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GONNA, UM, GET THIS PARTY STARTED.WANNA GET THE THING ROLLING? IF YOU, IF EVERYONE CAN START MAKING YOUR WAYS TO YOUR, UM, CHAIRS YOUR SEATS.
WELCOME EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TO OUR DISTRICT B COMMUNITY FARM.
IT IS EXCITING TO SEE ALL THE DISTRICT B RESIDENTS AND CITY STAFF AND, UM, PARTNERS HERE TONIGHT.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO CONVENE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN MOVE OUR COMMUNITIES FORWARD.
BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO ASK MR. KEY DOWNING TO COME ON UP AND TO LEAD US IN A PRAYER.
GOD IS IN THE BLESSING BUSINESS.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE FACES HERE TONIGHT, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS GIVE THANKS WITH A WORD OF PRAYER AT THIS TIME.
WOULD YOU BOW YOUR HEADS, PLEASE? HOLY FATHER, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THUS FAR BY FAITH, LEADING IN THE LORD, TRUSTING IN THIS HOLY WORD, BECAUSE YOU AIN'T FAILED US YET.
DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT AND THOSE THAT ARE ON THEIR WAY TO THIS DISTRICT B COMMUNITY FORUM, DELOITTE, YOU KNOW OUR HEARTS, YOU KNOW OUR COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE ON THE BATTLEFIELD, MOVING THE NEEDLE, TRYING TO HELP OUR FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR DISTRICT, OUR CITY, OUR STATE, AND OUR COUNTRY.
DE LORD, WE PRAY FOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY, ALL STAKEHOLDERS.
WE PRAY THE LORD FOR OUR CHILDREN.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE WITH, BE WITH THOSE THAT ARE ADMINISTRATORS.
OUR SCHOOL YEAR JUST GOT STARTED, BUT THE LORD, WE PRAY THIS WILL BE THE BEST SCHOOL YEAR THAT HAS EVER COME DOWN THE PIPE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
WE PRAY THE LORD THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE THE CITY OF HOUSTON, NORTHEAST HOUSTON AND OUR COMMUNITY STRENGTH TO KEEP ON KEEPING ON.
AND DEAR LORD, WITH YOU AS OUR GUIDE, NO WEAPON CAN BE FORGED AGAINST US.
WE ASK, DEAR LORD, THAT YOU WILL BLESS OUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND HER STAFF, DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES, OUR CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, AND WE ASK THE LORD, BLESS US.
HELP US TO BE BETTER TOMORROW THAN WE WERE TODAY.
AGAIN, EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE DISTRICT B COMMUNITY FORUM.
MANY TIMES AS COMMUNITY LEADERS, WE GET QUESTIONS.
HOW DO I DO THIS? HOW DO I BRING RESOLUTION TO THAT? AND YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND YOU NEED ANSWERS.
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IT IS NOT ABOUT ONE COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT ABOUT ONE LEADER.'CAUSE GOD DIDN'T PUT YOU HERE BY YOURSELF.
AND DE LORD, WE ARE HERE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO DISTRICT B AND NORTHEAST HOUSTON.
AND WE ASKED THAT YOU OPEN YOUR EARS, LISTEN.
WHAT I, WITH A QUESTION IN YOUR HEAD YOU DIDN'T ASK.
THIS IS THE TIME, AND THIS IS THE PLACE I WANT TO THANK AGAIN OUR COUNCIL MEMBER FOR PUTTING THIS ON.
LET'S GIVE HER A HAND, PLEASE.
DISTRICT B IS NOT A SMALL DISTRICT.
IT'S FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST TO THE SOUTH.
AND WE ASK THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ALSO AND REPRESENTATIVES THEREOF, LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WE ASK, THE LORD THAT YOU WILL BE WITH US AND GUIDE US AND HELP THIS TO BE ONE HECK OF A FORM.
GOD BLESS, AND LET'S GET IT ON.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND THEN THANK AGAIN ALL OF YOU FOR COMING OUT, UM, TO THIS DISTRICT B FORUM.
UM, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT B.
AND AS I THINK ABOUT THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND HOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD THE NEXT TWO YEARS, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT JUST THE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND MY ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT I LEAVE DISTRICT B BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE.
AND IF I'M ABLE TO DO THAT, IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
EVERYBODY THAT'S ON THIS FRONT, FRONT ROW, ALL THE CIVIC CLUBS, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, THE RESIDENTS WHO'VE SAID WITH US AND ON COMMITTEES, IT JUST EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DISTRICT IS INTACT.
AND SO, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I AM FOCUSING ON AND FOCUSING ON SEVERAL AREAS, POLICY RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT SEVERAL POLICY, UM, UM, POLICIES THAT WE CAN GET IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
ONE OF THEM IS MAKING SURE THAT, UM, OWNERS THAT HAVE VACANT COMPANIES OR VACANT BUILDINGS HAVE FENCES AROUND THEIR BUILDINGS BECAUSE THESE BUILDINGS, WHEN THEY'RE ABANDONED, IT BASICALLY, UM, WELCOME ILLEGAL DUMPING AND ILLEGAL CRIME.
AND SO WE WANT TO TACKLE THAT.
THE OTHER ONE IS MAKING SURE THAT THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE DOING SOME TYPE OF, UM, REHAB OR NEW DEVELOPMENT, THAT THEY HAVE A DUMPSTER ON THEIR, ON, ON THEIR SITE.
WE'RE GONNA PUT A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY HAVE DUMPSTERS, THAT THEY PAY A FEE.
AND WHEN THEY PROVE THAT THEY PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THEIR, UM, UM, THE RE YEAH, THE WASTE THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
WE SEE TOO MANY AREAS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT HAVE WHOLE HOUSES AND MEDIAN AND THEN DITCHES.
AND THIS TIME OFF OF THAT, WE HAVE TO LIKE REALLY FOCUS ON PO ON POLICIES.
ALSO FOCUSING ON THE INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CREATING JOBS FOR THE FOLKS IN DISTRICT B RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, I'M GONNA REMIND YOU GUYS, DISTRICT MAY HAVE 27% OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS ARE LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
AND IF WE ARE GONNA TACKLE ANY ISSUES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE INTO SOME GOOD PAYING JOBS.
AND YES, AND SOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND WORKING ONE-ON-ONE WITH OUR SENIORS.
I KNOW WE HAD A HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
UM, MAKING SURE WE, HELPING OUR SENIORS IF THEY HAVE NEED THE YARDS CUT.
I WANNA BRING THAT BACK SO WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN NOT JUST TO TACKLE ALL THE ISSUES ACROSS THE DISTRICT B, BUT THE IN INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
AND SO WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT YOU ALL.
UM, BUT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD.
I WANNA THANK JESSICA, UM, FOR ORGANIZING THIS, UM, LEADING THIS EFFORT WITH THE, WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO MY CHIEF OF STAFF.
MARY, CAN YOU STAND UP? YOU SEE CHIEF OF STAFF, UM, WE HAVE MARQUE ELLE, UM, FRED IN THE BACK.
UM, THEY WORK REALLY HARD EVERY DAY, MAKING SURE OUR RESIDENTS ARE CONNECTED TO RESOURCES, CONNECTING PEOPLE TO JOBS.
IT'S DOING, WE CAN, UM, TO MAKE DISTRICT B BETTER THAN WE LEFT IT.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT'S HERE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE TO SEE, I REALLY APPRECIATE SEEING ALL YOU ALL HERE,
YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU WORK ALL REALLY HARD ALL DAY AND JUST TO COME OUT AND JUST
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TO HEAR THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE, IT MEANS A LOT.NOT JUST TO ME, BUT TO ALL OF US BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
UM, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE OUR CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE WAY TO KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT.
A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE FIGHTING AN ISSUE AND WE'RE FIGHTING THE WRONG DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, AND SO THIS FORUM GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FIRSTHAND FROM THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND WHAT THEY DO AND WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS.
AND OF COURSE, I KNOW WE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
THEY'RE GONNA ANSWER THESE, THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, FOR THEM.
AND THAT'S GONNA CLEAR UP A LOT OF THE CONFUSION AND THE UNCERTAINTY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO WHO DOES WHAT WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
BUT JUST KNOW YOUR DISTRICT B OFFICE.
WE ALWAYS TELL YOU WHEN YOU CALL THESE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, CALL US TOO SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE DEPARTMENT, NOT CALL ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, CALL THREE ONE ONE, THEN CALL US AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOUR ISSUE IS BEING RESOLVED.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HPD.
I SEE YOU GUYS ON THE FRONT ROW.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE GOING TO GET THIS FORUM MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF PERSONS.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE JESSICA COME UP AND GIVE YOU THE RULES.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE ARE GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE PANEL, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO EACH INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND KNOW Y'ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT? YEAH.
SO I JUST WANNA DO A QUICK HOUSEKEEPING RULES.
SO EACH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER UP FRONT IS GONNA COME UP ONE BY ONE AND ASK ONE QUESTION.
SOMEONE FROM THE DEPARTMENT LEADS ARE GONNA ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
IF YOU DO HAVE A QUESTION, WE'RE ONLY TAKING ONE QUESTION OR COMMENT AFTER EACH QUESTION.
IF EVERYONE, EVERYONE CAN SEE THIS RED FOLDER? CAN EVERYONE SEE THIS RED FOLDER? YES.
SO IF YOU SEE THIS RED FOLDER GOES UP, THAT MEANS YOUR TIME IS UP.
EACH PERSON WILL GET ABOUT TWO MINUTES AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP ON MOVING.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START INTRODUCING YOURSELF.
HI, I AM MS. STANTON, UH, CITY OF HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
CEDRIC SANG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
JEREMY RADCLIFFE, HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT PRECINCT TWO COORDINATOR, VINCENT WELLS, STORM WATER MAINTENANCE, PARIS WOODS, OVER SCHOOL ZONES AND RAILROAD COORDINATION FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
SHERRY STRONG, UH, WITH HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I'M DAVID ALMER, AND I DO, I WORK FOR BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT.
ANOTHER DAVID, DAVID ROCKWELL, UM, INTERIM DIVISION MANAGER FOR STRUCTURAL INSPECTIONS WITH THE PERMIT CENTER.
I'M WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
I'M THE SERVICE AREA DIRECTOR FOR CENTER POINTE ENERGY.
GOOD EVENING, VERONICA ZAMO WITH THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
BOBBY DARDEN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH 3 1 1.
CHRISTOPHER ALLEN WITH ANIMAL ENFORCEMENT.
JONATHAN FRENCH WITH HPDS NORTHEAST DIVISION CAPTAIN OVER NORTHEAST.
I'M ERIC SPURGEON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OVER GREEN SPACE MANAGEMENT IN THE, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
VINCENT HASSEL, HOUSTON METRO.
AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.
Y'ALL GIVE 'EM A HAND, ANOTHER HAND.
AND THEN WE ARE GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MR. KEITH DOWNING WITH KME GARDEN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS QUESTION, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS QUESTION IS FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE DAMAGE TO THEIR HOMES FROM DISASTERS.
WHAT KIND OF ASSISTANCE CAN THE CITY PROVIDE TO A STAKEHOLDER? GREAT QUESTION.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OUR DISASTER RECOVERY WINTER FREEZE, UH, FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, THAT'S $40 MILLION.
ONE IS A REIMBURSEMENT PATHWAY THAT IS UP TO $10,000, AND WE HAVE A REHAB OR RECONSTRUCTION PATHWAY, WHICH IS UP TO $300,000.
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I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS OPEN, UH, FOR THOSE THAT ARE HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE APPLICATION OR PROVIDING DOCUMENTS, WE DO HAVE STAFF THAT IS AVAILABLE TO HELP, YOU KNOW, WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WELL AS IF YOU NEED SOMEONE TO COME OUT, WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT TO YOUR HOME, BRING YOUR APPLICATION, FILL IT OUT, PICK IT UP, UM, OR YOU CAN DROP IT OFF AT OUR OFFICE.UH, SO WE DO HAVE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
UH, WE HAVE A TABLE THAT'S SET UP IN THE BACK HERE, UH, THAT HAS THE RED TABLE CLOTH.
UM, AND WE'LL BE OPENING ALSO OUR REGULAR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, UH, HERE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.
I'M ROBIN GERMAN, CURTIS, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 47 EAST LITTLE YORK HOMESTEAD PRESIDENT.
MY QUESTION IS DIRECTED TO THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, AND I'M LOOKING AT SIGNS.
OH, JEREMY, UH, THE QUESTION IS, HOW IS HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT SCHEDULING MAINTENANCE FOR THE CHANNELS FUNDED BY THE RECENTLY PASSED BOND? AND I ADD TO THAT, ONCE YOU COMMIT TO THAT, HOW DO WE, HOW DO YOU ENSURE US THAT WE'RE GONNA GET OUR MONEY? GREAT QUESTION, MS. CURTIS.
UH, THE, UH, BOND, I MEAN, NOT THE BOND, THE TAX RATE FOR THE MAINTENANCE MATTERS THAT WAS PASSED LAST NOVEMBER, UH, THOSE FUNDS WILL HAVE, WILL ALLOW US TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE IS, UH, WE CREATING A PROGRAM CALLED A, UM, ACCESS MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS, UH, IN, IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN KIND OF MORE REACTIVE ON 3 1 1 CALLS AND COMPLAINTS.
THIS WILL LET US KNOW ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE OVER ALL THE CHANNELS THROUGHOUT HARRIS COUNTY, WHEN PIPES NEED TO BE REPLACED, WHEN EROSION ISSUES WILL POP UP.
ALL THOSE THINGS THAT IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE PAST, WE JUST REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO.
THOSE WILL BE INSPECTED ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS.
WE ALSO HAVE WHAT WE CALL, UM, WE'LL CALL THEM HOT TEAMS, WHERE WHEN WE HAVE THOSE ISSUES OUT IN SOME OF THE CHANNELS WHERE IT'S LIKE A QUICK DEBRIS REMOVAL, SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DON'T NEED TO CONTRACT OUT, WE'RE ABLE TO HIT THOSE REALLY QUICK.
SO THAT'S KIND OF STUFF WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE ALSO STAFFED UP A LOT OF NEW, UH, STAFFED UP, UH, IN OUR DEPARTMENTS TO HANDLE THE INCREASE IN THOSE.
SO WHAT WE HAD WAS A BACKLOG BEFORE WE PASSED THAT, THAT, UH, TAX, THERE WAS A BACKLOG OF, I WANNA SAY MAYBE 200, JUST DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
I MEAN, OVER TIME THE INFRASTRUCTURE JUST GOTTEN BAD AND IT'S CAUGHT UP TO US.
AND SO WITH THOSE FUNDS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO INSPECT REP MORE REGULARLY AND, UH, GET SOME OF THOSE, THOSE DESALT JOBS, SOME OF THOSE QUICK HIDDEN JOBS, GET THOSE DONE A LITTLE QUICKER.
I'M HUEY GERMAN WILSON, PRESIDENT OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 48 TRINITY HOUSTON GARDENS.
UH, THIS QUESTION IS SAYS PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, WE, WHY ARE SHEET METAL FENCES ALLOWED IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN THEY ARE, THERE ARE NO SHEET METAL FENCES IN THE AREA.
WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO GET THE OWNER TO TAKE DOWN THE FENCE? WE HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT RECEIVED A RED TAG FOR THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT, BUT NOT FOR THE MATERIAL.
WE ARE CONCERNED THAT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY MAY BE GOING ON BEHIND IT.
UM, THERE WAS A SENATE BILL THAT WAS PASSED IN SEPTEMBER, 2021.
THERE WAS A SENATE BILL PASSED IN 2021 THAT PREVENTS A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, A PROPERTY OWNER'S ASSOCIATION, UM, FROM ENFORCING A COVENANT THAT WOULD PREVENT A PROPERTY OWNER FROM PUTTING A SECURITY FENCE OR PERIMETER FENCE AROUND THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, THAT BILL DOESN'T PROHIBIT THE ASSOCIATION FROM REGULATING THE TYPE OF FENCING THAT THAT WOULD BE PUT IN, BUT IT SAYS THAT YOU, YOU CAN'T STOP 'EM, BUT YOU CAN HAVE SOME CONTROLS OVER IT.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, WITH MY GROUP, I AM, UM, I'M RESTRICTED WITH WHAT I CAN LOOK AT.
UM, I ONLY HAVE PURVIEW OVER PERMITTED PROJECTS.
UM, OUR AMENDMENTS TO THE CODES THAT WE'VE ADOPTED, UM,
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DON'T REQUIRE PERMITS FOR A FENCE THAT'S MADE OF METAL OR WOOD THAT'S LESS THAN EIGHT FOOT TALL.UM, UM, IF IT WAS MORE THAN EIGHT FOOT TALL MADE OUT OF THOSE MATERIALS, OR IF IT WAS A CONCRETE OR BRICK FENCE, THEN IT WOULD REQUIRE A PERMIT AND WE WOULD GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, REMEMBER THAT THAT BILL DOES GIVE YOU SOME POWERS TO REGULATE WHAT IT IS, BUT THAT IT'D HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, STARTED WITH CEMENT, IS THAT CONSIDERED STARTED WITH CEMENT? YOU MEAN THAT IT'S THE, THE, THE BASE OF IT CEMENT DIRECTLY? NO.
IF IT, IF IT HAS A CONCRETE COMPONENT THAT IS STRUCTURAL, IT WOULD NEED TO BE PERMITTED.
UM, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CONCRETE AND THE HOLE, BUT ABOVE GROUND.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS MORE IN DEPTH BECAUSE ORDINANCE, THE ARE TO BE CONSTRUCTED A TYPICAL FENCE MATERIAL.
ANY PRODUCT THAT'S SOLD IN THE ROOFING DEPARTMENT IS NOT PENCIL MATERIAL.
AND IT'S OUT LOUD IN G SO WHY IS HOUSTON DOING IT WHEN OTHER CITIES? SO YOU SAID TEXAS CITY, Y'ALL CAN'T HEAR.
I WAS SAYING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DISCUSSION CONTINUE BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE FENCE ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, IT SAYS FENCE OUGHT TO BE CONSTRUCTED OF TYPICAL FENCE MATERIAL.
IE WOOD CHAIN OR METAL ROOFING MATERIAL IS ALUMINUM METAL.
IT IS NOT THE METAL LIKE ROD IRON.
SO DALLAS DOES NOT ALLOW IT UNLESS IT'S A RECYCLING PLACE AND GALVESTON DOES NOT ALLOW IT.
WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO THE MAYOR BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S NOT PRIVACY.
PRIVACY IS CHAIN LINK, IRON WIRE, UH, WR IRON.
WHEN YOU DO SHEET METAL FENCING, YOU'RE SAYING, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING BEHIND HERE, WHICH IS IN TERMS PROBABLY ILLEGAL BECAUSE WE SEE RVS, WE SEE MENTS, WE SEE PEOPLE LIVING IN SHEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S NOT ABOUT THE HA EIGHT FEET.
YOU NEED A PERMIT IF IT'S MASONRY OR EIGHT FEET OR ABOVE.
BUT IF IT'S NOT TYPICAL ROOF MA UH, FENCE MATERIAL WHEN IT'S SOLD IN THE ROOFING DEPARTMENT.
I'M A RESIDENT OF, UH, GREATER FIFTH WARD.
I I HAVE MY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING PROHIBITED, UH, YARD PARKING ORDINANCE AND WHAT'S THE PROCESS AND WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO GET RESOLUTION? OKAY.
UM, THE PREHEATED, UH, YARD PARKING ORDINANCE, IT'S, IT'S, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS STILL IN THE WORKS, IS, WAS THERE STILL, UH, I BELIEVE THE, UM, MANAGEMENT WITH, UM, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL AS HPD OR STILL IN WORKS? THEY'RE STILL TALK IN, UM, UH, THEY'RE STILL, IT'S THE TALKING IS, WE'RE STILL IN WORKS WITH TALKING ABOUT WHO, HOW WE'RE GONNA ENFORCE IT AND, UM, WHO WOULD ENFORCE IT.
AND, UM, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, HPD HAD, UH, PREVIOUSLY, UH, ENFORCED IT.
BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE DIRECTORS WITH HPW AND HPD ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY THEIR APPROPRIATE TERMS, UH, TEAMS, UH, WHO WILL HANDLE THE ENFORCEMENT.
AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE STAFFING, STAFFING RESOURCES TO SUPPORT IT.
HELLO, MY NAME IS DEIDRE TAYLOR WITH THE, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 42 BUSH AIRPORT.
AND MY QUESTION IS FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
WHEN WILL HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS RESUME REGULAR STREET SWEEPING, INCLUDING BIKE LANES? THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE IS CREATING UNSAFE AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS IN OUR AREA, STREETS AND DRAIN.
OKAY, SO MAY I GO AHEAD AND ASK MY SECOND QUESTION? IS THAT POSSIBLE? ANOTHER QUESTION? IT'S FOR CENTER POINT.
HOW ARE YOU DOING MR. AARON? HOW OFTEN DOES CENTER POINT DRIVE THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO LOCATE OUTAGES AND ALL VEGETATION LEFT BEHIND? GOOD.
MS. TAYLOR, MS. STORM, HOW YOU DOING? NICE
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TO SEE YOU AGAIN.AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
UH, SO IN REGARDS TO, UH, TRAVELING THE COMMUNITY AND LOOKING FOR OUTAGES, WE DON'T NECESSARILY DO THAT.
WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT HELPS US DETERMINE WHEN THE RESIDENCE IS OUT.
UM, YOU CAN USE OUR OUTAGE TRACKER AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AS WELL.
SO IT'S A PRETTY SOPHISTICATED SYSTEM.
UM, WE ARE ABLE TO SEE A MULTITUDE OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, RELATIVE TO THE, THE SERVICE AT THE RESIDENCE, UM, RELATIVE TO VEGETATION.
WE DO HAVE A CYCLE FOR EVERY AREA.
UM, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME THINGS THROUGH SOME LEGISLATOR NOW, AND, UH, ONCE THAT LEGISLATION PASSES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO RELEASE SOME MORE INFORMATION.
BUT REALLY THE CYCLE FOR THE, THE FEEDER OF THE CIRCUIT, RIGHT, OR THE BACKBONE, WHAT YOU SEE ALONG THE ROADWAYS, THE LARGER LINES, UM, WE PATROL THOSE ON A, A THREE TO FOUR YEAR EVENT.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, UM, WE HAVE A MULTITUDE OF SKILL SETS THAT GO THROUGH THE AREA, RIGHT? WE HAVE SERVICE AREA CONSULTANTS.
YOU MET THEM WHEN WE MET OUT A FEW WEEKS AGO.
UM, WE HAVE OUR LINE SKILLS AS WELL.
WHEN THEY RESPOND TO ISSUES OR IF THEY'RE DOING JUST NORMAL ROUTINE WORK, THEY'RE MAKING NOTE OF THINGS THAT THEY SEE IN THE AREA.
WE ASK THEM TO LOOK A FEW SPANS LEFT AND RIGHT, AND THEY TURN THOSE IN AS WELL.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR VEGETATION CREWS AND OUR, UM, OUR SURVEY FOLKS, THEY, THEY BRING THINGS BACK TO US AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF STREAMS OF GETTING INFORMATION AND RELEASE ORDERS TO GO AND CUT THINGS THAT ARE IN THE PRIMARY THAT ARE CAUSING ISSUES OR COULD CAUSE ISSUES.
WE ALSO HAVE HAZARD TREE PROGRAMS WHERE WE HAVE FOLKS THAT COME IN AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT TREES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR EASEMENT THAT COULD BE IN DANGER OF FALLING OR THEY'RE DYING.
UM, BUT MAYBE THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER ISN'T TAKING CARE OF THE TREE, SO WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT AS WELL.
AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT PART OF OUR OUTAGE TRACKER, UM, IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE A TREE THAT IS NEAR THE POWER LINE OR IT'S DEAD AND IT'S IN DANGER OF FALLING ON THE POWER LINE, YOU CAN USE THAT TRACKER AND SEND THAT INFORMATION TO US AND IT, IT LOGS THE LOCATION AND IT'S VETTED AND WE'LL GET SOMEONE TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT IT.
MY NAME'S PATRICIA STS AND I'M SITTING IN FOR JOANA STEVENS FROM SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 55.
AND MY QUESTION IS TO THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THE INCREASE IN PROSTITUTION ON LYONS AVENUE, BETWEEN WACO AND SOLO STREET? HEY, I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, SINCE I GOT OUT TO THE DIVISION IN APRIL, MY DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE TEAM, I HAVE MY NEW SERGEANT SITTING HERE, ONE OF MY OFFICERS, OUR VICE DIVISION, I ALSO HAVE AN EVENING SHIFT HOTSPOT TEAM THAT'S FOUR OFFICERS AND A SERGEANT HAVE BEEN HITTING THE PROSTITUTION HARD, MAKING MANY ARRESTS.
I CAN TELL YOU IN THE LAST 60 DAYS NOW, THIS IS WHAT I'M GONNA GIVE YOU IS JUST A TIDWELL CORRIDOR, BUT IN THE LAST 60 DAYS WE'VE HAD 37 BODIES PUT IN JAIL.
SO WE ARE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THAT.
LYONS AVENUE IS GONNA GET HIT TOO.
I COMMUNICATE ALMOST DAILY WITH COMMANDER BECKER.
CAPTAIN BECKER OF OUR VICE DIVISION.
SO WE WILL BE HITTING THAT TOO.
I ALSO, I'M GLAD THAT YOU DID BRING UP THE TIDWELL 59 CORRIDOR 'CAUSE I ALSO, UH, WORK FOR HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND I KNOW THAT IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT WE HAVE YOUNG GIRLS OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN SEX TRAFFICK AT, SO I DID RA RAISE UP THE QUESTION ABOUT LYONS AVENUE.
A LOT OF THAT IS, IS UM, IS RELATED ALONGSIDE OF HOMELESSNESS, BUT THOSE YOUNG GIRLS ON TIDWELL IN 59 ARE ACTUALLY BEING TRAFFICKED.
YES, YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
AND WE HAVE HAD SOME TRAFFICKING RESCUES THAT HAVE HAPPENED THAT, THAT LAST 60 DAYS THAT I'M TELLING YOU ABOUT INCLUDES A COUPLE OF RESCUES OF JUVENILE FEMALES.
UM, AND IT'S A BIG, IT'S AN EYESORE TO ME.
THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES I LEAVE OUR STATION ON LAY ROAD AND I DRIVE DOWN TIDWELL TO GO HOME SO I CAN SEE IT MYSELF.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS, WHAT I'VE SEEN, AND IF YOU'RE SEEING DIFFERENTLY, PLEASE, PLEASE COME AND TALK TO ME AND I'LL STICK AROUND AFTER THE MEETING.
UM, I DEFINITELY SEE, I THINK IT'S BECOMING LESS SO NOW IT'S PICKING UP ON LIONS AVENUE, RIGHT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DODSON, TURNER, TIDWELL, UH, EVEN, YOU KNOW, TIDWELL AND JET, THAT AREA IS, WE'VE BEEN HAMMERING IT SO HARD THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO MOVE.
SO WE WILL, WE WILL FOCUS OUR ATTENTION WHERE WE NEED TO THOUGH.
SO DEFINITELY I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.
AND YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST TO MENTION THAT, UH, IN FIFTH WARD IT'S BEEN PICKING UP.
SO WE WILL, WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE ENTITIES, LIKE I SAID, PARTNERSHIP WITH VICE AND OTHER UNITS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TO, TO BATTLE THAT PROBLEM.
UH, VICKI MARTIN, PRESIDENT EAST HOUSTON CITY GAS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 49 50.
UH, AS EVIDENCED ON THE NEWS THIS MORNING, WE SAW MORE THAN 20 CARS THAT WERE AFFECTED BY A CINCO ON NORTHWAY SIDE BECAUSE OF HIGH TRUCK TRAFFIC ACTIVITY.
THOSE ROADWAYS WERE A CIP PROJECT WHERE WE HAD THEM OVERLAID UNDER OUR COUNCILMAN JERRY DAVIS.
SO WE SPENT THE FUNDS TO HAVE THAT STREET
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OVERLAID TO NOW BE INUNDATED WITH HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC ACTIVITY.WE WERE GEARED TO HAVE A TRUCK ROUTE PILOT, BUT WHEN WE CHANGED THE ADMINISTRATIONS, THAT IS NOW DEADED.
SO THE QUESTION TO HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS IS WHEN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY OBSERVES HEAVY TRUCK ACTIVITY AND REQUEST A SIGN THAT SAYS TRUCKS OVER TWO AXLES PROHIBITED, WHY WAS THE CASE CLOSED OUT WITH A RESPONSE STATING SIGN NOT NEEDED? QUESTION, SECOND QUESTION.
UH, WELL, CAN WE PAUSE? IS THERE SOMEONE THAT MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE ON THE QUESTION? YEAH, AND SO MS. MARTIN, SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, UH, CASE SPECIFICALLY TO SEE WHAT THE RESOLUTIONS WERE.
I KNOW I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE IN THE FIELD WITH YOU AND WE HAD LOOKED AT A LOT OF MISSING SIGNAGE IN THE AREA SO WE CAN SEE WHAT SPECIFICALLY WAS THE CAUSE OF THAT ONE, AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THE RESOLUTION OF THAT, WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO PLACE THAT IN OTHER AREAS.
BUT WE JUST NEED TO SEE WHAT THE CASE WAS.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND LETTING US KNOW WHAT THAT CASE NUMBER WAS, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK IT UP AND THEN GO FROM THERE AND GET YOU IN CONTACT WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.
UH, WE DID HAVE THE MATTER LOOKED INTO AND I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE INSPECTORS THAT WE HAD NO THROUGH TRUCK SIGNS AND WE DID NOT NEED A TRUCK BEYOND TWO PROHIBITED BECAUSE YOU ALL DID NOT PLACE THEM ON THOROUGHFARES THAT WERE FOUR LANES.
BUT WHEN YOU TRAVEL TO THE RICHMOND AREA, THEY HAVE THE SIGN FOR IT.
WE, THEY JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT ZIP CODE.
WELL, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE THAT, THAT RESOLUTION.
WHY ARE DEVELOPERS ABLE TO COME INTO COMMUNITIES, BUILD A NEW DEVELOPMENT NAME THE DEVELOPMENT THAT CHANGES THE NAME OF THE EXISTING LAND DESCRIPTION, WHICH THEN ALLOWS THEM TO AVOID DEED RESTRICTIONS? THE DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO FOLLOW THE LAND.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA ASK ANSWER THAT.
THAT'S ACTUALLY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND SO THIS QUESTION HAS COME A LOT HAS COME ABOUT A LOT.
THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS, LET'S SAY IT'S SHADY ACRE SUBDIVISION, THAT'S THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION SUBDIVISION FROM LIKE 1929.
AND SOMEBODY SAYS, I'M GONNA REPL THE PROPERTY, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'RE GONNA MAKE, MAYBE MAKE THEIR THEIR LOT LARGER OR MAY MAYBE MAKE IT SMALLER.
WHEN THEY DO THAT, THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT A SUBDIVISION NAME, AND THIS IS FOR RECORDS SO THAT WE KNOW THAT THAT AREA OR THAT LOT HAS BEEN REDEVELOPED.
AND SO LET'S SAY THAT I'M THE DEVELOPER AND I SAY I'M GONNA REPLANT THAT PROPERTY AND I'M GONNA CALL IT MISTY'S SUBDIVISION.
SO NOW IT'S CALLED MISTY SUBDIVISION.
WHAT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IS THAT'S JUST THE NAMING PROCESS.
BUT IN ALL THE DOCUMENTS, WHEN THEY SUBMIT THE PLAT, THEY SUBMIT THAT THEY HAVE EITHER, THEY SUBMIT, THEY SUBMIT A TITLE REPORT FIRST THAT SAYS IF THEY'RE A PART OF A DEED RESTRICTION, AND IT'S TIED BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION, WHICH WOULD BE SHADY ACRES.
SO IT'S MISTY SUBDIVISION THAT'S IN SHADY ACRES SUBDIVISION.
ORIGINALLY, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS WILL NOT COME OFF OF THAT NEW SUBDIVISION.
SO MISTY'S SUBDIVISION STILL HAS TO ADHERE TO THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT I CALL IT.
THE ONLY TIME THAT I DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEM.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS, THEN MISSY SUBDIVISION, I CAN CREATE MY OWN RESTRICTIONS.
AND YOU'VE SEEN THAT WITH LIKE TOWNHOUSE COMMUNITIES.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RESTRICTIONS INSIDE THAT LITTLE SUBDIVISION THAT THEY HAVE.
LIKE IT COULD BE 10 TOWNHOUSES, THEY HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS JUST ON THAT.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO JUST CHANGING NAMES, THOSE NAMES ARE JUST FOR LIKE RECORDING THE NAME AND KNOWING HOW IT HAPPENED AND JUST TRACING IT ALL THE WAY BACK FOR HISTORY.
LAST QUESTION THAT THEY TOLD ME TO ASK IS METRO ON THE PANEL.
UH, WITH THE CITY SHUTTING DOWN ENCAMPMENTS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER THE BUS STOPS AND TURNING THEM INTO HOMES, MAKESHIFT SHELTERS IN THE LOT.
HOW OFTEN DOES METRO RIDE ALONG AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHECKING ON THE CONDITIONS OF THE BUS STOPS? YES MA'AM.
SO, UH, OUR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE GROUP, UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE NOT HERE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY
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TO THE FREQUENCY OF THEIR VISITS, BUT EACH STOP, UH, IS PUT ON A SCHEDULE FOR ROUTINE CLEANING, ESPECIALLY IF IT HAS A SHELTER.UM, NOW WE HAVE OVER 8,000 STOPS, SO THAT'S A LOT OF REAL ESTATE TO COVER, BUT WHEN WE DO RUN INTO THOSE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET NOTIFIED.
UM, I'VE DEALT WITH A NUMBER OF CALLS HERE IN THE RECENT WEEKS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE CALLED AND SAYS, HEY, THERE'S A SHELTER HERE, SOMEONE SLEEPING IN THE SHELTER, AND WE TRY TO GET MPD DISPATCHED.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT DISPATCHED TO THOSE LOCATIONS TO TRY AND CLEAR, UH, THE SHELTER BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR CUSTOMERS NEED THOSE, UM, SHELTERS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SHELTERS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT.
AND SO WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO NEED ASSISTANCE WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE LOITERING IN OUR SHELTERS TO NOTIFY US SO THAT WE CAN CLEAR 'EM OUT.
BECAUSE WHEN WE DON'T GET NOTIFIED, WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IS THE RESIDENT NEARBY WILL SAY, CAN YOU PULL THE SHELTER? AND WE DON'T WANT OUR CUSTOMERS TO LOSE THE SHELTER, BUT WE ARE AWARE AND OUR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE GROUP DOES HAVE A CREW THAT HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CLEANING THOSE SHELTERS.
BUT I CAN, YOU KNOW, I'LL LEAVE YOU MY CONTACT AND TRY AND SEE WHAT FREQUENCY THEY'RE DOING IT AT SO YOU CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND AND, YOU KNOW, COMMENT ON THAT AS WELL.
HI, UM, I'M JOTA STEVENSON WITH THE FIFTH WARD SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, THIS QUESTION IS FOR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS.
DOES A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER HAVE THE SAME RESPONSIBILITIES AS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER WHEN IT COMES TO MAINTAINING BEAUTIFICATION AND CLEANLINESS WITHIN AND AROUND A FENCE? THERE IS A SNAKE HAVEN ON A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT HAS HIGH WEEDS AND A FENCE AROUND THE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE 2100 BLOCK OF S STREET AT LIONS AVENUE.
IT'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE IF YOU TURN OFF OF LIONS AVENUE.
UH, UH, AND IT'S ALSO SAYING, THERE USED TO BE, YES, IT USED TO BE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX CALLED THE SAC WOODS APARTMENTS, WHICH WERE TORN DOWN MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S A LARGE COMMERCIAL SITE.
UM, I'M GONNA TAKE THAT ONE SHERRY STRONG WITH COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, WE, UH, I WENT OUT AND INSPECTED THE PROPERTY ON, UH, YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE OCTOBER THE FIRST.
AND WE IDENTIFIED THAT WITHIN THAT FENCED IN AREA THERE ARE FOUR PARCELS AND, AND WITH TWO CORPORATE OWNERS.
SO WHAT WE DID, WE DID PLAQUE THE PROPERTY AND IT IS IN BAD CONDITION.
I AGREE IT'S IN BAD CONDITIONS, BUT WE DID PLAQUE AT THE PROPERTIES ON YESTERDAY.
WE SENT OUT THE NOTICES TO THOSE CORPORATIONS AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM TO GET THEM TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.
AND IF THEY DON'T, THEN WE WILL, OUR CHECK BACK INSPECTION WILL BE IN THE, PROBABLY IN ABOUT 10 DAYS, I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE 12TH.
I WILL, IT SHOULD BE ON ABOUT THE 12TH, BUT THE 12TH I BELIEVE IS ON A SUNDAY.
SO WE'LL BE, WE WILL, WE WILL RETURN BACK ON THE 13TH, WHICH WHICH WILL BE A MONDAY TO AND MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, UH, IF WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONTACT WITH THEM, THEY HAVE NOT CONTACTED US BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S ONE I'M SEEING IS THAT THERE'S A REALTOR SIGN ON THE PROPERTY AS IT IS.
SO THAT TELLS ME THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SELL IT AGAIN, THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ABATE THESE PROPERTIES.
THE CORPORATE, THE CORPORATIONS WERE SOLID FROM ONE LC, ONE LLC TO ANOTHER.
SO IT'S HARDER FOR US TO TRY TO PINPOINT WHO'S IN FOR, ON OUR SIDE BY LAW, WE HAVE TO NOTIFY THAT OWNER AND GIVE THEM DUE PROCESS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT PROPERTY THEY, OR TO, TO COME BRING THE, UH, PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, ON THE 13TH, IF IT, IF WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM, IF WE DON'T HAVE A-A-A-A-A PLAN OF, OF, OF SCOPE OF WORK OR PLAN FOR THEM TO COME OUT AND ABATE THE PROPERTY THEMSELVES, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ABATING IT OURSELVES AND WE'LL PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
RECENTLY, SEVERAL NEW HOMES HAVE BEEN BUILT IN KNOWN FLOODPLAIN AREAS.
SO I LOOK THIS UP AND IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 34% OF HOUSTON IS IN A FLOODPLAIN.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA PROHIBIT ANYBODY.
THE STATE ACTUALLY WON'T ALLOW US TO PROHIBIT PEOPLE FROM BUILDING IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
HOWEVER, THEY DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS, THE STATE, FEDERAL FEMA, UM, HARRIS COUNTY, UH, FLOOD CONTROL.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR LOCAL ORDINANCES THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD, YOU HAVE TO BUILD IN A CERTAIN TYPE OF WAY, DEPENDING IF YOU'RE IN A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN OR YOU'RE IN A 500 YEAR FLOODPLAIN.
SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY CAN JUST BUILD WHATEVER AS THEY WANT TO.
THEY HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE REQUIREMENTS ACCORDING TO THE FLOODPLAIN.
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UH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THREE.WHY ARE CASES BEING CLOSED OUT WHEN NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE? GREAT QUESTION.
CASE CLOSURES 3 0 1 DOES NOT CLOSE CASES.
OUR OFFICE DOES THE INTAKE FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND NO TIME DO WE DETERMINE THE WORK, THE WORK ORDER THAT IS ENTERED OR WHAT TYPE OF WORK IS BEING DONE.
BUT WE DO SEND A SEARCH REQUEST TO THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, SOME CASES INTERFACE WITH OTHER SYSTEMS SUCH AS, UH, N FOUR AND CITY WORKS, LET'S SAY A POTHOLE, THOSE INTER INTERFACE WITH CITY WORKS.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT SHOWS CLOSING, CHRIS, THE WORK IS STILL PENDING ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND IF YOU JUST GIVE US A CALL, WE CAN PULL THE WORK ORDERS AND THE RESOLUTION DETAILS THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE REPORT.
THIS QUESTION IS ALSO FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
WHY ARE BUILDERS ALLOWED TO GET PERMITS AND BEGIN BUILDING HOMES WITHIN DEED RESTRICTED NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT SUBMITTING THEIR PLAN TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE PRIOR TO BUILDING? WE HAVE A LOT OF DUPLEXES GOING UP IN OUR DEED RESTRICTED NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THAT, I THINK THAT'S LIKE PUBLIC WORKS AND PLANNING AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, OKAY, SO IF YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS SAY THAT IT'S SINGLE FAMILY, IF IT DOESN'T CALL OUT THE DEFINITION OF SINGLE FAMILY, THEN I BELIEVE IN PUBLIC WORKS CAN HELP ME ON THIS IF THIS IS RIGHT OR WRONG.
SO YEAH, SO, UM, THE WAY THAT SINGLE FAMILY IS DEFINED IN CHAPTER 42 IS SINGLE FAMILY IS EITHER ONE HOUSE, A HOUSE WITH A GARAGE, APARTMENT, A DUPLEX, BUT IT CAN'T BE ANYTHING MORE THAN TWO UNITS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE DEFINITION OF SINGLE FAMILY IS.
THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SAY, AND THIS IS NOT A QUESTION, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, I HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
I ASK YOU, PLEASE GET THEM CHECKED.
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, I HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
GO TO A LAWYER, HAVE THEM CHECK IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU'RE AT, WHAT YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS SAY IS ACTUALLY WHAT IS IS IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO.
'CAUSE IF IT'S NOT, I TELL YOU TO GO TO MY, UM, TABLE, JACQUELINE AND RAMONA ARE BACK THERE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED MINIMUM LOT SIZE.
I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO MANY OF YOU ABOUT IT.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THEY DON'T WORK, COME TALK TO US AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO HELP.
OKAY, I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK ON WHAT SHE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT WHERE YOU WERE ASKING WHY THEY CAN GET PERMITS AND WHY THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WORK.
UM, AS SHE ALLUDED TO, IT'S, IT'S A COMPLICATED SYSTEM WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT DEED RESTRICTIONS.
UM, AND IT REALLY DOES, IT TAKES A LAWYER AND TIME TO GO THROUGH AND VERIFY WHAT THE DETAILS ARE.
UM, AS SUCH, THE HOUSTON PERMITTING CENTER AS PART OF YOU GETTING A PERMIT, WE CAN'T DO THAT FOR EVERY PROJECT.
UM, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING, WE DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE.
UM, SO WHAT WE DO INSTEAD IS PART OF THE INTAKE PROCESS IS THAT YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT AN AFFIDAVIT WHEN YOU APPLY FOR THAT AND YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA TELL US THAT YOU'RE NOT VIOLATING YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
UM, NOW THAT'S THE BEST TO THE BEST OF A LAYMAN'S OPPORTUNITY, UM, IS THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE STATING WHEN THEY STATE THAT.
BUT DURING OUR INTAKE PROCESS, WE MAKE SURE WE GET AN AFFIDAVIT WHERE YOU'VE AT LEAST TOLD US YOU'RE NOT.
AND THEN DURING THE PROCESS OF BEING BUILT, NOW, SAY IF SOMEBODY'S BUILDING NEXT TO YOU AND YOU KNOW, YOU BELIEVE THEY'RE NOT, THEN SUBMIT A 3 1 1 REQUEST AND WE WILL GET THAT TO OUR LEGAL TEAM, MR. BARNES AND HIS TEAM, HE'S RIGHT BESIDE ME HERE SO THEY CAN REVIEW IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT WE FIND IS BY THE TIME 3 1 1 GETS THAT TO WHOEVER IT BELONGS TO, THEY BUILT HALF A HOUSE.
SO YES, WE, WE, UH, RELY ON COMPLAINTS TO FIND OUT THAT SOMETHING VIOLATES DEED RESTRICTIONS LIKE HE SAID, IT, IT TAKES A, A LEGAL REVIEW, WHICH CAN TAKE A LONG TIME.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, UM, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING AND YOU, AND YOU'RE CONCERNED THAT IT, YOU'RE, MAYBE IT'LL VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
WE HAVE A HOTLINE NUMBER, WHICH I CAN GIVE YOU THAT'S SEPARATE FROM DEED RE UH, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S SEPARATE FROM 3 1 1.
THERE'S A DEED RESTRICTION HOTLINE NUMBER, GIMME ONE SECOND, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
THE HOTLINE NUMBER IS (832) 393-6333.
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AND IF YOU CALL THAT NUMBER, WOULD YOU REPEAT IT ONE MORE TIME PLEASE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.IF YOU CALL THAT NUMBER, IT GOES TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND WE CAN IMMEDIATELY START INVESTIGATING.
WE CAN PUT A STOP WORK ORDER WHERE WE ASK HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS TO GO OUT THERE AND PUT A RED TAG ON THE PROPERTY, TELL THEM TO STOP WORKING WHILE WE DO OUR INVESTIGATION, AND THEN WE CAN FIND OUT IF THERE ARE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT WE CAN ENFORCE AND IF THERE IS A VIOLATION.
AND AT THAT POINT WE TELL THEM, THE PROPERTY OWNER, WE TELL THEM, YOU HAVE TO FIX THIS.
AND USUALLY THEY WORK WITH US AND THEY FIX IT.
IF THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH US, THEN WE HAVE TO FILE A LAWSUIT AND MAKE THEM FIX IT, WHICH CAN TAKE TIME.
WE HAVE TO RELY ON CITIZEN COMPLAINTS BECAUSE PERMITTING DOESN'T HAVE THE TIME OR THE STAFF TO LOOK AT DEED RESTRICTIONS BEFORE THE PERMIT IS GIVEN.
IT'S JUST, THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH BUILDING WOULD STOP IN HOUSTON COMPLETELY IF, IF WE TRIED TO DO THAT AS THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS.
NOW, WHEN A PROPERTY OWNER LIVES ON THE CORNER OF A STREET AND THERE IS A DITCH OR A SIDEWALK ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TO MAIN FOR MAINTAINING, CUTTING, CUTTING, MOWING, AND DE LITTERING THAT AREA OUTSIDE THEIR PROPERTY LINE, I'LL LET, UH, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORK SENSE.
DO YOU KNOW, THAT'S ACTUALLY NUMB.
UM, ACCORDING TO CITY ORDINANCE, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THAT, UH, UH, THAT AREA.
IF THERE IS A CURB LINE, THE IN FRONT, UH, UH, WELL, LET'S JUST SAY THAT IF THERE IS A CURB LINE AT THE STREET, THE PROPERTY OWNER'S RESPONSIBLE FROM THEIR PROPERTY LINE UP TO THAT CURB LINE FOR MAINTAINING THAT.
IF THERE IS NOT A CURB THERE, THEN THE PROPERTY OWNER IS RESPONSIBLE FROM THEIR PROPERTY LINE UP TO OUT 14 FEET, WHICH WILL BE ABOUT HALFWAY OF THE STREET.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO ORDINANCE.
THIS QUESTION IS FOR BARK, WHO'S HERE FROM BARK GRAY? WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SIR? UH, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN.
LOOK, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT STRAY DOGS SCARE ME,
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OPTIONS A CONSTITUENT CAN AND CANNOT DO TO ASSIST WITH CAPTURING A STRAY DOG? AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
WELL, I WOULDN'T ADVISE FOR YOU TO CAPTURE A STRAY DOG.
INSTEAD JUST MAKE THE REPORT TO 3 1 1.
UM, WE TRY OUR BEST TO DO, GET OUT THERE AS QUICK AS WE CAN WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 30 OFFICERS AND WE WORK ABOUT 650 SQUARE MILES IN HOUSTON.
SO I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EXCUSE, BUT DEFINITELY DISTRICT B HAS A STRAY DOG ISSUE AND NOT ONLY A STRAY DOG ISSUE, BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS AS WELL.
YES, AND WE RUN INTO THAT ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT WE'RE VERY PROACTIVE.
IN FACT, THIS PAST YEAR WE, UH, WE HAD A CITY COUNCIL FUNDED SWEEP IN DISTRICT B, WHICH, UH, HAPPENED IN MAY AND JUNE OF 2025 THIS YEAR, AND WE IMPOUNDED 171 STRAY DOGS IN THAT TIME PERIOD.
AND, AND UH, HONESTLY, I WORKED, I I DID A LOT OF WORK, UM, AS AN OFFICER IN DISTRICT B AND, AND, UH, I SAW IT FIRSTHAND HOW, HOW BAD IT IS.
BUT LIKE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE STRAY DOGS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE OWNERS BEING IRRESPONSIBLE AS WELL.
THE NEXT ONE IS A, UM, I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TASHA JACKSON.
I REACHED OUT TO HER OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR.
I TALKED TO HIM PERSONALLY 20 MONTHS ON THE JOB.
NOW 21 MONTHS IN ITS ADMINISTRATION.
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OF HOUSTON RESIDENTS DID NOT KNOW WHO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WERE.SO I LOVE THE FACT THAT SHE HAS PUT OUT A TRIFOLD THAT GIVES YOU THE NAMES OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
SO WE WILL KNOW 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THE HEAD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY KUDOS TO THAT.
MY NEXT QUESTION HERE, WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG? AND THIS IS FOR HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO GET THE CITY TO COME OUT AND CUT A VACANT PROPERTY WITH HIGH WEEDS, RATS AND SNAKES? YES.
OKAY, I'LL TAKE THAT ONE AGAIN.
UM, THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY, UM, WE HAVEN'T GONE OUT TO THE PROPERTY OR, OR NOT GONE OUT TO THE PROPERTY.
I'M GONNA SAY THIS BECAUSE TECHNICALLY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THERE WITHIN 10 DAYS, BUT THERE, THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY WE HAVE NOT ABATED THE PROPERTY.
AS I SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE PROPERTY ON LIONS AND, UH, SITZ THOSE PROPERTIES, WE RUN INTO OBSTACLES ALL THE TIME, SUCH AS, UM, THE PROPERTY MAY BE OWNED BY AN LLC OR THEY MAY BE DOING WHAT I I MENTIONED EARLIER WHERE THEY SELL IT OFF TO ANOTHER PROPERTY, ANOTHER, UH, LLC, AND THEY'RE, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
WELL, WE CAN'T ABATE THAT PROPERTY UNTIL, LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED LEGALLY AND WE HAVE GIVEN EVERYONE DUE PROCESS.
SO SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WHILE FOR US TO GET OUT THERE AND, AND, AND, UH, GET THE PROPERTY ABATED.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE IT WOULD TAKE SO LONG FOR THE, FOR US TO GET OUT THERE.
UM, LET'S SEE, WHERE'S MY, WHAT NUMBER IS ON? OKAY, I MENTIONED THAT THERE, THERE COULD ALSO BE AN, UH, ISSUE WITH OWNERSHIP OR LIKE I I MENTIONED DUE PROCESS.
WE HAVE TO GIVE EVERYONE TIME TO TAKE CARE OF IT, TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE BEFORE WE COME BACK, GO OUT AND PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY.
THERE COULD ALSO BE, UM, AN ISSUE WITH, UH, UM, WHERE THE, UM, WE MAY NEED A WARRANT TO GET ON THAT PROPERTY.
THAT COULD TAKE SOME TIME FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THAT WARRANT TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY TO GO OUT AND TO ABATE IT.
SO, LIKE I SAID, THERE COULD BE SEVERAL ISSUES AND, AND NOTIFICATION.
THERE COULD BE NOTIFICATION ISSUES, THERE COULD BE, UH, AS I MENTIONED, OWNERSHIP ISSUES.
SO THERE COULD BE SEVERAL ISSUES WHY WE'RE, BUT WE DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
AND LIKE I SAID, UH, SOMEONE SAID EARLIER, IF WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, WE CAN'T GET OUT THERE TO GET TO, TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO WE'RE, I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU CONTINUE TO CALL IT INTO THREE ONE ONE.
WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO GET OUT THERE AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, SO THANK YOU ALL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, UM, COMING OUT.
YOU'RE NOT LEAVING YET, BUT THANK YOU FOR JUST, YOU KNOW, COMING AND LEADING, UM, THIS EFFORT.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S HERE.
UM, I KNOW EVERYONE WAS GIVEN A NUMBER, WELL NOT EVERYONE, BUT SOME PEOPLE GOT A NUMBER AND SO WE'RE GONNA START CALLING THESE NUMBERS OUT, BUT EVERY, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE MINUTE TO ASK YOUR QUESTION.
AND THEN OF COURSE ON THIS END, I HOPE WE CAN RESPOND WITHIN ONE MINUTE.
UM, THAT WAY WE CAN, UM, I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE, BUT WE CAN TRY TO COVER AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AND IF WE DON'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO COVER ALL YOUR PORTIONS, PLEASE GIVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE SOME POSTCARDS THAT YOU CAN COM PUT YOUR PORTION DOWN AND THEN SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER.
WE WILL HAVE RESPONSE IN THE NEWSLETTER OR YOU CAN REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 3 0 0 9 AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A VERBAL, UM, RESPONSE BASED UPON WHAT WE GET BACK FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AND DEPARTMENTS.
ALL THANK YOU ALL FOR JUST COMING OUT AND JUST FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE GONNA START OFF WITH NUMBER ONE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS KATHY GUNTER.
ONE, THE QUESTIONS IS FROM METRO.
UM, THERE WAS A BUS SHELTER PLACED ON THE CORNER OF J STREET AND UM, DARIEN.
AND THE BUS IS, THE BUS SHELTER IS DIRECTLY BEHIND MCGOWAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT THE BUS SHELTER WAS MOVED ACROSS THE STREET IN FRONT OF HER HOME.
AND ONCE THE BUS SHELTER WAS MOVED, THIS, THE HOUSTON GARDEN CIVIC ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT KATHY GUNTER WAS BLAMED BECAUSE THEY TALKED TO A DIRECTOR AND THEY SAID I APPROVED A BUS SHELTER THAT WAS PLACED IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME.
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KNOW, I WANNA KNOW THE PROCEDURE.AND WHY DID THEY MOVE THE BUS SHELTER FROM ONE SIDE OF THE STREET WHERE IT WAS, IT WAS ON THE SIDE WITH THE SCHOOL TO ACROSS THE STREET IN THE FRONT OF A HOME, IN THE FRONT OF SOMEONE DOOR.
AND DO I GET, DO I GET TO ASK MY SECOND, SECOND QUESTION? THIS OTHER QUESTION IS GONNA BE TO, UM, THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRUCKY YARDS.
UH, WE HAVE AN ILLEGAL TRUCK YARD THAT DOESN'T HAVE PERMITS.
THEY OPERATING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING, THEY'VE BEEN RED TAGGED A HUNDRED TIMES, KEEP OPERATING.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF UP, TIME UP AND JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.
UM, COULD I GET YOU, AFTER THIS CAN WE TALK ABOUT IT, LIKE GO BACK AND YOU GIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON? 'CAUSE THIS IS FIRST NEWS FOR ME SO I CAN LOOK INTO IT.
AND I'LL ANSWER FOR THE TRUCK, THE TRUCK YARD.
UM, IF YOU GET WITH ME AFTER THIS AND GIMME THE ADDRESS TO THAT, IF THEY'RE OPERATING A BUSINESS OUT OF THAT LOCATION, I'LL, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET AN INVESTIGATOR OUT THERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF SENIOR WOOD PLAZA CIVICS CLUB.
WE HAVE YOU ALL GIVING PERMITS OUT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ON A PIPELINE.
I WENT DOWN WITH OPEN RECORDS TO PERMIT TO GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.
THEN THEY REFUSED TO GIMME THE INFORMATION ON THE OPEN RECORD.
AND I HAD SOMEONE FROM PERMITS COME OUT WITH THE PLACE.
THEY BUILT A SHOTGUN HOUSE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH 248 HOUSES.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY DOING ISSUING PERMITS LIKE THAT? THEY ISSUE PERMIT ON A PIPELINE.
WELL, I THINK I'M THE ONLY ONE OR ONE OF THE ONLY ONES HERE FROM THE PERMITTING OFFICE AND I CAN SAY THAT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT AS EARLIER, UM, WOULD YOU MEET ME OVER THERE AT THAT TABLE? WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SO WE CAN, AND I DO HAVE THE RESTRICTIONS ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE I HAD ATTORNEY TO LOOK AT 'EM.
YEAH, YOU CAN GET 'EM AT HARRIS COUNTY.
NO, I IT'S NOT THAT I JUST NEED TO KNOW THE, THE SPECIFICS SO I CAN GET YOU TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO TALK TO.
BUT AFTER THE MEETING I'LL BE HAPPY TO MEET YOU.
BUT THEY DIDN'T BUILD A HOUSE, SO, BUT I HAD GOT WITH PERMIT BEFORE THEY DID IT AND HAD THEM OUT AND THEY WENT AND DID IT ANYWAY.
BUT LET'S GET TOGETHER AF AFTER THE GROUP AND GIVE ME THE INFORMATION SO I CAN FIND OUT WHAT THE SPECIFICS WERE AND WE CAN GET BACK WITH YOU.
THEY, THEY'RE GONNA BE OUTTA HOUSE.
THEY AIN'T GONNA DO NO GOOD GETTING BACK WITH ME.
I CAN LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT IT IS THAT, THAT'S BEST I CAN AT THE MOMENT.
'CAUSE PERMIT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO BUILD HOUSES, GETS MY DEED RESTRICTION.
THEY KNOW IT, PERMIT KNOW IT, BUT THEY STILL ISSUED THE PERMIT FOR THEM TO BUILD IT.
THEY KNOW IT PERMIT, I GIVE IT TO THEM AND PERMIT.
PERMIT AND THEY VIOLATING DE RESTRICTION.
AND ABOUT THE YARD PARK AND I HAVE TO GIVE IT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY STOPPED THEM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD FROM PASSING ON THE YARD.
AND, AND MR. OTIS, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT DEVELOPERS COMING IN, BUILDING IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH DE RESTRICTION, BUT THE, UM, BUT PERMITTING DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A DE RESTRICTION.
AND SO FIGURING OUT A WAY WHERE WE CAN LIKE PUT A TRIGGER TO TRIGGER THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO HAVE, UM, DE RESTRICTIONS.
BUT OF COURSE IT REQUIRES MANPOWER.
AND SO WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN PUT A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO MY, MY D RESTRICTION SPEC WITH GO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT WHEN THEY ISSUE THE PERMIT, LIKE I THINK THEY WERE SAYING EARLIER, UM, IT'S TOO MANY, IT'S TOO MANY, TOO MANY PERMITS FOR THEM TO TRY.
LIKE TRY TO FIGHT THE THIRD COUNTER PERMIT.
AND SO IF WE COULD COME UP WITH A SYSTEM, I CAN CAN'T REMEMBER UHHUH
I HAD THE PEOPLE FROM AUSTIN TO COME DOWN MM-HMM
ATTORNEY FROM AUSTIN TO COME DOWN ABOUT THIS SITUATION.
WELL LET, THEY SAID IT WAS VIOLATION.
THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE HERE, BUT WE WANT TO GET FOLK HAVE EVERYBODY TRY TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN OH, OKAY.
NO, YOU'RE NOT THROUGH BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA TALK LATER.
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MY NAME IS CLINTON JOHNS.I AM A, I'M A REENTRY PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST AS WELL AS I HAVE A NONPROFIT.
I'M A PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST AS WELL AS A NONPROFIT.
UM, HAVE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR, UM, YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR, YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS.
THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE TONIGHT, UM, ARE, I HEARD EARLIER WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, ENFORCEMENT OF VACANT BUILDINGS.
THE VACANT BUILDINGS, THE CONCERN FOR THE VACANT BUILDINGS WOULD BE WITH REGARD TO, UM, THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE ILLEGAL DUMPING, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, KEEPING THOSE ON THINGS.
I HEARD SOMEONE ELSE SAID THAT THEY HAD A HOT TEAM, I THINK THAT WAS THE, UH, GENTLEMAN OVER HERE FOR THE, UH, FLOOD DISTRICT.
THAT THEY HAVE A HOT TEAM THAT CAN COME AND PICK UP DEBRIS AND SOME STUFF THAT'S IN THE WAY OVER THERE.
I'M FINNA ASK ABOUT THESE HOT TEAMS AND TRY TO MAKE ALL THIS TO MAKE SENSE IN JUST A SECOND.
SO, NUISANCES, SECURITY, SAFETY, COMMUNITY.
FIRST THING I WANNA BRING UP IS, THERE'S A YOUNG LADY, THERE IS A ELDERLY LADY.
SHE, UH, CONTACTED ME ACUTE A FEW DAYS AGO TO COME OUT TO HER PROPERTY, HER LOT.
AND THE BUILDER, THE DEVELOPER TOOK HER GATE DOWN AND THEY BUILT IT AND TOOK THE GATE AND THREW IT OVER THERE.
NOT ONLY DID THEY DO THAT, BUT THEY TOOK ALL THE DEBRIS THAT THEY TOOK OFF OF THEIR PROPERTY AND THE TREES.
AND I TOOK PICTURES OF IT ALONG WITH HER AND THEY THREW IT IN HER PROPERTY.
THIS HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT THING THAT I'VE HADN'T HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE ELDERS.
I TRIED TO CALL THE GENTLEMAN AND ASK HIM ABOUT IT.
HE STOPPED AND REFUSED THE CALLS.
SHE'S VERY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE IT'S HER PROPERTY AND IT'S REALLY DISRESPECTFUL.
UM, SO TODAY SHE CONTACTED ME AGAIN AND NOW THERE ARE NEW PICTURES FROM THE ONES THAT WE TOOK TWO DAYS AGO.
AND SHE SAID TODAY, AND SHE TOOK THE PICTURES AND SENT THEM TO ME WHERE THEY HAVE TOOK WIRE AND OTHER THINGS, TOOK THEM FROM OVER THERE AND THREW THEM FROM THE PROPERTY WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING THESE LITTLE, UH, THESE SINGLE UNIT, UH, FAMILY HOMES.
AND THEY HAVE THREW THE DEBRIS ON THE SIDE.
SO SHE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SHE'S SUPPOSED TO DO.
I ASKED THE GUY ABOUT, SHE SAID THAT THE, UH, HE WENT OVER THE LINE.
HE SAID IT WAS A FOOT AND A HALF OVER THE LINE.
I ASKED HIM COULD I SEE THE, UH, SURVEY.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO PROVIDE ME A REASON TO SEE THE SURVEY.
WE WENT OVER THERE, LOOKED IN LITTLE PLASTIC BOX.
SO SIR, SO WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? DO YOU HAVE A PERSON? THE QUESTION IS, WHO, WHAT RESOLVE CAN I GIVE HER? WHAT ANSWERS CAN I GIVE HER ON THAT? THE SECOND THING.
SO LET'S GET WITH THE FIRST QUESTION AND WE ONLY, YOU ONLY, AND WE ONLY CAN TAKE ONE QUESTION 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LINE THAT BEHIND YOU TRYING TO GET SOME
'CAUSE SHE, ALL OF THIS GOES WITH, WITH THE, WITH AND AND AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS, SO THE OTHER THING, SO THAT INFORMATION, JUST SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE ON PUBLIC WORKS.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OR OUR OFFICE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A HOT TEAM TOO.
WE HAVE TWO HOT TEAMS, EIGHT MEN THAT GOES THROUGH THE DISTRICT CLEANING UP.
AND SO, BUT WE CAN'T GO ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO IF YOU WOULD SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR OFFICE AND THEN WE'LL GET WITH PUBLIC WORKS OR WHATEVER DEPARTMENT THAT YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, TACKLING THAT.
YOU CAN YOU NO, HE TOLD DON'T THINK THAT HE CAN GET WITH ME AND MR. YEAH.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO GET A CHANCE TO TALK, SO THAT'S FINE.
HE'S, UM, TALK TO THEM WHEN WE GET THROUGH.
UNLESS IF YOU WANNA ADDRESS IT THAT OTHER THAN THAT YEAH.
JUST SO WE CAN GET THE ADDRESS.
WE, WE CAN, WE CAN, AGAIN, I CAN SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE AND MR. ROCKWELL ALSO HAS A TEAM THAT DOES THAT.
PROPERTY LINES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR NONPROFIT.
YOU CAN SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR NONPROFIT.
'CAUSE WE DO, PART OF WHAT WE DO WITH THE BE SUCCESSFUL IS WORK WITH NONPROFITS TO HELP BUILD THEIR CAPACITY.
AND SO WE CAN JUST FIND OUT HOW WE YEAH.
'CAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING JOBS.
SO WE, WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THAT FOR, WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN PARTNER SOCIOECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED.
SO THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT.
WE'RE CLEANING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, TRY TO PUT THOSE THINGS, THOSE TWO COMPONENTS TOGETHER.
SO WE CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
UH, CHRISTOPHER JENKINS, UH, IT'S MORE OF A DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTAL ISSUE THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.
I WANT TO ADDRESS, UH, UH, OTHER THAN A DISTRICT, BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENTS, THEY, THEY AFFECT ALL DISTRICTS, RIGHT? SO, BACK A LITTLE WHILE BACK, COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN YOU SPEAK UP IN THE MIC? COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PLUM WAS TRYING TO PASS AN ORDINANCE, UH, FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UH, SO MY CASE STARTED WITH HOUSTON, HOLLAND AUTHORITY AND IT LED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY ATTORNEY.
BECAUSE LAW LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS BEING WEAPONIZED AGAINST TENANTS.
AND SO HPD GOT INVOLVED WITH THE OTHER, UH, UH, DEPARTMENTS.
SO THIS HAD BEEN GONE SINCE 2019.
SO IN 2022, I HAD TO FILE A RHYTHM, MANUS, A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND A PERMANENT IN JUNCTION, UH, ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
AND SO JUST RECENTLY, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SENT ME AN EMAIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO SAYING THAT THE CASE WAS CLOSED.
AND I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE COUNTY.
I WARN MY READY MAN, DAMES, I SET A PRESIDENT IN THE STATE AND THEN, UH, THE, THE FEDS EVEN RECOGNIZED THERE WAS ABUSE
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ON MY PART.SO MY QUESTION IS, DO THESE DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER IN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO HELP THE CITIZENS WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY FROM BEING ABUSED, CODE ENFORCEMENT, CITY, ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UH, THEY ALREADY BEEN DEALT WITH WITH THE MAIL.
'CAUSE THEY HAD TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS I GOT INTO A LANDLORD, THEY WAS TRYING TO CALL THE POLICE ON ME TRYING TO GET ME ARRESTED.
EVERYONE STAY IN THEIR SEATS AND OKAY.
SO WE GOT THE POLICE HANDLING IT.
SO WE GONNA CONTINUE, CONTINUE Y'ALL FORM.
UM, BUT, AND, BUT I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE WE HAVE SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE HOUSE.
WE HAVE, UM, REPRESENTATIVE YOLANDA JONES JUST WALKED IN.
APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
SO DID WE ANSWER HIS PORTION? HONESTLY, I DIDN'T QUITE HEAR THE, I GUESS HE WAS TRYING TO SEE IF THEY COL WE COLLABORATE IF THE DEPARTMENT
YEAH, BECAUSE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, THE LAW, THE LANDLORD WAS CALLING LAW ENFORCEMENT ON TENANTS.
AND SO WHEN, WHEN WE WERE COMPLAINING TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, OFFICER INSPECTOR GENERAL, THEY NEVER RESPONDED.
THE CITY, THE CITY FAILED MISERABLY.
AND SO BY THAT TIME WHEN THEY WERE FORCING PEOPLE THROUGH THE COUNTY TO TRY TO EVICT THEM, IT WAS ILLEGAL.
SO JESSICA WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AND THAT'S HER EXPERTISE.
BUT MY CONCERN IS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SENT ME AN EMAIL LAST MONTH MM-HMM
AND THEY SAID THEY CLOSED THE CASE, BUT THEY AIN'T DO NO WORK.
SO WE ARE NOT GONNA SOLVE THAT.
SO LET'S GET WITH JESSICA AND THEN JESSICA WILL GET YOU CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN GET YOUR ISSUES RIGHT.
BUT MY QUESTION IS DO THEY WORK TOGETHER? YES, THEY WORK TOGETHER.
AND BUT SO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS UP HERE? YEAH, WE ALL DO A BUNCH OF JOINT OPERATIONS TOGETHER.
THERE'LL BE A COLLABORATED EFFORT BETWEEN H-P-D-H-F-D, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, MY TEAM, DAVID'S TEAM WILL ALL GO OUT AND WE'LL HIT IT ALL IN ONE SHOT.
SO WE'LL GO OUT TO A PROPERTY AND THEN WE'LL EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT WILL BE THERE ON SITE.
SO WE CAN ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE CO THE, THAT YOUR PROBLEM IS MORE WITH THE LANDLORD.
BUT CO BECAUSE CODE ENFORCEMENT DID NOT STEP IN AFTER ALL THE COMPLAINTS.
AND HE WENT TO THE OFFICE AND INSPECTOR THE GENERAL WHAT WERE, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS? BECAUSE, UH, VIOLATION, I, I AM CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE INDIVIDUALS APARTMENTS WAS LEAKING AND THERE APARTMENTS, THEY HAD MOLD, ASBESTOS, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WAS GOING ON.
UH, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ALL TYPES OF THINGS GOING ON IN THESE APARTMENTS.
SO GET WITH, GET WITH ME AFTER THIS.
I'D LIKE TO GET THE ADDRESS MM-HMM
UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M REALLY HEARING ABOUT THIS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF, OF APARTMENTS, 5,000.
SO THAT'S JUST A ROUGH NUMBER.
SO IF I CAN GET WITH YOU AFTER THIS AND GET THAT ADDRESS, AND THEN WE CAN START ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE, THE ISSUES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE ORDINANCE.
WE NEED TO SEE THE ORDINANCE FOR THOSE BAD LANDLORDS.
AND THEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT UP HERE.
YOU'LL TALK TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
HOW YOU DOING? MY NAME IS EDUARDO LUNA.
THIS IS FOR CENTERPOINT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THERE'S A THIRD PARTY WITH THE, UM, THE LIGHT COMPANIES THAT THEY'LL SEND THE SENIOR, SENIOR DESCENDS TO CHANGE THEIR LIGHT COMPANY.
AND DO Y'ALL SEND THIRD PARTY PEOPLE TO THEIR HOUSES TO LIKE, TO HELP THEM WITH THAT? 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING RANDOMLY JUST COMING TO THESE HOUSES AND ARE ASKING 'EM TO CHANGE THEIR LIGHT BILL TO ANOTHER COMPANY.
SO CENTERPOINT IS ONLY A DELIVERY COMPANY, RIGHT? YES.
SO WE MANAGE THE POLES, THE WIRES.
WE'RE THE DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT GETS ELECTRICITY TO THE HOME.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING DOOR TO DOOR IS PART OF A RETAILER, RIGHT? SO YOU PAY THE RETAILER FOR THE ELECTRICITY.
WE HAVE A DELIVERY FEE WITH EVERY RETAILER, RIGHT? SO YOUR BILL WILL HAVE TWO PARTS ON THE BILL, THE DELIVERY FEE AND THE RETAIL FEE.
CENTER POINT DOES NOT GO DOOR TO DOOR ASKING YOU TO GO WITH ANY RETAILER.
WE'RE NOT AFFILIATED WITH RELIANT ENERGY, ANY OF THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE FOLKS GO ON DOOR TO DOOR, ARE NOT OUR PEOPLE.
MY QUESTION WAS REALLY GONNA BE DIRECTED AT THE POLICE, BUT I GUESS I CAN TALK TO YOU,
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THE PROBLEM THAT WE ARE HAVING IN CGA IS WE HAVE A LOT OF TRUCKERS AND PEOPLE THAT THROW TRASH OUT OF THEIR WINDOWS.WE HAVE DITCH DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
THERE ARE ORDINANCES AND LAWS AGAINST IT LITTERING 50 TO $500.
WHY AREN'T THE POLICE TICKETING PEOPLE THAT ARE THROWING TRASH, THEIR LUNCH STUFF OUTSIDE OF THEIR CAR, WINDOWS INTO THE STREETS AND DITCHES WHEN IT'S AGAINST THE LAW AND THEY'RE NOT BEING TICKETED.
AND FORTUNATELY, I'M RETIRED, SO I CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
I CAN SEE THE POLICEMAN PARKED AND EVERYTHING.
WHY AREN'T THESE PEOPLE BEING TICKETED FOR BREAKING THE LAW AND PUTTING US IN DANGER? AND CAN YOU DO AN ADVERTISEMENT OR SOMETHING AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THE DANGER THAT THEY'RE CAUSING, THROWING TRASH OUT OF THEIR WINDOWS? THANK YOU.
I'M A LONG, DI, LONG TIME RESIDENT OF CENIC WOODS.
I WENT TO SCHOOL OUT HERE AND I BOUGHT MY SECOND HOME OUT HERE.
MY QUESTION IS FOR 3 1 1 IN PUBLIC WORKS, THREE ONE ONE.
IF I CALL YOU AND SOMEBODY ELSE CALL YOU, AND THERE'S NUMEROUS CALLS ABOUT THE SAME THING, WHEN IS IT ESCALATED TO BE DONE? MY QUESTION TO IS TWO PART QUESTION.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT IT MEAN, UH, CONTROLLING OUR DITCHES, OUR BA.
AND WHEN ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE CUT? IS IT ONCE A YEAR? THREE TIMES A YEAR? FOUR TIMES A YEAR? BECAUSE I AM REALLY, REALLY HURT THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS LIKE TRASH.
MA'AM, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A RED FOLDER, BUT I AM TAXPAYER.
WE HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENT OUT HERE.
I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT HAS JUST BOUGHT A HABITAT HOME OUT HERE, BUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS LIKE TRASH AND I NEED SOME ANSWERS.
SO MA'AM, WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, WE CAN PARTNER WITH YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON CLEANUPS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO THE DISTRICT B OFFICE AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE HOT TEAM CAN PICK UP, I HAVE YOU HAVE, I HAVE.
AND WE GOT SOLID WASTE RIGHT HERE.
UH, MY NAME IS MICHAEL WILSON.
I'M WITH, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE OPERATIONS.
IF YOU CAN COME TO THE STORMWATER OPERATIONS TABLE AND MEET ME AFTER THIS, ESPECIALLY AS WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE MOWING AND THE VEGETATION IN YOUR OFF-ROAD CHANNELS.
UH, BUT PLEASE MEET ME OVER THERE AT THE TABLE AND WE'LL DISCUSS IT A LITTLE FURTHER TO SEE HOW WE COULD GET THAT TAKEN.
WHEN IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE CUT? WHEN ARE THE CALLS ESCALATED FOR THE SAME THING? WHEN IS IT ESCALATED? AND TO BE DONE? I NEED TO WHAT? BE DONE? I DON'T NEED KNOW, DISCUSS.
I NEED TO KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE DONE.
BECAUSE WHAT I'VE SEEN, IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE WE'VE HAD A MOW OUT HERE ON LITTLE YORK.
MY DITCHES OVER HERE OFF OF HOMESTEAD HAS NOT BEEN MOWED.
DO WE HAVE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL HERE? NO.
SO I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE LITTLE YORK ROAD.
WHAT? THEY CUT IT TWICE A YEAR.
AND THEN IF YOU NOTICE, CAN I, CAN I JUST, IM JUST I KNOW, I JUST, I'M JUST LETTING, I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE.
IF YOU NOTICE THAT FROM 59 TO THE, THE TRAIN TRACK THAT'S ALWAYS CUT AND NICE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU CROSS OVER, THERE'S NOTHING DONE.
IT'S NOT HARRIS COUNTY, IT'S THE ALDEAN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
THEY HAVE A MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, AND WE DO NOT HAVE A MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE A MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, YOU ABLE TO DO MORE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS WITHIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU LOOK AT RIVER OAKS, THE GALLERIA, ALL THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT'S BEAUTIFIED.
THEY HAVE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS.
AND WE NEED, AND WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
SO WHAT I'M DOING, I'M GONNA WORK WITH
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THE TURS HERE, AND WE ARE GONNA GIVE THEM SOME DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN SPEAK, DO AN ADDITIONAL CUT OF THAT, OF THAT, UM, THAT DITCH.AND THEN WE ARE ALSO GONNA PARTNER WITH THE OTHER MANAGEMENT DIS THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE, TO THE, THAT'S ADJACENT TO THIS AREA AND SEE IF THEY CAN PARTNER WITH US ON CUTTING IT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE A MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THEN WE ARE LIMITED ON THE RESOURCES WE HAVE TO GET THINGS DONE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE FACED WITH.
AND YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE FACED WITH.
AND THEN, SO WE JUST HAVE TO GET CREATIVE AND COME UP WITH WAYS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND SO, AND THAT IS PARTNERING WITH OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE THE, THE RESOURCES JUST LIKE RIVER OAK.
AND THE REST OF YOU HAVE STORM WHERE YOU LIVE.
BUT I CAN PARK, WE CAN, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T LIVE LIKE THAT.
WE, WE, WE SHOULD NOT BE SATISFIED WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT.
HEY, YOU GUYS DOING, UH, MY NAME'S DARRELL BRYAN.
UH, I'M A TWO YEAR RESIDENT OF FIFTH WARD, UM, FROM THE EAST COAST ORIGINALLY.
BUT I'M JUST TOUCHING BACK ON, UH, WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN OVER HERE, UH, SAID.
UM, THIS IS FOR MR. ALLEN FROM BARK.
UH, PRETTY MUCH, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK SPILL.
YOU KNOW, I'M IN MY GARAGE ONE DAY, UN UNLOADING GROCERIES OR WHATNOT, GO INSIDE THE HOUSE, COME BACK OUT, AND THERE'S TWO PIT BULLS IN, IN MY, IN MY GARAGE.
I DUNNO IF THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOME GROCERIES OR WHATNOT.
I MEAN, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE PLAYING OUT IN THE STREETS, THINGS OF THAT SORT.
AND I MEAN, I, I WORK AROUND THE CITY.
I WORK FOR THE CITY AND I WORK IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY, AND I'D NOT SEE THAT, SEE THE ISSUE AT ALL.
AND NO OTHER PART OF THE CITY AS BAD AS IT IS IN FIFTH WARD.
UH, AROUND, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE, THE LIBERTY ROAD AREA, BREWSTER STREET, THOSE AREAS.
THERE'S ACTUAL GANGS OF DOGS OUT THERE.
AND I TAKE VIDEOS OF THEM WHEN I'M COMING HOME AT NIGHT, IN THE MORNING TIME.
SO IF I WERE, WERE TO WALK MY OWN PERSONAL DOG OUTSIDE, WHICH I CAN'T, 'CAUSE THERE'S DOGS EVERYWHERE.
I CAN'T WALK TO THE STORE 'CAUSE THERE'S DOGS EVERYWHERE WITHOUT ARMING MYSELF.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT MORE SO OF A QUESTIONS, JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA JUST REITERATE TO LET YOU KNOW HOW SERIOUS IT IS.
HAD THOSE DOGS BEEN VICIOUS, I WOULD NOT, I WOULD'VE BEEN TRAPPED INSIDE OF MY HOUSE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GET MY GROCERIES OUTTA MY GARAGE.
IT, IT IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST AREAS WHEN IT COMES TO STRAY DOGS.
UM, ANOTHER BAD AREA WITH STRAY DOGS IS THE EAST END.
UM, THERE ARE PACKS OF DOGS RUNNING AROUND.
AGAIN, I REITERATE THAT IT'S, UH, CARELESS OWNERS.
SOMETIMES SOME, SOME OF THESE DOGS.
WE, WE ACTUALLY HAD SOMEBODY GET MAULED, UM, DOWN THE STREET OFF OF COLLINSWORTH.
AND, UH, THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS JUST RIDING HIS BIKE AT NIGHTTIME AND A PACK OF DOGS ATTACKED HIM.
UH, WE DID AN INVESTIGATION AND WE FOUND OUT THAT THOSE DOGS WERE OWNED.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT LIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
IT LIES WITHIN ALL OF US TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE.
BUT AGAIN, WE CAN GO TO CERTAIN AREAS IN DISTRICT B, WE CAN SWEEP, WE CAN PICK UP EVERYTHING.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE WILL JUST COME BACK FOUR MONTHS LATER, DUMP MORE DOGS OFF.
AND IT'S AN, IT IS AN ONGOING ISSUE.
AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR ONGOING 15 YEARS.
I'VE WORKED AT BARK AND I, HONESTLY, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER.
EDUCATION IS, IS THE KEY, YOU KNOW, BUT, AND ALSO PEOPLE, WE HAVE THE SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAM.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GET THEIR DOGS FIXED.
WE HAVE STRAY DOGS THAT, THAT ARE CONSTANTLY BREEDING IN YOUR AREA AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, AND SOME OF THOSE DOGS, YOU KNOW, THE MOTHER DOG WHEN SHE HAS PUPPIES CAN BE ONE OF THE MOST AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS THAT YOU'LL COME ACROSS.
BUT, UH, WE, WE ARE DEFINITELY TRYING OUR BEST.
WE HAVE A BUDGET ISSUE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY BETTER.
HEY, SIR, JUST A FOLLOW UP REGARDING THE, THE DOGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, HPD WILL RESPOND WHEN IT'S A VICIOUS ANIMAL CALL.
YOU GOT A DOG, YOU'RE TRYING TO GO IN YOUR GARAGE, YOU GOT A PIT BULL OR WHATEVER OTHER BREED SNARLING AT YOU.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN CALL AND, UH, WE WILL RESPOND TO THAT.
UM, IF IT'S A VICIOUS ANIMAL CALL, WE WILL RESPOND.
SO JUST CAPTAIN, UH, I, I WORK FOR HPD.
UM, SO YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH FISH'S ANIMAL CALL THEN? YEAH.
AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AT TIMES WE'RE LIMITED AS WELL WITH THAT.
I MEAN, BUT, BUT I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PROBABLY TACKLE LATER ON AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EQUIPPING US WITH SOME ITEMS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY RESTRAIN THESE DOGS WHEN WE GET THOSE CALLS POSSIBLY.
YEAH, THAT'S NOT HP D'S NOT GONNA EQUIP YOU WITH STUFF
UM, JUST FOR PROBABLY MORE, MORE SO FOR LIABILITY STANDPOINT.
BUT I'LL JUST TELL YOU, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN I PATROLLED, I PATROLLED ACRES, HOMES, GREENS POINT.
UH, AND OF COURSE NOW I'M OUT AT NORTHEAST, SO A LOT OF ISSUES, ANIMAL CALLS, UM, SOME OF THE, THAT DIDN'T TURN OUT SO WELL FOR THE DOG SOMETIMES, BUT, UH, AND I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO BARK.
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A PIG THAT SHOWED UP AT THE FRONT OF THE NORTHEAST DIVISION YESTERDAY DURING EVENING SHIFT, I GOT A CALL FROM MY LIEUTENANT AND SHE SAID, CAPTAIN, YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT.WE'VE GOT A, A BIG POTBELLY PIG UP AT OUR FRONT.
THEY REALLY DO A LOT OF HARD WORK.
HI, MY NAME IS BRITTANY LACEY AND I'M IN THE ROBINS LANDING COMMUNITY.
IT'S ONE OF THE NEWER COMMUNITIES OVER HERE.
AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER, BUT ON TIL WALL, THE TIL WALL AREA IS BAD AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WE NEED TO SEE MORE COMMUNITY POLICING.
WE NEED TO SEE MORE THINGS DONE.
BECAUSE LIKE TWO, THREE DAYS AGO WHEN I CALLED HPD AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE PROSTITUTION OVER THERE, THEY PUT ME ON HOLD.
THEY TOLD ME TO COME TO THE ONCE A MONTH MEETING THEY HAVE ON EVERY TUESDAY, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.
IT'S A SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET.
FOREST BROOK, WHERE MY KIDS GO.
AND WHEN YOU SEE THIS EVERY MORNING, AND THESE ARE YOUNG GIRLS.
YOUNG GIRLS, THEY COULD BE MY CHILD.
AND SOME, THESE MOTELS, THIS ALARM NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
SO I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
WE ARE, SINCE I'VE BEEN OUT HERE, THE, THE PROSTITUTION TICKETS, THE ARREST HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE ROOF.
UH, COUPLE OF THOSE MOTELS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WE GO DOWN 59 OR DOWN TIDWELL TOWARDS 59.
I KNOW THERE'S 1 25 LAWSUITS AGAINST HIM TO TRY AND GET 'EM SHUT DOWN THAT ARE IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
UM, ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT I'M, I'M VERY AWARE OF IT AND OUR GUYS ARE OUT.
UH, DRT IS GONNA BE WRITING ADDITIONAL CITATIONS, MAKING ARRESTS.
AND VICE HAS HAD A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH US.
THE PROBLEM IS THESE GALS GO TO JAIL, THEY GET OUT, THEY COME RIGHT BACK.
IT'S LIKE A, IT'S JUST LIKE A FACTORY CHURNING OUT A PRODUCT.
IT JUST, IT'S A VICIOUS CYCLE, BUT WE CONTINUE TO HIT IT.
AND I, I FEEL YOUR FRUSTRATION.
I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING OUT ABOUT IT.
HI, ANDREA COOKE RIVERWOOD CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THERE ANY KIND OF PERMITTING GUN.
WE HAVE A CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT THAT'S ON THE CORNER OF WINFIELD AND 59.
THEY WERE ALLOWED TO PUT THE CONCRETE BLOCKS UP ALL THE WAY TO THE FENCE.
SO NOW IT'S LIKE A RUSSIAN ROULETTE TO PULL OUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CANNOT SEE, I SEE THE SAME TYPE FENCING BEING ALLOWED AT HOMESTEAD AND WINFIELD.
SO THEY HAVE ALL THE STRUCTURE SET UP TO PUT ANOTHER FENCE THAT WILL BLOCK THE TRAFFIC FOR SEEING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOME KIND OF ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING.
THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PULL SOMETHING BACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE BECAUSE IT'S A DEFINITE, UH, TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTION AND SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET KILLED, ESPECIALLY ON THE FREE FREEWAY.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO ADDRESSES THAT, BUT THAT'S A REAL ISSUE.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE TOUCHING ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT ISSUES.
UM, BUT WOULD YOU GET WITH US AT THE TABLE HERE, RIGHT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE SO WE CAN GET THE SPECIFICS TO YOUR LOOKED INTO AND SEE IF WE CAN'T CLEAR IT UP.
WHICH PERSON AT THE TABLE? IT'S GONNA BE AT THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS TABLE RIGHT THERE.
MY NAME IS WALTER MALLETT AND THIS IS THE LAST QUESTION.
THIS THE LAST ONE? YES, THANK YOU.
OH, I DIDN'T SEE YOU MS. FONTANO.
COME ON UP HERE AFTER MS. FINO, THAT WILL BE IT.
BUT WE, EVERYONE STILL WILL BE HERE AT THE TABLES AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO GO AND ASK, GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, UM, ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THIS.
MY QUESTION IS, WHO CAN ADDRESS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHERE THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE IS CONCERNED? AND HOW CAN YOU GET THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE HERE TO ANSWER SOME OF THESE MUCH NEEDED QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN HAD AS FAR AS THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE IS CONCERNED? THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THIS IS ALSO STRUCTURING DISTRICT B 18 AND THE REST, BECAUSE THESE HOUSES ARE EVERYWHERE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED THESE HOUSES, A LOT OF THESE HOUSES, AND THERE'S SOME THAT HAD BEEN NO ANSWERS TO GETTING REPAIRED OR GETTING REBUILT.
SO WHEN CAN WE GET GENERAL LAND OFFICE HERE TO ANSWER SOME OF THEIR QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU GOT AN EXPERT RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
YEAH, BUT I GOT 20 IN THE FRONT THOUGH.
BUT THEY'RE NOT THE GENERAL LAND OFFICER.
BUT SO WHAT I WILL SAY TO YOU, WALTER, IS IF YOU GET WITH MARTIN, COME ON MICROPHONE.
I, I TALK LOUD BECAUSE IF YOU GET WITH VICKY MARTIN AND GIVE HER ALL THE ADDRESSES OF ANY
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RESIDENTS WHO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, THEN WHAT WE WILL DO IS GET THOSE ADDRESSES, STAY WITH ME AND WE'LL SUBMIT IT TO THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, WORK WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, AND THEY WILL GET ANSWERS TO WHATEVER THOSE CONCERNS ARE.BUT IT WORKS BETTER IF WE GIVE THEM WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE FIRST VERSUS SAYING, OKAY, LET'S HAVE A MEETING.
YOU WANT 'EM TO COME WITH QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS WHEN THEY COME MEET WITH YOU.
WELL, THIS IS THE THING WHERE THIS FORM IS RIGHT NOW.
THESE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION.
BUT WE DO HAVE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HERE SO THEY CAN ANSWER SOME QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THAT'S THE SAME THING.
HEY, THE GENERAL WE NEED QUESTION, WE NEED ANSWERS TO SOME OF THESE MUCH NEEDED QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR YEARS AND EVERYTHING, WHY THEY REJECT SO MUCH AND AT THE END OF THE YEARS AND EVERYTHING, THESE PROJECTS ARE OVER.
THEY SAY THEY BRAG ABOUT THE MONEY THAT'S LEFT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE'S SO MANY THAT BEEN DROPPED BETWEEN THE CRACKS.
SO THE GLO IS AN INDIVIDUAL BODY, UM, THAT IS STATE FUNDING THAT'S BEING PROVIDED BY WAY OF HOOD.
UH, SO THE CITY IS NOT INVOLVED WITH THE GLO.
OKAY, WELL WHY DOES THE CITY COME OUT AND DO INSPECTION AFTER THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE FINISH HOUSING? SO, SO THAT'S A PERMITTING THING.
THERE IS PERMITTING CODE, THERE'S CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT'S DONE THROUGH HPW WHEN THEY PULL PERMITS FOR THOSE PROPERTIES.
SO THAT'S AN AVENUE THAT YOU CAN GO TO.
UM, AS FAR AS I, I'LL GET YOU A CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE GLOI CAN GET YOU A PHONE NUMBER.
WE NEED THEM TO COME HERE AND ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS.
ONE PERSON VERSUS ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARE ON POINT.
THEY NEED TO COME HERE AND ADDRESS SOME OF THIS.
SO, SO, AND THEN WE HAVE STATE REP YOLANDA JONES IN HERE TOO.
SO SHE PROBABLY KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT BY, BY THE GLOBE.
AND BECAUSE, AND WE ARE GONNA FINISH UP WITH MS. MARY FONTANO AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN GO AND LIKE REALLY DIVE INTO, UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
WE WON'T HAVE TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT.
I WANT CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE DEEP RESTRICTIONS AND SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS.
I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD, MISHEARD YOU.
UM, WHEN THE QUESTION WAS, WHAT IS, HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING HOME IN A DATE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY? I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT IT COULD BE UP TO TWO SECTIONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR A GARAGE APARTMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I'M HAPPY THAT LEGAL IS HERE.
WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS AND IT SAYS SINGLE FAMILY RESTRICTED, THEN IT'S SINGLE FAMILY RESTRICTED.
BUT ALSO, AND LEGAL, PLEASE CHIME IN IF I'M WRONG, BUT IF YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS DON'T SAY ALSO EXCLUDES, UM, DUPLEXES, ADUS.
IF IT DOESN'T SPECIFY THOSE THINGS, THEN IT'S GONNA GO DOWN TO WHAT SINGLE FAMILY IS DEFINED IN CHAPTER 42.
AND THE WAY IT'S DEFINED IN CHAPTER 42, IT'S ONE HOUSE ON ONE LOT.
ONE HOUSE WITH A GARAGE APARTMENT GRANNY FLAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO SINGLE FAMILY DEFINED SINGLE FAMILY.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS A DUPLEX ON ONE LOT.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'LL COME BACK AND SAY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS DON'T INCLUDE DUPLEXES BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE FAMILIES BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DIVIDED WALL.
SO FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING COMMUNITIES WITH DEED RESTRICTIONS, ONLY BECAUSE I HAVE SOME BACKGROUND IN IT, JUST A LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN'T DEFINE WHAT A FAMILY IS, BUT IT MUST BE A STRUCTURE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A DIVIDING WALL THAT WOULD GIVE TWO SEPARATE LIVING SPACES BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU OPEN THE DOOR UP TO EXACTLY WHAT YOU DON'T WANT MULTIPLE HOMES.
SO YEAH, MULTI-FAMILY AGAIN, SO MULTI-FAMILY IS DIFFERENT FROM SINGLE FAMILY.
BUT THIS IS, THIS IS ALL ON CHAPTER 42 ORDINANCES.
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I I BUT IT'S MULTI-FAMILY AND I LIVE IN A DEED RESTRICTED COMMUNITY.
UH, WHEN WE ENFORCE DEED RESTRICTIONS HIGH AS THE CITY, UH, WE LOOK AT WHAT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS SAY.
IF THERE ARE NO DEED RESTRICTIONS, WHICH SOMETIMES THERE ARE NO DEED RESTRICTIONS, THEN IT JUST IS THE BUILDING CODE.
THE BUILDING CODE SAYS SINGLE FAMILY CAN BE A DUPLEX.
BUT IF I'M LOOKING AT DEED RESTRICTIONS, I DON'T EVEN LOOK AT THAT.
THE, THE DEED, I JUST LOOK AT WHAT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS SAY AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE FROM THE 1935 AND THEY SAY MOST OF THEM ARE RIGHT.
AND THEY SAY, ESPECIALLY UP HERE, THEY SAY SINGLE FAMILY ONLY.
THAT MEANS NO DUPLEXES, YOU KNOW.
BUT, BUT IT'S, IT'S GETS SOMETIMES COMPLICATED.
SO EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS DIFFERENT.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND WE WON'T KNOW UNLESS YOU SUBMIT A COMPLAINT.
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AGAIN, SUBMIT YOUR COMPLAINTS.IF THERE'S A HOUSE YOU THINK VIOLATE SEED RESTRICTIONS, CALL THAT NUMBER.
I SAID I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU AGAIN IF YOU NEED IT, LET US KNOW AND WE'RE HAPPY TO LOOK AT IT.
IT'S 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 3 3 3 FOR DEED RESTRICTION COMPLAINTS.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP IT IF YOU DON'T TELL US IT'S HAPPENING.
I JUST WANT, WANT CLARIFICATION.
MARY FONT KNOW, AND Y'ALL, EVERYONE KNOWS SHE WORKS FOR, UM, REPRESENTATIVE HAROLD DUTTON'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU, UM, FOR COMING OUT.
AND SO BEFORE WE CLOSE, I DO WANT TO UM, MAKE SURE I REMIND YOU ALL TO SEND YOUR RESUMES IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THE DISTRICT B EEC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UM, WHICH WILL BE THE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR ERSING, THE DISTRICT B MASTER PLAN.
UM, I'VE, WE'VE ACTUALLY INTRODUCED THE MASTER PLAN SEVERAL TIMES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
IF YOU'RE NOT, UM, FAMILIAR WITH IT, VISIT HOUSTON DISTRICT B.COM.
I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT, UM, UM, WEBSITE.
BUT WE'LL GET THE WEBSITE FOR YOU.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THIS, YOUR PRIORITIES OR MOVING FORWARD AND WE NEED A COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY, UM, WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION COMING IN.
AND THEN SECONDLY, I WANT TO GIVE REPRESENTATIVE YOLANDA JONES JUST A BRIEF MINUTE TO JUST GREET YOU GUYS JUST BRIEFLY.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE'RE GONNA CLOSE OUT WITH THE PRAYER WITH UM, KEITH, BUT MR. KEITH DOWNING AND THEN YOU'LL BE OPENED UP TO GO.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO THE TABLES AND CHAT WITH UM, OUR AMAZING PANEL.
UM, I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY TIRED, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
I'LL KEEP SAYING IT 'CAUSE I'M SLEEPY, SO I KNOW Y'ALL SLEEPY, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND THIS IS LIKE REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR, FOR YOUR TIME.
I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS GONNA LET ME SPEAK.
I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY.
I'M A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR HOUSE DISTRICT 1 47.
WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS, THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE IS A STATE OFFICE, SO THE CITY CAN'T MAKE THEM COME DOWN HERE.
AND THE TRUTH IS, THE STATE UNDER GOVERNOR ABBOTT DOES NOT LIKE THE CITY OF HOUSTON OR HARRIS COUNTY.
SO I THINK THAT THE BEST THING TO DO.
I'M HAPPY TO WHEREVER THE GENTLEMAN IS WHO IS SPEAKING, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT HOW WE CAN TRY TO HELP YOU, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY LOVE FOR, FOR HOUSTON.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO CHAPTER 42, SINCE I HELPED WRITE PART OF THE PART OF CHAPTER 42 WHEN I WAS ON CITY COUNCIL, UH, RELATED TO MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND, AND AND SETBACK TO TRY TO STOP ALL THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT AND BUILD ALL THESE MCMANSIONS THAT CAUSE FLOODING, WHICH IS A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY.
I WAS TRYING TO LOOK UP THE CHAPTER 42 SECTION THAT DEFINES WHAT SINGLE FAMILY IS.
BUT THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GONNA DO IS LOOK AT YOUR DEED RESTRICTION.
I'M A LAWYER IN MY DAY JOB BY THE WAY.
THEY'RE GONNA LOOK TO SEE IF YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE ACTIVE.
'CAUSE THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE NOT ACTIVE.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GONNA DO.
IF THEY'RE ACTIVE, THEN THEY'RE GONNA SEE WHAT YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS DEFINE WHATEVER AS IF THEY'RE NOT ACTIVE.
THEY'RE GONNA DEFAULT TO CHAPTER 42.
SO IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH, UH, RESIDENCES OR WHATEVER THAT YOU BELIEVE ARE SINGLE FAMILY OR NOT SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTI-FAMILY, YOU NEED TO GET YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS UP TO CODE IS JUST THAT SIMPLE BECAUSE REGULATING AGENCIES LITERALLY CAN'T MAKE SOMEBODY DO STUFF IF THERE'S NOT A LAW THAT THEY'RE BREAKING LIKE OFFICIALLY.
THAT'S JUST HOW THE LAW WORKS.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS JOLANDA JONES.
I JUST WANTED TO LISTEN TO THE ISSUES ON THE NORTH SIDE.
I'M LISTENING AND I'M HERE TO HELP YOU, UM, IF YOU'RE IN MY DISTRICT.
AND, UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I HAVE TO REP, UM, RECOGNIZE OUR HONORABLE MAXINE SEALS.
HOW YOU DOING MS. SEALS? IN FACT, ONE OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE WAS GETTING THIS GYM NAMED AFTER MR. FRANK SEALS GYMNASIUM.
SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU MS. SEALS.
I WANT TO THANK, LET'S GIVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER A HAND PLEASE.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE HERE AS WELL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE, UH, NEAR NEAR THE WEEKEND, UH, LATE AT NIGHT.
AS YOU CAN TELL, DISTRICT B IS FRUSTRATED.
AND SO COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU FOR THIS BECAUSE WE NEED MORE OF THIS GIVEN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT WE ARE IN.
PEOPLE JUST WANT A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.
THEY DON'T WANT YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS OF FRUSTRATION DEALING WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS OVER AND OVER AND
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OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GETTING OUT HERE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES.
THANK YOU FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND HER STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTATIVE JONES COMING OUT.
FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S TRYING TO BRING A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE PRAY THE LORD THAT THOSE ARE NOT WORKING TOGETHER WILL START WAKING UP TOMORROW MORNING AND OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND WORK CLOSER WITH SOMEONE THAN THEY DID TODAY.
WHERE DE LORD, WE ASK PRAYERS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR DISTRICT, FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, OUR CITY, OUR STATE, AND DON S SHOW, OUR COUNTRY DE LORD.
PLEASE BE WITH US AND GUIDE US.
PLEASE KEEP US SAFE AS WE LEAVE HERE ON THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS.