* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] TO READ THE DESCRIPTION OR CAPTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE WEEK. NOVEMBER 13TH, 14TH, 2024. ITEM ONE HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. ITEM TWO, RECOMMENDATION FROM DIRECTOR HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM FOR APPROVAL OF MEMBERSHIP FEES IN THE AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL NORTH AMERICA FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025. ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION FROM CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH RAY TECH CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES INC. ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION FROM CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH A CR CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS LLC. ITEM FIVE, RECOMMENDATION FROM CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT AND ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ON CONTRACT WITH INDUSTRIAL TX CORP. ITEM SIX APPROVED SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR PURCHASE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THROUGH TEXAS WARRANT BY A PURCHASING CORPORATIVE AWARDED TO CONTINGENCY, EXCUSE ME, CONSULTING LLC ITEM SEVEN, NORTH AMERICAN RESCUE LLC TO PROVIDE RESCUE EQUIPMENT ITEM EIGHT Z BAR SUPPLY COMPANY LLC FOR PURCHASE OF NIGHT VISION DEVICES AND MAX MOUNT VA LIGHTS. ITEM NINE APPROVED SPRINTING AUTHORITY FOR PURCHASE OF PENLIGHT SOFTWARE LICENSES FROM PEN LINK LTD ITEM 10 GLOBAL WET LLC TO FURNISH AND INSTALL ROTOR SHEAR INTERNALLY FED ROTATING DRUM SCREEN PARTS. ITEM 11, INDUSTRIAL DISPOSAL SUPPLY CODE LLC FOR PURCHASE OF TWO TRAILER MOUNTED SEWER JET CLEANERS. ITEM 12, RED ZONE ROBOTICS INK FOR PURCHASE OF AUTO NORMALS PIPE INSPECTION UNITS. ITEM 13, AMENDED MOTION NUMBER 20 23 5 0 8 TO INCREASE SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY BRIDGE REPAIR SERVICES AWARDED TO MC TWO CIVIL LLC PHONY NVG CONSTRUCTORS INC. ITEM 14, ORDINANCE OF MANY ARTICLE 16 CHAPTER 40 CODE OF ORDINANCES HOUSTON, TEXAS BY ADDING AN AREA WITHIN THE SURROUNDING MAGNOLIA PARK AREA. ITEM 15, ORDINANCE 2024, CITY OF HOUSTON WATER CONSERVATION PLAN AND 2024 CITY OF HOUSTON DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND AMENDING CHAPTER 47 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. ITEM 16 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON IN GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF HOUSTON. ITEM 17 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING ASSIGNMENT TO AN ASSUMPTION BY THE HARRIS CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND IDD OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE ORIGINAL BARBER THE MEN'S CENTER INCORPORATED 38 0 9 MAIN STREET ITEM 18 ORDINANCE PROVING AUTHORIZING ASSIGNMENT TO AN ASSUMPTION BY THE HARRIS CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND IDD OF THE OBLIGATION OF THE ORIGINAL BAR THE MEN'S CENTER INCORPORATED 1104 ALABAMA STREET. ITEM 19 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS HARDY, NEAR NORTHSIDE. WE DEVELOPMENT AUTHOR AGREEMENT TERRA 21 AND CRV HARDY YARDS LP ITEM 20 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE SALE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY. ITEM 21 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5 MILLION AND NO CENTS OUT OF AIRPORTS RENEWAL REPLACEMENT FUND FOR DERIVATIVE AGREEMENT WITH TD INDUSTRIES INC. ITEM 22 ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $726,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF GENERAL IMPROVEMENT. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $2,862,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF POLICE CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $2,269,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF FIRE CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $964,914 AND NO CENTS OUT OF HEALTH CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $963 AND NO CENTS OUT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $2,650,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF PARKS. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND $100,000 OF OUT OF PARKS AND RECREATION DEDICATION FUND $1 MILLION AND NO CENTS OUT OF EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION CONSOLIDATED FUND AND $1,205,000 AND NO SENSE OUT OF SOLID WASTE CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND TO TASK ORDER. JOB ORDER CONTRACTING PROGRAM FOR PROFESSIONAL AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. ITEM 23, ORDINANCE DE APPROPRIATED $170,000 AND NO CENTS OUT OF FIRE CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED TO TASK ORDER, JOB ORDER CONTRACTING PROGRAM APPROPRIATING $170,000 AND OH CENTS OUT OF FIRE CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AND $180,000 AND OH CENTS OUT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND TO CONCRETE REPAIR SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE TIMES CONSTRUCTION ITEM 24 ORDINANCE G APPROPRIATED $124,000 AND OH CENTS OUT OF MISCELLANEOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED SOME MATERIAL ASSESSING CONTRACT WITH BRAUN INTERTECH CORPORATION AUTHORIZING FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIBRARY [00:05:01] ENVELOPE RESTORATION AND HVAC UPGRADE PROJECT PROVEN AUTHORIZED FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CONTRACT WITH ANSLOW BRYAN CONSTRUCTION, LTD ITEM 25 ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING TWO PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENTS BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON FOR IN SAFE INC. AND TERRACON CONSULTANTS INC. ITEM 26, ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 26 77 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 20 24 16 TO INCREASE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND ACCURATE METER AND BACKFLOW LLC ITEM 27 ORDINANCE OF PROVING AND AMENDING ORDINANCE 20 15 884 TO INCREASE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT AND AUTHORIZING FIRST AMENDMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND TRISTAR RISK MANAGEMENT INC. ITEM 28 ORDERS, APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO EXTEND REVENUE CONTRACT TERM BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND LEX LEXUS N CO PROJECT SOLUTIONS INC. ITEM 29 ORDINANCE RELATING TO FISCAL AFFAIRS AND MEMORIAL CITY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 17, ITEM 30 ORDINANCE RELATING TO FISCAL AFFAIRS OF SUNNYSIDE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 26 ITEM 31 ORDINANCE RELATING TO FISCAL AFFAIRS AND MEDICAL CENTER AREA REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF REINVESTMENT. ZONE NUMBER 28, ITEM 32 ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF THE 1000 BLOCK OF W COTTAGE STREET BETWEEN NORTH HILL BOULEVARD AND MISHAW STREET. ITEM 33 ORDINANCE RENEWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE 100 TO 400 BLOCKS OF MAS STREET BETWEEN NORTH MAIN STREET AND THE END OF MAS STREET. ITEM 34, ORDINANCE RENEWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF THE 100 I MEAN 1000 TO 1100 BLOCKS OF WESTVIEW GAY STREET AND NORTH SIDE OF 1000 TO 1100 BLOCK OF WEST MELWOOD STREET BETWEEN STUDIO WOOD STREET AND MISHAW STREET. ITEM 35 ORDINANCE FINDING AND DETERMINED THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO LONGER REQUIRE THE CONTINUED USE OF A SIX FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT AND A SIX FOOT WIDE PRESCRIPTIVE UTILITY EASEMENT, ABANDONING AND STREET SAID STREET EASEMENT TO LORETTO PROJECT LLC ITEM 36 ORDINANCE FINDING AND DETERMINING PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT KNOWN AS THE BOOKER LANDFILL, WEST DONOVAN DRAINAGE PROJECT ITEM 37, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $616,015 AND 70 CENTS OUTTA WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION FUND AS ADDIT APPROPRIATION TO CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES. CONTRACT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND UNITED ENGINEERS INC. ITEM 38, ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $7,734,037 AND 15 CENTS OUT OF DEDICATED DRAINAGE AND STREET RENEWAL CAPITAL FUND AT VALERO TAX. AWARDING CONTRACTOR JFT CONSTRUCTION INC. ITEM 39, ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 24 8 42. PAST FIRST READING NOVEMBER 6TH, 2024. ORDINANCE GRANT TO HIGHWAY ONE LLC. THIS IS THE SECOND READING ITEM 40. ORDINANCE 20 24 8 43 PASS. FIRST READING NOVEMBER 6TH. ORDINANCE GRANTING TO NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RENTALS INC. THIS IS THE SECOND READING ITEM 41. ORDINANCE 20 24 8 44 PASS. FIRST READING NOVEMBER 6TH, GRANTING TO NEXUS DISPOSAL LLC. SECOND READING ITEM 42. ORDINANCE 20 24 8 45 PAST FIRST READING NOVEMBER 6TH. ORDINANCE GRANTED TO P PEDRO CORDOVA COVE PAST, UH, SECOND. THIS IS A THIS IS THE SECOND READING ITEM 43. ORDINANCE 20 24 8 46, PAST FIRST READING NOVEMBER 6TH. THIS IS THE SECOND READING GRANTING TO PUBLIC SANITARY WORKS INC. ITEM 44, ORDINANCE 20 24 8 47 PAST FIRST READING NOVEMBER 6TH. ORDINANCE GREENWICH TO SHELL PROSPER INDUSTRIES LLC. THIS IS THE SECOND READING ITEM 45, ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 24 8 48 PAST FIRST READING NOVEMBER THE SIXTH. ORDINANCE GRANTED TO SURE CAN SERVICES LLC. THIS IS THE SECOND READING ORDINANCE. ITEM 46, ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 24 8 49. PASS. FIRST READING NOVEMBER THE SIXTH. ORDINANCE GRANTING TO TRENCH COURT LLC. THIS IS THE SECOND READING. THIS IS THE END OF THE CONSENT AGENDA UNDER THE MATTERS HILL CATEGORY. ITEM 47 WAS A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CASTEX TATUM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PECK TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION FOR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT AND ACCEPTANCE AND WORK ON CONTRACT WITH THE CHIEF CONSTRUCTION LLC. THIS WAS TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. THIS WAS ITEM FIVE ON AGENDA OF NOVEMBER THE SIXTH, 2024. ITEM 48 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING DERIVATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HOUSTON AND SAMSARA INC. THROUGH COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT. THIS WAS TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN AND CARTER. THIS WAS ITEM 23 ON AGENDA OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2024. ITEM 49 IS AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CREATION OF PARK EIGHT WALKABLE PLACES. THIS WAS TAGGED BY COUNCILMAN POLLARD. THIS WAS ITEM 26 ON AGENDA OF NUMBER SIX AND [00:10:01] ITEM 50 WAS AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING AN AREA LOCATED IN THE VICE OF NORTH BELL AIR BOULEVARD AND WEST OF BELTWAY EIGHT WITHIN THE PROPOSED PARK. EIGHT DIS DISTRICT WALKABLE PLACE AREA. THIS WAS TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. THIS WAS ITEM 27 ON AGENDA OF NOVEMBER THE SIXTH, 2024. THIS COMPLETES THE READING OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SESSION OF NOVEMBER THE 14TH, 2024. STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL. SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 9:00 AM IN THE WORDS CURRENT CITY SECRETARY. THAT'S ME, PAT JEFFERSON. DANNY, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS TREAT EVERYONE THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED. HAVE A BLESSED INFANT HAPPINESS DAY. [INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS FOR THE INVOCATION. GOOD MORNING TO ALL. UM, LET US BEGIN OUR DAY WITH PRAYER. LET US PRAY. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS MOMENT. WE THANK YOU FOR LIFE, THE LIBERTY OF LIFE THAT WE OFTEN SOMETIMES TAKE FOR GRANTED. AND THEN, DEAR GOD, WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AS WE PRAY FOR, UH, OUR MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND ALL OF THE ENTIRE CITY WORKERS AND STAFFERS. WE WANT TO TAKE THE MOMENT AND REMEMBER OUR DEAR BELOVED BROTHER MARCELLO II. ENCOURAGE HIS FAMILY, UH, ON YESTERDAY AND HIS HOME GOING, WE PRAY FOR THE STRENGTH OF HIS ENTIRE FAMILY, HIS MOTHER, FATHER, SISTER, AND RELATIVES, AND WE JUST THANKFUL TO THE ENTIRE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR REPRESENTING SO BOLDLY AND COURAGEOUSLY. WE PRAYED TO GOD THIS MORNING ALSO FOR OUR DEAR BELOVED BROTHER FRED FLICKINGER AND HIS FAMILY, UH, IN THE HOMEGOING CELEBRATION TO COME FOR OUR DEAR BELOVED SISTER MARIE FLICKINGER. WE ALL THAT GOT TO KNOW HER AND LOVE HER DEARLY. WE PRAY NOW, DEAR GOD, THAT WE WOULD DO THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY WITH RESPECT AND HONOR, AND THAT WE WOULD COLLABORATE AND FOCUS MORE ON THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT AND THAT WE WILL NOT BE SELFISH IN OUR DECISIONS, BUT WE WILL ALL KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS VERY SERIOUS MATTER. WE BE SO KIND AND CAREFUL TO GIVE YOU THE PRAISE, THE HONOR AND THE GLORY. IN JESUS OF CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE RISE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR WHICH IS STANDS GOD INDIVISIBLE. COPY [9:00 AM - ROLL CALL] MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR WHITMEYER. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN PRESENT. COUNCILMAN CASTILLO WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ HERE. COUNCILMAN POLL WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCIL MC CASTEX WILL BE ABSENT. COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ HERE. COUNCILMAN DAVIS HERE. COUNCIL CARTER PRESENT. COUNCILMAN WILL BE ABSENT. THE COUNCILMAN ALCORN HERE NEED A MOTION [ADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING] TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 29TH AND 30TH. HECK MOVE OUT FOR SECOND. SECOND. MOTION MADE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. [MAYOR'S REPORT] MAYOR'S REPORT IS KEEP, UH, IN OUR PRAYERS. THE FIREFIGHTER MARCELLA GARCIA'S FAMILY. WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL SERVICE YESTERDAY, BUT WE'RE STILL VERY SADDENED BY HIS LOSS. BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE, HIS AS A HERO TO OUR CITY AND, UH, A LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY. ALSO, OUR CONDOLENCES TO, UH, THE FLICKINGER FAMILY. FRED, I HATE TO, UM, PUT ALL YOUR PERSONAL BUSINESS ON THE STREET, BUT WHAT A CELEBRATION WE WANT TO HAVE OF YOUR MOTHER'S LIFE. OFTEN, UH, REFERRED TO AS THE MAYOR OF THE SOUTH BELT, UH, SHE CERTAINLY GOT ME FOCUSED ON, ON THE SOUTH BELT WHEN WE BECAME, UH, ACQUAINTED. SO I KNOW ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, WANNA CELEBRATE HER LIFE AND, AND, UH, WE'RE SADDENED. I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW SHE MADE ME BETTER, UH, BY HOLDING ALL OF US ACCOUNTABLE. SHE WAS NOT GONNA LET US FORGET [00:15:01] THE SOUTH BELT AREA, AND IT HAD BEEN IGNORED IN PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT NOT ANY TIME IN RECENT YEARS. SO OBVIOUSLY, UM, YOU COME FROM VERY OUTSTANDING DNA. HER SERVICE WILL BE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH ROSARY AT FOUR 30, VISITATION FROM FIVE TO EIGHT 30, UH, THURSDAY THERE WILL BE A FUNERAL MASS AT 11:00 AM BOTH, UM, SESSIONS WILL BE AT THE ST. LUKE EVANGELISTIC CATHOLIC CHURCH. 11 0 11 HALL ROAD, AND THERE WILL BE A RECEPTION AFTER THE FUNERAL MASS ON THURSDAY. BUT THOSE DETAILS ARE BEING WORKED OUT AND LET US KNOW ANY WAY WE CAN HELP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THE CITY OF HOUSTON EXTENDS ITS GRATITUDE FOR HER LEADERSHIP, AND I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH TIME. IT'S, UH, AS I SAID YESTERDAY WITH OUR FIREFIGHTER. GOD DOES NOT ALLOW US TO CHOOSE WHEN WE LOSE A LOVED ONE, BUT HE DOES ALLOW US TO, UH, CELEBRATE THEIR LIFE. AND WHILE WE'LL BE VERY SADDENED, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HOPEFULLY HAVE A GREAT CITYWIDE CELEBRATION. UH, YOUR MOTHER'S, ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE A GREAT CITY. AND WITH THAT SAID, UH, COUNCIL, I'LL CALL I YIELD TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES. COUNCILMAN ALCORN. THIS [MATTERS HELD] IS, UM, UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER ITEMS 49 AND 50 AT THE VERY TOP OF THE AGENDA. SECOND. MOTION MADE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NA. MOTION PASSES. YES, PLEASE. ITEM 49 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED DAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 50 IS AN ORDINANCE. THIS NEED TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. NEXT. OKAY, [CONSENT AGENDA] NEXT. MADAM SECRETARY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA UNDER THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY. ITEM TWO NEEDS A MOTION, A MOVE. MOTION MADE AND ALCORN. SECOND. MOTION MADE. AND SECOND COUNCIL, MAYOR EVANS SHAVA. THANK YOU MAYOR. APPOINT OF ORDER. AREN'T WE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC SESSION? WE, WE CAN'T DO IT TILL NINE 30. I'VE BEEN INFORMED ALSO, WE'RE GONNA DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN. WE'RE GONNA DO, DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTION. UH, WHERE WERE WE? VOTE NO SHALL JUST A VOTE ON MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. NEXT, ON THE NEXT, UNDER THE ACCEPT WORK CATEGORY. ITEMS THREE THROUGH FIVE. NEED A MOTION. P MOVED. MOTION MADE. AND SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES UNDER THE PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF THIS CATEGORY. ITEM SIX THROUGH 13. NEED A MOTION. SECOND. MOVE MARTINEZ. SECOND. MOTION MADE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. UH, ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES UNDER THE ORDINANCES CATEGORY, I RULE SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. 17, 18, 19, 21 THROUGH 25 AND 29. THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, AND 29. NEED A VOTE ON THE BALANCE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. WHERE ARE WE? [CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA] ITEM 17 IS AN ORDINANCE. THIS NEED TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 18 IS AN ORDINANCE. THIS NEED TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. [00:20:01] ITEM 19 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 21 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 22 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 23 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED A VOTE. VICE MAYOR PROTO COUNCILMAN MAYOR ASSISTANT PROTE PECK. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I AM GOING TO TAG ITEMS 23 AND 24 ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN, WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE NO ISSUES WITH, UM, TAGGING THAT THOSE TWO ITEMS TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. 23 AND 24 ARE TAGGED. AND TAR JACKSON JOINS THE TAGGED ON BOTH COUNCILOR JACKSON ON BOTH. YES. ON BOTH 23 AND 24. YES MA'AM. CORRECT. ITEM 25 IS AN ORDINANCE THIS NEED TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 29 IS AN ORDINANCE THIS NEED TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. HUFFMAN BEFORE THE VOTE. A AFTER THE VOTE. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANNA SAY HOW EXCITED I AM TO GET THIS BUDGET PASSED. UM, CHURCH 17 HAS DONE SOME GREAT THINGS FOR THE WEST SIDE OF HOUSTON AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO SEE WHAT WORK THERE IS IN THE FUTURE. VICE MAYOR PRO PECK. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, LIKEWISE. I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BUDGET PASSING AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY, UM, GETTING THE EXPANSION OF THE TOUR SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME PROJECTS MOVING AND, UM, THE POLICE STATION AND FIRE STATION. THANK YOU. SOUNDS GREAT. NEXT ITEM 47. WE HAVE A MOTION. JUST NEED TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 48 IS AN ORDINANCE. JUST NEED TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY YES. THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES. NEXT. THE SUPPLEMENT ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED, THEY WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. COUNCILMAN CARTER. 48, RIGHT? MM-HMM . YES. SO I HAD A, ON 48, I HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS, WHICH, UH, CERTAINLY, UM, GOT MANY ANSWERS TO THE ONE, UM, STATEMENT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT SOME, AT SOME POINT I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, ON THIS $5.8 MILLION, UH, INVESTMENT AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF A SUMMARY ON OUR ROI ON THIS ONE. UM, I KNOW THAT IT'S, IT'S ABOUT EFFICIENCIES AND PROJECTED, UH, SAVINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, SOME REPORT ON OUTCOMES BECAUSE I, I THINK IT IS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND CLEARLY OR MORE CLEARLY UNDERSTAND, UH, THE GOALS HERE. BUT I, YOU KNOW, HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS STILL, BUT CERTAINLY VOTED YES. UM, AND ADDITIONALLY, AT SOME POINT I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF REALLY THE SYSTEMS AND REALLY WHAT THEY PROVIDE FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. PERFECT. EXCELLENT IDEA. THERE. IT WILL BE DONE AND WILL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO, UH, THEIR PROJECTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT'S ALL. MEMBERS. WE WILL STAND IN RECESS TILL NINE 30 SO WE CAN TAKE UP THE PUBLIC SESSION ACCORDING TO MARTA , I DON'T WANT [9:30 AM - PUBLIC SPEAKERS] COUNCIL, PLEASE COME BACK TO ORDER AND ASK THE, UH, CITY SEC. TERRY, TO PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER. CAROLINA BUSTOS. JULIA BUSTOS, AUBREY CONTRERAS, AARON DETRIO, MARY JONES. [00:25:16] STEP IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE MIC ONE. OKAY, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. UH, MAYOR WHITMEYER AND THE BEST OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MARY JONES. I'M WITH THE M SUITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. I DID SOME REPAIRS ON THE MAINLINE, THE WATERLINE REPAIRS. UM, IT'S BEEN ROUGHLY A YEAR AND I HAVE NOT BEEN PAID FOR THE SERVICES THAT WERE PERFORMED. I HAVE, UH, COMPLIED WITH EVERYTHING THEY ASKED FOR IN REGARDS TO DOCUMENTS, UH, BACKUP AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF. I'M JUST HERE TODAY IN HOPES THAT I CAN GET A MORE DEFINITIVE ANSWER IN REGARDS TO BEING PAID AND ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO DO BETTER THAN CHECK BACK IN 30 DAYS. AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR LIKE 90 DAYS NOW IN THAT REGARD. COUNCIL MAYOR FLICKINGER. HELLO, MA'AM. HI. DO YOU DO ANY OTHER BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON? UH, NO SIR. NOT AT THIS TIME. THAT WAS THE FIRST, UH, CONTRACT I WAS GIVEN. WOULD YOU DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON IN THE FUTURE? I WOULD LIKE TO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. UH, COUNCILOR DAVIS. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, MS. JONES, FIRST, HOW LONG, HOW LONG AGO IS WE, UM, DID THE MAJORITY OF THE PA REPAIRS LAST YEAR BETWEEN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER MM-HMM . AND, UM, WE SUBMITTED A, ALL THE BILLING AS REQUESTED AND IT'S BEEN ROUGHLY NOW A YEAR. OKAY. YOU WERE NOT WORKING AS A SUB, YOU WERE WORKING AS A PRIME? YES, SIR. UH, THE SUBS THAT I HAD THAT PER, THAT PERFORMED THE WORK FOR ME. OKAY, GOOD. NOW ARE YOU, ARE YOU THE OWNER OF THE YES SIR COMPANY? YES, SIR. OR THE CO OWNER OF THE COMPANY? YES, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE PUT IN ALL OF THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK THAT'S REQUIRED TO YES. TAKE CARE OF THIS, THAT ALL THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK, BACKUP, UH, PICTURES, EVERYTHING THAT THEY REQUESTED MM-HMM . IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. MM-HMM . AND THE LEGAL TEAM. MM-HMM . I HAVE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING. WAS THIS YOUR FIRST YES, SIR. THIS WHAT? THAT WAS ACTUALLY YOUR FIRST YES. OKAY. YES, I RECEIVED PAYMENT FOR SOME WORK THAT WAS DONE IN OCTOBER, BUT THAT SUB WASN'T, UM, PERFORMING TO THE CITY'S, UM, PREFERENCE. SO I GOT ANOTHER SUB AND WE KNOCKED A LOT OF WORK OUT. DID GREAT WORK. UM, AND WE'RE JUST LIKE DEAD IN THE WATER NOW. WAS THAT WITH THE CITY? YES, SIR. OKAY. YES, SIR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS'S QUESTIONS, YOU SAY IT WAS YOUR FIRST, FIRST CONTRACT OR FIRST CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON? THE FIRST CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON. OKAY. WHAT DOES THE CITY, UH, IT'S YOUR UNDERSTANDING, WHAT DO THEY OWE YOU? WHAT HAVE YOU BILLED THE CITY? THE AMOUNT? UH, 280 3002 83. YES, SIR. AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS AS MANY OF US DO, THERE'S A INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATION, PROBABLY EVEN OUTSIDE AGENCIES REVIEWING IT. UH, YES, SIR. WHICH, IF YOU'RE WAITING TO BE PAID, OBVIOUSLY, UH, FOR WORK, PRODUCE IT, IT'S AN INTERFERENCE AT, AT A MINIMUM. OKAY. BUT, OR ARTURO, UH, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH, THE STATUS OF THOSE, THE REVIEW OF THOSE CONTRACTS? UH, I'M NOT SURE I HAVE THE COMPLETE DETAIL, BUT IT SHOULD BE, THE REVIEW SHOULD BE WINDING UP AND THE DETERMINATION SHOULD BE IMMINENT, LIKE WITHIN A, WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS OR A MONTH. ALRIGHT. AND AND THAT'S THE DILEMMA THAT YOU HAVE THAT, THAT WE'RE REVIEWING BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME BAD ACTORS IN THAT GROUP OF CONTRACTS? YES. AND, UH, ALL I CAN SAY IS IF YOU PRODUCE THE WORK AND IT WAS A PROPER, UH, BID AND WORK PRODUCED, UH, I WOULD THINK YOU'D, YOU WOULD GET PAID AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP AND GET A STATUS REPORT AND SEE IF WE CAN EXPEDITE IT. THAT'S A OBVIOUSLY LARGE YES, SIR. I LARGE AMOUNT. YES, SIR. I UNDERSTAND. I KNOW THERE WAS A THIRD PARTY AUDIT GOING ON. I JUST WANTED TO COME BEFORE YOU GUYS AND SHOW MY FACE AND, UH, MAKE SURE YOU'RE STILL ON THE RADAR. I UNDERSTAND. AND, AND WE'RE AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT. YES, SIR. AND I DON'T WANT TO ASK YOU MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT WORK PRODUCED OR HOW YOU ANSWERED THE REQUEST FOR BIDS OR BECAUSE IT'S PART OF AN INVESTIGATION, IT'S PROBABLY BEST TO LET THEM FINISH THEIR WORK AND THEN, THEN IF THEY GIVE THE CLEARANCE, WE'LL CERTAINLY MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU'RE COMPENSATED. YES, SIR. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL [00:30:01] JACKSON. COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU MS. JONES FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR, THE ISSUE YOU HAVE. UM, I HOPE EVERYTHING WORKS OUT REAL SOON. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. HOW MANY OF HOW, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR THE WORK IS DONE BY SUBPRIMES? UH, PRETTY MUCH LIKE 80%. I'M MORE IN THE BACK END. I HANDLE ALL THE PAPERWORK, MAKE SURE THEY GET THE PHOTOS IN, MAKE SURE THEY STAY ON SCHEDULE, ROUTE THE JOBS FOR THEM AND ON SITE IF THEY NEED ANY ASSISTANCE. AND YOU'RE THE PRIME? YES MA'AM. OKAY. AND 80% OF IT IS SUBPRIME. THE GUYS? YEAH. GO OUT AND DO THE ACTUAL WORK SUBCONTRACTORS. OKAY. MM-HMM . THANKS. YES. COUNCILMAN CARTER? THANK YOU MS. JONES FOR COMING. IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME TO APPEAR ON THIS TOPIC OR HAVE YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE? I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. THANK YOU. YES. WHEN WERE YOU BACK, WHEN WERE YOU HERE LAST? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MAYBE MARCH. APRIL. THANK YOU. MARCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND I JUST WANTED TO COME TODAY JUST TO LET MY SUBCONTRACTORS KNOW THAT I AM SURE FIGHTING FOR, I'M TRYING. AND, UH, SO THEY KNOW THAT I'M, DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE REPRESENTING YOU OR ARE YOU UH, UM, I REPRESENT SELF, UH, REPRESENTING MYSELF. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE A MEDIATOR THAT THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE. OKAY. BUT NO ONE'S CONTACTED ME AND I DID THE CHILD. AND I JUST THINK IT'S STILL, 'CAUSE IT'S AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. AND I'M SORRY YOU'RE CAUGHT UP IN THIS, BUT AS I SAID A MOMENT AGO, THERE WERE SOME APPARENTLY BAD ACTORS, AND SO WE WANT DO IT RIGHT, BUT WE WANT TO BE FAIR AND LEGAL, SO I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. NEXT, ROBBIE WARD. ROBBIE WARD. PATRICIA BROWN. PATRICIA BROWN, ANTHONY BARON, ANTHONY BARON, TRUDY SAWYER. DAVID JEFFERS, ROBERT HOLLAND. ROBERT HOLLAND. RODNEY RODRIGUEZ. GOOD MORNING MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF A 91-YEAR-OLD FATHER. HE WAS A VICTIM OF FINANCIAL ABUSE FROM A FAMILY MEMBER. UH, WE WENT TO THE, UM, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND, UH, THEY'RE SAYING THAT NO ONE, THEY CANNOT PRESS CHARGES TO FAMILY MEMBERS WHO TRICKED MY DAD AND SIGNING 13 DEEDS OVER, WORTH OVER TWO POINT MILLION DOLLARS. WE WENT TO FINANCIAL CRIMES TO MEET THE, UH, DETECTIVE WILSON. HE TOOK MY DAD UP TO SEE HIS GRANDDAUGHTER WHO JUST STOLE HIS PROPERTY, WHICH I FELT WAS NOT RIGHT TO HAVE THE, UH, THE DEFENDANT SEE THE COMPLAINANT IN THE SAME ROOM. WHEN DETECTIVE WILSON CAME BACK DOWN, HE MENTIONED TO ME THAT, UH, BROTHER MARK RODRIGUEZ WAS CALLING HIS SUPERIOR MAKING COMPLAINTS AND THAT HE NEEDED A BACK OFF. UH, I FOUND IT OFFENSIVE. HE MENTIONED TO ME THAT MY DAD WOULD SIGN ANY DOCUMENT THAT THEY'D PUT IN FRONT OF HIM, WHICH IS NOT TRUE. HE TRUSTED HIS DAUGHTER AND HIS GRANDDAUGHTER WHEN THEY TOLD HIM THAT THE DOCUMENTS THAT HE WAS SIGNING WERE FOR THEM TO TAKE CARE OF HIS PROPERTIES AND FOR HIS PRE-NEED FUNERAL PLAN. THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO ENFORCE THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE FROM UNDUE INFLUENCE THE ELDERLY. HOW COULD THE HOUSTON POLICE FINANCIAL CRIMES IGNORE MY DAD'S COMPLAINT, WHO HAS JUST GOTTEN TRICKED OF OUT OF ALL HIS LIFE SAVINGS? AT 91 YEARS OLD, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CALLED ME AND TOLD ME TO GO CIVIL BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANNA WASTE THEIR TIME ON THIS CASE. THE HOUSTON POLICE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT [00:35:01] NEEDS TO REVIEW THEIR POLICIES. THE OFFICER OF THE HOUSTON POLICE CALLED ME A FEW DAYS AGO AND TOLD ME IT WAS BECAUSE ALL FAMILIES DROPPED CHARGES. NOT ALL ELDERLY VICTIMS THINK THE SAME OR LOSE $2.5 MILLION IN REAL ESTATE. MY DAD ASKED ME TO HELP HIM, AND THAT IS WHY I'M HERE TO HELP MY DAD GET HIS CASE HEARD. HOW CAN THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL CRIME SAY NO CRIME WAS COMMITTED? I BELIEVE NOT ALL, NOT ALL THE FACTS WERE GIVEN TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR MAYBE, MAYBE IT WAS NOT EVEN PRESENTED OR PRESENTED WITH A BIASED OPINION. WE NEVER GOT A REASON WHY THE CASE WAS DROPPED. THE DETECTIVE JUST STOPPED ANSWERING MY EMAILS. MY DAD SERVED IN THE US ARMY TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN. NOW HE'S 91 YEARS OLD. AND THE HOUSTON POLICE WILL NOT STAND UP AND PROTECT HIM BEFORE THIS EVENT. AND MY DAD FOUND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIS PROPERTIES. HE WAS HAPPY. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED TO HIS RANCH. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. UH, UNFORTUNATELY IT SOUNDS LIKE A, A FAMILY MATTER. HAVE YOU SOUGHT OUT LEGAL REPRESENTATION? WE DID, BUT MY CONCERN IS IF IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FINANCES TO, TO GET LEGAL MATTERS, THEY WOULD'VE KEPT $2.5 MILLION IN MY DAD'S PROPERTY. I UNDERSTAND. AND THAT'S WHY YOU NEED GOOD REPRESENTATION. UH, THE REPORTS THAT I REVIEWED THAT HPD REVIEWED IT PROPERLY AND THEN REFERRED IT TO DA AND THEY DENIED ACCEPTING CHARGES. CORRECT. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ABOUT THE BEST, UH, PROCESS THAT WE CAN OFFER THAT HPD LOOKS AT THE FACTS AND DETERMINES IT'S A CIVIL MATTER, CERTAINLY IN SUPPORTED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST YOUR SIBLINGS OR, WELL, WE ARE, WE HAVE 'EM IN CIVIL CASE. SURE. BUT, UH, MY DAD WANTS HIS PROPERTIES BACK AND HE TOLD ME TO CALL. AND I'M SYMPATHETIC. WE ALL SHARE THE CONCERNS, BUT WE DON'T RUN THE DA'S OFFICE. AND HOPEFULLY IT'S ALL DETERMINED BY THE FACTS. SO I WISH YOU WELL. COUNCIL RAMIREZ. OKAY. HOLD ON. COUNCIL RAMIREZ, SIR. MR. RODRIGUEZ. HERE YOU GO, SIR. YES, SIR. UM, I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR FATHER. UH, I HAVE, I HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR YOU. CAN YOU, UH, WAIT AROUND TILL AFTER THE MEETING AND I'LL VISIT WITH YOU. THANK YOU. VERY WELL. NEXT SHANDRA RICHARDSON, CHANDRA RICHARDSON. JOHN, JOHN NICKS. I'M HOWDY. MAY AM I GOOD TO GO TO START MY THREE MINUTES? OKAY. HOWDY. MAYOR MEYER AND FELLOW CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS JOHN NICKS AND I LIVE OVER IN THE HEIGHTS AT THE HOUSTON HEIGHTS TOWER TOWER AT THREE 30 WEST 19TH STREET. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CITY REVISIT THE SMOKING BAN AND KNOW IT'S CURRENTLY 25 FEET AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT INCREASE TO LIKE 50 OR 75 FEET OR MORE. AND A BAN ON ALL PROPERTIES THAT ARE SPONSORED OR ANYTHING DONE WITH THE HOUSTON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SEVERE ASTHMA AND THE SMELL OF SMOKE CAN CAUSE A SEVERE ASTHMA ATTACK AND IT REALLY, REALLY HURTS. YOU KNOW, CAN CAUSE A MAJOR LIFE INCONVENIENCE TO SMELL THE CIGARETTE SMOKE. I LIVE IN A PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, MY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL DO ANYTHING. THEY SAY THAT THEY CAN'T ENFORCE ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF 25 FEET. EVEN THEIR HANDS ARE TIED. IT'S ALL HAS TO BE BY THE CITY, HAS TO DO ANYTHING. SO I'M ASKING THE CITY TO HELP ME WITH STRENGTHENING THE SMOKING BAN. THAT'S BEEN IN SEVERAL YEARS WITH THE SMOKING BAN ON THAT TOPIC. AND ANOTHER THING I WANNA SEE IS, I KNOW WE'RE STILL DOING THE TOPICS WITH THE SIDE INSURANCE, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE SOMETHING BEING DONE WITH TO FIX THE SIDEWALKS IN MY AREA. IT IS SO BROKE THAT IF I TAKE THE LOCA BUS, THE 26TH, I HAVE TO GO IN THE STREET TO GET BACK TO MY APARTMENT TOWERS TO WHERE I LIVE IN. AND I'VE BEEN ALMOST HIT MULTIPLE TIMES, HONKED AT, AND I'M SLOW IN MY WHEELCHAIR TO REAR TO THE POINT IT TAKES ME, UH, 14 MINUTES TO DO A G GIRL TENNIS TAKES ME THREE BECAUSE THE SIDEWALKS AND THE STREETS ARE IN SUCH [00:40:01] BAD, BAD SHAPE. WE NEED TO SPEND LESS MONEY ON FREEWAYS AND DONE IN LIKE THE I 45 MESS AND PUT IT MORE TOWARDS OUR CITY STREETS AND THE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY STREETS AND OUR STARBUCKS THAT THE AVERAGE WORKING POOR AND THE MARGINALIZED PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF UTILIZE EVERY DAY. THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN. AND I WOULD APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, ANYONE OF Y'ALL LISTENING TO ME HERE ON THE CITY STAFF AND OTHERWISE, COME DOWN TO ME IN THE HEIGHTS. I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I FACE ON A DAILY BASIS. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO LIVE NEARBY. COME DOWN TO ME AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I FACE AND THE STRUGGLES, WHAT IT IS OF HOW BAD THE SIDEWALKS ARE FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF. THAT'S KIND OF MY MAIN CONCERNS ARE. AND I KNOW SINCE I'VE GOT A FEW MORE MINUTES, I'M NOT A FAN OF THIS CARPET. IT'S VERY HARD ON MY WHEELCHAIR. IF THERE'S ANY MONEY ON THE BUDGET FOR THE BUDGET TIME, I WOULD ENCOURAGE IT TO BE REPLACED WITH SOMETHING A LOT MORE EASIER AND BETTER FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS LIKE MYSELF. AND THAT'S KIND OF ALL I HAVE TO SAY. AND I WISH Y'ALL HAD A GREAT RUSH AND A GREAT THANKSGIVING AND GOD BLESS TEXAS AND YHA. THANK YOU. Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HOLD ON. UH, COUNCILMAN HOR. THANK YOU SIR, VERY MUCH FOR COMING. YOU'RE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR THIS MORNING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT THE CARPET, BUT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS, RIGHT? AND I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A PSA, I MEAN, WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING BECAUSE IF IT'S A BUSINESS OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY, THEN WE NEED TO HAVE A PSA ON LIKE CHANNEL 11 AND CHANNEL 13 TO PUT IT ON THERE SAYING, HEY, THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE RIGHT. I'M TALKING TO MY PROPERTY MANAGER, HOPE ABOUT THIS SITUATION. OH, AND SHE CLAIMS AND CLAIMS, AND CLAIMS, OH, IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY. NO. SAY NO, NO, NO. IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. FAIR. EVEN THAT LITTLE BIT OF DESTRUCTION THAT'S IN FRONT OF HER PROPERTY, IN FRONT OF MY PROPERTY, I, I HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT ASK ME, SALLY, WHEN, WHEN ARE ONE OF THE CITY COMING OUT HERE AND FIX MY SIDEWALK? I'M LIKE, NEVER . THEY'RE NOT COMING. UM, BUT, BUT WE DO DO SOME INVESTMENT IN SIDEWALKS AND WE DO NEED TO DO MUCH MORE INVESTMENT IN SIDEWALKS. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT TO ME. COMMENTS, HOLD ON. YOUR COMMENTS ARE TIMELY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE CITY'S REVIEWING, UM, SOME AMENDMENTS TODAY. THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL ACTUALLY BE LOOKING AT, UM, SOME EXCEPTIONS ON, ON THE, THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE. SO YOUR COMMENTS ARE TIME TIMELY. UM, SPEAK UP. UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON SIDEWALKS IN THE COMING WEEKS AND I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOUR COMING DOWN HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR SIDEWALKS, UM, TO HELP YOU GET AROUND HOUSTON BETTER. SO THANK YOU. RIGHT. AND I'M PLANNING ON TRYING TO DO ANYTHING. I'M PLANNING ON BEING HERE UNTIL TWO 30 AS WELL. I MEAN OKAY. FOR TWO 30 AS LEFT BECAUSE SIDEWALK, YOU'RE SIDEWALK IS BIG FOR ME. SO SIDEWALKS IN TRANSIT 'CAUSE METRO'S BROKEN. THANK YOU. AND GOD BLESS TEXAS AND YEE-HAW AND GIG. YEEHAW AND GIG. THANK YOU. AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. YES, SIR, YOU TOO. AND NEXT, AMY ERICSSON. GOOD MORNING MAYOR WHITMEYER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME'S AMY ERICKSON. I'M A-H-I-S-D PARENT, PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVOCATE AND DISTRICT I RESIDENT. I SERVE ON A PTO BOARD AND H-I-S-D-S-D-M-C. AND I'M ACTIVE WITH BOTH MY CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M HERE TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS AND ATTENTION AND SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. THE INTEGRAL, INTEGRAL ROLE THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS PLAY IN OUR CITY'S ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT CAN'T BE IGNORED. SUPERINTENDENTS MILES' ACTIONS ARE MAKING HOUSTON LESS APPEALING TO FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES. THIS PAST JUNE WHEN, UH, INVITED TO COUNCIL SUPERINTENDENT MILES CAME BEFORE YOU TOUTING HIS NEW EDUCATION SYSTEM AND THE NEED FOR WHOLESALE WHOLESCALE SYSTEMIC REFORM, HE SKIRTED THE TOUGH QUESTIONS YOU ASKED ABOUT TURNOVER, HIS FLAWED EVALUATIONS AND EXIT INTERVIEWS. I'M CURIOUS IF HE AND HIS TEAM FOLLOWED UP WITH THE INFORMATION THEY PROMISED YOU TODAY. IF TIME PERMITS, I'M PREPARED TO SHARE A SAMPLING OF STATEMENTS FROM THOSE EXIT INTERVIEWS AND THEIR ALARMING AND HEARTBREAKING. SINCE THEN, MILES HAS CONTINUED BULLDOZING OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WITH HIS HARMFUL POLICIES AND CULTURE OF FEAR AND INTIMIDATION. STUDENT ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO DECLINE AND TALENTED EXPERIENCED TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS CONTINUE TO FLEE THE DISTRICT IN DROVES, STUDENTS AND CITIZENS HAVE SHOWN UP TO BOARD MEETINGS IN HISTORIC NUMBERS. PLEADING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF MANAGERS FOR MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. MILES CONTINUES TO DISMISS THIS PUBLIC OPPOSITION AS MAGNET MOMS NOISE NAYSAYERS AND USUAL SUSPECTS. HE GOES ON TO CRITICIZE TEACHERS UNIONS AS BEING MISINFORMED AND DISINFORMATION SPREADERS. HE'S ATTACKED, OUSTED TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AS LAZY AND LOW PERFORMING AND UNABLE TO HANDLE TRUE ACCOUNTABILITY. AND LAST WEEK'S ELECTION CONS, CONSTITUENTS RESOUNDINGLY REJECTED ISDS PROPOSITIONS A AND B. THE $4.4 BILLION BOND MEASURE FAILED 58 TO 42% WHILE THE HARRIS COUNTY [00:45:01] FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT BOND PASSED. RATHER THAN REFLECTING ON WHAT THIS TURNOUT MEANS, MR. MILES QUICKLY PUBLISHED HIS STATEMENT ON ELECTION NIGHT, CALLING THE RESULTS UNFORTUNATE AND WRONG, CLAIMING THAT THE POLITICS OF ADULTS BEAT OUT THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN AND INSISTING WE AS A COMMUNITY LET THEM OUR CHILDREN. DOWN THE NEXT MORNING HE TOURED LOCAL NEWS, STILL REFUSING TO CONSIDER THIS VOTE AS A REFERENDUM ON HIS LEADERSHIP, INCITED FOUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WHO WERE IN FAVOR OF THE BOND. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE HANDOUT, THESE FOUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES REJECTED THE BOND. YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THE PRECINCTS AFFECTED BY CO-LOCATIONS REJECTED THE BOND. EVEN PRECINCTS THAT STOOD TO BENEFIT FROM $1.9 BILLION IN REBUILDS REJECTED THE BOND. 1996 WAS THE LAST TIME AN HISD BOND FAILED. FORMER SUPERINTENDENT ROD PAGE TOOK THAT TURNOUT TO HEART. HE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, REBUILT COMMUNITY TRUST, AND PUT ANOTHER BOND TOGETHER THAT ULTIMATELY PASSED. I'M HERE TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. PLEASE LET MR. MILES KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A LOUD FEW. UM, WE'RE COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR CHILDREN AND WILL CHAMPION THEIR BEST INTEREST. INVITE HIM BACK. REITERATE THAT WHEN HE'S READY TO LISTEN, THE COMMUNITY'S READY TO COLLABORATE TOWARDS A BETTER BOND. UM, TALK WITH THE HISD BOARD OF MANAGERS, THE GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP TO SPUR ANOTHER BOND THAT THIS COMMUNITY CAN SUPPORT. THE TRUE POWER LIES WITH GOVERNOR ABBOTT, THE TEA COMMISSIONER MIKE MARATH AND THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AS WELL AS THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. IN RETURNING HISD TO A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED BOARD, PLEASE DO WHATEVER YOU'RE ABLE TO PREVENT HIM FROM DESTROYING PUBLIC EDUCATION. AND HELP US PROTECT OUR MOST CHERISH CHERISHED ASSETS, OUR CHILDREN, AND LET'S PUT THE PUBLIC BACK IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. VERY FINE. NO SPEAKERS. THE LEGISLATURE SEEK TO MEET IN JANUARY. DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR STATE REP AND SENATOR IS? I DO. I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU YOU COLLABORATE WITH THEM. 'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA PROBABLY BE THE MOST IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BUT WE SURE APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR VIEWS WITH US. THANK YOU MAYOR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. KENDRA LONDON. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UM, MY NAME IS KENDRA LONDON. I AM A ADVOCATE AND COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR IN THE FIFTH WARD COMMUNITY. SO I'M COMING TO YOU ALL TODAY TO DISCUSS THE HOUSING BARRIERS THAT WE FACE IN MY COMMUNITY. SO IN 2018, REVEREND HARVEY CLEMENTS, A BOARD MEMBER OF OUR TOURS 18, AND THE OWNER OF PLEASANT HILL WAS AWARDED A $3 MILLION GRANT FOR RENOVATIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE APARTMENTS ARE NOW FACING SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH MOLD AND SEWAGE DAMAGE. IT APPEARS THAT THE RESOURCES INTENDED FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN DISTRIBUTED EFFECTIVELY. AS A RESULT, OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO SUFFER AS THE FOCUS SEEMS TO BE ON ACQUIRING MORE REAL ESTATE AND CHARGING MARKET RATES RATHER THAN ADDRESSING CRITICAL, UH, REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED. ANOTHER CONCERN THAT IS CONTINUING TO COME TO MY COMMUNITY CENTER IS THE HOMELESSNESS FOR THE YOUTH. SO I HAVE A 19-YEAR-OLD THAT I'M WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW WHO HAS MENTAL ISSUES. HE'S NOT AGGRESSIVE AT ALL, BUT HE IS ON PROBATION AND HE'S HOMELESS. AND I WAS TRYING TO FIND HOUSING, SECURE HOUSING FOR HIM. WE HAVE A HOMELESS NAVIGATION CENTER IN OUR COMMUNITY ON JENSEN, UH, DRIVE THAT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE RESIDENT THERE. SO I CAN'T WALK HIM ON TO GET RESOURCES FOR HIM BECAUSE THAT IS NOT HOW THAT NAVIGATION SYSTEM IS SET UP. SO THE, UM, 19-YEAR-OLD BEING ON PROBATION AND NOW FACING HOMELESSNESS, I WAS TOLD BECAUSE HE'S FACING HOMELESSNESS, HE'LL BE ARRESTED AND HE CAN GET HELP THROUGH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. HOW DO WE TAKE THE TRAUMA OUT OF THAT? WHY SHOULD HE HAVE HANDCUFFS TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE WHEN WE HAVE A MILLION NONPROFITS IN MY, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD? WHERE'S THE RESULTS? WHERE'S THE RESOURCES? WHERE'S THE HELP? WE, LIKE, I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN BARRIERS THAT ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED. AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED, COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT ARE IMPACTED, LIKE MY, LIKE MYSELF, ADVOCATES AND A ACTIVISTS THAT ARE IMPACTED OR NOT BEING BROUGHT TO THE TABLE TO EVEN HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT MOST, MOST WHO DON'T LIVE IT WOULDN'T EVEN THINK IT'S HAPPENING, BUT IT'S STOPPING. IT'S STOPPING US FROM ASSISTING. SO I'M JUST HERE TO ASK FOR SOME TYPE OF, UM, SOLUTION WHERE I CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE IN ANY WAY. [00:50:01] BUT TO HAVE THE GRANDMOTHER CRYING BECAUSE THE BABY IS OUT. HE'S 19. HE'S ALSO A FOSTER KID. SO THE TRAUMA IS LIKE, IT'S IN HIS LIFE OVER AND OVER AND OVER. SO THEN WHEN YOU COME TO ME AND I TELL YOU, WELL, THE ANSWER WAS YOU ARE ALREADY IN VIOLATION. YOU HAVE TO GO TO JAIL. AND THEN THE RESOURCES. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME MR. I'M WHAT'S HE ON PROBATION FOR? EXCUSE ME? WHAT'S HIS PROBATION FOR? OH, UM, I THINK HE WAS CALLING, CALLING A STOLEN CAR TWICE. OH, OKAY. BUT I'M NOT SURE, BUT YEAH. YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING INVOLVED. UH, COUNCILMAN JACKSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU KENDRA. MM-HMM . UM, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, UM, IN FIFTH WARD IN THE CITY, YOU A FIERCE ADVOCATE AND A GOOD PARTNER, UM, WITH THE DISTRICT B OFFICE. UM, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE ISSUE WITH PLEASANT HILL. I DID KNOW THAT THAT WAS GOING ON, BUT I WILL REACH OUT TO PAT, UM, PASTOR CLEMONS MM-HMM . UM, AS WELL AS TALK WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, IS HE ON TRACK? YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S THE SAME THING. LIKE WHEN WE WERE, WHEN I WAS, UM, DOING NAVIGATING IN CLEAR MANOR, WHICH IS ALSO A HOUSING AUTHORITY APARTMENT, THEY SUFFERED FROM SEWER DAMAGE. WE FOLLOWED EVERY PROTOCOL. WE CAME TO CITY COUNCIL. THE RESIDENTS CAME WITH ME. WE DID A DOCUMENTARY ON YOUTUBE CALLED CLEM MANTER HUB, WHERE THE RESIDENTS ARE TELLING YOU THE LEVELS OF DISGUST BECAUSE THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH FECES, THEY'RE IN THE WATER. WE DID EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT'S NOTHING WE CAN DO. RIGHT. OKAY. SO I'LL GET WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS WELL, UM, TO HAVE THEM GO OVER AND DO AN INSPECTION. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICE, THE LINE IS OPEN. YOU CAN ALWAYS COMMUNICATE WITH OUR OFFICE. THANK YOU. IS THERE A, WHEN, WHEN DID YOU HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY? ABOUT WHEN? ABOUT THE SEWER DAMAGE? NO, THE DATE. YEAH. THE, THE NO RESPONSE. UH, 2022. 2024. SO LIKE I, WHEN I'M LOOKING FOR RESOURCES, I'M LOOKING FOR ANSWERS THAT I CAN GIVE TO THE GRANDMOTHERS OR TO THAT RESIDENT. HEY, GO HERE. AND BAKER RIPLEY IS NOT JESUS CHRIST. IF I GET SENT TO BAKER RIPLEY ONE MORE TIME, I'M PASSED OUT. BAKER RIPLEY IS AMAZING, BUT THEY LIKE, MY GOD, THEY CANNOT HANDLE EVERYTHING. YEAH. IT'S, WE CAN'T KEEP CALLING BAKER RIPLEY YOU. I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION AND IT WILL GET BETTER. THANK YOU. HOLD ON. COUNCILOR DAVIS. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, KENDRA, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, IN, IN YOUR PRESENTATION. I JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS. ARE YOU AWARE OF SOME OF THE INIT FIRST ON THE HOMELESS? THAT, THAT, UH, THE MAYOR IS ACTIVELY, UM, RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF DEALING WITH A NEW HOMELESS INITIATIVE FOR HOUSTON? OH, NO. YOU, YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF THAT, BUT IT, BUT IT'S IN PROCESS. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO ALERT YOU ON THAT. NOW, MY SECOND POINT IS, HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATION WITH PASTOR CLEMONS? UH, ? PASTOR CLEMONS? WOULDN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION BE WITH ME. OKAY. UH, WELL LET ME, LET ME JUST SAY IF, IF, IF I MAY, I'VE KNOWN HARVEY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, A LONG TIME. MM-HMM . AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT, ALL OF THAT. I WAS PART OF THAT MOVEMENT. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, WORK WITH YOU AND THEM TO, TO GET SOME OF THESE ISSUES. I WOULD LOVE TO RESOLVED. AMEN. BECAUSE WE, THE CITY, WE HAVE OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY THAT HAVE OTHER ISSUES. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA BE AN EQUAL OP TO THIS IN TERMS OF WHO WE SCRUTINIZE ABOUT NOT DOING WHAT THEY SUPPOSED TO DO. WELL, I, THE REASON WHY I SAY REVEREND CLEMONS NAME IS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN LIVING ON THE SAME STREET SINCE I WAS BORN. SO REVEREND CLEMONS IS, HAS BEEN OVER LINES AVENUE. I WAS BORN IN 81. THIS GUY'S NONPROFIT HAS BEEN THERE FOR 40 PLUS YEARS. YEAH. I'M 43 YEARS OLD. YEAH. SO IF, IF THE, IF THE NONPROFIT HAS BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR 43 YEARS, AND MOST OF THE RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT WE HAVE YOUR DIRECTOR RIDING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE MASERATI MM-HMM . WE HAVE THINGS AND CONCERNS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK UP. SO IF THE TURS BOARD IS ALLOWING THE DEVELOPERS TO SIT ON THE TURS BOARD AND THE NONPROFITS ARE, UM, BUYING THE REAL ESTATE. I I I, I GET IT. BUT I JUST WANT TO LET, LET ME JUST SAY I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCILMAN JACKSON, UM, AS I DID WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PECK AND THESE TYPE OF ISSUES. 'CAUSE THAT'S, I FEEL LIKE OUR ROLE TO DO, BUT TO WORK WITH THEM ON THAT. BUT LET ME JUST SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING A MEETING TOGETHER. I THINK I CAN PLEASE WITH YOU AND PASTOR OKAY. WHO, WHOEVER IS ACCOUNTABLE OR HOLD THOSE ACCOUNTABLE. SURE. AND THEN ONCE THEY'RE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, [00:55:01] LET'S GO OUTSIDE AND DO THE WORK. ABSOLUTELY. YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR 40 YEARS GETTING GRANTS AFTER GRANT. YEAH. DO THE WORK. YEAH. AND THAT WAS SOME GOOD, HAS BEEN DONE. SO LET'S DO THAT. WOULD YOU, I'LL, I'LL, WE'LL CUT. ANYTIME YOU READY? GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MM-HMM . MA'AM MA'AM. COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU KENDRA FOR COMING BACK. I KNOW YOU WERE HERE EARLIER THIS YEAR ADVOCATING FOR BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS AT CLEM MANOR. MM-HMM . AND THANK YOU FOR ADVOCATING FOR, FOR THOSE FOLKS IN, IN FIFTH WARD. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO OFFER MY ASSISTANCE TO COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON AS WELL. I THINK A LOT OF WHAT YOU SAID HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO BE A STRONG ADVOCATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT ALAN WHEEL. HEY GUYS. ONE SECOND. HEY, MY NAME IS ALAN WAY. I'M CURRENTLY, UM, I HAVE A PENDING LAWSUIT WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS IN ITS ENTIRETY, UNDER TITLE 42. CHAPTER 21, CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. THAT'S NOT HERE NOR THERE. I'M JUST HERE TO READ AN EXCERPT WITH MY THREE MINUTE LIMITATION. AS FAR AS, UM, WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE CITY OF HOUSTON NEEDS TO OWN AND OPERATE A CONSOLIDATED SHELTER WITH PUBLIC SERVICES IN ONE MAIN BUILDING. A THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS ALLOWS RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY TO BE OUTSOURCED TO PRIVATE ENTITIES PROMOTING MISUSE OF FEDERAL FUNDING WITHOUT LEGITIMATE OVERSIGHT SUCH AS INTERNAL AFFAIRS OR JURISDICTION FROM THE INSPECTOR. GENERAL. B, PRIVATE SHELTERS BY MAJORITY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ARE SUBPAR AND INADEQUATE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. TOXICITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT, BEING THAT THE STAFF ARE IMPROPERLY TRAINED IN DEESCALATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, LACKING INTERPERSONAL SKILLS, OR PROPER USE OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. C. RELIGION IS ENFORCED UPON STRUGGLING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY INFRINGING ON THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT, RIGHT. D WITHHOLDING FOOD SLASH SERVICES PENDING ON MEANINGLESS ACTIVITIES IN GENERAL. E IN SOME CASES RESTRICTED ACCESS TO OUT OUTSIDE AFTER ENROLLMENT, ESSENTIALLY IMITATING THE FUNCTION OF JAIL OR PRISON. F THE RATIO OF CLIENTS RELATIVE TO THE CAPACITY OF FACILITY AND ITS RESOURCES AND ENCOMPASSING STAFF, FOOD, TOILETRIES, BEDS, CLOTHING, STORAGE, COMPUTERS, TRANSPORTATION SUCH AS SHUTTLES, BIKES OR SCOOTERS, ET CETERA. G UNITED STATES CODE TITLE 42, CHAPTER 119, SUBSECTION 11,302. GENERAL DEFINITION OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL WOULD SUGGEST THAT ONE OUT OF EVERY FIVE CITIZENS ARE AT RISK OF LIFE AND DEATH, ATTEMPTING TO RECLAIM CIVILITY RATHER THAN CRIMINAL OR CRIMINALITY, OR ABSOLUTE SAVAGERY, EXCUSE ME. TWO, HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION. SUBSEQUENT CENTENNIAL PARK. THERE'S AN ABUNDANCE OF RUBBISH ALL THROUGHOUT THE PARK IN THE WALKWAYS UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGES AND THE FOUNTAINS INSIDE THE RIVERS, ET CETERA. B THE UTILITIES IN GENERAL ARE LACKLUSTER. THERE IS ONE WATER FOUNTAIN IN THE WHOLE PARK, AND IT DOESN'T EVEN WORK ALONG WITH 40 GFCI OUTLETS THAT ARE FAULTY OR LACKING POWER. THE WATER NEEDS TO, THE WATER FOUNTAIN NEEDS MAINTENANCE IN ADDITION TO INSTALLING MORE WATER FOUNTAINS FOR CONVENIENCE, AS WELL AS DEVICE REPLACEMENTS CONCERNING POWER OUTLETS. C ENT CENTENNIAL PARK IS PROPAGATING FROM SAFETY AS NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE. 420 POINT 20 STATES JUNCTION BOXES SHOULD BE COVERED. THE PARK HAS LIVE 207, EXCUSE ME, 277 V AND 120 V TO GROUND OPEN SPLICES POTENTIALLY ALLOWING CIVILIANS TO BECOME PART OF A LIVE CIRCUIT IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. D THE PARK HAS NO PERMIT, EXCUSE ME, NO PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY RESTROOMS. TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE 341.068 STATES WHERE CITIZENS CONGREGATE PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY, EXCUSE ME, WHERE CITIZENS CONGREGATE PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY OWNED FACILITIES SHALL FURNISH SUFFICIENT TEMPORARY OR, UH, SUFFICIENT OR TEMPORARY RESTROOMS, EXCUSE ME, E THE PARK NEEDS MAINTENANCE AS THEIRS FECES AND THE SMELL OF URINE POTENTIALLY AS A RESULT OF BYPASSING COMMON SENSE. AND TEXAS LAW F THE RIVER NEEDS MAINTENANCE AS THE WATER IS DIRTY COMPARED TO SAN ANTONIO OR AUSTIN. IT'S REALLY DISGUSTING, TO BE HONEST. UM, I HAVE MORE COUNCIL. EXCUSE ME. COUNCILMAN ALOR? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, SIR. YOU'VE DONE, YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF GOOD RESEARCH ON THIS. IF YOU WANNA WRAP IT UP. YOU WERE, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WROTE OH, THANK YOU. ALL THE WAY. FINISHED. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. I HAVE LIKE, JUST TWO MORE POINTS. THANK YOU. UH, OKAY. UH, G THE BRICKS COMPOSING THE PARK AND UNDERCARRIAGE OF BRIDGES INFRASTRUCTURE IN GENERAL ARE DISCOLORED AND WORN RENDERING THE PARK COSMETICALLY AND AESTHETICALLY UNAPPEALING. POWER WASHING MAY REVERT PRESENT CONDITION IN ADDITION TO ELIMINATING TAGGING AND GRAFFITI. H LASTLY, CITY OF HOUSTON SHOULD CONSIDER PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPING AS CITY OWNED LANDMARKS ARE A REFLECTION OF CON CONDITION [01:00:01] OF ECONOMIC PLACEMENT, GOVERNMENTAL PRIORITY, AND COMPOSITION OF CHARACTER WITHIN. UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR REMARKS. I MEAN, NOW THAT THERE'S THE POST THERE TOO. I MEAN, WALKING, UH, I WALK DOWN THERE MORE THAN I USED TO AND IT DOES NEED A LOT OF ATTENTION A ALONG WITH SO MANY OF OUR OTHER PARKS. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE GOOD RESEARCH AND BACKGROUND YOU DID. AND IF YOU, YES MA'AM, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A CARD AND YOU COULD SEND THAT TO YOUR REMARKS TO ME. UM, I'D LIKE TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO IT. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT PARK. WE'VE GOT THE BAKER STATUE, THE BUSH STATUE, THE LBJ THINGS ON THE WAY, AND THERE, THERE'S, IT'S REALLY A HOUSTON TREASURE THAT WE NEED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET, GET TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT A LOT MORE APPEALING FOR PEOPLE. AND, AND, AND, UH, WHEN WE DO THE BAGBY CHRISTMAS RIGHT LIGHT STUFF, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER THING THAT BRINGS PEOPLE DOWN. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ABSOLUTELY. AND WE WILL CERTAINLY WORK TO HELP. HOWEVER I CAN, UM, GET SOME OF THOSE THINGS REMEDIED FOR SURE. THANKS. AWESOME. UM, I'VE GOT AN EMAIL. IT'S A WAHH007@GMAIL.COM. IF ANYBODY WANTS TO REACH OUT TO ME, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT TANYA ASLEY. I, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN. UM, MY NAME IS TANYA ASHLEY AND I'M NEW TO THIS. UM, TODAY I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER, GLORIA THOMAS. I'M HER DAUGHTER, AND I'M COMING HERE TALKING TODAY ABOUT PLEASANT HILL COMMUNITY AS WELL. MR. REVEREND HARVEY CLEMONS SUPPOSED TO BE A MAN OF GOD, AND I CANNOT BELIEVE I AM APPALLED OF HOW HE HAD THESE ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING OVER HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY. TODAY. I BOUGHT OVER PICTURES THAT I ACTUALLY TOOK MYSELF. HAD IT NOT BEEN A FLOOD ON FRIDAY WITH RAW SEWAGE IN MY MOTHER'S APARTMENT, WE NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THOSE PHOTOS. THEY HAVE MOLD FROM THE FLOOR GROWING ALL THE WAY UP THE WALLS TO THE CEILING OF THE, THE SECOND UNIT. NOW THEY SAY, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. I'M HERE TODAY SPEAKING FOR MY MOTHER, SPEAKING FOR ALL THE OTHER ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE THAT HAVE NO ONE ELSE TO SPEAK FOR THEM. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. THIS PROPERTY IS BUILT ON A CONTAMINATED SOIL. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PHOTOS THAT ARE COMING AROUND, THE PEOPLE THERE ARE DYING. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE DEALT RATE OF THAT COMMUNITY SINCE 2018 OR HOWEVER MANY YEARS? YOU GUYS NEED TO GO BACK. THESE PEOPLE ARE DYING OVER THERE. I KNOW THEY HAVE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. I KNOW THEY CAN'T BREATHE. WHEN I WAS THERE, AND I HAD THE MEDIA THERE, IT WAS A GENTLEMAN SITTING IN A WHEELCHAIR. HE HAD A SORE ON THE TOP OF HIS FOOT THIS BIG, AND HE WAS SITTING IN HIS WHEELCHAIR IN HIS APARTMENT FULL OF WATER, AND HIS BED WAS ON THE FLOOR. I MEAN, WHAT IS THIS MAN DOING WITH ALL HIS MONEY THAT THE TENANT IS GIVING HIM? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN IS HE GONNA STEP IN AND RENOVATE ANYTHING, FIX ANYTHING? AS MARVIN ZILLOW USED TO SAY BACK IN THE DAY, IT'S HELL TO BE BLACK AND POOR. AND I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW A MAN OF GOD IS LETTING ALL THESE ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVE OVER HERE JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE ON HOUSING. TAKE 'EM OUT OF THERE. IT'S THE HOLIDAYS. WHY DO THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN FILTH LIKE THAT? THEY CAN'T BREATHE. AND I'M QUITE SURE THIS MOLD IS GOING ALL THROUGH THE ACE EVENTS. PLEASE LOOK AT THOSE PHOTOS. IT IS HEARTBREAKING. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, YOU WERE GONNA TALK TO HARVEY CLEMENTS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF HIS FACILITY. ABSOLUTELY. I I WILL, I WILL DO THAT TODAY, I THINK. UH, THANK YOU. UH, YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, MS. ASH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOU'RE WELCOME TO OUR ATTENTION. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WILL AGAIN FOLLOW WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON, WHICH IS IN HER DISTRICT. AND, UH, I, I'M GOING TO TAKE A PERSONAL, UH, APPROACH TO THAT ISSUE. MY CHIEF OF STAFF, ANNETTE DWYER, IS SITTING RIGHT THERE IF YOU WOULD SEE HER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS. AND IF POSSIBLE, UH, GIVEN TIME TODAY, I WILL SWITCH THINGS IN ORDER TO GET WITH YOU TODAY AND GET THIS MATTER TAKEN CARE OF. AS I SAID TO UH, KENDRA BEFORE YOU, THESE ARE SERIOUS MATTERS. IT IS, IT IS VERY SERIOUS BECAUSE I'M QUITE SURE HE HAS RECEIVED FUNDS FROM BARROW FUNDS FROM HARVEY. WHERE IS ALL THIS MONEY GOING? MM-HMM . IS HE LIVING A, A LAVISH [01:05:01] LIFESTYLE ON THIS MONEY? ABSOLUTELY. AND WHEN HE SAW THE MEDIA THERE, DO YOU NOT KNOW HE DROVE UP IN HIS CAR AND WOULD NOT EVEN GET OUT AND COME AND WALK THE COMMUNITY AND ASK HIS TENANTS, ARE YOU GUYS OKAY? IS IT ANYTHING THAT I COULD DO FOR YOU? HIS OFFICE STAFF WALKS OUTSIDE TO HIS CAR. WHO IS HE? DO HE THINK HE'S KING? TU YOU ARE NOT. LET, LET ME JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE JOB OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNCIL IS THAT WE, WE ARE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES WHEN IT COME TO ISSUES ADDRESSING THE CITY. AND WE ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS MATTER. I I, I'VE KNOWN PASTOR CLEMONS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT PRIVY TO WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION. AND WE GOING TO TREAT THE MATTER AS IF IT WAS ANYBODY, WHETHER THEY WILL PREACH OR NOT. THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS THAT WE'VE GOTTA DEAL WITH THE MATTER. WE HAVE TO SATISFY THESE ISSUES. MY MOTHER LIVED IN SENIOR HOUSING, SO, SO I'M VERY, UH, UH, CONCERNED AND PASSIONATE ABOUT CONDITIONS THAT'S BEING TREATED PEOPLE, BECAUSE I'M QUITE SURE HE DOES NOT LIVE LIKE THAT. WELL, WE, WE, WE, WE WOULD DEAL WITH IT, I PROMISE YOU. OKAY. OKAY. AND I STILL WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS THE DEATH TOLL OVER THERE? 'CAUSE I'M QUITE SURE A LOT OF THOSE OLD PEOPLE HAS DIED BEFORE THEIR TIME. I'M QUITE SURE THEY HAVE. ARE YOU, ARE YOU SPEAKING OF IN THE FACILITY? YES, SIR. OKAY. I AM. OKAY. NOW. SO WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT? OKAY. BECAUSE I'M QUITE SURE THESE PEOPLE, A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING OVER THERE, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK FOR THEM. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY. VERY GOOD. NOT ONLY SPEAKING FOR MY MOTHER, BUT I'M SPEAKING FOR THE ONES THAT DO NOT HAVE A VOICE. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. TRULY, SERIOUSLY. AND WE, WE, 'CAUSE WE ARE ALL GONNA GET OLD ONE DAY. SURE. ABSOLUTELY. AND I HOPE SOMEBODY WILL LOOK OUT FOR ME. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. WELL, WE, WE WILL, I WILL PERSONALLY, AGAIN, WORK WITH YOU AS COUNCILMAN JACKSON HAS AGREED TO DO SO. AND I DO NOT WANT MY MOTHER TO LIVE THERE ANYMORE. YEAH. BUT SHE JUST SIGNED A NEW LEASE IN OCTOBER AND I DO NOT WANT THIS TO BE HELD AGAINST HER BECAUSE I NEED HER TO GET OUT OF THERE. I DON'T WANNA LOSE MY MOTHER BEFORE I, IT'S TIME FOR HER TO GO. OH, I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU FOR COMING. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY COUNCILMAN DAVIS? COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER NEXT. COUNCILMAN DAVIS. WILL YOU LET, UH, HARVEY CLEMENTS KNOW WE WILL MAKE A HOME VISIT IF NECESSARY? MM-HMM . PHOTOS ARE TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. YES. IT'S BEEN RED TAGGED BY PUBLIC WORKS. IF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S NOT DOING ITS JOB, WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE OPERATIONS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW PASTOR CLEMENTS AND, UH, HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. YES, HE IS. AND HE DOES HAVE A GOOD REVENUE STREAM. MM-HMM . I'M QUITE SURE THEY TAKE UP BUILDING FUNDS ON SUNDAY MORNING FOR CHURCH. SO PUT THOSE FUNDS TO WORK ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER MONEY THAT HE HAS RECEIVED. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UH, COUNCILMAN CARTER. THANK YOU MAYOR TO HIM. MS. ASHLEY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THOSE PHOTOS. YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU'RE WELCOME. UH, THAT, UH, AT, AT, AT FIRST PASS, I MEAN THOSE, THOSE RED TAGS ARE ARE THE END OF OCTOBER. YES. OCTOBER 29TH. YES. THAT MOLD DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. NO, IT HAS NOT. DO PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE IN THOSE CONDITIONS? WELL, ACTUALLY, IF THE FLOOD WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPEN, THOSE APARTMENTS ARE, I, I GUESS THE PEOPLE MOVED OUT OR MAYBE THEY REPLACED THEM, BUT THESE WERE THE NEIGHBORS OF MY MOTHER. SO NO WONDER EVERY DAY SHE KEEPS TELLING ME SHE'S NOT FEELING WELL OR SHE FEEL LIKE SHE'S OFF BALANCE BECAUSE IT GOES, THE MOLD GOES THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. YES. AND IT'S BLACK MOLD, YOU KNOW, LIKE, THAT'S, THAT'S A CERTAINLY A, A CASE FOR ELDER ABUSE WITH IT IS WITH, UH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S DEPLORABLE. AND NO ONE SHOULD LIVE THAT. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. UM, I YOU'VE GOT YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS COMMITTED. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT IS CRIMINAL. I'M SORRY. YES. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY JUST CAN'T CONDEMN THAT BUILDING UNTIL THEY TEAR IT DOWN AND REBUILD IT. BECAUSE IF HE'S GOING IN THERE AND REPAINTING OVER THAT MOLD JUST TO GET A NEW TENANT, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT HE DID TO MY MOTHER. WELL, THE, THE, AT THE VERY LEAST WITH MOLD LIKE THAT, I MEAN, THAT INTERIOR SHOULD BE GUTTED. I MEAN, WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH FLOODING AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT FLOODS AND YOU TAKE CARE OF IT. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S A, A CLEAR SIGN OF NEGLECT. YES, MA'AM. I DON'T WANNA JUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU. THANK YOU. UH, BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS A TRAGEDY. YES, IT IS. IT'S, YEAH. UNACCEPTABLE ON MANY LEVELS. YES, MA'AM. IT'S, AND I'M SORRY THAT ANY, ANY INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. AND THEY'RE STILL THERE RIGHT NOW. YEAH. JUST, YEAH. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE BUZZER. UH, WE OUGHT TO APPROACH THE PASTOR CLEMENTS ABOUT RELOCATING MS. ASHLEY'S MOTHER. YES. I MEAN, WE NEED TO BE LIKE, TELL HIM IT'S LIKE HAIR, HAIR IS HAIR'S ON FIRE. [01:10:02] UM, GOT IT. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. AND LOOK AT THOSE PHOTOS. COUNCILMAN JACKSON. LIKE I SAID, WE'LL GO TO THE SITE IF, IF NEED BE. I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO GO THERE, MA'AM, BECAUSE THEY'RE HIDING A LOT. YES. I THINK SOMEONE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO GO THERE. THAT'LL BE THIS PHONE CALL. AND, UH, REBECCA WILLIAMS IN MY OFFICE, IT'LL ACCOMPANY, UH, COUNCILMAN DAVIS. YEAH, JACKSON. IT'S JUST TELL HARVEY IT'S GONNA COME TO AN END. OKAY. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. I WILL PASS THAT. MR. YOU CAN DO IT THE EASY WAY OR THE HARD WAY. YEAH, I, I WILL DO IT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. MS. ASHLEY TAR JACKSON. YES, SIR. JACKSON, MARY. YOU, YOU SAID IT. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. AND THIS IS VERY DISTURBING GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE, LAST YEAR WE JUST PASSED, UM, APPROVED WHAT, SO MANY MILLION FOR 3.2. YEAH. FOR THIS TO BE EXACT. AND THEN, AND THEN HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAINT ELIZABETH WHERE WE PUT MONEY UP FOR THAT. SO THIS IS, SO WHAT IS HE DOING WITH ALL THIS MONEY? WE GONNA FIND OUT HE'S LIVING A LAVISH LIFESTYLE. AND YOU'RE HERE AND YOU'RE TALKING TO THE MAYOR BECAUSE THIS IS THE HEAD PERSON IN CHARGE. THE MAYOR. YOU IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ONLY GOT HERE IN JANUARY. I KNOW, I KNOW. BUT I'M LET MAKE IT REAL CLEAR, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEN. I UNDERSTAND. SO MAKE IT REAL CLEAR. OH, MA, YES, I GET IT. YEAH. LET'S MAKE IT REAL CLEAR. YEAH. THAT'S THE REASON SOME OF US RAN FOR OFFICE. YES. THESE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS. YES, SIR. IT WAS HERE WHEN WE GOT HERE. I UNDERSTAND. YOU BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION AND NOW YOU WATCH WHAT HAPPENED. I'LL COAT, SOMETHING HAPPENS. I AND THIS HORSESHOE OFF. IT'S NOT GONNA BE CONTINUED. IT'S RIDICULOUS. UNDER DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS. I APPRECIATE IT. 'CAUSE ALL THOSE ELDERLY PEOPLE NEED TO BE OUT OF THERE AND THEY, THEY NEED TO BE RELOCATED IMMEDIATELY. RELOCATE 'EM SOMEWHERE ELSE AND CLOSE HIM DOWN. AND THEN THERE JUST ALSO, WELL, I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR. UH, SOME OF US INHERITED THIS MESS AND I KNOW PEOPLE GET TIRED OF HEARING IT. I GET TIRED. BUT IT'S THE TRUTH. GET TIRED OF INHERITING IT. YES. SO YOU BRING SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN EXISTENCE FOR YEARS, DEPLORABLE, UNHEALTHY CONDITIONS. YES. AND NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE ACTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, MAYOR. AND I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT BACK TO YOU, MONITOR EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, BUT YOU CAN SPEAK FOR ME. COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ENOUGH'S ENOUGH STILL WITH JUSTICE. YES, IT IS. AND MAYOR, I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, UH, MSD WAS RECENTLY APPROVED FOR THIS SAME LOCATION THAT I VOTED AGAINST. UM, AND SO THIS IS WHY, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? IT'S LIKE THERE'S CONTAMINATION UNDERNEATH THE GROUND. YES, IT IS. AND THEY'RE COVERING IT UP. YES, IT IS. SO OUR PLAN NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. UH, IT NEEDS TO RELOCATE THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LIVING IN THESE CONDITIONS. THEY YES, THEY DO. UNINHABITABLE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR. MS. ASHLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. WE'LL STAY ON IT. I'VE GOT CONFIDENCE IN THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT MY OFFICE IS, UH, GONNA BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR YOUR TIME. THANK NO, THAT'S WHY YOU WAS, THAT'S WHY YOU WAS THERE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON. THANK YOU FOR JUST BEING A STANDUP GUY, MAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I, I'LL SECOND THAT NEXT SPEAKER. , I, I FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY I RAN FOR OFFICE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY I AND CITY HALL HAS IS LONG OVERDUE ACCOUNTABILITY TO FOLKS THAT KNOW HOW DEPLORABLE THINGS ARE, BUT THEY JUST KEEP GETTING MORE AND MORE CITY WORK. SO IT'S A NEW DAY. THAT'S RIGHT. NEXT. MARK RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU MAYOR WHITMEYER AND CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME HERE AGAIN. UH, I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL ON THE EXCELLENT SERVES I DID FOR MARCELO GARCIA. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FUNERAL AND LET HIM REST IN PEACE. BUT WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO YESTERDAY MORNING, OUR CROSSING GUARD GOT HIT BY A CAR IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THE, THE SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTS. AND SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY, I WON'T THROW HIS NAME OUT THERE, BUT HE SAYS, MARK, YOU CAN'T BLAME THE SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTS ON. THE GUY THAT GOT RAN OVER IN THE MORNING. I GO, I'M TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY. I SAID, YOUR LIGHTS DON'T COME ON AT 2 45. THE PARENTS IN THE CROSSING GUARD ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AT 2 35 WALKING TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS. AND THE CARS ARE DOING 40 MILES AN HOUR. AND THE CROSSING GUARDS THERE WITH A STOP SIGN. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE MORNING AND NOT IN THE AFTERNOON. I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS LIGHT FOR THREE MONTHS NOW. I THINK PUBLIC WORKS NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB ABOUT THIS. QUIT MAKING EXCUSES. WELL, WE NEED TO GET AN APPROVAL FROM HISD. THE SIGNS ARE POSTED ON THE STREET THAT SAY 2 35, THE LIGHTS DON'T COME ON AT 2 45. THAT'S AN EASY FIX. UM, GOING BACK TO THE OTHER TOPIC ON THE GREYHOUND PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MARTINEZ ON ON THE EFFORT HE'S DOING, BUT WE NEED MORE HELP UP AND DOWN. HARRISBURG METRO PROMISED US THAT THEY WERE GONNA PUT, UH, METRO PD OUT THERE [01:15:01] SINCE THEY STARTED THIS LIGHT RAIL. THEY HAVEN'T. THEY, THEY COME VAGUELY. BUT I APPRECIATE THE RUMOR ABOUT METRO AND HPD MAYBE COMBINING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING IF IT DOES. THANK YOU. COLLABORATION BETWEEN HPD AND METRO IS, UH, A, A BUNK WILL HAPPEN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UM, A BRIEFING ACCORDING TO WHAT OFFICER WILSON SAYS, I'M NOT CREDIBLE. I DIDN'T, I I, I TAKE THAT TO A HIGH OFFENSE BECAUSE SOMEBODY WITH HIS AUTHORITY TO TELL MY BROTHER AND MY MOTHER THAT MARK'S NOT CREDIBLE. HE HAS A CRIMINAL RECORD. I DO A LOT OF GOOD IN MY COMMUNITY, AND THAT WAS VERY WRONG FOR HIM TO SAY. UH, BUT THANK YOU MAYOR. AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND WE'LL DECIDE WHETHER YOU HAVE CREDIBILITY OR NOT, PLEASE, WITH THE SCHOOL LIGHTS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. YOU DO. AND THANK YOU. WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS UP AND DOWN HARRISBURG. COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, MARK. WHAT, WHAT'S THE SCHOOL THAT, THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? THE SCHOOL. WHERE THE SCHOOL IS, UH, MFA EARLY START, WHERE MY DAUGHTER ATTENDS. OKAY. AND BURNETT ELEMENTARY. UM, I SENT IT TO THE COMMANDER OF GWYNN YESTERDAY ABOUT THE CROSSING GUARD. AND I GOT AHOLD OF SERGEANT CORGI AND THEY SAID THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET MORE PATROL OUT THERE, BUT THEY REALLY CAN'T DO MUCH IF THEM LIGHTS AREN'T FLASHING AND IT'S JUST 10 MINUTES. YEAH. THEY TURN 'EM ON 10 MINUTES OR LIKE WHAT THE, WHAT THE SIGN SAYS THAT WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. 'CAUSE IT WOULD MAKE CARS SLOW DOWN. SO THAT, THAT'S IN, UH, COUNCIL AMERICA CASTILLO'S DISTRICT. BUT I, I'LL, UH, MY TEAM AND I, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH THIS OFFICE AS WELL TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH PUBLIC WORKS. AND TO YOUR POINT, IT, IT SHOULDN'T TAKE, YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH TO BE ABLE TO JUST CHANGE THE LIGHT, THE SIGNALING THERE. UM, ON, ON, ON THE OTHER NOTE WITH THE HARRISBURG, UM, I, I, YOU'VE, YOU'VE SHARED SOME PICTURES ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, FOLKS OUT THERE DEFECATING AS WELL. UH, JUST WANT TO, UH, LET YOU KNOW, UH, TODAY WE PASSED A CIVILITY ORDINANCE FOR HARRISBURG CORRIDOR. I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE'S SUPPORT ON THAT. IT'S ONLY ONE ASPECT OF, OF HOW WE CAN ADDRESS IT. UH, THE MAYOR ALLUDED TO IT EARLIER WITH, UH, HID BUT ALSO WITH, UM, SOMEONE THAT CAME EARLIER WITH, THERE'S MENTAL HEALTH HOMELESSNESS. UH, THESE, THESE ISSUES ARE NOT, THEY, WE, WE BEAR THE BURDEN OF THEM HERE IN THE CITY 'CAUSE THEY'RE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT IT'S NOT A CITY OF HOUSTON ONLY PROBLEM. AND SO WITH THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOUR STATE REP AND YOUR STATE SENATOR ARE ALSO ADVOCATING FOR MENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH DOLLARS, UH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, UH, PROGRAMMING AS WELL. UM, AND THEN EVEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WHERE WE SAW EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, HEAD VOUCHERS WERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO STOP GIVING 'EM OUT BECAUSE WE JUST RAN OUTTA MONEY. AND SO IT REALLY TAKES A COLLECTIVE EFFORT, UH, FROM EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT IS ON YOUR BALLOT. AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT, UM, AS WE GET READY TO RAMP UP JANUARY, YOU'RE SPEAKING TO EVERY LEVEL OF ELECTED OFFICIAL. YOU KNOW, SOME OF Y'ALL MIGHT KNOW, UH, THE COUNTY JUST PASSED THE FLOOD CONTROL, UH, TAX RATE INCREASE. UH, THERE'S ALSO A, UH, HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT. UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS EVERY ASPECT OF GOVERNMENT ENTITY. SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THAT HOSPITAL DISTRICT SHOULD BE HAVING A MORE HANDS ON, ON THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESSNESS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND THANK Y'ALL FOR CLEARING ME OUT. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, DAVID MEERS. THE CROSSING GUARD'S GONNA BE OKAY. HE JUST HAS A FRACTURED BACK. DAVID MES DENNIS SULLIVAN. GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. MAYOR MEYER STEPPED OUT, BUT IT'S OKAY. UM, I WANTED TO COME HERE AND SHARE A VISION. UH, MY NAME IS DENNIS SULLIVAN. I AM A NATIVE OF DISTRICT D AND UNDER THE, THE LEADERSHIP OF CAROLYN SHABAZZ. AND, UM, RIGHT NOW I'M HERE FOR AN INITIATIVE TO RENAME A STREET. I CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSTON, WHERE I CURRENTLY RESIDE IN ON COTTINGHAM ROAD. AND IT IS A DISCONNECTION FROM MLK DRIVE. UM, SO I'M LOOKING TO GET THAT NAME RENAMED TO MLK DRIVE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TOOK, YOU KNOW, TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE AREA, UM, BEING A PART OF THE RODEO CULTURE AND THE LIVESTOCK AND EVERYTHING THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN THE, THE AREA, NOTICING THE, THE CONDITIONS IN THE AREA UNDER JUST, UM, IT DISHEARTENS ME TO SEE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO'S BEEN PART OF THE RODEO CULTURE AND JUST THE SOUTHERN LIFESTYLE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES. THE CONDITIONS [01:20:01] ARE VERY LOW. I'VE, I'VE SEEN TOO MANY DEAD HORSES, UNFORTUNATELY. AND, UM, BEING FROM TEXAS THAT RUNS THROUGH ALL OF OUR LIVES AND HAVING RODEO BEING ONE OF THE GREATEST EVENTS IN THE WORLD, UM, BEING THE RODEO STARTING HERE IN TEXAS, UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO START AN INITIATIVE TO BRING LIFE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO PART OF THAT ACTION, I AM DOING A FIRST EVER OCCASION RODEO FESTIVAL IN THE AREA. UM, I OWN A PROPERTY ON COTTINGHAM AND FUQUA, AND I'M INVITING EVERYONE OUT AND COUNCIL SUPPORT TO COME AND BE A PART OF THAT MISSION. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN REALLY BE PROLIFIC FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND TEXAS IN GENERAL. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I UNDERSTAND WITH THE, AS AFRICAN DIASPORA AND THE PAN PAN-AFRICAN COMMUNITY, UM, THE EQUESTRIANISM COMMUNITY IS, RUNS VERY DEEP THROUGH EVERYTHING. AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THAT FORWARD AND MOVE THAT NEEDLE. AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE THE, THE AREA CRUMBLE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ANY AWARENESS TO IT. SO WITH ME BEING HERE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN REALLY BRING LIFE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND I'M LOOKING TO TAKE LEAD ON THAT IF, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, THE RIGHT SUPPORT. AND SO, UM, JUST GIVEN THAT I DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR GIVING ME THIS PLATFORM TO SPEAK ON THIS, UM, I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK, GUIDANCE, MENTORSHIP AND, AND MORE. AND SO, UM, SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MAYOR EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR PROAM. AND THANK YOU, UH, MR. SULLIVAN FOR COMING FORWARD. THIS IS HOW WE FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE CONCERNS WITH THE STREET RENAMING AND SUCH. AND SO I HAVE INGRAM OVER THERE BY THE DOOR, IF YOU COULD GIVE THEM MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR EVENT. AND ALSO MAYBE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH TRYING TO LOOK AT THAT STREET RENAMING ISSUE. SO I DO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND WE WILL WORK WITH YOU TO SEE WHAT WE CAN GET DONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, PRO TEMP. THANK YOU FOR COMING SULLIVAN AND, AND, UH, AND ALONG WITH WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN SHABA SAYS, ONCE WE KNOW IT, THEN WE CAN FOLLOW UP AND DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP OUT IN IT. AND, UH, LET ME COMMEND YOU FOR THE VISION THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE IN ORDER TO, UH, GO FORWARD WITH SOMETHING OF THAT, UH, MAGNITUDE. I THINK IT'S ADMIRABLE. SO, UH, I'LL GET TO, WE'LL SUPPORT, UH, COUNCIL AND JUST, AND JUST ONE LAST THING. I BELIEVE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE LAST YEAR ME WORKING FORMALLY HERE IN CITY COUNCIL, I WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, DUE TO OUR WEATHER, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE A MLK PARADE. AND THAT WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT FOR OUR CITY. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COME OUT AND REALLY MAKE A BANG FOR THIS NEXT GO ROUND AND INVITE EVERYONE TO BE A PART OF THIS. THIS IS HISTORY IN THE MAKING. AND MLK PLAYED A VERY SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN OUR, OUR LIVES, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT FORWARD. SO THE MLK PARADE WASN'T, IT WASN'T, COUNCIL WAS JUST POSTPONED. IT DID HAPPEN. I MEAN, DUE TO THE WEATHER, IT WAS JUST POSTPONED. IT DID, YOU KNOW, GO FORWARD, RIGHT? UH, BOTH PARADES DID GO. THEY JUST CHANGED THE DATE. SO, BUT, UH, BUT YEAH, WE WANT TO ALWAYS KEEP THOSE THINGS, UH, IN PLACE TRADITIONALLY, THAT REPRESENTS ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, IN REGARDS TODAY. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, SHARON HALL. PAMELA BONTA, SANDRA EDWARDS. SHANTE EDWARDS, KAWA EDWARDS, ART SMITH. HELLO. HOW Y'ALL DOING? UM, I'M, I SIGNED UP TODAY TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT, UM, SOME CORRUPTION THAT'S TAKING PLACE WITHIN YOUR, THE POST OFFICE HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK, UM, PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS AGO WITH THE POSTAL, UH, POSTMASTER. BUT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT'S TAKING PLACE, UH, THAT'S WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON LEGAL DEPARTMENT. UH, [01:25:01] THE GENTLEMAN JAMES IS PASSING OUT SOME DOCUMENTS WHERE Y'ALL GET A CHANCE TO SEE 'EM DIRECTLY, BUT WHAT Y'ALL WILL BE LOOKING AT IS SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS SENT OUT TO MY WIFE WHERE SOMEONE BY THE NAME, UH, ATTORNEY PIERRE, SIGNED FOR IT. AND THEY KEPT THE PACKAGES FOR SEVEN DAYS AND THEN THEY OPENED THE PACKAGE AND THEN TURNED AROUND AND RETURNED THE PACKAGE TO MY HOME ADDRESS IN FIFTH WARD. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL THAT ANYTIME THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT CAN RECEIVE SOME MAIL AND THEN TURN AROUND AND HOLD ONTO IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOME CORRUPTION GOING ON. NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, BY THEM OPENING THE PACKAGE AND THEN HOLDING ONTO THE OTHER PACKAGE AND RE HOLDING ONTO THE, FOR SEVEN DAYS AFTER THEY RETURNED THE GREEN CARD THAT WE PAID FOR IT. I'M TRYING TO SEE, UM, CAN I GET A REFUND OR SOMETHING BECAUSE I PAID FOR ALL OF THIS MAILING TO GO OUT. AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CORRUPTION THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN HARRIS COUNTY WITHIN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. IT'S A JUDICIAL CRIME RING THAT'S TAKING PLACE. AND I'M GONNA GIVE, I'M GONNA BE REAL SPECIFIC ABOUT THIS BECAUSE ALL OF THESE PACKAGES RIGHT HERE, ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS AND ALL THESE PACKAGES WENT OFF TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. NOW, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IS NOT GONNA PLAY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA PLAY THE GAMES THAT ARE BEING PLAYED HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY WITH THE JUDICIAL, UH, CRIME RING THAT'S TAKING PLACE. WE HAVE RECEIPTS. THAT'S WHAT THE YOUNG FOLKS SAY. WE GOT RECEIPTS, WE GOT RECEIPTS AND PROOF THAT, THAT AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME THAT A DEMOCRAT JUDGE AND DISTRICT COURT, CIVIL COURT PROBATE COURT, WHEN A DEMOCRAT JUDGE A A, A JUDGE THAT'S A DEMOCRAT, MAKES A RULING IN THEIR COURTROOM. AND THEN WHEN THEY MAKE THE RULING IN FAVOR OF ROGUE HPD OFFICERS, OR THIS ONE ROGUE HPD OFFICER THAT WAS ACTING AS A SECURITY GUARD OFF DUTY THAT PULLED A GUN AND SAID THAT WHEN I COME OUT OF THE BUILDING, HE WAS GONNA KILL ME. AND FOR, FOR WHEN A JUDGE MAKE A DECISION IN FAVOR OF A ROGUE POLICE OFFICER. BUT THEN CHECK THIS OUT, LEMME TELL YOU ABOUT THE JUDICIAL CRIME RING. WE HAVE RECEIPTS. MY WIFE WILL HAVE RECEIPTS WHERE MULTIPLE DI DEMOCRAT JUDGES HAVE MADE RULINGS IN THEIR COURTROOM AND BEFORE THEY SENT IT OUT OF THEIR COURTROOM, THEY GO AND FLIP THE PAPERWORK AND PUT IT UNDER THE NAME OF REPUBLICAN JUDGES. THIS IS CORRUPTION AT ITS FINEST. AND I'M ASKING THAT. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GIVE MORE TIME. WE GOT THE RECEIPTS. COFFEE L BAY. GOOD MORNING. HOW Y'ALL DOING? UM, MY SUBJECT IS CORRUPTION, DECEPTION CONSPIRACY BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON LEGAL TEAM. AND IN REFERENCE TO WHAT MY HUSBAND SAID, UH, ALSO THIS SITUATION, UH, MAYOR WHITMEYER, IT HAPPENED BEFORE YOU GOT HERE, BUT IT STILL HAS BEEN AN ONGOING, UH, PROCESS WITHIN THE, UH, JUDICIAL SYSTEM. WELL, WHEN YOU APPEAL JUDGMENT, IT GOES UP TO THE HIGHER COURT. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CASE THAT'S IN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, BUT IT INVOLVES A, A POLICE OFFICER ACTING SECURITY FOR A CHURCH HERE IN, UH, HOUSTON IN FIFTH WARD. OKAY. AND A LOT OF CRIMES AND CORRUPTION HAS BEEN COMMITTED. BUT IN REFERENCE TO THIS PACKAGE THAT WAS MAILED HERE TO CITY HALL, THE CITY ANNEX BUILDING, UH, SUBJECT TO PIERRE GRO D DYER, I'M, I'M NOT FOR SURE IF THAT'S HOW YOU PRONOUNCE HIS LAST NAME. SOMEONE SIGNED FOR IT. AND IN REFERENCE TO THE EXHIBITS THAT WAS PASSED OUT, IT WAS A GREEN CARD MISSING, MEANING THEY RECEIVED THE PACKAGE UNDER MY NAME AND I RECEIVED THE GREEN CARD, WHICH LETS ME KNOW THEY GOT THE PACKAGE. BUT THEN ALSO ON THE, UH, SECOND EXHIBIT, IT SHOWS THAT SOMEONE HERE AT CITY HALL OPENED THE PACKAGE. SO THEY MUST HAVE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, OH, NO, NO, NO, I DON'T WANNA BE INVOLVED WITH THIS. LET'S SEND THIS BACK TO THE SENDER. OKAY? BUT THEY SEND IT BACK LIKE ABOUT SEVEN DAYS LATER. AND SO THEY SAID THIS PARTICULAR ATTORNEY FOR CITY OF HOUSTON IS NO LONGER HERE. WELL, THAT PARTICULAR ATTORNEY WAS REPRESENTING THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE CITY HALL ANNEX BUILDING. SO I'M ASSUMING WHOMEVER IS THE ATTORNEY HERE WOULD NOW BE LOOKING AT THIS PACKAGE PACKAGE AND NOT JUST KICKING IT DOWN THE STREET BECAUSE THEY OPENED IT UP AND SEEN WHAT IT WAS AND FIGURED OUT, OH, I DON'T WANNA BE INVOLVED. IT'S WHAT I'M ASSUMING. NOW, WITHIN THIS JUDICIAL PROCESS, THERE'S A ATTORNEY HERE AT CITY HALL NAMED ARTURO MICHEL, HOWEVER YOU PRONOUNCE HIS LAST NAME, I'M NOT FOR SURE, WITHIN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SIGNED OFF ON AND SUBMITTED TO THEM SAYING THAT AN ATTORNEY HERE AT CITY HALL WAIVER THEIR RESPONSE. SO IF IT WAS AN ATTORNEY HERE AT CITY HALL, CITY ANNEX, BUILDING THAT WAIVER [01:30:01] RESPONSE, WELL NO ONE SAID THEN, OH, PIERRE GROSS DYER IS NOT HERE. SO THAT WAIVER RESPONSE WAS PRESENTED TO THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS DECEMBER THE SIXTH OF 2023, JUST LAST YEAR. SO NO ONE SAID, UH, PIERRE IS NO LONGER HERE, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN THEY GO INTO OUR PACKAGES AND OPEN THEM UP, PIERRE, THE ATTORNEY FOR CITY HALL IS NO LONGER HERE. SO I WOULD ASSUME THEY WOULD'VE SAID THAT THEN IN 2023. SO THAT'S WHY ALL THIS CORRUPTION, CONSPIRACY, AND DECEPTION COMES IN IT AND ALL OF THIS MAIL FRAUD COMING IN. 'CAUSE THEY, THEY ROUND HERE TAMPERING WITH MAIL AT DIFFERENT POST OFFICES WHERE THE MAIL CARRIER DELIVER THE PACKAGES. AND THEN I RECEIVE A GREEN CARD FROM ANOTHER, UH, POSTER SERVICE. AND, UH, WHERE IS IT? IT WAS LIKE IN UNIVERSITY SOMEWHERE OVER THERE FOR RICHMOND POST OFFICE ON 1319 RICHMOND AVENUE. AGREED CARD WITH NO SIGNATURE. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. AGREED CARD WITH NO SIGNATURE. AND LIKE MY HUSBAND SAID, DEMOCRATIC JUDGE MAKING JUDGMENTS ON CASES FOR WHEN THE PAPERWORK GO OUT TO THE HIGHER COURTS. THEY PUT REPUBLICAN JUDGES NAMES ON THEM AS IF THEY MADE THE JUDGMENT. AND THOSE JUDGES BEEN OUT OF THOSE SEATS FOUR TO SIX YEARS AGO. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. IF YOU COULD LEAVE THE INFORMATION OVER HERE, WE'LL CHECK WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHO MAY HAVE SIGNED OFF ON THAT. MAYOR WITH MINE. THESE ARE THE PRACTICES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO YOUR LEGAL TEAM. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE TO YOU. GO AHEAD. WE CAN. I'M SORRY. WHAT? CAN I PERSONALLY HAND THESE PACKAGES THAT IF YOU COULD LEAVE IT OVER HERE WITH HIS OFFICE, WE'LL MAKE SURE, GIVE EM TO MS. WILSON. MS. WILSON, WHO IS THAT PERSON? WHO IS MS. WILSON? NEED A RED JACKET? THANK YOU SO MUCH MAN. WE THANK YOU NEXT SPEAKER. APPRECIATE IT. JOSEPH. JOSEPH BALLARD. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MAYOR, DON'T LEAVE EITHER ONE. I I WANT TO ADDRESS THE MAYOR WITH THIS. UH, I NEED HIS ATTENTION TIME'S RUNNING. I THINK HE'S HAVING TO STEP OUT. BUT IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD, MAYOR, UH, I, I COME DOWN TO THE ADDRESS. YOU LIKE A LOT OF STUFF THAT, THAT THEY WERE SAYING, LIKE TANYA WAS SAYING, DEALING WITH FIFTH WARD AND HARVEY CLEMS AND THE WHOLE FIFTH WARD COMMUNITY. AND I'M JUST REALLY GETTING A WHIFF OF THIS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD THING THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED OUT LIKE PLEASANT HILL SENIOR COMMITTEE COMMUNITY BECAUSE ALL OF 'EM IN CAHOOTS, YOU'RE DEALING WITH ONE AREA OF FIFTH WARD AND SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IS SUPPOSED TO COVER THE WHOLE AREA. AM I RIGHT OR WRONG? IT'S NOT BEING REPRESENTED. SO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY GOES TO THESE MEETINGS AT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ISSUES LIKE THIS AND OTHER ISSUES THAT WAY YOU WON'T BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD. NOW IF I'M WRONG, LEMME KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. SO WITH ALL OF THEM IN THE SAME RODEO AND THEY WATCHING EACH OTHER'S BACK AND EACH TIME THEY GETTING VOTED IN ONE GET OFF, THEN THE OTHER ONE GET VOTED AND THEY GET BACK VOTED IN. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THEY KNOW. THEY SHOULD HAVE KNEW. THEY SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO THEIR ATTENTION BEFORE ALL THIS STUFF GOT TO, TO YOU. SO IF I'M WRONG, I'M WRONG. I ADMIT I'M WRONG, BUT I KNOW I'M RIGHT. YOU HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE. THAT'S WHY FIFTH WARD HAVE SO MUCH PROBLEMS, SO MANY PROBLEMS, ISSUES LIKE DUMPING HEAVY TRASH OR YOU NAME IT. BECAUSE IT NEVER GETS TO, TO THAT OFFICE BECAUSE THEY ALL HAD THEIR LITTLE, THEIR LITTLE CREW TO BLOCK IT. AND I'M GLAD YOU CLEANING HOUSE 'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. I WAS, I WAS SPEECHLESS. WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN TANYA CALLED ME TO HELP HER WITH THIS SITU SITUATION. I'M NOT SCARED OF HARVEY. K CLS DON'T CARE ABOUT HARVEY. CLS, HE STAYS OUT MY WAY 'CAUSE I'M GONNA KEEP HIM MATCHING ON HIM. 'CAUSE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SENIORS THAT LIVE THERE SHOULD NEVER EVER HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THAT. EVER NOWHERE. THAT'S PITIFUL. ALL THIS MONEY THIS MAN GOT THEN HAVE GOT THROUGH DONATIONS OR WHATEVER AND THEN THEY DEALING WITH THE, WITH ST. JOSEPH AND HOUSTON [01:35:01] LAND BANK AND ALL, THEY GOT THEIR HANDS IN ALL OF IT, BUT IT'S NOT GOING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. BUT THAT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD CREW, THEY NEED TO BE OUT OF THERE. THEY PART OF THE PROBLEM. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORK, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DON'T EVEN KNOW NOTHING ABOUT A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. SO WE'RE ON IT, SIR. I UNDERSTAND. AND WE'RE OKAY. I GOT YOU SELECTED BY HERE. WHAT MINE? SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE. THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTION IS A VERY SMALL PROCESS FROM THE COMMUNITY. IT NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENT AND MUCH LARGER INVOLVEMENT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND I SAT DOWN 'CAUSE I CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT TO MY COLLEAGUES, I'VE GOTTA GO SPEAK AT A REENTRY PROGRAM. I APPRECIATE THAT 90% OF THE PEOPLE, THE THE HUMAN VICTIM, HUMAN TRAFFIC VICTIMS THAT ARE WAITING FOR ME YEAH. TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR FINISHING A PROGRAM OF, UH, SECOND CHANCE. AND I CONGRATULATE THEM FOR VICTIMS FOR DOING. YEAH. AND I APPRECIATE IT. BUT MAYOR, 90% OF THE PEOPLE IN FIFTH WARD DON'T EVEN KNOW NOTHING ABOUT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD TEXAS. I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. AND IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY UNIQUE TO FIFTH WARD. IT'S JUST A PROCESS THAT WAS DEVELOPED THAT SERVES A USEFUL PURPOSE. IF IT'S TRANSPARENT IN THE CITY HOLDS FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE, IT CAN BE BETTER. AND IT'S A NEW DAY IF INVOLVED THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. I PROMISE YOU THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS THAT WE SAW OKAY. HEARD TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME WILL BE ADDRESSED IN A VERY SERIOUS MANNER. OKAY. GOTCHA. WORKING WITH OUR DISTRICT COUNCIL AND AT LARGE AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. I'M GONNA HOLD YOU TO IT. I HOPE YOU DO. I'M GONNA HOLD YOU TO IT. I'M, I'M PLANNING ON YOU DOING IT. OKAY. WHICH IS NOT NECESSARY. I HOLD MYSELF TO IT. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU AND CHECKING YOU OUT. I'M, I'M WATCHING YOU . WELL, WE, WE JUST GETTING STARTED. OKAY. I'M WITH YOU. THANK YOU, BROTHER. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, MAURICE BELL. ALRIGHT, ARE WE DOING, UH, WHAT I GOT IS MORE OF A, UH, MESSAGE TO DONALD TRUMP. NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REPLACING PEOPLE IN HOMELAND, BUT THE PROBLEM IS WE CAN REPLACE 'EM, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE SLEEPERS IN THERE WHO ARE GONNA WAIT. AS SOON AS THE DEMOCRATS GET ANOTHER EDGE, THEY'RE GONNA BRING 'EM RIGHT BACK. IN ORDER TO SECURE THE FUTURE, WE HAVE TO GET RID OF HOMELAND AS FAR AS THE FBI, THE ICE, UH, EVERYBODY ELSE PUT THE JOBS BACK ON THEM. THEY HANDLED IT WELL. NATIONAL SECURITY, EVERYBODY HANDLED THOSE JOBS WELL. BUT WE HAVE TO GET THAT ONE THREAT OUT. 'CAUSE THAT THREAT WILL COME BACK AND BITE US AGAIN. AND THEY'RE NOT GIVING UP. THIS IS THE FUTURE. SO WITH THAT MESSAGE, I HOPE TRUMP UNDERSTANDS. I'M NOT TRYING TO TELL HIM WHAT TO DO. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. THIS COMPLETES THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO [NON CONSENT - MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS] SPOKE TODAY. WE STILL HAVE TO COMPLETE COUNCIL SESSION WITH POPOFF, STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR. PRO TIMM, UM, CERTAINLY, UH, HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PAST FEW DAYS TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF, UM, OUR FALLEN FIREFIGHTER MARCELO GARCIA, A LIFE WELL LIVED WHILE CUT TOO SHORT, CERTAINLY, UM, HIS SERVICE TO OUR CITY. YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY AT THE SERVICE, YOU COULD JUST NOT KNOWING HIM, I LEFT KNOWING HIM BECAUSE YOU COULD SEE THAT HIS HEART WAS WITH, WITH THE CITY AND HIS SERVICE. AND, AND, UH, CERTAINLY WE CELEBRATE THAT. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW MARIE FLICKINGER FOR VERY LONG. I WISH I WOULD'VE KNOWN HER FOR THE LARGEST PART OF MY LIFE, BECAUSE WHAT A GREAT INFLUENCE. SHE CLEARLY HAS BEEN ON MANY. UM, SHE WAS SMALL YET MIGHTY, AND A FORCE THAT, UH, ONCE I MET HER, I KNEW THAT SHE WAS, UH, SHE WAS SOMEONE THAT STOOD UP AND SPOKE UP. AND, AND TODAY WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE, UH, DEPLORABLE LIVING CONDITIONS AT THE HAND OF A PASTOR IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND MARIE WOULD BE ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, LIKE NO TOMORROW. I MEAN, SHE CERTAINLY, UH, UH, FOUGHT FOR THOSE, UH, THAT, THAT DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE. AND [01:40:01] SO CERTAINLY, UM, MY CONDOLENCES TO, TO THE FLICKINGER FAMILY, UM, AND ALSO TO WANTED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, UH, THE HOUSTON FIRST BOARD MEETING THIS MORNING. AND THERE'S GREAT THINGS GOING ON OUR, IN OUR CITY, BUT IT TAKES CERTAINLY GREAT PEOPLE DOING, DOING GOOD WORK WELL TO STEP UP AND, AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF IT. THANK YOU COUNCIL MAYOR EVAN SHABAZZ. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR PROAM. AND, AND CERTAINLY I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF, UH, MY COLLEAGUES IN REGARDS TO MARCELO GARCIA III. YOU KNOW, YOU SIT IN A FUNERAL SOMETIMES AND YOU SOMETIMES DON'T KNOW PEOPLE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, SOMETIMES WE GO TO JUST SUPPORT THE FAMILIES. BUT I HEARD SO MANY NICE THINGS ABOUT HIM THAT HE'S SOMEONE THAT I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN. AND, AND SO CERTAINLY, UM, MY CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE FAMILY. HIS SISTER WAS VERY ELOQUENT IN SAYING THAT NOW HE'S A HERO FOR THE CITY. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, THE HEADLINES IN THE PAPER THIS MORNING. BUT CERTAINLY, UM, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE HEROES JUST BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT YOU STAND IN THE GAP FOR ALL OF US IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND I CERTAINLY THANK THEM. AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW MARIE FLICKINGER. I ACTUALLY, UH, HAD LUNCH WITH HER. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING EVERY MONTH. I HAD LUNCH WITH HER ON THURSDAY, AND SHE SAID TO ME, UH, FOLLOW ME. FOLLOW ME. I WANT YOU TO COME. I WANNA TAKE SOME PICTURES OVER HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING SHE DID FREQUENTLY. I REMEMBER MEETING HER ON SUNDAYS AND GOING BY HER HOUSE AND SUCH, UH, BECAUSE SHE WAS SUCH A, A, A FORCE. AND SHE WAS SOMEBODY THAT IF SHE ASKED YOU TO COME, YOU NEEDED TO GET THERE AND BE THERE. AND SO I I, I CHERISH OUR RELATIONSHIP. I HAVE TO GIVE HER HER CREDIT FOR, FOR ME, EVEN SITTING IN THE SEAT BECAUSE SHE SUPPORTED ME, UH, FOR MY ELECTION AND REELECTION. AND, AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, ON THURSDAY, UH, I HAVE A PICTURE OF SHE AND I, UH, WELL, A PICTURE OF HER, UH, GETTING IN HER CAR. 'CAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SHE HAD HAD SOME HEALTH CHALLENGES, BUT I SAID, LOOK AT THIS LITTLE LADY. SHE'S STILL DRIVING AND GOING ON ABOUT HER BUSINESS. AND I'M TELLING YOU, SHE WAS SUCH A FORCE. I HAVE, YOU KNOW, PICTURES OF WHERE I WAS TALKING TO THE GROUP, BUT I WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF HER BECAUSE, UH, SHE WAS JUST SOMEBODY THAT YOU REALLY WANTED TO HEAR YOU. BUT I, I GLEAN SO MUCH WISDOM FROM HER. SHE WOULD CALL ME ABOUT CITY ISSUES AND WE'D TALK ABOUT IT. AND SO SHE WILL BE SORELY MISSED. AND I, I JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, WANT TO CERTAINLY, UH, EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY. UM, AS I SAID, I, I, I TAKE THIS VERY PERSONALLY, UH, NOT JUST HER AS AN EDITOR, A PUBLISHER, UH, AND, AND, AND IN THAT NATURE. AND I ACTUALLY MET HER WHEN I WAS THE BOARD CHAIR AT THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AND THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY, REALLY BONDED. I SAT IN HER, HER OFFICE AND WE REALLY TALKED BECAUSE SHE WAS THE BOARD CHAIR FOR 30 YEARS AT, UH, SAN JACINTO. AND IRONICALLY, SHE RETIRED THE WEEK BEFORE SHE PASSED. AND SO I THINK SHE REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT POSITION. AND I KNOW THEY DIDN'T WANNA SEE HER GO, BUT CERTAINLY, EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, THE BOARD'S GONNA MISS HER. THE COMMUNITY'S GONNA MISS HER, AND I'M CERTAINLY GONNA PERSONALLY MISS HER. AND SO, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO EXPRESS MY PUBLIC CONDOLENCES, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND, AND, AND CERTAINLY TO OUR COLLEAGUE, UH, FRED FLICKINGER, AND DAVEY, HIS BROTHER AND THEIR DAD. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN HER LIFE, UH, BECAUSE SHE GAVE A LOT. AND SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. COUNCILOR DAVIS, COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER. YEAH. IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE DISTRICT, WE'VE GOT, UH, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS IS DOING A DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT'S GONNA BE STARTING NOVEMBER 18TH. UM, ALSO SOMETHING FOR NOT JUST CLEAR LAKE AND DISTRICT E AND THE CITY, BUT FOR THE WHOLE STATE, TEXAS A AND M IS HAVING THEIR GROUNDBREAKING TOMORROW DOWN AT, UH, SPACEPORT. UH, IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR, FOR US. SO THAT'LL BE WELL ATTENDED, I'M SURE. ALSO, UH, THIS SATURDAY WE'RE HAVING, UH, OUR FIRST KIND OF MEDIAN RESTORATION PROJECT IN KINGWOOD. UH, IT'S GONNA BE MORE THAN JUST A CLEANUP. UM, DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN UP HERE RECENTLY AND, AND KIND OF SEEING THE AREA, BUT THESE VINES HAVE ABSOLUTELY JUST TAKEN OVER THE MEDIANS. AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE TRYING TO REMOVE A LOT OF THE, THE VINES AND THE GROWTH, THE UNDERBRUSH THAT'S, UH, GOING OUT INTO THE STREETS AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF. UH, PARKS IS GONNA BE OUT THERE. SO IN FACT, THEY'VE GOT A WOOD CHIPPER [01:45:01] THEY'RE GONNA BE BRINGING. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET QUITE A BIT DONE. AND, UH, I'M SURE THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF SEVERAL IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR. UH, VICE MAYOR PROTO, I'M SORRY. UM, AND I'LL FIRST, UH, JUST START OFF BY, UM, SAYING FRED, UM, YOUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ARE HERE WITH YOU AS WELL. UM, AS, AS TOUGH IT IS AS IT IS TO LOSE A, A, A PARENT. UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD, UM, REALLY SAY IS LEAN ON THE POSITIVES THAT, THAT ARE COMING YOUR WAY, UM, FOR RESTRAINT. UM, PRAYERS ARE DEFINITELY COMING YOUR WAY TOO. UM, ALSO, IT'S, YOU KNOW, AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED, MARCELO GARCIA, UH, HE WAS A FAMILY FRIEND, UM, KNEW HIM, YOU KNOW, IN OUR TEENS. HIS SISTER WAS A GOOD FRIEND. WE GRADUATED SAME YEAR, UH, DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. BUT, UM, MY, MY SYMPATHIES GO OUT TO THE GARCIA FAMILY, UH, FOR, FOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL REASONS, RIGHT? SOMETHING THAT HONESTLY SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. WE LOST MARCELO TOO EARLY, UM, FOR SHARING MARCELO WITH, UH, WITH THE EAST END COMMUNITY AND HOUSTON COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. UM, AND, AND I KNOW THAT, THAT HIS FAMILY AND HIS FRIENDS, CLOSE FRIENDS, UH, THOSE THAT GRADUATED WITH THEM, UM, THEY, THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD AND THEY CONTINUE TO DO GOOD WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, GATHERING TOYS, UH, FUNDRAISING FOR STUFF OF THAT SORT. AND, UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS, UH, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, UH, HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE AROUND YOU THAT ARE DOING GOOD THINGS. UM, REMEMBER THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THEY LEAVE LEGACIES ARE DEFINITELY LEFT BEHIND. UM, WANT TO KEEP, UH, STATION 23 IN, IN, IN MY PRAYERS, IN OUR PRAYERS AS WELL. THAT'S WHERE MARCELO WORKED, UH, WHICH WAS LITERALLY FIVE TO EIGHT MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE HE LIVED. UM, AND HE DID THAT PURPOSELY BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAT HE LIVED IN, GREW UP IN. UM, AND I'VE SHARED THIS STORY WHERE, UM, AND I KNEW HE UNDERSTOOD THE RESPONSIBILITY WHERE, UM, MY MOM HAD, WE HAD TO CALL 9 1 1. UH, MY MOM HAD FELL. AND, UH, WHEN I RACED OVER TO THE HOUSE, UM, FIRST PERSON I SAW WAS MARCELO. AND, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT HE WAS THERE TENDING TO, UH, MY MOTHER, UH, I'M SURE HE, HE FELT THAT THAT, UH, SENSE OF, UH, RESPONSIBILITY SEVERAL TIMES IN THE EAST END AS HE WAS SERVING, UH, THE COMMUNITY. UM, HE WAS A, UM, SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT THE MAGNOLIA PARK SHARKS. SO HE PLAYED WITH MY, MY KIDS PLAYED, MY 18-YEAR-OLD SON GRADUATED OUT, MY 9-YEAR-OLD. HE PLAYED THERE AS WELL. AND HE WAS A HUGE ADVOCATE ABOUT RAISING FUNDS, RIGHT? SCHOLARSHIP MONEY AS WELL. AND, AND I APPRECIATE, UM, CHIEF MUNOZ, UH, DEFINITELY HELPING TO PICK UP THAT TORCH AND, AND COMMITTING TO SUPPORT THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, THAT MARCELLO WAS, UH, UH, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, HIS HIGH SCHOOL, MILBY HIGH SCHOOL, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE PRINCIPAL. UM, HE WAS AN ALUMNI THERE AND HE DID SEVERAL, UH, VOLUNTEER, UM, UH, SUPPORT THERE, UH, MENTORING AS WELL. AND SO, UM, AS, AS WE, AS WE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THESE, THESE THESE TIMES, UM, I ACTUALLY AT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF WHERE MY FATHER'S PASSED AWAY, I THINK OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO POUR BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS POURED INTO US BY THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE TOUCHED US. AND SO, UM, JUST IT'S HEAVY HEART RIGHT NOW. UH, WE JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE WITH YOU, UM, ON A, ON A, ON A LIGHTER NOTE, UM, THIS SATURDAY, UH, WE'RE HAVING A DEL GOLF, UM, AT FM LAW PARK. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MACAU, WHICH IS WHAT DISTRICT I IS. AND, UH, WE'RE INVITING FAMILIES, UH, FAMILIES TO COME OUT TO ENGAGE, UM, ENGAGE IN THE, THE ACTIVITY OF GOLF. IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I ENJOY PERSONALLY DIDN'T, DIDN'T PICK IT UP UNTIL I WAS PROBABLY IN MY TWENTIES. UH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY WANNA CONTINUE TO PROMOTE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE INVITE FOLKS TO COME OUT. IT'S AT 8,400 MACA, UH, NOVEMBER 16TH FROM 10 TO NOON. UH, AND WE ALSO WELCOME ANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES TO COME OUT AS WELL TO DISTRICT D, TO THE DISTRICT OF DESTINATION IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN. THANK YOU. UM, OF COURSE, COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER, I'LL ADD TO THE CHORUS OF HOW GREAT YOUR MOM WAS. WONDERFUL WOMAN. UM, WILL MISS HER A LOT. AND, UM, JOAQUIN, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, YOUR, YOUR FRIEND. UH, I GOT SUCH A SENSE OF HIM YESTERDAY AT THE FUNERAL. HIS SISTER REALLY JUST WAS SO GOOD. AND REALLY, I LOVE WHEN I LEAVE A, A SERVICE AND I REALLY, SOMEBODY I DIDN'T KNOW PERSONALLY, BUT YOU GET SUCH A SENSE OF THEM AND THEIR, THEIR ROLE IN THE CITY. SO, UM, YEAH, [01:50:01] IT WAS, IT WAS ALL VERY BEAUTIFUL. UM, THERE WAS A REPORT THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY, COLLEAGUES BY THE, UH, BAKER INSTITUTE ON TS. UM, YOU MIGHT WANNA CHECK OUT JOHN, UM, JAMES DIAMOND OR JOHN DIAMOND. WHAT THE GUY, ONE OF THE AUTHORS IS GOING TO BE COMING TO THE BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 3RD. ALSO ON DECEMBER 3RD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE BARK, UH, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BARK LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION. SO THE DECEMBER 3RD, UH, BFA IS ONE YOU WON'T WANNA MISS. UM, BUT PAY ATTENTION TO THE, THE TUR. THERE'S A LOT OF NEWS TODAY, THE TURS THING. AND ALSO, UM, I KNOW WE ALL MISSED THE, UH, 'CAUSE WE WERE AT THE FUNERAL OR OTHERWISE ENGAGED, UM, THE ASTRODOME, UH, CONSERVANCIES ANNOUNCEMENT. UM, BIG ARTICLE ABOUT THAT TODAY, ABOUT PLANS, UM, THAT I CERTAINLY, UM, KNOW ARE GONNA COST A LOT OF MONEY, BUT ALSO AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF TRYING TO SAVE THE ASTRODOME. I THINK TEXAS HAS TWO REALLY ICONIC BUILDINGS. ONE'S THE ALAMO AND ONE'S THE ASTRODOME. AND IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO, TO SEE THAT GO AND, UM, IT'D BE GREAT TO TRY TO MAKE, MAKE BETTER USE OF IT. SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, TODAY WE ARE GOING TO STAND ADJOURNED IN HONOR OF FIREFIGHTER MARCELO OX GARCIA III, ANNE-MARIE FLICKINGER. MAY THEIR MEMORIES BE A BLESSING TO ALL OF THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND EVERYONE WHO KNEW THEM. THANK YOU. WE STAND ADJOURNED. GOOD JOB. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.