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AGENDA FOR THE WEEK, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2023.ITEM ONE, APPROVED SPENDING AUTHORITY AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THREE HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND EIGHTEEN CENTS TO PURCHASE REPLACEMENT PARTS AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER PUMPS AND MOTORS THROUGH THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENTS FOR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING WITH THE TEXAS LOCAL COOPERATIVE BUYBOARD FOR FLEET MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF WATER TO BUY BOARD CONTRACTOR EX DEWATERING SOLUTIONS INC.
ITEM TWO RIDGE TRUCK CENTER FOR PURCHASE OF FOUR.
REAR LOADER, LET 2 46 REFUSE TRUCKS THROUGH THE BUY BOARD PURCHASING CORPORATE AGREEMENT FOR THE FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
ITEM THREE, APPROVED SPENDING AUTHORITY AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY SIX THOUSAND FORTY CENTS FOR PURCHASE FOR INFLUENZA VACCINES FOR SENIORS AGES 65 YEARS AND OLDER AND YOUTH SIX MONTHS AND OLDER CITIZENS FOR HARRIS COUNTY AREA AGENCY FOR THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF WATER TO SANOFI PASTURE, INC.
THROUGH APRIL 6TH, 2024 FOR HELICOPTER SERVICES INC.
FOR PURCHASE REMOVAL AND RE AND INSTALLATION OF AN AUDIO CONTROLLER.
SYSTEMS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ITEM FIVE, TRANSTECH TRANSPORTATION PRODUCTS OF TEXAS INC.
FOR PURCHASE OF PAVE MARKER FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
NINE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND NINETY FOUR CENTS.
BOUNDARY MEDICAL LLC $16,830,599 AND NO CENTS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL PRODUCTS, $549,990 AND 0 CENTS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, AMBULATORY SUPPLIES AND PHARMACEUTICALS FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
ITEM SEVEN, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING FUNDS FOR THE EMPOWERING SOLAR JOBS PROGRAM.
ITEM EIGHT ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $47,759,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF AIRPORTS IMPROVEMENT FUND AWARDING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR FLATIRON CONSTRUCTORS INC.
ITEM NINE, ORDINANCE DE APPROPRIATING 93,000,260 $93,266 AND 93 CENTS OUT OF PARKS CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND, $71,678 85 CENTS OUT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AND 67,000 $4,437 AND 92 CENTS OUT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIAL TESTING AND CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES APPROVED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 29 91 AND APPROPRIATING NINETY THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY SIX THOUSAND NINETY THREE CENTS OUT OF PARK CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUNDS.
71,000 678 95 85 OUT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY, CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AND $67,437 92 CENTS OUT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND FOR TASK ORDER AND JOB ORDER CONTRACTING PROGRAM TO COMPLETE ADDITIONAL WORK AT THE NEW A LEAF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
ITEM 10 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000 AND NO CENTS FROM PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND FOR DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT WITH DAVID E. HARVEY BUILDERS INC.
ITEM 11, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $307,038 AND NO CENTS OUT OF MISCELLANEOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS ACQUISITION CP SERIES E FUND AWARDING CONTRACT TO KEY HTX DEVELOPMENT AND HOLDINGS INC.
ITEM 12 ORDINANCE SUBMITTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 21 3 9 9 PAST MAY 5TH, 2021 TO INCREASE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT BETWEEN C OF HOUSTON AND STRIKER SALES LLC ITEM 13, ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND BIO AQUATIC TESTING INC.
ITEM 14 ORDINANCE RELATING TO FISCAL AFFAIRS OF HARRISBURG.
WE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT.
ZONE NUMBER 23, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS HARRISBURG ZONE ITEM 15, ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING JOINT FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ITEM 16 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY LEGISLATIVE PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION GRANT.
ITEM 17 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THREE MILLION FORTY THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY TWO THOUSAND EIGHTY ONE CENTS OUTTA WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM.
CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND APPROPRIATING $1,213,439 69 CENTS.
DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND, ATUM TAX APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY FUSION AND WEST CHASE.
ITEM 18 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $1,280,100 AND NO CENTS OUT OF WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM.
CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND APPROVING AND
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AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CD FUSION AND LJA ENGINEERING INC.ITEM 19 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $4,483,419 AND 15 CENTS OUTTA WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM, CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AND THE APPRO AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND ARCED US INC.
ITEM 20 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $1,567,500 AND NO CENTS OUTTA METRO PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION D-D-S-R-F AND APPROVING AN AUTHORIZED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HDR ENGINEERING INC.
ITEM 21 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $210,000 AND NO CENTS OUTTA WATER AND SEW SYSTEM.
CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING THIRD AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND FRIES AND NICHOLS INC.
ITEM 22 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $2,304,000 IN NO CENTS OUT OF DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND DRAINAGE CHARGE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CD, VISA AND INTECH CIVIL ENGINEERS INC.
ITEM 23, SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE TO PROVIDE A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR THE 4% TAX CREDIT APPLICATION OF BROOKSIDE GARDENS APARTMENTS LLC SUGGESTED HEARING DATE 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023 UNDER THE MATTERS HELD CATEGORY.
ITEM 24 IS THE APPROVED SPRINGING AUTHORITY IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,345,840 AND NO CENTS A PURCHASE OF MICROSOFT UNIFIED SUPPORT SERVICES SUPPORTING MICROSOFT PRODUCTS THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR HOUSTON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS AWARDED TO MICROSOFT CORPORATION.
THIS WAS TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS.
THIS WAS ITEM 10 ON AGENDA OF AUGUST 30TH, 2023.
ITEM 25 IS IN MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CASTEX TATUM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION FROM CHIEF OF MENT OFFICER ON AWARD TO FERGUSON WATERWORKS.
THIS WAS TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER.
THIS WAS ITEM 13 ON AGENDA OF AUGUST 30TH, 2023.
WE ALSO HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL ITEM, WHICH WAS ITEM 26.
IT'S AN OR ORDINANCE CONSENTING TO THE ADDITION OF SIX 3.3529 ACRES OF LAND TO HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR 60 FOR INCLUSION IN THE DISTRICT.
THIS COMPLETES THE READING OF THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SESSION OF SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2023.
STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL.
SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 9:00 AM I'D LIKE TO WISH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MR. YATES, MR. JACK YATES FOR 20 22, 20 23.
WHO IS MY NEPHEW, UH, MONTREAL JEFFERSON.
AND IN THE WORDS OF THE 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.
[INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
IT IS 9:02 AM ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2023.I AM MAYOR PRO TEM DAVE MARTIN, SUBSTITUTE TEACHER FOR MAYOR SYLVETA TURNER.
AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES AS VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEC TATUM FOR THE INVOCATION.
WILL YOU BOW? FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER US.
GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS EACH ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT DWELLS IN OUR CITY.
GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO DO YOUR WILL, AND WE WILL FOREVER BE MINDFUL TO GIVE YOU THE GLORY, THE HONOR AND THE PRAISE.
YES, PLEASE THANK, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND MEDIVIS AND LIBERTY.
LIBERTY KEY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[9:00 AM - ROLL CALL]
NEXT WE'LL HAVE ROLL CALL MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR, ATTORNEY WILL BE ABSENT.CONSTABLE PECK, COUNCILMAN JACKSON.
PRESENT, CONSTABLE EVAN SHABAZZ.
COUNCILMAN CISNEROS? HERE, COUNCIL MC GALLEGOS.
COUNCILMAN CASTEX TATUM? HERE.
AND COUNCIL ALCO WILL BE ABSENT.
[ADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING]
NEED A MOTION TO DELAY THE MINUTES? SO MOVED.[00:10:01]
FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.[MAYOR'S REPORT]
HAVE A FEW COMMENTS ON THE MAYOR'S REPORT.THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS TEAMING UP WITH THE VETERANS AFFAIRS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HOST A FREE SERVICE AND RESOURCE FAIR FOR HOUSTON AREA VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBERS.
THE 2023 HOUSTON STAND DOWN FAIR IS HAPPENING ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH AT EMANCIPATION PARK FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM HOUSTON VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBERS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, RESOURCES FOR FURNITURE, CLOTHING, HYGIENE, PROJECT PRODUCTS, FOOD AND HAIRCUTS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A FINANCIAL LITERACY AND MEDICAL SERVICES AVAILABLE ON SITE.
ALSO, PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE 2023 CITY OF HOUSTON DISABILITY CELEBRATION.
IT'S A MAYOR'S ANNUAL EVENT TO CELEBRATE THE HISTORY, CULTURE, ADVOCACY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY TO THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA.
THIS EVENT WILL HAVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, LOCAL LEADER SPEAKERS, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, EXHIBITORS, AND COIN, THE CHAMPION OF INCLUSION PRESENTATION.
THE HOUSTON DISABILITY CELEBRATION WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023 FROM 9:30 AM TO 1:00 PM AT THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER AT 1475 WEST GRAY.
ONCE AGAIN, THE HOUSTON DISABILITY CELEBRATION.
SEPTEMBER 30TH, NINE 30 TO ONE AT THE METROPOLITAN MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
NEXT WEEK WE'LL MARK ANOTHER SOMBER SEPTEMBER 11TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON OUR COUNTRY.
ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, YOU WERE INVITED TO JOIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN HOUSTON.
FOR A DAY OF SERVICE VOLUNTEERS WILL GATHER FROM 8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM TO CLEAN UP THE NATIONAL CEMETERY HERE IN HOUSTON, EVERYONE IS INVITED TO COMMEMORATE THE NINE 11 DAY OF SERVICE BY CLEANING UP HOUSTON NATIONAL CEMETERY THIS SATURDAY.
ALSO, A NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE CITY IN HOUSTON ARE, ARE IN SINGAPORE FOR THE HANDOFF.
A REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND THE GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP.
AND HOUSTON FIRST ARE THERE FOR GAS TECH.
THEY'RE THERE TO OBSERVE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE HANDOFF BECAUSE THE WORLD'S LARGEST MEETING PLACE FOR NATURAL GAS L AND G HYDROGEN, LOW CARBON SOLUTIONS AND CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES WILL RETURN TO HOUSTON, THE ENERGY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD IN 2024.
WITH WHAT PROMISES TO BE AMONG THE LARGEST GATHERING IN THE EVENTS HISTORY.
WE'RE EXPECTING OVER 40,000 PARTICIPANTS IN 24.
AND WITH A REMARKABLE LEGACY SPANNING OVER HALF A CENTURY, GAS TECH HAS CONSISTENTLY HELD A PIVOTAL POSITION IN THE SHAPING OF THE HOUSTON ENERGY INDUSTRY AND ENERGY ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.
ITS ANNUAL FOUR DAY EXTRAVAGANZA ATTRACTS AN ESTEEM GATHERING OF GLOBAL ENERGY LEADERS, FOUGHT LEADERS AND CUTTING EDGE INNOVATORS OFFER AN UNPARALLELED EXPERIENCE FOR ALL INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS.
THE EVENT ONCE AGAIN WILL TAKE PLACE IN 2024 AT THE GEORGE R. BROWN AND IS SET TO BE THE LARGEST EVER NATIONAL GAS, NATURAL GAS, LNG HYDROGEN, LOW CARBON SOLUTIONS AND CLIMATE TECH EVENT NEXT YEAR.
MAKE SURE YOU SURE YOU PLAN TO BE IN HOUSTON FROM THE 17TH TO THE 20TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2024.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
SO AS TODAY IS CONSOLIDATED SESSION, WE WILL MOVE INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA AGENDA AND THEN AT NINE 30, IF WE'RE NOT FINISHED WITH THE AGENDA, WE WILL MOVE INTO A PUBLIC SESSION.SO MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL NOW PROCEED WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN AGAIN AT NINE 30, WE WILL CHANGE OVER TO THE PUBLIC SESSION UNDER THE PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS.
CATEGORY ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX NEED A MOTION CAST.
UNDER THE ORDINANCES CATEGORY ITEMS, ITEMS NINE AND 13 HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED AND WE'LL, I'M SORRY, UNDER THE ORDERS CATEGORY ITEMS NINE AND 13 HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED AND WILL BE CONSIDERED.
BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING, I'D
[CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA]
REMOVE A SEPARATE CONSIDERATION.[00:15:01]
THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 20, AND 22.ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS IN FAVOR? OPPOSE ITEMS CARRY COURT ORDER MAY APPROACH HIM.
CAN YOU CLARIFY? DID UH, NUMBER NINE, ALTHOUGH IT WAS ON CONSENT SINCE THE ITEM HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED OR WE'RE GONNA BRING THAT BACK.
IF IT COMES IN, THE INFORMATION COMES IN, WE WILL BRING IT BACK.
IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE IT UP NEXT WEEK.
FOR DISCUSSION, BUT IT IS ALSO NOT IN, SO IF IT'S NOT IN, BY THE TIME WE GET TO IT AND IT DOESN'T COME IN, WE WILL PUT IT ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA.
ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 10? COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS, UH, IS AN ITEM FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE MONTROSE LIBRARY.
UM, THE COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE.
UH, SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN THE AREA ARE VERY EXCITED AS WELL.
UH, BUT THE ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE AS OF NOW IS, UH, THE END OF THIS YEAR OR VERY EARLY JANUARY OF 24.
UH, SO AGAIN, SUCH A GREAT ADDITION.
I KNOW WE, WE LOVE THE OLD LIBRARY.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, BUT THIS IS NOW GOING TO BE THE MONTROSE COLLECTIVE.
A LOT OF INNOVATIVE THINGS HAPPENING AND, UH, REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL ADDITION TO DISTRICT C.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 10? SEEING NONE.
ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 12? COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KNOX.
UM, ITEM 12 IS INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, UH, WE AUTHORIZED OR THIS ORIGINAL CONTRACT IN 21 FOR $238,000 OR WHATEVER IT WAS AN INCORRECT NUMBER AND THE DEPARTMENT SPENT AN ADDITIONAL HALF MILLION DOLLARS BEFORE THEY BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
UH, I'M GONNA TAG THIS ITEM SO I CAN GET AN EXPLANATION.
SO I'M GONNA TAG THIS ITEM UNTIL I CAN GET AN EXPLANATION WHY COUNSEL WASN'T NOTIFIED WHILE YOU'RE SPENDING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
ITEM NUMBER 12 HAS BEEN TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KNOX.
ITEM 15 IS AN ORDINANCE THIS NEED TO VOTE.
ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 15? ITEM 15.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED? ITEM 15 PASSES.
ITEM 20 IS TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON.
JUST NEED TO VOTE ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 22? COUNCIL MEMBER ED POLLARD.
THANK YOU MAYOR PRO, TIM, AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE.
JUST WANTED TO FLAG THIS ITEM.
UM, THIS IS FOR THE BRAEBURN GLEN AREA, WHICH IS NEAR, UH, GESSNER BETWEEN 59 AND BINETTE.
UH, THAT AREA HAS BEEN, UH, HARD HIT BY FLOODING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN WANTING A, A REAL FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT IN THE AREA AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SOME TIME.
THIS WILL BE A $2.3 MILLION ALLOCATION JUST FOR THE ENGINEERING, BUT OVERALL IT WILL EVENTUALLY BE ABOUT A $15 MILLION PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE STORM DRAINAGE.
SO ONE AT, TO HIGHLIGHT THIS, THIS IS A BIG, UH, A BIG PLUS, UH, FOR DISTRICT J.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR MAKING IT A PRIORITY AND THANK YOU.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS ITEM IS, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
WILL YOU RELEASE YOUR TAG FOR DISCUSSION? UH, NO.
CAN TALK ABOUT IT NEXT WEEK? NO DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 22 HAS BEEN TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE KNOX.
[MISCELLANEOUS]
ITEM 23 IS A MOTION TO SET A HEARING FOR SEPTEMBER.I'M SORRY, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR THE 4% TAX CREDIT APPLICATION OF BROOKSIDE GARDENS APARTMENTS.
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A MOTION JUST TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING.ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA PLUMMER.
UM, I I AM SUPPORTIVE OBVIOUSLY OF SETTING THE HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST ADMINISTRATION TO SEE IF THE OWNER, IF WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE OWNER IS PRESENT AT THE HEARING, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MAR UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX, UH, CASTEX TM.
MOVED TO SET THE HEARING FOR BROOKSIDE GARDENS APARTMENTS LLC FOR 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, SECOND ROBINSON MOTION.
AND THE SECOND ON ITEM 23 TO SET THE HEARING.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON ITEM 23? SEEING NONE.
[MATTERS HELD]
ITEM 24 NEEDS A MOTION.ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 24? ITEM 24.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? ITEM 24, CARRIES.
COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA PLUMMER.
I WANTED TO BRING MY COLLEAGUES UP TO DATE ON THIS.
THIS ITEM IS ONCE AGAIN A CO-OP AND UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE WAS THE SAME SITUATION.
I'VE HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CHIEF PROCURE PROCUREMENT OFFICER, UH, TO CREATE SOME LEVEL OF CARVE OUT FROM MINORITY BUSINESSES AND WE'RE HAVING GOOD CONVERSATIONS.
I BELIEVE THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, A PLAN IN ACTION THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS, BUT AS WE MOVE TOWARD USING MORE CO-OPS, IT DOES IN MANY WAYS BOX OUT MWBES.
'CAUSE THERE'S NOT A, AN MWBE, UM, AGREEMENT ON THAT.
AND SO WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS THAT AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE COMING TO A SUCCESSFUL, UM, SOLUTION.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? 25 ITEM NUMBER 25.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? ITEM 25 CARRIES.
[SUPPLEMENTAL POSTING]
ISN'T ORDINANCE.ANY DISCUSSION ON 26? SEEING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? ITEM 26 CARRIES.
AND WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 13 THAT IS ON ITS WAY OVER.
SO IF YOU WOULD GIVE US A, A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
ITEM 13 WILL BE UP FOR DISCUSSION IN A MINUTE.
CAN'T GO TO THE PUBLIC MEETING.
UH, WE WILL DO, IF WE FINISH UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE MINUTES, WE WILL RECESS UNTIL NINE 30 BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO PUBLIC SESSION AT NINE 30.
AND THEN AFTER PUBLIC SESSION, WE WILL HAVE POP OFF.
TAKE IT UP JUST BEFORE WE, ITEM 13 IS ON ITS WAY OVER.
UH, WE WILL RECESS AND TAKE IT UP AT 9 28,
SO WE'LL RECESS UNTIL 9 37, 9 8 IN 30 SECONDS.
SO MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU WOULD CALL THE ITEM, ITEM 13 IS AN ORDINANCE.
ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 13? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? ITEM 13 PASSES.
SO WE'RE GONNA RECESS FOR TWO MINUTES, SO WE WILL TALK TO EACH OTHER FOR TWO MINUTES.
HAVE A KUMBAYA, I KNOW COUNCIL, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, POLLY WOULD LOVE NUMBER 23 2
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TO COME BACK, BUT WE'LL TAKE THAT UP NEXT WEEK.[9:30 AM - PUBLIC SPEAKERS]
THINK YOU'RE OKAY.SO WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO PUBLIC SESSION AS WE DO THAT.
ARE THERE ANY PROCEDURAL MOTIONS FOR PUBLIC SESSION? COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN.
UH, WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MOVE STACEY FAIRCHILD TO THE TOP OF THE THREE MINUTE NON AGENDA LIST.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? ITEM CARRIES.
SO MS. STACEY FAIRCHILD IS MOVED UP.
ANY ADDITIONAL PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? HEARING NONE.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR A SPEAKER.
NEXT SPEAKER STACEY FAIRCHILD.
WE FILED BY SARAH BELL EDWARDS.
UH, THIS IS NOT GONNA BE THREE MINUTES.
IT WILL, IT'S JUST A REALLY QUICK THANK YOU TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22 WASHINGTON AVENUE COALITION MEMORIAL PARK.
AND I AM, UH, HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO PUBLICLY THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN FOR INVESTING, UH, OR MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THAT HELPS, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR AREA BECOME OR BE, UH, MORE WALKABLE AND SAFE.
UH, PARTICULARLY AT THE BLOSSOM WESTCOTT, UH, CROSSING.
AND ALSO AT THE ROUNDABOUT, UH, WE ARE VERY PLEASED.
I HAVE ASKED FOR RESIDENT FEEDBACK AND THEY HAVE, UM, OVERWHELMINGLY SAID THEY ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO COME AND THANK YOU PUBLICLY AND, UH, FOR INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN, THAT WAS A NICE WAY TO START OFF PUBLIC SESSION.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE WOW ROUNDABOUT, AS MANY AS YOU KNOW WOW, IS WASHINGTON AT WESTCO, RIGHT? YES.
AND WHEN THEY HAD DONE THOSE BEAUTIFUL BRICK PAVERS, THAT AND I, AND CONCEPT WERE REALLY GOOD.
UH, IN PRACTICE WERE TERRIBLE.
AND I THINK THE REASON STACY, THIS WAS SO SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE OF THE RESIDENT INPUT, UH, THAT YOU AS A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER, AS A CIVIC LEADER, UM, HELP TO ENCOURAGE.
UH, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THE WOW ROUNDABOUT IS WHERE FOUR DIFFERENT CIVIC CLUBS MEET.
I CALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR FOUR CORNERS AND EVERYBODY HAD INPUT.
UH, HOW LONG HAVE WE, I MEAN, EVEN BEFORE I CAME INTO OFFICE MM-HMM
UH, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS OF HOW DO WE GET THIS DONE? BUT WE FOUND A WAY.
WE USED, UH, OUR TWO, UH, LANE MILES.
UH, BUT WE, I SAID, I DON'T CARE ABOUT TWO LANE MILES, JUST GET THE ROUNDABOUT DONE.
BUT WE ADDED IN RAISED CROSSWALKS, IMPROVED DRAINAGE, AND THEN WE ADDED IN THE BLOSSOM, UM, CROSSING AND A PEDESTRIAN REFUGE THERE.
IT'S THE MAIN ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS, UH, TO GET TO MEMORIAL PARK FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF WESTCOTT.
SO, UH, STACY, I APPRECIATE IT.
AND THIS WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD LED EFFORT, UM, WITH THE PARENTS, WITH THE SCHOOL, WITH EVERYONE.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU, UH, AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, ANYONE THAT KNOWS YOU KNOWS THAT YOU ARE PEDAL TO THE METAL.
SO WE'VE GOTTEN THIS BOX CHECKED OFF, BUT WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO DO.
I KNOW, UM, YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT, UH, NELLY KEYS PARK AND SOME OTHER NEEDS.
WE CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUT HOPING TO GET SOME ATTENTION THERE.
BUT I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UH, CON BEING SUCH A DRIVING FORCE IN THE AREA.
AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THIS, BUT AT THE PARK, A MASSIVE TREE BRANCH FELL ON SUNDAY.
UH, IT FELL FROM ABOUT 20 FEET HIGH AND IS BLOCKING ONE OF THE ENTRANCES AT THE PARK.
IT'S STILL CONNECTED TO THE TREE.
SO, UM, WE'VE PUT IN A COUPLE OF THREE ONE ONES.
SO ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, GET THAT REMOVED WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN AND ALL US OLD TIMERS WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.
WE ALL SAY YES TO THE ROUNDABOUT.
ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME.
CHECK YOUR GOOGLE NEXT SPEAKER.
MS. EDWARDS, GOOD MORNING TO BE FOLLOWED BY SARAZA PAGE.
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MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.I'M HERE SPEAKING ON, UM, MY RIGHTS OF IDENTIFIED MEDICAL AND CITIZENS ABUSE.
UH, WHEN I STEP INTO THE DOOR OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, UH, I COME IN ALL OF Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL PROGRAMMINGS AND Y'ALL, WHAT Y'ALL DO.
UH, I'M, MY MAIN CONCERN IS OF THE, THE, THE CITY, THE HARRIS COUNTY, CITY OF HOUSTON HOUSING VOUCHER THAT'S BEING USED AS A SCAM UNDER MY NAME AND MY IDENTIFIER.
NO ONE GETS OVER ON CITY HALL WITH THEY FUNDS AND THEY PROGRAMS. UH, MY NAME IS A MAIN FACTOR.
IT'S A CON, IT'S A HUSTLE WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE OFFICES OF THE APARTMENTS.
I HAVE NEVER HAD A HOUSING VOUCHER BEFORE I SIGNED UP IN 1988.
I FINALLY GOT MY FIRST HOUSING VOUCHER.
I'VE BEEN ON THE EMERGENCY VOUCHER AND THE PEOPLE WHERE I STAY IS USING AND ABUSING MY NAME WITH VOUCHERS AS A SCAM.
AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER ISSUE IS MEDICAL.
I WENT TO TEXAS CHILDREN, I GOT TERRIBLY DISRESPECTED, UH, LINKED TO, UH, A ULTRASOUND LINKED TO, UH, A BED FOR A PSYCH WARD.
EVERYBODY STEP INTO THIS DOOR IS NOT CRAZY.
EVERYBODY STEP INTO THIS DOOR.
MY RIGHTS IS MY WORK WAGE BENEFITS.
I HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING ON GOVERNMENT BENEFITS.
SO, AND THAT'S AN ISSUE WITH HRS, WITH MY IDENTIFY MY CERTIFICATION AS A TEXAS STATE BOARD NURSE OF A CNA, WHICH IS TEXAS A UH, AND MY EDUCATION, MY HIGH SCHOOL, SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL.
I GRADUATED AT THE 11TH GRADE, UH, UNDER A PROGRAM FOR A RESERVE ARMY.
THAT'S THE PROGRAM I GRADUATED WITH, WITH HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION ON MY DIPLOMA THAT'S BEEN USED.
I HAVE PEOPLE THAT'S GOTTEN JOBS UNDER MY IDENTIFIER IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, IN CITIZENS JOBS, IN GOVERNMENT JOBS IS VERY DISRESPECTFUL FOR A MAJOR FORGIVENESS.
IT'S GOT TO BE A MAJOR TURN AROUND.
THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT AT ALL.
I HAVE EVEN TRIED TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS WITH SOME OF YOU OFFICIALS THAT WAS DISRESPECTED.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WALKING TO THE DOOR TO TRY TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH EITHER ONE OF Y'ALL BY LAW.
MY DRIVER'S LICENSE DISRESPECTED.
I STEPPED INTO THE DOOR TO GET AN ADDRESS CHANGE AND AN ADD ON TO MY NAME.
THEY GOT TURNED AROUND TO A WHOLE OTHER SCENARIO TO A SCAM THAT'S GOING ON WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
I'M, I'M ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES BECAUSE IT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.
'CAUSE I AM A MAJOR CRIME VICTIM AND I AM IN HARM'S WAY ON SOME DECISIONS PEOPLE MAKE WHEN THEY IN AN OFFICIAL SEAT.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NONE OF YOU ALL, IT SURROUNDS YOU AND IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.
I'M IN HARM'S WAY ON SOME DECISIONS PEOPLE HAVE MADE IN LOCAL JOBS IS DISRESPECTFUL.
AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON FUNDS WILL NOT BE DISRESPECTFUL.
I HAVE BEEN FORCED OUTTA MY HOME BY A JUDGE THAT I WENT AND PICKED UP THE PAPERWORK THE OTHER DAY.
THE JUDGE NAME HAVE BEEN REDIRECTED ON THAT PAPERWORK THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED INTO.
I WAS FORCED OUT MY HOME BECAUSE SOMEONE WANNA TAKE OVER MY LIFE.
THANK YOU, MS. BILL EDWARD EDWARDS.
UH, TWO ISSUES ON THE IDENTITY THEFT.
THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY IS YES.
SO MR. RUIZ, WHO IS BY THE DOOR THERE, WILL HELP GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON BOTH OF THOSE SUBJECTS.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN CLEAR THIS MATTER UP.
YES, MA'AM, YOU BE BLESSED AS WELL.
OH, I HAVE SOME THINGS IF SOMEONE CAN PASS 'EM AROUND.
UM, SO I'M HERE TODAY TO DO SOMETHING VERY UNUSUAL.
I'M HERE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN.
IS THIS ABBY CA TODAY? SORRY, I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO CLAP.
UM, FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO ADMIT THAT THE FLOATING BUS STOPS ON 11TH IN HEIGHTS WERE FLAWED, IT'S INCOMPREHENSIBLE.
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EK AND LAUREN GROVE, WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN, DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE ISSUES BEFORE THEY WERE INSTALLED.USED IN DRIVERS, OR BY NO MEANS THE GREATEST, BUT DESIGNING PROJECTS TO DELIBERATELY TRIP THEM UP.
IT'S NOT ONLY STUPID, BUT MORALLY WRONG, WOULD AN EXORBITANT WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY.
THE FLOATING BUS STOPS COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND WERE NEVER COMMISSIONED.
THEY WERE TOO DANGEROUS AND IMPRACTICAL TO EVER BE USED.
COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX GOT IN TOUCH WITH METRO AND I BELIEVE WITH ABBY CAME IN.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW IT WORKED, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX, WE DO APPRECIATE AND WE DO KNOW THAT YOU WERE ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES, IF NOT THE DRIVING FORCE TO HAVE THIS DONE RECENTLY.
I RECEIVED A SMALL MINI GRANT FOR $3,000 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
AND WITH MY FRIEND DANICA SIMPSON AND I, WE WERE ABLE TO SEND 16 CHILDREN FROM TITLE ONE SCHOOLS TO SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE MONEY WASTED ON THIS PROJECT, WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX ALCORN ROBINSON KA TATUM, AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBER KUBA, WHO'S FINALLY BACK.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON SEEING YOU.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE BACK FROM YOUR HEALTH ISSUES FOR STEPPING UP WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE ORIGINAL FOR THE SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELKHORN, WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY.
UM, I WISH SHE WAS BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO THANK HER FOR SPEAKING TO MR. THOMAS AT ANDY'S CAFE.
HIS FAMILY HAD BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR THREE GENERATIONS AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELKHORN WAS ACTUALLY GONNA GO AND EAT DINNER THERE.
SHE PROMISED TO DO THAT WHEN SHE WENT IN TO SPEAK WITH HIM.
WELL, I HOPE SHE DID, BECAUSE IF SHE DIDN'T, SHE CAN NO LONGER DO THAT.
WE'VE LOST THREE BUSINESSES THAT SIGNED THE PETITION OUT OF THE 25 THAT SAID THAT THE, UM, 11TH STREET PROJECT WAS AFFECTING THEIR BUSINESSES.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, ANDY'S WAS ONE OF 'EM TO FALL TO THAT DEMISE.
WE CAN'T WAIT TILL 2024 TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GONNA GO ON.
THAT'S WHEN Y'ALL ARE SUPPOSED TO BE REEVALUATING HOW THE BUSINESSES ARE DOING.
WE'VE ALREADY LOST THREE OUTTA 25.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN'S OFFICE, UM, CHIEF OF STAFF SAID THAT METRO, ALONG WITH THE HOUSTON HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION, WORKED TOGETHER WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DID THAT.
WHAT I'M HERE TO DO TODAY IS TO ASK YOU NOT TO STOP HERE, BUT TO COME OUT AND LISTEN TO THE 3085 PEOPLE WHO'VE SIGNED A PETITION TO RETHINK 11TH STREET.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU LISTEN TO CAN.
MAY I FINISH? CAN SOMEONE GIVE YOU A THANK YOU MR. WRIGHT.
I'LL GIVE YOU 30 SECONDS TO WRAP UP.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU LISTENED TO STACEY FAIRCHILD AND THAT YOU LISTENED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT YOU LISTENED TO THE YOUTH DEN HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION.
BUT PLEASE TAKE ME UP ON MY INVITATION.
COME OUT WITH ME TO MEET THE BUS, COME AND MEET MY, THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW ON 11TH STREET.
WILL YOU DO THAT? THANK, THANK YOU MS. WRIGHT.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN AND KNOX AND ALL OUR AT LARGE BRETHREN WHO ARE PART OF THIS PROJECT.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
SO ONE, UM, MARY, I DRIVE 11TH STREET PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY.
I WALK THE AREA, I WALK THE TRAILS IN THE AREA.
SO IT'S NOT JUST STACY, BUT THE HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION IS AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY.
STACY FAIRCHILD LIVES IN ANOTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE THE HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION AND THE GREATER HEIGHTS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ALL CAME TOGETHER THROUGH MY OFFICE.
WE WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND PLANNING GETS KUDOS ON THIS TOO.
THERE WERE MULTIPLE CARS THAT WERE HITTING THE FLOATING BUS STOPS.
AGAIN, AS YOU SAID, THEY, I DON'T THINK THEY WERE EVEN IN OPERATION.
WE SAID, PLEASE, PLEASE REMOVE THEM.
UH, I DID WANNA ANNOUNCE THAT THE, UH, THEY STARTED THE REMOVAL LAST WEEK.
UH, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS, I BELIEVE, OF DOING THE CONCRETE POUR.
THERE WILL BE NEW SIGNAGE AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS.
AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC THERE, UM, AND PEOPLE CROSSING USING THE HEIGHTS MEDIAN TRAIL.
UH, SO THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES PUT IN PLACE.
BUT I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK METRO, UH, FOR WORKING DIRECTLY WITH MY OFFICE AND WITH PLANNING AND WITH THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA, UH, TO GET THIS DONE.
STEVE WILLIAMS. STEVE WILLIAMS. NEXT SPEAKER.
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KATHY GUNNER.NEXT SPEAKER BRONTE A RON A A AADE AADE.
UH, I COME BEFORE YOU, UH, TO SPEAK ABOUT THE 18 WHEELERS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE STREET WHERE I LIVE AT IN MR. GALLAS DISTRICT.
I TRIED FOR TWO YEARS TO GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE.
LAST YEAR THEY SENT A POLICE OFFICER.
IT DID SOME GOOD FOR FOUR MONTHS.
NOW IT LOOKS LIKE A FREEWAY AGAIN, STARTING AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
THAT'S YOUR ALARM RIGHT THERE.
WHEN THEY HIT THE SPEED BUMPS AND IT SHAKES THE HOUSE UP.
I'VE HAD FIVE QUADRUPLE BYPASS, TWO STENTS.
MY WIFE'S HAD THREE STROKES AND WE TRY TO GET A LITTLE REST, BUT WE CAN'T BECAUSE OF THESE TRUCKS.
KIDS ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO BE OUT ON THE STREET.
THE KID GOT HIT ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, GOT KNOCKED OUT OF HIS SHOES.
AND SO FAR NOBODY HAS SAID ANYTHING.
'CAUSE THEY SAY IT'S COMMERCIAL.
YOU HAVE ONE COMMERCIAL PLACE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WALLACE WHEEL OF MAGNITUDE, AND ONE AT THE END OF WALLACE LAUDE.
YOU KNOW, THEY TAKE THE SHORTCUT FROM VILLE TO BEAUMONT HIGHWAY.
THERE ARE NO, NOW YOU GOT GAS TANKERS COMING THROUGH THERE.
IF THERE'S AN EXPLOSION, GOD FORBID THERE'S, WE'RE GONNA LOSE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
YOU GOT TRANSPORT TRUCKS, THERE ARE NO DEALERS ON THAT STREET.
YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT WITH, I KNOW THEY'RE OVERLOADED 'CAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN.
UH, MCCARTY AND I AT SIX 10 WHERE THE WEIGHT TRUCKS ARE POLICE ARE AT, AND, AND IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US.
WE GOT 23 HOUSES ON THAT STREET, AND WE HAVE A BRIDGE DOWN THERE THAT'S GONE DOWN ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF WITH OVERWEIGHT TRUCKS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I I I HOPE THAT MAYBE TODAY YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE, COME TO MY HOUSE.
I'VE SHOWED THE OTHER POLICE WHERE THEY JUST DRIVE BY.
THEY, THEY DON'T GO TO THE REPAIR SHOP OR NOTHING.
THEY JUST TAKE A SHORTCUT, YOU KNOW.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE DRIVERS ARE COMING FROM, BUT MOST OF 'EM CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH, MUCH LESS READ IT.
THEY STOLE THE OTHER SIGN AT BANTER AND, UH, MAGNITUDE.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT ONE UP.
BUT, UH, IF SOMEBODY WILL COME OUT THERE, I'LL BE GLAD TO SHOW 'EM.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS MI MR. RIVAS, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I KNOW THAT, UH, THE, THE, THE AREA WHERE YOU LIVE AND UNFORTUNATELY IS VERY INDUSTRIAL, AS YOU KNOW.
SO THERE, THERE IS A LOT OF 18 WHEELERS GOING UP AND DOWN THE ROADS.
I KNOW THAT, UH, WE, WE, WE, UH, UH, WORKED WITH, UH, HARRIS COUNTY, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA PREACHING TO, UH, TO, TO ACTUALLY DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN REPAIRS AT OATS ROAD BECAUSE THAT WAS TORN UP BECAUSE OF THE 18 WHEELERS.
UH, WE'VE, UH, LOOKED AT PUTTING LIKE AN ISLAND, UH, IN, IN, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEARBY, UH, BECAUSE THEY WERE COMPLAINING THAT 18 WHEELERS ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AND LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SPEED HUMPS, UH, THERE'S NO THROUGH TRUCKS.
UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT, IT'S GONNA BE DEPENDENT ON THE DRIVER IF, IF, IF THEY RESPECT THE LAW.
UH, SO THAT WAY THEY DON'T DRIVE THROUGH THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S SPEED HUMS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S NO, NO THROUGH TRUCKS.
UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MANY DRIVERS, UH, TRUCK DRIVERS THAT, THAT DON'T RESPECT THE, THE, THE LAW.
AND THEY'RE STILL DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE, WE'VE ASKED TO SEE IF HPD COULD GIVE CITATIONS, UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE ONLY HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT PATROLLING THE STREETS, UH, AND WHEN THEY DO HAVE THE TIME, THEY TRY TO GO BY THESE NEIGHBORHOODS TO TRY TO GIVE CITATIONS FOR THOSE THAT ARE BREAKING THE LAW AND DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, SO I APPRECIATE YOU COMING.
UH, WE ARE AWARE OF IT AND, AND WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO TRY TO ADDRESS IT AS WELL.
I GUARANTEE YOU ANYTHING IN THE WORLD THAT IF YOU GAVE THREE OR FOUR CITATIONS AT LEAST THREE DAYS IN A ROW, THEY WOULD GET ON A CB AND SAY, DON'T COME DOWN THE STREET.
'CAUSE THEY'RE GIVING TICKETS.
I HAVE STOPPED IT MYSELF AND SAID, HEY, LOOK, THE POLICE WILL BE HERE TOMORROW, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL OR NOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE IT.
UH, LAST GUY THAT GOT OUTTA THE TRUCK TO CONFRONT ME, HE SAYS, WHY ARE YOU TAKING MY PICTURE? I SAID, BECAUSE YOU'RE COMING THROUGH HERE AND IT SAYS NO
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THROUGH TRUCKS.I SAID, WELL, HE SAYS, WELL, I CAN'T READ THAT.
YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN BE DRIVING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT YOUR LICENSE IF YOU HAVE A LICENSE.
BUT THIS IS A SITUATION I'M GOING THROUGH AND I'M 79 YEARS OLD AND I CAN'T BE, UH, CONFRONTING THESE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.
BUT WHEN YOU CAN'T SLEEP, YOU KNOW, AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK, BECAUSE IT STARTS AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, STOPS AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, IT'S RIDICULOUS.
SO, I MEAN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME LETTING ME SPEAK.
NEXT SPEAKER, LORRAINE ATMORE.
NEXT SPEAKER, I, MONTOYA RIVAS.
JACOB CLEMENTI, HOW ABOUT THOSE LAST TWO GAMES? HEY, HEY.
HOW ABOUT THE RED SOX SERIES? HA
UM, I'M PUTTING THE MAYOR PRO TE I HAD THIS OFFICIAL NCAA BASKETBALL FOR YOU TO AUTOGRAPH SINCE MR. TURNER ISN'T HERE.
UH, I GOT TO USE YOU TO AUTOGRAPH IT SINCE YOU'RE THE MAYOR, PROAM.
AND I ALSO WANT MS. MARTHA CASEY TO AUTOGRAPH IT.
BUT THIS, UH, LYING POCKET IS WHILE THE, SHE IS IN HER DISTRICT K.
AND SO I WANT HER AUTOGRAPH ON THE, THE BACK OF THE BOWL.
AND NOW, UH, UH, YOU ARE GONNA PUT IT UP FOR AN AUCTION ITEM.
A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR WHAT? YEAH.
UHHUH, UH, SEE, THIS IS WHAT MR. ROBINSON NEEDS.
THE HE WEST BEND AND, UH, A A RING.
UH, BUT THEN RIGHT NOW, UH, I, I KEPT ON THE, NOT THE SIDEWALK, BUT THE, UH, STREET, UH, COMING OFF OF, UH, IN THE CORNER OF MONTROSE RICHMOND GOING TO THE CVS AND, UH, HOURS IN, IN PAR PARLY INTO THE STREET AND DOWN.
I WENT TELL YOU WHAT, JACOB? SO IF YOU WANT, IF YOU'D GIVE RENEE THE BASKETBALL, WHY DON'T WE ALL SIGN IT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD WAS A PRETTY DARN GOOD COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER.
I DON'T THINK HE WAS BETTER THAN I WAS IN THE DAY, BUT, BUT HE, BUT HE DOES TALK A MEAN GAIN.
ROBINSON COUNCIL MEMBER ON, ON ABBY CAYMAN DAY, COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN.
JACOB, YOU WERE JUST SAYING REALLY QUICKLY.
YOU THE CORNER OF MONTROSE AND WHAT? AT THE CV? I THINK I KNOW.
I WAS ON THE STREET AND I WAS WALKING ALONG PEACEFULLY AND I GOT, UH, WELL, THERE WAS AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE STREET.
AND, UH, WELL DOWN I WENT, I LOST THE SHOE ALSO.
UM, BUT WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT, WAS IT DEBRIS IN THE STREET OR WAS IT THE ROAD AT THE CROSSING THE ROAD? IT WAS THE ROAD.
UH, I MEAN, THIS METRO BUS OPERATOR, SOMETHING GO DOWN AND, UH, HE MADE SURE THAT, UH, HE AND, AND THAT NO CAR TURNED HIM ONTO ME.
WE'RE GONNA AUTOGRAPH THAT BALL.
I'M SURE IT'LL DRAW MAYBE 10, $12,000 ON THE SIGN UP.
A SILENT AUCTION WITH ALL THE GREAT SIGNATURES ON IT.
UH, CAN YOU PUT 2023 ON THE FRONT OF THE, THE BALL? YOU GOT IT.
WE'LL DO THAT FOR YOU AND WE'LL GET IT RIGHT BACK TO YOU.
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE BACK INTO THE COUNCIL AGENDA AND GO INTO POPOFF AS MADAM SECRETARY.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.
THIS COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS AND WE HAVE COMPLETED THE AGENDA.
[NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS]
MA'AM.WE'LL START OUT WITH, UH, NUMBER 23.
UM, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
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UM, LAST WEEK WE HAD THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS NATIONAL MUSEUM AS THE VENUE FOR THE STUDENT ATHLETES FROM TEXAS, THE TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, AND FROM, I GUESS THE PRAIRIE VIEW, A AND M UNIVERSITY, UH, THAT GATHERED, UH, TOGETHER TO, FOR THE KICKOFF OF THE LABOR DAY CLASSIC.UH, THEY REPRESENTED THEIR SCHOOLS, BUT THEY ARE ALSO BUDDING COMMUNITY LEADERS.
AND I WANT TO, UH, GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO DONNA G WHO COORDINATED THIS WITH MY OFFICE.
WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO PARTNER TO MAKE IT MOVE FORWARD, AND WE ARE JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
ALSO, UM, LAST THURSDAY, THE TSU CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE HEALTH TOWN HALL.
I WAS A PANELIST AND IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT, AS WELL AS, UH, A GREAT SHARING OF INSIGHTS THAT WILL HELP US TO MOVE ALONG WITH A, UH, WITH BETTER HEALTH.
I ALSO WANT TO SADLY SAY THAT I WANT TO GIVE MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF MR. ARTHUR PACE.
HE WAS A FORMER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT JACK YATES HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WAS ON THE BOARD OF FORT BEND, ISD, BUT THEN HE WAS THE PRINCIPAL OF JONES HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS IT, WHICH IS A DISTRICT D SCHOOL.
UH, HIS FAMILY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CLOSE TO MINE, AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HIS DAUGHTER, PAMELA PACE DUNBAR AND HIS SON AND I GREW UP TOGETHER, BUT HE PASSED TRAGICALLY YEARS AGO, AUTHOR CHIPPER PACE.
AND SO I'LL BE LEAVING HERE TO GO AND, AND PAY MY RESPECTS TO THE FAMILY.
ALSO, I, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY, REALLY DISTURBING TO ME.
IN MY DISTRICT, THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS TRAGEDIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED AT THE, UH, SOUTH LAWN APARTMENTS AS WELL AS THE KING'S ROW APARTMENTS.
AND JUST IN THE LAST TWO DAYS, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HAVE TRAGICALLY BEEN MURDERED.
UH, THEY'VE GOTTEN INTO ALTERCATIONS.
WE HAVE HAD COUNTLESS PROBLEMS HERE.
I WISH WITNESSED A VIDEO ONCE ON, UH, A PERSON WHO WAS INNOCENT, WHO BROKE UP A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO GIRLS.
A MAN LITERALLY CAME BACK AND SHOT HIM DOWN, AND THEN WENT THROUGH HIS POCKETS AND THEN GOT A LOW BOND.
AND THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY DISTURBING TO ME.
BUT THIS IS JUST REALLY, REALLY OUT OF HAND AND HAS BEEN FOR QUITE A WHILE.
I DID REACH OUT TO THE MAYOR, AND I AM PERSONALLY CALLING TO GET THESE APARTMENTS SHUT DOWN.
LITERALLY, PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN SQUALOR.
I'M TOLD, I JUST HEARD A VIDEO LAST NIGHT THAT THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE AIR CONDITIONING IN, IN, IN SOME OF THESE APARTMENTS.
YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN PEOPLE CERTAINLY HAVING GOOD LIVING CONDITIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER AND ALL OF US ON HERE, WE, WE ALL BELIEVE THAT.
AND SO CERTAINLY I AM JUST APPALLED AT HOW PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO LIVE, UH, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE INCOME TO MAYBE SUSTAIN THEM IN BETTER PLACES.
AND SO THE MAYOR IS CERTAINLY MOVING FORWARD TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THIS BECAUSE IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST, JUST NO MORE TEARS.
I I'M JUST TIRED OF THESE PARENTS HAVING TO CRY.
UH, YESTERDAY A 12-YEAR-OLD GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WITH AN 18-YEAR-OLD AND HE TOOK OUT A GUN AND STARTED SHOOTING AND KILLED HIM.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE WHAT'S GOING THROUGH PEOPLE'S MINDS TO THINK THAT THIS IS NOT TV.
AND THEN, UH, FOR US TO JUST SIT BACK AND KNOW THAT THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES ARE NOT HAVING THE, UH, UH, SECURITY THAT'S NEEDED AND THE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THE SQUALA, I JUST CANNOT SIT IN THE SEAT AND NOT SPEAK ABOUT IT.
IT'S JUST THOSE TWO THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE THEY HAD SOME TRAGEDIES IN THE LAST TWO DAYS.
BUT CERTAINLY WE ARE ALL ON BOARD TO TRY TO STOP THIS.
THEY ARE GETTING HOUSING AUTHORITY VOUCHERS IN THESE PLACES, AND THEY'RE COLLECTING THE RENT AND THEY'RE WATCHING THE PEOPLE LITERALLY DIE THERE.
AND SO, CERTAINLY, I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT I AM A VOICE HERE AND I'M, I, I DON'T WANNA GET EMOTIONAL BECAUSE THIS IS JUST, JUST, JUST NO MORE.
AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TO REACH OUT WHO HAVE TRIED TO INTERVENE WITH GANG, UH, RELATED, UH, GROUPS.
UH, CERTAINLY I HELP ONE GROUP TO BE ABLE TO USE THE REED ROAD, UH, POLICE STATION SUBSTATION, THE FORMER, AND THEY ARE MEETING THERE TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE THIS.
BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT SOME FUNDING INTO SOME OF THESE GANG UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TRYING TO ALLEVIATE THESE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
I'M GONNA HEAD OUT, NO DISRESPECT, I LOVE TO HEAR EVERYBODY'S POP OFF, BUT I DO NEED TO GET TO THE FUNERAL OF MR. PACE.
THAT WAS A TOPIC OF OUR DISCUSSION WITH THE MAYOR THIS MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE SOUTH LAWN AND APARTMENTS.
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HE HAS AUTHORIZED CHIEF FINNER TO HAVE MORE ASSETS PUT INTO THAT AREA.WE'RE ALWAYS TAKING A LOOK AT SOUTH LAWN.
THEY'VE HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST AND THEY'RE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE RIGHT NOW.
SO THE MAYOR IS VERY COGNIZANT OF THIS AND VERY CONCERNED, AND THAT'S WHY HE MADE THE DECISION TO PUT MORE ASSETS IN THAT AREA AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS BACK TO SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY.
SO THANK YOU AND KING'S ROLE AS WELL ON BARBARY AND SCOTT.
JUST SAME CONDITIONS, JUST A DIFFERENT AREA.
AND, AND CERTAINLY I APPRECIATE THAT.
I DID MEET WITH MANAGEMENT LAST YEAR AFTER I SAW THE VIDEO AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE GONNA MOVE THE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE GONNA BUILD A NEW SPACE AND WHATEVER, BUT IT IS NOT HAPPENING FAST ENOUGH.
SOME PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING IN THEIR BATHTUBS TO KEEP FROM GETTING SHOT.
UH, AND, AND IT IS TIME TO STOP.
COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS CISNEROS PASS, MAYOR PRO TEM DAVE MARTIN.
THE CLEAR LAKE ELLINGTON FIELD, THE ELECTRONIC RECYCLING EVENT WILL HAPPEN THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH FROM NINE TO THREE OR UNTIL THE TRUCKS ARE FULL AT ELLINGTON AIRPORT.
REMEMBER, JUNK WASTE TREE WASTE.
OUR GARBAGE ARE NOT ACCEPTED AT THIS FACILITY.
PLEASE VISIT ONE OF THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOOD DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES FROM RECYCLING CENTERS TO PROPERLY HANDLE.
THESE MATERIALS ARE FOR CURBSIDE SERVICE.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MS. AUDREY MARSTON.
AUDREY IS A NATIVE HOUSTONIAN AND SHE IS OUR NEW CHIP INTERN.
SHE'S BORN AND RAISED IN THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN.
PROUD PRODUCT OF HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AUDREY ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN THE HEIGHTS, IN OAK FOREST AREAS, GRADUATING FROM HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, FORMERLY REAGAN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SPRING OF 2022.
AUDREY'S, CURRENTLY A SOPHOMORE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, PURSUING A BACHELOR OF ARTS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH MINORS IN HISTORY AND WOMEN'S STUDIES.
SHE'S INTERNING WITH OUR OFFICE THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CIVIC HOUSTON INTERN PROGRAM AS A MEMBER OF THEIR FALL 2023 COHORT.
AUDREY'S PREVIOUS PUBLIC SERVICE EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING MORGAN AS A POLL WORKER FOR THE 21 AND 22 ELECTION CYCLES, AS WELL AS ACTING AS AN UNDERGRADUATE INTERN AT THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THIS PAST SUMMER.
HER TIME SPENT IN THESE POSITION HAS IN FIRE HER TO PURSUE WORK IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AFTER COMPLETING HER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.
AUDREY IS EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DAY-TO-DAY FUNCTIONS OF THE BEST DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, DISTRICT E FOR EXCELLENCE AND HELP THE COMMUNITY DURING HER TIME IN THE DISTRICT OF EXCELLENCE OFFICE, ALONG WITH BEING A STUDENT, AUDREY ALSO WORKS PART-TIME ON CAMPUS AS INVOLVED IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON'S HONORS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, EXCUSE ME, HELPING INCOMING FRESHMAN IN THE HONORS COLLEGE TO ADJUST TO COLLEGE LIFE IN A FREE TIME.
AUDREY AND JAWS HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS AND GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON FOOTBALL GAMES.
HOPE YOU WERE THERE SATURDAY FOR THEIR BIG WIN AGAINST UTSA AND ALSO THEIR BASKETBALL GAMES.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING AUDREY THIS SEMESTER.
UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT TO THE EDISON ARTS CENTER DEMOLITION CEREMONY ON LAST FRIDAY.
IT WAS EXTREMELY EXCITING TO SEE THE WALLS COME DOWN ON THAT OLD KROGER SPACE.
UM, WE ARE MAKING WAY FOR AN UPCOMING THEATER AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, A CLINIC, A CONSTABLE OFFICE.
THERE'LL BE RESTAURANTS, RETAIL SPACE, AND SO MUCH MORE.
UH, BIG THANK YOU TO STUDIO RED ARCHITECTS, GEORGE JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT AND ARCON CONSTRUCTION AND INTERIORS.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS TEAM ON THIS PROJECT FOR FORT BEND HOUSTON COMPLETE COMMUNITY.
UH, TONIGHT IS THE SOUTH GESNER HPD PIP MEETING.
AND THIS EVENING AT 6:30 PM AT THE SOUTH GESNER STATION AT 86 0 5 WEST PLACE DRIVE, SERGEANT HICKS WILL PRESENT ON BURGLARY AND AUTO THEFT PREVENTION.
SO WE HOPE THAT, UH, WE SEE YOU THERE.
RESIDENTS IN SOUTHWEST MANOR AND DISTRICT A BE ADVISED THAT THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SEND A NOTICE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HOLD A HEARING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 2:30 PM ON A PLAT APPLICATION FOR THE NOEL PLACE DEVELOPMENT AT JOIN STREET AND CANDLE SHADE LANE.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS BEING ACCEPTED NOW.
THE DEVELOPER HAS APPLIED TO CREATE TWO LOTS OF FORD DWELLING UNITS ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
THE HEARING IS TO DETERMINE IF THIS PROPOSED PLAT WILL VIOLATE THE D RESTRICTIONS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, UH, YOU CAN CONTACT THE DISTRICT K OFFICE AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 3 0 1 6.
ALSO, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS COMING UP ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE THIRD.
WE'RE ASKING ALL OF OUR DISTRICT K CIVIC CLUBS AND HOAS, IF YOU ARE HOSTING AN
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EVENT TO PLEASE LET US KNOW.UM, YOU CAN CONTACT JOE GATSON IN THE DISTRICT K OFFICE.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW THE LOCATION AND THE TIME OF YOUR EVENT SO WE CAN SCHEDULE, UM, TO BE AT THOSE EVENTS ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAIN, WHICH IS TUESDAY ON OCTOBER THE THIRD.
BE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND MAKE IT A GREAT DAY.
I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON.
UM, I'VE GOT TWO ITEMS TO TALK ABOUT RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND, UH, THAT'S THE TOPIC OF, UH, TOMORROW MORNING'S MEETING 10:00 AM RIGHT HERE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
IT'S THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER MEETING FOR THE TTI COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE COVERING TWO TOPICS FROM THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UH, TOPIC FROM THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM, A TOPIC FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, AND TWO FROM OUR HITS DEPARTMENT THAT'S PASSED.
AND PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT JOBS, ACTS, GRANT SUBMITTALS, THAT'S FROM PUBLIC WORKS WE'RE, WE WILL HEAR FROM THEM ABOUT SCHOOL ZONE AND, UH, SPEED ORDINANCE UPDATE.
AS OF THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT DYNAMIC HEAT MAPPING FOR ON STREET PAID PARKING FROM THE A RA.
AND THEN THE AIRPORT SYSTEM'S GONNA TAKE TALK ABOUT FLIGHT TRACK TRACKING AND NOISE MONITORING SERVICES, AND THE CONTRACT THAT, UH, ACCOMPANIES THAT THE HITS DEPARTMENT'S GONNA PRESENT ON CISCO PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE AND SERVICES, THE AWARDS RECOMMENDATION.
AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT AMAZON WEB SERVICES AND SUPPORT SERVICES, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT SYSTEM.
AND, UM, I THINK I JUST MADE THAT UP.
IT'S NOT THE AIRPORT SYSTEM, BUT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE CITY.
UH, WE'RE ALSO, UM, GONNA HEAR ON FRIDAY, WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOR THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL FOR THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL.
THIS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE 2024 UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM, THE UPWP AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 20 23 20 26 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THE TIP AND THE 2045 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
SO MUCH GOING ON FOR INFRASTRUCTURE COACH.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU'RE GETTING READY FOR THE BASKETBALL GAME THAT I HEARD IS ANNOUNCED FOR, UH, OCTOBER AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION.
HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT? I'VE HEARD ABOUT A BASKETBALL AND A SOFTBALL GAME.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON.
COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY D. THOMAS.
UH, I HAVE A, A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT I REALLY WANNA, UM, CAUSE ATTENTION TO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, I AM PARTNERING WITH THE HOUSTON COALITION OF OMEGA SCI-FI FRATERNITY INCORPORATED, UM, FOR A PSA ON ENDING GUN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.
UM, I APPRECIATE OUTFRONT MEDIA FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO THERE'S A BILLBOARD ON 59 AND WILCREST HONK YOUR HORN.
AND THEN THERE'S JUST INFORMATION ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS WE KNOW, UM, THROUGH OUR ONE SAFE HOUSTON PLAN AND OTHER INITIATIVES THAT THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PERVASIVE ISSUE IN OUR CITY.
I ALSO WANNA BRING ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
AND I HAD A CALL WITH A CONSTITUENT, AND THERE'S ONE PARTICULARLY ON BINET AND KIRKWOOD.
AND THE ISSUE IS, IT'S ON OUR, IT'S ON THE LIST.
IF IT'S ON, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON THE ENCAMPMENT STRATEGY LIST.
UM, BUT A CONSTITUENT SHARED THAT EVERY WEEK THEY GO AND FEED AND PROVIDE MATERIALS AND, UH, AIR MATTRESSES AND ALL TYPES OF FURNITURE.
AND SO WHAT STARTED OUT AS FIVE TENSES AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO I HAD TO, UM, ENCOURAGE HER AND HER BENEVOLENT SPIRIT NOT TO CONTINUE IN THAT BEHAVIOR.
SO I WANNA PUBLICLY, UM, SHARE THIS WITH RESIDENTS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR OFFICE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BINET KIRKWOOD CORRIDOR, UH, AND THE GROWING ENCAMPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, WE ARE UNABLE TO SERVICE THEM, UM, IN THAT CAPACITY.
AND SO PLEASE ALLOW, UM, THE CITY TO RESPOND TO THAT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY AND GET THEM HOUSED.
UH, UM, AND AS I SHARED, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING IT IN, IT'S, WE'RE MAKING IT INCREDIBLY COMFORTABLE TO STAY OUT THERE, UM, TO THE POINT WHERE, UM, THEY'RE SLEEPING ON SIDEWALKS IN THE STREETS.
I JUST WANT TO, UM, UH, ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS, PLEASE HELP US, UM, AND, AND KEEP THAT, KEEP REPORTING IT SO WE CAN GET THE RIGHT RESOURCES OUT THERE.
AND THE WORD IS ON THE STREET THAT THEY'RE FEEDING, SO THEY COME.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT CONTINUES TO GROW.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THE SOCIAL SERVICES NETWORK, UM, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE AS WE DO DOWNTOWN.
SO I, I, I WANNA RAISE THAT POINT.
I ALSO WANNA ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS, UH, IN DISTRICT F IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
I EXPECT US TO HAVE A BLAST THIS YEAR.
THE LINK TO SIGN UP WAS IN OUR NEWSLETTER.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SIGN UP ON OUR MICRO WEBSITE WITH THE CITY.
UH, AND, UH, THE, THE BILLBOARD, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, CONCLUDES OUR SUMMER OF SAFETY, UH, SUMMER OF SAFETY EVENT THAT WE HAD.
UM, UH, WE HAD A SERIES OF EVENTS, SO I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, UH, SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, EVERYONE WHO WORKED WITH US, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT WITH THE POOL, UM, HOUSTON FIRE, HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND MAYOR PRO TIM.
AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN BRING BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
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I, I KNOW MAYOR TURNER MENTIONED A $5 MILLION AUTHORIZATION OF OVERTIME FOR HPD.UM, UH, GIVEN COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ'S, UM, COMMENTS AND THEN SOME OTHER THINGS HAPPENING.
UH, CAN WE GET SOME DETAILS ON HOW THAT $5 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED? UM, UM, WE'RE STILL HAVING SOME ISSUES AROUND AFTER HOURS, UH, SOME ISSUES AROUND, UM, UM, PETTY CRIME, BURGLARY, THEFT ON THE WEST SIDE.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, UH, IF WE CAN INFLUENCE WHERE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE DIRECTED, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
AND GREAT POINTS ON THE ENCAMPMENTS.
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WANT TO DO GOOD DEEDS, BUT SOMETIMES THE GOOD DEEDS GO COUNTER TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE GOOD POINTS.
UM, FIRST TO, UM, TOMORROW IS JOSIE DEON'S BIRTHDAY IN OUR OFFICE.
UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE DISTRICT, A OFFICE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THERE WAS A DANGEROUS HOME, UM, ON HAMMERLY.
UM, A LOT OF CRIME ISSUES, DRUG ISSUES, JUST EVERYTHING GOING ON AT THAT HOUSE.
UM, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO HPD NORTHWEST DIVISION CENTER POINT AND PUBLIC WORKS.
THEY REALLY EXPEDITED GETTING THIS HOUSE DEMOLISHED.
IT'S MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AGAIN, THERE WERE JUST SO MANY ISSUES GOING ON THERE, AND IT HAS ALL BEEN CLEARED OUT, AND JUST VERY THANKFUL TO EVERYONE WHO, WHO WORKED ON THIS.
IT'S JUST BEEN A REALLY POSITIVE CHANGE.
UM, FIRST, UH, WE ARE ANNOUNCING NEW CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS ON SOUTH BRAYWOOD, UM, FROM SIX 10 TO SOUTH RICE.
SO, UH, MANY RESIDENTS, NOT JUST IN DISTRICT C TRAVEL SOUTH BRAYWOOD.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA GET SOME NEW SIDEWALKS ALONG THERE.
UH, THANKS TO PUBLIC WORKS, I WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK THANK YOU.
UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR, UH, RICE UNIVERSITY'S CARBON HUB AND LAB, AND THEY ARE DOING SOME EXTRAORDINARY AND INNOVATIVE THINGS.
AND IF THIS, UM, CAN BE BROUGHT TO SCALE, IT COULD, UH, NOT ONLY PRESERVE, BUT ACTUALLY GROW OUR NATURAL GAS JOBS LOCALLY, UH, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS JUST EXCEPTIONAL.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, UH, GOT TO SPEAK WITH STUDENTS, PHD STUDENTS IN THE LABS, INCLUDING WILLIE GONG AND ANNA VICTORIA BEDA.
UM, I MEAN, THEY HAVE, THEY ARE SO SMART.
UM, WE ALSO GOT TO MEET WITH MICHELLE DURANT, WHO'S A FOURTH YEAR PHD STUDENT IN CHEMISTRY.
UH, THIS IS AN EFFORT INVOLVING DOZENS OF FACULTY AT RICE, MULTIPLE COMPANIES, INCLUDING HUNTSMAN.
UH, SHELL, UH, DEX MATT, THE, THE LIST GOES ON.
BUT I WANTED TO JUST THANK THEM FOR TAKING ME ON THAT TOUR.
BUT MORE SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE ECONOMY OF OUR CITY.
UH, I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER BRIANIS THIS MORNING.
UH, SHE IS GOING TO BE ANNOUNCING, UM, THEIR, UH, SELECTIONS FOR THEIR CALL FOR PROJECTS.
SHE'S BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH MY OFFICE, UM, ON THOSE, THE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN'T FUND, BUT WE HEAR FROM RESIDENTS ON.
SO I WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK HER, UM, THAT INCLUDES WORK THAT THEY'RE ANNOUNCING ALONG, UH, BRAISE BAYOU TO CONNECT TRAILS AND BIKE PATHS, UM, AS WELL AS ALONG BUFFALO BAYOU, UH, MAINTENANCE AND DRAINAGE AND TIMBER GROVE.
THERE'S A FEW OTHERS, BUT SHE HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER, UH, WITH THE CITY AND WITH THE DISTRICT, AND WE APPRECIATE HER.
SHE'S ALSO GONNA BE DOING A LISTENING TOUR, UH, FOR DISTRICT C FOR THE MEYERLAND BRAZE OAKS AREA.
THAT WILL BE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM UH, AND THAT WILL BE, I BELIEVE, AT THE JCC, UH, BUT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO HER OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION AS SHE DOES THAT LISTENING TOUR.
I ALSO WANTED TO WELCOME, UH, RUTH, IF YOU COULD STAND OUR DISTRICT C UH, CHIP INTERN FROM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.
UH, I UNDERSTAND RUTH IS A SENIOR AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AND HAS A, UH, DRIVING PASSION FOR, UH, OUR ENVIRONMENT, UH, ADVOCATING ON CLIMATE CHANGE, A HOST OF OTHER THINGS.
SO, RUTH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
UH, I KNOW THAT YOU WANNA END UP IN PARKS SOMEDAY.
SO WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THIS IS A HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE FOR YOU.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR RAIN, ANNUAL RAIN BARREL SALE IN DISTRICT C UH, HAS GONE LIVE.
UH, WE SUBSIDIZE RAIN BARRELS.
UH, USUALLY THEY'RE A COST OF ABOUT $170.
WE SUBSIDIZE THEM DOWN TO $10 FOR DISTRICT C RESIDENTS.
THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF SPOTS LEFT.
UM, BUT WE WILL ADD YOU TO A WAITING LIST.
UH, YOU CAN GO ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, UH, OR FOLLOW OUR NEWSLETTER FOR THAT LINK.
UH, WE'RE ALSO TEAMING UP WITH, UH, TREES FOR
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HOUSTON AGAIN, SO THEY WILL BE GIVING OUT A FREE TREE FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS ONE WITH THAT RAIN BARREL.WE'RE DEALING WITH DROUGHT RIGHT NOW.
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT TREES ARE FOR THAT.
UH, BUT ALSO WHEN THE RAINS COME, SO APPRECIATE THAT PARTNERSHIP IN PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, AGAIN, THAT I THINK THE, UH, ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION WILL BE ON OCTOBER 7TH.
BUT DISTRICT C RESIDENTS, GO SIGN UP FOR YOUR RAIN BARREL.
WE WILL ADJOURN TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING AT 10:14 AM ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.