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GOOD AFTERNOON.MY NAME IS LETICIA GRANT AND I AM THE ACTING CHAIR FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.
WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN TONIGHT'S MEETING.
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
AMY, I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON OVER TO YOU FOR ROLL CALL AND ATTENDANCE.
OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO CALL THE NAME OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU COULD ANSWER HERE, IF YOU'RE PRESENT IN THE REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY FOR THAT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LIST OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ATTENDED ONE OF THE LAST FOUR MEETINGS.
UM, SO STARTING WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE, UH, RICKY MILLER'S HERE FOR PHILLIP AND MYSELF.
LETICIA GRANT, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
MARIE CARLISLE, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 27, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 28.
KATHY EASTERLY FOR UNIVERSITY PLACE.
PRESIDENT, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
CHERYL O'BRIEN, PRESIDENT, SUPER 36.
NAOMI OSTFELD, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 37.
CINDY CHAPMAN, REPRESENTATIVE SUPERBIRD 38.
VICE PRESIDENT, SUPERBIRD 41, SUPERBIRD 40 47.
SUPER NEIGHBOR, 49, SUPER NEIGHBOR, 52.
KEITH DOWNEY, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD CASHIER GARDEN IS HERE.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 55, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 57, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63.
RICKY CARDENAS, PRESIDENT OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63 HERE.
LINDSEY WILLIAMS PRESIDENT IS HERE.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 66, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 67.
KEN ROGERS PRESIDENT, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 68, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 71.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 83 TOMORROW, BELL PRESIDENT AND SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF THERE'S ANY, UM, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I MISSED OR YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO RESPOND ACTIVELY WHEN I DID THE
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CALL, YOU'RE WELCOME TO, UM, UNMUTE YOURSELF AND LET ME KNOW NOW SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACCURATE ATTENDANCE.SANDRA RODRIGUEZ, GULFTON, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 27.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED, BUT KEVIN STRICKLAND FOR 15 IS HERE, BUT HE'S BEEN HAVING SOME AUDIO ISSUES, BUT HE PUT IN CHAT THAT HE'S PRESENT.
OKAY, EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE MINUTES.
DID ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND OR COMMENTS IN REFERENCE TO THE MINUTES, UM, THAT WE RECEIVED? UH, GREG, I SEE YOUR HAND UP.
I'M ASSUMING THAT'S IN REFERENCE TO THE MINUTES OR WERE YOU HAVING YOUR HAND UP FOR BEING PRESENT? NO, IT'S IN REGARDS TO NOT ONLY THE MINUTES, BUT THE NOTICE OF THE MEETING SO THAT YOU'RE ASKING TO VOTE ON IT.
I'M ASKING TO VOTE ON WHAT, UH, THE MINUTES.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA ASK TO VOTE ON? I, I, DID I SAY THAT? WELL, I'M SAYING IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE GOING? OKAY.
SO WHAT I SAID WAS THAT EVERYONE RECEIVED THE MINUTES.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION IN REFERENCE TO THAT? MY ONLY QUESTION IS IF YOU'RE GONNA PROCEED ABOUT ASKING IF YOU'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MINUTES.
SO AT THIS MOMENT MY, WHAT I SAID WAS, DID EVERYONE RECEIVE AND REVIEW THE MINUTES? OKAY.
AND DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND OR ADJUST, UH, UM, ADJUSTMENTS TO THOSE MINUTES.
WHERE GREG IS ALLUDING TO IS THAT HE'S ABOUT TO OBJECT TO THE FACT THAT WE DID NOT SEND OUT THE MINUTE AND THE MEETING NOTICES WITHIN FIVE ON THE FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
I RESPONDED TO YOU AND I UNDERSTOOD SO WE CAN MOVE ON.
UH, MY QUESTION WAS, DID EVERYONE RECEIVE THE MINUTES AND DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED TO THOSE MINUTES? MY CONCERN IS ENSURING THAT EVERYONE DID INDEED RECEIVE THEM.
NOW, IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UM, HIS STATEMENT, WHICH IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WE ARE VERY WELL CAPABLE OF VOTING OUTSIDE OF THIS PARTICULAR MEETING, SO THAT IS NOT A BIG DEAL.
UM, WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE METAL FENCING ORDINANCE.
AMY, AMY WAS SO KIND TO PREPARE THE METAL FISHING ORDINANCE LETTER TO BE PRESENTED, UM, TO CITY COUNCIL.
WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE IS THAT EVERYONE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RE REVIEW THAT, THAT LETTER, AND IF ANYONE HAD ANY QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THE INFORMATION THAT IS BEING REPORTED IN THAT LETTER, AND VICKI WAS JUST CALLING, SO LET ME MAKE SURE.
VICKI, ARE YOU ON? I STILL HEAR YOU LETICIA, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE PEOPLE FROZE.
THEY WERE FROZEN, BUT NOW I SEE THEM BACK, BUT, OKAY.
DID VICKY, DID VICKY RESPOND TO ROLL CALL? SHE IS SAYING SHE'S IN THE WAITING ROOM.
DOES ANYONE, RHONDA, DO YOU SEE HER IN THE WAITING ROOM? THERE'S NOBODY IN THE, UH, WAITING ROOM AT THIS TIME.
OKAY, SHE'S GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET BACK IN.
I WANNA BE SURE THAT SHE HAS INDEED RECEIVED.
OKAY, GREG, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
I JUST WANNA MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS ON THE, THE LETTER, IF THAT'S OKAY.
I THINK IT'S VERY GOOD JOB, DON, FIRST OF LETICIA, I APPRECIATE YOU RESPONDING TO ME, UH, LAST WEEK.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A HECTIC TIME FOR YOU, SO I DO ABSOLUTELY THAT.
AMY, YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING THIS LETTER TOGETHER.
I THINK YOU HIT THE POINTS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, SOMEBODY MAY WANT TO CHECK TO SEE IF IT'S SAM MAYOR JOHN WHITMEYER IS IN THE, THE FIRST PART OF IT'S THE HONORABLE, NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT SOMEBODY CAN CHECK THAT IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH.
UH, THE ONE TWO FOURTH LINE DOWN, IT SAYS EXITING.
AND I THINK THAT MEANS SHOULD BE EXISTING PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF EXITING PROBLEMS. I SEE THAT.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU CAN LOOK AT FOREVER AND NEVER, NEVER SEE IT.
UH, AND THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I HAVE IS ON THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, OR IF YOU
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EXCUSE ME, THE SECOND PAGE, IF YOU WANNA PUT PAGE NUMBERS ON THERE TOO, THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.I, UM, THE LAST, UH, THE PENULTIMATE PARAGRAPH ON PAGE TWO, IT STARTS WITH PASSING AN ORDINANCE.
IT TALKS ABOUT, BECAUSE SOME SUBURBS IN HOUSTON SUCH AS KINGWOOD, THE WOODLANDS, KATY, ARE GOVERNED BY HOAS OR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
UM, THOSE ARE KINDA A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE KINGWOOD IS ACTUALLY A PART OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE WOODLANDS AND KATY ARE SEPARATE CITIES, SO THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN LAWS ABOUT IT.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT ABOUT HOAS OR D RESTRICTIONS WOULD CERTAINLY BE APPROPRIATE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW APPROPRIATE IT'S TO INCLUDE KINGWOOD, UH, WOODLANDS AND KATIE IN THAT RESPECT.
I'LL LET YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT.
IF YOU UNDERSTAND MY POINT, AMY, ARE THOSE ALL ADJUSTMENTS WE CAN MAKE BEFORE GETTING THE LETTER SENT OUT? YES.
AND I ALSO RECEIVED SOME COMMENTS FROM NAOMI OSTFELD FROM SUPERBIRD 38 THAT WE WILL INTEGRATE TOO.
I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO INTEGRATE SOME CHANGES.
UH, I DON'T, I 46, I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF TAKING MINUTES, BUT I I WILL, I'LL BE GLAD TO
I DO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU WEAR MULTIPLE HATS, IT'S IMPORTANT.
SO GREG, WHAT WE WILL NEED YOU TO DO IS GO AHEAD AND RESPOND BACK TO THAT EMAIL SO THAT AMY WILL HAVE EXACTLY THOSE COMMENTS SO THAT NOTHING IS MISSED.
IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO HAVE IT IN WRITING THAN TO VERBALIZE IT.
SO WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ON THE MEETING, BUT IF YOU CAN SEND THAT TO HER IN AN EMAIL, UM, IN AN EMAIL RESPONSE, EITHER TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE EMAIL, OR TO AMY DIRECTLY IF YOU HAVE IT.
THAT WAY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IN.
SO WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
I AM WAITING ON VICKI, HAVE YOU MADE IT IN YOU? WELL, THERE WE GO.
OKAY, VICKI, ARE YOU THERE? I AM.
VICKI, WE WERE ACTUALLY AT THE SPACE WHERE WE SPOKE ABOUT THE METAL FENCING ORDINANCE LETTER.
UM, WE WANTED TO BE SURE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS IS YOUR BABY.
CHECK TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS AND OR COMMENTS.
NO, I THINK THE FINAL DRAFT THAT AMY WORKED HARD ON AND GOT TO US AND YOU SHOWED THE TWO CORRECTIONS, I THINK THAT SOLIDIFIES IT FOR, FOR US, AND I THINK WE'RE SATISFIED WITH IT.
SO AMY, WITH THOSE CORRECTIONS, AGAIN, AMY, WE WANNA THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO PREPARE THAT FOR US.
UH, YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB, VICKI.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR INPUT FOR THAT.
UM, EVERYONE THAT SERVED ON, UH, OUR, I DON'T WANNA CALL IT AN OFFICIAL COMMITTEE, BUT IN THE CAPACITY TO ASSIST, UM, WE ARE DEFINITELY GRATEFUL FOR YOU GUYS.
THIS IS GOING TO MAKE SUCH A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE'RE JUST HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL FALL UPON THE PROPER EARS AND OF THE RE THE EYES OF THOSE THAT NEED TO SEE IT.
IN PROCEEDING WITH OUR AGENDA, THE NEXT SPACE IN THE AGENDA IS GOING TO BE, IT'S A SECTION THAT'S STATED COMMU COMMITTEE REPORT AND OVERVIEW.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT SECTION BEING PRESENT IS GOING FORWARD.
WE WILL HAVE COMMITTEE REPORTS, UM, GIVEN DURING THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
AT THIS TIME, WE ARE FINALIZING THOSE COMMITTEES AND ENSURING THAT EVERYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON AN ACTUAL COMMITTEE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE HAVE CHAIR APPOINTED COMMITTEES.
SO OUR NOMINATING COMMITTEE IS AMY, IF YOU'LL HELP ME OUT THERE.
I BELIEVE WE HAD KEITH DOWNEY VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE CHERYL O'BRIEN AND DOUG SMITH.
SO THOSE WILL, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
THOSE ARE THE THREE MEMBERS FOR OUR NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
OUR PLANNING COMMITTEE WOULD BE THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, SECRETARY, PAST LEADERSHIP.
IT WOULD INCLUDE MIKE DUSON, CINDY CHAPMAN, DOUG SMITH, AND RHONDA SLATER, OR SOLDER, I'M SORRY.
UM, CHAIR APPOINTED COMMITTEES.
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AND WE HAVE JACK AND JACK BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO SLAUGHTER YOUR NAME.UM, WE HAVE CHERYL O'BRIEN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
LINDSEY WILLIAMS HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY.
MICHELLE BLACKWELL AND LETICIA GRANT, PUBLIC SAFETY, JEFF BAKER, NICK KAY, RICK CAR, UM, COORDINATE COORDINANCE AND STACY FAIRCHILD, QUALITY OF LIFE.
CHERYL O'BRIEN, LINDSEY WILLIAMS, STACY FAIRCHILD, RESILIENCE, AND RICKY.
UM, DID I MISS ANYONE UP TO, UM, I SEE YOUR HAND UP, TAMARA? YES.
I WANTED TO BE ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
UM, WE NEED AN ODD NUMBER ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE AND DOUG'S NOT ON THE LINE.
SO WHAT WE WILL NEED TO DO, LET'S CHECK OUR, WE NEED TO CHECK OUR BYLAWS AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND JOT THAT INFORMATION DOWN THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO SERVE ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
UH, YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UM, ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE LAST MONTH, UH, THE PAST CHAIR NOTED THAT MELANIE FROM 71 WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON IT ANY LONGER.
UM, SHE IS NOT ON THE LIST FOR THE CURRENT SNA COMMITTEES THAT WENT OUT.
SO I WILL CROSS REFERENCE THAT WITH THE MINUTES.
SO I THINK GREG WAS, I THINK GREG IS CORRECT.
IS, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T COME OFF, BUT THAT WAS LISTED.
UM, SO YEAH, WE CAN BE, SHE CAN BE ADDED.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH HE'S ATTENDED IN THE PAST.
AND SO I, THAT'S A, THAT'S A QUESTION THAT THE CHAIR NEEDS TO LOOK AT OR THE ACTING CHAIR NEEDS TO EXAMINE.
AND, AND ALSO RHONDA, SHE MAY BE AN ADVISOR TO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, BUT SHE CAN'T BE ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE ITSELF BECAUSE SHE'S NOT A REPRESENTATIVE OF AN S-N-A-S-N-C, EXCUSE ME.
AND, AND IT SAYS IN PARENTHESES DON DON.
SO I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS MEANT.
I MEAN, SHE'S NOT A VOTING COMMITTEE.
AND I JUST LOOKED AT THE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE.
THIS IS CHERYL, AND IT JUST HAS TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF THREE ME, UH, MEMBERS, BUT DOES NOT SPECIFY.
THAT HAS TO BE AN ODD NUMBER OF MEMBERS.
IT JUST SAYS A MINIMUM OF THREE.
THE ONLY CONCERN IS OF COURSE, IF THERE IS A TIE, THAT'S WHY IN ANY TIME YOU HAVE A NOMINATING COMMITTEE, YOU DEFINITELY LIKE TO HAVE AN ODD NUMBER.
SO, UM, IF IT'S A MINIMUM OF THREE AND WE HAVE ONE MORE PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO SERVE ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
SO TOMORROW COULD JOIN AND WE, AND IF WE HAD SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WANTED TO YEP, I SUPPOSE THEY COULD.
PASTOR DEB, UM, TAMARA, YOUR HAND IS STILL UP.
DO YOU STILL HAVE A QUESTION OR IS THAT JUST BY DEFAULT? THAT'S BY NOT LOOKING.
PASTOR DALE, JUST QUICKLY, THANK YOU, LETICIA.
UM, I WANTED TO APPLY TO THE RESILIENCE, UH, COMMITTEE.
UM, IS THAT POSSIBLE? AND IF SO, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? CAN YOU PUT YOUR, UM, INPUT THAT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT FOR US, PLEASE? I WILL.
AND THEN WE HAVE MARK, IT'S ACTUALLY STACY, ARE YOU STACY? I WAS NOT.
I SAW THERE, I'M USING MY HUSBAND, BUT I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS MARK, SO I'M JUST GONNA BE
I'M USING THE COMPUTER WHERE IT DEFAULTS TO MY HUSBAND'S ACCOUNT, SO MY APOLOGIES.
UM, SO ARE YOU TAKING, I DON'T WANNA STEP OUT IN FRONT OF YOU.
ARE YOU TAKING QUESTIONS OR, UM, ON THIS TOPIC OR DO YOU HAVE MORE TO SAY? SO AT THIS MOMENT, THE, FOR THE COMMITTEE REPORTS, THE ONLY THING THAT I WAS DOING WAS CONFIRMING THAT WE HAD EVERYONE PLACED IN THE COMMITTEE AT WHICH THEY'D LIKE TO BE, UM, VOLUNTEER IN.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE HAS VOICED THEIR INPUT, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS I SEE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ON THESE COMMITTEES, BUT DO WE HAVE ASSIGNED OR DESIGNATED COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR EACH ONE OF THEM? YES, WE DID ASSIGN A COMMITTEE CHAIR AT THE LAST MEETING.
I WANNA BE SURE THAT I CHECKED TO, UM, CONFIRM THAT THAT IS MENTIONED IN THE ME IN THE MINUTES.
UM, BUT AT THIS VERY MOMENT, IT'S NOT LISTED.
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WHO ARE THEY? JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY.AND IF, IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE COMMITTEE CHAIRS, WHAT IS THE PROCESS IN ORDER TO, IS IS THAT YOUR CALL OR? SO THE, FOR THE BYS, SO THE, SO HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.
THE CHAIR, ACTUALLY, THESE ARE CHAIR APPOINTMENT COMMITTEES.
SO YES, ABSOLUTELY THAT WILL FALL UNDER THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAIR.
SO IF THOSE WERE NOT APPOINTED, OF COURSE IT WOULD, THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO ASK WHOM WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS CHAIR.
UM, BECAUSE WE ONLY WANT ONE PERSON PROVIDING THE COMMITTEE REPORTS DURING THAT TIME.
SO YES, THAT WOULD BE THE PAR, THAT WOULD BE THE PROCEDURE.
UH, IF I COULD INTERJECT THERE, LETICIA, WHAT IN THE MINUTES IT SAYS THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND YOU AS CHAIR WILL, WILL WORK TO IDENTIFY HE'LL CHAIR EACH COMMITTEE.
WAS THERE ANOTHER QUESTION, STACY? NO, JUST HOW IS THAT, HOW AND WHEN IS THAT GONNA HAPPEN? YES.
SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS AFTER WE HAVE EVERYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THESE COMMITTEES, WHICH WOULD BE AT THIS MEETING, 'CAUSE NOW AT THIS POINT EVERYONE'S BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNE TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SO.
WHAT I WILL DO IS SCHEDULE SOME TIME AND SPEAK WITH EACH OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SERVING ON THE COMMITTEES.
NOW FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE ONLY HAVE MS. LINDSAY.
SO, UM, BY DEFAULT, LINDSAY, IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, THAT ONE WOULD POTENTIALLY MAKE YOU THE CHAIR OF THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE.
AND THEN WE MOVE INTO THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, WHICH THE PLANNING COMMITTEE THE CHAIR SERVES, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
SO PRIOR TO OUR NEXT MEETING OR THE END OF THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MONTH, WE WILL HAVE CHAIRS FOR EACH OF THE COMMITTEES.
AND THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED SINCE VIA EMAIL.
SO ARE WE NOT TAKING OFF THE JULY AND A SO THAT IS, THAT IS, I'M GOING TO, THAT I WILL GET TO THAT AS WELL.
SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES AND NO, BUT I WILL GET TO THAT HERE SHORTLY.
AND THAT IS ACTUALLY AT THE NEXT AGENDA POINT.
UM, UH, PASTOR DEB, WAS THAT A, A, A HAND RAISED OR A OKAY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THE COMMITTEE REPORT OVERVIEW AND WHAT THAT IS TO LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD? NO.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR SPECIAL CALL ELECTION.
NOW, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS PRIOR TO TAKING OFF FOR JULY AND AUGUST, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JUST ONE REALLY QUICK MEETING IN.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IS APPROVING THE MINUTES, APPROVING THE AGENDA AND A SPECIAL CALL ELECTION.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALL ELECTION TO FILL THE SEAT OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, AND WE WILL NEED TO DO THAT THE SECOND MONDAY IN JULY.
SO PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR EVERYONE.
THIS IS YOUR OFFICIAL NOTICE THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A VIRTUAL MEETING THE SECOND MONDAY IN JULY, AND WE WILL ONLY ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, GREG? UH, YES.
LETICIA, JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEND OUT THE NOTICE FOR THE ELECTION 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
SO THE ELECTION, THE ELECTION WILL NOT ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE IN JULY.
THE ELECTION WILL TAKE PLACE IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, AT OUR, AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
HOWEVER, THAT WILL, THAT WILL GO OUT AS WELL AS THE AGENDA AND THE NOTICE OF THE MEETING FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THAT MEETING DATE.
AND WHERE THAT, THOSE WILL BE THE ONLY ITEMS. SO THAT WILL BE THE QUICKEST SNA MEETING EVER.
SEPTEMBER OR JULY FOR THAT TOO.
SO JU JULY WILL HAVE THE SPECIAL CALL ELECTION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE SPECIAL CALL ELECTION, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THAT SPECIAL CALL ELECTION FOR SEPTEMBER ONCE APPROVED.
WHAT I'M, I'M SORRY, I I I'M A LITTLE BIT DENSE HERE,
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PERHAPS.WHAT HAPPENED IN JULY? ACTUALLY, IS THERE ANY VOTE ON THE ELECTION AT THAT POINT? THAT'S, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GONNA VOTE TO HAVE THE ELECTION.
I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY, BUT THAT, THAT WORKS.
ANYONE ELSE WITH ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
WE HAVE THE POKE STREET CLOSURE LETTER AND, AND AMY I KNOW WE'VE SEEN IT.
WE'VE IT'S IN, IT'S IN THE WORKS.
I WILL, YES, I MEANT TO GET IT TO YOU BEFORE THE MEETING, BUT SINCE WE HAD TO SEND OUT THE NOTICE BEFORE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TIME TO REVIEW IT, SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THAT TO REVIEW BEFORE JULY MEETING FOR SURE.
UM, WHAT WE WILL DO, GUYS, WE WILL DO THAT VERY SIMILAR AND PLEASE NOTE EVERYONE WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT VIA EMAIL, IT'S ALWAYS EASIER IF YOU HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS AND OR ADJUSTMENTS TO JUST SEND THAT BACK IN ONE WRITEUP WITH ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS, ALL OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS, SO THAT WAY THAT THEY CAN BE REVIEWED PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
SO WE WILL WORK ON GETTING THAT LETTER OUT TO EVERYONE SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU DID TO THE FENCING ORDINANCE, GET YOUR RESPONSES IN SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE, MAKE ANY NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS, AND THEN RESEND THOSE OUT PRIOR TO THAT MEETING.
AND THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH.
AMY, DOES THAT WORK WELL FOR YOU? THAT'LL BE GREAT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT LETTER AS WELL.
UM, SOMEONE ASKED, WHO IS RICKY
WELL, I, BECAUSE THAT WAS ME AND PASTOR DEB HAD PUT IN THERE.
RICKY WILL BE THE CHAIR OF THE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE.
AND I I MUST HAVE MISSED WHO'S RICKY.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I ASKED.
I ASKED IT TO HER 'CAUSE SHE'S THE ONE WHO MADE THE COMMENT.
63, RIGHT? HE'S IN DISTRICT AGE TOO.
OKAY GUYS, WE ARE, WE ARE ZIPPING RIGHT ALONG THIS, UM, AGENDA.
SO NOW WE ARE MOVING INTO THE SNA MEMBERS AND OH, OH, I'M SORRY.
BEFORE I PROCEED, DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLK STREET CLOSURE LETTER? THE DEAL? I DIDN'T SEE ANY HANDS.
I JUST WANNA BE SURE NOW, SNA MEMBERS OPEN FORM AND OR ANNOUNCEMENT, THAT'S THE ONLY PIECE OF THE POULTRY LETTER IS THE ONLY OUTSTANDING BUSINESS THAT I HAD.
UM, SO I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT PAGE.
UH, NO, I WAS JUST, IF YOU'RE GONNA GO TO AN OPEN ANNOUNCEMENTS, I JUST WANNA ANNOUNCE THAT WAS, IT'S GREAT THAT ENGAGED HOUSTON IS GONNA BE BACK UP AND RUNNING.
UM, OKAY, SO OFFICIALLY LOOK OFFICIALLY, GREG, YOU START, YOU KICKED IT OFF.
SNA MEMBERS, UM, OPEN FORUM AND OR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND THEN I DO SEE ON THE LINE THAT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, SO I'M SURE THEY'RE GONNA MAYBE WANT TO JUST INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO SNA.
UM, SO SNA MEMBERS, LET'S SEE, I SEE A NUMBER THREE, BUT, OKAY, HERE WE GO.
SO, GREG, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? NO, I JUST TOOK DOWN MY HAND OFF.
MY REASON, MY QUESTION IS, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR RECYCLING PICKED UP IN THE LAST WEEK FOR THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING, IS IT JUST OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR IS EVERYBODY EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM? IS ANY, IS ANY EVERYBODY ELSE, UH, NOT GETTING THEIR, UH, EITHER THE RECYCLING OR YARD TRASH, UH, IS ALSO NOT BEING PICKED UP, BUT, UH, I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION, TRYING TO, TRYING TO GET AN IDEA.
IS IT FURTHER MORE WIDESPREAD OR JUST US? NO.
SO LINDSAY CHERYL POSTED IN THE COMMENTS THAT IT TOOK FOUR WEEKS FOR HERS TO GET PICKED UP.
HAROLD, THIS IS CHERYL AND WE BUMP UP TO YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE CONSISTENTLY BEEN PICKED UP ONE DAY LATE.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PICKED UP ON THURSDAY.
WE'VE BEEN PICKED UP ON FRIDAY FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY IN THIS LAST TIME.
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WE GOT PICKED UP ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING PICKED UP.IT'S, BUT IT'S BEEN RUNNING TWO TO THREE DAYS LATE, SO YOU MIGHT WANNA FILE A 3 1 1 COMPLAINT.
DOZENS OF THEM GOT AND, UH, UM, BECAUSE YOUR, YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN GETTING IT, SO I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT'S HAPPENING? THAT'S GOOD.
UM, UM, AND HAROLD, DO YOU HAVE THE 3 1 1 APP? YES.
IS YOUR APP CHA, IS IT CHANGING OR IT'S JUST SAYING THAT IT'S GONNA BE PICKED UP ON YOUR REGULAR DATE AND IT'S NOT BEING, IT SAYS IT'S DELAYED AND, UH, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF REPORTS OUT THERE WITH, WITH, UH, THE INCIDENT NUMBERS AND, UH, UH, BOTH.
WE, WE'VE USED BOTH THE HTX COLLECT APP AND THE 3 1 1 APP.
WE, WE USE 3 1 1 APP TO REPORT THE INCIDENTS.
THE HTX COLLECT COLLECTS APP JUST SAYS IT'S DELAYED AND, UH, UH, OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND, UH, SO I'M, I'M GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS TO, YOU KNOW, DO WE LEAVE IT, DO WE LEAVE THE RECYCLING BIN? THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE FOR A WEEK NOW, THE RECYCLING BINS THAT ARE, UH, UH, DO WE, WE'RE, OUR PLAN IS JUST TO LEAVE 'EM OUT THERE BECAUSE ALL, ALL IT SAYS IS DELAYED, SO MM-HMM
UM, WE WERE HOPING IT'LL, THEY'LL COME SOMEDAY AND, UH, THE YARD TRASH JUST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE PUTTING THEIR YARD TRASH IN THEIR, IN THEIR, UH, GARBAGE PICKET BIN, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT DOESN'T GET PICKED UP.
THEY AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.
THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS IN THE, UH, UM, IN THE, UH, WASTE PICKUP SITE OR, OR TRASH PICKUP SITE THAT YOU, YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT PICKED UP.
AND SOMEONE DID POST IN THE CHAT AN UPDATE, UM, AND THEY'RE ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE PUT OUT THE TRASH, BUT I KNOW IN AREAS WHERE THERE ARE STRAY DOGS, I CAN SEE WHY THAT WOULD BE A MAJOR CONCERN.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S MANY STRAY DOGS AROUND AROUND HERE, BUT, UH, AT LEAST THAT I'M GLAD TO, YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE THE INPUT.
I WAS JUST WONDERING, AND WE'LL JUST LEAVE, KEEP, UH, UH, POSTING THE 3 1 1 REPORTS.
THANK YOU, VICKY, I'M SORRY, UH, UH, I'M SORRY.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE GENTLEMAN AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT, UM, OUR RECYCLING IS SUPPOSED TO BE PICKED UP ON TUESDAY ALONG WITH THE TRASH.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS IT RAN UP AGAINST MEMORIAL DAY, SO, UH, WE LEFT, WE HAD TO LEAVE OUR RECYCLING BINS OUT FOR OVER A WEEK.
SO I THINK IT'S A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM, QUITE FRANKLY.
RIGHT? IT, IT, IT DOES SAY THERE'S A, UM, I FORGET WHERE I SAW THIS, BUT IT SAYS, I THINK IT WAS THE HTX COLLECTS APP THAT SAYS THEY'RE SHORT ON PEOPLE.
AND THEY JUST, UH, THEY'RE UNDERSTAFFED AND, AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BODIES.
UM, I WOULD JUST THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, TRASH PICKUP WOULD BE SOMETHING THE CITY WOULD, UH, EMPHASIZE.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PER PERIODICALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOK, LISTEN TO THE MARY, HE SAYS, WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE UNDERFUNDED, BUT THEY'RE SPENDING MONEY ON OTHER THINGS.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM PICK UP, UH, TRASH.
WELL, I JUST WANT, THANK YOU, HAROLD.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT ONE OF OUR HOAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH JUST FOUR STREETS.
THEIR TRASH, BLACK TRASH CANS SET UP FOR TWO WEEKS AND THEY WERE FINALLY PICKED UP ON THURSDAY.
UH, WELL, WE'RE STILL MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS.
YES, THIS IS, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHY YOUR HAND WAS UP.
I WAS JUST ANNOUNCING THAT EVERY, WE HAVE A HEALTH FAIR, SO WE ARE DOING A SETAS HEALTH CENTER, UH, HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR ON JUNE 21 FROM NINE TO 12 AT THE SETAS CLINIC AT 91 0 5 NORTHWEST SIDE.
IT'S GONNA BE HEALTH SCREENERS FOR BLOOD PRESSURE, GLUCOSE, DENTAL, VISION, FOOT EXAMS, MAMMOGRAMS, CERVICAL CANCER, H-P-V-H-I-V, AND P PEDIATRIC IMMUNIZATIONS, AS WELL AS SIGNING PEOPLE UP FOR GOLD CARDS, VOTER'S REGISTRATION, AND FREE GIVEAWAYS.
UH, GOING BACK TO SOLID WASTE, I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH THEM LATE LAST WEEK AND EVEN THIS MORNING ABOUT RECYCLING.
THEY ARE, UH, LET ME PULL UP THE EMAIL.
I THINK THEY'RE WORKING ON FRIDAY, A ROUTES, UH, AND THEY SAID IT PUTS THEM ABOUT A WEEK BEHIND THEIR NORMAL SCHEDULE.
THIS HAS COME FROM THE, COMING FROM THE TOP OF SOLID WASTE.
UM, AND IF THERE, AND THIS IS JUST MY
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ASSUMPTION IS THAT IF THERE ARE ANY WEATHER DELAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, OR HOLIDAYS, UH, THAT COULD PUT THEM FURTHER BEHIND.SO, HAROLD, UM, TO YOUR POINT, I, I DO THINK THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A UNIVERSAL, YOU KNOW, ISSUE AND IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA, MADAM CHAIR, TO HAVE TO REQUEST THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF SOLID WASTE TO COME TALK ABOUT THIS TO US AND PRESENT SOME TYPE OF A PLAN, AT LEAST THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE, WE KNOW WHAT TO TELL OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS.
I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT IDEA.
SO VALINSKI, YES, VALINSKI, AND THAT'S FINE.
UM, AND I'VE BEEN CALLED MUCH WORSE, SO THAT'S OKAY.
WHAT IS IT? JACK
UH, THE REALITY IS WHEN THEY GAVE THE, UH, RAISES TO THE POLICE AND FIRE, IT TOOK MONEY AWAY FROM THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
SO BASICALLY EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT'S GETTING LESS FUNDS THIS YEAR, UM, INCLUDING SOLID WASTE PARKS, HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S REALLY A SPECIAL CASE BECAUSE A LOT OF THEIR PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY EMPLOYED THROUGH MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THAT'S GOING AWAY.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY SAD THAT BARK, WHICH WE ALL KNOW HAS BEEN UNDERFUNDED FOR ALL THESE YEARS, IS EVEN GONNA BE MORE UNDERFUNDED.
SO, AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOUGHT HARD FOR IT, BUT THE REALITY IS THERE ISN'T ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BUCKET TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING.
AND FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE BECAUSE THOSE SALARIES ARE GONNA INCREASE, INCREASE AND FIRE.
AND I'M NOT ARGUING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T GET A WELL, BUT AS I SAID, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH MONEY AND THE FACT THAT, UH, SO MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AND DEPEND ON, UM, IS GONNA BE CUT, IS GONNA BE CUT.
YOU KNOW, PARKS IS GONNA HAVE A LONGER SCHEDULE BEFORE CUTTING GRASS IN THE PARKS AND ON THE ADES.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS.
I SPOKE TO COUNCIL A NUMBER OF TIMES, BUT, UM, THE CITY'S HURTING.
UH, AND ALSO JACK, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WELL, NOT IN ADDITION TO, BUT IN COMPLIMENTS OF THAT, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S SOMEONE FROM, UM, SALLY ALCORN'S C THERE'S IN, IN OUR CHAT THERE IS A LINK TO THE FULL PROPOSED CIP.
UM, SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, IT'S THERE.
IT WAS JUST POSTED IN OUR CHAT CHAT AND YES, JACK, THAT IS CORRECT.
I, I ATTENDED THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING TODAY AND, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION BEING SHARED AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO DO A SHOUT OUT FOR PASTOR DEB.
SHE WAS FEATURED PRETTY PROMINENTLY IN THE HOUSTONIAN MAGAZINE ABOUT HURRICANE HARVEY'S LEGACY OF TRAUMA.
SO IF ANYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO READ IT, I SAW HER THERE AGO.
THAT'S JUST, CONGRATULATIONS PASTOR DEB
HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM, WE CAN.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON THIS COMING SATURDAY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AT, UH, MOUNT VERNON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WHICH IS IN FIFTH WARD, LOCATED AT 1501 JENSEN.
IT IS THE OLDEST CHURCH IN MY COMMUNITY.
IT WAS LITERALLY FOUNDED IN 1865, AND WE ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME.
THE, THE, THE, UH, FESTIVAL IS GOING TO HONOR OUR HISTORY, OUR CULTURE, FREEDOM, AND LEGACY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GOSPEL ARTISTS, UH, AFRICAN DANCE, UH, HIP HOP, YOU NAME IT.
LOTS OF FOOD VENDORS, GIVEAWAYS, LOTS OF WONDERFUL GIVEAWAYS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE BAYOU CITY BRASS BAND.
WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE A GREAT TIME.
SO I'M JUST INVITING EVERYONE TO PLEASE ATTEND.
IT IS, UH, GOING TO BE FROM 12 TO 7:00 PM ON THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH.
AND I'M GONNA STRUGGLE TO TRY TO UPLOAD THIS, THIS FIRE.
I MIGHT HAVE TO SEND IT THROUGH EMAIL I TRIED A MINUTE AGO.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT WENT THROUGH
THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. STEVENSON.
I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THE THIRD WARD JUNETEENTH MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE.
THAT WILL BE ON JUNETEENTH THE HUNDRED AND 60TH JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WITH MUSICAL GRACE YOLANDA ADAMS, UH, THE COMMUNITY CH UH, CHOIR POWERHOUSE VOCALS OF MARY GRIFFIN AND THE FUNK MAN HIMSELF,
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GEORGE CLINTON.THIS IS ON SATURDAY, UM, FROM 4:00 PM TO NINE AT 30 18 EMANCIPATION.
IT IS FREE AT EMANCIPATION PARK.
HEY, UH, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LINDSEY WILLIAMS, WHO WAS FEATURED IN THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, UH, ADVOCATING FOR RAILROAD SAFETY AND GRADES SEPARATIONS HERE IN THE EAST END, WHICH ARE SORELY NEEDED.
OKAY, SO I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT HAVE HIT THE EMAIL.
UM, ONE IS LONG-TERM RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE EFFORTS.
THERE ARE TWO MEETING OPTIONS.
ONE IS ON TUESDAY, WHICH IS TOMORROW, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS ON THURSDAY.
UM, AND IF YOU DID NOT GET THE INFORMATION, WE CAN SEND THAT OUT.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE ON JUNE 19TH, IN THE ACRES HOMES COMMUNITY, THERE WILL BE A JUNETEENTH ALSO.
THERE'LL BE A JUNETEENTH EVENT AT THE CHAMBERS, THE ACRES HOMES CHAMBER.
UM, SEE THERE IS A PLAT APPLICATION FOR A HAMLET LOFTS THAT WAS SENT TO OVER.
SEE, LET ME TRY AND TELL YOU WHERE THAT'S GONNA BE LOCATED.
THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE HELD ETS SEE TOWNLEY PLACE, UM, LOTS, 1 51 AND 1 52 HARRIS COUNTY MAP.
LET ME TRY AND TELL YOU GUYS WHERE IT IS.
SO IF THAT IS INDEED YOUR AREA, THERE WILL BE A HEARING HELD JUNE 26 AT 2:30 PM ON BAGBY.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE 18TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SAVE THE DATE FOR THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EVENT.
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE AT THE ACRES HOME MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, SIX 30 TO EIGHT ON MONDAY, JUNE 30TH, ON THE 21ST OF JUNE WILL BE THE JUNETEENTH PARADE IN AKER HOMES.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE IN OUR EMAIL.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE.
EXCUSE ME, MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I INTERJECT? YE YES, SIR.
UM, I REPRESENT, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, WILLIE DAVIS AT LARGE TWO.
UM, JUST WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING TO AVAIL OURSELVES TO YOU AS HE'S AT LARGE, SO WE CAN HELP ANYBODY IN ANY DISTRICT, WE WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, AS HE ALWAYS SAYS, UM, HE'S NOT A POLITICIAN, HE'S A PASTOR.
AND WANT EVERYBODY TO ALSO KNOW THIS, THAT NO MATTER WHAT DISTRICT YOU LIVE IN, UM, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, AS WELL AS FIVE AT LARGE.
AND WE CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE OTHER FOUR AT LARGE, BUT AT LARGE.
TWO, WE ARE HERE TO AVAIL OURSELVES TO SERVE.
WE ARE GONNA ALSO HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE LAST YEAR.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT IN DISTRICT D AT THE, EXCUSE ME, AT THE SUNNYSIDE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, WHICH IS AT 44 10 REED ROAD.
IT'S GONNA BE JULY THE 21ST, WHICH IS A MONDAY AT, UM, AT 6:00 PM AND, UH, WE WELCOME EVERYBODY TO COME WITH YOUR ISSUES AND CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS.
UH, THOSE ARE NOT ONLY IN DISTRICT D, BUT THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT, WHICH IS DISTRICT I, AS WELL AS DISTRICT K.
UM, YOU GUYS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ATTEND AND, UM, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT COOKING AT NIGHT, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD FOOD AS A STAND.
NOW, I DON'T WANNA GET AHEAD OF MYSELF, BUT IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE BARBECUE.
SO, UM, PLEASE COME AND JOIN US.
AND LASTLY, UM, IF NOT, BY THE CLOSE OF THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE MORE, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE, IF NOT IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER, AND, UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ACRES HOMES AND, AND THAT IT'S TENTATIVE.
IF NOT, YOU'D BE THE FIRST ONE UP IN 2026.
SO WE JUST WANNA LET YOU, THAT GUY.
SO WE JUST WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, UH, WE ARE HERE, UH, WE AVAIL OURSELVES IN OUR TOWN HALL.
WE HAVE ALL OF THE, UH, CITY DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, AS WELL AS THE VENDORS SUCH AS RED CROSS FEMA.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS HURRICANE SEASON, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE VENDORS
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SUCH AS THAT.UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, THE HARRIS COUNTY, UM, VOTING VENDOR, UH, TO MAKE THE GUYS AWARE OF THE UP AND COMING NOVEMBER ELECTION AND CONGRESSIONAL 18TH, UH, TO REPLACE THE, UH, LEGEND HERSELF, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE.
SO WE ARE JUST GONNA HAVE A VARIETY OF PEOPLE THERE.
AND, UM, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU, YOU KNOW, YOUR WATER BILL, YOU THINK IT'S TOO HIGH? WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE HPW THERE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVERYBODY THERE, SO PLEASE COME AND, AND, AND, UM, WITH YOUR QUESTIONS, YOUR CONCERNS, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK, MADAM.
DO WE HAVE ANY ANO ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR S AND A MEMBERS? BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG, PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO LET'S SEE AT LARGE THREE, IF YOU'RE SPEAKING, WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.
AND HERE, I, I AM AFTER A LONG DAY.
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK UP FOR ALL OF THE AT LARGE.
UM, AND FREDDY SAID HE'S WITH TWO, AND, UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, FIVE AT LARGE, AND WE'RE ALL THERE TO HELP ALL OF YOU.
AND SO WE LOVE TO, UM, HEAR FROM ALL THE CONSTITUENTS AND ALL OF THEIR ISSUES AS WELL AS PIGGYBACK ONTO ALL OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS.
THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO DO, IS LEAN INTO THE DISTRICTS AND BE OF SUPPORT AND SERVICE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS THAT SU YOU KNOW, THAT SERVE YOU.
AND I WANT TO, UM, ALSO KUDOS ON WHAT FREDDY SAID BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HERE.
JORDAN IS HERE FROM AT LARGE FIVE, AND WE'RE JUST HERE READY TO HELP, OF COURSE.
AND ALSO, UM, SUPPORT THOSE DISTRICTS THAT, UH, YOU LIVE IN.
DO, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? LET'S GET YOUR HANDS UP.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OH, NO, I CAN HEAR YOU, BUT I CAN'T, UM, MY CAMERA'S NOT WORKING.
UM, THIS IS DE CHAVIS CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MAYOR PROTE.
SHE'S COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT K, AND JUST WANTED TO SHARE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, NEXT THURSDAY, UH, THE CITY WILL OBSERVE THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY.
UM, ALSO ON NEXT SATURDAY, THE, UM, JUNE 21ST FROM 9:00 AM UNTIL 11:00 AM NEPRO 10 WOULD BE HOLDING A POST LEGISLATIVE DISCUSSION ON, UM, PROPERTY LAWS AND DEED RESTRICTIONS.
AND THAT WILL BE AT THE HAROLD L. PRESTON, UM, SOUTHWEST, UH, HPD POLICE STATION ON THETA STREET.
AND I'M, UM, ATTACHING THE INFORMATION AND FLYER, UM, IN THE CHAT.
AND THEN, UM, THE HOUSE, HOUSTON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL HOST TWO VIRTUAL MEETINGS ON, UH, AS A SHARE PLANS FOR RECOVERY FUNDING AND HERE, AND THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL.
UM, SO ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS WILL BE TOMORROW, UM, FROM 11:00 AM UNTIL 1:00 PM AND ANOTHER, THEN, UH, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE, UM, THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH FROM 3:00 PM TO 5:00 PM AND I'M ALSO INCLUDING THAT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT.
UM, IF YOU NEED TO GET AHOLD OF US, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US AT DISTRICT K@HOUSTONTX.GOV.
I DID PUT MY INFORMATION IN, UM, THE CHAT EARLIER.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
UM, I'M WITH HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT FOUR AT THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER LESLIE BRIANNE.
JUST A FEW, TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, ONE, WE ARE HAVING MULTIPLE HURRICANE AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE PRECINCT, SO WE'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, TO ATTEND, INVITE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND INVITE YOUR FRIENDS.
UM, THERE ARE A FEW THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, DESIGNATED FOR SENIORS, UM, SOME THAT ARE FOR FAMILY, ALL, ALL, UH, ALL FAMILIES ARE WELCOME.
AND THEN JUST FOR LIKE ADULTS ONLY.
SO THEY'LL BE TAILORED TO, UM, CERTAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, NEEDS AND WE'LL HAVE ACTIVITIES
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FOR THE KIDDOS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.SO, UM, HERE IS THE, THE FLYER IN THE CHAT.
AND ALSO WE'RE ENCOURAGING, UM, YOU TO INVITE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOU AS WELL TO, UM, LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STEER PROGRAM.
UM, IT'S THE STATE OF TEXAS, IT'S NOT LOADING ON MY END.
IT'S THE STATE OF TEXAS EMERGENCY REGISTRY.
AND, UM, IT'S FOR, UM, ALL VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, UH, RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, UM, THOSE WHO NEED ACCESS TO FUNCTIONAL NEEDS, UM, OR TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES.
UM, THIS IS A WAY TO KIND OF HELP ASSURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ACCOUNTED FOR WHEN IT COMES TO DISASTERS OR IF THEY NEED ANY ASSISTANCE, THEY END UP, UM, GOING, YOU KNOW, GETTING A LITTLE CHECK-IN.
UH, SO THERE'S JUST A FEW THINGS.
UM, MY INFORMATION IS IN THE CHAT AS WELL.
UM, SO JUST LIKE EVERYBODY SAID, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE, WE'RE HERE TO HELP.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE JORDAN FRAZIER, EVERYONE.
I PUT A LOT, UM, OF GOOD INFORMATION IN THE CHAT JUST, UM, A FEW MINUTES AGO WANTED TO ALSO THANK Y'ALL FOR SHARING OUR, YOUR 2 CENTS BUDGET SURVEY.
UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE HAD OVER 1200 RESPONSES.
THE KINDER INSTITUTE CAME TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE LAST WEEK AND PRESENTED ON THESE FINDINGS.
UM, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PRESENTATION.
UH, LASTLY, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, PRESENTED ON THE PROPOSED FFY 26 TO 2030 CIP PLAN, WHICH IS OUR ROLLING FIVE YEAR PLAN OF THESE LARGER PRO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
UM, THAT PRESENTATION IS ALSO IN THE CHAT.
UM, LET ME KNOW IF WE CAN HELP WITH ANYTHING AT ALL.
ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANYONE? I RECEIVED A FEW EMAILS.
THIS WOULD BE YOUR OPPORTUNITY GOING ONCE LOOKS LIKE WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET YOU GUYS, I'M SORRY.
I WAS HAVING, I WAS HAVING TROUBLE UNMUTING.
I'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE NAME ONLINE.
SO I DID WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW IN SANDER'S ABSENCE THAT, UM, I AM WORKING ON BYLAWS.
I THINK I'M ACTIVELY WORKING ON LIKE SEVEN SETS RIGHT NOW, SO I'M TRYING TO GET TO THEM AS QUICKLY AS I CAN AND WORK IN YEAR END STUFF THIS MONTH.
SO WE HAVEN'T STARTED THE NEW GRANT, UM, WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS APPROVED AGAIN THIS YEAR.
WE HAVEN'T STARTED THOSE NEW GRANTS FOR NEXT YEAR AS OF YET, BUT WE WILL PROBABLY AT THE END OF JULY.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR BYLAWS, UM, AND IT'S BEEN A MINUTE, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GIVE ME A CALL.
UM, I AM WORKING WITH THE, UM, CLS ON THIS AS WELL.
AND THE SECOND THING I WANNA SAY IS, UM, I DID GET A CALL FROM ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SAID THEY GOT A LETTER FROM ME ASKING FOR MONEY.
AND THE EMAIL IT SAID RHONDA SOLDER IN IT, BUT IF YOU LOOKED AT THE EMAIL ADDRESS, IT WAS A SHOPPING DIVA AT GMAIL, WHICH IS NOT MY JUST, I'M, I'M HERE TO SAY THAT IS NOT MY, UM, EMAIL.
AND IN THE, IN THE SUBJECT LINE IT SAID MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE OFFICE, THAT DID NOT COME FROM ME.
UH, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM ON WEDNESDAY TO KIND OF GET THIS HANDLED, BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAILS.
IT SAYS MY NAME DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT ACTUALLY CAME FROM ME.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO CALL IN.
LUCKILY THE TWO PEOPLE WHO DID RECEIVE IT, CALL IN TO THE OFFICE.
UM, SO JUST FYI LOOK AT IT REALLY GOOD.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, JUST GIVE ME A CHAT AT THE OFFICE.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, RHONDA.
OKAY GUYS, UM, WITH FOUR MINUTES REMAINING DURING OUR ONE HOUR MEETING TIME, IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OR COMMENTS.
SO, UM, SORRY, MY CAMERA IS ALSO NOT WORKING.
UM, AND I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH MY OFFICE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I'M DOING WRONG, SO I APOLOGIZE.
UM, OKAY, WAIT, HE JUST TOLD ME SOMETHING.
WAIT, LET'S SEE IF THIS WORKS.
I'M LIKE, WHAT'S THE SLIDER? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
UM, SHERRY CORTEZ WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY
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DA'S OFFICE, UM, AND I, THIS MONTH WE ARE FOCUSING ON, UH, SENIORS AND ELDER ABUSE.AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AND THAT, UM, UH, RHONDA JUST BROUGHT UP IS, UM, WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON A LOT WITH OUR SENIORS AND OUR MOST VULNERABLE.
AND THAT IS THESE EMAIL SCAMS. SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON THOSE LINKS.
UM, AND, AND PLEASE DO NOT, UH, RESPOND TO ANY OF THESE PHONE CALLS OF PEOPLE, UM, THAT, UM, THAT, THAT CONTACT YOU AND STATE THAT THEY, UH, THAT YOU EITHER HAVE A WARRANT OUT FOR YOUR ARREST, UM, THAT YOU OWE MONEY TO THE IRS.
UM, AND, AND I'VE BEEN GOING AROUND TO MEETINGS AND I, AND I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE, LOOK, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF, OF OUR OFFICE, I CAN TELL YOU WE WON'T BE CALLING YOU.
WE ALREADY KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE AND IF WE WANT YOU, WE'RE GONNA COME GET YOU.
OKAY? SO WE'RE NOT GONNA CALL YOU AND SAY, WE HAVE A WARRANT FOR YOUR ARREST AND YOU GOTTA PAY THIS AND YOU GOTTA PAY THAT.
IT, IT'S, THAT'S NOT, THAT IS A SCAM.
OKAY? SO PLEASE DON'T FALL FOR IT.
IT'S SURPRISING HOW MANY PEOPLE FALL FOR THAT.
UM, AND PLEASE DON'T CLICK ON THE LINKS.
UM, WHAT RHONDA JUST SAID ABOUT CHECKING YOUR EMAIL AND LOOKING TO SEE, BEFORE YOU START RESPONDING TO THOSE EMAILS, CLICK ON WHO IS SENDING THAT TO YOU.
JUST CLICK ON THE LITTLE EMAIL AT THE TOP AND JUST SEE WHO THAT IS.
DOUBTFUL THAT IT'S PROBABLY SHOP, LIKE SHE SAID, SHOP 100 AT GMAIL.
AND IT'S NOT WHO YOU THINK IT IS.
SO JUST DON'T RESPOND TO ANY OF THESE EMAILS.
NO ONE'S GONNA ASK ANYBODY, ASK YOU FOR MONEY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE PHYSICAL ABUSE OF OUR SENIORS AND OUR MOST VULNERABLE IS LESS THAN THE FINANCIAL BURDEN THAT HAPPENS TO THEM WHEN THEY, THEY GET INVOLVED IN THESE SITUATIONS.
SO, UM, THESE FINANCIAL CRIMES ARE NONRECOVERABLE IN MOST CASES, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
IT IS VERY UNLIKELY WE WILL EVER GET YOU THAT MONEY BACK ONCE YOU LOSE IT.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PROSECUTE SOME OF THESE THAT IF WE GET ENOUGH EVIDENCE ON THEM, THAT IS TRUE.
BUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF YOU GETTING YOUR MONEY BACK I IS VERY SLIM.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, UM, UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A LIST OUT THERE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
USUALLY PEOPLE ARE ON SOCIAL SECURITY OR GETTING MEDICARE, MEDICAID.
THEY HAVE THOSE LISTS AND THEY'RE CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT, THAT YOU'RE GONNA ANSWER THE PHONE OR YOU'RE GONNA ANSWER THE DOOR.
UM, BUT IF YOU DO BECOME A VICTIM, PLEASE CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MAKE A POLICE REPORT.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO THAT BECAUSE THE, THE, UH, INVESTIGATION THAT IS DONE, YOU MAY FIND OUT THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE ALSO BEEN A VICTIM OF THIS, WHICH WOULD COMPILE THE, THE CRIME.
IT'S, IT HAPPENED TO MY, MY MOM.
OKAY? SO MY MOM, UM, NOT TOO LONG AGO WAS CONTACTED AND SHE GAVE SOME GUY $5,000.
SO, UM, IT, IT, IT HAPPENS TO EV A A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO DON'T BE EMBARRASSED, BUT YOU NEED TO REPORT IT.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, UM, UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME SOME TIME.
UH, I WANNA RE UM, UH, GIVE A GREAT REPORT THAT TODAY WE WERE AT, UH, TSU AT THE UH, BULLET CENTER, UH, FOR EMERGENCY, UH, MANAGEMENT CONVENING.
UH, AND THIS WAS A LOT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS HBCUS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THEY DO EVERY SUMMER AND THEY WANNA KNOW HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED.
I SAID, WE ARE NOT WAITING ON YOU ALREADY INVOLVED WHERE YOU ARE, WE'RE FROM IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.
I BET THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT YOU ALL NEED.
SO YOU ARE ALREADY, UM, YOU ARE ALREADY ON THE FRONT LINES ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS.
AND NO TWO PEOPLE NEED THE EXACT SAME THINGS.
SO I JUST WANNA REPORT THAT THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT THEY HAVE A TWO DAY FOR THE NINTH AND THE 10TH.
UH, THEY'RE NOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE TOURING SUNNYSIDE AND THIRD WARD AND THE NORTH SIDE TOMORROW.
BUT THEY ARE UM, UM, TAKING THIS, THIS CONVENING CLASS TO LEARN HOW DO WE ADVOCATE AND HOW DO WE ENGAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY? AND I TOLD THEM, I SAID, YOU ARE ALREADY, YOU ARE ALREADY ENGAGED.
UH, YOU WERE BORN ENGAGED AND SO I JUST WANT TO REPORT ON THAT.
OKAY GUYS, WELL, UM, WE ARE AT THE VERY END OF OUR MEETING.
LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL PAST PASTOR.
COULD YOU GIVE ME ONE REFERRAL? I'M SORRY, I FORGOT.
ON MEMORIAL DAY WE HAD A FIRE AT INDEPENDENCE HALL OVER HERE.
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ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN 20 DISPLACED 20 HOMES.THESE ARE SENIORS THAT, UH, GOODWILL INDUSTRY BUILT THIS PLACE AND THEN SOLD IT OFF.
THE MAYOR WAS THERE AFTER THE DERECHO 'CAUSE THEY HAD PEOPLE STRANDED UP THERE.
I NEED TO KNOW WHO WE CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH, UM, SO WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT THESE VULNERABLE, DISABLED AND SENIORS.
WHAT PART OF THE CITY DO WE TALK TO ABOUT THE OTHER EIGHT BUILDINGS OF THESE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE? 'CAUSE WE GOTTA START PLANNING PASTOR DEB, WOULD THAT BE THE APARTMENTS THAT BURNED DOWN? AND THEY ARE NOW AT THE KER HOME MULTI-SERVICE CENTER AT THE BURRIS? YES, I DID.
THEY RAIN, YOU TOOK, Y'ALL GOT 'EM OVER THERE AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
I'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH RAINMAN.
I KNOW JUST HOW TO DO THAT OR RENATA, IF YOU KNOW.
YEAH, I WON'T TROUBLE YOU ANOTHER MINUTE, RAINMAN AND I GO BACK.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M IN ORDER.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SPEAK AS CANDIDATES.
I'M GONNA BE SPEAKING WITH PASTOR DEB ABOUT HER QUESTIONS, UH, IN A MOMENT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS OUT OF ORDER JUST YET.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT,
WELL, I WON'T TAKE UP ANY MORE OF YOU ALL THE TIME.
I'M A RESIDENT, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF AC HOMES BORN IN TRINITY GARDENS AND I WANNA BE YOUR NEXT CONGRESSWOMAN OF DISTRICT 18.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH MOST OF YOU JUST BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT ALTHOUGH I WILL BE REPRESENTING A LARGE SWATH OF HOUSTON AS YOUR CONGRESSWOMAN, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M MAKING COALITIONS WITH EVERYONE WHO IS BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
SO REALLY GRATEFUL TO HEAR SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS, SEE A LOT OF THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE.
AND I'VE ALREADY MADE SOME TOUCHES TO SOME OF THE MEMBERS HERE TO SEE IF I CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW YOUR COMMUNITIES A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND, UH, ASK YOU TO JOIN THE FIGHT WITH US SO WE CAN BRING SOME GOOD RAIN TO DISTRICT 18.
AND I'LL LEAVE MY COMMENTS, UH, IN THE, I'LL LEAVE MY INFORMATION IN THE COMMENTS SO YOU GUYS CAN FOLLOW.
WELL, THIS TIME I'M GONNA DO THIS A DIFFERENT WAY.
CAN WE ADJOURN THIS MEETING? CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVE.
ALRIGHT GUYS AND, AND YOU GUYS HAVE A WONDERFUL REST OF THE EVENING.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL.