* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting on September 8, 2025.] [00:00:19] SIX 30 RIGHT ON THE DOT. WELCOME TO OUR SEPTEMBER SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE MEETING. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. TAKING TIME OUTTA YOUR DAY AND SPENDING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH US. HOPEFULLY WE WON'T BE EXTREMELY LONG TONIGHT, BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE MEETING AND WE'LL GET STARTED WITH ROLL CALL, ROLL CALL. AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO AMY. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOT THEIR BACKGROUND NOISE GOING. BIG NEWS. AMY. AMY, YOU'RE MUTED. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I HAD UNMUTED MYSELF, BUT IT'S BEEN AUDIO MUTED. HELLO? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, WELL PICKING UP WITH UH, OUR ROLL CALL FOR THIS EVENING FOR OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING. I WILL CALL, UH, THE NAMES OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENT FOR THE LAST FOUR MEETINGS, UH, OR ONE OR MORE OF THE LAST FOUR MEETINGS, UH, PER OUR BYLAWS. AND IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ONE OF THOSE GROUPS, PLEASE ANNOUNCE PRESENT. UM, IF I GET TO THE END OF THE ROLL CALL AND WE HAVE NOT CALLED YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND WE WILL MARK Y'ALL PRESENT. UM, ALRIGHT. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE, SUPER, NEIGHBORHOOD SIX, PRESENT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 14. MARIE CARLISLE. PRESENT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 15. HI KEVIN, I'M HERE. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 16. GREG SUR, REPRESENTATIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 17. JEFF BAKER'S. PRESENT. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22. STACY FAIRCHILD HERE. OKAY, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 24. JACK VALINSKI HERE. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 25. DR. SMITH IS HERE. OKAY. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 27 SANDRA RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. SANDRA. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 28. UH, KATHY EASTER EASTERLY HERE. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 30 BURGLARIES. PRESENT. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 31. HAROLD EATON PRESIDENT PRESENT. THANK YOU. UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 32. CHERYL O'BRIEN. PRESENT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 36. SYLVIA RIVAS. PRESENT. NAOMI OSTFELD. PRESENT. OKAY, SUPER NUBER 37. CINDY CHAPMAN, PRESIDENT PRESENT. SORRY, . IT'S OKAY. 38. STEVEN EK. PRESENT, UH, SUPER NUBER 41. I, UH, I WAS EXPECTING MR. RAINWATER. DID SOMEONE ELSE ANNOUNCE FOR 41 OR DO WE JUST NEED SOMEONE TO MUTE? THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, SUPER NU 47 PRESENT. JACKIE MAHORN, SUPER 48. HUEY GERMAN WILSON. PRESENT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? AMY? I'M SORRY. 49. VICKI MARTIN PRESENT. I, I HEARD YOU. HUEY. THANK YOU. VICKI MARTIN. PRESENT. THANK YOU. VICKI. GOT YOU. UH, 52, 55, 57. [00:05:11] UH, 63. 64. UH, AMY DEN IS PRESENT. 65 66. 67, 68. PAULA WAGNER PRESENT. ALRIGHT, 67 OR 71, EXCUSE ME. UH, 82 83. TOMORROW BELL PRESENT. AND 88. UH, THAT'S AMY PRESENT, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FOR LAWNDALE WAYSIDE. ALL RIGHT. UH, ANY ADDITIONAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED DURING ROLL CALL? ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE, UH, PASTOR DEB, 45. THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU PASTOR DEB. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE 24, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS PRESENT. DO WE HAVE A QUORUM, AMY? UH, YES. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT GUYS, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG. AGAIN, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE JUST JOINED US, UM, THANK YOU. AND PLEASE ADD, UM, THAT YOU'RE PRESENT IN THE COMMENTS AND WE'LL JUST MOVE RIGHT ALONG. I DID SEE ALEX IN OUR ME, OH, I'M SORRY, APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM JULY. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THOSE MINUTES. ALL OF THE VOTING MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THOSE ME THOSE MINUTES VIA EMAIL. SO, UM, CAN I GET SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? MADAM CHAIR, MAY I HAVE A POINT OF INFORMATION PLEASE? SURE. IT SAYS APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JULY, 2025, BUT THEN THE MINUTES OF JULY, 2025, IT SAYS, UH, THAT THE JUNE 20, 25 MINUTES MEETING WERE DEFERRED TO THE NEXT MEETING. YES. AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THAT EMAIL AS WELL. RIGHT. SO ARE YOU PLANNING ON APPROVING THE JU JUNE MINUTES AS WELL? 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE AGENDA. YES, WE CAN APPROVE THE JUNE AND THE JULY, BUT WE'LL START WITH THE JULY. OKAY. AND THEN IN THE, IN THERE THEY TALK ABOUT, IN THE JUNE, THEY TALK ABOUT THE MAY MINUTES LOOKING LIKE HAVING BEEN APPROVED. THE MAY MINUTES WERE APPROVED, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IN OUR JULY MEETING. WELL, THAT'S WHAT THIS SAYS. BUT THE JUNE MEETING, THE JUNE MEETING ALSO TALKS ABOUT APPROVED MINUTES OF MAY, 2025. SO THAT'S WHERE I SEE A CONFLICT THAT'S, YES. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE APPROVED, BUT THEY WERE APPROVED. APPROVED IN JULY. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHY WE'RE LEFT WITH JUNE AND JULY TO BE APPROVED. WELL, THE JUNE MINUTES SAY THAT THEY WERE APPROVED IN THE MAY MINUTES WERE APPROVED IN JUNE. WELL, THEY WERE APPROVED IN JULY. SO WHEN WE ASK YOU TO APPROVE, YOU WOULD JUST SAY WITH ONE CORRECTION. RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, PERFECT. FINE. IF THAT'S WHAT I, I'M NOT, I DON'T POINT OF PERMISSION. 'CAUSE I WASN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENED AS IT AS REFERRED TO THE CORRECTIONS ON JULY. I DO HAVE A CORRECTION DEFENSE THAT THOSE, THERE WAS A LEGAL ISSUE RELATED TO THE, TO THE NOTICE PROVISIONS, AND THAT WAS NOT YET RESOLVED AND THAT WAS NOT PUT IN THE MINUTES. OKAY. AND I, I DON'T HAVE A RESPONSE BACK FROM YOU EITHER ABOUT THAT. MA MADAM CHAIR, I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING FROM YOU OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE MEETING. SO WE'LL MAKE NOTE OF THAT IN THIS MINUTE, IN THIS MINUTE, THESE MINUTES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN I, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES. YOU, WE HAVE A HAND UP FOR HAROLD? YEAH, I SECOND IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING INTO JUNE, HAVE A, THE JUNE, UH, MINUTES. THIS IS BERT RUIZ. UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE JUNE MEETING MINUTES, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE SAME PERSON, BUT THERE'S A BERT RUIZ AS A GUEST SPELLED BURT. AND THEN I'M LISTED CORRECTLY AS BERT AS A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVE. SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A TYPO, IF THERE'S ACTUALLY WAS SOMEONE ELSE THAT HAS THE SAME NAME I DO WITH A MINOR REVISION FOR DIFFERENT SPELLING. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, IT ABSOLUTELY DOES. OKAY. AMY, DO YOU HAVE THAT? UH, WE, WE CAN RESEARCH THAT BERT AND SEE THIS IS CHERYL. WE CAN RESEARCH THAT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. BERT, YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT AND WE CAN, WE'LL SEE IF WE [00:10:01] CAN GET THAT SORTED OUT FOR YOU. OKAY? YEAH, NO WORRIES. NOT A BIG THING. I JUST NOTICED THAT WANTED IT. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION. WE, WE'LL WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THE JUNE MINUTES BE, UH, APPROVED WITH A POSSIBLE, UH, CORRECTION JUST DISCUSSED. I SECOND IT. THANKS. SO THANKS, TAMARA. OKAY, NEXT AGENDA ITEM HARRIS COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, WORKSHOP PRESENTATION FROM ALEX. ALEX, I DID SEE YOU IN HERE. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? HOWDY. I'M DOING WELL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THA OH, HAROLD, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WELL, THERE ARE TWO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR AND I, I WOULD SAY THAT, YEAH, THE NEXT QUESTION, I WOULD SAY THOSE MOTIONS NEED TO BE, UH, ADDRESSED AND VOTED ON. OH, I'M SORRY. I, I, I'M, LOOK, I'M MOVING TOO FAST. UM, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. CAN WE DO THE WEBSITE AND ANY, SO LET'S BACK UP. LET'S GO TO THE FIRST ONE. THE FIRST MOTION IS THE APPROVAL OF THE JULY MINUTES. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. AND AMY, WOULD YOU PREFER, WOULD YOU PREFER AYE OR WOULD YOU JUST PREFER THEM TO RAISE THEIR HAND IN THE, I MAY, I SUGGEST WE RAISE OUR HANDS SO THAT WAY IT'S IN THE RECORDING. PERFECT. THANKS. THANKS, AMY. SO, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THIS IS JULY. OKAY. LOWER YOUR HANDS NOW. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE A FEW THERE. HOW, HOW MANY HANDS WERE THERE FOR JOEL? 18. 18? HANDS UP. FOR THOSE THAT ARE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS NOW. I THINK I RAISED MY HAND. ONE. ANYBODY ABSTAIN? NO. ABSTENTIONS. NOW FOR THE MOTION FOR THE JUNE MEETING MINUTES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. IS ANYONE ELSE GETTING AN ECHO? YES. YES, YES. THAT TYPICALLY MEANS THAT SOMEONE IS LOGGED ON TWICE, EITHER TWICE OR THEY OKAY. FOR THE JUNE MIN MINUTES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND FOR THE APPROVAL. AMY, WE HAVE 18. I, I WROTE LIKE 19, 20. I'M SAYING 2020 CAME UP. THERE WERE 20 THERE. THE NOTE SAID 18. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBER THAT SAID 20 AND THEN IT CHANGED TO 18. OH, OKAY. I THINK I CAUGHT IT AT 18. CAN THIS? OKAY, FOR THOSE THAT OPPOSE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND NOW. PLEASE LO EVERYONE PLEASE LOWER YOUR HAND AND THAT ULA. OH, OKAY. OKAY. AND THE CHICKEN TOO. YOU GONNA NEED THE CHICKEN TOO? I JUST GAVE TWO PIECES. SO FOR THOSE THAT OPPOSE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. NOW THE JUNE MEETINGS WITH THE, THE JUNE MINUTES WITH THE CORRECTION. IF YOU OPPOSE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. WE HAVE TWO AMY AND ANYONE ABSTAIN? AND THAT'S ZERO. KEVIN, YOUR HAND STILL, STILL RAISED. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I'M SORRY. APOLOGIES. NO PROBLEM. NO PROBLEM AT ALL. OKAY GUYS, NOW WE CAN MOVE ON. ALEX, ARE YOU READY TO PRESENT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GONNA SHARE THE SCREEN. PERFECT. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LATIA. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND TIME AND FOR MEETING WITH ME SO FAR IN ADVANCE TO PLAN THIS OUT. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY HERE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT. HOPE YOU DON'T MIND IF I TAKE IT AWAY. I WON'T TAKE TOO MUCH TIME, IF THAT'S OKAY. MM-HMM . [00:15:01] . ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE VOTER WORKSHOP FOR THIS SUMMER. UH, SO I AM ALEXANDER GOVEA. I AM A VOTER OUTREACH SPECIALIST FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE ELECTIONS OUTREACH DEPARTMENT. UM, I SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES LIKE KEVIN. I SAW, UH, MS. HUEY, I SAW SOME OTHER FAMILIAR FRIENDS THAT I'VE ALREADY BEEN TO YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AND GIVEN EITHER A SIMILAR PRESENTATION OR GIVEN SOME UPDATES OVER THE ELECTION. SO A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN, AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU THAT I DON'T KNOW, I CAN GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE SAME FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, SO I'M NOT GONNA TAKE TOO MUCH TIME. I DO JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH IT, A BRIEF AGENDA. I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW, UH, SOME INFORMATION ON VOTER TURNOUT IN HARRIS COUNTY AND SOME OTHER ITEMS OF INFORMATION TO HELP EMPOWER YOU FOR THIS UPCOMING ELECTION. UH, SO JUST TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION CLEAR, SO THE HARRIS COUNTY CLERK, SO BACK IN, UH, 2020, WHENEVER IT GOT MOVED TO THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR, UH, VOTER REGISTRATION AND THE ELECTIONS GOT MOVED UNDER ONE ROOF, WHICH IS THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR IN 2023, WHENEVER IT GOT MOVED BACK TO THE COUNTY CLERK. SO ELECTIONS GOT MOVED DIRECT, UH, STRICTLY JUST TO THE COUNTY CLERK. YOU COULD SEE OVER HERE UNDER HER UMBRELLA THAT IT'S STRICTLY DEALING WITH ELECTIONS AND THE VOTER REGISTRATION ASPECT MOVED OVER TO THE TAX ASSESSOR. SO WE'RE NO LONGER IN THE SAME HOUSE IN THAT REGARD, BUT WE STILL OPERATE BALLOT BY MAIL, OUTREACH AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ELECTION OPERATIONS. AND JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER, SO, UH, ON THE SCREEN, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE PIECE OF INFORMATION. I HAVE THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TURNOUT INFORMATION FOR HARRIS COUNTY. NOW I'M JUST GONNA FOCUS IN ON THE BOTTOM INFORMATION. SO OUT OF 2.4 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS IN HARRIS COUNTY IN 2020, WE ONLY HAD 1.6 MILLION SHOW UP TO GO VOTE. SO THAT'S AN, UM, THAT'S A TOTAL TURNOUT OF 67% OF THE PARIS COUNTY POPULATION THAT ACTUALLY SHOWED OUT AND HAD THEIR VOICE HEARD. NOW, GOING INTO 2024, WE KNOW WE HAVE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS EVERY FOUR YEARS. UGH, WE WOULD EX WE WOULD EXPECT THAT TO INCREASE WITH TIME. BUT GOING INTO FOUR YEARS LATER, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD INCREASED REGISTERED VOTERS, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD A DECREASED AMOUNT OF VOTER TURNOUT. SO IT WENT FROM 67% DOWN TO 58% OF VOTER TURNOUT IN HARRIS COUNTY. AND OVER HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE, I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BREAKDOWN OF, UH, VOTERS BY THE AGE BRACKET. SO THEY CAN SEE TYPICALLY WHO'S GONNA SHOW UP MORE WHENEVER THEY'RE COMING OUT TO VOTE, DEPENDING ON THE AGE AND ALL THAT. JUST TO SAY THAT, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER ELECTION. IT'S NOT JUST A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. QUITE FRANKLY, IF I SHOWED YOU WHAT EVERY SINGLE ELECTION LOOKS LIKE OR THE MOST RECENT ELECTION IN MAY, UH, THESE NUMBERS WOULD BE A LOT MORE ABYSMAL AND NOT AS HIGH AS THEY ARE FOR A PRESIDENTIAL. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT A BUSY ELECTION LOOKS LIKE IN HARRIS COUNTY. SO, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER ELECTION. WE HAD ELECTIONS IN MAY. WE HAD A RUNOFF ELECTION IN JUNE. AND UPCOMING IN NOVEMBER, WE HAVE THE NOVEMBER 4TH GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION. AND, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CIVICS JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A SPECIAL ELECTION IS. UH, THESE ARE ELECTIONS THAT AREN'T TYPICALLY COUNTED ON A GENERAL ELECTION. UH, FOR THIS UPCOMING NOVEMBER ELECTION, WE HAVE, UH, CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 18 ON THE BALLOT, UH, WITH THE PASSING OF CONGRESSMAN SYLVESTER TURNER ON MARCH 5TH, 2025. THIS IS, THIS HAS LEFT THE CD 18 SEAT OPEN. AND FROM THE GOVERNOR, UH, GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, GOVERNOR ABBOTT, HE DID CALL FOR ELECTION IN THIS NOVEMBER BALLOT AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE GETTING TO VOTE ON THIS IF YOU LIVE IN CD 18 AREA, UH, FOR THAT SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL SEAT. ALSO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW FOR NEXT YEAR. NEXT YEAR'S GONNA BE A VERY BUSY ELECTION YEAR. IT'S GONNA BE THE PRIMARY ELECTION TIME, SO THAT'S GONNA BE STARTING IN MARCH. AND WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EARLY VOTING IN FEBRUARY, SO AS SOON AS YOU'RE DONE CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS THE NEW YEAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A MONTH AND A HALF BEFORE WE'RE GETTING INTO EARLY VOTING SEASON. AND THEN, UH, STARTING VOTING, STARTING TO VOTE FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE ELECTING YOUR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES, YOUR SENATORS, AND OTHER, UH, CONGRESSIONAL SEATS AS WELL. A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, THE RUNOFF ELECTIONS, THIS HAPPENS IN ANY ELECTION WHERE A SINGLE CANDIDATE DOES NOT RECEIVE OVER 50% PLUS ONE OF THE VOTE. SO, UH, GOING INTO THIS NOVEMBER [00:20:01] ELECTION, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF CANDIDATES THAT ARE RUNNING, WE DON'T EXPECT ANY SINGLE ONE CAN CANDIDATE TO GET 50% PLUS ONE. SO WE ARE EXPECTING A RUNOFF IN DECEMBER FOR THAT, UH, CD 18 RACE AS WELL. SO SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND WHENEVER YOU'RE GOING OUT TO VOTE THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST GONNA BE ONLY VOTING IN NOVEMBER, YOU MAY POTENTIALLY BE VOTING IN DECEMBER AS WELL. AND I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME IMPORTANT DATES, UH, FOR THIS UPCOMING ELECTION. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION. SO WE'LL BE VOTING ON TEXAS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. AND IF YOU LIVE IN THE CD 18 AREA, YOU'LL ALSO BE VOTING ON THAT CD 18 DISTRICT SEATS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE EXPECTED DECEMBER 13TH RUNOFF ELECTION. SO WE ALREADY HAVE TWO ELECTIONS JUST LEFT IN THE YEAR. WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE MONTHS. AND GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE THE MARCH PRIMARY. WE'RE EXPECTING A RUNOFF ELECTION IN MAY BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONTESTS ON THE BALLOT IN MARCH. SO WE ARE EXPECTING A RUNOFF IN MAY. AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, AND WE'RE EXPECTING ANOTHER RUNOFF IN DECEMBER. SO JUST IN THE NEXT YEAR AND A COUPLE MONTHS, WE ALREADY HAVE SIX ELECTIONS PLANNED. UH, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO JUST ACTIVELY THINK ABOUT IT. ELECTIONS AREN'T JUST GONNA BE EVERY FOUR YEARS. THEY'RE GONNA BE EVERY SINGLE YEAR, MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR. AND ESPECIALLY WHENEVER YOU'RE VOTING AND GETTING ACTIVE INSIDE YOUR LOCAL ELECTIONS, THOSE ARE GONNA BE THE ELECTIONS THAT YOU REALLY SEE A LOT OF CHANGE IN YOUR AREA. YOU MAY SEE, UH, INCREASED, UM, INCREASED ACTIVITY IN THE COMMUNITIES AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, IF THEY'RE RENOVATING PARKS, IF THEY'RE, UH, ADDING SIDEWALKS OR IF THEY'RE, UH, FIXING THE POTHOLES IN THE ROADS OR INCREASING TRASH PICKUP, THOSE LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE, WE'RE GONNA SEE THE MOST DIRECT IMPACT LOCALLY TO YOU. SO I ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE AND ADMONISH EVERYBODY TO, TO STAY INVOLVED. UH, IN REGARD TO VOTING, THERE'S THREE WAYS TO VOTE. WE HAVE IN PERSON AT ANY VOTE CENTER IN HARRIS COUNTY, YOU CAN GO TO ANY VOTE CENTER IN HARRIS COUNTY AND YOU'RE ABLE TO CAST YOUR BALLOT. YOU CAN VOTE CURBSIDE OR YOU COULD EVEN VOTE BY MAIL. I WILL SAY, UH, WE DID GET SOME NEW LAWS PASSED AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER THAT WENT INTO EFFECT. SO, UH, WE'RE STILL GETTING THAT INFORMATION PREPARED ON HOW THAT'S GONNA IMPACT OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS. SO I DO WANT TO BE UPFRONT THAT I DON'T HAVE THOSE IMMEDIATE ANSWERS ON HOW THAT'S GONNA AFFECT US JUST YET. UH, IN REGARDS TO PREPARING FOR THE ELECTION, JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ANY OF YOUR LIST A PHOTO IDS. YOU HAVE YOUR TEXAS DRIVER'S LICENSE, TEXAS PERSONAL ID, TEXAS HANDGUN LICENSE, A US CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATE WITH A PHOTO MILITARY ID WITH A PHOTO TEXAS ELECTION ID CERTIFICATE, OR A US PASSPORT BOOKER CARD PER THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE. IF YOU'RE UNDER THE AGE OF 70, YOU CAN USE ANY OF THESE IDS, UM, FOR UP TO FOUR YEARS IF THEY'RE EXPIRED. SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE WITHIN THAT FOUR YEAR EXPIRATION DATE, YOU COULD STILL BRING THESE TO THE VOTE CENTERS AND STILL USE THEM TO CHECK IN AND CAST YOUR BALLOT. UH, PER THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THE REASONABLE IMPEDIMENT DECLARATION. SO IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE PHOTO IDS, YOU MAY USE YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OR A SECONDARY FORM OF IDENTIFICATION SUCH AS, UH, ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE, VOTER REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE, UTILITY BILL, BANK STATEMENT, GOVERNMENT CHECK OR PAYCHECK, JUST SOMETHING THAT HAS YOUR INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY THAT YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE. UM, THIS LETS US KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT REASONABLY OBTAIN A LIST, A ID, AND YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE H-C-T-A-X NET, UH, WEBSITE. SO THAT'S A TAX OFFICE WEBSITE TO GET A COPY OF YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION CARD AS WELL, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE OTHER ITEMS. AND THAT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE. SO THAT IS AN OPTION WHENEVER YOU'RE GOING INTO THE VOTE CENTER. AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE SLIDES, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE. I KNOW IT'S AN EVENING, SO I WILL GET THROUGH THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT TAKING TOO MUCH TIME. UH, VOTING IS ACCESSIBLE. WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT FACETS AND AVENUES IN PLACE TO ALLOW EASY ACE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE VOTE CENTER FOR EVERY SINGLE VOTER. WE HAVE CURBSIDE VOTING FOR VOTERS WHO CAN NOT GO INTO THE VOTE CENTER WITHOUT LIKELIHOOD OF INJURY OR WITHOUT NEEDING, UH, ASSISTANCE. SO THEY CAN VOTE FROM THEIR VEHICLE BY PRESSING THAT BLUE BUTTON AT EVERY SINGLE VOTE CENTER. WE ALSO HAVE VOTING ORDER PRIORITY FOR VOTERS WITH LIMITED MOBILITY. SO THE VOTE, THOSE VOTERS CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THE FRONT OF THE VOTE CENTER LINE TO CAST THEIR BALLOT, UH, IF THEY HAVE ANY MOBILITY ISSUES. WE ALSO HAVE THIS LITTLE DEVICE CALLED A TI, THE AUDIO TACTILE INTERFACE. I KNOW IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE GAME CONTROLLER. IT'S NOT , IT'S THE LITTLE TACTILE DEVICE. SO IF YOU CANNOT USE THE TOUCHSCREEN FEATURES OR IF YOU NEED ANY AUDIO GUIDANCE, [00:25:01] OR IF YOU NEED SOMETHING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO NAVIGATE THE SCREEN, THAT DEVICE IS ALSO THERE. YOU CAN ALSO BRING YOUR OWN SIP AND PUFF DEVICE, OR ALSO YOUR OWN JELLY SWITCHES AS WELL. WE ALSO PROVIDE VIRTUAL INTERPRETATION ON DEMAND. SO NOT ONLY THE FOREMOST COMMONLY SPOKEN LANGUAGE IS IN HARRIS COUNTY, ENGLISH, SPANISH, VIETNAMESE, AND CHINESE. UH, WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO ANY, EVERY SINGLE LANGUAGE. SO THAT IS AVAILABLE ON DEMAND. SO VOTING IS ACCESSIBLE IN HARRIS COUNTY. UH, YOU DO HAVE THE OPTION TO VOTE BY MAIL. SO AS LONG AS YOU MEET THESE EXPECTATIONS, YOU ARE ABLE TO VOTE BY MAIL. I AM GONNA PUSH THROUGH THIS INFORMATION JUST A LITTLE BIT, JUST AGAIN, WE DID HAVE SOME NEW LAWS THAT CAME INTO PLACE AND I DON'T WANNA HYPER FIXATE ON THIS TOO MUCH. IF THERE IS ANY BIG DIFFERENCES, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING THAT INFORMATION TO OUR PRESENTATION. UH, BUT HERE'S THE FINAL SUMMARY. SO ESSENTIALLY YOU CAN FIND ALL THIS INFORMATION ON HARRIS VOTES.COM. UH, THIS IS GONNA GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION FOR TRACKING YOUR, UH, MAIL BALLOT FOR SEEING WHAT'S GONNA BE ON YOUR BALLOT, SOME IMPORTANT ELECTION DATES, AND EVEN SEEING WHAT YOUR NEAREST VOTING CENTER LOCATION IS IN YOUR AREA. UM, WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET A BECOME AN ELECTION WORKER, YOU CAN ALWAYS, UM, REACH OUT AND APPLY ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE WE HAVE AN APPLICATION READY FOR YOU. SO YOU ARE ABLE TO APPLY TO BE AN ELECTION WORKER. UH, WE DO HIRE ELECTION NIGHT SUPPORT STAFF. SO IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY DROP OFF THEIR ELECTION EQUIPMENT AT OUR HEADQUARTERS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN US. WE DO HIRE, WE DO PAY $17 AN HOUR, AND IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. UH, I'M USUALLY THERE, SO IF YOU LIKE ME AND YOU THINK I'M FUN TO HANG OUT WITH, UH, HANG OUT WITH ME ON ELECTION NIGHT AND WE CAN HAVE, UH, A LOT OF GOOD TIMES. SO, , AND WE DO INVOLVE OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SO WE DO ALLOW THEM THE SAME OPPORTUNITY. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THEY HAVE A CURFEW OF MIDNIGHT. SO BY MIDNIGHT WE ARE RELEASING ALL THOSE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SO WE COULD BE RESPECTFUL OF THEIR CURFEWS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT STAYING OUT TOO LATE. UH, THEY DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION AND TO NETWORK AS WELL WITH OTHER FELLOW STUDENTS OR US. AND FINALLY, I'M ON MY LAST TWO SCREENS. UM, SO VISIT OUR WEBSITE, HARRISVILLE.COM FOLLOWS US ON SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU CAN SCAN THAT QR CODE IF YOU WANNA GET ADDED TO OUR MAILING LIST. I ALSO DROPPED MY INFORMATION IN THE CHAT, SO IF YOU WANNA GET CONNECTED WITH ME AND HAVE, UH, THIS PRESENTATION AT YOUR NEXT MEETING, OR IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT THE MACHINES LOOK LIKE, I CAN DO ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS AND MORE. UH, SO FEEL FREE TO CONNECT WITH ME AFTERWARDS. UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, LETICIA. I'M ALMOST DONE. LASTLY, JUST THE PHONE NUMBER. THIS IS OUR PHONE NUMBER TO CONTACT US THROUGHOUT THE EVERY 365 DAYS A YEAR. UH, 7 1 3 7 5 5 6 9, 6 5. AND ACTUALLY LET ME SAY, UH, NOT 365 DAYS A YEAR. UH, WE FOLLOW THE SAME SCHEDULE AS THE CLERK'S OFFICE. SO WHENEVER THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS OPEN, WE'RE OPEN. UH, YOU CAN GET LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, VIETNAMESE, AND CHINESE. AND THAT IS OUR HEADQUARTERS. AND THAT'S EVERYTHING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. LETICIA. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO TAKE QUESTIONS OR JUST WAIT TILL AFTER. I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT THE PROGRAMING. NO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION. HAROLD, HE HAS A QUESTION. YES, I HAVE A REALLY SIMPLE QUESTION. WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE IDS THAT COULD BE PRESENTED, HE SAID THAT THEY, YOU COULD USE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE IF YOU WERE UNDER 70. SO WHAT ABOUT US PEOPLE OVER 70? YEAH. SORRY, I, I DIDN'T MENTION. SO IF YOU'RE 18 YEARS OLD THROUGH 69, IT COULD BE EXPIRED UP TO FOUR YEARS. IF YOU'RE 70 OR OLDER AND IT'S EXPIRED LONGER, THERE IS NO EXPIRATION DATE. SO IF IT'S EXPIRED FOR 10 YEARS, FIVE YEARS, YOU COULD STILL USE THAT SAME ID. YOU JUST GET A LITTLE BIT LONGER LEEWAY WITH THE EXPIRATION. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT WORKS. I THINK YOU JUST MADE HIM HAPPY. . GOOD DEAL. OKAY. UM, UH, THERE IS A QUESTION IN THE CHAT, ALEX, IF YOU CAN GET TO THAT TO ANSWER IT FROM CHERYL. CHERYL, DID YOU WANNA SAY IT OUT LOUD OR DID YOU JUST WANNA LEAVE IT IN THE CHAT AND LET OH, SURE. I'LL, I'LL SAY IT. UH, IS THE APPLICATION FOR A MAIL-IN BALLOT BALLOT OUT THERE ON THE WEBSITE YET? LAST TIME I CHECKED, IT WASN'T MY 94-YEAR-OLD MOM NEEDS A MAIL. MAIL-IN BALLOT. YES, TO MY UNDERSTANDING. I JUST CHECKED IT. UH, I JUST WENT TO AN INTERNAL SEMINAR. WE HAVE EVERYTHING UPDATED. OKAY. WHERE IS IT THEN? 'CAUSE I JUST CALLED UP THE WEBSITE AND IT SAYS, UH, THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS OCTOBER 24TH. CLICK HERE FOR THE APPLICATION, BUT THERE'S NO PLACE TO CLICK. IT SAYS CLICK HERE, BUT HERE. LEMME LEMME DOUBLE CHECK. I HOPE Y'ALL CAN SEE MY SCREEN. I'M JUST GONNA GO TO THE VOTE BY MAIL. UH, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO, YEAH. UH, WHENEVER YOU, [00:30:01] HOW, HOW DID YOU ACCESS THAT? BECAUSE I WENT TO, OH, WHENEVER YOU MM-HMM. OKAY. I WENT TO HARRIS VOTES AND WHERE OKAY. YEAH, I WENT UNDER VOTER AND THEN, UH, VOTE BY MAIL. AH. 'CAUSE I, I, THERE'S ANOTHER PLACE YOU CAN ACCESS, YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND ACCESS IT AND YOU, AND THE CLICK DOESN'T WORK THERE, BUT OKAY. I CAN, I'LL JUST GO THIS WAY, SO, OKAY. OR YOU FIND THE OTHER WAY, LET ME KNOW. WE CAN FIX IT. , THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, ALEX. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, OFFERING TO PROVIDE US WITH THIS PRESENTATION. UM, AND GUYS, IF YOU DO NOT, OR IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A PRESENTATION AT YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU'D LIKE FOR ALEX TO COME TO YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD TO DO THE SAME THING, UM, PLEASE, JUST, ALEX, IF YOU'LL PUT YOUR INFORMATION IN THE CHAT SO THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO YOU DIRECTLY, THAT'D BE AWESOME. YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND IF I STAY FOR THE, TO WATCH TO THE MEETING, , GOOD DEAL. NO PROBLEM. WELL, AS I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH, AS ALEX WAS SPEAKING, I DID SEE WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GONNA BE ON THE SPECIAL ELECTION. AND IF I MISS SOMEONE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I SAW AMANDA EDWARDS. YOU DID. HELLO EVERYBODY. HI, . HI. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, FIRST SAY, UH, GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. I'M AMANDA EDWARDS AND I AM RUNNING TO BE THE NEXT CONGRESSWOMAN FOR THE 18TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANNA JUST EMPHASIZE IS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THIS ELECTION COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025. AND IN THE SPECIAL, OF COURSE, THE ORIGINAL MAPS, UH, THAT WERE VOTED THAT WERE, WHEN CONGRESSMAN SYLVESTER TURNER WAS IN OFFICE, WILL BE USED FOR THAT SPECIAL ELECTION. THAT HAS BEEN A POINT OF CONFUSION FOR A LOT OF VOTERS, UH, ACROSS THE DISTRICT, UM, WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE OR ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THIS SPECIAL ELECTION. AND SO, JUST TO REMIND THOSE THAT HAVE QUESTIONS, ALWAYS TELL THEM, THIS IS AS THOUGH YOU ARE STEPPING INTO THE SHOES OF CONGRESSMAN SYLVESTER TURNER TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED REMAINING PORTION OF THE TERM. AND SO WITH THAT, IN, WITH THAT SAID, THAT'S THE ORIGINAL LINES, UH, THE MEET, THE REDISTRICTING REDISTRICTING MAPS WON'T APPLY UNTIL THE 2026 MIDTERM ELECTION. SO PLEASE DO GET THAT WORD OUT, BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT POINT OF CONFUSION FOR A LOT OF VOTERS GIVEN WHAT THEY'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT REDISTRICTING. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL. I'M YOUR FORMER AT LARGE HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO SERVE. UH, AND I HAVE BEEN TO MANY OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE MEETINGS, AND OF COURSE, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SERVE FURTHER IN THIS CAPACITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMANDA. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. UM, THERE IS ONE OTHER, THERE'S ONE OTHER PERSON THAT I SAW. ALEJANDRA, ARE YOU THERE? AND ALEJANDRA IS ACTUALLY RUNNING FOR, UM, AT LARGE C FOUR. SO SHE WAS HERE, BUT I THINK WE MAY HAVE LOST HER. UM, IF I MISSED ANYONE I WAS TRYING TO SCROLL THROUGH. UM, NOPE. DON'T THINK I MISSED ANYONE ELSE. ALL RIGHT, GUYS, WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO OUR AGENDA. I HAD A SUGGESTION FOR A, A, A REQUEST FOR AN UPDATE TO OUR AGENDA, AND THAT IS TO MOVE OUR ELECTIONS ABOVE OLD BUSINESS. IF WE CAN MAKE THAT A MOTION AND VOTE ON THAT MOTION, WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE THE ELECTIONS ABOVE OLD BUSINESS AND HAVE OUR ELECTION BEFORE OLD BUSINESS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. AND THAT WILL SECOND AMY BY HAROLD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. YOU'RE, YEAH, THERE WE GO. NOW I'M SEEING 13. OH, I DIDN'T RAISE MY HAND. I'M SORRY. FOUR 15 . 16. NOW THAT'S FUNNY. 16. OKAY. YOU KNOW THE ART OF FORGETTING YOURSELF, PLEASE LOWER YOUR HANDS. EVERYONE, ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY, AMY, THAT WAS, THAT'S TOO OPPOSED. AND ANY ABSTENTIONS? UH, UH, LETICIA? THIS VICKY, UH, PUT YES, MA'AM. PUT ON THE, THE APPROVED. I COULDN'T GET TO THE BUTTON QUICK ENOUGH. SORRY. . OKAY, SO THAT'S 17 OR 18, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ANYWAYS, OKAY. SO THE MOTION CARRIES. [00:35:02] ALRIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, GR GR GREG, WHAT DOES THAT PUT YOU? THAT WAS AN ABSTAIN. OKAY. GOOD DEAL. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ALONG. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S TO YOU, CHERYL. I'M JUST GONNA THROW THE BALL TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY WHAT WE'RE VOTING AND WHY. JUST KIND OF A BRIEF SUMMARY THAT WE HAD A RESIGNATION OF OUR CHAIR. LETICIA WAS VICE CHAIR AND SHE HAS STEPPED UP AND IS ACTING CHAIR NOW. SO WE NEED TO VOTE ON A CHAIR. AND THEN LETICIA, IF SHE WERE TO BE NAMED CHAIR, THEN WE WOULD HAVE A VACANCY AND AS A VICE CHAIR AS WELL. SO WE, UH, HAVE MET AND DOUG IS GOING TO PRESENT OUR PROPOSED SLATE. DOUG, TURN IT OVER TO YOU. OKAY. UH, I GUESS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS HAVE TWO VOTES. UH, YES. WE'LL VOTE ON THE CHAIRMAN AND THE COMMITTEE, UH, IS PRESENTING LETICIA GRANT AS THE CHAIR FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE. UH, AND, UH, WE, IF THERE ARE ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR THAT IS OPEN AT THIS POINT, AND I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY, THIS IS TO FILL THE TERM REMAINING. SO IT'S UNTIL JANUARY. SO IT'S A, IT'S A SHORT TERM. OKAY? THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT IS CORRECT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION? AMY, YOUR HAND IS UP. I THINK THAT'S FROM VOTING. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S FROM VOTING ANYMORE. OKAY. OKAY. UH, SINCE I DON'T HEAR ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED IN RUNNING THAT FOR THAT POSITION, UH, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE VOTE BY ACCLAMATION TO ELECT LETICIA AS OUR NEW CHAIRMAN. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. YOU WANNA RAISE, RAISE OUR HAND AGAIN. WE OUGHT TO RAISE OUR HANDS. FINE. WE'LL RAISE OUR HAND. I SEE. 19, 20, BACK TO 19. BACK TO 20. DID YOU VOTE? LETISHA. . OKAY. I SEE 20 VOTES, UH, FOR LETICIA. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO LOWER OUR HANDS. AND NOW, UH, SINCE LETICIA IS CHAIRMAN, WE NEED, WELL, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO. DOUG, WE HAVE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO VOTE NO AND ABSTAIN. OH, OKAY. FINE. UH, EVERYBODY LOWER YOUR HANDS THEN PLEASE. AND, UH, OKAY. ANYONE VOTING? NO, UH, ON THIS POSITION? ANYONE ABSTAINING AGAINST THIS VOTE? OKAY, GREAT. DONE, . OKAY. WE SEE NOTHING. OKAY. NOW, SINCE LETICIA IS CHAIRMAN, WE NEED A VICE CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN AND THE COMMITTEE MET, AND CHERYL HAS AGREED TO BE FROM THE DOOR VICE CHAIRMAN, UH, FOR THE REMAINING TERM THROUGH JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR. UH, SHE AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT HER NAME IN CONSIDERATION FOR THAT POSITION. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, UH, THAT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED AS VICE CHAIRMAN? AT THIS POINT? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED, SO I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE BY EVERYONE RAISING THEIR HANDS FOR CHERYL AS VICE CHAIRMAN I 19. I SEE 19 VOTES FOR CHERYL. IS THERE ANYONE THAT VOTES? NO. PLEASE, PLEASE LOWER YOUR HANDS IF YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED. UM, ANYONE? UH, I'LL WAIT TILL THE HANDS GET LOWERED. OKAY. ANYONE VOTING? NO. UH, IN NAMING CHERYL O'BRIEN AS VICE CHAIRMAN. HAROLD, YOUR HANDS? HAROLD? HAROLD IS, ARE YOU VOTING NO. OR IS THIS YOUR, UH, HAND? OKAY. I SEE NO VOTES FOR NO. IS THERE ANYONE ABSTAINING FROM THIS VOTE? IN THAT CASE? CHERYL, CONGRATULATIONS. [00:40:01] YOU ARE THE NEW VICE CHAIRMAN AND THAT, THAT ENDS OUR, UH, PORTION HERE ON THE ELECTIONS. AND THANK BOTH LETTISHA AND CHERYL FOR, UH, THE WORK THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING. UM, AND LETTISHA, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE DO HAVE ELECTIONS IN JANUARY. UH, THANK YOU, KEVIN. IF YOU, UH, WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN OFFICE IN, UM, STARTING IN WITH THE JANUARY ELECTION, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE WEB, UM, EMAIL ADDRESS AND LET US KNOW. AND SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER YOU, ALL THREE POSITIONS WILL BE UP FOR ELECTION. THAT WOULD BE CHAIR FOR A ONE YEAR TERM VICE CHAIR FOR A ONE YEAR TERM AND SECRETARY FOR A TWO YEAR TERM. SO IF YOU WANT TO BE CONSIDERED, UM, LET US KNOW AND TRY TO LET US KNOW BY THE 1ST OF OCTOBER IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD, BY VIA SENDING AN EMAIL TO THE SNAC EMAIL ADDRESS AND WE WILL TAKE IT UNDER CONSIDERATION AND WITH THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE. OKAY. , I'LL BE QUIET NOW. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT, CHERYL. I APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR A SWIFT AND SMOOTH VOTING SESSION. I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, THERE IS ONE THING THAT YOU'VE SEEN ON YOUR AGENDA THAT WE SKIPPED RIGHT OVER, AND THAT IS THE COMMITTEE REPORTS. AND THAT IS BECAUSE EVERY COMMITTEE MEMBER IS FAIRLY NEW AND WE WON'T START REPORTING FROM OUR COMMITTEES UNTIL NEXT MONTH. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE COMMITTEE CHAIRS, THAT WILL BE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT ANY UPDATES FROM THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE. UM, AND THAT'LL BE THE SECTION THAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN, BUT I JUST PUT IT THERE AS A SPACE HOLDER, UM, OLD BUSINESS. UM, AND THIS IS THAT TIME TO DISCUSS OLD BUSINESS. AND IRONICALLY ENOUGH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S PREPARED, BUT I JUST SAW ALEJANDRA, WHOM I MENTIONED EARLIER. ALEJANDRA JUST REENTERED THE MEETING. AND ALEJANDRA, IT WAS A PLEASURE MEETING YOU AT HAR. UM, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE? YES. I, I WOULD LOVE TO. UH, HELLO EVERYONE. THIS IS ALEJANDRA SALINAS. I'M SORRY, UH, FOR THE NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND. I'M AT ANOTHER MEETING. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THE BEST PART OF THIS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN MEETING FOLKS AND COMMUNITY, AND MY PLEDGE ON RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL IS TO JUST GET OUT OF YOUR WAY. I WANNA DO AS MUCH AS I CAN TO EMPOWER WHAT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE DOING. MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON YOUR PRIORITIES. YOU ALL ARE FOCUSING ON JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. I'M A TRIAL LAWYER AND PARTNER AT SUS GODFREY, TAKING ON SOME OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN THE WORLD AND GOTTEN BIG THINGS DONE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANNA DO ON COUNSEL. I WANNA FIGHT FOR ALL HOUSTONIANS, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM TO RECEIVE THE EQUITY AND DIGNITY THAT YOU DESERVE. I'VE BEEN SO GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE THE SUPPORT OF A WIDE ARRAY OF FOLKS, INCLUDING THREE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, SALLY ALCO, JOAQUIN MARTINEZ, UM, AND MARIO CASTILE, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS ACROSS THE CITY. I WOULD BE SO GRATEFUL TO EARN YOUR SUPPORT AND I APOLOGIZE I'M NOT ON VIDEO AND CATCHING YOU ALL SORT OF AT THE LAST MINUTE. UH, BUT I, I SO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND TRULY THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. PERFECT. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALEJANDRA. UM, I CAN'T SAY YOUR NAME, THANK YOU THE WAY YOU SAID IT, BUT I I'M, I I'LL GET AS CLOSE AS I CAN. , I YOU DO IT, YOU DO IT QUITE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU. TOMORROW I SEE YOUR HANDS UP. YES, YES. UH, I WANTED TO INVITE EVERYONE, UH, TO GOOD HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH ON SATURDAY. UM, THEY'RE HAVING A, UH, CANDIDATES FORUM, THE AKS, UM, THE HOUSTON, UH, GRAD CHAPTERS ARE SPONSORING A, UM, CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FORUM THERE, UH, AT, UH, I THINK IT'S AT TWO O'CLOCK AND GOOD HOPE IS AT 30 15 NORTH MCGREGOR. I AM THE HISTORIAN. UH, I WILL BE GIVEN THE HISTORY OF THE 18 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND THOSE WHO HAVE, UH, SERVED IN THE PAST. SO I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL COME OUT. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU TAMARA. WE ALSO HAVE GREG. GREG, I SEE YOUR HANDS UP. YEAH. IT'S JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION. MADAM CHAIR, WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ON ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS THE S AND A MEMBERS ONLY DRIVE SO, WELL, YOU KNOW, AND AND I YES. I'M GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT. I STUCK THAT THERE. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS FOR THE MEMBERS, UH, JUST IN CASE YOU WANTED TO ACCESS THE AGENDA OR THE MINUTES AT A LATER TIME AND YOU CAN'T FIND THEM IN YOUR EMAIL, UM, THE MEMBERS ONLY DRIVE IS THERE FOR YOU, ALONG WITH THE PRESENTATION FROM TONIGHT. I UPLOADED THAT INFORMATION THERE AS WELL, SO THE MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO IT. UM, I WILL MAKE SURE, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT EMAILED US BACK REQUESTING ACCESS, YOU SHOULD HAVE ACCESS NOW. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP, GREG. I APPRECIATE IT. [00:45:01] OH, WE HAVE DOUG, DOUG TENS RAISE. THANK YOU. AND THEN PASTOR DEB. MM, THANK YOU. I, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER ANYBODY ELSE, UH, IS CON OR IS AS CONFUSED AS I WAS WHEN I HEARD, UH, ANGELICA SPEAK. UH, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE WERE HAVING A CITY COUNCIL ELECTION, UH, IN NOVEMBER AND I HAD TO DOUBLE THINK WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT. AND LETICIA PLUMMER IS RUNNING FOR COUNTY JUDGE AND HER AT LARGE SEAT HAS TO BE FILLED. MM-HMM . AND SO THIS ELECTION WILL BE, ALL OF US WILL BE VOTING IN THIS ELECTION. AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER ANYBODY ELSE WAS CONFUSED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. 'CAUSE WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UH, CONGRESSION DISTRICT 18, BUT WE HAVE NOT TALKED MUCH TO MY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE AT LARGE COUNCIL SEATS. SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WAS GLAD THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY ON THE MEETING. MM-HMM . UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE WAS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR POSITION, BUT VERY LITTLE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE, THE AT LARGE POSITION FOUR, UM RIGHT. AND, AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL, UM, CHANGES THAT ARE ALSO GOING TO BE ON. SURE. UM, FOR AS WELL. THANK YOU AS WELL, LETITIA, UH, THE HCC SEATS. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, MS. JOHNSON GOT STATE. YEAH. SO IT'S THREE ELECTIONS. THERE'S THREE FOR THAT ONE. AND, UM, UM, THE, UM, THE ONE THAT MS. JOHNSON USED TO HAVE THAT ONE, UM, TRUSTEE TWO, THAT'S RIGHT. TRUSTEE TWO AND THE OTHER ONE, UH, I FORGOT THE LADY NAME. CYNTHIA LYNN. GARY'S SEAT IS UP AND IT'S ANOTHER SEAT THAT'S UP. I THINK THE LADY'S LAST NAME IS FLORES, I THINK IT IS. BUT YEAH, THERE'S THREE HCC TRUSTEES, UH, THAT'S ON THAT BALLOT AS WELL. YEP. THANK YOU FOR THAT, TAMARA. OKAY. PASTOR DEB AND THEN GREG. THANK YOU. UM, MY QUESTION, I HAD PUT IT IN THE CHAT, UH, BUT IT PASSED OVER, UM, WAS ABOUT THE MEMBERS ONLY DRIVE MM-HMM . UM, MY QUESTION IS, UH, ARE THESE MINUTES AVAILABLE TO THE, UH, PUBLIC, UH, STAKEHOLDERS? AND NUMBER TWO, UM, IF, UH, IF THEY'RE NOT, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GROW AND WE ONLY ALWAYS GET 20 TO 25 TEAMS HERE CHAPTERS, UH, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIMITING THAT TO WHAT YOU CALL VOTING PEOPLE? Y'ALL KNOW I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FIVE YEARS AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING SINCE HARVEY, SO WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY GET IT ALL TOGETHER IN OCTOBER WITH OUR, OUR ELECTIONS. YEP. WE'LL HOLD THEM RIGHT AWAY AND INSTALL RIGHT ON THE SPOT. YEAH. UH, AND UM, AND THEN WE'LL GET TO WORK. BUT, UH, WILL THESE BE AVAILABLE, UH, TO CHAPTERS THAT COME IN OR ARE THEY GONNA BE, UM, LIMITED? YES, MA'AM. MA'AM, I WAS TRYING TO GET THE PURPOSE OF YOU LIMITING THESE THINGS. WELL, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE CHAPTERS BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE DRIVE, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE PREVIOUS MINUTES AS WELL. SO, UM, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO YOU. YES MA'AM, PASTOR. AND THE FIRST QUESTION WAS THE PUBLIC, ARE THESE GONNA BE MADE AVAILABLE OR WAS, SHOULD WE NOT, UH, SHARE THESE WITH, UH, THE PUBLIC COR? THAT IS CORRECT. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE SHARING THOSE WITH THE PUBLIC, BUT I WILL CONFIRM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING AGAINST THAT IN OUR BYLAWS. UM, BUT AS OF, AS FAR AS I KNOW AT THIS VERY MOMENT, IT IS THE MEMBERS ONLY, PLEASE CHECK BACK WITH ME ON THAT. WE'RE BIG ON TRANSPARENCY. MM-HMM . AND I DON'T REALLY SEE ANY REASON WHY EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON SHOULDN'T GET INVOLVED IN THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GREG. AND THEN STACY. YES, THANK YOU. UH, TO FOLLOW UP ON OUR QUESTION, ALL THE RECORDINGS ARE ALREADY UP AND AVAILABLE. THE MINUTES USED TO BE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN UP FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO I WOULDN'T SEE A REASON NOT TO INCLUDE THE MINUTES ON THERE. UH, THE QUESTION I WAS, WELL, THE POINT I WAS GONNA MAKE IS I HOPE THAT PEOPLE, UH, ARE LOOKING AT THE PERMIT ACTIVITY REPORT AND SEPARATELY THE PLAT ACTIVITY REPORT THAT COME OUT BASICALLY WEEKLY. IT CERTAINLY HELPS YOU IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IN YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. UH, I WANNA BRING UP A POINT, AND THEN I ASKED ABOUT THIS TWO WEEKS AGO NOW, BUT I DON'T HAVE A RESPONSE FROM, UH, FROM, UH, DON YET IS BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, THE PLAT ACTIVITY REPORT USED TO HAVE EVERY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AREA. IF IT WAS RELATED TO THAT PLAT PUT ON THERE, IT WENT AWAY. SO AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS, I WORKED THROUGH THAT WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON, FOUND OUT THERE WAS A BUG IN THE WAY THAT THEIR NEW ACTIVITY REPORT WAS GOING ON, AND IT'S NOW CHANGED. SO IT DOES SHOW THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD GENERALLY SPEAKING IN THAT PLAID ACTIVITY REPORT. BUT WHAT I ASKED DON REPRESENTATIVE AT OUR MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO WAS, DID ANYBODY KNOW ABOUT THIS? AND WAS THERE ANY RESOLUTION ABOUT IT, UH, AT THAT POINT AS OPPOSED TO JUST ME BRINGING IT UP. THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT, GREG. AND I, I'LL TELL YOU THERE, I'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL EMAILS ABOUT REPLANNING JUST WITHIN THE LAST WEEK. IT'S A LOT [00:50:01] GOING ON, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND WE WILL, UM, ENSURE THAT WE ADD THAT TO OUR MINUTES AND HOPE TO GET AN RESPONSE FOR THAT. YEAH. IT WASN'T REALLY ABOUT THE REPLANTING ITSELF, BUT THE QUESTION IS THERE'S A LOT OF REPL ISSUE. YEAH. AND IF YOU JUST SCAN FOR YOUR PARTICULAR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER. AND THEY WEREN'T BEING, SO YOU COULDN'T FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS. THAT WAS MY ONLY POINT. THANK YOU. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY, STACY. AND THEN I BELIEVE VICKI HAD HER HAND UP, BUT I DON'T SEE IT ANYMORE. STACY, THANK YOU. UM, FOLLOWING ON TO WHAT DOUG WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE AT LARGE FOUR, UH, ELECTION COMING UP IN NOVEMBER, HISTORICALLY THE S AND A HAS HELD CANDIDATE FORMS FOR THE AT LARGE POSITIONS AND THE MAYORAL, UH, POSITION AS WELL. AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IS HAS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOLDING AN AT LARGE FOUR CANDIDATE FORUM FOR THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION SINCE, SO I MEAN, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT NONE OF US ARE, I, I KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT, BUT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN HOUSTON ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS. AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SNA TO LEAD, UM, AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST. BUT THAT'S JUST MY 2 CENTS. I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. TELL STACY, HERE'S THE UNFORTUNATE THING. I DO TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SPACE FOR THAT. THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE 13 CANDIDATES FOR THAT ONE POSITION. AND THERE WAS AT ONE POINT FOR THE, UM, EIGHT CD 18, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, 30 CANDIDATES FOR THAT POSITION. UM, AN EFFORT NOT TO KEEP THE SNA ON THE CALL ALL NIGHT. UM, UH, MAYBE YOU AND I CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT HOW WOULD YOU PROPOSE TO GET THAT DONE WITH THAT NUMBER OF CANDIDATES FOR THAT POSITION. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, THE EXECUTIVE TEAM HAD NOT DISCUSSED THAT. UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S A SPACE IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF EVERYONE THAT IS RUNNING. UM, BUT I DID JUST SEE IN THE CHAT TO WAIT UNTIL THE RUNOFFS. UM, BUT YEAH, STACY, THAT'S SOMETHING, UM, MAYBE WE CAN JUST CARVE OUT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. BUT FOR THESE MANY OF THESE POSITIONS, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING, IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. UM, YEAH. BUT I WILL TELL YOU IN A REGULAR ELECTION CYCLE, WHENEVER YOU HAVE ALL AT LARGE POSITIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE BALLOT AS WELL AS MAYORAL, YOU WILL HAVE, PARTICULARLY WITH THESE OPEN SEATS, ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 20 PEOPLE RUNNING IN EACH RACE. YEAH. SO IT IS NOT UNCOMMON. UM, AND QUITE HONESTLY, THESE ARE JUST TWO RACES, UM, THIS TIME, WHICH IS A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN A TYPICAL ELECTION CYCLE. BUT YOU AND I CAN ABSOLUTELY, I I HAVE A STRATEGY, UH, I CAN PROPOSE IT TO YOU AND YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, DECIDE OR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CAN DECIDE ON WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THEY TAKE IT FORWARD OR NOT. SOUNDS GREAT. SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU. AND OUR LAST QUESTION IS MS. VICKY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, OUR STATEMENT. GOOD EVENING. UH, TO GREG'S POINT, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS AND, UH, REAL ESTATE PEOPLE ON THE PHONE, UH, IT WAS POSED TO ME LAST WEEK FROM ONE ONE OF OUR CIVIC CLUBS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE LAND PLATS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES THAT DO HAVE DE RESTRICTIONS, WHAT WE OBSERVING ARE DEVELOPERS ARE COMING IN AND SAY THEY'RE BUILDING ON ONE STREET, I'LL JUST SAY ANYWHERE STREET. SO THEY'RE COMING IN AND NAMING ANYWHERE STREET AS ANYWHERE STATES. SO THE QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THIS OCCURRING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE DEVELOPERS ARE COMING IN CLAIMING THE STREET NAME AS AN ESTATE AND CHANGING IT? ARE THEY DOING THAT TO CIRCUMVENT D RESTRICTION OR HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD OCCURRENCES OF THAT HAPPENING? AND HOW DO WE COUNTERACT THAT? BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE, UH, HCA HAVE SOME TYPE OF PROCESS IN PLACE WHERE WE GET NOTIFIED AND PERHAPS WE CAN APPEAL OR WE CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DEVELOPERS COMING IN, ATTEMPTING TO CIRCUMVENT DE RESTRICTIONS BY RENAMING THE CLUSTER OF PROPERTIES THAT THEY ARE DEVELOPING. AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. SO, SO I'LL TELL YOU IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, VICKI, THEY'RE RENAMING IT, UM, TO APPEAL TO A DIFFERENT MARKET IN, IN, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, BECAUSE THESE ARE AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE DEEP RESTRICTIONS AND THEY'RE RENAMING IT AND THEY'RE GETTING A DIFFERENT, UM, GROUP OF BUYERS FOR THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE. I SEE [00:55:01] TWO OTHER HANDS UP AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WAS WANTING TO ANSWER THAT. YEAH, WE HAD THAT VICKY, WE HAD THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE THE THIRTIES. AND, UH, THIS, UH, PERSON BOUGHT A, THESE, I MEAN, UH, I LIVE IN MCGREGOR AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE LOTS ARE HUMONGOUS. UM, AND THE CLOSER YOU GET TO, UM, MCGREGOR PARK, THE LOTS ARE MASSIVE. SO THIS GUY COME IN AND GO MAKE HIS OWN LITTLE SUBDIVISION, UH, PUT 18 HOUSES ON ONE LOT AND CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE AND SAY HE WASN'T IN THE DE RESTRICTIONS. WELL, THEY END UP HIRING, UH, LOCK LORD. 'CAUSE THEY AIN'T BROKE, UH, TO GO AFTER HIM. AND HE AIN'T PUT UP THE FIRST BRICK YET. AND CHERYL NO, WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING THAT ONE FOR LIKE THREE YEARS. YEAH. THIS LADY TRIED IT OVER HERE ON ARDMORE. WE SHUT HER DOWN. SHE TALKING ABOUT SHE HAD A, JUST A SINGLE HOUSE WITH, WITH 14 DOORS TO GET IN. DO NOW WE SAW WHAT THAT WAS. I TOLD IF YOU BUILDING A HOUSE, IT'S A TRAP HOUSE AND WE DON'T LET TRAP HOUSES IN MCGREGOR, . SO WE SHUT THAT DOWN TOO. SO, BUT, UH, I MEAN, YOU, YOU HAVE TO FIGHT 'EM 'CAUSE THEY ABSOLUTELY WILL TRY TO GO AROUND YOUR DE RESTRICTIONS AND SAY THAT THIS IS NOT INCLUDED, BUT THE LAND IS STILL THE LAND OF THE LAND THAT WAS PUTTING THE DE RESTRICTION IN THE THIRTIES. SO WE AIN'T HAVING NONE OF THAT. 'CAUSE YOU CHANGED THE NAME. OKAY. I THINK WE, YEAH, JACK, I DO APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T MEAN TO SKIP OVER YOU. UM, I WAS, UM, I SAID THERE WERE TWO OTHER HANDS UP AND, AND YOU WERE NUMBER TWO. SO JACK, SO YES, THE, UH, AT LARGE RUNOFF WILL BE IN DECEMBER, BUT THE CD 18 RUNOFF WILL BE IN JANUARY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE STATUTES ARE WRITTEN. AND THAT'S A, I GUESS CONSIDERED A STATE ELECTION ALSO. I DID WANNA BRING UP HEAVY TRASH, UH, I MEAN SOLID WASTE, UH, THANKS TO STACY. SHE HAD THE DIRECTOR AT HER LAST MEETING AND I DO FEEL A LOT BETTER IN HIS EXPLANATION OF FIXING THE PROBLEM, UM, THAT HE'S DISCOVERED SO MANY PROBLEMS AND THE NEW TRUCKS ARE HERE, THEY PUT THEM OUT THE FIELD BEFORE THEY EVEN PAINTED THEM TO GET THEM OUT THE FIELD. BUT THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER. THERE ARE STILL PROBLEMS. FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ANNOUNCED THEY WEREN'T GONNA PICK UP RECYCLING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY YET THEY WERE OUT THERE YESTERDAY PICKING UP RECYCLING. SO WE STILL HAVE A BIG PROBLEM IN COMMUNICATIONS, BUT I DO THINK WE SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, TAMARA, YOUR HAND IS STILL UP. IS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHY. I DON'T KNOW WHY. OKAY. AND, AND, AND BURN, BURN YOUR HANDS UP . YEAH. UH, JUST I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE, UM, THE ITEM RELATED TO DEED RESTRICTIONS. THE CONCERN ABOUT SUB, UH, CHANGING THE NAME TO CIRCUMVENT THAT. HAS THERE BEEN AN INCIDENT WHERE THAT ACTUALLY WAS SUCCESSFUL? SOMEONE ACTUALLY PULLED THAT OFF AND LEGALLY AND CIRCUMVENT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS? OR ARE THEY JUST ATTEMPTING TO, IN THESE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES? IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S PRESIDENT'S, BUT SET THAT SOMEONE WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT? ARE YOU ASKING ME? OH, WE HAVEN'T, WE, IT JUST CAME UP WHEN THEY FILED FOR THE VARIANCE AND THEY NAMED IT. WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO ADDRESS IT, BUT WE SEE AN OCCURRENCE OF THAT HAPPENING AND WE WERE JUST WONDERING IS IT HAPPENING ANYWHERE ELSE? SO WE DO INTEND TO SPEAK UP ABOUT IT, BUT IF THEY WERE TO TAKE CARE OF IT AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, THEN PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO JUST DO THAT WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. I MEAN, THEY JUST PUT THE NAME ON IT AND THEY'RE DOING IT. SO I'M GONNA PROBABLY GIVE A TAMARA, UH, BAIL AFTER, UH, AFTER THIS AND JUST SEE WHAT THEY DID JUST IN CASE WE HAVE TO BE READY. YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE, IF THERE WERE ANY EXAMPLES OF ANY NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY WERE ACTUALLY SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT? THAT WAS MY QUESTION, BUT I THINK YOU'RE ASKING THE SAME THING AREA, BUT THAT CGA IS NOT DE RESTRICTED, BUT YES, THEY WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY RENAME ABOUT FOUR PRO PROPERTIES IN THE CGA AREA. YES. RIGHT. BUT BUT THEY DON'T HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS. NO, THEY DON'T. OKAY. AND, AND, AND THE SAME THING FOR ACRES HOMES. THERE WERE PORTIONS THAT THEY RENAMED, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS, SO IT WASN'T TO CIRCUMVENT THE DE RESTRICTIONS FOR US EITHER. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SHERRY. OH, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY? YES, WE CAN. OKAY, GREAT. HI. UM, I JUST WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT Y'ALL KNOW THE, THE CITYWIDE PIP IS WITH HPD IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING TOMORROW. UM, AND UM, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE AT THE POLICE UNION LIKE IT NORMALLY IS. IT IS GOING TO BE AT SUNNYSIDE, WHICH IS AT 44 10 REED ROAD. INTERESTINGLY, UM, HPD HAS DECIDED TO SPLIT THE CITYWIDE PIP INTO TWO MEETINGS, ONE AT NOON AND ONE AT 5:00 PM THE ONE AT NOON IS GOING TO BE, YEAH, IT'S VERY INTERESTING. , SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, BUT HEY, I'M ALL FOR THE TRY. UM, SO THE ONE AT NOON IS GOING TO BE FOR THE SENIOR COMMUNITY. [01:00:01] UM, SO, UM, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL BE THERE, UM, WITH ONE OF OUR ADAS TO DISCUSS, UM, UH, SENIOR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST THE, THE ELDERLY AND WHAT YOU CAN DO, UM, WITH AND ALSO ABOUT RESOURCES. AND AT 5:00 PM UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER AS WELL FROM THE DA'S OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND, UM, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, RESOURCES THAT WE ALSO HAVE AVAILABLE. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE DA SEAN TIER. UM, HE WILL BE THERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BUREAU AT 5:00 PM JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S AT A DIFFERENT TIME. IT'S GOING TO BE FROM FIVE TO SIX. IT IS GOING TO BE, UH, THE ROOM FROM MY UNDERSTANDING ONLY FITS ABOUT 80 PEOPLE. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU GET THERE EARLY. I, AND SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR US FOR THIS WEEK. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU, PLEASE FEEL FREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THEN WE HAVE QE. HI. UH, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WHILE THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER AREAS IN HOUSTON GARDENS, THE DEVELOPERS ARE SUING, UH, BECAUSE OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. SO WE ARE FINDING THEM BEING CREATIVE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. BERT. UM, SO THAT WAS, THAT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE ON, ON THAT CIVIC CLUB BECAUSE THEY WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS REINSTATED. UH, AND SO A YEAR OUT OR TWO YEARS OUT HAVING THAT DONE, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN SUED BY THE DEVELOPER. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. HUEY PITA. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M, UH, PIDA CHAVIS. I GO BY DIDI CHAVIS. I'M CHIEF OF STEPH FROM MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX TATUM. SHE'S THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT K. JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME NEWS, UM, ON, UM, ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, UM, AT TOM BASS PARK. SESSION ONE WILL BE THE, UH, 40TH ANNIVERSARY, THE U-U-N-C-F WALK, BIKE RUN FOR EDUCATION. UH, MAYOR PRO TIM IS SERVING AS HONORARY CHAIR AND WE'RE ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT, UM, THIS ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS RAISE, UM, FUNDING FOR STUDENTS, UH, 50,000 STUDENTS EACH YEAR AT 1100 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY. I'LL PROVIDE THE LINK, UM, IN THE CHAT FOR INFORMATION SO YOU CAN VISIT. UM, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL CHOOSE TEAM MARTHA AND JOIN, JOIN OUR TEAM, UM, ON SATURDAY, UH, SEPTEMBER 20TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM UM, MAYOR PRO TEM CASTEX TATUM IS INVITING OUR DISTRICT A COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND MEET THE DISTRICT A TEAM. WE'VE GOT SOME NEW TEAM MEMBERS WHO JOINED US, A NEW, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, AND A NEW DIRECTOR OF CONSISTENT WITH SERVICES. SO WE WILL BE AT STARBUCKS AT BRAZOS CROSSINGS AT, UH, 1 0 8 8 8 SOUTH SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY, UM, WEST, UH, COME OUT FOR COFFEE AND LIGHT BITES AND MEET OUR, OUR STAFF MEMBERS. WE'D LOVE TO ENGAGE WITH YOU. UM, I'LL PUT A FLYER IN THE CHAT AS WELL. UM, AND ALSO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS COMING UP. UM, WE WANT TO CELEBRATE WITH OUR, WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO PLEASE, IF YOU'RE HOSTING AN EVENT, UM, PLEASE LET THE DISTRICT K TEAM KNOW WE WANNA COME OUT AND CELEBRATE AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. UM, EMAIL JOE DOT GATSON@HOUSTONTX.GOV WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD EVENT, THE TIME AND LOCATION, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO COME OUT AND, AND MAKE IT A REALLY, REALLY GOOD NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON OCTOBER 7TH. UM, AND OUR, UM, AUGUST NEWSLETTER WAS OUT. OUR SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER IS COMING OUT SOON. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SIGN UP. I'LL BE PUTTING THOSE LINKS IN THE CHAT AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 7 34 AND I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I HAVE A MOTION. WAIT, WAIT. THERE. NO, TAMARA, I WAS GONNA, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WERE ASLEEP BECAUSE I KNEW YOU WERE GONNA BE THE FIRST ONE. LET, THERE'S SOMEBODY OUT THERE TALKING TO THE MUTE BUTTON. LETISHA. SOMEBODY IS OUT THERE WITH THEIR HAND UP. OH, WE MISSED THE PART FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. MISS DID I MISS THE ANNOUNCEMENT? I, WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING THAT WAS IT? UM, FIRST. JA JAMES. I DIDN'T EVEN, OH, I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND. IT'S ALL GOOD. I, I, I FIGURED I JUST JUMP IN AT SOME POINT, BUT, UM, WELL, FIRST THINGS FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS, MADAM CHAIR, MADAM VICE CHAIR. UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTION. UH, TO EVERYBODY, MY NAME'S JAMES BURNETT. I'M A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR IN THE OFFICE OF YOUR HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER, LESLIE BRIANIS HERE IN PRECINCT FOUR. I KNOW WE'RE WRAPPING UP. I JUST GOT THREE UPDATES AND THEN I'LL GET Y'ALL OUT. UH, FIRST THING IS WE'RE HOSTING OUR HUMMINGBIRD FESTIVAL. THAT IS THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH FROM NINE TO THREE. IT'S GONNA BE AT THE CLIFF WOODS NATURE PRESERVE. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE FAR OFF THERE, BUT IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THE CLIFF WOODS, I CAN TELL YOU IT IS WORTH THE DRIVE. UH, [01:05:01] IT'S WORTH BEING OUT THERE ON THOSE NATURE WALKS AND, AND TO SEEING THOSE HUMMINGBIRDS, SO DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE YOU TO COME OUT THERE. UM, SECOND EVENT IS OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL IN TOWN HALL. THAT'S GONNA BE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, UH, 27TH. THAT'S GONNA BE AT BAYLAND COMMUNITY CENTER AT 6,400 BINET STREET. UH, IT'S GONNA BE A TOWN HALL AT NOON AND A RESOURCE FAIR, UH, FROM ONE TO FOUR. THERE'LL ALSO BE SOME CULTURAL PERFORMANCES AS WELL AS SOME FOOD TRUCKS. UH, LOVE TO HAVE YOU OUT THERE TO GET TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HISPANIC HERITAGE AND HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER IN THE TOWN HALL. THE LAST ONE, IF YOU CAN'T GO TO THAT TOWN HALL, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER COUNT. TOWN HALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, THAT'S GONNA BE AT KATY LEGACY STADIUM, UH, FROM 10:00 AM TO 12. UH, AGAIN, A RESOURCE FAIR TO FOLLOW. UH, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU OUT THERE, GREG. I, I, UH, I SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THAT UP. UH, WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU AT THOSE TOWN HALLS. I'M GONNA DROP ALL THE INFORMATION FOR THIS IN THE CHAT AS WELL AS MY CONTACT INFORMATION. UH, AGAIN, MY NAME'S JAMES BURNETT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AGAIN. HAVE A WONDERFUL LEAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE VICKI, CAN I SLIP IN REAL QUICK? OKAY. VICKI AND THEN ANGELICA. YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I'LL BE QUICK. UH, LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, WE HAVE A RIDE ALONG. WE'RE PARTNERING WITH COCO TO DO A RIDEALONG A BUS TOUR THROUGH THE, IT STARTS IN DENVER. HARVARD GOES TO FIFTH WARD, THEN TRINITY GARDENS SETAS AND ENDS IN, UH, GALENA PARK. WELL OPPOSITE GALENA PARK AND ENDS IN DENVER, HARVARD. ALSO, WE'LL HAVE OUR NORMAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING ON THE 16TH, BUT ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER AT THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE NORTH FOREST CAMPUS, FROM SIXTH TO EIGHT, WE'LL HAVE OUR TOWN HALL WITH OUR STATE REPS, STATE REP, DUTTON AND SENIA TO DO OUR UPDATES OF WHAT ALL THE LAWS WERE THAT WERE PASSED, UH, IN THIS REGULAR SESSION AND SPECIAL SESSION. AND WE WILL PARTICIPATE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH. AND YOU ALL GET GEARED UP BECAUSE MY NEXT INITIATIVE WILL BE TO ENGAGE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IN DOING A CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, ANTI-LITTERING CAMPAIGN. I WANNA DO A DRAFT, A LETTER SO THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO ABATE LITTERING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THANK YOU. A YEAR BACK. THANKS. AND VICKI, YOU DO KNOW SEPTEMBER 7TH WAS YESTERDAY. I MEAN, OCTOBER 7TH. . . OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. YOU'RE WELCOME, ANGELICA. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'LL BE BRIEF. I REPRESENT HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN YOUR MEETINGS. UM, WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT IN A FUTURE MEETING TO SHARE AND GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHERE WE ARE. SO IF YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'D LIKE TO SHARE HOW HISD HAS MASTERFULLY ALONG WITH THE HARD WORK OF OUR EDUCATORS TO ELIMINATE F SCHOOLS. SO, UH, DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE WILL, WE WILL, UM, IF YOU SENT US AN EMAIL, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM YOU, BUT IF NOT, PLEASE SEND IT OVER AND WE WILL GET, I'LL PUT IT IN THE CHAT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND DOUG? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THERE ARE TWO COUNCIL, UH, STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE ON JORDAN MCGINTY AND CC SCOTT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER EITHER, UH, JORDAN PUT A NOTE IN THE CHAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER EITHER ONE OF THEM WANNA SAY ANYTHING, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO DO SO. THANK YOU, DOUG. CC JORDAN, I'LL GO FIRST. GREETINGS FROM THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER. YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE AT LARGE FOUR OFFICE. WE'RE AVAILABLE TO SERVE IN ANY CAPACITY CITYWIDE. AND SO IF THERE'S SOME RESOURCES AND OR SOME INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SHARE, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE HERE TO GET INFORMATION FROM YOU GUYS, UM, AND TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITIES. BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO FOR YOU, WE SAY, UH, BRING US ON AND WE'D BE GLAD TO SHARE. I HAVE, I HAVE A HELPER AND I WAS GONNA ASK IF THAT THOSE SERVICES INCLUDED BABYSITTING 'CAUSE I MAY HAVE ONE. THE SERVICES, THE SERVICES INCLUDE BABYSITTING . THANK YOU. CAN YOU SAY, HI, CARSON WAVE. HI, MOMMY. . HE KEPT SAYING, I DON'T SEE YOU. I DON'T SEE YOU. I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, LET ME FACE THE CAMERA. LEMME TURN IT OFF. AND SO, THANK YOU GUYS. IT IS, IT IS VERY ENGAGING AND, AND GOOD TO MEET, UM, UM, THIS WAY AS OPPOSED TO DOWNSTAIRS. I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA BE MEETING DOWNSTAIRS AT FIRST, BUT, UM, WE'LL GET BACK TOGETHER AGAIN SOMEDAY SOON AS THE COVID NUMBERS IN HOUSTON ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION. UM, AND SO, UH, IT'S NOT GONE. IT'S STILL HERE. AND, UM, YEAH, THAT PART. SO EVERYBODY BE SAFE. HAVE A GOOD AND SAFE EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. YOU TOO. THANKS CE. THANKS CECE. AND I'LL CALL JORDAN AGAIN. [01:10:01] OKAY. TOMORROW WE ARE READY FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION AT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE SEPTEMBER. MEAN COME TO A CLOSE. , DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. A SECOND. OKAY. SECOND. WAIT, WHO WAS THE SECOND? THAT WAS HET SECOND HUEY. OKAY. THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU GUYS SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL IN OCTOBER. Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT ONE. GOODNIGHT GUYS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.