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          THE 7TH OF SEPTEMBER, 
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2023. 
          [Transportation, Technology, and Infrastructure Committee on September 7, 2023. ]
IT IS 10:08 AM MY NAME IS DAVID ROBINSON. 
          I'M CHAIR OF THE TTI COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          AND I, UH, CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. 
          AND WITH THAT, LET ME WELCOME ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF IN ATTENDANCE TO THIS MEETING. 
          UM, AND, UH, BEGIN WITH OUR VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX DATUM, WHO IS HERE AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. 
          WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ABBY CAYMAN HERE IN THE CHAMBER, AS WELL AS STAFF FROM A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          WE HAVE STAFF FROM DR. CAROLYN EVANS SHABAZZ, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DAVE MARTIN, OUR MAYOR, PRO TEM STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MARY NAN HUFFMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CARLOS CISNEROS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KNOX, HIS CHIEF OF STAFF IS HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA PLUMMER. 
          STAFF PRESENT, AS WELL AS OUR VICE CHAIR, SLY ALCORN. 
          UM, HERE PRESENT IS STAFF IN THE CHAMBER. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THIS MEETING. 
          IT'S THE, UH, MONTHLY MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD IN HYBRID MODE DUE TO THE DISCONTINUATION OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 
          THAT'S CHAPTER 5 51 THAT PROVIDES THAT, UH, WE HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS TO BE HELD SOLELY, VIRTUALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          THE MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND AS CHAIR AND PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE COMMITTEE, I WILL BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE CHAMBER. 
          I AM HERE TODAY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 51 0.1 27 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE THAT IS APPLICABLE TO A GOVERNMENT BODY THAT STANDS AND EXTENDS INTO THREE OR MORE COUNTIES. 
          ALL OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE THE OPTION TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS. IN ADDITION TO THE PRESENTERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK VIRTUALLY WITH US TODAY. 
          UH, ONE VIRTUALLY AND ONE HERE IN THE CHAMBER. 
          THE DEADLINE TO DO SO IS 5:00 PM OF THE DAY BEFORE OUR MEETING. 
          SO THAT'S YESTERDAY AT 5:00 PM AND SO AS ALWAYS, WE WILL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS BEYOND THAT DEADLINE AT THE AT LARGE2@HOUSTONTX.GOV, UM, EMAIL ADDRESS, AND WE'LL SHARE ALL RESPONSES WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND, UM, GET THE ANSWERS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS, CIRCULATE THOSE ANSWERS, UH, TO OUR DISTRIBUTION LIST. 
          UM, AFTER THE MEETING, UM, THERE ARE SEVEN ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. 
          A ROBUST, UH, MEETING FOR US. 
          UH, AND THERE HAS BEEN ONE ADJUSTMENT TO THE SEQUENCE WITH WHICH WE'LL TAKE AND WITH, UM, DEFERENCE TO THE ORDER OF THE CHAMBER. 
          WE'RE DOING THAT WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO IS EXPECTING, UM, UH, TO ATTEND A FUNERAL LATER THIS MORNING. 
          SO WITH THAT AND WITH THE REVISED AGENDA ORDER, WE WILL BE HEARING FROM, UM, VERONICA DAVIS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS OF THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON PAST AND PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT JOBS ACT. 
          THE GRANT SUBMITTALS SO FAR RECEIVED TO THE CITY. 
          WE'LL HEAR FROM LISA KENT, THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION, UH, FOR THE HITS DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          THAT'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON CISCO PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE AND SERVICES AWARDS. 
          RECOMMENDATION WITH HER WILL BE BERT CRAWFORD, OUR DEPUTY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER. 
          WE'LL THEN HEAR ABOUT SCHOOL ZONE AND SPEED ORDINANCES AND UPDATE. 
          AFTER THIS LATEST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE'LL HEAR FROM JANICE LAKEY, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR MULTIMODAL SAFETY AND DESIGN WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS OF HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. 
          AND ALONG WITH HER, JUDITH BERGOS, THE GRADUATE ENGINEER FOR MULTIMODAL SAFETY AND DESIGN, ALSO FOR, FROM TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE WILL ACCOMPANY HER IN THAT PRESENTATION. 
          NEXT WILL BE THE DYNAMIC HEAT MAP FOR ONSITE PAID PARKING. 
          MARIA CHARD, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PARK HOUSTON, FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, THE A RA, UH, TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, FLIGHT TRACKING AND NOISE MONITORING SERVICES. 
          CONTRACT, UH, FROM THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEMS, THE HAS DEPARTMENT WILL PRESENT IN TODAY IS DIEGO PARRA, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE AT THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM. 
          AND THEN FINALLY TODAY FROM HITS AND THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT AMAZON WEB SERVICES, THE A AWS SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM, PRESENTED TODAY BY BERT CRAWFORD, OUR DEPUTY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, UH, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WITH HITS, AS WELL AS FROM ANTHONY POWELL, OUR ACTING CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UM, 
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I KNOW THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL. 
          WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO, SEVEN ITEMS. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN JOINED, UH, VIRTUALLY BY OUR COLLEAGUE, DR. CAROLYN EVANS SHABAZZ ONLINE, AS WELL AS STAFF, UH, FROM TIFFANY THOMAS, THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT F. 
          UH, HER FOLKS ARE WITH US TODAY AS WELL. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REMAIN ON MUTE AND HOLD THEIR QUESTIONS TO THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION. 
          UH, AND TO GET IN THE QUEUE, OF COURSE, UH, HIT YOUR BUTTON AND WE WILL, UH, PUT YOU IN LINE. 
          THEY SHOULD, UM, UH, ASK TO SPEAK IN THE CHAT IF YOU ARE ONLINE, AND WE WILL MONITOR THAT. 
          SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET US PROCEED TO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          I'D LIKE TO ASK VERONICA DAVIS AND CATHERINE SUMMERLAND. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO MS. SUMMERLAND. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE I INTRODUCED HER AT THE OUTSET OF THE MEETING. 
          SHE'S THE SENIOR STAFF ANALYST FOR TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND PLANNING FROM THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS. 
          GOOD MORNING, LADIES. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          AND, UH, DIRECTOR DAVIS, I'LL TURN TO YOU TO INTRODUCE PAST AND PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT JOBS ACT GRANT SUBMITTALS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. 
          UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, UM, OUR SUCCESSES AND WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP WHEN IT COMES TO THE GRANTS. 
          UM, WAITING FOR THIS SLIDE PRESENTATION TO COME UP. 
          UM, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE TO GIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND KUDOS. 
          UM, WHEN WE DO THESE GRANTS, IT IS A LOT OF EFFORT. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, KANGEN AND HIS STAFF IN MULTIMODAL SAFETY AND DESIGN, DAVID FIELDS AND HIS STAFF IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, REALLY BIG SHOUT OUT TO BILL KELLY AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM IN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, UH, WHICH HELP US WITH REACHING OUT TO ARE THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 
          'CAUSE WE DO BRIEF THEM ON EVERYTHING THAT WE SUBMIT, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT. 
          UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, EFFORT AND ENERGY. 
          OH, AND THEN ALSO, UH, DAVID WARDLOW AND THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES TEAM THAT HELPED US WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANTS. 
          I'M A WITNESS TO THAT. 
          IT'S AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN, MS. DAVIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE CALLING UP THE PROGRAM AND APPARENTLY HAVING A BRIEF TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE. 
          OKAY. 
          BEAR WITH US, PLEASE. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR TEAM TO GET THAT PRESENTATION TEED UP. 
          MS. DAVIS, IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO INTRODUCE THE TOPIC FROM YOUR NOTES OR MEMORY, ABSOLUTELY. 
          LET ME, YOU KNOW, LEMME KNOW. 
          WE, WE STAY READY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GET READY. 
          UM, AS YOU ALWAYS KNOW, IN PUBLIC WORKS, WE ALWAYS START WITH OUR FIRST SLIDE, UH, THAT TALKS ABOUT OUR PURPOSE. 
          TOGETHER, WE CREATE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR HOUSTON TO THRIVE. 
          UH, AND WE HAVE OUR FIVE TO THRIVE VALUES OF RESPECT, OWNERSHIP, COMMUNICATION, INTEGRITY, AND TEAMWORK. 
          AND, UH, THIS PRESENTATION IS DEFINITELY A, UH, EXEM EXEMPLIFICATION OF OUR TEAMWORK. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, THAT ARE INVOLVED, UH, AS WE PULL TOGETHER THESE APPLICATIONS. 
          WHAT WOULD BE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE GRANTS THEMSELVES. 
          UM, SO AS A REMINDER, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE SHARED THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL BEFORE, UM, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO JUST HAVE A REFRESHER, PARTICULARLY SINCE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE, UH, NEW PEOPLE LISTENING INTO THIS PRESENTATION. 
          UM, SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANTS, UM, THROUGH THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, UM, THAT WAS PASSED. 
          AND SO, ONE, IT'S FORMULA. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE GENERALLY ALLOCATED TO THE STATE BASED ON WHATEVER THE FORMULA IS SET BY CONGRESS. 
          SOMETIMES IT COULD BE POPULATION, IT COULD BE NUMBER OF ASSETS. 
          UM, THEY REALLY SET WHAT THAT FORMULA IS GOING TO BE. 
          UM, SO AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, THERE WAS EX, UH, ADDITIONAL BRIDGE MONEY, UH, THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, BUT THAT WAS BY FORMULA, AND THAT WAS BY THE NUMBER OF BRIDGES THAT WERE ELIGIBLE UNDER THE FEDERAL PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN THAT MONEY FLOWS THROUGH THE STATE. 
          SO ALL OF THE FORMULA MONEY IS GONNA FLOW THROUGH THE STATE. 
          UM, AND THEN IT GETS APP PORTION, UM, FROM THERE FOR EITHER THE STATE TO USE OR TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND SO, UH, AND AS YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE ARE VERY MUCH FIERCELY 
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IN THE CALL FOR PROJECTS. 
          UM, BUT THAT IS THE MONEY THAT GOES TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL. 
          WE HAVE A CALL FOR PROJECTS. 
          IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE ACROSS THE REGION. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT MONEY, IT COULD DEPEND ON POPULATION. 
          UM, THERE'S SOME MONEY DETERMINED BY OUR AIR QUALITY. 
          UM, AND SO IT ALL GETS APPORTIONED. 
          AND FROM THERE, THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL MAKES DECISIONS ON HOW TO FUND PROJECTS USING THAT MONEY AVAILABLE. 
          SECONDLY, WE HAVE THE DISCRETIONARY MONEY. 
          THESE ARE EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE GRANTS. 
          AND THE DECISION IS MADE BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          UH, AND WHEN I SAY EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE, THEY ARE EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE. 
          UH, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN HOUSTON MAY BE THE SOLE, UH, AWARDEE IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          UM, SO THEY ARE VERY HIGHLY COMPETITIVE. 
          UM, AND SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT FORTH A GOOD PROJECT. 
          AND SO THERE MAY BE PROJECTS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU. 
          UM, BUT IF THEY DON'T COMPETE WELL AGAINST THE CRITERIA, UH, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SUBMIT THEM. 
          'CAUSE THIS IS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE. 
          UM, THE OTHER IMPORTANT PART ABOUT THESE DISCRETIONARY PROJECTS IS HAVING CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT. 
          UM, THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS. 
          WE PREPARE THE APPLICATION, WE SUBMIT THEM, BUT OUR, OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT WE SEND TO DC ARE THE ONES WHO ADVOCATE ON OUR BEHALF FOR THESE PROJECTS. 
          SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THEIR SUPPORT, UM, AND THEIR PASSION, UH, AS THEY'RE IN DC UH, ADVOCATING ON OUR BEHALF FOR THESE PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND THEN SOMETIMES IT DEPENDS ON THE PROJECT, BUT PARTICULARLY FOR CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS, WE SOMETIMES HAVE TO PREPARE A BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS. 
          AND WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING FOR IS IF THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY, DO THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROJECT OUTWEIGH THE COST. 
          UM, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, SHOULD WE BE SUCCESSFUL, THOSE FUNDS DO FLOW TO THE APPLICANT. 
          SO WE DON'T, IT DOESN'T FLOW THROUGH TXDOT, IT DOES FLOW US TO US, THE APPLICANT. 
          HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE TO WORK WITH TXDOT TO GET ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, UM, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE, UH, AUTHORITY UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, FOR THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT PROCESS. 
          UM, SO WE DO STILL WORK WITH TECH OUT ON THAT. 
          UM, BUT ALL OF THE FUNDING DECISIONS ARE MADE BY U-S-D-O-T, WHETHER THEY'RE SECRETARY OR THE INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES. 
          UM, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN OTHER ENTITIES, UH, SO MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TOURS, UH, METRO, THE COUNTY, THEY ALL CAN SUBMIT PROJECTS. 
          SOMETIMES THEY DO SUBMIT WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UM, AND WE TRY TO DISCOURAGE PROJECTS. 
          WE DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAN SUBMIT FROM PROJECTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO THIS IN DETAIL. 
          I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS, UM, BUT THIS IS THE DEDICATED STREET AND DRAINAGE REVOLVING FUND. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY. 
          I'M SHOWING THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOCAL MATCH FOR THESE FEDERAL PROJECTS. 
          AND THIS IS THE SAME BUCKET OF MONEY THAT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO. 
          SO OUR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, IT'S ALL THE SAME BUCKET OF MONEY. 
          SO WHEN WE GO AFTER FEDERAL PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOCAL MATCH. 
          UM, SO IT IS GREAT TO HAVE, BUT JUST KNOW WE STILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH, AND IT'S TYPICALLY GOING TO BE AROUND, UH, 20%. 
          UM, I, THE THING THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S VERY CLEAR, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA SAY THIS THREE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. 
          WHEN WE WIN THESE GRANTS, THE FED GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WRITE THE CITY OF HOUSTON A CHECK. 
          SO WHEN WE WIN $37 MILLION, THEY DO NOT WRITE US A CHECK AND SEND IT AND IT SITS IN OUR COFFERS. 
          THAT IS NOT HOW THIS WORKS. 
          TYPICALLY, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE HAVE TO WORK ON PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT AND PAY FOR IT UPFRONT. 
          AND THEN AT SPECIFIC MILESTONES WE GET REIMBURSED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR. 
          WE DON'T GET A CHECK FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UPFRONT. 
          WE HAVE TO PUT THE MONEY UP, AND THEN WE GET REIMBURSED. 
          AND AGAIN, JUST HAVING THIS ON THIS SLIDE TO ITERATE, THIS IS ALL COMING FROM THE SAME POCKET OF MONEY THAT WE DO ALL OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS. 
          UM, THE OTHER PART TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT ONCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVES US A, GIVES US MONEY FOR A PROJECT, WE CANNOT MOVE THAT MONEY. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS, I BELIEVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT IF WE GET THIS MONEY, CAN WE USE IT FOR OTHER THINGS? NO. 
          WHEN WE GET MONEY FOR TELEPHONE ROAD, WE HAVE TO USE THAT MONEY FOR TELEPHONE ROAD. 
          WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC GRANT AGREEMENTS. 
          AND CATHERINE WILL GO A LITTLE BIT, UM, MORE THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          BUT THE GRANT AGREEMENTS WILL SPELL OUT THE SCOPE OF WORK AND ANY CHANGES TO THE SCOPE OF WORK. 
          WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT WE CANNOT MOVE THAT MONEY FOR ANYTHING ELSE. 
          UM, AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, IF WE ATTEMPT TO MOVE THAT MONEY OR WE ATTEMPT TO, UM, DO THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE, UM, OR WE CANCEL THE PROJECT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN REQUEST THAT WE PAY BACK ANYTHING THAT THEY, THAT WE, THAT THEY'VE REIMBURSED US. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR THAT AS YOU ALL ARE VOTING ON THESE PROJECTS, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON THE GRANTS, YOU ARE VOTING ON OUR ABILITY, 
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SHOULD WE BE SUCCESSFUL TO SPEND LOCAL MONEY FOR THESE GRANTS. 
          AND SO THAT IS OUR AUTHORITY. 
          AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT AUTHORITY, UM, JUST KNOW THAT WE CANNOT STOP THE PROJECT WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACK FOR ANYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN REIMBURSED. 
          AND I'M GONNA MAKE THAT POINT AGAIN, SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF HOW DO WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS ON WHICH PROJECTS TO PUT FORTH. 
          UM, SO ONE, WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA PRIORITIZE SAFETY. 
          UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, LED THE CHARGE ON THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN. 
          AND SO SAFETY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE NUMBER ONE FOR US. 
          SO LOOKING AT OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK WHERE PEOPLE ARE DYING OR BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED IS ALWAYS GONNA BE ONE OF OUR NUMBER ONE PRO UH, PRIORITIES. 
          UH, EQUITY IS ALSO IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY UNDER THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW. 
          A LOT OF THE GRANTS ARE SPECIFIC TO AREAS OF PERSISTENT POVERTY. 
          UM, THAT IS WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING, UM, TO PRIORITIZE WITH THEIR GRANTS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND THERE IS A MAP THAT IS PREPARED BY U-S-D-O-T. 
          IT IS NOT OUR MAP, IT IS THE US DOT'S MAP THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AREAS OF PERSISTENT POVERTY AND OBVIOUSLY RESILIENCE. 
          AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, OUR TRANSPORTATION, UH, SYSTEM IS ALSO PART OF OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM. 
          SO WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT RESILIENCE. 
          UM, NUMBER TWO, THE PROJECTS MUST BE COMPETITIVE AND ALIGN WITH THE MERIT CRITERIA AND BE REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT. 
          SO FOR ALL OF THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS, AND I BELIEVE, UM, UH, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SENDS YOU THE LIST, THERE IS VERY SPECIFIC CRITERIA. 
          UM, IT OUTLINES THE POINTS THAT EACH PROJECT CAN RECEIVE BASED ON HOW YOU MEET THE CRITERIA. 
          SO THAT IS CRITERIA THAT WE CANNOT CHANGE. 
          AND IF WE FEEL LIKE A PROJECT IS NOT GOING TO MATCH IT WELL FOR THE CRITERIA, UH, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SUBMIT. 
          WE LOOK AT OUR ABILITY TO FUND THE LOCAL MATCH. 
          UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THINKING OF, UH, WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT OUR CIP AND ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CIP. 
          AND SO IF WE OVERCOMMIT FOR THESE FEDERAL PROJECTS WHERE WE HAVE TO MEET THESE DEADLINES, THAT MEANS SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS IN THE CIP MAY GET DELAYED. 
          AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO FUND THE LOCAL MATCH. 
          UM, THE PROJECTS HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST SOME ANALYSIS, UM, IN UNDERTAKING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          THEN I WANNA BE CLEAR. 
          SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT TYPES. 
          THERE'S THE PLANNING GRANTS, WHICH ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, WE HAVE A GENERAL IDEA THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT THIS CORRIDOR, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE PROJECT IS. 
          WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE SCOPE IS BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPECTING US TO GET A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND. 
          WE CAN'T BE LOOSEY GOOSEY AT THAT POINT. 
          UM, AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF ANALYSIS, SOME LEVEL OF SCOPE, THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BUILD. 
          UM, THE PROJECTS MUST REFLECT THE CITY'S PRIORITIES AND GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY. 
          ALMOST ALL OF OUR PROJECTS ARE EITHER IN OR NEAR A COMPLETE COMMUNITY. 
          I KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OF THAT ADMINISTRATION. 
          AND OFTENTIMES THOSE COMMUNITIES ALSO OVERLAP WITH THE AREAS OF PERSISTENT POVERTY. 
          SO WE'RE MEETING, UM, THAT MILESTONE OF THE BIO BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE TO ASSESS OUR INTERNAL CAPACITY TO DELIVER. 
          AS I MENTIONED, UM, IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT TO PUT THESE APPLICATIONS TOGETHER. 
          THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING AT YOUR SAFETY PROJECTS, YOUR SCHOOL ZONES, YOUR VISION ZERO PROJECTS. 
          THIS IS THE SAME STAFF THAT IS DOING THIS IN ADDITION TO THEIR OTHER WORK. 
          WE DO HAVE, UM, CONSULTANT SUPPORT, UM, AS WE PREPARE THESE, BUT IT STILL TAKES A LOT OF STAFF TIME TO PUT THESE, UH, THESE, UH, GRANTS TOGETHER. 
          AND MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO COUNCIL, UM, TO, UM, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL CONTRACT SUPPORT TO HELP US WITH PREPARING THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, I'M GOING TALK. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M GOING TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT, UH, FROM THE HIGH LEVEL OUR DECISION MAKING AROUND, UH, THE VARIOUS GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND, UH, JUST BRINGING IT BACK TO A HOLISTIC, UM, REVIEW. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, JUST BRIEFLY, UM, WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR GUIDING DOCUMENTS THAT INFORM OUR DECISION MAKING. 
          UH, STARTING WITH THE RESILIENT HOUSTON PLAN, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, VISION ZERO PLANS, THESE ARE ALL, UM, PLANS THAT WE SEEK OUT INFORMATION TO HELP INFORM WHAT WE INCLUDE IN OUR GRANT APPLICATIONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO IN 2022, THE CITY APPLIED FOR FIVE IIJ GRANTS, AND WERE AWARDED FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE, A RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR ABOUT EIGHT $80 MILLION FOR THE CITY. 
          THIS MAP 
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ILLUSTRATES THAT WE LOOKED AT A FEW FACTORS THAT VERONICA JUST MENTIONED, SUCH AS GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY. 
          WE MAKE SURE THAT WE REVIEW PROJECTS IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT AND ASSESS THEIR PROJECT READINESS AND CHARACTERISTICS THAT BEST ALIGN WITH FEDERAL MERIT CRITERIA. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE PEC WE ARE ESPECIALLY COGNIZANT OF IDENTIFYING PROJECTS ADJACENT TO OR WITHIN COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, JUST AS VERONICA HAD MENTIONED. 
          SO TO BRIEFLY RECAP, OUR RAISE GRANT FOR TELEPHONE ROAD AT $20 MILLION WAS MOSTLY ABOUT SAFETY INTERSECTION RECONSTRUCTION AND CONNECTIONS TO BRAISE BAYOU. 
          OUR SECOND ATTEMPT WAS FOR A BRIDGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM, UH, PLAN, UH, CONSTRUCTION GRANT. 
          HOWEVER, THAT ONE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL, UM, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS SUBMITTED FOR A PLANNING GRANT, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR A CONSTRUCTION GRANT. 
          IT WAS WELL BEYOND THE SCOPE OF, UH, THAT PARTICULAR GRANT OPPORTUNITY. 
          OUR THIRD ATTEMPT WAS, UH, FOR START SAFE STREETS FOR ALL, UH, THE BISSONET CORRIDOR SAFE STREETS PROJECT, WHICH WON AN ESTIMATED $29 MILLION, WHICH IS THE FOURTH LARGEST AWARD IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          UM, THE FOURTH WAS RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT FOR A STUDY CALLED GULFTON AND BEYOND. 
          UM, IT HELPS, UH, RECONNECT THIS TRANSIT DEPENDENT COMMUNITY OF GULFTON ACROSS I 69 TO NEARBY, UH, HILLCROFT TRANSIT CENTER WISDOM HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MAHATMA GANDHI DISTRICT. 
          FINALLY, OUR RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT OF ALMOST 37 MILLION WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS FOR THE WEST BELL PHASE ONE PROJECT. 
          IT HELPS CONSTRUCT UNDERPASSES AT COMMERCE NAVIGATION IN NEW YORK AND IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CREATE A 9,000 FOOT SEAL CORRIDOR AND QUIET ZONE, UH, BETWEEN REYS AND LELAND. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          FOR THIS YEAR'S, UH, PURSUITS, UH, WE ARE, UM, LOOKING AT THE IJS RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, PLUS THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACTS NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS AND EQUITY PROGRAM. 
          UH, COMBINED, IT'S CALLED THE RECONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, RCN. 
          THE PROGRAM PROVIDES 3.2 BILLION NATIONWIDE DOUBLING FUNDS FROM LAST YEAR'S RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES, PROGRAMS, AND PRIORITIZES JUSTICE 40, UH, COMMUNITIES OR AREAS OF ACUTE DISADVANTAGE. 
          THE FUNDS ARE AIMED AT IMPROVING ACCESS, FOSTERING EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND RESTORATION, AND RECONNECTS COMMUNITIES BY REMOVING, RETROFITTING OR MITIGATING HIGHWAYS OR OTHER TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES THAT CREATE BARRIERS TO COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UNDER THE R-C-N-N-A-E PROGRAM, WE PROPOSE TWO CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION GRANTS. 
          THE FIRST IS IMPLEMENTING THE RESILIENT SIDEWALKS PLAN. 
          ON JUNE 1ST, MY COLLEAGUE DONALD BOKU PRESENTED THIS PLAN TO THE TTI COMMITTEE. 
          SO THIS EFFORT IS TO FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN WE'RE SEEKING TO REPAIR, REHABILITATE, AND RECONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS IN BOTH GULFTON AND CASHMERE GARDENS. 
          THIS WOULD ALLOW SAFE ACCESS TO SCHOOLS, PARKS, AND NEARBY TRAILS, AS WELL AS ENABLE ACCESS TO METRO TRANSIT STOPS. 
          WE ALSO AIM TO ADDRESS FLOODING AND EXCESSIVE HEAT IN BOTH COMMUNITIES BY ADDING GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, SUCH AS ADDITIONAL TREE CANOPIES, STORM WATER, SEWER LINES, TREE TRENCHES, AND BIOSWALES TO HOLD WATER. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE SECOND PROPOSAL ARE PROJECTS TO CONSTRUCT A SERIES OF PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, BRIDGE CAP PARKS, AND SIGNATURE BRIDGES AS PART OF THE NORTH HOUSTON HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 
          IN ALIGNMENT WITH A VOLUNTARY RESOLUTION AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY TXDOT AND THE FHWA SINCE BUILDING BRIDGES IS TDOT'S FORTE, THIS GRANT WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO JUST THAT IN A MANNER THAT ACCOMMODATES PEOPLE. 
          AS THE NAMESAKE OF THIS GRANT IS RECONNECT RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES. 
          THESE STRUCTURES CONNECT AREAS OF DISADVANTAGE TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND WILL REQUIRE CLOSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE THIRD PROPOSAL IS A PLANNING GRANT. 
          WE'RE SUGGESTING TO BE LED BY TDOT TO FUND THE DESIGN OF AN ELEVATED GRADE SEPARATED INTERSECTION AT GRIGGS LONG MACA NEAR SIXTH AND SOUTH, AND SH 35. 
          DUE TO THE PROJECT'S BENEFITS IN THE AREAS OF SAFETY, CONGESTION REDUCTION, CONNECTIVITY, AND ALIGNMENT WITH NATIONAL OBJECTIVES TO IMPROVE LIVABILITY IN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. 
          THIS PROJECT MAKES IT AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE FOR DISCRETIONARY FUNDING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          HERE IS ANOTHER SCHEMATIC OF THE PROPOSED CONCEPT. 
          THE GLM INTERSECTION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED 
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AS RA'S TOP 15 MOST DANGEROUS CROSSINGS DUE TO HIGH CRASH INCIDENTS WITH PLANNING FUNDS, TDOT WOULD BE ABLE TO FINANCE ACTIVITIES FOR A DETAILED DESIGN OF THE INTERSECTION RECONSTRUCTION IN A MANNER THAT BENEFITS THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND REDUCES NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          FOR THIS YEAR'S BRIDGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM, WE PROPOSE A BRIDGE RESILIENCE STUDY IN DISTRICT G TO CONDUCT PLANNING EFFORTS TO RAISE SEVERAL BRIDGES WITHIN OUR SYSTEM THAT ARE STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT AND IN AREAS OF HIGH FLOOD RISK. 
          BRIDGES THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT CANDIDATES INCLUDE THE DAIRY ASHFORD BRIDGE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WAS INUNDATED FOR TWO WEEKS AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY. 
          AS WE REMEMBER THE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS FROM SIX YEARS AGO, A SUCCESSFUL AWARD FOR THIS PLANNING STUDY WOULD BE A RELIEF TO MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY AND DRIVE ON THESE STRUCTURES DAILY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE ALSO STAND IN SUPPORT OF OUR PARTNERS WHO SEEK FEDERAL FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND HAVE SUBMITTED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THESE PURSUITS AS DEMONSTRATION OF OUR COMMITMENT TO REGIONAL RESILIENCE. 
          THIS YEAR, WE'VE SUPPORTED THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND GREATER NORTH SIDE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ON THEIR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT APPLICATIONS, AS WELL AS HARRIS COUNTY'S PROTECT DISCRETIONARY GRANT APPLICATION FOR TWO STUDIES THAT ADDRESS FLOOD MITIGATION AND NATURAL HAZARD EVACUATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          ADMINISTERING FEDERAL GRANTS IS LENGTHY AND RESOURCE INTENSIVE, AS VERONICA MENTIONED. 
          FOR THAT REASON, WE'RE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHICH PROJECTS WE CHOOSE FOR A FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANT. 
          THE ADMINISTRATION AND COMPLIANCE ASPECT OF THESE GRANTS IS A CONSIDERATION WHEN CHOOSING TO FILE A FEDERAL GRANT. 
          SO ONCE AN AWARD OCCURS, IT'S TYPICAL TO DRAFT AND FINALIZE THE GRANT AGREEMENT IN ABOUT SIX TO 12 MONTHS TO PROCURE SERVICES, BEGIN ENGINEERING. 
          AND FORMAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT REQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACT OR NEPA REQUIRES ADDITIONAL TIME PRIOR TO FUND'S OBLIGATION. 
          LIKE VERONICA MENTIONED, WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY FIRST ON WORK TASKS, THEN BILL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT IF AWARDED MONEY CAN ONLY BE USED FOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND MUST BE COMPLIANT WITH TWO C FFR 200, THE CODE OF FEDERAL ORDINANCES. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU CATHERINE. 
          AND SO, JUST TO EMPHASIZE WHILE WE ARE ON THIS SLIDE, UM, THE FEDERAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS DIFFERENT THAN OUR LOCAL PROCESS. 
          UM, SO EVEN AS WE HAVE, UM, PROJECTS THAT ARE CERTIFIED THROUGH OBO, UM, FOR OUR MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, OUR WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY ONLY RECOMMEND REC RECOGNIZE THE DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. 
          UM, THAT'S USUALLY THROUGH THE STATE AND OBO CAN ADMINISTER THAT CERTIFICATION. 
          UM, SO IT IS A DIFFERENT PROCESS. 
          UM, AS WE GO THROUGH FEDERAL PROCUREMENT, I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, WHY DON'T WE GO FOR THIS GRANT AND THIS GRANT? UM, THIS IS WHY WE TRY TO STICK TO THE BIGGER GRANTS WHEN WE GO AFTER FEDERAL MONEY. 
          UM, 'CAUSE IT IS A LOT OF WORK. 
          AND THE SMALLER THE GRANT, YOU ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK FOR A LITTLE MONEY. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, UM, EVEN IF IT IS A SMALL PROJECT, AND IT MIGHT BE A CATEGOR, WHAT'S CALLED A CATEGOR EXCLUSION, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT ENTIRE PROCESS. 
          SO IT IS VERY INTENSIVE WHEN WE GO AFTER THESE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND THEN AS MENTIONED, WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO GET MONEY BACK AND WE CANNOT MOVE THE MONEY. 
          SO, UM, IN HERE, AS YOU SEE UNDER THE GRANT AGREEMENT, UM, SO THAT WILL SPELL OUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE AGREE TO DO ON THIS PROJECT AND HOW WE WILL SPEND THE MONEY. 
          AND EVERY TIME WE CHANGE THAT, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FEDERAL AGENCY, UM, TO GET THEM TO APPROVE ANY CHANGES. 
          AND THAT IS A LONG ARDUOUS PROCESS. 
          SO WE TRY TO STICK TO THE SCRIPT AS MUCH AS WE CAN WHEN IT COMES TO THESE GRANT AGREEMENTS. 
          AND SO THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION AND LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. DAVIS AND MS. SUMMERLAND. 
          UH, VERY INTERESTING, VERY HELPFUL. 
          WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE AND WE'LL BEGIN, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PECK. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, OKAY, SO GOING BACK TO THE CRITERIA FOR THESE PROJECTS, UM, AND YOU EXPLAINED IT, I GET THE CRITERIA, BUT MY CONCERN IS, AND YOU KIND OF TOUCHED UPON THIS, THAT THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY WHERE WE HAD TO USE ALL THE REBUILD DOLLARS FOR HARVEY PROJECTS AND WE HAD TO PUSH EVERYTHING OUT UNTIL WE GOT REIMBURSED. 
          SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN? AND ARE THESE PROJECTS ALREADY IN THE CIP THAT WE'RE JUST, JUST BASICALLY SHIFTING MONEY AROUND, UM, IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT? SO IT'S A MIXTURE. 
          UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, WEST BELT HAS BEEN IN OUR CIP FOR A WHILE AND WE HAD A FUNDING GAP. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE, I THINK IT'S, UH, 70 MILLION OR SO THAT'S IN THE CIP 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE 61 MILLION FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. 
          UM, 
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SO THE ADDITIONAL 37 MILLION ACTUALLY CLOSES THE FUNDING GAP THAT WE HAD. 
          SO THAT'S A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN DEFERRED 'CAUSE WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE FULL FUNDING. 
          SO IN SOME CASES WE ARE FUNDING PROJECTS THAT HAVE A GAP IN THE CIP. 
          UM, FOR OTHERS THEY WILL BE INTRODUCED. 
          SO TELEPHONE ROAD IS IN THE CIP, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO EXPAND THE SCOPE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL MONEY. 
          UM, AND THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE NEW. 
          BISSONNET WILL BE A NEW PROJECT ADDED TO THE CIP AND THAT'S WHERE WE BALANCE THINGS. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE ASKING US, ARE WE SUBMITTING FOR THIS GRANT? ARE WE SUBMITTING FOR THIS GRANT? WE ARE MONITORING THAT VERY CLOSELY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO STOP PROJECTS. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO DEFER PROJECTS BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE TO MEET THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE GRANT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE MAY SKIP A YEAR OF SUBMITTING. 
          UM, BUT A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ARE GONNA BE IN MORE OF THE OUTER YEARS OF OUR EXISTING CIP. 
          UM, THEY'RE VERY LONG, I'M GONNA SAY LONG WINDOWS, BUT THEY ARE PRETTY LONG WINDOWS, UM, TO GET TO CONSTRUCTION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU AT THIS TIME, YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE US HAVING TO DEFER LIKE THE WHOLE CIP TO NO. 
          ACCOMMODATE THESE PROJECTS. 
          OKAY. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND, AND THAT'S AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE ARE MONITOR, WE MONITOR DAVID WARDLOW IS DOING THE HEROES WORK OF MONITORING ALL OF THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS FUTURE PROJECTS ARE CONCERNED, UM, WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE AS FAR AS OTHER DOLLARS THAT MIGHT BECOME AVAILABLE LATER ON? UM, IT, IT'S HARD TO SAY RIGHT NOW, UM, BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE THE PROGRAMS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED. 
          UH, WE HOPE THAT CONGRESS WILL CONTINUE TO FUND THESE PROJECTS. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT THERE IS A CONVERSATION STARTING NOW AROUND THE NEXT TRANSPORTATION FUND. 
          UM, SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF IN A WAITING PERIOD. 
          WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, AND SO WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO UNSHAPED SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS. 
          AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED FOR THE FORMULA DOLLARS THROUGH THAT, COME THROUGH HOUSTON, GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED PROJECTS IN OUR CIP THAT COULD BE GOOD CANDIDATES FOR THAT TYPE OF FUNDING. 
          UM, AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT CALL FOR PROJECTS WILL OPEN SOON AND WE'LL BE SUBMITTING SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, FOR THAT CALL FOR PROJECTS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SHOULD, YOU KNOW, MONEY BECOME AVAILABLE LATER ON, I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR SPREADING THAT MONEY ACROSS EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          SO AT LEAST THERE'S SOMETHING IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT'S GETTING DONE. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES. 
          THERE'S PLENTY OF AREAS IN DISTRICT A THAT COULD BE A COMPLETE COMMUNITY AND IT'S JUST NOT ONE, BUT WOULD DEFINITELY QUALIFY. 
          SO, UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY OTHER PROJECTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          EXCELLENT QUESTIONS. 
          AND I THINK TO EMPHASIZE WHAT, UH, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, DAVIS IS SAYING, WE, SOME OF US IN THIS ROOM ARE VERY INVOLVED WITH THAT OVERLAP WITH THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL TRYING TO, UH, COMPLIMENT OUR FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. 
          AND I KNOW WE HAVE OFFERED, SINCE WE ARE THE LARGEST MUNICIPALITY IN THE AREA, SOME OF OUR STAFF'S RESOURCES BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO HELP AGGREGATE AND BRING SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS TO THE REGION. 
          SO THAT'S, IT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION YOU ASK. 
          UM, NEXT IN THE QUEUE IS COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, THANK YOU, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          UH, I, IT IT'S HARD FROM THE OUTSIDE PEOPLE TO REALLY GRASP HOW MUCH IT TAKES, UH, TIME PERSONNEL TO WORK THROUGH THE, THE GRANT PROCESS. 
          UM, AND THERE'S MANY GRANTS THAT WE DON'T EVEN GET, BUT WE HAVE TO GO AND TRY FOR. 
          SO I JUST, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT. 
          AND THANK YOU ALSO, I LOVE THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING GSI, UM, AND MEETING RIGHT WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS, MEETS THE ROAD, THE, UM, OBJECT, THE IMPORTANT GOALS OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND BRINGING THAT INTO COMMUNITIES THAT FOR FAR TOO LONG HAVE NOT HAD THAT ATTENTION. 
          UM, SEVERAL QUICK QUESTIONS. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THE BRIDGES AND SOME OF THE BRIDGE GRANTS. 
          UM, DISTRICT C IS HOME TO, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY FAMOUSLY THE MONTROSE BRIDGES, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY IN DISREPAIR. 
          AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. 
          BUT MY QUESTION IS, UM, WITH THE FUNDS WE GET FOR NEW BRIDGES, WHO'S OBLIGATED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE? THOSE, UM, SO IT DEPENDS. 
          WE DON'T MAINTAIN ALL THE BRIDGES. 
          UM, THE MONTROSE BRIDGES AS AN EXAMPLE, THOSE ARE TDOT BRIDGES, RIGHT? UM, AND SO TXDOT DOES THE MAINTENANCE ON THOSE. 
          WE MAY COORDINATE WITH THEM THAT IF WE HAPPEN TO, YOU KNOW, BE DOING SOME ROAD REPAIR, UH, WE COORDINATE WITH THEM ACCORDINGLY. 
          UM, SO THEY MAINTAIN THEIR BRIDGES, UM, AND WE MAINTAIN OUR BRIDGES. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT TXDOT DOES REBUILD BRIDGES FOR US. 
          UM, THEY REBUILD ABOUT FOUR OR SO BRIDGES A YEAR FOR US. 
          AND THEN INTERNALLY, UM, OUR BRIDGE CREWS BUILD ABOUT FOUR BRIDGES A YEAR. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I, I SAY THAT ONLY THAT I HOPE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND WE ARE RECEIVING THESE FUNDS THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THERE'S A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING IF IT IS A TEXT, AUTO AND BRIDGE, WHOEVER THE JURISDICTION IS, I'M NOT POINTING FINGERS MM-HMM . 
          THAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE MORE BRIDGES IN DISREPAIR. 
          THAT WE HAVE 
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SOMETHING IN PLACE TO MAINTAIN THOSE FOR THE SAFETY OF, OF USERS AND PEOPLE WALKING. 
          UM, AS WELL ON PAGE NINE, IF WE COULD GO TO THAT REALLY QUICKLY. 
          UM, SO WITH THE GRANTS, AND I, I'M GONNA ASSUME, BUT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE, THIS LARGER BUCKET OF FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD OPPORTUNITIES FOR PREVIOUSLY, WHETHER THAT'S WITH, UM, THE IRA AND OTHER MAJOR BUCKETS THAT ARE UNPRECEDENTED. 
          SO IT MAY BE HARD TO COMPARE WHAT WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY DRAWN DOWN BEFORE. 
          I KNOW YOU MENTIONED WE DIDN'T, UM, RECEIVE ALL OF THE GRANTS, AND THAT'S OKAY, THAT'S EXPECTED. 
          HOW ARE WE DOING WITH OUR SUCCESS RATE COMPARE? IS THERE A WAY TO COMPARE, GIVEN IT'S A LARGER BUCKET, BUT HOW ARE WE DOING? OH, I THINK HOUSTON IS, IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO PARTICULARLY EVEN SOME OF OUR OTHER CITIES, UH, PRIOR TO THIS WE HAVE GOTTEN A BUILD GRANT FOR SHEPHERD DURHAM, RIGHT? WE HAD THE TIGER GRANT, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN USING WITH OUR, UM, INTELLIGENT, UH, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CONTRACT. 
          UM, SO WE ARE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND EVEN WITH THE BRIDGE GRANT, AGAIN, WE MET WITH FEDERAL HIGHWAY ON THE DEBRIEF AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH, NO, IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. 
          YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE TOO FAR FOR PLANNING AND NOT FAR ENOUGH FOR CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? UM, SO IT WASN'T A, WE DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT. 
          IT'S JUST, ALL RIGHT, GO, GO BACK, DO SOME MORE WORK AND, AND, AND COME BACK TO US. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, SO WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, AND I'M, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. 
          UM, IF I COULD GET BACK INTO QUEUE PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'LL DO THAT. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR RECORD IS OUTSTANDING. 
          UM, AND I KNOW IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE ONE WE DIDN'T GET IS, UM, NOT ONLY, UH, IMPORTANT BUT IN DISTRICT C AND, UH, ON THE YALE STREET BRIDGE. 
          SO, UM, DO WE GET ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE AT THAT SOMEHOW? UM, SO AT THIS POINT, UM, BECAUSE WE HAD SUBMITTED FOR THE PLANNING GRANT, UH, WE ACTUALLY WOULD NEED TO ADVANCE THE DESIGN AND GET THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE AND THEN TRY TO COME BACK FOR A CONSTRUCTION GRANT. 
          UM, 'CAUSE THE THING ABOUT THE BRIDGE DIS UH, DISCRETIONARY GRANTS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND WITHIN 18 MONTHS. 
          GOT IT. 
          WHICH BASICALLY MEANS WE HAVE TO HAVE PLAN SET, ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, EVERYTHING READY TO GO ONCE WE CE ONCE WE RECEIVE, UH, THAT AWARD. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          WE'LL PUT YOU BACK IN THE QUEUE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN, NEXT SPEAKER IS OUR VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA TEX TATUM. 
          THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I DID WANT TO JUST, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT TO RECEIVE FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE I-I-I-J-A GRANTS IS INCREDIBLE. 
          UM, IT'S SO INCREDIBLE THAT AS A MEMBER OF THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO, UM, MODERATE A PANEL ENTITLED WINNING FEDERAL GRANTS  BECAUSE OF THE GRANTS THAT WE'VE WON AS A CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          SO AT THE NEXT, UH, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA, I WILL BE MODERATING THE PANEL WITH OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE WON A FEW GRANTS. 
          UM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF GRANTS THAT WE'VE WON AS A CITY, I'LL BE ABLE TO MODERATE THAT PANEL. 
          SO I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE YEOMAN'S WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHICH ONE OF THOSE GRANTS DID YOU SAY WAS THE FOURTH LARGEST AWARD IN THE US? UH, SAFE STREETS FOR ALL THE BISSONET SAFE STREETS CORRIDOR. 
          SO THAT ONE WAS 29 MILLION. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND FOR SAFE STREETS GRANTS, THAT'S THE FOURTH LARGEST. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 
          WELL, EXCELLENT QUESTION, AND IT'S BEEN WELL COVERED, UH, BOTH ON THE HORSESHOE HERE AS WELL AS IN THE NEWSPAPER. 
          UM, WE'RE BACK TO YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, MY QUESTION WAS TO EMPHASIZE HOW SUCCESSFUL Y'ALL HAVE BEEN, NOT TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT IT'S IN DISTRICT C DOESN'T MATTER. 
          I KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE PART OF A MAJOR, IT'S THE NORTH CANAL PROJECT, RIGHT. 
          THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IN THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          BUT GOING BACK TO, UM, THERE WAS ONE SLIDE THAT Y'ALL LISTED SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIP APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING WITH THE COUNTY THAT I HAD A QUESTION ON. 
          UM, I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN THIS SLIDE NUMBER DOWN, I APOLOGIZE. 
          THERE WERE TWO BASICALLY, AND IT WAS THE, UM, IT WAS TOWARDS THE END ONE RELATED TO A DRAINAGE STUDY, A COUNTYWIDE OVERALL DRAINAGE STUDY, I BELIEVE, AND THEN THE EMERGENCY ROUTE STUDY. 
          BOTH EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          MY QUESTION ON THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE STUDY IS, UH, WE'VE TALKED OFFLINE PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THE CITY'S DRAINAGE STUDY. 
          UH, IS THIS IN COLLABORATION? IS THAT A SEPARATE STUDY? HOW DOES THAT WORK? AND MY QUESTION THEN TIES INTO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TIMELINE, THIS COULD BE A YEAR OR TWO OUT. 
          SO WHAT'S THE IMPACT THERE? CORRECT. 
          SO THIS IS, UM, COUNTYWIDE 
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DRAINAGE STUDY. 
          UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE OUR STORMWATER MASTER PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          UM, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER THIS FIRST PASS IS BUILDING A MODEL FOR THE CITY. 
          WE'VE NEVER HAD A DRAINAGE MODEL FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          AND SO I BELIEVE BY UM, EARLY 2024, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND REPORT TO YOU ON THAT SIDE OF IT BECAUSE WE CAN'T PLAN IF WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          UM, SO THAT IS THE FIRST PART. 
          UM, SO WE WILL WORK VERY MUCH IN COLLABORATION. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT CONTIGUOUS, UM, BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET TO THE OUTER PARTS OF THE CITY, IT'S ALL TYPES OF, YOU GO FROM THE CITY TO COUNTY TO CITY. 
          UM, IT, WE REALLY DO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, UM, ON THE BIG PICTURE DRAINAGE STUDY. 
          UM, BUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS JUST TRYING TO GET A GOOD SENSE OF THE BASELINE OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY SO THAT WE CAN THEN, UM, DEVELOP A PLAN MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO WE'LL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH HARRIS COUNTY. 
          FABULOUS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, WE HAVE NO OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OR STAFF, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE OF OUR TWO SPEAKERS, UH, WHO'S WITH US VIRTUALLY WHO WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT STEPHANIE VALDEZ IS ON THE TELEPHONE LINE. 
          SO, UH, AND WE SEE YOU THERE. 
          IF YOU COULD HIT STAR SIX TO UNMUTE, UH, MS. VALDEZ, ARE YOU THERE? HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? MS. VALDEZ? I THINK WE CAN SEE YOU. 
          CAN YOU SPEAK UP? HI. 
          HELLO. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD. 
          AWESOME. 
          HI. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, COMMITTEE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. 
          MY NAME'S STEPHANIE VALDEZ AND I AM THE WATER JUSTICE ORGANIZER FOR SEER COALITION FOR ENVIRONMENT EQUITY AND RESILIENCE. 
          HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS THE IIJ GRANTS, SPECIFICALLY THE IMPORTANCE OF DIRECTING THESE FUNDS TOWARDS PROJECTS THAT EMPHASIZE COMMUNITY RESILIENCY AND EQUITY. 
          FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION FOR THE ATTENTION AND RESOURCES THAT THESE GRANTS CAN BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS COMMITTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION AND EQUITY, WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT INVESTING IN PROJECTS THAT PRIORITIZE BOTH THESE PRINCIPLES IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          COMMUNITY RESILIENCY IS THE CORNER STORE OF SUSTAINABLE AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE. 
          BY DIRECTING THESE FUNDS TOWARDS PROJECTS THAT ENHANCE THE RESILIENCY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WE CAN BETTER PREPARE FOR THE CHALLENGES POED BY CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER CRISIS. 
          THESE PROJECTS CAN BOLSTER OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, PROTECT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, AND SAFEGUARD THE WELLBEING OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          EQUITY ON THE OTHER HAND, IS THE MORAL COMPASS THAT SHOULD BE GUIDING OUR DECISIONS. 
          IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THESE PROJECTS ADDRESS HISTORICAL DISPARITIES AND PRIORITIZE THE NEED OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. 
          BY DOING SO, WE CAN BUILD THE MORE EQUITABLE SOCIETY AND ALL BENEFITS CAN HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO, UH, THE BENEFITS OF THESE INITIATIVES. 
          SO IN CONCLUSION, JUST HERE TO URGE YOU TO ALLOCATE THE GRANTS WISELY AND CONSIDER PROJECTS THAT UPHOLD THE VALUES OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCY AND EQUITY. 
          SO WE CAN PROMOTE, UM, PROMOTE PROTECTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE INCLUSIVE AND PRO PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU MS. VALDEZ, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE COALITION OF, UH, ENVIRONMENT EQUITY AND RESILIENCE. 
          APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT AND QUESTION. 
          UM, LADIES, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION FOR THAT. 
          UM, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND, UH, SUBSTANTIVE START TO THE MEETING TODAY. 
          SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC, WHICH IS THE CISCO PRODUCT SOFTWARE AND SERVICES AWARDS RECOMMENDATION. 
          UH, COMING TO THE PODIUM NOW ARE, UH, DIRECTOR OF THE AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER LISA KENT FROM THE HOUSTON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS HITS BERTFORD, WHO'S THE DEPUTY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER. 
          GOOD MORNING, GOOD PEOPLE. 
          AND, UM, CHIEF, I THINK IT'S UP TO YOU. 
          ALRIGHTY, GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 
          UH, CHAIRMAN. 
          SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          I'M GONNA HAVE, UM, MR. FER GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND I WILL BE HERE FOR QUESTIONS AT THE END. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          GOOD MORNING AND STAFF. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 
          SO TODAY WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT A MULTI-VENDOR AWARD RECOMMENDATION FOR A LARGE SCALE CITYWIDE RFP THAT WE'VE DONE, UM, ACROSS THE CITY FOR FOCUS ON CISCO PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE, AND SERVICES. 
          SO, UH, I KNOW WE'RE TEEING UP THE SLIDES, AND IF WE CAN, WHENEVER WE'RE READY, WE CAN MOVE TO THE, TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL BEGIN TO DIG INTO THE DETAILS. 
          UM, SO THE FOCUS HERE IS A, A RESULT OF THE RFP. 
          THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED A MULTI-VENDOR AWARD FOR TWO COMPANIES TO GO FORWARD WITH ONE BEING CDW GOVERNMENT, LLC, AND SECOND BEING NETS SYNC NETWORK SOLUTIONS. 
          KEEP GOING. 
          UH, THE PURPOSE REALLY OF TODAY'S 
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SESSION IS TO INFORM THAT CISCO IS THE CITY OF HOUSTON STANDARD FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR NETWORK DATA, VOICE COMMUNICATIONS, COLLABORATION, DATA CENTER, AND OTHER SERVICES. 
          IN 2017, HITS CONSOLIDATED IN, IN ALL OF OUR CISCO PURCHASES, CITYWIDE INTO ONE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THIS UPCOMING COUNCIL ACTION IS TO REQUEST A MULTI-VENDOR AWARD FOR TWO COMPANIES, FOR TWO CONTRACTS, FOR TWO DIFFERENT AREAS, PRODUCTS SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE OF CISCO BRANDED EQUIPMENT, AND THE SECOND AREAS AROUND SERVICES. 
          MANY VARIOUS AREAS AROUND SERVICES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR, UH, INSTALLATION SERVICES, CLOUD MANAGED SERVICES, WHICH WE'LL COVER IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL MOMENTARILY AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AROUND OUR NETWORK, OUR NETWORK SECURITY, OUR COMPUTE INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT, AND OUR DATA CENTER ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO IF WE TALK ABOUT THE NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT, WE'RE PROPOSING $51,393,143. 
          THE CONTRACT TERM IS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH TWO ONE YEAR ANNUAL RENEWAL OPTIONS. 
          THE MWBE GOAL FOR THIS IS 12% WITH A FOCUS ON ALL DEPARTMENTS CITYWIDE THAT WOULD BE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO LEVERAGE THIS, THESE CONTRACTS. 
          SO IF WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL COVER AT A HIGH LEVEL WHAT'S, WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT FROM A, FROM A MULTIPLE COMPONENT PERSPECTIVE. 
          SO THERE'S FIVE, AND I'M JUST GONNA TOUCH ON THESE LIGHTLY FIRST HARDWARE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE AND REFRESH OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE CITY TO STAY CURRENT WITH TECHNOLOGY, TO IMPROVE THE, IN THE, IN INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY AND PROTECT THE CITY FROM, UH, VULNER CYBER VULNERABILITIES BY STAYING CURRENT WITH TECHNOLOGY. 
          SECOND, AS MENTIONED, A LOT, MANY AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AROUND CISCO EQUIPMENT FOR DESIGN AND CONSULTING SERVICES FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES, AMONG MANY OTHERS. 
          THIRD OF THE FIVE IS MANAGED SERVICES. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE CAN OUTSOURCE A PORTION OF OUR BUSINESS WHERE IT MAKES FINANCIAL SENSE TO HELP US WITH SUPPORT AND TO MAINTAIN THE, THE, THE, THE RESILIENCY OF THE, OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVES AS DEFINED. 
          IT ALSO INCLUDES A SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE SOLUTION THAT WE'RE DEPLOYING NOW FOR OUR CLOUD OR FOR OUR CONTACT CENTERS IN THE CLOUD, WHICH IS USED BY MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY, UH, WHICH INCLUDES H-P-D-A-R-A, HPW, AND MCD. 
          THE FOURTH AREA IS AROUND MAINTENANCE, WHERE WE FOCUS ON THE ABILITY TO GET SUPPORT FROM THE VENDOR AROUND HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, WHICH IS KEY FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE STAY CURRENT AND STAY ABILITY TO PATCH TO PROTECT THE CITY. 
          AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LEAST ON THE SLIDE, WE HAVE PREMIUM TECHNICAL SUPPORTS. 
          THIS IS WHERE, WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE HAVE SEVEN BY 24 BY 365 SUPPORT TO QUICKLY GET PEOPLE TOGETHER TO WORK THROUGH THE PROBLEM AND, AND RESOURCE SERVICES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO MINIMIZE ANY, UH, DISRUPTION IN CITY OPERATIONS. 
          SO NOW THAT WE'VE COVERED THE CONTRACT AND THE OVERALL AGREEMENTS OF WHAT'S IN THE CONTRACT, LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE VARIOUS LARGE SCALE SIZED SERVICES THIS CONTRACT PROVIDES TO THE CITY ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          SO I WANNA DIVE INTO THE TABLE AT THE BOTTOM AND WE'LL FOCUS ON THE FIRST ROPE, WHICH IS OUR SERVER AND NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO IF WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND THE VOLUME, AGAIN, IN THE SCALE OF THIS, UH, DEPLOYMENTS, WE HAVE NETWORK AND TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES AT MORE THAN 350 CITY LOCATIONS, WE SUPPORT MORE THAN 700 SERVERS WITH MORE THAN 264 TERABYTES OF STORAGE. 
          AND ACROSS THE CITY, WE HAVE MORE THAN 2,500 NETWORK DEVICES THAT ARE SUPPORTED TO PROVIDE THE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE CAPABILITY AS NEEDED FOR THE CITY. 
          SO NEXT, LET'S MOVE TO THE SECOND LAYER OF THE, OF THE CHART WHERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR CALL CENTERS. 
          SO WE, WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY AND THESE SERVICES SUPPORT 32 CITY CALL CENTERS, I MENTIONED A FEW OF THE DEPARTMENTS BEFOREHAND ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. 
          VERY IMPORTANT SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE CITY. 
          AND OF THOSE CALL CENTERS, I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME METRICS. 
          SO OUR AVERAGE NUMBER OF CALL CENTERS PER MONTH OF CALLS PER THEY'RE PROCESSED BY THE CALL CENTER PER MONTH IS JUST UNDER 546,000 CALLS. 
          AND OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WE'VE PROCESSED OVER 6.5 MILLION PHONE CALLS IN THESE CONTACT CENTERS. 
          SO NOW LET'S MOVE DOWN TO THE LAST ROW, UH, OF THE, OF THE CHART. 
          WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR VOICE ENVIRONMENT, OUR TELEPHONY ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND IN HERE 
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FOR THE PRIOR 12 MONTHS, WE PROCESSED PHONE CALLS WITHIN THE CITY JUST UNDER 17 MILLION FOR THE YEAR. 
          AND FROM AN AVERAGE PER MONTH PERSPECTIVE EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY 1.4 MILLION. 
          AND FROM A NUMBER OF PHONES PERSPECTIVE, WE SUPPORT OVER 15,000 VOICEOVER IP PHONES ON THE CITY NETWORK THAT'S, THAT ARE USED CITYWIDE FOR CITY BUSINESS. 
          SO NOW THAT WE'VE COVERED THE LARGE SCALE VOLUME OF, OF USAGE OF THIS CONTRACT, WE WANNA TRANSITION TO THE NEXT SLIDE WHERE WE GO INTO, DIG INTO MORE DETAILS OF ON THE FINANCIAL SUMMARY. 
          SO OVERALL, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE PROJECTED SPEND IS $51,393,143. 
          NOW LET'S LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM PART OF THE CHART WHERE WE TALK ABOUT OUR PROJECTED SPEND ACROSS THREE FISCAL YEARS. 
          AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING FUNDS THAT WILL UTILIZE THIS CONTRACT TO ENHANCE INFRASTRUCTURE, RESILIENCY AND CAPABILITIES. 
          ONE IS HITS, ANOTHER IS PUBLIC WORKS, THIRD IS THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM. 
          FOURTH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN FIFTH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          SO MANY DEPARTMENTS COMING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED TO, UH, IMPROVE ON AND CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO FOR PROJECTED FOR FY 24 ACROSS THESE DEPARTMENTS, ANTICIPATING SPENDING 20.151 MILLION FOR A FISCAL YEAR 25 PROJECTING TO SPEND 14.917 MILLION, AND FOR OVERALL, FOR PROJECTED FY 26, ANTICIPATING SPENDING 16.324 MILLION, WHICH EQUATES THE TOTAL OF 51.393 MILLION THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY. 
          SO THAT COMPLETES THE MEAT AND THE CONTENT OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE'D LIKE TO MOVE TO THE Q AND A SLIDE AND ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, DEPUTY CHIEF CRAWFORD AND, UH, DIRECTOR KENT FOR, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE QUEUE, AND THAT'S VICE MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          MARTHA CASTEX. 
          TATUM. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          I DID, I DO, CAN YOU REMIND ME, UM, DIRECTOR KENT, UM, THIS CONTRACT WAS FOR HOW MANY YEARS? THIS IS A THREE YEAR BASED CONTRACT PLUS TWO OPTION YEARS. 
          THE ONE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN WAS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT. 
          NO, NO, NO, I APOLOGIZE. 
          THE ONE WE'RE CURRENTLY IN WAS A FOUR YEAR PLUS THREE OPTION YEARS. 
          I BELIEVE WE'RE CHECKING, HOLD ON. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A 2017 THROUGH 2024. 
          SO IT'S, WE END, WE'RE ENDING IT A LITTLE BIT EARLY AND BRINGING THIS NEW CONTRACT FORWARD. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN IN THIS CONTRACT WITH CISCO FOR HOW LONG? WELL, THE CONTRACT IS NOT DIRECTLY WITH CISCO, IT IS FOR CISCO PRODUCTS FOR CONTRACT. 
          THE CURRENT CONTRACT WAS WITH NETSY NETWORK SOLUTIONS, AND IT WAS SINCE 2017. 
          SINCE 2017. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IS THIS CONSIDERED A SOLE MANUFACTURER CONTRACT? SOLE MANUFACTURER, YES. 
          NOT SOLE SOURCE. 
          SO CISCO, LIKE MANY OTHER BIG TECH FIRMS, USES RESELLERS. 
          SO THE RFP DID GO OUT FOR MULTIPLE RESELLERS TO PROPOSE, AND WE SELECTED TWO OF THOSE RESELLERS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR, ARE THESE TWO RESELLERS, DO THEY ONLY WORK WITH CISCO PRODUCTS? I DO BELIEVE THEY SELL MULTIPLE MANUFACTURERS PRODUCTS FOR THIS AGREEMENT. 
          IT IS FOR CISCO BRANDED EQUIPMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS, WOULD IT BE PRUDENT FOR US TO ALLOW THE CONTRACT TO EXPIRE IN 2024 AND OPEN IT UP FOR COMPETITION SO WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKET PRICES? OR DO YOU THINK THAT THIS ONE IS THE BEST? WELL, OBVIOUSLY I DO THINK IT'S THE BEST BECAUSE I'M BRINGING IT FORWARD TO YOU. 
          BUT WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THIS IS THERE IS A HUGE INVESTMENT IN OUR CISCO INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND SO THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON AMONG ANY CORPORATION THAT YOU MIGHT TALK TO, THAT ONCE THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE MADE AND THE TOOLS THAT YOU USE TO MANAGE THEM, UM, THE COST OF CHANGE TO OTHER MANUFACTURER'S PRODUCTS IS SIGNIFICANT. 
          AND SO, UM, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO THESE MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS AND WE DO COMPETE THEM, IS TO DRIVE THAT MARGIN DOWN AND TO GET THE BEST POSSIBLE VALUE THAT WE CAN. 
          AND WE ARE GETTING DEEP DISCOUNTING ON THESE PRODUCTS. 
          SO, UM, CISCO IS A GLOBAL LEADER. 
          UM, CERTAINLY THERE ARE OTHER MANUFACTURERS WHO SELL THESE TYPES OF PRODUCTS, BUT MIXING THEM TOGETHER AND INTERMINGLING THEM REDUCES OUR CAPABILITIES FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING THEM. 
          SO WHEN WE GIVE THE ADDITIONAL YEAR OPTIONS, UM, DO WE TYPICALLY GO INTO THOSE, 
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UH, LIKE WE HAD A THREE YEAR OPTION ON THIS CONTRACT THAT WE'RE IN TWO, TWO OPTIONS. 
          IT'S THREE YEAR BASE CONTRACT PLUS TWO OPTION YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          I THOUGHT WE WE'RE IN A FOUR YEAR, WE'RE IN A THREE YEAR AND TWO OPTIONS. 
          THIS, THIS PROPOSED NEW CONTRACT IS THREE YEAR BASE AND TWO OPTIONS. 
          NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT CONTRACT THAT WE'RE IN, RIGHT? I THINK THAT WAS A FOUR YEAR PLUS THREE OPTIONS. 
          AND SO HAVE WE UTILIZED THE THREE OPTIONS? WE HAVE, WE, WE, WE ARE IN THE BEGINNING OF OPTION YEAR FOUR, I THOUGHT. 
          YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY ENDING THE CONTRACT EARLY, SO WE'RE BRINGING THIS ONE FORWARD. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, VICE MAYOR PRO TEMAN, I, I DO THINK YOU'RE PURSUING A LINE ABOUT OPENING TO OTHER MARKET, UM, COMPETITIVE, UH, UH, PRODUCTS MANUFACTURERS THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT. 
          I KNOW, UH, DIRECTOR KEN HAS, UH, CONSIDERED THIS CAREFULLY FROM HER PERSPECTIVE, AND IT IS A BIG NUMBER AND, UH, FOR THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING COMPETITIVE ON THE MARKET, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE GET FOR, UH, INNOVATION AS WELL AS COMPETITIVE BIDDING, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A CALCULATED APPROACH. 
          SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. 
          UH, THANK YOU TWO FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          WE HAVE NO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY, WHICH IS ITEM FOUR. 
          AND THAT'LL BE THE SCHOOL ZONE AND SPEED ORDINANCE UPDATE. 
          UM, PRESENTING TODAY WILL BE JANICE LAKEY, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR AND MULTIMODAL SAFETY, AND FOR MULTIMODAL SAFETY AND DESIGN. 
          THAT'S WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS GROUP WITH HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. 
          GOOD MORNING, MS. LAKEY AND BY HER SIDE WILL BE JUDITH BURKO, UH, THE GRADUATE ENGINEER FOR MULTIMODAL SAFETY AND DESIGN. 
          THAT'S ALSO WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS GROUP FROM HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. 
          SO LADIES, GOOD MORNING AND SCHOOL ZONE AND SPEED ORDINANCE UPDATE. 
          UH, MS. LAKEY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          HE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR. 
          AND GOOD MORNING, MS. LAKEY. 
          WE JUST GOT YOUR MIC TURNED ON. 
          IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF AGAIN, PERSON. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          YES, GOOD MORNING. 
          MS. LAKEY, COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR WITH THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND I MANAGED THE SCHOOL COORDINATION PROGRAM. 
          COULD YOU PULL THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOUR MOUTH THERE? GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. 
          HOUSTON, YOU CAN GO AHEAD WITH YOUR INTRODUCTION. 
          WE'LL GET THE SLIDE COMING HERE. 
          AS ALWAYS, HOUSTON PUBLIC'S WORK. 
          OUR PURPOSE IS TOGETHER WE CREATE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR HOUSTON TO THRIVE. 
          OUR FIVE TO THRIVE VALUES ARE INTEGRITY, TEAMWORK, OWNERSHIP, COMMUNICATION, AND RESPECT. 
          TODAY I AM SPEAKING TO YOU ON SCHOOL ZONES FOR HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH SCHOOLS AND LAW ENFORCEMENTS ARE ESSENTIAL VALUES NEEDED TO ENSURE SAFER ROUTES ARE CREATED AND MAINTAINED FOR STUDENT TRAVEL. 
          CONTINUE ON, IF YOU COULD, HOLD ON. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT, UH, PRESENTATION CALLED UP FOR THE MONITOR. 
          BEAR WITH US ONE MOMENT. 
          OKAY, MS. LAKEY, I SEE IT COMING UP NOW. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          HOUSE BILL NUMBER 1263 WAS INTRODUCED EARLIER THIS YEAR BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON OF HARRIS COUNTY TO HAVE SCHOOL ZONES INSTALLED AT HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          PRIOR TO THE PASSING OF THIS BILL, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS SCHOOL ZONE POLICY EXCLUDED INSTALLATION, INSTALLATION OF SCHOOL ZONES FOR HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          THE BILL STATES THAT LOCAL AUTHORITIES POLICIES, OR THEIR STANDARDS OR THEIR ORDINANCES MUST INCLUDE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES. 
          THIS INCLUSION MUST BE COMPLETED AND POSTED ON THE INTERNET ACCESSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER THE FIRST. 
          THE ENTIRETY OF THE BILL IS INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE DIAGRAM SLUM SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE IS A TYPICAL, UM, SCHOOL ZONE PLACEMENT. 
          WHAT A SCHOOL ZONE IS, THE SCHOOL ZONE IS. 
          UM, SO SCHOOL ZONES ARE INSTALLED ON ROAD ON STREETS BORDERING OR NEAR A SCHOOL 
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TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT OF THE ROADWAY DURING THE SCHOOL'S INTAKE AND DISMISSAL TIMES. 
          THIS SLIDE AND THE NEXT TWO WILL COVER THE POLICY CHANGES FOR ALL SCHOOLS. 
          THE POLICY CHANGES WERE THE ELIGIBILITY FOR SCHOOLS PREVIOUSLY PRIOR TO THE BILL. 
          SCHOOL ZONES WERE INSTALLED FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SLASH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AFTER THE PASSING OF THE BILL. 
          SCHOOL ZONES ARE NOW INSTALLED FOR ALL SCHOOLS, INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          HOUSTON PUBLIC WORK HAS REVISED OUR POLICY TO INCLUDE HIGH SCHOOL'S, UM, INSTALLATION ZONES, INSTALLATIONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL CHANGES IS PRIOR TO THE CHANGE, SIGNS ONLY WERE INSTALLED ON LOCAL STREETS, MINOR STREETS. 
          AN EXAMPLE IS SHOWN TO THE RIGHT OF WHAT A, THE SIGN LOOKS LIKE. 
          FLASHING BEACONS AND SIGNS WERE INSTALLED ON MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS AND ON STREETS WITH 5,000 VEHICLES OR MORE PER DAY. 
          AN EXAMPLE IS SHOWN TO THE RIGHT. 
          THE CHANGES TO THE SCHOOLS ON POLICY ARE SIGNS ONLY WILL BE INSTALLED ON ALL STREETS, AND FLASHING BEACONS WILL BE EVALUATED UPON REQUESTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY SCHOOLS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SCHOOL ZONES. 
          PREVIOUSLY, THERE WERE NO APPLICATION DEADLINES AND ORDINANCES WERE SUBMITTED AS NEEDED. 
          A NEW ANNUAL TIMELINE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. 
          THIS POLICY CHANGE WILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER SEPTEMBER THE FIRST OF THIS CURRENT YEAR. 
          SCHOOL ZONE APPLICATIONS, THIS IS A NEW POLICY. 
          THE SCHOOL ZONE APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY APRIL 15TH. 
          THE SCHOOL ZONE ORDINANCE WILL BE UPDATED AND SUBMITTED FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL IN JULY, AND SIGNS WILL BE INSTALLED AND COMPLETED IN AUGUST. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          WHAT HAVE WE DONE? THE POLICY HAS BEEN REVISED AND POSTED ONLINE. 
          AND HERE'S A LINK TO THE POLICY, THE APPLICATIONS. 
          WE HAVE RECEIVED 38 APPLICATIONS FOR INSTALLATION OF SCHOOL ZONES, AND WE HAVE PROCESSED THE 38 APPLICATIONS AND THE SCHOOL ZONE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN UPDATED. 
          OUR NEXT STEPS ARE WE WILL BE SUBMITTING THE ORDINANCE TO COUNCIL THIS MONTH FOR APPROVAL. 
          AND AFTER THE APPROVAL, THE COMPLETION OF THE SIGNS FOR THE 8 38 SCHOOLS WILL BE INSTALLED WITHIN 11. 
          IT WILL TAKE 11 MONTHS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS IS AN OVERALL VIEW AND A SUMMARY OF OUR CURRENT PROGRAM. 
          HOUSTON PUBLIC WORK INSTALLS AND MAINTAINS SCHOOL ZONES ON ROADWAYS LOCATED WHEN WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS. 
          OUR CURRENT PROGRAM CONSISTS OF 562 SCHOOLS, 62 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND 165 PRIVATE SCHOOLS LOCATED ACROSS THE CITY WITHIN MULTIPLE DISTRICTS SHOWN HERE ON, ON THE MAP. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE 1700 SCHOOL ZONES COMPRISED OF 7,000 REDUCED SPEED LIMIT SIGNS AND 1400 FLASHING SCHOOL BEACONS. 
          NOTE, NEW KANEY WILL BE OUR 13TH SCHOOL DISTRICT AFTER THE SCHOOL ZONE ORDINANCE IS UPDATED AND SIGNED AND SIGNS ARE INSTALLED. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE WILL BE OUR NEXT PRESENT PRESENTER, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. 
          THANK YOU, MS. LAKEY. 
          I'M GONNA NARRATE HERE TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE'RE GONNA HOLD QUESTIONS FOR BOTH OF THESE PRESENTATIONS UNTIL AFTER MS. BOGGO SPEAKS. 
          SO, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE ALREADY, BUT, UH, MS. PGOS, IF YOU COULD CONTINUE WITH YOUR PART OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS JUDITH PGOS, PART OF HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS UNDER TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATION, AND I WILL BE PRESENTING THE NEW APPROACH WHEN RECOMMENDING CHANGES INTO THE SPEED LIMIT ORDINANCE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          WE HAVE, UH, WHAT WE HAVE HERE, IT'S THE SELECTION FOR SPEED EVALUATION. 
          HOW DO WE DO IT AND WHAT ARE WE RECOMMENDING WHEN WE MAKE CHANGES TO THE SPEED ORDINANCE? IT HAS BEEN A REACTIVE MODE. 
          IT HAS BEEN TYPICALLY THROUGH, UH, THE REQUEST OF PUBLIC 
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AGENCIES, AND SOMETIMES WE RECEIVE, UH, CONCERNED CITIZENS. 
          THE PUBLIC AGENCIES SUBMIT REQUESTS TO EVALUATE CHANGES, UM, AND TO THE, UM, SPEED AND, UH, ALSO TO REVIEW ANY, UH, DISCREPANCIES THAT WE MAY HAVE IN POST SPEED LIMITS IN THE ORDINANCE. 
          BUT NOW WE ARE TAKING INTO THE PROACTIVE APPROACH, A PROACTIVE INITIATIVE, NOT JUST REVIEWING THOSE REQUESTS, BUT ALSO REGULATING SPEEDS ON SEGMENT WITH THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK SEGMENT WHERE THE CITY HAS INVESTED IN IMPROVING FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, UH, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WHERE THE, WE HAVE A LOT OF METRO NEW BUS INSTALLATIONS AND, UH, METRO, UM, PROJECTS SUCH AS THE METRO BRT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, AS WE DISCUSSING, AND MS. DAVID ALSO MENTIONED, UH, ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT WE EVALUATE, UH, IT'S PRIMARILY SAFETY. 
          THE SLIDE RIGHT HERE SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AN IMPACT OF A VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIANS WHEN THEY GET STRUCK. 
          HIGHER SPEED RESULTS IN FATALITIES AND MAJOR INJURIES. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS FIGURE, IS TAKEN FROM PROVEN DATA THAT SHOWS THE IMPACTS WHEN A PEDESTRIAN IS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE. 
          THE ORANGE INDICATE THE PERCENTAGE AND PROBABILITY OF A FATALITY IN BLUE SIGNIFIES THE PERCENTAGE IN SURVIVING THE COLLISION 40 MILES AN HOUR. 
          THE PROBABILITY OF FATALITY IS 80% WITH HIT BY A CAR AND ONLY 20% OF SURVIVAL RATE WITH MAJOR INJURIES. 
          AND AS THE SPEED IS REDUCED AT 20 MILES AN HOUR, THE PROBABILITY OF FATALITY IS ONLY 10% WITH THE SURVIVAL RATE OF 90% IN PROBABLY MINOR INJURIES. 
          ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT THE SPEED MAKE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR WHEN EVALUATING ROADWAY SAFETY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE EVALUATING THOSE SECTION WITHIN THE VISION SERIAL HOUSTON HIGH INJURY NETWORK. 
          THE MAP REPRESENT 6% OF HOUSTON STREET, WHICH ACCOUNT OF 60% OF TRAFFIC, DEATH, AND SERIOUS INJURIES. 
          THE, THE GRAPH HERE, UH, SHOWN IN CLUSTER HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM THE DATA OF JANUARY TO JUNE, 2023. 
          THE BLUE ICON REPRESENT 681 SERIOUS INJURY, AND THE YELLOW ICON REPRESENTS 121 DEATH INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS, MOTORCYCLE, BICYCLE, AND MOTOR. 
          UM, THE STATISTICS SHOW THAT THE HIGHEST RATES ARE HAPPENING IN CITY STREETS AND COMPARED TO STATE HIGHWAYS, COUNTY ROADS TOWA TO TOLLWAY AND INTERSTATE. 
          SO WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT EVALUATING CHANGES INTO THE SPEED ORDINANCE, THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR FACTORS, UH, THAT, THAT WE LOOK AT IS SAFETY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE EVALUATION CRITERIA. 
          AS WE ARE PROMOTING WALKABLE AREAS, INSTALLING WIDER AND NICER SIDEWALKS, CONNECTING BIKE LANES, AND MAKING ACCESS TO TRAILS, PARKS, AND MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE, WE CONSIDER THOSE IMPORTANT FACTOR WHEN CONDUCTING A SPEED EVALUATION, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE EXPECTING TO ADOPT IN THIS NEW METHODOLOGY. 
          WE ARE CONDUCTING STUDIES TO CHANGE THE SPEED LIMIT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ONLY ACCOUNTING IN OUR PREVIOUS CRITERIA. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT CRASH DATA, VOLUME AND SPEED. 
          BUT NOW IN WHEN WE EVALUATE, UH, THE SEGMENT, WE'RE NOT JUST ONLY LOOK AT THOSE THREE ITEMS, WE'RE ALL ALSO ADDING THE ROADWAY CONTEXT. 
          WHAT IS IN BETWEEN THAT, THAT SEGMENT STUDY, IF THE SEGMENT HAS MEDIANS, BIKE LANES, SIDEWALKS, PARK, SCHOOL ZONE, TRAILS, TRANSIT CONNECTION ON STREET PARKING. 
          AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A COUPLE OF SEGMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING ON PROPOSING TO ADAPTING THIS NEW CRITERIA. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          ONE OF THIS SEGMENT IS HEIGHTS BOULEVARD FROM I 10 TO EAST 20TH STREET. 
          THIS SEGMENT HAS A ROAD, UH, ROADWAY CONTEXT OF A POSTED SPEED OF 35 MILES AN HOUR. 
          THERE ARE TWO SCHOOL ZONES WITH 20 MILES AN HOUR. 
          THERE ARE PARKS IN, THERE'S HIGH LEVEL OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITIES AND BIKE LANE. 
          UH, THE BIKE LANE, IT'S NOT A HIGH COMFORT, 
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IT'S, IT'S UNPROTECTED. 
          THEY ARE BETWEEN ONE OR TWO LANES AROUND THE SEGMENT ON EACH OF THE APPROACHES. 
          AND THE, THE MEDIAN IS REALLY WIDE. 
          THERE IS PARKS AND A JOGGING TRAIL THERE ALLOWS A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT IMPROVEMENT FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, INSTALLING A PROTECTED BUFFER FOR THE EXISTING BACK LANE THAT SEPARATES VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM BICYCLES DEDICATING ON STREET PARKING AND PROVIDING ONE LANE OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON EACH APPROACH. 
          WE ALSO HAVE CONDUCTED A SPEED STUDY THAT SHOWS THAT THE DRIVERS ARE TRAVELING BETWEEN 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. 
          SO WE CONSIDER THAT THIS SEGMENT INCLUDES ALL THE NEW COMPONENTS WITHIN OUR NEW CRITERIA TO CONSIDER THE SPEED REDUCTION FROM 35 MILES AN HOUR TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. 
          AND NEXT SLIDE IN THE SECOND, UH, SEGMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING, IT'S, UH, IT'S ON SHEPHERD DRIVE FROM I 10 TO 16 LOOP. 
          THIS SEGMENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IS PART OF THE VISION ZERO FOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT. 
          I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE, UH, PROJECTS THAT MS. DAVID MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE SEGMENT HAS A POSTER SPEED OF 35 MILES AN HOUR, HAVE NARROW SIDEWALK OR NO SIDEWALKS. 
          UH, THERE'S NO PRESENCE OF BIKE BIKE LANES, AND IT'S A TRANSIT ROUTE. 
          THE THIS PRO, THIS SEGMENT IS CURRENTLY, UH, IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND BELOW IT SHOW WHAT, HOW THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED. 
          IT'S GOING TO HAVE FROM, IT'S GOING FROM FOUR LANES OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC TO REDUCED TO THREE LANES. 
          IT IS GOING TO HAVE WIDER SIDEWALKS BETWEEN SIX FEET TO NINE FEET ON BOTH SIDES. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUFFER AND A HIGH COMFORT BIKE LANE THAT WILL BE PRO, IT'LL BE PROTECTED WITH CONCRETE. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS SEGMENT IS DASH, UH, IN THE, IN THE RED DASH WHERE LOCATION, WHERE THIS NEW, UH, CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING. 
          THIS PROTECTED HIGH CONFER BIKE LANE WILL BE CONNECTING TO SEVERAL OTHER, UM, BIKE UH, FACILITIES. 
          UH, THEY ARE SHOWING IN THIS HOUSTON BIKE PLAN. 
          THE COLOR LINES ARE THE EXISTING BIKE FACILITIES. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONVEY IS THAT THE CITY INVESTING ALL THIS, UM, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN PROMOTING WALKABLE AREAS, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT EVALUATING THE CRITERIA TO PROVIDE THE MORE APPROPRIATE SPEED DURING THOSE SEGMENTS. 
          AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. ROS AND MS. LAKEY FOR BOTH PARTS OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          AS MENTIONED, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU. 
          THESE ARE REALLY EXCITING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING. 
          UH, I WANTED TO FIRST START WITH THE HEIGHTS BOULEVARD, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN, UH, A REALLY STRONG PUSH FROM RESIDENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR. 
          I BELIEVE ORIGINALLY, UH, THE, THE SPEED LIMIT WAS ALLEGEDLY SUPPOSED TO BE 30, SOMEHOW 35 MILES PER HOUR GOT PUT IN AT SOME POINT. 
          BUT, UH, MY APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS FOR LOOKING AT THIS AND TAKING ACTION, UM, TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT. 
          AND I, I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT ALSO AND CREDIT TO OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING THE HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION FOR THAT. 
          UM, WE SAW LONG HEIGHTS BOULEVARD, AS AN EXAMPLE, MULTIPLE SCHOOLS, RIGHT? WE HAVE HARVARD ELEMENTARY, HAMILTON, AND THEN WE ALSO UP THE ROAD HAVE HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD WHEN I WAS LAST THERE WAS HOW DESPERATELY PARENTS WOULD LIKE A SCHOOL ZONE ALONG HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WE'VE RECEIVED REQUESTS, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT IT, AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS LIKE ROBERTSON HELMS, UM, ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE MIGHT BE NEEDED. 
          AND SO MY QUESTION IS, ONE CHAIR, IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE A LIST OF WHAT, UM, SCHOOLS ARE IN THE CURRENT APPLICATION SLOT FOR THIS SEPTEMBER. 
          AND I WANNA KIND OF ELEVATE SOME OF THE PREVIOUS REQUESTS WE'VE GOTTEN TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE INCLUDED. 
          UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'VE GOTTEN REQUESTS GOING BACK FROM, YOU KNOW, 2021 AND NOW, AND SO MUCH APPRECIATION TO, UM, STATE REPRESENTATIVE SYMPHONIA THOMPSON, UH, FOR GETTING THIS THROUGH. 
          I THINK SHE DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT, UH, BUT 
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I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE INCLUDED AS MANY AS WE'VE BEEN GETTING IN. 
          AND IF NOT, HOW DO I GET THOSE IN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE, WE'RE INCLUDING AS MANY LOCATIONS AS POSSIBLE. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST CONCERNS THAT'S RAISED IN OUR OFFICE, IS THE SAFETY, UM, FOR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY AROUND IN NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          BUT AROUND THOSE SCHOOLS, WE CAN, WE CAN GET THAT, UH, LIST FROM MS. LAKEY AND THE DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL CIRCULATE IT AMONG COUNCIL AND THE COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND AGAIN, JUST SO Y'ALL HAVE IT, AND I CAN GIVE YOU A LONGER LIST, BUT HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL, UM, ROBERTSON HELMS, WHICH MAY ALREADY HAVE SCHOOL ZONES, BUT THAT ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE, UM, WE ALSO HEARD, UH, MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY. 
          THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT IN THE QUEUE IS COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGES. 
          UM, WE HAVE DEFINITELY SOME THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, AS FAR AS THE EVALUATION FOR THE FLASHING, UM, BEACONS, UM, WHAT GOES INTO THAT EVALUATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S JUST GONNA BE A REGULAR SIGN OR THE FLASHING SCHOOL ZONE SIGNS, UH, I THINK WE'RE CALLING TO THE PODIUM, UM, OUR DIRECTOR FOR THIS, UH, MR. KANG. 
          AND, UM, IF HE, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, UM, AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, GOOD MAN. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UH, MY NAME IS KGU. 
          I'M THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER OVERSEEING THE MOTOR MOTOR SAFETY AND DESIGN BRANCH WITHIN TO HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. 
          UH, YES TO, UH, TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, FLASHING BEACONS. 
          UM, HISTORICALLY WE'VE BEEN INSTALLING THE FLASHING BEACONS ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND ON THE STREET WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC. 
          UM, WITH THE, UH, THE, UH, WITH THE, UM, A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO DO RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THE FASTING BEACONS, UH, FOLLOWING THE POLICY THAT WE HAD TO HAVE TO REVISE, UH, THE POLICY RIGHT NOW TO INSTALL THE SIGNS. 
          UH, THE SIGNS ALONE ARE SUFFICIENT TO STOP THE SCHOOL ZONES AND IT WOULD REQUIRE ENFORCEMENT ALSO. 
          BUT WHAT WE, WE PLAN TO DO IS WE GO OUT AND OBSERVE AND SEE, UM, IF THE SIGNS ARE WORKING OR NOT, AND WHETHER THE SIGNS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE. 
          AND THAT'S WHEN WE, WE CAN SEE, UH, ADDING MORE SIGN, ADDING FLASHING BEACONS. 
          UM, BUT JUST A NOTE THAT, UM, INSTALLATION OF FLASHING BEACON DOES TAKE TIME. 
          UH, JUST THE, THE SUPPLY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, JUST TO REPAIR, KEEP UP WITH THE FLASHING BEACON THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS, UH, IF A SIZE KNOCKED OUT, TAKE, UM, SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR TO GET THE POLE TO REPLACE THEM. 
          UM, SO OUR, UH, FIRST ORDER, UH, BROAD IS TO GET ALL THE SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED AND GO BACK AND EVALUATE IF THE SIZE ARE EFFECTIVE. 
          WE MAY LEAVE THEM ALONE, IF NOT EFFECTIVE. 
          AND WE TRY TO PRIORITIZE AND ADDING, UH, ADDITIONAL MEASURE AND, UH, PLASTIC BEACON, MAYBE ONE OF THOSE MEASURE TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC. 
          AND WHAT IS, UM, TAKING SO LONG TO GET THOSE REPAIRED? IS IT JUST A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE? I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT WE'VE, UM, ASKED TO GET FIXED AND IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          IT'S A SUPPLY CHAIN, UH, ISSUE ON, SO, AND THE RESOURCES THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY CARRY, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY WE CARRYING STUFF, BUT JUST A SMALL NUMBER OF POLES, UH, FOR THE SCHOOL. 
          UH, WEEKENDS HAVE WE LOOKED AT ALL PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY ON THE SIGNS? I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SIGNS PRETTY READILY AVAILABLE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PUT IN. 
          ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT OPTION AT ALL? UH, I HAVE, UH, NOT AWARE OF, YEAH. 
          I CAN TALK TO OUR MAINTENANCE GROUP AND SEE IF WE CAN, UH, IF THEY, YOU KNOW, HAVE TALKED TO, UH, THE COUNTY OR NOT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, FOR THE FLASHING SCHOOL ZONE SIGNS AT HIGH SCHOOLS, UM, WILL WE STILL REQUIRE A CROSSING GUARD? SO WE DON'T REQUIRE THE CROSSING GUARDS? CROSSING GUARDS ARE, ARE DEPENDENT ON THE SCHOOLS LIKE HISD, THEIR CURRENT POLICY IS THEY SUPPLY CROSSING GUARDS FOR ELEMENTARIES AND MIDDLE ELEMENTARIES, ACTUALLY ONLY VERY FEW MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          SO THEY DO NOT HAVE CROSSING GUARDS FOR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES. 
          I THINK HOUSTON DOES NOT SLIDE ACROSS AND GUARDS. 
          WE DON'T, WE DON'T MANAGE THAT PROGRAM. 
          THEY'RE MANAGED WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          RIGHT. 
          I KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MANAGE IT, BUT IN THE PAST, IN ORDER TO GET THE SCHOOL ZONE SIGN, UM, THE SCHOOL HAD TO SIGN SOMETHING SAYING THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE A CROSSING GUARD. 
          SO ARE WE STILL REQUIRING THEM TO PROVIDE ONE FOR A HIGH SCHOOL? WE REQUIRE A SCHOOL TO, TO, IF THEY'RE WANTING A CROSSING, A CROSSWALK FOR A MID-BLOCK CROSSING, THEN WE REQUIRE A CROSSING GUARD. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, THE CITY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY STIPULATIONS ON THEIR PLACEMENT OF THEIR CROSSING GUARDS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, WE MIGHT PUT YOU BACK IN THE QUEUE. 
          I, I'M DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
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OKAY. 
          I THINK AS YOU, YOU ALL ARE HEARING THERE MAY BE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FROM THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT SPECIFIC SCHOOLS. 
          AND BEFORE WE GET TOO INTO THE WEEDS, I KNOW WE'LL ENTERTAIN THE CURRENT ROUND OF SPEAKERS. 
          WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO. 
          SO, UH, WANT TO ENCOURAGE BREVITY. 
          BUT, UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE NEXT IN THE QUEUE. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE 38 THAT HAVE ALREADY REQUESTED, IF WE CAN GET THAT LIST. 
          SO WANNA REITERATE THAT WE DO WANT TO SEE THAT LIST BECAUSE OF COURSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, OUR THREE HIGH SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT A ON THE LIST. 
          UM, AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, UM, DOES THIS ONLY COME AT THE REQUEST OF AN ADMINISTRATOR OF A HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS? SO IF CONSTITUENTS OR, UM, PARENTS WANT THE SCHOOL ZONES, OR THE COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS THE SCHOOL ZONE, CAN WE REQUEST THOSE ON BEHALF OF THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS? 'CAUSE THE LEGISLATION SAYS ON REQUEST OF AN ADMINISTRATOR OF THE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE PAST, TYPICALLY WHEN WE RECEIVE A REQUEST, SOMETHING RELATING TO A SCHOOL, WE'LL TAKE THE REQUEST FROM THE CITIZENS, BUT THEN WE WILL COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE SCHOOL. 
          SO IF WE RECEIVE A REQUEST FOR A SCHOOL ZONE, THEN WE WILL COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE SCHOOL. 
          AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS IN AN APPLICATION. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UH, THE COST OF THE FLASHING BEACONS. 
          I KNOW WE TRIED TO PUT THOSE BEACONS UP BEFORE AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CIVIC CLUB OR SOMEBODY HAD TO SPONSOR IT BECAUSE IF IT WAS HIT, SOMEBODY HAD TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING IT. 
          SO DOES THIS LEGISLATION REMOVE THAT STIPULATION? NO. 
          NO. 
          UH, SO THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM FOR THE, UH, SPEED FEEDBACK SIGN. 
          AND THAT PROGRAM, UH, THE SPEED FEEDBACK SIDE, BASICALLY, UH, DYNAMIC SIDE THAT PICK UP THE SPEED OF THE DRIVER AND DISPLAY IT, UH, AND SHOW, UH, HOW FAST THEY'RE DRIVING COMPARED TO THE CURRENT POST SPEED LIMIT. 
          THE, UH, SCHOOL BEACONS ARE THE ONE WITH JUST THE, THE SIGN. 
          SO TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIGNS THAT ARE TWO DIFFERENT SIGNS. 
          SO THE SCHOOL, SO DO WE HAVE A COST FOR THE SCHOOL BEACON SIGNS? YES. 
          WE MAINTAIN THE SCHOOL BEACON. 
          CAN WE INSTALL, MAINTAIN THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND DO WE HAVE A COST FOR THOSE? I KNOW YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE IT ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD, BUT IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW WHAT THE COST OF THOSE, 'CAUSE I HEARD YOU SAY THAT WE WOULD PUT THE REGULAR SIGNS OUT FIRST AND SEE IF THEY WORK. 
          BUT IF WE WANTED TO PUT THE FLASHING SIGNS OUT, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE COST OF THOSE WOULD BE. 
          WE DO HAVE THE COST. 
          UH, I THINK THAT'S A FAIR CONSIDERATION. 
          LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, SUPPLY THAT WITH THE OTHER INFORMATION WITH THE 38 SCHOOLS, UH, TO BE CIRCULATED WITH THE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WITH THAT, WE'LL TURN TO ROUND TWO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          YEAH, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, IN ADDITION TO MS. UH, LACKEY AND MS. BERGOS, I, I HOPE I'M PRONOUNCING YOUR NAMES CORRECTLY. 
          I APOLOGIZE IF NOT, UM, I JUST ALSO, KANG WANTED TO THANK YOU. 
          UH, NORMALLY YOU'RE NOT UP AT THE MIC, UH, AS MUCH, BUT YOU WORK SO CLOSELY WITH THE DISTRICT C OFFICE AND MANY OF OUR OFFICES, THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS THAT COME IN THE TIME THAT IT TAKES. 
          I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS PUBLICLY MY APPRECIATION TO YOU AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, UH, BECAUSE A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO, WHETHER IT'S SPEED LIMITS, UH, SPEED CUSHIONS, WHICH ARE A HOT BUTTON ISSUE. 
          I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, YOUR EYES ARE ON IT AND YOUR TEAM. 
          SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU 'CAUSE I DON'T OFTEN GET TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND, UM, I WANT TO ADD MY APPRECIATION TO YOU ALL. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE WORKED HARD ON THIS AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. LAKEY, MS. BOJO, AND OF COURSE, MR. WYNN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KING. 
          UM, THERE BEING NO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE. 
          WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE, THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 
          SO WE'LL MOVE DELIBERATELY NOW WITH THE ITEM, UH, FROM THE A RA, THAT'S THE ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT ON DYNAMIC HEAT MAP FOR ON STREET PAID PARKING. 
          AND FOR THAT, WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PARK HOUSTON. 
          UH, THAT'S MARIA AAD. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          STILL. 
          MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING, MR. AAD. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          OKAY, WELL, UH, IT'S ALMOST AFTERNOON, BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          UH, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH AN EXISTING VENDOR, UH, THAT'S GONNA HELP PARK HOUSTON UNLOCK OUR PARKING DATA TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND I'M JUST WAITING FOR THE PRESENTATION TO COME UP BEFORE WE, UH, MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THANK YOU, MS. AAD. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT WILL BE COMING UP IF THE, IF YOU, IF YOU CAN PROCEED, I HAVE CHARGE RIGHT INTO IT. 
          APOLOGIES, , LET'S GO AHEAD 
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IF THERE'S A WAY THAT YOU CAN BEGIN AND WE CAN CATCH UP WITH THE SLIDES. 
          YEAH, SURE. 
          LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING TO YOU TODAY ABOUT IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT. 
          WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH AN EXISTING VENDOR CALLED S SMARTING. 
          THEY PROVIDE US WITH A PARKING, UH, ANALYTICS PLATFORM. 
          SO ALL OF, NOT ALL OF OUR PARKING DATA, BUT SOME OF OUR PARKING DATA GOES INTO THIS PLATFORM. 
          AND IT ALLOWS US TO, UH, DIVIDE OUR METER PLANT BY ZONES, BY AREAS WE CAN MONITOR, UH, OCCUPANCY, WE CAN MONITOR REVENUES. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN USING IT PRIMARILY, UM, FOR INTERNAL MANAGEMENT PURPOSES. 
          UH, TO DATE, THIS CONTRACT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN APRIL OF 2002. 
          IT'S A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. 
          UM, SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS, UM, AMENDING THAT CONTRACT, UH, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A MAPPING FUNCTIONALITY THAT IS OFFERED BY THE SAME VENDOR. 
          SO ONE THING THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO IN THE SMARTING, UH, PLATFORM IS WHEN WE PUT IN ALL THE PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS FOR METERS, ALL THE, UH, PAYMENT DATA, UH, S SMARTING HAS AN AL ALGORITHM. 
          SO LET ME, LET ME STOP AND KIND OF GO INTO OUR, OUR DATA PORTALS A LITTLE BIT FIRST. 
          UM, SO AS I WAS JUST SAYING, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF PARKING DATA WITHIN PARK HOUSTON. 
          UM, I LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE DATA RICH, SOMETIMES INFORMATION POOR. 
          AND THIS IS WHERE ANALYTICS PLATFORMS COME IN TO HELP US. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA, WE USE A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY. 
          UM, BUT PUTTING IT INTO A PLATFORM WHERE IT CAN BE SLICED AND DICED, ANALYZED, UH, ALGORITHMS CAN BE APPLIED. 
          IT MAKES IT QUICKER AND EASIER TO MAKE DECISIONS. 
          UM, A LOT, A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE EXTRACTING DATA. 
          WE DO A LOT OF MANUAL MANIPULATION SPREADSHEETS. 
          I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE PARK HOUSTON'S DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WHO IS HERE WITH ME TODAY, RAMI RAFAT. 
          HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF SLICING AND DICING AND A LOT OF THE MANUAL MANIPULATION THAT GOES INTO, UH, WHEN WE ARE WORKING IN DATA. 
          AND HE HAS BEEN THE LEAD PERSON ALONG WITH NORMAN HOLT FROM METER OPERATIONS ON THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH SMIRKING. 
          SO, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH SMIRKING. 
          UH, SOME OF OUR DATA SOURCES WE'VE OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE A FLEET OF ABOUT 850, UH, PARKING, SMART PARKING METERS THAT PROVIDE A LOT OF DATA. 
          WE HAVE, UH, HANDHELD AND LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS. THESE COLLECT, UH, PLATE INFORMATION. 
          THEY LOOKS FOR, UH, PERMIT INFORMATION. 
          IT LOOKS FOR PAYMENT CONFIRMATION, UH, METERS. 
          UH, OUR METERS ARE PAY BY PLATE. 
          SO WHEN YOU ENTER YOUR PLATE IN OUR LICENSE PLATE, RECOGNITION VEHICLES CAN IDENTIFY IF A VEHICLE HAS PAID TO PARK OR NOT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE PARK HOUSTON APP AND O OTHER DIGITAL PAYMENT METHODS, WHICH FEED INTO THE SMARTING PLATFORM ALONG WITH OUR METER, UH, DATA OR PAYMENT TRANSACTION FROM THE METERS. 
          AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT PAYMENT TRANSACTION HISTORY, APPLY AN ALGORITHM THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD GIVE YOU KIND OF AVAILABILITY, NOT PARTICULAR TO EACH SPACE, BUT AT LEAST ON A BLOCK BY BLOCK BASIS. 
          IT CAN TELL YOU, LOOK AT THREE O'CLOCK, UM, AT THIS TIME IN THIS AREA, YOU KNOW, IT, IT MIGHT LOOK RED ON A MAP VERSUS LOOKING YELLOW BECAUSE IT'S HARDER TO GET PARKING THERE BASED ON TRANSACTION HISTORY. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE VIRTUAL PERMITS WHERE WE USE A VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE TO, UH, IDENTIFY WHETHER A VEHICLE HAS THE CREDENTIALS TO PARK IN A PERMITTED ZONE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO WE USE THIS MARKETING PLATFORM TO MONITOR OUR PARKING REVENUES AND OCCUPANCY. 
          UH, THE PLATFORM IS CURRENTLY CONSUMING DATA, DATA FROM OUR METERS AND OUR PAY BY APP VENDORS. 
          THE PLATFORM ALSO INTEGRATES PARKING DATA FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AT HOUSTON FIRST AND HOUSTON AIRPORT, UM, SYSTEMS. AND WHAT WE DO THROUGH THE PLATFORM IS WE TAKE THAT PARKING AVAILABILITY INFORMATION AND SEND IT VIA API INTO THE TEXT CONNECT SMART APP, WHICH IS A TRIP PLANNING APP THAT, UH, T DOT HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. 
          SO IF YOU DOWNLOAD THE CONNECT SMART APP, THIS TRIP PLANNING APP WILL PROVIDE YOU OR SHOW YOU PARKING AVAILABILITY, UM, IN THESE VARIOUS CITY FACILITIES. 
          WHEN YOU TRY TO MAP OUT, UM, YOUR ROUTE, IT ALSO GIVES YOU OTHER TRIP PLANNING OPTIONS B CYCLE, IT'S INTEGRATED WITH METRO AND WHATNOT. 
          SO THE ORIGINAL SMARTING CONTRACT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN APRIL, 2022 FOR A FIVE YEAR, UM, ALLOCATION OF 1.37 MILLION. 
          UM, TODAY, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A MAPPING FUNCTIONALITY THAT WE'VE BEEN TESTING FOR THE PAST YEAR SINCE WE WENT INTO AGREEMENT WITH S SMARTING, AND WE WANT TO ADD 
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THAT TO THE CONTRACT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC NOW. 
          SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THE PLATFORM HAS A ROBUST, UH, ONLINE MAPPING FUNCTION THAT IS MOBILE FRIENDLY. 
          THE PLATFORM IS ALREADY COLLECTING OUR METER TRANSACTION HISTORY. 
          IT IS ALREADY COLLECTING OUR PAYMENT DATA HISTORY FROM ANY APPS. 
          THE MAP ALSO WILL ALLOW US TO PROVIDE THIS PARKING AVAILABILITY INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 
          SO WE CAN HAVE A LINK ON A WEBSITE, IT CAN BE ON ANYONE'S WEBSITE. 
          WE'RE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO SHARE THAT MAPPING, MAPPING LINK TO, IT COULD BE BUSINESSES THAT ARE AROUND METERS. 
          IT COULD BE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS THAT HAVE METERS LOCATED THERE. 
          UM, SO THE PARKING AVAILABILITY INFORMATION, LIKE I DISCUSSED EARLIER, IS BASED ON PAYMENT TRANSACTION HISTORY. 
          SO IF THERE ARE NO PAYMENTS, THERE IS NO AVAILABILITY INFORMATION. 
          SO IT'S ONLY DURING, UH, METER TRANSACTIONS. 
          SO SECONDLY, WE'VE BEEN MAPPING, WE'VE BEEN TESTING THE MAPPING SOLUTION FOR OUR INTERNAL OPERATIONS AS WELL. 
          SO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO HAVE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS, UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, DRIVE DOWN THE STREETS, UH, CHECKING CARS FOR, UH, PARKING REGULATIONS. 
          UH, THE SYSTEM IS COLLECTING A LOT OF DATA. 
          AND WHILE WE CAN EXTRACT THAT DATA AND MANUALLY MANIPULATE IT, THAT IS REALLY TIME CONSUMING AND IT'S NOT HIGHLY EFFICIENT. 
          SO THE SMARTING PLATFORM ALLOWS US TO INTEGRATE THAT LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION DATA INTO THE ACTUAL PLATFORM. 
          SO WHAT THIS DOES, IT, IT ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT PARKING AVAILABILITY FOR NON-PAID PARKING SPACES SO WE CAN REVIEW AND MONITOR LOCATIONS, UH, BASED ON SENDING AN LPR DOWN THE STREET VERSUS HAVING SOMEONE GO OUT THERE AND COUNT CARS. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT TRADITIONALLY PARKING ORGANIZATIONS WILL DO, IS THEY RELY ON CONSULTANTS WHO SEND FOLKS OUT THERE. 
          THEY MANUALLY COUNT THE CARS. 
          AND THESE STUDIES ARE SOMETIMES DONE, YOU KNOW, FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 
          BY INTEGRATING OUR LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM, WE BRING THE SURVEYING, UH, FUNCTIONALITY IN-HOUSE, THE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM DATA GOES INTO S SMARTING. 
          S SMARTING WILL MAP THAT OCCUPANCY DATA SO THAT WE CAN SEE INTERNALLY. 
          AND THIS ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT NON METERED LOCATIONS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE, UM, KIND OF ANY PARKING HISTORY. 
          AND WE CAN DETERMINE DO WE NEED TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF THAT LOCATION? DO WE NEED TO CONSIDER TIME LIMITS? DO WE NEED TO CONSIDER PAYMENTS? IS THERE SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF MANAGEMENT THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER? AND IT ALLOWS US TO BE JUST MORE EFFICIENT IN THAT UP. 
          UM, 'CAUSE IF YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CURB, IT'S REALLY HARD TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. 
          THIS ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE DECISIONS A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVELY. 
          SO JUST TO RECAP, TWO FUNCTIONALITIES COME OUT OF THIS AMENDMENT. 
          WE GET THE MAPPING, WE WOULD BE USED PUBLICLY TO PROVIDE PARKING AVAILABILITY INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A SEPARATE MAP FOR INTERNAL OPERATIONS WHERE WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT AREA WE WANNA LOOK AT. 
          'CAUSE WE DO FREQUENT SURVEYS. 
          WE ARE OUT THERE, UM, CHECKING WHAT'S GOING ON ON DIFFERENT BLOCKS, COUNTING CARS. 
          WE CAN DETERMINE THAT. 
          WE CAN SET OUR TIMELINE AS TO WHEN WE'RE GONNA SEND THE LICENSE PLATE, UH, RECOGNITION SYSTEMS OUT THERE, DUMP IT INTO S SMARTING AND THEN LOOK AT IT INTERNALLY. 
          SO, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THESE ARE THE TERMS, UH, FOR THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT. 
          UH, THE PUBLIC FACING HEAT MAP IS $38,000 PER YEAR. 
          SO IN YEAR ONE, WE'RE ASSUMING THAT WE'D HAVE NINE MONTHS OF FUNCTIONALITY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          OF COURSE, WE'RE ALREADY IN SEPTEMBER, SO NINE MONTHS IS NOT HAPPENING. 
          WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UH, SIX MONTHS. 
          AND THE INVOICE WOULD BE REFLECTIVE. 
          IT'LL BE PRORATED BASED ON HOWEVER MANY MONTHS. 
          UH, WE ARE LIVE WITH OUR PUBLIC FACING MAP. 
          THE INTERNAL LPR MAP IS AT A COST OF ABOUT $19,000 A YEAR. 
          SO THE TOTAL COSTS OVER THE FOUR, ALMOST FOUR YEARS OF THE AGREEMENT THAT ARE LEFT A LITTLE OVER FOUR YEARS ACTUALLY WOULD BE $219,450. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, UH, COUNSEL WILL BE, UH, SEEING ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL HAVE OUR CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR THIS MARKING CONTRACT. 
          AND WE ARE REQUESTING AND ASKING AND RECOMMENDING THAT YOU ALL PLEASE APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF 219, ABOUT $219,000. 
          THAT WOULD BRING OUR NEW FIVE YEAR ALLOCATION TO ABOUT 1.6 MILLION. 
          AND THIS CURRENT AGREEMENT WILL TERMINATE IN APRIL, 2027. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          ACTUALLY, THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF, UH, THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE NOW. 
          THANK YOU MARIA. 
          UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR ORAD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE QUEUE AND THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN. 
          VERY QUICKLY, UM, MARIA, OR EXCUSE ME, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU, 
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UM, FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU PROVIDE AND ALL THE, YOU KNOW, CITY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE OUT ON THE STREETS IN THE HEAT DOING THIS WORK. 
          I PERKED UP THOUGH 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE ASKING FOR 219,000 OVER WHAT WE CURRENTLY ARE DOING. 
          I THINK IT'S A SERVICE WELL WORTHY OF THAT AMOUNT. 
          UM, AND MY HOPE HAD BEEN COMING INTO THIS THAT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY INCREASE USERSHIP, WHICH IN TURN CAN BRING IN REVENUE FOR THE CITY. 
          BUT I ALSO, I YOU CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WHEN YOU SAID THAT CURRENTLY WE HAVE TO OUTSOURCE SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          UM, SO FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE, YES. 
          YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 219 AND SOME CHANGE. 
          WHAT DO WE HAVE A, DID YOU MENTION HOW MUCH IT'S COSTING US RIGHT NOW TO DO THIS WORK? YEAH, BY OUTSOURCING. 
          SO JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, WHAT I SAID WAS THAT PARKING ORGANIZATIONS RELY ON STUDY, UH, CONSULTANTS TO DO STUDIES. 
          WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE BEEN MANUALLY USING, WE USE OUR LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS, WHICH, UH, ARE, THEN THE DATA IS EXTRACTED MANUALLY. 
          AND THEN RAMI AND HIS TEAM KIND OF WORK TOGETHER TO MASSAGE THE DATA, GET IT INTO SOME FORMAT THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND AND THAT WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS FROM, WHICH IS TIME CONSUMING, RIGHT? WHICH IS THE, THE CHALLENGING PART. 
          AND WE CAN ESTIMATE HOW MUCH THAT COSTS YOU BASED ON THE HOURS THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          WHAT THIS DOES IS IT TAKES THE LPR DATA, FILTERS IT INTO THE MAP, AND IT APPLIES ALL THE RULES THAT ROI IS APPLYING IN THE THEORIES. 
          IT'S AUTOMATING THAT DATA. 
          IT'S AUTOMATING, YES. 
          IT'S CREATING EFFICIENCY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          SO, BUT THERE IS, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT AN EFFICIENCY PERSPECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO PERSONNEL TIME AS WELL WITH THIS. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE, WE HAVE NOT, UH, OUTSOURCED ANY PARKING STUDIES IN SOME TIME. 
          THE LAST ONE WE DID WAS QUITE A WHILE AGO. 
          UM, BUT THOSE TYPICALLY, WHEN THEY ARE DONE, IT IS VERY MANUAL AND IT'S, UM, IT'S IN SIX FIGURES. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AND THANK YOU AGAIN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR ERSAD FOR BEING HERE. 
          THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL AND STAFF. 
          SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PENULTIMATE, UH, ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA. 
          THAT'S FLIGHT TRACKING AND NOISE MONITORING SERVICES. 
          CONTRACT, UH, WITH US THIS MORNING IS MR. DIEGO PARRA. 
          HE'S THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE AT THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM. 
          MR. PARRA, GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. 
          IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE HERE TO THIS MORNING TO COVER HOUSTON AIRPORT'S FLIGHT TRACKING AND NOISE MOTORING SYSTEM. 
          UH, AS THE PRESENTATION COMES UP, WE COULD GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. 
          IF YOU COULD, I THINK I UNDERSTAND IT'S GONNA TAKE US A MINUTE. 
          SO IF YOU COULD START AND INTRODUCE THE TOPIC FOR US. 
          PERFECT. 
          SO THE PROJECT DRIVER FOR WHAT WE NEED IS THE HOUSTON AIRPORT NEEDS A COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING TOOL THAT IMPROVE BUSINESS PERFORMANCES AND FOR THE OPERATIONS. 
          AND THIS IS GONNA BE DONE BY A SHARED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS MONITOR AND ALERTING OF OPERATIONS AS AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS. 
          AN AUTOMATIC DEPENDENCY SURVEILLANCE BROADCASTING SURVEILLANCE TOOL THAT PROVIDES AIRCRAFT LOCATION, ALTITUDE, DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND AIR, GROUND SPEED. 
          IT PROVIDES A REAL TIME UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO ALL FLIGHT TRACKING INFORMATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MO NOISE MONITORING AND REPORTING. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO WHAT WE DID IS WE DID, UH, BEST VALUE COMPETITIVE RFP, UH, TO RENEW RE, OR REPLAY PLACE THE EXISTING FLIGHT TRACKING AND NOISE MONITORING SOFTWARE THAT WE WERE USING. 
          WE DID IT THIS IN NOVEMBER 11TH THROUGH NOVEMBER, UH, NOVEMBER 4TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 11TH, 2022. 
          WE PERFORMED TECHNICAL AND PRICE EVALUATIONS OF THE THREE QUALIFIED VENDORS THAT YOU SEE THERE. 
          THESE THREE COMPANIES SUBMITTED, SUBMITTED PROPOSALS. 
          THEY NOT ONLY PROVIDE THE DATA THAT WE NEED, BUT THEY ALSO PROVIDE THE PLATFORM THAT OUR AIRPORT OPERATIONS NEED TO ACCESS THE, THE, UH, THE INFORMATION FOR EVERY EVERYDAY USE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THE PROJECT DELIVERABLES IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT INCLUDED IN THE RFP IS TO PROVIDE REAL TIME UNRESTRICTED SECURE ACCESS TO ALL FLIGHT TRACKING INFORMATION. 
          IN THE SCREEN RIGHT THERE, YOU SEE A SAMPLE OF WHAT OUR AIRPORT OPERATIONS IS GONNA HAVE ACCESS TO, AND THERE'S GONNA BE ACCESS WEB-BASED 24 24 7 FROM GATE TO GATE FLIGHT. 
          STATUS INFORMATION IS INTUITIVE, EASY TO USE, DISPLAY AND REPLACE INFORMATION OF HISTORICAL INFORMATION OF UP TO FIVE YEARS. 
          IT DISPLAYS MULTIPLE TERMINAL AREAS FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, PERFORMANCE MONITORING, AND ALERTING CAPABILITIES. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          IT ALSO HAS A ROBUST VIEW OF AIRBORNE AND AIRPORT SURFACE TRAFFIC DATA. 
          COMBINING AIRPORT WEATHER DATA TO CREATE A SINGULAR VIEW FOR FLIGHT, TRACK AND AIRPORT INFORMATION, MANAGE 
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AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND CREATE, UH, NOISE MONITORING AS NEEDED. 
          ALSO CREATES STANDARDS AND AD HOC REPORTS AS WE SEE NEEDED. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO WITH INDEPENDENT DATA FEEDS, WE, UH, ARE BEING INGESTING THIS INTO OUR DATA WAREHOUSE, UH, AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, THIS INFORMATION TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC AS NEEDED IN OUR HAS WEBSITE TO GET FLIGHT INFORMATION, FLIGHT STATUS AS NEEDED. 
          IT IS FOR ALL THREE AIRPORTS, BUSH HOBBY AND ELLINGTON. 
          THEY ALSO PROVIDE, UM, TRAINING TO OUR PERSONNEL AT INITIATION ANNUAL AND AD HOC TRAINING AS WE SEE FIT. 
          AND THEN THEY PROVIDE 24 7 365 TECHNICAL SUPPORT. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THE VENDOR THAT WAS SELECTED IS SAB INC. 
          SAB IS A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY THAT PROVIDES RAIL RADAR SURVEILLANCE TO OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER ENTITY ENTITIES, INCLUDING MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS OTHER AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES. 
          THE COMPANY PROVIDES NOT ONLY AIR RADAR AS WELL AS MARITIME AND LA LAND RADAR SERVICES. 
          THIS RFP IS ONLY FOR AIR SURVEILLANCE, AIR RADAR SERVICES. 
          SO WE WANT TO CALL, UH, AN COUNCIL ACTION TO IMPROVE THIS CONTRACT. 
          UH, IT'S A SINGLE AWARD BASED ON A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT AND THREE OPTION YEARS. 
          THE AMOUNT IS A LITTLE BIT OVER 3.5 MILLION FOR THOSE IF WE DECIDE TO GO ALL THE EIGHT YEARS. 
          THE MWBE WAS WAVES IS, THIS IS A SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE BY THE OFFICE OF, UH, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND THIS CONCLUDES THE, OUR REQUEST. 
          ANY OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. PARRA. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE QUESTION IN THE QUEUE AND THAT'S FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. 
          UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, ONE QUESTION I HAVE, THERE'S BEEN HEADLINES CURRENTLY, RIGHT? UH, COVERAGE A FEW MONTHS AGO OR LAST MONTH ABOUT THE NEAR MISSES MM-HMM . 
          ALL AT THE FAAI AM NOT DIRECTING THAT AT TOWARDS THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM. 
          THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH FAA, STAFFING, ET CETERA. 
          WILL THIS IN ANY WAY HELP WITH THAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC MONITORING OR IS THIS SOLELY INTERNAL WITH THE AIRPORT SYSTEM ITSELF? IT IS. 
          SO THE FAA HAS THEIR OWN RADAR SYSTEM. 
          THE, THE FAA FEEDS INTO THIS. 
          SO WE WILL GET SOME OF THE INFORMATION. 
          IT WOULD NOT HELP US PREVENT FROM WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WILL HELP US INVESTIGATE AS TO AN AFTER ACTION PLAN, WHAT HAPPENED, HOW CAN WE PREVENT IT BETTER TO, IN ORDER TO, TO PREVENT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM STAFF AND THE CHIEF OF STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE KNOX. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. 
          WHEN Y'ALL WERE GOING OR EVALUATING THIS GROUP, DID Y'ALL TALK TO OTHER AIRPORTS THAT HAD THIS SYSTEM AND Y'ALL ARE PLEASED WITH, UM, THE RESULTS OF THE OTHER AIRPORTS? YES, WE DID SPEAK WITH OTHER COUNTERPARTS AT OTHER AIRPORTS AND, UH, WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE SELECTION. 
          THERE ARE OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE THERE, BUT THIS IS THE TOP OF THE LINE THAT IS GONNA BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY MEET THE BUSINESS NEEDS, BUT ALSO PREPARE US, UH, JUST FOR THE FUTURE. 
          SO WE DID SPEAK WITH THEM, WE COMPARE THEM VERY LENGTHLY, UH, AND THIS WAS THE BEST CHOICE. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU MR. MOSS. 
          AND, UH, MR. PAR, THAT IS IT FOR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. 
          UH, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          WE'LL LOOK FOR THAT ON AN UPCOMING AGENDA FOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, WITH THAT WE'LL TURN TO OUR FINAL PRESENTATION FOR THE DAY, AND THAT IS, UH, UH, GONNA FOCUS ON AMAZON WEB SERVICES, THE AWS SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT. 
          AND BACK AT THE PODIUM IS MR. BUR CRAWFORD FOR THE DEPUTY CHIEF INVEST INFORMATION OFFICER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE HITS DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH ANTHONY POWELL, WHO'S THE ACTING CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU RIGHT BEFORE THE HOUR. 
          UH, MR. CRAWFORD, YOU GO AHEAD AND GET US STARTED, PLEASE. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME FOR ROUND TWO TODAY. 
          UM, SO AS MENTIONED, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT AMAZON WEB SERVICES SUPPORT AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR A CONTRACT AWARD. 
          AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DIG INTO THE DETAILS IF WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO OUR REQUEST FOR THE COUNCIL ACTION TODAY IS TO APPROVE A NEW CONTRACT FOR A RECOMMENDED VENDOR WHO IS AN A RESELLER OF AWS SERVICES. 
          NETSY NETWORK SOLUTIONS IN 2018 HITS CREATED A CITYWIDE ENTERPRISE CONTRACT FOR ALL AMAZON WEB SERVICES USAGE. 
          THE UPCOMING COUNCIL ACTION WILL AUTHORIZE SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR A NEW THREE YEAR INITIAL CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR AMAZON WEB SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR USE IN MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          WE'LL BE LEVERAGING A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT F VIA THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES ENG, UH, CAPABILITIES 
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FROM A CONTRACTUAL PERSPECTIVE. 
          AND THIS ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE WITH A CITYWIDE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT FOR ALL AMAZON WEB SERVICES USAGE. 
          IT ALSO ALIGNS WITH TWO OF HIT STRATEGIC GOALS, WHICH ARE TO CHOOSE CLOUD FIRST AND TO ACCELERATE OUR CLOUD MIGRATION. 
          THE NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT IS $16,298,389 AND 70 CENTS. 
          THE TERM IS A THREE YEAR TERM WITH TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION PERIODS. 
          AND THE MWBE GOAL IS 8.96%. 
          THERE'S FOUR PRIMARY DEPARTMENTS THAT USE AWS. 
          ONE IS HITCH. 
          SECOND IS HPW, THIRD IS THE AIRPORT SYSTEM. 
          AND AND FOURTH IS THE, UH, PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
          SO IF WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT I WANNA DO NOW IS DO, DO A LITTLE A RECAP AS WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN HERE IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE BEFORE TALKING ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF CLOUD. 
          SO THIS WHAT THIS CHART IS DESIGNED TO HELP US. 
          TAKE US THROUGH THAT. 
          SO AMAZON WEB SERVICES IS ONE OF THE LEADING PROVIDERS OF CLOUD SERVICES. 
          AND IF WE LOOK AT AND CAN TALK ABOUT THE OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS WITH TRADITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMPARING IT TO CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE AND CLOUD OPPORTUNITIES IS IN TRADITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE STANCE. 
          YOU HAVE YOUR OWN DATA CENTERS THAT THE CITY MANAGES. 
          EITHER WE HAVE OUR OWN OR WE USE CO-LOCATION DATA CENTERS WHERE WE RENT SERVICES, WE HAVE TO MANAGE THE DATA CENTERS, WE HAVE TO PREPARE WHAT WE'RE GONNA BUY. 
          WE HAVE TO DESIGN THE SYSTEMS, WE HAVE TO ARCHITECT THEM, WE HAVE TO PROCURE THEM, AND WE HAVE TO RECEIVE THEM, SET 'EM UP, CONFIGURE THEM, WHICH CAN BE COSTLY. 
          WE HAVE TO PAY UP FRONT FOR THE WHOLE EQUIPMENT. 
          WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE TO SUPPORT IT. 
          AND THAT CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM MONTHS TO MORE THAN A YEAR, DEPENDING ON ANY, ANY, ANY INDUSTRY VENDOR SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES. 
          SO COMPLEX, COSTLY, SLOW TO MARKET IN THE TRADITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE SENSE. 
          NOW, CLOUD BRINGS US MUCH MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ROBUST, TO BE FLEXIBLE AND AGILE FOR VERY QUICKLY ABLE TO SCALE UP INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO WHAT USED TO TAKE IN THE TRADITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE SENSE MONTHS, IF NOT MORE THAN A YEAR, CAN BE DONE IN MINUTES, HOURS AND DAYS TO GIVE THE ABILITY TO FLEXIBLY TO SCALE UP AS NEEDED VERY QUICKLY AND SCALE DOWN AS NEEDED TO QUICKLY PROVIDE THE CAPABILITY FOR THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TECHNOLOGY AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND YOU PAY AS YOU GO FOR THE MOST PART, WHICH GIVES YOU ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY. 
          SO THAT COVERS WHAT IS THE CLOUD AS COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO THE THE NEXT SLIDE AND DIG INTO THE DETAILS AROUND FINANCIAL. 
          SO AS MENTIONED, THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR $16,298,389 AND 70 CENTS. 
          THIS IS FUNDS WOULD BE SPREAD ACROSS FOUR DEPARTMENTS. 
          THE AIRPORT SYSTEM HITS PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
          NOW WE HAVE PROJECTED THREE YEARS OF SPEND. 
          THIS, THIS IS ANTICIPATED GOING IN, IN THE SECOND HALF OF FISCAL YEAR 24, RUN FOR THREE FULL YEARS TO GET US THROUGH THE, THE MIDDLE OF, UH, UH, OF FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          SO THE THREE YEAR PROPOSED ENGAGEMENT FOR CONTRACTS ARE SPREAD OUT FOR THE FIRST PERIOD. 
          THIS IS A SIX MONTH PERIOD FOR FY 24, WHICH WE'RE PROPOSING WOULD BE 2.133 MILLION FOR FY 25. 
          THE FULL YEAR WE'RE ANTICIPATING 6.145 MILLION THE FULL YEAR OF FY 26, ANTICIPATING 5.155 MILLION. 
          AND THEN SIX MONTHS OF FISCAL YEAR 27, WE'RE PROJECTING 2.863 MILLION, WHICH BRINGS US TO THE, THE TOTAL OF THE 16.2 0.98 MILLION. 
          SO OVERALL, THAT'S THE, AND THE CONTENT IN THE MEAT OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MOVE IT TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          MR. CRAWFORD. 
          MR. POWELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE HAD NO QUESTIONS, BUT WE'VE GOT ONE LATE COMING TO QUEUE. 
          THE, UH, CHIEF OF STAFF, MR. MOS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX'S OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, ON SLIDE THREE, YOU HAVE A BOX SHOWING TRADITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          YES. 
          AND THEN AD AWS CLOUD. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN FOR US BRIEFLY THE DIFFERENCE IN THE IT SECURITY BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS? ARE Y'ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS CLOUD SYSTEM WITH IT SECURITY? 'CAUSE I'M SURE IT'S A, A DAILY ISSUE THAT EVERYONE DEALS WITH, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          YEAH, SO VERY GOOD QUESTION. 
          I, UH, APPRECIATE THAT AND ABSOLUTELY. 
          AMAZON WEB SERVICES IS ONE OF THE TOP TIER VENDORS FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT IN THE CLOUD. 
          AND WE HAVE OUR, OUR, OUR TOOLS THAT WE USE FOR ON-PREMISE INFRASTRUCTURE FROM A CYBER PERSPECTIVE ARE ADAPTABLE AND, AND ARE USED IN THE AWS CLOUD ENVIRONMENT AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE 100% POSITIVE ABOUT THE ABILITY TO SECURE AND PROTECT THE CITY DATA IN AWS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MOSS. 
          UH, GENTLEMEN, THAT IS IT FOR OUR QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE AND I BELIEVE IT'S IT FOR YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR THANK YOU. 
          YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER WE HAVE 
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REMAINING ON THE, UH, QUEUE. 
          AND THAT'S MR. DOUG SMITH. 
          WELCOME MR. SMITH. 
          NICE TO SEE YOU TODAY. 
          AND IF YOU COULD APPROACH THE PODIUM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU HERE. 
          YES SIR. 
          IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD. 
          HI, UH, MY NAME IS DOUG SMITH. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT F AND, UH, THREE THINGS CAME UP DURING THE MEETING TODAY. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THE LAST PRESENTATION, UH, I HAVE HEARD MICROSOFT ALL THE TIME IN A LOT OF HITS PRESENTATIONS. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, WHY IS THIS AMAZON CLOUD AS OPPOSED TO MICROSOFT CLOUD? UH, IF YOU COULD GET AN ANSWER FOR THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND SECONDLY, UH, IN LOOKING AT THE BREAKDOWN, UH, HPW UH, GETS HIT WITH THE MAJORITY OF THESE CHARGES. 
          WHY, HOW WAS IT DECIDED, UH, THAT, UH, THIS WAS GONNA BE THE BREAKDOWN? OBVIOUSLY HPW IS AN ENTERPRISE AS OPPOSED TO GENERAL FUND ACCOUNT, AND I'D BE CURIOUS HOW, WHAT THEY USE THIS FOR AND WHY THEY WERE HIT UP SO, UH, HEAVILY. 
          SO DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING OR, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          IF THAT'S THE EXTENT OF YOUR, UH, QUESTIONS TODAY, WE CAN GET THOSE ANSWERED FOR YOU. 
          NO, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THE EXTENT. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          UH, THEN, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION, LISTENING TO THE, UH, PARK HOUSTON, UH, THEY GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THEIR, UH, UH, LICENSE PLATE READERS, AND YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE FLOCK CAMERAS AND WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH FLOCK CAMERAS, UH, PICKING UP CARS THAT, UH, HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES. 
          IS THERE A WAY TO INTEGRATE THE LICENSE PLATE READER, UH, FROM, UH, THE, UH, PARK HOUSTON WITH THE FLOCK INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE TONS OF LICENSE PLATES AND THEY MIGHT FIND, UH, SOME CARS THAT THE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR. 
          AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, I'VE ASKED YOU ABOUT THIS BEFORE. 
          UH, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, A PRESENTATION FROM HPW, UH, LIKE THE GREAT ONE THEY DID, I THINK THREE YEARS AGO, RE UH, REGARDING D-D-S-R-F? UH, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING POSSIBLY THEY WERE GONNA BE COMING IN OCTOBER. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S STILL THE CASE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AGAIN. 
          AND FINALLY, UH, BROKEN WATER MAINS. 
          UH, THERE ARE FIVE WITHIN FIVE BLOCKS OF MY HOUSE. 
          I'VE CO GO AHEAD, LET'S FINISH YOUR QUESTION. 
          THIS IS THE LAST ONE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, AND I, THERE ARE TWO THAT I CALLED IN ON JULY 30TH, AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. 
          AND ONE OF THEM WAS SO BAD THAT IT GOT MUCH WORSE AFTER I INITIALLY CALLED IT IN. 
          SO I CALLED IT IN AGAIN. 
          I THINK THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO HIRE MORE CONTRACTORS. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS OVER A MONTH NOW THAT I CALLED THIS IN AND THEY'RE STILL BUBBLING AND WASTING HUGE AMOUNTS OF WATER. 
          SO, UH, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, DEPARTMENT THANK YOU, TALKS ABOUT A 10 DAY RESPONSE AND THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. 
          WELL, IT'S, WE HAVE HAD UPDATES THIS, UH, LAST PUSH BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME HEAT AND BECAUSE, UM, UH, THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUE THAT YOU RAISE, DOUG, IT'S, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UH, STAY VIGILANT, BUT IT IS ALSO JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY PROBLEM OUT THERE. 
          SO WE WILL ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS AND CIRCULATE THE ANSWERS TO THE COMMITTEE AS PROMISED. 
          AND, UH, AS ALWAYS, I WANNA THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE TODAY, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL, YOU'LL CIRCULATE THE ANSWERS TO ME TOO. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY, NOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA. 
          I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE FOR YOUR ATTENTION THROUGHOUT THE MEETING. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, NOTE THAT ALL PRESENTATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE TTI WEBSITE. 
          THAT'S WWW.HOUSTONTX.GOV/COUNCIL/COMMITTEES/TTI.HTML. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE WILL, UH, RECONVENE ON OCTOBER 5TH, 2023 AT 20, UH, AT 10:00 AM FOR OUR NEXT MEETING. 
          AND UNTIL THEN, THANK YOU EVERYONE AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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