I'm allowing people in.

Good view.

I'm admit I'm admitting people, so you can go ahead.

Perfect.

Thank you so very much, Cheryl.

Thank you for that.

Um, ladies and gentlemen, thank y'all for um keeping us uh on tracking 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 before 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 Aidney.

I will open it up for you to do a roll call.

Great, all right.

Kicking off roll call.

I'm gonna call out uh super neighborhood.

Umbers that have been here for the last four plus meetings, or in the last four meetings, um, it's just answer here if you're here, and then I will circle back with an eat that we missed over the time.

So super neighborhood five, super neighborhood six, present, super neighborhood twelve, uh super neighborhood fourteen, Marie Carlisle present, super neighborhood fifteen, seven.

I'm here.

Hi.

Super neighborhood sixteen.

Greg Sergio Scounter Representative, super neighborhood seventeen, Jeff Baker's here, super neighborhood twenty-two.

I'm here, Stacey.

Okay, super neighborhood twenty-four.

I thought I saw it.

I'm here.

Okay.

All right, memories.

Uh super neighborhood 27.

Super neighborhood 28.

Yeah, the extra way here.

Super neighborhood 30.

Super neighbor 31.

Yes, her will.

Cheryl O'Brien, present.

Super neighborhood 36.

Nail me off 12.

Super neighborhood 37.

Super neighborhood 38.

Steven pull me out.

Super hate.

Neighborhood 40.

41.

Super neighbor 45.

Present, Pastor Deb Martin.

Super neighborhood 47.

Super Neighborhood 48.

Super neighborhood 49.50.

Thank you.

Super neighborhood 51.

Planet Tao present.

Super neighborhood 52.

Peace Downey present.

All right.

Super neighborhood 55.

Super neighborhood 57.

Super neighborhood 63.

Super neighborhood 63.

Oh, thanks, Ricky.

I got you.

60 4.

Lindsay's here.

Okay.

Super neighborhood 65.

66.

67.

Supernaval 68.

Paul F.

Wagner.

Present.

Super neighborhood 71.

Melanie here.

I don't know what it's doing.

Okay.

Superbird 82.

Supernatural 83.

Present.

83.

Is it?

Okay.

80.

All right.

Super neighborhood 88.

I gotcha.

Okay.

Did I miss anyone in the roll call?

Super neighborhood 47, Jackie Mayhorn.

All right.

Jackie.

Anyone else?

Uh, Super Neighborhood.

Okay, one at a time.

Okay, I was gonna say uh Super Neighborhood 61, Mahio.

Okay, thank you.

And I was saying Super Neighborhood 60.

Okay.

All right.

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 representative names.

All right, I think that's it.

I'm gonna turn it over to you.

Good deal.

Thank you so very much.

I can hear there's a um quite a bit of chatter in the background, guys.

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?

Or in the meeting.

Any new super neighborhoods out after Pastor Dale.

I think Pastor Dave, we were able to recognize you last time, but again, congratulations on forming your super neighborhood.

If there's anyone else, then 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 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 had to turn my stuff off.

Thank you so much for the recognition for North Line North Side North Line.

Test today.

She froze, so here I am.

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're official now.

We've got everything in place.

We've had a couple of good meetings.

We had 60 people at our last meeting because 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 want to thank you for recognizing us.

Definitely of course, and congratulations.

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 Ms.

Latasha R.

Smith, um, with the City of Houston Housing and Community Development Um Department.

Um, she is going to speak to us today about recovery, a disaster recovery funds.

I did see her name.

Miss Smith, are you here?

Yes, I am.

Good deal.

Well, thank you so very much.

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.

Well, this evening.

Thank you for the opportunity.

Many of you I have spoken with via email.

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 Winterstorm 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 audiences that um talked about Burrow because that was the most recent one at that time that funds was coming through for Hurricane Burrow.

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, Letitia, just a few notes to go by um for the PowerPoint.

Let me do this real quick.

And Letitia, 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 director is Mr.

Michael Nichols.

Um, once again, like Letitia 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 de Rico, from May 16th through the 17th, and then we backdoed with Hurricane Burrow from July.

Um, let me move this real quick so I can get the exact date.

Um July 5th through the 9th.

Many of these storms, even though it wasn't 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, the high wind, intense storms, flooding, and it also prolonged power outages, which caused a lot of people to lose a lot of things.

And this is one of the things that was brought to the city council as well as the government when they were asking for these amount of funds for our city.

Some of it is for home repair and some of it is for mediation.

The part that our department will deal with is the home repair programs.

And through the disaster recovery effort, this program is helping us strengthen community recovery by supporting homeowners and critical rehabilitation and reconstruction.

So I'm just going to go over how that looks to each one of us.

That you may share with your constituents.

Rehabilitation and reconstruction is our goal for this particular program.

It will aim towards the support for low to moderate income.

This particular program will focus on rehabilitation and reconstruction.

If they get rehabilitation, the homeowner can receive up to 100,000 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.

All right, 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.

The eligibility for this particular program will be that the homeowner must be the primary resident for that particular home.

The home cannot be on, it must be owner-occupied and with no renters, meaning that they cannot be using the home for a third-party renter.

They have to be living in the home themselves.

Now, if the home is not in a condition where 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 your eyes to go to the right side of the screen, all our programs are an income requirement.

This particular program has an income requirement is 80% area median income.

The way we determine 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 income for anyone that is 18 years of age.

If it is an elder that may be living with 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 DeRico or Hurricane Burrow 2024.

Also, the home must be must have an environmental clearance.

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.

No liens are allowed except the first mortgage.

If they have a mortgage, it is okay, but that can be the only lien on the person's home or a city imposed lien.

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.

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 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.

Later on this at the end of the summer, more detailed information about the program will come out.

You can stay tuned to our website as well as the news.

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 an application ID.

And after that, then your application, then the application will be reviewed by HCD staff.

Just to elaborate more, step one, check your eligibility.

It is very important that each person, each applicant, go over the eligibility and make sure that they qualify based on that.

We definitely don't want to waste any housing advocate, advocate or ourselves, if they're not in the call our um office, we can talk to them more about the eligibility requirements and ask them questions to see if there is anything if they meet the pre-qualifications, 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 uh 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 the communities know that this is what we need.

This is what is going to 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 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 AMI um income requirement sheet that they can look at.

Um the request, 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 at HoustonTX.gov.

I will put this information in the chat in 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.

How to submit 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 applicants originals and um if there's a problem if they are 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 the ninth floor.

It is in downtown Houston.

If they choose to mail it, they just need to put attention DR24 versus 21.

Okay.

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 an application ID.

Um, doing 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 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 I can see the hands going up thank you so very much Tasha thank you so much for this presentation I really appreciated it and we have Ms.

Bale you're up hi uh Tasha this was awesome baby thank you so much this is so needed in my community I know you all are still sketching out the map or where you want to go but 77021 and oh oh four we would love to have you over in third ward and then Riverside we have a lot of seniors who couldn't get their houses fixed and we're 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 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 don't sweat yourself you ain't got to do nothing but show up but I mean you know I would look out for my community so I really I can't thank you enough I mean this is wonderful to hear this thank you thank you I'm looking forward to anyone and I'm gonna put my information as well no very good bar can you lower your hand yes thank you all right am I writing my order is Miss Carlette Wagner next yeah am I right Cheryl?

Yeah I'm sorry I'm answering for answering for Cheryl anyway came in our president couldn't be here tonight but uh your uh contact information because I I'm sure she was going to have you out to uh one about supernatural so how do I get that do you put it in the chat or what I will put all information in the chat 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.

Um it is it is 832.

Order is Miss Wagner.

Wait a minute 394 832 394 and what's the the last four 60 69 12 thank you ma'am you are welcome that is my office number 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.

Thank you.

Good deal so we have Greg next and then we'll go to Pastor Dia.

Thank you for being here tonight.

I have uh three questions 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 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 floodplain that that would qualify but then will it have to then be built two feet above 500 for that 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 the time that there was a death doesn't qualify under the program what happens then 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, maybe younger, because 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.

They don't have to meet any other requirements of the program.

Okay.

And I think Greg, you had one last question.

Well, no, there were two.

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's 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.

Yeah, I know, but I'm asking about is it a taxable event?

Do they have to show that as income at all?

The 300%.

No, no.

So that's free and clear.

And the last one was about the 500 year, about the hundred year flood plane, if you build on that.

Does it have to be that particular question?

I'm gonna have to get back with you.

So I can um if you would submit it to Letitia, and I will because I don't want to say anything that is not true, um, I want to make sure that my facts are correct.

So if you just submit it to her, I will definitely get the answer to you by the end of the week.

Thank you.

You are so well.

Perfect.

So we have night Naomi, Pastor Deb, and then Vicky.

Okay.

Hi, Letitia.

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 know thought I figured out what your email address would be.

Is it Latitia?

Period Smith at Houston Text.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.

Okay, because I want to be able to give this information to our president.

Also, the question about the floodplain, uh, we would love to have you come out and do a presentation, but we're Southwest Houston, and we're by Brace Bayou and Keegan's by you, 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 there, I know that question will come up at uh at our meeting, so I'll just alert you to that.

Okay, uh that was a great question, Craig.

Very good.

That's it.

Thank you very much.

You're welcome.

And I believe I came to your e your super neighborhood meeting to introduce this particular program.

But I I have a lot of um super neighborhood meetings 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 because this is I am excited.

You attended because um I I did miss the June meeting because I had another meeting I had to attend, but we may want you back again.

No problem.

Yeah, um, because this is really important information.

So thank you again.

Bye bye.

Bye-bye.

Thank you.

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.

Pastor Deb.

Oh, thank you so much.

And just quickly, uh Latasha Smith, uh, thank you for being on the Zoom portion of Super Neighborhood 45's April quarterly meeting.

I just wanted to uh remind you that we asked for a July meeting.

That's our next quarter, it's on the 30th.

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.

All right.

Um I thought I was talking to Pastor Deb, the the last person I was speaking to.

So I'm sorry, is it's a lot of people on here.

So yeah, this is Naomi last.

Sorry.

No problem.

The reason I don't feel like I'm losing my memory here.

So you need to be much better.

So I am so sorry for that, but uh Pastor Deb, yes.

We also have Spanish speaking representatives that can attend.

So that is not a problem, not a problem at all.

So if I speak to you and you want to 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 and thank you so much.

Oh, you are so welcome.

Okay, deal.

We have Vicky up next.

Oh yes, thank you, Latasha.

Thank you for coming out.

You did a 10 hour meeting last year.

I think you bought 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, supernatural 4950, 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' preview for the people that just need roof repair from those incidents?

So the the process process goes like this.

Umce you apply, uh 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 would be all in one um rehabilitation.

Okay, thank you.

You are so welcome.

Next we have Jade.

Okay, hi Latasha, thank you so much.

Uh, I'm just a visitor here, 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.

Okay, that's powerful.

Thank you so much.

You're welcome.

Perfect.

I didn't see any other hands.

Am I the same hand?

I want to say hi to Clayton.

I know we always are at some of the same meetings, so hello.

Um, but no, I don't see any other hands, 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 want to 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 tr 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.

Awesome.

Thank you.

And I'll see you in two Thursdays and on a tweet.

We'll just hang out.

We need to.

Yep.

Well, thank you again.

Thank you so much.

Okay, guys.

If there are, I don't see any other hands, but please note that she is definitely available.

Um coming out to the multis coming out to your monthly meetings, um, whether that be virtual or and or in person.

Oh right, do we have Glenn on the line from TexDot?

There we go.

You do.

Hey Glenn.

Hello, how are y'all?

Hi Glenn.

Well, and we're at yourself.

Hi, Letitia.

I was gonna introduce him if that's okay.

Oh, absolutely, go right ahead.

Go right ahead, it's fantastic.

All right, thank you.

Um Glenn, if it's okay, I'm gonna introduce you.

Are you okay with that?

Okay.

So uh Glenn Albreton is here tonight.

He is the Houston District Engineer for uh the Houston district for TechSot.

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 and a line of communication throughout the life of the uh tax up projects that are you know uh running through, you know, our city.

So uh Glenn was very receptive to that and open uh 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 um wanna thank the opportunity to um to visit just a little bit.

Um so as Stacey said, my name's Glenn Albert and I'm the district engineer for the Houston district in Text Dot.

Um, so I've actually been in Houston for about a year and a half now.

I was actually uh at the same position in Abilene uh before this for for a while.

I've actually been with Text Off for twenty-eight 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 I I think it was good because I didn't really even know this group even met and uh so I think it's good if we're uh you know it's it's my goal.

I want to 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'm 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 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, let me see if I can share my screen uh what we've been doing in preparation for the World Cup.

Um see if I can get it pulled up here.

I hope y'all can see my screen.

Y'all can Stacey can verify.

Okay, thank you.

So I I just quickly uh want to go uh go over some some things we're doing for the World Cup, but I do want to stress also we've um we're trying to upper game um in Houston around with our maintenance and just cleanliness in general.

Um, be the first to admit.

Well we've we've got to get better in that.

I think the World Cup preparation kind of helped uh refocus some of our attention on that.

Um so while we are stressing to get some of this stuff done for the World Cup, we're also doing this for the everyday Houstonian um, you know, because we want to um we want people to uh take pride in where they live and take pride in the city.

Um 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 there on the left-hand side of the screen, you'll see just some landscaping we've done, 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 inner loo and the three ways 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 of just some landscaping we've done.

You 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 other 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 are just dirty, they started getting a film of black on them.

Uh so our approach over the past year and trying to get all this done was is if the element if that 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, and and again, readily admit they were past our 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 2800 large green signs.

I hope you 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 or not 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 course 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 we've just done these contracts, we've upgraded over 1,200 lights, well over half the 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 uh 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 want to talk about just on some other efforts we're really trying to work on for us 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 to 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 than 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 uh it's just an area that stuff gets in and gets trapped.

Historically over time, we've um you know we they're that's kind of out of sight, out of mind.

Uh we've realized we need to put a little bit more effort to 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 Cup, some cleanliness efforts that we've been undertaking over the past year, and something 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.

Um 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.

Well, thank you so much.

Thank you, Glenn, for um impromptu meeting, but you were well prepared, so thank you so much for presenting to us tonight.

Um we have first Miss Dale and then Miss Martin.

Thank you so much, uh Glenn.

Uh it is such a pleasure to have you here tonight.

Uh I'm Tamaro Bell.

I'm one of the former chairman of the boards of the entire supernatural alliance, and so having TextDy come uh to offer us the opportunity to engage with you directly really means a lot.

Uh many of our areas are significantly impacted by Text Dot projects, and I know the projects are meant to make uh uh commuting better for all, but I would love the fact that we'd be able to have a conversation with you and be included um in that communication line.

So welcome.

Welcome to uh Super Neighborhood Alliance.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Um and even with that, Stacey, thank you so very much for the connection.

We definitely appreciate it, guys.

It takes many people to make this alliance great.

And Stacey, thank you for your contribution.

Um we have Vicky next and then Lindsay after her.

Alright, thank you, and thank you again, guys.

And Glenn, great presentation.

Um I was called um I'm gonna re-if you can put your information in the chat.

Do I have feedback or you guys can hear me okay?

I hear some feedback too.

Someone's phone.

Okay, thank you.

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 610 after you pass the Urbanton 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 610 East 610 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, so I apologize if if we haven't been responsive.

Um but uh let me put my I'll put my email in the chat.

If would you mind emailing me that?

Absolutely.

That would be great.

No problem, thank you.

I I think you sound like you have the voice that'll take care of the issue.

I appreciate you coming on.

We'll get it taken care of, I'll promise you that.

I uh but so again, I I'm not for sure what lighting you're referring to.

Um just uh again just know.

Yeah, 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 Tex Dot and the city.

Um so it's something we try to partner with the city on, but um I said a lot of those lights uh are are maintained by the city.

I I'll also say that on the lighting, especially the illumination lighting.

We have a really really bad problem in the city with people stealing wire.

Um and uh so I you know, people will get into the to the electrical services or they'll get into the to the poles herself 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 because one service might be powering ten 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 uh again, I'm not trying to make excuses for for anything, but uh because 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's it happens when I didn't realize how much it happened and till I had staff start trying to log it and tell me uh and and it isn't definitely a problem.

But um yeah, yeah, Mick, 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.

And we'll look at the line.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Glenn.

We have Lindsay Wheelie and then Dexter, and that will conclude our questions for tonight on this particular topic.

Sure.

Um hi Glenn, my name is Lindsay Williams, and and again I appreciate like everybody else, I appreciate you being here.

This is fantastic.

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 of 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 Text Dot.

And so it would be really helpful if we can 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 shooting 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 record.

Again, again, I'm I don't remember I'm I'm uh yeah, I don't know much about the super neighborhood area.

So we're we're okay.

So I'm in I'm in the Greater Eastwood area, and so we've got uh we're 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 fifty nine to the Beltway that we have some concerns with.

We also have residents that are near the Spur Five project.

So um we're 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.

That would be really helpful because I I'm not speaking on behalf of the other super neighborhoods, but uh we know downtown super neighborhood sixty-one, uh second ward sixty three is probably gonna want to know tomorrow.

I'm pretty sure you're on that list too with the two eighty-eight stuff.

Um, just kind of thinking about that because this could be a really big conversation with a lot of the urban neighborhoods right here in the center of the area.

Absolutely.

Understood.

Thank you, right.

Okay, Willie and Ben Dixter.

Oh, hi, good evening, Glenn.

Hey, uh thank you for uh uh coming and everything and uh you know, it's uh real pleasure to uh talk to someone from Texta.

Now, my super neighborhood is super neighborhood forty-one, but um, we've kind of a little bit of a hot liar 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 four market road, uh twenty two thirty-four Texas Parkway, 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 st that road, the grass is not taken care of.

And I I've talked to our uh county commissioner and I stayed rep and stuff and I'm not really getting some clear answers there.

And they saying that, you know, Textile cuts once a year, twice a year or something like that.

But I just heard you say you guys do it more uh than that.

So I've just wanted 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 is just overgrown.

Something terrible in certain parts of that role and stuff.

Okay.

Um I'll I'll I'll get with our main supervisor there in Fort Ben County and and see.

So I was just in Fort Bing 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 because we have a internal policy that we don't mow uh in during a certain period because of because of wildflowers.

It's uh and and I realize that that doesn't affect some th 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 do it doesn't spread the seeds or something properly 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 Ben.

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 I'll get on the phone tonight after we get off this call.

Okay, thank you, Glenn.

No problem.

Thank thank you, Glenn.

All right, and last but not least, there.

Glenn, again, thank you for coming out and talking to us all.

Uh for all you guys know, um Stacey and I talked with Glenn and Raquel last week, and I just wanna kinda reiterate a question I had back then.

Um can we expect more communications two-way as we see more and more construction along the Katie 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 uh 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 I so I think we get a little bit challenged and so the uh so I wanna hear input from the group, right, about how we can best do this 'cause we we have we have like uh just around our district, close to three hundred active construction projects, um and w with close to seven billion dollars under construction.

That's not counting some our grand parkway that just slowed for one point five 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 I 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 so 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 difficult to do on a on a large scale.

Um, 'cause it's like I said we have we have three hundred projects we have to do that too and um to to have staff dedicated just to email just for one particular group 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 are if right now there's concrete barrier set up and the concrete and the contractors working behind concrete barrier, uh the contractor's gonna continue to work.

The lanes are already closed.

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, because 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 we 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 NHIP, 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 because that's down there where all the fanfest stuff is and everything else.

That's right.

Uh but that's the only project we're actually putting putting just canceling or not canceling, but delaying uh during the World Cup.

Well thank you very much and welcome to the neighborhoods.

Thank y'all very much.

Thank you thanks again for having look forward to dialing in next time.

Let's uh if I may close it out.

Okay.

Letitia.

I just want to say part of the conversation that Dexter and I have with Glenn was about developing or adopting a proactive uh communications framework.

So Glenn, one of the examples that I'll give you that happened last week, we had a train development at Washington Avenue and it shut down news or text audience.

I think it was human 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 Tex Dot, you know, um, that we are able to reach out 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.

Go ahead.

Agreed, Stacey.

I will say one thing.

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 text dot roads.

I think that would help.

Um, so that like the one you're referring to, yes, that train development, it was right by our office, but it didn't impact our roadways at all.

Um, so I mean it did impact city roads, um, but the uh our roads weren't weren't involved in that.

We we sent some guys out there to help the city respond unless the city started to respond, and then we just pulled off.

But we were just trying to make it a helpful neighborhood to the city with some of the language guys.

But that right there would have been beneficial to us uh because you know there were some people who were blaming tax dot and you know for not community, and I'm like, hold on, people.

So anyway, so I just think having that point of contact would be be helpful, yeah.

But 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 text dot maintained facility, what where those are in the city?

Um, and so if it's not a numbered route, it's not a text dot road.

Um, and so it's you know, 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.

Good to you.

Well, thank you so much, and thank you again, Glenn, for being here.

Stacey Dexter, thank y'all for doing the work up front to get him here.

We definitely appreciate it.

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 take that with Glenn.

It's been a lot of information exchange.

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?

Anybody um.

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 Jet has compile compiled, it is in the drive, so it's there in the drive for you to review.

Um, it is very comprehensive.

He does a great job at providing us with that information that he gathers at the budget and finance committee uh meeting.

Jack, do you want to 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 dollars short of a seven point five billion dollar budget, and how as in the last meeting that Stephen David was very good at presenting is basically they're gonna take the money out of the water departments and put trash 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 dollars a year out of it.

Half of that money, 100 million dollars is gonna help pay for trash, along with that, they're adding a five dollar per household fee for that, which is gonna generate about 24 million dollars, 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 because 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 of the people that work in solid waste do not get paid very well.

That's a whole other issue that needs to go through and and be dealt with the administration, but taking 200 million dollars out a year, draining the water fund, which has about a 1.2 billion dollar, and I'm rounding all this money, uh, stack of money there.

That means that money will be gone in a few years.

Um, you know, we're paying higher fees for our water because the consent degree 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 degree is that money doesn't go to the federal government, it stays here and use them 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 uh 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, 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 um 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.

Um, so they'll approve it.

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 shortfalled on the health department, which I think is very vital because 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 kind of former council member came and talked about, we need to also have a cushion money for disasters because 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 want to thank you so very much for all that you do.

You've been providing us 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 meet um into these meet meetings.

Um 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.

Sure.

Um Jack, did I I watched all of the meetings and if I correct me if I'm wrong, but I think controller Hollins uh approved the budget proposal that the mayor put forward.

Is that right?

I believe you are correct on that.

Okay, but one of the concerns 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 balanced.

Well, thank you so very much.

Thank you again.

Um let's go ahead and um move through moving through the agenda.

The next item is our traditional months off.

Traditionally we are out July and August.

Do we have any opposition uh to being off those months, or can I ask for a motion?

Church.

No problem whatsoever.

Please make the motion.

Yes, Lord, I'll make a motion that we all have.

Sorry, everybody is saying we went off.

Sorry, I didn't mean that to be so loud.

Vacation granted.

Can I get a motion in a second?

That motion was made by tomorrow.

I'm second.

Okay, all those in favor.

Aye.

Aye.

Maybe I should have started with anyone opposed.

There you go.

Okay, that sounds like a plan.

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 tried to do um mail chip, 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, 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 we do what we can, uh, 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.

Okay, yes.

Um, so last but not least, we have some minutes to approve.

We have February, and uh 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.

Well, hold on, just a minute, please.

Yes, I can hear you.

Okay, the February minutes are still they're not the ones that are loaded because I think it's outstanding for two months, so we can't approve the February minutes yet.

They're not loaded into the drive, yeah.

The February 25th with when it was loaded.

Since then there have been some changes made, and the secretary and vice chair will just get back to me about the other changes that's been going on for two months.

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.

Cheryl, you're on mute.

Okay.

Um let's let's address the May ones.

Um tomorrow, can we amend your absolutely?

Knock yourself out.

Thank you.

Approved May.

Yeah.

Um, and do I have a second?

I I think you can also approve April, right?

We approved April last month in May.

You did at that at the end of personal one?

It's showing the drawbacks.

I just linked it.

Correct.

Oh, it is April and May that needs to be proof.

You're correct.

We ran out of time.

I'll make a motion that we approve April and May minutes.

Thank you, Andrew.

I second.

Perfect.

Um, all any opposed.

All the all those in favor.

Aye, aye.

Let's see.

I will update you after the meeting.

We don't need to take up people's time.

Perfect.

Okay, good deal.

Sounds like seems like Greg, is your hand up from the last time or is it actually up again?

It was up because of the minutes.

I haven't lowered it now.

I've learned it now.

Thank you.

Uh awesome.

All right, guys.

I have nothing else.

I got one.

I have given y'all all that I hell.

Okay.

I want to thank you.

I want to thank the super neighborhoods, especially six 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 South Moore 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 concilmember um uh Shabazz and um stay rep Delanda Jones um for helping us uh with that that was a serious battle um that we had and we were victorious.

Awesome, awesome.

Congratulations.

Yes, yes, we have a couple of Doug.

Hi, don't worry.

We have a couple of council officers that are on the we want to say something.

Clayton Britain and Perdita.

So good good deal, and I also say um, so thank you so much for that, Doug.

I see Stacey's hand up, um, and then we're gonna go straight to those.

Thank you.

Thank you, Doug.

Thank you, Letitia, and I apologize.

I don't know why I'm my camera's blurry.

Uh two things.

Number one, uh uh 14, excuse me, 419 emancipation uh has been in the it's been a conversation or 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.

Hello.

So Stacey, I'm so sorry.

I'm not trying to interrupt you, but I actually tried to get a meet like a time with 419 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'm so sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you.

I just wanted to share that.

No, no, no, thank you for that.

Uh I was gonna contact uh council member uh Twilight Carter's office because she's been deeply involved in you know that whole effort.

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 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 are 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 Staunton 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 clear about making sure that um all of these establishments are in compliance that they have their permits and whatnot.

So just wanted to uh put that forward.

So thank you.

That's all I have.

Good deal.

Thank you so very much.

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.

Didi is from Cas Text Tatum, Martha has six Tata, and she's put a first hand up.

Okay, so you have Didi and then who else did Doug say?

Clayton.

We're working here with Council Member Carter's office.

Yes.

Good deal, okay.

Hey, hey Clayton, hey Didi.

Hey, thanks for letting us in.

Thanks for helping us.

Um, Madam President.

Hey, real quick, I'm Didi Chavis with Mayor Pro Tim Cassex Tatum's office, the council member of District K.

Uh, just a few announcements.

Um, Mayor Pro Tim 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 6 to 8 p.m.

at the drop of the creator.

Spirit says that 10929 Chimney Rock Road uh for Peace and Partnerships.

Just come out, relax, engage and share ideas with other community members and um and leaders.

Um, and 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 yield back.

Thank you.

Thank you, Clayton.

You're up next, and then Vicky, you'll be the last question.

I see your hand up so that we can go on about our days.

You're muted.

Clayton, you're muted.

Can you hear me now?

Yep.

Yeah, you are way too excited to have been muted before.

I don't know what it is.

Clay Britain with Council Member Twilight Carter's office.

Happy to be here.

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 Text Dot 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 ahead 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 councilmember Carter is still pushing the interest list for the Carter ambassadors, it's a volunteer program 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 Letitia said that that was basic.

So thank you for having me here.

Happy to be here.

Thank you.

Last but not least, Miss Vicky.

All right, I'll be quick.

Thank you so much.

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 creating 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 in 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 cities 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 top shops in our community.

We're getting people trying to close down family dollars are closing down.

They want to go into family dollars and create Todd shops that are two blocks from an existing Todd Shop that's three blocks from another one.

So to have four top shelves and 18 blocks is ridiculous.

And again, zoning.

So I would like for the alliance to think about that and whether we're going to get behind trying to get zoning back on the ballot.

Thank you.

I yield back.

Thank you so very much, Vicky.

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 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.

That will be the last time.

I'm gonna send out a link for you to vote and approve those February meetings after the 14th day, and that starts today.

Um tomorrow, your hand is up.

Quickly.

For me, here we had a community leader dog.

That's way it's gonna have to be sure.

I know a lot of y'all are familiar with Barry Klein.

He's been working in the city, a community leader for years.

He was 82.

Uh he passed.

And so I wanted to make sure we do not, because you know we what we do, y'all.

We're you're on mute.

Damn, that whole speech I was on mute.

Okay, listen, I just want to 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 fierce fighters against some of the metro mess ups that they were making uh uh and active for years.

And so I just wanna honor Barry uh for all the work that he did and and thank him for uh helping us over the years with different uh things that we had.

So I want 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.

Thank you.

Okay, guys, it is 801.

It's eight oh one, Greg and um Jackie.

Greg, yes, sir.

Uh Letitia, um, we don't have the authority to send out and do that way unless it's in here.

Okay, no problem.

Greg, you have four I'm gonna say it one more time 14 days.

If you don't talk to Cheryl, whatever it is your concern is with the February meeting minutes, get over it.

Greg, this is not your playground.

We're not doing it again.

Um Cheryl, go ahead and put him on mute.

I don't look, Greg, this is not a playground.

Okay.

Yes, that's right.

It is not a playground, Cheryl.

Can you place him on mute, please?

I will.

Thank you.

Jackie, it's it's it's 802.

Jackie.

Okay.

I'm just kidding backing on uh Vicky's request to zone in 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.

Um that's the starting place.

So we we want to definitely partner with the super neighborhood alliance in that initiative.

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

Okay, everyone, here's the thing.

Um, what we don't want to do is we want to 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 waste in everyone's time each and every month.

I am 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 virtually.

After that, we will not come together in September and have a meeting about February minutes.

By that time, everyone would have forgotten that we've even had a February meeting.

Okay, can we get a motion?

Letitia, that you are out of order about this because I mean we are just I'll make a minute.

Who was that who made it?

Kathy H.

Yes, I got a motion.

Tomorrow will second.

Well, yes, I second that a motion.

Let's go.

It's over.

I'm sorry, can you say all that again?

No, I'm joking.

Children, children.

Y'all I just want to add a little lemon tea to the end of this thing.

You're gonna have a great night.

Go get some dinner.

I'll have a great summer.

Bye.

Bye.