[Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting]
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WELL, UM, I'M SHOWING IT'S 6 32, SO TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYBODY WHO, WHO IS HERE.KEITH, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND START THE ROLL CALL? WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR MAIN MEETING OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
UH, I WILL CALL THE ROLE BASED ON BASED THE PAST THREE MONTHS, UH, IN SUCCESSION, IN ATTENDANCE AS A REP WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM YOUR, YOUR RESPECTIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, ALSO I'VE CALLED A FEW THERE.
UH, IF I DON'T CALL YOUR NUMBER, CAN YOU PLEASE PUT YOUR NAME AND YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER IN THE CHAT? UH, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
RICKY MILLER PRESENT, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS PEDRO, YOU WITH GREATER HEIGHTS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
15 SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 16 BURG.
JUST GOT MEMORIAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22 SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 24.
HEY, WARHOL WITH NEAR TOWN MONTROSE.
WELCOME SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 25.
DOUG SMITH, THE BARBARA
CINDY CHAPMAN, NEIGHBORHOOD 38.
OKAY, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 49 AND 50.
VICKI MARTIN, VICE PRESIDENT PRESENT.
WELCOME, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 52, WHICH IS ME OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 64 AND 88.
AMY DEN, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 64 AND 88 PRESENT.
ALSO, I'M CATCHING HERE TONIGHT.
SO FAR I'VE CALLED SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22.
YOU GOT ME ALREADY? YES, MR. HANDY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
EVERYONE ELSE I DIDN'T CALL, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, PUT YOUR NAME AND SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER IN THE CHAT.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE ARE CHAT AND I'LL CIRCLE AND I'LL CIRCLE THE WAGONS AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
UH, CHAIR CHAIRPERSON, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TAKE A MOMENT OF, UH, CHAIR PRE, UH, PRIVILEGE CHAIR AND INVITE, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, MARGARET WALLACE BROWN SPEAK.
EVERYBODY ELSE SHOULD BE ON MUTE.
CHERYL, LET MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON MUTE.
WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF PLEASE MUTE.
AND, UM, DIRECTOR WALLACE, FRAN WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
UH, I I REALLY JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK WITH YOU AND BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ABOUT LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, YOU MAY RECALL I SPOKE WITH YOU ABOUT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AT YOUR MARCH MEETING EARLIER THIS YEAR.
I THINK I ALSO SPOKE ABOUT 'EM MAYBE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.
UM, WE'VE ALSO PRESENTED THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MANY OF YOUR OWN SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS AND CIVIC CLUBS.
AND IF WE HAVEN'T MADE IT TO YOU YET, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
WE'RE HAPPY TO COME TALK TO YOU AND GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS.
BUT I WANNA JUST SAY THE LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ALL ABOUT CHANGING OUR DEVELOPMENT CODES TO PROVIDE A WIDER VARIETY OF HOMES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HOUSTONIANS.
THEY FOCUS ON THREE THINGS, AFFORDABILITY, EQUITY, AND WALKABILITY.
I KNOW IN RECENT DAYS, MANY OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED POSTCARDS IN YOUR MAILBOXES THAT MISREPRESENT THE INTENT OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND I JUST WANNA CLEAR IT UP HERE.
LIVABLE PLA LIVABLE PLACES RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE
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ALL SORTS OF INCENTIVES TO HELP BUILDERS BUILD HOMES THAT ARE MORE ALIGNED WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.THE RECOMMENDATIONS ENCOURAGE SMALLER, MORE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY HOMES.
THEY WILL REQUIRE TOWN HOMES ON SHARED DRIVEWAYS, OFTEN CALLED THREE PACKS TO HAVE DOORS AND WINDOWS ON THE FRONT SO THAT YOU CAN MORE EASILY GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS.
THEY ALSO ENCOURAGE REAR OR SIDE DRIVEWAYS AND LIMIT THE WIDTH AND NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS FOR FRONT LOADING TOWN HOMES.
I KNOW YOU'VE ALL SEEN THESE WHOLE BLOCKS THAT END UP BEING NOTHING BUT DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVEWAY.
THIS WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU HAVE TO WALK YOUR DOG OR PUSH THE BABY CARRIAGE DOWN A SIDEWALK THAT'S NOTHING BUT DRIVEWAYS OR EVEN WORSE, BLOCKED BY A CAR.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE LASER FOCUSED ON MAKING THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, ACCESSIBLE TO YOU INSTEAD OF JUST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M SORRY, INSTEAD OF JUST ONE HOMEOWNER.
THESE CHANGES WILL REQUIRE DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS TO SIZE THE WIDTH OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS SO THAT THE STREET IS AVAILABLE TO THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF TALK AND EMAILS AND, UM, NOW POSTCARDS IN YOUR MAILBOXES ABOUT THIS.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ME DIRECTLY IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS.
I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS THIS BY PHONE, BY EMAIL, OR IN PERSON.
SO HERE'S MY PHONE NUMBER, (832) 393-6588 OR MY EMAIL ADDRESS, WHICH IS MARGARET WALLACE BROWN.
AND THAT WALLACE BROWN IS ALL ONE WORD@HOUSTONTX.GOV.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS.
IF YOU WANT US TO COME TALK TO YOUR GROUP, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TONIGHT.
CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR PHONE NUMBER FOR EVERYBODY AGAIN? SURE.
YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE MAIN NUMBER.
IF THAT NUMBER DOESN'T GET ANSWERED, YOU CAN CALL THE MAIN NUMBER AT (832) 393-6600 AND THEY'LL FIND ME.
ALRIGHT, THE, UM, WE HAVE MINUTES TO APPROVE.
AH, LET'S GIVE A HOORAY AND
AND MIKE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT I WANTED TO DO A BIG THANKS TO MIKE VAN DEUSEN FOR JUMPING IN AND HELPING TO GET THE MINUTES UP TO DATE.
SO, I, I GUESS WE SHOULD TAKE THEM IN ORDER.
WE HAVE FEBRUARY, MARCH, AND DID EVERYBODY GET THE APRIL? 'CAUSE WHEN I SENT OUT THE FIRST MEETING, NOTICE WE HAD FEBRUARY, MARCH.
I SENT OUT A SECOND MEETING NOTICE THAT HAD THE APRIL.
SO, UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, LET'S TALK ABOUT FEBRUARY 1ST.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE MINUTES.
CHERYL, CAN, CAN I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON BOTH THE FEBRUARY AND THE MARCH MINUTES? YEAH.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IN FEBRUARY WERE IN MARCH, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IN MARCH ARE IN FEBRUARY.
SO I THINK THEY NEED TO ALL BE RE-LOOKED AT AND REDONE.
AND ALSO COMMENTS THAT I PROVIDED OVER TWO MONTHS AGO WERE NOT, UH, DISCUSSED AT ALL.
UM, COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY? WELL, I HAVE A COMMENT.
UH, GREG, IF YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH THE MARCH VERSUS FEBRUARY, WHY DON'T YOU PASS THE WORD TO CHERYL AND THEY CAN CHECK TO SEE IF THAT'S CORRECT AND GET IT FIXED ALREADY DID IT.
I MEAN, I DID IT TWO MONTHS AGO, BUT I WILL TELL TELL YOU FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE SAID IN ABOUT THE FEBRUARY IN THE FEBRUARY MINUTES ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN MARCH.
THE STUFF THAT HAPPENED IN THE MARCH MINUTES ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY.
WELL THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING, I I'M SAYING THIS IS, IT'S, IT'S A PROBLEMATIC THROUGHOUT IT AND THE OTHER ITEMS WEREN'T DISCUSSED AT.
ALSO, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST DEFER THESE MINUTES.
ARE THE MINUTES THAT, THAT WERE DONE, THAT WERE SENT OUT WITH THE MEETING NOTICE, ARE THOSE THE ONES THAT YOU'RE SAYING DON'T HAVE THE CORRECT INFORMATION FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH? CORRECT.
REALLY WORRIED ABOUT A SHOWER BEING OUTTA COMMISSION FOR TWO, THREE WEEKS OR HOWEVER LONG? WELL, I THINK IT, I THINK, PEDRO, CAN WE MAKE A MOTION RIGHT NOW TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? YES.
I'M, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND THEN WE HAVE DISCUSSION AND THEN WE HAVE A VOTE.
WELL, LEMME MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH, UH, ALL THE MINUTES THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, SO, OKAY.
AND, AND WHO IS THIS MAKING THE MOTION? THIS IS PEDRO WITH GREATER HEIGHTS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 15, PEDRO.
PEDRO, HAVE YOU ACTUALLY READ THE MINUTES? WHAT'S THAT? GREG, HAVE YOU READ THE MINUTES? WHY WOULD YOU ASK ME THAT? BECAUSE I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD'VE NOTICED THAT THE ELECTION OF
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OFFICERS, FOR EXAMPLE, DENIED DURING MARCH.THAT CAN COME UP AT, AT DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS DOUG.
I'LL SECOND MOTION AND SECOND VOTE NO MOTION.
NOW, NOW, GREG HAD YOU, YOU'VE MADE YOUR POINT.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING, ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY WANNA MAKE? AND WHO'S MY PARLIAMENTARIAN EXPERT THAT, UM, WELL, I, I, I WILL TELL YOU, CHERYL, THERE'S PROBLEMS LEGALLY WITH THOSE THAT I'VE ADDRESSED TWO MONTHS AGO THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.
I WAS PROMISED THEY WOULD GET ADDRESSED.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN ELECTION OF OFFICERS THAT SHOWS IT BEING IN MARCH.
IT WAS ACTUALLY IN FEBRUARY THAT JUST ONE EXAMPLE.
OTHER, OTHER ITEMS THAT TOOK IN FEBRUARY, MARCH.
I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S, IT'S PROBLEMATIC.
I HOPE PEOPLE HAVE READ THE MINUTES BEFORE THEY'RE VOTING ON THEM.
AND I WOULD BE CONCERNED IF YOU'RE VOTING YES FOR THESE WITHOUT HAVING READ THEM.
DO I HAVE A PARLIAMENTARIAN EXPERT HERE WHO SORT OF, I I WOULD SAY THAT YOU CAN'T, UH, SOMEONE COULD CALL THE MOTION, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DISCUSSION AND, UH, I THINK THAT HE'S, HE RAISED A GOOD POINT.
I DON'T THINK YOU WANNA APPROVE MINUTES UNLESS YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT HE'S EITHER WRONG OR RIGHT.
SO I THINK YOU SHOULD SET IT ASIDE.
I THINK YOU SHOULD, UH, PUT A HOLD ON THE MOTION AND MAKE HELP DO A REVIEW TO DETERMINE THE, THE, THE FACTS.
JUST TABLE IT FOR NOW AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TABLE IT AND BRING IT IN JUNE.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
I, I KNOW I'M NOT TRYING TO BE HAPPY FOR MYSELF.
I'M TRYING TO BE HAPPY FOR THE SNA AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT BECAUSE I WANT THE MINUTES TO LOOK LIKE WHAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED AT THE MEETING.
WELL, THIS IS DOUG AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT IF YOU, IF THERE ARE MISTAKES, YOU POINT IT OUT TO THEM AND THEY CAN GET IT CORRECTED RATHER THAN JUST SAYING THEY'RE WRONG AND, WE'LL, DOUG, I'VE ALREADY WE'LL TABLE IT AND WE'LL, NO, YOU SHOULD BEEN TABLED.
OKAY, SO THE NEXT UM, ITEM ON OUR AGENDA WAS TO ELECT A SECRETARY.
SO THE, WE ARE OPENING UP FOR NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
WE HAD A NOMINATION MADE LAST MONTH FOR GREG, UM, TO BE RUN FOR SECRETARY.
DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR? I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE AMY DEN.
NOMINATIONS ALREADY BEEN CLOSED.
THERE CANNOT BE TAKE NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR OVER LAST MONTH.
NO, TOMORROW YOU WEREN'T THERE.
NO, THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS.
BUT I'M ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
SHE, WE, BEFORE WE VOTE FOR ANYTHING, EVEN WHEN WE HAD TO PUSH BACK CINDY'S ELECTION, WE STILL TAKE NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR BEFORE THE ELECTION IS HELD.
TOMORROW YOU WERE NOT ELECTED LAST MONTH YOU WERE NOMINATED.
SO WE TAKE NOMINATIONS THEN WE CAN TAKE THEM FROM THE FLOOR OR YOU WERE THE ONLY NAME ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
WE GET TO NOMINATE BEFORE THE VOTE.
THAT'S OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE WORKS.
EVEN THOUGH CINDY DID NOT ROLL OVER IN JANUARY AND SHE DIDN'T GET ELECTED, SHE DIDN'T ROLL OVER TILL HAVE THE ELECTION TILL FEBRUARY.
WE STILL TOOK NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR IN FEBRUARY FROM THE FLOOR.
WHEN THE VOTE WAS TAKEN, YOU WERE NOT VOTED ON.
YOU WERE JUST ON A NOMINATION.
JUST LIKE WE COME WITH A SLATE.
I DID ASK, AND I DID ASK THE CITY IF NOMINATIONS WERE ALLOWED FROM THE FLOOR THIS MONTH AND WAS TOLD THAT YES, THEY COULD BE TAKEN FROM THE FLOOR.
THAT THAT IS NOT, WE SAY THEY CAN BE REOPENED.
THAT'S THE WAY ROBERT JULES WAR WORK.
AND THAT'S THE WAY THIS PERMISSION WORKS.
SO TOMORROW AND THE CITY, I WOULD TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT, BUT THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT WORKS.
NOMINATIONS WERE TAKEN FROM THE FLOOR IN FE I MEAN, LAST MONTH AND THEY'RE THEY ARE CLOSED.
IT'S ONLY PERFUNCTORY AT THIS POINT.
ARE YOU AN ATTORNEY? TOMORROW? JUST 'CAUSE YOU AN ATTORNEY.
YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE NOMINATES WE CAN ALLOW.
I TELL YOU WHAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REOPEN THE NOMINATIONS.
WELL, WELL, WELL, THEY, THAT'S, IF THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
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AGENDA.THE ELECTION AGENDA, ELECTION ELECTIONS ARE ON THE AGENDA THEN IT'S, THEN IT IS.
I SAYING THAT ELECTION THAT WE OPEN UP NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
WHO'S, WHO'S SAYING? I'M SORRY.
WHO'S GAVE THE LEGAL OPINION THAT NOMINATIONS CAN BE REOPENED? WHO WAS THAT? OKAY, THIS I SECOND.
I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THAT? I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE FOR THE MINUTES.
ARE YOU TAKING A MINUTES TODAY? NO, I SAID I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THE MINUTES ARE CORRECT TOMORROW WHEN THEY GO FORWARD.
THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO CHECK LIKE I'M DOING FOR THE OTHER MINUTES.
I SECOND THE MOTION FOR NOMINATIONS SO THAT MY COMMENT IS NOT TAKEN OUT OF ORDER HERE.
AND I'M SORRY MY VIDEO IS NOT WORKING BECAUSE I AND WHO'S SPEAKING? WHO'S SPEAKING? SHERRY CORTEZ.
OKAY, SO I'M SO SORRY I CAN'T PUT MY PICTURE UP HERE.
THIS CHAIR, I'M NOT GIVING AN OPINION.
UM, BUT I HAVE SAT ON MANY COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AND IF IT'S ON THE AGENDA, IT CAN BE DISCUSSED.
NOMINATIONS AND ALL THAT, THE LOGISTICS.
SO I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT LOGISTICS.
I JUST SAID THE ELECTIONS, IF THEY'RE ON THERE, THEY CAN BE DISCUSSED.
SO AS LONG AS IT'S ON THERE, THEN IT'S, THEN IT'S DOABLE.
BUT, UM, YES, IT'S ON THERE, YOU KNOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IF THERE, IF IT GOES DEEPER THAN THAT TOMORROW AND IT HAS SOMETHING LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL'S, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, POINT OF ORDER IS AS FAR AS LIKE BEING ABLE TO TAKE NOMINATIONS AT X AMOUNT OF TIME.
IF Y'ALL HAVE STIPULATED THAT AND SAID WE'RE ONLY ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS IN FEBRUARY, BUT IN MARCH THEY'RE CLOSED.
IF YOU'VE SAID THAT, NO, WE HAVE NOT.
BUT IF YOU'VE NOT SAID THAT, THEN IT'S, I THERE YOU ON BEFORE.
IT'S NOT BEEN SAID BEFORE WHERE WE'VE HAD THESE CONTROVERSIES.
SO TOMORROW, TANARA, YOU'RE, I'M SORRY, BUT YOU'RE INCORRECT ABOUT THIS THE WAY PROCEDURE WORK, BECAUSE THIS IS ELECTION FOR A NEW PERSON.
IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE AT THIS POINT.
IT'S, IT'S, AND YOU WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
MEMBER OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
YOU NOT, THERE WAS, THERE IS, THERE IS NO NOMINATION COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME.
WE ALLOW, WE ALLOW NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
EVEN THOUGH WE DID NOT HAVE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IT LAST YEAR, LIKE WE STOOD THE DAY WE HELD THE ELECTION, WE STILL ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT WOULD TOMORROW.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE WAY IT WOULD'VE BEEN DONE.
THAT PROCESS HAPPENED LAST MONTH FOR THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION.
DID YOU, CHERYL, DID YOU CLOSE NOMINATING AT ALL, EVER? NO.
THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY CLOSED.
THEY DON'T AUTOMATICALLY, YES, THEY THAT'S WAY IT WORKS.
THERE WERE NO CLOSING OF THE NOMINATIONS AT THE LAST MEETING.
CLO THE MOTION DID NOT INCLUDE A CLOSURE OF NOMINATION NATION.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS IN ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER OR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE BYLAWS.
SO ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T, I'M SORRY.
THERE, THERE'S, YOU, YOU HAVE ONE BITE OF THE APPLE.
SO BITE APPLE SO YOU DON'T HAVE NO ONE BITE AND NO APPLE.
THAT MIGHT BE NO APPLE TOMORROW, BUT THAT'S NOT OUR APPLE.
IF THE NOMINATIONS WERE NOT CLOSED, WE CAN TAKE NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AGAIN, I HAVE A NOMINATION FROM THE FLOOR IF WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT WE EVEN MADE SURE IT WAS REOPENED.
I, AGAIN, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE STILL ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
IS MY SECOND STILL THERE? I AM STILL HERE, YES.
COULD YOU GIVE YOUR NAME PLEASE? DEXTER HANDY.
OKAY, NOW CHERYL, NOW IT'S IN YOUR HANDS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THE VOTE? UH, TO, TO NOMINATIONS.
CHERYL'S FROST? YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE CHERYL'S FROZEN.
UM, JUST FYII WAS PULLING EVERYTHING UP.
IT DOES SAY THAT THE NOTICE SHALL INVITE MEMBERS TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS AT OR PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
NO, THIS IS THE MONTH WE HAVE NOT VOTED.
I DON'T EXERCISE IN FERTILITY.
LET'S WAIT FOR CHERYL TO GET BACK ON.
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RHONDA.UH, BRIDGET MURRAY WAS TRYING TO STILL GET IN.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
THIS IS CHERYL, AND SUDDENLY I LOST INTERNET.
WELL, SHIRLEY STORM HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
I MADE THE MOTION AGAIN AND, UH, DEXTER HANDY SECOND ME, UH, TO THAT.
UH, AND, AND, AND, UH, RHONDA READ THE BYLAWS AND WE CAN'T TAKE NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR BEFORE THE ELECTION.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TOMORROW EVENING.
THAT'S WHERE I THOUGHT WE WERE.
THAT IS NOT CORRECT THE WAY IT WORKS.
SO NOW IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PROVIDE A LEGAL OPINION THAT EFFECT THAT SO IT CLEAR, UH, CHERYL EMPHASIZING MORE, WE CAN TAKE A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TAKING NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR SIGN.
LET KEITH TAKE THE VOTE AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
KEITH, CAN YOU TAKE THE VOTE PLEASE? AND I THINK I JUST GOTTEN THE INTERNET BACK.
BUT IF YOU CAN TAKE THE VOTE FOR PLEASE.
WILL YOU REPEAT THE MOTION, PLEASE? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, UH, AND FOLLOWING OUR BYLAWS, BYLAWS, THAT WE REOPEN NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR FOR THE POSITION OF SECRETARY AND DEXTER HANDY.
GARY, CHERYL HAS OPENED IT FOR THE VOTE.
I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THOSE THAT I HAVE, HAVE FROM ROLL CALL.
AND ONE VOTE PER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, CORRECT? UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
I IF YOU'RE NOT VOTING, BE ON MUTE.
KEITH, DID YOU MISS 55? I'M GONNA GET 55 NOW.
THAT'S STILL CONSIDERED INACTIVE, SO YES.
AND NOW YOU CAN GO BACK TO CHERYL.
AYE, SO, SO VOTE 31 DIDN'T GET CALLED.
ARE YOU VOTING NOW? VOTING, YES.
KEITH, YOU GOT THOSE? I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN DROPPED OFF AS WELL.
THERE'S APPARENTLY, UM, MAJOR THUNDERSTORM HAPPENING DOWNTOWN.
I JUST NOTICE FROM THE DOWNTOWN.
KEITH, ARE YOU THERE? HE LOOKS FROZEN.
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UM, DO WE HAVE ANY NAYS? NO, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY NAYS.I DON'T KNOW IF IF SOME NAYS DROPPED OFF OR WHAT.
I'M HERE, BUT NOBODY ASKED ME.
SO OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
I'LL MAKE A NOMINATION FOR AMY DEN.
SO WE HAVE, UM, AMY DEN, AND OF COURSE GREG IS STILL, UM, UM, A NOMINEE.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR? I MOVE THAT NOMINATIONS BE CLOSED SECOND.
NOMINATIONS ARE HEREBY CLOSED.
UM, WE'LL GIVE EACH, UH, EACH OF THE TWO CANDIDATES A MINUTE TO STATE THEIR CASE.
GREG, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? DID YOU FREEZE GREG? UH, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND DEFER LOOKS.
I DON'T NEED TO, I DON'T NEED TO STATE ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.
AMY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? UH, SURE.
IT'S GREATER EASTWOOD, LAWNDALE WAYSIDE.
AND, UM, THAT'S, UH, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 2018.
SO, UH, I, I REGULARLY ATTEND MEETINGS AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUT, SO THANKS.
THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THE ELECTION BETWEEN AMY AND GREG.
UM, I GUESS WE CAN GO THROUGH THE ROLL CALL AGAIN.
UM, AND LET'S, LET'S GO THROUGH, TRY TO GET THEM IN NUMERICAL ORDER IF WE CAN.
KEITH IS KIND OF, KEITH IS KIND OF GOING IN AND OUT.
WE'RE, WE'RE ALL HAVING PROBLEMS AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN AND OUT.
I WILL TAKE A SECOND, UM, COUNT AS WELL, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE TO HAVE AN ACCURATE COUNT, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW FOR THAT'S GOOD.
AND WE CAN ALSO LOOK GREAT BECAUSE THE LIGHTNING IS FLASHING HERE.
I'M LIKELY TO GO OUT AGAIN TOO.
UH, AND RHONDA, YOU CAN LOOK AT, ARE WE DOING IT IN CASE WE MISS ANYBODY? EITHER THE GUEST LIST WILL TELL YOU WHO WAS ON, EVEN IF THEY DON'T SAY NOTHING, WHEN THEY FREEZE, SOMETIMES THEY NAMES STILL STAY ON THERE.
KEITH, YOU WANNA START, UH, GOING DOWN THE LIST AND, OKAY.
UM, I'LL PICK UP WHERE I LEFT OFF.
START AT THE BEGINNING BECAUSE THIS IS, WE'RE VOTING.
WHICH ONE THEY'RE FOR WHO? THEY'RE FOR YOU.
EVERYBODY ELSE SHOULD BE ON MUTE.
CHERYL, TELL EVERYBODY ELSE GO ON MUTE.
I'M GONNA TEXT HIM A MESSAGE AND TELL 'EM PLEASE MUTE.
PLEASE MUTE YOURSELF IF, SORRY, I'M TRYING TO FIND EVERYBODY AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, BUT I CAN'T KEEP UP.
IT'S A TOUGH, IT'S A TOUGH, UH, GUYS, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION, I THINK I GOT IT.
UH, I'LL VOTE FOR MYSELF, I GUESS.
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32.WHAT NUMBER DID YOU CALL? TWO? TWO.
YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT 22 ON TWICE.
GREG, 41 AND 55 HAPPILY FOR AMY DEN.
AND, AND I'M SORRY, DID WE GET, I'M MISSING SOMEONE.
DID WE GET, UM, 12? DID YOU GET 12? I 67 GOT, UH, OH.
WHICH ONE BECAUSE MARK? NO, I DIDN'T.
NO, I, WHO DO YOU VOTE FOR? MARK? HE, HE'S BEEN ON AND OFF, SO I DON'T KNOW.
DO WE HAVE A VOTE FOR 63 AND 57? DO WE HAVE A VOTE? VOTE FOR AMY.
ANYONE ELSE? EVERY VOTE COUNT THAT BEING ALL THE VOTES I WOULD TALLY TO VOTE.
AND THE WINNER IS THE NEW SECRETARY IS AMY, DEN 16.
UM, YEAH, AND I WILL CONTINUE ON AND YOU KNOW, BUT YES, IF YOU CAN KIND OF START FROM THIS POINT FORWARD AND UM, I WILL HELP FILL YOU IN.
UM, I WOULD ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO INSERT INTO THE AGENDA AT THIS POINT REAL QUICKLY, SOME OLD BUSINESS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE OPEN FORUM.
WE DISCUSSED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE A MAYORAL FORUM.
AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I THINK I HAVE A VOLUNTEER WHO IS WILLING TO HEAD UP THAT COMMITTEE.
I, I, I, I I WILL BE, UH, HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER TO DO THAT AGAIN.
SO TAMARA HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO HELP SET UP A, A FORUM FOR THE, UH, PRES, UM, MAYORAL FORUM FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT A ONE PERSON JOB.
AND I THINK THAT SHE WOULD GLADLY WELCOME THE HELP OF, OF ANY, WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IN TOMORROW.
YOU KNOW, THAT I WILL HELP YOU WITH THIS.
IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO, PLEASE DO REACH OUT TO TOMORROW, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO GET STARTED ON.
I'M GONNA PUT MY, I'LL PUT MY EMAIL, UH, IN THE CHAT.
UM, I GUESS, WAIT A MINUTE, HOW DO THIS
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OKAY, LET'S SEE HERE.UM, UM, HERE WE CAN, HERE, LET ME PUT IT IN FOR YOU.
WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE CONTACT EMAIL? I GOT IT NOW.
YEAH, I SWEAR MY LIGHT'S FLICKERING.
I'M TRYING, I KNOW THIS IS A, THIS IS A, A KIND OF A, A WEIRD MEETING WITH EVERYBODY GOING IN AND OUT AND WITH THE WEATHER.
SO, UM, I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STEP UP AND HELP.
THIS IS, UH, GOING TO BE, PLEASE A VERY IMPORTANT ELECTION AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS TO WHERE TO HOLD THE FORUM.
IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS OR SUGGESTIONS ON THAT, PLEASE REACH OUT AND LET TOMORROW BE MEL KNOW.
UM, SO NOW LET'S GO INTO THE OPEN FORUM AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO IT LIKE WE DID LAST MONTH.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GO DOWN AND SAY THIS SUPER NEIGHBOR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, WHICH CAN LET YOU RAISE YOUR HANDS AND TALK? OKAY.
UH, WHAT ABOUT THE S AND A ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS? UH, ITEM ITEM FOUR ON THE AGENDA.
I HAVE BEEN, I WANT TO THANK THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LETTING ME KNOW ABOUT THAT THEY'VE LOOKED AT THEIR BYLAWS AND ARE SENDING IN COPIES OF THEIR BYLAWS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT THEY'RE UP TO DATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT EVERY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE BYLAWS THAT ARE POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE ARE THE CURRENT BYLAWS FOR YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE, IF YOU CAN GET THEM TO RHONDA SO THEY CAN GET POSTED.
UM, I DID JUST SOME GLANCING THROUGH AND WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE NOT OUT THERE.
I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU KNOW OF A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU THAT'S TRYING TO GET REACTIVATED AFTER GOING DORMANT DURING, UM, THE PANDEMIC, THAT IF YOU CAN REACH OUT AND HELP THEM, SEVERAL HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME AND I'LL BE GETTING WITH RHONDA ON HOW WE CAN HELP GET SOME OF THESE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS RE-ENERGIZED AND RESTARTED.
NO, I'LL, I ALSO PUT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD LINK AND, UM, THE CHAT SO YOU CAN EASILY GO TO THAT TO CHECK YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DO HAVE A LOT THAT ARE MISSING.
I KNOW THE COMMUNITY LIAISONS HAVE BEEN, UM, REQUESTING THEM AD NAUSEUM AS HAVE I, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ALL THE ACTIVE BYLAWS.
SO, UM, HAROLD, I DID GET, I SEE YOUR MESSAGE.
YOU CAN CHECK UNDER THE LINK THAT AT THE ABOVE LINK.
UM, CLICK THAT LINK IN THE CHAT AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAY.
AND JEAN, JEAN, YOU WERE ASKING WHAT IS THE WEBSITE TO POST THE BYLAWS? UM, IF YOU WILL GET WITH RHONDA, SHE PUTS, SHE POSTS THEM TO THE CITY WEBSITE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE LINK THAT I HAVE IN THE CHAT.
AND THE SECOND ITEM UNDER THESE ORGANIZATIONAL MANNERS IS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT AND CURRENT NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE DESIGNATED REP FOR EACH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE ALREADY STARTED SENDING ME THAT INFORMATION.
IF YOU CAN ALSO, UM, LET RHONDA AND MYSELF KNOW WHO THE DESIGNATED REP IS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS, DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON ATTEND THE MEETINGS, BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE VOTE PER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONE OFFICIAL REP.
AND, AND MANY NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE AN ALTERNATE AND WE NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION IN AND UPDATE IT.
AND SO, ONE QUESTION TOO, CHERYL, WHEN TWO GROUPS HAVE JOINED OFFICIALLY AND THEY MEET TOGETHER, YOU GET ONE VOTE, RIGHT? OKAY, THAT'S, THAT'S RIGHT.
THE COMBINATION, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEVERAL COMBINATION SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT TO BRING UP IS IF, IF THAT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY FOR THAT AREA TO BE WORKING, IT'S ONE VOTE FOR THE GROUP EXECUTION.
AND I KNOW THAT DEB, PASTOR DEB WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 45, THEY'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO GET, UH, RE REFORMULATED AND RESTARTED.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO SEEING THEM BECOME AN OFFICIAL RECOGNIZED SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TOMORROW.
YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? UH, YES.
UH, I WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW TO KEEP YOUR EYES OUT.
UM, THERE IS, UH, QUITE A BIT OF MONEY COMING TO TEXAS FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND THE WAY THAT THEY'RE DISTRIBUTING THE MONEY IS A FIRST TIME IN HISTORY.
GENERALLY, THE MONEY GOES TO AUSTIN AND IT'S BLED DOWN TO THE DIFFERENT
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COUNTIES AND EVERYTHING.NOW THE WAY THEY'RE DOING THIS, MONEY NONPROFITS CAN, CAN, UH, JOIN UP WITH GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND BEING ON THE MONEY THEMSELVES FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR PROJECTS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED.
SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF, UM, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE GOTTEN TO BE 5 0 1 C THREES.
SO, UH, DON'T Y'ALL MISS THIS.
THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING A WEBINAR.
I'LL GET IT TO CHERYL THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEND SOMETHING OUT WHEN THEY'RE DOING IT.
UM, I THINK BRIDGET WENT TO A MEETING THEY HAD IN NEW ORLEANS ABOUT IT, BUT THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THAT I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO MISS.
UM, UM, SO I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT.
SECONDLY, THIS LIVABLE PLACES THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, I KNOW SOMETIMES Y'ALL LOOK AT THIS STUFF FROM PLANNING AND DON'T LOOK AT IT.
THIS IS VERY IMPACTFUL TO US, EXTREMELY IMPACTFUL.
I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE CITY, I DON'T CARE HOW MANY D RESTRICTIONS HOAS YOU HAVE.
THIS IS IMPACTFUL AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE KEEPING AN EYE, UH, OUT ON THIS AND READING THIS AND SEEING HOW THIS WORKS FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS THE CHANGES AT THE STATE ABOUT NO LONGER ALLOWING CITIES TO ZONE FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS ONLY.
UH, YOU ALL NEED TO LOOK AT THAT, AND ESPECIALLY TRYING TO ALIGN CITY LAWS WITH STATE LAWS BECAUSE THAT'S WHY THOSE HUMONGOUS, UH, UH, UTILITY POLES CAN BE PUT IN YOUR YARD BECAUSE THAT'S A STATE LAW.
SO Y'ALL NEED TO, YOU KNOW, PAY ATTENTION TO A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT IMPACT YOUR HOME AND YOUR, YOUR COMMUNITY.
I APPRECIATE YOU YOU BRINGING THAT TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.
UM, DEXTER, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO CALL ON YOU EARLIER.
UM, THE CITIZENS TRANSPORTATION COALITION IS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GREATER HOUSTON COALITION FOR COMPLETE STREETS AND A A RP TO CONDUCT WALK AUDITS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UH, WE'RE STARTING WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22, MY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IF YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN A WALK AUDIT FOR YOUR AREA, PLEASE CONTACT ME.
AND I PUT MY INFORMATION, UH, IN THE, IN THE CHAT, UH, AS WELL.
THESE ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET BETTER SIDEWALKS AND, AND, AND, AND BETTER WALKABILITY THROUGHOUT HOUSTON.
THE, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND, AND MR. UH, DAVE FIELDS, THE TRANSPORTATIONS ARE THAT SAID, HE WILL TAKE THE DATA THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE THIS STUFF POSTED ON THE INTERNET AS WELL.
THEY'LL TAKE THAT AND USE THAT IN, UH, IN THE SIDEWALK PLAN FOR THE CITY.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS.
GREG, YOUR HAND WAS UP AGAIN ON THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UH, SHAS.
GREG, WE WE'RE HAVING SOME STATIC ON YOU.
OH, CAN, YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON.
CAN YOU STILL, IS IT STILL STATICKY? JUST, JUST SPEAK SLOWLY, SLOWLY AND DISTINCTLY.
I JUST WANT TO INFORCE TO EVERYONE.
IT'S EITHER YOUR PRESIDENT OR REPRESENTATIVE.
IT CAN BE THE REPRESENTATIVE AT THESE MEETINGS.
I, PEOPLE SHOULD COME AND ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, BUT PEOPLE, DON ARE LEGALLY ENTITLED TO VOTE IS EITHER THE PRESIDENT OF THE SN OR THE DEPUTY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE THANK YOU, GREG.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE STRESSING.
WE WANT TO HAVE, FOR EVERY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD WHO THEIR DESIGNATED ALTERNATE IS FOR THE PRESIDENT.
YOU KNOW, IF THE PRESIDENT IS UNABLE TO BE THERE SO THAT WE KNOW WHO CAN VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR STRESSING THAT FOR US.
DO I HAVE ANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAD SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO, TO BRING UP DURING THE OPEN FORUM? YES, GO AHEAD.
UH, THIS, THIS IS WILLIE WASHINGTON.
UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 39 AND 40.
UH, I WANTED TO BRING UP, UH, DO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVE ANY BUSINESS CARDS THEY COULD HAVE, BECAUSE I WAS APPROACHED, UH, UH, ONCE I APPROACHED A GUY ABOUT, UH, SOME, UH, THINGS THAT HE WAS DOING WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS INCORRECT WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON CALLS.
AND HE ASKED ME DID I HAVE A CARD? WHO DID I WORK FOR THE CITY OR WHAT? SO I WAS ASKING, DO WE HAVE ANY BUSINESS CARD WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS SINCE WE WORKED FOR THE CITY? NO, NO, NO.
WELL, VOLUNTEER, VOLUNTEER FOR, FOR THE CITY NEIGHBORHOODS, NEIGHBORHOOD THE MOST, MOST JUST MAKE THEIR OWN AND PAY FOR 'EM OUT THEIR POCKET.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT EXACTLY I'VE ALWAYS DONE.
I I KNOW THAT MY CIVIC CLUB, WE,
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WE HAVE JUST GENERIC NORWOOD VILLAGE CIVIC CLUB WITH THE MM-HMMGENERIC EMAIL ADDRESS THAT'S MONITORED AND, AND WE PASS OUT.
PHILIP, UH, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I'VE BEEN USING A MICROSOFT WORD TEMPLATE.
IF YOU HAVE MICROSOFT OFFICE, THERE'S A WORD TEMPLATE OUT THERE.
THERE'S MULTIPLE ONES FOR CREATING BUSINESS CARDS.
AND YOU CAN BUY THICKER, UH, UH, 60 POUND PAPER AT THE OFFICE SUPPLY PLACE AND PRINT 'EM UP.
WHATEVER YOU WANNA PUT ON 'EM.
I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR YEARS.
SINCE WE DON'T HAVE TREASURERS, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
VICKY, VICKY, YOUR HAND WAS UP.
DID WE LOSE VICKY? I'M, I'M HERE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, MA'AM.
OUR PRESIDENT, ALBERT COLEMAN SUBMITTED A LETTER FOR ME TO HAVE PERMISSION TO BE ON A LETTER.
IS THAT A EXPIRATION OR DOES HE NEED TO SIT, SUBMIT A NEW LETTER AS I'M THE DESIGNEE? IT WOULDN'T HURT TO RESUBMIT IT TO US.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IT.
UM, KEITH, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
YEAH, I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY FOR THE JUNE CATCHMENT GARDEN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MEETING, THE EPA IS GOING TO BE THE SPEAKER, UH, FOR THAT MEETING TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN UPDATE ON THAT PREAS ASSAULT, UH, SITUATION CLEANUP, UH, THE, THE, UH, INTENT TO SUE SITUATION THERE.
AND, UH, JUST LETTING EVERYONE KNOW, UH, TOMORROW MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK, PARIS ELY HAS ASKED ME TO COME ON HIS PROGRAM TO TALK ABOUT SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING CIVICALLY INVOLVED.
UH, SO, UH, IF YOU MIGHT WANNA TUNE IN AT 10 O'CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING ON 12:30 AM AND, UH, SO JUST IMPORTANT, UH, STRESS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COURSE, AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BYLAWS, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOLDING MEETINGS, UH, HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, UH, AS AN ORGAN, AS AS IN, YOU KNOW, COUNCILS.
UH, BUT, UH, JUST WANNA STRESS THAT OUT TO YOU ALL THAT, UH, THE EPA WILL BE COMING JUNE, THE SECOND TUESDAY IN JUNE, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THE 13TH, UH, AT FIVE 30, RIGHT? PEDRO, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION.
THIS ONE PROBLEM THAT WE HAD OVER HERE.
UM, I LIVE IN, UM, DISTRICT H AND MY CHURCH IS IN DISTRICT C AND WE WERE ATTEMPTING, UH, TO HAVE A, UH, RECYCLING EVENTS AT OUR CHURCH AT ALL SAINTS.
AND, UM, I HAD LEARNED FROM SOMEONE IN KINGWOOD THAT THEIR COUNCILMEN UP IN KINGWOOD WAS FUNDING, UH, SOME RECYCLING EVENTS THAT THEY HAD OUT THERE.
SO I REACHED OUT FOR, UM, MY COUNCILMAN CTOS IN DISTRICT H AND ASKED IF I COULD GET SOME ASSISTANCE FROM HER.
WELL, WHEN SHE FOUND OUT THAT THE CHURCH IS IN DISTRICT C, UH, SHE HANDED IT OVER TO, UH, ABBY CAYMAN AND SAID, WELL, THAT'S A DISTRICT C ISSUE.
SO I REACHED OUT TO ABBY CAYMAN AND ASKED FOR SOME HELP FROM, UM, HER OFFICE.
AND, UH, THAT'S STILL IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW, WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP US OR NOT FUND THIS RECYCLE.
UH, IT'S A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF, UM, WE ALL LIVE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT, UH, COUNCILMEN.
SO HOPEFULLY, UH, I KNOW LAST YEAR WE SENT OUR REQUEST IN FOR THE REDISTRICTING, SO HOPEFULLY, UH, UH, OVER HERE IN GREATER HEIGHTS WE CAN HAVE, UH, ONE CITY COUNCIL PERSON AS OPPOSED TO TWO.
THIS IS A CLASSIC PROBLEM WHERE I LIVE IN ONE, BUT MY CHURCH IS IN ANOTHER AND THEY PASS THE BUCK TO THE OTHER.
SO HOPEFULLY THE OTHER WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST US.
JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING UP.
YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'S A, SOMETHING THAT MANY OF US CAN PROBABLY SYMPATHIZE WITH THAT, UH, IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT, WHICH CITY COUNCIL PERSON'S GONNA BE THE MOST HELPFUL FOR SOMETHING.
AND, AND, UM, I'M, I'M SURE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY HINTS TO, COULD HELP, UH, PEDRO AND WITH, UH, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO HIM SO THAT HE CAN, UH, TRY TO GET ACCOMPLISHED WITH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED ANY HELP, UH, WE CAN DO.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS AS A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF, IS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HELP FACILITATE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN COUNCIL OFFICES WHEN WE DO STRADDLE DISTRICTS WITHIN OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS TOMORROW.
YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP, I'M SORRY.
UH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, UM, MENTIONED
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THAT WE ARE GONNA BE TAKING OUR USUAL, UH, SUMMER BREAK, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, AND THAT'S JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE MORE MEETING AWAY 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUT FOR JULY.UH, JUST A, A REMINDER, YOU KNOW, SO WE WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL KNOW THAT, THAT THAT'S HOW YOU, I'M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP 'CAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT.
SO REMIND TO CIRCLE BACK BEFORE WE END THIS, THIS MEETING.
YOU, YOU DESERVE A BREAK TODAY.
PASTOR DEB, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP EARLIER, BUT IT'S NOT UP NOW.
DO YOU STILL HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? THANK YOU, CHERYL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE YOUNG MAN THAT HAS THE, THE TRAPPED IN THE MAPS PROBLEM.
I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS. AND, UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WHAT WE DO IS WE WORK REGIONALLY, UM, WE SHARE SOME SPACE WITH DISTRICT B, AND SO WE FIND OTHER CHURCHES AND OTHER SMALL GROUPS AND WE WORK WITH THEM SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
'CAUSE WE'RE, OUR POLICE COMMAND IS IN ACRES HOMES AND WE'RE IN NORTHLINE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE.
I SEE THAT MARIAN HAS POPPED HER HAND UP.
UM, SO TO SPEAK, TO PEDRO'S, UM, SITUATION, WE DID A SHOEBOX GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS FOR, UM, SENIORS AND WE COLLECTED 600 SHOE BOXES WITH TOILETRIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS AND GAVE 'EM TO THREE DIFFERENT SENIOR HOMES FOR LOW INCOME.
AND SO WE LIVE IN CIS IS OFF AREA.
THE AREAS THAT WE WERE GIVING 'EM TO WERE IN HEIGHTS AND HAPPENED TO BE IN ABBY CAYMAN'S, UH, AREA.
I ASKED CS IF SHE COULD PUT IT IN HER NEWSLETTER.
SHE TOLD ME SHE COULDN'T BECAUSE WE WEREN'T WITH THE HEIGHTS HOUSE AND HEIGHTS MANOR WE'RE IN CI'S OFFICE.
I MEAN, WE'RE IN CAYMAN'S OFFICE.
WE THEN ASKED CAYMAN IF SHE'D PUT IT IN HER NEWSLETTER.
SHE WOULDN'T EVEN RETURN OUR CALL BECAUSE WE WEREN'T IN HER AREA.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL WORKED TOGETHER TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT, BUT EVERYONE THAT WAS PART OF COLLECTING AND DOING IT, LIKE THERE WERE THREE OF US THAT WERE CHAIRING IT AND WE WERE ALL IN CIS CIARA, CES AREA.
I MEAN, WE DON'T DRAW LINES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SAY, THIS IS IT, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA DO CHARITABLE EVENTS, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE NOT.
AND IT'S A SHAME THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DRAWING THOSE LINES.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM PEOPLE IS THAT WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM THERE AND WE NEED TO, TO, UM, ADDRESS THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF WE HAVE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICES THAT WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO THIS AFTER WE GET THE REST OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR HANDS UP.
UM, I THINK WE HAD SOME AND I THINK WE LOST THEM.
WOULD YOU, CHERYL, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE FIVE OUT LARGE MEMBERS WHO DON'T DRAW LINES.
THERE ARE, THERE ARE THOSE THAT DON'T DRAW LINES.
I WANTED TO MAKE THREE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, ONE THAT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 49 50 WILL BE HAVING A RESOURCE FAIR ON JUNE 10TH, 2023 FROM ONE TO 5:00 PM AT THE HOBERT TAYLOR PARK IN CGAS.
THE ADDRESS IS 8,100 KENTON STREET.
WE'RE GONNA DO FREE MAMMOGRAMS AND, AND LEGAL THINGS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
UH, COULD YOU PUT THAT IN THE CHAT, YOUR ADDRESS AND THE DATE? YES, I CAN, I CAN.
UH, I WANNA BRING UP THE NO THROUGH TRUCKS FOR THE MINUTES THAT, UH, WE STILL HAVING A PROBLEM WITH NO, THROUGH TRUCKS ENFORCEMENT IN THE NORTHEAST AREA, UH, STILL TALKING ABOUT THE PIT STOP TRUCK STOP.
IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE AND SHEET METAL FENCING.
WE STILL NEED THE CITY TO BE MORE DILIGENT IN ITS INTERPRETATION OF WHAT MATERIALS ARE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR, FOR FENCING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
UM, HUEY GERMAN WILSON, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.
I, UH, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE, THE, UH, THE YOUNG LADY, UH, WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT NOT GETTING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THAT YOUR, YOUR AT LARGE MEMBERS.
I KNOW PLUMBER IS ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL AND WILL ADD US THAT KIND OF STUFF TO OUR LETTERS AND EVEN BE HELPFUL AND COME OUT AND SUPPORT YOU.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH, UM, I'M, I'M DRAWING A BLANK.
IT'S ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WE WORK WITH REGULARLY THAT COMES OUT.
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ALCORN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.IT'S SALLY ALCORN AND THOSE GUYS ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE WHEN WE ARE OPERATING OUTSIDE OF OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH WE DO QUITE REGULARLY.
UM, AND, AND THEY COME OUT AND HELP US AND SUPPORT US BECAUSE, UM, HELPING OUR PEOPLE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
AND SO THEY'RE ALWAYS EXCITED ABOUT HELPING US WITH THAT.
AND I, I, WE HAD AN ISSUE THAT, UH, PLUMBER'S OFFICE CAME IN ON AND BOUGHT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ON AND TALKED TO SOLID WASTE ON.
AND SO THEY'RE ALWAYS MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP US WITH THOSE ISSUES.
SO I WANNA E APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT AND THEN ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO ALL THOSE AT LARGE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, ROBINSON AND KNOX ALWAYS BEEN HELPFUL WITH THOSE THINGS TOO.
SO I WOULD, UH, I WOULD REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY CAN'T OFFER YOU, UH, THEIR NAMES AND SOME SUPPORT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THINGS AND OUTSIDE OF YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT.
I THINK THAT'S EXCELLENT, RHONDA, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP AS WELL.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, UH, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO COVER MORE THAN ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT WRAP IN ALL FIVE OF THOSE AT LARGE MEMBERS TO HELP.
UM, I'M TRYING TO CATCH PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET.
AND RASHAD CAVE YOUR HAND IS UP.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU ALL ARE WITHIN OUR PRIVY.
I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WITHIN SENATE DISTRICT 15, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO HELP AND ASSIST AS WELL.
UH, I THINK THE KIDS, ONCE SHE STARTS SEEING MULTIPLE CCS, THERE'S NOT A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE OUTSHINED.
UH, AND SO IF YOU EVEN WANT US TO CC, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CC US OR ME PERSONALLY OR OUR OFFICE JUST TO HELP PUSH THE WORD OR ADVOCATE FOR YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY, JUST LET US KNOW.
WOULD YOU PUT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT FOR US? PLEASE? WILL DO.
UM, KEITH, UH, REAL QUICK, YOUR, YOUR HAND WAS UP AGAIN.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA, JUST WANNA POINT OUT ABOUT THESE TRUCKING YARDS.
IT'S NOT JUST A, UH, ONE, ONE NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEM.
AND WE DID SOME ASSET MAPPING FOR CASH MA TRINITY HOUSTON GARDENS, UH, WITH LISC, AND COME TO FIND OUT, WE CALL 21 TRUCKING YARDS THAT HAVE POPPED UP JUST IN THOSE THREE COMMUNITIES ALONE.
AND WE, WE SUSPECT MOST OF THEM ARE NOT PERMITTED.
AND SO NORTHEAST HOUSTON IS BEING OVERRUN WITH TRUCKING YARDS, WHICH IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE NOT TO INCLUDE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR OUR CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL WITH ALL THOSE HEAVY 16 AND 10 WHEELERS GOING DOWN THE STREET.
SO THE POINT BEING THAT NORTHEAST HOUSTON, THIS IS HAPPENING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
AND OF COURSE AS, AS, AS, UH, VICKY WAS SAYING ABOUT THE HIDE FENCES AND THE PRIVATE PRIVATE METAL AND THE PLASTIC FENCES THAT YOU CAN'T SEE OR SEE AROUND, BUT IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE THAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE IN NORTHEAST.
I SUSPECT IT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTHEAST TOO, BUT WE KNOW ABOUT NORTHEAST.
IT'S, IT'S A PROBLEM EVERYWHERE APPARENTLY.
VICKI, YOUR HAND WAS UP AGAIN.
DID WE LOSE VICKY? NO, MY HAND, I, I NEED TO LOWER IT.
OKAY, I'LL LOWER IT, BUT THE HILL HAS STOPPED AND THE RAIN HAS TOO, BUT KEEP TALKING
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICE REPS THAT WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN ON ANYTHING AT THIS POINT? HI, THIS IS JULIA FROM AT LARGE FIVE.
UM, I MENTIONED IN THE CHAT I'VE BEEN HAVING CONNECTION ISSUES.
SO I WAS IN FOR MOST OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE MEETING AND THEN OUT FOR LIKE THE LAST 20 MINUTES.
UM, PARTIALLY THE STORM, PARTIALLY MY VERY CHEAP WIFI.
UH, BUT JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AS MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, AT LARGE OFFICES ARE HERE TO HELP Y'ALL WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED.
OF COURSE, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT OFFICES IN THEIR WORK, BUT IF YOU ARE WORKING ACROSS SEVERAL DISTRICTS, PLEASE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US.
I'VE ALREADY PUT OUR OFFICE CONTACT INFO IN THE CHAT, UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, JUST LET ME KNOW.
VICKY, YOUR HANDS, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RUN THROUGH? WOULD YOU? I'M SORRY, CHERYL, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RUN THROUGH THE ROLL CALL AGAIN? NOT AT THIS POINT.
UM, JUST, I'M TRYING TO LOWER MY HAND.
YEAH, I LOWER IT EARLIER, BUT NOW IT DOESN'T WANNA WORK.
UM, IS ANYBODY ELSE, UM, DO WE HAVE OUT THERE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK? I KNEW A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAD TOLD ME THEY WERE GOING TO TALK AND THEY HAVEN'T CHIMED IN AND I KNOW THEY'RE ON THE CALL, SO GIVING
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EVERYBODY ANOTHER CHANCE.WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW, UH, IF, IF THIS WAS MY TIME OR NOT.
UH, I AM SORRY MY VIDEO IS NOT WORKING BECAUSE I CAME IN ON THE DESKTOP INSTEAD OF THE APP, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
I'M WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION.
UM, WE DO HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ONE OF THEM IS THAT, UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY KIM OG WILL BE DOING THE GUEST SPEAKING TOMORROW NIGHT, UH, AT THE, UH, HPD CITYWIDE PIP.
UM, THAT WILL BE AT 1600 STATE STREET.
THAT IS THE UNION, THE HOUSTON POLICE UNION BUILDING, UM, DOWNTOWN.
UM, THE TIME IS FROM SEVEN UNTIL EIGHT.
HOWEVER, UM, WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY, UH, FREE GUN SAFES AT THIS EVENT.
UM, AND SO WE ONLY HAVE A HUNDRED, SO IT'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED, BUT I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE HAD EIGHT MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, UH, THROW IN FUNDING FOR THESE, UH, GUN SAFES.
SO EVERY POLICE STATION WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH THEM, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.
HALF OF THEM WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH THEM BY THE END OF JULY.
UM, SO PLEASE CONTACT YOUR PIP MEMBERS, UM, AND THAT WOULD BE YOUR COORDINATORS AT THE STATION WITHIN YOUR AREA.
UM, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO AT LEAST TELL YOU WHEN THEY MIGHT BE OR START GOING TO THOSE PIP MEETINGS AND GET THE INFORMATION YOURSELF.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR, IS TO ENCOURAGE ATTENDANCE.
SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO GO AND TO TELL 'EM WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY DON'T KNOW UNLESS YOU TELL 'EM.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE BECOME ENGAGED AND GET INVOLVED.
UM, AS WE'VE ALL SEEN WITH THE GUN VIOLENCE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY CLOSE TO MY HEART AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH AT THE DA'S OFFICE.
SO I, I REALLY WANT US TO, UH, ALL BE STORING OUR FIREARMS SAFELY, EVEN IF YOU DON'T GET ONE OF THESE FREE GUN SAFES.
UM, WE ALL NEED TO TAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND, AND PUT AWAY OUR FIREARMS TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN AND, UH, KEEP CRIMINALS FROM STEALING THEM FROM OUR CARS.
BECAUSE I HAVE TO TELL YOU, UM, LAST YEAR, 4,400 GUNS WERE STOLEN FROM VEHICLES.
WE WERE UP OVER A THOUSAND PER MONTH.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY DROPPED.
WE BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GUN SAFES IN THESE CARS.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PRODUCE THEM CITYWIDE YET, BUT WE THINK THE NARRATIVE IS ACTUALLY MAKING A TURN HERE.
UM, SO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS, IT'S DOWN.
UH, GUNS BEING STOLEN FROM CARS ARE DOWN 0.3%, WHICH IS REALLY LOW, BUT I'LL TAKE IT.
UM, I KNOW THERE'LL BE A BIGGER ANNOUNCEMENT OF THESE NUMBERS AS THE SUMMER COMES, SO BE LOOKING FOR THAT.
UM, THIS, UM, MONTH IS, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
UM, AND WE WANT TO PUT THE MESSAGE OUT THERE, UM, THAT MENTAL ILLNESS IS NOT A CRIME.
AND IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S IN DISTRESS, UM, AND IS AFRAID TO MAKE A PHONE CALL, THERE IS, YOU CAN TEXT 7 4 1 7 4 1 AND TALK WITH A CRISIS COUNSELOR.
UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REVEAL YOUR NAME, BUT IF YOU'RE IN DISTRESS, YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT IS, THAT IS A REALLY QUICK AND EASY, WE LOST HER.
BUT, UM, SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND THE 7 4 1 7.
I GOT SOMEHOW SOMEBODY, I GOT MUTED.
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, UM, 7 4 1, TEXT, SEVEN FOUR ONE SEVEN FOUR ONE IN YOUR CELL PHONE AND YOU WILL BREACH A CRISIS COUNSELOR.
UM, THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR, ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE IS IN DISTRESS AND THEY ARE IN A VOLATILE SITUATION AND CAN'T MAKE A PHONE CALL, UH, TEXTING IS OFTEN THE BEST WAY TO GO, UM, TO GET THAT, THAT CRISIS INFOR INFORMATION, UM, EVEN RESOURCES IS AVAILABLE THERE.
UM, SO WE ENCOURAGE THAT, UM, FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, TAKE THAT INITIATIVE TO DO THAT.
AND IF I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS UNLESS ANYBODY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING, AND I'LL JUST LET IT GO ON.
WE APPRECIATE AS ALWAYS THE UPDATE FROM THE, FROM THE DA'S OFFICE.
AND THAT, AND
I'VE GOTTEN THREE OF THOSE GUN SAFES FROM THREE DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND, AND IT'S BEEN VERY INTERESTING, THE PEOPLE WHO I'VE GIVEN THEM TO.
YOU'D BE SURPRISED WHO OWNS A GUN AND DOESN'T HAVE A GUN SAFE FOR THEM AND IS HAPPY TO GET THEM.
YOU PROBABLY SAVED A LIFE BY DOING THAT.
CAN YOU PUT YOUR EMAIL IN THE CHAT? YES.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU.
UM, SO YES, ANYONE CAN EMAIL ME AT ANY TIME.
I WANT YOU TO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR, YOUR POLICE STATIONS IN YOUR AREA TO FIND OUT.
BUT I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE NOW.
WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THIS IN FEBRUARY ABOUT THE GUN SAFES, THERE WAS A RUN ON THESE GUN SAFES AND ACADEMY RAN OUT.
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PUSH A NARRATIVE THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE WHERE PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY BUYING GUN SAFES FROM ACADEMY GUN SAFE SALES WENT UP 26%.I MEAN, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE IS SOME MARKED CHANGE OCCURRING WITH THESE GUNS BEING STOLEN FROM VEHICLES.
SO, UH, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD, BUT PLEASE CONTACT YOUR PIP, UM, OR YOUR, YOUR, YOUR LOCAL POLICE STATIONS AND ASK THEM ABOUT IT.
WE WANT YOU, WE CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU, SO PLEASE GET INVOLVED IN, UM, IN, IN YOUR LOCAL POLICE STATIONS.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT JOINING THE PIP MEETINGS, UH, I WAS RECENTLY ELECTED AS THE CHAIR OF THE NORTH COMMAND PIP.
SO IF YOU HAVE NORTH COMMAND, IF YOUR AREA IS SERVICED BY THE NORTH HPD NORTH COMMAND, THEN PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I CAN PROVIDE YOU WHATEVER INFORMATION ABOUT THE MONTHLY PIP MEETINGS AND, UH, OTHER INFORMATION.
AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO EVERYONE, NOT JUST A DESIGNATED REP FROM A CIVIC CLUB OR SOMETHING.
IT'S OPEN TO ANYONE IN, IN THE, IN THAT GEOGRAPHICAL AREA.
SERVICE BY THAT HPD, UH, COMMAND OR DIVISION WAS THE OLD NAME, SO.
THIS IS, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SHARE? OH, JACK, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE INFORMATION ON THE PIP IN THE CHAT.
TOMORROW I BROUGHT UP THAT WE TRADITIONALLY TAKE A LITTLE SUMMER BREAK.
UM, I'M THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE TRADITION AGAIN, NOT IN THE BYLAWS OR ANYTHING.
IT'S A TRADITION THAT WE TAKE A BREAK FOR THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST, CORRECT? YEP.
ARE PEOPLE IN FAVOR OF DOING THAT? KNOWING THAT IF ANYTHING COMES UP, COMES UP, WE'LL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO GET EMAILS OUT TO Y'ALL IF ANYTHING COMES UP.
AYE THAT WE TAKE OUR USUAL JULY AND AUGUST BREAK.
UH, UH, ANYBODY SECOND IT? YOU SECOND IT? KEITH.
I'LL SECOND THAT OFTEN IN THE MONTH OF JULY AND AUGUST.
I THINK WE ALL JUST SAY, AYE, IF WE AGREE, A I TELL YOU WHAT, LET'S PUT HAND, TAKE YOURSELF OFF MUTE.
LET'S RAISE OUR HAND IN THE CHAT.
RAISE YOUR HAND AND BETTER IF OPPOSES IT.
AND I PROMISE YOU,
UH, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE CHAT WHO JUST CAME UP.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GO TOTALLY DORMANT.
PEOPLE WILL BE WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND.
WE WILL KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED OF ANYTHING THAT COMES UP THAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, UH, PASSED ALONG.
BRIDGET, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? NO, THEY VOTING, THEY'RE VOTING.
CHERYL, I FIGURED THEY SHOULD VOTE.
SO YEAH, I, SO WE WILL, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE A MEETING IN JULY AND AUGUST.
SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU AS A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD REP WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED AT THE JUNE MEETING? WE'VE BEEN SPENDING THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS ON ORGANIZATIONAL ITEMS AND WE'RE GETTING BYLAWS IN, WE'RE GETTING LETTERS DESIGNATING THE REPS.
WE HAVE NEW SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT NEW, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WENT DORMANT THAT ARE, ARE REACTIVATING.
SO, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE LIVING PLACES INITIATIVE.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED? UH, CHERYL, THIS IS VICKI.
UH, I HAD A CITIZEN TO TELL ME TO, WELL RE A RESIDENT TO TELL ME TODAY THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON THAT GOES INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO GIVE TICKETS IN, IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH US CALLING IN, UH, VIOLATIONS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE AND IF SO, WE HAVE HAD THAT NOT TO HAPPEN IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A CITY OF HOUSTON PERSON THAT
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IS, IS, UH, HAS, IS HAS THE ABILITY TO RIDE A LOAN AND IF THEY SEE SOMETHING AND IT'S WORTH ISSUING A TICKET THAT THEY CAN DO IT WITHOUT US CALLING 3 1 1.IF THAT IS IN FACT TRUE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT REPRESENTATIVE COME ON AND GIVE US MORE INFORMATION.
SO, MR, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? YEAH, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THE PROGRAM, BUT AS YOU KNOW, IF NOT YOU DON'T KNOW YOU, YOU ARE GONNA KNOW.
NOW I'VE BEEN OUT FOR TWO WEEKS.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IPS VIOLATIONS? THEY DIDN'T KNOW.
THEY JUST SAID THAT AND, AND BECAUSE WE CALLED IN 3 1 1 A LOT, THEY WERE LIKE, YOU DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A, A, A, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY THAT THEY CAN GO AROUND AND DO TICKETS JUST ON WHAT THEY OBSERVE OPPOSED TO REACTIVE TO THOSE, THOSE IPS TICKETS DO FOLLOW STATE LAW.
SO WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THINGS DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE IN A SYSTEM AND WITHIN MAKE SURE THEY'RE, UH, ADEQUATELY.
UM, IT, SO I I I WOULDN'T IMAGINE THERE WOULD BE IPS VIOLATIONS.
UM, ALTHOUGH I, I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING MAYBE WITH, UM, BANDIT SIGNS, BUT LET ME FIND OUT MORE AND I'LL DEFINITELY GET BACK TO YOU.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF, OKAY, PHILIP, YOU NEIGHBORHOOD PHILIP, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? YES, MA'AM, I DO.
THAT GOES TO THE DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE TEAM.
YOU SHOULD BE CONTACTING THE, UH, THE LINK THAT, UH, JACK PROVIDED PROVIDES THE PRIMARY CONTACT FOR EACH OF THOSE PIPS.
AND THAT OFFICER IS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER.
AND YOU CONTACT THEM, THEY'LL PUT YOU IN TOUCH, THEY'LL TAKE THE, THE ISSUE, GET A AN H-P-D-D-R-T OFFICER TO COME OUT.
I'VE USED THEM EXTENSIVELY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO DEAL.
THEY WRITE THE TICKETS THAT IT, THAT, AS RHONDA MENTIONED, THE, THE INSPECTION SERVICE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS DRT HANDLES A VARIETY OF ISSUES UNDER CITY ORDINANCES TO TAKE CARE OF ISSUES.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST SHE CONTACT THE, UH, UH, UH, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER AT HER, UH, HPD COMMAND AND, AND FIND OUT ABOUT A DRT OFFICER AND, AND, UH, LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE, THE PROBLEMS. OKAY.
'CAUSE THAT'S A DISCONNECT BECAUSE WE ARE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH OUR DRT OFFICER, BUT HE ALWAYS TELLS US CALL 3 1 1.
WELL, THAT MAY BE TO, TO LOG THE TICKET, BUT, YOU KNOW.
WELL THIS IS VERY INTERESTING.
SO, UM, VICKI, COULD YOU, RHONDA SAID SHE WAS GONNA LOOK INTO IT.
SO RHONDA, CAN YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH VICKI AND POSSIBLY WE CAN GET SOME ANSWERS TO THE GROUP AS A WHOLE IN JUNE? YES.
WHAT I ANDT SHOPS IF THET SHOPS CAN GET REGULAR, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAN COME OUT AND DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT WE DID A PROGRAM WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTEX TATUM'S OFFICE, UM, TO DO INSPECTIONS, BUT THE HPD OFFICERS WERE THERE AS WELL.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING COORDINATED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
BUT THERE'S NO REASON WHY THE COUNCIL MEMBER COULDN'T COORDINATE SOMETHING SIMILAR IN YOUR AREA AS WELL.
BUT YEAH, LET ME FIND OUT THAT INFORMATION AND I'LL SEND IT TO THE ALLIANCE AND HAVE THEM SEND IT OUT TO EVERYONE.
RAINWATER, YOU'VE GOT YOUR HAND UP.
THE DEPARTMENT OF, YEAH, YOURE GOING IN AND OUT ON MUTE.
YOU'RE GOING IN AND OUT ON MUTE.
UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, YES.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41.
AND, UH, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THAT ON THAT, UH, STATEMENT THE LADY WAS SPEAKING OF? YEAH.
UH, TASHA FRANCIS, UH, WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, I MEAN WITH A, UH, UH, DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WOULD BE THE PEOPLE THAT CAN GIVE YOU A TICKET.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S TALL, GRASS, TRASH CAN TRASH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, THEY DO HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.
HOWEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, AS ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY, YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, AND PEOPLE VERSUS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE CITY.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
ALSO, HPD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE VEHICLES, THINGS LIKE THAT, HEAVY TRUCKS IN THE AREA, STUFF LIKE THAT.
YOU GO THROUGH HPD, YOU'RE A, A RESOURCE OFFICER THERE.
UH, AND, UH, THEY SHOULDN'T JUST
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BE TELLING YOU THAT DRT OFFICERS SHOULDN'T BE TELLING YOU THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, CALL SOMEONE ELSE.'CAUSE IF IT'S ANYTHING TO DO WITH A, A HEAVY TRUCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY, HE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY ARE, I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO CONTACT THE, UH, COMMANDER OF HPD AND TELL THEM, AND THEN THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, HUMAN NATURE, YOU GET PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT WANNA DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, AND YOU JUST GOTTA DEAL WITH IT FROM THERE.
UM, MY HUSBAND HAD SOMEONE, MY, UM, MY HUSBAND'S WITH THE COUNTY, BUT THE USDA, UH, HAS A REPRESENTATIVE AND HE WANTED TO TALK TO US ABOUT, UH, HOW THEY COULD HELP DO COMMUNITY FARMS. AND I, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT COULD HAVE HIM SPEAK AT JUNE, HOW THEY HELP, UH, UH, ASSIST YOU ALL TO, UM, DO COMMUNITY FARMS. I'M MAKING A NOTE OF THAT.
UM, KEITH, UM, I JUST WANT TO BRING IT TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES A RESIDENT WILL REACH OUT BECAUSE, UM, PRODUCTS IN THE STORE IS BEING SOLD THAT ARE NOT GOOD, NOT EDIBLE, NOT NOT GOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
AND, UH, IF THAT BE THE CASE THERE, YOU CAN GO ON YOUR PHONE OR GO ON YOUR COMPUTER AND PUT IN COMPLAINT AND CONSENT FORM TO THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND IT PUTS IN A, UM, IT PUTS IN A COMPLAINT WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT NAME AND YOU CAN GET AN INSPECTOR OUT AT THAT STORE.
SO JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU, IF YOU RUN INTO A RESIDENT THAT HAS A ISSUE, COMPLAINT AND CONSENT FORM FROM THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT, PUT THAT IN, FILL IT OUT, AND IT PUTS IT, IT, IT SENDS OUT A NOTICE TO THEM.
THEY NEED TO GO OUT TO THAT STORE AND ADDRESS WHAT THAT PROBLEM IS.
AND THEY SHOULD FOLLOW UP TOO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT, THE STORE DOESN'T BACKTRACK ON IT AND GO OUT AND DO THAT VIOLATION AGAIN.
KEITH, I SEE IN THE CHAT THAT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN AUGUST.
RHONDA, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP, UM, CLARIFY, WON'T HOUSTON BE CELEBRATING THAT AGAIN IN OCTOBER? ARE YOU AWARE? YES.
TEXAS IS THE ONLY STATE I BELIEVE THAT CELEBRATES IN OCTOBER.
'CAUSE IT'S SO HOT IN, IN, UM, AUGUST.
SO WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS CELEBRATING IN AUGUST IN TEXAS, IT USUALLY IS IN OCTOBER BECAUSE IT'S TOO HOT.
SO I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I SAW IN THE CHAT PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT PLANNING FOR AUGUST NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND JUST SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THAT, IT TENDS TO THINK OCTOBER, NOT AUGUST.
THERE ARE A FEW LOCATIONS ON THE EAST END THAT DO CELEBRATE IN AUGUST.
THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF PLACES AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA DO BOTH, GOOD ON YOU DO BOTH.
IT'S TYPICALLY THE FIRST TUESDAY IN OCTOBER, CORRECT? RIGHT.
UM, SHERRY, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.
SO THE, A LOT OF TIMES THE REASON THAT, UM, THEY MAY HAVE BE HAVING IT IN AUGUST IS DUE TO A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY.
UM, WE RAN INTO THAT LAST YEAR.
UM, SO THAT MAY BE THE REASON.
UM, AND, AND IF THEY DO, IF ANYBODY DOES HAVE IT IN AUGUST, THEY JUST NEED TO NOTIFY THEIR LOCAL POLICE STATION THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT IN AUGUST.
AND UM, AND, AND THEY WILL COME OUT.
UM, THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO DATES.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT ALL THE HPD KNOW THAT, SO.
SO DON'T BE AFRAID TO, TO REACH OUT TO THEM IN ADVANCE.
IF YOU HAVE AN AUGUST NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IT'S PERFECTLY OKAY.
UM, SOME JUST PREFER TO DO IT THAT WAY.
UM, SO JUST, JUST BE SURE YOU DO THAT SO THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
ALRIGHT, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO, UM, START TO WRAP THIS MEETING UP.
I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, TAMARA HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO COORDINATE THE MAYOR MAYORAL FORUM IF ANYBODY WOULD CARE TO JOIN HER IN PLANNING THAT.
AND IF YOU DON'T WANNA BE ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT YOU KNOW OF A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE THE FORUM, PLEASE SHARE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL, UM, WITH HER, BECAUSE WE GOTTA HAVE A PLACE AND THAT'S RIGHT.
SO WE'RE OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS AND SO WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THAT.
UM, THERE BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS.
DO I HEAR WAIT, I HAVE, I HAVE ONE MORE.
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MORE? OKAY, GO FOR IT.I'M SO SORRY I DIDN'T WANNA RUIN THIS, BUT, UM, I JUST GOT A TEXT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IF ANYONE, UM, IN YOUR ORGANIZATION OR YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UM, SOMEONE FROM OUR OFFICE GUEST SPEAK AT ANY OF YOUR, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS OR ANY OF YOUR, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS, PLEASE E EMAIL ME.
UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEND SOMEONE OUT MAYBE IF YOU HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT CERTAIN TYPES OF CRIME LIKE ILLEGAL DUMPING OR TRAFFICKING, WE HAVE A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ADAS IN OUR OFFICE THAT WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME TO YOUR COMMUNITY MEETING.
AND WE'VE EVEN HAD PEOPLE REQUEST KIM OG TO COME TO THEIR MEETING AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WELL.
JUST BE SURE YOU EMAIL ME, UM, WITH THAT INFORMATION AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO ACCOMMODATE YOU.
I WANNA SAY AN OFFICIAL THANK YOU TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS FOR PROVIDING THE TEAM'S CONNECTION FOR THIS.
I KNOW IT WAS A DIFFICULT MEETING WITH THE WEATHER FOR US ALL TO STAY CONNECTED AND GOD BLESS YOU PEOPLE FOR, UH, HANGING IN THERE.
AND I'M GLAD WE MADE IT THROUGH THE MEETING.
IT DID NOT, IT DID NOT RAIN A DROP HERE, I SWEAR TO YOU.
IT, IT'S BEEN DRY AT CITY HALL THIS WHOLE TIME.
WELL, AND I'M OVER HERE IN THE NRG AREA.
LOTS OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
I LOST POW I, YOU KNOW, I LOST INTERNET THERE FOR A WHILE.
NOT A DROP OF RAIN, BUT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RAIN IS, BUT, SO ANYWAY, MAY I HAVE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, UH, CLOSE THE MEETING.
UH, I THINK THAT WE WILL ALL SAFELY SAY MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY IN JUNE TOMORROW.
KEEP US POSTED ON THE FA ON THE FORUM AND ANY HELP YOU NEED.
MEMORIAL DAY, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, ALL THE MOTHERS HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.