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HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE NEXT DOOR OR ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS? THAT'S THE REASON.
IT'S GREAT THAT THE PRESS IS HERE AND WE'RE COVERING THIS SIGNIFICANT EVENT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THERE'S OVER 2000 ABANDONED BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY AFFECT PUBLIC SAFETY, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.
THIS CONTAINER WE JUST GOT RID OF WAS FULL OF MOSQUITOES.
THIS IS WHY PUBLIC OFFICIALS SHOULD RUN FOR OFFICE.
IT'S WHAT MOTIVATES ME AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO GET GOING EVERY DAY.
A LOT OF UNFI FINISHED BUSINESS AND A LOT OF NEGLECT.
LET ME THANK COUNCILMAN JACKSON THAT SUPPORTED THIS PROGRAM NEGLECT FOR YEARS THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE RAISING A YOUNG PERSON IN THIS SETTING, WALKING BY HERE, DRIVING BY HERE ON THE WAY HOME? THINK WHAT IT DOES TO THEIR SELF-ESTEEM AND THEIR HOPE AND DREAMS. SO THERE'S MUCH MORE THAN JUST KNOCKING DOWN THIS BUILDING.
IT'S A MESSAGE THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS IMPORTANT, THAT EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S ACROSS HOUSTON.
TOMORROW WE WILL DEMOLISH SEVEN MORE FACILITIES, BUILDINGS FROM KINGWOOD TO SOUTHWEST HOUSTON, AND IT'S GONNA BE WITH A COLLABORATION OF THE HOUSTON CONTRACTORS.
WE CAME TOGETHER, THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF HOUSTONIANS.
AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM HOUSTONIANS ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS.
WE HAVE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE FRONT YARD OF THIS DANGEROUS SITE TO REALIZE THE OUTCRY FOR HELP.
IT'S THE ONLY REASON I LEFT AUSTIN TO COME BACK THREE YEARS AGO TO BECOME MAYOR, TO ADDRESS NEGLECT.
AND WE'RE ONLY JUST BEGINNING.
THERE'S OVER 2000 SIMILAR SITES ACROSS HOUSTON.
THEY BECOME CRACK HOUSES AND YES, THEY INTERFERE WITH DRAINAGE.
WE GET READY FOR WEATHER BY KNOCKING THIS DOWN.
LET THE GROUND ASSIST US IN FLOOD CONTROL.
BUT LISTEN, WE COULDN'T BE DOING IT WITHOUT THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THE YELLOW JACKETS, THANK YOU TO PUBLIC WORKS.
THANK YOU TO THE WORKERS THAT ARE HERE TO SEE WHAT OUR MISSION IS.
I KNOW IT'S A CALLING AND I THINK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US OR PUBLIC SERVICE, WHETHER YOU'RE EVER ON THE BALLOT OR NOT, YOU'RE FULFILLING YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND SOMEDAY WE'RE GONNA BE ASKED, WHAT'D YOU DO WITH YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE? YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT REPORT.
THANK YOU TO HPD FOR MAKING THIS A SAFE EVENT.
CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SAW THE NEED, THE VISION OF USING DRAINAGE FEE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE AND ALSO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT.
CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT RANDY MICAH.
IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO BE HERE IN CASHMERE PROUD COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN IGNORED FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
BUT THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAD THE VISION AND THE AWARENESS THAT THE BEST USE OF FUNDS IS TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE THANK THE RESIDENTS FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE ACROSS THE STREET FROM A A CHURCH.
I WANT PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THIS SETTING BEFORE.
TAKE IT HOME WITH YOU AND BACK TO YOUR OFFICE MEDIA.
COME COVER EVENTS SUCH AS THIS.
I'M SO PROUD TO BE THE MAYOR OF HOUSTON BECAUSE TODAY I SEE WE'RE MOVING INTO RIGHT DIRECTION.
IT INSPIRES YOU TO WORK HARDER TO COLLABORATE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, TO THANK OUR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, TO THANK THE MEDIA.
SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR JACKSON.
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THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WORK TO GET DONE.THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING UNDER THE FUNDING MECHANISM THAT WE PASSED RECENTLY IN COUNCIL.
WITH THAT SAID, ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR? UH, INITIALLY THERE WAS SOME ARGUMENT OVER THE USE OF THE FLOOD MONEY.
THIS PROJECT, HAS THERE BEEN ANY PUSHBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL ABOUT NO, BECAUSE WE CONVINCED THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL TO GO LOOK FOR YOURSELF.
THIS AFFECTS DRAINAGE AND THERE'S ACTUALLY OTHER SITES WHERE THEY BECOME DUMPING LOCATIONS, ILLEGAL DUMPING.
SO THEY SEE THE BAD ACTORS THAT IT'S ABANDONED.
THAT CITY CONTAINER'S BUILT OVER IN THE CORNER FULL OF WATER AND MOSQUITOES FOR MONTHS.
HERE'S A SENIOR CITIZEN ON HER PORCH ACROSS THE STREET.
SHOULD BE A MAJORITY VOTE TO USE DRAINAGE FEES TO CLEAN THIS UP.
BUT I RESPECT MEMBERS', RIGHT.
TO HAVE A DIFFERENT POSITION EVEN BEYOND COUNCIL.
I KNOW CITY HAD TO HAVE A SETTLEMENT USE OF DRAINAGE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE PUSHBACK, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND YOU KNOW WHO MADE THAT SETTLEMENT? I DID WITH BOB JONES AND WATSON.
AND THAT SETTLEMENT IS ADDING, WHICH WAS SOMETHING I INHERITED OBVIOUSLY A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS MORE INTO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.
SO YES, BOB WATSON AND THE PLAINTIFFS ARE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THE DRAINAGE FEE HAS MORE FUN, HAS MORE MONEY THAN EVER BEFORE WE'VE DOUBLED IT.
SO YOU HAVE TO BE SMART IN CITY FINANCES AND DELIVERY OF SERVICES.
THOSE ARE ALL TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE THIS ISSUE TO HOUSTONIANS BECAUSE I KNOW HOUSTONIANS SEE THE NEED TO ELIMINATE THIS SITE FROM THAT SENIOR CITIZEN OWNER PORCH.
IT IS A NON-CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.
IT WAS AT THE TIME, LARGELY FROM MY CRITICS.
YOU KNOW, YOU AND I KNOW SOME, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING THAT THEY DON'T CRITICIZE, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST PART OF THE JOB.
AND THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT US HERE TODAY.
HOW DID THE CITY DETERMINE WHICH BUILDINGS WOULD BE CHOSEN FOR? THAT WAS A EVALUATION BY PUBLIC WORKS.
LIKE I SAID, THERE'S 2000 SITES AND AS BAD AS THIS LOOKS, I CAN SHOW YOU WORSE.
TRASH PILED UP IN THE STREET ACROSS HOUSTON, ACROSS PARTY LINES AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW MINORITY COMMUNITIES, UNDERPRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES BEEN NEGLECTED FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
I DIDN'T LIKE DRIVING DOWN COLLINS WORK TO GET HERE.
DON'T THINK I DIDN'T TAKE A NOTE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
SO WE GET OUT OF OUR CITY HALL.
AND I URGE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, CERTAINLY SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, BUT AT LARGE, THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
WE MADE A VERY SOUND INVESTMENT WHEN WE SAID WE'RE GONNA USE JUST 30 MILLION.
AND THE DRAINAGE FUND IS GROWING.
THIS HOUSTONIAN MONIES, THESE PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY HELPED BUILD UP THAT FUND.
CAN YOU IMAGINE COMING HERE EVERY SUNDAY MORNING AND SEEING THIS? SOMEBODY WANNA ARGUE WITH ME THE BEST USE OF THAT FUND BECAUSE WE DID AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO SAY THE FUNDING HAS TO GO TO WHERE THE LOCATION IS IMPACTING DRAINAGE.
I THINK THE FACT THAT IT'S IN THE FLOODPLAIN WAS ONE OF THE LEADING INDICATORS TO COME HERE, AND I RESPECT THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY MADE IT A BETTER PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
YOU KNOW, AFTER 50 YEARS IN THE LEGISLATURE, 10 IN THE HOUSE, 40 IN THE SENATE, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING PROPOSED THAT COULDN'T BE IMPROVED.
SO WE WENT OUT THERE WITH A CONCEPT THAT WE WERE CONVINCED WAS GONNA BE BENEFICIAL TO HOUSTONIANS.
IF SOMEONE SAYS, WE WANNA BE REAL CLEAR THAT IT'S USED TO IMPACT DRAINAGE, FINE.
WE HEARD THAT POINT OF VIEW AND WE INCORPORATED THAT IN OUR DECISION MAKER.
IT'S GOING TO, IT IS REALLY, I'M FIRED UP IF YOU CAN'T TELL, BECAUSE THIS IS WHY, THIS IS WHY WE GO TO WORK AS PUBLIC SERVANTS.
WHAT'S THE COST OF THIS DEMOLITION TO BE DETERMINED?
AND HOW MANY OVERALL PROPERTIES WAS THE, THE TOTAL? OKAY.
THE CONTRACTORS ARE HELPING US TOMORROW.
AND I'LL BE HONEST, WE HAVEN'T GOT THE BILL FOR IT.
I, UH, I THINK IT JUST GOOD ONE GOOD PUSH.
IT'S NOT GOING, IT'S NOT GOING BE I I'LL GET TO THOSE NUMBERS.
I JUST HADN'T BEEN IN MY BRIEFINGS.
AND ARE ALL EIGHT OF THEM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES? YES, MA'AM.
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AND SO BACK TO THE DETERMINATION, LIKE IF THERE'S SOMEONE WHO LIVES NEAR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT SET FIRE OR ANOTHER PROPERTY, HOW DID Y'ALL DETERMINE WHICH ONES WOULD THEY PRICE BY? BY THE COMPLAINTS AND THE EVALUATIONS BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, THE DISTRICT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, A LOT GOES INTO THOSE DECISIONS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AND IT'S A TIME, HEY, JUST GIVE MEUH, THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS DAILY.
THUS READING, YOU'RE SO PROUD OF THE RANK AND FILE AND THE LEADERSHIP OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND NOW IT'S GONNA BE PUBLIC WORKS ALONG WITH SOLID WASTE.
SOLID WASTE HAS A MAJOR ROLE TO PLAY HERE.
LET US KNOW WHERE YOU'RE CONTINUING SEEING ILLEGAL DUMPING HEAVY TRASH.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE REALLY HAVE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AT CITY HALL AND ALSO WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, SO IT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.
UH, I HOPE Y'ALL WILL SHARE IT WITH HOUSTONIANS.
HOUSTONIANS, SEE THE ABANDONED HOUSES AS THEY GO TO WORK AND SCHOOL ACROSS HOUSTON.
IT'S NOT JUST WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
GO OUT THIRD WARD, GO UP NEAR U OF H, GO NEAR YATES OR GO TO NORTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S, IT'S A CITY CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE MEETING AND IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME.
DIDN'T GET LIKE THIS OVERNIGHT, BUT THIS IS A HECK OF A STATEMENT AND IT'S GOING TO PRODUCE GREAT RESULTS.
MAYOR, MAYBE FOR YOU OR THE COUNCIL, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PROPERTY? OBVIOUSLY IT'S A, A FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN ABANDONED? YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY, BUT UH, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE GOOD JUDGMENT AND COMMON SENSE LIKE I DO.
IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS A LONG TIME.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ASK SOME OF THE RESIDENTS I COULD ASK THE CHURCH.
UH, IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS A LONG TIME THAT THAT CONTAINER FULL OF MOSQUITOES AND WATER THAT I ASKED SOME STRONG PUBLIC WORKERS TO HELP US TIP IT OVER.
THAT'S JUST THE MOSQUITO BREEDING AREA FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS.
IT APPEARS TO ME THAT PROBABLY, UH, A DISABLED PERSON, A HANDICAP LIVES ACROSS THE STREET BASED ON THE, THE NEW WOODWORK LEADING UP THE FRONT DOOR.
TELL 'EM MY FOOT'S KIND OF BOTHERING ME.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN? I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.
WELL ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR ME.
HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN LIKE THIS? ABANDONED YEARS.
THEY CAME AND TRIED TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, BUT HE RAN OUT MONEY AND THEN SOMEBODY WENT IN
UH, BUT, UH, I ASKED THAT IF YOU TEAR DOWN THE HOUSE, WILL YOU SAVE THE TREES? OH YES.
NOT JUST FROM THIS CONFERENCE.
AND, UH, I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.
WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW, SIR? THREE HOUSES DOWN.
I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR YOU, BUT I GUESS THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR YOU AS ARIF PLAY HERE.
NO, I UNDERSTAND THE SENTIMENTAL VALUE I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
I'M, I I WOULD GUESS IT'D BE FAIR AT SOME POINT THERE WAS HOMELESS AND MAYBE EVEN A CRACK HOUSE AND ALL THE BAD ACTORS.
NOT NECESSARILY THE HOMELESS AND BAD ACTORS.
YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT A GOOD THING.
AND UH, ONE THING ABOUT IT, WE, EVERYBODY AROUND HERE, PEOPLE AWAY AND THEY, THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY KEEPS PUTTING, PUTTING BOARD HERE AND SPRAY PAINT SIGNS EVERYTHING UP.
OKAY, WELL WE'RE TAKING CARE OF IT FOR YOU.
YEAH, IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR YOU.
SAVE THE PROMISE, DON'T WORRY.
THAT'S ONE GUARANTEE I CAN MAKE.
THAT'S THE COST LEVEL THAN THE CLEAR.
WHO'S GONNA TAKE THE STEWARDSHIP OF THIS? YOU KNOW, I'LL DO, I'LL DO THE RESEARCH ON WHO ACTUALLY HAS IT.
IT, IT MAY BE INVOLVED IN DELINQUENT TAXES, WHICH WE WILL TAKE POSSESSION OF IT AND TURN IT INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I JUST DON'T KNOW THE, UH, THE HISTORY OF OWNERSHIP AND WHAT ABOUT ONE AFTER THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THIS PROPERTY TO HELP.
THAT'LL BE A CON THAT'LL BE A CONSIDERATION.
I, I'M GONNA BET YOU A HUNDRED DOLLARS THAT IT'S A DELINQUENT TAX ISSUE.
AND I THINK IT'S EVEN INTERESTING NOW THAT YOU RAISED IT.
I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE VALUE OF THE LOT ITSELF IS.
SO WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY IS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE.
IT'S KNOCK DOWN THE BUILDING, CLEAN IT UP FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN WE'LL WORRY AND LET THE LAWYERS HANDLE THE LEGAL ISSUES.
ONE NON-EVENT RELATED QUESTION.
UH, WE HAD A NEIGHBOR REACH OUT TO US SAYING THAT THE ON DEMAND, UH, HEAVY TRASH PICKUP, IT MAY BE REVERTING BACK TO WHAT IT USED TO BE.
THEY GOT A LETTER FROM THEIR HOA
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SAYING THAT THAT NO LONGER EXISTS.HAS THERE BEEN A CHANGE TO THAT PROGRAM? WELL, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THIS BUDGET CAUSED FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF SOLID WAKE AND PUBLIC WORKS.
IT'S TO ADDRESS THAT SPECIFIC ISSUE.
SOLID WASTE HAS HAD CHALLENGES REALLY SINCE IT WAS SEPARATED FROM PUBLIC WORKS IN THE MID NINETIES.
WHEN I GOT THERE, I WORKED WITH ALL THE DIRECTORS THAT WERE THERE.
THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR, I'LL SAY IT NICE, HE FOOLED ME THAT HE WAS ON TOP OF THE JOB.
HE AND I WOULD TRAVEL NEIGHBORHOODS AND I WOULD POINT OUT ILLEGAL DUMPING OR HEAVY TRASH AND HE'D SAY, WELL THAT WASN'T THERE WHEN WE MADE OUR RUN.
I BELIEVE PEOPLE, UNTIL I FIND OUT I CAN'T, WE REPLACED HIM.
I LIKE OUR CURRENT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO DO ON DEMAND AS OTHER CITIES DO.
I BLOCKED IT BECAUSE I WASN'T CONFIDENT THAT WE HAD THE ORGANIZATION IN PLACE.
YOU KNOW, HE NEEDED RESOURCES.
HE INHERITED A MESS WHEN HE GOT THERE.
HALF OF OUR GARBAGE TRUCKS WERE IN THE REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP BOUGHT USED TRUCKS AND THEY STAYED IN THE SHOP.
THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION HAD ALLOWED AND THIS DIRECTOR PRIMARILY HAD WEDNESDAY OFF.
NOW JUST TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT ONE FOR ME.
WE'RE BEHIND ON PICKUPS AND I GUESS I TO EMPHASIZE IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOTTEN BETTER.
RECYCLING PICKUP HEAVY TRASH IS A CHALLENGE.
PART OF IT IS EDUCATION OF OUR RESIDENTS.
YOU DON'T PUT STUFF OUT THERE THAT'S NOT THE CITY RESPONSIBILITY.
IF YOU EVICT SOMEONE, YOU CAN'T PUT THE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD BELONGINGS ON THE SIDEWALK.
BUT BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, UH, I WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE CHALLENGES OF ON DEMAND, BUT WHERE I WAS ALSO OUTRAGED ABOUT WEDNESDAY WAS DAYS OFF.
YOU KNOW WHY? SO SOME OF HIS FRIENDS COULD FILE OVERTIME.
THERE WAS A SELECT FEW WORKING OVERTIME CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN SOLID WASTE.
THAT'S ALL BEING CLEANED UP BY THIS NEW TRANSFORMATION OF SOLID WASTE IN PUBLIC WORKS.
SO DID ON DEMAND EVER START AT ALL OR NO, MA'AM.
IT WAS A KICKOFF DATE AND I I I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO FOOL PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT ELECTED, THERE WAS A LOT OF SPEND IN CITY HALL.
NOBODY WOULD FOLLOW UP AND SAY, BUT IT'S NOT WORKING.
THEY JUST KEPT DOING THE SAME OLD THING.
THAT'S WHAT GOVERNMENT, QUITE FRANKLY IS KIND OF KNOWN FOR.
SO NO, YOU'RE GONNA NOW NOTICE A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN SOLID WAYS WORKING WITH A CAN-DO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
I HAVE NOTHING BUT PRAISE FOR ARIUS, MR. HASSON, HIS WORKFORCE.
BUT I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE TWEAKED.
SOME OF THEIR ROUTES NEED TO IMPROVE.
SO SOLID WASTE HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES, BUT WE'RE MEETING IT BACK TO THE, UH, ORIGINAL ROUTINE THEN FOR RESIDENTS.
I, I THINK IT'S NEVER CHANGED.
SO HEAVY RECYCLE, LEMME TELL YOU ABOUT RECYCLING.
YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND DIFFICULTIES.
30 YEAR CONTRACT WITH A SPANISH OVERSEAS CORPORATION TO PICK UP OUR RECYCLING.
SOMEBODY ALLOWED THEM IN THAT CONTRACT TO HAVE ONE DISPOSAL SITE.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE ALL HAVE COMMON SENSE AND WE'RE SMART.
YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE OF RECYCLING IN HOUSTON WITH ONE DISPOSAL SITE IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON.
THAT'S THE REASON SOUTHWEST HOUSTON DOESN'T GET THE SERVICE IT NEEDS.
YOU GOTTA FILL UP YOUR RECYCLING TRUCK AND TAKE IT TO NORTHEAST AND GO BACK.
YOU SPEND MORE TIME ON THE ROAD THAN YOU DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO ANYWAY, YOU GET ME FIRED UP.
I GOT A LOT OF WORK LEFT TO DO.
IS THERE, WE HAVE THE LIST OF THE EIGHT.
IS THE LIST AVAILABLE SOMEWHERE AND ARE THERE EIGHT MORE? I'LL GET YOU THAT.
I'LL GET YOU THAT AFTER THESE EIGHT.
THIS, THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT.
IT'S GOING TO ELIMINATE WHAT'S IMPACTING OUR DRAINAGE.
SO EIGHT BETWEEN TODAY AND TOMORROW AND THEN TODAY AND THEN IN THE MORNING, 10 O'CLOCK.
WE'RE GONNA KNOCK DOWN SEVEN ACROSS HOUSTON FIRST SITE AND WE'LL KEEP ON GOING.
MAYOR, IS THAT 30 MILLION GOING ACROSS ALL EIGHT PROPERTIES OR NO MA'AM, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A NO.
A FRACTION OF THE 30 MILLION WILL BE USED ON THIS SITE IN TOMORROW.
QUESTION FOR YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON.
WE'VE WALKED THESE COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON RIVER, WE, YOU AND I TALKED JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE LEGAL DUMPING HERE.
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THIS WOULD BE MAYOR, I KNOW YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF THE LEGAL DUMPING ISSUES ACROSS THE CITY, BUT DO YOU SEE THIS AS A START? ABSOLUTELY.OF GIVING COMMUNITY MEMBERS HOPE AFTER YEARS AND YEARS OF FEELING.
YOU SAID IT BETTER THAN I CAN, MA'AM.
YOU SAID IT GIVE PEOPLE HOPE AND THE ILLEGAL DUMPING, WE'RE ATTACKING IT ON SEVERAL FRONTS.
FIRST, WE'RE TRYING TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH CAMERAS AND HB D'S GETTING THE LICENSE PLATES AND THEY'RE FILING CLASS C MISDEMEANORS AND THE DA'S ACCEPTING CHARGES.
BUT ALSO WE'RE INCORPORATING THE COMMUNITIES NORTHEAST SCENIC WOOD SUNNYSIDE ACROSS HOUSTON.
WE'RE URGING THE COLLABORATION OF CITY HALL AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WORKING GROUPS, CIVIC GROUPS, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
WE INVITE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO HELP US, THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO WE'RE JUST GOT THAT CAN-DO ATTITUDE.
AND THIS GENTLEMAN SAID 10 YEARS, I CAN SHOW YOU SITES THAT'S BEEN THERE LONGER AND LONGER, 7,500 TO KNOCK DOWN THIS HOUSE.
SO THINK HOW MANY FAR THAT THAT FUND WILL GO.
IF THIS IS 7,500, WE WILL KNOCK OUT HUNDREDS OF HOUSES.