[Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting on June 10, 2024.]
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BRIAN, UH, CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER NOW, AND THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE TO DO OUR OPENING INTRODUCTIONS AND QUICK ROLL CALL.SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR SECRETARY, AMY.
SO I'M GONNA CALL THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ATTENDED ONE OR MORE OF THE LAST THREE MEETINGS.
UM, JUST TO GET US STARTED, IF YOU COULD IDENTIFY WHO YOU ARE SO THAT I CAN RECORD IT FOR THE MINUTES.
AND THEN ALSO TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN, YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD TO YOUR NAME OR PUT YOUR NAME WITH YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CHAT, THAT WOULD HELP TREMENDOUSLY.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GET KICKED OFF.
STACY, YOU GOT IT? NO, GO AHEAD.
UH, VICE PRESIDENT, SUPER NEIGHBOR.
UH, PRESIDENT OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 30 SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 31, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 32.
STEPHEN P KEVIN, NEW SOUTHWEST.
UH, ELISA SHELEY, VICE PRESIDENT, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
RICKY CARDENAS HERE WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 82, PRISCILLA.
ANY OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED, UH, THROUGH THE FIRST TIME ROUND? SO, UH, PAULA WAGNER, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 68 OST, SOUTH UNION.
CATHERINE O'REILLY, MS. PARK, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 66, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 45.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 31, UH, GREATER MEYERLAND.
I'M THE VP, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
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I WAS MUTED WHEN YOU CALLED ME.KATHY, COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR NUMBER AGAIN? 28.
I THINK WE'VE GO AHEAD AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE CHAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS PEOPLE, IF Y'ALL SEE SOMEBODY ENTER, UM, YOU MIGHT, AND THEY HAVEN'T ENTERED, GO INTO CHAT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MESSAGE THEM AND REMIND THEM TO GO CHAT.
SO, JENNIFER OLY, ARE YOU ON, EXCUSE ME, I'M, I'M KIND IN ORDER SO THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, ARE MAKING SOME PRESENTATIONS FROM THE CITY, DON'T HAVE TO SIT THROUGH THE WHOLE MEETING.
WE'RE GONNA ADJUST THE AGENDA.
AND JENNIFER WOOD, UH, IT'S, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
YOU WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESILIENCE PLANS? YES.
UM, JENNIFER OSLAND, UH, SERVING AS INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE, UM, TO LET YOU KNOW, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ALREADY THAT WE'VE COMPLETED THE SECOND ROUND OF NEIGHBORHOOD RESILIENCE PLANS, AND THAT'S FOR, UM, RAYBURN, INWOOD FOREST, AND, UM, WHO AM I FORGETTING? UM, UH, WHERE I THINK, UH, GRADE OR FIFTH WARD.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, THEY'RE LOADED UP ONLINE.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE GO TO HOUSTON PLANNING.COM AND YOU WILL FIND THEM THERE.
WE ARE, UM, TAKING A BREAK FROM PLANNING AND WE'LL SPEND THE NEXT YEAR, UM, HELPING THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALSO THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, IMPLEMENT THOSE PLANS OR CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THEM.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THE, UM, THE, THE FOCUS TEAMS TO GET THAT GOING IF IT'S NOT ALREADY.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, I JUST WANTED, UH, A REMIND TO REMIND EVERYBODY, I KNOW MOST OF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT OUR, UM, UH, OH MY GOSH,
THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, GOOD, UM, MATERIAL ONLINE FOR THAT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PROTECTION IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU WANT IT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US.
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM, INCLUDING AN INTERACTIVE MAP THAT ALLOWS YOU TO GO IN AND FIND OUT WHAT AREAS ARE ALREADY PROTECTED.
UM, IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, UM, OR IF YOU'RE DOING SOME RESEARCH, YOU CAN GO THERE AND FIND OUT IF THEY'RE PROTECTED BY, UM, LOT SIZE OR BUILDING LINE, AND THEN WHAT EXACTLY THAT MEASUREMENT IS.
ALSO, REACH OUT, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME, UM, OR YOU CAN CALL OUR MAIN NUMBER, UM, AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 0 0.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO COME OUT AND TALK TO YOUR COMMUNITY ABOUT IMPLEMENTING MINIMUM LOT SIZE OR BUILDING LINE PROGRAM THERE, UM, TO HELP PROTECT THE, THE CHARACTER OF THAT COMMUNITY.
SO THAT IS JUST A COUPLE BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE UP ANY MUCH TIME ON YOUR AGENDA.
DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUICK COMMENT QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO ASK? I THINK SOMEBODY SAID THEY DID WELL, MAYBE NOT.
WELL, I'M GONNA, UM, I'M GONNA TUNE OUT, BUT YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.
UM, AND I'M, I'M GONNA HANG ON AND LISTEN TO PASTOR DEB HAD A QUESTION.
UM, MS. PLANNER, I WAS WONDERING, WE'RE A NEW SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE ABOUT TO COME ON BOARD 45, WE'RE ON THE I 45 IN THE BAD PARTS.
UM, WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS FOR A NEW GROUP THAT'S NOT HAD ANY ATTENTION, NO STUDIES? UM, WE'RE JUST BRAND NEW WITH 60,000.
SO, UM, WHAT DO WE DO TO GET INVOLVED AND GET A PLAN? WE WANT A PLAN HERE.
YOU WANT A PLAN? WELL, WE, PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RESILIENCE PLANNING, UM, PROGRAM, WE DEVELOPED A FRAMEWORK TO HELP NEIGHBORHOODS DO THEIR OWN PLANS WITHOUT, WITH OUR HELP.
UM, SO I'D BE HAPPY, I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO THAT FOR YOU.
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CHAT, MY, UH, EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER.SO PLEASE DO REACH OUT TO ME, UM, YOU OR, OR FOR ANYONE ELSE ON THE CALL, WANTS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND SANDRA PUENTE HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU IN THE CHAT.
IT SAYS, ARE BUILDING LINES DIFFERENT FROM MINIMUM SETBACK LINES? THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE SAME.
PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY SETBACKS, SOMETIMES THEY SAY BUILDING LINE, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING.
YOU HAVE TO BE BACK FROM YOUR PROPERTY LINE, UM, BEFORE YOU CAN, UH, PUT A STRUCTURE THERE.
SANDRA, DID ANYBODY COME IN FROM PLANNING THAT? I MEAN, FROM, UM, DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS? YES.
ARE YOU THERE? I, I'M GONNA DO IT, CHERYL.
I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MATCHING GRANTS FIRST.
UM, DO YOU MIND IF I SHARE MY SCREEN, CHERYL? PLEASE DO.
I ASSUME THAT YOUR WEB PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
DID IT CUT OFF OR, I, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT HIM OFF SO QUICK, BUT ROMAN, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT INTRO BECAUSE ROMAN IS THE COORDINATOR FOR THE PROGRAM.
EVEN THOUGH I'LL BE YOUR PRESENTER TODAY, I WANTED YOU TO HEAR HIS VOICE AND KNOW THAT ROMAN IS YOUR COORDINATOR FOR THAT PROGRAM.
I DID NOT MEAN TO CUT HIM OFF THAT EARLY.
SEE, CHERYL, YOU, YOU, OH, I'M SORRY.
ALRIGHT, DID Y'ALL, UM, HIS NUMBER IS 8 3 2 3 9 3 10 43.
CAN EVERYBODY SEE THE SCREEN? UH OH.
IS THERE SUPPOSED TO BE AUDIO? YES.
CAN YOU NOT HEAR THE AUDIO? NO, WE HEAR NO AUDIO.
SCREEN'S FLIPPING, BUT WE'RE NOT HERE.
I AM, I'M FLIPPING, I'M FLIPPING THE SCREEN.
SINCE YOU GUYS DON'T HEAR THE ARTICLE.
SO THE MATCHING GRANTS PROGRAM HELPS NEIGHBORHOODS FUND VARIOUS BEAUTIFICATION PRO PROJECTS, AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW.
SO WHAT THE PROGRAM IS SET UP TO DO IS TO SET UP A MATCHING GRANT, WHICH MEANS A REIMBURSEMENT OF 50% OF NO LESS THAN 500, OR NO MORE THAN 5,000 OF THE ADMINISTERED COSTS.
OKAY? THIS PROGRAM, UM, IS ADMINISTERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS.
SO WE WANNA HELP YOU IMPROVE, UM, ORGANIZATIONAL PRIDE.
WE WANNA HELP YOU IMPROVE COMMUNITY APPEARANCE AND BEAUTIFICATION AND ENLIST AND INCREASE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
SO THE GRANT MONEY REPRESENTS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE.
SO THE CITY WILL REIMBURSE UP TO 50%, AS I SAID, OF A TOTAL PROJECT NOT TO EXCEED 500 HUNDRED, NO LESS THAN, I MEAN NOT TO EXCEED 5,000.
THE MAXIMUM MATCHING GRANT AWARD AMOUNT IS 5,000 COMPLETE THE MATCHING GRANT
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TRAINING PROGRAM BY AUGUST 31ST.YOU MUST SUBMIT THE IN TO INTENT TO SU TO APPLY, I'M SORRY, WITH THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER'S APPROVAL SIGNATURE BY AUGUST 31ST.
THE APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY NOVEMBER 1ST, DEADLINE.
SO INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR CONSIDERATION REGARDLESS OF COUNCIL MEMBER APPROVAL.
NOW, I'M GONNA PAUSE THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT ON THE INTENT TO APPLY BECAUSE I KNOW SOME FOLKS HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS.
I'M SORRY FOR THE INTENT TO APPLY.
AND THE INTENT TO IMPLY WAS PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO HAVE TIME TO REVIEW THEIR BUDGETS TO ENSURE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY HAVE FOR CDSF BEFORE, UM, APPROVING PROJECTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT PHASE ONE SO FAR? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, SO DOES THIS MEAN THAT THERE WILL NOT BE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH ALL, ALL DISTRICTS DEPENDING ON THE COUNCILMAN'S, UM, BUDGET? THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL MEMBER MUST APPROVE IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THE MATCHING GRANTS.
'CAUSE IT'S THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER DISTRICT FOR FUNDS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GREG? GREG LAGRAND HAD A QUESTION.
OKAY, HERBERT, HOW YOU DOING, BUDDY? I'M GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING, DOING QUITE WELL.
I I, I HAVE A QUESTION REALLY, BECAUSE THIS SEEMS LIKE A DIFFERENT SOURCE OF THE FUNDING THAT, UH, PREVIOUSLY CAME THROUGH THE CITY AND NOW IT'S TAKEN A PORTION OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BUDGETS.
UH, MAYBE I AM INCORRECT ON THAT, THAT, UH, YES.
I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE MISS DON'T CONFUSE THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FUND WITH THE MATCHING GRANTS FUND.
THIS IS, AND I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, GREG.
UM, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT AND, AND FUNDS.
THIS IS A SEPARATE FUND FOR PROJECTS.
SO THIS IS AN ADDITION TO, SO THAT MIGHT ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION TOO, MS. PRISCILLA, I'M NOT SURE IF IT DOES.
YOU CAN HOP BACK ON IF IT DOES, BUT THIS IS NOT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FUNDING.
THIS IS MATCHING GRANTS THROUGH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT SERVICE FUND DOLLARS.
EASTERLY, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YES.
SO THIS IS A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COULD APPLY FOR THIS AND A CIVIC CLUB COULD APPLY FOR THIS.
ANYONE CAN, ANYONE CAN APPLY FOR THIS AS LONG AS, AS THEY MEET THE CRITERIA.
'CAUSE WE'VE DONE THIS A FEW TIMES BEFORE.
YOU COULD ONLY DO IT IF YOU WERE OR DO IT THROUGH SOME, IF YOU WEREN'T, YOU HAD TO FIND ONE A FIVE.
AND THAT'S, WELL, THEY WOULDN'T LET, WE WOULDN'T LET IT, THEY WOULDN'T LET US DO A THREE.
IF, IF, IF THE, UH, APPLICATION HAS TO BE SUBMITTED BY NOVEMBER 1ST, WHAT IS THE TIMING ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS? THE TIMING ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF, OF FUNDS.
UM, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS THROUGH LEGAL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BEFORE WE CAN, UM, AWARD YOU THE FUNDING.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A POLICY THAT IT MUST BE APPROVED BY LEGAL AND MAYOR'S OFFICE.
THEN ONCE THAT APPROVAL HURDLE IS, IS LEAKED, THEN WE CAN, YOU CAN START YOUR PROJECT LAST YEAR.
WE WERE DONE WITH MOST OF THEM BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST IF ALL PAPERWORK WAS IN ORDER.
NOW, KEEP IN MIND APPLICATIONS, WHEN I SAY INCOMPLETE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, UM, YOU HAVE ALL YOUR CRITERIA THAT YOU'RE NEEDED.
FOR EXAMPLE, SOME PEOPLE HAD, UM, PRELIMINARY APPROVAL FROM HPW, BUT NEEDED TO COMPLETE THINGS OFF THEIR CHECKLIST BEFORE HPW WOULD GIVE THE OFFICIAL APPROVAL.
AND THE LONGER THAT TAKES, THE LONGER IT TAKES FOR YOUR FUNDING TO COME THROUGH.
AND VICKI MARTIN HAD A QUESTION AND THEN WE'LL, YOU LET YOU CONTINUE ON.
KATHLEEN O'REILLY, FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING.
AND I'M ANSWERING PRESENT FOR 49 50.
UH, WE UNIQUELY HAVE, I THINK, SIX CIVIC CLUBS AND FIVE HOAS IN OUR BOUNDARIES.
UH, HOAS WOULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL, AS LONG AS THEY CAN PARTNER WITH A 5 0 1
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C3 OR IF THEY'RE 5 0 1 C3 FOUR ON THEIR OWN.SO, HOAS GUYS, JUST TO CLARIFY, MS. VICKY, I'M SORRY, THEY ARE NONPROFITS.
BUT LAST, WE, LAST YEAR WE HAD ONE APPLY AND IT GOT KICKED BACK FROM LEGAL 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT A C FOUR OR C3.
AND THE SECOND THING, ANYONE THAT APPLIES, IS THERE A CONSIDERATION THAT WE, THEY MUST HAVE THAT VENDOR NUMBER? IS THAT STILL, DOES THAT STILL COME INTO PLAY? THAT, THAT STILL APPLIES, BUT WE'LL HELP YOU WITH THE VENDOR NUMBER PART.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT IF YOU, IF YOU APPLY AND YOU HAVE ALL THOSE, ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING AND THE VENDOR NUMBERS, THE EASY PART MS. VICKY.
SO KATHLEEN O'REILLY, AND THEN WE'LL LET YOU CONTINUE ON.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR, FOR BOTH OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
WOULD YOU, UM, PLEASE CLARIFY AGAIN FOR ME.
SO THERE ARE TWO OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS, THIS, WHICH IS A 50% MATCH, RIGHT? AND THEN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT? OPPORTUNITY, WHICH IS A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED.
I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL PROCESS, WHICH, UM, MR. UM, DOUG KIND OF SPOKE TO.
AND THAT PROCESS IS, ONCE YOU COMPLETE THE TRAINING, YOU TURN IN YOUR APPLICATION, UM, I APPROVE THE REVIEW AND APPROVE AND ASK ROMAN ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY MISSING ITEMS. IT GOES TO LEGAL FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
AND THEN IT GOES TO MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR REVIEWING FOR APPROVAL.
AND AFTER THAT, YOU WILL GET THE LETTER SAYING YOUR GRANT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED, AND YOU MAY BEGIN WORK ON THE PROJECT.
IF ANY OF YOU IN HERE ARE, ARE, ARE LONGTIME MATCHING GRANT APPLI APPLICANTS SUCH AS, UM, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 25 AND SOME OTHERS, YOU REMEMBER THERE WAS A PURCHASE ORDER HERE BEFORE.
THAT IS NO LONGER THE PROCESS.
SO YOUR APPROVAL LETTER GIVES YOU THE, UM, AUTHORITY TO START WORK.
UM, THE GRANT MONEY REPRESENTS A PARTNERSHIP, UM, BETWEEN THE CITY.
AS I SAID BEFORE, YOU MUST HAVE SEEN THAT VENDOR NUMBER, MS. VICKI, AS I SAID, UM, PHOTOS OF A COMPLETED PROJECT MUST BE TURNED IN PROOF OF SERVICES AND PAYMENTS, ORIGINAL RECEIPTS, INVOICES, CHECKS, CREDIT CARD STATEMENTS OR BANK STATEMENTS.
UM, THE PROJECT MUST BE PAID IN FULL BY ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
AND NOTE, CASH TRANSACTIONS ARE IN KIND SERVICES, FOOD MATERIALS, VOLUNTEERS OR EQUIPMENT CANNOT BE SUBMITTED FOR REIMBURSE REIMBURSEMENT.
AND PROJECTS MUST BE COMPLETED BY MAY 31ST.
IF YOU RUN INTO ANY PROBLEMS, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU, BUT WE CANNOT EXTEND BEYOND JUNE 30TH, WHICH IS THE END OF THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR.
SO, UM, AND YOU RECEIVE YOUR REIMBURSEMENT WITHIN, WITHIN 30 DAYS.
BUT IF ALL PAPERWORK IS IN ORDER, IT'LL BE MUCH SOONER THAN THAT, MOST OF THE TIME WITHIN SEVEN TO 10 BUSINESS DAYS.
SO I'M GONNA COME BACK TO THAT ONE 'CAUSE I'M SURE THERE MIGHT BE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THAT ONE.
BUT ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS, AS WE ALLUDED TO EARLIER, COMPLETE THE REQUIRED TRAINING WORKSHOP, COUNCIL MEMBER APPROVAL OF THE PRO PROJECT BY AUGUST 31ST.
COMPLETE MATCHING GRANT APPLICATION.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THE 5 0 1 C3 OR C FOUR PARTNERING ORGANIZATION, IF YOU HAVE ONE, OR IF YOU ARE ONE.
UM, THE 12 YEAR OPERATING BUDGET FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION IS A MUST AND IS REQUIRED BY CITY LEGAL AND PROPOSED PROJECTS MUST BE WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON LIMITS.
UM, APPLICANTS MUST IDENTIFY HOW THE ORGANIZATION WILL FUND AND SUPPORT PROJECT IN THE FUTURE IF THEIR SUSTAINABILITY, UM, FOR SAID PROJECT.
SO IF THE PROPERTY, UM, YOU MUST HAVE A LETTER OF PERMISSION FROM PROPERTY OWNERS OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
MAYBE THE CITY OF HOUSTON DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE.
THOSE OF YOU WHO DO, UM, MEDIANS, UM, THAT'S PARKS DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU'RE, UM, DEALING WITH SIDEWALKS OR A DA ISSUES, THAT'S ONE OF OUR PROJECTS ARE ARE DOING THIS YEAR.
SO YOU MUST HAVE PROOF OF OWNERSHIP DEED.
H HCA RECORDS, PHOTOS OF THE PROPOSED SITE, AND IT HAS TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
IT CAN BE IN A, IN A, UM, GATED COMMUNITY OR LIMITED ACCESS.
IT HAS TO BE A PUBLIC VENUE OR OUR ACCESS HAS TO BE GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO THE THREE LETTERS OF SUPPORT ARE REQUIRED.
UM, IF THE PROJECTS REQUIRE CITY APPROVAL, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, MOST OF THE TIME THAT'S PARKS AND, AND, AND PUBLIC WORKS.
SOMETIMES PLANNING IF THE SITE IS HISTORIC.
UM, THE SCOPE OF WORK OF THE PROJECT AND EXAMPLES OF APPROVED PROJECTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO.
STREET SIGN TOPPERS, ENTRYWAY SIGNS, ENTRYWAY COLUMNS, ESPLANADE LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION PARKS, UM, PARK BENCHES, ELECTRICAL SIGNAGE, WALKWAYS WITH PAVERS AND MURALS.
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OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNS HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY PUBLIC WORKS.AND WE HAD AN ISSUE LAST YEAR, I THINK IN DISTRICT K, WHERE THEY WANTED THE, UM, LAD SIGNS AND THERE'S STILL SOME ORDINANCE ISSUES WITH THAT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
UM, THAT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BEFORE THOSE CAN GO FORWARD.
SO HERE'S THE CHECKLIST THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT COMES WITH THE APPLICATION AND IT JUST REVIEWS EVERYTHING WE JUST DISCUSSED.
AND IT PROVIDES YOU WITH A CHECKLIST SO YOU CAN ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED IN YOUR APPLICATION.
AND HERE'S A, A SHORT TIMELINE OF THE PROJECTS.
I WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON IT 'CAUSE I KNOW SOME OF YOU STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
AND, AND HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS.
MAPLEWOOD, UM, ESPLANADE PROJECT THAT THEY DID.
YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER, UH, MARYLAND ESTATE SIGN THAT THEY PUT UP.
YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER HERE.
UM, INSTITUTE OF CHINESE CULTURE OUT IN DISTRICT F ALSO DID A SIGN PROJECT AND, UM, BEAUTIFICATION OF THEIR COMMUNITY CENTER.
HERE'S NOR HILL'S BLUE TILE SIGN WHERE THEY REPLACE THE BLUE TILES ON THEIR STREET, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU KNOW, UM, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE A DAUNTING PROCESS SOMETIMES.
I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE WE ASK FOR A LOT, BUT AS I ALWAYS SAY, WHEN DEALING WITH TAXPAYER FUNDS, WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
AND THAT'S WHY THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS ARE, UM, ASKED FOR WHEN SUBMITTING FOR PAYMENT PICTURES, PROOF OF PAYMENT, WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO PROVE THAT THIS PROJECT WAS ON, UP AND UP.
IT WAS SPENT FOR WHAT IT WAS REQUESTED FOR REQUEST BEFORE REIMBURSEMENT CAN BE GIVEN.
SO, MS. CHERYL, I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS OVERALL AT THIS TIME, IF THERE ARE ANY.
OKAY, DEXTER, YOU'VE BEEN VERY PATIENT.
ACTUALLY, YOU ANSWERED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ALREADY.
BUT, UM, I HAVE ONE, WE DID A NUMBER OF WALK AUDITS IN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22, AND WE IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR, UH, BETTER PAINTING OF OUR CROSSWALKS.
UH, BETTER HIGH VISIBILITY, STRIPING.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS TYPE OF FUNDING AND THIS TYPE OF A PROJECT? I, I DON'T THINK THAT PUBLIC WORKS WOULD ALLOW US TO STRIPE THE CROSSWALKS.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT I'M QUITE SURE THAT IT'S NOT.
BUT WE CAN ASK BECAUSE, UM, IF THAT'S A NEED IN YOUR COMMUNITY, I WILL PUT THAT OUT TO HPW FOR YOU.
IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BUT, UM, SO TWO QUESTIONS ON THE, SO IT'S MATCHING GRANT AND THAT MATCH CAN COME FROM ANY SOURCE, RIGHT? YES.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S BUDGET.
WE JUST NEED COUNCIL OR OUR COUNCIL PERSON'S APPROVAL.
AND THE EARLIER THE BETTER BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS, THEY CAN ALLOCATE TOWARDS MATCHING GRANTS.
SO THE, THE EARLIER YOU CAN GET YOUR PROJECT IN THE BETTER TO THE QUESTION ABOUT CROSSWALKS.
SO NO CI THINK THAT CAN YOU NOT PAY INTO PUBLIC WORKS TO REFRESH THE STRIPING SO THAT WE COULD USE THIS MONEY FOR THAT STRIP? I MEAN, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO.
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT GOING STRAIGHT TO PUBLIC WORKS TO ADDRESS THE STRIPING.
BUT I'M GONNA, I'M, I'M SURE IT'S, I'M SURE THERE'S PRECEDENCE FOR THIS, SO I WILL ASK.
'CAUSE I, I'M, I CAN, UM, ALMOST GUARANTEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR IN ONE OF OUR 11 DISTRICTS.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAY I'LL GO AND REQUEST AND GET YOU AN ANSWER AND, AND GET IT BACK TO MS. CHERYL OR SANDRA FOR YOU.
THANK YOU STEVEN PAUL, IN A SEC.
COULD YOU GET A COPY OF YOUR PRESENTATION OUT TO US, ASAP SO WE COULD DISTRIBUTE THAT TO OUR, UH, RESIDENT, UH, HOAS AND CIVIC CLUBS? UH, AND, AND SURE THING I'M REALLY URGING, 'CAUSE OURS IS MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.
I WILL SEND IT OUT AND IT WILL HAVE ROMAN'S NARRATION.
SO YOU WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO DO THE TALKING YOURSELF.
IT ALREADY HAVE ITS VOICE ON THERE AND YOU CAN RUN IT THROUGH
SO I'LL SEND IT TO MS. CHERYL NOW.
I'LL SEND IT TO THE SNA EMAIL NOW, MS. CHERYL.
DOUG SMITH AND THEN RICKY CARDENAS.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, UH, BECAUSE HERBERT KNOWS THAT WE RAN INTO A PROBLEM ON THAT.
IT TALKS ABOUT REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.
YOU HAVE TO SHOW INVOICES OF WHAT YOU SPENT THE MONEY FOR.
THEY WANT THE INVOICE, BUT THEY ALSO WANT A BANK STATEMENT OR A CREDIT CARD STATEMENT OR A PAID, UH, STATEMENT FROM WHOEVER SUPPLIED THE INFORMATION, WHICH IN OUR CASE WAS VERY TIME CONSUMING TO GET ALL OF THAT.
SO YOU CAN'T JUST SUBMIT AN INVOICE.
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AWARE OF THAT.AND IN THE PRESENTATION I DID HIGHLIGHT THOSE.
I DID SAY A CREDIT CARD RECEIPT BANK STATEMENT.
UM, IF YOU PAY WITH, IF YOU HAVE AN INVOICE WHERE SOMETIMES THE RECEIPT IS ON THE INVOICE OR IT HAS THE CREDIT CARD INFORMATION ON INVOICE, THAT WILL SUFFICE AS WELL.
BUT WE MUST HAVE PROOF OF PAYMENT THAT THE PROJECT WAS PAID FOR.
WE HAVE HAD ORGANIZATION IN THE PAST TRIED TO PASS OFF AN INVOICE AS WE PAID IT, BUT THEY, THEY DIDN'T PAY THE, THE VENDOR IN FULL.
AND YOUR, YOUR DOCUMENTATION INDICATES THAT YOU NEED ONE OF THESE THINGS.
YOU NEED THE INVOICE AND THE PROOF THAT YOU PAID THAT INVOICE.
AND THAT WAS NOT CLEAR IN INITIALLY TO US.
SO, WELL, I THINK THE, THE CONFUSION IS, IS THE ONE MR. DOUG IS CREDIT CARD RECEIPT, BANK STATEMENT AND INVOICE.
SO, BUT SOME, SOME PEOPLE THE INVOICE IS SUFFICED BECAUSE THE INVOICE WILL SAY PAID AND IT WILL SAY THEY PAID ON THE INVOICE.
SO FOR SOME FOLKS, THE INVOICE IS ENOUGH.
IT'S JUST DEPENDING ON HOW YOU PAID AND WHO'S ISSUING THE INVOICE AND HOW THEY ISSUE IT TO YOU.
I KNOW NOW AND I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY ELSE TO BE AWARE OF THE SAME THING, SO YES, SIR.
SO WE'VE GOT RICKY AND THEN ALICIA.
THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING WITH US.
UM, I WANTED TO JUMP BACK ON THE, THE CROSSWALKS.
I THINK YOU SAID THAT HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA PAY FOR RETRIP AT THE CROSSWALK? WELL, NOT THROUGH MATCHING GRANTS.
YOU PROBABLY CAN WORK WITH YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER TO GET THAT RETRIP AND DONE WITH THE SAME FUNDING THROUGH HPW.
SO IT'S, I ASK THEY WON'T DO IT, IT'S JUST THAT IT MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROJECT THAT MAY NOT QUALIFY.
SO I WANTED TO ASK, DO YOU THINK SOMETHING LIKE, UM, SOME SORT OF A, UH, AN ARTISTIC MURAL ON A CROSSWALK, WOULD THAT QUALIFY IF PUBLIC WORKS APPROVED? OKAY.
SO THE PUBLIC WORKS APPROVAL WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THAT PROJECT TO CONTINUE, UM, BECAUSE YOU WOULD DEFINITELY PUBLIC WORKS APPROVED FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE STREET CLOSING FOR A WHILE.
HI, ELISA SHEELEY, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 47 QUESTION, WHEN OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT DESIGNATED 5 0 1 C3 OR FOUR, IS THIS WHEN WE PARTNER WITH A NONPROFIT SPONSOR? AND IF SO, DO WE HAVE GUIDELINES THAT THAT NONPROFIT SPONSOR SHOULD MEET? IS THERE LIKE A VETTING FORM OR FORM? NO, THE NONPROFIT WOULD JUST HAVE TO TURN IN THEIR 12 MONTH, UM, BUDGET TO WITHIN YOUR APPLICATION.
UH, TAMARA, DID YOU HAVE, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP AT ONE POINT AND THEN I SAW IT WENT DOWN.
IT, IT WAS TOO MANY PEOPLE WITH THEIR HANDS UP.
WELL IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, YOU'RE NOW'S YOUR CHANCE.
UH, THANK YOU MR. SIMS. WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
AND, UH, I WILL SEND OUT THE PRESENTATION, UM, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN I SEND YOU GET SENT.
UM, AND YOU CAN GO HOME NOW IF YOU WANT
AND, UM, SO WE'RE GONNA NOW MOVE INTO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, THE FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY MINUTES HAD BEEN SENT OUT FOR APPROVAL.
WE VERIFIED THAT WE HAVE AN ACCORD, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AT THIS MEETING, SO WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
OH, LET ME DID, I DID SEND OUT MINOR CORRECTIONS TO THE MAIN MINUTES.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE MISSPELLING OF, OF A NAME.
AND WE GOT THAT CORRECTED AND THEN WE ADDED A COUPLE OF, UM, TITLES TO, TO PEOPLE'S NAMES.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
AND NOW I'M GETTING READY TO GO TO THE COMMENTS AND YES, YOU HAVE A COMMENT.
SO EITHER DOUG, YOU WANNA GO FIRST OR ME? YEAH, I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT.
UH, THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY IS THE MOST DIFFICULT ONE IN THIS ORGANIZATION BECAUSE UHHUH, IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO DO THESE MINUTES.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT UNLESS THE MINUTES THAT ARE PRESENTED MATERIALLY MISSTATE WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MEETING, WE ACCEPT THEM
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AND NOT WORRY OVERLY ABOUT SOME MINOR THINGS THAT MIGHT BE WRONG BECAUSE WE'VE GOT FIVE MONTHS OR FOUR MONTHS WORTH OF MINUTES TO APPROVE HERE.AND I REALLY THINK THAT, UH, AMY DOES A GREAT JOB AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT SHE HAS ELIMINATED, UH, THAT WOULD MISSTATE WHAT HAPPENED.
AND, UH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE US MOVE FORWARD MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
GREG, YOU WERE NEXT AND THEN TOMORROW? UH, YES.
UH, I MEAN EACH MONTH I PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE NEW MINUTES ON THE AGENDA, BUT NO ONE HAS REPLIED TO ANY OF MY REQUESTS TO GO OVER THEM.
SO AT LEAST WE COULD COME AN UNDERSTANDING AN AGREEMENT OFFLINE THAT WOULD'VE EXPEDITED THIS PROCESS.
I MEAN, AS RECENTLY AS FRIDAY, I EMAILED, HEY, WHAT DO YOU PLAN ON DISCUSSING? WHEN DO YOU PLAN ON DISCUSSING WITH ME MY COMMENTS TO THE FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, AND NOW PAY MINUTES? AT THIS POINT, I ONLY SEE TWO CHOICES.
EITHER WE GO EVERY COMMENT FOR DISCUSSION, BUT I DON'T LIKE, AS DOUG SAYING, ALSO, I DON'T LIKE WASTING EVERYBODY'S TIME AS THAT WOULD BE VERY INEFFICIENT.
OR LET'S TABLE THE MINUTES UNTIL WE HAVE THAT OFFLINE DISCUSSION.
TOMORROW, YOU WERE NEXT WITH YOUR HAND UP.
UH, AS A FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, UM, IN THE BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE WOULD DO 'EM, DOUG, THAT'S HOW WE WOULD DO 'EM.
WE, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTOOD THE ONUS TASK OF DOING 'EM.
AND SO WHEN, UH, JANE WAS SECRETARY, WE DIDN'T GO OVER THE MINUTIAE LONG AS THE IDEA, THE STATEMENT OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE MEETING WAS FACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES.
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THE MINUTES SHORTHAND AND THEY DON'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, SAY, AND THEN SO AND SO SAID THIS OR SO AND SO SAID THIS, YOU KNOW, TO ROBERT'S RULE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE EXACT WORDS THAT WAS SAID, BUT IT HAS TO BE THE PREMISE AND NARRATED.
AND SO, UM, DOUG, I AGREE WITH YOU AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE OUR LOVELY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SALLY ALCORN, UH, JOINED US.
UM, SANDRA, UM, WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE WAITING ROOM.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON ON THE TABLE.
SO IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? WELL, YES THERE IS BECAUSE I DON'T SEE WHY NOBODY WANTS TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THE MINUTES.
I'M TRYING TO HELP OUT ON THE MINUTES HERE.
AND I I DID, WE DID INCORPORATE SOME OF YOUR, YOUR SUGGESTIONS ON THE MAIN MEETING MINUTES AND YES.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT SOME EFFECT, PROBABLY 90% OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN THERE WERE BECAUSE OF MY COMMENTS.
BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF THEM THAT NOBODY IS EVER WILLING TO DISCUSS WITH ME.
SO WHY DO I KEEP ON DOING IT? IT, DOUG, IT'S, IT MAY BE MINUTIAE, BUT WE CAN IRON IT OUT.
I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH ANYBODY TO DO THAT.
I'M HEALTH, I WANNA BE HELPFUL FOR IT, AND I WANT THEM TO LOOK RIGHT.
I DON'T WANT SALLY ALCORN'S NAME ME MISSPELLED LIKE IT IS STILL, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE.
SO WHY CAN'T WE JUST STAPLE HIM? I MEAN, IF ALL I'M ASKING IS JUST SOMEBODY MEET WITH ME, DISCUSS THEM.
DO YOU TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT MINUTES WHEN THEY HAVE COMMENTS? BECAUSE WITH ME, YOU WILL NOT.
CAN WE CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? NO, YOU CANNOT CALL FOR THE VOTE HERE BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD YOUR COMMENTS, DOUG.
THIS IS ROBERT'S RULES ASK FOR, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? YES, THERE ARE CORRECTIONS.
THAT'S WHAT ROBERT'S RULE SAYS FOR, SO WE CAN EITHER DO ONE OF TWO THINGS, WE CAN GO THROUGH EACH ONE OR WE CAN TABLE THE MOTION.
THAT'S THE WAY ROBERT BULLS WORKS IN THE SITUATION.
DOUG, THAT'S NOT HOW WE DO IT TOMORROW.
YOU MAY SAY THAT'S NOT HOW WE DO IT, BUT I'M SAYING THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE.
OKAY, DOUG, BECAUSE YOU HAVE, CAN WE CALL FOR THE VOTE PLEASE? YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS A PROBLEM.
I'M CALLING, I'M, I'M CALLING FOR A VOTE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? WELL, SHE IS.
NO, BECAUSE SHE, IT'S, IT'S NOT CALLING FOR THE VOTE.
HE'S JUST, IT SAYS ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? THAT'S THE WAY THAT ROBERT'S RULES DOES IT.
AND YOU GO THROUGH ALL THE CORRECTIONS.
AND I DON'T SEE WHY, I DON'T SEE WHY I'M KE AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THE STONE BALLING AGAINST ME FOR TRYING TO HELP OUT HERE.
WHY DON'T YOU EVER, LET'S, DOUG, WHY DON'T YOU THINK IT'S JUST BASIC COMMON SENSE AND COURTESY TO TALK WITH PEOPLE ABOUT THE COMMENTS THEY'RE MAKING TO TRY TO HELP OUT THINGS? SPELLINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, I JUST GAVE AN EXAMPLE.
I CAN GO THROUGH A NUMBER AND I'VE ASKED EACH AND EVERY MONTH TO DO THAT.
SO I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY PROFFERING THAT PARTICULAR ARGUMENT.
LIKE, LET'S GO ON AND JUST IGNORE EVERYTHING, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE WRONG WHEN I'M WILLING TO DO THIS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY ELSE IS NOT WILLING TO DO THIS.
AND HERE WHAT? LOOK HOW MUCH TIME WE'VE ALREADY WASTED ON THIS AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE.
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UNDERSTAND.NO, DOUG, YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
THIS IS NOT, YOU'RE NOT THE PARLIAMENTARIAN HERE.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW PARLIAMENTARIAN WORKS.
YOU'RE THE TIMER, BUT THIS IS TIMER IS FOR THE COMMENT SECTION LATER.
IT'S NOT FOR THE, IT'S NOT FOR THE MINUTES.
CHERYL, YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT.
I'M CALLING FOR THE VOTE AND WE CAN, IF THERE'S SOMETHING LEGALLY WRONG WITH THAT, I'M SURE THAT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OR SOMEBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOODS WILL LET ME KNOW, BUT LET US KNOW.
ALL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT.
IF YOU HAVE NOT READ EVERY MINUTE, YOU HAVE A FIDUCIARY DUTY OF CARE TO REVIEW THESE.
IF YOU'VE NOT REVIEWED THEM, I WOULD, I'M NOT YOUR ATTORNEY, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU DON'T VOTE IN FAVOR OF THEM THAT YOU ABSTAIN.
OKAY? EVERYBODY, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND.
IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTE OF THE MOTION, I SHOULD SAY, AND THE MOTION TO IS TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES, REREAD THE MOTION TO 'EM.
THE MOTIONS ON THE TABLE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY, MAY AS REVISED AND THAT WERE SENT OUT.
AND MAKE SURE THAT LOOKS, YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW ONE VOTE PER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AMY IS, IS GOT THE LIST OF WHO'S ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE NAMES, GO THROUGH THE NAMES, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY VOTE.
WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST, EVERYBODY HAS RAISED THEIR HANDS.
I UP A MAJORITY, MOST EVERYONE, A MAJORITY HAS TO RAISE THEIR HAND, MY NAME.
DID Y'ALL TAKE IT DOWN? IT'S STILL UP.
DID YOU GET THE VOTE? AMY? AMY, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, I GOT THE VOTE.
WE HAD 20 APPROVALS SO EVERYBODY CAN NOW LOWER THEIR HANDS, SO, OKAY.
AND THOSE AND THOSE OPPOSED? RAISE YOUR HAND LOWER MY, OKAY, SO WE HAVE FOUR OPPOSED.
WELL, I'M NOT ACTUALLY OPPOSED, I JUST CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MY HAND.
LOWER YOUR HAND UP AT THE TOP BY WHERE IT SAYS CHAT, AND THEN PEOPLE IN RAISE AND I AND I KEEP HITTING YOU ON LOWER YOUR HAND AND IT DOESN'T LOWER.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
OKAY, SO WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE PROPOSED NEW BYLAWS.
AND I'M TURNING THE MEETING AT THIS POINT OVER TO KEITH DOWNEY.
UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? CHERYL? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
SO, UM, I WANNA FIRST OF ALL, THANK EVERYONE WHO IS ON THE BYLAWS COMMITTEE.
UH, AND THAT IS, UH, RICK AND DENNIS, UH, CINDY CHAPMAN, AMY DEN, JACKIE MAHORN, CHERYL O'BRIEN, NAMED ONLY OFIELD, AND MR. RAINWATER AND MYSELF.
UH, GREG, WE DID RECEIVE THE EMAIL FROM YOU AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, WITH, UH, YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU SENT OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND, UH, HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.
WE'RE GONNA DO AN ARTICLE BY ARTICLE.
THE COMMITTEE MET ON THE FOLLOWING DATES, JANUARY 13TH, JANUARY 20TH, FEBRUARY 10TH, AND APRIL 25TH.
UM, AND WE ARE GONNA DO AN ARTICLE BY ARTICLE.
NOW THIS, THESE REVISIONS WERE PRESENTED TO THE BODY, APRIL AND MAY.
IN MAY MEETING WE MET IN PERSON.
UH, SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ARTICLE AND THEN WE TAKE A VOTE.
UH, UH, AFTER EACH ARTICLE IS READ, THERE WERE NO CHANGES IN ARTICLE ONE, TRYING TO COME UP TO THE MIC.
ARTICLE TWO, SECTION THREE, MISSION STATEMENT.
WE CAPITALIZED MAYOR AND WE FIXED A PUNCTUATION.
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THE DEFINITIONS ARE NOW LISTED ALPHABETICALLY.THE REVISED DEFINITIONS AND ACTIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD SHALL REFER TO ANY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL WHOSE REPRESENTATIVE OR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE ATTENDED AN ALLIANCE MEETING WITHIN THE PREVIOUS FOUR, FOUR MEETINGS.
OKAY, UH, FOUR MEETINGS, AND THE CITY HAS VERIFIED MEETINGS, MEET AND MEETS THE CITY'S RECOGNITION GUIDELINES.
THE CITY WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS WHO CONFORM TO THE CITY'S RECOGNITION GUIDELINES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY FISCAL YEAR.
THE CITY MAY UPDATE THE LIST OF VERIFIED SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
QUORUM SHALL REFER TO ONE THIRD OF THE DULY DESIGNATED ALLIANCE MEMBERS, A REPRESENTATIVE AS DEFINED BY CHAPTER TWO DASH 6 21, FORMALLY CHAPTER 33 DASH 3 0 1 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS.
A REPRESENTATIVE SHALL REFER TO A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, PRESIDENT, CHAIR, UH, OTHER APPOINTEE ASSIGNED TO SERVE ON THE ALLIANCE.
A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SHOULD DESIGNATE ONE REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE.
EACH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NOTIFYING THE ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP AT THE FOLLOWING EMAIL, S-N-A-C-O H@GMAIL.COM OF THE NAME OF THE REPRESENTATIVE.
AND ALTERNATE THOSE INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS MAY BE ANY MEMBER OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL.
DESIGNATED NEW DEFINITIONS ARE THE FOLLOWING ALLIANCE MEANS THE HOUSTON SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
A TEXAS UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION CITY SHALL REFER TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
CITY'S RECOGNITION GUIDELINES SHALL REFER TO THE GUIDELINES PUBLISHED IN THE 2024 CITY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM HANDBOOK.
AS AMENDED CHAIR MEANS THE DULY ELECTED CHAIR OF THE ALLIANCE CODE MEANS THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES AS AMENDED MAYOR MEANS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY SECRETARY MEANS THE DULY ELECTED SECRETARY OF THE ALLIANCE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE MEANS THE PROGRAM CREATED BY ARTICLE EIGHT OF CHAPTER 33 OF THE CODE TREASURER MEANS THE DULY ELECTED TREASURER OF THE ALLIANCE.
VICE CHAIR MEANS THE DULY ELECTED VICE CHAIR OF THE ALLIANCE.
IF, IF I DID NOT PREVIOUSLY, IF IT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY DEFINED, THESE DEFINED TERMS WERE CAPITALIZED THROUGHOUT THE BYLAWS.
TO SAVE TIME, WE WILL NOT GO THROUGH EACH INSTANCE OF CHANGE TO CAPITALIZATION IN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
THIS IS THE END OF THE AMENDMENTS FOR CHAPTER, I MEAN FOR ARTICLE THREE.
UH, DO I HEAR ANY MOTION? I'M MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT ARTICLE THREE AS READ, AND I'VE HAD MY, I'VE HAD MY HAND UP FOR A WHILE.
THERE'S, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
UM, I HAVE A POINT OF INFORMATION FIRST.
SO LET, LET, I'M LOOKING DOWN READING.
SO THE PLAN TONIGHT IS THAT WE, THE BYLAWS THAT WERE SENT OUT ON MAY 20TH, WE'RE JUST GONNA VOTE ON 'EM TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THERE ARE TWO READINGS, OKAY? WERE THE, WERE THE BYLAWS THAT WERE SENT OUT ON MAY 20TH, DELIVER 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING TO THE CHAIR.
COULD YOU REPEAT THAT PLEASE? SURE.
WERE THE BYLAWS THAT WERE SENT OUT ON MAY 20TH DELIVERED 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING TO THE CHAIR? YES.
NO, THEY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THESE HAVE BEEN REVISED SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, I THOUGHT THEY WERE SENT OUT, RAY.
NO, THEY COULDN'T HAVE BECAUSE YOU'VE CHANGED THEM AFTER OUR LAST MEETING.
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BEEN MORE THAN 30.THAT'S BEEN, THAT WAS LESS THAN 30 DAYS THAT THEY WERE SENT TO THE CHAIR.
THE BYLAWS SAY YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM OUT 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING.
YOU JUST CAN'T, YOU DON'T LET 'EM DISMISS IT OUTTA HAND AND SAY, HAVE AND SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
THEY WERE NOTICED AND SENT OUT WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE RECEIVED AT THE LAST MEETING.
WERE THEY SENT OUT TO THE CHAIR 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING? THE ANSWER IS NO.
THEREFORE, THEY DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON TONIGHT.
WE SENT ON MAY 20TH, WE SENT I, I'M FOCUSING ON, I'M FOCUSING ON THE FIRST PART.
LET'S FOCUS ON THE FIRST PART.
THE AMENDMENT REQUIREMENT IS YOU SEND THEM AT LEAST EIGHT.
NO, NOT AT LEAST 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
THOSE BYLAWS CHANGES TO THE CHAIR.
THEREFORE, THEY CANNOT BE DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON.
THEY CAN BE DISCUSSED, BUT THEY CAN'T BE VOTED ON TONIGHT.
WRONG ARTICLE, ARTICLE 10 SAYS 20 DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED MEETING, 20 DAYS, READ THE FIRST PARAGRAPH.
AMY, WE HAVE ALREADY SENT THAT.
WE HAVE PROPOSED THE AMENDMENT.
THE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT MULTIPLE TIMES AND A FINAL COPY HAS BEEN SENT 20 DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING AS REQUIRED.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN, BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE.
THESE BYLAWS, THE CHANGES THAT WERE DISCUSSING TONIGHT, WERE NOT SENT TO THE CHAIR 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T EVEN DISCUSSED AND CHANGED UNTIL AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH MAKES IT LESS THAN 30 DAYS.
THE PROPOSED CHANGES, AND THESE WERE INCORPORATED BASED ON DISCUSSION IN THE LAST MEETING TO INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL REVISIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S INPUT WAS INCLUDED AND THEN IT WAS RESENT OUT PER THE BYLAWS 20 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT WASN'T 20 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
BUT I HAVE FOCUS ON THE FIRST PART OF THE AMENDMENT.
THE AMENDMENT SAYS YOU HAVE TO SEND THE BYLAWS AS YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THEM AND HAVE A VOTE 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE TO THE CHAIR.
WELL, OH, HOW CAN YOU DISAGREE? OKAY.
VICKI'S BEEN TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING.
LET VICKI, UM, UH, I'M SORRY THIS IS A LITTLE OFF TOUCH, BUT JACKIE MAHORN HAS BEEN TEXTING ME THAT SHE'S STILL IN THE WAITING ROOM.
I'VE ASKED SANDRA TO LET HER IN.
I THINK THERE'S SOME PROBLEM THEY'VE BEEN TRYING, SO YEAH.
LET ME PUT MY HAND UP, UH, SO I WON'T BE OUTTA ORDER.
I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO SAY I'M OUTTA ORDER.
UH, I'M ON THE PHONE WITH JANE, UH, CAHILL WEST, WHO'S ANOTHER FORMER CHAIR.
AND AMY, YOU ARE RIGHT, THE 20 DAYS AND WE CAN'T SPEND ALL NIGHT GOING ON THIS.
IF YOU ALL WANNA GO, YOU KNOW, LET ME, LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY.
I WANNA RESCIND MY MOTION THAT I MADE TO VOTE UNDER.
IF YOU ALL ARE GONNA GET TEED UP ON THIS, I'LL RESCIND THAT MOTION AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO WITH THE 20 DAYS THAT AMY'S SAYING, AND WE CAN ALL VOTE ON THAT AS A GROUP RIGHT NOW, SO WE CAN MOVE ON.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, THAT, THAT WE ACCEPT THE 20 DAYS THAT AMY IS RECORDING IN THE BYLAWS.
AND LET'S JUST VOTE ON IT AND MOVE ON.
YOU CAN'T LET SOMEBODY, YOU GUYS, YOU ARE DEFLATING, YOU'RE TALKING TO JANE ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THE FIRST PART OF IT IS A 30 DAY REQUIREMENT.
AND THAT WAS NOT MET ANY, ANY QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, IT'S VERY CLEAR AMY REQUIREMENT.
WELL, I YOU SHOULD JUST DO IT TOMORROW.
UNLESS YOUR ATTORNEY AND PRACTICING LAW IN THIS AREA, IT'S NOT BABY, THIS IS NOT A COURT.
I YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT YOUR CORPORATE LAW.
WE ARE AN UNINCORPORATED VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
SO THAT'S NOT AS OUR SECRETARY AND AS A LAWYER, UH, AND KEITH DOWNEY, I'M MAKING A MOTION THAT MEMBERS WHO ARE PRESENT TONIGHT TO VOTE, LET'S GO WITH THE 20 DAYS THAT AMY IS SAYING, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
CAN WE DO THAT? AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND GO, YI BYLAWS TO
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MAKE THIS, TO MOVE THIS MOTION FORWARD.I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MOTION FOR INFORMATION.
WHAT'S THE 20 DAYS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? I, I'LL SECOND WHAT'S THE 20 DAYS ABOUT? ALRIGHT, SO DISCUSSION.
SO, OKAY, GREG, THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOMETHING THEY WANNA SAY, UH, AS WELL.
WILLIE, YOU YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.
UM, LOOK, UM, THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, SINCE THESE BYLAWS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THEY WERE SENT OUT, WHEN YOU UPDATE A THING, YOU STILL HAD IT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE LEGALITY SOMEWHAT, BUT YOU, YOU'VE, EVERYBODY HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE EVERY TIME YOU UPDATE IT, IT'S A BRAND NEW DOCUMENT.
IT IS NOT, IT'S THE SAME DOCUMENT.
SO IF I SEND IT OUT IN JANUARY, YOU GOT IT IN JANUARY.
SO IF IT'S MAY NOW YOU'VE BEEN HAD IT FOR FIVE MONTHS OR WHATEVER.
BUT THE WHOLE POINT IS IF YOU KEEP UPDATING IT, IT DOESN'T TURN IT INTO A WHOLE BRAND NEW DOCUMENT.
AND AS FAR AS ROBERT'S R ARTICLE GOES, YOU ARE NOT USING ROBERT RULES OF ORDER.
YOU'RE USING A HYBRID OF ROBERT RULES OF ORDER.
AND SO THEREFORE YOU, YOU, YOU CAN'T JUST GO BUY IT AND SAY, OKAY, I'M DOING IT EXACTLY AS IF IT'S IN THE BOOK.
YOU, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE USING CERTAIN PARTS OF IT, BUT IT'S A HYBRIDS AND SO THEREFORE YOU ADD A HYBRID TO IT.
THERE ARE OTHER, UH, THINGS THAT COME INTO THAT.
IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT EXACTLY AS YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU DON'T, YESTERDAY, YOU'VE NOT DONE THAT.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN THINK OF IT ANYWAY.
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, TAKE IT TO COURT FOLLOWING WILLIE, TAKE IT TO COURT.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOT THE FINAL MEETING WHERE THESE ARE ALL DISCUSSED.
WE WILL DIS BE DISCUSSING THE FINAL VERSION AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
WELL, THAT IS NOT CORRECT BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BE, THEY CAN BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT, BUT THEY CAN'T BE VOTED ON FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND AS FOR THE 20 DAY NOTICE, YES THEY CAN.
AND I'M NOT GONNA TO PEN AND LET YOU TELL ME WHAT MY KNOWLEDGE IS.
AND THIS IS NOT YOUR MEETING, FIRST OF ALL.
I MEAN, BUT I I'M THE ONLY ONE PEOPLE I WANNA TO POINT OUT.
UH, THERE IS, IN THE BYLAWS IT SAYS ROBERTS RULES OF ORDERS SHALL BE THE GUIDE FOR PROCEDURES ON ALL POINTS OF ORDER NOT COVERED HEREIN AND OPERATING PROCEDURES MAY BE AMENDED TIME TO TIME BASED ON AN, UH, AS NEEDED BASIS BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION.
BUT WE HAVE OPERATING PROCEDURES AND, UH, GUIDANCE WITHIN OUR BYLAWS THAT ALLOWS US TO DEVIATE FROM ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
DOUG, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP AGAIN.
I JUST, SYLVIA, I WANTED TO SECOND TOMORROW'S, UH, MOTION.
SO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON TOMORROW AND THEN WE VOTE ON GREG'S.
SO TOMORROW RESTATE YOUR MOTION.
IT'S NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE 20 DAYS ARE SUFFICIENT FOR YOU TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION FOR THE BYLAWS, FOR US TO VOTE ON THEM AS A FIRST VOTE TONIGHT.
AND I GOT A SECOND FROM SYLVIA.
IT'S NOT A VALID MOTION, GUYS, BECAUSE THE BYLAWS SPECIFICALLY SAY HOW TO DO THAT.
NO, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A VOTE.
THE BYLAWS SAY SPECIFICALLY WHAT HAS TO BE DONE AND IT HASN'T BEEN FOLLOWED.
CAN ANYBODY SAY IT HASN'T BEEN SPECIFICALLY FOLLOWED? CAN ANYBODY SAY IT'S BEEN SPECIFICALLY FOLLOWED AS REQUIRED OF THE BYLAWS, BOTH THE 30 DAYS AND THE 20 DAYS? BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SENT OUT 20 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
AN EMAIL WAS SENT OUT WITH THE CHERYL.
IT'S, IT WAS ALSO CODED IN 20 DAYS.
IF YOU IN FAVOR TO, IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF TOMORROW'S MOTION, RAISE YOUR HAND PLEASE.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE HANDS RAISED.
AMY, HOW MUCH DOES DOES IT TAKE? WELL, IT'S A QUORUM.
UM, LOWER YOUR HANDS AND THOSE OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR HANDS LO OKAY.
LOWER YOUR HAND IF YOU ALREADY VOTED.
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SO TOMORROW YOU NEED TO, OKAY.MOTION PASSED ALSO, PLEASE DO IT ABSTAIN.
OKAY, NOW SAY AGAINST, GO AHEAD.
KEEP SAY ALL AGAINST, ALL AGAINST ABSTAIN.
NOW WE'RE BACK TO ARTICLE THREE.
CAN WE, CAN WE GO BACK PLEASE TO ARTICLE? NOT AT ALL BECAUSE WE DIDN'T VOTE ON, ON THE DEFINITION ARTICLE, DID WE? WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON ANYTHING YET, I DON'T THINK.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE DEFINITION ARTICLE? YEAH, WE, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE ARTICLES TO THAT HAD CHANGES.
THIS VOTE WAS JUST ON THE 20 DAY, RIGHT, BUT HE, I THINK, YEAH, IT WAS 20 ARTICLE THREE WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN ARTICLE.
YEAH, I'M TALKING ABOUT ARTICLE THREE.
ARTICLE TWO AND ARTICLE THREE.
MAYOR AND ALSO, UM, PUT A PUNCTUATION.
NO, HE DID MORE THAN THAT TOO.
SO ARE WE VOTING ON THAT NOW? KEITH? ARTICLE TWO? I WOULD SAY ARTICLE TWO AND THREE PUT UH, TWO AND THREE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE VOTE ON ARTICLE TWO AND THREE.
I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT MOTION.
PLEASE AMEND TO WHAT? YOUR, YOUR HANDS UP.
I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT MOTION TO WITH RESERVING ALL MY RIGHTS THAT I'VE ALREADY ABOUT.
WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED MAKE A MOTION TO REVISE THE BYLAWS TO PLACE IN THE DEFINED TERMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER C.
REVISE THE BYLAWS TO PLACE THE DEFINED TERMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
THEY'RE NOT DONE THAT WAY, EVEN THOUGH YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA DO IT THAT WAY.
GREG, THAT WAS STATED WHEN HE READ THAT OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, THEY WERE JUST RE-CATEGORIZED IN THE WAY THEY WERE READ TONIGHT SO THAT IT WAS NEW DEFINITIONS AND, AND REVISED DEFINITIONS.
BUT THEY'RE NOT AMY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE BE ALPHABET.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
CAN I GET APPROVAL ON THAT PLEASE? THANK YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR OF PUTTING, MAKING SURE THAT THE DEFINITIONS ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
I'M NOT OPPOSED, I'M TRYING TO MOVE MY STUPID HAND.
UH, WE SHOULD HAVE NO OPPOSED TO THIS.
I CAN'T GET MY STUPID HAND DOWN.
BRIDGET, ARE YOU UP OR DOWN? OPPOSE, UH, AGREEING? OKAY.
I I THOUGHT I RAISED MY HAND FOR THE, UH, TO ACCEPT.
ANYBODY? OKAY, VICKY, WE, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
KEITH? UH, DON'T WE HAVE TO VOTE ON TOMORROW'S MOTION TO ACCEPT? UH, YEAH.
OH, NO TO GO CHERYL? SHE MUTED.
AND SO, UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF, OF THE AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES TWO AND THREE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
LOWER YOUR HANDS AND RAISE IF YOU'RE OPPOSED.
I AIN'T OPPOSED THE STUPID HAND TAKEN ON.
WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE A FEW MINUTES FOR PEOPLE TO YEAH.
FOR THE SYSTEM, I THINK HAS A LAG TIME.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT'S OPPOSED TO, UH, ACCEPTING THAT? ANY OPPOSED? ANY? OKAY.
I, WE HAVE ENOUGH THAT IT PASSED.
PLEASE NOT ABSTAIN PLEASE FOR ME.
AND, AND WE'LL NOTE GREG ABSTAINED.
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YOU CAN.CHANGES TO ARTICLE FOUR, MEMBERSHIP ETHICS AND INCLUSION CHANGES.
SECTION ONE, MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES, EACH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ONE VOTE.
ADDITION TO END OF PARAGRAPH MEMBERSHIP IN THE ALLIANCE SHALL BE OPEN TO ALL SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS.
EACH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MAY SEND AS MANY REPRESENTATIVES AS THIS REASONABLY CHOOSES WHO MAY ATTEND ANY PORTION OF AN ALLIANCE MEETING AND PARTICIPATE IN NON-DISRUPTIVE CIVIL DISCUSSION AND DEBATE AS DESIGNATED BY THE ALLIANCE CHAIR.
HOWEVER, ONLY ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MAY VOTE ON MATTERS BEFORE THE ALLIANCE.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS MAY SUBSTITUTE REPRESENTATIVES AS THEY CHOOSE.
ANY REPRESENTATIVE MAY ORALLY REQUEST A ROLL CALL VOTE TO ASSURE THAT EACH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD CAST ONLY ONE VOTE.
SIMILARLY, ONLY ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MAY A MOTION OR TAKE ANY OTHER ACTION ON A SINGLE AGENDA ITEM.
THAT'S THE END OF CHANGES IN ARTICLE FOUR.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I'LL SECOND THAT CALL FOR THE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT CHANGES OF ARTICLE FOUR.
IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UM, IF OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ABSTAIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ARTICLE CHANGES TO ARTICLE FIVE OFFICIAL ALLIANCE POSITIONS ON SIGNIFICANT MATTERS OF PUBLIC POLICY.
ADDITION TO THE POLICY, THE ALLIANCE SHALL NOT TAKE AN OFFICIAL POSITION ON ANY SIGNIFICANT AND CONTROVERSIAL MATTER OF PUBLIC POLICY WITHOUT A VOTE OR A CONSENSUS OF VOTING MEMBERS AT A SCHEDULED MEETING AFTER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REASONABLE AND CIVIL DISCUSSION AND DEBATE.
THE CHAIR OR A DESIGNEE MAY PRESENT THE ALLIANCE'S POSITION TO THE CITY AND COMMUNITY THROUGH ANY PRACTICAL AND CUSTOMARY MEANS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO PUBLIC SPEECHES.
SOCIAL MEDIA AND LETTERS AND EMAILS TO THE MAYOR, THE DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOODS, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
THE CITY COUNCIL ARE MEMBERS OF THE PRESS ARE PUBLIC FOR TIME SENSITIVE MATTERS IE MATTERS WHERE A RESPONSE IS REQUESTED.
BEFORE THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING, A MAJORITY OF THE OFFICERS CAN MAKE A DECISION ON THE ALLIANCE'S OFFICIAL POSITION.
AFTER EMAILING THE ALLIANCE MEMBERS THE QUESTION POSED TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR CONVERSATION, THE CHAIR SHALL NOTIFY THE ALLIANCE MEMBERS OF ANY OFFICIAL POSITION TAKEN BEFORE THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED ALLIANCE MEETING.
THIS IS THE END OF THE, UH, AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE FIVE.
DO I HAVE A, UH, UM, MOTION? MAKE A MOTION.
DO WE CALL FOR THE, WE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR HANDS.
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ANY ABSTENTIONS ALL ABSTAINING.THANK MARTIN HAND WAS UP THE WHOLE TIME.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE DOUG HAND WAS UP ON MY SCREEN.
UH, CHANGED TO ARTICLE SIX OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS.
SECTION ONE, DUTIES OF OFFICERS B, ADDITIONAL OFFICER DUTIES.
NUMBER ONE, CLARIFICATION OF THE TREASURER'S DUTIES THE TREASURER MAY TAKE ON OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED BY THE CHAIR.
NUMBER TWO, ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF THE CHAIR.
THE CHAIR HAS THE POWER TO APPOINT PERSONAL PERSON OR PERSONS TO ASSIST WITH CONDUCTING MEETINGS SUCH AS THE PARLIAMENTARIAN ATTENDANCE CLERK, UH, OF THE POSITION THAT THE CHAIR DEEMS NECESSARY.
SECTION TWO, OFFICER TERMS AND ELECTIONS BE DEFINITION OF QUORUM FOR ELECTION PURPOSES.
A QUORUM OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ALLIANCE AS PROVIDED IN THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, CONTEMPLATES A QUORUM OF DULY, DULY DESIGNATED ALLIANCE MEMBERS AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE THREE.
THUS, THIRD OF THE ACTIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS MUST BE PRESENT TO HOLD AN ELECTION.
THIS IS THE END OF THE AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION.
GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO LOWER YOUR HANDS.
AND WE'LL THEN ALL OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR HANDS.
UH, IF YOU'RE ABSTAINING, RAISE YOUR HAND.
MOTION PASSED OVER TO YOU, KEITH.
ARTICLE SEVEN COMMITTEES ADDITION.
THE CHAIR SHALL APPOINT THE COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS ADDITION NEW SECTION A STANDING COMMITTEES.
THE CHAIR MAY ESTABLISH OTHER STANDING COMMITTEES, BUT THE ALLIANCE SHOULD HAVE A NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE AND A PLANNING COMMITTEE AS A YEARLY STANDING COMMITTEES AS DESCRIBED BELOW, THE CHAIR SHALL APPOINT ALL STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON.
THE CHAIR SHALL BE AN AD HOC MEMBER OF EACH STANDING COMMITTEE EXCEPT THE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE.
NUMBER ONE, NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE.
THE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE WILL HAVE A MINIMUM OF THREE MEMBERS, INCLUDING ITS COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON.
IF THE CHAIR IS NOT RUNNING FOR AN OFFICER POSITION, THE CHAIR MAY SERVE AS AN AD HOC MEMBER OF THIS STANDING COMMITTEE.
THE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE SHALL BE FORMED AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION AND MAY DISBAND THEREAFTER.
THE PLANNING COMMITTEE WILL BE COMPRISED OF ANY CURRENT OFFICES OF THE ALLIANCE AND ANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED BY THE CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR TO SERVE IN HELPING PLAN THE ALLIANCE SCHEDULE AND ACTIVITIES.
THE CHAIR SHALL CHAIR THE PLANNING COMMITTEE.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES, THE CHAIR SHALL APPOINT ALL SPECIAL COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS.
THE CHAIR SHALL BE AN AD HOC MEMBER OF EACH SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
THAT IS THE END OF AMENDMENT FOR ARTICLE SEVEN.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? THIS IS DOUG.
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YES.WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
ALL ABSTAINING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ARTICLE EIGHT MEETINGS, SECTION ONE, MEETING DATES AND STANDARDS REQUIRED BY THE MARCH 17TH, 2003 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
THE ALLIANCE WILL HOLD AT LEAST NINE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS AT A TIME AND PLACE TO BE DESIGNATED BY THE PLANNING COMMITTEE ANNUALLY EACH DECEMBER FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
IN THE EVENT A REGULAR MEETING FALLS ON A LEGAL HOLIDAY, THE TIME AND DATE OF THE GENERAL MEETING SHALL BE SET BY THE CHAIR.
AFTER PROCEEDING A REGULAR MEETING WITH THE CONSENT, THE ALLIANCE MAY CONDUCT MEETINGS VIRTUALLY OR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS AS THE PLANNING COMMITTEE DETERMINES APPROPRIATE.
SECTION TWO MEETING NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND INVITATION TO SUBMIT AGENDA ITEMS, THE CHAIR SHALL HAVE DISCRETION TO SET THE AGENDA FOR EACH MEETING AND DETERMINE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA.
SECTION THREE, MEETING PROCEDURES AND ORDER C CHAIR MAY IMPOSE TIME LIMITS WHEN REQUIRED.
THE CHAIR MAY IMPOSE REASONABLE TIME LIMITS ON THE DISCUSSION OF EACH AGENDA ITEM TO ENSURE THE ORDERLY FLOW OF BUSINESS.
HOWEVER, THE CHAIR MUST ALLOW ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH MEMBER WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM UP TO THREE MINUTES TO DO SO.
D QUORUM THE ALLIANCE MAY NOT CONSIDER ANY BUSINESS WITHOUT A QUORUM PRESENT AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE THREE FOR PURPOSES OF ESTABLISHING THE QUORUM REQUIRED UNDER ARTICLE THREE, A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MAY SUBMIT IN WRITING A PROXY FOR THAT MEETING ARE EXPRESSLY WAIVED.
THEIR ATTENDANCE, A PROXY FORM IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT FOUR OF THESE BYLAWS FOR THIS PURPOSE AND MUST BE RECEIVED.
I LOST MY PLACE HERE REAL QUICK.
PROXY FORM IS ATTACHED IN EXHIBIT FOUR TO THESE BYLAWS FOR THIS PURPOSE AND MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE SECRETARY BEFORE THE MEETING.
THE PROXY MAY ONLY BE MADE BY THE DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND MAY ONLY BE VOTED BY THE CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
THE PROXY WILL COUNT FOR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL'S ATTENDANCE, E METHODS OF VOTING AT THIS, AT ITS OPTION, THE ALLIANCE MAY EMPLOY ELECTRONIC MEANS TO TALLY VOTES.
THE ALLIANCE HAS AUTHORIZED VOTING BY PROXY AS DESCRIBED UNDER SECTION THREE DASH D OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED IT COMPLIES WITH THE FORM ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT FOUR.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE AMENDMENT TO OUR ARTICLE EIGHT.
WE ACCEPT ARTICLE EIGHT AS AMENDED.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR.
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OKAY.RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE OPPOSED.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE ABSTAINING.
MOTION PASSED BACK TO YOU KEITH.
RATIFICATION CHANGES TO ARTICLE 10.
OUR FINAL ARTICLE, HALLELU A BYLAWS, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS PASSED IF READ AND APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE AT A MEETING IN WHICH QUORUM IS PRESENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? CAN I, CAN I RAISE A QUESTION BEFORE MAKING A MOTION? UH, DON'T WE HAVE TO PRESENT THIS AT TWO MEETINGS RATHER THAN JUST ONE MEETING? YES, WE DO.
THIS THE FIRST MEETING UNDER THE CURRENT, UNDER THE CURRENT, BOTH AT TWO CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS AND WHICH THE QUORUM IS PRESENT.
I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT I SECOND MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED IN FAVOR.
UM, LOWER YOUR HANDS IF OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR HAND.
I'M, I'M OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, BUT I VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO EVERYTHING.
I JUST COULDN'T GET THE TIMING DOWN.
MOTION PASSED BACK TO YOU, KEITH.
SO, UH, WE WILL PRESENT THESE, UM, AGAIN FOR THE, UH, SECOND VOTE THE NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND OUR CHAIR WILL DETERMINE WHETHER, UH, WE MEET VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON.
PROBABLY, UH, YOU KNOW, SHE WILL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
SO I CAN'T SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT BACK TO THE MATTER IS, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE COMMENTS YOU SENT IN.
AND I WANT TO THANK THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO MEET.
UH, I, I WANNA, I WANNA MAKE A COMMENT TOO, BUT I'M GONNA RAISE MY HAND.
GREG, GREG HAD HIS HAND UP FIRST AND THEN TOMORROW.
DOUG, DID YOU REVIEW THE RED LINE, THE CLEANING OR THE MARKED? UH, WHICH DID YOU RE REVIEW? EITHER OF THEM? BOTH OF THEM.
I'M SORRY, WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? I'M ASKING IF WHEN THESE BYLAWS WERE SENT OUT, THEY WERE SENT OUT AS A RED LINE AND A CLEAN, DID YOU READ BOTH OF 'EM? ONE OF 'EM, THE OTHER, UH, THE RED LINE, I BELIEVE.
WELL, WE DIDN'T VOTE ON, WELL, WHAT WE VOTED ON TONIGHT WAS NOT THE RED LINE.
YEAH, I VOTED BASED ON WHAT I HEARD KEITH ANNOUNCE.
SO, SO YOU DIDN'T READ ANYTHING THEN? NO, I READ IT AND HE DIDN'T MAKE ANY, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING THAT I DIDN'T DISAGREE WITH WHEN HE SAID THAT.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE REDLINE VERSION, AND I'VE, I'VE ASKED THIS WEEKS AGO WHEN IT CAME OUT, I SAID THE REDLINE VERSION DOESN'T CONFORM WITH THE CLEAN VERSION.
IT'S BASED OFF OF SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
I NEVER GOT AN ANSWER BACK ON THAT EITHER.
SO YOU'RE JUST BASING OFF OF THAT, DOUG, I, YOU KNOW, DOUG, THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING.
UM, WE ARE REALLY RUNNING REALLY, REALLY, REALLY TIGHT ON TIME HERE.
UM, I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO ARE ON TO SPEAK.
WOULD, WOULD IT BE OKAY IF I OFFER THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY? WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LEFT.
I AIN'T GONNA TAKE 30 SECONDS.
I'M TELLING YOU, AS I SAID, AS A FORMER CHAIR, THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT JOB THAT YOU DO FOR ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLY.
'CAUSE YOU LOVE THE CITY AND YOU LOVE THE COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE IT DOES NOT GIVE A DIME.
AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY ABOUT THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE.
I MEAN, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE JUST WATCHING IT FROM THE SIDELINES
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BEFORE WE EVER GOT STARTED.BUT I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR THIS, UH, AND FOR CONTINUING ON.
THAT'S IT, CHERYL, MY SYMPATHY, SORRY, CHERYL, SORRY.
UM, PHILLIP, YOU HAD A QUESTION AND THE CHRISTINA HAD A QUESTION OR, OR COMMENT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE WAS ANY UPDATE ON THE ITEM FIVE ON THE AGENDA ON THE PROPOSED, UH, NEW GUIDELINES.
UH, SINCE I WAS OUT OF, UH, UNAVAILABLE DURING THE PAST, UH, MEETING, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING.
BUT MR. SIMS IS STILL ON THE MEETING.
UH, MAYBE HE COULD ADDRESS THAT QUESTION.
YES, THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN UPDATED.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED THEM YET, CHERYL, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET THEM SO THAT THEY CAN BE SENT OUT.
THEY WERE PLACED AT THE LAST SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING FOR VIEWING AND I, RIGHT.
MY ASSUMPTION WAS THEY WENT OUT TO YOU GUYS BEFORE THIS MEETING, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECEIVE THOSE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, UM, THE HANDBOOK BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, I APPRECIATE IT.
YOU KNOW, RHONDA WENT OUT ON MEDICAL LEAVE AND THEN YES, I, YOU KNOW, THEN I'VE HAD A FAMILY ISSUE.
SO, BUT AS YOU KNOW, PHILIP, YOU KNOW, I, I'M VERY OPEN TO, UM, SUGGESTIONS AND, UM, I DO APOLOGIZE FOR ANYTHING BEFORE THIS POINT.
BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING THE NECESSARY CHANGES AND, AND COMPROMISES, BUT AS WELL AS KEEPING THE INTEGRITY OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH THE HANDBOOK.
CHRISTINA, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU CAN GO AND THEN, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN.
UH, YES, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE OUTTA TIME ON BEHALF OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, PENNY SHAW.
I JUST WANNA ECHO TAMARA BELL'S COMMENTS THAT WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK THAT YOU DO ON AND THE REASONS WHY YOU DO IT.
YEAH, CONGRESSWOMAN, I GOT PROMOTED.
I'M, UH, MY BRAIN IS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UM, THIS IS THE BIG WEEK AT CITY HALL.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FIREFIGHTER DEAL THIS WEEK.
WE'VE GOT THE CITY BUDGET TO APPROVE THIS WEEK, $6.7 BILLION.
UM, UH, HALF OF THAT 3.03 BILLION FROM YOUR SALES AND PROPERTY TAX REVENUES.
UH, PUBLIC SAFETY SPENDING IS NEARLY 70% OF THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, AGAIN, THAT'S YOUR TAX SUPPORTED, UH, BUD.
THE TAX SUPPORTED PART OF THE BUDGET.
POLICE A BILLION DOLLARS FIRE, $636 MILLION ANNUAL BUDGET.
UM, JUST BY COMPARISON, THE, UH, SOLID WASTE TRASH DEPARTMENTS, 99 MILLION PARKS, 89 MILLION LIBRARIES, 52 MILLION.
UM, WE'RE DRAWING DOWN $187 MILLION FROM OUR FUND.
BALANCE STILL LEAVES US WITH, UM, $91 MILLION OVER WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO KEEP IN OUR FUND BALANCE.
UH, THIS INCLUDES PAY INCREASES OF THREE POINT HALF PERCENT TO THE POLICE.
WE'VE GOT THE FIREFIGHTER DEAL, WHICH IS A 650 MILLION BACK OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS BACK PAY SETTLEMENT, WHICH WE WILL BE SPENDING $30 MILLION ON DEBT SERVICE FOR A BOND THAT WE'LL ISSUE FOR THAT, UM, IN THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
PLUS $36 MILLION IN, IN FIREFIGHTER RAISES.
UM, UM, THE BUDGET, IT DOES INCLUDE 11.7, UH, MILLION DOLLARS IN GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENT REDUCTIONS, PRIMARILY VACANCIES THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A LONG TIME THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
IT INCLUDES FIVE, UM, POLICE AND FIVE FIRE CADET CLASSES.
THERE'S BEEN AN AMENDMENT TO ADD POLICE CADET CLASS.
UM, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE MY YEAR 2 CENTS SURVEY YET.
WE'RE CLOSING THAT THING TOMORROW, SO GET YOUR, GET YOUR VOTES IN NOW.
I DID DO AN AMENDMENT FOR EXTRA MONEY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE THING ANSWERED BY MY SURVEY, FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, AND, UH, THIRD WAS A, A KIND OF A FIGHT FOR SOLID WASTE OR HOUSING, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH.
SO THANKS ALL, THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
AND, UM, I'LL PUT MY, I'LL PUT THE BUDGET SURVEY IN THE CHAT, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT OR GOTTEN IT OUT TO YOUR MEMBERSHIP, PLEASE DO.
UM, WE'VE GOT ONE, UH, SANDRA PUENTES YOU WOULD YOU LIKE REAL QUICK? I THINK WE MIGHT BE OFF OF RECORDING, BUT WE'RE STILL ON TEAMS, SO.
UH, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'VE PUT MY, UH, QR CODE IN THE CHAT AND, UM, EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEET THE HEROES EVENT THIS SATURDAY AT BAIN COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, THAT'S BAYLAND PARK, UM, FROM 9:00 AM TO NOON.
SO JOIN US FOR OUR MEET THE HEROES EVENT FOR THE HURRICANE, HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS.
I WANNA OFFER, IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, FEEL THAT THEY REALLY NEED TO, WANT TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE.
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UH, IT WON'T BE ON HTV, BUT WE CAN TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES FOR QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS.I'M ROGER BRIDGE, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY'S OFFICE.
I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW HOW MUCH HE APPRECIATES YOUR HARD WORK AND, UH, WE ENJOYED AGAIN BEING WITH YOU TONIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON WITH US TOMORROW.
YOU STILL MUTED? THERE, THERE, SHE'S, YOU'RE GOOD.
UH, TOMORROW AT THE COMMUNITY OF FAITH CHURCH AT 6:30 PM AT 10 24 PINE MOUNT, THEY'RE HAVING A POWER OF PRAYER FOR CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE.
UH, IF YOU'RE OVER THERE, OR IF NOT, YOU CAN PRAY FROM YOUR HOME.
BUT, UH, THEY'RE HAVING THAT EVENT.
AND THEN ON, UH, FRIDAY, THEY ARE HONORING, UH, CHIEF TROY NER, SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS STEPPED UP.
AND THEY'RE HONORING, UH, HIM AT THE GEORGIA BROWN.
LET ME GIVE YOU THE TIME, UH, FOR THAT.
IT IS GOING TO BE ON, UH, FRIDAY AT, UH, I THINK IT'S SIX O'CLOCK.
UH, MAKE SURE I GOT THAT RIGHT.
AT, UH, FROM, FROM FIVE 30 TO, YES, FROM FIVE 30 TO, I THINK IT'S SEVEN 30, BUT, UH, IT'S AT THE GEORGIA BROWN ON THIS FRIDAY, THE 14TH.
UH, THE TICKETS ARE ON E BRIGHT, IST FREE, UH, THE G-R-S-V-P, BUT IT'S ON, ON, UH, UH, UH, EVENTBRITE.
AND I JUST GOT NOTICED THAT THEY, WE ARE STILL ON HDV.
I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING, UH, COMMISSIONER MILES ATTEND A CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE RE WHAT ARE CALLED REFORMS FOR HISD AND THE STATE TAKEOVER.
I KNOW IN, UM, SM 31, WE'VE HAD SPEAKERS FROM, UH, COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHANGES AND WE KNOW THEY NEED A LOT OF SUPPORT.
AS A, A GRANDMOTHER OF FIVE CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN HISD, I CERTAINLY HAVE THOSE CONCERNS.
AND SO WE JUST LIKE CITY COUNCIL, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF IT, WE LIKED IT.
YOU'RE ELEVATING THE CONVERSATION.
UM, JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE I PUT OUR INFORMATION, MY INFORMATION IN THE CHAT.
UM, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE DISTRICT K NEWSLETTER IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SUBSCRIBING TO IT.
AND ALSO WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTHWEST DIVISION WILL BE HAVING DONUTS WITH DAD THIS SATURDAY.
UM, AT THE NATA STATION, THAT'S AT 1 3 0 9 7 NATA STREET.
UM, FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON, THE FLYER IS IN THE CHAT.
AND, UM, I'LL SEND YOU ADDITIONAL FLYER TO SHARE IT.
BUT, UM, HAPPY FATHER DAY TO ALL THE DADS.
UH, YES, I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE, UH, THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE LETTER FOR THE SHEET METAL FENCING, SO WE HAVE NOT PUT THAT ON THE BACK BURNER.
IT'S, IT'S STILL BEING WORKED ON.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UH, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR WORKING WITH US AS A COMMITTEE.
I ALSO WANT TO CHERYL, LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST WE WILL BE OFF.
WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE TAKEN THE AUGUST OFF AND THAT'S OUR PLAN IS TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY BRIDGE THAT HAS BEEN FUNDED BY COUNTY PRECINCT ONE, BUT WILL BE TURNED OVER TO BECOME PROPERTY OF THE CITY, HAS MADE GREAT PROGRESS.
AND OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S LOCATED BETWEEN STELLA LINK AND BUFFALO SPEEDWAY AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE BRIDGE WENT UP THIS WEEK, THIS PAST WEEK.
SO IF YOU'RE DRIVING ALONG SOUTH, NORTH OR SOUTH BRASSWOOD IN THAT AREA, GIVE A SHOUT OUT THAT, YAY.
THE LONG WAITED BRIDGE IS THERE AND WE THANK EVERYBODY WHO ON THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WORKED WITH, UH, THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND GOT THAT DONE.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANY NEWS? NOPE.
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ADJOURN.UM, DO I HEAR ANY OBJECTIONS?
UH, WE'LL GET THANKS EVERYBODY.
I SENT OUT INFORMATION OF THE PRESENTATION SHOULD BE ON ITS WAY TO YOUR IN INBOXES NOW.