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20, 25[Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting on March 10, 2025.]
MEETING OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO LOG IN BEFORE WE GET GOING.
I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO TAKE A MOMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE PASSING OF FORMER MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER, AND HE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE AND HE WILL BE MISSED IN RELATION TO THAT.
UM, HE WILL BE LYING IN STATE AT CITY HALL TOMORROW, AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THIS EVENING RELATED TO THAT.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, THE MAYOR, THIS AF OR THIS AFTERNOON HAD TO MAKE A LAST MINUTE, UM, CANCELLATION OF ATTENDING OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME UPSIDE TO THAT.
RHONDA, WOULD YOU CARE TO FILL US IN ON THE LATEST ON, ON THAT? YEAH, SO I'M VERY DARK HERE IN MY, MY OFFICE.
UM, YES, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DID CALL AND THEY DID FEEL VERY BAD ABOUT, UM, HAVING TO CANCEL SUCH LATE TIME.
HOWEVER, THEY DID COMMIT TO AN IN-PERSON MEETING NEXT MONTH AND IT WILL BE HELD IN THE LEGACY ROOM.
I WILL SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT AS SOON AS I HAVE IT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SHARING WITH EVERYONE.
UM, HE INSISTED ON AN IN-PERSON MEETING TO KIND OF MAKE IT UP TO, TO YOU GUYS, WHICH I GREATLY APPRECIATED.
THEY ALREADY BOOKED THE LEGACY ROOM.
SO, UH, WE ARE A GO FOR THE 14TH, I THINK IT'S THE 14TH OF, OF APRIL.
UM, AND THAT IS ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE ON THE MEETING.
COULD YOU TELL US WHERE IS THE LEGACY ROOM IS IN THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.
IN THE CITY HALL BUILDING, CORRECT? IT'S IN THE CITY.
IT'S IN THE CITY HALL BUILDING.
AND IT IS ALSO, UM, AND WHETHER ROTUNDA, WHERE THE ROTUNDA IS ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
IT'S THAT LITTLE LIKE MEDIA ROOM OFF TO THE SIDE.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE, UM, INFORMATION ON THAT AND UM, KNOWS HOW TO GET THERE.
UM, PASTOR DEB WILL HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE WHO, UH, CAN'T ATTEND, UM, SUBMITTING QUESTIONS TO GO TO THE MAYOR WILL HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON DETAILS ABOUT THAT.
SO GIVEN THE FACT THAT UM, HE IS NOT HERE, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, JUMP AHEAD AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND LET'S DO THE ELECTION OF THE OFFICERS WE WE'RE BEHIND THIS YEAR IN GETTING THAT DONE.
SO, UM, CHERYL, CAN WE PLEASE DO ROLL CALL FIRST? I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU TO ANYONE THAT'S ALREADY PUT YOUR, UH, ATTENDANCE IN THE CHAT.
UM, WE ARE GONNA BE CALLING OUT THE NAMES OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ATTENDED IN THE LAST FOUR MEETINGS.
UH, SO AS I CALL YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD NAME, PLEASE ANNOUNCE PRESENT, UM, AND, AND YOUR NAME.
IF, IF YOU'RE REPRESENTING A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, I'D APPRECIATE IT AND WE'LL UM, CATCH ANYBODY AT THE END OF THAT LIST, UH, THAT I DID NOT CALL.
SO SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE
PRESENT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 15.
I THOUGHT I SAW KAY WARHOL SIGNED IN.
DOUG SMITH, REPRESENTATIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
27 SANDRA RODRIGUEZ, PRESIDENT AND PRESENT.
30 SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD BUR UH, PRE BURT RUIZ PRESIDENT.
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SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.CINDY CHAPMAN, REPRESENTATIVE.
STEVEN
KIWI, GERMAN WILSON, UH, PRESIDENT PRESENT.
LINDSEY WILLIAMS. SORRY, IT WAS KIND OF FAST.
RICK RICKY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63 HERE.
KEN ROGERS PRESIDENT, SUPERBIRD 68.
BEVERLY, I SEE YOU'RE ON THE PHONE.
71, SUPER NEIGHBOR, 82, UH, PRISCILLA.
83 TOMORROW, BELL HERE AND SUPER NEIGHBOR.
88 LINDSEY ALREADY ANNOUNCED PRESENT.
ALRIGHT, ANY ADDITIONAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I EITHER MISSED OR DIDN'T CALL SPECIFICALLY YET? UH, VICKI MARTIN.
AND I'M HERE WITH JACKIE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 47.
WHO'S HERE FOR 28? KATHY EASTERLY.
MARK KLEIN WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 12.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, CHERYL.
JACKIE MAHORN IS IN THE WAITING ROOM, PLEASE.
RHONDA, CAN YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR US? NO ONE IN THE WAITING ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
SHE SHOULDN'T BE IN A WAITING ROOM.
YEAH, IF SOMEBODY HAS UM, JACKIE'S CELL PHONE AND CAN MAYBE TEXT HER, I SEND HER THOSE.
I'M JUST MAKING SURE IT'S ON TEAMS. OKAY.
UM, HEATH IS CHAIR OF THE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE.
WOULD YOU NOMINATING COMMITTEE, WOULD YOU CARE TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS? YES.
I'M SORRY, I JUMPED AHEAD ON MY AGENDA.
YOU WERE PART OF THE COMMITTEE, SO GO AHEAD WITH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
NO, DOUG, YOU NEED TO PRESENT IT AS CHAIR.
WE MAKE IT SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.
UH, I WILL BE GLAD TO DO THAT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IT TWICE BEFORE, UH, BUT UH, THE COMMITTEE CHOSE, EXCUSE ME, I, I I FROZE.
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NO, NO, I'M SORRY.UH, PHILIP'S LAST NAME HELP ME WITH PHILIP'S LAST NAME, SOA SOLANA.
SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE LOOKED AT THIS AND I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DO THIS TONIGHT.
UH, PHILIP SOLANA WAS NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT AND LETICIA GRANT, SELF NOMINATED HERSELF AS THE ONLY PERSON, UH, THAT WAS INTERESTED IN AS VICE PRESIDENT.
AND AMY DEN CONTINUES AS SECRETARY, UH, FOR THE FINAL TWO YEAR TERM.
SO THOSE ARE THE, UH, OFFICERS AND UH, I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, THAT WE VOTE TO, UH, ELECT THEM.
UM, DO WE HAVE, UH, SANDRA, YOU HAD A COMMENT? NO, I APOLOGIZE.
I WAS SWITCHING IN BETWEEN SCREENS AND HIT RAISE HAND.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND THAT SINCE THERE ARE NO OTHER, UH, CANDIDATES THAT WE ELECT THESE TWO BY ACCLIMATION, CAN WE HAVE DISCUSSION? YES, IT'S OPEN FOR, UM, DISCUSSION.
I'M SORRY I HAVE TO BRING THIS UP THIS WAY, BUT I'VE TRIED TO TALK TO BOTH PHILIP AND LETICIA ABOUT SOME ISSUES, JUST BASIC ISSUES.
THEY'VE NEVER RESPONDED TO MY EMAILS AT ALL.
UH, PHILIP RESPONDED ONCE AND HE WAS ROLLING ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCES ABOUT THAT.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY TO ASK THESE BASIC QUESTIONS, SO I WONDER IF EITHER OF THEM WERE WILLING TO JUST ASK, ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
NOW, I HATE TO TAKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S TIME UP, BUT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO, TO GET ANSWERS, BASIC ANSWERS OUT OF THEM.
UM, I CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM YOU.
UM, I WOULD'VE HAPPILY RESPONDED HAD I RECEIVED SOMETHING, PHONE CALL, EMAIL, EITHER OF THE SORT.
UM, I DO NOT KNOW THAT THIS IS THE NECESSARY THE TIME.
I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF YOUR QUESTION.
UM, WELL, LETICIA, I WAS GIVEN YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT ALLIANCE, AND IT'S THE ONE THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.
SO I SENT THAT EMAIL SEVERAL TIMES.
SO I'M, THOSE, THOSE TWO DON'T MATCH, SO THEY WOULDN'T BE THE SAME EMAIL.
SO IF YOU WANT TO, HOLD ON, HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE.
HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THEY WOULDN'T MATCH IF WHAT ALLIANCE GAVE? I'M TELLING YOU THAT THE, THE, THE EMAIL THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE IS A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD EMAIL, AND THE EMAIL FROM THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE IS MY PERSONAL EMAIL.
SO I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF YOUR QUESTION THAT WOULD DETERMINE THE RELEVANCE OF THIS BEING THE VENUE IN EFFORT FOR YOU TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
I DO SEE SOMEONE ELSE'S HAND UP, BUT I'M GONNA MUTE MYSELF.
JUST, I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD NOTIFYING YOU THAT YOU DID NOT SEND ME ANYTHING.
I, I DOES THIS RELATE TO OFFERING AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE, UM, NOMINATION? WELL, WHAT IT IS, MADAM CHAIR, IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE BECAUSE ALL OF US HAVE A FIDUCIARY DUTY OF CARE TO VET THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE OUR NEXT OFFICERS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO ASK SOME BASIC QUESTIONS OF THE CHAIR NOMINEE AND THE VICE CHAIR NOMINEE.
AND I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT, THAT THE PRESIDENT OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AKERS HOME TO NOT GET MY EMAILS.
I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK WHICH ONES THEY GAVE YOU, BUT I USED THE ONE THAT YOU GAVE ME TO CONTACT HER, AND I'VE DONE IT NEVER, UH, SEVERAL TIMES I CAN EASILY.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I HAVE MY, IT'S MY FIDUCIARY DUTY AND I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO FIGURING THAT OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE THE, THE CANDIDATES WE FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT VOTING ON.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSS DISCUSSION WHO? I'M SORRY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ELSE, ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS DISCUSSION? NO.
HI, IT'S CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.
THE VOTE A WAIT ON, I'M, I'M, THAT WAS ONLY ONE I WAS TRYING TO ASK ABOUT BOTH KEVIN HAVE A QUESTION, BUT IF EVERYBODY, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
KEVIN STRICKLAND DOES HAVE A QUESTION.
KEVIN, HE WAS TRYING TO ANSWER.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU KEVIN.
EVERYBODY IS, UM, TRYING TO TALK AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, WAYNE, I I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, WHEN GREG SAYS WE, THERE'S NO, WE, HE'S SPEAKING FOR HIMSELF, HE IS NOT SPEAKING FOR ME AND HE MAY NOT BE SPEAKING FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
AND THEN MY SECOND, MY ROOK ACTUAL QUESTION, I THINK IT WAS JUST RAISED, WAS IF WE'RE GONNA
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MOVE ON TO HAVING THE VOTE.IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? YES, SIR.
I'M SORRY KEVIN, I NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT.
WHO SAID NO, I DON'T BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT AN ATTORNEY, IF YOU ARE AN ATTORNEY, YES, YOU CAN REFUTE THIS, BUT WHEN I SAID WE, WE MEANS FIDUCIARY DUTY OF CARE AS REPRESENTATIVES ON THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY WE, WE HAVE THAT AS A LEGAL MATTER.
WELL, BECAUSE KEVIN REFUTED IT.
SO YOU'VE NOW STATED IT BACK, THAT WHAT YOU HAVE.
SO THEREFORE, ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS DISCUSSION? IF NOT, WE'LL CALL FOR, UM, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
I'M, I'M CHECKING THE LIST PEOPLE.
GIMME A MOMENT WHILE I SCROLL THROUGH THE LIST.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL LOWER ALL THOSE.
RHONDA, CAN YOU DO THAT IN BULK? NO, BUT I CAN DO IT.
I'LL HAVE TO
ALL OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I THINK WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT TON.
AMY, DO, UH, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? I MEAN, DO WE HAVE A PASS? YES, YES, WE DO.
WE HAVE, UH, PLENTY FOR QUORUM.
CONGRATULATIONS, PHILLIP AND LETICIA.
PHILIP, I WILL TURN THE MEETING OVER TO YOU.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE AS Y'ALL'S CHAIR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, REVERTING BACK TO JUST BEING A REPRESENTATIVE.
AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS PHILLIP AND LETICIA AND I WILL TURN IN THE MEETING OVER TO Y'ALL AT THIS TIME.
IF LETICIA WOULD BE SO KIND TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE OVER, UH, SINCE I'M WORKING FROM A CELL PHONE AND, UH, MY, UH, INTERNET CONNECTION IS, UH, TENUOUS AT BEST,
AND, UM, WHAT I'LL DO, PHILLIP, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF, BUT I FIRST OF ALL WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT, AND THANK YOU FOR ELECTING US INTO THESE POSITIONS THAT WE DEFINITELY TAKE SERIOUSLY.
UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING AS YOUR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
UM, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DO NOT KNOW, MY NAME IS LETICIA GRANT.
I'M THE ACRES HOME SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
UM, AND I AM EXCITED TO SERVE AS YOUR VICE CHAIR HERE FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
UM, AND I GUESS I THINK WE LOST OUR AGENDA.
AND TO BE HONEST, I DO BELIEVE THAT OUTSIDE OF, GO AHEAD, WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY.
AND I DO HAVE ONE CORRECTION THAT WE FOUND ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING,
UM, SO LET'S, I GUESS LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
DO WE HAVE, ARE YOU PLACING THE MINUTES ON THE SCREEN OR HAS EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE AND OR REVIEW? UM, THEIR MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY, THEY WERE SENT OUT WITH THE MEDIA NOTICE.
THEY, THEY WERE SENT OUT AND THE, THE CORRECTION THAT I FOUND, LETICIA, WAS IT, UNFORTUNATELY
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ON THE, UM, NOTES MINUTE, THE COMMENTS FROM CHIEF DIAZ, UH, DIAZ, WE, WE SAID THAT HPD HAD 57,000 MEMBERS.WE, WE GOT FINGER, WE GOT FINGER HAPPY.
SO I GUESS WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT CORRECTION DONE.
YEAH, I I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ALL MISSED THAT.
CHERYL, DID YOU GET MY TWO CORRECTIONS? WHAT TWO CORRECTIONS DID YOU SEND? ONE WAS THE FACT THAT, UH, IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS 28 NO MEMBERS NOTED, BUT IT SAID 32 IN THE BOTTOM BO BODY OF IT.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHICH NUMBER IS CORRECT.
WE CAN GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK AND GET THAT CORRECTED IF NECESSARY.
IT COULD BE THAT WE HAD TWO PEOPLE FROM A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND ONLY ONE CAN VOTE.
AND THAT COULD BE THE DISCREPANCY.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND VERIFY THAT AND GET THOSE NUMBERS CORRECTED.
WELL, NO, IT SAID 32 WERE REPRESENTED AND 28 WERE ONLY LISTED, SO IT WOULD BE THE OPPOSITE WAY.
BUT WE, WE'LL, WE'LL GO BACK AND WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK.
AND THE OTHER ONE WAS, IT SAID LETICIA, OUR, OUR NEW VICE CHAIR WAS, GAVE A PRESENTATION AND SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'LL GET THAT CORRECTED AS WELL.
WITH THOSE CHANGES, I WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
UM, VIKI, ARE YOU OPPOSING OR ARE YOU UM, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR.
AND ANYONE ABSTAINING? I NEED AN OFFICIAL COUNT PLEASE, OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT VOTED.
I, IT WOULD HELP ME TREMENDOUSLY TO HAVE THAT ARTICULATED WHAT IT'S NOTED AS.
SO WE HAVE TO, RHONDA, WILL THAT SHOW EVERYBODY HAS TO RAISE? WILL THAT SHOW UP IN THE CHAT ON, IN THE, JUST GET EVERYBODY TO RAISE THEIR HAND.
I JUST NEED SOMEONE TO SAY WHAT THE OFFICIAL COUNT, WHEN THEY SAID I I'LL, WE'VE GOT ALL THE VOTES TALLIED.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD RAISED THEIR HAND AT THAT POINT THAT THE VOTE WAS SUPPOSEDLY TAKEN? THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO KNOW.
WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING IT.
AND THESE, AND THE HANDS THAT ARE GOING UP RIGHT NOW, ARE THOSE IN FAVOR? CORRECT? YES.
WE CAN LOWER THOSE HANDS AND MOVE ON TO THOSE THAT ARE OPPOSED.
SO WAS THAT 22 HANDS HOW MANY HANDS IT WAS, PLEASE? YES.
CAN WE ARTICULATE 22? THANK YOU.
ARE ARE YOU GUYS COUNTING SYLVIA BRAY? SHE SAYS IN THE CHAT THAT SHE'S HAVING TROUBLE RAISING THE HAND, BUT SHE DOES APPROVE.
NOW CAN WE MOVE ON TO THOSE THAT ARE OPPOSED? UH, OKAY.
I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS AND THOSE THAT HAVE ABSTAINED THERE WOULD BE ONE.
I'VE GOT, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
IN THE CHAT THING, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, HUEY GERMAN WILSON SAYS HE CAN'T RAISE HIS HAND, BUT HE APPROVES TWO.
SHE, SO THAT WOULD BE 24 THAT HAVE APPROVED? YES.
UM, THERE IS AND THERE IS ONE THAT HAS ABSTAINED, CORRECT? THAT WOULD BE, UH, CORRECT, CORRECT.
ALRIGHT, WELL THEN WE CAN MOVE ON.
SO WE HAVE THE APPROVAL FOR OUR FEBRUARY MEETINGS MINUTES WITH THE CORRECTIONS THAT WERE PROPOSED.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE ELECTION OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICERS.
AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE THE OPEN FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THIS OPEN FORUM SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO A MINUTE OR TWO.
AM I RIGHT WITH THAT, CHERYL? YES, MA'AM.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
AND WE CAN DO THAT BY RAISING OF THE HAND.
AND IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE PLACE THAT IN THE CHAT.
AND I DO SEE A STACY AND STACY, IT FLASHED SO QUICKLY, I DID NOT
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GET YOUR LAST NAME, SO I DO APOLOGIZE.UM, I, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO UPDATE.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE LETICIA, IF YOU COULD, SINCE WE WERE UNABLE TO HEAR YOUR PRESENTATION LAST UH, MONTH, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO JUST GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW ABS? ABSOLUTELY.
SO GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, EVERYONE, AGAIN, AS STATED, MY NAME IS LETICIA GRANT.
I AM THE AKERSON SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I AM SERVING FOR MY THIRD YEAR AS A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
UM, I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE BY DAY.
UM, I RUN THE TASK REALTY GROUP AS THE BROKER AND I AM PART OWNER OF THE ELITE QUAD PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GROUP.
I'M THE MOTHER OF TWO AND I WILL THIS MONTH BE A GRANDMOTHER OF A BOY.
SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT, WHICH IS, UM, WHAT I'M DOING NOW, GETTING MYSELF PREPARED SO THAT I CAN WELCOME MY FIRST GRANDSON.
I HAVE LIVED IN HOUSTON MY ENTIRE LIFE AND I HAVE OWNED A PROPERTY IN ACRES, ACRES HOMES SINCE I WAS 14 YEARS OLD.
I, MY, NOT ONLY DO I BELIEVE IN THE MISSION OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MINE AND THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, MY OFFICE RUNS AS SUCH.
I'M A TEXAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIALIST AND I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN SERVING MY COMMUNITY BY DAY AND BY NIGHT.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME.
AND STACY, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ASKING FOR THAT.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED, UH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
OR ANYTHING THAT I LEFT OUT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT ME, I'LL BE SURE TO ANSWER.
THANK YOU, YOU, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WHAT'S GOING ON AND OR HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITY? AND BEFORE WE GET TOO DEEP IN THE WEEDS, GREG, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, AFTER THIS MEETING I CAN GIVE YOU AN EMAIL OR ACTUALLY IF YOU WILL SEND ME IN THE CHAT YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND I'LL CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY.
I'D LIKE TO ENSURE THAT OUR MEETINGS GO SMOOTHLY AND SWIFTLY, SO IF THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OF ME THAT YOU'D LIKE TO GET ANSWERED, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE WILLING TO DO THAT.
SO IF YOU CAN JUST PLACE THAT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT, I'LL GLADLY GIVE YOU A CALL.
LAIA, I HAND, I ALREADY CHECKED LATIA, I ALREADY PUT IT IN THERE ASKING IF THAT WAS YOUR CORRECT EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE CHAT ALREADY.
BUT IF YOU PUT YOUR NUMBER, I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL PERSONALLY SO WE CAN RECTIFY THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I, I DO SEE A HAND UP FOR NUMBER 45 AND IT SAYS, AND I APOLOGIZE, I'M DOING THIS FROM MY PHONE, SO I'LL JUST PASTOR DEB.
THANK YOU PASTOR DEB, I'VE SEEN YOU IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU AND I WANNA TELL YOU THAT, UM, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 45, NORTHSIDE NORTHLINE AND NORTHTOWN.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING IN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD WE'VE BEEN BUILDING SINCE HARVEY.
WE PUT OUT A MANDATE AFTER HARVEY AND IT'S COMING TO FRUITION.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER MANDATE FOR COUNCIL B AND H TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING WITH THE NORTHEAST SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, UNIFIED WITH JACKIE MAHORN.
AND SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT YOU'LL LOOK INTO THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO COME ABOARD AND THERE'S STILL SOME TO BRING A BOARD.
SO WE'RE OFFERING TO HELP ANYTHING WE CAN DO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO SHOW OUR PROCESS AND OUR WORK.
AND WE'RE STILL, UM, HOPING TO BRING IN ALL OF OUR CIVIC CLUBS.
SO WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE NOW, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND TELL YOU I LOOK FORWARD, UM, TO 45 COMING ABOARD AND A LEADERSHIP TEAM.
IT MAY NOT BE ME, UH, BUT WHOEVER IT IS, WE COUNT ON THE LEADERSHIP HERE.
WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE? DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE DO? UH, I HAD MY HAND UP.
HEY VICKI, HOW ARE YOU? HEY, I'M WONDERFUL.
UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE HAVE, UH, JOINED WITH DISTRICT B ASHA JACKSON'S OFFICE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY CLEANUP.
SO WE WILL BE CLEANING UP AS A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ON MARCH 22ND.
WE'RE GONNA CLEAN UP NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACK AND ON NORTHWEST SIDE NEAR THE WELL AT THE RAILROAD TRACK, ALSO AT OUR MARCH 18TH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
WE INVITE ANY RESIDENTS THAT ARE, ARE AFFECTED BY OUR PRESENTATIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ZOOM TRAINING HOSTED BY THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME SENIORS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH, WITH ZOOM.
ALSO, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE BRANDON COFIELD FROM HARRIS COUNTY PROBATE ADMINISTRATION.
HE'S GONNA BE TALKING TO OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT WHEELS TRUST PROBATE, UH, WHAT IS IT? UH, LADY BIRD DEEDS.
TODDS, UH, THE PAYABLE UPON DEBTS AND THINGS OF HOW TO PROPERLY
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TRANSFER PROPERTY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.SOMEONE SENT IT TO ONE OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE, BUT I THINK I READ IN ONE OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES THAT WE WOULD BE POSSIBLY ADDRESSING THAT IN APRIL, BUT, BUT I DID GET A CALL FROM ONE OF THE CITY, FROM ASHA JACKSON'S OFFICE.
SOMEONE FORWARDED IT TO THEM, BUT WE'LL, I THINK WE WILL FORMALLY ADDRESS IT IN APRIL.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, UM, WE'VE HAD HIM AT OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
HE DOES AN AWESOME JOB AT WHAT THE COUNTY CAN DO AS FAR AS WILL'S TRUST AND ALL OF THAT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS FOR THAT.
AM I MISSING THE HANDS OF ANYONE ELSE? LET'S SEE.
KEITH, KEVIN, KEVIN, KEVIN STRICKLAND WAS NEXT.
UM, IT'S NOT ABOUT ME, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT UM, ONE OF OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS HAS REACTIVATED AND CONGRATULATIONS TO PASTOR DEB FOR HERS.
UM, AS Y'ALL KNOW, IT'S HARD WORK KEEPING OUR ORGANIZATIONS GOING.
SO A SHOUT OUT TO JOSEPH PANZELLA, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO REACTIVATE THE FOURTH WARD SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IF Y'ALL KNOW WHERE THAT IS, UM, IT'S A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND JACK VALINSKI AND I HAD HELPED HIM A LITTLE BIT, BUT JUST WANNA COMMEND JOSEPH FOR WORKING HIS BUTT OFF TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND GETTING SO MUCH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
HIS FIRST MEETING WAS A BIG SUCCESS.
SO, UM, I WILL LET HIM KNOW THAT THESE MEETINGS HAPPEN AND UM, LETIC, I WILL GET Y'ALL HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IF IT'S NOT ON YOUR LIST ALREADY.
IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, ENGAGING IN THE COMMUNITY.
STACY, SORRY I'VE GO TO ME LAST IF YOU DON'T MIND.
IS PHILLIP NEXT OR IS IT YOU KEITH? I'M GONNA GO, UH, NOW AND TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, UH, ALL THE S AND C REPRESENTATIVES, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE, UH, AS VICE CHAIR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND, UH, AS CHERYL HAS GIVEN HER, UM, HER BOW, I'M GIVING MINE AS WELL.
AND WE CONGRAT I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW OFFICERS AND WE KNOW YOU'RE DON'T GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB 'CAUSE YOU ALREADY GOT STARTED.
AND SO BLESS YOU AND, UH, BLESS THE SNA AND BLESS YOUR SNCS.
WELL, WE AS WELL WOULD LIKE TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR SERVICE AND REALLY FOR SETTING THE GROUNDWORK FOR SOMETHING FOR US TO BUILD UPON BECAUSE THAT HAD NOT BEEN FOR YOU.
THERE WOULD BE NOTHING FOR US TO DO RIGHT NOW.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU EVERYONE.
UH, APPRECIATE THE HONOR TO SERVE AS YOUR CHAIR.
UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK CHERYL AND KEITH, UH, FOR THEIR SERVICE DURING THE LAST, UH, YEAR AND, UH, UPON MY RETURN, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH LETICIA AND AMY.
UH, SO WE CAN DISCUSS, UH, VARIOUS ITEMS, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
AND JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT JACK VALINSKI IS WITH US TONIGHT, NOW NOT AS A, UH, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WHICH WE ARE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH, BUT AS THE NEW PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE HE IS, BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF HIS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, JACK, IS THAT THE MIDTOWN? NO, I HAVEN'T BEEN ELECTED YET.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOUR MARCH MEETING HAD OCCURRED, BUT, UH, JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THAT JACK, UH, UH, IS, WILL BE JOINING OUR RANKS, UH, AS A, UH, RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON IN HIS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY.
LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT, WELL GUYS, UM, NOW I DON'T FOUR,
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WE HAVE SOME MORE NAMES, WE HAVE SOME MORE PEOPLE WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED.WHAT WE'LL DO IS, AND STACY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR LAST, I THINK WE HAVE FOUR HANDS RAISED, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO CHERYL OUR IMMEDIATE PAST CHANCE.
I JUST WANTED TO TAG INTO WHAT KEVIN WAS SAYING THAT, UM, I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE HAVE SOME MORE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GETTING ORGANIZED AND BEING RECOGNIZED.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY WHO IS A JOINT HAS AN ADJOINING INACTIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, REACH OUT TO THEM AND TRY TO HELP GET THEM ENGAGED.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TAG ON AND THANK KEVIN FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET MORE OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS UP AND GOING.
AND LAIS, YOU HAVE RICKY, RICKY CARD.
RICKY'S BEEN ON THE LIST FOR QUITE A WHILE, SO PERFECT.
I'M SORRY EVERYBODY, THIS IS RICKY.
RICKY, I TOTALLY APOLOGIZE, PLEASE.
CHARGE IT TO MY PHONE AND NOT MY HEART.
UH, THIS IS RICKY CARDENAS, UH, PRESIDENT WITH SECOND WARD SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63.
JUST WANNA SAY THANKS TO THE OUTGOING OFFICERS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
ALSO THANKS TO AMY, WHO YOU KNOW, DOES A GREAT JOB.
UM, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, SECOND WARD, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, ALONG WITH, UH, THE LAWNDALE, UH, AND EASTWOOD AND I THINK MANCHESTER AND MAGNOLIA SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, WE'RE PUTTING ON A JOINT MEETING, I BELIEVE IT'S MAY 17TH, UH, MONDAY, MAY 17TH, ST.
PATRICK'S DAY AT THE EB KATE CENTER.
UH, THIS JOINT MEETING IS TO DISCUSS THE ABANDONMENT OF PULSE STREET.
UM, IT'S KIND OF BEING RUSHED BY HOUSTON FIRST AND SOME OF THE OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED.
AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY'RE ABANDONING THIS ROADWAY, UH, AT THIS POINT BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE CONNECTION FOR THE EAST END.
ONE OF THE ONLY DIRECT, UH, CONNECTIONS THAT DIVES DEEP INTO THE EAST END, TAKING RESIDENTS FROM THE EAST END INTO DOWNTOWN AND VICE VERSA.
UM, IT SERVES OVER 5,000 BUS RIDERS ON THE BUS ROUTES NUMBER 40 AND 41.
AND IT HAS A PROTECTED, UH, BIKEWAY ON THIS ROUTE AS WELL, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE I JUST WANNA SHARE THAT.
UM, ABOUT 45, MAYBE AN HOUR, 45 MINUTES, MAYBE AN HOUR AGO, I WAS DOWNTOWN RIDING AND WAS HIT BY A DRIVER MAKING AN ILLEGAL RIGHT TURN AT THE CORNER OF WALKER AND THE BRANCH.
UM, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BIKING INFRASTRUCTURE, IT BECOMES VERY POLITICAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE AS DRIVERS, I DRIVE MYSELF, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO BE PLACES AND WE'D LIKE TO BE THERE NOW, WE'D LIKE TO BE THERE IN A HURRY, AND WE DON'T THINK TO STOP AND SLOW DOWN AND NOT ONLY PROTECT, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES, BUT PROTECT OUR OWN LIVES.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON BIKES.
THEY'RE NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, RANDOM PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE YOUR FAMILY, SOME OF 'EM ARE YOUR FRIENDS.
SOME MAY WORK FOR THE CITY AND SOME MAY BE IN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE WITH YOU.
SO, UM, WHEN YOU'RE OUT, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, EXCUSE ME, PLEASE JUST CONSIDER THAT BIKING INFRASTRUCTURE SAVES LIVES AND NOT ONLY THE LIVES OF THOSE BIKING, BUT IT SAVES THE LIVES OF THE DRIVERS THAT ARE DRIVING SLOWER NOW BECAUSE SOME OF THIS RIGHT AWAY HAS BEEN GIVING TO BIKERS.
AND UM, NEXT WE HAVE MS. JOTA STEVENS.
MS. JOTA, YOU THERE? SHE MUST HAVE LEFT BECAUSE SHE'S NOT MUTED.
WELL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, WHO DO WE HAVE NEXT? CAN SOMEONE HELP ME OUT THERE OUT THERE? IS SHE, SHE RAISED HER HAND.
YEAH, SHE RAISED HER HAND AGAIN.
DO WE HAVE, OKAY, THEN, MS. FAIRCHILD.
UH, I WAS REMISS EARLIER, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND PHILLIP AND ALSO FOR AMY'S CONTINUED SERVICE.
WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU.
UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, LETICIA, AS WELL AS PHILIP, UM, THROUGHOUT THE GOING YEAR.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.
LAST WEEK, SN 22 SPOKE AT THE, UH, METRO BOARD MEETING.
WE WERE SCHEDULED TO, UM, SPEAK AT THEIR SPECIAL CALLED INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING.
UM, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON WE WERE NOT ON THE LIST, EVEN THOUGH WE GOT CONFIRMATION OF IT.
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IS, IS THAT THEY APPROVED, THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE HAD A DISCUSSION, UH, ABOUT APPROVING $24 MILLION FOR PROJECTS WITHIN THEIR NETWORK.UH, IMMEDIATELY F THAT WAS A 30 MINUTE MEETING AND UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT 48 HOURS BEFORE, UM, THE MEETING WAS CALLED OR, UM, ANYWAY, I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
THEN I SIGNED UP IMMEDIATELY TO SPEAK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING.
BUT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT 30 MINUTE INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING WAS A SPECIAL CALLED BOARD MEETING.
UM, THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS, IS WHILE I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PROJECTS OR IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE WITHIN THEIR NETWORK, THERE WERE NO DETAILS PROVIDED.
AND THE COMMITTEE ITSELF, THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE NOT INFORMED.
THEY HAD NO DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THIS 24 MILLION, UH, WAS GOING TO BE SPENT ON.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL OF US TO JUST KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.
UH, THE BOARD CHAIR EITHER DIDN'T KNOW, UM, OR SHE WAS UNWILLING TO GIVE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THE, UM, MONEY WOULD BE SPENT ON.
SO IT WAS VERY CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE IF THE BOARD DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE APPROVING OR WHY THEY'RE APPROVING OUR DOLLARS, I FIND THAT TO BE A BIG ISSUE.
UM, YOU HAVE 20, YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS LEFT.
IN THAT VEIN, UH, ONE OF THE PROJECTS I HAVE, PROJECTS I HAVE HEARD IS GOING TO BE DOWN WASHINGTON AVENUE, WHICH IS MY AREA.
UM, IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION THAT METRO IS NOT WORKING IN CONCERT WITH OTHER PROJECTS, UM, THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR AREA AS WELL AS, UH, THE STUDIES.
THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERING THE STUDIES AND EVEN THE WALK AUDITS THAT WE'VE HAD.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BRING THAT TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.
YOU MIGHT JUST WANNA PAY ATTENTION TO WHEN THEIR BOARD MEETINGS ARE AND ALSO ANY SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS THAT THEY HAVE IN THE FUTURE.
I HAVE ASKED FOR THEM TO GIVE A LIST OF PROJECTS.
THANK, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
STACY, I DO THINK THAT THIS MAY BE SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONTINUE, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, YOUR COMMENT.
OKAY GUYS, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? THERE ARE
I'M SORRY, I, I FORGOT I'M REMISSED TO FORGET THIS AS WELL.
UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, EAST HOUSTON CITY OF GAS WAS CHOSEN FOR THE TRUCK ROUTE PILOT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND THAT PILOT HAS YET TO TAKE PLACE AND THEY'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION MEASURES IN OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE RAISING OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
THEY'RE WIDENING SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS AS IF EVERYTHING IS A GO.
BUT EVERY TIME THE TRUCK ROUTE PILOT COMES UP FOR THE, ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AGENDA IS STRICKEN.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE KEEPING OUR EYES ON IT ALONG WITH LONE STAR LEGAL AID, BUT WE THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME FOOLERY GOING ON BECAUSE THEY CONTINUE TO NOT ADDRESS IT, BUT THEY'RE MAKING MOVEMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM COUNCIL IN VARIOUS OFFICES, UH, KATIE SHELTON AND CHA PURITA OR PURITA.
I MEAN, SHE AND I SEE THAT, UH, VICTORIA HAS HER HAND RAISED.
I'LL CHECK TO SEE THE REST OF 'EM ON HERE, BUT THEY PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, DOUG.
UM, WE'LL START WITH VICTORIA AND THEN WE WILL MOVE DOWN THE LIST.
UM, I HAVE JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, WE'RE HAVING A NATURALIZATION CLINIC ON MARCH 22ND AT, UH, BURNETT BAIN.
WE'LL ALSO BE, UM, WE'RE RESTARTING OUR TOWN HALL.
SO THE FIRST ONE THIS YEAR WITH COMMISSIONER WILL BE, UM, MARCH 29TH AT BURNETT BAIN AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANY COLLEGE STUDENT WORKING TOWARD UM, A UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE OR GRADUATE DEGREE, UM, THEY'RE WELCOME TO APPLY.
ROGER BRIDGEWATER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? I GUESS NOT.
KATIE, ARE YOU ON? HEY, I HEAR YOU.
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I'M SORRY.SHELTON, I WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCO AT LARGE FIVE REPRESENTATIVE.
UH, I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN UPDATE.
WE'VE GOT OUR, UM, OUR BFA UH, BUDGET FISCAL AFFAIRS MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 17TH.
THAT IS THE REGULAR OCCURRENCE OF BFA.
IT'S ON MONDAY AND ON TUESDAY.
BUT BECAUSE OF BREAK WEEKS AND EVERYTHING, UM, THAT WILL BE THE NORMAL DAY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE PRESENTATIONS FROM BARK 'CAUSE IT'S A JOINT MEETING WITH SERVICE DELIVERY AS WELL AS, UM, A DEEPER DIVE INTO SOME PARTS OF THE ERNST AND YOUNG EFFICIENCY STUDY.
SO PLEASE LOOK OUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED FOR THAT AGENDA COMING OUT LATER ON THIS WEEK.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I'M CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY HAS AND, UM, THANK YOU HAVING ME ON YOUR MEETING.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW CHAIRS.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTION AND PHILLIPS, AND ALSO FOR THE, UH, SERVICE OF THE PREVIOUS CHAIRS.
AND I'M WITH COMMISSIONER TOM RAMSEY'S OFFICE PRECINCT THREE.
AND JUST WANTED TO, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT HE IS CONTINUING TO, UM, LOOK AT AREAS WHERE MONEY IS BEING SPENT THAT HE THINKS IS, UH, UNWISE FOR THE COUNTY.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE MAKING THOSE COMMENTS, UH, IN MEETINGS.
UH, ROGER, I JUST, YOU WENT ON MUTE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
PITA, ARE YOU STILL ON OR NOT? I AM, YES.
I GO BY DIDI CHAVIS AND I'M CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MAYOR PRO.
SHE'S A COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT K.
UM, SHE IS TRAVELING THIS WEEK.
SHE'S ATTENDING THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, UH, CONGRESSIONAL CITY CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC THIS WEEK.
UM, FIRST LET ME CONGRATULATE, UM, THE, UH, OFFICERS THAT WERE ELECTED THIS EVENING AND THANK YOU TO THE PAST OFFICERS AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO WISH A HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, UM, TO ALL, UM, WOMEN.
AND ON THAT NOTE, THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A WOMEN'S CAREER FAIR AT SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, IN THIS MONTH OF MARCH, UM, IN DISTRICT K.
THAT CAREER FAIR WILL BE AT THE HAROLD L. PRESTON SOUTHWEST POLICE STATION ON MARCH 20TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM AND I WILL INCLUDE THE FLYER IN THE CHAT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER DATES AND LOCATIONS.
AND ALSO THE, UH, KEEP HOUSTON BEAUTIFUL DAY IS APRIL 5TH.
SO NEIGHBORHOODS, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITIES CAN REGISTER AND ORDER CLEANING RESOURCES@WWWHOUSTONBEAUTIFUL.ORG.
AND I'LL ALSO INCLUDE THAT LINK IN THE CHAT.
THERESA, DO YOU GET ANYTHING FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT? HI EVERYBODY, THIS IS THERESA HOST FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OUTGOING OFFICERS AND THE NEW INCOMING OFFICERS.
YOU ALL WORK SO HARD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE, IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CONTINUE TO BE THRILLED TO SEE THE REPRESENTATION OF SO MANY SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS AT THESE MEETINGS.
THE COLLABORATION AND THE THOUGHTS THAT ARE SHARED.
HELP US IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SEE WHERE WE CAN BE RESOURCES FOR YOU.
I HAVE NO FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ANYTHING, UM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE BEING HERE AND BEING AVAILABLE ALWAYS FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT OR OUR PROGRAMS. THANK YOU.
ALICE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? OH, DOUG, THAT'S VERY NICE OF YOU.
UM, VICTORIA HAS ALREADY SPOKEN ON PRECINCT FOUR'S BEHALF, UH, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ACKNOWLEDGING US.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OR ELECTED OFFICIALS OR ELECTED OFFICIALS THEMSELVES THAT WOULD LIKE TO OH, I SEE MARK ACK ONLINE.
I'M SURE WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
MARK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE WITH SOME INFORMATION ON SOLID WASTE? HE'S MUTED.
CAN YOU UNMUTE MARK OR DO YOU WANNA STAY MUTED? MEANING, I GUESS HE'S GONNA STAY MUTED OR MAYBE HE'S, YEAH, I'M SORRY.
WHAT? I CAN'T UNMUTE FROM HERE.
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OKAY.IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? I I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED ANYBODY.
THIS IS MARGARET DUNLAP, SENIOR, YOUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS WITH METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY.
I AM PUTTING ON THE CHAT THE LINK TO THE SPECIAL INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING.
THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE.
YOU CAN WATCH IT ON VIDEO, WHICH IS NOW UPLOADED.
I AM PUTTING THE LINK ON SO THAT THOSE OF YOU THAT DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY CAN LISTEN INTO IT AND WATCH IT.
OF COURSE, THIS IS IN THE PAST AND SEE WHAT WENT ON.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE METRO NOW.
AS YOU KNOW, WE, UH, HAD A VERY SPECIAL MEETING LAST WEEK WHERE WE UNVEILED OUR METRO.
NOW WE'RE GOING INTO THE, UM, OUR MOBILITY AND GROWING OUR RIDERSHIP, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SECURE CLEAN BUSES.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING ALSO ONTO WW RIGHT METRO.ORG, YOU WILL FIND A COMPLETE, UM, IF YOU GO ONTO THE TAB, AS A MATTER OF FACT OF OUR WW RIGHT METRO.ORG, YOU WILL FIND THAT METRO NEXT, UM, METRO NOW IS ON THERE AND YOU WILL FIND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS ACTUALLY UNVEILED, UH, LAST WEEK.
SO I WILL PUT THAT ON THE LINK AS WELL SO THAT IT'LL HELP YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT METRO IS DOING.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES THAT I'VE MISSED? UM, HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
I'M WITH COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA'S OFFICE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR 2025 STEP UP INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS OPEN FOR THOSE, UH, STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO COLLEGE.
UH, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO APPLY THAT LEAVES OBVIOUSLY WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT TWO, THEY CAN CALL OR I HAVE ALREADY PUT THE, UH, FLYER IN THE CHAT FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED.
I THINK THAT'S IT AND I DON'T SEE ANY MORE HANDS RAISED.
WELL, THANK YOU GUYS SO VERY MUCH.
I DON'T KNOW IF PHILIP, IF OUR CHAIR IS ABLE TO UNMUTE TO CLOSE US OUT TODAY.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR PITCHING TODAY.
UM, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, AND THANK ALL, THANK BOTH CHERYL AND KEITH.
AND UH, AS I MENTIONED LAST MONTH, UH, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK AN A TO CONSIDER DOING.
AND VICKY MARTIN, WE HAVE YOUR FENCE, UM, ORDINANCE, UH, DOCUMENT AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO READING THAT.
AND UM, THE TRUCK PLAN IS OF INTEREST TO ME AS WELL,
SO, UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FOLLOW THAT.
SO, UH, I JUST, WE'RE, WE, WE'VE GOT, UH, SOME ADV ADVOCACY WORK TO BE DONE BY THE SNA, UH, ONCE WE REACH A CONSENSUS.
AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING.
AND OF COURSE A SPECIAL THANKS TO LETICIA AND HEARING NOTHING ELSE.
UH, I, UH, MOVE, UH, I MAKE A MOTION.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR HEARING ALL THOSE AGAINST HEARING NONE, UH, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
SEE YOU ALL NEXT MONTH AT CITY HALL.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY IN PERSON.