* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX TATUM. AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. WE DO [PRESENTATIONS] HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS TODAY. AND FIRST I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER FOR A PROCLAMATION TO CELEBRATE HOUSTON ABU DHABI'S, SISTER CITIES DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, VICE PRESIDENT. OH MY GOSH. VICE MAYOR PRO TEM. I'M SO SORRY. MY BRAIN IS FRIED. . THANK YOU. UM, SO I'M SO EXCITED TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO THE, UH, SISTER CITY, UH, HOUSTON ABU DHABI SISTER CITY. WHEREAS ABU DHABI, THE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES HAS TRANSITIONED FROM A SERENE PEARL DIVING TOWN TO A VIBRANT CITY, AND ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING GS UNDER GUIDANCE OF HIS HIGHNESS SHAZA BENZ SULTAN ALION, AND CONTINUED BY HIS SON, CURRENT PRESIDENT, HIS HIGHNESS, SHAIKH MUHAMMAD BENZA NAN. AND WHEREAS IN 1964, PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER INITIATED THE PRINCIPLE OF CITIZEN DEMOCRACY FOSTERING TIES TO REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF CONFLICT AND CONCEPT THAT GREW INTO THE SISTER CITIES PROGRAM, IN WHICH ENGAGES NEARLY 145 COUNTRIES STRENGTHENING GLOBAL BONDS THROUGH THE VARIOUS ENDEAVORS. AND WHEREAS ON THE 26TH OF OCTOBER, 2002, FORMER MAYOR OF HOUSTON, LEE BROWN AND HIS EXCELLENT, HIS EXCELLENCY, SHE MOHAMED ALHAMAD, THEN CHAIRMAN OF THE ABU DHABI MUNICIPALITY, RECOGNIZED THE MUTUAL BENEFITS OF PARTNERSHIPS FORMALLY COMMITTED TO A SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMON INTERESTS IN SECTORS SUCH AS MEDICINE, EDUCATION, ENERGY, OIL INDUSTRIES, SPACE EXPLORATION, PORT MANAGEMENT, ART AND CULTURE. AND WHEREAS THE RELATIONSHIP HAS LED TO A CONTINUED INCREASE OF BILATERAL EXCHANGES, A NUMBER OF HOUSTON BASED CORPORATIONS ESTABLISHING OFFICERS IN ABU DHABI STUDENT EXCHANGES AND PATIENTS REFERRED TO HOUSTON FOR TREATMENT AT OUR TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER, ALL OF WHICH HAS CONTINUED TO CREATE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH CITIES. AND WHEREAS STRENGTHENING AND CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOUSTON AND ABU DHABI SHOULD BE CELEBRATED AND NURTURED, RECOGNIZING THE PROFOUND BENEFITS OF BOTH CITIES HAVE EXPERIENCED, AND THE POTENTIAL OF FUTURE COLLABORATION IN A DIVERSE AREA OF MUTUAL INTEREST. THEREFORE, I, MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, VICE MAYOR PRO, TIM ON BEHALF OF SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 22ND, 2023 AS HOUSTON ABU DHABI'S SISTER CITY DAY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. CONGRATULATIONS, MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, PERMISSION FOR THE HOUSTON ABU DHABI ITY ASSOCIATION. UH, THIS ORGANIZATION, IT MEANS A LOT FOR, UH, FOR US BETWEEN THE, THE REGION AND, UH, UNITED ARMY EMIRATES. WE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, TO, UH, TO ENGAGE OURSELF AND TO, TO HAVE MORE COLLABORATION AND, AND THE NEW, UH, WAY TO HAVE, UH, UH, COLLABORATION BETWEEN HOUSTON AND ABU DHABI IN SUCH AS THE CULTURAL EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, AND OTHER SECTORS. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THIS ATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WANNA SAY THANK, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSTON ABU DHABI SISTER CITY, AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND, UH, I CAN TELL YOU THIS TRULY WOULD SERVE AS, UH, UH, MOTIVATION FOR US TO DO EVEN MORE BETWEEN THE CITIES OF ABU DHABI AND HOUSTON. AND, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN, KURAN. HELLO, I'M SUSAN YOUNG AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF SISTER CITIES OF HOUSTON. AND HOUSTON HAS ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST SISTER CITIES PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE 19 SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIPS, AT LEAST ONE ON EVERY CONTINENT EXCEPT ANTARCTICA. AND WE'VE MADE OUTREACH TO SOME PENGUINS. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT . UM, BUT, UH, THIS MAYOR HAS MADE AN ENORMOUS INVESTMENT IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AND HE HAS NAMED A TOP-NOTCH TEAM AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. WE LOVE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESSICA. NO, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OUR SISTER CITY ASSOCIATIONS LIKE ABU DHABI ARE ABLE TO REALLY THRIVE, BUT THEY ARE DEMONSTRATING HOW TO DO IT BEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR [00:05:01] ALL YOUR SUPPORT. UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR BEING HERE, UH, TO ABU DHABI. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE PROGRAM THAT MS. YOUNG JUST SPOKE ABOUT. OUR DIRECTOR, CHRIS OLSON, IS HERE IN THE CHAMBERS WITH US, AND WE JUST ENJOYED A REALLY FABULOUS, UH, LUNCH DOWNSTAIRS IN THE LEGACY ROOM. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU BEING ABLE TO JOIN YOU FOR THAT ON THIS REALLY AUSPICIOUS OCCASION. AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER, I WILL GIVE YOU THE FINAL WORD IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU VICE MAYOR PERIM FOR BEING HERE. YOU KNOW, AS ALL OF YOU HAVE KNOWN, EVERYONE HERE HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD AND, UM, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND, UM, WE'RE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT SUPPORTS IT AS WELL. SO, UM, ONCE AGAIN, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH Y'ALL VERY, VERY CLOSELY, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE SEES HOW SPECIAL THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ABU DHABI AND HOUSTON IS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BE FOR A PROCLAMATION TO THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION. AND TODAY WE'LL RECOGNIZE THE ASSOCIATION'S PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN BUILDING COUNCIL DAY. UH, SO AS SALLY, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, ALCORN COMES. YAY. PLEASE JOIN HER AT THE PODIUM. YAY. WOMEN IN HOME BUILDING. HERE WE GO. WOOHOO. ALRIGHT. THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION'S PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN BUILDING COUNCIL PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN IN HOME BUILDING TO CONNECT AND GROW A NETWORK OF INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST INDUSTRIES EMPLOYING MORE THAN 5 MILLION INDIVIDUALS IN THE US. MORE THAN 1.24 MILLION OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE WOMEN. THE GHBA IS HOME TO THE LARGEST PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN BUILDING COUNCIL IN THE COUNTRY. WITH MORE THAN 250 LOCAL MEMBERS MOVE OVER OLD, UH, BOYS CLUB . IT'S, UH, THE WOMEN ARE COMING INTO TO HOME BUILDING HERE. THE GHBA PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN BUILDING COUNCIL WILL HOLD ITS SECOND ANNUAL LADIES WHO LEAD LUNCHEON TO SHARE THE STORIES OF WOMEN IN HOME BUILDING INDUSTRY CAREERS ON AUGUST 25TH, 2023, AND I WILL BE THERE. AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON HONORS AND COMMENDS THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION'S PROFESSIONAL WOMEN AND BUILDING COUNCIL FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT AND EMPOWER WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION TRADES. THEREFORE, I, MARTHA CASTEX TATUM VICE MAYOR PROTI ON BEHALF OF SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 25TH, 2023 AS GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN BUILDING COUNCIL DAY. CONGRATULATIONS. YAY. LET'S P**S A SPEAKER HERE. LET'S, LET'S HAVE A WORD, UH, BEFORE WE ABSOLUTELY GET READY FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHS. I'M DAN BROWN. UH, I'VE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR 22 YEARS. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION FOR 22 YEARS, AND WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO PUT THIS, UM, GROUP TOGETHER OF WOMEN. IT'S BEEN, UM, A LONG TIME COMING AND WE'RE SUPER PROUD TO HAVE, UH, THE LARGEST, UH, PROFESSIONAL WOMEN AND BUILDING IN THE COUNTRY AND IN THE STATE. AND WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY GROWING AND AS YOU SEE HERE, UH, VIBRANT WOMEN, UH, IN OUR INDUSTRY. AND WE'RE JUST HAPPY FOR IT TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND TO CONTINUE TO GROW, TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR INDUSTRY. WELL SAID. BEAUTIFUL. UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS YOU, BUT IF THERE ARE OTHER COMMENTS FROM, FROM THE GROUP COME FORWARD, WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO [00:10:01] MUCH. TELL US YOUR NAME. OUR BOARD HAS WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND WE HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS ON CITY COUNCIL. WE JUST WE'RE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. CRYSTAL, SAY YOUR NAME SO MUCH. UH, COULD YOU SAY YOUR NAME FOR US? OH, CRYSTAL. I'M CRYSTAL CASEY WITH UNICORN SERVICE SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN IN THE QUEUE. UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN AND, UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND TO OUR FEMALE, UM, I WON'T JUST SAY LEADERS IN YOUR INDUSTRY, I WILL SAY LEADERS IN THE CITY FOR WOMEN. UH, YOU CONTINUE TO BREAK DOWN SO MANY BARRIERS, UM, AND BRING THE VOICE, THE PERSPECTIVE, AND THE BUSINESS ACUMEN, UH, THAT WE KNOW WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY HAVE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANKS TO GHBA FOR, UH, LIFTING ALL OF OUR WOMEN UP. THANK YOU. THIS IS A GREAT DAY. I WANT TO JUST SAY FROM THE CHAIR HERE THAT I'M A GREAT BELIEVER IN WOMEN IN HOME BUILDING. MY MOTHER WROTE A BOOK IN 1988 CALLED BUILDING DOMESTIC LIBERTY. SO COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN TO WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID, STRONG WOMEN BUILDING GREAT HOUSES AND CONTRIBUTING TO THIS CITY. THIS IS PROFOUND. UM, WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE INTRODUCE EVERYONE WHO'S AT THE PODIUM FOR US? YEAH, SURE. OKAY. IS IT LIVE? THANK YOU. I'M JENNIFER BOX. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDER PROGRAMS WITH THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY. UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN? I DO, WE HAVE DEANNE BROWN, WHO IS ON OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR PWB, AND SHE'S WITH STRUCTURE HOME WARRANTY. WE HAVE CRYSTAL CASEY, UM, OF UNICORN SERVICE SOLUTIONS, WHO IS AN AVID SUPPORTER AND HAS LOANED US, ROXANNE PLACENCIA, WHO IS ALSO OUR, ONE OF OUR PWB BOARD MEMBERS. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE ALSO HAVE VICTORIA MCDANIEL, WHO IS ALSO WITH, UM, UNICORN SERVICE SOLUTIONS. EXCUSE ME. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S GREAT. YOU'RE ALL HERE TODAY. AND, AND NOW WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND IT, IT IS TIME FOR PHOTOGRAPHS. UH, PLEASE THANK YOU ALL AND VICE MAYOR PRO TEM. THE FINAL PROCLAMATION FOR TODAY IS FROM THE VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, CASTEX TATUM, AND YOU WILL PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE AND SHOW APPRECIATION FOR LATIA LEMON ON HER 12TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY. THIS IS FOR HER DEDICATION AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. MS. LEMON, PLEASE DO COME JOIN US AT THE PODIUM. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COUNCIL. I'M VERY EXCITED TODAY TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO, UH, LEMON LIMELIGHT MEDIA. AND MS. LATOYA LEMON IS JOINING US TODAY KEEPING IN OUR THEME OF AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF OUR WOMEN IN MEDIA. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TODAY TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION AND IT READS, WHEREAS ON AUGUST 24TH, 2023, LEMON LIME LIGHT MEDIA WILL CELEBRATE ITS 12TH YEAR IN THE INDUSTRY. LEMON LIMELIGHT MEDIA, THAT'S A WHOLE TONGUE TWISTER THERE. LEMON LIMELIGHT MEDIA IS A FULL SERVICE, PUBLIC RELATIONS, BRANDING, CONSULTING, AND EVENTS ACTIVATION FIRM BASED IN HOUSTON AND ATLANTA. LATORIA LEMON STARTED THIS COMPANY TWO MONTHS AFTER GRADUATING FROM CLARK CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. WITH HER DEGREE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS. SHE HAS WORKED ON CAMPAIGNS FOR CHRIS BROWN, DRAKE, DAVID BANNER, LISA, RAY MCCOY, LEILA JAMES NEPHEW, TOMMY, BOBBY VALENTINO, JUDGE HAZEL JONES, THE BRAXTON FAMILY, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AND A PLETHORA OF OTHERS. WHEREAS LEMON LIMELIGHT MEDIA RETURNED TO HOUSTON IN 2023, AND SINCE THEN HAS BEEN THE QUIET FORCE BEHIND NOTABLE MOVIE SCREENINGS, TV SHOWS, FESTIVALS, CONCERTS, AND MANY SPECIAL EVENTS. WHEREAS LEMON LIMELIGHT MEDIA'S PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO EFFECTIVELY EXECUTE FOR HER CLIENTS BY PROVIDING THE NECESSARY SERVICES THAT WILL GAIN EXPOSURE, PUBLICITY, CREDIBILITY, AND LONGEVITY WITHIN THE CLIENT'S INDUSTRY. IT IS THEIR PASSION TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THAT BENEFIT THEIR CLIENTS FROM BOTH A SHORT TERM AND LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE. AS THE CEO OF LEMON LIMELIGHT MEDIA, LATORIA HEART AND PASSION DRIVES HER TO ENSURE HER BRAND GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY QUARTERLY BY SPONSORING HOUSTON AREA STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE ON HBCU SCHOOLS, POWER OF GOD, INTEGRITY, AND THE TEAM THAT GOD HAS ALLOWED TO WORK WITH. LEMON LIMELIGHT MEDIA, SHEA JOHNSON, [00:15:01] TANISHA BLUNT, ASHLYN BEMAN, JUSTIN HACKNEY, SARAH BUZZ BEING EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER SUPPORTED THIS BRAND. AND WHEREAS IN RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF THEIR DEDICATION AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF HOUSTON COMMENDS AND APPRECIATES LATORIA LEMON AND LEMON LIMELIGHT MEDIA FOR THEIR GREAT COMPASSION DRIVE AND INDUSTRY INTEGRITY WITH THE BRANDS AND COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. THEREFORE, I, MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM ON BEHALF OF SYLVESTER TURNER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 24TH, 2023 AS LEMON LIMELIGHT MEDIA DAY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. CONGRATULATIONS. FIRST OFF, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU. I AM SHAA JOHNSON, PR DIRECTOR FOR LEMON LIMELIGHT MEDIA. I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE TEAM FOR I THINK GOING ON SEVEN YEARS, AND WE LOVE WORKING FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THE PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU. OKAY. I WROTE A LITTLE SOMETHING . I HOPE THAT'S OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT. IN 19 98, 1 OF THE LAST CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH MY NANA TCHU B MINOR WAS HER TELLING ME, BABY, GROW UP AND MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF YOURSELF. BE SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF. I'VE REPLAYED THOSE WORDS IN MY HEAD FOR OVER 25 YEARS. NANA, LOOK AT US. WE AT THE CITY HALL OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR GOD FOR GIVING ME THE, THIS VISION. 12 YEARS AGO, JUST TWO MONTHS OUT OF COLLEGE, THE TENACITY STARTED AT A YOUNG AGE BECAUSE OF MY NANA, MY GRANDMOTHER, MY MOM, MY DAD, AND MAMA, PAPAPA, AUNT DEAN AND UNCLES, VARIOUS UNCLES AND AUNTIES. I APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU FOR NEVER ALLOWING ME TO BE MEDIOCRE TO MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MRS. DUNLAP. THE MOMENT I STEPPED FOOT AT THOMPSON ELEMENTARY, I BECAME YOUR TORY. YOU SAW THINGS IN ME THAT HAVE CARRIED ME OVER IN LIFE. MY LEADERSHIP SKILLS WERE HEIGHTENED. THE MOMENT YOU MADE ME THE LEAD OF THE SAFETY PATROL TEAM AT THOMPSON ELEMENTARY, YOU COULDN'T TELL ME I WASN'T ON PAYROLL. I TOOK MY JOB VERY SERIOUS. THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT HELPED ME TO BUILD MY SKILLS, TO LEAD ME TO BECOME SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT AT WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL IN 2007. THANK YOU TO MS. WASHINGTON AND MS. THOMPSON FOR THE LOVE THAT YOU ALL GAVE ME AT WESTFIELD TO, TO PRESENT DAY TO MY COLLEGE PROFESSOR AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, DR. BRENDA WRIGHT, WHEN EVERY ODD WAS STACKED AGAINST ME AND I WAS TOLD BY OTHERS, YOU'LL NEVER SURVIVE A DAY IN THE WORLD OF PUBLIC RELATIONS. YOU TOLD ME MS. LEMON, HANG IN THERE. DR. WRIGHT, YOU MADE ME PRESENT MY PROJECT SIX TIMES UNTIL I GOT IT RIGHT, AND AFTER I FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT, YOU EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY IN LIFE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA PRESENT SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL TO THE WORLD. TO MY MENTOR STACY LEE, I STARTED AS YOUR WORK STUDY STUDENT AT CLARK ATLANTA 15 YEARS AGO. AND YOU SHOWED ME TOUGH LOVE IN THIS INDUSTRY AND HOW TO STAND UP FOR MYSELF. THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU'VE PROVIDED TO ME HAVE LED ME HERE TODAY TO 1 3 5 AGENCY SEP FOSTER AND SHANTE BACON. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE AT 19 YEARS OLD TO WORK WITH YOUR AWARD-WINNING PR AGENCY TO EVERY CLIENT WE'VE HAD ACROSS THE WORLD AND ALL OF THE MEDIA PARTNERS. I THANK YOU TO MY TEAM THAT HAS BELIEVED IN THIS VISION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE MADE MEMORIES. WE HAVE PRAYED TOGETHER, WE HAVE CRIED TOGETHER, AND WE'VE MADE HISTORY. TASHA, WHEN YOU SEE ME, YOU SEE HER . THANK YOU FOR COMING ON THIS JOURNEY WITH ME. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU. YOU STARTED AS AN INTERN, BECAME AN ASSISTANT, AND NOW YOUR PR DIRECTOR TO WATCH YOU GROW AND WALK IN. CONFIDENCE IN THIS INDUSTRY HAS BEEN A TESTAMENT TO YOUR PERSEVERANCE AND, AND FAITH TO MY FRIENDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRAYING FOR ME TO MY VERY FIRST FRIEND, CC, THANK YOU FOR BEING MY FRIEND AT THREE YEARS OLD ALL THE WAY TO NOW. TO MY SISTER OLIVIA. THANK YOU. YOU'RE MY LITTLE SISTER, AND THE WORLD WILL SOON SEE YOU ON TV. OLIVIA, THE MAIN SQUEEZE MEDIA TO MY DAD, ANTHONY LEMON. OOH, LOOK AT KELLY COURT HERE AT CITY HALL. HE'S PROBABLY GONNA GET ME LATER FOR SAYING THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING A FORCE IN MY LIFE AND, UH, FOR SURE, EVEN ON OUR TOUGH DAYS. THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME WHAT COMMUNITY SERVICE IS. THANK YOU TO YOU AND MY MOM FOR PUTTING ME IN PAGEANTS AT A YEAR AT A EARLY AGE AND LETTING EVERYBODY AT THE PAGEANT KNOW THAT Y'ALL FROM FIFTH WARD, TEXAS TO ADRIA, MY BIG SISTER. I KNOW YOU ARE IN HEAVEN LOOKING DOWN ON US AND TAKING 7,500 SELFIES AND PICTURES RIGHT NOW. I LOVE YOU AND I MISS YOU. TO THE LADIES OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED, I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SKI WE TO HOUSTON. THE PLACE THAT I WAS BORN AND RAISED, [00:20:01] I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THIS PLACE TO THE HOME OF THE HUMBLE GO-GETTERS, HOME OF THE TRILLS PEOPLE THAT I KNOW, HOME OF THE CHOPPED AND SCREWED AND CANDY PAINT. I COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THIS WORLD, BUT I CHOSE TO STAY RIGHT HERE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. I HAVE WORKED IN CHICAGO, NEW YORK, LA AND ATLANTA, AND THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOUSTON, TEXAS. I PLEDGED TO TEXAS, BUT IN ALL HONESTY, I PLEDGED TO HOUSTON TODAY. SO ON THIS DAY, I PLEDGE TO HOUSTON THAT I'LL TAKE YOU WHEREVER I GO. I PLEDGE TO WHERE PURPLE AND BANG SCREW, LOUD AND PROUD. I PLEDGE TO REPRESENT THE NORTH SIDE WHEREVER I GO IN FOREVER. JUST LIKE OUR MAYOR, I PLEDGE TO OPEN DOORS FOR OTHERS IN THE CITY AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE JOB OPPORTUNITIES. I PLEDGE TO CONTINUE TO CLIMB THE LADDER, BUT HELP OTHERS ALONG THE WAY. I PLEDGE TO PAY HOMAGE TO OUR HIP HOP LEGENDS SUCH AS LIL KIKI ZERO UGK SLIM THUG, THE GHETTO BOYS YOUNGSTER, THE SUC REC SHOT RECORDS AND MORE. I PLEDGE TO SUPPORT BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES LIKE TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND PRAIRIE VIEW BY PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO THEIR STUDENTS. I PLEDGE TO KEEP THE PUBLICITY CIRCULATING OF ON ALL OUR HISTORIC MUSEUMS, SUCH AS THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS MUSEUM. I PLEDGE TO GIVE UP AND COMING MEDIA OUTLETS SUCH AS THE MAIN SQUEEZE MEDIA, AN OPPORTUNITY TO COVER BIG STORIES IN OUR CITY. I PLEDGE TO GIVE MY OXTAILS FROM THE GREASY SPOON . I PLEDGE TO LOVE THE ASTROS, TEXANS, ROCKETS DYNAMO, AND ALL OF OUR TEAMS. AND WHEN MY DAYS GET LONG AND WHEN I NEED A BREAK, I PLEDGE TO GO RIGHT ON ALAMEDA TO BAR 50 15 AND SUPPORT BLACK BUSINESSES. . GOD, I THANK YOU FOR HOUSTON, TEXAS. I THANK YOU FOR THE CITY SLOW, LOUD AND BANGING. HAPPY LEMON LIMELIGHT MEDIA DAY. VERY NICE. OKAY, PLEASE JOIN US VICE MAYOR PROAM. YES, I THINK PROCEED WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHS. WE DO HAVE, UH, ABOUT TWO MINUTES BEFORE OUR OUR SCHEDULED MEETING, SO WE ARE GONNA WAIT TO SEE IF WE GET ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER FOR QUORUM [2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] [00:26:59] TO RECOGNIZE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN FOR THE INVOCATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IF YOU'D JOIN ME IN PRAYER. THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A PRAYER THAT WAS ATTRIBUTED, HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE WASHINGTON. AND IT'S, UH, AS PUBLISHED IN THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER FROM THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NORTH AMERICA, ALMIGHTY GOD, WHO HAS GIVEN US THIS GOOD LAND FOR OUR HERITAGE. WE HUMBLY BESSIE TH THAT WE MAY ALWAYS PROVE OURSELVES. A PEOPLE MINDFUL OF THY FAVOR AND GLAD TO DO THY WILL BLESS OUR LAND WITH HONORABLE INDUSTRY SOUND LEARNING AND PURE MANNERS SAVE US FROM VIOLENCE, DISCORD AND CONFUSION, FROM PRIDE AND ARROGANCE, AND FROM EVERY EVIL WAY DEFEND OUR LIBERTIES AND FASHION INTO ONE UNITED PEOPLE. THE MULTITUDES BROUGHT HITHER OUT OF MANY KINDREDS AND TONGUES IN DUE WITH THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM, THOSE TO WHOM IN THY NAME, WE ENTRUST THE AUTHORITY OF GOVERNMENT THAT THERE MAY BE JUSTICE AND PEACE AT HOME. AND THAT THROUGH OBEDIENCE TO THY LAW, WE MAY SHOW FORTH THY PRAISE AMONG THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH IN THE TIME OF PROSPERITY, FILL OUR HEARTS WITH THANKFULNESS, AND IN THE DAY OF TRUFFLE, SUFFER NOT OUR TRUST IN THE TO FAIL. AMEN. AMEN. AND IF YOU'LL JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NEXT, WE'LL [ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING] MOVE TO THE ROLL CALL, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR, ATTORNEY WILL BE ABSENT. CONSTABLE PECK HERE. COUNCIL JACKSON. HERE. COUNCILMAN CAMAN. PRESENT, CONSTABLE EVAN SHABAZZ. COUNCILMAN MARTIN, CREW MEMBER MARTIN WILL BE ABSENT. CONSTABLE THOMAS PRESENT. COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN. COUNCILMAN CISNEROS? HERE. COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS. CONSTABLE POLLARD. CONSTABLE CASTEX TATUM. HERE. COUNCILMAN KNOX? HERE. COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. HERE. COUNCILMAN KOSH? HERE. COUNCILMAN PLUMMER. AND COUNCILMAN ALCORN. HERE WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF APRIL 11TH AND 12. MOVE ROBINSON. SECOND KUBOSH. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? IF NO DISCUSSION, ITEM PASSES. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO ANY PROCEDURAL MOTIONS. UH, WE DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN WITH A PROCEDURAL MOTION. YES. THANK YOU. THIS IS GONNA BE A, A CONSOLIDATED MOTION OF THREE THINGS. FIRST, I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD EUREKA GILKEY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE THREE MINUTE [00:30:01] AGENDA LIST, THEN TO MOVE BARBARA EXOME AND ETHAN GANS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TWO MINUTE NON AGENDA. SECOND ROBINSON. SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ME TO REPEAT THAT. YES. SPELLING OF THAT NAME. OKAY. SO AGAIN, IT'S TO ADD EUREKA GILKEY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE THREE MINUTE AGENDA. AND THEN TO MOVE BARBARA EXOME X AND ETHAN GANS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TWO MINUTE NON AGENDA. I, YES. SECOND. ALL IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? IF NO DISCUSSION, THE ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU. UH, [PUBLIC SPEAKERS] MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER, FIRST SPEAKER DOUG SMITH TO BE FILED BY SAMANTHA DELEON. HI, DOUG, INCLUDING TOMORROW'S MEETING IN THE LAST FOUR MEETINGS, YOU'LL HAVE BEEN ASKED TO APPROVE 63 BOARD APPOINTMENTS ENDING IN 2027. TOMORROW ALONE, THERE'S A REQUEST TO APPROVE 21 APPOINTMENTS. I DO NOT SEE WHY THIS MAYOR WITH ONLY FOUR MONTHS LEFT, SHOULD ASK YOU TO APPROVE BOARDS LASTING THROUGH NEARLY THE ENTIRE FIRST TERM OF THE NEXT MAYOR. AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO VOTE NO ON ANY REQUEST PAST 2024. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS OTHER INFORMATION OR MISINFORMATION AS I WOULD CLASS IT. IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET LETTER, THERE'S A QUOTE STATING THAT ARPA FUNDS WERE USED TO REPLACE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REVENUE LOSSES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES FROM 2019 THROUGH 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE WAS ONLY ONE YEAR BETWEEN 2019 AND 20 WHERE REVENUES DECREASED, AND THAT AMOUNT WAS ONLY $20 MILLION. SO WHERE DID THE $600 MILLION OF APA FUNDS GO? PART OF IT WAS USED TO BUILD UP THE FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE REST OF IT WENT ON, WENT TO FUND ONGOING EXPENSES WITH ONE TIME MONEY, WHICH WILL BE A HUGE PROBLEM FOR THE NEXT MAYOR. ALSO, IN THAT LETTER, HE STATES THAT PENSION LIABILITIES HAVE DECREASED FROM $8 BILLION TO $2.2 BILLION OF REDUCTION OF $6 BILLION. UNFORTUNATELY, THE 2.2 BILLION FIGURE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ONE AND A HALF BILLION IN PENSION BONDS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING. SO WHILE THE REDUCTION IS GOOD, IT'S NOT NEARLY GOOD. AS REPRESENTED AT A RECENT COMMITTEE MEETING, THE COMMENT WAS MADE THAT SOLID WASTE NEEDS MORE FUNDING BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION INCREASE. I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO INCREASE IN CITY POPULATION DURING THE ENTIRE EIGHT YEARS OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. SO PLEASE DON'T USE THAT AS A REASON TO INCREASE FUNDING. YOU MAY HAVE WONDER, AS I DID, HOW THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT COULD PROPOSE A NEARLY 9% INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES WHEN PROP PROP ONE LIMITS THE INCREASE TO 4.5%. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE $90 MILLION PUBLIC SAFETY EDITION IS BEING COUNTED TWICE. YOU'LL BE PROVING A PROPERTY TAX RATE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AND I WOULD URGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL VERY CRITICALLY AND ASK QUESTIONS AND KEEP ASKING UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND AND ARE HAPPY WITH THE ANSWER. FINALLY, WHEN YOU READ ANYTHING IN THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, I WOULD URGE YOU TO DO SO WITH A HUGE GRAIN OF SALT. IN A RECENT OPINION ARTICLE, THEY ATTEMPTED TO EQUATE HUGE WATER BILLS SUFFERED BY CITIZENS DUE TO OUTDATED METERS TO THE PROPERTY TAX CAP. THEY DON'T SEEM TO REALIZE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE HPW ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH WOULD FUND THE DEFECTIVE METERS. IN CLOSING, PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING TOMORROW AND VOTE NO ON ANY BOARD APPOINTMENTS PAST 2024. DO NOT SADDLE THE NEXT MAYOR. WITH THE CURRENT MAYOR'S CHOICES, IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND THE MAYOR CANNOT PUNISH YOU FOR YOUR VOTE GIVEN THE FACT THERE ARE ONLY FOUR MONTHS LEFT IN HIS TERM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOUG. UH, NEXT SPEAKER SAMANTHA DELEON TO BE FOLLOWED BY ANDREA GREER. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. MY NAME IS SAMANTHA DELEON AND I AM AN ARCHITECTURAL AND PUBLIC HISTORIAN, A SCHOLAR AND A PROUD LATINA. I AM ALSO ONE OF THE APPLICANTS FOR THE LI JA CASTILLO COMMUNITY CENTER. HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE BUILDING AND HOPES THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT BEING GRANTED A PROTECTED LANDMARK STATUS. THE LI JAY CASTILLO BUILDING, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE ROBERT ELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WAS DESIGNED BETWEEN 1919 AND 1921, DESIGNED IN A SPANISH MISSION, REVIVAL STYLE BY ALFRED J FINN, THE [00:35:01] ARCHITECT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAN JACINTO MONUMENT. THE STRUCTURE CONTAINS ARCHITECTURAL AS WELL AS HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE AS PART OF THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. FOR YEARS, THE FIFTH WARD SCHOOL HAS BECOME PART OF THE HUAH SCHOOL MOVEMENT IN THE SEVENTIES, THANKS TO THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE CITY'S FIRST HISPANIC CONTROLLER, ELENA JAY CASTILLO. NOW IN AN EARLY LEARNING CENTER, IT HAS REMAINED A RESILIENT PART OF THE NEAR NORTHSIDE DISTRICT. ALTHOUGH THE BUILDING IS PUT TO GOOD USE, IT IS INSURED PROTECTION AND IS PARAMOUNT TO LATINOS, THE FIFTH WARD IN THE NEAR NORTH SIDE DISTRICT. THE BUILDING WOULD ALSO BE A MUCH NEEDED LATINO LANDMARK. DURING MY TIME AS AN INTERN AT THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, I HELP PUT TOGETHER THIS APPLICATION. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT, SOMETHING THAT HAS STRUCK OUT TO ME WAS THE OUTPOUR OF SUPPORT, NOT ONLY FROM ITS OWNERS PRECINCT TWO, BUT FROM THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS FROM THE CITY. NOT A SINGLE PERSON OBJECTED TO THIS NOMINATION, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT IN ITSELF SPEAKS VOLUMES. I HOPE YOU SEE THE VALUE OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE IMPORTANCE IT BRINGS TO LATINOS AND ODIANS LIKE MYSELF, AS WELL AS SCHOLARS AND ENTHUSIASTS OF ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY. AND I HOPE THAT YOU VOTE YES TO DESIGNATE THE LEAN LJ CASTILLO COMMUNITY CENTER, A PROTECTED LANDMARK, SO THAT BUILDING THE BUILDING MAY CONTINUE TO BE HERE FOR YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU. I YIELD MY TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS. UM, THANK YOU. I I WANTED TO JUST, UM, TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR ROLE IN PUTTING THE APPLICATION TOGETHER. IT'S A GREAT NOMINATION AND IT'S A, IT'S A WONDERFUL, UM, TRIBUTE TO, TO THE COMMUNITY TO, TO RECOGNIZE THIS BUILDING. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY I'M SO OUT OF BREATH. I RAN OUTTA THE ANNEX INSTEAD OF HERE, SO OKAY. CAUGHT MY WORKOUT IN FOR THE DAY, SO. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES. UH, YES. THANK, THANK YOU, UH, MR. LEON FOR, UH, BEING HERE AND, UM, UH, ADVOCATING FOR THIS BUILDING. I KNOW THAT, UH, BACK WHEN I WORKED FOR COMMISSIONER SYLVIA GARCIA, I WAS HER LIAISON AT THAT TIME. UH, AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR A SITE FOR AN INNER CITY, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER FOR PRECINCT TWO. UH, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL BUILDINGS THAT WERE BEING CONSIDERED IN THAT EL THAT FORMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS THE ONE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, SYLVIA GARCIA CHOSE. UH, SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT IT'S BEING BEEN RE REVITALIZED. AND NOW OF COURSE, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A LANDMARK, UH, DESIGNATION AT THAT BUILDING AS WELL. SO, THANK YOU. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. AND BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK, BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, WE DO HAVE A PROCEDURAL MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER P*****K. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR PRO TIM, AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO ADD JEFF BATE TO THE TOP OF THE THREE MINUTE NON-AG AGENDA LIST. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? IF NO DISCUSSION ITEM PASSES. UH, CITY SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL THE NEXT ANDREA GREER, EUREKA GILKEY TO BE FOLLOWED BY SEAN HAWKINS. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. RIGHT BEHIND ONE OF THE MICROPHONES. HI, I'M EUREKA GILKEY. I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT D, BUT I'M ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PROJECT OR HOUSES IN HOUSTON'S HISTORIC THIRD WARD, ONE OF THE MOST VISITED DESTINATIONS IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION. AND OUR ORGANIZATION HAS JUST COMPLETED A HISTORIC REAL RE REHABILITATION, EXCUSE ME, OF THE EL DORADO BALDMAN THIRD WARD, AND I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE SPECIFICS, BUT THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN A TIME OF JIM CROW AND SEGREGATION FOR BLACK PEOPLE TO SEE THEIR ARTISTS WITH DIGNITY. SO WE RAISED ABOUT 10 MILLION, $10 MILLION TO RESTORE THE SPACE, AND WE REOPENED IT AT THE END OF MARCH. OUR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ WAS THERE. UM, THANKFULLY, AND I SEE OTHERS ON THE COUNCIL WHO HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS WORK, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN. I COULD JUST KEEP GOING, BUT I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF HOLDING THIS HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ULTIMATELY VOTING TO AMEND CHAPTER 33, ARTICLE SEVEN, DIVISION FIVE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. THIS IS THE REGULATORY PROVISION DESIGNED FOR GUIDELINES FOR DESIGNATED HISTORIC BUILDINGS SO THAT HISTORIC LANDMARK BUILDINGS THAT HAVE MET CERTAIN CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE ORDINANCE IN THE AMENDMENT CAN DISPLAY ROOFTOP SIGNS. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT WHEN THE HISTORIC EL DORADO BALDWIN WAS BUILT IN 1939, IT HAD A BLUE MARQUEE SIGN AND ON THE TOP OF THE ROOFTOP, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. I'LL BE OUTTA THE COUNTRY NEXT MONTH WHEN THIS WILL COME BEFORE YOU ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA IN SEPTEMBER. BUT THIS NARROWLY TAILORED ORDINANCE WILL AFFECT A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE BUILDING THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TODAY. SO IF [00:40:01] YOU, IF YOU ALLOW IT, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO PUNCTUATE THE END OF OUR SENTENCES, IF YOU WILL, RIGHT AS IT WERE, BY ALLOWING US RE BRING BACK THAT ROOFTOP SIGN TO THIS HISTORIC BUILDING. AND AS A CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE LONG SUPPORTED PRESERVATION ME MEASURES. SO THE BELOVED STRUCTURE, SUCH AS THE EL DORADO BALLROOM COULD GROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD'S HISTORY AND FIND NEW LIFE IN SERVING FUTURE GENERATIONS OF HOUSTONIANS TO COME. AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION DOESN'T JUST LOOK LIKE, UM, IT DOESN'T JUST LOOK GREAT AND MAKE US FEEL GOOD. IT'S REALLY A TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE. WE DON'T JUST BEAUTIFY THE CITY. WHEN WE PRESERVE HISTORIC STRUCTURES, WE GENERATE REVENUE BY ATTRACTING CULTURAL HERITAGE TOURISTS. UM, WE PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AWARD RE AWARD-WINNING PRESERVATION IS ARCHITECT DAVID EK ALWAYS SAYS TO ME, KEEPING A BUILDING OUT OF A LANDFILL IS ABOUT E IS ABOUT AS ECO-FRIENDLY AS YOU CAN GET. SO I HOPE YOU'LL VOTE NEXT MONTH, UM, WHEN YOU HOLD THIS HEARING TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE SO THAT WE CAN BRING BACK THAT MARQUIS SIGN TO THE HISTORIC EL DORADO BALLROOM. IT'S A CRITICAL PART OF OUR, OUR, THE HISTORIC BUILDING STORY AND ITS HISTORY, AND ALLOWING OUR LANDMARK BUILDINGS TO WEAR THIS HISTORICALLY ACCURATE SIGN JUST MAKES SENSE. LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T GO TO EASE OF SERVICE WITHOUT YOUR HAT. SO LET US GIVE OUR BUILDING OUR CROWN BACK. AND I THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. SORRY, UH, EUREKA. FIRST OFF, I'M SO GLAD YOU MADE IT, UM, BECAUSE THANK YOU. YOU OF ALL PEOPLE HAVE SUCH AN IMPORTANT VOICE, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, IN DISTRICT C UH, WHENEVER THE ISSUE OF SIGN SIGNAGE COMES UP RIGHT? IT IT TENDS TO BE A HOT TOPIC. YEAH. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LAYING OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS TYPE OF SIGN USAGE. YEAH. THANK YOU. RIGHT. AND THAT, UM, I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE. CORRECT. UH, I WAS JUST OVER THERE WITH, UH, REPRESENTATIVE GARNET COLEMAN. YES. UH, AND WHAT YOU ALL AND COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE DONE OVER THERE IS, UH, NOTHING SHORT OF EXCEPTIONAL. OH, THANK YOU. AND VERY SPECIAL. SO CONGRATULATIONS. AND I, I DO WANNA PUT A BIG EXCLAMATION MARK, UM, JUST ON THE WORK THAT YOU DO THROUGH PROJECT ROW HOUSES, UH, BUT ALSO EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UH, IT'S INCREDIBLE. I JUST, I JUST LEFT A WOMEN'S COMMISSION MEETING BECAUSE OF YOU, . IT'S, UH, AND I, I COULDN'T LOG ON. I WAS HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. UM, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THE NUANCE OF THIS ONE. SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABA. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR PRO TIM, THANK YOU EUREKA, UH, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. I CERTAINLY, UH, REMEMBER THE EL DORADO BALLROOM, AND I'VE SAID THIS A FEW TIMES. MY PARENTS USED TO GO THERE AND SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER RIGHT BACK IN THE DAY. AND SO TO SEE THAT IS GONNA BE VERY NOSTALGIC FOR ME. AND SO I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CROWN BEING BACK ON THE JEWEL. AND SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, AND I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . WE APPRECIATE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. THANK YOU. UH, VICE MAYOR PROAM, EUREKA. I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES AND SPEAK, UH, TO THE IMPORTANT POINT YOU MADE. I THINK ABOUT THE NARROW NATURE OF THIS, THE WRITING OF THIS TOO. 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO ARBITRARILY ALLOW SIGNS TO COME. YES. YOU KNOW, LET ALONE THE, THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SCENIC HOUSTON FOLKS COME KNOCKING AT OUR DOORS. THIS IS, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO RESTORE HISTORICALLY RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF, UH, OF OUR BUILDINGS. AND, UH, FOR YOU AND THE SPEAKER BEFORE, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORICALLY ACCURATE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY IS REALLY CRITICAL. AND YOU'VE BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE STEWARD OF THAT. AS LONG AS I'VE KNOWN YOU AND SINCE THANK YOU. ROW HOUSES WERE BIRTHED IN THE EARLY NINETIES, SO, AND NOW WE'RE 30 . YEAH. YEAH. UNBELIEVABLE. YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, SEAN HAWKINS. SEAN HAWKINS, NEXT SPEAKER. JOSE SANCHEZ. JOSE SANCHEZ. NEXT SPEAKER. BARBARA RAY. BARBARA RAY. NEXT SPEAKER BARBARA ATE, BE FOLLOWED BY ETHAN GAINES. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. UM, YOU WERE GIVEN A ONE PAGE, HERE WE GO. UM, I'M BACK ON CHAPTER 28. SO LET ME JUST WALK YOU ON BANK STREET. IT MAY NOT, 1, 1, 1 6 MAY NOT BE CALLED A HOTEL. IT'S CALLED THE BANKS. SO THIS IS A, HIS A BEAUTIFUL OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I'VE LIVED ON FOR OVER 25 YEARS. AND I, I WANT YOU TO FEEL WHAT IT FEELS LIKE ON THIS STREET. NOW, I WAS GONNA BRING SOME OF THE TRASH AND SOME OF THE CONDOMS AND SOME OF THE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, BUT I DIDN'T THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE. [00:45:01] BUT I WANT YOU TO FEEL WHAT IT, WHAT IT FEELS LIKE ON THE BANKS. AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT MAY NOT BE CALLED A DUCK, BUT IT QUACKS LIKE A DUCK. IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK. AND FROM MY MIND, I MEAN, THIS IS A HOTEL IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND, UM, I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY. I'M NOT GONNA REPRESENT THAT. I'M ATTORNEY, WHICH YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND, WAS WRITTEN BY MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, TRUMAN MUNSTER. AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN AND COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY FELT THAT YOU GOT THE TRACTION COUPLE WEEKS AGO. COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. AND, AND I'M WORKING. WE'RE ALL TRYING TO WORK WITH THE ARTURO, AND, AND WE'RE TRYING, AND I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING. AND SO ALL I'M TRYING TO DO IS KEEP THE BALL IN THE AIR, KEEP THIS IN FRONT OF MIND AWARENESS. I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. I DON'T THINK YOU ALL REPRESENT TO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. BUT TOGETHER WE CAN FIGURE THIS ONE OUT. AND WE'RE NOT GONNA BE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS PRAGUE AND PARIS AND LONDON, BUT WE ARE A FIRST CLASS CITY PEOPLE. SO LET ME KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP. MY SLEEVES ARE ROLLED UP. WHATEVER YOU GUYS NEED. I, I'M EXPERIENCING WHAT THIS IS DOING AND MY LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I'M JUST ONE OF 50 NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER IN Q COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. THANK YOU, BARBARA. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING IN THE WAY IN WHICH YOU'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS. RIGHT. UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST BANKS. UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE LOUDER AND MORE VOCAL EXAMPLES. BUT EVEN IN DISTRICT C, YOU'RE WORKING WITH OTHER RESIDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE HEIGHTS, UM, WHERE I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER THAT IS CREATING THOSE ISSUES. UM, HPD HAS BEEN OUT THERE, THE CONSTABLES HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, RIGHT. EVERYONE IS DOING WHAT THEY CAN, BUT MORE IS NEEDED. AND IT'S NOT JUST A DISTRICT C ISSUE. UM, IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY. SO AGAIN, I DON'T THINK, UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE SOLVED OVERNIGHT, BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AND WE HAVE TO KEEP THE, AS YOU SAID, THE MOMENTUM GOING, UM, ON THIS. SO I JUST, I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO YOU. NO, THANK YOU ALL. AND THE OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST TRUMAN, BUT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS, UH, BECAUSE IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN. IT'S, IT'S A 20 23, 24, 27 PROBLEM. YEAH. AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. THIS IS OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK. COUNCIL MEMBER. ALCORN. HOLD ON. BARBARA. THANK YOU, BARBARA. AND, AND I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. I KNOW LEGAL'S LISTENING. , I KNOW THAT HE'S LISTENING. IT'S ON THE COMPUTER, BUT HE IS LISTENING. I KNOW HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS. UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE HOTEL ROUTE WORKS OR ANOTHER ROUTE LIMITING, I KNOW SOME CITIES LIMIT THE NUMBER OF UNITS WITHIN A MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX ON SHORT TERM RENTALS. UH, HOWEVER WE CAN GET THIS DONE, WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP URGING SOMETHING GET DONE. SO I, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMING TO AGAIN. KEEP GOING. WELL, AND, AND THE OWNERS ARE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HERE TODAY, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THEY WERE HERE LAST WEEK AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEAL, THIS GUY, UH, THIS PARTICULAR OWNER HAS 128 UNITS. SO WE'RE, HE'S A, HE'S A BIG DOG. THIS IS NOT A MOM AND POP OPERATION. THIS IS REAL. GOT IT. SO IT'S GONE FROM NOT BEING ON AIRBNB FOR SOME VERY OBVIOUS REASONS, NOT BEING ON VRBO AGAIN TO BEING A LITTLE BIT OFF THE RADAR. SO IT'S GONE FROM LIKE HAVING SOME ACCOUNTABILITY TO HAVING, IT'S BY THE HOUR, RIGHT? I LIVE THERE. I SEE IT. I, I I SEE IT. I KNOW WHAT I'M, I WAS BORN AT NIGHT, NOT LAST NIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, ETHAN GANTZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY JEFF BOUTTE. HI, ETHAN. HEY, Y'ALL. HEY Y'ALL. I'M ETHAN MICHELLE GANS. AND, UH, TODAY I COME TO INFORM THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL ABOUT A HATE CHURCH WE HAVE IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON. IT'S AT 1 4 5 6 7 SOUTH MAINE. THE NAME IS CALLED PURE WORDS BAPTIST CHURCH. THEY ARE CALLING FOR GENOCIDE. THEY'RE CALLING FOR THE PUBLIC EXECUTION OF JEWS, L-G-B-T-Q-I-A, FOLKS, WOMEN WHO HAVE ABORTIONS, UH, UH, LAZY, LAZY GAMERS, AND, UH, DOCTORS WHO PERFORM ABORTIONS. AND, UH, WOMEN WHO ARE ADULTEROUS. UM, THEY CALL FOR THE STONING OF REBELLIOUS [00:50:01] CHILDREN. THEY BELIEVE YOU SHOULD START HITTING YOUR BABIES AT SIX MONTHS OLD TO GET THEM USED TO, UH, BEING, UH, YOU KNOW, HIT, I GUESS. UM, BUT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN PROTESTING THIS CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY, UM, FOR SIX MONTHS NOW. UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM EVICTED, UM, BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELONG IN THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN THIS COUNTRY. UM, I'M ALL ABOUT, UH, RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS AND, UH, THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL WHEN YOU'RE CALLING FOR GENOCIDE FROM THE PULPIT. AND SO, UH, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. UM, IT'S CONNECTED TO, UH, UH, THE INDEPENDENT, IT'S CALLED THE INDEPENDENT FUNDAMENTALIST BAPTIST MOVEMENT. IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL BAPTIST CHURCH. THE BAPTISTS DON'T RECOGNIZE THEM. UM, THEY HAVE A SISTER CHURCH THAT WAS IN DALLAS, UM, CALLED STEADFAST. STEADFAST, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A HATE GROUP AND HAS BEEN EVICTED TWICE, I THINK. UM, YOU KNOW, SO THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE RENTING IN DALLAS. I'M HOPING THAT, UH, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE IN HOUSTON. UM, AND THE OTHER THING I CAME TO TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT IS, UH, THE SAME THING I WILL PROBABLY TELL Y'ALL EVERY TIME I COME HERE. PLEASE END THE SHOTS SPOTTER CONTRACT. WE REALLY, REALLY NEED TO END THE SHOTS SPOTTER CONTRACT, Y'ALL. WE CAN SPEND THAT MONEY DOING SOMETHING BETTER. SHOTS SPOTTER DOESN'T WORK, AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT'S HARMFUL TO THE COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. ETHAN, UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. YOU ARE, UM, A VOICE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT SPEAKS OUT AGAINST HATE AND DISCRIMINATION. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ATTENTION, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, YET ANOTHER GROUP THAT IS ESPOUSING, UM, HATE AND VALUES THAT WE AS A CITY DON'T REPRESENT NECESSARILY. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO, UH, SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON THAT IN THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY. YOU TOO. NEXT SPEAKER, JEFF BOUTTE. BE FOLLOWED BY BRO HEARN. GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT AND ENTHUSIASM FOR THE LIVABLE PLACES INITIATIVE AND THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE HOUSTON SUBDIVISION CODE, WHICH ARE, UM, WE REFER TO OFTEN AS CHAPTER 42. SO I'M A RESIDENT OF HOUSTON, UM, AND WORKED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES AS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, A CITY PLANNER, AND AS A LAND PLANNER FOR OVER 15 YEARS. AND I, AND I WANT STRESS TO YOU TODAY, HOW IMPORTANT THESE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE FOR THE CITY OF OUR, FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY, FOR TWO IMPORTANT REASONS. UM, NUMBER ONE IS BECAUSE WE ARE GROWING FAST, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, PROJECTIONS SAY HOUSTON WILL EXPERIENCE A POPULATION BOOM IN THE COMING DECADES. AND NUMBER TWO, BECAUSE OUR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ARE LACKING AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO BUILD THE SO-CALLED MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING THAT WILL BE CRITICAL TO MAKING HOUSTON A TRULY LIVABLE CITY. UM, THE HOUSTON REGION IS PROJECTED TO BECOME THE SECOND LARGEST METRO AREA BY THE YEAR 2100. AND OUR METRO AREA HAD THE LARGEST POPULATION INCREASE OF ANY METRO AREA IN THE COUNTRY BETWEEN 2021 AND 2022. AS MORE PEOPLE MOVE HERE AND OUR HOUSING PRICES CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND LAND BECOMES MORE VALUABLE WITHOUT THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING OPTIONS, OUR CURRENT AND OUR FUTURE RESIDENTS WILL EITHER BE PRICED OUT OF THE HOUSING MARKET, WON'T BE ABLE TO OWN A HOME, OR THEY WILL SEEK MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES IN OTHER CITIES OR COUNTIES, UM, AND ALSO IN, IN THE SUBURBS IN SOMEWHAT LESS LIVABLE SITUATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO WALKABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. UM, WE'RE RELATIVELY YOUNG AS A CITY COMPARED TO THE OTHER LARGEST CITIES IN AMERICA. IN BOTH OUR AGE AND OUR DEVELOPMENT, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT HOUSTON HAS GROWN, UM, OUTWARD THROUGH URBAN SPRAWL. OUR CITY LIMITS ARE OVER 640 SQUARE MILES, THAT'S TWICE THE SIZE OF NEW YORK, ALMOST THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF CHICAGO, AND ALMOST ONE AND A HALF TIMES THE SIZE OF EVEN LOS ANGELES. AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY, OUR POPULATION DENSITY IS SEVEN TIMES LESS THAN NEW YORK, THREE TIMES LESS THAN CHICAGO, AND ONLY HALF THE DENSITY OF LOS ANGELES. SO THESE NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE IT TELLS US THAT HOUSTON HAS PLENTY OF ROOM TO GROW. AND AS OUR POPULATION CONTINUES TO INCREASE, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MIDDLE DENSITY HOUSING OPTIONS IN THE CITY, MANY PEOPLE NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO OWN A HOME NEAR THE CITY CENTER. NEAR OUR WORLD CLASS AMENITIES AND OUR CIVIC LIFE, UM, THERE WILL BE MAINLY HIGH RISE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FORM OF UNAFFORDABLE CONDOS OR RENTAL OPTIONS, UM, AND UNAFFORDABLE LARGE LOT SINGLE FAMILY. SO I URGE YOU TO PASS YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. PASS THE, UH, CHAPTER 42 AMENDMENTS NEXT MONTH IF THEY COME UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UH, NEXT [00:55:01] SPEAKER, BRO HEARN, BRO HEARN. NEXT SPEAKER, SARAH BELL EDWARDS. SARAH BELL EDWARDS. NEXT SPEAKER. LEAH ANGLE. LEAH ANGLE, NEXT SPEAKER. NIA COLBERT. NIA COLBERT, ARE YOU NIA COLBERT? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GENEVA WADSWORTH COLBERT. CAN YOU STEP RIGHT BEHIND THE MICROPHONE AND PULL IT DOWN TOWARDS YOUR MOUTH? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GENEVA WATTS WORTH COLBERT. I'M ALSO KNOWN AS SISTER NIA COLBERT. I'VE ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES, THE LOCAL HOUSTON REGION, TO INVESTIGATE THE HARRISON SURROUNDING COUNTIES, UH, CIVIL COURTS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON DISABILITY, A LACK OF DUE PROCESS AND FAILURE TO PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY. I HAD TO REPRESENT MYSELF IN COURT ON A WRONGFUL EVICTION AS RELATES TO HOUSING. STOP TAKING OUR HOMES, EVEN IF IT'S A RENTED APARTMENT SUBSIDIZED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. STOP TAKING OUR HOMES TO BUILD THIS CITY. REMOVE THE TOXIC WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, REVITALIZE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND BEFORE WRONGFUL EVICTIONS BECOME A LEGAL PROCESS WHEN CITIZENS COME TO CITY COUNCIL AND ASK FOR HELP OR MEDIATION WITH A LANDLORD, OR TO POINT OUT A WRONG WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, LISTEN AND HELP. NOW, IF GOD SPARES HER LIFE, MY MOTHER WILL BE 90 IN NOVEMBER, AND SHE'S NEVER UNDERSTOOD THIS PATH OF ADVOCACY THAT SHOWS ME TO REPRESENT THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS, WHO ARE DISABLED, WHO SUFFER ON THE STREETS WHILE WE CLEAR THE SHELTERS FOR DOGS. WHEN I HAD NO FOOD, WHEN I HAD NOTHING TO EAT, I WAS ABLE TO GET DOWNTOWN AND GET FOOD FROM FOOD, NOT BOMBS. I HAVEN'T STUDIED THE GROUP, I'VE LISTENED TO THE ARGUMENTS, BUT THAT ONE PLATE OF FOOD WAS THREE MILLS. IF I'VE ASKED MAYOR TURNER, I ASKED MAYOR TURNER YEARS AGO TO LOOK INTO A WRONGFUL EVICTION. HE SAID HE'D HAVE TO STUDY THE RECORD. I NEVER HEARD FROM HIM. AS I SHARE WITH MS. ROXANNE LAWSON, JUST AS SHE WANTS TO PROTECT HER FATHER AND HER SISTER, CHERYL WRONGFULLY EVICTED ME SAYING ONNIA WALLOP IS JUST A BUILDING. IT DOESN'T EMBODY THE MAN. REVEREND LAWSON WAS MY MENTOR AND TEACHER, AND THIS CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT FOR THE DISABLED AND FOR HOMELESSNESS WILL BE A RESULT OF MY FATHER'S LEGACY. I HONOR THE WARDSWORTH NAME JUST AS SHE WOULD WANT THE LAWSON'S NAME AND OTHER NAMES HONORED. AND I WANT MY MOTHER TO BE PROUD OF ME. NOT WORRIED, NOT ASHAMED, NOT JUST I, I, I, IT'S, I DON'T HAVE ANY WORDS. I THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MS. COBERT. NEXT SPEAKER. ALEX LARA. ALEX LARA. NEXT SPEAKER. MT. GARDNER. NEXT SPEAKER, JACK O'CONNOR. JACK O'CONNOR. NEXT SPEAKER. SYLVIA MITCHELL. HELLO, MS. MITCHELL. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? WE'RE WELL, THANK YOU. GOOD. MY NAME IS SYLVIA MITCHELL. I AM THE SECRETARY FOR THE BOARD OF, UH, DIRECTORS FOR THE HOUSTON TAXI ORGANIZATION. AS YOU KNOW, THE TAXI SERVICE IS GOING TO THE WAYSIDE A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF PULL UP YOUR MIC A LITTLE BIT, IF WE GO TO ANY HOTEL DOWNTOWN TO PARK TO WAIT FOR A TRIP, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO CAP STANDS FOR US. WE ARE BEGGING TO HAVE SIGNAGE PUT UP THAT SAYS CAB STAND. AND, UM, WE WANNA PARK [01:00:01] THERE WITHOUT THE VALETS RUNNING US OFF IF WE DON'T REACH INTO OUR POCKET TO GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL MONEY. AS YOU KNOW, WE PAY FOR EVERY TRIP WE TAKE OUT OF THE AIRPORT, AND WE WE'RE PAYING TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR GAS RIGHT NOW, UH, PERSONAL, PERSONALLY, I HAVE TO WAIT SIX TO SEVEN, SOMETIME 10 HOURS BEFORE I GET ONE RIDE OUT OF THE AIRPORT. I DON'T GO DOWNTOWN BECAUSE IF I PARK, THE POLICE WILL COME AND THREATEN ME WITH A TICKET. I DON'T WANT A TICKET. I'M, I'M CHEAP, I DON'T WANNA PAY IT. BUT IF WE HAD CALF STANDS WITH SIGNAGE THAT SAID CALF STANDS, WE COULD PARK AND WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE COMES OUT. ESPECIALLY WITH OUR BEAUTIFUL, UM, CONFERENCE CENTER, THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE THAT NEED THERE RIDES. THEY NEED TRIPS, BUT BEFORE THEY GET TO US, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AVAILABLE, THEY'LL CALL A UBER OR A LYFT. SO IF YOU GUYS COULD GET TOGETHER AND VOTE ON THIS AND, AND GIVE US CALF STANDS LIKE WE USED TO HAVE WITH SIGNAGE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WHICH SIGNAGE. BECAUSE IF THERE'S NO SIGN FOR US, THEN THE VALETS WILL KICK US OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE DO HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER IN Q UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR PROTI. UH, MS. MITCHELL, THANKS FOR COMING DOWN HERE. QUESTION, UM, IS THERE NOT A DESIGNATED SHARED DRIVE OR SHARED RIDER ZONE ZONE AT THE HOTEL? WE'RE NOT SHARE RIDE. RIGHT, BUT ARE Y'ALL NOT ELIGIBLE TO PARK THERE IN THAT SPACE? NO, WE'RE TAXIS, WE'RE TOTALLY DIFFERENT. THEY, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SHARE RIDE. I HAVEN'T SEEN SIGNS ANYWHERE. I HAVE COWORKERS HERE WITH ME WHO MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING FOR 30 YEARS WHERE I'VE WORKED THREE. UM, BUT WE, I KNOW THAT WE ARE KICKED OUT AND, AND AT THE WHOLE, AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR, UM, CONVENTION CENTER, OUR HOTEL AREA DOWNTOWN, ALL DOWNTOWN, THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN, JUST LIKE IT USED TO BE OUTSIDE OF ALL OF THE HOTELS, THERE WOULD BE A SIGN THAT SAY, TAXI STAND. NO ONE ELSE COULD PARK THERE. ONLY WE COULD PARK THERE. AND THEN WHEN THEY COME OUT, THEY'LL SEE US AND SAY, OH, I NEED A RIDE RIGHT NOW. THEY DON'T SEE US. THEY SAY, OH, LET ME CALL UBER. BUT USUALLY WE'RE QUICKER AND FASTER THAN UBER. WE'VE, UH, WE'VE UPGRADED, WE'VE UPGRADED MOST OF, OF THE CARS ON THE LOT NOW. UH, THEY'RE NEWER, THEY SMELL GOOD, THEY LOOK GOOD. WE HAVE TRAINING FOR THE, UH, DRIVERS SO THEY KNOW HOW TO INTERACT WITH THE CUSTOMERS. SURE. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF, JUST WANTED TO, UH, JUST BE CLEAR AND VICE MAYOR IF IT'S POSSIBLE JUST TO, IN INQUIRE JUST SO WE CAN BE FAIR, UM, TO PROVIDE HOUSTONIANS, UM, OPTIONS AND CHOICE IF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A CONVERSATION WITH HOUSTON FIRST. WELL, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK AND A RA INSPECTORS HAVE VISITED THE DESIGNATED TAXI CAB ZONES, UH, THAT WERE LOCATED DOWNTOWN AND FOUND THAT ONLY ONE OF THE ZONES WAS MISSING. UM, AND THE MISSING SIGNAGE WAS AT THE DESIGNATED TAXI CAB ZONE LOCATED AT WELLS FARGO PLAZA. UM, THEY ARE, HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS TO REINSTALL IT. OKAY. UM, AND WE DO HAVE OUR A RA CITY LIAISON. NALIA, NYLA, NYLA, NYLA, NYLA. MM-HMM . THANK YOU NYLA, FOR BEING HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. SO WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE SERVICES IS FAIR FOR OUR, OUR TAXI CAB DRIVERS AS WELL. YES. WHEN I GO DOWNTOWN, WELL, IF IT'S ONLY ONE VICE MAYOR, I, I HOLD OVER CLEAR MY TIME IF IT'S ONLY ONE. SO THEN IT'S NOT A, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OF THEM BEING REMOVED FROM ALL OF THE LOCATIONS. CORRECT. IS A A FROM THAT, ACCORDING TO OUR NOTICE, IT SAYS THE INSPECTORS FROM A RA DID VISIT THE DESIGNATED TAXI CAB ZONE, AND THEY'RE ALL VALIDATED STILL IN PLACE. THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE. WE DRIVE THIS EVERY DAY. YOU GO TO THE, THE, UH, HILTON AMERICAS, THERE'S NOTHING THERE. YOU GO ACROSS THE STREET TO THE, THE MARRIOTT. THERE'S NOTHING THERE, ANY HOTEL I HAVEN'T SEEN, NOT ONE. RIGHT. UM, AND I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT WITH NYLA AFTER. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN, WHO IS IN THE QUEUE. YES. UM, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? NO, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NO, THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, BECAUSE I HAD SIMILAR QUESTIONS ABOUT JUST THE HOTELS AND WHETHER OR NOT WE ALLOW OR REQUIRE HOTEL TAXI ZONES. BUT NYLA, RAISE YOUR HAND ONE MORE TIME. IT, SHE'S, HER AND HER TEAM ARE AMAZING. YES. AND THEY WILL GET WITH YOU. YES. UM, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ALYSSA'S PROVIDED OF WHERE THOSE TAXI STANDS ARE. AND IF YOU HAVE FEEDBACK ON THAT, YES. LET US KNOW. IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH. I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN RIGHT. WAVE A MAGIC WAND AND FIX THIS. THERE'S A HUGE JUST CHALLENGE IN THE INDUSTRY, WHAT Y'ALL HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH EVEN BEFORE COVID. RIGHT. WITH THE INVENTION OF RIDESHARE MOVING INTO COVID AND THE PANDEMIC. I MEAN, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH IS A LOT. YES. SO, I, I WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT AND BE SENSITIVE TO THAT. BUT I, AGAIN, YOU'RE IN REALLY GOOD HANDS WITH [01:05:01] NYLA AND, UH, THE A RA TEAM. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD DAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MS. MITCHELL. NEXT SPEAKER GALINO TO BE FOLLOWED BY DEBORAH LANE. ALLEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE. UH, MY COLLEAGUE JUST SPOKE ABOUT THE CAP STANDS IN THE HOTELS. AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT SHE HAS SAID, UH, SOME YEARS BACK WE PARTNERED WITH THE MAYOR. THE MAYOR HELPED US TO CREATE, UH, UH, A SIGN. UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY AN APP CALLED ARROW, A-A-W-R-O-W. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT APP WAS NOT, UH, THERE WAS NO PROPER ADVERTISEMENT IN THE MEDIA. SO THE CUSTOMERS WERE NOT ABLE TO, UM, UH, TO, TO GET US INVOLVED IN CARRYING THEM USING THIS APP. SO WE ARE WORKING NOW WITH ANY OTHER, UH, UH, COMPANIES OR PARTNERS THAT CAN HELP US TO CREATE, UH, UH, UH, AN APP SO THAT WE, WE DON'T JUST CONGREGATE IN THE AIRPORT. WE CAN ALWAYS BE ABLE TO WORK ANY PARTS OF THE CITY. THAT IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE AT THE MOMENT. UH, IF YOU CAN HELP US ALSO IN WORKING OUT AS WE DID WITH THE MAYOR, MAYOR SYLVESTER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I BELIEVE THE CAB DRIVERS ARE NOW GROUPED UP IN THE AIRPORT AND IT'S SO DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET A TRIP. UH, THEY HAVE TO STAY FOR AT LEAST EIGHT HOURS IN ORDER TO GET ONE TRIP. AND THAT WILL BE IT. THAT WILL BE IT. AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOT FAMILIES AND THEY'VE GOT CHILDREN WHO ARE IN SCHOOL AND SO ON. IF THEY'RE LIMITED BY THESE TRIPS, THEN THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, FEED THEIR FAMILIES. SO WE ARE ASKING YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE CAB DRIVERS. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND THEY NEED YOUR HELP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. SE. AND I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT WITH, UH, NY A FROM, UH, A RA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. YOU HAVE A GOOD ONE. DEBORAH. ELAINE ALLEN. DEBORAH ELAINE ALLEN. NEXT SPEAKER. JAKAY JOHNSTON. JAKAY JOHNSON. IT'S JACKIE FOR THE RECORD. JACKIE JOHNSTON. HEY, UH, PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH Y'ALL. HEY, UM, SO PICTURE THIS. I'M RIDING MY BICYCLE ON THE SIDEWALK, LOOKING AT ALL THESE PRETTY DOGS PLAYING. NEXT THING I'M DRIVING THROUGH WATER. WHAT DO YOU THINK'S IN THE WATER YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT GALVESTON? WHAT, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WATER DOWN IN GALVESTON? IS ANYONE GOING SWIMMING IN GALVESTON LATELY? IT'S A KIND OF A CRAPPY SITUATION DOWN THERE, . BUT, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE DOG BABYSITTING DAYCARE CENTERS, THEY WASH THE GROUNDS WHERE THE DOGS POOP. WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT WATER GOES? OH YEAH. THEY'RE COLLECTING IT IN A RESERVOIR. NO, IT'S GOING INTO THE STREETS. IT'S GOING DOWN IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSES. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE SUN CAN DECONTAMINATE THE, THE FECAL MATTER, BUT I'M NOT COUNTING ON IT. SO THERE'S THREE DOGGY DEAD CARES IN THE HEIGHTS WHERE THEY WASH THE POOP OUT INTO THE STREETS. YOU THINK THAT'S SANITARY? WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE GET PEOPLE SICK. OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ON THIS, BUT IF YOU GUYS COULD DO SOMETHING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, START MOVING THE WHEELS AROUND. BUT, UM, I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS. I'M USUALLY TALKING TO PEOPLE WITH THE DRINKS IN THEIR HAND DOING OPEN MIC. BUT, UH, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT KIND OF SERIOUS TODAY. BUT, UM, AND I'D STILL, UM, LIKE TO ADDRESS ONE MORE ISSUE THAT TALKING ABOUT DISCRIMINATION PREVENTING MINORITIES FROM ENTERING BARS. OKAY. YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE 21 IN A BAR IF YOU'RE 30, 40, 50. [01:10:01] WHY DO THEY NEED TO ASK FOR AN ID TO GO INTO THAT BAR? CAN YOU IMAGINE A BLACK PERSON GOING IN THAT'S SETTING, THEY CAN SET UP RACISM WHERE PEOPLE ARE SELECTING PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T WANT IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT? THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. OKAY. THEY, I DIDN'T HAVE MY ID. THEY DID NOT, WOULDN'T LET ME IN THERE. I'M 60. THEY WANTED MY ID. THANK YOU, DEAR. BUT I'VE BEEN TO BARS. I'VE SEEN BLACK PEOPLE NOT LET IN BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE AN ID THAT'S RACIST. OKAY. I WISH Y'ALL WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. WE DON'T NEED TO BE ASKING IDS FOR PEOPLE OVER 30. THANK YOU. YOUR TOM HAS THANK YOU, JACKIE. CARRIE, OH, SORRY. I'M GETTING CARRIE RICE . CARRIE RICE CHIEF, FOLLOWED BY WILL HILL. HELLO, MS. RICE COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M MEETING WITH YOU AGAIN BECAUSE I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY HELP FROM HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND YOU GUYS. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE MAYOR IS OVER HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND MY SITUATION HAS GOTTEN WAY WORSE. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS KNOW OR NOT, BUT THERE'S TERRORISTS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND THEY ARE, THEY HAVE TARGETED ME AND THEY HAVE TARGETED MY CHILDREN. THEY HAVE TARGETED MY GRANDCHILDREN AND THEY ARE TRYING TO KILL ME AND MY KIDS. AND I DESPERATELY AM SEEKING SOME HELP. I HAVE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES. I'VE TALKED TO A SERGEANT HERNDON. I HAVE, UH, CALLED MARTHA CASE X TATUM'S OFFICE IN DISTRICT K. AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU HER SECRETARY, AND I'VE ABSOLUTELY GOTTEN NOWHERE. I HAVE CALLED THE POLICE SO MANY TIMES. I WENT TO THE POLICE STATION, UM, ON SOUTH GESNER. THEY SUPPLEMENT MY CASE ALL THE TIME, AND THEY WANT HELP FOR ME. AND I, IT'S JUST, I MEAN, I HAVE THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE AND I HAVE THE ADDRESSES OF THESE VICIOUS PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO HURT ME. AND HPD IS NOT ALL THEY DO IS COME OUT AND THEY GIVE ME A POLICE REPORT AND THEY, AND, AND THEY DO NOTHING. AND I WENT ON TRAVIS THE OTHER DAY AND I SPOKE TO AN INVESTIGATOR AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S GONNA GO. BUT I DESPERATELY NEED SOME HELP FOR MY FAMILY. I'M A SINGLE PARENT MOM AND THEY HAVE TARGETED ME. AND I'M SICK OF BEING TARGETED AND I'M SICK OF MY CITY NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. IT NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ME AND PROTECT AND SERVE MS. RICE. WHAT, WHAT KIND OF HELP ARE YOU ASKING FOR? I AM ASKING FOR MY CASE TO BE ASSIGNED. I'M ASKING FOR MY CASE TO BE ASSIGNED TO AN INVESTIGATOR SO AN INVESTIGATOR CAN FIND THESE PEOPLE. I HAVE GIVEN THE NAMES OF THESE PEOPLE SO MANY TIMES TO THE POLICE. IT'S ALREADY IN MY INCIDENT REPORT. THEY HAVE ALL OF THE NAMES. THEY HAVE A GOOD ROUNDABOUT ADDRESS WHERE THEY ARE. I KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE AND THEY NEED TO FIND THESE PEOPLE. OKAY, MS. MS. RICE? YES, MA'AM. I'M GONNA ASK RENEE TO, UM, GET YOUR INFORMATION. I KNOW YOU'VE SPOKEN WITH SERGEANT HERDON. HE'S SUPPOSED TO COME. I HAVE SPOKEN TO HIM. I HAVE CALLED HIM. RIGHT. I HAVE GIVEN HIM EVIDENCE AND ALL OF THAT. AND HE JUST SAYS THE SAME THING EVERY TIME I CALL. I'M JUST TIRED OF PEOPLE JUST BLOWING SMOKE. AND WE, I HAVE A FAMILY WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO HELP YOU. MISS, MISS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO HELP YOU. I MEAN, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASSIGN IT, RIGHT. UH, RENEE, IF YOU CAN HELP TO, UM, USHER HER WITH, UH, SERGEANT HERDON TO TRY TO GET HER CASE ASSIGNED. HE SAYS THE SAME THING. MA'AM, CAN I HAVE A DIFFERENT SERGEANT OR CAN I HAVE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SERGEANT. OH, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SERGEANT. THAT'S NOT HER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. BEST WISHES TO YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. WILL HILL. WILL HILL. HELLO, MR. HILL. GOOD AFTERNOON. HOW YOU DOING FOR THE COUNCIL [01:15:01] BOARD? I'M SPEAKING ALSO. I, I HATE TO EVEN BE DOWN HERE. REALLY. I'M A VERY PRIVATE PERSON. I HAVE TIME FOR THIS. UH, I CAME DOWN HERE AND SPOKE TO SYLVESTER TURNER THE LAST TIME ABOUT SHEILA JACKSON LEE AND MY SISTER. UM, WHICH HAD BEEN TAMING WITH MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, STILL IN MY IDENTITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. UM, I GOT A MASTER'S PLUMBING LICENSE BACK IN 1988. AND, UM, THEY WAS USING MY BUSINESS. I HAVE A BOOK COMING OUT IN, ON THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE UNITED STATES. UH, THEY WAS WORKING THROUGH THE SOCIAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT. I NEVER FILED FOR DISABILITY AND THEY HAD ME DOWN FOR DISABILITY. UM, I WAS INJURED, UH, IN A, UM, IN A VAN AT A RS LEFT IN THAT VAN AND HAD HEAT EXHAUSTION. LIBERTY MUTUAL GOT THE CASE AND TURNED IT INTO, UM, CREIGHTON RICHARDSON. HAD ME GO TO MEMORIAL HERMAN HOSPITAL AND THEY HAD TURNED INTO A HEAT STROKE IN THE NECK, SOUND LIKE SOME GATES TYPE OF STUFF. AND THEN THEY TURNED AROUND. UH, MY SISTER WAS STAYING ON COUNCIL GROVE WHEN THEY HAD ME. UH, I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL 'CAUSE I JUST FOLLOWED THEM AND I BASICALLY BEEN FALLING THERE SINCE I WAS A YOUNG MAN. SO I TOLD THEM TO CLEAR IT UP. I TOLD SHEILA JACKSON LEE, I'M NOT GONNA GO AWAY. YOU TOUCHED THE WRONG BROTHER. AND I TOLD HER, I WILL COME TO WASHINGTON DC AND I WILL SPEAK WITH THE, UM, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHERE Y'ALL MAKE THE LAWS AT. UM, AND I WAS TALK TO THE SENATE TO GET THIS. 'CAUSE YOU HAD NO BUSINESS COMING AFTER ME. I DON'T CAUSE NO PROBLEMS. SO THIS IS MY MASTER LICENSE I'VE BEEN HAD AND AS A BLACK COMPANY I BUILT, MY KIDS ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL. I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT'S A NURSE, A BEAUTICIAN, AND LIKE I SAY, EUGENE HILL, WAVELAND MALONE. THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE WE WAS KIDS. DIGGING OFF INTO THE SOCIAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT. UH, STEALING IDENTITY CAME TO ME ONE DAY. DON'T INVOLVE DR. COVINGTON. DR. COVINGTON, ALL Y'ALL CROOKED WITH THIS WORKMAN'S COMP THING. THESE INSURANCE COMPANIES GOTTA STOP. TONE IT DOWN, PIPE IT DOWN. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY A LOT OF YOU HAVE SHOOTINGS AND CRIMES. 'CAUSE PEOPLE GETTING PAID BY INSURANCE COMPANY DO CORRUPTION. LET'S PIPE IT DOWN. YOU CAN'T HEAR GOD TALKING. YOU KNOW, LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT. IT'S GOT TO. IT'S GOTTA PIPE DOWN. I'M NOT A RACIST PERSON. I HAVE A GRANDFATHER THAT'S WHITE AND MOVED THE FIFTH WARD. I TRAINED MY DADDY UP TO BE A PLUMBER. HE WAS A PLUMBER. NOW I'M A PLUMBER. YOU KNOW, MY SON WAS PLUMBERS. SO I TALKED TO LISA HILL ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND THE STATE BOARD ABOUT THE HOMICIDE THAT WAS WROTE UP ON ME AND HPD, YOU KNOW, SO THEY WROTE 90 BODY PARTS FROM DUST, GAS FUMES OF VAPORS. IT WAS JUST FROM A HEAT EXHAUSTION. SO I JUST WANT TO GET IT CLEARED UP. YEAH. I TOLD HER 40 MILLION WHAT SHE ASKED ME. SHEILA JACKSON ASKED ME, STANDING RIGHT HERE, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU MR. HILL? I SAY, SHEILA JACKSON, WANT TO SETTLE IT? YEAH. I'VE LOST SO MUCH MONEY IN BUSINESS. SO I FEEL IT WAS TARGETED TOWARD ME BECAUSE I WAS A MASTER BLACK MR. HILL, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN TODAY. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. ALL RIGHT. REINE ATMORE. SO, UH, I LEFT Y'ALL A COPY OF MY MASTER FOR THE STATE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. STATE NEXT SPEAKER. REEN ATMORE. REEN ATMORE. NEXT SPEAKER. HENRY TYLER. HENRY TYLER. HELLO, MR. TYLER CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. CAN YOU CAN GET OVER THE MICROPHONE, EITHER ONE. YES MA'AM. I STAND HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE GIVING CONCERNING A BROKEN WATER MAIN AT MY HOME. THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HEAVY TRASH DEPARTMENT WAS PICKING UP TRASH. THEY BROUGHT DOWN THE ARM AND BROKE THE WATER BEATER. THEY SENT ME A $400 WATER BILL. AND IN TURN THEY ASKED, WE, WE FILLED OUT THE WATER ADJUSTMENT FORM, WHICH YOU SEE HERE, THE EXTRA DOCUMENT AFTER DOCUMENT. WE SENT 'EM, WE SENT 'EM, THEY KEPT GETTING REJECTION. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS POOR. MY WIFE AND I FILLED THAT. WE WERE NOT HEARD. NO ONE CARED. EACH TIME WE TRIED TO CONTACT THEM, WE GET ANOTHER PERSON AFTER ANOTHER PERSON, AFTER ANOTHER PERSON. GET REJECTION, REJECTION, REJECTION. EVEN COME UP TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE GONNA TURN YOUR WATER OFF ON EIGHT 30, UH, THIS MONTH ON THE 30TH. SAY WE ARE GOING TO TURN THE WATER OFF. MY WIFE AND I, WE ARE HARDWORKING, UH, INDIVIDUALS, AS Y'ALL KNOW, KNOW I'M AN INSPECTOR FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. I'VE SEVERAL WORKED SEVERAL CASES THAT DOES, UH, FOR THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DEPARTMENT. MATTER OF FACT, UH, SAL IS THE ONE THAT ALLOWED ME TO SPEAK WITH MR. UH, MC I, THE NEW, UH, ERIC DOGAN, WHATEVER TO SAY. AND HE WANT, I GUESS HE CONTACTED THEM TO TRY TO GET THIS [01:20:01] RESOLVED. AND I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THE WATER DEPARTMENT IS BROKEN. I'M TIRED OF US BEING ON THE NEWS ABOUT WHAT WE ARE NOT DOING WITH THE WATER COMPANY. I HAVE HELD MY WIFE BACK, , SHE'S A STRONG-WILLED WOMAN. I HAVE HELD HER BACK SO MANY TIMES 'CAUSE SHE WANTED TO CALL THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND HAVE ME DRIVING UP AT HOME IN MY CITY VEHICLE, FILM ME AND SAY, THIS GUY WORKS FOR THE CITY. AND LOOK HOW THEY'RE BEING TREATED. I HELD HER BACK. BUT, AND, AND BY ME HOLDING HER BACK, I KEPT GETTING PUNISHED. PUNISHED. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SCRIPTURE SAYING IT'S BETTER TO BE ON THE ROOF THAN IN THE HOUSE WITH A HEATED WIFE. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN GETTING. I'VE BEEN GETTING BEAT UP BECAUSE YOU'VE WORKED FOR THE CITY AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING. ONLY THING I'M ASKING IS, PLEASE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT IN THEIR PRACTICES. UH, I WORKED FOR HOME DEPOT FOR 15 YEARS. I WAS A CUSTOMER SERVICE LIAISON. I WAS VERY GOOD AT IT. I RETIRED AND I GOT EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WORKING AT THE PERMANENT OFFICE. AND I'M IN INVESTIGATIONS RIGHT NOW. I TALK TO CUSTOMERS ALL DAY LONG AND WHEN THEY COME IN THERE HEATED, WHEN THEY LEAVE OUT OF THERE, THEY'RE AT EASE. I I, I TAKE PRIDE IN DOING THAT. AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A DISCONNECT THERE. AND IT, IT CAN BE FIXED. THERE'S, THERE'S ROOM TO BE FIXED. AND I'M GONNA CLOSE WITH SAYING THIS AND MY WIFE TOLD ME, JUST BE REAL KIND. AND I'M TRYING TO DO THAT. BUT YOU, I'VE HAD SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. I'M SERIOUS. THIS WOMAN BEEN BEATING ME UP BECAUSE I WORKED FOR THE CITY AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING. I TALKED TO CHRIS BUTLER, I TALKED TO MARIO CARTER ELST, DO YOU NAME IT? I WAS CALLING. AND THEN MS. MS. CARTA AT THIS, UH, WATER DEPARTMENT TOLD ME, YOU NEED TO GO GET A STATEMENT FROM THE MANAGER AT THE WATER DE AT THE SANITATION SAYING THEY BUSTED. AND THE BE MINDFUL OF THIS, I, I HAVE CAMERAS ON MY HOUSE. I SENT THEM VIDEO WHERE THE THINGS COMING DOWN, BUSTING IT AND WATER SPEARING VIDEO. SO WHY WOULD I NEED A STATEMENT? THE CITY TRUCK, BIG OLD CITY TRUCK. WE WAS, WE HAVE BEEN TREATED UNFAIRLY. I'M SERIOUS. LIKE I SAY, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE OVER THERE, IT NEED TO BE REVAMPED. WE ALL ARE IMPERFECT. WE MAKE MISTAKES. WE DON'T DO EVERYTHING RIGHT ALL THE TIME. BUT THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. MR. TYLER, WE HEAR YOU MR. TYLER, YOU, YOU'RE IN DISTRICT K. WE WE'RE GONNA CALL YOU AND TAKE CARE OF IT. OKAY? $400 WARNING BILL. MR. TYLER, WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF IT, OKAY? PLEASE. AND CAN YOU SEND US THE VIDEO? YEAH. YES. CAN YOU SEND US THE MR. TYLER, WE'LL HELP YOU. HE HAS IT. MR. SOFF HAS IT. I'VE SENT IT TO EVERYBODY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M EXHAUSTED. WE, WE, WE ARE GONNA HELP YOU MR. TYLER LOOK TO LOOK TO GET A CALL FROM THE DISTRICT, A OFFICE TODAY. THANK YOU. PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. CALL MY WIFE PLEASE, BECAUSE SHE THE ONES GET, GET HER OFF MY BACK PLEASE. ALL REALLY? MR. TYLER, WHAT'S YOUR WIFE'S NAME? MR. TYLER. SEE WHAT'S HER NAME? MR. TYLER DEEDRA. TYLER. OKAY. YOU SEE SHE WORKED FOR HISD. SO, YOU KNOW WHAT GOT YOUR STRUCTURING GOING ON THERE? OH, WAIT, WAIT, MR. TYLER, THAT'S BILL. NO, WE GOT IT. I'M SAYING WE GONNA HELP YOU WITH THE WATER BILL. MR. TYLER? SHE'S, NO, I'M SAYING SHE'S FIGHTING THAT AND SHE'S FIGHTING THIS. AND IT WAS JUST TURMOIL IN MY HOUSE. OKAY. WE WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT TURMOIL. HELP ME. WE GOT MR. TYLER. ONE SECOND. HOLD ON. COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN. COME ON. COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN. YEAH, REALLY QUICKLY, UH, MR. TYLER, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE AN EXAMPLE THAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS, RIGHT? WE'RE GETTING EMAILS ABOUT CHALLENGES. AND THIS ISN'T TO CRITICIZE A SINGLE EMPLOYEE IN ANY DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? BUT THAT YOU'RE HAVING THE TROUBLE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH AND YOU WORK AT THE CITY YES. AND KNOW WHO TO CALL AND ARE STILL HAVING ISSUES, I THINK, UM, MAKES THIS AN EVEN BIGGER CONTRAST FOR RESIDENTS THAT DON'T WORK AT THE CITY THAT ARE CONTINUING TO DEAL WITH THIS. SO I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I, IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE. I, I KNOW PROBABLY YOUR WIFE WOULD, THERE'S ANOTHER REASON WHY YOU'RE HERE. BUT AS A CITY EMPLOYEE, TO BE POINTING OUT AN ISSUE PUBLICLY TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE. AND I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. 'CAUSE I THINK YOU'VE DONE THAT RESPECTFULLY. BUT, UM, THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE MOST COMFORTABLE THING TO DO. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW YOU'RE IN GREAT HANDS WITH VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM. SHE ALWAYS TAKES CARE OF HER CONSTITUENTS. UM, BUT I JUST, I WANTED TO THANK YOU. 'CAUSE AS EMPLOYEES RIGHT, RIGHT. IT, IT'S HARD TO COME FORWARD SOMETIMES. AND I DIDN'T WANT TO COME, IT WAS EITHER AGAINST Y'ALL OR MY WIFE. SO Y'ALL LOST . COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR PRO TIM, I, AND I, I, I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE, UH MM-HMM 'CAUSE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ALL THAT. AND YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE. UM, AND SO AS MY MY COLLEAGUE SAYS, I'M NOT GONNA POINT OUT ANYBODY SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE GOTTA DO BETTER AS A WHOLE. THE ENTIRE CITY WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. AND, [01:25:01] UH, YOU HAVE A VERY CAPABLE COUNSEL, UH, PERSON WHO WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, ASSIST YOU WITH YOUR MATTER. SO AS SHE SAID, LOOK OUT FOR A CALL. BUT, UH, WE APOLOGIZE TO YOU. AND, AND I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING. I KNOW I GOT EMOTIONAL, BUT THAT'S OKAY. WE'LL TAKE CARE. I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND SAL IS HERE. IF YOU WANNA ASK ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, THAT'S THE MAN. BUT WE'LL WALK, WE'LL WALK, WORK WITH HIM THROUGH THE DISTRICT K OFFICE RAISE. GET HIM A RAISE. HE NEEDS A RAISE. OKAY, WE DULY NOTED . NEXT SPEAKER. JARVIS TILLMAN. THANK YOU. JARVIS TILLMAN. NEXT SPEAKER. AL MOORE. AL MOORE. HELLO, MR. MOORE RIGHT HERE. DID YOU SAY HOLD ON. HELLO? YES, HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. MY NAME IS ALD MOORE, AND THIS IS ME SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS AGO WHEN I GRADUATED VALEDICTORIAN FROM TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. MY FAMILY WAS PROUD OF ME AND A LOT OF PEOPLE PRAISED ME FOR MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I APPEARED ON TELEVISION AND RADIO, AND I WAS SUBJECT OF MANY NEWS ARTICLES. AND THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE EVEN PUBLISHED THIS ARTICLE ABOUT ME ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THEIR NEWSPAPER. BUT I DIDN'T RECEIVE ALL THIS PUBLICITY JUST FOR GRADUATING VALEDICTORIAN. I RECEIVED ALL THIS PUBLICITY BECAUSE OF WHAT I HAD TO OVERCOME TO BECOME VALEDICTORIAN. AND WHAT I HAD TO OVERCOME WAS BEING INCARCERATED FOR 20 YEARS, FOR SHOOTING A MAN DURING THE DISPUTE OVER A BAD DRUG DEAL. I ALSO SPENT ALMOST THREE YEARS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO USE A CELL PHONE OR TO SEND AN EMAIL WHEN I CAME BACK HOME. THIS MADE MY ACCOMPLISHMENT SEEM EVEN MORE REMARKABLE IN TEXAS, SOUTHERN, THE NEWS MEDIA, MY RELATIVES AND MY PEERS, THEY ALL CELEBRATED ME. PEOPLE ASSUMED THAT I HAD OVERCOME MY PAST AND I WAS SURE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AFTER MY GRADUATION. WHAT MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW IS I WAS STRUGGLING WITH A VARIETY OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AND MANY OF THOSE ISSUES ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO MY LONG-TERM INCARCERATION. MOST PEOPLE CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TRYING TO TRANSITION BACK INTO SOCIETY AFTER SPENDING 20 YEARS IN PRISON. NOBODY SPENDS 20 YEARS IN PRISON AND COMES OUT COMPLETELY NORMAL. AND EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN OUTTA PRISON FOR 10 YEARS NOW, I'M STILL HAVING PROBLEMS LIVING A HAPPY, HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE LIFE. I STRUGGLE WITH DEPRESSION, POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS, MOOD SWINGS, ANXIETY, AND OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR. THESE ISSUES HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR ME TO OBTAIN MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT, ESTABLISH HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. AND LATELY IT'S MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR ME TO EVEN SUPPORT MYSELF. ADDITIONALLY, MY CRIMINAL BACKGROUND IS STILL A BARRIER TO CERTAIN TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT FOR ME, DESPITE MY DEGREE AND MY VALEDICTORIAN STATUS. THIS MONTH, I WAS ALMOST EVICTED FROM MY APARTMENT, AND I MAY FACE EVICTION AGAIN NEXT MONTH. AND I'M NOT HERE TO ASK FOR A HANDOUT, BUT I'M HERE TO ASK FOR AN OPPORTUNITY. I MAJORED IN COMMUNICATIONS AND I'M SKILLED IN ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. AND ONE OF MY AMBITIONS IS TO BE ABLE TO WRITE AND SPEAK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES. I WOULD LIKE TO ENLIGHTEN PEOPLE ABOUT FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSONS LIKE MYSELF WHO STRUGGLE WITH THESE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. JUST BECAUSE I HAVE THESE ISSUES DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M DANGEROUS, INSANE, UNINTELLIGENT OR INCAPABLE. IT JUST MEANS THAT I HAVE CONDITIONS THAT NEED TREATMENT AND I'M CURRENTLY RECEIVING THAT TREATMENT FOR MY CONDITIONS. I KNOW I'VE DONE SOME BAD THINGS, BUT I'M NOT A BAD PERSON, AND I JUST WANT TO DO WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY AND MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF AND THE PEOPLE THAT I LOVE. SO IF THIS COUNCIL CAN PROVIDE ME WITH ANY OPPORTUNITIES, ASSISTANCE, OR RESOURCES, IT WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU, MR. MOORE. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, PRO TIMM. UH, MR. MOORE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON YOUR, YOUR BRAVERY AND YOUR VULNERABILITY BY BEING ABLE TO OPEN UP TO US IN A PUBLIC FORUM. I'M TWO A, UH, GRADUATE OF THE LAW SCHOOL AT TEXAS SOUTHERN. AND, UH, MY MOM WAS A LONG-TERM PROFESSOR THERE. SHE WAS THERE WHEN YOU WERE THERE. I TOOK, I TOOK ONE OF HER CLASSES. OKAY, GREAT. YEP. UM, AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED IS WHAT YOU SAID IN YOUR REMARKS IS REMARKABLE. AND, UH, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN BACKGROUNDS AND OUR OWN STORIES. EVERYONE'S GOING THROUGH SOMETHING, SO NEVER FEEL ALONE IN THAT. [01:30:01] UH, BUT I WILL PASS YOU MY CARD WITH MY CONTACT INFORMATION ON THERE AND LET'S STAY IN TOUCH AND SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES MAY BE OUT THERE THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN. THANK YOU, BROTHER. COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. MR. MOORE, I JUST, I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE. UM, ONE, IT TAKES SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT JUST MENTAL HEALTH GENERALLY, RIGHT? WE'RE TRYING TO BE MORE AND MORE OPEN ABOUT IT AND THOSE CHALLENGES. BUT TO SHARE YOUR BACKGROUND AND THE HURDLES THAT YOU CONTINUE TO FACE, UH, YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN. AND I KNOW THE WORK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON DOES, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS DO, UM, TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN SUCCEEDING POST-INCARCERATION. AND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE, UM, ISSUES WITH OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT WE CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH AND, UH, THAT ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. UM, AND NOBODY SHOULD, ONCE THEY HAVE DONE THEIR TIME, BE, UM, SET UP TO NOT SUCCEED TO, TO, QUITE FRANKLY, UM, TO BE SET UP TO FAIL AND TO HAVE TO OVERCOME WHAT YOU ARE OVERCOMING. SO, UM, I THANK YOU FOR BEING A VOICE TO THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO YOUR LIFE. IT'S ALSO, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE ISSUE. IT'S ABOUT YOUR ABILITY MONTH TO MONTH, NOT ONLY TO SURVIVE AND PAY RENT AND HOLD A JOB, BUT SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY AND, AND THRIVE. SO WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AROUND THIS HORSESHOE COMMITTED TO EXACTLY THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT OVERCOMING. UM, AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON'S ABOUT TO SPEAK AND SHE'S DOING SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS. UH, BUT PLEASE, PLEASE CALL ON US WITH WHATEVER MY OFFICE AND I CAN DO TO HELP AS WELL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. THANK YOU. AND, UM, THANK YOU MR. MOORE FOR, UM, JUST COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR STORY, YOUR STRUGGLE. UM, I CAN RELATE. UM, IN FACT, LISTENING TO YOU, I'VE JUST STARTED PREPARING MYSELF FOR WHAT I WILL HAVE TO POSSIBLY DEAL WITH, WITH MY SON WHO'S BEEN, UM, INCARCERATED FOR QUITE SOME TIME. HE WENT IN AT, UM, 10 YEARS OLD, UM, SPECIAL NEEDS. AND HE SPENT A TOTAL OF FIVE AND A HALF YEARS IN TEXAS JUVENILE JAILS. UM, HE GOT OUT AND HE WENT BACK IN, UM, AT 18, AND HE'S BEEN IN THERE INCARCERATED FOR APPROXIMATELY 14 YEARS NOW. UM, SPENDING MOST OF THEIR TIME IN SEGREGATION AND SOLITARY CONFINEMENT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, RIGHT? AND SO, JUST YOU STANDING THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT, UM, A PERSON CAN GET OUT AND, AND TRY TO GET BACK TO NORMAL. UM, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO AS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, I'VE LAUNCHED INITIATIVE, I'VE BEEN ACTUALLY DEVOTED MY LIFE TO CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND AT RISK YOUTH AND YOUNG MEN AND ADULTS. AND SO, UM, I LAUNCHED THE BE SUCCESSFUL JOBS COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE, WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESSING POVERTY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, MAKING SURE THAT WE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS, UM, WHO THOSE WHO WANT TO GET BACK, BE PART OF SOCIETY, THOSE WHO WANNA BE SUCCESSFUL. SO WHATEVER I CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU, I'M HERE, UM, BEHIND YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT. IN FACT, WE, UM, UNION PACIFIC HAS HIRED A TOTAL OF 15 OF OUR, UM, UM, PARTICIPANTS, UM, GOOD PAYING JOBS. AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, GIVING PEOPLE A SECOND CHANCE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SHARING YOUR STORY. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS. UM, I JUST WANTED TO, TO ALSO THANK YOU FOR COMING MR. MARCY, THAT YOU, YOU ARE, UM, IN DISTRICT AGE, WHICH IS MY DISTRICT. AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WOULD BE CLOSE TO YOU. IT'S, IT'S NOT, UM, FOR MENTAL HEALTH, BUT IT IS FOR, UM, SOME JOB TRAINING AT THE EAST END MAKER HUB. THERE ARE, THERE'S A PROGRAM THERE FOR, UM, PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRAINING THEM IN, UM, SOME A MANUFACTURING JOB SKILLS, AND IT MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT FOR YOU. I'D LIKE TO CONNECT YOU WITH THEM TO SEE, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER RESOURCES ARE CONNECTED WITH THAT PROGRAM, BUT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT AND IT'D BE CLOSE TO YOUR HOME. SO I'M GOING TO WALK OVER WITH THE CARD TO GIVE TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER EVANS CHABA. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR PROTI. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD. IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO BE SO CANDID ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. BUT, UH, MY, MY CONSTITUENTS, UH, DIRECTOR IS IN THE BACK AND SHE SENT ME A MESSAGE AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. AND SO CERTAINLY SHE WANTS TO OFFER YOU A, A PLACE, A RESOURCE, UH, AT THE, I THINK IT'S THE TEXAS FEDERATION OF THE PEOPLE AND TANGIE SMITH, WHO IS A COMMUNITY LEADER IN DISTRICT D. UH, BUT CERTAINLY SHE'S RIGHT BACK THERE IN THE, IN THE STRIPES. AND, UH, SHE WOULD LOVE TO TRY TO CONNECT YOU TO THAT PROGRAM. OKAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. WELL, GOD BLESS, BEST BLESS YOU. SEE YOU, MR. YOU NO SUCH THING AS LUCK. AMEN. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. GOD BLESS YOU TOO. BEST WISHES. NEXT SPEAKER. DANIEL BOX. [01:35:02] DANIEL BOX, NEXT SPEAKER. THEA MCGEE JACKSON. THEA MCGEE. JACKSON. NEXT, NEXT SPEAKER, NITA HINTON. NITA HINTON. NEXT SPEAKER, LEON THOMAS. OH, I'M SORRY, MA'AM. I'M SO SORRY. NITA HINTON. YES. THANK YOU, MS. HINTON. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCILORS. MY NAME IS NITA HINTON. MY SON NAME WAS, UH, CHRISTOPHER HINTON MINA. CHRIS WAS MURDERED NOVEMBER THE 14TH, 2020 AT 9,200 BLOCK OF CULLEN IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND THE WALGREENS PARKING LOT. HIS HPD CASE NUMBER WAS 15 15 1 60 20. SERGEANT CASO AND SERGEANT BRADY AS THE TWO HOMICIDE DETECTIVE WHO TOOK THE CASE. SERGEANT CASO COULD NOT FIND THE PERSON WHO MURDERED MY SON. I HIRED ACTIVIST CORNELL X. HE CAME BACK WITH TWO NAMES. THE HOMICIDE DETECTIVE SERGEANT CASO AND SERGEANT BRADY SAID TO HAVE CORNELL TO CALL ME. I'VE TOLD CORNELL TO CALL SERGEANT CASO. CORNELL SAID HE DID TALK TO THE DETECTIVE AND SERGEANT CA TO, TO THE DE THE, THE DETECTIVE. AND SERGEANT CASO, UH, SAID THAT HE DIDN'T, UH, THIS WENT ON FOR TWO YEARS, THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY DID NOT TALK WITH, UH, CORNELL X, BUT THEY DID. I FOUND OUT THROUGH COMMANDER SPEARS WITH THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE TWO DID SPEAK ABOUT MY SON CASE. SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY DID SERGEANT CASO LIE TO ME AND TOLD ME THAT HE DID NOT SPEAK TO CORNEL X. I FOUND THE NAMES OF TWO SUSPECTS WHO MURDERED MY SON ON FACEBOOK, THE NAME THAT CORNELL X GAVE ME. UM, THIS PERSON RETURNED TO WALGREENS ON NOVEMBER 23RD, WHILE I WAS GIVEN A CANDLELIGHT VISUAL AND BALLOON RE RELEASE FOR MY SON, CHRISTOPHER HINTON. MINA. YOU COULD CHECK ON WALGREENS, UH, FRONT ENTRANCE CAMERA. THE DAY OF NOVEMBER 23RD, AROUND FIVE TO 6:00 PM THAT THIS MURDERER CAME BACK TO THAT WALGREENS, I RAN INTO THE SUSPECT GIRLFRIEND WHO KNOW MY SON, WHO KNEW MY SON, CHRISTOPHER HINTON MINA. AND THEY KNOW WHERE I LIVE. I ALSO SEARCH MANY FACEBOOK PAGES OF THE SUSPECT. CORNELL GAVE ME NAMES THAT HE KILLED MY SON. UM, THE YOUNG LADY WAS HIS GIRLFRIEND. SHE DROVE BY MY HOUSE ON NUMEROUS OCCASION. UM, I'M BEGGING YOU TO HAVE SERGEANT IN, UH, SERGEANT CASO TO INVESTIGATE THIS CASE. I'M, I'M REALLY, UM, I REALLY DO WANT, UH, THE HIM TO INVESTIGATE THE NEW EVIDENCE THAT I FOUND ON THESE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE MURDERED MY SON. UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MS. HINTON. UM, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE TO ADDRESS YOU. FIRST, WE'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR PROAM. AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, MY SINCEREST CONDOLENCES. I I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING HARDER THAN LOSING A CHILD. AND, UH, HE'S ALWAYS A CHILD. YOU KNOW, CHILDREN, ALWAYS YOUR CHILDREN. BUT, UH, I DO HAVE MY CONSTITUENTS DIRECTOR BACK THERE. SHE'S GONNA TRY TO HELP YOU TO NAVIGATE TO SOME ANSWERS, UH, THAT YOU CERTAINLY DESERVE. AND SO WHEN YOU FINISH HEARING FROM THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU COULD JUST STEP OVER IN THE BACK SHE'LL, AND YOU MAY HAVE SPOKEN WITH HER ALREADY, I'M NOT SURE. I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE IN YOUR OFFICE. YES. AND I SPOKE WITH, THAT'S WHO THAT IS. UM, AND I SPOKE WITH, UM, THE POLI POLICE CHIEF, SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE. [01:40:01] BUT I FEEL THOUGH THAT MY, MY PROBLEMS IS BEING UNHEARD. WELL, WE ARE GONNA TRY TO GIVE YOU A VOICE, UH, IF YOU'LL JUST STEP TO THE BACK AND, UH, SHE'LL BE STANDING THERE WAITING TO SEE IF WE CAN HELP YOU TO GET SOME ANSWERS THAT AGAIN, YOU ARE CERTAINLY DESERVING OF. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, POLLARD IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR PROTO. UM, MA'AM, MY CONDOLENCES ON YOUR LOSS AS WELL. UH, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED WITH THE NEW EVIDENCE THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO GATHER, BE ABLE TO COMPILE THAT AND NOT JUST GO TO HPD, BUT THE PROSECUTING AUTHORITY, WHICH WOULD BE THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? THEY HAVE AN ABILITY FOR RESIDENTS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR EVIDENCE DIRECTLY TO THE OFFICE TO PRESENT, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN SEE IF THEY WANT TO ACCEPT TO PROSECUTE AS WELL. SO IF YOU HAVE NEW EVIDENCE AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE NOT BEING, UH, HEARD IN ALL DIFFERENT ARENAS, THAT MAY BE ANOTHER PLACE, UH, FOR YOU TO PRESENT AS WELL. OKAY. GOD BLESS YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING. NEXT SPEAKER LEON THOMAS. LEON THOMAS. NEXT SPEAKER. MICAH FIN, NEXT SPEAKER. I THINK HE'S COMING. OH, I'M SORRY, MICAH. OH, I DIDN'T SEE YOU. I STUCK IN. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE READY FOR YOU. OKAY. HEY, GUYS, LONG TIME, NO C MY NAME IS MICAH ERON. I'M FROM SOUTHAMPTON, DISTRICT C AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED CHAPTER 42 AMENDMENTS. UM, I JUST COMPLETED A, UH, MONTH LONG TRIP ACTUALLY, TO VISIT SOME OF MY RELATIVES IN, UH, PORTUGAL AND SPAIN. AND WHILE I WAS THERE, I NOTICED SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED EVERY TIME I LEAVE THIS COUNTRY TO GO TO THE MOST LIVABLE PLACES IN THE WORLD, THE PLACES THAT A LOT OF US LIKE TO GO ON VACATION, I NOTICED, UH, THAT THEY ACTUALLY DON'T DISREGARD THE INTERESTS OF THEIR PEDESTRIANS. THEY PRIORITIZE THEIR PEDESTRIANS. UH, CARS HAVE THEIR PLACE AND PEDESTRIANS HAVE THEIR PLACE. AND THOSE TWO PLACES ARE KEPT SEPARATE. UM, CARS PARK USUALLY ON THE STREET OR IN DESIGNATED PARKING GARAGES, SHARED LOTS. AND THEN PEDESTRIANS HAVE THEIR NICE SIDEWALKS WITH THOSE FAMOUS CAFES AND TREE COVERAGE, UH, WHERE YOU'RE PROTECTED FROM THE HEAT. AND IT IS HOT THERE SOMETIMES IN SEVILLE, IT WAS A HUNDRED DEGREES. UM, IT, IT MADE ME REALIZE THE SHARP CONTRAST THAT EXISTS BETWEEN, UH, THOSE CITIES AND OUR CITY, UM, WHERE CARS HAVE THE STREET AND CARS ALSO HAVE THE SIDEWALK IN MANY LOCATIONS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE VERY FREQUENT PERFORATIONS, THE ENTRANCES AND EXITS TO PARKING LOTS THAT EXIST. WE HAVE CONSTANT ENTRANCES AND EXTRA, UH, AND EXITS, AND ALSO LOTS AND LOTS OF DRIVEWAYS, SPECIFICALLY IN THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE THAT NARROW LOT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY FREQUENT. WE HAVE DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVEWAY, TONS OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, AND THERE'S, IT, IT CREATES A PRECARIOUS EXPERIENCE FOR PEDESTRIANS NAVIGATING AROUND THE CARS ALL THE TIME. AND ALSO, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR TREE COVERAGE. NOW, I'M SURE Y'ALL KNOW THIS, BUT OUR CITY'S KIND OF HOT, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. AND SO HAVING SOME TREES TO COVER YOU WHEN YOU WALK AROUND, BECAUSE SOME OF US DO HAVE TO WALK AROUND, IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVING A GOOD PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DEVELOPED OUR CITY THIS WAY. IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE, UH, DEVELOPMENT CHOICE THAT WE'VE MADE HISTORICALLY. UH, AND WE CAN'T CHANGE IT OVERNIGHT. BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS MAKE SURE THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE DOESN'T GET EVEN WORSE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THESE CHAPTER 42 AMENDMENTS, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING NARROW LOTS WOULD DO. THEY WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WHENEVER WE'RE HAVING ALL THESE NARROW LOT DEVELOPMENTS NEXT TO EACH OTHER, WE DO NOT JUST HAVE CONSTANT DRIVEWAYS. UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, A SIDEWALK THAT IS FOR PEOPLE AND NOT FOR CARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, AL ANUSH. AL USH, NEXT SPEAKER, JOSHUA BULLARD. JOSHUA BULLARD, NEXT SPEAKER, JOSHUA FAULK. HELLO, MR. FAULK TO BE FOLLOWED BY ALEXANDER CARRANZA. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JOSHUA FAULK AND I LIVE IN SUNSET HEIGHTS. I'M HERE TO ASK CITY COUNCIL TO ELIMINATE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS CITYWIDE. WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO HOUSTON IN 2013, I WAS STRUCK BY THE SUBURBAN CHARACTER OF EVEN HOUSTON'S MOST CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOODS, STRIP MALLS SURROUNDED BY LARGE PARKING LOTS, PARKING LOTS, OFTEN LARGER THAN THE BUILDINGS THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED TO SERVE. DURING MY FIRST FEW YEARS IN THE CITY, I [01:45:01] LIVED WITHOUT A CAR, AND I WAS OFTEN FRUSTRATED BY THE EXPERIENCE OF WALKING THROUGH LARGE SERVICE PARKING LOTS. AFTER EXITING THE NUMBER 25 BUS ON MY COMMUTE TO WORK NEAR THE GALLERIA, HOUSTON HAS SINCE BEGUN TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN TRANSIT CYCLING AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE THE 2016 METRO OVERHAUL AND THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES. NOW, HOUSTON NEEDS TO ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE PLACES WORTH TRAVELING TO BY BUS, BIKE, OR FOOT. EVEN CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE DOMINATED BY SERVICE SURFACE PARKING, THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHICH IS NEVER FULLY UTILIZED, PUSHING DESTINATIONS SUCH AS COFFEE SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, SCHOOLS, AND OFFICES. FURTHER APART. IF I'M GOING TO LUNCH WITH FRIENDS, WE HAVE NO INCENTIVE TO CARPOOL. SINCE WE'RE ALMOST GUARANTEED TO FIND FREE PARKING FOR SEPARATE VEHICLES AT OUR DESTINATION RESTAURANT, PATRONS PAY HIGHER MEAL PRICES TO COVER THE COST OF LAND SET ASIDE FOR ABUNDANT PARKING APARTMENT. RENTERS PAY HIGHER RENTS TO COVER THE COST OF REQUIRED PARKING. WHEN I RENTED A AN APARTMENT IN MONTROSE YEARS AGO, I WAS PERPLEXED THAT PARKING WAS FREE, BUT A STORAGE UNIT A 10TH, THE SIZE OF A PARKING SPOT CAME WITH A MONTHLY FEE. I DIDN'T HAVE A CAR AT THE TIME. THE COST OF THIS SUBSIDY IS BORNE BY ALL OF US. OUR CITY AS A WHOLE SUFFERS FROM GREATER TRAFFIC VOLUMES AS THE FULL COST OF DRIVING IS SUBSIDIZED, PUSHING MORE DRIVERS ONTO THE STREETS AT THE MARGIN PARKING LOTS ALSO SERVE AS URBAN HEAT ISLANDS ABSORBING HEAT DURING OUR BRUTAL SUMMERS. ELIMINATING THIS REQUIREMENT WOULD WOULD OPEN UP HUGE SWATHS OF PRECIOUS URBAN LAND FOR HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY USES, USES A GROWING LIST OF CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, HAVE ELIMINATED MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS. NOTABLY, THIS LIST INCLUDES AUTOMOBILE CENTRIC SUNBELT PIERS, SUCH AS SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, AND RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, INDICATING THAT CAR DEPENDENCE IS NOT A JUSTIFICATION FOR PARKING MINIMUMS. AND AUSTIN IS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS FROM ITS LAND USE REGULATIONS CITYWIDE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HIGH COSTS OF FREE PARKING, PLEASE VISIT PARKING REFORM.ORG. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER, ALEXANDER CARRANZA. ALEXANDER CARRANZA. NEXT SPEAKER, HARRISON HUMPHREYS. HARRISON HUMPHREYS. NEXT SPEAKER, PETER ECKLES. HELLO, MR. ECK ECHO. HEY THERE. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. UH, MY NAME IS PETER ECKLES AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PLANNING FOR LINK HOUSTON. WE ARE A NONPROFIT THAT ADVOCATES FOR A EQUITABLE AND ROBUST TRANSPORTATION NETWORK SO THAT ALL PEOPLE CAN REACH OPPORTUNITY. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS CHAPTER 42, THAT WERE RECOMMENDED THROUGH THE LIVABLE PLACES INITIATIVE. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THESE CHANGES BECAUSE THEY WILL BRING US CLOSER TO LINK HOUSTON'S VISION OF A CITY WHERE IT'S POSSIBLE TO BE A FIRST CLASS RESIDENT WITHOUT OWNING A CAR LINK. HOUSTON'S RESEARCH DEMONSTRATES THAT ONLY ONE IN THREE AFFORDABLE DWELLINGS ARE NEAR HIGH QUALITY, AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION LIKE SIDEWALKS, BIKEWAYS, AND PUBLIC TRANSIT. AND WE APPLAUD THE CITY'S EFFORT TO MAKE A BROADER RANGE OF THESE HOUSING TYPES AVAILABLE IN THE AREAS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED MOST. THESE CHANGES WILL ALSO IMPROVE THE PUBLIC REALM FOR PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. EVERY DRIVEWAY IS A POTENTIAL POINT OF CONFLICT BETWEEN A PERSON IN A CAR AND A PERSON OUTSIDE OF ONE. WE APPLAUD THE CITY'S EFFORT TO CONSOLIDATE AND REDUCE THESE POINTS OF CONFLICT. IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT THESE CHANGES WILL CAUSE MORE PEOPLE TO PARK ON THE STREET. WHAT IS CLEAR IS THAT ON-STREET PARKING MAKES STREETS SAFER. MULTIPLE STUDIES FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS CONFIRM A SIMPLE CONCEPT. STREETS THAT ARE NARROWED BY THE PRESENCE OF PARKED CARS ARE CAUSE PEOPLE TO DRIVE SLOWER AND ARE SAFER. THESE CHANGES CANNOT WAIT, AND THEY WILL MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE DAY THAT THEY TAKE EFFECT. BUT THERE ARE NO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE LONG LIST OF RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS THAT MUST BE MADE CITYWIDE. WE CALL THE CITY TO PROVIDE ALL HOUSTONIANS WITH SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALKS AND SLOW NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER EMMANUEL HAYES. BE FOLLOWED BY ARLA HUDSON. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, I'M HERE TODAY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND PEOPLE LIKE THE GENTLEMAN THAT THAT JUST LEFT, I FORGOT HIS NAME, BUT THE GUY THAT WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, UM, COMING HOME FROM PRISON AND TRYING TO REESTABLISH HIMSELF. UM, OUR STORIES ARE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR, BUT THERE'S A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE. UM, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN, IN SOLITARY AS WELL, ABOUT 18 MONTHS. UM, I'M A SON OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. [01:50:02] UH, BORN AND RAISED. I HAD SOME UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, WHICH LED ME TO PRISON. BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY, I OVERCAME THOSE EVENTS. AND I WAS ABLE TO, TO PUT MY HEAD DOWN AND, AND MOVE FORWARD IN A SENSE OF NOT ALLOWING MYSELF TO BE, UM, PORTRAYED BY GOING TO PRISON, BUT PORTRAYING MYSELF AFTER PRISON, WHICH MEANS, UM, I DID A LOT OF THINKING. AND MA'AM, YOUR SON, HE, HE'S GONNA BE OKAY. BEING IN THE THINK TANK AIN'T BAD FOR SOME PEOPLE. A LOT OF US NEED TO BE ABLE TO THINK. AND SOME OF US NEED THE TIME AND THE SPACE TO THINK AND TO MAKE THOSE THOUGHTS BECOME CLEAR SO THAT WE CAN ACT THE RIGHT WAY BECAUSE OF THE THOUGHTS THAT WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED. AND THAT'S WHERE I STAND TODAY. UM, I'VE BEEN HOME FROM PRISON NOW FOR 10, 11 YEARS. UM, I CAME HOME NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHICH WAY TO GO. I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A WRITTEN OUT STRATEGY OR A PLAN AS TO WHAT I WAS GONNA DO, BUT I WAS CERTAIN THAT I WAS NEVER GOING BACK TO PRISON, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M VALUABLE. I'M TOO VALUABLE TO MYSELF, TO MY FAMILY, AND TO MY COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I WAS ABLE TO TAKE MY NEGATIVE ENERGY AND CHANGE CHANNELS ALMOST AS IF YOU'RE WATCHING TV. YOU JUST, IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE WATCHING, YOU JUST GRAB YOUR REMOTE AND YOU JUST CHANGE THE CHANNEL. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DO. I CHANNELED ALL OF THAT ENERGY THAT I HAD INTO MY OWN PERSONAL BUSINESS. IT'S A LANDSCAPING BUSINESS, AND I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS MYSELF RIGHT NOW FOR 10 YEARS. THE PROBLEM IS, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SPEAK UP HERE TODAY ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THE CITY, PROSPERITY OF THE CITY. AND I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT. I'M SEEING IT RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES. BUT I'M A CHILD OF THE CITY AND I, I NEED TO GROW. I'VE, I'VE, I'VE BROUGHT MYSELF TO THIS POINT TO WHERE I'VE CUT MAYBE, OH, WE A THOUSAND YARDS IN THIS TOWN. BUT NOW, BECAUSE OF CERTAIN EVENTS, YOU HAVE GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE EMPLOYING GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE USED TO WORKING FOR ALMOST PENNIES A DAY. AND HERE THEY ARE IN THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH LANDSCAPING IN THIS TOWN, IF YOU ALL LIVE HERE, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S AN INDUSTRY. NOW, 20 YEARS AGO, SOMEBODY USED TO CUT GRASS. IT WAS PROBABLY FOR GAS MONEY OR EXTRA MONEY FOR THE KIDS SCHOOL CLOTHES. WELL, TO NOW, WE KNOW IN THIS TOWN THAT LANDSCAPING IS A INDUSTRY, AND I'M, I'M NOT SEEING IT BECAUSE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. IT'S LIKE THE, THE BUSINESS IS PASSING OVER. MR. HAYES. YES, MA'AM. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. BUT IF YOU WANNA JUST WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC ASK OF THE COUNCIL? YES, MA'AM. I'M, I'VE GROWN MY COMPANY LARGE ENOUGH TO TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE PROJECTS, BUT I'M NOT GETTING ANY OPPORTUNITIES. AND FROM YARD TO YARD, IT'S CLOSING IN ON ME BECAUSE HAVE YOU REGISTERED WITH THE OVO OFFICE? EXCUSE ME. ARE, ARE YOU A REGISTERED VENDOR FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON? NO, MA'AM. I HAVE NOT CROSSED THAT PATH YET. AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO AS FARNE FAR. CAN YOU HELP HIM SO THAT HE CAN GET THE INFORMATION THAT HE NEEDS TO GET REGISTERED AS A A VENDOR? AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP, SIR. EXCUSE ME. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS IS, IS IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. UM, UH, THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT POINT. SO ONCE YOU SIGN UP AS A VENDOR, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS. SO WE CUT A WHOLE LOT OF GRASS IN THIS CITY. WE DO A LOT. UM, UM, WE HAVE A PARKS DEPARTMENT. YOU HAVE, UM, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, YOU HAVE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. SO YOU'LL SEE THESE BIDS PERIODICALLY, UM, THAT COME OUT. AND SO AS A BUSINESS OWNER, IF YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS, YOU CAN APPLY FOR THAT. WE DO COMPETITIVE BIDS IN THE CITY. UM, AND, AND SO WE MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ONCE THEY COME. BUT YOUR VERY FIRST STEP IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE IN THE SYSTEM SO YOU CAN BE AWARE OF WHAT'S COMING OUT AND THEN BE PREPARED FOR THAT. SO LET'S SAY YOU'RE NOT PREPARED AT THE MOMENT WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO. WE HAVE PROGRAMS AND PROCESSES IN PLACE IN THE CITY TO GET YOU QUALIFIED AND GET YOU SCALED UP SO YOU CAN GET READY TO DO THAT. SO WE, WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL WALK WITH YOU HAND IN HAND TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND COMPETE FOR THE BUSINESS AT THE CITY. SO RENE WILL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION AND YOU'LL BE IN OUR SYSTEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. YES. AND THANK YOU, UM, FOR COMING IN. I KNOW THAT MY STAFF SPOKE WITH YOU ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR BUSINESS AND HOW WE CAN HELP GET MORE BUSINESS. UM, I ECHO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS AND ALSO, UM, THERE IS A, UM, A FORUM BLACK BOOK HOUSTON, THAT WE WILL, I WOULD LIKE TO CONNECT YOU WITH, AND THAT WAY YOU CAN GET CONNECTED TO OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS THROUGHOUT, UM, THE CITY AND MAY PERHAPS INCREASE YOUR, YOUR BUSINESS. AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO LIKE ALSO FOLLOW UP AS YOU WORK WITH OBO TO GET REGISTERED, UM, [01:55:01] GET YOUR VENDOR'S LICENSE AND UM, AND THEN ALSO WITH THE WMBE, YOU NEED TO REGISTER WITH THAT AS WELL. SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. THANK YOU. UM, AGAIN, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD AS WELL AND, UM, EXPLAINING TO US WHAT YOU DO, YOUR BACKGROUND AND HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE THE CITY MORE. UM, WHEN YOU SPEAK TO RENEE ABOUT UNDERSTANDING HOW TO GET CERTIFIED AS A VENDOR WITH THE CITY, UH, THEY'RE GONNA CONNECT YOU WITH SOME PEOPLE AT THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. OKAY. ALSO SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT HOW THAT CERTIFICATION MAY ALSO ALLOW YOU TO GET BIDS FOR THE COUNTY OR HISD, SOME OF THE OTHER ISDS ALE, ISD. SOMETIMES THAT CERTIFICATION IS TRANSFERABLE, EVEN IF IT'S NOT, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU, UH, THE STEPS IN WHICH TO GET CERTIFIED FOR THOSE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS AS WELL. THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOLS OUT THERE. UH, THERE'S, UM, A LOT OF, UM, LANDSCAPING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES. UH, BUT THE FIRST STEP IS ALWAYS TO BE A PART OF THE, UH, CERTIFIED PROGRAM. OKAY. AND ALL THAT CERTIFIED PROGRAM IS, IS JUST VETTING TO ENSURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, RIGHT. ONCE YOU, ONCE YOU ARE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT YOU HAVE YOUR OWN BUSINESS, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THEN YOU'LL BE OFFERED A LIST OF OPPORTUNITIES TO BID ON. AND, UH, IF OUR OFFICES CAN DO ANYTHING TO BE, UH, UH, A RESOURCE FOR YOU AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, JUST REACH OUT TO US. I DEFINITELY WILL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. BLESS YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SHABA. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR PROAM. AND I KNOW YOU CAME HERE TO HELP TO GET YOURSELF CONNECTED, BUT YOU SERVED AS A TESTIMONY TO ME AND TO OTHERS AS TO WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU DO A MINDSET CHANGE. AND I WANNA COMMEND YOU FOR THAT. AND CERTAINLY WHAT THEY GAVE YOU WAS SOME WONDERFUL INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS IN DISTRICT D TO HELP PEOPLE TO DO JUST WHAT THEY JUST SHARED WITH YOU. SO PLEASE LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOOD BUSINESSES, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CREDENTIALS AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET IN THERE, THEN WE ARE LEFT OUT AND WE DON'T GET THE PIECE OF THE PIE. AND SO CERTAINLY THEY HAVE GIVEN YOU SOME VITAL INFORMATION, SO PLEASE FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. AND CERTAINLY WE WISH YOU SO MUCH SUCCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND ONE MORE THING. I'M JUST, I MEAN, I'M, I'M GONNA LIVE AN EXAMPLE AND I REALLY, REALLY EXTEND MYSELF TO MY COMMUNITY AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU KNOW, I'M FROM THE NORTHEAST SIDE. IT'S A LOT OF YOUNG BLACK MALES OVER THERE. THEY ARE WILLING AND THEY'RE ABLE, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE LANE, THE OPEN LANE. YES. AND I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M TRYING TO SHOW THEM THAT THERE IS A LANE I'M, I'M, THEY CAN TOUCH ME. THEY CAN FEEL ME, THEY CAN SEE ME. I'M, I'M, I'M RIGHT THERE WITH THEM. BUT THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN WIN. THEY CAN ACTUALLY COME UP OUT OF THE SPACE IN WHICH THEY SURROUNDED IN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF THERE'S NO LIVING EXAMPLES, THEN HOW CAN THEY SAY I CAN DO IT, OR I CAN TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. NOBODY'S DOING IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, AND RENEE IS THERE TO HELP YOU TO MAKE SURE WE GET YOU REGISTERED AS A VENDOR. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. ARLA HUDSON. ARLA HUDSON. HELLO, MS. HUDSON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, THAT THE LIBRARY DID TRY TO CONTACT ME TODAY. OKAY. UM, THE COMMUNICATIONS INDIVIDUAL SPOKE WITH ME, BUT I EXPRESSED TO HER THAT MY CONCERNS WERE NOT JUST AN INDIVIDUAL CONCERN, IT'S JUST AN OVERALL, UH, OBSERVATION WITH THE LIBRARY. LIBRARY. I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M WONDERING EXACTLY WHY THE LIBRARY HOURS HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO, UM, REG ALMOST REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO USE THE LIBRARY AFTER SIX O'CLOCK MORE THAN ONE DAY A WEEK. UM, I DID CHECK TO SEE IF IT WASN'T JUST ONE LIBRARY. IT IS SEVERAL. ALMOST ALL OF THEM HAVE ONLY GONE TO MAYBE ONE OR TWO LATE NIGHTS A WEEK. AND NONE OF THEM ARE PAST EIGHT O'CLOCK. UM, I'M A FREQUENT LIBRARY USER. SO TO MEET AND KNOWING WHERE I AM AND THEN MY ACCESS TO LIBRARIES AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, I MAY TAKE, IT MAY TAKE ME AN HOUR ON THE BUS TO GET TO A LIBRARY. THE NEIGHBOR, THE LIBRARY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT TAKES ME ABOUT THREE BUSES TO GET THERE AND THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. UM, SO I'M HERE ABOUT THAT. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THOSE CHANGES WERE BUDGETARY. MY SECOND QUESTION IS ABOUT THE POLICIES, THE GEN, THE POLICIES AT THE GENEALOGY LIBRARY REGARDING THEM REQUESTING YOUR ID, STATE ID VERSUS JUST YOUR LIBRARY CARD. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED HERE, BUT IT IS A QUESTION THAT I HAVE. UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE RUN INTO, NOT JUST AT THE CLAYTON, [02:00:01] BUT ALSO HERE AT THE RESEARCH LIBRARY. UM, AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT DIVERSITY AT THE GENEALOGY LIBRARY. I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE CLAYTON FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS. I AM 53 YEARS OF AGE, AND I CONTINUE TO RUN INTO THE PROBLEM OF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO BE THERE AT THAT PARTICULAR LIBRARY DOING RESEARCH. SO I'M, UH, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE COUNCIL TODAY. UM, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN ANSWER THEM TODAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE IN REGARDS TO THOSE CHANGES. AND, UM, IF THERE'S ANY WAY FOR THEM TO BE MODIFIED. IS IT BASED ON, YOU KNOW, USAGE? WHO, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE GOING TO THE LIBRARY? I JUST, BECAUSE I'M A, I RIDE THE BUS, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING BECAUSE IF I'M GOING TO DIFFERENT LIBRARIES AND WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET THERE BEFORE FIVE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT. AND MS. HUDSON, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THOSE, UM, CONCERNS TO US. LET US GET WITH SOMEBODY IN THE, IN THE LIBRARY OKAY. TO GET THOSE ANSWERS FOR YOU. UM, RENEE, IF YOU CAN CONNECT HER WITH, UM, THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE ANSWERS, UM, FOR YOU. AND THEN LET US KNOW WHAT THOSE ANSWERS WERE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT SHE HAS HAD HER QUESTIONS, UM, ADDRESSED. OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS IS IN THE QUEUE AS WELL. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR. AND CAN YOU CLARIFY, WHICH ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR LIBRARY? BECAUSE I KNOW, UM, IN MY DISTRICT, AND IT'S JUST UNIQUE TO ME, WE HAVE EXTENDED HOURS. RIGHT. BUT I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A HUMAN RESOURCE CHALLENGE OF HAVING STAFF TO BE THERE. AND THEN THEIR ALSO THEIR WILLINGNESS TO WANNA STAY UNTIL, YOU KNOW, LATE'S NIGHT AS WELL. SO ARE THERE PARTICULAR LIBRARIES YOU, YOU HAVE IN QUESTION? UM, CLAYTON, THE RESOURCE, THE MAIN DOWNTOWN. OKAY. I JUST, I WROTE AND THE BAH AND WHICH ONE? THE BAH ON VICTORY. OKAY. WE'LL WE'LL GET SOME ANSWERS FOR YOU, MS. COUNCILMAN CAMAN. COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. I, I HEARD THE BACK END OF YOUR COMMENTS AND I RAN BACK IN 'CAUSE I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. 'CAUSE IN DISTRICT C, EVEN AT THE GREGORY LINCOLN RESEARCH LIBRARY YES, I WAS THERE AS WELL. YES. WE HAVE SO MANY CHALLENGES. I'M ACTUALLY MEETING WITH DIRECTOR LAWSON SOON BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, RIGHTFULLY SO, FEEL THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS. RIGHT, RIGHT. WHETHER IT'S TO THE ROOMS. RIGHT. WHETHER IT'S TO THE FACT THAT IT'S, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FACT THAT IT IS A RESEARCH LIBRARY RIGHT. GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OTHER SERVICES THERE. RIGHT. EITHER. AND I WAS JUST THERE THE OTHER DAY AND THAT WAS A CONCERN AS WELL. YEAH. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, BECAUSE IT, IT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME AS I'M HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND I WANT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE AWARE, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR RESEARCH LIBRARIES. THEY'RE IMPORTANT, BUT THEY SHOULD ALSO BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. RIGHT. UH, THERE ARE PUBLIC LIBRARIES. RIGHT. COUNCIL JACKSON, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU MS. HUDSON FOR COMING IN. UM, MY OFFICE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND RENEE, GET THAT INFORMATION. JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE'LL GET THOSE ANSWERS FOR YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, RENEE. NEXT SPEAKER. DARREL HARPER. DARREL HARPER. NEXT SPEAKER. LISA DOSS. GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL. I'M HERE TODAY ON THE CORRUPTION DEMONIC CONCERT OF TRAVIS SCOTT. COMING TO HOUSTON IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. ALONG WITH LITTLE LUCIFER IN NOVEMBER, THE TRAVIS SCOTT ASWELL CONCERT WAS OUT OF CONTROL. FROM THE MOMENT THE GATES WERE OPEN WITH PEOPLE CHARGING, STAFF FEEDING THROUGH BEFORE THE CONCERT EVEN STARTED. THE CONCERT STARTED AT EIGHT. TRAVIS SCOTT TOOK THE STAGE AT NINE. AND BY NINE 12 PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING IN THE CROWD FOR HELP. THERE WERE PEOPLE TRYING TO TELL CAMERA, CREW, AND OTHER STAFF THAT PEOPLE WERE BEING CRUSHED. AND TO STOP THE SHOW, THE CROWD STARTED CHANTING TO STOP THE SHOW. STOP THE SHOW. IT WAS NOT STOPPED. AND 10 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES WITH 300 MORE INJURED AT LEAST 25 HOSPITAL LIVES. SOME OF THE FANS THAT ATTENDED MADE STATEMENTS THAT THE CONCERT HAD A DEMONIC SANTA, UH, SATANIC DARK THEME WITH DARK IMAGES, THAT IT WAS A COMPLETE TRAGEDY. THIS CONCERT WAS CONDUCTING A LARGE SCALE SATANIC RITUAL IN PLAIN SIGHT IN THE CITY. THE BIBLE DECLARE DECLARES THAT SATAN IS THE GOD OF THIS WORLD. ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, YOU WILL BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SATANIC WORLD SYSTEM WE ARE LIVING IN. LET'S NOT BE PART OF IT. SATAN LOVES TO DECEIVE AND TWIST THE TRUTH OF GOD. HE IS COMING [02:05:01] OUT IN NOW IN FULL FORCE TO CONFUSE AS MANY SOULS AS HE CAN. HE COMES TO STILL KILL AND DESTROYED. THE TRAVIS SCOTT CONCERT WAS CANCELED IN EGYPT DUE TO PECULIAR RITUAL CONTENT AND GOING AGAINST SOCIAL VALUES AND, UH, TRADITIONS. UH, MY PRAYER ORDERS WANT TO, UH, ASK THAT THESE CONCERTS BE CANCELED. I ASK YOU TO SEARCH YOUR SOUL DEEPLY ON THIS MATTER. THE LAST TIME I CAME HERE, HOUSTON HAS BEEN WOUNDED FROM THIS TRAVIS SCOTT CONCERT. THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT DO NOT EVEN WANT TO, UH, BE A PART OF THIS CONCERT AT THE TOYOTA CENTER. THEY DO NOT WANT TO GO INSIDE. SO HOW SAFE WOULD THAT BE? UH, MY TEAM AND PRAYER WARRIORS ARE PRAYING THAT YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TO LET THESE, UH, SHOWS NOT GO ON. THESE SHOWS MUST NOT GO ON. PLEASE PROTECT YOUR PEOPLE OF HOUSTON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. MS. DAZ. NEXT SPEAKER. JARED. SCOTTY. JOSEPH. JARED. SCOTTY. JOSEPH. NEXT SPEAKER RANDALL. CALL NEXT. SPEAKER R SMITH. HELLO, MR. SMITH. HELLO. HOW YOU DOING? I JUST WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT I AM PREPARED TO CONTINUE TO KEEP COMING DOWN HERE UNTIL THIS ELECTION IS OVER. 'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE IS JUST KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE STREET. I DON'T LIKE THAT. I GOT A PHONE CALL. MY WIFE GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON'S CHIEF OF STAFF TELLING US ABOUT HOW THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID THAT THE HOUSTON T DEPARTMENT DID NOT, DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG WHEN THEY GAVE SOME ILLEGAL, CORRUPT PEOPLE WHO DON'T OWN PROPERTY IN FIFTH WARD AND GAVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO BULLDOZER MY WIFE'S HOUSE DOWN. I DON'T LIKE THAT. I DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY, I MEAN THAT THE TORTURE JACKSON CHIEF OF STAFF SAID IN THE MEETING THAT SHE WISHED THAT WE CAN, SHE WISHED THAT HER AND TULSA JACKSON CAN GET A ILLEGAL PERMIT TO BULLDOZER DOWN AND DEMOLISH K BARGAIN CENTER ON HOMESTEAD BEFORE A CITY ORDINANCE GETS IN PLACE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN SHE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT DEMOLITION. K. BARGAIN DOWN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THIS IS CORRUPTION, MAN. THANK YOU MR. SMITH. NEXT SPEAKER COFFEE BAY. HELLO. I'VE BEEN BEFORE, UH, CITY COUNCIL TO BRING ORGANIZED CRIME TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION. UH, BUT IT APPEARS THAT WHEN YOU BRING THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ATTENTION, YOU GET RETALIATED ON. SO THERE WAS A CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY, UH, RANDY ZAMORE AND SPOKE WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ASHA JACKSON AND HER CHIEF OF STAFF ARE MARRIED. AND THEY SAID THEY WAS GONNA TAKE CARE OF THINGS, BUT THEY DID. WHEN THE CITY FIND OUT THAT THEY'RE NEGLIGENT, THEY DON'T WANNA HOLD ANYBODY ELSE ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. SO THAT'S NOT SHOWING ANY UNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY. THERE IS NO PUBLIC TRUST. WE COME DOWN HERE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AND WE GET RETALIATED AGAINST. AN ORGANIZED CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED AND STILL IS BEING COMMITTED AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, IT. THERE IS NO PUBLIC TRUST, THERE IS NO UNITY. AND THEREFORE, WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HOW CAN YOU MAKE THIS CITY A GREAT CITY OF THE NATION? WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN POLITICAL SEATS AND EVEN THE LEGAL TEAM NOT HOLDING THE CRIMINALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CRIME THAT THEY ARE COMMITTING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU MS. BAY. I MONTOYA RIVAS, NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, I HAVEN'T, UH, WORKING, PASSING AROUND THESE FLIES AROUND TOWN. I AGREE WITH THE STATEMENTS ABOUT ORGANIZED, UH, CRIME. I'M NOT GETTING ANY PHONE CALLS. THEY ARE HERE. I, UH, THEY HAVE ADDRESSED ME. THERE'S MANY HACKERS AROUND THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTING, UH, CRIMES [02:10:01] WITH THE DARK WEB. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE DARK WEB BECAUSE IN MEXICO CITY I WAS TRAINED BY, UH, BY ONE WHO WAS VERY DEEP INTO THE WAR. UH, DARK WEB, WHO WAS CLOSE TO CARLOS SLIM. I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO DO BUSINESS. I'M TRYING TO WORK AND IT SEEMS THAT LIKE MRS. COFFEE SAYS, THE LEGAL, UH, TEAM SOLD THEMSELVES. WE HAVE CORRUPT COPS. WE HAVE FBI WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT THE LIVES OF AMERICANS. AND IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF, UH, LIES SCHEMES I HAVE TO THE FLEA MARKET. I SEE HOW THEY WORK, HOW THEY OPERATE, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO DO BUSINESS. I'M JUST TRYING TO DO BUSINESS. SOMETIMES I CONNECT TO WIFI IN ONE POWER TOWN. ANOTHER PARTTIME YOUR TIME HAS THERE, THERE NO OPEN ABILITY. THANK YOU MS. RIVAS FOR COMING DOWN. DID YOU REPORT YOUR CRIMES TO HPD? I HAVE REPORT TO HPD. I HAVE REPORT TO THE FBI. I HAVE REPORT TO IMMIGRATION. I HAVE, UH, GONE TO THE FLEA MARKET CONNECT TO SEE IF I GET A BETTER SIGNAL. I HAVE GONE, I WENT THE OTHER DAY TO, UH, WHAT IS IT CALLED? UH, TWO HOURS FROM HERE. UH, ANOTHER POWER TOWN. MY PHONES ARE TAP. OKAY. I'M NOT GETTING PHONE, PHONE CALLS. AND THEY SAY IT HAS TO DEAL WITH A SPECTRUM. LET, LET US TRY TO GET A RESPONSE FOR YOU, MS. RIVAS. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN. I KNOW THAT YOU'VE, UM, REPORTED ALL OF THESE. WE'LL TRY TO GET RESPONSE. I THINK THAT GUYS WHO ARE CLOSE TO JOHN, UH, ADDISON AND, UH, WHAT IS IT CALLED? WELL, POLITICIAN. OKAY. I CALL THEM. I ADDRESS, UH, THE, UH, THE PEOPLE FROM, UH, FORT WARD, RIGHT? AND THEY SAY I HAVE TO GO DOWN THERE TO COMPLAIN. MS. RIVAS, LET, LET US HELP YOU, UM, TRY TO GET A RESPONSE, OKAY. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. RONA SMITH. RONA SMITH. GOOD AFTERNOON. HI, MS. SMITH. MY NAME IS RONA SMITH AND I'M WITH THE NO HATE IN HOUSTON CAMPAIGN. I WAS HERE SPEAKING TO YOU ON AUGUST 1ST ABOUT THE PUBLIC ADVOCACY OF GENOCIDE BY PURE WORDS BAPTIST CHURCH AT 1 4 5 6 7 SOUTH MAIN STREET. THIS HATE GROUP ADVOCATES KILLING ALL LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE, ALL JEWISH PEOPLE, REBELLIOUS YOUTH, PEOPLE WHO HAVE OR PROVIDE ABORTIONS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE AND OTHERS. THEY REALLY TARGET THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY, THOUGH A LOT, WE'VE SINCE EMAILED YOU DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE CHURCH'S PUBLIC ADVOCACY OF GENOCIDE, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM ANY OF YOU. SO I'M HERE AGAIN TODAY TO ASK YOU TO PASS A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE ADVOCACY OF GENOCIDE, CONDEMNING THE MURDER OF PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE BY PURE WORDS BAPTIST CHURCH AT AN UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETING. WE CAN'T WAIT. WAIT. SOMEONE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED FROM THIS CHURCH TO KILL OR HURT ANYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MS. SMITH. NEXT SPEAKER DAVID SMITH. MY NAME IS DR. DAVID MICHAEL SMITH AND I TOO AM WITH THE NO HATE IN HOUSTON CAMPAIGN LIKE RONA. I'M HERE TODAY TO REITERATE OUR REQUEST THAT YOU PASS A RESOLUTION AT A FUTURE MEETING. CONDEMNING THE PUBLIC ADVOCACY OF GENOCIDE BY PURE WORDS BAPTIST CHURCH, THEIR CALL FOR EXTERMINATING, ALL JEWISH PEOPLE, ALL LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE, ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE. ALL THOSE WHO HAVE OR PROVIDE ABORTIONS, ONE COULD GO ON. THESE CLAIMS CANNOT GO UNCHALLENGED TODAY. THE LINK BETWEEN HATE SPEECH AND HATE CRIMES CANNOT BE DENIED. IN RECENT WEEKS, A HOMOPHOBE MURDERED A GAY BLACK DANCER ON THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY. ANOTHER HOMOPHOBE MURDERED A CALIFORNIA BUSINESS OWNER SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE FLEW A PRIDE FLAG. A WHITE SUPREMACIST HAS JUST BEEN SENTENCED TO DECADES IN PRISON FOR BRUTALLY BEATING A MEXICAN AMERICAN SHOP OWNER IN UTAH AND A WEST VIRGINIA ANTISEMITE THREATENED VIOLENCE AGAINST THE JURY AND WITNESSES IN THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED PITTSBURGH SYNAGOGUE MASS MURDER TRIAL. FOLKS, THIS COUNCIL CAN HELP TO STEM THE TIDE OF HATRED AND BIGOTRY IN OUR COMMUNITY BY TAKING A STRONG STAND AGAINST PURE WORD BAPTIST CHURCH PUBLIC ADVOCACY. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED OF GENOCIDE. I HOPE YOU'LL DO SO BEFORE SOME OTHER MEMBERS KILL OR NAME SOMEONE. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. NEXT SPEAKER. JACOB CLEMENTE. HI, JACOB , HOW YOU DOING? OKAY, I HAVE GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE HOUSTON AS CHOSE AT MEN MAIN PARK AND IF HE DID THE BOSTON REDS, UH, [02:15:01] BUT HEY, I GOTTA SAY THE GOOD NEWS IS GRANDMA SEEN THE LIGHT. HE, HE'S GOT A BEARD. EVERY ROBINSON HAS A BEARD NOW, AND SO DO I KIND OF, SORT OF. OKAY. AND THE BAD NEWS IS I HAVE BEEN TERMINATED FROM MY JOB AT, UH, ARAMARK. I MEAN, UM, OH, THEY, UH, THEY HAVE POWER CHARGES UPON ME CLOCKING IN AND, AND, UH, WATCHING THE GAME AFTERWARDS AND THEN CLOCKING OUT AND THAT I WAS JUST THERE TO WATCH THE GAME. NO, WHAT I HAD DONE IS I CLOCKED IN AND THEN I WENT TO THE WINNING AREA AND I, UH, WAS INFORMED BY DOLORES THAT I WASN'T SCHEDULED TO WORK. SO I WENT BACK TO THE CLOCKS AND I CLOCKED OUT. AND SINCE I HAD A TICKET FROM MATTRESS BANK, I DECIDED TO WATCH THE GAME AND THEY THOUGHT I WAS CHEATING ON THEM, WHICH IS REAL BOGUS US. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN, JACOB. WE DO HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER IN QUEUE. COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. JACOB, LET US, LET US LOOK INTO THAT SITUATION FOR YOU AND, UH, SEE IF, IF WE CAN GET SOME ANSWERS AND SOME CLARIFICATION AND SEE IF WE CAN, UH, CLEAR UP THAT, THAT MISHAP AND, UH, SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, WE CAN GET. OKAY? OKAY. AND DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE THEME, THE SLOGAN FOR TSU IS? WHAT IS IT? THERE'S NO EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT. OKAY. THAT ONE AS WELL. I AGREE. AND WHO, UH, WHO OF HIM IS GOING TO, UM, TSU BESIDES YOURSELF? DR. SHABAZZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER, JACKSON MARCELLE, PAPA JORDAN. AND, UH, UM, IN, YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT. LET US LOOK INTO THAT SITUATION. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. I'M, I'M GONNA DOUBLE TEAM IT WITH YOU. I, I'LL, I'LL FILL YOU IN. ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT. GHOST STRO, JACOB. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. AND GO FOR IT. THE BREAK. BREAK BOMB. NEXT SPEAKER. GAY HEART. GAY HEART TO BE FOLLOWED BY ANNIE L CORTEZ. SHALOM, BLESSINGS TO EVERYONE. WE'RE HERE AGAIN FOR, UM, IMPLORING, IMPLORING TO YOU AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THESE 10 THAT LOST THEIR LIFE. WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT TRAVIS SCOTT IS COMING IN OCTOBER THE 19TH, AND NOT ONLY THE OCTOBER 19TH, BUT HE'S ALSO SCHEDULED TO COME TO HOUSTON IN NOVEMBER. TRAVIS SCOTT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT PEOPLE. HE DOES NOT CARE. AND WE, WE ARE IMPLORING YOU LISTEN TO ME PEOPLE, IF, IF, IF YOU, IF YOU CAN DO THIS, YOU'RE GONNA SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES. YOU'RE GONNA SAVE YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES AND MINDS. LIVE NATION SET A SLEW OF TRAGEDIES WITH AT LEAST 750 INJURY AND OVER 200 DEATHS. THIS IS TRAVIS SCOTT ALONE FOR 15 YEARS ARE ON RECORD. AND LIVE NATION, OF COURSE IS PAYING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THESE LIES MATTER AND WE'RE IMPLORING YOU. WE WENT TO THE, UH, WHERE WAS IT? POLICE UNION. POLICE UNION AND VISITED THEM TODAY. THEY DO NOT WANT TRAVIS SCOTT IN HOUSTON. THEY DON'T WANT TO PROTECT HIM. THEY DON'T WANNA BE THERE. THEY, THEY SAID THAT TO US AS CITIZENS. SO, AND PLACE OF MAYOR TURNER. MS. MARTHA, I DON'T KNOW YOUR LAST NAME, I'M SORRY. WE ARE IMPLORING THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. THIS IS OCTOBER. HE'S COMING BACK IN NOVEMBER. SATANIC RITUALS ARE REAL, SPIRITUAL WARFARE IS REAL AND LITTLE LUCIFER IS ALSO COMING TO HOUSTON, TEXAS IN NOVEMBER TIME HAS EXPIRED. YOU'RE GONNA BE IN BOMBARDED WITH SATANIC. PLEASE TAKE PLEASE AND HAIL CORTEZ, THOSE MAGAZINES WERE PASSED OUT TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US. WE CAN PLAY ALONG IN THIS LITTLE SORORITY OF CLICK CLASS CLOCK IN OF OUR SCHEDULE OF OUR SUN CLOCK. BUT WHAT'S GOING ON ON GOD'S TIME IS STILL TAKING EFFECT. WE'RE CALLED TO WARN THOSE THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU ARE NOT TO SACRIFICE TO, I DENY YOUR GOD A COW OR A SHEEP THAT HAS A DEFECT. IF THERE IS FOUND AMONG YOU, WITHIN ANY OF YOUR GATES IN THE CITY, THAT ADONAI YOUR GOD GIVES YOU A MAN OR A WOMAN WHO DOES WHAT ADONAI YOUR GOD SEES AS WICKED TRANSGRESSING HIS COVENANT BY GOING AND SERVING OTHER GODS AND WORSHIPING THEM. THE SUN, THE MOON, AND ANYTHING UNDER THE SKY. SOMETHING I HAVE FORBIDDEN. HE SAYS THAT IS DETESTABLE. WE BRING THE WARNING. YOU HAVE CONTROL OF THIS. THE FACT THAT WE KNOW THAT HE IS PERFORMING SATANIC RITUAL RITUALS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS STOP. [02:20:01] A SAFE ENVIRONMENT DOESN'T PROVIDE SAFETY WHEN ALL THOSE ARE BEING ENTICED BY THIS VERY MUSIC THAT KEEPS HIM, YEAH, TIME HAS EXPIRED PSYCHOLOGICALLY DIS DISTORTED. SO OUR WARNING IS HEATED AND WHAT WE DO WITH THAT RESPONSIBILITY, WELL THAT'S ON ACCOUNT ON THE BLESSING OF THE LORD. THANK YOU MR. CORTEZ. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. NEXT FIGURE THAT COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS AND WE STAND IN [RECESS] RECESS UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 AM AGENDA FOR THE WEEK, AUGUST 22ND AND 23RD. 2023 ITEM ONE, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF ARTICLE 12, CHAPTER 32, CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF HOUSTON REGARDING STANDARDS OF CARE FOR THE HOUSTON PARKS RECREATION DEPARTMENT, YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAMS. ITEM TWO, ORDINANCE READOPTING, THE HOUSTON YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAM STANDARDS OF CARE IS CODIFIED AT ARTICLE 12 OF CHAPTER 32 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON TEXAS CONTAINING FINDINGS AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. ITEM THREE, REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE EAST DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ITEM FOUR, REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE HOUSTON ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON. ITEM FIVE, REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE MEMORIAL CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ITEM SIX, REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MARY S TO POSITION NINE OF THE HOUSTON COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES. ITEM SEVEN, REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE HOUSTON ZOO INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ITEM EIGHT, REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE GREATER SOUTHEAST MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ITEM NINE, REQUEST FOR MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DNE LAFLEUR TO POSITION SEVEN OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO ALSO KNOWN AS THE MIDTOWN ZONE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ITEM 10, REQUEST FOR MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DNE LAFLEUR TO POSITION SEVEN OF THE DOWN MIDTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ITEM 11, REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ITEM 12, RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DIRECTOR FINANCE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A MOTION SUBMITTING THE NO NEW REVENUE AND VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATES BASED ON ESTIMATED TAX ROLL INFORMATION. ITEM 13, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTONIAN PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF THREE MILLION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY SIX THOUSAND FIFTY SEVEN CENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH RAY TECH CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES INC. FOR FY 17 LOCAL DRAINAGE PROJECT WORK ORDER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NUMBER TWO ITEM 14. RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $1,001,074 AND 42 CENTS AND ACCEPTANCE WORK ON CONTRACT WITH RELIANCE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LP FOR NEW FRONT EASEMENT RECONNECTIONS. ITEM 15, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $3,538,795 AND 42 CENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH BLASCO TEXAS INC. FOR REHABILITATION AND WATER STORAGE TANKS. PACKAGE 12 ITEM 16 RIDGE TRUCK CENTER FOR PURCHASE OF 1933 YARD AUTOMATED SIDE LOADING BREAD REFUSE TRUCKS THROUGH THE BUYBOARD PURCHASING CARPET AGREEMENT FOR THE FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. ITEM 17 SEALS BEFORE FOR 52 HYBRID ELECTRIC FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCKS THROUGH THE TEXAS AND A LOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM. ATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT FOR THE FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. ITEM 18 SEALS BEFORE FOR 17 HYBRID ELECTRIC FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCKS THROUGH THE TEXAS INTER LOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM. CORPORATE PURCHASING AGREEMENT FOR THE FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. ITEM 19 APPROVED SPENDING AUTHORITY IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $215,356 AND NO CENTS FOR PURCHASE OF MAR OF MODULAR BUILDING REPLACEMENTS FOR FIVE STATION 1 0 1 THROUGH THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING WITH THE TEXAS LOCAL PURCHASING COOPERATIVE CHOICE PARTNERS FOR THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AWARDED TO ARIES BUILDING SYSTEMS LLC ITEM 20. APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF AN IMOC INTERAGENCY MARINE OPERATIONS CENTER PHASE TWO BOAT HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING WITH THE TEXAS LOCAL PURCHASING COOPERATIVE CHOICE PARTNERS FOR THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT OF WATERTON BROWN AND ROOT INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC ITEM 21 HAS IMPROVED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. ITEM 22, UR INTERNATIONAL INC FOR A PURCHASE OF TOWED VEHICLE REPORTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE ANNUAL RENEWAL OF APPLICATION LICENSE, [02:25:01] MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADE SERVICE FOR THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. ITEM 23, FAR WEST ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPLY INC. FOR PURCHASE AND OFF FEEDING OF ONE GMC 2,500 HG TRUCK THROUGH THE HOUSTON GALVESTON HOUSTON GALVESTON PURCHASING COOPERATIVE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. ITEM 24 AMEND MOTION 20 21 2 69 PASSED MAY 26TH, 2021 TO INCREASE SPENDING AUTHORITY FROM $940,807 AND 36 CENTS TO $2,340,807 AND 36 CENTS FOR PURCHASE OF AQUA AMMONIA FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AWARD TO SOUTHERN IX. ITEM 25 MOTION INDUSTRIES FOR PURCHASE OF SLUDGE DRYER DIVIDED DIVIDER COMPONENTS THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CORPORATE PURCHASING WITH SOURCE WELL FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM 26 APPROVED SPRINTING AUTHORITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 777,510,000 NO CENTS FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AWARD TO TRAFFICY TRAFFIC SYSTEMS CONSTRUCTION INC. ITEM 27 APPROVED SCREENING AUTHORITY IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $124,704 AND 9 CENTS FOR PURCHASE OF SMART VIEW CAMERAS AND EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH BY BOARD FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR WATER TO A M SIGNAL LLC ITEM 28 MUSTANG COMPOSITE SERVICES LLC FOR PURCHASE OF FABRICATED FIBERGLASS WITH INSTALLATION SERVICES FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM 29 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND SEARCH ONLY SERVICES. ITEM 30 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INSPIRING COMMUNITIES INC. DBA THE HEART PROGRAM ITEM 31 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SELF RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS HOUSTON ITEM 32 ORDINANCE DENIED THE APPLICATION OF STAR ENERGY LP. ITEM 33 ORDINANCE TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND ADAMS AND REESE LLP ITEM 34 ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 20 17 6 12 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 20 18 10 33 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 20 21 3 25 TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND DENTON NAVARRO ROCHA AL AND Z PC ITEM 35 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $654,163 AND NO CENTS OUT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CLEARLY S CASTRO SELLER. ITEM 36 ORDINANCE DE APPROPRIATING $647,270 AND 30 CENTS OUT OF GENERAL IMPROVEMENT CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED TO TASK ORDER AND JOB ORDER CONTRACTING PROGRAM APPROVED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020 DASH 1 19 20 21 52 AND APPROPRIATING SIX HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND THIRTY CENTS OUT OF GENERAL IMPROVEMENT CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND TO THE EXISTING CITYWIDE CONTRACT WITH TIMES CONSTRUCTION INC. ITEM 37 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $500,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF CONTRIBUTED CAPITAL PROJECT FUND FOR THE TASK ORDER AND JOB WATER CONTRACTING PROGRAM FOR PROFESSIONAL AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR INSTALLATION OF A SOLAR CARPORT AT THE CASHIER MULTI-SERVICE CENTER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION REGULATORY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. ITEM 38 ORDINANCE DE APPROPRIATING $963,893 70 CENTS OUT OF GENERAL IMPROVEMENT CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED TO THE TASK ORDER AND JOB ORDER CONTRACTING PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING NINE HUNDRED SIXTY THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY THREE THOUSAND SEVEN CENTS OUT OF GENERAL IMPROVEMENT CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A PURCHASE ORDER TO TIMES CONSTRUCTION INC. FOR SLAB AND FLOORING REPLACEMENT AT THE CITY HALL TUNNEL. ITEM 39 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING CONTRACT GRANT CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES ITEM 40 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AN AWARDING CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION. ITEM 41 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND Q ENVIRONMENTAL INC. ITEM 42 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $969,351 17 CENTS. ITEM HAH RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT FUND AND AWARDING CONTRACT TO LAYER THREE COMMUNICATIONS LLC ITEM 43 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO EXTEND CONTRACT TERM BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND QUEST MARK INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INC. ITEM 44 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING IN $26,832,195 AND 98 CENTS OUT OF TAX INCREMENTS. FUNDS FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBERS. ONE LAMAR TERRY ZONE TWO MIDTOWN ZONE THREE. MAIN STREET MARKET SQUARE ZONE FIVE, MEMORIAL HEIGHT ZONE SIX EAST SIDE ZONE SEVEN OH SPANISH TRAIL ALAMEDA CORRIDOR ZONE EIGHT GULF GATE ZONE NINE SOUTH POST OAK ZONE 10, LAKE HOUSTON ZONE 11 GREATER GREEN POINT ZONE 12 CITY PARK ZONE 1306 WARD ZONE 14 FOURTH WARD ZONE 15 EAST DOWNTOWN ZONE 16 UPTOWN ZONE 17. MEMORIAL CITY ZONE 18 FIFTH WARD ZONE 19 UPPER KIRBY ZONE 20 SOUTHWEST HOUSTON ZONE 21 HARDY NEAR NORTH SIDE ZONE 22. LELAND WOOD ZONE 23 HARRISBURG ZONE 25. HI CLARK FORT BEND ZONE 26 SUNNYSIDE [02:30:01] ZONE AND 27 MONTROSE ZONE FOR PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. PAYMENT TO HARRIS COUNTY AND PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES AS PROVIDED HEREIN. ITEM 45 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO ENTER A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH HOUSTON FIRST CORPORATION. ITEM 46 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $72,500 OUT OF TOURISM PROMOTION FUND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING ENTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS AND HOUSTON DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ITEM 47 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING ENTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL ITEM 48 ORDINANCE DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY MUNICIPALLY KNOWN AS 36 15 NORTH BRAIDWOOD BOULEVARD. ITEM 49 ORDINANCE DESIGNATED THE PROPERTY MUNICIPALLY KNOWN AS 2101 SOUTH STREET. ITEM 50 ORDINANCE DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY MUNICIPALLY KNOWN AS 15 ALTERYX STREET. ITEM 51 ORDINANCE DESIGNATED THE PROPERTY MINISTRY KNOWN AS 2153 DRIVE. ITEM 52 ORDINANCE DESIGNATED THE PROPERTY MUNICIPALLY KNOWN AS 1134 EAST 14TH STREET. ITEM 53, ORDINANCE DESIGNATED THE PROPERTY MINISTRY KNOWN AS 4 28 HAWTHORNE STREET WESTMORELAND HISTORIC DISTRICT ITEM 54 ORDINANCE DESIGNATED THE PROPERTY MUNICIPALLY KNOWN AS 46 0 2 ELI STREET. ITEM 55 ORDINANCE DESIGNATED THE PROPERTY MUNICIPALLY KNOWN AS 34 32 ROSALIE STREET. ITEM 56 ORDINANCE FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT KNOWN AS THE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT ALONG EAST 38TH STREET PROJECT ITEM 57 ORDINANCE FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO LONGER REQUIRE THE CONTINUED USE OF A MORE OR LESS 41,614 SQUARE FOOT PORTION OF MILNER ROAD ABANDONING THE EAST. THE EASEMENT TO PROLOGIS AND PROLOGIS TARGETED US LOGISTICS FUND LP FINDING 58 ORDINANCE. FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO LONGER REQUIRE THE CONTINUED USE OF A 30 FOOT WIDE UNNAMED ROAD FROM CARTER ROAD NORTH MORE OR LESS. 7 7 4 0.9 FEET BEING ADJACENT TO LOT TWO 80 OF THE MINX PLACE EDITION SITUATED IN THE JOSEPH C MESON SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 5 6 3 HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS ABANDONED INC. SET EASEMENT TO U-S-I-C-V-I BELTWAY SIX SIX INC. ITEM 59 ORDINANCE FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO LONGER REQUIRE THE CONTINUED USE OF BENNINGTON ROAD FROM KIRKPATRICK BOULEVARD WEST, MORE OR LESS 1,297 FEET LYING IN THE HARRIS AND WILSON TWO LEE GRANT ABSTRACT NUMBER 32 ABANDONED STATE EASEMENT TO HOUSTON BELT AND TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY. ITEM 60 MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE USE OF DESIGNATED GROUNDWATER BENEATH THE ATTRACTIVE LAND CONTAINING 0.7936 ACRES, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 51 29, 51, 33 AND ZERO. LAWNDALE HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS SUPPORTING ISSUANCE OF A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AT THE REQUEST OF 51 29 LAWNDALE LLC ITEM 61 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $550,000 IN NO CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND VALOREM TAX APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND SCS HORIZON CONSULTING ENGINEERS INC. ITEM 62 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $1,050,000 AND NO CENTS OUTTA METRO PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION D-D-S-R-F AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND GRADIENT GROUP LLC ITEM 63 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $3,150,000 AND NO CENTS OUT WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM, CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AND APPRO AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND INC. ITEM 64 ORDINANCE APPROVING ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $1,162,399 AND 10 CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND, $291,900 AND NO CENTS OUT OF WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AWARD AND CONTRACT TO GROVEL LLC ITEM 65. ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $34,448,330 AND NO CENTS OUTTA WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND OR AND CONTRACT TO HARPER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION LLC ITEM 66. ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $8,800,000 IN NO CENTS. ITEM DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND DRAINAGE CHARGE AWARDING CONTRACTOR DL GLOVER UTILITIES LLC ITEM 67. ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5,750,000 AND NO CENTS. ITEM DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND DRAINAGE CHARGE AWARDING CONTRACTOR DL GLOVER UTILITIES LLC ITEM 68 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO HARRIS COUNTY FOR CONSIDERATION OF FUNDING FOR THE SPRING SHADOWS AREA. A CASHMERE AREA B SUNNYSIDE MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD. ITEM 69 SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 33 TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON SIGN CODE TO ALLOW ROOFTOP SIGNS ON PROTECTED LANDMARK BUILDINGS AND TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS. A HEARING DATE, 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023 UNDER THE MATTERS HELD CATEGORY. ITEM [02:35:01] SEVEN IS A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CASTEK STADIUM. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DEPOSIT THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARD OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS AND TO THE REGISTRY OF THE COURT. THIS WAS FOR THE ANTOINE DRIVE, ANTOINE DRIVE, PAVING AND DRAINAGE PROJECT TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PECK. THIS IS ITEM 15 ON AGENDA OF AUGUST 9TH, 2023. ITEM 71 IS A WRITTEN MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN TO AMEND ITEM 72. THIS WAS DELAYED BY MOTION 20 23 5 39 ON AUGUST OF NINTH, 2023 AND ITEM 72 IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 29 9 9 TO REVISE AND UPDATE THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CITY OF HOUSTON'S FINANCIAL POLICIES ADOPTED THERE UNDER DELAYED BY MOTION NUMBER 20 23 5 39 ON AUGUST THE NINTH. THIS IS ITEM 44 ON AGENDA OF AUGUST 9TH, 2023. AND ON ITEM 71 IT IS THE FOLLOWING ITEM MAY BE MOOT CONTINGENT UPON PASSAGE OF ITEM 72 BELOW. AND ITEM 72 WAS DELAYED BY MOTION. 20 23 5 39 AUGUST AND 9 20 23. THIS IS ITEM 44 ON AGENDA OF AUGUST 9TH, 2023. THIS COMPLETES THE READING OF THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SESSION OF AUGUST 23RD, 2023. STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL. SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 9:00 AM AND THE WORDS WHILE CURRENT CITY SECRETARY PAT JEFFERSON. DANIEL, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS TREAT EVERYONE THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED. HAVE A BLESSED AND FANTABULOUS DAY. THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY. YOU ARE WELCOME. MY NUMBER ONE FAN, I LIKE YOUR NEW LOOK. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23RD, 2023. [RECONVENE] I'M MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. [1.  PUBLIC HEARING regarding the re-adoption of Article XII CHAPTER 32, CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF HOUSTON, regarding Standards of Care for the Houston Parks & Recreation Department Youth Recreation Programs ] UH, THE FIRST THING OF THIS MORNING WILL BE, UH, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON UH, STANDARDS OF CARE. UH, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE. ITEM ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF ARTICLE 12, CHAPTER 32, CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF HOUSTON A. OKAY, TODAY WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEBORAH LATHAM OF THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. UM, AND IF YOU'LL INTRODUCE WHO YOU HAVE WITH YOU. YES, GOOD MORNING. AND I HAVE NIKIA LEWIS. HE'S OUR DIVISION MANAGER OF RECREATION PROGRAM THAT OVERSEES BOTH OF THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM AND THE SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM AND ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS TOO, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE STANDARDS OF CARE. UM, THANK YOU MUCH. WELL, MS. CLAY, LEMME TURN IT OVER TO YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND, UM, ALLOW ME TO READ THIS 'CAUSE I NEED TO HAVE YOU HERE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE STANDARDS OF CARE AND I DON'T WANNA LEAVE ANYTHING OUT, BUT I'M DEBORAH LATHAM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE RECREATION AND WELLNESS DIVISION, AND, UM, WE HAVE DIRECTOR ARTURO MICHELLE. HE'S ALSO HERE. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS, UM, REGARDING THE HEARING OF THE STATE CODE IN THE CITY ORDINANCE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION TO BRING THE PUBLIC HEARING TO THE CITY. UM, COUNCIL, THE PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING IS TO COMPLY WITH THE TEXAS HUMAN RESOURCES CODE 42.041 B 14. THE STANDARDS OF CARES ARE INTENDED TO BE MINIMUM STANDARDS, UM, THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WILL USE TO OPERATE BOTH THE AFTERSCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM AND THE SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. ON AVERAGE, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 3000 KIDS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE, UM, SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM AND TYPICALLY ABOUT 3,500 FOR THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF RECREATION ACTIVITIES BASED ON OUR FOUR RECREATION CORE COMPONENTS, AND THEY ARE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, FITNESS AND INSTRUCTIONAL SPORTS NATURE, EDUCATION AND CREATIVE FUN. THE HOUSTON YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAM STANDARDS OF CARE IS CODIFIED AT ARTICLE 12 OF CHAPTER 32 OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON. CODE OF ORDINANCE, TEXAS HUMAN RESOURCES CODE 42.041 B 14 PROVIDES AN EXEMPTION FROM CHILDCARE LICENSING FROM FOR RECREATION PROGRAMS SERVING ELEMENTARY AGE CHILDREN AGES FIVE TO 13 WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. A MUNICIPALITY OPERATES THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES THESE STANDARDS OF CARE TO THE PARENTS IN EACH PROGRAM. PARTICIPANT. THE ORDINANCE INCLUDES CHILD CAREGIVER RATIOS, MINIMUM EMPLOYEE QUALIFICATIONS, MINIMUM BUILDING HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS, AND MECHANISM FOR MONITORING AND ENFORCING THE ADOPTED LOCAL STANDARDS. THE PROGRAM INFORMS THE PARENTS THAT THE STATES DOES NOT LICENSE THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM DOES NOT ADVERTISE ITSELF [02:40:01] AS A CHILDCARE OPERATION AND THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE MUNICIPALITY ANNUALLY ADOPTS STANDARDS OF CARE BY ORDINANCE AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING OF SUCH PROGRAMS. AS WE ARE DOING TODAY, WE ARE REQUESTING COUNCIL ACTION TODAY TO OP THE HOUSTON YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAM STANDARDS OF CARE WITH NO CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THE PROGRAMS AND THEN, UH, DIRECTOR MICHELLE CAN ANSWER ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, VICE MAYOR PROTE, HAM DIRECTOR LATHAM, I I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT, UM, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS. THESE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ALWAYS HAVE MORE KIDS THAN SPACES AND WE'VE, UM, BEEN SUPPLEMENTING, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STANDARDS OF CARE, UM, CAN BE BETTER. YES. FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS BECAUSE FOR A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE THE SAFE SPACES THAT THEIR CHILDREN CAN GO TO AFTER SCHOOL. SO MANY STATISTICS SHOW THAT AFTER SCHOOL TIME IS THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME A DAY FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND AS A CITY, UM, WE ARE DOING A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO HAVE THESE SPACES AVAILABLE FOR OUR, OUR CHILDREN. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THANK YOU AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE PARENTS WHO HAVE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR STUDENTS TO GO TO MARION PARK AND WINDSOR VILLAGE PARK IN TOWN WOOD PARK. YES. UM, AND NOT HAVE TO PAY AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF AFTERSCHOOL CARE AND SUMMER CARE FOR THEIR STUDENTS. WE ARE MEETING A BIG NEED IN OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE APPRECIATE THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CIRO. I, I TOO JUST WANTED TO, UM, EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE REALLY GREAT JOB THAT, THAT, UM, THAT YOU BOTH DO AND THE, AND THE DEPARTMENT DOES ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN FOR, YOU KNOW, AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS. AND I KNOW WHAT WE'RE PASSING HERE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, ASSURING THAT WE MEET THE MINIMUM STANDARDS OF CARE, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT'S JUST WHERE YOU START. YES. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH MORE AND, AND IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, A TESTAMENT TO YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE QUALITY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU REACH OUT TO, UM, TO, TO REALLY, UM, LEVERAGE RESOURCES AND BUILD PARTNERSHIPS AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TOO THAT, THAT, UM, HELP, UH, SUPPLEMENT WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO. SO, UM, SO IT'S AN ONGOING EFFORT AND, AND I, AND I REALLY, UH, RESPECT AND APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU TOO FOR YOUR SUPPORT. COUNCILMAN MCCAIN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, DIRECTOR TO THE ENTIRE TEAM. UH, I ALWAYS SAY THE AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS THAT WE PUT ON, UM, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT ARE LITERALLY SOME OF MY FAVORITE IN THE ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT, UM, AND COMPASSION, UH, THAT YOU ALL PROVIDE, UH, IN THE LATE HOURS. UH, MAYOR, I'VE GONE TO DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTERS WHERE, YOU KNOW, A PARENT MAY BE RUNNING LATE AND THEY'RE THERE LATE AT NIGHT WITH THE KIDS DOING THE HOMEWORK WITH THEM, UH, AT CHERRY HURST ONE NIGHT. YOU KNOW, ONE KID LOVES CHESS AND SO SOME ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY STAYS LATE WITH ONE CHILD JUST TO TEACH THEM CHESS SO THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE CHESS CLUB. THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE MAKE THIS ALL WORTHWHILE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MY ONE QUESTION IS, UM, THE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR, I THINK IT'S AROUND 3000. YES. RIGHT NOW ARE 3,500. UM, ARE WE AT MAX CAPACITY? UH, IS THERE ROOM TO GROW? WHAT'S, WHERE ARE WE? THERE IS ROOM TO GROW. UH, WE DO HAVE A, UH, ONE TO 25 RATIO, BUT WE ALSO, WE GO INTO ABOUT MAYBE 15 TO 20. AND THEN DURING THE, UH, BASEBALL SEASON, ALMOST 30, UM, HISD SCHOOLS AND WE GO AND ASSIST WITH AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM AND THEN INTRODUCE YOUTH SPORTS, INSTRUCTIONAL SPORTS TO THE SCHOOLS. SO WE'RE DOING KINDA LIKE DUAL. SO, UM, WE CAN TAKE ADDITIONAL KIDS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTERS AND, AND THEN THE, THE, THE PARTNERSHIPS ARE KIND OF LIKE SECONDARY, BUT WE, WITH 60 COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT WE HAVE, WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, JUST MOVE STAFF AROUND TO HELP SUPPORT OTHERS SO THAT WE WON'T LEAVE ANY KID BEHIND. SO FAMILIES ARE STILL INTERESTED IN ENROLLMENT. THERE IS SOME ROOM AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. OH YES. FABULOUS. AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM THEN REGISTRATION STARTED ON AUGUST THE FIRST. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S ONGOING ALL YEAR ROUND. AND THAT IS A FREE PROGRAM FOR THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK COUNCILMAN THOMAS. GOOD [02:45:01] MORNING MAYOR. THANK YOU MUCH. UM, AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION, UM, FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, HOW OFTEN DOES, DOES THE ORDINANCE COME UP FOR REVIEW? OR HOW OFTEN ARE Y'ALL MANDATED TO REVIEW? YEARLY? EVERY, ANNUALLY. MM-HMM . OH, THAT'S HELPFUL. UM, AND THEN AS YOU KNOW, IN DISTRICT F, THE ALE COMMUNITY CENTER IS IN HIGH DEMAND. YES. UM, AND TWO, MY COLLEAGUES POINT OF ROOM TO GROW WHEN FAMILIES ARE WAITLISTED FOR SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. MM-HMM . WHAT ALTERNATIVES ARE OFFERED TO THEM? UM, OR DO Y'ALL MAKE OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR ARE THERE ADDITIONAL LIKE OFFSITES, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS THIS SUMMER, IT WAS A CHALLENGE. YOU KNOW, FAMILIES WERE TRYING TO GET INTO THAT CENTER AND GET THEIR BABIES IN THOSE PROGRAMS. AND SO WHAT ALTERNATIVES CAN WE LOOK TO TO SUPPLEMENT YOUR WORK? YEAH. A LEAF, YOU KNOW, SINCE IT WAS NEW IT WAS VERY, VERY POPULAR. YEAH. ONE OF MY, OUR MOST POPULAR SITES THIS SUMMER, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE TRY NOT TO, UH, HAVE A WAIT LIST. WHEN WE SEE THAT THEY CAN'T GET IN, THEN WE WILL REFER THEM TO LANSDALE OR SHARPSTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER. AND THEY REALLY GOT A LOT OF THE AFTER AFTERSCHOOL OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL, EXCUSE ME, THE SUMMER ENRICHMENT OVERFLOW, WHICH INCREASED THEIR NUMBERS, YOU KNOW. SO WE DO HAVE TO STICK WITH THE, UM, THE, THE MINIMUM RATIO TO STAFF. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK IT OUT. AND, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WANTED A NEW FACILITY AND THEY WANTED TO BE IN THE BEAUTIFUL ALEA. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THEY DID NEED THAT CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. AND THAT'S 10 HOURS A DAY. SURE. NO, I UNDERSTAND. THE 1 25, SIMILAR TO IN, IN CLASS INSTRUCTION AND THEN OFFLINE. I WOULD LOVE FOR MY, MY CHIEF TO FOLLOW UP JUST SO WE CAN GET MORE INTEL SO WE CAN THEN COMMUNICATE THAT OUT, UH, TO RESIDENTS. 'CAUSE IT'LL BE IN HIGH DEMAND. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU MUCH SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ALSO. THANK YOU. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? HEARING, SAYING NONE? UH, STILL MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING. CASTEX TATUM MOVED TO CLOSING HEARING SECOND ROBINSON BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND. AND ANY OBJECTION, CHAIR? NONE. MOTION IS GRANTED. THANK YOU BOTH SIR. VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. [2.  ORDINANCE readopting the Houston Youth Recreation Program's Standards of Care as Codified at Article XII of Chapter 32 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston. Texas; containing findings and other provisions related to the subject; providing an effective date; providing for severability ] NOW, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU WILL CALL UP, UM, ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS AN ORDINANCE. YOU NEED TO VOTE. WE ON ITEM NUMBER TWO. ITEM NUMBER TWO. UH, DISCUSSION ON TWO. DISCUSSION ON TWO IN FAVOR. OPPOSED GRANTED ON TWO. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. UM, UH, A [MAYOR'S REPORT] FEW COMMENTS, UH, THIS MORNING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF YESTERDAY, I THINK WE FACED WHAT, 23 DAYS OF WHERE THE HEAT WAS ABOVE A HUNDRED DEGREES. AND TODAY WE'RE ANTICIPATING IT TO GO BACK ABOVE A HUNDRED DEGREES FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR MORE. UH, WHICH IS CREATING AN ADDED STRAIN ON OUR, ON OUR SYSTEMS. UM, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING SOME, UM, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY WATER PRESSURE ISSUES. UM, WE HAVE NOW ABOUT, WE HAVE SIX CONTRACTORS THAT ARE WORKING ON WATER MAIN LEAGUES. I'M PUTTING ON A CALL FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, CONTRACTORS FOR WATER MAIN LEAKS. 'CAUSE THE GROUND IS VERY HARD SHIFTING. UM, SO, UM, LEMME JUST SAY WE ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS, UH, TO ASSIST PUBLIC WORKS IS LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS. AND I'M HOPING, UH, THAT CONTRACTORS WILL RESPOND, UM, TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF WATER MAIN LEAKS. UH, PUBLIC WORKS IS ALSO LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT, UH, UH, AND I'M LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GONNA PUT IN AN, UM, AN ORDER IN TERMS OF WHEN PEOPLE CAN USE THEIR WATER DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY. BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IS THAT IT IS SO HOT. AND, UM, LET'S SAY PEOPLE ARE GETTING HOME AND THEY ARE WATERING THEIR GRASS. THEY'RE ALSO TAKING SHOWERS. THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN A NORMAL WAY. AND MORE SO IT IS BETTER TO HAVE THE PRESSURE FOR THE WATER TO PUT, TO COOK AND, UM, PLACE ON YOUR BODY TO CLEAN. UM, SO I DO ANTICIPATE SOMETHING COMING OUT ON IN THAT VERY SOON, UM, BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM AS, SO RIGHT NOW WE CAN GET A, WE CAN GET A BREAK. I WAS IN SAN ANTONIO YESTERDAY AND, AND THE SHOWERS JUST CAME DOWN. AND I SMILED, BUT I FORGOT. I WAS IN SAN ANTONIO. FOR A MOMENT. I THOUGHT I WAS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. IT WAS RAINING. I I WAS JUST, I MEAN, I'M HAPPY FOR SAN ANTONIO, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A HOT, IT'S GONNA BE HOT FOR, FOR, FOR A MINUTE. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO MANAGE THIS CRISIS. AND TO GET US THROUGH THIS CRISIS, I'M GONNA ASK HOUSTONIANS TO WORK WITH US. AND THAT IS, UM, UH, TO, AGAIN, WHAT ARE YOUR GRASS LATE AT NIGHT? UH, NOT DURING, NOT DURING THE DAY, [02:50:01] NOT AT SIX, SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOONS. MINIMIZE YOUR USE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT WE'LL PUT FORTH, WE'LL PUT FORTH A PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT SOON. UM, BUT THE SECOND REQUEST IS THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS, UM, UH, TO DEAL WITH THE WATER MAIN LEAKS. UM, MOTHER MA NATURE IS MOTHER NATURE, UM, AND, UM, IT IS WHAT IT IS. UH, BUT WE ARE JUST GONNA HAVE TO MANAGE GOING THROUGH THIS CRISIS. ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I HAVE, OF COURSE, IS OUR TREE CANOPY. UH, WE ALL REMEMBER 2011 AND THE THOUSANDS OF TREES THAT WE'VE LOST. SO I'M TALKING WITH PARKS AND REC TO SEE HOW WE, WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, TO MINIMIZE THE LOSS OF OUR, OF OUR TREE CANOPY, OUR TREES, UH, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, SO WE ARE HAVING, WE ARE JUST HAVING TO, UH, UH, TO, TO MANAGE, UH, THIS SITUATION AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND I'M ASKING EVERYONE TO BE, UM, MINDFUL, UH, OF OUR SITUATION AND EVERYONE TO CHIP IN, TO DO, TO DO THEIR, TO DO THEIR, UH, TO DO THEIR PARTS. UM, WE RESPECT TO, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND HPDI DO WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT I'VE AUTHORIZED AN ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION, UH, TO HPD, UH, WHICH SHOULD TAKE THEM THROUGH THE REST OF THIS YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR OVERTIME INITIATIVE. THIS WILL BE FROM THE OPERA FUNDING. IT WILL. UM, SO, UH, THIS EDITION FIVE COMES FROM THE OPERA FUNDING, BUT IT WILL BE FOR HPD. UM, I, QUITE FRANKLY, I DIDN'T LOOK AT THEM. THE THIS MORNING'S NUMBERS WE ARE STILL BELOW WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, VIOLENT CRIME, UH, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, UH, AS OF THIS MORNING, RIGHT AT 19% LOW, UH, 54 FEWER MURDERS, UH, THIS YEAR, THEN THIS TIME LAST YEAR. UM, AND 46 FEWER MURDERS THEN THIS TIME, THEN IN 2021. SO OUR NUMBERS ARE STILL GOOD, UH, BUT WE WANNA REEMPHASIZE OUR EFFORTS AS WE COME OUT OF THE SUMMER, UH, AND GET READY TO GO INTO THE FALL AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB. UH, SO THAT ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION, UH, FOR MARPER FUNDING WILL BE HEADING, WILL BE, UM, AUTHORIZED FOR HPD. UH, ON A VERY SAD NOTE, UM, THIS WEEK, ANOTHER PERSON IN THE CASHIER GARDENS AREA DIED, UH, FROM THE CASHIER, UH, GARDEN CANCER CLUSTER. YOU KNOW, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WE SET UP THE STRIKE FORCE, UH, TO LOOK AT, UM, MOVING PEOPLE, UM, VOLUNTARILY, UH, FROM THAT AREA ON TOP OF THE CANCER CLUSTER TO ANOTHER, TO ANOTHER LOCATION, UH, THE LOCATIONS IN THAT SAME COMMUNITY, BUT AWAY FROM THE CANCER CLUSTER. UM, AND I'VE TALKED WITH THE EPA, AND, UH, OF COURSE YOU'RE ALWAYS HOPING YOUR P WILL STEP UP. UM, BUT THE URGENCY IS NOW, IT IS VERY URGENT THAT WE MOVE PEOPLE VOLUNTARILY. THOSE WHO WANT TO VOLUNTARILY MOVE AND PROVIDE THEM OPTIONS, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES. UH, VERY SOON, IN A MATTER OF WEEKS, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A REQUEST I'M GONNA BE MAKING FROM YOU, UH, TO PUT SOME ADDIT TO PUT DOLLARS INTO THAT RELOCATION ACCOUNT SO THAT WE CAN START MOVING PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. UH, SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO, UH, TO DO THAT. AND THEN, UH, UH, HOPEFULLY OTHERS WILL JOIN. BUT WHEN, UH, UH, PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM CANCER, UH, AND THEY ARE TRAPPED WHERE THEY ARE, UH, FOR, UH, US TO JUST WATCH IT UNFOLD AND NOT DO MORE, IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. SO, UH, ANTICIPATE AN RCA COMING BEFORE YOU, UH, I WOULD SAY NO LATER THAN THE SECOND WEEK IN SEPTEMBER IN ORDER TO, UM, FUND THAT INITIATIVE TO START RELOCATING PEOPLE, UH, AT NO COST TO THEM, UH, IN OTHER AREAS OF THEIR OWN COMMUNITY NOW, UH, SOONER RATHER THAN, THAN LATER. SO THAT, [02:55:01] THAT IS COMING. UM, THERE'S ALSO BEEN, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SIDEWALKS, UH, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE NEED FOR SIDEWALKS, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. SO ANTICIPATE ANOTHER, UM, MEASURE COMING BEFORE YOU, UH, TO PUT ADDITIONAL DOLLARS INTO OUR SIDEWALK PROGRAM. AND I WOULD TELL YOU AT LEAST $5 MILLION IF NOT MORE, UM, TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. UM, UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KIND OF, I'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT THINGS WERE TO KIND OF SEE HOW THINGS WERE SETTLING, UH, FROM US, FOR US FROM A BUDGETARY VANTAGE POINT. AND, UH, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND STILL MAINTAIN THE FUND BALANCE THAT WE HAD WHEN WE APPROVED THIS BUDGET. SO WE ARE NOT GONNA GO BELOW, UH, THE FUND BALANCE, AND THESE ARE MEASURES THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE NOW, UM, THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE NEEDING BEEN ASKING FOR. SO WE ARE GONNA MOVE FORWARD, UH, ON THAT, ON THAT FRONT. UM, AND IF I, LEMME JUST SAY, UM, AS YOU KNOW, MY, UH, CITY, THE CITY SPENDING LIMIT IS, UM, $50,000, AND YOU ALL ARE A TOUGH GROUP. UM, WHICH MEANS THAT EVEN, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE GIVE SOMEBODY $35,000 AND WE COME BACK IN THE SAME YEAR AND GIVE THEM $20,000, YOU ALL HAVE TO APPROVE THAT $20,000. SO FOR THE CITY, THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY, UH, MY SPENDING AUTHORITY CITIES IS, UH, UNDER 50,000 WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL, UNLIKE HISD, NOW, HIS D'S SPENDING AUTHORITY, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENT IS 1 MILLION. HE WANTED TWO, BUT HE GOT $1 MILLION. NOW, I WANT Y'ALL TO, I WANT THAT TO SINK IN. I WANT IT TO SINK IN BECAUSE CAN YOU IMAGINE IF I WAS ASKING FOR A MILLION DOLLARS SPENDING AUTHORITY WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE AT THAT MIC THE CRITICISM THAT I WOULD BE GETTING? CAN YOU, CAN YOU IMAGINE? CAN YOU IMAGINE? AND IF YOU ALL NOTICE, WE OPEN, WE HAVE AN OPEN CHECKBOOK DEAL, WHICH MEANS EVERY SINGLE EXPENDITURE YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE. BUT IF WE SPEND 35,000 AND COME ALONG IN THE SAME UNIT, SPEND 20, YOU HAVE TO APPROVE IT. HISD SUPERINTENDENT CAN SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS WITHOUT BOARD OF MANAGERS APPROVAL. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO BE OKAY WITH THAT. AND MY QUESTION IS, IF IT'S OKAY ON ONE FRONT, WHILE IT'S NOT OKAY ACROSS THE BOARD, AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT, I WANT PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND WHAT THAT SAYS. OKAY? NOW I KNOW WE ARE THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE UNDER A GREAT DEAL OF SCRUTINY. THAT'S OKAY. UM, BUT, UM, I JUST FIND THAT TO BE VERY TELLING. UM, YOU KNOW, UM, LET'S SEE. I THINK THOSE WERE THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO, UH, TO MENTION TODAY. UM, YEAH, THE MAIN THING FOR ME IS THE, IS THE HEAT SITUATION, THE WATER PRESSURE DEALING WITH MAN, GETTING US THROUGH THIS, THIS SITUATION, PRAYING FOR RAIN TO COME , UM, SOON. UM, AND THEN HPD ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, UH, THE CASHEW CANCER CLUSTER AND THE FUND, UH, ACTIVATING THAT TO MOVE THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF HARM'S WAY ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS. UH, I THINK THOSE ARE THE MAIN THINGS THAT I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE FOR, FOR TODAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND I'M GRATEFUL [03:00:01] FOR THE UPDATE ON THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY NUMBERS AND ALSO VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT, UH, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE ALL THE COLLEAGUES SAW HPD ALSO CIRCULATED A BREAKDOWN BY DISTRICT, UM, THAT EACH ONE OF YOU CAN REVIEW. UH, ALSO RECOGNIZING THOUGH, IT'S NOT JUST GRATITUDE AND, UH, CRIME RATES DON'T JUST DROP IN A VACUUM, RIGHT? UH, IT'S THE WORK THAT, UM, THE COMMUNITY IS DOING, THE CITY IS DOING, LAW ENFORCEMENT IS DOING ALL COMING TOGETHER TO TACKLE THIS. SO APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I DID WANNA TALK ABOUT, UH, THE DROUGHT AND THE TREE CANOPY FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE, UH, I THINK I'VE SAID FROM DAY ONE, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE CONTINUING TO TALK ABOUT FLOODING, DROUGHT AND EXTREME HEAT ARE GONNA BECOME ALSO MORE FREQUENT. AND WITH DROUGHT, UH, WHEN WE, IF, IF, AND WHEN WE DO GET A HEAVY RAIN, DROUGHT MAKES FLOODING EVEN MORE LIKELY. SO ALL OF THIS KIND OF COMES TOGETHER. UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S FOUNDATIONS ARE SHIFTING AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO HOMES, RIGHT? UH, SO THERE, THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ADVOCATED AT THE STATE LEVEL THIS PAST SESSION FOR AN ADDITIONAL STUDY AND FUNDING FOR ALL OF OUR CITIES TO ADDRESS DROUGHT AND WILDFIRES, UH, MADE IT THROUGH THE HOUSE, DIDN'T EVEN GET A HEARING IN THE SENATE. UM, BUT WHILE THE STATE ISN'T DOING ANYTHING ON IT, I WANNA RECOGNIZE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE WILDLAND GROUP THAT IS, UH, NOT JUST ASSISTING HERE IN HOUSTON, BUT ACTUALLY GOING TO OTHER CITIES AND OTHER REGIONS TO ASSIST AND HELP OUT. UH, AND CITY CON, THE CITY OF HOUSTON CONTINUES TO STEP UP. ONE THING WITH THE TREE CANOPIES THAT I WANTED TO FLAG, UM, PRE, ONCE THE LAND BRIDGE WAS COMPLETED, UH, WE BROUGHT TOGETHER, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PARKS DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS TO MEET ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO BE DO DOING AS A CITY TO PROTECT. 'CAUSE WE WERE IN A MILD DROUGHT THEN AS WELL. AND, UH, ONE THING THAT CAME OUT OF IT THAT I WANTED TO RAISE IS WE HAVE ALL OF THESE TREES THAT TXDOT HAS PLANTED ALONG OUR FREEWAYS THAT ARE AWESOME, AND WE'VE FINALLY, RIGHT WHEN WE DRIVE, NOW, THE TREES ARE AT A MATURE LEVEL. UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT TXDOT WILL ONLY, UM, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TREES FOR LIKE THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE. AND SO WHILE THE CITY IS STRUGGLING AND OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT CAN'T GET TO EVERY MEDIAN RIGHT NOW, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE WATERING EQUIPMENT, UM, I BELIEVE PUBLIC WORKS HAS SOME ADDITIONAL, BUT WE NEED THE DRIVERS EVEN FOR THAT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE CHALLENGES. BUT THEN WE HAVE THESE MASSIVE CLUSTERS OF TREES THAT ARE NOW DYING THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR RESILIENCY OR IMPORTANT TO AIR QUALITY, UM, CAN POSE A FIRE RISK, AND THOSE NEED TO BE WATERED AS WELL. SO I WOULD HOPE, UM, IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS SO THAT THEY ARE STEPPING UP TO SUPPORT US AS WELL, BECAUSE WE PHYSICALLY DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO WATER EVERYTHING. WE'VE SENT OUT REQUESTS TO RESIDENTS. IF THEY CAN GET TO A MEDIAN IN EVENING HOURS RIGHT BETWEEN SEVEN AND 5:00 AM AND HELP WATER SOME OF THE TREES, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. BUT WE NEED THE RESOURCES FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU. AND I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT. AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS MEETING, UH, PARKS AND REC, MAYOR'S OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, ALL MEETING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE, UH, THE LOSS OF OUR TREE CANOPY. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN 2011, UM, DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT REPEATED. UH, SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MINIMIZE IT, THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. I KNOW SINCE 2019, UH, TO TODAY, WE'VE PLANTED, THE CITY HAS PLANTED ABOUT 1.4 MILLION TREES UNDER THIS CLIMATE ACTION INITIATIVE. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO PLANT AND THEN LOSE, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, SO WE, WE, WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK, ALL ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS WORKING TO, TO MAINTAIN OUR TRUE ACADEMY. SO THANKS A LOT. COUNCILMAN PLUMMER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT REGARDING THE CANCER CLUSTER. YOU KNOW, WE DID MISS, UM, WE LOST MISS BEAL ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND THAT'S, KNOW, THAT'S WHO YOU'RE REFERRING TO. UM, I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN WE DID OUR CANCER CLUSTER, UM, SUMMIT ONE, UM, ONE THING THAT I LEARNED FROM THE SCIENCE, FROM THE SCIENCE END OF IT IS THAT WHEN THE CREOSOTE VAPORS COME OUT OF THE GROUND, UM, THEY WERE GOING INTERNALLY INTO THE HOMES. AND SO THAT, AS YOU KNOW, THE EPA NOW IS DOING SOIL TESTING WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH UP, BUT WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THE SOIL TESTING IS NOT COMING AT THE HIGHER RATES, THE RATES THAT WE ANTICIPATED BEFOREHAND. AND WE'RE STILL WAITING, OBVIOUSLY, FOR THE FINAL RESULTS. UM, AND THEY'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS WELL. OKAY. UM, MY ASK OR QUESTION IS THAT ONCE THOSE RESULTS COME IN FROM, FROM, UH, FROM THE, FROM THE, UH, EPA, AND WE KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, [03:05:01] AND WE FIND, POSSIBLY FIND THAT THE NUMBERS ARE NOT AS HIGH, UM, AS WE'RE, AS WE POTENTIALLY THOUGHT THEY WERE 10, 15, 20 YEARS AGO, WHERE WE'RE REALIZING THAT THE VAPORS ARE GOING INTO THE HOMES AND SO PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY SICK WITHIN THEIR HOMES. IT'S NOT REALLY THE GROUND SOIL ANYMORE. WOW. IT'S THE VAPORS THAT HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST DECADE GOING INTO THE HOMES. RIGHT. WOULD OR COULD WE CONSIDER BASED ON SCIENCE AND DATA, UM, THE REBUILDING OF THE HOMES, UM, IN THAT COMMUNITY, IF SOMEONE DOES NOT WANT TO RELOCATE? 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE DOING A VOLUNTARY, UM, YOU'RE DOING IT VOLUNTARILY, UM, IF THEY WANT TO STAY, AND IF WE KNOW IT'S SAFE FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT THE EPA AND THE UP IS SAYING, UM, WOULD THAT BE A CONSIDERATION? YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMMIT TO THAT RIGHT NOW. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT IDEA OR CONCEPT OUT THERE, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENTISTS ARE SAYING, AND THAT IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING AS WELL. SO JUST SOMETHING TO FOLLOW, UH, JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES. BUT, UM, PEOPLE ARE, THEY'RE GOING IN DOING VAPOR TESTS WITHIN THE HOMES, AND THEY'RE FINDING THAT THE NUMBERS IN THE HOMES ARE HIGHER THAN THE SOIL TEST OUTSIDE. OKAY. SO JUST A CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. UM, AND JUST SOME, JUST, JUST A BIT OF AN UPDATE. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON THIS INITIATIVE. AND THEN, UH, UH, DIRECTOR STEVE COSTELLO IS ALSO A PART, UH, KEITH BY, FROM THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PART OF THAT STRIKEFORCE THING. MM-HMM . SO ALL OF THOSE, ALL OF THOSE, UM, ELEMENTS ARE BEING CONSIDERED, UM, FROM MY PRIMARY PERSPECTIVE. UM, WE JUST NEED TO PROVIDE AN AN OUT, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTARILY OR, UH, LIVING IN HARM'S WAY AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE ALL OF THE, THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THIS SITUATION. BUT, UH, BUT PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM AND DYING FROM THAT CANCER CLUSTER. NO, NO, ABSOLUTELY. AND, AND MS. BEAL, HER FAMILY EVEN COMMENTED AND SAID THAT WHEN SHE LEFT OUT OF HER HOME, SHE GOT BETTER THE MOMENT SHE GOT BACK INTO HER HOME. RIGHT? RIGHT. AND SO, AND SO, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AND DO SOME TESTING INTERNALLY, UM, JUST TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE RESULTS MAY, UM, BE A BIT OF A SURPRISE FOR US. SO JUST ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TO CONSIDER. THANKS. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, VICE MAYOR, CAST TATUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT WE ARE, UM, AMPLIFYING THE MESSAGE ABOUT THE EXTREME HEAT. UM, AND IF YOU RIDE AROUND IN THE CITY, UM, WE, WE'VE BEEN RIDING AROUND IN THE DISTRICT AND WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW WATER MAIN BREAKS. I DID WANT TO, UM, REMIND PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO CALL 3 1 1 TO REPORT THOSE. I WAS AT AN EVENT THIS WEEKEND AND I HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE COME UP TO ME AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT A WATER MAIN BREAK. AND I SAID, DID YOU REPORT IT TO 3 1 1? AND THEY SAID, OH, NO, I SAW YOU. SO I'M TELLING YOU , I DO WANNA REMIND PEOPLE TO CALL THOSE IN TO THREE ONE ONE IMMEDIATELY. UM, SO WE CAN GET THAT ON THE LIST. AND THEN ALSO WANTED TO KNOW WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO, IF SOMEONE IS A CONTRACTOR THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HELPING, WHO SHOULD THEY CONTACT TO EXPEDITE AND GET IN THE PROCESS FOR, UM, CALL PUBLIC WORKS. OKAY. AND YOU CAN GIVE 'EM, YOU CAN PUT 'EM IN, IN, IN TOUCH WITH, UH, DIRECTOR HADDOCK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO IF PEOPLE ARE LISTENING, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO AND DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO TO CALL, WHAT TO DO, BECAUSE IT, IT IS DEFINITELY, UM, AN, AN EMERGENCY WITH THE NUMBER OF WATER MAIN BREAKS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUT IN THE CITY. WE ARE PUTTING A CALL OFF FOR, FOR CONTRACTORS WHO CAN DO THIS WORK AND TO, UH, HELP US TO, UH, EXPEDITE ADDRESSING THEM AND GETTING THEM FIXED, UH, WHICH WILL HELP. THAT, THAT'S ONE PART OF THE PROBLEM. UM, BUT, UH, PEOPLE SPRINKLING AND USING WATER, AND THEN THAT'S THE OTHER, THAT'S ANOTHER ASPECT OF IT. SO IT'S, IT'S EVERYTHING, NOT JUST ONE SINGLE THING. FIXING THE WATER MAY MIX ALONG, UH, ONE, UH, ONE FIX DEPRESSION. UH, BUT EVERY, ALL OF US WORKING IN CONCERT CERTAINLY CAN ADDRESS IT. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU. YOU, UH, CLARIFIED MY QUESTION AROUND THE WATER PRESSURE. WE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF CALLS AROUND THE, THE LOW PRESSURE, SO WE KNOW THAT'S IN PROGRESS. SO REGARDING THE ARPA FOR HPD, IS THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR PATROL OR IS THIS INCLUDING SOME OF THE INITIATIVES LIKE YES, THIS ONE SAFE HOUSTON. OKAY. SO JUST UNDER ONE SAFE HOUSTON, WHICH INCLUDES LIKE AFTER HOURS, ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT. SO WE MAKE THOSE REQUESTS, THEY CAN DRAW DOWN ON THAT FIVE MINUTES ON ALL OF THAT. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN PAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, ONE THING THAT I NOTICED WITH THE THREE ON ONE APP RELATED TO LEAKS AND WATER PRESSURES, UM, AND WE'VE REPORTED IT TO THREE AND ONE, BUT WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION TOO, IS THAT IF YOU'RE REPORTING JUST THE WATER PRESSURE ISSUE, YOU HAVE TO REPORT THAT THERE'S A LEAK TOO. AND SO THAT MIGHT BE KIND OF, UM, GETTING THE ATTENTION OF THERE'S LEAKS THAT THERE REALLY AREN'T LEAKS ANYWHERE. AND SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION [03:10:01] THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO SEPARATE THE TWO, BECAUSE YOU CAN PUT IT IN THAT THERE'S WATER PRESSURE ISSUES, BUT THEN IT REQUIRES YOU TO SAY WHERE THE LEAK IS COMING FROM. SO WE MAY NOT SEPARATE THOSE TWO ITEMS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ALCO. THANK YOU. MAYOR. WHILE WE'RE ALL JUMPING IN, I'M GONNA SAY THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR BRINGING THE ITEM ON THE SIDEWALKS. THAT'S VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD ALSO, SINCE I'M MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, THAT WOULD BE A MASSIVE CLEANUP EFFORT IN THE FALL. YEAH. UM, DEALING WITH ILLEGAL DUMPING AS WELL. ALL HANDS ON DECK, VERY INTENSIVE. UH, THAT'S ALSO, THAT ANNOUNCEMENT IS COMING FAIRLY SOON AS WELL. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN MCCAIN MAY, SORRY, MAYOR, UH, REALLY QUICKLY GOING BACK TO WATER PRESSURE. ONE MORE JUST PSA, BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF RESIDENTS ON THE BACK END WHERE THOSE PIPE BREAKS ARE HAPPENING ON THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY'RE GETTING VERY, VERY HIGH BILLS BECAUSE OF THAT. AND I, I WANNA, UM, ADD MY VOICE IN SAYING MY HOPE THAT WE GET THE NEW METERS IN THAT WILL UPDATE RESIDENTS IN REAL TIME IF THEY ARE GOING ABOVE USAGE. BUT MORE THAN THAT, UM, WHEN WE LOST ROTTER PRESSURE, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE A LEAK ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, UM, WE TURN OFF ALL THE WATER AND THEN ACTUALLY CHECKED OUR WATER METER TO SEE IF IT WAS STILL, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE DIALS WERE STILL CIRCULATING. SO I WANNA REMIND RESIDENTS OF WAYS THAT THEY CAN ALSO BE CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LEAK IS NOT ON THEIR SIDE SO THEY DON'T END UP WITH AN EXTREMELY HIGH WATER BILL, UM, THAT THEY'RE JUST BLINDSIDED BY. RIGHT. UH, SO AGAIN, 'CAUSE THEY CAN, PIPE BREAKS CAN HAPPEN ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OR PUBLIC PROPERTY ON THE CITY SIDE, CITY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT, BUT IF IT'S ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, RESIDENT HAS TO TAKE CARE OF IT. SO THERE'S WAYS THAT THEY CAN BE ACTIVELY CHECKING TO MAKE SURE. AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUSH THAT OUT, UM, BECAUSE WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING HIGH WATER BILLS RIGHT NOW. YEAH. OKAY. LET ME, SO LET ME THANK YOU. LEMME THANK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. LEMME THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL'S ASSISTANCE AND YOUR SUPPORT, UH, AS WE ADDRESS ALL OF THESE ISSUES, UH, MOVING THROUGH. THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING AS YOU GET TOO MUCH RAIN OR YOU DON'T GET NEARLY ENOUGH RAIN. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST FET OF FAMINE, YOU KNOW? UH, BUT HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT AS A CITY, WE HAVE FARED WELL, AND WE'LL MANAGE, WE'LL MANAGE THROUGH IT. UM, NEXT AFTER, [CONSENT AGENDA] UH, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL NOW, IF YOU'LL CALL ITEMS THREE THROUGH 11. ITEMS THREE THROUGH 11. NEED A MOTION CAST SECRETARY TO MOVE SECOND ROBINSON. IT MOVED AND SECONDING ON ITEM THREE THROUGH 11. UH, AND THESE ARE THE APPOINTMENTS. DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED, UH, IF YOU ARE HERE ON ANY OF THESE APPOINTMENTS, IF YOU ARE, STAND AND COME FORWARD ON POSITION THREE, WHICH IS THE EAST DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. POSITION ONE IS BRIAN HUCK. TWO IS KEVIN RADDY. THREE IS MICHAELIA. I THINK I GOT IT. FIVE IS RANDOLPH LAUREN, WILD SIX IS ANDRE, BUT JOHN AZIZI SEVEN IS OUR DAVID DENBERG. EIGHT IS STEPHANIE MACY, AND NINE IS SHAIN. O NACKY. ANY OF THEM HERE TODAY? NO. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF THEM. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MARY. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, ITEM SIX, MARY SIAS. I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT SHE'S THE, WE'RE NOT THERE YET. OH, WE'RE NOT THERE YET. EXCUSE ME. I'M JUST SO EXCITED FOR YOU, MARY. EXCUSE ME. THAT'S OKAY. SOMETIMES THE SEC SECRETARY, GLS AHEAD OF THE PREACHER, UM, SECRETARY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IN THE EAST DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. UH, AS, AS, UM, MANY OF THESE, UH, INDIVIDUALS AND, AND, AND HOUSTONIANS KNOW, UM, EAST DOWNTOWN IS A HOTSPOT, UH, IN, IN, IN, IN HOUSTON. UH, A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING. UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE EAST DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS LOOKING AT DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE COLUMBIA TAP, UH, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE IS ALSO WORKING WITH THEM. UH, AND ALSO THE, UH, FUTURE REALIGNMENT OF I 45, UH, THE, UH, POSSIBLE CAP PARK, UH, BEHIND THE GEORGE R. BROWN CAMP CONVENTION CENTER, POSSIBLY 10 BLOCKS, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, EO MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. OF COURSE, HOPEFULLY WORKING WITH THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, UH, AND THE DOWNTOWN, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AS WELL, UH, TO IMPROVE THAT AREA, UH, AND [03:15:01] TO MAKE THIS PARK SOMETHING THAT HU HOUSTONIANS CAN BE PROUD OF AND ENGINEERS CAN BE PROUD OF. SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, POSITION FOUR IS THE HOUSTON ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION. IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE STAND, COME FORWARD. ONE POSITION ONE IS ASHLEY ELIZABETH JONES. THREE IS, UH, CHANTEL BLAKELY. FIVE IS DAVID BUSACK, SEVEN IS JOHN COSGROVE, AND NINE IS STEVEN F. CURRY. AND I THINK THIS IS, UH, CHANTEL. YES. NEW APPOINTEE, UH, WHICH IS A NEW APPOINTEE TO, UH, TO THIS BOARD. UH, SO CHANTEL, LET ME THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE, AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH YOU. UH, PAULA ON ONE SECOND, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, CHANTEL, UH, FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR THIS AND THE IMPORTANT SERVICE OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION. UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA THAT ARE COMING THROUGH AND HAVE BEEN VETTED BY THE BODY THAT YOU'RE JOINING, SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WE'RE A RESOURCE TO YOU. UM, YOU'RE GONNA BE SERVING WITH SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE, AND, UH, WE, WE WILL BE HERE IF YOU NEED US. SO, JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU OUT LOUD. THANK YOU, CHANTEL. GIVE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND JUST BRIEFLY, I SAY, HELLO, CHANTELLE BLAKELY, UH, ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN. I'M HONORED TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. ON POSITION FIVE, IT'S THE MEMORIAL CITY MANAGEMENT, DISTRICT BOARD, UM, POSITION ONE IS STEVEN GOSS. TWO IS C BO HARRISON, THREE IS DAN MOODY. I THIRD, FOUR IS WILLIAM, MOSTLY JUNIOR. FIVE IS ALLEN STEINBERG, AND SIX IS PERRY HICKS. IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE STAND. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. POSITION SIX IS MARY SES TO POSITION NINE OF THE HOUSTON COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES. UH, MARY IS HERE. YOU'LL COME ON. COME ON DOWN. MARY. UH, LET ME THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO, TO SERVE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. AND, UH, LET ME TURN IT OVER QUICKLY TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EVANS SHABA. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MARY. UM, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ALL OVER DISTRICT D UH, YOU HAVE BEEN A PHENOMENAL LEADER. I KNOW WE ENJOY GOING BACK AND FORTH WHEN THE HOUSTON TEAMS OR ANY KINDA PLAYOFFS, AND SO CERTAINLY, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SERVICE AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO A, A FANTASTIC JOB. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ALCO. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MARY, FOR YOUR SERVICE. UM, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE, UH, MAYOR OF SOMEBODY WHO WANTED TO DO MORE FOR HER CITY, AND WE FOUND THIS SPOT FOR HER. AND MARY AND I BECAME FAST FRIENDS OVER THERE AT ST. FRANCIS XAVIER ON OUR 75TH ANNIVERSARY. SO, CONGRATULATIONS AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SERVICE. THANK COUNCILMAN POLLARD. THANK YOU, MARY. AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. UH, MARY, I TOO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU'LL DO ON THIS BOARD. GOD BLESS YOU. MARY, YOU WANNA STATE YOUR NAME AND, AND SAY A BRIEF. HELLO, MY NAME IS MARY SAEZ. I'M A NATIVE HOUSTONIAN. I'M THE VOICE OF THE UNDERDOG, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING WHATEVER I CAN FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY IN THE CITY. THANKS, MARY. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. I SEE YOU OVER THERE WITH DIRECT ANGEL PALASE. OKAY. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. OH, THEY'RE A GREAT GROUP. I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET 'EM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, I JUST HOPE THEY'RE READY FOR ME. . I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT. . HEY, MARY. GO GET 'EM. . . THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARY. ALRIGHT, POSITION SEVEN IS TO THE HOUSTON ZOO INCORPORATED BOARD OF DIRECTORS. POSITION. ONE IS MICHAEL DIS BERGER. TWO IS SANJAY CVAR. THREE IS KERRY CAVAN. AND, AND FOR NA SKA. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH WITH THEM. POSITION EIGHT IS THE GREATER HOUSTON MANAGEMENT BOARD. NINE IS TON HUDSON, 10 IS SEDONA FAIRFAX. MILES 11 IS KAREN CARTER. RICHARDS 12 IS CHRIS, UH, HAGGETT, HAGEN HAGEN, HAGEN. 13 IS TEDDY DE MCDAVID. 14 IS BRIAN SMITH. 15 IS ABDULAH, HALEEM, MUHAMMAD. UH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH SHABA, WITH COUNCILMAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, JUST STEPPING BACK TO NUMBER SEVEN, I WANT TO THANK THE ZOO, UH, BOARD AS WELL, SINCE THEY'RE IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION AND CERTAINLY WANT TO, UH, GIVE KUDOS TO THE GREATER SOUTHEAST MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST GREAT LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, THEY DO SO MUCH, UH, AND [03:20:01] JUST DISTRICT D IS BLESSED TO HAVE THEM. AND SO I WANNA TELL THEM THANK YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I DO WANNA THANK ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WILLING TO SERVE, UH, HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UH, AND MAYOR, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU AND I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES IN REGARDS TO, WE HAVE SIX MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS ALONG THE GULF FREEWAY FROM HOBBY TO DOWNTOWN. UH, IF EACH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, UH, ADOPT A SECTION OF THE DOWN OF THE FREEWAY THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND MAINTAIN IT ALONG WITH TEXTILE, AND TEXTILE IS OPEN TO THE IDEA. UH, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT YET. UH, SO I'M HOPING THE SIX MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS WILL WORK TOGETHER. UH, AND, AND, AND LET'S NOT WAIT TILL THERE'S A SUPER BOWL OR THE WORLD CUP, UH, TO FIGURE OUT THAT. LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLEAN UP THE, ALONG THE GULF FREEWAY. NO, WE OUGHT TO BE DOING THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE WHOLE ALL YEAR LONG. SO LET, LET'S WORK TOGETHER. I APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. THANKS, COUNCILMAN. I KNOW THAT'S, THIS IS ONE THING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONING FOR A WHILE, SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN BEFORE, WHILE WE ARE STILL HERE. OKAY. UM, NINE AND 10 TOGETHER. NINE AND 10. THIS IS, UH, TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER TWO, ALSO KNOWN AS MIDTOWN ZONE AND THE MIDTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. UH, LA UH, I DUNNO WHO LETTER, UH, DENE, WHEN I CAME IN, I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH DANE TRAVEL AND PROTOCOL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND DIPLOMACY. UH, UM, SO NO DENE QUITE WELL, SPEAKS SEVERAL LANGUAGES. MM-HMM . NOT JUST ONE OR TWO, BUT SEVERAL. AND NOW IT'S OVER THERE WITH THE ION, UH, SERVING, UH, VERY WELL, VERY CAPABLE. UM, SO, UH, BEING ON THE MIDTOWN ZONE FALLS RIGHT IN THAT, IN THAT SPACE. SO, UM, LET ME THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND SERVE EVEN MORE. AND VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COUNCILMAN MCCAIN. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, UM, FOR STEPPING UP TO SERVE. I GET TO CONTINUE TO REPRESENT, UM, THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. UM, BUT WHAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO IN PARTNERING WITH OUR OFFICE, UM, WHETHER IT'S ON SAFETY AND CLEANUP, BUT ALSO I WANNA SPOTLIGHT SOME OF THE REALLY COOL THINGS THAT, UM, OUR BOARDS CAN DO IN TERMS OF, WE ACTUALLY CREATED A GREEN WALL THAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED ALONG THE 59 SPUR. AND, UH, IT WAS BECAUSE OF Y'ALL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT GOING BECAUSE WE NEED SOMEONE TO DO THE MAINTENANCE OF IT. UM, SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP. MIDTOWN IS SUCH A DYNAMIC AREA, UM, AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO, UH, IS REALLY IMPORTANT, NOT JUST TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE RESIDENTS, BUT TO THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. SO, THANK YOU. AND DANE, IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND SAY HELLO TO US. MY NAME IS DENE LEFLORE. UM, THANK YOU ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THANKS, DANE. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS WE MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, TO POSITION 11, WHICH IS THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD. IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE STAND AND COME FORWARD. POSITION FOUR IS JESSICA KEMP ST. ROSE, POSITION EIGHT IS MICHELLE LEE. 10 IS JOHN MAG MAG. AND 12 IS DIMITRI MILLI. UM, JESSICA, LET ME THANK YOU. UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO, TO SERVE ON THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION, UH, FOR ALL OF THE SERVICES, THE PROGRAMS, THE EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE, AND A MAJOR ASSET FOR US AT THE CITY OF, AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO WE ARE, WE ARE JUST HONORED TO, TO HAVE TO HAVE YOU. WHO'S STANDING UP THERE NEXT TO YOU? JOHN . YEAH. JOHN, ONE MORE. NO, IT JUST LEAVE IT. ALRIGHT. THERE WE GO. . SHE'S AN OLD HAND AT THIS. I COULD TELL JOHN. MANGU JOHN, IT'S, IT IS. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN. UH, WHAT I SAID TO, UH, JESSICA, IN REFERENCE TO SERVING ON THE HOUSTON PUBLIC FOUNDATION APPLIES SAME. I MEAN, UH, THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY IS JUST, JUST, UM, IT'S A MAJOR CONTRIBUTING SOURCE AND ASSET FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UH, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF THE BOOKS OF TECHNOLOGY, BUT THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, UH, THE EVENTS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT. SO TO HAVE GOOD PEOPLE SERVING ON THE FOUNDATION, UH, SPEAKS WELL, UH, FOR, NOT JUST FOR THE LIBRARY, BUT FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. LET MAYOR, YOUR FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR JESSICA AND JOHN, THANK YOU FOR SERVING. UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT [03:25:01] HIC, UM, AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT NOW MORE THAN EVER, UH, THE WORK THAT THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION DOES IS CRITICAL, UH, NOT JUST FOR OUR YOUTH, BUT FOR EVERY SINGLE AGE. UH, THERE'S SOME REALLY SPECIAL PROGRAMS GOING ON. THEY ACTUALLY STARTED IN THE DISTRICT. THEY'VE BEEN, UH, SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY NOW THANKS TO THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION. UM, AND BARBARA BUSH, LITERARY LITERARY FOUNDATION, EXCUSE ME, LITERACY FOUNDATION, UM, THAT ACTUALLY DOES PARENTING PROGRAMS WITH CHILDREN IN OUR LIBRARIES. IT GIVES, UH, MOMS AND DADS A SAFE PLACE TO GO WITH THEIR KIDS, BUT ALSO LEARN AND GET COACHING ON INTERACTION AND DEVELOPMENT. UM, BUT AGAIN, THE WORK YOU DO RIPPLES THROUGH FOR GENERATIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT YOU'RE GIVING, UH, OF YOUR TIME AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU'RE MAKING. AND JESSICA, THANK YOU. ALSO, IT'S NOT JUST JOHN, I DON'T KNOW YOU AS WELL, BUT, UH, YOU DO A LOT IN MANY DIFFERENT SPACES. AND TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING AND DO THIS, UM, IS EXCEPTIONAL. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD, THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM. I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH, UH, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE, UH, AND SPECIFICALLY YOU, JESSICA, FOR ALWAYS STEPPING UP AND CONTRIBUTING IN A MAJOR WAY TO THE CITY. UH, YOU SERVE IN MULTIPLE CAPACITIES, IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT LANES, AND IT JUST SHOWS THAT, UH, YOU ARE VERY TALENTED AND CAPABLE. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU BOTH AND ALL OF THE OTHER, UH, MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION BOARD FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I WANNA THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR SERVICE. CERTAINLY JESSICA, UH, AS EVERYONE HAS EXPRESSED, YOU ARE JUST PHENOMENAL. AND SO, JOHN, I KNOW YOU'RE PHENOMENAL TOO. , DON'T FEEL S I'VE GOT A CHANCE TO BE PHENOMENAL. DON'T BE DON'T BE, DON'T SLIGHTED, UH, FEEL SLIGHTED. BUT CERTAINLY WE THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND AGAIN, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN SAID, YOU KNOW, OUR LIBRARY IS UNDER ATTACK, UH, YOU KNOW, IN HISD, SO IT'S BECOME MORE, UH, EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, THE WORK THAT YOU ALL WILL DO. AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL, UH, VICE MAYOR, PRO KA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND TO, UH, BOTH OF YOU, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU WILL DO WILL BE SO IMPORTANT TO SO MANY CHILDREN. UM, EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN EVENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WE INVITE THE, UM, LIBRARY TO COME OUT. AND I'M ALWAYS SURPRISED AT THE, THE CALIBER OF THE BOOKS THAT THEY BRING. I MEAN, THESE ARE NOBEL PRIZE WINNING BOOKS. AND I REMEMBER, UM, IN HIGH, IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND WE WOULD GO TO THE BOOK FAIR AND WE WOULD ALWAYS, UM, LOOK FOR THOSE BOOKS WITH THOSE GOLD SEAL ON THEM. I MEAN, THIS IS THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TO OUR, UM, RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. EVERY TIME YOU SEE, UH, THE LIBRARY TRUCK OUT, UM, AT THE BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS THAT WE HAD, MAYOR, THEY ARE THERE. UM, THE FOUNDATION PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE NAMING OF OUR NEW LIBRARY, UM, IN DISTRICT K. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERISM AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY. THANK AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON MAYOR, I WANNA, UH, THANK BOTH THESE INDIVIDUALS, JESSICA KEMP, UH, MENTIONED BY MANY SUPERSTAR AROUND THESE PREMISES, BUT ALSO ON THE FOUNDATION BOARD. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. JOHN, UH, MY DEAR FRIEND, UH, FROM THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY TOO, IS ILLUSTRATING WITH HIS PRESENCE HERE, JUST THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF HIS CHARACTER LITERARILY, AS WELL AS IN THE MUSIC FIELD. UM, JOHN CAME TO US FROM SAN FRANCISCO, UH, WHERE MY BROTHER AND, AND MY SISTER-IN-LAW WORK WITH THE SYMPHONY. UM, AND I KNOW JUST HOW, UM, IMPORTANT JOHN HAS BEEN FOR US MAYOR TRAVELING WITH US TO JAPAN LAST FALL. YES. UH, WITH THE BALLET AND SWAN LAKE AND SO MANY DYNAMIC THINGS. I WANT TO PUT IT TO YOU BOTH AS WELL AS TO THE COLLEAGUES. UM, THIS FALL AS, UH, SOME OF US ON THE HORSESHOE WRAP UP OUR TENURE ON COUNCIL. I KNOW I'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON A NEW, UH, MAP ARCHIVE THAT WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE JULIA EDISON LIBRARY ACROSS THE STREET. THE, UH, THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH NOT ONLY FUNDRAISING FOR THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO FOR CREATING A FOUNDATION. AND, UH, MAYOR, WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH FUNDRAISING AND ABOUT TO HAVE A BIG, UH, UH, OPENING OF THAT LATER THIS, THIS FALL. BUT I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO, UH, CONTINUE THAT EFFORT AND FOR ALL THAT YOU DO IN THIS ROLE, CRITICAL ROLE THAT YOU PLAY FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND HAVING SAID THAT, UM, UH, JESSICA, LET ME START WITH YOU. IF YOU JUST, UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US, UH, BRIEFLY. HELLO. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JESSICA KEMP [03:30:01] ST. ROSE. I WANNA SAY IT IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE APPOINTED TO THIS BOARD. UM, AS WE'VE ALL INDICATED, LIBRARIES CONTINUE TO SERVE A VERY IMPORTANT FUNCTION ACROSS HIS CITY. AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING. THANK YOU. THANKS. AND JOHN, UH, I'M JOHN MANCOM. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO AT THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY. AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR THIS APPOINTMENT. I'M HONORED TO SERVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK, THANK YOU BOTH AND WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT. WE'VE GOT SOME OUTSTANDING PEOPLE AND WE ARE BLESSED. HAVING SAID THEN, MADAM SECRETARY, LEMME TURN BACK TO YOU [CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA] UNDER THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY, ITEM 12 HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION UNDER THE ACCEPTABLE CATEGORY. ITEMS 13 THROUGH 15. NEED A MOTION CAST. TATUM MOVED. SECOND. ROBINSON BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND ON ITEMS 13 THROUGH 15. DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED UNDER THE PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS CATEGORY. ITEM 21 HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. ITEM 28 HAS BEEN RECEIVED. ITEM REMOVE, SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. 16, 17, AND 27. NEED A MOTION ON THE BALANCE. CASTEX MOVED. SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED AND SECONDING ON THOSE ITEMS. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED AND GRANTED UNDER THE ORDINANCES CATEGORY. ITEM 32 HAS BEEN RECEIVED. I REMOVED SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. R 29, 34, 35, 37, 48, 53, 54, 64 AND 68. THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 29, 34, 35, 37, 48, 53, 54, 64 AND 68. NEED A VOTE ON THE BALANCE. DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED AND GRANTED. GOT IT. ITEM MOVE FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEM 12 NEEDS A MOTION. SECOND ROBINSON, MS. MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM 12. WE ON ITEM 12, DISCUSSION ON 12. DISCUSSION ON 12 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 12. ITEM 16 NEEDS A MOTION. SECOND, ROBINSON, WE ON ITEM 16 HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. DISCUSSION ON 16. COUNCIL MEMBER GALL ON ITEM 16. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I SUPPORT THIS ITEM IN REGARDS TO THE PURCHASE OF NEW EQUIPMENT FOR SOLID WASTE. UH, MY QUESTION IS, UH, DO WE ALSO LOOK AT THE, ARE ARE THERE, IS THERE EQUIPMENT THAT'S HYBRID ELECTRIC AS WELL? OR, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, WHETHER ELECTRIC, ELECTRIC, AND I THINK THESE ARE THE ONES THAT THE, UM, UM, GARY GAS GOT FROM WHAT'S THE DEPARTMENT? UM, FLEET. FLEET. MM-HMM . UH, UH, CAME UP WITH IN TERMS OF THE HYBRIDS. SO IN BOTH ITEM 16 AND 17, UH, YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF 71 HYBRIDS. I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WE COULD DO AT THIS TIME. F-150, F1 FIFTIES, F-150. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. BUT THEY'RE ALL HYBRIDS. COUNCIL, UH, COUNCILMAN P THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I SUPPORT THIS ITEM TOO. UM, BUT CAN WE GET AN UPDATE MAYBE AT A COMMITTEE MEETING OR AN EMAIL EVEN JUST OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE GAME PLAN AS FAR AS PURCHASING NEW, UM, TRUCKS FOR THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT? OH, SURE. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PLAN BACK IN LIKE 2018 THAT, UM, TOOK US THROUGH SEVERAL YEARS AND THEN COVID KIND OF DERAILED ALL OF THAT AND THEY TOUCHED ON IT, UM, IN THE, UM, BUDGET HEARINGS. BUT IF WE COULD JUST GET MAYBE AN UPDATE ON THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO GET THAT REPORT TO YOU. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SOLID WASTE VEHICLES THAT ARE COMING IN THIS FALL, A NUMBER OF THEM. SO WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET, GET THAT TO ALL OF YOU. SO YOU'LL, SO THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX. THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST CURIOUS WHEN THESE VEHICLES MIGHT BE IN SERVICE. UH, DO YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF TIMELINE ON THAT? I CAN GET THAT TO YOU SHORTLY. UH, IF YOU ARE, CAN I GET TO THAT IN A FEW MINUTES? BUT I'LL GET IT TO YOU BEFORE WE JUST, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE'RE GETTING SOME NEW TRUCKS. THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT REAL SOON AND THIS IS THE DATE. OKAY. IN FACT, UH, LEMME JUST ASK FLEET TO GIVE YOU ALL A REPORT ON THE VEHICLES THAT ARE COMING IN PRETTY [03:35:01] MUCH IN ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE SOLID WAYS, POLICE, FIRE. SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT'S COMING, BUT I BE DEPLOYED. RIGHT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SOLID WASTE VEHICLES THAT ARE COMING IN THIS FALL. SOME HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED. OKAY. SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT REPORT TO YOU, UH, THIS WEEK. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER? YES. YEAH. AS A QUESTION MAYOR, UM, IN THAT REPORT, WOULD IT BE OKAY TO LET US KNOW WHICH ONES ARE ELECTRICAL, WHICH ONES ARE HYBRID? SURE. AS WELL. WE'LL BREAK IT ALL DOWN. PERFECT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SURE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAME AND I SAW YOU LIKE YOU WERE READY TO HIT THE BUTTON. I, NO, I WAS JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY 'CAUSE I, I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS QUESTION WAS ON 16, WHICH IS THE TRASH REFUGE TRUCKS. UM, 19 OF THEM. AND THEN 17 AND 18 ARE COMBINED FOR 69. UM, HYBRID ELECTRIC F1 FIFTIES. THAT'S, BUT THAT'S RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ON WHAT ON YOU'RE CORRECT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. ALRIGHT. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. ANY OTHER ISSUES ON 16 IN FAVOR? I OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 16. ITEM 17 NEEDS A MOTION CAST. STATE A MOVE. SECOND ROBINSON MOVE. AND SECOND IN ON 17. DISCUSSION ON 17. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 17. ITEM 27 NEEDS A MOTION CAST. SAY A MOVE. SECOND ROBINSON. ITEM 27. DISCUSSION ON 27. DISCUSSION ON 27 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 27. ITEM 29 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE. ITEM 29. DISCUSSION ON 29. DISCUSSION ON 29 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 29. ITEM 34 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE ON ITEM 34. DISCUSSION ITEM 34 IS BEING TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. NO PROBLEM. NEXT ITEM, ITEM 34 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST VOTE. 35. 35. 35. I'M SORRY. 35. WE ON ITEM 35, WE ON ITEM 35. DISCUSSION ON 35. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSE GRANTED ON 35. ITEM 37. AND WE JUST SAY ON 35. I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON 35. UM, BECAUSE THAT'S FOR OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM ON THE NORTH SIDE, UM, AND EXPANSION OF OUR LIBRARY SERVICES. SO THAT IS MOVING ALONG VERY, VERY NICELY. COUNCIL MCCAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I, I WAS WAITING FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PECK TO GET IN THE QUEUE. AND CONGRATULATIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR. YESTERDAY AT COUNCIL, UM, A WOMAN CAME UP, UH, TO SPEAK AND SHARED THAT SHE DOES A LOT OF RESEARCH USING OUR LIBRARIES. BUT SOME OF OUR RESEARCH LIBRARIES HAVE, UM, VARIOUS RESTRICTIONS ON THEM. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WHO CAN ACCESS IT, WHEN THEY CAN ACCESS IT. UM, IN, UH, FRIEDMANS TOWN WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESEARCH LIBRARY, I SPOKE TO HER AFTER. AND THERE'S FOUR RESEARCH COMPUTERS. NONE OF THEM ACCESS THE LIBRARY'S MAINFRAME. SO IT'S JUST TO DO THAT SPECIFIC TYPE OF RESEARCH. AND WE HAVE A LIBRARY AND A COMMUNITY, UM, WHERE THE CHILDREN DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ACCESS TO BOOKS BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS ONLY A RESEARCH LIBRARY. BUT EVEN FOR THOSE THAT ARE USING THE COMPUTERS THERE, THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY SYSTEM ITSELF. AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. I'M GONNA BE MEETING WITH DIRECTOR LAWSON, BUT AS WE'RE BRINGING MORE LIBRARIES ONLINE, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ACCESS IN COMMUNITIES TO RESOURCES WE ALREADY HAVE. UH, I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO THE FOREFRONT 'CAUSE IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD IT, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY BE DOING TO EXPAND LIBRARY ACCESS. I AGREE. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION. UH, LET'S GET ON TOP OF THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. UM, BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILMAN PECK, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT, THAT, THAT LIBRARY, IT WILL BE A BIG, BIG PLUS FOR THAT, FOR THAT WHOLE REGION AND AREA. COUNCILMAN BECK . THANK YOU MAYOR. I TALKED ABOUT THIS ITEM I THINK THE LAST TIME IT CAME ON THE AGENDA, SO I WASN'T PLANNING ON SAYING AGAIN. I KNOW I WAS, I WAS TRYING TO BAIT YOU. . NOT FAIR. I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS LIBRARY. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD FOR THE AREA. VERY EXCITING, . THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM, ITEM 37 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 37. COUNCILMAN CAMAN ON 37. YEAH, REALLY QUICK. I I'M GONNA DEFER TO COUNCIL GO. YOU SURE? GO AHEAD. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON, BUT AS WE TALK ABOUT HEAT AND THEN OUR TREE CANOPIES, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE WAY THE CITY'S [03:40:01] BEING INNOVATIVE. UH, BUILDING A SOLAR PANEL ABOVE THAT'S BEING ALSO USED AS A CARPORT. AND WE'RE SEEING THIS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. I THINK THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE HERE IN HOUSTON. SO AGAIN, WITH THE HEAT, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, UM, ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT. BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS ITEM BECAUSE AGAIN, HARNESSING ENERGY THAT'S CLEAN, PROVIDING SHADE TO RESIDENTS, KEEPING OUR CARS COOL. IT'S A GREAT ITEM. JACKSON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. AND, AND I ECHO MY COLLEAGUE HERE. IT'S, UM, IT'S, IT'S GOOD. IT'S NEEDED WITH THE HEAT. UM, IT'S PART OF THE, UM, ENERGY RESILIENCE PLAN. UM, I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SHELL WHO'S ACTUALLY DONATING THE RESOURCES FOR, UM, THE SOLAR PANEL. I MEAN, WE GOT A LOT OF ACTIVITIES HAPPENING AT THE CASH MILL GARDEN MULTI SERVICE CENTER. SO IT'S GONNA BE GOOD FOR, UM, OUR LEADERS WHO'S ALWAYS HAVING EVENTS THERE, BUT ALSO THE RESIDENTS WHO SHOW UP DAILY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SE THE SENIORS, THEY GET SHADE AS WELL. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU SHELL AND THANK YOU. THE CITY OF HOUSTON. FOR, I WILL SAY TO YOU, THIS IS ONE OF THE, UM, RESILIENCE, UH, SUSTAINABLE HUBS THAT'S BEING BUILT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS ALSO, UM, AN EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC PRIVATE COLLABORATION. SO CERTAINLY WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF OUR PRIVATE PARTNERS. UH, BUT THIS CATCHMENT GARDEN IS ONE OF ONE OF THE HUBS THAT'S BEING BUILT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SUCH THAT, UM, EVENTS HAPPEN, THINGS COME ALONG. UH, PEOPLE HAVE A, THERE'S A LOCATION IN THEIR COMMUNITY IN THE AREA THAT THEY KNOW THAT THE POWER WON'T GO OUT, UM, THAT SERVES AS A SYMBOL OF RESILIENCE. THAT SUSTAINABILITY. UM, SO IT'S ONE OF SEVERAL THAT WE HOPE TO GET FULLY ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE YEAR IS THE YEAR IS OUT AND THIS IS ONE STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. COUNCILMAN MALCO. JUST WANNA ADD MY, UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS. YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ONE THING WE HAVE A LOT IN, IN HOUSTON, IT'S PARKING LOTS. AND I WAS ABLE TO GO TO A, A COMPANY OUT IN WEST HOUSTON TO CUT THE RIBBON ON A BIG SOLAR, YOU KNOW, PARKING LOT. IT'S GONNA, AND ENOUGH ENERGY TO, YOU KNOW, DO THE WHOLE BUILDING. SO IT'S REALLY COOL. AND LAST NIGHT I WAS AT TRINITY HOUSTON GARDENS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HUB AND THEY WERE SAYING THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO. AND, AND THEY WERE SUPER EXCITED AND THEY TOOK A LOT OF OWNERSHIP IN IT 'CAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THEY DISCUSSED IN, IN ALL THOSE MEETINGS. AND THEY WERE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS, THIS, UH, SOLAR DEAL COME TO CASHMERE GARDENS. EVEN THOUGH THERE'S SOMETIMES THEIR COMPETITION BETWEEN TRINITY GARDENS AND CASHMERE GARDENS, THEY WERE ALL EXCITED ABOUT. OKAY, THANK YOU OFFICER. VERY, VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM. WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON. 37. OH, WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON 37. I'M SORRY. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSE GRANTED ON 37, ITEM 48 IS AN ORDINANCE. NEED A VOTE? WE ON ITEM 48, DISCUSSION ON 48. DISCUSSION ON 48 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 48. ITEM 53 IS AN ORDINANCE. NEED A VOTE? WE ON ITEM 53, DISCUSSION ON 53. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRAND ON 53. ITEM 54 IS AN ORDINANCE VOTE. ITEM 54, DISCUSSION ON 54. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRAND ON 54. ITEM 64 IS AN ORDINANCE NEED VOTE. ITEM 64, DISCUSSION ON 64. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED ON 64. ITEM 68 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PACT ON 68. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, THIS, UM, INCLUDES THE SPRING SHADOWS PROJECT, UM, TO APPLY FOR THE, UM, FUNDING FROM HARRIS COUNTY. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, FOR ADDING THAT TO THE LIST. AND ALSO TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS. THEY HAVE LOOKED AT SPRING SHADOWS, BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH PROJECTS A MILLION TIMES AND KIND OF REWORKED IT TO GET THE BEST AMOUNT OF, UM, DRAINAGE POSSIBLE. SO JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS. THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. OKAY, UM, UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 68? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, OPPOSE GRANTED NOW COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, UM, FOR VOTING FOR THIS. AS YOU'LL SEE, AILEY FOUR SOUTH DRAINAGE PROJECT WAS ALSO INCLUDED. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE PROJECTS, UM, IN DISTRICT THEFT, WHICH CONNECTS TO, UM, SOME OTHER, UH, COMPONENTS OF SPECIAL THANKS TO PUBLIC WORKS. UM, UH, AND ALSO SPECIAL THANKS TO STEVEN COSTELLO FOR KEEPING THIS ALSO AS A PRIORITY AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE CAN GET AS MUCH DETENTION IN THAT AREA AND DRAINAGE ON THE WEST SIDE AS POSSIBLE. THE GOOD THING IS WE DON'T HAVE A HISTORY OF STRUCTURAL FLOODING, BUT AS WE KNOW, AS STORMS INCREASE AND BECOME MORE SERIOUS, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE. AND SO THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AND UM, UH, DETENTION WILL, UM, HAVE US PREPARED IN THE FUTURE. SO THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR [03:45:01] THANK YOU. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP. LET ME ENCOURAGE Y'ALL ALSO YOU TO TOUCH BASES WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BECAUSE I THINK THEY MAY BE VOTING ON THIS ITEM NEXT WEEK. SO IF YOU JUST POLITELY ENCOURAGE THEIR SUPPORT, UH, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. ALRIGHT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, MAYOR. I, I, UM, THIS, THESE ARE THE, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER THE, WHEN WE DIDN'T, WHEN WE GOT GOT THE BIG FAT GOOSE EGG FROM THE GLO ON THE MONEY, THEY GOT THE $750 MILLION RIGHT? THEN LATER, MOST OF THAT'S GOING TO THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. BUT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GET A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL BE VOTING ON. AND THESE PROJECTS LINE UP WITH THAT. SO YEAH, I DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS. I, I ANTICIPATE THAT THEY'LL BE WANTING TO DO SOME PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS WITH US LIKE THIS, SO, RIGHT. IT'S GREAT WORK. SO A GOOD, A GOOD JELLY CAKE TEACHING. EVERY ONE OF THEM WOULD HELP OUT QUITE A BIT. JELLY CAKE, UH, I KNOW I'M FIXING A JELLY CAKE FOR SOME OF THEM. UH, SO PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM. ALRIGHT, NEXT [NON-CONSENT - MISCELLANEOUS] ITEM. ITEM 69 IS A MOTION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE. THE SUGGESTED HEARING DATE IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 13TH, 2023. KA TATU MOVE TO SET THE HEARING DATE FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023 AT 9:00 AM SECOND ROBINSON BEEN MOVED AND SECOND ON THE HEARING DATE. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED AND GRANTED ON 69. COUNCILMAN THOMAS. THANK MAYOR. CAN YOU CLARIFY? SO AFTER THIS PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL BE, UM, READY TO VOTE UPON THE HEARING CLOSURE OR WILL THIS, WILL SOMETHING COME BACK ON THE NEXT, THE FOLLOWING AGENDA? THE NEXT ITEM THAT SHOULD BE POSTED WILL BE THE HEARING, WHICH WILL POST ON SEPTEMBER 13TH. OKAY. THE HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE. WE'LL POST THE HEARING ON ONE DATE AND THEN I THINK THE ITEM WILL PROBABLY APPEAR THE FOLLOWING WEEK. OKAY. THANK YOU MUCH. SURE. UHHUH, WE CAN THEM AT THE SAME TIME IF YOU, UNLESS YOU WANT, UNLESS YOU WANT THEM ALL ON THE SAME TIME, WE MIGHT AS WELL GET IT. YEAH. OKAY. WE'LL PUT 'EM ON THE SAME DATE. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. I'M EASY. , TALKING ABOUT I. ALRIGHT, [MATTERS HELD] NEXT ITEM. ITEM 70. AND WE'RE ON ITEM 70. AND WE'RE ON ITEM 70. ALREADY HAVE A MOTION TO SEE VOTE. YEAH, WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION. JUST NEED TO VOTE. WE ARE ON ITEM 70. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 70, I MAKE A MOTION. ITEM 71 IS THE AMENDMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALCO, LEMME JUST SAY THIS, WE COULD DEAL WITH 71 AS WELL AS 70. UH, I NOW HAVE, LET ME THANK, UH, UH, THE CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, ANDY KIN AND HIS TEAM FOR GETTING THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, UH, DONE. UH, WHICH, UH, UH, I RECEIVED, UH, THIS WEEK. I JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO REVIEW THEM, UH, 'CAUSE I WAS OUT YESTERDAY. UM, BUT I'M IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THEM. I SUSPECT I'LL BE PROBABLY FINISHED REVIEWING THEM TODAY. AND THEN WITH THAT, UH, THEY WILL BE SUBMITTED TO YOU ALL PROBABLY IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS FOR YOUR REVIEW. SO, UH, MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VICE MEMBER, TIM, WHAT I'VE SAID IS THAT, UH, WE WILL, UH, MY REQUEST IS THAT WE DELAY ITEMS 2071 AND 72, AND THEN YOU CAN LOOK AND LOOK AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. UH, AND THEN, UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. UM, WE'LL DELAY. MY, MY SUGGESTION IS TO DELAY ITEM 71 AND 72. WE WILL GET THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO YOU WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS FOR YOU TO REVIEW. AND THEN WE CAN BRING ALL THE, THEN YOU'LL HAVE EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU, UH, NEXT WEEK, UH, WHEN WE ARE VOTING ON ITEM 71 AND 70 72. SO THAT WOULD BE MY, UH, YOU NEED A MOTION TO DELAY? YEAH. VICE MAYOR FOR PERAM IS GETTING READY TO DO THE MOTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I'VE MOVED TO DELAY ITEM 71 AND 72 FOR ONE WEEK. SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED AND SECONDED. DISCUSSION. I, I THINK THEY'RE JUST MOVED. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION. SECOND. OKAY. SECOND. OKAY. IN DISCUSSION. IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? AND GRANTED. OKAY. THANK YOU ALSO VERY MUCH. AND AGAIN, LET ME THANK, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, LET ME THANK, UH, ANDY EAKIN AND HIS TEAM AND, AND, UH, CHIEF OF STAFF AND ALL OF THAT, HUNTER, UM, AND ALL OF THEM FOR GETTING THIS THING, GETTING IT DONE. OKAY. [NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS] UH, LET ME [03:50:01] RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, UH, FOR APPOINTED OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE THE WEST HOUSTON LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE. THEY ARE TAKING A TOUR IF THEY WANNA STAND UP. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU. AND WELCOME. POLLARD HAS ONE TOO. OKAY. NOW ALSO, LET ME RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN POLLARD, WHAT POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY SON WHO'S, WHO'S PAYING ATTENTION, STAND UP. EJ, STAND UP SUCH A LIBERAL. HE, HE HASN'T HAD HIS VIDEO GAME, THE WHOLE, UH, SESSION AND HE'S BEEN PAYING ATTENTION. SO HE IS KEEPING ME COMPANY TODAY. SO THANK YOU, EJ. AH, GOOD. ANY OTHER POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TODAY? ALL RIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY DOES THAT, DOES IT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE ARE ON THE POPOFF SESSION FOR TODAY. WE START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, SO ON LAST WEEK WE HAD A, THE SUCCESSFUL JOB FAIR AND PARTNERSHIP WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. UM, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 14 PEOPLE GET JOBS ON THE SPOT. UM, THAT WAS ON LAST THURSDAY. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY MOVING, GETTING THE FOLKS IN DISTRICT B INTO SOME GOOD PAYING JOBS. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THIS SATURDAY WE WILL HAVE A RESUME, RESUME WRITING CLASS. UM, IT'S GONNA BE VIRTUAL. IF YOU INTERESTED IN GETTING YOUR RESUME UP TO STANDARDS, UM, REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 3 0 0 9. AND THEN ALSO THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER BACKPACK GIVEAWAY THIS SATURDAY AT 10:00 AM FROM 10 TO TWO AT THE NORTHEAST MULTI SERVICE CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 97 20 SPALDING STREET. UM, WE KNOW HISD START ON MONDAY. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL AND BE SUCCESSFUL. SO COME ON OUT, GET YOU A BACKPACK, GET YOU SOME SUPPLIES, AND THERE WILL ALSO BE OTHER RESOURCES THERE AS WELL. IF YOU NEED INFORMATION, CONTACT MY CONTACT MY OFFICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER BREW CAYMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, I AM THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE FOR RESIDENTS THAT WE JUST PASSED, UM, THE CONTRACT FOR PHASE ONE OF COTTAGE GROVE EAST, WHICH IS A CRITICAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. UM, IN DISTRICT C IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD SIMILAR MAYOR TO SHADY ACRES. UM, THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT. UH, THIS CIP IT WILL IMPROVE DRAINAGE AND REDUCE THE RISK OF STRUCTURAL FLOODING, UH, PROVIDE NEW PAVEMENT UPGRADES TO THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM AND WATER LINES, UM, AND OTHER UTILITY UPGRADES. BUT AGAIN, I FOCUS ON THE PROTECTION FROM FLOODING. UH, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT WHERE THE STREETS ARE SO NARROW AND THAT, AND THEY DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, UM, THAT AMBULANCES AND SCHOOL BUSES GO INTO THE DITCHES 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T NAVIGATE. SO WE'RE, UM, COULD NOT BE MORE APPRECIATIVE OF THIS. AND ALSO COMING TO THE AREA WILL BE OUR DISTRICT C SWAP PROJECT AND MORE SIDEWALKS THAT MY OFFICE HAS FUNDED. UH, I DO WANNA SPOTLIGHT THOUGH, THIS IS ONLY FOR COTTAGE GROVE EAST AND FOR PHASE ONE. UH, COTTAGE GROVE WEST, WHICH IS ANOTHER PART OF THIS AREA, UM, HAS BEEN ON THE CIP, BUT IT'S SO EXPENSIVE THAT WE'RE NOT EVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND IT. AND THERE'S A HUGE UNMET NEED FOR COTTAGE GROVE WEST. AGAIN, AN AREA THAT CONTINUES TO FLOOD. UM, BUT LET'S TAKE OUR WINDS. WE COULD NOT BE MORE APPRECIATIVE, UM, AND EXCITED FOR THIS. IT'S A LONG TIME COMING. UH, RESIDENTS, UH, WILL BE THRILLED TO HEAR THAT. THE NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR CONSTRUCTION IS SEPTEMBER 25TH. UM, AND IT'LL USUALLY TAKE PLACE WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THERE. SO IT IS STARTING THIS FALL. AND YOU CAN GO TO ENGAGE HOUSTON.ORG FOR MORE DETAILS. UH, WE HAVE ALSO, UM, JUST INSTALLED WITH THE HELP OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. OUR LATEST ROUND OF AIR MONITORS FUNDED BY DISTRICT C. UM, WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING INTO PARKS, UH, AROUND THE DISTRICT, PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AIR MONITORS THAT RESIDENTS CAN CHECK THE AIR QUALITY OF, AND IT ALSO HELPS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN COLLECTING DATA. UM, YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ALL OF THE LOCATIONS. THAT BRINGS OUR NUMBER UP TO 10. AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO PROVIDED FEEDBACK TELLING US WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE AIR MONITORS GOING. SO EXCITED FOR, UM, BOTH OF THOSE, UH, BIG MILESTONES THAT WE'RE REACHING IN THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN P*****K. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A BIG COMMUNITY CLEANUP THAT WE HAVE IN DISTRICT J. UH, THIS WEEKEND ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 26TH FROM 8:00 AM TO 12:00 PM WE WILL BE, UH, PARTNERING WITH THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT SOUTHWEST MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. KEEP HOUSTON BEAUTIFUL, ALONG WITH, UM, HPD [03:55:01] THROUGH YOUR ONE SAFE HOUSTON INITIATIVE, AS WELL AS ONE CLEAN HOUSTON TO DO A MAJOR, UH, CLEANUP ON THE BISSONNET CORRIDOR BETWEEN, UM, 59 AND BELTWAY EIGHT, WE HAVE BEEN, UM, DILIGENT MAYOR AS YOU KNOW, UM, REALLY TRYING TO CLEAN UP THAT AREA FROM A CRIME PERSPECTIVE. UH, BEING ABLE TO USE BLOCKADES AT IN THE EVENING HOURS AND AT NIGHTTIME TO, UH, TRY TO CURB SOME OF THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY ON THE SIDE STREETS WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN THIS AND THAT. NOW, ESPECIALLY DURING THAT, UH, ON THAT CORRIDOR, IT LOOKS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT. UM, AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL THE RESOURCES THAT YOU'RE PUTTING, UH, TOWARDS THAT EFFORT. ALL OF, UH, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, SPECIFICALLY THE WEST SIDE DIVISION FOR ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING. BUT IT HASN'T, THAT'S JUST NOT IT. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GOING TO, TO GO. AND THIS, UH, CLEANUP EFFORT IS THE NEXT PHASE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE CLEANING UP, UH, THE AREA. WE'RE ENCOURAGING ALL OF THE, UM, RESIDENTS WHO WANNA VOLUNTEER TO PLEASE COME OUT. THOSE WHO HAVE R RS P VPD WILL BE GETTING AN INSTRUCTIONAL EMAIL TODAY. UM, BUT THE AREA IS TRANSFORMING AND, UM, THAT WAS A TALL TASK TO EVEN UNDERTAKE. SO JUST TO SEE THAT THOSE EFFORTS ARE REALLY PAYING OFF, UH, IS AMAZING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THAT AREA. AND SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, FOR MAKING THAT A HIGH PRIORITY, UH, FOR DISTRICT J. AND THEN LASTLY, UM, MY CONDOLENCES TO YOU MAYOR AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY ON THE LOSS OF YOUR BROTHER. UH, YOU ALL REMAIN IN MY PRAYERS. UH, AND SO GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND MY CONDOLENCES AS WELL, I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT. UM, I WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, THIS WEEK WAS KIND OF BUSY IN DISTRICT D AS USUAL. WE HAD THE CINDERELLA BALL IN SUNNYSIDE, WHICH WAS MAGICAL. CERTAINLY MAYOR, YOUR, YOUR PRESENCE WAS, WAS MISSED. AND WE KNOW THAT IT HAD TO BE SOMETHING PRESSING. BUT CERTAINLY, UH, I WANT THANK COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SALLY ALCORN AND MIKE KNOX ACTUALLY STOOD IN FOR YOU. UH, GO FIGURE, UH, MAYOR AND . NO, NO, NO RESEMBLANCE AT ALL. THE CINDERELLA TOLD ME THAT I WAS, THAT I WAS REPLACED. UH, YEAH, YEAH, SHE DID. BUT HE DID A GREAT JOB. UM, ALSO WE HAD OUR NATIONAL SENIOR CITIZENS DAY AT THE BLUE TRIANGLE. I WANNA THANK, UH, TANISHA MANNING FROM HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT ONE FOR HER TIRELESS EFFORTS. AND SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, SOUTH UNION SENIOR RESIDENTS WERE TRANSPORTED AND CAN ENJOY THE DAY'S FESTIVITIES. THERE WAS ALSO A BACK TO SCHOOL B AT SUNNYSIDE PARK, WHICH WAS FABULOUS. THEY HAD BASKETBALL CLINICS, ESSENTIAL SCHOOL SUPPLIES, VISION SCREENINGS AND EVERYTHING TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR THE UPCOMING ACADEMIC YEAR. ON THIS THURSDAY, THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY MEETING REGARDING DEED RESTRICTIONS. THAT WILL BE THIS THURSDAY AT, UH, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT SEVEN, UH, PLACE ONE, WHICH IS OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW HIM BY NAME WANDA ADAMS COURTHOUSE, UH, AT 57 37 CULLEN BOULEVARD BOULEVARD. THAT'S THURSDAY FROM SIX TO EIGHT. UH, ALSO ON THE SATURDAY THE 26TH, TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WILL HAVE THEIR FRESH PRODUCE MOBILE MART, 2,600 HOLMAN FROM 10 TO ONE, THEY WILL HAVE LOW PRICES AND SNAP CARDS ARE ACCEPTED. AND THEN THE CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE HEALTH COMMUNITY TOWN HALL MEETING WILL BE AT THE TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ON AUGUST THE 31ST AT 6:00 PM AND I WANNA GIVE MY SINCEREST CONDOLENCES TO DR. ZA POINDEXTER AND HIS FAMILY. HIS MOTHER, UH, MRS. RUBY REVIS POINDEXTER TRANSITIONED. SHE WAS ONE OF MY BEST AND FAVORITE TEACHERS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. JUST A PHENOMENAL WOMAN. SHE WAS A FRIEND OF MY MOTHER'S. THEY WOULD PLAY BRIDGE AND ALL OF THAT. SO I'VE KNOWN HER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND SO CERTAINLY HER SERVICES ARE SCHEDULED FOR, UH, THE WAKE WILL BE THURSDAY NIGHT, UH, AUGUST 24TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AT LOYAL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. 39 0 1 NORTH MCGREGOR WAY. AND THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 25TH AT 10:10 AM AT GOOD HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, DR. DEZY COFIELD 30 15 NORTH MCGREGOR WAY. AND, UH, THE INTERNMENT WILL BE AT 1:00 PM AT THE HOUSTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. SO CERTAINLY I WANNA GIVE MY SINCEREST CONDOLENCES TO ZAB WHO I HAVE KNOWN ALL BASICALLY ALL OF HIS LIFE AS WELL. AND SO THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES WHAT'S GOING ON AND THE OF DESTINATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER HOFFMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, THIS SATURDAY, DISTRICT G I'M HOSTING AN HOA INFORMATION EXPO. IT'S GOING TO BE THIS SATURDAY FROM 10:00 AM [04:00:01] TO 1:00 PM AT THE WALNUT BEND RECREATION CENTER. THAT ADDRESS IS TEN SIX OH ONE BRIAR FOREST DRIVE. AND THIS IS FOR ANYONE WHO'S LOOKING TO START AN HOA. MAYBE YOU HAVE AN EXISTING PROBLEM. UM, IF YOU'RE ON THE BOARD OF AN HOA AND YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, THERE'S GONNA BE REPRESENTATIVES FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS. IT'S A COME AND GO EVENT, SO NOT REALLY A PRESENTATION TYPE EVENT, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE TABLES SET UP AND MAKE YOUR WAY AROUND THE ROOM, AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. GOOD. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR, UH, VICE MAYOR PROAM, CASTEK TATUM. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TO OUR PIP MEETING LAST NIGHT. WE GOT TO MEET IN THE NEW HAROLD L. PRESTON SOUTHWEST POLICE STATION. AND THAT FELT GOOD TO BE THERE IN THE NEWLY NAMED FACILITY. UM, WE DID HAVE, UM, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BRA OAKS MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND WE DISTRIBUTED GUN SAFES, UH, TO THE RESIDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED. AND, UM, WE REALLY ARE JUST AMPLIFYING THE MESSAGE TO KEEP OUR GUNS LOCKED UP AND SAFE AND ENSURING, UH, ONE SAFE HOUSTON THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY. AND THEN HEAR YE HEAR YE WE'VE BEEN WAITING OVER 20 YEARS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD KROGER IN FORT BEND, HOUSTON , UM, MAYOR, YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT THREE, I REMEMBER OUR MEETING THAT WE HAD. DO I REMEMBER THE COMMUNITY IN FORT BEND? AND, UM, THERE WILL BE A DEMOLITION, WHEN IS IT? COMMUNITY CELEBRATION , SEPTEMBER THE FIRST AT 7:30 AM AT THE SITE BECAUSE IT'S HOT. UM, BUT WE WILL BE AT THE SATURDAY ON SEPTEMBER THE FIRST. OKAY. UM, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE MOVING INTO PHASE TWO OF THE CONSTRUCTION IN FORT BEND. THIS IS A GAME CHANGER. UM, THE CARTERS AND EVERYONE WHO HAVE WORKED ON THIS EDISON PROJECT HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. UM, THEY'VE RAISED LOTS OF FUNDING. WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF GAP FUNDING, BUT WE WILL DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN A NUISANCE IN THE FORT BEND COMMUNITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. WHEN KROGER MOVED OUT, THE, THE, THE ENTIRE AREA, UM, JUST TOOK A A DOWNTURN. WE PICK UP SO MUCH ILLEGAL DUMPING THERE. WE'VE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT PROPERTY AND KEEP IT CLEAN IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS SUCH A BEACON OF LIGHT AND HOPE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO IF CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE AVAILABLE ON SEPTEMBER THE FIRST. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU AT THE DEMOLITION, UM, SERVICE. THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED MUCKING OUT THE BUILDING. UM, YOU KNOW, PHASE ONE WAS THE EDISON LOFT, RIGHT? WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. UM, AND I LIKE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SOLAR FARMS. IT IS THE FIRST APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT PUT SOLAR PANELS IN THE DETENTION AREA. SO THE, UM, RESIDENTS WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SAFE SPACE TO BE WITH ELECTRICITY. UM, BUT WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN FORT BEND, HOUSTON WITH THE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STREETS, UH, THE SIDEWALKS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO. SO MAYOR, WHEN I FIRST CAME IN THE OFFICE, ONE OF THE FIRST CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WAS ABOUT FORT BEND HOUSTON. YES. AND WE ARE FINALLY REALIZING ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE PUT FORTH OVER THESE LAST SIX YEARS YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS. SO MAYOR, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UH, A COUPLE OF OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT SOLID WASTE PUT OUT A NOTICE. THERE WILL BE NO INTERRUPTION OF COLLECTION OF SERVICES ON LABOR DAY. RIGHT? SO IF YOU ARE SCHEDULED FOR TRASH PICKUP ON LABOR DAY, UM, GO AHEAD AND PUT YOUR TRASH OUT BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT, UM, BE OFF ON LABOR DAY. THE SERVICES WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED. BATTLE OF THE IS ON SATURDAYS. IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN YOUR TICKET, MAKE SURE YOU DO SO. UM, AND THEN THE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE MORRIS FRANK EXPRESS LIBRARY WILL CLOSE ON THE 31ST OF THIS MONTH IN PREPARATION OF OUR NEW LIBRARY OPENING THIS FALL. SO THE LIBRARY HAS ASKED THAT WE GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE FRANK LIBRARY IN PREPARATION FOR THEM TO GET ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS AND EVERYTHING WE NEED OUT OF THE TEMPORARY LIBRARY SO WE CAN START MOVING AND PREPARING FOR OUR MOVING TO THE NEW LIBRARY, WHICH WE ARE WORKING ON SCHEDULING THAT GRAND OPENING WITH DR. SHANNON WALKER, UM, SO THAT SHE CAN BE IN ATTENDANCE. SO AS SOON AS WE, UM, GET THAT DATE, WE WILL LET EVERYONE KNOW. BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED IF YOU RIDE BY 55 0 5 BELROSE, YOU CAN SEE THE NEW BUILDING AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXCITEMENT THAT'S BREWING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OUR LIBRARY MAYOR, THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO GETTING OPEN BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST. GOOD. THANKS, . GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON THAT FOR BEN PROJECT [04:05:01] COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT IS GREAT NEWS. OUT WITH THE OLD IN WITH THE NEW AND INFRASTRUCTURE HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY. ONLY REALLY ONE ITEM FROM ME MAYOR THIS WEEK. AND THAT'S, UH, TO ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOR THE TTI COMMITTEE. AND THAT'S TOMORROW. IT'S THURSDAY, THE AUGUST 24TH AT 2:00 PM IT'S A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOR TTI AND WE'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING THE PROPOSED 2021 BUILDING CODE AMENDMENTS. THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF NINE MONTHS OF REALLY EXTENSIVE REVIEW BY VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES COMPRISING, UM, INDUSTRY EXPERTS, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS AND LEADERS. AND WE'VE REACHED A SET OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TOMORROW. I WANT TO THANK, UH, VICE CHAIR SALLY ALCORN FOR ALL HER DEDICATED SERVICE, CERTAINLY TO DIRECTOR HADDOCK, UH, TO HER TEAM AT PUBLIC WORKS AND ALL THE CONSULTANTS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT. AND, AND BY FAR AMONGST THE, UH, TASK FORCE LEADERSHIP THAT HAVE BROUGHT IT THIS, THIS FAR, THERE IS A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, UH, THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE THAT WILL BE OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 19TH. SO PAY ATTENTION. THERE'S STILL TIME TO GET YOUR INPUT IN IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS. AND MAYOR, I THINK IT'S YOUR INTENTION, UH, THAT AFTER THE HEARING TOMORROW, WE WILL BE BRINGING, UH, THE BUILDING CODE FORWARD, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION AT COUNCIL SOMETIME IN OCTOBER, WE'RE GUESSING. CORRECT. UH, SO WITH THAT, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU MUCH. UM, WE ARE ROCKING AND ROLLING ON THE WEST SIDE, AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC, UH, UPDATES. I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU ONE SPECIFICALLY. IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN, UM, A SUBCONTRACTING GOES WRONG. SO, UM, I HAD A SWAT PROJECT IN THE SOUTH PORTION OF BRIAR MEADOW TWO YEARS AGO, A YEAR AGO. BUT THE SUB OF THE, THE SUB SUBBED OUT WORK, WHICH DIVIDED, YOU KNOW, WORK, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET THAT INFORMATION. SO WE'VE HAD TO SPEND EXTRA RESOURCES TO FIX SPRINKLERS. UH, THEY WERE PARKING ON EASEMENTS, DAMAGED GRASS, JUST UNNECESSARY THINGS. MM-HMM. UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE SWAT TEAM IS PHENOMENAL. WE FOUND OUT BECAUSE THE SUB DIVIDED THEIR WORK, WHICH, SO I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME CONSIDERATION AROUND THAT BECAUSE WE FIGHT SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT MWBES ARE IN THE QUEUE, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THE WORK AND SCALE UP. BUT IF THEY'RE SUBDIVIDING THE WORK, OFTENTIMES THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. AND THE NOTICE TO PROCEED ONLY TELLS YOU WHO THE PRIME IS. RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO, IT TAKES, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, ALL OF THAT'S BEING MITIGATED WITHIN THE NEXT 10 DAYS. UM, SO I'M HAPPY TO, BUT I WANTED TO RAISE THAT POINT 'CAUSE I'M SURE IF IT'S HAPPENING HERE, IT'S HAPPENING ELSEWHERE. UM, BEL AIR WEST IS FINALLY RECEIVING, UM, THEIR SPEED BUMPS. THIS HAS BEEN IN THE Q4, A VERY LONG TIME, ALMOST 2015. UM, BUT WITH THAT, BECAUSE OF PUBLIC WORKS, UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, SOME AREAS IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'RE GONNA RECEIVE A CONCRETE STREET REPLACEMENT. SO THAT'S IN THE QUEUE THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO WE'RE DOING THOSE UPGRADES, WHICH IS, TO ME IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY. UM, THEY'VE BEEN LONG NEGLECTED. UM, HAPPY ABOUT THAT. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR INCREASING SWAT UH, THOSE, THAT FUNDING THE LAST CYCLE. IT'S BEEN TREMENDOUS BECAUSE IN ASHTON VILLAGE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DAIRY ASFORD, I MEAN THE WATER WILL COME TO THEIR DOOR. I MEAN, JUST POOR DRAINAGE. UM, THIS SWAT PROJECT IS, IS ACTUALLY SHOULD BE IN TWO PHASES, BUT BY REQUEST, I'VE SAID I NEED ONE PROJECT. SO WE DON'T DIVIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE'RE INVESTING $5.6 MILLION. WE'RE GONNA INCREASE THEIR DRAINS FROM 24 TO 36 TO 42, DEPENDING ON THE SCALE. THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S LONG AWAITED, IT'S IN DESIGN, IT'S HAPPENING. UM, PINEY POINT HAS THEIR OVERLAY AND THEIR SPEED BUMPS THEY'RE DONE. SOME PEOPLE GOOD. OKAY. I DON'T NEED TO HEAR NOTHING ELSE GOING ON. THAT KIND POINT. THEY'RE GOOD. BUT I I, BUT TO THE POINT ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT FOR CONTEXT, I HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD AND I HAD A POPUP, UH, OAK HARBOR. THEY HAVE 125 DOORS IN THAT SUBDIVISION. AND WHEN WE DID AN INVESTIGATION ON THEIR SIDEWALKS, THAT SUBDIVISION COST $2.2 MILLION FOR 125 DOORS. AND I HAVE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE 850 DOORS. SO, UM, AND I, I DON'T HAVE $2 MILLION, SO I HAD TO NEGOTIATE $130,000, WHICH SPLITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T GET THE SAME UPGRADES. RIGHT. SO AS YOU LOOK, I MEAN, SO AS YOU, UM, EARMARK THAT MONEY AND AS THAT COME BACK TO US, IF THERE'S A PROCESS FOR US TO PRIORITIZE, UM, YOUR OFFICE OF UH, UH, UH, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL SUPPLEMENTING A LOT OF THE A DA RAMPS AND ALL OF THAT. BUT THERE'S SOME, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED DEEP RECONSTRUCTION AND IF THEY CAN'T DO RECONSTRUCTION, I THINK IT'S VERY FAIR TO JUST FIX THE, UH, TRIP HAZARDS. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE CAN GET IT FLAT. SO IF THERE'S A WAY TO MITIGATE CLOUD COST ON THE CDSF SIDE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, 'CAUSE FOR ME DOING A QUARTER MILLION [04:10:01] EACH POP PUSHES THE REST OF MY PROJECTS THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE CAN, UM, UH, COLLABORATE ON THAT PROCESS OF PRIORITIZATION, THAT WOULD BE TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ON THE SIDEWALK, ON THE SIDEWALKS? 'CAUSE I HAVE ONE JUST IN ONE STREET IN BECKFORD PLACE. IT'S A, IT'S 225,000 JUST FOR HER STREET. AND I CAN'T, I CAN'T LIFT IT. AND SO I, AND THEN, OR I HAVE TO START IT PAY PUBLIC WORKS HALF AND THEN I GOTTA, THEY GOTTA GET ME ON THE BACK HALF. WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WITH WHAT WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING, COMBINED WITH WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE CIP OKAY. IT WILL PROVIDE PUBLIC WORKS WITH WAY MORE THAN $10 MILLION. OKAY. FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD IS THAT THEY CAN ONLY DO ABOUT 10, MAYBE 10 TO $12 MILLION NICE. A YEAR. SO WITH WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO ADVANCE WILL GIVE THEM MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR SIDEWALKS REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION OVER A YEARS' PERIOD. BUT, BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN, UM, INFLUENCE HOW THOSE ARE PRIORITIZED BASED ON NEIGHBORHOOD OR WE GONNA GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS OF THEM INVESTIGATING AND THEN SAYING, WELL, LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. SURE. BUT, BUT, UM, BUT, BUT WHAT, UH, BUT WHAT I INTEND TO DO WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND APPROVAL IS PROVIDE, UH, SUFFICIENT, MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR SIDEWALKS MM-HMM . OVER A YEAR'S PERIOD OF TIME. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE TREMENDOUS. I WOULD LOVE TO LIFT THAT OFF OF MY BUDGET SO I CAN DO OTHER THINGS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, IF, IF THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE SIDEWALK PROJECTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TO DO ONE STREET FOR A QUARTER MILLION, THAT TAPS ME OUT. UM, AND I'M SURE OTHER COLLEAGUES, BUT WE ARE ROCKING AND ROLLING. PUBLIC WORKS HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES WHICH ALIGN WITH WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR, FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAPPENING, UM, IN DISTRICT F UM, VARIOUS SOURCES OF FUNDING. SO I JUST APPRECIATE THEIR PATIENCE AS WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND, UM, THE SUPPORT OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN ALCO. AND LEMME JUST SAY A LOT OF THIS CONVERSATION ON SIDEWALKS, COUNCILMAN AL ALCO AND YOU SAT DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT IT, HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS. YEAH, AND BASICALLY WHAT I SAID IS THAT IF THE BUDGET WORKS OUT RIGHT, THEN WE WILL LOOK AT DOING A SIGNIFICANT INFUSION. AND SO, YEAH. AS A MATTER OF FACT, MAYOR, WE, YESTERDAY, UM, JORDAN SAID, I THINK IT'S TIME TO ASK THE MAYOR ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS. AND THEN YOU CAME WITH THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS AND, AND, UM, TO MY COLLEAGUE'S POINT, I MEAN, THESE, THESE ARE, THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE BUSINESS. YEAH. AND, UM, WE DEFINITELY NEED EVEN A LOT MORE. BUT I WAS IN THE MEETING WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND VERONICA DAVIS AND THEN THEY, THEY, THEY LITERALLY DON'T HAVE THE STAFF OR CAPACITY TO DO MORE THAN ABOUT 10 MILLION A YEAR. SO, UM, SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON, UM, LATER, BUT REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT MAYOR. UH, IT'S, IT'S IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING I GO TO, UH, LEAVING LAST NIGHT. THEY, THEY HAVE A LOT OF DITCHES, BUT THEY WANT SIDEWALKS. EVERYBODY WANTS SIDEWALKS. AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, NOT AS CONTROVERSIAL AS A BIKE LANE . AND, UM, AND, UM, SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. UH, SOMETHING THAT VICE MAYOR PROAM WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT THERE. I, I CAME UP HERE SUNDAY JUST FOR A QUICK PHOTO OP WITH KEEP HOUSTON BEAUTIFUL. THESE, THESE DARLING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CYPRUS AREA ARE JUST PICKING UP LITTER. THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE LITTER LADIES, AND THEY GET SPONSORS FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO PICK UP LITTER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEY DONATED $500 TO, TO KEEP HOUSTON BEAUTIFUL. AND THEY'RE DOING ALL THESE CONTESTS ABOUT WHO CAN PICK UP THE MOST LITTER. AND ANYWAY, THAT WAS VERY EXCITING. AND TO TONIGHT, I WILL, UM, UM, BE GOING TO THE MEMORIAL PARK. YOU KNOW, THIS IS AUGUST 23RD, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE HORRIBLE MUTINY AND RIOTS. YOU KNOW, THAT THE 24TH INFANTRY, THAT WAS, UM, 1917 DEDICATED TO PROTECT THE CONSTRUCTION OF, UH, OF CAMP LOGAN. AND THIS, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, ALL WHITE POLICE FORCE REALLY, UM, CAUSED, YOU KNOW, A A SERIES OF, OF REALLY TERRIBLE EVENTS. UM, AND SO THE MEMORIAL PARK'S DONE A REALLY COOL, WELL, I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT. I'VE SEEN IT, JUST THE SIGNS OF IT RUNNING BY. BUT, UM, SIX DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS WHERE YOU, YOU'LL GET TO GO AND HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. AND I, I KNOW WHEN THEY WERE REDESIGNING MEMORIAL PARK AND TALKING ABOUT EASTERN GLADES AND ALL OF THAT, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL TO THE ARCHITECTS IS REALLY, UM, PAYING HONOR TO THE, THE LE THE, THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED AT MEMORIAL PARK. SO, VERY SAD EVENT, BUT, UM, SOMETHING I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING TONIGHT. ALRIGHT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN P THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, FIRST I WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, OUR OFFICER CARTER AND HPD NORTH DIVISION. THEY RECENTLY TEAMED UP WITH A BEAUTY SCHOOL TO DO MAKEOVERS AT THE CHELSEA SENIOR APARTMENTS AND DISTRICT DAY. AND THEY ALSO PROVIDED, UM, SAFETY TIPS AS WELL. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY, UM, CREATIVE WAY TO ENGAGE AND, UM, PROVIDE SAFETY TIPS. SO THANK YOU TO THE NORTH DIVISION AND OFFICER CARTER AS WELL. UM, AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK, UM, POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE SINCE WE'RE ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, ANNOUNCING GREAT THINGS THAT HOUSTONIANS ARE DOING HERE AT THE HORSESHOE. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HOUSTON'S OWN. ALLISON PECK, MY SISTER. UM, HER NEWEST MOVIE THAT SHE WROTE WILL BE OUT ON NETFLIX [04:15:01] ON FRIDAY, ON AUGUST 25TH. IT'S, YOU ARE SO NOT INVITED TO MY BAT MITZVAH, STARRING ADAM SANDLER. SO EVERYONE GO, GO WATCH IT. TO SUPPORT MEAN TO IT MEAN TO IT. YES. CONGRAT, CONGRATULATIONS TO HER. YOU, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT THEN. AND DID I? ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. LET ME THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR EVERYTHING AND, UH, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS THE FINAL WEEK BEFORE THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. HMM. SO IT IS MOVING RIGHT ALONG. HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, WE STAND IN, WE STAND ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.