[Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting on October 9, 2023. ]
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OKAY, EVERYBODY, I SHOW THAT IT IS SIX 30.UM, I KNOW THAT WE TRY TO BE AS TIMELY AS POSSIBLE.
WE TRY TO STICK TO THE AGENDA DUE TO EVENTS BEYOND OUR CONTROL.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK, UM, THE CONGRESSWOMAN AS SHE'D LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST BECAUSE SHE'S LEAVING TO GO TO THE VIGIL AT THE SYNAGOGUE TONIGHT.
ARE YOU ON THE CALL, MA'AM? TOMORROW? CAN YOU PING HER? I THINK WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE, THE COMMUNITY VIGIL AND TOMORROW YOU'RE MUTED IF YOU OKAY.
I, I JUST TOLD HER THAT Y'ALL ARE ASKING HER TO SPEAK NOW BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SHE HAS A SEVEN O'CLOCK COMMITMENT, RIGHT? RIGHT.
'CAUSE I'M CALLING HER AND SHE PROBABLY ON HOLD ON THIS CALL, SO I JUST SENT HER A TEXT.
UH, YEAH, CHERYL, THAT, YEAH, THE, UM, PROGRAM AT THE SYNAGOGUE DOES START AT 7:00 PM 'CAUSE I DEBATED WHETHER TO COME HERE OR GO THERE AND DECIDED TO ATTEND THE MEETING TONIGHT.
AND SHE, SHE IS THERE AND OR ON, AND SO SHE, BUT SHE HAD A, AN UPDATE FOR US THAT SHE WANTED TO GIVE AND SO WE WERE GOING TO LET HER DO THAT FIRST.
IN THE MEANTIME, WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON THAT, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO OUR OCTOBER MEETING AND AMY WILL BE DOING THE ROLL CALL.
SO AMY, YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THAT AND THEN IF THE CONGRESSWOMAN POPS IN, CAN WE PAUSE THE ROLL CALL AND PICK IT UP? DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? WORKS.
SO JUST TO KEEP THINGS MOVING, I'M GOING TO CALL OUT THE NAMES OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN AND ATTENDANCE AT THE LAST THREE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE MEETINGS, WHICH IS MAY, JUNE, AND SEPTEMBER.
UM, SO IF YOU, WOULD I ANSWER PRESENT FOR YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IF I CALL YOU AND WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF THIS LIST, UM, UH, WE CAN, UH, TAKE DOWN NAMES OF ANYONE ELSE THAT'S IN ATTENDANCE OR YOU'RE WELCOME TO PUT THAT IN THE CHAT AND WE CAN CAPTURE THOSE AND PARTICULARLY PEOPLE BY PHONE THAT DON'T HAVE NAMES REFLECTED, WE WOULD NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION FROM YOU AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE LIST THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENT FOR THE THREE CONSECUTIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE MEETINGS, STARTING WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE GREATER INWOOD PHILLIPS SALENO PRESENT.
1516 MEMORIAL RE OR JUST GOT PRESENT.
CHERYL PRESENT, 36 BRAISE OAKS.
NAOMI OSTFELD, PRESENT 37 WEST BREWERY.
PRESENT 38 NEAR SOUTHWEST STEVEN PONIK.
PRESENT, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41 FORT BEND, HOUSTON SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 48 TRINITY HOUSTON GARDENS,
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SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 49 EAST HOUSTON.UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 64 GREATER EASTWOOD.
THAT'S ME, AMY DEN AND A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALSO I HAVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 45 NORTHSIDE NORTHLINE.
PAULA PARTIAL PASTOR DEB'S HERE TOO.
OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES CHERYL, OUR LIST OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENT AT THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS OR MORE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA PAUSE FOR THE CONGRESSWOMAN OR GO TO, UH, THE LARGER ROLL CALL.
IS THE CONGRESSWOMAN A AVAILABLE AND READY? UH, SHE SAID SHE WOULD, UH, WHEN SHE CALLS IN.
OKAY, THEN, I'M SORRY, WAIT A MINUTE.
AND, AND FOLKS, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, TRY TO MUTE, UH, AMY, ARE YOU GONNA CHECK THE OTHERS THAT ARE ON THE PHONE? SHE'S TRYING TO GET IN.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
THAT'S THE CONGRESSWOMAN GERALD.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, MA'AM.
LET ME, UM, EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR LETTING ME, UM, ADD JUST A MOMENT TO YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES, UH, AND THE WHOLE IDEA OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
BUT ONE THING I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND, AND GREETINGS TO ALL OF THE CIVIC LEADERS, UM, I AM A BIG CHAMPION OF CIVIC CLUBS AND SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
HAVING SUPPORTED THEM WHEN THEY WERE FIRST ORGANIZED UNDER MAYOR LE BROWN.
THEY'RE A VERY GOOD TOOL FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, UH, AND FUNDING SOURCES.
AND I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE MORE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO EVEN MAKE THEIR ATTEMPT TO APPLY FOR, UH, FEDERAL FUNDS INDEPENDENTLY, WHICH YOU CAN DO IN A, IN A CERTAIN WAY, UH, COLLABORATING WITH NONPROFITS OR EITHER HAVING YOUR OWN NONPROFITS.
CERTAINLY THE TIERS ARE, UH, RECEPTIVE AND CAN DO THAT IN MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS.
BUT AGAIN, CIVIC CLUBS ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT.
AND YOU ARE CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE, THE $1.7 TRILLION, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
WE'LL EXPECT THAT FUNDING TO LAST, UH, INTO THE, UH, BETTER HALF OF 2025.
IT'S CRUCIAL THAT, UH, THE FUNDING THAT IS COMING OUT IN A GRADUATED WAY CAN BE ASSESSED BY THE CITY AND ASSESSED BY LOCAL GROUPS, UH, THAT DO ANY MYRIAD OF THINGS, CERTAINLY ROADS.
UM, I'M VERY CONCERNED TO SEE, UH, WATER MAIN BREAK OVER IN THE FIRST WARD.
UH, WE'VE GOT TO WORK, THIS IS WHAT, UM, THE, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS DO WORKING WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UH, SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A CONSENT DECREE GOING ON THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM IN THE NORTHEAST, THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED.
UH, AND, UM, UH, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, PARK IMPROVEMENTS, UM, ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED UNDER THIS INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
MANY OF YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BETWEEN MISSOURI AND OHIO WHEN THEY JUST ABSOLUTELY REDID A BRIDGE, UH, THAT HAD NOT BEEN REDONE FOR AGES.
SO PROJECTS ARE PROLIFERATING.
UH, IT'S, UH, PARTLY UNDER THE, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UM, AND, UM, UH, NUMBER OF OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENTS.
BUT, UH, IT WORKS WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
THERE MAY BE SOME FLOOD MONEY AVAILABLE AS WELL COLLABORATING WITH HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD DISTRICT.
SO I WANTED TO JUST, UH, AT LEAST INDICATE THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT EXCLUDED, THAT THE MONIES ARE NOT, UH, OUT NOW.
MEANING THAT THEY HAVE NOT RUN OUT NOW, THEY'RE NOT EXPECTED TO RUN OUT IN 2024, THAT THEY ARE TO GO INTO 2025.
BUT IT WILL TAKE HARD WORK AND COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY AND OTHER AGENCIES SUCH AS THE COUNTY.
AND I THINK WE HAVE A NEW SET OF COMMISSIONERS THAT RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, BUT I CERTAINLY BEFORE I WENT BACK TO WASHINGTON, WANTED TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU.
AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
HAVE A GOOD, YOU HAVE A HAVE A GOOD MEETING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
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AMY, WE'LL LET YOU RESUME.UM, MARK KLEIN FROM SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 12, DEXTER HANDY, 22 GEORGE FRY FRAY.
UH, SUPER 14, KEVIN STRICKLAND, 15, KWIN 31.
IF THERE'S ANY, UH, TINA SULLIVAN, UH, SUPER NEIGHBOR IN 63.
IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE THAT HASN'T MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, FOR THEIR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE DO SO TOMORROW.
RAINWATER, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41.
MAHORN, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 47.
ANYONE ELSE FOR ROAD CALL? KEN ROGERS, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 67.
SAMMY PRINCE HUG, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 83.
ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, CHERYL, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES ROLL CALL.
UM, DO WE HAVE, UM, OUR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT REP HERE? HAS SHE LOGGED ON? YES MA'AM, I AM.
SEE IF I CAN GET MY CAMERA TO WORK.
IT WAS GIVING ME SOME PROBLEMS JUST A MOMENT AGO.
UM, JUST WANTED TO BRING A LITTLE BIT OF A, UM, UPDATE FROM THE MAYORS ONE.
WE HAD SOME GREAT DISCUSSION, UH, IN A ROUND TABLE THAT TASHA JACKSON'S OFFICE PUT TOGETHER LAST WEEK, SO WE WERE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT.
UM, OVERALL, YOU KNOW, THE RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED, UH, TO THIS DEPARTMENT, AND AS YOU KNOW, ONE CLEAN HOUSTON INCLUDES, UH, POLICE AS WELL AS AS SOLID WASTE.
BUT I KNOW FROM OUR END HERE AT THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS SINCE THE RE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN DEDICATED.
UM, IN ONE, I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THE RESPONSE TIMES.
UM, PREVIOUSLY WE WERE ABOUT AN AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING OF UP TO 37 DAYS.
UH, WE WERE HAPPY TO REPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY IN THE FIRST MONTH OF GETTING THEM ON BOARD, WE WENT FROM SEVEN DAYS.
UH, RIGHT NOW I JUST CHECKED THE NUMBERS AND WE'RE HOVERING AROUND 10 TO 15 DAYS ON A TURNAROUND FOR, UM, AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME ON ILLEGAL DUMPING, UH, SERVICE COMPLAINTS.
SO WE STILL WANNA ENCOURAGE, UM, RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO REPORT AND REPORT.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT REALLY ALLOWS, UH, THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CREWS THAT ARE WORKING ON JUST ILLEGAL DUMPING TO POPULATE ON THEIR MAPS THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR PHONES, UH, THE ILLEGAL DUMPING SRSS THAT ARE COMING IN SO THAT WE CAN BE AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE IF THEY'RE OUT COLLECTING, YOU KNOW, IN A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF AS THEY GET POPULATED, THEY'RE ACTUALLY SEEING THOSE POPULATED IN REAL TIME.
SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY PLAYING A ROLE IN, IN IMPROVING THOSE RESPONSE TIMES.
ADDITIONALLY, UM, I, LET'S SEE, SINCE, UM, LOOKING HERE AT OUR NUMBERS, SINCE THE LAUNCH OF ONE CLEAN HOUSTON, WE'VE COLLECTED 11,860 DUMP SITES.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T, THAT DON'T KNOW, UM, ONE CLEAN HOUSTON WAS LAUNCHED IN, UM, LATE MARCH, EARLY APRIL IS WHEN WE STARTED THE CRUISE OUT.
UM, REALLY IMPACTING, UH, HAVING DEDICATED CREWS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT SOLID WASTE DIDN'T HAVE PRIOR TO ONE CLEAN HOUSTON.
WE WERE HAD BASICALLY CREWS THAT WERE COLLECTING ALONG THE ROUTE THEIR ROUTES FOR HEAVY TRASH.
'CAUSE IT'S OF COURSE THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT.
UM, SO SINCE THE LAUNCH WE'VE COLLECTED LIKE 11,860 DUMP SITES, AN AVERAGE CUBIC YARD OF 11.49 CUBIC YARDS PER STOP.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A CONCERTED EFFORT.
I KNOW, UM, HAVING COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN, IN A JUST MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL WAY OF BEING ABLE TO REPORT GOING OUT AND DOING CLEANUPS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE REALLY HELPED US PUSH THE WORD AND PUSH THE MESSAGE OUT ON THIS.
UM, ANOTHER PART OF THE, OF THE, UH, ONE CLEAN HOUSTON INITIATIVE WAS THE, UM, CAMERAS, I KNOW MAJORITY OF THOSE CAMERAS LIE IN, IN, UM, IN, UH, SORRY, IN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE DID PURCHASE 12 CAMERAS THAT WE'RE USING AS WE'RE MOVING ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, WE'RE GETTING REPORTS THAT IT'S REALLY DRASTICALLY, YOU KNOW, DECREASING NUMBERS.
UH, WHAT WE DID IS IN THE AREAS WHERE WE WERE RECEIVING HIGH CALL, HIGH CALL VOLUME OF COMPLAINTS OF SR COMPLAINTS, AND AS LONG AS THE AREA ALLOWED
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FOR ONE OF THE MOBILE TRAILER, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT, LIKE WHAT YOU SEE AT AN A CONSTRUCTION YARD, UM, THE MOBILE CAMERAS, MOBILE TRAILER CAMERAS, UH, WE, WE'VE BEEN SETTING THOSE OUT IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE, UM, WHERE WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OF ILLEGAL DUMPING.SO WE KNOW THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN PRETTY EFFECTIVE.
WE'VE GOTTEN, YOU KNOW, WORD BACK FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S DOING A, IT'S DOING ITS JOB, WHICH IS REALLY A DETERRENCE.
UM, I KNOW THAT, THAT, UH, IT'S BEING MONITORED AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD, UH, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF SUCCESS IN, UM, CAPTURING ANY, OF COURSE, THE CAMERAS BEING THERE.
WE'RE NOT GETTING A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AFTER THEY'RE PLACED THERE.
SO WE WERE HOPING WE WOULD CATCH SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, CATCH SOME OF THE VIOLATORS, UM, THAT, THAT ARE STILL, WOULD STILL BE IN THE AREA, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE AS EFFECTIVE IN THAT AS MORE AS OF AS OF A DETERRENCE FOR THAT, UM, AREA IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, LASTLY I WAS GONNA MENTION THE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
UM, THIS WAS, UH, ANOTHER PART OF THE INITIATIVE, UH, TO HIRE SIX CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SO THAT THE, UM, ILLEGAL DUMPING CASES COULD BE, UH, YOU KIND OF DEDICATED TO A GROUP TO, UM, TO ENFORCE TO GO OUT AND INVESTIGATE.
UM, WITH RIGHT NOW, WE DEPEND ON, ON DON TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO A LOT OF THAT FOR US.
SO, UH, THIS INITIATIVE WOULD BRING IN SIX ON, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ON OCTOBER 21ST, THE HIRING OF THREE NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'RE MORE FOR, UM, THE DUMPSTER, UM, SORRY, THE, UM, MULTI-FAMILY LIKE DUMPSTER INSPECTIONS.
UM, BUT THIS NEW MEANS THAT THEY CAN NOW, UM, THEY CAN NOW ENFORCE ALL OF CHAPTER 39, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, OUR GOVERNING CHAPTER FROM SOLID WASTE.
SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT THOSE WILL BE, THOSE THREE WILL BE COMING ON BOARD.
AND WE HAVE THREE MORE TO HIRE.
UM, AND THOSE WILL BE COMING ON OCTOBER, UH, 21ST OF THIS MONTH.
THAT REALLY CONCLUDES MY, MY UPDATES.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I'M, I'M JUST, I'M HAPPY WITH THE WAY THIS IS ROLLING OUT.
WE ARE, UM, HOPING TO BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE AFTER THE ARPA FUNDING IS, UM, REALLY EXHAUSTED.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN IN THE PIPELINE, UH, DON'T HAVE 'EM YET, BUT, UH, TO BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE AFTER THIS FUNDING HAS, HAS EXHAUSTED US AS TO PURCHASE THREE HIGH VOLUME, UH, SPECIFIC ILLEGAL DUMPING VEHICLES THAT ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE NOTICED WHEN WE'VE HIRED ON THESE ADDITIONAL CREWS, UM, VENDORS, IS THAT THEY'VE GOT THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING.
UM, AND I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT THE NAME OF THOSE TRUCKS ARE RIGHT NOW, BUT THE DIRECTOR WOULD DO 'EM OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.
BUT THOSE THREE VEHICLES I THINK ARE GONNA BE A BIG IMPACT IN KEEPING THE DEPARTMENT ON PAR WITH, WITH COLLECTING ILLEGAL DUMPING IN THE FUTURE ONCE THESE, YOU KNOW, UM, ONCE THESE SUPPLEMENTAL CREWS DO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVE TO MOVE ON AND, AND OUR FUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO HOPING TO CONTINUE GETTING, UH, FUNDING FOR THIS EFFORT IN THE FUTURE WITH, YOU KNOW, NEW ADMINISTRATION.
VERONICA, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ADDRESS TO VERONICA AT THIS TIME? WELL, I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, WHEN THE RES THE REDUCTION IN THE RESPONSE TIME, IS THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, ACROSS THE CITY? UM, YOU KNOW, OR IS THIS YES, MA'AM.
AND, UM, AND I DO WANNA SHARE THE ONE CLEAN HOUSTON WEBSITE.
IF YOU SCROLL ALL THE WAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE MISS IT.
IF YOU SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, IT GIVES YOU, UM, IT GIVES YOU NOT SO MUCH THE RESPONSE TIME.
I'M MORE ABLE TO SEE THAT INTERNALLY AS I LOOK AT THE CALL VOLUME.
BUT, UM, IT DOES SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT AREA.
IT GIVES YOU A MAP THAT YOU CAN ZOOM IN AND LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN SPECIFIC.
JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY, UM, HOW MANY ARE REPORTED VERSUS HOW MUCH WE'RE PICKING UP ALONG THE WAY.
IT'S LIKE A PROACTIVE AND A AND MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE LOOK YOU'LL SEE DUE TO TWO DIFFERENT COLORS.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
I'VE JUST, MY CAMERA'S BEEN, UM, GIVING ME A HARD TIME.
BUT, UM, BUT, BUT YES, THE RESPONSE TIME IS ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, WE LOOK AT ALL ILLEGAL DUMPS DUMPING, UM, SR REQUESTS THAT COME IN.
UH, AND THAT'S HOW WE MONITOR THAT.
UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE CLEAN HOUSTON WEBSITE, IT GIVES A BETTER PICTURE IN THE SENSE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH OUR CREWS ARE RESPONDING TO ILLEGAL DUMPING COMPLAINTS ALONG THE WAY, THEY'RE COLLECTING WHAT'S IN THE AREA.
AND SO YOU SEE, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THERE'S COLLECTIONS THAT WHERE, WHERE YOU CALL THE PROACTIVE COLLECTIONS.
THOSE ARE JUST, WE, WE SEE TIRES HERE OR WE SEE THIS THERE.
WE'RE COMING HERE TO COLLECT, UM, YOU KNOW, AN, AN A SERVICE REQUEST, BUT WE'RE GONNA COLLECT ALONG THE WAY.
AND, UM, AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT ABOUT FROM
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OUR SUPPLEMENTAL COLLECTIONS.WE'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT ARE ON BOARD RIGHT NOW TO HELP US WITH THAT.
I THINK KEITH HAD A QUESTION AS WELL.
UH, YES, VERONICA, GREAT PRESENTATION.
WHEN WILL THE CITY SIGN THE MOU WITH, UH, THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE? UH, WITH ONE CLEAN HOUSTON, UH, THAT I'M UNAWARE OF, I CAN ASK.
JESSE BOUNDS, UH, REPRESENTS THE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THE ONE CLEAN HOUSTON.
SO, MOU WITH, UM, HARRIS COUNTY, YOU RIGHT.
WITH THE, UH, CONSTABLE AL ROSEN'S OFFICE? UH, FOR ONE, UH, FOR MORE CAMERAS TO BE INSTALLED.
THERE'S A FEW THINGS IN THERE, BUT THE CAMERAS ARE BIG.
UM, YEAH, LET ME GET, UH, LET ME GET THAT RESPONSE.
KEITH, I'VE GOT YOUR NAME HERE AND, AND I CAN GRAB YOUR EMAIL OFF THIS INVITE.
UM, AND I'D, I'D LOVE TO, TO FIND OUT, GET A, MAYBE GET AN ANSWER FROM THEM.
I KNOW THEY'VE, THEY'VE SAID EVEN AT OUR ROUND TABLE LAST, UM, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY, THEY DID, UM, JESSE DID SAY, UH, THAT THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT, UM, GOING ON.
AND I, BUT I DIDN'T GET THE SPECIFICS ON IT.
SO I WILL, UM, GO BACK TO HIS OFFICE AND, AND, AND TRY TO GET YOU AN ANSWER.
DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, KEITH? NO, THAT'S IT.
WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? OH, DEB, PASTOR DEB HAD A COMMENT IN THE CHAT, VERONICA, LET ME SEE.
YEAH, SHE SAID THEY NEED A COUPLE OF CAMERAS FOR NORTHTOWN AREA OF GREATER NORTH LINE.
THERE'S LOTS OF ILLEGAL DUMP SITES THERE.
COULD YOU MAYBE, UM, USE THAT AS A JUMP OFF POINT FOR REMINDING PEOPLE HOW THEY CAN REPORT AND PUT IN A SERVICE REQUEST? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO WE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH 3 1 1, AND, AND I WILL SAY THIS, LET ME JUST ADD THIS, UH, TO JUST, NOT ONLY REPORTING ILLEGAL DUMPING, BUT ANY REQUESTS SUCH AS THE CAMERA I SAW, I I GET THAT ONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, I THINK I MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY'RE MOBILE CAMERAS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, ON WHEELS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THEM AROUND.
UM, WE IN THE DEPARTMENT ARE MANAGING THAT PROCESS.
AND IF YOU EMAIL, AND I'M GONNA DROP IT IN THE CHAT, SWD WORKS, UM, EMAIL THEM THAT LOCATION IN NORTHLINE BECAUSE AS WE MOVE THEM AROUND THE CITY, WE'LL PUT THIS AREA ON THE LIST.
SOMEONE WILL COME OUT, MAKE SURE THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROPER CONCRETE, UM, YOU KNOW, AREA FOR THE CAMERA TO SIT.
AND WE WILL RELOCATE THOSE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, AS WE GET COMPLAINTS.
UM, 'CAUSE WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT THAT NORTHTOWN, GREATER NORTHLINE AREA AND LOOK AT THE COMPLAINTS THAT ARE COMING INTO THAT AREA.
AND AS LONG AS WE CAN JUSTIFY IT, WE'LL BRING OVER THE MOBILE CAMERA FOR THAT.
UM, LET ME PUT IN, INTO THE CHAT S WD WORKS, UM, AT HOUSTON TX.GOV, AND WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, TWO TO THREE PEOPLE THAT MONITOR THIS EMAIL THROUGHOUT THE DAY, UH, THAT CAN ALSO GET THAT KI KIND OF REQUEST, UM, FOR, FOR THE CAMERAS.
AND THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND THE CHAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT IN THERE FOR US.
SO I, UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA, WE'LL, I'M GONNA KEEP MONITORING AS PEOPLE PUT THINGS IN THE CHAT AND I'LL BRING IT UP.
BUT WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
AND VERONICA, IF YOU CAN HANG AROUND A LITTLE BIT IN CASE PEOPLE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS IN A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU.
PERRY, DO YOU HAVE YOUR PEOPLE HERE FROM PUBLIC WORKS? YES.
LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I'M PERRY STORY, ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, AND TODAY WITH ME IS OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, RANDY MACAI, M-A-C-C-H-I.
RANDY, CAN YOU GIVE YOUR REPORT ON WATER LEAKS IN THE DROUGHT? I CAN.
AND, AND GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
FORGIVE ME FOR BEING IN THE CAR.
UH, I'M COMING, I'M COMING SADLY FROM A FUNERAL VIEWING, AND I'M HEADED TO ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT HERE SOON.
BUT, UM, BUT I DID WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO UPDATE EVERYBODY ON WATER LEAKS.
YOU KNOW, AS THE CONGRESSWOMAN MENTIONED, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALL NOTICE.
UM, IT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HOUSTON OVER THE SUMMER.
YOU KNOW, I WANNA KIND OF SET THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT AND THE BACKGROUND.
WE, UM, HAVE DEALT WITH WATER LEAKS IN HOUSTON FOR AS LONG AS HOUSTON'S BEEN AROUND.
THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE NATURE OF THE GAME.
AND, AND I THINK WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST WATER SYSTEMS, WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
AND IN FACT, UM, WE HAVE LIKELY THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION LINES OF ANYWHERE IN, IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AT OVER 7,600 MILES OF PIPE.
UM, THE TERRAIN THAT WE HAVE HERE IN HOUSTON, THE TYPE OF GROUND WE HAVE WITH THIS CLAY,
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THE FACT THAT A GOOD PORTION OF THE, OF THE CITY IS BELOW SEA LEVEL.AND THEN WHEN YOU GET THIS EXTREME HEAT AND DROUGHT THAT WE HAD OVER THE SUMMER, WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS THE GROUND STARTS TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT AND ANYTIME THE GROUND MOVES, EVERYTHING INSIDE OF IT MOVES WITH IT.
AND SO WHEN YOU SAY, HOW COME WE HAVE WATER LEAKS? IT'S REALLY BECAUSE STUFF IS SHIFTING AROUND AND WHEN THINGS SHIFT, IT STARTS TO BREAK.
SO I, I PUT THAT BACKDROP UP THERE BECAUSE WE EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF WATER LEAKS LAST SUMMER.
WE EXPERIENCED ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF WATER LEAKS AFTER THE WINTERTIME WHEN THE PIPES FROZE.
AND NOW IN THIS SUMMER, WE HAD ONE OF THE MOST EXTREME SUMMERS WE'VE HAD SINCE 2011.
UM, I MEAN, WE ALL EXPERIENCED IT.
WE FELT IT RECORD NUMBER OF, UH, HEAT DAYS, 109 DEGREE DAYS IN HOUSTON.
WE DID THAT TWICE, RIGHT? AND, AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY JUST THE RECORDED TEMPERATURE, THAT'S THE OFFICIAL COUNT.
THERE WERE PARTS OF TOWN THAT WERE MUCH HOTTER THAN 109, AND WE'VE SEEN THE GROUND LITERALLY SPLIT OPEN.
SO LEADING UP INTO THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, LEADING UP TO THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, WE MADE A BIG, BIG PUSH TO ENSURE THAT THE BACKLOG OF WATER LEAKS WE HAVE WAS BELOW 100.
AND SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND, WE TYPICALLY DEAL WITH ANYWHERE BETWEEN, IN NORMAL TIMES A HUNDRED TO 250 NEW WATER LEAKS A WEEK.
AND MOST OF THE TIME THOSE ARE VERY ORDINARY LEAKS.
YOU WOULD NOT NOTICE THE MAJORITY OF THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDERGROUND.
BUT WE HAVE WAYS OF FIGURING OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS SUMMER.
WE KNEW COMING INTO IT, WE JUST WANTED TO BE AS FAR AHEAD OF THE GAME AS WE COULD AND BE PREPARED.
AND SO WE MADE A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS PUSH TO GET UNDER A HUNDRED PENDING LEAKS.
AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE DID BECAUSE WITH THE SUMMER THAT WE HAD, WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAD A BACKLOG OF MORE THAN 500 THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
AND THAT BACKLOG OF 500 HAS BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE FACT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF WEEKS WHERE WE HAD MORE THAN 500 NEW BREAKS IN A PARTICULAR WEEK.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND WE'VE HAD TO CALL ON A LOT OF HELP TO COME IN AND BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION.
THE WAY WE'RE STAFFED AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US REALLY ONLY EQUIPS US TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH WHAT'S ORDINARY ABOUT 200 TO 250 BREAKS A WEEK.
AND THAT'S A COMBINATION OF OUR CITY CREWS AND THEN A COUPLE OF REGULARLY PROCURED CONTRACTORS.
BUT WITH THE BREAKS THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, WE HAVE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN 12 CONTRACTORS ALTOGETHER TO HELP US WITH THAT.
THE, THE NEWEST TWO ACTUALLY CAME ON AT THE END OF LAST WEEK.
AND WHAT WE'VE LOOKED FOR IN THESE CONTRACTORS IS WE'VE LOOKED FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE US CAPACITY IN TERMS OF CREWS AND IN TERMS OF MANPOWER AND IN TERMS OF HOURS TO BE ABLE TO GO AND ATTACK AS MANY LEAKS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AND WE PRIORITIZE THOSE LEAKS IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT WHEN A LEAK IS CALLED IN FOR REPAIR, THE FIRST PRIORITY IS ALWAYS GONNA GO TO THOSE CRITICAL FACILITIES, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOSPITALS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DAYCARES, SCHOOLS, DIALYSIS CENTERS.
THOSE ARE ALWAYS GONNA GET PRIORITY NUMBER ONE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THEY'RE UP AND RUNNING AND THEY CAN PROVIDE THOSE CRITICAL SERVICES ANYTIME WE HAVE A MAJOR LEAK.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS A, A LEAK THAT'S ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF ITS SEVERITY, IS PUTTING PEOPLE OUT OF WATER OR IS REDUCING WATER PRESSURE TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY RISK RISK CONTAMINATION TO THE SYSTEM.
THAT'S GONNA BE PRIORITY NUMBER ONE A.
SO WE'RE GONNA TACKLE THOSE REALLY QUICKLY.
AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GONNA KIND OF FALL INTO A PRIORITY BY SEVERITY.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THE LEAKS THAT YOU SEE, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE REALLY ANNOYING, ARE WHAT WE'D KIND OF CALL ORDINARY LEAKS.
AND SO THEY'RE GONNA GET PRIORITIZED AS WE'RE ABLE TO GO OUT AND TACKLE 'EM.
RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THOSE LEAKS TAKE US BETWEEN TWO TO FIVE WEEKS TO BE ABLE TO FULLY ADDRESS.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE AS THE SUMMER HAS GONE ON, THE TYPE OF BREAK WE EXPERIENCE TENDS TO BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT ARE MORE SIGNIFICANT.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE NEW BREAKS THAT ARE HAPPENING ARE STARTING TO GET A HIGHER PRIORITY BECAUSE THEY'RE BIGGER BREAKS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUTTING US AT GREATER RISK FOR POTENTIAL PROBLEMS. AND THAT MEANS THAT SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED FOR A WHILE ARE STARTING TO LAG A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.
I AM HAPPY TO REPORT, THOUGH, I DO WANNA SHARE A FEW NUMBERS WITH YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, WE HAVE REPAIRED MORE THAN 4,780 WATER MAIN BREAKS, WHICH IS, WHICH IS TREMENDOUS.
4,780 IS WHAT WE'VE REPAIRED OUR CITY CREWS HAVE, HAVE HANDLED ABOUT, UH, 2,800 OF THOSE CONTRACTORS HAVE HANDLED AROUND 1900 OF THEM.
OKAY? UM, AND SINCE WE'VE BROUGHT IN ALL THESE EXTRA CONTRACTORS, WHAT I EXPECT TO SEE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IS
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THAT THAT NUMBER'S GONNA FLIP AND THAT THE CONTRACTOR NUMBER IS GONNA BE WAY HIGHER THAN THE CITY CREW NUMBER BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE MORE CAPACITY TO HELP US KNOCK EVERYTHING OUT.BUT WE'RE WORKING REALLY, REALLY DILIGENTLY TO KNOCK EVERYTHING OUT.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE GIVEN, UM, I HAVE GIVEN OUR TEAM SOME SPECIFIC MEASURABLE GOALS BY THE END OF OCTOBER WHERE WE WANNA BE AT A POINT WHERE WE ARE UNDER 500 LEAKS.
RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE BASICALLY MAINTAINING STATUS QUO AND WE'RE KNOCKING 'EM OUT AND WE'RE KIND OF JUST TREADING WATER A LITTLE BIT.
WE WANNA GET UNDER 500 AND BY THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER WE WANNA BE BACK TO UNDER A HUNDRED.
UM, AND THAT'S GONNA REALLY HELP A LOT OUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO FIX WATER.
MAIN LEAKS, THOUGH WEATHER IS ONE OF IT, BOTH EXTREME HOT AND RAIN.
SO RAIN IS GOOD FOR US BECAUSE IT'S HELPING REDUCE THE DEMAND ON OUR WATER SYSTEM, BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT THOSE ARE DAYS WE CAN'T GO AND FIX A WATER MAIN BREAK, BECAUSE AS YOU WOULD GUESS IT, YOU NEED THE HOLE NOT TO BE FULL OF WATER IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FIX THE PIPES THAT ARE IN THE HOLE, RIGHT? AND THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DIG A HOLE IN OTHER WHERE TO GET TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF IT'S FULL OF WATER AND IT'S RAINING, THAT MAKES IT REALLY HARD.
SO RAIN SLOWS US DOWN, BUT RAIN IS ALSO REALLY GOOD AND WE NEED IT.
SO IT'S KIND OF A CATCH 22, BUT WE FIND WAYS TO MANAGE IT.
AND BRINGING ALL THESE EXTRA CONTRACTORS IN MEANS ALSO THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO WORK A LITTLE BIT LONGER, A LITTLE BIT MORE DILIGENTLY, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET TOWARDS HOLIDAY SEASONS TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
UM, I WANNA GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO OUR CITY CREWS.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE SOME OF THE MOST DEDICATED PEOPLE THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY CAREER.
A LOT OF THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY MORE THAN 20 YEARS, MORE THAN 30 YEARS, AND THEY ARE LITERALLY BURNING THE CANDLE BOTH ENDS OF IT.
THEY'RE PUTTING IN A LOT OF OVERTIME.
WE ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE ESTIMATE THAT, UM, CITY CREW OVERTIME HAS BEEN OVER $1.3 MILLION JUST SINCE JUNE 1ST FOR WATER MAIN LEAKS.
THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'VE SPENT ON THAT.
SO, I, I'M SHARING THIS WITH YOU SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE LITERALLY DEDICATING EVERY RESOURCE WE HAVE POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF YOU HAVE HEARD FROM FOLKS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU'RE EXPERIENCING IT WHERE YOU'VE SEEN LOW WATER PRESSURES AT TIMES.
THAT'S A COMBINATION OF REALLY THE HIGH DEMAND ON THE SYSTEM AS WELL AS AS SOME BREAKS OR LEAKS IN THE AREA.
UM, SOMETIMES IT'S A RESULT WE HAVE FOUND OUT OF, OF CONTRACTORS NOT UNDER OUR CONTROL THAT HAVE GONE OUT AND DONE SOME WORK AND HAVE TURNED SOME VALVES IN PLACES.
SO WE GO OUT AND WE TRY AND INVESTIGATE THAT.
BUT WHAT I DO, I WANNA LEAVE IT THERE.
I WANNA OPEN IT UP FOR SOME QUESTIONS.
I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I CAN ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
IF I DON'T KNOW IT, WE'LL TAKE THE NOTE DOWN AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET SOME ANSWERS AND THEN PERRY CAN DISTRIBUTE IT BACK AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE IT.
BUT I WANNA OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.
UM, SAMMY, YOU WERE FIRST IN LINE.
MY QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT GOES TO PUBLIC WORKS OR NOT, WE HAVE, UM, HANDICAP CUT AT THE CORNER OF SOUTHMORE AND BURETTE THAT HOLDS WATER EVERY TIME IT RAINS FOR WEEKS, AND WHEN THE WATER FINALLY EVAPORATES, IT'S FULL OF MUD.
AND WE, I HAVE REPORTED IT AND REPORTED IT OVER THE YEARS, IT'S TOTALLY INACCESSIBLE AFTER A RAIN AND NO ONE CAN GET UP THAT RAMP.
WHO, WHO DOES THAT? UH, WE'VE TOLD, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS SUBSIDENCE.
WELL, IT WAS A SUBSIDENCE FROM THE TIME IT'S BEEN INSTALLED UNTIL NOW, BECAUSE IT HAS ALWAYS HELD WATER.
SO WHO BUILDS WITH THAT KIND OF ENERGY? SAMMY, THAT'S A, THAT'S A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER HERE WITHOUT KNOWING MORE SPECIFICS, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT'S GONNA DEPEND ON WHERE IT'S LOCATED AND, AND WHAT THE OWNERSHIP OF IT IS.
SO IF THIS IS SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY WITHIN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY, THEN THE CITY'S GONNA HAVE SOMETHING THERE.
BUT, BUT WE SHARE RIGHT OF WAYS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT COULD INCLUDE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, THAT COULD INCLUDE THE, THE COUNTY.
UM, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD, I'D INVITE YOU TO DO.
I KNOW THAT YOU SAID YOU'VE REPORTED IT, BUT IF YOU WANNA GET THAT INFORMATION TO US, UM, WE'LL TAKE, WE'LL TAKE A NOTE.
PERRY CAN TAKE A NOTE HERE ON THE LOCATION, AND I'LL HAVE MY TEAM LOOK INTO IT AND FIND OUT WHERE THIS IS.
AND IF WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS REALLY POTENTIALLY A STORM DRAINAGE ISSUE, RIGHT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I BRING UP FLOOD CONTROL.
THAT'S WHY I BRING UP THE COUNTY, BECAUSE WE SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR, FOR DRAINAGE ON THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
AND SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK, WE'LL FIND OUT AND WE'LL GET YOU AN ANSWER.
IT'S AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTHMORE AND T AND IT IS ON THE SOUTH EAST CORNER.
THAT'S ABOUT AS GOOD DIRECTION AS SEE PERRY PEOPLE FIND OUT.
YEAH, I SEE PERRY'S WIDENED THAT DOWN.
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UH, AND I KNOW I'VE, I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH PERRY FOR A COUPLE MONTHS NOW, AND I GUARANTEE YOU SHE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU, I PROMISEDOUG, YOU, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP NEXT.
RANDY, YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT SURPRISED ME.
UH, WHAT AREAS OF THE CITY ARE BELOW SEA LEVEL? WELL, I LIVE IN ONE, UH, DOWN, UH, JUST AT THE EDGE OF THE CITY, IN LEAGUE CITY.
UM, BUT I ACTUALLY BORDER REAL CLOSE TO HOUSTON.
THERE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SPOTS, UM, AS YOU, PARTICULARLY AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE COAST AND DOWN SOUTH, CLEAR LAKE AREA'S, GOT QUITE A FEW PLACES.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE MAP IN FRONT OF ME, DOUG, BUT IT WAS SURPRISING TO ME AS I'VE GONE AND I'VE LOOKED AT ELEVATION MAPS, UH, IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO FIND THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A NUMBER OF SPOTS THAT ARE JUST KINDA LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, HOUSTON'S AN INTERESTING CITY BECAUSE PARTS OF IT ARE SINKING, RIGHT? AND SO WHERE IT WAS FIVE AND 10 YEARS AGO IS NOT THE SAME PLACE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD UP.
UM, BECAUSE, BECAUSE THE TOPOGRAPHY JUST CHANGES.
WELL, I FIND THAT KIND OF FASCINATING PERSONALLY.
THERE ARE JUST LOW LYING SPOTS.
COULD YOU, COULD YOU SHARE, DO YOU HAVE A MAP THAT SHOWS WHAT AREAS ARE BELOW SEA LEVEL THAT YOU COULD SHARE? UH, THAT WE COULD POST ONLINE? YEAH, I'M SURE.
I'M SURE WE CAN GET YOU, WE CAN GET YOU A GOOD MAP LIKE THAT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE CHERYL'S SURPRISED.
WELL, AND I NOTICED IN THE CHAT THAT GREG HAD THIS EXACT SAME QUESTION IN THE CHAT.
SO I'M GOING THROUGH TO SEE THERE WERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN CHAT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER HANDS UP? I WANNA MAKE A CORRECTION.
THE CORNER IS AT, UH, 3,400 SOUTHMORE.
IT'S THE NORTHEAST CORNER, NOT THE SOUTHEAST.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS UP.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE PAD.
OH, KEITH, YOUR HAND JUST WENT UP.
UH, AND RANDY HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, THAT GOAL OF 500, THAT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF WINNER WE HAVE, RIGHT? UM, ON EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BATTLE IS AS THE RAIN COMES, THE GROUND STARTS TO SHIFT AGAIN.
SO REMEMBER, WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT BECAUSE THE GROUND HAS SPLIT APART.
NOW AS THE RAIN COMES AND SATURATES THE GROUND, IT'LL START TO PUSH IT BACK TOGETHER.
NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS, THE RAINS WE'VE GOTTEN OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND THE THE LEVELS AT WHICH THE RAIN HAS COME WILL HELP THAT A LOT BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN SO MUCH THAT IT OVERWHELMS IT, BUT IT'S BEEN JUST ENOUGH THAT IT STARTS TO KIND OF PUSH IT TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DEALT WITH LAST SUMMER WAS IT CAME REALLY FAST AND IT REALLY STARTED BREAKING STUFF APART QUICKLY THIS SUMMER.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING IT A LITTLE MORE GRADUAL, AND THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL, BUT YOU'RE ALSO RIGHT.
THE WINNER, THE WINNER WILL KIND OF EXACERBATE IT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WATER MAIN LEAKS IS JUST GONNA BE A THING THAT WE ARE GONNA, WE ARE GONNA, BECAUSE OF WHERE WE'RE AT, WE'RE GONNA BATTLE IT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THE FUTURE ON A RESILIENCE SIDE IS WE HAVE, UH, AND I GOT SOME OF MY NOTES IN FRONT OF ME HERE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE 21 CAPITAL PROJECTS IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT COVER 91 TOTAL MILES OVER THE NEXT THREE FISCAL YEARS.
THERE'S TWO ALREADY IN CONSTRUCTION.
UM, ALTOGETHER, THIS IS ABOUT $20 MILLION OF PROJECTS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE INTENDED TO DEAL SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR ABILITY TO SHORE UP SOME OF THE PIPING SYSTEMS. AND THE WAY OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS PUT INTO THE GROUND A LONG TIME AGO, UH, IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM HOW WE'RE PUTTING IT IN NOW, YOU KNOW, IN THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES WHEN A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'VE SEEN AROUND THAT HAVE PROBLEMS THAT WERE BUILT, A LOT OF THESE LINES, THESE, THESE WATER LINES ARE IN MUCH SHALLOWER SPOTS THAN WHAT WE WOULD DO TODAY.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE MAYBE THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE FEET DOWN.
TODAY WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THEM 9, 10, 12, 14, 18 FEET DOWN MM-HMM
WHICH MEANS THAT WHEN THE GROUND SHIFTS, IT'S SHIFTING AT THE TOP.
IT'S NOT SHIFTING SO MUCH AT THE BOTTOM.
AND IT ALLOWS THOSE SORTS OF THINGS TO NOT WRE THE HAVOC ON IT AS IT DOES.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ALSO INTERESTING, UH, I'VE GOT THE TEAM ACTUALLY DOING A BIG RESEARCH PROJECT AS WE TRY AND COLLECT THE DATA ON WHERE HAVE WE SEEN WATER MAIN BREAKS, RIGHT? ARE WE SEEING IN LOCALIZED IN SPECIFIC AREAS? ARE WE SEEING 'EM IN SPECIFIC TYPES OF PIPING MATERIALS? UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD FROM ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS RECENTLY IS THEY SAID, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE IT IS, THIS IS WHY I GOT THE TEAM RESEARCHING IT.
SO, SO DON'T TAKE THIS AS GOSPEL TRUTH, BUT THIS IS WHAT I HEAR FROM A CONTRACTOR.
CONTRACTOR SAID, THEY HAVE ONLY DONE REPAIRS IN ASBESTOS
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CONCRETE PIPES.SO THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANY REPAIRS IN THE PVC, THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT IN THE DUCTILE IRON, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE OLDER, THE DUCTILE IRON ARE SOME OF OUR OLDER PIPES, RIGHT? THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD ASSUME, OH, THAT'S WHAT'S BREAKING.
NO, IT'S ONLY BEEN IN THE ASBESTOS CONCRETE, WHICH IS REALLY ACTUALLY KIND OF OUR MIDDLE AGE PIPES.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT AND WE HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE THAT? IS IT DEPTH? IS IT LOCATION? IS IT STRESS FROM ABOVE? UM, THERE'S, THERE'S MANY, MANY THINGS THAT FRANKLY, MUCH SMARTER ENGINEERS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THAT AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FUTURE ON HOW TO BE MORE RESILIENT.
BUT WE'RE LEARNING A LOT OF STUFF AND WE REALLY, REALLY ARE.
AND, AND I WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO MAYOR TURNER.
MAYOR TURNER IS REALLY, REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND SET OURSELVES UP FOR FUTURE SUCCESS.
UM, WHEN ANYBODY ELSE, I'M LOOKING AT THE CHAT, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, RANDY, IF YOU, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE IN THE CAR, UM, BUT PERRY'S ON, SO, UM, IF ANYTHING ELSE COMES UP, WE'LL RUN 'EM THROUGH.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON TONIGHT.
AND PERRY, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE NOTES AND, UM, PLEASE, UH, UH, KI KEEP SAMMY UPDATED ON WHAT YOU FIND OUT.
SO YES, I'LL EMAIL YOU WITH THOSE ANSWERS.
I'VE ALREADY DISPATCHED A REQUEST FOR SOMEONE TO COME TAKE A LOOK AT 3,400 SOPHOMORE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER.
I GOT IT ALL TAKEN CARE OF FOR YOU, MS. PRINCE, AND ALSO A MAP WOULD BE GREAT.
AND WE, WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY ON GETTING THAT UP ON OUR WEBSITE.
RANDY'S GONNA, RANDY'S GONNA HAVE TO GIMME THE MAP I WAS RESEARCHING AND IT SAID THERE AREN'T ANY AREAS BELOW SEA LEVEL.
THERE'RE VERY LOW LYING AREAS, LIKE 40 FEET ABOVE OR 50 FEET ABOVE.
BUT HE'LL HAVE TO GIVE US THE MAP 'CAUSE I COULDN'T FIND IT FROM MY RESEARCH.
WELL, HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT TO YOU.
SO NOW I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
DID YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION YOU WANTED TO SHARE? WE DO.
UM, YOUR IS GOING TO QUEUE THAT UP.
I'M GONNA DO JUST A LITTLE INTRODUCTION FIRST.
UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY, AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE, UH, YOU ALL, I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE WORKED WITH YOU FOR A WHILE.
WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CITYWIDE TRUCK ROUTE PLAN THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, FOR, UH, GOING INTO, UH, EIGHT MONTHS OR SO NOW, UM, JUST AS A REMINDER ABOUT THE BACKGROUND HERE, UM, THE VISION ZERO PLAN IS THE CITY'S SAFETY EFFORT TO ELIMINATE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON OUR ROADS BY 2030.
AND THERE ARE 50 ACTIONS IN THAT PLAN THAT WE ARE WORKING ON TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER.
ONE OF THOSE IS TO ESTABLISH A CITYWIDE TRUCK ROUTE PLAN.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO SYSTEMATIC WAY TO TELL DRIVERS WHERE THEY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE GOING.
SO THEY BASICALLY, THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS, SO THEY GO JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE.
UH, THEY WANT TO, NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE BAD PEOPLE OR BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT TO GET ANYONE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING.
AND SO THEY GO WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THERE'S NO RESTRICTION NOT TO GO.
UM, THE TRUCK ROUTE PLAN IS TO HELP IDENTIFY, UH, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS IN DETAIL, UH, THE STREETS WHERE DRIVERS OF BIGGER VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE BECAUSE WE KNOW BIGGER VEHICLES ARE INVOLVED IN CRASHES AT A HIGHER RATE, UH, THAN THEIR NUMBERS SHOULD BE.
UH, BASED ON STATISTICS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, UH, FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF TIME NOW.
WE'VE HAD AMAZING SUPPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, UM, INCLUDING, ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON, UH, SALLY ALCORN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, GALLEGOS AND ROS, UH, REALLY THE WHOLE COUNCIL.
BUT THOSE FOUR ESPECIALLY HAVE BEEN PUSHING US FORWARD.
SO I'M GONNA TURN OVER THE UPDATE TO MU FANG AND THEN WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END.
AND MUHAN, I THINK YOU'RE MUTED.
I'M MU FANG WITH CITY OF HOUSTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THE CITYWIDE CHART RULE PLAN.
UH, TONIGHT, I, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO QUICKLY GO OVER OUR PLAN, UH, WITH YOU AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE, UH, TO RUN THROUGH THE SLIDES.
I HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY, UM, ON MY SCREEN, SO LET ME ANS UH, TURN OFF MY CAMERA AND THEN, UM, I WILL TURN IT BACK AFTER I FINISH MY PLANTATION.
SO WHY DO WE NEED THE CHARU PLAN? AS, UH, DAVID BRIEFLY MENTIONED, UH, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US, UM, BECAUSE HOUSTON IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST POLICIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND HAS THRIVING LOGISTICS
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AND TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY.UM, ACCORDING TO HOUSTON GARRISON AREA COUNCIL, UH, THE ESTIMATED FREE TONNAGE IN HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA WILL GROW BY 60%.
HOPEFULLY SHE'LL BE BACK UP AND WALKING.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW.
SO, UM, SO BASICALLY WE EXPECT A, A, UH, BIG, UM, CHALLENGE ON THE TRUCK.
UH, THE FREIGHT MOVEMENT IN THE CITY DRIVEN BY THE POPULATION GROWTH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ET CETERA.
SO THE CITYWIDE PLAN IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO PROACTIVELY MANAGE THE FREIGHT MOVEMENT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT WILL NOT ONLY ADJUST THE FREIGHT MOVEMENT, UH, ON THE ROADWAYS, UH, BY DESIGNATING CERTAIN ROADWAY, UM, AS A THROUGH CHART ROUTE, BUT ALSO WILL HELP INCREASE SAFETY FOR PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING, AND DRIVING IN HOUSTON.
UH, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE BY REDUCING NOISE AND, UH, AIR QUALITY IMPACTS TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND ALSO MINIMIZE ROADWAY MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR ROADWAYS NOT DESIGNATED FOR CHAR TRAFFIC.
UM, THE OVERALL, THE, COULD YOU SEE MY SCREEN? UM, IT HASN'T ADVANCED.
FOR SOME REASON IT DOESN'T MOVE.
NOW TECHNOLOGY IS NOT BEING OUR FRAME
PHASE ONE IS TO DEVELOP A, UH, CITYWIDE CHART RULE PLAN, FOCUSING ON DESIGNATING CORRIDORS TO GUIDE, UH, TRUST GOING THROUGH THE CITY.
THIS PHASE DOES NOT ADJUST LOCAL DELIVERY LIKE, UH, THE AMAZON TRUCKS OR FEDEX TRUST WE SEE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET.
PHASE TWO IS TO REALLY IMPLEMENT A CHAT RULE PLAN ESTABLISHED BY PHASE ONE.
AND PHASE THREE WILL BE ADJUST THE LOCAL DELIVERY, UH, CONDUCTED BY AMAZON, FEDEX TRUST, ET CETERA.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY IN PHASE ONE.
UM, WE START A PROJECT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
FIRSTLY, WE REVIEW BEST PRACTICE FROM 13 OTHER US CITIES AND REGIONS AND HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM THEM.
WE UNDERSTAND, UH, THE, THE FREIGHT MOVEMENT IS NOT SO CHALLENGE IN HOUSTON IS A COMMON CHALLENGE THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
UM, WE ALSO ANALYZE A LOCAL CONDITION IN HOUSTON AND INITIATE A SERIES OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES TO GET A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE CHALLENGE WE ARE FACING.
AND NOW WE ARE DEVELOPING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE AND IAN, THAT THE SLIDES AREN'T UPDATING AGAIN.
WE'RE STILL ON THE SCHEDULE ONE.
COULD YOU HEAR, SEE THE, THERE YOU GO.
SO, UH, THESE ARE THE ACTIVITIES.
LIKE WE HAVE CONDUCTED A SERIES OF, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING, UH, TWO INTERDEPARTMENT, UH, MEETINGS, BE MET DIFFERENT, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS TO DISCUSS, UH, THE PROJECT AND GET THEIR INPUT.
WE ALSO, UH, MET MULTIPLE, UH, OUTSIDE AGENCIES INCLUDING, UH, TECHSTAR, UH, HGAC, PORT OF HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, ET CETERA.
WE HELD PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THREE DIFFERENT, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED, UH, CHARGE CHECK SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE ALSO, UH, MET, UH, TESLA'S TRUCKING ASSOCIATION, GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
WE, UH, HAD FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TOOLS.
WE WALKED THROUGH THE, UH, DRIVE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVE TO HEAR DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES.
AND WE, UH, ESTABLISHED A PROJECT WEBSITE, UH, CONDUCT, UH, TWO SURVEYS.
AND WE HAVE GOT LOTS OF REALLY, UH, VALUABLE INPUT FROM, UH, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD, LIKE THESE ARE THE MAJOR, UH, CONCERNS WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WE KNOW TRUCKS ARE USING NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS AS THROUGH TRAVEL EITHER INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY.
WHAT WE MEAN UNINTENTIONALLY IS THAT LIKE SOMETIMES, UH, TRUCK DRIVERS FROM OUTSIDE HOUSTON AREA, THEY'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH OUR AREA.
UH, GOOGLE MAP CAN JUST GUIDE THEM THROUGH.
AND, UH, ONE CHALLENGE IS LIKE HOUSTON, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NO ZONING.
AND, UH, THIS DOES CREATE SOME CHALLENGE AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT TO ADJUST THAT.
UM, HOW TO MINIMIZE AND ALSO TRUST, UH, IMPACTING THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD.
BECAUSE LOTS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, THEY WERE
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CONSTRUCTED AND DESIGNED NOT FOR HEAVY TRUCKS, ONLY FOR LIKE REGULAR VEHICLES.WHEN TOO MANY HEAVY TRUCKS GOES WITH THESE, UH, ROADWAYS, UH, INEVITABLY IT CREATE, UM, THE IMPACT LIKE DAMAGE ON THESE ROADWAY.
UM, ALSO THE TRUST EXTENDED PRESENCE IMPACTS THE TRAFFIC SAFETY.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE TRUST BLOCKING THE INTERCESSIONS AND I IN THE ROW, UH, MEDIUM, UH, ALSO PARK ALONG THE STREETS, ET CETERA.
AND THE RESIDENTS DO ACKNOWLEDGE, LIKE, UH, THE TRUCK MOVEMENT IS PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UH, SO THEY EXPRESS THE DESIGN TO FIND MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL, UH, SOLUTIONS WHERE POSSIBLE.
AND SO, SO BASED ON THE ALL THIS FEEDBACK WE HAVE HEARD RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGNATING, UM, CERTAIN CORRIDORS IN THE CITY AS A THROUGH CHART RULE, UH, SO THAT WE COULD, UH, LOOK, LET THOSE TRUCKS GOING ON THOSE STREETS, STAY ON THOSE STREETS, NOT GOING THROUGH, CUT THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
SO THE PROCESS ARE MULTIPLE STEPS.
WE FIRSTLY START WITH THE FREE CORRIDOR, WHICH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE REGION ALREADY BY HGAC OR TECHSTAR.
THOSE ARE THE MAJOR CORRIDORS CONNECTING TO, UM, THE INDUSTRY AREA, WHICH, UH, GENERATE MORE TRUCK TRAFFIC.
WE IDENTIFY THOSE AND THEN BASED ON THE ROADWAY, WE IDENTIFY THE ROADWAYS THE MAJOR QUARTER FUNCTIONALLY.
SO THE, UH, GOOD FOR THE TRAFFIC, LIKE BASICALLY THEY ARE THE ONES HAVE, UH, WIDER ROADWAY RIGHT OF WAY MORE, UH, TRAVEL LANES.
THOSE ARE THE, UH, THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED.
AND THEN STEP THREE, WE IDENTIFY THE ONE, UH, HAVE, THEY ARE SUITABLE FOR THE, UH, CHALK RULE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE CHALK VOLUME.
THEY COULD ACCOMMODATE HIGHER CHALK VOLUME AND UH, THEY ARE CLOSER TO, UH, THE, THE MAJOR, UH, FREIGHT GENERATOR, ET CETERA.
AND BASED ON THIS THREE STEP PROCESS, WE IDENTIFY A PRELIMINARY MAP, UH, ABOUT THE, THE ROADWAY.
AND THEN WE CANNOT, LIKE, ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL.
WE HAVE TWO THINGS ABOUT THE LOCAL CONTEXT.
SO WE ALSO USE SOME QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE CONSIDERATION TO REFINE THE TROUBLE SELECTION BASED ON THE LOCAL CONTEXT.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WHETHER IT IS IN A COMPLETE COMMUNITY, UH, WHETHER, UM, THERE'S A EXISTING BIKE LANE ALONG THE STREET OR THERE ARE WALKABLE PLACE DESIGNATION, UH, IN THE AREA, ET CETERA.
SO THOSE ARE THE FACTORS WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
THEN WE, WE DRAFT THE CHAR ROOM MAP, AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WILL, UH, TEST WHETHER IT WORKS, WHETHER IT IS FEASIBLE.
WE, WE GET THE, UH, WE WILL VALIDATE THE ROUTE AND THEN, UH, GET THE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK AND FINALLY WE WILL GET THE, THE MAP DONE.
SO THAT IS A REALLY HIGH LEVEL DESIGNATION PROCESS WE PLAN TO GO THROUGH.
WE PLAN TO, UM, PRESENT THIS, UH, LIKE THE CITYWIDE CHARTER PLAN ORDINANCE, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, HAVE THEM ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.
UH, THIS ORDINANCE WILL AUTHORIZE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH THE CITYWIDE CHILD RULE PLAN.
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE SUCH ORDINANCE, SO IF THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED, UH, WE WILL ALSO TEST THE PROPOSED TRUCK RULE, UH, DESIGNATION APPROACH.
I JUST WENT THROUGH IN THE PILOT AREA.
RIGHT NOW WE LESS SET GAS, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH HAS EXPERIENCED SERIOUS, UH, CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC OF THE TRUCK TRAFFIC.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO TEST OUR APPROACH IN THIS AREA AND THEN FINALIZE APPROACH.
UH, IDEALLY AFTER THE, UH, THE PILOT PROJECT, WE WILL, UM, ESTABLISH THIS PLAN, UH, HOPEFULLY SEND IT TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, IN SUMMER 2024.
AND THEN FROM THERE, UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO FURTHER COORDINATE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES TO IMPLEMENT A PLAN.
WITH THAT SAID, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY, UH, JORDAN FRAZIER, YOU HAD A FIRST HAND UP AND THIS IS Y'ALL'S MEETING, SO I'M HAPPY TO DEFER TO YOU ALL.
OKAY, WE'LL LET KEITH GO FIRST THEN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS, I TALKED WITH OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON AND THE REALITY IS ENFORCEMENT'S GOING TO BE THE KEY TO MAKE THIS WHOLE THING WORK.
AND IF THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT, YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE ORDINANCE IN THE WORLD, BUT IF THERE'S NO REAL ENFORCEMENT OUT
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THERE, THEN FOR THEM TO ADHERE, FOR TRUCKERS TO ADHERE TO.UH, IT, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M TOLD THAT THIS WAS, THIS WAS TRIED BEFORE AND THERE WAS NO ENFORCEMENT THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THIS.
AND THAT WAS VERY, UH, SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN INTO OUR SCOPE OF WORK.
WE'RE TAKING ENFORCEMENT, UH, A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH.
FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE AGENCIES IN THE CITY THAT HAVE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY, UH, LIKE, UH, HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A RA, UM, BUT ALSO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE TRUCKING COMPANIES, UM, AND THE FREIGHT INDUSTRY WHO HAVE TOLD US IF WE CAN BE CLEARER ABOUT WHAT WE WANT, THEY CAN BE BETTER ABOUT FOLLOWING IT.
BUT THE CITY HAS NOT ACTUALLY BEEN SUPER CLEAR TO THEM.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GUIDANCE AND WE THINK THESE TWO TOGETHER ARE GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF PROGRESS.
UM, I NOTE, UH, DAVID AND MI HAN, I'M SURE I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME.
UM, GREG'S, UH, HAD A QUESTION IN THE CHAT SAID THAT HAC IS TALKING ABOUT THE REGION.
WHAT'S THE INCREASE IN ANY OF THE CITY ITSELF? CAN YOU YEP.
AND I PUT INTO THE CHAT THAT WAS MEANT AS A RESPONSE TO HIS QUESTION.
WE HAVE A, OH, I'M, I'M SORRY.
UH, LET'S TALK HOUSTON WEBPAGE, UH, WITH A LOT MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING MAPS WITH THAT KIND OF DATA.
WE WANTED TO KEEP THE PRESENTATION KIND OF MOVING TODAY.
UM, BUT ALL OF THAT IS THERE AND IF THERE ARE ANY FOLLOW UPS WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT, WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ONE-ON-ONE.
SO I GUESS AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT, MY QUESTION WAS GONNA ALSO BE IF PARK HOUSTON WAS GONNA BE INVOLVED IN THAT AND THEN HOW WE WORK, I GUESS, WITH THESE, UM, COMPANIES LIKE, OR, OR PLATFORMS LIKE GOOGLE MAPS TO, TO HOW IS THAT SUPPOSED TO WORK WITH TELLING THE THEM TO KEEP OFF THESE ROUTES? YEP.
AND THAT'S, UH, ONE OF THE LATER STEPS AFTER WE ESTABLISH IT AND WE HAVE, UM, THE EQUIVALENT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BIKE PLAN, WE HAVE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, METRO HAS A MID A TRANSIT PLAN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT LAYER TO THOSE MAPPING COMPANIES MAPPING AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THEIR DIRECTION GIVING ALSO.
AND MS. SHANE, THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
AND THANK, AND JUST SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW, WE DO HAVE, THEY, THEY DID PROVIDE US WITH A COPY OF THE, OF THE SLIDE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL BE POSTING THAT AND THE LINKS TO IT.
OH, STEVEN, UM, HAS A QUESTION IN THE CHAT.
LET'S SEE, TO TAKE CARE OF SMALLER COMPANIES.
YOU CAN READ IT JUST LIKE I CAN.
DAVID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND?
AND YES, THAT THAT IS PART OF THE, THE IMPLEMENTATION PART OF THE PLAN.
ALRIGHT, WELL THIS IS, UM, AN EXCITING DEVELOPMENT AND I ECHO THE CONCERNS ABOUT ENFORCEMENT.
WE CAN DO EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD AND IF WE DON'T ENFORCE, SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WANTED TO BRING UP? UM, I DON'T THINK MARGARET'S ON THE CALL.
IS SHE? UH, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
THIS, THIS WAS THE BIG BUBBLING ITEM RIGHT NOW.
WE WANTED TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU ALL SO YOU KNEW ABOUT IT AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THE, THE BUSINESS PART OF THE BUSINESS MEETING.
WE'RE GONNA SIGN OFF IF THAT'S OKAY WITH Y'ALL.
I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHY WE PRESENTATIONS FIRST.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER OF 2023.
WE WE'RE CAUGHT UP IN ALL THE PREVIOUS MINUTES BEING APPROVED.
SO WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
THEY WERE, CHERYL, I HAVE FOUR COMMENTS TO CONSIDER.
AMY, ARE YOU LISTENING AND READY? WEREN'T THE COMMENTS SUPPOSED TO BE SUBMITTED BY NOON ON SUNDAY? YEAH.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR COMMENTS? 2, 2, 2 ANSWERS TO THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, IT DID NOT SAY THAT.
AND SECOND OF ALL, EVERY TIME I'VE SUBMITTED COMMENTS, THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED ME.
I DON'T GET ANY RESPONSES TO EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING TO TAKE THE TIME, I GUESS NOW TO DO IT.
BUT YOU DON'T WANT THE COMMENTS.
WE CAN HAVE THE MINUTES INCORRECT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE CORRECT AND YOUR COMMENTS ARE ALRIGHT.
UNDER TWO C, CITY OF HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT, COVID UPDATES
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IT SAID THAT, UH, CHERYL O'BRIEN COMMUNICATED THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN COVID, IN HOUSTON'S WASTEWATER.THAT ACTUALLY SHOULD BE THE SARS C UH, COV TWO VIRAL LOAD.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T TEST FOR COVID.
AND, AND I JUST WANNA ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT AS OF TODAY, THAT LOAD IS MUCH LESS, IT'S A LOT LOWER, RIGHT? IT'S GONE DOWN, BUT THIS ISN'T, YEAH, IT'S GONE.
YEAH, IT HAD GONE UP AT THAT MEETING AND IT'S GONE BACK DOWN, THANKFULLY.
THEN IN FIVE A, UM, FIVE, WAIT, WAIT.
CHERYL O'BRIEN REMINDED SUPER NEIGHBOR REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS TYPICALLY HOSTED ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF OCTOBER, OCTOBER 3RD, 2023.
SHOULD, YEAH, I WOULD JUST, I WOULD JUST SAY, JUST, YEAH.
KICK TYPICALLY HOSTED ON SECOND TUESDAY OF OCTOBER.
JUST PUT, IS ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2023.
WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO DO UNDER FIVE B.
TALKING ABOUT THE VER RE, UH, VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE OF OCTOBER 3RD.
AND THE LAST ONE IS A KNIT, IT'S IN THE, AN ULTIMATE PARAGRAPH.
I MAKE A MOTION THE, THE, UH, MINUTES TO BE ACCEPTED WITH THOSE CHANGES.
CAN WE VOTE, AMY, OR CAN WE VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS? OR DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL CALL? I BELIEVE WE'VE JUST IN THE PAST SAID ANY OBJECTIONS SUBJECT TO THE CORRECTIONS AND THEN, AND THEN APPROVALS.
MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED AS AMENDED.
UM, WE NEXT WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ITEM FOUR ON THE AGENDA IS BYLAWS COMMITTEE AND NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE.
WHO'S GOT THEIR HAND UP? MARK, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? I THINK THAT WAS FOR MARK QUESTION.
I THINK HE OH, HE TOOK YOU DOWN.
UM, WE'VE TALKED TO, WE'VE MENTIONED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS ABOUT THE NEED TO GO THROUGH AND UPDATE OUR BYLAWS, WHICH ARE RHONDA CORRECTLY, 20 YEARS OLD.
UM, SO WELL NEED TIME TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THE BYLAWS.
WE ASKED IF ANYBODY WAS INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE COMMITTEE.
WE DID HAVE SOME PEOPLE, UH, RESPONDED THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED.
SO, KEITH, DID YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WITH THE BYLAWS COMMITTEE? SORRY.
SO WE STATED THAT, UH, THE MEMBERS ON THIS, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CHERYL, UH, THAT AGREED TO DO THIS WAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS OF COURSE, YOU, UH, MYSELF.
AND, UH, WAS IT, UM, I'M MISSING THE OTHER MEMBERS.
AND WE, WE, UM, CINDY CHAPMAN.
AND WE WERE, UH, LOOKING AND GONNA ASK ANYONE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO ALSO, UM, JOIN THE COMMITTEE TO LET US KNOW.
SO IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO JOIN, UM, OKAY.
PASTOR DEB, YOU HAD A QUESTION? OR YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? YES.
UM, ABOUT THIS BYLAWS COMMITTEE.
UM, WE'RE NOT OFFICIAL, SO I'M NOT SURE IF I'M ALLOWED TO BE A PART OF IT.
WELL, WHEN YOU FI WHEN YOU FINISH IT, WILL THE WORK PRODUCT BE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW SO WE CAN STUDY
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IT AND BE, BE BLESSED WITH IT AND PROFIT FROM IT? THANK YOU.IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TO BE, BEFORE ANY CHANGES COULD BE MADE, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE VOTED ON BY THE BODY AS A WHOLE.
I HAVE HANDS UP FROM MEETING GUEST.
UM, HOW YOU DOING? HEY, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN A BYLAW COMMITTEE.
UH, I, UH, IN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41, WE HAVE ALREADY CHANGED OUR BYLAWS.
WE HAVE A LITTLE EXPERIENCING THAT, SO WE WENT THROUGH THAT.
'CAUSE OUR BYLAWS WERE VERY VAGUE.
VAGUE, AND WE HAD TO CHANGE 'EM.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THAT ALREADY.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, BEING A PART OF THAT.
IF I CAN, KEITH, COULD YOU PLEASE NOT UP TO YOU GUYS JOINT.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME? WHAT IS YOUR NAME AGAIN? RAINWATER.
AND JACKIE MAHORN IS ALSO INDICATING IN CHAT THAT SHE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN JOINING IT.
MS. MAHORN, MS. I WAS HERE WHEN, WHEN WE FIRST, UH, CREATED IT, SO YES.
AND NAOMI, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YES.
UM, EVEN THOUGH I'M A REPRESENTATIVE, I'M NOT THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I AM ALLOWED TO JOIN THAT COMMITTEE.
SINCE, UNLESS YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IS APPOINTED HER, IS THE REPRESENTATIVE, I DON'T THINK YEAH, YOU HAVE TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE, OF THE, YEAH, I MEAN, I WAS APPOINTED A REPRESENTATIVE.
IT'S JUST THAT I'M NOT, BECAUSE YOU, WELL, THE LETTER FROM SYLVIA, IF SHE WAS APPOINTED, THEN SHE CAN, SO I TELL YOU WHAT, KEITH, COULD YOU MAKE A NOTE OF THAT WE WILL GET AND LOOK INTO THAT AND GET BACK WITH YOU.
AND WE ALSO DID OURS A FEW YEARS AGO AND I WAS INVOLVED IN THAT, SO YEAH, I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT.
AND RICKY, ARE YOU AND RICKY CARDENA HAS ALSO EXPRESSED AN INTEREST, SO AGAIN, WE'LL TAKE THAT NOTE DOWN AND WE'LL GET BACK WITH Y'ALL.
THEN IT'S ALSO THE TIME OF YEAR THAT WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT THE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE.
SO AGAIN, UM, KEITH OR, OR DOUG, ONE OF YOU THAT WERE, UH, AT THE LAST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING, WOULD YOU WANT TO TALK ON THAT? DOUG, DO YOU HAVE THOSE NOTES IN FRONT OF YOU FOR THIS? I DO NOT.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO AVOID DOING ALL THE YARIN.
SO
AND RHONDA, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN HERE IF YOU CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE EXACT PROCEDURE THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW ON THIS.
THE, I'M LOOKING AT THE BYLAWS, THE ELECTION SECTION, WHICH IS UNDER SECTION FLIP THROUGH SET ARTICLE.
UH, SIX IS OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS.
AND THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ARE ELECTED TO ONE YEAR TERMS AT THE REGULAR JANUARY MEETING, MEETING BY A QUORUM OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ALLIANCE.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER ARE ELECTED TO TWO YEAR TERMS AND WE, WE GIVE OUT A NOTICE OF ELECTIONS WILL BE SENT TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS THAT WE'RE USING FOR OUR REPRESENTATIVES.
UM, YOU OBVIOUSLY ALL ARE ON OUR EMAIL LIST BECAUSE YOU, YOU GOT THE NOTICE AND THAT'S THE, WHERE THE NOTICE OF THE ELECTION WILL BE SENT.
AND WE WILL HAVE A SLATE OF OFFICERS AS PROPOSED BY THE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE TO PRESENT FOR
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ELECTION.UH, I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BYLAWS OF THE SNAI ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THOSE BEFORE THE ELECTION.
UH, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS AT OR PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
UM, AND IF YOU NEED A COPY OF THE BYLAWS, LET US KNOW AND WE WILL GET THEM TO YOU.
I HAVE A QUESTION THAT RHONDA CAN PROBABLY ANSWER.
UH, THE CHAIRMAN OR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, UH, ARE ONE YEAR TERMS, BUT THEY CAN SERVE A SECOND TERM.
SO BE ON THE, ON THE LOOKOUT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE ELECTION COMING UP AND, UM, THE, ALL THE NOTICE WILL BE, UH, PROVIDED IF ANYBODY HAS A DESIRE, A SPECIAL DESIRE TO BE ON THE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME OR KEITH AND LET US KNOW.
I SEE YOU AND KEN ROGERS NEEDS A COPY.
I'LL GET, HEY, THIS IS RHONDA.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT A LINK TO THE BYLAWS IN THE CHAT.
THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM.
UH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THIS IS JACKIE MAHORN.
I THINK THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE IS A FUNCTION WHERE THE, UH, PRESIDENT, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, CREATES THAT, UH, RECOMMENDS THAT COMMITTEE YES.
AND I'M ASKING IF ANYBODY HAS A PARTICULAR DESIRE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I, I WANT TO TAKE INTO THAT ACCOUNT BEFORE WE APPOINT THAT COMMITTEE.
WE'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, HEAR IF THERE'S ANYBODY.
I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
IT IS AN APPOINTED COMMITTEE, BUT WE DO WANNA KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF, WANTS TO BE ON THE BYLAWS.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET ME KNOW.
SO WE GOT THAT LITTLE BIT OF BUSINESS.
NOW LET'S GO INTO THE, UM, OPEN FORUM AND WE'LL JUST, UH, UM, START WITH TOMORROW BECAUSE I KNOW TOMORROW HAS SOMETHING THAT SHE NEEDS TO BRING UP TO US IN THE FORUM.
UH, I WOULD, I'VE BEEN TASKED BY FOX 26 TO SELECT SOME SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS, UH, I MEAN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITIES TO BE FEATURED ON A SPECIAL, THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT.
AND THAT'S, UH, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN LEADERSHIP, UH, FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON IN RELATIONSHIP TO, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND I AIN'T GONNA EVEN LIE, Y'ALL, I FORGOT THE THIRD ONE.
I, I, I THINK IT WAS FINANCE, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER.
UH, THEY THREW THIS AT ME AT THE, UH, AND I CALLED CHERYL IMMEDIATELY, LIKE AT THE NINTH HOUR.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA PICK SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF TOWN.
PLEASE PUT YOUR CONTACT IN THE CHAT.
LET'S, LET'S NOT LET, UH, FOX NEWS DOWN.
LET'S GET SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE WILLING TO BE TO DO THIS.
AND I'M SORRY I WAS ILL LAST MONTH.
I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY AND I MEAN FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR HELPING US PUT ON ONE OF THE BEST MAYORAL FORUMS WE'VE EVER HAD.
THE RESTAURANTS VOLUNTEERED AND GAVE US SOME GREAT FOOD.
I COULDN'T EAT MOST OF IT, BUT THEY DID SUPPLY US WITH GREAT FOOD AND I APPRECIATE, UH, CHERYL AND DOUG AND EVERYBODY WHO WORKED ON JANE, WHO WORKED ON OUR QUESTIONS AND EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT OF 10, IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST.
AND I'VE HEARD THAT FROM MULTIPLE PEOPLE, SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL.
ALRIGHT, I WANNA GIVE EVERYBODY AN UPDATE ON SOMETHING THEY MAY HAVE SEEN ON TELEVISION IN THE NEWS ABOUT THE PROPOSED CONCRETE CRUSHING FACILITY.
THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE AT LBJ HOSPITAL LED BY THE HARRIS COUNTY ATTORNEY, MR. MENIFEE.
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UH, YOU HAD, UH, STATE SENATOR BORIS MILES, CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON, LEE HAROLD DUTTON, HARRIS COUNTY POLLUTION CONTROL, UM, AND LBJ ADMINISTRATION IS MYSELF.UH, SO THE HARRIS COUNTY ATTORNEY IS ASKING FOR THREE THINGS FROM TEXAS FROM TCEQ.
UH, HE WILL LIKE FOR TEXAS COASTAL MATERIALS TO WITHDRAW ITS PERMIT APPLICATION.
NUMBER TWO, CALLING FOR TCEQ TO FIX PERMITTING PROCESS AND MAKE SURE POLLUTANTS DON'T HARM THE ENVIRONMENT IN THESE COMMUNITIES AROUND HOUSTON.
AND THREE, ASKING PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PROPOSAL.
UH, WE HAVE SCHEDULED A, UM, WE HAVE SCHEDULED A COMMUNITY MEETING, UH, TCEQ AND BORIS MILES, WHEN I SAY WE, HE DID, UM, HIM AND MR. DUTTON.
UH, SO IT'S GOING TO BE DECEMBER 7TH AT MOUNT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH THERE ON KELLY STREET.
UM, SO ANYBODY CAN ATTEND AND GIVE THEIR OPPOSITION, UH, TO THIS COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, ALSO IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEND ANY OBJECTIONS TO, UH, TO, TO THIS, ALL YOUR COMMENTS, PERIOD, THE, UH, I'M GONNA PUT THE WEBSITE IN THE COMMENTS, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE YOU PUT IN REGISTRATION NUMBER 1 7 3 2 9 6 IS VERY IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE THEY'RE VERY, TCEQ IS VERY SPECIFIC, SO JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT, UH, IT WAS, UH, WELL ATTENDED, UH, AS FAR AS COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AS WELL.
SO, UH, AND THAT'S ABOUT THE ROCK CRUSHING FACILITY THAT'S LOOKING TO BUILD ITSELF RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, BASICALLY FROM LBJ HOSPITAL.
THEY'RE HAVING THEIR MAYORAL FORUM AS THIS UPCOMING THURSDAY, THIS THURSDAY THE 12TH.
THEY, YOU DO NEED TO REGISTER FOR THAT.
UM, IT'S GOING TO BE AT CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL.
UH, AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT IS STILL ON.
AND SO THEY'RE STILL PLANNING ON THAT.
IF ANYBODY HAS, UM, ANY DESIRE TO, TO THAT MAYORAL FORUM, UH, LET ME KNOW AND I CAN GET YOU THE REGISTRATION LINK FOR THAT.
UM, SN 41 HAD SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO SAY IN, IN, THEY WERE IN THE CHAT, SO, UM, NO, NO, I WAS JUST LETTING, I'M SORRY.
JUST LETTING MS. BELL KNOW THAT WE WOULDN'T, WE, WE WOULD, UH, UH, BE HAPPY TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN HER INFRASTRUCTURE THING.
YOU KNOW, SHE, UH, WANTED SOMEONE TO PARTICIPATE.
DID YOU GET THAT, UH, TOMORROW, THAT SN 41 IS INTERESTED? YOU ARE MUTED.
DOES ANY OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO BRING UP? ANY QUESTIONS THEY THEY HAVE FOR ANYBODY? 'CAUSE I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OTHERS.
THEY HAVE UPDATES THEY'D LIKE TO GIVE.
THEY'RE WELCOME TO JOIN IN AT THIS TIME AS WELL.
UM, THANKS EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I'M HERE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, WHO'S ALSO AT THE VIGIL.
UM, WE HAVE JUST WRAPPED UP OUR FALSE PREVENTION AWARENESS DAY PROGRAMMING AND HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, AND ALSO AS WE ARE SETTLING INTO COOLER WEATHER, WE ARE LOOKING, ARE WORKING WITH THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT TO AGAIN, UM, DO SOME SORT SORTING, SOME SORT OF COMPOSTING DROP OFF, UH, PROGRAM FOR PUMPKINS THAT WE ARE HOPING COULD MAYBE RUN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOLIDAY SEASON.
UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUT OUT INFORMATION AS WE, AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THEY'RE JUST WORKING AT A FEW KINKS WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND I HOPE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO YOU SOON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH OH, UM, DIDI.
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CHAVE, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR VICE MAYOR PROTO AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT K.JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS FOR HOSTING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN DIP COME DOWN, UM, WE DID HAVE SOME GREAT PARTICIPATION IN, IN, LIKE, AGAIN, THANK EVERYONE FOR, UM, A GREAT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, I PUT MY INFORMATION IN THE CHAT, I'LL ADD IT AGAIN, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT SIGNED UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER, I WILL, UM, PUT OUR EMAIL ADDRESS SO THAT YOU CAN EMAIL US AND SUBSCRIBE TO THAT.
NOW, DIDI, IF FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE THAT POSTPONED AND WE'RE DOING OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TOMORROW BECAUSE WE JUST POSTPONED, UM, UH, FROM LAST WEEK DUE TO THE RAIN, WE CAN STILL SEND Y'ALL PICTURES AND THINGS OF OUR GET TOGETHERS, RIGHT? YES, PLEASE.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO ATTEND, WE'RE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE.
I'LL, I THINK OUR SOCIAL COMMITTEE HAS MAYBE EMAILED YOU, SO, BUT, UM, SO FOR THE REST OF Y'ALL, IF YOU JUST POSTPONED YOUR NATIONAL LINE OUT, YOU KNOW, KEEP YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, INFORMED ABOUT IT AND SEND THEM PICTURES, APPARENTLY THERE'S SOME COMPETITION THAT GOES ON BETWEEN THE VARIOUS CITIES ON WHO CAN GET THE MOST PARTICIPATION ON THAT.
MARIA, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP AND WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.
AS YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE HOLDING, UH, GREAT ELECTION NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH.
AND THE HARRIS COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE IS IN NEED OF, UH, ELECTION WORKERS, ELECTION CLERKS.
AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING OR KNOW ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO APPLY, PLEASE VISIT HARRIS VOTES.COM OR I'M GONNA PUT MY INFORMATION IN THE CHAT SO YOU CAN CALL ME AND I CAN SEND YOU THE, UM, THE LINK.
UH, IS THERE AN AGE, UH, LIMIT? I'M, I'M THINKING OF, UM, CAN HIGH SCHOOLERS OR, OR COLLEGE STUDENTS DO? YES.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY DO HAVE, UH, AN AGE LIMIT, WHICH IS 18 YEARS OF AGE.
AND, UM, IN THE, UM, IN THE INFORMATION IN THE LINK THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU, IT, IT GIVES YOU THE SPECIFICS AND THEY'RE ALSO TARGETING A LOT OF SCHOOLS.
SO, UM, YOUNG PEOPLE CAN START TO GET INTERESTED IN, IN THESE, UH, UH, EVENTS AND PERFECT.
NOW WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO EIGHT O'CLOCK, SO I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE'S TIME, BUT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO FEEL THAT THEY HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO, TO SAY, UM, ANYTHING.
BUT IS EVERYBODY OKAY? KEITH HAS PUT SOME MORE INFORMATION IN THE, FOR THE, UH, ROCK CRUSHING FACILITY IN THE CHAT, ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHAT OR DROP, UH, PICK UP THAT INFORMATION.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS UP.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE IN CHAT.
SO THAT SAID, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT SEVEN MINUTES EARLY.
I, I HEREBY SAY MEETING IS CLOSED.
THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH MEETING.