* 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. [City Pulse] [00:00:21] WELCOME TO THIS EDITION OF CITY PULSE. I'M TRAVIS LEMONS, YOUR HOST. WE ARE PLAYING MUSICAL LOCATIONS AGAIN, AND NOW I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF A HUGE SCREEN. PERFECT TO CATCH EVERY SECOND NEWS OR TO WATCH OUR WORLD CHAMPION HOUSTON ASTROS. TODAY WE WILL TAKE A TOUR OF THE OLDEST RESIDENCE IN THE BAYOU CITY AND SHARE A STORY OF HOW A BOOK ABOUT TEXAS SET A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD. AND SPEAKING OF RECORDS, THIS RECORD HEAT WAVE DIDN'T KEEP HUNDREDS OF FOLKS FROM THE ONE BODY NETWORKING BLOOD DRIVE. ONE DONATION CAN SAVE THREE LIVES. THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WERE TREATED TO FREE FOOD SCHOOL BACKPACKS AND FOR ONE PRAYER REVIEW A AND M STUDENT, SOME SCHOLARSHIP MONEY, ONE BODY IN THERE WORKING IS HOSTING ANOTHER BLOOD DRIVE. ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE GONE TO WEBSTER, TEXAS, WE'VE GONE TO FORT BEND COUNTY. WE HAVE JUST BEEN ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE AND BECAUSE OF THAT ONE BODY THAT WORK HAS SAVED OVER 2,500 LIVES, 2,500 PLUS, SO PROBABLY LEANING MORE TOWARDS 3000 LIVES. AND SO WE WANT YOU TO GO TO ONE BODY NETWORK.ORG. READ ALL ABOUT US. ALSO, YOU CAN GO TO ANY GULF COAST REGIONAL BLOOD CENTER YOGA DONOR CLOTHES, JW 13 AND UH, GUESS WHAT? ONE DONOR SAVES THREE LIVES. UH, LEMME THANK ALL OF EVERYONE AFFILIATED WITH ONE BY NETWORK SAVING LIVES, SAVING BLOOD, WE'LL SAVE A LOT OF LIVES. AND SO, UH, UH, AND YOU TAKE IT ONE PERSON AT A TIME AND DON'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY CAN NEED A LITTLE HELP AND SO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT AND GIVING BLOOD. AND IT'S JUST IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU CAN HELP SAVE LIVES. IT HELPS SAVE LIVES. AND I ALWAYS GOTTA SAY THE BLOOD OF JESUS THE BLOOD OF JESUS. SAVE LIVES SO WE CAN GIVE OUR BLOOD ALSO SQUEEZE, LET GO COUNT TO 5 1, 2, 3, 4 5. WE ARE OUT HERE TEAMING UP WITH THE ONE BODY NETWORK DOING A BLOOD DRIVE AND IT'S ALSO A BACKPACK DRIVE AS WELL. UH, GEARING UP FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NEEDING SUPPLIES, HELPING OUT THE COMMUNITIES. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TRAUMATIC THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, REGARDLESS IF THAT'S AN ACCIDENT, YOU HAVE PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT DISEASES SUCH AS, UH, SICKLE CELL CANCER AND GIVING BLOOD AND HAVING BLOOD ON THE SHELVES. ASSIST WITH THAT WHEN THEY ARE IN NEED. WELL, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALL TYPES OF JUST MEDICAL DISEASES AND ISSUES THAT DONATING BLOOD IS WHAT THEY NEED TO SAVE THEIR LIVES, EVEN IF IT'S JUST ONE LIFE. I KNOW I'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE ON BEHALF OF ONEBODY NETWORKING, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS SCHOLARSHIP IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000 TO ALEXANDRIA MOFFITT, WHO IS A SENIOR AT PRAIRIEVIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY, A PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR. WOO. WOW, THAT'S HELP. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP. IT MEANS THE WORLD. THANK YOU. SO REMEMBER, GIVE BLOOD.ORG, CHECK US OUT. COMMIT FOR LIFE. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO ORGANIZATIONS COMBINE WRITING WITH HISTORY, A PARTNERSHIP AS BIG AS TEXAS. LAST YEAR, I WRITE AND GALVESTON'S BRYAN MUSEUM MADE LITERARY HISTORY BY BREAKING THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR THE LARGEST PUBLISHED BOOK IN THE WORLD AND WRITTEN ALL BY KIDS. THE BOOK IS TITLED I AM TEXAS AND MAYOR TURNER WAS ON HAND TO ISSUE A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION WHERE IT WAS ON DISPLAY AT HOUSTON'S GALLERY OF MALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT AS WE CELEBRATE. I AM TEXAS, THE WORLD'S LARGEST PUBLISHED BOOK. EVERYTHING TRULY IS BIGGER IN TEXAS, AND THIS TEXAS SIZE PUBLICATION IS A TESTAMENT, UH, JUST TO THAT WE LOVE GETTING TO COME TOGETHER TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HISTORY BY BREAKING A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR THE LARGEST PUBLISHED BOOK IN THE WORLD. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT MY WRITING CAN BE HIGHLIGHTED TO SO MANY OTHERS AND CAN PROVE TO BE LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN LEARN FROM IT. I AM TEXAS IS A GUINNESS WORLD BRACKET HOLDER. THIS BOOK IS A SEVEN FOOT TALL SYMBOL OF LITERACY AND HOW BOOKS ARE NOT QUITE AS LARGE AS THIS ONE ALLOWS READERS TO HAVE LARGER THAN LIFE EXPERIENCES. BEING ABLE TO BE A ROLE MODEL AND JUST SHOWING ALL THE LITTLE KIDS OR LIKE ALL THE, MAYBE EVEN ADULTS THAT MAY BE INSPIRED, THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE AND ANYTHING THAT YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO, YOU'RE [00:05:01] ABLE TO ACHIEVE IT. STUDENT AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS IN THE THIRD THROUGH 12TH GRADE PROVIDED POETRY, SHORT STORIES AND ARTWORK, SHARING THEIR LOVE FOR TEXAS AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO TRULY EMBRACE BEING A TEXAN. THEREFORE, I SYLVESTER TURNER MAYOR CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM AUGUST 11TH, 2023 AS I AM TEXAS DAY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE INTEGRAL PART THAT LITERACY PLAYS IN UPLIFTING OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY TO HIGHER STANDARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS. CONGRATULATIONS AND VERY WELL DONE. COMING UP NEXT, THE CITY CRACKS DOWN ON NOISE AT A FOURTH WARD NIGHTCLUB HIP HOP AT HTV IN AN OPEN HOUSE TOUR BY THE HERITAGE SOCIETY. TODAY, IT HAS WORN MANY DIFFERENT HATS. IT'S BEEN MANY DIFFERENT THINGS IN ITS LIFETIME. DEEP DREAM, SIT, SLURP LOVE. WHETHER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DINE-IN OR TAKEOUT INDOOR OR ALFRESCO, DOWNTOWN HOUSTON'S RESTAURANTS AND BARS ARE OPEN AND READY FOR YOU. JOIN US. WE ARE DOWNTOWN SAM HOUSTON PARK IS PICTURESQUE WITH WADDLING DUCKS AND NINE FROZEN IN TIME, HISTORIC BUILDINGS. HOUSTON 3 1 1. NOW AVAILABLE AS A MOBILE APP. TAKE A PHOTO, ENTER YOUR LOCATION REPORT AN ISSUE, THE QUICK AND EASY WAY TO REPORT NON-EMERGENCY ISSUES OR REQUEST CITY SERVICE INFORMATION. DOWNLOAD TODAY ON THE APP STORE OR GOOGLE PLAY. WE ARE A CITY OF COLLABORATORS WHO BUILD ON ONE ANOTHER'S INSPIRATION, STRENGTHS, AND CULTURES TO SHAPE A FUTURE WE ALL CAN SHARE. TOGETHER WE ARE MORE THAN 7 MILLION INGREDIENTS THAT MAKE SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE DISCOVERED, TASTED, OR INVENTED ANYWHERE ELSE. COME ON, A MOVEMENT, A MOMENT, A FUTURE. COME ON. WE CANNOT WAIT TO MAKE TOMORROW TOGETHER. THE KENNEDY BAKERY BUILDING IS SAID TO BE ONE OF THE OLDEST HAUNTS IN HOUSTON. IN HOUSTON. YOU'RE A LOCAL, YOU'RE ONE OF US, AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A RICHER, MORE EXCITING EXPERIENCE. LET HOUSTON TAKE YOU FURTHER. LET'S GET TOGETHER. BOOK YOUR STAY TODAY. WELCOME BACK. LAST YEAR'S CITY COUNCIL PASSED A NEW ORDINANCE FOR BARS AND VENUES PLAYING LOUD OUTDOOR MUSIC WITHIN 300 FEET OF A RESIDENCE. BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP. FOURTH WARD'S EL BLATO NIGHTCLUB AT A SPECIAL NEWS CONFERENCE. COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN, ABBY CAYMAN AND CAROLYN EVAN SHABAZZ RESPONDED TO THE CITY ISSUING A TEMPORARY INJUNCTION AGAINST THE CLUB. SINCE THE ORDINANCE WENT INTO EFFECT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022, HOUSTON POLICE HAVE WRITTEN OVER 100 NOISE CITATIONS FOR THE NIGHTCLUB. AFTER AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IN MAY AT WHICH REPRESENTATIVES OF EL BLATO DIDN'T SHOW, THE CITY REVOKED THE CLUB'S OUTDOOR NOISE PERMITS AS A MEANS TO CRACK DOWN ON REPEAT VIOLATORS. COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN BELIEVES THE HEARING HELPS TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL HUNDREDS OF CITATIONS HAVE GONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM ANYMORE. THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST CHANGE IN MY OPINION. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT THOSE WHAT CAN BE YEARS TO GET ALL THE WITNESSES THERE AND EVERYBODY CAN JUST KEEP PUSHING THE CITATIONS OUT. NOW WE HAVE THIS ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING, UM, WHICH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE TWICE SO FAR ON REPEAT VIOLATORS TO, TO BRING THE BAR IN BEFORE WE HAVE TO WAIT ON ALL THAT. NOW WE CAN TURN UP THE SOUND. THE YEAR WAS 1973, THE SETTING A SUMMER BLOCK PARTY IN THE BRONX. A NEW SOUND WAS BORN HIP HOP TO KEEP THE DANCE FLOOR MOVING. DJ KO HERC EXTENDED BREAKS USING TWO TURNTABLES AND A MICROPHONE. OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS, HIP HOP HAS PUSHED BOUNDARIES, TAKING THE MUSIC TO NEW HEIGHTS TO CELEBRATE HTV IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS TEAMED UP FOR A LIVE CONCERT SERIES. LET'S HOP ON OVER AND TAKE A LISTEN. YO, WHAT'S THE ILL FIT IS STILL SPITTING PEOPLE DON KNOW. BUT TO PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH, TEACH THESE RAPPERS TO FLOW, CHANGE, TIE PAY TIES 10% OFF THE TOP. PUT MONEY ON YOUR HEAD, 10% ON THE TOP. DO NOT TEST ME. LET'S SEE WHO THE BEST BE RUNNING BACK ON THE TRACK. GET MY S SPEED FLOW DEADLY. BUT THE MEDLEY IS A BLESSING. MY CONDOLENCES. I SHOW THE KIDS [00:10:01] THROWING IT IN A BON PICK WITH THE PHONINESS. WHO RAPPERS IS LAZY IN. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW TO STICK HOUSTON, TEXAS. YES. THROW THE SHOE A LESSON IN. THAT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION. MY COUSIN BE FLIPPING LIKE, BOW, BOW. I JUST WANT MY MOTHER TO SMILE. SMILE AIN'T HEADED LIKE THAT IN THE WILD, HEAVY, THE CROWN. THIS CHILD, CHILD. NO. SEE WHERE YOUR NAME UHHUH. NO, FATHER FIGURE. SO I HAD TO FIGURE, FIGURE HOW TO BE THE MAN OF THE HOUSE. BRING, GET BACK TO MICKEY D'S ON THE NOTHING, NOTHING. IT SELLING. BON. NOW WE GOT THE NICK COMING, COMING. MAGIC, MAGIC LEFT LIKE IRVING, RIES BEING SOMETHING. NOW WE JUST COUNTING THIS MONEY, MONEY RUNNING AT TIME. LIKE IT'S NOTHING. YEAH, JUST WANT THE CHEESE BECAUSE OF MY G DON'T MAKE ME SQUEEZE. DON'T MAKE ME SQUEEZE. JUST WANT THE CHEESE. JUST WANT THE CHEESE. LIKE MICKEY D LIKE MICKEY D BECAUSE OF MY G DON'T MAKE SQUEEZE. DON'T MAKE ME JUST WANT THE CHEESE. JUST WANT THE CHEESE. LIKE MICKEY D LIKE MICKEY. 'CAUSE OF MY, 'CAUSE OF MY DON'T MAKE ME, DON'T MAKE ME. I JUST WANT THE CHEESE. I JUST WANT THE LIKE, LIKE MICKEY CHEESE MAKE, DON'T MAKE SQUEEZE. JUST WANT THE CHECK. REMEMBER TO KEEP CHECKING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND HTV SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE NEXT CONCERT SERIES AT CITY HALL. OUR LAST STORY CONTINUES EXPLORING MORE OF HOUSTON'S HISTORIC HOUSES. THIS WEEK, VON SAMPLES TAKES US ON A TOUR OF THE KELLEN NOBLE HOUSE. HELLO, MY NAME IS KIAN. I'M WITH THE HERITAGE SOCIETY HERE IN SAM HOUSTON PARK, AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE KLUM NOBLE HOUSE. THE KLUM NOBLE HOUSE IS VERY SPECIAL HERE AT THE HERITAGE SOCIETY BECAUSE IT IS THE REASON THAT WE FORMED THIS IS THE OLDEST RESIDENCE ON ITS ORIGINAL FOUNDATION IN HOUSTON. STARTED OFF AS A BRICK MAKING PLANTATION. AND THEN SLOWLY WATCH THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, GROW INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY. IT HAS WORN MANY DIFFERENT HATS. IT'S BEEN MANY DIFFERENT THINGS IN ITS LIFETIME, AND IT SHOWS IN THE WALLS STARTING OFF LIFE AS A BRICK MAKING PLANTATION. IN 1843, THE PROPERTY LATER WAS CONVERTED INTO A SCHOOLHOUSE BY A WOMAN NAMED ZAYA NOBLE, WHO IS THE LONGEST RUNNING RESIDENT OF THE HOME. NOW HERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SCAN AND A BLOWUP OF AN ACTUAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT PUT OUT BY ZAYA NOBLE, WHO IS RUNNING THE SCHOOLHOUSE HERE WITH HER DAUGHTER FROM HER FIRST MARRIAGE. CATHERINE. UM, NOT ONLY COULD STUDENTS COME AND GET AN EDUCATION HERE, BUT MANY STUDENTS WHO LIVE TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE ACTUAL SCHOOLHOUSE WOULD LIVE HERE DURING THE SEMESTER WITH THEIR TEACHERS. SO THEY WOULD COME TO CLASS DOWN HERE AND THEY WOULD ALSO LIVE UPSTAIRS. AND IT WAS THEN LATER INTEGRATED INTO THE TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ONCE WE GOT ONE IN 1871 BEFORE BEING BOUGHT BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON IN 1899. THIS BUILDING WAS THE OFFICES FOR THE VERY FIRST PARKS DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. IT WAS ALSO THE SITE OF OUR FIRST ZOO FROM 1899 TO 1905. WE DIDN'T GET THE SAN THE, UH, HOUSTON ZOO THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE UNTIL 1922. MANY YEARS LATER, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE HOUSE IS DE DECEPTIVELY BIG. IT SEEMS VERY, VERY LARGE FROM THE OUTSIDE. IT'S A LITTLE SMALLER ON THE INSIDE. THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY AN L SHAPED. NOW, IF YOU WANTED TO GO UPSTAIRS IN THE KLUM NOBLE HOUSE, UH, YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE ODD, WHICH IS GO OUTSIDE THE STAIRCASE. TO THE UPSTAIRS IS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOME. SO STUDENTS STAYING WITH ZERIAH WOULD'VE HAD BEDS UP HERE AND ZERIAH AND HER DAUGHTER FROM HER FIRST MARRIAGE WOULD'VE ALSO LIVED UP HERE AS WELL. YOU TEND TO HAVE A PUBLIC AREA OF THE HOUSE, WHICH IS DOWNSTAIRS AND A PRIVATE AREA UPSTAIRS. WE ALSO HAVE TWO ARTIFACTS OF THE BRICK MAKING PLANTATION. THEY USED TO OPERATE ON PROPERTY, INCLUDING MOLDS THAT ENSLAVED WORKERS WOULD'VE USED TO FORM BRICKS USING CLAY FROM BUFFALO BAYOU, AS WELL AS ANOTHER SCAN AND A BLOWUP OF AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED OUT BY MR. KELLUM IN ORDER TO SELL HIS BRICKS. THAT WILL DO IT FOR ME AND CITY PULE. AGAIN, I'M TRAVIS LEMONS. UNTIL NEXT TIME, DO BETTER AND BE KIND. * 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.