[Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting on February 12, 2024.]
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HAPPY FEBRUARY THE 12TH.I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED THEIR SUPER BOWL PARTIES LAST NIGHT.
UM, WE WOULD GO IMMEDIATELY INTO OUR ROLL CALL.
SO I'M GOING TO CALL OUT THE LIST OF THE ACTIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS.
IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE, UH, SAY YOU'RE HERE.
UM, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, FIVE PHILLIPS HERE, AND RICKY.
WHAT CONSTITUTES AN ACTIVE ONE? AMY, I'M GOING OFF THE LIST THAT I'VE BEEN PROVIDED, BUT ALSO ATTENDANCE WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
HAVE YOU MET EVERY MEETING OR JUST ONCE IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS? ATTENDED ONE OF THE LAST THREE MEETINGS AS DEFINED IN THE BYLAW.
1822 DEXTER HANDY HERE FOR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22.
DOUG SMITH AND BARBARA QUATRO.
UH, 27, 28, 30, UH, 32 HERE, CHERYL HERE.
STEVEN IC HERE NEAR SOUTHWEST.
THERE'S SOME NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND.
IF WE COULD MUTE IF YOU'RE OFF.
RICKY CARDENAS HERE FOR A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
JOEL VASQUEZ, VICE PRESIDENT'S ALSO HERE.
UH, THIS IS CHARLES CAVE WITH SUP SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS 76 AND 77.
76 CHARLES CAVE WITH 76 AND 77.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR LIST OF ACTIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS.
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IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE, UH, YES.UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 24 WAS NOT MENTIONED.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
GREG, LA GRAND PRESIDENT OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 24.
UM, I'M FOR SURE THAT WE'VE BEEN AROUND THE LAST THREE MEETINGS FOR KAY, GENERALLY ATTENDS, AND I, I, I AM HERE ALSO TONIGHT.
WELL, YOU ARE NOT HERE IN JANUARY.
I'M JUST GOING OFF MY LIST IN FRONT OF ME, SO I, I'VE GOT YOU TONIGHT.
UH, ANY OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS PRESENT, UH, THAT WE DID NOT GO THROUGH FROM THE INITIAL ROLL CALL? I BELIEVE YOU MISSED 51 OKAY.
WOULD YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF, PLEASE? HAPPY TO.
I THINK WE'VE CONCLUDED, DID YOU FOR 67 OKAY.
FOR IF ANYBODY WAS MISSED, MAKE AN A COMMENT IN CHAT, PLEASE.
AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL CATCH UP THROUGH CHAT.
I PUT MINE IN THE CHAT, SO Y'ALL DIDN'T SAY IT'S, SO I WANTED TELL.
WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CHAT AND WE PRINT OUT THE CHAT, SO THANK YOU.
WE'LL PUT IT IN THE CHAT AND WE WILL DOUBLE CHECK, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S THERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A, A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO THE AGENDA THAT WAS SENT OUT.
AS WE'RE ALL AWARE, THERE WAS, UM, A TRAGEDY AT LAKEWOOD CHURCH YESTERDAY, AND THE MAYOR HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH MEETINGS WITH THAT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, STEVEN, DAVID, ARE YOU, I SEE THAT YOU'RE ON, UH, WOULD YOU CARE TO, UM, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, UM, AND TAKE THE MEETING OVER AT THIS POINT? TAKE IT OVER.
I'M JUST HERE TO HAVE SOME FUN
I I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOU FACE TO FACE, AND SO, UH, I'M GONNA LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
I, I JUST KNOW WHAT I READ ABOUT YOU ON LINKEDIN, SO I'M GONNA LET YOU
WELL, I HOPE MY LINKEDIN PROFILE WAS RIVETING.
I, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT.
UH, WELL, IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.
I APPRECIATE, UH, YOU LETTING ME COME AND, AND CRASH THE MEETING.
UH, I DO COME WITH MAYOR WHITTIER'S, REGRETS FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND.
UH, YESTERDAY WAS A TRAGEDY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, IT'S BEEN A ACTIVE MOVING THING, AND HE'S HAD TO BE VERY PLUGGED IN.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT NO ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO SEE.
UM, BUT WE'VE BEEN, UH, IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL TO PARTNER WITH ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, UM, ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL AS WITH LAKEWOOD CHURCH, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE AS SENSITIVE AND, UH, QUICK AS POSSIBLE WHEN ADDRESSING THIS.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF YOU.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE'RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT AND, UH, THIS ADMINISTRATION IS BEING ABLE TO COLLABORATE, UH, WITH ALL OF YOU AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UM, ALL OF Y'ALL ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF LEADERS, UH, IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND BEING PLUGGED INTO THE THINGS THAT GO ON IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL IN YOUR COMMUNITIES RESPECTIVELY, AS WELL AS, UM, GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK ON HOW WELL THE CITY RESPONDS TO THOSE CHALLENGES WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, I, FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT I DON'T KNOW, I WORKED, UH, I STARTED WORKING AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON UNDER ANISE PARKER'S ADMINISTRATION.
UM, AND I WORKED ALMOST ENTIRELY THAT, THAT, UH, THE WHOLE ADMINISTRATION THAT I MOVED INTO, UH, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND HAVE COME BACK, UH, UNDER MAYOR WHIT MEYER'S ADMINISTRATION.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD, UH, TO DO A LOT OF THINGS IN THE CITY, BUT ONE OF THEM THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS GETTING TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES AND, AND KNOW HOW THE CITY WORKS AND HOW TO MOVE THE MOVE EVERYTHING FORWARD.
UH, WITH REGARD TO CITY SERVICES AND PERFORMANCE AT THE CITY, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK Y'ALL ALL RECOGNIZE AS PEOPLE WHO, UH, WORK WITH THE CITY, UH, FREQUENTLY IS THAT, UH, IT CAN BE A FIRE HYDRANT, SOMETIMES AN UNREGULATED FIRE HYDRANT OF INFORMATION.
AND SO OVER THIS PAST SIX WEEKS, WE'VE BEEN, UH, IN INFORMATION CONSUMPTION MODE, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY ON STAFF GETS TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF THE, THE DEPARTMENTS AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE SERVICES THAT WE DELIVER TO THE, THE RESIDENTS OF HOUSTON.
UM, MAYOR WHITMEYER RAN ON ADDRESSING NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND THE GOALS THAT Y'ALL HAVE FOR, FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M,
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I'M MOST PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, AND I'LL CALL 'EM OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE FRIENDS.UM, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS, UM, TO HELP MOVE THE BALL FORWARD FOR CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY RESIDENTS.
AND ON CAMERA, I SEE ALICE LEE AND SANDRA PUENTE FROM COMMISSIONER BRIANNA'S OFFICE.
UM, AND IF I MISSED ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, STAFF OR ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THIS CALL, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I JUST WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT OTHERWISE, I'M EXCITED TO JUST BE A CASUAL OBSERVER.
DID, WAS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU WANT US TO FOCUS, OR ARE WE OPEN FOR JUST FOR PEOPLE TO ASK QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS WHERE I CAN.
UM, I'M, SO MY PERSONAL PASSION IS, UH, DATA.
I'M ACTUALLY A DATA SCIENTIST BY EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE TO DO IS SIT ON WHAT I VIEW AS THE MOST VALUABLE DATA SET THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON USES, WHICH IS 3 1 1 DATA.
AND I KNOW THAT I'M TALKING TO A GROUP OF SUPER USERS OF 3 1 1.
YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW OUR SYSTEM WORKS.
AND SO I'LL SAY FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, THANK YOU.
BECAUSE THE DATA THAT YOU HELP PROVIDE IS WHAT HELPED SHAPE THE WAY THAT WE CAN BE A DATA-INFORMED ADMINISTRATION AND BE ABLE TO, UH, MAKE THE BALL MOVE FORWARD ON DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING.
AND SO, YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THAT WAS A REALLY LONG POLITICAL POLITICIAN TYPE ANSWER TO SAY YES.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, UM, I THINK THAT I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR THE FLOOR.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY, IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE'LL JUST GO IN ORDER AND LET PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS.
UM, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO DO THAT, I WILL SAY THAT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD HAVE COMING IS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, DOES THE MAYOR SUPPORT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM AND THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE? AND WILL HE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT BUDGETING FOR HTV SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR MEETINGS BROADCAST THAT PROVED TO BE INVALUABLE DURING THE PANDEMIC? AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT CONTINUE.
YEAH, SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A BRIEFING LAST WEEK ON HTV PEG FUNDING, UM, AND SORT OF THE CHALLENGES AND STRENGTHS AROUND IT.
UM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO LOOKING FORWARD TO TRY AND FIND A DIVERSIFICATION OF FUNDING SOURCES.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, AGREEMENTS COME AND GO.
MAYOR TURNER, I BELIEVE, SIGNED HIS LAST AGREEMENT WITH COMCAST IN 2018.
UM, AND WE'RE COMING UP ON SORT OF A RECYCLING OF THAT, UH, AGREEMENT.
AND SO WE, WE'VE STARTED THE CONVERSATION WITH COMCAST AS WELL.
I DO DEFINITELY WANT TO, WE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HTV CAN DO WITH REGARD TO PROVIDING PLATFORMS LIKE THIS.
UM, SO YOU CAN HAVE COMMUNITIES AND HAVE IT TELEVISED, AND PEOPLE WHO CAN'T MAKE A CALL AT SIX OR SIX 30 CAN GO BACK AND WATCH IT AND HEAR WHAT, UH, COMMUNITIES ARE, UH, WHAT THE COMMUNITIES ARE SAYING.
UM, BUT ALSO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH HTV CAN DIVERSIFY, UM, IN WAYS THAT THEY BRING IN OTHER PEOPLE TO COME BRING THESE SERVICES TO US.
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HTV FROM A PRODUCTION PERSPECTIVE, BUT DOWNSTAIRS, TWO FLOORS FOR ME, THERE IS A TOP NOTCH STUDIO.
SO HOW ARE WE ABLE TO USE THAT STUDIO IN WAYS THAT CAN HELP MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AN EXPANSION OF REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, HTV? GREAT.
YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP WE'LL, AND YOU ARE NUMBER ONE IN LINE.
UH, DAVID, I, UH, STEVEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER ME.
UH, I DO 2010 ON THE COORDINATED CAMPAIGN.
WELL, UM, MY QUESTION DEALS WITH, UH, VISION ZERO.
UH, THAT'S BEEN A, A, A REAL STRONG FUNCTION FOR US, UH, FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
AND WE'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THE MAYOR CAN, UH, PLANS TO CONTINUE VISION ZERO AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES AIMED AT, UH, REDUCING TRAFFIC FATALITIES FOR EVERYBODY BY 2030.
WE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR ROADWAYS ARE SAFER FOR VEHICLES, PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS WRIT LARGE.
UM, WE ARE REVIEWING WHAT VISION ZERO IS, AS YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I'M IN, I THINK I'M GONNA BE SAYING THIS A LOT BECAUSE I'M NOT AS BRUSHED UP ON ALL THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE EXPERTS ON, BUT WE ARE STILL IN CONSUMPTION MODE.
UM, I HAVE, I'M ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE THINGS THAT I PROBABLY SHOULD BE READING ALL THE WAY THROUGH BY THIS POINT.
UH, BUT THOSE SORT OF THORNY ISSUES POP UP, UNFORTUNATELY, AND WE HAVE TO REFOCUS ON WHAT WE'RE READING.
UM, BUT, UH, THE PLAN IS TO WORK VERY COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION THAT IS SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS SAFE ON OUR ROADS.
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YEAH, STEVE, STEVEN.UH, GLAD TO, GLAD TO SEE YOU THERE IN PLACE.
UH, GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO, GREG.
UH, LIKE TO, UH, JUST, UH, GO BACK IN TIME REAL QUICKLY AND THEN MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, IF I MIGHT.
AND, AND WONDER, UM, I'M, I'M, UH, SEEKING THAT THE MAYOR CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE, UH, BEGAN BEFORE HE ARRIVED, AND THAT ARE WELL UNDERWAY.
I, I, I, I SAY THAT WITH SOME CONCERN AS DENISE PARKER, UH, AL ALLOWED, UH, FOR A PROJECT ON THE LOWER OF WESTHEIMER, UH, IT WAS CANCELED, THROWN OFF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BY MAYOR TURNER.
AND THROUGH HIS ENTIRE TERM, IT STILL REMAINS OFF THAT.
UH, WE HAVE TOURS, PROJECTS UNDERWAY, THE MONTROSE REBUILD PROJECT, WHICH IS A MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND DRAINAGE AND SIDEWALKS AND STREETS AND BIKE LANE.
AND, UH, THE TURS IS, UH, IS, THAT IS A TURS PROJECT.
WE ARE EXTREMELY INTERESTED THAT IT DOESN'T GET DEFERRED BY, UH, THOSE WHO ARE MISINFORMED OR UNINFORMED ABOUT ISSUES WITH TREES AND SO FORTH.
WE THINK IT'S BEEN UNFAIR WHAT, WHAT, UH, WE HAVE SEEN OFTEN IN THE PAPER AND, AND DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT DON'T, WHAT CONCERN IS THAT, UH, WE, WE, WE BECOME DEFERRED, AND THEN IT DOES NOT HAPPEN.
AND, UH, LIKEWISE THE SAME GROUP IS AFTER DOING, UH, WE HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING AGAIN FOR SAFE STREETS WITHIN MONTROSE.
AND, UH, THE SAME GROUP IS, UH, PETITIONING AGAINST THEM, AND THAT'S JUST REBUILDING SIDEWALKS WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, UM, WANT THE SUPPORT FOR THE SAFETY THAT YOU MENTIONED, THE, THE, THE COMPLETE SAFE STREETS.
THE, THE WHOLE PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE DONE.
SO I AM, UH, I'M POUNDING MY DRUM FOR THAT TONIGHT AND FOR THE MAYOR, AND I'LL, I'LL, HOPEFULLY YOU WILL PASS ON OUR CONCERNS.
AND I'LL SAY THAT, UH, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT ALL OF THESE CONCERNS.
UM, WE HAD A, A MEETING AT THE END OF LAST WEEK, SPECIFICALLY AROUND ALL OF THE, THE UPCOMING PROJECTS, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, HOW THE COMMUNITY WAS ENGAGED, WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN DOING, AND THE MAKING SURE THAT YOUR VOICE IS HEARD.
SO I I VERY MUCH, UH, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK, AND I WILL BE, I'M TAKING COPIOUS NOTES, UH, ON THE THINGS THAT I ON HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN RELAY THEM TO THE MAYOR.
WELL, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND ITS 24 NEIGHBOR, OR 2017 NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN MONTROSE THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION.
HAVE WE, WE HAVE VOTED FOR THAT.
WE, AND IT'S BEEN UNDERWAY FOR SOME TIME, BUT, UH, TIME, JUST, JUST, UH, SO THAT THERE IS NOT A LOT.
I KNOW A LOT ON YOUR PLATE OF EVERYBODY'S WITH MANY THINGS COMING UP, BUT, UH, THAT'S MY LOBBY FOR THIS EVENING.
UH, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ON BOARD HERE.
UH, ONE, ONE IN PARTICULAR EVENT LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A LOT OF DRAMA THAT POPPED UP AROUND HOUSTON AVENUE AND SOME DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE AND TRANSPARENCY ABOUT IT IN THE FUTURE, GOING FORWARD, WHAT KIND OF TRANSFER, WHAT KIND OF, UH, DATA REDUCTION POSTMORTEM ANALYSIS IS GONNA BE AVAILABLE BEFORE ANY RASH DECISIONS ARE MADE? AGAIN? SO WE ABSOLUTELY PLAN.
UH, I MEAN, DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING IS, UH, IS A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF, OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THIS ADMINISTRATION, I MEAN, TO MY, TO THE POINT, RIGHT? I'M A DATA SCIENTIST, AND, UH, THE, THE EXPECTATION THAT I HAVE IS THAT WE WILL INCORPORATE ALL FEEDBACK AS, AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A, UH, TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SORT OF A REASONED APPROACH TO IT.
YOU KNOW, UH, BEING A DATA PERSON, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA.
QUANTITATIVE DATA CAN VERY EASILY SAY SOMETHING.
UM, WHEREAS WHEN YOU BRING IN QUALITATIVE DATA, PEOPLE'S FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS AND SORT OF THE EMOTION BEHIND IT, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEANS SOMETHING WHEN WE'RE ADDRESSING IT.
ONE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A, A KNOCK AT OUR FRIENDS AT TXDOT, UM, WE FOUND A WHOLE BUNCH OF ERRORS IN A LOT OF THEIR, UH, CRASH DATA, UM, DEALING IN PARTICULAR WITH A, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THAT WE PREDICATE OUR, UH, HIGH INJURY NETWORK ON SOME OF THAT TDOT DATA.
UM, NOT ALL OF IT, UH, BUT SOME OF IT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO GO THROUGH.
AND SO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT I'M GONNA BE DOING, AND I'LL, I LOOK FORWARD TO SORT OF PARTNERING, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO, TO PARTNERING, UH, PARTNERING WITH Y'ALL ABOUT IS WHAT DOES THE DATA MATCH YOUR PERCEPTION AND YOUR EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? Y'ALL KNOW YOUR INTERSECTIONS, YOU KNOW THE DANGEROUS ONES, YOU KNOW, THE DANGEROUS
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ROADWAYS, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT DATA ALIGNS.AND AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, AND THIS IS NOT ME KISSING UP TO YOU, MY GRANDFATHER'S NAME IS GEORGE FRY.
SO WHEN I SAW YOU GO ON WITH NO CAMERA, I WAS LIKE, IS MY GRANDPA ON HERE?
I THINK YOU'RE, YES, I'M HERE.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND A BUTTON TO UNMUTE.
UH, IT'S JUST A, A GENERAL QUESTION, UH, WITH THE BACKGROUND OF AN ISSUE THAT IS GOING ON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THUS, THE MAYOR HAS A PLAN TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, I LIVE IN THE THIRD WORLD AND, UH, BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS.
IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE A CLUB THAT WAS ALLOWED, THREE CLUBS THAT WERE ALLOWED 13 FEET AWAY FROM US.
WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS, UH, ACTUALLY TOMORROW WE HAVE A CITY MEETING HERE IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S GONNA BE 1111, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY.
UH, BUT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR THREE YEARS, NO SLEEP UNTIL TWO 30.
UM, WHAT IT BRINGS, WHAT THE CLUB BRINGS, UH, MORE CRIME, UM, ACCIDENTS, FIGHTS, ET CETERA.
SO TO MAKE IT CLOSE, DOES THE MAYOR SUPPORT BRINGING UP THE QUALITY OF LIFE? DOES HE HAVE A PLAN FOR IT? HOW CAN WE GET TO HIM? SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, ELIZA.
UM, ONE THING, AND YOU KNOW, THIS, AND THIS IS THE THING THAT WE LOVE AND SOMETIMES, UH, GET FRUSTRATED ABOUT WITH HOUSTON, IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ZONING.
SO WHERE THINGS OPEN UP AREN'T ALWAYS THINGS THAT WE CAN INFLUENCE, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW RULES.
AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, LAWS AND RULES.
YOU'VE GOT THE SOUND ORDINANCE.
WE HAVE, UM, A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ORDINANCES THAT CAN APPLY TO ESTABLISHMENTS LIKE THIS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PRIORITIZED, UH, LAST WEEK THAT MAYOR WHITMEYER ASKED US TO PRIORITIZE WAS GETTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF, UM, HOW THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE COLLABORATING WITH EACH OTHER.
WHEN APPLYING THE ORDINANCES TO IT, A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE FIND, AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING, AND I I'LL, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL OF THE HEAD NODS.
UH, THE CITY SOMETIMES LIKES TO OPERATE IN SILOS.
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS COLLABORATE WITH ITSELF, AND IT ALWAYS DOESN'T ALWAYS COLLABORATE EXTERNALLY.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE OF MAYOR WHITMEYER, WAS THAT WE'RE GONNA BREAK DOWN THESE SILOS.
WE'RE GONNA ALL HOLD HANDS, AND WE'RE GONNA APPROACH THESE THINGS TOGETHER TO FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENFORCING THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE, THE PROBLEM IS, AND I'M YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
THE PROBLEM IS, RIGHT NOW, THIS EXERCISE OF THE LAW FALLS ON THE HPD.
UM, WE HAVE SHOOTINGS, WE HAVE SUICIDES, WE HAVE HOMICIDES.
YOU HAVE TO CALL THE POLICE THREE AND FOUR TIMES A NIGHT TO COME.
JUST TELL GROWN OLD PEOPLE THE ANOTHER 30 13 FEET AWAY TO TURN ON THE MUSIC.
THEY TURN AROUND, MUSIC GOES UP.
BUT BESIDES THAT, ON THE ORDINANCE, THE FIRST PAGE, IT SAYS THE PERMIT SHOULD NOT BE RENEWED, UM, FOR A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS NOT 300 FEET AWAY FROM RESIDENCE.
WE ARE 13, AND I KNOW HOUSTON HAS MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS, AND, BUT OURS IS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT'S 13 FEET AWAY.
SO IMAGINE YOURSELF HAVING A 13 FEET AWAY FROM YOUR BATHROOM A CLUB UNTIL TWO 30.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING TOMORROW.
WE HAVE FOLLOWED EVERY ADVICE FROM CITY COUNCIL.
WE HAVE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT IF AFTER TOMORROW WE DON'T HAVE A VIABLE SOLUTION, I WANT, I WANT TO EVEN AN EMAIL TO THE MAJOR, TO SOMEBODY.
I'M DISABLED, I'M SICK, AND I NEED HELP.
ELIZA, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
UM, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO PUT MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND THIS GO, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S TO ALL OF YOU.
UM, I'M GONNA PUT MY EMAIL ADDRESS IN THIS CHAT, AND FEEL FREE TO SEND ME AN EMAIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO, TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS.
UH, PLEASE SEND ME THE ADDRESS AND YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND CONTACT INFORMATION, UM, BE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP UP WITH THIS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON AND GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.
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JUST, I'M SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, 49 50 EAST HOUSTON CGAS.UH, OUR COMMUNITY WAS SELECTED FOR THE TRUCK ROUTE PILOT.
SO THAT'S, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
UM, OUR CONCERNS ARE SHEET METAL FENCING.
THERE IS A FENCE ORDINANCE IN THE CITY.
IT'S NOT BEING ADEQUATELY ENFORCED AND INTERPRETED BECAUSE THEY'RE ALLOWING ROOFING MATERIAL TO BE USED FOR FENCING.
AND THAT VIOLATES THE FENCING ORDINANCE.
AND ALSO, COMPANIES AND RESIDENTS LOCATED ON INTERSECTIONS ARE NOT ABIDING BY THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
SO WE ARE HAVING SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE APPROACHING INTERSECTIONS AND THE CITY IS COMING OUT AND SAYING THEY CAN SEE, BUT THEY'RE NOT ENFORCING THAT, UH, TRUCK YARD PARKING IS NOT BEING ENFORCED.
UH, THAT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF LIFE SAFETY AND ALL THE, THAT COMES WITH ISSUE.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE THE MAYOR'S POSITION IS ON THAT.
AND, UH, I THINK I CAN YIELD BACK.
UH, WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TRUCK ROUTE AND OR THE NOISE ORDINANCE.
I ECHO ALL THE CONCERNS REGARDING THE NOISE ORDINANCE.
THAT IS A HEALTH ISSUE, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE SLEEP AND REST, THEN IT AFFECTS THEIR HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS, I, I DON'T WANNA RE I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT MYSELF HERE.
I'M TAKING AS MANY NOTES AS I CAN.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND ME THIS INFORMATION IN EMAIL.
I WILL HAPPILY FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A RESPONSE OUT OF THIS.
I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, AN AREA THAT POTENTIALLY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, IF THEY'RE USING, IT FEELS LIKE A MORE OF A, UH, A, A POTENTIAL IPS ISSUE, UH, WHERE WE GO OUT AND, AND UNDERSTAND IF THEY'RE VIOLATING MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE.
BUT YEAH, ROOFING MATERIAL BEING USED, DISPENSING IS NOT.
THANK YOU, LINDSEY WILLIAMS, YOUR NEXT.
UM, I'M THE NEW PRESIDENT TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 64 AND 88, BUT I'M NOT NEW TO THE EAST END, NOR TO MY ADVOCACY AROUND THE VERY SEVERE TRAIN BLOCKAGES IN THE EAST.
A, ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, THE EAST END OF HOUSTON IS THE WORST IN THE UNITED STATES FOR FREIGHT RAIL CONGESTION.
AND ACCORDING TO HGAC, UM, IT'S PREDICTED FOR FREIGHT RAIL TO INCREASE BY 200% IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
AND YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE A DATA GUY.
SO FOR THE 2024, THERE WERE ROUGHLY 204 TRAINS ON THE GALVESTON SUBDIVISION WITH 29% OF THEM STOPPING FROM MORE THAN 10 MINUTES.
AND THE TOTAL HOURS BLOCKED ON THAT GALVESTON SUBDIVISION FOR IS 30 HOURS, WHICH IS NEARLY AN ENTIRE WORK WEEK.
AND THE SINGLE LONGEST LINE, SINGLE LONGEST BLOCK ON THAT LINE IS TWO AND A HALF HOURS.
AND THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME BLOCKED IS JUST UNDER 31 MINUTES.
AND THIS IS JUST FOR ONE LINE OUT OF FOUR IN THE EAST END.
AND SO WE HAVE SEVERAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH KIDS HAVING TO CRAWL THROUGH TRAINS JUST TO GET TO SCHOOL.
AND WE HAVE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS SEVERELY IMPACTED BY THE STOP TRAINS, INCLUDING LAST WEEK WHEN HPD COULDN'T GET TO SCHOOL LOCKED DOWN WITH A GUN REPORTED ON CAMPUS.
IS THIS ON THE MAYOR'S RADAR AT ALL? UH, IT IS ON HIS RADAR, AND IT JUST GOT ON MINE TOO.
UM,
UM, WOULD YOU MIND, UH, WOULD YOU MIND EMAILING ME THIS INFORMATION? NOT THE INFORMATION, BUT I WILL HAPPILY FOLLOW UP ON THIS.
I JUST, I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS.
I WAS JUST GIVEN A, A, I WAS JUST GIVEN LIKE A PASSING BRIEFING, LIKE FIVE TO 10 MINUTES ABOUT SOME, UH, LIKE SMART SIGNALS THAT, UH, HELP REPORT SORT OF LENGTHENED TIMES.
UH, ONE THING THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT THAT DATA SET IS, UH, PREDICATED ON OBSERVATION.
UM, SURE THAT THERE ARE SOME, UH, SMART SIGNALS OVER AROUND THE TRAINS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S PEOPLE HAVING TO MONITOR IT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WE CAN, THE MORE DATA THAT WE CAN PULL TOGETHER, THE BETTER THAT WE CAN ADVOCATE.
UH, YOU'D KNOW THIS AS WELL AS ANYBODY.
SOMETIMES THE TRAIN COMPANIES AREN'T THE BIGGEST FRIENDS.
UM, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WANNA BE SUPER COOPERATIVE, BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM.
SO I GUESS MY, I GUESS THE THING ABOUT THAT, I'M ON THE EAST END RAIL SAFETY TASK FORCE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THAT TRAIN DATA THAT'S, THAT CAN BRING SOME OF THOSE AVERAGES DOWN, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST BELT, WHERE THEY, THEY BUILD THE TRAINS.
SO THOSE AVERAGES DO APPEAR, UH, LOWER.
AND ALSO, I HAVE A SUSPICION THAT THE, UM, THE RAILROADS KNOW WHERE THOSE SENSORS ARE AND THEY PURPOSELY, UH, MOVE AWAY FROM THOSE SENSORS AND THEY BLOCK MILES OF INTERSECTIONS IN OTHER PLACES.
AND, UM, HAVE OTHER WAYS OF GETTING AROUND SOME OF THAT SENSOR DATA.
UM, THAT'S JUST MY OWN SUSPICION AND WORKING WITH THEM AND TALKING DIRECTLY WITH THE RAILROADS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
SO I JUST SENT AN EMAIL DIRECTLY TO, UM, MANY OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS LAST
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WEEK, INCLUDING INCLUDING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.BUT I'M HAPPY TO FORWARD THAT OVER TO YOU, AND I CAN, UM, FORWARD THAT OVER TO YOU NOW, THE, UH, YEAH, PLEASE DO.
AND, UH, THIS IS, WE RECEIVE THE MAYOR, UH, HIS EMAIL ACCOUNT GETS ABSOLUTELY BOMBARDED.
UM, WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS.
SO FEEL FREE TO SEND IT TO ME DIRECTLY AND I'LL, I'LL, UH, I'LL ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH OUR OFFICE OF CORRESPONDENCE AND, UH, YEAH, GO AND FIND THE EMAIL.
YOU CAN ASK JUST ABOUT ANYBODY IN THE EAST END.
I I JUST WANNA MAKE THIS ALL BETTER.
AND THANK YOU, STEVEN, FOR PINCH HITTING ON A SHORT NOTICE TONIGHT.
I, I APPRECIATE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE 3 1 1 DATA SET AND ALSO TALKING ABOUT HOW QUANTITATIVE VERSUS QUALITATIVE DATA, I WILL HAVE A CAVEAT THAT THAT QUANTITATIVE DATA MAY NOT BE SO QUALITATIVE AT 3 0 1, UM, JUST FROM MY FOUR RECENT EXPERIENCES, WHICH SHOW THAT, SO BEFORE YOU RELY TOO HEAVILY ON THAT, EITHER WANNA CHECK THAT DATA ALIGNMENT, ENSURE THAT WHAT YOU'RE GETTING IS NOT TRUE.
LIKE I SAID, THE LAST FOUR I'VE DONE HAS NOT SHOWN UP IN THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE OR BEEN CLOSED OR IMPROPERLY TAKEN CARE OF.
THANK YOU FOR COMING, STEVEN, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID THAT REALLY PULLED AT MY HEARTSTRINGS WAS YOUR QUESTIONING OF TEXT DOTS RESULTS FROM MULTIPLE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT THAT YOU ALL RELY ON, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CR CRASH DATA, AND THAT THERE'S FLAWS IN THAT.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, CURRENTLY IN MY COMMUNITY, WE'RE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THEM, WHICH I, UH, I WILL BRING TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ONCE WE GET SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION OR SEE WHERE WE ARE.
AND FOR THE, UH, YOUNG LADY WHO SPOKE ABOUT THIRD WARD, WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS OVER HERE.
UM, THESE CLUBS ARE LITERALLY, UH, ON THE BACK STREET BEHIND ALL HOMES.
AND I AM NOT, QUOTE LOUD, CLEAR, A FAN OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE DIDN'T LIKE IT AT ALL BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, IT LEGALIZED WHAT WAS ILLEGAL BECAUSE SOUND HAD TO TURN OFF AT A CERTAIN TIME.
BUT YOU COULD BUY A PERMIT TO EXTEND LONGER TIMES.
AND SO THAT REALLY WAS MORE HARMFUL, IN MY OPINION, THAN IT WAS, UH, UH, UH, HELPFUL.
AND THAT ALL IS UNDER A RA, UH, NOT DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE LADY AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS WHEN THEY WERE MAKING THE CHANGES.
IF ARAS OFFICERS CAN, UH, PUT BOOTS ON YOUR CARS TICKET, YOUR CARS OR WHATEVER, THEY SHOULD BE THE ONES ENFORCING THESE LAWS WITH THE CLUBS, NOT HPD, SINCE THAT'S ALL UNDER THEIR JURISDICTION, AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO SET THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ON THE NOISE LIMITATIONS.
SO I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL CAN LOOK AT SINCE YOU ALL ARE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT HOW WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF OFFICERS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE MOVED TO THE SAME PEOPLE THAT'S TICKETING, UH, THAT'S PUTTING, HAVING BOOTS PUT ON CARS AND TICKETING CARS FOR PARKING.
AND THEY ARE ALREADY, UH, I THINK Y'ALL CALL IT PARKING HOUSTON.
I COULD BE SAYING THE WRONG THING, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED.
UM, BUT IF YOU ALL COULD LOOK INTO THAT, AND, UH, AS SHE WAS SAYING ABOUT THE PERMITS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY GO TO THOSE MUNICIPAL COURTS, ALL THOSE TICKETS GET THROWN OUT.
SO IT'S LIKE WE FIGHTING, YOU KNOW, WE, WE FIGHTING, UH, RUNNING WATER, WE AIN'T GONNA WIN.
SO IF YOU CAN LOOK INTO THAT, I, I'D APPRECIATE IT AS WELL.
TOMORROW, AND I HAPPEN TO BE THE NEXT ONE IN LINE.
SO, UH,
WE WERE THRILLED TO HAVE GRANTS OFFERED THIS YEAR.
HOWEVER, THE TIMING WASN'T GREAT.
WE DIDN'T GET DETAILS UNTIL MID-JANUARY ON HOW TO APPLY FOR 'EM.
THERE'S A VERY SHORT T TURNAROUND TO WHERE THEY HAD TO BE APPLIED APPLICATION HAD TO BE SUBMITTED AND THE PROJECT'S COMPLETED.
UM, BUT THAT SAID, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT AND WE HOPE TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE, UM, AS MANY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS AS POSSIBLE, APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS.
IS IT A PROBABILITY THAT WE COULD SEE THIS AS AN ONGOING BUDGET FEATURE? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO IS WE'RE HAVING TO TAKE A, A HARD LOOK AT THE, UH, THE BUDGET FROM ALL PERSPECTIVES.
IT'S NOT SAYING YES OR NO IN EITHER DIRECTION FOR THIS, BUT ONE THING THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING NOW IS, UH, GOING THROUGH AND UNDERSTANDING EACH DEPARTMENT, THE BUDGETS THAT ARE, THAT THEY HAVE, THE, UH, AND ALL THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE FUND TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT THE BUDGET SITUATION IS GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD.
I THINK THAT EVERY, IT'S, WE'VE BEEN SAYING IT SINCE, UH, WE'VE BEEN SAYING IT, THREE OR FOUR MAYORS, UH, HAVE BEEN SAYING IT, UH, THAT THIS IS A, A TOUGH BUDGET.
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THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS HARD.UM, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF STOP GAPPING, UM, BEING USING ARPA DOLLARS, UM, WHICH IS NOT A CONTINUOUS FUNDING SOURCE.
IT WAS SORT OF A ONE-TIME FUND SOURCE.
AND SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE BUDGET SHORTFALLS ARE OR ARE GOING TO BE AS WE STEP INTO SORT OF THE FIRST BUDGET CYCLE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THIS ADMINISTRATION HALFWAY THROUGH THE LAST BUDGET THAT MAYOR TURNER AND CITY COUNCIL PASSED.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW, UH, WHAT WE'VE STARTED DOING OVER THE FIRST SIX WEEKS IS SIT DOWN WITH THE BUDGET DIRECTOR, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROJECTED BUDGET, UH, GAP IS GOING TO BE, AND BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT THAT MEANS AS WE ALSO STEP INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE AND THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AND, UH, THEIR UNION CONTRACTS.
SO, I'M, I'M NOT SAYING ALL OF THAT TO, TO BE GIVE AMELIA MOUTH ANSWER, BUT JUST TO SAY THAT IT IS A GREAT QUESTION, UM, THAT IS PART OF A LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET ANSWERS TO RIGHT NOW.
UM, MARIAN WRIGHT, YOU'RE NEXT? MS. WRIGHT, I CAN'T HEAR YOU IF YOU'RE SPEAKING.
WELL, WE'LL MOVE ON TO RICKY CARDENAS.
UH, THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR, UH, TAKING THE TIME TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
UM, I WANTED TO BRING A DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO YOUR ATTENTION.
I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE, I'M IN THE SECOND WARD AREA, KIND OF RIGHT NEAR NAVIGATION IN JENSEN, UH, OVER NEAR BUFFALO BAYOU.
THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN LABELED AS, UH, 800 MIDDLE.
UM, THERE'S SOME CONCERN FROM RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
UM, MANY LIKE MYSELF ARE, YOU KNOW, GLAD TO HAVE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND, YOU KNOW, MIXED INCOME HOUSING TO, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO KIND OF HELP WITH SOME OF THE HOMELESS ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON.
HOWEVER, THIS, UH, PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, UM, HAS BEEN, UM, I GUESS DESCRIBED BY SOME AS BEING BUILT AND DEVELOPED ON, UH, BROWNFIELD OR CONTAMINATED LAND.
THE LAND USED TO BE AN INCINERATOR.
UM, RECENTLY I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN MAYBE THREE OR FOUR CITATIONS, UM, GIVEN TO THE DEVELOPER BECAUSE OF UNREPORTED AND NEWLY DISCOVERED ASH.
UM, BUT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THE ASH IS NOT DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS SEE IF I CAN SCHEDULE A COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, WITH THE DEVELOPERS OR THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM SO THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO CLEAR THINGS UP, UM, AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS SAFE.
THEY WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY DEVELOP ON LAND THAT IS CONTAMINATED AND THEN INVITE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE OF MIXED INCOMES TO COME AND THEN LIVE ON THAT LAND.
I REACHED OUT TO, I BELIEVE, UH, JADE MASON.
I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S STILL WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, BUT HE WAS MY CONTACT AT ONE POINT, AND THEN HE WAS KIND OF THE MIDDLEMAN BETWEEN MYSELF AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH WITH THE DEVELOPER.
BUT, UH, THAT COMMUNICATION HAS SINCE DIED.
UM, AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO TO KIND OF BRING THAT BUCK BACK UP SO WE CAN HELP REASSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY, AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG, YOU KNOW, TO SOLVE THAT BEFORE THIS DEVELOPMENT MOVES ANY FURTHER.
I, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP, RICKY.
SO, 800 MIDDLE STREET CAME UP, UH, AFTER A FEW PEOPLE, YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF 'EM, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I DON'T, IF I'M NOT REMEMBERING THAT CORRECTLY.
WE HAD SOME PEOPLE COME UP AND SPEAK AT PUBLIC SESSION.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT ITEM HAS COME ONTO OUR RADAR, AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY TO, TO UNDERSTAND, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER UPCOMING OR ARE IN THE PIPELINE FOR THEM.
AND SO THIS IS DEFINITELY GONNA BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET SMART ON.
THANK YOU, PASTOR DEB, YOU'RE NEXT.
AND THANK YOU, UH, MR. UM, DAVID, I'M PASTOR DEB.
WE ARE REBUILDING SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 45, THE COMMITTEE TO REBUILD.
UM, YOU'LL BE HEARING A LOT FROM US.
I WANTED TO FIRST OF ALL WELCOME YOU, AND ALSO TO TELL YOU TO PLEASE PASS ON TO THE MAYOR THAT WE'RE, UM, VERY PLEASED, UH, WITH HIS, UH, START.
AND THAT, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP EVERYTHING NON-PARTISAN AND EVERYBODY TO HAVE A, A FOOT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND MOVE FORWARD.
WE LIKE, UH, SENSIBLE THINGS AND THE TRANSPARENCY THAT HE'S PROMISING.
UM, I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
NORTHTOWN PLAZA BRICKS, MOORE PROPERTIES, UH, MANAGES THAT, THAT CENTER LEGACY, FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER IS THERE.
IT'S RIGHT OVER HERE IN NORTH TOWN.
UH, THEY HAVE PARKING LOT TAKEOVERS, BUT SUNDAY NIGHTS AND THURSDAY NIGHTS, AND MOST RECENTLY CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE AND THE RESIDENTS OF VINUEVA APARTMENTS BEHIND THEIR CHILDREN WITH THEIR WINDOWS OPEN.
UH, IT'S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN.
WE DON'T WANNA LOSE BRICKS MORE.
THEY'RE ABOUT TO GIVE UP AND MOVE ON.
THEY HAVE CHRONICALLY VACANT SPACE.
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OFFERING FOR A COMMUNITY BUILDING.UH, PLEASE THINK OF NORTHTOWN PLAZA HALFWAY BETWEEN THE BUSH AIRPORT AND DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.
UM, AND ALSO TO TELL YOU THAT OUR POLICE ARE IN ACRES HOMES, AND IT'S VERY INCONVENIENT.
UM, MAYBE Y'ALL COULD LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO WHERE 60,000 PEOPLE IN FOUR ZIP CODES IN NORTHLINE.
SO, UM, HAVING OUR POLICE IN ACRES HOMES HAS BEEN RATHER INCONVENIENT.
UH, WE DON'T WANNA WAIT AND ASK AVENUE CDC.
EVERY TIME I CALL THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OF NORTH GREATER NORTH SIDE, I'M TOLD TO CALL AVENUE, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE WITH THIS OPENNESS.
AND, UM, I KNOW YOU'LL BE BOMBARDED WITH EMAILS.
WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS ALL TOGETHER.
UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.
UH, I AM, UH, IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON, AND WE WORK IN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 48.
I'VE GOT A, A TWOFOLD QUESTION.
ONE I PUT IN THE CHAT ABOUT THE, UM, WOW, I'M REALLY OLD.
UM,
AND THE OTHER I, I WANNA MENTION TO YOU, BECAUSE WE ALSO NEED TO, UH, SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE, WITH YOU GUYS TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE SIDEWALK SITUATION IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON, WHERE WE HAVE OVER 80% OF THE OPEN DITCHES, BUT ONLY ABOUT 25% OF THE SIDEWALKS.
AND THE CITY IMPLEMENTED A SIDEWALK PLAN.
WE WORKED WITH THEM AND MIG ON IT LAST YEAR, AND WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT'S, IT WILL BE PROGRESSING IN THE COMING YEAR AND DOESN'T FALL INTO SOME KIND OF HOLE AND DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE WE ARE DESPERATELY IN NEED OF SIDEWALKS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WANTED TO, UH, MENTION THAT AS WELL.
AND, AND, UH, I, I TOO WILL BE SENDING YOU AN EMAIL.
AND SO REALLY PACE YOURSELF, BECAUSE YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR FROM ALL OF US OFTEN.
UH, BUT IT JUST, IT'LL KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES.
UH, I, I'VE WRITTEN TO THE AM MAYOR ABOUT THIS AND ALSO TALKED TO HIM IN PERSON, UH, IN HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH UNWANTED PETS ROAMING THE STREETS BY THE THOUSANDS.
AND I KNOW BETWEEN BARK AND, AND THE, THE COUNTY FACILITY THAT, THAT THEY LITERALLY SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UH, TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM.
UM, ONE OF THE, I'M, I'M, I'M A FOSTER FOR A RESCUE GROUP, AND THE RESCUE GROUPS IN, IN HOUSTON ARE JUST COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY BURNED OUT BECAUSE IT, IT, IT'S NEVER ENDING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN SUGGESTING FOR YEARS IS MANDATORY SPAY AND NEUTER.
AND I KNOW RECENTLY, WELL, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS, THE CITY, UM, UH, HAD MANDATORY CHIPPING.
SO IF, IF, IF WE CAN DO MANDATORY, UH, UH, MAKING THE, THE, THE ANIMALS HAVE CHIPS, WHY CAN'T WE DO MANDATORY SPAY AND NEUTER? AND IT SHOULD BE NOT JUST A HOUSTON ISSUE, IT SHOULD BE HARRIS COUNTY.
AND, UH, WHAT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IS THAT THE, UM, COUNTY AND THE CITY WORK TOGETHER AND, AND TRY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
I KNOW THAT, UM, CORPUS CHRISTI IS DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEY'RE HAVING GREAT SUCCESS.
SO, UH, I, I HOPE THEY DON'T, MAYOR DOESN'T LOSE, LOSE SIGHT OF THAT BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS.
UM, RECENTLY THERE WAS A, WELL, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS.
THERE WAS A, UM, A LADY MAULED BY A, A PACK OF DOGS MM-HMM
AND IT'S GONNA HAPPEN, UH, UNLESS WE GET A HANDLE ON IT.
SO I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE MAYOR, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT, SO HE FOLLOWS THROUGH ON SOME OF THIS, THIS, UH, SOME OF THESE SUGGESTIONS.
THANK YOU STEVEN, UH, FOR BEING WITH US.
MY NAME IS KEITH DOWNEY, NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT FOR CASH, MY GARDEN AND VICE CHAIR OF THE ALLIANCE.
UM, TWO THINGS I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UH, ONE IS DEALING WITH COMPLETE COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S BEEN A PROGRAM THAT, THAT IT WORKS FOR SOME DOESN'T WORK FOR OTHERS, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT EACH COMMUNITY HAS GRASSROOTS LEADERS.
AND THESE LEADERS WORK REALLY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
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TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY IN SOME FORM OR FASHION.AND IF THE, UH, PROGRAM IS GONNA CONTINUE ON, UH, IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT AND VITAL TO, UH, WORK WITH THOSE COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT KNOW THEIR COMMUNITY, WORK WITH THEIR COMMUNITY, THE RESIDENTS, TRUST THEM.
AND, UH, SO I ALSO WANNA BRING THAT TO, UM, TO THE ATTENTION THAT, UH, IT CAN BE A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, BUT IT TAKES THE CITY REALLY WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY GRASSROOTS LEADERS THAT REALLY KNOW THEIR COMMUNITY AND KNOW THEIR NEEDS.
SO I ALSO WANT TO BRING OUT THAT TRINITY HOUSTON GARDENS AND CITY GAS WOULD BE, IF THE PROGRAM CONTINUES ON, I WOULD ASK THAT MAYBE THOSE COMMUNITIES BE CONSIDERED, UH, FOR THAT, FOR THAT PROGRAM.
ALSO, WE HAD THE UNFORTUNATE SITUATION, AS WE KNOW AT LAKEWOOD CHURCH YESTERDAY.
UM, AND I, I WAS IN NINE 11 IN NEW YORK WHEN THIS HAPPENED.
AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS, THEY HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM.
THE DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WERE NOT ON THE SAME FREQUENCY MM-HMM
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL POP OFF IN THIS HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA AT ANY TIME.
AND THAT BEING SAID, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STREAM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT STREAMLINE, BE ON THE SAME FREQUENCY, UH, IN CASE THAT, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO CALL, GONZALEZ DOESN'T HAVE TO CALL, UH, THIS ONE, THAT ONE DOESN'T HAVE TO CALL THE OTHER ONE.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS THAT I HAD.
I, KEITH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SAYING ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE SAID.
THE, THE ONE THAT I KNOW SORT OF BY HEART, 'CAUSE I WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR IT UNDER MAYOR PARKER WAS MOVING, UM, CITY OF HOUSTON TO THE DIGITAL RADIO NETWORK, THE EMERGENCY DIGITAL RADIO NETWORK.
AND, AND THERE IS A, UM, I KNOW THAT OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE MOVING TOWARDS IT.
THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF REASONS WHY, UM, BEING ABLE TO, UM, TRANSMIT BETTER INFORMATION.
ALSO HAVING BETTER PENETRATION WITHIN BUILDINGS WHENEVER THEY GO INTO THE BUILDINGS, NOTABLY FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS, BUT ALSO, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT JURISDICTIONS GET ON HERE.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME SMALLER ONES.
YOU, I BELIEVE THE LAST COUNT THAT I SAW WAS THAT IN, IF, IF NOT THE CITY OF HOUSTON, DEFINITELY HARRIS COUNTY, THERE ARE AT LEAST, UH, 80 TO 90 LAW ENFORCEMENT JURISDICTIONS INDEPENDENTLY.
SO IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WORKING ON DIFFERENT NETWORKS.
SO BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE IS ABSOLUTELY A CORE, UH, OR A CRITICAL SUCCESS COMPONENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WRIT LARGE IS BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
WE'RE GOING TO CIRCLE BACK TO MARIAN AND SEE IF WE GOT THE MIC ISSUE RESOLVED.
MARIAN, IT SHOWS HER MIC IS OPEN.
MARYANNE, IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, TRY STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
WE DON'T SHOW THAT SHE'S MUTED.
I'M GONNA GO TO ANNE AND THEN WE'LL COME TRY MARYANNE AGAIN.
SO ANNE, HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
I'M, I'D LIKE TO CIRCLE BACK TO SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID EARLIER IN THIS DISCUSSION.
UM, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, HOUSTON AVENUE AND HOW THE TEXT DOT CRASH RECORDS INFORMATION SYSTEM HAD INCORRECT DATA.
IS, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? I'M, I DID SAY THAT IT WASN'T DIRECTLY SAYING THAT IT WAS WRONG ABOUT HOUSTON AVENUE.
I'M SAYING THAT WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS LOOKING THROUGH IT, IS THAT THERE WERE SOME ERRONEOUS DATA POINTS THAT WE FOUND, AND IT MEANT THAT WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DILIGENT.
WHAT KIND OF DATA POINTS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? NUMBER OF CRASHES, UM, CRASHES BEING ALLOCATED TO DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE SAW A HANDFUL OF CRASHES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ALLOCATED TO A HIGHWAY BEING ALLOCATED TO A STREET INSTEAD.
SO SORT OF FALSELY ELEVATING THE, THE CRASH, THOSE CRASH RECORDS ON THE STREET.
SO IT'S NOT SAYING THAT WE DIDN'T SEE, WE HAVE NOT DONE A POINT FOR POINT OF CRASHES THAT WE KNOW VERSUS CRASHES THAT WE SEE, BUT WHEN WE START TO SEE THOSE MISALLOCATIONS, YOU GOTTA JUST BE MORE CAREFUL, UM, WITH HOW YOU USE THE DATA.
AND, AND I, THIS IS THE PHRASE IN DATA SCIENCE THAT WE LET WE TRUST BUT VERIFY.
SO IT WAS BECAUSE YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE, UH, CRASH DATA IN DETAIL, LIKE EACH INCIDENT REPORT AS OPPOSED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, PULLING INFORMATION FROM NEWSPAPERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YES, MA'AM.
UM, AND I WILL HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I'VE LOOKED IN THE CRASH IN, UH, CRASH REPORTS TOO AND, UH, IN CONNECTION WITH 11TH STREET, AND I DID SEE SOME ERRORS AS WELL.
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MM-HMMI ATTRIBUTED THEM TO THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BUT PERHAPS IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, UM, IT'S VERY INTERESTING THAT YOU HAVE FOUND SOME ERRORS AS WELL.
WELL, IT'S, UH, I'LL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE THING ABOUT, THERE'S, UH, THE, THE PHRASE IN, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT STATISTICS ALL NIGHT IF YOU LET ME.
BUT THE THING IN THE PHRASE IN STATISTIC IS THAT THERE'S LIES, DAMN LIES.
AND THEN THERE'S STATISTICS, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM
SOMETIMES WE CAN GET SO CAUGHT UP IN, IN DOING DATA ANALYSIS THAT WE DON'T GIVE OURSELVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO STEP BACK AND SAY, DO WE FEEL THIS? DOES THIS FEEL RIGHT? RIGHT.
DATA SHOWING OUR PERCEPTION? SO THAT, THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON FOR ME BRINGING IT UP.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR FEEDBACK.
WE'RE GONNA CIRCLE BACK AND SEE IF MARIAN IS ABLE TO GET IN, AND THEN IT'LL BE JUSTIN AFTER MARIAN.
MARIAN DID YOU CALL IN? I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S CALLED IN.
WHY DON'T WE GO TO JUSTIN AND SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
HELLO? YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN, THANK YOU.
UM, ACTUALLY, UH,
AND SO BEING ABLE TO DO A COMPAR, A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, COOPERATING WITH THEM, I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT TECH DOT DOES THIS ON PURPOSE.
IT'S A LOT OF TIMES IT'S JUST SOMETIMES DATABASES, TECHNOLOGY ISN'T ALWAYS OUR FRIEND, RIGHT? UM, SO BEING ABLE TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOUNT FOR THOSE THINGS.
WE THINK WE GOT THE MARIAN RIGHT ISSUE RESOLVED, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GONNA TRY AGAIN.
I'M GONNA GO TO MR. RAINWATER AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK.
SAY, LOOK, UH, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
CONCERNING COMPLETE COMMUNITY, UM, COMPLETE COMMUNITY UNDER THE, UH, LAST ADMINISTRATION.
I MEAN, IT'S STILL AN UNFUNDED SITUATION.
SO DOES THIS MAYOR HAVE ANY PLANS ON, UH, FUNDING IT? I MEAN, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FUNDED BY, I GUESS, UH, PRIVATE DONATIONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THAT DIDN'T REALLY WORK OUT.
SO, UH, ALL THESE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, TOLD THEY COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, THEY STILL DIDN'T COMPLETE, THEY COMPLETELY DIDN'T GET, GET ANYTHING.
SO IT REALLY DIDN'T WORK OUT TOO WELL FOR, UM, BUT, UM, THE OTHER THING IS, IS, UH, I'M IN FORT BEND, HOUSTON AREA AND, UH, THE HPD SITUATION, UH MM-HMM.
WE NEED MORE PATROL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND ALSO I, OUR STREETS MAN, WE NEED, UH, YOU KNOW, DOES THE MAYOR PLAN ON, UM, YOU KNOW, A REDO OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE STREETS AND THINGS IN THIS AREA? 'CAUSE WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE FORGOTTEN OUT HERE.
BUT ANYWAY, JUST WANTED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, KNOW IF THE MAYOR, UH, PLANS ON, YOU KNOW, DOING ANYTHING ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THIS WAY AND OR BEEN HOUSTON DEEP SOUTHWEST.
THE, THE PLAN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO ALL THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
I MEAN, I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S LIKE 11 HOMES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A BIG, A BIG FOOTPRINT INSIDE FORT BEND, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT CITY SERVICES ARE EQUITABLY DELIVERED.
UM, I REMEMBER, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS, UH, THROUGH MEETING WITH YOU, MR. RAINWATER, BUT I REMEMBER DURING THE CAMPAIGN, THE MAYOR COMMENTING SPECIFICALLY ON THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND FORT BEND AND HOW THERE WAS INADEQUATE POLICE COVERAGE FROM Y'ALL'S PERSPECTIVE.
UM, AND, UH, SO YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AS YOU KNOW, IS THE, UH, WAS THE, IF WE CAN'T GET PUBLIC SAFETY RIGHT, THEN WE CAN'T GET ANYTHING ELSE, RIGHT? AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT HE DID, I THINK IT WAS THE THURSDAY AFTER INAUGURATION, WAS ORGANIZE ALL OF THE POLICE CHIEFS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT INCLUDED, THAT INCLUDED, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY AS WELL.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO MAKE SURE THAT AREAS
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ARE PROTECTED IS VERY IMPORTANT.SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, NOW MARIAN, I THINK YOU'RE ON THE PHONE NOW.
DO I HAVE I THINK WE HEAR YOU.
I'M CALLING ABOUT A COUPLE OF ISSUES.
SO THE FIRST THING IS, UM, I APPLIED FOR A GRANT WITH, UM, A PROGRAM THAT WAS CC CLD, SOME COMPLETE COMMUNITY PROGRAM THAT WASN'T ACTUALLY EVEN PART OF COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, BUT, UM, THEY KIND OF PRESENTED IT AS BEING PART OF IT.
SO IT WAS A $1,500 MINI GRANT.
SO WENT AHEAD AND APPLIED FOR THAT, RECEIVED IT, THEY WENT AHEAD, UM, AFTER EVERYTHING WAS DONE, AND THEY HAD A PRESENTATION AT CITY HALL WHERE THEY, UM, DID A PROCLAMATION FOR IT FOR EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM.
AND WHEN THEY DID THAT, THEY AGAIN SAID THAT IT WAS PART OF COMPLETE COMMUNITIES.
WELL, LONG STORY SHORT, I ASKED THE LADY WHO WAS ACTUALLY RUNNING, AND IT WAS THROUGH OUTSOURCE, UM, A PROGRAM CALLED OUTSOURCE OR WHATEVER'S THE ONE THAT DID IT.
SHE SAID, NO, IT WASN'T PART OF COMPLETE COMMUNITY.
THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD TO PUT COMPLETE COMMUNITIES IN FRONT OF IT IN ORDER TO, FOR THE MAYOR TO MAKE EVERYTHING HAPPEN WITH THIS OR WHATEVER, WHICH IS KIND OF CRAZY.
BUT THE THING THAT'S REALLY CONCERNING TO ME IS THAT THERE WAS $322,000 THAT WENT INTO THIS PROGRAM, AND ONLY 40, I MEAN, 72,000 WENT TOWARDS GRANT RECIPIENTS, WHICH MEANS THIS OUTSOURCE PROGRAM KEPT THE REST OF THE MONEY.
NOW, THIS WAS COVID MONEY, AND THIS WAS RUN THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND IT'S JUST A SHAME WHEN WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE DOING THIS STUFF IN THE COMMUNITIES.
WE SENT 16 CHILDREN TO SUMMER CAMPS WITH THAT MONEY, AND WE COULD HAVE DONE SO MUCH MORE IF WE WOULD'VE ACTUALLY BEEN GIVEN MORE, OR IF THE MONEY WOULD'VE GONE TO THE COMMUNITIES.
BUT INSTEAD, OUTSOURCE GOT THE MONEY.
THEY PRINTED UP THESE STUPID LITTLE BOOKLETS THAT THEY HANDED OUT AT, UM, WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE PROCLAMATION AT CITY HALL.
IT'S JUST REALLY SICKENING TO SEE OUR TAX DOLLARS WASTED THAT WAY.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP AND IT, BEFORE I GET OFF THE PHONE.
IT'S THE PUBLIC WORKS AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT ARE PUTTING IN PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL ARE RIPPING OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE POORLY DESIGNED.
HOW ARE WE GONNA HOLD THE INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE THAT ARE POORLY PLANNING THESE PROJECTS? WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT THIS? WE CAN'T JUST ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO POORLY PLAN PROJECTS, PUT 'EM IN, AND THEN RIP 'EM OUT.
HOW ARE WE GONNA ADDRESS THAT? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MARY, AND I'LL, I'LL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THE ORDER.
THE CHAIR OR THE COMMENTS THAT YOU, IN THE ORDER THAT YOU, YOU GAVE THEM.
UM, WITH REGARD TO COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, UM, AND FUNDING SOURCES, WE'VE ACTUALLY HEARD QUITE A FEW STORIES, UM, OVER THE PAST SIX WEEKS OF JUST UNDERSTANDING WHERE MONEY CAME FROM, WHERE MONEY WENT, HOW IT WAS SPENT, UM, ON WHAT PROJECTS, HOW ARE THOSE PROJECTS GRADED, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT WE'RE DOING IS A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN, UM, THE ACTION PLANS THAT WERE CREATED AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND HOW IT ALIGNS, RIGHT? THE, THE MEASURE OF THE SUCCESS OF ANY PROGRAM IS BEING ABLE TO FIND OUT IF WE DID WHAT WE SAID, UM, WE WERE GONNA DO.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO, UM, TO DO THAT AND TO TRACK THAT IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF, OF, UM, BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND COMPLETE COMMUNITIES AS A PROGRAM.
UM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AS YOU KNOW, UM, MAY TOOK A GREAT BIG EFFORT, UM, TO GET, UH, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVE AS THE, AS THE PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED, AND THEN THEY PASSED IT OFF TO THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE.
SO BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND PLANNING VERSUS IMPLEMENTATION AGAIN, IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF, OF US LEARNING, RIGHT.
UM, AND, UH, THE SECOND COMMENT ABOUT, UM, THE SECOND COMMENT ABOUT DOING, UH, PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION, RIGHT? THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THING.
UH, COMPLETE COMMUNITIES IS A MICRO VERSION OF THE LARGER CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, SORT OF WHAT PARAMETERS WERE PUT IN PLACE FOR BEING ABLE TO DESIGN, UH, THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN HOW WE EXECUTED THEM IS VERY IMPORTANT.
IT IS A HALLMARK OF MAYOR WHITMEYER.
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TIME IN EVERY MEETING THAT WE'RE IN IS, DID WE LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY? DID WE LISTEN TO THEM ENOUGH? DID WE LISTEN TO THEM A THIRD TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE SURE THE FIRST AND SECOND TIME THAT WE HEARD 'EM CORRECTLY? BEING ABLE TO GARNER COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IS GOING TO BE A KEY COMPONENT, CRITICAL COMPONENT.OF THE WHITMEYER ADMINISTRATION AND LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY IS A REALLY EASY WAY TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN FOR, UM, IS GOING TO BE A SUCCESS IN THE EYES OF THE COMMUNITY NOW SOMETIMES, RIGHT? AND WHAT STORIES THAT WE'VE HEARD, AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS, IS SOMETIMES WE'RE ALWAYS HESITANT OR WE'RE HESITANT TO CHANGE.
AND SO WE DON'T LIKE IT INITIALLY, AND THEN WE GET IT, AND THEN SOMETIMES WE KINDA LIKE IT AND MAYBE WE, MAYBE WE DID LIKE THAT THING THAT HAPPENED, BUT WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE TO DO A GOOD JOB OF DESCRIBING IT UPFRONT AND HEARING THAT INFORMATION.
AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A, A REQUIREMENT NOT JUST OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE I'M NOT PICKING ON 'EM, UM, OF ALL DEPARTMENTS, TO HAVE A STANDARD EXPECTED LEVEL OF GARNERING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
IF YOU CAN'T TELL ME HOW MANY TIMES, HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU MET WITH AND USING, THIS IS, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES.
IF WE CANNOT AFFIRMATIVELY SAY THAT WE SPOKE TO X NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE SUPPORTED, AND THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T SUPPORT IT, AND WHEN WE HEARD THERE WASN'T SUPPORT, WHAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT IT, AND DID WE GIVE IT A REASONABLE SHOT AT MAKING CHANGES, CAN WE REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE FOLKS? THEN WE SHOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM UNTIL WE DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT.
THIS ADMINISTRATION ONE THAT MAYOR, MAYOR WHITMEYER HAS BEEN EMPHASIZING, UH, EMPHASIZING VERY STRONGLY, UH, ON IN ALL OF OUR INTERNAL MEETINGS.
AND THEN I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE HEARD HIM, Y'ALL HEARD HIM ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND YOU GET TO SEE HIM IN PUBLIC SESSION.
AND, UH, COUNCIL, HE, HE VERY MUCH BELIEVES IN THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
WE HAVE ONE MORE SN MEMBER WHO HAS A QUESTION.
AND AT THAT POINT THEN, UM, I HAVE NO OTHER ASCEND MEMBERS IN THE LIST, AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO BUSINESS AND THEN GO INTO OUR OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT ARE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, STEVEN.
UM, I KNOW SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND ISSUES WERE BROUGHT UP HERE TONIGHT WERE BIG ISSUES THAT NEED BIG CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH MM-HMM
TO RESOLVE, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THERE ARE SMALLER PROJECTS, UH, OR, UM, UH, AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UH, CHERYL O'BRIEN MENTIONED THE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UH, AND A REQUEST TO PLEASE HAVE FUNDS LIKE, UH, THAT AVAILABLE GOING FORWARD TO REALLY BE DIRECTLY IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND ANOTHER SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT HAS REALLY ALLOWED A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY AND EXPERIMENTATION ARE THE, UH, DISTRICT COUNCIL FUNDS.
AND SO I HAD A QUESTION, UH, IN LIGHT OF THE BUDGET SITUATION, UH, DO YOU THINK THAT MOVING FORWARD THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL DISTRICT FUNDS MIGHT GO FORWARD? GO FORWARD.
SO AS, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
AS YOU WELL KNOW, THE, THE BUDGET PROCESS IS A COLLABORATIVE ONE WITH CITY COUNCIL.
UM, IN MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AT CITY, I WAS AROUND WHEN THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUND WAS FIRST CREATED.
I WAS AROUND WHEN IT WAS BUMPED UP, AND THEN I, I WAS NOT AROUND WHEN IT WAS BUMPED UP AGAIN.
UM, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL WITHOUT, UH, DURING BUDGET CYCLE WITHOUT HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUND.
AND I SAW THAT, UH, MAYOR PRO TIMM CASTEX TATUM IS ON THE CALL, AND I THINK SHE COULD PROBABLY SPEAK, UH, WITH MORE AUTHORITY ON THE PERSPECTIVE OF COUNCIL.
UM, I ALSO SAW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN IS ON.
SO THANK BOTH OF Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.
UM, THE, UH, SO WITH REGARD TO THAT, UM, BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHERE THOSE, UH, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT, UH, I'LL, I'M GONNA WAX POETIC A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THE, YOU'RE RIGHT, CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IS HARD AND USUALLY VERY BIG.
UM, AND WHERE WE CAN GET GOOD PRODUCTIVE BANG FOR A BUCK AT A MICRO, AT A COMMUNITY LEVEL, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT.
UM, THE CIP LINE IS A LONG ONE.
WE THINK Y'ALL KNOW THIS, WE THINK IN FIVE YEARS, CIP, BUT WE ACTUALLY CALL IT THE FIVE PLUS FIVE, WHICH MEANS IT'S FIVE YEARS OF FUNDED PROJECTS AND FIVE YEARS OF IDENTIFIED NEED, BUT UNFUNDED.
AND SO 10 YEARS IS A LONG TIME
AND A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, I THINK I REMEMBER THE ALE COMMUNITY CENTER TAKING 12 YEARS TO, TO FROM CONCEPTION ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, UH, TO BEING LIKE SHOVEL IN THE GROUND STARTING TO BUILD.
AND THEN IT TOOK EVEN, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE YEARS TO BUILD IT COMPLETELY OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THOSE BIG CAPITAL PROJECTS TAKE A LONG TIME, BUT IF WE CAN DO GET SMALL WINS, WE CALL 'EM, YOU KNOW, IN GOVERNMENTS, LOW HANGING FRUIT, QUICK WINS, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL THEM, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND IT, AND IT LARGELY ORIGINATES, TO YOUR POINT, CINDY, I BELIEVE, UM, FROM GROUPS LIKE THIS, RIGHT? THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND KNOW, KNOW, UM, WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
UM, SO BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOCUS ON THAT AND RESPECT THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
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I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, STEVEN.UH, IT'S OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND WE DO HAVE SOME BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH.
I'M LOOKING AT THE TIME WE HAVE A HARD EIGHT O'CLOCK CUTOFF.
DID I SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET THOUGH? YOU SURVIVED THE GAUNTLET.
DID I GET A MEDAL
UM, MARTHA, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU NEEDED TO SAY TO, TO AMPLIFY SOMETHING THAT STEVEN WAS SAYING OR I I DID.
I DID WANT TO, UM, COMMENT ON SOME OF THE, UM, COMMENTS THAT I THINK IT WAS, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41, MR. RAINWATER.
UM, AND JUST SAY THAT IT, IT, IT'S GREAT WORKING WITH STEVEN AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
UM, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT THEY ARE WRAPPING THEIR ARMS AROUND, UM, AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED.
BUT I HOPE THAT MR. RAINWATER'S RECEIVING OUR DISTRICT K NEWSLETTER, THAT, AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT CAME OUT TODAY.
UM, ONE OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS IN OUR COMPLETE COMMUNITY RAISED OVER $17 MILLION, UM, FOR A DILAPIDATED SHOPPING STRIP THAT HAD BEEN VACANT FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
AND IT'S GONNA BE AN INCREDIBLE PROJECT IN THE COMMUNITY.
NOT TO MENTION THAT WE, UM, ALSO GOT OVER $3 MILLION FOR BLUE RIDGE PARK FROM, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY.
AND THEN, UM, WE'VE PUT IN THE NEWSLETTER AND SHARED WITH, UH, HIM AND THE OTHER LEADERS IN FOR BEING THAT PHASE TWO OF THE WEST FUKE WAY PROJECT HAS STARTED.
WE PASSED THAT IN COUNCIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, ALL OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS WILL BE UPGRADED.
UM, THE PANEL REPLACEMENTS IN BRIARGATE AND ALSO MATTER, MATTER OF FACT, MR. RAINWATER IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, QUAIL RUN, UM, HAS BEEN ASSESSED FOR NEW STREETS WITH OVER HALF OF OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS WILL BE PANEL REPLACEMENTS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HOSTED THE HPD CONSTABLE EVENT THIS WEEKEND, UH, AND THE MONTHLY PIP MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS IN FORT BEND.
UM, SO I HOPE THAT ALL OF OUR, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE SIGNED UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS EVERY MONTH TO KEEP EVERYONE INVOLVED, BUT ALSO WANTED TO TELL STEVEN WHAT, UM, A GREAT JOB HE'S BEEN DOING, UM, AND, AND HOW REFRESHING IT IS TO HAVE ALL OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
AND I HOPE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF HOUSTON WILL BE THE BIG WINNERS, UM, IN IN, IN OUR WORKING TOGETHER AND MOVING FORWARD.
MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'LL BE SURE TO GIVE YOU THAT 20 BUCKS TOMORROW WHEN I SEE YOU
SORRY IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO GET IN, BUT, UM, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 47, AND ALSO I'M PART OF, WE'VE CREATED THE NORTHEAST SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS UNITED, WHICH IS A FLOODING INITIATIVE THAT JIM BLACKBURN AND RICE UNIVERSITY HAS DONE.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE JUST GOT APPROVAL OF MAINTENANCE OF OPEN DITCHES IS IMPERATIVE TO OUR EQUITY PROPOSAL.
AND, UH, STEVEN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEND IT TO YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MAYOR IS AWARE OF IT, UH, SINCE IT'S A CHANGE OF GUARD AND THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP, UM, THE BUDGET FOR OPEN DITCHES AROUND FLOODING FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST HOUSTON, IS WHAT THE EQUITY PROPOSAL WAS, WAS DONE FOR JACKIE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO MY ATTENTION.
I I JUST RE-UPPED MY EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE CHAT.
UM, SO FEEL FREE TO SEND ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT OR RELEVANT FOR ME TO SEND IT MY WAY.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO HANG AROUND, UH, AND, AND LISTEN IN ON OUR BUSINESS MEETING, BUT WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER, IF YOU HAVE OUTSIDE OBLIGATION OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO HOME AND EAT DINNER,
SO, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO HANG, HANG AROUND.
KEITH, I'M GONNA TURN THE MEETING OVER TO YOU AT THIS POINT TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE BYLAWS COMMITTEE.
I WANNA THINK, FIRST OF ALL, UM, STEPHEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT.
UM, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY ON THE BYLAWS COMMITTEE THAT HAS TAKEN THE TIME, UH, TO MEET, UH, AS MANY OF YOU ON THE, THE, WITH THE SNCS.
UH, THE BODY KNOWS, UH, SINCE, UH, THE ADOPTION OF, UH, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, THE BYLAWS HAVE NOT BEEN AMENDED SINCE IT'S BEEN ADOPTED.
UH, SO THE COMMITTEE, UH, HAS MET ON, LIKE I SAID, THREE OCCASIONS TO GO THROUGH AND TRY TO TIGHTEN
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THINGS UP.UH, AND WHEN I SAY TIGHTEN THINGS UP, I MEAN, UM, LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE BE STRONGER TOGETHER.
THIS, WHAT WE HAVE COME TOGETHER AND FORMULATED IS A DRAFT.
IT IS A DRAFT, IT'S NOTHING SET IN STONE, BUT, UH, THIS WILL, A COPY OF THE DRAFT WILL BE GOING OUT TO EVERY, UM, UH, S AND C, UH, ACTIVE S AND C UH, IN, UM, YOU KNOW, IN WITHIN THE SNA.
AND SO YOU WILL HAVE, AND FROM TONIGHT UNTIL MARCH 1ST TO GET YOUR COMMENTS IN ON WHAT YOU LIKE, DON'T LIKE, WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGE AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
UH, SO I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL SAY THAT, UM, WHEN YOU GET THEM, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THEM CLOSELY AND, UM, IT'S NOT MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR CHANGES, UH, IN MY OPINION, BUT THAT'S MY OPINION.
UM, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THEM AND TRY TO GET YOUR COMMENTS INTO US, AND SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE COMMENTS AND, UH, THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET FOLLOWING THAT, SO WE CAN ALL, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING IT TO THE BODY FOR A VOTE, UH, ON THESE, UM, THESE AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT, CHERYL.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MOVE ON TO THE, UH, PROGRAM.
CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT? UH, TWO THINGS.
UH, THOSE, THOSE BYLAWS HAVE BEEN ADMITTED SINCE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ADOPTED, SO I WANNA BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
SECOND OF ALL, I THINK MARCH 1ST IS TOO EARLY BECAUSE WE NEED TO GO BACK TO OUR SN AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL OKAY WITH THAT.
WE DON'T WANNA BE PUT IN THE SAME POSITION THAT SOMETIMES WE'RE PUT IN BY THE CITY WHERE, OH, YOU NEED TO CHANGE IT, YOU NEED TO MAKE A DECISION RIGHT AWAY.
SO I'D APPRECIATE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE LEAD TIME FOR US TO, TO GO THROUGH THE BYLAWS.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD POINT, GREG.
UM, SOME HAVE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, MET, UH, FOR THE MONTH IN FEBRUARY.
SO, UM, I WILL GET WITH, UM, I WILL GET WITH CHERYL, UH, AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND, UM, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO, FOR EXTENDING THAT PAST MARCH 1ST.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT, GREG, AND WE'LL LOOK, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
DID EVERYBODY GET IN THE, UM, ATTACHMENT FOR THE MEETING AND NOTICE A COPY OF THE PROGRAM, THE NEW GUIDELINES FOR S THE S AND C PROGRAM? IT'S ON THE CITY WEBSITE, AND I ATTACHED IT TO THE MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO READ THIS, READ IT CAREFULLY AND SEND ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE.
UH, ARE WE GONNA APPROVE THE MINUTES FIRST BEFORE WE GET INTO, UH, OR, OR, OH, I'M, I'M SORRY.
THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
I WAS GONNA DO THAT AT THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
UH, I ONLY HAVE ONE CON ONE COMMENT ON THE, THIS, UH, THE GUIDELINES, UH, THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED, AND THIS IS A CHANGE AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S ON PAGE 10, I BELIEVE IT IS.
UH, SO THIS IS UNDER THE HEADING OF OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR DULY RECOGNIZED SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS.
GOT, AND IT'S ON THE NEXT PAGE, IT'S THE FOURTH BULLET POINT.
ALL SMOS MUST SUBMIT THEIR BYLAWS AND MINUTES TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR RECORDS AND WEBSITE POSTING TO THEIR ASSIGNED MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE OFFICE LIAISON.
UM, I'M CURIOUS THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME, SAME QUESTION I HAD
I HAVE, I'M CURIOUS TO, I MEAN, WE ALWAYS HAVE SUBMITTED OUR BYLAWS TO THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE OFFICE, BUT, UH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE SUBMITTING MINUTES.
UH, NOTHING AGAINST RHONDA AND HER CREW.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO NOW.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY EIGHT, UH, 80, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS SENDING IN MINUTES EITHER MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, OR WHENEVER THEY MEET.
SO I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHY THE GUIDELINES NOW INCLUDE THIS NEW PROVISION THAT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THE MINUTES TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND THE WAY THIS IS WORDED IS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SENDING IT TO THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE OFFICE LIAISON, UH, RATHER THAN IF, LIKE WE DO WITH THE BYLAWS WHERE WE SUBMIT IT TO THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE OFFICE.
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UM, IN MY CASE, I RARELY EVEN TALK TO THE LIAISON.UM, SHE DOESN'T DO OUTREACH TO ME.
SO, UH, I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY WE'RE SUBMITTING MINUTES AND WHY IS IT GOING TO THE LIAISON? WHY ARE THE BYLAWS GOING TO THE LIAISON? WELL, YOU HAVE THE SAME QUESTION THAT A LOT OF US ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAD.
AND, UM, THIS, THESE CAME AS A SURPRISE TO US.
WE WERE NOT CONSULTED AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THEM BEFORE THEY WERE POSTED.
SO I THINK IT'S A VALID QUESTION.
UM, I SEE THAT GREG LAGRAND HAS HIS HAND UP.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY AS WELL.
PLEASE NOTE I AM MARKING THESE ON MY COPY OF THE, UM, GUIDELINES TO BRING UP AND, AND TRY TO SEE IF I CAN GET SOME ANSWERS.
CHERYL, THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, I JUST, JUST WANTED TO ADD, ADD INTO THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE OFTEN ARE, OUR MINUTES ARE ACTUALLY, UH, VIDEOS OF OUR MEETINGS, VID VIDEOS THAT HAVE BEEN ZOOMED, ESPECIALLY BACK IN COVID.
UH, I, I'LL BE SENDING YOU MINUTES THAT ARE TWO AND A HALF, UH, GIGABYTES PLUS, UH, ON A MONTHLY BASIS IF YOU'D LIKE.
THOSE WE HAVEN'T ARCHIVED 15 YEARS BACK.
UH, I, UH, I I GUESS I DON'T SEE WHAT THE BURDEN OF THAT IS.
IT'S ON THE WEBSITE THAT I THINK THEY SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AND MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND NOT RESIDE ON THE CITY'S, UH, WHATEVER.
UH, WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO LOOK AT NEAR TOWN MONTROSE, THEY DON'T GO TO THE CITY LOOKING THERE.
THEY GO TO THE NEAR TOWN MONTROSE WEBSITE TO LOOK AT THEIR MINUTES TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, I, I I, I, I THINK IT'S NICE THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE OF, AND I, I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE WE'RE AT IN THIS.
I READ ONE OTHER THING, TALKED ABOUT, UH, SENDING IN, UH, PASSWORDS AND EMAILS AND VARIOUS THINGS TO PASSWORDS, TO EMAILS.
UH, SOME, SOME OF THAT'S UN, UN, UH, NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT ABOUT.
IS THAT EVEN A REASONABLE REQUEST? WELL, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE READING IS THE BULLET BULLET POINT RIGHT ABOVE THE, THE ONE ABOUT SUBMITTING BYLAWS OF MINUTES.
AND IT SAID EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS OF SMOS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ALL PAPERWORK, RECORDS, EMAIL, PASSWORDS, AND TRANSITION DOCUMENTS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF ELECTION TO NEWLY ELECTED EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS, NOT TO THE CITY, BUT IT'S TO ENSURE THAT IT'S PASSED ON WITHIN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION.
THAT'S JUST THE THINGS THAT ARE NORMALLY HAPPENING.
YEAH, I, I WAS, UH, MY, MY, THAT HIT MY TIMEOUT BUTTON FOR, UH, I, UH, AS BEING UNREASONABLE.
BUT, UH, MY BRAIN, IF I MAY, CHERYL, THIS IS REALLY GREAT FOR YOU AND NORMAL FOR YOU, BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU IT'S THERE.
UM, IT'S THERE FOR A REASON BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT TURNING OVER THAT INFORMATION AND THE BOARDS ARE NOT TRANSITIONING SEAMLESSLY AS THEY SHOULD.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT PART WAS PUT IN THERE.
SO, GREG, IT MIGHT BE WORKING WELL FOR NEAR TOWN, BUT IT'S NOT WORKING WELL FOR OTHER ORGANIZ, UH, OTHER ESSENCE TO PASS ON THE INFORMATION TO THE INCOMING OFFICE.
SO THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY'S OPERATING UNDER THE SAME FRAMEWORK.
TO ME, THAT'S JUST NORMAL, UH, STANDARD OPERATIONS YEAH.
SHOULD BE BE SEEMS OBVIOUS, DOESN'T IT? OKAY.
I, I NEED TO READ MORE DETAIL.
I, I, I LO OPENED THAT AND REALIZED THERE WAS A LOT TO READ THIS EVENING.
CAN YOU SEE ME? CHERYL? CHERYL FOLLOWED BY NAOMI.
HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YES, YES.
BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MINE.
I, I WENT OUT AND WHEN I CAME BACK IN, I CAN'T SEE ANYBODY.
THAT WAS QUITE ALARMING TO US.
AND I SENT CHERYL A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL N-H-H-I-P PROJECT, WHICH SAID THEY WERE GONNA BE DOING DOWNTOWN THE NORTH MCGREGOR.
BUT WHEN I TOLD THE TEXDOT INDIVIDUAL THAT, UM, THIS WAS A PART OF THAT PROJECT, THEY WERE ALARMED AND SAID IT ABSOLUTELY WAS NOT.
SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED FROM N-H-H-I-P, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN STOPPED.
AND SO IT WAS VERY ALARMING TO ME THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE A MASSIVE PIPE
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AND CONNECT A PUMP STATION TO PUT MORE WATER IN BRAS IN CASE OF A, UH, A, A A EPI, UH, A A BAD WE WEATHER EPISODE AND WE CAN'T TAKE ON ANYMORE.I KNOW BRAY OAKS CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE AND BRAYWOOD, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE GONNA BE DOING IT WITHIN TWO WEEKS, WHICH LITERALLY HAS THREE MORE DAYS LEFT IN IT.
AND WHEN I ASKED ABOUT HEB, THEY WERE TOLD THREE MONTHS AGO.
AND SO THEY SAID THAT TWO WEEKS WAS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, NEEDLESS TO SAY, I DIDN'T AGREE.
SO, UM, THEY WERE LIKE, WELL, WE'RE GONNA START ANYWAY.
SO I REACHED OUT TO CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE, SHE GOT WITH TEX DOT, AND THEY HAD PUT A PAUSE ON IT.
UM, AND I'M TRYING TO GET IT LIKE, UH, AT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, BUT ANYBODY WHO'S AROUND BRAS BY YOU, I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU LIVE, YOU NEED TO BE AT THIS MEETING BECAUSE THERE IS NO, WE'VE LOOKED FOR IT.
WE CANNOT FIND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY THAT HAD TO BE DONE.
UH, UH, STOP I 45 AND AIR ALLIANCE LOOKED FOR ME AS WELL.
THIS IS EXTREMELY ALARMING, EXTREMELY ALARMING THAT THIS IS GOING ON.
NUMBER TWO, TEP AWARDED TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, $50 MILLION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, WHICH I'VE TALKED TO CHERYL NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT, WENT TO DC, MET WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, AND IT IS A GRANT MAKER.
THEY GIVE GRANTS LITERALLY FOR WHAT MOST OF US ARE ALREADY DOING, AND YOU CAN APPLY DIRECTLY TO TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, GET THE GUIDELINES, LOOK IT UP.
I MEAN, IT, I'M LISTENING TO YOU ALL TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY YOU NEED FOR THIS AND THE MONEY YOU NEED FOR THAT.
THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT TO MAKE LIFE BETTER.
AS A YOUNG LADY WAS SAYING FROM THE THIRD WARD, THE QUALITY OF LIFE, THIS, THIS FUND, A MULTITUDE OF THOSE THINGS.
I CAN'T SEE NOBODY, SO I DON'T LIKE TALKING TO THE STUPID SCREEN.
WE'RE REALLY, REALLY RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE.
WE'RE PUSHING UP, I'M DONE TO A, A, A GUIDELINE WE WILL BE PUBLISHING.
UM, I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS TECH STOCK BED, AND I LIVE JUST EIGHT BLOCKS OFF OF RAISED BAYOU, OR MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS FLOODED.
UM, NAOMI, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING REALLY QUICK OR WOULD YOU MIND IF WE GO THROUGH OUR BUSINESS OF UPDATING, UH, APPROVING MINUTES AND THEN COME BACK TO, TO YOU? JUST, JUST A QUICK, QUICK QUESTION.
UM, OUR COMMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE, UM, DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDELINES.
DO WE SEND THOSE TO, DO WE GO THROUGH ALLIANCE OR DO WE GO TO OUR, OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS? WHO SHOULD WE SEND? WHAT, LIKE FOR YOU TO DO WHAT I'D LIKE I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE, I I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SEND THEM TO THE ALLIANCE SO THAT WE CAN ACCUMULATE AND GET ONE LIST TO THE DEPARTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOODS RATHER THAN INUNDATING EVERYBODY, EACH LIAISONS INDIVIDUALLY.
UM, I'D LIKE TO, WE NEED TO GO TO MINUTES, UM, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
SO, UM, I WOULD, WE'VE GOT NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, AND JANUARY.
I MOVE APPROVAL OF THOSE THREE MONTHS, MINUTES.
I SECOND IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR HAND.
OTHERWISE, WE'LL ASSUME YOU AGREE.
JACKIE, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? YEAH, THE ONLY THING I WANT TO, UH, SAY ABOUT GUIDELINES ARE, I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ALLIANCE AND THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, WE USED TO DO WHAT YOU CALL A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN.
IS THAT STILL ANYWHERE DOCUMENTED? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT IS IN THE, THAT IS IN THE GUIDELINES.
SO THE, IF I MAY, CHERYL THIS RHONDA, GO AHEAD.
UM, THERE'S THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN THAT ALL THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS TURN INTO THE ALLIANCE AND THEN THERE WAS THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PROGRAM THAT WAS DONE THROUGH PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS.
WE ARE DOING THE FIRST ONE, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLANS FOR THE, UM, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE TURNED INTO
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THE ALLIANCE SO WE CAN PRESENT THEM TO THE ADMINISTRATION.AS FAR AS THE OTHER PROGRAM, THAT PROGRAM IS NO LONGER, UM, NO, NO LONGER WORKING.
THOSE MEETINGS SINCE THE SECOND TO LAST YEAR OF THE PARKER ADMINISTRATION.
WE CAN HOPE THAT THEY'LL COME BACK, RIGHT.
BUT AGAIN, LET ME STRESS THAT I KNOW.
OH, AMY, I'M SORRY, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
IS THERE A TEMPLATE FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PLAN THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO USE TO SUBMIT? UH, PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR IT, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.
ALL OF THIS IS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION.
AND AGAIN, SEND YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THESE GUIDELINES TO THE SNAC EMAIL ADDRESS.
WE'LL GROUP THEM TOGETHER AND PROVIDE THEM TO RHONDA BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO OVERLOAD OUR INDIVIDUAL LIAISONS.
AND THEN I TRUST THAT RHONDA CAN THEN FORWARD THEM TO MR. SIMS. MR. SIMS, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THAT? NO, MA'AM, I DID NOT.
DOES THAT PLAN OF ATTACK WORK FOR YOU? THAT WE SEND IT? YES, MA'AM.
ONE THING TO RHONDA, LET HER DEAL THERE.
IT DOES WORK FOR ME VERY WELL.
UM, CHERYL, GREG, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP AS WELL.
UM, ALL OF OUR MINUTES AND OUR BYLAWS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE, SO I HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO RESEND THOSE TO YOU.
YOU CAN ALWAYS PULL 'EM DOWN THERE.
'CAUSE WE TRY TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT, AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THESE GUIDELINES ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE SO WE CAN ALL SEE WHAT'S EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING AND HAVE A GOOD PORTION.
THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS, ARE WE GONNA TALK AT ALL ABOUT THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES FOR 2024? SINCE WE HAVE A HARD STOP ON THE WITH APPLIED? DOES ANYBODY APPLY? WE'RE ASKING THE PEOPLE TO SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS AND CONCERN.
UM, YEAH, WE, IT'S A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE.
THE APPLICATIONS HAVE TO BE IN BY MARCH 1ST.
THEY WILL BE AWARDED BY MARCH 15TH.
AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME OR SANDRA CORTEZ.
I'LL PUT OUR INFORMATION IN THE CHAT.
WELL, THE FIRST ONE IS, IS COMPLETED THE REQUIRED TRAINING FOR GRANT PROGRAM.
AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
THAT'S OUR, THE FIRST ONE ON THE, ON THE CHECKLIST.
HAS ANYBODY BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS YET? WE'RE WORKING ON IT IN OURS, AND I, AND I, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WORKING ON IT, BUT THE DEADLINE'S NOT HERE, SO I CAN'T SAY.
YEAH, IT'S LESS THAN THREE WEEKS.
LIKE WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH RENEE AND HE'S, HE'S BEEN HELPING US SORT THROUGH THIS.
NO, NOT IT'S THE TRAINING ONLINE.
WE HAVE A LINK TO THAT, PLEASE.
THANK YOU GREG, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
KEITH, REAL QUICK, REAL QUICKLY, I JUST WANNA SAY THOUGH, I GOT A QUESTION.
PEOPLE ASKING WHO IS MR. HERBERT SIMS? MR. SIMS? YEAH, YOU ARE.
YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF? I'M DIRECTOR OF DON.
I'LL, I'M HERBERT SIMS, I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF DON.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT SINCE HIS CREATION IN 2011, UM, 2012.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH ONE OF YOU THAT I HAVE NOT THOSE THAT I HAVE, I STILL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
UM, RON CAN TELL YOU I'M VERY HANDS ON AND THERE ARE NOT MANY JOBS IN THE DEPARTMENT I HAVE NOT DONE.
WE'RE COMING UP TO OUR DEADLINE.
I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE PLANNING AN IN-PERSON MEETING IN MARCH.
WE HAD SOME PEOPLE CAME OUT IN DECEMBER.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET BACK.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER AND, AND, UM, TALK TO EACH OTHER IN PERSON.
SO PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR IN PERSON, UM, MEETING IN MARCH.
WE DO PRINT OUT THE CHAT AND THE ATTENDANCE LIST FROM OUR ONLINE MEETINGS.
THE QUESTIONS WE DIDN'T GET ANSWERED IN THE CHAT, WE WILL TRY TO ADDRESS.
AND I THINK WE HAVE HIT OUR DEADLINE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING, RHONDA?
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WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES.IF WE, UH, IF WE NEED THEN, THEN WE'RE GOOD.
OH, KEITH, YOUR HAND WAS UP AGAIN AND GREG, YOUR HAND WAS STILL UP OR, OKAY.
I THINK THEY, I THINK THE LINKS IN THE EMAILS THAT YOU GUYS WERE ASKING ABOUT ARE ALL IN THE CHAT.
WANNA MOSEY ON THERE? CHERYL? IF IT'S OKAY, IT'S SALLY ALCORN.
I'D JUST LIKE TO REAL QUICK, SAY HI TO EVERYBODY AND PLEASE JUST, UH, LOVE HEARING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT ISSUES IN ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE STEVEN DAVID ADDRESS THIS CROWD.
I THOUGHT HE DID A GREAT JOB TALKING TO EVERYBODY.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST REAL QUICK, OUR COMPOSTING PROGRAM'S STILL GOING TILL SEPTEMBER 29TH.
WE'RE IN CASHMERE GARDENS, UM, MONDAYS, TWO TO FIVE ACRES HOMES.
TUESDAYS TWO TO FIVE, A LEAF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, FOUR TO SEVEN ON WEDNESDAYS AND SUNNYSIDE THREE TO SIX ON THURSDAYS.
IT'S JUST FOR ANOTHER WEEK TILL THE 29TH.
HOPE YOU GUYS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
AND, UM, I JUST REAL QUICK, THERE'S A GREAT, THEY, THEY UNVEILED THIS PAINTING AT THE MANIL THAT THE EXXON FOUNDATION GAVE TO THE MANIL COLLECTION.
IT'S A VERY FAMOUS PAINTING BY ALICE NEAL OF A CIVIL RIGHTS PAINTER, UM, NAMED FAITH RINGOLD.
SHE DID, DOES THE QUILTS AND EVERYTHING.
IT EXXON BOUGHT IT, UM, YEARS AGO FOR $30,000.
THE PAINTING'S WORTH OVER $3 MILLION.
THEY GIFTED IT TO THE MANIL COLLECTION.
THEY HAD A RECEPTION TO SHOW IT TONIGHT.
YOU GUYS, THE MANIL COLLECTION IS FREE TO EVERYONE GET OVER THERE, SEE THAT PAINTING.
IT'S SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.
AND, UM, GOOGLE FAITH RINGOLD IF YOU DON'T KNOW HER ALREADY.
WELL, THIS WAS A GREAT MEETING.
I, I KNOW THAT WE WERE REALLY TIGHT.
I HOPE THAT PEOPLE ENJOYED MEETING THE REP FROM THE, UH, MET, UH, ENJOYED HAVING A, A REP FROM THE MAYOR AND MAYBE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE MAYOR AT A, AT ANOTHER MEETING,
SO, UM, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY IN PERSON AT MARCH.