THE PRESIDENT HAVE ASKED ME, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY ON THEIR BEHALF TO SAY THAT THE [00:35:01] A-F-L-C-I-O FULLY SUPPORTS THE RECOMMENDATION. AND ITEM 30, I'VE ALSO BEEN DEPUTIZED, IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD, BY THE HARRIS COUNTY BUILDING TRADES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORKERS IN RFPS. YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE SIXTIES, MY, MY FATHER TOLD ME, HE SAID, SON, IF IF IT WASN'T FOR THE UNION, WE WOULDN'T HAVE WHAT WE HAVE. BECAUSE THEY, THEY STOOD UP. AND EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN NON-UNION JOBS BENEFITED BY THE UNION STANDING UP. AND, AND YOU HAVE TO, WHEN YOU SEE AN INJUSTICE OR YOU SEE A WRONG, YOU HAVE TO STAND UP. YEP. AND, AND I CAN'T TAKE OFFENSE AT ANYONE WHO FEELS LIKE THAT, THAT PERHAPS A PROCESS IS FLAWED OR ISN'T CORRECT. YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT TO STAND UP. THIS IS AMERICA. AND, AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BEING, UH, TREATED WRONGLY OR IF THERE'S A SOMETHING HAPPENING THAT'S NOT RIGHT. AND THE UNION HAS CHAMPIONED THAT VERY PHILOSOPHY OVER THE YEARS OF STANDING UP FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, ESPECIALLY WITH WAGES. AND, AND I, I APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT THE UNION HAS DONE. IT HELPED MY FATHER TO HAVE A BETTER WAY OF LIFE. GOD BLESS YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN KAMAN. WILLIAM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. AND ALSO YOUR MEMBERS, UH, REGARDLESS OF THIS ITEM OR NOT, UH, UNITE HERE IN YOUR VOICE FOR THE WORKERS, UM, IS EXTRAORDINARY AND VITAL. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCILMAN KNOX. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, SO TWO, TWO POINTS. ONE OF 'EM, YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT S IS A SMALL COMPANY, RIGHT? YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT THIS WOULD D BE DAMAGING FOR THE MWBE, THE SMALL BUSINESS PERSON IF THIS PROCESS BECAME CATTY WPAS, IF YOU WILL. SO YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT S IS A SMALL COMPANY. NO. WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT IF LARGE EMPLOYERS CAN GO AROUND THE RFP PROCESS. YEAH. IF A LARGE EMPLOYER DOES NOT WIN AN RFP, I GET THAT AND THEN SAYS, I GET IT. AND YOU'RE RIGHT. WE SEE THIS ALL THE TIME. MY SECOND POINT, AND I'LL BE QUICK ABOUT THIS, COUNCILMAN, LET HIM LET HIM FINISH. IF I CAN JUST RESPOND, ANSWER WHAT I'M SUGGESTING. WE DEAL WITH LARGE EMPLOYERS ALL THE TIME. SOME OF OUR LARGE EMPLOYERS DID NOT WIN RFPS, BUT WE DID NOT RUN INTO THE CITY AND SAY, LET'S GO AROUND THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. 'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE YOU SET THAT PRECEDENT, A LOT OF LARGE COURT WEALTHY CORPORATIONS ARE GONNA SAY, WELL, MAYBE I DON'T WANNA MEET THIS REQUIREMENT. MAYBE THIS IS CUMBERSOME FOR ME. AND SO I COME IN SECOND OR THIRD, BUT I'M GONNA GO INTO THE COMMUNITY AND RUN A PETITION AND SAY, I DON'T NEED TO HAVE THE M-W-D-B-E STANDARDS 'CAUSE PEOPLE LIKE MY PRODUCT. AND I THINK THAT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT TOTALLY UNDERMINES THE AUTHORITY OF THIS BODY AND THIS DAIS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A STANDARD IN THAT PROCESS. WELL, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE PRECEDENT'S ALREADY BEEN SET. WE HAD A GARBAGE CONTRACT WHEN I FIRST CAME ON. THAT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. BUT THE, THE POINT IS THE PRECEDENT'S ALREADY BEEN SET, NUMBER ONE. SECOND THING IS THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A, FROM THE PROCUREMENT OFFICE ARE JUST THAT RECOMMENDATIONS. AND WE HAVE TO DECIDE. AND OFTEN THE CITY DECIDES, NOT BASED ON THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, BUT ON THE BEST VALUE. DO IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, HAVE YOU RUN ACROSS THAT BEFORE AS WELL? OH, WELL WHAT I'VE RUN, I'VE NOT, I WILL BE VERY CLEAR. I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT RUN ACROSS AN RFP AND I DEAL IN MULTIPLE CITIES IN TEXAS WHERE THE RECOMMENDED BIDDER DOES NOT WIN IT. WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT OF TIME THAT OCCURS. BUT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THE RECOMMENDATION. IT'S UP TO THE BODY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE A DECISION TO ACCEPT THAT RECOMMENDATION OR NOT. AND, AND THAT'S A PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT HERE. UH, AMONG THE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER ARE BEST VALUE IN ADDITION TO THE MONEY OR THE ACTUAL SCORES. SO, UM, IT'S ALL PART OF THE PROCESS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, RIGHT. WELL I, WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE CITY PUT TOGETHER AN RFP AND THEN THE PROCUREMENT AND THEN THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION MOTION. SECOND MOTION STAND. SECOND OBJECTION IS HONOR. GRANTED, I CAN SPEAK TO MY EXPERIENCE. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY CITY TAKE A WINNING BID AND SAY WE'RE NOT GONNA FOLLOW THAT ONE. I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET. AND I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, MAYBE IT'S HAPPENED AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. AND I, I DEAL WITH DALLAS HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN, SO I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT. AND WE OURSELVES HAD EMPLOYERS AT LOST BIDS AND WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE STABILITY IN THE PROCESS. 'CAUSE THAT DESTABILIZES FOR THE PEOPLE AT THE BOTTOM, THE SMALLER BUSINESS, THE WORKERS, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO RUN THAT CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT SPEAKER TOMORROW BELL. BELL IS HERE, FOLLOWED BY ELAINE GUILLORY. [00:40:03] GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. I'M GONNA GET A PARKING PASS. UM, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE Y'ALL TWICE IN ONE MONTH. UH, BUT I WANTED TO BEGIN BY SAYING THAT THE, UH, YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE HOURLY WAGE, UM, AT THE TWO DIFFERENT, UH, AIRPORTS. AND I WAS READING THIS ARTICLE DATED OF FEBRUARY 24TH, 2022. THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS RAISING A MINIMUM WAGE FOR EMPLOYERS WITH COVERED SUBCONTRACTS AND CONCESSION AGREEMENTS AT GEORGE BUSH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WILLIAM B. HOBBY ELLINGTON AIRPORT UNDER MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER. A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER, THE MINIMUM WAGE WILL INCREASE TO $13 AN HOUR ON APRIL 1ST. $14 AN HOUR ON OCTOBER 1ST AND $15 ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2023. SO I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL BE COMPLYING WITH THE NEW WAGES 'CAUSE THEY WON'T HAVE A CHOICE. YOU ALREADY PUT THAT, UH, WONDERFUL IDEA IN IN, IN THE WORK. SO IN OCTOBER THEY WILL BE, THEY MUST BE $15 AN HOUR. I AM HERE BECAUSE OF THE LAST WEEK'S SESSION BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT UP THE PROCESS. AND I, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN BEHIND ME WAS A LITTLE THROWN AWAY BY TO HEAR SOMEBODY SAYING, WHO'S BEEN IN THE SYSTEM USING THE PROCESS FOR OVER TWO DECADES TO SAY THAT THE PROCESS WAS IN SOME WAY FLAWED. I HAD ISSUES WITH THAT. OTHER THAN THAT, Y'ALL, I'M NOT LYING. I'D BE AT THE BEAUTY SHOP RIGHT NOW, BUT I HAD TO MOVE MY APPOINTMENT TO FOUR BECAUSE I HAD TO COME IN FIRST. UH, BECAUSE I COULDN'T LET THAT GO. 'CAUSE THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME. THESE ARE EXTREMELY LUCRATIVE CONTRACTS AND IT IS A BLESSING FOR ANY, ANY, I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR COMPANY TO BE, TO BE IN THE AIRPORT. BECAUSE WHEN PAPA STARTED, THEY WERE A LOCAL COMPANY. THEY ARE NATIONAL NOW BECAUSE THE CONTRACT DID WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO. IT SPREAD THEIR NAME AROUND AND THEY GREW. WHY IS IT THAT NEW COMPANIES SHOULD NOT GET THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY? AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN CHANGE FOR THE SAKE OF CHANGE BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF Y'ALL CHANGING IN THE NEXT NINE MONTHS, WHETHER YOU WANNA GO OR NOT. OKAY. I MEAN IT, THAT'S IT. IT'S HUB, IT'S TERM LIMITS. YOU HAVE TO GO THERE. SO THAT IS CHANGE FOR SAINTS, BUT THIS IS ABOUT INCLUSION. AND WHEN PEPPERS DID THIS IN 2002 C ONE WAS THE PREVAILING BETTER BY THE AVIATION SERVICES. ANTHONY HALL WAS THE ATTORNEY. HE ASKED COUNSEL, HOW ARE Y'ALL GOING AGAINST THEM? THIS MAY NOT BE LEGAL. IT WAS A PROBLEM IN 2015. MARTIN, YOU WERE STILL HERE. KOSH, YOU WERE STILL HERE, GUY. HE GOES, YOU WERE STILL HERE. Y'ALL WERE HERE. SOUTHWEST GAVE PAPPAS THE FIVE GATES AT HOBBY. THEY DIDN'T BID IT. YOU ASKED AVIATION SERVICE. IT WASN'T BIDDED. THEY GAVE IT TO THEM. AND NOW YOU GONNA TALK ABOUT PROCESS. WHEN I SAW THAT ONE OF THE VENDORS THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED IS THE SAME MAN WHO JUST GAVE US PRAYER, WHO BEEN HELPING THE CITY ON HIS OWN, GETTING HOMELESS PEOPLE TO CHRIST AND DOING IT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS. I WAS LIKE, I GOTTA SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU CANNOT JUST SIT UP HERE AND BE BULLIED BECAUSE SOMEBODY DIDN'T GET THEY WAY. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. THEY'RE STILL AT INTERCONTINENTAL. WHY IS IT LUCILLE'S? HELL, THE BREAKFAST CLUB IRMA'S A LOT, A LOT. LTPO. OH, WELL I CAN NAME A BUT KE AND I EAT THAT A LOT. WHY CAN'T OTHER RESTAURANTS GET THIS CHANCE? I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I WISH TO END THIS. YOU ARE SO WELCOME. THANKS, TAMARA. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. COUNCILMAN KBA. UH, YOU GOT ME SO EXCITED. ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST THE CONTRACT? ? I, I I, I I'M, I'M FOR THE, UH, THE, THE, THE NEW PEOPLE TO COME IN. DON'T ASK ME WHICH ONE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME OF IT, BUT THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, SIR. WHOEVER THE NEW PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE GIVEN A CHANCE, WHO FOLLOWED IT AND DID IT. RIGHT. UH, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE THAT BUT WRIGHT WITH 'EM. OH, ASK AND LUCILLE'S WITH 'EM. WHOEVER. THAT'S WHO I'M FOR. OKAY. BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THAT. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHICH ONE YOU'RE FOR. YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME. OKAY. GET YOUR HAIR DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I AM THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZED. COUNCIL MEMBER PACK FOR PROCEDURE MOTION. THANK YOU MAYOR. I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD COUNCIL MEMBER BRENDA TARIG TO THE TOP OF THE THREE MINUTE NON AGENDA SPEAKERS LIST. SECOND. SECOND. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION? ANY OBJECTION HERE? CHAIR'S NOT GRANTED. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. IT WAS COUNCILWOMAN PECK. UH, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR PRO TE APPROACH HIM. NEXT SPEAKER. ELAINE GUILLORY. ELAINE GUILLORY, PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ME AND ALL THE HIGH PERFORMING PAPPAS HOBBY TEAM MEMBERS MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN A HOUSTON FAMILY WE LOVE AND THE ARIES A FOREIGN BASED COMPANY WITH NO LOCAL PRESENCE WHO WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. MAYOR TURNER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR OP, THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO ADDRESS YOU ALL TODAY. MY NAME IS ELAINE GUILLORY AND I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF PAPA CTO'S CANTINA INSIDE HOBBY AIRPORT'S INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU NOT TO VOTE TO AWARD THE HOBBY AIRPORT [00:45:01] FOOD BEVERAGE PACKAGE. ONE TO ARIES, A COMPANY WHO HAS NO TIES TO THE HOUSTON AREA. I HAVE WORKED FOR PAPPAS FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND I STARTED AT PAPA CTO'S AT THE AGE OF 18. WHILE GOING TO COLLEGE, I BEGAN TO GROW WITHIN THE PAPPAS ORGANIZATION. I WAS AFFORDED OPPORTUNITIES WHICH ALLOWED ME TO CONTINUE MY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN ME BEING SELECTED TO LEAD A PAPPAS BARBECUE CATERING DIVISION FOR 20 YEARS. DURING THIS TIME, I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW PAPPAS IS DEVOTED TO ITS COMMUNITY. WE WERE HERE SERVING FIRST RESPONDERS IN EVERY DEVASTATING DISASTER HOUSTON HAS FACED. MY STORY IS NOT UNIQUE. HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES HAVE STARTED JUST LIKE ME. PAPPAS GROWS PEOPLE. WE HAVE NOW BEEN WORKING AT HOBBY AIRPORT FOR THREE YEARS, AND I TELL YOU THE DEDICATION OF THE PAPPAS TEAM. WHERE DANICA STARTED AT 19 AND WE'LL CELEBRATE 10 YEARS. KAREN AT PAPPAS BURGER FOR 15. PAPPAS BURGER HAS HOBBY. 16 YEARS. UM, PAPA DO EDITH. 15 YEARS, I CAN TELL YOU SO MANY MORE STAFF AND THEIR AND THEIR YEARS WORKED. WE CHOSE THE BRAND WE WANTED TO WEAR AND WE WEAR THEM PROUDLY EVERY DAY. AT PAPPAS, WE ARE A NAME, NOT A NUMBER. WE SERVE GUESTS, NOT CUSTOMERS. WE SHOW UP AND WE'RE HOUSTON PROUD. WE WORK HOLIDAYS. WE STAY LATE FOR DELAYED FLIGHTS. WE COME IN DURING FREEZES AND FLOODS, AND WE EVEN STAY OVERNIGHT TO FEED THE GUESTS. BECAUSE THE GUESTS AND HOBBY AIRPORT STAFF ARE IMPORTANT. WE WORK THROUGH BROKEN ACS. WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK THROUGH WATER BANDS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SERVE THE GUESTS. THIS IS OUR CULTURE. WE SERVE WITH CARE. WE COOK WITH LOVE. OUR PAPPAS TEAM IS PROUD OF WHERE WE WORK AND WHO WE WORK FOR. WE HELP THE AIRPORT SCORE A FIVE STAR RATING. THE ONLY ONE IN NORTH AMERICA. HOSPITALITY IS OUR CULTURE. MOST OF THE TEAM MEMBERS HAVE WORKED FOR HOBBY FOR MANY YEARS AND WANNA CONTINUE TO WORK FOR PAPPAS ORGANIZATION. PAPPAS AND HOBBY AIRPORT IS HOME. FOOD IS POPULARITY. YOU CHOOSE IT EVERY DAY. DON'T MAKE OUR GUEST HAVE TO NOT BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE PAPPAS NAME. PLEASE DO NOT AWARD PACKAGE ONE TO ARIES AND KEEP HOUSTON STRONG. THANK YOU COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN MAGGY GOES. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, MS. GUILLORY AGAIN. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU WORKED FOR PAPPAS? THIS YEAR WILL BE 31. AND DID YOU SAY YOU WERE WORKING AT PAPPAS WHEN YOU WERE GOING TO COLLEGE? I WAS. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, HARRY JOHNSON. HARRY JOHNSON IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY REVEREND DIXON. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I AM HARRY JOHNSON. SOME OF YOU KNOW ME AS A LAWYER HERE AT THE CITY. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME AS A PROFESSOR AT TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. OTHERS MAY KNOW ME AS A PERSON WHO RAISED $127 MILLION TO BUILD THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL. THE FIFTH MOST VISIBLE MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON DC. THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF MY BEING HERE IS, IS TALK ABOUT PROCESS. BUT I RAISED THE MONEY, WE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS. YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A SONG THAT CAME OUT. I WILL NOT COMPLAIN, BUT I LOOK AROUND AND I THINK THINGS OVER ALL OF MY GOOD DAYS OUTWEIGH MY BAD DAYS. I WILL NOT COMPLAIN. FOR THE PAST FOUR SUBMISSIONS, ARIES HAS NOT COMPLAINED. WHEN WE LOST, WE PLAY BY THE RULES THAT YOU ALL SET FORTH. WE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS. WE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS AND THE FOUR SUBMISSIONS. WE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WE UNDERSTOOD THE FAIRNESS OF THE PROCESS. WE BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS THAT YOU SET FORTH AND WE FOLLOWED IT LOCAL. LET'S TALK ABOUT LOCAL. I AM SO PROUD, MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO BE A TEAM MEMBER OF S AND ON THIS TEAM, WE HAVE FOUR ACBS, THREE OF WHICH ARE FROM HOUSTON. WE DID NOT HAVE TO GO SOMEPLACE AND FIND SOMEBODY TO BRING THEM IN. I'VE LIVED IN THIS AREA FOR WELL OVER 45 YEARS. I DO BUSINESS IN HERE. MARIO SDEL DOES BUSINESS IN THE AIRPORT. ALSO, OUR PARTNER OF MIKE HARRIS DOES BUSINESS IN THE AIRPORT. LOCAL. WE UNDERSTAND LOCAL. WE UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE COMING IN LIKE THE PAPA'S BRAND, I DO TOO. BUT PEOPLE ALSO LIKE TO SEE LOCAL BRANDS IN THE AIRPORT. BUT LATRES, WERE VERY HAPPY AND PROUD TO GET A A A CONTRACT THROUGH HERE BEFORE. WE'RE PROUD THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING IN ILS AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE LOCAL IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO SAY WE'RE PART OF IT. THIRD, GOOD COFFEE. ALL THOSE ARE LOCAL. WE ARE BRINGING LOCAL BRANDS IN THAT PEOPLE LOVE. AND LIKE MAYOR, WE STAND HERE BECAUSE WE BIDED ON THIS FOR FIVE TIMES. THIS IS OUR FIFTH TIME PLAYED BY THE RULES AS WE WERE TOLD. AND NOW WE EXPECT THE RULES WILL BE FOLLOWED. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TERM LIMITS, I UNDERSTAND SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME EVERYTHING HAS A SHELF LIFE IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS, HAMBURGERS HAVE A SHELF LIFE, BUNS [00:50:01] HAVE A SHELF LIFE. AND WHEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO, YOUR SHELF LIFE IS OVER. PERIOD. NOW YOU COULD ARGUE I NEED TO STAY BECAUSE I'M THIS, I'M THAT. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE FOLLOW THE PROCESS. HOW MANY, HOW LONG IS LONG ENOUGH? 20 YEARS. BUT GIVE ANOTHER 10 AND MAKE IT 30. HOW LONG IS ENOUGH SHELF LIFE? THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT DIANE, I I WANNA STAY TOO AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, REVEREND JAMES, UH, BISHOP DIXON. REVEREND DIXON, BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT TO BE FOLLOWED BY KEVIN DOWD. RIGHT BEHIND THE MIC. RIGHT BACK. YEAH, THAT ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY TODAY. YOU LOOK BLESSED. I AM AMEN GOES THERE. BUT AMEN. I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY, UH, TO SPEAK TO A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE REGARDING THE HOUSTON HARVEY AIRPORT, UH, FOOD CONCESSIONS CONTRACT. ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSTON BRANCH OF THE NAACP I EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND ALL OF OUR MEMBERS, OUR BRANCH HAS STOOD FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR DECADES OVER CENTURY ACTUALLY IN THIS CITY. AND, UH, WE ARE HERE TO ANNOUNCE OUR SUPPORT FOR THE FAIR AND JUST PROCESS, UH, THAT YIELDS THE RESULT THAT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED ALREADY, HOPEFULLY AGREED UPON BY ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE BELIEVE THAT ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC EQUITY IS IMPORTANT TO THE DIVERSE CULTURE OF OUR CITY. IT GIVES OTHERS OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, EXPRESS THEIR BUSINESS PROWESS AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LARGE IS MADE AVAILABLE, UH, THROUGH THOSE MEANS. AND TO THAT END, WE'RE ALSO HERE TO SAY SECONDLY, WE BELIEVE ACCORDING TO WHAT WE'VE LEARNED AT THE HIGHER RATE OF YIELD FOR THE CITY, UH, HAPPENS THROUGH THIS, UH, THIS CHOICE OF THE BEST PROCESS TAXPAYERS WE BELIEVE WILL SUPPORT AND RESPECT AND EXPECT SUCH FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL. AND THIRDLY, WE ARE TO SAY THAT IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IN EVERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS THERE ARE WINNERS AND LOSERS. I HAPPEN TO BEEN ON THE LOSING SIDE MANY TIMES IN MY LIFE, UH, AS MANY OF US HAVE. UH, WHETHER YOU'RE RUNNING A CAMPAIGN OR PLAYING A FOOTBALL GAME OR BIDDING FOR A CONTRACT. UH, BUT WHEN WE LOSE, WE HAVE TO LOSE LIKE WINNERS. I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS STATEMENT, UH, FROM LOUIS BRANDIS WHO SAID, UH, WE CAN HAVE DEMOCRACY IN THIS COUNTRY, OR WE CAN HAVE GREAT WEALTH CONCENTRATED IN THE HANDS OF A FEW, BUT WE CANNOT HAVE BOTH. I WOULD HOPE TODAY THAT THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ON OUR COUNCIL, A MAYOR, WOULD VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE RESULT THAT THE PROCESS THAT'S JUST AND FAIR YIELDS THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN ENSURE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS DAY AND TIME, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION SHOULD BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALL OF OUR HEARTS AND MINDS TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS A DIVERSE CITY WITH EQUAL ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN SUCCESS. TO THAT END, I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING ON TODAY, . THANK YOU BISHOP. UH, COUNCILMAN KOSH. PASTOR, YOU STILL GOT THAT ABILITY TO SPEAK. I LOVE IT. I HADN'T BEEN TO YOUR CHURCH SINCE BEFORE. COVID GOTTA COME BACK OUT AND SEE YOU. I'VE KNOWN YOU ABOUT 30 YEARS NOW AND I APPRECIATE YOU HEADING UP THE HOUSTON SPORTS AUTHORITY. I HOPE WE HAVE ANOTHER WINNER, DOVER AT MINUTE MAID PARK . IT'S VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. UM, MAY I APPROACH HIM? MARTIN? THANK YOU BISHOP. BISHOP DIXON. GOOD TO SEE YOU. YES, SIR. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS IN THIS ROOM. SO LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE GLANCE AT THE PROCESS THAT I LOOKED AT FOR THREE HOURS LAST THURSDAY WHEN I WENT INTO THE DATA ROOM AND PULLED ALL THE PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS RFP, THE CITY OF HOUSTON AIRPORT HIRED A CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT IT. WHAT THAT CONSULTANT WAS CHARGED WITH DOING WAS STANDARDIZING THE PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN DO AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON AND NOT HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT THIS WASN'T FAIR. THERE WERE SEVEN NATIONAL FIRMS THAT BID ON OUR BUSINESS. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SUBJECTIVE PART, WHICH WAS THE EVALUATION BY OUR SCORES, THEY WERE VERY, VERY CLOSE. ALL SEVEN COMPANIES ARE GREAT GLOBAL COMPANIES. THEY WORK IN MANY AIRPORTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WHETHER IT'S PARODY OR SSP OR HOST OR PAPPAS OR AREAS. THEY WERE ALL GREAT COMPANIES. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SUBJECTIVE SCORES, THEY WERE VERY, VERY CLOSE. WHEN YOU WENT TO ROUND TWO OF THE SUBJECTIVE SCORES, [00:55:01] THE DEVIATION FROM ROUND ONE TO ROUND TWO WAS MINIMAL. SO THERE WASN'T A SCORE THAT RAISED THE SCORE. THREE AND FOUR AND FIVE POINTS. IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STANDARDIZATION OF THE BID, EVERY BIDDER WORKED OFF OF A NUMERICAL REVENUE NUMBER. AND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR AS A CITY WAS A PERCENT OF REVENUE THAT WOULD COME BACK TO THE AIRPORT TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THE NUMBER THEY USED WAS $36,980,000. SO THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE PART. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DOLLARS AND CENTS, SO THE WINNING BIDDER IS GONNA RETURN $8,204,527 TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S COFFERS. THE LOSING BIDDER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE WOULD RETURN $5,727,276 TO THE CITY. THE DIFFERENT BE THE DIFFERENCE BEING ALMOST 2.5 MILLION PER YEAR. EXTRAPOLATE THAT OVER 10 YEARS, IT'S $25 MILLION. EXTRAPOLATE THAT OVER THE 10 YEARS PLUS A FIVE YEAR PLUS A FIVE YEAR, IT'S $50 MILLION. SO AS AN ACCOUNTANT, I LOOK AT THE SUBJECTIVE PART AND I SAY IT WAS REALLY CLOSE. MATTER OF FACT, PAPA CITAS FOUR FAMILIES WON BY A SMALL MARGIN. ON THE SUBJECTIVE PART, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MONEY, THERE WAS A 43, I'LL GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBER, 43.25% DEVIATION BETWEEN THE WINNING BIDDERS MONEY TO THE CITY AND THE SECOND PLACE BIDDERS MONEY TO THE CITY. SO THE CITIZENS OF HOUSTON, I'M GONNA ASK YOU, DO YOU WANT ME TO IGNORE $50 MILLION TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON LOOKING AT OUR BALANCE SHEET AND FLIP THIS BID OVER TO FOUR FAMILIES? OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO ALONG WITH THE, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS PUT BY CITY OF HOUSTON EMPLOYEES, FIVE OF 'EM WHO LOOKED AT THE BID. PAPAS IS STILL GONNA BE AROUND. THEY'RE IN INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT, THEY'RE IN THE GEORGE R. BROWN, THEY'RE IN THE HILTON HOTEL. THEY DO A GREAT JOB. I LOVE THEIR FOOD. LOVE IT. BUT MY CHARGE WITH LOOKING AT THIS IS FINDING A WAY PAP AS YOU'RE ASKING ME, FINDING A WAY TO PUT ME FIRST AND I LOOK AT IT AND SAY, $25 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS, $50 MILLION IS OVER 20 YEARS IS A VERY LARGE NUMBER. 22.2% OF THE REVENUE IS WHAT THE WINNING BIDDER GAVE. 15.5% OF THE REVENUE IS WHAT FOUR FAMILIES GAVE. THAT'S A 7% GAP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF I MIGHT RESPOND TO THAT. MAYOR, I I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN FOR FOR CLARIFYING MOTION SECOND AND MOVED IN SECOND. OBJECTION CHAIR'S NON GRANTED. THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE NUMERIC, UH, DISTINCTIVE THERE BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT POPULARITY. IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT THE TASTE OF FOOD, A PREFERENCE. THIS IS ABOUT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR MAYOR MAKING A DECISION ABOUT WHAT'S EQUITABLE AND FAIR AND WHAT'S GOOD AND BENEFICIAL FOR HOUSTON CITIZENS. I BELIEVE EVERY TAXPAYER WOULD EXPECT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MAKE A DECISION THAT LEANS TOWARD THE BID THAT'S GOING TO YIELD THE $50 MILLION INCREASE TO I CITY COFFERS CITY SERVICES NEEDED. AND WE COMPLAIN WHEN WE LACK CITY SERVICES AND YOU GET THOSE CALLS, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE REVENUE, CITY SERVICES SUFFER. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON IT. SO I'LL SAY SOME FINAL WORDS. I THOUGHT THE PROCESS WAS PRETTY DARN GOOD BASED UPON WHAT I SAW. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT PROCESS. IT'S THE SAME PROCESS WE'VE USED FOR 20 SOME ODD YEARS TO THE BENEFIT OF SOME COMPANIES, TO THE DETRIMENT OF OTHER COMPANIES. SO WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, I THOUGHT THE PROCESS WAS FAIR. NOW, IF I HAD TO GO TO A RESTAURANT, I'D PICK PICK, POP A SEAT'S TONIGHT TO GO TO. I LOVE THEIR FOOD. BUT UNFORTUNATELY I'M CHARGED WITH MAKING A DECISION THAT GIVES THE CITY OF HOUSTON THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT A NUMBER LIKE 25 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS OF THIS CONTRACT, IT'S A BIG NUMBER. SO I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS, THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND I, AND I I TAKE IT AT HEART, BUT, UM, I'M GLAD I WENT OVER AND DID THE ANALYSIS. IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVEN'T GONE OVER THERE, PLEASE [01:00:01] DO. AND, UH, IF YOU DISAGREE WITH MY SUMMATION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. BUT GOD BLESS, I I DON'T THINK HAD THEY GONE THE OTHER DIRECTION WITH 50 MILLION ON THE OTHER SIDE MM-HMM . I DON'T THINK WE'D BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. RIGHT. AND WE DO KNOW THAT THIS IS THE ENTERPRISE FUND VERSUS THE GENERAL FUND. YES. BUT IT'S STILL CITY OF HOUSTON MONEY, WHETHER IT'S AIRPORT, ENTERPRISE OR GENERAL. YES. SO GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE. NEXT SPEAKER, KEVIN DOWD. KEVIN DOW. KEVIN DOW IS HERE, FOLLOWED BY MARY RAMOS. HELLO. UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. MY NAME IS KEVIN DOWD. I'M THE THIRD GENERATION OWNER OF THE ORIGINAL KECHI SHOP AND ZEPPELIN COFFEE, AS WELL AS A LOCAL PARTNER OF FOUR FAMILIES. HOBBY, I'M HERE TO TODAY TO ASK YOU TO VOTE NO AGAINST, UM, UH, ITEM 30 AWARDING HOBBY, FOOD AND BEVERAGE PACKAGE. ONE TO ARIES, A NON-LOCAL CONCESSION COMPANY FOR OVER 67 YEARS. THE ORIGINAL KECHI SHOP ON TELEPHONE ROAD HAS BEEN A PROUD CORNERSTONE OF HOUSTON CULTURE AND HISTORY. WE BEGAN SERVING FRESH BAKED KOLACHES AND KBOS TO HOUSTONIANS IN 1956, MAKING IT THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE HOUSTON KECHI SCENE. THREE GENERATIONS OF OUR FAMILY HAVE PROUDLY SERVED OUR GREAT CITY IN THE HOBBY AIRPORT NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT. I, MY GRANDPARENTS RAN OUR BAKERY FOR 23 YEARS AFTER THAT. MY MOM RAN OUR BAKERY FOR 32 YEARS AND I TOOK THE REINS IN 2011 AFTER MOM PASSED AWAY TO CARRY ON THIS HISTORIC HOUSTON TRADITION. IN 2011, I ESTABLISHED ZEPPELIN COFFEE AS A LOCAL ARTISANAL COFFEE ROASTERY WITH A MISSION TO CRAFT SPECIALTY COFFEE IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE WAY. WE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH MANY OF THE AMAZING FARMERS WHO GROW THE COFFEES WE PRODUCED, UH, THAT WE ROAST DAILY. THIS ENSURES THAT THE FARMERS ARE FAIRLY COMPENSATED AND THE QUALITY OF OUR COFFEE IS SECOND TO NONE. IN 2020, I FOUNDED ANOTHER HOUSTON BASED STARTUP CALLED POD, WHICH STANDS FOR POLLUTION. OFFSET DYNAMICS POD IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ZEPPELIN COFFEE IN THE ORIGINAL KOLACHE SHOP TO ELIMINATE SINGLE USE PACKAGING WASTE FROM OUR BUSINESS TO BUSINESS COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS. WE ALSO SET OUT TO ELIMINATE TAILPIPE EMISSIONS FROM THE PRODUCTS WE DELIVER TO OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS. WITH OUR FLEET OF FULLY ELECTRIC DELIVERY VEHICLES IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE OVER 5,000 SINGLE USE PACKAGES FROM ENTERING HOUSTON LANDFILLS AND OFFSET OVER 100,000 POUNDS OF CO2. FROM ENTERING OUR ATMOSPHERE WHERE YOU'RE ON TRACK TO DOUBLE THESE NUMBERS THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE THAT BUSINESSES CAN BE MORE THAN SIMPLY A FINANCIAL ENTERPRISE. THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE A VEHICLE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE AND GROWTH IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS BECAUSE OF THESE ALIGNED VALUES OF COMMUNITY INNOVATION AND QUALITY. WE ARE EXCITED TO WORK WITH CHRIS PAPPA AND THE EXCEPTIONAL TEAM AT THE PAPPA GROUP TO BRING THESE ADDITIONS TO HOBBY AIRPORT'S, FIVE STAR EXPERIENCE LOCAL BUSINESSES, WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR TEAM MEMBERS. OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS A PROFOUND IMPACT IN SHAPING OUR CITY'S FUTURE. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE VOTE NOTE TO AGENDA ITEM 30, AWARDING HOBBY, FOOD AND BEVERAGE PACKAGE ONE. ARIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GALAGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THANK, THANK YOU KEVIN FOR, FOR BEING HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PROUD BUSINESS OWNER IN DISTRICT. I, I BELIEVE YOU'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 1956. 19. UH, SO TALKING ABOUT LOCALLY GROWN AND, AND, AND, AND, AND SUPPORTING, UH, THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH, I'M SORRY. COUNCILMAN KAMAN. SORRY MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY KEVIN, 'CAUSE WE OFTEN, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE SUPPORTING OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE SUSTAINABILITY ASPECT OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE STEPPING UP TO DO. UH, WE'RE HEARING IT MORE AND MORE FROM HOUSTON BUSINESSES, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU AND FOR TALKING ABOUT IT HERE AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, MARY RAMOS. MARY RAMOS IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY CARLOS BURNELL. MARY, GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU. MOST OF YOU HERE ALL KNOW ME. UH, I BELIEVE IN DIVERSITY AND I REALLY FEEL THE ARIES PRODUCT BRINGS DIVERSITY TO THIS CITY. IF YOU'LL REALIZE SOME OF THE PARTNERS, UH, THERE IS NO BLACK OR BROWN PARTNERS AND THE OTHER ONES, BUT ARIES DOES. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO OUT TO DALLAS TO GET A PERSON OF COLOR TO BE A PARTNER. THAT'S ONE DIVERSITY'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. THOSE [01:05:01] OF YOU WHO HAVE KNOWN HOW MANY YEARS I'VE WORKED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN FAIRNESS AND REPRESENT, UM, CITY COUNCILMAN MARTIN BROUGHT UP A SUBJECT THAT REALLY HIT ME HARD WHEN HE SAID, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO EXCEPT 50 MILLION FOR THE CITY, OR 25 MILLION? YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD BE EASY FOR YOU. THAT'S YOUR JOB TO PROTECT THE CITY. IF YOU RIGHT NOW LISTEN TO THE BULLIES THAT ARE GOING OUT THERE AND GIVE THIS BID TO SOMEONE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT. THEY'RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. THEY HELP SO MANY PEOPLE. YES. THEY'VE EDUCATED ALL THESE PEOPLE. THIS IS THE FIRST THING THAT WENT THROUGH MY HEAD WHEN MARTIN WAS TALKING, YOU KNOW? YEAH. THEY'VE SENT THEM THROUGH COLLEGE AND HELPED THEM AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT'S ON THAT OTHER $25 MILLION THAT'S COMING FROM THE CITY. YEAH, THEY CAN AFFORD TO DO THAT WITH YOUR MONEY. OUR MONEY, THE TAX MONEY WE PAID TO YOU. IF ANY OF Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO US BY THE UNION, READ THE LAST TWO PARAGRAPHS. READ WHAT IT SAYS THERE. THESE BIDS ARE NOT CHEAP. THEY COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO PUT TOGETHER. AND IF IT GETS OUT THERE IN ALL THE MAJOR CITIES AROUND THAT, HOUSTON CHARGES THESE BIG FEES TO PUT OUT AN RFP OR ANSWER AN RFP OR PUT OUT A BID. AND YET IT MEANS NOTHING WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CITY COUNCIL THAT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA BRING MORE MONEY TO THE CITY. WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT IS KEEPING FRIENDS. THAT IS NOT GOOD. READ THE LAST TWO PARAGRAPHS OF THAT LETTER AND READ WHAT IT SAYS. I'M GONNA TRY, I HOPE I HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO FINISH THE SECOND PARAGRAPH. AS THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU ARE THE VOICES AND THE VOTES OF THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON. IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS WITH ANY PART OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, IT MAKES SENSE TO ENGAGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO, TO DO THE WORK, TO IMPROVE IT GOING FORWARD. BUT TO CHANGE THE PROCESS OR THE OUTCOME UNDER DURESS FROM A PUBLIC CAMPAIGN, THREATENS THE DESTABILIZATION OF HOW OUR CITY SHOULD AND DOES FUNCTION. READ THAT AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. I'M ASKING YOU HERE RIGHT NOW TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE CITY AND PUT ASIDE THESE FRIENDSHIPS AND PUT ASIDE THESE FREE LUNCHES. AND, AND BY THE WAY, I'VE GONE TO PAPA'S FOR MANY YEARS, BUT THE LAST YEAR THEIR FOOD HAS REALLY GONE DOWN. I REFUSE TO GO THERE ANYMORE. THEIR, THEIR BURGER AND A FRY IS $20, AND YET THEY, THE LAST ONE I HAD TO THROW AWAY. SO, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M SORRY. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN, MAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. HI, MS. RAMOS. HOW YOU DOING? HI. GREAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF CORRECT YOU ON ONE LITTLE POINT. I, I SEE YOU'VE MADE SOME GREAT POINTS TODAY AND I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, BUT THE MONEY THAT'S GENERATED FROM THIS CONTRACT IS REVENUE, UH, CREATED NOT BY TAXPAYERS, BUT BY VISITORS. I KNOW THAT TO THE AIRPORT, THE MONEY THAT'S IS GOING TO GIVE DOESN'T COME TO THE CITY GENERAL FUND. IT GOES TO THE AIRPORT AND CAN ONLY BE USED BY THE AIRPORT. MM-HMM . FOR THE AIRPORT'S BUSINESS. MM-HMM . SO I JUST WANTED TO BE, MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD. THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN REVENUE THAT WE USE FOR, FOR THE SERVICE OF OUR TAXPAYERS AND INCOME GENERATED BY THE AIRPORT, WHICH CAN ONLY BE USED BY THE AIRPORT FOR AIRPORT PURPOSES. SO, DO YOU CARE ABOUT HELPING THE AIRPORT? I, I, I DO CARE ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE. AND WHAT I, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS THE BEST VALUE FOR THE TRAVELING PUBLIC THROUGH HOBBY AND THROUGH INTERCONTINENTAL. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, JUST ACQUIRED A FIVE STAR RATING. THE ONLY TWO FIVE STAR, UH, AIRPORTS IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED OR IN, IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD, ACTUALLY, I THINK THERE'S ONLY FIVE TOTAL IN THE WHOLE WORLD. TWO OF THEM ARE LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN HOUSTON. MM-HMM . AND, UM, THEY'RE, I THOUGHT THAT'S ONE ON, I THOUGHT THEY WERE BOTH. THERE'S ONE THAT'S, THAT'S ONE FIVE STAR ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT THERE BY 16 GLOBALLY. OKAY. WHATEVER STAND CORRECTED ON THAT. THE POINT IS, IT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL TO HAVE A FIVE STAR HO, UH, FIVE STAR AIRPORTS IN HOUSTON. AND, UM, WE GOT THAT WAY FROM A LOT OF HARD WORK. AMONG THAT HARD WORK WAS THE QUALITY OF THE FOOD, THE SERVICE THAT'S BEING PROVIDED, ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO YES, MONEY'S IMPORTANT TO ME, BUT MORE IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE QUALITY AND THE BEST VALUE FOR THE TRAVELING PUBLIC IN HOUSTON. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR COMING AND YOU'VE MADE SOME GOOD POINTS. THANK YOU. LEMME JUST SAY ONE THING. IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE, [01:10:01] I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE A FIVE STAR AT HOBBY AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT MM-HMM . BUT IF IT, BECAUSE OF THE FOOD HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT MM-HMM . BUT ON THE, THE FOOD NOW AT PAPPAS IS NOT WHAT IT WAS A YEAR AGO. WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S A PERSONAL OPINION. SO HOW, HOW ABOUT IF WE LOSE THAT FIVE STAR? IT'S NOT JUST THE PAPPAS FOOD THAT GOT US THE FIVE STAR, BUT IF YOU LEAVE THEM THERE, IT'S GOING TO WELL, I, I DOUBT THAT'S SERIOUSLY. ONE, ONE SECOND. UM, MS. RAMS. MS. RAMS, ONE SECOND. I'M SORRY. AND LET, AND LEMME JUST SAY ON THE, ON THAT FIVE STAR ANALYSIS, THERE ARE ABOUT 700 FACTORS THAT ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. THE JANITORIAL SERVICE, FOR EXAMPLE, OF THE WHOLE AIRPORT. SO THERE ABOUT 700 ELEMENTS. LET'S NOT GET CAUGHT UP ON JUST ONE. COUNCILMAN MCCAIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND MARY, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I RESPECT AND APPRECIATE YOUR OPINION AND AS SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY, AND AGAIN, AS COUNCILOR KNOX SAID, A LOT OF THE POINTS YOU MAKE, I REALLY APPRECIATE. UM, I, I DO, YOU DID SAY ONE THING THAT I WANNA CLARIFY TO MY KNOWLEDGE, CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO FREE MEALS FOR ANYONE. UH, AND ON TOP OF THAT, I'D, I'D ASK THAT I, I'D ASK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE REFRAIN FROM BA THERE'S GREAT FOOD ON BOTH SIDES. PAPPAS HAS LIKE ONE OF THE BEST CHOCOLATE SHAKES IN THE CITY, IF THAT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT LOVE IT. SO I KNOW THIS IS GETTING, UM, THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE FOR THIS AND THERE'S A LOT OF PASSION. BUT I'D, I'D ASK THAT WE REFRAIN FROM BASHING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE INDIVIDUAL FOOD FOR ALL THIS. BUT OF COURSE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO YOUR OPINION. I JUST GOTTA ABSOLUTELY. I GOTTA SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK HARD. THANKS A LOT. THANK NEXT SPEAKER. CARLOS AL. CARLOS AL IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY RED REVEREND RUDY RASMUS. MR. MAYOR, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. UH, MY NAME IS CARL BRUNELL. I AM THE CEO OF RIS, USA, UH, IN SPITE OF WHAT'S BEING SHARED, OUR, OUR CORPORATE OFFICES ARE HERE IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. UH, UNLESS YOU CONSIDER THAT A FOREIGN COUNTRY, UM, THAT'S WHERE'RE BASE, US BASED COMPANY. YES, OUR GLOBAL OFFICES ARE IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. BUT WHAT I WILL ALSO SHARE WITH YOU, NOT TOO LONG AGO, THIS VERY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SSP AMERICA CONTRACT AT GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT. GUESS WHERE THEIR OFFICES ARE AT? LONDON, ENGLAND. PARITIES LAG AIR. THEIR CONTRACT WAS ALSO APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL HERE NOT TOO LONG AGO. GUESS WHERE THEIR GLOBAL OFFICES ARE? PARIS, FRANCE, HMS HOSTS, MILAN, ITALY, HUDSON NEWS, SOMEWHERE IN SWITZERLAND. I DON'T KNOW WHICH TOWN. SO WE ARE A US BASED COMPANY, 3,500 EMPLOYEES, ALL BASED HERE IN THE US AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING HERE. WE'RE NOT A FOREIGN COMPANY. IT'S INVADING HOUSTON. THAT'S NOT THE STORY THAT YOU SHOULD BE HEARING. AND IT'S INCORRECT. UH, THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, I KNOW HARRY SPOKE ABOUT THAT. I HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT WE DO FOR A LIVING HERE IN THE US IS WE BID ON AIRPORT RFPS, AND I WILL COMMEND THE STAFF. THEY WERE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONALS, HIGH INTEGRITY FROM STEP ONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND, UH, YOU DON'T SEE THAT EVERYWHERE. AND YOUR STAFF DID THAT REVENUE THAT WAS ADDRESSED. UH, WE WERE ASKED FOR BEST AND FINAL. WHEN YOU'RE ASKED FOR BEST AND FINAL, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DO. YOU GIVE BEST AND FINAL. AND WE BID ON THREE RFPS HERE IN THE CITY. FIVE DIFFERENT, UH, PROPOSALS. WE LOST FOUR. WE WERE SELECTED ON THIS ONE. EACH AND EVERY TIME WE WERE ASKED FOR BEST AND FINAL, EACH AND EVERY TIME WE GET BEST, BEST AND FINAL. AND EACH AND EVERY TIME WE'VE SHOWED UP FOR THE ORAL PRESENTATION, REVENUE PROJECTION, I THINK THAT WAS ADDRESSED. UM, WE GAVE OUR FOOD AND BEVERAGE IS 21% FOR FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. OUR RENTAL PERCENTAGE FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IS 23%. DOESN'T SOUND THAT THAT, UM, THAT OUR COMPETITOR BID THAT HIGH. AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEIR NUMBERS WERE UNTIL THE, UNTIL TODAY, EMPLOYEES, YOU HAVE OUR COMMITMENT, MY PERSONAL COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL HIRE EACH AND EVERY EMPLOYEE AT HOBBY THAT WANTS TO COME WORK FOR US. THEY WILL NOT BE MAKING A PENNY LESS, IN MOST CASES, PROBABLY MORE. THEY WILL HAVE HEALTH BENEFITS, VACATION, HOLIDAY PAY, SICK PAY 401K MATCHING, AND WE WILL RESPECT THEIR SENIORITY. SO IF THEY'VE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS, 15 YEARS, 20 YEARS, AND THEY COME WORK FOR US, THAT WILL BE THE SENIORITY THAT THEY HAVE DAY ONE LABOR UNIONS. THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE RFP PROCESS AT ALL. IN SOME CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE IS LA A LABOR PEACE REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THE UNIONS. THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE REQUIREMENT HERE. BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, IF THE EMPLOYEES DECIDE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE [01:15:01] UNIONIZED, WE WILL NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN KBA. CARLOS, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE ME IN, IN THE MEETING WITH ME, MY BROTHER. AND, AND I REALLY ENJOYED VISITING. OH, WE ENJOYED MEETING YOU WITH YOU AND RICK. IT WAS, IT WAS A, IT WAS REALLY PLEASANT. UM, HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO RENEGOTIATE THE PERCENTAGE THAT YOU, UH, INITIALLY, UH, HAD PROPO HAD HAD PUT IN YOUR PROPOSAL? HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO NE RENEGOTIATE IT BECAUSE IT WAS TOO HIGH AND YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT? NOPE. NEVER HAD TO DO THAT. NOPE. WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WERE COMPANIES THAT WERE DOING THAT PROBABLY BECAUSE OF COVID. YEAH. YOU KNOW, BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT DURING COVID EITHER. WE, WE DID NOT. THE AIRPORTS WERE MANY AIRPORTS THAT GAVE CONCESSIONS DURING THAT PERIOD TO KEEP, UH, THE, THE LIGHTS ON, SO TO SPEAK. WE DIDN'T GO TO THE AIRPORT AND ASK FOR REDUCED RENT. WE DIDN'T GO TO THE AIRPORT TO ASK FOR MAG WAIVER. NOW, DID THE AIRPORT GIVE IT TO US? OF COURSE THEY DID. BUT WE HAVE NOT COME BACK AND RENEGOTIATED ANY DEAL OF ANY CONTRACT THAT WE'VE DONE. SO THEY JUST DID IT ON THEIR OWN. YES. OKAY. AND, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY AND AND CLEARING MAY MAYBE SOME OF THESE THINGS UP. COUNCILMAN KNOX. THANK YOU MAYOR. MR. BURNELL, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR COMING BY MY OFFICE, SIR, I APPRECIATE OUR VISIT. UM, LEARNED A LOT AND ALL THAT. AND I PROMISED THAT I WOULD ASK YOU A QUESTION, . YES, YOU DID. SO I'M GONNA ASK THAT QUESTION. WHAT VALUE, WHAT GREATER VALUE ARE YOUR, IS YOUR ORGANIZATION GONNA BRING OTHER THAN, UH, ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE WITH OUR CURRENT VENDORS? WELL, UM, WE OPERATE IN 89 AIRPORTS AROUND THE WORLD. 1900 RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL STORES AROUND THE WORLD. WE'RE NINE AIRPORTS HERE IN THE US, MIAMI, ORLANDO, ATLANTA, NEWARK, DETROIT, INDIANAPOLIS, MINNEAPOLIS, LOS ANGELES. SO WE KNOW WHAT VALUE IS IN AN AIRPORT AND WHAT VALUE IS IN AN AIRPORT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN OUR COMPETITOR HERE. IT'S LOCAL, IT'S REGIONAL, AND ITS NATIONAL BRANDS. SO WE'RE NOT ABOUT ALIENATING ANY OF THE CONSUMERS, WHICH IN TURNS ALLOWS US TO SUBMIT THE RENTS THAT WE OFFERED. 'CAUSE IT APPEASES EVERYONE THAT WOULD BE TRAVELING TO THE AIRPORT. THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY. THE TRAVELERS AT HOBBY ARE NOT JUST FROM HOUSTON. IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL CITY, AS IS THE TRAVELERS GOING THROUGH, UH, INTERCONTINENTAL AS WELL. SO THAT'S OUR VALUE PROPOSITION. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. APPRECIATE IT. COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. HELLO. NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. HI, NICE TO SEE YOU. UM, I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT I, I COULDN'T EXACTLY REMEMBER. SO IN YOUR PACKET, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LIST OF PROPOSED BRANDS LIKE THE SPOT CANE'S, PAYWAY, STARBUCKS, THINGS LIKE THAT. YEP. AND THEN THERE IS A LIST OF ALTERNATIVE BRANDS. AND SO WHEN WOULD, UM, THE ALTERNATIVE BRANDS REPLACE A PROPOSED BRAND OR, UH, HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS? WELL, AS I SAID, WE, WE'VE BID ON THIS, UH, FIVE TIMES. UH, WE LOST FOUR TIMES, UH, BEFORE I ENTERED WHEN WE NEVER CAME TO COUNCIL LAST FOR ANY FAVORS OR COMPROMISE A PROCESS IN ANY WHATSO WHATSOEVER. SO IN THIS LAST BID, WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO IS PROVIDE YOU WITH OUR FIRST CHOICE OF BRANDS, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID. AND THEN WE LIST A NUMBER OF ALTERNATES. SO IF AIRPORT STAFF SAID, HEY, WE LIKE THIS ONE, BUT WE'D RATHER CHANGE SOMETHING OUT, THAT'S THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE, UM, AIRPORT STAFF IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO THAT WAS OUR STRATEGY IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING THE FIRST TIER AND SECOND TIER OF BRANDS. AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE BRANDS, UM, LIKE STARBUCKS FOR EXAMPLE, HAS A HIGHER LICENSING FEE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER BRANDS. CORRECT. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN LICENSING FEES FOR THESE? YOU KNOW, LICENSING FEE COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 4%, UH, 6%. SO IT JUST VARIES, UH, BY BRAND AND, AND SERVICE STYLE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND SO, UM, AND SO THERE COULD BE A LIST OF BRANDS THAT MAKE IT INTO THE AIRPORT THAT HAVE HIGHER LICENSING FEES THAN OTHERS? YEAH, IT'S POSSIBLE. WE THINK, UH, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IN, IN THE, THE CUSTOMER PROFILE DICTATES A CERTAIN BRAND BEING IN THE AIRPORT, THEN THE FEE IS WHAT THE FEE IS. AND, UH, YEAH. AND MOSTLY THE NATIONAL BRANDS ARE THE ONE THAT'LL HAVE A VERY STRINGENT, THIS IS WHAT WE DO, UH, A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL BRANDS. AND WAS THE LICENSING FEE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS? YEAH, OF COURSE. I MEAN, WHEN WE DEVELOP A, A REVENUE PROJECTION, ALL OUR COSTS AND LABOR AND LICENSING FEES ARE PART OF THAT, WE END UP WITH A, A BOTTOM LINE NUMBER AND WE END UP WITH, UH, WHATEVER RETURN ON INVESTMENT NUMBER WOULD BE. UM, LIKE I SAID, WE DO THIS EVERY DAY. WE DO IT FOR A LIVING. UH, WE'RE NINE OTHER AIRPORTS, BUNCH OF AIRPORTS. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN DOING THIS ON A, ON A GLOBAL AND NATIONAL BASIS. MAYOR, YES, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MR. BERNARD. UM, AND I'LL ASK THE SAME QUESTION OF, UH, OF FOUR FAMILIES AS WELL WHEN WE HAVE CHRISTINA AND CHRIS PAPPAS COME IN FRONT OF US. BUT IN MY ANALYSIS THAT I DID LAST WEEK, WAS THERE ANY ERRORS IN IT, [01:20:01] TO YOUR RECOLLECTION OF THE BID PROCESS? NO, NO. IT'S A, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE, THE PROCESS ITSELF OR, OR THE, THE MATH? UH, IN THE MATH, NO, I THINK THE, I THINK THE MATH AS, AS WE UNDERSTOOD, UH, WE ALL HAD DIFFERENT REVENUE NUMBERS AND THAT JUST, WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES. AND, UH, WE HAVE, WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT REVENUE NUMBERS, BUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS STAFF NOT TO EXTEND. NOW GRANTED, STAFF CAME UP WITH A BASELINE REVENUE NUMBER, WHICH I THINK YOU MENTIONED, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN MARTIN AND, AND OUR PERCENTAGE, AND THE ULTIMATE RENT NUMBER WAS BASED IN, IN THE, AND THE SCORING WAS BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS. UH, SO IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH HOW AIRPORTS DO THAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 'CAUSE THEY TAKE, THEY TRY TO TAKE A LATE, THE GAINS MANSHIP OUT OF THE, THE WHOLE REVENUE PROCESS, WHO'S LOW, WHO'S HIGH. SO THEY JUST STABILIZE IT ACROSS FOR ALL THE BIDDERS. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER TO COUNCIL MEMBER ASH'S QUESTIONS ON, HAVE YOU EVER SORT OF DEFAULTED ON YOUR PERCENTAGE? BECAUSE I CONTACTED THE, A COUPLE OF FIRMS THAT LOST THE BID THAT WEREN'T IN THE FINAL TWO. AND THEIR COMEBACK TO ME WAS, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ANALYSIS, A LOT OF 'EM WERE IN THE 15, 16, 17% OF REVENUE TARGET. AND YOU ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE AT 22.2. SO I LEAVE HERE IN 10 MONTHS FROM NOW ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AROUND HERE, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE YOUR COMMITMENT TO ABIDE BY THAT 22.2% IS STRONG AND WILL NOT WAVER AS WE GO, AS I DISAPPEAR. AND ANOTHER COUNCIL BODY COMES IN AND, AND MAKES SURE THAT WE ENFORCE THIS BECAUSE EVERYONE I TALKED TO SAID THAT IS AN UNBELIEVABLY AGGRESSIVE BID. AND SOME OF THEM EVEN SAID THEY'RE REALLY NOT GONNA MAKE A LOT OF MONEY ON IT. BUT I DOUBT THAT I THINK YOU'RE A SMART BUSINESSMAN AND KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT IS THAT COMMITMENT THERE IN ANY OF THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT YOU SIGN? WELL, I'LL GO ON RECORD AND SAY YES. WE'RE NOT GONNA COME BACK TO HAASS AND SAY, OH, WE'RE JUST KIDDING. UH, WE DIDN'T REALLY MEAN THAT NUMBER. UH, WE HAVE NEVER GONE BACK TO RENEGOTIATED A DEAL. UH, AND WE DON'T HAVE NO INTENTIONS TO DO IT. MATTER OF FACT, I THINK LATRELL MIGHT HAVE HAD A 25% RENT NUMBER IN FOR THEIR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SEEN ONE OF THE, UH, EARLIER, UH, RFPS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY RELEASED AND MADE PUBLIC. BUT, UH, NO, WE'LL STAND BY A NUMBER AND WE'RE NOT COMING BACK TO, TO CHANGE ANY OF IT. THANK YOU. UM, THANKS MAYOR PRO TIM, CAST TABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UM, I WANNA PIGGYBACK ON, UH, UH, MAYOR PRO TIMM MARTIN'S QUESTION, IS THERE A PART OF THE, UM, RFP OR YOUR, OR YOUR PROPOSAL WHERE THERE IS A FINANCIAL BOND IF THERE IS NOT A, IF YOU DO NOT MEET THOSE NUMBERS, THAT THAT THE CITY WOULD BE PROTECTED BY A BOND? YES. YES. CAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT, HOW THAT WILL WORK? WELL, I, I TRYING TO GO FROM MEMORY HERE. I THINK IT MAY BE A $3.6 MILLION BOND THAT WE HAD TO PUT, UH, IN PLACE OR WILL BE PUTTING IN PLACE. SO YEAH, THAT PROTECTS THE CITY. UH, I THINK IT'S SIX MONTHS WORTH OF RENT, APPROXIMATELY MORE, MORE OR LESS. SO THERE'S PROTECTION THAT THE CITY HAS. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCILMAN MAG GALLICO. THANK, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU MR. BERNARD. UH, ENJOYED OUR VISIT THIS MORNING. I DID AS WELL. THANK YOU. UH, MAYOR PRAM STATED THAT THE ENTERPRISE FUND WILL BE GETTING MAYBE 50 TO $55 MILLION PER YEAR. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT HE STATED. OVER 20 YEARS. OVER 20 YEARS IN 20 YEARS. OKAY. 10 YEAR PLUS ANOTHER A 10 PLUS A FIVE PLUS A FIVE. SO IT'S COULD BE 20. THAT'S A, THAT'S A DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE BIDS, RIGHT? IS THAT YEAH, WE, WE ARE PROPOSING, I THINK IT'S A HUNDRED MILLION OR 104 MILLION OVER THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT THAT THE CITY WILL RECEIVING AND RENT FROM US. AND, AND, AND I BELIEVE YOUR PROPOSAL WAS, UH, Y'ALL'S REVENUE WOULD BE 460 MILLION PER YEAR. THE REVENUE THROUGH THE TERM 470,000,471 MILLION. YEAH. OKAY. AND, AND, AND AGAIN, UH, IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DON'T MEET THAT AMOUNT, THEN WHAT HAPPENS? WELL, THE, IF, IF THE REVENUE'S BELOW THE FOUR 70, UH, THEN IT'S ALL BASED ON A PERCENTAGE. WE HAVE 20, AS I SAID, 21% FOR FOOD, BEVERAGE AND NON-ALCOHOLIC, AND 23% FOR, UM, FOR ALCOHOL. SO IT'S A VARIABLE RENT, BASICALLY. MM-HMM . SO WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE IN THE CITY IS YOU WANT TO HAVE THE HIGHEST RENT, YOU WANNA HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE RENT. SO THE CITY GETS THE MOST VALUE. AND I KNOW WE'VE USED THE WORD VALUE A LOT, THE MOST VALUE IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC VALUE BACK TO THE CITY BY HAVING THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE RENT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE OFFERED. AND, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I MEAN, IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE NUMBERS, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE RESTAURANTS THAT YOU'RE REPRESENTING, UH, REGARDING THE PRICES OF THE MEALS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, WOULD BE UP THERE AS WELL IN ORDER TO TRY TO MEET THAT REVENUE. NO, I, I THINK THAT THE CITY IS PART OF THE PROPOSAL PROCESSES, UH, 15% STREET. UM, UM, SO IF SOMETHING COSTS STREET DOLLARS IN THE STREET, SAME ITEM, [01:25:01] WE COULD CHARGE 15% MORE. SO THERE'S A CAP ON WHAT WE COULD, WE COULD RAISE PRICES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. COUNCILMAN KASH. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. BURN. I, I KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN WE, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE, UH, THE FACT THAT THE, THE AIRPORT SYSTEM HIRED SOMEONE TO GIVE US A, A GOOD ESTIMATE ON WHAT YOU WOULD BRING IN, IN REVENUE AND WHAT FOUR FAMILIES WOULD BRING IN, IN REVENUE, BUT THEY'RE STILL JUST ESTIMATES. I'M SORRY, WHAT'S ALL, THEY'RE STILL JUST ESTIMATES OF, OF WHAT YOU COULD MAKE SURE. SO YOU'RE GONNA GIVE US 22% OF, OF SOMETHING THAT YOU BRING IN. CORRECT. BUT IF YOU DON'T BRING IN, IF YOU, IF YOUR REVENUE ISN'T AS GREAT AS, AS FOUR FAMILIES, WE, WE YOU THAT YOU, WE MIGHT NOT GET AS MUCH AS WHAT'S BEEN PROJECTED, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. SO, SO YOU WILL GET, YOU WILL GET, WELL, YOU'LL GET MORE THAN WHAT YOU'RE GETTING WITH FOUR FAMILIES. OKAY. PERCENTAGE WISE, FOR SURE. YEAH. YES. YEAH. SO IN TOTAL DOLLARS, NOT JUST PERCENTAGE, BUT IN TOTAL OF DOLLARS, IF WE WERE TO USE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT FOR FAMILIES, 'CAUSE WE NEVER SEEN THEIR NUMBERS, BUT IF WE USE THEIR NUMBERS IN TERMS OF TOTAL REVENUE, YOU'RE GONNA GET MORE MONEY IN OUR CONTRACT THAN YOU WILL WITH THEIRS. MOTION TO EXTEND. SECOND. ANY OBJECTION, CHAIR? NONE. GRANTED, UH, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, THAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU, YOU, YOU SAID YOU BID THIS THING FIVE TIMES. THE, THE FIRST, THE FIRST ROUND IN 2019. YOU, WERE YOU IN THAT BIDDING PACKAGE? YES. OKAY. WERE YOU ONE OF THE FINAL TWO? YES. OKAY. AND, AND THEN IN THE, THE SECOND ROUND, WHICH WAS IN 2022. YES. NOW IN 2020, IN 2019, I BELIEVE THEY CANCELED THAT BECAUSE OF COR CORRECT. THE COVID CAME IN. YES. AND THEN 2022, UH, THEY, THEY DISALLOWED THAT ONE. WAS YOU IN THE FINAL TWO ON THOSE? NO. 2022 WASN'T DISALLOWED. UH, YES, WE MADE THE FINALS, UH, UNPACKAGED BOTH FIRST RFP AND SECOND RFP. WE MADE THE FINALS ON, ON PACKAGED TWO. AND, BUT IT, BUT IT SAID THAT, THAT, THAT THE, THE, THE, UH, UH, AIRPORT DIRECTOR CANCELED IT BECAUSE IT WAS, UH, TOO CLOSE TO CALL. NO, THAT WAS, UH, PACKAGE, UH, PACKAGE ONE, NOT PACKAGE TWO. OKAY. AND THEN, THEN THERE WAS, UM, THIS LAST PACKAGE, CORRECT. YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMED TO ME, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF BIDDING. AND WE FINALLY GET TO THIS POINT AND THE CURRENT VENDOR'S BEEN MONTH TO MONTH BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE PUBLIC KNEW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF BIDDING THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE PRIOR TO THIS FINAL, UH, FINAL. THE CURRENT VENDOR'S NOT SUFFERING FROM BEING THERE MONTH TO MONTH. THEY'RE GENERATING REVENUE AND PROFITS, UH, THE LONGEST, UH, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY'RE THERE. SO IT'S, UH, THEY'RE STILL MAKING MONEY THERE. THANK YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NEXT SPEAKER, REVEREND RUDY RASMUS. REVEREND RASMUS IS HERE. BE FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA PAPPAS. LONG TIME, NO SEE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE. I'M PASTOR RUDY RASMUS, CO-FOUNDER OF BREAD OF LIFE AND TIMINOS HOUSING CORP, WHICH PROVIDES RESOURCES AND HOUSING TO VULNERABLE, VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN HOUSTON. ALSO THE OWNER OF THROUGH GOOD COFFEE, ONE OF THE VENDORS PARTICIPATING ON THE AREA'S PROPOSAL FOR HOBBY AIRPORT. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE A QUESTION WAS RAISED AS TO WHY MY SHOP IS CURRENTLY CLOSED THROUGH GOOD COFFEE WAS A THRIVING COFFEE SHOP IN THE HIKES NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN THE PANDEMIC CHANGED LIFE FOR US AND SCORES OF OTHER FOOD AND BEVERAGE BUSINESSES. MANY RESTAURANT GROUPS HAVE PERMANENTLY CLOSED RESTAURANTS IN OUR CITY NEVER TO RETURN. WE RECEIVED AN OFFER TO PURCHASE OUR LOCATION, THE LAND, JUST THE LAND, NOT THE BUSINESS OPERATION, WHICH IS INSTILLED IN GOOD STANDING WITH SECRETARY OF STATE. THIS LAND SALE HAS BEEN A BENEFICIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MY FAMILY AND HAS ENABLED US TO SURVIVE THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC. AS FOR THROUGH GOOD COFFEE, THE GOAL HAS NEVER BEEN TO GO AWAY PERMANENTLY, BUT HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO COME BACK BETTER THAN EVER. WE HAVE, UH, SINCE ACQUIRED LAND NEAR WASHINGTON AVENUE AT SHEPHERD DRIVE, UH, WITH PLANS OF REBUILDING OUR COFFEE SHOP THERE. AND WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS IN THE AREA AS WELL. ALSO, THE OPPORTUNITY WITH AREAS IN THE HOBBY AIRPORT PROPOSAL WILL ALLOW US TO PRESENT OUR PRODUCT TO A MUCH WIDER AUDIENCE THAN EVER BEFORE. THE AREA'S PROPOSAL IS MUCH MORE THAN A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FOR US. IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THE LESS FORTUNATE, THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH AREAS AND LOCAL NONPROFIT CHARITIES THAT INCLUDE THE BREAD OF LIFE. UH, 1913 FOUNDATION, FOUNDED BY CHEF CHRIS WILLIAMS IN THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL PROSTART [01:30:01] CULINARY PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OPPORTUNITY. COUNCILMAN MCCAIN? I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT REMAIN IN DISTRICT C. UH, WE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THROUGH GOOD. THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY DO. I KNOW WE USED TO BE OUT THERE A LOT, UH, BEFORE IT CLOSED DOWN. SO IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, AIRPORT CONSIDERATION, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. THANK, THANK YOU. 'CAUSE WE LOVE YOU IN OUR DISTRICT. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, PASTOR. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, NEXT SPEAKER. CHRISTINA PAPPAS. YES, SHE'S HERE. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA PAPPAS. WHEN WE SAY PAPPAS IS A FAMILY COMPANY, WE DON'T JUST MEAN FIGURATIVELY. CHRIS IS MY UNCLE CHRIS AND HARRIS IS MY FATHER. MY TENURE AT PAPPAS DIFFERS SLIGHTLY FROM THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE ME. I STARTED A BIT YOUNGER AT SEVEN. I WAS ROLLING SILVER IN THE KITCHENS AT 15, I WAS HOSTESSING AND I LEARNED TO WAIT TABLES IN MY TWENTIES AT PAPA DO THEN OFF TO THE WORKING WORLD WHERE I WORKED IN POLITICS IN AUSTIN AND DC. HONESTLY, FEEDING PEOPLE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN THAN POLITICS , BUT YET I STAND IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. WHY ARE WE HERE? WE'RE QUESTIONING THE PROCESS. I AGREE WITH MANY OF THE FORMER SPEAKERS. WE ARE QUESTIONING THE PROCESS. EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THREE ROUNDS OF BIDDING, TWO CANCELLATIONS DOESN'T DESERVE SOME QUESTIONS AND TRANSPARENCY. I WANT TO SEE THAT. WE SHOULD ALL WANT TO SEE THAT IT'S TOO CLOSE TO CALL IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE GOT FOR THE SECOND BID. WELL, IF IT'S TOO CLOSE TO CALL, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THIRD ROUND WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO CALL AS WELL. ANOTHER QUESTION IS, IS OUR BID MILLIONS LESS TO THE CITY THAN THE WINNINGS GROUP? WE DO NOT THINK SO. I WORK IN MARKETING, SO LET'S TALK MARKETING. OUR GUESTS ARE NOT JUST DINING WITH US, THEY'RE ENJOYING AN EXPERIENCE. THAT'S AN APPETIZER. IT'S A DESSERT. IT'S ONE EXTRA COCKTAIL. THAT MEANS A HIGHER TICKET AVERAGE. CHECK OUT THE AVERAGE UNIT VOLUMES FOR SOME OF AREAS AS BRANDS. YARD HOUSE IS A 6.5 AVERAGE PAPPAS BURGER 9.5, LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE 3.8. HOBBY PAPAO DOES $12 MILLION. THAT'S FOUR TIMES OVER IN A PRETTY SMALL SPACE IF YOU'VE EVER EATEN THERE. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME NUMBERS LIKE WE'VE BEEN MENTIONING A LITTLE BIT TODAY. IN 2010 TO 2019, WE OUTPERFORMED SALES BY $160 MILLION RESULTING IN 25 MILLION ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE ENTERPRISE FUND. IF THEY DON'T PERFORM AS WELL AS US, IT COULD MEAN LESS MONEY FOR THIS, FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUND, DID WE LOWER OUR RENT BETWEEN THE BID AND THE BEST AND FINAL? SIMPLY NO. OUR ROUND THREE OFFER AND THE BEST AND FINAL WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS OUR BID. ARE WE OFFERING TO PAY LESS THAN WE ARE CURRENTLY PAYING? NO. AGAIN, THE BLENDED RATE IS EQUIVALENT TO WHAT WE ARE PAYING TODAY. THE STRUCTURE IS DIFFERENT. THAT IS SET BY THE CITY. THE BLENDED RATE IS THE SAME. WE ARE TRUE HOUSTONIANS WHO WANT THE BEST FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR CITY. WE HELP FUND DORMS AT TSU, WE GIVE SCHOLARSHIPS. WE BUILD NONPROFIT KITCHENS. WE DONATE MILLIONS TO CHARITY LIKE HEART, MD, ANDERSON, TARGET, HUNGER, THE FOOD BANK, AND MANY, MANY MORE. WE ARE THE FIRST JOB FOR MANY HOUSTONIANS. WE PROUDLY HAVE WATCHED OUR PARTNERS, THE LATRELL, GO FROM BEING ONE OF OUR SUB A-C-D-B-E PARTNERS TO BEING A PREMIER LOCAL PRIME CONCESSIONAIRE. WE HAVE SUPPORTED COUNTLESS PEOPLE THROUGH SCHOOLS, PROVIDING THEM WITH THE RELIABLE EMPLOYMENT. AND SOMETIMES FOR 20, 30, 40 YEARS, CHRIS AND HARRIS STILL RUN PAPPAS LIKE A MOM AND POP. THEY HAVE CREATED A SPECIAL PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SECURE EMPLOYMENT ONE SECOND, AND A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN BE TREATED LIKE FAMILY COUNCIL MEMBER. KASH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, YOU KNOW, EIGHT YEARS AGO YOU, YOU WERE HERE, UH, SPEAKING AT COUNCIL. I THINK IT'S BEEN THAT LONG SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE. UH, YEAH. EIGHT YEARS. AND I WAS SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE AND IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK AND, AND I LIKE TO HEAR YOU SAY THOSE THINGS ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY. YES. THAT, THAT YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR YOURSELF BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, YOUR FINANCES BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND, AND I KNOW THAT, THAT THE COMPETITORS ARE SAYING THAT, THAT THEY'RE LOCAL, BUT THEIR HOME OFFICE IS IN SPAIN. AND I'M SURE THAT SOME OF THE MONEY'S GOTTA GO THERE, BUT OUR MONEY WILL STAY HERE. AND THAT, AND THAT MOVES ME BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT GETS INVESTED HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. E EVEN IF THEY PAID AS TWICE AS MUCH AS WHAT YOU'RE PAYING IS HALF, HALF OF IT, AT LEAST IT'S GONNA GO TO SPAIN AND THE REST OF IT, ALL THE REST, REST OF YOUR MONEY WILL STAY HERE WITH US AND INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY. [01:35:01] I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE A FIVE STAR HOTEL. UH, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WANNA SAY A HOTEL. A A FIVE STAR HOBBY AIRPORT BECAUSE OF, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS OF THE 700 THE MAYOR MENTIONS IS BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE, THE QUALITY OF SERVICE, THE QUALITY OF THE FOOD, THE QUALITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT WE COME IN CONTACT. I, I GO TO HOBBY WHEN I FLY. I RARELY EVER FLY OUT, UH, OF INTERCONTINENTAL. I I KNOW HOBBY, I KNOW WHERE THE, ALL THE RESTROOMS ARE. I KNOW WHERE ALL THE SHOPS ARE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE HUNDREDS OF TIMES. AND I APPRECIATE THE SERVICE THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM PAPA'S, UH, ALL THE RESTAURANTS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO SAY BEFORE YOU B BEFORE? OKAY. IT WAS JUST A, I KNOW YOU HAD A BIG LIST. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAD LEFT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MAYOR PRO TIM, CAST ACT. TATUM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AND, UH, THERE IS NO DENYING, UH, THE QUALITY AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THE PAPPAS FAMILY AND, UH, FOUR FAMILIES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE THOUGH IS, UH, IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT, THAT WE RECEIVED, THERE IS A, ON PAGE SIX, IT TALKS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL SUCCESS. AND FROM 2010 TO 2019, UH, PAPPAS OUTPERFORMED THE SALES PROJECTIONS BY, UM, OVER 165 MILLION. UH, I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE, IF YOU HAD THOSE ACTUAL PROJECTIONS, WAS THAT REFLECTED IN YOUR PROPOSAL? THEY WERE REFLECTED. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE BIDDING GOES IN THIS PROCESS, RENT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 10%. SO, LIKE, LIKE WE SAID EARLIER, IF WE WON THE OTHER PORTION AND RENT'S 10%, WE'RE CONFUSED ON HOW WE GO. WE KNOW THAT WE MAKE A, WE MAKE GOOD MONEY IN AIRPORTS, RIGHT? WE'VE SEEN THAT. WE'VE WON MANY AWARDS THAT WE WIN MORE MONEY PER SQUARE FOOTAGE THAN OTHER UNITS DO IN THE SAME SPACE. SO WHEN I, WHEN I WENT TO MY MEETING TODAY TO LOOK AT THE SCORING, UM, I GUESS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING DOESN'T MATCH UP WITH WHAT I SAW, UM, IN, IN THE MEETING TODAY. UM, AND THE RE AND THE WINNING BID, UH, WAS GIVEN A 10, A 10 BASED ON THEIR PROJECTIONS AND, AND FOR FAMILIES WAS GIVEN A SEVEN MM-HMM . BASED ON THEIR PROJECTIONS. AND SO I, I'M CONFUSED BY YOUR FINANCIAL SUCCESS AND WHAT WAS SUBMITTED IN THE PROPOSAL. OKAY. WELL, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE NEED SOME TRANSPARENCY. LET'S SHOW THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS SIDE BY SIDE. LET'S GO SHOW THE SCORING SHEETS AND LET'S LOOK AT THEM. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE GOT AND SEE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THE WAY IT'S, AND I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING I DO, BUT THE, THE PROCESS WAS FOR YOU TO SUBMIT YOUR BEST OFFER MM-HMM . AND WHEN I SEE YOUR FINANCIAL SUCCESS, BUT I SEE THAT YOU RECEIVED A SEVEN BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WAS REFLECTED IN YOUR BID BASED ON WHAT I SAW. THAT GIVES ME QUESTION BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE SAYING YOU OUTPERFORMED YOUR SALES PROJECTION, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE RFP. OKAY. WELL MAYBE THAT WASN'T HIGHLIGHTED IN A WAY THAT IT WAS AS CLEAR THIS WASN'T A, SOMETHING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HIGHLIGHTED. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE OF WHAT WE'VE DONE FINANCIALLY THERE. OUR SALES NUMBERS THERE, IF I REMEMBER IN THAT 10 YEAR PERIOD WAS 401 FOUR, 101 MILLION DURING THAT TIME. SO WE OUTPERFORMED 165 OF THAT 401, UH, ONE PERSON AT A TIME, PLEASE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCO. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SPEAK TODAY. UH, I, UM, I ALSO REVIEWED ALL THE INFORMATION, NOT JUST FROM THIS SOLICITATION, BUT FROM THE PRIOR TWO MM-HMM . SOLICITATIONS AS MUCH AS I CAN. I'M STILL WAITING ON SOME INFORMATION FROM THE, THE FIRST ONE. AND, UM, I THINK WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, WHAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM HAVE, HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS THE, THE RENT. AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A CONSULTANT HIRE THAT KIND OF LEVELS OUT. EVERYBODY GIVES THEIR REVENUE, REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND THEN THE CONSULTANT KIND OF LEVELS OUT, UH, THAT 39.8 MILLION OBJECTION. IT COMES OUT, THEY TAKE IT FROM YEAR FIVE. 'CAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, GET FIVE YEARS TO GET GOING. YOU GET 39.8 MILLION IN YEAR FIVE IN ANNUAL REVENUES. AND THEY GIVE THAT ACROSS THE BOARD. AND I THINK WHAT, WHAT I'M HEARING SOME OF Y'ALL SAYING IS WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA OUT, WHAT THE FOUR FAMILIES IS, IS SAYING IS THEY'RE GONNA OUTPERFORM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. YOU KNOW, YOU GIVE IT THE, THE, THE, THE STANDARD AMOUNT AND YOU TAKE THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT. BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I'M ASKING YOU, IS THIS YES. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU WILL OUTPERFORM THE OTHER BRANDS. YES. THEREBY THE, YOU'RE GETTING A, PERHAPS A SMALLER PERCENTAGE RENT, BUT ON A GREATER NUMBER. CORRECT. OKAY. [01:40:01] I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING IT. YES. CORRECTLY. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET ME, BUT LET ME, LET ME, LET ME TALK THROUGH. 'CAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT MISLEAD. OKAY. SO LET ME, LET ME, LET ME, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. I'M NOT MISLEADING. I'M ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY, SIR. LET ME ASK THE QUESTION. OKAY. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T MM-HMM . CURRENTLY MM-HMM . YOU ALL ARE OFFERING 16% OF YOUR REVENUE. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? CORRECT. BUT IN YOUR PROPOSAL, YOU ARE OFFERING 15.5% IT, ARE YOU NOT OFFERING 15.5%? AND THE ANSWER IS, S THE STRUCTURE OF THE RENT THAT THE CITY IS ASKING IS DIFFERENT. SO IT IS NOT APPLES TO APPLES, SIR. IT IS NOT APPLES TO APPLE. SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT APPLES TO APPLES, OUR CURRENT CONTRACT VERSUS WHAT'S IN THE BID, THEY'RE NOT MADE THE SAME WAY. IT'S AN APPLE AND AN ORANGE. NO, IT'S NOT. I I KNOW APPLES AND APPLES AND I KNOW APPLES AND ORANGES AND I KNOW ORANGES AND ORANGES. OKAY. BUT SINCE YOU ARE CRITICIZING THE NUMBERS AND YOU ARE HERE MM-HMM . LET'S DEAL WITH THEM. OKAY. OKAY. IN YOUR CURRENT, WHAT YOU ARE, WHAT YOU ARE, ARE GIVING NOW TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF REVENUE IS 16%, BUT IN YOUR PROPOSAL ARE BLENDED RATE. I DID NOT INTERRUPT YOU. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU CHRISTINA FOR BEING HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT PAPPAS HAS GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. OF COURSE. I, I'VE BEEN BEEN A COUNCIL MEMBER HERE NOW IN MY 10TH YEAR. MM-HMM . UH, WHEN A COMPANY COMES TO SEE ME, UH, I LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEY, IF AND WHAT THEY WILL DO TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. UH, I KNOW THAT PAPPAS IS NOT WAVING THE BANNER SAYING, THIS IS WHAT I DO, THIS IS WHAT I'M GIVING, THIS IS THIS, THIS. NO, I MEAN, THEY HAVE MARQUES IN ALL THE RESTAURANTS, UH, WHERE THEY CAN PROMOTE ALL THIS, WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY DON'T DO THAT. MM-HMM . UH, AND, AND, AND IT'S GOOD TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE, WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AND WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, UH, IN, IN, IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR, FOR POINTING THAT OUT. THANK YOU. AND IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED JUST IN, IN CONTACTS. PAPAS IS AT THE GEORGE R. BROWN AND THEY HAVE A 20 YEAR LEASE AT THE GEORGIA BROWN. 10 YEARS AND TWO FIVE YEAR OPTIONS. OKAY. AT THE GEORGIA BROWN PAPA'S IS AT THE HILTON AMERICAS. THEY HAVE A 25 YEAR LEASE, 15 YEAR OPTION, 15 YEARS, TWO FIVE YEAR OPTIONS. PAPA'S IS AT INTERCONTINENTAL TERMINAL E AS WELL. PAPA'S HAS BEEN AT HOBBY FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. AND HOW, AND NOW PAPA'S CHOOSES TO STAY TO KEEP IT ALL. AND PAPAS IS NOW ASKING THE CITY TO GIVE IT AN ADDITIONAL 10 YEARS WHEN THEY ARE THE LOSING BID. THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN REQUESTED. IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSAL, THEY ARE CURRENTLY PAYING 16% OF THEIR REVENUE, BUT IN THEIR PROPOSAL, THEY'RE OFFERING TO PAY 15.5% IN THE BEST AND FINAL PAPAS CHOSE NOT TO INCREASE ITS REVENUE TO THE CITY, WHETHER THE COMPETITOR WENT UP TO 22%. AND IT IS THAT SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL DIFFERENTIAL OF 20 TO 25 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS AND EVEN LONGER, THAT CAUSES THEM TO BE THE LOSING BITTER. AND NOW PAPA SEEKS TO COME TO THE CITY AND SAY, IGNORE THE RETURNS AND GIVE IT TO US SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO REMAIN AT HOBBY, STAY AT THE GEORGE BROWN, STAY AT THE HILTON, STAY AT TERMINAL E AND STAY AT HOBBY. AND THERE ARE 10,000 PLUS RESTAURANTS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. MAYOR TIM MARTIN. YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANKS AGAIN MS. PAPPAS. HERE WE GO AGAIN. I REMEMBER VIVIDLY EIGHT YEARS AGO, WE MEETING ABOUT THIS ON ANOTHER, UH, RFP. WE RELIED HEAVILY IN MY RESEARCH ON THE CONSULTANT THAT DOES THESE TYPES OF BIDS, CONCESSION BIDS IN AIRPORTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. AND THEY GAVE US THE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PERCENTAGES, THE PERCENTAGES ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A FOOD PERCENTAGE, YOU HAVE A BEVERAGE PERCENTAGE, AND YOU HAVE A RETAIL PERCENTAGE MOTION TO EXTEND ANY OBJECTION. CHAIR DONE GRANTED. SO WHEN THEY GIVE US THE 15.5, [01:45:02] THAT IS THE BLENDED PERCENTAGE, WHEN YOU CALCULATE ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN A AIRPORT. MM-HMM . SO YOU ARE AT 15.5. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M, MY ANALYSIS IS ANY BIT WRONG, AS I TOLD TO ASK MR. BURNELL AND THE, UM, ARIUS WAS AT 22.2 WHEN THE CONSULTANT GAVE US THE REVENUE PROJECTION NUMBER OF $36,980,000. YOU'RE SAYING THAT BE, YOU SORT OF LOST ME WITH YOUR 6.5, 9.5. 3.5. BUT MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA SELL BETTER FOOD, MORE QUANTITY OF FOOD, ET CETERA, YOUR REVENUE'S GONNA EXCEED THE 37 MILLION THE CONSULTANT PUT INTO THE EQUATION. BUT WHEN THE FOLKS THAT ANALYZE THE RFP, ACCORDING TO THE CONSULTANTS' RECOMMENDATION, EVERYONE TO DO AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON, USE THE FIGURE OF 36,980. SO WHEN WE DO THAT, THAT GIVES US A GOOD COMPARISON. AND THE REVENUE PROJECTION IN THE ENTERPRISE FUND TO HAS HOUSTON AIRPORT SERVICE IS ALMOST $3 MILLION PER YEAR. MULTIPLY THAT OVER 10 YEARS, WHICH IS THE SHORT NARRATIVE. IF YOU GET A FIVE YEAR PLUS ANOTHER FIVE YEAR EXTENSION, THAT'S A 20 YEAR, WHICH ISN'T UNCOMMON IN THIS INDUSTRY. SO I'M TRYING TO, HAVING NEVER TALKED TO YOU AND HAVE NEVER TALKED TO ANYBODY ELSE ABOUT THIS. I'M TRYING TO ASK YOU IN MY MATH, IS THERE ANY FLAW IN MY PROCESS THAT I DID? I THINK THAT OUR PAST PERFORMANCE IS THE BEST PREDICTOR OF WHAT OUR PERFORMANCE WILL BE. AND OUR PAST PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN EXCELLENT FINANCIALLY FROM ALL ASPECTS. DON'T DISAGREE. YOU'RE, IT'S, YOU'RE, YOU HAVE EXCELLENT FOOD, YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT OPERATION, Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB. MM-HMM . IN GEORGIA, IN GEORGIA, BROWN IN THE HILTON, AND ALL OVER THE CITY. BUT OUR FOLKS THAT DID THE ANALYSIS AND NOW WE THAT GO TO THE DATA ROOM ARE WORKING OFF OF THE $37 MILLION FIGURE AND COMPARING YOUR, TELL ME I'M WRONG, 15.5 AGAINST THE WIN AND BIDS 22.2, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT GAP. THAT'S A IN DOLLAR, IT'S 43%. WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS. YOU KNOW, I'M, AGAIN, HERE I AM THE MARKETER. I AM NOT THE FINANCIAL PERSON. AND I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO ANSWER THE RIGHT QUESTIONS FOR THESE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANT TO GET THOSE, WE HAVE THAT TRANSPARENCY FROM ALL AVENUES AND FROM ALL SIDES. RIGHT. AND, AND I, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THIS. I'M TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION I CAN POSSIBLY MAKE ON FACTS, NOT INNUENDO, NOT ASSUMPTION ON FACTS AND FIGURES. AND MY ANALYSIS LEADS ME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE GAP IN REVENUE TO THE AIRPORT, TO THE ENTERPRISE FUND IS $20 MILLION, OVER $20 MILLION OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME. COUNCILMAN KAMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR AND CHRISTINA, THANK YOU. AND YOUR, YOUR FAMILY FOR COMING. AND I DON'T JUST SAY YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY, BUT YOUR, YOUR PAPS FAMILY. RIGHT. AND I KNOW IT IS A FAMILY, AND I THINK MANY OF US HAVE OUR PERSONAL STORIES, UM, OF WHY WE LOVE PAPPAS. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US ARE KIND OF BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE RIGHT NOW WHERE WHAT WE LOVE, UM, DOESN'T NECESSARILY MATTER IF THE PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE VENDOR SAYING, OR ONE CONTRACTOR SAYING, HEY, THE PROCESS WASN'T FOLLOWED. WE HAVE ANOTHER SAYING THE PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SORT THROUGH ALL OF THIS BECAUSE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M BOUND BY THE PROCESS. MM-HMM . UM, SO ONE QUESTION I HAD FOR YOU, AND IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER IT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'LL BE, I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND I'LL ASK THIS, BUT I WANNA GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE PUBLICLY. UM, IT WAS REFERENCED THAT BETWEEN, UH, THE PROPOSAL AND THEN IT CAME BACK TO BEST AND FINAL OFFER MM-HMM . AND Y'ALL. AND THAT'S USUALLY AN INDICATOR OF, HEY, WHAT'S REALLY THE BEST OFFER YOU CAN GIVE THE CITY? RIGHT? CORRECT. DO YOU KNOW WHY Y'ALL DIDN'T INCREASE THAT PERCENTAGE AT ALL? WHY IT STAYED STAGNANT? THAT, SO AT LEAST, LET ME ASK, FIRSTLY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PERCENTAGE STAYED STAGNANT. IT DID. UM, AND WHY DIDN'T Y'ALL BUMP IT UP? WELL, YOU PROPOSE A BID. WE PUT TOGETHER A BID THAT WE WORKED THREE TIMES ON VERY, VERY, VERY HARD. WE'D HAD MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT NUMBERS AND ANALYZE IT. SO WE PUT THOUGHT IN OUR BID, WE, WE MEANT EVERY BID THAT WE PUT IN THERE, AND THEREFORE THAT BID WAS [01:50:01] WHAT WE, WE SUBMITTED AGAIN FOR THE BEST AND FINAL. OKAY. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK, EVERY, WE ALL HAVE RIGHT? LIKE, DO NOT WANT TO BE SITTING HERE HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FOR ME, UM, A RESTAURANT I KNOW AND LOVE AGAIN, AND HAVE A, I'LL JUST FINISH UP REALLY QUICKLY, PERSONAL STORIES WITH, WITH ANY OBJECTION AND DISTRICT SPECIFIC VENDORS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL. YES. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND THE ENTIRE STAFF. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE THOUGHT PUTTING INTO THIS AND ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, POLLARD, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, UH, MA'AM FOR COMING FORWARD. SURE. UH, WHAT, WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE YOU ALL GIVING BACK IN REVENUE CURRENTLY AT HOBBY? WHAT PERCENTAGE CURRENTLY ARE WE GIVING BACK? OUR CURRENT RATE IS 16, 16%. 16. THE BLENDED IS 15 POINT A HALF. 15.6. AND THEN IN YOUR, IN YOUR CURRENT PROPOSAL, IT IS WHAT OUR CURRENT PROPOSAL, THE BLENDED RATE 15.5. OKAY. SO THIS IS A COMPETITIVE BID, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO YOU'RE AT 15.6 TODAY, YOUR BEST AND FINAL IS 15.5. SO 0.5, WELL 0.1 LOWER THAN WHERE YOU CURRENTLY ARE. MM-HMM . AND YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN OUTPERFORMING YOUR PROJECTIONS, RIGHT? CORRECT. FROM THE, FROM ON THE CURRENT CONTRACT. MM-HMM . SO IF YOU'RE OUTPERFORMING YOUR, YOUR CURRENT PROJECTIONS AND THE CITY ASKS FOR A BEST AND FINAL, WHY WOULDN'T YOU INCREASE YOUR PERCENTAGE SINCE YOU KNOW IT'S COMPETITIVE SO THAT YOU'LL BE A MORE ATTRACTIVE OFFER? I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YOU KNOW, IN HINDSIGHT'S 2020, WE'RE HERE TODAY LOOKING AT THE BIDS THAT WE PROPOSED, LOOKING AT THE BIDS THAT OUR COMPETITORS PROPOSED, LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF A CANCELLATION, A ABRUPT CANCELLATION OF JUST ONE OF THE PACKAGES. AND WE, WE, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE AGREE IT IS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS, BUT WE WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT PROCESS. BUT MY QUESTION THOUGH, YOU KNOW, YOUR OWN NUMBERS MM-HMM . SO IF YOU KNOW THAT YOUR NUMBERS CURRENTLY ARE 15.6, CORRECT. YOU OFFERED LOWER THAN CURRENT, KNOWING THAT IT'S 7, 5, 6, 7 OTHER NATIONAL COMPANIES THAT WANT TO BE IN HOUSTON THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE PUT BIDS BEFORE AND LOST. SO IF THEY PUT BIDS IN BEFORE AND LOST, THEY PROBABLY THINKING, HEY, WE NEED TO GO EVEN HIGHER ON OUR PERCENTAGE. WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET INTO THE AIRPORT. MM-HMM . SO IF YOU KNOW THAT AS A BUSINESS AND YOU KNOW HOW COMPETITIVE IT IS, YOU'RE STAYING THE SAME, WHILE OTHER PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO BE MORE ATTRACTIVE. AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK WHEN THE CITY SAYS, GIVE US YOUR BEST AND FINAL, THAT'S A SIGNAL THAT, HEY, YOU DON'T WANT TO STAY THE SAME. OTHER PEOPLE ARE RUNNING, OTHER PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY, NO PUN INTENDED. MM-HMM . SO YOU WANT TO BE AS ATTRACTIVE AS POSSIBLE. AND WHEN WE ARE AS A CITY, AS A BODY, WE CAN'T BE EMOTIONAL ABOUT THE PROCESS. RIGHT? CORRECT. IT, IT'S A BUSINESS. AT THE END OF THE DAY. IT'S, AND THAT BUSINESS COMES DOWN TO NUMBERS. AND IF ONE COMPANY HAS PROJECTED NUMBERS THAT BRINGS MORE REVENUE TO THE CITY AS OPPOSED TO ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT IS NOT OFFERING AS HIGH OF A PERCENTAGE, THEN YOU GO BASED OFF THE NUMBERS. BECAUSE BOTH BRANDS, BOTH COMPANIES ARE GONNA OFFER STELLAR SERVICE. YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD REPUTATION. THEY'VE PROVEN TO HAVE A GOOD REPUTATION. YOU ALL HAVE GREAT FOOD. THEY HAVE GREAT FOOD. SO THEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE NUMBERS. AS A BUSINESS, YOU ALL RUN A BUSINESS, YOU CARE ABOUT THE NUMBERS, YOU WANT AS MUCH PROFIT AS POSSIBLE. MM-HMM . AND IN, IN YOUR BUSINESS, YOU THINK ABOUT MARGINS, RIGHT? SO IN THESE MARGINS, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE FURTHER AWAY THAN THEY ARE. THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA MAKE NOT AS MUCH BECAUSE THEY'RE OFFERING MORE BACK TO THE CITY, WHICH IS ATTRACTIVE TO US. MM-HMM . SO WHEN PUTTING FORWARD THESE BIDS, MAYBE GOING FORWARD, BE AS ATTRACTIVE AS POSSIBLE WITH THE NUMBERS THAT YOU PRESENT. BECAUSE THE CITY IS GONNA CARE MORE ABOUT THE MONEY THAT COMES BACK INTO OUR REVENUE BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT BRAND. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A QUESTION. I WAS OVER AT SIX 11 WALKER AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON, AND I WAS SHOWN SOME DOCUMENTS, UH, SCORE SHEETS AND ALL LIKE THAT. BUT, UH, Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT 15.5%. I WAS SHOWN 17% AS A BLENDED PERCENTAGE. NO. IN FACT, THE BLENDED WAS ON. WELL, I MAY BE MISTAKEN BECAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE NOTES OR TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OR ACTUALLY GET A COPY OF ANY OF THIS. BUT, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHEN I WENT OVER THERE AT ONE O'CLOCK, I BELIEVE THAT I SAW A 17% BLENDED [01:55:01] INTEREST OF COUNCIL COUNCILMAN ON THIS PROCESS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SAW, BUT YOU WERE SHOWN WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS BEING SHOWN. AND THE BLENDED IS 22.2 AREAS AND 15.54. FOUR FIVE. YEAH, I SAW THAT TOO WHEN I WENT OVER THERE AND ASKED 'EM ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID, NO, THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE RIGHT HERE. I WAS BEING SHOWN. I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT. WELL, ANOTHER MYSTERY THEN. THANK YOU. NO, NOT A NOT, NO, NOT, NOT, NO. WAIT, NOT A MYSTERY. GO BACK AND LOOK. WELL, WELL ASK, SHE'S HERE REPRESENTING PAPAS ASKED HER WHAT THEY, WHAT THEIR BLENDED RATE IS. 15.5. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. NO, SO IT'S NOT A MYSTERY. COME ON. NOW, LET'S BE FAIR TO THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT TOO. LET'S BE FAIR TO THEM. IT'S NOT A MYSTERY. I'M JUST TRYING TO BE CLEAR ON THE INFORMATION. WELL, I KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I'M HEARING THIS AND THEY'RE TELLING ME THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND. I BELIEVE I SAW WHAT I SAW. I I'M NOT, I'M NOT TAKING, I'M NOT ARGUING WITH YOU, COUNSEL. I'M NOT, I'M NOT ARGUING WITH YOU EITHER. I'M JUST SAYING. OKAY. IT'S WEIRD. NOBODY WANTS TO LOSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN KASH, ARE YOU STILL IN? UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHRISTINA. YOU KNOW, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, AND THIS BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KNOX SAID WAS, WAS WHEN I WENT, UH, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON THERE THAT THEY HAD THE TWO BIG BOOKS IN FRONT OF ME. ONE FROM ARIES AND ONE FROM PAPA'S ABOUT THAT BIG. THEY'RE BIG. THEY'RE BIG, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UH, IT WAS KIND OF INTIMIDATING. , YOU KNOW, THEY SET 'EM IN FRONT OF ME LIKE I WAS GONNA READ 'EM, YOU KNOW, , BUT, YOU KNOW, . BUT IT, IT'S HARD TO, IT'S HARD TO, AND AND THE SCREEN WAS LIKE FURTHER AWAY THAN YOU ARE FROM ME. YEAH. YOU KNOW, BIG TABLE AND I COULD HARDLY SEE IT. AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE JUST CAN'T GET THE DOCUMENTS. I REMEMBER THAT, UH, CHIEF BRADFORD AND I THREW A FIT DURING PARKER'S LAST YEAR, 2015. AND THEY FINALLY, DURING COUNCIL, BROUGHT US ALL THE SCORING SHEETS AND GAVE US A CHANCE TO LOOK AT 'EM AT THE TABLE. AND, AND THAT HELPED, YOU KNOW MM-HMM . SO I, I WISH WE COULD JUST SEE ALL THE SCORING SHEETS AND ACTUALLY HOLD 'EM IN OUR HAND. MAYBE THEY'RE NOT PAPER. MAYBE THEY WERE ALL ELECTRONIC, BUT THEY CAN STILL PRINT 'EM UP. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS WE, OUR, OUR MEMORIES FAIL US WHEN WE COME OUT. 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, TO, TO GATHER UP ANYTHING. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, THE NEXT SPEAKER, ROBERT RIDDLE. HELLO. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THE BEHALF OF THE PAPPAS TEAM MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE TODAY, WHO HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT TO HELP THE CITY OF HOUSTON RETAIN A FIVE STAR GUIDE TRACKS RATING AND PROVIDE A SENSE OF PLACE WITHIN JAVI AIRPORT. THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM USES AN ESTABLISHED GRADING PROCESS TO EVALUATE ALL CONCESSIONS, OPERATORS VERIFYING OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. PAPPAS RESTAURANTS CONSISTENTLY HAS RECEIVED THE HIGHEST SCORES DURING OUR ENTIRE TENURE IN HOBBY AIRPORT, EMAIL FROM HAS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO FOUR FAMILIES, TEAM FOUR FAMILIES. OUR OBSERVATION PROGRAM SHOWS YOU, AS ONE OF THE LEADERS ENCOMPASSING THE ENTIRE HAS CONCESSIONS PROGRAM, WE CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO OUR TRAVELERS. THIS TRULY SHOWS THAT FOUR FAMILIES EXECUTION, TAKING CARE OF OUR TRAVELERS MATTERS OUTSTANDING. THE PAPPAS TEAM MEMBERS PUT IN THE WORK AND MADE IT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND. WE'RE IN THE FINAL SECONDS OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. THE SCORES WITHIN ONE BASKET TO DETERMINE THE WINNER AND A CALL'S BEEN MADE ON THE COURT, WHICH LOOKS TOO CLOSE TO CALL, JUST AS IN ROUND TWO. WE'RE ASKING YOU ALL AS A CITY LEADERS TODAY TO GO TO THE SCORING TABLE AND REVIEW THE TAPE, VERIFY THAT THE RIGHT CALL IS BEING MADE BEFORE THE WHISTLE IS BLOWN TO END THE GAME. THANK Y'ALL FOR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY. COUNCILMAN MAYOR COEN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I'VE REVIEWED THE INFORMATION, BUT I DON'T HAVE MY NOTES WITH ME, BUT WHAT WAS THE REVENUE PROJECTION FOR THE 10 YEARS, OR, UH, FROM PAP, WE'VE GOT 460 MILLION. FOUR 60. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCILMAN POLL FOR A PROCEDURAL MOTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MOVE TO, I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE LORENZA BUTLER ON THE AGENDA. LIST UP AFTER JACOB CLEMENTE, MOVE TO SECOND. ANY OBJECTION, CHAIR? NONE GRANTED. NEXT SPEAKER, CHRISTOPHER PAPPAS. CHRIS PAPPAS, THANK YOU FOR SENDING A FEW MINUTES WITH ME. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TEXAS BORN. WE'RE AWARD-WINNING. WE'RE AN INDUSTRY LEADER. WE'VE GOT A HISTORICAL SUCCESS AT, AT HOBBY AIRPORT AND OUR FINANCIALS. WE, WE, OUR BID WAS $75 MILLION FOR THIS BID. THAT, THAT WAS BASED ON OUR REVENUE THAT, THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. WE'RE AN OPERATOR OUT THERE. THIS OTHER COMPANY DOESN'T THEY'RE NOT OPERATING AT THE AIRPORT. YOU, MY NUMBERS ARE CLOSER TO REALITY OF, OF WHAT [02:00:01] IS CURRENTLY BEING DONE BY A SUPER OPERATOR LIKE WE ARE. I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I GOTTA BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONUS. OKAY? BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GENERATE MORE MONEY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE AIRPORT. AT THE END OF THE DAY. I, I, I, I KNOW WHAT THEY BID THE FIRST TIME. 300 MILLION, THREE $30 MILLION WORTH OF REVENUE IS WHAT THEY ESTIMATED COME IN. NOW THEY'RE, NOW THEY'RE ESTIMATING 470 MILLION, OKAY? CONSULTANTS, CONSULTANTS ARE, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE NOT WORTH THE MONEY THAT, THAT YOU PAY 'EM AT THE END OF THE DAY. 'CAUSE THEY HAVE NO SKIN IN THE GAME. THEY'RE JUST HERE TO GET PAID BY Y'ALL TO, TO, TO DO SOMETHING. AND SO, I DON'T BELIEVE THE NUMBERS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY DON'T BELIEVE THE NUMBERS OF THE BRANDS. WHY DO WE, WHY DO WE THINK THAT, UH, LONGHORN AND YARD HOUSE AND A AND A RESTAURANT IN GALVESTON ARE GONNA, ARE GONNA DO OUTPERFORM US COUNCIL? COUNCILMAN MANON? THANK YOU MAYOR. MR. POAS, THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. AND, UM, I JUST, I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. IT'S THE SAME QUESTION I ASKED EARLIER. WHAT VALUE, WHAT GREATER VALUE OTHER THAN MONEY, DOES THE PAPPAS BRAND OR THE FOUR FAMILIES BRAND BRING TO THE AIRPORT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER? OTHER THAN THE MONEY THE AIRPORT HAD TERRIBLE FOOD. AND WHEN KENNETH JAMES AND I FOUGHT TO GET THIS CONTRACT AND OPERATE AT, AT HOBBY AIRPORT AND GIVE IT THE FIVE STAR THAT IT IS TODAY, WE CAME HERE WITH, WITH A MISSION TO EARN SOME MONEY FOR, FOR OUR COMPANIES AT THE END OF THE DAY. BUT FROM A GOOD STEWARD OF BEING A CITIZEN IN THIS CITY, IN THIS STATE, WE HAD TERRIBLE OPERATIONS THERE. AND OUR, OUR MAJOR THOUGHT WAS, LET'S TURN THIS AROUND. LET'S GIVE AMERICA HOUSTON, OKAY, THE QUALITY OF FOOD THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE DESERVING ON THE SAME QUALITY THAT THEY HAVE IN THE RESTAURANTS, IN, IN THE AIRPORT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID. AND, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU THAT WHAT WE DID HERE AT THE, AT THE AIRPORT CHANGED THE INDUSTRY AS FAR AS THE ECONOMICS OF, OF, AT THE AIRPORT. WE DROVE THE SALES HIGHER THAN THE CONSULTANTS BACK THEN EVER ESTIMATED. OKAY? AND, AND WE, WE BROUGHT IN THE QUALITY THAT YOU SEE IN, IN THE, IN THE STREET RESTAURANTS, THE COMPANY YOU'RE DEALING WITH THERE. THEY DON'T HAVE RESTAURANTS HERE IN HOUSTON. THEY'RE BRINGING IN SOME, SOME BRANDS THAT ARE NOT VERY HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. AND, AND THOSE ARE GONNA BE . LET'S STAY OFF THE PERSONAL OPINION STUFF. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE VALUE THAT YOU'RE, TO OUR CUSTOMER, TO THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND FLY IN HOUSTON IS AN, THE, THE AIRPORTS ARE ECONOMIC DRIVERS. MARIO DIAZ WILL WILL SAY IT'S AN ECONOMIC DRIVER. SYLVESTER TURNER IN, IN HIS SMARTNESS THAT HE'S DONE OVER THE YEARS, HE, HE KEEPS EMPHASIZING, I WANT THAT AIRPORT TO BE GREAT. AND, AND, AND THE SYSTEM. AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE, IS MAKE IT AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE CITY, FOR NEW COMPANIES TO COME HERE AND SETTLE HERE. MAJOR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER IS THAT I SPOKE WITH, NOT A DEVELOPER, BUT A REPRESENTATIVE FOR LARGE 50 PLUS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS THAT ARE ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. TOLD ME YESTERDAY, HE SAID, CHRIS, HE SAYS THAT AIRPORT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN, IN REGARD TO ATTRACTING THE TYPE OF COMPANIES THAT WANNA MOVE HERE AND MAKE THIS THEIR HOME INSTEAD OF A WHOLE HUM TYPE OF OPERATION. THAT, THAT I'M AFRAID WE'RE GONNA GET BACK TO HAVING DONE AT, AT THE AIRPORT. WE, WE HAVE 6,000 PEOPLE THAT GO TO WORK EVERY DAY IN THIS CITY OVERALL. AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT WHAT WE DO HERE AT, AT, AT THE AIRPORT AND MAKE, MAKE THIS AIRPORT A FIVE STAR LIKE NOBODY ELSE IN, IN THE, IN THE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. COUNCILMAN POLL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR. POPS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. SO WE GONNA STAY ON YOUR, YOUR BRANDS AND YOUR NUMBERS AND NOT SPEAK TO ANYONE ELSE'S 'CAUSE YOU KNOW YOUR NUMBERS BETTER THAN ANYONE. UH, IT'S BEEN, UH, MENTIONED THAT YOU ALL OUTPERFORMED YOUR CURRENT CONTRACT, RIGHT, SIR, YOU, SIR, YOU OUTPERFORMED THE NUMBERS. AND CURRENTLY YOUR CONTRACT IS WHERE YOU'RE GIVING THE CITY 15.6%. AND YOUR CURRENT PROPOSAL FOR THIS, UM, BID, YOU PUT 15.5. MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU OUTPERFORMED, AND YOU'RE DOING BIG NUMBERS BECAUSE YOU HAVE GREAT FOOD, WHY DID YOU NOT INCREASE YOUR PERCENTAGE TO MAKE YOUR BID MORE ATTRACTIVE? WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SENDING $75 MILLION IN OUR CURRENT PROPOSAL AS, AS OUR KIND OF OUR, WHAT WE CALL OUR, OUR CONSERVATIVE BASE THAT WE THINK WE'RE GONNA GENERATE, OKAY, IS 75 MILLION BASED ON OUR CURRENT, YOU KNOW, VOLUMES. OKAY? AND, AND WE DIALED IN THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE OUTPERFORMED ONCE BEFORE AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE'LL OUT OUTPERFORM AGAIN, GOING, GOING FORWARD. AND I'M, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, ON THAT 15.5 [02:05:01] THAT THEY KEEP THROWING AROUND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE THROWING AROUND DOLLARS THAT ARE NOT REALLY GUARANTEED. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? UM, YEAH. SO EVERYTHING JUST WORKS. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? SO LET, LET ME, LET ME BREAK IT DOWN BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS SPECULATION BECAUSE THESE ARE PROJECTIONS. THEY'RE PROJECTIONS, CORRECT? SO WITH THESE PROJECTED NUMBERS, YOU CAN MEET YOURS, YOU CANNOT MEET YOURS, YOU CAN INCREASE YOURS, WE DON'T KNOW. BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THERE'S A SET PERCENTAGE THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT FORTH. THERE'S A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE PUT FORTH. SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT NUMBERS YOU MEET, YOU STILL HAVE TO GIVE BACK THAT PERCENTAGE. SO LET'S SAY AREAS ONLY GETS TO WHERE YOU ALL ARE, RIGHT? THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GIVE 22% OF THAT. YOU ALL WOULD BE GIVEN 15% OF THAT. SO REGARDLESS IF IT'S UP DOWN THE SAME, WHAT WHAT, WHAT WE KNOW THAT IS A CONSTANT IS THAT PERCENTAGE. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT. AND THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN ASKING YOU ALL, IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU OUTPERFORMED, WHY WOULD YOU KEEP YOUR NUMBERS THE SAME WHEN IT'S A COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND WHEN IT'S COMPETITIVE, EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO OUTDO THE OTHER. AND SO YOU WOULD SEEM THAT YOU WOULD GO ABOVE WHERE YOU ARE BECAUSE YOUR NUMBERS ARE SO GREAT. SO ONE OF, ONE OF THE THINGS ON THIS PROCESS, ONE OBJECTION, SHERRY'S NON GRANTED. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS ON THIS PROCESS IS 90 POINTS, 90 POINTS WERE GIVEN FOR ALL THE QUALITATIVE AREAS. AND, AND WHAT COUNCILMAN KNOX WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHAT VALUES DO YOU BRING? THIS IS NOT, I'M SORRY, THIS IS NOT A, UH, HIGHEST NUMBER. WE'RE NOT PLAYING HIGHEST NUMBER. WE OUTPERFORMED ON THE 90 POINTS. AND NOW THIS IS GETTING SKEWED TO WHERE IT'S, IT'S ALL ABOUT, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE REVENUE. WHAT IF I WAS $2 MILLION BEHIND? WOULD THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO YOU? WHAT IF I WAS $5 MILLION BEHIND THIS ESTIMATE? THAT'S PIE IN THE SKY. WOULD THAT MAKE, WOULD WE BE TALKING ABOUT THIS SAME THING TODAY, IF IT WAS 5 MILLION OR 2 MILLION OR 1 MILLION, THE QUALITATIVE WHERE WE WON 90 POINTS, WE WERE THE WINNER ON 90 POINTS AND THEY'RE THE WINNER ON 10, WOULD IT, THAT'S, THIS IS NOT A CONTRACT FOR DOING A ROAD OUT HERE WHERE THE, THE ECONOMIC BID COUNTS. AND AS 50% OR 60% OR 70, IT'S THE HIGHEST BID. WE'RE NOT PLAYING HIGHEST BID HERE. WE'RE PAYING, WHO'S GONNA BRING TO THE, WHO'S GONNA MY, LISTEN, MY QUESTION, MY QUESTION THOUGH WAS, AND THIS IS SO, 'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING OFF TRACK. MY QUESTION WAS, IF YOU'RE AT 15.6 TODAY, WHY WOULD YOU ONLY BE AT 15.5 GOING FORWARD WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'VE SAID YOURSELF THAT YOUR NUMBERS HAVE, YOU'VE OUTPERFORMED YOUR NUMBERS. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHY NOT GO UP? THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW. WHY NOT GO ABOVE 15.6? YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN A BLACK HOLE IN, IN THE SENSE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY'S AT. OKAY. MAYBE SOMEBODY KNEW WHERE EVERYBODY WAS AT. I SURE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY WAS AT. AND MR. POLL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN BEFORE IS, UH, THE CITY WOULD GIVE US A RANGE OF WHAT THEY WANNA BE IN. OKAY? WHERE THEY WANNA BE IN FROM THE VALUE STANDPOINT TO WHERE THEY KNOW THAT THE, THAT IF WHAT, WHAT THE COSTS ARE FOR THE AIRPORT, FOR THE OPERATIONS, FOR THESE DEALS. AND THEY KNOW THAT DIAL IN AND GIVE US A, GIVE US A NUMBER OF WHAT YOU WANT. OKAY? THAT, THAT'S BEEN DONE ON MANY OF THE RFPS HERE, INSTEAD OF JUST BID AS HIGH AS YOU CAN. OKAY? AND SO WHAT IF WE WERE $5 MILLION LESS RIGHT NOW, WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO YOU? WHAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO ME IS IF I WOULD KNOW DEFINITIVELY FOR YOU WHY YOU DIDN'T GO HIGHER THAN YOU CURRENTLY ARE. BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME WHY YOU DIDN'T GO. YOU'RE AT 15.6 AND NOW YOU BID AT 15.5. SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WENT LOWER WHEN YOU KNOW IT'S COMPETITIVE. BUT, UH, THANK YOU. IT WAS A 75, IT WAS A $75 MILLION OFFER. THANK YOU. OKAY. IT WAS A $75 MILLION OFFER. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WOULD WE CONS, WOULD WE GO HIGHER IF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, ASKED US TO, 'CAUSE YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT DIFFERENT CONCEPTS. I THINK THEY ASKED, I THINK THEY ASKED FOR BEST AND FINAL. YES. YES THEY DID. WHICH MEANS COME BACK. MM-HMM. YEAH. WHICH COULD BE CONSTRUED TO COME BACK WITH THE BEST YOU CAN DO THE TOP, TOP OFFER. I'M A LAWYER, SO WHAT I DO IS NEGOTIATE EVERY DAY, RIGHT? WHEN I'M TALKING TO THE OTHER SIDE, I'M TRYING TO GET THEIR BEST AND FINAL, WHICH MEANS I NEED YOU TO REACH, REACH IN, AND DO THE BEST YOU CAN. AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS WHEN, WHEN YOU ALL GAVE YOUR BEST AND FINAL, IT CAME LOWER THAN WHERE YOU CURRENTLY ARE. THAT DOESN'T MAKE, THAT'S, THAT'S QUESTIONABLE. OKAY. SO WHEN WE EVALUATE IT AS A CITY, AND OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO BRING AS MUCH REVENUE AS WELL AS GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHICH I'M NOT DENYING THAT YOU ALL HAVE, ALL THAT COMES INTO PLAY. AND SO WHEN OTHER COMPANIES ARE COMPETITIVE, THEY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THEY'RE [02:10:01] GONNA SAY, WE HAVE TO OUTDO THEM, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU ALL DIDN'T HAVE TO BE AS COMPETITIVE. AND WHEN YOU COME UP WITH A NUMBER THAT'S LOWER THAN WHERE YOU CURRENTLY ARE, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE BEING, UH, AS COMPETITIVE AND AS AGGRESSIVE AS YOU COULD BE TO KEEP THE CONTRACT. THANK QUESTIONABLE COUNCIL AS FAR ON THAT COUNCIL, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU MR. PAPPAS. YOU, YOU SAID THAT ARIA S STARTED AT 330 MILLION. WAS THAT IN THE 2019 SUBMISSION? YES, MA'AM. THAT WAS. SO WHERE DID, UH, FOUR FAMILIES COME IN 2019? WHAT WAS THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS? REVENUE? WE WERE PROBABLY 400 AND OVER 400 MILLION, YOU KNOW, ON THAT BACK THEN. OKAY. OVER 400 MILLION. YES. WAS THE PROJECTION GIVEN IN 2019 AND THEN TO FOUR 60 NOW? YES. AND, AND I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE OTHER CATEGORIES AND, AND THE, THE ATTENTION TO THAT AND I THINK WHAT, WHY WE'RE SO KEYED IN ON THIS, UH, REVENUE AND THE RENT PERCENTAGES, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO AND REVIEW THE NUMBERS, THAT IS WHAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT, WHAT LOST IT. THAT'S WHAT THAT WHAT LOST THE THING. IT WAS ALL VERY CLOSE, I THINK WITH PAPPAS EDGING OUT A LITTLE BIT, AT LEAST ON THIS, AT LEAST ON THIS THIRD SUBMISSION. SO THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILMAN MC ANGOS. THANK YOU CHRIS, FOR BEING HERE. UM, AS, AS HAS BEEN STATED MANY TIMES IN THIS CONVERSATION THAT HOBBY AIRPORT IS A FIVE STAR AIRPORT, THE ONLY FIVE STAR AIRPORT IN NORTH AMERICA. AND SKYTRAX AND THEIR TEAM WAS OUT AT THE AIRPORT. THEY WERE CHECKING THINGS OUT. I MEAN, THEY EVEN WENT AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THE BATHROOMS TO MAKE SURE THE BATHROOMS ARE CLEAN. UH, AND I'M SURE THEY WENT TO RESTAURANTS TO SEE HOW THE QUALITY OF FOOD WAS. DID THEY GO TO THE PAPPAS RESTAURANTS? UH, YES SIR. UH, THREE WEEKS, FOUR WEEKS AGO. ONE DAY THEY, THEY ATE AT PAPA CTO'S AND THE TWO DAYS LATER THEY ATE AT THE PAPA'S FOR THEIR LUNCH WHILE THEY WERE REVIEWING OUR, OUR BEAUTIFUL AIRPORT AT, AT HOBBY FOR ALL THE, ALL THE THINGS THEY NEED TO LOOK AT. YEAH, THE, UH, SKYRAS IS THE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT RATING ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1989 AND IS BASED IN LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, THE WORLD AIRPORT RATING, MOTION TO EXTEND. SECOND, THE WORLD AIR AIRPORT RATING PROGRAM IS A LEADING INTERNATIONAL RATING SYSTEM OPERATING SINCE 1999, WHICH CLASSIFIES AIRPORTS ACROSS THE GLOBE BY THE QUALITY OF PRODUCT AND STAFF SERVICE. UH, SO AGAIN, BY THEM EATING AT YOUR RESTAURANTS, I'M ASSUMING THAT ALSO HELPED IN REGARDS TO THE RATING AS A FIVE STAR AIRPORT. UH, SO IT'S CONCERNING TO ME THAT WE JUST RECENTLY BECAME A FIVE STAR AIRPORT, AND HERE WE ARE SWITCHING THINGS AROUND. SO, UH, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE. THANKS. THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN. THANK YOU. UM, WE KNOW THAT, UM, HOUSTON FIRST HAS DONE INCREDIBLE THINGS FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AND I'VE HEARD MICHAEL HECKMAN AND THE WHOLE TEAM, UM, THEY'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. AND I'VE HEARD THEM SAY, YOU KNOW, IT STARTS FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE IN HOUSTON STARTS FROM WHEN YOU LAND TO THE HOTEL, AND THEN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN BETWEEN WHILE YOU'RE HERE. HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO HOUSTON FIRST? UH, MICHAEL HECKMAN, UM, I, I, I SERVED ON THE CONVENTION BUREAU FOR, FOR YEARS AND WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CONVENTION BUREAU TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE HAD, UH, PEOPLE COMING HERE TO SEE OUR GREAT CITY. AND, AND SO I SAT ON THAT, UH, ACTIVE BOARD FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, UH, THE ABILITY TO, TO, TO HELP THE CITY. AND, UH, THE, THE, UH, UH, THE AIRPORT, UH, UNDER, UNDER MICHAEL HECKMAN'S VIEWS IS, IT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KEEP THAT FIVE STAR RATING OUT, OUT THERE. HE, HE'S EXCITED THAT WE WERE THAT. AND HE SAYS, LET'S HOPE WE CAN KEEP IT THERE, YOU KNOW, FOREVER OUT, OUT THERE. I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT TRYING TO ASSOCIATE HOUSTON FIRST, AND MICHAEL HECKMAN IS GIVEN AN ENDORSEMENT ON THIS PROCESS. I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR, AND I ALSO WANNA BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE OUTSTANDING RESTAURANTS IN OUR CITY. IT'S NOT ONE BEST IN EVERYBODY ELSE'S BELOW. SO LET'S BE VERY CLEAR, OKAY. I LOVE ME SOME ILS. OKAY? I LOVE, I LOVE ME SOME KILLINGS. SO LET'S NOT DO THE OTHER 10,000 RESTAURANTS A DISSERVICE BY SAYING IT'S ONLY ONE. ALSO, THIS IS A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS. IT'S NOT AN ENTITLEMENT DEAL. I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR ON THAT. OKAY? PAPA'S IS AT GEORGE R. BROWN [02:15:01] FOR A 20 YEARS, 10 AND FIVE YEAR OPTIONS. PAPA CTOS IS AT HILTON FOR POTENTIALLY 25 YEARS, 15 PLUS TWO FIVE YEAR OPTIONS THAT IN CONTINENTAL. NOW I, WHEN I CAME IN, WE SAID IT BE ABIDING BY THE PROCESS, WE ARE ABIDE BY THE PROCESS, BUT THIS IS NOT AN ENTITLEMENT DEAL. IT'S NOT BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE MAY AS WELL GO AND TELL EVERYBODY ELSE, GO SIT DOWN AND DON'T COMPETE. . NOW WE ARE, IF WE, IF WE ARE GOING TO BE SAYING TO OTHERS, WE LIKE, ASK EVERYBODY ELSE, GO SIT DOWN, DON'T SPEND YOUR MONEY, DO NOT COMPETE. BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU WIN, WE'RE NOT GONNA CHOOSE YOU. SO JUST BE VERY CAREFUL ON THE MESSAGE THAT WE SEND MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR, UM, MAY I, MARTIN? YES. THANK YOU MR. PAPPAS, AND THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR RUNNING EXCELLENT RESTAURANT GROUP. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE PHENOMENAL FOOD, PHENOMENAL SERVICE, AND, UH, I HA HATE TO SEE THAT WE'VE COME TO THIS. SO WHEN I PRESENTED MY INFORMATION, UM, DID YOU HAVE ANY DISCREPANCY FROM WHAT I STATED OUTSIDE OF THIS? SO AS COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN STATED, YOU WON ON THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION WITHOUT PRICING. IT WAS EXTREMELY CLOSE BASED ON WHAT WE SAW IN THE DATA ROOM. SO ON THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION, THE SUBJECTIVE INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES WAS IN FIRST PLACE. VERY CLOSE THOUGH. SO I THINK YOUR OBJECTION, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WAS IN THE CONSULTANT THAT WE USE WHO PROJECTED, LET'S SAY 30, IT'S 36 MILLION, 980, 30 $7 MILLION AS THE REVENUE, AND I THINK YOU STATED THAT YOUR REVENUE IS ACTUALLY, IT'S 460 MILLION PROJECTED OVER 10 YEARS. SO IT'S 46 MILLION A YEAR. I SEE SOME NODDING, SO I'M CORRECT ON MY ASSUMPTIONS. OKAY, SO IF YOU TAKE THE 36 AND MULTIPLY IT TIMES 22.2 AND YOU EXTRAPOLATE THE 46 THAT YOU'RE STATING YOU WILL GET AND MULTIPLY IT TIMES 15.5, YOU'RE STILL A MILLION DOLLARS SHORT ON THE OBJECTIVE BLACK AND WHITE COMPONENT OF THE BID, WHICH IS THE PRICING, $37 MILLION TIMES 22.2 IS $8.214 MILLION, 46 MILLION, GIVING YOU AN ADVANTAGE OF $10 MILLION BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT YOUR, YOUR FOOD CONCEPTS ARE BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. TIMES 15.5. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT'S YOUR BLENDED RATE IS 7.130. SO THE DIFFERENCE IS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. SO YOU STILL ARE GONNA LOSE ON THE OBJECTIVE POINT, THE PRICE AND POINT MOTION TO EXTEND SECOND, NO OBJECTION. SO IS MY ANALYSIS FLAWED IN ANY WAY? AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO MY ANALYSIS? I'M GIVING YOU AN EXTRA $10 MILLION. I THINK, UH, WE, WE WILL, WE BELIEVE THAT OUR NUMBER IS A SOLID NUMBER AND, AND WE BELIEVE THAT, THAT THE NUMBERS THAT ARIUS IS GONNA PUT UP ARE NOT, OKAY. SO THAT'S FROM, THAT'S MORE LOOKING AT REALITY, OKAY? AS FAR AS LOOKING AT AN EXERCISE, I CAN SEE THE EXERCISE, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING, OKAY? BUT IT'S AN EXERCISE AND YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE AN EXERCISE TO DO, OKAY? AND YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE CONSULTANTS, YOU KNOW, OUT, OUT THERE, OKAY? AND I CAN, I CAN FIND YOU 10 CONSULTANTS THAT'LL TELL YOU DIFFERENTLY. OKAY? SO IT'S ALL WHO YOU PICK ON A CONSULTANT. SO I I I DON'T, I DON'T VALUE EVERY CONSULTANT I SEE ON THAT IN, IN THAT REGARD. WHEN WE'RE, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE THAT WE'RE, THAT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MISSING COUNCIL MEMBER IS THAT, IS THAT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 90 POINTS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 90 POINTS, EVERY JUDGE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HAND OUT 90 POINTS IN SCORING. AND FIVE, FIVE JUDGES COULD, COULD DELIVER 450 VOTES. OKAY? DO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY BID FROM A TOTAL SCORE ON THE 450 POINTS BY THOSE FIVE JUDGES? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS TO, TO PUT US EVEN, EVEN WITHOUT, EVEN WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE MONIES? 'CAUSE I ASKED OVER HERE, IF IT WAS $2 MILLION DIFFERENCE, IS THAT GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE? IS IT FIVE? OKAY, IS IT IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE 450 POINTS THAT WERE GIVEN, HOW MANY VOTES DO YOU THINK WOULD'VE TIED THE, TIED [02:20:01] THE, THE, THE JUST GIMME, JUST GIMME A NUMBER. I HAVE NO IDEA. ANYBODY, ANYBODY WANT TO SUGGEST? HOW MANY POINTS WOULD, WOULD A, WOULD SOMEBODY HAVE GIVEN A, A, A 15 ON A SCORE AND THEY GAVE A 14 AND THEY COULD GIVE, THEY COULD GIVE UP TO 15 POINTS ON OUR CONCEPTS, 15 POINTS ON OUR EXPERIENCE. WHAT ABOUT EXPERIENCE? WAS I DOCKED? WAS I DOCKED AT EXPERIENCE? WAS MY SCORE THAT Y'ALL SAW LOWER ON EXPERIENCE? I'VE BEEN HERE 20 SOMETHING YEARS, I RUN THE, I RUN, I'VE RUN, WE'VE RUN THE AIRPORT FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. WE'RE FIVE STAR. I WANNA START, I WE WANTED TO SEE THE PROCESS FACTS AND IF I WAS DISCOUNTED ON THE GET GO BEFORE WE EVEN START, BECAUSE WE'RE TOLD THIS OTHER COMPANY HAS 90 OPERATIONS AROUND THE WORLD OR WHATEVER ELSE, THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE 10 PEOPLE IN HOUSTON. I GOT 6,000, SO I'M GONNA BE DISCOUNTED. I WANNA SEE WHAT, WHAT, HOW DID YOU GRADE US ON EXPERIENCE? OKAY, WE DIDN'T, THEY HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE THAN WE DO WHO RUN THE AIRPORT THAT ARE FIVE STAR, THAT, THAT HAS WORLD CLASS BRANDS AND NOT LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE. YOU CAN SEE THAT ON EVERY CORNER. OKAY? THEY'RE NOT GONNA, EVEN LONGHORN PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA EVEN RUN THAT. THESE PEOPLE ARE GONNA RUN IT. THAT COMPANY AIN'T GONNA RUN IT. I THINK THE REALITY IS YOUR FRANCHISE. I THINK THE REALITY IS, CHRIS, OKAY, YOU, YOU START, YOU STARTED AT SOME POINT TOO. YOU DIDN'T JUST START OUT WHERE YOU ARE TODAY. SO LET'S BEAR THAT IN MIND. YOU DIDN'T JUST START OUT WHERE YOU ARE TODAY. 20 YEARS AGO, YOU WERE AT A DIFFERENT PLACE. YOU WERE SMALLER THAN WHERE YOU WERE THE CITY THROUGH BEING WITH THE CITY AND BEING IN VARIOUS PUBLIC FACILITIES AT THE CITY. YOU ALL HAVE GROWN OTHER BUSINESSES WHEN THEY COMPETE LIKE YOU DID 20 SOME YEARS AGO WHENEVER YOU STARTED. THEY DESERVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. THEY DESERVE THAT, RIGHT? WHICH COMPANY, WHICHEVER COMPETES AND WINS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO CONTINUE TO HOLD IF YOU DON'T COMPETE AND WIN. IF YOU DON'T COMPETE AND WIN. CHRIS, YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO THAT SEAT. AND, AND I, I QUESTION, AND LEMME JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING, FIVE STAR, WE KEEP THROWING THAT AROUND. THERE ARE 16 OTHER AIRPORTS ACROSS THE GLOBE THAT ARE FIVE STAR. YOU ALL ARE NOT IN ALL 16. SO IT'S NOT JUST BASED ON THE FACT THAT YOU ALL HAD HOBBY. THERE ARE OTHER RESTAURANTS AT THOSE OTHER 16 AND THERE ARE 700 FACTORS THAT ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE AS THE MAYOR OF THIS ENTIRE CITY, THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING RESTAURANTS WHO IF WERE PLACED IN THE SAME SPACE, THE QUALITY OF HOBBY AND BUSH AND GEORGE BROWN AND HIDON WOULD NOT BE DIMINISHED BECAUSE THAT'S MAKING ONE HECK OF A STATEMENT. IF WE'LL SAYING THAT NOW APPRECIATE YOU AND LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, ENJOY YOUR FOOD, THANK YOU. BUT THIS IS NOT A CITY, OR AT LEAST IT SHOULDN'T BE OF ENTITLEMENT. THIS WAS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND 20 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS OVER 10 YEARS IS SIGNIFICANT. MY TAKE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS, THANK YOU. UM, IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT PAPAS HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB AT HOBBY. UM, AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE RIGHT THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT SINCE YOU'VE BEEN THERE, IT'S REALLY RAISED THE QUALITY OF THE FOOD THERE AND EVERYTHING. UM, AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S, UH, LIKE IT'S 700 ITEMS THAT ARE PART OF THE EVALUATION FOR THAT FIVE STAR RATING, I DO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, PAPAS HAD HAD A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THAT. I AM NOT AN ACCOUNTANT, BUT I'M VERY PERSUADED BY, UM, UM, MAYOR PRO TEMS COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, AN EVALUATION OF THE, THE, THE MONEY. UM, I'M NOT A, A LAWYER. I'M, I'M, I'M SORRY, MOTION TO EXTEND. WE HAD A MOTION TO EXTEND DOWN A SECOND. ANY OBJECTION YOUR DONE, GRANTED, I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT I HEAR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD'S, UM, QUESTION TO YOU, AND THAT'S REALLY MY QUESTION TOO, AND I DID NOT HEAR AN ANSWER THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. THAT ANSWERS HIS QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR OWN PROJECTIONS AND YOUR, UH, AND YOUR OWN EXPECTATIONS OF HOW WELL YOU'RE GOING TO DO BASED ON WHAT YOU, HOW YOU'VE DONE, HOW YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WHY WOULD YOU NOT HAVE INCREASED THAT RATE? I DON'T, I DID NOT HEAR A SATISFACTORY ANSWER TO THAT. AND THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME IN TERMS OF THE FIVE STAR. I THINK THAT, UM, ONE [02:25:01] OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE NOT HEARD TODAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THAT THE, THE MONEY, THE, THE, THE, THE DELTA, THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT WOULD COME BACK TO THE AIRPORT IS INVESTED IN THE AIRPORT. AND THAT MONEY WILL HELP MAINTAIN AND HELP US, YOU KNOW, IN FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE AIRPORT TO MAINTAIN FIVE STAR. WE CAN'T HOPE THAT THAT THAT PAPAS IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, WAY MORE THAN, THAN ALL THE OTHER 699 EVALUATION BANK POINTS. THAT MONEY IS WHAT WILL ALSO HELP KEEP US ON TOP. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP TRACK OF TOO. UM, I, I I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT BUSINESSES MAY GO TO ALL LINKS TO WIN. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE CHARGED WITH. I MEAN, YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO SUCCEED, YOU WANNA WIN. AND, AND, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT, UM, I, I'M JUST, I'M HONESTLY PUT OFF BY, BY SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE CLAIMS ABOUT EVICTION AND THINGS. IT'S LIKE THAT JUST, THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT, THAT, THAT DOESN'T HELP WITH ME TO, TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN WE'RE, WHEN I'M ALSO HEARING, OH, WE WANT TRANSPARENCY, WE WANT TO BE FACTUAL, YOU KNOW, AND THEN TO BE HEARING THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT FACTUAL, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT UNDERCUTS THAT. BUT I, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT, UM, THAT, THAT NOT GOING THROUGH, STICKING WITH THE PROCESS, NOT GOING THROUGH WITH WHAT'S GONNA BE BEST FOR THE, THE INTEREST OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND CHANGING THE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE PAPAS. I THINK THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY SLIPPERY SLOPE. I DON'T THINK WE WANNA GO THERE. I CERTAINLY DO NOT INTEND TO GO THERE. UM, AND, AND THEN JUST FINALLY, ALSO THAT HOUSTON HAS A REPUTATION AS A FOOD CITY. WE ARE KNOWN FOR THAT. WE ARE PEOPLE, PEOPLE KNOW US AS A, AS A, AS A FOODIE TOWN. AND, AND I, I SEE VALUE AND NOT HAVING AN OVERREPRESENTATION OF THE SAME RESTAURANTS AS MUCH AS PEOPLE LOVE POPPA'S. I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S GREATER VALUE IN HIGHLIGHTING THE DIVERSITY OF OUR RESTAURANTS. AND, AND I, I, I LIKE SOME OF THE NEW ONES THAT ARE COMING IN. I THINK THAT WILL STRENGTHEN US. AND, AND, UM, AND IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU STILL CAN'T GET PAPA'S. I MEAN, PAPA'S IS EVERYWHERE, YOU KNOW, . SO IF IT'S NOT AT THE AIR, THE, THE AIRPORT, THERE ARE STILL LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ENJOY A, A WONDERFUL MEAL AT PAPA'S. AND SOMEONE WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO SAYS, I LIKE TO GO TO PAPA'S BEFORE I FLY OUT, GO TO THE PAPA'S RESTAURANT SOMEPLACE ELSE, THEN GO TO THE AIRPORT. I MEAN, YOU COULD STILL DO THAT. SO MINE IS A COMMENT, NOT A QUESTIONNAIRE. THANK YOU FOR THAT TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AGAIN. I'VE BEEN HERE ON COUNCIL FOR 10 YEARS, AND WHAT I REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN WAS THAT A WAS A NEW CONCEPT. THEY WERE DOING BUILD OUTS AT THE GEORGE R. BROWN CONVENTION CENTER. YOU KNOW, EVERYONE, I'M ASSUMING EVERYONE WAS ASKED TO SEE IF THEY WANTED TO COME IN TO BE A RESTAURANT. THERE. THERE'S SOME RESTAURANTS THAT CAME IN THAT ARE NO LONGER THERE. THAT'S CORRECT. BUT YOU TOOK THAT RISK. YES, SIR. YOU TOOK THAT RISK. IT WAS A NEW CONCEPT. NO ONE KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL. BUT AGAIN, YOU TOOK THAT RISK BY BRINGING IN PAPA DO'S AND BRINGING IN PAPA CTOS AND LOOK AT US NOW. IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, NOT ONLY FOR HOUSTONIANS, BUT FOR VISITORS TO OUR CITY. CONVENTIONEERS HOUSTON FIRST HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN PROMOTING OUR CITY WITH THE HELP WITH RESTAURANTS THAT ARE IN THE AREA THAT TOOK THAT RISK. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHRIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, JACOB CLEMENTE. JACOB CLEMENT, FOLLOWED BY LORENZO BUTLER. I'M HUNGRY FOR PAPAS NOW . AND THEN A FRIEND OF MINE IS SMASH SPANK. AND WELL, AND THEN, UH, I ASKED HIM, WHAT ABOUT THIS? AND HE SAID, KEEP PAPAS IN HOBBY. AND NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE GENTLEMAN UP HERE. SEE IT'S RODEO TIME. AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU TIE, YOU SHOULD WEAR A BOTTLE TIE. I MEAN, YOU SHOULD HAVE ON THE BOTTLE TIE BECAUSE SHE'S IN LIVE STUFF AND RODEO TIME. AND I'M GONNA BE, UH, WORKING FOR ARAMARK AT, UM, WHAT, UH, TOM MCCOLLUM'S CONCERT TONIGHT, ALONG WITH OTHER CONCERTS. BUT AT, ANYWAY, MY BOSS, SARAH CHRISTINA HAM, SHE'S HIRING PEOPLE. AND SO I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE ABBY CAYMAN FOR WINNING THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP AWARD BECAUSE SHE'S DONE GREAT AS A LEADER. AND NOW, UH, [02:30:01] I WANT TO SAY THIS ABOUT THE ARCHBISHOP WITH JUST ER PARK. HEY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD BECAUSE, BUT WHEN WE AND OUT, I LIKE THE OLD, UH, CATHEDRAL, CO. CATHEDRAL AS IN MEANWHILE, I'M SURE THAT Y'ALL ALL DO A GOOD JOB, EVEN THOUGH MY OLDER, MY YOUNGER BROTHER, ROBERT, UH, SERGEANT AT HPD ONE, UH, WAS BURIED THERE AND MY FATHER WAS BURIED THERE. THANK YOU. JACOB COUNTY. COUNCILMAN CAMAN. JACOB, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN FOR YOUR PATIENCE. I FEEL TERRIBLE. I KEPT TEXTING JACOBS. 10 MORE MINUTES, HANG IN THERE. AND I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GET TO WORK, SO THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR BEING AT THE RODEO. ANY SHOW, ANY CONCERT YOU'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BOOK SOON DONE. THERE YOU GO. YOU WANNA GO BOOGIE BOOT. SCOOT BOOGIE. I, I'LL DO A LITTLE TWO STEPPING, THANK YOU JACOB FOR COMING. THANKS. GREAT, THANKS JACOB. OH, AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL ABOUT YOU SAYING THAT THIS WAS, UH, CITY YOU, YOU'RE GETTING INTERESTED IN NUMBERS. UHUH, YOU'RE ALSO INTERESTED IN THE PEOPLE BECAUSE, UM, I THINK PAPA'S BARBECUE WOULD BE BETTER SUITED TO TAKE CARE OF THE CITIZENS OF HOUSTON AND THEN, UH, AND, UH, OTHER, UH, ACCOMPANYING FROM A DIFFERENT CITY. SO THANK YOU JACOB. THEY WOULDN'T BE THE BEST ONE. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, JACOB. THANKS JACOB. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. LORENZO BUTLER. LORENZO BUTLER TO BE FOLLOWED BY GLADYS HOUSE, A MAYOR. CAN YOU HEAR ME? IF YOU'LL PULL IT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. YOU, I'M RIGHT THERE. YEAH. THANKS. GLADS. CAN YOU HELP? YEAH, ANYTHING? THANKS. OKAY. CAN YOU GO IN AGAIN MORE? YEAH, THAT'S IT. LORENZO BUTLER. MIGUEL COLLINS, PUBLISHER OF THE HOUSTON INFORMER FOUNDATION ACKNOWLEDGES THE STEPPING BACK IN TIME. PHOTO EXHIBIT SPONSORS AND PARTNERS AS THE FORMER MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ADVOCATE AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATE OF YEAR. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSTON INFORMER FOUNDATION, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A THANK YOU TO ALL THAT JOINED US FOR THE 40 DAYS AT THE ROTUNDA AT CITY HALL. YOUR PRESENCE HERE. THANK SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE AND THE PRESERVATION, AND CELEBRATING 130 YEARS OF HOUSTON'S BLACK HISTORY. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GRACIOUS HOSTS, MARSHA MURRAY AND HER TEAM AT THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. AND ALSO THANKS TO GO OUT TO NICOLE IRVING, DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND HER TEAM FOR THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT, OUR SPONSORS, HEB MAYOR KEVIN COLE OF CAROLINE CAR CRASH LADY LAWYERS, BARBARA HUDSON AND ELISE FULLER, THE HONORABLE CHRIS HOLLANDS, CHASE SOURCE, ANTHONY, CHASE, G GATE, DODGE, AND JEEP. WERE THERE, BE A CLOUD. AND JAMES DAVIS SOUP, MOTT GARY DT, A ROCKET MOVERS AND STORAGE, THE DEANDRE, SAMS FAMILY, FOX 26, DANTE BOBBELL AND TEAM, AND THE HOUSTON ROCKETS. SARAH JOSEPH AND TILLMAN FATA. OUR PARTNERS, THE RU V HAYES YATES MUSEUM. MR. YATES WAS THE FIRST PRINTER OF THE HOUSTON INFORMER. THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS SOLDIERS NATIONAL MUSEUM. CAPTAIN PAUL MATTHEWS, THE GREATEST SOUTHEAST MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. BRIAN SMITH, OST ALAMEDA QUARTERS REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, TIER SEVEN, THE HONORABLE JUDGE NET. BERNIE BUTLER, WISEMAN, KAJA WISEMAN, HARRIET'S, HISTORY BOX, PRISCILLA GRAHAM AND PAGE 1 0 1 SOLUTIONS. LED PAGE AS THE OLDEST CONTINUOUS BLACK PUBLISHED NEWSPAPER AND RADIO STATION COMPANY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI SINCE OCTOBER OF 1893. MAYOR, THANK YOU COUNCILMEN THAT HAVE GONE DOWN TO THE ROTUNDA AND ACTUALLY TAKEN A PHOTO. [02:35:01] AND IT'S BEEN ON NATIONAL NEWS. AND I WANNA THANK THE 20 MEDIA OUTLETS THAT HAVE TAKEN THIS HISTORY AND TOOK IT WORLDWIDE, YOUR PUBLISHER. THANK YOU. THANKS, LORENZO. THANKS. THANKS. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. NEXT SPEAKER, GLADYS HOUSE, A TO BE FOLLOWED BY EMMANUEL NUNES. I PEACE EVERYONE. UM, IN THE WORDS OF COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KOSH, IF YOU'RE BEING WRONG, YOU NEED TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, MAYOR. AND, UM, I PREPARED A HANDOUT FOR YOU. YOU GOT IT RIGHT. DID SOMEONE GIVE IT TO THE MAYOR? YES, WE HAVE IT. OKAY. DOES THE MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE YOUR COPY? I I DO NOT HAVE IT. YEAH. OKAY. I HAVE IT Y'ALL FREE STATE CLOCK. OKAY. OKAY, I HAVE IT. OKAY. UM, SO BASICALLY 1 0 6 REVIEW, UH, REQUIRED BY LAW STATE AND FEDERAL IS BEING, UH, IGNORED BY, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IN THIS REPORT, THEY, UH, HAVE, HAVE REMOVED BRICKS WITHOUT FIRST GETTING CLEARANCE FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND TWO, AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN FREEMANS TOWN. AND I'M STILL IN PURSUIT OF PRESERVING THE HISTORIC HOUSES, THE THREE HOUSES IN THE 1400 BLOCK OF ROBIN STREET. AND I KNOW, UH, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, YOU SAID THAT IT WAS THE FIRST THAT YOU HAD HEARD, UH, ABOUT THESE CONCERNS. SO I'M JUST, UH, LETTING YOU KNOW A PICTURE IS WORTH MANY WORDS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DESPITE ALL OF THE MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN HERE PLEADING AND REQUESTING COUNSEL TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION, THE ROOF, UH, HAS COLLAPSED ON THE BACK HALF OF ONE OF THE HOUSES. AND AS YOU HAD ASKED ONCE, MAYOR, YOU SAID, WELL, GLADYS, HAVE YOU GOTTEN WITH THE, THE TOURIST? THE I DID. AND I WAS TOLD ONE THING BY THEM, MAYOR, BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VANESSA SAMPSON, WHO SAID THAT CITY PLANNING DIRECTOR, MARGARET BROWN, WAS DELAYING THEIR PERMIT TO MOVE FORWARD TO RESTORE THE HOUSES, AS WELL AS DEVELOP NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSES ON THAT BLOCK. WELL, WHEN I WENT, I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER MINUTE. OKAY. WHEN I WENT TO MAR UH, MARGARET, SHE SAID SHE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT A PERMIT FROM THE FOURTH REDEVELOPMENT. AND THAT, UH, PLANS WERE IN THE PROCESS TO RELOCATE THE THREE HOUSES BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATION AND THE 1500 BLOCK OF VICTOR STREET. I WANNA STEP FURTHER AND TALK TO CHERRY HOUSE MOVING, THAT'S THE CONTRACTOR THAT THEY MENTIONED, AND THEY DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OR ANY PLANS OF REMOVING THE HOUSE AS MAYOR. SO I'VE DONE ALL THAT I KNOW TO DO, AND I, I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP ON THIS. WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A, A WEEK AND THEN CHECK BACK WITH, WITH, WITH MY CHIEF OF STAFF. OKAY. IS THERE A NUMBER OR, OR EMAIL OR SOMETHING I, I'LL MAKE, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT SHE REACHES OUT TO YOU. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT. GIVE US, GIVE US A WEEK TO TALK TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, SO ABOUT A WEEK FROM TODAY. OKAY? APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. COUNCIL KBA, OH, I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER KBA. GLADYS, COUNCIL MEMBER K UH, HOW MANY HOUSES ARE THERE THAT, THAT, UH, UH, THAT ARE HISTORICAL THAT, THAT NEED TO BE RESTORED? HOW, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE THERE? YOU HAVE AT LEAST 50. ABOUT 50. AND AND SO IS THAT ALL THE REMAINING HOUSES THAT ARE CONSIDERED HISTORICAL IN THAT, IN THAT AREA, OR ARE THEY THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME MORE, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OCCUPIED HOUSING TOO, SO THERE'S SOME NOT OCCUPIED. SO HOW, HOW MANY UNOCCUPIED, UNOCCUPIED YOU PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 20. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. BYE-BYE. ONE SECOND. ONE SECOND. WAIT. COUNCILMAN KAMAN. GLAD I WAS JUST GONNA THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE ON THIS AND MAYOR WAS JUST GONNA ASK ON THAT UPDATE IF Y'ALL COULD INCLUDE OUR OFFICE 'CAUSE WE CONTINUE TO REQUIRE NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SURE, SURE. NEXT SPEAKER, EMMANUEL NUNES. EMMANUEL NUNES IS HERE. WE FOLLOWED BY BRENDA STARDY. UH, HELLO, UH, DEAR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I WANNA CONGRATULATE ALL OF THOSE OF YOU WHO, UH, PARTICIPATED IN THE TOUR OF THE HOUSTON OVER THIS PAST WEEKEND. [02:40:01] IT'S, UH, IT'S GREAT TO SEE ELECTED OFFICIALS ON BIKES, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE OF SAFE STREETS FOR PEOPLE ON BIKES EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR, NOT JUST DURING SPECIAL EVENTS. UH, MY NAME IS EMMANUEL NUNEZ AND I LIVE IN CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT C I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MEMORIAL PARK. I WANNA CELEBRATE, UH, THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PARK AND BRING ATTENTION TO CONNECTIVITY GAPS THAT EXIST TO GET THERE. DURING THE GRAND OPENING OF THE LAND BRIDGE, I BIKED FROM THE HEIGHTS TO MEMORIAL PARK WITH MY THIR 14-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW AND MY 13 AND 10-YEAR-OLD NIECES. AND REALLY, WE COULDN'T SAFELY BIKE. WE HAD TO DISMOUNT AND WALK OUR BIKES ACROSS THE MASSIVE WASHINGTON AVENUE OVERPASS AT THE KATY FREEWAY. WE HAD TO GO THROUGH NARROW SIDEWALKS, NOISY AND POLLUTED INTERSECTIONS, MULTIPLE LANES AND SLIP LANES, SPEEDING, VE VEHICLES PASSING US BY REALLY CLOSELY AND FADED CROSSWALKS. THAT DAY WE VOLUNTEERED WITH BIKE HOUSTON TO RUN THE BIKE VALET, AND WE PARKED WELL OVER 300 BIKES. MANY OF THEM TOLD US HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO REACH. MEMORIAL PARK CURRENTLY BY HOUSTON IS CIRCULATING A PETITION THAT HAS OVER 1300 SIGNATURES, URGING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO TAKE ACTION ON CONNECTIVITY TO MEMORIAL PARK. I'M SO PROUD OF HOUSTON'S DIRECTION AND HAPPY TO CALL MEMORIAL PARK OUR CROWN JEWEL. BUT IT'S, UH, FRUSTRATING THAT THE PARK IS VIRTUALLY INACCESSIBLE UNLESS YOU GET BEHIND A WHEEL, A WHEEL. THERE ARE MANY PLANS AND GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT WE NEED ACTION. I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN FOR HELPING TO FUND IMPROVEMENTS AT WESCOTT AND BLOSSOM STREET IN 2020. THIS COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED THE SAN FELIPE TO MEMORIAL DRIVE, HIKE, AND BIKE TRAIL CONNECTION. THAT PROJECT HAS $11 MILLION IN FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT, A LOT OF DELAYS DUE TO FI UH, FINDING COMMON GROUND WITH CENTER POINT AND, UH, UNION PACIFIC. I, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MC KAMAN. EMMANUEL, THANK YOU FOR COMING. SURE. I WANTED TO LET YOU FINISH UP REALLY QUICKLY. TAKE A FEW MORE SECONDS TO FINISH, THEN I HAD A FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR YOU. SURE. THANK YOU. I I JUST HOPE HERE THAT MY VISIT BRINGS AWARENESS TO THESE MISSING CONNECTIVITY PROJECTS, AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT AND BY HOUSTON SUPPORT TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, I, I HAD A FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR YOU. FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT AROUND MEMORIAL PARK, THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW, SO I APPRECIATE SURE. UM, THOSE EFFORTS TO BRING ATTENTION TO THAT. AND THANKS FOR POINTING OUT THE, UM, BLOSSOM CROSSING AS WELL AS THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WOW ROUNDABOUT. UM, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA ANNOUNCE WHERE YOU LIVE, BUT YOU, I I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU LIVE. SURE. UM, AND YOU, I'M ASSUMING USE THE NICHOLSON TRAIL QUITE A LOT. IS THAT YES. AND, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING 11TH STREET ONWARD AS IT RELATES TO THOSE PEDESTRIAN REFUGES. DID YOU UTILIZE NICHOLSON PRIOR TO THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT 11TH STREET AS A PEDESTRIAN OR A CYCLIST EVERY DAY? AND DO YOU FEEL THAT THE PEDESTRIAN REFUGE, SOMETHING I ADVOCATED FOR, UM, WAS NECESSARY AND HAS MADE IT SAFER FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY? A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED PERCENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . BRENDA STAREK, BRENDA STAREK TO BE FOLLOWED BY SAMMY FORD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL. I HAPPEN TO BE DOING A DRIVE BY THE, UH, DOWNTOWN AREA AND DECIDED I NEEDED TO SEE SOME GREAT FACES. UM, SOME, SOME GREAT FRIENDS. AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH HAS CHANGED, OR AT LEAST IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE IT. SO, UM, I I THINK Y'ALL CAN ALL APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. UM, THE REASON I WANTED TO COME TODAY IS BECAUSE MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT I'M BEEN A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE PROTECTED AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS AND AND RESPECT TO, ESPECIALLY OUR ELDERS, THAT MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN THEIR COMMUNITIES FOR MANY YEARS AND, AND WE WANTED THEM TO ENJOY THEIR RETIREMENT YEARS. BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULES THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS. AND YET THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALWAYS THE WAY WE WANT IT TO. AND THEN WE TURN AROUND AND WE'RE ADDING MORE RULES, AND I'M JUST AFRAID WE'RE GONNA SET UP FOR FAILURE WITHOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE INPUT IN GETTING IT REFINED. UH, MAYOR, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT HALF-BAKED IDEAS IN THE PAST AND SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN HALF-BAKED. AND WE WANT IT TO BE FULLY BAKED. THE, THE CAKE WHEN EVERYBODY GETS TO CELEBRATE. AND I THINK YOU'VE GOT A GREAT INTENTION ON THE, UH, CONSERVATION DISTRICT. I'M REALLY, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHERE MY HEART IS IN SPRING BRANCH, IN WEST HOUSTON NORTHWEST [02:45:01] AND OF COURSE WHERE YOU LIVE. BUT I WANNA PROTECT THOSE COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS THE EAST SIDE AND, AND OTHERS. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T SET UP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR FAILURE, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST. WE'VE SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST WHEN PEOPLE PUT ALL THEIR TIME AND ENERGY INTO SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING AND THEN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, OR SOMETHING DIDN'T PLAY OUT THE WAY WE WANTED IT TO. WE DON'T WANNA LOSE THOSE VOLUNTEERS ALONG THE WAY. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S READY. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M, I'VE, UH, MADE NOTE ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, WE TRIED, I KNOW YOU HAVE NOW FIVE THINGS THAT WE'VE LISTED THAT THE CITY WILL CITY LEGAL WILL ENFORCE, BUT HOW, HOW WELL ALWAYS DO THEY DO THAT AND HOW EASILY CAN, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE PUBLIC ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THAT. UM, WE TALK ABOUT ENFORCEMENT, BUT YET DO WE HAVE THE STAFF? AND YOU'VE GOT SO MANY THINGS ON YOUR PLATE NOW. I KNOW WE'VE GOT, WE GOT TRASH PICKUP, WE'VE GOT ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING THAT NEED A LOT OF ATTENTION. AND I KNOW, I KNOW YOU WANNA ACCOMPLISH A LOT OF THINGS BEFORE YOU LEAVE AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M ONE OF THOSE ONES THAT WANTED TO GET ANOTHER APARTMENT SLUMLORD TAKEN CARE OF ON MY WAY OUT THE DOOR. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, TO NOT SET UP THOSE VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE PUT THEIR BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR FAILURE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND ENERGY. AND I THINK YOU'VE GOT THE RESOURCES, MAYOR, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF BRIGHT MINDS IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT COULD HELP US WITH THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, BRING BACK SOME OF THE OTHER TALENT THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT, YOU KNOW, PLANNERS AND MAKE SURE WE ALSO GO OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SOME INPUT AND MAYBE HAVE AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, DO SOME SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT TESTING. WELL, I'M, I'M COUNCILMAN KASH. WELL, HELLO. HELLO. IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU TOO. SET BY YOU FOR SIX YEARS . SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. YES. WE'RE A TROUBLEMAKER THEN. AND YOU STILL ARE , YOU THE MAYOR HAD TO SEPARATE US, DIDN'T HE? YES, HE DID. AND HE DID WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GALL. SO WE APPRECIATED THAT. YES. AND SO, UH, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, THE DRESS FOR SUCCESS WAS TODAY. OH, GREAT. AND, AND I, AND I MENTIONED YOU TODAY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHY YOU STOPPED BY TO THANK ME FOR MENTIONING YOU. OH, NO. BUT THANK YOU. ANYWAY, I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE ABOUT THE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS THAT THE MAYOR WAS, UH, BRINGING FORWARD. AND UH, SO MAYBE YOU AND I'LL HAVE TO, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE LUNCH AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AND, AND MELANIE MILES IS REALLY WORKING ON IT TOO. OH, GOOD. THE ATTORNEY. AND SO, UH, UH, I THINK SHE WAS ON, UH, UH, LAST NIGHT WITH, UH, ISAIAH FACTOR WHILE I WAS OH, I MISSED IT. YES. SO IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE FOR ME. I KNOW. WELL, I WAS ON IT, BUT I WAS A LITTLE TIRED MYSELF. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOD BLESS. BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PAR. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER FOR SPEAKING TODAY. DID YOU WANNA FINISH YOUR COMMENTS? ALL I WANTED TO SAY WAS TO PLEASE, IF Y'ALL WOULD JUST PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR SOMEONE THAT CARRIED MARRIED THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICT. AND IT WASN'T EVEN MY BABY. IT WAS PARKER AND SUE LEVEL AND A FEW OTHERS THAT WAS THEIR BABY. AND I KNOW, UM, OTHERS THAT WERE INVOLVED. UM, I LITERALLY CARRIED IT HERE AT COUNCIL BECAUSE I WANTED TO, TO MOVE IT FORWARD SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS BESIDES JUST THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 'CAUSE MONTH, YEAR AFTER YEAR, MONTH AFTER MONTH, IT SEEMED LIKE THAT'S WHERE WE WERE. BUT SOMETIMES THAT EXTRA TIME DOES MATTER. AND THAT EXTRA LITTLE BIT OF THOUGHT AND THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA EMPHASIS ON THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT KNOW WHAT THEY NEED AND WHAT THEY WANT. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PECK. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, UH, WITH, TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, I, I'M KEEPING MY MIND OPEN IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. UM, AS YOU STATED, ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, WE HAVE STILL A NUMBER OF HISTORIC HOMES, IN MY OPINION. THEY'RE HISTORIC. NO, NO. ONE FAMOUS MAY HAVE LIVED THERE, BUT THEY'RE HISTORIC. UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BACK IN THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS, UH, THAT ARE THERE. UH, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT HOUSING STOCK REMAINS. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GONNA HERE, HERE, HERE WHAT THE CONSERVATION, UH, DISTRICT HAS TO OFFER AND, AND, AND SEE IF THAT WILL BENEFIT IN SAVING THESE, UH, UH, HOUSING STOCK THAT WE STILL HAVE IN, IN EAST AND OTHER AREAS IN DISTRICT. I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, DO YOU MIND IF I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IN, FOR THE ENFORCEMENT PART OF IT AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW DISAPPOINTING IT IS TO ACTUALLY PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE AND THEN NOTHING HAPPENS THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THERE'S STAFFING ISSUES AND THINGS THAT WE, WE WANT TO OVERCOME AND MAKE SURE, UM, BUT ALSO YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE GONNA, HOW MANY APPLICATIONS YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE. I THINK IF WE HAD A BETTER IDEA [02:50:01] OF ONCE YOU OPEN THAT FLOODGATE, YOU CLICK THE, YOU KNOW, THE SWITCH ON. IF YOU HAD A BETTER IDEA. I DON'T, I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT YET, BUT MAYBE SOMEONE HAS PULLED AND HAS A GREAT IDEA. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT IF THEY HEARD ABOUT THIS WOULD TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE. AND THEN HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU PICK AND CHOOSE AND, AND GO FROM THERE? AND HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT? DOES IT CREATE A CHOKE, LIKE CHAPTER 42 AND MINIMUM LOT SIZE. AND THEN YOU HAD DEVELOPERS PASSING IN LINE OVER INDIVIDUAL, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN WE HAD A BIG FIGHT THERE AND I HAD TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A PHONE CALL TO MAYOR PARKER AT THAT TIME. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE CONSIDER. THANK YOU. THANKS COUNCILMAN. GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU TOO, TOO. THANK YOU. AND I DID WATCH YOU ON LITTLE PAPPAS. IT WAS GOOD SEEING YOU . GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. SAMMY FORD. SAMMY FORD. SAMMY FORD. NEXT SPEAKER SELENA CHARLES. SELENA CHARLES IS HERE. BE FOLLOWED BY JASON CONWAY. HI. YES MA'AM. MY NAME IS SELENA CHARLES, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. OF COURSE, I AM HERE BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON POLICE BRUTALITY. UM, UH, APRIL 27TH, 2022, HERE IN HOUSTON. A YOUNG MAN WAS GUNNED DOWN BY A HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER HERE, SHANE PRITT. IN 2017, JUNE, OFFICER SHANE PRITT ALSO NEED ANOTHER BLACK MAN IN THE FACE. AND HE WAS ACTUALLY INDICTED ON IT. AND I LISTENED TO YOU EARLIER, UH, MAYOR, AND YOU SPOKE TO PAPA'S ABOUT NOT BEING ENTITLED, THAT THEY'RE NOT NOT ENTITLED. AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY IS OFFICER SHANE PRITT ENTITLED TO STILL BE WITH THE FORCE WHEN HE KILLED SOMEONE AND DIDN'T GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SURRENDER? HE DIDN'T EVEN, HE DIDN'T EVEN FOLLOW THROUGH WITH HIS COMMAND. HE SAID, HEY, LET ME SEE YOU. OH S**T. AND WITHIN THREE SECONDS HE KILLED JAIL AND RANDOM, AND YET HE'S STILL ON THE FORCE. I GO ALL ACROSS THE WORLD. I WAS IN MEMPHIS 10, UH, TENNESSEE, WITH TYREE NICHOLS FAMILY AND ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP. AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT THE BLUE, THE BLUEPRINT SHOWS THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO HOLD AN OFFICER ACCOUNTABLE. AND IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO HOLD A BLACK OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE, BUT IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO HOLD A WHITE OFFICER ACCOUNTABLE. SO I'M HERE TO ASK, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GONNA DO TO FIX THIS MATTER? ARE WE RECYCLING BAD COPS? BECAUSE IF I LOOK AT IT, AND IF YOU ALL LOOK AT IT, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WE WANT TO ENFORCE LAWS, BUT HOW CAN WE ENFORCE LAWS IF WE'RE NOT HOLDING HPD OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE? WELL, LET ME JUST SAY WE HOLD, WE DO HOLD EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE. UM, I DON'T HAVE THE PARTICULAR DETAILS IN FRONT OF ME. I WOULD ASK, UH, CERTAINLY FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO CRYSTAL LAGO FOR, SHE'S THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR US, UH, THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE. AND UM, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD, A GOOD PERSON TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS TO. AND I THINK SHE COULD HELP TO PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT AT THE SAME TIME. I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT MYSELF. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. JASON CONWAY. JASON CONWAY IS HERE. YES. TO BE FOLLOWED BY KEITH LEVER. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MY NAME IS JASON CONWAY. UH, I'M THE OWNER OF J JAMES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND I BUILD HOUSES IN THE ACRES, ACRES HOME COMMUNITY. UH, I HAD, UH, ACQUIRED SOME PROPERTY THROUGH THE JRC THAT WAS APPROVED AND PASSED BY THIS COUNCIL. AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, I HAD TO SUBMIT A SITE PLAN WITH THE PROPOSAL OF WHAT I WAS PROPOSING TO BUILD. AND ONCE IT WAS APPROVED AND WE STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MS. ERICA BAILEY TO DO THE, UH, REPLANTING PROCESS, IT CAME ABOUT THAT IT WAS IN A MINIMUM LOT SIZE. AND WE'VE TRIED TO, UM, FOLLOW A PROCESS TO HAVE THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE VARIANCE REMOVED. AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, HEY, WE HAVE NO RECOURSE WITH THAT. THE PROBLEM THAT WE ARE HAVING IS MONTGOMERY TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD FILED FOR CHAPTER 42 OF, UH, 7,800 MINIMUM LOT SIZE. BUT MY PROPERTY, 2,700 FERGUSON WAY IS IN HARVEST HEIGHTS. AND THE THING THAT THEY'RE SAYING IS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT IT GOES FROM BLOCK TO BLOCK. HOWEVER, MY PARTICULAR [02:55:01] PROPERTY, IT IS NOT AFFORDED ANYTHING IN MONTGOMERY TERRACE. IN FACT, MONTGOMERY TERRACE HAS A WALL THAT STOPS BEHIND 2,700 FERGUSON WADE. AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT IS WHAT PROCESS, I'VE BEEN HEARING THIS ALL DAY, A PROCESS. I HAVE NO PROCESS TO FOLLOW TO GET SOMEONE TO EITHER, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT IT AND UPHOLD WHAT THE JRC HAD ALREADY APPROVED SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT OF, UM, OF MY HOUSING. RIGHT. AND ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU, ARE YOU BUILDING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR ARE YOU BUILDING MORE THAN THAT? YES, SIR. SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. YEAH, BECAUSE THE NOTE THAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THE PROPERTY THAT YOU ACQUIRED IS SUBJECT TO THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE ORDINANCE. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM THE ORDINANCE. NO, SIR. MR. MAYOR, THE, THE PROPERTY THAT I HAD, UH, CURRENTLY OWNED IS SUBJECT TO THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE. RIGHT. THE PROPERTY THAT I, UH, ACQUIRED FROM THROUGH THE JRC DOES NOT ADHERE TO THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE. OKAY. I JUST SAID THAT AT THE TIME, THE LAND HAD NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED TO BE WITHIN A MINIMUM LOCK SIZE AREA. AND HE SAID THAT JRC APPROVED THE CONCEPT OF HIS PROPOSAL WITH NO STIPULATIONS. STAFF CONFIRMED 2,700 FERGUSON WAVES WITHIN A SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE BLOCK ORDINANCE, AND THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM THE ORDINANCE. THAT'S, THAT'S THE NOTE I'M SAYING. I, I'LL JUST HAVE TO TYPE, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT, TAKE A LOOK AND TALK TO PLANNING ABOUT IT. YES, SIR. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, THEY REFERRED ME TO MR. ABRAHAM. THEY REFERRED ME TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT I, I CAN'T GET IN CONTACT WITH ANYONE AND YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, JUST TRYING TO GET SOMEONE TO UPHOLD WHAT, WHAT I PRESENTED. HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SOMEONE? NO, SIR. OKAY. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE REACH OUT TO YOU AND WELL, I TAKE IT BACK. UH, BUT I SPOKE, THEY JUST SAID, WELL, WE HAVE NO PROCESS IN PLACE TO GRANT A VARIANCE AND TAKE IT UP WITH LEGAL. AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE AT. JUST TAKE IT UP WITH LEGAL. GOTCHA. I GOTCHA. COUNCILMAN POLL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR FOR COMING. I, I WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THIS. UM, WHEN YOU ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY YES SIR. AND YOU PUT IN YOUR PLANS TO THE CITY. YES, SIR. HAD THAT AREA THAT WANTS TO PROPOSE CHANGES TO THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE. HAD THEY ALREADY APPLIED OR DID YOU, DID YOU PROPOSE YOUR PLANS TO THE CITY FIRST I PROPOSED MY PLANS TO THE CITY FIRST. AND WHEN I GOT THE TITLE COMMITMENT BACK FROM MY ORIGINAL LOT AND THE LOT THAT I ACQUIRED FROM THE CITY, IT HAD NOTHING PERTAINING TO A MINIMUM LOT SIZE IN MY CURRENT DES. AND SO THEN AFTER YOU GOT THAT BACK, YOU LEARNED AFTER THE FACT THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAD PROPOSED CHANGES FOR A MINIMUM LOT SIZE? CORRECT? CORRECT. ALRIGHT. AND MAYOR, I ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE, UM, I'VE BEEN HEARING THIS FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THE CITY, THAT THEY ARE PUTTING FORTH PLANS TO THE CITY, UM, IN AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE NO MINIMUM LOT SIZES. AND THEN THE AREA SUBSEQUENTLY, UH, PUTS FORTH A PROPOSAL TO GO TOWARDS MINIMUM LOT SIZES AFTER PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY PUT FORTH THEIR EFFORT, BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, PUT MONEY DOWN, AND THEY'RE NOT BEING GRANDFATHERED IN. AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AS A, AS A BODY BECAUSE IT'S NOT GIVING PEOPLE CERTAINTY ON WHAT THEY'RE ACQUIRING. IF THEY'RE PURCHASING SOMETHING WITH CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS AND THEN WE CHANGE SOMETHING AFTER THE FACT WHILE THEIR APPLICATIONS ARE STILL PENDING, THAT'S NOT FAIR. SO WE EITHER HAVE TO GRANDFATHER OR COME WITH SOMETHING THAT WILL ALLOW THEM, UH, OR SOME TYPE OF REMEDY FOR THEM BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PAYING MONEY, PUTTING FORTH ALL THE EFFORT, SUBMITTING EVERYTHING TO THE CITY. AND THEN AFTER THE FACT, THE CITY IS TELLING THEM, WELL, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME PROPOSED CHANGES. THERE'S SOMETHING BACKWARDS AROUND THAT. AND I, I BROUGHT THAT UP JUST BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING FROM HIM, WE'RE HEARING AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, THAT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY. AND SO THAT'S A ISSUE THAT, THAT I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK INTO. UH, THAT'S ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. KEITH, LEAVE WHAT? LEAVE. YEAH. KEITH, LEAVE KEITH. NEXT SPEAKER. MARILYN LEWIS. MARILYN LEWIS. MARILYN LEWIS. NEXT SPEAKER. STEVE WILLIAMS. STEVE WILLIAMS. STEVE WILLIAMS. NEXT SPEAKER. REVEREND WINSTON JAMES. REVEREND WINSTON [03:00:01] JAMES. HE'S READY. WINSTON JAMES. NEXT SPEAKER. DARREL HARPER. DARL HARPER. NEXT SPEAKER? NOPE. NO LONGER HERE. NO LONGER HERE. NEXT SPEAKER. DEBORAH ELAINE ALLEN. DEBORAH ELAINE ALLEN. NEXT SPEAKER. REGINA CLORE. REGINA CLORE. NEXT SPEAKER. PRISCILLA HATCHETT. PRISCILLA HATCHETT. NEXT SPEAKER, KATHLEEN POWELL. KATHLEEN POWELL. NEXT SPEAKER TRAVIS STORES. TRAVIS IS HERE. WE FOLLOWED BY REVEREND GARSTON GUILLORY. THANKS SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER. UH, YOU'RE GOOD. UM, MAYOR TURNER HAS BEEN QUITE WELL TO US. UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT PETTY CABS AND, UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE DOING OUR PREMIER EVENT EVERY YEAR AT THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK AND RODEO. WE HAD THE BARBECUE COOKOFF, WHICH IN HOUSTON IS THE BIGGEST SHOW ON EARTH. IT'S IN COUNTRY SONGS AND VERY FAMOUS. AND SO I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING IN HOUSTON, TEXAS SINCE 2003, BROUGHT TO YOU THE CITY BROUGHT US IN FROM SAN DIEGO. I CAME WITH A TEAM AND WE STARTED PECA FOR THE SUPER BOWL IN 2004, WHICH WAS SUPER BOWL 38. AND IN 2005 I BECAME SOLE OWNER. AND I'VE BEEN HERE EVER SINCE. AND I'M VERY PROUD TO MAKE THIS MY HOME RUN A SMALL BUSINESS. NOW I HAVE MULTIPLE SMALL BUSINESSES AND I CONTINUE TO RUN MY PEDICAB COMPANY HERE. I HAVE ANOTHER MAJOR PEDICAB COMPANY IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND I HAVE ANOTHER PEDICAB COMPANY IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. I ALSO RUN HOUSTON BIKE BAR THE FOUR WHEEL BIKES WHEREBY PEDALS LIKE CRAZY AND GETS DRUNK AND SHAKES THE BOOTIES, MAKES 'EM IN GOOD LIVING. BUT CABS HAVE BUILT ME EVERYTHING I'VE EVER DONE. AND AT THIS MOMENT, I'M ABOUT READY TO LOSE THIS COMPANY. AND I DO NOT WANT TO, I CAN AFFORD TO LOSE IT, BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BECAUSE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PETTY CABS THAT COME TO OUR CITY AND HAVE ZERO PERMITS. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS OCCURS. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS OCCURS AND HOW THIS HAS NOT BEEN STOPPED. I HAVE ASKED A RA MULTIPLE TIMES TO MAKE THIS STOP, BUT THEY WILL JUST CONTINUE DOWN THE SAME OLD ROAD AND JUST WRITE TICKETS AND LET THESE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO MAKE MONEY AND RIDE WITH OUR CITIZENS OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. AND THESE PEOPLE DON'T PASS BACKGROUND CHECKS. THEY DON'T PAY FOR PERMITS. THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. A FEW YEARS AGO, THIS BROUGHT ME SO MUCH STRESS, I JUST STOPPED ASKING. NOW I SEE I WILL LOSE MY BUSINESS IF I DON'T ASK. NOW, WHY WOULD I STOP ASKING? BECAUSE MY LIFE GETS THREATENED. THESE CAMERAS WILL SHOW WHO'S ASKING YOU TO DO THIS, RIGHT? MY LIFE WILL GET THREATENED. DO YOU THINK PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE PERMITS ARE NICE PEOPLE? NOW, IF YOU OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE AND YOU DON'T HAVE A LICENSE, YOU DON'T HAVE A REGISTRATION, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. DOES THE COP JUST WRITE YOU A TICKET AND SEND YOU HOME IN YOUR CAR? DO THEY SOMETIMES A DRIVER'S LICENSE, A LICENSE PLATE, THEY JUST WRITE A TICKET AND SEND 'EM HOME. THEY DON'T TOW 'EM OFF. NOW, IF I SHOW UP TO THE AIRPORT WITH, UH, PAPA'S, WITH SOME FOOD CARTS, NO PERMITS, NO CONTRACT, NO NOTHING, AND I JUST START SLINGING BURRITOS, ARE YOU GONNA ALLOW ME OR ARE YOU JUST GONNA WRITE ME A TICKET AND LET ME CONTINUE TO SELL MY FOOD? DO YOU THANK UNLICENSED PETTY CALS HAS NOT DESTROYED MY BUSINESS. I'VE ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES, RIGHT? I'M HERE. I'M STICKING MY NECK OUT AGAIN. I HAVE, I HAVE SO MANY PICTURES, RIGHT? I JUST WALKED UP, STARTED TAKING PHOTOS. YEAH. TOM HAS EXPIRED. COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. AND UH, THANK YOU MR. STOWERS FOR COMING FORWARD. THIS, THIS IS A ISSUE, UH, THAT WE'VE, WE HEAR YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, THE TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORTH IS NOT BEING EFFECTIVE. UM, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE CITY IS TAKING A STEP TO TICKET, BUT THAT TICKET IS NOT, THEY JUST BUILD THAT INTO THEIR BUSINESS MODEL PROBABLY AND JUST KEEP GOING. YES. SO THEY, WE NEED, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FIND A SOLUTION TO WHERE, UH, IT GOES BEYOND TICKETING. YES. AND YOUR SUGGESTION WOULD BE TOW 'EM OFF, ARREST THEM, DO SOMETHING. I DON'T THINK DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN THIS CURRENT SYSTEM. I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. LIKE, WE NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH LAWYERS AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE WORDING. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BETTER. I'VE SEEN PETTY CABS TOWED IN EVERY OTHER CITY. I'M [03:05:01] PROBABLY YOUR BE LIKE 20 YEARS OF PETTY CABS. I'M PROBABLY YOUR BEST. AND THAT, THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION TO YOU. SINCE YOU HAVE A PETTY CAB BUSINESS IN OTHER AREAS, UH, DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW OF ORDINANCES OR ENFORCEMENT THAT IS BEING DONE IN OTHER AREAS THAT WE ARE NOT DOING THAT WE CAN TAKE AS A MODEL? YES. THEY STOP AND THEY TAKE THEIR EQUIPMENT FROM THEM. SO THEY CONFISCATE THE, UH, YES. OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO SEND OUR OFFICE THE ORDINANCE THAT THE OTHER CITIES USE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYTHING ON THE BOOKS THAT CONFISCATES VEHICLES, BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO IT. UM, USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH A, WITH A REGULAR MOTOR VEHICLE IS IF YOU'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, BROKEN TAIL LIGHT DIDN'T CHANGE LANES PROPERLY, WHATEVER, YOU'RE GONNA GET A TICKET. RIGHT? THAT'S JUST RIGHT. THAT'S JUST CORRECT. I HAVE A CITY, A HOUSTON PERMIT CORRECT. THAT ALLOWS ME TO BE ON THE PUBLIC STREETS. CORRECT. AND WORK, WORK WITH THE CITIZENS OF THE HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHERE THESE PEOPLE HAVE ZERO. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS RIGHT NOW, OUR ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM ISN'T RIGHT. ISN'T DOING ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S JUST A TICKET. YEAH. SO NOW WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY TO, UH, EXPLORE GOING BEYOND JUST A TICKET AND, AND POSSIBLY, UH, TOWING OR CONFISCATING. AND SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THE OTHER CITIES DO IT. THAT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WOULD TAKE MANPOWER FROM OUR HPD OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO DO, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. DON'T, BECAUSE I THINK IF, I THINK IF WE, IF WE SEND A STRONG MESSAGE, THEN IT'LL START TO KIND OF MAKE ITS WAY AROUND THE INDUSTRY. IT'S USUALLY A COORDINATION BETWEEN A-R-A-H-P-D AND THE POLICE. THE OUTDOOR POLICE FORCE AT ENERGY TOYOTA CENTER, MINUTE MAID, IT'S USUALLY A COORDINATION OF IN NORMAL, IN MOST CITIES, THEY WILL ALL COORDINATE LIKE AUSTIN, TEXAS, YOU KNOW, DOES IT WONDERFUL. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS DOES IT. WONDERFUL. YOU KNOW, NASHVILLE, YOU SHOW UP IN MY CITY IN NASHVILLE, YOU'RE GONE. LIKE THOSE COPS JUST SHOW FORCE A LITTLE SHOW OF FORCE GOES A LONG WAYS. NOW WE'VE SHOWED NO, THEY, THEY, THEY EAT TICKETS. THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW ALL THE TICKETS TO A JUDGE AND THE JUDGE WILL JUST DISMISS THEM. THEY'LL SIT OVERNIGHT AND JUST BE GONE. NOW, I, I UNDERSTAND AND I'M NOT MAD AT 'EM, BUT NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S A HUNDRED PLUS OF THEM. YES. SO IT'S JUST DESTROYED MY BUSINESS. SO WHAT WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY CARD. YOU FOLLOW UP WITH MY OFFICE, UH, LET'S WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW, REAL QUICK, MR. MAYOR LEFT AND IT'S LIKE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES OF ALL TIME. HIM AND MR. BOB URI IN 2018. I WAS GONNA TELL THE STORY. MAYOR TURNER WAS CRAZY. MR. STOWERS I THAT DAY, MR. STOWERS. I UNDERSTAND THAT. YEAH. YOU WERE COMPARING HOUSTON TO COLLEGE STATION. THE COLLEGE, COLLEGE STATION. IMPOUNDS, UH, YES. PE CAPS, UH, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROPER PERMITS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, UH, A RA INSPECTORS WILL BE ENFORCING VEHICLES FOR HIGHER COMPLIANCE DURING THE 2023 HOUSTON RODEO. UM, BUT ARE, BUT THEIR AUTHORITY IS LIMITED TO ISSUING THE CITATIONS. UM, SO, BUT A RA IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH HPD AND THE DRT OFFICERS ON COMPLIANCE ENFORCEMENT. AND I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD AND I, I, I'LL WORK WITH HIM AS WELL, UH, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAYBE CHANGE THAT, WHERE HPD WILL, WILL ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I IMPOUND, UH, ILLEGAL PEDIC CAPS, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM, OF COURSE, DURING THE RODEO, UH, DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ATTEND THE RODEO PERFORMANCES. UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK ON. UH, AND I'LL JOIN COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD IN, TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS, HOPEFULLY THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN NEXT YEAR. RIGHT. THANK YOU. I, LIKE I SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. YOU KNOW, MS. TINA PAEZ, CATHERINE BRUNAN, THE WHOLE A RA, LIKE, I'M HERE TO HELP. LIKE, I WANT TO WORK WITH THEM, LIKE, BUT I'M HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION REAL QUICK WHETHER TO SELL OUT AND BE GONE, WHICH I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, IT'S JUST, THIS IS MY LAST STRAW. I DON'T LIKE ASKING. I KNOW WHAT I'M ABOUT, READY TO GO WALK INTO A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEDICAB PEOPLE THAT I'M, THEY THINK I'M TAKING THEIR LIVELIHOOD FROM. BUT IN REALITY, THEY RIGHT NOW ARE TAKING MY LIVELIHOOD. AND THERE'S MANY OF PEOPLE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS THAT DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. AND WE ARE GETTING TRAMPLED OVER. SO IT HAS BEEN DEVASTATING. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK Y'ALL. OH, I'M SORRY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KOSHERS, I, I, I SUPPORT YOU IN THIS. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT IF YOU STOP SOMEBODY IN A POLICE CAR, IF A POLICEMAN STOPS SOMEBODY WITHOUT A DRIVER'S LICENSE, NO INSURANCE TAILLIGHTS OUT. THEY JUST WRITE 'EM A TICKET AND LET 'EM GO. I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALWAYS CRAZY TO JUST, TO LET A GUY THAT'S ALREADY DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE, LET HIM DRIVE OFF. I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I I, BUT, BUT SEE, IN YOUR SITUATION, I THINK IT'D BE QUICKER IF WE HAD A WAY OF CHAINING THOSE VEHICLES, UH, NOT TO TOW THEM. RIGHT? NOT TO TOW THEM. CHAIN 'EM, JUST CHAIN 'EM UP TO, TO, TO POST SOMEWHERE. THE POLICE OFFICER CHAIN 'EM UP. WE HAVE TO CHANGE. THEN WE, YOU KNOW, THEN AFTER THE NIGHT GOES UP, [03:10:01] UNCHAIN 'EM, LET 'EM TAKE 'EM OFF AND SEND 'EM HOME. YEAH. I'M AFTER THIS SESSION OF, I'VE NEVER KNEW SUCH, UH, ANIMOSITY AND RESTAURANTS AND THEN AIRPORT RESTAURANTS. OH MY GOD. LIKE, AND NUMBER TWO, THE ORIGINAL CCHI FACTORY IS A HOUSTON MUST. THAT PLACE IS OFF THE HOOK. IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE LIKE THAT DUDE'S LEGIT, HIS WHOLE FAMILY LIKE, OH MY GOD, YOU EAT ONE CCHI FROM THERE, YOU'LL NEVER EAT ANOTHER RURAL CAMPBELL, BUT CAMPBELL CCHI FROM SHIPLEY'S. RIGHT? I YOU'RE JUST LIKE, LIKE, BUT YEAH, I'M JUST, BUT NOW MY NEW SH LIKE IN MY WORLD, I'M GONNA GET A BUNCH OF FOOD CARDS AND JUST GO INSIDE AND JUST START SLINGING UNTIL YOU GUYS JUST WRITE ME TICKETS. AND I'LL JUST MAKE THAT MY LAWYERS WILL JUST BE A TAX WRITE OFF. RIGHT. I'M JUST LIKE, ANYWAYS, THANK Y'ALL. WHAT I DO IS FINE. AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL SPEAKER REVEREND REVEREND GIL GARSTON. GUILLORY NOT PRESENT. IS NOT PRESENT. DWIGHT MACK IS NOT PRESENT. LAST SPEAKER, MICHAEL GREGOR IS NOT PRESENT. THAT COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKER. [RECESS] WE WILL REACH THIS UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. THANK YOU. 23 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET FOR THE LAKE HOUSTON FACILITIES PROJECT OPERATED BY THE COASTAL WATER AUTHORITY. ITEM TWO, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF THE 2023 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET FOR THE LOOSE BIO SYSTEM PROJECT OPERATED BY THE COASTAL WATER AUTHORITY. ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $890,761 AND NO CENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH ISI CONTRACTING, INC. FOR ON-CALL NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. NUMBER THREE, ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $3,067,632 AND 67 CENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH GRAVEL LLC FOR FY 2021. LOCAL DRAINAGE PROGRAM. CONTRACT NUMBER TWO, ITEM FIVE, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF NINE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND TWENTY DOLLARS, $2,868 AND 20 CENTS. AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH SPECIALIZED MAINTENANCE SERVICES, INC. FOR SANITARY SEWER CLEANING AND TELEVISION IN SUPPORT OF REHABILITATION. ITEM SIX, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE JOINT REFERRAL COMMITTEE. EXCUSE ME, ON REQUEST FROM PHILIP REED MATTHEWS II, GOLDER ASSOCIATES ON BEHALF OF USA WASTE OF TEXAS LANDFILLS INC. JAMES A. WILSON PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT, DECLINING THE ACCEPTANCE OF REJECTING AND REFUSING THE DEDICATION OF A 50 FOOT WIDE UNNAMED STREET FROM WESTWARD TRAIL WEST TO THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE OF LOSS. 87 AND ONE 14 BLOCK A OUT OF THE ALAMEDA ESTATES EDITION OUT OF THE CVU GLOW AND EAST PART OF THE HS BATCH BATCH SHELTER SURVEYS PARCEL SY 23 DASH OH 54. ITEM SEVEN, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE JOINT REFERRAL COMMITTEE ON REQUEST FROM PHILIP REED MATTHEWS II, GOLDER ASSOCIATES ON BEHALF OF USA WASTE OF TEXAS LANDFILLS INC. JAMES A. WILSON VICE PRESIDENT, DECLINING THE ACCEPTANCE OF REJECTING AND REFUSING THE DEDICATION OF SOUTH LAWN STREET FROM RAYMOND STREET AND WEST. MORE OR LESS 600 FEET LOCATED BETWEEN BLOCKS THREE AND EIGHT OF THE SOUTH LAWN EDITION OUT OF THE LEWIS GREENWICH SURVEY PARCEL SY 23 DASH OH ONE THREE. ITEM EIGHT FOUR WEST ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPLY, INC. FOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE SUPPORT UTILITY VEHICLE THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CORPORATE PURCHASING WITH THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL FOR THE FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. ITEM NINE, THE CNA CORPORATION FOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF THREATS OF HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT AND PREPAREDNESS REPORT SERVICES. ITEM 10, TRIDENT TRAINING SOLUTIONS LLC FOR GEMINI COMPATIBLE DIVER MOUNT DISPLAY TETHER SYSTEM, AND ACCESSORIES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY. ITEM 11, AMEND MOTION NUMBER 2019 DASH 3 94. PASSED JULY 24TH, 2019 TO INCREASE SPRINTING AUTHORITY FOR PURCHASE OF LIQUID SODIUM BY SULFATE FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AWARDED TO SOUTHERN IION INCORPORATED. ITEM 12, CONSOLIDATED TRAFFIC CONTROLS INC. FOR PURCHASE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM 13, ORDINANCE SUBMITTING CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, [03:15:01] AND HOUSTON BUILDING CODE CHAPTER ONE OF THAT VOLUME OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON CONSTRUCTION CODE NOW AS THE CITY OF HOUSTON BUILDING CODE RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF DONATION STATIONS. ITEM 14, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE HOUSTON FORENSIC SCIENCE CENTERS INC. ITEM 15, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AWARDING CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND PEPSICO FOUNDATION, INC. ITEM 16 ORDINANCE AWARDING CONTRACT TO MEK INTERIORS AND FLOORS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. ITEM 17 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CREATION OF OTHER GOVERNMENT INTEREST BEARING FUND TO BE ADMINISTERED BY HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTING THE DEPOSIT OF GRANT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 AND NO CENTS RECEIVED FROM THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED INTO THE FUND. AND PROVIDING THAT MONIES AND THE FUNDS SHOULD BE EXPENDED ONLY FOR PROVIDING THE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS DESCRIBED IN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING NUMBER C 7 9 9 18 BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND NRPA ITEM 18 ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE 4,500 BLOCK OF WALKER STREET. ITEM 19 ORDINANCE. FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO LONGER REQUIRE THE CONTINUED USE OF ONE 50 FOOT WIDE GREENSBORO DRIVE, CIRCLING FROM GRAND BOULEVARD TO GRAND BOULEVARD. TWO, A FIVE FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT. THREE A 10 FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT FOUR AND A FIVE 15 FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT ALL BEING OUT OF UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. EIGHT BLOCK, ONE LEVIT GREEN, SECTION 1 0 2 OR THE GREENSBORO EDITION, DWC HARRIS SURVEY ABSTRACT 3 25. HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS ABANDONING THE EASEMENTS TO TWO ML REAL ESTATE INTEREST INC. ITEM 20 ORDINANCE. FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND ASSESSING NO LONGER REQUIRE THE CONTINUED USE OF CAROL PLACE FROM THE WESTERN LINE OF LOT 1 26 EAST OF CRAIGHEAD DRIVE EAST TO IT TERMINALS AND EAST RIDING STREET FROM CRAIGHEAD DRIVE EAST TO HIS TERMINUS IN THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT. 1 18, 1 19, 1 20, 1 21, AND 1 22 OF ALBION SUBDIVISION ALL SITUATED IN THE BB B AND CRR COMPANY. SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 1 7 3 HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, A ABANDONING STATE STREET EASEMENT TO MELCHER INVESTMENTS. ITEM 21 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF PEACE AND TEXAS AS SELLER AND YELLOWSTONE ACADEMY, INC. AS BUYER. ITEM 22 ORDINANCE. FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO LONGER REQUIRE THE CONTINUED USE OF HADLEY STREET FROM SAWYER STREET EAST TO BRILEY STREET. ANDRES FOURTH STREET FROM THE SOUTH LINE OF LOTS. ONE AND FIVE NORTH TO HADLEY STREET, LOCATED WITHIN THE WILLIAM A. WILSON EDITION OUT OF THE HENRY THROUGH WATCHER SURVEY, A DASH 75 PARTIALS, SY 20 DASH OH SIX A AND SY 20 DASH OH OH SIX B, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS AND EXCHANGE OF SERVICES, UH, I'M SORRY, ABANDONED SAID PORTION TO ITS OWNER, YELLOWSTONE ACADEMY, INC. IN EXCHANGE FOR CASH NOTES AND EXCHANGE OF SERVICES TOTALING $978,967 AND NO CENTS TO BE PAID TO THE CITY AND FOR OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION. THIS ITEM SHOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED AFTER PASSAGE OF ITEM 21, ABOVE ITEM 23. ORDINANCE APPROPRI $115,500 AND NO CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND AT VALOR TAX FOR ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. ITEM 24 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT OF ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FUNDS AND ROAD RECONSTRUCTION. PROJECT ITEM 25 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $3,150,000 IN NO CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND DRAINAGE CHARGE AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND RG MILLER ENGINEERS INC. ITEM 26 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $525,000 IN THOSE CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND DRAINAGE CHARGE AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND IN INFOTECH ENGINEERS AND IN INNOVATORS. LLC ITEM 27, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $9,460,000 NO CENTS OUT OF METRO PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION D-D-S-R-F AWARDING CONTRACT TO TYCON GROUP INC. ITEM 28, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $3,421,742 AND NO CENTS OUT OF WATER AND SEW SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AWARDING CONTRACT TO CSI CONSOLIDATED L-L-C-D-B-A AIMS COMPANIES. ITEM 29, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS THAT CITY COUNCIL DRAW LOTS TO DETERMINE THE SUCCESSFUL BID IN AS MUCH AS IDENTICAL BIDS WERE RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR SEWER STOPPAGE CLEANING AND TELEVISION INSPECTION. 8 5 1 0 0 DASH EIGHT COUNCIL DRAW LOTS DUE TO RECEIVING IDENTICAL BIDS FROM CSI CONSOLIDATED L-L-C-D-B-A, AIMS COMPANIES AND SPECIALIZED MAINTENANCE SERVICES, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,883,680 AND NO CENTS. ITEM 30, ORDINANCE APPRO AN AUTHORIZING REVENUE AGREEMENT [03:20:01] BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND S-H-O-U-J-V-L-L-C FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONCESSION AT VMP HAPPY AIRPORT FOR THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM. THIS WAS ITEM THIS WAS TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PEG JACKSON, EVAN SHABA, MARTIN THOMAS, HUFFMAN, CISNEROS, CASTEX, TATUM KNOX, ROBINSON, K, BOSS, PLUMBER, AND ALCORN. THIS WAS ITEM 26 ON AGENDA OF FEBRUARY 22ND, 2023. THIS COMPLETES THE READING OF THE AGENDA FOR THE WEEK, MARCH 1ST, 2023. STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL. SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 9:00 AM IN THE WORDS OF OUR CITY SECRETARY, PAT JEFFERSON. DANIEL, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS TREAT EVERYONE THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED. THIS CAME STRAIGHT LIVE FROM THE ANNA RUSSELL COUNCIL CHAMBER. HAVE A BLESSED IN FANTABULOUS DAY THIS MORNING, MARCH THE [RECONVENE] FIRST 2023 I MAYOR. SUPPOSED TO TURN. I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO WATER. [MAYOR'S REPORT] I HAD, UM, PREPARED, UH, UH, SOME COMMENTS, UH, FOR THE MAYOR'S REPORT. UM, I'M GONNA ABBREVIATE THOSE 'CAUSE I WANNA, I WANNA FOCUS ON SOMETHING I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, UM, UH, THIS MORNING, WHICH HAS DELAYED ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I'M GETTING REPORTS FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT SOURCES, UH, THAT THE STATE INTENDS TO TAKE OVER HISD AND THEY, THAT THEY INTEND TO DO IT NEXT WEEK. I CAN'T HEAR YOU, MARY. I'M SORRY. THE REASON WHY I'M LATE IS THAT, UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS THIS MORNING, SOME OF THEM LEGISLATORS AND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING TO ME, AND I VISITED WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION OVER THE WEEKEND ASKING, AND HE DIDN'T SAY YES. BUT AGAIN, I'M TALKING TO LEGISLATORS THIS MORNING AND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING TO ME IS THAT THE STATE INTENDS TO TAKE OVER HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT REPLACING THE ENTIRE BOARD, REPLACING THE SUPERINTENDENT AND RUNNING, TAKING OVER THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I FIND THAT TOTALLY ALARMING. TOTALLY ALARMING. HISD HAS 273 SCHOOLS, NEARLY 190,000 STUDENTS. HOW DO YOU COME IN AND TAKE OVER THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS? HOW DO YOU DO THAT AND DO IT SUCCESSFULLY? SO WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING THIS MORNING IS CHECKING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY SUCCESSFUL MODEL IN THE COUNTRY. AND THERE IS NONE. THERE'S NOT A SUCCESSFUL MODEL OF THIS KIND IN THE COUNTRY. AND WHEN THE STATE COMES IN AND TAKES IT OVER BY WHAT STANDARD OF MEASUREMENT WE THEY USE NOW, THEY CAN GO BACK INTO 2 20 19 WHEN PHYLLIS WHEATLEY WAS UNDERPERFORMING FOR SEVEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS. BUT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS AND IN THE LAST REPORT, FOR EXAMPLE, 40 OF THE 50 D AND F SCHOOLS, 40 OF THE 50 ARE NO LONGER IN THAT STATUS. THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT. HISG IS NOW RATED 88 A B PLUS SCHOOL DISTRICT. PHYLLIS WHEELIE HAS COME OUT OF THAT AND GOT, SEE, LET'S SEE. SO IN THE LAST, UNDER THIS SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD, THEY HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT ACADEMIC PROGRESS IN HIHD. AND WHAT I SAID TO THE COMMISSIONER OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN I TALKED TO HIM, 'CAUSE I WAS HEARING, HEARING THESE RUMORS, IT'S WHAT I SAID TO HIM. HOW DOES THE STATE COME IN AND TAKE OVER AN ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF 274,000 STUDENTS BY A BOARD OF MANAGERS THAT NO ONE KNOWS, NO ONE KNOWS, NOT ELECTED. WHO ARE THEY ACCOUNTABLE TO BY [03:25:01] A SUPERINTENDENT? YOU'RE GONNA MOVE THIS ONE OUT AND BRING IN SOMEBODY ELSE. SELECTED BY WHOM? CHOSEN BY WHOM. AND WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS WHO'S TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT THEY WANT AND THEIR AND THE STUDENTS AND THE IMPACT ON THESE 190,000 KIDS? IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE STUDENTS, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE PARENTS, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE, THE TEACHERS, THE FACULTY, AND NEITHER IS IT GOOD FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND IT CREATES A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY AND WILL GENERATE A LOT OF WORRY BY A LOT OF PARENTS SAYING, WHO NOW WILL BE RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE? IS IT, WILL IT BE THE STATE OF TEXAS? UM, WE CANNOT BE SILENT ON THIS ONE. THE STATE IS OVERREACHING ON THIS ONE. AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS ARGUMENT THAT IT'S MANDATORY BY THE LAW THAT WAS PASSED. AND MAYOR YOU WAS THERE AND YOU VOTED FOR IT. WELL, LET'S BACK UP. 'CAUSE I WAS THERE AND THAT AMENDMENT WAS ATTACHED TO A BILL WITH NO DISCUSSION AND ONLY PERSON WHO KNEW THAT WAS ON IT OR THE PEOPLE WHO PUT IT ON THERE, AND THOSE WHO KNEW THAT THIS PERSON WAS PUTTING IT ON. SO DON'T, DON'T BRING THAT UP. AND WHAT I SAID TO THE COMMISSIONER, THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION RIGHT NOW, IF YOU ARE SAYING YOUR HAND IS FORCED, AND IF YOU DON'T THINK IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS, THE SE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION RIGHT NOW. CHANGE IT RIGHT NOW. SO DON'T USE, DON'T GIVE ME THIS ARGUMENT ABOUT OUR HANDS ARE TIRED. NO. THIS IS AN OUTRIGHT TAKEOVER. AND IF YOU VALUE ANYTHING ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL, LOCAL DISTRICTS, PARENTS HAVING TO SAY, THEN THIS, IT MAY NOT BE YOUR DISTRICT THIS TIME, BUT THEN IT'S CREATING A BAD MODEL. AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT I'M GONNA SAY ON THIS ISSUE, WHEN I WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE AND THEY TOOK OVER NORTH FOREST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PLACED IT, THE STATE PLACED IT ON HIDI TOLD THEM THEN THAT'S A BAD MODEL. YOU ARE TAKING NORTH FOREST AND YOU ARE PUSHING IT UNDER HISD. AND UNLESS YOU ARE GIVEN HISD, ALL THE NECESSARY RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT, IT'S A BAD MODEL. AND YOU ARE PUT MORE PRESSURE ON HISD AND NOW LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING. NOW, THE STATE CLOSED NORTH FOREST, THEY PUT IT ALL THE PARENTS OF STUDENTS UNDER HISD AND NOW THE STATE IS SEEKING TO TAKE OVER HISD. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? AND IS THIS WHERE WE ARE? AND THE ONLY OTHER EXAMPLE I CAN THINK OF WHERE THIS HAS TAKEN PLACE IS IN FLORIDA. THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER EXAMPLE WHERE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS TAKING PLACE IS IN FLORIDA. AND SO THEY WOULD SAY, WELL, NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. NO, IT'S NOT GONNA ALLOW YOU TO OPERATE ON YOUR TIMELINE WITH YOUR NARRATIVE. AND IF YOU'RE NOT PLANNING TO DO IT, THEN SAY TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. SAY RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. BUT OTHERWISE, PARENTS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, FACULTY, AND PEOPLE IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC NEED TO BE CONCERNED BECAUSE IT IS A TOTAL OBLITERATION OF LOCAL CONTROL. AND SAYING THAT THE STATE IS GONNA COME IN AND RUN THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE. AND WHEN YOU TAKE IT, YOU NOW OWN IT. AND THEN IF YOU TAKE IT AND START BREAKING IT UP INTO CHARTER SCHOOLS AND UTILIZING VOUCHERS AND ALL OF THIS, YOU ARE DESTROYING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL SYSTEM. I SAW MY LOCAL SCHOOL DIS MY SCHOOL GROWING UP IN ACRE HOME. I SAW THEM CLOSE GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH. I SAW THEM CLOSE IT, SOLD IT TO THE CEMETERY. 'CAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO PARADISE NORTH, THAT'S WHERE MY ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL [03:30:01] THAT'S AND BUST US 18 MILES ONE WAY, 36 MILES A DAY. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DID TO US. AND NOW WE HAVE THE STATE COMING IN AND TAKING OVER THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE AND BRINGING IN THEIR MANAGERS. AND THEN THIS, THIS, THIS IS JUST THE KILLING APPOINTMENT. WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO? IF YOU'RE GONNA BRING IN A SET OF MANAGERS, WHO ARE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COSTMAN? HAVE THEY TALKED TO YOU? WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO? WHAT PARENTS HAVE YOU TALKED TO? WHAT BUY-IN HAVE, HAVE YOU RECEIVED? WHAT TEACHERS HAVE YOU TALKED TO? WHAT PRINCIPALS HAVE YOU TALKED TO? WHEN YOU THINK THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE, THEN THINGS GET EVEN WORSE. BUT WHEN YOU START DEALING WITH THE KIDS, IF THERE'S ANY TIME WHEN PEOPLE NEED TO STAND UP AND THEIR VOICES NEED TO HEARD, YOU START DEALING WITH THE KIDS. BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE THE SCHOOLS, YOU TAKE THE COM YOU IMPACT THE COMMUNITY THAT THESE KIDS ARE COMING FROM. AND QUITE FRANKLY, WHO ARE THESE CHILDREN AND WHO ARE THESE PARENTS IN THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN THE COUNTRY? COUNCILMAN MCMAN. MAYOR, I APPRECIATE YOU SOUNDING THE ALARM AND BRINGING AWARENESS TO WHAT THE STATE IS ALLEGEDLY PLANNING. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE, YOU TOUCHED ON THE FACT THAT, AND I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD, THEY'RE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED INDIVIDUALS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON. AND TO COME IN AND DISREGARD THAT, UM, IS AN ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY ITSELF. NOT, AND LOCAL CONTROL. BUT THESE ARE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED INDIVIDUALS. UH, I ALSO CALL INTO QUESTION THE MOTIVE BEHIND A LOT OF THIS. WHEN THE GOVERNOR IS CURRENTLY ON A TOUR TOUTING VOUCHER PROGRAMS, AND I'M A, I'M A PRODUCT OF PRIVATE SCHOOL. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST PRIVATE SCHOOLS. I'M PROUD TO BE A PRODUCT OF THAT. AND I AM PROUD THAT MY COUSIN IS A TEACHER IN ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS. SEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. BUT AGAIN, THE MOTIVE BEHIND A LOT OF THIS AT THE TIME WHEN THE STATE HAS NOT BEEN GIVING TEACHERS PAY RAISES HAS BEEN GUTTING EVERY WHICH WAY, NOT PROVIDING THE RESOURCES FOR OUR STATE SCHOOL AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. UH, AGAIN, I CALL INTO QUESTION THE MOTIVE BEHIND A LOT OF THIS, AND I'LL GO A STEP FURTHER. IT'S NOT JUST AN ATTACK ON DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED BOARDS AND LOCAL CONTROL. UM, THE GUTTING OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR NATION UNDERMINES THE FABRIC OF WHAT OUR NATION'S DEMOCRACY IS BUILT ON, WHICH STARTS WITH OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS. SO, UH, I WOULD CALL ON IN DISTRICT C OUR RESIDENTS, OUR SCHOOL LEADERS, AND OUR PARENTS AND OUR TEACHERS, UH, TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOICE IS BEING HEARD RIGHT NOW, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS A GRAVE OVERREACH. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS MAYOR, THIS IS, THIS IS SO UPSETTING. UH, UM, IT'S INCREDIBLY DISRUPTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE. THIS IS NOT A PATH FORWARD. THIS IS A SETBACK. UM, I WANTED TO INVITE EVERYONE WHO'S LISTENING TO COME TO THE, THE, THE CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WILL BE ONE WEEK FROM TODAY. UM, YOU MAY SIGN UP AND SPEAK. YOUR VOICE NEEDS TO BE HEARD. WE NEED TO SPEAK UP. PLEASE COME THAT MEETING'S AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THESE CHAMBERS NEXT WEDNESDAY AT, UM, ON MARCH 8TH. UM, I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT, THAT THE STATE COMING IN, UM, AND TAKING OVER IS GOING TO LEAD TO IMPROVEMENTS. UM, I I THINK IT'S, IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN ACADEMIC PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN, IN, IN RECENT TIMES. THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE HAVE NOW IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. HE'S A STRONG LEADER AND HE'S, HE'S DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. I I THINK THAT, THAT THE ACCOUNTABILITY REALLY, [03:35:01] YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE BOARD LIES WITH THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE FOR THEM. YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. NOT THE STATE COMING IN AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHO THEY THINK OUGHT TO BE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. THAT FALLS BACK ON VOTERS. AND THAT'S WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. UM, IT, THIS WILL, THIS WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR CITY. IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST THE KIDS. IT'S NOT JUST THE TEACHERS. IT'S, IT'S REALLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HOUSTON. UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A, THE MAYOR SAYS, WHO ARE THESE CHILDREN? THESE, THESE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PRIMARILY BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN IN OUR, IN OUR CITY. I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIKE 80% OF, OF THE, OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS, UM, IS, UH, ECONOMICALLY, UM, DISADVANTAGE. DISADVANTAGE. AND, AND, AND THIS, THIS WILL HURT THEM. WE NEED, WE NEED SCHOOLS TO BE AS, AS GOOD AS THEY CAN BE. WE NEED THESE CHILDREN TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS THEY CAN BE. THAT'S WHO WE'RE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO LEAD THIS CITY, TO BE THE ECONOMIC BASE OF THIS CITY. AND, AND THIS ISN'T GONNA DO THAT. THIS WILL NOT GET US THERE. THIS WILL NOT GET US THERE. PLEASE SIGN UP TO SPEAK AT THE, AT THE CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH. YEAH. THIS IS VERY DISTURBING IN REGARDS TO THE STATE, UH, AND THE CULTURAL WARS THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT IN, IN, IN, IN, IN, IN TALKING ABOUT, AND, UH, BASICALLY TELLING WHAT KIDS AND STUDENTS CAN READ AT SCHOOLS, UH, TO KNOW THAT THE STATE CAN CONTROL HISD, WHERE 62% OF, OF THE STUDENT BODY IS HISPANIC. UH, AND BASICALLY TO TELL THEM WHAT THEY CAN READ, WHAT THEY CAN LEARN. IT'S VERY DISTURBING. NOW, I, I, I KNOW MAYOR AND OTHER CITIES, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING, OR THERE, UH, THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT ALREADY IMPLEMENTED. THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT DOING IT IN REGARDS TO HAVING MAYORAL CONTROL. UH, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND HOW HISD SCHOOL BOARD, WHEN SOME GET ELECTED, HAVE NO EDUCATION BACKGROUND, BUT YET THEY APPOINT A SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS TO LISTEN TO THEM. I'M HOPING THAT THE, IF WE CAN FOLLOW OTHER CITIES WHERE THE MAYOR APPOINTS A SUPERINTENDENT AND THAT WAY, HISD BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE ELECTED THAT HAVE NO EDUCATION BACKGROUND, BUT YET THEY ARE ELECTED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, THEY CAN'T TELL THE SUPERINTENDENT WHAT TO DO. THE SUPERINTENDENT IS SOMEONE THAT HAS SPENT YEARS AS THE DEGREES AND, AND KNOWS WHAT TO DO. AND, AND, AND, AND, AND THE ONLY PERSON THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER TO WOULD BE THE MAYOR. UH, SO I'M HOPING THAT'S SOMETHING MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT. UH, I KNOW THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE MAYORAL CONTROLS THAT THEIR SCHOOL BOARDS, THEY EVEN APPOINT, UH, THE TRUSTEES. I DON'T KNOW. WE NEED TO GO THAT FAR, BUT AT LEAST APPOINTING THE SUPERINTENDENT SO THAT WAY THE SUPERINTENDENT DOESN'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO SCHOOL, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE EDUCATION OR THE KNOWHOW. UH, BUT YET THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THEY HAVE TO LISTEN TO THESE INDIVIDUALS. AND, AND, AND, AND, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE HAVE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS AT OUR, AT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO I'M HOPING THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW, IF NOTHING ELSE ON THIS SUBJECT MATTER, AND THAT IS, UM, THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, MAYOR OF CITY COUNCIL, THEY VOTE, THEY KNOW US. YOU KNOW, WE ARE VETTED NOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO PEOPLE. AND THE PEOPLE DECIDE WHO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ARE. WHO, OKAY, WHO ARE THESE BOARD OF MANAGERS THAT PEOPLE KEEP TALKING ABOUT? WHO ARE THEY AND WHO'S SELECTING THEM? WHERE'S THE TRANSPARENCY IN THIS PROCESS? WHO IS THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT THEY ARE PLANNING, UH, IF TO, TO BRING IN AND WHO'S SELECTING THESE PERSONS? AND THEN IF IT'S THE COMMISSION OF TEA, THEN WHY AREN'T YOU DOWN HERE TALKING RIGHT NOW TO PARENTS AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES, IN YOUR DISTRICTS AND OTHERS? OKAY. WHY AREN'T YOU DOING THAT? AND THEN LASTLY, IF YOU ALL THINK IT'S JUST THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEN I ALSO WANT YOU TO TAKE NOTE OF HOUSE BILL 2127, THAT WILL PREEMPT CITIES, CITY COUNCILS FROM DEALING WITH ISSUES UNDER THE OCCUPATIONAL CODE, LIKE BOARDING HOMES AND VEHICLE TOW TOWING, TOWING AND BOOTING THE INSURANCE CODE, UH, THE LABOR CODE, WHICH SAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE CERTAIN CONTRACTS AT THE AIRPORTS. UM, WE WILL BE TOTALLY PREEMPTED. OKAY? SO IF YOU THINK IT'S JUST HAPPENING [03:40:01] WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, THERE ARE BILLS THAT ARE FLOAT. THERE ARE THREE MAJOR PREEMPTION BILLS THAT LITERALLY WOULD TAKE THE CITY OF HOUSTON FROM BEING A HOME RULE STATE TO A GENERAL RULE STATE WITH THE, WITH THE STATE, CONTROLLING A LOT OF THE, THE, THE DETAILS THAT WE DEAL WITH. AND BASICALLY SAYS, IF IT'S NOT ALLOWED BY THE STATE CITIES, YOU CANNOT ENTER INTO THAT SPACE. CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT, CAN WE SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? MM-HMM . IT'S NOT JUST THE SCHOOLS. IT'S IMPACTING CITIES TOO. AND SO WE'LL BE THE MAYOR, WE'LL BE, YOU'LL BE DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU'LL BE AT LARGE, BUT YOUR YOUR, YOUR REPRESENTATION WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY CLIPPED. THIS IS NOT A GOOD DIRECTION IN WHICH WE ARE GOING, BUT IF WE DON'T SPEAK UP, IF WE DON'T SPEAK UP, AND THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE. LET ME BE VERY, LET ME UNDERSCORE THAT, BUT I DO THINK LOCAL REPRESENTATION MATTERS. I DO BELIEVE LOCAL REPRESENTATION MATTERS. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU'RE IMPACTING OUR CHILDREN AND BOARDING HOMES, YOU NAME IT, WE ALL TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WHERE WHERE IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN ALL OF THIS? WHERE IS THAT? COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON? THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UM, I SHARE YOUR FRUSTRATION, UM, ABOUT THIS NEWS OF TAKEOVER. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M A PRODUCT OF, UM, NORTH FOREST SCHOOL DISTRICT WENT TO EAST HOUSTON ELEMENTARY AND KIRBY MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND OF COURSE, WHEN IT TOOK, TOOK OVER, IT ACTUALLY IMPACTED THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT B NEGATIVELY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY TOOK THAT OVER. AND SO I KNOW THAT THE CONVERSATIONS, UM, STARTED ABOUT TAKEOVER BECAUSE OF WHEATLEY HIGH SCHOOL, UM, YOU KNOW, FAILING. BUT NOW THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, CLASS WHAT THEY GOTTA SEE NOW. AND SO WHY IS, WHY ARE THEY STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TAKEOVER? AND WHAT CAN WE DO AS COMMUNITY? YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE OVER LOCAL CONTROL ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST AS YOU SAID, NOT JUST WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, BUT IN OTHER AREAS. SO WHAT, WHAT, AS WE, AS COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO COMBAT THIS ATTACK, UM, ON OUR DEMOCRACY? WELL, THE POWER CONTINUES IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES. OKAY? I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY SAY. THIS IS THAT FAITH A COMPLETE, OKAY? I THINK WHEN PEOPLE STAND UP, THEIR VOICES WILL BE HEARD. AND, UH, AND THAT'S WHY I'M RAISING THE ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S, WE CANNOT ASSUME JUST BECAUSE THEY SAY THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO. IT WILL HAPPEN IF THE PEOPLE, IF THE PARENTS, THE TEACHERS, THE THE STUDENTS AND OTHERS STAND UP COLLECTIVELY, THERE'S, THERE'S POWER IN OUR VOICES. AND SO I WANNA JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE. THERE'S A, UM, PETITION OUT COMMUNITY, VOICES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY SIGN UP FOR AGAINST, UM, THIS TAKEOVER. THAT'S ONE WAY THAT FOLKS CAN LIKE VOICE THEIR, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS. AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO, AND I CAN DO AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR KIDS, NOT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. UM, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED BECAUSE OF THE SIMPLE FACT WE RIGHT NOW, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE'RE ABLE TO GO INTO THE SCHOOLS AND WORK, UM, WITH THE STUDENTS. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE ELSE THAT DOES NOT SEE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS A PRIORITY, UM, TAKE OVER IT LIMITS WHAT WE, IT IS GONNA LIMIT WHAT WE CAN DO AS A PEOPLE, UM, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS. SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SIGN THIS PETITION. THANK YOU MAYOR AND MAYOR MIND. THE HSD IS A WHOLE SCORE, AN 88. IT IS A B PLUS SCHOOL DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO YOU'RE GONNA COME IN AND TAKE OVER BECAUSE THEY RANKED THESE SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS A, B, C, D, F, HS, D RIGHT NOW IS B PLUS. SO YOU'RE GONNA COME IN AND TAKE OVER B PLUS SCHOOL DISTRICT. CRAZY VICE MEMBER TIM. CASH. DICTATOR. THANK YOU MAYOR FOR SOUNDING THIS ALARM. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, ADD THAT AS THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF BILLS THAT ARE, UM, LOOKING TO PREEMPT CITIES. AND TML PUTS OUT A WEEKLY UPDATE, UM, TALKING ABOUT THESE BILLS. AND THEY HAVE MOVED TO A VERY GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN. AND WE NEED ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ALSO ADVOCATE AT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. UM, WE NEED ELECTED OFFICIALS TO TALK TO THEIR STATE REPRESENTATIVES, TO THEIR STATE SENATORS [03:45:01] ABOUT THESE BILLS THAT WILL CONTINUOUSLY TRY TO PREEMPT OUR LOCAL AUTHORITY. UM, I SENT OUT A LIST OF THE GOVERNOR'S PRIORITIES. YOU RECEIVE THE TML UPDATES EACH WEEK. AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL BUSY, AND I KNOW WE ALL HAVE A LOT ON OUR PLATES, BUT THIS IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR CITIES, UM, BECAUSE IF WE ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN, IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AND OUR LOCAL AUTHORITY, UM, WILL BE, UM, USURPED. AND WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO ALLOW THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO, UM, GO INTO SESSION AND HAVE THESE BILLS THAT AFFECT US EVERY TWO YEARS. LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF BILLS FILED THAT INTENDED TO TAKE AWAY LOCAL CONTROL. AND WE ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE BILLS FILED THAT WILL IMPACT WHAT WE DO AT THE LOCAL CITY LEVEL. EVERY CITY HAS NUANCES AND UNIQUENESS ABOUT THEM. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THE LOCAL AUTHORITY TO IMPACT OUR CONSTITUENTS, THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR US. BUT THE PEOPLE NEED TO BE INVOLVED, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO BE INVOLVED. AND THE, OUR STATE, UH, LEGISLATORS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THESE ARE OUR SHARED CONSTITUENTS AND WE CANNOT, UM, ADVERSELY IMPACT THEM WITHOUT THEM KNOWING PEOPLE NEED TO BE ENGAGED AND ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO BE ENGAGED. SO I HOPE THAT WE WILL ALL PLAY A PART IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND FIGHT FOR OUR CITIES. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMAN, MAYOR COY. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU VICE MAYOR PROAM. I WAS GONNA JUMP IN AND SAY JUST THAT, UH, LAST WEEK, MAYOR, I WAS IN AUSTIN FOR THE TML LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, AND WHICH TIME WE DID TALK, UH, AT GREAT LENGTH ABOUT HOUSE BILL 2127, WHICH AS YOU, AS YOU STATED, UM, WOULD BASICALLY NEGATE ANYTHING THAT THE CITY PASSED, IF IT'S ALSO COVERED IN THE STATE. AGRICULTURAL CODE, FINANCE CODE, INSURANCE CODE, LABOR CODE, NATURAL RESOURCES CODE AND OCCUPATION CODE. SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT COULD AFFECT. WE COULDN'T REGULATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS, CONSERVATION KIND OF THINGS. WE COULDN'T, UH, UM, OVERGROWN LOTS ARE HANDLED IN THE AGRICULTURE CODE, UH, UH, INSECTS AND BEES RAISING ANIMALS. ALL THE THINGS WE'RE DOING ON ANIMAL WELFARE, AGRICULTURE CODE, PREDATORY LENDING BUSINESSES, HOW WE REGULATE THOSE, THAT'S IN THE FINANCE CODE. PAWN SHOPS, YOU KNOW, STUFF WE'RE DOING WITH CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. I MEAN, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. AND I ASKED FOR A MORE EXTENT, I KNOW THIS ISN'T ALL, THEY GAVE US A 10 OR 12 THINGS THAT IT COULD AFFECT. AND I KNOW I, I KNOW THAT BILL KELLY'S WORKING ON THIS, RIGHT? UH, WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW THE OTHER THINGS. WE NEED TO BE COMBING THOSE CODES TO SEE WHAT LOCAL LAWS WOULD BE AFFECTED AND WOULD JUST BASICALLY BE PREEMPTED. WE COULD NO LONGER HAVE THOSE ORDINANCES BECAUSE THEY WERE GOVERNED, THEY'D BE GOVERNED AT THE STATE OR NOT GOVERNED AT THE STATE. SO WE COULDN'T GOVERN, GOVERN THEM EITHER. AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE I ASK, IT'S NOT JUST THE STATE CODES AS THEY ARE TODAY. IT'S THE STATE CODES AS THEY MAY CHANGE OVER TIME. IT'S THE STATE CODES TOTALLY WOULD OVERRIDE THE CITY. SO IT'S SOMETHING TO PAY ATTENTION TO. I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO, TO LOOK AT THAT, UM, YOUR TML LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND WRITE YOUR, UH, LEGISLATORS ABOUT THIS. WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANNA HAVE EVERYTHING, ALL THE, THE WORK WE DID ON NOISE, I MEAN THE WORK. I MEAN, EVERYTHING COULD BE JUST LIKE RIPPED OUT. SO THANKS FOR BRINGING IT UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT I WAS SAYING YOU IS THAT, UM, MEMBER TIM SHOWED ME THIS IN EVERY CATEGORY IN WHICH THE STATE HAS RATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS, HISD SURPASSES DALLAS IN EVERY CATEGORY, ARE THEY GONNA TAKE OVER DALLAS IN EVERY CATEGORY? JUST THEY SUPER SURPASSES THEM. AND IF THEY'RE GONNA GO BACK AND BASE IT ON, WE HAVE THINGS WHERE IN 2019, THEN THEY'RE MAKING AN EGREGIOUS MISTAKE. OKAY, HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, THAT'S MY MISSED REPORT FOR TODAY. AND THEN ON A DIFFERENT CHANGING TONE, WHATEVER. UM, HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNCIL MEMBER, PAT. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I WISH YOU MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY MORE. SHE TRIED TO KEEP IT A SECRET, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU WANTED TO KEEP IT A SECRET, BUT, UM, I WAS, AGING IS BEAUTIFUL. I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME STRAWBERRY JELLY TO PUT ON TOP OF THE, MY, THE CAKE FOR YOU, YOU KNOW. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY. ENJOY, ENJOY THE ENTIRE ENTIRE DAY. OKAY? ALRIGHT. UH, MADAM SECRETARY, [CONSENT AGENDA] LET'S PROCEED WITH THE AGENDA UNDER THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY. ITEMS ONE AND TWO NEED A MOTION, A MOVE, [03:50:01] MARTIN. SECOND BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION, I DON'T KNOW IN FAVOR, OPPOSED, GRANTED UNDER THE ACCEPT WORK CATEGORY, ITEM THREE HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEM FOUR AND FIVE NEED A MOTION. CASTEX, TATU, MOVE MARTIN. SECOND BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND. AND ON FOUR AND FIVE. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED UNDER THE PROPERTY CATEGORY. ITEM SIX AND SEVEN. NEED A MOTION. CASTEX, TATUM, MOVE MARTIN. SECOND MOVED. AND SECOND. AND ON SIX AND SEVEN. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED UNDER THE PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BS CATEGORY. ITEMS EIGHT HAVE BEEN REMOVED. ITEM EIGHT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEMS. 9, 10, 11, AND 12. NEED A MOTION CAST. TA MOVE. MARTIN. SECOND. MOVED IN. SECONDED. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION. UH, OPPOSED IN FAVOR OF GRANTED? POINT OF ORDER. MERIT? YES. DID, DID SHE MENTION 13? 13 HAS BEEN, UH, SQUARED. 13. GOT THERE YET. 13 IS LISTED IN THE ONE CATEGORY. IT'S ACTUALLY THE FIRST UNDER THE ORDINANCE. YEAH. 13 IS COMING UP. IT'S BEEN SQUARED'S SQUARED IN THE OTHER, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S LISTED IN THE WRONG CATEGORY. IF YOU LOOK, IT'S ALSO IN THE ORDINANCES. IF YOU JUST GIMME A MOMENT, I WAS GOING TO FIX THAT. PURCHASING SHOULD NOT BE LISTED. 13 SHOULD NOT BE LISTED UNDER PURCHASING AND TABULATION. 13 IS AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE ORDINANCES CATEGORY. ITEM 15 HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED AND WILL BE CONSIDERED IF IT IS RECEIVED BEFORE THE END OF THE AGENDA. ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ARE 13, 23 AND 24. THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 13, 23 AND 24. NEED A VOTE ON THE BALLOT. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED, GRANTED. ITEMS REMOVED [CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA] FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEM THREE NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX, TM, MOVE MARTIN. SECOND, THEN MOVED. AND SECOND ON ITEM THREE. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSED GRANITE. ITEM EIGHT NEEDS A MOTION. YES. ITEM MOVED. MARTIN SECOND, THEN MOVED. AND SECOND ON ITEM EIGHT. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OPPOSED GRANITE. ITEM 13 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE ON ITEM 13. COUNT VICE MAYOR PRO PAID ON 13. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST WANTED TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. UH, MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE REMEMBERED THAT WE PASSED THE, UM, DONATION BOX ORDINANCE. UM, THIS IS TO ADD DONATION STATION TO THAT, UM, ORDINANCE, UH, IF YOU HAVE, ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE DONATION STATIONS. UM, WE'VE PASSED OUT A, A FLYER. IT WAS ALSO EMAILED TO YOUR OFFICE ABOUT GREEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION. UM, THE REASON WE'RE HAVING TO ADD THIS TO THE ORDINANCE IS BECAUSE THIS ACTUAL DONATION STATION DIDN'T FIT THE SIZE OF DONATION BOXES. SO WE ARE CHANGING THAT TO MAKE SURE THE, UM, SIZE OF THEIR DONATION STATION FALLS INTO, INTO LINE WITH THE, WITH THE ORDINANCE. UM, SO THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO, UM, NOT ONLY DONATION BOXES, BUT DONATION STATIONS. UH, BACK IN NOVEMBER WE MET WITH THE REPS FROM GREEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND GOT A TOUR OF THESE DONATION STATIONS. UM, I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THESE DONATION STATIONS. UH, THEY HAVE CAMERAS THAT ARE INSTALLED FOR 24 HOUR, UM, MONITORING. UM, WHEN THEY NOTICE ON THE CAMERAS THAT THERE IS DEBRIS AROUND THE DONATION STATION, THEY IMMEDIATELY DISPATCH AND GET THOSE DONATION STATIONS CLEANED UP. UM, IT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THEFT TO HAPPEN IN THESE DONATION STATIONS. UH, THERE IS A SIGN, UH, THAT SAYS NO ILLEGAL DUMPING AT THESE STATIONS, AND THERE IS A THOUSAND DOLLARS FINE FOR IT. IF IT DOES HAPPEN, THERE'S A TOLL FREE NUMBER ON IT. UM, THESE DONATION STATIONS I'VE FOUND HAVE BEEN, UM, EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN SEVEN OF THE 11 DISTRICTS. UM, THERE'S A LIST OF WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED IN EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS. THERE'S ONE IN DISTRICT K. UM, VERY HAPPY TO ADD THIS ADDITION TO THE DONATION BOX ORDINANCE. UM, I I HEARD FROM A RA THAT CURRENTLY AFTER WE PASS THE DONATION BOX ORDINANCE, THERE ARE 145 ACTUAL DONATION BOXES THAT HAVE BEEN PERMITTED. AND THERE ARE FIVE COMPANIES THAT ARE REGULATING OR ARE OPERATING THESE DONATION BOXES. AND WHAT WE FOUND IN DISTRICT SINCE WE'VE [03:55:01] IMPLEMENTED THE DONATION BOX ORDINANCE IS THE ORPHAN DONATION BOXES THAT TEND TO BE MAGNETS FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING HAVE, UM, DISAPPEARED. UH, THE NUMBER OF THOSE HAVE DECREASED. AND WE ARE HOPING THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU ARE SEEING DONATION BOXES THAT HAVE TRASH AROUND THEM, THAT YOU ARE REPORTING THEM. BECAUSE WE HAVE A MECHANISM IN PLACE NOW THAT THESE BOXES CAN NO LONGER BE, UM, PLACED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT A APPROVAL. UM, WE HAVE A BETTER MECHANISM IN PLACE TO KEEP THESE BOXES FROM BEING MAGNETS FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING. SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THESE DONATION STATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THINKING THROUGH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE CAUSED US ANXIETY WITH THESE BOXES. SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS ITEM AND ASK THAT YOU WOULD ALSO SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KINGMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. UM, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SEEING, IT'S NOT JUST BENEFITING DISTRICT K, IT'S BENEFITING THE ENTIRE CITY AND ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO LIFT UP THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THIS FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS FOUNDATION TO GET THESE GOING. 'CAUSE UH, IT, IT'S FANTASTIC. BUT AGAIN, VICE MAYOR PROTO, YOU HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD, UM, TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF US ON THIS. SO THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GOES. THANK YOU MAYOR. I TOO WANNA THANK VICE MAYOR PRO TEMP FOR ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP ON THIS. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, WHEN, WHEN DRIVING AROUND IN NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR STAYING ON TOP OF THIS. UM, WHEN YOU TOURED THIS FACILITY, UH, DO YOU KNOW IF, UH, GREEN EDUCATION IS LOOKING AT MAYBE, HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE ADDING COLLECTIONS FOR PLASTICS? UH, SO THAT WAY THOSE THAT LIVE IN MULTI-FAMILY UNITS THAT DO NOT HAVE RECYCLING, MAYBE THIS IS A LOCATION WHERE THEY CAN GO AND DONATE PLASTICS. UH, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT CONCEPT. UH, AND, AND MAYBE ADDING, UH, IF POSSIBLE THE DONATION OF PLASTICS AS WELL WOULD BE GREAT. I'M SURE WE CAN DEFINITELY ASK THEM ABOUT THAT. BUT, UM, THEY HAVE A VERY SOLID RECYCLING PROGRAM. UM, THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL RECYCLING PROGRAMS IN EACH OF THE DISTRICTS WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED. UM, SO IT DOESN'T HURT TO ASK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH. UH, ON 13 DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED, GRANTED. ITEM 23 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 23, DISCUSSION ON 23. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF THOSE GRANTED. ITEM 24 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON 24. VICE MAYOR PRO CATCH DICTATOR ON 24. THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS, UM, ITEM 23 AND 24. I JUST WANTED TO AMPLIFY THIS BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RESIDENTS NOT HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ENGAGED. THIS IS A, UM, JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN THE CITY AND TDOT. AND WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS, UM, FRAN ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THE RESIDENTS ALONG FRAN ROAD WERE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT WAS PRESENTED. UM, THEY MADE THEIR CONCERNS KNOWN TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, TO MY OFFICE, TO OUR AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE. AND WE TOOK THE TIME TO PAUSE, UM, AND RECONVENE. UM, AND I WANTED TO AMPLIFY THIS BECAUSE SO MANY TIMES WE TALK ABOUT THIS NOT HAPPENING. SO I WANTED TO RAISE A TIME WHEN IT DID HAPPEN. SO WE DID MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS FONDER ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. WE WENT BACK FOR A REDESIGN, IT DID COST SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE LONGER WE WAIT PRICES, PRICES HAVE GONE UP. BUT I THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE A, UH, PRODUCT THAT EVERYONE CAN BE PLEASED WITH. UM, SO WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEETING ONCE THIS, UM, DESIGN IS COMPLETE SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN OFFER ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT HAPPENING. IT'S, UH, BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT FOR, UM, FRAN ROAD, UH, TO HAPPEN FOR A LONG TIME. IT WILL IMPACT NOT ONLY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT A, BUT UM, OUR, OUR ADJOINING COUNCILS, UH, DISTRICT OFFICES OF C AND J AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE TRAVELING ALONG FRAN ROAD. SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THAT THAT ENGAGEMENT DID TAKE PLACE AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR A BETTER PROJECT BECAUSE, UH, SO MANY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THE IDEAS THAT ARE BRINGING THIS PROJECT FORWARD. THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE TOO. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 24? DISCUSSION [04:00:01] IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED ON 24. ITEM 29 IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS THAT COUNCIL DRAW LOTS TO DETERMINE THE SUCCESSFUL BID IN AS MUCH AS IDENTICAL BIDS WERE RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CON CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARD FOR SEWER STOPPAGE CLEANING AND TELEVISION INSPECTION. EIGHT, DUE TO RECEIVING IDENTICAL BIDS FROM CSR CONSOLIDATED L-L-C-D-V-A, AIMS, COMPANIES AND SPECIALIZED MAINTENANCE SERVICES INC. WE'RE GONNA ASK MY COUNCIL MEMBER FITTING NEXT TO ME TO DRAW THE TWO BIDS. RCSI CONSOLIDATED L-L-C-D-V-A AIMS COMPANIES AND SPECIALIZED MAINTENANCE REAL GOOD. SO I CAN'T, AND THE WINNER IS . CSI CONSOLIDATED L-L-C-D-V-A AIMS COMPANIES AND THAT'LL RETURN LATER WITH AN ORDINANCE. OKAY. AND, UH, BASED ON THAT WE'LL COME BACK WITH A, UH, CONTRACT AND AN ORDINANCE. OKAY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX. NEXT ITEM, ITEM 30, TAG. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON HAVE HIS NAME PUT ON THIS TAG AS WELL. TAG COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON ASKED TO HAVE HIS TAG PUT ON THIS AS WELL. IT WASN'T AFTER CAYMAN AND, AND GUY AND GUIDANCE. SO COUNCIL MEMBER GUY IS TAG AND THE ITEM. OKAY, ITEM MS. AND COUNCILMAN CAYMAN. ALRIGHT, ITEM MS. P. NEXT ITEM. THIS COMPLETES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. OKAY, THE [NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS] FIRST PERSON UP TODAY IS COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON PASS. TAG. TAG . COUNCIL MEMBER KASH PASS. MAYOR COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN THOMAS. COUNCILMAN ALCO. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'M LOOKING REAL QUICK 'CAUSE I PROMISED I WAS GONNA SHOUT OUT THESE TWO OFFICERS AND I'M LOOKING FOR THEIR NAMES. GIMME A SECOND. I WAS ON, I DID THE, THE START OF THE TOUR TO HOUSTON AND SADLY AT ABOUT MILE FIVE, MY ENTIRE LIKE COMPLETELY BLUE, NOT, NOT TO BE REPAIRED, LIKE IT COULDN'T BE REPAIRED ON THE COURSE. SO SAD I DIDN'T GET TO RIDE THE HOLD, YOU KNOW, I WAS DOING THE LAME 20 MILES ANYWAY. BUT THESE TWO OFFICERS IN THIS, THEY CALL IT THE SAG WAGON. I CALLED IT THE SAD WAGON BECAUSE LIKE, IT WAS SAD THAT I WAS IN THERE. UM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO SHOUT 'EM OUT. NICK. OH WAIT, HERE THEY ARE. OFFICER SEAN WYATT AND OFFICER BRIANNA ROBERTS, WHO WORK ON SPECIAL OPS FOR HPD. LOVE YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS WERE AMAZING. THANKS FOR PICKING ME UP AND TAKING ME BACK TO THE BARN. SHAME WAGON. , IT WAS THE SHAME VAN. THANKS. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER P THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE TWO EVENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN DISTRICT A ON SATURDAY. THE FIRST IS, UM, THE HHPD NORTH DIVISION MARCH AGAINST CRIME EVENT, WHICH WILL BE THE SATURDAY AT 10:00 AM AT SYLVESTER TURNER PARK. UM, HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE. IT BEGINS AT 10. THERE'S A WALK AT 10 30 AND A BIKE RIDE AT 11:00 AM AND THEN AFTER THAT, UM, ALSO IN THE GREATER INWOOD AREA IS, UM, THE CHILDREN'S ART AND NATURE FESTIVAL ON VOGEL CREEK. THAT WILL BE AT 7 6 5, 5 STREAMSIDE DRIVE. UM, AND THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT 1:00 PM AND WE'LL SHOWCASE SOME OF WHAT THE AMENITIES WILL BE ALONG THE INWOOD FOREST DETENTION BASIN ON THE VOGEL CREEK, UM, PARK. SO HOPE TO SEE PEOPLE AT BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCILMAN JACKSON? THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, DIRECTOR WILL FALK, UM, SOLID WASTE DIRECTOR FOR ATTENDING OUR MONTHLY BRIEFING. UM, THIS MONTH WE HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATION. GOT A CHANCE TO TALK WITH THE CONSTITUENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST ILLEGAL DUMPING AND JUST UN HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND, UM, THE PROCESS AND HOW THEY CAN HELP SOLID WASTE AND, UM, HELP US MITIGATE, UM, THESE ISSUES. SO I WANT TO THANK HIM AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT. UM, NEXT MONTH, ACTUALLY, THIS MONTH WE'RE GONNA HAVE CHIEF NER JOIN JOINING US, UM, FOR OUR MONTHLY BRIEFING AND WE'LL BE TALKING PUBLIC SAFETY. SO, UM, OUR BRIEFINGS ON WHAT? IT'S ON THE 18TH? NO, SO I GET YOU THE DATE. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, I'M CHIEF NER THIS WEEK. OH, ACTUALLY MARCH THE 18TH AT COMMUNITY WORK. CDC ON HOMESTEAD. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. THANK [04:05:01] YOU. COUNCILMAN MCCAIN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH TO ALL, AND ESPECIALLY MY FEMALE COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL AND ALL OF OUR FABULOUS, UH, FEMALE DIRECTORS AND STAFF AT THE CITY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AND, UH, I WANTED TO ALSO RECOGNIZE MAYOR. I ATTENDED A PRESCRIBED BURN, A CONTROLLED BURN AT THE HOUSTON ARBORETUM, UH, A FEW DAYS AGO WITH HFDS WILDFIRE DIVISION. THEY'RE AN UP AND COMING, UH, GROUP. AND THE FLEXIBILITY THAT YOU AND OUR CHIEFS HAVE ALLOWED FOR IN CREATING THIS GROUP, WE'RE NOT ONLY HELPING STATEWIDE. UH, AS WE WERE OUT THERE, SOME TEAMS GOT THE CALL TO GO HELP IN WEST TEXAS, BUT NOW THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PARKS, UH, IS INCREDIBLE BECAUSE OUR, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE NOT ONLY GETTING THE TRAINING THAT THEY NEED AND FAMILIARITY WITH THE TERRAIN, BUT WE'RE HELPING SUPPORT OUR PARKS, UM, IN RESTORING NATIVE PRAIRIE. AND SO IT'S JUST AN AWESOME PROGRAM AND I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THEM FOR INVITING ME OUT. UH, I ALSO, OVER THE WEEKEND, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY SYMBOLIC OF THE DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY. WE WENT FROM AN EXTRAORDINARY CELEBRATION AT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER WITH THE RIBBON CUTTING THERE. AND THANK YOU. AND CONGRESSWOMAN FLETCHER AND REPRESENTATIVE WU FOR ATTENDING, UH, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ALL IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE DISTRICT. IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND THE, THE BENEFITS FROM FLOOD MITIGATION TO THE PROGRAMMING THAT THEY DO. UM, I WANNA PERSONALLY THANK AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO, BUT WE WENT FROM THAT TO THE G FAMILY, UH, ASSOCIATION'S, UH, ANNUAL CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION WHERE THEY DO FUNDRAISING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND IT'S ALWAYS A FANTASTIC DINNER. SO I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT THE FAMILY. UM, BUT THAT REMINDED ME IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STATE OVERREACH AND THE IMPACT IT'S HAVING ON THE INDIVIDUAL LIVES. I JUST GOT A NOTE FROM ONE OF OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES THAT, UM, SB 1 47 HAS BEEN SET THE, UM, ANT THE, UH, ANTI-ASIAN BILL THAT IS TARGETING, UM, PROPERTY RIGHTS RIGHT NOW, UM, HAS BEEN SET FOR A SENATE HEARING TOMORROW. UH, IT WAS ONLY GIVEN 24 HOURS NOTICE. UH, PREVIOUSLY I WAS A COMMITTEE DIRECTOR AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE. WE NEVER SET BILLS, UM, WITH 24 HOURS NOTICE. SO THAT HAS BEEN SET, I'VE BEEN TOLD FOR THIS THURSDAY, AND I WANTED TO LIFT THAT UP FOR AWARENESS AS WE'RE ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO ENGAGE AT THE STATE LEVEL, UM, THAT THAT BILL HAD BEEN SENT WITHIN 24 HOURS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN POLLARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. MAYOR. WHEN HPD UH, CAME FORWARD SEVERAL WEEKS AGO TO DO THEIR, UM, REPORT TO COUNSEL ABOUT CRIME IN THE CITY, THEY REPORTED THAT THE VIOLENT CRIME HAS BEEN DECREASING. UH, BUT THEY ALSO NOTED THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THEFTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES BY CRIMINALS LOOKING FOR FIREARMS, UM, AS WELL AS INCIDENTS WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE GETTING THEIR HANDS ON FIREARMS AT HOME. AND SO MY OFFICE IS PARTNERING WITH HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS HPD, UH, TO DISTRIBUTE FREE GUN SAFES ON FRIDAY, MARCH 3RD, UH, FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON AT THE MIDWEST POLICE STATION, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 7 2 7 7 REGENCY SQUARE BOULEVARD IN DISTRICT J. OUR OFFICE IS, UH, PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP, WHICH WE KNOW IS CRITICAL TO MITIGATING THE POSSIBILITY OF FIREARMS GETTING INTO THE HANDS OF CHILDREN OR CRIMINALS. UH, FOR THE FREE GUN SAFES, THERE IS NO REGISTRATION NEEDED. THE GUN SAFES WILL BE, UH, GIVEN OUT ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. AND AGAIN, WE'RE GIVING OUT 1000 OF THEM. SO IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT YOU ALL KNOW IN YOUR DISTRICTS, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE FLYERS OUT, WE'LL SEND 'EM TO YOUR OFFICES. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE COME OUT AND GET THESE GUN SAFES AND WE PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HUFFIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, MY OFFICE IS GOING TO BE HOSTING A CONVERSATION ON CRIME WITH HPD CHIEF TROY FINNER ON APRIL 13TH, AND THE COMMANDERS FROM WEST SIDE, MIDWEST AND CENTRAL. UM, WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO THEM BY MARCH 31ST, UH, TO MY OFFICE. AND THIS WILL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY JUST FOR, UM, THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH HPD LEADERSHIP AND KIND OF HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT G AREA. AND ALSO, MAYOR, I WAS WONDERING IF AT SOME POINT WOULD WE BE ABLE TO, AND I JUST ACTUALLY SENT A MESSAGE TO COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, UM, GET AN UPDATE ABOUT THE ONE SAFE HOUSTON PLAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE SPENT, HOW MUCH IS LEFT, AND JUST KIND OF GAUGE WHERE WE ARE ON THAT. UM, CERTAINLY I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS OF TODAY, IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR ON HOMICIDES, WE ARE 31 TO 32% UNDER, THERE HAVE BEEN 27 FEWER HOMICIDES AS OF TODAY IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR. [04:10:01] WE ARE ALSO UNDER, UH, ON HOMICIDES OF THOSE THAT WERE, UM, WERE ACCOUNTED IN 2021. SO IN, UH, AGAIN, IN ALMOST EVERY CATEGORY STARTING THIS YEAR, UH, WE ARE IN, UH, BETTER SHAPE. ALTHOUGH I WILL ALWAYS SAY, AS LONG AS THERE'S ONE HOMICIDE, ONE ASSAULT, ONE BURG, ONE RAPE, IT'S ONE TOO MANY. BUT, UM, I GET THOSE REPORTS, UM, UH, DAILY AND, UH, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT. AND, UH, WE HAVE PROVIDED MORE OVERTIME TO, UM, UH, UM, UH, POLICE AND OTHERS. SO BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TO GET ALL OF THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE ONE SAFE HOUSTON CONTINUES TO ACHIEVE, UH, VERY POSITIVE RESULTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY, SURE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANNA RESTATE THAT NEXT WEDNESDAY ON MARCH EIGHT AT TWO O'CLOCK, THE, THE CHIL CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING HERE IN THESE CHAMBERS. AND THE TOPIC WILL BE THE, UM, THE STATE TAKEOVER OF HISD, AND WE WELCOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COME, UM, TO SIGN UP AND TO, TO SPEAK AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, MAYOR PRO MARTIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A QUICK REMINDER ON KINGWOOD, UH, MONTHLY RECYCLING EVENT WILL HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND, SATURDAY, MARCH 4TH FROM NINE TO THREE, OR UNTIL THE TRUCKS ARE FULL. JUST REMEMBER THAT THE NEW WEEKEND RECYCLING PROGRAM IN KINGWOOD NOW ACCEPTS ALL TYPES OF PLASTIC. YOU CAN BAG YOUR PLASTICS FOR RECYCLING THEM. BRING 'EM TO THE WEEKEND RECYCLING CENTER AT THE KINGWOOD METRO METRO PARK. AND ROD, UH, CURBSIDE PLASTICS REMEMBER, UH, HAVE LIMITS, BUT STYROFOAM, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN NOW BE RECYCLED. SO, UH, ONCE AGAIN, BRING ALL YOUR PLASTICS THIS WEEKEND AT THE METRO KINGWOOD CENTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND VICE MAYOR PRO, TIM, MARTHA K TATUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, UH, TO MY 10, UH, FEMALE COLLEAGUES ON HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL. VERY HONORED TO SERVE WITH EACH OF YOU. UH, ALSO WANT TO SAY, UH, YESTERDAY I HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH THE COUNCIL GENERAL OF ISRAEL, UM, ALONG WITH, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND DR. MIA, UH, KNIGHT WRIGHT AT THE FOUNTAIN OF PRAISE. AND IT WAS HOSTED BY, UM, GREAT DAY HOUSTON HOST, DEBORAH DUNCAN. UM, SO WE HAD A GREAT A AFTERNOON, UH, TO START WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND ALSO CELEBRATE, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH. UM, WE ALSO HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT LAST NIGHT, MAYOR AT THE PIP MEETING. UM, WE WERE, UM, TALKING ABOUT ILLEGAL DUMPING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES, AND I THINK THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT ATTENDED THE PIP MEETING LAST NIGHT LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD DO TO HELP US IN THE FIGHT AGAINST, UM, AWARENESS AND PREVENTING, UH, ILLEGAL DUMPING IN, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES FROM HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. UH, ONE THING I I WANT TO LIFT UP, MAYOR, IS, UM, THE CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE GLO. UH, WHEN WE WERE HAVING OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, I MADE A COMMENT ABOUT CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, UM, HELPING TO PREVENT SOME OF THE HOMES THAT WERE BUILT BY THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE FROM ACTUALLY BEING BUILT IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THAT I FIND THESE HOMES ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITIES. UM, AND I READ IN THE CHRONICLE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE SAID THAT MY COMMENTS WERE BASELESS. UM, SO YESTERDAY, MY STAFF AND I, WE WENT AND TOOK PICTURES OF THE GLO HOMES IN MY DISTRICT, AND I DO NOT FIND MY COMMENTS TO BE BASELESS BECAUSE THOSE HOMES THAT ARE BUILT NEXT TO THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM BRICK HOMES WITH TWO CAR GARAGES ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTING NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ASSISTANCE IN, UM, RETRIEVING A LIST OF ALL OF THE GLO HOMES THAT HAVE BUILT, BEEN BUILT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND LET'S PUT TOGETHER A REPORT OF THOSE HOMES WITH PICTURES OF THOSE HOMES, AND WE CAN ACTUALLY, UM, TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THESE HOMES ARE HAVING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ALL KNOW THAT PEOPLE'S HOMES ARE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THEIR WEALTH LIES. AND WHEN YOU BUILD A HOME ON STILTS, UH, WITH NO GARAGE, UH, WAS A FOUR BEDROOM HOME, NOW THEY ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO GET A TWO BEDROOM HOME BECAUSE THEIR CHILDREN HAVE EITHER LEFT THE HOME OR NO LONGER LIVING WITH THEM. YOU ARE TAKING AWAY PEOPLE'S WEALTH. UM, AND SO I, I TOOK OFFENSE TO THAT BECAUSE MY CLAIMS ARE NOT BASELESS. THEY ARE VERY TRUE, AND WE HAVE PROOF OF THAT. AND I WANT TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE BECAUSE THERE IS A TENSION ON IT NOW. UM, HOW CAN THE CITY OF HOUSTON MAKE THESE PEOPLE WHOLE? [04:15:01] HOW CAN WE MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING AS GOVERNMENT BODIES IS NOT ADVERSELY AFFECTING NOT ONLY THAT HOMEOWNER, BUT THE NEIGHBORS THAT ALSO LIVE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS? UM, SO IF WE CAN CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION, WE'LL DO IT. WE'LL GIVE, I'LL HAVE HOUSING, UH, START COMPILING THAT LIST. OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYONE TO HAVE A HAPPY RODEO SEASON. UM, SO MANY PEOPLE WILL BE IN DISTRICT K, UH, THIS RODEO SEASON. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF THE GREAT PERFORMANCES. EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT TIME AND BE SAFE, BE KIND TO EACH OTHER. THANKS. I FORGOT TO ANNOUNCE SEVERAL WEEKS, SEVERAL WEEKS STARTS THIS COMING WEEK. UM, THAT IS THE ENERGY CON CONFERENCE THAT WE HOST IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL AROUND THE GLOBE. UH, WE INITIALLY WERE EXPECTING, LET'S SAY, FOUR TO 5,000. LAST COUNT THAT I RECEIVED, ESPECIALLY FROM THE, UH, HOUSTON FIRST MICHAEL, WAS THAT NOW THAT NUMBER'S UP TO ABOUT 7,500. UM, AND SO, UH, THAT WILL BE ALL WEEK, STARTING ON MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, UH, SEVERAL WEEK. UH, THAT'S BEING HOSTED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. LET ME THANK EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE RODEO PARADE. UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS FUN. UM, I RODE LITTLE POT, UH, UM, MY HORSE. THIS WAS FOR THE EIGHTH TIME. FOR SOME REASON. HE HAD MORE ENERGY, UM, THIS TIME AND WAS JUST RARING TO GO. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS IN THE AIR, BUT, UM, UM, I WAS TALKING TO COUNCIL MEMBER. TIFFANY TOLD ME, SHE SAID HER HORSE HAD PLENTY OF SPIRIT . SO, UM, BUT IT WAS A GOOD TIME. HAPPY ALL. SO ENJOY THE RODEO OF THE NEXT, I GUESS, 20 DAYS NOW. SO PLEASE ENJOY, GO OUT AND, UH, AND BE SAFE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE STAND ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.