[Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting on June 8, 2026.]
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I AM ALLOTTING PEOPLE IN GOOD DEAL.SO I'M ADMIT, I AM ADMITTING PEOPLE.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, CHERYL.
UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK Y'ALL FOR, UM, KEEPING US ON, ON, ON TRACK AND WITH THAT TIME AND THAT, YOU KNOW, TIME CAN GET AWAY FROM US, BUT WE CAN ALSO ALWAYS BE A LITTLE TOO EARLY SOMETIMES TOO.
UM, BUT AS STATED, LOOK BEFORE TIME, THANK ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING, COMING TO THE MEETING TONIGHT.
UM, WE DO, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITIES IN AND OR AROUND BECAUSE MANY OF US HAVE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ON OUR BORDERLINE AND WE'RE ACTUALLY OUT DOING WORK FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IT IS OFFICIALLY, I THINK IT'S 6 31.
I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.
AND AMY, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR YOU TO DO ROLL CALL.
I'M GONNA CALL OUT, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST FOUR PLUS MEETINGS OR IN THE LAST FOUR MEETINGS.
UM, JUST ANSWER HERE IF YOU'RE HERE AND THEN I'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH AN EIGHT THAT WE MISSED OVER THE TIME.
SO, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD SIX, PRESENT, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 12.
HAROLD, SUPER, NEIGHBORHOOD 32.
SUPER HA, NEIGHBORHOOD 40, 41.
55, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 57, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63 SUPER.
OKAY, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 65, 66, 67.
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68.PRESENT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 71.
NEIGHBORHOOD 82 SUPER 83 PRESENT.
UH, DID I MISS IN ROLL CALL? GREAT, THANK YOU JACKIE.
ANYONE ELSE? UH, YEAH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 61.
I WAS GONNA SAY, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 61 MAHI HAMID.
AND I WAS SAYING SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 60.
FOR, FOR 60 AND 61, CAN Y'ALL PUT Y'ALL'S NAME IN THE CHAT SO THAT I CAN MAKE SURE I GET THE PROPER SPELLING OF Y'ALL'S REPRESENTED NAMES? ALL RIGHT, I THINK THAT'S IT.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU,
I CAN HEAR THERE'S SOME, UM, QUITE A BIT OF CHATTER IN THE BACKGROUND.
IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND PLACE YOUR PHONES OR YOUR COMPUTERS ON MUTE SO THAT WE CAN AVOID ANY BACKGROUND NOISE? UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE NEW, UM, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, ARE YOU GUYS ON THE CALL, ARE IN THE MEETING, ANY NEW SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS OUT AFTER PASTOR DEB, I THINK PASTOR DEB, WE WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU LAST TIME, BUT AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON FORMING YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE, AND UM, I'M GONNA GIVE IT ANOTHER SECOND OR SO, UM, FOR YOU TO COME OFF MUTE AND JUST MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT YOU ARE INDEED NEW TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AT ALLIANCE.
WELL, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE ALL OF YOU AGAIN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE NOW.
I'M SORRY I'M HAVING COMPUTER PROBLEMS. I, I HAD TO TURN MY STUFF OFF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION FOR NORTHLINE NORTHSIDE NORTHLINE, PASTOR DE SHE FROZE.
SO HERE, I'M, AM I FROZEN? I'M SORRY.
I'M HAVING COMPUTER PROBLEMS TODAY.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I TURNED MY CAMERA OFF IN CASE YOU CAN HEAR.
YES MA'AM, WE CAN HEAR YOU WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, THANK EVERYONE ON THE CALL.
UM, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS A WHILE.
WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING IN PLACE.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF GOOD MEETINGS.
WE HAD 60 PEOPLE AT OUR LAST MEETING 'CAUSE WE MEET QUARTERLY.
WE'LL MEET AGAIN IN JULY 29TH.
UM, AND IT'S JUST SO NICE TO HAVE THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, COME TO OUR MEETINGS AND INTERACT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS AND INTRODUCE THEM TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE'RE VERY SATISFIED AND VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THIS.
WELL, IN THE SPIRIT OF MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR AGENDA THAT IS INDEED POSTED OR BROUGHT UP ON THE SCREEN, GUYS, HOUSTON, SHOW US THE MONEY.
SO I AM EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE MISS LATASHA R SMITH, UM, WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, UM, DEPARTMENT.
UM, SHE IS GOING TO SPEAK TO US TODAY ABOUT RECOVERY, UH, DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS.
I DID SEE HER NAME MS. SMITH, ARE YOU HERE? YES, I AM.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO PRESENT TODAY DURING OUR MEETING, AND I WILL PASS IT RIGHT ON OVER TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, GREETINGS TO EVERYONE.
I AM SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, WELL THIS EVENING, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
MANY OF YOU I HAVE SPOKEN WITH VIA EMAIL.
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UM, SOME I GOT, UM, RESPONSES FROM.BUT HOPEFULLY AFTER THIS PRESENTATION YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS TRYING TO DO.
UM, JUST TO OPEN UP THE CONVERSATION, UM, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, I THINK LAST YEAR I DID KIND OF LIKE A TOUR OF SOME OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ABOUT ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD GOING ON AT THAT TIME LAST YEAR SINCE THEN, THE PROGRAM CLOSED.
UM, BUT THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM WAS WINTER STORM URI, UM, 2021, WHERE WE HAD FUNDS FOR HOME REPAIR.
ONE PART OF THE, UM, PROGRAM WAS FOR REIMBURSEMENT, UM, AND THE OTHER PART WAS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OR REHABILITATION.
AND I TOLD MANY OF THE AUDITORS THAT, UM, TALKED ABOUT BUR BECAUSE THAT WAS THE MOST RECENT ONE AT THAT TIME THAT FUNDS WAS COMING THROUGH FOR HURRICANE BUREAU.
WELL, THE FUNDS HAVE COME THROUGH AND IT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THIS INFORMATION SO WE CAN START THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
UM, CURRENTLY THE PROGRAM IS NOT OPEN, HOWEVER, WE ARE STARTING EARLY WITH GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT THERE SO YOU CAN GET PREPARED AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS CAN GET PREPARED TO, UM, APPLY WHEN IT IS TIME BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT EVERYONE RUSHING IN AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ALL YOUR DOCUMENTS.
WELL, I'M DOING IT TWO MONTHS IN ADVANCE SO THEY CAN GET READY AND IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROGRAM AT THAT TIME, THEY CAN ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS THEY NEED AND THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR DOCUMENTS AND THEY CAN BE READY FOR, UM, THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM THAT WILL BE OPEN.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN.
UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, LETICIA, JUST A FEW NOTES TO GO BY, UM, FOR THE POWERPOINT.
AND LETICIA, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF YOUR MEETING ON, UM, THIS MONTH.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT, UM, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
UM, AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE PRESENTATION.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DO NOT KNOW, OUR, OUR DIRECTOR IS MR. MICHAEL NICHOLS.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, LIKE LETICIA, UM, STATED, I AM LATASHA SMITH.
I AM THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COORDINATOR FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY, UM, SINGLE FAMILY DIVISION.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY IS THE, UH, OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM ITSELF AND THE BENEFITS THAT COMES WITH IT.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT, UM, THE ELIGIBILITY PORTION OF IT AND HOW TO APPLY IF YOU, IF YOUR, UM, CONSTITUENTS DECIDE THEY WANT TO APPLY AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT THEY CAN TAKE WITH THEM.
AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT IN 2024, THE CITY OF HOUSTON ENCOUNTERED TWO DEVASTATING WEATHER, UM, DISASTERS.
ONE WAS A WIND STORM, UM, THE RICO, UM, FROM MAY 16TH THROUGH THE 17TH.
AND THEN WE BACK DO WITH HURRICANE BURL FROM JULY.
UM, LET ME MOVE THIS REAL QUICK SO I CAN GET THE EXACT DATE.
UM, JULY 5TH THROUGH THE NINTH.
MANY OF THESE STORMS, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T UM, AS BAD AS HURRICANE HARVEY, MANY OF THE STORMS DID A LOT OF DAMAGE TO A LOT OF HOMES AND IT IMPACTED A COUNTLESS DIFFERENT, UM, COUNTIES.
UM, THE HIGH WIND INTENSE STORMS FLOODING, AND IT ALSO PROLONGED, UM, POWER OUTAGES, WHICH CAUSED A LOT OF PEOPLE TO LOSE A LOT OF THINGS.
AND, UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE GOVERNMENT WHEN THEY WERE, UM, ASKING FOR THESE, THIS AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR OUR CITY.
UM, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, WILL RECEIVE $314 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANT.
UM, SOME OF IT IS FOR HOME REPAIR AND SOME OF IT IS FOR MEDIATION.
UM, THE PART THAT OUR DEPARTMENT WILL DEAL WITH IS THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS AND
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THROUGH THE DISASTER RECOVERY EFFORT, UM, THIS PROGRAM IS HELPING US, UM, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY RE UM, RECOVERY BY SUPPORTING HOMEOWNERS AND CRITICAL REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION.SO I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER HOW THAT LOOKS TO EACH ONE OF US THAT YOU MAY SHARE WITH YOUR, UM, CONSTITUENTS.
REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION IS OUR GOAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
IT WILL AIM TOWARDS, UM, THE SUPPORT FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON, UM, REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION.
UM, IF THEY GET REHABILITATION, THE, UM, OWNER CAN, THE HOMEOWNER CAN RECEIVE UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN REHABILITATION AS WELL AS 300 UP TO 300,000 IN FULL CONSTRUCTION.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE TEAR DOWN THE HOME AND REBUILD THE HOME.
AND THE VALUE OF WHAT WILL PUT BE PUT INTO THAT HOME IS 300,000.
THE MAJOR BENEFIT OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS FOR MAJOR REPAIRS AND REBUILD ASSISTANCE.
THIS IS FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN CRITICAL NEED OF HOME REPAIR DUE TO THESE PARTICULAR STORMS. UM, OUR GOAL IS TO, UM, HELP THEM GET BACK WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, THAT THEY CAN WITHSTAND ANY FUTURE STORMS. THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM WILL BE THAT THE HOMEOWNER MUST BE THE PRIMARY RESIDENT FOR, UM, THAT PARTICULAR HOME.
THE HOME CANNOT BE ON, IT MUST BE OWNER OCCUPIED AND WITH NO RENTERS, MEANING THAT THEY CANNOT BE USED THE HOME FOR A THIRD PARTY RENTER.
UM, THEY HAVE TO BE LIVING IN THE HOME THEMSELVES.
NOW, IF THE HOME IS NOT IN A CONDITION WHERE THE IT IS LIVABLE, IT IS OKAY THAT THEY LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT NO ONE CAN BE OCCUPYING THE HOME DURING THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION BEING SUBMITTED.
THE PROPERTY MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON LIMITS AND OUTSIDE OF A FLOODWAY.
PARTICIPANTS ARE CLASSIFIED BASED ON THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
IF I CAN ASK YOU TO GO, UM, YOUR EYES TO GO TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
ALL OUR PROGRAMS ARE, UM, HAS AN INCOME REQUIREMENT.
THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM HAS AN INCOME REQUIREMENT AND THE INCOME REQUIREMENT IS 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
UM, THE WAY WE DETERMINE HOW, HOW THAT PERSON WILL QUALIFY IS THAT WE GO BY, WE GO BY THE HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND THEN WE GO BY THE COLUMN THAT SAYS 80%.
JUST THE EXAMPLE, IF IT IS A THREE PERSON HOME, THAT PERSON CANNOT MAKE OVER 74,000 TO QUALIFY FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
DOES THIS INCLUDE EVERYONE THAT LIVES IN THE HOUSEHOLD? YES.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN YOUR FAMILY UNIT IS CALCULATED.
HOWEVER, IF THEY DO NOT HAVE INCOME COMING IN, THEY ARE STILL CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSEHOLD NUMBER.
HOWEVER, WE CALCULATE THE, UM, INCOME FOR ANYONE THAT IS 18 YEARS OF AGE.
IF IT IS A ELDER THAT MAY BE LIVING WITH THEIR, UM, THEIR CHILD, THEN IF THEY'RE GETTING DISABILITY, THAT INCOME WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE INCOME OF THE HOUSEHOLD TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.
MOVING ON OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, THE PROPERTY MUST HAVE SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM THE RICO OR HURRICANE BUR 2024.
ALSO, THE HOME MUST BE MUST HAVE A ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE.
THE REPAIR COSTS MUST BE REASONABLE AND MARKET ALIGNED.
AND ALSO THE APPLICANT MUST BE CURRENT ON THEIR MORTGAGE AND PROPERTY TAXES, OR THEY CAN BE ON OUR APPROVED PAYMENT PLAN.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED, UM, NO LIENS ARE ALLOWED EXCEPT THE FIRST MORTGAGE.
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IT IS OKAY, BUT THAT CAN BE THE ON ONLY LIEN ON THE UM, PERSON'S HOME OR A CITY IMPOSED LIEN.UM, ALSO THE PROPERTY, THE HOME MUST BE STICK BUILT AND SINGLE FAMILY HOME APPLICANTS MUST LIVE IN THE REPAIRED OR REBUILT HOME FOR A TOTAL OF THREE YEARS.
FOR THIS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED A LOAN BUT CONSIDERED A GRANT.
UM, A TRANSFER OF DEATH DEED MUST BE FILLED OUT BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING WITH THE PROPERTY.
THAT IS JUST IN CASE ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THE OWNER OF THE HOME.
WE HAVE, UM, SOMEONE TO PASS THE HOME TO AND CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF THE PROGRAM.
THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD NEED TO DO TO APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM.
WHEN IT IS OPEN, FIRST YOU WOULD CHECK YOUR ELIGIBILITY, UM, LATER ON THIS, AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM WILL, UM, COME OUT.
YOU CAN STAY TUNED TO OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS THE NEWS.
UM, IT WILL BE ON, UM, SOME OF THE NEWS STATIONS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE RADIO STATIONS.
TALKING MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND WHAT THE PROGRAM HAS TO OFFER.
ALSO, WE ASK THAT YOU GET THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION.
WE ASK THAT YOU SUBMIT ALL, SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION AND THE DOCUMENTS THAT IS REQUIRED.
ONCE YOU SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTS, YOU WILL RECEIVE A APPLICATION ID.
AND AFTER THAT, THEN YOUR APPLICATION, THEN THE APPLICATION WILL BE REVIEWED BY HCD STAFF.
JUST TO ELABORATE MORE, STEP ONE, UM, CHECK YOUR ELIGIBILITY.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT, UM, EACH PERSON, EACH APPLICANT GO OVER THE ELIGIBILITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY QUALIFY BASED ON THAT.
UM, WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA WASTE ANYONE TIME IF THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE OR IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS.
WE ASK THAT IF, IF THEY DO NOT KNOW THAT ANY HOUSING ADVOCATE, ADVOCATE OR OURSELVES, IF THEY CAN CALL OUR, UM, OFFICE, WE CAN TALK TO THEM MORE ABOUT THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING, UM, IF THEY MEET THE PREQUALIFICATIONS.
AND FROM THERE WE WILL MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS.
WE ASK THAT YOU, UM, TELL THE APPLICANTS TO GET THE DOCUMENTS THAT THEY NEED BEFOREHAND.
ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU WILL SEE A ELIGIBILITY PROGRAM CHECKLIST.
THIS PARTICULAR LIST IS FOR EVERYONE, EVERY PROGRAM THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY LOOK AT THIS LIST, GET ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT IT IS ASKING FOR BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DELAY THE PROCESS.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR WAYS THAT, UM, THE PROGRAM IS DELAYED BY APPLICANT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH FOR DOCUMENTS.
SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE DOING IT TWO MONTHS IN ADVANCE, LETTING UM, THE COMMUNITIES KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, THIS IS WHAT IS GONNA BE EXPECTED, AND IF WE, YOU NEED OUR ASSISTANCE, WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU GET PREPARED.
AND THE APPLICANTS GET PREPARED TO SUBMIT THEIR DOCUMENTS.
WE ASK THAT ALL THIS FORM CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS AS, UM, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS.
I WILL PUT MY, UM, INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WITH ME DIRECTLY.
I WILL SEND YOU THE DOCUMENTS OR IF YOU WANT ME TO COME TO ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS, I WILL BRING THE DOCUMENTS WITH ME SO THEY CAN HAVE THIS, UM, DOCUMENT AS WELL AS THE A MI UM, INCOME REQUIREMENT SHEET THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT.
UM, THE REQUESTS, LIKE I STATED BEFORE, IT CAN BE REQUESTED VIA EMAIL OR MAIL.
UM, THIS IS THE EMAIL THAT THEY CAN SEND ALL QUESTIONS TO AND THAT SINGLE FAMILY ELIGIBILITY@HOUSTONTX.GOV.
I WILL PUT THIS INFORMATION IN THE CHAT JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO, UM, WRITE IT DOWN.
BUT IF YOU NEED THIS POWERPOINT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME AND I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU AS WELL.
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THE DOCUMENTS.UM, WE ASK THAT, UH, THE INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED, UM, EITHER THEY CAN COME IN PERSON OR THEY CAN MAIL IT IN.
HOWEVER, IF YOU CHOOSE, IF THEY CHOOSE TO MAIL THE DOCUMENTS IN, WE ASK THAT THEY, THEY DO NOT GIVE US, UM, ORIGINALS, BUT WE NEED ALL COPIES.
WE DON'T WANT YOUR WANT THE APPLICANT'S ORIGINALS.
AND, UM, IF THIS A PROBLEM, IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO DO THAT, THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH OUR OFFICE AND WE CAN MEET SOMEWHERE EITHER AT A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WE CAN GET THE DOCUMENTS FOR THEM OR HELP THEM MAKE THE COPIES THAT THEY NEED.
BUT IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO IT IN PERSON, COME TO OUR OFFICE, UM, THEY'RE DEFINITELY, UM, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT.
THEY CAN COME TO 2100 TRAVIS STREET ON, ON THE NINTH FLOOR.
IF THEY CHOOSE TO MAIL IT, THEY JUST NEED TO PUT ATTENTION DR 24 VERSUS 21.
ALSO, WE WILL BE HAVING EVENTS WHERE THEY CAN DROP OFF THEIR INFORMATION IF THEY CHOOSE TO APPLY.
THAT WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE GETTING CLOSER TO THE LAUNCH DATE.
SO PLEASE LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE FOR UPCOMING EVENTS AFTER, LIKE I STATED BEFORE, STEP FOUR IS AFTER WE RECEIVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION, UM, YOU WILL, THE APPLICANT WILL RECEIVE A APPLICATION ID.
UM, DURING THIS THIS SECTION, THEY WILL REVIEW THE, REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS, CONTACT ANY, UM, ANY APPLICANT THAT IS MISSING ANY DOCUMENTS AND MAKE ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION BASED ON THE MATERIALS, UM, SUBMITTED.
AND THEN STEP FIVE IS APPLICATION REVIEW.
THEY WILL REVIEW ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AND THEN YOU WILL GET, UM, UH, EITHER A LETTER STATING THAT YOU, UM, YOU WERE ACCEPTED IN THE PROGRAM OR A DENIAL IF YOU RECEIVE A DENIAL.
UM, IF THEY RECEIVE A DENIAL, THEN THEY ARE ABLE TO APPEAL THAT DECISION AND THAT PROCESS IS ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.
THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE FOR YOU.
I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN A LITTLE TIME.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ELABORATE MORE ON THIS PARTICULAR, UM, PROGRAM BY COMING TO YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, EVENTS MEETINGS.
BUT I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BEING HERE.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, WE DO.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH TASHA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE AND WE HAVE MS. BELL, YOU'RE UP.
HI TASHA, THIS WAS AWESOME BABY.
THIS IS SO NEEDED IN MY COMMUNITY.
I KNOW YOU ALL ARE STILL SKETCHING OUT THE MAP OR WHERE YOU WANNA GO.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU OVER HERE IN THIRD WARD AND IN RIVERSIDE WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS WHO COULDN'T GET THEIR HOUSES FIXED AND WERE NOT GETTING ANY OF THE HELP THAT THEY WOULD THOUGHT THEY WOULD GET FROM GLO.
SO I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THIS DIDN'T JUST GO BY THE WAYSIDE.
SO PLEASE, LATASHA, UM, I'LL PUT MY, UH, CONTACT IN THE CHAT.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON ONE OF YOUR, UM, COMMUNITY.
I MEAN IF YOU NEED A SPOT, I GOT A SPOT FOR YOU.
YOU AIN'T GOT TO DO NOTHING BUT SHOW UP.
BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOK OUT FOR MY COMMUNITY SO I REALLY DEFINITELY, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.
I MEAN, THIS IS WONDERFUL TO HEAR THIS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ANYONE AND I'M GONNA PUT MY INFORMATION AS WELL.
MA, CAN YOU LOWER YOUR HAND? YES, THANK YOU,
ALRIGHT, AM I RIGHT IN MY ORDER? IS MS. COLETTE WAGNER NEXT? YES.
AM I RIGHT CHERYL? YEAH, UH, I'M SORRY, I'M ANSWERING FOR ANSWERING FOR CHERYL ANYWAY.
PAUL, GREG CAME IN YET OUR PRESIDENT COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT, UH, YOUR, UH, CONTACT INFORMATION BECAUSE I, I'M SURE SHE WOULD WANT TO HAVE YOU OUT TO, UH, ONE OF OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
SO HOW DO I GET THAT? DO, DO YOU PUT IT IN THE CHAT? I AND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO EMAIL ME OR CALL ME.
WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER PLEASE? OKAY, I'LL JUST GIVE IT TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
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A MINUTE.AND WHAT'S THE, THE THE LAST 4 60, 69, 12.
IT GOES STRAIGHT TO MY MOBILE SO YOU CAN CALL ME.
YOU KNOW, I TRY TO NOT WORK ON SATURDAYS, BUT I DO STILL.
UM, BUT DEFINITELY IF YOU NEED TO CALL ME, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO.
SO WE HAVE GREG NEXT AND THEN WE'LL GO TO PASTOR DE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL, ON THE DEED, ON DEATH, WHAT IF THE PERSON THAT IS ASSIGNED TO THAT DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM? WHAT HAPPENS THEN? IS THE GRANT THAT'S GIVEN, IS THAT A TAXABLE EVENT OR IS IT FREE AND CLEAR TO THESE PEOPLE? AND SO THEY OWN THE HOUSE, UH, OUTRIGHT WITHOUT ANY TAX ISSUES.
AND LASTLY, YOU SAID IT CAN'T BE IN THE FLOODWAYS.
I WOULD ASSUME THAT MEANS IF IT'S IN THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLANE, THAT THAT WOULD QUALIFY, BUT THEN WILL IT HAVE TO THEN BE BUILT TWO FEET ABOVE 500 FOR THAT TO BE QUALIFIED? OKAY, SO THE FIRST QUESTION, CAN YOU REPEAT IT SO I CAN GO BACK? SURE.
IF IT'S, IF THERE'S THE DEED ON DEATH AND IT'S ASSIGNED TO, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT ASSIGNED.
WHAT THAT PERSON AT THE TIME THAT THERE WAS A DEATH DOESN'T QUALIFY UNDER THE PROGRAM.
WHAT HAPPENS THEN? NO, LONG AS THE QUALIFYING PERSON, UM, WE DO THE QUALIFICATION FOR THE PERSON, THE INITIAL OWNER, IF THAT PERSON CHOOSE TO GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE, MAY BE YOUNGER 'CAUSE IT MAY GO TO THEIR, THEIR CHILDREN.
SO THEY MAY NOT QUALIFY, BUT THEY HAVE TO MEET THE QUALIFICATION OF STAYING IN THE HOME FOR THE THREE YEARS.
AND AFTER THE THREE YEARS, IT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
IT'S CLEARED BY THE CITY AND THEN, UM, THE HOME IS THEIRS.
IT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO MEET ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM.
AND I THINK, GREG, YOU HAD ONE LAST QUESTION.
THE, THE SECOND ONE WAS, UH, THE GRANT.
IS THAT A TAXABLE EVENT OR DO PEOPLE JUST GET THE MONEY FREE AND CLEAR? NO, ACTUALLY, LIKE I STATED BEFORE, UM, IT IS THE, IT IS A GRANT, BUT ONCE THEY FULFILL THE COMPLIANCE PERIOD OF THREE YEARS, THEN IT IS NO LONGER A GRANT.
IT IS NO LONGER A LOAN, BUT A GRANT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO FULFILL ANYTHING ELSE BUT STAY IN THE HOME FOR THREE YEARS.
UH, YEAH, I, I KNOW, BUT I'M ASKING ABOUT IS IT A TAXABLE EVENT? DO THEY HAVE TO SHOW THAT AS INCOME AT ALL? THE 300,000? OH, NO, NO, NO.
AND THE, AND THE LAST ONE WAS ABOUT THE 500 YEAR, ABOUT THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLANE.
IF YOU BUILDING THAT, DOES IT HAVE TO MAKE, UM, THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION? I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU.
SO I CAN, UM, IF YOU WOULD SUBMIT IT TO LETICIA AND I WILL, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING THAT IS NOT TRUE.
UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MY FACTS ARE CORRECT.
SO IF YOU JUST SUBMITTED TO HER, I WILL DEFINITELY GET THE ANSWER TO YOU BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
SO WE HAVE NI, NAOMI, PASTOR DEB, AND THEN VICKY.
THAT REALLY WAS AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION.
I WAS TAKING NOTES AS FAST AS I COULD AND, UH, LIKE PAULETTE, UM, OUR PRESIDENT COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO I'M, UH, THE ALTERNATE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST, UH, YOU GAVE YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER, I JUST, YOU THOUGHT I FIGURED OUT WHAT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WOULD BE.
IS IT LATISHA PERIODSMITH@HOUSTONTEXT.GOV SO I CAN GIVE THAT INFORMATION, IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S LATASHA SMITH, YES, AT HOUSTON TX.GOV.
BUT I'LL DEFINITELY PUT IT IN THE CHAT BEFORE I LEAVE.
'CAUSE I WANNA BE ABLE TO GIVE THIS INFORMATION TO OUR PRESIDENT.
ALSO, THE QUESTION ABOUT THE FLOOD PAIN, UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME OUT AND DO A PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE SOUTHWEST HOUSTON AND WE'RE BY BRAISED BAYOU AND KEEGAN'S BAYOU.
SO I KNOW THAT ISSUE IS GOING TO COME UP, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW PROPOSED MAP MM-HMM
AND, UH, HOW MANY AREAS HAVE BEEN ADDED INTO THE, UH, 100 FLOODPLAIN.
SO CONSEQUENTLY, WHEN YOU GET THAT, I KNOW THAT QUESTION WILL COME UP AT, UH, AT OUR MEETING.
SO I'LL JUST ALERT YOU TO THAT.
SO THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION, CRAIG.
THAT'S IT'S, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I BELIEVE I CAME TO YOUR EV YOUR
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SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING TO INTRODUCE THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, BUT I, I HAVE A LOT OF, UM, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE AND JULY.SO I AM JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVE A PACKED SCHEDULE AFTER THIS MEETING.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS GONNA BE EVERYONE, BUT I AM SO GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT.
'CAUSE THIS IS OH, I'M EXCITED.
WELL, I, I'M TAKING MY WORK MEETING OF HERS.
YOU ATTENDED BECAUSE, UM, I I DID MISS THE JUNE MEETING 'CAUSE I HAD ANOTHER MEETING I HAD TO ATTEND.
BUT WE MAY WANT YOU BACK AGAIN.
I'LL DEFINITELY CHECK ON THAT AND YEAH.
UM, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL LOAD THE PRESENTATION INTO THE MEMBER DRIVE.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE MEMBERS, JUST GO INTO YOUR DRIVE AND WE WILL GET THAT LOADED INTO THE MEMBER DRIVE.
AND JUST QUICKLY, UH, LATASHA SMITH, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE ZOOM PORTION OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 40 FIVES APRIL QUARTERLY MEETING.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, REMIND YOU THAT WE ASKED FOR A JULY MEETING.
MY QUESTION IS, UH, DO YOU HAVE, UM, ANYBODY AT YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT COULD COME OUT AND, UM, SPEAK IN SPANISH OR IF NOT, WE'LL DO THE SAME PEOPLE TO DO THE TRANSLATION OR MATERIALS IN SPANISH.
I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU AND I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL.
UM, I THOUGHT I WAS TALKING TO PASTOR DEB, THE, THE LAST PERSON I WAS SPEAKING TO, SO I'M SORRY, IS, IS A LOT OF PEOPLE ON HERE, SO OH YEAH.
AT LEAST I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M LOSING MY MEMORY HERE.
SO YOU MAKE ME FEEL MUCH BETTER.
SO I AM SO SORRY FOR THAT, BUT SINCE, UH, PASTOR DEB, YES.
WE ALSO HAVE SPANISH SPEAKING REPRESENTATIVES THAT CAN ATTEND.
SO IF I SPEAK TO YOU AND YOU WANNA SET UP A MEETING AND YOU WANT SOMEONE FOR SPANISH SPEAKING, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL ARRANGE THAT I SEND YOU AN EMAIL.
LATASHA, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
YOU DID ATTEND OUR MEETING LAST YEAR.
I THINK YOU BROUGHT YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, WE'LL LIKE TO PROBABLY GET CALENDAR FOR AUGUST.
SO WE'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL FOR THAT REQUEST.
I BELIEVE AT THAT MEETING THAT YOU ATTENDED WITH US LAST YEAR, SUPER NEIGHBOR, 49 50, YOU TALKED TO US ABOUT ROOF REPAIR.
AND I DIDN'T SEE IT COVERED HEAVILY IN THIS PRESENTATION.
SO IS THAT STILL, UH, IN YOU GUYS' PURVIEW FOR THE PEOPLE THAT JUST NEED ROOF REPAIR FROM THOSE INCIDENTS? SO THE, THE PROCESS PROCESS GOES LIKE THIS.
UM, ONCE YOU APPLY A APPLICANT APPLIES, WHAT WE DO IS SEND OUT AN INSPECTOR TO LOOK AT THE FULL HOME.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOUR EYES, THE NATURAL EYES MAY SAY, I JUST NEED A, A ROOF.
WELL, IT MAY BE MORE DAMAGE THAN JUST THE ROOF.
SO WHAT WE DO, WE SEND IN AN INSPECTOR, THEY CHECK OUT THE WHOLE HOME AND IF THE ROOF NEEDS TO BE DONE AND OTHER THINGS, THEY WILL MAKE SURE THEY HAVE NOTATION OF THAT.
SO THAT WILL BE ALL IN ONE, UM, REHABILITATION.
I'M HERE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
UH, BUT I'M CURIOUS, YOU MENTIONED SOME HOMES WOULD QUALIFY FOR A COMPLETE TEAR DOWN AND REBUILD.
IS TEMPORARY HOUSING PROVIDED AS A PART OF THAT OR WOULD THEY HAVE TO FUND THAT THEMSELVES? TEMPORARY HOUSING IS PROVIDED, BUT IF THEY CHOOSE TO NOT, UM, UTILIZE THAT, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO.
BUT THAT IS PART OF, IF THEY DO END UP DOING A RECONSTRUCTION THAT IS IN THE BUDGET FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING.
AM I MISSING ANY HANDS? I WANNA, I WANNA SAY HI TO CLAYTON.
I KNOW WE ALWAYS ARE AT SOME THE SAME MEETINGS, SO HELLO.
UM, BUT NO, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS,
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BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERY SINGLE EMAIL, UM, THAT COMES FROM THIS.BUT JUST KNOW THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY TRYING TO DO OUR PART AND WE WANT TO NOT JUST, UM, HAVE A PERSON APPLY, BUT WE WANNA SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS AND FOR THEM, WE KNOW THAT A, A LOT OF SENIORS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE PROGRAMS AND SOMETIMES THEY JUST DO NOT HAVE ANYONE TO ASSIST THEM WITH DOING THE APPLICATION, GETTING THE DOCUMENTS READY.
ONE THING THAT I HAVE, UM, IMPLEMENTED WITH MY TIME HERE IS THAT WE ARE SETTING UP APPLICATION WORKSHOPS WITH, AT COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT IF IT IS THAT, UH, INDIVIDUAL DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE PAPERWORK, NEED ASSISTANCE WITH COPIES, WE ARE GOING TO THE COMMUNITY CENTERS AND HELPING THEM WITH THE APPLICATION.
SO THERE WOULD BE NO, WE WE'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE ANY BARRIERS THAT WILL GET THEM NOT TO APPLY.
SO DEFINITELY IF YOU, UM, FEEL THE NEED TO EMAIL ME, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO.
AND THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND I'LL SEE YOU IN TWO THURSDAYS AND ON THE 27TH.
OKAY GUYS, IF THERE ARE, AND I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS, BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT SHE IS DEFINITELY AVAILABLE, UM, COMING OUT TO THE MULTI, COMING OUT TO YOUR MONTHLY MEETINGS, UM, WHETHER THAT BE VIRTUAL OR AND OR IN PERSON.
DO WE HAVE GLEN ON THE LINE FROM T.HERE WE GO.
HOW ARE Y'ALL? HI GLEN, WELCOME.
I WAS GONNA INTRODUCE HIM IF THAT'S OKAY? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD MS FAIRCHILD.
UM, GLEN, IF IT'S OKAY, I AM GONNA INTRODUCE YOU.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? YES, MA'AM.
SO, UH, GLEN ALBRITTON IS HERE TONIGHT.
HE IS THE HOUSTON DISTRICT ENGINEER FOR, UH, THE HOUSTON DISTRICT FOR TXDOT.
SO THAT INCLUDES SIX COUNTIES.
UH, HARRIS IS JUST ONE OF THEM.
SO, UH, HE DEXTER HANDY AND I MET WITH HIM LAST WEEK JUST ABOUT OPENING A DIALOGUE IN A LINE OF COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE, UH, OP PROJECTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, RUNNING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY.
SO GLEN WAS VERY RECEPTIVE TO THAT AND OPEN, UM, TO DOING IT, WHICH IS WHY HE'S HERE TONIGHT.
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE THE FIRST OF OF MANY CONVERSATIONS, UH, DOWN THE ROAD.
SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE HIM TO YOU ALL.
UH, LIKE I SAID, HE WAS VERY GRACIOUS AND KIND AND WILLING TO BEGIN THIS CONVERSATION WITH US TO, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE NECESSARY INFORMATION THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO NAVIGATE AROUND, YOU KNOW, THEIR CONSTRUCTION.
SO GLENN, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ENGAGING WITH US.
OH, THANKS FOR THE, UH, KIND INTRODUCTION.
UH, YEAH, SO GLAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UH, AGAIN, UH, JUST REALLY, UH, WANT TO THANK THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO, TO VISIT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO AS STACY SAID, MY NAME'S GLENN AL AND I'M THE DISTRICT ENGINEER FOR THE HOUSTON DISTRICT IN TXDOT.
UM, SO I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN HOUSTON FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW.
I WAS ACTUALLY, UH, HAD THE SAME POSITION IN ABILENE, UH, BEFORE THIS FOR, FOR A WHILE.
I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WITH TXDOT FOR 28 YEARS, BUT NEW TO HOUSTON FOR ABOUT THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.
AND I'M NEW TO THE WHOLE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD CONCEPT, SO Y'ALL BEAR WITH ME, UM, AS, UH, AND I, I THINK IT WAS GOOD 'CAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY EVEN KNOW THIS GROUP EVEN MET.
AND, UH, SO I THINK IT'S GOOD AS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S MY GOAL.
I WANNA TRY TO, UH, BE AVAILABLE AND, AND, UM, OUTREACH AS MUCH AND COMMUNICATE AS MUCH TO EVERYBODY AS WE CAN.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON IN HOUSTON.
THIS, UM, THIS MEETING CAME ABOUT, UH, PRETTY QUICK AND I, I, NOT EXACTLY FOR SURE, UH, WHAT ALL PROJECTS EVERYBODY'S INTERESTED IN, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS WHOLE GROUP SPANS, UM, ALL OF HARRIS COUNTY AND WE HAVE A TON OF PROJECTS GOING ON IN HARRIS
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COUNTY, UH, PROBABLY WAY MORE TIME THAN I HAVE TO GO OVER EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT.UM, BUT, BUT WE CAN, IF Y'ALL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME, I CAN DEFINITELY ANSWER THOSE.
UM, I CAN COME MAYBE TO THE NEXT MEETING, BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
BUT I CAN ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS TONIGHT IF Y'ALL HAVE SOME.
I DO, UH, WOULD LIKE TO JUST SHOW, UH, BRIEFLY AND LEMME SEE IF I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN PREPARATION FOR THE WORLD CUP.
UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET IT PULLED UP HERE.
I HOPE Y'ALL CAN SEE MY SCREEN.
Y'ALL CAN, STACY CAN VERIFY WE.
YES, SO I, I I JUST QUICKLY, UH, WANT TO GO, UH, GO OVER SOME, SOME THINGS WE'RE DOING FOR THE WORLD CUP, BUT I DO WANNA STRESS ALSO, WE, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO UPPER GAME, UM, IN, IN HOUSTON AROUND WITH OUR MAINTENANCE AND JUST CLEANLINESS IN GENERAL.
UM, I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT, WELL, WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTA GET BETTER IN THAT.
I THINK THE WORLD CUP PREPARATION KIND OF HELPED, UH, REFOCUS SOME OF OUR ATTENTION ON THAT.
UM, SO, SO WHILE WE ARE STRESSING TO GET SOME OF THIS STUFF DONE FOR THE WORLD CUP, WE'RE ALSO DOING THIS FOR THE EVERYDAY HU HOUSTONIAN, UM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE, WE WANT TO, UM, WE WANT PEOPLE TO, TO, UH, TAKE PRIDE IN, IN WHERE THEY LIVE AND TAKE PRIDE IN THE CITY.
UM, AND I'LL JUST GO OVER A FEW ELEMENTS HERE, UH, THAT, THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR OR YEAR AND A HALF.
UM, SO THEY'RE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE JUST SOME LANDSCAPING WE'VE DONE, UM, JUST AROUND OUR FREEWAYS.
AND YOU'LL SEE KIND OF A COMMON THEME, UH, OVER THE LAST YEAR, SPECIFICALLY IN PREPARATION FOR THE WORLD CUP IS WHAT WE REALLY FOCUSED ON, THE INTERLUDE AND THE FREEWAYS INSIDE THERE, AS WELL AS THE ROUTES FROM THE TWO AIRPORTS.
AND SO, UH, THAT, SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED THERE ON THE MAP.
UH, JUST SOME LANDSCAPING WE'VE DONE.
UH, WE'VE JUST THREW OUT A STAT THERE.
WE PLANTED OVER 5,500 TREES IN THE PAST YEAR.
UM, AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, AND IT WASN'T JUST TREES.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF LEATHER AND LANDSCAPING ELEMENTS.
BUT, UH, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE AREAS AND CORRIDORS WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON THERE.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, UH, IS THE AREAS WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON, ON CLEANING AND PAINTING OUR CONCRETE ELEMENTS.
SO PARTICULARLY THE CONCRETE BARRIERS THAT YOU SEE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAYS, UH, BUT ALSO RETAINING WALLS AND SOME BRIDGE ELEMENTS.
I MEAN, THEY WERE JUST, UH, OVER TIME AND THOSE OLDER CONCRETE ELEMENTS WERE JUST DIRTY.
THEY STARTED GETTING A FILM OF BLACK ON 'EM.
UH, SO OUR APPROACH OVER THE PAST YEAR AND, AND TRYING TO GET ALL THIS DONE WAS IS IF THE EL, IF THE CONCRETE WAS PAINTED, WE POWER WASHED IT AND THEN REPAINTED IT.
BUT IF IT WASN'T PAINTED, WE JUST POWER WASHED IT AND CLEANED IT OFF.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE JUST, UH, THE QUANTITIES THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, POWER WASHED OVER 17 MILLION SQUARE FOOT OF, OF CONCRETE, AND WE'VE POWER WASHED AND PAINTED ALMOST 13 MILLION SQUARE FOOT.
SO, UH, QUITE A BIT OF EFFORT, UH, THERE ON THE CLEANING AND PAINTING.
UM, SO WE HAD A THERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SIGNS.
WE HAD A LOT OF SIGNS, UH, JUST AROUND HOUSTON THAT WERE PAST THEIR SERVICE LIFE.
UM, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, READILY ADMIT THEY WERE PAST THEIR SERVICE LIFE.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE, UH, NOT VERY REFLECTIVE AT NIGHT.
UH, SO WE'VE HAD A PRETTY EXTENSIVE EFFORT TO REPLACE ALL OF OUR LARGE GREEN SIGNS AROUND THE CITY.
YOU CAN SEE THE CORRIDORS WE FOCUSED ON.
WE HAVE MORE PROJECTS COMING UP NEXT YEAR, UH, TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
UH, BUT SO JUST HERE, OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE REPLACED OVER 2,800 LARGE GREEN SIGNS.
I HOPE Y'ALL ARE SEEING SOME OF THAT EFFORT AROUND THE CITY.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE, THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING REPLACING, REALLY REPLACING HIGH MASS LIGHTING, BUT IT'S UPGRADING.
AND SO AGAIN, WHEN YOU, WHEN WE SAY HIGH MASS, THESE ARE THE TALL POLES ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY.
THOSE POLES ARE LIKE 150 TO 175 FOOT TALL, AND THEY HAVE THE RING OF LIGHTS ON TOP.
UH, SO THESE PROJECTS ARE UPGRADING THE LIGHT FROM HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM TO LED.
UM, AND SO THE, OF COURSE, L LED'S A LITTLE BIT CLEANER LIGHT, OF COURSE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT AS WELL.
BUT, UH, THIS PROJECT IS ALSO ALLOWING US TO GO AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE SURE ALL THE LIGHTS ON THESE AREAS ARE, ARE WORKING AS WE, AS OUR CONTRACTOR GOES THROUGH HERE, SEEING, SO JUST ON THESE CONTRACTS, WE'VE UPGRADED OVER 1200 LIGHTS, WELL OVER HALF,
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UH, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT, WELL OVER HALF HAS BEEN LOCATED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON PROPER.UM, AND I THINK, UM, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE, ALL THE LIGHTING INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF HOUSTON IS ACTUALLY MAINTAINED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
UM, BUT, BUT THESE CONTRACTS ARE UTILIZING FEDERAL FUNDS AND SO WE'RE GOING IN TO, TO UPGRADE ALL THE LIGHTS ON THOSE CORRIDORS.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE MORE PROJECTS COMING, UH, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO CONTINUE TO UPGRADE THESE LIGHTS.
LAST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT JUST ON SOME OTHER EFFORTS WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO WORK ON FOR AS CLEANLINESS, WE'RE JUST, UH, WE'VE GOT OUR HARRIS COUNTY, JUST THE URBAN CORRIDOR MAINTENANCE IN GENERAL.
UH, WE WERE SWEEPING, UM, OUR INTERSTATES TWICE A MONTH, SO WE'VE INCREASED THAT WHERE WE'RE SWEEPING ONCE A WEEK.
UM, AND, UH, AND SO, UH, HOPE YOU'LL SEE SOME, SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
WE'RE ALSO DOUBLED OUR MOWING FROM FOUR TIMES A YEAR TO EIGHT.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO MORE DOUBLED OUR LITTER PICKUP JUST AROUND THE CITY.
AND, AND I'VE GOT A BULLET POINT HERE THAT WE KIND OF ABOUT THESE BULLPEN AREAS SO THAT WHAT WE CALL BULLPEN AREAS, THE AREAS IN BETWEEN CONCRETE BARRIERS, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A, IT'S JUST AN AREA THAT STUFF GETS IN AND GETS TRAPPED HISTORICALLY OVER TIME.
WE'VE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE THERE THAT'S KIND OF OUTTA SIGHT OUTTA MIND.
UH, WE'VE REALIZED WE NEED TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT AND CLEAN UP THOSE AREAS.
YOU CAN SEE SOME PICTURES THERE, SOME CONTRACT CREWS WORKING ON THOSE.
SO, UH, WE GOT THAT GOING AS WELL.
SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE, UM, KIND OF ON WORLD CUPS, SOME CLEANLINESS EFFORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN UNDERTAKING OVER THE PAST YEAR AND SOMETHING WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A SYSTEMIC PLAN MOVING FORWARD TO, TO KEEP THIS UP, UH, AS WE GO.
SO, UM, THAT WAS ONE, UH, THING I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS EVENING WITH THE GROUP.
AND AGAIN, UM, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HAVE PREPARED.
BUT I'LL DEFINITELY TAKE SOME QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I ALSO THINK, UH, UH, RAQUEL LEWIS, OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS ON THE LINE TOO, AND SHE CAN, UM, HELP, UM, ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL.
SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF SOMEBODY HAS ANY GOOD DEAL.
THANK YOU GLEN, FOR, UM, AN IMPROMPTU MEETING, BUT YOU WERE WELL PREPARED.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING TO US TONIGHT.
UM, WE HAVE FIRST MS. BELL AND THEN MS. MARTIN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, GLEN, UH, IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT.
I'M ONE OF THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS OF THE ENTIRE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
AND SO HAVING TEX.COM, UH, TO OFFER US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH YOU DIRECTLY REALLY MEANS A LOT.
UH, MANY OF OUR AREAS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY TEXDOT PROJECTS AND I KNOW THE PROJECTS ARE MEANT TO MAKE, UH, UH, COMMUTING BETTER FOR ALL.
BUT I WOULD LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND BE INCLUDED, UM, IN THAT COMMUNICATION LINE.
SO WELCOME, WELCOME TO, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE,
UM, AND EVEN WITH THAT, STACY, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE CONNECTION.
WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT GUYS.
IT TAKES MANY PEOPLE TO MAKE THIS ALLIANCE.
AND STACY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION.
UM, WE HAVE VICKI NEXT AND THEN LINDSAY AFTER HER.
UM, I WAS CALL, UM, I'M GONNA READ, IF YOU CAN PUT YOUR INFORMATION IN THE CHAT.
DO I HEAR FEEDBACK OR YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME OKAY? I HEAR SOME FEEDBACK TOO.
UM, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING TO ONE OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS IN THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, SOME LIGHTING ISSUES ON SIX 10 AFTER YOU PASS THE IRVINGTON FULTON EXIT HEADED TOWARD THE LBJ UH, CONSTRUCTION, IT'S AS IF SOMEONE TURNED THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF
SO WE HAVE, UH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU AND WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING TO SOMEONE ON THE MAINTENANCE TEAM.
WE HAD A TRUCK ON NORTHWEST SIDE IN AUGUST, 2023 TO TAKE OUT ONE OF THE EAST SIX 10 EAST SIX 10 WEST SIGNS THAT ALLOWED YOU TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GET ON THE INTERSTATE WHICH DIRECTION.
AND WE'VE REPORTED THAT ABOUT THREE TIMES AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE THREE YEARS IN ALMOST, AND THAT SIGN HAS YET TO BE REPLACED.
SO MAYBE YOU'RE THE PERSON THAT CAN GET IT DONE.
I'M THE PERSON YOU NEED TO TALK TO HER.
SO I APOLOGIZE IF, IF WE HAVEN'T BEEN RESPONSIVE.
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UM, BUT LET ME PUT MY, I'LL PUT MY EMAIL IN THE CHAT IF OKAY.AND WOULD YOU MIND EMAILING ME THAT ABSOLUTELY.
THAT ATION THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I, I THINK YOU SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE THE VOICE THAT'LL TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE.
I, I, THE, SO AGAIN, I I'M NOT FOR SURE WHAT LIGHTING YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
UM, UM, JUST AGAIN, JUST KNOW IT'S A FREEWAY, FREEWAY LIGHTING.
SO AGAIN, I THINK I'LL REITERATE.
SO THERE'S A, UM, ALL THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE FREEWAY LIGHTING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS MAINTAINED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON PER, UH, MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR 30 OR 40 YEARS, UH, BETWEEN TEXDOT AND THE CITY.
UM, SO IT'S SOMETHING WE TRY TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY ON, BUT, UM, LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF THOSE LIGHTS, UH, ARE, ARE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY.
I I'LL ALSO SAY THAT ON THE LIGHTING, ESPECIALLY ILLUMINATION LIGHTING, WE HAVE A REALLY, REALLY BAD PROBLEM IN THE CITY WITH PEOPLE STEALING WIRE.
UM, AND, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL GET INTO THE, TO ELECTRICAL SERVICES OR THEY'LL GET INTO THE, TO THE POLES THEMSELF AND THEY'LL JUST RIP OUT ALL OF THE WIRE.
AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ONE THAT JUST AFFECTS ONE POLE WHEN YOU DO THAT.
'CAUSE ONE, ONE SERVICE MIGHT BE POWERING 10 OR SO POLES.
AND SO WHEN THEY JERK OUT WIRE IN ONE PLACE, IT, IT ESSENTIALLY SHUTS OFF THE WHOLE SERVICE.
AND, UH, IT'S A, I I, AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE EXCUSES FOR, FOR ANYTHING, BUT UH, 'CAUSE I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO THAT.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S A PROBLEM WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND, UM, YEAH, IT, IT'S, IT HAPPENS WHEN I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH IT HAPPENED UNTIL I HAD STAFF START TRYING TO LOG IT AND TELL ME.
UH, AND, AND IT IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM.
VIC, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU COULD, I'LL, LIKE I SAID, SHOOT ME AN EMAIL ON THAT AND I'LL, I'LL GET THE LOCATION AND GET THE, GET THE SIGN TAKEN CARE OF FOR SURE.
IF YOU PROVIDE YOUR EMAIL IN THE CHAT, I'LL DO THAT.
WE HAVE LINDSEY, WILLIE, AND THEN DEXTER.
AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR QUESTIONS FOR TONIGHT ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC.
UM, HI GLENN, MY NAME IS LINDSAY WILLIAMS AND, AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, OR WE HAVE, WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE 45 REALIGNMENT PROJECT.
UM, AND SO IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IF, IF WE COULD MAYBE HAVE AN INITIAL MEETING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RUMORS THAT WE'RE HEARING AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR.
UM, I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT JUST MY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S INVOLVED, THERE'S ACTUALLY A FEW SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE, UM, HEARING A LOT OF JUST INFORMATION THAT'S NOT REFLECTED ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, JUST UNDERSTANDING LIKE THE ROAD CLOSURES THAT ARE CONSTANTLY HAPPENING AND HOW THIS IS ALL WORKING BECAUSE LIKE WE HEAR ONE THING FROM THE CITY AND THEN ANOTHER THING FROM TXDOT.
AND SO IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IF WE COULD MAYBE HAVE A SIMILAR MEETING AT LEAST TO GET STARTED.
AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE IF WE NEED TO HAVE A REGULAR CADENCE, HOW WOULD WE GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT SCHEDULED.
UH, AGAIN, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, SHOOT ME AN EMAIL, WE, I'LL BE GLAD TO, TO SET UP A MEETING, UH, WITH YOU.
SO WHERE, WHERE'S YOUR, WHERE'S YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT AGAIN? JUST TO MY REFERENCE
I'M AGAIN, I'M, REMEMBER I'M, I'M, UH, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AREA.
SO WHERE, WHERE'S YOUR THAT'S OKAY.
SO I'M IN, I'M IN THE GREATER EASTWOOD AREA AND SO WE'VE GOT, UH, WE ARE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THE 45 REALIGNMENT.
MY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO HAD THE US 90 PROJECT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE SOME STUDIES GOING FURTHER DOWN 45 SOUTH FROM 59 TO THE BELTWAY THAT WE HAVE CON CONCERNS WITH.
WE ALSO HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE NEAR THE SPUR FIVE PROJECT.
WE JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO TALK THROUGH THOSE.
SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SHOOT YOU A NEW MESSAGE OR SEND YOU A NOTE AND WE CAN JUST SCHEDULE SOMETHING TOGETHER.
'CAUSE I, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT, UH, WE KNOW DOWNTOWN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 61, UH, SECOND WARD, 63 IS PROBABLY GONNA WANNA KNOW TOMORROW.
I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE ON THAT LIST TOO WITH THE 2 88 STUFF.
UM, JUST KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THAT, 'CAUSE THIS COULD BE A REALLY BIG CONVERSATION WITH A LOT OF THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT HERE, HERE IN THE CENTER OF THAT AREA.
HEY, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, UH, COMING AND EVERYTHING AND UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO, UH, TALK TO SOMEONE FROM TEXTILE.
NOW MY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 41, BUT, UM, WE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF AN OUTLIER BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN HARRIS COUNTY.
I'M IN, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY, BUT IT'S STILL THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
BUT MY, UH, QUESTION, SIR, IS THAT ON, UM, WE HAVE FARM MARKET ROAD, UH, 2234 TEXAS PARKWAY,
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UH, FROM PEARLAND COMING DOWN THE, UH, MISSOURI CITY AREA.AND UM, I WANTED TO KNOW, UH, ON THE GRASS, LIKE ON THE SIDE OF THE, THAT ROAD, THE GRASS IS NOT TAKEN CARE OF.
AND I, I'VE TALKED TO OUR, UH, COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND OUR STATE REP AND STUFF, AND I'M NOT REALLY GETTING SOME CLEAR ANSWERS THERE.
UH, THEY SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, T STOCK CUTS ONCE A YEAR OR TWICE A YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I JUST HEARD YOU SAY YOU GUYS DO IT MORE THAN THAT.
SO I'M JUST WANTING TO KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN I FIND OUT WHO I NEED TO TALK TO TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF? 'CAUSE THE GRASS HAS JUST OVERGROWN SOMETHING TERRIBLE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THAT ROLE AND STUFF.
UM, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GET WITH OUR MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR THERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY AND, AND SEE, SO I WAS JUST IN FORT BEND COUNTY TODAY AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND THEIR CONTRACTOR IS MOWING, SO, UH, MAYBE THEY JUST HADN'T GOT TO THAT ROAD YET.
BUT, UM, THEY ARE, THEY ARE ACTIVELY MOWING.
I WILL SAY SPRINGTIME IS A LITTLE BIT WEIRD, UM, JUST FOR US 'CAUSE WE HAVE A INTERNAL POLICY THAT WE DON'T MOW, UH, AND DURING A CERTAIN PERIOD BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF WILD FLOWERS, IT'S, UH, AND, AND I REALIZE THAT THAT DOESN'T AFFECT SOMETHING A LOT OF ROADS IN THE CITY.
BUT, UM, BUT WE HAVE OTHER GROUPS IN THE STATE THAT IF WE MOW BEFORE A CERTAIN TIME, THEN IT DOESN'T, UM, I'M NOT A, UM, VEGETATED EXPERT, BUT IT
AND SO, UH, SO WE, UH, GENERALLY MOW A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE SPRING AFTER THE WILDFLOWERS GERMINATE AND THEN WE, AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE TAKE OFF FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
UM, BUT NO, THEY ARE ACTIVELY MOWING IN FORT BEND.
I JUST DON'T, MAYBE THEY HADN'T GOT TO YOUR ROAD YET, BUT I WILL CALL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
I'LL, I'LL, OKAY, SIR, I'LL GET ON THE PHONE TONIGHT AFTER WE GET OFF THIS CALL.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DEXTER GLEN, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND TALKING TO US ALL, UH, FOR ALL YOU GUYS KNOW, UM, STACY AND I TALKED WITH GLEN AND RAQUEL LAST WEEK AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF REITERATE A QUESTION I HAD BACK THEN.
UM, CAN WE EXPECT MORE COMMUNICATIONS TO WEIGH AS WE SEE MORE AND MORE CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE KATY FREEWAY AND I 45 AND OTHER AREAS, UH, WHERE SOMETIMES WE DON'T FIND OUT UNTIL THE ROADS ARE CLOSED OR THE EXITS ARE CLOSED.
UH, CAN WE SEE, UH, BETTER COMMUNICATIONS, TWO WAYS TO MITIGATE THAT? AND ALSO WITH THE WORLD CUP COMING, CAN WE SEE, UH, SOME, A MITIGATION AS, UH, 500,000 PEOPLE COME IN AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
SO, UH, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION, DEXTER.
YEAH, SO I THINK, UM, SO I THINK WE GET A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGED AND SO THIS, SO I WANT TO HEAR INPUT FROM THE GROUP, RIGHT, ABOUT HOW WE CAN BEST DO THIS.
'CAUSE BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE LIKE, UH, JUST AROUND OUR DISTRICT, CLOSE TO 300 ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
UM, AND WITH CLOSE TO $7 BILLION UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S NOT COUNTING SOME OUR GRAND PARKWAY THAT JUST LEFT FOR 1.5 BILLION.
UM, BUT ANYWAYS, GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT WORK AND SO WE, UM, WE HAVE GROUPS, WE HAVE MASSED EMAIL BLAST WHERE WE SEND OUT ROAD CLOSURES AND THINGS ALONG THAT LINE.
AND, AND I THINK, UM, I THINK THOSE CAN, IF, IF YOU'RE ON THAT EMAIL GROUP, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD.
BUT I REALIZE THAT YOU GET A MASS, YOU COULD GET A MASS, UH, OF, OF ALL THE CLOSURES IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, WHICH PROBABLY DOESN'T APPLY TO YOUR SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO YOU COULD KIND OF GET, UM, YOU KIND OF START IGNORING EMAILS THAT DON'T APPLY TO YOU ALL THE TIME.
AND THEN WHEN ONE DOES APPLY, THEN IT, THEN YOU MIGHT, YOU MIGHT HAPPEN TO MISS IT.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN WAYS WE CAN DO THAT.
I KNOW ON SOME OF OUR BIGGER PROJECTS, WE HAVE SPECIFIC EMAIL GROUPS FOR A PROJECT.
UM, AND, AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT DEXTER.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXPLORING SOME OTHER WAYS.
UM, UH, I KNOW EVER SINCE OUR LAST MEETING WE'RE EXPLORING SOME OTHER APPS, UH, THAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING INTO RIGHT NOW TO SEE IF WE CAN USE TECHNOLOGY TO KIND OF HELP WITH THAT PROCESS.
UM, BUT UM, I THINK, I THINK IF ANYBODY HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR CONCERNS OR IDEAS, WE'LL BE DEFINITELY WILLING.
I MEAN, WE'RE, LIKE I SAID, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE COMMUNICATION OPEN.
IT'S JUST, UH, TRYING TO SINGLE IT DOWN TO WHAT YOUR ONE SPECIFIC PROJECT IS YOU WANT TO HEAR IS, IS
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DIFFICULT TO DO ON A, ON A LARGE SCALE.UM, BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE, WE HAVE 300 PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO DO THAT TOO.
AND, UM, TO, TO HAVE STAFF DEDICATED JUST TO EMAIL JUST FOR ONE PARTICULAR GROUP IS, IS, IS TIME CONSUMING.
UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH BETTER WAYS OF DOING THAT.
DEXTER, I THINK THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION IS, UM, WORLD CUP.
SO YEAH, SO WE, OUR, IF RIGHT NOW THERE'S CONCRETE BARRIERS SET UP AND THE CONCRETE AND THE CONTRACTOR'S WORKING BEHIND CONCRETE BARRIER, UH, THE CONTRACTOR'S GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK.
WE'RE NOT TELLING THE CONTRACTOR TO STOP WORK, UH, 'CAUSE WE WANT TO GET THESE JOBS FINISHED.
UH, BUT WHAT WE ARE TELLING OUR CONTRACTORS IS NO, NO NEW LANE CLOSURES AND WE'RE NOT, UH, DOING ANY, EVEN ANY TEMPORARY LANE CLOSURES DURING GAME DAYS.
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE MIGHT GO IN THERE AND JUST CLOSE THE RIGHT LANE TO DO SOMETHING.
UM, BUT WE WON'T EVEN BE DOING THAT DURING GAME DAYS.
UM, THEN, AND WE WON'T HAVE ANY PERMANENT, UM, ANY NEW PERMANENT CLOSURES DURING THE WORLD CUP.
THE ONE PROJECT WE ARE PUTTING ON HOLD IS THE PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN.
IT'S OUR THREE B ONE PROJECT FOR, UH, N-H-H-I-P.
IT'S THE DRAINAGE PROJECT, UH, KIND OF DOWNTOWN.
AND SO THAT PROJECT WE ARE, UH, JUST THE CONTRACTORS MOVING OFF THE SITE DURING THE WORLD CUP 'CAUSE THAT'S DOWN THERE WHERE ALL THE FAN FEST STUFF IS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT THAT'S THE ONLY PROJECT WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING, PUTTING JUST CANCELING OR NOT CANCELING, BUT DELAY, UH, DURING THE WORLD CUP.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS
THANK, THANKS AGAIN FOR HAVING ME.
LOOK FORWARD TO DIALING IN NEXT TIME.
LETICIA, IF, IF I MAY CLOSE IT OUT.
LETICIA, I JUST WANNA SAY PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT DEXTER AND I HAVE WITH GLEN WAS ABOUT DEVELOPING OR ADOPTING A PROACTIVE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS FRAMEWORK SO GLEN, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT I'LL GIVE YOU THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK, WE HAD A TRAIN DERAILMENT AT WASHINGTON AVENUE AND IT SHUT DOWN YOU OR TDOT, AND I THINK IT WAS UNION PACIFIC OR THE RAILROAD WAS INVOLVED IN SHUTTING THAT DOWN, BUT WE DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT FROM YOU ALL.
SO TO ME, THERE'S A CRISIS PIECE WHERE I THINK A LAYER OF OR POINT OF CONTACTS, UH, WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, AT TDOT, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO, TO, TO JUST MAKE SURE THERE'S AN OPEN DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION SO THAT WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION OUT, YOU KNOW, TO PEOPLE.
I, SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
STACY, I WILL SAY ONE THING, I, I THINK, AND I THINK ONE THING WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT IS TO GET INFORMATION TO Y'ALL ON WHAT IS ACTUALLY THE TXDOT ROADS.
UM, SO THAT, LIKE THE ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO, YES.
THAT TRAIN DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS RIGHT BY OUR, OUR OFFICE, BUT IT DIDN'T IMPACT OUR ROADWAYS AT ALL.
UM, SO I MEAN, IT DID IMPACT CITY ROADS, UM, BUT THE, OUR ROADS WEREN'T, WEREN'T INVOLVED IN THAT.
WE, WE SENT SOME GUYS OUT THERE TO HELP THE CITY RESPOND.
ONCE THE CITY STARTED RESPONDING, THEN WE JUST PULLED OFF.
UH, BUT WE WERE JUST TRYING TO BE A HELPFUL NEIGHBOR TO THE CITY, UH, WITH SOME OF OUR MAINTENANCE GUYS.
BUT THAT RIGHT THERE WOULD'VE BEEN BENEFICIAL TO US, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE BLAMING TDOT AND, YOU KNOW, FOR NOT COMMU, AND I'M LIKE, HOLD ON, PEOPLE
SO ANYWAY, SO I THINK HAVING THAT POINT OF CONTACT WOULD BE, BE HELPFUL.
BUT, UH, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
I THINK IF WE, WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT WHAT A STATE TEX DO, MAINTAIN FACILITY, WHAT, WHERE THOSE ARE IN THE CITY.
UM, SO IF IT'S NOT A NUMBERED ROUTE, IT'S NOT A T ROAD.
UM, AND SO YOU'LL, BUT, BUT WE CAN GET A MAP OUT THAT THAT HELPS WITH THAT INFORMATION.
SO I CAN TRY TO DO THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU AGAIN, GLEN, FOR BEING HERE.
STACY DEXTER, THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING THE WORK UP FRONT TO GET HIM HERE.
UM, IT'S BEEN A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAS THEIR NOTES, UM, BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON WITH LATASHA SMITH AND THEN TEXT DOT WITH GLEN.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF INFORMATION EXCHANGED.
AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
UM, IF YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING, WE ASK THAT YOU PLACE YOUR PHONES BACK ON MUTE.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE TO AVOID THAT BACKGROUND NOISE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE RIGHT ON INTO VOTERS UPDATE.
MELANIE, DO YOU HAVE ANY VOTERS UPDATES FOR US OR ANYBODY? UM,
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OKAY.UM, SO WE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH OUR AGENDA.
THE NEXT POINT, UM, ON OUR AGENDA, I BELIEVE ARE THE COMMUNITY REPORTS.
AND JACK, JACK, YOU DO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB WITH PROVIDING US WITH THIS BUDGET AND FINANCE, UM, BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE UPDATE.
UM, I CAN OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE OR PROVIDE US WITH SOME INFORMATION.
ALL OF HIS, BY THE WAY, EVERYTHING THAT JACK HAS COMPLIED, COMPILED, IT IS IN THE DRIVE SO IT'S THERE IN THE DRIVE FOR YOU TO REVIEW.
HE DOES A GREAT JOB AT PROVIDING US WITH THAT INFORMATION THAT HE GATHERS AT THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
JACK, DO YOU WANNA TAKE US, UM, TAKE THE FLOOR? SURE.
UM, I'LL TRY TO BE VERY BRIEF.
UH, THE BUDGET IS REALLY, REALLY COMPLEX AND I CAN'T SAY THAT I KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF HOW COMPLEX IT IS, BUT BASICALLY THE CITY IS RUNNING ABOUT $200 MILLION SHORT OF A $7.5 BILLION BUDGETS.
AND HOW, AS IN THE LAST MEETING THAT STEVE DAVID WAS VERY GOOD AT PRESENTING IS BASICALLY THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THE MONEY OUT OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND PUT CRASH INTO, UH, THAT UTILITY, WHICH IS SORT OF LIKE ITS OWN LITTLE BUSINESS, JUST LIKE AIRPORTS.
AND THAT ALL SOUNDS REALLY GOOD, EXCEPT BASICALLY THEY'RE DRAINING $200 MILLION A YEAR OUT OF IT.
HALF OF THAT MONEY, $100 MILLION IS GONNA HELP PAY FOR TRASH.
ALONG WITH THAT, THEY'RE ADDING A $5 PER HOUSEHOLD FEE FOR THAT, WHICH IS GONNA GENERATE ABOUT $24 MILLION, WHICH, THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S GONNA COVER IT ALL.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME CONTROVERSY OVER THAT, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT AS THEY EXPLAIN, ALMOST EVERY OTHER MAJOR TEXAS CITY DOES HAVE A TRASH FEE.
IT'S SORT OF A SHOCK TO US 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD IT.
THERE'S ABOUT 400,000, UH, HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY THAT USES THAT SERVICE.
A LOT OF OTHERS USE DIFFERENT SERVICE OR PRIVATE SERVICE.
SO, UM, THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER.
ALSO, WE KNOW THAT OUR DRIVERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN SOLID WASTE DO NOT GET PAID VERY WELL.
THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH AND, AND BE DEALT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
BUT TAKING $200 MILLION OUT A YEAR DRAINING THE WATER FUND, WHICH HAS ABOUT A $1.2 BILLION, AND I'M ROUNDING ALL THIS MONEY, UH, A STACK OF MONEY THERE, THAT MEANS THAT MONEY WILL BE GONE IN A FEW YEARS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PAYING HIGHER FEES FOR OUR WATER BECAUSE THE CONSENT DECREE WE HAVE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T TAKING CARE OF OUR WATER PIPES AND OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT THIS, UH, CONSENT DECREE IS THAT MONEY DOESN'T GO TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT STAYS HERE IN HOUSTON TO FIX THE SYSTEM.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT MONEY IS SO HIGH IN THERE IS THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO FIX AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UM, I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH THE MAYOR, BUT I DO THINK THAT HE IS TRYING HIS BEST TO FIGURE THIS SYSTEM OUT.
BUT STILL, THE REALITY OF THIS BUDGET AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, POLLARD VERY, UH, ELEGANTLY DID THIS VIDEO.
WE'RE BASICALLY POURING WATER FROM ONE GLASS TO ANOTHER GLASS.
UM, AND PART OF THAT WATER, THAT PART OF THAT WATER INTO POURING ALSO COMES FROM THE TURS AND FROM METRO.
SO THOSE, THOSE ENTITIES ARE LOSING MONEY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THEY, OF THE STUFF THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO NOW.
UM, LAST MEETING, THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING IS WHEN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE SUPPOSED TO GIVE THEIR AMENDMENTS, AND THAT MEETING WAS CUT SHORT, SO THEY DID NOT ACTUALLY GIVE THEIR AMENDMENTS.
BUT I GOT A COPY FROM, UH, THE BUDGET COMMITTEE THAT APPARENTLY HAS BEEN PUT IN THERE.
AND OF COURSE IT COULD ALL CHANGE AND TOMORROW THEY VOTE ON IT UNLESS THEY TAG IT.
BUT THE BUDGET HAS TO BE APPROVED AND IT HAS TO BE BALANCED.
ALTHOUGH THAT'S A REAL TRICKY TERM BECAUSE REALLY OUR BUDGET HAS NEVER BEEN BALANCED IN MANY, MANY YEARS.
IT HAS TO BE DONE BY JULY 1ST BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE START THE NEW BUDGET.
UM, IT IS SORT OF FASCINATING TO SEE HOW ALL THIS STUFF WORKS TOGETHER.
UH, I AM CONCERNED THAT MONEY IS BEING, UH, TAKEN OUT OR BEING SHORTFALL OUT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH I THINK IS VERY VITAL.
'CAUSE ALSO A LOT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONEY COMES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WE CANNOT, UH, WE CANNOT COUNT ON IT ANYMORE.
AND AS A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER CAME AND TALKED ABOUT, WE NEED TO ALSO HAVE A CUSHION MONEY FOR DISASTERS.
'CAUSE WE ALSO CAN'T DEPEND ON THE FEDERAL MONEY, UH, TO BE THERE WHEN WE NEED IT.
SO THAT'S A REAL BASIC OVERVIEW AND EVERY TIME I GO TO A MEETING, I LEARN SOMETHING NEW.
JACK, I TELL YOU WHAT, THAT, THAT WAS FAR FROM BASIC.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, UM, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
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WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S HELPFUL FOR US AND OR OUR COMMUNITY.SO AGAIN, THANK YOU JACK FOR, UM, FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO GO INTO THESE ME, UM, INTO THESE ME MEETINGS.
UM, I, I DO SEE A HAND, UM, STACY, WE'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTION AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON THROUGH THE AGENDA SO THAT WE'RE NOT OVER OUR TIME.
UM, JACK DID, I, I WATCHED ALL OF THE MEETINGS AND IF I, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK CONTROLLER HOLLANDS, UH, APPROVED THE BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT THE MAYOR PUT FORWARD.
IS THAT RIGHT? I BELIEVE YOU ARE CORRECT ON THAT.
BUT ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS, IS THAT WE HAVE NOT LIVED IN OUR OVERTIME BUDGET FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
SO THE BUDGET CONTAINS SOME OVERTIME FROM POLICE, FIRE, AND HEAVY TRASH, BUT WE'VE OVERSPENT THAT MONEY, UH, EACH YEAR.
SO THAT'S A CONCERN ABOUT HOW IT, YOU KNOW, YOU DEFINE IT AS, AS AS BALANCED.
UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UM, MOVE THROUGH, MOVING THROUGH THE AGENDA.
THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR TRADITIONAL MONTHS OFF.
TRADITIONALLY WE ARE OFF JULY AND AUGUST.
DO WE HAVE ANY OPPOSITION TO BEING OFF THOSE MONTHS OR CAN I ASK FOR A MOTION CHURCH IDEA? NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER.
PLEASE MAKE THE MOTION QUICKER.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ALL BE LOUD ON IT.
THINK EVERYBODY IS SAYING WE WENT OFF.
SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN THAT TO BE SO LOUD.
CAN I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND? THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY TOMORROW.
A MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH ANYONE OPPOSED? THERE YOU GO.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON GUYS.
I WILL TELL YOU, I'M GONNA COME INTO MY CAMERA AND SAY WE OFFICIALLY HAVE CONSTANT CONTACT.
SO WHAT I'LL BE DOING DURING THESE OFF MONTHS IS GETTING OUR CONSTANT CONTACT TOGETHER.
WE TRY TO DO, UM, MAILCHIMP, BUT IT SEEMS THAT WE HAD IT BEFORE WE COULDN'T GET BACK IN.
LONG STORY SHORT, WE ARE GOING TO BE ON CONSTANT CONTACT.
SO FOR THE FOUR OF YOU THAT I TOTALLY APOLOGIZE FOR Y'ALL BEING IN FEBRUARY'S MEETING, THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
UM, BECAUSE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUST CLICK ON THE LITTLE RED BUTTON IN CONSTANT CONTACT.
IT HAS BEEN A CHORE WORKING THROUGH OUR GMAIL TO GET THESE EMAILS OUT.
UM, BUT CONSTANT CONTACT SHOULD BRING US QUITE A BIT OF RELIEF.
SO WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE CITY, UM, FOR PROVIDING US WITH THE FUNDS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
UM, THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING IT APPROVED.
WE HAVE SET UP CONSTANT CONTACT AND NOW THE NEXT STEP IS TO GET IT PAID FOR AND IGNITED AND MAKE OUR LIVES MUCH EASIER AND GIVE US MY GOODNESS, SOME TIME BACK.
UM, SO LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE SOME MINUTES TO APPROVE.
WE, WE HAVE FEBRUARY AND WE HAVE MAY.
UM, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? YOU GET A MOTION THAT FEBRUARY AND MAY MEETINGS CAN BE APPROVED.
HOLD, HOLD ON JUST A, JUST A MINUTE PLEASE, TIA.
THE, THE FEBRUARY MINUTES ARE STILL, THEY'RE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE LOADED.
WE STILL HAVE ISSUES OUTSTANDING FOR TWO MONTHS, SO WE CAN'T APPROVE THE FEBRUARY MINUTES YET.
THEY'RE NOT LOADED INTO THE DRIVE.
THEY'RE THE FEBRUARY 25TH WITH WHEN IT WAS LOADED.
SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES MADE AND THE SECRETARY AND THE VICE CHAIR WERE SUPPOSED TO GET BACK TO ME ABOUT THE OTHER CHANGES HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO MONTHS AND WE HAVEN'T DONE IT.
SO WHAT'S IN THERE IS CERTAINLY NOT WHAT THE VICE CHAIR AND THE SECRETARY BELIEVE SHOULD BE APPROVED AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE STILL OUTSTANDING ON THOSE.
OKAY, SHARON, UM, LET'S, LET'S ADDRESS THE MAY ONES.
UM, UM, TAMARA, CAN WE AMEND YOUR ABSOLUTELY.
MAY, UM, AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? YES.
I THINK YOU CAN ALSO APPROVE APRIL, RIGHT? WE APPROVED APRIL LAST MONTH IN MAY.
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IT'S SHOWN ON THE DRAWING.I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE APRIL AND MAY MINUTES.
UM, ALL, ANY OPPOSED? ALL THE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? A AYE AYE.
LET'S, LET'S SAY ON LETISHA, I'LL UPDATE YOU AFTER THE MEETING.
WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE UP PEOPLE'S TIME ON PERFECT.
SOUNDS LIKE, SEEMS LIKE GREG IS YOUR HAND UP FROM THE LAST TIME OR IS IT ACTUALLY UP AGAIN? UP AGAIN? IT WAS UP BECAUSE OF THE MINUTES.
ALRIGHT GUYS, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE.
I HAVE GIVEN Y'ALL ALL THAT I HAVE
I WANT THANK THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY SIXTH WARD.
WE WERE IN A BATTLE AGAINST A GAS STATION ON SOUTHMORE.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL SAW US ON THE NEWS, BUT WE WERE REALLY IN A BATTLE.
THEY WERE TRYING TO PUT A GAS STATION ON SOUTHMORE, WHERE THERE'S ALREADY THREE GAS STATIONS, UM, RIGHT NEXT TO ALL HOUSES.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO BEAT IT AND WE WON.
AND IT'S, UH, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN PULLED, UH, BUT I WANT TO THANK SIX WARD AND, UH, SEVERAL OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT STOOD WITH US AND CON AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, UH, SHABAZZ AND UM, STATE REP JOLANDA JONES, UM, FOR HELPING US, UH, WITH THAT, THAT WAS A SERIOUS BATTLE, UM, THAT WE HAD AND, AND WE WERE VICTORIOUS.
HOW ARE YOU? WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL OFFICES THAT ARE ON THE WAY.
WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? CLAYTON BRITTON AND PURITA.
AND I ALSO SAY, UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, DOUG.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO STRAIGHT TO THOSE.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M, MY CAMERA'S BLURRY.
NUMBER ONE, UH, 14, EXCUSE ME, FOUR 19 EMANCIPATION, UH, HAS BEEN IN THE, IT'S BEEN A CONVERSATION OR A TOPIC AT CITY COUNCIL AND LAST WEEK CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR WAS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TAKE THE TOUR.
AND SO I WANTED TO PROPOSE IT TO THIS GROUP TO SEE IF MAYBE YOU ALL AS A GROUP.
I'M NOT TRYING TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I ACTUALLY TRIED TO GET A MEET LIKE A TIME WITH 4 1 9 EMANCIPATION AFTER THE MAYOR SAID PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE A TOUR.
AND THE FEEDBACK I GOT WAS, WE SHOULDN'T BE BECAUSE THERE'S NOW A PRIVACY ISSUE.
SO WE MIGHT NEED TO CONFIRM THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY A THING BEFORE WE TRY TO GET OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
UH, I WAS GONNA CONTACT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TWILA CARTER'S OFFICE BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE EFFORT.
SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION, LINDSAY.
UH, AND I WILL, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST HERE IN GOING OR NOT, BUT I THINK THE MORE EDUCATION WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, UH, THE BETTER.
BUT ANYWAY, IT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO PROPOSE TO THE GROUP.
WE DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DECIDE TONIGHT.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP IS, IN PREPARATION FOR FIFA, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING ON WASHINGTON AVENUE IS ESTABLISHMENTS JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN POP UP.
UM, AND I HAVE PUT FORWARD TO THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY, UM, ON ONE ESTABLISHMENT IN PARTICULAR TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE THE APPROPRIATE CITY PERMITS TO NOT ONLY PERFORM THE WORK, BUT ALSO TO OPERATE.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS BRAND NEW.
UH, THEY ARE DOING, THEY'RE DOING A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING FOR RENOVATIONS AND THEY'RE TRYING TO OPEN BY JUNE 11TH, WHICH IS THE FIRST DAY OF FIFA HERE.
SO I KNOW MISTY STANTON IS ON THE MEETING TONIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAS AN UPDATE FOR ME OR NOT.
UH, BUT IT IS SOMETHING FOR YOU ALL IN THE ENTERTAINMENT AREAS OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR, UM, REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, YOU KNOW, TO JUST, TO JUST MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THE MAYOR HAS BEEN VERY
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CLEAR ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT, UM, ALL OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE IN COMPLIANCE, THAT THEY HAVE THEIR PERMITS AND WHATNOT.SO JUST WANTED TO, TO, UH, PUT THAT FORWARD.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM, UM, DOUG, I DON'T KNOW WHOSE OFFICE, I DIDN'T HEAR WHOSE OFFICE.
UM, BUT I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO GO, UH, DEI DEEDEE IS FROM CASTEX, TATUM, MARTHA CASTEX TATUM.
OKAY, SO YOU HAVE DEI AND THEN WHO ELSE DID DOUG SAY? CLAYTON.
CLAYTON, BRITTANY HERE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER'S OFFICE.
THANKS FOR LETTING US IN IN, THANKS FOR HELPING US.
UM, MADAM PRESIDENT, HEY, REAL QUICK.
I'M DEI CHAVIS WITH MAYOR PART TEEX TATUM'S OFFICE, THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT K.
UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, SHARED A FIFA UPDATE IN OUR, UH, RECENT DISTRICT K NEWSLETTER.
IT'S GOT INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, THE FIFA WORLD CUP AND THEN SAFETY, UM, THE MAPS AND EVERYTHING.
I'M PUTTING THE LINK IN THE CHAT SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND READ ALL ABOUT IT.
AND THEN ALSO TO ALL DISTRICT K, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LEADERS, WE HOPE THAT YOU JOIN MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE DISTRICT K STAFF THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AT THE DROP OF THEIR CREATOR SPIRIT SAYS AT 1 0 9 2 9 CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD, UH, FOR PIZZA AND PARTNERSHIPS, JUST COME OUT, RELAX, ENGAGE, AND SHARE IDEAS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND, UM, AND LEADERS.
UM, UM, BUT AGAIN, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS THERE, UH, THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH.
AND I'LL PUT THE FLYER IN THE CHAT AS WELL.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE AND I'LL GET BACK.
AND THEN VICKI, YOU'LL BE THE LAST QUESTION.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN GO ON ABOUT OUR DAYS.
ABOUT, YEAH, YOU ARE WAY TOO EXCITED TO HAVE BEEN MUTED BEFORE.
REALLY ENJOYED GETTING TO HEAR THE INFORMATION FROM LATASHA WITH THE, UM, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT.
AND ALSO WHAT A GREAT HONOR IT IS TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH TXDOT HERE.
ALSO, I KNOW WHENEVER I'M OUT AND ABOUT AT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AS WELL AS THE PIP MEETINGS, THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES QUESTIONS THAT INVOLVE, UM, THAT DEPARTMENT.
SO SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE MR. GLENN HERE WITH US TODAY.
ALSO, UM, WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT A HEAD OF FIFA COUNCIL MEMBER DID HOST A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS, UM, LAST WEEK, UM, WITH NO TRAFFICKING ZONE DECLARING HOUSTON A NO TRAFFICKING ZONE, PARTNERED WITH THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND UM, A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR TO GET BILLBOARDS ACROSS TOWN TO HELP DETER AND, UM, PUT AWARENESS ON THE FACT THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS REAL AND IT DOES HAPPEN HERE AND IT'S A SERIOUS CRIME WITH FELONY, UM, POTENTIAL UP TO 99 YEARS.
SO THAT'S AWESOME THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
ALSO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER IS STILL PUSHING THE INTEREST LIST FOR THE CARTER AMBASSADORS.
WE'RE GONNA START THIS SUMMER WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN FIND THE LOGIN AND SIGN UP ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS OR THE CITY OF HOUSTON WEBSITE AS WELL ON HER PAGE.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY, ALSO, JACK DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THE BUDGET OVERVIEW TOO.
I DO NOT THINK LIKE LETICIA SAID THAT THAT WAS BASIC.
SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MS. VICKI, LET'S GET IT.
I PUT IN THE CHAT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR ANNUAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR.
UH, THAT'S ONE THING ON JUNE 13TH.
SECONDLY, I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD ANY TRACTION ON THE SHEET METAL FENCING, ESPECIALLY WITH FIFA COMING, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'VE GIVEN, UH, CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO HIDE BEHIND SHEET METAL FENCING.
ALSO, TOMORROW BELL I'M GONNA GET WITH YOU BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVENIENCE STORE GAS STATIONS POP UP RIGHT ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER AND OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE AS IF THEY'RE GIVING THEM AWAY.
AND THE LAST THING IS I'M GONNA ASK FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE ALLIANCE REGARDING ZONING.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR INPUT AND DO A CONSENSUS OF WHETHER WE THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY TO PUT ZONING BACK, PUT ZONING BACK ON THE BALLOT, HUH? OH, IF WE NEED TO PUT ZONING BACK ON THE BALLOT SO THAT THE RESIDENTS IN HOUSTON CAN VOTE FOR THAT MEASURE AGAIN.
AND TIRE SHOPS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE GETTING PEOPLE TRYING TO CLOSE DOWN.
FAMILY DOLLARS ARE CLOSING DOWN.
THEY WANNA GO INTO FAMILY DOLLARS AND CREATE TIRE SHOPS THAT ARE TWO BLOCKS
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FROM AN EXISTING TIRE SHOP THAT'S THREE BLOCKS FROM ANOTHER ONE.SO TO HAVE FOUR TIRE SHOPS AND 18 BLOCKS IS RIDICULOUS.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THE ALLIANCE TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND WHETHER WE ARE GONNA GET BEHIND TRYING TO GET ZONING BACK ON THE BALLOT.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, VICKI.
OKAY GUYS, WE ARE ABOUT TO END OUR MEETING, GREG.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAD A MEETING SET UP WITH CHERYL.
WE WILL ALLOW 14 DAYS FOR THAT TO BE SET UP, UM, BETWEEN YOU AND CHERYL TO ADDRESS THE FEBRUARY MEETINGS.
EVERYONE ELSE, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS YOU'LL RECEIVE A LINK TO VIRTUALLY APPROVE THOSE FEBRUARY MEETINGS.
I WILL NOT BRING ANOTHER MEETING.
AND, UH, WE DISCUSS THOSE FEBRUARY MEETINGS.
I'M GONNA SEND OUT A LINK FOR YOU TO VOTE AND APPROVE THOSE FEBRUARY MEETINGS AFTER THE 14TH DAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? FOR MANY PEOPLE, WE HAD A COMMUNITY LEADER DIE, AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GONNA HAVE TO, TO BE.
WE MENTIONED HIM, BARRY KLEIN.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH BARRY KLEIN.
HE'S BEEN WORKING IN THE CITY, A COMMUNITY LEADER FOR YEARS.
AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DO NOT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WHAT WE DO.
Y'ALL, WE, TAMARA, YOU'RE ON MUTE.
THAT WHOLE SPEECH I WAS ON MUTE.
OKAY, LISTEN, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE BARRY KLEIN.
BARRY KLEIN WAS A LONG TIME COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, UH, FOR YEARS.
UM, AND, UH, HE PASSED, HE WAS 82, BUT HE WAS ONE OF THE F FIERCE FIGHTERS AGAINST SOME OF THE METRO MESS UPS THAT THEY WERE MAKING, UH, AND, AND ACTIVE FOR YEARS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO HONOR BARRY, UH, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE DID AND, AND THANK HIM FOR, UH, HELPING US OVER THE YEARS WITH DIFFERENT, UH, EVENTS THAT WE HAD.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, PRAY FOR HIS FAMILY AND EVERYTHING AND MAKE SURE YOU, YOU KNOW, HE'S ONE OF OUR SOLDIERS.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SEND OUT AND DO THAT WAY UNLESS IT'S UNANIMOUS.
I'M GONNA SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.
IF YOU DON'T TALK TO CHERYL, WHATEVER IT IS YOUR CONCERN IS WITH THE FEBRUARY MEETING MINUTES.
GREG, THIS IS NOT YOUR PLAYGROUND.
CHERYL, GO AHEAD AND PUT HIM ON MUTE.
I DON'T LOOK, GREG, THIS IS NOT A PLAYGROUND.
IT'S NOT A PLAYGROUND ATTEMPT.
CHERYL, CAN YOU PLACE HIM ON MUTE PLEASE? I'LL THANK YOU, JACKIE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S 8 0 2 JACKIE.
I'M JUST PIGGYBACKING ON, UH, VICKY'S REQUEST FOR ZONING, THE NORTHEAST SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD UNITED.
WE SENT A DRAFT LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE WITH A FRAMEWORK FOR THE ORDINANCE FOR YOU GUYS TO REVIEW.
SO WE, WE WANNA DEFINITELY PARTNER WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, UH, IN THAT INITIATIVE.
UM, WHAT WE DON'T WANNA DO IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S VOICE IS HEARD AND THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST MAKE THEIR STATEMENT.
IF THERE'S EVER A CONCERN WITH THE MINUTES, IT IS YOUR OBLIGATION TO GET THOSE CONCERNS OVER TO THE PERSON AT WHICH YOU HAVE THAT CONCERN WITH.
IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO DO SO, PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE TO BRING THIS TO THIS MEETING EVERY WASTED EVERYONE'S TIME, EACH AND EVERY MONTH.
I'M GONNA SAY THIS ONCE AGAIN, AND THIS IS FOR EVERYONE.
IF I DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY, I JUST, I'M JUST GIVING IT IN 14 DAYS.
GREG IS, OR GREG IS ORDERED TO GET WITH CHERYL, WHOMEVER IT IS THAT HE NEEDS TO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES.
ONCE THAT IS COMPLETED, IF HE CHOOSES NOT TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION ON THAT 15TH DAY WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA MAKE THE AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT A GOOGLE DRIVE TO EVERYONE TO CAST THEIR VOTE AT THAT TIME.
AFTER THAT, WE WILL NOT COME TOGETHER IN SEPTEMBER AND HAVE A MEETING ABOUT FEBRUARY MINUTES.
BY THAT TIME, EVERYONE WOULD'VE FORGOTTEN THAT WE'VE EVEN HAD A FEBRUARY MEETING.
CAN WE GET A MOTION, LETICIA, THAT YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER ABOUT THIS? BECAUSE I MOVE, WE ADJOURN.
I, I MAKE A, I, I I, I, UH, SUBMIT A MOTION.
UM, WHO WAS THAT I SECOND MOTION? KATHY? YES.
CAN YOU SAY ALL THAT AGAIN? NO, I'M JOKING.
JUST WANNA ADD A LITTLE LEVITY TO THE END OF THIS,
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BYE.