* 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. [00:00:03] INTERSECTION OF FORT B TOLL ROAD IN ARD ROAD THREE. PUBLIC HEARING REQUESTED THAT THE CITY ANNEX PROPERTY LOCATED AT 35 0 1 ANDERSON ROAD, HOUSTON, TEXAS 7 7 0 5 3 4 REPUBLIC HEARING, REQUESTING THAT THE CITY ANNEX THE RIGHT OF WAY PORTION OF NORTH PARK DRIVE BETWEEN THE CITY, LIMITED PORTIONS AT LOOP 4 9 4 IN THE KINGWOOD AREA. FIVE PUBLIC HEARING ANNEXING TERRITORY FOR LIMITED PURPOSES IN HARRIS COUNTY MUD 2 85 6 PUBLIC HEARING APPROVING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY MUD 2 85 7. REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER 17, MEMORIAL CITY, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. EIGHT REQUESTS FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE MEMORIAL CITY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS. NINE REQUESTS FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF ALEXANDER EM JOHNSON TO THE INDEPENDENT POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD AND TO SERVICE CHAIR 10. REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY OF FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS 11. RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR PAYMENT TO TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR 2024 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FEES. 12 RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER IN EXCESS OF CONTRACTUAL THRESHOLD FOR THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING AND TESTING SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE ABIL ENGINEERING CORPORATION IN SUPPORT OF THE IH TERMINAL REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. ENABLING UTILITIES LAND LANDSIDE PROJECT AT GEORGE BUSH INTER CONTINENTAL AIRPORT SLASH HOUSTON. 13. RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $1,927,473 AND 79 CENTS IN ACCEPTANCE OF WORK. UH, CONTRACT WITH PM CONSTRUCTION AND REHAB L-L-C-D-B-A-I-P-R SOUTH CENTRAL 14. RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $888,644 AND 21 CENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH THE JFT CONSTRUCTION INC. ITEM 15, RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY ATTORNEY TO DEPOSIT THE AMOUNT OF THE WATER SPECIAL COMMISSIONS INTO THE REGISTRY OF THE COURT AND PAY THE COST OF COURT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENT DOMAIN PROCEEDING STYLE CITY VERSUS JUA MARZA BUR WALLER AT ALL CAUSE NUMBER 1 2 1 0 8 9 8 FOR ACQUISITION AND PARCEL BY 2 3 0 0 3 FOR THE JENSEN PARK PROJECT. ITEM 16, RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY ATTORNEY TO DEPOSIT OF HONOR THE AWARD SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS INTO THE REGISTRY OF THE COURT AND PAY THE COST ACCORDING IN CONNECTION WITH EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS STYLE CITY VERSUS JOSEPH QUAD ET ALL CALLS NUMBER 1 2 0 5 3 1 5 FOR ACQUISITION AND PARCEL NUMBER GY 2 3 0 7 GY 2 3 0 1 16 GYG 2 3 0 1 4 FOR NORTH REGIONAL LIBRARY PROJECT ITEM 17 APPROVED SPRINTING AUTHORITY IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $59,432 FOR PURCHASE OF ONLINE CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES FOR THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ON WATER TO LEXIPOL LLC ITEM 18 APPROVED FITTING AUTHORITY IN THE AMOUNT I TO XT 7 3 7 1 35 FOR PURCHASE OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES SOFTWARE EXTENDED WARRANTIES AS WELL AS DATA BACKUP AND RECOVERY RENEWAL SERVICES FOR THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM ON AWARD TO DELL MARKETING, LP AND FRED DATA SOLUTIONS INC. ITEM 19 HUNT EQUIPMENT CO INC. JDC FLUID EQUIPMENT, LLC EX INC. AND PUMP SOLUTIONS INC. FOR PURCHASE OF VARIOUS TYPES, SIZES OF PUMPS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT. ITEM 20, BERNARD CONTROLS INC TO FURNISH AND INSTALL ELECTRICAL ACTUATORS. ITEM 21, VISION EQUIPMENT AND CONSULTING LLC TO FURNISH, SLUDGE, GRINDERS AND MOTORS AND DRIVES. ITEM 22 APPROVED SPRING AUTHORITY IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $100,000 FOR CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE BROWN FIELDS REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON AWARD TO COMMUNITY LADDER LLC ITEM 23 TEXTBOOK WAREHOUSE LLC TO PURCHASE I-I-I-C-C BUILDING CODE BOOKS FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM 24 A AMEND MOTION 20 18 6 47 TO EXTEND AWARD FOR ITEM PURCHASE OF PRESCRIPTION SAFETY GLASSES AWARDED TO SAFETY RX SERVICES AND SUPPLY CORPORATION. ITEM 25, UR INTERNATIONAL INC. FOR PURCHASE OF SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL AND SOFTWARE UPGRADES TO ENHANCE THE GANG TRACKER APPLICATION. ITEM 26 APPROVED SCREENING AUTHORITY FOR PURCHASE OF MOBILE DATA, COMPUTERS, DOCKING STATIONS, AND CORRESPONDING DEPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR HOUSTON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AWARD TO GTS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC. ITEM 27 RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING NOMINATION TO OF TOSHIBA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION. ITEM 28, ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE SALVATION ARMY. ITEM 29, [00:05:01] ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING DIRECTOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO APPLY, ACCEPT AND EXPAND A GRANT AWARD FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND EXTERNAL CIVIL RIGHTS ITEM 30 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $150 MILLION OUT OF AIRPORT SYSTEM CONSOLIDATED 2011 CONSTRUCTION FUND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING MEMO, EXCUSE ME, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, EXCUSE ME. BLESS YOU. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND UNITED AIRLINES INC. ITEM 31 ORDINANCE ADMITTING ORDINANCE 20 22 7 79 TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR ANY LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND GEOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE. ITEM 32, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER INC. ITEM 33, ORDINANCE APPRO APPROPRIATING $635,429 AND NO CENTS OUT OF MISCELLANEOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS ACQUISITION CP SERIES E FUND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND PAGE SUTHERLAND PAGE INC. ITEM 34, ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 22 5 0 3 AS AMENDED TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND IMPACT STRATEGIC CONSULTING LLC ITEM 35. ORDINANCE AMENDED ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 22 5 0 4 AS AMENDED TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HILL DAY PUBLIC RELATIONS. ITEM 36 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING DERIVATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND NETSY NETWORK SOLUTIONS THROUGH INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES. ITEM 37 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND PRECISION PRECISION TASK GROUP INC. ITEM 38 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND LET GO GROUP LLC AND DBA LIVING EARTH ITEM 39, ORDINANCE AWARDING CONTRACT TO BFI WASTE SERVICES OF TEXAS LP DBA REPUBLIC SERVICES ITEM 40. ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 22 89 AS AMENDED TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND MED SCRIPPS GROUP CORPORATION. ITEM 41 ORDINANCE APPROVING AWARDING CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND MCG GRIPP INSURANCE SERVICES LLC ITEM 42, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING ANY LOCAL AGREEMENT BOND BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS AND HOUSTON LAND BANK. ITEM 43 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING RESTRICTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS AND COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS. ITEM 44 ORDINANCE CON ORDINANCE. FINDING AND DETERMINING THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO LONGER REQUIRE THE CONTINUED USE OF A 12 FOOT WIDE ALLEY BETWEEN MOUNT VERNON AVENUE AND YOAKUM BOULEVARD BLOCK 49. THIS ITEM SHALL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AT THE PASSAGE OF ITEM 43 ABOVE ITEM 45 ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AN VALOR TAX EXEMPTION ON A HISTORICAL SITE LOCATED AT 8 0 2 WEST ALABAMA STREET IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. ITEM 46, ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY TO SUBMIT APPLICATION FOR SUBRECIPIENT GRANITE ASSISTANCE AND EXECUTE AND ACCEPT SUB-RECIPIENT GRANT AGREEMENTS WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. ITEM 47 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER. ITEM 48 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY. ITEM 49 ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE 1000 BLOCK OF EUCLID STREET BETWEEN MISHAW STREET AND NOR HILL BOULEVARD. ITEM 50 ORDINANCE RENEWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE 1000 BLOCK OF COLUMBIA STREET BETWEEN EAST 11TH STREET AND EAST 10TH STREET. ITEM 51 ORDINANCE RENEWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE 1900 BLOCK OF HAROLD STREET BETWEEN MCDUFFY STREET AND HAZARD STREET. ITEM 52 ORDINANCE SENDING TO THE ADDITION OF 4 2 6 0.7 ACRES OF LAND TO HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT. DISTRICT NUMBER 1 6 4 ITEM 53 ORDINANCE CONSENTING TO THE ADDITION OF 10.246 ACRES OF LAND TO REED ROAD MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, ITEM 54, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $3,032,033 AND NO CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND DRAINAGE CHARGE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND COBB FINDLAY AND ASSOCIATES INC. ITEM 55 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $1,293,741 AND 35 CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND DRAINAGE CHARGE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND ICA INC. ITEM 56 ORDERS APPROPRIATING AND FIVE ME $509,984 AND 29 CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND VALOR TAX AS AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN C OF HOUSTON AND GAGE ENGINEERING LLC ITEM 57. ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $303,270 [00:10:01] IN NO CENTS OUT METRO PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION D-D-S-R-F APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT BETWEEN C OF HOUSTON AND MAIN LANE INDUSTRIES. LTD ITEM 58. ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $3,652,868 AND NO CENTS. ITEM WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM, CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AWARD AND CONTRACT TO TB ENVIRONMENTAL INC. ITEM 59, ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 23 94 PAST FIRST READING NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023. ORDINANCE GRANTED TO JET WASTE SERVICES LP IT IS THE SECOND READING ITEM 60. ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 23 9 45 PAST FIRST READING NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023. IT'S AN ORDINANCE GRANTED TO NORTH STAR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, INC. AT TENNESSEE CORPORATION. IT IS THE SECOND READING. THIS IS THE END OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, UH, 61. IT'S ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SEVENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT TO THE HERMAN PARK GOLF COURT CONCESSION AGREEMENT, UH, BETWEEN CITY AND BSL GOLF CORP. IT IS TAGGED. IT WAS TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABA AND ROBINSON. THIS WAS ITEM 44 ON AGENDA OF NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023. THIS COMPLETES THE READING OF THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SESSION OF NOVEMBER 8TH, 2023. STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL SCHEDULE TO BEGIN AT 9:00 AM I'D LIKE TO WISH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MONIQUE ADAMS JONES. HIS BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW. I'D LIKE TO ALSO CONGRATULATE MYSELF WHO DID 39 YEARS WITH THE CITY ON NOVEMBER THE FIFTH, AND TO SAY THAT IN THE WORDS OF THE CITY SECRETARY, I'D LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE TO TREAT EVERYONE THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED. HAVE A BLESSED AND FAB THIS DAY. ANYTHING. THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY. YOU ARE SO WELCOME. MY NUMBER ONE FAN. I'LL COME IN ON THE ELECTIONS A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT, UM, UM, IT'S [9:00 AM - ROLL CALL] GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY THIS MORNING AND, UH, SMILING FACES AND, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A VERY POSITIVE STATEMENT, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO, UM, CURRENT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I I THINK IT IS A REFLECTION OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING, ESPECIALLY IN YOUR DISTRICTS AND AT LARGE. SO, BUT I'LL COMMENT ON THAT, ON, ON THAT, ON, ON THAT, ON THAT LATER. UM, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA START OFF THIS MORNING. UM, WHAT DID I SAY? WE'RE STARTING OFF WITH, UM, WE HAVE TO DO INVOCATION. OH, INVOCATION IN PRE, I'M SORRY. YES, SIR. IT, IT'S, IT'S, UH, CONSOLIDATION 9 0 5 ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH, 2023. THIS IS A CONSOLIDATED MEETING. I'M MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING WITH HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO WATER CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD FOR THE INVOCATION. THANK YOU MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. WE ALL BOW OUR HEADS FOR A WORD OF PRAYER. LORD, THANK YOU FOR WAKING US UP TO SEE ANOTHER DAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT CITY THAT WE LIVE IN. BLESS THE CITY, BLESS THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY. WATCH OVER US AS WE GOVERN TODAY. HAVE YOUR WILL BE DONE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR TANISHA HUTH FOR GETTING THE EARLY VOTE NUMBERS OUT ON TIME. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. GOD, TANISHA NATION. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION AMONG GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH THE, UH, MA MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALLED THE ROLE MAYOR TURNER. HERE. COUNCILMAN PECK. HERE. COUNCILMAN JACKSON. COUNCIL MC CAYMAN. CONSTABLE EVAN SHABAZZ. COUNCILMAN MARTIN. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN THOMAS. PRESENT, CONSTABLE HUFFMAN. PRESENT CISNEROS. HERE. COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS? HERE. COUNCILMAN POLLARD. HERE. COUNCILMAN CASTEX TATUM. HERE. COUNCILMAN KNOX WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCILMAN ROBINSON HERE. COUNCILMAN KUBOSH. COUNCILMAN PALMER WILL BE ABSENT. CONSTABLE ALCORN HERE [ADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING] NEED MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF JUNE 21ST AND JULY 11TH. CASTEX MOVE. SECOND ROBINSON MOVE. AND SECOND ON ADOPTION AND MEMBERS DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED AND GRANTED. UH, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL PLEASE CALL ITEM SEVEN THROUGH 10. [MISCELLANEOUS] ITEM SEVEN THROUGH 10 NEED A MOTION? CASTEX TATUM, MOVE. SECOND. ROBINSON BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ON ITEM SEVEN THROUGH 10. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED. UH, IF YOU ARE HERE, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU ARE STANDING, COME FORWARD AND, AND STAND, UM, IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM. UH, POSITION SEVEN [00:15:01] IS TO THE MEMORIAL CITY REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 17. UH, POSITION ONE IS ANDY IVERSSON. POSITION TWO IS JOHN RICK. THREE IS DAVID, UH, DURHAM. FOUR IS ANN THOMAS GIBBONS FIVE IS ZACHARY HODGES. SIX IS BRADLEY FRILLS, AND SEVEN IS DAN MOODY, UH, AND QUITE FRANKLY, UM, EIGHT, WHICH IS THE MEMORIAL CITY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, WHICH IS THE SAME. SO, UH, ANN, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. MORNING. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. OH, AGAIN, IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING WITH REGARDS TO TUR 17. THANK YOU. AND THE REDEVELOPMENT. SO, UM, WHY DON'T YOU BRIEFLY INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THEN THERE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? WELL, I'M ANN GIBBS. I LIVED IN THE SPRING BRANCH AREA FOR 50 YEARS'. RIGHT BEHIND THAT MIC AGAIN? YEAH. HERE. OH, OKAY. ANN GIBBONS. I'VE LIVED IN THE SPRING BRANCH AREA FOR 50 YEARS, AND UM, IN 2010 COUNCIL THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, BRENDA STAR WAS RETIRING OR TERM LIMITED AND SHE ASKED ME TO CONSIDER, UM, JOIN IN THE TCE, WHICH I DID AND I STILL DO. AND, UM, IT'S BEEN A GREAT HONOR FOR ME TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT TOUR 17 HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM. AND I THANK YOU MAYOR FOR YOUR, UM, CONFIDENCE IN ME AND THE BOARD AND WE STRIVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR THE AREA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANN. UH, COUNCILMAN PAC. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU ANN SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. MAYOR, SHE DOES AN AMAZING JOB CHAIRING HER 17. UM, AND MOVING FORWARD ALL OF OUR FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS FOR BOTH DISTRICT A AND DISTRICT G AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY MORE IN THE QUEUE, SO JUST ADVOCATING AGAIN TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF TUR 17 SO WE CAN GET THE REST OF THOSE PROJECTS GOING. THANKS. THANKS, ANN. THANK, THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I KNOW THAT THIS JOB IS HARD AND YOU PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT, ALL OF YOU DO THAT ARE ON THIS BOARD AND WE JUST REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S AN HONOR. THANKS ANNE. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU FOR THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF. THANK YOU. IT'S SAME HERE. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE. AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANNE. ALRIGHT. AND THEN, UM, POSITION NINE, UM, ALEXANDER M. JOHNSON. IN FACT, REVEREND ALEXANDER M. JOHNSON. UM, AND A LITTLE BIT OF, OF, UM, UH, BACKGROUND, UM, UH, REVEREND ALEXANDER JOHNSON, OF COURSE IS THE, UM, ONE OF THE ASSISTANT PASTOR, THE ASSISTANT PASTOR AT, UH, WHEELER AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH. HE'S ALSO SERVED ON THE INDEPENDENT POLICE OFFICER SITE BOARD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT, ABOUT THE BOARD. UH, STEVE IRIS FROM THE YMCA, UH, HAS BEEN SERVING AS THE CHAIR FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, UH, OF THE, OF IPO. UM, BUT STEVE IS, IS HAVING TO NOW FOCUS EVEN MORE ON THE Y WITH THE EXPANSION AND ALL THE PROGRAMMINGS THAT THEY HAVE. AND EVEN IN THIS ABSENCE, STEVE WAS PLANNING ON BEING HERE AS OF YESTERDAY, UH, BUT HAS ANOTHER MEETING, I THINK, ON THE WEST SIDE. BUT STEVE HAS DONE A, A GREAT JOB AS CHAIR OF, UH, THE COMMUNITY SUICIDE BOARD. HE CAME ON BOARD, UH, UM, UH, AFTER WE DID THE REFORMS, UM, DURING THE WHOLE SOCIAL CIVIL UNREST, UM, WITH GEORGE FLOYD AND STEVE STEPPED IN, UH, REVEREND JOHNSON WAS STILL A MEMBER OF IPOC EVEN DURING THAT, THAT TIME. UH, AND SO STEVE IS NOW HAVING TO TRANSITION OFF. UH, HE ALSO RECOMMENDED, UH, REVEREND JOHNSON. UM, AND I'VE HAD A PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING HIM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THINK THAT THE TRANSITION WILL BE SEAMLESS, UH, AND REALLY APPRECIATE REVEREND JOHNSON, YOUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR ENGAGEMENT, YOUR INVOLVEMENT, YOUR CONSISTENCY, UH, DEPENDABILITY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND I THINK YOU WILL BE, UH, A GREAT, UH, HEAD OF THE INDEPENDENT POLICE, UH, OVERSIGHT BOARD. SO IF YOU'LL JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF, CERTAINLY ALEXANDER JOHNSON, HOUSTON NATIVE. AS HAS BEEN SAID, I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE PASTOR AT WHEEL AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH. I'VE SERVED ON THE INDEPENDENT POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD SINCE 2018. UH, CERTAINLY CONSIDERING AN HONOR TO NOT BE ASKED AND APPOINTED TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE AS CHAIR. THANKS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING TO YOU. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. ALWAYS A PLEASURE. UH, PASTOR [00:20:01] JOHNSON, I, I, I ENJOY SEEING YOU IN CHURCH ON SUNDAY, AND, AND ALL OF THE SERVICE THAT YOU GIVE. AND I AM SO ENCOURAGED THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE ON THIS BOARD. I KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO THINGS IN DECENCY AND IN ORDER, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMAN POLLARD, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND PASTOR JOHNSON JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS WELL. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING WITH YOU IN YOUR TERM. GOD BLESS YOU. AND YOU WILL SEE REVEREND JOHN JOHNSON COMING BACK AGAIN WITH OTHER, UM, UM, BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE INDEPENDENT POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD. UH, IF NOT NEXT WEEK, WE GOT THE NEXT. UM, BUT, UH, NEXT WEEK, NEXT, NEXT WEEK, NEXT WEEK. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH YOU. LIKEWISE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THEN ON, UH, UH, NUMBER 10 TO THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. UH, POSITION 13 IS NICHOLAS D SAN WIKI, POSITION 14 IS HEAVEN. C SHE POSITION 15 IS ALICIA AIA. AND POSITION 16 IS TERAN TERRANCE SMITH. AND I BELIEVE ALICIA GREEN IS HERE. CHAIR. IS SHE HERE? NOT HERE. ALICIA, IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD AS WELL, MR. GREEN, SERVE AS THE CHAIR, AND AGAIN, VERY IMPORTANT BOARD HOUSTON LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD. WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE CONTRIBUTION THAT YOU HAVE MADE AND WILL MAKE, UH, TO THE HOUSTON, UH, PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION. UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU, OUR LIBRARIES ARE ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND PEOPLE RELY ON THEM. AND, UM, AND OF COURSE, WE, THEY ARE AN ASSET TO SO MANY HOUSTONIANS AND PARTICULARLY FAMILIES AND OUR KIDS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE, UM, UH, ALICIA, BEFORE I'LL THROW IT OPEN, YOU WANNA MAKE A A FEW COMMENTS YOURSELF? YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND I WANNA THANK ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ONCE AGAIN, STEPPING UP AND SUPPORTING THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION. YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT WE DO AT THE FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PROVIDES ALL OF THE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAMMING. AND, AND LET ME JUST MIGHT ADD UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. RIA LAWSON, IT IS AWARD-WINNING NATIONALLY KNOWN. AND SO ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING, UM, OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. AND MR. MAYOR, I JUST PERSONALLY WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. YOU HAVE KEPT, UM, NOT ONLY THE LIBRARY, BUT OTHER CULTURAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND PARKS, UM, HOUSTON'S ALWAYS BEEN FIRST ON YOUR AGENDA, AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS. THANKS, KISHA. NOW, IF YOU, IF YOU, YOU ALL WILL EACH BRIEFLY JUST STATE YOUR NAME, INTRODUCE YOURSELF. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THANK YOU TO THE HONORABLE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS HEAVEN CHI, AND I'M A PARTNER AT THE LAW FIRM OF LEON, COSGROVE OF JIMENEZ. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'M A LIFELONG HOUSTONIAN WHO GREW UP, UH, WENT TO COLLEGE IN HOUSTON, TOOK A QUICK DETOUR FOR LAW SCHOOL, BUT HAVE BEEN HERE MY WHOLE LIFE. UM, AND IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT ESPECIALLY THE, THE LAW, THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION. UM, I'M HERE WITH MY MOTHER TODAY WHO WOULD WALK ME DOWN THE STREET TO THE, UH, PUBLIC LIBRARY VERY OFTEN. AND IT WAS UNBELIEVABLY IMPORTANT AS A KID WHO GREW UP IN ALE AND EVENTUALLY BECAME A LAWYER. SO I'M VERY, VERY HONORED TO BE HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR. AND GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS NICK WICKY. UH, I'M A NATIVE NEW YORKER. UH, BUT MY WIFE MADE ME SEE THE LIGHT AND I'M NOW GLAD TO CALL HOUSTON HOME AS SHE'S A HOUSTON NATIVE. UH, I'VE BEEN PLEASED WHEREVER I'VE BEEN IN MY LIFE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE LIBRARY SYSTEM, THE LIBRARIES. I WOULDN'T BE WHERE I AM TODAY WITHOUT THE LIBRARIES. UH, I CAME FROM A SMALL TOWN IN WESTERN NEW YORK WHERE THE SCHOOLS WERE NOT GREAT, BUT THE LIBRARIES WERE, AND THEY FILLED THE GAP, AND THEY PROVIDED ME OPPORTUNITY AND AN EDUCATION THAT WOULD OTHERWISE WOULD'VE BEEN UNAVAILABLE. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO RETURNING THAT FAVOR TO LIBRARIES WHEREVER I CAN. 'CAUSE THEY'RE CRUCIAL PARTS OF OUR SOCIETY. AND SO I'M DEEPLY HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED, UH, FOR THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION AND HOPE TO, UH, SERVE IT WELL AND THE CITIZENS IT SERVES WELL. THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, MY NAME'S ALICIA DYA. I'M A HOUSTON NATIVE WORK IN ENERGY PRI PRIVATE EQUITY. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SMILE COMMUNITY AND JUST VERY HONORED TO BE, UH, HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE ON THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION. I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATION AND THE BUILDING BLOCKS ABOUT EDUCATION, AND VERY EXCITED TO SERVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON MAYOR, I, I WANT TO JOIN YOU AND CONGRATULATING THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR, UH, SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UH, BIBLIO FILES, [00:25:01] ALL OF YOU CLEARLY. AND MS. GREEN ELLIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THE, ON THE, UH, FOUNDATION BOARD. UM, MAYOR THIS WITH, YOU'VE MENTIONED A MONTH AND A HALF THAT WE'VE GOT LEFT. AND, UH, I, I, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION TO THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, UH, PET PROJECT THAT I THINK I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, AT LEAST CUTTING THE RIBBON ON WITH YOU. AND THAT'S THE NEW MAP ARCHIVE. UH, SO WHETHER YOU LIKE BOOK BOOKS OR IF YOU'RE A CARDILE AND YOU LIKE MAPS, THIS IS GONNA BE A WONDERFUL NEW RESOURCE ACROSS THE STREET AT THE JULIA IEN, UH, BUILDING. I KNOW, UH, ALICIA AND, UH, DR. RAY LAWSON HAVE BEEN PIVOTAL. THE TEAM HAS BEEN GREAT. YOU'RE GOING JOINING A GREAT CREW AND WE'RE EVER SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE I WAS A READING TEACHER, AND SO I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, UH, WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. AND I WANNA CONGRATULATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR ISD OH. AND SO YOUR SUPPORT IS JUST SO GREAT AND SO MUCH NEEDED IN THE CITY. AND ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU, ALICIA, AND I WELCOME EACH OF YOU AS WELL. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR PRO TEMP TATUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THIS FOUNDATION BOARD IS INCREDIBLE. I WILL TELL YOU, UM, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF NAMING THE LIBRARY THAT WE WILL PREVIEW IN DECEMBER IN DISTRICT K, UH, THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD WAS EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR PROCESS AND THE NAME THAT WE CHOSE FOR OUR NEW NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY IN DISTRICT A. AND NOT TO MENTION EVERY COMMUNITY EVENT THAT WE INVITE THE LIBRARY, UM, BOARD TO PARTICIPATE IN, THEY BRING THIS INCREDIBLE SELECTION OF BOOKS FOR THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE REALIZE HOW VALUABLE THAT IS TO WATCH THESE STUDENTS COME AND PICK THE BOOKS THAT THEY WANT TO TAKE HOME AND READ IT. IT'S LIKE OPENING A DOOR FOR THEM, UM, TO EXPLORE NEW THINGS. AND SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD AND FOR IMPACTING THE LIVES AND INCREASING LITERACY AROUND THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, TO MAKE US A BETTER CITY. AND ALICIA, GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE GREAT WORK YOU'VE DONE ALONGSIDE US IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS. THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU. I WANTED TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED ALL THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE ABOUT EDUCATION AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, AN EDUCATED POPULACE IS SO, UM, SO TIED TO THE SUCCESS OF A CITY AND AND I APPRECIATED HEARING, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, THAT YOUR COMMITMENT TO FILLING IN THE GAPS WITH WHAT, UM, SCHOOLS CAN'T OR WON'T DO, UM, THAT, THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. AND, UM, AND JUST I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO WATCHING YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL, EVERYONE LOVES THE LIBRARY, RIGHT? WHO, WHO'S NOT A FAN OF OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM AND, UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, MS. CHI. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT THE, UH, HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AT ONE POINT WAS THE SECOND MOST UTILIZED LIBRARY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, AND SO I THINK IT JUST REALLY SPEAKS TO HOUSTON BEING A LITERARY CITY, UM, AND THE RICH, UH, NOT ONLY CULTURAL HERITAGE THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT ALL OF OUR LIBRARIES DEMONSTRATE THAT ON SOME LEVEL. AND IF I, IF YOU HAVE NOT VISITED THE NEW ALE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, I WANNA MM-HMM . UM, INVITE THE BOARD CHAIR TO TOUR YOU AROUND TO ONE OF THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE CITY. AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE IS REALLY A MODEL FOR, UM, LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT THE UP THROUGHOUT AMERICA. SO, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. ALICIA, LEMME THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP. I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN RIGHT THERE FRONT AND CENTER, SO THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT HERE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH YOU. UM, BUT WE HAVE TO NOT ONLY MAINTAIN, BUT ENHANCE AND SHOULD BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR LIBRARY. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT. AND THEN THIS MORNING WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HOUSTON YOUTH PORT PORT LAUREATE WENT TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THE HOUSTON YOUTH PORT LAUREATE PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN WRITERS IN THE SCHOOL, THE HOUSTON MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, AND THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. UM, UH, THROUGH WRITERS IN THE SCHOOL, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE CONNECTED WITH PROFESSIONAL WRITERS AND SPOKEN WORD ARTISTS TO ENCOURAGE THE JOIN POWER OF STORYTELLING AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION. UH, WITHOUT, I WANT TO, UH, PRESENT TO YOU ELIZABETH SUE, UH, AS THIS YEAR'S YOUTH POET LAUREATE ELIZABETH IS. YEAH, ELIZABETH IS A STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ONLINE HIGH SCHOOL AND AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE YOUTH POETRY COMMUNITY. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN A PART OF SEVERAL PRESTIGIOUS LITERARY INTENSIVE. E ELIZABETH EMBODIES THE VALUES OF OUR ADMINIS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION [00:30:01] WITH A THOUGHTFUL AND CIVIC MINDING APPROACH TO POETRY. AND THROUGH HER WORK, SHE WILL CONTINUE TO SHAPE THE STORY OF OUR CITY'S FUTURE WITH HER UNIQUE VOICE AS YOUTHS PORT LAUREATE ELIZABETH WILL WORK ON A CIVIC PROJECT THAT INVOLVES POETRY AND PERFORMANCE TO ENGAGE WITH THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY. AND SHE WILL PARTNER WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND BOOKSTORES TO PROVIDE PROGRAMMING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, SUCH AS BOOK DRIVES TO COUNTERACT DIFFICULTIES ASSESSING LITERATURE. SHE WILL ALSO CONDUCT PUBLIC READINGS, WORKSHOPS, AND MEDIA OUTREACH TO ENSURE ACCESS TO DIVERSE LITERATURE AND NURTURE SPACE OF LEARNING AND EXPLORATION AND EXPLORATION. SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING ELIZABETH SOUP AND APPLAUDING HER INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS. UH, ELIZABETH, YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF FURTHER, UH, TO US? THANK YOU. UH, YOU DID A GREAT INTRODUCTION ALREADY. . UH, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH CHU. UH, I AM A 17-YEAR-OLD AND I'M A SENIOR, UH, IN HIGH SCHOOL AT THE MOMENT. I LIVE AND BREATHE POETRY, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE THE HOUSTON YOUTH POET LAUREATE FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND, AND LOOK, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, UH, OBSERVING YOUR WORK AND FOLLOWING WHERE, WHERE YOU GO FROM, FROM HERE. UM, NOW IF YOU ARE JUST HOLD, LET ME COME DOWN AND QUICKLY TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU. AND I THINK, UH, WITH NICOLE NICOLE'S HERE, AND WE GOT A COUPLE OF OUTSPOKEN BEAN AND ARIANA KINGS HERE. ALRIGHT, NOW, UH, [1  PUBLIC HEARING requesting that the City annex for general purposes property that is located at the southeast corner of the intersection of N. Houston Rosslyn Road and Killough Street - DISTRICT B - JACKSON ] MADAM SECRETARY, LET'S TURN TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED. ITEM ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING REQUESTING THAT THE CITY ANNEX FOR GENERAL PURPOSES PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH HOUSTON, ROSALYN ROAD AND KILO STREET. OKAY, I THINK WE HAVE BEFORE US, NICOLE BROSSARD. YES. UH, DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. AND YOU'RE GONNA BE BY YOURSELF TODAY? UM, YES. OKAY. YOU CAN PROCEED. UH, GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS NICOLE BROUSSARD FROM THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND THIS HEARING IS ON THE FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF THE DEVON ENERGY TRACT. UH, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED A PETITION FROM THE DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY, LP REQUESTING THAT THE CITY ANNEX FOR GENERAL PURPOSES PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH HOUSTON, ROSALYN ROAD AND KELLO STREET. THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 23.3 ACRES OF LAND OWNED ENTIRELY BY THE PETITIONERS. THE REASON FOR THIS GENERAL PURPOSE ANNEXATION IS SO THAT THE PARCEL CAN AVAIL WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES FROM HARRIS COUNTY MUD NUMBER 360 6, WHICH IS AN IN CITY UTILITY DISTRICT. THE PROPOSAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE IS A 284,960 SQUARE FOOT INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE BUILDING. THE ANNEXATION PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. [00:35:01] THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS. UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANY, ANY QUESTIONS TO, UH, MS. BROUSSARD? IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SIGN UP ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM CAST? SECOND STATE, MOVE TO CLOSE THE HEARING. SECOND ROBINSON, MOVE TO SECOND. ANY OBJECTION? NONE. MOTION GRANTED. NOW THE NEXT YES. ITEM [2  PUBLIC HEARING requesting that the City annex a 17.07-acre tract for general purposes property that is located at the southwest intersection of Fort Bend Toll Road and McHard Road - DISTRICT K - CASTEX-TATUM ] TWO IS THE PUBLIC HEARING REQUESTING THAT THE CITY ANNEX A 17.07 ACRE TRACK FOR GENERAL PURPOSES PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF FORT BEND TOLL ROAD AND ARD ROAD. HERE. MR. THANK YOU. UH, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF LAH HOUSTON ONE. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A PETITION FROM LAH HOUSTON ONE LLC, REQUESTING THAT THE CITY ANNEX FOR GENERAL PURPOSES PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF FORT BENTO ROAD AND ARD ROAD. THE REASON FOR THIS GENERAL PURPOSE ANNEXATION IS SO THAT WE CAN PAR THE PARCEL CAN AVAIL WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES FROM THE CITY. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SITE INCLUDES A HOTEL TO FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS, A FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT, AND A GAS STATION WITH THE CAR WASH. ANNEXATION PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS. OKAY. UM, VICE CHAIR TAYLOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. I, I DID WANT TO, UM, JUST STATE THAT I WAS BRIEFED, UM, BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE CONCERN THAT I WANTED TO PUT ON THE RECORD, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE HAD TO FIGHT, UM, HOURLY MOTELS. UM, AND I WANTED TO ENSURE FOR THE RESIDENTS NEAR THIS ANNEXATION THAT THE HOTEL THAT IS ANTICIPATED, I WAS TOLD WOULD BE EITHER A MARRIOTT BRAND OR A HILTON BRAND. SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. UM, THAT WE ARE NOT EXPECTING AN HOURLY MOTEL HOTEL, BUT WE ARE EXPECTING A, UH, MARRIOTT BRAND OR A HILTON BRAND HOTEL IN THAT AREA. YES, MA'AM. THAT IS WHAT THE DEVELOPER HAS, UH, TOLD US THAT HE PROPOSES TO BUILD THERE. THIS ACTION WOULD ONLY BRING IT INTO THE CITY, AND HE WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PLANNING AND PERMITTING PROCESS TO BUILD ANYTHING ON THAT SITE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MAYOR, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE WE CLOSE THE HEARING. OKAY. LET ME, IF THERE ANYONE HERE TO TESTIFY FOR OR AGAINST, UH, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. MOVE THAT WE CLOSE. IS THAT SECOND? SECOND CASTEX TATUM MOVED. AND SECOND. ANY OBJECTIONS HERE IS NO MOTION IS GRANTED NOW. UM, UM, MADAM SECRETARY, YOU CALL NUMBER THREE. ITEM [3  PUBLIC HEARING requesting that the City annex property located at 3501 Anderson Road, Houston Texas 77053 - DISTRICT E - MARTIN ] THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST THAT THE CITY ANNEX PROPERTY LOCATED AT 35 0 1 ANDERSON ROAD, HOUSTON, TEXAS 7 7 0 5 3, UH, MS. BEARD. UH, THE THIRD PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE TECH PRO PROPERTIES LLC. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED A PETITION FROM TECH TECH PRO PROPERTIES LLC REQUESTING THAT THE CITY ANNEX FOR GENERAL PURPOSES PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF ANDERSON ROAD TO THE WEST INTERSECTION OF ALAMEDA AND ANDERSON ROAD. THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION CONSISTS OF 8.893 ACRES OF LAND OWNED ENTIRELY BY THE PETITIONERS. THE REASON FOR THIS GENERAL PURPOSE ANNEXATION IS SO THAT THE PARCEL CAN AVAIL WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES FROM THIS CITY. THE PROPOSAL FOR DEVELOPMENT ON THIS SITE IS 78 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH, UM, AREAS FOR DRAINAGE AND DETENTION. THE ANNEXATION PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO BE, TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS. OKAY. UM, VICE MAYOR FOR TIM CAST TATUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, FIRST I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE, IN THE BRIEFING THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE NEAR THIS PROPERTY WOULD GET THE PROPER NOTICE ABOUT THE 78, UM, NEW ADDITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. UM, AND WHEN WE WERE BRIEFED ON THIS, IT WAS IN THE THICK OF OUR CHAPTER 42 CONVERSATIONS. UM, AND WE DID GET A COMMITMENT, UM, THAT THE DEVELOPER UNDERSTOOD AND WOULD COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 42. I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD, UM, THAT EVEN THOUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAD STARTED BEFORE, THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO COMPLY WITH, UH, CHAPTER 42 AS IT WAS, UH, PASSED. YES, MA'AM. WE DID MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER IN OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM, AND HE DID AGREE TO MEET WITH, UH, OR TO MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN CHAPTER 42 THERE ON IN PLACE AT THE TIME. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS. SURE. OKAY. UH, THERE'S ANYONE WHO WISH TO TESTIFY ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. THAT BEING SAID, MAYOR, MOVE CLOSE THE HEARING. UM, ITEM SECOND MAY MOVED AND SECOND TO CLOSE THE HEARING. ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING IS NONE. THAT'S, THAT MOTION IS GRANTED. UM, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL ON ITEM FIVE, AND WE DO FIVE AND SIX TOGETHER AND FIVE AND SIX TOGETHER. IF YOU'LL CALL FIVE AND SIX OH OH. IT'S ITEM FOUR. ITEM FOUR. FOUR. I'M SORRY. [00:40:01] ITEM FOUR, WE'RE GONNA FIGHT. [4  PUBLIC HEARING requesting that the City annex the right-of-way portion of North Park Drive between the city limit portions at Loop-494 and the Kingwood Area - DISTRICT E - MARTIN ] OKAY. ON ITEM FOUR, I'M SORRY, ITEM FOUR, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING REQUESTING THAT THE CITY ANNEX THE RIGHT OF WAY PORTION OF NORTH PARK DRIVE BETWEEN THE CITY LIMIT PORTIONS AT LOOP 4 94 AND THE KINGWOOD AREA. THE FOURTH PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE NORTH PARK DRIVE ANNEXATION. THIS IS A FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION, UM, OF NORTH PARK DRIVE LOCATED ENTIRELY WITHIN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. IT CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 14.29 ACRES OF ROAD RIGHT OF WAY INTO THE CITY. THE CITY IS THE OWNER OF THE ANNEXATION AREA BY VIRTUE OF A RIGHT OF WAY DEED FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY DATED MAY 23RD, 2023. THE ANNEXATION AREA IS LOCATED EAST OF LOOP 4 9 4. BETWEEN ANDERSON ROAD AND THE KINGWOOD AREA ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY. THE EAST BOUNDARY OF THE ANNEXATION AREA IS ADJACENT TO THE CITY'S FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION. THE LENGTH OF THE ANNEXATION AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 1.09 MILES. THE BENEFIT OF THIS ANNEXATION IS THAT IT WILL PROVIDE A SECOND MAJOR THOROUGHFARE CONNECTION TO THE KINGWOOD AREA IN DISTRICT E TO ITS NORTH PORTION DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CITY WITHOUT A CHANGE IN JURISDICTION, AND THUS AVOID CONFUSION AND STANDARDIZES THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES IN THE AREA. THE ANNEXATION PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS. THANK YOU. ANYONE HERE WISHES TO TESTIFY ON THIS ITEM? ITEM NUMBER FOUR, MOVE CLOSE THE HEARING. MAYOR. YEP. MOVED AND SECONDERS TO CLOSE THE HEARING. ANY OBJECTION? CHAIR IS DONE. MOTION IS GRANTED AND YOU CAN NOW CALL FIVE AND SIX TOGETHER MATTER. SECRETARY, [5  PUBLIC HEARING Annexing Territory for Limited Purposes in Harris County MUD No. 285 ] [6  PUBLIC HEARING Approving Strategic Partnership Agreement with Harris County MUD No. 285 ] ITEM FIVE AND SIX IS PUBLIC HEARING, ANNEX AND TERRITORY FOR LIMITED PURPOSES IN HARRIS COUNTY MUD 2 85 AND SIX PUBLIC HEARING APPROVING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY MUD 2 85. OKAY. SINCE JANUARY, 2001, THE CITY HAS APPROVED 388 STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS OR SPAS WITH 242 MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS GENERATING APPROXIMATELY $857 MILLION IN REVENUE. REVENUE FOR THE CITY. AS OF JUNE, 2023. THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT 79.1 MILLION OF THAT AMOUNT WAS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2021. THE REVENUE FROM S PS NOW REPRESENTS 8.9% OF THE SALES TAX COLLECTION FOR THE CITY. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 15TH. FOLLOWING THAT PUBLIC HEARING, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL BE SEEKING COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THE SPAS AND THE LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATIONS ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2023. IF APPROVED TAX COLLECTIONS WILL BEGIN ON APRIL 1ST, 2024. THE PROPOSED SPA AND LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION FOR DECEMBER 23 RS FOLLOWS FOR THE FOLLOWING DISTRICT. THE CITY WILL AMEND AN EXISTING SPA AND ANNEX ADDITIONAL TERRITORY FOR LIMITED PURPOSES. HARRIS COUNTY MUD NUMBER 2 85. FOR THIS DISTRICT, THE CITY WILL LEVEL LEVY A 1% SALES TAX, WHICH WILL DIVIDE EVENLY WITH THE DISTRICT. THERE ARE, AT PRESENT, NO RESIDENTS IN THE AREAS TO BE ANNEXED FOR LIMITED PURPOSES. ALSO FOR THE DISTRICT, THERE IS NO TERRITORY OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES TO BE INCLUDED IN LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATIONS. AND HENCE, THE CITY IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE CITY SERVICES AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 43 0 7 5 1D OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. CODE. NOTICES OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 20TH AND 27TH, 2023, AND CONTAIN THE STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSE OF THE HEARINGS, THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE OF THE HEARINGS, AND THE LOCATION WHERE COPIES OF PROPOSED SPAS MAY BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO THE HEARINGS. THIS COMPLETES MY REPORT AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS UNDER THERE. ANY EXAM? ANYONE WHO WISH TO TESTIFY ON ITEMS FIVE AND SIX, MOVE CLOSE THE HEARING. ROBINSON SECOND MOVED AND SECOND TO CLOSE THE HEARING. ANY OBJECTION? CHAIR IS NONE. MOTION IS GRANTED. UH, THANK YOU MS. PSAR. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE. ALRIGHT. [9:30 AM - PUBLIC SPEAKERS] I THINK THAT TAKES US NOW TO THE PUBLIC, UH, TO THE PUBLIC SESSION. SO, UM, UH, ARE THERE ANY PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? HEARING SCENE? NONE. MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL PROCEED TO CALL THE SPEAKER'S LIST, JOHN ALMAN. JOHN ALMAN IS HERE TO BE FOLLOWED BY ROBERTO GONZALEZ. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. COUNCIL MORNING. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF LATINO LEARNING CENTER. I'M ONE OF THE FOUNDERS, THREE FOUNDERS. IN 1979, WE HAD FRAN OROZCO. WE HAD JUDGE ABRAHAM RAMIREZ AND MYSELF, JOHN ALIMAN. WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF OPPORTUNITIES IN TRAINING [00:45:01] FOR THE EAST END. AND WE FOUNDED A BUILDING ON SCOTT AND POLK, AND WE STARTED GIVING TRAINING CLASSES. WE HAD, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLASSES. FOR INSTANCE, A COMPUTER TECHNICIAN WAS VERY POPULAR. WE HAD ESL, THAT'S THE SECOND LANGUAGE. WE HAD, UH, AIR CONDITIONING, WHICH WAS OUR MOST POPULAR. AND FOR 40 SOMETHING YEARS, WE HAVE HAD CLASSES THREE TIMES A YEAR IN AIR CONDITIONING. AND WE ALWAYS HAVE A WAITING LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO, UH, GET TRAINING IN AIR CONDITIONING. AND WE ALSO HAVE ELECTRICITY. WE HAVE ELECTRICITY TRAINING. AND, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE TIME HAS, THE BLUE COLLAR SKILLS ARE REALLY NECESSARY THESE DAYS WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON IN HOUSTON. AND SO, UH, I'M TRYING TO, UH, KEEP THIS GOING. THE TWO OTHER FOUNDERS HAVE ALREADY PASSED MM-HMM . AND I'M 83 YEARS OLD. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I CAN SUSTAIN THIS, BUT WITH YOUR HELP, I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, YOU MAY BE 83, BUT I HAVE A FEELING YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE FOR A WHILE. SO, UM, COUNCILMAN MAG GALLEGOS. THA THANK YOU MR. ALEMAN. THANK YOU FOR, FOR, HOLD ON, MR. LAMAN. MR. ALMAN. MR. ALEMAN, ONE MOMENT. YES. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE. UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU AND THE OTHERS THAT THAT FOUNDED THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER HAVE DONE INCREDIBLE WORK, UH, NOT JUST FOR THE EAST END, BUT FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. I KNOW, UH, WHAT THROUGH, I BELIEVE TWO OR THREE OF THE FOUNDERS ARE, ARE WERE VETERANS. UH, SO THEREFORE WE GOT COMING BACK FROM VIETNAM AND, UH, WANTING TO HELP THOSE THAT WERE NEEDING TO LEARN A VOCATIONAL TRADE. UH, AND, AND IT HAS CONTINUED THROUGH THE DECADES. UH, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THE LATINO CER LATINO LEARNING CENTER, AGAIN, HAS BEEN DOING INCREDIBLE WORK. UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UM, IT THERE, IT'S, IT'S NEEDING SOME RESTORATION, UH, REMODELING. UH, AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING THAT TODAY WE WILL HELP, UH, WITH THAT. I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME, NEEDING, NEEDING THE ASSISTANCE. SO I WANNA THANK YOU AND I WANNA THANK YOUR WIFE, UH, AS WELL FOR, FOR, FOR BEING HERE AND, AND, AND FOR STARTING THIS BACK IN 1979. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE COUNCIL MR. CISNEROS. UM, HELLO. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY SO THAT WE CAN MEET YOU. AND, AND, UM, WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING A FOUNDER AND, AND, AND STILL, UM, CARRYING THE TORCH FOR THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER, WHICH HAS HAD PLAYED SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN, IN, IN, UM, IN, IN, IN, UM, UPSKILLING OUR WORKFORCE IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITIES AROUND THE AREA. UM, JUST GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING A VETERAN AND HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND APPRECIATE THAT MR. ALIMAN. LET ME THANK YOU. UH, LET ME, LET ME THANK YOU FOR, UM, UH, FOR YOUR WORK AT THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER. IT'S NO QUESTION, Y'ALL HAVE DONE SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS, UH, THERE. AND WE WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO, UH, SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS. AND, UH, THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, QUITE FRANKLY, UH, ORIGINATED, UH, FROM BEING AT THE EVENT AND AGAIN, UH, LISTENING AND BEING REMINDED OF ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, UH, AND, UH, TALKING TO THE CEO ABOUT THE NEEDS THAT EXIST, THE NEEDS THAT EXIST AT THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER. AND I INDICATED TO COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS ON THAT DAY, UH, THAT WE WOULD TRY TO DO SOMETHING AND WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO DRAG OUT. UH, AND TODAY IT IS ON THE AGENDA. SO, UH, BUT IT'S IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU AND OTHERS HAVE PROVIDED. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. AND ON THE BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TRAINED FOR 40 SOMETHING YEARS. THANK YOU AGAIN. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, ROBERTO GONZALEZ. ROBERTO GONZALEZ. HELLO, I'M, UH, I'M MITCHELL CONTRERA. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER. THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY, UH, IS DITO, HOLD ON. ON. AND THAT, UH, AS CHAIR OF THE LAT ARTS CENTER, HOLD ON ON ONE SECOND. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. OKAY. WHO DO WE HAVE? I THINK THIS IS MR. RE. IS THIS MR. CONTRERAS? YES. IT'S THERE A MOTION TO, TO COME OUT OF ORDER. TO COME OUT OF ORDER, MOVE TO TAKE MR. CONTRERAS OUT OF ORDER. SEQUENCE BEEN MOVED IN SECOND TO TAKE MR. CONTRERAS OUT OF ORDER. AND THE OBJECTION CHAIR IS NONE GRANTED. OKAY. MR. CONTRACT. OKAY. I'M SORRY. UH, BUT ANYWAY, AS AS CHAIR, [00:50:01] ALL I CAN SAY IS DITTO, UH, THE WHATEVER MR. ALEMAN HAD MENTIONED WITH REGARD TO THE COMMITMENT THAT THE FOUNDERS HAVE MADE IN TRYING TO EDUCATE AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL SKILLS FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND, UH, THIS ORDINANCE, UH, ITEM 32 IS GONNA BE SIGNIFICANT IN OUR CONTINUATION OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CONTRERAS. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING AND I'LL BE VERY CANDID, TRYING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN BEFORE. COUNCILMAN CISNEROS AND COUNCILMAN GALLEGOS AND COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, BEFORE OUR TERM ENDS MM-HMM . AND, UH, AND QUITE FRANKLY, UH, IT IS A NEEDED CONTRIBUTION. WE ARE JUST HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, NEXT SPEAKER. ROBERTO GONZALEZ. PRESENT. YES, ROBERTO, COME FORWARD. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TALK TO YOU. I AM PRESIDENT AND CEO FOR LATINO LEARNING CENTER FOR THE 10 YEARS AGO. I'M HAPPY WITH SERVICE, THE COMMUNITY IN HOUSTON. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S ONLY, THANK YOU. I THANK ROBERTO, IT WAS YOU AND I THAT HAD THAT CONVERSATION AS I WAS, AS I WAS LEAVING, UH, THE EVENT. SO, UM, YOU POINTED OUT THE NEED AND WE WANTED TO SEE WHERE WE COULD ASSIST. AND, UH, TODAY, UH, HOPEFULLY CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE, UM, TO, TO DO JUST THAT. BUT THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER IS VERY, VERY DESERVING. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, GUY ALES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, AND ROFO GONZALEZ, UH, IS THE, UH, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF OF, OF THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER. UH, AND HE'S DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB, UH, ALL THESE YEARS. UH, UH, I KNOW THAT EVERY TIME I SEE HIM, UH, HE ASKS ME, COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP US HERE? WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP US HERE? UH, NOT ONLY ME, HE'S REACHED OUT TO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS ASKING FOR HELP FOR SOME TIME. UH, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN. UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW AFTER THE LUNCHEON WE WERE, WE WENT UP TO YOU MAYOR. AND AFTER SEEING THE VIDEO, UH, AND, AND SEEING THE NEED OF, UH, RENOVATIONS THAT, THAT BUILDING NEEDS, UH, SO THAT WAY THEY CAN CONTINUE, CONTINUE PROVIDING VOCATIONAL TRAINING. AGAIN, HISD IS 62% LATINO. UH, AND UNFORTUNATELY NOT, YOU KNOW, MANY ARE NOT GONNA GO TO COLLEGE. SO THEY NEED ANOTHER AVENUE. AND THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER IS THERE TO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR THOSE THAT DON'T GO ON TO COLLEGE. UH, SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND I WANT THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR BEING THERE STEPPING UP AND SAYING WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BUT I WANNA THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR BEING A CAN DO COUNCIL. OKAY? THIS IS A CAN DO COUNCIL AND, UM, AND WHAT WE CAN DO, WE WILL DO. AND, UH, THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER IS VERY DESERVING. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE THIS TIME. THANK YOU TO HOUSTON. THANK YOU. THANK NEXT SPEAKER. JOHNNY WILLIAMS. JOHNNY WILLIAMS. JOHNNY WILLIAMS. NEXT SPEAKER. KAREN ARABEE. KAREN ARABEE. KAREN ARABEE. KAREN ARABEE. NEXT SPEAKER. MARK RODRIGUEZ. MARK RODRIGUEZ. MARK IS HERE. MARK, YOU'RE RIGHT BEHIND THE MIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WILL GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION. MY NAME'S MARK RODRIGUEZ. I'M A, I OWN TWO BUSINESSES IN SECOND WARD. I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE OAKLAND FULLERTON CIVIC ASSOCIATION, ALONG WITH THE PRESIDENT OF ANFA ELEMENTARY, PTO. I HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING. ONE OF THE GUYS WHO MIGHT BE IN CITY COUNCIL NAMED JOAQUIN MARTINEZ THE OTHER DAY A WHILE BACK, I CALLED A COMPLAINANT ABOUT SOME SPEED BUMPS THEY PUT ON DUMBO. WELL, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, A LITTLE GIRL GOT HIT BY A TRUCK. IF THOSE SPEED BUMPS WOULDN'T BE THERE, SHE'D BE DEAD RIGHT NOW. 'CAUSE IT WAS A BIG ONE TON TRUCK. SO THIS IS GONNA GO TO MY STORY. WHEN I SAW THAT LITTLE GIRL IN THE AMBULANCE AND ALL THAT, I BUILT A SPECIAL, UH, CARE ABOUT THIS. AND I NOTICED AROUND OUR SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL, THE KIDS GET TO THE, UH, NEAT FOR EARLY START AND BURNETT ELEMENTARY AT SEVEN 15 TO SEVEN 30, THE SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTS ARE SHUTTING OFF AT 7 45. I THINK IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE BETWEEN BOTH SCHOOLS, FIVE, 600 KIDS GET THERE WITHIN 15 MINUTES. SO I'VE BEEN ASKING IF THEY COULD AT LEAST EXTEND IT TO EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. THE SCHOOL'S ON LIGHT AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY SAY, WELL, IT'S A CITY THING AND WE CAN'T DO THAT. AND THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWING 15 MINUTES. AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ARE [00:55:01] THE SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTS TURNING ON AT 7 45 IN THE MORNING WHEN KIDS DON'T GET THERE TILL SEVEN, THAT EXTRA 15 MINUTES, THEY COULD PUT IT ON THE BACK END WHERE KIDS ARE RUNNING LATE TO SCHOOL AND, AND THEY CAN GET THERE. THAT'S ENDANGERING THE CROSSING GUARD, THE PARENTS AND THE CHILDREN AND THE, I'M THERE AND I HAVE PLENTY OF PICTURES AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF NOW. ANYWAY, MY OTHER PROBLEM THAT I HAVE, PARKING MANAGEMENT, WHEN I'M COMPLAINING ABOUT CARS PARKING ILLEGALLY BY THE SCHOOL, IT CAUSES KIDS TO WALK INTO THE STREET AND PARKING MA AND THERE'S LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED. AND I THINK, WELL, IF YOU SEE ALL THESE VIOLATIONS AND THEY WERE WRITING TICKETS, MAYBE THEY WOULD GENERATE MORE MONEY TO PAY MORE PARKING MANAGEMENT PEOPLE. MY THE OTHER CONCERN IS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMANDER JOHNSON WITH HPD ON GETTING, UH, PEOPLE TO PATROL AROUND THE STOP SIGNS THAT THEY'RE RUNNING. I LIVE ONE BLOCK FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SO I SEE IT ON A DAILY BASIS. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HER AND, AND THEY SHOWED A COUPLE OF OFFICERS OUT THERE. AND I DON'T EXPECT AN OFFICER TO BE THERE EVERY MORNING, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD PLEASE TRY TO GENERATE A LITTLE MORE FUNDS FOR HPD TO PAY A MORE MONEY, TO GET MORE COPS TO BE IN THERE. MY LAST REQUEST IS, UM, IN REGARD AND REGARDING THE POLITICIAN SIGNS, I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING WHERE TO HOLD THE CANDIDATE ACCOUNTABLE FOR TAKING OFF THEIR SIGNS WHEN IF THEY WIN OR LOSE THE ELECTION ON STREETS SO THE CITY DON'T HAVE TO PAY PEOPLE TO COME TAKE 'EM OFF. AND, UM, I WOULD REALLY HOPE WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTS AND NOT WAIT TILL SOMEBODY GETS HURT OR KILLED IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. THANK YOU. THANK COUNCILMAN GGO. THANK YOU MARK, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UM, I'M SURPRISED, I THOUGHT YOU WERE AGAINST THE SPEED HUMPS ON DUMBBELL. UH, BUT I PAID FOR THEM WITH MY DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS. UH, SO I'M GLAD THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE USED. UH, AND THAT WAY WE SAVED SOMEONE'S LIFE. UH, AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE SPEED HUMPS, ESPECIALLY ALONG SCHOOLS. BUT AGAIN, I KNOW INITIALLY YOU WERE AGAINST HIM AND I LIKE, LIKE I SAID, A COUNCIL MEMBER, I WAS AGAINST HIM. AND WHEN I SAW THAT LITTLE GIRL GOT HIT, I CALLED JOAQUIN UP AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, JOAQUIN, MY HAT GOES OFF TO YOU, MAN, BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME IT SAVES ONE KID'S LIFE. IT DID ITS JOB. AND IT'S VERY TOUCHY FOR ME. 'CAUSE I SAW THAT IT'LL GIRL. RIGHT. YOU KNOW. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE AGAIN, I KNOW YOU WERE AGAINST HIM. I WAS, AND LIKE I SAID, I LEARNED A LESSON. RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I ADMIT WHEN I WAS WRONG. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE HELPED US WITH. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. AND THANK YOU ROBERT, AND THANK EVERY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HERE AND, UM, LET'S TRY TO MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE THIS A BETTER CITY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CISNEROS. THANK YOU, MARK. AND, AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY. I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE REALLY, UM, GOT YOUR EYE ON IT AND, AND YOU ARE DETERMINED AND YOU FOLLOW THROUGH AND YOU KNOW, YOU ARE, YOU ARE OUR EYES ON THE STREET OUT THERE. AND SO ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU AND, UM, THE, THE, UM, CONNECTIONS THAT MY OFFICE HAS WITH YOU, I, I APPRECIATE YOU. I WANTED YOU WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU, UM, THAT HOW, HOW, UM, HOW IMPORTANT THAT COMMUNICATION IS BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON EVERYTHING AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED ARE IN THE WORKS, YOU KNOW, AND SOME THINGS TAKE A LITTLE WHILE, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THE ADDITIONAL ONE-WAY SIGN ON THE STREET. THOSE, THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION. YOU KNOW, CHANGING THE, UM, THE, THE, THE TIMING ON THE LIGHTS, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE GOOD SUGGESTIONS. YOU KNOW, THE ILLEGAL PARKING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE, WITH HPD TO, YOU KNOW, TO EDUCATE THE, YOU KNOW, THOSE VIOLATORS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND. UM, SO, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, KEEP, KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL. LIKE, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. LIKE I TOLD, UH, YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF, EMILY, I DON'T EXPECT YOU OUGHT TO BE OUT THERE, BUT I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT Y YOUR OFFICE HAS BEEN MAKING AND I, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T EXPECT Y'ALL TO BE OUT THERE WRITING TICKETS 'CAUSE Y'ALL CAN'T DO THAT. BUT I SAID, YOU KNOW, I, I DO APPRECIATE THE EFFORT FROM EMILY AND YOUR STAFF. THANK YOU. COUNCIL WON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARK. APPRECIATE THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER LETTER. VELASQUEZ LETTER VELA VELASQUEZ IS HERE. HI. HELLO. GOOD MORNING. MY ENGLISH WAS PERFECT. THIS IS POSSIBLE TRASH LIKE ME. YES. OKAY. UM, I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE MAYOR PAST, UH, IN THE PAST AT SEVERAL EVENTS ABOUT MY SITUATION. UH, HARVEY, MY TRAILER HOME. I LOST MY TRAILER HOME IN HURRICANE HARVEY. [01:00:06] DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TOOK MY CASE AND THEY SENT ME TO HOUSING. IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE HARVEY AND THEY HAVEN'T CONTACTED ME BACK. AND I AM, UM, NOW CURRENTLY HOMELESS. AND SHE HAS, SHE COMMUNICATED WITH THE STATE DLO. SHE SAID SHE, SHE GOT A LETTER FROM THE, UH, FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND, UM, SHE TOOK IT TO SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS AND NOBODY WANTED TO TAKE HER CASE. DID THE STATE TAKE TAKER CASE? CAN YOU HELP ME OUT? GENERAL LAND OFFICE? YES. OKAY. UH, HER MAIN CONCERN AT THE MOMENT IS TO FIND PERMANENT HOUSING, UM, BECAUSE SHE'S CURRENTLY HOMELESS. AND LET'S PUT HER IN TOUCH WITH, UH, MARK IBA. YES, SIR. UH, THE MAYOR, SPECIAL ASSISTANT ON HOME, ON, ON HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. OKAY. ONE SECOND. MENTO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SO SHE'S ALREADY, UH, UH, DIRECTLY GONE TO AGENCIES THAT WE FUND, UM, TO BE ASSESSED FOR HOUSING. SO SHE HAS NOT, SHE'S BEEN MET WITH RESISTANCE FROM THE SAME AGENCY. I HAD COMMENTS ABOUT WHEN WE PASSED THE ITEM LAST WEEK. SAME ONE. AND WE, AND SO WE, MY OFFICE HAS ALREADY REACHED OUT TO WHAM BECAUSE FOR RAPID REHOUSING SHE NEEDS TO BE STABILIZED. UM, AND SO WE ARE ALREADY IN CONTACT TO GET HER TO THE WEST SIDE. UM, CURRENTLY SHE'S STAYING IN HER CAR, SLEEPING NEAR THE AIRPORT FOR SAFETY REASONS. YES. SO WHAT, UM, AGAIN, WE, WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY ON THE STREET FOR INDIVIDUALS JUST LIKE HER AND THESE, AND SHE'S MET WITH, WE CAN'T HELP YOU. SO SHE, SHE HAS TALKED TO WHICH, WHICH AGENCY? CATHOLIC CHARITIES. I MEAN, AND THIS IS, SO THIS IS A, AND MY THING IS MAYBE THEY NEED SOME CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING OR SOMETHING WHEN THEY GREET PEOPLE, BUT WE HAVE MONEY ON THE STREET, UM, FOR THIS. MY CHIEF HAS ALREADY STARTED THAT CONVERSATION, BUT THAT'S THE POINT I WAS RAISING WHEN WE PASSED THE ITEM. PEOPLE ARE IN CHALLENGES SITUATIONS AND WHATEVER THEIR FRONT LINE, THEY'RE BEING MET WITH THIS TYPE OF RESISTANCE. AND SO PEOPLE NOW HAVE TO COME HERE TO DO WHAT WE ARE PAYING FOR THEM TO DO ON THE STREET. SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING ON HER BEHALF IS CRITICAL. AND COUNCILMAN MAG, THANK YOU MAYOR TO OKAY. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. SHE SAYS THAT, UH, IT WAS OF COURSE A TRAILER HOME. SHE, SHE OWNED THE TRAILER, BUT SHE WAS RENTING THE SPACE. RIGHT. SO DOES THAT, WE CAN STILL GET HER, UM, UH, IN THE, IN THE ASSESS FOR HOUSING AND GET STABILIZED. AND THEN THE SEPARATE DEAL IS TO THEN WORK THAT OUT. SO THERE WERE SOME, THERE WAS SOME, UH, LIMITED FUNDING ON IN THE DR 17, BUT WE HAVE AGENCIES THAT CAN GET HER STABILIZED. YES. YES. IT'S ALREADY IN PROCESS. ISAAC'S ALREADY INITIATED, SO WE GOT HER. YES. OKAY. [01:05:02] THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU, MA'AM, TELL ME IF YOU KEEP ME, IF YOU IN THE LOOP AND IN THE SAME TIME, LET ME REACH OUT TO, UM, SOME OF OUR PARTNERS LIKE CATHOLIC CHARITIES. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS' REMARKS BECAUSE, UM, AND I'VE, I'VE HELD MY TONGUE PUBLICLY ON THIS. THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER REALMS WHERE THEY HAVE, UH, ONE ENTITY HAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES AND CONTINUED TO SAY THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY. THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY. SO MY QUESTION IS RESPECTFULLY, UM, IF THIS CONTINUES AND WE CONTINUE IT, LET'S JUST FOCUS ON HOUSING FOR A MOMENT AND THE ASSISTANCE THERE. WHAT IS OUR NEXT STEP OR OUR OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING? WELL, ALL OF THESE, ALL OF THESE CONTRACTORS COME BEFORE US, UM, ALMOST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR FUNDING. I MEAN, THE FUNDING IS YEAR ROUND. UH, AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE YEAR ONE FUNDING, YEAR TWO FUNDING, YEAR THREE FUNDING, BECAUSE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM THE SAME SOURCE EVERY SINGLE YEAR. BUT WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE PROCESS SO THAT THE EGO SYSTEM IS NOT FAILING THEM. SO, UM, UM, WE JUST NEED TO, WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT AND, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THESE PARTNERS. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RENEE. OH, YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. MARIAN SCOTT. MARIAN SCOTT. MARIAN SCOTT. NEXT SPEAKER. SANDRA FRANCIS. SANDRA FRANCIS. SANDRA FRANCIS IS HERE. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. UH, MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR FOR HIS EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE THANK YOU HOUSTON AREA. UH, DONE A TREMENDOUS, YOU HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS BLESSING, THANK YOU TO THIS CITY. UH, MY FIRST THING ON AGENDA IS THE, UM, WE NEED TO CHANGE SOME LAWS WITH THESE, UH, DOGS. IT'S AS IF WE ARE PUTTING DOG LIFE AHEAD OF HUMAN LIFE, THE WAY IT'S SET UP. I TALKED WITH THE BARK DIRECTOR AND IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME, UNLESS A INDIVIDUAL IS MO OR DEAD BEFORE THEY CAN REACT TO ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE TRAILS OR THE PARKS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. SO TO ME, THAT IS, IF THAT HUMAN LIFE COMES SECONDARY TO A DOG LIFE, THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE ON THE TRAILS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE LEASE LAW. WHEREAS I HAVE MY DOG ON THE LEASE, BUT YET, AND STILL, I DON'T HAVE TO RESTRAIN MY DOG ON THE LEASH. OKAY? SO I CAME FORTH BECAUSE I HAVE COME ACROSS A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ON THE WILLOW LAKE TRAIL, THE, UH, BRA BIO TRAIL. SO WE NEED TO ENACT SOMETHING ELSE TO THE LEASH LAW AS A CITY. WE ARE A CITY OF HOUSTON. THIS CAN BE DONE. UH, SECONDLY, I CAME, UM, WE HAVE, UH, WINSOR VILLAGE PARK. WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF ACTIVITIES IN THE PARK, ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES BECAUSE THE CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE THE PROPER FACILITY THERE TO ENACT CERTAIN PROGRAMS THAT NEED TO BE ENACTED TO GET 'EM OFF THE STREET, KEEP 'EM FROM SELLING DRUGS. UM, SO I'M COMING AS ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE, WINSOR VILLAGE PARK. WE NEED THAT PARK TO BE REBUILT. I PLAYED AT THE PARK. I'M IN MY SIXTIES. I FINISHED FROM MADISON HIGH SCHOOL. I PLAYED AT THAT PARK. AND SO NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S A OLD BUILDING AND IT NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED. IT NEEDS TO MATTER OF FACT. IT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE EMANCIPATION. LOOK. AND SO I'M COMING FORTH WITH THAT AS WELL. AND, UH, AND MAYOR, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, WHICH I HATE TO SEE HAPPEN, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING PUT FORTH, UH, FOR THAT AS WELL. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I WOULD HATE TO SEE SOMEONE LIFE BE TAKEN. A LOT OF TIMES IF A DOG BITES YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW IF THE DOG HAS BEEN ENERGIZED, YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, WHY SHOULD A HUMAN HAVE TO WAIT FOR A DOG TO BITE THEM OR MAUL THEM TO DEATH BE SO BEFORE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE? WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO, UH, STRENGTHEN THE ORDINANCE, RESPECT THE PEOPLE KEEPING THEIR DOGS ON LEASH. BECAUSE I DO KNOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE WILL TAKE THEIR DOGS TO THE PARK AND THEY'LL TAKE 'EM OFF THE LEASH YES. AND THEY'LL ROAM AROUND AND, RIGHT. AND, UH, THAT'S UNNERVING. YES, IT IS. AND IN MANY WAYS CAN BE UNSAFE. SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. [01:10:01] UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE PARKS, UH, THIS YEAR ALONG, WE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVING 22 LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. MM-HMM . I HOPE WINDSOR VILLAGE IS WON. WELL, WELL, AND I'M, AND I'M HOPING AND TRUSTING THAT THESE OUTSTANDING, HIGHLY COMPETENT, CAPABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WILL BE RETURNING YES, THEY ARE IN JANUARY, WILL HOLD THE NEXT MAYOR'S FEET TO THE FIRE, WHOEVER THAT MAYOR OR MAY BE, AND WE'LL ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE ON, UH, ON THE, UM, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IMPROVEMENTS. MM-HMM . UM, BECAUSE THEY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I AGREE WITH YOU. YES, IT DOES. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WINSTON VILLAGE. I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET TO IT, UM, UM, BEFORE MY TERM IS OUT, BUT WE'LL TAKE, WE'LL CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE, UH, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE OUT THERE. THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. AND I KNOW THAT, UH, I KNOW THE NEXT MAYOR. I KNOW SHE WILL BE. SHE WILL FILL YOUR SHOES. GOOD. THANK SO MUCH. SO YOU ARE SO SUBTLE. OH, YES, I AM. THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, NEXT. DAVID RES, DAVID REVIS. DAVID REVIS, NEXT SPEAKER. KEVIN WILLIAMS. KEVIN WILLIAMS. KEVIN WILLIAMS, NEXT SPEAKER. JASON SMITH. JASON SMITH IS HERE. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUN HOUSTON, UH, CLEAN CITY COMMISSION, WHICH I'M A COMMISSIONER. SARAH TYLER, WHO IS BEHIND ME, IS ALSO A COMMISSIONER AS WELL. UH, WE IDENTIFIED, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT SET UP THE HOUSTON CITY, UH, CLEAN CITY COMMISSION, THAT WE ARE TO PROVIDE A QUARTERLY REPORT. UH, THAT QUARTERLY REPORT HASN'T BEEN DONE, BUT HERE, MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL BE PROVIDING THAT WE'VE CREATED A, UH, A COMMITTEE WITHIN THE COMMISSION, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, A FRAMEWORK TO PROVIDE THOSE REPORTS. IT'S JUST A TWO PAGE REPORT. AND THE REPORT IS, IS GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON DIFFERENT WASTE STREAMS, WHICH, WHICH IS BEING HANDED OUT TO YOU RIGHT NOW. UH, WHAT'S BEING HANDED OUT IS THREE PAGES. UH, ONE PAGE IS JUST A QUICK SLIDE THAT IDENTIFIES THE POINTS WE WANNA RAISE TODAY, AS WELL AS THE COVER LETTER FOR THE REPORT. AND THEN THE TWO PAGE REPORT ITSELF. THE TWO PAGE REPORT IDENTIFIES THE CURRENT STATE OF THAT PARTICULAR WASTE STREAM, AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT WASTE STREAM PRE, UH, PRESENTS. THE FIRST REPORT WE'RE PROVIDING IS ON SCRAP TIRES. UH, SCRAP TIRES, AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, UH, IS WELL REGULATED BY THE CITY AND THE STATE, UH, STATE ONLY FOR LARGE, UH, STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE MORE THAN 500 TIRES STORED ON SITE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS ARE GENERATORS, TRANSPORTERS, PROCESSORS IN DISPOSAL FACILITIES. THE END STATE FOR THESE TIRES IS REUSED TO BE REUSED FOR, UM, BACK ON THE, FOR TIRES BACK ON THE ROAD, AS WELL AS FOR, UM, OTHER PURPOSES TO RECYCLE INTO CRUMB RUBBER FOR THINGS LIKE PLAYGROUNDS, TIRE DERIVED FUEL, UH, TO BE USED FOR FUEL, POWER PLANTS. AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY, SOME END UP IN LANDFILLS. AND THEN MOST UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE END UP AS ILLEGAL, LEGALLY DUMPED. UM, OF NOTE, THE LARGEST SCRAP TIRE RECYCLING PLANT IN THE WORLD IS HERE IN HOUSTON. UH, JENIN, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THAT SITE, UH, DURING OUR INVESTIGATION FOR THIS REPORT. AND THEN THERE'S OTHER LARGE FACILITIES SUCH AS TIRE, UH, LIBERTY TIRE RECYCLING. I'D LIKE TO THANK LIBERTY TIRE RECYCLING, JENN, AND ALSO THE BAYOU PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS THE CITY AND THE SCRAP TIRE INSPECTION TEAM. MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WE DEFINITELY, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND ALSO DIRECTION TO WORK WITH CITY COUNCIL, UH, COMMITTEES AS OR, OR ANY OTHER, UH, PERSON ON STAFF TO ADDRESS THIS. AND IF I, I, I DO HAVE SARAH TYLER, ONE OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW ON IN THE SIX RECOMMENDATIONS, IF THAT'S OKAY. IF I CAN BRING HER FORWARD. AND I TELL YOU WHAT, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE FOR YOU, RIGHT QUICK. UH, COUNCILMAN MAYOR ALCO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND REALLY JUST MORE OF A COMMENT, UM, FIRST OF ALL, GOOD TO SEE JASON, AS YOU KNOW, MAYOR OF THE COAST GUARD. HE WAS HEAD OF THE COAST GUARD FOR MANY YEARS, AND RECENTLY WE RETIRED. AND, UM, SO I JUST AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU LOOKED AT THE ORDINANCE AND FIGURED OUT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET, TO GET A QUARTERLY REPORT. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK A LOT OF US HERE ABOUT THE STATE OF UNC CLEANLINESS IN THE CITY, AND WE WANNA DO ALL WE CAN, ESPECIALLY VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM. I MEAN, THIS IS HER BIG ISSUE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CLEAN CITY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE QUARTER QUARTERLY REPORTS. SCRAP TIRES ARE A BIG DEAL AND A BIG PART OF ILLEGAL DUMPING. AND I'VE RECENTLY MET WITH A COMPANY THAT DOES ALL KINDS OF THINGS WITH TIRES. I MEAN, LIKE YOU WERE DESCRIBING ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS. THEY, THEY BUILD BARRIERS AND ALL KIND. THERE'S ALL THESE USES FOR 'EM. SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO READING THIS AND GETTING MORE EDUCATED ON, ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS IN HOUSTON, WHAT RULES GOVERN IT, AND, AND HOW WE CAN HELP. SO, THANKS FOR BRINGING [01:15:01] IT FORWARD. GOOD TO SEE YOU AND GLAD YOU'RE, UM, DIGGING INTO THIS HOUSTON CLEAN CITY COMMISSION. I THINK IT'S A COMMISSION THAT CAN REALLY MAKE AN IMPACT. SO THANK YOU. THANKS COUNCIL. MR. SNAPS. HI, JASON. WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS ON HERE, UM, ON RECOMMENDATIONS, GENERAL PUBLIC AWARENESS, THIS REPORT GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS THAT. AND, AND IT WILL REALLY HELP, I THINK, FACILITATE THAT, UM, IN THE FUTURE. UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO ECHO COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN MADE TOO ABOUT JUST THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS COMMITTEE, UM, AND THIS COMMISSION AND, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE LEADING IT. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN P*****K. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO IT. UH, IF YOU ALL HAVE NOT SENT THIS ELECTRONICALLY, COULD YOU ALSO DO THAT TO US AS WELL SO WE CAN, UM, DISSEMINATE IT OUT AS WELL? GREAT. THANK YOU. THANKS JASON. AND I THINK THE NEXT PERSON UP WILL BE SARAH, UH, UM, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER. SARAH TYLER. SARAH, THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU ALL. AND, UH, THANK YOU JASON, FOR, FOR LAUNCHING, UH, THIS REPORT SERIES. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS REPORT. AND SO, AS MENTIONED, IT'S ABOUT SCRAP TIRES, AND WE HAVE SIX SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS. IT'S ON THE SLIDE THAT WAS CIRCULATED ON THE TOP. AND YES, IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY, UM, SPECIFICALLY TO GENERAL, UH, TO PUBLIC AWARENESS. UM, THAT DOES SOUND LIKE A GENERIC RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC AND ACTIONABLE, WHICH IS THAT CITIZENS DO NOT HAVE A WAY TO KNOW IF THEIR TIRE SHOP IS PERMITTED BY THE CITY. SO WE RECOMMEND TO CHANGE THAT SO THAT IT IS OBVIOUS WHETHER OR NOT CITIZENS ARE DEALING WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, A LICENSED FACILITY OR ONE THAT IS NOT LICENSED, UH, BY PUBLISHING IT ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE. AND ALSO MAKING A WAY FOR CITIZENS TO, UH, REPORT UNLICENSED TIRE SHOPS THROUGH THAT SAME WEBSITE. BECAUSE JUST KNOWING WHAT TIRE SHOPS ARE AROUND IS A CHALLENGE, UH, FOR THE CITY'S TEAM. NUMBER TWO, UH, ENFORCING ILLEGAL DUMPING. THAT PRETTY MUCH CUTS ACROSS ALL WASTE STREAMS. MORE CAN BE DONE THERE. OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS VERY GENERIC IN THIS REPORT. NUMBER THREE, UM, ALIGNED STATE AND CITY SCRAP TIRE MANIFEST REQUIREMENTS. SO AS JASON MENTIONED, THERE'S A STATE PROGRAM, THERE'S A CITY PROGRAM, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME PAPERWORK. THIS CAN BE FIXED. THE REASON THAT IT MATTERS IS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE INFORMATION REQUIRED ON THE STATE PAPERWORK, IT FOLLOWS TIRES ALL THE WAY FROM BEING GENERATED TO BEING DIS UH, TRANSPORTED TO BEING DISPOSED OF. AND THEN WHEN THOSE TIRES ARE DISPOSED OF, NOTIFICATION IS SENT BACK TO THE GENERATOR OF THOSE TIRES SO THAT THEY KNOW THEIR TIRES WERE DISPOSED OF. THE CITY PAPERWORK ONLY REQUIRES THE GENERATOR AND THE TRANSPORTER BE NAMED. THERE'S NO WAY FOR THAT LOOP TO BE CLOSED. SO WE HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE THE PAPERWORK ALIGN FOR BOTH PROGRAMS. UM, NUMBER FOUR, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL DISPOSAL OPTIONS FOR VERY SMALL NON-RESIDENTIAL GENERATORS. SO IF THINGS ARE HAPPENING, THERE'S USUALLY A REASON WHY. AND IT'S THOUGHT THAT MUCH OF THE ILLEGAL DUMPING PROBLEM THAT WE SEE, UH, IMPACTING OUR CITY IS COMING DISPROPORTIONATELY FROM VERY SMALL SCALE OPERATORS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE CHA BUSINESS CHALLENGE FACING A SMALL SCALE OPERATOR, THEY LEGALLY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SAME PROGRAM THAT VERY LARGE SCALE OPERATORS HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, AND THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY OPTIONS, RIGHT? THEY JUST DO NOT BENEFIT FROM THE SAME ECONOMIES OF SCALE AS LARGER PLAYERS. AND SO WE RECOMMEND TO CREATE OPTIONS FOR THESE GENERATORS, WHICH WOULD BE TO ALLOW, UH, THESE GENERATORS TO, TO DROP OFF A CAPPED NUMBER OF SCRAP TIRES AT THE DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES. AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE CENTERS, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A COMMERCIAL CONTRIBUTION, BUT IN THIS CASE, A CHANGE IS WARRANTED. SO THAT IS A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION. NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER FIVE, UM, PROPER SORTING AT COLLECTION FACILITIES. WE SPOKE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE RECEIVING SHIPMENTS, UH, FROM THE CITY, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT MUNICIPAL, YEAH, TIME HAS EXPIRED. MOTION TO EXTEND SECOND ROBINSON MOTION MOVING. AND SECOND, BUT THERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE. UM, YOU WANT, LET ME GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO FINISH. A MINUTE TO FINISH. YEP. SO, UM, WE'VE, THEY, THERE'S [01:20:01] BEEN REPORTS THAT, UM, CITY DELIVERIES, UH, OF TIRES CONTAIN A LOT OF STUFF THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY TIRES. IT SEEMS LIKE WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GET TRUCKS FULL OF JUST TIRES, UH, YOU KNOW, TO DROP OFF, UH, SHIPMENTS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE CITY. UM, AND THE LAST NUMBER SIX, RECOMMENDATION. NUMBER SIX, SCRAP TIRE DROP OFF OPTION FOR NON-PROFITS AND CLEANUP CONTRACTORS. OFTEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE CLEANING UP DUMP SITES FOR ILLEGALLY DUMPED, UM, TIRES, BUT THEY OFTEN LEAVE TIRES BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THERE'S NOWHERE TO TAKE THEM. SO THERE'S A CARVE OUT IN CONTRACT CLEANUP CONTRACTS BECAUSE THESE ENTITIES DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO DROP OFF THEIR TIRES. WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO DROP OFF TIRES AT THE DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE CENTERS. THERE'S MORE DETAILS IN OUR REPORT. UH, WE, UH, WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS AND DIRECTION ON HOW TO WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE CITY. UH, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. THANKS, COUNCILMAN ROBINSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, SARAH AND JASON, THANK YOU BOTH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I'M GUESSING FROM ALL THE CLICKING I HEARD AROUND THE HORSESHOE, YOU'RE GONNA GET A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. SO LET ME FIRST SAY GREAT IDEA. IT'S NOT ALWAYS THAT WE GET TO SIT HERE AND HAVE A SUGGESTION LIKE THIS BROUGHT TO US. UH, MAYOR, UH, AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BARK CHALLENGE, HE MAY NOT HAVE THE TIME TO BRING THIS FORWARD IN THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS, IF WE CAN'T, THERE'S FOLKS, UH, HERE WHO I THINK ARE GONNA WORK WITH YOU ON THIS ONE. SO I'M EAGER, UH, TO SEE THAT GO FORWARD. IN THE MEANTIME, LET ME JUST CHALLENGE ONE PREMISE THAT YOU SAID, FIRST OF ALL, ASKING, WELL, WHERE IS THIS LARGEST FACILITY PHYSICALLY LOCATED? IT'S, IT'S OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS. WHERE, WHAT PART OF TOWN? IT'S OVER ON THE WEST, UH, AND THEN NORTH. OKAY. SO MAYBE OVER BY DISTRICT A, DISTRICT B, SOMEWHERE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE. YEAH. OKAY. I'M GUESSING THAT THAT'S OF GREAT INTEREST TO ME. I, I THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT THE GENERATORS. YOU TALKED ABOUT SORT OF THE, AS WE CALL IT, LIFECYCLE OF MATERIALS IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN. WHEN I LOVE TO THINK ABOUT TIRES OR SNEAKERS IN A SECOND USE. SO YOU TALK ABOUT WHERE WE CAN GET WITH THE GENERATORS TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN RETURN OR AT LEAST UNDERSTAND AN END OF THAT SPECIFIC USE. I WANNA CHALLENGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT A SECOND USE AND HOW WE CAN RECYCLE AND PUT THAT MATERIAL ONCE WE GET THIS ORDINANCE IN PLACE, HOW WE CAN RECYCLE IT OR PUT IT BACK TO A MANUFACTURER WHO'S GOT A, AN INDUSTRIAL USE OR SOME OPPORTUNITY THAT CAN GO BEYOND IT. BUT LET ME YIELD TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO WILL TAKE YOU UP ON HOW TO DO THIS. THANK YOU. THANKS, MAYOR. TIM KASAK TATUM, THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE REPORT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO REALLY READING IT. UM, BUT I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M HAPPY TO HELP WITH THE ORDINANCE TO CLOSE THAT LOOPHOLE BECAUSE THE BIG PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WHEN TIRES ARE DUMPED IS WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE GENERATORS OF THESE TIRES. I KNOW OUR OFFICE, UM, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY STARTED CANVASSING THE COMMUNITIES, WE WENT DIRECTLY TO THE TIRE SHOPS IN OUR DISTRICT AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE KNOW THEY WERE DUMPING THE TIRES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE DROVE THE TRAILER FULL OF TIRES AND TOLD THEM, WE KNOW THESE TIRES COME FROM YOU. UM, AND WE'VE NOTICED A DRAMATIC DECREASE IN THE DUMPING OF THE TIRES BECAUSE WE'VE CANVASSED THOSE TIRE COMPANIES AND TOLD THEM, WE KNOW THAT THESE TIRES ARE COMING FROM YOUR SERVICE. SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING, UM, THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND MAYBE HELPING THEM TO, UM, DISPOSE OF THE TIRES PROPERLY AS OPPOSED TO THEM JUST DUMPING A LARGE NUMBER OF TIRES IN DEAD ENDS AND IN HIDDEN SPACES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. UM, WE, WE GET LOT OF, LOTS OF TIRE DUMPERS ON OUR CAMERAS, SO WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE DUMPING THE TIRES FROM THESE TIRE SHOPS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THESE ARE GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I'M DEFINITELY WILLING TO HELP WITH, UM, THE, THE ORDINANCE TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN TRACE WHERE THESE TIRES ARE, ARE GENERATING FROM. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. GOES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT NUMBER 4 1 1 MORE TIME YOUR FINDINGS? YES. UH, SO, UH, THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY, AND IT IT FOLLOWS VERY NICELY, UH, WITH, WITH YOUR COMMENT, UM, IS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF THE ILLEGALLY DUMPED TIRES ARE COMING FROM SMALL SHOPS, SMALL GENERATORS. UM, AND SO THE COMMENT SPECIFICALLY WAS THAT, YES, THIS IS HAPPENING, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THESE GENERATORS DON'T HAVE AS MANY DISPOSAL OPTIONS AS A LARGER PLAYER. AND SO SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE WOULD BE TO PROVIDE THEM AN OPTION THAT THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, TO GET RID OF THEIR TIRES. AND ONE OPTION THAT WOULD BE EASY FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE IS [01:25:01] TO ALLOW US EACH GENERATOR TO DROP A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SCRAP TIRES OFF AT THE, UM, DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES OR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE CENTERS. THA WELL, TH THANK YOU. I'M, I'M GLAD YOU'RE SAYING THAT. I, I, I KNOW THAT, UH, I EXPERIENCED IT, UH, AND I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE HERE AT THE COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO, I WAS TAKING SOME HEAVY TRASH, UH, TO THE DEPOSITORY ON CENTRAL STREET. UH, AND OF COURSE THERE WAS A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING TO GET IN THERE. SO THAT'S ONE ISSUE WE NEED TO ADDRESS. WE NEED MORE DEPOSIT. IS IT A SATURDAY? YEAH, WE NEED MORE DEPOSITORIES THAT THEY COULD FORM MORE IN OUR CITY. UH, BUT, BUT, BUT BY THE TIME I GOT UP THERE TO TO, TO DUMP MY HEAVY TRASH, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN IN FRONT OF ME AND HE HAD ONE TIRE, ONE TIRE IN HIS PICKUP TRUCK. AND HE, I GUESS HE RECOGNIZED ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. HE CAME OVER TO ME, STARTED SPEAKING TO ME IN SPANISH, AND HE WAS TELLING ME, THEY'RE TELLING ME I CANNOT LEAVE THIS TIRE. I SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE TELLING YOU YOU CAN'T LEAVE THIS TIRE? THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE, THE, THE CONTAINER IS FULL. I'M LIKE, WHAT? SO THEY'RE TELLING HIM HE HAD TO GO TO WEST PARK FROM THE EAST END ALL THE WAY TO WEST PARK TO TAKE ONE TIRE. DO YOU THINK HE ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO DO THAT? I DO NOT. NO. SO, SO I CALLED THE DIRECTOR AND I SAID, DIRECTOR, I'M HERE. THEY WERE REFUSING TO ACCEPT THIS ONE TIRE. THE DIRECTOR GOT INVOLVED, THEY DID ACCEPT THE TIRE. SO I, I, WHAT I WAS TOLD, AND THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK YOU NEED TO RESEARCH AS WELL, IS THAT I BELIEVE WE HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE WORKING THERE AT THE DEPOSITORY. SO THEY COME AND GO. SO THEY DON'T KNOW THE RULES, THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO I'M HOPING THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION WILL ACTUALLY HIRE SOLID WASTE EMPLOYEES TO BE THERE, SO THAT WAY THEY WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO. UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, WHOEVER WAS WORKING THERE THAT DAY TOLD THEM, NO, OUR TRUCK IS FULL. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THIS TIRE TO WEST PART. AND THEY ENDED UP ACCEPTING IT BECAUSE THE DIRECTOR GOT INVOLVED AND TOLD THEM TO ACCEPT THAT TIRE. SO, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK Y'ALL NEED TO LOOK AT AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. AND YES, IF WE ARE TO MAKE A CHANGE THAT THAT WOULD, THAT BRINGS EVEN MORE TIRES TO THOSE FACILITIES, WE WOULD NEED TO ENSURE THAT THEY COULD HANDLE IT RESPONSIBLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SARAH. AND THANK YOU JACK. REALLY, JASON, THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE REPORT. OKAY. OKAY. OUR NEXT TOPIC WILL BE YARD WASTE. OKAY. NEXT QUARTER. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU BOTH. NEXT SPEAKER, BENJAMIN KANE. BENJAMIN KANE. BENJAMIN IS HERE. GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MORNING. UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, 45, 25 WEAVER ROAD, WHICH IS, UM, APARTMENT BUILDING. ME AND MY PARTNER HAD PURCHASED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. UM, SO THIS IS MY LIFE SAVINGS INTO THIS BUILDING. I'M A, I'M A BLUE CLOUD WORKER, UM, AND I'M ACTUALLY TRANSFERRING FROM MARYLAND, MOVING DOWN HERE WITH MY FAMILY. UM, SO I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DITCH THAT THEY HAD DUG OUTSIDE OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING. UM, THEY DUG IT DOWN REALLY FAR, AND THE SIDEWALK, IT'S COMPROMISED IN THE SIDEWALK, AND IT ALREADY STARTED COMPROMISING THE SIDEWALK. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A HANDOUT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER TALKED IN A PLACE LIKE THIS, EVER. UM, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A HANDOUT. WE JUST WANT THEM TO FIX THE WRONG THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THE MISTAKE THAT THEY MADE BY DIGGING THE DITCH TOO FAR DOWN. THEY SHOULD HAVE JUST LEFT IT ALONE, HONESTLY. BUT, UM, IT'S COMPROMISE IN THE SIDEWALK. AND IT COULD BE VERY UNSAFE. ONCE THE SIDEWALK IS UN WALKABLE, THEY HAVE TO GO AND PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK IN THE, IN THE STREET. AND IF THEY WALK IN THE STREET AND GET HIT BY A CAR, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD FOR THE PUBLIC. UM, AND IT'S ALSO JUST UNFAIR FOR, FOR THEM TO DIG IT DOWN THE WAY THEY DID AND COMPROMISE THE SIDEWALK. I MEAN, BASICALLY WROTE THE, THE, UH, THE DIRTY ROADING UNDERNEATH THE SIDEWALK. IT'S, UM, AND EVENTUALLY IT'S GONNA COMPROMISE THE BUILDING. UM, YOU KNOW, I PLAN ON COMING DOWN HERE, MOVING DOWN HERE WITH MY FAMILY AND SPENDING, SPENDING MY HARD EARNED MONEY HERE. AND I, I LOVE THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S, YOU GUYS ARE RUNNING FOR THINGS PRETTY WELL. UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST TRYING. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A HANDOUT. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S, IT'S A WRONG, IT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, FIXED, I FEEL, AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A AL IT'S A PROBLEM. WELL, LET ME ASK YOU TO GET, UH, SAL YEAH, SAL, IF YOU'LL, IF YOU'LL GET WITH THAT GENTLEMAN RIGHT THERE WITH HIS HAND UP, HE'S WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS. I, I THINK WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT. HAVE WE NOT TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT? AND, AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE OUTCOME IS, IS WE'VE, WE'VE NOT DONE ANYTHING. THEY KEEP SAYING THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, BUT NOTHING'S, NOTHING'S. WELL, THEY'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING THIS TIME. OKAY? SO I DON'T WANT ANOTHER, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE COMING BACK TO ME ON THIS. OKAY? I REMEMBER THIS, I SAW THE PICTURES. OKAY. SO IF YOU'LL GIVE MICHELLE, WE'LL ADDRESS IT AND [01:30:01] HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND SEE US, OKAY? ALRIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. GAY HART. GAY HART PRAYER WARRIORS UNITE US BACK. AND, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO REPRESENT TO YOU, UH, IS, UM, WE REPRESENT TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND, UH, WE'RE HERE PRAYER WARRIORS UNITE US HERE AGAIN, TO, UH, TELL YOU THE REPUTATION OF HOUSTON IS, UH, GOING DOWN BECAUSE OF THIS EVENT HERE. AND THIS IS THE 10 THAT WERE SACRIFICED AT THE ASTROWORLD CONCERT WITH TRAVIS SCOTT. HE WAS ALSO BOOKED TO COME HERE OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AGAIN. AND, UH, THANK YOU TO THE HOUSTON POLICE UNION THAT SAID NO, THANK YOU. SO HE'S BEEN, THIS IS HIS, UH, THIS IS HIS, UH, STAGE. IT'S AN UPSIDE DOWN CROSS. OKAY? TRAVIS SCOTT HAS BEEN CANCELED, BUT WE DO HAVE, COMING IN NOVEMBER THIS MONTH, MAYOR TURNER, UH, DOJA CAT AND LITTLE LUCIFER ARE HERE DUE IN HOUSTON. THEIR REPUTATION OF HOUSTON IS GOING DOWN. WE ARE HEARING ABOUT IT. PARENTS ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT IT. AND THESE ARE THE 10 THAT WERE SACRIFICED. WE DO NOT WANT 10 MORE SACRIFICED. WE NEED TO MAKE A STOP. WE NEED TO HAVE WORDS AND ACTION TO STOMP THIS. AGAIN, I PRAISE THE HOUSTON POLICE UNION FOR MAKING THIS STAND, AND I HOPE THEY CONTINUE TO DO SO. AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THEM THE NEXT STOP WHEN WE LEAVE HERE TO GO VISIT PRESIDENT DOUG. AND THE REST OF THEM, WE COMMEND THEM FOR THAT. SO WHOEVER IS NEXT IN LINE, PLEASE RECONSIDER WHO YOU ALLOW INTO HOUSTON, REPRESENTING OUR CHILDREN AND TAKING OUR CHILDREN. THIS, UH, THIS IS THE YOUNGEST, EZRA, NINE YEARS OLD. HE WAS ON HIS DADDY'S SHOULDERS AND SO MUCH COMMOTION AND SO MUCH WENT ON THAT HE WAS JUST ONE OF 10. WE DO NOT WANT TO, TO LOSE OUR, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. SO PLEASE, WHOEVER IS NEXT IN LINE, UH, RECONSIDER, HE ALIGNED HOUSTON, UH, WE'RE GETTING WORD, THE REPUTATION OF, UH, HOUSTON'S REPUTATION. WE, WE CAN MAKE CHOICES. SO LET'S DO THAT. IF I GET TIME, SECOND CHRONICLES SEVEN 13 THROUGH 15, WHICH I READ EVERY TIME. IF MY PEOPLE, WE HOPE WE'RE ALL HIS PEOPLE, WHEN I SHUT UP THE HEAVENS SO THERE IS NO RAIN, OUR COMMAND LOCUST TO DEVOUR THE LAND OR SEND A PLAGUE AMONG MY PEOPLE, WHICH WE'VE HAD 2019. IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND I'LL FORGIVE THEIR SIN. AND I WILL HEAL THEIR LAND. NOW MY EYES WILL BE OPEN AND MY EARS ATTENTIVE TO THE PRAYERS OFFERED IN THIS PLACE. NOW, WHAT I'D ASK NOW IS THAT EVERYONE HAVE THEIR EYES OPEN, THEIR EARS TO HEAR, AND A SPIRIT TO RECEIVE THIS TO WHOEVER IS NEXT IN LINE. PLEASE TAKE IN CONSIDERATION AND DON'T ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN IN HOUSTON. AGAIN, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 10 INNOCENT LIVES. NEXT SPEAKER, ANGEL CORTEZ, ANDREW CORTEZ. WE GOTTA REMEMBER THAT WE ARE BUT A BREATH IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF WHAT OUR GOD LEFT US HERE TO BE. AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST SUBJECTION TO REGULATION OF WHAT WE'RE SURRENDERING TO. AND IF WE FAIL TO CONSIDER THAT IS WORD STILL GIVES US REVEL RELEVANCE TO WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, THEN WE, WE FORGET OUR PURPOSE, THAT WE'RE JUST REARRANGING THE FURNITURE HERE ON THE TITANIC. THIS IS ALL TRANSITIONAL. WE CAN CHANGE THE RULES AND WE CAN CHANGE SCRIMMAGE LINES AND WE CAN ALL PASS THE BALL TO EACH OTHER. BUT UNTIL WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO GOD'S WORD, WE'LL FAIL. THIS IS WRITTEN IN, UH, THE APOCRYPHA 'CAUSE GOD'S WORD IS ANYTHING THAT BRINGS TESTIMONY TO WHAT HIS WORD STILL GIVES US IDENTITY OF. IT'S IN CHAPTER 36 OF SHIRAH, HAVE MERCY UPON US, LORD, THE GOD OF ALL AND BEHOLD. AND SEND YOUR FEAR UPON ALL THE NATIONS. NATIONS ARE THE PEOPLES OF ALL COLOR. LIFT UP YOUR HAND AGAINST THE STRANGE NATIONS AND LET THEM SEE YOUR MIGHTY POWER AS YOU WERE SANCTIFIED IN US BEFORE THEM. SO BE YOU MAGNIFIED IN THEM BEFORE US AND LET THEM KNOW YOU AS WE ALSO HAVE KNOWN YOU, THAT THERE IS NO GOD, BUT ONLY YOU, OH GOD, SHOW NEW SIGNS AND WORK VARIOUS WONDERS. GLORIFY YOUR HAND AND YOUR RIGHT ARM. RAISE UP INDIGNATION AND POUR OUT WRATH. TAKE [01:35:01] AWAY THE ADVERSARY AND DESTROY THE ENEMY HAS IN THE TIME. AND REMEMBER THE OATH, AND LET THEM DECLARE YOUR MIGHTY WORKS. LET THEM THAT LET HIM, THAT ESCAPES BE DEVOURED BY THE RAGE OF FIRE. AND MAY THOSE WHO HARM YOUR PEOPLE, FIND DESTRUCTION, CRUSH THE HEADS OF THE RULERS, OF THE ENEMIES THAT THEY THERE THAT SAY THERE IS NONE. BUT WE GATHER ALL THE TRIBES OF JACOB TOGETHER AND TAKE THEM FOR YOUR INHERITANCE AS FROM THE BEGINNING, OH LORD, HAVE MERCY UPON US, THE PEOPLE THAT IS CALLED BY YOUR NAME AND UPON ISRAEL, WHOM YOU DID LIKEN TO A FIRSTBORN, HAVE COMPASSION UPON THE CITY OF YOUR SANCTUARY, JERUSALEM OR OUR HEARTS, WHERE, WHERE IT SHOULD BE THE PLACE OF YOUR REST. FILL ZION, EXALT YOUR ORACLES AND FILL PEOPLE WITH YOUR GLORY. GIVE TESTIMONY TO THOSE THAT WERE YOUR CREATURES IN THE BEGINNING. AND RAISE UP THE PROPHECIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN YOUR NAME. GIVE REWARD TO THOSE WHO WAIT FOR YOU. AND MEN WILL PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOUR PROPHETS. LISTEN OH LORD, TO THE PRAYER OF YOUR SULI, ACCORDING TO THE BLESSING OF AARON, CONCERNING YOUR PEOPLE. AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE ON THE EARTH WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE LORD. THE ETERNAL GOD WILL EAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S REMEMBER NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. WE'RE STILL BUT OF BREATH. NEXT SPEAKER. PRI LIKE THIS. BIANCA SIN YOKA IS HERE. COUNCIL IN YOUR HANDS. THANK YOU. ONE, ONLY ONE PERSON. ONLY ONE PERSON THAT DOESN'T MIND ONLY ONE. THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN STEP, YOU CAN STAY RIGHT THERE. OKAY. RESPECTED MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT MY CONCERNS REGARDING LUNG CANCER AND LUNG CANCER SCREENING IN THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS PTO AND I'M HERE WITH PIA. AND WE ARE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT RICE UNIVERSITY AND MEMBERS OF A NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED THE AMERICAN LUNG CANCER SCREENING INITIATIVE. LUNG CANCER IS A TOPIC THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE LUNG CANCER IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH IN HOUSTON AND IN THE US IN 2023, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 283,000 PEOPLE WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER AND 127,000 PEOPLE WILL DIE BECAUSE OF THE DISEASE IN THE US ALONE. LUNG CANCER GENERALLY HAS A POOR PROGNOSIS WITH ONLY 23% OF PATIENTS LIVING AT LEAST FIVE YEARS PAST INITIAL DIAGNOSIS. AND THIS IS BECAUSE LUNG CANCER IS OFTEN CAUGHT IN THE LATER STAGES OF PROGRESSION. WHEN PEOPLE DON'T FEEL ANY SYMPTOMS OF LUNG CANCER, UM, IT IS THE BEST WAY TO CATCH LUNG CANCER EARLY IS THROUGH LUNG CANCER SCREENING, USING A LOW DOSE CT SCAN. AND THIS SCAN, UM, CAN HELP DOCTORS DIAGNOSE LUNG CANCER EARLY SO THAT PATIENTS HAVE MORE TIME AND OPTIONS FOR TREATMENT. HOWEVER, THE ONLY ISSUE IS THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF LUNG CANCER SCREENING. IN FACT, IN ALL OF THE HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS WHO SHOULD BE GETTING SCREENED FOR LUNG CANCER, LESS THAN 6% OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING SCREENED NATIONALLY. AND THIS RATE IS EVEN LOWER IN THE US WITH LESS THAN 2% OF PEOPLE AT HIGH RISK FOR LUNG CANCER GETTING SCREENED HERE. AND THIS IS WHY WE BELIEVE LUNG CANCER EDUCATION AND AWARENESS ARE CRUCIAL. WE NEED TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHO NEEDS TO GET SCREENED, WHY TO GET SCREENED, AND HOW TO GET SCREENED. CURRENTLY, ANNUAL LUNG CANCER SCREENING IS RECOMMENDED FOR INDIVIDUALS AGED 50 TO 80 WITH A 20 PACK YEAR SMOKING HISTORY OR MORE. AND WHO CURRENTLY SMOKE OR HAVE QUIT WITHIN THE PAST 15 YEARS, HISPANIC AND AFRICAN AMERICAN PATIENTS ARE AT AN EVEN HIGHER RISK FOR LUNG CANCER WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER POPULATIONS. AND GIVEN THAT HARRIS COUNTY SERVES LOW INCOME AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE EDUCATE PATIENTS, DOCTORS, AND FAMILIES ABOUT LUNG CANCER SCREENING. SO FOR EVERYONE HERE, WE URGE YOU TO PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS THE IMPORTANCE OF LUNG CANCER SCREENING. IN TERMS OF LUNG, THE LUNG CANCER SCREENING RATE, TEXAS RANKS 45TH AMONG ALL STATES, PLACING IT IN THE BOTTOM TIER. BUT WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN DO BETTER BY HOLDING COMMUNITY EVENTS AROUND LUNG CANCER. WE CAN EDUCATE EVERY SINGLE HOUSTONIAN AND THE STATE OF TEXAS CAN LEAD THIS EFFORT TO SAVE LIVES. WE HAVE WORKED WITH OVER 390 MAYORS ACROSS ALL US STATES AND CANADA TO ISSUE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER AS NATIONAL LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AND SO WE'D LIKE TO ASK IF MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER WOULD CONSIDER DOING THE SAME. AND ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE WORKED WITH OVER 85 MAYORS, GOVERNORS, STATE REPRESENTATIVES, DOCTORS AND PATIENTS TO FILM A SHORT ONE MINUTE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ENCOURAGING CONSTITUENTS TO GET SCREENED FOR LUNG CANCER. AND WE'D BE HONORED TO WORK WITH MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER OR COUNCIL MEMBERS ON FILMING THIS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR HOUSTON CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER? UH, YES, HE IS HERE. [01:40:13] UM, GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR. AND GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. UM, MY NAME IS ANNIE PHIL LORD. AND, UM, I BELIEVE UNDER YOUR GUIDANCE, FIRST I WANTED TO GIVE YOU PROPS OF HOW YOU'VE HELPED THE HOMELESS POPULATION REDUCE BY WHOPPING 17% IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE. ONCE UPON A TIME IT WAS 8,500, AND NOW IT'S HAD A MERE 3,200 DO 3,200. UM, THE FAILING PUBLIC SCHOOL, UM, THE GRADUATION RATE HAS IMPROVED TO A 75% AND YOU'VE ALSO HELPED HEALTHCARE, UM, ACCORDING TO A RESEARCH BY MED BILL. UM, WE'RE NOW THE NINTH BETH HOSPITAL CITY. SO I WANTED TO, UM, APPLY TO IT FOR THAT, UM, GOVERNOR SILVER TURNER. AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION OF HOW, UM, THE HOUSTON ZOO EXPANSION HAS BOLSTERED THE ECONOMY, UM, THE ECONOMY IN HOUSTON, AND GIVEN, UM, A GRAY AREA FOR KIDS TO HAVE FUN AND TO, UM, AND ALSO HOW THE HTX SURF, WHICH IT IS NOT HERE YET, BUT UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS GONNA BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SURFING IN HOUSTON, WHICH HAS NEVER, WHICH IS UNPRECEDENTED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND IT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UM, BOLSTER THE ECONOMY AND BRING, UM, A TOURIST ATTRACTION THAT WAS UNPRECEDENTED. IT HAS NEVER BEEN HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, SPEAKER STEVE WILLIAMS. STEVE WILLIAMS. STEVE WILLIAMS. NEXT SPEAKER SEMIAL DURACELL FOSTER. SEMINOLE DURACELL FOSTER. NEXT SPEAKER, ELLIE MANO RES INVENTORY. REVIS. GOOD MORNING. UH, MAJOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I THINK I GOT UNDER CONTROL THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION, UH, THAT I SIGNED UP FOR. I HAVE AN ATTRIBUTE TOMORROW WITH, UH, TWC. I HAVE BEEN GOING ALSO TO, UM, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. UM, I'M ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST FROM, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVE MARTIN, IF WE CAN CEASE AND DISEASE THE HARASSMENT, THE, UH, DEATH THREATS IN YOUR DISTRICT. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HARASSING ME SAYING THAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT ME IN THE DITCH, THEY'RE GONNA CUT MY TONGUE, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE ME INTO CUSTODY WITH FOR HUMAN SACRIFICE. AND SOME PEOPLE CAME ONE NIGHT AFTER THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AROUND 11 OR 12. THEY SHOWED, UH, THE POWER IN MY PARENTS' HOUSE. AND THEY ALSO HAVE BEEN HARASSING US AROUND DISTRICT E ACCORDING TO JACOB. I CAN GO TO, UH, IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSIONER SCORE AND BASICALLY TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. AND YES, I'M SCARED AND MAINLY HAS BEEN CAUCASIAN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT IF I INTERACT WITH, UH, PEOPLE FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, THEY'RE GONNA KILL ME. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF, IF YOU'LL GET WITH, UH, MAYOR PROAM, UH, MARTIN, HE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME TIME AND FURTHER EXPLORE. SO, UH, AND I'M SORRY I'M SAYING THIS PUBLICLY, BUT IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME AND MY FAMILY, UM, I'M NOT AFRAID TO, TO, UH, TO EXPOSE THEM BECAUSE, UH, THIS HAS BEEN GOING FOR TOO LONG. THANK YOU. RONALD LAWRENCE. RONALD LAWRENCE IS HERE. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR HEARING MY VOICE AGAIN. THIS IS MY THIRD TIME OUT AND UH, I JUST APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING. AND I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE DITCH NEXT TO THE BUILDING AGAIN, JUST MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GET SWEPT UNDER THE RUG. IT'S, UH, 7 7 0 1 6. DR. JACKSON, HOW YOU DOING? UM, SO YEAH, I SEEN A LADY ACTUALLY PUSHING HER STROLLER IN THE STREET THE OTHER DAY 'CAUSE SHE COULDN'T GET IT DOWN THE SIDEWALK. AND THERE'S CARS FLYING UP AND DOWN THAT STREET ALL THE TIME, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE SOMETHING GETS DONE A BIT. ALRIGHT. THEY, THEY'LL GIVE ME A REPORT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ON IT. THANKS A LOT, MAN. OKAY. APPRECIATE YOU. ALRIGHT SAL, I THINK HE WAS ALREADY TALKING TO THE OTHER GENTLEMAN AS WELL. NEXT SPEAKER. SHAY SHARP. SHAY SHARP. SHAY SHARP. HELLO. UM, I WAS WONDERING, CAN I GET EXTENDED TIME? CAN YOU GET WHAT NOW? IF THAT'S A, HUH? WHAT, UM, WHAT DO YOU, CAN I GET EXTENDED TIME A LITTLE BIT? IF YOU DON'T MIND. YOU GOT ONE MINUTE. OKAY. SO, UM, I KNOW NOBODY HAS TOLD YOU GUYS REALLY, I AM A SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER, UM, ON INSTAGRAM. YOU GUYS CAN FOLLOW ME AT MILLION DOLLAR BOMBSHELL WITH FOUR LS, AND MY BACKUP IS FIVE LS WITH THE SAME NAME. UM, ON TOP OF THAT, I'M CONSTANTLY DEALING WITH POLICE HARASSMENT. [01:45:01] I DON'T KNOW WHY I CAN'T GO ON THE THIRD FLOOR ALL OF A SUDDEN. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT. I HAVEN'T DID ANYTHING. I PROPERLY TALKED TO THE OFFICER AND THE RECEPTIONIST THAT WAS UPSTAIRS LAST WEEK AND THAT WAS IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THEY'RE DOING OR EXACTLY THEY'RE SAYING, BUT I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG AND I'M SIMPLY JUST TRYING TO GET SOME HELP FROM MY SITUATION. AND YES, I DID HAVE AN EX AND HIS FAMILY PUT ME ON THE STREETS AND USED POLITICAL CONNECTIONS TO DO SO AS WELL. AND NOBODY HAS DID ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND I KEEP SAYING MY KIDS ARE MISSING, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY JUST WANT TO CAPITALIZE. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. JACOB. JACOB CLEMENT IS HERE. THIS COMPANY IS LOOKING FOR HOMEOWNERS TO TRIAL. THESE RING A BELL. , YOU GOT JOKES TODAY? I, I HAVE A CHURCH THING TO SAY THAT IS, THE ELECTION WAS READ. I MEAN, WHO DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE MAYOR AND WHO DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE CITY COUNSELOR? I MEAN, NOT COUNSELOR, UH, UM, COUNCIL, UH, CONTROLLER. CONTROLLER SHOULD BE DAVE MARTIN. AND WELL, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE SHOULD BE MAYOR, BUT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU, JACOB. THANK YOU JACOB. THANK YOU JACOB. THANK YOU. NO, HE DIDN'T VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN, VOTE LATE. DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. NO, HE DIDN'T COMPLAIN. HAPPY TRAILS . YEAH. ALL RIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER. THAT COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. ALL RIGHT, THAT COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. OKAY, NOW, UH, DUE [MAYOR'S REPORT] TO THE SHORTAGE OF TIME, I'M GOING TO REDUCE THIS MAYOR'S REPORT. NO, UM, LEMME JUST SAY, UH, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY ON THE INCUMBENT, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, FOR THE RESULTS OF LAST NIGHT. AND, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM, NO QUESTION YOU WOULD BE AN OUTSTANDING CONTROLLING, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, UM, BUT AGAIN, I KNOW THE, UH, THE RUNOFF IS SATURDAY DECEMBER THE NINTH. SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO PUT THAT ON THEIR CALENDAR. UH, YESTERDAY, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT, BUT THE FINANCIAL TIMES, UH, MAGAZINE, UH, NAMED HOUSTON, THE BEST UNITED STATES CITY FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND MAGNET FOR INVESTORS. MM-HMM . UH, LAST YEAR WAS MIAMI. UH, THIS YEAR IS THE FINANCIAL TIME. PLEASE READ THE ARTICLE. MM-HMM . UH, WELL-WRITTEN, WELL, I MEAN, WELL SAID. SO, UH, WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND ITS FUTURE. SO, UH, UH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH IS BIG, THE GUN BY BUYBACK ANNOUNCEMENT FOR NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH WITH COMMISSIONER LESLIE BARONI AND SHERIFF GONZALEZ WILL BE TODAY, UH, AT TWO OR A LITTLE AFTER TWO, UH, TODAY. BUT THAT GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM WILL BE NOVEMBER THE 17TH. UH, AND AS A PART OF THE ONE, UH, ONE SAFE HOUSTON, UH, I KNOW VETERAN'S DAY IS FALLING ON SATURDAY. AND, UH, IT'S ONE THING WHEN IT'S ON A WEEKDAY AND WE HAVE THE, THE PROGRAM AND THE, AND THE PARADE, UH, WE CAN COUNT ON PEOPLE COMING FROM THE BUILDINGS. UH, THIS TIME IT'S GONNA BE ON SATURDAY. I'M JUST GONNA ASK IF YOU, IF YOU ARE, JUST SEND OUT EMAILS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW VETERAN'S DAY PROGRAM IS 10 O'CLOCK. IT'S EITHER 10 OR 10 30 ON SATURDAY MORNING. UH, AND THEN THE PARADE WILL FOLLOW. I KNOW IT MAY, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME RAIN, BUT, UH, I'M HOPING THAT, UM, UH, THE ONLY PEOPLE DOWNTOWN WILL NOT JUST BE THE PEOPLE IN THE PARADE. SO IF YOU'LL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME TO ME, ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE ABOUT 3000 VETERAN EMPLOYEES, UH, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL COME. I'M ENCOURAGING HOUSTON STONES WILL COME, VFW POST AND OTHERS TO COME. UH, PEOPLE WHO VALUE OUR VETERANS, THAT'S NOT JUST VALUE THEM WHEN IT'S IN GOOD WITH GOOD WEATHER AND WHEN IT'S ON A WEEKDAY. UM, AND LET'S SHOW AS MUCH SUPPORT FOR THEM AS WE WOULD SHOW FOR OUR HOUSTON ASTROS. QUITE FRANKLY, THEY SERVE THIS COUNTRY TO MAKE THE HOUSTON ASTROS THE ROCK AS THE TEXANS POSSIBLE. SO WE SAY WE LOVE THE VETERANS, [01:50:01] WE SAY WE LOVE THEM. WELL, THIS IS THEIR DAY ON SATURDAY MORNING. SO IF YOU LOVE THEM, SHOW THEM THAT YOU LOVE THEM. AND LET ME JUST ASK, UH, THE MEDIA IF YOU CAN, IF YOU'LL JUST HELP US TO PROMOTE VETERANS DAY PROGRAM SATURDAY MORNING IN THE PARADE. I REALLY, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT AND THE VETERANS WOULD APPRECIATE IT. OKAY? BECAUSE ONE THING I DO KNOW, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PARADE, I'D BE ALL OVER YOU. I MEAN, PEOPLE WILL BE ALL OVER US. OKAY? SO JUST MAKING A SPECIAL PLAY, UH, FOR THE PARADE EVENTS. 10:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM MOMENT TO SIGN AT 11 AND PARADE AT 1130. OKAY. THE, THE PROGRAM IS AT 10:00 AM MOMENTS OF SILENCE AT 11 PARADE IS AT 1130. 30. YES SIR. OKAY. AND THEN GO HOUSTON DYNAMOS. UH, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, I LISTENED, I WAS AWAY LAST WEEK, BUT I, YOU KNOW, THANK GOD FOR TECHNOLOGY AND I, I LISTENED TO THE REPORT FROM THE COMPTROLLER LAST WEEK. UM, AND I TELL YOU, IT TOOK EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO CONTAIN MYSELF FOR EIGHT YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN MAYOR FOR EIGHT YEARS. THE COMPTROLLER HAS SAID THE SKY IS FALLING. MM-HMM . IT ALMOST, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH HE WISHED THE SKY WAS FALLING UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION FOR EIGHT YEARS. AND FOR EIGHT YEARS HIS PROJECTIONS HAVE BEEN WRONG. MM-HMM . FOR EIGHT YEARS, REMEMBER DOING PENSIONS. HE SAID WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO LAY OFF 2000 EMPLOYEES. WE DIDN'T EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE GONNA HAVE TO LAY OFF FOLK. WE DIDN'T FOR EIGHT YEARS. OKAY? AND WE HAVE MANAGED, COLLECTIVELY MANAGED THE CITY. WELL, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS I JUST WANT ALL OF US TO BEAR IN MIND. PEOPLE TALK ABOUT STRUCTURAL BUDGET, THAT'S NICE FOR WORDING. WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. OKAY? A BALANCED BUDGET. AND WE HAVE PRODUCED EIGHT BALANCED BUDGETS. NOW, THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES, WHICH I VALUE MORE THAN THE COMP CONTROLLER HIMSELF, SAID THAT WE HAD THREE AREAS THAT CREATED STRUCTURAL FINANCIAL HURDLES. ONE WAS PENSIONS AND FUNDING LIABILITIES. THE SECOND WAS O OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. AND THE THIRD WAS THE REVENUE CAP. THOSE WERE THE THREE STRUCTURAL HURDLES THAT THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES IDENTIFIED. AND THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THEM ALMOST EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WE HAVE ADDRESSED TWO OF THEM. UNFUNDED PENSIONS AND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. WE HAVE ADDRESSED THEM. AND IF YOU FOLLOW THROUGH, YOU'LL SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT ON THE UNDER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THE REVENUE CAP. WELL THAT'S FOR THE PUBLIC TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. OKAY? BUT WHAT I CAN SAY TO YOU, WE DIDN'T BUMP THE CITY, DIDN'T BUMP UNDER, UNDER THE REVENUE CAMP UNTIL 2015. AND THEN THIS ADMINISTRATION COMES IN IN 2016. SO FOR EIGHT YEARS, BECAUSE OF THE REVENUE CAP, WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT ABOUT $1.7 BILLION. NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT $1.7 BILLION, HOW THAT WOULD'VE BEEN REFLECTED IN OUR REVENUE VERSUS EXPENSES, WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. RIGHT? AND BECAUSE OF THE REVENUE CAP WE HAVE HAD TO LOWER THE TAX RATE EIGHT OF THE NINE PAST YEARS. NOW I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS NOW, CONTROL OTHERS WASN'T TELLING US, DON'T LOWER THE REV, DON'T LOWER THE TAX RATE. NO ONE CAME UP HERE SAYING IF YOU LOWER THE TAX RATE, YOU'RE GONNA BE REDUCING YOUR REVENUE STREAM. WE WERE OBLIGATED TO LOWER THE TAX RATE AND WE DID EIGHT OF THE PAST NINE YEARS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT $1.7 BILLION, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT. NOW THAT'S ON THE REVENUE CAP. AND BEAR IN MIND SOMETHING ELSE. YOU HAVE THE CITY IMPOSED REVENUE CAP AND NOW YOU HAVE A STATE IMPOSED REVENUE CAP. NOW IF YOU WANNA COMPLAIN TO ANYBODY, GO TO AUSTIN. MM-HMM I DIDN'T SEE THE COMPTROLLER IN AUSTIN, TEXAS SAYING TO THEM NOT TO DO IT. OKAY? SO YOU HAVE THE REVENUE CAP POST BY THE CITY, THE REVENUE CAP POST BY THE STATE. AND YET WE ARE A PUBLIC CORPORATION AND WE HAVE TO OPERATE UNDER THOSE CONSTRAINTS. NOW THAT'S UNIQUE, [01:55:01] THAT'S UNIQUE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. NOW FLASHBACK TO THE PENSION REFORMS 2017, THANKS TO CITY COUNCIL, BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND OTHERS, THE LEGISLATURE, WE PASSED THEM. AND BECAUSE OF THE PENSION REFORMS, WE HAVE REDUCED WHAT WE CALL COST AVOIDANCE. REDUCED EXPENSES ON ANNUAL PENSION COSTS FROM 2018 TO THE DAY BY $1.8 BILLION. THOSE ARE DOLLARS WE WOULD'VE HAD TO APPROPRIATE TO PAY THE PENSION COSTS. SO YOU WANNA SAY WE HAVEN'T CUT EXPENSES, WE'VE CUT EXPENSES BY $1.8 BILLION FROM 2018 UP INTO THIS PRESENT POINT. COST AVOIDANCE. IS THAT NOT HUGE? BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH PEOPLE HAVE SHORT MEMORIES AND THEY FORGET THE, AND A, A PROBLEM THAT'S BEEN PLA THAT WAS PLAGUED IN THE CITY SINCE 2001. MM-HMM . REALLY. NOW ON THE BUDGETING ITSELF, WE HAVE FOR 80 YEARS PUT FORTH CONSERVATIVE BUDGETS AND LET HIM EXPLAIN THAT OUR SALES TAX PROJECTIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LOW. WE'VE NEVER BEEN AGGRESSIVE ON OUR SALES TAX PROJECTIONS IN 80 YEARS. AND I, I WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO WILL JONES, IN FACT FROM BILL FROM UH, UH, KELLY TO RA, EMO TO WILL JONES. MM-HMM . AND I WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO WILL JONES. AMEN. OKAY. BECAUSE IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, HIS SALES TAX PROJECTIONS HAVE BEEN PRETTY MUCH SPOT ON. MM-HMM . Y'ALL REMEMBER THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS? MM-HMM . THE COMPTROLLER WAS ALWAYS 40 TO $50 MILLION BEHIND EVERY SINGLE MONTH. WELL, WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE HAD TO TRUE UP FOR JULY, THE COMPTROLLER CAME ALL THE WAY UP TO WHERE WILL JONES WAS. OKAY? HE CAME ALL THE WAY UP BECAUSE THE DOLLAR SPOKE FOR THEMSELVES. WILL JONES HAS DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB AS A FINANCE DIRECTOR. HIS PROJECTIONS HAVE BEEN SPOT ON. THERE'VE BEEN CONSERVATIVE PROJECTIONS. MM-HMM AND EVEN AS OF THE MOST RECENT MONTH, OUR SALES TAX REVENUE ACTUAL COLLECTED IN THE MOST RECENT MONTH. 3.79% HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR, MINUS 11. NOW THE COMPTROLLER WAS UP HERE TALKING ABOUT MINUS 11. THAT'S WRONG. 15 POINTS I GET FIRED. AND HE RELIES ON THE ECONOMIST GILMER, YOU KNOW WHAT GILMER HAS DONE RECENTLY REVISED HIS SALES PACK TAX PROJECTIONS TO 0.2%. NOW, LEMME JUST SAY THIS AS I'LL GO ABOUT WAY OUT. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS I DON'T KNOW, BUT BUDGET, I DO KNOW NUMBERS I DO KNOW, OKAY? MM-HMM . I DO KNOW NUMBERS AND I'VE MANAGED BUDGETS IN THE LEGISLATURE FOR 19 20, 1 OF MY 27 YEARS FOR 21 OF MY I'M I KNOW BUDGETS. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. NOW A LOT OF THINGS I DON'T KNOW, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGETS AND FINANCES, I DO KNOW AND WILL JONES HAS DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB. AND I TAKE ISSUE WITH ANYONE THAT COMES TO THIS MIC AND TRIES TO DISCREDIT HIS REPUTATION OR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND OUR NUMBERS. AND LEMME JUST SAY THE SKY IS NOT FALLING FINANCIAL TIMES. AND TO, AND TO BACK IT UP, YOU GOT THE FINANCIAL TIMES AS OF YESTERDAY SAYING, WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE RATED CITY IN THE COUNTRY. OKAY? NOW IT JUST GETS ME HOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE KEEP GOING TO THE SAME SOURCE. I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. HOW CAN YOU KEEP GOING TO THE SAME SOURCE WHEN THE SAME SOURCE HAS BEEN WRONG FOR 80 YEARS? NOW I CAN BE RIGHT FOR 80 YEARS IN A ROW. [02:00:03] SOMEBODY ELSE CAN BE WRONG FOR 80 YEARS IN A ROW. BUT THIS PERSON IS MORE CREDIBLE THAN I AM. HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'M 69 YEARS OLD. OKAY? I CAN BE RIGHT FOR EIGHT CONSECUTIVE YEARS. AND LET ME ADD THIS WITH A PREVIOUS MAYOR, WHEN THERE WAS A $90 MILLION DEFICIT, SHE LAID OFF 700 PEOPLE. MM-HMM . I HAVE FACED A DEFICIT OF $160 MILLION UP TO 200 MILLION AND NOT LAID OFF ONE. NOT ONE. SO I CAN BE RIGHT FOR EIGHT YEARS. SOMEBODY ELSE, A CONTROLLER CAN BE WRONG FOR 80 YEARS. AND EVERYBODY RUN TO HIM. AND WHEN HE SAYS THIS GUY IS FALLING, THEY TELL ME THIS SKY IS FALLING. WELL, HELL, I BEG TO DIFFER. NOW LEMME TELL YOU WHAT AND WHEN IT WILL FALL AND I'LL BE THROUGH WITH THIS. I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH MONEY WE NEED LEAVE TO THE NEXT MAYOR, WHOEVER THE NEXT MAYOR IS, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO MANAGE, YOU GONNA BE IN TROUBLE. DISASTERS. AND, AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING TOO. NO ONE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS. SEVEN FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTERS THAT WE FACE AND STILL HAVING TO BANISH THIS BUDGET. SO LEMME TELL, LET ME, IN TERMS OF HOW WE BUDGET, WE CONSERVATIVELY BUDGET. AND YOU ALL KNOW WE DON'T ACCOUNT FOR POPULATION GROWTH. SO IN OUR BUDGET, WE DON'T ASSUME THE CITY IS GONNA GROW AT ALL, JUST LIKE THE LAST ONE. SO WHEN THE CITY DOES GROW, WHEN THE PROJECTIONS COME IN, WE GET MORE REVENUE, BUT WE ALWAYS SAY ZERO. IN POPULATION GROWTH, WE IMPOSE HIRING FREEZES EXCEPT FOR POLICE AND FIRE. MM-HMM . AND COUNCILMAN SHAW, I COME, WHAT THAT DOES, IT CREATES VACANCY SAVINGS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. MM-HMM . OKAY, WELL WE TAKE THOSE SURPLUSES, I DON'T CARE WHAT THE PRICE OF ALL MAY BE, IT COULD BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS A BARREL. WE OPERATE ABOUT $40 A BARREL. THAT'S HOW WE BUDGET. WE JUST BUDGET CONSERVATIVELY. WE HAVE REDUCED THE DEBT THAT HAS GENERATED SAVINGS. OKAY? UH, AND THE SALES TAX PROJECTIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONSERVATIVES. SO THAT FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WHEN THE STATE COMPTROLLER PUTS OUT THE, THE SALES TAX, WE HAVE COME ABOVE OUR PROJECTIONS EVERY SINGLE MONTH. YOU HAVE TO MANAGE, I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU, WHAT'S BEING GIVEN TO YOU, YOU HAVE TO MANAGE WELL. AND THEN LASTLY, AND FOR THE, FOR, FOR YOU ALL, AS YOU GO FORWARD, PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP ON STRUCTURAL EXPENSES MORE THAN REVENUE AND ALL OF THAT. AND THEY SAY BALANCE IT. BALANCE IT. SO IT'LL BE A BALANCED STRUCTURAL BUDGET. OKAY? LEMME TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET. AMEN. WHEN YOU DO THAT, LEMME TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET. YOU ARE GOING TO CUT POLICE, FIRE, AND MUNICIPAL WORKERS. AND WHEN YOU CUT EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY, YOU CUT SERVICES. WE ARE A PUBLIC CORPORATION. WE ARE NOT. WE, WE TAKE ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT THERE IS NO PRIVATE COMPANY IN THIS COUNTRY THAT HAS A CAP ON THIS REVENUE. Y'ALL KNOW HOW PEOPLE WANT PARKS AND GREEN SPACES. SO HOW CAN YOU HAVE PARKS, GREEN SPACES, LIBRARIES AND SAY STRUCTURALLY AND YOU WANT POLICE AND FIRE AND SOLID WASTE. YOU TELL ME HOW TO DO THAT. OKAY? AND LASTLY, ALL THIS TALK ABOUT FEDERAL DOLLARS, WHERE YOU RELYING ON FEDERAL DOLLARS, WHY NOT RELY ON THE FEDERAL DOLLARS? IT'S OUR MONEY. IT'S OUR MONEY. THEY ARE, IT'S OUR MONEY. SURE IS. SO WHY DOES IT, THE DOLLARS ARE DEVALUED BECAUSE THEY GO FROM HOUSTON TO DC AND WHEN THEY COME BACK, WELL THOSE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS. HELL NO, THEY'RE OUR DOLLARS. THEY ARE OUR DOLLARS. [02:05:02] THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT GIVING US ANYTHING THAT WE DIDN'T SEND TO THEM. SO WHY NOT RELY ON THEM? I WISH I COULD RELY ON STATE DOLLARS. THEY JUST NOT GIVING THEM TO US. THEY'RE PUTTING THEM ALL ON THE BORDER. THEY'RE NOT GIVING IT TO US. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE LOOK, UM, WILSON JIG JUST PLAYED THE, THAT TRAIL SONG HAPPY TRAIL, HAPPY TRAILS. JACOB. JACOB. BUT LEMME TELL YOU, IT'S IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THE RECORD. AND IF YOU ALLOW ME TO SAY THIS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO PROTECT YOUR OWN LEGACY. IT REALLY IS. 'CAUSE PEOPLE WILL REWRITE YOUR STORY RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES. PEOPLE WILL REWRITE YOUR STORY. YOU'LL WALK OUTTA HERE AND YOU'LL SAY, DID I WHAT? PEOPLE WILL TRY TO REWRITE YOUR STORY. I HAVE NOT BEEN PERFECT. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF THIS CITY, WE HAVE DONE EXTREMELY WELL. WE, NOT ME, LET ME BE VERY CLEAR. YOU ALL HAVE WORKED RIGHT ALONG WITH US. AND JUST LIKE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, DO YOU KNOW AS OF TODAY, 119 FUEL HOMICIDES THAN IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE, A HUNDRED AND NINETEEN SEVENTY TWO FUEL HOMICIDES IN 2022? IS THAT NOT SOMETHING AT LEAST TO ACKNOWLEDGE? OKAY. AND WE HAVE HIRED MORE THAN 2,400 CADETS GOING TO POLICE TO THE HPD. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY WANT 500 MORE, THAT MEANS 500 MORE ON TOP OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE. NOW YOU TELL ME HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT AND PAY FOR IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THAT TIME AND I GOT A MONTH AND A HALF TO GO. I'M AN ACRES HOME KID AND I'M, IT IS JUST, IT'S JUST, I'M SORRY, BUT I'M NOT GOING LET THE TROLL OR ANYBODY ELSE COME TO THIS MIC AND PUT OUT MISS TRUES PAINT AN ERRONEOUS PICTURE AND CLAIM THE SKY IS FALLING AND I'M NOT HERE AT THE DESK. AND YOU'RE SAYING IT NOT GOING HAPPEN. OKAY. IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. ALRIGHT. I'VE GOTTEN THAT OFF MY CHEST. OKAY. AND, UH, NOW MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CARRY ALL OF THAT , BUT JUST EYE POINTS OF IT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. HAVING [CONSENT AGENDA] SAID THAT, LET'S GET TO THE AGENDA. MAD SECRETARY. I DON'T JACOB, JAKE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS BACK UP 'CAUSE YOU ALREADY TO WAVE ME. GOODBYE . ALRIGHT, JACOB. ITEM 11 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM MOVED SECOND. ROBINSON BEEN MOVED IN SECOND ON ITEM 11, MOVED IN SECOND. DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION AND FAVOR POST GRANTED UNDER THE ACCEPT CATEGORY. ITEM 13 AND 14. NEED A MOTION CAST X TATUM MOVED SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED IN SECOND ON ITEM 13 AND 14. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANITE UNDER THE PROPERTY CATEGORY. ITEM 15 HAS BEEN REMOVED, SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEM 16 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TA MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED IN SECOND ON ITEM 16 IN FAVOR OF POST GRANITE. AND LEMME JUST SAY, COUNCIL MEMBER PAT, THIS IS GOING A LONG WAY. CLOSING THE DOOR. OWN THE ACQUISITION OF THAT PROPERTY FOR THAT REGIONAL LIBRARY. SO, AND WE HOPING TO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THAT BEFORE THE, BEFORE THEN OF THE YEAR. OKAY, NEXT ITEM. UNDER THE PURCHASING INTERATION, THE BID CATEGORY, ITEM 22 HAS BEEN REMOVED. SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEM 17 THROUGH 26 NEED A MOTION CAST MOVE SECOND ROBINSON, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, UM, ON ALL THE ITEMS UNDER PURCHASING TABULATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 22 IN FAVOR, OPPOSED GRANTED UNDER THE ORDINANCES CATEGORY. ITEM 30 HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED AND WILL BE CONSIDERED IF IT IS RECEIVED BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING. ITEM 31 HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND WILL BE CONSIDERED. UH, ITEMS [CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA] REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ARE 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 42, 43, 44, 47, 54, 55, [02:10:08] AND 57. THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 42, 43, 44, 47, 54, 55, AND 57. NEED A VOTE ON THE BALANCE. DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF, AND LEMME JUST SAY, I KNOW ITEM 30 IS NOT IN, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY ITEM 30 IS NOT IN, UH, THE DOLLARS ARE THERE TO CERTIFY. ITEM 30, I'VE ASKED THE CONTROLLER BY 11 O'CLOCK TO GIMME AN EXPLANATION ON WHY ITEM 30 IS NOT IN. IT'S 1105 AND IT'S THE 1105. I DO NOT KNOW IF WE'VE RECEIVED A RESPONSE, BUT I THINK THE COMP, THERE'S NO REASON FOR THE COMPTROLLER TO BE HOLDING ON ITEM 30. THAT IS A MAJOR REBEL, UM, IMPROVEMENT TO TERMINAL B AT THE AIRPORT. AND QUITE FRANKLY, IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD, CONTINENTAL IN UNITED CAN GO TO DENVER OR SOME OTHER PLACE. SO HE SAYS HE DOESN'T ENGAGE IN POLICY. SO HIS JOB IS TO CERTIFY. IF THE DOLLARS ARE THERE, HIS OBLIGATION IS TO CERTIFY THE BUDGET, I MEAN TO CERTIFY THE ITEM, THE DO THE FUNDING, THE DOLLARS ARE THERE, THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE COMPTROLLER TO BE HOLDING ON THIS ITEM AND JEOPARDIZING, UH, THIS MAJOR PROJECT AT UNITED. THERE IS NO REASON OTHER THAN FOR IT TO BE POLITICAL AND FOR IT NOT ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT UNDER THIS MAYOR'S WATCH. SO I'VE SAID TO, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, TO UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE COMPTROLLER IS OPERATING WITHIN HIS SCOPE. AND IF HE'S NOT OPERATING WITHIN HIS SCOPE, TAKE WHATEVER NECESSARY ACTION, UH, TO HAVE HIM TO, UH, ADHERE TO HIS RESPONSIBILITY IN HIS JOBS, UH, TO THE CHARTER. BUT THIS FOOLISHNESS HAS TO COME TO US TO AN END. ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM. ITEM 12 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE. SECOND ROBINSON. ON ITEM 12, DISCUSSION ITEM 12, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANITE. ITEM 15 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED IN SECOND IN ITEM 15. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRAND ITEM 15. ITEM 22 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE SECOND. ROBINSON MOVED IN SECOND IN ITEM 22. DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF POST GRANT ON 22. ITEM 27 IS A RESOLUTION. JUST NEED TO VOTE. WE'RE ON ITEM 27. DISCUSSION ON 27. DISCUSSION ON 27 IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANT ON 27. ITEM 29 IS IN ORDINANCE. YOU NEED TO VOTE NINE ON 29. COUNCILMAN CAYMAN ON 29. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD MORNING. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SPOTLIGHT THIS ITEM IN 31 TOGETHER BECAUSE THIS IS ACCEPTING A VERY LARGE GRANT FROM THE EPA, UM, THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT, UH, IN DISTRICT B SPECIFICALLY, BUT INCLUDES, IT'S ALL RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY, INCLUDING A LOCAL SOLAR HUB AT A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION. STATE-OF-THE-ART FLOOD ALERT SYSTEMS AND AIR PERMIT APPLICATION WARNING SYSTEM, UH, NATIVE TREE PLANTING, SOLAR TREES, UH, THE LIST GOES ON. AND THEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH WHAT WE'LL BE VOTING ON ON 31, WHICH IS, UH, FUNDING FOR ASSISTANCE TO HELP CONTINUE THE WORK TO IMPLEMENT THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. SO ALL THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH WE'RE MAKING GREAT HEADWAY ON, UM, THAT FUNDING IS GONNA GO TOWARDS ADDITIONAL IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS. SO REALLY HAPPY TO SEE BOTH OF THESE ITEMS ON HERE, MAYOR, AND THE FOCUS ON, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND RESILIENCY IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. BUT SERVING AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE AS WE MAKE PROGRESS. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS. NO, THANK YOU SIR, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 29 IN FAVOR? OPPOSED GRANTED ON 29. ITEM 31 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE TAG ROBINSON. ITEM 31. BEEN TAGGED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. ITEM 32 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. ONE ITEM 32. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS ON 32. THANK YOU MAYOR COL. COLLEAGUES, THIS MORNING WE HEARD FROM THREE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER. ONE OF 'EM, MR. AMAN, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER, UH, THE, UH, CHAIRMAN, UH, AS WELL AS THE CEO AND PRESIDENT, UH, MR. GONZALEZ. [02:15:02] AGAIN, I WANNA THANK YOU MAYOR. 'CAUSE THIS, THIS WAS, UH, THEY HAD THEIR ANNUAL LUNCHEON ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO, AND THEY SHOWED A VIDEO. AND IN THAT VIDEO IT SHOWS THE NEED FOR RESTORATION OF THIS BUILDING. THIS BUILDING THAT WAS FOUNDED BY VETERANS COMING BACK FROM VIETNAM TO HELP THOSE TO LEARN A VOCATIONAL TRAINING. THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR 10 YEARS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD REACHED OUT TO ME YEARS AGO, AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS DONE. AND THEY REACHED OUT TO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL TO GET THE SUPPORT AND HELP AND MEETING, UH, MR. GONZALEZ AND I MEETING WITH THE MAYOR THERE AT THE LUNCHEON. AND THE MAYOR GAVE THE COMMITMENT THAT HE WILL SEE WHAT HE CAN DO TO HELP. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BENEFIT NOT JUST THE EAST END, BUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON REGARDS TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO HERE, MAYOR, ON OUR LAST COUPLE WEEKS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN HERE AT THE HORSESHOE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND IT'S, UM, I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. AND THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER HAS A LONG HISTORIC HISTORY AND THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. UM, BUT THEY ALSO NEED A FUNDING AND REVENUE AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO ALSO STEP FORWARD AND CONTRIBUTE EVEN MORE, UH, TO THE LATINO LEARNING CENTER. SO THANK YOU ALL, APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THE ITEM. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED, GRANTED ON 32, ADAM, 33 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE PLEASE. OUT, UH, ON COUNCILMAN KAMAN ON 33. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. UM, I I WANTED TO SPOTLIGHT THIS BECAUSE MARY, WHEN YOU WERE OUT, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS, UH, FEMA LOOKS LIKE IS, HAS AGREED TO FIF OVER $54 MILLION IN REIMBURSEMENT, UM, THAT'S GOING TOWARDS THE NEW COURTHOUSE THAT WE NEED, RIGHT? I HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS NEED. I WANNA THANK JUDGE MARSHALL, UM, AND EVERYONE AT THE COURTHOUSE BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE STILL POST HARVEY WORKING IN CONDITIONS THAT NOBODY SHOULD BE WORKING IN. UM, I DID ALSO WANNA CLARIFY ON THIS ITEM, THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO DO. THIS IS FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, TO DO THE, AS ASSESSMENT, I BELIEVE, OF WHERE WE HOPE WILL BE THE NEW LOCATION, RIGHT? UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT WE DO LIKELY HAVE A NEW LOCATION IN OUR SITES, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES. MY HAT'S OFF TO COSTELLO AS WELL. UM, BUT JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING AS WE NOW MAY HAVE AN ACTUAL LOCATION TO RELOCATE. AND THAT IS, AND THAT IS VERY TRUE, UM, ACTUAL CITY PROPERTY, WHICH IS EVEN BETTER. UM, AND, UM, I GIVE A LOT OF KUDOS TO, UH, TO JUDGE, UH, MARSHALL AND THE JUDGES AND THE STAFF, THE CLERKS, THE PEOPLE WHO COME THERE. UM, THEY'VE ENDURED SOME VERY ROUGH CONDITIONS AT THE MUNICIPAL COURT SINCE, UH, HURRICANE HARVEY. AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK FEMA. I MEAN, WE'VE STAYED AT IT, STEVE COSTELLO AND ALL THE TEAM BEEN BEEN WORKING ON IT FINANCE, BUT THIS, THIS ACTUALLY GETS IT GOING, GETS IT MOVING FOR A NEW MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING. UM, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE IT IS. TERRIFIC. AND AGAIN, I, THIS IS JUST SUCH A BIG ITEM THAT'S BEEN IN THE PIPELINE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. UH, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THE COURTHOUSE, DESPITE ALL OF THAT, THAT THEY HAVE KEPT THE DOCKETS MOVING. UH, YOU HEAR RHETORIC ABOUT BACKLOGS, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, BUT OUR MUNICIPAL COURTHOUSE HAS KEPT THINGS MOVING AND CONTINUED PROGRAMS THAT KEEP, UH, TEENS, OUR YOUTH AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS OUT OF THE SYSTEM BY HELPING TO SUPPORT THEM. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 33 IN FAVOR, OPPOSED GRANTED. NEXT ITEM, ITEM 34 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE ON ITEM 34. DISCUSSION ON 34. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR OF OPPOSED GRANTED ON 34. ITEM 35 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE ON ITEM 35. DISCUSSION ON 35, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED GRANTED ON 35. ITEM 42 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. RULE ITEM 42. DISCUSSION ON 42. DISCUSSION [02:20:01] ON 42. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED GRANTED ON 42. ITEM 43 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 43. DISCUSSION ON 43. DISCUSSION. UH, IN FAVOR. OPPOSED, GRANTED. COUNCILMAN MCCAIN, THIS IS A BIG DEAL ALONG WITH THE NEXT ONE AS WELL. IT, IT IS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. I WAS, I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT, BUT, UM, SO HAVE I THIS HAS BEEN, THIS IS FOR COVENANT HOUSE, UM, WHICH IS A HUGE ASSET, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND MONTROSE FOR OUR HOMELESS YOUTH. AND THERE'S A SPECIAL COMPONENT OF THIS AS WELL AS WELL. BACK IN 2021, UM, NEIGHBORS PUSHED BACK WHEN THERE WERE RUMORS THAT, UM, LOVET BOULEVARD WAS GONNA BASICALLY BE TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT. UM, AND MY OFFICE WORKED WITH, UM, ANDY KIN'S TEAM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, A HOST OF FOLKS TO BRING THE N NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER TO SAY WHAT THEY WOULD WANT THERE. AND SO ADDITION, IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING COVENANT HOUSE WITH THESE FUNDS, WE'RE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING WHAT RESIDENTS CAME TO THE CITY SAYING THEY WANTED, WHICH IS, UM, WIDER SIDEWALKS AND ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ALL ALONG THAT CORRIDOR. SO MY HAT'S OFF TO OUR RESIDENTS. UM, BUT I, I WANNA EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE CITY SUPPORT OF COVENANT HOUSE, UM, AND THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING, ESPECIALLY FOR HOMELESS, HOMELESS YOUTH THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 43 IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 43. 44. 44 IS AN ORDINANCE YOU NEED TO VOTE. 9 44. DISCUSSION ON 44. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 44, 47 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. WE ON ITEM 47, AND LEMME JUST TELL YOU, THIS FITS INTO THE ONE SAFE HOUSTON CATEGORY. THIS WORKING WITH THE HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER, HPD ON DOMESTIC ABUSE. UM, WE NEED THIS NOW MORE THAN WE'VE EVER NEEDED BEFORE. SO A LOT OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING ON THIS FRONT. SO, UM, WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. DISCUSSION ON 47. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 47. 54 IS AN ORDINANCE YOU JUST NEED TO VOTE ON. ITEM 54. DISCUSSION ON 54. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 54 HUFFMAN. NO ON 54. I'M SORRY, HUFFMAN. NO. UH, SHOW COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN VOTING NO. 55 IS AN ORDER. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 55. DISCUSSION ON 55. DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER MCCAIN. OKAY, UH, DISCUSSION ON 55 IN FAVOR. OPPOSED, GRANTED ON 55 COUNCIL MEMBER MCC CAMAN ON 55. I JUST WANTED TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES. UH, THIS IS THE FUNDING FOR THE FIRST STAGES OF THE TURKEY GULLY, UM, FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE PAST FOUR YEARS. UH, THAT IS GOING TO SAVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF HOMES, EVEN IN TWO YEAR FLOODS IN FIVE YEAR RAINS. A HUNDRED YEAR, OF COURSE. UM, BUT MAYOR, YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE. UH, WE ARE SO EXCITED. IT IS GOING TO TAKE A FEW YEARS, BUT WE'RE GETTING THE MONEY IN NOW WITH HOPES OF SHOVELS IN THE GROUND NEXT YEAR SOMETIMES. SO, UH, FOR DISTRICT C RESIDENTS, I APPRECIATE THEIR WORK ON THIS. UM, AND OF COURSE, MAYOR, YOUR PARTNERSHIP. 'CAUSE THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR AN AREA THAT HASN'T ALWAYS GOTTEN THE ATTENTION IT NEEDS WHEN IT COMES TO FLOOD PROTECTION. YOU, THIS IS MAJOR, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE MOVING TO MITIGATE THE ISSUE OF FLOODING. UM, SO, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS SIGNIFICANT. AND I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU. AND THE NEED, AND THE NEED EXISTS ALL ABOUT CITY. BUT WE ARE, WE ARE ADDRESSING IT, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE ITEM AT A TIME. SO, THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM. DID WE VOTE? YES, WE DID. WE JUST NEED TO VOTE. UH, WE DID. OH, I'M SORRY. DID WE NOT VOTE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? GRANTED ON 55, JUST TO BE SURE, ITEM 50, ITEM 57 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. WELL, ITEM 57, DISCUSSION ON 57 IN FAVOR OPPOSED GRAND MOTION HUFFMAN HUFFMAN. UH, SO COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN VOTING KNOWN [MATTERS HELD] ITEM 61 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 61. EVAN SHA. COUNCILMAN, UH, EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS DISCUSSED, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DELAY THIS ITEM FOR ONE WEEK. I'M IN SUCH AN AGREEABLE MOOD, UH, TODAY. SECOND. OKAY, SECOND, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT BE MOVED IN. A SECONDED THAT WE DELAYED FOR ONE WEEK. [02:25:01] UH, DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IN FAVOR. OPPOSED, UH, GRANTED, IF YOU'LL REFLECT THAT IN THE MINUTES OF THE CHURCH, UM, MADAM SECRETARY , NEXT ITEM THAT COMPLETES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I KNOW I SAID A WHOLE LOT TODAY, SO , EXCUSE MY PREACHING FOR THE DAY. I'M, I'M, I'M THROUGH TALKING FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. ON THE RECORD. , DON'T BELIEVE IT. ALL RIGHT. UM, I, I DID. LET ME JUST, UH, I WILL BE FLYING OUTTA HERE TOMORROW MORNING HEADING TO LA THERE'S A MAJOR CONVENING BY MAYOR BASS OF LA ON HOMELESSNESS. AND, UH, SHE CALLED, UH, ME DIRECTLY AND ASKED ME TO COME AND BE ONE OF THE KEY SPEAKERS, UH, TO GIVE HOUSTON STORY. AND A NUMBER OF OTHER MAYORS WILL BE THERE AS WELL, UM, FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UM, BUT I DO THINK IT'S NOTABLE. NOTABLE MM-HMM . NOTICEABLE WHEN OTHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY YES. ARE TURNING TO HOUSTON. MM-HMM . AND THAT'S AN US TO COME AND PRESENT HOUSTON'S STORY ON HOW TO ADDRESS THESE DIFFERENT ISSUES. SO IT'S, UH, I'M GOING UP AND DOING MY PART AND RETURNING BACK AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO, UM, BUT I DID WANT, UM, WANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, FOR TOMORROW, UH, COUNCILMAN [NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS] KUMAR, WE SHALL WITH YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST, MAYOR, I, I, I'M REMINDED OF OUR TRIP THAT WE TOOK, UH, TO ISRAEL AND, AND TO THE, UH, PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS. AND, UH, I, I'M, I'M, UH, FOREVER GRATEFUL THAT YOU, UH, ALLOWED ME TO ACCOMPANY YOU ON THOSE TRIPS AND TO MEET THE PEOPLE THAT WE MET. UH, I, I, I, LAST WEEK AT THIS TIME, I WASN'T IN COUNSEL. I ASKED FOR Y'ALL'S PRAYERS, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS. UH, WHEN THE DOCTOR WENT TO PUT ME TO SLEEP, UH, LAST WEDNESDAY, I SAID, UH, I'M NOT PAYING YOU TO PUT ME TO SLEEP. I'M PAYING YOU TO WAKE ME UP. AND, AND SO HE DID. AND SO, MAYOR, I'M FEELING, UH, SOMEWHAT BETTER. UH, BUT I COVERED YOUR PRAYER STILL. AND, UM, I, I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT FIVE MORE COUNCIL SESSIONS. IT JUST SEEMS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE THAT 10 YEARS HAVE PASSED THIS FAST. BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A GOOD JOURNEY. GOD BLESS Y'ALL. AND, UH, I WISH ALL OF YOU THE BEST. THANK YOU. AS I GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, UH, MR. ALEMAN, IF YOU'LL, UH, COUNCILMAN GAY, IF YOU'LL BRING THEM UP, UH, AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM. BUT LEMME GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER TO THOMAS. YEAH, IF WE'LL DO THIS PICTURE, UM, [02:30:03] , I MEAN, YOUR RETURNS CAME IN VERY LATE, , BUT WE MADE IT OVER, UH, OVER MIDNIGHT. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR TURNER. UH, SHOUT OUT TO MY DADDY IN THAT ONE SINGLE VOTE . UM, UH, I, I APPRECIATE IT. SO, UH, I WANNA THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I CAME TO YOU REQUESTING, UH, STREET STRIPING RE STRIPPING. YES. UM, ESPECIALLY AROUND ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO AS THEY RETURN FOR SPRING SEMESTER, THAT, UH, WON PEDESTRIANS AND WALKERS WOULD HAVE SOME SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE. AND SO, I'M, I'M HAPPY AND ELATED TO KNOW THAT THAT IS IN THE QUEUE AND PRIORITIZE. SO RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT F KNOW THAT THAT WILL BE HAPPENING. UH, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION AND, UH, HELLO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT YOU TELL HTV TO GET MY MESSING WITH ME. OKAY. UH, SO JUST, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, FOR PRIORITIZING THAT, AND THANK YOU TO PUBLIC WORKS AND, UM, UH, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. UM, WE'RE MAKING IT HAPPEN. ONE REQUEST, ONE RESULT. UM, ALSO WANNA, UH, THANK THE CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT. UH, I WANNA, I THINK IT WAS 2021 OR 2022, WE PASSED AN ITEM, UH, WITH THE LAW FIRM FOR, UH, DEED RESTRICTION SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND, UH, MY ISSUES WITH PINEY POINT. SO WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THE FIRM THAT'S ALREADY ON CONTRACT, UH, TO ASSIST THEM, ESPECIALLY AS WE STAND THEM UP FOR THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT. SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT TO THE OF COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WE ARE WORKING ON YOUR BEHALF. I DID VISIT THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO SHARE WITH THEM SOME OF THE NUANCE IN THE BACKGROUND, AND I'M ENCOURAGED THAT THEY'RE GONNA PRIORITIZE MAKING SURE THAT PLATS ARE RE PLATTED. SO, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE NOT OPERATING ON RESIDENTIAL LOTS. SO THAT'S HAPPENING. AND I JUST WANNA RECAP THE COMMUNITY MEETING WE HAD AT ASHTON VILLAGE. IT WAS A GREAT COMMUNITY MEETING. UH, I WAS ABLE TO COME WITH GOOD NEWS SPEED BUMPS IN A SWAT PROJECT. UM, SO THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UH, THEY WERE AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY. UHHUH, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE ON THE POLL HUNTER. NOW, IF YOU WANT, THIS IS HOW YOU WANNA DO IT. YOU COME WITH SOME GOOD NEWS, YOU GET THESE PEOPLE SOME RESULTS. OKAY? UM, OKAY. I FIXED MY DADDY CURVE. SO LISTEN, I EARNED THAT ONE VOTE. UM, BUT I, IT WAS GOOD NEWS. THEY WERE EXCITED. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NEVER HAD ANY TYPE OF DRAINAGE PROJECT. UM, THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE SPEED BUMPS. ALL OF IT'S FULLY BOOKED. IT'S, UH, THE SWAT TEAM HAD INITIALLY RECOMMENDED THAT WE SPLIT THE PROJECT UP INTO TWO BECAUSE IT WAS SO AGGRESSIVE. AND I SAID, NO, I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A SPLIT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE'RE SPENDING ALL THOSE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR DRAINAGE IS UP TO BASELINE. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UH, LISTEN, I'M READY FOR MORE EDITORIALS AND OPINES FROM YOU OVER THE LAST FIVE WEEKS, , RIGHT? SO, UH, UH, KEEP GIVING IT TO US. UH, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU AT THIS HORSESHOE. I'M GONNA MISS YOU AT THIS HORSESHOE. UM, AND I HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH YOU SO I CAN GET EVERYTHING ELSE OUTTA YOU BEFORE YOU GET UP OUTTA HERE. , I GOT A LITTLE SHORT LIST FOR YOU. UM, BUT WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. AND FOR DISTRICT F MEMBERS, RESIDENTS, IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE NEWSLETTER, PLEASE SIGN UP, FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, SO YOU CAN GET UP TO DATE, ACCURATE IN INFORMATION. AND LATER TODAY I'M MEETING WITH THE WEST HOLLOW, HOA TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH LPR CAMERAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND JOAQUIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, MAN. YOU KNOW, HEY, IT WAS MY VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER S ALCO, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I THOUGHT YOU LIVED IN DISTRICT AGE, MAYOR TURNER, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU VOTED FOR JOAQUIN, BUT, UH, MAYOR, JUST, UM, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE, THE PARK EVENTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN HAVING. ONE AFTER THE OTHER, AFTER THE OTHER. I MEAN, THESE ARE REALLY, UM, REALLY GREAT PROJECTS, AND ESPECIALLY THE ONE I DID NOT KNOW, THE, THE STORY OF OFFICER WINDSOR. YEAH. AND, UM, THAT PARK THAT HONORS HIS NAME AND WHAT USED TO BE KIND OF A SCARY, UM, DRUG INFESTED PARK VERY MUCH SO, IS NOW A, A BEAUTIFUL PARK, REALLY WOODED. I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE A PICNIC. AND I'M BRAGGING MY FAMILY OUT THERE. IT'S, IT'S SO, IT'S SO PRETTY. AND EVERYBODY DID SUCH A GOOD, GOOD JOB. AND IT WAS REALLY MOVING TO SEE HIS PARTNERS FROM BACK IN, UM, IN THE DAY. I MEAN, HE DIED AS A YOUNG MAN IN THE LINE OF DUTY, UM, IN A CAR ACCIDENT. AND SO, UH, ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THE 50 50 PARK INITIATIVE. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE AS MANY AS I CAN BECAUSE I DO, UM, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON OUR SIGNATURE PARKS, WHICH ARE ALSO GREAT, THE TRACK. I KNOW THAT, UM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN MADE SPEAK OF THE TRACK AT MEMORIAL, BUT THESE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, WHICH REALLY MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITIES AND OUR, AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, SPENDS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SALLY FOR THE CITY . COUNCILMAN PAT IS THE FIRE OUT? WELL, ACTUALLY, THAT IS WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT. THE FIRE . IT IS OUT NOW. UM, THE FIRE HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE, UM, OCTOBER 28TH AND TOOK WELL OVER A WEEK AND A HALF TO, UM, [02:35:01] BE PUT OUT. UM, MAYOR, I'VE TALKED TO CHAIR CAYMAN ABOUT THIS, UM, TO LOOK AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ABOUT THIS ITEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPER HAS LEFT TREES, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF TREES ON THIS PROPERTY, SOME TREES FOR OVER A YEAR, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE TREES FOR MONTHS ON END JUST SITTING THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DROUGHT. I MEAN, WHAT DID WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN? OF COURSE, THERE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN, RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE OF THESE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE FIRES WHERE IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A WILDFIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. AND SO, UNTIL WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE TO MAKE, UM, DEVELOPERS STOP LEAVING IT THERE FOR MONTHS ON END, THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO EXPLAIN THAT WATER JUST CANNOT PUT OUT THESE FIRES, AND IT TAKES OVER A WEEK, SOMETIMES LONGER WEEKS ON END TO PUT THESE FIRES OUT. AND I MEAN, IT WAS BAD. I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS FIRE, AND I'VE WATCHED IT ALL OF THESE DAYS, AND IT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. UM, NEXT MAYOR, I WANNA THANK PUBLIC WORKS. UM, THERE'S A PROJECT THAT WAS ABOUT TO START ON BINGO ROAD, UM, A ROAD DIET TO CHANGE LANES FROM FOUR TO THREE LANES WITH BASICALLY NO PUBLIC INPUT. WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT UNTIL THE SIGNS WENT UP SAYING THAT THIS PROJECT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. SO, WANTED TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS FOR PAUSING THIS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING, GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. I DON'T THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO SUPPORT THIS IN ANY WAY, BUT AT LEAST WE NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE AND TAKE THAT INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. SO, WANTED TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS FOR THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, I WANTED TO WISH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UM, TO MY DAUGHTER, ANNABELLE. SHE'S TURNING FOUR TODAY. AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM. UM, HER BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW. THANK YOU. GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATIONS, AND MAYOR, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH YOU RELATED TO THE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COST OF RESPONDING TO IRRESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT THAT PUTS PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, LIVES AT RISK, THAT THAT COST IS NOT FALL SOLELY ON TAXPAYERS, AND THAT WE ARE REIMBURSED FOR THOSE COSTS OF HAVING TO, TO ADDRESS THIS. UM, BUT ON A BRIGHTER NOTE AND A LIGHTER NOTE, UH, IN LINE WITH BIRTHDAYS, I ALSO WANNA MISS, UH, WISH OUR CHIEF OF STAFF, KATE DENTLER, A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. IT WAS HER BIRTHDAY OVER THE WEEKEND. UM, AND MAYOR, I, WE, YOU KNOW, HERE AT THE PODIUM OR AT THE MIC FOCUS ON CITY BUSINESS, UM, NOT ELECTIONS, BUT I DO WANNA SAY, UM, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF RHETORIC AND NEGATIVITY, UH, THAT I HAVE HEARD IN MESSAGING. UH, AND AS WE GO INTO DECEMBER, I HOPE WE CAN ALL LIFT UP, LIKE YOU SAID, THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AS A CITY, THAT THIS IS A CAN-DO COUNCIL. UH, WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, DESPITE ITS CHALLENGES, DESPITE THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ACCOMPLISH, UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO THAT WORK. SO I, I RECOMMIT TO LIFTING THAT WORK UP AND LISTENING TO OUR RESIDENTS, NOT ONLY ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, BUT WHAT THEY'RE CELEBRATING. UM, SO I, I WANTED TO START, UH, TODAY OFF ON A POSITIVE NOTE, UM, THAT WE CONTINUE THAT WORK. AND MAYOR, I THINK YOU HAVE ALSO REALLY LIFTED UP THAT MESSAGE. SO IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US TO DO THAT, AND FOR ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, THAT NEED TO CONTINUE INTO DECEMBER, UM, WE ARE WITH YOU AND WE HAVE YOUR BACKS TOO, AND I WANNA MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR. THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS WELL. YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG WIN AND COUNCIL MEMBER PACK. I FOLLOWED YOUR NIGHT LAST NIGHT AS WELL AND FELL ASLEEP WAITING ON YOUR RESULTS. SO, , CONGRATULATIONS. NOW, THE HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBER, CAROLYN, NEVER SURVIVES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, LET'S SEE. ON, UH, LAST WEEK WE HAD A, AN EXCELLENT MEETING AT THE, FOR THE SUNNYSIDE SOLAR FARM COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR BUGS FOR ALL OF HER EFFORTS. UH, CERTAINLY PASTOR LEONARD DARCY, WHO OPENED UP HIS CHURCH, THE ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH, AND THANK YOU TO THE SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY ENERGY GROUP BOARD, HONORABLE MAYOR, SANDRA MASSEY HINES, CHARLES CAVE, DR. PATRICIA SPIKES. AND CERTAINLY WE HAD THE, THE AWESOME PRESENCE OF DR. JAMES NASH. AND IT WAS A GREAT MEETING. I THINK WE, WE GOT A LOT OF UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHERE THIS PROJECT IS. ALSO ON TOMORROW, I GUESS I'LL GO SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER WITH THE GREATER SUGAR VALLEY AT THE FALL GALA, UH, TOMORROW NIGHT FROM FIVE TO NINE AT THE OAKTON PLACE, 50 11 GRIGGS ROAD. AND IT'S A SEMI-FORMAL AFFAIR IF ANYONE WANTS TO COME OUT AND SHAKE A TAIL, FEATHER WITH ME, . [02:40:01] OKAY, THEN A THANKSGIVING THANK YOU EVENT. WE WILL HAVE A SENIOR TURKEY, TURKEY GIVEAWAY ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER THE 11TH, UH, STARTING AT 8:00 AM AT THE WATKINS SUPERMARKET, WHICH IS 1 0 5 1 0 CULLEN BOULEVARD. SO COME OUT AND GET YOUR TURKEYS. ALSO WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE, THERE'S A ENVIRONMENTAL CAREER WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. UH, PLEASE CONTACT BENITA CARNER CARTER, EXCUSE ME, AT (713) 313-1406. I'LL CALL MY OFFICE AT (832) 393-3001. ALSO, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL DISTRICT D AND ANYONE THAT WANTS INFORMATION REGARDING DISTRICT D TO SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER, UH, WHICH YOU WOULD, UH, SEND AN EMAIL TO DISTRICT D@HOUSTONTX.GOV. AND THAT CONCLUDES WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST VERY SIMPLY, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE WINNERS OF LAST NIGHT, UM, AND, AND, UM, AND EXTEND BEST WISHES TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE STILL IN THE RACE. UM, UM, AND I HAVE A MESSAGE TO, UM, FUTURE CANDIDATES AND, YOU KNOW, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE IN OUR CITY. AND, AND IF YOU'RE, UM, INTERESTED IN SERVING THE CITY, UM, IN SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS CALLING YOU, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IT AND STEP UP. LEADERSHIP MATTERS. AND YOU MAY BE EXACTLY WHO VOTERS WANNA SEE ON THE BALLOT. SO, SO, SO GIVE IT THOUGHT FOR THE NEXT TIME. I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT AND, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH WHO ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT POTENTIAL, HAVE, YOU KNOW, ARE SAYING, OH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M READY. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRETTY MUCH, UM, IN A LOT OF WAYS, A, UM, AN ON THE JOB TRAINING. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COME WITH A, WITH A GOOD HEART AND YOU KNOW, AND A GOOD WORK ETHIC AND, UM, THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY IS, YOU KNOW, IS, IS WHAT YOU'RE AFTER, YOU KNOW, UM, THEN YOU MAY BE, YOU KNOW, THIS MAY BE A GOOD SPOT FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, VICE MAYOR, CHAIRMAN, UH, TATUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DID WANNA ECHO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY NOTICING, UM, WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WANTING TO GLEAN FROM US IN THE CITY. ON NEXT WEEK. I KNOW SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I WILL BE, UM, MODERATING A PANEL ON OUR SUCCESS OF, UH, THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AS A CITY. UM, AND OTHER CITIES WILL, UM, ALSO BE PARTICIPATING ON THAT PANEL, UH, TO SHARE WITH OTHER CITIES HOW THEY CAN PULL DOWN THOSE GRANTS AND UTILIZE THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS IN THEIR CITIES. SO, SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE INTERESTING. UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING WILL COMMENCE ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER THE 15TH AT 2:00 PM HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM DIRECTOR DIAZ AND STAFF WILL PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE I TRIP PROGRAM. UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ATTEND ON NOVEMBER THE 15TH AT 2:00 PM THE RESIDENTS IN BRADBURN VALLEY ARE GOING TO BE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THEIR NEW CONCRETE STREET PANELS ON SOUTH BRAYWOOD, UM, FROM SOUTH GASSNER DRIVE TO BRAISE BAYOU DRIVE. THESE STREET IMPROVEMENTS WILL BEGIN NOVEMBER THE 15TH, AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY FEBRUARY OF 2024. VERY HAPPY TO SEE THESE IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THOSE AREAS. MAYOR, I WANTED TO, UM, GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO DAVID FIELDS WHEN WE HAVE TRAFFIC ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY. HE IS SO RESPONSIVE AND JUST, UM, SO HELPFUL. WE'VE DONE A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THE WEST BELFORT, UM, WESTBURY AREA. WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM WITH SPEEDING ON SATURDAY. WE HAD A, A FATALITY AT BURDINE AND WEST BELFORT, WHICH IS NEAR THE LIBRARY. MM-HMM . HE'S ALREADY, UM, BEEN MADE AWARE OF IT. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE TRAFFIC TEAM TO SEE IF IT WARRANTS A, A STREETLIGHT IN THAT AREA AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO TRY TO SLOW DRIVERS DOWN. BUT I WANT TO, UM, MAKE A PUBLIC PLEA TO DRIVERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO PLEASE SLOW DOWN. UM, MANY OF THESE ACCIDENTS, UM, ARE THE RESULT OF PEOPLE JUST SPEEDING, AND WE CAN PUT AS MANY SPEED DIVERSIONS IN THE ROAD, UH, THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY PURCHASE. BUT IF PEOPLE DON'T SLOW DOWN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE, THESE DANGEROUS, UM, SITUATIONS IN, IN OUR CITY. UH, ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT ON DECEMBER THE SECOND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN WILL HAVE ANOTHER, UM, PARK OPENING, UH, MENTIONED PARK . UH, SO WE WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND. THIS ONE IS GONNA BE EXTRA SPECIAL. MAYOR, UH, MENTIONED PARK IS NEXT DOOR TO [02:45:01] A PROPERTY THAT THE TURS RECENTLY PURCHASED THAT WAS A HAVEN FOR DRUG, UM, ACTIVITY. UH, MENTIONED PARK, UNFORTUNATELY WAS PLAGUED WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE HIGH, WERE ON THE PARK BENCHES. MM. WE ASKED THE PARKS, THE DEPARTMENT TO REMOVE THOSE PARK BENCHES. THEN THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HIGH WOULD, UM, HIDE UNDER THE TREES. WE ASKED THEM TO CUT THE TREES. UM, SO A LOT OF COMMUNITY PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY ENJOY THIS PARK, BUT BECAUSE THE TURS WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE THAT MATCO STATION NEXT DOOR, UM, THERE'S NO MORE DRUG ACTIVITY. THIS, UM, FACILITY WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN. EXCELLENT. THAT CORNER'S GONNA BE GREAT. NOW WE HAVE THE REVITALIZED PARK COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS TRANSFORMATION IN DISTRICT A AND A LOT OF IT STEMMED FROM THE 50 50 PARK. THANKS. UM, SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. ON DECEMBER, THE SECOND MARKET CALENDARS FOR DECEMBER 16TH, WE'LL HAVE OUR PREVIEW OF THE DR. SHANNON WALKER LIBRARY. UM, REALLY, UH, EXCITED ABOUT THAT, UH, OPENING HAPPENING IN, UH, WESTBURY AT 55 0 5 BELL ROSE. WE WILL GET A CHIMNEY ROCK ADDRESS FOR THAT LIBRARY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS, UH, THE LIBRARY ON CHIMNEY ROCK. AND THEN, UH, NOVEMBER THE 16TH, BEGINNING AT 5:00 PM THERE'LL BE A DRIVE THROUGH, UH, TURKEY DISTRIBUTION AT NEW FAITH CHURCH, UM, FEEDING AROUND THE FAITH. AND THAT IS A FREE TURKEY GIVEAWAY THAT WILL PARTNER WITH NEW FAITH CHURCH, UM, IN, UH, DISTRICT K. AND THEN FINALLY, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ON THEIR VICTORIES LAST NIGHT, AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OF SERVING HOUSTONIANS AND MAKING OUR CITY BETTER EVERY DAY. LET'S MAKE HISTORY TOGETHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT JOAQUIN MARTINEZ, UH, FOR A VICTORY LAST NIGHT. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR REPRESENTING DISTRICT I FOR THESE PAST 10 YEARS. AND, UH, JOAQUIN HAS BEEN WITH ME FROM DAY ONE. UH, AND HE'S OF COURSE HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB, UH, REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT. UH, AND OF COURSE, WE WILL HAVE A SMOOTH TRANSITION, UH, WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION HERE IN DISTRICT. I THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, MIKE, I'D LIKE TO SAY THE SAME TO JOAQUIN. UH, GREAT JOB. LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING YOU IN, UH, CARRYING ON THE GREAT TRADITION THE COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS HAS DONE. AND MAYOR, WE CAN BE PROUD OF SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THIS HORSESHOE. YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE GETTING READY TO LEAVE, I KNOW I'M, UH, FILLED WITH APPRECIATION FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON AND, AND THOSE RACES THAT ARE STILL THERE. I THINK WE WERE, UH, WE'RE ALL RIVETED. WE'RE GONNA SEE, UH, HOW WE GET TO THE FINISH LINE. BUT, UM, YESTERDAY WAS A BIG DAY AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT, UM, VENITA JONES BIRTHDAY. 'CAUSE THAT WAS YESTERDAY, MAYOR. AND WE WANNA CELEBRATE HER VENITA. UM, WE, WE LOVE YOU. SHE'S, UH, OUR CONTACT WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. HER BIRTHDAY IS ON THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER. DON'T WANNA FORGET VENITA FOR THAT. UM, MAYOR, TOMORROW WE HAVE, UH, THE TTI COMMITTEE FOR NOVEMBER. AND WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS LEFT. I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT DAVID FIELDS. I THINK THIS IS HIS APPRECIATION DAY 'CAUSE WE BRIEFED WITH HIM. WE'VE GOT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TOMORROW, MAYOR, ABOUT THE I 45 PROJECT. IT'S AN UPDATE FROM TXDOT. DAVID WAS ON THAT CALL. UM, HE IS SUCH AN ON-HAND GUY. UH, I ECHO THE VICE MAYOR PRO TEMS ACCOLADES OF HIS SERVICE. SO WANT TO WANT TO THANK HIM FOR ALL HE DOES. IT'S ACTUALLY WORLD URBANISM DAY TODAY, THE 8TH OF NOVEMBER. AND SO I, I SUPPOSE, UH, APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS DUE AND SAFETY. YES, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM IS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN. MAYOR, YESTERDAY AGAIN, ON THE BALLOT WE HAD PROPOSITION B, UH, THE ITEM THAT WOULD AFFECT THE COMPOSITION OF THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN OUTSPOKEN ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK THIS CAN OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO. I WANT TO THANK THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR VERY NUANCED APPROACH TO THIS AS WELL. UM, ARTURO MICHELLE, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, HAS HAD SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT WHAT THIS MAY, UH, FOMENT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'VE APPOINTED ME THE CHAIR, UM, OF TTII SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL. AND WE HAVE AN, AN IMPORTANT SET OF MONTHS COMING UP BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. UM, AND THERE IS MUCH GOING ON. WHAT DAVID FIELDS TOLD ME YESTERDAY, UH, IN OUR BRIEFING, WAS THAT YOU HAD PILED HIM UP WITH SO MUCH TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR THAT HE COULD BARELY, UH, CARRY THAT PAPERWORK. AND, UH, WE KNOW HE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. AND I, I FEEL YOU BECAUSE WE'VE GOT, UH, AGAIN, A HUGE AGENDA TOMORROW AND MORE TO COME IN DECEMBER. SO IN ADDITION TO THE TEXTILE ITEM, WE'RE GONNA BE HEARING ABOUT A CITYWIDE TRUCK ROUTE PLAN [02:50:01] FROM THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 HOUSTON WATER FEES AND AGREEMENTS PRESENTATION. AND WE GOT A BUNCH COMING ON. I KNOW, UH, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE QUITE A BIT WITH LAST WEEK'S, UH, CROWD ATTENDING THE PUBLIC SESSION. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH YOU ABOUT THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. AND THEN FINALLY, MAYOR, JUST TO ECHO WHAT YOU'VE SAID, VERY IMPORTANT VETERANS DAY COMING UP THIS WEEKEND. LET US, UH, GIVE DUE RESPECT FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED. UH, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM. AND, UH, THAT WILL OF COURSE BE TAKING PLACE ON SATURDAY MORNING. SO THANKS FOR ALL THE VETERANS OUT THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH. LET ME THANK, UM, ALL OF YOU AND, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO WORK UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST AT I'M 50 9:00 PM UH, HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, UH, WE STAND ADJOURNED. * 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.