* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting on April 13, 2026.] [00:00:20] OUR ALL RIGHT GUYS, LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE MEETING. IT IS 6 31. PEOPLE ARE STILL JOINING. UM, RHONDA, DID YOU HAVE THE AGENDA UP OR WAS IT YOU? AMY DARLENE HAD IT UP. OH, CAN SHE, CAN YOU PULL IT BACK UP AGAIN, PLEASE? OH, ABSOLUTELY. I'LL SEND HER A MESSAGE. I JUST EMAILED, I ACTUALLY EMAILED, UM, RHONDA, THE UPDATED ONE. OH, OKAY. I NEED TO SEND THAT TO HER THEN. GIMME A SECOND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP. AMY, YOU READY? YOU CAN, UM, DO ROLL CALL WHILE WE GET THAT AGENDA UP. WAIT, WHAT HAPPENED TO AMY? I'M HERE. I'M HERE. OH, OKAY. EXCELLENT. WELCOME TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. UH, WE ARE GOING TO DO ATTENDANCE BY ROLL CALL FOR THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES. UM, YOU ARE ALSO WELCOME TO PUT YOUR NAME IN THE CHAT. THAT'LL JUST BE A DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU'RE HERE. UM, AND I WILL TAKE, UH, THE OTHER ROLE BASED ON, UM, I GUESS ATTENDANCE AND THE PARTICIPANTS. SO WE'LL JUST FOCUS ON THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES FOR NOW. UM, SO I'M GOING TO CALL OUT, UH, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ATTENDED, UH, FOUR MORE OF THE LAST MEETINGS, UH, WHICH ARE KNOWN AS OUR ACTIVE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT NOW. UM, SO WE'LL START WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE. YES. RICKY MILLER'S HERE. THANK YOU. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. SIX. RIGHT? SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 12. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 14. MARIE CARLISLE. PRESENT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 15. KEVIN, I'M HERE. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 16. RE SO JUST GOT REPRESENTATIVE MEMORIAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 16 SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 17. JEFF BAKER'S ON SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 22. STACY FAIRCHILD. OH, STACY'S HERE. OKAY. STACY'S GOT IT. OKAY. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 24. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 25. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 27. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 28. KATHY EASTERLY HERE. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 30 SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 31. UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 32. CHERYL O'BRIEN PRESENT. 31 WAS HERE. I SAW HIM. I DON'T KNOW WHY HE DIDN'T RESPOND, BUT HE'S HERE. I THINK I SAW HIM IN THE CHAT. OKAY. YEAH. 30 SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 36. UH, NAOMI OSTFELD. GREAT. UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 37. CINDY CHAPMAN, WESTBERRY. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 38. STEVEN OSI. PRESENT. SUPER NEIGHBOR. 41. SUPER NEIGHBOR. PRESENT. OH, THANK YOU. GOT YOU. SUPER. 45 PASTOR DEB RIO MARTIN PRESENT FOR 45. THANK YOU. SUPER NEIGHBOR. 47. SUPER NEIGHBOR. 48. SUPER NEIGHBOR. 49. VICKI MARTIN. PRESENT. SUPER NEIGHBOR. 49 AND 50. THANK YOU. VICKI. SUPER NEIGHBOR. F 52. HE DOWNING PRESENT SUPER NEIGHBOR. 57. SUPER 63. UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 64 AND 88. THAT'S AMY DEN, PRESENT AS REPRESENTATIVE. SUPER. 65. SUPER 66. KATHLEEN O'REILLY, [00:05:02] SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 66. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK, AMY. UM, THANK YOU. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 67 ANDRA, JUST PRESENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 68. BEVERLY, A J PRESENT. THANK YOU. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. 71. MELANIE YOUNG, PRESENT. THANK YOU, MELANIE. SUPER VID. 82 TOMORROW. OH, SUPER VID 83 TOMORROW, BELL PRESENT. GOTCHA. SUPER VID 85. SUPER, UH, 88. UH, THAT CLOSES OUT. THAT'S, WE ARE PRESENT STILL. OKAY. I HAVE CONCLUDED THE ROLL CALL. IF, UM, THERE ARE ANY SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS PRESENT THAT WE DID NOT CALL OUT, PLEASE TAKE A A MINUTE, LET ME KNOW. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AMY. DOES THAT LOOK, DOES THAT MEAN WE HAVE A QUORUM? VERY MUCH SO, YES. PERFECT. SO IT SOUNDED LIKE IT TO ME, BUT I WANTED TO BE SURE. ALL RIGHT GUYS. AND FOLLOWING ALONG IN OUR AGENDA BACKED BY POPULAR DEMAND, WE HAVE A HEAVY TRASH UPDATE. IS DIRECTOR SIMS ON THE LINE ALREADY? IF NOT, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT ONE. DIRECTOR SIMS, I DON'T SEE WHERE HE'S ON THE LINE, BUT I'LL ASK. PERFECT. OKAY. WELL IF HE COMES ON, UM, WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA, WHENEVER HE COMES ON, WE'LL ALLOW HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE FLOOR, UM, VOTERS UPDATE. THANK YOU. MELANIE, DO YOU HAVE A VOTER UPDATE FOR US THIS WEEK OR THIS MONTH? IF NOT, I KNOW CHERYL HAS SOMETHING THAT SHE'D LIKE TO SHARE. IT IS MELANIE THERE? I DID HEAR HER SAY PRESENT . WELL, BASICALLY WE WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IF YOU'RE IN DISTRICT C, THERE IS A RUNOFF COMING UP. WE DO HAVE, UM, GENERAL ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP IN NOVEMBER. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A VOTER FORUM FOR SOME OF THE POSITIONS UP IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. AND LETICIA WILL PROBABLY BE ADDRESSING THAT IN NEW BUSINESS, RIGHT. AND KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR WHETHER PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT. BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS, UM, WELL AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THERE WAS REALLY LOW TURNOUT SO FAR IN DISTRICT C. SO THE PEOPLE IN DISTRICT C, YOU KNOW, DON'T COMPLAIN IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED AND GET OUT THERE THERE AND, AND STAY AWARE. AND WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON, UM, THE START OF WHEN EARLY ELECTION VOTING STARTS FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY THAT WE SHOW UP AND VOTE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MADAM CO-CHAIR. UM, GREG, I SEE YOUR HAND, BUT WE CANNOT HEAR YOU. IT'S, NOPE. IS IT JUST ME? CAN ANYONE ELSE HEAR HIM? NO. NO. NOPE. NOPE. AND I DID NOT EVEN MUTE HIM THIS TIME. NOPE. . OKAY. MAY, MAY I SUGGEST THAT HE TYPE IT INTO THE CHAT. OKAY. DOES THIS WORK? OH, THAT'S WORKING. THAT'S WORKING. YES, SIR. SO THIS ISN'T WORKING. YES, IT'S WORKING. WE CAN HEAR YOU. UH, THAT'S THE PROBLEM. VERSUS TEAMS VERSUS ZOOM, THEY'D USE ONE OR DO THESE DIFFERENT MICROPHONES. I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT BEFORE NOVEMBER, WE HAVE RUNOFFS AT THE END OF MAY ALSO, THAT FROM COME FROM THE PRIMARY. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET OFF, GET OUT TO VOTE FOR THOSE AS WELL, RIGHT? UH, IN BOTH, YEAH, IN BOTH PARTIES. AND IN ADDITION, I BELIEVE THERE'S AN, UH, ELECTIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY. CAN SOMEBODY CORRECT ME ON THAT FOR SOME OF THE ISDS AND BOND ISSUES FOR THEM? BUT I DON'T CALL ME TO THAT FACT. THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO IF, AND, AND JUST TO BE SURE THAT EVERYONE HEARD CHERYL, UM, CHERYL STATED THAT THERE WE ARE DISCUSSING HAVING A FORM IN SEPTEMBER. UM, SO OF COURSE THE DETAILS WILL FOLLOW, UM, MS. DALE, [00:10:04] YES, THERE IS A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SENATE DISTRICT FOUR THAT STARTS EARLY VOTING STARTS, I BELIEVE TOMORROW. UM, THE ELECTION IS BEGINNING OF MAY. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, 18 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, UM, AS GREG WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, BUT THE EARLY VOTING STARTS MID-MAY. AND, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE EARLY VOTING TURNOUT FOR THE, UH, ELECTION IN JANUARY FOR 18, AND YOU LOOK AT DISTRICT C, WE GOTTA GET IT TOGETHER, Y'ALL. I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN THE NATION. THESE NUMBERS ARE APPALLING, UM, TO SHOW OUT TO TO THAT WE'RE SHOWING UP. SO WE GOTTA GET OUR COMMUNITIES ENERGIZED. I DON'T CARE HOW YOU VOTE, BUT YOU GOTTA VOTE. YOU NEED TO VOTE. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. EVERYBODY GET OUT THERE AND VOTE. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT MANY OF OUR, MANY OF US FACE AS LEADERS. AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME DISCUSSING HOW OR WHAT DO WE DO? I KNOW IN ACRES HOMES, SOME OF THE CHURCHES GOT TOGETHER AND THEY DID A SOULS TO THE POLLS. I HADN'T HEARD THAT TERM, BUT TWICE IN MY LIFE, . SO, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING. BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, WHATEVER IT TAKES. UM, AND, AND WE DON'T GET TO TALK ABOUT IT ENOUGH AND HOW IMPORTANT IT ACTUALLY IS. SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SAVE ROOM ON THE AGENDA IF THERE, IF TIME PERMITS, SAVE A LITTLE BIT ROOM ON THE AGENDA, MAYBE EVEN TODAY TO JUST KIND OF THROW OUT WHAT DO WE THINK WOULD HELP GET PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE. UM, SO WE WILL SKIP IT NOW AND, AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND THEN HOPEFULLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO KIND OF JUST TOUCH BASES ON THAT TODAY DURING THE MEETING. ALL RIGHT. AND MOVING RIGHT ALONG. DO WE HAVE DIRECTOR SIMS? HAS HE COME IN YET? OKAY. COMMITTEE. I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK. I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM HIM, BUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. UM, COMMITTEE REPORTS. I DID NOT SEE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS IN THE DRIVE, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE COMMITTEES DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT. DO ANY OF OUR COMMITTEE CHAIRS HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT FROM THIS PAST MONTH? UH, LATASHA. I MEAN, LISTEN ME, UH, THIS IS VICKI MARTIN. I'M GONNA HAVE TO GIRL. WHAT MEETING ARE YOU IN TALKING ABOUT? LATASHA ? YES, MA'AM. OH, THAT'S, THAT'S A BATTLE MEETING. I'M SORRY. BUT, UH, YES. I'LL GET WITH YOU OFF SO I CAN, UH, GET BACK ON THAT. THANK YOU, . OKAY, NO PROBLEM. ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, AMY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET INTO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. WELL, WE HAD UPDATED, UH, AND CIRCULATED TWO SETS OF MINUTES, UH, FROM PRIOR MEETINGS. ONE WAS THE MARCH MEETING, UH, THAT HAPPENED LAST MONTH THAT WE, UM, CAN TAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THAT ON, IT WAS UPLOADED TO THE DRIVE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE FEBRUARY MEETING MINUTES THAT ALSO NEED APPROVAL. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY AND MARCH. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'VE GOT MY HAND RAISED. I SECOND, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? HOLD ON. JUST, I'VE GOT MY HAND RAISED, PLEASE. UH, WELL I THOUGHT IT WAS STILL LEFT FROM THE LAST ONE. YES, SIR. NO, NO. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE, UH, WITH LAST MONTH'S MINUTES, BUT WHY ARE WE GOING AND APPROVING THE ONES FROM FEBRUARY? UM, WE HAD AN IN-PERSON MEETING LAST MONTH AND WE DID NOT APPROVE MINUTES DURING THAT IN-PERSON MEETING WITH THE MAYOR. OKAY. NO, THAT, THAT'S NOT MY ISSUE. AND, AND CHERYL AND AMY KNOW THE ISSUE. AND LETICIA, I THINK YOU WOULD KNOW THE ISSUE TOO. OKAY. GOING. IT WAS DISCUSSED , IS IT WHAT YOU EMAILED ABOUT COMMITTEE? YEAH. AND DECIDED THAT THE CHANGES WERE NOT MATERIAL AND WE DIDN'T NEED TO MAKE THEM. WELL, HOLD ON A MINUTE. SO, BUT CHERYL, I, GO AHEAD. SORRY. I WILL, I CAN DISCUSS IT WITH GREG OFFLINE. WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE UP TIME AT THIS MEETING AND LET'S JUST GO LEAVE THEM. I WILL TALK ABOUT IT WITH GREG OFFLINE AND NOT TAKE TIME UP AT THIS MEETING. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. SO WE WANNA JUST GO ON THE MARCH AND NOT THE FEBRUARY. CHERYL, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES. YES. OKAY. I AND GREG, YOU AND I WILL TALK OFFLINE ABOUT COOL. ABOUT THIS. HE PROMISED FOR A MONTH. YOU TALKED PROBABLY THAT FOR A MONTH, CHERYL. ALRIGHT, SO CAN YOU, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MARCH. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE [00:15:01] THE MARCH MINUTES. DO THE SECOND. CAN I SECOND IT? I SECOND IT. THAT WAS KEITH. SECOND IT SECOND WITH THE SECOND . ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? A ALL RIGHT. THEY HAVE BEEN PROPERLY MOVED. AND SECOND, THE MARCH MEETINGS ARE READY. THE FEBRUARY MEETING, WE WILL BRING THEM BACK NEXT MONTH. UM, DURING OUR MAY MEETING, MAN, THIS YEAR IS GOING BY SO FAST. I'M KIND OF STUTTERING BY THE, THE MONTH THAT I'M ANNOUNCING. IT SEEMS LIKE THE YEAR JUST STARTED. MY GOODNESS. YEP. ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. SO WE HAVE, GREG, YOUR HAND IS STILL UP. IS THAT ON PURPOSE OR BY VIRTUE OF JUST NOT PUTTING IT DOWN? ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE OLD BUSINESS. SO THANK, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT TOOK TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE TO JOIN US IN PERSON FOR OUR MARCH MEETING. I, I ALSO WANT TO SEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CHERYL FOR SECURING THE SPACE FOR US, TAMARA, FOR BRINGING US SOME NUGGETS. UM, AND, AND NOT SPEAKING NUGGETS, ACTUAL CHICKEN NUGGETS, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE NOT PRESENT, UM, IT WAS A PHENOMENAL TURNOUT. YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, THE ROOM WAS FILLED WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND IT WAS JUST REALLY A GREAT MEETING. SO I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. EVERYONE JUST, IT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL. SO. YEP, THAT'S RIGHT, TAMARA, EVERYBODY, UM, GIVE YOURSELVES A HAND CLAP. UM, THE NEXT IN-PERSON MEETING WILL BE IN MAY. SO THAT KIND OF FALLS INTO OUR NEW BUSINESS. AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS WE WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO HOST THAT MEETING AT THE HOUSTON CITY COLLEGE. THAT HAS NOW CHANGED AND IT'S GOING TO, WELL, WE RECEIVED A REQUEST TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO OUR LOCATION, AND THAT REQUEST IS TO HOST IT AT CITY HALL, WHICH IS 9 0 1 BAG B ON THE GROUND FLOOR IN THE LEGACY ROOM. AND THAT REQUEST WAS MADE BY THE MAYOR ASKING IF WE COULD COME, UM, DURING THAT PARTICULAR TIME, AND HE MEETS WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE. THE EXECUTIVE TEAM HAS CONFIRMED THAT WE WILL MOVE THE MEETING AND HAVE IT AT CITY HALL. SO WE HOPE TO SEE THE SAME TURNOUT AS WE SAW IN MARCH. THAT MEETING IS SET FOR MAY 11TH AT SIX 30, AND WE'LL GET THE DETAILS OUT TO YOU JUST AS WE TYPICALLY DO WHEN WE SEND OUT THE MINUTES OR, AND THE, THE, UM, REMINDERS FOR THE MEETING. BUT PLEASE MAKE NOTE THAT OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN PERSON 9 0 1 BAGBY, THE GROUND FLOOR INSIDE THE LEGACY ROOM. OKAY? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS TOMORROW? I SEE YOU BLUE. HUH? I SAW YOUR SCREEN GO BLUE. I THOUGHT YOU HAD A QUESTION. GIRL. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS SCREEN GOING BLUE. I AIN'T TOUCHING NOTHING. NO . I'M LIKE, I'M LIKE CHERYL AT THE OTHER GUY. MY COMPUTER HATE ME. . YEAH. OH, I SEE SALLY'S HERE. WELL, HELLO THERE, SALLY. HOW ARE YOU? HI EVERYBODY. I, I JUST WANNA SAY MAY 11TH IS GONNA BE GREAT TIMING 'CAUSE THE BUDGET WILL HAVE BEEN RELEASED THE WEEK BEFORE. UH, MY BUDGET SURVEY IS GONNA COME OUT THIS WEEK. I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS IT SO YOU CAN, GUYS CAN FILL OUT YOUR BUDGET SURVEY AND BUDGET WORKSHOPS WILL BE GETTING UNDERWAY, AND THAT IS A GREAT TIME TO HAVE AN IN-PERSON MEETING. AND, AND WE WANNA HEAR ABOUT IT. THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF, A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THIS BUDGET. SO, UH, WE WANNA HEAR FROM YOU GUYS TOMORROW. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT? I DO. UH, I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I SAW A ARTICLE TODAY SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T WALK BACK THE ICE POLICY, THEY'RE GONNA PULL A LOT OF GRANTS. WHAT KIND OF MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, SALLY? UM, I DO NOT HAVE THAT AMOUNT. I'M READING THE SAME REPORTS YOU'RE READING AND YEAH, WE ARE DEFINITELY, THAT GIVES US ALL PAUSE AND, UM, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THAT. AND WHAT, SO FAR WE JUST HEARD 110 MILLION, 110 MILLION IS THE NUMBER 110 MILLION? YEAH, I, I DID HEAR, JUST HEARD 110 MILLION. YES. WE DAMN SURE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE 110 MILLION WITH HOLLAND SAND THE OTHER WEEK. WE, YOU KNOW, I'M AN ACCOUNTANT BY TRADE, SO THIS MATH AIN'T ADDING UP. I'M NOT LYING. I MEAN, SERIOUS. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL DRIVE AROUND OR IF YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION, BUT THE WORLD CUP WILL BE HERE JUNE THE 14TH. YES. AND FROM WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, WE DON'T LOOK READY NOW. I'M HOPING WE GET READY, BUT WE DAMN SURE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE 110 MILLION BEFORE WE GET READY. AGREE. MY CONCERN IS THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE GOVERNOR JUST SAID, THAT THESE WERE PUBLIC [00:20:01] SAFETY DOLLARS AND THE AMOUNT OF 110 MILLION. YEAH, WE, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T. NO, WE CAN'T LOSE THAT. I SAW WHAT SPRING BREAK LOOKED LIKE FIRSTHAND IN PERSON, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SECURITY, 700,000 PEOPLE COMING IN TOWN FOR A GAME, WE CAN'T LOSE NOTHING. MM-HMM . BELIEVE ME, WE HEAR YOU AND WE HEAR THE GOVERNOR AND WE, UM, I EXPECT SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN. UH, I'M, THIS IS ALL JUST BREAKING, SO I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, WE, WE ARE IN A CRUNCH AND THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE SITUATION WE'RE IN AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. AND SO THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, WE, MEYER'S WORKED WITH ALL THE, ALL EVERYBODY AT THE LEDGE, AND HE'S, YOU KNOW, HE'S ON IT. AND, AND I'M GONNA, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE DOING SOMETHING, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT AS THIS IS JUST, WE APPRECIATE YOU SALLY. THERE'S PASTOR DEB, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THIS? YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP PASTOR DEB? MM-HMM . YES. THANK YOU. AND I'M SORRY IT WAS RELATED TO THE MEETING AND NOT TO THE COUNCILWOMAN. IF SHE WANTS TO CONTINUE THE QUESTIONING, I CAN ANSWER. NO, NO, NO. I'M FINE. I'M FINE. I JUST WANTED TO WEIGH IN, PLEASE THAT, THAT WE WANNA HEAR ABOUT, ABOUT YOU ON THE BUDGET AND MAY 11TH. GOOD JOB. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. S THANK, NO, MY, MY QUESTION WAS JUST THIS, UM, THE IN-PERSON MEETINGS. SO THEY'RE VERY EXCITING. UM, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 45, AS Y'ALL KNOW, IS NEW, ALTHOUGH I'VE BEEN AROUND A FEW YEARS GETTING IT TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE. UM, IS THERE A FORMAL PROCEDURE FOR US TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY? UM, WE'VE ASKED COUNCILMAN, UH, CASTILLO, AND, UH, HE SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW OF ONE. UH, SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS A LONG TIME. SO HOW SHOULD I GO TO THE WEBSITE AND LOOK FOR A WORKBOOK? OR DOES ANYONE HAVE A SHORTCUT JUST TO TELL ME? IT'D BE NICE TO DO THIS IN MAY. , PASTOR DEB, THIS IS RHONDA. UM, I DID SPEAK TO, UM, TY IN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, OFFICE, AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON SOMETHING. I'LL GET AN UPDATE FOR YOU, UM, TOMORROW. THANK YOU SO MUCH, RHONDA. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. MARK YOUR HANDS UP. NO, IT'S STACY. OH, STACY. SORRY. I MEANT STACY. STACY, I, I'M SORRY. I'M IN MARK'S ACCOUNT. STACY, UH, I WAS JUST GONNA GO BACK TO, UH, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN. UH, I SUSPECT HOW THIS IS GONNA GO IS THAT, UH, THE MAYOR'S GONNA END UP HONORING SB FOUR AND HPD WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, UH, CONDUCT OPERATIONS AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE. UM, MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS NOW THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THIS ORDINANCE IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STATE REQUIRING US TO FOLLOW US BEFORE IS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY OR ENTITIES, UM, SUE THE CITY AND THEN IT'S GONNA GET TIED UP IN COURT. AND ULTIMATELY IT'S THE TAXPAYERS THAT ARE GONNA BE LEFT ON THE HOOK WHILE YOU ALL ARE ALL GONE BY THE TIME THIS HITS, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE OUR PROBLEM AND NOT Y'ALL'S. AND SO, TO ME, THIS WAS NOT VETTED. UM, AND I, I JUST, I, I THINK IT WAS JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE. IT W THERE WAS NO NEED TO RUSH THIS. UM, SO ANYWAY, I HOPE THAT WITH ITEMS LIKE THIS THAT GO ON THE AGENDA, THAT THE S AND A WILL AT A MINIMUM BE C UH, CONTACTED AND AT LEAST GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, HEAR WHAT IS BEING PUSHED ON US AS RESIDENTS, UH, AND CONSTITUENTS, PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND I WOULD GO AS FAR AS TO SAY THAT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS AS A WHOLE, ALL 88 SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY A GOOD PULSE, UM, ON WHAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON WANTS. AND, UH, WE ARE REGULARLY, UH, UNDERMINED AND NOT CONSIDERED. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT THE MAYOR HAS INVITED US TO THE LEGACY ROOM FOR, FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. AND I HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY MAYOR IN THE PAST THAT HAS ACTUALLY INVITED US DOWN THERE. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO BEG AND PLEAD, AM I RIGHT TOMORROW? CORRECT. CORRECT. OKAY. SO TO ME, THIS IS A GOOD SIGN. UM, BUT I THINK ALSO IN MAY THAT WE NEED TO COME, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH KIND OF OUR VIEWS ON THIS, UM, CORRECT. BECAUSE AS TOMORROW SAID, FIFA'S COMING AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE LEFT WITH IT, LIVING OFF OF WASHINGTON AVENUE. I KNOW THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT COME INTO TOWN, GUESS WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO PARTY RIGHT HERE. THEY'RE GONNA GO PARTY OVER BY TOMORROW. WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE LEFT WITH THE DECISIONS THAT YOU ALL MAKE AT CITY COUNCIL. SO PLEASE TAKE THAT BACK TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THIS AND WHO VOTED [00:25:01] YES FOR IT TO, AT A MINIMUM GOING FORWARD THAT THEY, THE COUNCIL AT LEAST CONSULT WITH AND GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THE S AND A TO DISTRIBUTE IT TO THEIR SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND COME BACK WITH POSSIBLY A POSITION. BECAUSE WE, OF ALL PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, WE PROBABLY WORK AND PLAY IN THIS TOWN TOO. SO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD PULSE ON WHAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON WANTS. SO I THINK THAT, UM, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD STARTING PLACE FOR ANY NEW CITYWIDE ORDINANCE LIKE THIS THAT HAS AN IMPLICATION, PARTICULARLY ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. SO I'M GONNA LEAVE IT AT THAT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE TO COME. UNDERSTOOD. UNDERSTOOD. I SUSPECT, AND THANK YOU, STACY, BUT I SUSPECT THAT THE, THE TAXPAYERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE LEFT HOLDING THIS BAG. THANK YOU, STACY. UM, NOW WE HAVE KEITH. YES. WHO HAS HIS HAND UP? I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, TO HCC FOR BEING SO GRACIOUS TO GIVE US THE SPOT FOR MAY. I UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR WANTS TO SPEAK TO US, AND HE REACHED OUT IN THE LATE HOUR AND UM, THAT'S FINE. HE'S THE MAYOR. THE FACT IS, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO HCC BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO ALLOW US TO BE THERE, UH, THERE AT HOMESTEAD AND LITTLE YORK ROAD IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON. SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM FOR BEING SO GRACIOUS TO SAY, COME BRING IT TO US. AGREED. THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH THAT, KEITH. YEP. UM, AND I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO, TO VISIT THAT LOCATION, YOU KNOW, HERE SOON AS WELL. UM, BUT YEAH, I DO, I DO AGREE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE MAYOR CALLED, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME, LIKE SALLY SAID, AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE REASON THAT WE WERE CALLED IS BECAUSE IT IS BUDGET TIME. SO, UM, SHERRY, MICHAEL, UH, SORRY. WELL, I JUST WANT TO, AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, UM, AND LONGSTANDING COMMUNITY MEMBER AND, UM, ADVOCATE IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, ESPECIALLY SOUTHWESTERN, I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE HEARD. UM, I THINK THAT SOME OF THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THEIR SERVICE SO MUCH. I KNOW EVERYONE, UM, UM, ARE LISTENING TO CERTAIN, UH, CONSTITUENTS, UM, AND THEY ARE ABIDING BY WHAT THOSE CONSTITUENTS ARE TELLING THEM. AND I REALLY BELIEVE THEY'RE GETTING BAD INFORMATION. I REALLY DO. IN MY HEART OF HEARTS, I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE GETTING BAD INFORMATION AND THEY'RE MAKING A DECISION, UM, IN REGARDS TO BAD DECISIONS. AND I THINK WATCHED ALL OF THIS GOING ON AND WE KIND OF SAID, OKAY, IT'LL BE OKAY. IT'LL GET TAKEN CARE OF THOSE IMPORTANT THINGS. BUT I AM CONCERNED, I'M CONCERNED, I'M SEEING SOME OF THESE THINGS MOVING ALONG, UM, THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWING OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD AS WE SHOULD. SO I'M, I'M GRATEFUL FOR MAY AL AND SALLY, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU TO BE HERE. UM, 'CAUSE UM, WE, WE JUST NEED THE FACTS. I THINK IF PEOPLE HAVE THE FACTS AND THE REAL INFORMATION, UM, THEY WOULD UN WHAT'S GOING ON. AND, UM, THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR STUFF THAT IS GOING TO COST THIS CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. UM, I JUST THINK THAT WE JUST GOTTA BE CAREFUL ABOUT THESE KNEE-JERK REACTIONS, UM, BECAUSE, UM, THEY, THEY ACTUALLY CAN HAVE LONGSTANDING EFFECTS. UM, SO I JUST, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY AS A COMMUNITY AND A BOARD MEMBER, UM, AS A BOARD MEMBER WITH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, UM, TO BE SURE, UM, PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M, I'M SPEAKING AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER RIGHT NOW. YEP. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANKS, SHERRY. YEAH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SHERRY, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOUR HANDS STILL LOOK . OKAY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THAT. NOW I'M GONNA CALL ONE MORE TIME TO SEE IF DIRECTOR SIMS IS HERE. I THINK THAT, UM, I THINK THE LAST MEETING, HEAVY TRASH WAS A HOT TOPIC, BUT I THINK NOW WITH THE BUDGET AND THE POTENTIAL LOSS, THAT JUST KIND OF, THAT BECAME ANOTHER HOT TOPIC. SO, UM, WE'LL KEEP MOVING THROUGH THE AGENDA AGAIN. IF HE COMES ON, UM, RHONDA JUST ALERT ME AND, UM, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GIVE HIM THE FLOOR. UM, EVERYONE KNOWS WE HAD RECEIVED NOTIFICATION ABOUT HEAVY TRASH AND THEN WE HAD, UM, IT WAS BEING PUT ON HOLD. UM, SO WE WERE JUST, YES, CAROL SAYS, HEAVY CRASH IS STILL A HOT TOP. YOU GOT . I, I, I AGREE. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON AND, AND, AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE AND WHICH WAY WE'RE GOING. SO YES, UM, I DO TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO NEW [00:30:01] BUSINESS. I MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE LOCATION AND WHY WE WILL BE IN THE LEGACY ROOM. IS THERE ANY OTHER OR ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS? YES, TAMARA. OKAY. SO YOU ALL KNOW HOW, UM, VEHEMENTLY I FOUGHT AGAINST HARRIS HEALTH TAKING, UH, HERMAN PARK. SO THE CONDEMNATION WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY, BUT IT IS NOT OVER. AND I NEED YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT OVER BECAUSE THEY GOTTA COME UP WITH A PRICE AND THE CITY HAS TO ACCEPT IT. UM, I'VE BEEN AIDED, I'VE GOT FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT THE STATE TRYING TO GET US THE PUBLIC INFORMATION DOCKETS DOCUMENTS THAT WE ASKED FOR, FOR SIX MONTHS. AND THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO BLOCK IT BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THIS CONDEMNATION WAS DONE RIGHT. BUT I AM RELYING ON THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. AND SALLY WAS THERE. I THINK YOU WERE THERE WHEN I CAME AND SPOKE. THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT TO THE DEPTH AND THAT, AND THAT'S WHY I APPRECIATE US HAVING THIS MEETING IN PERSON BECAUSE I WAS THROWN A REALLY, UH, I COULDN'T BELIEVE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. UH, BUT IF THEY WOULD TALK TO US AND LET US HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON, HERMAN PARK IS NOT A POCKET PARK. HERMAN PARK IS THE PARK THAT IS OUR CITIES, THAT IS OUR CENTRAL PARK. AND THE CALLOUS INDIFFERENCE THAT I FELT WAS BEING DONE BY JUST CUTTING IT UP. UH, 'CAUSE ONCE YOU HAD A PRECEDENCE, EVERYBODY ELSE GONNA TRY TO COME AND DO THE SAME THING, WAS VERY DISTURBING TO ME. AND SO I, I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW, I I'M GOING TO STILL NEED Y'ALL HELP BECAUSE I DON'T STOP FIGHTING TILL THE FIGHT OVER. THAT'S JUST THE WAY I FIGHT. SO THIS IS NOT OVER BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION, BECAUSE THE PROVING THAT THEY WERE ELIGIBLE FOR CONDEMNATION, I DON'T THINK IT WASN'T DONE. I KNOW IT WASN'T DONE. SO I, I AM GOING TO BE LEANING ON YOU ALL. WE MET AGAIN LAST WEEK, BUT I'M GONNA NEED SOME HELP BECAUSE EVERYBODY ON THIS RIGHT NOW HAS WENT TO HERMIT PARK, TOOK A CHILD TO HERMIT PARK, VISITED HERMIT PARK, BEEN IN HERMIT PARK. SO I'M GONNA NEED YOU ALL TO HELP WITH THIS. BUT I AM GOING TO BRING THIS UP WHEN WE MEET WITH THE MAYOR, BECAUSE I WAS NOT HAPPY AT ALL AT THE RESPONSE I GAVE. WHEN IT'S IN THE CITY'S HANDS, ALL HARRIS HEALTH CAN DO IS GRANT THE CONDEMNATION, THE CITY, THE ONE GET THE CHECK. OKAY? THEY GET THE CHECK. THE CITY AND THE FAMILY, THEY GET THE CHECK. NOT, NOT, NOT HARRIS COUNTY AND NOT HERMAN PARK CONSERVANCY. NOW THE CITY MAY BREAK THEM OFF A LITTLE SOMETHING, SOMETHING, BUT THE MONEY GOES TO THE CITY AND THE WINKY FAMILY. AND I HEARD THE WINKY FAMILY IS LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THE CITY MAY TRY TO CUT THEM OUT. SO I NEED YOU ALL TO STAY WITH ME IN THIS RACE, YOU KNOW? UH, I MEAN IT, I I I KNOW I WILL BE COMING TO YOU ALL. AND THE FACT THAT IT IS IN WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO IT IS IN THE A HUNDRED YEAR, UH, FLOODPLAIN IS ABSOLUTELY IN THE FLOODPLAIN. HOW THE HELL IS THAT HEALTHY TO PUT THE ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED HOSPITALS IN THE FLOODPLAIN? MM-HMM . THAT MAKES NO SENSE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE CONVERSATION THEY HAVING. GOTCHA. THANK YOU, TAMARA. GREG, YOUR HANDS UP? UH, YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE AN AN ANNOUNCEMENT. HOUSTON FLEET WEEK STARTS THIS WEEK. OH, YES. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HOUSTON HAS EVER HAD FLEET WEEK. THE EAST COAST AND THE WEST COAST HAVE HAD IT ALL THE TIME, BUT WE GET TO HAVE IT THIS TIME. THERE ARE A LOT OF EVENTS TO ATTEND STARTING ON WEDNESDAY, AND I HOPE TO LOOK IT UP AND, AND DO IT. I'VE GOT A GROUP THAT I'M TAKING ON A TOUR OF ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE SHIPS FOR THAT, AND THAT'S AVAILABLE ALSO FOR OTHER PEOPLE. UH, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS HOPING TO COME DOWN HERE, UM, BUT HE'S THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS AND ON THE, ON THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, BUT DUTY CALLS. SO THAT'S NOT HAPPENING GIVEN EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD AT THIS POINT. BUT PLEASE, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S GOING ON. COAST GUARD, NAVY, AND MARINES, A THOUSAND OF 'EM WILL ALL BE HERE. SO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THEM AND ENJOY THE TIME. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GREG. GREG. THANK YOU GREG. GREG, YOU KNOW THE WEBSITE. CAN YOU PUT IT IN THE CHAT FOR PEOPLE? UH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO THAT. OH, SOMEONE PUT IN THERE ALREADY. OH, DID THEY? DEI JUST DID. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KEVIN. HI. EARLIER, CHERYL WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DISTRICT C RUNOFF. UH, EARLY VOTING STARTS IN TWO WEEKS, SO WHILE ANYBODY IS FREE TO TRY TO PUT ON THEIR OWN FORM, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO DO IT IN TWO WEEKS. I'VE DONE THESE BEFORE AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK. BUT GOOD NEWS IS THE NEAR TOWN MONTROSE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, NEITHER JACK NOR THE NEW PRESIDENT IS HERE TONIGHT, UM, HAS ALREADY PUT ONE TOGETHER. IT'S APRIL 29TH, IT'S GONNA BE HOSTED BY THE IS MILEY CENTER. I PUT THE LINK TO [00:35:01] THE FACEBOOK PAGE IN THE CHAT. SO THE DISTRICT C SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHARE THAT, UM, WITH YOUR, UH, UM, GROUPS. UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S APRIL 29TH, SIX 30, UM, AT THE ISMAILI CENTER, WHICH IS THE CORNER OF MONTROSE BOULEVARD IN ALLEN PARKWAY. IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN, IT'S A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS AMAZING NEW BUILDING AND, UM, WHICH IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU, KEVIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. UM, YES, I'M WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 68. WE HAD, UM, A SUPERVISOR FROM SOLID WASTE ATTEND OUR MARCH MEETING WITH REFERENCE TO HEAVY TRASH PICKUP. WE WERE TOLD EVERYTHING HAD BEEN DISPENSED AND, AND WE WERE GETTING BACK ON THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE. JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE, AND I'M NOT LAUGHING AT YOU, I'M JUST LAUGHING AT THE, UM, MERRY-GO-ROUND THAT WE'RE ON , SO NO, NO PROBLEM. . OKAY. STACY, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, IS ANYBODY ELSE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH GAS STATIONS POPPING UP IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? YES. OR RIGHT NEXT TO HOMES? YES. YES. BEEN ABOUT IT. I'VE ACRES HOMES AND I LITERALLY HAVE A GAS STATION IN ONE BLOCK. IT'S LIKE ONE AT EVERY CORNER. IF YOU'RE AT A STOP SIGN, YOU CAN, THERE'S FOUR. WE JUST GOT SOME PEOPLE. SO FOR ANYBODY WHO'S HAVING AN ISSUE, UM, JOLANDA JONES, REPRESENTATIVE JOLANDA JONES IS COMING TO MY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IN, UH, MAY TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HER, HOW SHE'S PLANNING TO ADDRESS THEM. I HAVE HEARD RUMORS AND MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN CAN TALK ABOUT THIS IF SHE'S STILL ON, UM, OR ANY OF, YEAH, I'M HERE AND THERE, THERE WAS, THERE'S, UM, ACTUALLY THERE'S THINGS HAPPENING ON THAT. UM, RIGHT NOW IT KIND OF LIES WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THEY CAN DO ENVIRONMENTAL WISE. UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CONSTITUENTS IN THE SIXTH WARD YES. ABOUT WINE KIND OF ON SILVER. YEP. AND, UM, THEY'RE, WE WANT, BELIEVE ME, WE WANNA DO SOMETHING. WE DO NOT WANT THEM ON EVERY CORNER. AND I THINK THERE REALLY ARE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS TO, AND THAT ABSOLUTELY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING LAST TIME I ASKED THAT, RIGHT NOW, IT'S BEING VETTED AT, AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SEE WHAT WE CAN DO HEALTH WISE, UM, TO, TO PUT SOME, YOU KNOW, WITH A, IN A CITY WITH NO ZONING, YOU GUYS KNOW HOW HARD IT IS. MM-HMM . AND PROPERTY, PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE A BIG DEAL IN THE, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND IT'S HARD TO REGULATE SOMETHING IF IT, IF THE RULES WEREN'T IN PLACE WHEN SOMEBODY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. AND YOU CAN'T, LIKE, CHANGE THE RULES. BUT IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF HEALTH, LIFE SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVED, THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN DO. KIND OF LIKE WE DON'T LET CERTAIN THINGS, BARS AND THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, A THOUSAND PEOPLE FROM A SCHOOL AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE, THAT'S ALL KIND OF IN THE WORKS. AND I'M REALLY HOPING WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT, THAT GI THAT HAS SOME TEETH THAT WE CAN LIMIT THESE, THESE IN NEIGHBORHOODS. DO YOU, DO YOU THINK IT WILL, I WANTED Y'ALL TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS Y'ALL DID. YEAH. WITH THIS OTHER, UH, THING THAT CAME OUT NOWHERE WITH THE HPD CAN'T DO THIS AND CAN'T DO THAT. I'M HOPING Y'ALL TAKE THAT EXPEDITED, UH, UH, NATURE AND PUTTING AN ORDINANCE TOGETHER TO STOP THIS, BECAUSE IT IS A HEALTH CONCERN. THE ONE THAT WE, THAT WE GOT PULLED BACK FROM PLANNING COMMISSION LAST THURSDAY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WAS, UH, ABOUT TO BE APPROVED. AND IT IS LITERALLY, THE BACK DOOR IS NEXT TO A MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE. YEAH. I'M TRYING TO FIND THE LAST EMAIL I'VE GOTTEN ON THIS. UM, SO I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, I MEAN, AS QUICKLY AS , THERE'S ALSO THE FIRE MARSHALS. YEAH. THE FIRE MARSHALS INVOLVED. UM, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S UNDERGROUND FUEL INFRAS INFRASTRUCTURE, CORRECT. AND MM-HMM . YEAH. THERE'S A, THERE'S, I HEAR YOU, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON THAT IS NOT FALLING ON DEAF EARS. DEAF DEAF. WE ARE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON, ON PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER. YEAH. UH, IS THAT GONNA GO? AND I'LL SAY, I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE EVEN REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HIS, LIKE, FOR US, HISTORICALLY, THAT HAS BEEN OUR CASE. UM MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, WE PULL OUT OF A STREET AND THERE ARE TWO GAS STATIONS AT ONE END VERSUS THE OTHER END. SO IF WE LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF GAS STATIONS, THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY'RE JUST NOW POPPING UP. BUT FOR RE HOMES, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE. AND IT'S BEEN A CONCERN IN AN ARGUMENT. BUT LAIA, LETITIA, I THINK WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW IS, WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW IS, I'M GETTING AN ECHO. AN ECHO. WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS THESE ARE GOING RIGHT NEXT TO PEOPLE'S FRONT DOORS. PEOPLE'S FRONT DOORS, THEY'RE BEING [00:40:01] CONSTRUCTED. RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT AT THE END OF THE BLOCK, NOT AT THE END OF THE BLOCK. SAME FOR US. SAME. SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S AN ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AS I'VE DRIVEN AROUND. IT'S THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BUT YOU'D BE SURPRISED, CHERYL, MOST OF 'EM THAT LETICIA EXPERIENCING AND WE EXPERIENCING IS ONE GUY. IT ONE COMPANY. LIKE EVERYBODY'S ECHO NOW. WELL, WE HAVE TWO ON NORTH WHITE SIDE, TWO PIT STOPS RIGHT ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER. BUT THE IRONIC THING IS THAT THERE'S THE RESIDENTS BEHIND IT, AND IT'S BACKYARD NEIGHBOR, AND THEY HAVE LIQUOR STORES. AND WE WERE ALWAYS TOLD THAT YOU COULDN'T BE WITHIN 300 FEET OF A RESIDENT OR A CHURCH. SO ONE OF THEM, THE BACKYARD NEIGHBORS A CHURCH, AND THE OTHER ONE, THE BACKYARD NEIGHBOR IS A RESIDENCE. SO HOW ARE THEY GETTING AROUND NOW? WE HAVE A H GUYS, WE, UH, MINDY HAS HIS, AND IF I'M SAYING YOUR NAME WRONG, PLEASE FORGIVE ME AND, AND TELL ME THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION, BUT HE HAS HIS HAND UP. HI EVERYONE. UH, MEDI RAIS. I'M THE NEW ACTING PRESIDENT FROM NEW YORKTOWN ASSOCIATION. WE CAN BARELY HEAR YOU. LET ME TRY AGAIN, A MICROPHONE CLOSER TO ME. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME NOW? ABSOLUTELY. A LITTLE BETTER. HI, I, I'M MEDI RAIS. I, I'M THE NEW ACTING PRESIDENT FOR THE NEWTOWN ASSOCIATION. UH, NICE TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES HERE. KEVIN, I, I DO APPRECIATE THE SHOUT OUT FOR THE DISTRICT C RUNOFF FORUM. THE ONLY THING THAT I'LL ADD IS THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS. UM, YOU CAN GET THOSE TICKETS AT THE SMILEY CENTER, UH, THEIR WEBSITE, BUT WE'D LOVE TO SEE ALL OF YOU OUT THERE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SHERRY. HEY, IS THERE ANY WAY, SALLY, THAT SOMEONE COULD POST THE, THE LAWS ABOUT HOW CLOSE A LIQUOR STORE CAN BE TO A COMMUNITY OR, OR EVEN SMOKE SHOPS? YEAH, IT'S LIKE, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT SMOKE SHOPS, BUT LET ME, LET ME LOOK. YEAH, WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. UM, THERE'S NICE STUFF ABOUT THAT WAS LIKE SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES, LIQUOR STORES, ALL THOSE KIND OF DISTANCE THINGS. UH, I CAN, WE CAN COMPILE THAT AND I'LL GET 'EM, I'LL GET 'EM, UM, TO THE HEAD SO THAT CAN IT, IT CAN ALL GET OUT TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. I'M CONSTANTLY BEING ASKED THAT FROM THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT SIDE. YEAH. AND I, AND I GET, I'M CONFUSED TOO. IT'S LIKE A THOUSAND FEET IN SOME INSTANCES. IT'S 300 FEET IN SOME INSTANCES. SO LET, LET ME RUN THAT DOWN FOR YOU AND I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GET IT. THANK YOU. PERFECT. I'M MAKING A NOTE NOW. COUNCIL MEMBER, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE FOUR THAT ARE GOING IN ON WASHINGTON AVENUE. YOU KNOW, JUST CALL IT IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. SO WHEN, SO I GUESS GOING BACK TO TOMORROW'S QUESTION, ARE YOU THINKING THAT SOMETHING'S GONNA GO TO COMMITTEE THIS YEAR? I, I'M, I'M LOOKING THROUGH EMAILS THAT I'VE GOTTEN, UM, AND WORKING ON THE SIXTH BOARD ONE, AND IT'S IN LEGAL RIGHT NOW. SO LET ME FOLLOW UP TOMORROW WITH LEGAL AND SEE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS GO INTO LEGAL TO DIE, SOME THINGS GO TO LEGAL TO GET, YOU KNOW, GO ON FOREVER. BUT I MEAN, I WILL MAKE SURE AND, UM, REITERATE TO THEM THAT I WAS ON SNA TONIGHT AND YOU GUYS ARE ANXIOUS FOR THE SOMETHING TO COME BEFORE US. SO, UH, I HEAR YOU. SO I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP. I'M, I'M MAKING A LIST OF THINGS TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT. THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT, THE TIMELINE TO IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. DON'T Y'ALL FORGET THIS. WHEN WE MEET IN MAY, WE CANNOT GET OFF OF THIS BANDWAGON. I'M NOT LYING ON THIS GAS STATION THING. LETICIA, WHEN WE MEET ON MAY, AGREED. WE NEED TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ORDINANCE SIX. THE, UH, THE SIXTH WARD PEOPLE CAME TO OUR, OUR, OUR MEETINGS. WE WERE HOLDING TO TELL US THE FIGHT THEY WERE IN. SO NOW THIS IS SHOWING, THIS IS EVERYWHERE. SO WE CANNOT GET OFF OF THIS. RIGHT. BECAUSE IF THEY CAN SIT UP THERE AND CUT THAT POLICY WITH HPD AND ICE THAT QUICK, THEY COULD DAMN SURE. DO SOMETHING. GET SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS QUICKER. YES. RIGHT. WE NEED, YES, MA'AM. KATHLEEN O'REILLY'S HAD HER HAND UP FOR A WHILE. MM-HMM . SO THANKS. YOU THANK, THANK YOU, SALLY, FOR YOUR ADVOCACY ON THIS WORK. SO A COUPLE OF POINTS. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK INTO, UM, THE, THE, UM, PROXIMITY OF THE NON, THE FOR-PROFIT SCHOOLS. AND BECAUSE THAT THERE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT REGULATIONS FOR THAT. AND ALSO, I WANNA JUST GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO RIVERSIDE TERRACE AND COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ FOR GETTING THE GAS STATION ON ALAMEDA. YEAH. . I MEAN, IT, IT REALLY, PEOPLE HAVE TO SPEAK UP, SO, BUT SALLY, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THIS ON AS ALWAYS. YEAH, NO, HAPPY TO GET, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE HATE 'EM TOO. I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO BE INUNDATED WITH THESE GAS STATIONS. I MEAN, WE'RE, [00:45:01] WE'RE TRYING, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA JUST FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND DO IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS ON LETICIA. OH, AWESOME. AND THERE IS ONE MORE THING THAT I WANTED TO ADD. UM, THE DEFENDER REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT THE NOISE ORDINANCE, AND I BELIEVE THAT MOST OF OUR COMMUNITIES SUFFER WITH THAT ISSUE AS WELL. UM, AND, UM, WE HAVE IT AND IT'S GOING ON. SOME OF THEM HAVE NOW SET UP SHEET METAL FENCING, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. OH NO. AND THE NOISE IS JUST ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. SO TO ADD TO OUR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, I THINK THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PUT ON THERE. UM, ACCORDING IN THE SAME ARTICLE ARTICLE, LETITIA, 'CAUSE I SAID ALL THE NOISE ORDINANCE DID, AND I KNOW STACY AGREED WITH ME, IS MAKE WHAT'S ILLEGAL PROFITABLE FOR THE CITY. 'CAUSE IF YOU PAY FOR THE PERMIT, YOU CAN STILL DO WHAT USED TO BE ILLEGAL LEGALLY, NOT AS LONG AS YOU PAY FOR YOUR SOUND PERMIT. UH, UH, IT, IT DIDN'T MAKE, IT DIDN'T DO WHAT I WANTED IT TO DO. WELL, AND, AND HONESTLY, THEY'RE NOT EVEN ABIDING BY BY THAT EITHER. SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING A PERMIT. UM, IT'S ABOUT ENFORCEMENT. AND THEN, AND, AND, AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING. IT'S NOT WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO? THE COPS, THEY COME OUT AND THEY JUST TALK TO 'EM, AND WE JUST PRAY THAT THE PERSON IS SCARED ENOUGH TO NOT DO IT AGAIN. AND IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY JUST CONTINUE TO DO IT. IT JUST DOESN'T, SHE DOESN'T, IT SHOULD BE A, A ENFORCING IT. NOT HPDI, I'LL ONLY MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THIS, BUT THEY KEEP DOING WARNINGS AND THEY, IT SHOULD BE TICKETS, NOT WARNINGS. CORRECT. I, I A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH YOU. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER SALINAS CAN BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL BECAUSE WITH THE CHALLENGE, UH, WITH THIS, THE LAWSUIT THAT WAS BROUGHT, UH, AGAINST THE SOUND ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY JUST BASICALLY AGREED TO. SO THERE'S PRECEDENT NOW. UM, SO BASICALLY WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS IS NOT ENFORCEABLE. UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GETTING THE KIND OF RESPONSE OR LACK OF RESPONSE THAT YOU ARE. BUT THIS IS WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER SALINAS CAN USE HER EXPERTISE AS A LAWYER MM-HMM . TO HELP US GET SOMETHING IN PLACE. LEGAL LANGUAGE YEAH. THAT IS ENFORCEABLE AND WILL STAND UP IN COURT. ABSOLUTELY. STACEY, SAY THAT AGAIN ABOUT IT'S NOT ENFORCEABLE NO MORE. WHAT? IT'S, THERE IS A LAWSUIT. THERE WAS A LAWSUIT THAT THE CITY, UM, THAT, THAT CAME AGAINST THE CITY BASED ON THE NEW REVISIONS. SO THE CITY AND UM, THE, THE GROUP, UH, AGREED THAT I, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE AGREEMENT IS, BUT IT'S, ANYWAY, SO, SO BASICALLY IT'S NOT ENFORCEABLE. OH GOD. WELL, I MEAN, I, THAT, I MEAN, I'M NOT, I I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE, THAT WE'RE NOT, THAT IT'S COMPLETELY NOT ENFORCEABLE BASED ON THAT. I MEAN, I'LL DIG INTO THE DETAILS OF IT. I KNOW WE WERE SUED ON IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO EITHER. NOBODY'S INFORMED ME OF WHAT WE'D, WHAT WE'VE THE CITY AGREED TO, BUT I SURE AS HELL HOPE. IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE JUST LIKE GONNA THROW OUT ALL THE REVISIONS THAT WE WORKED SO HARD TO GET. UH, YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL SEND YOU THE DOCUMENT. OH GOSH. PERFECT. OKAY. SO LETITIA, TO YOUR POINT, WE HAVE DR TO YOUR POINT, I'M SORRY, WHO? OH, YES. TO YOUR POINT, I WILL ACTUALLY ASK MY HUSBAND TO ATTEND THE MAIN MEETING BECAUSE HE WORKED WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER WITH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN ON THIS ISSUE. AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT ALL OF THE HISTORY. UM, BUT, BUT YES, I, I A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH YOU. AND BY THE WAY, COUNCIL MEMBER, I GOT A CALL AT UH, ONE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING BECAUSE 53 0 6 WAS PLAYING, HAD A BAND FROM 10 O'CLOCK TO ONE AND THEY SHUT IT DOWN WHENEVER HPD CAME. SO THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. I'M ADDING THIS TO MY LIST. I'M GONNA GET WITH LEGAL ABOUT, I'M SORRY, WHAT? BEING, I'M NOT TRYING TO INUNDATE YOU. NO, I'M GLAD TO HAVE IT. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AS THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE CHAIR. I JUST FEEL THAT GAS STATIONS AND YEAH. YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY. ALL THESE ITEMS, UH, ARE IMPORTANT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MM-HMM. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF IT. ALRIGHT, DIRECTORS. HEY LATIA, THANK YOU. AND I THANK YOU'ALL SO MUCH FOR AGREEING TO THE IN-PERSON MAY MEETING, UM, ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE. SO MUCH APPRECIATED. RHONDA WILL SET UP, UM, THE LOGISTICS FOR THE LEGACY ROOM AND GETTING WITH MOS, UM, REGARDING THE, UM, THE SCHEDULING, THE SETUP FOR THAT. WE SHOULD HAVE, UM, FOOD SNACKS THERE FOR YOU GUYS. UM, SO I JUST APPRECIATE IT. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A CHANGE TO WHAT YOU HAD PLANNED ALREADY. BUT, UM, UM, I THINK IT'LL BE FRUITFUL AND I THINK YOU'LL, THAT FACE-TO-FACE WILL, WILL, UM, BE HELPFUL TO MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES THAT YOU ALL ARE FACING AND WANT TO GET IN FRONT OF THE ADMINISTRATION. UM, AND THE PRIMARY IS THE, IS THE SUPER, [00:50:01] I MEAN IS THE BUDGET, MY APOLOGIES. UM, A PART OF THAT BUDGET IS YOUR FUND. UM, RHONDA AND I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP AS MOST OF THAT, MOST OF THAT FUND IS POSSIBLE. UM, I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION IS AMENABLE TO IT. AND SO, UM, HOPEFULLY, UM, WE'LL HAVE, UM, SOME NEWS FOR YOU AT THAT MAY MEETING. UM, THE REASON I WAS LATE, 'CAUSE I WAS WORKING ON MY BUDGET, I FINALLY GOT, UM, SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR US TO PROCEED ON FURTHERING OUR BUDGETS. SO I WAS WORKING ON THAT. BUT, UM, I THINK THE MAIN MEETING AND THE ATTENTION THAT YOU'LL BE GETTING, AND IT SHOWS THAT, UM, YOU ARE A VALUED PART OF THE CONSTITUENCY AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON THAT, UM, THERE WANTS TO BE A FACE-TO-FACE WITH YOU ALL AND I THINK THAT YOU ALL DO GOOD WORK AND CONTINUE TO REPRESENT YOUR COMMUNITIES AND I APPRECIATE IT. SO AT THAT POINT, ONCE WE GET THE BUDGET UPDATE AND KNOW HOW MUCH THAT FUND IS, WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON HOW WE'LL PROCEED WITH OUR PROJECTS ON SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FUND AND FY 27. OKAY. UM, AND, UM, SO I'LL TALK TO RHONDA AND HER TEAM TO, TO, UM, POLISH ANY CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE TO THAT OR ANY, UM, ADDITIONS WE NEED TO MAKE TO IT. SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. UM, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED LETITIA OR ANY, UH, OF THE BOARD MEMBERS BEFORE THAT DATE, JUST LET ME KNOW. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I GUESS THE, THE BIGGEST QUESTION, WE KIND OF GOT A WORD THAT THERE WAS AN UPDATE AS FAR AS HEAVY TRASH THAT WE'VE KIND OF REVERTED BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SCHEDULE UNTIL THERE IS A CHANGE. YEAH, WE, WE JUST HAD A FORM IN DISTRICT J AND THEY REVERTED BACK TO THE, TO THE SCHEDULE FOR NOW IS TO WORK FROM SOLID WASTE AS OF NOW. UM, THE, UM, ALL THE PRO, ALL THE POLICIES THAT WERE IN PLACE BEFORE IS THE CURRENT FOR, FOR HEAVY TRASH. AND THE POLICY REPORTED IN THAT MEETING, UM, WHAT YOU PUT OUT AND THE SCHEDULE. UM, AS OF NOW, THAT IS THE SAME. SO NOTHING CHANGED AS OF MARCH. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE MARCH MEETING. YES. UM, OH, THE, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FEBRUARY. YEAH, MIGHT BEEN FEBRUARY. WE BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON IT IN, UH, MARCH. WE DECIDED TO KIND HOLD IT OFF UNTIL THIS MEETING. UM, CAROL HAS A QUESTION, I BELIEVE FOR YOU. CAROL, ARE YOU THERE? YES, I'M HERE. I'M SORRY, I WAS TALKING TO MYSELF. UM, . OH, NO, NO PROBLEM. , I JUST WANNA VERIFY THAT THIS HEAVY TRASH SCHEDULE HAS NOT CHANGED. UH, IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT'S ON THE WEBSITE, WHAT'S ALWAYS BEEN ON THE WEBSITE? THE HEAVY TRASH SCHEDULE'S GONNA STAY. THAT CORRECT? YES. AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE TREE PICKUP AND THE JUNK PICKUP, THAT'S WHAT THE REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED AT THE LAST MEETING LAST WEDNESDAY. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU WILLIE. AND THEN CHERYL. HEY, DIRECTOR SIMS, HOW YOU DOING SIR? RAINWATER, HOW ARE YOU? WILLIE RAINWATER SUPER NETWORK. 41. ALL PRETTY GOOD. HEY, LOOK, UH, WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW, SIR, IS THAT, UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON YOUR BUDGET. UH, IS YOUR BUDGET THE SAME AS IT WAS OR DID THEY CUT THE BUDGET ANYMORE? BECAUSE THE ISSUE TO ME SEEMS TO BE, I MEAN, IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO MONEY. AND, UH, AS FAR AS THE HEAVY TRASH AND THINGS, I KNOW THAT, UM, ONE OF THE ADAS I DID SPEAK TO THAT WERE IN THE HEAVY TRASH, UH, AREA, HE SAID THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ABOUT FUNDING AND, AND, AND MONEY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT, WHY THEY WERE TRYING TO CHANGE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND I DON'T SEE HOW YOU GET AROUND THAT WHEN, UM, IT APPEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS SHORT OF SOME MONEY. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GONNA SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. NOW, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO DO IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY BECAUSE I DID WRITE THE MAYOR A LETTER AND, UH, I SUGGEST TO HIM THAT IF HE NEEDS TO SAVE THE MONEY AND EVERYTHING, WHAT, WHAT WHAT MIGHT WORK IS THAT INSTEAD OF THIS CALLING IN STUFF, IF YOU JUST TAKE HOUSTON AND SPLIT IT UP INTO FOUR SECTIONS, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, AND, UH, EACH ONE YOU DO ONE A MONTH, YOU DO THE NORTH SIDE, ONE MONTH YOU DO THE ANOTHER ONE ANOTHER MONTH, ANOTHER ONE ANOTHER MONTH. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU GET TRASH PICKUP EVERY OTHER MONTH. HOWEVER, DURING THE TIME THAT YOU'RE NOT, THE THING IS YOU NEED TO HAVE ENFORCEMENT. WHEREAS IF THE PERSON, THE TRASH IS NOT BEING PICKED UP, THAT, THAT, THOSE OTHER THREE SECTIONS, THEN YOU NEED TO HAVE FINDING AND STUFF IN THAT WAY. THOSE PEOPLE WOULD NOT PUT OUT THE TRASH IF YOU, YOU KNOW, WRITE A TICKET OR STUFF. BECAUSE WHEN YOU WERE GOING TO [00:55:01] DO IT ON A CALL IN BASIS, UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, THERE WASN'T EVEN GONNA BE A FINDING PROCESS OR ANYTHING ELSE WITH THAT. SO IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THE WHOLE THING WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT TO BEGIN WITH AND NOW YOU'RE GOING BACK TO THE REGULAR AND THEY STILL BEHIND. SO, YOU KNOW, I I I DON'T SEE HOW WE GET OUTTA THIS UNLESS SOMEBODY MAKES SOME REAL DRASTIC CHANGES AND THAT THEY DO IT IN A STRUCTURED, UH, MANNER THAT MAKES SOME SENSE. AND I, I DON'T SEE, UH, HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T SIT DOWN AND REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY MORE MONEY. I CAN'T SPEAK, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR A DI DIRECTOR HASSAN'S BUDGET. UM, BUT I CAN SAY AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT, THEY ONLY HAVE SIX INSPECTORS, UM, TO CODE ENFORCE FOR SOLID WASTE AT THIS TIME. UM, SO WELL, 600 I IT WOULD BE 60 MILES OF SPACE. YEP. YEP. MM-HMM . 606 MILES SPACE. AS YOU KNOW, I HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AND THE SQUARE, THE SQUARE MILES IS THE ISSUE. UM, YOU CAN COMPARE US TO OTHER CITIES, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE 627 SQUARE MILES. WE'RE NOT INSPECTING PEOPLE WHEN INSPECT PROPERTY. AND SO IT DOES LIMIT AND WITH GAS AND, AND, AND FLEET AND THE, THE COST ADDS UP PRETTY FAST WHEN YOU'VE COVERED THEM. WHAT SQUARE, SQUARE MILES THAT SQUARE MILES SAY. WELL, AND THEN SHE, CHERYL, THAT'S ALL I WAS SAYING TO YOU, THAT, THAT THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA, WE'LL TAKE IT IN A QUESTION FOR, FOR THE KNOW. YES MA'AM. YES, SIR. THAT'S A AND YOU, YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE AN ANSWER IN THAT MEETING FOR THAT, FOR THAT QUESTION. OKAY. THANK YOU CHERYL. I JUST, I HAD A THANK YOU WILLIE QUESTION ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE COMMUNICATED THAT WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE OLD PLAN BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT WE WERE TOLD WHEN WE CALLED 3 1 1. WE WERE NOT PICKED UP ON SCHEDULE UNDER THE OLD SCHEDULE. SO HOW, HOW IS THE COMMUNITY SUPPOSED TO GET THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION? UM, YOU LOOK ON NEXT DOOR, AND AT LEAST IN MY AREA OF TOWN, YOU CAN GET FIVE DIFFERENT ANSWERS DEPENDING ON WHO'S CALLED WHOM IN THE CITY TO GET AN ANSWER AS TO HOW SOLID WASTE IS BEING HANDLED. SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU SAY THAT WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE OLD, BUT THAT IT ISN'T HAPPENING IN MY PART OF TOWN AND WE'RE NOT GETTING THE SAME ANSWER WHEN WE CALL AND ASK ABOUT IT. I'M GONNA GET THE ANSWER DIRECT FROM DIRECTLY FROM DIRECTOR, HER SON, AND I'LL SEND THAT THROUGH YOU, LETITIA. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANKS. UM, VIC, VICKI, AND THEN KEITH. YEAH. THANK YOU DIRECTOR SAM FOR COMING ON. AND EVERYONE, UH, MY QUESTION IS, I, I JUST HEARD HER SAY WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE OLD SYSTEM BECAUSE OUR DAY IS SECOND MONDAY. SO BY RIGHT. TODAY WOULD'VE BEEN OUR PICKUP DAY FOR JUNK WASTE, BUT THERE WERE NO TRUCKS IN THE AREA. SO WE OBSERVED IN THE EAST ALDEN DISTRICT, WHICH IS A MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT, UH, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THAT AREA IS EVERY MONTH FOR THE TWO CONSECUTIVE MONTHS, THEY'RE PUTTING A DUMPSTER OUT AT A BUSINESS AND PEOPLE ARE JUST RIDING THROUGH TO DROP OFF THEIR TRACKS TO ELIMINATE THE STAGNATION OF PEOPLE HAVING MM-HMM . TRASH, HEAVY TRASH AT THEIR HOMES. MM-HMM . HAS THE CITY THOUGHT OF ANY ALTERNATE WAYS THAT THEY CAN HAVE EVERY, EVERY OTHER MONTH THAT YOU HAVE A YEAH. TWO DUMPSTERS PUT IN A, YOU KNOW, AREA THAT COULD HANDLE SUCH SO THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST DRIVE UP AND I'M JUST SAYING IT'S WORKING IN EAST ALDEEN, UH, THANK YOU. A BACK YEAH. THAT THEY HAVE, THEY, THAT HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION. I'M NOT SURE WHERE DIRECTOR ASANA HAS LANDED ON THAT, BUT THAT HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION ALSO TO HELP PREVENT ILLEGAL DUMPING. PERFECT. THANK YOU KEITH. DIRECTOR SIMS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I, UM, WANTED TO ASK, YOU KNOW, THE SWM SOLID WASTE DIRECTOR STATED THERE WOULD BE AN EDUCATION PIECE OF GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO RESIDENTS, WHICH HE NEVER DID. UM, AND WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING TO ME, I HOLD YOU TO IT. AND SO GETTING THIS INFORMATION OF THEM SAYING, WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET THE PEOPLE, THE INFORMATION OR EVEN GET IT TO US, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO MAKE A, A TRUE CONCERTED EFFORT TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO US. I DID HEAR TODAY ABOUT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAST TATUM, UH, BILLBOARDS ALONG THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T DUMP ON THE HIGHWAYS. THEY DUMP ON THE, ON THE STREETS. MM-HMM . AND, [01:00:01] UH, SO I THINK THE BILLBOARDS AND A LOT OF THESE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TALKING ABOUT CIGARETTES, CIGARETTES AND HENNESSY AND LIQUOR AND ALL OF THIS, IF SOME OF THOSE BILLBOARDS CAN BE USED IN THE COMMUNITY TO, TO PUT THIS IN PEOPLE'S FACE ON THE BOULEVARDS, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE, IT WOULD GO A LONGER WAY THAN PUTTING IT ON A HIGHWAY BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PUTTING IT AT WHERE ILLEGAL DUMPING IS TAKING PLACE, WHICH IS ON THE SURFACE. YES. I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT. I'LL TAKE THAT, I'LL TAKE THAT BACK TO 'EM AND EVEN TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER. UM, THERE'S ALSO TALK OF EDUCATING EVEN YOUNGER, 'CAUSE ILLEGAL DUMPING DOESN'T START, AS I'VE SAID OVER AND OVER AS ADULTS. IT'S, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A MENTALITY WE HAVE TO CHANGE MM-HMM. THAT IT'S NOT OKAY. YEAH. IT'S ALL, LIKE I SAY IT LIKE LOUIS THE LIGHTNING BUG DID FOR US IN TOUCHING OUR LINES. YES. UM, IT STARTS WITH LITTERING AND, AND AND YES. AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND GOING FROM THERE. SO, UM, THERE'S MANY LAYERS OF HEAVY TRASH AS YOU, YOU DEFINITELY KNOW KEY. UM, RIGHT. BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY A, UM, THAT'S A PART OF IT IS WE HAVE TO EDUCATE AND, AND PEOPLE HAVE TO KNOW IT'S NOT OKAY. I'VE BEEN TO MEETINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THE CITY PICK UP TRASH ANYWAY, SO IF WE DUMP IT ANYWAY, YOU SHOULD PICK IT UP. SO I'M TOLD MANY A TIME IN THE MEDIA. YEAH. I'M TOLD IN THE, I'VE SEEN RESIDENTS ILLEGAL DUMPING DAYLIGHT HOURS, AND THEY TELL ME TO SOMEBODY THAT, WHERE THEY TOLD ME TO PUT IT HERE, I SAID, WHO ARE THEY? THE CITY DID. I SAID, NO, THEY DIDN'T. YOU KNOW, SO WE GET PUSHBACK FROM THE ONES WHO DO DOING ILLEGAL DUMPING. YEAH, RIGHT. YEAH. CHAVEZ, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ADDRESS MR. DOWNEY, UM, WITH THE, THE BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN THAT, UM, MAYOR PRO TEMP CASTEX TATUM, UH, SPOKE ABOUT ON THE NEWS, UM, THIS EVENING. THE, UM, CAMPAIGNS, I THINK YOU'RE MENTIONING, MAYBE MENTIONING THE, UM, THE ONE BILLBOARD THAT'S OFF OF 59. AND, UM, THOSE BILLBOARDS WERE DONATED BY, UM, OUT FRONT MEDIA AND ALSO CLEAR CHANNEL. UM, AND THE MESSAGE IS JUST TO GET TO COMMUNICATE JUST BROADLY. WE DO HAVE BILLBOARDS IN DISTRICT K PLACE WHERE, UM, DUMPING HAS HAPPENED. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. UM, I'LL TAKE THAT BACK TO HER, BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST TO COMMUNICATE, TO TRY TO TOUCH, UM, MORE EYES TO KNOW, TO TRY AND DETER ILLEGAL DUMPING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND DISTRICT K ALSO HAS SIGNS ON, AT, AT, AT FREQUENTLY DUMPED SPOTS. UM, UM, DISTRICT K, UM, MAYOR PRO TIM HAS SIGNS AT FREQUENTLY DUMPED SPOTS WHERE HER HOT TEAM HAS PICKED UP A LOT OF ILLEGAL DUMPING. I KNOW IN THE PAST SHE'S WORKED WITH, UM, UM, PARTS OF FORT BEND COUNTY ALSO TO PUT SOME OF THOSE SIGNS UP IN THAT AREA TOO. SO THANKS, DIDI, FOR, FOR POINTING THAT OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND OUR LAST QUESTION WE HAVE IS FROM BEVERLY. MR. SIMS, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. AND AS I FOR STATED EARLIER, UH, MR. HASSAN SENT A REPRESENTATIVE OUT TO OUR SN MEETING BACK IN MARCH, THE PLANS THAT WERE TO CALL IN AND THAT DIDN'T, THAT WAS NOT THOUGHT OUT VERY WELL BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT WORK FOR A CITY THE SIZE OF HOUSTON. I SUGGEST MAYBE PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE WATER BILL TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS BACK ORIGINALLY AND THEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DATES AS WE USED TO HAVE, BECAUSE I'M SEEING MORE AND MORE TREE LIMBS AND THINGS BUILDING UP, AND SOME OF THEM ARE TURNING DOWN, AND THAT MEANS IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. AND THANK YOU FOR, AGAIN, AS I SAID, FOR COMING OUT. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. UM, THANK YOU. THERE'S SOME COMMUNICATION IN THE CHAT. OKAY. I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST INFORMANT. NO, I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT. THANK YOU. UM, DIRECTOR SIMS FOR, FOR COMING GUYS. UM, DIRECTOR, I'M, I'M MONITORING THAT FOR YOU. LETICIA . OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR HASAN WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR THIS PARTICULAR MEETING. SO DIRECTOR SIMS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FILLING IN AND GIVING US THOSE UPDATES. AND THANK YOU DEFINITELY FOR THE INVITATION FOR THE IN-PERSON MEETING ON NEXT MONTH AND, UM, IN THE LEGACY ROOM. SO WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND HOPEFULLY ALL PARTIES WILL BE PRESENT. I DID SEE THE LIST OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE THERE JUST IN CASE WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THOSE PARTICULAR BUDGETS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, LETICIA. YOU'RE, YOU'RE VERY WHO SAID THAT? BEVERLY? OH, THANK YOU. BEVERLY . THANK YOU. HI, CHERYL. ALL RIGHT, GUYS. OKAY, SO WE ARE AT [01:05:01] THE PART OF OUR AGENDA WHERE THERE IS NEW BUSINESS. UM, WE HAVE ADDRESSED OUR MEETING, OUR NEXT MEETING LOCATION, UM, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? AND DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, REPRESENTATIVES? YEP. THERE WE GO, SHERRY. AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIVES, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND RAISE YOUR HANDS BECAUSE WE MAY BE ABLE TO ADJOURN A LITTLE BIT EARLY TODAY. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, I KNOW, I SEE NOW I SEE SOME SMILES. . ALL RIGHT, SHERRY, WELL, I'M GONNA GO QUICK, BUT I, I DEFINITELY HAVE TO LIKE, GIVE SOME GOOD NEWS AND PASS ON SOME INFORMATION FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. UM, THAT'S THE HAT I'M WEARING NOW. UM, SO I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026, AS FAR AS THE DE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS CONCERNED, UM, THERE IS A CLEAR SENSE OF WORK HAPPENING ACROSS OUR COURTS. AND THE TRENDS ARE BOTH ALL STEADY AND MEANINGFUL. TOTAL, TOTAL ACTIVITY, UM, FOR CASES AND TRIALS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW ARE 149 TRIALS, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT JUST MOST RECENTLY, UM, HAPPENED WITH DARREN AANDRA, UM, UH, THE DEPUTY THAT WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. UM, AND, UM, HE, THEY, HE, HIS, HIM AND HIS FAMILY, UM, HIS FAMILY ACTUALLY SAW JUSTICE. UM, SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. UM, AND, UM, BUT THE KIND OF CASES THAT WE'RE REACHING, UM, JURIES, UH, TELL AN IMPORTANT STORY ABOUT WHERE OUR TEAMS AND FOCUSES HAPPENING, UH, VERY QUICKLY. MISDEMEANORS SEEM TO BE, UH, TOP WITH DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. SHAME, SHAME, UM, AND ASSAULT ON FAMILY VIOLENCE CONTINUE TO MAKE MOST OF THE TRIAL WORK. UM, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, UM, FELONY TRIAL ACTIVITY THIS QUARTER CENTERED ON SOME OF THE MOST SERIOUS OFFENSES WE HAVE OF THE HUNDRED AND ONE FELONY CASES IN TRIAL RIGHT NOW ARE SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD, UM, WAS THE MOST COMMON FELONY TRIAL TYPE, WHICH, UH, FEELS ESPECIALLY TIMELY AS WE MOVE INTO APRIL, WHICH IS, UM, CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. YOU MAY NOT THINK A LOT ABOUT THESE AWARENESS MONTH. UM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU SEE HAPPENING WITH SOME OF THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL PUT OUT SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH OR CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH. IT ACTUALLY SPURS, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT RESOURCES. UM, SO PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT KNOW THAT THERE ARE, ARE RESOURCES AVAILABLE. UM, AND YOU MAY NOT NEED 'EM RIGHT NOW, OR YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THEM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, UM, THE ABUSER IN THAT IS IN THIS CASE MAY BE STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, WHICH IS COMMON. UM, YOU CAN GO LATER. THESE RESOURCES ARE 24 7 AND AVAILABLE. UM, SO I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT OUT OF THE 101 FELONY CASES THAT WERE TRIED, THEY WERE MOSTLY CHILD ABUSE. UM, THAT'S, UH, CASES REQUIRE PATIENTS AND SKILL. UM, RIGHT BEHIND IT IS HOMICIDE, SADLY, UM, INCLUDING MURDER AND CAPITAL MURDER, UM, WHERE THE SECOND MOST FREQUENTLY TRIED FELONY OFFENSES. THESE CASES REPRESENT SOME OF THE MOST COMPLEX AND EMOTIONAL DEMANDING WORK IN THE OFFICE. WE ALSO SAW SIGNIFICANT FELONY SENTENCING OUTCOMES THIS QUARTER. THIS IS IMPORTANT, JUST PAY ATTENTION TO THIS, INCLUDING 13 LIFE SENTENCES IN PRISON, OKAY? AND SIX PRISON SENTENCES GREATER THAN 50 YEARS, SIX SENTENCES GREATER THAN 50 YEARS, OKAY? AND A HUNDRED PRISON SENTENCES. AND THIS IS JUST IN OUR FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, A HUNDRED PRISON SENTENCES RANGING FROM 21 YEARS TO 50 YEARS IN PRISON. A REFLECTION ON THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE OFFENSES BEING PROSECUTED AND THE DEDICATION OF OUR, OUR EVERYONE INVOLVED, INCLUDING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE WORST OF THE WORST, OKAY? AND THEY'RE NOW OFF THE STREET. WE, WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE HARRIS COUNTY JAIL AND THEIR CASES AREN'T BEING TRIED OR THEY'RE GETTING BONDED OUT. THIS MEANS THAT CASES ARE BEING TRIED AND WE'RE GETTING THE WORST OF THE WORST OFF THE STREET. SO, UM, A AS IN ALL CASES, I, I JUST WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW, BECAUSE THIS QUESTION HAS COME UP TO ME A LOT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. PEOPLE ARE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT TRIALS THAT, UH, YOU MAY HEAR THAT, UM, MAY BE, UM, UH, THAT THEY'RE NOT, THAT THEY'RE PLEADING OUT, OR THAT THE CASES MAY BE, UH, CHARGES MAY BE DISMISSED. LEMME TELL YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE, IS THAT A LOT OF THESE CASES HAVE BEEN SITTING IN THE HARRIS COUNTY JAIL FOR YEARS, YEARS. WITNESSES ARE NECESSARY FOR CASES TO BE SUCCESSFUL. A LOT OF TIMES THESE WITNESSES EITHER PASS AWAY OR WE CAN'T FIND THEM ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LONG, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT FIVE, 10 YEARS. SO THAT IS WHY THESE CASES ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND WHAT SEAN TIER IS DOING WITH PROSECUTING THESE CASES IMMEDIATELY, OKAY? OR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, OKAY? HE'S PREVENTING THAT LONG STRAIN THAT'S HAPPENING ON THESE WITNESSES, UM, WHICH IT, IT REALLY MAKES IT TO WHERE THESE CASES DON'T GET TO GO TO TRIAL. SO WE WANNA MAKE, THIS IS, THIS IS WHY, AND I'M GLAD THAT HE'S, HE'S DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THESE TRIALS ACTUALLY HAPPEN VERY PROMPTLY, AS PROMPTLY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. UM, AND NOT DRAGGING THEM OUT BECAUSE THESE WITNESSES DO TEND TO DISAPPEAR OR THEY TEND TO PASS AWAY [01:10:01] JUST LIFE. UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WITNESS FOR A TRIAL, YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE A CASE. UM, YOU MAY HAVE VIDEO, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A, A PERSON THERE TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, BE YOUR WITNESS AGAINST THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, IF YOU HEAR THESE CASES IN THE MEDIA, THEY'RE DISMISSED, PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS, PLEASE. WE'RE HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME ANYTIME TO ASK ME ABOUT ANY CASE THAT YOU MAY FIND ABOUT THAT. IF I'M ABLE TO, UM, GIVE THAT INFORMATION, I CERTAINLY WILL. UM, BUT I WANT YOU TO HAVE THE FACTS. PLEASE DON'T LISTEN TO THE MEDIA OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAY, UM, SPARK YOUR ATTENTION. WE WANNA GIVE YOU THE FACTS, UM, SO Y'ALL KNOW HOW TO REACH OUT TO ME. THAT THAT'S ALL I HAVE, UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS. OKAY? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANKS, DD. THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO, UM, LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT TODAY OUR DISTRICT K NEWSLETTER WENT OUT, UM, HOT OFF THE PRESS. I JUST PUT THE LINK IN THE CHAT PO SOME, UH, KEY HIGHLIGHTS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ILLEGAL DUMPING. OUR HOT TEAM DID, UM, WORK WITH A CONTRACTOR. UM, LAST WEEK, OUR DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES, ERIC GOODWIN AND THE HOT TEAM WORKED AND THEY, UH, COLLECTED OVER ALMOST 50 50 TONS OF TRASH, UH, FROM SOME 21 PLUS HOTSPOTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS ILLEGAL DUMPING SPOTS, UM, IN DISTRICT K. UM, ALSO WE WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND VOLUNTEERED FOR THE KEY HOUSTON BEAUTIFUL, UM, EVENT. ON THIS PAST SATURDAY, WE HAD, UM, THE WESTBURY COMMUNITY, UM, WORKING AND ALSO SOME FAITH-BASED COMMUNITIES, UH, ACROSS DISTRICT K WORKING TO CLEAN UP THE COMMUNITY. WE WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN THAT. UM, MAY I PRO TIM IS THE CHAIR OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH AT 2:00 PM AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A PRESENTATION FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE, UM, UM, A PRESENTATION ON, UH, A NEW INITIATIVE. AND ALSO WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM, DR, I MEAN DIRECTOR OFSC. HE'LL GIVE AN UPDATE ON, ON THE AIRPORT SYSTEMS, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HEAR A PRESENTATION FROM TORCH 20. SO TUNE IN. UM, AND THAT, AGAIN, THAT'S WEDNESDAY THE 15TH AT 2:00 PM UM, KEEP UP WITH DISTRICT A, AGAIN, OUR NEWSLETTER LINK IS IN THE, IN THE CHAT. AND, UH, I'LL YELL BACK. THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, VICKI. UH, YES, THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, SET OF GAS FOR EARTH DAY WILL BE APRIL 18TH. SO AT THE SET OF GAS COMMUNITY GARDEN, THERE WILL BE AN EARTH DAY EVENT FROM ONE TO THREE. AND ON APRIL 25TH, WHICH IS THE FEDERAL DRUG TAKEBACK PROGRAM DATE, WE ARE DOING A EDUCATIONAL FORUM. AND I THINK WE'RE GIVING OUT THE PRE POSTAGE ENVELOPES FOR PEOPLE TO MAIL IN THEIR EXPIRED MEDICATIONS OR PRESCRIPTIONS. UM, BUT ANYWAY, IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, COME OUT, WE'LL BE AT HOBERT TAYLOR PARK, A APRIL 25TH FROM 10 TO 12 FOR THE DRUG TAKE BACK, UH, EDUCATION FORMS. THANK YOU. I YOU BACK. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. OKAY GUYS. AND I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ACRES HOMES. UM, ACRES HOMES IS HOSTING ITS VERY FIRST AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONFERENCE, JUNE 27TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM AT THE ACRES HOMES MULTI-SERVICE CENTER. I HAVE ADDED THE INFORMATION INTO THE CHAT. THE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I WANTED TO BE SURE I ANNOUNCED IT HERE IS WE ARE GOING, OUR VERY FIRST PANEL IS GOING TO START WITH POLITICS TO POLICY. SO THAT IS HOPES TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW CONNECTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING AFFORD IS TO POLICY AND POLITICS. SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR POLITICIANS. OUR, UM, UM, STATE REP, CHARLENE WARD JOHNSON HAS ALREADY AGREED TO BE ON THAT PANEL. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO, UM, OUR DISTRICT B TARSHA JACKSON. I'M GOING, I PLAN TO REACH OUT TO TIFFANY THOMAS, WHO'S THE CHAIR OF, OF HOUSING WITH THE CITY, UM, AND A FEW OTHER INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS I SPOKE THE OTHER DAY, UM, TO CD 18 CHRISTIAN PHY. AND JUST HAVE EVERYONE ON THAT PANEL SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING THAT IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED AND THAT IMPACTS THEM DAY TO DAY AS IT RELATES TO POLITICS. SO DEFINITELY WE'LL INVITE EVERYONE ON THE CALL OUT. IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT, THAT'S LOOKING TO PURCHASE A HOME OR THAT JUST WANTS TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEY ARE WELCOME TO COME OUT. [01:15:01] OKAY. AND FOR THAT, I DON'T SEE ANY MORE HANDS RAISED, SO GUESS WHAT THAT MEANS? YEAH, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE CHAT EITHER, SO, OH, I'M SENDING SOMETHING RIGHT QUICK. OF COURSE. , I WAS JUST SAY HURRY. LET HURRY, DALE, YOU HAVE TWO SECONDS. YEAH, LOOK. UM, DO ANYBODY HERE COULD JUST PUT IN THE CHAT OR SAY QUICKLY, WE'VE GOT TO KNOW WHERE TO TAKE OXYGEN TANKS. SOMEONE THAT PASSED AWAY AND I CAN'T FIND ANY NAMES ON THEM. THEY'RE VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE. AND I'M TAKING TWO OF 'EM IN HERE TO THE CHURCH, AND I'D LIKE TO GET RID OF THEM, SO ANYBODY COULD LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PASTOR DEB. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE RAISED THEIR HANDS, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVE . I THINK I SAW A LOT OF HANDS GOING UP, BUT NO ONE COULD GET IT OUT. DO WE HAVE, CAN GET THE OFF FAST ENOUGH? , PASTOR DEB SAID, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA LET MY HAND OUT. 'EM SECOND. ANY OF ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? YES. NO. ALRIGHT. GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE. SEE YOU NEXT MONTH. GOODNIGHT. THANK YOU. BYE-BYE. JOB GIRL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.