[Quality of Life Committee on February 2, 2026.]
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UH, THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE.WE'RE JOINED THIS AFTERNOON BY VICE CHAIR, UH, MAYOR PROTI, COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK, WHO IS PRESENT.
WE ALSO HAVE STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MARIO CASTILLO'S, OFFICE COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN'S, OFFICE COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER JOAQUIN, UH, MARTINEZ OFFICE, AND, UH, SEVERAL OF MY STAFF MEMBERS, UH, GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
THIS, UM, MEETING IS BEING, UH, HELD, UH, WITH A, WITH A VIRTUAL OPTION AS WELL, SO WE'LL CALL IT A HYBRID MEETING.
UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS THIS AFTERNOON THAT WE WILL COVER ONLINE.
WE HAVE, UM, SOME STAFF AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS'S OFFICE REPRESENTED, AND WE'VE JUST BEEN JOINED BY, BY, UH, PAUL FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, EDWARD POLLARD'S OFFICE AS WELL.
AND SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH, UM, OUR FIRST PRESENTATION, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION ON A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION FOR THE ADDRESS OF 35 11 WEST 12TH HERE IN HOUSTON.
AND THIS WILL QUALIFY AS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS MSD AS WELL.
AND SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MS. CASSANDRA WALKER, UH, SO YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT THIS MSD.
UM, THIS IS A MUNICIPAL SETTINGS DESIGNATION APPLICATION FOR ACREAGE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 35 11 WEST 12TH STREET.
I'M SORRY, CASSANDRA, CAN YOU MOVE OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT SO YOU'RE CLOSER TO THE MIC, TO, TO YOUR LEFT, OR JUST CLOSER TO THAT MIC.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? THAT'S FINE.
UM, THIS IS A MUNICIPAL SETTINGS DESIGNATION, UM, APPLICATION PUBLIC HEARING FOR ACREAGE AT 35 11 WEST 12TH STREET IN HOUSTON.
I'M CASSANDRA WALKER, AND I AM WITH THE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND UTILITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, DIVISION OF HOUSTON WATER.
THE AGENDA TODAY FOR THIS MUNICIPAL DESIGNATION IS WHAT AN MSD IS, WHO THE MSD IMPACTS AND THE STEPS IN THE MSD PROCESS.
AND THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE SITE IS AGAIN, UH, 20 23 1 7 2 A CP, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 35 11 12TH STREET IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
AT THE CONCLUSION, IF THERE ARE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, THE APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE CONCERNS.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN TEXAS.
THE MSD PROGRAM IS LED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND IT STATE OF TEXAS HAS JURISDICTION OVER ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND THAT IS LED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
FOR ANY ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS, YOU CAN CONTACT TCEQ BY PHONE AT +1 888-777-3186, OR ONLINE AT WWW TCEQ.TEXAS.GOV/COMPLIANCE/COMPLAINTS.
CITY OF HOUSTON, CONTACTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINTS, UH, CAN BE BY PHONE AT THREE ONE ONE OR ONLINE@HOUSTONTX.GOV SLASH 3 1 1.
AN MSD IS A VOLUNTARY DEED RESTRICTION TO PREVENT THE USE OF CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER.
NO WATER WELLS ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WILL BE USED FOR DRINKING WATER PURPOSES, AND IT IS A LEGALLY BINDING WAY TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC IS NOT EXPOSED TO CONTAMINANTS BY DRINKING WATER INGESTION.
AN MSD CERTIFICATE APPLIES TO THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY ONLY AND PROHIBITS THE USE OF SHALLOW GROUNDWATER AS DRINKING WATER BY DEEP RECORDATION.
THIS ALLOWS IMPACTED PROPERTIES TO BE REDEVELOPED, WHICH BENEFITS THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THE MSD IS LOCATED.
IN THE PROCESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP, THE MSD IS ONLY ONE STEP IN THE PROCESS.
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PARTIES REMAIN LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER ORIGINATING AT THE APPLICATION SITE.THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS OF THE APPLICANT ARE TWO, ENROLL IN A STATE OR FEDERAL CLEANUP PROGRAM HAD COMPLETE A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION CONFIRMING THAT THE GROUNDWATER PLUME CONTAMINATION IS STABLE OR DECREASING AND FULLY DELINEATED, MEANING THE EXACT POSITION IS IDENTIFIED, SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION HAS BEEN REMOVED OR REMEDIATED, AND A THIRD PARTY ENGINEER OR GEOLOGIST MUST CERTIFY THE APPLICATION.
THERE ARE SEVERAL STEPS IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING CONTAMINATED SITES FOR M SIDS.
UH, THE, WE HAVE THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETING, THEN THAT APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY.
CITY STAFF REVIEW THE APPLICATION, INCLUDING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE LEGAL, UH, DIVISION, UM, AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
WE HOLD THE PUBLIC MEETING, WHICH IS HELD VIRTUALLY ONLINE.
WE HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WE ARE HOLDING NOW, BOTH A PUBLIC MEETING AND THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE ARE OPEN TO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC OR CONCERNED PARTIES, STAKEHOLDERS.
THEN THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES OR DENIES THE APPLICATION.
THE APPLICANT SUBMITS THE APPLICATION TO TCEQ WHERE IT IS OPEN FOR MORE COMMENTS.
THE TCEQ EITHER APPROVES OR DENIES.
AND THEN THE MSD ORDINANCE IS FILED IN THE CITY DEED IN THE COUNTY DEED RECORDS.
WHY SHOULD YOU SUPPORT AN MS. D MSDS? PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM CONSUMPTION OF CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER.
THEY ENCOURAGE CLEANUP OF CONTAMINATED SITES AND PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES.
THIS IS A MAP OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED MSD SITES IN HOUSTON.
THERE IS A NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING THAT IS MAILED 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC MEETING TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS COMPANIES, UM, AND ANYONE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS AND A FIVE MILE RADIUS.
THE HALF MILE RADIUS ARE, ARE RESIDENTS THAT ARE NEAR THE SITE, AND YOU SEE THAT THAT RADIUS IS CIRCLED IN ORANGE, AND THEN THE FIVE MILE RADIUS IS FOR WELL OWNERS THAT ARE WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF THE SITE.
THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH.
HERE'S SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE ACREAGE PROPERTY AT 35 11 WEST 12TH STREET.
IT IS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND IT IS REPRESENTED BY DARA LIN.
HE'S THE PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST AT SKA CONSULTING.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 35 11 WEST 12TH STREET IN HOUSTON.
THE 5.745 ACRE PROPERTY IS COMPRISED OF TWO PARCELS OWNED BY THREE ENTITIES PLAYERS, ONE LIMITED PLAYERS, TWO LIMITED, AND 35 35 WEST 12TH STREET, LLC.
THE PROPERTY TRACK DESCRIPTIONS ARE TRACK ONE COMPRISES 5.4913 ACRES OF UNOCCUPIED COMMERCIAL LAND DEVELOPED WITH APPROXIMATELY 5,563 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE BUILDING.
ON THE SOUTHWEST PORTION TRACK TWO COMPRISES 0.2537 ACRES OF LAND ADJACENTLY WEST OF TRACK ONE.
TRACK TWO IS DEVELOPED WITH ASPHALT OR CONCRETE PAVED PARKING AND DRIVE DRIVING AREAS USED BY THE WEST ADJACENT MULTI-TENANT OFFICE BUILDING.
THE DESIGNATED PROPERTY IS REGISTERED WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND ENROLLED IN INDUSTRIAL HAZARDOUS WASTE CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM ON THE SOLID WASTE REGISTRATION NUMBER 3 8 5 9 1.
NO MUNICIPALITIES OTHER THAN THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAVE CORPORATE LIMITS WITHIN ONE HALF MILE OF THE BOUNDARY OF THE DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
PUBLIC DRINKING WATER IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE DESIGNATED PROPERTY AND PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS SURROUNDING THE DESIGNATED PROPERTY BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.
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THE PROPERTY ATTENUATION MAP IS ON YOUR SCREEN NOW, AND THE IMAGE OF THE SITE DEPICTS THE PROTECTIVE CONCENTRATIONS LEVEL EXCEEDING ZONE PCLE ZONE, WHICH BASICALLY IS THE CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN OR CHEMICALS.UM, COMPOUNDS OF CONCERN THAT, UM, ARE BASED ON THE SAMPLE GROUNDWATER DATA FROM WELLS INSTALLED AS PART OF THE T-C-E-Q-V-C-P PROJECT.
THE PCLE ZONE IS CONFIRMED TO BE STABLE AND OR DECREASING.
THIS IS AN INTERACTIVE SLIDE, AND SO THERE WILL BE, UH, SEVERAL TRANSITIONS ON THIS SLIDE TO EXPLAIN GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AND HOW IT IS IDENTIFIED AND ALSO HOW IT IS MONITORED.
HOUSTON HAS SHALLOW CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER SCATTERED ACROSS THE CITY.
THIS SOURCE EVENTUALLY SEEPS THROUGH THE SOIL INTO THE SHALLOW GROUNDWATER ZONE AND CREATES A CONTAMINANT PLUME.
AND THE CONTAMINANT PLUME IS THAT RED AREA THAT JUST CAME ACROSS THE SCREEN.
ONCE THE SOURCE IS NO LONGER ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONTAMINATION PLUME, EITHER FROM THE SOURCE BEING REMOVED OR FROM THE OPERATION CEASING FROM THE PROPERTY, IT BEGINS TO RETRACT.
TO DEFINE THE AREA OF THE PLUME, THE OWNER INSTALLS A NUMBER OF SAMPLING WELLS.
THE MSD PROGRAM ADDRESSES WATER THAT IS TYPICALLY 20 TO 60 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE.
THIS GROUND WATER IS NOT USED FOR DRINKING WATER.
NEXT TRANSITION, WATER, WATER WELLS DESIGNATED FOR DRINKING WATER ARE MUCH DEEPER.
THEY ARE TYPICALLY 600 FEET OR MORE, SO THEY'RE 10 TIMES DEEPER THAN, UH, THE GROUNDWATER WELLS.
NEXT, TRANSITION QUARTERLY SAMPLING EVENT HELP DETERMINE IF THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IS DECREASING OR STABLE.
NOW THAT THE OWNER KNOWS WHERE THE CONTAMINATION IS AND VERIFIES IT IS DECREASING OR STABLE, THE OWNER CAN APPLY TO HAVE AN MSD RESTRICTION PLACED ON THE PROPERTY.
THE D RESTRICTION PROHIBITS THE USE OF GROUNDWATER TO EVER BE USED FOR DRINKING WATER.
DURING THE MSD PROCESS, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUIRED TO VERIFY THAT THERE IS A STATE REGULATED PUBLIC DRINKING WATER THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE SITE.
THE OWNER CANNOT COMFORTABLY PURSUE DEVELOPING THE SITE WHILE ENSURING THE PUBLIC THAT CONTAMINATED WATER WILL NEVER BE USED AS DRINKING WATER.
THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS THAT CONTAMINATED WATER CAN BE INGESTED BY HUMANS.
THIS HAS ONE TRANSITION IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE INGESTION.
CLEANUP PROGRAMS ARE BASED ON PUBLIC EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINANTS AND REDUCING PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS, AND THOSE ARE EXAMINED BY EXPERTS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL EXPOSURE PASS PATHWAYS WHERE A CONTAMINANTS CAN ENTER THE BODY WITH GROUNDWATER, AND THAT IS INHALATION CONTACT DERMA, WHICH IS SKIN, SOIL, GROUNDWATER TO SURFACE WATER AND ECOLOGICAL.
A COPY OF THE MSD APPLICATION FOR THIS SITE IS AVAILABLE.
A HARD COPY FOR THE ACRE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
IT CAN BE VIEWED AT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY AT 1 3 0 2 HEIGHTS BOULEVARD IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
AND THE ZIP CODE IS 7 7 0 0 8.
THERE IS ALSO AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THIS APPLICATION AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.HOUSTONPUBLICWORKS.ORG/MUNICIPAL SETTINGS DESIGNATION.
MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON YOUR SCREEN.
UM, MY OFFICE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS FLOOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT SIX 11 WALKER.
IT'S ON THE 18TH FLOOR, UH, DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, 7 7 0 0 2.
UH, MY DIRECT EMAIL IS ON YOUR SCREEN.
OUR TEAM EMAIL IS ON YOUR SCREEN.
AND MY PHONE NUMBER, MY DIRECT LINE IS 8 3 2 3 9 3 7 9 6 6.
THE WEBSITE IS HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.ORG/MUNICIPAL SETTINGS DESIGNATION.
AND YOU CAN ALSO TAKE A, A, UH, SCREENSHOT OF THE QR CODE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, CASSANDRA.
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UM, LET ME NOTE FIRST OFF THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARIO CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIE DAVIS, AS WELL AS SOME STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON'S OFFICE.UM, CASSANDRA, UM, ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL US WHAT THE SOURCE OF THE CONTAMINATION WAS? I'M, UH, LIN, I'M THE OKAY.
DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU WANNA COME FORWARD SO WE CAN PUT YOU ON THE MICROPHONE? SURE.
I AM THE PROFESSIONAL GEOSCIENTIST, UM, LICENSED PROFESSIONAL GEOSCIENTIST AND, UH, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT.
UM, CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? YES.
ARE WE, ARE WE, ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL US WHAT THE SOURCE OF THE CONTAMINATION WAS? UH, THIS PROPERTY WAS USED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
IT WAS A, UM, A FABRICATION, METAL FABRICATION SHOP.
UH, IT IS NO LONGER USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
UH, THE SOURCE, WE BELIEVE WAS A, UM, UH, THERE WAS A OIL WATER SEPARATOR, A SUMP, UH, THAT, UH, COLLECTED, UH, CERTAIN CHEMICALS DURING THOSE PROCESSES.
LIKELY, UM, UH, UH, METAL CLEANERS.
UM, THE SOURCE, UH, HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED, UM, AND IS NO LONGER A SOURCE.
THE PROPERTY, UM, IS NO LONGER USED FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE.
AND, AND THE CLEANUP'S ALREADY BEEN CONDUCTED, OR WILL IT BE ONGOING? THE ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, THE MSD IS PART OF THE CLEANUP PROCESS TO, UM, UH, TO, TO REMOVE THAT EXPOSURE PATHWAY.
AND, UM, FOLLOW UP TESTING HAS CONFIRMED, ACCORDING TO SLIDE 14, THAT THE ZONE IS STABLE AND OR DECREASING.
AND SO DO YOU, DO YOU TEST OVER A PERIOD OF TIME TO DETERMINE THAT IT'S DECREASING OR STABLE? YES.
THERE'S QUARTERLY GROUNDWATER MONITORING THAT WAS DONE, UM, OVER A YEAR, UM, OF QUARTERLY GROUNDWATER MONITORING IN EVERY EVENT.
UM, THE CONTAMINANT OF CONCERN IS ONE, ONE DI CHLORO ETHYLENE.
UM, IT IS A CHLORINATED SOLVENT.
AND, UH, EVERY EVENT, UM, THAT WAS, WAS PERFORMED, WE SAW DECREASES IN THOSE CONCENTRATIONS OVER TIME.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE, SO WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
NOW, UM, SINCE THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS PARTICULAR MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION, IS THERE ANYONE HERE, MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION? WE RECEIVED, UH, THE NAMES OF THREE FOLKS WHO WANT TO SPEAK, UM, AND LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ALL ON PROHIBITED YARD PARKING.
BUT IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO HASN'T SIGNED UP WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORWARD NOW.
HEARING NO ONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THANK YOU, CASSANDRA, FOR COMING, COMING BY.
AND, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO, WHO CAME ON THIS ITEM AS WELL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND AGENDA ITEM, A NUMBER OF PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, CONTRACTS.
SO I'D ASK HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES TO COME FORWARD.
AND WE'LL, WE WILL START OFF WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE ISSUES, MS. MELODY BARR.
AND GO AHEAD WHEN YOU'RE READY.
FOR ITEM THREE A, THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2024 DERECHO AND HURRICANE BARREL RECOVERY PUBLIC SERVICES HOMELESS SERVICES PROGRAM GUIDELINES.
THESE GUIDELINES ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK FOR A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PREVENT AND ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE 2024 RETRO WINDSTORM AND HURRICANE BARREL.
THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THE CITY WILL PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO SELECTED SUB-RECIPIENTS, INCLUDING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO DELIVER CRITICAL HOMELESS SERVICES.
THESE SERVICES INCLUDE SHELTER, OPERATIONS, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT HELP INDIVIDUALS MOVE FORWARD AND
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TOWARDS STABLE HOUSING AS PART OF LONG-TERM RECOVERY.AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, THE 2024 DICHO AND HURRICANE BARREL STORMS HAD SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD IMPACTS ACROSS THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THE DICHO WIND STORM ON MAY, 2024 WAS ONE OF THE MOST DAMAGING WIND EVENTS HOUSTON HAS EXPERIENCED IN NEARLY 25 YEARS, LEAVING LARGE PORTIONS OF THE CITY WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE.
HURRICANE BARREL MAY LANDFALL ON JULY 8TH, 2024, BRINGING LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING AND FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE CHALLENGES FACED BY MANY RESIDENTS.
TOGETHER THESE TWO EVENTS INCREASE HOUSING INSTABILITY FOR MANY VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.
IN RESPONSE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES APPROVED MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATIONS FOR TEXAS.
FOLLOWING BOTH STORMS, THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL WILL BE FUNDED WITH APPROXIMATELY $41 MILLION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY, 2024 FUNDS, WHICH ARE INTENDED TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM RECOVERY EFFORTS FOLLOWING FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTERS.
THE CITY WILL ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ADOPTED GUIDELINES AND ALL APPLICABLE HUD CDBG, DR REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE, ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY, COMPLIANCE, AND EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF SERVICE.
AND THAT'S THE END OF ITEM THREE A.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ANYONE? OKAY.
ITEM THREE B, THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON.
THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES UP TO AN ADDITIONAL $100,000 IN CDBG FUNDING TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES LIVING WITH AN ALE ISD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THE PROGRAM SERVES SCHOOL AGE YOUTH UP TO THE AGE OF 18 AND PROVIDE SAFE STRUCTURED AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING FOR WORKING FAMILIES.
SERVICES ARE OFFERED TWO DAYS PER WEEK FOR TWO HOURS AFTER SCHOOL AND INCLUDE HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE, ACADEMIC SUPPORT, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES.
THE PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES A THREE WEEK SUMMER COMPONENT FOCUSED ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, ALONG WITH STRONG PARENT ENGAGEMENT.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES TRACK STUDENTS' PROGRESS USING TWO PERFORMANCE MEASURES, ONE PROMOTION RATES, AND TWO AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM REPORT CARDS.
FIRST, UM, 100% OF THE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS WERE PROMOTED TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL.
HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS ONLY REFLECTING THE DATA FROM STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM PRIOR TO THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SECOND, THE PROGRAM ISSUES INTERNAL AFTERSCHOOL REPORT CARDS BASED ON ATTENDANCE, PARTICIPATION AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
FROM JULY THROUGH DECEMBER, 2025, STUDENTS ACHIEVED AN 85% OVERALL RATING IN ACADEMICS, 90% IN SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND ENRICHMENT.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES WAS SELECTED THROUGH THE MAY, 2024 NOTICE OF FINDING AVAILABILITY, WHICH INCLUDED A RENEWAL OPTION.
THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WILL EXPIRE MARCH 31ST, 2026, AND THIS AMENDMENT EXTENDS THE TERM THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2027.
AS OF OCTOBER OF 2025, THE AGENCY HAS SPENT APPROXIMATELY 51% OF ITS FUNDING WHILE SERVING 31 CLIENTS.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAS PARTNERED WITH THE CITY SINCE 2003 AND HAS NO RECENT MONITORING FINDINGS.
TODAY WE HAVE ADRIANA ADEMI, VICE PRESIDENT OF REFUGEE SERVICES AND STEPHANIE ALVAREZ, EDUCATION COORDINATOR IN THE AUDIENCE.
I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM, BUT I AM KIND OF CURIOUS.
SO THIS PROGRAM IS OFFERED AT, AT THE SCHOOLS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SCHOOL DAY IS OVER.
SO, SO IT'S AFTER, IT'S OFFERED AFTER SCHOOL, AND THEY HAVE A FACILITY WITHIN A CHURCH CURRENTLY.
AND I WILL SAY THAT THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE STUDENTS ARE KINDER TO FIFTH GRADE.
THEY CAN SERVE UP TO YEAR 18, BUT WHO THEY MOSTLY SERVE IS K THROUGH FIVE.
AND YOU CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
ITEM THREE C, THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS.
THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES UP TO AN ADDITIONAL $545,534 IN COMBINED EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, HOMELESS HOUSING SERVICES PROGRAM, YOUTH DOLLARS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS TO CONTINUE A CRITICAL HOMELESS SERVICES PROGRAM FOR UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS.
YES, FOR YOUNG ADULTS, NOT UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH.
THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, COVENANT HOUSE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SHELTER OPERATION, INDIVIDUALIZED CASE MANAGEMENT, AND ESSENTIAL SUPPORT
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SERVICES TO 125 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING ACCESS TO MEALS, CLOTHING, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, AND THE LONG-TERM HOUSING SOLUTIONS THAT HELP OUR YOUTH EXIT HOMELESSNESS AND MOVE TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE.COVENANT HOUSE WAS ORIGINALLY SELECTED BY CHILDCARE COUNCIL OF GREATER HOUSTON.
WHEN CHILDCARE COUNCIL SERVED AS THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S HOMELESS SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR TO PREVENT ANY DUPLICATION IN SERVICES.
THE CITY SELECTED COVENANT HOUSE FROM THE EXISTING PROVIDER POOL TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS.
THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT TERM WAS FROM APRIL 8TH, 2024 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2025.
A FIRST AMENDMENT EXTENDED THE TERM THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2026, AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT PROVIDED ADDITIONAL FUNDING ONLY THE THIRD AMENDMENT EXTENDED THE AGREEMENT THROUGH MARCH 31ST, THIRD, 2027, ENSURING CONTINUITY OF SERVICES FOR YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AS OF NOVEMBER OF THIS PAST YEAR, COVENANT HOUSE HAS SERVED 145 INDIVIDUALS, UM, WHICH WAS 81% OVER THEIR INITIAL GOAL OF 80 INDIVIDUALS.
THEY HAVE UTILIZED APPROXIMATELY 76% OF THEIR ALLOCATED FUNDING DEMONSTRATING BOTH STRONG DEMAND AND EFFECTIVE PROGRAM DELIVERY.
COVENANT HOUSE HAS PARTNERED WITH THE CITY SINCE 2009 AND THERE WERE NO FINDINGS IN THEIR RECENT ANNUAL COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING REPORT.
TODAY WE HAVE FELICIA BROUSSARD, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, AND DANIEL FAIN, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE, BUT, UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE SERVICE Y'ALL PROVIDE.
I DID WANNA MENTION IN, IN THE BRIEFING, THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED AND POSED ABOUT THE EXITS AND WERE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THESE PROGRAM EXITS.
AND SO, UM, SINCE AUGUST OF 20 25, 40 1% OF THE INDIVIDUALS THEY SERVED HAS EXITED TO SOME TYPE OF HOUSING, WHETHER IT BE EITHER SUBSIDIZED OR UNSUBSIDIZED.
38% OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS CONTINUED WITH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
14 DID END UP IN EMERGENCY SHELTER.
AND, UM, AND THEN THE REMAINING SEVEN WERE IN OTHER TYPES OF LOCATIONS.
SOME UNSUCCESSFUL, BUT I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY WERE HOUSED.
SO I, I DID WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAD THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU REQUESTED.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE, UM, AND HEAR ABOUT PROGRAMS THAT ARE WORKING.
I KNOW THAT'S A DIFFICULT POPULATION TO SERVE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO DO WE WANT TO GO TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? APPRECIATE THE TIME ON THAT.
THE MAIN THING I'D LIKE TO REPORT ON TO THE COMMITTEE TODAY IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON FOUR 19 EMANCIPATION.
AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME SLIDES.
UM, FOUR 19 EMANCIPATION IS WE THINK A CRITICAL PIECE OF THE HOUSTON'S BROADER HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE, UH, AND IS VERY MUCH DESIGNED TO REINFORCE THE CLEAR COORDINATED PATHWAY TO HOUSING.
IT IS NOT DIFFERENT THAN WE'VE REALLY DIRECTED BEFORE.
IT IS A, IT IS AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT.
UM, IT COMPLIMENTS THE CITY'S EXISTING INVESTMENTS IN OUTREACH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SHELTER, AND PERMANENT HOUSING BY SERVING AS A CENTRALIZED ACCESS POINT ON STABILIZATION CONNECTION AND TRANSITION.
THE WORDS THAT WE'RE USING NOW THAT HAVEN'T GOT QUITE GOTTEN INTO THIS PRESENTATION IS TRIAGE TREATMENT AND TRANSFORMATION.
UH, WHEN FOLKS COME INTO THIS FACILITY, WHETHER THEY WALK IN OR WHETHER THEY'RE BROUGHT IN BY AN OUTREACH PERSON OR POLICE, THE FIRST THING IS THEY WILL BE ASSESSED.
AND THAT ASSESSMENT IS MORE THAN JUST A HOUSING ASSESSMENT.
IT IS AN ASSESSMENT FROM THEIR PSYCHIATRIC NEEDS, EMOTIONAL NEEDS, PHYSICAL NEEDS OR OTHER.
UM, SO WE LIKE TO CALL THIS A PLACE OF TRIAGE TREATMENT AND TRANSFORMATION.
UH, THE VISION AGAIN IS THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
UH, AND IT ESTABLISHES WHAT I WOULD SAY IS A UNIQUE FRONT DOOR.
UM, AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SPEAK OF BEFORE IN THE MAYOR, ALSO, THE WEAKNESS WE HAD IN THE SYSTEM IS WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ADEQUATE FRONT DOOR FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO WERE HAVING TO BE FORCED, WHO WERE FORCED TO SLEEP IN PUBLIC SPACES.
UH, THIS FACILITY WILL HAVE 80 ROOMS WITH A MAXIMUM OF FOUR PEOPLE PER ROOM.
CURRENTLY IT HAS 80 ROOMS WITH THREE BEDS IN A ROOM.
UH, THE LOCATION WILL BE, UM, A PLACE THAT'S GONNA BE SAFE FOR PEOPLE, BUT MAINLY IT'S GONNA BE WHERE THEY CAN CONNECT TO SERVICES AND LASTING HOUSING.
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IT, IT WILL MANY WAYS FUNCTION AS A CITATION DIVERSION BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF, UH, HPD OR OTHER POLICE ARREST SOMEBODY FOR A MINOR BREACH OF THE LAW, UH, THEIR CHOICE IS TO TAKE THEM TO JAIL, TAKE THEM TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM IF THEY HAVE A HEALTH ISSUE, OR LEAVE THEM ALONE.AND THIS GIVES THEM ANOTHER WAY OF BRINGING SOMEONE TO A PLACE OF REFUGE AND SERVICES, AGAIN, FOR THOSE PERSONS HAVE NO PLACE OTHER TO GO.
I'LL KEEP SAYING THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WE, THE KEY IS TO OFFER CLEAR EXIT STRATEGIES FOR EVERYONE AS WELL AS THOSE SUBACUTE SERVICES, SUCH AS HEALTHCARE, PSYCHIATRIC SUPPORT AND SUBSTANCE USE PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE.
UM, AGAIN, THE MAIN PEOPLE THAT'S GONNA BE, WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY POSITIVELY IMPACTED BY FOUR 19 OR THE NEWLY HOMELESS, UH, THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SPENT TIME DURING THE FREEZE, UM, AND SEE PEOPLE WHO COME IN OUT OF THE WEATHER.
SO MANY OF THEM, I WOULD SAY ARE NEWLY HOMELESS.
UH, THEY HAVEN'T SPENT THE MONTHS AND MONTHS IN LIVING OUTSIDE.
THEY NEED SOME KIND OF DIVERSION.
THEY NEED SOME KIND OF IMMEDIATE SUPPORT.
AND THOSE FOLKS WILL BE GIVEN THAT KIND OF IMMEDIATE SUPPORT FOR RAPID, RAPID RESOLUTION TO A FRESH START.
AND THE SECOND GROUP OF THOSE LONG TERM AND SHELTER, THE PEOPLE WHO, WHEN YOU PASS THEM DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND YOU SAY, CAN'T WE DO SOMETHING FOR THAT PERSON WHO'S, WHO'S WAVING IN TRAFFIC, WHO I'M WORRIED ABOUT HITTING, WHO HAD BEEN THERE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AFTER NIGHT.
AND WE'RE REALLY VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN, IN PLACING THOSE INDIVIDUALS, GETTING, AGAIN, GETTING THEM ASSESSED, UH, AND PLACING THEM IN SOME KIND OF LONG TERM, UH, SUPPORT SERVICES.
UH, THERE'S A QUESTION I ALWAYS ASK PEOPLE ASK ME, WERE THEY ARE PE PEOPLE WILLING TO ACCEPT SERVICES? AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT WHEN THEY HAD THIS EASY ACCESS ENTRY, UM, THEY DO SUPPORT, THEY DO, UH, COME IN AND, AND ACCEPT SERVICES.
UM, AGAIN, WE THINK, WE THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT RESTART.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS, UH, REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS, BUT WE'LL QUICKLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY NEED SOME PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUES, DOC DOCTORS.
AND AGAIN, THIS FACILITY WILL OFFER BOTH AND WE THINK IT WILL HAVE THIS KIND OF IMPACT.
UH, A PICTURE OF THE FACILITY OF FOUR 19 EMANCIPATION, AGAIN, ONSITE SECURITY AND MONITORING.
UM, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE INDIVIDUALS.
UH, THIS WILL BE A CO-ED FACILITY.
IT WILL NOT HAVE CHILDREN, BUT IT WILL BE A CO-ED FACILITY.
SO SAFETY IS ON THE INSIDE IS IMPORTANT.
UH, WE'LL HAVE COORDINATED OPERATIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AGAIN, VERY KEY AND WE'LL HAVE CO IT REALLY HAS A DESIGN FOR CONTROL ACCESS, AND WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN PROTECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THIS AREA.
SO IF IT, IF, IF PEOPLE LAYING AROUND OUTSIDE WAITING TO GET IN, THIS IS A FAILURE.
UM, WE THINK WITH THE WAY WE HAVE IT ORGANIZED, UH, WHERE PEOPLE WOULD BE WAITING TOWARD THE BACK OF THE FACILITY AS THEY ARE, UH, ASSESSED, UM, THE FOLKS WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COME IN IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE OF THEIR BELONGINGS OR BECAUSE OF THEIR PETS, THEY'LL HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO STAY IN A COURTYARD LIKE FACILITY NEXT, STAFF NEXT, NEXT SLIDE.
UM, WHERE WE ARE, WE WILL CLOSE ON THE FACILITY ON FEBRUARY 9TH.
UM, GREAT THANKS TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY STEVE WOODS, WHO'S DONE A TERRIFIC JOB, UH, HELPING US IN NEGOTIATING, UH, WITH THE SELLERS.
UM, WE HAVE SOME ROOF WORK TO DO, UH, THAT THE SELLERS ARE PAYING FOR, AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER THINGS ON SECURITY, UH, THAT WILL TAKE SOME TIME.
UH, THE NEXT KEY QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU FUND THIS? HOW DO YOU FUND THE OPERATIONS? WELL, WE, THE WAY WE FUNDED THE PURCHASE IS THROUGH A PROGRAM THAT THE CITY HAS THAT WILL PAY BACK APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION PER YEAR TO THE CITY.
UM, BUT THE NEXT QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU OPERATE IT? UM, WE WILL USE WHAT THE FUNDING WILL BE FROM THE CDB 24 THAT MELODY SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.
UH, THE FIRST FUNDING WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS.
WE'RE ON TRACK TO HAVE HUD APPROVE ALL THAT FUNDING.
AND WE ANTICIPATE COMING TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, EXCUSE ME, ANTICIPATE THE RECEIPT OF FUNDING SOMETIME IN EARLY MARCH.
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OF HOUSTON CAN'T OPERATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SO WE WILL HAVE AN OPERATOR SELECTION.WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A FORMAL NOFA THAT MEETS ALL FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
WE HAVE EXCELLENT, UH, APPLICANTS WHO HAVE COME IN AND MADE APPLICATION TO THIS PROGRAM.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE REVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS NOW.
UM, AND WE HOPE TO BE AT CITY COUNCIL BY MARCH 18TH WITH THE SELECTED OPERATOR, UM, FOR, FOR YOU TO SEE.
AND AGAIN, COMING BACK TO QUALITY OF LIFE ON MARCH 2ND WITH THAT SELECTED OPERATOR.
UH, ONCE THAT SELECTED OPERATOR IS IN PLACE, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE, UH, VERY COMPLEX WORK OF PUTTING TOGETHER A CONTRACT AND A FULL BUDGET.
UM, AGAIN, WE USE THE EXPERTISE OF THE CONTRACTOR TO DO THAT.
AND OUR ANTICIPATED OPENING IS PRIOR TO JUNE OF 2026.
A LOT OF IT WILL DEPEND ON WAITING FOR THE FEDERAL FUNDS.
UH, THE OPERATOR HAS 60 DAYS TO GET HIS STAFF, GET THEIR STAFF TOGETHER AND GET THE PROGRAM TOGETHER ONCE WE HAVE THE CONTRACT IN PLACE.
BUT WE'RE OB WE'RE TRYING TO SPEED THAT UP AS QUICK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO ANY WAY WE CAN SPEED IT UP, WE WILL.
BUT JUNE OF 2026 IS OUR DATE THAT WE THINK THE LATEST DATE THAT WILL BE IN THIS FACILITY.
UH, NEXT COST WILL BE, UH, EXPECT BETWEEN 12 AND $14 MILLION A YEAR.
AS I SAID, D 24 WILL FUND $10 MILLION A YEAR, BUT AGAIN, THE DISASTER RECOVERY MONEY WILL NOT FUND FOOD, CLOTHING, AND SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS. UH, WE HAVE WORKING ON POTENTIAL FUNDING WITH THE, UH, TOURS AND MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS AND CDBG, UH, CITY OF HOUSTON GENERAL FUND, STATE AND FEDERAL MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING, WE THINK IS A GREAT POSSIBILITY.
ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING IS THERE AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE AN OPERATOR, WE'LL BEGIN THE PHILANTHROPIC AND CORPORATE DONATIONS.
WE THINK THERE ARE MANY, MANY ENTITIES THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HELPING US FUND THIS PROCESS.
AND ITS, AND ITS, UH, SERVICES, UM, THAT WON'T BE DONE THROUGH THE CITY, BUT WE CERTAINLY WILL BE OUT THERE WITH THE MAYOR AND WITH THE OPERATOR TO, UH, FIND ADDITIONAL CORPORATE AND PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS.
I THINK THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS.
YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE TRANSACTION.
WE'LL CLOSE FEBRUARY 9TH, SO YES.
YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE SELLER IS TAKING CARE OF SOME ROOF REPAIR.
WELL, IF THE CITY'S ACTUALLY TAKING CARE OF THE ROOF REPAIRS, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE PRICE TO BE ABLE FOR US TO DO THAT.
SO IT'S THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS, UM, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE CORRECTLY.
AND THAT WILL BE DONE DURING THE, DURING THE 60 DAY PERIOD.
AND IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID WOULD TAKE SOME TIME? UH, NO.
AGAIN, WHAT TAKES THE MOST TIME IS PUTTING TOGETHER THE CONTRACT WITH THE OPERATOR.
THAT'S THE GREAT, THE BIGGEST, THE BIGGEST TIME ELEMENT.
UH, WE THINK IT WILL BE, IT COULD TAKE 30, UH, 45 DAYS TO FIX THE ROOF.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WILL NOT DELAY OUR OPENING AT ALL.
AND YOU FEEL CONFIDENT YOU'LL, YOU'LL GET A GOOD OPERATOR OUT OF THIS, UH, NOFA PROCESS? THE APPLICATION WE HAVE ARE EXCELLENT OPERATORS.
I FEEL VERY, UH, THE, THE NOFO WAS PUT TOGETHER WITH A GREAT DEAL OF CARE.
'CAUSE WE REALLY WANTED SOMEBODY WHO HAD THIS EXPERTISE OF HELPING, UM, ASSESS AND TRIAGE, TREAT AND TRANSFORM PEOPLE WHO, ESPECIALLY THE HARDEST TO HOUSE THOSE WITH SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND SEVERE SUBSTANCE USE, UH, ISSUES.
SO THE OPERATORS WHO ARE APPLYING HAD THAT EXPERTISE.
AND YOU'LL BE BACK HERE IN A MONTH? YES, SIR.
ON THE OPERATOR AND EXPECT COUNSEL TO VOTE? UH, A LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH, ABOUT SIX WEEKS.
I HEAR THE PEOPLE IN BACK IN CATCHING THEIR BREATH.
WELL, UH, THE SLIDE SAYS QUALITY OF LIFE MARCH 2ND.
WELL, THAT'S IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS.
FIRST OF, YEAH, 2ND OF FEBRUARY.
UM, LAST THING I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT DIRECTOR IS I KNOW THERE WERE CONCERNS BY SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ABOUT SECURITY AND THERE WILL BE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
THE BACK BUILDING WILL, UH, WILL HAVE, UH, AT THIS TIME OUR BELIEF THAT YOU, YOU WILL HAVE THE HOT TEAM, UH, HOUSING, HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM, UH, STATIONED THERE.
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INDIVIDUALS FROM OTHER GROUPS ALSO THERE.SO IT, IT WOULD VERY MUCH BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY.
UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING ALREADY, THE COMMUNITY HAS HAD SOME POSITIVE IMPACT AROUND THE PARKS, UH, WITH THIS REAL FOCUS ON THAT.
WE REALIZE, WE REALIZE AND, AND, AND IT WAS, AND IT WAS, UH, BROUGHT TO ME IN AS SERIOUS ATONE AS CAN BE BY THE RESIDENTS, THAT THEY ARE COUNTING ON US TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT HURT THEIR SAFETY, BUT IT HELPS THEIR SAFETY.
UM, I KNOW WITH THE SUPPORT OF HPD, ALONG WITH MY PARTNER CHIEF LARRY, SO WHITE, UH, THAT WILL BE THE CASE, BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME EFFORT AND WE HOPE THAT CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES TO MAKE SURE THAT HPD SEES, UM, HOMELESSNESS AND, AND SOLVING THE PROBLEM AROUND HOMELESSNESS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WORK ON.
THAT THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S JUST PUT OFF TO THE SIDE.
AND AGAIN, I THINK WITH THIS FACILITY, IT GIVES THEM A PLACE TO BRING SOMEBODY OTHER THAN TAKING THEM TO JAIL, WRITING CITATION, OR TAKING THEM TO, UH, A HOSPITAL.
UM, THE OTHER EXCITING WORK WE'RE DOING IS WITH METRO, UM, AGAIN, AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, METRO BELIEVES THAT IF THEY COULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, IT WILL ENHANCE RIDERSHIP TREMENDOUSLY.
UM, THE LOCAL LOWER COST TREMENDOUSLY.
AND WE ARE PARTNERING WITH METRO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEIR HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAMS HAVE A PLACE TO BRING FOLKS WHO ARE IN NEED.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, EXPLANATION.
MY, UH, LAST QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH WILL, WILL THE PRESENCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, VISIBLE LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU THINK, UM, UH, KEEP SOME PEOPLE AWAY FROM ACCESSING SERVICE THERE? HOW, HOW ARE YOU GONNA, HOW ARE YOU GONNA HANDLE THAT? YOU KNOW, I, I I, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, I, I THINK GENERALLY PEOPLE WHO COME IN, UM, SOME WILL BE WHO WILL, WILL BE BROUGHT IN BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE THIS CHOICE IN FRONT OF THEM.
UH, SOME OF THEM WILL COME IN ON THEIR OWN ACCORD.
I THINK IF WE HAVE THE KIND OF FACILITY AND THE KIND OF SERVICES, I DO NOT THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MOST CONCERNS ME IS THAT WE HAVE OUTSTANDING FOOD THERE.
FOOD IS SOMETHING THAT KEEPS PEOPLE NEARBY, THAT KEEPS PEOPLE INTERESTED IN COMING.
UM, I WILL, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW MANY OF YOU HERE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHEN PEOPLE JUST GO OUT AND FEED FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THEY LEAVE TRASH EVERYWHERE, IT'S REALLY A PROBLEM IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE THINK IF WITH, IF WITH EXCELLENT FOOD BEING PART OF THIS WITH EXCELLENT SERVICES, WE KNOW IT'S AN EXCELLENT FACILITY, UM, I THINK PEOPLE WILL COME ON AND, AND BE PART OF THIS.
DIRECTOR KNOW, I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE POLICE.
WE HAVE COUNCIL MAYOR CASTILLO IN THE QUEUE.
I ALSO APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS, UH, NEARBY.
A LOT OF THEM ARE, ARE MY CONSTITUENTS.
AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN VERY ENGAGED IN THIS AS HAS CHIEF SATTERWHITE AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
UM, SOME QUESTIONS AROUND, UH, YOUR UPDATE.
YOU MENTIONED REPAIRS TO THE ROOF.
I KNOW THERE WERE TALKS OF POTENTIALLY, UH, RECONFIGURING THE ENTRANCE TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.
HAS THAT ALSO, UH, BEEN EXPLORED FURTHER? YEAH, WE, WE, I THINK WE'RE GONNA, THAT WILL COME TO FRUITION.
THAT DOESN'T TAKE ANY RECONSTRUCTION TO DO THAT.
WE JUST, I, I, I CAN, I CAN SAY THAT THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO, BUT I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OPERATOR SEES THAT AS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THAT.
UM, AND I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE, THESE OPERATORS WILL, WILL VERY MUCH WANT TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THERE.
AND THE WAY IT'S, AND THE WAY IT'S CONFIGURED RIGHT NOW REALLY LOOKS LIKE HAVING PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE BACK INTO THE BACK AND BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO STAY THERE IF THEY NEED A FEW HOURS BEFORE THEY COME IN THE FACILITY.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA WORK VERY WELL.
UM, ON THE SECURITY PORTION, YOU MENTIONED, UM, 24 HOUR PRESENCE THERE.
WILL THERE BE, UM, A DIRECT LINE TO SOMEONE AT THE FACILITY AS WELL FROM, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE NEARBY IF THERE'S AN ISSUE? WE, WE'VE SPOKEN TO THAT AND I, I, THAT'S AGAIN, A, A BIG GOAL THAT WE WILL HAVE A DIRECT LINE FOR NEIGHBORS AND FOR MAJOR BUSINESSES AROUND THERE.
UH, ONE OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE, UM, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH AGAIN, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE MET, ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES, IS THE
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DYNAMO.AND WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEIR SECURITY PEOPLE.
WE'VE MET WITH THEM A FEW TIMES ALREADY.
AND SO I THINK HAVING THAT TIE JUST LIKE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS IMPORTANT.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF THAT DIRECT NUMBER.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, YOU TOUCHED ON METRO.
HAVE Y'ALL HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS ON TRAFFIC MITIGATION AS WELL, UM, WITH EMANCIPATION AND THE, THE TRAFFIC ISSUES THEY FACE NOW VERSUS AFTER THE FACILITY OPENS? WE HAVE HAD SOME, AGAIN, IT WAS A MAJOR ISSUE AT THE MEETINGS AND IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO DO.
I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, UH, WE'RE WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED ON SINCE OUR MEETING WITH THE DYNAMO IS TO PUT IN A CROSSWALK, UM, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE, WE'VE WATCHED PEOPLE ACROSS THOSE STREETS, THEY REALLY NEED A SAFE CROSSWALK.
AND, UH, AGAIN, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO, UH, THE FOLKS WHO PUT IN CROSSWALKS TO DO THAT.
BUT YES, IT'S VERY MUCH IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SAFE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT IN THAT AREA TOO.
AGAIN, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE COMING TO THE GAMES, COMING TO EDO AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING INTO THE FACILITY, UM, WE'LL BE PARKING SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE STREET, WE HOPE.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART TOO.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.
REALLY EXCITING AND THRILLED ABOUT THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD.
I JUST HAVE A FEW, UM, QUESTIONS.
UH, THE NUMBER ONE, THE OPERATOR, YOU KNOW, FA RIGHT? NO NOTICE OF FUNDING.
AND SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A FORMAL APPLICATION PROCESS WHERE THE DEPARTMENT PUTS TOGETHER THIS, AGAIN, A FORMAL APPLICATION.
AND THE OPERATORS HAVE TO COMPLETE IT, FILL IN ALL THE FORMS. UH, WE HAVE TO MEET FEDERAL, UH, REQUIREMENTS ON THAT.
BUT TRANSPARENCY FOR, UM, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT WILL EVALUATE IT.
THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROCESS CURRENTLY.
AND, AND THEN COURSE THE, UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE, THE CITY HAS INITIATED STRUCTURE EVALUATION PROCESS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
THAT FOR THE ROOFING, WAS THAT NO, THAT'S FOR AGAIN, FOR THE OPERATOR.
UH, THE ROOFING AND OTHER PHYSICAL THING, I, I WILL BE, IS DONE BY GSD AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICES ON THAT AND GETTING IT DONE QUICKLY.
THAT ROOFING ISSUE, WAS THAT KIND OF, WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCOVERED AFTER THE FACT? OR WAS THAT SOMETHING IN REGARDS TO THE SELLER? UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE IDEA THAT WE HAD ROOFING CONDITIONS, UH, WE HAD, WE HAD AN EVALUATION, FORMAL EVALUATION DONE DURING THAT PERIOD BEFORE WE, UM, BEFORE, BEFORE THE, THE EARNEST MONEY, UM, BECAME SOLID AND HAD TO GO TO THEM.
AND DURING THAT WE FOUND THAT ISSUE, UM, THE, THE, THE OWNERS WERE WILLING TO FIX IT THEMSELVES.
BUT IT REALLY, WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, WE THOUGHT IT'D BE MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE FOR THE CITY TO DO THAT WITH CITY PROCURED CONTRACTORS.
SO WOULD THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THAT? THEY DID CONTRIBUTE TO IT.
I KNOW THE PRICE WAS REDUCED FOR THAT.
SO WE DO, WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT.
OH, IT'S, IT'S PAID FOR OUT OF, OUT OF THE REDUCTION IN PRICE.
OKAY, SO THE OPERATION ANNUALLY IS 12 TO 14 MILLION ACCORDING TO, TO, THAT'S OUR ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME.
THAT'S AN ESTIMATED, I JUST WANTED TO, TO TO CENTER ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S 10 MILLION IS COMING FROM THE, UH, HUD.
AND SO WE GOING TO USE 12 TO 14 MILLION, GIVE OR TAKE OR MORE, WHICHEVER.
SO WITH THAT BEING THEN THE PROCESS OF WHERE THOSE DOLLARS COME IN AT, WE ARE LOOKING AT, WE, WE FEEL COMFORTABLE AFTER TALKING TO AGAIN, UM, A, A NUMBER TO THE MAYOR, A NUMBER OF SOURCES THAT WE, THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE.
WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, WE'RE NOT OVERFUNDING SURE, SURE.
IT HAS SOME RANGE AND IT, UH, AND FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT STATE AND FEDERAL MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING MM-HMM
AND WE THINK THAT THOSE ARE GONNA CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE PROGRAMMING TOO.
SO I'M, I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE MONEY, THE FUNDING WILL BE THERE.
WE'LL BE BACK TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE THAT, UM, AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE SOURCES.
AND THEN WHEN YOU COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL, THEN THOSE PEOPLE ARE ORGANIZATIONS
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WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE SERVICES AREA OF WHATEVER THEY CAN COMMIT THAT'LL BE SUBMITTED TO THAT.I THINK THE WAY, THE WAY I'M SEEING IT AT THIS POINT IS WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL, UH, AGAIN ON MARCH 18TH.
TO GET THE OPERATOR APPROVED AND VERY MUCH THE OPERATOR WILL PROBABLY BE THE ONE WHO SUBCONTRACTS WITH THE VARIETY OF, OF ENTITIES.
UM, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES WILL BE HARRIS HEALTH, UH, THE HOSPITAL.
AND THE HOPE IS THAT THEY WILL, THEY WILL FUND THAT INSTEAD OF EXPECTING THE CITY TO FUND THAT.
AND THAT WILL REDUCE THE, THE FUNDING A GREAT DEAL BECAUSE THE, THE PART OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE PIECES OF THE OPERATIONS BESIDES THE STAFFING, IS THE PSYCHIATRIC AND PHYSICAL HEALTH PIECES.
WELL, LAST POINT AND I'LL BE DONE.
UM, THE, YOU MENTIONED THAT, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WE GOING TO NEED HELP AND CERTAINLY FROM MONEY, PEOPLE WITH THE DOLLARS, THE, THOSE WHO CAN GIVE, I GOT ONE PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION ALREADY ASKING, UH, ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO RAISE MONEY FOR THIS EFFORT.
SO WE, WE PRAYING, WELL, WE, WE, WE ARE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GO, WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND DO THAT.
I THINK AS I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE, I STILL, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THE OPERATOR IN PLACE, I HAVE MET WITH A DOZEN POTENTIAL FUNDERS SURE.
AND THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED SURE.
AND WANT TO PLAY A ROLE WITH THIS.
AND AGAIN, UM, THIS IS WITHOUT THE, UM, WITHOUT TAKING, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SAY THIS IS WITHOUT TAKING ANYTHING FROM FUNDING FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MEAN SO MUCH TO THE SYSTEM.
AND I'M THINKING ABOUT SEARCH, UH, STAR OF HOPE, OPEN DOOR MISSION.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE MISSION OF YAHWEH.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE ORGANIZATIONS FULLY FUNDED TOO.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE FULL FUNDING FOR THE HOUSING.
SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHERE DO WE GET PEOPLE ENGAGED IN WHO REALLY WANNA SOLVE THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM OF STREET HOMELESSNESS.
CHAIR DIRECTOR ON THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES GRANT, THE STATE MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS.
I THINK THERE WAS CLOSE TO $12 BILLION EVERY BIENNIUM OR SOMETHING THAT THERE IS A SET SUBSET PROJECTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN TRANSITION FROM HOMELESS HOMELESSNESS.
SO WILL THE CITY APPLY DIRECTLY FOR THOSE GRANTS OR WILL THAT BE THE OPERATOR OR WILL IT HARRIS HEALTH? IT, IT'LL BE THE OPERATOR, BUT PROBABLY IT WILL BE HARRIS HEALTH HARRIS CENTER.
ONE OF THE PARTNER THAT'S, THEY HAVE HARRIS HEALTH, AS YOU KNOW, IS A, REALLY DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB BRINGING STATE MONEY INTO HOUSTON.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL LEAVE KIND OF THE GRANT GETTING TO THEM, BUT THEY'LL BRING THAT TO HELP COVER THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
THAT, THAT IS EXACTLY HOW I THINK IT WILL BE DONE.
'CAUSE THEY CLEARLY HAVE TO BE A PARTNER NO MATTER WHO IS THE OPERATOR.
UH, ARE THOSE, UH, ARE THOSE GRANTS LIKE BEING SOUGHT RIGHT NOW? OR IS DO WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL WE'RE FURTHER DOWN THE LINE? THEY'RE BEING SOUGHT RIGHT NOW.
CURRENTLY IT'S A, WE AGAIN, WE ARE, UM, VERY IMPRESSED IN HOUSTON WITH THE ATTENTION TO GRANTS.
AND THAT'S FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT NOT ONLY OUR DEPARTMENT FROM HARRIS HEALTH, FROM HARRIS CENTER, UM, FROM OUR NONPROFITS.
ON THOSE GRANTS? NO, NOBODY'S WAITING.
SO DIRECTOR, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
WE WILL MOVE TO OUR FINAL ITEM, DEALING WITH COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT PROHIBITED YARD PARKING.
WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, UH, IN WAITING.
AND YOU GO AHEAD WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE READY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, MY NAME IS, UH, CHRIS SHANNON.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS OUR ENFORCEMENT MEASURES WITH PROHIBITED YARD PARKING.
SO THE PROHIBITED YARD PARKING ORDINANCE IS FOUND WITHIN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES IN ARTICLE 10, SECTIONS 28 3 0 1 THROUGH 3 0 5.
SO SOME BACKGROUND ON THE ORDINANCE.
UH, THE PLANNING, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CREATED THIS ORDINANCE UNDER TWO THOU.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2009 DASH FIVE NINE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT WHO ENFORCES THE PROGRAM.
AS OF TODAY, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT
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IS NOW YOUR ENFORCEMENT BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE, UH, PREVIOUSLY ENFORCED BY HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHO CAN PARTICIPATE.ACTIVE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND CIVIC GROUPS APPLY CAN APPLY TO BECOME PART OF THE PROGRAM.
SO TO ENROLL IN THIS PROGRAM, THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROCESS, WHICH APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED ON THE FIRST TWO BUSINESS DAYS OF EACH MONTH.
THESE APPLICATIONS ARE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
SOME COMMON REASONS WHY AN APPLICATION MAY NOT BE APPROVED, UH, TEND TO BE INSUFFICIENT PETITION OF SUPPORT, MEANING IT'S LACKING 60% OF PROPER OF SUPPORT FROM PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, IN THE AREA APPLIED FOR AND, AND OTHER AREAS OF LACK OF EVIDENCE PERTAINING TO BLOCK FACE CRITERIA.
OR IF THE HEARING OFFICIAL DETERMINES THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT CURB SPACE, UM, WHICH WOULD NOT, UH, YIELD, UH, AN APPROVED APPLICATION FOR PROHIBITED YARD PARKING REGARDING RENEWALS.
SO THERE ARE NO CURRENT RENEWAL.
THERE IS NO CURRENT RENEWAL PROCESS.
PARTICIPANTS WOULD NEED TO REPEAT THIS APPLICATION PROCESS AFTER 20 YEARS.
THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE FROM THE TIME A, UH, UH, AN APPLICATION IS APPROVED, IS CONSIDERED VALID FOR 20 YEARS.
UM, HOWEVER, THE ORDINANCE ITSELF DOES NOT SPECIFY A RENEWAL CLAUSE OR RENEW RENEWAL PROCESS.
UM, AS IT STANDS TODAY, WE WOULD, THE, AN EXPIRED APPLICATION WOULD START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.
SO CURRENTLY THE PROHIBIT YARD PARKING HAS APPROVED 221 APPLICATIONS TO DATE, THE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO PROTECT NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTY VALUES, PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND STOP THE DEGRADATION OF, OF THE AESTHETIC APPEARANCE OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION ON THE RIGHT.
IN 2009, 2010, UH, THE INCEPTION OF THE ORDINANCE, YOU HAD A HIGH VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AND APPROVED.
123 AND OVER THE COURSE, UH, OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT THE NUMBERS HAVE DWINDLED.
HOWEVER, WERE STILL SITTING ON 221 APPROVED APPLICATIONS.
SO, PROHIBITED YARD PARKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE.
SO PARKING OF VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT ON ANY SURFACE THAT IS NOT AN APPROVED SURFACE IN THE FRONT OR SIDE YARD.
AREAS OF AN IMPROVED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT.
SECTION 28 DASH 3 0 3, UH, DEFINES OUR, THE OFFENSE PROVISIONS, WHICH IS, IT IS PRESUMED THAT A REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE OR EQUIPMENT IS THE PERSON WHO PARKED, CAUSED, SUFFERED, OR PERMITTED THE VEHICLE TO BE PARKED IN VIOLATION OF THIS, THIS ARTICLE, SECTION 28 3 0 5, IS OUR PENALTY PROVISIONS.
ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON A CONVICTION THEREOF, SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $150 EACH DAY.
A VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE.
THE ORDINANCE FURTHER CLARIFIES WHO, WHO WHO CAN ENFORCE THIS ORDINANCE.
AND BOTTOM HERE WE SAY THE PROVISIONS OF THE ARTICLE MAY BE ENFORCED BY ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, THE NEIGHBOR PROTECTION OFFICIAL, OR THE PARKING OFFICIAL.
SO, STRATEGY WITH OUR ENFORCEMENT AND EVALUATION PLAN.
SO AS SOON AS PUBLIC WORKS WAS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH STANDING UP ENFORCEMENT, WE, WE WENT TO WORK INTERNALLY WITH OUR WORKFLOWS AND PROCESSES.
UH, WE, WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR, OUR SYSTEM OF RECORD WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE THE INFORMATION FROM A REPORTING STANDPOINT THROUGH 3 1 1.
UM, AND HENCE, WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR SYSTEM GO LIVE AS OF JANUARY 12TH, 2026.
SO AS OF JANUARY 12TH OF THIS YEAR, 3 1 1 WENT ACTIVE IN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS FOR PROHIBITED YARD PARKING AND SUCCESSFULLY ROUTING THEM TO HPW COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UH, WE PLAN TO REASSESS THE DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS AND ABOUT FIVE MONTHS.
SO MAY OF 26 WOULD GIVE US FIVE MONTHS OF ACTUALLY CAPTURING COMPLAINT DATA AND SEEING HOW BIG THE PROBLEM IS.
LOOKING AT VIOLATION VOLUME COMPLIANCE.
UM, I CAN'T SPEAK TO HISTORICAL DATA AS FROM JANUARY 12TH TO TODAY.
WE HAVE RECEIVED THROUGH THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM, 21 CASES OF REPORTED PROHIBITED YARD PARKING ALL IN AREAS DEEMED AS REGISTERED FOR PROHIBITED YARD PARKING OUT OF THAT 2119 HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.
EITHER OWNER COMPLIANCE OR THE, UH, WHEN THE INSPECTORS ARRIVED ON SITE, THE THE VEHICLE WAS NON-EXISTENT OR NOT, NOT ON THE PROPERTY.
SO, REPORTING PROHIBITED YARD PARKING
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IN NEIGHBORHOODS.SO THIS GRAPHIC KINDA GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THE WORKFLOW WILL LOOKS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM.
SO A CONSTITUENT WOULD REPORT A COMPLAINT OF 3 1 1.
THE COMPLAINTS ARE REALLOCATED BASED OFF OF THE PROHIBITED YARD PARKING PROGRAM.
YOU'LL SEE THAT FIRST ORANGE BOX ON THE TOP.
IF THE CASE IS CLO, THE CASE WOULD BE CLOSED IF THE COMPLAINT ADDRESS IS NOT ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE THREE ONE ONE CALL TAKERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY REVIEWING GIS DATABASES AT 3 1 1 AND VALIDATING, UH, IF THAT REPORTED LOCATION IS WITHIN, WITH WITHIN A REGISTERED APPROVED PROHIBITED YARD PARKING AREA.
IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THAT IT'S NOT, THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT.
SO THE CASE WOULD THEN BE SHUT DOWN AT THAT POINT.
IF THE CASE, IF, IF THE REPORTED ADDRESS IS WITHIN A APPROVED PRIED YARD PARKING AREA, THEN WE WOULD CONTINUE TO ASSIGN THAT CASE THROUGH.
IT WOULD MOVE INTO OUR 3 1 1 SYSTEM.
ASSIGN A COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTOR.
UH, WE WOULD MAKE CONTACT AND WE HAVE SOME, UH, DOOR HANGERS AND SOME DIFFERENT LITERATURE THAT WE WOULD PLAN TO, UH, PROVIDE TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AS A A MEANS OF EDUCATION.
UH, ONCE NOTIFICATION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, WE DETERMINE THAT THE VEHICLE IS INDEED PARKED IN THE YARD OR SIDE YARD OF AN APPROVED AREA.
UH, IDEALLY WE WOULD HOPE FOR IMMEDIATE COMPLIANCE WHERE THE VEHICLE COULD BE REMOVED IF WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE VIOLATOR OR THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE.
IF NOT A, IT WOULD BE DOCUMENTED IN OUR SYSTEM AS A A NON-COMPLIANCE, AND WE WOULD FOLLOW UP IN 48 HOURS.
IF THE VEHICLE IS STILL, UH, PARKED IN THE YARD AFTER 48 HOURS ON OUR CHECK BACK INSPECTION, WE WOULD ISSUE CITATIONS AND THAT CYCLE WILL REPEAT ITSELF 48 HOURS UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REMOVED.
SO SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, RESIDENTS, AND BUSINESSES.
UM, SO CHECK WITH YOUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, YOUR CIVIC CLUBS, UH, THE GROUPS, UH, WITHIN THE AREAS OF WHERE YOU RESIDE.
MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE LOCATION THAT YOU'RE REPORTING IS AN APPROVED PROHIBITED YARD PARKING AREA.
UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER SLIDE HERE.
YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON IN THE COVERAGE AREA AS WELL.
SO SOME EXAMPLES OF OUR NOTIFICATIONS.
THE, THE, THE NOTIFICATION ON, ON THE LEFT IS JUST A, A STANDARD SHELL COPY OR A SHELL OF WHAT YOU WOULD SEE A VIOLATION NOTICE THAT WOULD BE MAILED OUT TO A, A CITIZEN FOR ANY TYPE OF A NUISANCE OR CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATION THROUGH HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS WHAT I REFER TO AS A RED DOOR HANGER.
SO THIS IS OUR, OUR, OUR MEANS TO EDUCATE THE, THE, THE CITIZENS WITH PROHIBITED YARD PARKING.
BEING THAT IT'S NEW TO HOUSTON OR NEW TO HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, OUR FIRST APPROACH WAS TO EDUCATE THE CITIZENS THAT THIS IS A, AN APPROVED PROHIBITED YARD PARKING AREA.
IN THE EVENT THAT WE'RE UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT, WE WOULD LEAVE A DOOR HANGER WITH SOME SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE NAME OF THE INSPECTOR PHONE NUMBERS, CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OUR OFFICE SO WE CAN EXPLAIN WHY WE WERE OUT THERE TO, UH, ADDRESS THIS SITUATION.
UH, THIS IS A MOCKUP OF A, UH, OF CITATIONS.
SO THE EVENT, IN THE EVENT THAT THE, UH, INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT ABLE TO OR RESISTED TO REMOVE THEIR VEHICLE CITATIONS WOULD BE ISSUED AT THE TUNE OF $150 PER DAY.
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A TRADITIONAL CITATION THAT OUR STAFF, UH, ISSUES.
SO I HAD TO REPORT A VIOLATION, UH, AS YOU HEARD ME MENTION EARLIER THROUGH 3 1 1.
THAT IS OUR MAIN REPORTING AVENUE.
UH, AS OF TODAY, 3 1 1 IS ONLY RECEIVING COMPLAINTS OF PROHIBITED YARD PARKING FROM PHONE CALLS ONLY.
THE PORTAL IS NOT LIVE, MEANING THAT THE CUSTOMERS CANNOT ACCESS THE THREE ONE ONE PORTAL THROUGH THEIR PHONE OR WEB BROWSER AND NAVIGATE TO, UH, SPECIFICALLY PUT IN A COMPLAINT OF PROHIBITED YARD PARKING.
UH, WE, WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE THAT, THAT FUNCTIONALITY AVAILABLE WITHIN 3 1 1 AND THE SECOND QUARTER OF 26.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S MORE INVOLVED, UH, AT A HIGHER LEVEL WITHIN THE IT WORLD THAT WOULD REQUIRE, UM, SOME EXPERTISE OUTSIDE OF MY, UH, MY KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE GIS DATA, UH, ABILITY TO VALIDATE THAT INFORMATION WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND ACTUALLY, UH, SUCCESSFULLY ROUTE A, UH, A VIOLATION TO OUR, UH, TO OUR TEAM FOR ENFORCEMENT.
UM, BUT AS OF TODAY, RIGHT NOW, THREE ON ONE IS RECEIVING THESE CALLS, UH, VIA PHONE CALL ONLY.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TEAM.
SO WITHIN COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE A GROUP OR A SPECIALIZED TEAM WITHIN OUR OPERATION KNOWN AS OUR JUNK MOTOR
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VEHICLE TEAM.IT'S CONSISTENT OF FOUR FIELD INSPECTORS.
AND IN ADDITION TO THEIR, THEIR COURSE, THEIR NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS ON, UH, RESPONDING TO AND ADDRESSING JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE COMPLAINTS, WE HAVE TASKED THE ENFORCEMENT OF PROHIBITED YARD PARKING TO THAT TEAM.
UH, WE WERE TRYING TO MATCH, LIKE FOR LIKE, AND I WAS THINKING THAT, UH, VEHICLES, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALREADY DEALING, DEALING WITH VEHICLES.
AND SO WE, WE'VE ADDED THIS ON TO THAT GROUP AS WELL.
UM, THIS REP, THIS GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN IS THAT'S REAL TIME THAT THAT IS, UH, SHOWING YOU AN ACTUAL AS OF TODAY, THE AREAS SHADED IN BLUE ARE AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON THAT ARE APPROVED FOR PROHIBITED YARD PARKING ENFORCEMENT.
THE, THE FEW AREAS THAT YOU'LL SEE INDICATED IN SHADED IN RED OR AREAS THAT ARE NOT APPROVED OR WERE APPLICATIONS WERE DENIED OUT OF 1.2 MILLION PARCELS OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, OUT OF THAT 1.2 MILLION 18,500 PARCELS ARE REGISTERED FOR PROHIBITED YARD PARKING.
SO A FRACTION OF THE CITY IS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY APPROVED FOR PROTA YARD PARKING OUT OF THAT 221 APPLICATION THAT I, THAT I SPOKE OF EARLIER ON IN THE PRESENTATION.
NEXT SLIDE, SOME RISKS AND HAZARD MITIGATION.
SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, IT'S ALWAYS THE SAFETY THAT I'M CONCERNED WITH WITH OUR STAFF.
UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS A DANGEROUS JOB.
WE ARE OUT ON PEOPLE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY ROUTINELY TELLING THEM TO CUT THEIR GRASS, TO PICK UP TRASH DEBRIS.
UM, THERE IS SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE WE'VE HAD INSPECTORS, UH, BEEN THREATENED, HAD GUNS PULLED ON THEM.
UM, UH, IT'S UNFORTUNATE BUT IT'S REALITY.
UH, THESE ARE CIVILIAN INSPECTORS THAT ARE PERFORMING THIS FUNCTION, DEALING WITH A VEHICLE AND SOMEONE'S, WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE APPROACHING SOMEONE WITH A VEHICLE VIOLATION, THERE IS A PERHAPS AN ESCALATED LEVEL OF, UH, RESPONSE FROM THE CITIZENS.
AND IN SOME FACT, BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR MEANS AND METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION.
WHO ARE YOU TO TELL ME WHERE I CAN PARK MY VEHICLE? UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE FIRST OUT TO EDUCATE THE, THE FOLKS.
UH, SO THE, IT'S IT'S KNOWN THAT THESE CITIZENS CAN BECOME AGITATED.
THERE'S POTENTIAL ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE, AND THEN OF COURSE WE'RE ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT LOOSE ANIMALS, DOG BITES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE HAVE EDUCATED OUR INSPECTORS ON DEESCALATION TACTICS AND STRATEGIES, HOW TO TALK TO PEOPLE, READING THE SITU OR READING THEIR AREAS, ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENT WHEN THEY PULL UP TO OBSERVE THEIR SURROUNDINGS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AREA IS SAFE FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE AND MAYBE APPROACH THE SITUATION IF INDEED THEY ACTUALLY DO SEE A VEHICLE PARKED IN SOMEONE'S FRONT OR SIDE YARD.
ANY SAFETY CONCERNS, WE WOULD ASK THE, THE INSPECTORS THEY KNOW TO LEAVE THE SITE IMMEDIATELY AND IMMEDIATELY CALL A, UH, SUPERVISOR.
AND IF, IF IT WARRANTS, THEY WOULD CALL 9 1 1.
AND WE HAVE OUR, UH, CONTACT FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE TEAM, WHICH IS SERGEANT MATTHEW SIMON, WHO OVERSEES CITYWIDE DRT, WHO WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH.
AND HE'S VERY WELL AWARE THAT AS WE ARE TAKING ON THIS ENFORCEMENT REALM AND RESPONSIBILITY, THAT IN THE NEED THAT WE NEED LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE, WE WOULD CERTAINLY RELY ON H-P-D-D-R-T FOR FURTHER HELP.
AND THIS IS, UH, JUST OUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
YOU'LL SEE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE SLIDE.
UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVID ALMER WILL SERVE AS THE, UH, HE'S THE, MY MAIN POINT OF CONTACT, IF YOU WILL, THAT OVERSEEING THE JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE TEAM WITHIN COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ADDITIONALLY PROHIBITED YARD PARKING.
WE HAVE A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE.
WE'LL GO TO VICE MAYOR PRO TEMP PECK.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS CHANGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, HPD ALWAYS DID A GREAT JOB WITH THIS, BUT OF COURSE THEY DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE THE TIME TO GO OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, ISSUE THESE CITATIONS.
SO I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE REALLY GREAT.
UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT.
SO, UM, THE INSPECTOR IS DEALING WITH THE JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES.
THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO DEAL WITH THE PARKING IN THE YARD.
SO IF SOMEONE CALLS THROUGH IN ONE AND IT, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY SOMEONE'S PARKING THE GUARD TURNS OUT TO BE AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE, IT'S THE SAME PERSON THAT COULD DEAL WITH BOTH.
WHAT ABOUT IF IT'S AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE ON THE STREET, IS THAT STILL GOING TO BE THE JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE TEAM, OR IS THAT GOING TO BE, UM, PARKING MANAGEMENT? SO IF IT, IF IT'S IN, IF IT'S NOT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, IF IT'S IN THE STREET, THAT'S GONNA BE THE PARK HOUSTON OR HPD.
SO THAT REMAINS THE SAME, RIGHT.
SO IT'S JUST IF WHEN IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY? CORRECT.
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TO CITATIONS, UM, THAT WAS KIND OF ALWAYS THE PROBLEM I THINK IN THE PAST, WAS WRITING THE CITATION TO AN ACTUAL PERSON VERSUS JUST PUTTING IT ON THE VEHICLE VERSUS MAILING THE CITATION OR A NOTICE.SO IT SOUNDS LIKE NOW WE'RE GOING TO MAIL NOTICES AND THEN THE CITATION ITSELF, IS THAT GOING TO BE JUST PLACED ON THE, THE CAR? IS THAT GONNA BE MAILED? DOES THAT HAVE TO ACTUALLY BE GIVEN TO AN INDIVIDUAL? HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? SO IN A, IN A PERFECT WORLD, IT'S MUCH MORE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO ACTUALLY HAND, UH, A CITATION TO THE VIOLATOR.
UM, THAT WAY WE CAN USUALLY, WE CAN GET THEIR SIGNATURE TO SAY THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'VE BEEN ISSUED THAT CITATION.
IF NOT, OUR, OUR NEXT METHOD WILL BE TO MAIL THE CITATION TO THE ADDRESS OF THE OWNER, OF RECORD OF THE VEHICLE.
SO IT'S THE PERSON WHO OWNS THE VEHICLE? YES.
NOT NECESSARILY THE HOUSE THAT THEY'RE PARKED AT.
SO THE WAY THE ORDINANCE, THE, THE LANGUAGE AND THE ORDINANCE GIVES US THE, THE GUIDANCE TO SAY THAT IT IS PRESUMED AS THE, THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, THE ONE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE JOHN SMITH OWNS THE VEHICLE, BUT HIS SON WAS DRIVING IT THAT DAY AND PARKED THE CAR.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY JOHN'S GONNA GET THAT, THAT THAT CITATION IF I, IF I MAIL IT TO HIM.
UM, SO AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'VE, IN THE FEW WEEKS THAT WE'VE BEEN LIVE WITH OUR ENFORCEMENT, WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH OWNER COMPLIANCE, VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.
UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T EVEN HAD TO WRITE A CITATION TO DATE.
UH, FOLKS ARE MOVING THEIR VEHICLES.
UH, NOW I THINK AS THIS THING CATCHES ON AND, AND WORD OF MOUTH GETS OUT THAT HPW IS NOW ENFORCING THIS AND THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM BEHIND RATHER THAN JUST AN EMPTY COMPLAINT, I, I EXPECT THE NUMBERS TO INCREASE.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S OF VALUE TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A, THIS IS A NEW OPERATION WITHIN OUR ENFORCEMENT TEAM AND WE WILL MODIFY, TWEAK, WE'LL MAKE IT BETTER, UM, AS, AS WE LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT VOLUME AND INTAKE AND HOW THE RESPONSIVENESS WE'RE GETTING FROM FOLKS THAT ARE ACTUALLY VIOLATING.
COUNCIL MEMBER PECK, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN.
HOW MANY COMPLAINTS SINCE WE WENT ALIVE IN JANUARY? 21.
AND YOU THINK THE FOUR, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S NEVER ENOUGH THANKS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR TAKING IT ON.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A HOT POTATO NOBODY WANTED TO ENFORCE, BUT LOOKS LIKE IT'S YOU.
UM, OBVIOUSLY NOT ENOUGH TO COVER ALL THE JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES AND THIS, BUT IF, IF THE VOLUME STAYS AROUND THAT WE CAN HANDLE IT.
AND, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THE PROBLEM IS.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'VE HEARD THE MORE COMPLAINTS, THE, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.
NOW THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT IF YOU'RE NOT IN A-P-A-P-Y-P APPROVED AREA AND THERE'S CARS PARKING IN, IN THE YARD, THEN SURE, NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
NO, I'M NOT GONNA SEND RESOURCES OUT THERE.
AND, UM, WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME BETWEEN THE NOTIFICATION, LIKE THE WARNING, YOU KNOW, HERE'S, BE EDUCATED ABOUT IT AND WHEN THE CITATION HAPPENS.
UM, UH, DIRECTOR, I'VE GOT JUST A FEW QUESTIONS AND IF WE CAN START WITH SLIDE NUMBER SIX.
SO YOU DID, YOU DID QUOTE, UM, A PORTION OF THE ORDINANCE YES.
UH, THAT DEALING WITH PRESUMPTION, UM, PRESUMPTION OF MEAN MEANS, OF COURSE, THAT YOU, YOU DON'T NEED AN EYEWITNESS TO SAY, I SAW SO-AND-SO PARK THE CAR IN THE YARD.
UM, THE FACT THAT, UH, SOMEONE SAYS, I SAW THE YARD PARKED THERE.
I'M SORRY, THE CAR PARKED THERE AT SOME POINT IN TIME CAN GET YOU, UM, CAN GET YOU THERE AS FAR AS PROOF.
OF COURSE, IF THE DEFENDANT COMES IN AND SAYS, WASN'T ME WHO, WHO PARKED THE CAR THERE? BUT, UM, AS I LOOK AT THE, THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT COMES BEFORE THAT, UH, AND THAT'S GONNA BE 28 DASH 3 0 3 SUBSECTION B OFFENSE, IT SAYS, IT SHALL BE AN OFFENSE FOR ANY PERSON TO PARK OR TO CAUSE SUFFER OR PERMIT THE PARKING OF A VEHICLE.
SO, UM, IN ORDER TO HOLD SOMEONE RESPONSIBLE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVE THEY PARKED IT.
IF THEY PERMITTED IT OR SUFFERED IT TO BE PARKED, UH, ON THE PROPERTY, UM, THEN THEY CAN BE HELD LIABLE.
CERTAINLY ALL, ALL OF THIS SUGGESTS TO ME THAT WE COULD USE, WE COULD, UH, MAKE MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF SIMPLY MAILING THE CITATION TO, TO A RESIDENCE.
AND, AND I THINK, UH, WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED MAIL, WHICH COMES WITH A COST.
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ALSO A COST TO SENDING A PERSON YES.AND, AND TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE, UH, AT THE RESIDENCE WHO, WHO LIVES THERE.
SO, UH, I BELIEVE THERE ARE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT, THAT, UM, DO THAT MAIL THE CITATION YES.
SO I HOPE YOU ALL WILL CONSIDER MAKING, MAKING USE OF THAT AND MAKING USE OF THAT PART OF THE ORDINANCE, THAT, THAT IS VERY BROAD AND, AND, UH, UM, DOES NOT SEEM TO REQUIRE AN ACTUAL WITNESS TO, TO THE CAR BEING PARKED THERE.
UM, SO FOLLOWING UP ON COUNCIL MEMBER AL COIN'S CO'S UM, POINT YOU THIS EFFORT IS UNDERWAY AND I THINK YOU SAID THERE HAVE BEEN 21, UH, COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN RESOLVED EITHER BY THE VEHICLE BEING, UH, EITHER BY CONTACTING AN INDIVIDUAL AT THE RESIDENCE OR WHERE, UH, THE VEHICLE'S NOT THERE WHEN YOU'VE GONE OUT SUBSEQUENTLY.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE'VE HAD 21 COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH 3 1 1.
AND AS OF TODAY, 19 HAVE BEEN RESOLVED AS EITHER OWNER COMPLIANCE OR NON-EXISTENT UPON ARRIVAL OF THE INSPECTOR, HAVE YOU HAD ANY INCIDENTS WHERE, UM, THE PERSON AT THE RESIDENCE WAS IRATE OR THREATENED VIOLENCE OR ANYTHING TO THIS POINT? NO, SIR.
UM, OF THE 19 THAT WERE RESOLVED, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE, UH, INSTANCES INVOLVED ACTUAL CONTACT WITH A PERSON AT THE RESIDENCE WHO AGREED, OKAY, I'LL WON'T PARK IT THERE OR I'LL MOVE IT OR, OR WHATEVER.
I DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE CASE.
UM, YEAH, SO ON SLIDE NUMBER NINE, LET'S SEE.
THIS IS WHERE YOU LAY OUT THE VARIOUS STEPS REQUIRED AND ONE OF WHICH IS CASES ASSIGNED TO AN INSPECTOR FOR REVIEW AND RESEARCH.
THEN THE NEXT STEP IS CONTACT IS MADE.
UM, DO YOU KNOW HOW, HOW MUCH TIME THERE IS BETWEEN THOSE PARTICULAR STEPS RIGHT NOW FROM THE INITIAL ASSIGNMENT TO MAKING CONTACT? RIGHT.
SO IN A PERFECT WORLD, I WOULD HOPE WITHIN 24 HOURS, OUR INSPECTOR, ONCE RECEIVING THE ASSIGNMENT, IS ABLE TO MAKE THE SITE VISIT.
UH, OF COURSE THAT'S GONNA BE DEPENDENT ON THE WORKFLOW THAT THAT, THAT WE HAVE COMING IN FROM THE VARIOUS JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE CASES.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT BEING MINDFUL OF WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE PUTTING THIS RESPONSIBILITY TO THE JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE TEAM, THEY'RE MORE LASER FOCUSED ON DEALING WITH VEHICLE COMPLAINTS.
JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES ARE HIGH VOLUME.
UM, AND OF COURSE, AS PUBLIC WORKS HAS TAKEN THIS ON FROM DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, WE'VE SEEN HOW BIG THAT PROBLEM IS.
UM, AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WITHIN ONE TO TWO DAYS OF RECEIVING THIS COMPLAINT THAT OUR INSPECTORS ARE MAKING CONTACT AND GETTING OUT ON SITE.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE 3 1 1, UH, SYSTEM BEING USED TO LODGE THESE COMPLAINTS, UM, WOULD, IS IT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE FOR RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO DON'T LIKE FOLKS PARKING IN THEIR YARDS TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT PHOTOGRAPHS WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR COMPLAINTS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THAT EVIDENCE AVAILABLE AS WELL? SO CERTAINLY ONCE THE PORTAL GOES LIVE, WHERE THE ACT WHERE THE CITIZEN HAS THE FULL FUNCTIONALITY OF USING THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM TRADITIONALLY OR AND NORMAL 3 1 1 WHERE SOMEONE'S REPORTING THROUGH THE PORTAL TODAY, THEY CAN UPLOAD PHOTOGRAPHS, IMAGES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WHICH IS GREAT FOR THE INSPECTORS TO USE.
BEING THAT IT'S ONLY OPEN RIGHT NOW TO A CITIZEN CALLING INTO 3 1 1 AND SPEAKING TO AN ACTUAL LIVE PERSON AT 3 1 1, I'M SURE THAT THERE'S THE CAPABILITY THAT THAT'S CONSTITUENT CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE, THE PERSON AT 3 1 1 WHO COULD ACTUALLY THEN ATTACH THAT INFORMATION TO OUR CASE.
I THINK THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE THESE CASES STRONGER.
WHEN THEY GET TO COURT IS TO HAVE THAT, THAT ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO, UH, ADDRESS IS WHEN WE HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT PROHIBITED YARD PARKING, IT'S NOT USUALLY JUST ONE, IT'S ABOUT A NUMBER OF HOUSES IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THIS IS GOING ON.
SO YES, I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU SEND SOMEONE OUT ON A SPECIFIC COMPLAINT AT A RESIDENCE, THOSE, THOSE, UH, ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ARE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER RESIDENCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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TO SEE IF THERE ARE VIOLATORS AND, AND ADDRESSING THOSE.UM, THE INTENT IS TO BE PROACTIVE ONCE WE ARE OUT RECEIVING A COMPLAINT IS, AND NOT JUST LASER FOCUSED ON, ON ONE SPECIFIC ADDRESS, IS TO HAVE THE TEAM IDENTIFY IN A, IN A PYP AREA, IF THEY'RE IN THAT ZONE, ENFORCING COMPLIANCE.
IF WE HAVE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS OR OTHER NEIGHBORS THAT ARE VIOLATING, THEN WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE WHILE WE'RE THERE.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND WE WILL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING OR PUBLIC COMMENT PHASE OF THIS AGENDA.
SO WE HAVE THREE FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP.
THE FIRST ONE ON THE LIST IS ANN COLLUM.
YOU, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
YEAH, I KIND OF WISH I COULD HAVE, WE COULD HAVE SPOKE BEFORE HE DID.
I'M, I'VE LIVED IN HISTORIC GLENFORD VALLEY OVER 50 YEARS.
I'VE SERVED ON THE GLENBROOK VALLEY CIVIC CLUB FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
THE CHANGE WAS MADE WITH NO NOTICE TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, TO THOSE OF US THAT WERE PARTICIPATING.
WE WERE TOLD BY THE, OUR SERGEANT OF THE DRT, UH, IN THE SOUTHEAST THAT THEY NO LONGER ENFORCED IT.
WE CALLED 3 1 1 TO RE TO, THIS IS BEFORE THE JANUARY THING, THIS IS LAST YEAR, WHERE THEY CUT US OFF TO, TO REPORT IT TO 3 1 1 AND THEY WOULD TRANSFER US TO H-P-D-H-P-D SAID, NO, THEY DON'T ENFORCE IT OR THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND THEY TRANSFER US BACK.
I HAD ONE RESIDENT CALL JUST REALLY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE SHE HAD CALLED 3 1 1 TO REPORT A VEHICLE ON THE YARD.
AND THE 3 1 1 INTAKE PERSON ARGUED WITH HER THAT, NO, THE HPD ENFORCED IT.
AND SHE SAID NO, BUT, SO FINALLY SHE JUST HUNG UP.
SO THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, YOU KNOW ARE PART OF IT.
THE ORDINANCE, I BELIEVE THE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED IN 2009, UH, AT THE DISTRICT I COMMUNITY MEETING AND IN GRANDO PARK I ASKED THE PRESENTER FROM CITY LEGAL WHY NEIGHBORHOODS HAD TO OPT IN RATHER THAN IT BE A CITYWIDE ORDINANCE.
AND HE TOLD US THAT THE CITY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT BEING SUED.
UH, IN THE EARLY DAYS OF ENFORCEMENT, WE CALLED 3 1 1 FOR VERIFICATION AND THEN THEY WOULD TRANSFER US TO HPD.
AND IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON FOR HPD TO SEND US RIGHT BACK TO 3 1 1.
SO ONCE WE WERE TOLD WE COULD REPORT TO OUR SOUTHEAST DRT TEAM, THERE WAS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT.
WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO NOW? MORE AND MORE YARDS ARE BEING PARKED ON JUNKING UP OUR BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S A MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO RIPPLE EFFECT INVADING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I ASK THAT 1D RT GO BACK TO ENFORCING THE ORDINANCE AND THEN SHARE WHEN CHANGES ARE MADE IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS, PLEASE SHARE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
LET US KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE WE'RE, WE ALL ASSUMED, WHICH OF COURSE, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DOES, UH, THAT DRT WAS STILL ENFORCING IT TO KEEP US SAFE AND THEN THEY CAN'T DO IT.
WE HAVE CARS ALL OVER THE YARDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY NEIGHBORHOOD AND YET, AND THIS GENTLEMAN GOING ON WITH PUBLIC WORKS HANDLING IT.
I'M SORRY, THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU BEEN INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS? I'M SORRY.
HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S TALK RIGHT HAND'S NOT TALKING TO THE LEFT HAND.
WE'RE LIVING WITH IT AND IT'S EASY TO SEE AND TO SAY ALL OF THIS STUFF, BUT 3 1 1 IS NOT THE ANSWER.
UH, BECAUSE TIME AND AGAIN WE REPORT THINGS AND NOTHING HAPPENS.
IT, BUT THE TIME IT TRAVELS DOWN THE LINE OF 3 1 1 FROM THE REPORT TO THE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, WELL, A LOT OF TIMES THE PUBLIC, THE PROBLEM HAS DISAPPEARED.
EVEN THOUGH THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
THE PERSON THAT COMMITTED THE OFFENSE, THEY'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN BECAUSE AH, I GOT AWAY WITH IT.
BUT THE MAIN THING IS COMMUNICATE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
IF THERE'S, IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN
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HOA OR A CIVIC CLUB, THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOES THE REPORTING.'CAUSE I KNOW SOME NEIGHBORHOODS UNFORTUNATELY HAVE LOST THEIR CIVIC CLUBS, BUT OURS IS VERY STRONG.
LET ME JUST SAY, AND WE ALSO HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE QUEUE.
UM, YES, WE, WE HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE GAP THERE THAT HAS EXISTED FOR, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AT LEAST, WHERE IT WAS UN UNCLEAR WHICH DEPARTMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION WAS GOING TO BE IN, IN ENFORCING THIS.
AND I KNOW A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS BROUGHT THIS TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S ATTENTION.
UH, I DO WANNA POINT OUT, COUNCIL DOES NOT CONTROL THE DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES.
I KNOW, BUT WE, WE, IT IS OUR DUTY TO PASS ALONG, UH, COMPLAINTS WHEN WE RECEIVE THEM.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR SPEAKING OUT AND BEING HERE.
I HOPE THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL, WILL RESULT IN SOME, UM, BETTER ENFORCEMENT.
UH, BUT PLEASE KEEP WATCHING AND LETTING US, WE'LL TEST IT.
WE'LL, WE'LL TE WE'LL WE'LL TEST IT, I PROMISE.
AND WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU AS WELL.
AND, UM, YEAH, WE SHARE YOUR FRUSTRATION.
I MEAN, RUDY, THAT WAS MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO WHEN WE SAT DOWN WITH HPG AND, AND PUBLIC WORKS AND EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, WE DON'T WANNA DO IT.
I MEAN, WE GET THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF, UH, SO HPD REALLY HAD THE ONE UP ON AS FAR AS LIKE HAVING TO GO TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND GET THREATENED WITH A GUN, YOU KNOW, BUT, SO THAT'S ALL, ANYWAY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY LANDED ON HPW ENFORCING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING OUT THIS NEW SYSTEM.
IT SOUND, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THREE ONE ONE'S GONNA BLOW YOU OFF ANYMORE.
I MEAN, IF THEY'RE WELL TRAINED, THREE ONE ONE'S GONNA KNOW WHAT TO DO, THEY'RE GONNA CALL.
AND I LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ'S QUESTION ABOUT LIKE, DON'T JUST GO TO THE ONE HOUSE, LOOK ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN THE STREET AND PUT THOSE RED TAGS EVERYWHERE.
I'M LESS CONCERNED WITH GO MAKING SURE YOU TALK TO SOMEBODY.
I MEAN, THAT'S GREAT I GUESS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO A CITATION.
BUT JUST GET THE WARNINGS OUT THERE AND THEN MAIL, YOU KNOW, JUST BE SUPER BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GONNA HAVE THE MANPOWER TO, TO GO BACK EVERY DAY.
I WANNA, I WANNA FINE EVERY DAY.
SO IF WE CAN MAIL THE, THE THING EVERY DAY, I THINK.
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS REALLY BEEN BESIEGED BY THIS.
AND AND WE NEED TO GET A HANDLE ON IT.
IF WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE, WE HAVE TO DO OUR BEST TO ENFORCE IT, SO.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HOPE JUST CALL 3 1 1 LIKE CRAZY AND I'LL BE BACK
UH, AFTER LISTENING TO THE GENTLEMAN WITH PUBLIC WORKS, I THINK HE HAD SOME GOOD POINTS.
SHE CERTAINLY HAD SOME GREAT POINTS AS WELL.
AND, UH, MS. ALCORN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
'CAUSE I THINK, UH, YOU HAD SOME GREAT POINTS AS WELL, BUT, UH, I HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS AND I'M TOTALLY CONFUSED NOW ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC WORKS.
I DON'T THINK THAT 3 1 1, UH, IS DOING AS GOOD A JOB AS THEY COULD BE DOING.
UM, I'M GONNA IGNORE ALL OF THIS, ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY, UH, POLICE OFFICERS ARE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
AND WE HAVE DRT OFFICERS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS JOB.
PARKING IN THE YARDS IS, UH, JUST DRIVES BY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS ROBINDALE.
AND I'VE BEEN PRESSING OVER THERE FOR FIVE YEARS AND BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR SEVEN.
I'M NOT ON THE BOARD THIS YEAR, I'VE ROLLED OFF.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT'S JUST A CONSTANT PROBLEM.
BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM.
PARKING IN THE YARDS IS NOT THE ONLY PARKING ISSUE THAT THE CITY HAS.
AND I WILL JUST TELL YOU IN LOOKING AT THIS, THERE IS, UH, THE OVERNIGHT PARKING OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, UH, IN A, UH, NEARBY, UH, OR IN OR NEAR A RESIDENTIAL AREA, IS ALSO A CITY ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE THAT IS NOT BEING ENFORCED, UM, WITH THE CITY HAS OWNS THE EASEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY STREETS AND THE SIDEWALK.
AND THERE ARE MANY NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE CARS PARK TWO, AND I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THIS, TWO WHEELS OR TWO TIRES ON THE STREET AND TWO TIRES ON THE EASEMENT.
WE HAVE A CITY ORDINANCE AGAINST THAT.
I ASKED A POLICEMAN ONE TIME, COULD THEY CITE THIS CAR THAT WAS DOING THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS? AND HE SAID NO, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH IT.
WELL, THERE ACTUALLY IS, AND IT'S IN OUR, UM, IN OUR ORDINANCES.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE LEAVING THE CARS FOR OVER OR VEHICLES FOR OVER 24 HOURS ON A CITY STREET, UH, PERIOD.
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PROBLEM.WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT COME HOME FROM WORK IN THE AFTERNOON AND PARK ON THE STREET AND LEAVE THE NEXT DAY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUR OR 5, 6, 7 CARS AND MULTIPLE CARS ARE JUST LEFT ON THE STREET FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS AT A TIME AND NOTHING IS DONE ABOUT IT.
HOW DO YOU DECIDE IF YOU'RE GONNA SPLIT THIS UP BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS AND DRT, HOW DO YOU SIDE WITH ALL OF THOSE ORDINANCES THAT ARE NOT BEING ENFORCED? WHO'S GONNA ENFORCE WHAT AND HOW IS IT THAT MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I COULD BE COMPLETELY WRONG, IS THAT THE POLICE CHIEF HAD JUST SAID, WE'RE NOT GONNA ENFORCE THIS.
WELL, HOW DOES A, AN ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO LEADS THE DEPARTMENT DECIDE UNILATERALLY THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT GONNA ENFORCE SOMETHING THAT IS A LAW.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, NO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
AND, UH, I, I'M NOT OBLIGATED, UH, OR AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK FOR THE POLICE CHIEF.
HOWEVER, UM, I I BELIEVE THEIR, THEIR, UH, ISSUE WAS THEIR OFFICERS ARE SO BACKED UP WITH MORE SERIOUS VIOLATIONS.
IN OTHER WORDS, FELONIES AND CLASS A AND B MISDEMEANORS, THIS, THIS VIOLATION IS, IS CONSIDERED A CLASS C.
SO IT'S THE LOWEST TYPE OF CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
ISN'T THAT WHAT DRT OFFICERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THOUGH, IS B IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENFORCE THAT, THAT AT THAT TIME WAS PART OF THEIR, UH, JOB DESCRIPTION MM-HMM
BUT, UH, THE POLICE CHIEF HAS THE DISCRETION TO, UH, GIVE THEM WHATEVER DUTIES, UH, HE BELIEVES ARE, ARE APPROPRIATE AND, AND EFFICIENT.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THAT, THAT WAS THEIR CONCERN IS THAT THE OFFICER'S TIME WAS, WAS BETTER, UH, DEVOTED TO MORE SERIOUS CRIMES.
CAN I MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT BEFORE YOU KICK ME OUT THE DOOR? IF THAT'S THE CASE AND THEY'RE GONNA BE MAILING THESE CITATIONS? WELL, WELL, THAT, THAT COULD BE PART OF IT.
BUT, BUT WHAT HE LAID OUT WAS IT STARTS WITH A CALL TO THREE ONE ONE OR AN ONLINE COMPLAINT WHEN THEY GET THAT SET UP RIGHT.
AND THEN A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER GOES OUT AND TRIES TO ENGAGE SOMEONE AT THE RESIDENCE.
AND IF NECESSARY, UH, SOMETHING CAN BE, CAN BE MAILED.
MY POINT BEING, AND IT'S, UM, NOT ON POINT EXACTLY, BUT RELATED, IF THAT'S THE CASE WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH PARKING IN YARDS AND MAYBE SOME OF THESE OTHER PARKING, UH, OFFENSES, THEN WHY I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER HAVING SOLID WASTE DO THE SAME THING WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE PUTTING HEAVY TRASH OUT AT THE WRONG TIME.
THESE DRIVERS DRIVE THOSE STREETS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THEY COULD JUST AS EASILY SEND OUT A CITATION BECAUSE WE, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE SITUATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FAILING AND THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE ANY RECOURSE.
I MEAN, BEING ON A, BEING ON A BOARD OF A, OF A D OF A, UH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, HOAI CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE, A LOT OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE VERY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY RECOURSE AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN OUR BUDGETS TO TAKE, TAKE EVERYBODY TO COURT ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
THAT COULD BE RESOLVED A LOT EASIER WITH THE CITY'S HEALTH.
YOU ARE, YOU ARE COMPLETELY RIGHT.
AND, UH, ONE THING WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH IS WHAT EXACTLY IS THE FULL SCOPE OF OUR COMMUNITY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS? I'LL, I'LL BET IT'S NOT JUST, UH, PROHIBITED YARD PARKING, BUT MIGHT EXTEND TO SOME OF THOSE OTHER VIOLATIONS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN IN THE QUEUE WOULD LIKE TO YES, MA'AM.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AND GOOD TO SEE YOU.
YOU KNOW, WE WORKED ON THAT, YOU BROUGHT UP THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ON THE, ON THE STREETS AND WE WORKED ON THAT ORDINANCE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
BUT I DO SEE THAT THERE'S CONFUSION BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT EITHER PARKING MANAGEMENT DOES OR HPD DOES.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHOEVER CAN GET THERE.
UH, SO I DO, I I THINK CHAIR, IT'S, IT MIGHT BE GOOD IDEA TO KIND OF LUMP A LOT OF THESE PARKING SITUATIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, HALF ON THE STREET AND HALF ON THE THING, THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES THAT STAY THE, THE, I I THINK, YOU KNOW, A, A GOOD THING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CHART OR SOME KIND OF LIKE, THIS IS WHAT YOU DO IN THIS SITUATION THAT WE CAN GIVE TO CONSTITUENTS.
THESE ARE THE ENTITIES THAT ENFORCE IT SO EVERYBODY KNOWS KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
'CAUSE IT FEELS A LITTLE DISJOINTED, UH, WHO'S ENFORCING WHAT AND, AND PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF THE RULES.
AND I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY JUST PUT OUT SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PARKING PUBLICATION THAT SAYS THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK CHRIS IT DO, ARE WE NOTIFYING EVERY, DOES EVERY PARKING IN THE YARD, HOA, HAVE THEY GOTTEN NOTICE THAT THIS IS THE NEW DEAL? NO.
CAN CAN WE DO THAT?
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LIKE EMAIL EVERY HOA PRESIDENT OR WHATEVER JUST TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.WELL I ALSO THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE MENTIONED WAS EDUCATION.
I THINK THAT THIS COMMUNICATION IS SO KEY IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE, THE CITY COULD DO SOME SORT OF PUBLIC SERVICEMENT.
I JUST THINK AS AN LARGE MEMBER, WHEN I WENT, WHEN I GO TO SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS AND STUFF, IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE, THESE ARE THE PARKING NO-NOS.
IF YOU'RE GONNA PARK, PARK IN, IN THE YARD THING, THESE ARE THE RULES.
IT IT'S SOME COMMERCIAL TRUCK THAT'S CITYWIDE IS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS WHO YOU CALL JUST TO GIVE A REAL, SO EVERYBODY KIND OF KNOWS THE COMMUNICATION AS YOU SAID, ANNE, IT'S JUST NOT BEEN GREAT.
SO WE'RE WE NEED TO STEP UP OUR GAME THERE.
I CAN, I CAN WORK WITH PARKING MANAGEMENT.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND MAYBE WE CAN GET SOMETHING PUT TOGETHER.
NO, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE GREAT POINTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER AND I, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING NOW, WHICH IS GOOD.
SO CAN WE GET THE WORD OUT NOW? UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE A BIG PART OF IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? UH, RON MCCLEAN.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I KNOW I'M NOT ON THE LIST.
UM, I WANTED TO INVITE EACH MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE TO JOIN ME AND, UH, GOING ON A TOUR OF OVERBROOK.
AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE OVER 250 VIOLATIONS OF PARKING IN THE YARD.
IT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM FORKLIFTS, UH, FRONT LOADERS, BOX TRUCKS, FLATBEDS, FLATBEDS, ET CETERA.
WHEN THIS GENTLEMAN SAYS THERE'S 200, I MEAN THERE'S 21 COMPLAINTS.
YOU WILL SEE AN AMAZING, THIS IS WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS.
I KNOW Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO GRAB A HOLD OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT UNTIL YOU PERSONALLY SEE IT, YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND I DO HAVE PASSION IN MY VOICE BECAUSE, UM, WE MET WITH A COUPLE OF, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BACK IN JUNE.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A SPREADSHEET AND WE MADE IT SO SIMPLE FROM THE FIRST HOUSE TO THE LAST HOUSE OF EACH INDIVIDUAL STREET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WILL ADMIT THAT THE DIRECTOR OF 3 1 1 ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND SPENT AN ENTIRE MORNING GOING OVER, BUT WE ONLY R ONLY COVERED 35% 'CAUSE HE RAN OUTTA TIME.
AND I WILL ALSO SAY SOMETHING, THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS A GOOD SLOGAN FOR THIS BODY, BUT THIS IS A, A SURVIVAL OUT IN THE STREETS.
OUR COMMUNITY, OVERBROOK IS 765 HOME AND HOME SITES.
I HAD A GENTLEMAN THAT IS INVOLVED WITH THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY AND HE LOOKED AT, HE WENT DOWN EACH STREET AND HE SAID, RON, I'M GONNA MARK OFF POOR CURB APPEAL.
EVERYBODY THAT HAS TRIED TO SELL A HOUSE KNOWS WHAT POOR CURB APPEAL IS.
HE, I, YOU CAN DEDUCT 25% OF THE VALUE OF YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE OF POOR CURB APPEAL.
WHEN THE CHIEF OF POLICE SAYS IN PRIVATE MEETINGS, HE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS ORDINANCE DIE A QUICK DEATH, HE MEANS IT.
BUT I WILL ALSO GIVE HIM 28 MILLION, ALMOST 20, 28 0.4 MILLION REASONS.
THAT IS THE LOST REVENUE OF THOSE 765 HOMES.
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CITY TAXES ON THOSE HOMES AT 0.519 PER HUNDRED.YOU KNOW WHAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO LOSE $14 MILLION IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND COUNCIL LADY PECK, I WOULD WISH YOU WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE TO ADDRESS IT.
WHAT'S FRUSTRATING IS OVERBROOK IS NO MORE THAN 1.5 MILES FROM SOUTHEAST COMMAND.
THAT'S WHAT IRRITATES US BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING THESE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I'LL, I'LL WE HAVE, I'LL GIVE MY, MY BETTER HALF HERE.
WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PECK IN THE, IN THE QUEUE.
THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN TODAY AND I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF US HERE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WANTING HPD TO CONTINUE ENFORCING RIGHT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY IS, UM, KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, HPD HISTORICALLY HAS DONE THAT.
AND I KNOW IN DISTRICT A WE GET SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT PARKING IN THE YARD THAT OUR DRT OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWEST DIVISION, WE'RE SPENDING ALMOST ALL THEIR TIME JUST ON THIS ALONE.
AND OF COURSE THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS TO DO AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY I THINK WE'RE SHIFTING TO, UM, PEOPLE WHO CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE TIME TO DO THIS ENFORCEMENT.
SO I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WHEN HPD WAS JUST DOING IT IN BETWEEN OTHER ASSIGNMENTS, NOW WE'RE HAVING PEOPLE WHO ARE DEDICATED JUST RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, TO VEHICLES IN OP JUNK, JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES AND, UM, PARKING IN THE YARD.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE A GOOD SHIFT IN LET THIS, LET ME ASK YOU ONE THING FROM A POLICE STANDPOINT, AND THIS WOULD BE MY LAST COMMENT AND THEN I'LL GET MY BETTER HALF HERE.
IF FROM A POLICE STANDPOINT IT IS A, IT'S CAUSE YOU KNOW, THE OFFICER COMES OUT, SEES A VEHICLE, IT'S A CAUSE THE FIRST THING HE SHOULD BE DOING IS RUNNING THE PLATE.
A FEW YEARS BACK THERE WAS A VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED ON THE YARD.
WE HAD AN OFFICER THAT WAS BASICALLY TRAFFIC VI VIOLATIONS, YOU KNOW, ON A COLLECTOR STREET THAT WE WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH.
HE PULLED OVER THAT SAME VEHICLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE RAN THE PLATES, BUT HE FOUND OUT IT WAS WANTED FOR A COUNTERFEITING OPERATION.
YEAH, NO, YOUR, YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND YEAH, AND I I'M ALMOST 100% SURE.
EVERY, EVERY HPD OFFICER OUT ON A CALL INVOLVING A CAR IS GONNA RUN THE REGISTRATION ON THAT CAR.
THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY DO.
SO MA'AM, DID YOU, YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COME WITH COMPLAINT AND I HAVE A NUMBER BECAUSE I PUT TOGETHER A SPREADSHEET IN JUNE AND MET WITH SEVERAL OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE.
IT'S LIKE I WENT BACK, I ENTERED A BUNCH OF THEM INTO 3 1 1, THEY GOT DISCARDED.
SO WE'VE BEEN IN LIMBO FOR ALMOST A YEAR.
MY PROBLEM IS, IF WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING AND THIS TRANSITION, WHY DID IT TAKE US OVER SEVEN MONTHS BEFORE COMMUNITY ENFORCEMENT EVEN CAME UP WITH A PROGRAM? THEN HE OPENS IT UP AND HE DOESN'T TELL THE 221 OF US THAT HAVE OPTED IN BECAUSE BELIEVE ME, I WOULD'VE FLOODED HIM THE FIRST DAY.
IN FACT, WHEN I GO HOME, I'M GONNA SIT THERE AND FLOOD HIM AGAIN AND HE'S GOT FOUR INSPECTORS THAT ARE GONNA HANDLE OVER 200 CALLS JUST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALONE.
UM, THIS, THIS ISN'T PUTTING MANPOWER WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
SO BECAUSE I HAVE COMPLAINTS, I ALSO HAVE SUGGESTIONS.
OKAY? NUMBER ONE, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE DRONE FOOTAGE THAT SWEEPS THESE STREETS, TAKES PHOTOGRAPHS.
WHY CAN'T WE TOUGHEN THE ORDINANCE TO SAY, IF YOU DON'T REMOVE IT IN 48 HOURS AND WE'RE BACK, IT GETS TOWED AND YOU GET FINED.
YOU WANNA BE A WORLD CLASS CITY, CORRECT.
TO GET THE WORLD CUP AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS.
YOU GOTTA ADDRESS THE AESTHETICS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND THE, THE OTHER THING IS THE VALUES THAT ARE BEING LOST BY THESE SELF-SERVING INDIVIDUALS WHO, THEY'RE PICKING THE POCKETS OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEXT DOOR TO 'EM, THEY
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PICK THEIR POCKETS WHEN, WHEN YOU LOSE PROPERTY VALUE.SO SOMEHOW THAT HAS TO COME ACROSS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S LOW HANGING FRUIT.
YOU CAN GENERATE YOUR REVENUES, YOU CAN START CLEANING UP YOUR CITY BY HITTING THESE TARGETS.
I KNOW THESE OFFICERS THINK THAT'S NOT SEXY AND THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT OUT THERE CHASING THE BAD GUYS, BUT THOSE BAD GUYS ARE HIDING BEHIND THOSE CARS.
I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU ALL USE SOME MORE TECHNOLOGY AND, AND I'M SORRY THAT 3 1 1, WE HAVE TO DO IT VERBALLY BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT I CAN'T DOWNLOAD ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I'VE TAKEN AND I HAVE CLOSE TO 300 OF THEM THAT HAVE BEEN STORED.
I CAN'T SEND THEM A SPREADSHEET THAT SAYS, HERE'S THE ADDRESSES, HERE'S THE VIOLATIONS.
SO I, I MEAN THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST LIKE A LITTLE BANDAID ON THE PROBLEM.
UH, MA'AM AND APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ON TECHNOLOGY, THE ABILITY TO LODGE COMPLAINTS ONLINE AND UPLOAD PHOTOS AND SUCH.
UH, THEY INDICATED THAT'S COMING.
SO, UM, YEAH, BUT IS IT GONNA BE ANOTHER YEAR? I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE THAT AS WELL.
HOPEFULLY IT WON'T TAKE THAT LONG.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT'LL TAKE THAT LONG.
AND LOVE YOUR IDEA ABOUT DRONES AND I'M SURE THEY'RE LISTENING SO WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
'CAUSE THE DRONE OPERATORS A LOT CHEAPER THAN AN OFFICER I THINK.
ALRIGHT THO THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO IF ANYONE ELSE IS HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP.
HEARING NONE, UH, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED UNTIL, UH, EARLY MARCH WHEN UH, QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE MEETING WILL CONVENE.