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SOON AS EVERYBODY GETS IN HERE, WE WILL GET STARTED.YEAH, THEY SHOULD BE ON THEIR WAY.
COME ON IN COOKING, DON'T MIND.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA LET EVERYBODY GET SETTLED IN AND SETTLED DOWN AND SETTLE OVER.
[ Call to order: City Hall Council Chamber ]
ALL RIGHT.IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, SAM, WE ARE ABOUT TO GET STARTED.
SO, UH, PASTOR JONATHAN DAVILA FROM LIVING WATER TRI CHURCH WILL LEAD US IN THE, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO DO THAT.
IF Y'ALL COULD LET ME FINISH ONE SENTENCE BEFORE I START ANOTHER.
SO, AS I WAS SAYING, PASTOR AVIO WILL LEAD US IN THE, UH, INVOCATION, THEN THE PLEDGE.
BUT WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER RIGHT NOW AT 5 32.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR YOUR GRACE AND YOUR YOUR MERCY.
GOD, WE JUST COME TO YOU, FATHER, WITH HUMILITY AND INTEGRITY ON TONIGHT, GOD LIFTING UP, UH, THIS MEETING.
GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERY APPOINT GOD ON THE AGENDA.
GOD, WE PRAY FOR THE COUNCIL PEOPLE, GOD, THAT WE PRAY FOR THE MAYOR GOD, WE THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP OVER THIS CITY.
GOD, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOUR HAND CONTINUE TO BE UPON ROSENBERG.
AND WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOUR FAVOR, GOD BRINGS INCREASE.
BUT WE THANK YOU GOD, EVEN AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS A CITY, GOD, WE THANK YOU LORD FOR, UH, LOVING OUR NEIGHBOR GOD, AS WE LOVE OURSELVES, GOD.
SO WE THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT EVERY UH, EVERY DECISION GOD MADE ON TONIGHT, GOD, WE JUST PRAY THAT IT BE LED AND DIRECTED BY YOU, GOD.
AND WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT WE GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY ON TONIGHT.
NOW, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THAT IS PASTOR DAVILA WITH THE LIVING WATER TRIUMPH CHURCH, CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AT 1105 LAWRENCE STREET IN ROSENBURG.
THEY MEET TWICE A WEEK, RIGHT? THURSDAY EVENINGS AND SUNDAY MORNINGS.
[ Announcements. ]
GONNA DO ANNOUNCEMENTS.THIS, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? WE, WE ALL KNOW THE 4TH OF JULY STUFF, BUT WE, DID WE WRITE SOMETHING FOR YOU? UH, WELL, WE GOT THIS THING.
SO WE PROBABLY WANT TO REREAD THIS AGAIN AT THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL.
WELL, SO IF YOU, IF YOU'RE NOT HERE NOW, YOU JUST MISS OUT ON ANNOUNCEMENTS, YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WE'LL TRY TO, AS LONG AS THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, SLIP IT IN THERE.
ALRIGHT, SO FIRST THING IS, UM, 4TH OF JULY,
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FRI IS FRIDAY.YOU CAN AL YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE IT'S SO COOL OUTSIDE.
UM, AND THE CITY WILL BE CLOSED EXCEPT FOR THE PARK, WHICH WILL BE VERY OPEN.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SPECTACULAR PARTY AND A SPECTACULAR FIREWORK DISPLAY.
BUT THAT DAY, REGULAR HOURS WILL RESUME MONDAY, JULY 7TH.
THERE WILL BE NO INTERRUPTION TO THE TRASH SERVICE AS WELL.
SO EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME WITH THE TRASH.
SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF ANYBODY ASK Y'ALL, Y'ALL TELL 'EM, HEY, TRASH IS, TRASH IS STILL KING HERE IN ROSENBERG, BUT THANK OUR TRACK OR, UM, OUR FOLKS ON THOSE TRUCKS, WHEN YOU SEE 'EM, GIVE 'EM A COLD BOTTLE OF WATER.
I'M SURE THEY'LL APPRECIATE IT.
ALRIGHT, SPEAKING OF THE FAMILY FOURTH CELEBRATION IS SET FOR JULY 4TH AT SEABURN PARK, UH, UH, SEABURN CREEK NATURE PARK.
THE CITY OF ROSENBURG HOST THE FAMILY FOURTH CELEBRATION THIS FRIDAY AT SEABORN CREEK NATURE PARK FROM SIX TO 10:00 PM THE 26TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EVENT WILL FEATURE STEEL COUNTRY WITH SPECIAL GUEST KEVIN BLACK.
HE, KEVIN BLACK, WILL OPEN UP A FIREWORK SHOW, A FERRIS WHEEL, BIG FUN SLIDE AND MORE.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND PARKING IS FREE, AND ADMISSION IS FREE.
WELL, IT'S NOT BAND NOT FREE TO US, BUT IT'S FREE TO LISTEN TO.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 8 3 2 5 9 5 35 20.
ALRIGHT, SPEAKING OF THE PARK FISH TASTIC SET FOR JULY 17TH, SEABORNE CREEK NATURE PARK POND RESCHEDULED EVENT, FISH TASTIC RETURNS ON THURSDAY, JULY 17TH FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT 30.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S A THURSDAY, BUT APPARENTLY SOMEBODY THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD, GOOD TIME AT SEABURN CREEK NATURE PARK POND.
THIS CHILDREN'S FISHING TOURNAMENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC REGISTER BY VISITING ROSENBERG TX.GOV.
PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO NEED TO REREGISTER IF YOU HAD ALREADY REGISTERED IN THE PAST.
UH, AND FOR THE PREVIOUS DATE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL THE SAME NUMBER, (832) 595-3520.
SO IF I'M TRYING TO RECALL, WAS THE, THE LAST FISH TACTIC WAS CANCELED FOR SOME REASON, WRITING PROBLEM? IT, IT WAS A RAIN OUT.
WELL, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THIS ONE WON'T GET CANCELED.
DOES THE COUNCIL WISH TO ANNOUNCE ANYTHING? ANYBODY GOT ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY, SO ON THE 4TH OF JULY, IF Y'ALL COME TO JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL ON 4TH OF JULY, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE LAST MEETING AND JUST TO YEAH.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, UH, YOU DON'T POP FIREWORKS IN THE CITY IF YOU DO, DON'T GET CAUGHT BECAUSE, UM, THEY'RE GOING BE OUT GIVING TICKETS TODAY.
I MEAN, NOT TODAY, BUT THAT EVENING AND THAT NIGHT.
AND, UM, AND, AND BY THE WAY, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT, HECTOR, BECAUSE ALL SERIOUSNESS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ALL THESE FOLKS COME HERE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE VERY CLEAR TO US THAT THEY WANT TO SEE STEPPED UP ENFORCEMENT.
AND WE GOTTA TRY TO DO, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DO THAT.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE MAY BE HEARING SOME OF THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THAT ENFORCEMENT WHEN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS OR FRIENDS OR FRIENDS OF NEIGHBORS GET TICKETS, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL ALWAYS FIND OUR WAY BACK TO US SOMEHOW.
BUT WE, WE, HEY, THEY CAN'T SAY THEY WEREN'T CAUTION.
AND I HATE TO BE THE LECTURE OR THE TOWN, UM, KILLED YOU AND 'EM NOT, BUT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO GET HURT WITH THEM.
TAKE THE FIREWORKS, GO OUTTA THE CITY AND, AND POP 'EM OUT THERE.
SO, UH, BUT IF Y'ALL GO TO THE 4TH OF JULY, UH, TO THE SEABURN PARK ON THE 4TH OF JULY, THEY GAVE ME THE SCHEDULE HERE.
AND AT SEVEN, UH, 30, IF Y'ALL ARE THERE, UH, COME TO THE STAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU'RE NOT TOO SHY AND, UM, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HELLO TO THE CROWD.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA READ 'EM A BOOK 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT THERE TO SEE US.
THEY'RE THERE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.
SO, BUT, UM, IT'S GOOD THAT THE PUBLIC BE, YOU KNOW, AWARE OF WHO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE.
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YEAH.AND THE FIREWORKS WILL START PROBABLY, USUALLY ABOUT NINE 15 WHEN IT GETS MORE DARK.
SO, AND Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE YOUR PARKING PASSES.
I'LL HAVE TO CATCH A RIDE WITH SOMEBODY.
BUT, UH, ANYHOW, SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FAMILY? FOURTH? ALRIGHT, SO THERE'S NONE THERE.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING? NO COMMENTS.
LEMME JUST SAY, SAM, IF YOU'RE GONNA COMMENT AT THE OTHER MEETING, MAKE SURE YOU, YOU SIGN UP WITH DANIELLE BEF YOU KNOW, ABOUT 6 25? YES.
DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THE NEXT MEETING? YES.
SO BACK, YEAH, SAMMY, GET, GET THAT FORM THERE AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE FILLING IT OUT.
SO WE'LL FOREGO, UH, ANY COMMENTS.
LET'S GET RIGHT TO THE AGENDA.
[1. Review and discuss the Comprehensive Plan Update – Community Development Block Grant - Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) Resilient Communities Program, and take action as necessary to direct staff. (Mohamed Bireima, Director of Planning) ]
AND DISCUSS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.UPDATE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION, CD BG DASH MIT RESILIENT COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, AND TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY.
UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
CITY OF ROSENBERG HAS SECURED 250,000 GRAND THROUGH THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, GLO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION RESILIENT COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS G-L-O-R-C-P GRANT IS TO ASSIST THE CITY IN FORMULATING A FORWARD, FORWARD LOOKING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT INTEGRATES HAZARD MEDI MITIGATION AND TO UPDATE THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE WILL IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS VULNERABILITIES RELATED TO NATURAL DISASTERS, INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, AND, UH, LONG-TERM GROWTH.
BY INTEGRATING HAZARD MITIGATION, LAND USE PLANNING, AND COMMUNITY INPUT, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL SERVE AS A STRATEGIC ROADMAP TO GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WHILE INCREASING THE CITY'S RESILIENCE TO FLOODING, HURRICANES, AND OTHER CLIMATE RELATED EVENTS.
THE UPDATE AIMS TO ALIGN ROSENBERG'S VISION FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH WITH STATE AND FEDERAL RESILIENCY PRIORITIES.
SEVERAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS THAT PROVIDE FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSING TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCE REQUIRE AN UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR PRIORITIZE APPLICANTS WITH ONE CITY COUNCIL PLAYS A CRITICAL LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE PROCESS.
CITY COUNCIL ENSURES A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE, WHILE PROVIDING THE LEADERSHIP NEEDED TO MOVE THE PROCESS FORWARD.
THE CITY IS LAUNCHING ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UPDATE A PROCESS EXPECTED TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY 20 MONTH AND TO BEGIN THIS IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.
THIS KICKOFF WORKSHOP MEETING TONIGHT IS BEING HELPED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH A STRATEGIC DIRECTION AND LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY FOCUSED PLANNING EFFORT.
UM, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, MAYOR, LET ME NOW INTRODUCE OUR DO TEAM HERE WITH, UH, CONSULTANTS, ALSO FROM KIMBERLY HORN, UH, TO GIVE YOU A, A PRESENTATION THAT INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE KEY PHASES OF THE PROJECT, THE PLANNING STEPS, AND THE TIMELINE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
UH, WHILE SHE'S HEADING UP THERE, HOW LONG DID YOU SAY, IS THIS STUDY GONNA BE 20 MONTHS? SO, YES.
UH, FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE PORTION IS ABOUT A YEAR, AND THEN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS WILL BE TO HELP US UPDATE THE, UH, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE WITH SOME OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES THAT WE COME UP OUT OF THIS EXERCISE.
WELL THAT'S, THAT'S QUITE A, QUITE A LONG TIME,
HOPE IT, UH, DOESN'T CHANGE AS FAST AS, UM, EVERYTHING'S MOVING.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE ART DURA TEAM, AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD SINCE WE KNOW THAT ONE.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW, UH, ART DURA IS THE ONE THAT IS LEADING THIS PROCESS AND LATA KNO, OH, HERE SHE IS.
I WAS LIKE, SHE DISAPPEARED ON ME.
UH, BOTH LATA AND I WORKED FOR CITIES FORMERLY HER FOR THE CITY OF PARA LAND, MYSELF FOR THE CITIES OF WHARTON, EL CAMPO AND ROSENBERG, UH, AS FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND FINALLY AS CITY MANAGER.
AND LATA WAS A PLANNING DIRECTOR.
SO WE HAVE BEEN IN THE SIDE OF THE CITY AND WORKING THROUGH THESE PROCESSES ON THE PLANNING SIDE AND THE GRANT SIDE, AND KNOW THE
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IMPORTANCE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.UH, SO WE WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ON GETTING THIS GRANT THROUGH THE GLO BECAUSE IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE FUNDS AND NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS PROCESS BECAUSE IT DOES COST AND YOU'RE GETTING THAT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE KIMLEY HORN THAT'S WORKING WITH US TONIGHT OR WORKING WITH US ON THIS PROCESS TONIGHT.
WE HAVE, UH, JIM PATTERSON, WHO IS OVER THERE, AND I AM SORRY, HE TOLD ME THE TWO OTHER PEOPLE.
IS IT DAVID? DAVID AND EMIL? IMAN.
SO THEY ARE PART OF HIS TEAM AND THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH US ON THIS PROCESS.
I'VE BEEN ON VACATION, I JUST GOT BACK YESTERDAY, SO MY MIND'S STILL A LITTLE IN VACATION MODE.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER PARTNER THAT WE HAVE IS CDS, AND THEY WORK ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, AND WE HAVE TY REPRESENTING THEM TONIGHT.
THEY ARE REALLY OUR DESIGN PARTNERS THAT WORK ON THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT YOU WILL SEE.
SO, UH, COLLABORATIVELY WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR YOU.
AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF YOUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
LATTE IS GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS AND SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT NEXT STEPS, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE TIME FOR SOME INPUT FROM Y'ALL.
SORRY, I JUST WENT THROUGH THAT WITHOUT FLIPPING OVER HERE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE A FEW OF THEM.
STEVE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT AS TY IS REPRESENTING THEM, AND PEYTON IS NOT HERE AS WE HAVE DAVID AND IMAN.
SO I THINK I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER NOW.
WELL, THIS IS KIND OF A PLANNING HISTORY.
UM, PRIOR TO 1970, THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, 1995, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, AND THEN YOU GO DOWN A LITTLE WAYS.
2015, THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LIVABLE CENTERS PLANNING STUDY.
I WAS ACTUALLY HERE 2006 TO 2010.
SO WE HAD THE 95 PLAN IN PLACE.
AND THEN DID THAT UPDATE AFTERWARDS, UM, 2017, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND THAT IS A BIG PART OF THIS PROCESS.
SO WE WILL BE UPDATING THAT, UH, 2019, THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.
AND THEN 2023, YOUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, UH, AND THE MOST LATEST 2024, THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, WATER CONSERVATION PLAN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT ALL KIND OF ROLLS INTO THIS.
UH, AND THIS IS AN UPDATE PROCESS.
SO, UH, WE'RE REALLY KIND OF WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS HERE.
FORMULATE A FORWARD LOOKING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT INTEGRATES HAZARD MITIGATION, BECAUSE THIS IS THROUGH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, THIS GRANT, AND THAT'S A REAL IMPORTANT FOCUS.
AND THE SECOND IMPORTANT FOCUS IS AMENDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH Y'ALL THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
IT DOES REQUIRE YOUR INPUT AS WELL AS PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
SO WE WILL BE WALKING YOU THROUGH THAT.
AND I AM NOW GONNA TURN IT OVER TO LATA, WHO'S GONNA TAKE IT FROM HERE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF.
UM, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BACK HERE.
AND, UM, I'M JUST GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS AND, UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GONNA HIT AS WE GO ALONG, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
SO, UM, STARTING WITH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? AND, UH, SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BUILD A HOUSE, YOU DON'T START DIGGING WITHOUT HAVING A PLAN, KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO GO WHERE.
BUT, UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING FOR US IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ENCAPSULATE THE COMMUNITY'S VISION.
WHERE DOES THE COMMUNITY WANNA BE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS? UH, WHERE, WHERE DO THEY SEE THEMSELVES? WHAT DO THEY WANNA BE WHEN THEY GROW UP? AND, UH, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF NOTHING, YOU KNOW, NO ACTION IS TAKEN.
UM, WHERE WOULD THEY END UP IF IT WAS JUST, UM, GOING THE WAY THEY ARE NOW? SO, UM, JUST TO, SO WE, WE DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LATER, BUT, UH, WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT IS YOUR PLAN, THE CITY'S PLAN, THE COMMUNITY'S PLAN.
AND, UM, OUR GOAL IS TO JUST PUT ALL THE, UH, THE VISION TOGETHER SO THAT IT HELPS YOU GET THERE.
UM, AS MINDY MENTIONED, PART OF THE GRANT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THE RESILIENCY ASPECT OF IT.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF, UM, MAJOR DIS UM, NATURAL DISASTERS, ESPECIALLY FLOODING.
SO MAKING SURE THAT AS THE CITY GROWS, UM, HOW DO WE BALANCE GROWTH WITH, UM, RESILIENCY.
UM, THE OTHER, UM, IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS TO GUIDE FUTURE LAND USES, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD GO WHERE, UH, AND WHAT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IS NEEDED FOR THE CITY TO GROW? AND WHAT TYPE OF STREET NETWORK, WHAT TYPE
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OF ROAD WORKS IS THERE CONGESTION? NOW HOW DO WE ALLEVIATE IT? SO THE PLAN LOOKS AT ALL THESE THINGS THAT HELPS THE CITY FUNCTION.AND, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT THE CITY, UH, THE PLAN DOES IS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BUDGETING, YOU TALK ABOUT FINANCIAL PLANNING, UH, YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, HAVING SOME POLICIES FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, THE PLAN SERVES AS A GUIDELINE, AS A FOUNDATION FOR SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS.
UM, IT ALSO HELPS TO, UM, FIRST OF ALL TO KNOW WHAT YOUR ASSETS ARE.
HOW DO YOU MANAGE THEIR ASSET, THE CITY'S ASSETS TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE FOR YOUR, UH, CITIZENS, UM, NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER, UM, POLICIES ARE ADOPTED IS IN TERMS OF RESILIENCY THAT THEY ALIGN WITH STATE AND FEDERAL PRIORITIES.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT THE PLAN DOES IS, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THAT IT IS NOT JUST A DOCUMENT THAT SITS ON THE SHELF.
UH, IT'LL HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TOWARDS THE END OF IT.
AND THE THOUGHT IS THAT WITH YOUR HELP WITH THE COMMUNITY'S HELP COME UP WITH SOME PRIORITIES, COME UP WITH A PLAN OF ACTION, UM, ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITIES, ASSIGNED TIMEFRAME, SO THAT, UM, THERE IS A GOOD SENSE OF WHERE THE CITY'S GOING AND HOW IT'S GONNA GET THERE.
UM, ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THIS PLAN IS NOT SET IN STONE.
A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY IS ALSO AFFECTED BY REGIONAL GROWTH.
YOU KNOW, JUST ONE HIGHWAY THROUGH THE CITY CAN CHANGE THE COMPLEXION OF THE CITY.
SO, UM, THE PLAN IS NEEDS TO BE ASSESSED, UM, AS AND WHEN REQUIRED.
SO THERE IS A CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING PROCESS, AND IT'LL SERVE AS A TOOL TO DO THAT.
UM, AND I TALKED ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE AND FIGURING OUT WHAT, WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OR, UH, WHAT OTHER POLICIES NEED TO BE IN PLACE, UH, IN A PROACTIVE MANNER AND NOT REACT TO WHAT IS HAPPENING.
UM, AND THE LAST THING IS, AS YOU KNOW, THIS PLAN IS, UM, POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE GRANT THAT THE CITY RECEIVED FROM THE GLO.
AND SO THE PLAN ALSO, UM, IS SOMETIMES A FOUNDATION OR A PREREQUISITE FOR OTHER GRANTS.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GRANTS THROUGH
SO WHATEVER FUNDING YOU GO FOR, UH, IT JUST, UM, IS A WAY TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 2 11 0 4, UM, 0 0 4 IS WHAT GIVES CITIES THE ABILITY TO, UH, ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND, UM, IT IS ALSO A PREREQUISITE IF THE CITY, FOR CITIES THAT DO HAVE ZONING, THEY NEED TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A, THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN.
UM, IN, IN SHORT, NEXT, PLEASE.
UM, I TALKED ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION PART, WHICH, UM, WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PLAN.
UM, AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR WHO, UH, WHAT IS THE ACTION STEP REQUIRED? DOES IT NEED ADOPTION BY CITY COUNCIL? WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? WHAT COULD BE THE POTENTIAL PARTNERS? WHAT TYPE OF TIMEFRAME IS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT ON THAT TASK? AND ONE MORE THING THAT CAN BE ADDED IS HOW MUCH, UM, FUNDING IS REQUIRED.
SO YOU WILL SEE THAT EVERY RECOMMENDATION THAT COMES, UM, OUT OF THIS PROCESS WILL BE IN THIS METRICS AT THE END OF THE DOCUMENT.
UM, AND WE'LL DISCUSS SOME OF THESE, UM, ASPECTS.
SO THE PLANNING STEPS IN GENERAL IS FIRST STARTING WITH A VISION.
UH, SO WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT? WHAT ARE THEIR DESIRES? AND FOR THAT, WE HAVE A ROBUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN THAT I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT IN DETAIL.
UM, ONCE WE, UM, GET PUBLIC INPUT, UM, WE, THE PUBLIC INPUT STARTS FROM THIS MEETING WHERE WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GET YOUR, UM, DIRECTION, YOUR FEEDBACK, YOUR DESIRE, SO THAT WE CAN, UM, BASE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN ON THAT.
UM, SO ONCE, UM, WE LOOK AT WHAT'S EXISTING, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE CURRENT, UM, UM, DESIRES OF THE PEOPLE, AS WELL AS WHAT ARE, WHAT IS IN PLACE.
AND THEN WE PREPARE A PLAN AGAIN WITH THE COMMUNITY INPUT.
UM, THEN WE TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION PLANS,
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AND THEN HOW DO WE, WE MONITOR GOOD QUESTION.HOW WOULD YOU, UH, INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC ON ASKING THEM THESE QUESTIONS? UM, YES, I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE PLAN IS NOT JUST LAND USE, BUT INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING COMPONENT, AESTHETICS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT THE CITY TO LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE YOUR GATEWAYS? UM, WHAT ARE YOUR BOULEVARDS? HOW DO THEY LOOK LIKE A PLAN THAT REALLY, UM, RESPECTS THE HISTORY OF THE CITY? UH, LOOKS AT OPEN SPACE, TOURISM, UH, ECONOMY, UM, AND OF COURSE MOBILITY.
SO YOU WILL SEE THAT THESE ARE SOME OF THE THEMES THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN THE PLAN.
THE REPORT ITSELF IS THE END RESULT, UH, WHICH BASICALLY HAS, UM, FIVE COMPONENTS.
YOU HAVE THE TEXT, YOU'LL HAVE MAPS, YOU'LL HAVE GRAPHICS TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
SO I HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, PLANS HERE TO SHOW WHAT THE REPORT IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
SO, UM, THE QUESTION IS WHY NOW? OF COURSE, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT YOU DO HAVE MONEY AND, UM, IT YOU HAVE FUNDING FOR IT.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS MAP, THE LAST PLAN WAS DONE IN 2015, AND IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS.
AND WHAT THIS MAP SHOWS IS ROSENBERG, AS IT LOOKED LIKE AN AERIAL VIEW IN 2015.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE YELLOW DOTS ARE WHAT WE GAINED AS BEING THE GROWTH AREAS.
AND WE WILL DEL A LITTLE BIT INTO THIS AS WE MOVE ALONG.
SO, UM, SO WE CHANGES INEVITABLE.
YOU KNOW, GROWTH IS HAPPENING IN THE REGION.
YOU HAVE SEEN THE FIRST SUBURBS OF HOUSTON GROW, AND NOW IT IS HAPPENING ALONG YOUR HIGHWAYS.
UM, UH, AND, UH, IT'S COMING SOUTH.
SO THE COMMUNITIES HAVE AN A CHANCE NOW TO CREATE THEIR DESIRED FUTURE.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING? UM, THE FUTURE MIGHT NOT BE THE, WHAT THE CITY WANTS.
AND SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GIVES CITIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU HAVE A VISION AND MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST THE VISION, UM, ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS IS ASKED PER THAT VISION.
UM, THE OTHER BIG THING IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF VACANT LAND, NOT JUST WITHIN THE CITY, BUT ALSO IN THE ETJ.
AND WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION THAT, YES, THE CITY'S ABILITY TO REGULATE LAND IN THE EJS CURTAILED, BUT MORE AND MORE WE SEE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH PEOPLE WHO DEVELOP IN THE ETJ.
SO HAVING A PLAN GIVES THE CITY TO THE ABILITY TO COME TO THE TABLE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT IS BASED ON THE VISION OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
AND, UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, OF COURSE, IS TRYING TO ADDRESS ALL THE HAZARDS, THE FLOODING, THE, THE HURRICANES, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND THERE IS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF, UH, LOSS OF PROPERTY AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND LOSS OF LIVES.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA, UM, HAND IT OVER TO TY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN I WILL COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE LATER.
SO, SO HE'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEATURES INTO THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
WE'RE A SMALL CONSULTING FIRM, UH, HERE IN THE HOUSTON REGION.
UH, WE DO PRIMARILY MARKET FEASIBILITY STUDIES, AND WE'RE DOING A MARKET STUDY COMPONENT HERE, UH, FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, THE 2015, UM, UH, LIVABLE CENTER STUDY WAS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'VE WORKED ON DOWN HERE IN ROSENBERG.
WE DID A MARKET STUDY COMPONENT FOR THAT.
I WORKED ON THAT PERSONALLY AS I'LL BE WORKING ON THIS AS WELL.
PERSONALLY, I'M ALSO QUITE EXCITED TO BE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AS I GREW UP NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE OVER 7, 7, 4, 6 9.
SO, UM, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK CLOSE TO WHERE, UH,
SO, UH, WHY IS THE MARKET STUDY COMPONENT IMPORTANT HERE IN SOMETHING LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? WELL, YOU WANNA UNDERSTAND, UH, THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THIS AREA, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN, WHERE THEY'RE GOING, UH, THEIR CONTEXT WITHIN THE HOUSTON REGION.
THIS IS NOT A CITY THAT STANDS ALONE.
THIS IS A, A CITY THAT'S PART OF A LARGER REGION.
UH, WE WANT TO CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS AND HOW THAT WILL RELATE TO, UH, THE MARKET.
AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT OUR TRENDS HAVE BEEN AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING IN THE FUTURE, UH, FOR POPULATION AND FOR EMPLOYMENT.
UH, SO TO UNDERSTAND, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE REAL ESTATE MARKET, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL WHERE SUPPLY AND DEMAND NOT MEETING.
AND, UH, WHERE SHOULD WE EXPECT THAT TO GO? WHAT ARE OUR FUTURE YEAR PROJECTIONS? HOW MIGHT THOSE BE ADJUSTED BASED ON WHAT COMES UP IN THE PLAN? UH, HOW MIGHT THOSE BE ADJUSTED BASED ON WHAT, UH, IS HAPPENING IN A REGIONAL CONTEXT? UH, AND I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF THE
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ANY, ANY TYPE OF LAND USE EXPECTATION FOR THE FUTURE IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY IF IT INVOLVES REVITALIZING AN AREA WHERE, UH, THERE ARE EXISTING STRUCTURES, WHERE THERE'S EXISTING LAND USES, WHERE THERE'S EXISTING, UH, BUILDINGS, UM, THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE MARKET BASED SOLUTIONS.OTHERWISE, OF COURSE, THE, THE CITY WILL BE SPENDING MONEY IT PROBABLY DOESN'T WANT TO SPEND.
SO, UH, A BRIEF LOOK AT THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH IN THESE MARKET STUDIES, PARTICULARLY AS THEY, WE DO THEM FOR, UM, UH, PARTICULARLY AS WE DO THEM FOR INCOMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT HISTORIC, UH, DATA TRENDS FOR DEMOGRAPHICS, POPULATION FOR EMPLOYMENT, UH, FOR, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL MARKET, YOU KNOW, LEASES, LEASE RATES OR RENT RATES, UM, HOME SALES, UM, HOME DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, UNITS BEING ADDED TO THE MARKET.
AND OF COURSE, FOR COMMERCIAL UNITS, WHAT'S BEEN THE ABSORPTION THERE? WHAT'S BEEN ADDED TO THE MARKET, UH, WHAT'S PLANNED.
WE WANNA INVESTIGATE ANYTHING THAT IS PLANNED.
UM, WE WANT TO DO, DO OUR RESEARCH AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS COMING OR WHAT'S EXPECTED TO COME IN THE NEAR TERM, UH, AND HOW THAT MIGHT AFFECT, UH, THINGS IN THE LONG TERM.
WE'LL BE DOING, UH, CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS, DOING ON THE GROUND RESEARCH.
WE WANT TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHO WORK, UH, WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL MARKET HERE.
WHAT, UH, ARE THEY FINDING CHALLENGING OR WHAT ARE THEY FINDING, UH, GOOD ABOUT THE, THE MARKET AND HOW THEY'RE, UH, PUTTING NEW HOMES ON THE GROUND OR HOW THEY'RE PUTTING NEW, UH, SPACE, UM, OR HOW THEY'RE DEALING WITH EXISTING HOMES, EXISTING, EXISTING, UH, COMMERCIAL SPACE.
UM, WE'LL DO A NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION ANALYSIS, ANALYSIS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO FACILITATE THAT TYPE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND HOW THIS TIES INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THAT YOU HAVE THIS MARKET-BASED GUIDANCE FOR YOUR LAND USE, PLANNING FOR YOUR LAND USE EXPECTATIONS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, YOU CAN REVIEW POLICIES THAT WILL ENCOURAGE REVITALIZATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE OPERATING HERE WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE, UH, THE COMMERCIAL MARKET.
UM, THAT'S NOT JUST FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO EVEN THINGS SUCH AS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF EXISTING PROPERTY.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WAYS TO MANAGE THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, ONGOING NEIGHBORHOOD MANAGEMENT OR MANAGING ANY PROGRAMS OR ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT COME UP.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, THANK YOU.
THANKS TY, FOR THAT BACKGROUND.
UM, JUST A QUICK LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES THAT DO HAVE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PLANNING IS REALLY NOT NEW TO THIS REGION.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, UH, THE BLUE DOT WITH THE YELLOW OUTLINE IS, UM, ROSENBERG.
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE OTHER CITIES, UM, THAT ARE, DO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SOME OF THEM ARE UPDATING IT, A NUMBER OF THEM ALSO GOT THIS SAME GRANT.
SO THEY ARE, UM, ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING.
SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT, UM, THESE ARE ALL CITIES, UH, SOUTH OF HOUSTON WHERE, UM, THEY'RE ALL PREPARING FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE PROCESS AND SCHEDULE.
UM, IT'S A 11 MONTH, 11 MONTH PROCESS, UM, STARTING WITH MOBILIZATION.
UM, THIS IS OUR FIRST FORMAL MEETING, A KICKOFF AND A WORK SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THEN WE LOOK AT CURRENT CONDITIONS AND THE VISIONING PROCESS.
I WILL OUTLINE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE DO FOR, UM, THE VISIONING PROCESS.
AND THEN BASED ON WHAT WE READ, OUR RESEARCH, OUR FINDINGS, WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE, WE WILL, UM, WITH YOUR HELP, WITH THE HELP OF CPA, COME UP WITH DRAFT, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN BRING THEM BACK TO YOU, UM, ONCE THAT GETS FINALIZED, UH, DO A DRAFT PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION.
AND THEN OF COURSE, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE ADOPTION PROCESS, WHICH WOULD MEAN PUBLIC HEARINGS AND, UM, OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
SO OUR HOPE IS THAT, UH, THAT THIS WHOLE PROCESS FROM THE FIRST MONTH TO THE LAST MONTH, THAT WE DEFINITELY GET GUIDANCE FROM YOU ALL THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONS.
UM, WE WOULD ALSO BE TALKING TO THE FOCUS GROUPS ALONG THE PROCESS, STAKEHOLDER, UH, UH, LOOKING AT QUESTIONNAIRES, UM, MEETING WITH CPAC, UM, AND HAVING TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
UH, AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPLAINED HERE, THE POLICIES, UM, A LOT OF TIMES, AND, YOU KNOW, OUR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT METHODS MAY NOT WORK.
AND THE GOAL IS TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE IN A MANNER THAT THEY WANT, IN A MANNER THAT THEY WOULD, UM, PARTICIPATE.
AND THAT IS WHERE WE LOOK UP TO YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, RIGHT AFTER THIS, I THINK YOU HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA.
UM, YOU WANT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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THAT YOU, UM, APPROVE AND ADD, UM, AND, UH, UM, APPOINT, UH, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.WE ANTICIPATE HAVING AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE MEETINGS WITH THEM, UM, AT EVERY MILESTONE THAT WE REACH, UM, AND GET THEIR GUIDANCE AS WE GO ALONG.
UM, IN ADDITION, UH, WE WILL TALK TO FOCUS GROUPS, WHICH, AGAIN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE CAN HELP IDENTIFY, UM, AS WELL AS STAFF AND YOU ALL.
UM, WE ALSO DO, UM, ANTICIPATE, UH, OR WE HAVE PLANNED ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS.
SO, UM, OUR GOAL IS TO INTERVIEW ALL, TALK TO YOU ALL ONE-ON-ONE AS THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN SEE WHO ELSE NEEDS TO BE, WHAT, WHO ARE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO INTERVIEW.
UM, THEN, UH, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING A COUPLE OF CITY EVENTS WE CALL UP, CALL THOSE AS POP-UP MEETINGS.
UM, NOT JULY 4TH, BUT I THINK THERE IS ANOTHER FESTIVAL THAT'S SCHEDULED IN THE FALL.
SO WE WILL, UM, TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN BE OUT THERE, UM, GETTING PEOPLE MORE INVOLVED AND EXCITED ABOUT THE PROCESS.
UM, WE WILL HAVE PRINTED MATERIALS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED, UM, AND, AND, AND PUT IN VAR VARIOUS VENUES.
UM, WE WILL BE WORKING A LOT WITH YOUR EXISTING WEBSITE AND EXISTING, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM.
SO, UM, WE ALSO USE, UM, THINGS LIKE DIGITAL METHODS, LIKE WITH THE CPAC, WE'LL BE USING A LOT OF PHONE BASED EXERCISES, POLLING EXERCISES TO HELP, UM, QUANTIFY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COME OUT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, SOCIAL MEDIA WILL BE CLOSELY WORKING WITH YOUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, UM, STAFF PERSON AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT.
UM, THERE WILL BE AN ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
INITIALLY, IT'LL BE MORE LIKE GATHERING INFORMATION FROM THEM.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY WILL TAKE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TOWARDS THE END MORE AS, UM, A MEANS TO SHARE THE FINDINGS, TO SHARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
SO, UM, SO WE, THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF ALL THIS.
UM, SO REALLY THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE, UH, ONCE WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, UM, AFTER, UM, MY PRESENTATION, WE'LL SUMMARIZE WHAT WE HEAR FROM YOU ALL AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE FINALIZE THE WORK PLAN AND SCHEDULE BASED ON YOUR INPUT.
AND THEN WE START WORKING WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND LAUNCH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
UH, THE WEBSITE WOULD BE THE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT GOES UP SO THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IT WITH THE ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE.
UM, AND THEN START MEETING WITH PEOPLE AS STAKEHOLDERS, FOCUS GROUPS, UM, DATA COLLECTION, AND DO OUR RESEARCH AND THEN COME UP WITH THE FINDINGS REPORT.
SO THIS IS KIND OF THE NEXT TWO MONTHS WHAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON.
SO, UM, AT THIS TIME, AGAIN, UM, I GUESS, LIKE I SAID, THE THOUGHT WAS I'M GONNA, UM, HAND IT OVER TO THE MAYOR TO SEE HOW YOU ALL WANNA PROCEED, BUT THE THOUGHT WAS TO GET YOUR INPUT ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.
WE CALL IT A SWOT ANALYSIS, UH, AND SEE IF YOU WANNA, UM, DISCUSS THAT.
I THINK THIS HAS BEEN SHARED WITH YOU ALSO, MAYOR, I WILL LET YOU, UM, SEE HOW YOU, WELL, I THINK THE, THE MAIN THING IS THAT, AND I SEE THIS ON THE NEXT AGENDA THAT WE, UH, DISCUSS OR, AND OR APPROVE THESE FOLKS SO THAT YOUR, THE COMMITTEE CAN GO TO WORK.
SO I WAS JUST TOLD, Y'ALL ARE JUST UPDATING US, RIGHT? SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST FOR RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST AN UPDATE.
BUT LET'S SEE IF THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT THIS OR THIS, UH, PROCESS.
SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH FELIX.
FELIX, I, I DIDN'T WANNA CUT IN FRONT OF, UH, HECTOR.
I KNOW HE HAD A QUESTION AS WELL.
NO, DID YOU ALREADY ANSWER? OKAY.
UH, MY QUESTION IS, UH, HOW WILL THIS HELP US GET MORE FUNDING IN THE FUTURE? I KNOW YOU HAD SAID THAT IF WE WERE TO JUMP ON THIS, THAT WE WOULD GET, YOU KNOW, FUNDING IN THE FUTURE.
HOW WILL THAT HELP US? RIGHT, SO ONE THING THAT WE ARE WORKING, UH, FOR OTHER CITIES IS TO GET, UM, GRANTS THROUGH THE, UM, TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE GRANT THAT TXDOT HAS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ASK IS, DO YOU HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? THE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR FUNDING, IS IT IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY AS A NEED? UM, HAS IT BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE COMP PLAN? HAS IT BEEN IDENTIFIED IN YOUR CIP? SO, UM, IF YOU DO, YOU GET ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT IT AS, UM, HAVING COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.
STEVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HECTOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SHE ANSWERED MY QUESTION AND YEAH, FELIX, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
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I, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THE, THE GLO GAVE US A GRANT IN ORDER TO FUND THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT WE WOULD GO OVER BUDGET ON THIS AND THEN THE CITY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO SPEND SOME OF ITS OWN MONEY IF THE GRANT IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO COVER UNEXPECTED EXPENSES WITH THIS PLAN? RIGHT.
AND I'LL HAVE JOYCE ANSWER THAT TOO, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE HAVE A LUMP SUM CONTRACT, SO THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN EXCEED THAT AMOUNT.
THE CONTRACT IS WITHIN THE GRANT AMOUNT.
THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD QUESTION.
GEORGE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION.
SO WHEN I ATTEND THE HGAC MEETINGS, UM, IN HOUSTON, THAT'S ALL THEY TALK ABOUT IS STUDY STUDIES.
IT'S NOT ALL THEY TALK ABOUT, BUT IT'S A BIG PART OF IT.
AND, UM, AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW I'M NOT, I'M NOT TOO CRAZY ABOUT 'EM, BUT I HAVE LEARNED, OR NOT LEARNED, BUT REALIZED MORE THAT EVEN THOUGH I MAY NOT BE CRAZY ABOUT 'EM, THE FOLKS THAT HAVE THIS MONEY ARE APPARENTLY VERY CRAZY ABOUT
SO, YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL FOLLOW THE, UH, WE'LL FOLLOW THAT LINE AND SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT.
SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT WITH THIS ALSO, IF I RECALL, AND HECTOR, UH, ISN'T IT IN THE CHARTER THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE PLANS EVERY SO OFTEN? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO WHEN GOD WILLING, WE'RE ALL STILL AROUND.
WHEN IT COMES TIME TO LOOK AT CHARTER CHANGES OR CHARTER OR NOT CHANGES, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING TO, TO LOOK AT.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, IF Y'ALL SAY IT'S GONNA HELP, WE'RE GONNA HOLD YOU TO IT.
BUT, UM, IF YOU SAY IT HELPS, I BELIEVE YOU, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, YOU WORK WITH A LOT OF THESE CITIES AND I RECALL SITTING AT THE BOARD MEETINGS AT HGAC, THEY RELY A LOT ON STUDIES AND YOU, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO TELL 'EM, WELL, NO, I KNOW I'VE SEEN IT, THIS AND THAT.
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, YOU GOTTA PUT IT, PUT IT IN WRITING, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS, YOU GOTTA HAVE THAT.
SO ANYWAY, UM, I THINK WHAT SHE'S SAYING TOO, WITH THIS PLAN, THAT IT'LL BE EASIER FOR US TO GET MORE GRANTS IN THE FUTURE, LIKE FELIX WAS ASKING, AND IT'S GONNA MAKE IT EASIER.
I KNOW YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T LIKE SOME FREE MONEY SOMETIMES, BILL, BUT I LIKE FREE MONEY ALL THE TIME.
SO IF WE CAN GET A GRANT TO SUPPORT SOME OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE OR WHATEVER, I'M, I'M ALL FOR IT.
SO I THINK THIS HELPS THE CITY PLAN AHEAD AND, AND, AND GET SOME OF THESE GRANTS IN THE FUTURE.
MAKES IT EASIER, I THINK WITH THIS PLAN BEING ON, ON, ON THE, ON, ON THE CITY'S WATCH.
AND I LIKE THE CITY TO BE IN A POSITIVE SITUATION AND BE RECIPIENT OF A, OF A WINDFALL.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, MY VIEW ON PUBLIC MONEY, I KNOW AS A, AS A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE, DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.
IF IT'S FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS STILL ALL, ALL MONEY.
UH, NONETHELESS, WE AS A GROUP, UH, VOTED, UH, TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT AND, AND THE CITY WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I GUESS APPROVED.
SO THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
WE, UH, IF THERE'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE, DO Y'ALL WISH TO ADD OR, UM, JOYCE, DO YOU WISH TO ADD ANYTHING? 'CAUSE I, Y'ALL KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SMALL BREAK IN BETWEEN THE TWO MEETINGS.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THIS LIST THAT WE SEE IS ABOUT 20 PEOPLE.
AND THEN, UM, Y'ALL ALSO, IF Y'ALL, ANYBODY, IF ANY OF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO JOIN THIS GROUP, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE MEETING ACCORDING TO THIS FOUR OR FIVE TIMES, BUT I SEE IT'S IN THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, UM, ITEM I, SO WHEN WE DO THAT, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, AUTOMATICALLY APPROVE THIS.
I ALREADY REVIEWED ALL THE NAMES, SO I'M OKAY WITH IT.
AND THERE MAY BE OTHER PEOPLE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE BIG COMMITTEES, SOMETIMES THEY MEET, NOT EVERYBODY SHOWS UP, PEOPLE DROP OFF.
YOU, YOU MAY HAVE TO ADD PEOPLE THIS AND THAT.
SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT FOR ME, THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE ABOUT.
COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING Y'ALL WISH TO ADD TO THIS? NO, TO THIS ITEM.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
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I.ALRIGHT FELIX, UH, SECOND HECTOR'S MOTION TO ADJOURN.
IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAY NO AND PUSH.
ALRIGHT, I THINK WE'RE ALL YESES.
RICHARD WILL BE HERE, SUPPOSEDLY HE'LL BE HERE AT THE REGULAR MEETING AND GOT A FEW MINUTES.
AND SO WE WILL JUST, UH, TAKE TIME AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BE BACK.