* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting] [00:00:15] WELCOME EVERYONE. AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANT TO GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO TAMARA AND HER TEAM WHO HANDLED THE MAYORAL, UH, FORUM FOR US. AWESOME JOB TEAM. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF REALLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK BY, FROM EVERYONE ON THAT, AND I THINK WE ALL SHOULD GIVE THEM A, A VIRTUAL HUG AND A CLAP. JOB WELL DONE. AND, UM, YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW TOMORROW THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, MANY OTHER GROUPS HAVE REACHED OUT AND WANTED TO KNOW HOW WE PUT IT TOGETHER, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS AND EVERYTHING AND GOT REALLY GOOD COMMENTS. SO JOB WELL DONE AND YOUR TEAM DESERVES, UM, A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FROM US ALL. SO GONNA ROLL INTO ROLL CALL AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO AMY. HI. SO I AM AMY DEN, THE SECRETARY OF FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, AND I'M GONNA CALL OUT THE NA UH, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ATTENDED THREE OR MORE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS. UH, UH, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE APRIL, MAY, OR JUNE MEETING ALTOGETHER. UM, SO WE'LL START WITH, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE GREATER INWOOD ERNO PRESIDENT. OKAY, UH, SUPER NEIGHBOR, 12 CENTRAL NORTHWEST, UH, GREATER HEIGHT, GREATER HEIGHT, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. I DON'T THINK IT'S ON MY END. SOMEBODY, CAN WE ASK EVERYBODY BE MEET THEMSELVES IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING. ALL RIGHT. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 16. GREG SIR. JUST GOT HER PRESENT. HUB NEIGHBORHOOD. SEVEN. JEFF BAKER'S HERE. HUB NEIGHBORHOOD 22. STACY FAIRCHILD HERE. HOUSTON HERE. I THINK YOU SAID 20 4K WARHOL. OKAY. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 25. DOUG SMITH IS HERE. OKAY, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 32. CHERYL O'BRIEN. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 36. NAOMI OSTFELD. OKAY. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 37. CINDY CHAPMAN, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 38. STEVEN IC, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 49. RIGHT? SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 50 VICKY MARTIN FOR BOTH 49 AND 50. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 52. KEITH DOWNEY PRESENT AND SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 64 AND 88. THAT'S AMY DEN PRESENT. ALL RIGHT, IF THERE ARE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE PRESENT, UM, BUT I DID NOT CALL YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, I THINK WE'LL HAVE THOSE IDENTIFIED IN THE CHAT. IS THAT TYPICALLY HOW WE DO IT, CHERYL? YES. FOR THOSE WHO CAN PLEASE PUT YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER NEXT TO YOUR NAME IN THE CHAT. WE UNDERSTAND THOUGH THAT SOME PEOPLE FROM THE PHONE HAVE PROBLEMS DOING THAT. WE HAVE SEVERAL BY PHONE. SO IF YOU'RE PHONING IN, IF YOU'RE REPRESENTING A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, IF YOU COULD, UM, AGNO, UM, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY YOURSELF NOW, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. CALL A PARTIAL PROPOSED SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 45. WE REMAIN WHAT A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 41 HAROLD EATON, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 31 PASTOR DAYCARE FOR REBUILD 45. SORRY, CONTINUE. GEORGE FRY. SUPER NEW 14. I'LL CONTINUE PASTOR DEB RIO HERE. I'M WITH REBUILD 45. WE HAVE IT. ALRIGHT, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. OKAY. AND IF ANYBODY THINKS THEY WERE OVERLOOKED, YOU KNOW, PUT IN THE CHAT THAT YOU'RE HERE AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE MONITORING THE CHAT AS WE [00:05:01] GO. UM, WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL SPEAKERS TONIGHT AND THE FIRST GENTLE ONE SPEAKING IS GOING TO BE FROM MAYORS HEALTH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO STACEY CHAIR FAIRCHILD AT THIS MOMENT. CHERYL, REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE WE GET STARTED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HOR IS ON. OH, OKAY. SALLY, ARE YOU ON? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE, I WAS LOOKING FOR YOUR NAME. NO, NO PROBLEM. I, I'M ON MY WAY TO THE 12000TH CANDIDATE FORUM, SO I'LL BE BRIEF. I, I JUST WANNA SAY A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS. I'M DOING LIKE I DO EVERY YEAR, THIS FALL'S PREVENTION EVENT FOR SENIORS, UM, AROUND THE FIRST DAY OF FALL, GET IT. UM, AND WE DO IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. FIRST ONE WILL BE AT, UH, I'M DOING TWO THIS YEAR. I'M DOING ONE ON SEPTEMBER 21ST FROM EIGHT TO 10 AT THE CASHMERE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER REALLY. SO TO SPREAD THE WORD TO SENIORS AND YOU'LL BE SEEING A FLYER COMING OUT TOO. AND THEN SEPTEMBER 24TH, I'M DOING IT IN, OUT IN CLEAR LAKE. AND, UH, AND THEN A COUPLE THINGS ON THE AGENDA THIS WEEK I WANTED TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO. WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $9 MILLION ON STORMWATER ACTION TEAM PROJECTS, THOSE GOOD LOCAL, YOU KNOW, SMALLER DRAINAGE PROJECTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WE ARE LOWERING, ONCE AGAIN FOR THE NINTH OUT OF 10 YEARS, LOWERING THE TAX RATE DOWN TO 51 CENTS PER HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUATION. UM, BACK IN 2015 WHEN WE RAN UP AGAINST THE REV CAP, IT WAS 63.80 CENTS PER HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUATION. NOW WE'RE AT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 51, ALMOST 52 CENTS. SO, UH, DON'T LOOK IT UP ME WHEN YOU'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT YOUR HIGH TAX BILL. WE'RE LOWERING IT DOWN THERE AT CITY, AT CITY HALL . OKAY, SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE. YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT MEETING AND, UM, GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SALLY. ALRIGHT, STACY. OKAY, THANK YOU CHERYL. UH, FIRST OFF, I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, UH, WELCOME DR. PORTA. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME OUTTA YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE TO COME TALK TO US ABOUT THIS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC. UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, HE'S GONNA BE TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT OR GIVING A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE TWO AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS BOND REQUEST THAT'S GOING TO BE ON OUR BALLOT NOVEMBER 7TH. SO, UH, REALLY QUICKLY, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, GIVE YOU A, A FEW, UH, BITS ABOUT HIM. HE SERVES AS PRESIDENT AND CEO FOR HARRIS HEALTH, HARRIS COUNTY'S PUBLIC HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. AND LIKE MANY PHYSICIANS PRACTICING IN HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY, DR. CORSET COMPLETED HIS CLINICAL TRAINING AT HARRIS HEALTH LBJ HOSPITAL, WHERE HE SERVED AS CHIEF MEDICAL RESIDENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON. HE HOLDS A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY FROM UT HEALTH AND HAS A MASTER'S IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF DALLAS. DR. PORTA HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST IN IMPROVING COMMUNITY HEALTH THROUGH ADDRESSING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN A CORRECTIONAL SETTING. AND HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE VICE CHAIR FOR THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS AND IS A MEMBER OF THE CERTIFIED CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE. SO, DR. ISMAIL PORTA, WELCOME TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS. PLEASE WELCOME DR. ISMAIL PORTO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HOPEFULLY Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME OKAY? YES. PERFECT. LET ME SEE IF I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN. YES SIR. WE CAN. WITHOUT TOO MUCH PROBLEMS. AND YOU'LL SEE MY SCREEN. YEAH, THERE YOU GO. PERFECT. EXCELLENT. AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF, UH, WHILE COVERING THE, THE INFORMATION. UH, YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD ALREADY THAT I ACTUALLY DID MY TRAINING IN INTERNAL MEDICINE AT HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO. MOST OF IT AT LBJ HOSPITAL. YES, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR HOSPITALS. LBJ IS A LEVEL THREE TRAUMA CENTER. HIGH END JOB HOSPITAL IS OUR LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER HOSPITAL. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER HOSPITAL BASICALLY PROVIDES ALL SERVICES, 24 7 LEVEL THREE TRAUMA CENTER IS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE SERVICES. FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN TODAY, LBJ HOSPITAL IS NOT ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF ACUTE HEART ATTACKS AND ACUTE STROKES. SO SOMEBODY WALKS INTO THAT HOSPITAL WITH THOSE CONDITIONS, ALL WE CAN DO IS TO STABILIZE THEM AND TRANSFER 'EM TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL. MOST OF THE TIMES THAT'S BEEN TOP HOSPITAL, LBJ SISTER HOSPITAL, BUT ANY HOSPITAL THAT IS ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN SOME OF THE, UH, QUALITY, UH, RECOGNITIONS AND ACCOLADES, NATIONAL ACCOLADES THAT BOTH HOSPITALS HAVE RECEIVED. LIKE I SAID, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR [00:10:01] HOSPITALS, BUT REALLY THE BULK OF WHAT WE DO, THE ESSENCE OF WHAT WE DO AT HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM IS RAIN. OUR COMMUNITY, AS WE CAN SEE IN THE MORE THAN 40 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, INCLUDING PREVENTING CLINICS EIGHT CLINIC INSIDE THE HOMELESS SHELTERS, THREE SAME DAY CLINICS, THREE SPECIALTY LOCATIONS, INCLUDING THE SMITH CLINIC THAT PROVIDES OUR OUTPATIENT ONCOLOGIST SERVICES, A FREESTANDING DENTAL CENTER, FREESTANDING DIALYSIS CENTER, AND ALSO OUTPATIENT REHABIL REHABILITATION CENTER. WE ALSO OPERATE MULTIPLE MOBILE MEDICAL, MOBILE, DENTAL, AND MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY UNITS, UH, TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU, UH, FOR A COUPLE REASONS, ONE, FOR YOUR INFORMATION. COUPLE MONTHS AGO WE ACTUALLY REFURBISHED AND OPENED UP THE HEALTH CENTER. IT USED TO BE OUR INPATIENT REHAB HOSPITAL. UH, WE CLOSED IT DOWN FOR A COUPLE YEARS, THEN REOPENED IT. IT CURRENTLY HOUSES OUR THOMAS STREET CLINIC, WHICH WAS THE FIRST FREESTANDING H HIV V AIDS CLINIC IN THE COUNTRY. UH, IT IS ALSO NOW HOUSING OUR RIVERSIDE DIALYSIS CENTER, PROVIDING CHRONIC HEMODIALYSIS, UH, TO OUR PATIENTS. HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM IS ONE OF VERY FEW PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY THAT PROVIDES CHRONIC DIALYSIS, UH, SERVICES. MOST PUBLIC HOSPITALS DO NOT. UH, LATER THIS YEAR, WE HOPE TO OPEN OUR ENDOSCOPY CLINIC ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE ESE UH, CLINIC, AND THEN LATER ON, HOPEFULLY, UH, PLACE SOME SPECIALTY CLINICS IN THAT HEALTH CENTER AS WELL. WE ARE CURRENTLY, ALTHOUGH EXPANDING THE, UH, CAPABILITIES AND THE CAPACITY THAT THE COST OF AMIGO HEALTH CENTER AT THE TUNE OF $16 MILLION. AND THE REASON I SHARED THAT WITH YOU IS THAT AS LATER I WILL TALK ABOUT THE BOND PROPOSAL AND EVERYTHING THAT IT ENTAILS, I WANTED TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT JUST WAITING FOR THE BOND TO PASS. WE ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN, UH, UPDATING AND UPGRADING, UH, SOME OF OUR FACILITIES. OUR PATIENTS, MORE THAN ALMOST HALF OF OUR PATIENTS ARE UNINSURED, AND MORE THAN HALF OF OUR PATIENTS ARE HISPANIC. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MEDICAL SCHOOLS, UH, BOTH BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND UT WHEN YOU PUT 'EM ALL TOGETHER, MORE THAN 3000 RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS GET THEIR TRAINING AT HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM. YOU HEARD, I THINK AT THE TOP OF THE INTRODUCTION THAT ALMOST HALF OF THE DOCTORS, INCLUDING MYSELF, WHO ARE CURRENTLY LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN HARRIS COUNTY, I'M SORRY, UH, DID THEIR TRAINING AT HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM, ALMOST HALF THE DOCTORS. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOU, YOURSELF, OR YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS BENEFIT FROM HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM, EVEN IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE CARE DIRECTLY AT ONE OF OUR CLINICS OR HOSPITALS, CHANCES ARE AT LEAST HALF OF YOU, YOUR DOCTORS, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE SEEKING CARE. METHODIST MEMORIAL HERMANN, KELSEY SIEBOLD, HCA HOSPITALS, CHANCES ARE YOUR DOCTORS DID YOUR TRAINING AT HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR HOSPITALS ALL IN ALL, ALMOST 27,000 HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND DISCHARGES. THAT INCLUDES 150,000, UH, EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS. BUT LIKE I SAID, WHAT WE ARE MOST PROUD OF IN OUR OUTPATIENT CLINICS, MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION, UH, PATIENT ENCOUNTERS ON THE OUTPATIENT, ALL IN ALL, UM, MORE THAN 260,000 PLICATED LIVES THAT WE CARE FOR OUR FUNDING. ONLY A THIRD OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM TAXES. THE REST OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM MEDICAID SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS AND ALSO PATIENT SERVICES. SO ONLY A THIRD OF OUR REVENUE CURRENTLY COMES FROM PROPERTY TAX SUPPORT. ABOUT A DECADE AGO THAT WAS CLOSE TO 50% OF THE REVENUE. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE OUR RELIANCE AND DEPENDENCE ON PROPERTY TAXES. YES, WE ARE THE SAFETY NET HOSPITAL FOR HARRIS SCANNING, PROVIDING CARE TO THE UNINSURED AND UNDER INSURED, BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE CARE TO EVERYBODY WHO NEEDS OUR SERVICES IN OUR TRAUMA CENTERS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, EARLIER THIS YEAR WE DID AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY TRYING TO SEE WHAT IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT DOES HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM RETURN TO HARRIS COUNTY. WE FOUND OUT THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR TAX SUPPORT THAT HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM RECEIVES WILL RETURN TO THE COUNTY ALMOST $6 IN ECONOMIC IMPACT. LAST YEAR AROUND THAT WAS ABOUT $5 BILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT TO HARRIS COUNTY AND ALMOST $6 BILLION TO THIS TAXES. WE HAVE ALMOST 10,000 EMPLOYEES. WE ARE IN CONTRACT WITH 10,000 VENDORS. OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CLOSE TO TWO AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS. LAST [00:15:01] YEAR ALONE PROVIDED ALMOST $800 MILLION IN CHARITY CARE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T NORMALLY TALK ABOUT, UH, AND THEY DON'T REALLY RECOGNIZE, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SAFETY NET HOSPITALS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO A COMMUNITY. UH, EVERY YEAR, THE STATE OF TEXAS THROUGH AND I REMEMBER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS SENDS MONEY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DRAW DOWN, UH, FEDERAL DOLLARS. THAT IS AN AGREEMENT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS HAD WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS NOW, THE FOUR LARGE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS, THAT'S HARRIS COUNTY, US DALLAS COUNTY, EL PASO COUNTY, AND BEXAR COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO LAST YEAR SPENT TO THE STATE OF TEXAS LITERAL OVER $250 MILLION THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS SENT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DRAW DOWN 3, 3, 6 11 MILLION. THAT SIX $11 MILLION DID NOT COME BACK TO THOSE FOUR LARGE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, BUT TURN WENT TO SUPPORT 96 OTHER HOSPITALS, URBAN AND RURAL IN THEIR INDIGENT CARE SERVICES. SO YET ANOTHER IMPACT OF A HOSPITAL, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM THAT PEOPLE DON'T NORMALLY TALK ABOUT, BUT VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF. SO WHY HARRIS HEALTH? UNFORTUNATELY, HARRIS COUNTY IS HOME TO THE HIGHEST RATE AND NUMBER OF UNINSURED. CURRENTLY, ALMOST 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN HARRIS COUNTY ARE UNINSURED. ALMOST ONE OUT OF FOUR ADULT PATIENTS IN HARRIS COUNTY ARE UNINSURED. THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO GO OVER 1.5 MILLION BY 2050. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES REMAINING, PLEASE. UH, LET ME THEN SKIP THROUGH THIS AND GO TO THE . THE MAIN REASON, UH, THE THE BOND PROPOSAL, THE BOND PROPOSAL IS FOR $2.5 BILLION, UH, $1.6 BILLION TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER AND THE LBJ CAMPUS, $400 MILLION REVAMPING OF THE EXISTING LBJ CAMPUS TO TURNING INTO A PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY, $400 MILLION EXPANSION OF BED HOSPITAL. THAT WILL INCLUDE ANOTHER 120 HOSPITAL BEDS AND HALF A BILLION DOLLARS OR $500 MILLION EXPANSION OF OUR CLINICS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN $2.5 BILLION, WHICH IS OUR BORROWING CAPACITY, WHAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT ON NOVEMBER 7TH AND THE $2.9 BILLION IS TO COME THROUGH PHILANTHROPY AND ALSO COST SAVINGS, OPERATIONAL COST SAVINGS OVER THE NEXT DECADE. WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE OVERALL, UH, TAX, UH, IMPACT ON AN AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IN HARRIS COUNTY? A HOME VALUE OF $300,000 FOR THE ENTIRE TWO AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS, THIS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 2 CENTS, THAT'S ABOUT $6 A MONTH OR ABOUT $70 A YEAR. THAT'S THE ENTIRE IMPACT OF THE TWO AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS. ONE MINUTE PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. LET ME JUST SKIP TO THIS ONE. GOT IT. OKAY. UH, JUST AN ANALYSIS OF OUR TAX RATES COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTIES, DALLAS AND BEAR COUNTY. OUR TAX RATE TODAY AT HARRIS HEALTH IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS 25 YEARS AGO, QUARTER CENTURY AGO. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TAX RATES IN OTHER COUNTIES HAVE, UH, GONE UP TO ALLOW FOR INVESTMENT IN THEIR INFRASTRUCTURES, UH, WHICH WE HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO. AS I MENTIONED, THE $2.5 BILLION BALLOT IS GOING TO BE UP FOR ELECT FOR REFERENDUM ON NOVEMBER 7TH, AND THIS IS JUST A RENDITION OF WHAT THE FUTURE HOSPITAL AND THE LBJ CAMPUS WILL LOOK LIKE. AND I'LL STOP HERE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. UM, WE WILL, UH, THANK YOU FOR SENDING US THE PRESENTATION. WE WILL HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SEE IT. OKAY. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ASK DR. PORTA? HAVE A QUESTION? CHERYL? I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I CAN'T RAISE MY HAND FOR SOME REASON. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHY. WELL, KEITH HAD ONE. SO KEITH AND DOUG, Y'ALL FIGHTING? ONE OF YOU GO WHEN . GO AHEAD KEITH. I SAID DOUG. NO, I WAS SAYING DOUG HAD A QUESTION. DOUG SMITH, GO AHEAD. OH, OKAY. DOUG, GO. I DON'T SEE MY HAND UP. UH, THANK YOU FOR A, A VERY INFORMATIVE, UH, PRESENTATION AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION LATER ON ABOUT A CONCRETE CRUSHING PLANT THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE BUILT ACROSS THE STREET. I A LEAF FROM YOUR HOSPITAL. UH, DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS OF A PROJECT LIKE THAT CONCERN YOU? AND IF SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, IF ANYTHING ABOUT IT? YEAH, SO, ABSOLUTELY. YES, AND THANK YOU FOR COURSE ASKING THAT QUESTION. WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT TWO WEEKS AGO. OKAY. UM, SO, AND, AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN RAISING AWARENESS. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ALL THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES FROM THIS AREA, UH, AND THE CITY [00:20:01] COUNTY LEADERS AS WELL, UH, FOR THEM TO, UH, BRING SOME COMMON SENSE TO THIS BECAUSE IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO BUILD A CONCRETE CRUSHING PLANT ACROSS THE STREET FROM AN EXISTING HOSPITAL. AND ALSO WHERE WE ARE PLANNING ON SPENDING $2 BILLION OF TAXPAYERS MONEY, UH, EXPANDING THE SERVICES. IT, IT JUST MAKES NO SENSE. I THINK WE ALL AGREE WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER. GREG, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YES. THANK YOU, DR. PORTA. I, I THINK IT'S ALSO AT 2.5 BILLION. THAT'S $600 PER PERSON, PER MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN HARRIS COUNTY, PLUS INTEREST THAT'S GONNA GO ON TOP OF THAT. SO I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF THAT NUMBER ALSO, WHERE'S THE NUMBER FOR 1.2 MILLION UNINSURED? I'M KIND OF SURPRISED SINCE THE NUMBERS I'VE SEEN STATEWIDE AND OTHER PLACES DON'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR THAT NUMBER. AND I WAS ESPECIALLY SURPRISED BECAUSE I WOULD THINK MEDICAID, MEDICARE, UH, PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PLUS OBAMACARE WOULD NOT HAVE THAT NUMBER. THAT THAT MANY PEOPLE, ONE OUT OF FOUR PEOPLE DO NOT FIT IN ANY OF THOSE CATEGORIES THEN. IS THAT CORRECT? UNFORTUNATELY, IN HARRIS COUNTY, IT DOES. THESE NUMBERS COME FROM THE KINDER INSTITUTE. UH, THIS IS A NUMBER, ACTUALLY, IT'S PUBLISHED EVERY YEAR AND UNFORTUNATELY EVERY YEAR THE NUMBER DOES NOT CHANGE. IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE. WE ACTUALLY EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO GET EVEN WORSE THAN WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR ADULTS, BECAUSE OF THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY COMING OFF THE MEDICAID ROLES. SO THAT NUMBER IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GO UP A LOT FASTER THAN ANYBODY HAD EXPECTED. SO, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YES, IT IS MIND BOGGLING. BUT ONE EVERY FOUR ADULTS IN HARRIS COUNTY IS CURRENTLY UNINSURED. UH, OKAY, SO YOU'RE SAYING ADULTS THEN, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE CHILDREN THEN THAT NUMBER WOULD BE DIFFERENT. THAT IS CORRECT. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE CHILDREN AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE 65 AND OVER THAT HAVE MEDICARE. THIS IS ALSO THE AGE OF 18 AND 65. OH, WELL THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE THEN. , IF YOU'RE ONLY LOOKING BETWEEN 18 AND 65, THEN YEAH, THE NUMBER, UH, THE NUMBER WAS MUCH LOWER THEN. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, PASTOR DEB, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU DR. PORTA. AND, UM, I DID MISS YOUR PRESENTATION WITH THE TMO. I'M PART OF THEIR CLERGY ACTION TEAM. AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO ALSO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT DOUG SAID. UM, AND THE OTHER GENTLEMAN ABOUT THE NUMBERS, UH, ALSO ONE IN FOUR. COULD YOU, UH, VERIFY, UH, THAT ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS OR IANS ARE DISABLED OR STRUGGLE WITH DISABILITY AND ALSO ABOUT THE MENTAL ILLNESS ONE IN FIVE. SO I WAS WONDERING TWO THINGS. UH, DO YOU HAVE A PERSON, UH, THAT CAN MAKE THESE PRESENTATIONS VIRTUALLY BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF OUR WORK HERE VIRTUALLY, BUT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AND WITHOUT A CIVIC CENTER IN NORTHLINE. AND SECOND QUESTION NUMBER TWO IS, UM, DO YOU HAVE, UH, AN ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER, UH, THAT CAN LIAISE WITH, UH, COMMUNITIES OF, UH, UNDERSERVED LIKE NORTHLINE AND, AND NORTHEAST THAT, UH, HAVE THESE FIELDS AND BATCH CONCRETES AND SO FORTH? WE'RE REBUILDING SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE BEEN OUT OF IT A FEW YEARS, , SO WE'RE JUST GETTING BACK IN THE GAME AND WE GOT A LOT OF CATCH UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING INFORMATION VIRTUALLY, WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO DO THAT. AND ONE FOR ADULTS UNFORTUNATELY, IS, IS EVERY RESIDENT IN HARRIS COUNTY, UH, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF TEXAS UNFORTUNATELY HAS ONE OF THE MOST RESTRICTIVE MEDICAID, UH, RULES. UH, FOR AN ADULT TO BE ON PLACED ON MEDICAID, YOU BASICALLY EITHER HAVE TO BE, UH, DISABLED, UH, BLIND. UH, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY WAY. AS AS AN ADULT PERSON, UH, YOU CAN BE ON MEDICAID IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. UH, AND I FORGET YOUR RIGHT. WELL, AS FAR AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER MM-HMM . JUST ONE BIG DISTINCTION ABOUT HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM, HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, AND HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT DOES A LOT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, UH, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE, THE, THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER, UH, THAT WOULD BE, UH, FOCUSED ON WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE, UH, BUILDING OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, MARK, UH, STACY, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES. I JUST, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I HAVE PUT IN THE CHAT THE [00:25:01] ONE PAGER THAT DR. POA GAVE US, UH, TO DISTRIBUTE OUT, UH, TO THE SN. SO IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE LINK, I'M HAPPY TO PUT IT BACK IN THE CHAT. AND I WILL ALSO, UM, PUT IT ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR EVERYONE AS WELL. YEAH, IT'LL BE ON THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THIS MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, DIRECT QUESTIONS NOW, I WOULD INVITE YOU, DR. PORTA TO STICK AROUND AND LISTEN TO THE DISCUSSION WE'RE GONNA HAVE LATER IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, AND YOU MIGHT WEIGH IN, UM, ON WHAT ACTIONS, IF ANYTHING, YOU MIGHT NEED, UM, PEOPLE TO DO ON BEHALF OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM, UM, RELATED TO THE CONCRETE PLANT. UM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO HANG AROUND AND CHIME IN THERE. THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON AND TURN THE MEETING OVER TO AMY. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. THANK YOU. THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. YES. AND SO I'M GOING TO, UH, I GUESS INTRODUCE HUEY JMAN WILSON AT SUPER 48, WHO'S GONNA DO THE INTRODUCTION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. HUEY. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, AMY. UM, I AM, UH, PRESIDENT OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 48. AND, UH, AS YOU'RE ALL PROBABLY AWARE, UH, WE ARE THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT BROUGHT THE COMPLAINT, UH, AGAINST THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, TO THE DIS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING ILLEGAL DUMPING. UH, AND I MIGHT ADD THAT COMPLAINT WAS PRETTY LENGTHY. UH, ILLEGAL DUMPING WAS ONE OF MANY, UH, ISSUES THAT WERE ADDRESSED IN THAT COMPLAINT. IT WAS ABOUT 52 PAGES LONG. UM, AND SO THE JUST JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP, UH, CHRISTY HARRIS, UH, WHO'S ON THIS CALL, UH, CAME OUT AND, UH, WORKED WITH US ON A RESOLUTION AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND THEY'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKED LIKE AND WHAT THE RESOLUTION WAS. AND SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE CHRISTY HARRIS AND, UM, ELIZABETH, I KNOW, AND I CAN NEVER PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME CORRECTLY, ELIZABETH AND JENNA ARE ON THIS CALL AS WELL. SO, WELCOME, UM, UH, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY? YES, YES. FANTASTIC. MA'AM, I DON'T HAVE YOU ON THE SCREEN ANYMORE. WELL, GOOD, GOOD EVENING TO YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT, HUEY. UM, MY NAME AGAIN IS KRISTY HARRIS, AND I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN THE FEDERAL COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE SECTION, WHICH IS PART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION. AND AS HUEY MENTIONED, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT THAT WAS FILED WITH, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AND THAT'S HOW WE SORT OF ARRIVED IN, IN YOUR MEETING TODAY. I AM HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES FIRST GEN GRANT BOARD, WHO'S ANOTHER ATTORNEY IN MY SECTION, AND LIZ CARTI, WHO IS AN ASSISTANT US ATTORNEY IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, LOCATED WITH YOU ALL. SO AGAIN, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU, BUT I, I HAVE TO START OUT BY SPECIFICALLY THANKING HUEY AND KEN AND AMY FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS, WHICH BROUGHT US TO HOUSTON AND GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO THIS REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE. AND, UM, AS HUEY JUST MENTIONED, WE ARE SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM WHO CONDUCTED THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S RESPONSE TO ILLEGAL DUMPING. AND AS YOU HAD MENTIONED THIS SUMMER, WE WORKED WITH THE CITY TO RESOLVE THE COMPLAINT AND THE SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF THAT RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE CITY'S ONE CLEAN HOUSTON PLAN. AND WE NOTE THAT WHILE NO ONE LIKES TO BE INVESTIGATED BY A FEDERAL AGENCY, WE BELIEVE THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS TAKEN SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO ADDRESS ILLEGAL DUMPING. AND IS THROUGH THOSE EFFORTS AND THE EFFORTS OF THE RESIDENTS OF HOUSTON WHO ARE PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, WE BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL WILL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME CHANGES REGARDING THIS ISSUE. SO I WANTED TO JUST ALSO MAKE CLEAR THAT LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RECEIVES NUMEROUS REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE AND INVESTIGATION, AND WE HAVE VERY LIMITED RESOURCES. SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT DOJ TOOK ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER IS BECAUSE OF DOJS FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. WE ALL KNOW THE IMPACT THAT ILLEGAL DUMPING AND THE TYPE OF ILLEGAL DUMPING YOU MIGHT SEE IN SOME AREAS OF THE CITY CAN HAVE ON HEALTH SAFETY AND THE WELFARE OF RESIDENTS. SOME OF THOSE HEALTHCARE CONCERNS THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ALONG WITH THE IMPACTS ON WATERWAYS AND AIR. AND SO OUR HOPE IS THAT THE EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN BY THE CITY WILL BE A MODEL FOR MANY OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE FACING SIMILAR CHALLENGES. [00:30:01] EVEN SINCE WE RESOLVED THIS INVESTIGATION, WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO US ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE WATCHING THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND HOPING TO SEE SOME BEST PRACTICES AND SOME, AND SOME SUCCESS IN THE EFFORTS THAT YOU ALL ARE UNDERTAKING. SO AGAIN, WE JUST WANTED US TO COME AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO YOU ALL. I KNOW WE'VE SPOKEN WITH A COUPLE OF YOU, I SEE SOME FAMILIAR NAMES, UM, AS PART OF OUR INVESTIGATION IN THE PARTICIPANT LIST. SO I THANK ALL OF YOU THAT PARTICIPATED IN OUR INVESTIGATION AND WE ALL JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT WE'RE STILL HERE AND WE'RE STILL ENGAGED. WE, WE HAVEN'T GONE AWAY. WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY AS YOU WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS, UM, THIS ISSUE. SO, AND REALLY IMPORTANT, IF YOU NEED TO REACH US, WE CAN STILL BE CONTACTED BY THE SPECIAL EMAIL ADDRESS THAT WE SET UP FOR THIS INVESTIGATION THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE UTILIZED. AND, UH, MY COLLEAGUES, I BELIEVE HAVE POSTED THAT IN THE CHAT. UH, MANY INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN USING IT TO KEEP US UPDATED ON HOW THINGS ARE MOVING WITH ONE CLEAN HOUSTON, ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE. AND WE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU AND YOUR CONSTITUENT TO USE THAT RESOURCE, USE THAT AS, UM, UM, AS YOU SEE FIT. WE DO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE THE RESOURCES, TOOLS, AND STRATEGIES THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS DEVELOPED, INCLUDING THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM TO CONTINUE TO REPORT ILLEGAL DUMPING. WE KNOW THAT THERE, THAT THE SYSTEM, IT, IT'S STILL BUILDING THAT'S NOT PERFECT. BUT OUR GOAL IS TO SORT OF PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND WITH THE RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO SEE PROGRESS IN THESE AREAS. SO, BUT IF YOU NEED TO REACH OUT TO US, PLEASE USE THAT, UM, EMAIL ADDRESS THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU, UM, PROVIDE US ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU MIGHT BE SEEING, INCLUDING ANY SUCCESS STORIES OF ANY CHANGES THAT YOU'RE SEEING, IF THOSE MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE. SO AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE'LL STAY ON HERE FOR A BIT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO RECEIVE ANY UPDATES OR INFORMATION THAT YOU OR YOUR CONSTITUENTS MIGHT HAVE. UM, VICKI MARTIN HAS HER HAND UP. VICKI, I THINK YOU'RE STILL MUTE. ALL RIGHT. THANK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 49 50. WE WERE INTERVIEWED AS A RESULT OF HUWI AND THEM BRINGING THE COMPLAINT. MY QUESTION IS, TODAY IN OUR AREA WAS TREE WASTE PICKUP WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND WE WERE INFORMED BY A CITY SOLID WASTE EMPLOYEE THAT THIS IS THE LAST MONTH THAT THE CITY WILL BE PICKING UP FROM VACANT LOTS. AND IF THAT IS TRUE INFORMATION THAT'S CONCERNING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE DUMPING THAT TAKES PLACE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PLACED IN EMPTY LOTS IN PLACES WHERE THERE'S NO HOME OR RESIDENCE. SO I WANTED TO VERIFY IF THAT IS INDEED TRUE, AND IF SO, WHAT CAN WE DO TO COMBAT THAT? BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA PICK UP FROM THE EMPTY LOTS, THEN WE'RE GONNA BE INUNDATED WITH THAT TRASH THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS OVER. THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT COMMENT, VICKI. I, I, I OBVIOUSLY CANNOT SPEAK TO ANY SPECIFIC POLICIES THAT THE CITY MIGHT HAVE IN PLACE. I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU, YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION OR AMY OF THE INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT FEEL FREE AGAIN TO SEND US THAT INFORMATION TO THAT EMAIL ADDRESS AS WELL. THAT ACTUALLY SEGUES IN, UH, WELL, TO THE COMMENT THAT I NEED TO MAKE, WHICH IS WE WILL HAVE A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND, UH, COMPLETE COMMUNITIES AND CITY DEPARTMENTS. UH, AND THE, THE DATE AT THIS TIME IS SEPTEMBER 28TH. AND, UH, I KNOW, UH, VICKI, THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T HELP YOU, BUT IT IS ISSUES LIKE YOURS THAT WE NEED TO BRING UP AT THO THAT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN GET A RESOLUTION ON HOW, WHAT THE REPORTING LOOKS LIKE ON THAT AND HOW WE FEEL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, DECISION THAT'S BEEN MADE NOT TO PICK UP IN THOSE VACANT LOTS. AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOLID WASTE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL ALL BE PRESENT AT THIS MEETING AND SO WILL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO, UH, COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, UH, STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITIES, UH, WILL BE INVITED TO THE MEETING. I THINK IN THE MEANTIME, YOU MIGHT WANT TO, UH, ADDRESS THAT TO, UH, SOLID WASTE FOR THE MOMENT AND THEN KNOW THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT GOING FORWARD. AND I SEE, UH, UH, MR. WOLF'S HAND IS, SO I THINK HE MAY HAVE A ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. YEAH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THIS IS MARK WOLF, DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. UH, PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW, MY EARS PERKED [00:35:01] UP WHEN I HEARD THE, THE, UH, THE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT NOT PICKING UP FROM VACANT LOTS. THAT'S, UH, THAT, THAT HASN'T COME FROM MY DESK OR MY OFFICE. SO, UM, I DO WANT TO CAUTION EVERYONE TO BE CAREFUL OF, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT INFORMATION LIKE THAT. UH, ONCE IT'S OUT THERE, UH, IF WE MAKE ANY SORT OF CHANGES, UH, TO THE PROGRAM, IT IT WILL BE, UH, EVERYONE WILL BE NOTIFIED ACCORDINGLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL COMMUNICATE THAT THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. UH, WE'LL USE ALL TYPES OF MEDIA PLATFORMS THAT ARE OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE, THE CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM. UH, WE WILL BE POLICING THOSE, UH, VACANT LOTS A LITTLE BIT HARDER. WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF STARTING TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. UM, AND THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, VIA OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN TRAINING AND WE'RE FINALIZING THE SELECTIONS ON THAT. BUT WE PRETTY MUCH GEOCODE EVERY STOP THAT WE COLLECT RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHERE WE'RE MAKING OUR VISITS AND WHICH LOTS WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF HAVING TO, TO DEDICATE MORE TIME TO THAN THE OTHERS. AND THEN FROM THERE, WHAT WE'LL DO IS IF WE SEE WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO CONSTANTLY GO TO THE SAME LOCATION TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL STEP UP OUR, OUR SURVEILLANCE OF THE AREA. YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONSIDER ADDING SOME, UH, CAMERAS THERE THAT HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY PRODUCTIVE AND, AND KIND OF CURBING AND, AND THWARTING SOME OF THAT BEHAVIOR THAT WE SEE TAKE PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO, UH, NOT ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE AREAS. IF ANYTHING, THERE'S GONNA BE A CHANGE TO SEE IF WE CAN MITIGATE THE NUMBER OF INSTANCES THAT OCCUR. DOUG, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YEAH, QE, CAN YOU GIVE, UH, OR SEND CHERYL THE INFORMATION ON THAT? I THINK YOU SAID SEPTEMBER 28TH MEETING, SO SHE CAN CIRCULATE THAT TO THE ENTIRE MAILING LIST, PLEASE. SURE, NO PROBLEM. SOUNDS LIKE AN IMPORTANT MEETING. SO, DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT THEY WANTED TO BRING UP AT THIS TIME, UM, ON THIS AREA? KEITH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO BRING UP? UH, NO. I'LL BE SPEAKING LATER IF YOU KNOW. YEAH. ALRIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHOW WHO CAME ON? UM, I'VE GOT A BRIEF UPDATE FROM, UH, COVID, UM, FOR THEM THAT RIGHT NOW THE COMMUNITY ALERT LEVEL IS AT LOW, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A 26, 20 6% POSITIVITY RATE IN THE WASTEWATER, UH, ANALYSIS THAT THEY DO. I WANT Y'ALL TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE COME UP IN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS LATER. UM, SO IF, UM, THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS FROM OUR, UH, PRESENTATIONS, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER WE NEVER GOT THE OCTOBER 22 MINUTES, UM, APPROVED. UM, THOSE WERE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA THAT WAS SENT OUT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE OCTOBER 20, 22 MINUTES? UH, THIS IS DOUG SMITH. I APPROVE THEM. AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. KEITH SECONDED. UM, CAN WE DO A SHOW OF HANDS ON APPROVING THESE? OH, JEFF, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THEM? NO, I WAS JUST DOING THAT TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. OKAY. OR CAN WE, CAN WE DO SHOW OF HANDS OR SAY, SAY I, LET'S MAKE THIS EASY. IF YOU OPPOSE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, SAY, SAY NAY HEARING NO OPPOSITION MINUTES ARE APPROVED. ALRIGHT, MOVING TO THE JUNE 20, 23 MINUTES, WHICH WAS OUR LAST MEETING. YES. THERE WAS A TYPO AND BULLET 0.4 DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. INSTEAD OF HAVING GHBA, WE HAD HGBA. WE'VE CORRECTED THAT. UM, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS REVISED FOR THAT LITTLE TRANSPOSITION OF THE AFTERNOON? CHERYL? CHERYL? YES. AND AMY, A POINT OF INFORMATION YOU DID NOT RECEIVE MY COMMENTS. I SENT MY COMMENTS IN FOUR DAYS AGO RIGHT AFTER YOU SENT THE THURSDAY OUT. [00:40:01] 'CAUSE I NEVER RECEIVED THE FRI UH, THE WEDNESDAY NOTICE AND WE HAD A GMAIL GLITCH IN THE WEDNESDAY NOTICE AND THAT'S WHY THAT WE SENT OUT THE SECOND GO AROUND OF THE NOTICE AND KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT 'EM TWICE. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR OVERLOADING YOUR EMAIL BOXES. OKAY. WHAT WERE THE COMMENTS? AND MAYBE WE CAN JUST LISTEN TO 'EM AND APPROVE THEM TONIGHT OR POSTPONE THIS UNTIL NEXT MONTH. EITHER WAY. OKAY. GREG, CAN YOU SUMMARIZE IN LIKE A MINUTE WHAT YOU'RE, NO, I DON'T THINK I CAN SUMMARIZE IT IN A MINUTE, CHERYL. I THINK THEY NEED, THAT'S WHY I'VE SENT 'EM FOUR DAYS AGO. SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT 'EM OFFLINE. IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT 'EM OFFLINE LATER ON. I THINK I DON'T, AS YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, I DON'T WANNA WASTE EVERYBODY'S TIME ON GOING OVER THAT. IF WE DEFER THAT, I THINK THAT'D BE BETTER. SO GREG, WE CAPTURED THE DATE CHANGE THAT YOU ASKED FOR AS THE, THE ACTUAL DATE OF THE MEETING, THIS MEETING. UM, AND THAT WAS CORRECTED. UM, AND I THINK YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE AND AMEND AND YOU WANTED IT TO READ MOTION TO AMEND AND SUBSTITUTE THAT CHANGE WAS MADE AS WELL. SO WE DID RECEIVE THOSE AND HAVE MADE THOSE CHANGES. THE MOTION, UH, AMY ALSO, THE MOTION ITSELF WAS NOT CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT WAS ALSO PART OF THAT. IT WAS JUST PARAPHRASED. IF YOU WANT US TO KEEP YOUR MOTION, WE CAN DO SO. IT WASN'T PASSED OR MOVE FORWARD. SO, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO INCLUDE THE OKAY. MOTION IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT. THAT'S FINE. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, NO PROBLEM. THAT WILL BE RE REFLECTED IN THE REVISED MINUTES. CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF PASSING THE MINUTES AS REVISED TO REFLECT THE WORDING OF THE MOTION AND THE CH THE DATE CHANGE FROM SEPTEMBER 14TH TO THE 11TH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. A AYE. A A OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY. NAY. MOTION PASSED. THANK YOU AMY FOR, UM, DOING THE MINUTES FOR US. WE APPRECIATE IT. KEITH, I'M GOING TO TURN THE MEETING OVER TO YOU FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO UPDATE US ON THE CONCRETE CRUSHING PLAN. PROPOSED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU EVERYONE. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IT CAME TO, UH, MY ATTENTION AND A FEW OTHER LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS LBJ HOSPITAL, UH, THAT TEXAS COASTAL MATERIALS LLC HAD ASKED TCEQ FOR A, UM, A PERMIT, UM, BUT A , A RUSH TO MARKET TYPE PERMIT. THEY WANTED IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR A ROCK CRUSHING PLANT, NOT A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT, A ROCK CRUSHING PLANT AT 58 75 KELLY STREET. THIS IS JUST DOWN FROM LBJ HOSPITAL ON KELLY STREET. OUR COMMUNITY OPPOSES THIS FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT, UH, FOR MANY REASONS, BUT A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE SUFFERING FROM RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES. UM, WE ALSO HAVE SIX CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON AND AN AGGREGATE YARD NOW ONE OF THOSE CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS. AND THE AGGREGATE YARD ITSELF IS RIGHT OVER THE, UH, RAILROAD TRACKS INTO TRINITY GARDENS. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET AWAY. SO THEY'RE LOOKING TO, UH, DO A ROCK CRUSHING PLANT RIGHT THERE AT 58 75 KELLY STREET. WE IMMEDIATELY REACHED OUT TO, UM, OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND OUR STATE SENATOR AS WELL AS SHEILA JACKSON LEE, AS WELL AS EVERYBODY I COULD FIND. UM, AND SO, UH, RIGHT NOW, STATE SENATOR BORIS MILES HAS ASKED T-E-T-E-C-Q FOR A MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO, FOR TCQ TO SET UP A MEETING, WHICH IS YET TO BE SET UP, UH, TO, UH, TALK TO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ON HOW WE FEEL, NOT JUST CASHMAN GARDEN, BUT ANYONE ABOUT THIS FACILITY BEING BUILT. UM, ALSO, UH, THERE IS ANOTHER MEETING THAT [00:45:01] NONPROFITS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER, UH, THAT WILL TAKE PLACE SEPTEMBER 16TH, AND IT'S CALLED COFFEE AND CHANGE, SEPTEMBER 16TH FROM 10 O'CLOCK TO 11 O'CLOCK AT 65 HIRSCH ROAD. AGAIN, 65 HIRSCH ROAD IS, IS BEING PUT TOGETHER BY ALLIANCE HOUSTON AND COCO, WHICH IS THE GROUP LED BY REVEREND CALWELL. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE UPCOMING CONCRETE CRUSHING FACILITY PERMIT REQUEST IN CASHMERE GARDEN. SO I'M BRINGING THIS TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, BUT A SIMPLE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A RESOLUTION, BUT WE'RE ASKING IF YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, YOUR SNC WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO TCQ TO, UH, SAY HOWEVER YOU FEEL ON THIS ROCK CRUSHING PLAN, WE WOULD TRULY APPRECIATE AS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 52 AND CASHIER GARDEN. SOMEONE CALLED ME TODAY TO LET ME KNOW THAT THE COMMENT PERIOD, AND I, AND I DON'T DON'T HOLD ME AT THIS, BUT THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT WILL BE OPEN UNTIL THE 13TH OF SEPTEMBER, TWO DAYS. THAT'S YES, EXACTLY. AND I HAVEN'T VERIFIED THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PERSON GOT IT FROM. SO I'M NOT A HO I'M, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S THE BIBLE, BUT, UH, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO, UM, THEY'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET A PERMIT IN A QUICKER THAN A HURRY. SO I'M ASKING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHERS REACH OUT TO THE TCEQ IN OPPOSITION TO THIS. UM, AMY IS SHAKING HER HEAD NO. MAYBE SHE KNOWS SOMETHING. DO YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT? AMY? AMY, GO AHEAD. WELL, NOTICE HAS TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR FIRST MM-HMM . SO IT, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. AS OF TODAY. THEY HAVE TO PUT A PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER FIRST. THAT'S GOOD. SO ONE'S JUST COUNTING 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE THAT THE NOTICE WENT TO TCQI. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A CORRECT CALCULATION. RIGHT, I GOTCHA. I GOTCHA. GOOD. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. NO PROBLEM. WE'RE WAITING ON THE PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER. RIGHT. GOTCHA. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AMY, FOR CLARIFYING THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS QUICK. THAT WAS, THAT'S 30 HOURS. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. DOES SOMEONE HAVE, GO AHEAD. I HAD A QUESTION. I WAS WONDERING IF DR. POR ARE, ARE YOU STILL ON THE CALL? AND IF, IF SO, IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH US POSSIBLY, UH, WHAT APPROACH THE HEALTH SYSTEM CAR HEALTH IS TAKING ON THIS AND IF THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS COULD DO TO ASSIST AND BOLSTER YOU, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THIS ISSUE? AND THEN NAOMI, YOU, YOU'RE NEXT. OKAY. UH, YEAH, I'M, I'M STILL ON THE CALL. SO WHAT WE DID AS SOON AS WE FOUND OUT, WHICH WAS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, IN ADDITION TO CONTACTING, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID, EVERYBODY THAT WE KNOW, UH, WAS TO, UH, ACTUALLY WRITE A SUMMARY ON THE MEDICAL IMPACT, THE HEALTH IMPACT OF HAVING A ROCK CRUSHING, UH, PLANT ACROSS THE STREET FROM A HOSPITAL. AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED THAT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE SO THEY CAN USE IT IN THE CONVERSATION, UH, WITH THE, UH, I GUESS TCE Q'S, THE PER THE, THE ENTITY THAT IS TRYING TO DO THIS. OKAY. GOTCHA. THANK YOU NAOMI. SURE. OKAY. UH, YES, I WANTED TO KNOW, UM, DO YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION SO THAT IF WE WOULD WRITE TO TCEQ, DO YOU HAVE THE, UM, THE NAME AND I GUESS THE, THE PERMIT NUMBER IN SHORT, THE IDENTIFICATION TO, OKAY. IF YOU COULD PUT THAT IN THE CHAT OR IF IT COULD BE SENT BY EMAIL TO ALL OF US, BECAUSE I, WE, WE'VE DEALT WITH TCEQ BEFORE AND TO SAY THAT THEY ARE A PLANE, A PAIN IN THE, YOU KNOW WHAT MM-HMM . UNDERSTATEMENT. I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE CONCRETE CRUSHING PLANT, UH, TO BE BUILT IN RIVER OAKS . RIGHT? NO, I HAVE THE PERMIT NUMBER RIGHT HERE AND I'M GONNA PUT IT IN THE CHAT. GREAT. BECAUSE I ASSURE YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE PROPER IDENTIFYING INTER INFORMATION IN ANY LETTER, THEY'LL IGNORE IT. THEY LOOK FOR A WAY TO BE ABLE TO IGNORE ARGUMENTS. SO CONSEQUENTLY, UM, ANY INFORMATION YOU'VE GOT AND, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE AREN'T GOING TO BE MEETING IN OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, I'LL PASS THE INFORMATION ON OUR PRESIDENT. GOTCHA. YEAH, [00:50:01] NO, THE , I'M GONNA PUT IT IN THE CHAT, BUT THE NUMBER IS 1 7 3 2 9 6 PERMIT NUMBER. I'M SORRY, 1 7 3 2 9 6. THAT'S CORRECT. PERMIT NUMBER. THAT'S THE PERMIT NUMBER. OKAY. AND THE NAME OF THE COMPANY AGAIN? IT'S TEXAS COASTAL MATERIALS, LLC MATERIALS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KEITH. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, AMY FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THAT DIDN'T SOUND, THAT DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT. EVERYBODY MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT THE CHAT, UH, THAT YES, GORDON FRAZIER POSTED REGARDING THE SEPTEMBER 13TH DATE THAT, UH, EXPLAINS SOME OF THE CONFUSION. LOOK AT THE CHAT AND, OKAY. YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. YEAH, SO WE, WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING THIS UP TO THE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION SO THAT, UM, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS COULD TAKE, TAKE IT TO THEIR RESIDENTS AND PASS THIS INFORMATION ON. WE ALSO HAD SOME MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS THAT WE WANTED TO BRING UP. WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS COMING UP. IT'S THE FIRST TUESDAY IN OCTOBER. UM, THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, TEXAS AND ARIZONA ARE THE TWO STATE OR THE STATES THAT OBSERVE IT ON A, ON A DIFFERENT DATE THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. UM, THE PARK HOUSTON GROUP HAS INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE TO YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, YOUR CIVIC CLUBS, YOUR BLOCKS TO SHARE. I JUST PUT IN THE CHAT INFORMATION FROM THEM, UM, THAT THEY, UH, CAN ARRANGE TO GET YOU THE INFORMATION TO PASS OUT. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO HAVE THEIR, UH, LOCAL CIVIC CLUBS, UH, PARTICIPATE FULLY IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. THERE WAS ALSO INFORMATION ABOUT THE VOTER REGISTRATION. KEITH, DID YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT TOO? UM, NO. OKAY. THE, THE VOTER REGISTRATION RULES HAVE CHANGED AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THE FACT, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE USED TO VOTING BY MAIL, THAT THE RULES HAVE CHANGED. AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS DOUBLE CHECKING THAT THEY HAVE A VALID VOTER REGISTRATIONS, UH, CERTIFICATE. AND IF THEY ARE USED TO VOTING BY MAIL OR THEY DEAL WITH AN ELDERLY OR DISABLED, AND PASTOR DEB, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE ON THIS, THAT, UH, THE, IT'S, UM, A TAD MORE CHALLENGING NOW TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT VOTER REGISTER, THAT VOTER, UM, BALLOT BY MAIL. AND IT'S, UH, TIME FOR EVERYBODY TO MAKE THEIR SURE THAT THEIR RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THAT SO THAT EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO GO TO THE POLLS ON NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH AND VOTE WITH MINIMAL DIFFICULTY. THIS IS THE POINT NOW WHERE WE MOVE INTO THE OPEN FORUM AND WE HAVE THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'D LIKE TO UPDATE US. UM, EACH ONE, WE'D LIKE YOU TO LIMIT IT TO TWO MINUTES BECAUSE WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TIME FOR SOME OF OUR, UH, CITY, STATE AND COUNTY PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO CHITCHAT, UM, AS WELL. SO I'M JUST GOING TO LET YOU GO BY HAND RAISING. SO VICKY, YOU'RE NUMBER ONE. GO FOR IT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, CHERYL, UH, JUST WANNA REMIND THE COUNCIL AGAIN, UH, THAT WE ARE STILL FIGHTING REGARDING SHEET METAL FENCING. WE'RE STILL FIGHTING REGARDING NO THROUGH TRUCKS AND TRUCK YARD PARKING IN, UH, 49 50. AND WE ARE STILL FIGHTING IN OPPOSITION OF THE TRUCK YARD PIT STOP. TRUCK STOP. TODAY, WE NOTICED GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY THAT THERE WAS A LINE TO EXIT THE FREEWAY AT NORTHWAY SIDE IN SIX 10, AND WE ANTICIPATE IT GETTING WORSE ONCE IF THAT TRUCK, UH, TRUCK STOP BECOMES ACTIVE. UH, THANK YOU RICKY. HELLO EVERYONE. UM, THIS IS RICKY CARDENAS WITH, UH, SECOND WARD SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A COUPLE UPDATES. UM, THIS THURSDAY, IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN THE AREA, UM, WE ARE HAVING A SNOW CONE BIKE RIDE. UM, IT'S SPONSORED BY HPD. THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE FREE SNOW CONES AT, UH, PICCO OFF OF HARRISBURG. THE RIDE WILL MEET AT 15, DRE AT SIX 30, AND WE WILL DO A SHORT RIDE UP AND DOWN THE HARRISBURG HIKE AND BIKE [00:55:01] TRAIL. UM, IT'S MAYBE ABOUT JUST A 20 MINUTE RIDE BACK AND FORTH, AND WE'LL HAVE A STOP AT TO PICO FOR FREE SNOW CONES. UM, SO, AND ONE MORE EVENT IS ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND AT BAKER RIPLEY, WHICH IS 44 14 NAVIGATION FROM FIVE 30 TO NINE 30, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BLOCK PARTY WITH FREE FOOD PERFORMANCES, MUSIC VENDORS, VOTER INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, MUCH MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NICE. KEITH, YOU'RE NEXT. OKAY. UM, CASH MCG GARDEN IS GONNA HAVE ITS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UH, ALONG WITH ALMOST EVERYBODY ELSE ON OCTOBER 3RD, UH, TUESDAY FROM FIVE TO EIGHT AT, UM, AT MIC LEELAND MEMORIAL PARK. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE A, UH, DISTRICT B AND, UH, CO CONTROLLER FORUM AT CARL WALKER CENTER THIS THURSDAY EVENING, STARTING AT SIX 30. AND ALSO ON THE 21ST, THE AT LARGE WILL BE AT ACRES HOME MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, UH, THAT THURSDAY, UH, STARTING FROM SAY 6:30 PM SO JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY WANTED TO ATTEND. OKAY, STACY, THANK YOU, CHERYL. UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I'M PIGGYBACKING OFF OF WHAT RICKY SAID. UH, THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL, UH, EVENT THAT'S COMING UP SEPTEMBER 28TH AND ALSO OCTOBER 2ND. WE ARE HOSTING A JOINT, UM, DISTRICT H CANDIDATE FORUM. SO ANYBODY LIVING IN DISTRICT H, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME TO THIS TWO PART FORUM. THE FIRST, UH, PART OF IT WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, WHICH IS A THURSDAY FROM SIX TO SEVEN 30. THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE DENVER HARBOR MULTI-SERVICE CENTER AT 64 0 2 MARKET STREET 7 7 0 2 0. AND THAT WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, QUESTIONS FOR THE DISTRICT H CANDIDATES. WE HAVE THREE CANDIDATES THAT ARE COMING. THAT'S MARIO CASTILLO, UH, CYNTHIA REYES RE AND ALSO SONYA RIVERA. SO, UH, IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO MEET THOSE CANDIDATES, PLEASE COME. THEN, UH, THE FOLLOW UP, THE, THE SECOND PART OF THE FORUM WILL BE OCTOBER 2ND. THAT'S GONNA BE AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION. IT WILL, AND ALSO THE TIME IS DIFFERENT. SO MONDAY, OCTOBER 2ND, UH, WE WILL HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FOR THE SAME CANDIDATES FROM SIX TO SEVEN 30 AT FELIX FRAGA CAMPUS OF HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT 3 0 1 NORTH ADRENALIN STREET AT NAVIGATION 7 7 0 0 3. AND THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS ARE, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63, WHICH IS SECOND WARD SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 15, WHICH IS GREATER HEIGHTS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22, WHICH IS, WHICH IS WASHINGTON AVENUE COALITION, MEMORIAL PARK, AND THEN ALSO DENVER HARBOR CIVIC CLUB. AND DENVER HARBOR CARES. SO ANYBODY WHO LIVES IN DISTRICT H OR KNOWS SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN DISTRICT H, YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO JOIN US. UH, AND ALSO IT WILL, IT WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON, UH, THE INTERNET. ARE YOU GONNA POST THAT ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE OR GIMME THE INFORMATION? WE'LL PUT IT OUT ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE SO THAT PEOPLE YES, WE WELL, YES. GREAT. WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY, GREAT. SUPER. UH, GREG, YOU WANT, YOU HAD SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO UPDATE US ON? WELL, I, YEAH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF OPEN QUESTIONS, BUT I DON'T WANNA, I WANNA RESPECT EVERYBODY'S TIME ABOUT THAT. I HOPE PEOPLE CAN GET BACK TO ME ABOUT THOSE. BUT I JUST WANNA TELL YOU, MEMORIAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 16, WE MEET EVERY MONTH EXCEPT FOR ONE MONTH. AND THIS PAST MONTH THE PLACE WHERE WE MEET WAS VANDALIZED. SO WE HAVE CRIME, SO WE COULD NOT USE IT. AND OF COURSE, UH, IN DISTRICT G WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER, SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, WE STILL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CRIME IN THIS AREA AND IT, AND IT IMPACTED US DIRECTLY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANNA BRING UP? I HAVE SOMETHING I WANNA BRING UP, BUT I WANNA GIVE EVERYBODY ELSE AN, AN OPPORTUNITY. UM, AND RHONDA, ARE YOU THERE WITH THE CITY? RHONDA? YES MA'AM, I SURE AM. OKAY. UM, IF YOU RECALL IN THE MEETING, UM, EMAIL THAT I SENT OUT ABOUT THE, UH, WITH THE AGENDA AND STUFF I MENTIONED, UM, A BYLAWS COMMITTEE MM-HMM . AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WORKING ON A COMMITTEE, UH, TO HELP REVIEW, UPDATE, REVISE. I KIND OF USE THOSE WORDS INTERCHANGEABLY, THE BYLAWS FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE. UM, AND WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME AND [01:00:01] EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEING ON THIS COMMITTEE. OH, GREAT. PARDON? I SAID GREAT. YEAH. UH, SANDRA, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO THROW IN ON THIS? UH, NO, CONTINUE. I'M LISTENING. OKAY. OKAY. UM, WE, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THIS, AND RHONDA, WOULD YOU CARE TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY HOW THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE ASSISTING IN THE PROCESS? BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT GREG HAD BROUGHT UP. SO IN ASSISTING, THEY'LL BE HELPING, THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT THE BYLAWS, SEEING WHERE THE CHANGES NEED TO BE, WHAT'S MISSING. THESE BYLAWS ARE ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD, UM, AS OF NOW. SO THEY DO NEED TO BE UPDATED. THERE'S LANGUAGE THAT'S OUTDATED, UM, AND WE JUST NEED TO GET THEM CHANGES. NOW WITH THAT SAID, THAT REALLY TRULY QUALIFIES ALMOST EVERY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THAT. UH, THERE ARE SOME WHO HAVE PUT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THEIR BYLAWS AND THEY WERE APPROVED RECENTLY, BUT, UM, A LOT OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD BE DOING THIS. AND, UH, WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THAT INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT STARTS FROM THE TOP DOWN. UM, THE ALLIANCE CAN TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. LIKE I SAID, I, SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME. I AM LOOKING FOR THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK ON THAT, UM, WITH THE CITY. SO PLEASE REACH OUT AND LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS A OF INTEREST TO YOU. AS RHONDA NOTED, THESE BYLAWS DATE BACK 20 YEARS, AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE IN THE WORLD IN THE LAST 20 YEARS. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT AND WE DEFINITELY NEED TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UP TO SPEED ON THAT. SO I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM PEOPLE. SANDRA, I DON'T WANNA LEAVE YOU OFF, SO GO AHEAD, . SORRY. HI. THANK YOU, CHERYL. UM, I WANTED TO QUICKLY, UH, INVITE, UM, UH, ALL OF OUR PRECINCT FOUR CONSTITUENTS TO, UH, THE LISTENING TOUR. UH, STOP AT THE EVELYN RUBINSTEIN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM WE WILL BE HAVING, UH, A FEW MORE STOPS THIS FALL, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE MORE, FIVE OR SIX MORE SCHEDULED, UM, THROUGHOUT PRECINCT FOUR. AND WE INVITE, UH, THE PUBLIC TO JOIN US AND TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR PRECINCT FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, IF YOU DO PLAN ON ATTENDING, IF ANYONE WANTS TO COME OUT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, UH, PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK, VISIT THE NEW PRECINCT FOUR WEBSITE, CLICK ON THE LINK FOR THE YVETTE BRIGHT, UM, RSVP PAGE AND JUST, UH, PLEASE FILL IN YOUR INFORMATION. UM, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, UH, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, TURBULENT TIMES AND THE JCC WOULD LIKE, UM, TO HAVE ANYONE'S NAME WHO IS COMING IN. SO, UH, SORT OF LIKE A PRE-CLEARANCE SO THAT WHEN YOU COME IN, WE COULD JUST CHECK YOUR NAME OFF OF THE LIST. UM, IF YOU DO SHOW UP WITHOUT RSV PING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THEY WILL JUST ASK YOU TO FILL OUT A VISITOR LOG, UH, SO THAT WAY THEY KNOW WHO'S IN THE BUILDING. BUT, UH, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR INVITING US AND INVITING ME, UH, TO YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. IT WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE. UH, AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU. AND IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER CITY, UH, COUNTY OR COUNTY PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE. HI EVERYONE, THIS IS MARIA ANOS. I'M WITH COMMISSIONER AIDEN GARCIA'S OFFICE, AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE. WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. ANYBODY ELSE? WE'VE, WE'VE GOT TIME. ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING THEY NEED TO THROW INTO THE MIX? DOUG? DOUG, I THINK YOU'RE MUTED. YES, I AM MUTED. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UH, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THAT I LOVE COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN AND EVERYTHING SHE DOES FOR LOTS OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT SHE SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE NOT SETTING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE TOMORROW. THEY'RE SETTING THE DATE TO SET THE PROPERTY TAX RATE [01:05:01] , AND, AND THAT DATE IS GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER 27TH. UH, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE, WHICH IS A PERSONAL BUG OF MINE. UH, PEOPLE ALL THE TIME TALK ABOUT WE'RE JUST LOWERING OUR TAX RATE AND WE'VE LOWERED YOUR TAX RATE EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. WHAT THEY FAIL TO ADD INTO THAT IS, AND YOUR APPRAISAL RATES ARE GOING UP EVERY YEAR. SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE LOWERING YOUR TAX RATE, YOUR TAXES MAY BE GOING UP, YOUR PROPERTY TAXES MAY BE GOING UP. AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA PLAY THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT LOWERING THE TAX RATE DOESN'T MEAN LOWER PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS. AND THAT'S ALL WE DO TEND TO FORGET. IT'S A TWO-EDGED SWORD. SO DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS THAT THEY WANTED TO BRING UP TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT? UH, MARIA, YOU HAD SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO, OH, YOU JUST PUTTING OUT YOUR EMAIL. OKAY. I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DOUBLE CHECK THE CHATS. THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD EMAIL ADDRESSES OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE. WELL, THERE BEING NO, NOBODY ELSE THAT WANTS CHERYL. YES. HI CHERYL. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS MARGARET DUNLAP WITH METRO. HOW ARE YOU? OH, JUST FINE. I DIDN'T SEE YOU. SORRY. I, I WAS TRYING TO RAISE MY HAND, BUT FOR SOME REASON I COULDN'T GET IT GOING. UM, CHERYL, I'D LIKE TO TELL THE MEMBERSHIP ABOUT, UH, THE METRO UNIVERSITY CORRIDOR PROJECT, THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO, THESE ARE THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS THAT WILL BE STARTING. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS WEEK THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY, UH, 5, 6, 7 OF 'EM THAT ARE GOING TO BE HOSTED BY OURSELVES. THIS IS REGARDING, UH, ACTUALLY THEY'RE FOCUSED, UH, COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN STARTING TOMORROW, UH, WEDNESDAY. THAT WOULD BE A TRACY G AND THEN THERE WILL BE ONE ON SEGMENT. EACH OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY REPRESENTING SEGMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY LINE, WHICH MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT. AND, UM, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE LISTING IN FROM IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I WILL PUT IT ON MY, UM, I'LL ACTUALLY PUT MY NAME AND THE WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN GO TO, TO CHECK TO SEE WHERE THESE MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE HOSTED AND SEE IF YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE OR WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AND GIVE US YOUR INPUT ON THE ACTUAL, UH, DESIGN OF THE UNIVERSITY QUARTER SEGMENTS THAT WILL PROVIDE YOU SOME GREAT INFORMATION ON THE COMMUNITY, ON THE NEW LINES THAT ARE COMING IN. AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU A, UH, ABILITY TO ACTUALLY SEE EXACTLY WHAT COULD BE DONE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. THEY'RE DESIGN ORIENTED, VERY FOCUSED MEETINGS, AND I WILL SEND YOU THE WRIGHT METRO.ORG, THE UNIVERSITY GROUP, UH, WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND CHECK OUT AND SEE AND, AND HAVE YOU REGISTERED TO ATTEND THESE UPCOMING MEETINGS BECAUSE WE'VE JUST STARTED TO POST THE LOCATIONS OUT. SO I DON'T HAVE 'EM ALL AT HAND, BUT DEFINITELY WE'LL PUT IT ON THE WEB, ON THE CHAT SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE WHERE TO GO TO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THAT. DESMOND, YOU HAD SOMETHING? YES, MA'AM. REAL QUICKLY, UH, UM, DESMOND ALLEN, CITY HOUSTON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THE DIRECTOR SPOKE EARLIER IN ADDRESSING, UM, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AT HAND. UH, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT REAL BRIEFLY. UM, WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY CLEANUP, UH, AS A PART OF THE MAYOR'S ONE CLEAN HOUSTON INITIATIVE COMING UP IN DISTRICT B. UH, ON THE 23RD OF THIS MONTH, WE'LL BE RELEASING A FLYER. UH, THIS WEEK, UH, IT'LL ALSO, UH, HAVE A LINK TO SIGN UP FOR VOLUNTEERS. UM, ALL VOLUNTEERS ARE WELCOME. PLEASE CLICK THAT LINK AND SIGN UP. THE MORE THE MERRIER, UH, THE MORE VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAVE, THE BIGGER IMPACT THAT WE CAN MAKE IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, ALL SUPPLIES, UM, WILL BE, UH, HANDLED BY THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. UM, DISTRICT B UM, DISTRICT B STAFF WILL BE SUPPORTING THE CLEANUP AS WELL, HPD, SO WE'LL, UM, WE'LL MAKE AN EVENT OF IT. SO WE'D LIKE TO INVITE ALL VOLUNTEERS, ALL PARTICIPANTS, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY CLEANUP IN THE COMMUNITY, WE, WE INVITE YOUR PARTICIPATION. SO JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT BRIEFLY. THANK YOU. UM, KEITH? UH, YES, MS. THIS IS MS. DUNLAP. UM, SO THE WORKSHOP MEETINGS, WERE GOING COME INTO THE COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE SEGMENT, THE FIVE SEGMENTS, WHAT HAVE YOU. UM, WHAT'S AFTER THAT, BECAUSE [01:10:01] METRO INTRODUCED THE IDEA TO THE COMMUNITY, HAD PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, NOW AS WORKSHOPS IS THERE, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT? AFTER THIS WORKSHOP, WE'LL GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION OF THE INPUT FROM THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, GATHER THAT, AND PRETTY MUCH, UH, AGAIN, LOOK AT WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD WANT THEIR COMMUNITY TO LOOK. IT'S A DESIGN, UH, WORKSHOP. SO THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SAY WE WANT MORE, UM, LET'S SAY, UH, ARTWORK, WE WANT MORE, UM, SHELTERS, ET CETERA. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ALSO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND INPUT OF HOW THE LINE WILL LOOK LIKE IN THEIR SPECIFIC COMMUNITY. LIKE I SAID, AFTER THAT, THE COLLECTION OF THE INFORMATION AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AGAIN TO THE PUBLIC WITH ANOTHER MEETINGS TO PROVIDE YOU THAT INPUT THAT YOU PROVIDED US. GREAT. UH, THE REASON I ASKED THIS, IT'S A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, IS I HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO SELL IT TO THE PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAID, WELL, THEY DID THIS ALREADY, SO I NEED TO KNOW WHAT ALL, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DESIGNING AND HAVING INPUT AND I'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT IT TOMORROW NIGHT AT MY MEETING. THANK YOU, YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. I'M PUTTING THAT INFORMATION ON CHECK FOR YOU. UM, IS THERESA FROM PLANNING STILL ON THE CALL? THERESA GE? YES. DO YOU WANT US TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE TRANSPORTATION DIVISION AND THE NORTH HOUSTON HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM? YES. UM, NEXT MONTH THE TRANSPORTATION DIVISION IS, UH, PLANNING TO ATTEND A AS INVITED THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE MEETING, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT N-H-A-H-I-P, WHICH IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE I 45 PROJECT. UM, CHERYL, LET ME GET WITH YOU IF THERE'S SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WE CAN ANSWER, BUT THERE IS WILL BE AN UPDATE ABOUT THAT. THEY, THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP OF OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS ALSO LOOKING FORWARD VERY MUCH TO INTRODUCING AND BRINGING FORTH TO THE ENTIRE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE ABOUT THE TRUCK ROUTE PLANNING, SOMETHING THAT WE THINK WILL BE OF HIGH INTEREST TO MAIN TO MANY COMMUNITIES. I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, BRINGING THAT UP, THERESA, I HAD NOT HAD A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO, TO YOUR EMAIL, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, COULD YOU PUT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT FOR EVERYBODY PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. HAPPY TO DO THAT. STACY, ANYBODY? ANYBODY? OH, SORRY. GO AHEAD STACY. THAT'S OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MUTE. FOLLOWING ON TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING ABOUT, UM, WHAT'S GONNA BE ON OUR BALLOT, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE 14 TEXAS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO LOOK AT. I'LL PUT THEM IN THE CHAT. SO AT THE LINK TO THEM ALL SO THAT YOU CAN SHARE THEM OUT, UH, WITH YOUR SMS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON ALL OF OUR BALLOTS. SO, UH, FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT THEM, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THEM AT SUPER, THE NEXT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22 MEETING ON OCTOBER 19TH, UH, FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT AND IT WILL BE VIRTUAL. SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN THAT, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVE HD 1 34 REPRESENTATIVE, UH, ANN JOHNSON IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS. SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO, UH, ANYBODY IS WELCOME TO JOIN, OR YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND IT WILL BE RECORDED THERE FOR AFTERWARDS FOR ANYONE TO DISTRIBUTE. WELL, THANK YOU THAT, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. IT SAYS, DO WE KNOW HOW KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THE BALLOT? I THOUGHT I HEARD THAT NUMBER AT ONE POINT. I THINK THERE ARE 17 MALE CANDIDATES ALONE. 2020, UH, I THINK ONLY 17 ACTUALLY MAY. I THINK THERE WERE SOME WITHDRAWALS. OH, OKAY. GOTCHA. I'M SORRY. THAT'S CORRECT. 17 AND 17. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN EACH, THEN YOU'VE GOT THE COUNCIL OFFICES, BOTH THE, THE DISTRICT REPS AS WELL AS THE AT LARGE, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. IT'S GONNA BE A QUITE A MASSIVE MARATHON GOING THROUGH THE BALLOT. [01:15:01] NAOMI, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP. ACTUALLY, THIS IS A REQUEST. STACY, COULD YOU PUT IN THE CHAT YOUR EMAIL SO WE CAN CONTACT YOU OR WHOMEVER WE SHOULD CONTACT SO WE CAN GET, UM, IF WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, SOMEONE SEND A, THE LINK TO US FOR BEING ABLE TO ATTEND, UH, YOUR MEETING AND IF YOU WOULD GIVE THE DATE AGAIN? YES. SO IT'S GOING TO BE, SO YOU CAN, UH, EMAIL AND I'LL PUT THIS IN THE CHAT. SUPER. AND THIS IS FOR ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING IT ON HT V SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, TWO, TWO, THE NUMBER'S TWO, TWO, SO SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD SPELLED OUT22@GMAIL.COM. AND IT'S GOING TO BE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19TH FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT ON ZOOM. SO WHEN, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, UM, PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL TO SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD TWENTY2@GMAIL.COM AND I WILL FORWARD YOU THE, UH, OR I WILL REPLY BACK WITH THE ZOOM INFORMATION. OKAY. AND SO YOU SAID ON SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22, IT'S SPELLED OUT, INCLUDING THE 22 IS SPELLED OUT? NO, NO, THE 22 IS TWO IS ROMAN NUMERAL. I'M SORRY. UM, JUST REGULAR NUMBERS. I'M PUTTING IT IN THE CHAT NOW. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I ALSO PUT A LINK, UH, IT'S ON THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S WEBSITE FOR ALL OF THE MUNICIPAL CANDIDATES AND THE DIFFERENT RACES. I'D ALSO LIKE TO BRING UP AT THIS POINT, THE POSSIBILITY HAS BEEN TOSSED AROUND BY SEVERAL PEOPLE OF US MEETING IN PERSON AGAIN. AND SO I'M THINKING THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR US TO TAKE A PULSE TO SEE, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN HAVING A DECEMBER MEETING IN PERSON? AND WE WOULD PROBABLY HOLD IT AT THE, UM, I SAY OLD AT OUR PRIOR MEETING LOCATION, WHICH WAS IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX. UM, I, I SEE SOME THUMBS UP COMING, UM, THUMBS UP. WE WERE, WE WERE THINKING THAT WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, WE'RE KIND OF FEELING COMFORTABLE GETTING BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. AND SO DON'T BE SURPRISED. BUT I WANTED TO GIVE PEOPLE SOME FAIR WARNING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING THE DECEMBER MEETING AND IN-PERSON MEETING, I AM SEEING LOTS OF THUMBS UP. SO, GREAT. I'M GLAD. GO AHEAD A QUESTION. SO GLAD, GLAD TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE ARE OPEN. AND, AND FOR THAT, UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL THE INFORMATION YOU'RE THROWING INTO THE CHATS, UM, WITH INFORMATION ON THE BALLOTS, THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. STACY, THANK YOU FOR OFFERING TO, UH, FOR LETTING US KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO POST YOUR, YOUR, UH, SESSION WITH ANN JOHNSON ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE SO THAT WE CAN ALL LOOK AT IT. THAT IS ONE OF THE VALUES OF US MEETING TOGETHER IS, IS WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION. AND SO THAT'LL BE VALUABLE INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT IMPACTS EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD YOU'RE IN. I'M SHOWING THAT WE HAVE 12 MINUTES LEFT, SO WE STILL HAVE TIME. IF, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE, UM, IF NOT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AND WE'LL GIVE EVERYBODY 12 MINUTES OF THEIR EVENING BACK. I MAKE A MOTION, WE ADJOURN. I SECOND THE MOTION. OKAY. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY UNANIMOUS. LET'S ALL SAY I A HAVE A HAVE A GOOD REST OF THE MONTH. EVERYBODY FOLLOW THE WATER RESTRICTION RULES AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN OCTOBER. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.