[Resilience Committee on March 5, 2026.]
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IT'S TIME TO GET STARTED HERE.GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I'M TWILA CARTER, THE CHAIR FOR THE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, OUR, UH, VICE CHAIR IS NOT HERE TODAY.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HER OFFICE.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION'S GONNA BE BY TAYLOR LANDON WITH THE, UH, GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, WELCOME THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.
WE'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ STAFF FROM CASTILLO, ALCORN POLLARD, MY OFFICE, UH, PECK, UH, RAMIREZ.
UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF, UH, REPRESENTATIVES, ONLINE STAFF FROM CASTEX, MARTHA CASTEX, TATUM MAYOR, PRO TEMS OFFICE AS WELL.
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, WHEN WE MET A MONTH OR SO AGO, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS MOST, UH, APPROPRIATE TO BRING THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING OVER AT GHP, UH, TO THE CITY, BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE PARALLEL ON MANY THINGS.
YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT A CHAIR? SAY IT AGAIN.
YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT A CHAIR? I'M GOOD.
AM I DOING THAT? SO I, THERE WE GO.
UM, WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE INVITATION TO PRESENT TO THE COMMITTEE TODAY.
WE, WE ARE, UM, ENGAGED IN THIS RESILIENCE WORK AND WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY PROUD OF PROGRESS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE MADE.
UM, SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO, I JUST HAVE A FEW SLIDES TODAY AND MY, MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION, UM, SOLICIT SOME FEEDBACK FROM, FROM YOU ALL TO, TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THIS WORK.
UM, WHERE I'M GONNA START IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT OF HOW WE, UH, DECIDED MADE THE DECISION TO FOCUS ON THIS WORK STREAM.
AND THEN I'LL WALK THROUGH, UM, KIND OF HOW WE'RE DEFINING THE WORK AND, AND, UM, AND THEN GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF, UM, OF EARLY INDICATIONS OF SUCCESS.
SO, UM, LET ME GIVE AGAIN A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT.
UM, WHEN STEVE KANE BECAME PRESIDENT, CEO OF THE PARTNERSHIP A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE STARTED HAVING, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD ABOUT THE, THE, WHAT ARE THE TOPICS IN INSIDE OF THE, THE, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE LEADING INSTITUTIONS IN HOUSTON THAT, THAT ARE MOST PREVALENT IN THE BOARDROOM OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WHAT WE HEARD CONSISTENTLY WAS, WAS TWO THEMES.
ONE WAS AROUND TALENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND THE PARTNERSHIP'S BEEN ENGAGED IN THAT WORK THROUGH OUR UPSCALE HOUSTON INITIATIVE FOR, FOR GOING ON A DECADE NOW.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE HEARD VERY, VERY CONSISTENTLY WAS THIS ISSUE OF RESILIENCE.
NOW, I WILL SAY THAT THIS WAS COMING AFTER HURRICANE BARREL THAT WAS A REAL SHOCK TO THE, THE REGION.
AND, UM, AND SO I'M, I'M CERTAIN THAT THAT INFLUENCED A LOT OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, BUT IT'S NO LESS RELEVANT, UM, TODAY THAN IT WAS RIGHT AFTER HURRICANE BARREL.
AND SO THIS, THIS ISSUE OF RESILIENCE AND, AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON HOUSTON'S ECONOMY, QUALITY OF LIFE, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE HOUSTON A REALLY ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO, TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY ARE, UM, UH, ENCOMPASSED IN HAVING A RESILIENT CITY AND REGION.
AND SO WE TOOK THAT AND WE, UM, WE ATTACHED A, A VERY, UH, HIGH ASPIRATIONAL BAR TO, UM, TO THIS WORK.
AND IF YOU CLICK TO THE, TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT, THAT WE HAVE SET OUT TO MAKE HOUSTON THE MOST RESILIENT COASTAL CITY IN THE WORLD.
THAT'S QUITE AN AMBITIOUS STATEMENT, BUT, UM, WE THINK THAT, THAT, THAT IS IMPORTANT TO PUT AN ASPIRATION OUT AND, UM, AND WORK TOWARD IT.
SO, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AS YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, WE ARE, ARE DEFINING, SO RESILIENCE MEANS A LOT OF THINGS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN DEFINITION OF WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND SO WE, WE REALLY, REALLY THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHAT, HOW ARE WE AS THE PARTNERSHIP GOING TO DEFINE RESILIENCE? AND WE LANDED ON THIS ISSUE, THIS NOTION OF CRITICAL SYSTEMS. SO WHY DID, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE, ARE, UH, DIRECTLY FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING THE CRITICAL SYSTEMS THAT MAKE LIFE NORMAL AND RESULT IN, IN A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK.
AND, UM, SO WHAT WE MEAN BY THOSE SYSTEMS,
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AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE PAGE, IS, UH, FLOOD MITIGATION, HEALTHCARE, TRANSPORTATION, THE, THE, THE POWER SYSTEMS, UH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND, AND WATER.SO, UM, WHY DID WE LAND ON THOSE? THE, THE, THE REASON WHY WE, WE, UH, FOCUSED IN ON THE CRITICAL SYSTEMS WAS THAT ALL OF THOSE SYSTEM OWNERS ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, THAT, THAT, THAT ARE ON OUR BOARD, THAT, THAT HAVE PROMINENT LEADERSHIP ROLES INSIDE OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
SO WE FELT LIKE THAT WE COULD, UM, LEVERAGE THEIR ENGAGEMENT AT THE PARTNERSHIP TO NOT ONLY IDENTIFY WHERE THE GAPS EXISTED BETWEEN THESE CRITICAL SYSTEMS AND, AND WORK TOWARD, UH, ADDRESSING THOSE GAPS, BUT THEN ALSO, UH, UH, STRENGTHEN THE INTERDEPENDENCIES BETWEEN THESE SYSTEMS. 'CAUSE WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT ON THEIR OWN, A LOT OF THESE SYSTEMS ARE VERY STRONG, VERY RESILIENT, AND, UM, BUT, BUT WE HAVE ALSO UNCOVERED, UH, A NUMBER OF PLACES WHERE WE CAN STRENGTHEN SOME OF THOSE INTERDEPENDENCIES BECAUSE IF ONE SYSTEM GOES DOWN AND HAS INEVITABLE IMPACT ON ANOTHER.
SO, UM, THAT IS, IT'S AN IMPORTANT FRAME FOR US ALL TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS FROM A SYSTEMS LENS.
UM, WE ALSO, THE, UH, LAST POINT THERE IS THAT THE CRITICAL SYSTEM LENS IS, IS, IS AGAIN, INTENTIONAL ON OUR PART, IN PART BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE SURE NOT TO DUPLICATE SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONAL WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE ADDRESSING WHAT I'LL REFER TO AS INDIVIDUAL RESILIENCE.
SO THINK ABOUT THE WORK THAT THAT UNITED WAY IS DOING, UM, TO ADDRESS THE ALICE POPULATION, THEIR INTEGRATED CLIENT JOURNEY.
ALL OF THAT WORK IS, IS DIRECTED AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL.
AND, AND WE WANT THAT TO CONTINUE.
YOU, YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORK AT BAKER RIPLEY AND THE DOZENS AND DOZENS AND DOZENS OF NONPROFITS THAT ARE, ARE DOING EXCELLENT WORK IN THEIR LOCAL, UM, VERY, VERY LOCAL COMMUNITY.
UM, AND, AND THE LAST THING WE WANTED TO DO AT THE PARTNERSHIP WAS DUPLICATE ANY OF THAT, UH, EXCEPTIONAL WORK THAT'S HAPPENING.
SO WE FELT THAT OUR, UM, OUR, OUR, THE MOST APPROPRIATE ROLE FOR US WAS TO FOCUS ON THESE CRITICAL SYSTEMS. UM, SO HOW ARE WE GOING ABOUT DOING THIS WORK? IF WE, IF WE FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS IN REALLY THREE MAIN BUCKETS, CONVENING, ADVOCATING, AND COMMUNICATING.
SO THE, THE PARTNERSHIP HAS A, HAS A REAL UNIQUE ABILITY TO BRING TOGETHER STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS, UM, ALL DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, SECTORS, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTISANSHIP, ALL OF THE, THE THINGS THAT ALLOW US, UM, TO, TO BRING TOGETHER THOSE, UH, LEADING STAKEHOLDERS.
WE, WE REALLY WANT TO LEAN INTO.
SO CONVENING FOR IMPACT AND, AND, UM, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THESE CONVENINGS ALREADY.
UM, AND THEN ADVOCATING, OBVIOUSLY, WE, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE PARTNERSHIP THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN FIND, UH, POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS, UM, THE ISSUES FACING OUR, OUR REGION AND COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, AND SO THAT NO DIFFERENT IN, IN THE RESILIENCE SPACE.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, WE THINK THAT WE HAVE A REALLY, REALLY STRONG STORY TO TELL ABOUT HOUSTON AS A RESILIENT REGION.
UM, WHEN WE TALK TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LOOKING TO EITHER MAKE, UM, SUBSTANTIAL CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN THE REGION, UM, OR, OR EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS IN THE REGION, WE HEAR CONSISTENTLY, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE QUESTION, WHAT ABOUT, UM, THE, THE MAJOR WEATHER EVENTS THAT, THAT OCCUR IN THIS REGION? AND WHAT, WHAT WE CAN SAY IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ANSWER TO THOSE QUESTIONS NOW.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN AS A COMMUNITY, EVEN GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO, YOU KNOW, HURRICANE ALLISON AND, AND WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MED CENTER.
EVERY EVENT THAT WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE TAKEN VERY SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO MAKE OUR, MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE RESILIENT.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, I, I COULD ARGUE THAT WE ARE IN FACT ONE OF THE MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES ALREADY.
AND THAT TO SAY NOTHING OF THE, THE 10 PLUS BILLION DOLLARS THAT HAS BEEN INVESTED SINCE HURRICANE HARVEY, UM, IN, IN FLOOD MITIGATION AND OTHER, UM, OTHER AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD STORY TO TELL, AND IT'S OUR JOB, UH, AT THE PARTNERSHIP TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING THAT STORY, UM, AT EVERY, AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY.
IF, IF WE FLIP TO THE NEXT ONE, UM, JUST A, JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT, UM, HAS ALREADY RESULTED FROM THIS.
WE'VE WORKED, UM, VERY CLOSELY WITH, WITH, UH, MANY OF YOU AND, AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON, UM, SECURING BACKUP GENERATION FROM, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,
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UM, THAT IS A RESULT OF, OF BEING, YOU KNOW, REALLY, REALLY DEEPLY ENGAGED IN THIS WORK.UM, WE, WE ARE DOING SOME THINGS THAT MAY NOT IMMEDIATELY SHOW UP LIKE, YOU KNOW, GRANTS FOR, FOR, UH, BACKUP GENERATION, BUT JUST BY BRINGING TOGETHER LEADERS OF THESE CRITICAL SYSTEMS AND LEADING INSTITUTIONS IN THE REGION, UM, WE'RE SEEING THAT, UM, THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE RESULTING IN, UM, WHEN THERE IS A, IN, UH, UH, UH, AN ACUTE SITUATION THAT, UM, THAT THE LEADERS OF THOSE SYSTEMS ARE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY CONNECT BECAUSE THEY'VE MET IN OUR, UM, DURING OUR CONVENINGS.
AND SO THAT, THAT HAS BEEN, UM, UH, A REALLY PLEASANT, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE DONE THINGS LIKE, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A MAJOR, UH, LOGISTICS COMPANY THAT WAS HAVING CHALLENGES WITH, UM, GETTING THEIR TRUCKS THROUGH, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, HAD, IF THEY BLOCK A STREET, THEY NEED TO GET THEIR, THEIR, UM, TRUCKS THROUGH TO, TO SUPPLY, UM, YOU KNOW, FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO, TO REALLY IMPORTANT AREAS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO WE WERE VERY QUICKLY ABLE TO PUT THEM TOGETHER WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEY SOLVE THE PROBLEM, RIGHT? AND THAT, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF JUST BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, SURFACING SOME OF THESE, UM, CHALLENGES AND VERY QUICKLY COMING TO, TO A SOLUTION.
SO WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT ANY OF THESE IN, IN AS MUCH DETAIL AS YOU ALL WANT, BUT, UM, CHAIRMAN MCCARTER, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BRIEF YOU GUYS ON, ON THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
WE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO IT AS AN ORGANIZATION AND, UM, OUR HOPE IS THAT AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WORK, THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH ALL OF YOU, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING FOCUSED ON THE THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE MOST CRITICAL TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR REGION.
AND, UM, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD THE ASPIRATION OF MAKING, UH, HOUSTON THE MOST RESILIENT COASTAL CITY IN THE WORLD.
SO, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE PARTNERSHIP IS SUCH A CRITICAL, CRITICAL VOICE IN SO MUCH, AND I, I THINK CERTAINLY THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON YOUR EARLY WINS SLIDE HERE, THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE, THE WINS, BUT CERTAINLY SOME OF THE LARGER ONES.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO BECAUSE IT, IT, IT IS CRITICAL TO OUR CITY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE, YOU ALL ARE VERY MUCH THE VOICE OF OUR CITY IN SUCH A WAY AND, AND THE ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND, UH, WORK TOGETHER IS, IS CERTAINLY, UM, INSPIRING AND, AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
UM, WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ.
IT'S MORE OF A, OF A COMMENT, REALLY JUST, UH, WANNA SAY THANK YOU AS WELL FOR THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING, TAYLOR, AND OF COURSE, UH, SCOUT FOR ALL YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST RECENTLY I WAS ABLE TO GO WITH YOU ALL TO DC FLYING, UM, AND THE, IT'S NOT A IN, AS AN EARLY WIN, BUT I KNOW WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK ON HOMELESSNESS AS WELL.
UM, AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT FOR COMMUNITY IN GENERAL TO UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING AS A PARTNERSHIP, UM, AND HOW ALIGN YOU ALL ARE WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE ON THIS HORSESHOE.
SO, UM, CONTINUE DOING THE GOOD WORK.
MY, MY TEAM IN MY OFFICE IS HERE TO SUPPORT YOU ALL, UM, AS WE START LOOKING AT WHAT IS RESILIENCY IN HOUSTON, BUT THEN ALSO LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AS FAR AS OTHER TOPICS, WHETHER IT IS HOMELESSNESS, MOBILITY AND WHATNOT.
SO JUST WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
CERTAINLY A, A GOOD COMMENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ.
AND, YOU KNOW, I AM OFTEN WE TALK ABOUT RESILIENCY AND WHAT IS RESILIENCY, RIGHT? WHAT DOES A RESILIENCY LOOK LIKE? BUT TO YOUR POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, OFTEN WE THINK OF RESILIENCY WHEN IT COMES TO A STORM OR SOMETHING.
BUT REALLY THE TRUE DEFINITION, I THINK OF RESILIENCY IS BEING ABLE TO WEATHER WHAT COMES.
AND HOMELESSNESS IS VERY MUCH A STORM JUST WITHOUT THE WATER.
AND SO, UH, THOSE, UH, WHAT SOME PEOPLE SEE IS, UH, SOCIAL ISSUES THAT WE FACE EVERY DAY.
UM, CERTAINLY TO HAVE A, A VOICE SUCH AS, UH, GHP ON OUR SIDE AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THE NEEDS, UM, ACROSS THE REGION IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BE BECAUSE WE REALLY HERE AT HOME SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY.
WELL, THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AROUND THE HORSESHOE HAS BEEN, UM, ON, ON THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS HAS BEEN, UH, INCREDIBLE.
AND, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S OUR COMMITMENT TO KEEP STANDING BY YOU ALL AS YOU MOVE FORWARD ON, ON THE, THE GOOD WORK, UM, IN THAT AREA AND, AND CONTINUE TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AND SUPPORT THE LEADERS THAT ARE REALLY LEANING IN.
I, I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THE BEST IS YET TO COME ON, ON THE HOMELESSNESS.
AND, AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS PAST WEEK WITH THE PIT COUNT, WITH THE COALITION, CERTAINLY ANYONE WHO PARTICIPATES GETS A, A BIRD'S EYE VIEW AS TO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S CERTAINLY A CRITICAL TOPIC.THE MAYOR'S VERY FOCUSED ON IT, AND CERTAINLY, UH, I KNOW MY OFFICE IS AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS ARE, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S A, IT'S, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO BE COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES AND, AND I REFUSE TO BE.
SO OUR WORK IS, UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT, UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING IN A GOOD DIRECTION.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS AROUND THE HORSESHOE.
UM, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT YOU WANNA PROVIDE? I THINK WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS ALSO TOO.
STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON HAS JOINED US ONLINE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO AND CERTAINLY, UM, EVERYBODY HERE IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU AND CERTAINLY KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE AS WELL.
AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE, WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC SPEAKER SIGNED UP.
MR. MAZO, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I TOOK THE 96 OVER TO NORTH STEP PARK, RIGHT? AND TOOK THE 1 0 8 IN.
SO I DID TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT, WHICH ALSO, AND I THINK SPEAK OF METRO, METRO IS PART OF THIS.
AND I REALLY THINK, I'M GONNA TALK TO TEXT TOM, JASON HERE IN A MINUTE.
I REALLY THINK THERE SHOULD BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF METRO E EITHER BY ZOOM OR IN PERSON HERE, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE TO EVACUATE THE CITY, METRO'S GONNA BE THE PRIMARY TRANSIT PROVIDER AT FROM GRB.
NUMBER TWO, WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY INTO GRB AND CONSIDERING THAT IS GOING TO BE THE EVACUATION AREA, UH, AND NOT THINKING OF PUTTING IN A COMMAND CENTER SOMEWHERE IN, UH, THE REBUILD OF GRBI THINK IS A CRIME.
UH, UNLESS THERE IS PLANS FOR THE CITY, THE COUNTY OF METRO, BRING IN COMMAND, UH, TRUCKS, THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER WAY OF HANDLING, HANDLING THAT SITUATION.
UM, ALSO TOO, THE FIRST SATURDAY JULY IS THE, BUT THEY USED TO BE CALLED THE HURRICANE CONFERENCE.
IT'S GRB AND I THINK THEY CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE.
AND I THINK THE CITY, I THINK THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS SPONSORING IT THIS YEAR.
AND I THINK WITHIN THAT CONTEXT, AND CONSIDERING WHAT OCCURRED IN THE HILL COUNTRY, UM, OVER THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET PEOPLE INTO THE NOTION OF HAVING SOMETHING IN ON THEIR PERSON, SOMETHING IN THEIR HOUSE THAT WHEN THE WEATHER SERVICE SENDS OUT A WARNING, WE HEAR IT AND CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
THAT COULD BE YOUR CELL PHONE, IT CAN BE A SCANNER, IT CAN BE A HAM RADIO, UH, IT CAN BE A SELF PROPEL.
THEY GOT UNITS NOW THAT ARE, CAN BE, YOU KNOW, YOU CHARGE UP WITH A CCE, UH, USBC PORT, YOU CAN CHARGE THESE UP WITH A HAND CRANK.
AND MAYBE WITHIN THAT CONTEXT, UH, DURING THE CONFERENCE, YOU KNOW, IF SPONSORS GIVE OUT PRIZES AND THAT SORT OF THING, UH, DOOR PRIZES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
MAYBE ONE OF THESE COMPANIES WOULD GIVE THE CITY A BUNCH OF THESE, YOU KNOW, REAL REASONABLY COST RADIOS AS DOOR PRIZES.
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, HEY, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE ACCESS TO 1 6 2 POINT 400, WHICH IS THE WEATHER SERVICE EMERGENCY CHANNEL OUT OF DICKINSON, UM, AVAILABLE EITHER DIRECTLY ON A RADIO OR DIRECTLY ON YOUR CELL PHONE.
UM, 'CAUSE ANOTHER THING IS WITH RESILIENCY, THIS IS ONE THING THEY'LL TEACH YOU IN A C CLASS.
YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN FOR UP TO 72 HOURS.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME, SAY AFTER A HURRICANE, YOU, IT TAKES TIME FOR THAT WATER TO DRAIN AND ALL OF THIS TYPE OF STUFF.
SO WE GOT TO INSTRUCT PEOPLE TO BEAT YOU GOT TO HAVE A 72 HOUR PACK OF FOOD, UH, MEDICINE, CLOTHES, ET CETERA.
AND LASTLY, FOR TRUCKS TO COME INTO THE CITY, THE GUY WAS TALKING ABOUT TRUCKS A WHILE AGO.
I THINK ONE THING WE NEED TO CONSIDER SPECIFICALLY ON THE I 10 QUARTER AND THE I 45 HARD TOW RECORDER, IS THAT THE HARDY TOW ROAD AND THE MANAGED LANES AND THE HOV LANES ON I 10 DUR RIGHT AFTER A DISASTER IS CLOSED TO ANYTHING.
BUT PUBLIC SERVICE TRUCKS COMING IN WITH SUPPLIES AND LIKE BUSES COMING IN AND OUT SO THAT THESE, THESE VEHICLES CAN GET TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.
AND I THINK EDWARD POLLARD IS ONTO SOMETHING WITH JC CITY.
I THINK WITH ALL THINGS, BUT SPECIFICALLY WITH RESILIENCE, COMING BACK TO RESILIENCY, I THINK WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT HAVING COUNCIL MEMBERS, HAVING LITTLE OFFICES IN THEIR DISTRICTS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME DOWNTOWN TO GET YOUR, GET YOUR PROBLEM
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SOLVED.YOU TALK TO IN JAY, YOU TALK TO, UH, EDWARD WITH ME, I TALKED TO MARIO, AND HI THINK WE NEED TO START MOVING OPERATIONS OUT OF DOWNTOWN INTO THE LEATHER DISTRICT.
AND I THINK PART OF IT IS RESILIENCY WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET HELP.
BUT THAT, I'M GONNA BE QUIET AND GET IT BACK TO YOU MA'AM, AND THANK YOU, UH, DOMINIC FOR, UH, COMING DOWN.
BUT I WANTED TO ASK YOU, YOU MENTIONED A, A JULY DATE AT THE GRB.
WHAT, WHAT WAS IT? COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? I'M JUST LOOKING IT UP AND I I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING.
LET GO LOOK, LET ME GO LOOK AND I'LL, I'LL GET YOU A MINUTE.
I SEE A, A DISASTERS EXPO IN OCTOBER.
HEY, THAT EXPO, THAT'S WHAT, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S OCTOBER 14TH AND 15TH OF 2026.
BUT I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, SO I'LL CHECK BACK.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE HEADS UP COMMENT.
NO, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO START PUSHING THE IDEA THAT, UH, ALSO, UH, WITH EVERYTHING GOING AROUND, WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR 72 HOURS.
IT COULD BE A STORM, IT COULD BE A WRECK ON THE FREEWAY, IT COULD BE A TERRORIST ATTACK.
WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR A HURRICANE 24 7.
WELL, I CERTAINLY COULDN'T AGREE MORE, BUT I ALSO TOO THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UH, LEAN INTO OUR MEDIA WHO SOMETIMES CREATES, UH, CAN BE GUILTY OF CREATING SUCH A SYSTEM OF HYPE WELL BEFORE AN EVENT THAT PEOPLE TEND TO IGNORE THINGS.
AND YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU, MAN.
I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A BALANCE.
THINK THAT'S, YEAH, THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I SEE THAT, I MEAN, I, I JUST SEE THAT ALL AROUND ME.
YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S LIKE, OH, DON'T WORRY, IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
IT'S TWO WEEKS OUT OR WHATEVER.
AND SO I THINK CERTAINLY, UH, WITH THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UH, ABILITIES THAT WE HAVE NOW, THERE SHOULD BE THAT ALERT THAT CAN WARN EVERYONE.
BUT I THINK BY THE TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS, ULTIMATELY, EVERYBODY'S JUST KIND OF OVER OVERDONE WITH IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND THANK YOU.
THERE WERE NO OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP, BUT IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, WHO DID NOT GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP? NOPE.
WELL, THANK YOU, UH, THANK YOU, UH, GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP, TAYLOR, FOR PRESENTING.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, AGAIN, ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO, UM, OVER AT THE PARTNERSHIP AND CONTINUED, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU.
LOOKS LIKE WE ARE READY TO ADJOURN IN RECORD TIME.
OUR NEXT, UH, RESILIENCE MEETING IS APRIL 12TH AT 10:00 AM WE'LL SEE YOU THERE.