[Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting]
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WELL, WELCOME EVERYONE.I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FEW MORE PEOPLE WE'LL BE TRICKLING IN.
UM, I HAVE LEARNED THAT I MADE A MISTAKE WHEN I SENT OUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT SEMICOLONS HAVE TO GO IN A SPECIFIC PLACE IN THE GMAIL TO AVOID A LOT OF BOUNCE BACKS, BUT WE LIVE, WE LEARN, RIGHT? SO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE APRIL 10TH, 2023 MEETING OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
UM, I'M, MY NAME IS CHERYL O'BRIEN.
I AM WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 36 BRAESWOOD, AND I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS CHAIR OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE THIS YEAR.
KEITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YES.
MY NAME IS KEITH DOWNEY AND WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR MEETING.
UM, I AM THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT FOR CASHMERE GARDEN AND THE VICE CHAIR OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
UM, I'LL TURN THIS BACK OVER TO YOU CHAIR, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN.
IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR US IN TERMS OF, UH, GETTING A PROPER ATTENDANCE FOR OUR MEETING, WHICH WE WILL GO THROUGH THE ROLL CALL HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD PUT YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER IN YOUR TITLE.
IF YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THAT, YOU CAN ADJUST THE NAME ON YOUR, UH, THAT SHOWS UP IN THE SCREEN.
THAT WOULD HELP US IN IDENTIFYING WHO IS HERE.
SO, UM, NAOMI, YOU HAD A QUESTION? UH, YES.
UH, CHERYL, UH, NO, NO OFFENSE, BUT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 36 IS THE BRA OAKS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, SORRY, 32.
MY MISTAKE MINUS, I'VE BEEN TALKING, I MEAN, THE MORE THAN MIRROR, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN US AT ANY TIME, BUT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM ALL.
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE THERE ALL DAY, AND, AND I, I'VE JUST FORGOTTEN MY OWN N NUMBER.
LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US AT ANY TIME.
WE JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BRAIN, MY HUSBAND'S HAVING SURGERY TOMORROW.
MY, MY BRAIN IS NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT HERE.
UH, SYLVIA IS NOT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE HAD SURGERY, UH, SURGERY, AND HER BRAIN IS NOT EXACTLY FUNCTIONING WELL AT THE MOMENT EITHER.
UM, MIKE, ARE YOU GOING TO DO THE ROLL CALL FOR US? I CAN DO THE ROLL CALL IF CHERYL, IF YOU MIND.
YOU GONNA DO THE ROLL CALL? SORRY.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE ROLL CALL.
THIS IS IS THE ROLL CALL OF THE MEMBERS THAT HAVE ATTENDED THE LAST THREE SUCCESSIVE MEETINGS, UH, MEETINGS OF SUCCESS SUCCESSION, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
IF I DO NOT CALL YOUR NUMBER, PLEASE, IF YOU CAN PUT A NOTE IN THE CHAT ARE THAT YOU CAN PUT, AS CHERYL STATED EARLIER, PLEASE PUT YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER NEXT TO YOUR NAME.
THAT WAY WE CAN GET GREATER, YOU KNOW, KNOW THE ATTENDANCE OF PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED AND WE CAN BE MORE ACCURATE.
OKAY, I'M GOING THROUGH, STARTING RIGHT NOW.
PHILLIP SALERNO, PRESIDENT RICKY MILLER.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 12 SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL 15.
YEAH, THIS IS PEDRO AHY WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 15 GREATER HEIGHTS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
GOOD EVENING, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 16.
GREG SERGI, GUTTER MEMORIAL, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 16.
THANKS FOR JOINING US SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL NUMBER 22, DEXTER HANDY HERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT MY NUMBER IN MY NAME, BUT I'LL WORK ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US HERE.
DOUG SMITH AND BARBARA QUATRO.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 37, UH, CINDY CHAPMAN, AND FOR SOME REASON IS SHOWING MY HUSBAND'S NAME.
STEVEN ASTIC, VICE PRESIDENT HERE.
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EVENING.SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 49, 50 SUPER, NEIGHBORHOOD 52, WHICH IS ME FOR CASH, MY GARDEN, AND ONE OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BEEN THE LAST THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS IS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 65 DASH 82.
AT THE END OF THE MEETING, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK THROUGH TO SEE IF ANYBODY WE MISSED AND I'LL TRY TO CATCH THOSE THAT PUT THEIR NUMBER IN THE CHAT.
TURNING IT BACK OVER TO YOU, UH, MADAM CHAIR.
AND NORMALLY AT THIS POINT IN THE MEETING, WE WOULD BE, UM, GOING THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
WE DO HAVE NOW THE FEBRUARY AND MARCH MINUTES THAT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL SETS OF EYES LOOK AT AND REVIEW.
WE WILL SEND THEM OUT ALONG WITH THE APRIL MINUTES FOR APPROVAL OF ALL OF THEM AT THE MAY MEETING.
WE FELT IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ACCURATE ATTENDANCE.
UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG HANGUPS WE WERE HAVING ON A COUPLE OF THE MINUTES, SO THOSE WILL BE OUT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE ITEM I MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIKE VANDEEN FOR FILLING IN, UM, AT THE, AND THE INTERIM.
BUT, UM, WE ARE NOW TAKING NOMINATIONS FOR SECRETARY FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
DO I, I OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS.
JUST GOT OUR MORE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
16, I WOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR NOMINATION AND I CAN GIVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION LATER.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I HAD HAD ONE PERSON REACH OUT TO ME, UM, SAYING THAT HE WANTED TO BE NOMINATED, BUT HE IS NOT PRESENT AT THE MEETING.
WAS THAT ME THAT REACH OUT? NO, THERE'S OTHER THAN YOU.
AND SO, UM, THEY'RE NOT PRESENT AT THE MEETING MEETING, SO, UM, ASKING ONCE AGAIN, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? HEARING NONE, GREG, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A LITTLE PRESENTATION, PLEASE? OH, THAT'S, THAT'S OKAY.
I DON'T, I WANNA KEEP THE MEETING GOING.
WE CAN TALK LATER IF, UH, THAT'S OKAY.
UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS, I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE WOULD OF COURSE VOTE AT THE NEXT MEETING ON THIS.
SO, UM, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
STEVEN, WERE YOU GETTING READY TO, TO SAY SOMETHING OR? OH, OKAY.
I DO, I HEAR A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS.
I AM ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE NOMINATIONS.
CAN WE JUST HAVE A SHOW OF HANDS OR, YOU KNOW, RAISE YOUR HANDS, PUT IT IN THE CHAT AS A RAISE.
I'M, I'M FLIPPING MY SCREEN TO, TO LOOK.
SO, ALL RIGHT, UH, NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED AND WE'LL VOTE NEXT MONTH.
SO YOU CAN LOWER YOUR HANDS NOW.
AND WE WILL NOW MOVE AT MY NEXT ITEM, AND I STILL BROUGHT THIS UP LAST MONTH.
DO WE, DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WOULD BE POSSIBLY INTERESTED IN HEADING UP A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, WHICH, UH, IS AN JUST WOULD BE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO SORT OF MONITOR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE NOW MEETING? IS ANYBODY INTERESTED IN THAT? VICKI, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? GREG, DID YOU STILL HAVE YOUR HAND UP FOR A QUESTION? I'M SORRY, I NEED TO LOWER MY HAND, I GUESS.
I WILL, I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE ONLY A MONTH AWAY FROM THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDING, SO WE MAY BE A LITTLE LATE TO THE GAME ABOUT TRYING TO DO MUCH ABOUT PUTTING A COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND TALKING ABOUT IT UNLESS THERE WAS A SPECIAL SESSION.
YEAH, MORE OF A, OF KEEPING US INFORMED OF ANYTHING THAT PASSES THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF AT THIS POINT.
SO MANY TIMES THINGS POP UP, BUT, UM, JUST KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF Y'ALL'S MIND AND IF WE DO GO INTO A SPECIAL SESSION, UM, WE WOULD BE OPEN FOR HAVING, UM, SOMEBODY WORKING
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IN THAT AREA.AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TURN THE MEETING OVER TO JANE, WHO WAS GOING TO GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE HAVE KIND OF GONE ASTRAY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
I HAVE MET WITH SEVERAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WENT INACTIVE DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHICH IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT, THAT, UM, NOT EVERY ORGANIZATION, UM, WAS ABLE TO PIVOT AND MEET, AND NOT EVERY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ABLE TO SWITCH TO ZOOM OR TEAMS MEETINGS.
MANY OF US DID, BUT MANY DIDN'T.
SO WE, WE HAVE MET WITH SEVERAL WHO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REACTIVATING THEMSELVES.
UM, WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS WORKING TO REACTIVATE A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WENT DORMANT LONG BEFORE COVID AND COVID SORT OF BROUGHT TO A HEAD THE NEED FOR THEM TO GET ACTIVE AGAIN.
AND THE QUESTION HAS COME UP AS THIS PROCESS IS GOING ON WITH THESE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS THE ALLIANCE, HOW DOES IT WORK, WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN? AND SO WE'VE ASKED JANE TO GIVE US SOME HISTORICAL INPUT.
SO, JANE, CAN I TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND GREG, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR JANE OR I, OKAY, I'M GONNA LOWER YOUR HAND.
SO, JANE, WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, A VERY BRIEF, YOU KNOW, 10 MINUTE OVERVIEW OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM.
UM, THE, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS WERE INTRODUCED BY MARY LEE BROWN, UH, A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS AGO AS A CORNERSTONE FOR HIS NEIGHBORHOOD ORIENTED GOVERNMENT AIMED AT PROBLEM SOLVING ON A MANAGEABLE SCALE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
DO YOU NEED RENEE TO PUT YOUR PRESENTATION UP? HE CAN GO AHEAD AND PUT MY, OKAY.
THANK YOU, RENEE, FOR YOU'RE WELCOME.
RECEIVING IT AND PUTTING IT UP.
YEAH, I JUST, I HAVE A HANDFUL OF SLIDES TO ACCOMPANY MY COMMENTS TONIGHT.
THE SLIDES WILL BE VERY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
OKAY, SO I'M BRINGING UP THE POWERPOINT.
INTERESTING FOR YOU TO SEE THE POWERPOINT THAN ME.
JANE, COULD YOU JUST, UH, LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU NEED ME TO SWITCH, UM, TO THE NEXT ONE? YES, YES, YES, I'LL DO THAT.
SO THE, THE PROGRAM WAS INTRODUCED BY MARY LEE BROWN, AND IT WAS MODELED AFTER A SIMILAR PROGRAM THAT HE KNEW FROM PORTLAND, OREGON, WHERE HE SERVED AS SHERIFF, UH, IN THE EARLY YEARS OF HIS CAREER.
GO ON TO THE, TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
IT'S, UH, WHY ARE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS NEEDED? BECAUSE RESIDENTS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TEND TO FOCUS THEIR ATTENTION ON ISSUES THAT IMPACT NARROWLY DEFINED COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, OFTEN A SUBDIVISION OR A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION WITHOUT CONSIDERING CONDITIONS IN ADJACENT AREAS OR THE CITY AT LARGE.
SO MAYOR BROWN CREATED SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS OF ADJACENT AREAS TO WORK TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY, PRIORITIZE, AND ADDRESS NEEDS OF BROADLY DEFINED COMMUNITIES.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS WERE INTENDED BY HIM TO FORM A MANAGEABLE FRAMEWORK FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THAT IS BOTH EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL.
THE, THE EXISTENCE OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM WAS CODIFIED DURING HIS TERM AS MAYOR IN CHAPTER 33, ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE HOUSTON CITY CODE.
NOW YOU HAVE, BEFORE YOU A MAP OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AT THE TIME DIVIDED THE CITY INTO A NETWORK OF 88 SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, EACH OF WHICH GROUPS TOGETHER CONTIGUOUS COMMUNITIES THAT SHARE SOME COMMON PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, TYPICALLY BOUNDED BY PHYSICAL FEATURES SUCH AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OR A BIO.
UH, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, RENE.
NOW, WHAT IS A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL? EACH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD OPERATES VIA A COUNCIL OR A SNC, AN SNC, AN ORGANIZATION OF STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS CIVIC CLUBS, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, TENANTS ASSOCIATIONS, UH, LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, NONPROFITS, EDUCATIONAL AND FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS SERVE AS THE FORUMS FOR STAKEHOLDERS TO INTERACT WITH ELECTED AND OTHER OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS ISSUES, TO DEVELOP IMPROVEMENT PLANS, TO BUILD CONSENSUS, AND TO PRIORITIZE NEEDS.
NOW, I'VE OFTEN SAID TO MANY PEOPLE, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNSELORS ARE NOT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, OR LET RESTATE THIS, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS OR SNCS ARE NOT SUPER CIVIC CLUBS.
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THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS OR ORGANIZATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR CIVIC CLUBS, THEIR TENANTS ASSOCIATIONS, OR THEIR HOAS.AND THAT CONTINUED PARTICIPATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THOSE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICIPATION IN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, RENEE.
NOW, YOU MAY BE WONDERING, ARE THERE GUIDELINES FOR FORMING A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL? AND THE ANSWER IS YES.
UH, THE CITY HAS CREATED GUIDELINES AND A FOUR STEP PROCESS FOR ORGANIZING AND FORMING A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL FOLLOWING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE MAYOR'S CITIZENS ASSISTANCE OFFICE.
THE FIRST STEP TO FORMING A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL IS TO IDENTIFY AND ELICIT PARTICIPATION FROM AREA STAKEHOLDERS.
STAKEHOLDERS AND CR INCLUDE GROUPS LIKE CIVIC CLUBS, HOAS, TENANTS, ASSOCIATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ENTITIES SUCH AS BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND HOSPITALS.
YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS THROUGH UMBRELLA ORGANIZATIONS AND COALITIONS RATHER THAN AS SINGLE OR INDIVIDUAL ENTITIES.
WHERE THERE IS NO SUCH CO BUSINESS COALITION, ONE CAN BE FORMED AND A REPRESENTATIVE ELECTED TO SERVE ON THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL.
THIS ENCOURAGES ENHANCED COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN SIMILAR GROUPS.
NOW, TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, THE ORGANIZERS MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT THE IDENTIFIED STAKEHOLDERS WERE GIVEN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND THAT NO INTERESTED STAKEHOLDER WAS DENIED PARTICIPATION.
OKAY, THE SECOND STEP TO FORMING A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL IS AGREE IS TO AGREE ON AN ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE SIMPLY TO ADOPT ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION, UM, AS OTHERS JOIN, THEY TOO WOULD AGREE TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.
UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE A MORE STRUCTURED APPROACH, SUCH AS TO AGREE TO FILE FORMAL ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND TO CREATE A NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND TO SEEK NONPROFIT MAYBE 5 0 1 C FOUR OR C3 STATUS.
THE THIRD STEP IS TO FORMULATE AND ADOPT BYLAWS.
BYLAWS SHOULD ADDRESS A NUMBER OF ISSUES, INCLUDING THE RIGHT OF ANY STAKEHOLDER WITHIN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE REPRESENTED, REPRESENTED EITHER THROUGH A NEW OR AN EXISTING ORGANIZATION, THE MANNER IN WHICH THE COUNCIL SEATS AND VOTING AUTHORITY WILL BE ASSIGNED.
FOR EXAMPLE, EACH STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATION MAY HOLD A SEAT ON THE COUNCIL AND MAY HAVE ONE VOTE.
THEY MAY HAVE ALTERNATE MEMBERS OR ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVES.
ANOTHER THING THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE BYLAWS MAY BE THE MANNER IN WHICH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED, THE METHOD BY WHICH RESIDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN COUNCIL ACTIVITIES AND BE INFORMED OF COUNCIL DECISIONS.
THE METHOD FOR ASSURING THAT ALL COUNCIL ACTIVITY IS CONDUCTED IN OPEN MEETINGS WHERE ALL RESIDENTS MAY OBSERVE DISCUSSIONS AND PARTICIPATE UNDER DEFINED CIRCUMSTANCES.
A DECLARATION ASSURING THAT PARTICIPATION IS NOT LIMITED BY THE IMPOSITION OF ANY FEES OR DUES, EITHER BY THE COUNCIL OR BY THE SUPPORTING OR PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS.
AND FINALLY, A PROHIBITION AGAINST EXCLUSION OF ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION BASED ON, UM, RACE, CREED, COLOR, RELIGION, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, RENEE.
THE FOURTH AND FINAL STEP IS FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL TO DEVELOP A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PROGRAM OR A SNAP FOR SUBMISSION TO, TO THE CITY AND OFFICIAL RECOGNITION SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS CREATE A BROAD BASED NEIGHBORHOOD FORUM WHERE RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS MEET TO DISCUSS ISSUES AFFECTING THEIR COMMUNITY AND IDEALLY DEVELOP THESE ACTION PLANS TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
ALL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS AIM TO FACILITATE SAFE, HEALTHY, COMPLETE COMMUNITIES THAT OFFER RESIDENTS READY ACCESS TO HOUSING, GOODS AND SERVICES, AND ALL THE GOODS AND SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED TO ENSURE GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.
ACTIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE SNAP CAN BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS, INCLUDING VIA ESTABLISHED CITY PROGRAMS, SUCH AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
ONCE THESE FOUR STEPS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED, RENEE, WE CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT.
THE CITY CODE TIES THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD
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PROGRAM TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BUT SINCE 2011, WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS WAS CREATED, THE MAYOR CITIZENS ASSISTANCE OFFICE HAS BEEN TA HAS BEEN TASKED STAFF MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM ONCE THE FOUR STEPS ARE COMPLETED AND APP AND THE APPLICATION FOR CREATION OR RECOGNITION OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE CITY.UM, A RECOGNITION CEREMONY USUALLY OCCURS AT CITY COUNCIL, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE HERE WITH, UM, MAYOR WHITE AND, UH, GREG.
I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE RECOGNITION FOR YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD OUT IN MEMORIAL.
OH, YOU WERE GOT CREATIVE BECAUSE 17.
THE ACTIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE SNAPS ADD VALUE TO THE CITY AND TO THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY OPERATE.
UM, THEY ADD VALUE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS BY IDENTIFYING NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS, EDUCATING, FORMING, AND PROVIDING INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY, ARTICULATING SHARED VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE, HELPING TO PRIORITIZE PUBLIC INVESTMENT, FACILITATING COMPLETION OF LONG-TERM PROJECTS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ENCOURAGING CONSENSUS TO EASE THE PUBLIC DECISION MAKING.
EACH RECOGNIZED SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IS AUTHORIZED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
NOW THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE AND ITS EXISTENCE IS MEMORIALIZED IN SECTION 33 DASH 322 OF THE CITY CODE.
AND IMPORTANTLY, IT STATES THAT THE ALLIANCE IS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE MAYOR AND CITY GOVERNMENT ON COMMUNITY MATTERS.
AND ITS PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR BRINGING TOGETHER THE VOICES OF THE INDIVIDUAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS.
AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS IS THE ONLY CODIFIED ORGANIZATION THAT IS IDENTIFIED AS, AS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO CITY GOVERNMENT.
THE CITY CODE ALSO PROVIDES THAT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE SHALL PRESENT A WRITTEN ANNUAL REPORT AND SHALL ADVISE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ON THE PRIORITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS ADOPTED FROM THEIR SNAPS OR THEIR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PROGRAMS. NOW, IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS, I BELIEVE, SINCE A WRITTEN REPORT WAS PRESENTED BY THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLOWANCE TO CITY COUNCIL.
BUT I I WILL SAY THAT'S SOMETHING TO MAYBE ASPIRE TO IN THE FUTURE.
AND IN THE PAST WHEN THEY'VE BEEN PRODUCED, THEY'VE BEEN PRODUCED, UM, IN THE SPRING THIS TIME OF YEAR, SO THAT THE CITY COULD CONSIDER IT IN ADOPTING THE CITY BUDGET AND IN AMENDING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
ISSUES ON WHICH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE HAS EITHER OFFERED ADVICE OR SHARED INFORMATION IN RECENT YEARS INCLUDE SOME OF THE, UM, ISSUES IDENTIFIED HERE SUCH AS MOBILITY BY PARTICIPATING IN THE WALKABLE PLACES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE HOUSTON COMPLETE STREETS COALITION, AND SUBMITTING COMMENTS TO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTERS 33 AND 42 OF THE CITY CODE TO FACILITATE REVISION AND IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE, UM, MASTER BICYCLE PLAN AND OTHER SUCH PLANS, UH, FLOODING AND DRAINAGE.
THAT'S BEEN A BIG ISSUE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE, UH, SERIES OF FLOODS THAT WE HAD THREE YEARS IN A ROW, NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO.
YOU ALL WILL REMEMBER THE TAX DAY FLOOD, UH, IN, I THINK IN 2015.
AND THEN THE MEMORIAL DAY FLOOD IN 2016.
AND OF COURSE, HURRICANE HARVEY IN 2017.
AND THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE SUBMITTED COMMENTS TO, UH, FOR THE AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 19 THAT WERE ADOPTED FOLLOWING THAT LAST HURRICANE.
OF COURSE, INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSING REVISIONS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL AIMED AT IMPROVING STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND ISSUES THAT REMAIN CRITICAL TO, UM, ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, YOU KNOW, CRIME, UH, HOMELESSNESS AND, UH, HOUSING.
AND THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE HAS PARTICIPATED IN, IN, HAS TRIED TO PARTICIPATE IN AS MANY OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES OR COUNCILS THAT THE CITY HAS FORMED TO LOOK AT ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, OFTENTIMES UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE NOT ONLY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS TO MEET WITH EACH OTHER AND TO TRY TO DEVELOP CONSENSUS ON BIG PRIORITY ISSUES, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF ALL THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS
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TO INTERACT WITH THE MAYOR, WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS TO ADVANCE THE PRIORITY ISSUES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS EACH OF THEIR SNAPS AND THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE PRIORITY ISSUES.SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THAT'S MY, MY KIND OF BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM HAS BEEN.
UM, IT, IT, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 20 YEARS.
IT'S, UM, THE FACT THAT IT'S CODIFIED IN THE CITY CODE HOPEFULLY ENSURES THAT IT WILL BE HERE FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
AND, UM, ALL OF YOU WHO PARTICIPATE CAN HAVE A VERY VALUABLE AND SIGNIFICANT, UH, INFLUENCE ON, ON THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE AT THE CITY COUNCIL TABLE.
SO WE, WE THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, I, I DID IT FOR MANY YEARS.
I KNOW IT'S ALL VOLUNTARY WORK.
NO ONE HAS PAID FOR IT AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THEM AND MAYBE I CAN IMPOSE ON RENEE TO HELP TRY TO ANSWER THEM TOO, IF MAYBE THEY RELATE TO THE MAYOR CITIZENS ASSISTANCE OFFICE AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND FACILITATING THE CREATION OR THE RECOGNITION OF, UH, NEW SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS.
WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM DEB, FROM PASTOR DEB.
AND JANE, THANKS FOR THIS FANTASTIC PRESENTATION.
UM, MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE ORIGINAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I THINK IT WAS, UM, OVERLAID WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORIENT POLICING AND WE HAD THE STOREFRONTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE WAS COOKIES AND WITH THE COP, YOU KNOW, AND COFFEE AND, UH, WE WERE ALWAYS SEEING POLICE AND IT WAS, UM, TALKING ABOUT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY QUESTION IS THEN IF NORTHLINE, AND WE'RE NUMBER 45 AND WE'RE IN BETWEEN ACRES HOMES AND EAST TEXAS, OUR POLICE NOW WITH NO STOREFRONT IS IN, UM, ACRES HOMES.
AND I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S REAL DIFFICULT, I THINK WHEN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD WAS MADE.
UM, I KNOW IT WAS VERY SYNCHRONIZED AND SO FORTH, BUT I HOPE Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT THE MAPS 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE EMBEDDED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INDEBTED TO THEM AND WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I'LL HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
UM, YEAH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE VERY RIGHT.
UH, PASTOR DEB, YOU'RE VERY RIGHT.
THE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, MAYOR BROWN, THE, THE, HE, HE, UM, HIS GOVERNMENT, HE, HE, HE CHARACTERIZED IT AS NEIGHBORHOOD ORIENTED GOVERNMENT.
AND YOU KNOW, BEFORE HE WAS MAYOR, HE WAS POLICE CHIEF.
HE WAS POLICE CHIEF, NOT JUST IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT IN, IN OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY TOO.
AND HE WAS VERY, VERY COMMITTED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ORIENTED GOVERNMENT.
WHEN HE WAS POLICE CHIEF, HE STARTED THOSE STOREFRONTS AND THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED IN TANDEM WITH THOSE, UH, POLICE STOREFRONTS.
AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, HIS PHILOSOPHY WAS THEN, AND I BELIEVE STILL IS TODAY, IS THAT COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING IS PART OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED GOVERNMENT.
AND THE MORE THAT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, KNOW THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE POLICING THEIR COMMUNITIES KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOVERNING THEIR COMMUNITIES ARE INTERACTING WITH THEM, THE BETTER OUTCOMES WE HAVE FOR ALL.
THOSE, THOSE BOUNDARIES ARE IMPORTANT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE VERY FEW, IF ANY POLICE STOREFRONTS ANYMORE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS CHANGED TO A DIFFERENT MODEL OF POLICING NOW THAT IS BASED MORE ON A CALL FOR SERVICE TYPE MODEL.
UM, CAN WE GO TO DEXTER AND, AND PUT A, PUT A PAUSE AND CIRCLE BACK AROUND TO THAT? I, I'D LIKE FOR DEXTER HAD HIS HAND UP AND THEN ABNER HAD A QUESTION I THINK THEY MIGHT TIE IN, I'M GUESSING.
UH, AS SOMEBODY WHO'S RELATIVELY NEW TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, THIS IS REALLY GOOD, UH, UH, GREAT TO KNOW.
BUT, UH, ARE THERE SAMPLE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLANS OR, OR, OR IS THERE A TEMPLATE THAT WE CAN, UH, LOOK AT FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE NEW TO KNOW HOW TO, HOW THESE SHOULD BE, UH, DEVELOPED AND, AND IMPLEMENTED? UM, THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR, FOR RENEE TO ANSWER.
AND I, I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOODS NOW IS WORKING ON THOSE TEMPLATES AND THEY'RE WORKING ON TEMPLATES NOT JUST FOR, UM, ACTION PLANS, BUT FOR BYLAWS.
UM, SO ORIGINALLY IT WAS UNDER THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BUT NOW THAT IT'S TRANSFERRED OVER TO DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, THE DIRECTOR WILL BE COMING OUT WITH THOSE GUIDELINES, UM, TO FACILITATE THOSE, UM, OLD FORM OF THE, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLANS BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL, UM, FORM, BUT WE'RE 20 YEARS LATER, SO THEY NEED TO HAVE, WE'VE LEARNED SOME THINGS AND SOME OF THOSE, UM, THINGS NEED TO BE INCORPORATED UNDER HER BECAUSE SHE IS THE CURRENT DIRECTOR THAT'S, THAT'S TAKING, UM,
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THE, THE, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM.SO, UM, YOU'LL BE LOOKING, UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO ISSUE THOSE OUT WHEN THEY GET APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR, AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY SHOULD, WE'LL, WE'LL GET A COPY OF THOSE.
AND IS THERE A TIMELINE OR DEADLINE WHEN THESE ARE DUE? I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER EXACTLY, BUT WE COULD, WE COULD SPEAK ONLINE.
I'LL MAKE SURE TO PUT MY INFORMATION ON THE, ON THE, UM, ON THE CHAT LOG.
RENEE, I'D LIKE TO POINT, UM, BRING UP THAT THERE'S, UM, IN THE CHAT HAS BEEN SOME CONVERSATION GOING ON ABOUT, UM, THE STRUCTURE OF SOME SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS AND THAT APPARENTLY SOME DON'T HAVE TERM LIMITS OR IF THEY HAVE TERM LIMITS WRITTEN INTO THEIR BYLAWS, THEY'RE NOT BEING FOLLOWED.
WHICH KIND OF BRINGS UP A, A QUESTION THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM PEOPLE OF, SO WHEN THOSE, WHEN THOSE GUIDELINES COME OUT, THERE WILL BE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MY POSITION TO TO SAY, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN, UM, SPEAKING ABOUT DOING SOME AUDITING WITHIN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE, THEIR BYLAWS.
AND IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING THEIR BYLAWS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, UM, THAT IT WILL BE ESSENTIALLY UP TO THE DIRECTOR WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA BE STILL CONSIDERED RECOGNIZED IF THEY HAVE AN ONGOING, UM, UM, PARTY THAT'S JUST BEEN CONTINUOUSLY STAYING WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO GO THROUGH WHATEVER'S IN THEIR BYLAWS.
WHETHER THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE TERM LIMITED AND THEY JUST CONTINUE TO JUST KEEP PUSHING IT ON, PUSHING IT ON AND NEVER SWITCHING, UM, UM, THEIR BOARD.
SO, UM, THAT HAS BEEN IN THE TALKS, UH, BUT I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU WHEN THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE A, UM, UH, A TIMELINE FOR IT JUST YET.
THAT'D BE MORE FOR MY DIRECTOR OR FOR MY MANAGER, RHONDA, TO, TO GIVE INFORMATION ON.
I JUST FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING IT UP THAT IT HAD COME UP IN THE CHAT.
AND I, I KNOW YOU, YOU KNOW, HAVE GI MEAN, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT IF YOU ARE IN A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THAT HAS BEEN FALLING WITH OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF, OF YOUR BYLAWS, UM, YOU MIGHT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO START HAVING SOME COMMITTEE MEETINGS WITHIN YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD TO START MAKING SURE THAT, THAT YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IS UP, IS UP TO FOLLOWING THEIR, THE, THEIR BYLAWS.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION, JANE.
DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER, I THINK I'VE READ THROUGH AND PICKED UP EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THE CHAT.
UM, OH, ELSE JUST CAME UP IN CHAT.
UM, OKAY, SO PASTOR DEB IS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING SPECIFIC WITHIN HER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT POSSIBLY IT'S TIME TO SUBDIVIDE IT FROM ONE TO MAYBE THREE OR FOUR, YOU KNOW, TO SUBDIVIDE.
AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN UP WITH THE DIRECTOR AND LOOK AT MAYBE IT'S TIME TO REDRAW SOME BOUNDARIES.
UM, IS THAT THE WAY WE PHRASE THAT JANE
I MEAN, THE, THE BOUNDARIES THAT THAT EXIST TODAY ARE OVER 20 YEARS OLD, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GO BACK AND MAYBE REASSESS JUST LIKE I BELIEVE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IS DOING NOW TO, UM, REASSESS THE, UH, THE PACKAGE OF TEMPLATES THAT THEY HAVE FOR, FOR EXISTING AND NEW COUNCILS.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY FORMED, IT WAS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH MAYOR BROWN'S NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING AND THE POLICE STOREFRONTS, WHICH AREN'T REALLY AROUND TODAY.
UM, I THINK THE IDEA WAS THAT THE ACTION PLANS WOULD HAVE WRITTEN REPORTS IN THE SPRING SO THAT THEY'D BE AVAILABLE TO, FOR, UM, PEOPLE TO USE IN PARTICIPATING IN THE HEARINGS FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT WAS HELD EVERY YEAR.
AND NOW, UH, THOSE, THOSE MEETINGS ARE DIFFERENT TOO TODAY FROM WHAT THEY WERE 20 YEARS AGO.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT, THIS, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
IT, THE TRANSITION FROM THE TURNER ADMINISTRATION TO WHAT WILL CERTAINLY BE A NEW ADMINISTRATION NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REEXAMINE ALL OF THOSE ASPECTS.
I THINK, UH, GARY, WELL CHERYL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, RENEE, YOU WERE GETTING READY TO SAY SOMETHING I DIDN'T HAVE NO, BUT ANY QUESTIONS THAT I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THE BEST THAT I CAN.
LIKE I SAID, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO, I THINK DOUG SMITH HAS, DOUG SMITH HAS A QUESTION.
UH, CHERYL, UH, YOU MIGHT WANNA ASK, UH, LET ME JUST SEE NER LYONS, UH, TO EXPLAIN WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE SHE HAS A COMMENT IN CHAT.
WHY ARE PROJECTS NEVER LINED UP WITH THE MAIN SNA MAIN SNA TELLING US WHAT WE ARE NOT PART OF YOU GUYS? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THERE.
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WOULD YOU MIND EXPANDING UPON YOUR COMMENT, ABNER? NOT ME.UM, I CAME TO YOU ALL BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, UH, ABOUT TREES BEING PLANTED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I WAS BASICALLY LAUGHED AT BECAUSE THAT WAS ON YOU ALL'S.
UM, I GUESS YOUR, YOUR YOUR, WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY PRESENTED AS A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
SO YOU HAD ALREADY DONE THAT 10 YEARS PRIOR.
SO THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME, WELL YOU PRETTY MUCH ON YOUR OWN 'CAUSE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE NEXT PROJECT.
SO WE'RE NEVER REALLY LINED UP ON OR HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS ARE MOVING AS A GROUP.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE THEIR OWN PLANS IN PLACE.
AND THAT'S VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THAT LEAVES US 10, 15 YEARS BEHIND IN WHICH THE CITY IS MOVING.
WE'VE MISSED THE TREES, WE'VE MISSED THE BIKES, WE'VE MISSED THE TRAILS.
I CAN JUST KEEP ON GOING DOWN THE LINE OF WHAT WE HAVE MISSED.
AND THAT'S GETTING VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN THE PRESIDENTS FOR 10, 20 YEARS.
AND I'M JUST A LITTLE BAFFLED OF WHAT IS MY PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN LINE WITH YOU ALL.
UM, I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
UM, I CAN SAY THAT I THINK THAT WE'VE HAD A BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATIONS, MAYBE FROM THE ALLIANCE TO THE INDIVIDUAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN IMPROVE ON.
UM, LET'S, UM, NAOMI HAS HER HAND UP.
DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL? UM, YES I DID BECAUSE, UH, I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF INTEREST IN PLANTING TREES IN OUR AREA AND WE DEAL WITH, UH, OUR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO I WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT AS AN OPTION, GO TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ALL OF THEM AND EXPLAIN ABOUT TREES BECAUSE TREES ARE AVAILABLE AT PERIODS DURING THE YEAR AND THERE CAN BE, YOU KNOW, TREE PLANTING, UM, UH, VOLUNTEER PROJECTS THAT ARE SCHEDULED.
AND I THINK WE PLANTED OVER A THOUSAND TREES AT OUR LAST EVENT IN ONE OF THE LOCAL PARKS.
SO YOU DON'T NEED TO JUST GO THROUGH ALLIANCE, YOU CAN GO DIRECTLY TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND IN FACT, WE USE THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AS ONE OF OUR BEST CONDUITS TO MEET DIRECTLY WITH MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND TELL THEM ABOUT CONCERNS AND GET THEIR IN PER AND THEIR ASSISTANCE.
AND I MIGHT I SAY SOMETHING HERE ALSO, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP IN EACH COMMUNITY, OUR RESIDENTS WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY REACH OUT TO THE SUPER SAFE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, LET US KNOW WHAT THE CONCERNS OF THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT SO THAT IT CAN BE ON OUR RADAR.
UM, AS WE SAID, THERE ARE ABOUT 88 ON THE MAP, HALF OF THEM ARE ACTIVE.
AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT YES, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF TREE PLANTING GOING ON, FOR EXAMPLE, TREES, UH, IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ARE WORKING ON DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH 'EM ALL, UH, AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT HERE IN THE VARIOUS SEC SECTORS AND SECTIONS AND COMMUNITIES AROUND HOUSTON.
UH, I JUST THINK THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT GAVE CLARITY ON WHAT YOU ALL'S PURPOSE IS THAT WE COULD TAKE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
I'M GREATEST HOUSTON COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DID TAKE THE RAM IN OUR OWN HANDS AND GOT THOUSANDS OF TREES PLANTED SINCE THAT FIRST EXAMPLE.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO AGAIN, LINE MYSELF UP WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN YOU GUYS DO ROLL OUT THESE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH YOU ALL.
SO WE'RE NOT BEING LEFT BEHIND.
LIKE SHE SAID, IT'S A NEW, IT'S A NEW PAGE, THE
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FUTURE.AND SO WHAT THIS IS TODAY, NOT THE PAST.
AND WE, WE WILL BE WORKING ON THIS.
THESE ARE GREAT CONCERNS WE NEED TO HEAR, AND WE WILL BE TAKING THEM UP IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS WE GO FORWARD ON WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
UM, I'D LIKE TO TO MOVE ON, ON THE AGENDA TO THE OPEN FORUM AND LET PEOPLE COME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT'S GOING ON, CONCERNS THEY MIGHT HAVE, KIND OF TYING IN WITH ABNER IN THE DISCUSSION.
IF WE KNOW CONCERNS FROM SPECIFIC SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, THIS IS A GOOD, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THOSE UP.
SO I'M NOT TRYING TO CUT OFF ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SNA, BUT, UH, PHILLIP, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? I JUST WANTED TO LET, UH, I THINK YOU'RE MUTED.
I WANTED TO LET THE SUPER NEIGHBOR ALLIANCE KNOW THAT, UH, THEY'RE, AGAIN, YOU KEEP GOING OUT.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT KEEPS DOING THAT, BUT BECAUSE YOU AT STAR FLEET, YOU'RE TOO FAR AWAY.
HOW MANY LIGHT AWAY ARE YOU? I HAVE TO, I'LL HAVE TO GET A HORROR TO, UH, FIND A BETTER, UH, CHANNEL THERE.
THERE WERE ALSO MINISTERS, ET CETERA, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX.
KEITH, WE MISSED YOU AS A MATTER OF FACT.
UH, BUT ANOTHER MEETING, I'M SO SORRY.
SEE ABOUT SIX, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDED IN THIS ILLEGAL DUMPING TASK FORCE.
AND IN ADDITION TO 3 1 1, WE HAVE THE DIRECT, UH, LINKAGE TO THEM TO REPORT ILLEGAL DUMPING AND TO ASSIST WITH, UH, THE ENHANCED, UH, PICKUP OF ALL OF THIS, UH, ILLEGAL DUMPING.
SO, UH, AGAIN, IT'S SO NICE TO SEE THAT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS ARE BEING INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES.
UM, SALLY ALCORN OFF YOUR OFFICE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOU OR SOMEBODY FROM YOUR OFFICE.
UM, AND, AND JANE, THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION, GREAT TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS, AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR MANY YEARS OF, OF FREE SERVICE YOU GAVE TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE THINGS I KNOW, UM, THAT EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT.
THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING UP, UM, TO CHAPTER 42 THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE.
THERE'S A FEW MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS.
CHAPTER 42 IS OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UM, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE, THEY'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SMALL LOT DEVELOPMENTS, SMALL MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, AND LOT ACCESS TO PUBLIC STREETS.
THIS, THIS, UH, WILL MATTER TO A BUNCH OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
THERE'S A MEETING AT THE MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, AND ON CAPITOL STREET THIS SATURDAY AT FIVE 30.
AND THEN, THAT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT, FIVE 30, IS THAT RIGHT, RENEE? UM, I'M READING FROM MY NOTES.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE TUESDAY, APRIL 18TH VIRTUAL, AND THEN THURSDAY, APRIL AT FIVE 30, AND THEN THURSDAY, APRIL 20TH AT FIVE 30 AT THE LEONAL CASTILLO COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, SOMETHING ELSE COMING UP IS BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
ADVOCATE FOR HOW YOU WANT THE MONEY SPENT AT THE CITY.
UH, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT TO PARTICIPATE IN.
AND A COUPLE THINGS ON THE AGENDA THIS WEEK.
WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UM, TO, UH, PET SET FOR SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES TO ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH STRAY DOG SITUATION.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE SOME CONTRACTS, SOME HEALTH DEPARTMENT GRANT CONTRACTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UM, ADULT DAYCARE AND DENTAL SERVICES FOR HARRIS COUNTY AREA AGENCY ON AGING.
AND, UH, WE'RE REPEALING THE BUSKING ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT LAWSUIT, THAT GUY SUED THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND NOW YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PLAY YOUR MUSIC, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER AREAS OF TOWN.
AND, UM, WE'RE SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, OF THE METRO MONEY FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECTS AND STREET INTERSECTION AND SIDEWALK PROJECTS,
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UH, THAT ARE, THAT DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE USING WITH THEIR DISTRICT COUNCIL SERVICE FUNDS.SO THAT'S JUST A, A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
I'LL, I'LL BE HANGING OUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, LETICIA GRANT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? YES.
I AM THE ACRES HOME SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL PRESIDENT, UM, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER SIX.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS MEETING AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE OVERVIEW OF THE PURPOSE OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I THINK THE QUESTION WAS ASKED IF WE WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, ONE IS A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THROUGHOUT PRETTY MUCH MY ENTIRE TERM, WHICH IS THE RESTON CEMETERY.
AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE A PART OF A PROJECT WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME GRANT FUNDING TO HELP US MOW DOWN THE BACK END.
UM, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE BEEN DONATED ABOUT AN ACRE OF LAND FROM THE HOUSTON LAND BANK TO DEVELOP A MIXED USE, UM, FACILITY.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE HOUSTON LAND BANK, THE HOUSTON ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT MIXED USE SPACE WE'RE WANTING TO PLACE.
AND IT'S GONNA BE ON WEST MONTGOMERY, SO THIS IS A, WHO KNOWS HOW LONG PROJECT.
HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE COMPLETED BEFORE MY ADMINISTRATION IS UP, BUT IF NOT, THE NEXT PRESIDENT WILL HAVE SOME FUN WITH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, APPRECIATE THAT HEARING FOR THAT.
SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL GOT A LOT GOING ON.
KEITH, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? YES.
UM, YES, MADAM CHAIR, UH, THERE'S A MEETING COMING UP, AN IMPORTANT MEETING AND WE PUT IT IN THE CHAT OVER THE WEEKEND.
UH, CHERYL DID RATHER, UH, I'M NOT THEIR CHAT, SHE PUT IT IN THE WEB ON THE WEBSITE FOR SNA.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS CRISO MEETING THAT'S COMING UP, UH, FOR FIFTH WARD AND KME GARDEN.
IT'S ABOUT THE UNION PACIFIC SITE.
THE EPA IS COMING TO TOWN AGAIN AND, UH, THEY'RE COMING TO, UH, CALL WALKER CENTER, CALL WALKER MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, THURSDAY, APRIL 20TH FROM SIX O'CLOCK TO EIGHT O'CLOCK.
AND THAT'S AT 4,300 NOBLE STREET.
UH, THERE'S AN OPEN HOUSE FROM FIVE TO 5 45.
SO LET'S SAY FROM FIVE TO EIGHT THEY WILL BE THERE ALSO, SATURDAY, APRIL 22ND, UH, FROM 10 O'CLOCK TO 12 O'CLOCK AT THE YES PREP FIFTH WARD SECONDARY SCHOOL.
AND THAT'S LOCATED AT 1305 BENSON STREET, B-E-N-S-O-N STREET.
UH, THE OPEN HOUSE IS FROM 9:00 AM TO 9:45 AM AND IF THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS SITE, UH, RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN DYING AT ALARMING RATES FROM CANCER, VARIOUS TYPES OF CANCER.
UH, I'M ON THE BOARD WITH JIM BLACKBURN, A BIO CITY INITIATIVE, AND WE INITIALLY, UH, DID AN INTENT TO SUE, UH, UNION PACIFIC TO CLEAN UP THE SITE 'CAUSE IT'S NEVER BEEN CLEANED UP.
UM, SO WE ALSO GOT THE CITY, THE COUNTY TO JOIN FORCES.
AND THE EPA RECENTLY HAS ALSO COME IN AND REQUIRED MORE TESTING OF THE SITE, UH, AND HOMES AND BLOCKS AND, AND SOIL AND AIR SAMPLES AROUND THE, UH, CONTAMINATED GROUND ZERO AREA.
SO THE EPA IS GOING TO SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY AND LET THE EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT PROGRESS.
EVERYONE'S WELCOME TO ATTEND THIS, THIS MEETING, UH, THESE MEETINGS RATHER.
SO JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT THAT.
VICKI MARTIN? UH, YES, THANK YOU.
WE HAVE SOME, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RELATED UPCOMING PROJECTS.
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT REGARDING CAMERAS REGARDING SIGNAGE.
UH, WE ARE TRYING TO GET, UH, ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE WINKLING HOUSTON PUSH AS WELL AS WE ARE SCHEDULING A RESOURCE FAIR FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.
SO I WILL BE ABLE TO PRO, POSSIBLY PROVIDE THAT DATE IN MAY.
SO WE WILL HAVE A RESOURCE PLAN FOR THE CITY GAS EQUITY PROJECT, AND THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING.
THEY'RE PA BASICALLY REGARDING CLEAN AIR, OH AIR MONITORS.
WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE ORGANIZATION TO GET AN EXTENSION ON AIR MONITORS.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX AIR MONITORS IN AN, UH, EAST HOUSTON SET OF GAS AREA, AND WE ARE GOING TO ADD MORE MONITORS AND MORE EXTENSIVE MONITORS THAT CAN ALSO MONITOR OZONE LAYERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN ADDITION TO
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OUR PM 2.5 AIR MONITORS.I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LEGISLATIVE, BUT IF YOU WANT ME TO HOLD OFF, UP TO YOU.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE HB 2, 2 2 4, WHICH IS LOWERING THE SPEED LIMITS AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
IT'S, UH, THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN CHANGED AS OF LAST WEEK IN THE COMMITTEE, BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT LANGUAGE LOOKS LIKE.
I CAN'T FIND A COPY ABOUT THAT.
IN ADDITION, THE CITY DID AT THE END OF THE MONTH GO AHEAD AND SEND A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THAT BILL.
BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE LANGUAGE LOOKS LIKE AT THIS POINT.
THE REST OF IT, UH, THE OTHER TWO ITEMS, UH, COUNCILMAN ALCORN'S ALREADY TOLD ME TALK ABOUT THESE, SO BEAR WITH ME, SALLY.
UH, THE ONE IS THE HB 24 50 AND THE SB 4 68.
I THINK I MENTIONED 'EM LAST WEEK, LAST MONTH, BUT IT'S RELATING TO THE USE OF COMMON PROPERTIES.
AND THE WAY I READ IT, AND I HOPE I'M REALLY WRONG, IS THAT IF ANY RESIDENT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, HAS A, THERE'S PROPERTY THAT'S OWNED BY THE COMMUNITY, ANY RESIDENT CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE ANYBODY COME ON THAT PROPERTY TO DO PROTESTS, TO DO SPEECHES, WHATEVER.
SO WAY I READ IT IS THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION COULDN'T STOP THE KKK OR SOME ANTI-SEMITIC, UH, SEMI GROUP COMING ON THE PROPERTY AND HOLDING A PROTEST AND CAUSING A LOT OF DAMAGE.
UH, I HOPE I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT.
GREG, WHAT'S THE NUMBER? THAT LAST ONE YOU READ, THAT'S HB 24 50 AND THE COMPANION IS SENATE BILL 4 68.
AND THAT SECTION IS 2 0 2 0.013 IS THE CHANGE THEY WOULD BE MAKING IN THE LAW.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS, IT, IT MAY NOT APPLY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THERE IS A HB 1252.
IT'S REQUIRING AUDITS OF ALL THE FINANCIAL RECORDS OF PROPERTY ASSOCIATIONS.
AND I KNOW THAT CAN BE AN EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE PROPERTY ASSOCIATIONS, IF THEY DECIDE NEEDS TO BE DONE, THEY WILL DO IT.
BUT THE GOVERNMENT COMING IN AND SAYING, YOU HAVE TO DO IT, I KNOW WHEN WE DID IT BEFORE, THAT BECAME A FIVE FIGURE PROBLEM THAT WE HAD TO, HOW IT HAD TO PAY, WHICH INCREASED ALL COURSE HARD DUES.
AND SPEAKING AS A FORMER AUDITOR OF HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS AND THINGS, THEY, A FIVE FIVE AT LOW FIVE FIGURES IS CHEAP.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA BE LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET AN AUDIT FOR LESS THAN 10 GRAND.
UM, AND MY, MY CIVIC CLUB, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGET IS 52,000 A YEAR.
I MEAN, HOW ARE WE GONNA AFFORD THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY? SURE.
WE BOTH COME FROM THE, UH, AN ACCOUNTING BACKGROUND.
WE BOTH HAVE IT AND WE BOTH AGREE.
WE DON'T WANT THE AUDITOR'S FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT FOR THIS.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
I, THE LAST THING I HAVE IS CAI, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE.
ASSOCI IS HAVING A MEETING ON THE WEB ON THE 13TH OF APRIL.
YOU CAN LOOK IT UP, UH, ABOUT LEGISLATIVE, THE BILLS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THAT ARE IMPACTING THESE, OUR ASSOCIATIONS.
SO YOU MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER ATTENDING.
I HOPE I'LL BE ABLE TO, I WANTED TO COMMENT THAT, THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE CHAT.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS ARE LISTED IN THE CHAT.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S PARTICIPATING IN THE, IN THE CHAT.
RENEE HAS PUT HIS CONTACT INFORMATION THERE.
UM, CC IS DOWN THERE WITH SOME INFO.
SO GREG, IF YOU MIGHT WANNA DROP DOWN THOSE BILL NUMBERS IN CHAT, IF YOU GET A CHANCE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO DEXTER.
SO, UH, I I WANNA GO BACK TO, UH, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT VICKI MARTIN SAID, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AIR QUALITY MONITORING OVER IN YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AREA.
AND I HAD, UH, LOOKED AT THAT AND I WAS WONDERING IF, UH, THAT PROJECT OR THAT PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, EITHER THROUGH FUNDING OR EITHER IT'S SELF-FUNDING.
WE IN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22 ARE INTERESTED IN, UH, GETTING SOME MONITORS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF ALL THE, UH, PLANNED CONSTRUCTION ALONG I 10.
UH, WE WANT TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WHEN THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE USING CONGESTION MANAGEMENT, AIR QUALITY, UH, IMPROVEMENT AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR FUNDING SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, THAT THEY ARE IN FACT IMPROVING THE AIR QUALITY.
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UH, YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH AIR ALLIANCE HOUSTON ALLOWS THEM TO PARTNER WITH SOME OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS? OR IS THIS JUST LIMITED TO THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE, UH, IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW? UH, BECAUSE OUR MONITORS HAVE BEEN OUTTA RANGE FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE OF THE NEGATIVE INFLUENCES LIKE CONCRETE BATCHING, PLANTS, LANDFILLS, AND TRUCK YARDS, UH, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THEM BECAUSE OF THOSE CONCERNS.SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THEY'RE OPEN TO, BUT, UH, I CAN GIVE YOU A POINT OF CONTACT AND YOU CAN JUST FIND OUT BY TALKING WITH THE PORT OF CONTACT.
YEAH, I'D LIKE, I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
I'VE REACHED OUT TO ALLIANCE HOUSTON.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE, SO IF YOU'VE GOT SOME SPECIFIC PEOPLE, I WOULD LIKE THAT, JUST PUT IT IN THE CHAT BOX AND THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
I'LL PUT OUR EMAIL ADDRESS SO OFFLINE, JUST GO AHEAD AND SEND ME AN EMAIL AND WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
DEEDEE, ARE YOU STILL WAITING THERE, DEE? UM, THANK YOU.
I'M DEI CHAVE, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR VICE MAYOR PRO, TIM MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT K.
JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE VICE MAYOR PRO TIM IS, UM, HAS, HAS AND IS LEADING THE CITY'S, UH, INITIATIVE ON, UM, ILLEGAL DUMPING AND KEEPING THE CITY CLEAN.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THE KEEP HOUSTON BEAUTIFUL CITYWIDE INITIATIVE.
THAT'S A CLEANUP CAMPAIGN THAT'S GOING ON THROUGH THE MONTH OF APRIL.
IT, YOU KNOW, KICKED OFF APRIL 1ST AND YOU HAVEN'T, UH, THROUGH APRIL 30TH TO, UM, PARTICIPATE.
I'LL INCLUDE THE INFORMATION IN THE, IN THE CHAT, BUT PLEASE VISIT, UM, KEEP YOU SOME BEAUTIFUL HOUSTON BEAUTIFUL.ORG FOR INFORMATION ON YOUR, YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN CLEANUP EVENTS.
AND IF YOUR DISTRICT PAY, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHERE YOUR EVENTS ARE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, ALSO, UM,
AND THAT'S GONNA OCCUR APRIL 27TH.
THAT'S A THURSDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, UM, CONTACT EITHER DISTRICT K@HOUSTONTX.GOV OR AT LARGE2@HOUSTONTXDOT.GOV.
AND I'M GONNA PUT THAT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT AS WELL.
UM, IF YOU NEED ANY INFORMATION OR YOU NEED TO REACH OUT TO DISTRICT K, UM, MY INFORMATION IS IN THE CHAT AT THE TOP AND, UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO, UH, SERVICE YOU.
DEXTER, I WANTED TO POINT OUT, THERE'S SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING DIRECTLY TO YOU IN THE CHAT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE READ THROUGH THE CHAT THEN, AND I THINK YOU'RE MUTED.
WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU AFFORD ME TO SPEAK ABOUT ONE CLEAN HOUSTON, THE PRESS CONFERENCE, BRI, BRIEFLY.
ABOUT WHAT? UH, WELL, I WAS GONNA LET CE SHE'S HAD HER HAND UP FOR QUITE A WHILE.
THAT'S HOW I'M GOING THROUGH CE.
UM, SORRY THAT IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT IT IS YOUR TURN.
I JUST SEE COUNCIL MEMBER JUST, UH, DROPPED SOMETHING IN THE CHAT THERE, UH, IN THE CHAT.
I ALREADY DROPPED IN OUR, UH, VERY EXCITING AND, AND VICE CHAIR KEITH DOWNEY SPOKE ON IT A FEW MINUTES AGO WITH REGARDS TO THE CSO.
UH, THE FIFTH WARD CANCER CLUSTER COLLABORATIVE SUMMIT IS OCCURRING APRIL 24TH THROUGH APRIL 27TH.
IT'S A VERY EXCITING, EDUCATED, EDUCATING, INFORMATIVE, UM, SESSION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER IS PARTNERING WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON IN DISTRICT B, AND A WHOLE NUMBER OF OTHER ENGAGED INDIVIDUALS AS WE TALK ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT'S GOING ON IN FIFTH WARD.
WITH REGARDS TO THE CANCER CLUSTER, UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES, THERE'S GOING TO BE BREAKOUT SESSIONS, THERE'S A TOWN HALL.
ALL OF IT IS ALREADY IN THE CHAT.
IT'S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE 24TH THROUGH THE 27TH.
UH, WE ARE BRINGING IN DR. STEPHANIE MILES RICHARDSON FROM MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S ALL FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UPDATE THE COMMUNITY ON LATEST FINDINGS, UM, TO UPDATE THE COMMUNITY WITH RESOURCES AND DATA, UH, TO ESTABLISH, UM, WHAT THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND MORE.
AND SO, UM, IT'S AT LEAST 15 DIFFERENT PARTNERS, UM, IN THIS COLLABORATIVE, UH, BOTH LEGAL, UH, SCIENTIFIC,
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UM, HOUSTON HEALTH.IT'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN FIFTH WARD WITH THE CANCER CLUSTER.
SO IT'S THE FIFTH WARD CANCER CLUSTER COLLABORATIVE SUMMIT, APRIL 24TH THROUGH THE 27TH.
LETITIA PLUMMER, COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE FOUR.
UH, MY INFORMATION'S IN THE CHAT IF YOU NEED A SPECIFIC FLYER DIRECTLY TO YOU, I'D BE GLAD TO SHARE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER, YOU'RE NEXT.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, OF COURSE.
NO, IT'S TOTALLY, IT'S, IT'S COMPLETELY FINE.
UM, I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT AS WELL.
BUT, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.
IT'S GOOD TO HEAR EVERYONE, UH, SEE EVERYONE TODAY THIS EVENING.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO REMIND, UM, EVERYONE THAT THE, UH, APARTMENT INSPECTION REFORM IS NOT CURRENTLY IN ORDINANCE, BUT IF ANY OF YOU HAVE, UH, APARTMENTS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, UM, ARE NOT UP TO PAR, OR IF THERE'S SOME CONCERNS, WE HAVE A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TASK FORCE, UM, THE STRIKE FORCE AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, IF WE CAN ASSIST IN ANY WAY, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS, UM, ARE SUPPORTED.
AND, UH, AND THEN AS CC MENTIONED, UM, WE ARE HOSTING A, UM, A CANCER AND CLUSTER COLLABORATIVE SUMMIT, UM, IN, IN, UH, IN LATE APRIL.
AND THE DATES AND THE FLYER IS ALSO IN THE, UM, IN THE CHAT.
AND, UM, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL EASTER.
BRIDGET, YOU'VE HAD YOUR, YOU'VE BEEN VERY PATIENTLY WAITING.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM TAMARA BELL ABOUT A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY ON TOMORROW, APRIL THE 11TH AT 10:00 AM AT THE, UH, HOUSTON TRADE PORT, UH, FACILITY.
IT'S LOCATED AT 82 30 PLUMMER STREET.
AND, UM, I DID PUT THAT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT JUST IN CASE I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE, UH, TO MENTION IT TO YOU ALL TONIGHT.
AND THE, UM, OTHER ITEM, UH, THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS THAT IN OUR, IN OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'LL BE SPONSORING ALONG WITH, UH, OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WE'LL BE SPONSORING EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES, UH, THE WEEK OF, UH, APRIL 18TH THROUGH THE 21ST.
AND I WILL SEND THE FLYER TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE EMAIL SITE.
UH, WE ARE WORKING ON OUR COMMU OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY GARDEN, AND WE'LL BE DOING PLANTING.
WE WERE OUT THERE TODAY, UH, WORKING ON PREPPING IN THE AREA.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTUAL PLANTING ON NEXT WEEK.
SO HOPE, UH, IF ANYONE HAS SOME TIME TO VOLUNTEER, HOPE THAT YOU CAN JOIN US, 1600 HORNE, UH, DRIVE, UH, HERE IN THE PLEASANTVILLE COMMUNITY.
UH, KEITH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE BACK UP.
I WANNA MENTION WHAT SOME MAY HAVE MISSED, UH, THAT THE MAYOR DID HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT ILLEGAL DUMPING, UH, ONE CLEAN HOUSTON INITIATIVE.
UM, AND YOU HAD SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OUT THAT DEPARTMENT HEADS THEIR, THEIR, UH, STAFF AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL.
UH, SO HE'S PUTTING $17.8 MILLION INTO A PROGRAM THAT BASICALLY WOULD ADDRESS ILLEGAL DUMPING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE CHRONIC COMMUNITIES.
AND HE'S WORKING WITH CONSTABLE ROSEN, UH, TO PUT UP MORE CAMERAS, UH, CONSTABLE ROSEN'S PUT UP A LITANY OF CAMERAS, UH, THROUGHOUT, BUT THEY'RE WORKING, THANK GOD, CONJUNCT CONJUNCTIVELY TOGETHER, UH, WORKING TOGETHER TO, UH, PUT UP THESE CAMERAS.
BUT THE THREE INITIATIVES THAT, UH, THEY ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS WITH THIS ILLEGAL DUMPING IS MORE RAPID CLEANUP.
INSTEAD OF 45 DAYS, THE MAYOR SAY, CUT IT DOWN TO 20 DAYS OR LESS.
UH, BETTER ENFORCEMENT, THERE'S NOTHING, YOU CAN CATCH PEOPLE ON CAMERA, BUT YOU CAN'T, IF YOU CAN'T ENFORCE WHO YOU'RE CATCHING.
WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF A CAMERA AND PREVENTION AND EDUCATION TO, UH, TELL PEOPLE THE DOS AND DON'TS OF PUTTING OUT THEIR GARBAGE.
NOT ONLY THE EVEN ODD MONTHS THAT WE HEAR FROM SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, BUT WHAT ARE THE DOS AND DON'TS? YOU SHOULDN'T PUT GARBAGE IN A MEDIAN.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD PUT THEM A CERTAIN, CERTAIN NUMBER OF FEET AWAY FROM THE SIDEWALK CURB IF YOU CAN OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO THE DO'S AND DON'TS AS WELL.
AND ALSO, CASHMAN GARDEN IS GONNA HAVE AN EARTH DAY EVENT, UH, AT
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THE CATCHMENT MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE, UM, EARTH DAY, THE 22ND OF APRIL, 12 TO 2:00 PM IS, UH, GOING TO BE SPONSORED BY PRAIRIE VIEW, A AND M UNIVERSITY, NORTHEAST HOUSTON REDEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IN CASHMERE.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS THEIR HAND UP AND, AND, AND I'VE BEEN LOOKING IN THE CHAT.
WELL, THERE IS ONE QUESTION WHICH I THINK WE HAD ANSWERED, BUT IT WOULD BE WORTH REPEATING.
UM, WHO DO WE REACH OUT TO IN REGARDS TO PROBLEMATIC APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND, UM, UM, SLUMLORDS, I, I AM HESITANT, BUT PROBLEMATIC APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
UH, PASTOR DEB HAD A QUESTION.
UM, WOULD SOMEBODY CARE TO PROVIDE HER WITH SOME GUIDANCE? UH, DR.
THANK NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH, ARTHUR, FOR, UM, ASKING THAT QUESTION.
UM, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC, UH, PROTOCOL THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS EFFECTIVELY.
SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UM, CALL MY OFFICE.
YOU CAN EMAIL OUR OFFICE AS WELL AND WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THE, UM, GO EVERYTHING GO THROUGH EVERYTHING WITH YOU.
BUT WE, WE DO HAVE A SPECIFIC PROTOCOL THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THAT SEEMS TO BE INCREDIBLY, UM, UM, EFFECTIVE IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENFORCEMENT.
SO I CAN PUT MY INFORMATION IN THE CHAT AS, UM, AGAIN, BUT UM, YOU CAN TALK, I SEE IT, I SEE YOUR EMAIL IN THE CHAT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE YOU THAT IT'S HELPFUL SOMETIMES TO REINFORCE 'CAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT GOING ON IN THE CHAT, SO THANK YOU.
DID WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAD COME UP WITH A RAISED HAND OR I DON'T SEE ANYONE.
UM, I SEE THAT THERE, I SEE A NOTIFICATION THAT THERE'S A RAISED HAND, BUT I CAN'T SEE WHO IT IS.
UM, I SAW THE COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMBER, BUT THAT I DON'T SEE IT IN.
SO I'M, I'M GOING TO ASSUME IF NOBODY HAS GOING THAT IT'S JUST SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER A HAND THAT WE CAN'T GET LOWERED, SO.
MAY, UH, CHAIR CHAIRPERSON, MAY I GO THROUGH THE, UH, ATTENDANCE AGAIN REAL QUICKLY? YES, PLEASE DO.
I'M GONNA CALL OFF, UH, YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT I WAS ABLE TO CATCH, ARE YOU ABLE TO SAY EARLIER AND IF I MISS ANYONE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH WITH THE NUMBERS ONLY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 5, 6 15.
JUNE SIX, DID YOU HEAR THAT SIX IS PRESENT? YES, I HAVE SIX.
UM, I SAID 15, 16, 17 SEVENTEEN'S PRESENT.
I'M CALLING OFF THE ONES THAT I HAVE AS PRESENT.
WELL MAYBE YOU COULD GO WITH ONES YOU, YOU MARKED AS NOT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE AS PRESENT.
13 FIRST OF ALL THEN 14, 27, 28, 30, 31, 41, 47, 48, 55.
I THINK THAT'S BRIDGETTE WITH, WITH PLEASANTVILLE.
48, WHICH I KNOW IS TRINITY HOUSTON GARDENS 55 63.
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AND I HAVE 46.I'VE CALLED, UH, NUMBER 45, I THINK.
ANYONE ELSE THAT WE DIDN'T CATCH AT THE BEGINNING? CAN YOU CHECK THE 64 AND 88 ARE ON THE LIST? I'VE BEEN AT EVERY MEETING JANUARY.
I HAVE EVERY TIME I'M NOT CALLED.
AND AMY, I, I'VE RESPONDED BACK.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE LIST THAT IT REFLECTS THAT Y'ALL WERE HERE IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH AS WELL.
ANYONE ELSE? DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, CONCERNS, QUESTIONS THEY'D LIKE TO BRING UP? YEAH, THIS IS DOUG.
UH, I WAS AT A MEETING LAST WEEK FOR CHAPTER 42 AND UH, I ASKED THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHY THEY WERE PROJECTING SUCH LARGE INCREASES IN HOUSTON POPULATION WHEN THE POPULATION HAS DECREASED EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND THERE WAS ANOTHER GENTLEMAN AT THE MEETING THAT SAID THERE'S NO WAY THAT THE HOUSTON POPULATION, UH, HAS DECREASED.
AND, UH, I SAID, MAYBE IT'S INCREASED OUTSIDE THE CITY.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE'S AN ARTICLE IN THE CHRONICLE TODAY.
HOUSTON CAN NOW CLAIM THE TITLE OF THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING MAJOR US METRO AREA AND MAJOR US METRO AREA IS CRITICAL 'CAUSE THE CITY ITSELF IS NOT GROWING.
AND AT 7 25, I NEVER KNOW HOW TO QUITE, UH, PUT CHATS IN.
BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK AT 7 25 IN THE CHAT, YOU'LL SEE THE LINK TO THE 23, 2 20 23 BUDGET.
AND THEN A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, UH, I, I MENTIONED, UH, WHAT TIME DID I DO THAT AT? IT'S, UH, 7 27 I THINK SECTION I PUT DOWN THE SECTION.
I I DASH 10 IS WHERE THEY SHOW THE PROPERTY TAX CAP CALCULATION.
AND YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF, UH, THAT THE POPULATION HAS ABSOLUTELY DECREASED IN EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND THE DECREASE IS GETTING GREATER IN EACH OF THOSE YEARS.
AND I THINK IT'S DUE TO SEVERAL THINGS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA STOP.
UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WATER RATES GOING UP 78% AND RUMBLINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA POSSIBLY HAVE TO LOOK AT A HEAVY TRASH FEE ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
AND, UH, THE CRIME THAT IS GOING ON AND THE HUGE OVERHANG, UH, WITH THE DECISION RELATIVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF LIABILITY THAT THE CITY HAS INCURRED THERE.
AND OF COURSE THE COUNTY IS NO BETTER THAN THE CITY.
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS DOWN OR DROP IN POPULATION IS GOING TO STOP.
AND, UH, PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO FORT BEND COUNTY, MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND THE QUOTE METRO AREA, BUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS SHRINKING.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF THAT IN CASE, UH, PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S ACTUALLY ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
IT'S A LITTLE HARD WHEN YOU SEE THE HEADLINE IN THE CHRONICLE TODAY.
YOU'D HAVE TO STRESS THOUGH THAT THAT IN THE METRO AREA IS THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING, BUT THE POPULATION WITHIN THE CITY IS DROPPING AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY HAS TO BE LOOKED AT.
GREG, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? Y YES, DOUG, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SAYING THAT.
I'M THE ONE THAT BROUGHT THAT UP TO THE MAYOR IN JANUARY, AND OF COURSE HE DISAGREED WITH ME, BUT HE NEVER PROVIDED ANY DOCUMENTS.
I'M BASING OFF THE CENSUS DATA.
UH, JULY OF 2022 IS NOT OUT YET.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA FROM 2015 TO 2021, THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY DECREASED IN SIZE.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR DATA POINT, WHAT YOU SAID IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, THE CITY'S ALSO DECREASING, WHICH BRINGS, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BASE POINT.
IF THE CITY IS NOT INCREASING, WHY ARE THERE SAYING THERE'S SUCH A DEMAND FOR MORE HOUSING UNITS? UH, IF WE CAN'T, IF WE HAVE A WRONG ASSUMPTION, WE'RE GONNA MAKE WRONG DECISIONS.
UM, I THINK THESE ARE ARE VALID POINTS.
SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ANSWERED BY, UM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I, YOU KNOW, I, WELL, CHERYL, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU GO TO THE LINK THAT I PUT AND YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF.
I, I, I SAW IT AS TO WHY THEY SAY SOMETHING IN A MEETING THAT'S CONTRAINDICATED BY OTHER DATA
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I, I CAN'T ADDRESS.WELL, NO, IT WASN'T THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT MEETING YOU ASKED AND YEAH, YOU DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER.
NO, IT WASN'T THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE THAT ATTENDED THE MEETING.
IT WASN'T THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ITSELF THAT CAME BACK WITH THAT COMMENT.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL IT WAS.
THE MAYOR
I BROUGHT IT UP IN JANUARY, ASKING ME HERE ABOUT MEETING.
SHE'S, NO, NO, THIS IS ANOTHER MEETING.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
THIS WAS ANOTHER DIFFERENT MEETING.
AND I SENT HIM THE INFORMATION THAT I CITED HERE AND I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM
UM, WERE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY WANTED TO BRING UP? YEAH, THIS IS PEDRO.
I'M, AND I'M TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO SEE IT.
UH, YEAH, THIS IS, UH, PEDRO, I YOU AT GREATER HEIGHTS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AGAIN, I JUST WANNA ANNOUNCE ON APRIL 22ND, WE ARE HAVING THE, UH, TASTE OF HEIGHTS AT, UH, ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC CHURCH.
UH, IT'S GONNA RUN FROM, UH, FIVE TO 10:00 PM UH, EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO PARTAKE IN, UH, THE TASTE OF HEIGHTS, BUT THAT BASICALLY IS, WE HAVE AREA RESTAURANTS THAT, UH, HAVE SAMPLES AND, UM, MUSIC AND, UH, REFRESHMENTS AS WELL.
I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, $20 PREPAID, $25 AT THE, UH, AT THE GATE.
EVERYONE'S WELCOME TO THAT EVENT.
PEDRO, COULD YOU TELL US THE LOCATION? UH, DUNNO, MAN, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I'VE BEEN GOING TO CHURCH THERE FOR NINE YEARS AND I, UH, I DON'T KNOW THE ADDRESS, UH, BY HEART, BUT LET ME LOOK IT UP REAL QUICK.
UH, TWO 15 EAST 10TH STREET, TWO 15 EAST 10TH STREET.
IT'S SORT OF NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HEIGHTS BOULEVARD AND 11TH, BUT IT IS INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM HEIGHTS AND YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM 11TH.
UM, BUT THAT'S, UH, TWO 15 EAST 10TH STREET.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO GO AND EXPERIENCE EVENTS GOING ON AND ALL THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS.
I ENCOURAGE US ALL TO BE AS SUPPORTIVE AS WE CAN OF OUR FELLOW SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS.
I'M LOOKING AT THE CLOCK AND, UM, SEE THAT IT'S 7 47 ACCORDING TO MY, UM, COMCAST DRIVEN CLOCK
UM, SO, UM, AGAIN, UM, DO WE HAVE ONE LAST CALL FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, HEARING NONE.
UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A CALL THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING.
OH, WE HAVE PASTOR DEB WANTED, I JUST NEEDED TO SAY QUICKLY.
I'VE NEVER MET MR. LYONS, BUT WE'VE BEEN AT THIS A LITTLE WHILE TOO, AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT THE LEADERSHIP HERE TONIGHT AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME BEFORE YOU, THINGS ARE EVOLVING.
WE ALL WENT THROUGH COVID AND WE'VE ALL COME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE SO FAR.
SO I DO KNOW THERE'S SOME DISCOURAGEMENT EVEN OVER HERE, BUT Y'ALL HAVE BREATHED SOME NEW LIFE IN, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND ACKNOWLEDGE DOWN HERE IN THE SMALL BARRIOS, THE WORD SNA IS BEING SPOKEN NOW.
SO GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING ON A PAST PRESIDENT AND YOU, AND WE ALWAYS SHOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD.
DO I HEAR, UM, A MOTION TO ADJOURN? THIS IS DOUG.
THE NEXT MEETING IS SET FOR MONDAY, MAY THE EIGHTH.
UM, WE PRO I PROMISE NOT TO SCREW UP THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND GET IT OUT ON A, UM, BETTER WITHOUT ALL THE BOUNCE BACKS THIS NEXT TIME.
THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND WE'LL HAVE AN ELECTION OF SECRETARY AND WE WILL BE HAVING AN ELECTION FOR THE SECRETARY AND WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL, THREE MONTHS WORTH OF MINUTES TO REVIEW.