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I AM PROUD TO STAND HERE TODAY, UM, TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TO, UH, RECOGNIZE ER'S DAN LOW SYNDROME, EDS AND HYPERMOBILITY SPECTRUM DISORDERS. 
          A HSD AWARENESS MONTH, UM, MAY SIGNIFIES THE ONSET OF THIS AWARENESS MONTH. 
          EDS ENCOMPASSES 13 DISTINCT GENETIC CONDITIONS FEATURING A RANGE OF MANIFESTATIONS FROM JOINT HYPERMOBILITY AND SKIN FRAGILITY. 
          SIMILARLY, HSD PRESENTS A CONTINUUM OF CHALLENGES INCLUDING JOINT INSTABILITY, CHRONIC PAIN, AND SYSTEMIC COMPLICATIONS. 
          UH, DESPITE AFFECTING A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE POPULATION ESTIMATES RANGING FROM ONE IN 500 TO ONE IN 2000 INDIVIDUALS, UH, THERE'S A PERVASIVE MISUNDERSTANDING AND STIGMA STILL SURROUNDING INDIVIDUALS, UH, IMPACTED. 
          SO, BY CHAMPION CHAMPIONING AWARENESS INITIATIVES, WE PAVED THE WAY FOR GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH EDS AND HSD AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY-BASED ADVOCATES, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO PUSH FOR MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS, UH, TO HEALTHCARE AND RESOURCES FOR THOSE IMPACTED AND EMPOWER OUR CONSTITUENTS TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS. 
          SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHEREAS LERS DANLOS SYNDROME EDS ARE A GROUP OF 13 HERITABLE CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS THAT TOGETHER AFFECT ONE IN 5,000 PEOPLE. 
          EACH TYPE OF EDS HAS ITS OWN SET OF SYMPTOMS, BUT SOME FEATURES ARE SEEN ACROSS ALL TYPES OF EDS, INCLUDING JOINT HYPERMOBILITY, SKIN, HYPER SENSIBILITY, AND TISSUE FRAGILITY. 
          WHEREAS HYPERMOBILITY SPECTRUM DISORDERS, HSD ARE CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS THAT CAUSE JOINT HYPERMOBILITY INSTABILITY, INJURY AND PAIN. 
          OTHER SYMPTOMS SUCH AS FATIGUE, HEADACHES, GI PROBLEMS, AND AUTOMATIC AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION ARE ALSO OFTEN SEEN AS PART OF HSD, WHEREAS THERE ARE, THERE IS NO CURE FOR ANY TYPE OF EDS OR HSD. 
          THE CONDITIONS ARE MANAGED BY ADDRESSING A PERSON'S SYMPTOMS. ESD AND HSD CAN CAUSE A VARIETY OF SYMPTOMS IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE BODY. 
          SO PEOPLE WITH THESE CONDITIONS OFTEN REQUIRE MULTIPLE PROVIDERS IN DIFFERENT SPECIALTIES TO MANAGE THEIR CARE, WHEREAS ACCESS TO PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT EDS AND HSD IS LIMITED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. 
          LACK OF AWARENESS ABOUT EDS AND HSD IN HOUSTON, TEXAS ACROSS THE WORLD STANDS IN THE WAY OF DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH OF THESE CONDITIONS. 
          WHEREAS AWARENESS ABOUT EDS AND HSD BY BOTH MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN HELP IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH EDS AND HSD IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          WE USE, UH, PROCLAMATIONS FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF IMPORTANT TOPICS. 
          I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE APPROPRIATE, UH, PURPOSE FOR THE PROCLAMATIONS TO BE PRESENTED AND PASSED BY COUNSEL THAN TO BRING, UH, A DISCUSSION AND AWARENESS TO THE CHALLENGES OF EDS AND HSD. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM, FOR BEING HERE. 
          AND IT'S MY HONOR THAT I, JOHN WHITMEYER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY DECLARE MAY, 2024. 
          IT'S ALER DEAN LOW SYNDROMES AND HYPERMOBILITY SYNDROME DISORDERS AWARENESS MONTH. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          AND I'LL YIELD TO YOU. 
          SO WE'RE KNOWN AS ZEBRAS, AND IT'S BECAUSE WHEN DOCTORS HEAR HOOF BEATS, THEY THINK HORSES NOT ZEBRAS. 
          AND SOMETIMES IT IS A ZEBRA. 
          MOST OF US ARE IN OUR THIRTIES AND FORTIES WHEN WE'RE DIAGNOSED, WE'VE SEEN HANDFULS AND HANDFULS AND HANDFULS OF DOCTORS WHO NEVER PUT THE SYMPTOMS TOGETHER. 
          AND LIKE A ZEBRA, ALL OF OUR STRIPES ARE DIFFERENT. 
          SOME OF US ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS. 
          SOME OF US HAVE FEEDING TUBES. 
          MOST OF OF US HAVE HAD MULTIPLE SURGERIES. 
          I CAN WAKE UP AND HANDS DON'T MOVE. 
          LEGS DON'T MOVE EVERY DAY. 
          IT'S DIFFERENT FOR OUR LIVES. 
          WE NEVER KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE AFFECTED, HOW EACH DAY IS GOING TO CHANGE FROM THE NEXT DAY. 
          WE HAVE A DOCTOR FOR EVERY SINGLE TYPE OF OUR BODY PARTS INSIDE AND OUT. 
          I HAD TO TRAVEL TO THE MAYO CLINIC IN FLORIDA FOR MY DIAGNOSIS BECAUSE NO DOCTOR IN HOUSTON WOULD SEE ME. 
          IT TOOK GENETIC TESTING, IT TOOK AN INTERNIST, AND WE'RE ONE OF THE BIGGEST CITIES 
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FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH IN THE WORLD, AND WE ALL HAVE TO TRAVEL TO OTHER STATES OR OTHER COUNTRIES TO BE DIAGNOSED. 
          SO I AM THANKFUL FOR HOUSTON FOR RECOGNIZING THIS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO JUST GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT THERE ON WHAT THIS CONDITION IS AND THAT ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS, DOCTORS NEED TO LIKE, LOOK AT EVERYTHING CONNECTED INSTEAD OF JUST INDIVIDUALLY. 
          SO THANK, THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THIS, AND THANK YOU, . 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU READY? DID YOU CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN AND THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT THE WINNERS OF THE 2024 TRUCK ART CONTEST DIRECTOR, WILL FAULK. 
          HAPPY TO SEE YOU IN CHAMBERS TODAY, RECORDING, MAYOR. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES. 
          UH, WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY ARE THE AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS, UH, FOR WHAT IS, FOR ME, ONE OF MY FAVORITE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON DOES, UH, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH OUR SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE THIS, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HISD. 
          OVER A HUNDRED STUDENTS PARTICIPATED AT EVERY LEVEL, UH, I BELIEVE STARTING IN THIRD GRADE ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. 
          UH, WE EVEN HAVE AN AWARD WINNER, UM, IN ONE, IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION, UH, DEV LEVELS OF HISD. 
          BUT ONE OF THE, BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND I KNOW DIRECTOR, YOU'RE GONNA GET TO THIS IN A SECOND, BUT ALL OF THESE STUDENTS IN HISD, UH, ENTERED A COMPETITION TO DISCUSS AND SHARE THROUGH ART WHAT RECYCLING MEANS TO THEM AND THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING, UH, FOR THEIR FUTURE. 
          AND THE REASON I LOVE THIS SO MUCH IN DIRECTOR, I REALLY WANNA COMMEND YOU AND THE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND MAYOR YOUR TEAM ON THIS. 
          UH, THESE STUDENTS ARE TAKING THEIR FUTURE INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. 
          WE ALL KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING, BUT IT REALLY IS, UH, UP TO THE NEXT GENERATION TO ALSO CARRY THAT TORCH. 
          SO WE'RE ABOUT TO REVEAL, UM, THE AWARD WINNERS. 
          I, I GUESS, FORTUNATELY OR UNFORTUNATELY, WAS SELECTED AT ONE OF THE JUDGES. 
          I SAY UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO JUDGE. 
          ALL OF THE ARTWORK WAS ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY. 
          UH, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO I WOULD SAY ALL THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED. 
          BUT DIRECTOR, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, FOR THOSE RECOGNITIONS, THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. 
          UH, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, KIM. 
          THE, UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE STEPHANIE, MS. STEPHANIE WALKER WITH US FROM HISD. 
          UH, THIS WHOLE THING WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE IF IT WOULD NOT FOR HER. 
          SO WE CERTAINLY ARE, ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED WITH THEM. 
          AND THEN ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, COMP CYCLE TOO. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, UH, ONE OF OUR FABULOUS PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, THAT'S BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US RECYCLE OUR OFFICE PRODUCTS, OUR COMPUTERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, ELECTRONICS RECYCLING. 
          BUT AS WAS MENTIONED, WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR. 
          AND, UH, THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS. 
          BUT THE GOAL OF THE CONTEST IS, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, REALLY KIND OF ENCOURAGES NOT ONLY STUDENTS, BUT THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL TO, UH, THINK, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WASTE DIVERSION, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT THE WASTE WE, UH, GENERATE AND WHAT WE DISPOSE OF, AND MOST OF ALL, WHAT WE CAN RECYCLE. 
          UM, SO WE THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA IF WE ACTUALLY, UH, SPARKED THEIR IMAGINATION. 
          TABLE WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE I SAID WE WANTED TO SPARK THEIR IMAGINATION. 
          AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID, WAS SPARKED THEIR IMAGINATION. 
          AND THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PERIOD OF TIME, WE HAD A PANEL OF JUDGES. 
          UH, IT IS REALLY INTERESTING, IF Y'ALL GET A CHANCE TO EVER BE A JUDGE, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, LIKE, DURING CITY HOURS, WE HAVE A, A CHEESE AND WINE ART, YOU KNOW, IT'S NON-ALCOHOLIC, YOU KNOW, BUT WE ALL GET UP AND WE EVALUATE AND WE ACT LIKE WE'RE IN THE ART GALLERIES AND ALL OF THAT TYPE STUFF TO, TO SEE WHO THE FINAL WINNERS ARE GONNA BE. 
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SO OF COURSE, IT'S OFFERED THROUGH GRADES, UH, K THROUGH 12. 
          AND, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS CATEGORY AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT AS WELL. 
          AND THEN THE BEAUTY OF THIS WHOLE PROJECT IS THAT WHOEVER THE WINNERS ARE, THEIR WORK GETS TO GO ON SOME OF THE HOTTEST CITY VEHICLES THAT CITY OF HOUSTON HAS TO OFFER. 
          SO IT'S CONSTANTLY ON DISPLAY ON A WEEKLY BASIS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR, ON THE SIDE OF OUR GARBAGE TRUCKS AND OUR TRUCKS AS THEY GO OUT AND PROVIDE SERVICES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND REMINDING FOLKS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING. 
          SO, UH, WE ARE CERTAINLY, UH, APPRECIATIVE AND NO, MOST OF ALL FOR YOU, THE SUPPORT THAT WE'VE HAD UP TO THIS POINT. 
          SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR WINNERS FOR THE CONTEST. 
          AND, UH, ALTHOUGH, UH, HE COULD NOT BE HERE, DEFINITELY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR, OUR WINNER IN SPECIAL NEEDS CATEGORY. 
          UH, JOSE NARA, UH, FROM PIN OAK MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHO, UH, ACTUALLY CAME UP SO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN, CAN SEE IT, YOU KNOW, CAME UP WITH THE A HERE THAT'LL GO ON THE SIDE OF THE TRUCKS. 
          IT SAYS, SAVE OUR, OUR ONLY HOME NICE. 
          WITH THE EARTH AROUND IT. 
          SO, SO THE CENTER, UH, SO THE BROOM COULD SEE IT AS WELL. 
          SO WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM DURING THIS TIME. 
          RIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND, UH, I CALL UP OUR THIRD GRADE WINNER FOR MY ELEMENTARY CATEGORY, UH, BARAKA FARU, COULD YOU COME FORWARD? THANK YOU. 
          . 
          YOU COME UP . 
          HEY, YOU TOLD ME YOU WEREN'T SHOT. 
          . 
          COME ON UP. 
          YEAH, SO THIS IS OUR THIRD GRADE WINNER, UH, UH, MAYOR, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS HER WORK THAT, UH, SHE'S PROVIDED FOR US. 
          OUTSTANDING WORK, DEFINITELY. 
          GO ON. 
          AND, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY APPRECIATIVE OF HER. 
          SO, AND DO WE WANNA TURN AROUND, GET SOME PICTURES? YEAH, LET'S TURN AROUND AND TAKE A PICTURE. 
          WE READY THE CAMERA HERE. 
          ENJOY. 
          AND DIRECTOR, I THINK YOU MENTIONED ALSO WE HAVE EDUCATORS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. 
          WE CERTAINLY DO. 
          WE CERTAINLY DO. 
          WOULD ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS STAND UP REALLY QUICKLY HERE? A TEACHER? CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. 
          ALRIGHT, SO OUR, OUR WINNER FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CATEGORY, EIGHTH GRADER, UH, YIN HO, JALEN, JUAN, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          HOLD, GET MY CHEAT SHEET OUT. 
           RIGHT HERE. 
          FIRST. 
          3, 2, 1. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND OUR FINAL IN, UH, HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORY. 
          UH, MISS CYNTHIA J FROM, UH, MICHAEL E DEBAKEY HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 
          CONGRAT, DO YOU WANNA TAKE YOUR NAME CAP OFF? OH YEAH, THERE YOU GO. 
          RESOURCEFUL . 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          TEACHERS HERE. 
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COME IN HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU MAY WANNA TAKE OFF YOUR BACK. 
          YEAH. 
          STICKER STICKERS. 
          THE STICKERS. 
          THAT ONE YOU CAN, YOU CAN WRAP WHATEVER YOU WANT. 
          WHATEVER YOU WANT. 
          YEAH. 
          THE TEACHER GEAR . 
          3, 2, 1. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          BEAUTIFUL. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR WINNERS. 
          AND WE'LL HAVE, UH, ANOTHER, THERE'S AN ADDITION TO, UH, THE CEREMONY THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE DOWNSTAIRS, WHERE ALL OF THE WINNERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN UNVEILING OF THEIR ARTWORK ON OUR TRUCKS THAT ARE RIGHT OUTSIDE ON THE STREET. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT, MAYOR. 
          APPRECIATE IT BEING HERE, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MAYOR PRO, TIM KASEK TATU FOR A PROCLAMATION TO CELEBRATE THREE BROTHERS BAKERY'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY, WHERE WE HAVE THREE, THREE BROTHERS ON. 
          THIS IS THE GIVEAWAY. 
          YOU LOOK AT THEM AND THEN YOU GET, THANK YOU. 
          UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM PECK. 
          TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY TWO MEMBERS OF THE JUER FAMILY, ROBERT AND JANICE JUER. 
          TO CELEBRATE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THREE BROTHERS BAKERY. 
          THREE BROTHERS BAKERY BEGAN IN EUROPE ALMOST 200 YEARS AGO. 
          AND IN 1949, THEY GRACED THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND LATER DISTRICT K WITH DELIGHTS SUCH AS BREADS, COOKIES, CUSTOM CAKES, PIES, AND MORE. 
          THREE BROTHERS BAKERY, A WELL-KNOWN STAPLE IN HOUSTON AREA, IS THE RECIPIENT OF MANY AWARDS AND FEATURED ON NATIONAL TELEVISION FOR THEIR PUMPER CAKE, PIE CAKE, KEY LIME PIE HOLIDAY DESSERTS TO NAME A FEW. 
          IN 2016, THEY WERE FEATURED ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA FOR GIVING BACK TO THOSE IN NEED WHEN THEY PROVIDED THE STAR OF HOPE MISSION BAKED GOODS. 
          EVERY WEEK, THREE BROTHERS BAKERY WAS AWARDED THE 2018 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PHOENIX AWARD FOR SMALL BUSINESS DISASTER RECOVERY FOR THEIR, THEIR RECOVERY EFFORTS AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY. 
          I'M SO HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THREE BROTHERS BAKERY ON THEIR 75TH ANNIVERSARY. 
          AND THE PROCLAMATION READS IN 1825, MARKS THE ORIGIN OF SIEGEL JEKYLL FAMILY HISTORY ON BAKING ON MAY 8TH, 2024. 
          THREE BROTHERS BAKERY CELEBRATES 75 YEARS SERVING THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY AND BEGINS THE 200TH YEAR OF THE FAMILY'S LEGACY OF BAKING. 
          ON MAY 8TH, 1949, THE THREE BROTHERS FOUNDED THREE BROTHERS BAKERY IN HOUSTON ON HOLMAN STREET. 
          IN 1955, THE BAKERY MIGRATED TO ALAMEDA STREET AND THEN FOLLOWED THE JEWISH COMMUNITY INTO THE MEYERLAND AREA, OPENING THEIR OWN BUILDING AT 40 36 BRASSWOOD BOULEVARD, WHERE THE ORIGINAL STANDS TODAY, THROUGHOUT THE 1990S, THE FIFTH GENERATION TOOK OVER WITH ROBERT JUER AT THE HELM AND HIS WIFE, JANICE, WHO LATER JOINED THEM TOGETHER. 
          THEY SURVIVED FOUR FLOODS, A FIRE, HURRICANES, THE PANDEMIC, AND A FREEZE. 
          THE JUER FAMILY HAS BECOME A STAPLE WITHIN THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY FOR THEIR DELECTABLE PASTRIES, BUT ALSO FOR THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
          THEY ARE KNOWN FOR FEEDING THE HUNGRY DAILY AND SUPPORTING CHARITIES SUCH AS THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM, HOUSTON, SUSAN G KOMEN, UH, CELEBRATION COMPANY, AND MORE. 
          THE CITY OF HOUSTON HONORS THE HISTORY OF THREE BROTHERS BAKERY, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZES THE INDELIBLE MARK THE BAKERY HAS HAD ON THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND OUR GREATER COMMUNITIES. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM, CAST SIX TATUM FOR ALLOWING US TO RECOGNIZE THE REASON HOUSTON IS SO GREAT. 
          UH, AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS, WE GET TO MEET SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY, AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR GREATNESS. 
          AND CERTAINLY YOU HAVE DONE SO THROUGH YOUR BAKERY AND YOUR COLLABORATION WITH THE OTHER SOC UH, SOCIAL AGENCIES, AND IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE OF MINE. 
          YOU, I'VE HAD A TOUR THERE ON BRASSWOOD, I FREQUENT THERE ON WASHINGTON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT TO CELEBRATE TODAY. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          AND I, 
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JOHN WHITMEYER, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 8TH, 2024 AS THREE BROTHERS BAKERY DAY. 
          CONGRATULATIONS FOR EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          JANICE IS THROWING ME AT THE MIC. 
          UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR SPOTLIGHTING, UH, WHAT IS NOT JUST A DISTRICT C INSTITUTION AND A DISTRICT, A INSTITUTION, BUT A HOUSTON INSTITUTION. 
          UH, YOU ALL DO SO MUCH IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I KNOW OUR MAYOR, PRO TEM SPOKE ABOUT A LOT OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTS, BUT ALSO Y'ALL'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THE OTHER RESTAURANTS AND OTHER, UH, ENTITIES AND BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, INCLUDING THROUGH GREATER HOUSTON RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION. 
          BUT MY FAVORITE THING, AND YOU, IT'S SO APPROPRIATE THAT YOU HAVE THE PIN THAT YOU ARE WEARING , THEIR GINGERBREAD MEN ARE THE BEST IN THE CITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS, UM, FEEDING US, BEING A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST BRINGING JOY AND LIKE LOOKING AROUND. 
          AND EVERYONE'S NODDING BECAUSE WE ALL LOVE THREE BROTHERS AND THE INSTITUTION THAT YOU ALL HAVE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THIS. 
          SO, UM, ON BEHALF OF MY HUSBAND AND I, WE REALLY WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ARRANGING THIS. 
          AND THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MEMORIES IN OUR FAMILY'S HISTORY TO HAVE THIS, THIS PROCLAMATION AND THREE BROTHERS BAKERY DAY. 
          AND WE SAY WE'RE MEMORY MAKERS WHO HAPPEN TO BE BAKERS. 
          WELL, I THINK Y'ALL ARE MEMORY MAKERS WHO HAPPEN TO JUST BE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYORS MAYOR PRO. 
          SO WE, IT'S THE COMMUNITY THAT MADE THREE BROTHERS BAKERY. 
          SO IT'S REALLY, THIS PROCLAMATION IS REALLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          NEXT, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MAYOR WHITMEYER FOR A PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE THE 16TH ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOPE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          I COULD SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY TALKING ABOUT OUR HOPE MEMBERS AND HOW THIS IS SUCH A SPECIAL DAY, BUT QUITE FRANKLY, EVERY DAY IS A HOPE DAY AT CITY HALL BECAUSE SONYA AND HER TEAM LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERS, I, I, I DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK ON THE ART, ON THE SANITATION TRUCKS A MOMENT AGO. 
          I COULD HAVE, BUT IT WAS GOING SO SMOOTH. 
          BUT I ALMOST TOOK IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE THOSE TRUCKS. 
          SO OUR CITY WORKERS COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE WOULDN'T BE STANDING BEFORE THE PUBLIC AND DOING OUR JOB. 
          WHO TURNS THE LIGHTS ON THE HOUSEKEEPERS? I COULD GO ON AND ON. 
          SONYA, YOU HAVE A STRONG ORGANIZATION. 
          I COULD READ IT, BUT IT'S A LOT BETTER COMING FROM MY HEART. 
          I CAN START NAMING THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 
          JOSE, I HOPE YOUR HEALTH IS BETTER. 
          I CAN GO ON AND ON. 
          Y'ALL ARE NOT OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          YOU'RE OUR FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILIES ARE OUR FRIENDS. 
          YOU WORK LONG HOURS, SANITATION, 18 HOURS, MANY DAYS, THE FLEET, THE HOUSEKEEPERS, YOU WORK IN CONDITIONS. 
          AND IT MIGHT GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THAT I SAW CITY WORKERS WORKING IN DURING THE KINGWOOD FLOODS. 
          WE REALLY, REALLY NEED TO PAUSE TODAY AND THANK OUR CITY WORKERS. 
          YOU'RE THERE WHEN WE NEED YOU MOST. 
          YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA FORGET THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE. 
          HOUSTONIANS HOUSTONIANS, THANK YOU. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY ON BEHALF OF HOUSTONIANS. 
          I COULD READ THIS, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE. 
          YOU'VE GOT A 16TH ANNIVERSARY OF BEING ORGANIZED 
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AND HAVING MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENTS. 
          ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES DEPEND ON YOU. 
          I WOULD SAY UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF 'EM ARE NOT YOUR MEMBERS, BUT THEY BENEFIT FROM YOUR NEGOTIATIONS. 
          AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JOIN HOPE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. 
          AND THEREFORE, I JOHN WHITMEYER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 7TH, 2024, IS HOPE SME LOCAL 1 23 DAY. 
          THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE, AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR KINDNESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR WHITMEYER FOR PRESENTING US WITH THIS PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF OUR 16 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MAINTAINING A MEETING AND CONFER AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON ON MARCH 26TH, 2008, AFTER AN OVERWHELMING VOTE, OUR FIRST MEETING AND CONFER AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BY A VOTE OF 13 TO TWO AS HOPE MEMBERS. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF AND CAN STILL PROCLAIM THAT WE ARE STILL THE ONLY CITY EMPLOYEES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAVE A MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT WITH OUR EMPLOYER. 
          WHILE WE HAVE FACED SOME CHALLENGES IN THE PAST 2024, HAS GIVEN US A LOT OF POSITIVE CHANGES. 
          WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR NEW ADMINISTRATION, THE IMPLEMENTED IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE SEE, AND THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN OUR ALL THANKS TO THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE FOSTERED WITH YOU AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION TEAM. 
          AS YOU ALL SHOULD KNOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY SITTING AT THE NEGOTIATIONS TABLE AND CAN ONLY SAY AT THIS TIME THAT WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL REACH AN AGREEMENT THAT BOTH SIDES WILL BE PROUD OF AS WE PARTNER TOGETHER FOR THE CONTINUED SERVICING OF THE CITIZENS OF HOUSTON. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR WHITMEYER. 
          AND WE'RE PRESENTING YOU WITH AN OFFICIAL HOPE POLO TODAY. 
          . 
          WE WE'RE ALSO HAVING CAKE AND PUNCH IN THE LEGACY ROOM BETWEEN FOUR AND SIX. 
          AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN US TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. 
          WE GONNA DO THIS ONE? WOW. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN YOU OPEN UP HERE? SYLVESTER USED TO OPEN THIS UP. 
          YEAH. 
          , CAN WE ROUND UP FOUR? THANK YOU. 
          SO WE CAN ALL FIT. 
          WE'RE GONNA GO BEHIND THIS. 
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YOU REPRESENT WHERE THAT THREE BAKERS IS. 
          THREE BAKERS. 
          DO YOU REPRESENT LL? GET YOU OUT HERE. 
          COUNCIL, 
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PLEASE COME TO ORDER. 
          CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO DIEM CASTEX TATUM TO, UH, INVOCATION. 
          GIVE THE INVOCATION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER US. 
          GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND TO REPRESENT THIS GREAT CITY. 
          GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GRANT US THE WISDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT BENEFIT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          MAY OUR DISCUSSIONS BE FILLED WITH UNDERSTANDING, COMPASSION AND RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER'S PERSPECTIVE. 
          GOD HELP US TO SEEK SOLUTIONS THAT PROMOTE JUSTICE, EQUALITY, AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL WHO CALL THIS GREAT CITY HOME. 
          IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WILL YOU PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          MA'AM. 
          SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE 
          [ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING]
CALL THE ROLE MAYOR WHITMEYER. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCILMAN PECK? HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN JACKSON? HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN CAYMAN. 
          PRESENT. 
          CONSTABLE EVAN SHABA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN FLICKINGER? HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN THOMAS. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCILMAN CASTILLO? HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN POLLARD? HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN CASTEX TATUM. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN DAVIS. 
          COUNCILMAN CARTER. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCILMAN PALMER WILL BE ASKING, COUNCIL FOR ALCORN. 
          NEED A MOTION TO DELAY THE MINUTES? P MOVES PALMER SECONDS. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. 
          UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, PROCEDURAL MOTIONS? MARTINEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM. 
          I SUSPEND THE RULES TO MOVE LENO SIROLA POLLMAN TO THE TOP OF THE THREE MINUTE NON AGENDA LIST. 
          SECOND. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I'LL OPPOSED. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          AND TAMMY, DO YOU WANNA DO IT? SURE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. 
          I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD DOUG SMITH 
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AFTER LENORA PULLMAN, IT'S A MOVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S A MOVE. 
          NOT AN ADD, BUT SAY WHAT? IT'S A MOVE, NOT AN ADD. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THE ITEM CARRIES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER EVANS CHAVEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MAYOR PERAM. 
          I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MOVE SHARON EVANS BROOKS AND PHYLLIS MOSS TO THE TOP OF THE THREE MINUTE NON AGENDA LIST. 
          THOMAS SECOND TO, TO FOLLOW THE ONES WE'VE ALREADY TO FOLLOW DOUG SMITH. 
          TO FOLLOW DOUG SMITH. 
          TO FOLLOW DOUG SMITH? YES. 
          TO FOLLOW DUCK SMITH ON THE SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? I'M NOT TRYING TO SKIP. 
          ALL OPPOSED. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          MADAME 
          [PUBLIC SPEAKERS]
SECRETARY, IF YOU'LL CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER, FRED WOODS. 
          HELLO, MR. WOODS. 
          HELLO MAYOR FROM TOWN. 
          AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. 
          UH, I AM FRED WOODS, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF NORTHWOOD MANOR CIVIC CLUB. 
          I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE A VOTE ON OUR PROHIBITED YARD PARKING APPLICATION CONTINUES TO BE DELAYED. 
          UH, THE LATEST DELAY WAS DUE TO A FATAL ERROR IN HOW THE ITEM APPEARED ON LAST WEEK'S AGENDA, WHICH IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND AS THE SAME AGENDA ITEM FOR A DIFFERENT SUBDIVISION, HAD ALL THE NECESSARY WORDING AND WAS APPROVED WITHOUT ANY ISSUE. 
          PROGRESS DELAYED AS PROGRESS DENIED. 
          UH, HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THIS OCCURRED AND HOW WE CAN PREVENT SIMILAR OCCURRENCES IN THE FUTURE. 
          UH, THE PYP APPLICATION IS NOT AN EASY ONE TO COMPLETE. 
          IT CANNOT BE DONE BY ONE INDIVIDUAL ALONE. 
          THE NORTHWOOD MANOR CIVIC CLUB WORK DILIGENTLY WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO INFORM, EDUCATE, OBTAIN ALIGNMENT AND AGREEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          WE WANNA PROTECT OUR PROPERTY VALUES, PREVENT DAMAGE TO UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PREVENT FURTHER DEGRADATION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THERE IS NOTHING MORE DAMAGING TO A COMMUNITY THAN DETERIORATION. 
          WE ARE DEED RESTRICTED COMMUNITY. 
          WE NEED THE CITY'S HELP WITH ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS. 
          THE PICTURE SUBMITTED WITH OUR APPLICATION, TELL THE STORY ABOUT HOW PERVASIVE THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES TO BE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE IN ENFORCEMENT. 
          WE ASK FOR EACH OF YOUR SUPPORT IN APPROVING OUR APPLICATION SO WE CAN OBTAIN THE ENFORCEMENT REQUIRED TO CONTINUE OUR PATH OF IMPROVEMENT. 
          LASTLY, I'VE REQUESTED DETAILS REGARDING THE TYPE OF VIOLATION AND STATUS RELATED TO DEED RESTRICTION VIOLATIONS WITHIN OUR SUBDIVISION IN MARCH. 
          AND TO DATE, I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE MY REQUEST. 
          SO I ASK FOR IMMEDIATE FOLLOW UP ON THESE TWO ITEMS ISSUES. 
          AND I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN BRINGING THESE, UH, BRINGING RESOLUTION TO THESE MATTERS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MAYOR PROAM. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU MR. WOODS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS SAFE AND, UM, INTACT. 
          YOU KNOW, UM, THIS, UM, PROHIBITED YARD PARKING ORDINANCE IS ANOTHER TOOL TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE. 
          AND SO, UM, THE, THIS, THE RESIDENTS OF NORTHWOOD MANOR, YOU WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE APPLICATION COMPLETED AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED AND I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO VOTE ON YOURS LAST WEEK AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT WE WILL BE VOTING, I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT, UM, TOMORROW. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, KNOW JUST YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, I THINK IT WAS ANOTHER THING THAT YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT. 
          I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WERE, YOU HAD INFORMATION THAT YOU HADN'T RECEIVED YET, RIGHT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND MR. WOODS, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A CLERICAL ERROR THAT WE HAD TO PULL THAT ITEM, UH, LAST WEEK. 
          BUT IT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THAT ITEM. 
          THANK YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS FOR WORKING TO MAINTAIN YOUR, YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PER TIM, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          RODNEY UNDERWOOD. 
          RODNEY UNDERWOOD. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          RANDALL CALLANAN. 
          RANDALL CALLANAN. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, KATRINA KINA WERNER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          I'M KATINA WERNER AND I AM ADDRESSING YOU OUT OF CONCERN REGARDING THE SHEPHERD DURHAM PROJECT. 
          I'M AN AMERICAN WHO SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME IN EUROPE AND ONLY MOVED TO HOUSTON ROUGHLY TWO MONTHS AGO. 
          I SPECIFICALLY CHOSE TO LIVE IN THE HEIGHTS BECAUSE OF ITS WALKABILITY AND BIKEABILITY. 
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INDEED. 
          THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR WAS A MAJOR PULL FACTOR FOR ME. 
          I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT PHASE TWO OF SHEPHERD DURHAM HAS BEEN PAUSED INDEFINITELY. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WILLING TO RISK LOSING $40 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS AND WASTING TAXPAYER MONEY OVER CONCERNS REGARDING TRAFFIC LANES REDUCTIONS. 
          I'VE LIVED ON SHEPHERD FOR TWO MONTHS NOW, AND THAT CONSTRUCTION ZONES HAVE STARTED WRAPPING OUT IN PHASE ONE. 
          I CAN SAY THAT THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS FINE. 
          UM, THE BENEFITS OF SHEPHERD DER ARE MULTIFACETED. 
          WE HAVE A STRENGTHENED ECONOMY AS LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT FLOCK TO THE CORRIDOR BUSINESSES, UM, BENEFIT FROM INCREASED FOOT TRAFFIC. 
          WE HAVE IMPROVED STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ONLY THIS WEEKEND WE'VE HAD FLOODING ON MONROE BOULEVARD. 
          SO IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE AS TO WHY WE NEED THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, IN GENERAL, IMPROVED ROAD CONDITIONS, UH, FIXING NUMEROUS ISSUES SUCH AS POTHOLES THAT RE THAT LEAD TO RECKLESS DRIVING OR DANGEROUS DRIVING, AND FINALLY IMPROVED SAFETY FOR ALL REGARDLESS OF THEIR TRANSPORTATION OF CHOICE. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, CHILDREN HAVE A RIGHT TO ACCESS THEIR SCHOOLS WITH, UH, THEIR ACCESS SCHOOLS WITHOUT ISSUES. 
          UM, A LOT OF WORKERS NEED BUS OR BIKE TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO THEIR WORK. 
          THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO ACCESS THEIR WORK SAFELY. 
          I READ THAT THERE'S TWO TO THREE TIMES MORE ACCIDENTS ON SHEPHERD DURHAM BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. 
          I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE. 
          I URGE YOU TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT AND TAKE THE CONCERNS OF HOUSTON RESIDENTS SERIOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY QUICKLY, I KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS ON SHEPHERD DURHAM. 
          I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK TO EACH ONE OF THEM. 
          SURE. 
          UH, BUT I DO WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW AS THE DISTRICT C COUNCIL MEMBER, I WILL BE LISTENING AND WE'RE TAKING NOTES AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT CINA FIRST OFF, THANK WELCOME TO HOUSTON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU. 
          HAPPY TO BE HERE. 
          UH, YOU SAID YOU LIVE DIRECTLY ON SHEPHERD, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SHEPHERD AND 15TH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU'RE RIGHT WHERE THE PROJECT IS THUS FAR STOPPED. 
          I CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PHASE ONE ZONE THAT'S PRACTICALLY DONE AND PHASE TWO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, OKAY. 
          AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I, WE JUST DON'T GET A TON OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE RIGHT ON THAT STREET. 
          AGAIN, IT'S A MORE BUSINESS DOMINATED STREET SO THAT YOU'RE, UM, ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT BASED ON WHAT'S YOUR FRONT DOOR. 
          I, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN, EVAN SHABA, WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PORT TIM, I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MOVE RASHEEM MOHAM UP BEHIND PHYLLIS MOSS ON THE THREE MINUTE LIST ON THE SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          HAS ONE NEXT SPEAKER, CHRISTINA ROLLENBERG TO BE FOLLOWED BY MEGAN HAYNES. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL. 
          I'M HERE FOR WITH A MESSAGE FOR THE MAYOR, SO I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT HE'S NOT HERE TO HEAR IT. 
          MY NAME'S CHRISTINE ROLLENBERG. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT C AND I'M HERE REGARDING SHEPHERD DURHAM. 
          THE SHEPHERD DURHAM RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, UM, HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR 10 YEARS AND ONE COMPLETED WILL IMPROVE SAFETY CONDITIONS AND FLOODING FOR THE CORRIDORS IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THIS HAS A PROJECT THAT'S RECEIVED TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. 
          IT'S RECEIVED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FEDERAL FUNDS AND HAS MADE IT THROUGH DOZENS ADMINISTRATIVE AND POLICY HURDLES, SUCH AS BEING APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL 10 TIMES. 
          GOING THROUGH TXDOT AND MAKING IT THROUGH THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS CONSIDERABLE. 
          HONESTLY, I SEE THIS PROJECT AS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE, IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLES OF HOW THE CITY CAN WORK FOR ME AND WORK FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          I MEAN, IMPROVES SAFETY, FLOODING, UH, JUST THE TREES THAT ARE BEING PLANTED. 
          OVER 600 TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED. 
          WIDENED SIDEWALKS. 
          THESE ARE REAL ENRICHMENTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH MAKE THESE CORRIDORS, SHEPHERD AND DURHAM DESTINATIONS, PLACES THAT WE WANT TO BE AND SPEND TIME AND SPEND OUR DOLLARS INSTEAD OF JUST PASSING THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          I, I USE THESE TWO STREETS MULTIPLE TIMES, MOVING MY KIDS, TAKING MY DOG TO DOGGY DAYCARE, DOING A VARIETY OF THINGS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE IS JUST SHOCKING BETWEEN WHAT PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO LOOK LIKE. 
          UM, SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF AND GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH PUSHING THIS PROJECT THROUGH SECURING THE FUNDING. 
          AND IT WOULD JUST BE SUCH, FRANKLY, A TRAGEDY TO LET THESE 10 YEARS OF WORK GO TO WASTE. 
          SO I AM PLEA ASKING MAYOR WHITMEYER 
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NOT TO DEPRIVE MY COMMUNITY OF THIS TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN FULLY PLANNED, FULLY FUNDED, AND FULLY APPROVED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          AND THE MAYOR IS LISTENING. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, MEGAN HAYNES. 
          MEGAN HAYNES TO BE FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE LAURA. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME IS MEGAN AND I'M A RESIDENT OF MONTROSE. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON THE MONTROSE BOULEVARD AND SHEPHERD DURHAM IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. 
          BEING A BIG PROPONENT OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION METHODS SUCH AS WALKING AND BIKING, I URGE THE OFFICIALS TODAY TO SUPPORT THESE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. 
          TO GIVE A SHORT BACKGROUND ON WHY THIS TOPIC IS IMPORTANT TO ME, I'M A NURSE THAT WORKS IN THE MED CENTER AND BIKE TO WORK, RAIN OR SHINE. 
          I EVEN BIKED HERE TODAY. 
          MY HUSBAND ALSO COMMUTES BY BIKE TO THE MED CENTER. 
          OUR TWO GIRLS ARE TRANSPORTED TO DAYCARE ON OUR CARGO BIKE. 
          AND I ENJOY THESE RIDES AS WE GET TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE EXPERIENCE ON OUR JOURNEY, SUCH AS THE STAR JASMINE THAT WE SMELLED IN THE AIR THIS MORNING. 
          I AM FORTUNATE TO LIVE OFF OF WOODHEAD STREET, WHICH HAS BENEFITED FROM TEARS, BIKING AND WALKING IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND IN TURN, I HAVE NOTICED A LOT MORE BIKERS AND PEDESTRIANS THAT FREQUENT. 
          THIS STREET BIKING IS NOT ONLY A VITAL MODE OF TRANSPORT FOR ME, BUT A RECREATIONAL ONE TOO. 
          I LIVE, I LEAD A MONTHLY WOMEN'S BIKE RIDE AROUND HOUSTON AND I UTILIZE THE BRAISE, WHITE OAK AND BUFFALO BAYOU PATHS FOR EXERCISE TO ACCESS THESE AREAS. 
          I RELY ON STREETS THAT ARE BIKING FRIENDLY. 
          BESIDES BIKING, I FREQUENTLY TAKE ON A PEDESTRIAN ROLE AND WALK TO HEB, THE MANIL COMPLEX MONTROSE LIBRARY. 
          BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR REOPENING IT AND MANDEL PARK FROM MY COMMUNITY GARDEN PLOT. 
          ALL THIS TO SAY, BIKING AND WALKING AROUND HOUSTON HAVE BROUGHT JOY TO MY DAILY LIFE, WHICH I NEVER EXPERIENCE WHEN I'M BEHIND THE WHEEL OF MY CAR. 
          THE IMPROVEMENTS TO MONTROSE BOULEVARD AND SHEPHERD DURHAM FOR DRAINAGE, BIKEABILITY AND WALKABILITY ARE NECESSARY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE. 
          PLEASE CONTINUE ON WITH THESE PROJECTS WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLANNED OUT AND HAVE FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          MICHELLE LARA. 
          MICHELLE LARA. 
          NEXT SPEAKER TAMINA. 
          BE TAMINA BE NEXT SPEAKER. 
          AYA PBU TRA PBU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, JONAH ADLER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS TERRY CHEN AND I'M SPEAKING FOR JONAH ADLER TODAY. 
          NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 
          YOU CAN'T DO THAT. 
          WHAT'S YOUR NAME? TERRY CHEN IS SOMEBODY WILLINGNESS, SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THIS YOUNG LADY. 
          SECOND. 
          TERRY CHEN. 
          TERRY JONAH'S HERE TODAY. 
          UM, BUT THEY JUST, I OFFERED TO SPEAK IN THEIR SPOT. 
          WE CAN'T DO THAT. 
          SO PAUL WOULD MOVED TO ADD TERRY CHEN. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? YEAH, THERE'S A SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          CAN'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED TO ADD TERRY CHEN IN, IN PLACE OF JONAH ADLER? MOTION CAN PUT QUESTION. 
          JUST ADD. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, THE WORDS WRITTEN ON THE WALLS ON THE BACK OF THIS CHAMBER STATE, THE PEOPLE ARE THE CITY. 
          FOR THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS, WE, THE PEOPLE HAVE WITNESSED HORRORS. 
          WHILE MOST OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS STAND SILENT AND STAND COMPLICIT, WE'VE COME WEEK AFTER WEEK, DEMANDING AND PRESSING FOR A RESOLUTION, DEMANDING A CEASEFIRE. 
          WE HAVE INVESTIGATED AND DISCOVERED THE CITY'S OWN FINANCIAL TIES TO ISRAEL, OCCUPATION AND GENOCIDE. 
          AND THE FAILURE, THE FAILURE OF YOU ALL AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ACT DECISIVELY WHILE THE WORLD IS WATCHING, IS A STAIN ON OUR CITY'S MORAL CONSCIENCE. 
          THIS IS WHY TODAY WE, THE PEOPLE PROPOSE THE PEOPLE'S RESOLUTION, THE PEOPLE'S RESOLUTION FOR AN END TO ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. 
          WHEREAS ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2023, THE CITY OF HOUSTON EXPRESSLY EXPRESSED FIRM SOLIDARITY AND COMMISERATION WITH THE STATE AND PEOPLE OF ISRAEL FAILING TO ACKNOWLEDGE ISRAEL'S ONGOING AND CURRENT STATUS AS A SETTLER, COLONIAL AND APARTHEID STATE ILLEGALLY OCCUPYING PALESTINE LAND SINCE 1947. 
          WHEREAS ISRAEL IS WAGING A GENOCIDAL CAMPAIGN. 
          AND IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS HAS MURDERED OVER 34,535 PALESTINIANS AND GAZA IN THE WEST BANK, INJURED 77,704 FORCIBLY DISPLACED 1.7 MILLION PALESTINIANS AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED GAZA CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH DAMAGES ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST 18.5 BILLION. 
          WHEREAS 
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ISRAEL'S CURRENT GENOCIDE AGAINST PALESTINE IS AN ACCELERATED OF ITS 75 PLUS YEAR PROJECT OF ETHNIC CLEANSING AND FORCED EXPULSION OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE WITH THE AIM OF COLONIZING THE WHOLE OF PALESTINE. 
          WHEREAS ISRAEL WAS CREATED THROUGH THE FORCED EXPULSION OF OVER 750,000 PALESTINIANS IN 1948, AKA, THE NAKBA FROM OVER 400 TOWNS AND VILLAGES CREATING ONE OF THE LARGEST REFUGEE CRISES IN HUMAN HISTORY. 
          PEREZ, THANK YOU. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          JANELLE PARRISH. 
          JANELLE PARRISH. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          LENORA POLMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          IF YOU'LL STEP RIGHT BEHIND THAT MICROPHONE, WE CAN HEAR YOU BETTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MS. LENORA. 
          UM, IT'S WITH, UM, HEAVY HEART THAT I HAVE TO COME AND BRING THIS ISSUE UP TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          I WAS JUST, UH, IN MEXICO CITY AND RETURNED ON THE 30TH ON AIR ON UNITED AIRLINE. 
          UM, NUMBER 10 25. 
          I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GREETED WITH A WHEELCHAIR. 
          I WAS NOT. 
          I FINALLY TOOK 30 MINUTES FOR THEM TO GET ME A WHEELCHAIR. 
          THEY TOOK ME TO WHERE THERE WAS AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE AHEAD OF ME IN WHEELCHAIR WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO TAKE 'EM THROUGH CUSTOMS. I WAITED THERE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF AND I CHOSE NOT TO SAY ANYTHING 'CAUSE I WANTED TO SEE HOW THE OTHER PEOPLE WERE BEING TREATED. 
          ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE 10 MORE PEOPLE CAME BEHIND ME. 
          ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE SPANISH SPEAKING, THEY WERE MISSING THEIR FLIGHTS. 
          THERE WAS NO ONE TO HELP 'EM THERE AT, AT THE WHEELCHAIR ACCESS. 
          THERE WAS SIX EMPLOYEES. 
          HOWEVER, THEIR, UH, ATTITUDE WAS, IT'S NOT MY JOB, SO I'M NOT GONNA DO IT. 
          MIND YOU, I CHOSE NOT TO SAY ANYTHING. 
          I CAN UNDERSTAND, UH, ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN LINE IN FRONT AND BEHIND MISSED THEIR FLIGHTS BECAUSE OF THE, UM, AN ABILITY OF HAVING ANYONE THERE TO HELP 'EM GO THROUGH CUSTOMS AS WELL AS TO, UH, HELP 'EM MAKE SURE THEY DIDN'T LOSE THEIR FLIGHTS. 
          I LOVE MY CITY AND THIS IS NOT THE WAY I WANT PEOPLE TO BE GREETED AND THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE HERE. 
          UH, AND I JUST CHOSE TO, TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          THE THING IS THAT THIS WASN'T THE ONLY TIME THIS HAPPENED TO ME. 
          I HAD THAT SAME ISSUE ON, UH, OCTOBER 9TH, 2023 WITH UNITED AIRLINES AGAIN ON FLIGHT 10 91. 
          AGAIN COMING FROM MEXICO CITY. 
          UH, AND I WAS THERE IN THAT SAME LINE. 
          THANK GOODNESS THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO I KNEW WHO TOOK ME THROUGH CUSTOMS ON THE WHEELCHAIR. 
          BUT IT, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS THE AIRPORT SYSTEM. 
          I HAVE FOUND OUT IT IS NOT. 
          IT IS UNITED AIRLINES AND UNITED AIRLINES NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. 
          I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY UNITED AIRLINES. 
          I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, UM, TALK WITH THEM, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS, UH, HORRIBLE FOR THESE FOLKS WHO DID NOT KNOW THE LANGUAGE COULD NOT GET TO THROUGH CUSTOMS AND LOST THEIR FLIGHTS. 
          SO I JUST FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND SHARING. 
          WE DO HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS IN YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR PER TEM. 
          UH, LENORA, YOU DO SO MUCH FOR THE CITY, BUT THE REASON WHY WE ALL LOOK TO YOU AND WHY YOU STAND OUT IS BECAUSE YOU SPEAK FOR OTHERS EVEN WHEN YOU MAY NOT NEED TO. 
          AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES. 
          I KNOW YOU NEED TO, BUT FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING OUT, NOT JUST ON YOUR BEHALF, AND I AM SORRY YOU WENT THROUGH THAT, BUT ALSO FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE AT THE CITY OR DON'T, CAN'T USE THEIR VOICE BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE BARRIERS. 
          UM, I BELIEVE I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. 
          YOU ALSO MENTIONED, SO THERE WERE THE DELAYS WITH WHEELCHAIRS WERE, BUT WHAT ABOUT TRANSLATORS? YOU MAY HAVE SAID THAT NONE. 
          THERE WERE NO TRANSLATORS OF THE SIX PEOPLE THERE, NONE OF THEM COULD SPEAK SPANISH. 
          SO WERE THEY GIVING UPDATES TO PEOPLE, MA'AM, IN COMMUNICATION? NO, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          NO MA'AM. 
          UM, AND I WAS THERE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF WAITING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, I KNOW YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO UNITED I'LL, UM, I'LL, I'LL WAIT TILL MY COLLEAGUE CHIMES IN, BUT I HAVE A HUNCH WE'RE GONNA SAY SOME OF THE SAME THINGS IN TERMS OF WE WILL BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO UNITED AS WELL ON YOUR BEHALF. 
          IF 
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YOU CAN SEND US, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE REGARDING THIS AND WHO YOU HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO AT UNITED, BUT WE'RE ALSO HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM. 
          UH, THANK YOU LEONOR FOR COMING. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS TO HAPPEN WITHIN, WITHIN THE AIRPORT SYSTEM. 
          UH, WELL ACTUALLY WITHIN UNITED AND I APOLOGIZE FOR SAYING THAT. 
          UM, AND, BUT I HAVE SPOKEN TO UNITED AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE HAD A HARD TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, HIRING BILINGUAL BADGE FOLKS. 
          UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANNA WORK WITH THEM AS WELL. 
          UM, AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THEY DID REACH OUT TO YOU AND, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ANY WAY I CAN HELP FACILITATE SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION. 
          KNOW THAT, THAT WE'LL BE READY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU LEMAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, DOUG SMITH. 
          HELLO THERE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          HOW ARE YOU TODAY? AT VARIOUS MEETINGS I ATTENDED RECENTLY, I HEARD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL IDEAS FOR ADDRESSING THE LOOMING BUDGET DEFICIT. 
          ALL OF THE IDEAS I HEARD THUS FAR INVOLVE INCREASING THE BURDEN ON ALREADY FINANCIALLY STRESSED HOMEOWNERS. 
          THESE IDEAS INCLUDE INSTITUTING A SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FEE, LIFTING THE PROPERTY TAX CAP, AND CHARGING RIGHT OF FEES FOR UNDERGROUND UTILITIES LIKE WATER, WHICH COULD POSSIBLY LEAD TO FURTHER INCREASES IN ALREADY HIGH WATER BILLS. 
          IN ADDITION TO POTENTIAL INCREASES FOR CITY SERVICES, HISD IS PROPOSING A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR BOND ISSUE, WHICH COULD FURTHER INCREASE CITIZENS' PROPERTY TAX BILLS BEFORE ANY OF THESE IDEAS. 
          FURTHER STRESSING CITIZENS FINANCES ARE BROUGHT FORWARD. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THE CITY IN GOOD FAITH COMMIT TO SOME CHANGES IT CAN MAKE THAT WOULD HELP ADDRESS THE BUDGET DEFICIT. 
          FIRST IN NEGOTIATION WITH THE UNIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN IDEA THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED FOR YEARS THAT THE PENSION PLAN FOR NEW EMPLOYEES WILL BE A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN RATHER THAN A DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN. 
          AND I STRESS NEW EMPLOYEES, NOTHING WILL CHANGE FOR EXISTING EMPLOYEES. 
          THIS MAY BE A DIFFICULT HURDLE TO GET OVER, BUT TO QUOTE ROM EMANUEL, YOU NEVER WANT A SERIOUS CRISIS TO GO TO WASTE. 
          AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS THAT YOU THINK YOU COULD NOT DO BEFORE. 
          I THINK EVERYONE WOULD AGREE. 
          THE CITY'S FINANCES ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A CRISIS. 
          THIS WILL NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ON THE DEFICIT, BUT WILL DEMONSTRATE TO THE CITIZENS THE CITY IS MAKING DIFFICULT CHOICES AND NOT JUST ASKING CITIZENS TO DO SO AND WOULD HAVE A VERY POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE CITY. 
          NEXT, BY OUR REFERENDUM, THE CITY SHOULD CONSIDER PULLING BACK A LARGER PORTION OF THE SALES TAX CURRENTLY ALLOCATED TO METRO. 
          IF THE METRO NEXT MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IS CANCELED, I THINK $100 MILLION OR MORE COULD BE RETURNED TO THE CITY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A DRASTIC STEP, BUT GIVEN METRO'S WILDLY INACCURATE RIDERSHIP ESTIMATES FOR RECENT PROJECTS LIKE THE GREEN, PURPLE, AND SILVER LINES, IT IS VALID RIDERSHIP ON THE GREEN AND PURPLE LINES IS ABOUT 20% OF THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES. 
          AND ON THE SILVER LINE, 5% ONLY PRIOR TO A REFER MINIMUM TO ACCOMPLISH THIS METRO CURRENTLY REBATES 25% OF THE SALES TAXES IT RECEIVED TO BE USED BY THE CITY. 
          FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS, THE CITY NEEDS TO ENSURE IT IS RECEIVING THE FULL AMOUNT. 
          SINCE WE ALL KNOW CITY STREETS NEED EVERY POSSIBLE DOLLAR, GIVEN THE CONDITION THEY ARE IN. 
          FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL NEW TOUR AND MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PROJECTS HALTED AND CURRENTLY IN PROG AND CURRENTLY IN IN PROGRESS PROJECTS HALTED WHEN THEY REACH A LOGICAL STOPPING POINT, THE MONEY THAT WOULD THEN BE FREED UP COULD BE DIRECTED TO OTHER CITY PROJECTS. 
          I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES IN MEETINGS, I THINK THAT TOURISTS, PARTICULARLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE UPTOWN AND MEMORIAL CITY TOURS ARE AN EXAMPLE OF THE RICH GETTING RICHER. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED AND GO FINISH YOUR, GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR THOUGHT. 
          I JUST ONE LINE AND THE REST OF THE, THE RICH ARE THE, THE RICH GETTING RICHER AND THE REST OF THE CITY SUFFERING. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MONEY THAT IS FREED UP GO TO AREAS LIKE NORTHEAST HOUSTON THAT HAS SUFFERED FROM BOTH FLOODING AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, DOUG. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT. 
          OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, SHARON EVANS. 
          BROOKS, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, I'M HERE TODAY. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF RIVERSIDE, WHICH IS IN THIRD WARD. 
          UM, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THE MAYOR ISN'T PRESENT. 
          I HEAR THAT HE IS, UH, TUNED IN AND LISTENING. 
          BUT I AM CHARGED WITH A MESSAGE TODAY AND THAT IS, UM, I'M SURE ALL OF 
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YOU'RE AWARE OF SOME OF THE MOUNTING, UM, GUN VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ALONG A CORRIDOR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS EMANCIPATION AVENUE. 
          UM, OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATION HAS HAD, HAS HAD CONTINUED, UH, ENGAGEMENT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WITH ALL LEVELS OF CITY GOVERNMENT. 
          BUT, UM, WE ARE NOT SEEING THE PROGRESS THAT WE WOULD LIKE POST SHOOTINGS OF, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO TOWARD THINNER IN COLLABORATION WITH DISTRICT D. 
          UM, COUNCILWOMAN SHABAZZ HOSTED A HUGE, UM, TOWN HALL MEETING IN THE THIRD WARD, MULTIS SERVANT CENTER. 
          AND I DID NOT SEE THE MAYOR THERE, NOR DID I SEE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MAYOR THERE. 
          AND WE WERE PROFOUNDLY DISAPPOINTED. 
          HE MAY, THEY MAY HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT WE DID NOT SEE I, AND WHAT WE ARE WANTING IS, UM, STRONG LEADERSHIP FROM THE MAYOR ON ISSUES THAT ARE DRAMATICALLY IMPACTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY. 
          UM, NER WAS THERE, WE DID WALKS ALONG EMANCIPATION DURING BUSY CLUB HOURS. 
          AND, UM, WHAT WE LEARNED IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY KNEW. 
          AND THAT IS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ZONING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          WE ALL KNOW THAT. 
          BUT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES IN THE CITY THAT, UM, ARE LOW HANGING FRUIT AND WE, UH, WHO ARE ON THE GROUND AND SEE IT, KNOW THAT IF THERE IS ACTIVE, UH, ENFORCEMENT ON THE LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING. 
          SO MUCH OF WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING, FOR EXAMPLE, PARKING ALONG EMANCIPATION. 
          THERE ARE NO PARKING SIGNS AS FAR COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS AS YOU CAN SEE, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BENEATH THOSE SIGNS? CARS. 
          AND WE ARE TOLD, WELL, WE JUST CAN'T GET CA COME ON NOW. 
          YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. 
          WE ALSO KNOW THAT I'M PERMITTING. 
          WE HAVE CLUBS OPERATING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, THAT OPERATE WITHOUT OCCUPANCY PERMIT. 
          WHAT IN THE SAM HILL IS GOING ON IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          WE WERE TOLD UNDER THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION, Y'ALL JUST NEED TO LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          AND WE BELIEVED YOU, BUT WE WON'T BELIEVE THAT ANYMORE. 
          YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE LEG WORK. 
          WE'RE TAKING PICTURES, WE'RE EMAILING, WE'RE CALLING, WE'RE BUSY. 
          WE HAND IT TO YOU ON A SILVER PART AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING POO ON. 
          WELL, WE HA HA ENOUGH, WE NEED TO SEE SOME ACTION. 
          AND, AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT ALL THIS, YOU KNOW, AS THE YOUNG PEOPLE SAY, FOR REAL, FOR REAL. 
          OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSING. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOOD LINK BETWEEN BARS, CLUBS, BARS AND CLUBS. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          WHEN WE WALKED WITH, UM, POLICE CHIEF FINNER ALONG EMANCIPATION AFTER HE TALKED TO HIM, I KINDA JIGGLE IN IF I COULD FINISH AND ASKED, HEY, WHERE Y'ALL FROM? THEY WEREN'T FROM THIRD WARD. 
          THEY WERE FROM HERE AND THERE AND EVERYWHERE ELSE. 
          I'M NOT MAD, WE'RE NOT MAD ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT YOU ARE NOT GOOD NEIGHBORS AND YOU NEED TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. 
          AND IF YOU CAN'T BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, THE CITY HAS THE WHEREWITHAL TO MAKE 'EM BE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ. 
          THANK YOU SHARON. 
          UM, ALWAYS ON TOP OF IT. 
          AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY, VERY FRUSTRATED AND, AND I LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY AS WELL OF COURSE. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN OPERATION THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH TOWING CARS ON EMANCIPATION, UH, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, UH, ADHERING TO THE NO PARKING POLICY. 
          AND I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST IS ONE AND DONE. 
          WE DON'T WANT YOU COMING IN FOR TWO WEEKS. 
          AND IT'S LIKE, OH, IT'S ALL GREAT NOW. 
          NO, IT'S NOT GREAT. 
          IT'S GONNA RETURN, GOING TO RETURN TO WHAT IT WAS. 
          AND SO OUR REQUEST TODAY WAS TO MEET WITH THE MAYOR WE WANNA MEET WITH AND HERE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR FOR, FOR PUTTING OUR, PUTTING OUR EYES ON YOU. 
          WE WANT A MEETING WITH THE MAYOR. 
          WE HAVE MET WITH EVERY LEVEL IN CITY, FROM PERMITTING TO PARKING TO EVERYTHING ENOUGH. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THE MAYOR BECAUSE IT'S THE MAYOR'S LEADERSHIP THAT CAN PUSH THIS COUNCILWOMAN. 
          WE KNOW THERE'S JUST SO MUCH YOU CAN DO. 
          BUT COLLECTIVELY WE CAN SEE SOME MOVEMENT. 
          AND WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO MEET WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE AS NEIGHBORS IN RIVERSIDE MAYOR ARE SEEING ON A DAY IN AND DAY OUT BASIS FOR YEARS. 
          THANK THANK YOU SHARON. 
          AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF THESE CLUBS THAT ARE BEING ALLOWED TO OPEN AND THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OCCUPANCY. 
          UH, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SHOOTINGS AND NOW THEY ARE COMING BACK UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP AND THEY STILL DON'T HAVE WHAT IS NECESSARY TO OPERATE. 
          SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THE MAYOR WOULD MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, ABOUT THESE ISSUES 
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BECAUSE IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE HOW YOU KEEP HEARING THAT. 
          IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. 
          ALL OF THE SHOOTINGS. 
          AND I WAS JUST READING ABOUT A SHOOTING ON MCGREGOR AND ALAMEDA MUSEUM DISTRICT, UH, JUST WAS IT, I THINK IT WAS LAST NIGHT. 
          BUT CERTAINLY WE NEED SOME HELP IN THAT COMMUNITY, UH, IN REGARDS TO ALL OF THE, THE SHOOTINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND THE, UH, THE LO THE NA THE NOISE FROM THE CLUBS IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. 
          I GET, UH, EMAILS AND I GET, UH, VIDEOS AND THE PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING ANY RESULTS AND THEY ARE NOT BEING, THEY CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT. 
          AND THEY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM HAVE TO BE IN SURGERY IN THE MORNING AND JUST WHATEVER. 
          IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO IN THE MORNING, YOU STILL NEED TO HAVE A, A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. 
          AND I'M GONNA STEP AWAY 'CAUSE MY TIME IS UP. 
          BUT LET ME SAY ONE LAST LAST THING BECAUSE YOU ON MY TIME NOW THAT THE SUGGESTION THAT THE SUGGESTION IS THAT WE NEEDED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          YEAH, THERE NEEDS TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE ENFORCEMENT ON THE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS. 
          NOTHING NEW, NOT A WHOLE NOTHER LAYER LAYER. 
          THE LOW HANGING FRUIT WILL DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIVES OF NEIGHBORS. 
          AND I DARE SAY WE PAY AS MUCH OUR HOUSES AS THEY DO OVER IN MUCH AFFLUENT AREAS. 
          NOT THAT THAT MATTERS, BUT IT DOES. 
          RIGHT? SO WE, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE TOO. 
          PARKING, THAT'S EASY, EASY. 
          THEIR TOW TRUCKS PARKED UP AND DOWN 2 88, THEY'D BE HAPPY TO GET $297. 
          LET'S DO, LET'S DO THAT AS A MINIMUM AND SEE HOW THAT IMPACTS THESE FOLKS COMING IN FROM ALL OTHER AREAS OF TOWN INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT ANTI-BUSINESS. 
          WE'RE ANTI BAD NEIGHBOR. 
          AND THEN I TRY TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MAYOR, BEFORE YOU WALKED IN, I SAID IF IT WERE POSSIBLE FOR THE RIVERSIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION TO, TO GET ON YOUR CALENDAR SURE. 
          WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO JUST TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS. 
          THE POLICE CHIEF DOES HIS PART, THE COUNCIL MEMBER DOES HIS PART, BUT THE VOICE OF THE RESIDENTS IN RIVERSIDE, OUR VOICE MATTERS AND WE WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND HOLD ON. 
          I WILL LET YOU KNOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOUR ISSUE IS THE REASON I RAN FOR MAYOR. 
          I INHERITED THIS. 
          WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. 
          THE REAL SOLUTION'S GONNA BE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS. 
          THE RESPONSE TIME HAS GOTTEN TERRIBLY BAD, BUT THE TRUTH IS, THEY'RE JUST SPREAD SO THIN. 
          YOUR MESSAGE IS NOT UNIQUE TO RIVERSIDE OR SOUTHMORE. 
          WE HEARD IT LAST WEEK ABOUT POTOMAC IN SAN PHILIPPI. 
          I COULD GO INTO MOST COMMUNITIES IN HOUSTON AND WE'RE JUST NOT GETTING TO SERVICE THE PROTECTION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT WE NEED FOR THESE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. 
          FURTHERMORE, ON THE MORE VIOLENT SIDE OF THE EQUATION, PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 
          AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU LOCK UP EVERYONE THAT WE ENCOUNTER, BUT WHEN THERE'S REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS ADD ON BOND OR FUGITIVES, THEY ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS. 
          SO THAT'S A VIOLENT POPULATION. 
          IT IS THAT WE'VE GOT THE HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, DEAL WITH THE BACKLOG. 
          SOME JUDGES ARE WORKING HARD, SOME JUDGES NOT WORKING THAT HARD. 
          IT'S COMPLICATED. 
          WE GET IT. 
          IT'S COMPLICATED. 
          THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT CAN'T BE DONE, BUT I CAN HEAR YOU OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WHAT WE NEED ARE RESOURCES WE'VE GOT AND YOU DON'T ACT LIKE YOU ACCEPT THAT AS PART OF THE SOLUTION REPORT. 
          IT'S NOT NOT ACCEPTING IT REPORT, IT'S NOT NOT ACCEPTING IT. 
          IT'S, IT'S NOT, NOT ACCEPTING IT. 
          BUT I I'M, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT THE MAN ON THE STREETS RESPONSE TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS, AND I HEAR YOU RIGHT. 
          AND YOU'RE VERY FRUSTRATED. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          I'M FRUSTRATED AND I THINK COUNCIL SHARES HIS FRUSTRATION. 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE WE HEAR IT CITYWIDE EVERYONE IN THEIR DISTRICT. 
          COUNCILMAN POLLARD'S DONE A FINE JOB OF MAKING THAT A PRIORITY IN HIS COMMUNITY YEAH. 
          TO THE FACT THAT HE USES HIS COUNCIL OF MONIES FOR PATROL. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE MANY OF US DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. 
          OBVIOUSLY IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY AND YOU'LL HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE, BUT I'M TELLING YOU ONE OF THE REAL CHALLENGES ARE HOW WE UTILIZE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO DO YOU NEED TO MEET WITH ME? SURE, I'LL MEET WITH YOU. 
          YEAH, WE'D TO, BUT I THINK WE'D TO UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I GOT IN THE RACE, AND IT'S THE REASON WHY I COME TO WORK ALL DAY AND WORK LONG HOURS TRYING TO DO COLLABORATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD A, WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THE CONSTABLES IN THIS DISCUSSION. 
          WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT DEPUTY SHERIFFS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN HARRIS COUNTY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YOU ARE A HARRIS COUNTY RESIDENT AND THERE'S NO COLLABORATION BETWEEN HPD AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHEN WE SHOULD BE SERVING THE SAME COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I'LL, 
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YOU KNOW, MY STAFF'S LISTENING TO ME RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'LL GET YOU IN TO SEE ME. 
          BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED TO BE WORKING ON THE ISSUE AND GET OUR COMMUNITIES THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. 
          SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, SINCE BROOKS, LET ME, LET ME FIRST OF ALL SHARE THAT YOUR, YOUR CONCERNS IS CERTAINLY ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          AND AS I'M, IF THE MAYOR WAS SPEAKING, I'M GONNA ASK THE MAYOR ALSO THAT WE DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO HAVE MORE PERSONAL, PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SHOOTING IS ONE OF CRIME. 
          THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF LEGS TO CRIME, A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEGS TO CRIME. 
          THE POINT OF PEOPLE REVOLVING IN AND OUT OF THE JAIL IS A PROBLEM. 
          YOU JUST STATED THAT PEOPLE COMING FROM OTHER AREAS INTO THAT AREA, THIS HAS BEEN IGNORED. 
          I SOUND THE ALARM ON THIS BACK IN 2019. 
          IT'S FESTERED AND IT'S FESTERED BECAUSE PEOPLE IGNORED IT. 
          AND IT, AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS I'M HOPING AND PRAYING FROM COUNCIL IS THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIVE IN AN AREA DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD NOT BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AREA. 
          AND LEMME GO ON THE RECORD. 
          SAY YOU DON'T HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE. 
          THIS HORSE, YOU HAVE SIX. 
          AND PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          AND THE REALITY OF IT IS WHEN IN, IN DISTRICT J, WHEN THEY DID A PARADE ON VIOLENCE, I MARCHED DOWN THERE. 
          WHY? BECAUSE I DON'T, I IT, CRIME DOESN'T FILTER IN ONE AREA. 
          CRIME FOLLOWS PROSPERITY. 
          AND WHEREVER SOMEBODY CAN GO TO MAKE SOME MONEY OR DO SOME BAD THING, THAT'S WHERE THEY GO. 
          BUT I THINK HOPEFULLY IN MY PRESS THAT WE AROUND THIS HARTS, YOU WOULD JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          AND WE ALWAYS LIKE TO PUT VIOLENCE TO ONE THING. 
          VIOLENCE CAN COME IN A MANY DIFFERENT FORMS. WE NEED LEADERSHIP. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THE COLLABORATION OF WHAT MAYOR YOU HAVE STATED IS, IS CRITICAL. 
          AND FROM A CIVIC ASSOCIATION PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE CALLED FOR MEETINGS BETWEEN CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, HARRIS COUNTY, HPD. 
          AND IF I HAD A QUARTER, A QUARTER FOR EVERY TIME WE'VE CALLED AND MEET AND DISCUSS THESE THINGS, AND WE, AND WE DO AND WE DO, AND WE HAVE A NEW COMMANDER, COMMANDER WYNN. 
          AWESOME. 
          BUT WHEN THOSE DOOR, WE WALK OUT OF THOSE ROOMS AND UH, UH, AND THERE YOU HAVE IT, WE WALK OUT OF THE ROOMS AND THEN, AND THEN WHAT? UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN IN SIX MONTHS, WE'RE TIRED OF THAT MESS. 
          TIRED OF IT. 
          WE NEED LEADERSHIP. 
          AND WE BELIEVE THAT LEADERSHIP STARTS FROM THE TOP. 
          EVERYONE AROUND THIS, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBER TALKED ABOUT HOW WE WANNA MAKE HOUSTON. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          UH, THE GREATEST CITY IN THE, IN THE STATE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND MAYOR, YOU CAMPAIGNED ON IT. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR BIG THINGS FROM YOU. 
          I WE ARE LOOKING FOR BIG THINGS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THIS MATTER. 
          MAY, MAY, I MAYOR, MAYOR, IF I MAY. 
          I, THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE HOPING THAT CAN HELP TO SOLIDIFY. 
          YOU CAN NEVER ERADICATE CRIME, BUT CAN COURSE, BUT YOU CAN REDUCE IT, BUT YOU CAN'T REDUCE IT AND YOU CAN'T PUT A STOP TO IT. 
          AND THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE HAD DISCUSSION WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT, AND I, AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAY, AND I MEAN THIS FROM MY HEART. 
          I HOPE ALL OF US AROUND THIS TABLE UNDERSTAND. 
          'CAUSE IT MAY BE IN ONE AREA OR NOT, BUT IT'S COMING TO YOURS. 
          AND IF WE CAN BE THE POSTER CHILD FOR WHAT THE CITY CAN DO TO TURN A CITY, A NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND, WE WELCOME IT. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME, I'M JUST GONNA BE HONEST. 
          SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, LAST THING, WHEN WE WERE WALKING WITH, UM, WITH YOUR POLICE CHIEF, WITH UH, UH, CHIEF FINN, WE RAN ACROSS A GUY. 
          HE'S LEANED UP AGAINST THE WALL AND HE SAID TO THE CHIEF, WHATCHA DOING HERE? I WANTED TO STEP ASIDE. 
          I'M LIKE, THIS BROTHER LOST HIS MAN. 
          WHY ARE YOU ASKING THE POLICE? HE, HE SAID, I'M A PUBLIC SERVANT AND I'M HERE TO HELP. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THIS GUY SAID MAYOR. 
          HE GOES, WELL, ANYBODY WHO WON'T DO BUSINESS BECAUSE THE POLICE AROUND YOU DOING SOMETHING YOU AIN'T GOT NO BUSINESS DOING, AND YOU DON'T NEED TO BE THERE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WE NEED LEADERSHIP. 
          THE THE TRUTH IS, WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S THE REAL PROBLEM. 
          WE PLAYING CATCH UP AND IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME. 
          IT'S GONNA TAKE RECRUITMENT. 
          BUT THAT COLLABORATION, THERE'S OTHER AGENCIES THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT. 
          TSU POLICE, U OF H POLICE, THE MED CENTER. 
          WE'VE GOT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN NEARLY EVERY DIRECTION YOU LOOK. 
          SURE. 
          WE JUST DON'T TALK TO ONE ANOTHER AND WE DON'T PRIORITIZE OUR RESOURCES. 
          BUT WE WILL, UH, I'LL MEET WITH YOU VERY SOON. 
          IT'S THE LOW HANGING FRUIT AS WELL. 
          YEP. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE. 
          I HAVE, I HAVE A, I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOU. 
          AND I THINK THIS FOR ALL OF US, 
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THE OUT LARGEST, ESPECIALLY THE DISTRICTS, I THINK WHAT THE, AND I WAS GONNA BRING THIS UP TO TOMORROW, MAYOR, UH, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING, WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE CLUBS AND THE BARS, AS WE'RE WORKING ON CATCHING UP FOR, FOR A LONG, LONG TERM SOLUTION. 
          I THINK FOR A SHORT TERM, WHEN THE RESIDENTS COME TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEY ADDRESS US, EMAIL US, CALL US, AND WE REACH OUT TO HPD ABOUT HOTSPOTS OR DIFFERENT AREAS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT WE KNOW ARE PROBLEM AREAS, THAT'S WHERE THE PRIORITY SHOULD BE. 
          SO IF WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, WE SHOULD PUT THOSE LIMITED RESOURCES TO WHERE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND HEAR FROM THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, SAY, THESE ARE THE HOTSPOTS. 
          I HAVE FIVE OR SIX NIGHTCLUBS IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE HABITUAL OFFENDERS. 
          AND HPD MAY GO OUT THERE ONCE OR TWICE, AND THEN THEY GO ELSEWHERE UNTIL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY IT'S NO LONGER A PRIORITY. 
          WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO FORCE THOSE AREAS AND TRY TO CLEAN UP THOSE AREAS. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH, WE GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          BUT WHEN WE ONLY HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE HEADS OF THESE CIVIC CLUBS AND HOAS, THEY KNOW WHERE THE HOTSPOT AREAS ARE. 
          SO LET'S JUST FOCUS ON THOSE INSTEAD OF SPREADING OURSELVES SO THIN. 
          TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING. 
          LET'S JUST START WITH THE HOTSPOT AREAS AND THE PRIORITY AREAS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS REACH OUT. 
          'CAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, MAYOR, I'VE EMAILED HPD SEVERAL TIMES REGARDING SPECIFIC PLACES IN MY DISTRICT AND THEY DON'T GET ADDRESSED. 
          AND I THINK IF WE JUST START THERE, WE'RE PRIORITIZING WHERE WE KNOW THAT THE HOTSPOTS ARE, I THINK WE'LL SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET ME JUST FOLLOW YOU QUICKLY. 
          THE CITY IS A HOTSPOT. 
          IF YOU CAN SHOW ME AN AIR OF THE CITY THAT IS NOT EXPERIENCING THAT, I WOULD EVEN SUGGEST THE PROSPEROUS AREAS OF TANGLEWOOD. 
          RIVER OAKS MIGHT BE AN EXCEPTION 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN PRIVATE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THIS IS A GREAT CITY WITH GREAT PEOPLE. 
          BUT AS I CAMPAIGNED ACROSS THIS CITY, I CAN'T TELL YOU AN AREA OF THE CITY THAT IS NOT CHALLENGED BY THE LACK OF PUBLIC SECURITY. 
          JUST NAME ME ONE, IT DOESN'T EXIST. 
          AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YEARS OF NEGLECT UNDER-RESOURCED DEPARTMENT, UNDERSTAFFED. 
          WE GOT FEWER POLICE OFFICERS TODAY THAN WE HAD 25 YEARS AGO. 
          IT'S BEEN ALLOWED TO FESTER. 
          AND OF COURSE YOU'RE FRUSTRATED, ANGRY. 
          WE SHOULD ALL BE, BUT THEN GET LIKE THAT OVERNIGHT. 
          THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE. 
          THAT'S THE REALITY. 
          EVERY DAY WE NEED TO COME TO WORK TO SAY WE'RE GONNA MAKE THE CITY SAFER. 
          COLLABORATION. 
          I TALKED ABOUT BRINGING THE DPS INTO HOUSTON FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. 
          NOBODY'S ENFORCING OUR TRAFFIC LAWS. 
          WE CAN DO ALL THE TRAFFIC CUSHIONS. 
          WE WANT IT. 
          WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN HOUSTON, YOU WERE AFRAID OF GETTING A TICKET AND IT WORKED. 
          YEAH. 
          NO MORE. 
          YOU WERE AFRAID OF PARKING ILLEGALLY. 
          IT WORKED. 
          THE ACCOUNTABILITY FACTOR DOESN'T EXIST. 
          SO YES, BUT HERE WE ARE, WE NEED TO RESPOND TO, TO COUNCIL MEMBERS HOTSPOTS. 
          BUT I'M SIMPLY, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA. 
          EXCELLENT IDEA. 
          BUT I'M SUGGESTING IS IT'S ACROSS OUR FOOTPRINT. 
          IT IS. 
          BUT WHAT I'M HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL SAY, UH, POLLARD SAY IS OF COURSE IT'S IT'S CITY LINE TO CITY LINE, BUT WE KNOW WHERE THE HOTSPOTS ARE. 
          AND I'M NO LOGISTIC BUT DIRECT ATTENTION TO THE HOTSPOTS. 
          MAYBE WE'LL GET SOME MITIGATION IN THAT AREA. 
          RIGHT? WELL, AND THEN WE CAN GET BACK TO DOING THIS. 
          RUN IT DOWN CRIMINALS. 
          THERE'S MORE HOTSPOTS THAN WE GOT RESOURCES I COULD SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE WASHINGTON CORRIDOR WHERE WE HAVE BARS NEXT TO CONDOS. 
          ITS SO WHAT DO WE, IT'S A BAD MIX. 
          WE DO WHAT DO WE DO? WE KNOW THE PROBLEM. 
          WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT? I'M JUST TELLING YOU IT'S A RESOURCE, RESOURCE ISSUE. 
          BUT, BUT OUR RESOURCES, OUR COFFERS AREN'T BEING OVERFLOWING WITH MONEY. 
          WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO IN THE BUY AND BUY IS WHAT I'M ASKING. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE HOTSPOTS. 
          BUT I'M BEING HONEST WITH YOU THAT WE KNOW THE HONESTY PART BECAUSE WE'RE LIVING IT MORE HOT. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE GOT RESOURCES, MA'AM. 
          WE KNOW, WE KNOW THE HONESTY PART. 
          WE'RE LIVING IT. 
          WE KNOW THAT PART. 
          WE'VE BEEN HEARING THAT FOR A LONG TIME. 
          LONG TIME. 
          SO NOW WE TRYING TO MOVE. 
          WE WE'RE HERE NOW. 
          OKAY, NOW WHAT? SO LET ME ASK YOU, WE HAVE 50, AND I DON'T WANNA BE ARGUMENTATIVE. 
          I'M, I'M NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE. 
          LISTEN HERE, THERE'S A HUNDRED HOTSPOTS, FOR INSTANCE, AND 50 OFFICERS. 
          WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST WE DO? THAT'S THE REAL, IS THAT A REAL NUMBER? THAT'S THE REALITY. 
          EXCEPT THE NUMBERS ARE A LOT LARGER THAN THAT. 
          I'M COMMITTED TO IT. 
          BUT I'M SIMPLY SAYING THROUGH COLLABORATION, RECRUITMENT AND PRIORITIZING THINGS 
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IS THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA GET OUT OF THIS. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST YOUR COMMUNITY, IT'S ACROSS THE CITY. 
          IT WAS THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE. 
          IF SO, LET'S DON'T MAKE EXCUSES. 
          RIGHT. 
          LET'S GO TO WORK. 
          SO LET'S GO TO WORK. 
          YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          AND WE WILL MEET. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNCIL. 
          JUST SAY COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          NO, I'M SORRY MAYOR. 
          JUST 'CAUSE AGAIN, I HEAR YOU. 
          EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE, AND I KNOW YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER IS FIGHTING FOR YOU. 
          UM, TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DISTRICT C, YOU MENTIONED MUSEUM DISTRICT, WE HAVE ISSUES. 
          THEN YOU GET THE WASHINGTON AVENUE CORRIDOR, AND THEN BECAUSE OF NO ZONING, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE IN SHADY ACRES MM-HMM . 
          WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW LINE OF BARS COMING UP. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE WIDE OAK, UM, DRIVE. 
          AND I'VE EVEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE FUNDED MAYOR OVERTIME FOR PATROLS. 
          WE'VE, UH, CREATED LOUD NOISE UNITS AND FUNDED THOSE THROUGH THE DISTRICT. 
          AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO BE IN ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS JUST IN ONE AREA, UM, OF ONE DISTRICT. 
          SO I, I WANT TO, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL LISTENING AND MORE SO THAN LISTENING, WE ARE ALL TRYING TO ACTIVELY WORK ON THIS ISSUE AND CONTINUING TO WORK ON IT. 
          SOME OF THE THINGS MAYOR, THAT I DO THINK WOULD SUPPORT IN GIVING LAW ENFORCEMENT A LEG UP, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE AND THEY CAN'T DO ALL OF IT, IS THE OTHER WAYS TO ENFORCE. 
          WE DO HAVE THE HABITUAL BAD ACTORS, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF FOURTH WARD. 
          UM, WE GOT MORE VIDEOS IN. 
          THEY'RE NOT OPERATING WITH THE PROPER PERMITS. 
          UM, AND WE ARE STRUGGLING AS A CITY TO FIND THE TOOLS TO UTILIZE, TO SHUT IT DOWN. 
          AND IT NEEDS TO BE EASIER. 
          AGAIN, NOT TO STYMIE BUSINESS, BUT BAD ACTOR BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS AND ENFORCEMENT COMES WITH THAT. 
          SO I JUST, AGAIN, I HEAR MAYOR, YOU RECOGNIZING THE CHALLENGES THAT WE AS A CITY FACE, BUT HAVING THE TOOLS FOR ENFORCEMENT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN USE, BUT ALSO THAT OUR OTHER DEPARTMENT OFFICES CAN USE, UH, ISN'T IMPERATIVE WITH THIS BECAUSE POLICE CAN'T DO THIS ON THEIR OWN. 
          NO, AND I, ONE THING I DID WANNA RAISE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUE OF PARKING, AND I KNOW OUR PARKING DEPARTMENT WILL, UH, DIVISION WILL WORK, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE, AND THIS MAY NOT ADDRESS IT, IS, UM, WE ACTUALLY CREATED A PARKING BENEFITS DISTRICT ALONG WASHINGTON AVENUE, AND AT LEAST THOSE REVENUES AND MUSEUM ABLE AND MUSEUM DISTRICT, SORRY. 
          AND MUSEUM DISTRICT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND AT LEAST THOSE REVENUES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO BACK INTO THAT AREA FOR A LITTLE EXTRA SUPPORT. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT THAT CATERS TO YOU ALL. 
          AND I, AGAIN, IT COULD, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY LONG CONVERSATION AND I KNOW WE HAVE TO GET ON, BUT SURE, SURE, SURE. 
          AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE'RE ALL FEELING IT. 
          SURE. 
          AND I APPRECIATE IT. 
          COUNCIL CAMAN, YOU KNOW, IN THE HEIGHTS, THERE'S AREAS THAT ARE BEING BROKEN. 
          THE RETAIL STORES ARE BROKEN IN REPEATEDLY. 
          RESTAURANTS AFTER HOURS, STILL THEY'RE SAFE. 
          THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. 
          THE GALLERIA HAS PRIVATE SECURITY AT THEIR DOOR OF THEIR RETAIL BUSINESSES NOT ALLOWING PEOPLE IN UNLESS THEY SHOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY A CUSTOMER. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. 
          YOU BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          NOW LET'S GO TO WORK. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER. 
          MS. BROOKS, I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND, AND JUST WANTED TO MENTION, I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR PRO AND, AND THE PROBLEM IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON, ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREETS. 
          TRUE. 
          AND IN A COMMUNITY OF 60,000, WHEN YOU'VE GOT TWO OFFICERS ON PATROL FOR OVERNIGHT TO COVER THAT ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THAT'S A PROBLEM. 
          AND, AND IN MY COMMUNITY, WE SAW 24 SMASH AND GRABS IN THE MATTER OF AN HOUR ONE SATURDAY MORNING BECAUSE WE HAD TWO OFFICERS ON THE STREETS. 
          UNTIL WE GET THE OFFICERS ON THE STREETS TO COVER DISTRICT A THROUGH E THROUGH J THROUGH WHATEVER, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. 
          AND YOU CAN'T POLICE CRAZY, YOU KNOW, . 
          I MEAN, WE, WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS OUT THERE. 
          I THINK THAT THROUGH COLLABORATION AND GETTING BACK ON BOARD WITH OUR HARRIS COUNTY, WITH OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WITH THE CONSTABLES, WITH THE DPS, WITH THE LOCAL, LOCAL POLICE, YOU KNOW, AGENCIES THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THIS. 
          BUT IT TAKES ALL OF US AND IT'S DOES NOT JUST ONE COMMUNITY. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WHILE I RESPECT THE HOTSPOT, EVERYBODY RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU THINK YOUR COMMUNITY'S NOT A HOTSPOT, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE A HAND GO UP BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN HOTSPOT AND YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE GOT HALF THE OFFICERS THAT WE NEED, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? OUR PAST ADMINISTRATION SAID, WELL, WE, WE'VE, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, GIVEN MONEY FOR OVERTIME. 
          WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE TO WORK OVERTIME, YOU CAN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER EVANS SHAMA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND AGAIN, SHARON, THANK YOU. 
          I MEAN, 
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I COULD TELL YOU A PRETTY LIE OF THE UGLY TRUTH. 
          AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU THE UGLY TRUTH. 
          UNTIL WE CAN CONTROL THE BEHAVIORS OF PEOPLE, WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE CRIME UNTIL WE CAN GET OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM BETTER, WHERE OUR PEOPLE CAN GET JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES. 
          I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, COMMITTING CRIMES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE, MAYBE THE APTITUDE OR THEY THINK THEY DON'T HAVE THE APTITUDE TO BE ABLE TO GET BETTER JOBS OR WHATEVER. 
          AND IT'S PROVED TO BE TRUE. 
          SO IT'S A SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM. 
          IT'S NOT JUST THE POLICE OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE GET MORE POLICE OFFICERS. 
          I WANT IT WHERE WE DON'T HAVE CRIME. 
          WE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY POLICE OFFICERS MM-HMM . 
          NOW WOULDN'T THAT BE A UTOPIA? HMM. 
          BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ONLY DO WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          BUT YOU HAVE ASKED FOR A MEETING. 
          I WANT MY OFFICE TO BE A PART OF THAT MEETING. 
          OF COURSE. 
          AND CERTAINLY HELP TO FACILITATE THAT MEETING. 
          AND I CAN SAY SINCE WE HAD OUR COMMUNITY MEETING, I HAVE SEEN MORE POLICE OFFICERS PATROLLING IN, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 
          YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN THAT AREA. 
          I WALK ALMOST EVERY DAY, TWO OR THREE MILES. 
          AND I, AND I WANT TO UTILIZE MORE TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, MORE O UH, OTHER, UH, CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, WHATEVER. 
          BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DO PATROL AND, AND, AND HELP THE SAME PEOPLE. 
          BUT UNTIL OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM STOPS FIGHTING AGAINST OUR PEOPLE AND HELPING OUR PEOPLE TO GET BETTER EDUCATED AND BETTER JOBS, THIS IS GOING TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER. 
          I'M ALL FOR THAT. 
          UH, WE WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME, SOME SHORT TERM RELIEF . 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE GONNA WAIT FOR GENERATIONS TO BE EDUCATED AND EMPLOYED. 
          SO THE HERE AND THE NOW IS, IS OF, UM, IMPORTANCE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE WON'T ABSORB ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          NEXT, PHYLLIS MOSS, RASHEEM MUHAMMAD. 
          HI. 
          HI, IS EVERYONE, I'M HERE TODAY TO, UH, DISCUSS TRYING TO GET A MEETING WITH YOU, MAYOR, UH, TO DISCUSS P THREE. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY HISTORY AND WHO I AM. 
          BUT FIRST I WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ EDWARD, EDWARD POLLARD, AND MAYOR PROTON, UH, TATUM. 
          WE FINALLY GET TO ACTUALLY MEET IN, UH, PERSON. 
          I WAS HERE EIGHT YEARS AGO. 
          I AM THE VETERAN THAT OWNS THE BUSINESS. 
          EDS TECH. 
          WE ACTUALLY WROTE UP THE TELECOM FIBER PROGRAM FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS AND TEA. 
          I'VE MADE APPEARANCES ON A, B, C NEWS, FOX AND CBS, BUT YET I'M STILL HERE TRYING TO GET A MEETING TO SUPPORT THE CITY AND WHAT WE DO AS VETERANS. 
          UH, FROM THE START OF THIS, UH, WE STARTED OFF WITH ABOUT FOUR VETERANS THAT ARE SPECIALIZED IN TELECOM, UH, STRUCTURES AND, UH, EV DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE GOT A CITY RESOLUTION SIGNED WITH PRAIRIE VIEW. 
          SO WE HAD TO ACTUALLY LEAVE THE STATE OF TEXAS TO ACTUALLY CLOSE OUR CO UH, COMPANY'S OBJECTIVES. 
          THIS IS HIGH TECH NEWS. 
          I ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, MAGAZINES FROM MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS NEWS. 
          WE CAN PROVE UP OUR CONCEPTS THAT WORKED IN OTHER CITIES, BUT WE NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU. 
          THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME. 
          HE HAD HURRICANE HARVEY AND COVID AND OTHER ISSUES, WASN'T ABLE TO GET TO THE OFFICE. 
          BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IF WE GET ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO DISCUSS WHAT WE CAN DO AND BRING TO THE CITY, UH, IT WOULD ACTUALLY GO OVER FAIRLY WELL. 
          UM, I'M HERE WITH POINTED OBJECTS. 
          I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN THESE BROADBAND SYSTEMS. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT TAKES TO SET UP THE EV CHARGING SYSTEMS. THAT'S WHY THE CITY OF PRAIRIE VIEW ACTUALLY ALLOWED US TO COME IN. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAD TO GO TO TENNESSEE, TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI, AND ARKANSAS TO OPEN UP TO PROVE OUR CONCEPT. 
          I'M JUST ASKING FOR A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME TO PRESENT THIS SHOW, OUR PROOF OF CONCEPT, WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, AND ACTUALLY PUT THAT IN FRONT OF YOU TO SAY, HEY, COULD YOU CONSIDER THIS? IF NOT, UH, WE'LL GO TAKE ANOTHER COURSE OF ACTION. 
          I'LL LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE WENT TO OFFICE OF OBO, WE'VE BEEN TO AND  WHEN HE WAS, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSON HERE. 
          WE WENT TO DR. JONES, WHO WAS THE VETERAN PERSON HERE. 
          SO IF YOU RECOMMEND ME TO GO TO THOSE AGENCIES, I'LL TRUST YOU. 
          I'VE BEEN THERE SEVERAL TIMES. 
          UH, WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO YOU WHEN YOU WERE STATE SENATOR, UH, IN 2 20 22. 
          WE ALMOST GOT CLOSE TO MEETING YOU, BUT YOU, UH, TOOK OFF THE RUN FOR MAYOR RIGHT NOW. 
          SO HOPEFULLY I CAN CATCH UP WITH YOU AND, UH, GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH AND DO FOR THE CITY AND AND CONSIDERATION TO LOOK AT THAT P THREE. 
          I'LL, UM, MAKE SURE YOU GET INTO SEE ME, BUT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE MET ALL THE PEOPLE. 
          OF COURSE SOME OF 'EM ARE NOT HERE ANY LONGER, BUT WHAT WAS THE STATUS OVER AN 
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EIGHT YEAR PERIOD WHEN YOU'RE WELL, I GOT MONEY IN OTHER CITIES. 
          IT JUST, SIR, I JUST BOUNCED AROUND. 
          I GOT A LOT OF PAPER FOR EIGHT YEARS. 
          EIGHT YEARS. 
          I BOUNCED AROUND. 
          I GOT A LOT PAPER. 
          YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOUR MONTHS, SO I'M GONNA BEAT THE EIGHT YEAR RECORD  BY ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS. 
          SEVEN YEARS. 
          YEAH. 
          EIGHT MONTHS. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU IN AND, AND MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU CAN CONTACT THE RIGHT PEOPLE. 
          OKAY. 
          SEE WHAT RESOURCES WE CAN APPLY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          BROTHER. 
          MOMENT YOU A VETERAN? YES, SIR, I AM. 
          WHAT SERVICES DID YOU SAY? AIR FORCE. 
          GOOD. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          WELL AS WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROGRESSIVE TO DO THAT. 
          BUSINESS BROADBAND. 
          YES, SIR. 
          BROADBAND GOOD. 
          I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU. 
          I'M A VETERAN ALSO AND, UH, ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO PROMOTING. 
          HAD A DISCUSSION LAST WEEK IN DC WITH, UH, A VETERANS CHAMBER OF AFFAIRS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THAT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO. 
          SO YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICE GUYS HERE, FRED OLIVER, AND HE'LL, UH, GET SOME INFORMATION FROM YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND WE ALSO WORK WITH SPACE OPERATIONS AS WELL. 
          I THINK YOU, WE MENTIONED, UH, SPACE OPERATION. 
          SO WE HAVE COLLECTED ABOUT EIGHT VETERANS WITH SPECIAL OPS, UH, SKILLS IN IT AND INTELLIGENCE. 
          THAT WAS SPECIAL OPS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          IN INTELLIGENCE. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS, YEAH, SIR, WE SPEAK THAT LANGUAGE. 
          WE'LL DO IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I KNOW RASHEEM PERSONALLY AND I KNOW WHERE HE STARTED. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE A MEETING THAT WOULD, WILL BE WORTH A WHILE IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO MEET WITH HIM. 
          AND I THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE THAT COMMITMENT AND THANK YOU RASHEEM. 
          UH, AND RASHEEM HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TRAINING PROGRAMS AS WELL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          HE COULD MAYBE BE INSTRUMENTAL IN SOME OF THIS CRIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THEY REDUCE THIS CRIME YES. 
          AND HELPING TO GET JOBS AND OCCUPATIONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE CERTAINLY IN NEED. 
          AND SO THANK YOU RASHEEM FOR CONTINUING TO TRY TO, TO BREAK THAT BARRIER AND HELP US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT IT, BUT YOUR MAGAZINE, WHAT, WHAT IS PAGE 27, SIR? PAGE 27 US, UH, PAGE 27 DEPARTMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GAVE US A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO START IN MISSISSIPPI AND I BROUGHT THE MAGAZINE BACK TO I I'LL READ IT WHEN I GET THROUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          NEXT, DOMINIQUE CHACON. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS DOMINIC CHAON. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CITY'S BUDGET. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THE CITY'S BUDGET REFLECTS THE VALUES OF THE CITY, AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY INHERITS A BUDGET AND LEAVES A BUDGET BEHIND. 
          SO IT'S NOT SOLELY YOU ALL, BUT WHAT YOU ALL GET TO DO WITH YOUR TIME AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND I'M PART OF AN ORGANIZATION AND WE ARE DOING A TAX ABATEMENT STUDY FOR, UH, TO, TO STUDY HOW MANY, UH, GOVERNING BODIES IN HARRIS COUNTY FORGO TAX REVENUES TO INDUSTRIES, SPECIFICALLY INDUSTRIES THAT POLLUTE OUR AIR AND OUR WATER. 
          WE HAVE DONE ONE IN BRAZORIA COUNTY, AND WE FOUND THAT THE COUNTY OF BRAZORIA FOREGONE UP TO BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF THEIR OWN TAX REVENUE TO INDUSTRIES THAT HARM THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          HOUSTON IS IN THE SAME POSITION. 
          HOUSTON HAS THE ABILITY TO GIVE TAX ABATEMENTS TO INDUSTRIES VIA WHAT'S CALLED THE IDA INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT IN WHICH WE ARE STUDYING TO SEE HOW MUCH HOUSTON, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE BUDGET THAT YOU ALL OVERSEE, HOW MUCH OF THOSE OUR PUBLIC DOLLARS GET SENT TO THOSE INDUSTRIES. 
          WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED THE STUDY YET, BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE THAT IT'S HAPPENING AND THAT WE ARE EAGER TO KIND OF POKE A HOLE IN THAT ARGUMENT THAT WE JUST SAW PLAY OUT IN THE PAST 10 MINUTES ABOUT WE DON'T HAVE RESOURCES, WE DON'T HAVE RESOURCES, WE DON'T HAVE RESOURCES WHEN THE TRUTH IS WE DO HAVE RESOURCES. 
          THERE ARE PLENTY OF MONEY TO GO AROUND, BUT WHERE THE CONVERSATION ALWAYS FOCUSES, THE RESOURCES TO BEING DIRECTED TOWARDS ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT DEALING WITH THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. 
          THE REASON WHY THERE IS CRIME IS BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN NEED. 
          THERE ARE PEOPLE STRUGGLING, THERE ARE PEOPLE HUNGRY. 
          I WOULD PUSH BACK ON YOUR IDEA THAT CRIME FOLLOWS PROSPERITY. 
          CRIME FOLLOWS DESPERATION. 
          CRIME FOLLOWS PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY HURTING. 
          AND SO I BEG YOU ALL, PLEASE RECLAIM THAT CONVERSATION AND PLEASE REDIRECT IT. 
          YOU WERE SPEAKING TO SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT I ALSO WANNA PUSH BACK ON YOUR IDEA THAT, THAT WE NEED TO CONTROL PEOPLE BECAUSE THE IDEA IS NOT CONTROLLING OTHERS, RIGHT. 
          MANIPULATING THEIR BEHAVIOR. 
          IT'S ENCOURAGING POSITIVE BEHAVIOR. 
          WHEN WE FOREGO OUR TAX 
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DOLLARS TO INDUSTRIES THAT ARE MAKING HISTORIC PROFITS EVERY YEAR WE ARE DISPLAYING OUR VALUES. 
          WE ARE SHOWING THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY THAT CONCERNED WITH DEALING WITH THIS CRIME ISSUE, AT LEAST IN A COMPASSIONATE WAY. 
          AND I WANT TO PULL THAT OUT OF YOU ALL. 
          PLEASE, PLEASE RECLAIM THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE IF POLICING WAS THE SOLUTION, THINGS WOULD'VE BEEN SOLVED ALREADY. 
          WE ARE ONE OF THE MOST HEAVILY POLICED TO COMMUNITIES STATES. 
          AND I WANT TO END ON THIS ONE POINT. 
          JUST RECENTLY, THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION PROVED AND SHOWN THAT AN OIL COMPANY HERE IN TEXAS MANIPULATED PRICES IN THE OIL AND GAS MARKETS IN WHICH CAUSED INFLATION TO THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          AND THAT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE IN WHICH THESE INDUSTRIES ARE HURTING US. 
          THESE INDUSTRIES CAN BE RECLAIMED AND WE CAN RECLAIM OUR MONEY BACK. 
          SO THE IDEA THAT WE DON'T HAVE RESOURCES IS JUST NOT TRUE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU, UH, REALLY QUICKLY. 
          SURE. 
          SORRY, I, AND I APPRECIATE THE STUDY THAT Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON. 
          UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE RESULTS OF THAT. 
          UM, ONE THING I DID WANNA SPOTLIGHT AND MAYOR WILL HAVE I THINK A PUBLIC HEARING TOMORROW ON THIS. 
          IT WAS ALREADY TAKEN UP AT A PREVIOUS COMMITTEE. 
          UM, THERE ARE ALSO THE TAX ABATEMENTS THAT INCENTIVIZE GREEN BUILDING AND LIKE THINGS LIKE LEAD CERTIFICATION. 
          I HAD PUT FORWARD THE PROPOSAL AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN HAD WORKED ON IT, UM, WHEN SHE WAS ON STAFF EVEN. 
          YES. 
          UH, TO INCENTIVIZE, FOR EXAMPLE, GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE MM-HMM . 
          SO THAT HEARING'S TOMORROW TO CONTINUE THOSE PROGRAMS. WE'RE NOT SEEING THE SUCCESS THAT WE HOPE IT WILL AMOUNT TO DOWN THE ROAD. 
          BUT I I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO LOOK AT HOW WE INCENTIVIZE, UH, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, UH, AND ARE CREATING THE CITY THAT WE WANT TO FROM A HEALTH, UH, AND SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE IN THAT PERSPECTIVE. 
          CAN I, CAN I RESPOND TO THAT? I, I THINK SO. 
          AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LONG LIST, SO JUST SUPER QUICK. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO SOME OF THE, UH, THE INCENTIVES FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE MIGHT INCLUDE SOMETHING YOU'VE HEARD, LIKE HYDROGEN OR CARBON CAPTURE. 
          THESE ARE, UH, INDUSTRY BASED SORT OF QUOTE UNQUOTE SOLUTIONS THAT DON'T ALWAYS BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO, SO I, I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA SAY I, I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO ALSO EXERCISE. 
          ITS, ITS POWER, ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PROVEN AND ARE RECEIVING PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED. 
          SO I, I HEAR YOU. 
          I MEAN, LOOK, I WAS JUST AT RICE'S ANNUAL SUMMIT FOR THEIR CARBON HUB, WHICH IS DOING TRANSFORMATIONAL WORK, UM, ON ZERO EMISSIONS CARBON MATERIAL. 
          SO I HEAR YOU JUST FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT THE CITY CAN CONTROL, IT'S ALSO ABOUT BUILDING GREEN AND OTHER THINGS. 
          SO I HOPE Y'ALL WILL LOOK AT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT, BRENDA, T YOUR TIME IS RUNNING. 
          COME ON, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I PREPARED A SORT OF LIKE THE SPEECH AROUND, UM, THING. 
          AND I, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE NACS DEMANDS. 
          I, THEY HAVE BEEN HERE, UH, EVERY TUESDAY. 
          UH, AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE IN PARTICULAR TODAY, WHICH IS THE LOCAL DRAINAGE PROJECT. 
          UM, THE IMAGE, UH, ONE OF THE IMAGES THAT YOU'RE BEING HANDED OUT TO THE SINGLE PAGE, UM, SHOWS ON THE FIRST PART, UM, A COMMUNITY EFFORT OF SURVEYS THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE IN DISTRICT B. 
          RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 50 SURVEYS THAT HAPPEN AROUND, UH, TWO MONTHS WORTH OF SURVEYS. 
          UM, AND SO A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WERE WALKING AROUND, UM, AND THEY DOCUMENTED THE STREETS AFTER JUST THE SHORT, UH, UH, RAINFALL. 
          SO HERE ON, UH, THE IMAGE ON THE NUMBER ONE, UH, YOU CAN SEE NORTH GREEN RIVER DRIVE, WHICH IS, UH, IT'S A MAIN INTERSECTION, UH, IN THAT ROAD IS, UH, SHOWS INCOMPLETE. 
          IT HAS, UH, NO CURBS OR SIDEWALKS. 
          UH, IMAGE ON NUMBER TWO IS, UH, LIBERTY ROAD. 
          IT'S A MAIN TRUCK. 
          UH, IT'S A MAIN INTERSECTION. 
          UH, AND ALSO, UM, THE, THE RAIL, UH, THE RAIL YARDS ACT AS A DAM FOR THE WATER. 
          UH, ON NUMBER THREE, UH, YOU CAN SEE NORTHWAY SIDE DRIVE, UM, WHICH IS AN INTERSECTION THAT'S ALSO HIGHLY TRAFFICKED. 
          AND WE'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS THAT, THAT, UH, THAT SUBSTRUCTURE OF THAT BRIDGE IS, UH, BLOCKED. 
          AND IT, WHENEVER THERE IS A LOT OF RAINFALL, IT BLOCKS THE STREET AND PEOPLE CAN GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UH, NUMBER FOUR IS, UM, ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL, UH, EXAMPLE FOR, UH, OPEN DITCHES AND SEEING HOW, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY NEED, UH, REPAIR. 
          UM, ON THE BOTTOM OF THAT, UH, OF THE IMAGES, YOU 
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CAN SEE, UM, SOME PROOF THAT IN THREE YEARS AGO, THE NAC SUBMITTED, UH, A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS, UH, DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT. 
          AND THEY NOMINATED, UH, ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE LOCAL DRAINAGE, UH, PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING AT HOW THE STATE, UH, THE STATE OF, UH, DISREPAIR FOR THE, FOR THE DRAINAGE IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON. 
          UM, ON THE LOWER CORNER, YOU CAN SEE THE NORTH LAKE LAKEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, THROUGH RESEARCH, WE FOUND OUT THAT IN THAT AREA THERE WAS SOME, UH, THERE WAS NO OPEN DITCH DRAINAGE AND THERE WAS NO UNDERGROUND, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY NOMINATED THOSE LDP PROGRAMS. WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS TOLD US ABOUT IT. 
          UH, AND THEN WE WENT OUT AND LOOKED FOR IT. 
          WE DOCUMENTED, AND NOW, UH, WE'RE WAITING FOR THIS, FOR THESE PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT, UH, LAST YEAR WE, WE GOT AN AMENDMENT PASSED FOR A 20 MILLION INCREASE ON THE BUDGET FOR THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS. 
          UH, AND I DON'T BELIEVE, UH, WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT INCREASE, UH, TO THIS YEAR. 
          UH, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THIS THE, FOR THE, FOR THE BUDGET TO INCREASE FROM 12 MILLION TO 32, WHICH IS THE 20 MILLION INCREASE, IT WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT DISTRICT FEE, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, UH, BUT IT WILL BENEFIT, UH, THE WHOLE ALL OF THE DISTRICTS AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          NEXT, ELIZABETH LUMIA. 
          HELLO, COUNCIL MAYOR. 
          MY NAME IS BETH LUMIA. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT C AND THE CO-DIRECTOR OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AT WEST STREET RECOVERY. 
          THE NORTHEAST ACTION COLLECTIVE IS DEMANDING AN INCREASE TO THE ANNUAL LOCAL DRAINAGE PROJECT FUNDING BY $20 MILLION. 
          THIS INCREASE WILL EQUITABLY FUND WORST FIRST PROJECTS. 
          IT WILL NOT ONLY COVER NORTHEAST, BUT ALL OF HOUSTON. 
          THE CITY IS PROACTIVELY ASSESSING THE NEED FOR LDPS THROUGH THE DITCH REESTABLISHMENT PROGRAM. 
          AND THEY'RE QUICKLY REALIZING THAT THE DITCH REESTABLISHMENT ALONE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH. 
          EVEN IF THE EXISTING DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS NOT FULL OF TRASH TIRES, YARD WASTE, ET CETERA, AND IN PERFECT CONDITION, IT COULD NOT HANDLE ROUTINE RAINFALL. 
          WE HAVE SEEN THIS IN THE PAST WEEK WHERE NORTHERN PARTS OF HOUSTON ARE UNDER FEET OF WATER. 
          THIS DEMAND FOR ADDING $20 MILLION TO LDPS SHOULD NOT BE NEW TO THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SAT IN THIS HORSESHOE JUST LAST YEAR, BECAUSE YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER UNANIMOUSLY PASSING AN AMENDMENT SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON TO INCREASE LDP FUNDING BY $20 MILLION ACCORDING TO OUR RESEARCH, WHICH Y'ALL HAVE IN YOUR HANDS, AND THAT WE CAN ALSO SEND MORE, UM, THAT INCREASE HAS YET TO HAPPEN. 
          IT IS NOT JUST THE NAC ASKING TO SEE THIS BUDGET INCREASE. 
          YOU ALL VOTED ON A POLL CONDUCTED BY RESEARCHERS AT THE HOBBY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, FOUND THAT 73% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THAT THEY WANT TO SEE CITY LEADERSHIP ADDRESSING FLOODING ISSUES. 
          WE HAVE YET TO HEAR ANY WORD FROM THE MAYOR AND MOST OF CITY COUNSELORS ON HOW THEY PLAN TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS INCLUDED IN A LOT OF Y'ALL'S CAMPAIGNS. 
          THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK, THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF YOUR WORD. 
          AS I CLOSE, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT 88% OF OPEN DITCH DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ARE FOUND IN NEIGHBORHOODS OF HIGHER SOCIAL VULNERABILITY, LOWER MEDIUM HOME VALUES, AND PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          MAYOR WHITMEYER, YOUR PRIORITY CONCERN IS PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH WE HEARD TODAY. 
          MINE IS TOO. 
          BUT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT LIFESAVING FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE IS INCLUDED IN HOUSTON PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT, CARLY CRISPIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I AM HERE TO CONTINUE READING THE PEOPLE'S RESOLUTION FOR AN END TO ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE ON THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. 
          WHEREAS ISRAEL LEGALLY OCCUPIED THE PALESTINIAN WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP ALONGSIDE THE EGYPTIAN, SAI AND SYRIAN GOLAN HEIGHTS IN 1967, FORCING 250,000 PLUS PALESTINIANS INTO EXILE WHILE ESTABLISHING A MILITARY RULE OVER PALESTINE. 
          WHEREAS ISRAEL ADMINISTERS ITS ILLEGAL MILITARY OCCUPATION OF THE WEST BANK THROUGH A SYSTEM OF APARTHEID IN WHICH PALESTINIANS ARE FORCED TO WALK ON SEPARATE ROADS, DENIED ACCESS TO BASIC FREEDOMS, AND ARE SUCH TO ILLEGAL MILITARY CHECKPOINTS WHERE THEY'RE HUMILIATED, BEATEN, STRIPPED, AND TORTURED. 
          WHEREAS 
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THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, PER SE, PROVIDES THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT WITH UNCONDITIONAL DIPLOMATIC, POLITICAL, FINANCIAL, AND MATERIAL SUPPORT AS IT EXECUTES ITS COLONIZATION AND GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. 
          THIS SUPPORT EXTENDS BEYOND ME POLITICAL RHETORIC, THE US CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH ITS INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS, PROVIDING ISRAEL WITH STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES, AND MILITARY AID THAT FURTHER BOLSTER ISRAEL'S EFFORTS AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. 
          THIS INTELLIGENCE COLLABORATION REINFORCES ISRAEL'S MILITARY DOMINANCE AND FACILITATES ITS CONTROL OVER PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, PERPETUATING THE CYCLE OF OPPRESSION AND DISPOSSESSION ENDURED BY THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. 
          WHEREAS FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, ISRAEL HAS IMPOSED AN ILLEGAL LAND, AIR, AND CC XI AND BLOCKADE OF THE GAZA STRIP DENYING PALESTINIANS ACCESS TO FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE, AND OTHER BASIC NECESSITIES WHILE REGULARLY INITIATING BOMBING CAMPAIGNS THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LAST NIGHT I SNUGGLED MY BABY GIRLS TO SLEEP AS EVERY MOTHER SHOULD. 
          AND LAST NIGHT, THE CHILDREN OF RAFA FELL ASLEEP TO THE SOUND OF BOMBS. 
          THIS CITY IS COMPLICIT. 
          THIS CITY HAS CONTRIBUTED MONEY TO ISRAEL WHEN IT SHOULD BE CONTRIBUTING MONEY TO ITS OWN PEOPLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          HAMS AWAY. 
          HAMS ARE AWAY. 
          HAMS ARE AWAY. 
          HELLO, CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS HAMZA VE I'VE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE TIMES. 
          I'M FROM DISTRICT A, MS. AMY BECK'S DISTRICT. 
          AND MR. MAYOR HERE IS NOT AGAIN. 
          UM, I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT N AND I'M HERE AS PART OF NAC AND TALKING ABOUT THE LDP, THE DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO IN, UM, INCREASE IN NOVEMBER, VOTERS DEMANDED FLOODING WAS THEIR SECOND MAIN ISSUE. 
          WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO YET SEE OR HEAR ANYWHERE FROM THE MAYOR OR MOST OF THE CITY COUNCILORS. 
          WE ARE WANTING $20 MILLION INCREASE IN LDP FUNDS SO WE CAN GET OUR, UM, DRAINAGE BETTER IN FUNDED IT. 
          AND THIS IS ALL TIED TO ISRAEL AND THE WAY THE THIS GENOCIDE IS ONGOING. 
          WHEREAS FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, ISRAEL HAS IMPOSED AN ILLEGAL LAND, AIR, AND SEA SIEGE AND BLOCKADE OF THE GAZA STRIP DENYING PALESTINIANS ACCESS TO FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE, AND OTHER BASIC NECESSITIES WHILE REGULARLY IN INITIATING BOMBING CAMPAIGNS THAT CLAIM THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS. 
          WHEREAS ISRAEL HAS TAKEN THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS CAPTIVE SINCE OCTOBER 7TH. 
          CURRENTLY, THE NUMBER OF PALESTINIANS ARRESTED IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK EXCEEDS 8,515 PEOPLE. 
          ACCORDING TO THE MIR MONITOR IN RAMWELL, ISRAEL CONTINUES TO HOLD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS AS POLITICAL PRISONERS UNDER INHUMANE CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THOUSANDS HELD WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OR TRIAL. 
          THIS NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE THE THOUSANDS OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN. 
          THE ISRAELI ARMY HAS REPORTEDLY DETAINED, TORTURED, AND INTER INTERROGATED IN MAY SHIFT PRISONS ACROSS GAZA, OUTSIDE ANY LEGAL OVERSIGHT. 
          WHEREAS HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN, SOME AS YOUNG AS 7-YEAR-OLD, ARE UNJUSTLY DETAINED BY ISRAEL AS POLITICAL PRISONERS. 
          GRAPHIC VIDEOS OBTAINED BY MILITARY COURT WATCH SHOW OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS BEATING, ABUSING AND TORMENTING THESE CHILDREN. 
          WHEREAS SINCE THE FOUNDING OF ISRAEL, WHICH WAS RECOGNIZED FIRST BY THE UNITED STATES IN 1948, THE US PROVIDED US HAS PROVIDED OVER $300 BILLION IN ECONOMIC AND MILITARY SUPPORT. 
          THIS NUMBER HAS BEEN ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION. 
          THE US CONTINUES TO GIVE AT LEAST $3.8 BILLION EACH YEAR TO ISRAEL WITH $32,155,947 COMING FROM HOUSTON HOUSEHOLDS. 
          WHEREAS THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS ALSO COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE AND HAS INVESTED AND ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION IN ISRAEL SINCE AUGUST, 2021. 
          ON NOVEMBER 29TH, 2023, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE MOST RECENT INVESTMENT POLICY AND RESOLUTION WELL AFTER THE START OF ISRAEL'S STATUS. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          NEXT SPEAKER ISAAC ABU. 
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NEXT SPEAKER. 
          EMMA HAD NOT NEXT SPEAKER. 
          OH, SORRY, MS. HAD NOT. 
          WE'RE WAITING FOR YOU. 
          GO AHEAD MS. EMMA. 
          WE'RE READY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. 
          UH, I MISS . 
          UH, I LIVE IN THE OH FOUR EIGHT DISTRICT, UH, THIS STREET BY MR. BASS IS AS WELL AS OTHERS. 
          AND WHAT I WANNA BRING THAT I BROUGHT TO THE PREVIOUS MAYOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER MAYORS OUT THAT, UH, THAT SOME OF US ARE STILL, UH, SINCE THE DEATH OF MY HUSBAND AND THEY, BEFORE THE HURRICANE AND HARVEY AND EVERYTHING, THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING FOR US AS WELL AS THE, THE FREEZE BEFORE THE LAST FREEZE. 
          I'VE BEEN SLEEPING IN A CHAIR AND THEY GAVE ME A, THE PEOPLE DOWN THE STREET GAVE ME A LITTLE OTTOMAN TO PUT MY FEET ON. 
          THAT'S HOW I SLEPT IN. 
          THE ONLY PART IN THE HOUSE THAT HE DIDN'T GET DIDN'T GET MESSED UP, UH, WITH WATER. 
          UH, THE CLOTHES, ALL THAT STUFF HAD TO COME OUTTA THE CLOSETS AND ALL ON THE BEDS. 
          I CAN'T EVEN LAY DOWN, EVEN THOUGH I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET ANOTHER BED. 
          I CAN'T, 'CAUSE I HAVE THE HOSPITAL TYPE BED. 
          I CAN'T EVEN SLEEP IN THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          I SLEEP IN THE, IN THE RECLINER. 
          UH, THEY, I HAD A RAMP BEFORE WHEN I MOVED THERE, THE RAMP ROTTED. 
          MY THING IS TO PUT, THEY HAVE NOT REPLACED A RAMP FOR ME. 
          I FELL AND CRACKED MY JAW. 
          I BROKE FIVE TEETH IN MY MOUTH THAT WAS CRUISING MY MOUTH. 
          I COULDN'T TALK FOR FOUR MONTHS. 
          THEY, THEY WAITING FOR THE JAW TO HEAL NOW THAT THEY'RE TAKING THE SCREW OUT SO THEY CAN GET THE, THE TEETH OUT AND FIX SOME MORE. 
          I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE. 
          AND I SPOKE TO MAYOR, THE PREVIOUS MAYOR, UH, TURNER. 
          WE TOOK PICTURES TOGETHER AT THE VINCENT LIBRARY. 
          I SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH ME, MYSELF. 
          AND HE CLAIMED THAT, WELL, HE WOULD LOOK INTO IT AND GET SOME, I SAID, I DON'T WANT YOU TO JUST LOOK INTO IT. 
          I WANT YOU TO GET ME SOME RESULTS. 
          I'M TIRED. 
          LOOK INTO IT, BUT GET SOME RESULTS. 
          THEY, THEY SHOT ALL UP IN MY HOUSE, UH, OUT THE ROOM I WAS IN. 
          THANK GOD THAT THE THING WAS BEHIND. 
          'CAUSE IT, AND THEY PASSED BY. 
          I CALLED HPD. 
          THEY DIDN'T EVEN COME. 
          THEY TAKE TOO LONG TO RESPOND. 
          I KNOW YOU HAVE LIMITED PEOPLE, BUT YOU'RE TAKING TOO LONG. 
          UH, PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR LIVES AND YOU ARE LOSING YOUR LIVES. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING IS THAT TO NO ONE CAME, I END UP HAVING TO GET PEARLAND. 
          'CAUSE I'M ON THAT TO COME OUT TO JUST EVEN SEE TO THIS DAY, NOBODY HAS EVEN COME OUT. 
          I DON'T HAVE WATER ON MY PROP IN MY, IT'S ON THE PROPERTY, BUT I DON'T WIPE WATER INSIDE THE HOUSE. 
          THAT'S HARD ON ME AS A DISABLED WOMAN, A PERSON, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. 
          I DON'T HAVE, UH, I'VE CALLED AND CALLED. 
          THEY SAY I WAS NUMBER THREE WITH HARVEY AND, AND THE FREEZE BEFORE THE LAST, I WAS NUMBER TWO IN LINE. 
          THEY SENT PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE JUST GOT ALL OUT OF INFORMATION THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE. 
          I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, YOUR THIS, YOUR THAT. 
          THEY JUST HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THEY TAKE THAT STUFF AND DO OTHER THINGS WITH IT. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU. 
          MS. HAD, I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR ASK. 
          YOU SAY YOU NEED A BED AND YOU SAY YOU, YOU NEED A RAMP. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? YOU NEED A RAMP? I'VE GOT A BED, BUT I CAN'T SLEEP IN IT 'CAUSE IT'S RAINING IN THE HOUSE. 
          IT'S MESSING IT UP AGAIN. 
          THE OTHER ONE IS OUT. 
          BUT, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE PLANNING TO DO A SENIOR HOME REPAIR. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH INGRAM IN MY OFFICE? YES. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          MAYBE WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT. 
          AND MAYBE WE CAN ALSO CONTACT THE HARRIS COUNTY AREA ON AGING MM-HMM . 
          TO SEE IF THEY CAN ASSIST YOU WITH SOME THINGS AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          SO YOU HAVE A BED, BUT YOU NEED A RAMP AND YOU NEED YOUR CEILING. 
          YEAH, I NEED THE, YOUR ROOF FIXED BECAUSE YOU'RE BEING RAINED ON. 
          YEAH. 
          I ONLY, IT WASN'T RAINING IN THAT JUST THE SHINGLES COME OFF AND THE PEOPLE CAME OVER THERE AND STARTED BEATING ALL IN THE ROOF WITH THAT BLUE STUFF AND THEY DIDN'T NEED THAT. 
          AND THEN IT STARTED JUST RAINING CRAZY IN MY HOUSE ALL OVER. 
          AND I CAN'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING. 
          IT'S JUST A MESS. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? THE, THE, UH, IF THEY WOULD PUT CONCRETE RAMPS, IF I HAD BEEN ON THAT RAMP COUNCIL, IF I HAD BEEN ON THAT RAMP, I WOULD'VE BROKE MY NECK BECAUSE 
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THE THING WENT DOWN IF IT HAD BEEN HIGHER. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          'CAUSE IT WENT DOWN AND I FELL AND TURNED OVER ON MY SCOOTER. 
          I FELL HERE RECENTLY, LIKE I SAID, AND BROKE AND, AND CRACKED MY JAW BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE PROPER THINGS AND, AND GOT THE INSURANCE. 
          WHAT THEY PUT HOOKED ME UP WITH. 
          BUT I DON'T HAVE PROPER THING THAT I FEEL LIKE AN ELDERLY PERSON THAT I NEED. 
          THEY'RE GIVING IT TO THE YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT ARE 50 AND UNDER, EVEN 64 AND UNDER. 
          AND THEY SAYING THAT, THAT THEY'RE GIVING THEM EVEN ALLOTMENTS OF 6,000 SOMETHING DOLLARS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          AND THEY, THEY MAKING, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? THEY, THEY, THEY GLORIFYING IT. 
          YES. 
          WHEN WE ARE HERE THAT HAVE PUT INTO THIS COUNTRY AND PUT INTO WHAT WE DONE, THEY'RE NOT DOING NOTHING FOR US. 
          I'M ABOUT MYSELF, MY HUSBAND THAT DIED. 
          I LOST MY CHILD BECAUSE OF FAT WENT. 
          TAKE YOUR TIME. 
          BUT LEMME TELL YOU, IF YOU GET WITH INGRAM, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THIS, UH, BECAUSE I, I CAN SEE YOU'RE VERY FRUSTRATED AS YOU. 
          WELL, SHOULD YOU, SO SHE'S GONNA GET WITH YOU. 
          WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT WE CAN, CAN DO. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M TIRED OF LIVING, LIKE I'M, I'M IN A CHAIR. 
          YES'. 
          THEY FIXING TO DO SURGERY ON MY BACK BECAUSE THEY SAID IT'S PUSHING US AGAINST MY SPINE. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          WHICH MEANS I HAVE TO WEAR DIAPERS BECAUSE IF MY BOWEL COME OUT, THEY DON'T MAKE ME FEEL GOOD. 
          MA'AM, I NOBODY CARES ABOUT US ANYMORE. 
          MISS ANOT. 
          WE, WE DO CARE ABOUT YOU AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND HER STAFF ARE GONNA WORK WITH YOU TO TRY TO GET YOU SOME ASSISTANCE. 
          GOD BLESS YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          IVA SPIVEY. 
          IVY SPIVEY. 
          IVA VY. 
          KAREN HOLMES. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. 
          HI MS. HOLMES. 
          UM, I WAS HERE APPROXIMATELY MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO IN REGARDS TO THE TERRORISTIC ATTACK THAT BEGAN IN 20 20TH OF APRIL. 
          UM, I WAS, WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND I WAS ACTIVATING MY RIGHTS, MY SPEAK, MY RIGHTS TO SPEAK AS FAR AS FREEDOM OF SPEECH. 
          I MADE A STATEMENT, UH, IN THE HOSPITAL DUE TO THE SITUATION. 
          UH, THEREAFTER, I HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WHO ALLOWED OR LAUNCHED OR GAVE THE PROTOCOL FOR AIRPLANES TO COME TO MY RESIDENCE, WHICH WAS, AT THIS TIME, 500 WEST AIRTECH? DUE TO THE STATEMENT THAT I MADE WHEN I MADE THE STATEMENT AT THE HOSPITAL, THERE WAS AN UNDERCOVER COP. 
          I JUST SAW HIS BADGE AND HE GOT OUT OF A TRUCK AND HE ASKED THE AMBULANCE GUYS, WHERE WAS I? BECAUSE I MADE THE STATEMENT, THEY'RE OUT HERE SHOOTING THINGS IN THE AIR KILLING PEOPLE. 
          WHEN I REASON WHY THAT STATEMENT WAS MADE, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS RIDING DOWN SOUTHWEST FREEWAY ON MY WAY TO CHURCH, I INHALED A METALLIC TASTE IN MY MOUTH AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE INCLINE. 
          SO WHEN THAT HAPPENED, I IMMEDIATELY GOOGLED IT AND IT SAID, HIGH EXPOSURE TO RADIATION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, I, MY BODY IS FULL OF RADIATION. 
          IT IS. 
          I DO HAVE EVIDENCE OF WHAT EVERYTHING THAT I'M SAYING. 
          I DO HAVE WITNESSES, UM, I HAVE EVERYTHING THAT I NEED. 
          I, I DID GET A CALL BECAUSE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WE, WE WERE GONNA DO AN INVESTIGATION. 
          I DID GET A CALL FROM MR. HERDON AND, UM, HE SAID HE WAS GONNA SPEAK WITH ME TODAY TO ELABORATE MORE ON THIS ISSUE. 
          UM, IT ALSO HAS A LOT TO DO WITH, WITH THE 5G TOWERS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SPEAK ABOUT AS WELL AND SOME OTHER ISSUES, UH, IN REGARDS TO THIS WHOLE SITUATION, LIKE I SAID, WHICH STARTED IN APRIL OF 2020. 
          AND IT'S STILL GOING ON NOW AS WE SPEAK. 
          I'M BEING FOLLOWED. 
          I'M BEING, UH, WATCHED. 
          PRIVACY, MY INVASION OF PRIVACY, CHARACTER OF DEFAMATION, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY TO EXPLAIN ALL OF THAT, BUT I DO, I WOULD LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND SPEAK WITH THE MAYOR AND, UH, THE COUNCIL AND WE CAN COME COLLABORATE AND GET SOME THINGS TOGETHER AND GET THE, SOME, SOME RESULTS AND SOME SOLUTIONS THAT I KNOW AS WELL AS EVERYBODY IN HERE SHOULD KNOW. 
          THANK YOU MS. HOLMES. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          OKAY. 
          MARK MCNEIL. 
          EXCUSE ME, I JUST WANNA SAY SOMETHING, UM, BECAUSE, UM, YOU SAYING THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, BUT CAN I GET SOME TYPE OF FEEDBACK AS FAR AS COMMUNICATION? THAT WAY I'LL KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING STANDS. 
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YES, MA'AM. 
          I WON'T HAVE TO KEEP WASTING MY TIME OR YOUR TIME COMING DOWN HERE. 
          WE CAN GET SOME RESOLUTION. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. 
          AND, AND SERGEANT HERNDON IS RIGHT THERE AND HE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR CASE. 
          OKAY. 
          I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. 
          YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I HAVE A BLESSED DAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MS. HOLMES. 
          UHHUH . 
          NEXT SPEAKER, MARK MCNEIL. 
          SORRY. 
          MARK MCNEIL, COUNCIL MEMBER P*****K FOR A PROCEDURAL MOTION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTO, I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO, TO MOVE ROSANNA, SHAR, AND PRISCILLA RAMIREZ, UM, TO THE THREE MINUTE LIST AFTER COFFEE BAY ON SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          THREE MINUTES FOR THREE MINUTES. 
          FOR THREE MINUTES. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, IF WE, IF WE DO THREE MINUTES, PUT MARK MCNEIL AND WE HAVE TO DONALD ALEXANDER, OR DO YOU WANNA, HOW Y'ALL DOING? GOOD EVENING. 
          DOING WELL. 
          CAN YOU SPEAK IN THAT MICROPHONE FOR US? OH, YES. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          OH, YES. 
          MY NAME IS DAWN ALEXANDER. 
          I CAME DOWN, UH, UH, LAST, UH, BEFORE TURNER LEFT, HE TOLD ME TO GO IN THE BACK OF, UH, UH, I AM AN AMERICAN DRUGS AUTHOR. 
          I AM NOT A A, A WAR CRIMINAL. 
          UH, I WANTED TO ASK YOU FOR, UH, UH, UH, I'LL GO INTO CUSTODY WITH YOU AND WE CAN, UH, GET THIS RESOLVED. 
          THIS MATTER RESOLVED. 
          I THIS PIECE OUT, ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS WALKING. 
          I'M JUST THINKING, I DON'T KNOW. 
          UH, THEY SAID I DID HAVE A, UH, THOSE DRUGS ARE CHECKED. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT. 
          IT SHOULD BE CIVIL RIGHTS CHECK NOW. 
          IT'S BEEN GOING ON SO LONG. 
          UH, I HAVE NO KNOW ABOUT THIS KIND OF CRIME STUFF. 
          I JUST HAVE TO GO LUCKY ABOUT MY BUSINESS. 
          SOMEBODY SET ME UP SOME KIND OF WAY. 
          I KNOW I'M, I'M THINKING TO THE PUBLIC, BUT I WILL GO INTO CUSTODY WITH YOU TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER BECAUSE OUR ATTORNEY TOLD HIM THE LAST TIME HE'S GOING IN THE BACK AND WAIT FOR HIM. 
          HE'LL TALK TO ME ABOUT IT. 
          I WANNA ASK THE NEW MAYOR WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. 
          I, I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. 
          CAN YOU STATE WHAT THE SPECIFIC PROBLEM IS? I'M THINKING WITH MY MIND. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, RENEE, CAN YOU GET HIM, UM, SOME CONTACT INFORMATION SO WE CAN GET SOMEBODY TO ASSIST HIM? THANK YOU, SIR, FOR BEING HERE. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          THEODORE CARRERO. 
          THEODORE. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          J HURT. 
          J HURT. 
          COLIN LEACH. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. 
          UM, I HAVE LIVED IN HOUSTON FOR 40 YEARS. 
          I CAME HERE ON A TWO YEAR TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT. 
          UH, LIVED FOR 37 YEARS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. 
          NOW LIVE IN THE HEIGHTS. 
          OUR LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KATY FREEWAY, THE LOVE BIT. 
          WE JUST KIND OF LOST IT. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD A FEW TIMES. 
          UM, WE SEE OTHER PLACES, ALEXANDRIA A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN VIRGINIA, THEY HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. 
          THEY HAVE, UH, 25 MILE AN HOUR STREETS. 
          THEY HAVE SPEED CAMERAS, THEY HAVE LOTS OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          IT'S GREAT. 
          IT WAS WONDERFUL. 
          I THINK HALTING THE COMPLETION OF THE LOWER SHEPHERD DURHAM UPGRADE IS MISGUIDED. 
          I MEAN, AT THE MOMENT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, DURHAM GOING SOUTH, FOR INSTANCE, SOUTH OF 11TH, THERE'S BASICALLY A TIRE BUSTING GROOVE IN ONE OF THE LANES THERE. 
          IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. 
          UM, THE NEW SECTION OF SHEPHERD IS TO NATIONAL HIGH STANDARD SPECS. 
          THIS IS FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL, INCLUDING BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS AS WELL AS FOR MAINTAINING TRAFFIC FLOW. 
          UH, GOING FROM FOUR LANES TO THREE LANES, WHICH WOULD BE THE CASE AT 15TH, UH, WOULD INTRODUCE BOTTLENECKING AND MORE CHAOS THAN JUST HAVING THREE LANES THE WHOLE WAY. 
          UH, HOUSTON DRIVERS, THEY'RE NOT GOOD AT MERGING. 
          I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK EAST BOUND COMING TO WASHINGTON THERE, I MEAN, IT'S TERRIBLE TRYING TO MERGE OR WE JUST DON'T DO IT. 
          AND THE TRA THE IN, WHAT'S REALLY 
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IMPORTANT AS WELL IS THAT LOVE ELEMENTARY IS BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH STREET ON SHEPHERD. 
          AND WITHOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS, THOSE POOR KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS AND ALL ARE LEFT WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL SAFETY. 
          THAT'S RIDICULOUS. 
          AND WHAT ABOUT DRAINAGE? I KNOW THE CITY WAS GONNA PAY FOR THE DRAINAGE SOUTH OF THE 15TH STREET, UM, AND THE SEWAGE, AND I ASSUME THAT IF WE DON'T GO AHEAD WITH THIS IMPROVEMENT, THEY'LL STILL GET TO PAY FOR THAT. 
          AND THE IMPROVEMENTS TO, UH, THE STREETS RESURFACE. 
          UM, IF WE DON'T DO THE DRAINAGE, WE'RE GONNA BE LIKE, UH, DUBAI THREE WEEKS AGO LOT. 
          WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF RAIN AND NO DRAINAGE. 
          SO WHY DO WE WANT TO TURN DOWN ALL THE FEDERAL DOLLARS AND NOT DO THE IMPROVEMENTS WHEN MOST OF THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM THE FEDS? AND UH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I KNOW THE TRZ IS IN, IS INVOLVED AND WHEN I WAS IN MY EARLY YEARS IN HOUSTON, WE LIVED ON THE WEST SIDE AND WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH HISD TO TRY AND WORK OUT HOW ON EARTH WE COULD GET A HIGH SCHOOL ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          AND THAT WAS DONE THROUGH A-T-I-R-Z ALONG WITH CHAVEZ. 
          WE WERE VERY PROUD OF IT. 
          AND THE NET RESULT AT THE END OF THE DAY WAS PROPERTY VALUES WENT UP, MORE PROPERTIES WERE BUILT. 
          AND I BELIEVE THE PROPERTY TAX, YEAH, TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          MY TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN THOUGH WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS YOU AND MAYBE SHE CAN ASK YOU SOME  COLIN QUESTION. 
          I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT, IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE ABOUT 15 MORE SECONDS TO JUST FINISH UP AND THEN I HAD A, A FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR YOU VERY QUICKLY. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY MORE PROPERTIES MEAN MORE TAXES COMING IN AND WOULD HELP WITH THE BUDGET. 
          I HAVE ONE OR TWO OTHER THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HIGH SPEED TRAINS COMING INTO HOUSTON AND MAYBE REVIVING COMMUTER RAIL ON THE KATY FREEWAY, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING FOR ANOTHER TIME PERHAPS. 
          SO COLIN, MY FOLLOW UP ONE, YOU LIVE, I'M NOT GONNA SAY YOUR ADDRESS OUT LOUD, UM, FOR YOUR PRIVACY, BUT YOU LIVE ON 15TH STREET, IS THAT CORRECT? I LIVE ON 15TH STREET, ALMOST HALFWAY BETWEEN THE YALE RACETRACK AND SHEPHERD AND 15TH STREET. 
          JUST SO FOR THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS IS EXACTLY WHERE THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY. 
          ABSOLUTELY DIRECTED TO BE PAUSED. 
          SO YOU'VE SEEN PHASE ONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND YOU'RE AT THAT JUNCTURE WHERE AGAIN, ONE OF THE ONLY SEGMENTS LEFT OF ALL OF DURHAM SHEPHERD IN THE ENTIRE CITY IS GONNA REMAIN AT FOUR LANES. 
          UH, HAVE YOU SEEN THE BENEFITS OF PHASE ONE? YES, I'VE SEEN THE BENEFITS. 
          UH, IT SEEMS TO WORK, ALTHOUGH I MUST ADMIT IT WOULD BE NICE IF OUR FRIENDS IN AUSTIN GAVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TOOLS TO REDUCE SPEED. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL CAN PUT PRESSURE ON AUSTIN ABOUT SPEED LIMITS AND POTENTIAL, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, ENFORCEMENT. 
          I, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M NOTING YOUR CONCERN THAT AGAIN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE LANE, FOUR LANES GOING TO THREE LANES RIGHT AT THE ROAD WHERE YOU LIVE, AND THAT MERGE ALSO CREATING ADDITIONAL SAFETY RISKS, LET ALONE THE FACT WE HAVE THE EL YOU KNOW, LOVE RIGHT THERE AND ALL OF THE OTHER CURRENT, UH, STRESSORS. 
          YEP. 
          IS THAT OKAY? MERGE IS OF DISASTERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, GAYLEN LIGHTLE, JOHN HAN. 
          JOHN CURTIS. 
          COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          I ALSO LIVE IN THE HEIGHTS AND LIVE TWO BLOCKS FROM SHEPHERD. 
          UM, ACTUALLY, UH, WITHIN THAT SEGMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 
          UM, BUT I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT ME. 
          I'M GONNA, AS THE MAYOR SAID, LOOK OUT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S COMMUTING THROUGH THE AREA. 
          UH, SO LET'S SEE IF THEY'RE IMPACTED. 
          SO, UM, THE CONCERNS SEEM TO BE ABOUT DRIVE TIMES THROUGH THE AREA. 
          SO HOW MIGHT WE FIGURE THAT OUT? WE COULD DO TRAFFIC STUDIES. 
          UH, THE TOURS IN THE CITY BOTH DID THREE OF THESE STUDIES. 
          THEY WERE IN 20 15, 20 17, AND 2018. 
          ALL THREE STUDIES RESULTED IN THE EXACT SAME SUGGESTION. 
          AND THAT IS THAT THREE LANES WOULD BE THE CONFIGURATION MOVING FORWARD AND THAT THAT WOULD RESULT IN A ZERO SECOND CHANGE IN COMMUTE TIMES FOR THOSE GOING FROM SIX 10 TO I 10. 
          UM, THIS CORRIDOR WAS DESIGNED IN THE 1960S. 
          TRAFFIC STUDIES BEGAN HAPPENING IN THE 1950S, BUT THE MODELS THAT WE USED TODAY STARTED IN THE 
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1970S, UH, BECAUSE WE LEARNED THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE WERE DESIGNING PROPERLY. 
          UM, THIS CORRIDOR MEETS ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE 20 15, 17 AND NINE 18 STUDIES. 
          SINCE THEN. 
          WE'VE HAD A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
          WE'VE HAD WORK FROM HOME HAPPEN. 
          WE HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF VACANCY OF OFFICE SPACE THAT HAS EVER EXISTED IN THIS CITY. 
          AND THOSE LEVELS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RETURN UNTIL 2040 AT THE EARLIEST. 
          AND IF WE'RE LUCKY, THAT'S THE CASE. 
          UM, SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE REDUCED TRAFFIC ACTUALLY HAPPENING COMPARED TO THE STUDIES THAT WERE DONE. 
          BUT LET'S SAY WE DON'T AGREE WITH THE ENGINEERS AND THE EXPERTS AROUND THAT. 
          LET'S LOOK AT TECH DOT. 
          THIS SEGMENT OF SHEPHERD DURHAM FROM SIX 10 TO I 10 IS NOT A PART OF TEXT DOTS RELIEF FOR HIGHWAYS. 
          THE ONLY SEGMENT THAT IS, IS NORTH OF SIX 10 TO 45 TO TAKE TRAFFIC FROM THE NORTH SIDE TO WEST ON SIX 10. 
          IT IS NOT CONTINUING THROUGH. 
          SO TXDOT REMOVED THIS SEGMENT FROM ITS, UM, JURISDICTION. 
          THEY STILL APPROVED THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS INVOLVED AND THEY HAVE TO, UM, SO T AND H-G-H-G-A-C ALL APPROVE THIS AS WELL. 
          UM, THE, UH, THE LAST THING I'M GONNA SAY REAL QUICK IS JUST I, I WORRY THAT WE ARE IN A POSITION TO BE MAKING DECISIONS BASED OFF FEAR AND NOT OFF THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA. 
          UM, AND, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR WASTE ZERO MORE TIME ON THIS ISSUE AND, AND CONTINUE THE PROJECT IN ITS 100% DESIGN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN, JOHN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, YOU MENTIONED TEXT DOTS SEGMENT ABOVE SIX 10. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT THIS PROJECT DOESN'T TOUCH. 
          DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY LANES TEXT THAT WOULD BE? THREE. 
          THREE LANES. 
          THREE LANES. 
          THREE LANES. 
          I'LL, I'LL MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT ABOUT THREE LANES. 
          PART OF THE SEGMENT IN QUESTION ON DURHAM IS CURRENTLY THREE LANES, CORRECT. 
          THE PART WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LEAVING AS IS ALREADY HAS A SECTION THAT IS THREE LANE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT DATA ANALYSIS. 
          DO YOU MIND JUST FOR MY KNOWLEDGE YEAH. 
          SHARING YOUR BACKGROUND OR YOUR, WHAT SOUNDS LIKE EXPERTISE? ABSOLUTELY, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS, UM, SO EDUCATIONALLY, I HAVE A FINANCE DEGREE WITH A MINOR IN URBAN PLANNING. 
          I ALSO HAVE A MASTER'S IN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, FROM A WORK STANDPOINT, I WAS A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER. 
          I ALSO SPENT THREE YEARS ON THE, UM, GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIPS TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL. 
          AND I CURRENTLY AM AN, UH, FOUNDER AND, UH, CEO OF A SOFTWARE BUSINESS IN HOUSTON. 
          AND IF YOU'RE A FOUNDER AND CEO OF A SOFTWARE BUSINESS IN HOUSTON, YOU GOTTA BE A LITTLE CRAZY . 
          UH, SO YES. 
          WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW ALL OF YOUR BACKGROUND, SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          COUNCILMAN POLLARD, SIR. 
          UH, JUST, JUST FROM MY OWN UNDERSTANDING, UH, 'CAUSE I LEARNED A LOT JUST NOW BY LISTENING TO YOU WHEN, WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE, THE STUDY THAT WAS SHOWING THAT IT WOULD BE A ZERO SECOND DIFFERENCE. 
          YES. 
          UM, DO YOU GET ANY COUNTERS FROM PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY OR, UM, THOSE WHO MAY, UH, LOOK AT THE PROJECT DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU? WHEN YOU BRING UP THOSE NUMBERS, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE REBUTTAL? THERE IS NOT ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S THE, THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING AROUND THOSE STUDIES AND, AND THE COMMUTE TIME IS, IS JUST THE UNKNOWN. 
          AND, AND EVERYBODY'S FRUSTRATED WITH CONSTRUCTION. 
          I, FOR 1:00 AM ABSOLUTELY FRUSTRATED WITH IT. 
          BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE COST OF PROGRESS. 
          UM, THE, THE ONLY THING HAPPENING HERE IS, IS IS FEAR OF WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ME MOVING FORWARD? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT GOOD. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, BUT, BUT YES, IT'S A, IT'S A ZERO SECOND TIME CHANGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THAT'S DUE TO CROSS TRAFFIC, BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU HAVE CROSS TRAFFIC AND LIGHTS, THAT THAT'S WHAT, THAT, THAT'S THE REASON THAT REMOVING THE LANE DOES NOT IMPACT YOUR TIME AT ALL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, AND SORRY, JUST TO, I'LL ASK THE QUESTION THROUGH YOU JUST SO MY COLLEAGUES ARE AWARE. 
          YEP. 
          BUT JOHN, IS THE PROJECT ALREADY UNDERWAY? THE, SO THE, THE PART FROM 15TH STREET NORTH ABSOLUTELY UNDERWAY. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE NEXT SEGMENT, WHICH IF YOU GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT, THERE ARE ALREADY, UH, POWER POLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT LAID OUT, READY TO START MOVING. 
          UM, SO YES, CENTER POINTS STARTING THEIR PART OF THE PROJECT. 
          THAT'S BEEN A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE CAUSED DELAYS ON THE, THE FIRST HALF OF THE PROJECT WAS CENTER POINT RELATED ISSUES. 
          UM, AND, AND THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT PART OF THE PROJECT. 
          YES. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, ALEXANDER CARRANZA. 
          HELLO. 
          UM, MY NAME'S ALEX. 
          I AM FROM THE LAWNDALE WAYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD, LIKE TELEPHONE 45 DISTRICT. 
          I, I BELIEVE. 
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AND, UH, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING AT CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO I'M NOT, I DIDN'T CAN PREPARE ANYTHING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW MY, I WAS MOSTLY TRYING TO SPEAK TO THE MAYOR, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SHOW MY DISPLEASURE WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON HOUSTON AVENUE. 
          UM, I WANTED TO SHOW MY SUPPORT AND DISAPPROVAL OF THE PAW FOR THE NORTH SHEPHERD DURHAM RECONSTRUCTIONS. 
          UM, YEAH, SO THE, THE PROJECT I'VE SEEN, SO I DON'T LIKE, THE REASON WHY I'M JUST MENTIONING THESE REAL QUICK IS BECAUSE I DON'T LIVE IN THOSE DISTRICTS, BUT I FREQUENT THEM A LOT. 
          I TAKE THE BUS, YOU KNOW, I WALK, RIDE THE BIKE OR WHATEVER. 
          UM, AND, UH, YEAH, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE AWESOME. 
          AND I THINK THAT, UH, LIKE THE WAY THAT, UM, NORTH SHEPHERD LOOKS RIGHT NOW, EVEN LIKE, AS IT'S FINISHING UP LOOK, LOOKS REALLY GOOD. 
          SO I THINK Y'ALL SHOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE, LIKE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, I THINK THAT THERE WAS A PROPOSITION OR SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL CAN LIKE OVERRIDE OR LIKE SET SOME ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING MAYBE TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT I THINK THAT Y'ALL SHOULD, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE, IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA. 
          UM, AND YES, I MEAN, I COULD GIVE YOU NUMBERS OR WHATEVER SO I CAN COME PREPARED, BUT LIKE, THERE'S PLENTY OF NUMBERS THAT LIKE, BACK THIS UP. 
          LIKE THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ARE GONNA BE INSANE. 
          THERE'S GONNA BE VERY LITTLE CHANGES TO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND STUFF. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SHOW MY DISPLEASURE WITH THE PAUSE ON MONTROSE BOULEVARD. 
          UM, THE, THE RENDERINGS AND THE DESIGN SO FAR IS AMAZING. 
          I'VE, I'VE GONE TO THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND, UM, I WAS LIKE, I WASN'T EVEN ASKING FOR REMOVAL OF LIKE ONE OF THE LANES FOR A BIKE CLEANER OR LIKE A BRT OR SOMETHING ALONG THE LINE. 
          AND, BUT I, I WAS, I WAS HAPPY WITH THE 10 FOOT, LIKE, UM, LIKE BIG MULTI-USE PATH OR WHATEVER, BUT TO ASK FOR A SIX FOOT NO, RIDICULOUS, LIKE MONTROSE IS A WALKING NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I MEAN, PEOPLE LIKE, I MEAN, I FREQUENT ALL THE TIME. 
          I TAKE 82 OR 25, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO MONTROSE AND THEN WALK ALONGSIDE AND IT'S, AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE EVEN BETTER WITH THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, BUT REGARDING MY DISTRICT, UM, I'M REALLY JUST CONCERNED ALSO ON, LIKE, THERE, THE TELEPHONE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, TRZ AND, UM, THE HARRISBURG REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. 
          THEY WERE ALSO DOING, YOU KNOW, CHANGES. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY ANY, BY LIKE, SIMILAR CAUSES THAT THE MAYOR HAS INSTITUTED. 
          SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THAT. 
          I, I'M SURE MR. JOAQUIN WILL, UM, LIKE CLARIFY IN JUST A MOMENT. 
          UH, YEAH, ALSO THE METRO BRT PROJECTS, ALSO THE, I THINK THAT'S A METRO. 
          I'LL GO TO THE METRO BOARD, UH, MEETING NEXT MONTH, OR NO, THIS MONTH, 26TH. 
          I DUNNO. 
          BUT, UM, AND I WOULD LET HIM KNOW THAT, UH, THAT THE BRT SHOULD CONTINUE AS DESIGNED. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY OPTIMUM. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA LOSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A COUPLE LANES AND INCREASE SAFETY, BUT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIP. 
          UH, DO YOU WANNA FINISH UP ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, BRT PLEASE SUPPORT IT. 
          UM, JUST LET METRO KNOW THAT AS IT STANDS, IT'S REALLY GOOD. 
          I THINK THE UNIVERSITY LINE, THE INNER KATY, IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OKAY. 
          LIKE, UH, I THINK IT SHOULD IMPROVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE MOBILITY FROM UPTOWN TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, JUST, JUST JUST OFF THE DOME THINGS. 
          I'M SORRY, I JUST, SO DISORGANIZED, BUT PARTICULARLY THE TELEPHONE. 
          TELEPHONE. 
          NO, NO. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR ADVOCATING FOR SAFER STREETS. 
          FOR SURE. 
          UM, SO THE TELEPHONE PROJECT, WHICH IS PART OF THE MAIN STREET, UH, MAIN STREET PROJECT, FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THOSE ARE STILL IN DESIGN, UH, SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SHOVEL READY MM-HMM . 
          UH, BUT JUST KNOW THAT I'LL BE WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THAT WE DO SEE SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE OUT THERE. 
          UM, AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UM, I'LL HAVE MY, MY, UH, SOMEBODY FROM MY TEAM REACH OUT TO YOU, SO, OH, WE CAN KEEP YOU POSTED ON IT AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER CAME IN FOR THE PROCEDURE. 
          OH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAME IN FOR A PROCEDURAL MOTION. 
          YEAH, I'M SORRY. 
          AND I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REALLY PATIENT. 
          UM, I HAVE A CONSTITUENT THAT MAY MISS HER, UM, TRANSPORTATION. 
          IF WE DON'T MOVE HER UP. 
          I MOVED TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MOVE LOVELY WASHINGTON TO FOLLOW JACOB BRUSSEL. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THE ITEM PASSES. 
          JACOB BRUSSEL. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, I ACTUALLY WAS PRETTY MUCH JUST GONNA ADDRESS MAYOR WHITMEYER. 
          IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO BE MOVED BACK AND TALK TO HIM DIRECTLY? I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S GOING TO RETURN. 
          UM, SO HE IS LISTENING, SO IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD WITH YOUR COMMENTS, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          OR IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK NEXT WEEK, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN HE MAY RETURN. 
          RIGHT. 
          WELL, IT IS, IT IS DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENCE. 
          SOMETHING HE HAS SPOKEN ABOUT, UM, NONSTOP  IN THIS CHAMBER. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WELL, I WAS HERE TO URGE MR. WHITMEYER TO ALLOW TURS 27 TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MONTROSE BOULEVARD PROJECT AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IN JANUARY. 
          UH, I LIVE ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE MONTROSE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
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I TRAVEL ALONG AND ACROSS THAT BOULEVARD EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          AND I WAS ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY A LITTLE SKEPTICAL OF THE PROJECT, UM, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT I BECAME A REALLY BIG FAN IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE EXCEPTIONAL JOB. 
          TOUR 27 HAS DONE ENGAGING RESIDENTS AND INCORPORATING OUR FEEDBACK INTO THE DESIGN. 
          UM, FOR ME PERSONALLY, MONTROSE BOULEVARD REPRESENTS A MAJOR BARRIER TO ACCESSING BUSINESSES AND SERVICES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UH, I MADE THE CHOICE DURING COVID TO TRY LIVING WITHOUT A CAR. 
          UM, THIS WAS, AT FIRST IT HELPED ME SAVE LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH. 
          UM, BUT IT'S JUST REALLY MADE MY LIFE A WHOLE LOT BETTER IN A LOT OF WAYS. 
          UM, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S MADE CROSSING MONTROSE BOULEVARD, A REAL PAIN IN THE NECK. 
          UM, IN PARTICULAR, THE NORTHERN SECTION, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RIVER OAKS SHOPPING CENTER IS 10 MINUTES FROM MY HOUSE, BOTH BY BIKE OR CAR. 
          BUT BIKING ALONG WITH GRAY IS TERRIFYING. 
          AND USING CLAY STREET REQUIRES CROSSING FOUR LANES OF VERY HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC, UM, WITH NO SIGNAL OR ANY KIND OF PROTECTION. 
          UM, I WOULD LOVE TO, INSTEAD OF USING AMAZON, JUST PUT A HOP DOWN THE STREET AND GO TO MY LOCAL STORE TO BUY SOCKS OR THE CANDLESTICKS I NEEDED FOR MY PASSOVER SEDER. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THE BARRIER OF MONTROSE BOULEVARD MEANS THAT THE ONLY TRIP THAT I RELIABLY TAKE ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE BOULEVARD IS TO GO BOAT AT THE WEST GRAY MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, WHICH IS MAYBE THE ONLY THING YOU CAN'T DO ON AMAZON THESE DAYS. 
          UM, AND I CONTRAST THESE EXPERIENCES WITH MY COMMUTE TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE TOURISTS 27 HAS ALREADY MADE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG HAWTHORNE STREET. 
          EVEN THOUGH I LIVE A LOT CLOSER TO THE KRO GRAND WEST GRAY, I DO ALL MY GROCERY SHOPPING AT THE WEST ALABAMA HEB. 
          AND IT'S BECAUSE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ON HAWTHORNE MAKE CROSSING THE STREET THERE AT HAWTHORNE MUCH EASIER AND SAFER THAN CROSSING AT CLAY. 
          UM, THE CONDITIONS AT CLAY AND MONTROSE ARE NEARLY IDENTICAL TO THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AT BOSTON WEST SCOTT, THE MAYOR HAS SPOKEN ABOUT OFTEN IT'S FOUR LANES OF ROAD WITH MEDIANS AND HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC, AND A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS WHO WANNA CROSS. 
          THIS IS ON, ON BOSTON. 
          THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE PARK AND ON CLAY. 
          IT'S BECAUSE OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES NEARBY. 
          IN BOTH CASES, THE SAFEST CROSSING IS EXACTLY WHAT THE TOURIST PROPOSED, A MEDIAN ENCLOSURE WITH A PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATED SIGNAL. 
          UM, IT'S ALSO THE TREATMENT THAT WILL ENSURE THIS GREATEST AMOUNT OF, UH, NORTH SOUTH TRAFFIC ALONG THE BOULEVARD. 
          UM, THE TOUR 27 HAS BEEN METICULOUS ABOUT DOCUMENTING HOW THEY CAME TO THIS DESIGN DECISION. 
          IT WAS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY REQUESTING A SAFE CROSSING. 
          THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY EXAMPLES OF HOW THE TOURISTS HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO ENGAGE THE RESIDENTS AND INCORPORATE OUR INPUT. 
          THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS C COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS EVIDENT IN THE FACT THAT 75% OF THE ALMOST A HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO'VE COME TO THIS CHAMBER TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROJECT HAVE SPOKEN IN FAVOR OF THE TERMS OF DESIGN. 
          MAYOR WHITMEYER HAS SAID THAT HOUSTON SHOULD STRIVE FOR ZERO TRAFFIC TE DESKS TODAY AND NOT WAIT UNTIL 2030 AIR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          UH, JACOB, YOU, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND FINISH UP WITH MY TIME. 
          I CHECK ONE MORE SENTENCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH THE MAYOR ON THIS. 
          UM, I WOULD URGE THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL WHO DOES HAVE POWER IN THIS MATTER TO CHOOSE TO START THE PATCH WITH AVER STREETS TODAY BY APPROVING THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT. 
          FURTHER DELAYS ONLY KICK THE, THE THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD ON VISION ZERO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          LOVELY WASHINGTON HERE IN FRONT OF THE MIC. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO. 
          HELLO, MS. WASHINGTON? HELLO. 
          HELLO. 
          WE'RE, YES, WE'RE HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M IN FRONT OF THE MIC. 
          YOU ARE. 
          HERE YOU ARE. 
          WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I HAVE A, UM, FEW THINGS I WANTED TO GET HELP WITH. 
          AND THE THIRD THING IS GOING TO CONS, UM, CONSIST OF A TRIBUTE TO VANESSA GUILLEN. 
          BUT THE FIRST THING I NEEDED HELP WITH, UM, IS SOME ELDERLY CLIENTS AT 47, 10 LEXINGTON BULLET BARD. 
          THEY ARE HAVING A WATER ISSUE. 
          THEY'RE BEING GIVEN SHOWERS IN COLD WATER. 
          SO IF SOMEBODY CAN HELP WITH THAT TO GET THEIR HOT WATER TURNED ON, THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          IT. 
          UM, THE SECOND THING IS I NEEDED HELP TO REGISTER SO I COULD WE GET THE NEXT METRO BOARD MEETING AT 1900 MAINE. 
          AND THEN THE TRIBUTE TO VANESSA GUI THAT BROUGHT ME HERE TODAY, REFLECTING ON HER LIFE AND HOW SHE DIED, HOW SHE WAS, UH, MURDERED. 
          UM, I WANTED TO SUGGEST TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME VICTIM 
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PREVENTION AND D DEFENSE, UM, TRAINING OFFERED BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE I COULD TELL YOU I WOULD BE A PARTICIPANT OF THAT BECAUSE ON NOVEMBER THE SIXTH, I WAS ASSAULTED IN THE STORE. 
          UM, A GUY CAME UP BEHIND ME, I WAS SO SCARED, HE CAME UP BEHIND ME AND HE SAID, I'M SORRY FOR TOUCHING YOU, BUT I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU. 
          AND HE BEGAN TO PRESS HIS PELVIS IN, IN MY REAR END. 
          I WAS SO SCARED. 
          I WAS SHOCKED THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN TO ME IN A GROCERY STORE. 
          AND I, I WENT OUTSIDE TO WAIT ON MY METRO LIFT. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD FOLLOWED ME OUT. 
          I WAS TRYING TO FIND A PRAYER ON MY PHONE FOR SPIRITUAL WARFARE UNDER ROBERT CLANCY. 
          SO I HAD MY HEAD DOWN AND HE BEGAN TO TAUNT ME AND GO, BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT MOCKING GOD. 
          AND HE FINALLY WALKED AWAY. 
          AND WHAT GOT ME HERE TODAY WAS THE SUPPORT OF MY FRIENDS. 
          AND REFLECTING ON VANESSA GUILLEN ON HOW HER FAMILY WAS SAYING THAT SHE DID REPORT THE SEXUAL COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN, UH, MS. WASHINGTON, IF YOU WANTED TO FINISH UP WITH SOME OF MY TIME. 
          AND THEN I HAD A FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WHEN SHE WAS CRITICIZED BECAUSE SHE, UM, WAS ASSAULTED, UH, OR WAS SEXUALLY HARASSED, SHE WAS CRITICIZED. 
          'CAUSE THEY WERE SAYING THAT SHE DIDN'T MAKE A POLICE REPORT, BUT HER FAMILY SAID SHE DID REPORT IT TO THEM. 
          BUT SHE WAS SCARED. 
          AND I CAN KNOW HOW SHE FELT. 
          I WAS VERY SCARED. 
          SO TODAY, IN HONOR OF HER, I WANNA MAKE SURE, EVEN THOUGH I WAS SCARED, UM, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I MAKE A POLICE REPORT TODAY AND GET A CASE NUMBER FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IN HONOR OF VANESSA GEEING. 
          THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT I DO THIS. 
          AND THEN I WANTED TO SAY REAL QUICKLY, THE GUIDE THAT DID THIS WAS A PART OF, UH, THE CREW, THE SERVICE CREW THAT DID THE WORK ON, UH, 31, I MEAN 27 27 WEST HOLCOMB AT KELSEY SIBO. 
          AND, UM, AND ALSO ON BROMPTON STREET, THE 7,000 BLOCK OF BROMPTON. 
          SO I KNOW THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY HAS A WAY TO TRACK PROJECTS FOR SERVICE CREWS OR WHAT, BUT YOU HAVE THE MORE RESOURCES THAN I DO TO FIND THIS GENTLEMAN. 
          AND I WANT TO SAY TO HIM, I FORGIVE THE GENTLEMAN FOR DOING THAT. 
          AND I PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT HE GETS THE THERAPY THAT HE SO DESPERATELY NEEDS. 
          AND, UH, IF HE NEEDS TO TAKE SEXUAL VIOLENCE TRAINING OR COURSES, THEN I PRAY THAT HE GETS THAT. 
          UH, SO WHATEVER HAPPENS TO HIM IS UP TO YOUR DISCRETION. 
          TH THANK YOU, MS. WASHINGTON. 
          UM, SEVERAL THINGS. 
          FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR STRENGTH BECAUSE WHEN YOU PUBLICLY SPEAK OUT ABOUT, UM, BEING A SURVIVOR OF ASSAULT, IT ALSO ACTUALLY GIVES OTHER SURVIVORS THE STRENGTH TO COME FORWARD. 
          UH, SO MY APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR YOUR STRENGTH, WE DO HAVE, AND RENEE, IF YOU COULD HELP ESCORT HER, UM, SOME OF OUR HPD UM, OFFICERS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM THAT WILL GO AHEAD IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE IN TAKING YOUR POLICE REPORT. 
          UM, SO THEY'LL BE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. 
          I DO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TIME TO GET TO YOUR METRO, UM, RIDE. 
          UH, SO I OFFICERS, AS SOON AS YOU KNOW, YOU ALL CAN HELP HER, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE SHE GETS HER RIDE AND HELP HER GET THERE. 
          I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, MS. WASHINGTON, YOU ALSO SPOKE ABOUT, UH, I, I BELIEVE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT DOESN'T HAVE RUNNING WA UH, EXCUSE ME, HOT WATER AT THE MOMENT. 
          I JUST QUICKLY GOOGLE MAPPED IT. 
          THAT, IS THAT AN AREA THAT'S MORE SO IN SUGARLAND? IT, IT, CAN I GIVE YOU THE ADDRESS IN MISSOURI, MISSOURI CITY, IT'S, UM, 4 7 1 0 
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LEXINGTON BOULEVARD. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IT'S MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, AND IT'S, UM, THE SENIORS R THEY DON'T HAVE HOT WATER AND THEY'RE GETTING, LIKE, HAVING TO TAKE BATHS AND COLD WATER. 
          SO I'M JUST SPEAKING ON THEIR REHAB BECAUSE THEY KNEW I WAS COMING TODAY. 
          SO I WAS TRYING TO LIKE, ADD IN WHAT I WAS DOING RIGHT. 
          FOR THEM TOO. 
          I WAS, IT IS JUST NOT ALL ABOUT ME. 
          'CAUSE I'M NOT A SENIOR CITIZEN, BUT WHEN YOU BECOME OF A CERTAIN AGE, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE TAKING COLD BATHS. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU CAN GET VERY SICK. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN MISSOURI CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO RENEE WILL BE RIGHT TO HELP YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, SHA SHARP. 
          SHAY SHARP. 
          NEXT SPEAKER CARLO GUINO. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          HI, I AM CARLO GARINO. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF HOUSTON. 
          I HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE. 
          OH, I HAVE SOME PHOTOS HERE. 
          UH, AND ALSO JUST SOME LETTERS OF REFERENCE, UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE 'EM IN REGARDS TO, UM, JUST, UH, UM, SO, UM, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, UH, WE, UH, WE, UH, A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS LIVE, UM, ACTUALLY AROUND THE AREA OF MARTIN TAYLOR. 
          MARTIN TAYLOR ON FAGAN STREET. 
          UM, AND, UH, I LIVE RIGHT. 
          I'M ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS THERE. 
          AND WE HAVE AN ALLEY THAT IT'S AN UNIMPROVED ALLEY, UH, AND IT HAS ONE TREE IN IT AND AN UNIMPROVED ALLEY. 
          IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. 
          WE, WE, AS THE RESIDENTS LOOK AFTER IT, UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF DOING THAT. 
          UM, AND, UM, ON, ON, UM, AND SO THE LETTERS ARE ACTUALLY FROM SOME OF THE OTHER RESIDENTS, INCLUDING MARTIN TAYLOR'S. 
          UM, AND WE ARE ON THURSDAY, A PROPERTY ON GIBSON SOLD, UM, AND CLOSED. 
          AND THE NEXT MORNING, A UH, TREE LOPPING COMPANY SHOWED UP TO CUT DOWN THE TREE IN THE UNIMPROVED, UH, LOT, UH, WITHOUT A PERMIT. 
          UM, AND IN FACT, UM, AFTER I INTERVENED, JUST TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY NEEDED A PERMIT, SINCE THIS IS AN EASEMENT THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY, UM, UH, THE BUILDER WHO, WHO ACTUALLY CLOSED ON THAT PROJECT ON GIBSON, UM, GOT ON THE CALL, SPOKE TO ME AND ADVISED ME THAT, UH, SHE HAD ALL THE PERMITS TO DO WHATEVER SHE NEEDED TO DO, INCLUDING THE TREE, UH, RESURFACING THE EASEMENT THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY, UH, AND BUILDING HER PROJECT WITH REAR ENTRY. 
          UM, I ACTUALLY INDICATED TO HER THAT, UH, I WOULD BE GOING TO THE COUNCIL, UM, UH, TO, TO YOU AND LETTING HER KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE OBJECTING TO THAT. 
          SO I HAVE SOME OF THOSE LETTERS THAT OBJECT TO THAT TYPE OF IDEA OF A REMOVING THE TREE. 
          'CAUSE FRANKLY, THE TREE DOESN'T HAVE ANY OBSTRUCTION TO DO WITH THE, THE EASEMENT ANYWAY, NUMBER ONE. 
          AND THEN NUMBER TWO, ALL THE PROPERTIES ON GIBSON BETWEEN PARKER AND SHEPHERD, ALL THE DRIVEWAYS ARE ON THAT SIDE, INCLUDING THAT PROPERTY. 
          SO THEREFORE THERE'S NO NEED TO HAVE A REAR ENTRY CAR PARKING SYSTEM OFF THE EASEMENT BECAUSE THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ACCESS ON GIBSON AND ALL THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND ALL THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ARE ALL ON GIBSON. 
          SO OUR, MY REQUEST TO THE COUNCIL THROUGH THE VARIOUS BODIES IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE PROJECT IS NO, NO ISSUE AT ALL. 
          OUR REQUEST IS THAT THE PROJECT SHOULD CONTINUE WITH ACCESS, UH, FOR THO THAT PROJECT. 
          AND LOOK, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S TWO TOWNHOUSES TO OCCUR FROM THE GIBSON SIDE AND NOT FROM THE, THE UNIMPROVED, UM, ACCESS IF TOWNHOUSES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU, UH, MR. GUINO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, WE CHECKED OUR HISTORY IN THE OFFICE AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH YOU IN THE PAST. 
          UM, MY STAFF MEMBER, ANNA IS RIGHT HERE. 
          YES. 
          UM, WE, ONE, WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS. 
          I'LL SAY FOR ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS, THANK YOU FOR LOOKING OUT FOR THE TREE. 
          SURE. 
          UM, AND OUR NOTES HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM, I SEE TO DATE THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY SUBMISSIONS OR APPLICATIONS FOR IMPROVING OR PAVING THE ALLEYWAY, UH, FOR ANY POTENTIAL TREE REMOVAL IN THE ALLEYWAY. 
          BOTH TREE TRIMMING AND TREE REMOVAL PERMITS, AS YOU SAID, UM, WOULD HAVE TO BE OBTAINED. 
          AND THOSE WOULD BE ISSUED BY THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          SO AGAIN, RIGHT. 
          UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND FOLLOW 
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UP. 
          I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS ALSO BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS. 
          YES. 
          UM, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIND A WORKABLE SOLUTION, UH, ON THIS MATTER. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YEAH, THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING. 
          ANNA'S RIGHT HERE. 
          YES. 
          AND CAN ALSO, UH, GET YOUR EMAIL INFORMATION SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE SURE. 
          HELPING IN ANY WAY WE CAN. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU FOR SHARING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, ART SMITH. 
          HELLO. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO, UM, KIND OF SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON THIS, THIS VERY WELL POPULAR YELLOW NOTICE RIGHT HERE. 
          IT, EVEN THOUGH IT PUTS, IT'S PUT OUT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBOR, A LOT OF TIMES THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORS, THEY DON'T GET IT RIGHT ALL THE TIME. 
          AND I'M NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT THE FACT THAT MY DAD, WHO IS A 40 PLUS YEAR RETIRED CITY OF HOUSTON EMPLOYEE, HAD TO GO TO COURT ON A WARRANT THAT HE DID NOT DESERVE. 
          THEY CAME OUT TO MY MOM AND MY DAD'S PROPERTY, AND VIOLA, I MEAN, SHOWED THEM WHAT THE VIOLATIONS WERE. 
          AND THIS IS IN DISTRICT H. 
          AND WHEN THEY SHOWED THEM WHAT THE VIOLATIONS WERE, THE VIOLATIONS WERE CORRECTED. 
          SO I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WHEN THEY DO COME BACK OUT, THEY'LL JUST COME BACK OUT AND SAY, OKAY, EVERYTHING IS CORRECTED. 
          BUT NOT ONLY DID THEY PUT IN THE SYSTEM THAT EVERYTHING WAS CORRECTED, THEY TURNED AROUND AND TALKED ABOUT THE PROPERTY THAT'S NEXT DOOR TO MY MOM AND DAD'S HOUSE, WHICH IT WAS OWNED BY MY MOM AND DAD ALSO, BUT THEY SAID THERE WAS SOME WEEDS THAT WAS UP. 
          AND SO MY DAD HAS TWO COURT DATES NOW. 
          HE, WE HAD TO GO OFF FROM MACALL AND MEET MY SISTER, MY WIFE, UM, FAMILY MEMBERS AND BROTHERS, AND MY MOM AND DAD AND MY BROTHER-IN-LAW. 
          WE ALL RUSHED OUT TO MACALL AFTER TALKING TO SOMEONE THREE ONE ONE, THEY WAS LIKE, YOUR DAD HAS A WARRANT OUT FOR HIM. 
          AND MY DAD IS 82 YEARS OLD AND GOT A LOT OF MEDICAL ISSUES, MOM AND DAD. 
          AND THIS IS, THIS IS LIKE NEGLIGENT AND IT'S JUST ADDING STRESS NOW. 
          UM, THEN WHEN I CALL FOR THE HEAVY TRASH TO PICK UP IN LIKE ON THE 12TH OF APRIL, THEY ASKED US TO CUT THE SAME THING THAT THEY ASKED US TO CUT. 
          WE CUT IT AND NOW IT'S ON THE SIDEWALK. 
          AND IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE SINCE APRIL THE 12TH I THINK. 
          AND THE TIMELINE HAS ALREADY PASSED. 
          BUT I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD ARE SOME CROOKS. 
          I THINK THAT THEY ARE CORRUPT. 
          AND I THINK THAT THEM, THAT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST ADD ON, UH, A LIEN AGAINST MY MOM AND DAD PROPERTY BECAUSE I HAVE THE PROOF. 
          UH, I SPOKE WITH ONE OF, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CAST CASTILLA. 
          I SPOKE WITH ONE OF HIS REPS TODAY AND HE LOOKED IN THE SYSTEM AND CONFIRMED WHAT I WAS SAYING, THAT THEY PUT IN THE SYSTEM THE WRONG INFORMATION BASED ON WHAT HE WAS READING OUT TO ME. 
          AND ALSO, I HAVE TWO CASE NUMBERS, TWO REPORT NUMBERS. 
          ONE OF THEM IS 2 2 0 0 6 2 8 2 3 9. 
          AND THE OTHER ONE IS 2 2 0 0 6 8 7 8 2 4. 
          NOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THIS IS CONCERNING SOME PROPERTY THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM RYAN, UH, I MEAN FROM EARL HENDERSON PARK. 
          AND THE WEEDS HAS GROWN UP SO BAD. 
          ME, MY WIFE AND I, PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR OF THE INDIVIDUALS WE WENT OUT, I, I BROUGHT MY, I BROUGHT MY WEED EATERS, SEVERAL WEED EATERS. 
          I BROUGHT SEVERAL EXPIRED COUNCIL, COUNCIL, MILK, CASTILE, UH, R DO YOU NEED A FEW MINUTES OR DO YOU NEED A LITTLE TIME TO FINISH UP? AND THEN I HAVE SOME, UH, FOLLOW UP. 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS. 
          I HAD, UM, WE TOOK OUR OWN, BOUGHT WEED EATERS, CHAINSAWS AND EVERYTHING. 
          WE CLEANED UP ALL THIS DEBRIS. 
          WE WENT LIVE, WE PUT OUT A FLYER. 
          WE WENT LIVE TO MY 5,000 FACEBOOK FRIENDS JUST TO SHOW THAT WE WAS TAKING OWNERSHIP OF NOT JUST RELYING ON THE CITY, BUT THIS IS REAL BAD. 
          AND IT'S SOMEONE, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL WAS LAYING, SLEEPING OVER THERE IN THIS PARTICULAR PLACE ACROSS THE STREET AND WENT AND DIED AND HOMICIDE AND EVERYBODY CAME OUT. 
          BUT MY THING IS, IS I KNOW THAT I'M NOT PUTTING EVERYTHING ON YOU BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GOT ELECTED TO THE SEAT. 
          HOWEVER, IF I CAN JUST GET SOMEONE FROM YOUR OFFICE TO JUST MEET ME AT THE 4,200 BLOCK OF MURRAY STREET, THE HARDEST STREET COMMUNITY WE ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING, BUT WE JUST NEED SOME HEAVY MACHINERY, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S CROSSED FROM A LITTLE SMALL PARK. 
          AND I MEAN, IT'S THAT ONE YOUNG MAN. 
          IT IS A NEW FAMILY THAT JUST MOVED INTO THE COMMUNITY IN THE ROUND EDITION. 
          AND SHE BASICALLY SAID THAT WHEN SHE WALKS AROUND THE PARK, SHE BASICALLY SAID THAT HER 
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SON IS SCARED TO WALK WITH HER BECAUSE OF ALL LITTLE TREES AND THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT STAYED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE BASKETBALL COURT. 
          YEP. 
          YEP. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. 
          I'M GLAD YOU YOU BROUGHT THESE ISSUES UP. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE CHATTED WITH YOU EARLIER TODAY. 
          WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU, UM, ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES. 
          THERE WAS ACTUALLY AT HENDERSON PARK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS A, A COMMUNITY RALLY WITH CHILDREN FOR SAFE PARKS. 
          AND THE KIDS WERE THERE, THEY DID A WALK AROUND THE PARK, THEY HAD THEIR SIGNS ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED, SAFE PARKS, SAFE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO USE THAT PARK FOR, YOU KNOW, PLAYTIME AND SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES. 
          UM, AND WE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE MAKING THOSE THINGS SAFE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, SO I DO WANNA WORK WITH YOU ON THAT. 
          AND, UH, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER THAT WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING SOON THAT I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, WILL HELP THERE. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF, OF THE OTHER ISSUES, UH, ON THE MISSED, UH, TREE DEBRIS, UH, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO SOLID WASTE. 
          SO THAT COLLECTION DATE WAS FRIDAY, MAY 3RD, LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MISSED. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH, WITH THEM TO TRY AND GET THAT, UH, PICKED UP. 
          AND THEN, UH, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CONNECT WITH TY FROM MY OFFICE WHO I BELIEVE YOU CHATTED WITH EARLIER, WHO'S TY. 
          UH, HE'S GONNA COME CHAT WITH YOU. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHO I TALKED TO. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO STAY IN TOUCH AND SEE HOW WE CAN BE HELPFUL. 
          AND ONE LAST THING, UH, THANKS, THANKS FOR THAT. 
          AND ONE LAST THING THAT THIS ONE PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY IS SOMEONE THAT USED TO BE OUR LITTLE LEAGUE COACH. 
          HIS NAME WAS EARL HENDERSON. 
          AND, UH, THAT PROPERTY, THE ORIGINAL, THAT PROPERTY WAS THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY OF JAMES D. RYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          AND THEN IT WENT FROM JAMES D. RYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEN JAMES D. RYAN MOVED DOWN TO THE 4,000 BLOCK OF HARDY STREET. 
          AND SO IT WENT FROM THAT TO JUST BEING A OPEN FIELD WHERE WE PLAYED BASEBALL. 
          AND THEN THEY, THE CITY OF HOUSTON IN 1986 NAMED IT AFTER MR. HENDERSON AND MY WIFE AND I, WE GOT MARRIED IN THAT PARK IN 1998 BECAUSE I'M THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER OF THE, UM, HARDY STREET JUNETEENTH, UM, STOP THE VIOLENCE EVENT. 
          AND I USED TO BE THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF CIVIC CLUB GRINDING CIVIC CLUB YEARS AGO. 
          YEP. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOU GETTING THE SEAT. 
          AND MAN, I, I HOPE THAT, I HOPE THAT I CAN GET YOU TO GO AND PUTS SOME OUT. 
          IF YOU BEEN OUT THERE, I KNOW Y'ALL GOT A CHANCE OUT THERE TO SEE ACROSS THAT STREET, ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, SO WE JUST WANT TO GET THAT CLEARED UP. 
          'CAUSE YOU USED TO BE ABLE TO JUST SEE THE RAILROAD TRACKS WHEN UNION PACIFIC WAS GOING THROUGH THAT, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT. 
          BUT NOW IT'S JUST, BUT IT'S OWNED BY THE CITY. 
          IT'S THE CITY PROPERTY THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN NEGLECTED FOR ALL THESE YEARS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          COFFEE BAY. 
          HELLO, HOW Y'ALL DOING? I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF MY IN-LAWS AND THE NEG. 
          I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW THEY HAVE COMMITTED THAT AGAINST THE TWO SENIORS. 
          MY IN-LAWS. 
          THEY COME OUT THERE AND THEY TAG THEIR HOME AND THEN THEY CITED PROPERTY THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HOME. 
          AND THAT'S HOW MY FATHER-IN-LAW GOT A WARRANT. 
          THEY STARTED SPEAKING OF HIGH TREE, UH, WE AND BUSHES AND ALL OF THAT, THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY THAT THEIR HOME IS OWNED. 
          AND ALL OF THAT WAS CLEANED UP, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WHAT ART SPEAKING ON ABOUT THE PARK ALSO WHEN IT WAS A, WHEN IT WAS A MAN LIVING IN THOSE BUSHES ACROSS FROM THAT PARK WHERE THOSE, UH, CHILDREN PLAYED AT WHEN HE WALKED INTO THE PARK AND DIED AND HIS BODY WAS ON THE BENCH, NO ONE, UH, SANITIZED THE PARK. 
          NO ONE INFORMED THE COMMUNITY OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S GOOD THAT THEY HAVE A RALLY AND ALL OF THAT. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HOW CAN YOU GO TO A CITY PARK AND SEE ALL OF THE HIGH TREES, THE BUSHES, THE ILLEGAL DUMPING AND ALL OF THAT. 
          AND YOU HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THESE BUSHES. 
          AND YOU HAVE CHILDREN WHO HAVE CAME UP TO ART AND I, NINE YEARS OLD, FIVE YEARS OLD, THEIR PARENTS ARE TELLING US THAT THEY'RE SCARED TO GO TO THE PARK BECAUSE OF HOW IT LOOKED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PARK. 
          SO FOR THE PREVIOUS MAYOR AND EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND HAVE ALL THESE RALLIES AND THESE, THESE SO-CALLED PARTIES AND ALL OF THAT, IT'S AS IF THEY DIDN'T EVEN LOOK ACROSS THE STREET TO SEE WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON. 
          AND HAD THEY DID THAT, THAT MAN THAT WAS LIVING IN THE BUSHES PROBABLY WOULD HAVE NOT DIED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AT A PARK. 
          AND I KNOW YOU KNEW TO DISTRICT H, BUT THE PREVIOUS PERSON THAT WAS THERE, SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT PARK EXISTED. 
          AND I'M ASSUMING MAYBE YOU, YOU PROBABLY WAS WORKING WITH HER AT THE TIME BEFORE YOU BECAME THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT'S A POSSIBILITY. 
          BUT MY THING IS THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD IS TARGETING THESE SENIORS TO STEAL THEIR PROPERTY FROM THEM. 
          AND NOW ART DAD HAS A WARRANT IN HIS NAME. 
          HE'S 82 YEARS OLD, NEVER HAD A WARRANT IN HIS NAME, IN HIS LIFE. 
          SO THAT IT'S A PROBLEM. 
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AND IT'S VARIOUS PROBLEMS GOING ON WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, DEALING WITH THESE, UH, PERMITTING CENTERS AND DEALING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S ILLEGALLY TAKING PEOPLE PROPERTY OR DAD HAD EYE SURGERY, HIS MOM HAD HEART PROBLEMS. SO THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SENIORS AND TRYING TO STEAL ALL OF THEIR PROPERTY, WHICH THEY DO AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN HERE VARIOUS TIMES. 
          ORDINARY, NOBODY HOLDS THEM ACCOUNTABLE. 
          SO DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD IS A BIG TIME LIABILITY FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          NOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, THEY'RE GONNA CAUSE THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO GET SUED BECAUSE A 82-YEAR-OLD MAN THAT'S A RETIRED CITY EMPLOYEE, NEVER COMMITTED A CRIME IN HIS LIFE, SHOULD NOT HAVE A WARRANT IN HIS NAME HAS EXPIRED. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          NEXT SPEAKER ROSANNA. 
          UM, SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING, DISAPPOINTING THAT THE MAYOR HAS LEFT, ESPECIALLY SINCE HE SEEMED TO DO IT. 
          WHEN MY FELLOW COMRADES ARE SPEAKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE'S RESOLUTION. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THOUGH, IT'S ALSO NOT SURPRISING CONSIDERING WHEN HE WAS IN THE SENATE, AND I HOPE HE'S LISTENING RIGHT NOW. 
          HE SPONSORED THE ANTI BDS BILL IN TEXAS, WHICH CRIMINALIZES, BOYCOTTING, DIVESTING AND SANCTIONING IN TEXAS AGAINST ISRAEL, WHICH IS WHAT WELL WITHIN OUR RIGHTS, NO ONE IN TEXAS SHOULD BE TOLD WHAT THEY CAN OR CANNOT BOYCOTT, DIVEST, OR, OR ENCOURAGE SANCTIONS AGAINST. 
          IT'S WITH WELL WITHIN OUR HUMAN RIGHTS TO DO SO. 
          SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. 
          UM, AS I FINISH READING THE REST OF THE PEOPLE'S RESOLUTION, ENCOURAGING THE DIVESTMENT OF ISRAEL, OUR MAYOR CRIMINALIZED THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS USING THEIR RIGHTS TO BOYCOTT. 
          SO WHEREAS THE $32 MILLION TAKEN FROM HOUSTON, TAXPAYERS COULD OTHERWISE FUND 4,000 HOUSTONIANS WITH PUBLIC HOUSING, 11,000 CHILDREN WITH FREE HEALTHCARE AND 351 NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR HOUSTON SCHOOLS EACH YEAR. 
          WHEREAS THE CITY OF HOUSTON MAYOR JOHN WHITMEYER HAS FAILED TO EXPRESS ANY PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO THE ONGOING GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, DESPITE PUBLIC OUTCRY AND DIRECT ENGAGEMENT FOR THE 24 WEEKS AT CITY COUNCIL. 
          WHEREAS THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL HAS FAILED TO HEED THE CALLS BY CONSTITUENTS TO ISSUE A RESOLUTION OR PUBLIC STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF A CEASEFIRE. 
          WHEREAS THE HOUSTON REPRESENTATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE CONTINUE TO OPPOSE AN IMMEDIATE PERMANENT CEASEFIRE. 
          WHEREAS THE CITIZENS OF HOUSTON ARE DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THE STANCE TAKEN BY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ENDORSE THE ONGOING TRAGEDY UNFOLDING IN ISRAEL. 
          WE REJECT ANY COMPLICITY IN THE USE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THE BOMBARDMENT OF RES OF THE RESILIENT PEOPLE OF GAZA. 
          WHEREAS THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO LIVE WITH FREEDOM AND DIGNITY AND THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON, HOUSTON STAND FIRMLY AND AND FIRMLY WITH THEM. 
          I'LL LEAVE THE REST FOR MY FRIEND PRISCILLA TO READ. 
          UM, SHE IS THE WIFE OF A VETERAN. 
          I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN HER HERE BEFORE. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, I KNOW I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME LEFT. 
          UH, I APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE CALLED FOR A CEASEFIRE THAT IS NOTED AND THAT WILL BE NOTED IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. 
          UM, AS WE LOOK BACK ON THIS 10, 20, 30 YEARS FROM NOW AND WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN ABOUT THIS GENOCIDE, AT LEAST YOU GUYS, SOME OF YOU WE'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT TO DO SO FOR WHATEVER REASONS, I WOULD SAY IT'S TOO LATE CONSIDERING OVER 40,000 ARE DEAD. 
          BUT YOU MIGHT AS WELL SAY SOMETHING NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, PRISCILLA RAMIREZ. 
          BEFORE I FINISH THE RESOLUTION, UM, Y'ALL ALWAYS SAY THAT GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE IS NOT A LOCAL ISSUE. 
          UM, THAT IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE, THEREFORE THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT THAT'S FALSE. 
          FIRST OF ALL, UH, WE ARE PRESENTING A RESOLUTION RIGHT NOW THAT EXPLAINS EXACTLY WHAT YOU CAN DO. 
          YOU CAN REALLOCATE THE RESOURCES YOU WASTE WITH HPD, HARASSING PROTESTORS AND ASSAULTING COLLEGE STUDENTS AND ADDRESS THE CRIMES THAT EARLIER SPEAKERS ASKED YOU TO ADDRESS. 
          AND JUST SO THAT YOU'RE ALL AWARE, THERE'S A TEAM IN GAZA WITH MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM HOUSTON WHO WERE IN IMMINENT DANGER FROM THE CONTINUING BOMBARDMENT THAT EVERYONE BEFORE ME DOES HAVE THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT BY CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND 
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PERMANENT CEASEFIRE AND OPENING THE BORDERS FOR THE FLOW OF UNFETTERED HUMANITARIAN AID. 
          SO HOUSTONIANS DON'T HAVE TO GO RISK THEIR LIVES WITH BOMBS DROPPING ABOVE THEM. 
          AND NOW WE WILL CONCLUDE, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON. 
          THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON. 
          CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE PERMANENT CEASEFIRE TO END ISRAEL'S CURRENT GENOCIDE AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND END ISRAEL'S 17 YEAR LAND, AIR AND S JOHN GAZA AND END TO ALL US AID TO ISRAEL AND AN END TO ISRAEL'S ILLEGAL OCCUPATION AND COLONIZATION OF PALESTINE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON CRAN. 
          AN END TO, TO ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND ISRAEL, INCLUDING HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAININGS CONDUCTED BY THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCES AS WELL AS FOR THE FINANCIAL WITHDRAWAL OF ALL STOCKS, BONDS, OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE CO COUNTRIES THAT VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL LAW. 
          WE DEMAND OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS BE REINVESTED INTO HOUSTON, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON STEADFASTLY OPPOSED THE PURPORTED DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS THAT PRIORITIZED PROFIT AND SELF-INTEREST OVER THE GENUINE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. 
          INSTEAD, WE EMBRACE THE POWER AND UNIFIED ASPIRATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS THE TRUE GUIDING FORCE AND OUR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON REJECT ANY ACTION TAKEN OR DELAY THAT DOES NOT RESULT IN A CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE PERMANENT CEASEFIRE, AN END TO ISRAEL'S SIEGE ON GAZA AND END TO ALL USAID TO ISRAEL AND AN END TO ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE. 
          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON WILL NOT REST UNTIL PALESTINE IS FREE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT FIGURE, JOSEPH, TO MEET PEOPLE WHO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. 
          STAND UP BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE THE, EXCUSE ME MA'AM, GO AHEAD AND CALL NEXT SPEAKER PALESTINE IS AION A GEN, GEN A CONTRERAS, JOSEPH PAT CONTRERAS. 
          FOREMOST I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S EXTREMELY SAD FOR YOU ALL TO BE ON YOUR PHONES AND DISINTERESTED WHILE MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY ARE BRINGING REAL CONCERNS TO YOU. 
          MY NAME IS JOE ERRA. 
          I AM FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSTON FROM THE CLEAR LAKE AREA. 
          AND I HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT STORY THAN MOST OF MY COMRADES WHO HAVE SPOKEN TODAY. 
          I WAS BORN INTO AN EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN HOUSEHOLD AND FROM AN EARLY AGE, I WAS TAUGHT JUST LIKE MANY OF YOU ALL HERE TODAY TO NEVER CONDEMN ISRAEL BECAUSE IT WAS QUOTE, ANTISEMITIC AND ZIONISTS, NOT JEWS, NOT JUDAISM. 
          ZIONISM WAS GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE. 
          BUT NOW IN MY TWENTIES, I'VE DEVOTED MOST OF MY TIME ADVOCATING FOR THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE. 
          AND AT EVERY PROTEST I HAVE BEEN TO, I'VE BEEN DELIGHTED TO SEE CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS AND OF COURSE ARE MORE EXPERIENCED COMRADES, GENERATIONS OF FREEDOM. 
          FIGHTERS IN TODAY IS NO DIFFERENT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, AT EVERY PROTEST OUR CALLS FOR FREEDOM AND LIBERATION HAVE BEEN MET WITH VIOLENCE BY THOSE WHO ALLEGEDLY TOOK THE OATH TO SERVE AND PROTECT. 
          WITH OVER 200,000 UNSOLVED CASES IN THIS REGION, HPD HAS CHOSEN TO USE ITS TIME AND OVERPRICED RESOURCES FOR INTIMIDATION, SUPPRESSION, AND HARASSMENT. 
          DPS THE SAME AGENCY WHO SAT OUTSIDE ON THEIR PHONES DOING NOTHING WHILE TEXAS CHILDREN WERE SLAUGHTERED IN VALDI HAVE BEEN USED BY OUR FASCIST GOVERNMENT TO HARASS THOSE WHO OPPOSE GENOCIDE. 
          THESE ARE THE SAME AGENCIES BY THE WAY THAT OUR MAYOR TOWED AROUND AND COMMENDED AS THE SOLUTION TO THE HOUSTON CRIME PRO PROBLEM. 
          AS I WATCHED THESE SO-CALLED KEEPERS OF THE PEACE USE THEIR HORSES TO RAM, USE THEIR HORSES AS WEAPONS RAMMING INTO MY COMRADES AND ARRESTING THOSE WHO RESISTED BRUTALITY, ONE THING BECAME UNDENIABLE. 
          YOU CAN FEEL OUR PRESENCE. 
          I KNOW THAT WHILE SITTING IN YOUR PLACES OF PRIVILEGE, YOU CAN FEEL US AND IT IS FOR THAT REASON. 
          WE WILL NOT STOP. 
          YOU ARE SCARED BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOUR THUGS THROW US IN JAIL OR SHOOT TEAR GAS AT US OR SHOOT RUBBER BULLETS AT US. 
          WE WILL SPEAK UNTIL OUR VOICES ARE GONE AND WE WILL MARCH UNTIL OUR FEET BLEED BECAUSE WE REFUSE TO ALLOW OUR COUNTRY, STATE, AND CITY TO SUPPORT GENOCIDE. 
          JOE BIDEN, GREG ABBOTT, JOHN WHITMERE, AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE MADE YOUR STANCE CLEAR AND YOU HAVE SHOWN US THE LINKS YOU WILL GO TO SILENCE OUR MOVEMENT. 
          WHAT AN EMBARRASSING FAILURE THAT HAS BEEN FOR YOU. 
          ALL 
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THE PEOPLE YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TODAY AND THE PEOPLE YOU SEE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING BECAUSE UNLIKE YOU, OUR HUMANITY IS NOT FOR SALE. 
          THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DEMAND THAT YOU TAKE ACTION, DO YOUR JOB AS ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          PASS THE PEOPLE'S RESOLUTION UNTIL GOVERNOR ABBOTT, YOU WILL NO LONGER BE AN ACCESSORY TO GENOCIDE AND DEMAND A FREE PALESTINE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, STELLA PARKER. 
          STELLA PARKER, LAYLA RAMEN. 
          LAYLA RAMEN. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          GAYHEART THERE MANY TIMES AND AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE'RE PRAYER WARRIORS UNITE AND ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STANDS HERE, . 
          SO, UH, WE HAD NO CLUE THIS WAS ALL GOING ON DOWN HERE IN HOUSTON. 
          WE'RE NOT FROM THIS AREA, SO, UH, IT'S QUITE REVEALING. 
          AND UH, I'M HERE TO READ SECOND CHRONICLES 13 THROUGH 16. 
          WE ARE DOING A CITY COUNCIL MARATHON. 
          MY HUSBAND AND I, WE WENT TO PASADENA, UH, THIS MORNING. 
          WE ARE HERE THIS AFTERNOON AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAKE IT BACK TO DEER PARK TONIGHT. 
          AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SPREAD AROUND, UH, GOD'S LIVING WORD AND SOME PEACE. 
          BOY, DO WE NEED IT? BOY, DO WE NEED IT? WOO. 
          WE NEED OUR LORD. 
          I'M TELLING YOU, IT SAYS THE WORLD IS OFTEN MARD BY BROKENNESS, DIVISION AND STRIFE. 
          AND WE SAW IT FIRSTHAND TODAY AND WE'LL CONTINUE. 
          BUT GOD OFFERS HOPE AND HEALING TWO CHRONICLES SEVEN 13 WHEN I SHUT UP THE HEAVENS SO THERE IS NO RAIN OR COMMAND THE LOCUST TO DEVOUR THE LAND OR SEND PESTILENCE AMONG MY PEOPLE. 
          THE VERSE HIGHLIGHTS THE DISOBEDIENCE AND THE IMPACT IT CAN HAVE ON THE LAND. 
          BUT IF YOU TURN ASIDE AND FORSAKE MY STATUES AND MY COMMANDMENTS THAT I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU, THAT'S EVERYWHERE. 
          IT'S FROM ALL, ALL AROUND THE GLOBE. 
          AMEN. 
          Y'ALL KNOW THAT GO AND SERVE OTHER GODS AND WORSHIP THEM, THEN I WILL PLUCK YOU UP FROM MY LAND THAT I HAVE GIVEN YOU. 
          THIS IS A WARNING AGAINST TURNING AWAY FROM GOD'S COMMANDMENTS AND WORSHIPING IDOLS. 
          DISOBEDIENCE CAN LEAD TO THE REMOVAL OF GOD'S BLESSINGS AND FAVOR. 
          FROM A LAND TO HEAL OUR LAND, IT IS CRUCIAL TO REMAIN FAITHFUL TO GOD'S STATUES COMMANDMENTS AND SEEKING HIS GUIDANCE AND HONORING, HONORING HIM AS THE ONE TRUE GOD. 
          AMEN. 
          PSALMS 33 12 AND I'M SORRY EVERYONE HAS LEFT. 
          I I WISH THAT I HAD EARS TO HEAR IN THE SPIRIT TO RECEIVE ALSO, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HAVE TAKEN HER LORD BLESSED AS A NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD, THE PEOPLE WHOM HE HAS CHOSEN AS HIS HERITAGE. 
          THIS DECLARES A BLESSING THAT COMES UPON A NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD. 
          THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ACKNOWLEDGING AND HONORING GOD IS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY AND SOURCE OF GUIDANCE. 
          WHEN A NATION CHOOSES TO ALIGN ITSELF WITH GOD'S WILL AND FOLLOW HIS COMMANDS, DOORS ARE OPEN TO DIVINE BLESSINGS INCLUDING HEALING, PROTECTION, AND PROSPERITY. 
          AMEN. 
          UH, I HAVE A FEW THINGS HERE ALSO FROM, UH, PROVERBS FOR ADAM. 
          I GOD GIVES WISDOM AND FROM HIS MOUTH COMES KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. 
          HE STORES UP COMMON SENSE FOR THE UPRIGHT AND IS A SHIELD TO THOSE WHO CONDUCT, WHOSE CONDUCT IS BLAMELESS IN ORDER TO GUARD THE COURSES OF JUSTICE AND PRESERVE THE WAY OF THOSE FAITHFUL TO HIM. 
          THEN YOU'LL UNDERSTAND RIGHTEOUSNESS, JUSTICE, FAIRNESS, AND EVERY GOOD PATH. 
          AND THAT IS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR WHOM IS NOT HERE FOR WISDOM WILL ENTER YOUR HEART. 
          KNOWLEDGE WILL, UH, BE ENJOYABLE FOR YOU AND DISCRETION WILL WATCH OVER YOU. 
          AND DISCERNMENT WILL YOUR CHILD HAS EXPIRED GUARD YOU DISCERNMENT WILL GUARD YOU. 
          PLEASE USE YOUR DISCERNMENT. 
          THIS IS A BIG BAD WORLD HERE AND WE NEED THE LORD. 
          YOU SURPRISED? AMEN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          TE IT IS NOT SHOCKING OR SURPRISING TO KNOW THAT WE'RE OUTNUMBERED LAWLESSNESS WILL NOT BE STOPPED. 
          BECAUSE UNTIL WE RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE PRAYED EARLIER, WE PRAYED UNTO ONE NAME, ONE NAME WAS GIVEN AND IS THE ONLY ONE THAT RESURRECTED. 
          SO THERE IS ONLY POWER IN THAT NAME. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL IDEALIZE AND OBJECT WHAT UH, EVERYONE'S COMING IN HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF. 
          BUT UNTIL WE RECOGNIZE THAT GOD TOLD US ONLY ONE KINGDOM WILL ENDURE, AND THAT'S THE KINGDOM THAT OUR LORD CAME DOWN TO REPRESENT. 
          THIS WHOLE LAND IS NOT HERE DESTINED FOR TOO MUCH LONGER. 
          WE'RE WANTING TO BUILD OUR LITTLE PYRAMIDS HERE AND BELONG HERE. 
          WE'RE NOT UNTIL WE HAVE THE INTEGRITY OF WHAT IDENTITY WE HAVE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF 
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A LIVING GOD, THEN WE'RE ONLY PRETENDING TO BE CITIZENS OF A NATION THAT IS CORRUPT. 
          IT PRINTS MONEY AND IT SELLS US OUT. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE DEVALUED. 
          THIS IS ALL ORCHESTRATED. 
          ISRAEL IS NOT THE PROBLEM. 
          IT'S THAT THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE BOTH SUBJECTED TO THE SAME SYSTEM. 
          THEY'RE CALLED MASAD THE MASONIC ORDER THAT WE HAVE LABELS OF AND SIGNIA OF THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE ENTIRE BUILDING. 
          AND THIS PENTAGRAM THAT'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE THAT IS NO ACCIDENT. 
          TOPOGRAPHY TELLS US OF WHAT SHADOW EGYPT WE ARE. 
          THE PYRAMID ON THE BACK OF THE DOLLAR SHOULD IDENTIFY THAT IN 1776, THIS CORRUPT LAND WAS DESTINED FOR WHAT IT IS ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING NOW. 
          SO OUR LORD IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY SOURCE THAT WE HAVE AND THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD, UH, SEEK TO IDENTIFY OURSELVES IN. 
          'CAUSE HIS KINGDOM IS, IS INTRODUCING US TO WHAT HIS WORD ALWAYS TOLD US WAS GONNA HAPPEN. 
          HOW INTEGRAL WE'RE HOLDING HIS WORD AS OUR SOUND SOURCE OF WHERE WE IDENTIFY. 
          THAT'S OUR ACTUAL PROBLEM. 
          UM, HAD A DEVOTIONAL TO READ. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, THESE ANTICS AGAIN, MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE A SOUND MIND TO CONSIDER THAT OUR SPIRIT IDENTITY NEEDS TO BE IDEALIZED. 
          NOTHING IN THE FLESH IS GONNA ENDURE. 
          FIRE WILL CONSUME EVERYTHING. 
          ANY INTENTION, ANY REMODELING, ANYTHING WE SPEND, ANY NICKELS ON THAT THEY PRINT AND WE STILL SUBJECT OURSELVES TO, THAT'S DESTINED TO BURN AS WELL. 
          'CAUSE AGAIN, ONLY WHAT REMAINS IN SPIRIT WILL ENDURE FIRE. 
          AND THAT IS THE IDENTITY WE'RE HERE TO, TO SEEK. 
          EZEKIEL 33, VERSE 10. 
          THEREFORE, YOU HUMAN BEING SAY TO THE HOUSE OF HOUSTON, IT VERY MUCH WILL SAY, YOU SAY OUR CRIMES AND OUR SINS ARE WEIGHING US DOWN. 
          WE ARE PINING AWAY BECAUSE OF THEM. 
          HOW CAN WE EVEN STAY ALIVE? SAY TO THEM AS I LIVE SWEARS ADONAI ADONAI MEANS THE LIVING GOD WHOM JESUS CAME TO INTRODUCE US TO. 
          I TAKE NO PLEASURE IN HAVING THE WICKED PERSON DIE, BUT IN HAVING THE WICKED PERSON TURN FROM HIS WAY AND LIVE. 
          SO REPENT, TURN FROM YOUR EVIL WAYS FOR WHY SHOULD YOU DIE? HOUSE OF ISRAEL, 34. 
          THE WORD OF ADONAI CAME TO ME, HUMAN BEING PROPHESY AGAINST THE SHEPHERDS OF HOUSTON. 
          LET US REMEMBER, WE HAVE THANK YOU COMING ONE CALENDAR TO SUBJECT TO, AND THAT'S THE HEBREW CALENDAR. 
          WE'RE HERE UNDER, UH, SHADOW EGYPT CORP. 
          GREGORIAN TIME CLOCK OF THE SUN WORSHIP. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AGAIN. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED AGAIN. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. 
          LET'S LET'S BE IDEAL IN WHICH WE REPRESENT JOYCE FOLEY EVERYWHERE. 
          JOYCE FOLEY, GET HARDER TO PUT UP NEXT SPEAKER. 
          JEREMY BINDER. 
          JEREMY BINDER. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          MARTY WILLIAMS. GISELLE BUENO. 
          RICHARD TRO. 
          OKAY, WILL HILL ROBERT OZE. 
          KATIE MEZA. 
          AISHA MEAN JACOB. 
          HEY TIFFANY. 
          AYE, I MEAN, CAN WE, ALRIGHT, I CAN GET IT STRAIGHT. 
          WHAT'S UP? YOUR TIME RUNNING JACOB. 
          COME ON. 
          COME ON. 
          UH, I'M, I'M COMING. 
          UH, WELL REMEMBER RODNEY KING, HE SAID, WHEN CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG? YEAH. 
          UM, I FORGOT MY DRESS SCAR IN THE BACK. 
          UM, MY DAD WAS GONNA WEAR IT ON TOP OF MY, UH, PALESTINIAN, UH, UH, HEADDRESS. 
          AND ANYWAY, I DID HAVE THE PALESTINIAN, UH, UM, UH, A NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
          I'M GOING TO PLAY ON THE RADIO ON MY, UH, SYNTHESISM, BUT, UH, I THINK, UH, OH, THERE SHE IS. 
          THE VERY PRO. 
          UH, WHAT ABOUT THE UEAH? ARE THEY IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE? YEAH, YOU BET. 
          SHE, YEAH. 
          UHHUH . 
          AND, UH, I SAID, WELL, EVAN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE, UH, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, 
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THE GET TOGETHER AND, AND THE TWELL COMMUNITY SENATOR, YOU'RE A REAL SMART MAN. 
          I'M GLAD I VOTED FOR YOU. 
          THANK YOU, JACOB. 
          OLIVIA OLIVERES, NEXT SPEAKER. 
          SOPHIA SEGER. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, EDUARDO DURAN. 
          THIS COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. 
          ED EDWARDO DURAN. 
          GOOD WATER'S HERE. 
          ANDO DO. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO, UM, UH, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND SO FAR WE HAVE, UH, CLONED MEAT, CLONED ANIMALS, CLONED MEAT AND THE FOOD SUPPLY AND WAS APPROVED SINCE, UH, 2008 BY THE FDA. 
          BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE MEDICAL LITERATURE STATES THAT, UH, WHILE, WELL, THEY ACTUALLY, THEY DON'T PUT THE CLONED MEAT, THE CLONES BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO EXPENSIVE, BUT THEY PUT ALL THE OFFSPRING INTO THE FOOD SUPPLY. 
          SO ME, YOU, ME AND YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE, UH, HAVE EATEN CLONED MEAT AND, UH, CLONED ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCTS. 
          MORE THAN LIKELY, UH, I HAVE THE, THE ME THE SCIENCE AND MEDICAL LITERATURE AS FAR AS THAT. 
          ALSO, I HAVE, UM, PRETTY MUCH, UH, A STUDY ON CURRENT RISK ASSESSMENT AND GUIDELINES ON THE USE OF FOOD ANIMAL PLEX DERIVED FROM CLO AND ANIMALS. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO SOME LEGISLATURE AS FAR AS TEXAS, UH, BARELY IMPLEMENTING, UH, 2000 TIME HAD EXPIRED. 
          OKAY, WELL, CAN YOU GIMME A LITTLE BIT, LITTLE BIT MORE TIME? WE'LL LET YOU FINISH UP. 
          GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP THOUGH. 
          WE JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THERE'S TEXAS LEGISLATURE PRETTY MUCH STATING THAT THEY BARELY ESTABLISHED AT THE BEGINNING OF 2014 THAT THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW VACCINATION OF, UH, OF LIVESTOCK WITH MRNA VACCINATION OR TECHNOLOGY. 
          UH, BESIDES THAT, UM, THERE'S JUST, UH, BARELY CAME OUT. 
          UH, UM, I GUESS GUIDELINES AS FAR AS WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED, UM, UH, ANIMAL PRODUCTS INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMALS, UH, THERE'S A WHOLE, UH, SO AND SO FORTH. 
          BUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT YOU HAVE CLONE MEAT IN THE FOOD SUPPLY. 
          YOU HAVE, HOW DO YOU CALL IT? UM, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMALS ALSO IN THE FOOD SUPPLY, AND YOU POTENTIALLY ALSO HAVE MRNA VACCINATED, UM, UH, MEAT OR, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY FLOATING AROUND ALSO IN THE FOOD SUPPLY. 
          ONCE THOSE THREE THINGS MIX AROUND IN THE PROPER ORDER, WE CAN EXPECT SOME MAJOR ASPECTS AS TO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THESE, UH, SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL, UM, MATTERS OR AS, AS THEY'RE STATING IT. 
          SO FOR US TO GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MR. DURAN. 
          WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN JACKSON. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, HERE I HAVE MR. DURANT, COUNCIL JACKSON, THANK MAYOR, MAYOR PRO. 
          MR. DURANT, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH US. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT, ARE YOU PART OF AN ORGANIZATION OR ARE YOU A SCIENTIST, LIKE YOU JUST A CITIZEN STUDYING THIS? I'M JUST A MAN WHO IS VIEWING THE WORLD UNFOLD AS IT IS. 
          AND BESIDES USING MY GOD-GIVEN PRAGMATISM, WHICH IS CALLED INTELLECT, UM, I'M ALSO SEEMINGLY TRYING TO GUIDE THIS, UH, STORY AS IT SHOULD DO SO. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          WHICH WE ALL HAVE A, YOU KNOW, PROPER INCLINATION AS TO OUR NATURAL LAW. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, ANY LEARNING FACILITIES TOWARDS I GUESS THE, THE, UH, THEOLOGICAL MATTERS OR, OR MORALISTIC INCLINATIONS, NOT, NOT A MORAL WORLD. 
          UM, THANK YOU MR. WELL THANK YOU FOR SHARING. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          YOU HAVE A GOOD ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT I'M, I DO HAVE ALL THE, I GUESS THE, THE, THE SCIENCE AND MEDICAL LITERATURE FROM NNC B.GOV, SCIENCE DIRECT AND SO FORTH. 
          ARE YOU WANTING TO SHARE THAT WITH US? YES, YOU CAN GIVE IT TO RENEE AND HE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET A COPY OF IT. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY. 
          DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUR, IT'S COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC SESSION COUNSEL, 
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WE STAND IN RECESS UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING AT NINE. 
          I AM COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE ANNA RUSSELL COUNCIL CHAMBER. 
          I'M ABOUT TO READ A DESCRIPTION ON A CAPTION OF THE CITY 
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COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE WEEK, MAY 7TH AND EIGHTH, 2024. 
          ITEM ONE IS THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S TAX ABATEMENT ORDINANCE READ INTO LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 
          ITEM TWO, REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS OF THE HOUSTON FIRST CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          ITEM THREE, CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF WADE LEE TO POSITION C 13 ON THE HOUSTON FIRST CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EXCUSE ME. 
          ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TO DESIGNATE AN HONORARY STREET WALKER FOR ALVIN JACKSON. 
          ITEM FIVE, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $2,275,568 AND 63 CENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH ALLSTATE INCORPORATED. 
          ITEM SIX, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $1,181,388 AND 80 CENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH GRAVEL LLC ITEM SEVEN, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $143,920 AND 44 CENTS OUT OF HAS RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT FUND FOR AN EMERGENCY PURCHASE ORDER BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND ARC ABATEMENT. 
          ITEM EIGHT, ARC ABATEMENT FOR EMERGENCY PURCHASE FOR REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF CEILING AND FLOOR TILES, CARPETING AND DRYWALL FOR THE HOUSTON LAMPOR SYSTEM. 
          THIS ITEMS SHALL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AFTER PASTOR. 
          ITEM SEVEN ABOVE ITEM NINE APPROVED SPENDING AUTHORITY AND A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $800,000 AND OH CENTS FOR EMERGENCY PURCHASE OF WEEDING, MOWING AND DEBRIS REMOVAL SERVICES FOR DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AWARDED TO WAREZ MOWING JEFFERSON MOWING FAS INDUSTRIES LLC AND BMF CONTRACTORS LLC ITEM 10 AMEND COUNCIL MOTION 20 22 5 14 TO INCREASE SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR A PURCHASE OF 21 COMPLETE AMBULANCE CAB CHASSIS AND MOUNTED BODIES FOR THE FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AWARD TO FRASER LTD. 
          ITEM 11, AMEND COUNCIL MOTION 20 22 5 64 TO INCREASE SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR RENTAL AND LEASING OF HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS AWARDED TO AG GRECO LLC ITEM 12 OF FOOD SPENDING AUTHORITY ENDING THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,075,000 IN NO CENTS FOR EMERGENCY TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND FREEWAY LIGHTING REPAIRS FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AND WATER TO WHITE AND SUN LTD. 
          ITEM 13, COBURN SUPPLY COMPANY INC. 
          FOR PURCHASE OF MANHOLE COVERS. 
          ITEM 14, COBURN SUPPLY COMPANY INC. 
          FOR PURCHASE OF TAPPING VALVES. 
          ITEM 15 AUSTIN AMP ARM MATURE WORKS FOR PURCHASE OF 1 750 HORSEPOWER CONSTANT SPEED INFLUENCE PUMP MOTOR ITEM 16 AMEND MOTION 20 21 87 TO INCREASE SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR INSPECTION SERVICES FOR WATERLINE REHABILITATION AWARDED TO BUREAU  NORTH AMERICA INC. 
          ITEM 17 RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING NOMINATION OF KIEWIT ENGINEERING GROUP INC. 
          ITEM 18 RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AND NOMINATION OF KPH CONSOLIDATION INC. 
          D-B-A-H-C-A, HOUSTON HEALTHCARE KINGWOOD. 
          ITEM 19 ORDINANCE SUBMITTING CHAPTER 39 ARTICLE ONE AND ARTICLE FOUR OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES HOUSTON, TEXAS ITEM 20 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AIRPORT USE AND LEASE AGREEMENT AT GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT SLASH HOUSTON BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND FRONTIER AIRLINES INC. 
          ITEM 21 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING A B $999,737 AND 75 CENTS OUT OF AIRPORTS IMPROVEMENT FUND AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN C OF HOUSTON AND H-N-N-T-B CORPORATION. 
          ITEM 22 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN C OF HOUSTON AND MARINA CHARLES. 
          ITEM 23 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND CHRISTIAN COLEMAN AND BOBBY RAY. 
          ITEM 24 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATE AND $250,000 AND NO CENTS OUTTA PARKS CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $300,000 AND NO CENTS OUT. 
          POLICE CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $25,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
          CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $50,000 AND NO CENTS OUT PUBLIC HEALTH CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $125,000 AND OH CENTS OUT OF FIRE CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $25,000 AND OH CENTS OUT OF GENERAL IMPROVEMENT CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AND 20 $200,000 IN OH CENTS OUT OF SOLID WASTE. 
          CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK REMOVAL AND DEMOLITION SERVICES TAX TASK ORDER CONTRACTING PROGRAM FOR FY 2024 I'M SORRY F YEAH FOR CITY FACILITIES AND DANGEROUS BUILDINGS ITEM 25 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING ONE MILLION THIRTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND SEVENTY NINE CENTS OUT OF DISASTER RECOVERY FUND AWARDING CONTRACT TO DUNHILL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION LLC ITEM 26 ORDINANCE SUBMITTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 55 TO INCREASE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND COPA SOUND SERVICES INC. 
          DBA HOLDERS PRESS SOLUTIONS 
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ITEM 27, ORDINANCE OF MANY ORDINANCE TO INCREASE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY FUTURE AND WASTE CORPORATION OF TEXAS LP D-B-A-G-F-L ENVIRONMENTAL ITEM 28 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SECOND AMENDMENT CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY AND PREMIER FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES. 
          ITEM 29 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND LEINBERGER GOGGIN BLAIR AND SAMPSON LLP ITEM 30 ORDINANCE AWARDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT TO INNOVATIVE LEGAL SOLUTIONS. 
          ITEM 31 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING FOURTH AMENDMENT TO INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT VALUE BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS AND HOUSTON PARKS BOARD LGC INC. 
          ITEM 32 ORDINANCE DE APPROPRIATING $5 MILLION AND NO SENSE OF PARK SPECIAL FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FOR MCGREGOR PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OUT OF GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE AND MANY ORDINANCE 2023. 
          1123 TO REFLECT THE APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE THAT $5 MILLION AND NO SENSE OF FUNDS FROM GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO PARK SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FROM MCGREGOR PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ITEM 33 ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AND RESIDENTIAL AREA NORTHWOOD MANTO DIVISION SECTION TWO THROUGH EIGHT AS A PROHIBITED YARD PARKING AREA PURSUANT TO SECTION 28 DASH 3 0 3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF CITY HOUSTON, TEXAS. 
          ITEM 34 ORDINANCE CONSENTED TO THE ADDITION OF 3.7509 ACRES OF ATLANTA TO GREENS PARKWAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ITEM 35 ORDINANCE CONSENTED TO THE ADDITION OF 4 5 9 0.224 ACRES OF ATLANTA HARRIS COUNTY MUD DISTRICT NUMBER 1 65 ITEM 36 ORDINANCE APPRO ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY MUD 4 9 9 FOR WESTLAKE HOUSTON. 
          ITEM 37 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING SALE OF 13,860 SQUARE FOOT TRACT OF LAND OF CITY FEE ON LAND BEING 0.3 1-828-SITUATED IN D HANSEN. 
          SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 3 81 RIGHT ON 38. 
          ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING SALE OF 53,546 SQUARE FEET OF CITY FEE ON LAND BEING OLIVE LOTS. 
          2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 11. 
          BLOCK 14 SUBDIVISION OF  SPRING TRACK SITUATED IN THE JOHN AUSTIN SURVEY. 
          ITEM 39 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING SALE OF 4,099 SQUARE FEET OF CITY FEE ON LAND SITUATED IN JOHN AUSTIN. 
          SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER ONE ITEM 40. 
          ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED AND SALE OF 261 SQUARE FEET OF CITY FONE LAND SITUATED IN JOHN AUSTIN. 
          SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER ONE, ITEM 41, ORDINANCE APPROVING THE CREATION OF SEGREGATED ACCOUNT, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD GRANT 2 1 8 1 9, LAKE HOUSTON DOWN SPILLWAY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          ITEM 42, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND APPROVING THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS THROUGH GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          ITEM 43, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATED $1,215,960 AND 63 CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND, VALOR TAX AS AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION APPROVING AUTHORIZING THIRD AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HEWITT ZALES INC. 
          ITEM 44, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $119,104 AND NO CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND. 
          AVALOR TAX HAS AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR TO A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND INTECH, CIVIL ENGINEERS INC. 
          ITEM 45, ORDINANCE AWARDING CONTRACT TO SPECIALIZED MAINTENANCE SERVICES INC. 
          ITEM 46, ORDINANCE 20 24 2 82. 
          PASS. 
          FIRST READING MAY 1ST, 2024. 
          ORDINANCE GRANTED TO BERKELEY OUTSIDE SERVICES IN GAY TEXAS CORPORATION. 
          SECOND READING ITEM 47, ORDINANCE 20 24 2 83. 
          PAST FIRST READING MAY 1ST ORDINANCE GRANTED TO CHERRY CONCRETE REMOVAL, LTD OF TEXAS EMPTY PARTNERSHIP, THE SECOND READING I, ORDINANCE 48, ORDINANCE 20 24, 2 84. 
          PAST FIRST READING MAY 1ST, 2024. 
          ORDINANCE GRANTED TO INSOURCE CORPORATION, THE TEXAS CORPORATION. 
          SECOND READING ORDINANCE 49, I MEAN ITEM 49, ORDINANCE 20 24 2 85 PASS. 
          FIRST READING MAY 1ST ORDINANCE GRANTED TO FIRST CHOICE GREASE SERVICE, LLCA, TEXAS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. 
          SECOND READING ITEM 50, ORDINANCE 20 24 2 86 PASS. 
          FIRST READING MAY 1ST ORDINANCE GRANTED TO GREASE RECYCLERS, LLCA, TEXAS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. 
          SECOND READING ITEM 51. 
          ORDINANCE 20 24 2 87 PASSED FIRST READING MAY 1ST ORDINANCE WENT INTO MAGNA FLOW ENVIRONMENTAL INC. 
          AT TEXAS CORPORATION. 
          THE SECOND READING END OF CONSENT AGENDA UNDER THE MATTER SALE CATEGORY. 
          ITEM 52 IS REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JAMES GIFORD III TO POSITION EIGHT OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO, ALSO KNOWN AS THE MIDTOWN ZONE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          TAB BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. 
          THIS WAS ITEM TWO ON AGENDA OF MAY 1ST, 2024. 
          ITEM 53, REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION. 
          THE APPOINTMENT OF JAMES GIFORD, THE THIRD TO POSITION EIGHT OF THE MIDTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD 
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OF DIRECTORS, ALSO TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. 
          THIS WAS ITEM THREE ON AGENDA OF MAY 1ST, 2024. 
          ITEM 54, ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO SUB RECEIVE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND CHILDCARE COUNCIL OF GREATER HOUSTON INC. 
          TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ. 
          THIS WAS ITEM 22 ON AGENDA MAY 1ST, ITEM 55, ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND CHILDCARE COUNCIL OF GREATER HOUSTON INC. 
          ALSO, TAB COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ. 
          THIS IS ITEM 23 ON AGENDA OF MAY 1ST, 2024. 
          THIS COMPLETES THE READING OF THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SESSION OF MAY 8TH, 2024. 
          STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL SCHEDULE TO BEGIN AT 9:00 AM IN THE WORDS OF OUR CURRENT CITY SECRETARY, PAT JEFFERSON. 
          DANIEL, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. 
          ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS TREAT EVERYONE THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED. 
          HAVE A BLESSED AND F HAPPINESS DAY. 
          OH, GET YOUR HEAD BUSTS. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU GOTTA START SAYING. 
          THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          MY NUMBER ONE FAN. 
          MM-HMM. 
          MM-HMM . 
          COUNCIL, COME TO ORDER. 
          [RECONVENE]
UH, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          I UNDERSTAND YOU'D LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. 
          YES, MAYOR, I SO DO THANK YOU. 
          AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO HIGHLIGHT TWO GUESTS THAT WE HAVE VISITING THE COUNTRY HERE FROM JIHAN CHANG, DON PROVINCE, CHINA. 
          UH, THEY'RE VISITING AND THEY'RE, UH, STAYING IN DISTRICT H. 
          THEY'RE HERE FOR A WEDDING. 
          IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED. 
          MR. PONG AND MS. JUNG, UM, THEY'RE FIRST TIME VISITORS TO HOUSTON. 
          UM, YEAH, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. 
          UM, THEIR DAUGHTER IS, UH, GETTING MARRIED, UH, TO SOMEBODY HERE AND, AND, UH, THEY'RE HERE FOR THE WEDDING. 
          SO JUST WANNA WELCOME THEM TO HOUSTON. 
          WELCOME THEM TO DISTRICT H. 
          VERY GLAD Y'ALL ARE HERE. 
          THANK YOU, RAEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COME BACK AND SEE US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBERS, UH, I THINK IT'D BE UNSCHEDULED TO DO OUR APPOINTMENTS. 
          WE HAVE GUESTS WITH US THAT ARE HERE TO WITNESS THE, UH, THE VOTE. 
          AND, UH, I'M GONNA ASK SECRETARY AT 
          [2.  REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the HOUSTON FIRST CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Class C terms to expire December 31, 2026:
Position Ten - NICKI KEENAN 
Position Eleven - SHAREEN LARMOND
Position Twelve - ROXANN NEUMANN
]
THIS TIME, PLEASE CALL ITEM TWO. 
          ITEM TWO NEEDS A MOTION. 
          CASTEX, TA, MOVE SECOND. 
          MOTION MADE AND SECONDED. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          MADAM SECRETARY, GO AHEAD AND YOUR FOLKS. 
          YEAH, LET'S VOTE FIRST. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MADAM 
          [3.  CONFIRMATION of the appointment of WEA LEE to Position C13 on the HOUSTON FIRST CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for a three-year term ending December 31, 2026
]
SECRETARY, GO AHEAD AND CALL UP ITEM THREE. 
          ITEM THREE NEEDS A MOTION. 
          CASTEX, TA MOVE CALL IS SECOND. 
          MOTION MADE. 
          AND SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES. 
          AND THAT'S ALL THE APPOINTEES FOR . 
          UM, WOULD I WOULD ASK OUR APPOINTEES THAT ARE PRESENT? I'LL SEE MR. WE LEE, I KNOW SHIREEN'S OUT OF TOWN. 
          ROXANNE, UH, YOUNG STAN, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE, AND, UH, I'D SUGGEST YOU GO TO WORK. 
          . 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          WHAT ABOUT ME? MICHAEL HECKMAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER AT HOUSTON. 
          FIRST, IT'S ONE OF OUR ECONOMIC ENGINES, UH, THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T GET RECOGNIZED ENOUGH 'CAUSE YOU'RE SO BUSY WORKING. 
          IS NIKKI HERE? COUNSELOR HUFFER, NIKKI KEMAN. 
          NIKKI KEMAN. 
          NIKKI KEMAN, ARE YOU PRESENT? THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE YOUR WILLING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND USE YOUR EXPERIENCE IN LEADERSHIP. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          COUNCIL HUFFMAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR, UM, CONTINUING TO SERVE AND FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS, UH, AGREEING TO DO THIS. 
          UH, WEI LEE ROXANNE, BOTH DISTRICT G RESIDENTS. 
          UM, THIS IS, UH, SO GREAT. 
          I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THE APPOINTMENTS. 
          UM, CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR PROTE, KASICK TATUM. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          JUST WANTED TO, UM, ALSO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO THE, UH, NEW APPOINTEES AND TO NIKKI FOR HER CONTINUED SERVICE. 
          UH, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME THE OTC CONFERENCE THIS WEEKEND. 
          UM, THE WORK THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS, IS IMPORTANT. 
          UM, WE ARE MOVING INTO BUDGET SEASON. 
          UM, WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT MORE CONFERENCES COMING TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND MAKING SURE WE ARE READY, UM, FOR ALL OF THAT ACTIVITY, UM, THAT WILL BENEFIT US AS A CITY AND, UM, FOR US 
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ECONOMICALLY. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ASSIST AS YOU ARE SERVING ON HOUSTON, FIRST, DO NOT HESITATE TO LET US KNOW. 
          BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. 
          AND MICHAEL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          THE WORK THAT YOU AND, UH, TRACY AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM DOES IS, IS SO VALUE ADDED TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. 
          COUNCILMAN PLUMMER. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU, UM, MR. WE LEE, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          IT'S GOOD. 
          I CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE. 
          THERE YOU ARE. 
          , WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE, EXCUSE ME IF I INTERRUPT. 
          WHY DON'T WE ASK OUR APPOINTEE TO COME DOWN FRONT? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          AND, UH, GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. 
          I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN PLUM. 
          YES. 
          THIS IS GOOD. 
          I WANTED YOU TO SEE THE FOLKS WE'RE TALKING. 
          YES, YES. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          UM, IT'S SO IMPORTANT WHAT YOU DO. 
          HOUSTON FIRST IS, IS A HUGE ECONOMIC DRIVER, NOT ONLY FOR TOURISM AND CONFERENCES, BUT JUST LETTING EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNOW HOW FABULOUS HOUSTON IS. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MICHAEL. 
          THANK YOU FOR LEADING, FOR BEING AT THE HELM OF THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE, UM, WE SHOW OFF HOUSTON THE WAY THAT WE SHOULD. 
          I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SERVICE. 
          AND THEN EVAN SHABA, SORRY, EVAN SHABA. 
          COUNCILMAN EVAN SHABAZZ. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          OF COURSE, I HAVE KNOWN MR. WE LEE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          HE KEEPS US INFORMED AND A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF THE PUBLISHER. 
          AND SO, UH, I'VE HAD MANY ENGAGEMENTS, BUT I SO LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. 
          AND MICHAEL, YOU HAVE BEEN JUST A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE CITY. 
          YOU'VE BEEN HERE A FEW YEARS NOW. 
          IT'S KIND OF HARD TO IMAGINE THAT, BUT CERTAINLY YOU AND TRACY AND THE WHOLE, UH, HOUSTON FIRST HAVE JUST BEEN AWESOME FOR, TO AN AWESOME DRIVER FOR THE ECONOMICS, FOR THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THAT'S IT. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          EXCEPT I WILL YIELD TO ANYBODY. 
          MICHAEL, YOU WANNA PUT A FACE ON HOW IMPORTANT THIS, UH, THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE CERTAINLY. 
          AND, UM, UH, MAYOR, I THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND, AND, UH, UH, YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR BUSINESS AND DRIVING IT FORWARD FOR, FOR WHAT HOUSTON IS AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF, OF OUR NEW MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE, OF OUR BOARD. 
          OUR BOARD IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO, UH, FROM OVERSIGHT TO, TO OUR BROAD INITIATIVES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO. 
          AND WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT WE HAVE HAD. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT, UH, UH, THAT YOU DO FROM YOUR DISTRICTS OR CITYWIDE AND ALL OF THE SUPPORT FOR AN ORGANIZATION LIKE, LIKE OURS THAT HELPS DRIVE THE BRAND OF HOUSTON. 
          BUT FOR THE, BUT FOR THE, THE REASON OF DRIVING VALUE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT THIS, THAT THE REASON THAT WE DO THE WORK THAT WE DO IS ULTIMATELY TO CREATE ECONOMIC VALUE, WHICH THE REASON FOR THAT IS TO DRIVE JOBS, SUPPORT JOBS, AND GROW JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT OUR ORGANIZATION FROM THE BOARD AND OUR CHAIRMAN JAY ZEIDMAN, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON EVERY DAY, MAYOR IS, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING AS HARD AS WE CAN AND DRIVING IT AS MUCH VALUE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WE CAN. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR NEW, UH, BOARD MEMBERS AND THE EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE, UH, A WELL-OILED MACHINE MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          NO PARTICULAR ORDER. 
          ROXANNE, ONLY IF Y'ALL WANT TO, UH, I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. 
          YOU DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA CALL ON YOU  MAYOR. 
          IT'S, BUT YOU'RE VERY, YOU'RE VERY CAPABLE OF, UH, REPRESENTING YOURSELF AND YOUR APPOINTMENT. 
          MAYOR, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND THE COUNCIL. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE CITY AND HELPING PROMOTE, UM, THIS WONDERFUL CITY THAT WE ALL LOVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY GOOD, NIKKI. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND TO CONTINUE SERVING ON THE HOUSTON FIRST BOARD. 
          WE ARE THE DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION FOR THE CITY. 
          WE TAKE THAT ROLE EXTREMELY SERIOUS TO BRING MORE VISITORS AND CONFERENCES TO THE AREA, BUT YOUR SUPPORT IS CRITICAL IN GETTING THAT DONE. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND YOU WILL DO TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE LEE, THANK YOU. 
          UH, MR. MAYOR TOOK, TOLD ME 22 YEARS COME TO THIS PODIUM. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, . 
          I'M HERE REPRESENTING ASIAN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN LAST 22 YEARS. 
          WE CREATE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF, UH, HOUSTON. 
          WE TRY OUR BEST GOING TO BE PROMOTE, CONTINUE TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL FAIR AND TRADE AROUND THE WORLD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, MARK, IT SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT THAT OUR GUESTS FROM OUT OF TOWN GO TO THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE REGULAR, UH, TRANSPORTATION THERE IF THEY HAVEN'T, IN FACT, I WOULD ACTUALLY INVITE 
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ALL HOUSTONIANS TO VISIT THIS DYNAMIC COMMUNITY. 
          BUT FOR SURE, I THINK WE NEED TO PROMOTE IT AS WE, UH, ARE ATTRACTING GUESTS TO, TO HOUSTON FOR CONVENTIONS AND SHOWS. 
          SO ALL I CAN SAY IS LET'S GO TO WORK. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, MEMBERS, WE NOW WILL MOVE TO 
          [1.  9:00 A.M. - PUBLIC HEARING regarding proposed amendments to the City's Tax Abatement Ordinance relating to low impact development projects
]
A PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX ABATEMENT ORDINANCE. 
          UH, MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL UP ITEM ONE. 
          ITEM ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S TAX ABATEMENT ORDINANCE RELATING TO LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. 
          I'M ANDREW BUSKER IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          TEXAS TAX CODE SECTION THREE 12.002 A REQUIRES CITIES TO ADOPT TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA BEFORE ENTERING INTO TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS. 
          UH, AND EACH APPROVED ABATEMENT AGREEMENT MUST MEET THOSE GUIDELINES. 
          STATE LAW ALSO PROVIDES THAT TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA ARE, UH, EFFECTIVE FOR TWO YEARS. 
          THE CITY'S CURRENT TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA ARE CODIFIED IN ARTICLE FOUR OF CHAPTER 44 OF THE CITY CODE AND WILL EXPIRE ON MAY 19TH, 2024. 
          THE CITY DESIRES TO CONTINUE ITS ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX ABATEMENTS BY ADOPTING AN AMENDING GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR TAX ABATEMENTS. 
          THE CITY'S TAX AMENDMENT PROGRAM IS ONE OF EIGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS USED TO COMPETE FOR OR ATTRACT CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND CREATE OR RETAIN JOBS. 
          ESTABLISHED IN 1988. 
          IT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR ATTRACTING PROJECTS ACROSS INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING DATA CENTERS, ENERGY INDUSTRY, MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTION, AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. 
          SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT, THE PROGRAM HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS TO REMAIN RELEVANT AND REFLECT CHANGING INDUSTRY AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS. 
          EXAMPLES OF PRIOR AMENDMENTS TO THE TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING. 
          IN 2016, THE AMENDMENT ENCOURAGED COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND EXPANDED THE EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS TO INCLUDE A COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE LIVABLE WAGES, LOCAL JOB RECRUITMENT, AND AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING. 
          TO RECEIVE MORE FA FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF AN ABATEMENT. 
          IN 2018, THE AMENDMENT EXPANDED ON THE 2016 AMENDMENT AND REQUIRED AT LEAST ONE COMMUNITY BENEFIT IN EVERY APPLICATION, SUCH AS LOCAL OR COMMUNITY JOB RECRUITING, HIRING FROM JOB REENTRY PROGRAMS, LOWER MIDDLE SKILLS, JOB TRAINING, AND PAID INTERNSHIPS OR MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS WERE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE AT LEAST 20% AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS. 
          IN 2020. 
          THE AMENDMENTS ESTABLISHED A REDUCED INVESTMENT AND JOB CREATION REQUIREMENT FOR PROJECTS LOCATED WITHIN QUALIFYING CENSUS TRACKS TO LEVERAGE THE FEDERAL OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM AND INCURRED SMALLER BUT EQUALLY VALUABLE INVESTMENTS CREATED THE STORM GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE TAX ABATEMENT, AND ALSO CREATED, OR SORRY, AND ALSO INCREASED THE ABATEMENT PERCENTAGE AVAILABLE FOR LEAD PROJECTS. 
          THE PROPOSED 2024 AMENDMENT TO THE TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA INCLUDES AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF TOTAL GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS AND SECTION 44 DASH 1 21 OF THE CITY CODE TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF TAX ABATEMENT FOR GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INVOLVING URBAN FORESTRY AND NATIVE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION THROUGH THE PLANTING OF CERTAIN TREES OR SHRUBS. 
          PURSUANT TO CHAPTER THREE, 12.002 C, ONE OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. 
          BEFORE CITY COUNCIL MAY ADOPT, AMEND, REPEAL OR REAUTHORIZE GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR TAX ABATEMENTS, CITY COUNCIL MUST HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AT WHICH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. 
          NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE ON APRIL 26TH, 2024. 
          THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND ADOPT THE GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA WILL BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 15TH, 2024. 
          SO NO ACTION IS REQUIRED TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          UH, MEMBERS, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER THAT HAS SIGNED UP. 
          MADAM SECRETARY, HE CALLED. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          DOMINIC MAZAK. 
          TOMMY, HE WAS HERE LAST WEEK. 
          DONALD MAZO. 
          I'M AT THE PODIUM, GET MAYOR. 
          HE SAID, STAY ENGAGED. 
          MY THING ABOUT THIS IS, I ACTUALLY SUGGESTED THIS IN PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, BUT THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, I, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MAKE OF LAW, YOU HAVE TO BE PRECISE. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE WE GOT LAWYERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          I'LL TRY TO FIND A LOOPHOLE SOMEWHERE, BUT THEY EXPLAIN IT TO THE PUBLIC. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WASTEWATER. 
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I MEAN, UH, RA YOU KNOW, CONTROLLING WATER. 
          WHY DON'T YOU JUST SAY LIKE AN EXAMPLE, PUT AN EXAMPLE IN THIS THING. 
          LIKE, OKAY, YOU GOT, UH, WHOLE FOODS ON, ON WALL DRIVE. 
          THEY HAVE A RAINWATER SYSTEM. 
          AND I THINK WHEN YOU DO THIS, YOU GONNA PRESENT THIS TO THE PUBLIC, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEP YOU GOTTA KEEP THE LANGUAGE PRECISE, BUT GIVE SOMETHING THAT, UH, GEORGE JETSON WOULDN'T, WILL NOT HAVE TO SHOUT JANE AT THE TOP OF HIS VOICE READING THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WAS, THERE WAS A GOOD EXPLANATION, BUT I THINK, AGAIN, EXAMPLE, CISTERNS FOR WATER STORAGE, RAIN WATER STORAGE. 
          MAKE IT SIMPLE SO THAT PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREET CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. 
          RAMIREZ, COUNCILLOR RAMIREZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR ANDREW IF HE'S STILL AVAILABLE. 
          THANK YOU, ANDREW. 
          SO ANDREW, UM, CURIOUS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, UH, COMPANIES THAT, UH, RECEIVE THIS ABATEMENT DO NOT FOLLOW THROUGH ON WHAT THEY'VE AGREED TO DO? FOR INSTANCE, UH, INFORMATION YOU GUYS WERE KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE FOR US WERE THAT, UH, FOUR OF THE ABATEMENTS WE'VE SEEN IN THE RECENT PAST WERE TERMINATED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. 
          FOR INSTANCE, ASPEN HEIGHTS FAILED TO GET FINANCING FOR THEIR PROJECT. 
          EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT FAILED TO MEET THE JOB AND INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS OF THEIR AGREEMENT. 
          CHEVRON DID NOT BUILD THEIR OFFICE BUILDING AS PLANNED. 
          CYRUS ONE FAILED TO PROVIDE A STATEMENT OR AFFIDAVIT, UH, REQUIRED CERTIFYING THAT THEY IN FACT HAD COMPLIED WITH, WITH THEIR AGREEMENT. 
          SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THEIR END INTO THE BARGAIN? DOES THE CITY GO BACK AND RECOUP THE TAXES ON THE, UH, INCREASE IN, IN VALUE OR, OR WHAT THE RECAPTURE PROVISIONS ARE OUTLINED IN EVERY TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT? SO WE CAN PULL UP THOSE SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS AND TELL YOU WHAT THOSE PROVISIONS WERE. 
          DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU? I DO NOT HAVE THAT ON HAND. 
          SO WE CAN TALK TO YOUR OFFICE ABOUT THAT BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEEK WHEN WE'LL VOTE. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNSEL. 
          UH, FLICKINGER, CAN YOU TELL US HOW MANY OF THESE AGREEMENTS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY RECOUPED THE MONEY? NOT OFF HAND? NO. 
          UM, SO WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. 
          DO YOU KNOW IF WE DID ANY LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE WITH CYRUS ONE. 
          UM, AND I CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS FOCUSED ON THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, NOT NECESSARILY COMPLIANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE? THERE BEING NO ONE. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING? CASTEX STATED, MOVE TO CLOSE THE HEARING. 
          THOMAS SECOND. 
          MOTION MADE. 
          AND SECOND TO CLOSE THE HEARING. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CLOSED MEETINGS. 
          CLOSED MEMBERS. 
          I 
          [MAYOR'S REPORT]
HAVE SOME BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE YOU. 
          FIRST I WANT TO, UH, GIVE A REPORT ON THE KINGWOOD FLOODING. 
          WE'RE IN A RECOVERY MODE. 
          I COULD SPEND ALL MORNING TALKING ABOUT WITNESSING THE HARD WORK OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS OVER THE WEEKEND. 
          UH, COLLABORATION OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS, COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER WAS THERE REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVE STATE REPRESENTATIVE CUNNINGHAM. 
          SENATOR BRANDON CREIGHTON. 
          IT'S THE WAY GOVERNMENT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. 
          THE COLLABORATION. 
          WE WERE ON THE PHONE TALKING TO THE SAN CENTER RIVER AUTHORITY. 
          WE WERE ON THE PHONE TALKING TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICIALS. 
          WE WERE MONITORING THE RAINFALL IN LEON JEFFERSON IN, UH, LEON LIMESTONE COUNTY. 
          IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 
          TRYING TO GET THE SAN CENTER RIVER AUTHORITY TO RELEASE AS MUCH WATER AS THEY HAVE TO AND MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE LAKE CONROE AND ITS DAM AND PROTECTING. 
          ITS, UH, THE FIRST RESPONDERS DID WHAT THEY DO BEST. 
          UM, OUR FIREFIGHTERS SAVED AND RESCUED WITH OTHER AGENCIES, 30 INDIVIDUALS. 
          UM, I NOT ONLY GOT TO SEE THEIR WORK OF SAVING LIVES AND PROPERTY AND PETS, BUT I WOULD CHALLENGE EVERYONE TO SEE THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS. 
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I GOT A COURSE IN SEEING THE CONDITION OF THE FACILITIES, THE FIRE STATIONS. 
          THERE'S FOUR IN KINGWOOD THAT WERE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS. 
          I, I CHALLENGED THE PRESS AT ONE PRESS CONFERENCE. 
          GO LOOK AT IT. 
          THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT HAVE DORMITORIES. 
          SO WHEN THE CITY ANNEXED IT, EITHER BECAUSE PARTLY LACK OF RESOURCES, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST LACK OF THE PROPER PRIORITIES. 
          WE HAVE FIREFIGHTERS SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR IN KINGWOOD. 
          THEY GOT HOLES IN THE CEILING, PLYWOOD FLOORS, COVERING UP HOLES. 
          IT WILL BE IN THE CIP. 
          SO WHEN WE CONSIDER WHERE WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE OUR SPENDING, THE FIREFIGHTERS IN KINGWOOD, AND THERE'S OTHER FACILITIES HERE CLOSER TO CITY HALL, YOU JUST DON'T TAKE CARE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES THAT WAY. 
          IT'S SAD THAT WHEN I TALK TO GENERAL SERVICES, THEY HAVE TO ASK ME, BECAUSE THAT'S THE RULES THAT THEY'VE OPERATED UNDER. 
          CAN WE TALK TO THE UNION, THE FIRE UNION, AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE HEARING AT THE STATIONS? I SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YOU GOTTA ASK ME FOR PERMISSION? THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO TALK UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. 
          THAT IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO GOOD GOVERNMENT. 
          BUT BACK TO THE KINGWOOD FACILITIES. 
          DEPLORABLE, UH, SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR, PLYWOOD, MOLD. 
          AND IN THE MEANTIME, THEY'RE GOING OUT, MAKING CALLS AND ENDANGERING THEIR LIVES. 
          THEY CAN, THEY DESERVE BETTER LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          LET ME DO A SHOUT OUT TO THE CONSTABLE. 
          MARK HERMAN. 
          HE WAS THERE AROUND THE CLOCK WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, HPD. 
          SO WE GOT THROUGH THE STORM. 
          WE'RE IN A RECOVERY MODE NOW. 
          WE'VE ALREADY USED THE INCIDENT REPORT FROM THIS WEEKEND TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT. 
          MY ADMINISTRATION, MY STAFF IS MEETING REGULARLY WITH THE COUNTY TRANS STAR, ALL THE STATE AGENCIES. 
          WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, THE STATE EMERGENCY CENTER. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS FROM THE WEEKEND AND CHALLENGE YOU TO IMPROVE THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS AND BENEFITS I MIGHT SUGGEST, WHICH I, UH, WE'LL ADDRESS THAT AT A LATER DATE. 
          I DO WANNA SHARE WITH YOU THE EMAIL THAT I SENT OUT TO ALL HPD STAFF, INCLUDING THE OFFICERS LAST NIGHT AT 1230. 
          IT SAID, GOOD EVENING. 
          I'VE ACCEPTED RETIREMENT OF TROY NER, CHIEF OF POLICE. 
          AND I'VE APPOINTED LARRY SAT WHITE ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE EFFECTIVE AT 10 31. 
          THE DECISION COMES WITH FULL CONFIDENCE IN ACTING CHIEF SAT WHITE'S ABILITIES TO LEAD AND UPHOLD THE HIGH STANDARDS OF OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          I ASK EVERYONE TO EXTEND THEIR FULL COOPERATION AND SUPPORT TO ACT IN CHIEF SATELLITE DURING HIS TRANSITIONAL PERIOD. 
          THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. 
          ON BEHALF OF HOUSTONIANS EVERY DAY, THANK YOU FOR STANDING TO WATCH BE SAFE. 
          MAYOR WHITMEYER. 
          THAT WAS RECEIVED BY HBD STAFF, INCLUDING OFFICERS. 
          UH, IT APPLIES TO ALL OF US. 
          I HOPE WE'LL SUPPORT THE AGENCY. 
          CHIEF SATTERWHITE, WHO MOST OF YOU KNOW, HE WAS TESTIFYING AT COMMITTEE ON QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THE OTHER DAY. 
          EXTENSIVELY. 
          I'VE WORKED WITH HIM FOR YEARS. 
          HE'S BEEN ON THE DEPARTMENT FOR 34 YEARS. 
          HE WAS ACTUALLY THE ACTING CHIEF WHEN CHIEF FINNER WOULD LEAVE TOWN. 
          SO I KNOW THE DEPARTMENT AND HOUSTONIANS ARE IN GOOD KEEPING. 
          UM, WITH CHIEF SATTERWHITE, I WANT TO THANK CHIEF FINNER FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE. 
          UM, I'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY PROBABLY IN PRESS AVAILABILITY AS HOW THIS TRANSPIRED, BUT IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ALL HOUSTONIANS AND, UH, THE DECISION WAS MADE. 
          WITH THAT SAID, I'LL, UH, BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS LATER. 
          LET'S MOVE TO THE 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
SECRETARY. 
          WE WILL PROCEED WITH A CONSENT AGENDA 
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UNDER THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY ITEM. 
          ITEM FOUR NEEDS A MOTION. 
          TATU MOVE THOMAS. 
          SECOND. 
          MOTION MADE AND SIGNAL. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES UNDER THE ACCEPT ACCEPTABLE CATEGORY. 
          ITEM SIX HAS BEEN REMOVED. 
          SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. 
          ITEM FIVE NEEDS A MOTION. 
          CAN I SAY MOVE? MOTION MADE. 
          AND SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES UNDER THE PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF B CATEGORY. 
          ITEM NINE HAS BEEN REMOVED. 
          SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. 
          ITEM SEVEN IS AN ORDINANCE. 
          ITEM EIGHT THROUGH 16. 
          NEED A MOTION CAST TAYLOR, MOVE ALL IS SECOND. 
          MOTION MADE. 
          AND SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          AND ITEM SEVEN IS AN ORDINANCE. 
          JUST NEED A, JUST NEED A VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES UNDER THE ORDINANCES CATEGORY. 
          ITEM 22, 23 AND 35 HAVE BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. 
          THE ITEMS AGAIN ARE 22, 23 AND 35 HAVE BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. 
          ITEMS REMOVE SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. 
          19 24, 31, 38, 41, AND 42. 
          THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 19 24, 31, 38, 41, AND 42. 
          NEED A VOTE ON THE BALANCE? ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          ITEM SIX, UH, CONDUCTED. 
          GIMME JUST A SECOND. 
          ITEM SIX NEEDS A MOTION CAST. 
          MOVE ON A SECOND. 
          ALL IN MADE. 
          MOTION MADE. 
          AND SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          ITEM NINE NEEDS A MOTION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS . 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, UH, MAYOR, I SUPPORT THIS ITEM, UH, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE EMERGENCY PURCHASE. 
          BUT I'M CURIOUS, HOW COULD, UM, HOW HAS THE DEPARTMENT PRIORITIZED CERTAIN PROJECTS IN TERMS OF ABATEMENT WITH WEED AND DEBRIS? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, CAN COME FROM A COUNCIL OFFICE TO REQUEST IF WE IDENTIFY SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THE HOT TEAM? UM, I JUST WANNA KNOW, LIKE, WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL OFFICES TO ACCESS THIS CONTRACT. 
          I DON'T SEE THE DIRECTOR WHETHER US THIS MORNING, BUT I'LL CERTAINLY PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH HIM. 
          HE'S A NEW DIRECTOR, BUT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, SO SURE. 
          I YEAH, SURE. 
          HE'S GOT HIS, HIS, UH, SYSTEM IN PLACE AND I'LL PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH HIM. 
          OH, I KNOW THE DIRECTOR. 
          I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A PARTICULAR SCOPE RELATED TO THIS OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, QUITE FRANKLY, IN MY JUDGMENT, THAT'S THE REASON HE'S A DIRECTOR. 
          HE'S GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BASED ON HIS RESOURCES. 
          I'LL JUST TALK TO HIM. 
          OKAY. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          COUNCILOR HUFFMAN. 
          COUNCILOR HUFFMAN TAG. 
          I'LL TAG YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT DISCUSSION? OH, OKAY. 
          THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ITEM. 
          UM, I MET WITH A GROUP OF CONSTITUENTS YESTERDAY WHO, UH, THEY IDENTIFIED SOME AREAS WHERE DEBRIS NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. 
          UM, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO UTILIZING THIS. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          I'M SITTING HERE THINKING KIND OF LIKE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT CRIME YESTERDAY. 
          THE HOTSPOTS. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF HOTSPOTS AS IT COMES TO THESE CONDITIONS AS WELL. 
          PARTICULARLY WITH RECENT RAINS. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S MORE HOTSPOTS TODAY THAN THERE PROBABLY WAS LAST WEEK. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I JUST, UM, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT USING MINORITY MWBES ON, ON CONTRACTS LIKE THIS. 
          WHEN WE DO EMERGENCY ORDERS, UM, THEY'RE TYPICALLY IS IT'S NOT SOLICITED. 
          AND THIS ONE ACTUALLY WAS, UM, THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES WITH SOME BIDS THAT CAME THROUGH. 
          SO I'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT THE NEXT TIME IT GOES OUT, IT WILL NOT BE AN EMERGENCY CONTRACT AND IT WILL BE, UM, THERE WILL BE AN MWBE REQUIREMENT. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          ALRIGHT, ITEM TAG. 
          NEXT. 
          ITEM 17 
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IS A RESOLUTION. 
          JUST NEED A VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          ITEM 18 IS A RESOLUTION. 
          JUST NEED A VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          [CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEM 19 IS AN ORDINANCE. 
          JUST NEED A VOTE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PECK. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PECK. 
          UM, ASSISTANT MAYOR PRO TEM PECK. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE CHANGE TO ALLOW ANY BIODEGRADABLE BAGS, UM, TO BE USED FOR YARD WASTE AND ALLOWS FOR THE PERSONAL, THE USE OF PERSONAL REUSABLE CONTAINERS TOO. 
          UM, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
          THE CITY APPROVED YARD WASTE BAGS ARE, UM, EXPENSIVE. 
          THEY BREAK DOWN ON PEOPLE'S LAWNS. 
          UM, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE NOT GOOD . 
          AND SO PEOPLE HAVE REALLY BEEN WANTING THIS CHANGED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
          UM, IT'S AN ITEM THAT I INTENDED TO PUT ON THE AGENDA, BUT AFTER SPEAKING WITH YOU, MAYOR, YOU AGREED, UM, TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. 
          STILL SUPPORT THE CHARTER AMENDMENT TO ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 
          UM, BUT I WAS HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER ON THIS ONE. 
          IT'S A SMALL CHANGE, BUT IT'S GONNA MAKE A BIG IMPACT FOR PEOPLE. 
          SO, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUGGESTION. 
          THIS IS PROBABLY THE WAY IT SHOULD WORK AND WILL WORK IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. 
          JUST NEED A VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          ITEM 24 IS AN ORDINANCE. 
          JUST NEED A VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. 
          HOLD ON. 
          OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. 
          UH, MAYOR, I SUPPORT THIS ITEM. 
          AGAIN, MY QUESTION'S MORE ABOUT, UH, CLARITY AROUND THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS. 
          UM, AND, UH, APPROPRIATING THESE DOLLARS. 
          ARE THERE PRIORITIZED DANGEROUS BUILDINGS THAT THIS WILL APPLY TO? UNDERGROUND, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS AND DANGEROUS BUILDINGS? YES, MA'AM. 
          THIS IS FOR CITY FACILITIES AND DANGEROUS BUILDINGS? YES MA'AM. 
          SO, 'CAUSE I HAVE SOME DANGEROUS BUILDINGS IN THE QUEUE, SO IF WE'RE APPROPRIATING THESE FUNDS, I CAN GET THEM OFF THE LINE FOR DEMOLITION. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT. 
          ABOUT 24. 
          I CAN FRIENDLY TAG UNTIL NEXT WEEK. 
          YEAH. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. 
          UH, THAT'S FINE. 
          THAT'S NOT, YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO TAG IT, GO FOR IT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU THOMAS. 
          TAG THOMAS. 
          TAG TAG. 
          ITEM 31 IS AN ORDINANCE. 
          THIS NEED TO VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          ITEM 35 IS AN ORDINANCE. 
          JUST NEED TO VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF POOL. 
          OH, ITEM 38 IS IN ORDINANCE. 
          JUST NEED TO VOTE . 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          ITEM 41 IS AN ORDINANCE. 
          JUST NEED TO VOTE. 
          YES MAAM. 
          FLICKING CHAIR. 
          COUNCILMAN FLICKINGER. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          OBVIOUSLY I SUPPORT THIS. 
          UH, JUST WANTED TO TAKE A COUPLE MOMENTS TO POINT OUT SOME INFORMATION. 
          UH, THE FLOODING THAT WE HAD UP AROUND SAN JACINTO, UH, RIVER AND, UH, OVER THE DAM. 
          THE DAM WAS BUILT IN 1953. 
          WE DESPERATELY NEED THIS MONEY TO DO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DAM. 
          UH, AT THE TIME, I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 600,000 PEOPLE IN HOUSTON. 
          UH, THIS WATER SERVES 2 MILLION RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES TODAY. 
          UH, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THIS IS KIND OF A KINGWOOD PROBLEM. 
          AND, AND IT'S REALLY NOT. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS THE WATER FOR THE CITY. 
          THIS IS A, A, A BIG DEAL FOR ALL OF US. 
          AND WE CAME PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO HAVING A LOT OF HOMES FLOODED, UH, HERE LAST WEEK. 
          UH, THE RIVER ACTUALLY CRESTED TWO FEET BELOW WHAT IT WAS FORECAST AT, WHICH WAS PRETTY SURPRISING BECAUSE WITH THE WATER LEVELS IN THE RIVER AND WHEN THEY RECEDE AND ALL THAT, THEY PRETTY WELL NAILED THOSE. 
          AND I THINK THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN THAT TWO FEET WAS THE LARGE AMOUNT OF DREDGING THAT HAD BEEN DONE SINCE HARVEY. 
          UH, DAVE MARTIN OBVIOUSLY HAD, HAD SPEARHEADED A LOT OF THAT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON THAT. 
          CONGRESSMAN CRENSHAW GOT US THE MONEY FOR THAT. 
          UH, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY REALIZES HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, NOT JUST TO THE PEOPLE IN KINGWOOD, BUT TO THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          'CAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS OUR DRINKING WATER. 
          UH, I SAW TOM RAMSEY ON TV, UM, VOICING LOUD CRITICISM OF THE BUILDING CODES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALONG WITH HOW THE WATER WAS RELEASED, THAT ESSENTIALLY THE RIVER AUTHORITY FLOODING IS NOT A LOCAL ISSUE. 
          THAT IS A REGIONAL ISSUE. 
          AND WE'VE GOTTA WORK WITH THEM TO TRY AND GET, UH, 
          [03:55:01]
UH, BETTER AGREEMENTS ON THE WATER AND HOW IT FLOWS AND HOW IT IMPACTS EVERYBODY DOWN RIVER. 
          SO, WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          WELL SAID. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER, COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. 
          CERTAINLY, UM, AS IT IMPACTS MY COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          AND MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO BRING THE SPOTLIGHT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZE THAT NOT ONLY IS THE REGIONAL FLOODING ISSUE, REGIONAL FLOODING, NOT JUST KINGWOOD REGIONAL FLOODING AFFECTS ALL OF US. 
          BUT ALSO TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EARLIER COMMENTS ON OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR CONDITIONS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS UP THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, I CHALLENGE EVERYONE HERE TO GO TAKE A LOOK AT THE, THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS AND WHEN, WHEN IN AN EMERGENCY, LIKE WE JUST SAW, THEY STEP UP, THEY SHOW UP, AND THEY NEVER STOP. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING. 
          AS COMMISSIONER RAMSEY SAID, THIS IS A REGIONAL PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT AS SUCH. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE LAKE HOUSTON DAM WAS BUILT, KINGWOOD WASN'T IN EXISTENCE, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S TIME TO, TO STEP THAT UP AND GET IT UP TO SPEED FOR NOT ONLY KINGWOOD, BUT THE REST OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          JUST GOOD VOTE. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          NEED A VOTE ON ITEM 41? ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM 42 IS AN ORDINANCE. 
          JUST NEED A VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          ITEM 
          [MATTERS HELD - NUMBERING]
52. 
          ITEM 52 NEEDS A MOTION. 
          CASTEX TAYLOR, MOVE I SECOND. 
          MOTION MADE AND SECONDED. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          UH, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM AND, UH, THANK JAMES GUILFORD II FOR HIS SERVICE. 
          WE REALLY ANTICIPATE THAT HE WILL DO SOME GREAT THINGS. 
          I, IN READING HIS RESUME, OF COURSE, I SAW THAT HE'S A PRAIRIE VIEW GRADUATE, UH, WHICH CONTINUES WITH THE LINE OF PRAIRIE VIEW PRODUCES PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE. 
          RIGHT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. 
          HE'S ALSO AN ALPHA MAN. 
          AND, AND SO CERTAINLY I KNOW THAT MAKES STEVEN IN MY OFFICE VERY, VERY HAPPY. 
          BUT CERTAINLY WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIS SERVICE. 
          AND I THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS APPOINT. 
          AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          UH, ANYONE ELSE? NOT ITEM 53. 
          ITEM 53 NEEDS A MOTION. 
          CASTEX, TA MOVE A SECOND. 
          MOTION MADE IN SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          ITEM 50 ITEM. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          ITEM 54 IS AN ORDINANCE. 
          JUST NEED TO VOTE. 
          COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ. 
          COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ? THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SO THIS ITEM PERTAINS TO, UM, AN AMENDMENT TO AN AGREEMENT INVOLVING THE CHILDCARE COUNCIL OF GREATER HOUSTON TAG THIS LAST WEEK. 
          TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WE DID RECEIVE SOME INFORMATION, BUT WE DID NOT RECEIVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD REQUESTED. 
          AND SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM, NOR WILL I BE SUPPORTING 55. 
          OKAY, VERY GOOD. 
          JUST NEED A VOTE. 
          VOTE ON ITEM 54. 
          ALL IN FAVOR TAG. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD TAGS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          HE WAS NOT HERE LAST WEEK. 
          ITEM 55. 
          TAG TAG. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THIS COMPLETES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 
          WHAT? THAT'S IT. 
          THAT'S A RECORD. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. 
          KEEP IT GOING. 
          [NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS]
OKAY. 
          MEMBERS POP OFF. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YES. 
          THE FIRST RESPONDERS DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB, UH, WITH THE REIGN THAT WE SAW COME THROUGH. 
          UM, ONE OF THE OFFICERS IN KINGWOOD, OFFICER SCOTT, THERE'S A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE OF HIM, UH, RESCUING THESE THREE DOGS FROM THE FLOOD WATER. 
          CHECK IT OUT. 
          WHAT IS GOOD TO KNOW IS THAT THE HPD BODY-WORN CAMERAS OPERATE UNDERWATER. 
          I DIDN'T, I WASN'T NECESSARILY AWARE OF THAT. 
          UM, BUT GREAT JOB TO ALL OF THEM. 
          UM, AND THEN WITH THE TRANSITION TO ACTING CHIEF SATTERWHITE, I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING HIM. 
          AND I JUST WANT HPD TO KNOW THAT HERE ON CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE HERE TO, UM, SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, CHIEF SATTERWHITE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIS SUCCESS. 
          AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, FINALLY, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID YESTERDAY, THERE ARE HOTSPOTS ALL OVER HOUSTON. 
          NO PART OF HOUSTON IS EXEMPT FROM CRIME. 
          AND, UH, IN DISTRICT G OVER THE WEEKEND, SATURDAY NIGHT, SIX O'CLOCK, 6:00 PM IN 
          [04:00:01]
THE EVENING, UM, UH, HOUSTON ATTORNEY IN HIS FORTIES, HE'S AT MCDONALD'S. 
          UM, AND THERE'S A CUSTOMER UPSET ABOUT HIS CURBSIDE ORDER. 
          AND, UM, JEFF LIMMER TRIED TO KIND OF DEESCALATE THE SITUATION AND, UM, THE SUSPECT WENT OUT TO HIS CAR, GOT A GUN, CAME BACK IN AND MURDERED HIM. 
          AND IT'S JUST WHEN WE SEE THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN IN OUR CITY, UM, IT'S, IT'S DEVASTATING. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE, UM, THESE VIOLENT OFFENDERS THAT ARE WREAKING HAVOC ON OUR CITY. 
          UM, AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEIR FAMILY. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          I JUST, UH, REINFORCED WHAT YOU SAID. 
          THERE WERE FOUR SHOOTINGS LAST NIGHT. 
          WHAT STRUCK ME IS THAT THEY WERE ONE IN EACH QUADRANT OF THE CITY WITH ONE DEATH. 
          ALSO, THERE WAS A SERIOUS ROAD RAGE, WHICH I THINK YOU COULD CALL A KIND OF A MOVING HOTSPOT, WHICH WE HAVE TO ADDRESS WITH MORE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. 
          GET THE REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS OFF THE STREET. 
          SO, UH, YES, I THINK IT WOULD BE ACCURATE TO SAY WE HAVE MORE HOTSPOTS RIGHT NOW THAN WE CAN COVER WITH THE LACK OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND, UH, AS I ADDRESSED EARLIER, THE RETIREMENT OF CHIEF FINNER, PART OF THE CONSIDERATION IS, IS THAT THE CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS AND SUSPENDED CASES HAD BECOME SUCH A DISTRACTION THAT I WAS CONVINCED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD LOST SOME OF ITS FOCUS TO ADDRESS THE HOTSPOTS AND RESPONSE TIME. 
          AND I COULD GO THROUGH A LIST OF THINGS THAT I THINK WERE BEING INTERRUPTED BECAUSE OF THE, UH, TIME SPENT AND THE NEW REVELATIONS ON THOSE INVESTIGATIONS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          WE WILL DO EVERYTHING INCLUDING OVERTIME TO ADDRESS THE HOTSPOTS. 
          NEXT, MEMBER RAMIREZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SO, SUNDAY IS MOTHER'S DAY. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO WISH ALL THE MOTHER'S, UM, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY AND PAY TRIBUTE TO MY OWN MOM, WHO RAISED SEVEN KIDS, INCLUDING ME, AND PAID A VERY HEAVY PHYSICAL AND MENTAL PRICE FOR IT. 
          SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT SHE ACCOMPLISHED. 
          UM, SHE GREW UP ON A FARM IN FORT BEND COUNTY DURING THE DEPRESSION, AND HER OWN MOTHER PASSED AWAY WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER. 
          AND SO SHE WAS LEFT TO RAISE HER YOUNGER SIBLING, UH, AND, UM, DO ALL THE THINGS THAT HER MOTHER WOULD'VE, WOULD'VE DONE HAD SHE BEEN THERE. 
          UH, SO GRATEFUL FOR, FOR HER SACRIFICE. 
          AND AGAIN, WISH ALL THE MOTHERS IN IN HOUSTON. 
          HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY ON SUNDAY. 
          UH, THOUGHT ABOUT THE FLOODING IN KINGWOOD AND HUMBLE AND ATCA HASTA. 
          A HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THAT. 
          UH, HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS UP THERE. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. 
          THAT'S NOT ANY COMFORT TO THOSE WHO GOT FLOODED OUTTA THEIR HOMES. 
          I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE NEWS REPORTS AND, UH, THEY ALMOST ALL SAY THAT, WELL, HERE IS HOUSTON FLOODING AGAIN. 
          AND, UH, AS THEY THINK ABOUT IT, UH, A LOT OF THAT FLOODING WAS, WAS NORTH OF HOUSTON. 
          UH, A LOT OF THE PICTURES AND FOOTAGE I SAW WERE ACTUALLY FROM PLACES LIKE CONROE AND AND SUCH. 
          BUT NONETHELESS, HOUSTON'S GONNA GET PORTRAYED AS, AS, UH, HAVING ANOTHER FLOOD. 
          AND I STRUGGLE TO, TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY THAT WOULD'VE, UH, AVERTED SOME OF THIS DAMAGE. 
          AND, UH, I, I CAN'T REALLY THINK OF, OF TOO MUCH. 
          AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T, THAT'S NOT A CONSOLATION OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. 
          BUT, UH, THIS WASN'T REALLY, UH, THE CITY'S FAULT. 
          UH, IT'S NOT TO SAY WE SHOULDN'T CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO, IM IMPROVE THINGS AND TO MITIGATE, UH, THE FLOODING RISK. 
          AND I HOPE THAT THE, UH, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAT ARE, THAT ARE NORTH OF US WILL TAKE COMMISSIONER RAMSEY'S, UH, THOUGHTS TO HEART AND DO THEIR PART TO ENSURE THAT, THAT WE DON'T FLOOD AS A RESULT OF, UH, THEIR INACTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THOMAS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, MR. MAYOR SATURDAY. 
          WE, UM, HOSTED THE VERY FIRST TOUR TO THE WEST, OUR FIRST BIKE RIDE ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, UM, OF COURSE, HPD, PARTICULARLY ASSISTANT CHIEF, UH, UH, BESHEAR TREK, BIKES, WEST CHASE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, HOUSTON PARKS, BOARD CHAMPIONS CLUBS, SEGUAY INTERNATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO TRAIL, CISTUS DEL BARRIO. 
          UH, AND, UH, MY DISTRICT OF STAFF, OF COURSE, UH, WE HAVE MORE THAN 40 PLUS RIDERS, AND THERE'S DEFINITELY AN APPETITE FOR MORE COMMUNITY 
          [04:05:01]
ENGAGEMENT THROUGH, UH, UH, BIKE RIDERSHIP. 
          UM, BEFORE I MOVE ON TO CONSTITUENT ISSUES, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND WISH THE VERY BEST TO CHIEF TROY FINNER. 
          UH, HE SERVED THE CITY, AS YOU MENTIONED, FOR 25 PLUS YEARS. 
          HE'S CARRIED A LOT ON HIS BACK. 
          HE'S HOMEGROWN FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH HIM, UH, THROUGH THE PEAK OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, SOCIAL AND CIVIL UNREST OF GEORGE FLOYD, UH, PEAKS OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS, ALL THE WAY TO AFTER OUR ORDINANCES. 
          HE'S CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO OUR CITY, AND I WISH HIM NOTHING BUT A PEACEFUL, UM, AND PLEASANT RETIREMENT. 
          UM, WITH THAT, I ALSO WELCOME AND SUPPORT CHIEF SAT WRIGHT, WHO'S NO STRANGER TO THE WEST SIDE, UM, AND WHO HAS VISITED WITH ME AND MY OFFICES AND HAVE DEALT WITH, UM, OUR PRIORITIES, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PERMANENT APPOINTMENT, UM, AFTER YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, WITH THAT SAID, UH, EARLIER IN THE YEAR, I BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION GROWING CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT STREET FLEET MARKETS AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW ON BINET AND COOK, IT'S TURNING INTO A FULL ON FLEA MARKET. 
          AND SO I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT YOUR ADMINISTRATION WAS INTERESTED IN DOING A SLOW WALKING PROCESS. 
          I REALLY WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S BECOMING OVERBEARING, HUH? UH, IT'S BECOMING OVERBEARING. 
          AND, AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON HOW WE ADDRESS THIS. 
          WHAT'S COMING UP AT THESE FLEA MARKETS, UM, ARE POSSIBLY THE POTENTIAL OF A STOLEN ITEMS. AND SO, AS THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE SELLING MERCHANDISE FLEA MARKET, I, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CARRYING CASH MONEY. 
          I'M CONCERNED THAT THEY GONNA BE, MAY BE A PUBLIC SAFETY TARGET. 
          UM, AND SO I REALLY WANT TO, UH, WALK THAT PROCESS THROUGH SO WE CAN MITIGATE THAT. 
          UM, I ALSO WANT TO, UM, JUST PUT ON THE RADAR OF CONSTITUENTS. 
          UM, OUR SUMMER OF SAFETY WILL BE RELEASED AND ANNOUNCED IN JUNE, AS JUNE IS PUBLIC SAFETY MONTH. 
          UH, AND THEN AGAIN, WITH THOSE TWO ITEMS, ONE, THAT ONE PARTICULAR ITEM WITH DAWN, A MEMBER FROM YOUR STAFF, HAS ALREADY REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE. 
          DAWN IS WILLING TO, UM, ACCEPT, UH, REQUESTS FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH HOW THEY PRIORITIZE THAT SO WE CAN GET THOSE PROJECTS OVER. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST, MY CHIEF OF STAFF IS GRADUATING WITH HIS MASTERS OF SOCIAL WORK. 
          UM, GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          UM, YAY, ISAAC. 
          HE'S BEEN CARRYING A GRADUATE LOAD AND PUTTING UP WITH ME. 
          THAT'S A GOOD MAN. 
          UH, THAT'S A GOOD MAN. 
          UM, SO SHOW HIM SOME LOVE. 
          HE'S DONE VERY WELL, UM, UH, MANAGING A FULL LOAD ACADEMIC LOAD AND A FULL LOAD IN THE DISTRICT F OFFICE. 
          SO, CONGRATULATIONS, SIR, FOR ALL OF YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, TO THE WEST SIDE AND TO CITY HALL. 
          THANK YOU MUCH VERY WELL, MAYOR PRO TIMM CASTEX TATUM. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR WHITMEYER. 
          TODAY I'D LIKE TO, UM, USE MY POP-OFF TIME TO REALLY THANK TROY FINNER FOR HIS 34 YEARS OF SERVICE. 
          UH, QUITE FRANKLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE GOT MIXED EMOTIONS ABOUT, ABOUT IT ALL. 
          UH, CHIEF FINNER, IN MY OPINION, HAS OPERATED IN THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INTEGRITY. 
          UM, FOR 34 YEARS. 
          HE'S SERVED HPD. 
          UM, AND I DID NOT WANT HIS 34 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, UM, TO NOT BE RECOGNIZED, UM, BY THIS COUNCIL, BY THIS CITY. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, AT SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL TEXT MESSAGES AND CALLS AND IN SUPPORT OF, OF CHIEF FINNER AND HIS WORK THAT HE HAS GIVEN TO, TO THE CITY. 
          HE'S LED US THROUGH SOME CHALLENGING TIMES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          HE STOOD ON THE FRONT LINES, UM, WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH SOME REALLY TOUGH TIMES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          UM, AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR CITY. 
          UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DEAL WITH TOUGH THINGS IN, IN OUR CITIES, AND I KNOW WE HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS, AND I KNOW HE HAD TO MAKE A, A TOUGH DECISION. 
          UM, BUT I DID NOT WANT HIS 34 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO GO UNRECOGNIZED, UM, FROM THIS COUNCIL DE BECAUSE HE SAT BEFORE US. 
          HE'S GIVEN US THE UPDATES, AND, AND I KNOW THAT HE HAS, UM, WORKED DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE, THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF HOUSTONIANS, UM, AND TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE ADMINISTRATIONS THAT HE HAS WORKED WITH, UM, THROUGH HIS 34 YEARS OF SERVICE TO MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INTEGRITY FOR, UM, THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, AND THOSE, THOSE JOBS ARE TOUGH. 
          THEY ARE, THEY ARE VERY TOUGH. 
          BUT, UM, CHIEF FINNER HAS ALSO BEEN TOUGH, UH, AND I WANTED TO THANK HIM FOR, FOR HIS WORK AND FOR ALL THAT HE HAS DONE FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AND LET HIM KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT HIM, WISH HIM THE VERY BEST. 
          UM, I, HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL, UM, IN THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS AS WE TRANSITION, UM, WITH, UH, INTERIM CHIEF SATTERWHITE, UH, MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, SO TODAY I'D LIKE TO, UH, DEDICATE MY POP-OFF TO, UH, CHIEF TROY FINNER AND THANK HIM FOR 
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HIS 34 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL SAID. 
          I CONCUR WITH YOUR REMARKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT, UH, VICE MAYOR PRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, FIRST I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET AN UPDATE, UM, ABOUT THE TIMELINE FOR STORM, UM, DEBRIS COLLECTION IN DISTRICT DAY. 
          I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY KINGWOOD, THAT'S A PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, FOR PICKUPS, BUT WE DID HAVE, UM, A LOT OF WIND THAT CAME THROUGH WITH THE STORM AND TREES THAT WERE KNOCKED DOWN. 
          AND SO WE DID ASK THE SALT WASTE DEPARTMENT ABOUT, UM, COLLECTIONS AND HOPING TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE TIMELINE FOR THAT. 
          UM, ALSO, HEAVY TRASH HAS NOT BEEN PICKED UP, UM, FOR ABOUT A MONTH IN MY DISTRICT IN SOME PLACES. 
          AND SO THEN WITH THE STORM AS WELL, IT JUST HAS ADDED TO THE PILE. 
          SO, UM, IT'D BE GREAT TO GET A TIMELINE SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          UM, NEXT, THE FIRST PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, MAY 14TH AT 10:00 AM UM, WE'LL HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS. 
          THE FIRST WILL BE FROM FIRE CHIEF SAMUEL PENA. 
          HE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE PRE-HOSPITAL WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM AND THE MOBILE STROKE UNIT. 
          AND THEN ALSO THE HOUSTON FORENSIC SCIENCE CENTER PRESIDENT AND CEO DR. PETER STOUT WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE PROPERTY ROOM AND UPDATE THERE. 
          SO PLEASE JOIN US FOR THAT IMPORTANT, UM, THOSE IMPORTANT PRESENTATIONS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, I WANTED TO WISH HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO MY MOM. 
          I KNOW SHE'S WATCHING, SHE WATCHES ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND SO HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY. 
          HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, MOM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, SO FIRST I WANNA START OFF BY, UH, UH, LETTING FOLKS IN THE EAST END KNOW THAT THIS, UH, TOMORROW WE'RE HOSTING A INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING WITH, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO AND THE EAST END DISTRICT. 
          AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GET, REALLY GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING CURRENTLY IN THE EAST END, BUT ALSO SOME THAT ARE COMING, UH, IN THE NEXT COMING YEAR AND YEARS. 
          IT'S TOMORROW MAY 9TH, FIVE 30 AT THE HCC FELIX FROG CAMPUS. 
          THAT'S 3 0 1 NORTH RENAN. 
          UH, ALSO, UH, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS IN THE VIETNAMESE VILLAGES IN, IN MORE SOUTHEAST HOUSTON DISTRICT, I, UH, LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE HOSTING A TOWN HALL AT THE SAIGON CONDO FROM 10 TO ONE. 
          IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR VIETNAMESE, UH, POPULATION COMMUNITY WITHIN DISTRICT, I CAN ALSO, UH, RECEIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ON HEALTH SAFETY, UH, AND GET CONNECTED AND MORE INFORMED WITH THE WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CITY. 
          ALSO, WANNA WISH A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO MY MOTHER. 
          UH, OF COURSE MY, MY WIFE AS WELL. 
          AND TO ALL THE MOTHERS AROUND THE HORSESHOE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, UH, THROUGHOUT HOUSTON, UH, WE REALLY CAN'T DO MUCH WITHOUT OUR MOTHERS. 
          AND SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THEM. 
          PHIL DAMIEN, UM, WANNA THANK OUR CHIP INTERN, UH, BRADEN, WHO, UH, FINISHED UP HIS LAST WEEK, UH, HIS LAST WEEK ACTUALLY. 
          AND SO, UH, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM WHERE, UH, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON STUDENTS COME IN AND LEARN WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN OUR OFFICES, BUT THEN ALSO TAKE THOSE REAL, UM, YOU KNOW, LIFE EXPERIENCES INTO THEIR NEXT, UH, PROFESSIONAL, UM, YOU KNOW, SETTING. 
          AND SO, UH, AND FINALLY, I DEFINITELY WANT TO ALSO, UH, MAKE SURE I RECOGNIZE CHIEF FINNER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE RELATIONSHIP THAT I'VE HAD WITH CHIEF NER AS A STAFF, A STAFFER, BUT EVEN IN MY FIRST FOUR MONTHS, UH, IN OFFICE, UH, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A, UM, A MAN OF HIS WORD. 
          UM, A MAN THAT, UH, WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT HE'S TAKEN CARE OF HIM, LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY FIRST AND FOREMOST. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE HIS, HIS, UH, COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          UM, BUT ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE, UH, CHIEFS, UH, INTERIM CHIEFS THAT ARE WHITE. 
          UM, HE'S, HE'S OVERSEEING A LOT OF, UH, PARTS OF DISTRICT GUY, UH, OVER THE LAST, UM, YOU KNOW, FIVE, 10 YEARS FROM THE PATROL DIVISION SPECIFICALLY. 
          UM, AND, AND SO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE RECOGNIZE CHIEF SATTERWHITE AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, WORKING WITH THEM AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I SAID COUNCILOR POLLARD. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YEAH, I'M, I'M, I'M DEFINITELY VERY DISHEARTENED, UH, WITH THE NEWS OF, UM, CHIEF FINN RESIGNING. 
          UH, I THINK WE ALL HOLD HIM IN A VERY HIGH RESPECT. 
          UM, I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. 
          I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SACRIFICE AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY. 
          UH, WHEN THE PREVIOUS CHIEF LEFT, KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, UM, DURING A VERY CHALLENGING TIME FOR HOUSTONIANS, UM, CHIEF FINNER WAS APPOINTED TO THAT POSITION. 
          UH, GOT US THROUGH A LOT OF SOCIAL AND CIVIL UNREST, GOT US THROUGH A PANDEMIC, A WINTER STORM. 
          YURI, UM, MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME WITH, UH, THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, HE'S SHOWN TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP, UM, AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE WAS SOME CONTROVERSY REGARDING THE SUSPENDED CASES AND I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T 
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TOLERATE THAT. 
          UH, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE MAKE REPORTS THAT WE DO RESPOND. 
          UM, BUT I DO THINK HE WAS TRUTHFUL AND WHEN HE SAID THAT, UH, TO HIS RECOLLECTION, HE HASN'T, HE DOESN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING BEYOND 2021. 
          AND I THINK A EMAIL WAS SHOWN THAT SOMETHING CAME OUT IN 2018 WHEN HE WAS AN ASSISTANT CHIEF AND IT, HE SAID IT WAS, UH, IT SHOULDN'T BE DONE IN IN THE MOVE ON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT, UH, I DON'T THINK HE KNEW THAT WAS A CODE AT THE TIME. 
          UH, NOTHING IN THE EMAILS REFERENCED THE CODE. 
          UM, AND YOU'RE MOVING SO FAST WHEN WE GET ALL THESE EMAILS THAT I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE HELD AGAINST HIM. 
          AND I WANT TO TAKE HIS WORD FOR IT. 
          THAT 2021 IS WHEN HE REMEMBERS GETTING NOTIFIED OF THAT. 
          SO I WANT TO THANK YOU CHIEF, UH, FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP TO OUR CITY AND INTERIM CHIEF SATTERWHITE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE UTMOST PROFESSIONAL AS WELL, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM. 
          YESTERDAY. 
          I MENTIONED HOTSPOTS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE CURE SOME OF THE CRIME IN OUR DISTRICTS, IN OUR, IN OUR CITY. 
          AND WHEN I MEAN HOTSPOTS, I MEAN, UM, PLACES THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          YES, ALL OF DISTRICT J HAS A LOT OF CRIME ALL OVER JUST LIKE MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU TWO OR THREE PLACES THAT WE SHOULD, WE COULD START THERE. 
          YES, IT IS OTHER PLACES THAT ARE DEALING WITH SOME PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU TWO OR THREE PLACES JUST TO START. 
          AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO SEE IS A SHORT TERM SOLUTION UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT SOME OF THE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS. 
          AND I DO THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES WITH ALL THESE SUBSTATIONS SPREAD OUT ALL OVER THE CITY, THAT IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR SOMEONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WE, THAT WE HOLD IN HIGH REGARD SAYS, HEY, JUST FOCUS ON THIS STREET. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF THE STREETS HAVE ISSUES, BUT THIS IS THE MOST PRIORITY STREET. 
          I THINK WE WILL SEE SOME OF THE, UH, TRENDS GO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WHEN IT COMES TO ADDRESSING SOME OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES. 
          AND MY FINAL COMMENTS WILL BE DIRECTED TO, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY. 
          UM, THIS PAST MONDAY, THE CITY CONTROLLER, UH, MADE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE FIREFIGHTER'S PROPOSED AGREEMENT. 
          UM, HE PUT FORTH SCENARIOS SHOWING THAT, UH, BASED ON HIS CALCULATIONS, UH, THE SETTLEMENT HE EVALUATE THE SETTLEMENT VALUES COULD BE BETWEEN 110 MILLION AND 380 MILLION. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT'S A STARK DIFFERENCE THAN THE 650 MILLION THAT'S PROPOSED RIGHT NOW. 
          WHAT, WHAT FORMULA DID YOU ALL USE IN YOUR NEGOTIATIONS TO GET TO THE SIX 50? WHAT MATHEMATICAL FORMULA GETS YOU THERE? UH, THESE TALKS WERE DURING THE MEDIATION, SO WE RELIED ON, UH, OUR EXPERTS CALCULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY THOUGHT THE RANGE COULD BE. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE DETERMINED THE NUMBER. 
          AND, UH, WE VIEW THE NUMBER OF SIX 50 AS THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT 476 MILLION, UH, IF IT WERE TO BE A BASE PAY AWARD, BECAUSE THERE WAS, UH, NO, UH, THERE IS NO, UH, PENSION CONTRIBUTION ON THAT. 
          AND YOU PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THAT THE SIX 50 MILLION PROPOSED SETTLEMENT WAS USED WITH A PUBLIC SECTOR STANDARD AND NOT A PRIVATE SECTOR STANDARD. 
          IS THAT ACCURATE? WELL, THAT'S HOW BOTH OF THE PARTIES, UM, AGREED TO, TO ATTEMPT TO MEDIATE. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S ALL, IT ALLOWED THE FIREFIGHTERS, I THINK, TO DROP FROM THE HIGHER FIGURE THAT YOU'VE SEEN REPORTED IN THE MEDIA IN EXCESS OF A BILLION. 
          BUT ULTIMATELY THERE'S A SPECTER OF IF YOU CAN'T REACH AN AGREEMENT AND YOU HAVE TO GO TO COURT OR AN ARBITRATION PANEL, YOU ARE LOOKING AT A PRIVATE SECTOR STANDARD. 
          SO IT, IN A SENSE, IT INCORPORATED BOTH, UM, BOTH WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT. 
          AND WAS THE FIRE UNION EVER PRESENTED A CONTRACT BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 18 AND 21 THAT JUST WASN'T ABLE TO GET APPROVED OR THEY DID NOT AGREE UPON? AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE NEGOTIATION SINCE THE LAST ONE EXPIRED HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EACH SIDE PRESENTING SPECIFIC ARTICLES. 
          WAS A OFFER EVER PRESENTED WITH, UH, PERCENTAGE INCREASES OR, OR, OR PAY INCREASES? YES, I THINK, BUT BOTH SIDES EXCHANGED OFFERS ON THAT. 
          DO YOU RECALL WHAT THE CITY OFFERED? I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK. 
          UH, I ALSO NEED TO, UH, CONFIRM THE CONFIDENTIALITY. 
          I KNOW IN THE PAST THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED UNTIL SOMETHING HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE UNION FOR A VOTE, BUT I'LL LOOK INTO THAT. 
          BUT A OFFER WAS PRESENTED, YES. 
          BOTH SIDES. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILOR PLUMMER. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I, 
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I WANNA JOIN MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE BEEN ON THIS DIOCESE WITH ME PREVIOUS, UM, WITH THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION AND ACKNOWLEDGE CHIEF NER. 
          UM, WE WENT THROUGH A LOT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, DURING THE TIME THAT HE WAS HERE. 
          AND IT'S EMOTIONAL BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR PREVIOUS CHIEF, LITERALLY LIKE COUNCILOR PAUL, LITERALLY LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND, UM, AND LEFT A MESS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT CHIEF NER IS THE CHIEF, AND WHEN YOU'RE THE CHIEF, YOU HAVE TO STAND TALL AND YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT COMES YOUR WAY. 
          BUT HE'S THE MOST DIGNIFIED MAN THAT I KNOW, AND HE HAS, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH HIM. 
          HE HAS PROTECTED THE CITY IN TIMES THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY OF HOUSTON WILL EVER SEE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES TO A CITY SHUTTING DOWN TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT LEVELS THAT WILL PROBABLY NEVER SEE HISTORICAL HIGHS. 
          UM, HE HAS ALWAYS ANSWERED OUR CALL ALWAYS AND, UM, PEOPLE CAN TALK ABOUT THINGS AND THEY CAN CHALLENGE THINGS AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO OUR JOB AND THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR US NOT TAKING CARE OF COMMUNITIES. 
          BUT I REALLY HOPE THAT THE PREVIOUS CHIEF, AS THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE HAPPENING, THAT HE IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO, THIS WAS NOT ALL DONE ON ONE PERSON'S WATCH. 
          AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO SHAKE DOWN AND I CLEARLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE FAMILIES, UM, IN ALL THE PREVIOUS CASES. 
          I MEAN, I NEVER WANT ANY CASES TO BE, TO NOT BE DEALT WITH PROPERLY, BUT CHIEF FINNER IS A MAN OF INTEGRITY. 
          AND, UM, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, I MEAN, A LOT OF YOU ARE NEW ON THIS HORSESHOE, BUT THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A MESS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          AND CHIEF NER REALLY PROTECTED US SINCE I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM FIRST AND FOREMOST. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID, AND THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          UM, AND I WANNA OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATE INTERIM CHIEF S WHITE. 
          UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU OR WHOEVER, UM, THE MAYOR DECIDES TO, TO BE OUR FINAL CHIEF. 
          UM, I WANT TO, SO ON A, ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID IN KINGWOOD. 
          I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE OUR, UM, FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          I KNOW IT WAS A ROUGH RIDE FOR YOU, UM, COUPLE MONTHS IN. 
          UM, AND I, AND I, I KNOW THAT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AND UNDER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE ADMINISTRATION, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE, UM, PROTECTED AND TAKEN CARE OF. 
          SO, SO WELL DONE. 
          ON YOUR FIRST, ON YOUR FIRST CHALLENGE, BIG CHALLENGE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, FLOODING IS IMMINENT. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO. 
          AND I HAD THE HONOR TO TOUR THE, THE SHEPHERD DURHAM PROJECT MAYOR AND GIVE YOU A QUICK CALL AFTER THAT TOUR. 
          IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING. 
          AND AS WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE FISCALLY, UM, WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING, UM, THAT THEY DON'T WANT PHASE TWO POTENTIALLY TO HAPPEN AND SAVING THE TREES AND MONTROSE AND ALL THOSE ISSUES, AND WE DON'T NEED BIKE LANES AND WE DON'T NEED WALKABILITY, AND WE DON'T NEED SIDEWALKS, AND WE NEED MORE CARS AND WHATEVER ELSE EVERYONE IS SAYING, WHAT I WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT BIKEWAYS AND THEY'RE NOT WALKABILITY ONLY. 
          THEY'RE, THEY ARE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THEY'RE THE CREATIONS OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON DOES NOT HAVE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PUT IN FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS. 
          WE ARE IN A ROUGH FINANCIAL TIME. 
          AND SO I REALLY HOPE MAYOR TURNER, I MEAN, SORRY, . 
          I REALLY HOPE MAYOR WHITMAR, MY APOLOGIES, MY EXTREME APOLOGIES FOR THAT. 
          UM, I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT PHASE TWO AND, AND PUSH THAT FORWARD. 
          THIS MONEY IS NOT COMING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          THIS IS TOUR DOLLARS. 
          UM, AND IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED AS WE'RE ENTERING, UM, HURRICANE SEASON AND ALL THE OTHER DISASTERS THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE COMING FORWARD. 
          UM, AND SO I WANNA THANK THE, UH, THE SHEPHERD DURHAM, UM, FOLKS FOR, FOR GIVING ME A GREAT TOUR. 
          AND, AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE MANTRAS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD AS WELL. 
          UM, HAD A REALLY INTERESTING, UH, LAST COUPLE DAYS. 
          I'VE NEVER HAD TO CALL 9 1 1 BEFORE, AND I CALLED 9 1 1 THE FIRST TIME ON FRIDAY. 
          AND IT'S DEVASTATING WHEN YOU CALL NINE ONE MEAN, IT'S REALLY SCARY. 
          MY GIRLFRIEND HAD A CAR ACCIDENT AND IT WAS TERRIFYING. 
          AND SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 9 1 1 RESPONDERS. 
          UM, THEY ANSWERED THE PHONE AND GOT HER HELP THAT SHE NEEDED. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, FIRE STATION SEVEN, UM, THEY WERE, THEY WERE THERE, THEY TOOK CARE OF HER. 
          UM, THE AMBULANCE GOT HER TO THE HOSPITAL IN TIME. 
          UM, AND SHE'S GONNA BE OKAY. 
          BUT I JUST REALLY, REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR FIRST, BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME I HAD THAT EXPERIENCE. 
          AND WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT YOU LOVE, UM, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BEGIN A CHALLENGE AND YOU CALL, YOU CALL 9 1 1 AND THEY'RE ALL THERE AND THEY SHOW UP AND THEY DO THIS AMAZING JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE. 
          UM, I JUST REALLY 
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WANT TO, TO THANK, UM, TO THANK THE, THE FIRE STATION, UM, ON ELGIN FIRE STATION SEVEN TO, UM, TO, TO, TO BEING THERE, UM, TO HELPING MY FRIEND ON FRIDAY. 
          AND, UM, TWO OTHER PIECES, UH, RIVERSIDE, OBVIOUSLY Y'ALL HEARD YESTERDAY, RIVERSIDE IS HAVING SOME CHALLENGES AND I, I WANNA URGE THE UNIFY, THE UNIFICATION OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES, RIGHT? I KNOW ALL THIS, OFTENTIMES THE FUNDING IS SEPARATE AND, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DIFFERENT SPACES BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE, UM, ARE IN THAT SPACE WHERE IT BE COLLEGE POLICE, HPD, CONSTABLES SHARES, ALL THESE ENTITIES. 
          I JUST WANNA SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY, SOME KIND OF WAY THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER IN UNISON VERSUS, YOU KNOW, WORKING IN SILOS. 
          BUT I UNDERSTAND IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A TOUGH, IT'S A TOUGH ASK WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          BUT, UM, WE ALL, IT'S ALL OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT, THAT WE'RE ALL SAFE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          AND THE LAST THING, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS IN THE DIOCESE, UM, TO ALL THE MOTHERS IN CITY OF HOUSTON AND, AND HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO MY MOM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, UH, HESITANT TO GO TO SOME OF YOUR SUBJECTS 'CAUSE IT'S VERY INVOLVED, BUT LET ME JUST SHARE WITH YOU ONE OF THE DILEMMAS THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE CONSIDERED AT THE SHEPHERD DERMAN. 
          THERE'S A CLASH OF INTEREST. 
          YOU KNOW, I'VE REPRESENTED THE AREA OF 51 YEARS. 
          I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT TXDOT DESIGNED SHEPHERD TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC OFF OF 45. 
          LITTLE YORK IN SHEPHERD HAS A FLYOVER COMING OVER 45 TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON 45, 20 $4 MILLION. 
          THEN YOU HAVE A CLASH. 
          SO YOU HAVE THE MOBILITY ISSUE, THEN YOU HAVE A CLASH, I WOULD CALL IT 19TH AND SHEPHERD. 
          AND 81 19TH AND SHEPHERD WAS TOTALLY BOARDED UP. 
          I MADE IT A MAIN STREET PROJECT, CITY AND STATE CAME TOGETHER, COLLABORATED, AND IT'S A VIBRANT AREA TODAY. 
          SO YOU HAVE THE CLASH OF THE RETAIL, AND IT'S VERY PRETTY BECAUSE IT'S ALL NEW. 
          10 FOOT SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES. 
          I COULD ARGUE IT'S A EQUITY ISSUE AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE ALLOWING THE TURS TO DO 10 FOOT SIDEWALKS. 
          AND DENVER HARBOR STILL WANTS THEIR FIRST SIDEWALK AS WELL AS ACRES HOME. 
          SO THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPETING INTERESTS, I WOULD SUGGEST. 
          YES, FEDERAL MONEY'S IMPORTANT, BUT SOME OF THE SAME PROPONENTS OF DOING DERMAN SHEPHERD FURTHER WITH THE SAME FOLKS THAT BLOCKED THE EXPANSION OF 45, WHICH WAS GONNA BE A $10 BILLION PROJECT. 
          SO I'M TRYING TO BRING THE COMPETING INTERESTS TOGETHER. 
          THE TURS DOESN'T APPEAR TO WANT TO COMPROMISE. 
          I'M LISTENING TO GARDEN OAKS. 
          OAK FOREST ACRES, HOME ALDE 2 49 FEEDS INTO WEST MONTGOMERY, THAT HUGE PART OF NORTH HARRIS COUNTY, WEST MONTGOMERY OVER TO SHEPHERD. 
          IT RELIEVES THE TRAFFIC ON SIX 10 I 10 AND ALLOWS PEOPLE TO GO TO WORK AND SCHOOL. 
          SOME OF THE TURS PROPONENTS DON'T EVEN LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR THERE. 
          SO, AS YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE, MY JOB IS CHALLENGING. 
          I ACCEPT THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO WORK EVERY DAY. 
          BUT WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE COMING BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, WHETHER IT'S MOBILITY OR EVEN THE FIREFIGHTER'S COMPENSATION AND MISLEAD AND DO HYPOTHETICALS MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK TO TALK ABOUT OUR OVERTIME RULES ARE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          DO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S IN STATE STATUTE? WHAT? HOUSTON FIREFIGHTERS WILL WORK WEEKLY. 
          SO YOU'D HAVE TO GET THE STATUTE CHANGED. 
          THE COMPARISON OF PRIVATE DEPARTMENTS, PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS DOES MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. 
          ALL I'M SIMPLY SAYING IS, AND I'VE CHAIRED MEETINGS MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE ACTUALLY SAY, SIGN HERE. 
          THAT WHAT YOU SAY, ONE, THAT'S WHO YOU ARE AND YOUR ADDRESS AND PHONE AND IDENTITY ALSO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TESTIMONY TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE IS TRUTHFUL. 
          YOU CAN'T HAVE FOLKS COME UP HERE AND MISLEAD AND USE MISINFORMATION ON PUBLIC POLICY. 
          I'LL LISTEN TO EVERYONE. 
          WE HAD FOLKS YESTERDAY ASKING TO MEET WITH ME. 
          WE'VE ALREADY STARTED SCHEDULING THAT, BUT I DON'T JUST PULL IDEAS OUT OF THE AIR. 
          THE DERHAM SHEPHERD IS VERY SERIOUS. 
          THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATION BEFORE I GOT HERE CALLED IT AN EXPERIMENT. 
          YEAH, IT'S AN EXPERIMENT. 
          YOU OUGHT TO GO LOOK AT FIVE O'CLOCK 
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OR EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TRAFFIC. 
          I REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY THAT HAS TO GO TO WORK AND SCHOOL. 
          THE FOLKS THAT WANT TO EXPERIMENT WITH PEOPLE'S MOBILITY HAVE A CHALLENGE ON THEIR HANDS. 
          AND IT'S ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, FIRST RESPONDERS BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE THOSE THOROUGHFARES. 
          AND IF EVERYBODY WILL JUST COME TO THE TABLE AND BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT, I THINK WE'VE GOT A REAL SOLUTION. 
          IT'S NOT JUST THERE. 
          IT ARE. 
          OTHER LEGACY CLINIC, WE'LL TELL YOU ON HILLCROFT, THEY CAN'T GET TO THEIR CLINIC BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN. 
          WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? NOT LISTEN TO THAT. 
          I HOPE WE ALL LISTEN TO IT. 
          ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR THINGS I'VE DONE, MAYBE SURPRISE A COUPLE OF YOU, IS THE HOUSTON WASHINGTON REDESIGN. 
          IT WAS QUICKLY DONE, VERY INEXPENSIVE. 
          IT'S BEEN DONE PROPERLY. 
          IT'S SAFE. 
          WHEN THEY GOT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE BELOW HOUSTON AVENUE, THEY FOUND GAS LINES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SIX FEET DEEP. 
          WE'RE SIX INCHES DEEP. 
          SO WE'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS BY BEING OBJECTIVE AND BRINGING EVERYONE TO THE TABLE. 
          SO, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. 
          I WAS OBVIOUSLY TIED UP YESTERDAY DURING, UH, COUNCIL WITH SOME TRANSITION AT HPD, BUT WHETHER IT'S FIREFIGHTERS COMPENSATION, IT, IT DOES DISAPPOINT ME THAT THE VERY MONDAY AFTER THEY SAVED LIVES OVER THE WEEKEND, WORDS MATTER, THAT PEOPLE WERE TRASHING THEIR FUTURE COMPENSATION EVEN MADE THE COMMENT THAT IF THE CITY WOULD'VE PAID 'EM MORE THAN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, WE WOULDN'T BE LOOKING AT SUCH A DEBT. 
          REALLY, IF WE WOULD'VE RECRUITED MORE IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, WE'D HAVE LARGER CADET CLASSES. 
          I'VE TOLD YOU I SPOKE TO 31 COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHERE BADLY UNDER-RESOURCED AND PERSONNEL, FIRE AND POLICE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES. 
          THERE'S NO JUST THE RIGHT OR WRONG WAY TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THESE. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, LOOKING BACK, PEOPLE WERE NOT ABLE TO RAISE THEIR OBJECTIONS. 
          YOU KNOW IT, I KNOW IT. 
          AND SO ALL I CAN SAY IS I RAN TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. 
          UH, I COULD ADDRESS CHIEF NER. 
          I HAD PROBABLY RIDDEN WITH CHIEF NER MORE THAN ANYONE AT THE HORSESHOE. 
          HE SPENT MORE TIME AT MY KITCHEN TABLE THAN PROBABLY ANYONE THAT IS SITTING HERE. 
          HE'S AN OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL AND HAS DONE GREAT THINGS FOR THE CITY AND WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT. 
          BUT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH INTERRUPTIONS. 
          I HAVE TO DEAL WITH REOPENING OF INVESTIGATIONS AND MORALE AND TRANSPARENCY. 
          SO YES, I WAS SICK WHEN I SAW THE RECENT EMAIL, BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE SICK. 
          I HAVE TO PROTECT THIS CITY AND LEAD. 
          AND IT CAN'T BE DRIVEN BY PERSONALITY. 
          CHIEF NER IS A FRIEND, AND IT WAS VERY PAINFUL TO SEE SOMEONE RETIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS ASSIGNMENT. 
          TOUGH DECISIONS. 
          CHIEF SATTERWHITE WILL DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB. 
          HE WAS THE CHOICE OF CHIEF FINNER WHEN CHIEF NER WOULD LEAVE THE CITY. 
          SO WE HAVE HUGE RESPONSIBILITIES, WHETHER IT'S HOTSPOTS, WHETHER IT'S FLOODING, MOBILITY, AND I THINK, UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING BE JUST FINE IF WE'LL COME TOGETHER, NOT TRY TO DIVIDE THIS CITY, BUT REALIZE WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          AND I'LL CALL ON, UH, COUNCILMAN CARTER AT THIS TIME. 
          UM, I TOO, JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK, UH, CHIEF FINNER. 
          WHILE I HAVEN'T BEEN AT THIS HORSESHOE, UH, THAT LONG, I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR MANY YEARS, AND HE IS ONE FINE INDIVIDUAL AND AND A SHINING STAR IN OUR CITY AND ON OUR POLICE FORCE. 
          HE'S DONE A FINE JOB. 
          AND I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF EVERYONE AROUND THE HORSESHOE WHO'S WORKED WITH HIM THROUGH ALL THE ADVERSITY AND THE CITY. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TODAY ABOUT, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, BIKE RIDES ON THE WEST SIDE, PUBLIC EVENTS, AND ALL OF THOSE PLACES WHERE WE NEED FIRST RESPONDERS AND WE NEED LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND TRULY WE NEED MORE FIRST RESPONDERS AND MORE LAW ENFORCE ENFORCEMENT. 
          SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON RECRUITING AND BRINGING NEW MEMBERS TO THE TEAM BECAUSE WE NEED THOSE TEAMS, NOT ONLY IN A TIME OF NEED, BUT 
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ALSO ON A DAY TO DAY. 
          AND LET'S TALK ABOUT HOTSPOTS 1605 POTOMAC UNI. 
          A I'VE GOT FRESH VIDEO OF A BUSLOAD OF PROSTITUTES SUNDAY MORNING BEING DROPPED OFF. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THE GREAT GREAT, UH, RING CAMERA, YOU KNOW, ONE'S GOT A GUN, I GOT A GUN, SHE'S SAYING TO THE PIMP, EXCUSE ME. 
          BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. 
          AND SO WE'VE GOT HOTSPOTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE MEDIA IS HERE TODAY, FOCUS ON, FOCUS ON A FEW OF THESE HOTPOTS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT OUT IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. 
          WE'VE HAD RESIDENTS WHO'VE COME TO COMPLAIN ABOUT HOTSPOTS THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT. 
          BUT AGAIN, TO, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE HOTSPOTS, BUT IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE HOTSPOTS, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MORE FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          JUNE IS PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, AWARENESS MONTH. 
          YOU KNOW, LET'S BRING OUT THE, BRING OUT THE TEAMS TO RECRUIT NEW BLOOD AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT A, A KEY FOCUS FOR US. 
          UM, AND JUST A AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO DO WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY. 
          WE'RE ALL PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR BELIEFS, OUR CONCERNS, WHETHER IT'S FLOODING, FIRST RESPONDERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT IT TAKES ALL OF US. 
          UH, I HATE TO, IT TAKES ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE OUR EFFORTS OF PULLING THE WAGON. 
          AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS A, A LIGHT LOAD, BUT WE'VE GOT TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD AND, AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR CITY, NOT FOR US INDIVIDUALLY, BUT FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ. 
          KEVIN SHABAZZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANNA EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE EXCELLENT QUALITY OF LIFE MEETING HELD THIS WEEK. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          AND THIS MEETING WAS PIVOTAL AND ADDRESSING ONGOING QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOUND ISSUES THAT AFFECT OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN I DON'T HAVE TO GET AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING FROM MY CONSTITUENTS, AND THEY COULD, OTHER THAN TO TELL ME THAT THEY HAD A NICE, QUIET WEEKEND. 
          BUT I CERTAINLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          I WANT TO, UM, INVITE EVERYONE TO OUR INAUGURAL ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH WILL BE HELD TODAY IN CHAMBERS AT 2:00 PM AND I WANT YOU TO JOIN ME AND VICE CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO AS WE LEAD THIS MEETING. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PROMOTING OUR CITY'S RICH ARTISTIC HERITAGE AND EXPLORING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          ON SATURDAY, THERE WILL BE A THIRD WARD ON TAP FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL BE FROM 10 TO 2:00 PM AND THE CORNER OF TRUCK STREET AND BRILEY STREET. 
          IT IS A CELEBRATION THAT WE ALL ENJOY, WHERE EVERYONE CAN COME OUT AND ENJOY THE ACTIVITIES. 
          THERE'S ALSO A TEEN AND POLICE SERVICE ACADEMY, SUMMER YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, WHICH WILL BE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CAMPUS FROM JUNE 10TH TO JUNE 28TH. 
          AND SO WE'RE ASKING THAT THE PARENTS, YOU ENROLL YOUR CHILDREN, UH, 13 TO 17. 
          IT WILL BE FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM NINE TO FIVE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, UH, AT (832) 283-5318. 
          YOU CAN CERTAINLY CALL MY OFFICE TO GET INFORMATION. 
          NOW, OF COURSE, I, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SERVICE OF CHIEF TROY FINNER. 
          UH, AS HE STEPS DOWN, I WANT TO EXTEND MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR HIS LEADERSHIP, PARTICULARLY DURING CHALLENGING TIMES OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER DURING THIS PERIOD, HIS SUPPORT WAS INVALUABLE IN NAVIGATING COMPLEXITIES AND STRIVING TO KEEP CRIME RATES LOW IN OUR DISTRICT, WHICH WE PROUDLY CALL THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION. 
          HE CAME AND SAT PERSONALLY IN FRONT OF MY HOME, HE AND POLICE, THE POLICE FORCE. 
          WHEN MY OWN PIECE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THREATENED, I WAS THREATENED WITH A PROTEST, AND HE MADE SURE THAT THE SAFETY OF MY COMMUNITY WAS CERTAINLY KEPT. 
          I I WANNA CHALLENGE ANYONE SITTING ANYWHERE THAT CAN REMEMBER ONE EMAIL BACK IN 2018. 
          I, I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY THAT I THINK I WOULD HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME REMEMBERING WHETHER IT WAS 20 18, 20 19, 20 20, UH, BUT, BUT WHAT WAS CONSISTENT HERE WAS THE FACT THAT HE SAID IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE. 
          AND SO, I, I JUST WANNA CHALLENGE YOU TO THINK YOURSELVES AS WE CRITICIZE AND LOOK AT THE HUMANNESS OF SOMEONE ELSE AS TO WHETHER THEY OR YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO REMEMBER WITH ACCURACY WHEN YOU RECEIVED SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. 
          BUT AGAIN, HIS CONSISTENCY WAS, WAS THERE IN SAYING THAT IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE. 
          AND THAT HAS BEEN HIS CONSISTENT SENTIMENT. 
          MY COMMUNITY HAS GIVEN AN OUTPOURING OF SENTIMENTS. 
          AND I, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT HE ALWAYS 
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RESPONDED, UH, VIA TEXT OR WHATEVER HE WAS RECENTLY IN MY COMMUNITY, WALKING THE STREETS, TALKING TO BUSINESS OWNERS AND PEOPLE TO TRY TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND LET US KNOW THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          I WORE MY BLUE TODAY TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICE OF CHIEF TROY FENNER. 
          HE, HIS COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY HAS BEEN UNWAVERING, AND HIS EFFORTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELLBEING. 
          HE HAS ALREADY SORELY MISSED. 
          I KNOW OF NO OTHER POLICE CHIEF, AND I KNOW MANY, AND, AND I RESPECT THEM ALL. 
          BUT HE HAD SO MUCH RESPECT OF NOT JUST THE PEOPLE, BUT THE RANKS. 
          AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT, THAT EVERYTHING GOES WELL FOR HIM. 
          AND I WILL MISS HIM, UH, PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. 
          AND CERTAINLY, UM, AGAIN, THINK OF ON YOUR OWN SELF POINT YOUR OWN FINGER BACK AT YOURSELF TO DETERMINE WHAT YOU WOULD REMEMBER. 
          AND SO, I WANT TO END THIS WITH A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, UH, TO THE AUNTS AND MOTHER FIGURES. 
          AND CERTAINLY WE WILL MOVE FORWARD, UH, IN PRAYER, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE NEED IN THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT THESE CHALLENGES WITH. 
          WE NEED PRAYER AND COMPASSION. 
          AND SO I THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FROM THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I, UH, ALSO WANT TO THANK CHIEF NER FOR HIS, UH, SERVICE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND KEEPING HOUSTONIAN SAFE AND HIS COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          UM, MY TIME WORKING WITH HIM WAS BRIEF, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HE WAS ALWAYS SINCERE IN HIS EFFORTS AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO BE ACTIVE, UH, WITH THE NEEDS OF DISTRICT H AND MAKING SURE WE HAD THE RESOURCES TO, UH, KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. 
          AND I, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH INTERIM CHIEF SATTERWHITE. 
          UM, MAYOR, YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE THINGS RECENTLY THAT, UM, I, I WANNA FOLLOW UP ON. 
          ONE WAS THE HOUSTON AVENUE PROJECTS. 
          NOW THAT IT'S REDESIGNED, I KNOW THERE WAS A COMMITMENT TO STUDY THAT INTERSECTION NOW THAT THE CONFIGURATIONS RESTORE TO SEE IF THERE IS ACTUALLY A, A PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT THAT COULD BE DONE. 
          YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE SEE THAT THROUGH AND, AND WANNA WORK WITH Y'ALL ON MAKING SURE THAT STUDY GETS DONE. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT INFORMATION AND TRANSPARENCY RELATED TO, UH, THE FIREFIGHTER AGREEMENT, AND I KNOW A COUPLE OF US HAVE ASKED FOR MORE DOCUMENTS, MORE INFORMATION. 
          YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW WE'RE STILL INVOLVED IN THAT, UM, LITIGATION AND, AND WORKING THOSE THINGS OUT. 
          COULD WE GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GET MORE INFORMATION, ASK MORE QUESTIONS? IS THAT, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? WELL, OBVIOUSLY THE CITY ATTORNEYS SAYING TO YOUR LEFT, YOU CAN ASK HIM TO GET A QUICK ANSWER BY, BUT THE BOTTOM, BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE UNDER DIRECTION OF THE COURT. 
          IN FACT, IT WAS PROBABLY VIOLATED NUMEROUS TIMES MONDAY IN TERMS OF WE'RE, WE'RE STILL IN MEDIATION. 
          WE'RE UNDER COURT ORDER TO NOT SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA HONOR IT. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S SITTING YOU ON THE LEFT, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO EXPEDITE TO GET COUNSEL THE INFORMATION IT'S WAITING FOR, BUT THAT BY CHARTER, WE CANNOT HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          THE CITY OF HOUSTON CANNOT. 
          SO THAT PREVENTS US FROM DOING THAT, OUR CHARTER. 
          GOT IT. 
          UM, OUR CHARTER SAYS WE CAN'T HAVE GOOD TO GET CLARITY ON THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I'M TOLD BY A GOOD SOURCE THAT OUR CHARTER PREVENTS EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THERE AGAIN, IT'S EASY TO MAKE THESE SUGGESTIONS AND TALK HYPOTHETICALS AND SPECULATIONS AND BE A MONDAY MORNING, MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK. 
          BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE AUTHORITIES WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO AND FOLLOW. 
          SO I SHARE YOUR CONCERN. 
          WELL, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IT, THAT WAY WE CAN GET FACTS OUT THERE. 
          UH, SURE. 
          AND, UH, OH, YOU THINK I DON'T WANT 'EM OUT. 
          TRANSPARENCY'S OUR BEST FRIEND. 
          I HEAR YOU ON THAT, THAT THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE. 
          YOU UNDERSTAND THAT AND ABSOLUTELY. 
          IN TERMS OF NEGOTIATIONS, AND YOU CAN'T REWRITE HISTORY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE IN THIS DILEMMA, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT, THAT WE CAN'T OPEN UP THE RECORD. 
          UH, BECAUSE FOR EIGHT YEARS IT HADN'T BEEN RESOLVED AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN A LOT MORE AFFORDABLE EIGHT YEARS AGO THAN IT IS NOW. 
          AND IT'S JUST PRO IT'S JUST AMAZING THAT SOMEONE WOULD SAY, IF WE'D JUST DONE IT RIGHT IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, IT'D BE CHEAPER TODAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UH, ANYWAY, WE'RE GONNA GET THERE. 
          I, UH, 
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THE, THE SETTLEMENT HAS NOT BEEN PUT TOGETHER OR PROPOSAL WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT. 
          UM, ONE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I WANTED TO SHARE, UH, INVOLVING LATINOS FOR EDUCATION, THEY HAVE A ASPIRING LATINO LEADERS IN LATINX TEACHER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 
          UM, APPLICATIONS ARE DUE ON MAY 10TH. 
          AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN CREATING IMPACT THROUGH GOVERNANCE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ADVOCACY, OR POLICY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY. 
          THEY HAD A, A REALLY GREAT COHORT THAT JUST GRADUATED. 
          UH, A LOT OF THEIR FELLOWS HAVE GONE ON TO TAKE ON MEANINGFUL ROLES IN THE EDUCATION SPACE. 
          UM, AND, UH, IT'S REALLY IMPACTFUL AND SUCCESSFUL. 
          UM, AND FINALLY, I DO WANNA WISH A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO MY MOM, ALL OTHER MOMS IN DISTRICT H. 
          AND ALSO, UH, A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HUSBAND JOEL, WHO'S CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILOR POLLARD. 
          DAVID. 
          HE'LL DO IT. 
          HE'LL COME AROUND ON THE BACK END. 
          NO, YOUR LIGHT'S ON. 
          MY LIGHT SAYS YOUR NAME. 
          I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT BACK ON, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO'S, UM, COMMENT REGARDING THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT. 
          UM, YOU ANNOUNCED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY THAT AN AGREEMENT WAS MADE. 
          WE'RE NOW IN MAY, WE HAVE NOT SEEN AN AGREEMENT, NOT EVEN CONFIDENTIALITY, UH, OR A CONFIDENTIAL, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          IT'S NOT A HARD COPY. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S LEAK COPIES OUT THERE. 
          WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ACCURATE. 
          WE DON'T KNOW IF THE TERMS ARE, ARE TRUE OR NOT. 
          UM, IT'S HARD TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY IF WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE DEAL. 
          AND WE'RE COMING INTO A BUDGET SESSION WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS, UH, WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO THE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF OUR CITY. 
          AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN A SINGLE SENTENCE. 
          AND IT'S CONCERNING BECAUSE IT FEELS AS IF, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF MISINFORMATION COMING ABOUT WHAT THAT AGREEMENT STANDS FOR. 
          NOW, THE CONTROLLER, YOU, YOU SAY HE'S MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKING, BUT ALL HE DID WAS GIVE SCENARIOS BASED ON MATH. 
          I I, HE GAVE SIX SCENARIOS THAT WERE JUST MATH. 
          SO I, I THINK HE WAS AS BALANCED AND FAIR AS POSSIBLE, UH, BECAUSE HE JUST STUCK TO, TO MATH EQUATIONS. 
          AND SO WHEN, WHEN I'M ASKING ABOUT HOW DO WE, HOW, HOW ARE THE NUMBERS SO DIFFERENT? IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MATH DID WE USE? UH, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE CAN'T GET AN ANSWER ON JUST WHAT FORMULA DID YOU USE TO GET TO THE NUMBER THAT, THAT THAT'S IT. 
          AND WHAT ARE IN THE TERMS OF THIS, OF THIS DEAL. 
          AND AS A LAWYER, I COULD NOT TELL MY CLIENT, HEY, SEND, JUST SIGN THIS CONTRACT. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ IT. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW WHAT'S IN IT. 
          JUST SIGN IT. 
          AND SO HE HAD MENTIONED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 
          I KNOW, I'M CONCERNED, PROBABLY MORE OF US ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AGREEMENT AND JUST HOPING THAT WE CAN SEE SOME OF THE DETAILS SO THAT WE CAN PROPERLY WEIGH IN AND GIVE SOME TYPE OF INFORMED, UH, OPINION ON IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'RE GONNA ACCOMMODATE YOU EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. 
          YOU SENT ME 10 PRETTY SIMPLE QUESTIONS YESTERDAY. 
          UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF RESPONDING, UH, LIKE WAS I, WAS I PART JOHN WHITMEYER PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS? OBVIOUSLY THAT'S, YES. 
          AND I COULD GO THROUGH ANOTHER SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED THAT, UH, I DON'T KNOW, UNLESS YOU WERE HAVING A SLOW DAY OR SOMETHING AND WANTED TO ASK ME A SERIES OF QUESTIONS. 
          BUT, UH, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO ASK ALL OF 'EM. 
          THE, THE, THE, THE, THE CHALLENGING THING FROM THE CONTROLLERS, UH, PRESENTATION WAS WE COULD SIT HERE THE REST OF THE DAY WITH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY YOU BEING AN ATTORNEY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF MEDIATION. 
          YOU, YOU, YOU MEDIATE AT THE DIRECTION OF THE COURT AND YOU, YOU SEE WHEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A, A, A SETTLEMENT AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PARTNERSHIP AND MOST INTERESTED PARTIES WERE SPECULATING THAT THE SETTLEMENT WOULD BE 800 TO A BILLION DOLLARS. 
          IT CAME IN AT SIX 50, WHICH WAS FAIR TO IN, IN THE JUDGMENT I MADE. 
          I TOLD Y'ALL EARLIER ON, ON PREVIOUS SUBJECTS, THIS IS A DIFFICULT DECISION. 
          YOU HAVE TO SHOW LEADERSHIP 
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AND REALIZE WHEN YOU HOLD 'EM AND WHEN YOU FOLD 'EM. 
          WE COULD HAVE GONE TO TRIAL, WE'D BE IN TRIAL RIGHT NOW, AND IT WOULD BE IN EXCESS, THE EXPOSURE. 
          AND WE'VE LISTENED TO OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL, CONSULTANTS AND ADVISORS. 
          THE EXPOSURE WOULD BE OVER A BILLION DOLLARS, COULD HAVE BEEN LESS, COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE THAN THE SIX 50. 
          SO YOU DO THE BEST YOU CAN NEGOTIATING. 
          YOU DON'T GET TO RUN ABOUT SIX SCENARIOS UP A FLAGPOLE. 
          YOU DON'T GET TO RELIVE HISTORY. 
          YES, IT'S MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TIME TO SPECULATE AND THERE'S A TIME TO SIT DOWN AND GET REAL. 
          AND THE PROPOSAL, WHICH WE CAN'T SHARE, UH, WISH I COULD, YOU'LL SEE IT BEFORE YOU VOTE. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, UH, VERY PLEASED WITH WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT IS, IS IT, IS IT THAT WE CAN'T SEE THE PROPOSAL BECAUSE THE JUDGE HAS MANDATED THAT YOU, WON'T YOU ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY, HE'S THE ONE THAT HAS ADVISED ME, OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL, UH, UH, ATTORNEY MICHELLE, WHAT ARE, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS AROUND US BEING ABLE TO SEE A COPY OF THE PROPOSAL? I KNOW IN, IN, IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, YOU SAID YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US OR FIND A WAY TO PROVIDE US SOME TYPE OF COPY OR BE ABLE TO SEE IT. 
          HOW WILL WE GO ABOUT THAT? UM, THE MAIN OBSTACLE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE TERMS. AND SO, AND WE'RE, SO WE ARE IN A, UH, FORMAL, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A MEDIATOR, BUT WE'RE USING THE MEDIATION PROCESS UNDER, UH, CHAPTER 1 74 TO GO THROUGH THAT. 
          SO I THINK ONCE WE GET A PROPOSAL THAT IS, THAT IS FINAL, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT, UM, WHAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED, HAS SOME INACCURACIES IN IT, UM, I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN CONCERN, IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT BOTH SIDES AGREE, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AND IT'S COMPLETE OR AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY. 
          SO, AND THEN WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH COUNCIL BEFORE. 
          AND AS THE MAYOR SAID BEFORE, BEFORE THERE'S A VOTE WITH AMPLE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS. 
          SO WHEN YOU SAY THE, THE, THE, THE PROPOSAL IS NOT COMPLETE OR YOU'RE STILL DISCUSSING THE TERMS, THAT MEANS THAT TERMS CAN CHANGE AND YOU ALL ARE STILL NEGOTIATING? WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE TERMS IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          AND IT'S PRIMARILY WITH THE CBA, I THINK IN TERMS OF THE PAST YEARS. 
          UH, THERE'S, UM, THERE'S VERY LITTLE THAT, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT, UH, PRIMARILY FROM THE UNIONS AND THE SPECIFIC PAYOUTS, YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT'S GONNA BE THE EXHIBIT A IS, IS THE PRIMARY THING THAT'S LEFT UNCERTAIN. 
          COUNCILMAN DAVIS? THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OF THE MOTHERS, UH, AROUND THE WORLD AND, UH, CERTAINLY TO ALL THE MOTHERS AROUND THIS HORSESHOE. 
          UM, OF COURSE MY MOTHER'S NO LONGER WITH ME, BUT THANK GOD THAT I HAD A MOTHER. 
          SHE WAS MY SHERO. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING HAPPY MOTHER DAY TO ALL OF THEM. 
          ALSO, I WANT TO, UH, CERTAINLY COMMEND WAS GRACIOUS IN THE, UH, COUPLE OF SATURDAYS AGO, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH THE, UH, BLACK MEN WELLNESS DAY WITH BROTHER DARNELL COOPER, WHICH WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL DAY. 
          AND I'M CERTAINLY, UM, HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE AND BE THERE BECAUSE THE HEALTH OF BLACK MEN IS ESSENTIAL TO ALL OF OUR LIVES. 
          AND, UH, CERTAINLY WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE, UH, MANY OF THEM TO CERTAINLY DO ALL THEY CAN TO KEEP THEIR HEALTH. 
          UM, IN ORDER. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, WITH THAT, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, TAKE THE MOMENT TO, UM, ADDRESS, UM, THE ISSUE THAT CONCERNING OUR CHIEF, UH, UH, RETIRED CHIEF FINNER FOR HIS EXCELLENCE SERVICE. 
          I KNOW PEOPLE MAKE REFERENCE TO THE IDEA OF, OF THOSE I HEARD EARLIER REGARDING THOSE WITH NEW ROUND HEART SHOE CONCERNING THE ROLE OF OUR CHIEF. 
          BUT I LIKE MAKE PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT YOU MAY, WE MAY BE NEW TO THE HORSESHOE, BUT WE ARE NOT HERE TO NEW TO HOUSTON. 
          WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS TOWN. 
          AND MOST TIME WHAT GOES ON TO HORSESHOE IS, IS RESPONDING TO WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY IF WE ARE SERVING THE CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND THEN WHAT WE DO IN RESPONSE IS TO WHAT THE CONSTITUENTS SAY AND HOW, LIKE WHAT MS. BROOKS DID ON YESTERDAY. 
          SO I DO WANT TO, UH, COMMEND, UM, CHIEF FINNER. 
          AND MATTER OF FACT, I'VE KNOWN CHIEF FINNER FOR YEARS PRIOR TO HIM. 
          UM, AND BEING THE CHIEF OF THIS CITY, THOSE OF US WHO ARE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT A LOT OF US PEOPLE FORGET THAT MANY OF US WHO HAVE SERVED 
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AND WORKED IN THIS COMMUNITY LONG BEFORE GETTING HERE TO THIS HORSESHOE, THE SERVICE STARTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT WHEN YOU GET IN HERE. 
          AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I WAS WITH CHIEF FINN ON SUNDAY WHEN HE WAS RECOGNIZED BY NOBLE NOBLE, THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF BLACK LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHO I PASTORED AB CHAMBERS, WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK LAW ENFORCER IN THIS CITY, IN RECOGNITION OF THAT. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS IS, AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH LAW ENFORCERS, AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO COMMEND CHIEF FINNER BECAUSE HE HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AND, UH, AND HAVE SERVED THIS CITY, UH, HONORABLY AND WITH GREAT PRIDE. 
          BUT ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, LIFE IS ABOUT MAKING HARD DECISIONS. 
          AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT HARD DECISION. 
          PEOPLE, THE ALL OF US WHO KNOW WHAT SACRIFICING IS, THAT SOME OF US WILL ESCAPE THE IDEA THAT THERE IS SACRIFICE AND SOME THINGS ARE BIGGER THAN WHO YOU ARE AND BIGGER THAN WHAT YOU ARE. 
          AND SO SOMETIMES, UH, WE HAVE TO HONOR THAT. 
          AND I CERTAINLY GIVE HONOR AND RESPECT TO HIM AND TO ALL OF THOSE WHO KNOW HIM, AND WE WISH HIM A SUCCESSFUL LIFE GOING FORWARD IN HIS RETIREMENT. 
          AND CERTAINLY WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ADMONISH, UH, SOME OF THESE HARD DECISIONS, MAYOR, THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE. 
          AND, UH, WE PRAY THAT ALL OF US WOULD TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND SEE THAT OUR CITY GO FORWARD ALSO. 
          AND LAST, I WANT TO SAY, MAYOR, THAT IN MY ASK SEVERAL WEEKS BACK, I BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE, UH, DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD ADDRESS THIS COUNCIL, UH, MAYBE ON A ONCE A MONTH BASIS TO THE HOTSPOTS. 
          UH, THAT IT, IT IRONICALLY CAME UP YESTERDAY, BUT I TALKED ABOUT THAT SEVERAL WEEKS BACK, UH, IN REQUESTING THAT WE GET A REPORT TO THESE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO ALL OF US AT LARGE TO THE HOTSPOTS ACROSS THE CITY BECAUSE, UH, AS HAS BEEN STATED, HOTSPOTS ARE EVERYWHERE. 
          THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. 
          AND I THINK IF IT WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE DEPARTMENT COULD GIVE THAT REPORT ONCE A MONTH TO WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE THAT ARE DEEP CONCERNS FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRIMES AND WHETHER THOSE CRIMES ARE ARE RESOLVED, I THINK MAYOR, IT IS JUST A SUGGESTION THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE AN ASSET TO ALL OF US AROUND THIS HORSESHOE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          I, UH, THINK I SHOULD CONCUR WITH YOU. 
          UH, IN CHIEF NERS PUBLIC SERVICE, NO ONE RECOGNIZES DURING THE CAMPAIGN I SAID HE WOULD BE MY CHIEF. 
          IT'S KIND OF THE PRACTICE THAT YOU GET YOUR OWN CHIEF, WHETHER IT BE FIRE OR POLICE. 
          BUT BECAUSE OF HIS RECORD WORKING WITH ME AS CHAIRMAN OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I KEPT ON, KEPT HIM ON AS CHIEF. 
          THIS IS NOT ABOUT PERSONALITY. 
          HE'S A HUMAN BEING. 
          HE HAS FEELINGS, HE HAS A FAMILY. 
          EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN IN CONSIDERATIONS. 
          THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE DEPARTMENT WAS BEING DISTRACTED DUE TO ISSUES WITH THE INVESTIGATION. 
          NEW INFORMATION DEPARTMENT WAS BEING DISTRACTED FROM ITS PRIMARY MISSION OF FIGHTING CRIME. 
          SO ALL THE REMARKS ABOUT CHIEF FINN ARE CORRECT, ACCURATE INCUR. 
          HE'S A FRIEND. 
          I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM HIM RIDING THE STREETS. 
          HE WENT FROM LIEUTENANT TO ASSISTANT CHIEF, SO HE IS GOT A VERY DISTINGUISHED CAREER, AND WE SHOULD THANK HIM AND HOPE AND WISH HIM THE VERY BEST. 
          BUT, UH, YOU HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS. 
          AND, UH, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH CHIEF SATTERWHITE CARRYING ON THE MISSION OF GETTING AFTER THESE HOTSPOTS AND, UM, MOVING THE DEPARTMENT FORWARD. 
          CHIEF FLICKINGER, UH, COUNCILOR FLICKINGER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, MAINLY I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE, UH, FOR EVERYBODY THAT, THAT HELPED OUT WITH KINGWOOD, CERTAINLY TO YOU, MAYOR. 
          I MEAN, YOU WERE UP THERE A LOT. 
          WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER, UH, SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT HUFFMAN, WHERE ALL THIS ACTUALLY STARTED. 
          IT WAS ACTUALLY THE EAST FORK OF THE 
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SAN JACINTO RIVER THAT WAS JUST REALLY RISING RAPIDLY. 
          THAT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH LAKE CONROE, JUST RUNOFF FROM UP NORTH. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. 
          UH, HPD AND HFD, OBVIOUSLY, UM, CHIEF SATTERWHITE, COMMANDER SMITH OVER AT HPD, UH, MY CHIEF OF STAFF, DUSTIN AND I BOTH WENT OUT WITH LAKE PATROL ON SATURDAY TRYING TO LOOK AT THE DAMAGE AND EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE AT. 
          AND, UH, LO AND BEHOLD, WE ENDED UP RESCUING A COUPLE PEOPLE OUT OF A TRAILER THAT WAS UP THERE. 
          SO IT WAS A, A LITTLE SURPRISING THAT ANYBODY WAS STILL THERE. 
          UH, BOTH THE HPD AND THE HFD DIVE TEAMS WERE THERE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR MUNOZ, BRIAN MASON FROM PUBLIC WORKS, I MEAN, EVERYBODY WAS, WAS UP THERE AND IT REALLY HELPED. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, WE REALLY DODGED A BULLET UP THERE. 
          UH, THERE WAS QUITE A FEW MORE HOMES THAT WOULD'VE BEEN FLOODED IF WE'D ONLY HAD SIX, EIGHT MORE INCHES OF WATER. 
          AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT GOES TO THE WORK THAT CONGRESSMAN CRENSHAW DID AND GETTING US THE MONEY FOR DOING THE REMOVAL OF THE SEDIMENT THAT HAD BUILT UP BOTH IN THE RIVER AND IN THE LAKE. 
          UM, AGAIN, DAVE MARTIN, DAN HUBERTY, CHARLES CUNNINGHAM, UH, THEY WERE ALL VERY INVOLVED WITH THIS. 
          UM, COUPLE PEOPLE THAT NOBODY REALLY KNOWS OR TALKS ABOUT. 
          UM, BOB ACK, WHO SPENDS A LOT OF TIME PUBLICIZING WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE WITH THE FLOODING. 
          UH, YOU'VE GOT, UH, MARK TI WHO IS ON THE SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY BOARD AND WAS FIGHTING REALLY HARD TO GET THOSE, UH, RELEASES THROTTLED BACK ALONG WITH, UH, KARIN KAO, WHO WAS ON THE RIVER AUTHORITY AS WELL, UNTIL SHE WENT INTO WORK IN THE CRENSHAW'S OFFICE. 
          AND SHE'S BEEN A HUGE HELP ADVOCATING FOR US THERE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, TO EVERYBODY WITH THEIR, JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE I DIDN'T MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, PLEASE DON'T FEEL SLIGHTED. 
          I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S, EVERYBODY'S HELP UP THERE. 
          IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE. 
          UM, BEYOND THAT, UH, DAMARI PEREZ, WHO MANAGES THE NORTH SECTOR FOR ME AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE KINGWOOD AREA, IS GETTING HER DEGREE TOMORROW. 
          SHE'LL GRADUATE FROM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. 
          UM, ALSO, UH, WANTED TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, CERTAINLY MY MOTHER AS WELL. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, MY WIFE. 
          IT'S OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY YESTERDAY, SO, AW, THANK YOU. 
          YOU JUST REMINDED ME OF ALL THE ACTIVITY IN KINGWOOD. 
          CHIEF FINNER AND I FLEW OVER KINGWOOD SATURDAY MORNING AFTER WE WALKED IN THE SINGLE DEMAYO PARADE, THE ENTIRE PARADE, UH, INTERMINGLING WITH THE RESIDENTS. 
          THEN WE WENT AND VOTED TOGETHER AT WEST GRAY, THEN WE DEPARTED FOR KINGWOOD. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND, UH, ONCE OUT HOW GREAT OUR CITY IS, BUT WE'VE GOT CHALLENGES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, FIRST I WANNA, UM, START OFF BY THANKING CHIEF FINNER FOR, UM, HIS SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY AND TO THE RESIDENTS. 
          AND DISTRICT B. 
          HE IS FROM DISTRICT B. 
          UM, I CAN SAY I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT, UM, HIS RETIREMENT. 
          UM, OF COURSE, RESIDENTS FROM DISTRICT B WAS ALSO, UM, DISAPPOINTED. 
          I RECEIVED SEVERAL TEXTS, UM, BECAUSE CHIEF HUNTER DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN KEEPING US SAFE. 
          HE WAS VERY RESPONSIVE, UM, TO THE RESIDENTS' NEEDS. 
          UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH CHIEF NER, UM, BEFORE BEING, BECOMING A COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AS AN ORGANIZER, YOU KNOW, AS WE DID DIRECT ACTION AND, UM, PROTEST. 
          UM, HE MADE US FEEL SAFE, YOU KNOW, AND SECURE THAT IT WAS OKAY FOR US TO EXPRESS, UM, OUR DISAPPROVAL OF CERTAIN THINGS, UM, WITH THE CITY AND WITH, UM, GOVERNMENT. 
          AND SO, UM, I WISH HIM ALL THE BEST. 
          I WISH HIM ALL THE BEST. 
          UM, UM, AND OF COURSE, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE NEW CHIEF APPOINTED CHIEF, UM, SATELLITE. 
          UM, AND JUST CONTINUING TO WORK ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE DISTRICT, UM, TO KEEP THE RESIDENTS AND DISTRICT B SAFE. 
          UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SHARE WITH YOU, UM, THAT AFTER WORKING ON A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DISTRICT B FOR TWO YEARS, I FINALLY HAVE MY FIRST DRAFT. 
          YES. 
          WOO. 
          YEAH. 
          SO FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS, I'VE SEEN MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS, UNIVERSITIES, THE CITY, THE COUNTY, MEET WITH COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT DISTRICT B, ASKING THEM WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEIR COMMUNITIES LOOK LIKE. 
          AND THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT B GAVE THEIR TIME, THEIR ENERGY AND IDEAS. 
          BUT WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN VERY LITTLE PROGRESS, UM, ON WHAT THEIR VISION WAS. 
          AND SO MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS, GEORGE E. JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED TO COMPILE ALL EXISTING COMMUNITY PLANS, PROJECTS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE CITY AND OTHER GOVERNMENT 
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AGENCIES AND AREAS WHERE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED TO CREATE DISTRICT B FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          YES, YES. 
          I'M SO, SO LATER THIS MONTH, I WILL PRESENT THIS PLAN TO THE CITY DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND WILL INVITE THEM TO ADD TO OUR PLAN. 
          UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THIS PLAN TO THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT B, UM, ON JUNE THE EIGHTH. 
          UM, ONCE THIS IS DONE, MY PLAN IS TO, AND MY JOB IS TO GET THE RESOURCES TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, UM, REALIZE THIS PLAN. 
          SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD RESILIENT PLANS, COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, UM, IT'S JUST THEY'RE ALWAYS DOING THESE STUDIES AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
          AND SO WE JUST COMPILED IT INTO ONE REPORT, AND THAT WAY PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED HERE IN DISTRICT B. 
          UM, I ALSO INVITE EVERYONE TO CHECK OUT THE FIRST DRAFT, UM, AT OUR NEW WEBSITE, DISTRICT B HOUSTON.COM, AND SEND YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHAT'S MISSING, WHAT WE NEED TO ADD. 
          AND IF YOU LOVE IT, UM, FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 3 0 0 9 OR E BY EMAILING US AT DISTRICT B@HOUSTONTX.GOV. 
          UM, LASTLY, MAYOR, UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR OPENING UP ALL OUR POOLS IN DISTRICT B FOR THE SUMMERTIME. 
          SO IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT SUMMER FOR OUR KIDS. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 
          IN FACT, I THINK I'M GONNA GO OUT AND SWIM WITH THEM. 
          . 
          UM, YES. 
          SINCE I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR IT. 
          SO I'M REALLY APPRECIATE YOU JUST LISTENING AND, AND DOING WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NICE WAY TO END IT. 
          I WISH EVERYBODY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY. 
          WITH THAT, WE STAND ADJOURNED.
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