* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:08] WILL [PRESENTATIONS] COME TO ORDER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN FOR A PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING YAH WING FOR THEIR WORK WITH WOMEN IN CRISIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR POAM. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE BJ RODDING HOUSE HERE WITH ME. YOU MIGHT KNOW HIS DAD, THE VERY FAMOUS POLITICAL, UH, SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT U OF H. BUT THIS, THIS PROCLAMATION IS REALLY TO CELEBRATE BJ 'CAUSE HE CAME UP WITH AN INCREDIBLE IDEA. AND, UM, I'M THE RIGHT PERSON TO DO THIS BECAUSE I LOVE HALLOWEEN SO MUCH. I MET GEORGE ON HALLOWEEN. YOU SHOULD COME TO OUR HOUSE. IT'S REALLY SPOOKY. WE'RE ALL ABOUT HALLOWEEN, SO LET ME GET RIGHT TO IT. WHEREAS HALLOWEEN, A TEXAS-BASED NONPROFIT FOUNDED BY BJ ROTTING HOUSE IN 2020 RECOGNIZES THAT FAMILIES AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC ABUSE, HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER FORMS OF TRAUMA MAY STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE THEIR CHILDREN WITH NON-ESSENTIAL ITEMS SUCH AS HALLOWEEN COSTUMES, THEREBY DEPRIVING THESE CHILDREN OF THE SIMPLE JOY OF TRICK OR TREATING AND RELATED FESTIVITIES. AND WHEREAS HALLOWEEN HAS EFFECTIVELY COLLABORATED WITH LOCAL HOUSTON ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER AIDS TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE ASSURANCE, THERAPEUTIC OUTREACH, AND THE SALVATION ARMY SUCCESSFULLY DISTRIBUTING OVER 2,500 NEW COSTUMES TO CHILDREN IN NEED OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. AND WHEREAS HALLOWEEN HAS A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT EVERY CHILD, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR FAMILY'S FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, CAN ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES OF HALLOWEEN, FOSTERING A SENSE OF NORMALCY AND JOY. AND WHEREAS HALLOWEEN'S MISSION TO ENHANCE THE HALLOWEEN EXPERIENCE FOR CHILDREN IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP RESONATES WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY VALUES OF SUPPORT, COMPASSION, AND INCLUSIVITY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF HOUSTON, COMPEN COMMENDS HALLOWEEN FOR ITS DEDICATION TO PROVIDING HALLOWEEN COSTUMES TO CHILDREN IN NEED AND ENCOURAGES ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE, ENSURING THAT HALLOWEEN REMAINS A MEMORABLE AND JOYFUL OCCASION FOR EVERY CHILD IN TEXAS. WOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST GIVE IT UP, DJ. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO, UH, PAUSE IN OUR BUSY DAY TO SEE, UH, REALLY WHAT ONE PERSON CAN DO. AND, UH, AND JUST A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND, AND I'M GONNA, WE'RE GONNA YIELD A MINUTE. WHAT I WANT KNOW IS HALLOWEEN YES. WHERE THE TERM AND NAME CAME FROM. UH, IN A MOMENT. IN A MOMENT. ALRIGHT. BUT THANK YOU. UH, I WANT TO HEAR THAT. NUMBER TWO, YOU'RE SUCH A MODEL. JUST THANK YOU. IF WE HAD MORE BJS AND THERE ARE, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES OUR CITY GREAT INDIVIDUALS THAT GO ABOUT ON A DAILY BASIS, HELPING OTHERS. BUT THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO RECOGNIZE YOU. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND THANK YOU. I, I'LL YELL TO LET YOU TELL THE WORLD WHERE YOU CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT ALL AND THE IDEA OF, BUT FIRST SAY, BUT FIRST SAY WHAT THEY SAID. YEAH. . THEREFORE, I, JOHN WHITMEYER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HERE BY PROPANE. OCTOBER 22ND. IT'S HALLOWEEN DAY AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON. YAY. WHERE IS YOURS? ALRIGHT, AND WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO SCHOOL NOW? WHERE GREG? UH, BOY HIGH SCHOOL, MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND A SENIOR. WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING AT FURTHER YOUR EDUCATION? UH, UT AUSTIN. OH, IT'S DEFINITELY UT AUSTIN . WELL, GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. KEEP MAKING A DIFFERENCE. YEAH, I, ALRIGHT. UH, WELL, AS YOU SAID, MY NAME IS BJ ROD HOUSE. I'M A SENIOR AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR. UH, FIRST THINGS FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK BOTH, UH, THE MAYOR, MR. MAYOR, AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ALCORN FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS MASSIVE FOR US. I HONESTLY CANNOT BELIEVE I'M STANDING HERE IN FRONT OF ALL YOU GUYS. UH, I CAN FEEL MY KNEE SHAKING. OH, BUT , UH, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS. UH, HALLOWEEN CAME, WE STARTED THIS. WE WANT IT TO BE A VERY LOCAL THING, VERY TEXAS BASED. AND WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT WE ARE TEXAN, AND ESPECIALLY TO BE FROM HOUSTON. IT'S A VERY BIG DEAL FOR US. SO WE WANTED TO COMBINE THE TEXAS SPIRIT WITH HALLOWEEN. SO WE DECIDED TO GO WITH HALLOWEEN FOR ALL Y'ALL. ALRIGHT? YEAH. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANKS. GOOD JOB. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, BJ. CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT. I THINK WE'RE PARENTS. OUGHT TO BE REAL PROUD OF IT. YEP. [00:05:25] THERE ONLY TWO. NEXT, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES VICE MAYOR PRO. TIM PECK FOR PROCLAMATIONS TO SPRING BRANCH FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER, HOPE CITY AND MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES. MM-HMM . WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR FOOT JOGGING. HOW YOU DOING? HOW YOU DOING, SIR? THANK, GOOD TO SEE YOU. WELCOME, SIR. MAYOR, I AM SO EXCITED TO, UM, RECOGNIZE THESE THREE GROUPS, HOPE CITY, SPRING BRANCH, FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER, AND MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES. AND SINCE WE HAVE THREE, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATIONS. UM, BUT DURING THE LAST DISASTERS, PRETTY MUCH MANY DISASTERS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS. ALL THREE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE STEPPED UP IN DISTRICT A TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. UM, HOPE CITY CHURCH DISTRIBUTED, WHAT WAS IT? 1.4 MILLION MEALS DURING THIS TIME. I MEAN, JUST CONSTANTLY SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY. UM, WORKING WITH US AT ALL OF OUR DISTRIBUTIONS AS WELL. VOLUNTEERING MEMORIAL CITIZENS MINISTRIES WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY COOLING CENTERS. UM, THEY OPENED UP THEIR DOORS FOR US AND, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN A DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND HAVE HELPED THE COMMUNITY IN SO MANY WAYS. AND SPRING BRANCH, FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER, MAYOR, YOU MAY REMEMBER ON PITNER ROAD, THEY OPENED THEIR DOORS AND THEY HELPED US WITH ALL OF THE DISTRIBUTIONS AND, UM, REALLY SUPPORTED EVERYONE, NOT JUST ON THAT STREET, BUT IN THE ENTIRE SPRING BRANCH COMMUNITY. SO ALL THREE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE JUST SUCH AMAZING DISTRICT A PARTNERS AND WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM TODAY. WELL, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO THANK EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM BEFORE US. AND, UM, WE HAVE A GREAT CITY WITH GREAT PEOPLE, AND YOU'RE PART OF WHAT MAKES IT GREAT THAT YOU GO AROUND OPENING YOUR DOORS, PRACTICING YOUR FAITH, AND WE WOULDN'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VICE MAYOR PRO, TIM PECK. UH, SO I THEREFORE, I'M JOHN WHITMEYER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON. NEARBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 22ND, 2024 IS SPRING BRANCH FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER, THE HOPE CITY CHURCH. AND WHO AM I LEAVING NOW? MEMORIAL ASSISTANT MINISTRY. MEMORIAL ASSISTANT MINISTRIES. THAT'S A, THAT'S A NICE COALITION RIGHT THERE. NAME IS MA'AM . Y'ALL KEEP IT UP AND LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU, SIR. AND I'LL, I'LL BE GLAD TO DEAL TO ANY ONE OF YOU THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF OR ALL THREE OF YOU TELL US HOW, HOW IT ALL HAPPENS. A LOT OF COLLABORATION, I'M SURE. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. UH, WE ARE ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THE WORK OF JUST OUR ORGANIZATIONS, BUT ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE REPRESENT, THAT COME TOGETHER, THAT HELP SUPPORT THE WORK WE DO. UM, AND THE ABILITY OF ALL OF US TO COME TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY COLLABORATE BECAUSE NONE OF US COULD DO IT ALONE. AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK AND HER TEAM HAVE PROVIDED AND ALLOWED US ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER THE NEEDS ARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO STEP UP AND TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. AND IT'S NOT JUST IN TIMES OF DISASTER, BUT OUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE AROUND TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES, TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC MOBILITY, FOR ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND WE KNOW THAT IT IS WHAT MAKES OUR CITY STRONG AND WE'RE ALL PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS WORK TOGETHER. SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND FOR THE WORK, NOT OUR WORK, BUT THE WORK THAT OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE ORGANIZATIONS WE REPRESENT HAVE BEEN PROVIDING TO OUR AREA OF TOWN. THANK YOU. UH, I MEAN, I NEED A MIC. , THANK YOU SO MUCH MAYOR FOR REPRESENTATIVE HOPE CITY FAMILY, AND, UH, THANK YOU TO ALL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, WE THANK YOU AND OTHER FRIENDS, PASTOR D LOVE YOU. GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY AND, UH, I WOULDN'T BE WITHOUT MY INCREDIBLE TEAM. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL BACK THERE. Y'ALL WAVE GOT MY INCREDIBLE, WE'RE ALL ROCKING HOPE CITY SHIRT. WE'RE THANKFUL WE'RE BETTER WITH TEAM AND, UH, WHENEVER DISASTER HITS, UH, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL HURTING AND WE'RE ALL BETTER TOGETHER. AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU, ALONGSIDE OF OUR FRIENDS. WE SERVED A LOT OF MEALS TOGETHER IN THOSE DAYS, UH, BUT WE THANK YOU. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE IN THE CITY WITH YOU AND TO SERVE THE CITY TOGETHER. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY MUCH THIS HONOR, MISS TODAY. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DURING THIS, UH, THIS YEAR, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE ONLY BECOME EXPERTS IN DEALING WITH [00:10:01] DISASTERS. I WOULD LIKE TO BECOME EXPERTS IN DEALING WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL, UH, WITH ALL THE HELP THAT WE RECEIVE. AND WE'RE OVER 32 DIFFERENT AGENCIES, UH, CITY OFFICES OR STATE OFFICES THAT CAME TOGETHER TO HELP ALL THIS ONE TO DEAL WITH LACK OF POWER, LACK OF FOOD, LACK OF WATER, AND THE COMMUNITY IS ALL THAT MUCH BETTER BECAUSE OF EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE PART OF THAT. THANK YOU. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. JUST ONE SECOND. WE DO HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER IN Q COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, LET ME, UH, COMMEND YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION TO BOTH, ALL THREE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR EFFORTS, BUT PARTICULARLY I'M PARTIAL A LITTLE BIT TO MY BROTHER, BELOVED. THIS IS, UH, BROTHER BRANDON BARBER AND MANY OF US REMEMBER THE, UH, UH, THE LOVE YOU BLUE DAYS. THIS IS THE SON OF MIKE BARBER, UH, IN THE MINISTRY THAT HE HAS DONE IS TREMENDOUS. AND, UH, JUST WANT TO THANK HIM AND YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE IN THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE WHOLE CITY INVOLVED IN COLLABORATION WHEN WE HAVE STORMS. AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, I COMMEND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, UH, AND OUR MAYOR BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER MORE PARTICIPATION FROM THE CHURCHES AND THE BUSINESSES AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO HELP US THE CITY, YOU KNOW? AND I THINK THAT'S THE WAY A CITY SHOULD BE. SO THANK YOU, MAN. CONGRATULATIONS BROTHER. LOVE YOU MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS, RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS FOR A PROCLAMATION TO THE GREATER HOUSTON CHAPTER OF VHPA AND RECOGNITION OF HINDU HERITAGE MONTH BACKSIDE. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM, AND TO, UH, OUR MAYOR AND OUR COLLEAGUES. UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UH, HOUSTON IS SUCH A GREAT CITY AND WHY BRAG ON OUR CITY BECAUSE OF, OF THE UNUSUALNESS ABOUT OUR CITY THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE COUNTRY. UH, WE ARE, UH, A DIVERSE CITY AND THIS IS THE TIME WHEN OUR DIVERSITY REALLY STANDS UP AND SHOWS UP. AND THAT'S WHY I'M VERY PROUD, UH, TO MAKE THIS, UH, PRES PRESENTATION ON TODAY, HINDU HERITAGE. WHEREAS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS HINDU HERITAGE MONTH, WHEREAS HINDUISM RANKED AS THE THIRD LARGEST RELIGION GLOBALLY BOASTING OUR OVER 1 BILLION ADHERENCE WITH APPROXIMATELY 4 MILLION RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS THE RICH HERITAGE CULTURE, TRADITIONS, AND VALUE OF HINDUISM OFFER PROFOUND SOLUTIONS TO MANY OF LIFE'S CHALLENGES, SERVING AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION, REFLECTION AND GUIDANCE FOR MILLIONS WHO SEEK WISDOM FROM ITS TEACHINGS. AND WHEREAS HOUSTON IS HOME TO AN ESTIMATED 80,000 HINDUS, ALONGSIDE SEVERAL BEAUTIFUL HINDU TEMPLES AND ACTIVE ORGANIZATION. AND WHEREAS THE VIBRANT HINDU AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CULTURE, VITALITY OF HOUSTON, ENHANCING THE LIVES OF ITS RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, THE HINDU COMMUNITY IN HOUSTON AND ACROSS THE NATION COLLECTIVELY CELEBRATES ITS HERITAGE BY HIGHLIGHTING ITS DIVERSE CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS ROOTED IN INDIA, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE IN THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND FESTIVES HONORING HIM TO HERITAGE MONTH, DESIGNATING OCTOBER 22ND AS A SPECIAL DAY TO COMMEMORATE THIS OBSERVANCE. MAYOR, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO CELEBRATE OUR INCLUSIVENESS, [00:15:01] OUR DIVERSITY, AND WE WOULDN'T BE THIS GREAT CITY WE ARE WITHOUT OUR HINDU, UH, RESIDENTS AND THEIR FAITH. SO MAN, WHAT A SPECIAL DATE IS THIS. THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU BEING HERE, AND THEREFORE, I, JOHN WHITMEYER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 22ND, 2024 IS HINDU HERITAGE DAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER ISH FOR, UH, APPRECIATING OUR, UH, RECOGNITION OF, UH, HINDU HERITAGE MONTH. AND TODAY IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, WE AT, UH, HINDU PARIS OF AMERICA WAS ESTABLISHED 54 YEARS BACK IN USC. AND, UH, WE HELD 20 BRANCHES IN DIFFERENT CITIES. ONE OF THEM IS HOUSTON, WHICH IS KNOWN AS A VHP OF GREATER HOUSTON. AND WHAT WE HINDU BELIEVES IS THAT, UH, TRUTH IS ONE SAY, CALL IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. SEE, EVERYBODY SAYS THAT, UH, ONLY ONE TRUTH, BUT EVERYBODY SAYS IN DIFFERENT WAYS. SO THAT IS NUMBER ONE. THE SECOND IS THE WHOLE, THIS WHOLE WORLD THAT IS MOVING THINGS AND WHICH ITSELF IS MOVING IS PROVIDED BY ONE AND THE SAME LORD. SO WE BELIEVE IN THIS. THE THIRD THING WE BELIEVE IS FOR THE KIND-HEARTED PEOPLE OF CHARACTER. THE ENTIRE CREATION IS WAR ONE, INTERCONNECTED FAMILY. WE ARE ALL BELONGING TO THE ONE FAMILY. THAT IS THE BASIC PRINCIPLE OF OURS. AND THE FOURTH IS, LET ALL BE HAPPY. LET ALL BE HAPPY, HEALTHY, LET ALL EXPERIENCE GOODNESS, LET SORROWS BE NO ONE'S LOT. SO WE NOT ONLY WISH FOR OURSELVES OR OUR FAMILY, WE WISH FOR THE WHOLE WORLD THAT LET THE WHOLE WORLD LIVE IN PEACE AND COMMUNAL HARMONY. THAT IS OUR MOTTO. SO WE BELIEVE IN THIS. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR GIVING US A PRESENT, UH, PROCLAMATION. YES, SIR. THANK YOU [00:20:46] ON I HEAR COUNCILMAN [2:00 P.M. – INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] CARTER FOR THE INVOCATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALL YOUR HEADS. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK THEE FOR THE GIFT OF LEADERSHIP FOR THOSE AROUND THE TABLE, WE PRAY, LORD, FOR THOSE ENTRUSTED WITH A RESPONSIBILITY OF GUIDING OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR NATIONS, AND OUR INSTITUTIONS. GRANT THEM THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. GIVE THEM COURAGE TO STAND FOR WHAT'S RIGHT AND INTEGRITY. LET THEM SERVE WITH HUMILITY AND WITH INTEGRITY. STRENGTHEN THEM TO SEEK THE COMMON GOOD AND LEAD WITH EMPATHY. PLACE OTHERS ABOVE SELF AT ALL TIMES AND GUIDE OUR HEARTS MINDS IN ACTION, IN YOUR WAYS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. WE PRAY, LORD, FOR OUR MILITARY SERVING AT HOME AND ABROAD AS ALWAYS. AND IT'S IN OUR HOLY SON'S NAME, I PRAY. AMEN. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE? I PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, JUSTICE ALL MA'S [ROLL CALL AND ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING] MADAM. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR WHITMEYER. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON COUNCILMAN CAMAN WILL PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER EVER BALLS COUNCILOR FLICKINGER. COUNCILOR THOMAS WILL BE ASKING, COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN PRESENT? COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ? HERE. COUNCILMAN POLLARD? HERE. COUNCILMAN CASTEX TATUM. HERE. COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ. HERE. COUNCILMAN DAVIS. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN CARTER. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN PLUM AND CONSTABLE ALCORN. HERE NEED A MOTION TO DE OH, I FORGOT THE DATES MADE TO DELAY THE MINUTES. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE. SECOND. MOTION MADE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED. NAME. MOTION PASSES. UH, PROCEDURAL MOTIONS. COUNCILOR, KEVIN, YOU READY FOR YOUR MOTION? YES, SIR. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD SONYA RICO TO THE TOP OF THE THREE MINUTE AGENDA LIST. AND I, UH, MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD STEPHANIE VALDEZ TO THE TOP OF THE, EXCUSE ME, BOTTOM OF THE TWO MINUTE NON AGENDA CASTEX TATUM. SECOND MOTIONS MADE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. VICE MAYOR PRO PECK. THANK YOU MAYOR. I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MOVE NATHAN KELLY TO SPEAK AFTER ANNA HARRIS ON THE THREE MINUTE NON-AG AGENDA LIST. SO YOU'RE ALL SPEAKING ON THE SAME SUBJECT CAST. STATE A SECOND. OKAY. MOTIONS MADE AND STATE ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. HUFF COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN. COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO MOVE ELIZABETH DILLINGHAM AND NATHAN GOFF TO THE TOP OF THE THREE MINUTE NON-AG AGENDA LIST. VERY WELL. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. MOTION MADE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. ALRIGHT, FIRST SPEAKER, MADAM [PUBLIC SPEAKERS] SECRETARY, YOU CALL THE, UH, FIRST SPEAKER SONYA RICO. YES, SONYA, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS SONYA RICO AND I AM THE PRESIDENT FOR HOPE AME LOCAL 1, 2, 3. AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS, WE HAVE FINALLY REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT AND WE ARE PROUD TO SAY [00:25:01] THAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR THE BEST TO COME. AND NOW IT'S HERE. THIS NEW MEETING CONFER WILL ALLOW US TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS AND HOPEFULLY HELP TO BRING SOME CHANGES IN DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS SOLID WASTE, HECK, FLEET MAINTENANCE AND HEALTH TO NAME A FEW. I MYSELF WORK FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON AS A 3 1 1 SENIOR TELECOMMUNICATOR THREE AMETHYST AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE MULTIPLE LEAKS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CALL CENTER. WORK HAS FINALLY BEEN DONE AND WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THEY HAVE FINALLY REPAIRED THE LEAKS THAT HAVE BEEN SO HARD TO FIND. HOWEVER, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TREATMENT WE GET AT CITY EMPLOYEES WHEN WE COMPLAIN ABOUT BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS A LEAK, AMETHYST WAS AT THE THREE ONE ONE CALL CENTER AND WAS TOLD THAT WE WERE COSTING HIM A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE WE KEPT COMPLAINING ABOUT THESE LEAKS. THE GENTLEMAN WHO MADE THESE COMMENTS IS UPSET BECAUSE HE'S HAVING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS NOT OUT OF HIS POCKET, BUT HE HAD TO SAY SOMETHING. ALL WE WANT IS TO WORK IN A PLACE WHERE THE CEILING WON'T CAVE IN AGAIN. OR AS TIER ONE EMPLOYEES, WE WON'T HAVE TO RELOCATE BECAUSE OUR CALL CENTERS NOT SAFE TO WORK IN DURING ANY RAIN EVENT. WHY ARE HIS COMMENTS NECESSARY AND WHY IS OUR COMPLAINT LOOKED AT NEGATIVELY? IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN THE TIME COMES TO INVEST IN US AS CITY WORKERS, THEN ALL OF THESE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS COME ABOUT. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO CHANGE THAT IN SOLID WASTE. WE STILL HAVE TRUCKS THAT ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND CONSTANTLY BREAKING DOWN. AND INSTEAD OF ASKING WHY THE REPAIRS ARE NOT BEING DONE PROPERLY, THE BACKLASH IS ON THE DRIVERS AND THEM BEING LOOKED AT AS IF THEY DO NOT WANT TO WORK. THE QUESTION WE SHOULD BE ASKING IS WHY ARE THE TRUCKS BEING RELEASED TO BE OUT IN OUR STREETS? IF THEY ARE NOT SAFE? SAFETY SHOULD BE A PRIORITY AND HAS NOT BEEN SO IN THIS CONTRACT. WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THAT, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY HELP RESOLVE SOME OF THAT. THESE TRUCKS, LIKE OUR MEMBERS, ARE OVERWORKED AND NEED TO REST AND BE REPAIRED PROPERLY. THE 10 HOUR REST RULE IS IN THIS CONTRACT WILL HELP WITH THIS AS WELL. IT'S CLEAR IF WE'RE GOING TO CALL OURSELVES A WORLD CLASS CITY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INVEST IN OUR CITY WORKFORCE AND AS HOPE MEMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SPEAKING UP ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR ALL OF YOU AND EVERYONE YOU REPRESENT. AS YOU ALSO MAY KNOW, CITY EMPLOYEES ARE FAR BELOW THE MARKET IN MOST OF OUR JOB CLASSIFICATIONS. WE DON'T WORK FOR THE CITY TO GET RICH. THE COST OF LIVING EVEN HERE IN HOUSTON HAS GONE UP. MANY STUDIES SHOW YOU NEED TO MAKE AT LEAST $20 AN HOUR OR MORE TO LIVE HERE. SOME OF US WILL STILL BE WAY BELOW A LIVABLE WAGE EVEN WITH WHAT WE ARE GETTING IN THIS CONTRACT. THAT IS WHY OUR FOCUS WAS ON CLOSING THE GAP, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE AT THE LOWER END OF THE PAY SCALE. THAT'S WHY OUR FIRST YEAR INCREASE INCREASE IS A FLAT RATE OF $116 INCREASED BIWEEKLY. THIS FLAT RATE MEANS THE FUNDS WILL HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT WITH THE FOLKS WHO NEED IT THE MOST. THIS AGREEMENT ALSO INCREASES THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S MINIMUM WAGE TO GREATLY BENEFIT SOME OF OUR HARDEST WORKING MEMBERS. WE'LL BE AT $18 BY THE END OF THE AGREEMENT IN 2027, WHICH WILL BE A LOT CLOSER TO THAT $20 MARK I MENTIONED THESE INCREASES WILL AFFECT SO MANY OF OUR HARDEST WORKING MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE JANITORIAL STAFF IN AVIATION, OUR PARK MAINTENANCE CREWS, AND OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF IN GENERAL SERVICES AND LABORERS. AND HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS JUST TO NAME A FEW. WE ALL MATTER AS CITY EMPLOYEES BECAUSE WITHOUT THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE, THE CITY OF HOUSTON WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RUN AS EFFICIENTLY AS IT DOES. MOST OF US NOT ONLY WORK FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT WE ALSO LIVE HERE AND OWN OUR HOMES HERE. SO WE CARE ABOUT THE WORK WE DO. WE HAVE GIVEN OUR SUPPORT TO MANY OF YOU AND YOUR PEERS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND MANY OF YOU HAVE ALSO GIVEN YOUR SUPPORT TO HOME ME HOPE MEMBERS RIGHT BACK, THE WORK WE ALL DO KEEPS HOUSTON RUNNING. AND WITH THIS AGREEMENT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK. WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN VOTING YES TO OUR MEETING CONFER AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP HOUSTON RUNNING AS EFFICIENTLY AS IT HAS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN KAMAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, SONIA, THANK YOU FOR COMING, UH, BACK TO BACK. WE HAD A VERY, UH, I THINK PRODUCTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY. UH, AND I WANNA THANK YOU AND ALSO ALL THE MEMBERS THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND AND PROVIDE, UH, YOUR PUBLIC INPUT YESTERDAY AS WELL. UH, IT HAS A BIG IMPACT. BUT I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, AND I SAID THIS YESTERDAY, BUT I'LL REPEAT IT NOW, IS HOPE MEMBERS, YOU REPRESENT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT OTHERWISE WOULDN'T HAVE A VOICE. AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO NOT JUST THIS AGREEMENT THAT WE'LL BE TAKING UP TOMORROW, BUT ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU CONTINUE TO ADDRESS. SO THANK YOU FOR ADDING YOUR VOICE TODAY, BUT EVERY DAY, WELCOME AND THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM, CAST SIX TATUM. TANYA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND TO ALL OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU. UM, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID THAT I I REALLY LIKE IS THAT I, YOU WERE FOCUSED ON WHAT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT [00:30:01] ON, UM, THE LOWEST, UM, EMPLOYEE. AND IT REMINDS ME OF MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE LEAST OF THESE. RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT HOPE DOES A GREAT JOB OF NOT ONLY ADVOCATING FOR EACH ONE OF YOU, BUT MAKING SURE THAT THE ENTIRE EMPLOYEE BASIS WHOLE AND THAT MEANS A LOT AND IT KEEPS US ALL STRONG. SO I APPRECIATE THE ADVOCACY. UM, AS A CITY, WE CAN'T DO THIS WORK WITHOUT OUR CITY EMPLOYEES AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR WORK ENVIRONMENTS ARE, UM, BETTER AND THAT WE CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS THE, UM, BEST. UH, I SAY IT ALL THE TIME, WE CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE ON OUR BEST AND WE CAN ONLY DO THAT IF WE ARE COMMUNICATING AND WORKING TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU ALL AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE CONTRACT TOMORROW. YOU'RE WELCOME AND THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. NEXT, MARCUS ADAMS. GOOD DAY. UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M COMING TO YOU HUMBLY TO SUGGEST THAT WE, I'M SORRY, HERE YOU GO. PULL THE MIC UP. THERE YOU GO. UH, SUGGEST THAT, UH, WHAT WE DO WITH OUR, I'M SORRY. WE SUGGEST THAT WHAT WE DO WITH OUR YARD WASTE IS CONVERT INTO A DIFFERENT, UH, ASSET OF THE CITIES AND THAT ASSET BEING BIOFUELS. UH, THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OR HOW THIS WILL GO, UH, YET AGAIN. MY POINT IS TO USE THE YARD WASTE, UH, THAT WE COLLECT IN THE BIODEGRADABLE BAGS TO BE CONVERTED INTO, UH, BIOFUELS, WHICH ARE RAN BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. AND, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A SIMPLE PROCESS. IT, IT'S SIMILAR TO DISTILLING ALCOHOL TO GENERATE, UH, USABLE GASOLINES AND PILE FUELS. COUNCILMAN CAMAN, I WAS JUST GONNA THANK YOU FOR COMING, UH, MR. ADAMS AND WELCOME TO CITY HALL. UH, SINCE THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME, IF THERE'S INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN LEARN MORE, IF YOU GO ONLINE, YOU CAN LOOK UP EACH ONE OF OUR OFFICES AND SEND OUR OFFICES EMAILS WITH THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT GLADYS HOUSE L PEACE. IS, UH, RENEE HERE OR SOMEONE? I HAVE HANDOUTS, YOUR HONOR. HOLD THAT CLOCK PLEASE. AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I HA UH, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO OVER THE HANDOUTS, ALTHOUGH YOU MAY NOT HAVE 'EM. BUT, UM, BASICALLY FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AT MINIMAL MAYOR, I'VE BEEN, UH, BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THE THREE HERITAGE HOUSES RESTORED. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE, UH, WILL BE PICTURES OF THE HOUSES BEING NEGLECTED FOR YEARS, UM, BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THE FOURTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS A PARTY TO THIS AS WELL AS THE CITY PLANNING DIRECTOR. NOW THE FUNDING IS ALREADY IN PLACE THROUGH THE FOURTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. BUT, AND THEY EVEN HAVE A, A PERMIT AND PLAN LAID OUT TO NOT ONLY RESTORE THOSE THREE HOUSES, BUT TO DEVELOP NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THAT SAME BLOCK. BUT THE HOLDUP WAS THE CITY PLANNING DIRECTOR. SHE WAS BUMPING HEADS WITH VANESSA SAMPSON, WHO IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOURTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT. UM, STATE SENATOR MOLLY COOK WAS HELPFUL IN HELPING US GET TARPS TO TEMPORARILY COVER THE ROOFS OF THESE HOUSES BECAUSE AS YOU SEE IN THE FIRST PICTURE, UM, THE ROOFS ARE COLLAPSING AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. AND, UM, THE SECOND PICTURES SHOW WHERE WE, UH, APPLIED THE, UH, TARPS, BUT TARPS ARE TEMPORARY AND THE, THE POOR HOUSES JUST CANNOT TAKE MUCH MORE OF A BEATING MAYOR. [00:35:01] AND, UH, I ASK THAT YOU INTERVENE, UH, AND GET THE PARTIES TOGETHER. 'CAUSE MONEY IS NOT AN ISSUE. IT'S JUST TRYING TO, UH, GET THE WORK DONE. 'CAUSE I MET WITH THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, THE COUNCIL HOUSING COMMITTEE, AND AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. AND, UM, I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE'S NO FOLLOW UP OR UPDATES OR ANYTHING. SO, UM, THAT'S WHY I'M CONSTANTLY COMING BACK BEFORE COUNCIL TO TRY TO GET, UH, CORRECTIVE ACTION, MAYOR, AND I APPRECIATE IT. IF, IF YOU WOULD ASSIST ME IN ACHIEVING THAT GOAL, I'LL HAND DELIVER IT TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR. I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO HAND, I'M GONNA PERSONALLY HAND THIS TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR. OKAY. AND THEN WILL FOLLOW UP IN, IN THE COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. NOW, GLAD, THANK YOU SO MUCH, GLADYS. I ALWAYS WANNA THANK YOU FOR COMING. GLADYS, I'M OVER HERE. OKAY. I'M OVER HERE. I WANNA THANK YOU FOR COMING. UM, AND CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE FOR PRESERVATION IN THE DISTRICT. MAY I HAVE AN OLD MEMO FROM 2023? I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATED MEMO. UM, BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOW, UM, PRIVATE PROPERTY, NEITHER THE CITY NOR THE AUTHORITY HAVE OWNED THE STRUCTURE SINCE APRIL OF 22. AND OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, THE STATUS OF THIS. I DO KNOW THAT THE CITY IS OFFERED TO HELP NAVIGATE THE PERMITTING PROCESS, UM, AND HELP WITH CONNECTING CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THE NEED TO DO MORE. I WANNA THANK MAYOR PRO TEM FOR ALSO MEETING, UM, ON THIS ISSUE. OF COURSE, OUR, OUR HOUSING CHAIR, THOMAS, I THINK WE ALL, UH, VERY MUCH CARE ABOUT THIS AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE OFFERED TO HELP NAVIGATE THE PRIVATE SIDE OF THIS AS WELL. THAT'S ALL VERY GOOD. OH, COUNCILMAN DAVIS. COUNCILMAN DAVIS. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, GLADYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORT IN WORK AND YOUR COMMUNITY AS ADMIRABLE IN THAT. AND I'M CERTAINLY GOING TO FOLLOW THE MAYOR LEAD IN THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO COME UP WITH SOME EFFORTS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND CORRECT THIS MATTER I THINK HAS WENT LONG ENOUGH AND, UH, WE GOING TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO ASSIST WITH THAT. SO WE WILL KEEP IN TOUCH TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, EFFORTS, ALL THE EFFORTS ARE GOING THROUGH ALL OF TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GIVEN US ARE. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. DAVIS. THANK YOU MS. HOUSE NEXT. SEAN HAWKINS. HELLO. HI, COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, MY NAME IS SEAN HAWKINS. UM, I KNOW IT SAYS FARMER ON THE TOPIC, BUT I REALLY CAME TO TALK ABOUT WATER QUALITY. UH, A FRIEND OF MINE ASKED ME TO COME OUT AND, UH, TALK ABOUT FLUORIDE IN OUR WATER. AND I AM ACTUALLY NOT VERSED IN FLUORIDE AT ALL. THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST TIME I EVER LOOKED INTO IT WAS ACTUALLY LAST NIGHT. UM, AND THERE WAS JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STUCK OUT TO ME. UM, I'VE BEEN FARMING FOR 15 YEARS AND, UH, FOR HALF OF THAT TIME I DID, UH, CHEMICAL, CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURE AND OTHER HALF HAVE BEEN DOING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE. AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I HAD TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE PARTS PER MILLION THAT WERE IN THE WATER. AS WAS VERY IMPORTANT. YOU HAD TO GET YOUR DILUTION RATIOS PERFECT TO THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT YOU WERE GONNA APPLY TO YOUR PLANTS. SO IF I, FOR EXAMPLE, TURNED OFF THE WATER TOO SOON, THEY WOULDN'T GET ENOUGH WATER, THEY WOULDN'T GET ENOUGH FERTILIZER. NOTHING HAPPENS IF VI UH, VICE VERSA. IF I WAS TO KEEP THE VALVE OPEN TOO LONG, THEY GET TWICE AS MUCH WATER, THEY IN TURN GET TWICE AS MUCH FERTILIZER AND NOW THEY'RE TOXIC. AND I HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO GET THESE PLANTS BACK INTO HEALTH BECAUSE I MISSED MY WINDOW OF HOW MUCH OF THAT FERTILIZER AT THAT CORRECT RATIO THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE THEM. MY QUESTION IS, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PROPERLY DOSE PEOPLE? HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GIVE THE PROPER AMOUNT OF FLUORIDE TO EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL IN THE CITY BY JUST PUTTING A CERTAIN RATIO IN THE WATER? UM, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY IT'S FOR OUR, THE HEALTH OF OUR TEETH. AND, UM, SO AM I SUPPOSED TO GIVE SUSIE ONE LITER OF WATER? I GIVE JIMMY THREE LITERS OF WATER AND THEN WHENEVER HE WANTS TO DRINK MORE WATER, I GOTTA LIKE, TAKE IT AWAY FROM HIM AND SAY, NO MORE WATER FOR YOU TODAY, JIMMY. NOW SUSIE, DRINK THE WATER. SHE'S LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO DRINK THE WATER. I'M LIKE, WELL, I GUESS YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD THAT CANDY BAR. YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT JUST, IT'S FUNNY TO ME, AM I SUPPOSED TO LIKE, WEIGH MYSELF AND THEN CALCULATE HOW MUCH WATER I'M SUPPOSED TO DRINK VERSUS WHAT'S [00:40:01] IN THE WA IN THE, UH, SYSTEM? UM, YEAH. SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S UH, IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THIS. UH, IT'S ALSO AN UNNATURAL ELEMENT CALLED, UH, UH, FOCIL ACIDIC ACID. IT'S NOT THE SAME AS WHAT YOU FIND IN NATURE, WHICH IS CALCIUM, UM, FLUORIDE. UM, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT ELEMENTS. SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. NEXT STEPHANIE VALDEZ. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. TO START OFF. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN FOR ADDING ME TO THE QUEUE. MY NAME IS STEPH AND I'M WITH SEER AND AIRLINES HOUSTON. AND TODAY I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE DANGERS OF PLASTIC RECYCLING, ESPECIALLY IN THE HOUSTON REGION AND HOW IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR HEALTH. I BELIEVE THAT PLASTIC RECYCLING IS A SOLUTION TO THE PLASTIC WASTE CRISIS IS A MYTH. LESS THAN 10% OF PLASTICS ARE ACTUALLY RECYCLED AND THE RESTS END UP POLLUTING OUR LAND, WATER, AND AIR RELEASING TOXIC CHEMICALS ALONG THE WAY. HOUSTON, AND PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES LIKE BAYTOWN, WHERE I LIVED FOR FOUR YEARS ON THE FRONT LINES OF THIS CRISIS, EXXON MO'S PLAN TO MAKE HOUSTON AND DUMPING GROUND FOR PLASTIC WASTES WILL ONLY WORSE IN OUR PROBLEM. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, AFTER DRUGS LIVING IN BAYTOWN FOR FOUR YEARS, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LUPUS VASCULITIS AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. THESE AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS ARE NOT GENETIC AND DIDN'T APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE. AS MY RHEUMATOLOGIST POINTED OUT, CONSTANT EXPOSURE TO POLLUTION, TOXINS IN THE AIR CONTRIBUTED TO THESE CONDITIONS. LIVING WITH THESE HEALTH CONDITIONS MEANS TAKING A PLUS DAILY DEALING WITH FLAREUPS THAT CAUSED SO MUCH INFLAMMATION THAT MY BLOOD VESSELS TO THAT CAUSED MY BLOOD VESSELS TO POP HAIR LOSS, INTENSE JOINT PAIN, FATIGUE, HEADACHES, JUST TO NAME A FEW. ALL OF THAT ON TOP OF SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON MEDICAL CARE, NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT MAKES THEM SICK. THE CHEMICALS RELEASED DURING PLASTIC PRODUCTION AND THE SO-CALLED RECYCLING HAVE BEEN LINKED TO AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS LIKE MINE, PARTICULARLY AFFECTING WOMEN, SPECIFICALLY WOMEN OF COLOR, AT AN ALARMING, ALARMING RATE. THIS IS NOT JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. WE CANNOT LET CORPORATIONS LIKE EXXON NOBLE PROFIT WHILE HOUSTON'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS SUFFER. PLUS RECYCLING IS NOT THE ANSWER. AND WE NEED REAL SOLUTIONS THAT PRIORITIZE HUMAN HEALTH AND REDUCE PLASTIC PRODUCTION AT THE SOURCE. SO WE ASK THAT YOU STAY AND REEVALUATE THE HOUSTON PLASTIC RECY RECYCLING COLLABORATION AND END THE MOU BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE PLASTIC RECYCLING COLLABORATION. AND UM, JUST BEFORE I GO REAL QUICK, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THESE PICTURES. UM, THESE ARE VERY PERSONAL TO ME AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME THAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THIS PUBLICLY, ESPECIALLY ON COUNSEL. BUT THIS IS LIKE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR ME TO GET THROUGH A FLAREUP. ASIDE FROM HAIR LOSS, I'M 26 HAVING TO TAKE EIGHT PILLS A DAY. I AM NOT ABLE TO CONCEIVE A FAMILY WHENEVER I WANT BECAUSE OF THESE MEDICINES I'M ON INTERNAL IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS. WE ARE IN TALKS ABOUT USING CHEMO AND THIS IS ALL DUE TO PLASTIC RECYCLING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS AND MAY WHEN SOMEBODY IS GIVING A PERSONAL COMMENT, ESPECIALLY SOMETHING SO VULNERABLE, YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION. YOU SHOULD LOOK AT ME AT LEAST. THIS ISN'T A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT EASY TO GO THROUGH. THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS LOOK AT ME. THANK YOU. NEXT E ELIZABETH DILLINGHAM. HI. HELLO. HI. I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU OR MY NAME'S ELIZABETH. I LIVE IN, UM, NOTTINGHAM FOREST. IT IS IN WEST HOUSTON, AND IT'S A LOVELY COMMUNITY WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF CHILDREN. AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT BASKETBALL GOALS. SO, UM, I'M SURE EVERYONE HERE HAS DRIVEN BY BASKETBALL GOALS IN CUL-DE-SACS. UM, YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE ONE NEAR YOUR HOUSE. UM, I'M ASKING FOR A CHANGE TO ALLOW SEMI-PERMANENT BASKETBALL GOALS IN CUL-DE-SACS. SO I THINK WOULD BE A CHANGE LIKE AN, AN AMENDMENT TO A LAW HERE IN HOUSTON. UM, SO THEY'RE SEMI-PERMANENT. UM, BASICALLY IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE RIGHT NOW. UM, ALTHOUGH BA THESE BASKETBALL GOALS ALL OVER THE CITY HAVE BEEN UP FOR DECADES. I MEAN, I TALKED TO SOMEONE ON THE PHONE AND THEY SAID THEY GREW UP PLAYING BASKETBALL IN A CUL-DE-SAC AND SO THEY'VE BEEN UP FOR DECADES [00:45:01] AND, UM, NEVER HAS THERE RENT A SAFETY ISSUE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE, UM, SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T REALLY, IT'S LIKE A LAW THAT YOU DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU JUST DRIVE BY IT ALL THE TIME. UM, WE'VE HAD CITY WORKERS IN OUR CUL-DE-SAC ACTUALLY PLAYING BASKETBALL IN OUR BASKETBALL ON OUR BASKETBALL GOALS. UM, SO BASKETBALL IS FOR EVERYONE. MY 80-YEAR-OLD FATHER PLAYS BASKETBALL WITH MY 7-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. UM, AND SO, UH, WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR THOSE CHANGES. UH, WE KNOW THAT BEING OUTSIDE HAS A LOT OF BENEFITS FOR OUR CHILDREN, UM, AND ADULTS AND, UM, DOING SO AND PROMOTING BA THINGS LIKE BASKETBALL AND PLAYING IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT IN A CUL-DE-SAC, NOT ON A MAIN THOROUGHFARE. UM, SO TO CHANGE THAT LAW, THAT IS WHAT I'M ASKING. UM, AND I'M GONNA JUST SAY THIS REAL QUICK. LET'S SEE. OKAY. SPORTS AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES MAKE STRONG CHILDREN. STRONG CHILDREN MAKE STRONG ADULTS. STRONG ADULTS MAKE STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS. AND STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS MAKE STRONG CITIES. AM I RIGHT? ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR HUFFMAN. THANK YOU MS. LINGHAM FOR COMING FORWARD TODAY. AND JUST SO THE MAYOR AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE. SO YOU LIVE IN THE CUL-DE-SAC AND UM, PUT UP OR A COUPLE NEIGHBORS GOT TOGETHER AND PUT UP THIS SEMI-PERMANENT BASKETBALL GOAL IN THE CUL-DE-SAC. AND THE CITY ENGINEER, I GUESS, HAS COME OUT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TICK OR PUT A, PUT A RED TAG ON THE BASKETBALL GOAL BECAUSE IT'S TECHNICALLY IN THE CITY RIGHT AWAY. RIGHT. AND UM, IF THERE WAS NO CITY RIGHT AWAY, THERE WOULD, IS THE BASKETBALL GOAL, WOULD IT BE ON YOUR PROPERTY LINE? YES. OKAY. AND UM, AND DO ALL THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFIT FROM THIS BASKETBALL GOAL OR A LOT OF THEM? YES. AND, UM, HOW LONG? WE HAVE FOUR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THEY'RE ALL AT THE END OF CUL-DE-SACS. THE FOUR BASKETBALL GOALS, THE PERMANENT ONES, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, NON-PERMANENT ONES, WHICH ACTUALLY WOULD BE MORE OF A SAFETY ISSUE. THEY'RE LITERALLY, THEY STICK OUT THIS MUCH IN THE ROAD. YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A SAFETY ISSUE THAN ONE THAT'S IN MY YARD. YOU KNOW, THE BASE IS IN THE YARD COMING UP AND UH, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR CITY LEGAL. UM, IS THERE A WAY TO GRANT A VARIANCE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? SO, SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS MAYBE, UH, AND I SAY THAT TO SAY I'M NOT SURE WHY IT WAS RED TAGGED. I DON'T KNOW IF HPW IS CONSIDERING IT A BUILDING. I KNOW YOU CAN'T PUT A BUILDING IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY. I KNOW YOU CAN'T PUT PERMANENT STRUCTURES IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY. AND I THINK A BETTER WAY OF LOOKING AT THAT IS IF YOU DO, AND WE NEED TO GET TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE SIMPLY GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE THE STRUCTURE. SO, UH, WHAT I WOULD NEED TO DO IF WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION FROM HPW, UM, IF YOU COULD, WE COULD FIND OUT WHY THEY RED TACKED. WE COULD LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE A DETERMINATION. I BELIEVE IT WAS A COMPLAINT FROM YEAH, SOMEBODY THAT'S SOMEBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S WHAT'S DOING, TRY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT REAL QUICK, IF I CAN INTERRUPT. UH, DO YOU HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT DOESN'T LIKE YOU? ? WELL, SHE DOESN'T LIKE MICHAEL, BUT SHE, THERE'S, THERE'S THREE'S THREE REPORTS. SO THERE'S A DILEMMA FOR THE PLANNING. UH, TECHNICALLY THEY'RE CORRECT. UH, WE COULD OBVIOUSLY ASK THEM TO REVISIT, BUT YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE AN ISSUE WITH PEOPLE MAKING COMPLAINTS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A, AN AMENDMENT CHANGE? YEAH. OKAY. WELL LET ME, UH, AND IT'S NOT JUST MY BASKETBALL GOALS. SHE'S GONE TO ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. WELL, YOU ACTUALLY KNOW THE PERSON THAT'S ON. SHE'S MY NEIGHBOR, . DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY HER NAME? PROBABLY NOT. WONDER WHY SHE DOESN'T LIKE THE, THE, UH, WHAT'S HER REAL CONCERN? I REALLY DON'T KNOW. I HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO HER? YEAH. NOT ABOUT THE BASKETBALL GOAL. SHE TOLD ME TO MOVE MY GENERATOR AND I DID. OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO OTHER ITEMS. NO, NO, NO, BUT I, NO, BUT, BUT LET ME ASK SOME. NATHAN NATHAN'S GONNA SPEAK. IT'S A GOAL FAR, FAR AWAY FROM HER HOUSE. WE'RE WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HELP YOU, BUT WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF YOU WOULD TALK TO HER? YES. WHY DON'T WE DO THAT AND THEN YOU CAN REPORT BACK TO MY OFFICE OR YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER. I THINK JUST SOME COMMUNICATIONS WOULD GO A LONG WAYS. 'CAUSE THE CITY'S GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO, TO ATTEND TO. I AGREE. AND THIS IS NOT REALLY HIGH ON THE PRIORITY LIST, BUT YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA RESPECT THE OTHER PERSON AS WELL. AND SHE MAY TECHNICALLY BE ON THE SIDE OF THE ORDINANCE IN MY YARD. I KNOW, BUT IT'S THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY. RIGHT. SO YOU GOT A CLASH OF PARTIES, BUT I THINK WE CAN RESOLVE IT SATISFACTORILY. BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU WOULD TALK TO HER OR EVEN SEND US THE, UH, PERSON'S CONTACT. OKAY. AND WE'LL ASK HER. I'LL DO THAT. HER IS, UH, HOW IT'S HARMING HER LIFESTYLE. [00:50:01] THANK YOU. BUT, BUT, BUT THE REAL DIFFICULTY IS SHE'S OBVIOUSLY GOT THE, UH, CITY RIGHT OF AWAY ON HER SIDE. MM-HMM . BUT OBVIOUSLY WE, THIS A LITTLE COMMON SENSE. OBVIOUSLY GONNA GO A LONG, LONG WAYS, BUT IT WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS TO ME YOU'VE GOT A NEIGHBOR IN ITS PERSONALITY ISSUES. SO IF YOU'LL TALK TO HER, WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GETS US. BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA GO TO JAIL ANYTIME SOON. . AND YOU'RE STILL WITH H YEAH. I'M SORRY COUNCIL. I'LL WORK WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER AND I BET YOU A HUNDRED DOLLARS SOME GROWNUPS CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. . YES. WELL, THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, DISTRICT G WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CUL-DE-SACS AND THERE ARE AREAS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE, WE DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR KIDS CAN GO AND PLAY BASKETBALL. AND SO SOME OF THESE CLUBS HAVE AGE LIMITS ON WHEN KIDS CAN, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY GO IN AND PLAY. SO A LOT OF CUL-DE-SACS ARE UTILIZED FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PLAYING BASKETBALL. BUT LIKE SHE SAID, IT'S NOT IN A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. IT'S NOT EVEN ON, YOU KNOW, A LOCAL, YOU KNOW, BUSY STREET. IT'S AT THE END OF A CUL-DE-SAC. SO, UM, WE, WE UNDERSTAND. DO YOU KNOW THE PERSON THAT'S OBJECTING? UM, I, I DO, I LEARNED THE IDENTITY. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE LEAD ON TALKING TO HER? YES MA'AM. OKAY. SAY COMING TO CITY HALLS MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WE'LL MONITOR THIS VERY CAREFULLY AND MAYBE THERE COULD BE AN ORDINANCE CHANGE TO ALLOW BASKETBALL GOALS IN COURTS. THE PROBLEM I, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SITUATIONS LIKE THIS ALL OVER TOWN. WE'VE ALL PLAYED BASKETBALL IN THE CUL-DE-SAC AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT CUL-DE-SACS. I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO MONITOR IT AND UH, BE VERY CAREFUL, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. SURE. THERE'S PROBABLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE, IN FACT, NOW THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT MY STREET, NOT IN A CUL-DE-SAC, BUT ABOUT THREE DOORS DOWN, THEY'VE GOT A BASKETBALL GOAL, SLOW STREET AND KIDS ARE OUT THERE OFTEN. SO I THINK YOU'D HAVE TO CONSIDER ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT I'M GONNA GET BACK TO REALLY YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBOR TALKING. UM, I APPRECIATE MS. HUFFMAN TALKING TO HER. YEAH, THANK YOU. UM, I BELIEVE MY FRIEND IS ALSO GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS. WELL BE NICE. BE NICE WHEN YOU TALK TO HER TOO. I'M ALWAYS NICE. . I MISSED MY GENERATOR FOR PEARL FAIL . THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU . UH, NEXT NATHAN GOFF. ALL. YEAH, WE'LL KEEP IT BRIEF 'CAUSE IT'S ABOUT THE SAME TOPIC. I'M ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STREET, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE ISSUE AT HAND IS THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO BASICALLY MAKE EVERY CHILD'S LIFE IN THE AREA WORSE. OKAY. SO IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN GET AROUND THIS, IF THERE'S A WAY WE EVEN, NOT AN ORDINANCE CHANGE, BUT GIVING THE DIRECTOR SOME DISCRETION, COMMON SENSE. WE GOT YOU COVERED. YES, COUNSEL WILL CARTER SAID IT THE PERSON THAT LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING. IT'S NOT HARD. SO YOU'VE GOT A PERSON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHO'S BASICALLY MAKING IT A CRUSADE TO ATTACK BASKETBALL GOALS. OKAY? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT HER PROBLEM IS? IT'S THE SAME PERSON. I GOT IT. AND SHE'S ATTACKING EVERYBODY BECAUSE OF ONE MIS ALIGNMENT. DOES SHE HAVE A BAD EXPERIENCE AT IN A CUL-DE-SAC OR, SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SHE HAD GOING ON, BUT ALL I KNOW IS THAT MY SON'S CRYING BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ORANGE STICKER ON HIS BASKETBALL GOAL. ALRIGHT, WELL LET ME, LET ME GET THROUGH THIS MEETING. , LEMME GET THROUGH THIS MEETING AND I'M GONNA TALK TO PERMITTING AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUNCH OF OTHER FOLKS. THEY'RE ALL GOOD PEOPLE AND THEY ALL AGREED THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A WASTE OF THEIR TIME HAVING TO GO PUT STICKERS ON BASKETBALL GOALS. OF COURSE IT'S, BUT YOU KNOW, I KNEW THERE'D BE MORE TO IT THAN JUST THE BASKETBALL GOES. YEP. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE LADY? I HAVE NOT. I WANTED TO GIVE THE CHANCE TO SEE HOW THIS ALL PLAYED OUT. I DON'T WANNA DIRECTLY CONFRONT HER BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING GOOD'S GONNA HER TO ASK WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? BUT WE HAVE SPOKEN TO HER HUSBAND AFTER WE REACHED OUT TO HER EMPLOYER AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS APPALLED AT HER ACTIONS AND WAS GONNA TALK TO HER. SO THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF DRAMA GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES. Y'ALL WENT TO HER JOB, SHE'S NOT GONNA STOP. AND SHE'S GONE ON TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS NOW TOO IN THE AREA. BASICALLY IT'S EXPANDING ALL ACROSS WEST HOUSTON. OKAY? IT'S BECOME A CRUSADE THAT'S GONNA WASTE CITY RESOURCES, GOING TO PUT ORANGE STICKERS ON GOALS. SO WE'RE WASTING THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT'S TIME'S TIME. WE UNDERSTAND, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT SHE'S NOT GONNA GO AWAY, SO WE'VE GOTTA DEAL WITH IT PROPERLY. YEAH. SO GIVE THE DIRECTOR THE DISCRETION TO DEAL WITH. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE ABOUT 200 THINGS I WAS WORKING ON TODAY, BUT THIS WASN'T ONE OF 'EM. BUT WE'LL ADD IT. BUT WE'LL ADD THIS TO THE LIST AND WE'LL EITHER FIND A WAY TO MAKE EXCEPTION, BUT WE DON'T WANT TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT INVOLVED. WE DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO HAVE TO APPLY RIGHT. FOR A VARIANCE OR SOMETHING. ALTHOUGH BEING, BUT YOU CAN ENERGY FOCUSED STILL CALL 8 1 1 BEFORE YOU DIG ANYWHERE BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA HIT A PIPELINE. WE GOT YOU COVERED. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, APPRECIATE Y'ALL COUNCIL HUSBAND. I THINK WE GOT SOME WORK TO DO. UH, NEXT [00:55:01] ERICA HERNANDEZ. MARIA ANOVA . HELLO EVERYONE. UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A BAR CALLED PALAPAS AT 1 9 1 6 BALDWIN STREET. SO THIS BAR IS DIRECTLY SURROUNDED BY FOUR LARGE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEXES, UM, CAMDEN EDGE, UH, PURE STREET APARTMENTS AND POST AND STILL, SOMEHOW THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE AMPLIFIED NOISE PERMIT FOR THEIR MUSIC, EVEN WITH A PERMIT. IN THE PAST YEAR, US, UM, THE NEIGHBORS, WE ISSUED THEM DOZENS OF CITATIONS FOR NOISE VIOLATIONS. IT FINALLY GOT FLAGGED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON PERMIT IN OFFICE. AND IN MAY THERE WAS A HEARING, UH, ABOUT 40 NEIGHBORS SHOWED UP TO THE HEARING TO TESTIFY AGAINST PALAS. PEOPLE SPOKE ABOUT THEIR HEALTH ISSUES, MENTAL, PHYSICAL, UH, CONSEQUENCES OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION. UM, SOME PEOPLE HAVE AUTISTIC KIDS, THEY HAD TO MOVE OUT AND NOT LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS FOR THE DURATION OF THE LEASE. UH, BECAUSE OF THE NOISE ISSUE. WE STRUGGLE WITH SLEEP. OUR BABY STRUGGLES WITH SLEEP. SO AFTER THE HEARING, UM, THE PERMIT WAS REMOVED FOR THEM. BUT A FEW DAYS LATER, THE LAWYERS OF PALAPAS, THEY, UH, FILED A COMPLAINT SAYING THAT, UM, THEY NEVER RECEIVED OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF THE HEARING, UH, EVEN THOUGH THEIR MANAGER WAS THERE. BUT, UM, BECAUSE OF THIS COMPLAINT, THE PERMIT GOT REINSTATED AND NOW THE NEW HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL OF 2025. UM, ALSO, SOME OF THESE CITATIONS ARE FINALLY GOING TO COURT NOW, AND, UH, MY HUSBAND WENT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES AND EVERY SINGLE TIME IT GOT DISMISSED BECAUSE THE POLICE OFFICER DIDN'T SHOW UP. SO WE CANNOT ENFORCE CITATIONS THAT WAY EITHER. SO MY QUESTIONS ARE WHY ARE THEY ALLOWED TO HAVE NOISE PERMIT IF THEY'RE LOCATED IN A VERY DENSELY POPULATED, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREA? UH, WHY WAS IT REINSTATED AFTER IT WAS REMOVED? UM, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME LOOPHOLE FOR THEM RECEIVING, NOT RECEIVING THE LETTER, AND NOW THE NEXT HEARING IS SCHEDULED 11 MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST ONE. AND, UH, WHY POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT SHOWING UP TO, TO COURT TO ENFORCE THE CITATIONS. UM, ALSO THEY'VE BEEN RED TECHED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON BACK IN, UM, JUNE OF THIS YEAR FOR BUILDING A HUGE OUTDOOR STRUCTURE WITH NO PERMITS. AND, UH, SINCE THEN THEY'RE STILL RED TECHED AND THEY STILL OPERATE AS USUAL BECAUSE THEIR BUSINESS HOURS ARE THE OPPOSITE OF CITY WORKERS BUSINESS HOURS. SO THEY JUST WORK EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE RED TECHED FOR MONTHS. UH, AND ALSO LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS ONLY SPECIAL NOISE UNITS OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE ALLOWED TO ISSUE NOISE. CITATIONS AND NOISE UNITS ARE GREAT, BUT, UH, THEY ONLY HAVE LIMITED HOURS AND DAYS THAT THEY'RE WORKING. SO ANY OTHER TIME THAT NOISE, POLICE UNITS ARE NOT ON DUTY, UH, REGULAR POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENFORCE ANY SORT OF, UH, NOISE ORDINANCE. SO EVEN IF THEY GO WAY ABOVE, UM, THE LEGAL LIMITS, THEY'RE NOT, UH, THE POLICE OFFICERS CAN JUST GO THERE AND ASK NICELY, BUT THEY CANNOT ENFORCE IT IN ANY WAY. AND, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. AND THERE'S A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO JUST TRAIN OFFICERS AND USING DECIMAL METERS. I KNOW THEY ALREADY HAVE THEM AT POLICE STATIONS. SO ALL THAT'S NEEDED IS JUST A SIMPLE QUICK TRAINING FOR THEM TO USE THE DECIBEL METER AND, UH, TO AUTHORIZE THEM TO ENFORCE CITATION AT ANY TIME OF DAY AND NOT JUST DEL LIMITED HOURS WHEN THE NOISE UNITS, UH, OF POLICE ARE ON DUTY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILLOR ALCORN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. I'M WELL AWARE OF PALIS AND ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE, HAVE BEEN GOING ON THERE. YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE THING WHEN WE CHANGED THE NOISE ORDINANCE WE BROUGHT FORTH BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DELAYS IN THE COURT THING, YOU NOW, YOU'RE HAVING TO WAIT TILL APRIL OF 25. SOMETIMES POLICE OFFICERS DON'T SHOW UP. SOMETIMES THERE'S AN ERROR IN THE CITATION. MANY TIMES THE, THE DEFENSE, UM, DELAYS IT WITH DIFFERENT TACTICS, SO NOTHING REALLY GETS DONE. SO WE PUT IN THIS ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING SO YOU DIDN'T, YOU COULD AVOID, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO WAIT THAT ALL OUT AND YOU'D BRING, BRING THEM IN. SO WHAT'S THE, I I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS, BUT THEY, THEY GOT NOTICE OF THE HEARING. THEY WENT TO THE HEARING, THE CLUB WENT TO THE HEARING, AND THEN THEY SAY, OH, WE DIDN'T GET NOTICE OF THE HEARING, SO WE'RE LIKE SUING YOU. YEAH, THEY, THEY FILED A LAWSUIT IN DISTRICT COURT AGAINST US RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE CHALLENGING A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE ORDINANCE. SO WE'RE IN LITIGATION WITH RIGHT. WITH THEM OVER THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE. YEAH. UM, AND SO THE DISTRICT COURT HANDED DOWN A RULING WHERE THEY TOLD US YOU MUST TREAT THEM AS IF THEY HAVE A PERMIT AT THIS TIME, EVEN THOUGH WE BELIEVE IT WAS PROPERLY REVOKED AND, AND IT'S, UH, DISTRICT COURT RULING. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. YEAH, IT'S JUST THE SLOW WHEELS OF JUSTICE ON THIS. BUT LET ME SAY THIS, MAYOR AND SOMEBODY PUT IT, I MET WITH SOMEBODY ELSE LAST WEEK ABOUT NOISE AT A DIFFERENT CLUB AND THE CITY, I MEAN, EVERYTHING FAVORS THE, THE BAR, EVERY SINGLE STEP OF THE WAY FAVORS THE CLUB THAT'S OFFENDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY NEIGHBORHOODS FEEL LIKE WHO CARES ABOUT US? I GUARANTEE YOU, IF IF SHE WAS HAVING A HUGE PARTY EVERY NIGHT AND BLARING THE MUSIC OUT HER APARTMENT WINDOW OR, OR OR WHEREVER SHE WOULD BE SHUT DOWN, THERE WOULD BE NO GOING ON. BUT THESE BARS, THEY JUST, THEY HOLD ALL THE CARDS ON THE NOISE ISSUE. AND, AND I KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ IS LOOKING INTO THIS. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS EVAN [01:00:01] SHABAZZ AND CAYMAN AND I HAVE WORKED A LOT ON THIS ISSUE. IT, WE HAVE HAD A SITUATION LIKE THIS IN ANOTHER BAR WHERE THEY CAME TO THE ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING, THEY GOT THEIR PERMIT REVOKED, WE TOOK 'EM TO COURT, THE CITY TOOK THEM TO COURT, WE BEAT 'EM TO THE PUNCH, AND THAT BAR ENDED UP MOVING. SO I THINK LEGAL NEEDS TO BE JUST LIKE, AS SOON AS WE GET, AS SOON AS THEY DON IGNORE US, WE GOTTA GET, WE GOTTA GET TO COURT. COUNCILLOR RAMIREZ. THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN AND THANK YOU, UH, MS. CHAIR NOVA FOR BEING HERE. I'M SORRY YOU'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS, YOU AND YOUR YOUR NEIGHBORS. WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AND UM, IT'S, IT'S MY OPINION THAT, THAT THE ENFORCEMENT PORTIONS OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE ARE NOT, NOT VERY, UH, CONDUCIVE TO ACTUALLY GETTING CONVICTIONS WHEN THERE ARE OFFENSES COMMITTED. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE MIGHT REVISE THAT. UM, BUT I I WANT TO ASK RANDY A QUESTION. SO, UH, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN AN INJUNCTION ISSUED BY THE COURT AND THE WAY IT'S PHRASED IN THIS MEMO THAT HAS BEEN PASSED OUT TO COUNSEL IS, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN ENJOINED IS ENFORCEMENT OF THE PERMIT REVOCATION. UH, IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT IF PPAS CONTINUES TO VIOLATE THE NOISE ORDINANCE, THEY CAN BE CITED AND NOT AND THE CITY WOULDN'T RUN AFOUL OF THAT INJUNCTION? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO, UM, I ASSUME OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOWS THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO ISSUE CITATIONS IF VIOLATIONS CONTINUE TO BE COMMITTED. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, YES. AND I THINK THEY HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE CITATION OR TWO SINCE THE INJUNCTION. OKAY. AT LEAST TO HEAR THAT. AND, UH, MS. CHER NOVA, UM, ARE ANY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE EMPOWERED TO WRITE CITATIONS FOR NOISE VIOLATIONS? UM, THEY DO HAVE, UH, AT LEAST ONE UNIT THAT'S DEDICATED TO NOISE ENFORCEMENT THAT I, I PERSONALLY VISITED, UH, LATE, LATE ONE NIGHT ALONG WASHINGTON. BUT, UM, THE DEPARTMENT COULD USE MORE NOISE METERS, UH, TO HELP. I'M TO, CAN WE, I'M SORRY. CAN WE DONATE TO PURCHASE MORE METERS? YOU? I THINK THERE'S A WAY YOU CAN DO THAT AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT, BUT YES, UM, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, COULD USE MORE SOUND METERS AND, UH, I, I FEEL FOR YOU AND, AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING ON IT TO TRY TO IMPROVE THINGS. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO, UH, IS THERE ANY WAY TO JUST GET A QUICK SUMMARY? ARE THERE ANY ACTION STEPS THAT CAN BE DONE OR WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL APRIL FOR THE, FOR THE NEXT HEARING? I CERTAINLY HOPE WE, WE DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL APRIL AND, AND WE WON'T. AND, UM, I, I'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO GOING FORWARD, BUT PERFECT. I APPRECIATE IT. NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU EVERYONE. JUST SO WE HAVE A QUESTION, BUT, BUT COUNCILOR RAMIREZ, IT APPEARS FOR INFORMATION I HAVE, THE ENFORCEMENT TOOL HAS BEEN USED AND THE, UH, CLUB WENT TO DISTRICT COURT AND SO WE'LL TALK TO LEGAL, BUT THAT KIND OF PUTS IT ON HOLD. UH, I MEAN, WE'VE TAKEN THE STEPS. THEY, UH, THE POLICE AND, UH, USED THE SOUND ORDINANCE TO FILE A COMPLAINT, UM, ACTUALLY IS RECOMMENDING, UH, REMOVAL OF THEIR LICENSE AND THEY WENT TO DISTRICT COURT AND, AND MAYOR, I, I'M MAKING THE ASSUMPTION, PERHAPS I'M WRONG, RANDY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT, UM, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'RE TRYING TO PULL THE PERMIT, IF THEY CAN CONTINUE TO COMMIT VIOLATIONS, THEY CAN BE CITED AND POTENTIALLY CONVICTED IN COURT AND FIND INDEPENDENT OF PULLING THE PERMIT. I MEAN, THE CITY RECOMMENDED REVOCATION OF THE SOUND PERMIT, SO WE SYMPATHIZE AND IT'S A PROBLEM ALL OVER TOWN, QUITE FRANKLY. SO IF YOU WANT THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE TO, TO TACKLE THIS, I SURE WOULD SURE WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT AND COME BACK WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. I MEAN, WE, ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS DRIVE DOWN THE STREET IN MOST COMMUNITIES. I WAS, UH, IN MONTROSE AT AN EVENT, AND ACTUALLY IT WAS SUNDAY NIGHT. I WENT OVER TO HAVE SOME DINNER AT NICO'S AND WENT DOWN BY JR'S AND OTHER AREAS. AND WITH THE NICE WEATHER, UH, IT WAS GOING STRONG, LOUD, YOU GO, THEN YOU COME BACK HOME GOING DOWN WASHINGTON. UH, IT'S JUST A, UH, VERY COMMON, NOT TO MENTION COMMISSIONER, UH, COUNCILOR EVAN SHABA AND I HAVE BEEN OVER EMANCIPATION WITH POLICE ON A SURGE, WROTE ALL TYPES OF CITATIONS, KIND OF WORKS FOR THAT NIGHT, AND THEN THEY GO RIGHT BACK TO THE PRACTICE. SO, UH, MAYBE WE PUT OUR COLLECTIVE MINDS TOGETHER AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN WASHINGTON, WHAT DRIVES ME NUTS IS THEY TAKE, UH, [01:05:01] THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PUT AN OUTDOOR VENUE ALL THE WAY TO THE CITY RIGHT AWAY AND, UH, ALL HECK BREAKS LOOSE. SO WHY DON'T WE MAKE THIS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE DON'T SEE MANY RESULTS. SO I'D BE, I'D BE, UH, VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT YOUR COMMITTEE COULD MAYBE HAVE SOME HEARINGS, BUT AS COUNCILMAN ALQUAN SAYS, WE KNOW THE DILEMMA IS THAT THE, UH, THE ESTABLISHMENTS JUST WEAR OUT THE WEAR DOWN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IF THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD STEP IN, OF COURSE THAT'S RIGHT, MAYOR, AND, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THIS UP AGAIN IN QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE. COUNCILMAN AND, UH, COUNCILOR CAMAN. SORRY, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE SHOULD KEEP ISSUED CITATIONS, BUT AS I SAID, WE WENT TO COURT ABOUT FIVE TIMES AND NOT ONCE WAS IT, UM, ENFORCED BECAUSE POLICE OFFICERS NEVER SHOW UP TO, UM, HEARINGS OR WHAT DO THEY CALL THE COURT DATES, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WITH 'EM. I KNOW PROSECUTOR TRIED SPEAKING WITH 'EM, BUT THEN THEY STILL SHOW WE, I I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, AND I'LL CONTACT THEM AGAIN. BUT WHEN AN OFFICER DOESN'T SHOW, UM, THEIR SUPERVISOR CAN BE CONTACTED AND, YOU KNOW, REPERCUSSIONS CAN FOLLOW FROM THAT. IT JUST, JUST A QUESTION OF HOLDING EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE WHO HAS A ROLE IN THIS? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S, I KNOW YOUR DAUGHTER'S BEEN REALLY PATIENT. UH, I'M LIKE SO IMPRESSED RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE MY SON WOULD NOT, UH, JUST SIT THERE, BUT ONE, THANK YOU. UH, THE MAYOR HAS INDICATED THIS AND IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY. MAYOR, YOU MENTIONED WASHINGTON AVENUE NOW IN SHADY ACRES ON TWO RESIDENTIAL STREETS. WE HAVE BAR AFTER BAR AFTER BAR. SOME OF THESE ARE VERY, SOME ARE GREAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SOME ARE REALLY BAD ACTORS. AND AGAIN, HOMES THAT WERE THERE BEFORE ARE BUILT UP RIGHT UP TO THE PROPERTY LINE. UH, MAYOR, I'M AT THE POINT WHERE WE SHOULD, I SAID THAT AND I JINXED IT. UH, MAYOR, I'M AT THE POINT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE LEGALLY CAN EVEN BE TAKING, WHEN THEY ARE CONSISTENTLY VIOLATING, IF WE CAN EVEN REMOVE THE SOUND APPLICATION EQUIPMENT WHEN THEY ARE IN VIOLATION. AT THIS POINT, I'M, FOR ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO, UH, GIVE THE RESIDENTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND REPOSE THAT THEY DESERVE AFTER WE HAVE SHOWN THAT THE, THEY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE CLEARLY. SO I'M ALL FOR, JUST TAKE THE EQUIPMENT AWAY AT THIS POINT. UM, I DID WANNA LET YOU KNOW THOUGH, YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, HAS FUNDED ADDITIONAL SOUND METERS, UH, FOR THE DISTRICT, FOR ALL OF HPD AND DISTRICT C. WE HAVE BEEN FUNDING THOSE AS WELL. SO I'LL BE, I'M GONNA STOP BECAUSE I KNOW YOUR DAUGHTER NEEDS TO HAVE A BREAK. UM, BUT THANK YOU SHA COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AND IN ADDITION TO TWO, UH, THE, THE SOUND ORDINANCE, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURTS ABOUT WHEN THEY SET THE COURTS, THESE VIOLATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE AT NIGHT. AND SO IT'S REALLY UNFAIR TO A POLICE OFFICER WHO HAS WORKED ALL NIGHT TO BE EXPECTED TO BE IN COURT AT 9:00 AM AND SIT THERE INDEFINITELY. AND SO IF THEY COULD COORDINATE THESE COURT DATES IN THE EVENING SURE. WHERE CERTAINLY THE PERSONS WHO LIVE IN THESE PLACES CAN PROBABLY GET THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE EASILY, UH, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE EVENING AS WELL AS THE POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE NO POLICE OFFICER MEANS NO, UH, COURT. AND SO IF YOU COULD INTERVENE, BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATION, UH, TO JUST TRY TO GET THE, I MEAN, IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE TO ME, BUT YOU KNOW, ABOUT COMMON SENSE, UH, TO HAVE THESE COURT DATES AT NIGHT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. THANK, THANK YOU. THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS IN DISTRICT COURT, STATE DISTRICT COURT, BUT YOU'RE CORRECT ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL PROCESS. UH, NEXT BEVERLY VENABLE. HELLO, I'M BEVERLY VENABLE. I'M HERE FOR THE SECOND TIME, UH, BY MY HOUSE SITUATION. AND I HAD GIVEN PICTURES, I GUESS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN AROUND. YES. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY. ONE OF THE REASONS, [01:10:03] UH, UH, CATHOLIC CHARITY WAS THE, UH, AGENCY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REDOING MY HOUSE BECAUSE OF HARVEY. AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS HAPPENED BETWEEN THAT COURSE OF TIME THAT THEY STARTED TO DO IT, WHICH WAS I THINK 23. AND THEY, UH, I ORIGINALLY HAD GOTTEN A CONTRACT ON BIDS THEY WOULD NOT PAY HIM. SO THEN THEY THEMSELVES COME UP WITH A CONTRACTOR, AND IT'S BEEN A NIGHTMARE EVER SINCE THEY'VE SIDED WITH THE CONTRACTOR SINCE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE. IN ADDITION TO THOSE PICTURES, THE PART THAT HAD ALL OF MY FURNITURE AND CLOTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY TOOK OUTTA THE HOUSE TO SUPPOSEDLY BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK. UH, I WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL IN JUNE AND JULY WHEN I CAME HOME, THE PART WAS GONE. I'VE NOT SEEN THE PART WITH ANY OF MY BELONGINGS OR ANYTHING SINCE THAT. UH, I DID GET HER VISIT LAST THURSDAY FROM A LADY THERE WHO, UH, BROUGHT ME A CHECK AND, UH, A, UH, AGREEMENT TO SIGN. AND I TOLD HER I WOULD NOT SIGN IT UNTIL I TALKED WITH AN ATTORNEY. AND WHEN I DID TALK TO AN ATTORNEY AFTER GOD, HE SAID I'D BE GLAD THAT I DID NOT SIGN IT. THEY DON'T, I, WE CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHY THE CONTRACT, THE, UH, AGENCY IS SIDING WITH THE CONTRACTOR IN THIS. THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO WORK WITH ME AT ALL. ALTHOUGH I WAS THEIR CLIENT. THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO WORK. THEY'RE NOT HEARING NOTHING, I GOT TO SAY, AND I'VE BEEN TO DISTRICT DI ALSO TALKED TO MR. DAVIS THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, SOMEONE FROM HIS OFFICE. AND UNLESS I CALL THESE PEOPLE THAT I DON'T HEAR FROM THEM. SO IT'S LIKE I'M OUT HERE BY MYSELF TRYING TO GET THIS DONE. AND I, I'M AT A POINT NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO OTHER THAN AN ATTORNEY. AND THE AVERAGE ONE, I'VE TALKED TO ONE 5,000 UP FRONT AND I DON'T HAVE IT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY TO SEE IS THERE MAYBE SUGGESTIONS OF SOME HELP OR WHERE I COULD GO OF WHATEVER. BUT IT'S BEGINNING TO BE THAT SITUATION BECAUSE WE COMING UP ON WINTER AGAIN AND I'VE HAD NO AIR, UH, HEAT IN MY HOUSE FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. AND I'M 76 YEARS OLD AND THAT'S NOT A VERY GOOD THING. YES, MA'AM. I'M READING ABOUT YOUR CASE. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS? YES. WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR NOW. IT HAS, WHEN I WENT TO VISIT YOU, AND OF COURSE THE HOUSE WAS IN A TERRIBLE CONDITION THEN. AND THEN I SAW THE PICTURES, UH, AND I KNOW THAT THE CONTRACTOR WAS THERE AND THERE WAS SOME DISCREPANCY ABOUT WHETHER THE WORK WAS PAID FOR AND, AND ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES WAS THERE AS WELL. IT, IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE NOW YOU HAVE GONE AND GOTTEN AN ATTORNEY. AND SO OF COURSE IF IT'S IN LITIGATION THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT NO, I, I TALKED TO AN ATTORNEY. I I'M WHAT HE WANTED 5,000 UP FRONT AND I DON'T HAVE IT. YOU TALKED TO HIM? I'VE TALKED TO AN ATTORNEY. OH, HE WANTED $5,000. YES. OH, . OKAY. AND SO, UM, WE NEED TO TALK TO MAYBE WITH INGRAM AND SEE IF WE CAN GET YOU SOMEWHERE INTO SOME SPACE BECAUSE THEY ARE ADAMANT THAT THEY WANT YOU TO SIGN THIS CHECK SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD THE AGENCY AND YOU ARE NOT YEAH. THE AGENCY AND YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED FOR THE AGENCY AND THE CONTRACTOR, I'M SORRY, THEY WANT ME TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT FOR THE AGENCY. AND I BELIEVE YOU WANTED TO CHANGE THE CONTRACTOR. YOU WANTED TO CHANGE THE CONTRACTOR, DIDN'T YOU? YES. OKAY. AND THEY DID NOT ALLOW THAT. NO. AND SO THE CONTRACTOR WAITING TO GET PAID ALLEGEDLY FOR WHAT PERSON WORK, HE SAYS HE HAS DONE. OKAY. WELL, LET, LET'S, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT WITH INGRAM. AND I KNOW YOU ARE SO TIRED OF TALKING. THIS HAS BEEN, I'M YOUR HOUSE AND I SAW THOSE PICTURES AS IN A DEPLORABLE CONDITION. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET REENGAGED ON THAT. AGAIN, I'M, I'M REALLY, REALLY SORRY THAT YOU'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THIS, BUT YOUR HOME, I MEAN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOUR SANCTUARY AND IT NEEDS TO BE WHERE YOU ARE SATISFIED. AND SO CERTAINLY INGRAM AND I AND MY OFFICE WILL TRY TO INTERVENE TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, GET THEM TO A POINT THAT THEY WILL CERTAINLY, UH, MOVE TO ANOTHER, UH, CONTRACTOR BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT THAT PERSON IS DOING THE WORK AND THAT YOU CAN TRUST WHAT THEY'RE DOING MM-HMM . AND BE SATISFIED WITH THE, WITH THE PRODUCT AT THE END. AND SO, UH, I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE COME DOWN SO THAT WE, WE CAN REENGAGE BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. AND SO THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU MA'AM. [01:15:03] NEXT, MAYA MOORE. LEAH ROMERO. THEODORE CARRERA. ALRIGHT. THE, UH, GENTLEMAN, HE'S GONNA BE PASSING OUT THE, ONCE AGAIN, THE TOPIC TODAY IS IMMIGRATION. AND, UM, I PROVIDED MY SURNAME, WHICH IS CARRERO BECAUSE I WANTED TO, UH, BEGIN THE CONVERSATION, NOT A SPEECH. JUST LET US START TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT DAY. ON DECEMBER 19TH, 1990, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTED THE RESOLUTION ON INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AND THE PROTECTION OF ALL RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS. SO I, I, I DID SOME RESEARCH KIND OF IN ON, IN HONOR OF, UH, LAWRENCE JEROME, FRANCIS PAYNE. HE'S THE ONE THAT, UH, GOT ME INTO SOCIAL JUSTICE. HE PASSED AWAY. HE WAS PROCLAIMED ON DECEMBER 5TH, AND HE'S NO LONGER WITH US THIS MONTH AND OR, OR, UH, IN HOUSTON. BUT HE'S A PREDOMINANT VOCAL GUY. I VOTED YESTERDAY. I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET SEAN TERRY AT THE, UH, WEST GRAY LOCATION. UM, I LIKE COMING EVERY SIX WEEKS TO KIND OF DO SOMETHING. ONE OF THE, UH, SENATORS JOHN CORN. AND HE, UH, RAISED THE, UH, FISCAL BURDEN OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. I GAVE EVERYBODY A DOCUMENT OF SOME RESEARCH OF STUFF THAT I'VE BEEN DOING HERE. UH, BUT BASICALLY JUST WANTED TO TALK IN, UH, ABOUT ALL OF US. WHERE, WHERE DO WE DERIVE FROM PERSONALLY, I JUST FOUND OUT THAT I'M A LITTLE BIT OF WEST WEST INDIAN. I'M A, A NATIVE AMERICAN. I'M EUROPEAN. I'M SCOTTISH. MY LAST NAME'S ITALIAN. SO I KIND OF WANTED YOU GUYS TO GET INTO A DISCUSSION AMONGST EACH OTHER, MAYBE SHARING FOODS AND FIGURING OUT WHERE EVERYBODY COMES FROM, UH, OPENING UP A A, A GOOD POSITIVE ENCOURAGEMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, IMMIGRATION SINCE A LOT OF US DERIVED FROM, UH, MANY DIFFERENT PLACES SINCE I'VE, I'VE SPOKEN WITH, UH, MR. THOMAS H KRICK THAT MR. RAMIREZ KNOWS. I'VE ALSO ADDED THE, UM, THE, UH, COUPLE PEOPLE IN THE SOCIAL JUSTICE REALM THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO HELP. UH, ONE SAMUEL, UH, RAMIREZ GONZALEZ, HE'S AN IMMIGRANT THAT IS TRYING TO GET HIS SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. SO LIKE, PEOPLE COME IN HERE, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING. I SHARED IT WITH MR. CASTILLO, WITH RAMIREZ AND MR. MARTINEZ. HE LIVES IN THE NORTH SIDE. HE HAS THREE DIFFERENT SOCIALS THAT HE WORKED WITH. AND, UH, HE'S BEING DENIED SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, SO I'M TRYING TO GET HIM HELP. AND THEN THERE'S A LADY NAMED WILLIE, UH, WILLIE, MARY WHITAKER KELLER. SHE'S FILLED OUT AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING THING. AND I GAVE THAT TO THE MAYOR AND I THINK I GAVE IT TO MR. BULLARD OR MRS. CLARK. THERE'S A LADY BASICALLY THAT'S TRYING TO GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, FROM IMMIGRATION, I, I, I TRY TO COME HERE EVERY SIX WEEKS AND DO SOMETHING THE MAYOR KID'S TELLING ME, DO SOMETHING GOOD. I'M WORKING WITH A, UH, A CS. WE NEED ALL THE SENATORS TO SIGN THE CANCER PROMISE. I'M WORKING AT, UH, MAIN STREET THEATER EVERY SATURDAY IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME AND TAKE OUT THEIR LOVED ONE, UH, AT RICES VILLAGE. AND I DID MY VOTING DUTY, AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING MUCH TO SAY. AND, AND JUST OPEN UP THE CONVERSATION FOR IMMIGRATION AND LET US ALL LIKE, KIND OF DIVULGE INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS TO BE WHERE YOU'RE FROM. AND, UH, AND YOU GUYS CAN SHARE THAT AMONGST EACH OTHER OVER FOOD. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A NEGATIVE SITUATION, BUT I KNOW WE DO HAVE A, A BURDEN OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ON THE TAXPAYERS. SO I, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST, I FIGURED, LET ME COME UP HERE AND DO SOMETHING. THAT'LL BE SIX WEEKS. I'VE TALKED ABOUT SIX DIFFERENT THINGS AND I FIGURED, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE BACK IN SIX WEEKS AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HELP THOSE TWO PEOPLE WITH ALL THE INFORMATION I GAVE AND WE COULD LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT EACH OTHER IN TERMS OF IMMIGRATION AND HOW WE COULD, UH, CHANGE THE RHETORIC AND THE NARRATIVE, UH, AMONGST, YOU KNOW, OUR REPRESENTATIVES. AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. PRETTY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. MR. RAMIREZ. COUNCILOR RAMIREZ, SIR? YEAH. COUNCILOR RAMIREZ HAS, UH, COMMENTS. THANK, THANK YOU FOR MR. CARRERO. I I WILL REVIEW YOUR PACKET. YEAH. UH, TAKE YOUR TIME. I, I SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. I I TRY TO BRING SOMETHING FOR YOU, FOR EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I KNOW ONE MINUTE OR THREE MINUTES I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, RUN AROUND AND JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MUMBLE. OKAY. BUT I APPRECIATE IT. IT'S, THERE'S, LIKE I SAID, WHEN I TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION, YOU KNOW, WE ALL COME FROM SOMEWHERE AND I'M TRYING TO HELP SOMEBODY IN THE NORTH SIDE. HE JUST WANTS TO GET HIS BENEFITS. HE'S WORKED, HE'S BEEN HERE SINCE 1962 AND HE'S OF A LATIN CULTURE. AND THEN I GOT WITH MR. NERRICK AND [01:20:01] I DID SOME WORK LAST TIME. MY SPEECH WASN'T THAT GOOD. ONLY GOT A MINUTE. I FELT RUSHED. IT WAS AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND SO I FIGURED I GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION IF YOU GUYS COULD FOLLOW UP. I MEAN, HE'S A, HE'S OF OF MEXICAN DESCENT AND SO I KIND OF TAKE IT PERSONAL 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE A GRANDFATHER NO MORE. AND HE'S KIND OF OLDER AGE. AND SO I TRY TO VISIT HIM ONCE A MONTH. AND, UM, HE ASKED ME TO HELP HIM. HE OFFERED ME MONEY, BUT I, I DENIED IT. AND HE JUST WANTS HIS BENEFITS. SOCIAL SECURITY SAYS THEY ARE, THEY HAVE HIS BENEFITS. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF APPROVING HIS IDENTITY WITH HIS PASSPORT AND GETTING ALL THE DOCUMENT, UH, OKAY. THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS. THANK, THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. OKAY? YEAH, NO PROBLEM. APPRECIATE IT. SEE WHAT I CAN DO. ALRIGHT, TAKE CARE. NEXT. VIN PINON. JACKIE GREENWOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE. OKAY. AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT'S HERE. UH, MY NAME IS JACKIE GREENWOOD. I AM, UH, REPRESENTING 24 HOUR TIRE. UM, I CAME BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH GETTING, UM, THIS PROPERTY SWITCHED OVER FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL. UH, THIS IS A BUSINESS, AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS WHERE WE, UM, SELL TIRES, UH, HELP THE COMMUNITY OUT. WE GET SO MANY ACCOLADES ABOUT BEING THERE, BEING HERE FOR THE CUSTOMERS. UM, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET, UH, THIS PROPERTY REPLANTED. WE HIRED A COMPANY TO DO THE REPL AND THEY, UH, CAME UP ON A ROADBLOCK WITH THE CITY, WITH THE CITY OF, UH, HOUSTON THROUGH PLAN REVIEW STATING THAT THIS WAS A DEED, THERE WAS A DEED RESTRICTION THERE. AND SO THIS DEED WAS, UM, CREATED BACK IN 1950. AND IT WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, WAS SUPPOSED TO EXPIRE, UH, WITHIN LIKE 25 YEARS. BUT WE HAVE OTHER, WE'RE, WE'RE SITTING BETWEEN TWO OTHER BUSINESSES. ONE OF THEM IS CANDY STRIPE, AND THE OTHER IS A, A FABULOUS FURNITURE STORE. AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET THIS PROPERTY REPLANTED TO BECOME RE, UH, FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL SO THAT WE CAN, UH, ACQUIRE OUR OCCUPATIONAL, I MEAN OUR OCCUPANCY PERMIT. SO WE ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY IT'S, WE, WE CAN'T GET THIS DONE WHEN WE ARE SITTING BETWEEN OTHER BUSINESSES. AND I DO HAVE PICTURES. OKAY. SO WE HAD A, A REPL COMPANY AND THEY SPOKE WITH THE, THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IT, WE COULD NOT GET THE, GET THIS DONE BECAUSE OF THE DEED RESTRICTION. AND SO, UM, THIS WAS MY NEXT STEP WAS TO TRY TO ESCALATE THIS TO SEE IF WE COULD GET SOME TYPE OF HELP, YOU KNOW, ASSISTANCE IN GETTING THIS DONE SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE ON WITH BUSINESS. WE, WE HAVE FIVE LOCATIONS HERE IN, IN HOUSTON, AND THIS ONE IS THE ONE THAT IS GIVING US THE PROBLEM WITH TRYING TO GET THE, UM, GET AN OCCUPANCY PERMIT. SO, MS. GREENWOOD? YES. UH, THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE SHOWS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED YOUR PERMIT SO YOU DON'T HAVE A PERMIT. WE APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT. WE APPLIED FOR THE OCCUPANCY PERMIT AND THEY KICKED IT BACK, OR THEY, UH, WE COULDN'T GO ANY FURTHER WITH, WITH IT. SO YOU DIDN'T GET THE OCCUPANCY PERMIT, BUT YOU HAVE YOUR ORIGINAL PERMIT TO HAVE THE BUSINESS LOCATED THERE, BECAUSE WHEN WE PULLED THE PERMIT LIST, IT SHOWS THAT YOU RECEIVED THE PERMIT. IS THIS IS AT, AT, THIS IS AT 53 0 2 BATTAN BATON. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE IT. WHAT, WHAT ADDRESS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 53 0 2 BATAN. IT'S NOT THE, THE, THE 1514, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE IT. OKAY. THIS IS 1419 SOUTH LOOP. NO, IT'S 14. THAT IT'S 53 0 2 BATAN. THAT'S ON [01:25:01] MARTIN MARTIN LUTHER KING, AND IT'S B AS IN BOY, A T AS IN TOM, A A N AND THAT'S AT MARTIN LUTHER KING AND SIX 10 RIGHT THERE. OKAY, SO THAT'S IN DISTRICT D? YES, IT'S DISTRICT D. SO YOU RECEIVED THE OTHER ONE? YES. YES. OKAY. YES. YEAH. SO WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS, UH, PERMITTED, BUT WE WE'RE HITTING THE ROADBLOCK STATING THAT THERE'S A DEED RESTRICTION THERE, UH, THAT IS KEEPING US FROM GETTING THE, THE GETTING IT REPLANTED FROM RE RESIDENTIAL TO, TO COMMERCIAL. AND THERE'S A FURNITURE STORE ON, ON ONE SIDE OF US AND, AND A CANDY STRIPE DAYCARE ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FURNITURE STORE, THERE'S ANOTHER, IT USED TO BE A RESALE STORE. SO WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE ISSUE HERE FOR US NOT BEING ABLE TO GET WHAT WE HA WHAT WE NEED. AND WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY TRYING TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. SO I'M LOOKING FOR, WE'RE, WE'RE REACHING OUT FOR SOME ASSISTANCE IF IT, IF ANY, OR ANSWERS MS. GREENWOOD, LET ME WORK WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT, UM, WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO TO TRY TO GET YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER SHABAZZ IS, IS YOUR, IS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. BUT, UM, I KNOW YOU GOT THE OTHER PERMITS THAT YOU HAVE, SO LET US LOOK AND SEE WHAT THOSE D RESTRICTIONS SAY. UM, AND THEN WE CAN TRY TO CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO TRY TO GET THIS, UM, WORKING SO YOU CAN GET THE BUSINESS OPEN. I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE, UH, WE JUST DON'T, IT'S LIKE WE'RE BUMPING OUR HEADS BECAUSE THERE'S TWO OTHER BUSINESS THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THERE. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OPEN AND THEY'RE DOING BUSINESS. AND WE DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THOSE SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM. THESE RESTRICTIONS ARE VERY, VERY OLD. UM, AND WE NEED TO JUST LOOK AND SEE WHAT THOSE D RESTRICTIONS SAY AND, AND, AND WE CAN CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP. OKAY. FOR SURE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. I WAS LOOKING FOR INGRAM IN MY OFFICE AND SHE MAY STEPPED OUT RIGHT THERE. OH, IF YOU COULD GET WITH INGRAM, WE WILL WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH YOU. OKAY. UH, I DID, I BELIEVE JOYCE OWENS REACHED OUT TO YOU. YES. JOYCE O. OWENS THAT WHO WE HIRED AS THE REPLANTING COMPANY. RIGHT? RIGHT. AND, UH, YES, SHE'S, SHE HAS BEEN, SHE'S THE ONE THAT TOLD US THAT WE, THAT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AT PLAN REVIEW AT THE CITY STATED THAT THEY COULDN'T DO IT. THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE OTHER TWO BUSINESSES WERE ABLE TO GET THE, GET WHAT THEY NEEDED, THE CANDY, STRIPE, AND THE, UM, STORE. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YES. OKAY. THAT THEY DID THAT, THAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO THEM BEING IN THE OFFICE. I SAID, WELL, THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF DOCUMENTATION AS TO HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IT. AND IF, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAXPAYERS AS WELL, AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS AND WE CAN'T GET THE, WHAT WE NEED. OKAY. WE'LL GET WITH INGRAM AND WE'LL WORK, UH, MORE CLOSELY WITH YOU. AND THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR TIM FOR THAT AS WELL. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. SHERRY BUTLER. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING, MY NAME IS SHERRY BUTLER. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING, UH, ME TO SPEAK, UH, TO THE COUNCIL AND TO YOU. MAYOR WHITMAR. UM, YOU SET THREE SUPERSTARS TO ASSIST US. REBECCA, ELI AND JAMES HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT. REBECCA CAME TO OUR LOCATION AND ASKED FOR THE PARTICULARS AND IF WE COULD GET OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED THE DAY AFTER. SO THAT WAS WEDNESDAY. SO WITHIN A WEEK'S TIME, WE'VE HAD THREE OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS ASSIST US DIRECTLY AND GAVE US EMAILS, CARDS, PHONE NUMBERS. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, DAVIS AND RAMIREZ, AND, UM, MARTINEZ AND JACKSON ASK ALL THE RIGHT QUESTIONS LAST WEEK OF OUR PROPERTY OWNERS. BUT I WANTED TO, I WAS TOLD I COULD COME AND THERE COULD BE A REBUTTAL. SO I'M GONNA READ THIS BECAUSE I'M AFRAID. I, I KNOW THERE'S LIMITED TIME AND YOUR TIME IS VERY VALUABLE. THAT, SO THIS IS THE REBUTTAL AGAINST WHAT I HEARD. SOME OF IT IS ANECDOTAL BECAUSE I WASN'T [01:30:01] THERE, BUT I WILL RELAY THE MOST RE JUST STATEMENT I HEARD AT THE COUNCIL LAST WEEK WAS THAT BLAZER WAS THERE ON SITE HANDLING WATER, ICE OPENING THE GREAT ROOM WITH A GENERATOR TO CHARGE PHONES, TRANSISTOR, RADIOS, ET CETERA. I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER BEEN A PLAN IN PLACE BY MANAGEMENT TO HELP SENIORS. TRUE. THERE WAS A NOTICE SENT OUT ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY OF FLASH LIGHTS, WATER, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AS INDIVIDUALS. AND THE CITY HAD SENT OUT, AND I DISTRIBUTED TO THE PEOPLE THIS, AND I POSTED IT SO THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OURSELVES. UM, BUT I, THERE'S NO, I'VE NEVER SEEN THE MASTER PLAN BECAUSE NO ONE ASKED RESIDENTS WHO ARE, WHICH ARE THE ONES WHO ARE OXYGEN DEPENDENT, NEED REFRIGERATION FOR THEIR INSULIN NEED ASSISTED BEING CARRIED DOWNSTAIRS UNTIL THE POWERS RESTORED. BLAZER SHOWED UP AFTER THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. AGAIN, I WAS NOT THERE, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANTED ME TO SAY TODAY. BLAZER SHOWED UP AFTER THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BECAME ENGAGED AND SENT METRO BUSES. THERE WAS A GROUP CALLED HOPE THAT HAD TRUCKS. IT WAS THERE PASSING OUT SOMETHING. AND THEN THE MEDIA CAME, UM, THE FIVE IN INDIVIDUALS WHO I ASKED TO NAIL DOWN A TIMEFRAME. WHEN WAS, WHEN DID YOU GET HELP? ALL EXPLAINED, IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BECAME ENGAGED BECAUSE, UH, COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ STAFF MEMBER HAS A PARENT THERE. THAT'S NOT, I DON'T KNOW THAT TO BE ANY OF THAT TO BE TRUE. AND I'M SURE BLAZE CAN TELL US MORE. UM, BUT THEY ALL AGREED THAT THE EVENING OF DAY FIVE WAS WHEN HELP STARTED SHOWING UP THE BLAZER. PEOPLE WERE NOT THERE TILL DAY SIX. I'M NOT SAYING THAT WAS TRUE OR NOT, I'M JUST REPEATING. WHAT I TRIED TO DO WAS GET PEOPLE, THEY'RE SO AFRAID OF RETALIATION. SO I TRIED TO MAKE KIND OF A MIND MAP. 'CAUSE I'M AN EDUCATOR BECAUSE I WORKED IN CORPORATE AMERICA FOR SO LONG, AND I KNOW HOW SOMETIMES PICTURES CAN HELP PEOPLE TELL THEIR STORIES. ALTHOUGH WE WERE PROMISED NO RETALIATION, AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED, UH, MR. KELLY TO ASSURE ALL FOUR OF US WOMEN THAT WERE RESIDENTS HERE, THAT THERE WOULD BE NO RETALIATION. HE TURNED, AND HE DID INFORM US THAT THE RESIDENTS DON'T TRUST THEM AT ALL BECAUSE OF PAST BEHAVIOR. AND SO, I'M NOT SAYING ALL RESIDENTS DON'T TRUST THEM. THEY HAVE A CERTAIN CONTINGENCY THAT ARE HAPPY AND ARE VERY DELIGHTED TO BE THERE. AND I'M DELIGHTED TO BE THERE. WE JUST NEED ATTENTION TO WHAT IS THE PLAN OF EMERGENCY? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO COMPUTE TO, UH, COMMUNICATE? SO HERE'S THE REAL DEAL. HERE'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE ALL NEED TO ADDRESS. IT'S THE COMMUNICATION. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. I SET, I HAVE A SET OF LETTERS. I WAS INFORMED BY YOUR OFFICE THAT IF I BROUGHT THESE LETTERS TO Y'ALL ATTENTION THAT JAMES WOULD HELP US PASS IT OUT. SO I'VE DONE WHAT I'VE ASKED. I'M GONNA BE HERE EVERY TUESDAY BECAUSE I HAVE THIS LIST, AND THAT'S WHY THEY DID COME AND SEND ME THEIR LETTERS OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE SO FAR. THERE'S A RED CHECK AND I AM GONNA HOLD THAT. AND WHEN IS THE ACTION ITEM AND THE COMPLETION DATE? HOLD ON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. YES, MA'AM. VICE MAYOR PROTON. VICE MAYOR PROAM. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND SHERRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE MAYOR IS THE ONE WHO SENT THE METRO BUS AND ALL OF THE SUPPLIES, AND WE WORKED WITH VOLUNTEERS TO GET THAT OUT THERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE MAYOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THAT METRO COOLING BUS OUT THERE DURING THE STORM. SO I DO WANNA GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR GETTING THAT OUT THERE FOR EVERYONE. UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, MEMBERS FROM BLAZER HAVE MET WITH, UM, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS RECENTLY TO ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS, AND I HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH THEM SOON AS WELL. UM, AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ALSO WANTED TO MEET WITH ME, AND WE ARE SCHEDULING THAT MEETING AS WELL. SO THERE'S MORE TO COME WITH MAKING SURE THAT ALL EVERYTHING GETS CORRECTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND NEXT WEEK I'M GOING TO GO OVER ALL THE MEMBERS THAT I MENTIONED BY NAME, ASK THE CORRECT QUESTIONS, BUT THE ANSWERS WERE NOT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO. SO I'LL BE BACK NEXT TUESDAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND WAIT. THANK YOU. . NEXT. ANNA HARRIS, [01:35:02] HOW ARE YOU? THANKS FOR BEING HERE. YEAH, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAVING OUR LIVES. YOU TRULY DID. UM, MY NAME IS ANNA HARRIS AND I AM AN EIGHT YEAR RESIDENT AT CAMPAN ISLAND JUSTICE PARK DRIVE, WHICH IS NOT AN ASSISTED LIVING, BUT AN ACTIVE SENIOR COMMUNITY. AT LAST WEEK'S MEETING, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON QUESTIONED CHRIS CAMERON ABOUT ATTENDANCE RIGHT. ATTENDANCE RIGHT. A TENANT'S RIGHTS GROUP. AND HER REPLY TO HER WAS, WELL, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL TENANT. THE REAL TRUTH IS, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MANAGEMENT THAT ACCORDING TO OUR LEASE, WE CANNOT GATHER AS A GROUP TO BRING ISSUES TO MANAGEMENT. WHEN A TENANT OF OUR COMMUNITY GOES TO MANAGEMENT WITH A COMPLAINT, WE ARE TOLD, PUT IT IN WRITING. MANY RESIDENTS HAVE REPORTED TO ME, AND I HAVE, UH, HAD THE SAME INCIDENTS THAT, UM, APPARENTLY THE COMPLAINTS EITHER GET THROWN AWAY OR FILED AWAY BECAUSE THERE'S RARELY EVER RE A REPLY, UH, IN AN EFFORT TO KIND OF BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER, I ASKED OUR MANAGER THERE ON SITE IF I COULD WRITE A NEWSLETTER, AND SHE GAVE ME PERMISSION. SO I CREATED IT, AND IT WAS BASICALLY SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS. OF COURSE, IT WAS OUR NEWSLETTER. THE NAME OF IT WAS LOVE THY NEIGHBOR. AND IT WAS JUST, UM, MY EFFORT TO KIND OF PULL US ALL TOGETHER, GET SOME PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR APARTMENTS. I'VE LIVED THERE EIGHT YEARS, AND I CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU THAT I PROBABLY ONLY KNOW ABOUT 40 PEOPLE THERE BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE STAY IN AND WE NEVER SEE 'EM. WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH RULES THERE THAT WE'RE AFRAID IF WE BREAK, WE'LL LOSE OUR HOMES. SO, UM, MY REQUEST IS I WANT AN ACTION ITEM FROM MANAGEMENT CALLED CAMP O'NEAL TENANTS RIGHTS GROUP TO BE STARTED SO THAT THE TENANTS ISSUES CAN BE ADDRESSED. AND WE HAVE A MONTHLY CALENDAR, AND I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO BE ON THE CALENDAR EVERY MONTH SO EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A NOTIFICATION IN PLENTY OF TIME AND IN, AND THAT WAY WE CAN MEET AS A GROUP AS RESIDENTS SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT OUR ISSUES TO MANAGEMENT. UM, ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANNA ADDRESS TODAY ARE OUR DARK PARKING LOTS. UM, WE NEED LIGHTS AND CAMERAS IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE IT IS SO DANGEROUS. UM, IT'S SO DARK. I'M A NANNY. I GET HOME SOMETIMES IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING AND TO WALK IN OUT OF, GET OUTTA MY CAR, PARK IT IN DARK, DARK SITUATION, AND TO GET OUTTA MY CAR AND WALK TO MY APARTMENT, IT'S ABSOLUTELY SCARY. UM, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE YOU FINISHED? WELL, I HAVE ONE MORE LITTLE STATEMENT. SURE. AND I WANT THIS FOR THE RECORD. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I'VE LIVED THERE EIGHT YEARS AND LAST TUESDAY IS THE VERY FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER SEEN CHRIS CAMERON. AND I HAD JUST HEARD, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO SHE WAS, TO BE HONEST. I HAD NEVER, IT HAD NEVER, SHE COULDN'T, NONE OF THAT HAD EVER BEEN MADE PUT, UM, ANY OF, YOU KNOW, TO ANY OF OUR KNOWLEDGE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND, UH, REBECCA WILLIAMS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE WILL BE BACK BECAUSE WE'VE JUST TOUCHED THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. SO SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. ALRIGHT. BE SAFE NEXT. NATHAN KELLY, MAYOR. GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAYOR PROTI. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UH, AS I SAID BEFORE, UH, BLAZER TAKES THE CONCERNS OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. I'VE HAD PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH MS. BUTLER AND WITH MANY OTHER MEMBERS, UH, OF OUR COMMUNITY, BOTH THOSE THAT ARE EXPRESSING, UH, CONCERNS AND THOSE THAT ARE ELATED TO LIVE AT CAMPANELLA AT JUSTICE PARK. UH, WE HOSTED A BRIEFING, AS WAS MENTIONED YESTERDAY. WE HAD OVER TWO DOZEN FOLKS COME. UH, WE [01:40:01] HEARD FEEDBACK RANGING FROM COMMUNICATION ISSUES TO OPERATIONAL ISSUES, TO WANTS AND NEEDS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO OFFER. UM, WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION. UH, WE'VE, UH, SET UP MEETINGS WITH MANY OF YOUR OFFICES TO ADDRESS MATTERS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK. AND OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO PROVIDE SAFE, SANITARY, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE MEETING THAT OBJECTIVE AT CAMPANELLA JUSTICE PARK AND ACROSS OUR PORTFOLIO. SORRY, THAT FELT QUICK. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO. TIM, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING, NATHAN. YES, SIR. QUESTION, UM, THESE CONCERNS THAT, THAT THESE RESIDENTS ARE MAKING ARE CERTAINLY SERIOUS CONCERNS. AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT ON LAST WEEK WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE PROCESS, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE IT PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN IN ORDER TO RECTIFY. THERE WERE TWO PARTICULAR AREAS I WAS CONCERNED WITH. ONE IS THE CHARGES OR REPAIRS, REPLACEMENTS AND, AND ITEMS. ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT LIST OF MULTIPLE LIST OF ITEMS THAT YOU REQUIRE THE TENANTS TO PAY? AND I'M SURE THAT MOSTLY EVERYBODY THERE IS A RETIREMENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, I AM AWARE THERE IS AN ADDENDUM AS PART OF A LEASE. IT'S STANDARD ACROSS ALL MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITIES, NOT SPECIFIC TO OURS, THAT OUTLINES, UH, THE COST OF SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT ANY GIVEN TIME, INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE DAMAGED, BROKEN, UH, UH, OR, OR THE LIKE. SO, UH, WHEN A LEASE IS EXECUTED UPFRONT, WHEN WHEN A LEASE IS RENEWED, THAT THAT LEASE DOCUMENT AND ANY ADDENDUM RELATED TO IT, INCLUDING THAT EXHIBIT IS PRESENTED TO THE RESIDENT, UH, PRIOR TO EXECUTION. AND OF COURSE, IT LISTS THAT, IT LISTS THE FACT THAT THE, THE PRICES CAN CHANGE THE PRICE OF THE ITEM DURING THE TERM OF THEIR LEASE. I, I'LL, I'LL GET THIS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR YOU AND PROVIDE YOU A WHOLE LEASE PACKET. THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S WORDED. OKAY. UM, IT IS A TAA TEXAS DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATION STANDARD FORMAL LEASE AND MASTER LEASE ADDENDUM FOR HOUSING TAX CREDIT FINANCE COMMUNITIES. UH, AND, AND THEN IT'S GOT, UH, SOME COMPANY SPECIFIC POLICIES, BUT THE WHOLE PACKAGE WILL COME TO YOU. SO, SO, SO WHAT MY OTHER CONCERN WOULD BE, HAVE YOU ALL THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE HAVING A COMMUNITY GROUP OF THE RESIDENTS THAT COME TOGETHER THAT CREATE, YOU KNOW, A YES SIR RESIDENTIAL GROUP IN THAT BODY FOR CONCERNS AND INTERESTS, RATHER THAN BY WHETHER THE MANAGER, SO AFTER THAT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK, I CAN TELL YOU, UH, AT ONE POINT THE STANDARD FORM LEASE RESTRICTED THAT, UH, THAT IS NO LONGER PART OF THE LEASE DOCUMENTS. AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN, UH, IT WASN'T CHANGED LAST WEEK, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT, RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO THAT WAS CHANGED, BUT SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 5, 6, 7, 8 YEARS, THAT ORIGINAL LEASE PROBABLY HAD THAT RESTRICTION IN IT. THE LEASES THAT HAVE BEEN EXECUTED WITHIN THE LAST 1224, WHAT HAVE YOU MONTHS DOES NOT HAVE THAT RESTRICTION IN IT. AND SO, UH, AS I MENTIONED, UH, TO THE GROUP OF FOLKS THAT WE MET WITH YESTERDAY, UH, MYSELF AND A ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE OWNERSHIP GROUP ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO, UH, COME TO THE PROPERTY PERIODICALLY. UM, AND WE WILL KIND OF DO A BLAST NOTIFICATION AS TO WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE THERE SO THEY CAN BRING THOSE TO US. BUT, UM, WE ARE ALSO KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO, UH, UM, JUST LET THEM FORM A RESIDENT COUNCIL, IF YOU WILL, SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO, UH, COLLECT THESE, UH, THESE THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS AND, AND ELEVATE 'EM TO OUR TEAM. AND I THINK, THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA. I I REALLY DO. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT EFFORT IN THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK AND, UH, THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS GOING TO FOLLOW UP, AND I HOPE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAD DISCUSSED, I I PLAN TO COME AND, UH, INTERACT YES, SIR. INFORMATION ON IT, AND I WELCOME THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. UH, ANY COMMENTS OR ASSURANCES, UH, DEALING WITH THE BULLYING AND, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT RAMIFICATIONS OF THEIR SPEAKING OUT? I MEAN, YES, SIR. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND. WE, I MENTIONED LAST WEEK THAT IT, IT, OUR COMPANY POLICY AND OUR REPUTATION ARE STAKED ON, UH, DOING WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO. RIGHT? AND WE DO NOT RETALIATE AGAINST RESIDENTS. UH, WE HAVE HAD SPECIFIC CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT CERTAIN THINGS THAT WERE SAID WERE NOT SAID, UH, AND THAT, UH, NO RETALIATION IS BEING TAKEN. I'LL, I'LL GRANT YOU, WE HAD SOME FAILURES RELATED TO OUR RESPONSE TO THE DIRE SHOW. UH, OUR TEAM WAS ON SITE, BUT IT WASN'T AS VISIBLE AS IT NEEDED TO BE. WE WEREN'T AS AGGRESSIVE IN, [01:45:01] UH, COORDINATING WITH LOCAL RESOURCES TO GET, UH, WATER AND FOOD AND, AND FOLKS INTO COOLING CENTERS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT, AND I BELIEVE WE MADE THOSE CORRECTIONS THAT WERE NECESSARY AHEAD OF BARREL AND DID NOT HAVE THE SAME ISSUES THERE. UM, BUT TO THAT END, I CAN ASSURE YOU, UH, NO RETALIATION, UH, FROM OUR TEAM TO OUR RESIDENTS AS A RESULT OF CONCERNS BEING BROUGHT TO US. BUT THAT SAID, WE DO, WE DO NEED THOSE CONCERNS TO BE PROVIDED TO US IN WRITING. THAT WAY WE CAN TRACK AND, UH, AND FOLLOW UP ON THEM. THERE IS A PROTOCOL IN PLACE. UH, AN ONSITE TEAM MEMBER CANNOT, UH, RESPOND TO A CONCERN ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT IT BEING ELEVATED TO THEIR REGIONAL MANAGER. UH, THAT REGIONAL MANAGER CAN REVIEW THE CONCERN, DRAFT A RESPONSE, UH, UH, ALONGSIDE THE, THE ONSITE TEAM MEMBER. BUT NOTHING, NOTHING GETS REPORTED ON SITE AND, AND, AND STOPS ON SITE. OKAY? JUST DON'T MAKE IT COMPLICATED. OKAY? YES, SIR. UNDERSTOOD. CUT THROUGH, CUT THROUGH THE RED TAPE, AND HAVE A MANAGER ON SITE THAT'S SENSITIVE AND HAS DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE OWNERSHIP. AND DURING A CRISIS OR SOME OF THESE, UH, BROKEN ITEMS, JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MAKING A GOOD RETURN. SO MAINTAIN THE STANDARDS THAT WE WOULD ALL EXPECT. YES, SIR. AND, AND THAT IS OUR ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE. I KNOW, UH, MEMBERS FROM, UH, YOUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT WERE ON OUR SITE YESTERDAY. THEY WERE THERE AGAIN THIS MORNING. UH, THEY CONSIDERED A COUPLE OF CONCERNS THAT THE RESIDENTS HAD HAD REPORTED LAST WEEK. UH, THERE WERE NO FINDINGS AS IT RELATES TO EITHER OF THOSE VISITS, BUT THERE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ADDITIONAL EDUCATION THAT WE COULD PROVIDE TO OUR RESIDENTS WITH RESPECT TO WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE FLUSHED DOWN COMMODES. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. NEXT, JOE TODO. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. SPEAKING OF MIKE, PLEASE. YES, SIR. GET MY BEARINGS. SO YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO COME CATCH MORE FLIES WITH HONEY THAN YOU DO VINEGAR. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT. THIS IS PROBABLY THE SIXTH TIME I'VE COME HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE HOMELESS PEOPLE AROUND MY PROPERTY OVER ON CROSS TIMBERS. UH, I'VE OWNED IT FOR FIVE YEARS NOW, GOING ON SIX. AND, UM, OF ALL THE ISSUES WE'VE REPORTED THE POLICE HAVE SOLVED ONE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE I'VE DONE ALL THE WORK FOR THEM. NOW, I VOLUNTEERED FOR THE POLICE. I WAS ON THE OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. I LOVE THE POLICE. I'M NOT ONE OF THESE DE FUNDERS. OKAY? BUT I GOT A NOTICE FROM Y'ALL OR SOME BECAUSE OF ORDINANCE 1124 SAYING THAT I, I WAS PUT ON A REMEDIAL LIST. OKAY? UH, BECAUSE I GUESS I CALLED TOO MANY TIMES, OR MY STAFF CALLED MY PEOPLE CALLED TOO MANY TIMES WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS IN TOWN. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THERE. I'VE POINTED OUT, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS AN INSULT TO ME. OKAY? YOU ASKED ME TO PAY $400 SO THAT I CAN WORK WITH AN OFFICER AND HE CAN COME HELP. I'VE BEEN TO THE NORTH SIDE STATION, I'VE TALKED TO DRT, I'VE HAD THEM COME OUT. I'VE ASKED THEM TO COME OUT. OKAY? I PUT UP A TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT WHEN WE MAKE A PHONE CALL, IF YOU GOT, IF THE POLICE SHOW UP TWO HOURS LATER, FOUR HOURS LATER OR NOT AT ALL. SO YOU SOLVE NOTHING AND THEN YOU HAVE THE, THE NERVE TO SEND ME ONE OF THESE THINGS. OKAY? SO HERE'S PICTURES OF GUYS. THIS IS THREE MONTHS AFTER I MOVED IN. THIS GUY BROKE INTO MY, UH, MY YELLOW STORAGE, STEALING MY LAWNMOWER. OKAY? CAN GO DOWN IT. HERE'S ANOTHER GUY STEALING, UH, PART OF MY WASHER. UH, LET'S SEE. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF A GUY LEAPING OVER MY FENCE. THE GATE, IT'S GATED. HE LEAVES OVER THE FENCE, HE HACKS MY GATE AND HE LETS TWO CARS IN SO THEY CAN HAVE AT IT. HERE'S ANOTHER GUY I CALL, I CALL THIS GUY CORNROW. UH, HE CAME IN AND BROKE INTO ONE OF MY APARTMENT, STOLE $600 WORTH OF TOOLS. THIS GUY BREAKS, COMES ON THE PROPERTY AND JUST KICKS MY DOOR AND BREAKS THE FRAME AND EVERYTHING. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. OKAY? SO I KIND OF GAVE UP, OH, I WAS HERE LAST TIME AND MY COUNCIL MEMBER WAS GONNA HAVE ME TALK TO SOMEBODY. I WENT, HAD AN OBVIOUS CONVERSATION WITH THEM. GOOD PEOPLE. OKAY? NOTHING. HAVEN'T GOTTEN A SINGLE PHONE CALL ABOUT IT. HERE'S, I'VE GOT A WALL FULL OF THESE. YOU GUYS SEE THESE LITTLE INCIDENTS? NOTHING. OKAY? UM, I DUNNO IF THERE'S ANY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DA'S OFFICE, BUT, YOU KNOW, CRIME IS INCREASING BECAUSE THE POLICE AREN'T DOING ANYTHING. AND MAYBE THE DA'S AREN'T TAKING THE CASE, BUT I WANT MY MONEY BACK AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO DO SOMETHING. OTHERWISE WE DON'T NEED [01:50:01] THE POLICE. OKAY? NO OFFENSE. I LOVE THE POLICE. YES, MA'AM. COUNCILOR CASTILLO. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, JOE, I BELIEVE WE TALKED THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE. YEAH, WE DID. UM, AND YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO TALK TO MY STAFF AND WE WERE GONNA FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET SOME HELP YOUR WAY. UM, WE DID, SPOKE TO HIM. WE HAVE NO RECORDS FROM OUR SYSTEM FROM FROM YOU REACHING OUT TO US SINCE THEN. THAT'S NO. ALL DUE RESPECT. THAT'S YOUR FAILURE. I WENT OUT HERE AND SPOKE TO HIM AND WE HAD EMAILS. I CAN GO DRAG UP SOME EMAILS IF I NEED TO. OKAY. BUT, WELL, LET'S, LET'S GET, LET'S, I'LL COME OUT AND VISIT WITH YOU HERE OKAY. SHORTLY, BECAUSE I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU ARE GETTING THE RESOURCES YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE. I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS AROUND YOUR BUSINESS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS. MM-HMM. UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HPD ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY FROM THE CROSS TIMBERS, UH, SIDE TO CALC K AND IRVINGTON AND OTHERS WHERE THERE'S BEEN HOTSPOTS. A LOT OF, UH, BUSINESSES IMPACTED, UM, FOLKS TRYING TO RIDE THE TRAIN IMPACTED, UM, KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL OVER THERE AT JEFFERSON IMPACTED. ABSOLUTELY. SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING ON IT AND I, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT, UM, NOT BEING, UM, PROVIDED THE RESOURCES AND UH, ALSO FIGURE OUT, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT WITH H YOUR SITUATION WITH HPD. ALRIGHT, WELL I APPRECIATE THE TALK. THE PROBLEM IS YOU GUYS AREN'T DOING IT. I'M TELLING YOU, ARREST HIM. PUT HIM IN JAIL FOR SIX MONTHS. THAT WILL SEND THE MESSAGE. 'CAUSE IT'LL SLAP ON THE HANDS. NOT GONNA DO IT. TALKING ABOUT IT'S NOT GONNA DO IT. OKAY. NO OFFENSE, BUT THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. AND THAT'S WHAT I TOLD OFFICER ANDERSON YESTERDAY. I'LL COME OUT HERE AND WE'LL, WHAT'S HAPPEN? THAT'S ALL. I'M JUST CURIOUS. YOU, YOU MAKE IT SOUND LIKE YOU KNOW THESE PEOPLE. DO I KNOW THESE PEOPLE? WHAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THE, THE BURGLARY? I'M THE MANAGER. I'M THE, I'M THE WHERE THE BUCK STOP. I'M THE MANAGER AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. SO YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW MY TENANTS VERY WELL. I GET TO KNOW THEM BECAUSE IT'S A COMMUNITY. I'VE GOT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. I'VE GOT SOME OLDER PEOPLE. UM, SOME YOUNG FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, THEY COME ON THERE. I CALL 'EM PRE NOT ALL HOMELESS PEOPLE. I'M NOT AFTER THE HOMELESS, I'M AFTER PEOPLE WHO ARE PREDATORS. OKAY. WHO COME ON THERE. THEY, THEY. 'CAUSE I CAN'T BE THERE. I LIVE 40 MILES AWAY. I, I RODE MY MONTH CIRCLE DOWN HERE TO BE HERE AND DO THIS. OKAY. BUT I, I'M THERE THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK AND I'M, I PUT IN CAMERAS. I'M DOING A LOT WHAT I CAN AFFORD TO DO. I DON'T HAVE 14 INVESTORS BEHIND ME. OKAY. IT'S JUST ME, SO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WELL I, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE IT, CASTILLO. THANK YOU. NEXT. IVAN PRADER. GOOD AFTERNOON CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. MY NAME IS IVAN PRATER. I AM A DISABLED VETERAN AND A PUBLIC SERVANT. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE URGENT NEED FOR GREATER OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CREATION OF AN OFFICE OF HEALTH REFORM AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AS A DISABLED VETERAN, I HAVE SPENT MUCH OF MY LIFE COMMITTED TO SERVICE INTEGRITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PERSONAL COURAGE VALUES I'VE EXPECTED TO CARRY WITH ME TO MY CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE. BUT WHAT I DID NOT EXPECT WAS HOW THESE VALUES WOULD BE TESTED BY A SYSTEM DESIGNED TO DISCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY AND SILENCE, DISSENT THROUGH RETALIATION, AND AT OFTENTIMES DISCRIMINATION. ONE OF THE MOST GLARING EXAMPLES OF THIS FAILURE WAS THE FBI RAID OF THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN 2022, WHICH DOMINATED HEADLINES FOR WEEKS. THIS INCIDENT, ALONG WITH OTHER HEADLINES OF ALLEGED MISCONDUCT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, HAS SEVERELY ERODED PUBLIC TRUST, PARTICULARLY AMONG POPULATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY STRUGGLED WITH MISTRUST OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO REPAIR THIS DAMAGE? AND MORE SO, UM, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW THIS HAS HAD ELASTIC EFFECT ON THE BREACH OF TRUST, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES. MOST AFFECTED BY THE DISPARITIES THAT THESE OR THIS DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES CLAIM TO ADDRESS. THE HOUSTON PEACE INITIATIVE, MY BROTHERS KEEPER INITIATIVE AND THE ENDING, THE HIV EPIDEMIC INITIATIVE ARE CRUCIAL PROGRAMS UNDER THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S MANAGEMENT. THESE INITIATIVES ARE MEANT TO ADDRESS ISSUES LIKE YOUTH VIOLENCE, RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HIV CARE, AND THE DISPROPORTIONATE DISPROPORTIONATE DROPOUT RATES AND CRIME RATES AMONG YOUNG MEN OF COLOR. YET KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS SUGGEST UNDERPERFORMANCE AND MISMANAGEMENT. AND DESPITE REPEATED EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES TO THE ATTENTION OF LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT, THROUGH FORMAL PROCESSES AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE RESOLVE. THE POPULATION'S MOST IMPACTED BY THESE DISPARITIES. AND THESE INITIATIVES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS ARE OFTEN ALSO MOST IMPACTED BY LITERACY AS WELL AS CIVIC EDUCATION. AND THEY OFTEN FIND, THEY OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES UNABLE TO ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS TO IMPROVE THESE INITIATIVES. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER OF 1 5 3 OR ONE DASH FIVE THREE [01:55:01] A POLICY ON EFFECTIVE FINANCIAL AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PROMISES THAT CITY PROGRAMS WILL BE CONTINUALLY EVALUATED AND THAT PERFORMANCE DATA WILL BE MADE TRANSPARENT AND ACCESSIBLE TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. HOWEVER, IN PRACTICE, ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN ELUSIVE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO TRACK THE ACTUAL PROGRESS OR LACK THEREOF ON THESE INITIATIVES. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO ALLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES TO CONTINUE RECEIVING LESS ATTENTION THAN OTHER AREAS LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY. PUBLIC HEALTH IS SAFETY. THE HEALTH CRISIS WE ARE FACING, SUCH AS COVID-19 HIV, AND RISING YOUTH VIOLENCE DEMAND, URGENT ATTENTION, ADAPTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FROM OUR LEADERS. I'M CALLING ON THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF AN OFFICE OF HEALTH REFORM AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AN OFFICE DEDICATED TO EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES, AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT THE EMPLOYEES WORKING WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. WE PROTECTED AGAINST RETALIATION FOR SPEAKING UP AGAINST SUCH CORRUPTION. I AM A CITY OF HOUSTON EMPLOYEE AND I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ONGOING RETALIATION FOR MY ATTEMPTS TO SPEAK OUT AND ADVOCATE FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN OUR SERVICES. I HAVE HAD TO FILE SEVERAL OIG COMPLAINTS AND CURRENTLY HAVE A PENDING CASE WITH THE EEOC SIMPLY BECAUSE MY LEADERSHIP REFUSED TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE EVIDENCE I PRESENTED FOR THEM. SO I'M HERE TO SAY, WHY MUST I GO TO SUCH EXTENT TO SEE OUR DEPARTMENTS ACTING ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY SAY THEIR POLICIES AND VALUES ARE MEANT TO UPHOLD. I WORE OR MADE A SIGN THAT STATED SPEAK UP AGAINST WORKPLACE OPPRESSION AND GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I WAS ESCORTED OFF THE PROPERTY, PLACED ON RELIEF FOR DUTY FOR OVER SIX MONTHS, NEVER GIVEN AN EXPLANATION AND HAD MY A DA ACCOMMODATION DENIED. SO I'M HERE TO SAY, ARE WE NOT SUPPOSED TO SPEAK UP AGAINST GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION? WAS THAT CONSIDERED AN ACT OF INSUBORDINATION? WHAT, UH, WHAT CITY DEPARTMENT YOU WORK IN? THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YES SIR. I'VE BEEN WORKING AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I STARTED IN 2015. WHICH LOCATION? I WAS WORKING AT 8,008,000 STADIUM. I WAS A TRAINING COORDINATOR AND I'M NOW WORKING AT THE CASH MINIMUM SERVICE CENTER BECAUSE I WAS REASSIGNED AFTER RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT OF MY BROTHERS KEEPER INITIATIVE. WHO'S YOUR SUPERVISOR? MY CURRENT SUPERVISOR IS GERALD IKA. UH, OKAY. I'M HERE TO SAY I DON'T WANT TO SUE THE CITY OF HOUSTON. I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THESE LONG OUT, DRAWN OUT LEGAL HEARINGS THAT I'VE BEEN FORCED TO DO THROUGH THE EEOC AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS. I'VE TRIED MANY TIMES TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES THROUGH THE, UH, HR THROUGH OIG AND FOR WHATEVER REASON I'M BEING TREATED LIKE A GHOST AND I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING KIND OF WHY MY VOICE IS SORT OF BEING IGNORED AND, AND ALL OF THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL CHECK ON IT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. NEXT, RANDY DEON. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYOR WILT MEYER. THANK YOU, UH, FOR GIVING ME SOME TIME TODAY. I APPRECIATE IT. UH, MY NAME IS BRANDY DEON AND I'M WITH AIR ALLIANCE HOUSTON AND ALSO A LONG TIME HOUSTONIAN. SO I STAND BEFORE YOU TO DISCUSS A PRESSING ISSUE THAT AFFECTS OUR PLANET, BUT SPECIFICALLY HOUSTON PLASTIC POLLUTION. IN 2022, THE CITY OF HOUSTON ENTERED INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE HOUSTON RECYCLING COLLABORATION. AND WHILE THE GOAL MAY SEEM NOBLE, THERE IS A CRITICAL ASPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT THAT RAISES SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS. WHAT IS BEING CALLED ADVANCED OR CHEMICAL RECYCLING? LET'S CLARIFY SOMETHING. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS NOT NEW, NOR IS IT ADVANCED. IN FACT, IT HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN EFFECTIVE AT SCALE AND POSES SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS TO COMMUNITIES EAST OF HOUSTON WHERE THESE PROCESSES ARE CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE. JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, DR. IN YAK FROM AIRLINES, HOUSTON, AND I PRESENTED TO THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE. WHILE CALL COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER'S OFFICE RELEASED A REPORT ON PYROLYSIS ONE OF THESE SO-CALLED ADVANCED PROCESSES, THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTED THAT PYROLYSIS IS EXTREMELY ENERGY INTENSIVE, EXACERBATING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AND IT GENERATES HAZARDOUS AIR EMISSIONS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS SIMPLY DO NOT NEED. SINGLE USE PLASTICS ARE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE PROBLEM. THEY COUNT ACCOUNT FOR OVER A THIRD OF THE PLASTICS PRODUCED TODAY. USE FROM YOUR SECONDS. THESE PLASTICS TAKE CENTURIES TO DE DECOMPOSE. SHOCKINGLY HALF OF ALL PLASTICS EVER MADE WERE PRODUCED IN JUST THE LAST 20 YEARS, AND MUCH OF IT IS EXCESS PACKAGING THAT WE DON'T EVEN NEED. IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION, PLASTIC PRODUCTION [02:00:01] WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE RESULTING IN MORE MICROPLASTICS, TINY PARTICLES THAT ARE NOW FOUND IN EVERY CORNER OF OUR PLANET AND EVEN IN OUR BODIES. THESE MICRO AND NANOPLASTICS NOT ONLY CONTAIN TOXINS, BUT CAN ALSO ABSORB AND RELEASE HARMFUL CHEMICALS FROM IN, FROM THEIR SURROUNDINGS, POSING SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS. THE GULF OF MEXICO, OUR VERY OWN BACKYARD, IS HOME TO SOME OF THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS OF MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION AMONG SEMI ENCLOSED WATER BODIES. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. NOW, THE HOUSTON RECYCLING COLLABORATION CLAIMS THEY CAN INCREASE PLASTIC RECYCLING RATES FROM LESS THAN 10% TO AN ASTOUNDING 90%. BUT WE MUST ASK, WHY IS PLASTIC RECYCLING SO LOW? THE ANSWER LIES IN THE COMPLEX NATURE OF PLASTICS. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT CHEMICALS AND COMPOSITIONS THAT CANNOT BE MIXED TOGETHER, AND PLASTICS CANNOT BE RECYCLED INDEFINITELY. THEY DECAY DURING THE RECYCLING PROCESS LEADING TO MORE WASTE. MOREOVER, THEIR PLAN TO TURN COLLECTED PLASTICS INTO FUEL ONLY ADDS TO THE POLLUTION BURDEN CONTRIBUTING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. INSTEAD OF REDUCING THEM AN INVITATION, AN INVESTIGATION BY INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS AND CBS REVEALED ALARMING INFORMATION ABOUT A SORTING FACILITY SET TO OPEN IN 2025. THE PLASTIC BEING STORED FOR THIS FACILITY IS CURRENTLY SITTING IN AN OUTDOOR DUMP SITE THAT HAS FAILED FIRE INSPECTIONS AND LACKS THE NECESSARY SAFETY PERMITS. THIS FACILITY IS LOCATED NEXT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD UNAWARE OF THE HAZARDS THAT LIE JUST BEYOND THEIR FENCE. CHEMICAL RECYCLING METHODS REQUIRE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF ENERGY, CREATE HAZARDOUS WASTE AND ADD TO AIR POLLUTION. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN TO WORK EFFECTIVELY AT SCALE. AND IF WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH, WE RISK ENCOURAGING FURTHER PRODUCTION OF UNNECESSARY SINGLE USE PLASTICS. TODAY I URGE THE CITY TO REEVALUATE THE MOU AND PLACE THE PROGRAM ON HOLD FOR THOROUGH EVALUATION. WE NEED TO TAKE BUILD ACTION ON PLASTICS, NOT FALSE SOLUTIONS LIKE THE HOUSTON RECYCLING COLLABORATION. YES MA'AM. FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S REMOVE SINGLE USE PLASTICS FROM ALL CITY BUILDINGS AND EVENTS. LET'S PROMOTE THIS REDUCTION IN SUPPORT A STATE BOTTLE BILL, WHICH HAS PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING LITTER AND INCREASING RECYCLING RATES BY OFFERING FIVE OR 10 CENTS FOR EVERY BUDGET. BEVERAGE CANER. MA'AM, MA'AM, UH, COUNCILMAN CARTER HAS A COMMENT. BRANDY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. UM, YES, YOU PRESENTED AT THE, UH, RESILIENCE COMMITTEE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. UM, AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER HAD NOT RELEASED. SHE PROVIDED YOU ALL WITH A DRAFT COPY OF HER REPORT AND I RESPECTFULLY ASKED AT THAT TIME IF WE COULD SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS YOUR KEY, UH, STATEMENT AS YOU LET OFF. YOU SAID IN 2022. WELL, I KNOW I WASN'T HERE IN 2022. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THE MAYOR WASN'T HERE IN 2022. MM-HMM . UM, SO AS DISCUSSED, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU GIVE US THE TIME, PERHAPS PERHAPS YOU ALL, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER, WE CAN SIT DOWN COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN AND SIT DOWN AND AND, AND TALK THROUGH THINGS AGAIN. 2022 IS, IS IN THE PAST AND, AND CERTAINLY WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOU, UM, WE KNOW WE ALL NEED TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND, AND KINDA GET UP TO SPEED. SO I I JUST WOULD WOULD ASK FOR YOU TO GIVE US THAT TIME. ABSOLUTELY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT NO ONE WAS HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED, AND SO THAT'S JUST WHY WE WANTED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND, UM, JUST TO LET THE MAYOR KNOW. SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE THINGS TO SAY, BUT UH, IT SEEMS LIKE MY TIME IS UP, SO GOOD JOB. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. NEXT. STEPHANIE MARTINEZ. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M STEPHANIE MARTINEZ. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ECAP, WHICH IS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITIES ADVOCATES FOR GALENA PARK. AND I JUST HEARD WHAT COUNCILWOMAN JUST SAID. UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT, UM, AS FAR AS ECAP, UM, WE JUST BELIEVE THAT ENDING THE MOU WHEN YOU DO LOOK DEEPLY INTO IT, UM, FOR THE CHEMICAL RECYCLING INITIATIVES, CAN BE JUSTIFIED FROM OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE DUE TO POTENTIAL HARM THAT THESE POSES. THESE PROCESSES POSE CHEMICAL RECYCLING, WHICH OFTEN INVOLVES BREAKING DOWN PLASTIC WASTE THROUGH METHODS LIKE, UM, GASIFICATION AS ENERGY INTENSE AND CAN RELEASE HARMFUL EMISSIONS, INCLUDING GREENHOUSE GASES AND TOXIC CHEMICALS. THESE PROCESSES DO NOT ALWAYS YIELD SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS COMPARED TO THE TRADITIONAL MECHANICAL RECYCLING OR REDUCING PLASTIC USE. ADDITIONALLY, CHEMICAL WASTE REDUCTION IN REUSE, ENCOURAGING CONTINUED PLASTIC PRODUCTION UNDER THE FALSE ASSUMPTION THAT IT CAN BE RECYCLED EFFECTIVELY, IT DOESN'T. AND MANY CASES [02:05:01] THESE BYPRODUCTS OF CHEMICAL RECYCLING ARE CONVERTED INTO FUSE, WHICH WHEN BURNED CONTRIBUTE TO AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE. ENDING SUPPORT FOR THESE TECHNOLOGIES WHERE ENCOURAGED A SHIFT TOWARDS MORE EFFECTIVE LOW IMPACT WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES THAT PRIORITIZE, REDUCE, REUSING AND RECYCLING. DO MECHANICAL MEANS BECAUSE AGAIN, I WORK IN GALENA PARK, MY ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY IS IN GALENA PARK. WE ARE NEAR ALL THESE CHEMICALS THAT ARE BEING RELEASED INTO THE AIR AND WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE AIR POLLUTION. THANK YOU. NEXT MAYA MCKEE. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME'S MIA MACKEY AND I AM A FIELD ORGANIZER WITH ENVIRONMENT TEXAS. WE ARE A STATEWIDE NONPROFIT ADVOCATE FOR CLEAN AIR AND WATER PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND A LIVABLE CLIMATE. AND I'M HERE TODAY AS THE TWO BEFORE TO URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO END THE CITY'S PARTNERSHIP WITH EXXONMOBIL FOR SO-CALLED CHEMICAL RECYCLING. MOST PEOPLE THINK RECYCLING AS THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING AND PROCESSING MATERIALS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE THROWN AWAY AS TRASH AND TURNING THEM INTO NEW PRODUCTS ALL IN A WAY THAT HELPS THE ENVIRONMENT. BUT WHAT EXXON CALLS ITS CHEMICAL, UH, WHAT EXXON CALLS ITS RECYCLING COLLABORATION WITH HOUSTON IS NOT THAT INSTEAD OF TRADITIONAL MECHANICAL RECYCLING, EXXONMOBIL'S BAY TOWN'S NEW CHEMICAL RECYCLING PROCESS IS A NEW EU EUPHEMISM FOR AN OLD AND DIRTY PRACTICE INCINERATION, WHICH WE ALL KNOW ABOUT MOST PLASTIC WILL GET TURNED INTO FUEL, WHICH WILL GET BURNED AND POLLUTE OUR AIR. AND THE CHEMICAL RECYCLING PROCESS WILL CREATE ITS OWN TOXIC POLLUTION. OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, I'VE SPENT LOTS OF TIME IN BAYTOWN AND I'VE TALKED TO DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN BAYTOWN AND PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH EXXONMOBIL'S POLLUTION AND FREQUENT DISASTERS AND VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW. THE LAST THING THEY WANT IS EVEN MORE POLLUTION, ESPECIALLY FROM THEIR NEIGHBORS IN HOUSTON. THE WHOLE PROJECT IS A BIG DISTRACTION FROM WHAT WE REALLY OUGHT TO BE DOING, REDUCE OUR USE OF PLASTIC, REUSE ALL THAT WE CAN, AND THEN RECYCLE THE REST IN WAYS THAT HELPS NOT ACTUALLY HARMS THE ENVIRONMENT. THE CITY OF HOUSTON WAS SOLD A BILL OF GOOD BY EXXON. IT'S TIME TO END THIS DIRTY COLLABORATION AND FOCUS ON REAL RECYCLING AND REAL SOLUTIONS TO THE CITY'S TRASH PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN KAMAN? YEAH, UM, AS A DISTRICT C RESIDENT, BUT ALSO REPRESENTING ENVIRONMENT TEXAS, I DO WANNA THANK ET FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DO IN ALL THE DIFFERENT SPACES. UH, Y'ALL ARE A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE. UM, I KNOW Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE SENDING A LOT OF INFORMATION TO US, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THAT. JUST TO BE CLEAR THOUGH, Y'ALL ARE NOT ADVOCATING FOR THE ELIMINATION OF PLASTICS RECYCLING, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD. YOU'RE ASKING US TO LOOK AT THIS SPECIFIC, UM, PILOT PROJECT, UH, WITH A CORPORATION AND THAT'S WHAT YOUR FOCUS IS ON TODAY? YES. SPECIFICALLY THE CHEMICAL RECYCLING COLLABORATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, ONE MORE. COUNCILMAN CARTER, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THANK YOU, UH, FOR BEING HERE AND MY OFFICE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU AS WELL. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. NEXT, JENNIFER HIDAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE COMMENTS. MY NAME IS JENNIFER HIDAY. I'M A RESIDENT OF NEAR NORTHSIDE AND DISTRICT H. I HAD SOME PREPARED COMMENTS, BUT I THINK I'LL SIMPLY TALK, UM, OFF THE CUFF IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN RAISED. COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING CREATING THE HOUSTON RECYCLING COLLABORATION WAS ADOPTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT NOT AT COUNCIL OR BY COUNCIL. AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S TIME THAT IT BE BROUGHT INTO THE LIGHT OF DAY AND REEVALUATED BECAUSE WE KNOW SO MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY, WE KNOW SO MUCH MORE ABOUT WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT ISN'T, WHAT ITS AIR POLLUTION CONSEQUENCES ARE, AND UH, DUE TO SOME INCREDIBLE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, WHICH WE CAN SHARE AS WELL, WHAT SOME OF THE FALSE CLAIMS ARE BY THE COMPANIES THAT ARE PART OF THE HOUSTON RECYCLING COLLABORATION. SO WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVET THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. I HAVE PERSONALLY SPOKEN WITH PEOPLE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY ABOUT THIS EVEN WITH THE HEAD OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ABOUT THIS. AND SO I DO THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE GET, GET REEVALUATED, READDRESSED. WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SCIENCE AND I WELCOME THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND THANK YOU FOR DOING SO, COUNCILOR RECORDER, AND WE'LL BE IN TOUCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, I THINK EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ACCOUNTABILITY IS KEY. AND, UM, AS WE'VE LOOKED [02:10:01] AT THE MOU THE OTHER DAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE KEY FIGURES WHO ESTABLISHED THAT ARE NO LONGER HERE. SO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY. YEAH. AND, AND LET'S JUST GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT IT. GREAT, THANK YOU. I THINK I MIGHT'VE FORGOTTEN TO MENTION I'M ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AIRLINES HOUSTON. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. YEAH, I TWO HATS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT, MADDIE NIA, JIM TUCKER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD AFTERNOON. I WANNA ENCOURAGE ADOPTION OF THE NATIONAL 2024 BUILDING STANDARDS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE ADOPTED THE 2021 STANDARDS, SO WE'RE ALMOST CAUGHT UP. THESE 2024 STANDARDS INCLUDE IMPORTANT INSULATION AND OTHER SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE ASPECTS. THERE ARE LOTS OF TWO TO SIX FLOOR B AND C CLASS, GRADE OFFICE BUILDINGS BUILT DURING THE LATE 1970S AND EARLY 1980S BOOM TIMES THAT ARE APPROACHING END OF LIFE AND HAVE ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE MAKING THEM TARGETS FOR REDEVELOPMENT. THE RECENT CONSTRUCTION HERE HAS FOCUSED ON MULTIFAMILY, AND WE HOPE THESE STRUCTURES THAT WILL BE BUILT AND ARE BEING BUILT WILL LAST FOR DECADES, IDEALLY IN THE LOWEST IMPACT WAY. THIS IS A STRATEGIC ISSUE. ANOTHER STRATEGIC ISSUE IS CONSIDERING HOW WE MIGHT BETTER USE GRAY WATER FROM SHOWERS, CLOSING DISHWASHERS AND SINKS FOR LANDSCAPING AND NON POTABLE USES. WE'RE NOW IN DROUGHT AFTER THE HURRICANE RAINS IN JULY, AND THERE'S NO REASON TO THINK WE WILL NOT BE AGAIN. ALSO STRATEGIC AND VERY IMPORTANT IS PUTTING SOME DATA POINTS ON THE CITY OF HOUSTON. ATMOSPHERIC CARBON SCORECARD. THE CHART ON PAGE 20 OF THE 2020 HOUSTON CLIMATE ACTION PLAN STARTS AS AN ORIGIN IN 20 24, 10 YEARS AGO. SO WE NEED TO SEE HOW FAR OUR EFFORTS THUS FAR HAVE PROGRESSED US. I KNOW FROM VOLUNTEER WORK THAT WE ALL WANT TO DO STRATEGIC THINGS. THAT'S WHY WE GET INTO THESE DEALS AND OFTEN SPEND OUR TIME ON CURRENT OPERATIONS INSTEAD. THESE AREAS I JUST MENTIONED ARE AREAS WHERE THE CITY CAN DO STRATEGIC THINGS THAT WILL IMPACT OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. RECENTLY WE LEARNED CENTERPOINT'S APPROACH TO THE STORM RESILIENCE PROBLEMS IS STRONGER. UTILITY POLES BASICALLY GET A BIGGER BANDAID NOT TO DISPARAGE THAT FINE PRODUCT. THE PROBLEM IS WIRES ON POLES AND IF THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE HERE, THEY NEED A UTILITY BURIAL PLAN. WITH MILESTONES. IT MAY TAKE 20 TO 30 YEARS, BUT THE BENEFITS ARE OBVIOUS. AND NOW IS THE TIME FOR THEM TO PROVE THAT THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE HERE. SUSTAINABILITY IS THE CAPACITY TO ENDURE RESILIENCE, IS THE CAPACITY TO RECOVER THESE ACTIONS WILL DO BOTH. I COMMEND THE EFFORTS SO FAR IN THE CITY VEHICLE FLEET, INCLUDING THE WASTE TRUCKS AND OTHER AREAS. I LOOK FORWARD TO PROGRESS ON THESE AND OTHER AREAS AS WE WORK FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR HOUSTON EVER. ONWARD. COUNCIL MCMAN, JIM, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. YOU ARE A WEALTH OF INFORMATION. UH, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT UPDATING THE CITY CODES, BUILDING CODES, DO YOU KNOW, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY TIMELINE FOR THOSE UPDATES? UH, I DO NOT. I ADMIT I'VE BEEN BUSY AND HAVEN'T KEPT UP SINCE, UH, SOME OF THE EARLY DISCUSSIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR. BUT I KNOW THEY, UH, ARE, ARE CURRENTLY, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE PENDING FOR DISCUSSION HERE, BUT, UH, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ADOPTED. OKAY. AND FEEL FREE TO EMAIL OUR OFFICE, UM, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO PASS ALONG THAT INQUIRY DIRECTLY SO WE CAN TRY TO GET SOME MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR YOU. UH, BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP. WE JUST SAW, YOU KNOW, IN, IN FLORIDA BECAUSE THEY'VE UPDATED THEIR CODES, YOU SAW FAR LESS, UM, HOUSING DAMAGE. THERE WAS STILL SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND I DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY FROM THAT, BUT, UM, UPDATING AND UPGRADING OUR CODES, UH, FOR RESILIENCY IS, IS CRITICAL. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. JACOB CLEMENTE, THERE GO. [02:15:11] UH OH. OKAY. PLAY TO PLAY. THAT IS WHAT THEY DID AT, UH, ENERGY SETTING BECAUSE, UH, LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S GOING AROUND IS A LITTLE THING FROM, UM, THE ARCHERY OF THE RODEO. AND, UH, THEY GAVE IT TO ME BECAUSE I HAD MY ITALIAN SPORTS JACKET ON FROM THE 1996 OLYMPICS AND I WON. I TREATED MY, UH, US PARALYMPIC CYCL JACKET FOR THAT LIMPING JACKET. AND, UM, WELL, NOT TO TALK ABOUT FIREFIGHTERS, I HAVE THIS HERO SNACKS FOR YOU, MARY TURNER. I'LL, I'LL I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU LATER. GO AHEAD IF YOU NEED MORE TIME. OH, YOU, WHAT ELSE DO Y'ALL WANT TO SAY? NOTHING, NOT MUCH ELSE EXCEPT, UH, YOU ARE GOING TO GET SOME GIFTS FROM, FROM ME. MARY WIL WIL. HE, UH, I WAS BRAIN FARTING. UM, WHAT ELSE DO I SAY? UM, WELL, THERE WAS AN RY TOURNAMENT AT THE ENERGY STADIUM AND I WENT, WENT TO IT AND, UH, I WAS WORKING THERE IN THE, UH, UH, PARDON? WELL, THERE ARE OTHER SPEAKERS, SO I BETTER LET THEM SPEAK. THANK YOU. AND NEVER FORGET, I, THEY WORKED ME IN THE EVENING AND SO I DID HAVE A HARD DAY'S NIGHT. THANK YOU. OH, AND DO YOU WANT TO HEAR AS MEMBER RAMIREZ? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR THE SENATOR JOKE? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. IT GOES LIKE MASS KIM. WELL, IT IS LIKE THIS. SOONER OR LATER THEY'RE GONNA WIN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. SOONER OR LATER, LATER. JACOB BE SAFE. NEXT LEE MERCER. I SAY GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY HALL. I'M HERE TO, UH, IN REFERENCE TO CRIME FIGHTING. AND I'VE BEEN COMING FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES AND I'M HERE TO CONTINUE MY CRIME FIGHTING TO HELP THE MAYOR ANSWER HIS QUESTION IN REFERENCE TO CRIME FIGHTING. SO I WENT, UH, MR. AL'S DISTRICT, AND THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO, UH, ME BEING THE US ARMY MILITARY IN INTELLIGENCE ACADEMY CAMP BULLET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. NOW I HAVE STRATEGIES AND I HAVE INVENTED WAYS TO SOLVE CRIME, FIGHT CRIME. AND IN THIS, UH, HAND OUT HERE, IT SHOWS 21 THINGS THAT I HAVE COMPLETED THAT WILL HELP THIS CITY WITH THEIR CRIME FIGHTING AND SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF THE CITY. NOT JUST A PROBLEM DOES SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF THE CITY. FIGHTING MUCH ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THIS IS AN ACADEMY, OR, UH, THIS IS A US ARMY MILITARY IN TERMS ACADEMY CAMP BULLIS, UH, ACADEMY OF GENIUSES. SO THIS IS MY MASTERS OF BEING ADMINISTRATION AND MY DOCTORATES AND CAMP BULLIS. AND THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. NEXT, CAROLYN RIVERA VERA. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST, UH, MAYOR WHITMEYER, WILL YOU PLEASE EXCUSE THE INCORRECT SPELLING OF YOUR LAST NAME ON THE HANDOUT THAT I'M GIVING OUT? I'M CAROLYN RIVERA. I LIVE IN CITY GAS COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON SHARED INFORMATION ON OCTOBER THE EIGHTH ABOUT GOLD STAR MEDAL. AS A RESULT, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. IS THE CITY OF HOUSTON INVESTIGATING GOLD STAR MEDAL? IS THERE A COURT DATE IN JANUARY FOR GOLD [02:20:01] STAR MEDAL RELATED TO CITY GAS? IF SO, WHEN WILL, OR IS THERE A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THE AIR, LAND AND WATER ENVIRONMENT IN AND AROUND GOLD STAR METAL? SEE A COPY OF TRASH FORCED UNDER SHEET, A SHEET METAL FENCE GOING INTO OUR DRAINAGE DITCH AFTER GOLD METAL WASHED THEIR METAL, WHICH THEY'RE RECYCLING. AND THAT'S ON YOUR HANDOUT OR IN YOUR HAND OUT. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PROTE TATUM. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING. I I KNOW YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER'S NOT HERE. YES. BUT I DID WANT TO ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THIS? UM, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS SHE WANTED TO KNOW IS, UM, IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THE OCCUPANCY PERMIT? AND ARE, IS THERE A COURT DATE? DO WE HAVE ANY RESPONSES TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS? YEAH, I BELIEVE THERE'S A COURT DATE IN JANUARY FOR, UH, UH, THE, I THINK THEY WERE ISSUED A CITATION FOR NO S OF OCCUPANCY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, AFTER JUST SPEAKING WITH, UH, AN ATTORNEY IN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES THAT THE COMPANY IS WORKING WITH HPW TO GET THEIR, THEY HAD A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. LEMME BE CLEAR, THEY APPARENTLY DID SOME WORK ON ONE OF THE BUILDINGS MAY HAVE ADDED TO IT. AND SO THEY HAVE TO GET A NEW CERTIFICATE AND NEW CO SO THEY'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WITH HPW TO TRY TO GET THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, WHICH I WOULD IMAGINE INVOLVES INSPECTIONS BY HPW TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL HAVE BEEN DONE CORRECTLY. THAT'S AT LEAST WHERE I UNDERSTAND WE ARE. AND THEY DO HAVE A COURT DATE IN JANUARY. THEY DO BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY DID RECEIVE A CITATION FOR NO CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. DO YOU KNOW WHEN? EXCUSE? NO, YOU'RE FINE. DO WE HAVE THAT DATE OR CAN WE NO, BUT I CAN GET THAT DATE AND GIVE, GET IT TO HER COUNSELOR. GET IT? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. NEXT DARL HARPER ROSINA, CARA. OKAY. I GUESS SOME OF YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUDGING Y'ALL, BUT Y'ALL ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK FOR US AND IT'S REALLY JUST THAT WE'RE NOT HERE TO ASK POLITELY BECAUSE IT'S A LITERAL GENOCIDE AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO ASK AT ALL. RIGHT NOW, INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE BEING MASSACRED IN GAZA WITH US FUNDING CHILDREN AT UNPRECEDENTED RATES WITH OUR TAX MONEY THAT YOU ALL KNOW WE NEED. AND WHILE MANY OF US HAVE RAISED OUR VOICES, Y'ALL HAVE IGNORED US. I'M GONNA USE THE REST OF MY TIME TODAY TO HONOR THE INNOCENT LIVES LOST SINCE Y'ALL WON'T. AND I ASK YOU ALL TO JOIN ME IN SILENCE. AND I PRAY THAT YOU ALL RECOGNIZE THE WEIGHT OF YOUR CONTINUED INACTION. IN JESUS' NAME, FREE JESUS' BIRTHPLACE, FREE PALESTINE. THANK YOU. NEXT DERRICK BROS. UH, MAYOR WHITMEYER, COUNCIL MEMBERS, HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL. UM, I HAVE SHORT TIME. SO I WAS HERE LAST WEEK AND I'VE EMAILED EVERYBODY HERE LAST WEEK. I ALSO EMAILED YOU THIS MORNING SOME MORE INFORMATION. I'M SPEAKING TO YOU ABOUT WATER FLUORIDATION, WHICH IS AN OUTDATED PRACTICE, WHICH YOU'RE LOOKING AT MR. WHITMEYER. AND MR. POLLARD IS A FEDERAL RULING FROM A COURT OUT OF CALIFORNIA. I'VE BEEN ONE OF THE FEW JOURNALISTS REPORTING ON IT OVER THE LAST SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS. AND THE COURT RECENTLY RULED THAT, UH, WATER FLUORIDATION AT 0.7 MILLIGRAMS PER LITER POSES AN UNREASONABLE RISK OF REDUCING IQ IN CHILDREN. THIS FOLLOWED AN A US GOVERNMENT REPORT FROM MAY, WHICH ALSO SAID THAT THEY HAD MODERATE CONFIDENCE THAT FLUORIDE EXPOSURE IS CONSISTENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER IQ IN CHILDREN. THERE'S ANOTHER STUDY IN JAMA IN MAY, 2024, MATERNAL URINARY FLUORIDE AND CHIL CHILD NEURO BEHAVIOR AT AGE 36 MONTHS. AND THEY ALSO SAID THAT FLUORIDE EXPOSURE INCREASES RISK OF NEURO BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS WITH CHILDREN. UH, ABILENE, TEXAS HAS ALREADY PAUSED THE WATER FLUORIDATION UNTIL WE HEAR MORE FROM THE EPA. SO I'M ASKING HOUSTON OFFICIALS TO [02:25:01] PUT THIS INTO THE PROP A COMMITTEE TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, AND CONSIDER IT PAUSING THE WATER FLUORIDATION PROGRAM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE SO HOUSTONIANS ARE NOT POISONED. FURTHER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE PLEASE TO LIST? PLEASE CHECK THE EMAILS. UH, MR. POLLARD, PLEASE CHECK IT OUT. AND MR. WHITMEYER, I'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU FURTHER ABOUT THIS. IT'S A SERIOUS SUBJECT. AND FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, I'D ASK YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ONCE HOUSTONIAN START FILING CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WE REACHED RECESS. MORNING, [RECESS] NINE O'CLOCK. ITEM ONE, RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR RENEWAL OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL. ITEM TWO HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FIRE CHIEF FOR APPROVAL OF EXTENSION OF INJURY ON DUTY LEAVE SALARY CONTINUATION FOR HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FIREFIGHTER EMT ANTHONY SIMS. ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION FROM HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT AND ACCEPTANCE WORK ON CONTRACT WITH SPECIALIZED MAINTENANCE SERVICES, INC. FOR SANITARY TWO, EXCUSE ME, FOR BE MAINTENANCE, CLEAN AND TELEVISION INSPECTION. ITEM FIVE, AMEND COUNCIL MOTION 20 24 6 58 TO INCREASE SPENDING AUTHORITY TO FOR HOUSTON PET FOR SPAY AND NEW SERVICES. ITEM SIX, DONE. MCGILL TOYOTA FOR TOYOTA, OEM. REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS AND REPAIR SERVICES. ITEM SEVEN, AMEND MOTION 20 23 4 26 TO INCREASE SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH SOURCE WELL FROM O'REILLY AUTO ENTERPRISES, DBA O'REILLY AUTO PARTS NUMBER EIGHT, CHASTAIN ENTERPRISES HOUSTON, L-L-C-D-B-A, CHASTAIN FORD, AND CARDWELL COUNTRY CHEVROLET FOR PURCHASE OF MEDIUM DUTY VEHICLES. ITEM NINE, SRE TOYOTA FOR PURCHASE OF TOYOTA LIGHT DUTY SUV VEHICLES. ITEM 10, VERMEER EQUIPMENT OF TEXAS LA FOR PURCHASE OF MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT. ITEM 11, HOUSTON FREIGHTLINER, INC. FOR PURCHASE OF TRACTOR TRUCKS. ITEM 12 APPROVED SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR PURCHASE OF VIR VIRTUALIZATION PRODUCT LICENSES AND SUPPORT FROM CDW GOVERNMENT LLC ITEM 13, BRINK DRONES INC. FOR A PURCHASE OF INDOOR CAPABLE DRONE BUNDLES. ITEM 14 APPROVED SPIN AUTHORITY FOR PURCHASE OF BINOCULAR NIGHT VISION DEVICE. FUSE KITS FROM PRO FORCE MARKETING INC. DBA PRO FORCE LAW ENFORCEMENT. ITEM 15 BOYER INC. FOR EMERGENCY PURCHASE OF ELECTRICAL SERVICES AND REPAIRS. ITEM 16, ECON LIGHT SYSTEMS INC. FOR EMERGENCY PURCHASE TO REPAIR AND REPLACE TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT. ITEM 17 APPROVED SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY PURCHASE OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS FROM TRAFFIC SYSTEMS CONSTRUCTION, INC. ITEM 18 APPROVED SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY PURCHASE OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT REPAIRS FROM PFEIFFER AND SON LTD ITEM 19, RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS AUTHORIZING CREATION OF ETHAN HEALTH, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION. ITEM 20 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING IN THE LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND ETHAN HEALTH. LGC. THIS ITEM SHOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED AFTER PASSAGE OF ITEM 19 ABOVE ITEM 21. ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AND RATIFYING MEETING CONFER AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE HOUSTON ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEES. ITEM 22, ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY'S MASTER CLASSIFICATION PLAN, CITY OF HOUSTON ORDINANCE 1998. 8 34 AS MOST RECENTLY AMENDED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON ORDINANCE 20 24 84 AND REVISING THE PAY STRUCTURE AS MOST RECENTLY AMENDED BY CITY OF HOUSTON. ORDINANCE 20 23 5 31 TO ADD 11 NEW JOB CLASSIFICATIONS CHANGE, 27 PAY GRADES, AND AT LEAST 17 JOB CLASSIFICATIONS. THIS ITEM SHALL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AFTER PASSAGE OF ITEM 21 ABOVE ITEM 23 ON AMENDING SECTION 14 DASH 73, SECTION 14 DASH 1 78, SECTION 14 DASH 2 32 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE 16 TEXAS. THIS ITEM SHALL BE CONSIDERED THE PASSAGE OF ITEM 21 ABOVE ITEM 24. ORDINANCE AMENDING, ORDINANCE APPROVING, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SECOND AMENDMENT TO DEVELOP A AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND CHANGE HAPPENS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. ITEM 25, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE FY 2024 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS PLANNING GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF [02:30:01] HOUSTON AS CO-APPLICANT, THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY AS LEAD APPLICANT, AND THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO RECEIVE A CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS PLANNING GRANT. ITEM 26 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $950,000 IN NO CENTS OUT OF AIRPORTS IMPROVEMENT FUND AS ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND ARCHER WESTERN CONSTRUCTION. LLC ITEM 27. ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $8,105,208 AND 84 CENTS OUT OF AIRPORTS IMPROVEMENT FUND AND $8,275,409 AND 92 CENTS OUT OF AIRPORTS RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT FUND AS ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND PARSONS TRANSPORTATION GROUP, INC. ITEM 28, ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 22 559 TO INCREASE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR FRONT AND REAR END, MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE SERVICES WITH PRUIT, THE PRUITT COMPANY, INC. ITEM 29 ORDINANCE RELATING TO FISCAL AFFAIRS OF GREATER GREENS. POINT REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENTS ZONE NUMBER 11. ITEM 30, ORDINANCE RELATING TO FISCAL AFFAIRS OF OH SIX WARD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 13, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS OH SIX WARD ZONE ITEM 31 ORDINANCE RELATING TO FISCAL AFFAIRS OF EAST DOWNTOWN. REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 15, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS EAST DOWNTOWN ZONE ITEM 32, ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING DIRECTOR OF MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION FOR GRANT ASSISTANCE AND EXECUTE AND ACCEPT SUB RECIPIENT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELATING TO THE GENERAL VICTIM ASSISTANCE DIRECT SERVICES PROGRAM. ITEM 33, ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC APPLICATION FOR GRANT ASSISTANCE TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR THE FY 2024 PORT SECURITY GRANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FY 20 24 4 SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. ITEM 34 ORDINANCE RENEWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE 700 BLOCK OF RAW FALLEN STREET BETWEEN HALL PLACE AND BEVERLY STREET. ITEM 35 ORDINANCE FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO LONGER REQUIRE THE CONTINUED USE OF A 20 FOOT WIDE STORM SEWER EASEMENT. ITEM 36, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $15,703,033 AND 30 CENTS. ITEM WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AWARDING CONTRACTOR RECOM INC. ITEM 37 OR DECEMBER, 2020 4, 7 83 PASS. FIRST READING OCTOBER 16TH, 2024. ORDINANCE GREEN TO A EVERGREEN VACUUM SERVICES SECOND READING ITEM 38 OR DECEMBER, 2020 4, 7 84 PASS. FIRST READING OCTOBER 16TH, ORDINANCE GRANTING TO BUCK WASTE A TEXAS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. SECOND READING ITEM 39, ORDINANCE 20 24 7 80 20 24 7 85 PASS FIRST READING OCTOBER 16TH. ORDINANCE GRANTING TO CONTROL WASTE SERVICES LLC. SECOND READING ITEM 40. ORDINANCE DECEMBER, 2020 4, 7 86 PAST FIRST READING OCTOBER 16, ORDINANCE GRANTED TO DANIEL SHARP, SMART INC. SECOND READING ORDINANCE 40, ITEM 41. ORDINANCE 20 24 7 87 PAST FIRST READING OCTOBER 16TH. ORDINANCE GRINNING TO GBB CYCLE LLC, SECOND READING 42. ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 24 7 88 PAST FIRST READING OCTOBER 16, ORDINANCE GRINNING TO GFL OF TEXAS LP SECOND READING ITEM 43. ORDINANCE 20 24 7 89. PAST FIRST READING OCTOBER 16TH, SECOND READING ITEM 44 OR DECEMBER, 2020 4, 7 90. PAST FIRST READING OCTOBER 16TH. ORDINANCE GRANTING TO HERITAGE CRYSTAL CLEAN LLC. IT'S THE SECOND READING, IT'S THE END OF THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA UNDER THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY. ITEM 50 45 SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE TO PROVIDE A RESOLUTION NO OBJECTION FOR THE 4% TAX CREDIT. APPLICATION OF ENCLAVE ON LUTA HEARING DATE, 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 2024. ITEM 46, SET A HERE PUBLIC HEARING DATE REGARDING THE DESIGNATION FOR THE T-P-M-S-D-A-L-L-C REINVESTMENT ZONE FOR TAX ABATEMENT PURPOSES AND IT'S RELATED TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT HEARING DATE 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2024 UNDER THE MATTERS HELD CATEGORY. ITEM 47 RESOLUTION CONFIRMING APPROVAL OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF RZA PARK ROW WAS TAB COUNCIL FROM FL. THIS WAS ITEM 16 ON AGENDA OF OCTOBER 16TH. ITEM 48 WAS THE RESOLUTION CONFIRMING APPROVAL OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF ORUM CIRCLE APARTMENTS. THIS WAS TAB CONS FROM FLICKINGER. THIS WAS ITEM 17 ON AGENDA OF OCTOBER 16TH. ITEM 49 WAS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING SHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE COALITION FOR THE [02:35:01] HOMELESS OF HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY, TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON AND THOMAS. THIS WAS ITEM 21 ON THE AGENDA OF OCTOBER 16TH, 2024. WE ALSO HAVE TWO SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS. THIS WAS ITEM NUMBER 50, REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER 12, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS CITY PARK ZONE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND ITEM 51, REQUEST FROM MAYOR FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE CITY PARK REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS COMPLETES THE READING OF THE SESSION. THE NEXT SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL SCHEDULE. BEGIN AT 9:00 AM IN THE WORDS OF OUR CURRENT CITY SECRETARY, PAT JEFFERSON. DANIELLE, LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS TREAT EVERYONE THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED. HAVE A BLESSED AND PENTA THIS DAY BUSINESS. [RECONVENE] UH, AND ASK COUNCIL TO PULL OUT OF ORDER ITEMS 50 AND 51, THE APPOINTMENT TO JUROR 12 BOARD. MOST OF THE MEMBERS ARE HERE. SO AS A COURTESY, I THOUGHT WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT SO THEY COULD GO BACK TO WORK. UH, CALL BEG. PARDON? LET THE CITY SECRETARY CALL. YEAH, MA'AM. SECRETARY, YOU WANNA CALL THAT ITEM? [SUPPLEMENTAL POSTING] ITEM 50 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE. SECOND. CAYMAN. MOTION MADE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. 51. IT'S THE SAME. AND NOW WE'LL DO 51. IT'S THE SAME BOARD. OKAY, ITEM 51. ITEM 51 NEEDS A MOTION. CASTEX TATUM, MOVE CAYMAN. SECOND. MOTIONS MADE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE WILLING TO SERVE. UH, YOU WANNA STAND, WE'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. MICHAEL MORTON, KURT SWOFFORD, ANDREW HOFFEN, MONICA VASQUE, MARINA RAMOS, AND OUR CHAIR, LENORA ELLA POMAN, VERY WELL KNOWN TO ALL OF US. THANK YOU, UM, CITIZENS FOR WILLING TO SERVE. YOU HAVE YOU HAVE AN AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY. SO PLEASE, UH, STAY IN TOUCH WITH US AND LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP YOU IN ANY WAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I TOO WANTED TO, UH, THANK EACH OF YOU FOR SERVING. UH, SOME OF YOU, YOUR POSITIONS ARE BEING RENEWED AND YOU'VE BROUGHT SO MUCH VALUE TO THE TOURS ALREADY. UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, BECAUSE MAYOR, A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE OUR CIVIC AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS. UH, WE HAVE MICHAEL, WHO IS I BELIEVE ON THE DEED RESTRICTIONS COMMITTEE, UH, IN LAZY BROOK. UH, KURT LEADS LAZY BROOK, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. THE LIST GOES ON. LENORA, OF COURSE, I'M NOT GONNA GET TO EVERYONE. BUT THIS TOURS AND THE EXPANSION OF IT WAS ADVOCATED FOR BY THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS, UM, DEVELOPMENT AND PRIMARILY FLOOD MITIGATION. SO THE WORK YOU'RE DOING IS CRITICAL. I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN ALL THAT YOU DO, BUT ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE WORK THAT YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO ON THIS TOURS. MM-HMM . WE WON'T HAVE TO VERIFY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UH, JUST WANT, UH, ALSO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE. UM, SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO MONICA, A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE WE USED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH AND IN PUBLIC WORKS. AND OF COURSE, RENA. UH, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, UH, SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS OUT IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL. JUST WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL A SHOUT OUT, UH, WHEN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TUR, THESE ARE SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT I DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO SEE IN DISTRICT I CHURCH AS WELL. SO, UM, PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A GREAT TITLE LIKE YOURSELF. CONGRATULATIONS. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER, VICE MAYOR, PROTE PECK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SERVING. WE HAVE A VERY SMALL SECTION OF DISTRICT A IN THIS TOUR, UM, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU ON IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FRIENDS. UH, STAY IN TOUCH. AND YOU'RE NOW FREE TO GO TO WORK. . [CONSENT AGENDA] NEXT ITEM, CONSENT, MADAM SECRETARY, UNDER THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY, ITEM ONE IS REMOVED, REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEM THREE HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. ITEM THREE NEEDS A MOTION CAST. TM MOVE. SECOND. MOTION MADE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. . YEAH, JUST WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING ON THIS WITH THE, THE WORKMAN'S COMP. UM, WHEN I WAS IN LOGISTICS, WE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH WORKMAN'S COMP. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND IS IF WE GOT THE EMPLOYEES BACK TO WORK ON A LIGHT DUTY BASIS, THAT THEY ENDED UP [02:40:01] BEING OUT SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER AMOUNTS OF TIME THAN, THAN THE ONES THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO SO WITH. AND I KNOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF LIGHT DUTY, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF MAYBE IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE A PROGRAM TO WHERE THEY WORKED IN ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT OR SOMETHING THAT WAS LIGHT DUTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND WHETHER THE CONTRACT PRECLUDES THAT OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT'S SOMETHING KINDA WORTH THINKING ABOUT. YOU'RE CORRECT. AND, AND WE ALREADY HAVE THAT PRACTICE. IT'S IN THE CONTRACT AND YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN CERTAINLY UNDER ADVISEMENT. WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN IMPROVE IT. OKAY, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. NEXT, UNDER THE ACCEPT WORK CATEGORY, ITEM FOUR, REMOVE FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION UNDER THE PURCHASING ATION TO BID CATEGORY. ITEM FIVE HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. NEED MOTION FOR ITEM SIX THROUGH 18, MOVED. SECOND. MOTION MADE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES UNDER THE RESOLUTION CATEGORY. ITEMS 19 AND 20 HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION UNDER THE ORDINANCES CATEGORY SINCE YOUR LIST WAS DISTRIBUTED, THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, 35, AND 36. THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, 35, AND 36. NEED A VOTE ON THE BALANCE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. [CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA] ITEM REMOVE FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. ITEM ONE NEEDS A MOTION CAST. STATE A MOVE. SECOND. MOTION MADE IN SECOND. POLL TAG. COUNCILOR. COUNCIL, CAN, UH, COUNCILMAN AL RN SPEAK? WHAT? I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE, I'LL REMOVE THE TAG FOR HER COMMENT. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT, AT THIS TABLE, ABOUT PROP A , BUT THERE WAS ALSO A PROP B, WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE VOTERS. AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, AND I, UM, ABSOLUTELY ADVOCATED FOR THOSE VOTERS AT THE TABLE. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. AND THE VOTING STRUCTURE OF HGAC AND T AND THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL STAYS THE SAME. UM, I I LEAD THE HGAC, UH, BOARD AS CHAIR, AND I'VE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE TIME THERE AND WORKED WELL WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE REGION. I JUST WANNA CHECK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. UM, WE WERE MINDFUL DURING THE DEBATE TO HONOR WHAT WAS IN THE CHARTER AND TO, TO KIND OF, UH, ADVOCATE FOR WHAT WAS, WHAT THE VOTERS HAD PUT FORTH. IS THERE ANY PROBLEM IN, UH, WITH US PAYING DUES HERE NOW? YEAH, I KNOW THERE WERE EXTENSIVE EFFORTS TO TRY TO CHANGE THE VOTING SYSTEM AT HCA. UH, MY POSITION IS THAT BECAUSE THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS A FEDERALLY REQUIRED REQUIREMENT, IS PART OF HGAC, WE CANNOT LEAVE THAT UNILATERALLY THAT REQUIRES A 75% VOTE OF THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR. THEREFORE, IF WE HAVE TO REMAIN IN THAT, WE HAVE TO REMAIN AN HA BECAUSE OUR CHARTER CANNOT OVERRIDE EITHER STATE OR FEDERAL LAW. AND IF WE'RE AN HAC AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS TO PAY DUES, WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY DUES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT WAS MY REASON FOR THE TAG IS, IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW DID THIS IMPACT PROP B UH, HOW WE GETTING OUR PROPORTIONAL SHARE OF REPRESENTATION WHEN THE VOTERS, UH, VOTED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO HAVE THAT OUR, OUR CHARTER CHANGED THEN IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL RIGHT NOW. SO I, I DID SPEAK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY EARLIER TO ASK FOR, UM, A BRIEFING ON THAT TO BE PUT OUT NOT ONLY FOR COUNCIL, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC. AND THEN WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES IF WE STILL DON'T, DON'T PAY IT. RIGHT. UM, SO TAG IT FOR ANOTHER WEEK. NO, KEEP THE TAG. TAG BY COUNCILMAN POLLARD. NEXT, ITEM FOUR, NEEDS AND MOTION CAST MOVE MOTION POLLER TAG MADE AND TAGGED BY COUNCILMAN POLLARD. ITEM FIVE NEEDS A MOTION. A MOVE. SECOND. MOTION BEEN MADE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED MADE. [02:45:01] EXCUSE ME. MOTION PASSES. MEMBER KAMAN. COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO NOT ONLY IS THIS ITEM SPECIFICALLY IMPORTANT WITH SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES. UM, BARK CONTINUES TO, UH, BE IT MAX CAPACITY. THE EMPLOYEES ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN AND THE COMPASSION AND CARE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, DESPITE THE, THE WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY ARE UNDER RIGHT NOW, UH, AND THE LEVEL OF, UH, ANIMALS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THOSE DOORS, I JUST WANTED TO LIFT UP THEIR WORK RIGHT NOW. UM, AND THE, AGAIN, THE COMPASSION THAT THE ENTIRE TEAM OVER AT BARK CONTINUES TO PROVIDE DESPITE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE CITY CONTINUES TO FACE. SO WANNA LIFT THEM UP RIGHT NOW? UM, AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO. NEXT ITEM. THANK. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM 19 IS A RESOLUTION. JUST NEED A VOTE. JUST A MOMENT. COUNCILMAN JACKSON? UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANT TO APPOINT A PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS, UM, IN THE AUDIENCE. I WANT TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT. CARVER HIGH SCHOOL HAS COME UP TO CITY HALL TO, UM, BASICALLY LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE GOVERNMENT. UM, Y'ALL STAND UP AND SO JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT. THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING DOWN THIS, UM, WEDNESDAY MORNING TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH US AND JUST, YOU KNOW, LEARN ABOUT WHAT WE DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL DONE. WELCOME. NEXT. OKAY, SO WE'RE STILL ON 19TH. SO THIS IS THE RESOLUTION, CREATING 19TH ON ITEM 19. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY YES. AS OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 20 AND ORDINANCE, JUST NEED TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY YES, AS OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. COUNCILOR RAMIREZ. COUNCIL RAMIREZ. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING. I'VE SUPPORTED, UH, ITEM NUMBER 20 RELATED TO 19, WHICH IS, UM, TAKING ETHAN AND TAKING IT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, PERHAPS EVEN NATIONALLY. UH, I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS, UH, A COUPLE CONCERNS. UH, ONE, THIS IS A, THIS IS A STARTUP, AND, UH, IT COMES WITH THE RISKS THAT ACCOMPANY ALL STARTUPS. NAMELY, THERE'S NO REVENUE, NO CUSTOMERS AT THIS POINT. THE CITY'S PROVIDING THE SEED MONEY, WHICH INITIALLY IS GONNA BE 2.5 MILLION FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. UM, I'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT IN SHORT ORDER, PROBABLY WITHIN ABOUT 18 MONTHS, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE SOME REVENUE AND SOME INDICATION THAT THIS IS GONNA SUCCEED, SO THAT WE WON'T BE, UH, DRAGGED DOWN FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UH, POURING MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK. AND SO WITH THAT REPRESENTATION, HAPPY TO SUPPORT. UM, I HOPE THAT SHOULD THIS BE SUCCESSFUL, THE BOARD OF THIS NEW LGC WILL CONSIDER AN EXIT STRATEGY WHERE PERHAPS THE CONCEPT AND THE SOFTWARE AND SO AND SO FORTH CAN BE SOLD FOR, FOR, UH, A PROFIT. BUT I HOPE THIS WORKS. UM, BUT I HAVE SOME CONCERNS, BUT I'LL SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM 21 IS AN ORDER. JUST NEED A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES AS OPPOSED TO NAY MOTION PASSES. I'D LIKE TO, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, THE NEGOTIATORS, CERTAINLY ON THE SIDE OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL, UH, MELISSA ARTURO, MS. CHEEKS AND HER TEAM DID A GREAT JOB, AND CERTAINLY WE WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE HOPE, UH, UNDERSTANDING SOME OF YOUR FRUSTRATION. WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK, UH, TO IMPROVE THINGS, AS YOU MENTIONED YESTERDAY. BUT I HOPE WE ALL RECOGNIZE THIS IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. SO THANK YOU. AND I, IN FACT, I'LL ASK Y'ALL TO STAND IF YOU WOULD. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. AND COUNCILMAN CAYMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I TOO, I, WE HAD A PHENOMENAL, I THINK, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, COVERING IN DETAIL WHAT THIS CONTRACT ENTAILS, UH, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS STILL WORK TO DO, BUT ALSO THAT, UH, OVER 30 SESSIONS, THE DEAL THAT WAS WORKED OUT BY THE NEGOTIATING TEAMS. FROM, AGAIN, HR DIRECTOR, CHEEKS, ELISA FRANKLIN BROCKS, AND A HOST OF HR STAFF, LEGAL, UH, FINANCE WITH DIRECTOR DEBOWSKI. BUT OF COURSE, THE HOPE NEGOTIATING TEAM. AND I CONTINUE TO SAY THAT, UM, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ENGAGED [02:50:01] FROM DAY ONE, AND YOUR VOICES ARE THE VOICES OF ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR STANDING. THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR THOSE THAT DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THAT VOICE. I THINK IN THIS CONTRACT, MAYOR, THE, UH, WITH THE PAY INCREASES, NOT JUST DOING IS VICE CHAIR MARTINEZ POINTED OUT AND AMETHYST SPOKE ON THE BASE PAY INCREASE, UH, BRINGS EVERYBODY UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN IF WE HAD JUST DONE PERCENTAGES SO THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THOSE AGAIN, THAT OFTEN DON'T HAVE THAT VOICE. UH, I WROTE DOWN A FEW OF THE, WHAT YOU ALL HAD SHARED AT COMMITTEE, UH, RECOGNIZING THE SACRIFICE THAT ALL OF YOU ARE MAKING WHEN THE CITY NEEDS US THE MOST. AND THAT RINGS TRUE TODAY AND ALWAYS, AND THAT OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ARE THE BACKBONE OF HOUSTON'S RESILIENCE. UH, AND YOU ALL REMAIN STEADFAST. WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT JUST STARTED THIS YEAR, BUT WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN SERVING THREE TO FOUR DECADES ON UP. UH, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND MAYOR, I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT THIS INCLUDED. UH, WE HAVE THE EMERGE THE SHIFT BREAKS. UH, WE HAVE EVEN AN INNOVATIVE CLAUSE. I THINK IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE CITY'S USING IT RELATED TO AI, UM, PROTECTIONS AS WELL AS PRIVATIZATION CLAUSES. UH, WE HAVE INCREASING, AS I SAID, PAY, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING SPECIAL EVENT PAY. UH, AND THE NEED FOR THAT, THE DEPARTMENT, LABOR MANAGEMENT, COOPERATION COUNCIL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THE LIST GOES ON. BUT AGAIN, THE INTENTIONALITY OF THIS CONTRACT, I THINK REFLECTS, UH, THE DEDICATION OF HOPE AND THE CITY TO OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL. UH, AND OF COURSE, MAYOR, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY MORE CONTRACTS FOR US IN OUR SECOND TERMS THAT WE'LL BE REVIEWING. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT IN THIS CONTRACT. THERE'S THE 180 DAY RULE, AND I TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT. I MAY NOT HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT UNDER STATE LAW. UH, IF WE DON'T INCLUDE A CLAUSE RECOGNIZING, UH, WHEN THE REVIEW FOR DISCIPLINE OCCURS, UH, IT REVERTS TO A 180 DAYS FROM THE, UH, WHEN THE TRANSGRESSION OCCURRED. THAT MEANS THAT AS A CITY, UH, WE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT IT. AND WE'VE MISSED THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY. HOPE HAS COME TO THE TABLE AND SAID, WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, 180 DAYS FROM THE TIME OF DISCOVERY FOR THAT. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN ALL OF OUR, UH, LABOR AGREEMENTS. AND I HOPE TO SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE AND OTHERS. BUT I DO WANNA THANK HOPE AGAIN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES CONTINUE TO DO. AND I KNOW WE HAVE LE LA UH, LEADERS OF LABOR. UH, I SEE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE UNION HERE, HPOU IS HERE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR STANDING WITH HOPE AS WELL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, JUST WANT TO BE BRIEF AND JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO HOPE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL BEEN DOING IN THE PAST FIVE MONTHS, UH, ON THIS CONTRACT. AND I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU AS WELL, MAYOR, UH, AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION, LEGAL, HR AND FINANCE FOR GETTING US THROUGH THIS, UH, AS WELL. AND, AND JUST, JUST REALLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPE MEMBERS, MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO, UH, DAY IN, DAY OUT, AND, AND KNOW THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UH, SUPPORT YOU. UH, IT'S, I THINK WE, THE, THE BASE, UH, FY 25 RAISES IS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT. UM, BECAUSE THE 3.5, AS WE SPOKE YESTERDAY, IT'S, IT'S ONLY 80 CENTS FOR SOME FOLKS. UM, AND TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE $116 AS A BASE RATE, UH, INCREASE, IT'S, IT'S A LOT MORE, UH, UM, SUBSTANTIAL FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE, THAT ARE WORKING. AND SO, UM, AGAIN, JUST CONGRATULATIONS, UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU. AND I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT, UH, COUNCILMAN CAYMAN'S LEADERSHIP AND YOU BEING THE VICE CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CONTRIBUTION. AND I THINK WE'RE, UH, WE'RE PLEASED AT THIS POINT. AND I WOULD CONSIDER A FRESH START THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE, UH, CHALLENGES OF BEING A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE. AND, UH, ONE THING THAT WE EMPHASIZE THROUGHOUT NEGOTIATIONS, UH, THE ATTEMPT TO COMPLETELY HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE THAT ARE BULLYING SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES, IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE. AND, UH, IT'S BEEN TOLERATED, OR AT LEAST, UH, NOT ADDRESSED UP UNTIL THIS POINT. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM 22 IS AN ORDINANCE. THIS NEED A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 23 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. [02:55:01] ITEM 24 IS AN ORDINANCE. YOU NEED VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 25 IS AN ORDINANCE. YOU NEED TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED AFTER, AFTER ALL OPPOSED, NO. MOTION PASSES. CHAIR RECOGNIZES. COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM. IT IS A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN, UH, HUD THAT WILL ALLOW US TO STUDY, UM, THE TRANSFORMATION OF IRVINGTON VILLAGE, WHICH IS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, COMPLEX IN THE NEAR NORTH SIDE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1942. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN AROUND A WHILE. IT, IT'S ABSOLUTELY IN NEED OF, OF RE-IMAGINING, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND, UH, WHAT WILL COME FROM THIS PROCESS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP. UH, BUT IT'S A, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE. AND, UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT ITEM 31 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, AFTER, AFTER ALL IN FAVOR, SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. THANK YOU MARIAN. JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THE EAST DOWNTOWN, UH, REDEVELOPMENT, AUTHORITY, UH, TOURS, UM, THEIR, THEIR BUDGET, THEIR PROJECT PLAN. UM, I, I, HISTORICALLY, I'VE SAT THROUGH, UH, SEVERAL OF THESE TOURS MEETINGS, UM, AS A STAFFER. AND SO I UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON IN THESE, IN THESE, UH, UH, THESE BOUNDARIES AND, AND THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN EAST DOWNTOWN, SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING TO FIFA, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR ROADS, UH, ADJACENT TO THE GEORGE R. BROWN READY TO, UM, INVITE FOLKS TO COME IN, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSINESSES ARE, ARE GONNA BE THRIVING, UM, IN THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS, UM, IS IMPORTANT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND TO THE TOUR BOARD. UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SAT A FEW DAYS AGO, DISCUSSED A FEW DIFFERENT PROJECTS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BUILD GREEN SPACE IN THE EAST DOWNTOWN AREA. WALKABILITY, UM, OF COURSE, EVEN, UH, UH, BIKE LANES ALONG POLK THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN THERE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UPGRADED AS WELL. SO, SO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE SUPPORT. COUNCILMAN ALCORN. THANK YOU. UH, I WAS HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. UH, I DID ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE N-H-H-I-P PLANNING AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CAT PARK. I MEAN, THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, I WANNA JUST BE KEPT ABREAST OF. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME MONEY PUT IN THERE FOR THAT PLANNING EFFORT. NOT TOO MUCH, BUT KIND OF WANNA BETTER UNDERSTAND WHO'S LEADING THAT CHARGE. WHAT'S, UH, I KNOW THERE'S T DOTS INVOLVED, CITIES INVOLVED, THE TS, UM, OTHERS PERHAPS. AND I THINK THAT'S AN EXCITING PART. AND, UM, TO WHATEVER EXTENT I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CAT PARK. UH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT. NEXT ITEM 35 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 36 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM [NON-CONSENT - MISCELLANEOUS] 45 IS A MOTION. NEEDS A MOTION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING. CASTEX TATUM, MOVED TO SET THE HEARING DATE FOR 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 2024. NEXT SECONDS. MOTION IS MADE IN THE SECOND. AND ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM 46 IS A MOTION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING. CASTEX TATU MOVED TO SET THE HEARING DATE FOR 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER THE SIXTH, 2024. NEXT SECOND. ALL MOTION TO REMAIN. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. NEXT. [MATTERS HELD] ITEM 47 IS A RESOLUTION. JUST NEED A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. NO. UH, SHALL VICE MAYOR PROTE PECK VOTING NO. AND HUFFMAN, NO COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN? UH, NO. RAMIREZ, NO. UH, CARTER, NO PECK, HOFFMAN CARTER, NO. LINCOLN JUROR AND CARTER. OKAY. OKIE DOKIE. ANYTHING ELSE? MOTION PASSES. NEXT, PEG FLICK. PEG FLICKINGER CARTER. HOWEVER, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. YES. GOT IT. THANK YOU. ITEM 48 IS A RESOLUTION. JUST NEED TO VOTE. JUST A SECOND. DID YOU WANNA BE RECOGNIZED NOW? COUNCIL MEMBER EVANS SHABA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, ON LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, [03:00:01] YOU KNOW, COLLABORATING WITH THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I THINK WE GOT THAT, UH, PRETTY MUCH CLEARED UP. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER FOR, UH, COMING TO ME. AND WE DID HAVE A, A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION ON YESTERDAY. UH, HE DID GET HIS QUESTIONS ANSWERED. I THINK HE'S GONNA MAKE SOME COMMENTS TODAY. UM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE, UH, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. UH, HE DID FIND OUT AS, AS WELL AS WHAT WAS DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, THAT THE REASON, UH, FOR SOME OF THIS IS THAT THESE PROJECTS WOULD NOT HAPPEN, BUT FOR THE, THE PFCS. AND SO, UM, AGAIN, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE QUESTIONS. EVERYBODY'S VOTE IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS REGARDING ANY ITEMS IN THEIR DISTRICT. AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND HOPEFULLY THIS ITEM WILL BE APPROVED. THANK YOU. VERY WELL SAID, COUNCILLOR RAMIREZ. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS, UH, PROJECT INVOLVING OREM CIRCLE. I SUPPORTED THE OTHER TWO PFCS, UH, THAT CAME THIS TIME AROUND BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABILITY IN THE INSTANT. IN THOSE TWO INSTANCES, THE 80 A MI UNITS, WHICH MAKE UP 30% OF THE PROJECTS, UH, WOULD BE BELOW MARKET RENT. THE SAME CANNOT BE SAID OF THIS DEAL REGARDING ORUM. THE ORUM DEAL PROVIDES ONLY 20% OF THE UNITS, UH, AT AFFORDABLE LEVELS FOR HOUSTON RESIDENTS. UH, THE REST WOULD BE AT ABOVE MARKET, UH, RENTAL RATES, WHICH IS NOT AFFORDABLE AT ALL, NOT AFFORDABLE ENOUGH, UH, FOR THAT AREA. NOT AFFORDABLE ENOUGH FOR HOUSTON, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE DEVELOPER'S GONNA GET MORE THAN AN $800,000 TAX BREAK EVERY YEAR. UH, AND I DON'T FAULT THE DEVELOPERS, THEY ASSUME RISK GOING INTO THESE DEALS. THEY DESERVE TO GET REWARD. THE FAULT LIES WITH THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH CAN NEGOTIATE A BETTER DEAL ON THESE PFCS. WE SPOKE TO, UH, DEVELOPERS WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED IN ANY OF THESE DEALS, AND THEY, AND THEY, THEY'RE OF THE OPINION THAT, UH, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CAN ENSURE THAT THESE DEALS PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO HOUSTON RESIDENTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANNA SEE GOING FORWARD. AND THAT'S WHY I'LL BE VOTING NO ON ORAM CIRCLE. COUNCILMAN FLICKINGER? YES, MAYOR, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS. UH, ME AND COUNCILWOMAN SHABAZZ TALKED ABOUT IT YESTERDAY. UM, I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. MY BIGGEST QUESTION WAS, WHAT DO THE LOW INCOME RESIDENTS GET AND WHAT DOES THE DEVELOPER RECEIVE? UH, I MET WITH, UH, LANCE GILLIAM'S OFFICE, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WORKED FOR 'EM LAST WEEK. WE WENT THROUGH THE NUMBERS AND THE REDUCED RENTS AMOUNT TO ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF $400 A MONTH. UH, NOW THEY'RE DIFFERENT. ONE IN TWO BEDROOMS, 80%, 60% OF A MI, BUT THE AVERAGE AMOUNT, IT'S ABOUT $400 A MONTH, RIGHT? AT $5,000 A YEAR. THE RESIDENTS, THE LOW INCOME RESIDENTS, ARE ESSENTIALLY RECEIVING A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF ABOUT $150,000 A YEAR IN SUBSIDIES. OUR TAX ABATEMENT, AS THEY FIGURED IT WAS GONNA BE JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. SO THE HEADLINE NUMBER IS $150,000 THAT WE GET A MILLION IS FOREGONE. UM, THERE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER FACTORS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS. AND, AND IN FACT, I ASKED HIM, I SAID, CAN YOU SQUARE THAT FOR ME? HE SAID, WELL, IT DOESN'T GET BUILT WITHOUT THE SUBSIDIES OR WITHOUT THE TAX ABATEMENT. AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT POINT. AND I TAKE 'EM WITH THEIR WORD FOR THAT. IN FACT, MY BUSINESS SELLS EQUIPMENT TO PEOPLE THAT BUILD MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING. I'M WELL AWARE OF WHAT THE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING IS LIKE. UH, THERE IS A TON OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN CANCELED OVER THE LAST YEAR, DELAYED. UM, YOU KNOW, MY CUSTOMERS ARE GETTING BEAT UP OVER IT. SO I, I GET IT. AND I, I REALLY THINK IN SPEAKING TO OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL, THAT USE THE PFCS THAT A BETTER JOB NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE US TO REALLY BARGAIN HARDER FOR THE LOW INCOME PEOPLE. UM, I MEAN, THE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT REPRESENTED AT THE TABLE. IT'S GOTTA BE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. IT'S GOTTA BE US TO DO THIS, BUT TO THE POINT THAT SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING, AND, YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN SHABAZZ CERTAINLY SUPPORTS IT. I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT AS WELL. COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN KAMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR LEGAL, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AS A COUNCIL, WE'RE REALLY TAKING UP PFCS IN THIS MANNER. SO WE'VE BEEN TAKING UP FOR SOME TIME, RIGHT? THE TAX CREDIT NOMINATIONS THAT GO TO THE STATE LEVEL. [03:05:01] UM, AND WHEN WE'VE PICKED AND CHOOSE CHOSEN AS A COUNCIL, UH, TO EXCLUDE ONE PROJECT OVER ANOTHER, IT HAS CREATED LIABILITY. UM, AND I BELIEVE ACTUALLY CONSENT DECREES IMPOSED UPON THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UH, NOW THAT WE'RE IN THIS NEWER TERRITORY WITH PFC CONSIDERATION, IS THERE SIMILAR RISK OF LIABILITY WHEN WE, UH, ARE KIND OF PICKING AND CHOOSING WHAT TO SUPPORT OR NOT TO SUPPORT WHEN THEY COME TO COUNCIL? UH, I THINK ANYTIME THAT YOU, YOU HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS INVOLVED, YOU ALWAYS HAVE A TITLE SIX EQUAL PROTECTION ISSUE, UH, THAT EXISTS ACROSS THE BOARD. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND I DID, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, UH, WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW THAT THERE'S A HOUSING AUTHORITY PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS PFC ON NOVEMBER 19TH. SO THERE STILL ARE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE, BUT I, I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE AGAIN, HISTORICALLY WHEN WE'VE SAID NO TO ONE, YES, TO SOME, UH, IT HAS OPENED UP THE CITY TO LIABILITY. COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ, JUST JUST TO CLARIFY, THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY IS NOT CONTROLLED BY THE CITY. IT'S A SEPARATE ENTITY. UH, HOUSTON HAS A HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT THAT IS CONTROLLED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO SOME EXTENT, BUT THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY IS A FEDERAL ENTITY OVER WHICH WE HAVE NO CONTROL. THAT'S ALL. I WILL COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. AND, UH, I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. AND, UH, I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING SOME OF THE DATA THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE, UH, A, UH, A JUDGMENT ON THE PROPOSAL. SO, UH, THERE'S DECISIONS IN THE WORK THAT'LL IMPROVE THE, UH, ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. JUST NEED TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. RAMIREZ, NO SHOW RAMIREZ VOTING NO SHOW. COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ? NO. UH, ANYONE ELSE? MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM 49 IS AN ORDER. DOES YOU SEE THE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. BEFORE, AFTER. OKAY. CALLING AFTER FAVOR. VOTE YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR JACKSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I TAGGED THIS ITEM LAST NIGHT, LAST WEEK BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE HOMELESS, UM, COALITION, UM, AND JUST GET AN UPDATE ON THE TRANSFER CENTER. UM, WHEN THE TRANSFER CENTER WAS ACTUALLY PUT IN PLACE, THERE WAS A LOT OF PUSHBACK, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT THERE WAS ALSO SOME COMMITMENTS MADE TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD. AND SOME OF THE COMMITMENTS WAS TO INCLUDE A CLINIC, UM, IN THE TRANSFER CENTER, WHICH HASN'T HAPPENED. UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CLINIC, UM, MOVE FORWARD. THE OTHER, UM, COMMITMENT WAS UPGRADING THE PARK. UM, AND SO I JUST LEARNED THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAVE TAKEN OWNERSHIP OF THE PARK THAT'S NEAR THE TRANSFER CENTER. UM, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. UM, IN ADDITION TO BEING UPDATED, WE WANT IT NAMED AFTER MR. AF, THE LATE ALVIN BIRD. UM, AND SO I WANTED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU AS WELL. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSFER CENTER ITSELF, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN DOWN THE LINE, BUT THE PARK WILL ALWAYS BE THERE. SO ALVIN, YOU KNOW, HE WAS THE FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR THE CENTER. UM, SO GETTING THIS CENTER NAMED AFTER MR. ALVIN BIRD WOULD, IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. UM, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, THE COMMITMENT WAS TO HAVE NAVIGATORS IN THE CENTER THAT WOULD CON CONNECT FOLKS THAT COME THROUGH, UM, THE CENTER WITH JOBS. AND SO THAT HASN'T HAPPENED, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS. BUT I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE HARMONY HOUSE, WHO IS MANAGING, UM, THE CENTER. AND SO JUST MAKING SURE THOSE COMMITMENTS THAT WAS MADE IN 2021, UM, MATERIALIZED IN 2024. WE IN 2024. 2024, UM, AND HOPEFULLY 2025 SOONER THAN LATER. AND SO, UM, I SUPPORT IT. UM, BUT I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, WATCH IT BECAUSE THERE WAS COMMITMENTS MADE AND WE NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON OUR COMMITMENTS. THANK YOU. VERY WELL SAID. AND I'LL BE A PARTNER WITH YOU TO SEE THAT THOSE, UH, COMMITMENTS ARE FOLLOWED. IT'S, UH, TAKEN WAY, WAY TOO LONG, AND AN EXCELLENT IDEA OF NAMING IT AFTER ALVIN. HE WAS A SPECIAL COMMUNITY LEADER THAT, UH, HELPED MAKE THIS CITY AS GREAT AS IT IS AND LOVED HOUSTON. THANK YOU. N NEXT YOU COMPLETE THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA. VERY WELL [NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS] POP OFF. COUNCILMAN POLLARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. A FEW THINGS, UH, I BROUGHT UP THE LAST TIME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. UM, THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE, UH, THERE ARE MANY HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS POPPING UP ON US, 59 BETWEEN, UH, SIX 10. AND THE BELTWAY, UH, WAS PRIMARILY RUNS THROUGH DISTRICT J. UH, THAT [03:10:01] WAS AN AREA THAT WAS OF CONCERN FOR US DURING COVID, UH, PUT FORTH A LOT OF EFFORT TO CLEAN UP, UH, THOSE UNDERPASSES. UM, BUT THE ENCAMPMENTS ARE COMING BACK AND, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE? UM, WHAT RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE, WHO'S OUR POINT OF CONTACT WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESS OUTREACH AND, AND WHAT STRATEGIES ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE, NOT ONLY, UH, TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WE FIND HOUSING FOR, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS, BUT TO KEEP THE AREA CLEAN AND SAFE AS WELL. SO, UH, I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOUR ADMINISTRATION ON WORKING IN COLLABORATION, ON ADDRESSING THE ENCAMPMENTS, UH, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S STARTING TO BECOME OVERWHELMING. UM, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I POINTED OUT RECENTLY WAS THE ILLEGAL STREET VENDORS. UH, WE HAVE POCKETS OF AREAS WITHIN DISTRICT J WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE PUTTING UP TENTS AND SELLING GOODS, UH, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE BLOCKING TRAFFIC. THEY'RE BLOCKING THE SIDEWALKS. UH, IT'S BECOMING, UM, BEYOND A NUISANCE. AND FOR ME, I DO NOT LIKE SEEING OVERT ON ITS FACE, UH, VIOLATIONS, WHETHER IT'S, UH, MINIMAL CRIMES AND VIOLATIONS OR, OR, YOU KNOW, MORE AGGRESSIVE, UM, HIGH CRIME. BUT THE RESIDENTS ARE VERY FRUSTRATED WHEN THEY SEE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY OR VIOLATIONS TO CODES, AND THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT. SO THESE ILLEGAL STREET VENDORS ARE GETTING OUTTA CONTROL, AND WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY, UH, TO ADDRESS THAT WITH HEAVY PRESENCE AS WELL AS WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND SOLID WASTE ON, UM, DISCARDING ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE LEFT BEHIND THAT MAKE THE COMMUNITY, UH, LOOK RUN DOWN. SO WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE. UM, FROM AN EVENT STANDPOINT, MY OFFICE WILL BE HOSTING A FREE PET PANTRY AND VACCINE EVENT THIS FRIDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM AT SHARPSTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH. UH, THAT'S AT 7,000 BEL AIR BOULEVARD. ALL, ALL ARE WELCOME. IT'S A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE EVENT, SO, UH, PLEASE TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE IN NEED AND EARLY VOTING HAS STARTED. UH, THE VOTING SEASON IS HERE. THIS WILL BE A HISTORIC, UH, ELECTION, AND I'M ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO GO TO THE BALLOT BOX AND CAST YOUR VOTE. UH, YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM FROM NOW TO NOVEMBER 1ST, AND THEN ELECTION DAY IS THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY. UM, IF YOU DON'T VOTE, YOU CAN'T COMPLAIN. SO, UH, PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR COWORKERS, YOUR FAMILY, TAKE YOUR KIDS WITH YOU. IF YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER, IF YOU HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER, IF YOU HAVE A, A AUNT OR A SISTER, OR, UM, TAKE THEM THIS, THIS ELECTION. THIS IS A HISTORIC ELECTION AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, UH, GREAT DAYS AHEAD. SO GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ALCORN PASS, CARTER. COUNCILMAN CARTER. THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, UH, JUST OFFER CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE, UH, THAT WERE, UH, KILLED IN THE HELICOPTER CRASH THIS PAST THIS WEEK. AND ALSO TOO, JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES AND A TRAGEDY SUCH AS THIS H-P-D-H-F-D, AND EVERYONE WHO STEPS UP. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S RESOURCES OFF THE STREETS, OUT OF SERVICE TO ADDRESS THIS, THIS HORRIBLE AND, YOU KNOW, SITUATION. BUT JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR, OUR MEN IN BLUE, MEN AND WOMEN, EXCUSE ME, IN BLUE, AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR EFFORTS AND, AND THE TIME SPENT. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST GOD BLESS YOU AND STAY SAFE OUT THERE. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE HERMAN PARK CONSERVANCY, CAROL LAMBERT, AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD MEETING AND I WELCOME HER TO HERMAN PARK. AND SHE JUST WAS SUCH A GREAT INSPIRATION WITH THE WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE THAT SHE BRINGS TO THAT POSITION. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER. I ALSO, THIS PAST SATURDAY, I WANTED TO THANK THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED FOR THEIR, UH, GET OUT AND VOTE EVENT AT THE SUNNYSIDE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER. AND THERE WAS A GREAT TURNOUT AND IT WAS MOTIVATING, UH, THAT THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AND HOPEFULLY, UH, THEY WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO GO OUT AND VOTE. UH, ON LAST NIGHT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. HOW ABOUT THAT? AT THE CENTRAL CITY NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT D, WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR THE VETERAN'S HOSPITAL. UH, THEY HAD THEIR, UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT LAST NIGHT, AND IT WAS [03:15:01] VERY WELL ATTENDED. I DIDN'T HAVE TO RUN IN AS, AS QUICKLY. I DID HAVE A MEETING AFTER THAT, BUT I WAS ABLE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH THEM THAT THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IN REGARDS TO THEIR FLOOD CONTROL. AND SO IT WAS A GREAT MEETING AND I THANK THEM FOR PLANNING THE MEETING AND THAT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND. I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE PARKWOOD CIVIC CLUB LAST NIGHT. UH, AS YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY CAME OUT TO SPEAK ABOUT A HOUSE THAT IS IN NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS, AND THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE APPROPRIATE PERMITS AND, UH, TO BUILD SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING. AND SO I WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT AND I THANK CITY ATTORNEY, UM, MICHELLE, WHO WAS ABLE TO, UH, GET ME IN TOUCH WITH THE ATTORNEY THAT HANDLES THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT. AND, UH, WE ARE ENCOURAGED THAT THEY WILL, UM, EITHER BE IN COMPLIANCE OR THEY WILL BE FORCED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IT, IT MAKES NO SENSE TO HAVE RULES AND ORDINANCES, AND WE DO NOT INSIST THAT PEOPLE FOLLOW THEM. UH, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS, PEOPLE BECOME, UH, RENEGADE, SO TO SPEAK, AND THEN WHEN THEY START BUILDING WITHOUT PERMITS, THEN WE CERTAINLY CAN BE FACED WITH SOME VERY UNSAFE CONDITIONS, AND THAT'S TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. SO I THINK, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, AND DAMON CRENSHAW FOR THEIR HARDWORKING IN GETTING THIS MATTER RESOLVED. LET'S SEE. UM, ON TOMORROW, UH, WE WILL CELEBRATE THE NATIONAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES MONTH WITH THE HOUSTON'S CULTURAL DISTRICTS, AND THAT WILL BE FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM AT THE HOUSTON ENDOWMENT, WHICH IS 36 83. WHAT'S THAT? WILLA STREET. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A BREAKFAST AND WE ARE GONNA CELEBRATE THE NATIONAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES MONTH WITH THE LEADERSHIP. AND THEN ON TOMORROW EVENING, THE SUNNYSIDE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, WE'LL BE AT 6:00 PM OF COURSE, AT THE SUNNYSIDE HEALTH AND MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, 44 10 REED ROAD. AND SO, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN JOIN US FOR THE COM, UH, IMPORTANT COMMUNITY ISSUES AND THE DISCUSSIONS, AND ENGAGE WITH THE LOCAL LEADERS. AND THAT CONCLUDES WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO START, UM, BY ECHOING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE, THE TRAGEDY, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND REMEMBERING THOSE THAT WERE LOST. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M THANKFUL THAT MORE FOLKS, UH, WERE NOT, UH, IMPACTED BY THAT AND, AND PROPERTIES AND THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED, UH, SO SWIFTLY. I DO APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR UPDATES ON THE WHOLE SITUATION. AND, UH, THE FIRE CHIEF, UH, KEEPING ME POSTED AS WELL. UM, THIS SATURDAY, WE ARE GONNA HAVE HEALTH FAIR OVER AT YES. PREP AIRLINE FROM 10 TO TWO. UH, I DO WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE IN DISTRICT H TO COME ON OUT. THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF, UH, RESOURCES AVAILABLE, SCREENING SERVICES AVAILABLE. UM, AND, UH, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO STOP BY, UH, THE YES PREP AIRLINE FROM 10 TO TWO ON SATURDAY, ON MONDAY, OCTOBER THE 28TH, FROM SIX TO EIGHT AT THE FELIX FRAGA, HCC. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL HOST A SIDEWALK ENGAGEMENT MEETING, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO THIS IS A, A CHANCE TO COME OUT AND LEARN ABOUT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, UH, TO THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE AND GET, UM, THE INFORMATION AND ALSO PROVIDE YOUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK. AND THAT IS MONDAY, OCTOBER THE 28TH AT THE FELIX FRAGA, HCC FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM. UM, I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO HUD COMPLETING ITS INVESTIGATION, UM, AT THE 800 MIDDLE SITE. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ENSURE IT IS SAFE FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AND, UM, THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING OUR, OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEED, YOU KNOW, IN A CITY WHERE IT IS MORE, UM, SCARCE AND, AND IT IS MORE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE DON'T WANT TO LET OPPORTUNITIES SLIP BY, BUT THE INVESTIGATION IS A NECESSARY STEP TO, UH, ENSURING THAT THAT PROPERTY IS SAFE FOR FAMILIES TO LIVE. AND, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO THAT, UH, PLAYING OUT AND THE RESULTS OF FROM THE HUD INVESTIGATION. AND FINALLY, UH, DO WANNA REMIND EVERYONE IN DISTRICT H TO GET OUT AND VOTE. UH, EARLY VOTING IS GOING ON, AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ELECTION. UH, YOUR VOICE IS CRITICAL, BUT THAT BALLOT IS LONG. AND SO, UH, MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT [03:20:01] A TRUSTED SOURCE, WHETHER IT'S THE LEGAL WOMEN VOTERS VOTER GUIDE OR, OR ANOTHER, UH, RESOURCE OUT THERE. 'CAUSE THERE ARE DOWN BALLOT RACES, JUDICIAL RACES, YOU NAME IT. UM, BE SURE TO, TO DO YOUR RESEARCH, GO PREPARED AND, AND MAKE A PLAN TO GET OUT AND VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET OUT AND VOTE. MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNT. UH, IT IS YOUR VOICE AND YOUR VALUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILOR AND INGER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, WE HAD OUR TOWN HALL LAST NIGHT IN EDGEBROOK. UH, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I THINK THEY'VE EVER HAD ONE OUT THERE. UH, SPECIAL THANKS TO THE ONE MOVEMENT BIBLE CHURCH. UH, THEY ACTUALLY HOSTED IT, UH, SENIOR PASTOR VARNER AND, UH, FIRST LADY VARNER AS SHE'S KNOWN. UH, REALLY DID A GOOD JOB HOSTING US. REALLY APPRECIATED IT. UM, WANNA EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SHOWED UP. UH, THE CHURCH IS ACTUALLY SITTING IN COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ'S DISTRICT, AND THEN DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET IS MY DISTRICT, UH, WHERE ALL THE HOUSES ARE. SO COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ WAS THERE, UH, AT LARGE. COUNCILMAN ALCORN, COUNCILMAN CARTER, UH, COUNCILMAN DAVIS WAS THERE, AND COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ HAD HIS CHIEF OF STAFF THERE. SO IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. UH, THEY HAD, UH, A LOT OF GOOD SHOWING FOR THE PEOPLE. AND I, I THINK THEY SOMEWHAT THINK THAT YES, WE ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT 'EM DOWN THERE, SO THAT IT WAS GOOD. UH, ALSO HAD, UH, QUITE A BIT OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS OUT THERE, CHIEF OF POLICE, FIRE CHIEF WAS OUT THERE. UH, COMMANDER CRUZ AND DIAZ WERE BOTH OUT THERE TALKING ABOUT THE CRIME IN THE AREA AND GIVING STATISTICS, UH, DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS PUBLIC WORKS, UH, 3 1 1 BARK PARKS AND RECREATION SOLID AND WASTE MANAGEMENT. UH, GENERAL LAND OFFICE, HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. SO WE HAD A, A GOOD SHOWING, AND I THINK IT WAS NICE TO DO FOR THE, FOR THE RESIDENTS. UH, WE'RE HAVING OUR TOWN HALL CLEAR LAKE TOMORROW, SO THAT'LL KIND OF WRAP 'EM UP FOR THE FALL. UM, IN THE, UH, NORTH PART OF THE DISTRICT IN KINGWOOD, WE'RE HAVING, UH, BATTERY OIL PAINT, AND ANTIFREEZE COLLECTION AT THE PARK AND RIDE, UH, FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS COMING OUT, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU BRING PROOF OF RESIDENCY WHEN YOU COME OUT THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN KAMAN. UH, FIRST AGAIN, SINCE OUR, OUR HOPE, UH, LOCAL 1, 2, 3 IS STILL HERE. I DO WANNA AGAIN SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU, UM, AND RECOGNIZING WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO. UH, SO WE, WE SEE YOU, WE HEAR YOU. UM, AND WE WILL KEEP GOING. UH, FAMILIES WITH PRIDE. AGAIN, A REMINDER, IT IS THIS SATURDAY, UH, OCTOBER 26TH, EIGHT 30 TO 11:30 AM AT DISCOVERY GREEN, UH, ARTS AND CRAFTS, YARD GAMES, UH, DJ PHOTO BOOTH, FACE PAINTING, UH, THE LIST GOES ON. AND FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE LITTLE CHILDREN, THERE'S ALSO A PROUD PUPPY PARADE. UH, BUT FOR ONE OF OUR THANKS TO ONE OF OUR SPONSORS, UH, THAT'LL KICK OFF AT 9:30 AM SO COLLEAGUES, PLEASE JOIN US. PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD. UM, BUT A BIG THANK YOU TO MOS AND GREATER HOUSTON, LGBT, CHAMBER DISCOVERY GREEN, AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS FOR CONTINUING TO BRING THIS TO LIFE. MERRICK CONTINUES TO GROW EVERY SINGLE YEAR, UM, AND WE JUST APPRECIATE THE JOY THAT THIS EVENT BRINGS FOR ALL. UH, I DO WANNA PERSONALLY THANK, UH, IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, HAZMAT 22, ENGINE 62 EMSA 11, UH, FOR RESPONDING TO A GAS LEAK AT A RESIDENTIAL HOME. UH, THERE WAS SOME CONSTRUCTION, AND AGAIN, IN VERY OLD AREAS WITH OLD INFRASTRUCTURE, THESE GAS LINES ARE VERY, VERY SHALLOW. SO A CONSTRUCTION WORKER HID IT, AND, UH, THEY RESPONDED WITH THE UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM, UH, TO KEEP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE. AND GIVEN THE DROUGHT WE'RE EXPERIENCING, UH, HFDS WILDLAND DIVISION IS CONTINUING TO RESPOND TO SMALLER OUTBREAKS TO KEEP THOSE FIRES UNDER CONTROL. BUT PLEASE, ASKING EVERYONE TO, UH, DO COMMON SENSE BEST PRACTICES, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE DO YOUR PART TO NOT START A FIRE INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY, UH, TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE DURING THE DROUGHT. RIGHT NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT IT, UM, BUT I DO WANNA REMIND EVERYONE ALSO, NOT ONLY EARLY VOTING GOES THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST, BUT PLEASE CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS. MY OWN FATHER, WHO HAS NOT MISSED AN ELECTION IN DECADES, WAS MOVED, UH, ERRONEOUSLY ONTO THE SUSPENSION LIST. SO HE'S STILL ABLE TO VOTE, BUT HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN HE WENT TO VOTE. AND IT'S CAUSING A LOT OF CONFUSION, MAYOR, UH, WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING, AND AGAIN, THERE'S A LARGE, UH, POPULATION OF FOLKS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THE SUSPENSION RISK, AGAIN, ERRONEOUSLY, UH, RELATING TO THE ELECTION. UH, WE KNOW IT'S A LONG BALLOT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. THERE ARE VERY IMPORTANT PROPOSITIONS, INCLUDING THE [03:25:01] FLOOD CONTROL BOND. UH, BUT I DO WANNA THANK, UH, ALL OF OUR H PARTNERS, MAYOR LAST NIGHT, AND COLLEAGUES. WE HAD OVER 12 PTOS AND PTAS COME TOGETHER TO HOST A PANEL DISCUSSION, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MY OFFICE TO DEBATE, UM, THE PROS AND CONS OF THE HISD BOND. UH, IT WAS A VERY, VERY FRUITFUL DEBATE. UH, BUT THE FACT THAT OVER 12 PTAS AND PTOS IN THE DISTRICT CAME TOGETHER TO HOST THIS, UH, REALLY SHOWS US THAT PARENTS ARE LEADING THE CHARGE TO PROTECT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO I THINK ALL OF THEM. LASTLY, UM, I WANNA WELCOME TO THE WORLD AVI FRANKLIN CAYMAN GUSTAF SIN, UH, BORN ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2024, TO MY LITTLE SISTER, JENNY CAYMAN, UH, AND HER HUSBAND, WHO IS AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER TO HER, NEIL GUST OF SIN. WE LOVE YOU ALL. UH, AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GIFT, JACKSON. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JACKSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANNA START OFF BY ECHOING, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PAULA'S CONCERN ABOUT THE ILLEGAL, UM, STREET VENDORS. UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF ILLEGAL STREET VENDORS IN DISTRICT B. AND, UM, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ILLEGAL DUMPING AND BLOTTED BUILDINGS AND ALL OF THIS, THESE VENDORS, THESE, I CALL 'EM SIDEWALK GARAGE SALES, IT JUST MAKES YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS LOOK TRASHY. AND SO, I HOPE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, UM, TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM. 'CAUSE IT IS GETTING OUTTA HAND, UM, IN DISTRICT B. THANK YOU, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PAULA FOR, UM, BRINGING THAT UP. UM, ALSO TOMORROW WE WILL BE HOSTING THE DISTRICT B POPUP COMMUNITY BLOCK PARTY. UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO SEE OUR CREDIBLE MESSENGERS IN ACTION. UM, WE WILL BE HITTING SANCO MARKET, UM, PLACE, WHICH IS OFF OF 80 15 D PRIESTS. AND THIS IS THE CONVENIENCE STORE THAT YOU SEE. A LOT OF IT'S ALWAYS SHOOTINGS AND INCIDENTS HAPPENING AT THIS CONVENIENCE STORE. SO THE COMMUNITY IS GONNA GO AND OCCUPY THIS CONVENIENCE STORE AND MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, SHARE THE RESOURCES THAT'S AVAILABLE, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY, LIKE JOB RESOURCES, SEAL IN THE RECORDS, UM, AND OF COURSE, THEY GET A CHANCE TO MEET THE, UM, CREDIBLE MESSENGERS. AND WE GONNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE AS WELL. SO JOIN US TOMORROW BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN AT THE SUNCO MARKET, UM, BLOCK CONVENIENCE STORE LOCATED AT 80 15 DRE IN ACRES HOMES. UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANNA CIRCLE BACK AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE RAIN EATON. WHEN I RECOGNIZED CARVER HIGH SCHOOL, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE RAIN. HEY, RAIN, UM, I CAN'T SEE REAL GOOD, BUT I LATER SAW YOU. UM, SHE BROUGHT THE, UM, STUDENTS HERE. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. UM, SHE USED TO BE MY CONSTITUENT SERVICE DIRECTOR, AND SHE LEFT TO GO BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY TO WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S A, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU DOING YOUR THING. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. YEAH, HAVE A BLESSING. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HUFFMAN. THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK IN DISTRICT G. UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK I HAD A MEETING WITH TABC, ALONG WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICES, A J AND F JUST TO SEE HOW WE CAN WORK BETTER WITH TABC AND HPD WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING AT SOME OF THESE BARS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE MEETING. WE ALSO HOSTED A, UH, COFFEE WITH THE COPS AND COUNCIL MEMBER WHERE WE HAD A GREAT ATTENDANCE FOR THAT. UM, IT WAS INTERESTING TO, YOU KNOW, MEET SOME CONSTITUENTS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY FROM OTHER COUNTRIES WHO, YOU KNOW, JUST COMMENTED THAT EVERY TIME THAT THEY SEE ONE OF, YOU KNOW, THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS OUT OF THESE EVENTS, JUST HOW APPRECIATIVE THAT THEY ARE BECAUSE THE COUNTRY THAT THEY'RE FROM, THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, SPEAK TO THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS OR KIND OF HAVE THOSE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS. SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO IN EVERY DISTRICT AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT AND PEOPLE APPRECIATE IT. FINALLY, TONIGHT, WE ARE HAVING OUR CONVERSATION ON CRIME AND DISTRICT G WITH CHIEF OF POLICE DIAZ. IT STARTS AT SIX 30, IT'S FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT, UM, AND IT'S AT THE COURTYARD, UH, HOUSTON, I 10 WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR, UM, MARRIOTT, THE ADDRESS IS 1 2 4 0 1 KATY FREEWAY, AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. WE HAD CONSTITUENTS, UM, SUBMIT QUESTIONS ONLINE AND, UH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEE ANYBODY THERE. THANKS. VERY GOOD. COUNCILLOR RAMIREZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO HOPE FOR NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY. UH, AND ON BEHALF OF MY STAFF, WHO IS GONNA GET A PAY RAISE, THANK YOU. AND ALSO, UH, SHOUT OUT TO THE STUDENTS FROM CARVER HIGH SCHOOL MAGNET SCHOOL. UM, THEY'RE ALL SENIORS, THEY'RE ALL BRIGHT-EYED AND, UH, WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT GOVERNMENT. SO I HOPE YOU FOUND IT INSTRUCTIVE. UH, USUALLY OUR MEETINGS TAKE LONGER, SO, UM, WE WILL GET YOU OUTTA HERE A LITTLE BIT EARLY, I THINK. BUT I'M TOLD THAT THEY'RE GONNA GO STRAIGHT FROM HERE TO, UH, THE ACRES HOMES MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, AND THEY'RE GONNA CAST THEIR FIRST FIRST VOTES, UH, IN THEIR LIVES. [03:30:01] WHAT AN EXCITING, UH, TIME. YEAH. AND SO I WOULD URGE ALL HOUSTONIANS WHO ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE TO FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE AND GO VOTE DURING THIS EARLY VOTING PERIOD, OR ON ELECTION DAY. AND, UH, ESPECIALLY DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON THE JUDICIAL RACES. ANYBODY WHO CARES ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND LIKES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS TO DO THEIR VOTES ON, ESPECIALLY THE CRIMINAL COURT JUDICIAL POSITIONS, AND DETERMINE WHICH JUDGES ARE MORE LIKELY TO REPRESENT THEIR VALUES AND FOLLOW THE LAW REGARDING THE SETTING OF BAIL, UH, ESPECIALLY IN VIOLENT CASES. UM, IF YOU, IF YOU VALUE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, IT'S MORE THAN JUST ABOUT POLICE AND FIRE. YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR PART AND GO DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND THEN GO VOTE. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO. JIM KA SIX TATUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, DID WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A SERIES OF IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS TO OUTLINE AND CLARIFY THE CHANGES IN THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK AMENDMENTS. WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SIDEWALKS. UM, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, RESIDENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE AND GET THE UPDATES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR SIDEWALK ORDINANCES AND AMENDMENTS. UM, THIS PAST WEEK, THE DONALD PERKINS NEIGHBORHOOD TRAIL AT THE WILLOW WATER HOLE GREENWAY OPENED, UH, MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER DONALD PERKINS. HE WAS OUR CHIEF OF STAFF IN THE DISTRICT K OFFICE. HE PASSED AWAY IN 2018. HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE CITY PLANNER. HE KNEW ABOUT ALL THE TRAILS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS VOTED ON THIS TRAIL TO BE NAMED AFTER HIM. AND IT OPENED, UH, THIS WEEK. AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY VISIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAIL AT THE WILLOW WATER HOLE CONSERVANCY OPEN HOUSE THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER THE 24TH, FROM FIVE 30 TO 6:30 PM AT THEIR NEW OFFICE AT 5,600 SOUTH WILLOW DRIVE. HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN US, UM, FOR THAT EXCITING EVENT. ALSO, DON'T FORGET, UH, FORT BEND HOUSTON. WE WILL BE AT THE IMPACT CHURCH FOR OUR FORT BEND TOWN HALL MEETING ON MONDAY, OCTOBER THE 28TH. UH, MAYOR WHITMEYER WILL BE ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS. THE POLICE CHIEF, THE FIRE CHIEF, THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS DIRECTOR, SIMS SOLID WASTE DIRECTOR, WILL FALK WILL ALSO BE THERE. WE'VE GOT SOME BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SOME UPDATES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN FORT BEND, HOUSTON. SO HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. IT, WE WILL HAVE A, UH, MEETING AND GREET WITH THE TWO CHIEFS FROM SIX TO SIX 30, AND THEN THE MEETING WILL START AT SIX 30. UM, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SHARING SOME GOOD NEWS TO FORT BEND HOUSTON. AND THEN THIS MONTH, YOU ALL KNOW, IS, UM, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, AND WE WILL BE AMPLIFYING THE IMPORTANCE OF BREAST HEALTH, UH, THIS MONTH WITH OUR SECOND ANNUAL POSE, PINK YOGA CLASS ON OCTOBER THE 30TH AT 6:30 PM AT BRENTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US THERE. IF YOU'RE NOT RECEIVING OUR DISTRICT K NEWSLETTER, YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. WE WORK HARD ON THAT NEWSLETTER. WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE READS IT. UH, CONTACT THE DISTRICT K OFFICE. LOVE TO GET YOU ON OUR DISTRIBUTION LIST. UH, BE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND DON'T FORGET TO GO VOTE. UH, LAST DAY FOR EARLY VOTING IS NOVEMBER THE FIRST, AND ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER THE FIFTH. CONGRATULATIONS. HOPE Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEK. THANK YOU. UM, VICE MAYOR PRO, TIM PECK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, FIRST A CONSTITUENT, WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO PUBLIC WORKS. UM, HE TURNED IN A POTHOLE TO 3 1 1, AND, UM, THE TEAM WHO WENT OUT ACTUALLY FOUND A SECOND POTHOLE RIGHT NEXT TO THE OTHER ONE, AND FILLED BOTH OF THEM, AND EVEN TURNED IN ANOTHER SERVICE REQUEST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY ISSUES UNDERNEATH THE GROUND. AND THEN THEY CALLED THE CONSTITUENT TO FOLLOW UP. SO THAT WAS JUST REALLY GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND HE WANTED TO THANK THEM. I RECENTLY SUBMITTED SOMETHING TO THREE ONE ONE AND ALSO RECEIVED A PHONE CALL TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. SO, JUST A LOT OF REALLY GREAT WORK COMING OUT OF PUBLIC WORKS LATELY, AND WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, MAYOR. UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT TWO TRUNK OR TREAT EVENTS, UM, FROM HPD HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT. UM, THE FIRST IS THE NORTH DIVISION THIS FRIDAY FROM THREE O'CLOCK TO 6:00 PM IT'LL BE AT THE NORTH DIVISION LOCATION AT 9 4 5 5 WEST MONTGOMERY ROAD. AND THEN THE SECOND HPD TRUNK RETREAT WILL BE, UM, BY THE NORTHWEST DIVISION. UM, THAT'LL BE THIS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH FROM FOUR TO 7:00 PM AND THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT HOLLYBROOK ELEMENTARY, UM, 3 6 0 2 HOLLISTER. SO PLEASE JOIN US FOR THOSE TWO GREAT EVENTS. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT NEXT WEEK ON, ON WEDNESDAY AT 9:00 AM WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CIVILITY ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY ALONG HARRISBURG. UM, UH, WE JUST HAD, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS THE PAST FEW WEEKS, UH, MONTHS. UM, AND JUST WANNA MAKE [03:35:01] SURE THAT COMMUNITY'S AWARE AND THEY, THAT THEY CAN BRING THEIR VOICE TO THE, TO THE TABLE AS WELL. UH, WANT TO ALSO, UH, INVITE FOLKS TO THE 11TH, UH, ANNUAL MAGNOLIA PARK, LOS LOS MUTOS, UH, FESTIVAL AND PARADE. IT'LL BEGIN, UH, THIS SATURDAY, UH, 10 30, AND IT'LL BE IN THE MAGNOLIA PARK AREA ENDING AT HIDALGO PARK. UH, IT'S A FUN FREE EVENT. UH, I WANT TO WANT TO THANK THE, THE SPONSORS, BUT ALSO THE, THE EVENT PLANNERS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO. UH, TODAY FOR CMC, WE HAVE PIZZA, NACHOS, HOT DOGS, POPCORN, UM, AND OUR LUNCHEON MOVIE. SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CMC. AGAIN, THE PROCEEDS WILL BE GOING TO FIT HOUSTON. UM, WANT TO ALSO, UH, UM, HIGHLIGHT, UH, SOME OF THE NEW STORIES HAVE BEEN COMING OUT MORE RECENTLY. UH, I THINK IT'S BEEN MORE, MORE SO FROM KPRC, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO ILLEGAL DUMPING. UM, IT'S A CITYWIDE ISSUE, UM, AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AROUND THE HORSESHOE HAVE MENTIONED. UM, AND, AND SOMETIMES, UH, MEDIA IS, YOU KNOW, IS GOOD OR BAD. BUT EITHER WAY, SINCE MY NAME'S OUT THERE, I THINK EVERY CONSTITUENT IN HOUSTON IS NOW CALLING AND SAYING THAT, UH, THAT THEY HAVE ILLEGAL DUMPING ISSUES. UH, PLEASE CALL 3 1 1. UM, AFTER YOU DO THAT, MAKE SURE THAT YOU IDENTIFY WHO YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IS AND HA HAVE THEM HELP YOU ALSO, UH, WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS. UH, CONTINUE TO, UH, TO REPORT. ALSO KNOW THAT WITHIN OUR COUNCIL OFFICES, WE HAVE, UH, SOME RESOURCES, WHETHER IT IS ILLEGAL DUMPING CAMERAS, UH, WHETHER IT IS, UH, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH OUR, OUR, OUR CONSTABLES AND HPD. UH, BUT NONETHELESS, WE WE'RE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES CLEAN AS WELL. UM, AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, JUST WANNA, UM, INVITE THE MAYOR AND ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS SATURDAY AT GREG PARK, WHICH IS IN THE EAST END, UH, PART OF HOUSTON. UH, THE MAGNOLIA PARK SHARKS WILL BE PLAYING AGAINST THE EAST END EAGLES. IT'S A, IT'S AN ANNUAL, UM, WI RIVALRY, UM, FOOTBALL GAME. UM, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A FUN, UH, FUN EVENT. AND YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES FROM THE EAST END, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT ATTEND. AND GRANDPARENTS, UNCLES, AUNTS, UM, AND IT'LL BE, UH, JULIAN'S LAST GAME THIS SEASON. SO, UH, AGAIN, UH, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, NINE 30, COME MEET ME OUT AT GREG PARK. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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