* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Economic Development Committee] [00:00:11] I AM COUNCILMAN FRED FLICKINGER, PRESIDING CHAIR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. UH, WELCOME TO TO ALL THE COMMITTEE AND STAFF. UH, WE HAVE MR. MAR, COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ, COUNCILMAN ALCORN, COUNCILMAN JULIAN RAMIREZ, AND THEN STAFF FROM COUNCILMAN CASTILLO AND COUNCILMAN CAYMAN'S OFFICE, ALONG WITH, UH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM CASTEX TATUM. UH, THE MEETING'S BEING HELD IN PERSON IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WE ARE ALSO BROADCASTING VIA HOUSTON HTV COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. PLEASE HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION IN OUR PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER, REQUEST TO SPEAK, OR IF JOINING VIRTUALLY, TYPE REQUEST TO SPEAK IN THE CHAT POD, AND YOU'LL BE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER. YOU'LL BE ADVISED WHEN THE TWO MINUTES HAVE EXPIRED. AND COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS IS, OH, ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS IS, UH, ONLINE WITH US AS WELL. HELLO, TIFFANY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTENDING VIRTUALLY, PLEASE USE THE CHAT POD IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY PROBLEMS. UH, THERE WAS ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY. IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS PRESENT HERE IN THE CHAMBER WHO WISH TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK, THERE IS A SIGN UP SHEET AT THE FRONT TABLE ON YOUR RIGHT. PUBLIC SPEAKERS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS CAN BE EMAILED TO DISTRICT K@HOUSTONTX.GOV, AND IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS FOR RESPONSES. NEXT, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, JENNIFER CURLEY FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WILL PRESENT ON THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE FISCAL YEAR 2025. BUDGET SCHEDULE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CURLEY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IF YOU'LL PROCEED. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THE 2025 BUDGET SUM BUDGET SCHEDULE FOR THE TS BUDGETS. BEFORE I DO THAT THOUGH, I WANTED TO GO THROUGH, UM, WELL, TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES ARE AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER THREE 11 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES ARE CREATED BY THE CITY TO ENCOURAGE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF UNDEVELOPED OR UN UNDERDEVELOPED OR UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL AREAS, AS INCLUDED IN THE UPDATED FINANCIAL POLICIES. CITY ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 7 26. THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS WILL BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL ONLY AFTER THE OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OR HIS DESI HI OR HIS DESIGNEE FINANCE, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, AND THE TS REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES. SO BEFORE I PRESENT THE, UM, BUDGET SUMMARY, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PIECES OF THE BUDGET THAT YOU'LL, THAT YOU'LL SEE AS THE BUDGET START CIRCULATING. SO THIS FIRST PAGE ON PAGE FOUR REPRESENTS WHAT THE FIRST PAGE OF A BUDGET DOCUMENT. AND ON THIS PAGE, IT'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE ZONE'S PURPOSE IS, AS WELL AS WHAT THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE FOR THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. AND IT'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT IN SOME CASES, WHAT THEIR GOALS WILL BE FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. THIS IS ON THE TOP OF THAT PROFILE PAGE. WHEN YOU GET A TS BUDGET, THIS WILL BE THE TOP PAGE. YOU'LL SEE, UM, THIS WILL BE THE BOTTOM OF THE, THIS, THE NEXT PAGE, WHICH IS PAGE FIVE. THIS PAGE IS THE SECOND PART OF THE FIRST PAGE. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THIS IS PAGE FIVE. WHAT THIS WILL SHOW IS BASICALLY WHAT'S IN THEIR PROJECT PLAN. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THAT THE TOTAL PLAN IS $399 MILLION. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PROJECT PLAN AREA WHERE IT SAYS THE TOTAL PLAN IS. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT, IT'LL TELL YOU WHAT TYPES OF ITEMS THAT ARE IN THEIR PLAN. AND THAT INCLUDES, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, ROADWAY AND STREET IMPROVEMENT, STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, ENTRY FEATURES AND FOCAL POINTS. SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE GATEWAYS THAT YOU WOULD SEE AS YOU ENTER IN INTO A PARTICULAR AREA. HISTORIC PRESERVATION, CULTURAL AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCING COSTS. SO THIS PARTICULAR LIST, [00:05:01] WHAT THIS REFLECTS IS WHAT THE BUDGET, WHAT THE TURS CAN SPEND THEIR MONEY ON. IF IT IS NOT LISTED IN THEIR PROJECT PLAN, THEY CAN'T SPEND MONEY ON IT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WASN'T ON THIS LIST, AND IN SOME CASES AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NOT IN A TS PROJECT PLAN, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SPEND MONEY ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO FIRST IT HAS TO BE IN THE PROJECT PLAN, AND THE PROJECT PLANS COME BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL FIRST. SO BEFORE WE EVEN START PREPARING A BUDGET, THE FIRST THING THAT COMES, UM, WHAT COMES FIRST IS THE ACTUAL TUR PROJECT PLAN. OKAY? SO BELOW THE PROJECT PLAN IS THE AREA THAT WOULD REFLECT DEBT. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UM, THIS TURS DOESN'T HAVE ANY DEBT, BUT AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT TURS BUDGETS, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR AREA WILL SHOW HOW MUCH DEBT THEY, THAT THE TURS IS CURRENTLY, UM, HAS ISSUED AND WHAT THEY'RE PAYING BACK. NEXT PAGE, PLEASE. SO THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND PAGE OF A UMTS BUDGET, AND THIS IS THE TOP OF THE SECOND PAGE. AND WHAT THIS REFLECTS IS THE REVENUE THAT THEY HAVE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE COLUMN THAT SAYS 2025, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THEY HAVE A BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF $5.7 MILLION. AND SO THAT JUST ROLLS UP FROM THE, FROM 2024. SO BASICALLY IT'S THE REVENUE MINUS EXPENDITURES, WHATEVER THEY HAVE LEFT IN THEIR FUND BALANCE. THEY START OFF IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR WITH 5.7 MILLION. THEN THEY'RE EXPECTED TO GET 7.3 MILLION IN REVENUE THIS YEAR. THAT IS A PROJECTION. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE KNOW JUST YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY OF THE TAX ROLES YET FROM HCA. SO THIS IS A PROJECTED VALUE HERE IN THE FY 2025 COLUMN. THEN IF YOU GO KEEP GOING DOWN, YOU'LL SEE INTEREST INCOME, AND THAT'S A PROJECTED NUMBER TWO, BASED UPON, UM, WHATEVER THEY HAVE IN THEIR FUND BALANCE. AND THEN JUST A, A REALLY LOW INTEREST RATE TO CALCULATE WHAT WE THINK, WHAT WHAT THEY THINK WILL BE THE INTEREST THAT THEY WOULD INCUR FOR THIS PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THEY'RE GOING TO ISSUE BONDS. AND SO WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM SHOWED UP IN THEIR BUDGET IS THAT COUNCIL APPROVED A DEBT AUTHORIZATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR TERMS LAST FALL. AND WHAT WE PRESENTED AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME IS WHAT PROJECTS THEY PLAN TO DO WITH THE DEBT AUTHORIZATION. THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT YET. THEY HAVEN'T ISSUED DEBT YET, BUT WHAT COUNCIL HAS DONE ALREADY IS ALLOWED THEM TO HAVE A DEBT AUTHORIZATION OF $30 MILLION BASED ON THE PROJECTS THAT THEY PRESENTED AT THE TIME. AGAIN, THEY HAVEN'T ISSUED THE DEBT. THEY, THE BUDGET DOCUMENT HAS TO INCLUDE WHATEVER DEBT THAT THEY PLAN TO ISSUE, EVEN IF THEY HAVEN'T ISSUED YET. OKAY, SO NEXT PAGE, THIS WOULD STILL BE PAGE NUMBER TWO IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT, BUT ON THIS PAGE IT'S SHOWING YOU ALL THEIR EXPENDITURES. SO, PREVIOUS PAGE SHOWED ALL OF THEIR RESOURCES, REVENUE, UM, DEBT THAT THEY PLANNED TO ISSUE ALL OF THEIR RESOURCES IN ORDER TO DO THEIR PROJECTS. THIS PAGE SHOWS ALL THE EXPENDITURES, HOW THEY PLAN TO SPEND THOSE RESOURCES. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT HAND COLUMN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEIR T'S ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATION AND OVERHEAD, AND THAT INCLUDES THEIR ACCOUNTANT STAFF, IF THEY'RE PAYING STAFF SALARIES, AUDITOR, UM, FINANCIAL ADVISOR, INSURANCE TAX CONSULTANT, AND OFFICE ADMINISTRATION. AND SO IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THEY'VE BUDGETED OVERHEAD OF $341,000 TO, TO BASICALLY MANAGE THE TURS TO BASICALLY MANAGE THE TURS. AND SO THEN WHEN YOU GO TO THIS NEXT SECTION, YOU LOOK AT THE PROGRAM CONSULTANT. SO HERE ARE YOUR LEGAL CONSULTANTS FOR BOTH GENERAL LEGAL SERVICES, BUT ALSO CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND THEN YOUR PLANNING CONSULTANTS. AND SO TOTAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES, WHICH IS THEIR, BASICALLY THEIR OVERHEAD AND RUNNING THE TURS WOULD BE $441,500 IS WHAT, WHAT THEY BUDGETED HERE FOR. THEN THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENS IS THAT THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE, THE NEXT LINE ITEM THAT YOU SEE, THE 13.8 MILLION. THAT IS A TOTAL OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR FY 2025. WE'LL GET TO THE SUMMARY PAGE LETTER LATER, AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THAT $13 MILLION, 13 MILLION IS BROKEN OUT. BUT THIS IS GOING TO SHOW THAT IN 2025, THEY'RE [00:10:01] EXPECTING TO SPEND 13.8 MILLION ON THEIR PROJECTS. SO AS YOU'RE GOING AND LOOKING AT THIS BOTTOM LINE, THEIR TOTAL PROJECT COST WILL BE $14,322,458. AND THAT'S INCLUDING THEIR OVERHEAD STAFF SALARIES, OFFICE INSURANCE, PLUS, YOU KNOW, PLANNING CONSULTANTS, LEGAL FEES, AND THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO THEY PLAN TO SPEND $14 MILLION, UM, TOTAL IN THIS, IN THIS BUDGET SEASON ON PROJECT COST. NEXT PA, NEXT PAGE PLEASE. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF THEIR BUDGET, THIS IS THE ITEMS THAT THEY EITHER OWE THE CITY OR IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UM, THEY, UH, UM, HISD PARTICIPATES IN THIS PARTICULAR TURDS. SO SOME FUNDING HAS TO GO BACK FOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. SO IN THAT FIRST LINE, $813,864 GOES TO BACK FOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS HIC CONTRIBUTED FUNDING, BUT A PORTION OF THAT FUNDING GOES BACK TO, UM, HISD FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES. SAME THING ON THE SECOND LINE. THEY HAVE A PASS THROUGH ITEM TO COLLECT MONEY THAT THEY, THEY, UM, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS A LINE ITEM TO COLLECT PASS THROUGH FUNDS THAT THEY WERE OWED DUE TO, DUE TO A DIFFERENCE IN M AND O RATES. THIS FUNDING ALSO IS KIND OF PASSED THROUGH THE CITY. WE DON'T GET ANY OF THESE FUNDING UNLESS THE TOURS IS A PETITIONERS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO IF THERE'S AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT, WE WILL GET A LITTLE BIT OF THE PASS THROUGH, BUT MOST OF THE TIME, MOST OF THOSE FUNDS GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE NEXT AREA IS ADMIN FEES. THIS REPRESENTS, UM, THE $232,730 REPRESENTS 5% OF CITY INCREMENT, AND THAT COMES BACK TO THE CITY, THE 25,000 THAT'S ON THE NEXT LINE. THAT IS THE ADMIN FEE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THAT COMES BACK TO THE CITY AS WELL. SO BOTH THOSE AMOUNTS ARE, GO BACK INTO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. NEXT, AS I SAID, UM, BEFORE PETITION TERMS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW BY CHAPTER THREE 11 TO SET ASIDE ONE THIRD OF THEIR INCREMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IN THIS CASE, THIS PARTICULAR TS ELECTS TO SEND MOST OF THEIR INCREMENT BACK TO THE CITY. THEY DO KEEP A THIRD OF THAT THIRD FOR THEIR OWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THEY'RE SENDING OF THE THIRD, THEY'RE SENDING TWO THIRDS TO THE CITY, AND THEY'RE KEEPING A THIRD FOR THEIR OWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM. SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS $1,034,353 COMING TO THE CITY FOR THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM THAT GOES INTO FUND 24 0 9. THEY'RE GONNA KEEP 5 1 7 1 7 7 IN THEIR PARTICULAR FOR THEIR PARTICULAR PROGRAM HERE. AND THEN THIS LINE THAT SAYS ISD TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THIS THE ISD PORTION OF THE INCREMENT, THEY HAVE TO SET ASIDE ONE THIRD AS WELL. AND THAT THIRD GOES INTO THE CITY OF HOUSTON COFFER. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, THAT 1,034,353 IS GONNA GO INTO THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND. AND SO IS THAT 6 44? 4 99? THIS IS BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS A PETITION TERMS AND THEY HAVE TO SET ASIDE ONE THIRD OF THEIR INCREMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THAT COMES OUT OF EVERYONE'S INCREMENT SHARE. NO MATTER IF IT'S THE CITY ISD OR COUNTY, THEY, IF THEY PARTICIPATE IN A TURS THAT IS CREATED BY PETITION, THEY HAVE TO SET ASIDE ONE THIRD OF AFFORDABLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THEN NEXT, OF COURSE, IS THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CHARGE. THAT ALSO GOES TO BACK TO THE CITY. IN THIS CASE, IT'S 98,000, UH, $98,500 AND 1 CENT $501. SO TO KIND OF WRAP THIS PARTICULAR PART UP, UM, TO THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S THE REVENUE MINUS THE EXPENDITURES MINUS THESE TRANSFERS THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH. AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU YOUR ENDING FUND BALANCE AS OF 20, UH, 25 MILLION 466 2 29. SO, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT HELPS WHEN WE'RE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT, WHEN WE START SENDING BUDGET ITEMS AROUND SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE PARTICULAR BUDGET. BUT OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE [00:15:01] BUDGET DOCUMENT ITSELF, WE ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO SIT WITH YOU AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO IF YOU REMEMBER EARLIER, AND I GAVE YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION, SO YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER, BUT ON THE FRONT PAGE I SHOWED YOU THAT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET WAS 13 MILLION 889 58. SO IF YOU LOOK AT COLUMN 2025 ON PAGE NINE, THIS IS THE DETAIL THAT SUPPORTS THAT 13 MILLION 889 58 THAT WE SHOWED YOU ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND SO THE BUDGET IS FOR ONE YEAR, AND THAT'S WHAT GOES TO COUNCIL. BUT IT AL WE ALSO SUBMIT WITH THE BUDGET THIS THE ZA FIVE YEAR PLAN. SO THIS IS HOW THEY PLAN TO SPEND OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. UM, THESE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS THEY SP THEY PLAN TO SPEND ON, AND THIS IS THE BUDGET FOR THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS OR PLAN SPEND. THIS IS ALSO WHAT PUBLIC WORKS LOOKS AT WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETING, UM, WHEN WE SET UP A MEETING FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THEY GO THROUGH THESE PROJECTS AND THEY LOOK AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PROJECTS. MOST OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN TO WORK WITH THEIR, UM, THEIR INTERAGENCY TEAM. UM, BUT THIS IS WHAT PUBLIC WORKS LOOKS AT WHEN THEY'RE, UM, GOING THROUGH AND REVIEWING THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. NEXT PAGE, PLEASE. THIS PAGE IS THE CIP FUND SUMMARY. THIS IS HOW THEY PLAN TO, UM, PAY FOR THESE PROJECTS. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, MOST OF THE FUNDS WILL BECOME, WELL, ACTUALLY NO, I SHOULD, LET ME RESTATE THAT. HALF OF THE FUNDS WILL BE COMING FROM INCREMENT ABOUT 27 MILLION OVERALL BETWEEN 25 AND 29, 20 29. SO BEGINNING IN, UM, 2025, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 13.7 MILLION IN 2026, ANOTHER 8.1, SO ON AND SO FORTH. THOSE ADD UP BETWEEN 2025 AND 2029 TO $27,675,400. BUT THEN THE OTHER LINE, AND I DIDN'T CHANGE THAT, BUT THIS IS DEBT. SO THIS IS HOW THEY PLAN TO SPEND THAT 30 MILLION IN DEBT SERVICE. SO THAT'S WHAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THAT OTHER LINE, AND I'LL CHANGE THAT, UM, SOURCE OF FUNDS, UM, DESCRIPTION TO DEBT IN THE, IN THE ACTUAL BUDGET WHEN WE SUBMIT IT. NEXT PAGE, PLEASE. SO THIS PAGE IS, UM, WHAT WE CALL HERE AT THE CITY OF FORM A. AND THIS BREAKS OUT HOW THE PROJECT FUNDING WILL BE IS DISTRIBUTED. SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PROJECT, THIS IS STREET RECONSTRUCTION, SOUTH OF GRAY STREET. THE DESCRIPTION SAYS ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION AND STREET, STREET SCAPE ENHANCEMENTS ON IDENTIFIED STREETS SOUTH OF WEST GRAY. AND IT LISTS ALL OF THE STREETS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND THEN OF COURSE, THEY EXPLAIN THE JUSTIFICATION. IT SAYS IS EXISTING STREET CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUBSURFACE, STREET FAILURE, MISSING CURBS, AND NONE OR INTERMEDIATE SIDEWALKS. SO THEY HAVE SOME SIDEWALK ISSUES IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS. SO IN 2025, THERE'S ABOUT $500,000 IN FOR PLANNING, 1.5 MILLION FOR DESIGN. AND THEN IN FISCAL YEARS 26 AND 27, THEY'VE ALLOCATED 6.5 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE. SO WHEN YOU ARE, WHEN YOU'RE READING THESE BUDGETS, THERE'S A DETAILED SHEET IN THE BUDGET THAT EXPLAINS WHAT EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE ON THE SUMMARY PAGE THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR, UM, DOCUMENT, UM, AT THE TOP, I JUST READ TO YOU WHAT THEY PLAN, HOW DID THE PLAN SPEND ON THE PROJECT? AT THE VERY BOTTOM, IT TELLS YOU WHAT THE SOURCE OF FUNDS IS. AND SO IN THIS CASE, THET FUNDS WOULD, UM, THEY'D SPEND 200 THOU TWO 200 MILLION IN TURF FUNDS, AND THEN 12 6.5 MILLION IN 2026 IN 2027 WOULD COME FROM DEBT. OKAY? SO THAT'S HOW TO KIND OF GO THROUGH AND READ THESE PARTICULAR DOCUMENTS WHEN YOU WANT TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE ON THIS SPECIFIC PROJECTS. I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION. UM, AGAIN, WE WILL SIT WITH YOU AND, AND VISIT WITH YOU ON THESE PARTICULAR FORMS AS YOU RECEIVE THEM. [00:20:02] NOW, NEXT PAGE PLEASE. SO THIS PARTICULAR LIST IS BASICALLY TELLING YOU WHAT OUR BUDGET SCHEDULE IS. UM, GROUP ONE, WE PLAN ON EAST SIDE, SOUTH POST OAK, FOURTH WARD, AND SOUTHWEST HOUSTON. UM, AND THEN GROUP TWO, FOR EXAMPLE, LAKE HOUSTON, EAST, DOWNTOWN HARDY, NEAR NORTH SIDE, AND SUNNYSIDE. UM, GROUP ONE IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE SEPTEMBER 10TH, A CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. GROUP TWO IS EXPECTED TO SEPTEMBER 17TH AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS TAKING THREE TO FOUR BUDGETS EVERY WEEK UNTIL WE'VE, WE'VE OR, OR HAVE COMPLETED HAVING THE BUDGETS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. SO ULTIMATELY WE END UP, WE'LL END UP BASED ON THIS SCHEDULE, TAKING ABOUT EIGHT GROUPS TO CITY COUNCIL FOR BUDGET APPROVAL. AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME, LET ME KNOW. COUNCILWOMAN ALCORN, THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, JENNIFER. THAT WAS GREAT. I MEAN, REALLY GOING THROUGH IT LINE BY LINE WAS REALLY GREAT. OKAY. BUT ON THE IS D STUFF, I'M ALWAYS CONFUSED. SO WE TAKE IN THE ISDS PORTION? YES. AND THEN WE JUST PAY IT BACK OUT TO THEM, ONLY A PORTION OF IT. SO IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT A THIRD. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE, UM, DOCUMENT THAT I PROVIDED, THINK IT'S EIGHT, PAGE EIGHT. SO PAGE SIX SHOWS THE REVENUE COMING IN. SO THEY'RE SENDING US $2.6 MILLION IN THIS CASE, UHHUH . SO IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE SIX, YOU CAN SEE THE ISD REVENUE 2.4 PLUS THE 2 29. YEAH. AND SO FROM THAT AMOUNT, WHAT YOU'RE TAKING OUT IS 8 1 3 8. SO ROUGHLY LIKE 900,000 VERSUS 2 26, I MEAN, SORRY, YEAH. 2.2, BRINGING IN 2.4. YEAH. SO WE, WE WERE BRINGING 2.6 OF THAT 2 29. OKAY. 2.4 3 1 7 7 6. RIGHT. PLUS THE 2 29 4 92. OKAY. AND THEN WE'RE SUBTRACTING OUT THAT 8 1 3 8 64 MINUS THE 1 52 9 95. AND HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THAT? THAT NUMBER? YEAH, IT'S IN THE, IT'S IN THE AGREEMENT AND IT'S BASED ON, UM, THE TAX RATE. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR AGREEMENTS, UM, THEY AGREE TO SHARE WITH US, UH, AT A 96 PER A 96 CENTS PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUATION. AND THEN, UM, THEY TAKE OUT A THIRD. AND THEN IN SOME CASES THEY HAVE LIKE A BENCH, AND THEN THEY PAY US WHAT'S OVER THAT AMOUNT TO, IS IT DIFFERENT FOR EVERY TURS OR WITH THE IC IN SOME CA IN SOME CASES IT IS. UM, THIS IS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING TERMS THAT I JUST PRESENTED TO YOU. JUST, I PICKED ONE AND I DIDN'T REALIZE I PICKED AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONE. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, UM, THE, THE CALCULATION IS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, STRENUOUS BECAUSE THEY TAKE OUT A THIRD FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THAT TWO, 2.6 A THIRD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS TAKEN OUT OF IT. AND THEN THEY HAVE THAT SEPARATE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES THAT THEY TAKE OUT AND, AND WE HAVE TO SEND IT BACK TO THEM. SO THEY SEND US THE WHOLE AMOUNT. THEN WHEN YOU GUYS, WHEN COUNCIL SEES OUR APPROPRIATION, YOU'LL SEE THAT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES LINE, THAT'S US TAKING THAT PORTION OUT OF THE MONEY. THAT, SO THAT'S A PRESET AMOUNT BY AGREEMENT? YES. OKAY. WELL, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CAL IT'S BASED ON THE INCREMENT CALCULATION, LIKE A PERCENTAGE OR WHATEVER. YES. OKAY. AND THEN, AND THEN THE REST OF IT, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE EVEN AFTER THE EDUCATION FACILITIES, THERE'S STILL SOME THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING BACK. SO THAT'S JUST CONSIDERED BECAUSE THEY BENEFIT FROM BEING IN THE TURS. YES. AND SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE BENEFITS THEM. YEAH. SO THEY, YEAH. THEY BENEFIT FROM, RIGHT, FROM, SO THAT'S PERSPECTIVE. THAT'S GET THE WHOLE AMOUNT BACK. OKAY. YEAH, WE DON'T GET THE WHOLE AMOUNT. WE GET MOST OF IT, BUT WE DON'T, WE STILL GOTTA SEND BACK PROBABLY ROUGHLY A THIRD OF IT BACK TO THEM. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN ON THE, ON THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE, WE GET ADMIN COSTS, CITY ADMIN, AND THEN THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES CHARGE. CAN YOU JUST DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE TWO LINE ITEMS? SO I KNOW THOSE CHARGES LOOK LIKE FOR POLICE AND ANIMAL WELFARE AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CHARGE? YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE IS TO DO, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING THE SHARE OF GROWTH. UM, LET ME THINK ABOUT THAT CALCULATION FOR A SECOND. THE ADMIN FEE, ADMIN FEE, THE 5%. AND SO THAT'S, IT'S JUST 5% OFF THE, IT'S, IT'S 5% OFF THE TOP OF THE GOT INCREMENT. GOT IT. AND SO THAT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND. THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE FEE, IF YOU RECALL, CAME ABOUT IN 20. YEAH, I REMEMBER 17, I BELIEVE. UM, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT DATE. I NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE ACTUAL, I THINK IT WAS EVEN EARLIER MAYBE. YEAH, MAYBE IN T WELL, WE'VE ALWAYS THERE [00:25:01] JOHN MOSS OVER THERE. YEP. YEAH. SO WE, WE, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY WE'VE DONE A MUNICIPAL SERVICE FEE WITHIN, IN LIKE 2016, I BELIEVE. YEAH. 2017. WE ACTUALLY DID A CALCULATION. AND SO ANYTHING THAT, UM, IT, IT'S BASED ON THE STATUTE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CHARGE ANYTHING THAT, UM, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT REMEMBERING THIS. THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. IT, BUT, BUT IT'S FOR ACTUAL SERVICES, NOT JUST ADMINS, JUST 5% TO, YOU KNOW, HELP COVER WHAT Y'ALL DO AND WHAT EVERYBODY DOES. AND THEN THAT THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES IS LIKE, IT'S TRASH AND OTHER STUFF THAT GOES ON IN THE AREA. IT'S THE INCREMENTAL COST OF SERVICES DUE TO THE GROWTH IN THE AREA IS HOW THE STATUTE SAYS IT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT INCREMENTAL GROWTH WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THE DOWNSIDE OF THAT GROWTH IS THAT MEANS THERE'LL BE MORE POLICE AND FIRE, PARTICULARLY UHHUH, MORE TRASH SERVICES IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. OKAY. SO WE DO THIS CALCULATION IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT PARTICULAR EXTRA GROWTH. SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE TWO, THAT THOSE TWO CALCULATIONS. GOT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MM-HMM . COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR. UH, JENNIFER, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, AND JUST TO A LITTLE BIT ON THE HISD SIDE, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON NOW AT HISD, UM, WHAT'S THE CONVERSATION TO FILL SOME OF THOSE VACANCIES? UM, I'M ALREADY HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS SPECIFICALLY IN GULF GATE. UM, ONE THAT'S ABOUT TO BE EXPIRED ARE, ARE Y'ALL HAVING CONVERSATIONS INTERAGENCY WISE TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP SUPPORT THEM IN FILLING THOSE VACANCIES, UH, WITHIN THEIR GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS? SO ARE YOU, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE HISD VACANCIES? CORRECT. OR THE CITY VACANCY? HISD. OKAY. WE DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH HISD WITH REGARD TO THEIR VACANCIES. I MEAN, SO DO YOU KNOW, UH, SO SO Y'ALL DON'T HAVE ANY DIALOGUE WITH, UH, HIZ SIDE TO SEE HOW THEY FILL UP? NO, TYPICALLY WE DON'T. THEY SEND US WHAT THEIR, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE OKAY. FOR THOSE PARTICULAR SEATS. OKAY. UM, THAT'S THE ONLY CONVERSATION I'VE EVER, THAT'S THE ONLY CONTACT, UM, OKAY. THAT I'VE HAD WITH THEM ABOUT THAT. SO I GUESS WE'RE, WE'VE HAD SOME FOLKS HISTORICALLY WHERE WE'VE TALKED TO, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY, UH, THINGS ARE AT HIC RIGHT NOW, UHHUH, USUALLY WE TALK TO THE HIZ, TRUSTEE UHHUH. UM, SO I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME GUIDANCE AS TO HOW WE CAN FORWARD WITH THAT. I WILL, UM, CONTACT MY CONTACT OVER IN, AT HID BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CONTACT WITH REGARD TO THE INCREMENT. RIGHT. AND SO I CAN SEE IF I CAN GET YOU A BETTER CONTACT OVER AT HIC THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND THEN, UM, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UH, BUDGET SCHEDULE, UM, ARE YOU, ARE YOU LOOKING AT HAVING A MEETING? SO FOR EXAMPLE, SEPTEMBER 10TH, WE HAVE EAST SIDE MM-HMM . IT'S NOT A SUPER ACTIVE, IT'S NOT AN ACTIVE, UH, TOUR. BUT ARE YOU GOING TO LOOK AT, LOOK, MAYBE LOOK DOING EAST SIDE AND EAST DOWNTOWN AT THE SAME TIME? BECAUSE THOSE ARE A WEEK APART. I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE GONNA WANNA GROUP A A LOT OF THOSE MEETINGS TO, AS THEY ROLL OUT, TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA. WELL, WHAT, WE'LL, WHAT WE'LL DO, 'CAUSE I, I, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I, I THINK, UM, WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THOSE PARTICULAR AREA, YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE DIFFERENT MEETINGS ON THOSE. YOU JUST WANT TO HAVE THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME. YEAH. UM, LET ME SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT PUTTING THEM. UM, CAN, IF NOT, WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING WEEKLY. 'CAUSE I HAVE EAST SIDE, EAST DOWNTOWN LELAND WOODS. AND THEN, SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS LEAST MEET WITH YOU PERSONALLY ON THOSE INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS. THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING FOR EACH OF THOSE BUDGETS. PERFECT. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. UM, YES, JUST A FEW QUESTIONS HERE. UM, SO REGARDING THE SCHEDULING, SO I, I SEE THE SCHEDULE YOU'VE LAID OUT, FOR INSTANCE, GROUP ONE, SEPTEMBER 10TH, WILL WE GET THE ACTUAL BUDGETS BEFORE THE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 10TH? SO WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO, 'CAUSE WE PUT THEM INTO NOVUS. SO AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, YOU WOULD HAVE IT BEFORE THE MEETING. UM, BUT WE DO MEET WITH THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS FIRST BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PUT THEM ON, UM, COUNCIL. SO DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL, MAY SEE THE BUDGETS BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE DOES, BECAUSE IT'S PRIOR TO US ACTUALLY PUTTING THEM INTO NOVUS. BUT YES, I BELIEVE ONCE IT'S RELEASED IN NOVUS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, SORRY. UM, COUNSEL HAS THE ABILITY TO VIEW THE BUDGETS IN NOVA, CORRECT. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. SOME FUNDS CAN BE SPENT OUTSIDE THE ACTUAL T'S BOUNDARIES. IS THAT RIGHT? IF IT'S RELATES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YES. OKAY. SO WILL ANY OF THAT BE SHARED WITH THE AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRIOR [00:30:01] TO, UH, IT APPEARING ON THE AGENDA, WHETHER OR NOT THE FUNDS WOULD BE SPENT, UM, OUTSIDE OF AN AIR, OUTSIDE OF THE TS BOUNDARY, WHETHER OR NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS WOULD BE SPENT OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARY? ARE ANY, ANY FUNDS SPENT OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES? OKAY. SO AS A PART OF OUR POLICY, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A A TS BUDGET. A TS WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE CASE FOR SPENDING MONEY OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARY. UM, THE STATUTE ALLOWS, SORRY, THE STATUTE ALLOWS THAT, BUT THE CITY POLICY DOES NOT. SO YOU DEPARTMENT POLICY, LET ME SAY IT LIKE THAT DEPARTMENT POLICY DOES NOT, WE WOULD HAVE TO, THE ATTORNEYS WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE CASE FOR SPENDING MONEY OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARY. MM-HMM . SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, THERE'S NO TURS THAT SPEND IT. WELL, THERE'S ONE TURS THAT SOME FUNDING IS GOING OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES. AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS CAN BE SPENT OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES BECAUSE THE STATUTE ALLOWS THAT. I CAN, I'M SORRY. I'M NOT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION. MY APOLOGIES. NO, NO, I, I KNOW YOU'RE DOING YOUR BEST. THAT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S FINE. UH, I DO, YOU KNOW, THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARD TO THE, AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE JUST AS MUCH INTEREST IN WHAT HAPPENS IN EACH INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT AS, AS ANY OTHER, UH, ELECTED OFFICIAL. UM, I WAS ELECTED TO SERVE ALL 11 DISTRICTS. AND SO WHY DON'T YOU INCLUDE AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN YOUR MEETINGS WITH DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS? IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS JUST PRIORITIZED, UM, DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS OVER THE BUDGET, UM, PROCESS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GET ON THEIR SCHEDULES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS. AND IT JUST TAKES A LONG TIME TO SOMETIMES GET THAT COORDINATED. IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE PURPOSELY EXCLUDING, UM, AT LARGE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SCHEDULE A MEETING, WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, BUT WE TRY TO PRIORITIZE THOSE DISTRICT COUNCIL, UM, BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE HEARD EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO HEAR WITH REGARD TO THE PROJECTS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PUT HIM ON COUNCIL'S AGENDA. TYPICALLY THEY DO, BUT TYPICALLY WE ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE FROM A PRACTICE PERSPECTIVE, THAT WE TALK WITH THEM FIRST, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMFORTABLE, WHAT'S IN THE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET AND THEY'RE COMFORTABLE, WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET. AND TO LISTEN FOR ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH REGARD TO THE BUDGET FIRST. MM-HMM . AND JUST WHEN YOU'RE COORDINATING THAT WITH THEIR SCHEDULE, THE, THE TIME BETWEEN COORDINATING THAT WITH THEIR SCHEDULE AND ACTUALLY PUTTING THE ITEM ON COUNCIL, IT JUST BECOMES A LITTLE BIT HECTIC. SO, NO, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE EXCLUDE OR EXCLUDE MM-HMM . IT'S JUST THAT, THAT, THAT, I'M SORRY, EXCLUDE. IT IS JUST THAT TIMING BECOMES REALLY TIGHT. UM, AND TRYING TO GET THOSE ALL DONE AT THE SAME TIME. RIGHT. WELL, LET, LET ME, LEMME MAKE THE SUGGESTION FROM ME AS AN AT-LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WE BE GIVEN THE OPTION OF SITTING IN ON THE MEETING OR BEING A PART OF IT. AND, UH, I UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR A MEETING, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE EFFORTS TO DO THAT ALL THE TIME. AND SOMETIMES IT WORKS, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. AND THEN WE HAVE OPTIONS FOR, UH, REMOTE PARTICIPATION AS WELL. SO, UH, I'M, I'M REQUESTING AT THIS TIME THAT THE, AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS. SO, UM, BUT YOU MENTIONED THAT IN ANTI, IN, UH, BEFORE THE MEETING, THE BUDGETS WILL BE PUT ON NO, NOVAS, IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. SO THAT'S HOW WE GET THE, THE BUDGETS OKAY. TO COUNCIL. GOT IT. SO, SO HOW MUCH ADVANCED NOTICE WILL WE HAVE OF THE, THE BUDGETS BEFORE THE MEETING? IT SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST AT THE VERY, UM, AT THREE OR FOUR DAYS. THREE DAYS. BECAUSE THE BUDGETS HAVE TO BE IN NOVUS A CERTAIN TIME. OKAY. TO COMPLY WITH, UH, OPEN MEETINGS REQUIREMENTS. YES, BECAUSE, WELL, IT, I IT IS, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OPEN MEETINGS REQUIREMENTS. IT'S JUST THE POLICY OF WHICH WE HAVE TO HAVE ITEMS IN NOVUS BEFORE THEY APPEAR FOR BEFORE COUNSEL. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE ITEMS, UM, WE HAVE TO GIVE NOVUS TWO WEEK NOTICE IN ORDER FOR ITEMS TO BE PUT ON A [00:35:01] FUTURE AGENDA. SO WE GOTTA PUT THE ITEM IN NOVUS, BUT THEN LEGAL, WHAT HAPPENS IS LEGAL HAS TO WRITE CAPTIONS AND PUT IT IN FINANCE TESTS TO REVIEW AND ASK THEIR QUESTIONS. MM-HMM . AND THEN ONCE ALL OF THE THOSE, ALL OF THAT REVIEW HAS, TAKES PROBABLY ABOUT A WEEK OR SO. AND SO ONE, WELL, SO ONCE THAT PARTICULAR REVIEW HAPPENS, THEN IT'S RELEASED RIGHT BEFORE THE, UM, THE THURSDAY BEFORE IT APPEARS ON COUNCIL'S, UM, AGENDA. OH, OKAY. SO AT MINIMUM, SO THURSDAY, FRIDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY. OKAY. AT A MINIMUM WE SHOULD HAVE A THURSDAY OR FRIDAY BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING. YES. OKAY. SO WHEN THE CITY GETS SOME MONEY BACK FOR ADMINISTRATION FEES, WHO, WHO OVERSEES THAT OR MANAGES THAT FROM THE, AT THE CITY? UM, SO ALL OF THOSE FUNDS ARE PUT INTO THE GENERAL FUND. SO THAT WOULD BE FINANCE. OKAY. AND YOU MAY HAVE SAID THIS IN YOUR PRESENTATION, WHAT, HOW'S THAT CALCULATED? HOW MUCH THE CITY GETS BACK AT ADMINISTRATION FEES? IT'S 5% OF INCREMENT. FIVE FOR CITY OF THE INCREMENT. FOR CITY FOR, FOR CITY INCREMENT IT'S 25,000 PER HIC, UM, INCREMENT. MM-HMM . OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN DAVIS JOINED US HERE. SO WILLIE'S HERE ALSO. AND THEN, UH, COUNCILMAN THOMAS, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? COUNCILMAN THOMAS? IF YOU'RE SPEAKING, YOU'RE ON MUTE. SHE'S ASKING ME THAT QUESTION. OKAY. COUNCILMAN THOMAS, WE STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU. COUNCILWOMAN THOMAS, IF YOU CAN PUT YOUR QUESTION IN THE CHAT WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON THAT. COUNCILMAN ALCORN, YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION. SURE. THANK YOU. AND, AND, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ. YOU KNOW, THAT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, ARE DEFINITELY WANNA BE KEPT ABREAST OF EVERYTHING WE DO. WHAT I'VE FOUND IN THE PAST, UM, IS THAT THERE IS TIME, I FEEL LIKE FROM WHEN IT COMES OUT AND, YOU KNOW, I ASK LIKE A HUNDRED MILLION QUESTIONS ON EVERY BUDGET. AND I'VE ALWAYS, AND THERE'S USUALLY WILL, THERE'LL STILL BE A MEMO. ANDY USED TO DO THAT MEMO WITH EACH TOUR BUDGET. AND THEN, UM, I MEAN, IT'D BE GREAT TO BE PART OF A MEETING TOO, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE I'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF TIME TO GET QUESTIONS, UM, OR NOT A LOT OF TIME. THERE'S A FEW DAYS WHERE YOU CAN REALLY GO LINE BY LINE AND I'VE BEEN PRETTY SATISFIED WITH GETTING BACK THE ANSWERS. 'CAUSE I, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO SCRUTINIZE THE, AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS REALLY DO, WE GET ASKED A LOT ABOUTT, IT'S 25% OF OUR AVALOR REVENUE MM-HMM . I MEAN, IT'S A BIG DEAL. SO WE WANNA BE IN THE LOOP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THE TIMING AND GETTING THESE MEETINGS TOGETHER CAN BE TIGHT. AND JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL GONNA GET THAT KIND OF OVERARCHING MEMO WITH THE, WITH THE TS BUDGET. UM, I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE GONNA DO THAT AGAIN. YEAH. OH YEAH. AND THEN, AND THEN JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, PRETTY GOOD IF, IF THE, IF THE AGENDA COMES OUT ON THURSDAY TO GET A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS IN, YOU KNOW, OVER THE WEEKEND, YOU USUALLY GET 'EM, GET 'EM BACK IN IN ENOUGH TIME. BUT, BUT I, BUT I AGREE. YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE CARE. WE CARE TOO. NO, ABSO ABSOLUTELY. UM, THE, WHEN I, WHEN I SPEAK OF THE SCHEDULE, IT'S ALSO OUR SCHEDULE TOO. SO WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN LOOKING AT TRYING TO CATCH MYSELF OR GWEN, WE'RE GOING OUT TO CIP MEETINGS OUT OFF, UM, OFF CAMPUS AND THEN GETTING YOU GUYS AND GETTING YOUR SCHEDULE, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE REALLY HECTIC ON GETTING THOSE DATES RIGHT. AND WE'RE PLANNING THESE ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA. SURE. SO THAT'S WHEN IT GETS A LITTLE HAIRY. BUT, UM, I, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S NO REASON [00:40:01] WHY WE CAN'T TRY TO SCHEDULE THE MEETINGS. OKAY, THANKS. AND, UH, AND WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED ABOUT THE BOARDS THEMSELVES AND A LOT OF VACANCIES AND, AND I'VE HEARD STORIES OF, UM, QUORUMS NOT BEING MET, SO THEY CAN'T HAVE A MEETING. AND I THINK WHAT NOW THAT, THAT WE'VE GOT THE BUDGET SCHEDULE, IT WOULD BE REALLY, UH, BEHOOVE THE CITY TO HAVE THE, THE, UH, TO THE EXTENT WE CAN TO HAVE THE, THE LEADERSHIP ON THESE BOARDS OR THE BOARD'S ESTABLISHED. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT WE CAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE KNOW HOW WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO SEPTEMBER, BUT GETTING SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS FILLED I THINK SHOULD BE A PRIORITY IF WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING IN DEPTH ABOUT THESE BUDGETS THAT WHOMEVER WE WILL NEED TO. YEAH, I MENTIONED, UM, AS WE WERE TALKING, I MENTIONED THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING UP ON THOSE, UM, DEFINITELY THE BOARD CHAIR POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANT. BUT I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE OTHER ONES THAT YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ MENTIONED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THOSE BOARDS. YOU'RE RIGHT. UM, THE SITUATION WHEN YOU, I WAS JUST TALKING WITH GWEN ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK. YOU KNOW, YOU HATE TO CANCEL A MEETING WHEN EVERYONE KIND OF ARRIVED AND THE, THE, THE PEOPLE, THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE THE DIRECTORS THAT ARE THERE, PLUS YOU HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THERE, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO CANCEL A MEETING BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A QUORUM. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, THING TO BE, TO HAVE TO DO WHEN YOU KNOW HOW MUCH EFFORT IT TOOK EVERYONE TO, TO GET THERE. I THINK WE HAVE, UH, THE BUGS WORKED OUT WITH COUNCILWOMAN THOMAS. SO IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD. I DON'T KNOW. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I DON'T KNOW. YES MA'AM. WE'RE ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. UM, A LITTLE TECHNICAL DELAY. UM, THANK YOU MR. UH, VICE CHAIR, UH, JENNIFER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL. GLAD TO SEE TS 20 IN GROUP ONE. AND I JUST WANNA, UM, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE SUCCESSES WITH THE TS UMTS IS SHARED. TS 20 IS SHARED BETWEEN F AND J. UM, A LARGE PORTION IS IN J WE EXPANDED THOSE BOUNDARIES, UH, TO COME UP TO, UM, MORE SO IN BEL AIR BINETTE. THEY'RE NOT, WE'LL ASSUME SOME OF THE DRAINAGE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BINETTE PROJECT, THAT 28 MILLION, UH, STREETS SAY SIDEWALK PROJECT, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL. UM, THEY ADOPTED WITHIN THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UM, CLOSE TO A $2 MILLION SIDEWALK PROJECT THAT WILL BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL NEXT TO HACKBERRY PARK OFF OF BEL AIR AND DAIRY ASHFORD. THAT'S CO UH, COMPLIMENTS A DRAIN $8 MILLION DRAINAGE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LASTLY, AS I SAID OVER THE YEARS, I WOULD LOVE FOR ALL OF OUR TOURS TO HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, CONTRIBUTION, UM, TO ASSIST WITH SUPPLEMENTING, UM, SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND OR DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT. UM, AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ'S QUESTION ABOUT THE FUNDING OUTSIDE OF DISTRICTS. YES. UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, 20, UH, COUNT 24 0 9, OR YOU LOOK AT THE BOND WE DID WITH THE UPTOWNS, THAT BOND, UH, BENEFITED NEIGHBORHOODS ALL ACROSS THE CITY FOR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND THEN, UM, ROUTINELY YOU'LL SEE ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE COUNCIL FROM THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT ARE FUNDED BY, ARE SUPPLEMENTED BY TURS DOLLARS. UM, SOMETIMES IT, IT HAPPENS THROUGH, UM, SOME PUBLIC CONTRACTS, PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS, UM, BECAUSE IT'S THE BENEFIT IN THE PAST, SOME OF THE, THE QUESTION OF PUSHBACK FROM SOME OF THET THAT IT'S NOT BENEFITING THE TOTAL CITY. AND SO THAT'S HOW SOME OF THIS HAPPENS. BUT I'M HAPPY TO SEE, UH, TS 20 ON THIS FIRST ROUND. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OF THE SUCCESS SUCCESSES. IF IT HAS, IF IT'S NOT FORTS 20, SOME OF THOSE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING, UM, ON THE WEST SIDE. AND WE, AND WE, AND WE, UM, GREATLY NEED THEM. UM, AND SO JENNIFER, I'M SUPPOSED TO PROBABLY HAVE A MEETING COMING UP SOON, RIGHT? YES. WHERE THE TEAM'S BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL ON THE TOUR TEAM. THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND COMMUNICATIVE WITH THE OFFICE AND, UM, ADOPTING SOME OF THE PROJECTS, UH, PROJECT PROJECT REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME FROM COMMUNITY, UM, COMMUNITY, UH, REQUEST, UM, THE SIDEWALK PROJECT AND SO FORTH. AND, AND THEN WORKING WITH THE CITY TO LOOK AT OUR PRIORITIES. SO I I I APPRECIATE THIS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ. OH YEAH, JUST BRIEFLY, SO COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN'S, UH, POINT, THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT GETS SPENT WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THE, UH, T AND I'M WONDERING, UH, I MEAN YOU SPOKE TO THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER SOMETIMES. WHY DON'T [00:45:01] WE, UH, SCHEDULE HEARINGS ESSENTIALLY, OR ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS WHERE WE CAN TAKE UP, UH, ALL THESE T BUDGETS, YOU KNOW, JUST A SERIES OF THEM THE WAY WE DO WITH THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS, YOU KNOW, UM, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, ET CETERA. HMM. HAVE Y'ALL THOUGHT OF THAT? NO, IT'S NEVER SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS, UM, DONE. UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY CAN CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, UM, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN THINK WE CAN THINK ABOUT THAT. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH. COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. UM, AND JUST REAL QUICK, SINCE WE'RE SPEAKING TO SOME OF THE SPECIFIC CHAIRS EAST SIDE, UH, WHEN IS THAT ONE, UH, LOOKING TO, UH, END? ITS, UH, ITS TERM. I'M NOT SURE. I DON'T WANNA TELL YOU NUMBER IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS OR, OR SO. YEAH, IT'S SHORT. I WANNA SAY 2027 OR 2029. SO, AND I, I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION THIS YEAR ALREADY. UH, JENNIFER, I'D LOVE TO, UH, REALLY, UH, TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IF WE CAN EXTEND THE TOUR. I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS, THEY'RE BEING SCRUTINIZED. UM, AND I, I AGREE SOME TOUR HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THEIR PROJECT PLAN AND HAVE DONE A PROJECT PLAN ON TOP OF A PROJECT PLAN. BUT I THINK THIS ONE, AND I, I WAS, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO THE VICE CHAIR WHO WE, UM, WE PRETTY MUCH, UH, BUTT UP ON THIS TUR UM, OUT IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF HOUSTON. AND I THINK IT COULD BE BENEFICIAL TO POSSIBLY EXTEND AND POSSIBLY FIND, FIND SOME, UH, PROJECTS AT SOME OF THE, UM, NEIGHBORING PARKS FOR BOTH OF OUR DISTRICTS, UM, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE GALVESTON ROAD AND HOWARD, UH, CORRIDOR. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO, UH, EVEN BRING, BRING, UH, MY COLLEAGUE INTO, INTO THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL, CONSTABLE DAVIS. OKAY. AND I'LL GIVE YOU THAT DATE. I'LL, I'LL GET YOU THAT, THAT TERM DATE, THE EXACT ONE WHEN I GET BACK TO THE OFFICE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU BROTHER VICE CHAIR. UM, THANK YOU. I HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF IT KIND OF VIRTUALLY ON MY WAY HERE. UM, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE TURS, PARTICULARLY IN THE PLEASANTVILLE AREA. DO YOU KNOW IF PLEASANTVILLE FALLS WITHIN A TURS? SO PLEASE REMIND ME THE AREA OF PLEASANTVILLE. 'CAUSE I THAT WOULD I 10, I 10 AND 16 SOUTH BUDWEISER BEER. THAT'S THE SOUTHWEST SIDE, RIGHT? NO, THAT'S THE EAST SIDE. NORTHEAST. NORTHEAST, I SAY THANK YOU. YES. NORTHEAST. SORRY. CLOSE TO G LIKE GO NORTHEAST. YEAH, RIGHT THERE. LINA EAST I 10 GOING EAST. SO WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? WELL, WHAT I WAS GOING, BECAUSE I'LL HAVE TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT I'M RIGHT. OKAY. THERE'S NO TUR OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. HUH? I DON'T THINK THERE'S A TUR IN THE PLEASANTVILLE AREA. I DON'T THINK SO. IS THERE SOMETHING CLOSE THOUGH TO IT? LELAND WOODS MAYBE? YEAH. FIFTH WARD. AND THEN YOU HAVE, IT WOULD BE FIFTH FOUR. YEAH. WOODS IS UP NORTH AS WELL. YEAH. CORRECT. YEAH. SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S A TURS THERE. I HAD A CONVERSATION, HAD A MEETING WITH SOME CIVIC LEADERS AND SOME COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND THE QUESTION AROSE ABOUT THE TURS OF THAT PARTICULAR AREA. SO, SO WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE TO DO IF THEY WANTED TO BE PUT IN? WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE NEAREST ONE? UH, WOULD THEY HAVE TO BE THE CREATION OF ONE? WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? SO WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO IS START HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH OUR OFFICE SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT THE FIRST THING IS, WHAT TYPE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE THEY, WOULD THEY WANT US TO LOOK AT. OKAY. UM, TO DO IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. TURS MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT VEHICLE FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. SO WE FIRST HAVE TO DO AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY LOOKING TO DO IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA? WHAT TYPE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DO THEY WANT TO BRING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA? WE MAY HAVE OTHER TOOLS THAT ALLOW FOR, FOR, FOR WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE. SO I WOULD START HAVING A CONVERSATION OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. RIGHT, RIGHT. WELL, I WOULD DEFINITELY, UM, HAVE MORE CONVERSATION WITH THEM, WHICH I PLAN TO DO. UM, AND SO BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN PUT TO THE SIDE AND REALLY NOT ONE OF THE GREAT, IT'S A HISTORICAL COMMUNITY, UH, BEEN AROUND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS LACKING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, SO MM-HMM . UM, I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WE START THAT CONVERSATION BETWEEN THEM AND, AND, AND YOU. OKAY. RIGHT. THANK YOU. LET'S JUST, DIRECTOR, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT AN ISSUE WITH THE MAXIMUM [00:50:01] AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE AND IT TURNS AND WE'RE BUMPING UP VERY CLOSE TO, TO THAT MAXIMUM. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. UM, WITH THAT DE ANNEXATION WE JUST DID FOR FOURTH WARD, WE'RE STILL ABOUT 22%. AND SO THE, UM, THE CAP IS 25%. SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL IN THAT, YOU KNOW, AREA WHERE WE PREFER TO BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE 22%. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TUR AND YOU ALSO WANNA LOOK AT, UM, WHETHER OR NOT IT MAKES SENSE IN THAT PARTICULAR ERA, CAN IT GROW IN THAT PARTICULAR SURE. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE TURS NOT HAVING INCREMENTAL REVENUE AND WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES BASED ON THAT. RIGHT. SO EXACTLY. IN THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE WITH FOURTH WARD WHERE YOU ANNEX THIS PARTICULAR AREA AND THEN IT DIDN'T GROW AT ALL. YEAH. AND YOU STILL, SO YOU'RE, YOU, YOU CREATE THAT NEW AREA, BUT IT STILL DOESN'T GROW. AND SO IT STILL DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE PROJECTS THAT YOU NEED TO DO AND FUNDING FOR THE PROJECTS THAT YOU NEED TO DO IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. YEAH. I'VE GOT, UH, A QUESTION FOLLOWING UP ON COUNCILMAN ALCORN, THE MONEY THAT IS SENT BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IS THAT REVENUE THAT THEY LOST BECAUSE OF THE TOUR OR IS THAT JUST SIMPLY REVENUE THAT IS SHARED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS? BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE TURFS ARE STRUCTURED. THAT IS NOT REVENUE THAT THEY LOST. OKAY. PER SE. SO IT'S SIMPLY HOW IT'S STRUCTURED AND WE DO A PASS THROUGH TO GIVE THEM A PORTION OF THE MONEY. WELL, NO, IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND. IT'S THEIR REVENUE. UM, I, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET ME NOT SPEAK. UM, OKAY. LET ME GET YOU SOMETHING IN WRITING ABOUT THAT. I'LL ASK THEM ABOUT THAT. I HAVE A SUSPICION OF HOW THAT WORKS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO OKAY. PUT THAT IN IN PUBLIC WITHOUT KNOWING FOR SURE. LET ME GET THEM TO WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. THAT'LL BE FINE. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, ANYBODY ELSE, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I BELIEVE WE HAD ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER, PUBLIC SPEAKER THAT SIGNED UP. UH, REGINA JOHNSON. SHE'S ONLINE AND OH, REGINA IS ONLINE. IS THAT CORRECT? REGINA, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD? HELLO? HELLO? HELLO? HELLO. GO, GO AHEAD. HI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AN OPPORTUNITY. UH, MY NAME'S REGINA JOHNSON AND I LIVE IN THE LELAND WOODS AREA. SO I DO WHAT'S ATTEND THE, UM, TURF BOARD MEETING. AND I DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE MEETINGS THAT I WENT TO. OUR COMMUNITY IS, UM, IT DOES HOUSE BROWN, BLACK, ASIAN, PERSIAN, UM, HOMEOWNERS, HISPANIC HOMEOWNERS. AND WE'RE WANTING TO SEE MORE OPPORTUNITY OF, OF, UH, HAVING TRANSLATORS AVAILABLE ONE MOMENT. AND, UM, I WENT TO A BOARD MEETING AND THERE WAS NO TRANSLATOR THERE FOR OUR BROWN AND FOR OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY. UH, WE DID HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT, UH, AND WANTED TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR THERE TO BE PEOPLE, UM, THERE TO TRANSLATE ALSO, UM, THERE'S A CIP PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON ON TWELL, AND I WAS HOPING TO GET A COMPLETION DATE. THE COMMUNITY NEEDS SOME SORT OF LITERATURE FLYERS INDICATING WINTER IS HAVING A MEETING. UH, WHAT PROJECTS ARE STARTED IN THE COMMUNITY. OF COURSE, THEY CAN, UH, RECEIVE IT THROUGH AN EMAIL OR A TEXT MESSAGE, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR EAST COMMUNITY THAT MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS, UH, TO, UM, AN EMAIL. THEY MAY HAVE SOME, UH, COMPUTER ISSUES TO WHERE THEY, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN THOSE DOCUMENTS TO VIEW. UM, OF COURSE WE NEED ALL, WE NEED MORE FUNDING IN THE AREA. AND, UM, OF COURSE, JUST [00:55:01] WANTING TO REALLY NOTIFY THE COMMUNITY TO WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK, VOICE THEIR CONCERNS, AND ALSO EMPOWERING THEM TO LEARN ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY TO WHERE IT GIVES US A SENSE OF PRIDE. I THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO ADDRESS WITH THAT? THE, ON HER QUESTION ABOUT THE ABILITY TO HAVE NOTICE WITH REGARD TO OUR MEETING? SO, UM, WE DO, SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONLINE ACCESS, WHAT I WOULD DO IS MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING WITH YOUR, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT OFFICE. THE ONLY OTHER WAY WE NOTICE MEETINGS IS ACTUALLY POSTING THEM PHYSICALLY OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THAT IN ADDITION TO THE ELECTRONIC POSTINGS THAT WE DO. THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER WAY THAT YOU COULD, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER WAY THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT YOU COULD BE NOTICED BY A MEETING. AND THAT WOULD BE JUST TO KEEP TRACK WITH YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT OFFICE AND ALLOW THEM TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN A MEETING OCCURRED. NOW WITH THAT SAID, ALTERS DO NOT HAVE MEETINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS, YOU KNOW, AND THE LARGER THEY ARE, THE MORE MONEY THAT THEY HAVE. THEY, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE MORE PROJECTS THAN THEY MEET EVERY MONTH. BUT THE ONES THAT ARE JUST GETTING STARTED, A MEDICAL CENTER, FOR EXAMPLE, PROBABLY EVERY TWO MONTHS IS WHEN THEY, THEY MEET. SO, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT PROVIDE SOME DIFFICULTY WITH GIVING YOU A REGULAR SCHEDULE. I CAN TELL YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, MEDICAL CENTER MEETINGS, IF THEY'RE HELD, WILL BE THE THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH. HOWEVER, WITH THAT, AND WE KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, LAKE HOUSTON HAS THEIRS EVERY FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH. HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVE QUORUM ISSUES, YOU WON'T HAVE THAT MEETING. BUT THAT'S THE BEST WE COULD, THAT'S THE BEST ADVICE I COULD PROVIDE WITH REGARD TO, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ACCESS, AND I KNOW AREA, I'VE BEEN TO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTERS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T AWARE AND I FOUND OUT, AND IT BLEW MY MIND THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTERS THESE DAYS, BUT I GREW UP WITH THEM. SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. UM, SO THAT WOULD BE TO GET INVOLVED WITH YOUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH THE CITY, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OFFICES. ALSO, THERE ARE, UM, COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY. SO I WOULD GET IN TOUCH WITH THOSE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND GET INTO THEIR CONVERSATION SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF WHAT EVENTS ARE HAPPENING WHEN. THANK YOU. UM, AND WE GOT A RESPONSE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. UH, AS FAR AS THE INTERPRETERS, AND I'LL JUST READ A SHORT PIECE OF IT. UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IMPROVING OUR PROTOCOLS TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE INTERPRETATION NEEDS, AND WE ANTICIPATE IMPLEMENTING THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COMING MONTHS. YOUR INPUT ON THIS MATTER IS INVALUABLE AS IT HELPS US IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE WE CAN ENHANCE OUR SERVICES. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THEM A, A LITTLE BIT. UH, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, THE CIP PROJECT WAS REFERRED TO HER COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE. OKAY. AND YES. AND THE CIP, UH, MATTER, SHE WAS SPEAK, UH, SPEAKING ABOUT, WAS REFERRED TO HER COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE. SO. OKAY. UH, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THE NEXT SCHEDULED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH AT TWO O'CLOCK. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RECEIVING INFORMATION ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS, PLEASE CONTACT THE DISTRICT K OFFICE AT DISTRICT K@HOUSTONTX.GOV. UH, THE TIME IS THREE 10, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. ALRIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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