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          UM, BEFORE, BEFORE WE START, WANT TO THANK BAY A FOR LETTING US USE THESE FACILITIES. 
          UH, IT WORKED OUT QUITE WELL, SO ESPECIALLY, UH, BRIAN FRIEDMAN, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF BAY A AND, UH, MARK MITCHELL, WHO'S THE VICE PRESIDENT OVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND I KNOW MARK IS OUT HERE, AND I THINK BRIAN HAD A CONFLICT, WAS GONNA TRY AND MAKE IT TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY, I GUESS. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL SEE IF HE'S ABLE TO OR NOT. 
          AND, UH, THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE. 
          UH, APPRECIATE IT. 
          HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UH, GET QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION TO YOU, UH, THAT WILL HELP THINGS OUT. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT ALL THE TABLES WITH THE DIFFERENT APARTMENTS THAT ARE OUT IN THE LOBBY. 
          UM, THREE ONE ONES HERE, PARK HOUSTON, DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, SOLID WASTE, PARKS AND RECREATION PARK CENTER POINT ENERGY, UH, GLO, PUBLIC WORKS POLICE DEPARTMENT, BAY A AND SAFE HOP IS HERE, ALONG WITH, UH, CLEAR LAKE WATER CITY AUTHORITY. 
          UH, WHEN WE GET DONE, UH, WE'LL HAVE A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD. 
          SO YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO ASK A QUESTION OR ON THE QUESTIONS IF YOU CAN KEEP 'EM AS CONCISE AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND IF YOU'VE GOT MORE THAN ONE, THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO, TO GET TO ALL THOSE AS WELL. 
          UH, WANT TO INTRODUCE MY STAFF. 
          UH, DUSTIN HODGES IS MY CHIEF OF STAFF. 
          UH, DAMARI. 
          WHERE'D SHE GO? OH, SHE'S OUT IN THE LOBBY. 
          OKAY. 
          DAMARI PEREZ IS, UH, MY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, UH, SLOAN SWEENEY IS HERE AS WELL. 
          UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T, UH, KNOW SLOAN SLOAN, UH, WORKED AT THE CHAMBER. 
          HER MOM'S BEEN AT THE CHAMBER FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO SHE'S BEEN VERY FAMILIAR WITH CLEAR LAKE IN THE CLEAR LAKE AREA. 
          UH, JOHN BRANCH, WHO'S, UH, DOES OUTREACH FORCES HERE. 
          AND THEN, UH, MOHAMAD BANNEY, WHO IS OUR INTERN. 
          HE'S, HE'S HERE AS WELL. 
          UM, ALSO THANK YOU TO, UH, RHONDA SOUDER WITH THE, THE MAYOR'S CITIZENS ASSISTANCE OFFICE FOR ALL HER WORK AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER TONIGHT. 
          UH, ALSO WE'VE GOT A BOOTH FOR DISTRICT E AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ALREADY SIGNED UP TO GET OUR NEWSLETTER. 
          IF NOT, PLEASE SIGN UP. 
          UH, WE ONLY SEND IT OUT ONCE A MONTH. 
          YOU KNOW, WE DON'T BOMB YOUR, YOUR INBOX WITH EMAILS. 
          UM, IF YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS, OBVIOUSLY ANY OF THE PEOPLE I JUST INTRODUCED WILL BE THERE TO HELP YOU AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          AND IF WE CAN'T ANSWER 'EM TONIGHT, WE'LL CERTAINLY, UH, TAKE THE INFORMATION DOWN AND, AND GET BACK TO YOU. 
          NOW, THE FIRST PURPOSE OF THE TOWN HALL IS TO GO OVER ALL THE ONGOING AND FUTURE PROJECTS IN DISTRICT E AS WELL AS ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND RECEIVE INPUT FROM YOU. 
          UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE GET IS, HOW DOES AN ITEM GET ON THE CIP LIST? AND TYPICALLY THAT'S FROM 3 1 1 CALLS THAT YOU'VE TURNED IN, UH, ON THE 3 1 1, THERE'S ALSO AN APP FOR THAT, THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO JUST PUT IT ON YOUR PHONE. 
          AND IF YOU NEED SOME HELP WITH THAT, WE CAN HELP YOU OUT THIS EVENING AS WELL. 
          AND THEN, UH, IT'S GOT A PHONE NUMBER TOO, IF YOU JUST WANT TO CALL THE PHONE NUMBER FOR THREE ONE ONE. 
          IT'S THE 10 DIGIT NUMBER ON, UH, THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS. 
          WE GET THE, THE DISTRICTS NOT THAT LARGE LIKE SALLY, BUT THE DISTRICTS GET, UH, APPROXIMATELY $500,000 A YEAR THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SPEND ON PROJECTS. 
          AND WE'VE GOT SOME DISCRETION, UH, WITH THOSE. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE SPEND IT ON. 
          A LOT OF OUR MONEY GOES TO PLAY PAY FOR POLICE OVERTIME, UH, TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, ARE SAFE. 
          UM, WE'VE JUST GOTTEN A PROGRAM PUT THROUGH AND WE'RE NOT QUITE FINISHED WITH IT YET TO WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO PURCHASE ORDERS FOR ADDITIONAL MOWING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE, A COMPLAINT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY. 
          AND, UH, THE ELECTRONIC RECYCLING, WE PAY FOR THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT THE METRO FUNDS THAT WE HAVE A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AS WELL THAT HAVE TO BE SPENT ON ROADS. 
          THAT MONEY COMES FROM METRO, IT'S GOTTA BE SPENT ON ROADS. 
          THAT'S PART OF THE PROGRAM, TYPICALLY. 
          THAT'S PANEL REPLACEMENTS. 
          UM, AND WE'VE GOT, UH, I THINK SOME OF THAT COMING UP IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE OUT HERE. 
          AND, AND DUSTIN, IS IT BAYER BOULEVARD THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON. 
          SO TO TRY AND TRY AND IMPROVE BAYER BOULEVARD ALSO. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, NEXT UP I WANTED TO HAVE, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVE DENNIS PAUL SPEAK. 
          SO DENNIS, 
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UH, GOOD, GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU A LOT. 
          THANKS YOU, FRED, FOR PUTTING US ON AND, AND WHAT A, A GREAT TURNOUT NUMBER ONE TO COME HERE AND SEE ALL THAT, THAT FRED'S GOT SCHEDULED. 
          AND LOOK AT ALL THE CITY SERVICES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT TO COME TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT. 
          UH, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT REAL QUICK ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT NEXT SESSION AS WE GO FORWARD AND, AND WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON AND THINGS THAT WE'LL BE INTERESTED, UH, TO Y'ALL HERE. 
          UM, THE FIRST THING IS GONNA BE CONTINUING TO WORK A LOT ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WORK THAT, THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND THAT THAT OFFICE HAS BEEN LEADING ON. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CREATED THE GULF COAST PROTECTION DISTRICT TO, UH, CREATE, START WORKING TO CREATE THE COASTAL BARRIER SYSTEM THAT WE ALL REALLY WANT TO GET TO PROTECT ALL OF GALVESTON BAY FROM THE STORM SURGE. 
          IF THE STORM COMES IN AT THE RIGHT POINT, THE RIGHT SIZE STORM, THERE'LL BE THREE FOOT OF GALVESTON BAY RIGHT HERE WHERE WE'RE STANDING. 
          BUT WITH THIS BARRIER SYSTEM IN PLACE, NONE OF THAT WILL BE ABLE TO HAPPEN. 
          IT'LL BE ABLE TO PROTECT ALL OF GALVESTON BAY. 
          UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THE GULF COAST PROTECTION DISTRICT, WE'RE BUILDING THREE BARRIER WALLS THAT WERE FUNDED BY THE US CONGRESS, UH, THROUGH WORK WITH JOHN CORN AND TED CRUZ TO GET THAT MONEY IN TO BUILD THOSE PROJECTS. 
          THE STATE OF TEXAS, THROUGH OUR LEADERSHIP, HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET WHERE WE PUT IN OVER A BILLION DOLLARS INTO THESE PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          WE ALSO FINALLY GOT SOME MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO START BUILDING THE ACTUAL COASTAL BARRIER PART WITHIN GALVESTON BAY. 
          SO CONGRESS HAS FUNDED PART OF THAT THAT ALSO ALLOWED 'EM TO BUILD, TO ACCESS THE $50 MILLION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO STICK INTO THE FUND LAST SESSION SO THAT THEY CAN REALLY START PROCEEDING WITH ENGINEERING AND ANALYSIS AND GETTING ALL THAT DONE. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO MAKE FOOT ON IT. 
          UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT NEXT SESSION AS WELL AS WORKING WITH CONGRESS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE FUNDS IN SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT PROJECT DONE. 
          IT'LL BE THE LARGEST ENGINEERING PROJECT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING IT DONE. 
          IT'S GOT PROJECTS ALL UP AND DOWN THE ENTIRE TEXAS COAST IF THEY FUND THE WHOLE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID A LOT OF WORK ON WAS ABLE TO GET FUNDING FOR FLOODING. 
          UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          AND ALSO LAST SESSION THROUGH OUR EFFORTS, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A $2 BILLION PUT INTO WATER, UH, THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS FLOODING PROJECTS SO THAT PEOPLE THAT CAN COME IN, THEY NEED PROJECTS DONE TO IDENTIFY THE FLOODING PROJECT. 
          THE STATE NOW CAN ACTUALLY WORK WITH GRANTS TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE. 
          WE'VE ALSO BEEN PARTNERING WITH GROUPS LIKE THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WORKING ON CLEAR CREEK, CLEAR CREEK. 
          THEY AUTHORIZED FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT FOR THE CORPS IN 1968. 
          I WAS ONE OF THE FEW THAT WERE HERE AT THAT TIME. 
          UM, AND THEY STILL HADN'T FUNDED IT. 
          THEY FINALLY FUNDED THAT AGAIN THROUGH WORKING SENATOR CORN AND THE SENATOR CRUZ ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. 
          BUT THE PROJECT'S BEEN SITTING AROUND, NOT FROM 68, BUT EVEN FROM THE NINETIES AND S WHERE THEY'VE DONE ENGINEERING, THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND REDO ALL THAT IN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS. 
          UH, THAT'S GONNA BE A LEAD PROJECT WITH HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL. 
          AND THAT'S ABOUT DONE WITH ALL THAT STUFF. 
          SO THEY ACTUALLY WE'RE GONNA START WORKING ON FLOODING, UH, TO MAKE SURE AND PROTECT PEOPLE LIKE FRIENDSWOOD WEBSTER, UH, SAGEMONT GONNA BE ABLE TO START HAVING REAL BENEFIT FROM THAT FLOODING WORK, UH, GOING ON. 
          WE ALSO STRENGTHENED THE BUILDING CODE SO THAT WE COULD, AS THE WINDS COME IN, THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE DAMAGE FOR NEW STRUCTURES GOING FORWARD. 
          WE ALSO WANNA WORK NEXT SESSION ON POWER AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE STABILIZED THE GRID. 
          WE WANNA WORK ON WHAT CAN WE DO AFTER STORMS. WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY ANALYZING WHAT HAPPENED AFTER BARREL AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE UTILITY COMPANIES KEEP UP WITH THEIR WORK SO THAT WE CAN STOP HAVING PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY A FORCE ONE HURRICANE WE CAN GO THROUGH AND STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT TAKEN CARE OF. 
          AND, UM, ALSO INSURANCE. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT INSURANCE. 
          UH, LAST SESSION, UH, SENATOR MIDDLETON, I PASSED SOME LEGISLATION TO REALLY HELP TRY TO HELP ASSOCIATIONS THAT WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING INSURANCE. 
          UH, WE HAD ONE THAT WAS SAYING IF YOUR INSURANCE WENT UP MORE THAN 10 OR 15% IN A YEAR, THAT YOU COULD ACCESS THE FAIR PLAN THAT ULTIMATELY DIDN'T GET THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. 
          BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP WORKING ON THAT. 
          HOPEFULLY WE THINK WE GOT THOSE THINGS WORKED OUT AND WE'LL GET IT DONE. 
          OH, GOING BACK TO THE COASTAL BARRIER, WE ALSO HAD A GULF COAST TRUST FUND THAT WE SET UP WHERE WE COULD TRY TO FRONT LOAD THAT, BUT THERE WAS SOME TECHNICAL ISSUE THAT THE GOVERNMENT DIDN'T LIKE. 
          SO WE, WE GOTTA GO BACK AND REDO THAT. 
          SO WE'RE, THE IDEA WAS THAT, HEY, WE COULD TAKE 5 BILLION OUTTA THE SURPLUS. 
          WE STICK IT IN. 
          NOW BY THE TIME THAT THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS AND GOES OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION TO WORK, THAT 5 BILLION WOULD'VE COVERED THE $8 BILLION COST THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS WOULD NEED TO HELP OUT AND BUILD 
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OUR LOCAL SHARE AND OUR LOCAL MATCH FOR THAT. 
          SO REALLY GREAT STUFF THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, UM, THE DEAL, GOING BACK TO THE, THE INSURANCE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE, UH, ISSUES. 
          YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THIS INSURANCE AND THESE MASS RATES IS, IS MASSIVE INFLATION THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. 
          THAT'S OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS IS WHAT'S REALLY CAUSED THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM. 
          UH, AUTO INSURANCE GONE UP DRAMATICALLY, HAS CARS GONE UP, PARTS HAVE GONE UP, UH, HOME'S GONE UP. 
          THE OTHER THING IS OUR MASSIVE GROWTH WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING HERE WITH THIS TEXAS MIRACLE, WHERE YET A LEGISLATURE BODY LIKE OURS HAS DONE SO MUCH TO HELP GROW OUR ECONOMY. 
          MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING. 
          THERE'S STILL 10,000 PEOPLE A DAY COMING INTO TEXAS, AND THAT GROWTH IS, IS ADDED EVEN SINCE HURRICANE I HIT OH EIGHT, THERE'S PROBABLY A MILLION MORE PEOPLE HERE IN OUR REGION THAN BEFORE. 
          SO THOSE COSTS GOING UP. 
          THE FACT THAT TEXAS HAS GOT MORE HURRICANES, MORE HAILSTORMS, MORE WINDSTORMS THAN ANY OTHER STATE IS ALL ADDING IN, UH, TO THOSE COSTS. 
          UH, THE COST OF REINSURANCE WENT UP. 
          UH, STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA WENT OUT AND THEY TRIED TO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT SET THE PRICE OF INSURANCE AND IT TOTALLY DESTROYED THEIR INSURANCE MARKET. 
          SO WHEN GOVERNMENT INTERFERES WITH IT, IT WAS KILLING IT. 
          AND SO THEY DESTROYED THAT MARKET. 
          AND PEOPLE CAN'T GET INSURANCE. 
          INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE LOSING MONEY. 
          THEY FLED THE STATE. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO COVER SOME OF THOSE COSTS. 
          UH, FLORIDA HAS ALSO HAD LAWSUIT ABUSE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS TIMES. 
          SO THEY HAVE NOW PASSED SIMILAR LEGISLATION, LIKE TEXAS HAS TO START THOSE ABUSES FROM STOPPING. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING GOING ON WITH INSURANCE. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, TO WORK ON THOSE. 
          SO SOME OF THE STUFF THAT I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE SEEING, ALSO, WATER AGAIN, IS GONNA BE A BIG THING NEXT YEAR ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE AND PROVIDE MORE AND MORE WATER FOR THIS TREMENDOUS GROWTH. 
          SO GROWTH AND, UH, TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE PUT BILLIONS IN MONEY FOR WATER THAT WE PUT IN WATER, UH, MONEY FOR, UM, FLOODING THAT WE PUT IN. 
          SO ALL THAT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ADJUST THIS GROWTH AND GO FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          UH, I COULD GO ON FOR, I'M SURE FRED WANTS TO ME OFF STAGE , BUT, UH, THANKS FOR ALL Y'ALL DO AND APPRECIATE ALL THAT. 
          AND GOD BLESS Y'ALL. 
          GOD BLESS TEXAS. 
          THANK YOU, DENNIS. 
          I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO DOVETAIL WHAT, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE INDUSTRY ALONG THE BAY AND THE SHIP CHANNEL IS NOT JUST TERRIBLY IMPORTANT TO CLEAR LAKE OR TO HOUSTON OR TO TEXAS. 
          IT'S THE WHOLE COUNTRY. 
          SO THIS BARRIER THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS WILLING TO FUND, YOU KNOW, YEAH, IT'S NICE THAT THEY'RE HELPING US OUT, BUT THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES AS WELL. 
          'CAUSE IF WE WERE TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT HURRICANE COME STRAIGHT INTO THE BAY, IT WOULD BE JUST AN INCREDIBLE PROBLEM FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOMETHING WITH DONE. 
          I KNOW BAY HA HAS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF THAT, ALONG WITH A BUNCH OF OTHERS. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOMETHING DONE WITH THAT. 
          UH, NEXT WE'RE GONNA HAVE COUNCILWOMAN SALLY ALCORN. 
          I JUST REALIZED I HAVE THE SAME SHIRT ON AS IN THAT PICTURE, , I SWEAR I HAVE MORE CLOTHES, BUT, UH, THANKS FOR THE NICE PICK. 
          UM, I AM SALLY ALCORN. 
          I AM AN AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER IN ADDITION TO YOUR WONDERFUL, UH, DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER FRED FLICKINGER, WHO I'VE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH THESE PAST MONTHS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE FIVE AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, DON'T JUST CALL FRED OR EMAIL FRED. 
          EMAIL ALL SIX OF US. 
          'CAUSE IF YOU GET SIX PEOPLE YELLING AT A DEPARTMENT, THINGS TEND TO HOP A LITTLE FASTER DOWN AT CITY HALL. 
          I AM HONORED TO SERVE THE CITY. 
          UH, MAYOR WHITMEYER APPOINTED ME TO BE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY. 
          SO I SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORRYING ABOUT THE CITY'S FINANCES. 
          UH, REPRESENTATIVE PAUL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE MONEY THAT YOU JUST ALLOCATED. 
          THE STATE ALLOCATED $50 MILLION TO HELP, UH, SOME OF THAT WILL COME TO THE CITY TO HELP WITH OUR DISASTER COSTS. 
          THAT WAS A BIG WORRY. 
          WE WILL HAVE HOUSTON ESTIMATES ABOUT $211 MILLION WORTH OF DAMAGE, UH, TO OUR, TO OUR CITY BECAUSE OF THE DERECHO AND BARREL. 
          AND WE HAVE TO COVER A QUARTER OF THAT. 
          FEMA WILL REPRESENT, WILL REIMBURSE US FOR 75%, BUT WE HAVE TO COVER A QUARTER. 
          SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE STATE STEPPING IN. 
          THEY HAVE A SURPLUS, AS YOU KNOW, AND THE CITY IS LOOKING AT A $230 MILLION DEFICIT. 
          SO WE ARE, ARE IN, IN THE OPPOSITE POSITION. 
          UH, PLUS WE NEED 600 MORE FIREFIGHTERS. 
          WE NEED, UH, 1500 TO 2000 MORE POLICE OFFICERS. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS. 
          UH, MAYOR WHITMEYER IS RIGHT NOW HAS ERNST AND YOUNG, UH, SCOURING EVERY DEPARTMENT LOOKING FOR EFFICIENCIES AND DUPLICATIONS, OVERLAPPING SERVICES. 
          WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING UNDER EVERY ROCK TO MAKE SURE WE, WE ARE RUNNING AS 
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EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          HE'S LOOKING AT THE TAX INCREMENT ZONES TO SEE IF THERE'S, UH, SOMETHING TO BE CHANGED THERE THAT WOULD BRING IN MORE MONEY. 
          HE'S CERTAINLY GOING TO THE COUNTY, TO THE STATE, TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR HELP. 
          WE'RE WE'RE DOING ALL OF THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF IMPORTANT NEEDS. 
          IMPORTANT NEEDS THAT I, UH, TO THE CLEARLIGHT COMMUNITY AND THE REST OF THE CITY. 
          SO I FOCUS ON, ON HOW WE CAN RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY, HOW WE CAN GAIN MORE REVENUE, AND HOW WE CAN PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO YOU THAT YOU DESERVE. 
          SO THANKS FOR HAVING ME, AND THANKS, UH, FOR DOING THIS. 
          UH, FRED FLICKINGER, THIS IS A GREAT MEETING. 
          I HAVE TO ADD ON A LITTLE BIT WHAT COUNCILMAN ALCORN TALKED ABOUT. 
          UH, THE CITY KEPT THEIR TAX RATE THE SAME. 
          NOW OBVIOUSLY, TAXES ARE A FUNCTION OF YOUR APPRAISALS AND THE RATES, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FOR PROPERTIES THAT EXISTED A YEAR AGO AND PROPERTIES THAT EXIST TODAY IN AGGREGATE, IT WAS A TAX CUT. 
          VERY SMALL ONE, BUT IT WAS A TAX CUT. 
          NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR HOME AND THE TAXES YOU'RE PAYING ON YOUR HOME, UH, YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T SEE THAT. 
          'CAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT DECREASE CAME WITH, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, ESPECIALLY OFFICE PROPERTIES. 
          UM, COVID AND THE WORK FROM HOME, UH, PHENOMENON HAS DECREASED THE AMOUNT OF NEED FOR COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS DECREASED, THE PRICE IS DECREASED, AND COMMERCIAL SPACE IS VALUED AT THE REVENUE IT'S ABLE TO GENERATE. 
          BECAUSE THAT'S GONE DOWN. 
          THEY TOOK A REAL HIT. 
          BUT LIKE I SAID, THE AGGREGATE PROPERTY TAXES ACTUALLY WENT DOWN IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF THE REASON THE MAYOR WAS ABLE TO GET THAT MONEY FROM THE STATE IS THE STATE SAW THAT THE MAYOR WAS DOING EVERYTHING HE COULD TO KEEP THE TAXES DOWN. 
          AND, AND THEY HELPED US OUT WITH IT. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL AND I THINK, UH, A FAR CRY FROM WHERE IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO. 
          UH, AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE OF THAT WITH THE MAYOR AND WITH THE STATE THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER RATHER THAN WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME. 
          LET'S SEE WHO WE GOT NEXT. 
          UM, CENTER POINT IS NEXT. 
          BRAD, THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH BASE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT CENTER POINT ENERGY FOR THE GREATER HOUSTON RESILIENCY INITIATIVE. 
          MY NAME IS BRAD TUON. 
          I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF REGULATORY POLICY. 
          UH, WAS FORMERLY THE VICE PRESIDENT OF OUR DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS. 
          SO VERY FAMILIAR WITH OUR RESTORATION EFFORTS. 
          BEEN WITH CENTERPOINT FOR JUST OVER 26 YEARS. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT IS THAT AFTER THE LESSONS AND LEARNINGS AND THE THINGS WE OBSERVE FROM HURRICANE BARRELL, WE ARE COMMITTED, UH, TO BUILD THE MOST RESILIENT COASTAL GRID IN THE COUNTRY. 
          AND WITH THAT, THERE WAS THREE PHASES OF THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING. 
          THE FIRST PHASE WAS IMMEDIATE ACTION. 
          WHEN WE RECOGNIZED THAT THE PEAK HURRICANE SEASON IS AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, AND WE JUST GOT HIT IN JULY, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR RESTORATION ON THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND IF WE WERE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER STORM. 
          AND SO, AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GOVERNOR, AND I CAN GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE ONTO THE PHASE ONE PROCESS, WE COMMITTED TO A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD HAVE UP AND READY BY THE END OF AUGUST TO HELP ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE CONCERNS FOR HURRICANE SEASON. 
          AFTER THAT WAS OUR PHASE TWO INITIATIVE, WHICH WE ARE IN NOW. 
          AND THEN STARTING JUNE ONE WHEN HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS, WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF PHASE THREE. 
          AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK, TO TAKE AWAY IS THE FACT THAT WHEN WE WERE HIT WITH A STORM AND WE'RE MAKING EFFORTS TO HELP RE-EARN THE TRUST OF OUR CUSTOMERS, IT WASN'T JUST A ONE DONE THING. 
          IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE WERE JUST THROWING OUT THERE TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO APPEASE EVERYBODY. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY A LONG AND DRAWN OUT PROCESS. 
          AND SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ON OUR PHASE THREE ARE GONNA BE, UH, OVER YEARS. 
          UH, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, A RESILIENCY FILING THAT WILL COME IN TO HELP MAKE OUR SYSTEM MORE RESILIENT, MORE ROBUST, ABOUT A $5 BILLION INVESTMENT OVER THE, UH, THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 
          SO THE FIRST PHASE TO HELP GET EVERYBODY AT EASE, AT LEAST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE HURRICANE SEASON, KNOWING THAT WE'D ALREADY JUST WENT THROUGH BARREL. 
          WE HAVEN'T REACHED OUR TYPICAL PEAK HURRICANE SEASON YET. 
          WE COMMITTED TO DO A COUPLE THINGS ON TOP OF ALL THE RESTORATION 
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EFFORTS ONCE THEY WERE ALREADY COMPLETED. 
          WE WANTED TO DO, UH, AN ADDITIONAL 2000 MILES OF VEGETATION MANAGEMENT. 
          VEGETATION MANAGEMENT IS CRITICAL FOR THE RECOVERY OF OUR SYSTEM. 
          AND I SHARE WITH EVERYBODY THAT, UH, WHEN WE HAD HURRICANE BARREL, IT WAS A CATEGORY TREE HURRICANE. 
          UM, THAT'S 'CAUSE WE WERE ADDRESSING TREES. 
          AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, AND I CAN TELL YOU BECAUSE I'VE WORKED, UH, WITH CENTERPOINT AND UH, I WORKED RESTORATION EFFORTS ALL ACROSS THE COAST, UH, LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI, AS WELL AS HERE IN HOUSTON, IKE, RITA, UM, OTHER MUTUAL ASSISTANCE TRIPS. 
          EVERY STORM IS DIFFERENT. 
          WHAT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WAS UNIQUE WITH BARRELL, UH, THIS BEING A CATEGORY ONE STORM AFFECTED US DIFFERENTLY. 
          WE JUST WENT THROUGH A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE A FEW YEARS AGO WITH HURRICANE NICHOLAS. 
          FIVE DAYS RESTORATION EFFORT WASN'T THE SAME KIND OF STORM. 
          THIS ONE WAS DIFFERENT IN THE FACT OF THE DIRECTION THAT IT CAME AND HIT WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT EVEN THE ISSUES WITH THE, WITH THE DIKES AND THE BARRIERS THAT WE NEED. 
          THE FACT THAT IT BUILD UP MOMENTUM AS IT CAME AND HIT US. 
          AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A LOT OF THINGS WENT INTO THIS PRIOR TO WHEN THE STORM CAME. 
          AND THAT WAS PROB PRODUCTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          SO PART OF OUR OBSERVATION ALSO IS THAT A LOT OF THE COLD WINTERS THAT WE HAD AFFECTED THE HEALTH OF THE TREES. 
          AND THEN WE HAD DROUGHTS WITH SUMMER BEFORE. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE GET INTO THIS SUMMER WHEN WE HAD THE DERECHO AND ALL THE OTHER STORMS, THAT GROUND WAS COMPLETELY SATURATED. 
          SO WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TREES, IT DIDN'T MATTER HOW MUCH VEGETATION MANAGEMENT WE HAD, THESE TREES THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF OUR EASEMENTS WERE FALLING DOWN COMPLETELY UPROOTING. 
          AND YOU COULD SEE JUST THE ROOT BALLS. 
          YOU COULD SEE HOW THEY'RE BLOCKING THE SIDE OF THE ROADS. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE SAW. 
          SO WE ARE STILL ADDRESSING THE 2000 MILES OF, UH, UH, OR WE ADDRESSED OUR VEGETATION, UH, MANAGEMENT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2000 MILES. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS, UH, TYPICALLY IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY ON THE DISTRIBUTION SIDE, THERE ARE THINGS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DESIGN TO, UH, HIGH WIND. 
          WE CHANGED BACK IN 2021, WE SAID THAT WE'RE NO LONGER GONNA DO THAT. 
          WE STARTED IMPLEMENTING MANUFACTURED POLES. 
          WE STARTED DESIGNING TO A HIGHER WIND STANDARD FOR ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS ACROSS THE WHOLE REGION, NOT JUST SPECIFICALLY ON THE COAST, SO WE COULD HAVE IT TO BE MORE RESILIENT. 
          AND SO BY THE END OF AUGUST, WE WANTED TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 1000 FIBERGLASS POLES INSTALLED BECAUSE THEY'RE STRONGER, THEY'RE MORE RIGID, THEY HAVE FLEXIBILITY, THEY CAN BEND WITH THE WIND, KIND OF LIKE A FISHING POLE, AND STILL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THOSE HIGH IMPACT WINDS. 
          THE OTHER THING WE WANTED TO IMPLEMENT ARE AUTOMATED DEVICES. 
          SO WHEN WE GO AND WE DO OUR RESTORATION EFFORT, WHAT IS HELPFUL IS TO HELP HAVE AUTOMATED DEVICES TO REENERGIZE THOSE LINES. 
          IT IS VERY SPECIFIC ON HOW WE DO THE RESTORATION PROCESS. 
          AND I, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE LAST ONE TO GET TO MY NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET. 
          THEY'RE OF POWER. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE WITHOUT POWER. 
          THAT IT'S VERY SPECIFIC ON HOW WE DO THE RESTORATION EFFORT. 
          WE HAVE CIRCUITS THAT WE HAVE FROM SUBSTATIONS THAT FAN OUT LIKE A SPIDER WEB THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          IT, WE ACTUALLY ADDRESS THOSE CIRCUITS FIRST. 
          AND FOR US, IT'S NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S NOT A CITY, IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC AREA. 
          IT'S EXACTLY WHAT COMES FROM THAT SUBSTATION, BECAUSE THESE CIRCUITS, THEY GO FOR MILES AND ON THESE CIRCUITS ARE THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS, AND THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE THE HIGHWAYS OF OUR, OF OUR SYSTEM. 
          WE HAVE TO RESTORE THOSE. 
          I THINK ABOUT IT FROM WHEN YOU PLUG INTO YOUR, YOUR WALL, THE OUTLET IS A SUBSTATION. 
          THE CORD THAT YOU HAVE IS OUR CIRCUIT LINE, AND WE MIGHT HAVE SOME BRANCHES. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE LIKE THESE MULTI PLUGS THAT YOU PLUG INTO, IF WE DO ALL THE REPAIRS ON THAT MULTIPL DEVICE, IT'S NOT GONNA HELP BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE THIS MAIN CORD THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE WALL THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE'RE FOCUSING ON. 
          AND SO WE DON'T SEE A SYSTEM ON NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WE SEE CIRCUITS, WE WORK ON THE CIRCUITS. 
          WE GET A THOUSAND OF THOSE BACK ON AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. 
          THESE AUTOMATED TRIP SAVER DEVICES ARE HELPFUL BECAUSE WHILE WE'RE GETTING THESE CIRCUITS BACK ON, OUR SECOND PRIORITY ON THE RESTORATION EFFORT IS TO GET WHAT WE CALL OUR FEEDER LATERALS. 
          AND THOSE ARE BASICALLY THE STREETS THAT COME OFF OF THE HIGHWAYS. 
          THAT'S OUR SECOND PHASE OF OUR RESTORATION EFFORT. 
          AND THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO RE TO RESTORE BECAUSE WE SPENT ALL THAT INITIAL TIME WORKING ON THE CIRCUITS. 
          WELL, THESE DEVICES, ONCE THE CIRCUITS ARE BACK ON, GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO AUTOMATICALLY ENERGIZE THOSE TO HELP WITH THE ENER WITH THE, UH, RESTORATION 
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EFFORT. 
          SO PART OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO TO ADDRESS HURRICANE BARREL, AND WE RECOGNIZED HOW MUCH THAT WE LEFT OR LOST, UH, THE CONFIDENCE OF OUR CUSTOMERS, UH, A LOT OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, THE THINGS THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER, WE WANTED TO GO OUT AND ACTUALLY, UH, PARTICIPATE IN TOWN HALL EVENTS SUCH AS THIS. 
          WE HAD OVER 19 OF 'EM, 600, UH, PARTICIPANTS, UM, WERE INVOLVED IN THAT AND PROVIDING US FEEDBACK FOR THINGS SUCH AS OUR VEG MANAGEMENT APPROVED RELIABILITY, AND THE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU'VE SEEN HERE. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAD COMMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR 42 THINGS THAT WE WERE GONNA DO TO HELP MAKE OUR SYSTEM MORE RESILIENT BY THE END OF AUGUST. 
          YOU CAN BREAK THOSE DOWN INTO THESE THREE CATEGORIES HERE REGARDING STRENGTHENING RESILIENCY AND PROVEN COMMUNICATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS. 
          AND AS OF TODAY, WE'VE COMMITTED ALL 40 OF THE 42 EVENTS. 
          AND I'LL SHARE YOU THE TWO THAT WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED. 
          ONE OF THEM WAS AUTOMATING OUR ENTIRE GRIDS. 
          WE, WE SAID THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE 350 GRIDS WITH SMART, INTELLIGENT GRID TECHNOLOGY, BUT BECAUSE THE INTENSITY OF THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE COMPLETED UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST. 
          SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T THE SAME DEADLINE. 
          THE OTHER THING IS WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND BRING IN, UH, OUTSIDE PERSON WHO'S HAD EXPERIENCE WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO HELP WORK WITH US AND REEVALUATE OUR PLANS. 
          AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF STILL HIRING THAT PERSON. 
          BUT OTHERWISE, A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT HAVE ALL BEEN COMPLETED. 
          ONE OF THOSE, AND, AND WE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE STRENGTHENING THE RESILIENCY, UH, PIECE OF IT. 
          THAT WAS ALL COMPLETED. 
          THE OTHER PART IS IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS. 
          I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT REALLY WAS THE HARDSHIP ON OUR CUSTOMERS BECAUSE WE FAILED TO COMMUN COMMUNICATE EXACTLY WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE. 
          WE FAILED TO PROVIDE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN ON HOW TO DO YOUR, UH, PERSONAL, UH, SITUATION REGARDING HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE TO GET, UH, UH, THE POWER BACK ON. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE RELYING ON YOUR ELECTRICITY FOR YOUR MEDICINES, FOR YOUR DEVICES, EVEN PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING ELECTRIC CARS. 
          WE HEAR MORE AND MORE AND MORE HOW MUCH WE HAVE A RE A RELIANCE ON ELECTRICITY AND HOW MUCH MORE IMPORTANT IT IS EVEN TODAY THAN IT WAS A LONG TIME BEFORE. 
          AND SO WE'VE TAKEN ALL OF THOSE MESSAGES. 
          WE'VE ALSO LEARNED AND RECOGNIZED HOW, HOW DEPENDENT WE WERE ON OUR OUTAGE TRACKER. 
          THAT OUTAGE TRACKER SYSTEM HAD FAILED DURING THE DERECHO. 
          WE TRIED TO REPAIR IT. 
          WE HAD SEVERAL TRIAGE ATTEMPTS TO TRY TO GET IT BACK UP AND RUNNING. 
          WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT. 
          SO WE WENT OUT TO FIND A THIRD PARTY TO CREATE A NEW ONE. 
          AND OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE THAT UP BY AUGUST 1ST, HOPING THAT IT WOULD BE READY, UH, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF PEAK HURRICANE SEASON. 
          IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE ACTUALLY, UH, UNCHARACTERISTICALLY GOT A, A HURRICANE IN JULY. 
          THE THIRD PART IS STRENGTHENING THE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          AND THESE ARE THE THINGS LIKE WE'RE DOING TODAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER F FLICKINGER FOR ALLOWING US THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO NOT JUST WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY LEADERS, BUT OFFICES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          WE'RE COMMITTED TO GO OUT AND, UH, PROVIDE, UH, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS REGARDING, UH, HURRICANE PREPARATION, UH, EDUCATING EVERYBODY WHAT WE CAN DO AS FAR AS THE RESTORATION EFFORT. 
          HOW CAN WE BETTER IMPROVE OUR RESTORATION EFFORT WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTIES, WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITIES, HOW DO WE COORDINATE THOSE THINGS IN A WAY THAT WE COULD HELP WORK AS A PARTNERSHIP TO HELP EXPEDITE OUR RESTORATION PROCESS? SO NOW AFTER WE'VE PASSED AUGUST 20, UH, 2024, WE ARE INTO THE PHASE TWO OF OUR RESILIENCY, UH, INITIATIVE. 
          AND WHAT THAT CONSISTS OF IS STILL THE SAME THINGS THAT WE HAD BEFORE, BUT TO A MORE DEFINITIVE AND ROBUST LEVEL. 
          SO, UM, VERY MANY, UH, QUITE A FEW THINGS HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR RESILIENCY I'LL GO THROUGH IN DETAIL. 
          UH, IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS. 
          WE STILL, EVEN, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ROLLED THE OUTAGE TRACKER OUT, WE HAVE A PLATFORM THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO WORK SUCCESSFULLY. 
          WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD POSITIVE FEEDBACK, BUT WE THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPROVE IT. 
          AND FOR AN EXAMPLE, UM, AN A, A SPANISH SPEAKING ADAPTATION TO IT. 
          SO ALLOW THE SPANISH USERS TO BE ABLE TO USE IT AND NOT HAVE TO TRY TO TRANSLATE IT. 
          SECONDLY, WE CAN IMPROVE THE FUNCTIONS ON THE MOBILE DEVICES SO THAT WHEN YOU ACCESS IT FROM YOUR PHONE, YOU CAN GET BETTER INFORMATION THAN 
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THE WONKINESS THAT IT MAY HAVE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IT, UH, FROM YOUR PHONE AS COMPARED TO ON A COMPUTER. 
          AND THE THIRD PART IS THE THINGS THAT I HAD MENTIONED REGARDING THE STRENGTHENING OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UH, PREPARATION EXERCISES, IMPLEMENTING OUR STORE MANAGEMENT TOOLS TO HELP WITH OUR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND PLANNING. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS WE RECOGNIZE THAT AT LEAST WHEN WE WENT OUT AND VISITED WITH THESE COMMUNITY LEADERS, UH, I PERSONALLY PARTICIPATED IN A LOT OF THOSE FEEDBACK SESSIONS. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TOOK BACK IS HOW MUCH OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS PLAY A ROLE IN THAT RESTORATION EFFORT. 
          AND THEY WOULD SAY, BRAD, IF I JUST HAD BETTER INFORMATION, IF YOU GUYS HAD COMMUNICATED BETTER, I COULD HAVE SHARED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HELPED. 
          AND THEY WERE STRUGGLING TO NOT ONLY GET THE INFORMATION IN, BUT WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO HELP OUT AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY, THESE MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS THAT PEOPLE RELY ON, MANY OF WHICH DIDN'T, EITHER DIDN'T HAVE BACKUP GENERATION OR HAD FAILED OR WASN'T WORKING PROPERLY. 
          SO WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OUR OFFICES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND WE DONATED, UH, OR IN THE PROCESS OF DONATING 21 GENERATORS THROUGHOUT OUR GREATER HOUSTON, UH, UH, AREA. 
          IT'S A 5,000 MILE SQUARE FOOTPRINT TO HELP WITH THESE MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE COULD HELP PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITIES ON THE RESTORATION EFFORT. 
          SO ON THE RESILIENCY PIECE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 1ST, WHICH IS GONNA BE THE BEGINNING OF HURRICANE SEASON, WE'VE COMMITTED TO INSTALLING ANOTHER 25,000 RESILIENT POLES. 
          UH, WE HAVE OVER A MILLION POLES IN OUR SYSTEM, SO RECOGNIZE THAT'S STILL JUST A SMALL PORTION OF 'EM, BUT WE HIGHLIGHT THE ONES THAT WE THINK ARE CRITICAL. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE HAVE POLES THAT HAVE EQUIPMENT ON THEM, WE'RE TALKING TRANSFORMER SWITCHING DEVICES. 
          A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, IT TAKES A LOT LONGER TO REPAIR ONE OF THOSE THAN IT DOES JUST A REGULAR POLE. 
          AND SO, UM, WE'VE IDENTIFIED ONE, IF OUR RESTORATION EFFORT IS FOCUSED ON THE CIRCUITS, WE'RE LOOKING AT POLES ON THE CIRCUITS, THOSE ARE GONNA GET THE HIGHLIGHTED PRIORITY. 
          AND THEN THE ONES WITH EQUIPMENT ON THEM WILL HAVE THE MORE, UH, ROBUST, UM, UH, WIND, HIGH WIND, UH, DESIGN STANDARDS, 4,500 RELIABILITY DEVICES TO REDUCE OUTAGES. 
          UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE DEVICES THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE, UH, TRIP SAVERS TO HELP WITH THE RESTORATION EFFORT. 
          350 INTELLIGENT GRID DEVICES. 
          AND SO THAT HELPS WHAT WE REFER TO AS OUR SMART GRID. 
          SO WHEN WE HAVE A CERTAIN SECTION OF THOSE CIRCUITS THAT ARE DOWN, WE HAVE DOWN LINES. 
          AND I'M TALKING ABOUT AGAIN WITH THAT THING THAT THAT CORD THAT'S PLUGGED INTO THE WALL, THESE SWITCHING DEVICES WILL RECOGNIZE IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE CORDS PLUGGED INTO THE WALL, HOW CAN WE REROUTE THAT ELECTRICITY IN A WAY INSTANTANEOUSLY TO TRY TO GET AS MOST CUSTOMERS ON AS POSSIBLE. 
          WHILE WE'RE MAKING THE RESTORATION EFFORT TO REPAIR THOSE DOWN POWER LINES, WE'RE GONNA DO AN ADDITIONAL 4,000 MILES OF VEGETATION MANAGEMENT. 
          AND SO THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THE ANNUAL 300 OR 3,500 TYPICAL MILES THAT WE DO A YEAR. 
          EVEN THOUGH LAST YEAR WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND DID ABOUT 4,000 MILES, WE DID, UM, WE DO OUR ANNUAL REGULAR TREE TRIMMING THAT WE HAVE PLANNED TO, TO, TO DO THIS THIS YEAR. 
          IN ADDITION, WE HAD THE 2000 THAT WE DID FROM PHASE ONE. 
          AND THEN BY THE TIME WE GET TO JUNE 1ST, WE'RE ADDING ANOTHER 4,000 OF VEGETATION MANAGEMENT OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TREE TRIMMING THAT WE FEEL IS NECESSARY TO HELP MAKE OUR SYSTEM MORE RESILIENT. 
          400 UNDERGROUND POWER LINE MILES THAT WE RECOGNIZED. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHEN AND WHERE AND WHY CAN WE DO AND, AND THINGS THAT WE COULD DO BETTER TO MAKE OUR SYSTEM MORE RESILIENT. 
          UNDERGROUND IS A HUGE TOPIC. 
          I WILL SHARE THAT 60% OF OUR SYSTEM IS UNDERGROUND. 
          WE'VE ACTUALLY HAVE A DESIGN STANDARD, UH, THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE THE EIGHTIES. 
          EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN NEW HAS BEEN UNDERGROUND, ALL THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION SINCE THE EIGHTIES. 
          THE CHALLENGE IS WE'VE BEEN SERVING THE GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY AREA FOR OVER 150 YEARS. 
          SO WE HAVE THESE BACK EASEMENTS THAT ARE NOT THE SAME SIZE. 
          WE GOT YARDS THAT ARE FULLY LANDSCAPED THAT HAVE EVOLVED OVER TIME THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE, THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE EASEMENTS TO ALLOW US TO GO BACK AND DO THAT. 
          BUT THERE ARE AREAS OF THE CIRCUITS THAT WE FEEL THAT, UM, STRATEGICALLY DO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FOR US TO EVALUATE AND PUT UNDERGROUND. 
          AND WE GOT ABOUT 400 MILES OF THAT, THAT'LL HELP. 
          BUT I ALSO SHARE THAT 
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JUST BECAUSE IT'S UNDERGROUND, IT'S NOT A SILVER BULLET, IT DOESN'T ANSWER ALL THE, THE, THE, THE CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO THE RESTORATION EFFORT BECAUSE WHEN THOSE LINES ARE DAMAGED, THEY TAKE MUCH LONGER TO REPAIR 'CAUSE WE GOTTA DIG 'EM UP. 
          AND SECONDLY, I SHARE WITH BARRELS SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WERE UNDERGROUND WERE SOME OF THE LAST ONES TO GET THE POWERS RESTORED. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF FLOODING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN HOUSTON THAT MAKES IT HARD FOR US TO NOT ONLY GET ACCESS, BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT FLOODING TO RECEDE BEFORE WE CAN START WORKING ON THOSE LINES. 
          SO WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE LONG RUN. 
          WHAT'S THE BEST STRATEGY WHEN IT COMES TO UNDERGROUNDING. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE ADDING IS A HUNDRED, UH, WEATHER STATIONS TO OUR FACILITIES. 
          AND SO WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IS PROVIDE BETTER COMMUNICATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT WE HAVE FOR FUTURE STORMS. RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S VERY PRIMITIVE AND I DON'T THINK VERY HELPFUL. 
          AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WITH THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION, WE CAN GET REAL TIME DATA, LEARN FROM THE EXACT, UH, HOW OUR, OUR SYSTEM PERFORMS DURING EVENTS AND UTILIZE THAT INFORMATION TO HELP DEVELOP PREDICTIVE MODELS. 
          SO WHEN WE CAN COME IN THERE, WE COULD SAY THIS TYPE OF STORM VERSUS THAT TYPE OF STORM, THEY COULD BOTH BE CAT ONE. 
          WE COULD, WE CAN EVEN BEFORE THE STORM COMES, EXPLAIN WHY ONE WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER. 
          SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMUNICATIONS AND THE PARTNERSHIPS, HERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING REGARDING, UM, THE PHASE TWO PIECE. 
          UH, AND I, I STILL THINK THE OUTAGE TRACKER IS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE COULD HELP LEVERAGE AND GET BETTER COMMUNICATION ON. 
          UM, THAT WAS ROLLED OUT AUGUST 1ST. 
          IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE IT OR LOOK AT IT, PLEASE DO. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR, UM, UM, OUR POWER ALERT SYSTEM SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE REAL TIME INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR OUTAGES. 
          SO YOU COULD BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE AN OUTAGE, AND IT'LL GIVE YOU AN ETA TIME WHEN YOU CAN GET IT. 
          AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW OFFICIALLY WHEN IT'S BEEN RESTORED. 
          SO THE NEXT STEP COMING JUNE ONE AT THE BEGINNING OF HURRICANE SEASON IS GONNA BE OUR PHASE THREE. 
          AND PART OF THAT IS GONNA INCLUDE OUR RESILIENCY FILING. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO THIS, UM, OUR LEGISLATORS WERE VERY ACTIVE IN RECOGNIZING THAT WE'VE SEEN A LOT MORE CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          UH, AT CENTER POINT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'VE SEEN A LOT MORE EFFECTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE STORMS, THE MORE FREQUENCY AND THE MORE SEVERITY. 
          AND SO, UH, THERE WAS SOME LEGISLATION, UH, ENCOURAGING AND REQUIRING UTILITY COMPANIES TO PROVIDE A RESILIENCY PLAN TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR SYSTEM MORE RESILIENT. 
          NOW, IT'S NOT THAT WE NEVER DID IT BEFORE, UM, THERE'S A CHANGE IN A PARADIGM AND SHIFT. 
          AND, AND WHAT I DESCRIBED WAS WHEN WE DESIGNED OUR ELECTRIC SYSTEMS, WE DO IT ON A RELIABILITY BASIS, WE DESIGNED BY THE RELIABILITY PIECE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THE EVERYDAY VERSUS BLUE SKY GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS. WE DON'T DESIGN FOR THE RESILIENCY PIECE, WHICH IS HOW TO WITHSTAND MAJOR EVENTS. 
          AND SO I KIND OF EQUATE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, I USE LIKE THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE RELIABILITY PIECE, THE RELIABILITY IS WHEN YOUR CAR, IT NEEDS TO BE AVAILABLE, WHEN YOU NEED TO GO TO THE STORE, WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR KIDS TO THE SOCCER GAMES, IT'S ALWAYS AROUND. 
          IT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE, IT'S RELIABLE. 
          THAT'S HOW WE DESIGNED OUR SYSTEMS. WHAT HAS CHANGED AND WHAT WE FEEL IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS IS THE RELIABILITY PIECE. 
          SO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MAY NOT EVER AFFECT THE RELIABILITY, WHICH IS YOUR SEATBELT, YOUR AIRBAGS, THE WAY THE FRAME IS DESIGNED TO HELP ABSORB IMPACT. 
          THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT HELP THE RELIABILITY PIECE BECAUSE THE RESILIENCY IS THE ABILITY TO TAKE A PUNCH AND GET BACK UP. 
          SO WHEN WE GET HIT, IF YOU'RE IN A 70 MILE AN HOUR CAR ACCIDENT, HOW QUICKLY CAN YOU GET YOUR CAR BACK ON THE ROAD? WE CAN'T DESIGN A SYSTEM TO, YOU KNOW, AVOID HURRICANES AND COMPLETELY WITHSTAND THEM. 
          BUT IF WE CAN HAVE A SYSTEM THAT'S MORE ROBUST AND WE'RE DOING MORE TO REHAB THAN REBUILDING, THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE. 
          THAT IS THE KEY. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I SHARE. 
          AND WHEN WE LOOK AT A CIRCUIT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT IT WAS DURING BARREL, WE KNOW HOW MANY CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT POWER. 
          AND WHEN THEY SAY, OKAY, IF YOU KNOW HOW MANY CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER, YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO RESTORE THAT, THAT LINE. 
          AND THE ANSWER IS, I DON'T BECAUSE I HAVE TO WALK THAT LINE AND I GOTTA FIGURE OUT, DO I HAVE TO REBUILD IT? 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE ME FOUR TO SIX HOURS FOR 
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EVERY POLE THAT I GOTTA REDO, OR CAN I JUST SLING SOME WIRE AND PUT IT BACK UP THERE? AND THAT COULD BE A DIFFERENCE IN DAYS. 
          AND SO UNTIL WE GET THAT WHERE I'M ABLE TO WALK IT OUT AND DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. 
          BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WITH ALL THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE THINGS INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE, IS TO GET THAT BETTER INFORMATION TO YOU MORE QUICKLY AND TIMELY. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROGRESS OR WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR GREATER HOUSTON RESILIENCY INITIATIVE, THIS IS OUR WEBSITE RIGHT HERE, CENTER POINT ENERGY.COM/TAKING ACTION. 
          AND, AND THAT'S THE GIST OF MY, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UH, JUST I DON'T MAKE YOUR LIFE MORE DIFFICULT, SIR. 
          I THINK OF INFORMATION. 
          YEAH. 
          COULD YOU BRIEFLY ADDRESS COLD AS WELL? BECAUSE AS YOU SAY, WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, WE HAVE ICE MAGEDDON AS WELL AS HURRICANE MAGEDDON. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND SO WITH OUR RESILIENCY FILING THAT WE HAVE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT SEGMENT AND HELPING ME DESCRIBE THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT MITIGATE, MITIGATING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT AFFECT OUR GRID. 
          SO THAT INCLUDES COLD WEATHER, THAT INCLUDES LOAD SHEDDING EVENTS BECAUSE WE'RE STILL, WE STILL GET NOTIFICATIONS OF FROM ERCOT IN THE SUMMER ABOUT PEAK LOAD CONCERNS, UH, WILDFIRE MITIGATION. 
          THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THERE FOR MITIGATING FLOOD BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL A HUGE CONCERN FOR US WITH JUST THE FLOODING EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE. 
          AND SO THE RESILIENCY FILING IS VERY ROBUST. 
          IT ADDRESSES ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TURN IT BACK TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND CENTERPOINT'S STILL GONNA BE OUT HERE AS WELL, SO IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN GO TALK TO HIM AT THE BOOTH AND APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. 
          BRAD. 
          UM, NEXT UP IS GOING TO BE COMMANDER CRUZ, AND WE ALSO HAVE, AFTER HER, UH, THE CONSTABLE WILL BE COMING UP HERE. 
          UH, CONSTABLE YETTER. 
          I THINK WE ALL LOOK TOWARDS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN THERE'S ISSUES WITH CRIME. 
          I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT ALTHOUGH THEY ARE A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF THAT, UH, YOUR JUDGES AND YOUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY ARE EVERY BIT AS IMPORTANT, IF NOT EVEN MORE SO. 
          UM, THE TOWN HALL WE HAD, UH, TUESDAY, SENATOR, I BELIEVE IT WAS SENATOR ALVARADO, TALKED ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT JUST RECENTLY HAD GOTTEN CAUGHT THAT HAD COMMITTED SOME CRIMES. 
          HE WAS ALREADY OUT ON 14 BONDS FOR 14 DIFFERENT CRIMES THAT HE COMMITTED, UM, HERE IN ACTUALLY TODAY, I GUESS. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, YOU'RE GONNA BE VOTING, YOU'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON JUDGES, YOU'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON DISTRICT ATTORNEY, HOPEFULLY BE VOTING ON REPRESENTATIVE PAUL. 
          UH, SO PLEASE GET OUT THERE, DO YOUR HOMEWORK, GO VOTE. 
          THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS AS MUCH HELP AS THEY CAN GET. 
          SO WITH THAT COMMANDER CRUZ, IS THERE A CLICKER UP HERE? I IMAGINED IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME IS, UH, CLAUDIA CRUZ. 
          I AM THE DIVISION COMMANDER FOR CLEAR LAKE DIVISION. 
          UH, THIS EVENING I AM JOINED BY MY TEAM, UH, SERGEANT LAZANO, OFFICERS CASTILLO AND OFFICER OCHOA. 
          THEY'RE WITH THE, UH, DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE TEAM, WHICH, UH, THEIR, THEIR PURPOSE IS TO ADDRESS THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. 
          UM, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER FOR, UH, HIS CONTINUED SUPPORT AND, UH, DISTRICT E OFFICE. 
          UH, EVERY YEAR THEY'RE VERY GENEROUS TO GIVE US FUNDING FOR OVERTIME TO ADDRESS OUR HOTSPOTS, OUR HIGH CRIME AREAS. 
          THIS YEAR, THEY GAVE US ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS WE RECEIVED AN APEX MACHINE, WHICH ALLOWS OUR OFFICERS TO TRAIN ON THE MACHINE AND GO THROUGH SCENARIOS SUCH AS ACTIVE SHOOTER, UH, SCENARIOS LIKE IF THERE'S A ACTIVE SHOOTER AT A SCHOOL, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND THAT JUST IS, IS A BENEFICIAL TOOL THAT PROVIDES US, UM, THE ABILITY TO TRAIN ON SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY GET A CHANCE TO TRAIN ON. 
          ADDITIONALLY, UM, THIS YEAR THEY PROVIDED US WITH, UH, HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS ITEMS. UH, WE REQUESTED A, AN INFLATABLE RAFT. 
          TYPICALLY THAT'S, THAT'S HFDS, UH, JOB TO KIND OF GO OUT AND, UH, AND DO THE HIGH WATER STUFF, BUT WE DO HAVE HIGH WATER VEHICLES. 
          AND WITH THIS RAF WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP HFD. 
          UH, WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE, UM, SOME LIFE, UH, JACKETS WITH THAT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HELP THEM OUT. 
          UH, OH, . 
          ALL RIGHT, I'LL JUST KEEP TALKING. 
          UM, IF YOU CAN GET IT TO THE, SO, UH, WE 
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IDENTIFY THREE HOTSPOT AREAS, OR ACTUALLY FOUR. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE IS UP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          UM, ONE OF 'EM IS THE REDFORD APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND REAL CLOSE TO THAT IS THE, UH, EDGEBROOK SHOPPING CENTER. 
          WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THAT AREA IS THAT WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY RELATED TO, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT A PROGRAM TOGETHER IN ORDER TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE. 
          UM, AND JUST TO, AS AN EDUCATION PROPO COMPONENT, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA. 
          THE SECOND HOTSPOT AREA THAT WE IDENTIFIED WAS, UH, OVER OFF OF EDGEBROOK, JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY THREE. 
          IT'S, UH, EDGEBROOK APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE ALCOVE APARTMENT COMPLEX. 
          WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS, UH, AND DID ANALYSIS ON THOSE CRIMES, MOST OF THOSE WERE PROPERTY CRIMES. 
          SO WE WILL, UH, INCORPORATE AN EDUCATION COMPONENT FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX TO, UM, TO EXPLAIN TO THEIR RESIDENTS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO LEAVE THINGS IN THEIR, IN THEIR VEHICLES. 
          AND THAT'S JUST IN GENERAL, IF YOU GO ANYWHERE, IF YOU GO ANY PLACE WHERE THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES, UH, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. 
          OUR HOT THIRD HOTSPOT IS OVER OFF OF EL DORADO AND 45. 
          WHEN WE LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS, WHAT WE IDENTIFIED WAS THERE ARE A HIGH NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THAT, UM, END UP THERE, WHETHER THEY ARE FROM THE FREEWAY AND THEY EXIT THE, THE FREEWAY TO GET ONTO SOME OF THOSE, UH, PARKING LOTS. 
          YOU KNOW, OVER THERE YOU HAVE HEB, YOU'VE GOT HOME DEPOT, YOU'VE GOT TEXAS ROADHOUSE. 
          SO THOSE ARE POPULAR AREAS. 
          MORE THAN LIKELY, PEOPLE ARE JUST PULLING OFF INTO THAT AREA TO, UH, MAKE THE POLICE REPORT, BUT WE WILL BE ASKING FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY IN THAT AREA TO DETERMINE WHAT WE CAN DO TO, UH, TO, TO MINIMIZE THAT. 
          UH, LASTLY IS BAYBROOK MALL. 
          UH, LIKE I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, ANY PLACE WHERE THERE'S A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF VEHICLES, UM, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF ONE, UH, BURGLARY OF MOTOR VEHICLES, TWO AUTO THEFTS. 
          AND IN THIS AREA, BECAUSE IT IS A MALL, THERE ARE A LOT OF RETAIL THEFTS IN THAT AREA. 
          AND WE WORK, WE DO WORK WITH THE SECURITY COMPANY AT BAYBROOK MALL. 
          UM, AND SO THEY'RE AWARE OF IT AND THEY, THEY PUT OUT A LOT OF EFFORT TO, UM, TO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THIS STUFF. 
          SO THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF SECURITY GUARDS AND WE DO A LOT OF INITIATIVES IN THAT AREA. 
          DUSTIN, NEXT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE, OUR NONVIOLENT AND VIOLENT CRIMES. 
          UH, THE BIG ONE FOR ME TO POINT OUT IS THE MURDERS. 
          UH, WHEN I GOT HERE IN 2022, THERE WERE A TOTAL, TOTAL OF 23 MURDERS FOR THAT YEAR. 
          IN 2023, IT WENT DOWN TO 10. 
          AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE. 
          SO I'M REALLY VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CLEAR LAKE DIVISION DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE, UH, THOSE TYPE OF VIOLENT CRIMES BY, BY A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, THE, THESE ARE CHARTS OF OUR OVERTIME STATS. 
          UM, FOR THE YEAR, WE HAD 234 CRIME INITIATIVES. 
          WE HAD 270 CITIZEN CONTACTS. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO PUT, UH, 24 FELONY CHARGES. 
          UH, WE HAD JUST UNDER 900 CITATIONS ISSUED. 
          AND LIKE I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU KNOW, IN CASE YOU GUYS THINK WE'RE NEVER NICE, LOOK, WE HAD 123 WARNINGS ISSUED. 
          SO WE'RE NICE. 
          SOMETIMES , UH, WE ARE ABLE TO ALSO GET SIX, UH, SIX WEAPONS OFF THE STREET NEXT. 
          SO OUR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS, UM, THE FIRST ONE, SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM ARE, UH, FAMILIAR WITH. 
          THIS IS A PROPERTY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT, UH, CLOSER TO 45. 
          AND EDGEBROOK, THIS WAS AN ABANDONED HOME. 
          UH, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WERE DECEASED, AND SO IT WAS ABANDONED WHILE THE HOMELESS IN THE AREA DECIDED THAT THIS WAS A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO MOVE IN. 
          AND BASICALLY THE FIRST COUPLE PICTURES IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN WE WERE NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. 
          UM, AND THANKFULLY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SITTING OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW AND PRECINCT TO, UH, WE WERE ALL ABLE TO PUT IN A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLEANED UP THIS PROPERTY. 
          AND EVEN TO, YOU KNOW, YEAH, OR TUESDAY WHEN WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING, THE, THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVED DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR CAME OVER AND THANKED ME FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WE DID. 
          SO I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THAT ONE. 
          UM, THE, THE PICTURES ON THE BOTTOM, 
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THAT IS A CLUB THAT IS CLOSE TO 45 AND EDGEBROOK, IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR US BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF SHOOTINGS AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS FOR SERVICE AT SOMETIMES FIVE OR SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING BECAUSE IT IS AN AFTER HOURS CLUB. 
          AND SO IT WAS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR US. 
          SO BACK IN MAY, THESE PICTURES ARE WHEN WE DID A HARD CLUB CHECK BACK IN MAY. 
          AND AT THAT TIME, WE WERE ABLE TO ARREST THE EIGHT SECURITY GUARDS THAT THEY HAD ON STAFF. 
          NOT ONE OF THEM WAS A, A LICENSED SECURITY GUARD. 
          UM, AND SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THAT PICTURE IS ALL THEIR TACTICAL VESTS AND ALL THE WEAPONS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET OFF THEM, AND SOME OF THE, UM, THE WEAPONS THAT WERE JUST LEFT ABANDONED INSIDE THE CLUB. 
          SO IN ADDITION, YOU ALSO HAVE THE NARCOTICS THERE. 
          SO THIS LAST FRIDAY, MYSELF AND MY TEAM, WE WERE OUT THERE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING UP UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND WE DID THE EXACT SAME THING. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO ARREST SIX PEOPLE THAT NIGHT. 
          UM, THREE BARTENDERS, UH, ONE PERS THE MANAGER FOR SELLING ALCOHOL AFTER HOURS. 
          UM, AND WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO ARREST THE JUVENILE THAT WAS IN THE PARKING LOT WITH A, WITH A HANDGUN AND AN EXTENDED MAG. 
          SO THAT WAS AN SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVE FOR US, AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP AT IT, UH, BECAUSE THE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR OFFICERS AND THE COMMUNITY SAFE. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COMMANDER. 
          UM, THE PICTURES OF THAT HOME THAT HAD THE SQUATTER AT IT, UH, AS BAD AS IT LOOKED, THOSE PICTURES DO NOT DO THAT PLACE JUSTICE. 
          I MEAN, IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLY BAD. 
          AND, UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMMANDER FOR, FOR GETTING THAT CLEANED UP. 
          AND, AND SPEAKING REAL QUICK ABOUT THOSE HOMES, THE HOMES WE END UP WITH PROBLEMS WITH SQUATTERS AT TYPICALLY HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS IN COMMON. 
          UH, USUALLY IT IS AN ELDERLY PERSON THAT HAD BEEN LIVING THERE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, LONG ENOUGH TO COMPLETELY PAY OFF THE MORTGAGE. 
          UM, THE ELDERLY PERSON PASSES AWAY AND EITHER, UH, THAT THERE'S NO AIR TO TAKE THE HOME OR THERE'S NO WILL, UH, THE SQUATTERS MOVE IN AND THE POLICE JUST CAN'T MOVE THE SQUATTERS OUT UNLESS THERE'S ACTUALLY SOMEBODY THAT HAS TITLE TO THAT PROPERTY THAT IS ABLE TO DO A NO TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT TO WHERE THEN THEY CAN GET THE SQUATTERS OUT. 
          SO PLEASE KEEP TRACK OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, LOOK OUT FOR 'EM, UH, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A WILL, PLEASE DO GET ONE. 
          UH, IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE 'CAUSE AND I THINK THAT HOUSE HAD BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS, HADN'T IT? UH, SO IT'S KIND OF SOME TOUGH THINGS TO FIX. 
          SO IF WE DON'T HAVE 'EM IN THE FIRST PLACE, IT'D BE GREAT. 
          SO WITH THAT, NEXT UP IS THE CONSTABLE, LIEUTENANT YETTER. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR HAVING US HERE. 
          UH, PRECINCT DATE AT YOUR CITY TOWN HALL MEETING. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, I WASN'T REALLY SURE WHY WE'RE HERE THEN. 
          I SAW THAT I WAS BETWEEN THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE FIRE CHIEF, SO THAT KIND OF MAKES SENSE NOW. 
          A LITTLE BUFFER, I GUESS, BETWEEN THERE, BETWEEN YOUR DEPARTMENTS . 
          UM, SO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY CONSTABLE LIN COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, SO, UH, YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME HERE AT THE LAST MINUTE. 
          I DID MAKE A COUPLE LITTLE TALKING POINTS, UH, NOTES, UH, TO GO OVER WITH Y'ALL. 
          I, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ONE OF THESE MEETINGS WITH, UH, THE CONSTABLE OR ANY THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T AWARE OF PRECINCT DATE OR WHAT WE DO. 
          I MEAN, HOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE ARE NOT AWARE OF PRECINCT DATE OR THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE? ANYBODY? NOBODY. 
          I, I DIDN'T THINK SO. 
          UM, SO PRECINCT DATE HERE IS SOUTHEAST HARRIS COUNTY. 
          UM, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THIS SIDE OF 45 UP NORTH TO EDGEBROOK AND BACK AROUND THROUGH PASADENA AND DOWN 1 46 IS PRETTY MUCH THE PRECINCT DATE AREA. 
          UM, WE'RE A SMALL AGENCY, BUT WE'RE VERY PRODUCTIVE, VERY BUSY. 
          UM, WE WORK VERY WELL WITH THE 11 MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN OUR PRECINCT, WHICH HPD CLEAR LAKE IS ONE OF OUR BIG ONES. 
          UM, SO THERE'S, WE GO TO THESE MEETINGS. 
          PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WHO DO I CALL? WHO DO I CALL FIRST? HPD Y'ALL. 
          IT'S NOT A COMPETITION. 
          WE'RE JUST LIKE ANOTHER LAYER OF PROTECTION, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT YOU HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL. 
          SO JUST ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT MY NAME'S UP THERE NOW, I LEARNED TODAY, WHICH IS ODD, THAT MY NAME IS BEING USED IN THE COUNTY FOR A SCAM FOR A WARRANT, UH, PAYMENT THING. 
          SO PEOPLE ARE CALLING SAYING THEY'RE LIEUTENANT CHRISTOPHER YETTER WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND, UH, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO PAY WARRANTS ONLINE WITH CREDIT CARDS. 
          SO YOU SEE LIEUTENANT CHRIS YETTER CALLING YOU FOR WARRANTS FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY OVER THE PHONE WITH THE CREDIT CARD. 
          PLEASE DON'T, DON'T PAY HIM 'CAUSE HE'S NOT LEGIT. 
          OKAY? UM, SO REAL QUICK, UH, BEING SMALL, UM, 
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WE'RE VERY BUSY. 
          SO WE AVERAGE ABOUT 60,000 CALLS A YEAR FOR SERVICE, AND IT GROWS EVERY YEAR. 
          ABOUT A QUARTER OF THOSE ARE HERE IN CLEAR LAKE, IN HOUSTON. 
          UM, THEY, EVERYTHING FROM BUSINESSES TO RESIDENTS TO KNOW TO CALL US AND WHAT WE'VE COME RUNNING AND WE COME HELP. 
          UM, SO I GUESS YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. 
          WE WORK VERY WELL WITH EVERYONE AROUND HERE. 
          I MEAN, JUST YESTERDAY, A NEIGHBOR, WELL, NOT YESTERDAY, BUT A LITTLE WHILE BACK, A NEIGHBOR CALLED ABOUT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE SAT UP ON HIS NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, MADE TRAFFIC STOPS. 
          LONG STORY SHORT, AS NARCOTICS SEARCH WARRANT WAS SERVED, WE RECOVERED IN THE BAYLAND SUBDIVISION, A LARGE AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA, COCAINE, FIREARMS, UM, AND MADE SEVERAL ARRESTS OUT OF THAT. 
          SO CRIME ISN'T JUST WAY UP NORTH ON EDGEBROOK, IT HAPPENS EVEN DOWN HERE IN THE NICER SUBDIVISION. 
          SO IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, PLEASE SAY SOMETHING. 
          UM, PRECINCT DATES MADE UP OF OUR DISTRICT PATROL DIVISION, WHICH, UH, IT ENCOMPASSES TWO DISTRICTS, THE WEST SIDE AND THE EAST SIDE. 
          UM, AND WE'RE NOT BIG, USUALLY ONLY AT MAYBE FOUR TO FIVE DEPUTIES ON A SHIFT AND A SUPERVISOR AT A TIME. 
          SO WE ARE RESTRAINED WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT WE DO THE BEST OF WHAT WE HAVE, JUST LIKE HPD ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE. 
          , THEY DO A LOT WITH A LITTLE, THEY COULD USE MANY, MANY MORE OFFICERS AND WE'RE NO, NO DIFFERENT IN OUR, IN OUR SCALE. 
          UM, SO WE'RE A FULL SERVICE AGENCY, UM, WITH OUR INVESTIGATIONS, UM, OUR PATROL AND, AND, AND EVERYTHING WE, WE HAVE GOING ON. 
          UM, I REALLY DIDN'T COME PREPARED WITH A LOT MORE TO SAY, JUST, Y'ALL KNOW WHO WE ARE, YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO. 
          UM, IF YOU NEED US, CALL US AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP. 
          OKAY? YES, SIR. 
          CHIEF MUNOZ WAS ORIGINALLY GONNA BE HERE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          HE HAD SOMETHING COME UP. 
          AND WE HAVE ASSISTANT CHIEF EK WHO WILL BE SPEAKING TO US FOR JUST A MINUTE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, MY NAME'S MOHAMMED KUCHA. 
          I'M ASSISTANT CHIEF HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, OVER A MYRIAD OF OBJECTS. 
          UH, ONE OF 'EM IS THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THIS YOUNG MAN WHENEVER HE CAN'T MAKE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, DISTRICT E IS ONE OF OUR AFFLUENT AREAS. 
          UH, LAST QUARTER YOU HAD 6,300 RUNS, UH, SERVICING THE AREA. 
          THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE EMS, ROUGHLY 86%. 
          UH, THE PEAK CALL THAT, UH, THIS AREA HAS IS DEMOGRAPHIC APPROPRIATE. 
          IT'S, UH, CHEST PAIN, HEART ATTACK. 
          UM, THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT COVERS A, UH, A NUMBER OF SERVICES FOR THE CITIZENS OF HOUSTON, INCLUDING HAZMAT, RESCUE, FIRE, EMS. WE ALSO HAVE SUBDIVISIONS FOR, UM, INSPECTIONS AND, AND ARSON IN, UH, INVESTIGATIONS. 
          UM, OF COURSE YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER'S BEEN GREAT FOR US. 
          I'VE SEEN HIM AT SEVERAL STATIONS HE WAS AT, UH, FIRE I MADE RECENTLY, AND THEN ONCE WHEN WE WERE, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIS TOWN AND CAME BY ALL THE FIRE STATIONS CHECKED ON THE GUYS. 
          AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I LEFT, UH, 94 IS NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND THEY WERE SPEAKING ABOUT, UH, HIM GETTING THEM ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR, FOR THE SERVICES OF THE DISTRICT. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I WAS GONNA SAY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I THINK THE LIGHTS ARE COMING BACK ON IN A SECOND. 
          UM, A LOT OF THE RUNS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ENDS UP DOING, UH, IS ACTUALLY FOR, I THINK, WHAT, WHAT IS IT CALLED, ASSISTANT CHIEF, IS IT ACTUALLY PICKING PEOPLE UP AFTER THEY'VE FALLEN? UH, JUST SO HAPPENS THAT COUNCILWOMAN ALCORN HAS, UH, QUITE THE EVENT ON FALLS ONCE A YEAR. 
          UM, I WENT TO IT, SHE ACTUALLY HAD IT OUT IN KINGWOOD THIS YEAR, TRAVELS ACROSS THE CITY, AND, UH, IT WAS QUITE A BIT MORE THAN WHAT I REALIZED. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, SO I TOLD HER I'D LIKE TO COPY SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND, AND DO THAT ONCE A YEAR. 
          UH, IF YOU CAN AVOID A FALL, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL AND IT'LL HELP OUT NUMBER OF CALLS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS MAKING AS WELL. 
          SO NEXT UP, WE'VE GOT, UH, JIMMY SPENCE WITH THE HOUSTON SPACEPORT. 
          REAL QUICK, BE BEFORE THAT WE HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF THE, UH, HE, WELL, HE'S NOT GONNA BE SPEAKING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE JIM AND OR YOU WANNA COME UP HERE AS WELL. 
          JIM, COME UP, SAY A COUPLE WORDS TOO, SO, YOU KNOW, GOOD TO BE DOWN HERE. 
          UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, WE ARE HAVING AN AIR SHOW THIS WEEKEND. 
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UM, SO THE PRACTICE IS GOING ON. 
          SO AGAIN, IT IT'S A GREAT EVENT. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S, AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE THINGS, I THINK A LOT OF HOUSTON, HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, FOLKS LOVE. 
          AND I KNOW I'M AN AVIATION GEEK, SO I LOVE IT. 
          SO, UM, BUT JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A COUPLE UP OTHER UPDATES THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL START DOWN AT HOBBY. 
          SO FROM A HOBBY PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE, UH, WE HAVE ALREADY COMMENCED OUR, OUR CONSTRUCTION ON A SEVEN GATE EXPANSION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OVER THERE. 
          SO SIX OF THOSE GATES ARE GONNA BE FOR SOUTHWEST GROWTH GROWTH, AND ONE OF THEM IS GONNA BE A CITY GATE. 
          SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRY AND GET SOME OTHER AIRLINES TO COME INTO HOBBY AND SERVICE THAT. 
          UM, OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED AT HOBBY RECENTLY, UM, WE'VE UPGRADED ALL THE PARKING SYSTEMS AT HOBBY. 
          UM, SO, UH, WHERE YOU USED TO GO IN THERE AND WE'D TAKE TICKETS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          WE NOW HAVE, UH, A NEW SYSTEM. 
          AND I WOULD RECOMMEND IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN RESERVE YOUR PARKING SPOT. 
          WHEN YOU RESERVE THAT PARKING SPOT, YOU ACTUALLY GET A DISCOUNT OFF YOUR PARKING. 
          AND THEN WITH THAT, YOU PUT YOUR LICENSE PLATE IN THERE. 
          AND THEN THE RIGHT, THE, THE, THE NEW SYSTEM READS YOUR LICENSE PLATE. 
          SO WE'LL JUST READ YOUR LICENSE PLATE, YOU ENTER THE GARAGE, OR THE PARKING, OR PARKING, UH, ECONOMY LOT. 
          AND THEN FROM THERE, WHEN YOU COME BACK OUT, ALL YOUR DATA'S ALREADY THERE AND YOU CAN PAY. 
          UM, YOU ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY NOW WITH LIKE APPLE PAY AND ALL THESE, THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, MODERN PAY, UH, SYSTEMS IN THERE. 
          SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT, UM, FOR YOU. 
          'CAUSE AGAIN, YOU GET THE RESERVE SPOT AND YOU GET THE DISCOUNT ON THAT. 
          THAT'S ROLLED OUT AT HOBBY AND WE'RE, WE'RE COMPLETED WITH THAT. 
          UM, AND WE'RE DOING THAT ALSO AT BUSH RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE US A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET THROUGH ALL THE PARKING LOTS AT BUSH. 
          UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON BUSH, UM, SO WE JUST OPENED OUR NEW SIX GATE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL, UH, THE OTHER DAY. 
          IT'S, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 
          IT'S A FANTASTIC FACILITY. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT TO HAVE THAT. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE JUST ANNOUNCED THAT, UH, SOME NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES STARTING TOO. 
          SO WE HAD ZIP AIR THAT'S COMING IN FROM, UH, JAPAN. 
          SO THEY'VE BEEN OFFERING INTER INTRODUCTORY FAIRES OF $333 NONSTOP OVER TO JAPAN. 
          SO YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT DEAL. 
          UM, SO YES,  YES. 
          IS THAT FIRST CLASS? NO, THAT'S , THAT IS NOT FIRST CLASS. 
          UH, BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP ADDING, UH, MARKETS IN HERE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE, MY GOAL RIGHT NOW IS, IS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO AT LEAST 200 NONSTOP DESTINATIONS OUT OF BUSH. 
          I MEAN, NOT OUT OF BUSH, OUT OF OUT, UH, UH, HOUSTON. 
          AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE ONE NINETIES, SO WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE, BUT ADDING THAT NEW CAPACITY, THAT'S THE FIRST NET NEW GATES THAT WE'VE HAD AT, AT BUSH, UH, IN OVER 20 YEARS. 
          UM, SO DEFINITELY NEEDED. 
          NOW TRAFFIC WISE, WE'RE ALSO MAKING IMPROVEMENTS THERE. 
          UM, SO PRIOR TO CHRIS, I'M SORRY, PRIOR TO THANKSGIVING, AS YOU ENTER BUSH, UM, THERE'S THE LANE DROP OVER THERE WHERE WE'RE BUILDING THE NEW BUILDING AND THE BAGGAGE SYSTEM. 
          PRIOR TO THANKSGIVING, WE'LL HAVE THAT ROAD OPEN BACK UP TO ITS NORMAL FOUR LANE ARRIVAL CONFIGURATION. 
          SO THAT WILL GREATLY, UH, IMPROVE THE ENTRANCE TO THE AIRPORT. 
          AND GETTING IN PRE-CHRISTMAS, WE HAVE A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR HOUSTONIANS. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS CURB. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT THAT ONE LANE CATASTROPHE THAT WE HAVE OVER THERE THAT'S CAUSING ALL OUR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, AND IT'S NOT A GREAT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE THERE. 
          UM, THAT ONE LANE WILL NOW TURN INTO THE NEW SIX LANES THAT WE'LL HAVE TEMPORARILY. 
          ULTIMATELY, IT'LL BE EIGHT LANES, BUT, UM, WE WANTED TO, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET NEW CAPACITY IN THERE, WE WANTED TO BRING IT ON. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GO FROM ONE LANE TO SIX LANES ON THAT. 
          UM, THAT'LL HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU . 
          AND THEN THE REAL, UH, REAL, REAL BIG CHANGE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ALSO IN JANUARY. 
          SO IN JANUARY, THE NEW INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL IS BEING BUILT, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO OPEN HALF OF IT. 
          AND SO THAT HALF IS GOING TO BE THE HALF THAT UNITED AIRLINES IS GONNA OPERATE THERE. 
          SO, ALL RIGHT, NOW, TERMINAL C IS KIND OF CRAZY IN THERE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO TERMINALS IN ONE. 
          SO TERMINAL E AND TERMINAL C ARE BOTH OPERATING IN TERMINAL C. 
          UM, WHEN WE OPEN THE NEW BUILDING, UNITED'S GONNA MOVE IN THERE AND THEY'RE GONNA RUN THEIR TERMINAL E OPERATION OUT OF THERE WITH THAT NEW TERMINAL ALSO COMES A 17 LANE TSA CHECKPOINT. 
          UM, AND THEN THAT FULL CURB FOR THAT NEW PER, UH, THAT NEW FACILITY'S GONNA OPEN, THAT'S GONNA BE EIGHT LANES DOWNSTAIRS AND, UM, 11 LANES UPSTAIRS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, OUR BIG CHALLENGE FROM A TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE IS WE DON'T HAVE THE CURB CAPACITY NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS ALL THAT. 
          AND SO WITH THE NEW FACILITY OPEN, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT, THAT, UM, OPEN AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE IMPROVE THINGS. 
          SO, UM, I'M, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW IT FRUSTRATES HOUSTONIANS AND IT ALSO FRUSTRATES ME AND THE AIRPORT STAFF 'CAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE GOTTA DEAL WITH THAT ON THE, ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE BEST. 
          AND AGAIN, WE'RE PUMPING RECORD NUMBERS THROUGH BOTH OF THE AIRPORTS, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO, TRYING TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT IT'S VERY EXCITING THAT WE'VE FINALLY GOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMING THAT WE CAN DELIVER TO, TO REALLY MAKE A CHANGE OUT THERE. 
          SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JIMMY AND HE CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE SPACE BOARD. 
          THANKS, JIM. 
          UH, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER FOR HAVING ME, UH, APPRECIATED YOUR 
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SUPPORT SO FAR, UH, IN YOUR SHORT TIME IN OFFICE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPACE BOARD, LOOKING FORWARD, UH, TO WORKING WITH YOU MORE IN THE FUTURE. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU, JIM, FOR THAT, THAT UPDATE. 
          I WANNA GIVE YOU OUR WHOLE ORG CHART. 
          UH, BUT JIM IS PRETTY HIGH ABOVE ME, SO FEEL FREE TO LAUGH EXTRA HARD AT MY JOKES. 
          TELL 'EM WHAT A GREAT JOB I DID ON THE PRESENTATION ON YOUR BEHALF. 
          SO, UH, HOUSTON SPACEPORT IS CO-LOCATED AT ELLINGTON AIRPORT, UH, WHICH SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THAT LOCATION. 
          UM, WE STARTED OUT IN 2012, KINDA LOOKING AT THE IDEA OF A SPACE SPORT. 
          2015. 
          WE WERE LICENSED FOR COMMERCIAL HORIZONTAL LAUNCH, WHICH MEANS WE'RE NOT LAUNCHING ROCKETS LIKE YOU WOULD NORMALLY THINK OF SPACE LAUNCH AT THE HOUSTON SPACE BOARDER AT ELLINGTON. 
          UH, WE HAVE, YOU GOTTA THINK OF IT MORE AS LIKE A SPACE PLANE. 
          IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE VIRGIN GALACTIC MODEL OF SPACE LAUNCH, IT'S, THAT'S HOW IT LAUNCHES UNDER NORMAL AIRPLANE POWER. 
          AND THEN THE PAYLOAD ACTUALLY GETS AIR LAUNCHED OUT OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. 
          UM, THAT TECHNOLOGY IS STILL BEING DEVELOPED. 
          IT'S NOT QUITE AT MATURITY YET. 
          AND SO IN THE MEANTIME, UH, WE DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON BUILDING A HUB FOR AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING HERE IN HOUSTON THAT HELPED DIVERSIFY THE SPACE ECONOMY, UH, BE MORE ROBUST AND RESILIENT AGAINST DOWNTURNS, UM, IN THE INDUSTRY. 
          UM, AND WE'VE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL IN THAT, UH, HERE IN THE LAST LESS THAN 10 YEARS. 
          UH, WE'VE GONE FROM A PAPER SPACE PORT, UH, TO ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SPACE STATION, UH, THE FIRST PIECE OF AMERICAN HARDWARE TO, UH, LAND ON THE MOON SINCE THE APOLLO AREA HAPPENED THIS PAST FEBRUARY, UM, THE FIRST COMMERCIAL AND THE NEXT LUNAR SPACE SUIT TO, UH, LAND AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST HYPERSONIC, UH, PASSENGER AIRCRAFT. 
          SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPACEPORT SO FAR, AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD. 
          I'LL GO INTO SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE COMPANIES THAT WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH. 
          BUT WHEN WE DECIDED TO CREATE AN AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING HUB THAT SO FAR REALLY DIDN'T EXIST IN HOUSTON, UH, WE REALIZED THAT BIT TOO FAR. 
          WE REALIZED THAT WE WANTED TO, UH, PARTNER WITH, UH, EDUCATION BECAUSE WE NEEDED, WE WANTED TO CREATE THESE JOBS. 
          WE NEEDED AN INSTITUTION THAT'D BE ABLE TO TRAIN THESE NEW WORKERS IN ADVANCED, UH, MANUFACTURING 3D PRINTING, UH, CNC MACHINING, UH, COMPOSITE, UH, MATERIALS FABRICATION. 
          AND SO WE PARTNERED WITH SAN COLLEGE, UM, WHO MANY OF YOU KNOW, IS A GREAT INSTITUTION, HAPPENS TO BE IN OUR ROCK YARD AND JUST HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE TOP FIVE, UH, COMMUNITY CON, UH, COLLEGES IN THE COUNTRY. 
          SO WE WERE HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND DEVELOP WHAT WE CALL THE EDGE CENTER OUT AT THE SPACE PORT. 
          UM, THERE WE HAVE, UH, THE SAN CENTER FOLKS TRAINING, UH, TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS, UH, FOLKS IN THOSE FIELDS, UH, YOU KNOW, SOLDERING, COMPOSITE FABRICATION, UH, UM, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, ET CETERA. 
          UM, IN ADDITION, WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH FOLKS LIKE, UH, RICE AND THEIR SPACE INSTITUTE PARTNERED WITH TEXAS A AND M, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, CLEAR LAKE AND TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, ALL TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE HAD THE SUPPORT THAT WE NEEDED TO HELP GROW, UH, NOT ONLY THE, THE HOUSTON SPACE BOARD, BUT THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE IN HOUSTON. 
          SO WE STARTED BUILDING, UM, WE PUT IN ABOUT $21 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE INTO OUR PHASE ONE, UM, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PARK. 
          AND THE FIRST FOLKS THAT WE HAD, UH, CONSTRUCTED A BUILDING WAS COLLINS AEROSPACE. 
          UH, COLLINS IS OUT THERE TODAY. 
          THEY HAVE ABOUT 120,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY THAT ALSO INCLUDES A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT INCUBATION SPACE, UH, FOR A COMPANY THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE IN JUST A SECOND. 
          UM, THEY ARE WORKING ON LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, UH, SPACE HARDWARE. 
          UM, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE UH, TOILET ABOVE THE, UH, INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS ACTUALLY MADE RIGHT HERE AT THE HOUSTON SPACEPORT RIGHT NOW. 
          SURPRISED HOW CRITICAL THAT IS. 
          SPACE HARDWARE. 
          UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH AXIOM SPACE, UH, WHICH YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF BEFORE. 
          AXIOM SPACE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SPACE STATION. 
          UM, THEIR, UH, ASSEMBLY INTEGRATION AND TESTING FACILITY IS BUILT OUT AT THE SPACE PORTS, 106,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY, HUGE 70 FOOT CRANE HEIGHT, UH, MANUFACTURING SPACE. 
          UM, RECENTLY AXIOM WAS IN THE NEWS BECAUSE THEY JUST RELEASED THEIR DESIGN OF THEIR LUNAR SPACE SUIT, UH, THAT THEY WORKED WITH IN, UH, COOPERATION WITH PRADA OF ALL PEOPLE. 
          UH, SO IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LOOKING SPACE SUIT. 
          IT'S VERY SLIMMING FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. 
          UH, LIVE FOR IT IN THE RUNWAYS SOON. 
          THIS BACK SEASON, , OF COURSE, IT GOES, UM, INTUITIVE MACHINES 
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IS A COMPANY THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. 
          UM, INTUITIVE MACHINES REALLY STARTED AS A, AS A SMALL KINDA SIX PERSON COMPANY, UM, IN ONE OF THE HAS BUILDINGS AT SPACEPORT. 
          UM, AND TODAY THEY'VE GROWN TO, UH, BE ONE OF THE, THE COMPANIES THAT ARE LEADING THE WAY IN COMMERCIAL AEROSPACE. 
          IN FEBRUARY, THEY LAUNCHED, UH, THEIR FIRST LUNAR LANDER TO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. 
          IT WAS A VERY PROUD MOMENT, I THINK FOR, UH, THE FOLKS AT THE SPACEPORT, THE FOLKS THAT I AM, AND REALLY FOR ALL HOUSTONIANS, UH, TO KIND OF REESTABLISH OUR PRESENCE THERE. 
          UM, AS THE FIRST PIECE OF AMERICAN HARDWARE, UH, SINCE THE APOLLO ERA, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING AND GROWING, DIVERSIFYING THEIR BUSINESS. 
          AND JUST RECENTLY IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT, UH, THEY WANT A CONTRACT FROM NASA TO DEVELOP A NEAR SPACE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. 
          THAT CONTRACT IS VALUED AT $4.4 BILLION. 
          UM, SO WE'RE ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW MUCH MORE WORK, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING. 
          AND HOPEFULLY SOON WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING PLANS FOR THEIR EXPANSION BECAUSE THEY NEED ONE. 
          UH, THIS IS WHAT I TEASED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. 
          UH, THIS COMPANY CALLED VENUS AEROSPACE MOVED FROM CALIFORNIA IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC IN 2020, THE END OF 2020, UM, LOCATED HERE IN HOUSTON. 
          UM, THEY WERE DRIVING BACK AND FORTH ALL AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO MOJAVE, UH, TO DO THEIR TESTING. 
          UM, AND THEY FOUND A PLACE HERE AT THE HOUSTON SPACEPORT WHERE THEY CAN, UH, MANUFACTURE, DESIGN THEIR ROCKET ENGINES, GO RIGHT OUTSIDE, TEST THESE THINGS AND BE HOME IN TIME FOR DINNER, UH, WHICH THEY LOVED. 
          UH, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE COMPANY'S MOTTO. 
          THESE, UH, FOLKS AT VENUS ARE DEVELOPING A HYPERSONIC PLANE. 
          SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, SUPERSONIC, THAT'S ABOUT ONE, TWO TIMES THE SPEED OF SOUND, UH, HYPERSONICS ARE ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO NINE TIMES THE SPEED OF SOUND, UH, THAT WOULD BASICALLY ALLOW YOU TO GET FROM HOUSTON TO TOKYO IN ABOUT TWO HOURS. 
          SO, UM, THEIR MOTTO, BEING HOME, TIME FOR DINNER IS, IS A REAL ONE. 
          THEY WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE BUSINESS TRIPS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, BASICALLY, AND GET BACK IN THE SAME DAY IF THEY NEED TO. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN THE FUTURE, UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING, UH, WHAT'S CALLED TAXIWAY LIMA. 
          IT'S A TAXIWAY THAT WILL CONNECT THE, UH, BUSINESS SIDE OF THE SPACEPORT. 
          IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ELLINGTON AT ALL. 
          IT'S A SIDE THAT THE NEUTRAL ANCY LAB EXISTS ON, UM, CONNECT THAT TO THE REST OF THE AIRFIELD TO BASICALLY OPEN UP THAT 400 ACRE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPACEPORT, UH, TO AIR SERVICE. 
          IT'S, IT'S NOTHING SHORT OF BUILDING A SECOND AIRPORT AT ELLINGTON AIRPORT. 
          SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO GET THAT PROJECT UNDERWAY. 
          UM, SAN JA CENTER COLLEGE AND THE EDGE CENTER HAS, UH, RECEIVED GRANTS AND PLANS TO EXPAND THEIR FOOTPRINT THERE AT THE SPACE PORT, UH, TO OFFER, UM, MORE TRAINING, UH, AND DIVERSIFIED PROGRAMS TO HELP SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A COMPANY CALLED STELLAR ACCESS TO DEVELOP WHAT THEY'RE CALLING THE DISTILL CENTER. 
          IT'LL BE AN INNOVATION CENTER THAT'LL ALLOW, UM, SMALL COMPANIES TO COME IN AND CONNECT WITH SOME OF THE LARGER, WELL MORE ESTABLISHED COMPANIES AND HELP GROW THEM RIGHT HERE IN HOUSTON WITHOUT THEM HAVING TO MOVE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY OR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, UM, IN ORDER TO GROW AND, AND MATURE THEIR BUSINESS. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM. 
          THEY ARE GONNA BE TAKING OVER, UM, IN ADDITION TO SOME OTHER SPACE, THAT 10,000 SQUARE FOOT SPACE THAT'S EXISTS INSIDE THE COLLINS BUILDING RIGHT NOW IN MARCH, UM, THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM AND THE HOUSTON SPACEPORT SIGNED, UM, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE RICE SPACE INSTITUTE AND THE FRENCH SPACE AGENCY TO HELP DEVELOP THE, UM, SPACE ECONOMIES OF BOTH HOUSTON AND UH, FRANCE. 
          UM, AND THAT'S STARTING TO PAY OFF, UM, RECENTLY DISTILL, UH, WELL SELLER ACCESS, THE, THE COMPANY THAT I JUST MENTIONED IN THE INNOVATION SPACE, UM, SIGNED AN AGREEMENT THROUGH RICE AND, UH, TO BRINGING OVER SOME OF THE FRENCH STARTUP COMPANIES AND HELP GET THEM STARTED ALONG THEIR WAY TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS HERE IN HOUSTON AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR SPACE ECONOMY. 
          SO IT'S PAID OFF PRETTY, PRETTY WELL. 
          UM, GOING FORWARD. 
          THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE EXPECT. 
          THE, THE SPACE STATION, SORRY, THE SPACE, UH, THE SPACE PORTS LOOK LIKE AS IT DEVELOPS. 
          CURRENTLY, IF YOU SEE THESE AR, THESE DARK ORANGE BUILDINGS ARE WHAT EXISTS. 
          THIS IS AXIOM INTUITIVE MACHINES AND COLLINS AEROSPACE. 
          WE HAVE THESE ROADS KIND OF IN THIS CIRCLE, BUILT THIS LITTLE LEG RIGHT HERE. 
          EVENTUALLY, WE WANNA BUILD OUT THE REST OF THIS 400 ACRES. 
          THIS ROAD WOULD BE AN EXPANSION OF ENTERPRISE SHUTTLE ROAD, WOULD GO ALL THE WAY OUT TO HIGHWAY THREE AND CONNECT SO THAT WE AREN'T DRIVING TO DRIVE THROUGH CLEAR LAKE CITY BOULEVARD AND THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THERE AT BAY OAKS, BECAUSE, UH, WE EXPECT IN THE NEXT VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME TO 
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HAVE AROUND 1800 FOLKS WORKING OUT AT THE SPACE BOARD EVERY DAY. 
          AND WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO HAVE TO SPEND EXTRA TIME, UM, AT THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT AT HIGHWAY THREE IN CLEAR LAKE CITY BOULEVARD ON OUR BEHALF. 
          UM, SO YES, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE EXPECT THE SPACEPORT TO LOOK LIKE ONCE IT'S FULLY BUILT OUT. 
          UM, OH, I JUST HAVE TO REITERATE, PLEASE GO TO THE AIR SHOW THIS WEEKEND. 
          IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN. 
          I SPENT ALL DAY LONG GETTING TO WATCH BLUE ANGELS FLY AROUND OUR PATTERN, OUTSIDE OF MY WINDOW. 
          UM, SO IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT EVENT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 
          UM, SO YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, THE CITY OF HOUSTON OBVIOUSLY HAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES, AND I THINK SOME OF THE STUFF GOING ON DOWN HERE IS PROBABLY THE NEATEST STUFF GOING ON IN THE CITY. 
          UM, SPACEPORT IS REALLY, UH, TAKEN OFF. 
          WE GOT, UH, A AND M IT'S GONNA BE COMING IN HERE, BREAKING GROUND HERE SHORTLY. 
          UH, WE JUST HAD, UH, AN, AN EVENT FOR AUTONOMOUS AIR MOBILITY. 
          UH, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT EXACTLY SPACE, IT KIND OF DOVETAILS A LOT OF THE STUFF AT THE AIRPORT GOING ON, DOVETAILS WITH IT. 
          UH, SO THERE'S REALLY SOME NEAT STUFF GOING ON DOWN HERE IN CLEAR LAKE, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY IMPORTANT TO CLEAR LAKE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALL THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND TO THE STATE AS WELL, WHICH IS WHY THE STATE HAS PUT MONEY INTO THIS AS WELL, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UH, WE GET IT GOING. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S CRITICAL MASS TO WHERE IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO THAT BUSINESS AND TO GROW THAT BUSINESS, YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO COME HERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE, WHERE EVERYBODY IS ALREADY. 
          SO SOME, SOME REALLY NEAT STUFF GOING ON, AND CERTAINLY, UH, THE, UH, DIRECTOR FOR THE AIRPORTS HAS, HAS BEEN PLAYED A BIG ROLE WITH THAT AS ALONG WITH, UH, BAY A AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU TO ALL YOU GUYS. 
          WITH THAT, UH, NEXT UP WE'RE GONNA HAVE LISA JOHNSON FROM GENERAL SERVICES COME OUT HERE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          I'M LISA JOHNSON. 
          I'M WITH THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND I'M JOINED HERE TODAY WITH, UH, MY TEAM MEMBER, UH, PARIS WOODS, AND THEN KELLY ANDRES WITH THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN THOMAS ANGELOS. 
          SORRY. 
          ANYHOW, WE'RE VERY GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, SOUTHERN RODRIGUEZ PARK. 
          SO IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, UM, WE HAD NUMEROUS MASTER PLANS FOR THIS PARK FROM THE DAY IT WAS, UH, BE BEGUN IN, UH, OH ONE. 
          AND THEN WE HAD A, OH, WHAT DID I DO? OR MAYBE I NEED YOU TO THIS LOOK. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          UM, SO WE WANNA REVISIT THE, THE MASTER PLAN AND THEN TELL YOU KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          SO AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN, UH, WE DID A SURVEY, AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, BUT WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT IS WE TOOK THAT SURVEY INFORMATION AND WE REALLY FOCUSED ON Y'ALL'S NUMBER ONE REQUEST, AND THAT WAS THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          UH, AND WITH THAT, UH, TRAILS INCREASED MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY, THOSE ARE KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE OPERATIONAL, BUT REALLY FROM THE MASTER PLAN, IT WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTED IT TO BE MORE OF A PASSIVE PARK AND FOCUS ON THE NATURAL RESOURCE THAT IT IS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO WITH THE MASTER PLAN, IT WAS KIND OF DIVIDED UP INTO A SPORTS ZONE, THE ACTIVE ZONE, WHAT WE CALL THE TRANSITION ZONE, WHERE ONE OF THE LAKES ARE, AND THEN A PASSIVE RECREATION. 
          AND THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE LANDED. 
          SO YOU HAVE THE EXISTING SPORTS FIELDS, UM, AND THEN IN THIS AREA, THE EXISTING PAVILION AND PLAYGROUND, AND THEN THE TRAILS THAT KIND OF MIGRATE THROUGH THE PRAIRIE. 
          SO THEN IN 2022, AN ORDINANCE WAS PASSED TO BECOME, UM, FOR PART OF THE PART TO BECOME A NATURE PRESERVE. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, I WAS GONNA ASK KELLY TO COME UP HERE AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON, UH, THE PRESERVE AND WHAT SHE HAS BEEN DOING OUT THERE, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO GIVING AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE 26 NATURE PRESERVES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          IT WAS PASSED THROUGH THAT ORDINANCE IN OCTOBER OF 2022. 
          UM, AND SO THAT JUST RESTRICTS DEVELOPMENT IN THESE REALLY GOOD NATURAL HABITAT AREAS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT 
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SINCE THE MASTER PLAN. 
          UM, THIS IS THE HISTORIC 1944 AERIAL IMAGE OF SYLVAN RODRIGUEZ PARK. 
          AND YOU DON'T SEE MUCH, YOU JUST SEE GRAY AREA, BUT THAT SHOWS THAT IT WAS COASTAL PRAIRIE HABITAT, AND SOME OF THOSE DARKER AREAS WERE SOME OF THE HISTORIC PRAIRIE POTHOLES THAT EXISTED AT THIS LOCATION. 
          AND THEN IN 2017, THIS IS THE IMAGE. 
          SO WITHOUT NATURAL MANAGEMENT PROCESSES, TREES TAKE OVER PRAIRIES. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PARK. 
          AND IN THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION, IT WAS ABOUT 90% CHINESE TALLOW TREES, AND THAT'S A REALLY BAD INVASIVE, I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THAT, UM, PLACES AROUND THE CITY. 
          AND SO THAT TAKE TOOK OVER THE PRAIRIE. 
          AND, UM, THEN AFTER THE MASTER PLAN, WE RECEIVED FUNDING AND WE PHASED THIS PARK. 
          SO THE PINKISH AREA AROUND THE EDGES, UM, IS STILL FORESTED, UH, HABITAT. 
          AND SOME OF THAT IS PART OF THE RIPARIAN AREA, WHICH IS THE HABITAT ALONG BAYOU. 
          AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LARGER INITIATIVE ON THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO RESTORE ALL PARKS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO WATERWAYS. 
          AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT WAS ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, UM, TEXAS COASTAL RESILIENCY MASTER PLAN, UM, AS ONE OF THEIR TIER ONE PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR THE CITY TO, TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROJECT. 
          AND THEN THE MIDDLE AREAS ARE THE PRAIRIE HABITAT PROJECTS, AND WE, SO THIS IS THE PHASE ONE. 
          THIS WAS THE FIRST PHASE WE DID STARTING IN 2018. 
          AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE CHINESE TELE FOREST BEFORE, AND THEN THAT RESTORED PRAIRIE AFTER. 
          AND WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS OUT HERE, AND THEY ARE FROM THE CLEAR LAKE AREA. 
          SO WE MEET OUT THERE ONCE A MONTH, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE PLANTED THIS PRAIRIE. 
          AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL, UM, THAT THERE'S JUST SUCH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THIS PARK. 
          UM, SO WE REMOVE THE TREES AND, UM, THIS WAS WHAT WAS LEFT. 
          WE HAVE A HYDROX THAT COMES OUT AND, UM, LEAVES MULCH ON THE GROUND AFTERWARDS. 
          AND THEN, UH, THIS IS A REALLY WET PRAIRIE, WHICH IS, IS ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS ABOUT IT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE COASTAL ZONE AND, UM, AND REALLY GOOD FOR FLOOD MITIGATION AS WELL. 
          UM, THIS, I I WILL SAY I MAN, I'M THE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGER WITH THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          I MANAGE 18,000 ACRES OF NATURAL HABITAT. 
          THIS IS THE BEST PRAIRIE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AT SYLVAN RODRIGUEZ PARK. 
          UM, SO IT STARTED WITH 75 SPECIES IN OUR VEGETATION PLOTS. 
          WHEN WE STARTED MONITORING IN JUST A FEW YEARS, WE WERE UP TO 130 SPECIES IN OUR PLOTS. 
          AND, UM, IT KEEPS INCREASING. 
          WE HAD 97 SPECIES THAT WE DID NOT SEED OR PLANT. 
          SO THERE WAS A REMNANT PRAIRIE HERE, STILL UNDER THE CHINESE TALLOW TREES. 
          REALLY EXCITING. 
          UM, THERE'S THIS PRAIRIE'S FAMOUS, WE'VE DONE A MILLION TOURS OUT THERE. 
          UM, THERE'S, I PRESENTED ON IT EARLIER TODAY, ACTUALLY, AT A COASTAL PRAIRIE CONFERENCE. 
          AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW IF THE ASSISTANT, YES, THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF IS STILL HERE. 
          SO ONE OF OUR BEST PARTNERS IS THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I JUST WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE WILDLAND GROUP WITHIN THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          SUCH A GREAT GROUP. 
          UM, WE DO PRESCRIBE FIRE IN OUR PRAIRIE, SO THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST MANAGEMENT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE, UH, AND WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO, UM, YEAH, WE, WE'VE BURNED S RODRIGUEZ A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND REALLY THAT WAS PART OF THE INCREASE IN THE SPECIES DIVERSITY. 
          THERE WAS THAT FIRE. 
          UM, AND THEY ALSO HELP US WITH WILDFIRES. 
          SO WE'VE, WE DO HAVE WILDFIRES IN SOME OF OUR NATURAL AREAS, AND, UH, THEY RESPOND TO THOSE. 
          AND WE WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT THINGS THAT MITIGATE WILDFIRE AND PRESCRIBED BURNS ARE ONE OF THOSE. 
          AND THEN WE'VE DONE OTHER PARK IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO WE HAVE SIX OF THESE INTERPRETIVE SIGNS ON VARIOUS TOPICS. 
          UH, WE'VE DONE A SPLIT RAIL FENCE TO KIND OF OUTLINE THE NATURAL HABITAT AND NATURE PRESERVE. 
          AND THEN WE INSTALLED A BOARDWALK. 
          AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE ASK BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A WET LOCATION. 
          THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WAS, WE CAN'T WALK OUT INTO THE NATURAL AREA. 
          SO WE DID INSTALL A BOARDWALK. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, OUR, OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN SO FANTASTIC, UM, AND WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK OUT THERE WITH THEM. 
          GREAT GROUP IN, IN CLEAR LAKE. 
          THANK IT. 
          SO FROM THAT POINT, NOW WE WANNA FOCUS ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, GETTING AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM HIRED, UH, IN THAT PROCESS, WE WILL HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE BUILDING. 
          WE THINK THIS BUILDING'S GONNA BE MORE OF A NATURE CENTER SLASH COMMUNITY CENTER, SINCE IT IS LOCATED IN SYLVAN RODRIGUEZ PARK. 
          UH, AND IT ALSO IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT THAT WILL BE A CIVIC ART COMPONENT. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK NEEDED FOR THAT AS WELL. 
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THE PROJECT IS FUNDED, AND, UH, WE HOPE TO BE ON COUNCIL EARLY, UH, NEXT YEAR FOR THE AWARD FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM. 
          UM, TYPICALLY THOSE PROJECTS TAKE ABOUT A YEAR FOR DESIGN AND PERMITTING AND THEN BREAK GROUND AND, AND MOVE FORWARD. 
          BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL WORK WITH, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND WORK WITH YOU ON THIS. 
          SO, UM, EXPECT US BACK AND PROBABLY IN THE SPRING TO REALLY GET YOUR, UH, FEEDBACK AND ENGAGEMENT INTO THAT PROCESS. 
          AND THEN ALSO WE ARE IN NEED OF, UM, NEW PLAYGROUND. 
          AND SO, UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR STRATEGIC PURCHASING DEPARTMENT ON A NEW PLAYGROUND PIECE. 
          UH, THIS ONE IS KIND OF A MORE, UM, MODERN PIECE, UM, WHICH FITS KIND OF THE ARCHITECTURE THAT'S IN THE PARK, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. 
          YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT COMMUNITY CENTER FIRST GOT ON THE CIP LIST DUST, WHAT WAS IT, ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO? SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A LONG FIVE OKAY. 
          KIND OF A LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS. 
          COUNCILMAN ALCORN IS LIKE 25 YEARS . 
          SO, UH, SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE. 
          DAVE MARTIN OBVIOUSLY WAS, WAS THE ONE THAT INITIATED IT. 
          UM, LAST UP, WE'VE GOT, UH, THOMAS MORROW, UH, BOARD PRESIDENT, KER LAKE CITY WATER AUTHORITY. 
          AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL HAVE SOME TIME FOR SOME QUESTION AND ANSWER AS COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKER SAID, MY NAME IS THOMAS MORROW, AND I'M VERY GLAD TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. 
          UH, I AM THE, UH, BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE CLEAR LAKE CITY WATER AUTHORITY, UH, THIS EVENING. 
          WE ALSO HAVE WITH US CURTIS ROGERS. 
          SHE'S ONE OF THE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM OF THE WATER AUTHORITY. 
          I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TODAY, UH, ABOUT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS UPDATES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WATER AUTHORITY AS WELL. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FIND INTERESTING ABOUT THE WATER AUTHORITY, IT'S A VERY LARGE WATER AUTHORITY. 
          IT PROVIDES, UH, THE, THE POTABLE WATER AND TREATS THE, UH, SOLID WASTE OF THE COMMUNITY IN CLEAR LAKE AND OVER INTO TAYLOR LAKE VILLAGE AND SEVERAL OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND US. 
          AND, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE SO LARGE, WE HAVE OVER A BILLION DOLLARS OF ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT. 
          AND MANY OF THOSE ASSETS YOU DON'T SEE BECAUSE THEY'RE THE UNDERGROUND PIPES AND THE, UH, THE METERS AT YOUR HOUSE THAT MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT YOU USE AND THE, THE TIME WHEN YOU SEE OUR CLEAR LAKE CITY, UH, VEHICLES OR IF THERE'S A BROKEN PIPE, UH, AND WE HAVE TO COME OUT AND, UH, HELP GET IT FIXED. 
          AND I WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANNA THANK EVERYBODY IN THE CLEAR LAKE AREA THAT SUPPORTS OUR WATER AUTHORITY. 
          WE, WE FEEL THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND BECAUSE OF YOU WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE DO. 
          UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE, ONE OF THE PRIMARY FOCUSES THAT WE HAVE IS WE TRY TO DO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS. IN FACT, THE VAST MAJORITY, UH, OF THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND IS ON PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. 
          SO EVERY MONTH WE'RE REVIEWING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PLANS FOR, UH, SUCH THINGS AS, AND I FIND THIS FUNNY, SUCH THINGS AS A MANHOLE RE REFURBISHMENT. 
          NOW, YOU WOULD THINK, DO YOU NEED TO BUY A NEW MANHOLE COVER TO REFURBISH THE MANHOLE? AND, UH, NO, IT'S ACTUALLY A LOT MORE THAN THAT. 
          AND WHAT WE TRY TO MAKE SURE OF IS THAT ALL THE BRICK THAT HOLDS THE MANHOLE UP AND ALLOWS YOUR WATER TO, TO DRAIN OUT OF THE CITY OR OUT OUT OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, DOESN'T COLLAPSE. 
          BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE DOING THOSE MANHOLE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND, UH, THOSE ARE THE, A LOT OF THE THINGS YOU DON'T SEE, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU DO SEE. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF, AND WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY IS THE EXPLORATION GREEN, UH, FACILITY. 
          UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH EXPLORATION GREEN, IT IS A DETENTION FACILITY THAT WAS BUILT, UH, ON WHAT USED TO BE THE CLEAR LAKE CITY GOLF COURSE. 
          AND THAT DETENTION FACILITY WAS PUT THERE BECAUSE THE WATER AUTHORITY HAD RECOGNIZED THAT WE HAD MORE AND MORE FLOODING HERE, AND WE HAD TO FIND A WAY TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO DEAL WITH THE BIGGER AND BIGGER FLOODS THAT WE'VE HAD. 
          AND SO THE WATER AUTHORITY TOOK ACTION TO MOVE TOWARD BUILDING THIS FACILITY, BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT MADE IT TRULY POSSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS YOU SAVED THE TAXPAYERS THROUGH YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS OF HELPING PLANT TREES AND HELPING DO ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE MANY YEARS IN THE, IN THE CREATION OF THE EXPIRATION GREEN FACILITY. 
          AND NOW WHAT WE HAVE IS A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY THAT YOU CAN GO AND 
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WALK AROUND. 
          UH, AND I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, IT'S ONE OF THE BEST PLACES I KNOW IN THE CITY TO WALK AROUND BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THE FACILITY WAS DESIGNED WITH THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF THE EXPERTS IN HOW YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT THE MOSQUITOES AREN'T THERE, IT'S THE ONE PLACE I CAN GO AND WALK AND NOT BE HIT BITTEN BY MOSQUITOES. 
          FOR ME, I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OVER AND SEE THE EXPIRATION GREEN FACILITY. 
          IT'S NOW COMPLETED, UH, DURING A STORM EVENT. 
          IT CAN HOLD UP TO 500 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER AND DETAIN IT ACTUALLY TO KEEP IT FROM GOING INTO THE BAYOU SO THAT THE BAYOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF MOVING THE WATER ALONG WITHOUT FLOODING OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CHALLENGING STORMS SINCE THE BUILDING OF THE FACILITY. 
          AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO USED TO SEE WATER IN THEIR HOMES AREN'T SEEING IT IN THEIR HOMES ANYMORE. 
          AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS WATER AUTHORITY AND FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING, THAT THAT WAS ALL POSSIBLE. 
          AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT BECAUSE, UH, WE COME TO YOU AND WE ASK YOU FOR BONDING AUTHORITY, AND YOU HAVE BEEN VERY GENEROUS IN YOUR VOTING, UH, UH, FOR APPROVING THAT BONDING AUTHORITY. 
          AND, UH, OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING AND, UH, WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING. 
          SO YOU SHOULD KNOW MOST OF THAT MONEY IS GOING TO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, BUT A COUPLE OF THE OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE OCCURRING THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YET, BUT WILL BE UPCOMING AND PROBABLY WILL, YOU'LL NOTICE IT, THAT'S FOR SURE. 
          THERE IS A PIPELINE, A 36 INCH PIPELINE THAT COMES FROM THE SOUTHEAST WATER PURIFICATION PLANT, WHICH IS WHERE WE GET OUR WATER. 
          UH, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, OUR WATER COMES FROM THE TRINITY RIVER, AND THEN IT GOES TO THE SOUTHEAST WATER PURIFICATION PLANT, AND THEN THROUGH PIPELINES, IT COMES OVER TO THE CLEAR LAKE AREA, AND IT GOES DOWN THROUGH WEBSTER AND LAKE CITY AND OVER TO FRIENDSWOOD AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GALVESTON. 
          WELL, THAT PIPELINE IS A VERY OLD PIPELINE. 
          IT HAS TO BE REPLACED. 
          SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IN A FEW YEARS ALONG HIGHWAY THREE, THERE IS GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTION ON THE RAILROAD SIDE OF HIGHWAY THREE, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN A BRAND NEW, UH, WATER LINE TO REPLACE THE OLD LINE, TO GIVE HIGHER CAPACITY TO THE SOUTH, AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT LINE CONTINUES TO WORK SO THAT IT DOESN'T COLLAPSE, AND WE DON'T ALL LOSE WATER. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT'S THE, THE WHOLE IDEA IS STAY IN FRONT OF PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY GET THERE. 
          YOU'LL START SEEING THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. 
          UM, CURTIS, IS IT TWO YEARS OR TWO OR THREE? WE'RE NOT SURE YET. 
          TWO YEARS. 
          TWO YEARS. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT. 
          AND ANOTHER THING, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT YOU WON'T SEE IS AT OUR, AT OUR WATER TREATMENT FACILITY. 
          SO WHEN YOU FLUSH YOUR TOILET, WHERE'S THE WATER GO? IT GOES DOWN TO THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF RENOVATION AND EXPANSION OF THE FACILITY, UH, THROUGH THE USE OF SOME OF THE MONEY THAT YOU, WE DO THROUGH BONDING AND ALSO THROUGH MONEY THAT WE GET THROUGH IMPACT FEES. 
          WHEN SOMEONE DOES A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, THEY PAY IMPACT FEES BECAUSE THERE'S AN IMPACT TO THAT. 
          UH, FACILITY WHERE WE HAVE JUST STARTED, ACTUALLY JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO, WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING ON THE EX THE, UH, IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING THERE. 
          AND WHAT THAT WILL MEAN IS THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND AS MORE AS THE COMMUNITY GROWS, THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT CAPACITY THERE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE YOU THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE BECOME USED TO. 
          SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF BIG PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON, AND THERE ARE MANY LITTLE PROJECTS THAT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, AND IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF PREVENTATIVE, UH, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. 
          AND ALSO, OF COURSE, DURING THE DRY SEASON, WE END UP WITH A LOT OF BROKEN PIPES AND WE COME OUT AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE, UH, FOR YOU. 
          AND WE APPRECIATE YOU, BY THE WAY, FOR TELLING US ABOUT THOSE PROBLEMS SO WE CAN GET THEM FIXED BEFORE THE WATER ENDS UP IN THE STREET. 
          WE'D RATHER KEEP IT IN THE PIPES IF WE CAN. 
          SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TONIGHT AND FOR HAVING THIS TOWN HALL AND EVERYONE ELSE, ALL THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          KIPPE, UH, CARAWAY SET UP A MEETING WITH THOMAS AND IN OUR OFFICE HERE A WHILE BACK, AND, UH, HE, UH, COULDN'T STOP BRAGGING ABOUT EXPLORATION GREEN. 
          SO, UM, SO, SO YES. 
          AND, AND I, I THINK PROBABLY ONE OF THE SMARTEST THINGS CLEAR LAKE DID WAS ACTUALLY KEEP THEIR OWN WATER AUTHORITY. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU'VE KIND OF BEEN ON THE FRONT END OF THE MAINTENANCE AND THAT TYPE, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN THE CITY. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S WORKED OUT REALLY WELL FOR YOU. 
          SO IF YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION, UM, GO UP TO THE MICROPHONE, STATE YOUR NAME, UH, IF YOU COULD BE AS CONCISE AS POSSIBLE, IF YOU'VE GOT MORE THAN ONE, WE CAN MAYBE GET TO IT THAT WAY, UH, AND EVERYBODY CAN GET A TURN. 
          SO, YES, SIR. 
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UH, MY NAME'S JESUS SUAREZ. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ORGANIZING THE TOWN HALL. 
          IT'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION, A LOT OF GOOD WORK AND GOOD ATTENTION TO, TO CLEAR LAKE AND, AND THIS AREA OF DISTRICT EI HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION REGARDING, UH, A PROJECT THAT WAS STARTED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          IT WAS A JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN, UH, CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, HARRIS COUNTY CENTER POINT AND OTHER, OTHER, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UH, WHEN WILL EL DORADO BE FINISHED? AND BY THAT I'M ASKING ABOUT THE, THE POWER POLES, THE TEMPORARY, UH, LIGHTING IN THE CENTER. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE WATER RETENTION UNDERNEATH THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, FINISHING THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. 
          THERE'S SO MANY COMPONENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FINISHED. 
          AND, AND, AND CENTER POINT PLAYS A LOT OF, OF, OF, UH, HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT PROJECT. 
          THEY, THEY, THEY TALK ABOUT RESILIENCY, BUT THE WOODEN POLES THEY PUT IN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, THEY'RE ALREADY LEANING THE, UH, TEMPORARY LIGHTS THAT THEY PUT IN THE CENTER. 
          ESPLANADE, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. 
          WE USED TO HAVE, WE USED TO HAVE, UM, UH, STEEL POLES FOR OUR POWER AND FOR OUR LIGHTS. 
          CENTER POINT TOOK 'EM. 
          SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, UH, WORKERS SAID THEY'D REPLACE THEM, BUT THEY DIDN'T. 
          WE HAVE VERY INEXPENSIVE WOODEN POLES IN THE CENTER OF OUR ESPLANADE FOR THE LIGHTS. 
          IT'S NOT A VERY GOOD LOOK FOR THAT PART OF CLEAR LAKE OR FOR ANY PART OF HOUSTON. 
          IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL IT BE FINISHED? AND SECOND QUESTION. 
          I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME MOWING MONEY AVAILABLE FOR SOME COMMUNITIES IN CLEAR LAKE . 
          AND, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND I HOPE, UH, SPACE CENTER, BAY AREA, UH, EL DORADO, I HOPE THEY'RE ALL INCLUDED IN THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, KILLER LAKE NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE HELP THAN IN VISUAL HELP. 
          BUT APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE SO FAR. 
          SEVERAL THINGS. 
          HOPEFULLY I CAN CATCH 'EM ALL. 
          UM, THE MOWING MONEY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY DISTRICT E HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. 
          UH, THAT'S A INITIATIVE THAT WAS STARTED WITH DAVE MARTIN, UH, JESSICA BIEBER AND DUSTIN I KNOW HAVE WORKED ON IT A LOT. 
          UH, AND WE'RE JUST ABOUT OVER THE FINISH LINE TO WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. 
          UM, SO I MEAN, IT'S NOT GONNA BE EXCLUSIVE TO CLEAR LAKE. 
          'CAUSE LIKE WE MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL THE COMMUNITIES. 
          UH, AS FAR AS THE, THE ROAD PROJECT ITSELF, UM, THE COUNTY'S THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY BILLED IT. 
          THERE WAS FUNDING FROM THE CITY AS WELL, BUT THE COUNTY'S THE ONE WHO'S ACTUALLY BUILT IT. 
          UH, THEY ARE IN DISPUTE WITH THE CONTRACTOR. 
          IT'S, IT'S IN LITIGATION. 
          UH, I I MET WITH Y'ALL, WHAT, ABOUT THREE, FOUR MONTHS AGO, I THINK. 
          YEAH. 
          AND YOU KNOW, Y'ALL SHOWED ME ALL THE PICTURES OF WHAT IT WAS, AND, AND I'LL BE REAL BLUNT ABOUT IT. 
          I ACTUALLY THOUGHT WHAT YOU HAD BEFORE LOOKED BETTER THAN WHAT YOU GOT TODAY. 
          UH, SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONSTERNATION OVER IT, AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT. 
          UM, WE GOT WITH CENTER POINT, APPARENTLY THE POLLS THAT WERE THERE PREVIOUSLY, AND THE DESIGN, UH, FROM, IF I RECALL THIS CORRECTLY, AND DUSTIN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THOSE ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. 
          UH, SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME BACK WITH THE SAME POLES. 
          AND I THINK CENTERPOINT STANCE WAS THAT THE POLES THAT ARE THERE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT. 
          HE WOULD TOLD NOW, WELL, I, I, I GET THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM 'EM. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW I'M THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS WITH THAT AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 
          BUT THAT IS THE INFORMATION WE HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR. 
          OKAY, SIR, I GLENN JENKINSON WITH, UH, BROOK FOREST NEIGHBORHOOD PRECINCT CHAIR. 
          AND MY QUESTION IS ON THE JET OR ON THE, UH, SPACEPORT, WHAT ARE THEIR PLANS FOR RETAINING THEIR OWN WATER? TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M NOT SURE, ARE YOU ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT? OKAY. 
          YOU WANT, GO AHEAD. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE DRIVE BASED DETENTION AT THE STATE BOARD. 
          WE HAVE, UH, EXCEEDED OUR DRIVE BASED RETENTION AREAS, UH, FOR THE AMOUNT OF, CAN YOU GO TO THE MIC? 'CAUSE THEY'RE FILMING? YEAH. 
          UM, SO THE, WE HAVE, UH, IN EXCESS RIGHT NOW, UH, MORE RETENTION THAN WE HAVE TO HAVE, UH, BASED ON THE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE HELD TO. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE PLANS TO EXPAND OUR RETENTION THERE AT THE SPACEPORT AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD. 
          IF YOU, UH, SAW THE MASTER PLAN BUILD OUT, UM, I COULD HAVE POINTED OUT WHERE THE RETENTION AREAS ARE AND OUR PLAN TO BE IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS WE WERE BUILDING THIS NEW TAXIWAY, WE'VE SPENT, UM, AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION ON DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING AHEAD OF THE CURVE WHEN IT COMES TO RETENTION. 
          UM, THAT DRY BASE ATTENTION, UH, HAS A REQUIREMENT TO DRAIN OUT TOWARDS HORSE PIN BAYOU OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT 48 TO 72 HOURS. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL A MATTER OF AVIATION SAFETY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE BIRD 
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STRIKES AND THINGS LIKE THAT HITTING THE PLANE. 
          SO WE CAN'T HOLD THE WATER THERE. 
          THAT'S NOT HOW THE DETENTION SYSTEMS, UH, JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE WORK. 
          THEY ALL GO EVENTUALLY OUT TO THE GULF OF MEXICO. 
          SO IT MAKES SENSE, BUT WE HOLD IT THERE AS LONG AS WE CAN. 
          WELL, UH, WATER DOESN'T ATTRACT THE BIRDS. 
          WE'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON IT AND IT'S, UH, EVERYBODY ELSE IS REQUIRED TO RETAIN THEIR WATER ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU GUYS THINK YOU'RE OKAY WITH DEVIATING FROM THAT REQUIREMENT. 
          I THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DETENTION AND RETENTION. 
          YOU'RE, EVERYBODY'S REQUIRED TO DETAIN THEIR WATER, NOT RETAIN IT, UH, THAT RETAIN, IT MEANS IT STAYS THERE PERMANENTLY. 
          WELL, WHAT HE SAID IS HE'S GONNA ADD FLOW INTO HORSE BEND BAYOU, AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD FLOODING THERE OVER THE COURSE OF HOW MANY? YEAH, OVER THE COURSE OF 72, IT SAYS, DOESN'T ALL REAL RUSH INTO HORSEMAN BAYOU IT, IT GOES AT A GRADUAL RATE, UM, AS WATERS DISSIPATE, UH, FROM LARGE STORM EVENTS. 
          AND IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DETENTION PONDS THAT ARE BUILT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, UM, THE OUTLET FOR THOSE DETENTION PONDS IS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POND, AND THE PIPES ACTUALLY RESTRICT THE FLOW SO THEY HAVE 'EM AT THE BOTTOM SO THAT ALL THE WATER CAN EVENTUALLY FLOW OUT. 
          BUT BECAUSE THE PIPES RESTRICT THE FLOW, IT TAKES A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT GETS OUT. 
          SO THE IDEA IS THAT THE, THE WATER FROM THE STORM PASSES, THAT WATER SLOWLY COMES OUT AFTER, YOU KNOW, THE CREST OF THAT WATER HAS COME DOWN. 
          AND I, IF YOU GIMME YOUR INFORMATION, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW OUR DETENTION SYSTEM WORKS AND THE PLANNING PROCESSES THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH, UM, AS WE'VE DEVELOPED THE SPACEPORT. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANKS. 
          ALL. 
          NEXT I AM JAN. 
          K UH, I LIVE IN CLEAR LAKE SINCE 1979. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE SEEN BAY AREA BOULEVARD AND SPACE IN THE BOULEVARD. 
          EVERY TIME WHEN YOU HAVE A LITTLE RAIN, IT'S ALWAYS FLOODED. 
          SO IS THE DINER LAND IN THE BAY AREA AND THAT SINCE WE HAVE PAID THE INCREASE OF THE DRAINAGE TAXES SIX YEARS AGO, AND I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY IMPROVEMENT ON THAT AND, AND I HAVE CALLED IN SINCE SEVENTIES, BUT THAT NOBODY PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY. 
          AND IT IS GOING TO STAY THAT WAY FOREVER. 
          ANOTHER ONE. 
          I KNOW YOU ONLY ALLOW ONE QUESTION, BUT I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, WELL, LET ME SEE IF I CAN ANSWER THIS ONE REAL QUICK AND WE'LL GET TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          OKAY, SURE. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE FUNDS TO REBUILD THE ROADS, UM, YOU MAY BE AWARE THERE'S CURRENTLY LITIGATION GOING ON THAT WITH THAT, UM, THE CITY HAD ONE FORMULA THEY WERE USING, UH, WE WERE BEING SUED BY THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT PROPOSITION FORWARD AND, UH, THE CITY LOST IN COURT THE LAST ROUND. 
          UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE APPEALING IT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT SUPREME COURT? YES. 
          UM, AND IT MAY WELL BE THAT WE LOSE IT THAT ROUND AND WE'LL HAVE TO SPEND SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MONEY ON THE ROADS, ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WISH IT HADN'T COME TO THAT, BUT THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW AND, UH, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REACHING THE CONCLUSION HERE PRETTY QUICK. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, WE ARE HAVING SOME WORK DONE TO BAYER BOULEVARD. 
          UH, THE DISTRICT FUNDS ARE, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO BAY AREA BOULEVARD SPECIFICALLY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ROADS AND, AND I LIVE IN KINGWOOD. 
          WE'VE GOT A VERY SIMILAR SITUATION. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY FROM ALL MY NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED THAT THE ROADS ARE NOT IN AS GOOD A CONDITION TODAY AS THEY WERE WHEN THE CITY TOOK OVER. 
          AND I, I THINK THAT'S CORRECT. 
          IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA DO MORE TO, TO TRY AND MAKE SURE WE KEEP UP WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL, WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE FUNDS TOWARDS THAT AND BE ABLE TO DO IT. 
          BUT WE ARE DOING SOME WORK ON BAY AREA BOULEVARD. 
          NEXT QUESTION. 
          MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UH, UH, ALL THOSE PARKS I WALK ON THE SILVER ROAD CUS PARK AND ALSO EXPLORATION, UH, PARK. 
          BUT THE, UH, I HAVE SEEN A LOTS OF BREAK IN ON THE CARS, SO I WAS HOPING, UH, WE HAVE MORE, UH, PATROL IN THAT AREA, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. 
          AND IT'S KIND OF GET SCARY ON THE SILVER RIGGERS PARK, UH, AND THE BACKSIDE OF IT. 
          AND IT IS, THE GRASS IS TALLER THAN ME AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 
          HOWEVER, IT WAS KIND OF SCARY. 
          SO, UH, I TRY NOT TO GO THERE ANYMORE. 
          I USED TO DO THAT AND I, I WAS HOPING WE GET MORE PATROL IN THAT AREA. 
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UH, SO IT IS, UH, THE EXPLORATION PARK. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU OBVIOUSLY WITH S RODRIGUEZ THAT'S MEANT TO BE GRASSLANDS OR MIMIC THE GRASSLANDS THE WAY IT USED TO BE. 
          SO THAT'S NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME MOWING ON, OBVIOUSLY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT WITH CRIME, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WHAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. 
          UH, GET OUT AND VOTE. 
          MAKE SURE YOU VOTE ON THESE JUDGES. 
          MAKE SURE YOU VOTE ON THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 
          YOU KNOW, YOUR VOTES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU H HPD IS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN WITH THE RESOURCES. 
          THEY'RE ALL THE CONSTABLE AS WELL. 
          UM, I, I THINK, UH, PHIL SANDLIN IS VERY POPULAR DOWN HERE, UH, AND HAS BEEN FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND I KNOW HE DOES EVERYTHING HE CAN TO TRY AND KEEP CRIME UNDER CONTROL. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, MR. FLICKER. 
          HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD. 
          THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS MEETING. 
          UH, MY NAME IS SUSAN LINDE MO. 
          I'M A DIRECTOR WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 1 56. 
          WE'RE A SMALL DISTRICT, UH, HERE IN THE CLEAR LAKE AREA. 
          UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS WHICH ARE BASICALLY RELATED TO WHAT MR. JENKINSON, UH, ASKED YOU ABOUT AND, UH, WHAT MR. SUAREZ ASKED YOU ABOUT. 
          UM, IT INVOLVES ALL OF THE WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT AT THE SPACE COURT AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. 
          MOST PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN CLEAR LAKE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF NASA AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY THAT WORK THERE, AND SO VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 
          HOWEVER, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING FORWARD IS, IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE SOME NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON OUR COMMUNITY IF WE DON'T HAVE TRANSPARENCY. 
          WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE TONIGHT ECHOING THE FACT THAT THEY WERE NOT TRANSPARENT ON THE, UH, WIDENING OF EL DORADO BOULEVARD. 
          UH, RESIDENTS WERE TOLD ONE THING AND WHAT WE LEFT, WERE LEFT WITH WAS A VERY INFERIOR PRODUCT. 
          THE ROADS AREN'T EVEN LEVEL. 
          WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, WAS IN LITIGATION BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPER THAT THEY PICKED TO TAKE FORWARD WITH THAT CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF QUESTIONINGS AS A COMMUNITY AND FOUND OUT THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON, YOUR PREDECESSOR HAD DONE A TRAFFIC STUDY AND IT WAS, UM, THE CITY OF HOUSTON TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT THAT SAID THAT THE TRAFFIC ON EL DORADO WAS NOT NECESSARY TO WIDEN THE ROAD. 
          AND THERE WAS AN ENGINEERING REPORT THAT SAID THAT FRIENDS WITH DEVELOPMENT, WHEN THEY DEVELOPED CLEAR LAKE HAD ALREADY TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THE ROAD WOULD GO FROM A TWO LANE TO A FOUR LANE AND HAD ALREADY BUILT THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND AS YOU AND I HAVE MET BEFORE AND TALKED ABOUT, THIS WAS AN ILL CONCEIVED PLAN WHERE, UH, 180 MATURE TREES ON, UH, EL EL DORADO WERE SACRIFICED IN THIS PROJECT. 
          THEY TOOK OUT THE EXISTING DRAINAGE THAT WAS DESIGNED BY THE FRIENDSWOOD ENGINEERS AND REPLACED IT. 
          THEY TOOK OUT OUR SIDEWALKS THAT WERE BEAUTIFUL, THAT FRIENDS WITH DEVELOPMENT, THE BEAUTIFUL CURVED SIDEWALKS, AND THEY PUT IN THIS UGLY BIKE PATH. 
          THE TREES HAVE BEEN SACRIFICED, ARE HEAVY DUTY, UH, ELECTRIC POSE, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TALKING ALL NIGHT LONG ABOUT RESILIENCY IN HURRICANES. 
          THEY PUT IN INFERIOR POLES. 
          THEY WENT FROM A TWO LANE TO A FOUR LANE. 
          AND WE HAVE INADEQUATE STREET LIGHTING. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AND IT DOES NOT MATCH ANYTHING ABOUT THE WAY THAT FRIENDSWOOD DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPED CLEAR LAKE CITY. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE SACRIFICING, AS I'VE HEARD TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS PLANS GOING ON AT THE SPACEPORT, I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT INCREASE IN STORM DETENTION. 
          EVEN IF IT'S JUST DETENTION BASINS. 
          THERE IS AN EXACT FORMULA THAT MR. MORROW HAS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CLEAR LAKE CITY WATER AUTHORITY AND TO AVOID ANY MISCONCEPTIONS GOING FORWARD WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION BECAUSE ALL I'VE HEARD TONIGHT IS WE'RE GONNA BUILD THIS, WE'RE GONNA BUILD THIS, WE'RE GONNA ADD THIS, WE'RE GONNA BUILD THIS BUILDING, WE'RE GONNA DO A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER, WE'RE GONNA EVEN BUILD A NEW ROAD. 
          ALL OF THAT IS HARD AREA AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING THAT EVEN COMES CLOSE TO THE AMOUNT OF HARD SURFACE MITIGATION THAT WE NEED. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A PLAN EARLIER WHERE THE COMMUNITY WAS BEING MISLED ON A PROJECT TO WIDEN HORSE PIN BAYOU. 
          BY GETTING THROUGH MY PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT REQUEST, WE FOUND OUT THAT EVERYTHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS BEING TOLD WAS COMPLETELY ARRA INACCURATE. 
          IT WAS GOING TO FURTHER DEFOREST ALL, EVERY TREE ALONG HORSE PIN BAYOU. 
          AND THAT WAS JUST PHASE ONE. 
          OTHER 
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PHASES WAS GONNA AFFECT THE PEOPLE IN MIDDLEBROOK AND BROOK FOREST, WHERE THAT ONE PATH THAT THEY HAVE, THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE OUT ALL THE TREES THERE AND WIDEN THAT. 
          AND THE, EVEN THE GOLF COURSE, THE ENGINEERING REPORT SHOWED ALL THESE BRIDGES JUST FOR THE GOLF COURTS TO GO OVER THAT. 
          THEY COULD NOT EVEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAINTAIN THOSE GOLF CART BRIDGES. 
          IT WOULD'VE PUT BAY OAKS COUNTRY CLUB GOLF COURSE IN JEOPARDY. 
          AND CLEAR LAKE ONLY HAS ONE GOLF COURSE. 
          NOW, THE OTHER ONE, OF COURSE, WAS, UH, IS NOW USED AS EXPIRATION GREEN. 
          UH, THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY DAN, UH, DECLINE IN PROPERTY VALUES IF WE'RE THE ONLY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CLEAR LAKE AREA THAT DOES NOT HAVE A GOLF COURSE. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE GOLF COURSE BLS PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA JOIN. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WOULD LET ME TRY AND ADDRESS SOME OF THAT. 
          WE NEED COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY. 
          AND I DIDN'T GET THIS GENTLEMAN'S NAME 'CAUSE I WAS OUT OF THE ROOM. 
          THAT WAS WITH THE SPACEPORT. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK AND THERE'S BILLIONS, I'M SURE VENUS COST A LOT. 
          WE NEED TO SEE WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AND IF YOU CAN PUT SOMEBODY ON MARS, WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MITIGATE STORM WATER . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE, I, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM KNOWS WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO, THE HORSE PENS BAYOU WAS BEING EXPANDED BY HARRIS COUNTY FLIGHT CONTROL DISTRICT. 
          UM, AND THERE WAS, UM, I BY A BIT OF CONS, I JUST WANNA INTERJECT ONE THING WHILE WE'RE HERE. 
          EVERYBODY SHOULD THANK, UH, REPRESENTATIVE PAUL. 
          UM, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THAT PROJECT STOPPED AND ALSO, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BABIN, THOSE TWO MEN ALONG WITH SENATOR MIDDLETON, CAME TO THE RESCUE AND PRO AND SAVED US FROM HAVING THIS CATASTROPHE IN CLEAR LAKE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, A NUMBER OF THE RESIDENTS WERE UPSET ABOUT IT AND IT SUBSEQUENTLY, COMMISSIONER GARCIA CANCELED THAT PROJECT. 
          UM, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UH, TO TRY AND MITIGATE FLOODING INSTEAD OF THAT. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE PORTS, IT'S GOTTA BE DEVELOPED RESPONSIBLY, NO DIFFERENTLY THAN ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE THE FLOOD MITIGATION, UH, IN PLACE. 
          AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE FIGURES ARE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THOSE AND GET THOSE TO YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          I, I MEAN, I WOULD HOPE AND ASSUME THAT IT'S BEEN DONE EXACTLY THE WAY, WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S A, A LOT OF MONEY GOING INTO THIS STUFF, SO I'M, I I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD'VE TAKEN CARE OF THAT AS WELL. 
          BUT WE WILL GET THE EXACT FIGURES TO YOU AND SHARE 'EM OUT WITH THE PD. 
          I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE A DIAGRAM BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE BUILDING OUT THE ENTIRE AREA AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WHERE RETENTION POND IS AVAILABLE. 
          WELL, YEAH, GO AHEAD SIR. 
          IF YOU WANT TO. 
          IS IT, IS IT, IS IT GOING TO BE EQUAL TO WHAT'S NEEDED TO MITIGATE THE ENTIRE SPACE FOR, UH, TAXIWAY LIMA? SO IF YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, AND SORRY, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THIS, THIS SCREEN AREA IS OUR EXISTING, UH, RETENTION AREA. 
          THIS IS, UH, EQUAL TO ABOUT 96.4 UH, ACRE FEET OF SPACE. 
          RIGHT NOW WE'VE UTILIZED ABOUT 48% OF THAT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, WITH THESE THREE BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE BUILT MM-HMM . 
          SO FAR, THESE THREE MM-HMM . 
          UM, WE HAVE, THIS IS ALL A DRAINAGE AREA THAT FEEDS INTO THE, UH, DETENTION POND BEFORE IT GETS FED INTO HORSEMAN, BIDEN. 
          UM, WE HAVE DONE STUDIES TO MAKE SURE THAT PHASE ONE ATTACKS AWAY, LIMA DOESN'T OVERFLOW THIS DETENTION, AND IT'S NOT, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, THAT STILL PUTS US ABOUT 80% CAPACITY. 
          THEN WE HAVE THESE STORM DETENTION AREAS AS WELL THAT'LL HELP FEED INTO THIS WHOLE SYSTEM. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS ISN'T, UH, SOMETHING WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO STORE THE WATER PERMANENTLY THERE THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD AT SAY, LIKE A DETENTION POND IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, BUT IT WILL HOLD THE WATER AND THEN SLOWLY RELEASE IT IN A RESPONSIBLE FASHION INTO THE BIO SO THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, CONTRA WE'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING ANYMORE TO THE FLOODING OF ENFORCEMENT BAY ANYWHERE ELSE. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW, THE, THE PERMIT THAT WAS FILED WITH THE FAA MM-HMM . 
          THE, THE REPRESENTATION TO THE FAA, UH, IN DEVELOPMENT OF TAXIWAY LIMA, THEY SAID THAT NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, UH, STUDY NEEDED TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT IN ANY WAY AFFECT THE SURROUNDING AREA. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE. 
          I THINK THAT THAT I THINK THAT THE EMPIRE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          UM, YES MA'AM. 
          THE, THE FAA SAID THAT WE HAD WHAT'S CALLED A FONZIE. 
          IT'S A, A FINDING OF 
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NO IMPACT, UH, FOR THE, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE IT WAS REPRESENTED TO THEM THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO INCREASE THE DRAINAGE INTO HORSE PIN BAY. 
          I READ ALL OF IT, BUT YES, MA'AM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE DETENTION, UM, IS FOR. 
          WELL, THAT, THAT'S A LOT OF ACREAGE THERE. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 400 ACRES. 
          WHERE'S THE REST OF IT GONNA COME FROM? AS, AS FAR AS YOU'VE GOT THIS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE ALREADY ALMOST AT CAPACITY HERE AND YOU HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT, MA'AM, ALL THESE OTHER BUILDINGS, NONE OF THIS IS BUILT YET. 
          NONE OF THIS IS BUILT, THIS IS ALL I'M TALKING ABOUT IN THE FUTURE. 
          HAVE YOU LEFT LAND FOR FUTURE DETENTION BASINS? YES, MA'AM. 
          THIS IS WHAT THIS AREA IS FOR. 
          AND THEN RIGHT OFF THE MAP HERE, YOU CAN'T SEE IT. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER DETENTION AREA AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, MR. MARA, COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT IS THE CURRENT CLEAR LAKE CITY WATER AUTHORITY GUIDELINES ON THAT? LET ME, LET ME, SO MY RECOLLECTION OF WHAT THE SPACEPORT AGREED TO WAS THAT THEY WOULD AGREE TO MEET OUR, OUR DETENTION REQUIREMENT WHEN THEY STARTED TO BUILD AND DO THIS DESIGN, WHICH WAS ONE ACRE FOOT PER ACRE AT THE TIME THAT WE DID IT, THAT WAS BEFORE THE NEW MAPS CAME OUT FOR, UH, FLOODING IN THE AREA. 
          AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, 'CAUSE I CONFIRMED THAT THEY'RE MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT THAT THEY PROMISED TO MEET, AND IN FACT, THEY'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT REQUIREMENT THEY PROMISED TO MEET. 
          SO THE, WHAT THAT MEANS TO ME IS THAT THE, SOMEONE DID AN ANALYSIS OF ALL OF THE IMPERMEABLE LAND ON THERE AND SAID THAT, UH, FROM THAT ANALYSIS, THAT'S THE DETENTION WE NEED. 
          AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT REPORT, BUT AT LEAST THAT HE DID CONFIRM WITH ME THAT THEY ARE MEETING, UH, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE WATER AUTHORITY THAT THEY PROMISED TO MEET WHEN THEY STARTED THIS WHOLE PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I THINK THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD OTHER SITUATIONS WHERE, UH, OUR HOMES AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN SACRIFICED FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENT AND WITH THE MONEY THAT THE SPACE FORCE HAS, I THINK I, I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE GET THAT INFORMATION AND THAT IS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED AND THAT WE KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE TO INCREASE THE HEART AREA, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE DRAINAGE WITHOUT DESTROYING THE BEAUTY OF OUR SUBDIVISIONS AND TURNING US INTO AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. 
          CERTAINLY. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          AND I DIDN'T GET YOU NAME AND I WANTED TO, I WANTED TO GO BACK AND SPENCE, I'M SORRY, JIMMY SPENCE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOUR BUSINESS CARD. 
          REMEMBER, YOU'RE SUPPOSED, I, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE HIS POLICY DID A GREAT JOB. 
          IT'S ON THE, THE AGENDA. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TERMS. SO I WANTED TO GO BACK AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS ONE THING THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT WHY DID THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELPED FOR THE EXPANSION OF HORSE PEN BAYOU AND WAS, IS THERE ENOUGH, UH, IS THERE ENOUGH, UH, DRAINAGE IN THE AREA IN A LARGE STORM? THAT WAS THE QUESTION. 
          THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO SOLVE. 
          AND THE WATER AUTHORITY HAD WORKED WITH PRECINCT TWO AND PROVIDED THEM WITH THE ANALYSES OF THE IMPACT OF EXPIRATION GREEN. 
          AND WHAT WE FOUND, AS YOU, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE EXPIRATION GREEN OUTFALL, WHERE EXPIRATION GREEN ULTIMATELY SENDS ITS WATER AS IT'S, AS IT'S SLOWLY DRAINING OUT OF THERE IS BEHIND THE CLEAR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL INTO HORSE PEN BAYOU. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE LEVEL OF THE WATER WAS BEFORE EXPIRATION GREEN IN A GIVEN STORM EVENT, SO THIS IS AN ANALYSIS DONE BY OUR FRIENDS UP AT RICE UNIVERSITY. 
          SO THEY, THEY DETERMINE WHAT WOULD THE WATER LEVEL BE IN A CERTAIN STORM EVENT AT THE OUTFALL BEHIND, BEHIND CLEAR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE EXPIRATION GREEN. 
          IT'S ONE HEIGHT. 
          WELL, WHAT IS IT AFTER EXPIRATION GREEN HOLDS BACK, ITS 500 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. 
          IT'S 13.6 INCHES LOWER. 
          AND THAT ANALYSIS AND INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO PRECINCT TWO AND THEY AND HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, THEY TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT, DID ANO A NEW ANALYSIS IN THE AREA TO DETERMINE WHETHER WIDENING THE BAYOU WAS NEEDED AND WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. 
          AND WHAT THEY FOUND IS BECAUSE OF EXPIRATION GREEN, THE ADDITIONAL WHITENING WAS NOT NEEDED AND NOT, IT, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE ANYMORE ONCE WE GAVE THEM THAT INFORMATION. 
          WELL, THEY, SO BECAUSE WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER, WE WERE ABLE TO, TO, TO GET US WHERE I KNOW THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO BE, WHICH WAS, WELL, WE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION TO IN FEBRUARY AND IT TOOK US UNTIL DECEMBER TO GET ANYONE TO LISTEN TO US. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          AND WE'VE GOT A FEW PEOPLE BEHIND YOU, SO, OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          I'M SANDRA STRICK. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS AND GIVING US A VOICE. 
          UM, I'VE GOT A TRAFFIC PROBLEM, BUT IT'S PROBABLY A LOT EASIER THAN HERS. 
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SO, UH, I REPRESENT, UH, THE FOLKS IN OAKBROOK AND ESPECIALLY ON GUN WHALE. 
          AND WE WANNA ALSO THANK YOU FOR KIND OF MEDIATING THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THE TRAFFIC IT WOULD HAVE BROUGHT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          I, I DIDN'T FIND ANY FANS OF THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX. 
          SO  WELL, THE, WHAT WE WERE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT IS HOW IT WAS GOING TO IMPACT THE, THE TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE. 
          WE HAVE A HUGE TRAFFIC, UM, PROBLEM ON ESPECIALLY GUN WHALE AND SEAHORSE WHERE PEOPLE FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE, AND OTHER SUBDIVISIONS ARE CUTTING, USING OUR OAKBROOK TO CUT THROUGH TO GET TO OFFICES OR, OR SCHOOLS OR WHATEVER. 
          AND IT'S JUST BECOME REALLY, UM, INCREASED FOR, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S JUST GOTTEN TERRIBLE SINCE THE PANDEMIC. 
          IN FACT, MY, MY DAUGHTER BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THIS MORNING, AL ALMOST GOT HIT BY SOMEONE GOING 40 MILES AN HOUR AND A 30 MILE HOUR ZONE. 
          DUSTIN, DO YOU KNOW IF WE'VE DONE A TRAFFIC STUDY ON THAT? OKAY. 
          WE CAN SEE ABOUT HAVING A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE. 
          AND THAT'S MY QUESTION IS HOW DO WE GO? BECAUSE WE'VE ALL MET AND IF, IF YOU WANNA BLAME SOMEBODY FOR COMING TO YOU, IT WAS OFFICER OCHOA THAT STOPPED AT OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AT OUR HOUSE AND WE HAD LIKE 30 OR 40 PEOPLE THERE AND SLOANE AND THEY WENT, OH YEAH, WE KNEW ABOUT GUN WELL BEING THE CUT THROUGH, WE WENT TO CLEAR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          WE GO UP THERE, THERE ALL THE TIME, SO WE CAN, WE CAN SEE ABOUT GETTING A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE. 
          UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT AS FAR AS WHAT HAPPENS, THAT'S VERY REGULATED THROUGH TXDOT. 
          I MEAN, IT BASICALLY, IT SAYS IF YOU HAVE THIS MUCH TRAFFIC AND THIS TYPE OF ROAD, THIS IS WHAT YOU DO. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO WE CAN SEE ABOUT HAVING A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE. 
          THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          SEE WHAT THE RESULTS TURN OUT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING. 
          HOW DO WE GO ABOUT GETTING, WE CAN SPEED BUMPS? WELL, I I DON'T KNOW THAT IT, IT WILL SAY SPEED BUMPS. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THE TDOT THAT UHHUH, IT'S, IT'S VERY SPECIFIC AS TO WHAT REMEDIES THEY'RE ABLE TO DO. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY INITIATE THE STUDY. 
          THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          AND WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE RESULTS ARE. 
          DO THEY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHO LIVES ON THAT STREET? WE NOW HAVE 13 KIDS. 
          UH, FOUR OR FIVE OF THEM ARE, UH, BELOW TODDLER AGE. 
          WE HAVE A, A HUGE INPUT INTO OAKBROOK OF PEOPLE REDOING THOSE HOUSES. 
          THE ORIGINAL OWNERS MOVING OUT AND YOUNG FAMILIES ARE COMING IN. 
          YEAH. 
          TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          I KNOW IF THERE'S A SCHOOL IN THE AREA OR THAT TYPE OF THING THAT IS, THERE ARE SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. 
          WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK ABOUT THAT AS AS WELL. 
          YES, THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE NEED TO WRITE YOU IN? NO, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD BE GOOD WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          SEE, THAT WAS A LOTS EASIER. 
          IT WAS, AH, I ALSO, MA'AM PUBLIC WORKS IS HERE AND YOU CAN SPEAK WITH THEM AS WELL. 
          THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT I AM NOT PRIVY TO AS FAR AS PUBLIC WORKS. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WHERE ARE ? YES MA'AM. 
          HI, I'M BECKY ENGELBERT GOING. 
          OH, WHY DID SHE TELL YOU MY ? GO AHEAD MA'AM. 
          I'M BECKY ENGELBERT AND I WANNA REITERATE SOME INFORMATION TO YOU ABOUT BAY AREA BOULEVARD. 
          I SPECIFICALLY MYSELF, HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH DAVE MARTIN'S OFFICE AND NOW YOUR OFFICE FOR THE PAST SIX OR SO YEARS. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED OR PORTIONS OF IT'LL BE REPLACED. 
          PORTIONS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE ALL THIS WONDERFUL BUSINESS COMING TO CLEAR LAKE AND IT LOOKS AND IS HORRIBLE. 
          THE MAN, THE TREES NEED TO BE MANICURED. 
          THEY'RE FALLING OVER. 
          THE STORM HAS, THERE'S, THERE'S HUGE DEAD PINE TREES JUST DROPPING DAILY. 
          I'M ALWAYS AFRAID SOMEBODY'S GONNA BE REALLY HURT. 
          RIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THERE'RE CHUNKS OF BROKEN CURBING OUT INTO THE ROAD DAILY. 
          YOU CALL 3 1 1 AND THEY CLOSE THE REQUEST TO SAY IT. 
          IT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. 
          IT'S NEVER TAKEN CARE OF EVER FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS. 
          NO, IT'S NO ONE'S JOB TO COME THROUGH. 
          APPARENTLY NOT MOWING, NOT TREES, NOT ANYBODY TO PICK UP ALL THOSE BROKEN CURBS. 
          I'VE GET, I'M VERY ACTIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS BROOKWOOD AND CITY OF PASADENA, WHO'S WONDERFUL BY THE WAY, TO RESPONSING, UM, HAVE TAKE TO TELL YOU. 
          BUT, UM, WE NEED SOME HELP. 
          AND NOT IN A YEAR FROM NOW WHEN THE LITIGATION'S OVER NEXT WEEK, TOMORROW WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO START MANICURING. 
          WHAT'S THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S RESPONSIBILITY? WE ALL LIVE IN HOAS. 
          WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR HOMES AND OUR PROPERTIES NICE. 
          OR WE GET THESE LETTERS, WE'VE SENT YOU LETTERS OR DAVE MARTIN'S OFFICE AND 3 1 1 AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY IGNORED. 
          WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS TO ACTUALLY GET IT TO WHERE WE CAN USE OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS TO ENGAGE CONTRACTORS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. 
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AND I KNOW IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME. 
          UH, LOOK, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I STARTED WORKING ON WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I HAD A CONSTITUENT WHO LIVED IN HUFFMAN AND, UH, THE HO OR THE DEED RESTRICTIONS IN HUFFMAN DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO BUILD A SIDEWALK. 
          THE CITY HAS A FEE IN LIEU OF SIDEWALK THAT IF YOU DON'T BUILD A SIDEWALK, YOU HAVE TO PAY. 
          AND THEY WANTED HIM TO PAY $18,000 NOT TO HAVE A SIDEWALK. 
          THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I STARTED WORKING ON. 
          THAT WAS BACK IN JANUARY. 
          THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE RESOLVED DECEMBER, MAYBE JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR. 
          SO ALMOST A YEAR. 
          YOU WOULD THINK THAT WHEN THERE'S A DEED RESTRICTION SAYING YOU CAN'T HAVE A SIDEWALK, THE CITY WOULDN'T BE CHARGING YOU TO HAVE A SIDEWALK. 
          BUT YET THAT'S WHERE WE WERE. 
          EVERYTHING TAKES A LOT LONGER TO GET DONE THAN I WOULD LIKE. 
          I KNOW IT TAKES LONGER THAN YOU WOULD LIKE. 
          UM, AND I CAN TELL YOU THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON TRYING TO GET IT TO WHERE WE CAN SPEND OUR SERVICE FUNDS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS TYPE OF STUFF THAT YOU WANT TAKEN CARE OF FOR OVER A YEAR. 
          WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO GETTING THAT OVER THE, THE FINISH LINE. 
          I APOLOGIZE IT'S TAKEN SO LONG, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND WE'RE GONNA WORK ON IT UNTIL IT'S ACTUALLY COMPLETED AND, AND CAN GET THE AREA TO LOOK A LITTLE BETTER. 
          I MEAN, BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO OKAY. 
          BUT NEXT WEEK WE NEED THE CHUNKS OF CONCRETE GONE. 
          LET ME LET SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I NEED LIKE, IT, IT'S IN THE ROAD. 
          NO, I I MAAM, I UNDERSTAND AND PEOPLE ARE HITTING 'EM. 
          I I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          I I'VE GOT THE SAME THING OUT BY MY HOUSE. 
          BUT HAVE YOU DRIVEN BAY AREA? YES, I HAVE DRIVEN BAY AREA IN THE AREA. 
          DAYLIGHT. 
          I'M SORRY, IN THE DAYLIGHT. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          ALL THE WAY FROM WHERE PASADENA ENDS AND YES MA'AM. 
          AND, AND, AND YES. 
          I I I'M NOT TELLING YOU THE ISSUES YOU'RE DESCRIBING AREN'T CORRECT. 
          I I AGREE WITH YOU. 
          IT, IT IS A PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO GET IT RESOLVED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK HOLD YOU TO IT . 
          MY NAME IS FRED SWIRLING. 
          I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1977 AND I HAVE A ONGOING ISSUE IS THAT WHEN WE WERE ANNEXED IN 1977 BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON, IS THAT THEY TOOK OVER SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, LIKE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING, WHICH IS NOW HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, UH, HOUSTON PARKS SOLID WASTE. 
          AND IT SEEMS LIKE AT THE, WE'RE AT THE FAR END OF THE SERVICE AREA IN CLEAR LAKE FOR THE, FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          AND WE GET SKIPPED FREQUENTLY BY SOLID WASTE WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR HEAVY TRASH PICKUP. 
          AND I'VE WRITTEN 3 1 1, I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC 3 1 1 RIDERS. 
          AND, UH, WE GET SAYING, WELL, WE'LL GET TO YOU. 
          UH, I HAD TO GIVE THEM ACTUAL ADDRESSES WHERE THE SOLID WASTE, THE HEAVY TRASH HAD NOT BEEN PICKED UP. 
          AND THEY SAY, WELL, WE'LL GET TO IT IN SEVEN TO 10 DAYS. 
          AND SOMETIMES IT'S A MONTH AND A HALF, TWO MONTH, OR THE NEXT ROTATION COMES ABOUT DURING THE DERE RATIO THAT WE HAD IN JUNE OR JULY IS THAT THEY STARTED PICKING UP TRASH WHEN THE HURRICANE CAME IN. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE THEY JUST STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN. 
          AND SO I HAD TREE WASTE AND DEBRIS OUT ON MY STREET FOR, UH, THREE AND A HALF MONTHS. 
          AND I GOT A NOTICE SAYING THEY STARTED ROUND TWO WHEN I HADN'T EVEN SEEN ROUND ONE YET. 
          SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT CAN SOLID WASTE START AT THE FAR END OF THE SERVICE AREA AND WORK THEIR WAY BACK? WELL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IS I, I KNOW EVERYONE IN THE ROOM THINKS THAT CLEAR LAKE IS NEGLECTED. 
          I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS THE EXACT SAME SENTIMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, KINGWOOD THINKS THEY'RE NEGLECTED. 
          UH, THE MIDDLE AREA OF THIS DISTRICT THAT CONNECTS KINGWOOD AND CLEAR LAKE, UH, THEY THINK THE EXACT SAME THING. 
          AND SALLY CAN PROBABLY TESTIFY TO BETTER THAN I CAN. 
          'CAUSE SHE GOES AROUND THE CITY. 
          I I, THIS IS A COMMON THING. 
          UH, I I PROMISE YOU, NOBODY IS TREATING CLEAR LAKE WORSE. 
          UM, THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE A GOOD THING, BUT IT, IT ISN'T AS IF SOMEBODY HAS PICKED OUT CLEAR LAKE OR KINGWOOD AND SAID, WE'RE GONNA TREAT Y'ALL WORSE THAN THE REST OF THE CITY. 
          SOLID WASTE HAS REALLY GOTTEN KIND OF BEATEN UP OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS WITH THE DICHO STORM, WITH BARREL, DURING BARREL, UH, PICKING UP THE STORM DEBRIS. 
          THEY PICKED UP OVER, UP OVER 3 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF DEBRIS. 
          I MEAN, IT IS JUST A MONSTROUS AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT THEY'VE HAD TO PICK UP. 
          AND THERE'S, UH, A FINITE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO. 
          UH, THEY, THEY'VE ABSOLUTELY GOTTEN BEHIND. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WILL SAY, A A YEAR AGO THERE WAS ALL SORTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRASH PICKUP, UH, THE HEAVY DEBRIS PICKUP, UM, THAT GOT SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER BEFORE DERECHO AND THEN DERECHO SET HIM BACK, AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT WE ENDED UP WITH BARREL. 
          UH, AND, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'VE, THEY'VE HAD MORE WORK THAN WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK 
          [02:10:01]
DIRECTOR WILL FOX DOING A GOOD JOB AND, AND I THINK HE'S GONNA GET CAUGHT UP AND YOU'LL SEE SOME BETTER RESULTS. 
          HI GLENN JENKINSON AGAIN ON THE, UH, SPACEPORT. 
          CAN YOU BRING UP THAT PICTURE OF THE, OF THE, UH, SITE AGAIN, JETPORT, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. 
          SPACEPORT. 
          SOMEBODY DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          IF I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER, THOSE THREE, UH, YELLOWISH BUILDINGS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE ARE GONNA BRING UP THE DETENTION POND TO 80%. 
          AND THEN WHAT'S HE GONNA DO? CLARIFY FOR ME. 
          SO WITH THOSE, PLEASE, THOSE THREE FACILITIES REPRESENT ABOUT 47% OF THE EXISTING DETENTION. 
          UM, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF TAXIWAY LIMO, IT'S COMING UP TO ABOUT 80%. 
          AND THEN WE'LL NEED TO BUILD EX UH, ADDITIONAL, UM, DETENTION. 
          DETENTION, THANK YOU. 
          DETENTION, UH, FOR PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY ALREADY, UH, LINING UP CONTRACTORS TO DO ANALYSIS TO SEE, UH, WITH SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE THINKING OF, UH, PUTTING IN WHAT THE ADDITIONAL DETENTION WILL BE IN AND WHAT RATE IT NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED. 
          UM, BUT LIKE I I TOLD YOU A SECOND, UH, EARLIER, I'M HAPPY TO, UH, PROVIDE YOU WITH THE INFORMATION, UM, THAT I HAVE. 
          UH, I HAVE IT ALREADY PULLED UP ON MY EMAIL. 
          I CAN FORWARD IT RIGHT OVER TO YOU. 
          THE, UH, PURPLE STUFF IN THE MIDDLE THERE, THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN WHAT YOU'RE CALCULATING SO FAR. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'S FUTURE WORK, LIKE BUILDING NUMBER FOUR. 
          I CAN'T SEE THAT. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THE, THE STUFF WHERE THE RED POINTER DOWN HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          PLUS RIGHT ABOVE THERE, ALL THE PURPLE STUFF ISN'T THAT FUTURE WORK THAT IS, UH, UM, KIND OF A LAND USE PLANNING. 
          UM, IT'S NOT, DOESN'T REPRESENT ACTUAL BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED TO IMPLEMENT. 
          IT IS JUST A GENERAL IDEA OF HOW THE REST OF THE SPACEPORT CAN BE BUILT OUT. 
          UM, IT IT, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE A TECHNICAL DRAWING OR REPRESENTATION OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING BUILT OR, UM, WHAT THE REQUIRED DETENTION WOULD NECESSARILY BE TO MATCH THAT AREA. 
          UM, WE THINK THAT WE'RE IN THE RIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE LAND THAT WE'VE KIND OF SET ASIDE IN THIS LAND USE PLANNING. 
          BUT IT IS COMPLETELY HYPOTHETICAL. 
          LET ME EXPLAIN. 
          THE REASON WE'RE PUSHING ON THIS IS IF YOU GUYS DO TO THE BAYOU WHAT YOU, NOT YOU, BUT IF THE BAYOU GETS CHANGED THE WAY THEY WERE PLANNING TO CHANGE IT, IT'S GONNA SIGNIFICANTLY DEVALUE THE HOMES IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT'LL AFFECT EVERY OTHER HOME IN CLEAR LAKE. 
          AND SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL. 
          AND IF YOU BUILD ALL THAT PURPLE STUFF LATER ON, WHAT'S WE'RE CONCERNED THAT LATER ON YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK AND, UH, HAVE THIS PRESSURE PUT ON THE, THE DISTRICT TO END UP TEARING UP THE, THE BAYOU ANYWAY. 
          NO, SIR. 
          SO WE ARE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PLANS AROUND THE BAYOU. 
          UH, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAVE DONE. 
          UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SUFFICIENT DETENTION TO MATCH OUR IMPERVIOUS SURFACE FOOTPRINT. 
          UM, AS WE DEVELOP THE SPACEPORT, THERE'LL BE ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT WE WOULD, UM, UH, GO BELOW WHAT THE, THE STANDARDS CURRENTLY ARE. 
          AND IN FACT, WE DO TRY TO BUILD ABOVE THE STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO DETENTION AND, UM, OUR RATE OF WATER FLOW. 
          TRUST ME, I'M A MARKETING MAJOR AND I'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT HYDROLOGY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THAN ANYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW . 
          SO I, I PROMISE YOU WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANY EXTRA STRAIN ON ANY EXTRA ON, ON ANY OF THE WATERWAYS, LIKE I SAID. 
          WE'LL, HE'LL GET YOU THE INFORMATION MM-HMM . 
          SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. 
          AND THEN OBVIOUSLY AS IT GROWS, THERE'LL HAVE TO BE ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS DONE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE KEEP YOU INFORMED, TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE FIGURES FROM THE DAY TO YOURSELF. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MY NAME IS STEVE LINDA MO. 
          I'M SUSAN LINDA MO'S HUSBAND. 
          I KNOW SHE OUTLINED SEVERAL AREAS, ONE OF WHICH, UH, SHE DIDN'T GET TO GO INTO MUCH DETAIL, BUT THAT IS THE EL DORADO PROJECT. 
          AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LIGHT POLES, THE AESTHETICS, THE 180 MATURE GROWTH TREES THAT WERE HARVESTED THERE FOR NO REASON. 
          UM, AND I'LL JUST BE, JUST TO DIGRESS, I THINK, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I THINK, I THINK THE 180 TREES WERE CUT AT THE HEIGHT OF THE LUMBER CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY. 
          AND I THINK SOMEONE PROFITED EXTENSIVELY ON THE LUMBER THAT CAME OUT OF THOSE TREES, WHICH WAS EXTENSIVE AND THAT HAS NEVER BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR AND HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED. 
          BUT I'D DIGRESS. 
          I WANT TO GO BACK TO THESE POLLS. 
          I'M GONNA, I WILL TELL YOU THIS, I WILL TELL YOU RESPECTFULLY, 
          [02:15:01]
I WILL TELL YOU POLITELY, BUT I WILL TELL YOU BLUNTLY YOUR RESPONSE THAT I HATE TO BE THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS. 
          YOU GET LEANING WOODEN POLES WHEN WE USED TO HAVE THE NICE POLES IS INADEQUATE OR THE NICE POLES THAT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. 
          AND THE LEANING WOODEN POLES THAT ONLY TWO IN THE CATALOG, SOMEBODY IS AT FAULT HERE. 
          SOMEBODY IS AT FAULT. 
          SOMEBODY LET US ALL DOWN. 
          SOMEBODY MISREPRESENTED THIS STORY AND NOBODY IS STANDING TO ACCOUNT. 
          THIS IS A VERY, VERY BAD SITUATION AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVEN'T INTRODUCED US TO THE PLAINTIFF'S LAWYER THAT IS GONNA SUE SOMEBODY OVER THIS. 
          THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT SEVEN FIGURE PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE DESTRUCTION OF EL DORADO FROM THE TREES THAT I AM SURE SOMEBODY PROPERTY FROM THAT LUMBER TO THE AESTHETICS, TO THE UNEVEN ROADS, TO THE MALPRACTICE IN THE CONCRETE LANE. 
          WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT? I, I DON'T THINK JUST SAYING WE'RE THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS IS ADEQUATE IN A TOWN HALL MEETING. 
          WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I DIDN'T ONLY SAY I'M THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS. 
          UH, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, UH, THOSE TREES WERE CUT DOWN. 
          THE PROJECT WAS STARTED LONG BEFORE I EVER ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, WELL, I DIDN'T SAY YOU PROFITED FROM IT. 
          I'M NOT, I'M SAYING SOMEBODY PROFITED FROM THIS AND, AND I WASN'T NECESSARILY, AND SOMEBODY SHOULD ACCOUNT I WASN'T. 
          THIS IS ALL, THIS IS SEVEN FIGURE REAL MONEY, THOSE TREES. 
          AND WHEN THE GOVERNMENT TAKES PROPERTY FROM CITIZENS OR FROM PUBLIC LAND, THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A DOLLAR PER DOLLAR ACCOUNTING SOMEWHERE OF THAT. 
          AND WHERE IS IT? THIS IS HUGE MONEY. 
          IT'S ENOUGH MONEY TO REPLACE THOSE POLES, FRANKLY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I WASN'T SPEAKING JUST TO THE PROFITING OF LUMBER FOR THE TREES, IF THERE WAS ANY OF THAT. 
          I HAVE NO IDEA. 
          AND YOU MAY BE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          I I HAVE NO IDEA. 
          I'M SURE, I MEAN THIS HAPPENED YEARS AGO, CORRECT? UM, NO, IT'S NOT THAT LONG. 
          20, IT HAPPENED, I'LL TELL YOU, THAT'D BE FIVE YEARS AGO, RIGHT? I MEAN THAT IS YEARS. 
          CORRECT. 
          IT WAS VETERAN'S DAY 2019. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY CAME OUT 'CAUSE IT WAS A LONG WEEKEND AND THEY SNUCK OUT THERE WITH THOSE CREWS AND RIPPED THOSE TREES OFF AT THE GROUND LEVEL WHEN NOBODY WAS ON DUTY. 
          HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS WEREN'T ANSWERING THEIR PHONES, CITY WASN'T ANSWERING THEIR PHONE. 
          IT WAS A LONG WEEKEND AND THEY RIPPED THE ENTIRE STREET OFF THAT WEEKEND. 
          AND YOU THINK THAT WAS, YOU THINK THOSE WORKERS WERE WORKING ON A LONG WEEKEND ON ACCIDENT? I IT WAS CLANDESTINE. 
          SIR, I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED FIVE YEARS AGO WITH THOSE TREES. 
          I HAVE NO, I DON'T, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO TELL YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M WANTING TO KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE ABOUT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL FIRST OF ALL, I MEAN, I'M NOT HERE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY IF YOU WANNA GET A PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY. 
          CERTAINLY I DON'T HAVE STANDING. 
          I'M JUST ME. 
          I'M JUST, I'M THE VICTIM. 
          I THINK THE VICTIM CERTAINLY HAS STANDING. 
          NO, I I I REALLY DON'T DOESN WORK. 
          I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY EITHER, SO I AM. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL I MEAN, USUALLY VICTIMS HAVE STANDING, DON'T THEY? I AM. 
          IT'S AN ATTORNEY. 
          I CAN TELL YOU LITTLE OLD ME OUT HERE THAT OWNS A HOME, TWO HOUSES OVER FROM EL DORADO DOESN'T HAVE STANDING TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. 
          MY GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF THESE PROBLEMS AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. 
          WHO IN MY GOVERNMENT IS GONNA DO THAT? I I DON'T HONESTLY HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU AS TO WHO IT SHOULD BE. 
          RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 
          I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK THE CITY'S GONNA SUE ITSELF OR THE COUNTY'S GONNA SUE ITSELF. 
          SO I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          SO SIR, MY NAME'S UH, B MY NAME'S B BOB KELLER. 
          AND, AND MY, MY, MY QUESTION IS WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO RETRIP? UM, CL UH, CLEAR LAKE CITY, UH, BOULEVARD DO IF, IF, IF, IF, IF IF YOU RIDE DOWN THAT ROAD IN, IN THE EVENING AND, AND, AND GET, AND IF IT'S RAINING, YOU CANNOT SEE ONE STRIPE ON, ON THAT ROAD. 
          OKAY. 
          IF WE GOT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS YES YOU DO. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL CHECK INTO IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GONNA BE RE STRIPED. 
          WE'LL CHECK INTO IT AND, AND GET YOU AN ANSWER BACK. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MAKE THIS LAST ONE MA'AM. 
          UH, YES. 
          SO, UH, I'M PRESIDENT OF, UH, PRESIDENT OF PINE BROOK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND SO OUR WEST SIDE BORDERS EL DORADO. 
          AND SO WHEN THAT EL DORADO BOULEVARD SOUTH OF CLEAR LAKE CITY BOULEVARD. 
          SO WHEN THAT LITTLE MEDIAN, WHICH THAT MEDIAN IN THERE IS NOT VERY WIDE AND WHEN IT GETS REALLY BIG AND THE SCHEDULED, UH, MAINTENANCE OF THAT OR THE CUTTING IS PRETTY FAR OUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN ASKED BY OUR RESIDENTS AND ALSO THE SURROUNDING PEOPLE, IF WE 
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PAID OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR FOR OUR LANDSCAPER TO CUT THAT SMALL SECTION, LET'S SAY FROM CLEAR LAKE CITY BOULEVARD TO WHERE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENDS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ALLOWABLE OR WOULD I HAVE TO CHECK WITH YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THAT? YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER TO THAT ADOPTED . 
          OKAY. 
          WE'VE GOT AN ADOPT AN ESPLANADE PLAN. 
          SO YES, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'D BE ABLE DO THAT WE COULD LOOK AND AGAIN, THAT COULD BE LOOKED INTO. 
          YEAH, IF YOU'VE GOT OUR EMAIL ADDRESS, CONTACT US FROM THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          PARKS THAT GOES THROUGH PARKS, PARKS IS OUT THERE. 
          WE CAN ALSO CHECK INTO IT AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN SQUEEZE IN ONE OTHER LITTLE THING HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'VE MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT VOTING AND CHECK WHO YOU'RE VOTING FOR. 
          I, I WAS TRYING TO LOOK UP ONE SPECIFIC CASE THAT WAS BONDED OUT IN HOUSTON, A BIG CASE, UH, TO SEE WHO THE JUDGE WAS THAT LET THE BOND. 
          AND SO I CREATED MY LOGIN TO THAT CLERK SITE AND EVERYTHING. 
          SO, BUT I COULDN'T GET THE INFORMATION 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THE CASE COURT NUMBER. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT INFORMATION ON WHO THAT JUDGE SPECIFIC JUDGE WAS AVAILABLE OR IS THAT JUST ME NOT NAVIGATING THE SYSTEM? RIGHT. 
          I I'M PRETTY SURE IT IS AVAILABLE. 
          TYPICALLY WHAT IT'LL TELL YOU IS THE COURT AND THEN YOU'VE GOTTA GO LOOK THE COURT UP AND FIND OUT WHO THE JUDGE IS AT THAT SPECIFIC ONE. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          IT, IT'LL TELL YOU THE COURT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT GUYS. 
          I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION AND I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THAT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO SOMETHING YOU CAN ANSWER. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO APPARENTLY THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS, UH, ORGANIZATIONS CALLED SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UH, CLEAR LAKE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ONE. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, I CHECKED THE MAP AND ALL OF THE ONES BETWEEN SIX 10 GOING ALL THE WAY SOUTH, UH, IN THIS AREA THAT'S YOURS. 
          UH, THERE ARE NO ACTIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT US GETTING A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COMES A LIAISON. 
          AND, UM, AND ANYONE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED, SINCE SOME OF YOUR CIVICALLY MINDED, I'LL GIVE YOU MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND THAT'S EASY TO REMEMBER. 
          IT'S MY AGENDA@ME.COM. 
          MY AGENDA@ME.COM IF ANYONE WANTS TO HELP IN GETTING A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FOR CLEAR LAKE CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE DO HAVE SEVERAL IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL, BUT YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN WORK ON THAT WITH YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SHE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT.
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