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GO AHEAD.NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY YOU WERE GONNA SEND ME INFORMATION, UH, ON HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
UH, I PROUD TO ANNOUNCE, I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE A RECEIVED A SPONSOR THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND YOUR NEW NEWS UNDER THE, IN THE MEETING, HUH?
AND I WILL USE THAT THEN TO, UH, GET SOME SNACKS.
A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE DECEMBER MEETING.
UH, THAT'S, THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THAT.
'CAUSE THEY ARE GOING ACCORDING TO LETICIA, THEY, I, I DON'T KNOW.
LET HER EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT YEAH.
FILL IT IN AT THE MEETING WHERE EVERYBODY CAN HEAR.
[Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting on November 10, 2025.]
GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.GUYS, LOOK, LET ME PULL UP MY AGENDA ON MY SIDE SO THAT I CAN SEE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY ON OUR NOVEMBER MEETING.
WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING LEFT FOR 2026.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS IT ON OVER TO AMY SO THAT SHE CAN COMPLETE ROLL CALL AND THEN WE'LL GET ON IN.
I'M GOING TO CALL OUT, UH, THE NAMES OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ATTENDED ONE OR MORE OF THE LAST FOUR MEETINGS.
UM, IF YOU ARE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AND ARE PRESENT, PLEASE UH, ANNOUNCE YOUR, UH, PRESENCE, UH, WHEN YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORS CALLED.
UM, IF YOU ARE JOINING US BY PHONE, UH, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN, UM, THE CHAT SO WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE, UH, HERE.
AND UM, I'M GONNA START WITH THE ROLL CALL NOW.
SO, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE GREATER INWOOD.
SCOTT, OUR MEMORIAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
REPRESENTATIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
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SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63.THIS IS AMY DENS PRESENT FOR 64.
KEN ROGERS, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IS, ARE THERE ANY SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE MISSED IN THE ROLL CALL THAT WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY'RE PRESENT? AMY, MY NAME IS PAM CAMPBELL AND I AM, UH, UH, HERE FOR THE MUSEUM PARK SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER THAT IS.
KATHLEEN O'REILLY IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
WELL, I'M REPRESENTING NUMBER 66 THEN.
I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CHAIR.
ALRIGHT GUYS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA AND ADD APPROVAL OF MINUTES TO ADD SEPTEMBER.
SO WE WILL BE APPROVING SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, UM, MINUTES.
AT THIS TIME, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADJUSTMENTS? WE'LL START WITH SEPTEMBER.
I SEE SOMEONE'S HAND, UM, JUST SAYS GS OH, IT'S GREG.
IT RELATES TO MY REPLY ON TUESDAY MORNING TO THE EMAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT ON MONDAY EVENING.
THAT THAT REPLY HAS NOT BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED.
IT HAS ONLY BEEN RADIO SILENCE.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO NOTE A COUPLE SENTENCES FROM THE DAWN 2024 PROGRAM GUIDELINES.
DISCOURTEOUS AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIORS CAN INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LACK OF COMMUNICATION, NOT KEEPING TEAM MEMBERS INFORMED, IGNORING MESSAGES OR WITHHOLDING IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND MISSED DEADLINES, CONSISTENTLY FAILING TO MEET DEADLINES WITHOUT PRIOR COMMUNICATION OR VALID REASONS.
OKAY? ONE, ONE OF THE ITEMS NOTED IN MY EMAIL WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE NOTICE WAS SENT OUT THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR THIS MEETING TO BE PROPERLY HELD.
THE BYLAWS ARE CLEAR ON THIS REQUIREMENT, BUT PERHAPS I CAN MAKE THE REASONING FOR THE NOTICE REQUIREMENT A BIT CLEARER.
AS AMY DIN POSTED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
MANY MAY BE MISLED UNINTENTIONALLY OR OTHERWISE INTO A BAD DECISION BASED ON POORLY VETTED INFORMATION.
I THINK THAT EVERYONE WOULD AGREE THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED NOTICE IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING.
OTHERWISE, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MEETING IF YOU WERE HOSTING A PARTY BUT DIDN'T INVITE ANYONE? YOUR PARTY WOULD BE P PRETTY LONELY.
WELL, UH, NOT ONLY IS IT A GOOD IDEA, BUT IT'S ALSO REQUIRED UNDER TEXAS LAW.
SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHEN THE NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN AND WHEN DOES IT, WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO TELL YOU? FOR MANY ORGANIZATIONS, THE LAW IS SPECIFIC ASSET TIMING.
FOR EXAMPLE, HOA DIRECTORS MEETINGS SPECIFICALLY AT LEAST SIX DAYS IN ADVANCE.
FOR THE SNA, WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR BYLAWS, WHICH GOVERNS HOW WE HAVE TO OPERATE.
IN SECTION TWO OF ARTICLES, EIGHT STATES, THE CHAIR, SECRETARY, OR OTHER DESIGNATED OFFICER OR APPOINTEE SHALL SEND WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE LAST KNOWN PHYSICAL OR EMAIL ADDRESS OF AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH ACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO ANY GENERAL MEETING.
NOTICE SHALL SPECIFY THE TIME, PLACE, AND IF KNOWN AGENDA OF THE MEETING.
IF THIS IS NOT DONE, THEN PROPER NOTICE HASN'T BEEN GIVEN.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF PROPER NOTICE ISN'T GIVEN? WELL, UNDER TEXAS LAW, NO ACTION BE, CAN BE TAKEN AT THAT MEETING.
YOU CAN HOLD THE MEETING, BUT YOU CAN'T VOTE ON ANYTHING.
WELL, YOU MIGHT SAY, HEY, WELL LET'S HAVE THE MEETING VOTE ON MATTERS.
THERE'S NO ONE THE MEETING'S COMPLAINING.
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NOT ONLY DOES THAT DEFEAT THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW, IT IS AGAINST THE LAW.FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT IF YOU JUST LET THE PEOPLE YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE MEETING, KNOW ABOUT IT? YOU KEEP IT QUIET FROM EVERYONE ELSE.
UH, EVEN IF YOUR FRIENDS GET YOU TO THE QUORUM REQUIREMENTS, THAT DOES NOT MAKE THE MEETING LEGAL.
SO IF YOU VIOLATE THE BYLAWS, REPERCUSSIONS OCCUR.
IN THIS CASE, UNDER TEXAS LAW, NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN.
WE'RE NOT GOVERNED BY THE OPEN MEETINGS.
ZACH, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? HOLD, HOLD ON.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA LET, I'M, I'M GIMME JUST ONE, ONE MOMENT.
WE'RE GONNA LET HIM FINISH HIS DISSERTATION.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WITH THE EXTENT OF THIS CONVERSATION IS MOST PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET LOST IN HIS POINT.
SO IF YOU COULD PERHAPS STATE THE POINT, UM, THEN WE CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION IF THAT IS INDEED A QUESTION.
BUT I I THINK THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GONNA GET LOST 'CAUSE WE HAVE NO CLUE MOST PEOPLE AS TO WHAT YOU'RE GOING AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WELL, THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO SET IT OUT PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT PERHAPS IT'S NOT SIMPLE.
WELL, SIMPLE, SIMPLE IS SIMPLE.
SIMPLE IS SAYING WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE IT'S GOING ON TOO LONG.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT I, WHAT I BELIEVE IN EFFORT TO ASSIST EVERYONE ELSE THAT'S TAKING TIME OUTTA THEIR DAY TO ATTEND THIS MEETING.
I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IMPROPER NOTICE WAS GIVEN ALL THOSE SEVEN DAYS, THE NOTICE WAS SENT OUT SEVEN DAYS PRIOR, FIVE DAYS PRIOR, AND THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
SO IF YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I JUST PARAPHRASED AND LET, WAS IT SENT FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, SEVEN DAYS, FIVE DAYS, AND THREE DAYS.
SOMEONE JUST RAISED THEIR HAND.
GREG, I, AS I TOLD YOU BEFORE, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I'M GONNA BE VERY CLEAR.
I'M GONNA BE VERY CLEAR WITH YOU ONCE AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA MUTE YOU DURING THIS MEETING, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, I'M NOT GONNA GO BACK, BACK AND FORTH WITH YOU IF I SAID THAT I DID SOMETHING.
IF YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE IT, BUT WE HAVE OTHER MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THIS CALL THAT DID, YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE THIS MEETING UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ATTEND.
IF THERE WAS RADIO SILENCE ON YOUR EMAIL, THAT MEANS I DIDN'T RECEIVE IT, NOR MAYBE I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO RESPOND TO IT.
BUT I KNOW FOR SURE BECAUSE THE MEETINGS ARE SET ON A INVITE.
I SET THEM TO GO OUT AND THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO GO OUT.
SO THAT WAY WE DON'T MISS YOUR TIMELINE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOUR DISSERTATIONS ON THESE, ON THESE CALLS.
NOW, I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY POLITE TO YOU, BUT I'M NOT GONNA PUT UP WITH THIS EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY MEETING.
THAT IS JUST NOT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WE HAVE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THIS CALL THAT HAS VERY LIMITED TIME FOR IT.
LETITIA, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T WANNA BE MUTED, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT DONE.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE MUTED, YOU WOULD KEEP YOUR COMMENTS BRIEF AS I WILL ON MY AGENDA AND IT WILL BE RELATIVE TO THE AGENDA.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO DO IS APPROVE MINUTES.
WHAT YOU ARE SPEAKING OF IS A TIMELINE AT WHICH AN EMAIL WENT OUT AND WE ALL KNOW THAT IT WENT OUT AS WELL AS GOOGLE
SO IF YOU ARE SPEAKING, IF YOU'RE MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO SAY ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT I JUST PARAPHRASED, I WILL ALLOW YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
BUT WHAT WE WILL NOT DO IS ALLOW YOU TO COMPARE THIS MEETING TO ANY OTHER MEETING AND REFERENCE OTHER BYLAWS THAT DO NOT PERTAIN TO OUR BYLAWS.
I DON'T BELIEVE, FIRST OF ALL, PLEASE LET ME, SO GO AHEAD WITH YOUR STATEMENT AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON.
FIRST OF ALL, SOMEBODY BROUGHT ABOUT OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THIS IS NOT APPLIED TO THIS, THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.
AND THERE WAS NO NOTICE SENT OUT TO EVERYBODY AS REQUIRED FIVE DAYS I WOULD'VE RECEIVED IT.
AND DID YOU RECEIVE IT SEVEN DAYS BEFORE? YES, I RECEIVED SOMETHING.
THAT DISCREDITS EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU SAID, THERE IS NO NEED FOR A PRIVATE MEETING BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN IT SEVEN DAYS BEFORE.
GREG, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE GOING MOVING INTO APPROVING SEPTEMBER MINUTES.
GREG, YOU'RE NOT GONNA OVER TALK ME.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
LEMME, I MADE EVERY ATTEMPT TO, I MADE EVERY ATTEMPT.
I HAVE MADE EVERY ATTEMPT TO, TO ENTERTAIN YOU.
I WILL DIS YOU JUST CUT ME OFF.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON AND, UM, LET'S APPROVE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THE SEPTEMBER MEETING? MINUTES? OKAY.
UM, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER ME MINUTES? SO MOTION TO APPROVE.
AND THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 15, KEVIN.
AND CAN WE GET A SECOND MOTION? MOTION
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SECOND BY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 36.OH, YOUR, IS YOUR HAND BEING RAISED BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING THE MOTION OR APPROVING? YES.
ANYONE OTHER THAN GREG OPPOSED, WHICH I'M SURE HE IS.
AND I'LL TAKE HIM OFF MUTE SO THAT HE CAN OPPOSE.
I'M NOT OPPOSING, WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU WERE NOT AT THE MEETING LAST MONTH, SO YOU DID NOT HEAR WHAT HAPPENED.
WHAT HAPPENED? I, THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING SOMETHING.
LETICIA, I HAVE THE FLOOR FOR A SECOND.
DID YOU REVIEW THE RECORDING? MAYBE NOT.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT MEETING WAS, I HAD SEVERAL COMMENTS ABOUT IT.
ABOUT, THEY SAID, PLEASE SEND THE COMMENTS IN.
I DID THAT SAME NIGHT ON LAST TUESDAY.
I'VE HAD RECEIVED NO COMMENTS AT ALL ABOUT IT.
SO I'M, I'M DOING EXACTLY AS YOU SAY, PEOPLE WANT THE COMMENTS IN AND NOW YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO ROUGH, OVERWHELMING BULLYING US INTO JUST APPRO MINUTES WHEN THESE CORRECTIONS HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED.
SO WHAT I, WHAT I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO IS SPEAK FOR ANYONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF.
SO BULLY YOU MAY FEEL AS THOUGH I AM BULLYING YOU, WHICH I HAVE NO INTENTION ON DOING THAT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I DESPISE BULLIES.
BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT YOU DO ON THESE CALLS AND THAT WE WILL NOT TOLERATE.
SO IF I WILL GO BACK AND I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR EMAILS AND I WILL BE SURE, AS I HAVE ALWAYS SINCE I'VE HELD THIS POSITION, THIS CHAIR, I HAVE ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGED YOUR EMAILS AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
NO, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE NOT.
THERE'S PLENTY OF UNANSWERED EMAILS, LETICIA.
AND ALL I DO HOLD IS WHAT, WHAT I'M GONNA DO ABOUT THIS BEFORE I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, THIS IS WHAT I WON'T PUT UP WITH.
IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, STOP BOTH OF YOU.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S TALKING.
BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS GIVE YOU A CALL AGAIN AFTER THIS MEETING AND THEN YOU AND I CAN ADDRESS WHATEVER ISSUE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE.
NOW, GOING BACK OCTOBER MINUTES, PLEASE, WE COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND THANK YOU ACT OCTOBER MEETING.
OCTOBER MINUTES ARE UP FOR APPROVAL.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DO WE HAVE ANY CHANGES? I HAVE, I HAVE A, THERE'S CHANGE.
I'M THE, I'M THE ONE THAT ADJOURN, UM, LED THE MEETING AND UH, SO WHERE IT SAYS LETICIA OPENED AND ADJOURNED, IT NEEDS TO BE ME.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GETTING BACK TO YOU EARLIER WITH THAT.
WELL, THAT WAS NO PROBLEM, JACK.
AND THEN SYLVIA, UH, OTHER THAN THE CHANGES THAT CHERYL MENTIONED, I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? BEVERLY J SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 68.
UM, ANY, ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE APPROVED, AYE.
AND THAT IS, THIS IS GREG BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN PERFECT.
GREG HAS OPPOSED WE MARK THAT DOWN.
GREG HAS OPPOSED, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT, NOW LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE RIGHT ALONG.
DO WE HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS? I THINK THAT CHERYL YOU JUST MENTIONED MAKING THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE MEETING MINUTES.
IS THERE ANYTHING FROM LAST MEETING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS DURING THIS MEETING? OKAY, SO GUYS, I MISSED LAST MEETING JUST AS AN UPDATE.
I MISSED LAST MEETING BECAUSE OCTOBER 13TH, UH, 2025 WAS OFFICIALLY NAMED LETICIA GRANT DAY.
AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS A CELEBRATING, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER.
JERRY DAVIS, UH, NOT JERRY DAVIS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, WE, WILLIE DAVIS WILLIE, YES.
AND IT IS OFFICIALLY, UM, LETICIA GRANT DAY ON OCTOBER 13TH.
SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, UNFORTUNATELY I DID MISS THIS MEETING.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID EXPLAIN TO HIM IS THAT, UM, SIR, YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE MEETING.
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AND UM, PLEASE DO NOT SCHEDULE ANYTHING ELSE DURING THAT TIME.SO, 'CAUSE HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE TO THIS MEETING AS WELL.
HE USUALLY IS EXACTLY, BUT HE HAD HIS TOWN HALL MEETING THAT NIGHT.
BUT, UM, I JOKINGLY LET HIM KNOW THAT WE WANNA SEE HIM HERE AND, UM, NOT SCHEDULING OTHER EVENTS DURING THE TIME OF OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD LINES MEETING.
UM, AND IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN OUR AGENDA TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO GET US BACK ON THE SCHEDULE AT WHICH WE SHOULD BE ON.
UM, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR GETTING OUR, UM, DOUG, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR GETTING OUR LOCATION.
EVERYONE WILL SEE IN THE AGENDA.
SO THIS MEANS THAT YOU ALL ARE GIVEN 30 DAYS NOTICE IN ADDITION TO WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR EMAIL, UM, OF WHERE OUR MEETING WILL BE HELD, BECAUSE WE WANNA BE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS IN ATTENDANCE AND THAT YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO PLAN.
SO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AGENDA, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE MEETING LOCATION WILL BE 1 1 9 0 3 BELAIRE BOULEVARD.
AND THAT IS, UH, AND, AND DOUG MADE SURE THAT I PUT THIS IN HERE AT THE CORNER OF BELAIRE IN SOUTH KIRKWOOD.
SO WE DO INVITE EVERYONE OUT TO THAT MEETING MEETING.
IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL MEETING.
UM, AND THAT SPONSOR HAS AGREED TO SUPPORT US IN, IN A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UH, THE, THE SPONSORSHIP IS A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
SO I THINK THAT WE CAN, UM, PUT THAT TO WORK.
AND THAT IS COURTESY OF THE CLEARINGHOUSE, CDFI AND THAT'S THE CLEARINGHOUSE, CDFI.
SO THEY WILL BE PRESENT OF COURSE IN EXCHANGE FOR THEM FUNDING OUR DINNER OR OUR LIGHT DINNER.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF A THOUSAND'S GONNA BE ENOUGH TO FEED EVERYONE HEAVY, BUT WE'LL DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO STRETCH IT.
UM, IN EXCHANGE THEY'VE ASKED THAT WE GIVE THEM 20 MINUTES TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CDFI AND ALL THAT THE CDFIS, UM, DO IN COMMUNITIES AND HOW THEY CAN HELP US WITH SOME FUNDING OR POTENTIAL FUNDING AND SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY DO.
AND HOW IT CAN BE BENEFICIAL TO US.
UH, PRIS, PRISCILLA, I THANK YOU.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, ARE YOU SAYING CDFI AND IF THAT'S AN ACRONYM, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? YES, IT IS AN ACRONYM AND I AM SAYING CDFI, I DO APOLOGIZE.
I HAVE A VERY STRONG SOUTHERN ACCENT SOMETIMES.
AND IT'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THAT? AND YOUR NOTICES WILL GO OUT JUST AS NORMAL.
I WILL SCHEDULE THEM TO GO OUT, SO DON'T STRESS.
I'LL ALSO GET, UM, THE UPDATED AGENDA SENT, UM, TO YOU AS WELL.
UM, FOR THE DECEMBER MEETING, IT'S GOING TO BE A LIGHT MEETING, UM, THAT IS THE ONLY PRESENTER FOR THE DAY.
AND, UM, AS OUR TYPICAL FASHION, OUR DECEMBER IS OUR HOLIDAY EVENT, SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STILL ABLE TO CELEBRATE EACH OTHER, UM, WHILE HEARING FROM THEM.
AND WE MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE FACILITY, BUT WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THOSE DETAILS.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, CATHERINE.
GUYS, WE HAVE HAD A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE CALENDAR FOR VOTING.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT I'VE SCHEDULED SEVERAL EVENTS AT MY MULTI-SERVICE CENTER THAT HAD TO BE CANCELED, ARE POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THE VOTING BLOCKS.
SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY, IT'S ALMOST LIKE MUSICAL CHAIRS OF POSITIONS RIGHT NOW, AND THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT POSITIONS.
WHAT WE DID DURING OUR PLANNING MEETING IS JUST SAID THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE A SECTION ON HERE THAT JUST SAYS VOTER UPDATES.
UM, BECAUSE FROM MONTH TO MONTH, WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
UM, AS WE KNOW FOR CD NINE 18, UM, WE HAVE IN THE RUNOFFS, UM, WE HAVE CHRISTIAN MENIFEE AND AMANDA EDWARDS.
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WE ALSO HAVE HCC BOARD OF TRUSTEE POSITION TWO, UM, TWO CANDIDATES THAT ARE STILL RUNNING FOR THAT.UM, IT IS STILL UNDECIDED OR WHEN I, UM, WHEN SOMEONE SPOKE WITH SYLVIA, UM, CD 29, SHE STATED THAT, THAT SHE'S STILL HOPING THAT THEY OVERTURNED THE NEWLY DRAWN MAP.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE FLOOR.
I DON'T KNOW, CHERYL, IF YOU WANTED TO KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE VOTER UPDATES OR IF ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PLANNING COMMITTEE WANTED TO DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
BUT WE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THAT WAS ON THE FOREFRONT FOR OUR LEADERS.
BASICALLY, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE ENCOURAGES EVERY THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET OUT AND VOTE.
THE, UH, WE, WE ONLY HAVE A VOICE IF WE GO TO THE POLLS AND CAST OUR VOTES.
AND THE, YOU COULD TELL FROM THE MEDIA THAT THE VOTER TURNOUT WAS LOW, AS IT ALWAYS TENDS TO BE IN THESE TYPES OF ELECTIONS.
AND SO WE JUST REALLY CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY TO HAVE EDUCATION ON THESE RACES AND TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS TO GET OUT AND VOTE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, CHERYL.
UM, IF ANYONE ON HERE IS A PRECINCT CHAIR, DO WE HAVE ANY PRECINCT CHAIRS ON THE CALL? JACK, JACK? I'M NOT A PRECINCT CHAIR, BUT I VOLUNTEERED OUTSIDE THE METROPOLITAN MULTI-SERVICE CENTER FOR MOST OF THIS CYCLE AS MORE PEOPLE VOTED ON ELECTION DAY THAN EVERYBODY VOTED ON EARLY VOTING.
AND THE LINES AT THAT CENTER ON ELECTION DAY WERE LONGER THAN I'VE EVER SEEN, INCLUDING 2008.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
PRISCILLA, I SEE YOUR HAND UP AS WELL.
RIGHT? I WAS JUST, UM, ADDING TO THE CONVERSATION THAT I'M A PRECINCT CHAIR.
AND WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN YOUR PRECINCT? WE SAW A HIGHER THAN NORMAL VOTER TURNOUT.
UM, WE HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST PRECINCT TURNOUTS IN HARRIS COUNTY, SO IT WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO SEE.
I THINK WE HAD MAYBE TWICE THE AMOUNT THAT WE NORMALLY DO, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY NEXT, NEXT YEAR WE'LL GET AN UPTICK IN TURNOUT.
OH, I'M SO, I'M SO IMPRESSED THAT, THAT SOME OF THE PRECINCTS ARE SEEING MORE.
YEAH, I, I SAW QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY AT OUR MULTI-SERVICE CENTER THIS YEAR.
NOW I WILL SAY I AGREE WITH JACK THAT, UM, EARLY VOTING, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY SLOW.
UM, AND I, I, I APPRECIATE EARLY VOTING BECAUSE WHEN I WAS A VERY YOUNG VOTER, YOU KNOW, MUCH YOUNGER THAN I AM RIGHT NOW, UM, IT WAS ON ELECTION DAY.
THE LINE WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
SO, UM, THE, SO I, WHEN I GOT A LITTLE BIT OLDER, I MADE SURE THAT I EARLY WENT TO EARLY VOTING AND THAT WAS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GET IN AND GET OUT.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY NOW OFTENTIMES I ARRIVE AND IT LITERALLY IS JUST ME INSIDE.
UM, SO I ALSO DID SEE AN UPTICK IN INDIVIDUALS SHOWING UP TO VOTE ON THE DAY, ON ELECTION DAY.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS COMMUNITY LEADERS, PRECINCT CHAIRS, AND EVEN THE CANDIDATES TO ENCOURAGE THE INDIVIDUALS TO VOTE.
I WILL ALSO SAY IN OUR DISTRICT, IT WAS A CONCERN ABOUT GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS PARTICULAR, THE SPECIAL ELECTION BECAUSE THEY DID NOT REALIZE THAT THEY WERE INDEED STILL IMPACTED BY WHOM WON THIS RACE.
UM, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE MAP, THERE'S A PROPOSED MAP OUT THERE, THEY'RE HOPING TO OVERTURN IT.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT IS STILL WHO YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALLY IS.
SO I THINK THAT THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION.
I THINK THAT THERE IS PROBABLY MORE VOTERS CONFUSION OUT THERE, UM, THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
UH, BUT I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE ON THE BALLOT THAN WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.
SO EVEN US MAYBE TRYING TO, UM, MAYBE SOMETIME NEXT YEAR AS A, YOU KNOW, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE TRYING TO FORMULATE A MESSAGE THAT WE CAN GET OUT TO THE MASSES.
UM, AND, AND THAT CAN BE WHERE DO YOU GO TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, ULTIMATELY WE DON'T WANNA TELL PEOPLE WHO TO VOTE FOR, BUT WE JUST WANT THEM TO BE PRESENT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT DOING, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR AS A
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SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WOULD IN, WOULD AGREE TO.EVEN SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO OUR PRECINCT CHAIRS.
ANYTHING ELSE HERE AT, UM, VOTER UPDATES? I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE IS JUST READY TO GO HAVE DINNER OR IF THEY JUST GOT EXHAUSTED FROM THE START OF OUR MEETING, BUT I'M JUST GETTING STARTED.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, PRESIDENTS.
OKAY, WELL THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO GUYS, FOR OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT OUR PREVIOUS CHAIR WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, ENSURING THAT WE HAD COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND THESE COMMITTEE CHAIRS WOULD THEN GIVE BACK COMMITTEE REPORTS.
WELL, SINCE THEN, SO MUCH HAS TRANSPIRED.
UM, WE EVEN HAD AT, AT LARGE POSITION FOUR OPEN.
UM, SO MUCH HAS TRANSPIRED SINCE THEN.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE BACK AT THE MOOT MUSICAL CHAIRS.
SO WHAT I HAD NOT DONE IS POSTED AND SHARED WITH EVERYONE, UM, BASICALLY A TEMPLATE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO REPORT THE INFORMATION.
UM, THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO COMMITTEE CHAIRS, YOU DO STILL HOLD THAT TITLE.
UM, BUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS, UM, FOR YOU TO BE THE PERSON TO PROVIDE US WITH A BRIEF UPDATE DURING THESE MEETINGS OF ANYTHING THAT WE AS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF.
I WILL PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH A TEMPLATE FOR, UM, OUR DECEMBER MEETING.
UM, UH, I WAS HOPING TO HAVE IT FOR YOU TODAY, BUT I MYSELF NEED TO KIND OF KNOW I I HAD THE INTENTION OF GOING TO THE HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT MEETING, UM, BUT I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT AT THE LAST MINUTE, SO I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND.
AND THAT SEEMS TO BE KIND OF THE, THE, THE, THE RUNNING TAIL ABOUT THINGS THAT GO ON AND THAT WE FIND OUT A LITTLE LATE.
SO I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND SO THAT I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A LAYOUT, BUT I WILL BE SURE TO GET THAT TO YOU PRIOR TO OUR IN-PERSON MEETING.
IT'LL BE SENT TO YOU VIA EMAIL JUST SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE JUST A, A QUICK GLIMPSE.
BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS WE JUST WANT, UM, BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE ALL PLACES ALL TIMES.
SO WITH THAT, WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS JUST COME BACK, REPORT TO US AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON IN HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THIS IS WHAT I THINK YOU NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR AND BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT? DOUG? SOUNDS GOOD? YES.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA SAY SOMETHING.
WELL, I, WELL, I COULD SAY, I COULD SAY, NOW I'VE GOT TWO SPEAKERS GOING.
I WAS AT A MEETING, UH, WHAT WAS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE? BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS.
AND I LEARNED THAT MEETING THAT THE POLICE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO ENFORCE YARD BARK, YARD PARKING, UH, ORDINANCES.
AND THERE SEEMED TO BE A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHO WAS GOING TO ENFORCE IT.
NOBODY SEEMED TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT WAS GONNA WORK, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT.
'CAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WATCH.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT I WORKED MY TAIL OFF TO GET THE ORDINANCE PASSED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT GO BY THE WAYSIDE.
SO I'LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THAT.
AND THAT'S, AND YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR.
THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE MISSED IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES.
UM, AND ANYONE THAT HAS ATTENDED THAT MEETING OR THAT CHAIR THAT HAS ATTENDED THAT MEETING, BEING ABLE TO REPORT THAT INFORMATION.
UH, HOW FAR BACK DO YOU WANT US TO GO IN TERMS OF OUR REPORTING, AT LEAST INITIALLY FOR DECEMBER? OH, IT'D BE JUST FOR ME.
DO YOU WANT US TO, TO, SO JUST I DON'T THE MOST RECENT MEETING.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO TRY AND THANK YOU.
DIG UP INFORMATION TO YEAH, IT'D BE JUST A RECENT MEETING.
WELL, WE'RE GOING INTO NEW BUSINESS SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE.
UM, HAD I BEEN HERE IN OCTOBER, I WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL.
UH, WE HOSTED OUR FOURTH ANNUAL DINNER IN WA
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IN ACRES HOMES, AND IT WAS FABULOUS.FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE FRIENDS WITH ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I DID POST AND I WAS SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR TURNOUT.
WE WERE AT STANDING ROOM ONLY AND ANYTIME YOU CAN GET STANDING ROOM ONLY IN YOUR COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT.
AND I DEFINITELY FELT GOOD ABOUT IT.
EVERYONE WAS THERE DRESSED IN ALL BLACK, UM, ENJOYING HEALTHY EATING OPTIONS.
SO THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS DEFINITELY A GOOD, A GOOD FEEL GOOD EVENT.
AND IT WAS HOSTED DURING OUR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING.
AND IT'S ALSO A FUNDRAISER FOR US.
AMY, I JUST WANT TO REPORT OUT ON OUR LAWNDALE DOG PARK PARTY THAT WAS HOSTED BY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 64 AND 88.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, DOGS HAVE NEVER HAD SO MUCH FUN.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ KICKED US OFF WITH SOME WONDERFUL REMARKS.
THE PARKS BOARD WAS THERE, AND, UM, ALSO IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, PARKS RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRES OR CIVIC CLUB PRESIDENTS FROM THE AREA THERE.
BUT WE HAD DOGS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF DOGS.
WE HAD A DOG PARADE AND WE HAD CAKE WALKS, MULTIPLE CAKE WALKS WITH THE DOGS, AND IT WAS JUST A LOT OF FUN.
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE DOGS IN COSTUMES PARADING AROUND THE BRAND NEW DOG PUCK.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OUT AND CHECK IT OUT.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR EAST END DOG PARK.
YOU KNOW, AMY, WHEN I SAW THE FLYER, I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A FABULOUS EVENT AND UNFORTUNATELY I WAS OUT OF TOWN THAT WEEKEND ON BUSINESS, BUT JUST BY THE EXPRESSION ON YOUR FACE, I THINK THAT IT WAS PROBABLY MORE EXCITING THAN I ANTICIPATED THAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN.
YOU SET HIGH BAR FOR EVERYBODY.
OH, SO YOU YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT ON CHERYL? NO, I WAS, I HAD A COMMITMENT WITH FAMILY COMMITMENT, BUT I SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM AMY AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED, AND EVERYBODY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE HAVING A BLAST.
ANY ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT AND OR UPCOMING EVENTS? ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING UPCOMING? YEAH, THIS IS DOUG AGAIN.
UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M NOT SURE WHETHER I'M MUTED OR NOT.
UM, THERE, UH, THERE'S A MEETING.
WHEN IS IT? A WEEK FROM TOMORROW AGAIN, AT THE ALE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
UH, AND THIS ONE IS THE, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, PIP MEETING, UH, CITYWIDE PIP MEETING.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE ALE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
AND AT, THAT'S AT SIX 30 AND AT SIX O'CLOCK, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 25 IS HAVING THEIR MONTHLY MEETING FOR ONLY A HALF AN HOUR BECAUSE THEY, UH, JUST LIKE, UH, WILLIE DAVIS CUT INTO YOUR TIME.
UH, LETICIA, UH, THE POLICE CUT INTO OUR NORMAL MONTHLY MEETING, SO WE'RE ONLY GONNA HAVE A HALF HOUR MEETING, BUT WE ARE HAVING SOMEBODY FROM, UH, SOLID WASTE COME TO THAT MEETING.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE REST OF YOU ARE FACING THE SAME HASSLES THAT WE ARE WITH SOLID WASTE NOT BEING PICKED UP FOR MO LITERALLY MONTHS AT A TIME.
AND, UH, I WOULD HATE TO BE THE SOLID WASTE PERSON THAT HAS TO COME TO THAT MEETING
BUT YOU MIGHT WANNA BE, YOU MIGHT WANNA SIT IN IN OUR MEETING, UH, AND THEN GO TO THE PIP MEETING AFTER THAT, SINCE SUPPOSED JUST DOWN THE HALL FROM EACH OTHER.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT.
UM, EVEN MY KIDS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW LONG THE TRASH AND THE APP ISN'T.
I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE IF THE APP WAS UPDATED.
WELL, I'M NOT GONNA SAY COMFORTABLE, BUT I WOULD FEEL BETTER IF THE APP WAS AT LEAST UPDATED AND, AND IT'S NOT EVEN UPDATED.
UH, RUNNING LATE IS
STACY? YES, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK DOUG, UM, WHEN YOU SAY MONTHS, YOU, YOU HAVEN'T HAD IT PICKED UP FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS? MM-HMM
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT YARD WASTE OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT REGULAR TRASH RECYCLING? NO, ALL THE ABOVE.
WHAT HEAVY TRASH, WHAT SPECIFICALLY? HEAVY TRASH YARD OR HEAVY TRASH YARD OR EITHER, UH, BUT NOT THE REGULAR TRASH.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET RECYCLING.
CADE, I'M SORRY, YOU CUT OUT DOUG.
WELL, HE, HE'S, HE PAUSED, BUT HIS, BUT THE SECOND DOUG IS ON MUTE.
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DOUG, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.I DON'T THINK HE CAN GET ANYBODY.
YEAH, I THINK HE, HE'S GOT INTERNET PROBLEMS. YEAH.
UM, WELL, WHEN HE COMES BACK, WE'LL GIVE HIM THE FLOOR.
UM, BUT ANYONE ELSE? HI, THIS IS BEVERLY, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 68.
WE HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP ON THE 13TH OF NOVEMBER.
WE HAVE DAVID BRADY, WHO'S THE CHIEF OF STAFF WITH PEOPLE WORLD CUP 26, WHO WILL BE ADDRESSING OUR GROUP.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A YOUNG MAN WHO WORKED WITH, UH, TANISHA HOSPICE.
THEY HAVE VOTER EDUCATION TRAINING TO TEACH INDIVIDUALS.
WHAT THE, UH, MORE ABOUT THE UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS.
HE WILL BE ATTENDING OUR MEETING ON THURSDAY, AND WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A WORKSHOP IN JANUARY WITH THAT GROUP.
AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD AREA TO COME TO TALK TO US AS TO WHY, HOW, AND IF ALL OF THIS NEW CONSTRUCTION WILL CAUSE, UH, EITHER CAUSE US TO HAVE MORE FLOODING OR PREVENT IT.
AND WHERE, WHERE ARE YOUR MEETINGS HELD? IT'S AT 52 90 GREGS ROAD, CONSTABLE SMOKEY PHILLIPS CONFERENCE ROOM.
THAT'S IN OST, SOUTH UNION AREA.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER UPDATES? WELL, I MIGHT SAY THAT FROM SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 31, IN REGARD TO THE TRASH PICKUP THAT, UH, WAS JUST BEING TALKED ABOUT, THEY, THEY ARE NOW PICKING UP TRASH REGULARLY AND RECYCLING REGULARLY, BUT NOT YARD WASTE AND NOT HEAVY TRASH.
WE HAVE, UH, UM, SO THE ONLY WAY WE, WE'VE GOTTEN ABLE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST PUT OUR TRI OUR YARD WASTE IN THE, IN THE TRASH CAN BECAUSE THERE, OTHERWISE IT'LL BE IN OUR YARD FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
AND, AND, UH, UM, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS.
AND, UH, UH, SO, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT, YOU KNOW, LARGE, LARGE TRASH IN THEIR YARD AND IT'S STILL SITTING THERE AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN IT WAS IN THAT THEY'RE PICKING UP RECYCLING, BUT, UH, IT'S STILL, THERE'S ROOM TO IMPROVE.
SO, UH, I JUST WANNA REPORT AFTER THE CIVILITY ORDINANCE WAS MODIFIED, WE WERE SEEING AN UPTICK IN, UH, THE HOMELESS ALONG THE WASHINGTON CORRIDOR.
AND THAT HAS THEN SUBSIDED A LITTLE BIT, OR FOR THE MOST PART, UM, WHICH IS A, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, UH, TAKING OVER BUS SHELTERS OR ATTACKING PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, UM, HERE IN, JUST, JUST CALL IT, IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS, IT'S BEEN PRETTY QUIET.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.
SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MAYOR AND CHIEF SATTERWHITE ARE DOING, UH, AS WELL AS MIKE NICHOLS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT IS HELPING.
UM, I, WE'RE SEEING AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE CORRIDOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE IS, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO SHARE THAT BIT OF GOOD NEWS.
SO HOPEFULLY THERE, THE FOLKS THAT ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING OFFERED THE HELP, THE ONES DOWNTOWN ARE ACTUALLY ACCEPTING, UM, THE HOUSING THAT THE CITY IS OFFERING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, STACY, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATES.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS.
OKAY, GUYS, THERE IS ONE LAST THING AND I KEEP CHECKING MY EMAILS AND HOPE THAT IT WILL HIT, BUT I DID RECEIVE A CALL.
UM, CHAVEZ, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, ARE YOU TAKING, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNCIL OFFICES? UH, SURE.
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THANK YOU.I'M DEI CHAVIS, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MAYOR PRO, TIM MARTHA TEX TATUM, A COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT K.
AND JUST, UH, A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
JUST WANNA SHARE THAT OUR DISTRICT K NEWSLETTER THAT, UM, WAS DISTRIBUTED TODAY.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA PUT THE LINK IN THE CHAT AND HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CAN CHECK IT OUT.
THERE'S SOME, UM, REALLY GOOD ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, THERE, AND SOME GOOD INFORMATION AND SOME FOOD RESOURCES, UM, AS WELL.
AND THEN ALSO JUST WANNA SAY THANKS TO ALL OF THE VETERANS, UM, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, UH, FAMILY SACRIFICE, UM, FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO, UH, PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS. UM, AND ALSO MAYOR WHITMEYER HAS ANNOUNCED A CELEBRATION TOMORROW, UH, HONORING THE VETERANS, AND I'LL PUT THAT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT AS WELL.
BUT, UM, THANKS AGAIN AND AGAIN, HAPPY VETERANS DAY TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? YES, KEVIN.
I WAS WAITING TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ELECTEDS.
UM, IF WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR MEETING, I WANTED TO RAISE AN ISSUE THAT'S BUGGING ME.
UM, WE GO THROUGH THIS EVERY MEETING, AND FRANKLY, I'M TIRED OF OUR TIME BEING HIJACKED IN THIS WAY.
UM, THE FINAL STRAW FOR ME WAS YOU BEING CALLED A BULLY.
THAT'S UNNECESSARILY AGGRESSIVE AND UNCIVIL BEHAVIOR.
UM, I, I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO CONSIDER HOW WE COULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM PERMANENTLY.
I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING I HAD TO DO FOR MY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I BORROWED FROM A TURS, WAS, UM, PROVIDING A CODE OF CONDUCT SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE GROUND RULES ARE.
SO I DON'T WANT TO DELAY US ANY FURTHER TONIGHT, BUT IT'S NOT OKAY THAT YOU WERE ACCUSED OF SOMETHING, WHICH IS CLEARLY NOT TRUE, AND IT'S INAPPROPRIATE TO DO THAT IN A SETTING LIKE THIS.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT, KEVIN.
AND YES, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN, UM, THAT WE CAN CAN WORK ON COLLECTIVELY.
UM, I SAW SOMEONE ELSE'S HAND UP BEFORE GREG'S HAND WENT UP.
JACK, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT KEVIN SAID.
THESE MEETINGS ARE USUALLY VERY FRIENDLY AND, AND COMMUNITY WISE, AND WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF WE COULD HAVE THESE MEETINGS CONTINUE THAT WAY WITHOUT THE INTERRUPTIONS.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
UM, GREG? YES, THANK YOU, UH, KEVIN, YOU'RE WELCOME.
PERHAPS YOU DIDN'T HEAR WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER.
THERE ARE DON 2024 PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND I NOTED THOSE TODAY, AND THAT'S BEEN A BIGGEST PROBLEM ABOUT THIS, IS I'M NOT GETTING ANY RESPONSES FOR STUFF.
I'M TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF IT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND ALL THIS UNNECESSARY TIME REGARDING THESE KIND OF ISSUES THAT KEEP ON COMING UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THEY JUST PLOW IN THE SAME WALL GROUND.
SO I'M SORRY THAT HAS TO COME OVER.
I HATE WASTING EVERYBODY'S TIME.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO PUT OTHER AT THIS POINT.
NOW, ONE OTHER QUESTION, ONE OTHER POINT I WANT WANNA MAKE IS ON THE AGENDA, IF, IF YOU NOTICE AT THE TOP, CHERYL, YOU WANNA HAVE, HAVE YOUR NAME ADDED AS VICE CHAIR BECAUSE IF YOU'VE BEEN, YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED THERE AND IT'S NOT ON THERE YET, AND YOU KNOW, OH DEAR, UH, IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME.
SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN THE KEY IS WE ALWAYS PUT WHO THE OFFICERS, UH, ARE THERE AND THAT'S FINE.
OH, I THOUGHT YOUR HAND WAS UP.
SORRY, I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON.
AND I DO, I DO TOTALLY AGREE WITH EVERYONE AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
I DO APPRECIATE YOU GIVING UP YOUR TIME TO BE HERE DURING THESE MEETINGS.
I DO THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE'S OPINION IS IMPORTANT, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY I FIRMLY AGREE WITH YOU, KEVIN, UM, THAT THIS MEETING IS NOT ABOUT ONE PERSON.
UM, AND I HAVE, AND GREG, I WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH GREG OFFLINE.
I HAVE PROVIDED HIM WITH MY CONTACT PHONE NUMBER BEFORE.
UM, BECAUSE I AM HUMAN, WE ARE ALL HUMAN.
IF WE MISS AN EMAIL, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD BRING ALL OF THAT TO THIS MEETING.
YOU JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND YOU CALL THE INDIVIDUAL AT WHICH YOU HAVE EITHER THE GRIEVANCE OR THE QUESTION FOUR.
SO WE WILL DO THAT SO THAT WE CAN
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SAVE EVERYONE ELSE, UM, TIME, UM, DURING THESE MEETINGS.AND THE ONLY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAD WAS I RECEIVED A CALL TODAY FROM SOMEONE AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE INVOLVEMENT OF EVERY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT OR EVERY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE MARTIN LUTHER KING PARADE FOR IN, FOR 2026.
UM, THE STATEMENT WAS THAT I WOULD GET THE EMAIL PRIOR TO OUR MEETING, BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT.
BUT I DID INDICATE TO THEM THAT I WOULD MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT, UM, THERE IS A DESIRE TO HAVE ALL OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS INVOLVED IN THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR PARADE FOR 2026.
ONCE I RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, I WILL BE SURE TO GET THAT OUT TO EVERYONE THAT IS ON A DISTRIBUTION LIST FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE ARE A FEW EMAILS THAT HAVE BOUNCED BACK.
I WILL DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT TO, UM, ENSURE THAT WE GET THE INFORMATION TO THE, TO THOSE THAT ARE ON ON THERE.
BUT IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT IS NOT RECEIVING OUR EMAILS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
JUST SEND US OVER AN EMAIL AND WE'LL ASK THEM TO THE DISTRIBUTION LIST AS WELL.
UM, IT SAYS, CAN I SAY ONE THING I FORGOT? YES.
UM, I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE DO HAVE ELECTIONS THAT WILL BE COMING UP, UH, FOR SNA, UH, OFFICERS.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR I, THE THREE OFFICES ARE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND SECRETARY, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME.
UM, MY, I CAN BE REACHED THROUGH EITHER THE SNA EMAIL AND LETICIA CAN FORWARD IT TO ME, OR, UM, MY PERSONAL EMAIL THAT YOU CAN SEND IT TO IS CLPO'BRIEN@COMCAST.NET.
AND LET ME KNOW YOU'RE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR AN OFFICE AND I WILL BRING IT TO THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE AND I JUST PUT THE EMAIL IN THE CHAT FOR EVERYONE.
OKAY, I'M GONNA TAKE ONE QUICK GLANCE AT OUR AGENDA TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT MISSING ANYTHING.
UM, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I AM, BUT I AM DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS IN PERSON NEXT MONTH.
YOU KNOW, IF I'M REELECTED AS CHAIR, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FOUR OF THOSE IN-PERSON MEETINGS.
SO IF YOU DON'T WANT FOUR IN-PERSON MEETINGS, THEN YOU FIND ANOTHER CHAIR.
BUT I AM EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU ALL ARE EXCITED TO BE IN OUR PRESENCE AT THAT TIME AS WELL.
IT SHOULD BE FINE, AND IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE.
I WILL, EXCEPT GREG, YOUR HAND IS STILL UP.
DID YOU HAVE A STATEMENT OR YOU FORGOT TO LOWER IT? GO AHEAD.
AND I PUT MY EMAIL IN THE CHAT CHAT, KEVIN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO REACH OUT TO ME, WE CAN DISCUSS THINGS FURTHER.
ALRIGHT GUYS, IN ANY, ANY, IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE, I'LL TAKE A, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
AND THE SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
HAROLD'S LIKE, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA TURN MY MUTE OFF.
JEFF HAS HIS HAND UP AND SO DOES CATHERINE.
ANYONE OPPOSED? AND WANTS TO HANG OUT WITH ME A LITTLE BIT LONGER?
IT'LL BE NICE TO SEE YOU IN PERSON.