[Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting on May 12, 2025.]
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ALL RIGHT, IT'S SIX 30.LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
UM, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, THE ROLL CALL.
SO I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO AMY, THEN I AMY? YEAH, I'M HERE.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.
I JUST HAVE TO GET MYSELF OFF MUTE.
I'M GONNA CALL, UH, NAMES OF THE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN IN ATTENDANCE FOR LAST SEVERAL MEETINGS AND, UM, UH, BASED ON OUR BYLAWS.
AND IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE ANSWER YES AT THE END OF OUR, UM, ROLL CALL.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO PUT IN THE CHAT OR SOMETHING IF I MISS YOU OR, OR INDICATE THAT YOU'RE HERE.
IF FOR SOME REASON WE DON'T CALL YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE'LL START WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE.
MARIE CARLISLE, PRESIDENT HERE.
KATHY EASTERLY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HERE.
STEVEN PONIK, VICE PRESIDENT HERE.
KEITH DOWNEY, PRESIDENT, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
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SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.SORRY, I COULDN'T GET OFF MUTE FAST ENOUGH.
UH, DID I MISS ANY SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE ROLL CALL THAT JOINED VICKY? YES.
ANYONE ELSE PUT IT IN THE CHAT? 40 FIVES HERE.
ANY OTHERS? ALL RIGHT, I WILL RETURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CHAIR.
AMY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
UH, WE'RE GONNA INTERRUPT THE NORMAL FLOW, UH, DUE TO A SCHEDULING, UH, REQUIREMENT.
SO AT THIS TIME, SALLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN, UH, UH, REQUESTED TO ADDRESS US FOR JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES ON SOME UPCOMING ITEMS. THANK YOU PHILLIP.
AND I HATE TO DISRUPT THE NORMAL FLOW.
UH, I'VE GOTTA BE SOMEWHERE AT SEVEN, BUT, UH, IT'S BUDGET TIME.
AND AS YOU KNOW, I CHAIR THE BUDGET FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
I KNOW YOU'VE GOTTEN THAT SURVEY OUT.
UH, WE'VE GOTTEN OVER A THOUSAND RESPONSES.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SURVEY OR YOU NEED TO STILL GET IT TO SOME PEOPLE, UM, JORDAN'S ONLINE, SHE'LL, SHE'LL BE ON THE WHOLE TIME AND SHE'LL PUT THE LINK IN THE CHAT.
WANT YOU TO, UH, WRITE, WRITE IN THE COMMENTS.
I READ EVERYTHING AND I, I I LET OTHER PEOPLE KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING AND SAYING.
WE'RE ALSO HAVING A BUDGET TOWN HALL COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO AND I, HE'S THE VICE CHAIR OF BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS THIS SATURDAY.
UM, SEPTE, UH, UM, MAY 17TH AT 10:00 AM AT THE FONDE CENTER NEAR DOWNTOWN.
THERE'LL ALSO BE A VIRTUAL OPTION, UM, IN THE EVENING.
I THINK ABOUT, UH, AT SIX O'CLOCK ON, I THINK IT'S MAY 22ND, RIGHT? UM, UM, JORDAN, HOPEFULLY, YES.
ABOUT 3 BILLION OF THAT IS THE GE TAX SUPPORTED GENERAL FUND.
THE BIG STORY HERE IS WE SETTLED THE LAWSUIT OR WE WERE APPROVING THE SETTLEMENT.
HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK WE WON'T OWE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS MORE TOWARDS DRAINAGE AND, AND STREETS.
WE WILL OWE IT, BUT WE'LL SPREAD IT OUT OVER TIME.
WE, WE SAVED ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS CITYWIDE FOR THE, ON THE VOLUNTARY INCENTIVE FOR IF YOU WERE ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE.
YOU GOT THREE MONTHS, PAY A LOT.
A THOUSAND OUT OF 3000 PEOPLE OFFERED THAT TOOK IT.
THAT WILL SAVE ABOUT $30 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND.
DOING A LOT OF STUFF OUT OF THE, UM, ERNST AND YOUNG STUDY.
WE'RE BASICALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, WE'RE, WE'RE REDUCING THE AMOUNT SPENT IN THE GENERAL FUND THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF ALL OF THESE THINGS.
WE DO HAVE A NEW POLICE CONTRACT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA THIS WEEK.
10% RAISES THIS YEAR, 8% NEXT YEAR, 6% AFTER THAT, 6% AFTER THAT, SIX AND A HALF PERCENT AFTER THAT.
IT'S A $835 MILLION TOTAL SETTLEMENT.
UH, UM, OTHER THINGS, UH, ABOUT 16 MILLION IN DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
WE'RE TAKING ABOUT $107 MILLION FROM OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
LOTS MORE COME TO THE BUDGET TOWN HALL OR LISTEN TO IT ON THE 22ND.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY HI REALLY QUICKLY AND GET YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS ARE MY EYES AND EARS OUT THERE ON THE GROUND.
GET YOU GUYS TO GET YOUR MEMBERS AND YOUR AREAS INVOLVED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, UM, LET ME KNOW, BUT I'M, I THINK YOU PROBABLY WANNA GET ON WITH YOUR MEETING, SO I'M GONNA HOP OFF, BUT JORDAN WILL BE ON, SO THANK YOU.
BUDGET WORKSHOP START TOMORROW.
SO IF YOU REALLY NEED, NEED SOMETHING TO DO TOMORROW, TUNE IN HTV
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON, UH, MS. VICKY, UH, TO PRESENT YOUR, UH, UH, PROPOSAL ON CHANGES IN ENFORCEMENT OF THE FENCING ORDINANCE.
AND, UM, SANDRA, DO WE, DO WE HAVE HER, UH, SLIDESHOW UP AS WELL? I DO NOT RECEIVE MS. VICKY'S, UH, SLIDESHOW.
UH,
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DO IT AND, AND, UH, SHARE THE SCREEN IF YOU'LL DO IT AND SHARE THE SCREEN.I, I SENT IT LAST MONTH AND WE'RE MADE RIGHT NOW.
I CAN'T, YEAH, I'M WAITING ON THE DELIVER.
LET ME GET IT BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER ONE.
AND, UH, HOW DO WE SHARE SCREEN IN TEAMS? AH, NEVERMIND.
UH, YEAH, THERE'S A BUTTON AND IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT THAT WAY.
BECAUSE ON MY SIDE, I DON'T SEE IT.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING YOUR VIEW FROM TEAMS. OH, OKAY.
AND THEN MS. VICKI, JUST TELL ME WHEN YOU WANT ME TO GO TO THE NEXT PAGE.
UH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT PAGE.
AND SO BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS WE LOOKED AT THE SHEET METAL FENCES IN OUR AREA, AND WE HAD OVER 105.
AND SO WE GOT WITH, UH, WITH PEOPLE, THEY HAD TIME TO DO A LITTLE MORE INVESTIGATION AND THEY CHECKED WITH DALLAS AND GALVESTON BECAUSE THOSE ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO HOUSTON.
SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE.
THAT'S THE SHEET METAL FENCING NEXT.
NOW, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAD A TWO STORY HOME ON IT, AND WE REQUESTED IN 2001 FOR A TEAR DOWN, AND IT FINALLY GOT TORN DOWN LAST YEAR.
SO 23 YEARS LATER, 22 YEARS LATER, THEY FINALLY TORE DOWN, BUT THE FENCE IS STILL UP.
AND IF YOU LOOK, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE LY NEXT.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE STILL TODAY.
WELL, IT TOOK 22 YEARS FOR THEM TO FINALLY TEAR DOWN.
SO THIS IS LY NEXT, NEXT LY NEXT.
AND, OH, WELL GO, GO BACK REAL QUICK.
UH, THE ONE YOU JUST SHOWED, ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THIS ONE IS THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
YES, IT HAS THE TRIANGLE, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BACK 15 FEET.
SO WHEN YOU'RE SITTING AT THAT INTERSECTION, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THIS SHEET METAL FENCE.
NEXT VIC, WAIT, VICKI, BEHIND THERE ARE THOSE MOBILE HOMES AND 18 WHEELERS.
THIS ONE IS, UH, YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S SET GAS.
AND, AND THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ALLOWED.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S INDICATIVE OF MOST OF THE FENCING.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE ON, IN A RV OR A MOBILE HOME WHEN YOU PASS BY AND BY CHANCE CATCH THE FENCE OPEN.
AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE TOP, BUT YOU DEFINITELY CAN SEE IT WHEN THE FENCE ARE OPEN.
NOW THEY DID IT WITH DIFFERENT SIZES, DIFFERENT HORIZONTAL VERTICAL.
NOW THIS ONE IS ON HERE BECAUSE THIS IS A, UH, TO SHOW YOU WHEN YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORING FENCE.
THE SMALL FENCE WAS CHAIN LINK.
THE, THE WHITE AND BLACK DUPLEXES BUILT, UH, A LOT AND THEY BOUGHT A WOOD FENCE, BUT THEY DIDN'T BRING IT ALL THE WAY BACK.
SO NOW THE HOMEOWNER IN THE LOWER FENCE CAN'T WEEDY, BUT, AND IT'S TOO SMALL OF A SPACE.
SO ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE THAT IS RIGHT NOW, THE PROPERTY, THE PERSON WHO THE FENCE BELONGS TO ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN MOW AND WEEDY.
SO THEY, THEY, IT'S, IT'S JUST A GAP.
AND NOW THE, THE, THE NEIGHBOR NEXT TO ME WHO HAPPENS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER,
AND I SAID, THAT'S NOT YOUR PROPERTY.
BEHIND THE FENCE IS THE NEIGHBOR BEHIND YOU PROPERTY.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE HIGH VEGETATION NEXT FEMALE METAL FENCE.
THIS IS WHAT'S INSIDE OF THAT FENCE.
SO WHEN I TOOK IT, YOU CAN ZOOM AND SEE, SEE CAR PARTS LAYING ALL OUT.
THEY HAVE A RV AND ALL OF THAT.
IF YOU ZOOM THE PICTURE BETWEEN THE TRUCKS, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE NOT JUST TRUCK PARKING
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BECAUSE IT SAYS TRUCK PARKING, BUT THEY'RE DOING MORE THAN TRUCK PARKING.AND THEY HAVE A RV IN, IN THERE AS WELL.
THAT SHOWS THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING MAINTAINED NEXT.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE VISIBILITY.
I TOOK THAT TO SHOW YOU CAN'T SEE THE, UH, UNCOMMON TRAFFIC.
YOU HAVE TO STICK YOUR VEHICLE OUT.
THAT'S THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
YOU HAVE TO STICK YOUR VEHICLE VEHICLE OUT.
THIS TO GET AROUND THIS SHEET METAL FENCE.
NEXT, THE CITY ALLOWED THIS ONE TO COME UP.
THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T EVEN, UH, WEED EAT OUTSIDE THE FENCE.
SO THAT'S HOW VEGETATION RIGHT THERE.
NEXT, THIS IS A TIRE SHOP THAT I'VE HAD THE CITY COME OUT AT LEAST THREE TIMES.
AND OUR CITY COUNCIL PERSON STAFF, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF NOT ONLY IS IT NOW THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE, BUT THAT VEHICLE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE COVID.
AND THE TIRE'S LOW AND THE CITY COMES OUT AND THE OWNER TELLS EACH PERSON THE SAME LIE, I'M GOING TO MOVE IT.
THE TIRE'S LOW, THE POLICE HAVE BEEN OUT.
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN OUT, AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS ABLE TO STILL GO ON NEXT.
OH, THAT WAS JUST A BLURB ABOUT NEIGHBORING FENCE NEXT.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE SHOW AGAIN.
THE NEIGHBOR WITH THE WOODEN FENCE CALLED THE PRO CAUSED THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE FENCED IN THEIR YARD AND LEFT VEGETATION IN THE GAP BETWEEN IT.
NEXT SAME THING, NEIGHBORING FENCE.
AND, AND THIS IS WHAT THE NEIGHBOR HAS TO LOOK AT BECAUSE THIS IS HIGH VEGETATION GROWING OVER FROM THE BACKYARD NEIGHBOR.
NEXT, UH, THAT'S THE END OF THE SLIDE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE WHEN WE SAY SHEET METAL FENCING, UH, IS EVER WHICH WAY, ANY KIND OF WAY.
AND WE HOPE THAT THE CITY ADOPTS WHAT DALLAS AND GALVESTON IS DOING, WHICH IS THEY DO NOT ALLOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROHIBITED UNLESS YOU HAVE A AUTO RECYCLE BUSINESS.
AND THAT EVEN COMES WITH PARAMETERS.
SO WE WANT NO SHEET METAL FENCING AT ALL IN THE, IN THE CITY BECAUSE THEY, THEY ARE BLIGHT.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS COMPROMISED.
THEY CANNOT WITHSTAND HEAVY WINDS.
UH, THERE ARE DANGER, A DANGER, AND THEY'RE NOT BEING MAINTAINED.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SHEET METAL FENCING IS SOLD IN THE ROOFING DEPARTMENT, NOT THE FENCING DEPARTMENT.
I YIELD BACK, UH, MS. MS. VICKI, UH, WHEN I WAS, UH, VISITING WITH SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND MENTIONED ABOUT THE, UH, THIS, AND, UH, SOME OF THEM REQUESTED A COPY OF THE, UH, DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAD PUT TOGETHER.
THEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE USE OF THIS METAL FENCING, DEPENDING ON HOW IT'S BEEN, UH, CONSTRUCTED, UH, MAY PREVENT WATER FROM NATURALLY FLOWING.
THANK GOD TO SAY THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION LAST WEEK THAT THE WATER, THERE'S A NEIGHBOR AND, AND THEY, THEY, THE WATER CANNOT FLOW FROM THE PROPERTY CORRECTLY.
AND ANOTHER PROBLEM, WHEN THEY PUT THE SEA METAL FENCE, THEY PUT THESE LED LIGHTS THAT ARE ALMOST SYNONYMOUS WITH THE CONVENIENCE STORES.
SO IF THAT LIGHT IS UP HIGH AND YOU ARE A NEIGHBOR, WHICH IS, REMEMBER THIS IS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THERE'S NO ZONING, BUT THAT LIGHT IS SHINING IN THE NEIGHBOR'S BEDROOM SIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY WITH THAT HIGH BEAM LED LIGHT.
THE WATER IS NOT ABLE TO LEAVE THE PROPER, THE PROPERTY.
SO AT, AT THIS POINT, UM, UH, WE'RE OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF, UH, MS. VICKI OR, UH, SO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS, GREG.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THIS.
MS. VICKI, I'M, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU SUGGESTING, BECAUSE ON PAGE TWO OF FIVE OF YOUR ORDINANCE SAYING YOU'RE TALKING, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FENCING MATERIAL
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FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OR NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.ARE YOU ASKING TO EXPAND THAT TO AROUND THE CITY? COMPLETELY.
SO WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? WELL, UH, IN YOUR METAL FENCING ORDINANCE DOCUMENT THAT YOU SENT AROUND UM-HUH UHHUH
THAT'S WHY I GET ALL MY CANDY PHONE.
THEY TYPE TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU TRYING, ARE YOU ONE TO EXPAND THAT TO EVERYTHING OR IS THAT, ARE YOU TRYING TO EX KEEP IT NARROW LIKE YOU SAID IN YOUR, IN YOUR LETTER? WELL, IF, IF, IF, IF WE HAD OUR WAY, IF, IF WE HAD OUR WAY, WE DON'T WANT SHEET METAL FENCING AT ALL ANYWHERE IN THE CITY SHEET METAL FENCING.
WE HAD THE ABSOLUTE TO USE IT.
AND THEY SHOULD, SHOULD BE, I'M SORRY, I'M ON A ZOOM AND I OKAY.
IF YOU CAN MUTE YOURSELVES IF YOU'RE NOT ASKING A QUESTION OR REPLYING.
YES, GREG, WE DON'T AT ALL, ALL
THEN AGAIN, THE, THE BOARD TOOK AND THEY HAVE A, AND THEY'RE NOT COMPLIANT WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT BOXED IN ON ALL FOUR POST.
THEY CAN HAVE IT ON THE FRONT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY MS. VICKY IS CUTTING IN AND OUT.
VICKY, WE CAN'T, VICKY, YOUR INTERNET'S CUTTING YOU IN AND OUT.
ACTUALLY, WE CAN'T HEAR MY, MY QUESTION WAS, OKAY, LOOKS LIKE WE'VE, OH, THERE, SHE'S BACK.
WELL, MY QUESTION WAS, MY QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY, ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR NO, NO.
YOU MAY HAVE TO LOG OFF AND LOG BACK IN.
UM, FOR THE RECORD AND STATE THIS, BECAUSE THIS COULD BE A ISSUE IN SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITIES, I NOTICED ON VICKI'S PRESENTATION THAT SHE SPOKE ABOUT THE, THE VARIANCE OR THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE NEW FENCE AND THE CHAIN LINK FENCE.
UM, WHEN THE BUILDERS ARE GOING IN BUILDING PROPERTY, THEY'RE ONE EITHER HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING IN CONTACT WITH THE CURRENT OWNER OR THE CURRENT OWNER, AND THIS IS HAPPENING IN ACRES HOMES, OR THE CURRENT OWNER IS SAYING, DON'T TOUCH MY FENCE.
SO THE BUILDER WILL BUILD A FENCE IN WITHIN THE DISTANCE OF THEIR, OUTSIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY LINE TO AVOID THE CONFUSION.
SO EVEN THOUGH THEY THINK THAT THEY HAVE RECTIFIED THE ISSUE, THAT VEGETATION IS GOING TO BE NOT ONLY AN ISSUE, AND IT'S BECOMING AN ISSUE FOR US HERE IN ACRES HOMES, BUT IT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE FOR MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE WE, WE PROBABLY NEED TO START TALKING TO OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT IF NEW CONSTRUCTION IS COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY GONNA BUILD A PRIVACY FENCE.
SO YOU WOULD WANNA WORK WITH THEM ON IF YOU WANT THE PRIVACY FENCE OR HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? SO THAT IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE FOR MANY OF US.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE READ WAS, AND I'M SORRY I COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING EARLIER, BUT WHAT WE READ WAS, UH, AN INTERPRETATION WAS THAT WHOEVER PUTS THE SECOND FENCE UP, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE PROBLEM.
I MEAN, I, THEY, THEY, YOU RIGHT.
BUT WHAT'S ULTIMATELY, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS HAPPEN
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THEY'RE ELECTING TO LOSE PROPERTY OR SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THEIR LAND TO AVOID CORRECT.AND THEN THEY'RE NOT LEAVING ENOUGH ROOM.
AND IT COULD ALMOST BE SOLVED IF THEY WOULD HAVE A ACCESS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, ACCESSABLE YEAH.
BUT PEOPLE CAN'T GET THE WEED EATER IN THE LITTLE SPACE.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS, BUT I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
BUT I ASKED AGAIN, NOW, TASSIE JACKSON'S OFFICE REACHED OUT.
THAT'S, I MEAN,
BUT WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR, VICKY, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
VICKI, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WE, WE, NAH, IT'S, IT, WE'RE NOT HEARING ANYTHING.
UH, VICKI, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
IT'S CONNECTION IS SO BAD RIGHT NOW.
HEAR ME? IT'S CUTS IN AND OUT.
WHAT I WAS SAYING IS, I KNOW MY CITY COUNCIL PERSON OFFICE, TASHA JACKSON'S OFFICE, ASKED FOR A COPY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, UH, THINK ABOUT DOING A COPY TO, UH, WITH, FROM THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE SO THAT THEY'LL KNOW THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IT.
ALRIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET THROUGH THE QUESTIONS.
UH, LAURA, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, THANK YOU.
UH, MY QUESTION IS CONCERNING FENCING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE THE RESTRICTED NEIGHBORHOOD, HOWEVER, WE ARE HAVING EIGHT FOOT FENCES, PRIVATE FENCES TO COME ALL THE WAY IN THE FRONT TO THE SIDEWALK.
OUR DEEP RESTRICTION SAYS THAT, UH, THE FENCES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO COME PAST YOUR HOME OR YOUR DWELLING.
AND, UM, THE THING, THE PROBLEM THAT WE ARE HAVING WITH THIS IS VISIBILITY, GETTING OUT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY.
IT MAKES IT VERY HARD, UH, TO SEE ONCOMING CARS APPROACHING.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THE SAME WITH, UH, A LOT OF THE, UH, PEOPLE, A LOT OF THE INVESTORS WHO ARE MOSTLY PUTTING THE FENCE UP, THEY DO NOT CONTACT THE ADJACENT HOMEOWNER.
AND THE ADJACENT HOMEOWNER HAS NO PART TO SAY WITH THE FENCING.
AND MANY TIMES THEY WILL TAKE DOWN THE, UH, CYCLONE FENCING OR THE CHAIN LINK FENCING AND ONLY LEAVE THE WOODEN STRUCTURE THERE.
WHEN THE WOODEN STRUCTURE FELL.
UH, SOMETIME THE PETS, UH, CAN GET OUT OF THE BROKEN BOARDS INTO THE, UH, OTHER PERSON'S PROPERTY.
AND SO IT HAS BEEN A NUISANCE OR BECOMING A NUISANCE IN OUR AREA.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S THE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME DE RESTRICTIONS AS WELL, BUT THEY DON'T ADDRESS FENCING ADEQUATELY.
UH, THEY, THEY JUST TALK ABOUT THE HEIGHT AND, UH, I'M NOT EVEN, THEY JUST TALK ABOUT THE SETBACK LINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IF THE CITY WERE TO ENFORCE AND HAVE A BETTER ORDINANCE, I THINK THIS COULD, THAT WOULD ADDRESS A LOT OF OUR ISSUES.
GREG, DID YOU HAVE YOUR, UH, A QUESTION AGAIN? YES, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
ARE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT SHEET METAL FENCING OR ARE WE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE BARRIER BETWEEN, THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION AND, AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS A FOLLOW UP ABOUT YOUR, THE FENCING GOING IN THE FRONT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE LEGISLATURE LAST TIME ALLOWED MORE FENCING, EVEN AGAINST DEED RESTRICTIONS TO GO UP IN THE FRONT FOR SECURITY REASONS.
I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT TO CHANGE IT.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT STANDS RIGHT NOW.
WELL, NO, I MEAN, I STILL HAVE THE QUESTION.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, ARE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SHEET METAL FENCING OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
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ALSO AS PART OF THIS, THE, WHAT WOULD LETITIA WAS BRINGING UP? UH, WELL, GREG, GREG, FOR ME, MY THREE ISSUES WERE THE SHEET METAL, A FENCE, AND THE MATERIAL.MY SECOND ISSUE WAS, UH, THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
AND THE THIRD ISSUE WAS THE SPACE BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORING FENCE AND HOW WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING, UH, MORE, UH, SPECIFIC REGARDING THOSE ISSUES.
AND SOME OF THIS COULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BY A HEALTHY CONVERSATION IF PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO HAVE IT WITH A NEIGHBOR.
BUT, UH, ORDINANCE WOULD DEFINITELY GIVE A LITTLE WEIGHT TO IT.
SHE MET A FENCING MATERIAL, THE, UH, VISIBILITY TRIANGLE AND THE, UH, THE NEIGHBORING FENCE WHERE YOU CREATE THAT SPACE AND, UH, YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THE VEGETATION.
PART OF MY QUESTION GREG ADDRESSED AND I WANTED CLARIFICATION ON EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, AND I WANTED TO, SO THANK YOU VICKI, FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THE ISSUES THAT LAURA WAS BRINGING UP WERE RELATED TO DEED RESTRICTION ENFORCEMENT ON FENCES.
AND I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION AND IT'S WORTH HAVING.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO, TO FOCUS IN ON THE ISSUE THAT VICKI HAS BROUGHT FORTH FIRST.
UM, AND I'M SEEING IT AS TWO SEPARATE ISSUES.
I THINK THAT, THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR A MORE ROBUST ORDINANCE THAT, UH, GOVERNS THE FENCES, UM, AND THE SHEET AND THE MATERIALS THAT THEY'RE MADE OF.
AND THAT SHEET METAL IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE MATERIAL.
AND CAROL, YEAH, THIS IS JUST A QUESTION FOR VICKI, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED IS THE TRUCK YARDS AND PEOPLE LIVING IN RVS AND THOSE YARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY.
AND IN FACT, THE ORDINANCE, IT SAYS YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME OR RV UNLESS IT'S A DEDICATED, UH, WELL, RV THE OTHER, THERE'S ANOTHER ORDINANCE THAT ALSO SAYS THAT A STORAGE YARD CANNOT BE WITHIN 300 FEET OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO ASK THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER WAY YOU CAN GO AT THAT.
SO YES, TO GET, YOU CAN PUT THAT ORDINANCE IN THE CHAT.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME DE RESTRICTIONS.
WE ARE KIND OF A, A HUGE AREA, WELL, WE HAVE A DENSE POPULATION, BUT YEAH.
NOT ALL OF THE COMMUNITY IS DE RESTRICTED.
SO FOR ME, UM, AND VICKY, OF COURSE, YOU'RE THE PERSON THAT CREATED THE DOCUMENT, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT SEPARATING THE TWO.
UM, I THINK THAT THE FENCE ORDINANCE IS IMPORTANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FENCING MATERIAL, BUT THEN I THINK THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CHAIN LINK AND THE PRIVACY FENCE, THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE MORE COMMUNICATION OR CONVERSATION, UM, FOR US AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO IN EFFORT TO GET THE ORDINANCE THROUGH AND DONE, I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST SEPARATING THE TWO IF, IF YOU'RE FINE WITH THAT.
BUT THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
DOUG, YOU'RE STILL MUTED, DOUG.
WHAT I SAID LETISHA, YOU TOOK THE WORDS OUTTA MY MOUTH.
I WAS GONNA RAISE MY HAND AND SAY THE EXACT SAME THINGS.
AND I THINK WE CAN PROPOSE, UH, SENDING A LETTER TO THE CITY ON BEHALF OF THE ALLIANCE, UH, ADDRESS, ASKING THEM TO ADDRESS THE METAL FENCING ORDINANCE AND THE TRIANGLE, UH, PROBLEM.
UH, THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT AND I THINK WE COULD LIVE WITH THOSE.
BUT THE FENCING WOOD FENCE VERSUS CHAIN LINK FENCE, THAT'S A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEY COULD SOLVE IT IF THEY COULD WORK TOGETHER, BUT I DON'T THINK AN ORDINANCE IS GOING TO DO THAT.
UH, I WAS ON THIS ISSUE ABOUT THE FENCE.
WOULD IT BE MAYBE SOMETHING THAT, LIKE IF, IF THESE INVESTORS OR WHOEVER'S PUTTING UP THESE FENCES, WHY DON'T THEY JUST PAY FOR THE NEW FENCE AND PICK DOWN THE OLD ONE?
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BUT IF THAT'S AN OPTION? BUT I KNOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY RIGHTS STUFF, YOU JUST CAN'T TAKE SOMEONE'S FENCE DOWN.BUT MAYBE IF THAT WAS KIND OF MORE IN THERE, MORE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE AGREEABLE TO GETTING A NEW FENCE, RIGHT? IF IF THEY NO UNFOR, UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE NOT
THEY DON'T WANT THESE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING ABOUT HEALTHY CONVERSATIONS.
HEALTHY CONVERSATION CAN ELIMINATE A, A LOT OF LIFE THINGS.
BECAUSE, BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE, IT, IT IS DUMB TO HAVE TWO FENCES LIKE TOGETHER.
'CAUSE ALL IT'S GONNA DO IS GROW LIKE TREES AND VINES AND WHATEVER.
SO YOU HAVE TO LIKE, KEEP IT CLEAN.
YOU CAN'T HAVE, HAVE TWO FENCES TOGETHER.
ANYWAY, THAT'S MY, MY 2 CENTS.
ALRIGHT, WELL THEN VICKI, WOULD YOU LIKE, UH, I CAN SEND YOU THE WORD DOCUMENT OF WHAT I TOOK FROM YOUR EMAIL AND PUT IT INTO A WORD DOCUMENT AND I, I CAN SEND THAT TO YOU.
AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO, UM, DO YOU WANT TO THEN DIVIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOCUS THE DOCUMENTS ON THE, THE ITEMS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT AND THEN WE CAN BRING IT BACK FOR A VOTE? OR IS THE CONSENSUS OF THE MEMBERS, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, UH, A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE SUPER NEIGHBOR ALLIANCE FOCUSING ON THE METAL FENCING AND THE, UH, TRI, WHAT IS IT CALLED AGAIN? THE VISIBILITY.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I GOT THE RIGHT TERM THERE.
UH, SO I'M OPEN TO, DO WE WANT TO, DO WE WANT TO COME BACK AND VOTE ON THIS NEXT MONTH? OR, UH, DO WE WANT TO GO AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE S AND A SUPPORT LETTER WILL ONLY ADDRESS THOSE TWO ITEMS, CHERYL? I'M OKAY WITH IT.
UM, UM, I PROPOSE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE TONIGHT.
THE INFORMATION WAS SENT OUT IN TIME FOR PEOPLE TO READ.
WE'VE HAD, UH, SOME GOOD CONVERSATION HERE.
SO I, I MOVE THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO PREPARE A LETTER TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY RELATING STRICTLY TO THE SHEET METAL MATERIAL FENCING ISSUE AND THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
IS THERE A SECOND? AND I SECOND IT.
UM, AND MAY I ADD ENFORCEMENT? WE MUST INCLUDE ENFORCEMENT.
UH, YES, I WOULD, I WOULD LEAVE IT TO YOU AND PHILIP THE CHAIR TO WORK OUT A MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE WORDING.
UH, ON THESE, UH, CHERYL, UH, POINT OF INFORMATION FOR ME, UH, IN THE PAST, UH, WHEN WE'RE DOING VIRTUAL MEETINGS, UH, WE'RE, OH, WE'RE JUST HAVING EVERYBODY RAISE THEIR HAND.
IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK WE, I, I'M FINE WITH RAISING HANDS.
UM, IT'S MY MOTION AND I'M FINE WITH THE VOTE TAKEN BY THE RAISING OF ANTS.
ALRIGHT, SO EVERYONE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND KEEP IT RAISED UNTIL WE TELL YOU.
AND IF YOU CAN'T RAISE YOUR HAND, YOU COULD WRITE, IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE AND YOU CAN'T DO IT, YOU CAN WRITE IN THE, IN CHAT.
OR IF YOU'RE, IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE RAISE HAND BUTTON, PUT IT IN CHAT.
LETICIA, ARE YOU GONNA RAISE YOUR HAND? SHE'S GOT IT RAISED.
YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR VIRTUAL HAND.
UH, WHO'S COUNTING? OKAY, THE SECRETARY SHOULD COUNT.
AMY, ARE YOU STILL THERE? I'M COUNTING AS WELL.
I HAVE 18 ON THE TEAMS. UH, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL ONES IN THE CHAT.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, AT LEAST ONE, TWO IN THE CHAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO SOMEBODY.
ALRIGHT, WELL, PHILLIP, IS YOUR HAND UP? YES.
AND, AND CHERYL, YOUR HAND'S NOT UP.
AND LETICIA, YOU'RE GRANT HAND'S NOT UP.
OH, THE SYSTEM ONLY HOLDS YOUR HAND UP FOR SO LONG.
12, 13, 14, 15, 20 16, 17, 18.
TWO 20 PLUS THERE'S, UH, TWO IN THE CHAT.
GO AHEAD AND LOWER YOUR HANDS.
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THOSE AGAINST THE, THE PROPOSAL.IF LOWER YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE, IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR, UH, IF YOU'RE AGAINST, I'M SORRY.
MY NAME IS PAULETTE WAGNER AND I'M WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 68.
I WOULD RAISE MY HAND, HOWEVER, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REACTIVATED BY THE CITY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A RULE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO VOTE.
THERE IS Y YEAH, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT AN ACTIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AS DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, YEAH.
UH, YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HONEST ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, I DIDN'T WANNA FLY ON FALSE COLORS.
WHAT ABOUT SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS IS REACTIVATED BUT HAVE NO OFFICER, I'VE NEVER HOLD ON THAT.
WE'LL ADDRESS WHO CAN VOTE IN JUST A SECOND? ALRIGHT, SO WE, I'VE GOT FOUR, I'VE GOT THREE.
SHOWING WAS FOUR, UH, HANDS UP AGAINST.
LAURA, WE LOST, WE'VE LOST, IT'S A TOTAL OF FOUR THAT WERE ON THERE BEFORE WE LOST SOME OF THEM.
YEAH, BUT LAURA TRIED AND I, I DON'T WHO SHE WAS CONNECTED WITH.
LAURA TRI LAURA TRIAN TOOK HER HAND DOWN.
I AM IN THE SAME SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD WITH PAULETTE WAGNER.
I WAS NOT AWARE THAT, UH, IF WE WERE INACTIVE THAT WE COULD NOT VOTE BECAUSE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 68 WERE CALLED IN THE INITIAL, UH, ROLL CALL.
SO I WAS NOT AWARE THAT, NOT A PROBLEM.
ALRIGHT, SO THEN WE'VE, WE'VE GOT TWO, UH, NO VOTES.
UH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LOWER YOUR HANDS.
SO, UH, THE VOTE IS, UH, MAJORITY IS IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, UH, RESOLUTION.
AND MS. VICKI, WE WILL FIND SOME TIME IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO WORK ON, UH, ADDRESSING THE UPDATED DOCUMENT AND THEN WE CAN SEND IT ON OUT.
UM, AT THIS TIME I WANT TO GO BACK.
WE, UH, WE FAILED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL MEETING.
UH, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WHAT DOUG? I'M SORRY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, YEAH.
PHILLIP, WHAT DID YOU DECIDE ON THE ISSUE ABOUT MELANIE WHITE? UH, WE ARE CHECKING ON HER STATUS AND I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE OFFICE ON THAT.
UH, THE, THE OTHER CORRECTION I WOULD MAKE THAT I'VE ASKED YOU ABOUT BEFORE IS WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IN THE PAST, IS IF THERE'S AN ABSTENTION OR, UH, THAT WE'VE ALWAYS LISTED WHO THAT PERSON WAS, WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT.
WE DID IT IN THE MEETING BEFORE THAT.
SO I'VE JUST ASKED THAT THAT WOULD BE PUT BACK IN AND I'LL BE, I'LL BE ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE LATER ON IN THE AGENDA, ON COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS, SNAP, ET CETERA.
BUT I'M ASKING TO MAKE THE CORRECTION.
I I, I WILL ADDRESS THAT ISSUE AT THAT TIME.
WELL, THE MINUTES ARE, YOU'RE BEING ASKING TO PROVE THE MINUTES RIGHT NOW, AND I'M ASKING TO MAKE A CORRECTION.
AND I, IT'S JUST LIKE WE, AND THAT, AND THAT I WILL ADDRESS THAT ISSUE AT THE TIME IN THE AGENDA WHERE I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT APPROVING THE AGENDA OF THE LAST MONTH, AND WE'RE NOT, I AM NOT GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE REASON I PROVIDED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK ANY FURTHER.
UH, GREG, WE'RE NOT GONNA BELABOR THIS.
YOU'RE DISTURBING THE MEETING.
I'VE GIVEN YOU DAYS TO ANSWER THIS.
AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS YOU'VE DONE A THANK YOU.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE THEIR HANDS.
OKAY, LET'S, EVERYONE IN FAVOR
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LOWER YOUR HANDS.THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
WE HAVE ONE OPPOSED THE, UH, AGENDA IS APPROVED AND WE'LL MOVE.
NO, THE MINUTES, THE MINUTES, MINUTES.
UH, THOSE, UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE POLK STREET DISCLOSURE.
UH, MS. LINDSEY WILLIAMS FROM SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL 64 SLASH 88.
CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN? YOU SHOULD BE SEEING IT RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, A LOT OF YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THIS.
MY NAME IS LINDSAY WILLIAMS. I AM WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 64 AND 88.
I HAVE BEEN PRETTY CLOSELY INTO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH POLK STREET.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE TLDR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO WHAT IS HAPPENING ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2025 AND NOTICE TO ABANDON SIGNS WENT UP ALONG POLK STREET, RIGHT ALONG THE GEORGIA BROWN CONVENTION CENTER.
AND THIS WOULD BE BEFORE THE BLOCK.
THIS WOULD BE THE BLOCK BETWEEN HAMILTON AND ANITA DE LOS AMERICAS.
AFTER MEETING WITH HOUSTON FIRST IN DISTRICT I, WE LEARNED THAT THE GEORGE R. BROWN IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND SOUTH OF POLK STREET AS A FIRST PHASE OF THE GRB EXPANSION.
THE SECOND PHASE INCLUDES OPENING UP THE MIDDLE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING TO CREATE A PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE THAT EXTENDS FROM DISCOVERY GREEN ACROSS THE TEXT PLANNED CAP FOR THE 45 REALIGNMENT PROJECT, CREATING A PARK INTO EDO.
SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? UM, HOUSTON FIRST IS ALLOW, IS FOLLOWING THE JOINT REFERRAL COMMITTEE PROCESS KNOWN AS THE JRC PROCESS TO PURCHASE THAT BLOCK OF POLK STREET FROM THE CITY.
AND TO DO THAT, THE CITY HAS AGREED TO ABANDON OR CLOSE THE STREET.
SO FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, HOUSTON FIRST HAS TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION FORM TO SEND TO PUBLIC WORKS, COLLECT THE SIGNATURES FROM ADJACENT PROPERTIES, COMPLETE A PROPERTY SURVEY, AND COLLECT LETTERS OF NO OPPOSITION FROM UTILITIES.
A 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD IS AN OPEN, AND TYPICALLY THERE ARE LESS THAN FIVE COMMENTS.
HOWEVER, POLK STREET ALREADY HAS OVER 200 COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION.
THE JRC THEN REVIEWS THE COMMENTS ALONG WITH THE IMPACT ON TRAFFIC PATTERNS, DEVELOPMENT PLANS, AND PUBLIC BENEFIT VERSUS PRIVATE GAIN.
AND IF APPROVED, THE JRC TAKES THEIR FINDINGS TO CITY COUNCIL WHO THEN VOTES ON WHETHER OR NOT TO CLOSE POLK STREET.
SO THIS PROCESS TYPICALLY TAKES SIX TO 12 MONTHS.
SO WHAT IS THE ISSUE? IN 1978, THERE WERE 13 EAST WEST STREETS FROM THE EAST END INTO DOWNTOWN.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE HOW, HOW EVERYTHING HAS PROGRESSED OVER TIME.
IN 2008, AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CURRENT GRB DAIKIN PARK, TOYOTA CENTER, AND DYNAMO STADIUM, WE ARE DOWN TO FIVE EAST WEST STREETS BETWEEN, WITH TWO OF THOSE BEING FREEWAY OFF RAMPS AND ON RAMPS.
SO THAT REALLY ONLY LEAVES A COUPLE STREETS LEFT.
AND SO IN ADDITION, THE EAST END OF HOUSTON HAS SEVERAL FREIGHT RAIL FREIGHT LINES WITH FEW GREAT SEPARATED CROSSINGS, UH, TO SAFELY GET AROUND, STOP TRAINS.
AND JUST FOR A LITTLE CONTEXT, I'M LOVINGLY KNOWN AS THE TRAINS LADY IN THE EAST END.
SO THE EAST END OF HOUSTON IS THE WORST IN THE UNITED STATES FOR FREIGHT RAIL CONGESTION ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION.
SO POLK STREET IS NOT ONLY THE ONLY ROAD TO GO FROM WAYSIDE TO SMITH STREET IS THE ONLY EAST WEST ROAD IN THE EAST END WITH A GREAT SEPARATION TO GET AROUND TRAINS.
SO POLK STREET, IN ADDITION, SERVES OVER 5,000 RIDERS ON METRO TO GET INTO DOWNTOWN.
AND FIVE STOPS WILL BE RELOCATED FROM IDO DOWNTOWN INTO OTHERS BLOCKS AWAY.
AND THE PROPOSED CHANGES HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED.
THE JRC APPLICATION AFTER A FOYER REQUEST FROM RESIDENTS SHOWS THAT IT'S NOT JUST POLK STREET, BUT SIX STREETS IN DOWNTOWN POLK, CLAY BELL, JACKSON SHEEVER HAMILTON, AND THEN THE NEWLY ADDED VENITA DE LOS AMERICAS.
AND THE PLAN IS FOR VENITA DE LOS AMERICAS IS TO BUILD A PEDESTRIAN PLAZA THAT WILL CONNECT THE G RV TO THE TOYOTA CENTER.
SO THIS IS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
NOW YOU CAN SEE HOW POLK STREET, LIKE IF I'M COMING IN FROM THE EAST END, YOU CAN SEE HOW IT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH THE TXDOT REALIGNMENT PROJECT, THE NORTH HOUSTON HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
TXDOT WANTED THAT STREET TO REMAIN OPEN, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
THEY CREATED A U-TURN AT LAMAR STREET TO GET AROUND THE CAP TO GO KEEP, TO KEEP GOING THROUGH ON POLK STREET.
AND WE'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WITH THE EXPANSION PROCESS, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE DIVERTED INTO A WHOLE OTHER AREA OF TRAFFIC INTO REDUCED LANES, REDUCED EVERYTHING TO GET INTO DOWNTOWN.
SO SOME OF THE MYTHS THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY HEARING IS TDOT IS ALREADY CLOSING POLK STREET.
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ANNOUNCED THIS WAS ANNOUNCED, PRESIDENT SPOKE UP.SO CONGRESSWOMAN SYLVIA GARCIA AND SENATOR CAROL ALVARADO WORKED REALLY HARD TO KEEP POLK STREET OPTION.
IT'S NOT IDEAL, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT KEEPS IT OPEN.
TXDOT MAINTAINS THAT THEIR PLAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO KEEP PULP STREET OPEN.
ANOTHER MYTH THAT WE HEAR IS HOUSTON AGREED TO TECH CLOSING POLK STREET, THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN FOR THE GRB EXPANSION SAID POLK STREET WAS TOO CRITICAL FOR MOBILITY TO CLOSE.
SO ANOTHER ONE IS MAKING LELAND INTO A TWO-WAY IS THE SOLUTION.
AND JUST FOR CONTEXT, IF YOU'RE NOT IN AND AROUND THIS AREA ALL THE TIME, LELAND IS ONE STREET THAT IS A BLOCK OVER, OR TWO BLOCKS OVER, I SHOULD SAY.
SO IT IS A SOLUTION THAT'S, THERE'S NO DOUBT WE DEFINITELY NEED THAT AT THIS POINT.
BUT IT SENDS VEHICLES DIRECTLY INTO AN AT GRADE CROSSING, WHICH SEES FIVE AND A HALF HOURS OF INACCESSIBILITY JUST DUE TO THE MOVING TRAINS, LET ALONE WHEN, WHEN A TRAIN IS STOPPED.
SO THAT SPECIFIC INTERSECTION, YOU'RE SENDING ALL OF THE TRAFFIC DOWN AND AS A REPLACEMENT TO POLK STREET COULD SEE EIGHT TO NINE HOURS OF INACCESSIBILITY SENDING TRAFFIC ALL THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
ANOTHER MYTH IS, HEY, YOU'RE GETTING A CAT PARK.
WELL, MAYBE, UM,
AND THE CAP PARK, THE CAP ALONE IS NOT GONNA BE BUILT UNTIL AT LEAST 2038 IF T DOT STAYS ON TIME WITH THEIR PROJECT.
WHICH, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ANY TECH DOT PROJECT THAT HAS STAYED ON TIME.
UM, AND THE PARK IS NOT EVEN FUNDED.
SO WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GETTING A PARK.
THAT'S JUST WHAT WE KEEP GETTING TOLD.
UM, BUT ISN'T METRO GIVING YOU GRADE SEPARATION THROUGH THEIR MOBILITY BYPASS SOLUTIONS? NOT REALLY.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSALS, THE PROPOSED GRADE SEPARATIONS THAT THEY HAVE, UH, WE MIGHT GET ONE, MAYBE.
UM, AND OUR AREA PROBABLY NEEDS A GOOD FIVE TO 10 IN ORDER FOR, FOR ALL OF OUR MOBILITY ISSUES TO BE FIXED IN THE EAST END.
UH, SO MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE GREAT SEPARATIONS THAT METRO IS PROPOSING IS GOING TO OTHER PARTS OF TOWN AND DEFINITELY NOTHING EAST WEST ON THAT LIST.
SO WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?
SO SUNNY SIDE A LEAF, ANYBODY COMING FROM JUST THE SOUTH PART OF TOWN, YOU ARE DIRECTED TO EXIT POLK STREET TO COME INTO DOWNTOWN.
NOW YOU'RE GONNA BE REDIRECTED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF DOWNTOWN OR POTENTIALLY THROUGH MIDTOWN.
AND THAT'S JUST GONNA CAUSE EVEN MORE CHAOS IN THE AREA.
UM, AND LOSING POLK STREET INTO DOWNTOWN FOR US IS LOSING A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
SO THIS IS LIKE LOSING WASHINGTON AVE, HOUSTON AVE, ALLEN PARKWAY.
UM, THE JRC PROCESS IS FOR ANY STREET, DESPITE THE DESIGNATION.
SO MOST NOTICES TO ABANDON OR FOR SMALL STREETS OR ALLEYWAYS, NOT MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.
WHAT IS STOPPING THE CITY FROM TAKING YOUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE? SO LOSING POLK STREET HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT EXTENDING FURTHER THAN JUST DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.
FIRST IS LOOKING TO IMPROVE TOURIST EXPERIENCE AT THE EXPENSE OF HOUSTON RESIDENTS.
SO OUR OPINION, WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF THE EXPANSION.
ACTUALLY, YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
LIKE WE KNOW THAT THE JOINT GRB CAN EXPAND, IT CAN BE COMPETITIVE.
WE UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC BEHIND IT.
HOWEVER, MAJOR CONVENTION CENTERS ACROSS THE NATION GO OVER ROADS.
PHILADELPHIA GOES OVER SEVEN ROADS AND CHICAGO GOES OVER TWO BY WAY OF SKYWAY.
SO WE THINK THAT MAYBE THE GRB NEEDS TO CONSIDER A SKYWAY INSTEAD OF JUST CLOSING THE STREET DOWN.
AND WE ALSO FEEL THAT THE PROJECT HAS BEEN RUSHED WITHOUT APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY STUDIES TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUE IMPACT OF CLOSING.
POLK STREET CITY COUNCIL DESERVES MORE INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEIR RESIDENTS.
AND IF POLK STREET IS GONNA BE SOLD TO HOUSTON FIRST, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MONEY EARMARKED FOR MOBILITY PROJECTS IN THE EAST END, THIRD WARD AND FIFTH WARD.
UM, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UH, WITHOUT THAT EARMARK, IT JUST GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO DO WHATEVER, WHATEVER.
SO WHAT DOES I ASK? WHAT AM I ASKING YOU TO DO? UH, CONTACT THE JRC AND LET THEM KNOW YOUR OPINION OF THE COL, THE CLOSURE OF POLK STREET.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE ON THE PHONE, THAT NUMBER IS (832) 395-3112.
AND YOU GOT UNTIL JUNE 1ST TO DO THAT.
SO CONTACT YOUR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO LET THEM KNOW YOUR OPINION OF THE CLOSURE OF POLK STREET.
HOPEFULLY, IN JUST MY SHORT TIME, I HAVE GIVEN YOU ENOUGH REASON TO AT LEAST, AT LEAST ASK CITY COUNCIL TO DELAY THE VOTE UNTIL WE HAVE EVERYTHING KIND OF ACCOUNTED FOR.
'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY LIKE A BIG PROBLEM IN THE AREA.
THIS JUST FEELS VERY, VERY RUSHED.
UM, AND WE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE IMPACT.
WE WOULD LIKE AN OFFICIAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE LETTER OF OPPOSITION TO THE CLOSURE OF POLK STREET.
'CAUSE WE'RE ALREADY SEEING SO MUCH TAKEN AWAY AND WE JUST DON'T WANNA LOSE ANYMORE.
UM, AND WE URGE YOU, WE URGE YOU TO REQUEST CHANGES TO THE JRC PROCESS FOR MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY IMPACT WHEN CLOSING ROADS.
AND THAT IS THE END OF MY SPEECH.
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YOU'RE STILL MUTED, NAOMI.YEAH, I WAS TRYING, I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY MIC THERE.
CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH THIS INFORMATION? 'CAUSE FRANK, THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS AND I'M SHOCKED BECAUSE I'M FAMILIAR WITH POLK STREET AND WHAT A MAJOR, UH, THOROUGH FERRET IS AND THE IDEA OF COMPLETELY SHUTTING IT DOWN.
AND IF WE ARE GOING TO WRITE EMAILS OR MAKE PHONE CALLS TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO THE AT LARGE MEMBERS, I WANT TO AT LEAST FEEL LIKE I'M, I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION THAT I CAN GO OVER TO MAKE MY PRESENTATION.
AND THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION, BY THE WAY.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, I WAS STARING AT THOSE MAPS AND GOING, OH MY GOD.
AND, UM, SO IF THERE IS A WAY THAT YOU COULD GET THIS INFORMATION TO US, I KNOW THAT MY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD SUPPORT THIS.
GLAD TO, GLAD TO SEND ANYTHING OUT THAT YOU NEED.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A, THERE'S A GRASSROOTS EFFORT, PEOPLE FOR POLK.
I'M ACTUALLY JUST HELPING, HELPING AMPLIFY THEIR, THEIR VOICE.
AND, UM, I'M SURE WE CAN GET SOMEBODY TO COME OUT AND SPEAK TO YOU AS WELL.
WE'RE, WE'RE, I'M GLAD TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
YEAH, LYNN, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A MEETING BEFORE JUNE.
UH, FIRST, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR BOARD WOULD CERTAINLY SAY, YEAH, WE NEED TO SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY IF I CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
UH, 'CAUSE I'M THE ONLY ONE FROM MY SUPER NEIGHBOR HERE TONIGHT.
SO ANYTHING YOU CAN SUPPLY, LIKE I SAID, EVEN THIS PRESENTATION WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE.
ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED? UH, SORRY, PHIL, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
IF YOU'LL JUST SEND IT TO THE SNA CH, UH, AT UH, GMAIL.COM EMAIL ADDRESS, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SEND IT OUT TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON OUR, UH, MAILING LIST.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK I, I, I THINK I JOINED IN LATE.
SO WILL WE BE DOING ROLL CALL A LITTLE LATER? UH, WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE ROLL CALL, BUT, UH, GO AHEAD AND TELL US WHO YOU ARE.
THIS IS SYLVIA RIVAS, PRESIDENT FOR THE BRAZO SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE THE IDEA OF PUTTING THE EXPANSION OF GEORGIA BROWN OVER POLK STREET.
UH, CURRENTLY THE LIGHT RAIL GOES UNDER THE PARKING GARAGE FOR THE GRB, AND I DON'T SEE WHY THEY COULDN'T DO THE SAME THING FOR THE EXPANSION.
SECONDLY, UH, YOU SAID YOU WANTED THE MONEY, UH, PAID FOR THE, UH, FOR ABANDONING IT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF PAIN TO THE CITY TO GO TO PROBLEM OR TO, UM, THINGS IN THE EAST END.
I HAVE A FEELING, UH, BY THE TIME THIS IS ALL DONE, SO IT'S ONE CITY DEPARTMENT AGAINST ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT OR IN FAVOR OF ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE VERY MUCH MONEY.
AND FINALLY, IT SEEMS TO ME THE MAYOR WAS DISINGENUOUS.
I THINK IT WAS AT OUR LAST MEETING WHEN HE SAID HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE TEXDOT ALWAYS, UH, SAID THEY WERE GONNA CLOSE POLK STREET, AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
YOU SHOWED WHAT TDOT HAD PROPOSED.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST, I DON'T THINK WE GET TONIGHT CAN WRITE A OR, UH, COMPOSE A LETTER OR AGREE TO A LETTER, UH, OF OUR OPPOSITION TO THIS.
BUT I THINK WE CERTAINLY COULD SEND A LETTER ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME FROM JUNE 1ST TO ADDRESS THIS, UH, AND SEND MORE INFORMATION OUT AND ADDRESS IT AT OUR JUNE MEETING.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE.
AND, AND KIND OF JUST A LITTLE BIT, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THIS AS YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP SUPER HIGH LEVEL, UM, JUST GIVEN EVERYBODY HERE, UM, JUST THEY ARE EX AS PART OF THE BILL IN ORDER TO GET THIS THERE, THE SENATE BILL THAT THE MAYOR ACTUALLY WAS THE ONE WHO DID, THEY'RE INCREASING THE HOT TAXES TO GO OUT TO THREE MILES.
BUT THAT DOESN'T, THEY'LL COLLECT FROM THOSE THREE MILES IN A THREE MILE RADIUS AROUND THE GEORGIA BROWN.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'LL SPEND IN THOSE AREAS.
UM, SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CONFIRM THAT, HEY, LIKE IF YOU'RE GONNA COLLECT THESE DOLLARS, AT LEAST GIVE SOME OF IT BACK TO THE COM.
THE COMMUNITY AFTER TAKING SO MUCH AWAY, OH, WELL YOUR PROPOSAL TALKED ABOUT COLLECTING THE MONEY FROM THE ABANDONMENT OF THE STREET.
THE CITY GETS MONEY FOR ABANDONING THE STREET.
YEAH, I I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THE HOT TAX.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A WHOLE SENATE BILL.
LIKE, THAT'S A TEXAS LEDGE THING THAT WENT THROUGH THE LEDGE.
SO WE CAN'T REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH IMPACT ON THAT.
WE JUST, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE CITY DOLLARS
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THAT THEY GET TO COME TO OUR AREAS.OKAY, WELL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND A LETTER TO THE JRC ASKING FOR MORE TIME FOR US AS A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE TO STUDY THIS AND COME BACK WITH AN OPINION.
DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND KEEP IT UP UNTIL WE TELL YOU TO LOWER IT.
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD AND LOWER YOUR HANDS THEN.
AND THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
IS DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ONES? AMY? AMY, ARE YOU THERE? YEAH, NO, SORRY, I WAS BACK ON.
UH, IT APPEARS THEN THAT THE MOTION HAS, UH, BEEN, UH, PASSED AND WE'LL WORK ON, UH, DRAFTING THAT LETTER AND I'LL WORK WITH THE PLANNING COMMITTEE ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, UH, NEXT ITEM, UH, IS SOME HOUSEKEEPING FROM THE CHAIR.
UM, UH, IN REGARDS TO COMMITTEES, UM, WORKING ON, UH, I'VE RECEIVED, UH, SEVERAL EMAILS FROM FOLKS, UH, WANTING TO BE ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEES.
WHERE'S MY SHEET OF PAPER? HERE? OH, HERE WE GO.
UH, SO THE FOLLOWING, UH, UH, COMMITTEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE.
UM, UM, SIX, SECTION ONE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, I'M SORRY, ARTICLE, UH, SEVEN COMMITTEE SECTION B.
UH, WE'LL HAVE MEMBERS ON COMMITTEES FOR BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY, PUBLIC SAFETY, QUALITY OF LIFE AND RESILIENCE.
UH, THE OTHER REMAINING COUNCIL COMMITTEES WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED, UH, ANY MEMBERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THAT.
AND THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED TO THESE COMMITTEES.
AND WE CAN APPOINT ADDITIONAL FOLKS, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO THESE COMMITTEES AS TIME GOES ALONG.
BUT FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, FOR BUDGET AND FISCAL YEARS, IT'LL BE JACK VALINSKI AND CHERYL O'BRIEN.
LINDSEY WILLIAMS HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY IS, UH, MICHELLE BLACKWELL AND LAT AND LETICIA GRANT.
AND ON PUBLIC SAFETY WE HAVE JEFF BAKER, NICK KOTA, PARDON ME IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT.
RICKY CARDENA AND STACY FAIRCHILD.
AND THEN ON QUALITY OF LIFE, CHERYL O'BRIEN, LINDSEY WILLIAMS, AND STACY FAIRCHILD AND RESILIENCE, RICKY CARDENAS.
SO ON THOSE COMMITTEES WHERE THERE'S MORE THAN ONE PERSON, UH, I'LL WORK WITH YOU TO, UH, DETERMINE, UH, A CHAIR FOR THAT COMMITTEE AND I'LL APPOINT THEM AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE AGENDA, UM, SINCE ARTICLE EIGHT, COVERING THE MEETINGS, NOTICE HAS TO INVITE MEMBERS TO SUBMIT ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA AND PLACED ON THE AGENDA.
NO ITEM IS REQUIRED TO BE PLACED, IF NOT RECEIVED AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
UM, SO THIS FEEDS INTO OUR TIMELINE IN REGARDS TO, UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
UH, SANDRA CORTEZ IS CHANGING DIVISIONS, LEAVING THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE OFFICE.
SO PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR UPDATED BYLAWS NOT LATER THAN JUNE 30TH, 2025 TO THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE OFFICE.
UH, GOTTEN THE COMMITTEES AND THE MEMBERS, UH, AFTER, UH, DISCUSSION WITH THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE CHAIR,
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UH, MEMBERS, UH, THE CHAIR APPOINTED MELODY YOUNG, UH, POINTS, MELODY YOUNG FROM SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 71 TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AS WELL.AND IN AS THE ITEM THAT GREG BROUGHT UP MOVING FORWARD IN THE MINUTES WILL EITHER INCLUDE ALL THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS WHO VOTED OR NONE OF THE NAMES.
WE WILL NOT BE, UH, UH, CALLING ATTENTION TO ONE INDIVIDUAL OR TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT VOTED IN ABSTENTION OR NO OR WHATEVER.
UH, WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE RECORDING, UH, WHETHER THE NUMBER OF VOTES AS WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WHETHER THE, UH, MOTION PASSED.
AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU, GREG, WHEN I'M THROUGH.
UM, AND CHANGES TO THE MINUTES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE FIRST FRIDAY EACH MONTH, UH, TO BE, ALLOW THE CHANGES TO BE INCLUDED AND SUBMITTED IN THE MEETING.
NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE EIGHT THAT MUST BE SENT, UH, TO FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING.
SO IN ORDER TO HAVE THE MINUTES READY TO GO FOR THAT NOTICE, WE HAVE TO WORK BACKWARDS.
AND THEN THE LAST ITEM BEFORE I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS IS IN REGARDS TO THE SNAPS, WHICH YOU MAY RECALL LAST YEAR WAS A BIG TOPIC WITH THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE OFFICE AND THE GUIDELINES AND THE HANDBOOK, UH, SNAPS ARE NO LONGER ON OUR WINDSHIELD FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS THIS YEAR.
AND WE WERE WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE OFFICE TO IDENTIFY HOW NEIGHBORHOODS CAN SUBMIT PROJECTS FOR MAYBE CIP IF IT EVER COMES BACK OR OTHER WAYS TO GET THEIR PROJECTS FUNDED.
GREG, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UH, YES.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE GOING UNILATERALLY, ARBITRARY CAPRICIOUSLY.
AND I'M NOT GONNA LET, DID YOU, LEMME FINISH YOU PASS.
NO, I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU CONTINUE.
I SAID, AND I PREFACED IT AFTER MEETING AND DISCUSSION WITH THE PLANNING COMMITTEE.
THAT IS NOT ARBITRARY, CAPRICIOUS OR ON MY OWN.
SO DO NOT PUT OUT INFORMATION THAT IS NOT CORRECT OR I WILL HAVE TO MUTE YOU.
AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THESE KINDS OF GAMES.
IT'S, IT'S, ONCE AGAIN, YOU TAKEN ARTICLE EIGHT, YOU WOULD TAKE IT, YOU HAVE TAKEN A POSITION THAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT A CERTAIN WAY AND THEN WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE TO ANYBODY ELSE.
YOU CHANGED IT, DIDN'T YOU? THAT IS INCORRECT.
AS I SAID, AGAIN, AFTER CONVERSATION WITH THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR HAS DIS HAS AGREED THAT WE ARE ONLY GOING TO RECORD THE NAMES IF WE RECORD ALL THE NAMES.
NOT ONE YOU'RE ALREADY RECORDED AS ATTENDING THE MEETING.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SET SEPARATE YOU OUT TO GIVE YOU SPECIAL ATTENTION JUST FOR ABSTAINING FROM THE MINUTES.
AND AGAIN, THIS WAS DISCUSSED BY, WITH THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND IT WAS NOT DISCUSSED WITH THE MEMBERSHIP AT LARGE.
AND I AM DISCUSSING, PLEASE FINISH, PHILLIP.
NO, BECAUSE YOU KEEP PUTTING OUT FALSE INFORMATION THAT IT WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE, WAIT A MINUTE.
IT WAS DISCUSSED BY THE PLANNING COMMITTEE.
I'M PRESENTING IT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT? YOU'VE CHANGED IT WITHOUT ANY, GIVING ANY NOTICE TO ANYBODY ELSE.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE CAN LEAVE IT AT.
CAN WE, UM, CAN WE POINT OF ORDER AND CAN WE MOVE TO THE SECOND POINT? BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING WAS DONE ONE WAY HISTORICALLY DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT WAS DONE CORRECTLY.
SO CAN WE, UM, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, MOVE ON TO THE SECOND POINT.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE ABOUT THAT LETITIA.
IT'S, IT'S A QUESTION OF THAT HAS BEEN PROPER PRECEDENT AND BEEN DONE THAT WAY AND UNILATERALLY IT WAS CHANGED BY NOW I HEAR THE PLANNING COMMITTEE.
THE SECOND ISSUE IS ABOUT THE MINUTES.
AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT, UH, YOU HAVE TO GIVE REQUIRED CHANGES TO THE, UH, TO THE MINUTES BY A CERTAIN DATE.
NO, IT IS IN CON IN, I CITED FOR YOU THE ARTICLE OF THE BYLAWS THAT STATES THAT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THE CHANGES SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.
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I HAVE TO SEND OUT THE MINUTES AS PART OF THE MEETING NOTICE FIVE DAYS BEFOREHAND, I HUMBLY REQUEST A POINT OF ORDER AND WE GET BACK TO THE AGENDA.JUST SO WE CAN GET GOING AND Y'ALL CAN TALK ABOUT THIS OFFLINE.
I HAVE TRIED TO TALK ABOUT IT OFFLINE, BUT HE WILL NOT RESPOND TO ME ABOUT THIS.
SO THAT'S PROBLEM, THAT'S NOT TRUE EITHER.
I DID RESPOND TO YOUR EMAIL, PHILLIP.
IF WE CANNOT COME INTO ORDER, PLEASE, LET'S END THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
THAT'S ALSO AGAINST THE RULES.
SO YOU'RE JUST, ARE YOU UNILATERALLY ABOUT THAT, PHILIP? YOU DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE SANDRA.
SANDRA, PLEASE MUTE EVERYBODY.
BEFORE WE MUTE, MUTE GREG, GIVE ME JUST ONE MOMENT, GREG.
I DO BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE HAS HEARD YOUR COMPLAINT AND I DO BELIEVE THAT PHILIP UNDERSTANDS IT.
I DO BELIEVE ALSO THAT HE IS GIVEN A STANCE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, UH, ANY OF US ON THE CALL WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THE COMPLAINT.
BUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS WE WOULD LIKE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE SECOND THING THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BRING UP SO THAT WE CAN HEAR YOU.
IT IS EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR MANY OF THE MEMBERS ON THE CALL TO TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY AND SPEND IT ON THIS CALL GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A NOTE THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN.
IT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AND IT HAS BEEN ANSWERED.
NOW, WHETHER YOU LIKE THE ANSWER OR NOT MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
HOWEVER, THE ANSWER HAS INDEED BEEN GIVEN.
NOW I'M NOW, I'M NOT NECESSARILY GONNA BE ONE TO CONTINUOUSLY GO BACK AND FORTH.
I HAVE MADE THAT STATEMENT, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE NEXT THING THAT YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT ON, BECAUSE I WOULD HATE FOR YOU TO BE MUTED.
I ALREADY DID, ALREADY MADE THE COMMENT.
SO YOU'VE ADDRESSED BOTH OF, BOTH OF YOUR CONCERNS.
THE OTHER COMMENT IS BECAUSE THE BYLAWS DO NOT HAVE A, HAVE A, DO NOT HAVE A PROHIBITION THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE INFORMATION SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE.
AND AMY, AMY, DID YOU, AMY, DID YOU GET THAT ON RECORD? DID FINISH PLEASE.
'CAUSE WELL, WELL, GREG, HERE'S THE THING.
'CAUSE I BROUGHT THIS UP WITH EVERYBODY ABOUT THIS AND I DON'T GAIN RESPONSES AND PEOPLE ARE ACTING LIKE ATTORNEYS INTERPRETING BYLAWS, WHICH THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO.
HERE'S WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
I, I, GREG, YOU, I'VE GIVEN YOU MY PHONE NUMBER.
UM, BUT WE DO NEED TO MOVE ON.
UM, SO LET'S, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PHILLIP? I AM, I, I'M NOT THAT I TOOK OVER YOUR MEETING.
I'M SORRY I, FOR LACK OF BETTER TERM.
I'M GONNA RETURN, I'M GONNA RETURN THE MIC BACK TO YOU AND I'M GOING BACK ON MUTE.
UH, AT THIS POINT WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON FORWARD TO S AND A MEMBERS OPEN FORUM ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SO IF YOU CAN KEEP THIS TO A MINUTE, UH, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER FOLKS THAT WANT TO, UH, A ADDRESS SOME ITEMS. UH, JACK, GO AHEAD.
YES, I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE, OF THE BUDGET THAT'S COMING UP.
THE MAYOR HAS GIVEN PAY RAISES TO THE FIRE AND POLICE AND ALSO MUNICIPAL.
I'M NOT ARGUING ABOUT THAT, BUT THE MONEY HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE AND COME FROM SOMEWHERE.
BY DOING THAT, HE'S CUTTING BACK ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS ALSO GONNA BE CUT BACK BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BEING CUT BACK BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND LIBRARIES.
THEY ARE MOVING THE INSPECTORS, THE IPS INTO, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, WHICH MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
HOWEVER, THEY'RE UNDERSTAFFED WITH THE INSPECTORS ON RESIDENTIAL.
THEY'RE DRAWING DOWN A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE SAVINGS.
AND AS IT WAS SAID BY COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD, WE'RE GONNA FACE THIS FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OF BEING BETWEEN TWO AND $300 MILLION SHORT.
THIS IS KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
I'M SORRY, DOUG, BEFORE YOU GO, PRISCILLA HAD HER HAND UP.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT I, OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 65 82 DOES NOT GET THE, UM, AGENDA SOMETIMES AT ALL.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY WITHIN THAT FIVE OR 70 TIMELINE.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH Y'ALL.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF WE'RE NOT IN THE MAIL OUT LIST ALWAYS, BUT WE, WE DON'T ALWAYS GET THE,
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THE IS YOUR, WHAT IS YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER? 65 AND 82.LET ME, PRISCILLA, UH, I SENT IT.
I ALSO SENT YOU AN EMAIL, UH, ABOUT SERVING ON A COMMITTEE AND I NEVER HEARD FROM YOU, SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE ON THE MEETING.
UH, IF YOU WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO SEND TO THE SNA, CO H@GMAIL.COM, THE EMAIL ADDRESS THAT YOU WANT US TO SEND, UH, NOTICES AND OTHER, UH, EMAILS TO, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE THE ONE WE'RE GO, WE HAVE IN THE MAIL LIST APPARENTLY ISN'T A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS OR IT'S GOING TO SOMEWHERE AND NOBODY IS PICKING UP THE E IS READING THE EMAILS.
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE CORRECT EMAIL AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT, UM, WITH YOU GUYS.
AND, AND ONCE I GET, AND I DID RECEIVE THE EMAIL, MR. PHILIP? I DID.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, I JOINED A LITTLE LATE AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY ATTENDANCE WAS RECORDED.
UH, DOUG, I THINK YOU WERE NEXT AND THEN WE'VE GOT MISS SPEAKING.
YEAH, I, UH, JUST WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION.
SALLY ALCORN MENTIONED THAT THE BUDGET HEARINGS ARE STARTING TOMORROW.
AND IF YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE LIST OF SCHEDULED HEARINGS.
IF YOU GO TO THE BUDGET, IF YOU GO TO CITY COMMITTEES, AND THEN BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, UH, THE SCHEDULE IS ON THERE FOR ALL OF THE MEETINGS.
AND, UH, I LOOKED AT THIS AGAIN THIS MORNING 'CAUSE I WAS LISTENING TO THE NEWS AND IF ALL OF YOU WERE LISTENING TO PUBLIC RADIO AND HEARD IT AND WERE AS UPSET AS I WAS, UH, THE COMMENT WAS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IS GONNA BE CUT BY $7 MILLION, UH, IN THE NEW BUDGET.
I THOUGHT, WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON? AND SO I LOOKED AT IT AND YES, IT IS TRUE.
SO I CALLED THE DEPARTMENT AND SANDRA CALLED ME BACK THIS AFTERNOON.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE, BECAUSE INSPECTIONS ARE BEING MOVED TO PUBLIC WORKS.
SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE ANY PARTICULAR CHANGE IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND ONE DEPARTMENT THAT I KNOW WE ALL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH.
I I'M NOT GOING TO GO TO ALL OF THE HEARINGS THIS YEAR LIKE I'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BUT, UH, SOLID WASTE IS AT 11 O'CLOCK ON THURSDAY MORNING.
AND, UH, I AM GOING TO GO TO THAT ONE I THINK BECAUSE I'M GOING TO ASK THEM WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO DO RECYCLING WHEN IT COSTS US SOMETHING LIKE $4 MILLION A YEAR? WE MAKE NO MONEY ON IT.
UH, IT MEANS DOUBLE PICKUP ALL OVER THE CITY.
AND, UH, CAN THEY PLEASE JUSTIFY HOW THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DO THIS? I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE REALLY INTO RECYCLING, I RECYCLE.
UH, BUT THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS WHERE YOU CAN TAKE YOUR RECYCLING AND I DON'T SEE THE THINKING OF SPENDING $4 MILLION FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER PROBLEMS IN THE SOLID WASTES DEPARTMENT WITH ON-TIME PICKUPS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE ARE HAVING A CLEANER COMMUNITY EVENT ON MAY 17TH AT HOBERT TAYLOR PARK, 88 0 1 KENTON STREET, I MEAN 81 0 1 KENTON.
AND WE PARTNERED WITH COCO, AS WELL AS, UH, TEXAS A AND M TO TALK ABOUT SOME FUTURE SOIL AND WATER TESTING.
BUT AT THAT EVENT ON THIS WEEKEND, WE'RE GOING TO HAPPILY GIVE AWAY RAIN BARRELS COMPOST BIN FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WAYNE BARRELS, COMPOST BINS WE'RE GONNA GIVE AWAY, RAISED, UH, PLANTER BEDS, UH, MULCH, RECYCLED MULCH, UH, SALT, UH, UH, GARDEN STARTING KITS, UH, UH, UH, HURRICANE, UH, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, UH, THINGS BECAUSE WE'RE WITHIN DAYS OF HURRICANE SEASON AND, UH, WE HAVE A REGISTRATION GOING ON.
I CAN SEND IT IN A TEXT, UH, BUT I MEAN IN THE CHAT, BUT WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITIES AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WE'RE GONNA DO A BIKE RIDE, BUT THAT KIND OF GOT CANCELED
BUT WITH ALL WE'RE DOING, AND IT'S GONNA BE TAILORED BY THE, UH, BY, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE WINGS AND WAFFLES FROM THE BREAKFAST CLUB.
ALRIGHT THEN, UH, AS WE GET CLOSE TO THE END OF OUR MEETING, UH, THE TIME, UH, FOR THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES OR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, SO RAISE YOUR HAND AND, UH, UH, LEAH, GO AHEAD.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, HOPEFULLY.
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I'M THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR, UM, JULIAN RAMIREZ.SO ONE ISSUE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED.
UM, HURRICANE SEASON IS COMING UPON US.
AND YOU MIGHT RECALL LAST YEAR, THE MAP OF THE COOLING CENTERS OR IN A, IN A WINTER STORM OR WARMING CENTERS, RIGHT? THERE AREN'T THAT MANY OF THEM THAT THE CITY HAS OPENED LAST YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE RED CROSS TO THINK ABOUT COULD WE RECRUIT SOME CHURCHES OR A GYM OR A DAYCARE CENTER OR LOCAL PLACES THAT MIGHT BE WILLING TO SERVE AS A SHELTER IN THE EVENT OF A MASS POWER OUTAGE OR FLOOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US THEIR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
SO IF YOU KNOW OF PLACES OR YOU WANNA HELP THINK OF PLACES IN YOUR REGION, UM, I'LL PUT MY, UH, CONTACT INFO IN THE CHAT, UM, AND WE CAN CONNECT.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
UH, DEEDEE, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
UM, JUST WANTED TO INFORM EVERYONE THAT ON SATURDAY MAY 17TH FROM 10, UH, STARTING AT 10:00 AM UM, WE'RE ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO JOIN US FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE NEWEST NEIGHBORHOOD TRAILS IN WEST, THAT THAT WILL BE CONNECTING WESTBURY TO THE, UH, WILLOW WATER HOLE GREENWAY.
AND, AND THOSE TRAILS ARE GONNA BE ON.
THERE'LL BE A RIBBON CUTTING IN HONOR OF THE LATE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR DISTRICT K DONALD PERKINS.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA MEET AT 5 2 2 3 KING FISHER AT NEW STREET AND ALSO 5 1 2 2 STANFORD STREET.
AND I'M PUTTING THE INFORMATION, UM, IN THE CHAT AND I'LL ALSO INCLUDE THE FLYER, UM, AS WELL.
AND THEN ON SUNDAY, MAY 18TH, WE'RE, UM, INVITING EVERYONE TO JOIN THE FIVE CORNERS DISTRICT FOR A COMMUNITY BIKE RIDE THAT'S GONNA START AT 2:00 PM UNTIL 5:00 PM UM, AT THE BLUE RIDGE PARK AT 1 3 8 4 5, UH, BLUE RIDGE ROAD.
UM, FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN USE THE LINK IN THE CHAT, UM, TO REGISTER FOR THE BIKE RIDE, JUST COME OUT AND SEE SIMS BY YOU AND SOME, UH, SITES FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY IS IN RECOGNITION OF OLDER AMERICANS.
MONTH IS HOSTING A SENIOR PROM FOR, FOR, UH, SENIOR ADULTS.
SO PLEASE COME OUT TO THE GREAT GATSBY PROM IN DISTRICT K, WHICH WILL BE AT THE STANLEY BLUE LIBRARY, UH, 7 0 0 7 WEST QUA IN, UH, FORT BEND, HOUSTON, UH, COME OUT FOR FUN, DANCING AND RECONNECTING.
AND I'M PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU DE DE AND, UH, UH, I THOUGHT WE HAD, I GUESS HE FELL OFF.
OH, HE'S WAITING IN THE LOBBY AGAIN.
JAMES, ARE YOU BACK? I AM BACK.
I'M GONNA, PETER DECIDES TO ACT UP AS SOON AS I WAS ABOUT TO SPEAK
UH, JUST WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME.
LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF AGAIN.
I'M A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR IN THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER LESLIE BRIANIS.
I'M GONNA BE BRIEFED JUST IN CASE THE INTERNET WALKS OUT ON ME OR 'CAUSE OF A MEETING TIME.
SO I WANTED TO BRING YOU FOUR QUICK UPDATES.
UH, THE FIRST IS COMMISSIONER BRIANS IS HOSTING A TOWN HALL THIS SATURDAY, MAY 17TH FROM ONE TO THREE AT THE RICHARD AND BANK WEEKLY COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU THERE.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT THE AMAZING PROJECT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE AT PRECINCT, UH, TO MEET COMMISSIONER BRIANS, UH, AND GET ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE ANSWERED.
UH, SECOND UPDATE ALSO ON MAY 17TH, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE CELEBRATING OUR FIRST A API HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION CRICKET MATCH.
UH, THAT'S GONNA BE A JOHN PAUL LANDING FROM 9:00 AM FROM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE AN AMAZING EVENT.
THERE'S GONNA BE ENTERTAINMENT THERE.
ALSO A CRICKET CLINIC FOR KIDS AGE SIX TO 15.
UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR 'EM TO TRY WHAT IS THE WORLD'S, UH, SECOND MOST POPULAR SPORT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING FOLKS THERE AS WELL.
UH, WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE PRECINCT FOUR IS JOINING WITH
UH, DESIGNED TO PREPARE PEOPLE FOR UPCOMING, UH, FOR THE UPCOMING HURRICANE SEASON.
THE FIRST OF WHICH WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY, UH, MAY 20TH AT THE RICHARD BECK WHEATLEY COMMUNITY CENTER FROM FIVE TO SEVEN.
UH, WE'LL DROP THE OTHER ONES IN THE CHAT AS WELL, JUST SO Y'ALL CAN BE TRACKING THOSE AS WELL.
UH, THE LAST UPDATE I HAVE FOR YOU IS PRECINCT FOURS JOINING WITH CONGRESSMAN MUY FLETCHER IN HOUSTON PASSPORT OFFICE ON MAY 31ST, UH, HOST A PASSPORT FAIR.
UH, THAT'S GONNA BE AT BURNETT BAILIN COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, FROM EIGHT 30 TO FOUR 30.
I'LL DROP THE LINK IN THE CHAT.
UH, TRAVEL SEASON'S COMING UP.
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW YOUR PASSPORT OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE TO GET ONE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU.
I'LL DROP ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE CHAT.
I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU, UH, WITH MY PHONE NUMBER AGAIN.
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UH, AGAIN, JAMES BURNETT HERE TO BE A RESOURCE TO YOU, BUT PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED FROM THE COUNTY.UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME.
MS. VICKIE, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING FURTHER? YOU'RE MUTED.
UH, HEARING NOTHING ELSE, UH, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO I HAVE MY HAND UP.
OH, I HAVE MY HAND JUST TEETH DOWN.
I WAS PUTTING IT IN THE CHAT BEFORE EVERYONE LEAVES.
WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR COOLING CENTERS FOR THIS SUMMER THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
FOR OUR OLDER POPULATION, MANY SENIORS DO NOT HAVE AC SO THE CITY NEEDS TO KNOW THE PLAN.
AND SO COMMUNITY LEADERS SUCH AS OURSELVES, WE NEED TO KNOW SO WE CAN TELL OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS WHERE ARE THESE COOLING CENTERS AND WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE SCHEDULE.
UH, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION.
MOST NAMED CIA GRANT, JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET THAT AGE.
HAVE A WONDERFUL MONTH AND WE'LL JUST SEE Y'ALL NEXT MONTH.