[Public Interest Meeting on July 23, 2026.]
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          >> WELL, GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. 
          >> THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS NOT A COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING. 
          IT IS TITLED A PUBLIC INTEREST MEETING. 
          THERE WILL BE NO OFFICIAL VOTES TAKEN HERE. 
          WE ARE OPERATING WITH TWO MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT MUCH IN THE WAY, WE OPERATE OURSELVES OUT OF THE COMMUNITY AT TOWN MEETINGS AND HOA MEETINGS, ANOTHER INFORMATION SESSIONS. IT IS NOT A COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING. THERE WILL BE NO VOTES TAKEN. 
          THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD OF THE COUNTY AT ALL. IT IS JUST A PUBLIC INTEREST MEETING. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE I HOPE BECAUSE YOU LOVE FORT BEND COUNTY I KNOW I LOVE FORT BEND COUNTY. AGAIN, I'M GRADY PRESTAGE AND I'VE SERVED SINCE 1991 I'VE SEEN THE COUNTY GROW FROM A BASICALLY RURAL SUBURBAN COUNTY TO AN EIGHTH LARGEST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND ONE THAT WE'RE ALL PROUD OF. 
          AGAIN YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU LOVE FORT BEND COUNTY JOINED WITH THE CO-HOST COMMISSIONER, DEXTER MCCOY, OFFER HIM A CHANCE TOE MAKE ANY OPENING COMMENTS. 
          >> YES. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU APOLOGIES FOR MY TARDINESS I WAS HELD UP FOR A FORUM WE TALKED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE FORT BEND MUCH IN THE SAME WAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND UPDATES AND WORK THAT'S ONGOING TODAY. 
          YOU KNOW COMMISSIONER PRESTAGE AND THEN I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THIS MEETING TODAY TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED ON ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING YOU. 
          AND, OF COURSE, ONE OF THOSE BEING THE OPERATION OF OUR COMMISSIONER'S COURT WHICH I BELIEVE WE WILL GIVE READOUT OF THAT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE BEING BLOCKED FROM TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS IN OPEN DISCUSSIONS AND COMMISSIONER'S COURT AS IT EXIST RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE PRECARIOUS SITUATION WE NOW FIND OURSELVES IN IN THIS COUNTY. I'LL READ JUST A LETTER THAT I SUBMITTED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD LAST WEEK THAT EXPLAINS WHY WE ARE BEING BLOCKED FROM PERFORMING OUR DUTIES IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT THAT GIVES PRETTY CLEAR EXPLANATION AND IT READS AS FOLLOWS, THIS IS TRANSMITTED TO OUR COUNTY CLERK LAURA RICHARD. UNDER CHAPTER 81, OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, COUNTY COMMISSIONER SERVES AS A MEMBER OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND MUST TAKE A SWORN OATH OF OFFICE TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE LAWS OF THE STATE AND THE UNITED STATES. 
          AS A MEMBER OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT MY FIDUCIARY COUNTY TO FORT BEND COUNTY ENSURING ITS OPERATIONS AND ACTIONS ARE LAWFUL. IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ACTIVE, LEGAL COURT ORDER, THE LEGAL OPINION OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THE CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS THE GUIDING LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR FORT BEND COUNTY ON JUNE 2026 THE ELECTED FORT BEND COUNTY ATTORNEY PROVIDED PRIVILEGE LEGAL GUIDANCE ON DANIEL WONG STATUS AS ACTING COUNTY JUDGE WHILE I'M NOT WAIVING PRIVILEGE I'M SUBMITTING ANOTHER VERSION OF THAT GUIDANCE AS PROVIDED BY MR. WONG AND CAUSE NUMBER 26-DC-3 457 APPENDIX A TO THIS LETTER THAT IS PUBLIC AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO INSPECT. THAT LEGAL GUIDANCE CLEARLY STATED THAT MR. WONG APPOINTMENT WHICH WAS A RESULT OF A TEMPORARY ORDER IN A CIVIL SUIT IS NO LONGER EFFECTIVE SINCE THE CIVIL SUIT WAS NONSUIT EFFECTIVELY DISMISSED A THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL OPINION CAN BE READ IN COURT FILINGS IN CAUSE NUMBER 26-DCV260 THE STATE OF TEXAS VERSUS DANIEL WONG WHICH I BELIEVE THE COMMISSIONER IS GOING TO GIVE US A SUMMARY AND READOUT LATER. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S GUIDANCE IS CLEAR. MR. WONG HAS NO LEGAL GROUNDS TO REMAIN AS ACTING COUNTY JUDGE AND THAT ANY AUTHORITY HE ONCED POSSESSED TO PERFORM DUTIES OF COUNTY JUDGE HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED AS A MATTER OF LAW ANY ACTION TAKEN BY WONG AFTER DISMISSAL THAT TEMPORARILY APPOINTED HIM IS UNLAWFULLY AND CAN BE CHALLENGED OR VOID AND WOULD REPRESENT ANY OFFICE OF COUNTY JUDGE. SUCH ACTIONS INCLUDE NOTICES, THE PUBLICATION AND VOTES ON ACTIONS MADE BY COMMISSIONER'S 
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COURT GRANT APPLICATIONS, DIRECTIONS GEFFEN TO COUNTY STAFF, INSERTION OF HIMSELF TO DISCUSS SENSITIVE COUNTY MATTERS AND GENERAL ASSERTION THAT MR. WONG SPEAKS OR ACTS ON BEHALF OF FORT BEND COUNTY THAT UNAUTHORIZED ACTION ALL CREATES SUFFICIENT LEGAL EXPOSURE TO FORT BEND COUNTY AS A FIDUCIARY OFFICER IT IS MY DUTY TO PRESERVE AND TO PREVENT AND LIMIT RISK TO FORT BEND COUNTY AND ITS RESIDENTS. 
          AFTER BEING NOTIFIED OF THE SIGNIFICANT LEGAL ISSUES MR. WONG HAS IGNORED GUIDANCE OF THE CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER AND ORGANIZATIONS GENERAL COUNCIL. EVERY ACTION HE UNDERTAKES HAS EXPOSURE, IN FACT, MR. WONG CONTINUES TO ASSERT AUTHORITY WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY LEGAL BASIS FOR SUCH AUTHORITY THAT BASES EVERY ACTION HE TACKS INTO QUESTION. 
          AS A SWORN OFFICER OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND FORT BEND COUNTY IT IS MY INTENTION TO ADHERE TO THE LEGAL GUIDANCE GIVEN BY THE COUNTY'S CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER ON CIVIL MATTERS. 
          THEREFORE, I WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY ACTION THAT MAY BE TAINTED BY THE UNAUTHORIZED PARTICIPATION OF DANIEL WONG THOSE ACTIONS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT SESSION WHERE IS NOTICE HAS BEEN UNLAWSMLY GIVEN WITH MR. WONG SIGNATURE ANY VOTES WHERE HE PARTICIPATING IN ACTIONS AT HIS TEST. 
          TO DO SO WOULD VIOLATE MY SWORN DUTY AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND MY FIDUCIARY DUTY AS EXECUTIVE OF OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          MR. WONG HAS BEEN PRESENTED WITH NUMEROUS OPINIONS TO, PROVE HIS AUTHORITY SORRY -- PROVIDED WITH NUMEROUS OPERATIONS TO PROVE HIS AUTHORITY, HOWEVER, WITHOUT A COURT OPINION THAT HAS GREATER GUIDING AUTHORITY THAN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. KNOWING THAT HIS ACTIONS CONTINUE TO BRING SUFFICIENT RISK OF LEGAL EXPOSURE TO FORT BEND COUNTY MR. WONG CONTINUES TO ASSERT HIMSELF AS COUNTY JUDGE. HE'S REFUSED TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM COUNTY BUSINESS EVEN THOUGH ALL COUNTY BUSINESS COULD LEGALLY MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT DISRUPTION IF HE WAS NOT PRESENT. HE ALSO FIRST FILED SUIT AGAINST THE COUNTY SEEK CAUSE NUMBERS 26-DCV-346 A 0 PLACING HIMSELF IN A CLEARLY ADVERSARIAL POSITION TO THE ORGANIZATION. 
          IT IS CLEAR BY HIS ACTIONS SINCE RECEIVING LEGAL GUIDANCE THAT MR. WONG WILL CONTINUE TO PUT HIS PERSONAL INTEREST ABOVE THOSE OF THE RESIDENTS OF FORT BEND COUNTY THE OFFICE OF COUNTY JUDGE AND THE ORGANIZATION OF FORT BEND COUNTY. 
          I'LL CONTINUE TO PERFORM MY DUTIES TO FORT BEND COUNTY TO PROTECT ITS INTEREST TO LIMIT RISK TO OUR COUNTY AND TO WORK WITH ALL STAFF AND OFFICIALS IN THEIR AUTHORIZED AND LAWFUL CAPACITIES. IT IS MY SINCERE HOPE THAT ALL STAFF AND ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL FOLLOW THE LEGAL GUIDANCE OF OUR ORGANIZATION TO DO OTHERWISE WOULD BE TO KNOWINGLY ACT IN BAD FAITH AND EXPOSE EACH INDIVIDUAL TO POSSIBLE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES SO I SUBMITTED THAT LAST WEEK IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. 
          >> AND I SUBMITTED A SIMILAR DOCUMENT NOT QUITE AS WORDY. 
          BUT BASICALLY TO SAY THAT -- THAT AS A MATTER OF PRINCIPAL, WHY WOULD YOU RISK ALL OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE FOR PERSONAL AGENDA? THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT CAN FUNCTION WITH FOUR MEMBERS. FOUR DULY ELECTED MEMBERS. 
          AND AS A SENIOR MEMBER OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT I'VE HAD PRIVILEGE FOR 25 YEARS AS THE SENIOR MEMBER. 
          ABSENCE OF THE DULY ELECTED COUNTY JUDGES, AND THIS IS MY SIXTH COUNTY JUDGE. OKAY. 
          SO WE CAN FUNCTION IF YOU FOLLOW COMMISSIONER'S COURT, YOU SEE THAT DURING THE COURSE OVER A YEAR IF THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF VOTES THAT AREN'T UNANIMOUS, I WOULD BE SURPRISED. 
          NOW WE DISTRICTING AND SOME OTHER WEDGE ISSUES PRODUCED A FEW MORE SPLIT VOTES BUT GENERALLY COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEMBERS FIXED POTHOLES, AND PAY THE BILLS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE DO. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 
          WE ARE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE CAPABLE AND COMPETENT STAFF, AND WE HAVE ALL WEEK TO RESEARCH THE ISSUES, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE, AND WHEN WE COME TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT WE'RE PREPARED TO VOTE AND MOST OF THE TIME IT IS RUDIMENTARY THERE ARE FEW WEDGE ISSUES EVERY NOW AND THEN, BUT THE COURT CAN FUNCTION WITH FOUR MEMBERS EFFECTIVELY FOR THE BALANCE OF THIS YEAR UNTIL A COUNTY JUDGE IS ELECTED BY THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER. 
          AND TAKE OFFICE IN JANUARY 1ST. THAT'S THE BASICS. 
          AND SO IT IS WHY PLAY RUSSIAN ROULETTE I STATED THIS WAS NOT A 
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COMMISSION'S COURT MEETING, AND SO NO REAL RULES OTHER THAN WHAT THE COMMISSIONER MCCOY AND THEN REALLY WANT TO LAY OUT. 
          BUT WE DO WANT TO OFFER THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO THE AGENDA. THE AGENDA IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN PRINT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PROJECTS I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO ROW PROJECTS NUMBER FIVE SAID FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OFFICE WHICH IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          I THINK THAT THE BACK DROP THAT COMMISSIONER MCCOY GAVE IN HIS REMARKS WILL SATISFY, HAVE YOU INFORMED OF WHAT THE LAW SAYS AND I WILL -- HOW WE'RE OPERATING RIGHT NOW. 
          SO IS ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WANT TO COME AND ANY COMMENTS ABOUT ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA. YES COMMISSIONER. 
          >> YES COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT IS MR. ANTHONY. AND WE WANTS TO SPEAK ON AGENDA NO. 5. [SILENCE] 
          >> I WAS QUICKLY SCRIBBLING NOTES TO SPEAK ON BASED ON THE 
          COMMENTS. >> GET YOUR MIC ON -- 
          >> HOW'S THAT? >> OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT MY NAME IS ANTHONY I'M ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR FORT BEND LULAC AND HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. 
          LULAC IS A NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION, AND SO I WOULD LIKE THINK THAT WE'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF OUR ORGANIZATION. AND THE FIRST THING WANTED TO DO WAS COMMENT ON WHAT I CONTINUE TO SEE AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE ADDRESSED TO ME AS DISINGENUOUS SITTING IN THE SEAT OF THE FORT BEND JUDGE RIGHT NOW. I THINK TWO THINGS IN PARTICULAR DEMONSTRATE THIS IS PROBLEMATIC. NUMBER ONE IS HIS RETENTION OF PRIVATE, OF A PRIVATE ATTORNEY IN ORDER TO DEFEND AND MAINTAIN HIS -- THE SEAT THAT HE HAS RIGHT NOW. 
          ON THE TAXPAYER'S DIME AND AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED TO ME THIS IS VERY PROBLEM MAT WHIK WE HAVE A COUNTY ATTORNEY THAT HAS ADDRESSED THESE ISSUES. SECONDLY, AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT I'VE TALKED WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE ABOUT THIS AND THEY DENY IT ON THE OTHER SIDE. BUT YOU KNOW, THE AIR-CONDITIONING ISSUE EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS TRIVIAL IS REALLY TALKS A LOT ABOUT TO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE THE FACT THAT FORT BEND COUNTY CANNOT RESTORE A TEMPORARY AIR-CONDITIONING FOR NINE WEEKS THERE, SAYS A WHOLE LOT TO ME ABOUT THE DISINGENUOUSNESS AND COMMENTS LIKE WE'RE WAITING FOR PARTS OR APPROVED BY COMMITTEE. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL -- YOU CAN GO TO MCDONALD'S AND THEY'LL HAVE A TEMPORARY AIR CONDITIONER IN THERE AND AT LEAST MAKE COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE TO WORK THIS IS ALSO A BIG BUILDING. 
          SO THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER ROOMS THAT SOMEBODY COULD BE -- THAT COULD BE ALLOCATED TO CARRY ON THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS. 
          NOW THAT WOULD BE NOT ENOUGH HAD THEY NOT ON TOP OF THAT AS THE DAY AFTER THEY RESTORED AIR-CONDITIONING TO THE COUNTY, THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, POSTED A FACEBOOK OR SOCIAL MEDIA POST THAT DECLARED IT CONGRATULATING EVERYBODY FOR NATIONAL AIR-CONDITIONING DAY. THAT WAS REALLY PROBLEMATIC AND DISINGENUOUS TO ME AND TOLD ME A LOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE POSTING AND EXTREMELY REGRETFUL AND THE SECOND THING WANTED TO ADDRESS IS THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE BOTH ENDURED A WHOLE LOT OF CRITICISM BY NOT BEING AT THE MEETINGS BUT YOU'VE ALSO BEEN TRANSPARENT AS TO WHY THAT IS BECAUSE YOU'RE PROTECTING THE INTEREST OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY AND THE TARPS. 
          TAXPAYERS, TO ME IT TRANSCENDS THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A POLITICAL ISSUE. YOU JUST, Y'ALL JUST MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO CARRY ON BUSINESS AND YOU'VE HAD AGREEMENT ON A LOT OF THINGS AND THAT SAYS A WHOLE LOT ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE AT. AND I'M SURE THAT SHOULD THE RULING COME, YOU KNOW FROM THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT THAT HE CAN 
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SIT IN THAT SEAT UNTIL NOVEMBER, THEN YOU KNOW BY ALL MEANS. 
          WE WOULD CARRY ON -- I RESPECT THE IDEA THAT YOU WOULD CARRY ON THE BUSINESS OF THIS COUNTY. 
          HOWEVER, AGAIN, THERE ARE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES THAT YOU'RE CARRYING OUT AND THEN IN GENERAL THE RULE OF LAW NEEDS TO BE RESPECTED AND WE FIND IT VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS IS NOT TAKING PLACE SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND REMAINING TRANSPARENT AND KEEPING US POSTED ON WHAT THINGS ARE GOING ON AS WELL AS CARRYING ON THE BUSINESS OF FORT BEND COUNTY AND TAKING CARE OF THE TAXPAYERS. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> I DON'T THINK ANYONE ELSE 
          SIGNED UP BUT -- >> NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED BUT. 
          >> BUT FEEL FREE, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE COMMENTS ON 
          THINGS THAT ON THE AGENDA -- >> YES. 
          COME FORWARD. [SILENCE] HI MY NAME IS MARGARET, KENDRID I WANT TO THANK YOU TWO FOR STANDING UP FOR FORT BEND OFFICE AND WANTED THIS TO RUN CORRECTLY I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEONE WHO IS IN A SEAT WHO WAS NOT ELECTED BY THE VOTERS, WHO REFUSED TO MOVE, GET OUT THE WAY, AND ALLOW COUNTY BUSINESS TO TAKE PLACE. 
          I HAVE OWNED A HOME IN FORT BEND COUNTY FOR 44 YEARS. 
          I'VE TAUGHT SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS IN FORT BEND COUNTY FOR 20 YEARS. AND DURING THAT TIME, WE TAUGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF CHARACTER TRAITS. 
          HONESTY, INTEGRITY, RESPECT, TRUST WORTHINESS, RESPECT, AND WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, IF WE ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN, I THINK IT WILL SET A PRECEDENT FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN. 
          AND I WANT TO BE REPRESENTED BY PEOPLE THAT I VOTE OR PEOPLE WHO WERE DULY ELECTED BY THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS. 
          I REALLY THINK THAT WHAT DISTURBS ME ALSO IS THAT THE VOTERS ELECTED KP GEORGE AS A DEMOCRAT REPRESENTING US AS A COUNTY JUDGE ON THE SEAT. BECAUSE OF HIS BEHAVIOR, HIS ACTIONS, THAT WERE UNETHICAL AND A COURT FOUND THAT HE WAS NOT ABIDING THE LAWS, HE IS NO LONGER HERE. 
          BECAUSE HE WAS UPSET THAT THE DEMOCRATS CALLED HIM OUT ON IT, HE SWITCHED TO REPUBLICAN. AND THEN WHEN HE WAS CONVICTED, THEY USED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A DEMOCRAT SEAT THAT HE SWITCHED TO REPUBLICAN AND PUT IN A REPUBLICAN WHOSE RUNNING FOR THE CHAIR THAT HE'S IN. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S EVER BEEN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S LEARNING ON THE JOB, AND I'M CONCERNED THAT MY TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING USED TO PAY HIS SALARY DURING THIS TIME. 
          HIS SALARY SHOULD NOT GO AFTER THE POINT OF TIME WHERE HIS RESPONSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, ENDED. AND I DON'T THINK OUR TAX DOLLARS SHOULD PAY FOR HIM TO SIT HERE AND HOLD UP OUR GOVERNMENT ANY LONGER. I WANT A REFUND. 
          YOU KNOW. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL HOLDING OUT. I'M OLD SCHOOL. 
          I WENT TO FREEDOM SCHOOLS, 60 YEARS AGO. 
          I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF STANDING UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE SACRIFICES SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T DO IT NOW, WHAT COMES LATER IS WORSE AND WE NEED YOU TO STAND UP NOW AND STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN AND WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE VOTERS IN THIS COUNTY. 
          THAT'S ALL I NEED TO SAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> ANYBODY ELSE FROM PUBLIC WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? 
          >> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS RAUL I'M CONCERNED 
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ABOUT THE JUDGE'S SEAT ALSO BECAUSE LIKE HAS BEEN STATED, KP GEORGE ELECTED BY THE VOTERS THAT IS DEMOCRATIC, DEMOCRATIC AND PLUS EVEN REPUBLICANS REJECTED HIM IN THE PRIMARY. 
          SO SHOULD NOT HAVE AUTHORITY, VOTERS ARE ONES THAT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SELECT WHICH OUR LEADERS COUNTY JUDGE WHICH IS A DEMOCRAT STILL. VOTERS HAVE NOT YET, THAT HAS TO HAPPEN BUT WE'VE GOT TO STILL WAIT AND CHANGE OR NOT. 
          BUT, SO OUR DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPOINT, APPOINT A DEMOCRATIC, NOT A JUDGE. 
          A JUDGE SHOULD NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY, PARTY SHOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PUT IN A FILLED VACANT SEAT WHICH IS DEMOCRATIC SEAT AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT CONCERNS ME HAVING ADJUSTMENTS THAT'S BEEN DONE BY MR. WONG IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY THIS WHICH IS PUT IN OUR EAST SIDE IN DANGER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, FOREST, AND NOT ONLY THAT ONLY GOING TO BENEFIT ONE PROPERTY OWNER OF 12,000 ACRES WHICH IS NOT GOING TO BNGT THE PUBLIC AND ALL OF THAT. 
          BUT PUT PUBLIC IN DANGER. HOMES AND FLOOD ZONE AREAS AND IT IS NOT GOING TO BENEFIT EVEN ALVIN ALL OF THAT, IT IS FORESTLAND AND ONLY DEVELOPERS ARE ONLY ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BNGT BUT IT IS GOING TO PUT US AND LEAVING OUR -- LIKE IN FRESNO COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THAT ON HOLD, AND BEING LEFT BEHIND. TO TAKE AND SOLVE OUR MONEY WISELY OVER THE ONE PENNY. ONE PENNY IS NOT ENOUGH TO WE NEED TO FUND OUR ROADS AND NOT BUILD ONES FOR DEVELOPERS AND MONEYMAKERS LEAVING OUR SUPPORT BEHIND. 
          SO IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THIS ADJUSTMENT SHOULD BE MADE DEMOCRATIC FULFILLMENT AND SELECTED BY OUR PARTY, DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEMBERS AND CHAIRS. 
          THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SELECT ONE SHOULD BE ILLEGAL TEXAS LAW BROKEN WHICH IS RESPECTING OUR RIGHTS EVEN FEDERAL LEVEL. THEY'RE TRYING TO DESTROY AND LIMIT OUR VOICE, VOICE TO BE HEARD. 
          AND WE SHOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS EQUAL, EQUAL JUST AND FAIR AND FOR ALL NOT JUST MONEYMAKERS AND NOT LEFT BEHIND. WE HAVE OUR PROJECTS LIKE 521 SOUTH SIDE HIGHWAY 6 AND THEN OUR POSTAL, ALL OF THAT SO VERY IMPORTANT TO BRING JUSTICE AND I SUPPORT OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY DOING A GOOD JOB. STANDING FOR THE PEOPLE MAKE SURE OUR VOICES ARE HEARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> THANK YOU, SIR. AND IN A NORMAL, PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMISSIONER'S COURT THEY IMPOSE LIMITS ON TIME AND I NEVER LIKED THAT. AND SO I LOOK AT IT AS THOUGH OUR -- WE WORK FOR YOU, AND WE SHOULD AFFORD YOU EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOURSELF. 
          SO WE WON'T PUT ANY TIME LIMITS ON IT. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT ON THE SUBJECT MATTER IF POSSIBLE, AND THEN MAYBE SOME BACK AND FORTH THAT WE CAN HAVE FROM THE PODIUM UNDER THIS FORMAT THAN WE WOULDN'T HAVE AT COMMISSIONER'S COURT. A COUPLE OF PEOPLE MENTIONED KP GEORGE THAT'S TO MAKE A COMMITMENT KP IS STILL THE COUNTY JUDGE HE'S NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM OFFICE. 
          HE'S BEEN SUSPENDED BY THE CRIMINAL COURT WITHOUT PAY. 
          PENDING HIS APPEAL, AND SO THERE ARE QUESTIONS OUT THERE AND CONGRESS MADE ABOUT COMMISSIONER'S COURT APPOINTING SOMEBODY. WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPOINT SOMEONE BECAUSE THAT POSITION IS NOT VACANT IT IS STILL OCCUPIED BY JUDGE GEORGE THE INTERIM APPOINTMENT WAS LEGAL AND I RESPECT THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT FROM YOU UNDERSTAND WE HAD A LAW AT THE TIME. BUT ALSO THAT ON JUNE 17TH WHEN THAT CIVIL SUIT WAS NONSUITED THE POSITION SHOULDN'T GO AWAY MAINTAIN THAT DISPOSITION AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T ATTENDED LAST COMMISSION EARS COURT MEETING AND NOT LIKELY TO ATTEND AGAIN UNTIL THERE'S SOL DECISION BY THE COURT, BY A COURT OF 
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RECORD. AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAPPEN SOON. SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. 
          BECAUSE I THINK THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY IS JUST THAT IMPORTANT. AGAIN, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS THEY WANT TO MAKE ABOUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 
          IT'S YOUR TIME. >> OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS MY NAME IS TONY I'M A FORT BEND RESIDENT IN PRECINCT 2. 
          FOR 22 YEARS I SERVED IN THE MARINE CORPS. 
          AND I SHOWED UP EVERY DAY. I DISAGREED WITH MANY PEOPLE THAT I WAS IN THAT OFFICE WITH. BUT I SHOWED UP. 
          MUCH LIKE THERE'S A PARK EVENT THAT'S GOING ON THIS WEEKEND, IN MISSOURI CITY AND I INTEND ON SHOWING UP. 
          IT IS NOT FOR ME, IT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT IS FOR MY BOYS, IT'S FOR MY WIFE. 
          IT'S FOR MY FAMILY. AS A LEADER, YOU DON'T GO AND DO THINGS THAT ARE COMFORTABLE FOR YOURSELF. 
          YOU DON'T DO THINGS THAT ARE COMFORTABLE FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE. YOU DO WHAT'S RIGHT NOT WHAT'S LEFT AND RIGHT BUT WHAT'S RIGHT AND WRONG. 
          WHY WOULD WE GO AWAY FROM THE RULE OF LAW AND HAVE OUR OWN AGENDA AND OUR OWN COMMISSIONER'S COURT IF WE DID THAT IN THE MARINE CORPS. THAT'S CALLED MUTINY NOT IN OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW WE'RE DOING WHAT WE WANT TO DO. 
          COMMISSIONER PRESTAGE COMES INTO THIS, I LOOKED UP TO YOU BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE THE COMPETITION, YOU'RE THE BEST AND I HAD HIGHS STEAM IN REGARD FROM YOU FROM THE THINGS I'VE HEARD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PARTY. AND I SAID, THAT MAN IS A LEADER. BECAUSE HE'S BEEN IN THAT POSITION FOR OVER 36 YEARS. AND TO SEE THIS, AS A MARINE, IS NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE OF LEADERSHIP IN MY HUMBLE OPINION. 
          I DON'T HAVE 36 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP IN GOVERNMENT BUT I HAVE 36 YEARS AS A MARINE. THAT SHOULD COUNT FOR SOMETHING. 
          NOT LEADING BY MAKING DECISIONS, BUT WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO COME TO RESOLUTIONS EVEN WHEN I DIDN'T AGREE WITH ALL OF THE POLICIES EVEN WHEN I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE MISSION. 
          YOU COULD HAVE SHOWED UP AND ON STAINED FROM VOTING AND COULD HAVE SHOWED UP AND SAID NO ON THE VOTE. 
          YOU COULD HAVE EVEN MENTIONED IN THE REMARKS THIS IS AN ILLEGAL MEETING, BUT I'M HERE TO RESPECT THE PEOPLE AND I'M GOING TO REPRESENT MY PEOPLE. I DON'T FEEL REPRESENTED BY YOU COMMISSIONER'S PRESTAGE AND I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT. 
          IT DISHEARTENS ME TO SPEAK TO YOU IN THIS MANNER COMMISSIONER MCCOY I'M GLAD YOU'RE NOT MY COMMISSIONER. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT WAY. 
          BUT IT'S NOT WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT WHAT I'M STICK TO IS THE LEADERSHIP ASPECT. BOTH OF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOW UP AND YET YOU CHOSE TO WHAT SOME COULD STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT, INSTEAD YOU SAID NO. 
          THAT'S TOO HARD. I DON'T TO BE CHALLENGED WITH THAT. LEADERS DON'T RUN. 
          THEY FACE THE CHALLENGES. THEY DEAL WITH THE HARDSHIPS, THEY REPRESENT THEIR PEOPLE, THEY'RE A VOICE. 
          YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR THREE COMMISSIONER'S COURTS I DID NOT HAVE A VOICE. HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT? HOW MANY PEOPLE AM I REPRESENTING RIGHT NOW IN PRECINCT 2 OR PRECINCT 4? THIS IS NOT LEADERSHIP. AND WE KNOW LEADERSHIP TRICKLES DOWN. IF THE DIRECTORS AND THE REPRESENTATIVES AND THE EMPLOYEES IN THIS GOVERNMENT OF FORT BEND COUNTY ARE SEEING WHAT YOU ARE DOING, THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING. WHY? BECAUSE THEY LOOK TO YOU, THEY LOOK AT THOSE POSITIONS AS LEADERSHIP. WHO SHOULD I FOLLOW? WHO SHOULD I EMULATE? SHOULD I RUN FROM THE DIFFICULT TIMES OR SHOULD I RUN TOWARDS THE GUNFIRE? ONE -- WHAT ARE MY LEADERS DOING? THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHEN THINGS START GETTING HARD WHEN THINGS START GETTING TOUGH. CAN I COUNT IN YOU ON THE FUTURE AND FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS? OR SHOULD I BE LOOKING TO SOMEBODY ELSE? I DON'T SAY THESE WORDS LIGHTLY, SIR. THAT WAS MY VIEW OF YOU. 
          IT HAS SLOWLY DIMINISHED AND IT CONTINUES. 
          ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW UP FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS? ARE YOU GOING TO BE HERE NEXT WEEK, OR THE WEEK AFTER? ARE YOU GOING TO REPRESENT ME OR REPRESENT YOURSELVES? ARE YOU GOING TO STAND UP LIKE MEN AND FACE THE OPPOSITION? 
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OR ARE YOU GOING TO DO INTO THE FETAL POSITION AND SAY I CAN'T HANDLE THIS. I CAN'T STAND UP FOR ANY CONSTITUENTS IN THIS THIS IS TOO HARD, THIS IS TOO DIFFICULT. 
          WILL I SEE YOU THERE ON SATURDAY IN THE FUTURE OF OTHER EVENT WHERE IS THE COMMUNITY DESIRES TO SEE YOUR FACES? OR SHALL WE BE VOTING IN OTHER PEOPLE? PLEASE CONTINUE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING IF THAT'S WHAT YOU BELIEVE. I HUMBLY DISAGREE WITH IT AND I'M SURE A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN THIS COUNTY DEGREE WITH IT BUT FROM A LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE IT IS UNSET AND UNCALLED FOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME FOR LISTENING. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY. 
          >> I WASN'T HATING SIR, MA'AM OR WHOEVER SAID THAT. 
          >> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS LINDA COLMAN. 
          I'M SPEAKING TO YOU ON BEHALF OF AANCP FOR THIS QNGT. 
          COUNTY. LET ME SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR POSITION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU FOR UPHOLDING THE PROCESS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ADDRESSING TODAY, THE PROCESS. THERE'S A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR THIS EVENT AND WE SHOULD FOLLOW IT. 
          IF WE FAILED TO DO SO, WE MAKE UP RULES AS WE GO WHICH IS WHAT I SAW HAPPEN ON MAY THE 28TH WHEN A CHILD WAS DISRESPECTED AND THE WHOLE COMMISSION, COMMISSIONER'S COURT DID NOT TAKE A PICTURE WITH A CHILD. AFTER THAT EVENT, I STARTED LOOKING AT COMMISSIONER'S COURT DIFFERENTLY. 
          COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER COURT HAS LOST ITS HONOR. 
          AFTER THAT EVENT, I'M LOOKING A LOT CLOSER AT WHO'S RESPECTING THIS COUNTY AND WHAT THE COMMISSIONER USE COURT STANDS FOR AND FROM MY POINT OF VIEW I DO NOT LIKE WHAT I SEE. 
          IF YOU WILL NOT THE PROCESS CHANGE THE RULES WHEN IT IS CONVENIENT FOR YOU, YOU HARM ALL OF THE COUNTY. 
          YOU HARM ALL OF THE COUNTY. PLEASE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, DO YOUR JOB. THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] >> HELLO COMMISSIONERS, HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING TODAY I'M OLIVER I DID NOT PLAN ON SPEAKING, BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M ALSO IN COMMISSIONER GRADY PRESTAGE PRECINCT AND I APPROVE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING IT IS NO WAY THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE THAT WOULD DISREGARD LAW AND I NEED SOMEONE TO STAND UP FOR ME AND PROTECT ME AND PRECINCT 2. 
          I WOULD RATHER YOU HOST THIS AND CONTINUE TO ADDRESS US AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE STANDING UP FOR US, THAT YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR US LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN DOING FOR 36 YEARS THIS IS SIT ON A COURT, ALLOW YOUR COLLEAGUES TO DISRESPECT OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND HAVE THINGS PASSED THAT CANNOT BE PASSED, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE PASSED BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A LEGAL COURT. 
          I THINK WE CONFUSE WHAT IS BEING SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING DONE. RIGHT NOW IT IS NOT THE TIME TO POINT FINGERS AND WANT TO KEEP BUSINESS GOING BECAUSE BUSINESS IS NOT GOING AS IT SHOULD BE. WE NEED FIGHTERS. 
          AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR PRECINCT 2 AND 4 TO SAY THAT WE DO HAVE THOSE FIGHTERS. THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING AND PROTECTING ME AND WHATEVER YOU NEED FROM ME, I ALWAYS HAVE YOU. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> GOOD MORNING. I HAD NO INTENTION OF SPEAKING THIS MORNING, BUT I FEEL I HAVE TO RISE AND SAY THIS. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PRESTAGE FOR 36 YEARS OF REPRESENTING ME 
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IN PRECINCT 2. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DEXTER MCCOY FOR REPRESENTING PRECINCT 4 AND HOPEFULLY REPRESENTING THE COUNTY IN THE FUTURE IN THE EXCELLENT WAY YOU HAVE DONE YOUR PRECINCT SO FAR. I HAVE TO STAND BECAUSE MY CAREER WAS PURCHASING AND CONTRACTING. 
          AND I KNOW HOW UGLY IT CAN GET WHEN A COMPANY DOES NOT GET WHAT WANTS OR WHAT IT FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE HAD. 
          I TOTALLY STAND WITH YOU AND THANK YOU FOR STANDING FOR THE COUNTY EVEN THOUGH YOUR POSITION MAY NOT ALWAYS BE POPULAR. 
          BUT IT TAKES A MAN TO STAND STAND UP WHEN SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT OR WHEN YOU FEEL OR KNOW IT'S NOT RIGHT. 
          I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. I HAVE SEEN TIMES WHEN THINGS WERE NOT PROPERLY PUT IN PLACE. AND THE COMPANY SUFFERED. 
          WELL, THAT WOULD BE THE SAME THING WITH THIS COUNTY SHOULD A COMPANY SUE FOR ACTIONS THAT THEY FELT WERE NOT DONE PROPERLY AND THE RESULTS WERE NOT PROPERLY PUT IN PLACE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR STANDING EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT ALWAYS HAVE BEEN POPULAR. IT WAS VERY POPULAR FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO COULD SEE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE BOTH OF YOU TO CONTINUE TO STAND FOR THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT. I VOTED FOR YOU COMMISSIONER PRESTAGE FOR MY TIME, MY ALL OF THE TIME I'VE BEEN IN PRECINCT 2 FORT BEND COUNTY. COMMISSIONER MCCOY IF I WOULD HAVE LIVED IN YOUR COUNTY I WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR YOU. 
          I TOOK THE TIME TO VISIT PRECINCT 4 TO SEE THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THERE. 
          COMMISSIONER PRESTAGE HAS HAD MORE TIME THAN YOU TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS. BUT FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN ACCOMPLISHED, IN PRECINCT 4 SINCE YOU WERE HERE WAS NOTHING SHORT OF COMMENDABLE. NOW, THAT IS MY OPINION. 
          SO I MOSTLY STOOD UP HERE TO SAY THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR HOLDING UP THIS COUNTY TRYING TO DO YOUR BEST TO KEEP IT FROM MAKING A TERRIBLE MISTAKE OR TERRIBLE MISTAKES THAT MAY COST IT LOTS OF MONEY AND OTHER THINGS. 
          >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONER PRESTAGE, AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER MCCOY. 
          I DIDN'T SPLAN TO SPEAK I INTEND TO DO MY THREE MINUTES AT COMMISSIONER'S COURT. BUT I GOT A LITTLE DISTURBED. 
          AND FOR THOSE WHO KNOW ME, YOU KNOW I HAVE TO GET IT OUT. 
          STRONG LEADERS HAVE TO TAKE THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED. 
          STRONG LEADERS HAVE TO GO EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO GO ALL BY THEMSELVES. AND AS I WAS WORKED WITH ONE OR TWO OF YOU SINCE 2008, YOU KNOW THAT'S WHO I AM. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAND YOUR GROUND. 
          CURRENTLY, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETINGS ARE ILLEGAL. 
          AND YOUR PRESENCE, SHALL I SAY, YOUR ABSENCE DENOTES THAT. 
          BEING THERE IN SOME RESPECTS IS CAPITULATION BECAUSE YOU GO IN AS A -- AS AN ABSTAINED VOTE, I BELIEVE. 
          SO YOU'RE A PART OF IT. AND YOU'VE CHOSEN NOT TO. 
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SO I APPRECIATE IT IN THE MILITARY YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S THE MILITARY. THAT'S HOW IT GOES. 
          BUT IN LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP, YOU HAVE A CHOICE, AND YOU'RE TAKING THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED, AND I APPRECIATE YOU. 
          AND UNTIL THIS MATTER IS SETTLED BY THE COURTS BECAUSE IT STARTED OFF WRONG. 
          IT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE AND AS I SAID BEFORE ONCE YOU KEEP GOING WRONG IT KEEPS GOING WRONG AND WRONG AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO SET THE RESET BUTTON AND WRITE IT. 
          AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE. SO GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU, AND KEEP THE FAITH, AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. 
          [APPLAUSE] >> HELLO MY NAME IS LISA VALDEZ IF YOU EXCUSE ME I'M NOT AN ELOQUENT SPEAKER, BUT I AM A FORT BEND COUNTY RESIDENT HAVE BEEN MY ENTIRE LIFE I'M A TAXPAYER, AND I AM A COMMISSIONER MCCOY, YOU ARE MY COMMISSIONER. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU BOTH ARE DOING. I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND THE LEGALITIES OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS SENSATIONALISM HAS BEEN WINNING FAR TOO LONG IN OUR MEDIA INSTEAD OF EDUCATION. 
          AND SO SOME OF YOU KNOW HERE, I KNOW PART OF THE BLACK MEDIA. 
          BUT I'M STANDING HERE AS A TAXPAYER. 
          A CONCERNED CITIZEN. AND TRYING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON THAT WITH WONG BEING WHERE HE IS AT IS AND WHAT HE'S CONDUCTING IS LEGALLY QUESTIONABLE, IS A WASTE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS THAT COULD BE SPENT ON SO MUCH MORE THAN IS NEEDED ON OUR COUNTY. AND SO DEXTER MCCOY, I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE MY COMMISSIONER. NOW, AS A RESIDENT, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I HAVE COME TO YOU THAT I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH. 
          BUT YOU HAVE DONE GREAT WORK. YOU WERE -- YOU ANSWER REALLY QUICK WHEN I'M LIKE HEY THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CAR ACCIDENTINGS RIGHT HERE. WE IMMEDIATE -- NEED THIS DONE HERE AND YOU HAVE RIGHT AWAY ANSWERED. 
          SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU REPRESENT ME. 
          OKAY. AND SO, I -- I AM DISHEARTENED THAT THIS ISSUE, THIS SITUATION HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO BECOMING A ALMOST JOKE ON SOCIAL MEDIA BY WONG HIMSELF. IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING. 
          TO ME PEOPLE SPEAK OF YOU NOT GOING TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND IT'S ON THERE AND HE'S JOKING ABOUT IT AND I'M LIKE IS THIS WHAT MY TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING USED FOR FOR WONG TO POST OR HIS STAFF TO POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS A JOKE FOR YOU STANDING UP FOR US. BECAUSE SOMETIMES NOT SHOWING UP MEANS STANDING UP. AND I TRULY APPRECIATE YOU BOTH FOR THAT. AND I HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE. 
          I'M SORRY THAT YOU FACE -- ARE FACING SUCH NEGATIVE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S PART ONLINE IN PERSON, I CAN RESPECT IF SOMEONE COMES UP TO YOU RESPECTABLY. 
          BUT THESE JOKES, IT'S AWFUL. SO AS A TAXPAYER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR STANDING UP FOR US BECAUSE I KNOW THE LEGALITIES THAT WILL COME INTO QUESTION WILL BE FARTHER WASTE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS THAT CAN BE PUT TO USE SOMETHING BETTER IN OUR SCHOOLS, OUR CHILDREN, PARKS AND SO FORTH. 
          FLOOD CONTROL, ALL OF THAT. SO AGAIN THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY. AND I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS. I THANK YOU BOTH I KNOW DEXTER, I SEE YOU A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WORK AND SO FORTH AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS. SO I HAVE SEEN YOU PERSONALLY SPEAKING TO THE PEOPLE, BREAKING IT DOWN SIMPLY SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND AND I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. 
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          >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS STEPHANY WILLIAMS I STARTED AT WOMEN'S COMMUNITY IN THE FORT BEND OF LADIES OF RICHMOND 1500 LADIES ACROSS ALL OF THE CITIES THAT ARE LOOKING FOR OTHERS TO DO LIFE WITH, AND SO I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NO. 6 AND I WILL BE QUICK. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON THE DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE PARK AND REX RECREATION BUT I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THERE'S A PLAN TO BRING MORE PUBLIC TENNIS COURTS TO OUR AREAS, I KNOW THERE'S A RISE IN PICKLEBALL THAT SELFISHLY AND LADIES OF THE COMMUNITY WERE LOOKING FOR THING TO DO LIFE WITH WHETHER THAT'S LIFE AND WELLNESS OR BUSINESS AND WORKSHOPS WE HAVE COWORKING SESSIONS WE MEET UP FOR DINNERS AND BUNCH OF THINGS LIKE THAT AND GEN-X AND JEN Y WE HAVE LADIES OVER 40 AND 50 WHO ARE SIMPLY JUST LOOKING FOR OTHERS TO DO LIFE WITH AND SO I JUST CAME TODAY SO JUST ASK ABOUT THE PARKS SO THOSE WERE A TOUGH TO ACT FOLLOW. BUT I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NO. 6 SO THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS TERRY WEBSTER, I AM A CONSTITUENT OF PRECINCT 2. 
          I HAVE LIVED IN FORT BEND COUNTY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 
          I AM THE FOUNDER AND LEADER OF INDIVISIBLE FORT BEND COUNTY BUT I'M THE NOT HERE TO SPEAK IN THAT CAPACITY BUT IN THE CAPACITY OF A CONSTITUENT AND VERY ANGRY CONSTITUENT. 
          I'LL START OFF WITH SOMETHING THAT MY BIG MOMMA IMPARTED ON US THAT I WAS REMINDED OF IT SINCE LAST WEEK WAS THE AN VERSE REIS OF JOHN LEWIS'S DEATH WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT RIGHT AND NOT JUST YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          I RARELY GET TO MAKE IT TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETINGS. 
          BUT I DO WATCH ONLINE. WITHIN THE PAST MONTH OR SO, WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS -- THE MOST E -- EGREGIOUS DISPLAY OF POWER AND OVERREACH I BELIEVE I'VE EVER SEEN ON A LOCAL LEVEL. FOR THE PAST DECADE AND DEFINITELY WITHIN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF IT AND HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IT ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. 
          LAST YEAR, WE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE IT AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND TO NOW BE DEALING WITH THINGS AT THIS LEVEL IN THE COUNTY WHICH I LIVE WHERE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO TAKE POWER AND HOLD ON TO IT WHEN THEY KNOW THAT IT IS WRONG, IT SHOULD ANGER EVERY CONSTITUENT IN FORT BEND COUNTY. LIKE THE LADY WHO SPOKE ABOUT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PURCHASING AND CONTRACTING. 
          I USED TO WORK FOR AT&T AND I WAS IN THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION SPACE, AND ACTUALLY FORT BEND COUNTY WAS ONE OF MY TEAM'S CLIENTS SO I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BID ON AN OPEN RFP AND TO HAVE IT AWARDED TO SOMEONE ELSE AND QUESTION WHY THAT HAPPENED. 
          AND TO ALSO BRING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE CITY OR THE COUNTY OR WHOEVER MADE THE DECISION TO QUESTION THAT. 
          THAT STICKINGS OUT MOST IN MY MIND WHEN I SEE MR. WONG CONTINUE TO SIT IN A SEAT THAT SHOULD NOT ANYBODY THAT IS ABLE TO READ KNOWS IT AND SEE IT IS. 
          I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME WORDS OF SUPPORT AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WE SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ARE DOING IT DESPITE WHAT IS SAID ONLINE OR WHAT IS SAID OUT IN THE BLOG SPHERE OF PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO UNDERSTAND. 
          I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IN WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO DO, AND WE ASK THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO STAND STRONG FOR WHAT IS RIGHT FOR PUTTING THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE COUNTY FIRST, FOR RECOGNIZING THAT THESE ARE SERIOUS SITUATIONS BEYOND I THINK WHAT SOMETIMES THE GENERAL PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHEN WE SEE I KNOW FOR ME -- WHEN I SEE PEOPLE FROM A CERTAIN PARTY COME TO PUBLIC COMMENTS 
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AND COMPLAIN ABOUT MONEY BEING EXPENDED FOR OUT OF STATE TRAVEL, TO CONVENTIONS AND THESE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS WHICH I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. BUT ARE QUIET AS WE EXPERIENCE SOMEONE ILLEGITIMATELY SITTING IN A SEAT MAKING PURCHASING DECISIONS AND SIGNING OFF ON GRANTS THAT IN SOME CASES ARE IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THEY SHOW NO CONCERN FOR THAT. 
          BECAUSE THE PERSON THAT THEY WANT IS SITTING IN THAT SEAT. 
          WE SHOULD ALL, THIS SHOULD BE MORE THAN PARTY. 
          IT IS DEFINITELY NOT A PARTY ISSUE TO ME. 
          I WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST AS ENRAGED AND UPSET IF COMMISSIONER MCCOY HAD BEEN DECIDED ON TO TEMPORARILY SIT IN THAT SEAT AND ACCEPTED IT. BECAUSE I EXPECT MORE FROM MY PARTY AND I EXPECT MORE FROM COMMISSIONER MCCOY. 
          AND RESPECTFULLY, I BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD HAVE DONE THE RIGHT THING EVEN THEN. SO THAT BEING SAID, I WILL CLOSE WITH THIS. I HOPED WITH JOHN LEWIS I'LL CLOSE WITH JOHN LEWIS. NOW I'M GOING TO SPEAK AS AN INDIVIDUAL FOR FORT BEND COUNTY. [LAUGHTER] I HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE BOTH OUR MEMBERS AND EVERYONE UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE IN FORT BEND COUNTY CHOSES A RESIDENT TO SHOW UP HERE EACH AND EVERY TIME COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS OPEN AND MR. WONG CONTINUES TO SIT THERE ILL LEGITIMATELY AND MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD. 
          WE ARE GOING TO GET IN SOME VERY NECESSARY GOOD TROUBLE TODAY AS JOHN LEWIS WOULD SAY. ANYONE HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US, WE WILL BE OUT AT THE PUBLIC INTEREST PROTESTING AT NOON AND MANY OF US HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING COMMISSIONER'S COURT AGAIN THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. STAND STRONG. 
          WE HAVE YOUR BACK. THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] >> SO I DO WANT TO JUST SAY AND THEN I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET AN UPDATE ON IMPORTANT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR PRECINCTS AND THEN APPRECIATE THE QUESTION ABOUT PARKS, BECAUSE THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT THAT WE WORK ON. I'LL SAY JUST AGAIN, THIS WHOLE SITUATION HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S FOR EVERYONE WHO IS INVOLVED, THE PUBLIC ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DISENGAGE FROM GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS FOR THIS EXACT REASON. 
          THAT IT SEEMS AS THOSE IN A ELECTED OFFICE SPEND MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT THEMSELVES THAN TALKING ABOUT YOU AND THE HARDEST PART OF THIS, FOR ME, IS I RAN FOR THIS OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN DELIVER RESULTS FOR MY COMMUNITY. 
          AND RIGHT NOW NOT BEING ABLE TO FULLY CARRY OUT ALL OF THOSE DUTIES BEING BLOCKED FROM DOING THAT FOR NO REAL GOOD REASON, IT REALLY IS AWFUL. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO SAY, PAVING ROADS AND PAYING BILLS IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE. 
          AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT IS ON COMMISSIONER'S COURT AGENDA RIGHT NOW THAT IS PARTISAN. 
          WE MIGHT NOT AGREE ON, YOU KNOW, SOME MONEY BEING SPENT HERE OR THERE. BUT WE HAVE FORWARD DULY ELECTED MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT WHO CAN TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS WITHOUT THE CLOUD OF UNCERTAINTY OVER WHETHER OR NOT THAT BUSINESS WILL BE FAIRLY INSTITUTED. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OFFERED HEY AND I'LL JUST BE CLEAR HERE TO MR. WONG. IF YOU WANT TO GO GIVE THE PROCLAMATIONS GO SPEAK AT THE EVENTS WHATEVER. 
          I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME UP HERE AND DO MY JOB. AND PAVING THE ROADS, PAYING THE BILLS, AND RIGHT NOW WE CANNOT DO THAT. 
          AND YOU KNOW I COULD APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENTSES FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT US NOT BEING PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT, AND I CAN APPRECIATE HOW ON THE FACE OF THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE NOT SHOWING UP. BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE US EVERY DAY IN OUR OFFICE WHEN WE'RE TAKE THE CONSTITUENT CONCERNS OR WHEN WE'RE OUT LIKE WE WERE RECENTLY SURVEYING SOME OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO DELIVER THAT GETTING A ROAD PAVED OVER IN FOUR CORNERS MAKING SURE THE RESIDENTS CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR COVERTS WERE ADDRESSED. 
          I GET IT. BUT TO USE A MILITARY EXAMPLE IF A JAG OFFICER SAID THAT ANOTHER OFFICER HAD NO LEGITIMATE AUTHORITY TO COMMAND YOU WOULD NOT THEN SAY THAT THAT PERSON 
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GETS TO STAY THERE AND COMMAND WHEN THE CHIEF LEGAL COUNCIL FOR THE MERLE HAS -- MILITARY HAS TOLD YOU THAT PERSON NO LONGER HAS THE AUTHORITY TO COMMAND BECAUSE FOR THAT PERSON TO CONTINUE TO COMMAND WOULD ITSELF BE A MUTE MUTINY THAT HAS BEEN INFORMED BY OUR CHIEF LEGAL COUNCIL FOR THE COUNTY THAT IS POTENTIALLY UNLAWFUL AND FOR WHICH THERE'S NO LEGAL BASIS. PERIOD, FULL STOP. 
          AND THE OPTION IS VERY CLEAR. RIGHT? THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ABOUT US WITH A PETITION IF MY COLLEAGUES DIDN'T WANT PRESTAGE TO APPEAR IN COMMISSION'S COURT THAT'S FINE BUT WITHOUT THE CLOUD OF WHETHER OR NOT OUR ACTIONS WILL BE VOIDED AND OVERTURNED COME TAKE THAT TIME AND I OFFERED THAT BEFORE WE WALKED OUT OF THE MEETING. 
          TAKE THE KNEE COME BACK AND PRODUCE A LEGAL ORDER, AND I'LL RESPECT THAT. AND WE'LL MOVE ON. 
          BUT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE PUT IN THAT POSITION TO VIOLATE THE LAW AS OUR OATH SAYS BY PLAYING COURT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO TAKE THOSE ALASKAS WITH ONE MEMBER HERE WITH THAT CLAIM. SO WITH THAT, THERE'S ALSO A REPORT A READOUT THAT HAS THE CASE THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WHAT IS PUT OUT THAT'S A 55-PAGE DOCUMENT I RECOGNIZE THAT MOST FOLKS WON'T READ THAT AND WOULDN'T BELABOR IT BUT READING HERE THAT BREAKS IT DOWN AND HAS THE HIGH POINTS. 
          I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO READ IT AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY WHENEVER YOU STAND ON THIS ISSUE GO READ IT AND FOLLOW WHAT THE LAW SAYINGS AND SEE IF YOU AGREE WITH THE LOGIC IN THAT. 
          BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE THE THOROUGH INVESTIGATION YOURSELF READ IT TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION. 
          AND AGAIN, SIMPLE AS -- THE SOLUTION IS REAL SIMPLE. 
          MR. WONG COULD TAKE A STEP BACK AND LET US PROCEED AND CARRY ON THE BUSINESS, UNTIL WE HAVE A LAWFUL ORDER THAT ALLOWS US TO PROCEED WITH OR WITHOUT HIM. SO THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY THERE. 
          CAN WE MOVE ON TO I THINK, WHEN PARKS IS FIRST OR MOBILITY? 
          >> PARKS DEPARTMENT. I THINK WE HAVE MR. LAWRENCE TURNER OUR PROGRAM MANAGER FOR ALL OF OUR PARKS BOND PROJECTS. 
          >> WHICH ONE? 4, I'M DOING 4 -- 
          >> LET'S DO 2 FIRST THEN 4, GO FOR IT. 
          GO AHEAD. CUE IT UP. 
          >> SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT SUMS UP A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH RESPECT TO PARKS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY FORT BEND COUNTY WAS CREATED IN 1996 SO ONLY 30 YEARS AND IT WAS CREATED BASED ON A DECISION TO CONSOLIDATE THE FOUR PRECINCT ROAD COMMISSIONERS INTO ONE ROAD AND BRIDGE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND CREATE A PARKS DEPARTMENT AT MY INSISTENCE AS A RESULT OF THAT OTHER COMMISSIONERS WERE NOT INTERESTED IN PARKS AT THE TIME, FAST FORWARD EVERYONE IS INTERESTED IN PARKS. 
          SO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS CREATED IN 199   SO WE DON'T HAVE A LONG LEGACY ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR PARKS OF THE NEW PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS KITTY HOLLOW PARKS AND SINCE THEN BATES ALAN AND JONES CREEK RANCH, AND THERE ARE PLANS FOR A LOT OF PARKS. SO INVESTING IN PARKS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. I'M GOING HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS ONE THERE'S BEEN 57.7 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST BOND CYCLES IN PARKS PROJECTS. YOU SEE IMAGES HERE, ONE AT THE MUSTANG PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, THAT'S THE I GUESS ME WITH THE RED SHIRT ON. I GUESS WE WERE GROUNDBREAKING AT THE TIME. BUT THE MUSTANG PARK CENTER IN THE FRESNO COMMUNITY IT WAS AN EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT BY MY PREDECESSOR BEN, HE BUILT A SMALL, METAL BUILDING THERE. AND THAT PARK HAS BEEN EXPANDED 
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IN TERMS OF THE ACREAGE AND AMENITIES THERE OVER THE YEARS. 
          AND WHAT WE HAVE THERE NOW, UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS A EXPANDED NEW COMMUNITY CENTER, A EVERY KID IN FRESNO ABLE TO SWIM AND ADULTS WENT THEIR WHOLE LIFE NOT KNOWING HOW TO SWIM YOU CAN COME AND GET INSTRUCTION THERE. WE ALSO HAVE A GYMNASIUM, AUDITORIUM ON THAT SITE. AND A PARK AND MAJOR PARK PROJECT IF YOU ARE IN THAT AREA ON 521 YOU CAN SEE THAT WORK GOING ON THERE SHOULD BE UP AND OPERABLE SOME TIME NEXT SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER AND ALSO THERE'S A BRAND NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY FRESNO BRANCH LIBRARY BEING PLANNED AND SHOULD BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION SOME TIME EARLY IN 2027. 
          KITTY HOLLOW PARK IS GETTING MAJOR UPGRADE YOU SEE THE IMAGES OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          THE STRUCTURE IS UP AND IT IS MOVING QUITE NICELY. 
          WE'RE ALSO BUILDING A MAINTENANCE FACILITIES, A THREE-MILE CONCRETE WALK-IN JOG-IN TRAIL AROUND THE PARK. 
          TWO MILES OF IT WOULD BE ON THE LEVEE FLOWING ALONG HIGHWAY 6 AND SO IT WILL BE A NICE AMENITY, AND IT WILL MAKE A COMPLETE LOOP AND THERE WILL BE A CONCESSION TO RENT BICYCLES THERE ALSO. IT WILL BE A DESTINATION. 
          WE'RE ALSO REPLACING ALL OF THE PAVILIONS WITH NEW PAVILIONS BUILT BY THE PARK STAFF IN THE 90S MADE BY THE WOODEN 4X4 AND LIVED THEIR LIFE OUT. NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NICE, NEW MODERN PAVILIONS A NEW FACE LIFT FOR THE COUNTY AND BRING IN ADDITIONAL TREES FROM THE TREE FARM TO REFOREST THE PARK. 
          THE COMING AHEAD, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS, THE FORT BEND EVENT CENTER THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          YOU CAN'T -- YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY REQUESTS WE GET FOR PLACES TO HAVE THING BEES IT AT BAR MITZVAH, A BABY SHOWER, A BANQUET, A PARTY, SMALL BANQUETS EVEN CITIES DOESN'T HAVE A PLACE THAT CAN HANDLE THEIR STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS APPROPRIATELY IN MISSOURI CITY AND IT PAINS THEM TO GO TO SUGAR LAND SO WITH THEIR -- ENGAGEMENT, WE UPPED THE SIZE OF THE EVENTS CENTER TO SEAT 604 BANQUET AND THOUSANDS SEAT FOR THEATER FOR A CONCERT OR RECITAL. IT WILL HAVE A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE THINGS AND OUTDOOR PAVILION AREA FOR USE. IT WILL BE A VERY WELL UTILITY LIESED FACILITIES IT IS OFF RIGHT NOW EXPECT BIDS TO COME BACK OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. AND HOPEFULLY BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION FIRST PART OF 2027. THE KOEHLER COMMUNITY CENTER IS A PROJECT THAT'S DESIGN AND NEAR COMPLETION. 
          KOEHLER IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF EAST FORTH BEND COUNTY AND WE'RE GOING BUILD THE SAME COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING IN IS IN KNEADVILLE ALMOST AN IDENTICAL BUILDING LIKE A 4,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL FOSTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT. 
          AGAIN THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DELIVER. FISHERY COMMUNITY CENTER RECENTLY CAME BACK INTO PRECINCT 2 I BUILT THAT FIT IN THE LATE 90S WELL UTILIZED AND IT HAS A BOYS AND GRLS CLUB AS APARTMENT OF IT AND A HEAD START BUILDING THAT'S PART OF IT AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO IT. 
          IT NEEDS AN UPGRADE. THE ALTA VISTA SENIOR CENTER STARTED PRECINCT 2 BUT AS A RESULT OF REDISTRICTING WENT INTO PRECINCT 3 BUT THE PLANS TO COMPLETE AND WE JUST NEED TO SEE WHICH DIRECTION COMMISSIONER MEYERS WILL TAKE ON THAT. 
          BUT WE'VE HANDED OVER A COMPLETE SET OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS TO BUILD THIS BUILDING AND FUNDING TO BUILD THIS FACILITY. 
          BLUE RIDGE PARK IMPROVEMENTS BLUE RIDGE PARK IS A PARK THAT'S OWNED BY CITY OF HOUSTON THAT'S IN FORT BEND COUNTY PARTNERED 
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WITH THE INITIAL ROAD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. 
          IT'S IN DESPERATE NEED OF AN UPGRADE SOME OF THE UPGRADES HAS BEEN IN PARK LIGHTS IN AND RESTROOM BUILDING AND IT IS GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO THAT PARK WHICH WILL HAPPEN SOON. AS SOON AS WE GET PERMITTING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON THAT'S BEEN A TOUGH PROCESS. 
          BUT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. NEXT SLIDE. 
          OKAY. WHILE I GOT THE MIC, I'M GOING TO GO ALSO MENTION THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THIS IS ONE THING FOR ME AND MY CAREER HAS BEEN SOME OF THE MOST PROUDEST MOMENTS IS TO OPEN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS. WE HAVE A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GREATER HOUSTON WHERE THE COUNTY OWNS BUILDINGS AND OWNS THESE FACILITIES AND BOYS AND GIRL'S CLUB DOES THE PROGRAMMING. WE LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO THAT WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE DO BEST AND WHAT THE COUNTY DOES BEST IS BRICK-AND-MORTAR WE CAN BUILD WITH THE BEST OF THEM WE HAVE AMAZING FACILITIES IN FORT BEND COUNTY BUT RUNNING A PROGRAM IS DIFFICULT. THAT'S HARD. 
          IT'S DAILY ACTION, I MEAN, AND SO WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE COUNTY NOW HAS FIVE BOYS AND GIRL'S CLUBS AND THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. OKAY THAT'S ONE IN ROSENBURG AND NORTH ROSENBURG AND THERE'S ONE IN -- MISSION BEND WHICH I WAS ABLE TO BUILD AND HANDED OVER TO PRECINCT 4 PRIOR TO REDISTRICTING. 
          THERE'S ONE IN WE SHALL CALL THE FORT BEND CLUB FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE'S ONE ON FIFTH STREET THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THE NEW ONE IN FRESNO, NICE FACILITY SO IF YOU'RE IN THE FRESNO COUNTY ON SOUTH VISIT IT THEY'RE AT CAPACITY, AND IT'S A VERY WELCOMED ADDITION TO THAT COMMUNITY IT HAS KIDS FROM 7 TO 17 AND THEY PAY A $10 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE. 
          $25 FOR SUMMER PROGRAM. IT IS A WONDERFUL THING. 
          IT'S WAY TO GIVE BACK. THERE'S A MAJOR RENOVATION TO THE FORT BEND CLUB WHICH IS THE ONE THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM CHRIS MCAND HOUSTON ROCKET FOUNDATION IT IS ALMOST A BRAND NEW BUILDING AND WE CELEBRATE THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          SPORTS COMPLEX I'LL WRAP UP WITH PARKS WITH THAT. 
          IT IS ON ITS SAME SITE WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND PINNACLE SENIOR CENTER. IT'S A SPORTS COMPLEX WITH TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS. WITH ARTIFICIAL TURF, BLEACHERS AND NICE CONCESSION FACILITIES AND THE BASEBALL COMPLEX WHICH YOU SEE THE IMAGERY HERE IN THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER WITH FOUR BASEBALL FIELDS. WE HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE HOUSTON ASTRO WITH THEIR CAMPS THEY'RE THERE AND IT IS A VERY NICE FACILITY FIRST CLASS AND RIVAL ANYTHING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. IN THIS MARKET, ALSO IT HAS A BATTING CAGE BUILDING, SO YOU CAN HAVE THOSE ACTIVITIES GO AROUND NOTWITHSTANDING THE WEATHER. 
          I WANT TO SWITCH RIGHT QUICK WHILE THE GOT THE FLOOR AND GO TO MOBILITY AND COME BACK MOBILITY PROJECTS 45 PROJECTS OF MORE THAN 492 MILLION DOLLARS IN INVESTMENT GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          AND IT'S A TYPICAL ROAD PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING BUT SOME THINGS THAT I WANT TO BRING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO. 
          AND IT'S FRESNO. CARRY ON HERE TALKING ABOUTEST FROM FRESNO AND REALLY BELIEVES IN IT, AND I DO TOO. 
          I SERVE THE ENTIRE FRESNO COMMUNITY FOR ANY FIRST TEN YEARS IN OFFICE. BUT AS A RESULT OF REDISTRICTING I WAS GOING FOR TEN YEARS SO 2021 I'M BACK AND FRESNO AND I RECOGNIZE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED NOW THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND COUNTY DIDN'T HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO DO IN MY FIRST TEN YEARS OF OFFICE. AND SO WE'RE MAKING A SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT TO BRING FRESNO COMMUNITY I'M TALKING ABOUT PLANNED COMMUNITY FRESNO I'M TALKING ABOUT OLD FRESNO, WITH ASPHALT, ROADS AND OPEN DITCHES, AND A LOT OF SUB STANDARD DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE COMING IN AND MAKING MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS ONE OF THEM IS EVERGREEN WHICH YOU SEE ON HERE IS A ARTIST RENTERING OF THE PLANS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE AND RIGHT AWAY AND GOING IN THE CONSTRUCTION IF YOU'VE EVER GONE ON EVERGREEN STREET I WOULD NOT WANT TO DRIVE IN ALL CANDOR AT NIGHT BUT THIS IS HERE A CONCRETE STREET WITH 
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ROUND ABOUTS AND CONNECTING ADEQUATE DRAINAGE AND IT WILL BE REALLY A BOOST FOR THAT AREA. THAT'S HOW IT LOOKS NOW. 
          AND THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION IS FINISHED. SO NUMBER OF STREETS WE'RE DOING. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WAS CALIFORNIA STREET. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY EVERGREEN STREET THIS IS HOW IT IS RIGHT NOW. AND IT WILL MORPH INTO WHAT IT IS GOING TO LOOK WHEN IT IS FINISHED. 
          CONNECTING EVERGREEN STREET ARE 21 AND FIRST COUNT NOW MAY BE 17 OR 18 DIRT STREETS. AND IF YOU GO DOWN THOSE STREETS, YOU SWEAR YOU WERE IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. 
          AND THAT'S NOT THE STANDARD. WE SHOULD HAVE IN FORT BEND COUNTY IT IS DIFFICULT TO DO IN THAT WE -- THERE ARE NOT PUBLIC STREETS BUT THERE WILL BE PUBLIC STREETS. 
          WE'RE GOING ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND MAKE THOSE DIRT STREETS ACCESSIBLE AND NICE. AND REALLY IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE GRAND THINGS WE'RE DOING. BUT I FOUND OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THE PEOPLE LET ME TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE GRAND THINGS AND WHEN I FINISH TALKING THEY'LL SAY COMMISSIONER I NEED DITCHES CLEANED IT BREAKS DOWN AND IT HAPPENS OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND I FINALLY GOT THE MESSAGE, TALKING ABOUT THINGS. 
          OUT THERE, GRAND NOT IMPORTANT WHEN PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE BASICS. SO FRESNO COMMUNITY, THE BASICS INCLUDE PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER SOMETHING WE ALL TAKE FOR GRANTED IN OUR PLANNED COMMUNITIES. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE THAT SITUATION. THEY'RE HAVING IT NOW. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FRESH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT THAT WE HELPED CREATE IN THE 90S DURING MY FIRST TEN YEARS IN OFFINGS AND NOW TRYING TO GET PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER SERVICE TO ALL OF FORT BEND INCLUDE INCLUDING THE FRESNO COMMUNITY. 
          THE STREETS THAT CONNECT EVERGREEN STREET WILL BE CONCRETE STREETS AND THEY'LL HAVE PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER. 
          RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN'T WALK DOWN THESE STREETS. 
          THE MAILMAN WON'T GO DOWN THE STREET. 
          AMAZON WON'T GO DOWN THE STREET IF AMAZON WON'T YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. WE WERE GOING TRANSFORM THOSE INTO STREETS THAT WE'LL BE REAL PROUD OF. 
          AGAIN, IT IS NOT ABOUT THE MR. SPEAKERS ON THIS. 
          IT'S ABOUT DOING WHAT'S RIGHT AND I WOULD BE REAL -- ASHAMED OF MYSELF IF I SPENT TIME IN SERVICE AT FORT BEND COUNTY AND LEAVE THAT HOW I FOUND IT AND IT NEEDS TO DO BETTER AND ON MY WATCH AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF YOU AND VOTERS WHO VOTED FOR THE MOBILITY BONDS, AND THE VOTERS WHO LIVE IN THAT PART OF FRESNO WHO VOTED TO JOIN, PARTICIPATE IN A COUNTY ASSISTANCE DISTRICT WHERE THEY CAN HAVE ONE PENNY SALES TAX GENERATED. THAT'S PAYING FOR THESE STREETS AND I THINK THE COUNTY WOULD BENEFIT TREMENDOUSLY AS A RESULT OF IT. I THINK THAT -- WHAT WAS THAT? OH. 
          YEAH LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD IN OUR FRESNO PLAN WE ACTUALLY HAD A PLAN THE FRESNO PLAN WHICH TOOK ALL OF THE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT AS A ROAD MAP OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE FRESNO COMMUNITY. 
          ONE OF THE HINGES THAT WE WERE AGE TO DO IS WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE TEN, FULL-TIME SHERIFF DEPUTIES TO PATROL THE FRESNO COMMUNITY. AND THAT HAPPENED MONEY FROM THE COUNTY DISTRICT WAS USED TO MATCH A FEDERAL GRANT AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT MADE HALF OF THOSE OFFICES ON DUTY RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT THE PROBLEMS IN FRESNO COMMUNITY ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS THEY NEEDED TO ADDRESS WAS THE RANDOM CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE. THIS IS NOT PEEL SHOOTING EACH OTHER. IT IS PEOPLE JUST SHOOTING. 
          OKAY? AND IT IS A RURAL COMMUNITY MOST PART, AND THIS IS A PROPERTY RIGHTS STATE AND PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS AND IT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO FIRE YOUR HAND GUN BUT NOT ALL OF THE TIME AND NOT RAT-A-TAT -- WHEN IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL OF THEIR OWN SAFETY BECAUSE THEIR NEIGHBORS WE HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          AND SO COMMUNITY POLICING IS THE ANSWER, AND THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT WHICH -- DOESN'T HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO DO THIS BUT FOR THIS SPECIAL SET OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AND ADDRESS THAT. 
          IT WILL MAKE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE BETTER IF WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AROUND CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE AND NORMAL THINGS YOU HAVE IN A COMMUNITY LIKE THAT WITH DANGEROUS DOGS AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET 
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THAT DONE. AND FINALLY WE'RE WORKING WITH THE EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER 7 WHICH IS A FIRE DISTRICT. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO HELP THEM BUILD AN ADDITIONAL STATION IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THEIR PRECINCT 2 IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT IS A LONG STOIRN HOW THAT COMES TOGETHER. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A MUCH BETTER FRESNO COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF EFFORTS WE'RE TAKING RIGHT NOW WHICH IS TO SUPPORT YOU THE TAXPAYERS OF FORT BEND COUNTY. THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS LAWRENCE TURNER AND WE'RE THE PROJECT MANAGERS FOR THE PARKS BOND, AND OH -- AND JUST BEFORE HE STARTS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF WHERE YOUR TAX THERE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPET PARTICULARLY BONDS AND WHEN YOU PUT YOUR FAITH AND TRUST TO DELIVER FOR YOU YOU KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING SO THIS UPDATE IS VERY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT THAT'S NOT IN HERE. THOSE THINGS THAT WERE CHANGED OVER AND REDISTRICTING THAT WE WORKED ACTIVELY ON THE BACK END I'LL GIVE UPDATES ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS BUT REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE FULL VIEW OF EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WITH THOSE BOND FUNDS. OH BUT I'LL SAY SO MUCH AS PRECINCT 4 PROJECTS ARE CONCERNED WHAT WAS IN THE 2023 PARK AND MOBILITY BONDS WERE AS A RESULT OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY TOLD US THEY WANT TO SEE THEY HAVE A ROUND OF TOWN HALL MEETINGS AROUND PRECINCT HEARING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE FOLKS WHO WANTED TO HAVE A WATER FEATURE IN MISSION WEST AND FEELING LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT, WE'LL SEE HEAR ABOUT THE SPLASH PAD THAT'S BEING BUILT THERE. 
          HEARING FOLKS SAYING THEY WANTED TO HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER AMENITIES IN THEIR PARKS WE'RE DOING MASTER PLANNING AROUND THAT. CRICKET ALL OF THAT BEEN ABLE TO DO EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE RESPONSES TO WHAT WE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND SOME OF THESE PUBLIC FEEDBACK SESSIONS SO MR. TURNER YOU CAN TAKE IT AWAY. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER. 
          ALSO, BEFORE I START I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK NOTE ABOUT FORT BEND COUNTY AND THE PARKS. YOU KNOW, ONE THING ABOUT PARKS IS IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE HEATS HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S ALSO AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR COMMUNITIES, A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVE TO AREAS BECAUSE OF PARKS. 
          AND SO THE PURPOSE OF ME BEING UP HERE TODAY IS I WANT TO KIND OF UPDATE THE PUBLIC ON PROJECTS SEE IF I CAN MAKE THIS, THERE WE GO. IN THE PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT I WANT TO UPDATE YOU ARE THE CRICKET FIELD FOUR CORNERS PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER, HOMESTEAD PARK, MISSION BEND SENIOR CENTER, MISSION WEST PARK, AND THE TW DAVIS YMCA. 
          ALL RIGHT. FIRST ONE I'M GOING TO START WITH IS THE ASHR RKS TUM PARK THROUGH THE 2023 PARKS BOND SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE OVER TO THIS PARTICULAR PARK. WE HAVE INSTALLED LIGHTS, NETTINGS, SIDEWALKS BATTING CAGES, IRRIGATION AND PAVILIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED AS PART OF THE PARK BONGDZ. 
          THE COMPLEX SEATS THOUSANDS OF VISITORS PER YEAR AND IT'S CONSISTENTLY RENTED IT HOLDS NATIONAL YOUTH CRICKET TOURNAMENT GAMES EVERY YEAR ESPECIALLY OVER THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND. THE COMPLEX HAS RESTROOMS WITH PAVILIONS AND FENCING TO KEEP ALL ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE FIELD OF PLAY. THIS PARK IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF WEST BELLEFOLD AND OLD RICH MONDAY ROAD CRITICALLY NEEDED BECAUSE CRICKET HAS BECOME A REAL, FAST-GROWING ACTIVITY AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THOSE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES HAVE A PLACE FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE. 
          PARDON ME. >> CLOSE TO INTERSECTION OF WEST BELLEFORD AND RICHMOND ROAD. YES, MA'AM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL UPDATE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 
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THE NEXT PROJECT THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE DOHASSET PARK A 50-ACRE PARK OFF OLD RICHMOND ROAD AND SUGAR LAND ET DAY AND IN PARTNERSHIP OF SUGAR LAND A MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK IS UNDERWAY WITH THE CONSULTING FIRM OF KCI PARK WILL INCLUDE RESTROOMS, LARGE PAVILIONS, AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL, SAND VOLLEYBALL AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WILL ALSO BE PARTICIPATING IN AND OUT THERE CURRENTLY GOING ON ARE THINGS SUCH AS WILDFIRES, PLANTED THROUGH THE PARK NOVEMBER THROUGH MAY. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARK WE'LL ALSO HAVE A PECAN TREE PRESENTATION WHICH IS CRITICAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. 
          OTHER ELEMENTS OF THIS PARK TO BE INCLUDED IS THE HISTORIC DUE HOUSE PRESENTATION ALSO INCLUDE THREE SPORT FIELDS, OPEN FOR DAYS, TWO CRICKET FIELDS ONE MULTIPURPOSE FIELD AS WELL. 
          SHADE STRUCTURES WILL BE PROVIDED. 
          FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AS WELL. 
          WE'LL ALSO HAVE A PARKING LOT THAT WILL PROVIDE AMPLE PARKING SPACE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA RIGHT HERE. 
          WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DUHACSEK PARK WAS DOING PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS AND DURING THESE SESSIONINGS THE PUBLIC HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEIR INPUT ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THEY WANTED TO SEE AND WOULD BE INSTALLED THIS THIS PARTICULAR PARK OVER HERE. WHAT YOU SEE SEE ON THE CAREEN IS THE SCREENING BASED UPON THE INPUT THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED DURING THOSE PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS. 
          >> IN SO JUST ON THIS, I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC THAT CAME OUT TO GIVE FEEDBACK DURING OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION. YOU KNOW, SOON WE'LL BE GOING BEFORE THE SUGAR LAND PARK BOARD AND PRESENTING TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF SUGAR LAND BECAUSE THIS IS A PARK WE'RE IN AGREEMENT TO DEVELOPMENT WITH THEM. 
          AND WHAT YOU SEE IS A REALLY INCREDIBLE CONCEPTION BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVE A LOT OF FOLKS WANTED US TO STILL PRESERVE GREEN SPACE, TREES OUT THERE MUST BUY THE DEED REMAIN OUT THERE AND MORE SPACES THAT COULD RENT OUT FOR PAVILION SPACE AND FIELD, FIELD SPACE SO THIS IS WHAT THIS ACCOMPLISHES. 
          IN THE PLAN IT WILL TAKE A PHASED APPROACH CAN YOU REMIND ME ON WHAT WE'RE STARTING WITH FIRST? OUR GOAL IS TO START WITH FIRST ON THIS -- 
          >> YEAH. SOME OF THE INITIAL THINGS THAT WILL BE PUT IN IS, OF COURSE, WITH ANY PROJECT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO INSTALL DRAINAGE SO WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THE PARKING, DRAINAGE, RESTORATION OF THE DUE HOUSE AND SOME OF THE PLAYING FIELDINGS WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE INITIAL FIRST PHASE. 
          >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. 
          >> YES, SIR. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION TOO THAT WITH THE DUHACSEK PARK A DOG PARK OUT THERE AS WELL BECAUSE OUR FRIENDLY FOUR HAD LEGGED FRIENDS ALSO NEED A PLACE TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE AND SOCIALIZE. 
          >> FOUR CORNERS PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          THE FOUR CORNERS PARK COMMUNITY CENTER IS A HEAVILY -- 
          >> SORRY FOR OUR RESIDENT WHO CAME THERE ARE TENNIS COURTS IN THE PARK PLAN AS WELL AS PICKLE BALL COURTS THERE WERE STUDENT WHO TOLD US THEY WANTED TO HAVE OUTDOOR TENNIS SPACES THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD HEARD THAT IN A WHILE SO GOOD TO HEAR OTHER 
          FOLKS TALK ABOUT IT TOO. >> OKAY. 
          THE FOUR CORNERS PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S A HEAVILY VISITED FACILITIES, IT ADDS OVER 200,000 VISITORS A YEAR. LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF OLD RICH MONDAY ROAD AND IN THE SUGAR LAND ETJ AS WELL AND THE PARK RENTLY RECEIVED A TRAIL UPGRADE AND A NEW SPLASH PAD. 
          THE NEW SPLASH PAD IS USER ACTIVATED AND USES 80% LESS WATER THAN THE PREVIOUS SPLASH PADS. 
          SPLASH PAD DESIGNS WERE DETERMINED BY THE YMCA ROUTH 
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PARTICIPATES THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS RENTED FREQUENTLY ON WEEKENDS FOR BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, AND HOST SENIOR MEAL ON WHEEL PROGRAMS, AND YMCA OUTREACH PROGRAMS. HUNDREDS OF FORT BEND RESIDENTS PLAYED PICKLE BALL TEN MONTHS EACH YEAR. THE PARK RECENTLY RECEIVED OVER 80 TREES THAT WILL BE RECEIVING I'M SORRY, THE PARK RECENTLY RECEIVED OVER 80 TREES AND THEY WERE PLANTED OVER ON THE SIDE. 
          LET'S SEE -- THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE PARK HOST FORT BEND ANIMAL SERVICES FOR THEIR PET FOOD DRIVES. 
          WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF FIT FOR BEND THE PARK HAS HAD THE -- PARK HAS AN ADULT LIBRARY WHERE ADULTS CAN BORROW TRIKES TO RIDE ON RECENTLY RENOVATED TRAILS. THE PARK HOST WEEKLY WALKS WITH THE FORT BEND COUNTY EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE MOST HEAVILY USED AND RENTED SPACE IN THE PARK IS THE CRICKET FIELD. 
          AND THE CRICKET BATTING CAGES, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO WITH REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITY GARDENS OVER THERE, THEY'VE MADE IT VERY ACCESSIBLE EVEN FOR THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN WHEELCHAIRS. THEY'VE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED A SPECIAL AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THEM IN THE BACK I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS A POINT OR NOT BUT IF YOU LOOK OVER TO THE LADIES LEFT THERE'S A GENTLEMEN OTHER THERE IN A WHEELCHAIR AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY CREATED A ABOVEGROUND PLANTING BOX SO THEY COULD ALSO PARTICIPATE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALL OF THE PARKS TRY TO DO IS MAKE SURE IT IS VERY INCLUSIVE WITH ALL RESIDENTS WITHIN FORT BEND COUNTY. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, THERE'S THE GARDEN THERE. 
          THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE TRIKES THAT YOU HAVE THERE AND AGAIN, WITH THE WIDENING AND REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THOSE TRAILS THOSE TRAILS ARE WIDE ENOUGH WHERE YOU CAN STILL HAVE THOSE TRIKES GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS BECAUSE OF THE WIDTH OF THE TRAILS AND THEY'RE BEING HEAVILY USED RIGHT NOW. 
          >> WE JUST GOT A NOTE JUST ON OUR TIMING -- SO WE IF WE COULD SPEED THROUGH THE REMAINING PARTS. 
          >> NOT A PROBLEM. >> ON THE SON OF A BAPTIST PREACH YOU DON'T LET HIM GET UP TO A MIC. 
          [LAUGHTER] I'LL SKIP TO THE NEXT ONE AND WE'LL GO TO AS YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE JUST SOME OTHER PICTURES OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. 
          OVER THERE AT FOUR CORNERS. >> SO FOLKS KNOW TOO WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS ON THE PIPELINE FOR FOUR CORNERS ADDING NEW SHADE STRUCTURES OVER THE PLAY GROUND ADDING SHADED PARK BENCH AREA FOR PARENTS TO WATCH THE KIDS WHILE THEY ARE PLAYING AT THE SPLASH PAD. AND WE HAD IN THE PARTNERSHIP WITH FORT BEND GREEN MURALS PLACED OUT THERE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS IN FOUR CORNERS AND A LOT MORE TO COME. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE THE LAMAR HOMESTEAD PROJECT. AND WHILE HE'S PULLING THAT UP, I'M JUST GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF MY READING LIKE RENDINGS GO IN I'VE BEEN GIVEN MY TWO MINUTE WARNING SIGN. 
          THE PARK IS JUST NORTH OF THE JUSTICE CENTER. 
          OVER THE LEVEE IN RICH MONDAY THE PARK HAS A GRANITE GRAVEL TRAIL THAT WILL GO THROUGHOUT THE FACILITIES. 
          ♪ ♪ ALSO HAVE OUTDOOR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AND RECENTLY BECAME PART OF FORT BEND COUNTY PARKS WITH THE SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONER MCCOY. 
          THE PARK WILL SOON BE HOME TO THE FREEDOM GARDENS, AND WILL CONTAIN SEVERAL SCULPTURES IT IS A HISTORIC HOMESITE OF LAMAR SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS AN ANIMATION RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED SITE. WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT THIS 
          PROJECT COMING ONLINE. >> THE COUNTY VERY FIRST SCULPTURE GARDEN AGAIN FOLKS GAVE US FEEDBACK ABOUT PUBLIC ART THAT'S WHAT WILL HERE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE JUSTICE CENTER. SO WHEN PREEM AT SOME OF THEIR LOWEST DAYS, THEY CAN GO AND GET SOME REPRIEVE AND RESPITE BY VISITING THIS GARDEN WE HAVE SIX SCULPTURES GOING IN AND TWO OR THREE MURALS I BELIEVE ALONG THIS TRAIL SMFLT SCULPTURES HAVE ALREADY BEGUN COMING AND FEATURES AN AMPHITHEATER THERE. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF EVENTS THAT ARE HOSTED THERE PARK DEPARTMENT AND OTHERWISE, AND THERE WILL BE PAVILION AND AMPHITHEATER OUT THERE TO MAKE THAT A BIT -- MORE EASY OF AN EVENT TO HOLD OUT THERE. MOVIE NIGHTS ALL OF THAT IS 
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ENVISIONED SO GOING TO BE ANOTHER TOURIST ATTRACTION FOR 
          OUR AREA. >> ALL RIGHT NEXT ONE THAT I'M GOING TO MOVE TO IS MISSION BEND SENIOR CENTER. 
          THE MISSION BEND SENIOR CENTER IS ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. WE ANTICIPATE THAT CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE COMPLETED SOME TIME IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, FOURTH QUARTER OF 2027 FIRST QUARTER OF 2028 SOME TIME RIGHT UP FROM THERE. THERE IS HOOKING ME BACK UP WHEN SHE PULLS IT UP, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE A RENDERING OF THAT RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THE NEXT ONE I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO BECAUSE OF MY TIME IS THE MISSION WEST PARK. MISSION WEST PARK JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A GEOREFERENCE IT'S NORTH OF BEACH NUT SOUTH OF BEL-AIR, AND EAST OF 1464, OBVIOUSLY, IN THE WEST SUBDIVISION. THE MISSION WEST PARK IS A SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THERE'S A NEW SPLASH PAD BEING INSTALLED OVER THERE. 
          BUT THEY ALSO HAVE SOME PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT. 
          WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING ATING RIGHT NOW ON THE SCREEN IS THE ULTIMATE CONCEPTIONAL RENDERING FOR THAT PARTICULAR PARK THAT PARTICULAR PARK AGAIN HAD A PUBLIC INPUT ALONG WITH ALL PROJECTS FOR THE MOST PART. 
          THEY HAVE PUBLIC INPUT WHERE THE RESIDENTS GET TO COME IN AND PARTICIPATE. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU WANT TO DO THAT IS, ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO HAVE INPUT ALLOWS THE RESIDENTS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF A PROJECT. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO LET'S SEE DO I HAVE ANYTHING LEFT? TW DAVIS I'M SORRY, THANK YOU. 
          TW DAVIS PROJECT IS A PARK THAT'S OVER IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND. THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT RIGHT THERE IS A COLLABORATION WITH THE GEORGE FOUNDATION. 
          THE WESTENDORF AND CITY OF RICHMOND AND ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT RIGHT THERE THERE WILL BE SOME MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS BEING DONE THERE. ALSO, AS WITH ALL PROJECTS WHEN THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS WE TRY TO ADDRESS MORE THAN JUST THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS. THAT PARTICULAR PARK WILL ALSO TRY TO HELP SOME OF THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THERE THAT'S ALONG RAVES BAYOU THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE MY REPORT SO I DON'T EAT UP ANYMORE TIME AND KEEP US IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          THAT'S. THAT'S IT I'LL SIT DOWN. 
          >> WE'LL HAVE STACEY OUR COUNTY ENGINEER TO GIVE US UPDATES HIGH LEVEL ON OUR MOBILITY PROJECTS BUT WHILE HE'S DOING THAT I'LL ALSO SAY WE WORKED ON A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS PRIOR TO REDISTRICTING WHICH INCLUDES NEW OR -- THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST PART OF PHASE ONE OF THE ARON AMERICAN HERITAGE MONUMENT AND PARK AND NEW INDOOR PICKLE BALLPARK AT FOUR CORNERS COMMUNITY CENTER, WE OPENED UP A NEW BOYS GIRLS CLUB IN NORTH ROSENBURG YOU LEFT THAT ONE OFF YOUR LIST COMMISSIONER PRESTAGE AND HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF BEEZLEY ON RENOVATING THEIR PARK AND KING KENNEDY IN WE WERE WORKING ON A MASTER PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN ROSENBURG WITH THE COLE THEATER AS A CENTER KIND OF DRIVER FOR THAT STUDY. 
          BUT I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT SITS TODAY. 
          BUT BEFORE WE GOT STARTED ON DEVELOPING THE COLE THEATER AND PUTTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS INTO THAT, THAT WAS BY THE WAY, DONATED TO THE COUNTY. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER IT WAS PROGRAMMED AS FEEDS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND HELP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN AND THAT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTSES WE HAD BEEN PROUD TO HAVE BEEN ADVANCING TO SOME SORT OF FORWARD MOMENTUM SO -- MOBILITY BOND. 
          >> ALL RIGHT GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS STACEY, THE COUNTY ENGINEER THANKS TO COMMISSIONER EETION COURT BARING WITH ME FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. BEFORE I GET STARTED ON THE MOBILITY PROJECTS I WANTED TO POINTS OUT TO THE GROUP THAT 2026 HAS SEEN THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PLATS IN THE COUNTY SINCE WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THE NUMBER OF PLATS. 
          SO IF YOU'VE HEARD THAT DEVELOPMENT IS SLOWING DOWN, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NOT SEEN THAT. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT 8,000 NEW LOTS THAT HAVE BEEN PLATTED TO DATE AND WE STILL HAVE TWO MORE MONTHS LEFT OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO THAT COULD EASILY EXCEED 9,000 BIT TIME WE HIT OCTOBER 1ST. IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR 
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COMMERCIAL PLATS ARE -- HAVE DOUBLED SINCE 2019 SO WE JUST NOW PUT THESE NORMINGS TOGETHER A FEW DAYS AGO AND I WAS NOT GOING TO PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS TODAY AND THAT WAS COUNTY WIDE. 
          SO TODAY I'M GOING TO COVER A FEW OF THE -- CRITICAL PRECINCT 4 PROJECTS, I DID PUT TOGETHER SOME QUICK NUMBERS FOR BOTH PRECINCT 2 AND 4. 
          AS COMMISSIONER PRESTAGE HAD INDICATED EARLIER THERE'S 45 ACTIVE MOBILITY PROJECTS IN PRECINCT 2 AND THERE'S NEARLY 30 OF THEM IN PRECINCT 4 OUT OF THOSE WE HAVE OVER HALF OF THEM ARE IN THE DESIGN PHASE EITHER PRELIMINARY OR FINAL DESIGN. 
          BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO ASQUARE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THESE PROJECTSES SO AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE REASON IT TAKES SO LONG TO GET A MOBILITY PROJECT INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, IT'S NOT THAT ENGINEERS THAT ARE NECESSARILY SLOWING THE PROCESS DOWN. IT'S JUST WE HAVE TO BUY RIGHT OF WAY WHEN WE WIDEN A ROAD ESPECIALLY THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL AREA WE HAVE QUITE A FEW SMALL PROPERTIES AND WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY EACH OF THE PROPERTIES AND BY ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 20 FEET OF PEOPLE'S FRONT YARDS AND IT CAN TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE WE ACQUIRE ALL OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY SO I KNOW COMMISSIONER PRESTAGE WOULD LIKE THAT PROJECT TO MOVE ALONG QUICKER BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF TRACKS OF LAND AND A LEGAL PROCESS THAT HAS TO BE FOLLOWED WITH THAT I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO THIS, THESE FEW PROJECTS HERE. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT MASON AND BEL-AIR. 
          AND IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE HAS DRIVEN THROUGH THERE RECENTLY YOU'VE NOTICED NOTICEDT INTERSECTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED NOW FOR QUITE A WHILE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE HAD SOME TIMING ISSUES WITH GETTING THE ELECTRICITY CONNECTED. 
          OBVIOUSLY, A SIGNAL NEEDS POWER, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CENTER POINT TO GET THAT METER INSTALLED. 
          I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS INSTALLED THIS WEEK. 
          MAYBE MONDAY OR TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK THE METER WAS INSTALLED AT THE INTERSECTION. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE FINAL INSPECTION PROCESS. AND THEY WILL BE TESTING THAT SIGNAL IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. I WAS PUSHING FOR A COMMITMENT TO ACTIVATE IT EARLY NEXT WEEK, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR HOPES ARE IS TO GET THAT ACTIVATED I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE MONDAY OR TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY BUT, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS TESTED AND WORKING PERFECTLY, OBVIOUSLY, IT IS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY TURN IT ON. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS THE HARLEM ROAD PROJECT. 
          THIS IS THE SEGMENT FROM MORTON ROAD DOWN TO THE SOUTH LIMITS OF TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS A VERY CONGESTED INTERSECTION. A LOT OF TRAFFIC THERE WITH THE -- WITH ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE SEEN ALONG 99 IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. 
          THIS PROJECT ORIGINALLY WAS JUST GOING TO WIDEN THE EXISTING ASPHALT ROAD. BUT RECENTLY THE COMMISSIONER DECIDED THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NO LONGER A RURAL AREA. 
          THIS IS URBAN AND THE ROADWAY NEEDS TO MATCH THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND IT. SO INSTEAD OF JUST DOING A SIMPLE ASPHALT WIDENING WE'VE GONE TO A FULL CONCRETE SECTION ROADWAY. WITH THAT WIDER ROAD LIKE I SAID EARLIER IT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE PHASE OF THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'RE ACQUIRING THAT RIGHT OF WAY AND AS SOON AS THE RIGHT OF WAY IS ACQUIRED WE WILL RELOCATE NEW UTILITIES THAT ARE IN CONFLICT AND WE WILL START CONSTRUCTION OF THAT ROAD. 
          THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE MASON AT 99 TURN LANE PROJECT. 
          THIS ONE HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR QUITE A WHILE. 
          AGAIN, IT'S JUST TAKING SOME TIME TO ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S NEED AS WELL AS GET THE UTILITIES OUT OF THE WAY. 
          THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION WAS FULLY DEVELOPED ON ALL FOUR CORNERS, AND WHEN YOU SEE THAT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH YOU DON'T SEE IT ALL OF THE UTILITIES THAT'S UNDERGROUND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE UTILITY COMPANIES GETTING ALL OF THOSE RELOCATED AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADVERTISE THIS PROJECT. 
          RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN WE'RE PUSHING FOR LATE AUGUST. WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE PUSHBACK FROM THE CONSIDERATE THAT HE MAY NOT HAVE HIS CREWS AVAILABLE ON LATE AUGUST SO IT MAY SLIP INTO EARLY SEPTEMBER BUT WE'RE DOING IN ORDER WHAT WE CAN TO GET IT STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          NEXT ONE IS THE BEACH NUT PHASE 2 PROJECT. 
          THIS ONE IS ALSO ADVERTISED FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
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WE WERE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO INITIATE THE -- TO SET THE CONSTRUCTION DATE. THIS PROJECT IS INCLUDING ILLUMINATION, SOME INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO HAD TO SLIGHTLY MODIFY THE ROUND ABOUT AND LIMITS ARE PEAK ROAD TO WEST OF THE MASON ROAD INTERSECTION. 
          ALL RIGHT. NEXT ONE IS THE GAINS ROAD SEGMENTS 1 AND 2. BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS ARE UNDER DESIGN. THEY'RE SPLIT AT WEST KEEGAN BAYOU SO THE SEGMENT 1 PROJECT STARTS AT THE SOUTH NEAR BOS GASTON OLD RICHMOND AND WEST BAYOU AND UP TO THE FORTES BEND COUNTY LINE AT THE NORTH END. THIS WILL TAKE THAT NARROW TWO-LANES FOMENT WITH OPEN DITCHES AND CONSTRUCT A WIDER TWO-LANE CONCRETE ROAD WITH THE ENCLOSED STORM SMG SYSTEM AND 
          ALSO HAVE SIDEWALKS TO IT. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE PERSONAL LEGACY PROJECTS FOR ME HAVING GROWN UP IN THIS AREA WATCHING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A PICTURE OF AN ELDERLY GUY WALKING WITH A WALKER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY TO GET UP TO THE ROAD TO CORNER STORE AND IT IS A VERY BUSY ROAD WITH BIG OPEN DITCHES TWICE AS A KID I SAW A BUS TOPPLED OVER IN THE DITCHES. AND IF WE'RE IMPROVING IN OUR NEWER AREAS WITH THE GREAT SIDEWALKS AND STORM SEWER ALL OF THAT, CONCRETE ROADS, THESE FOLKS DESERVE IT TOO. 
          SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT I THINK IT IS PHASE TWO OF THIS PROJECT MOVING CONSTRUCTION HERE I THINK EARLY NEXT YEAR; RIGHT? 
          OR LATE THIS YEAR? >> LET'S SEE I DON'T HAVE A DATE 
          ON IT IF M >> -- >> I THINK WE'RE IN THE RIGHT OF 
          WAY IS TAKING ACQUISITION. >> THE NEXT PROJECT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. IF YOU LEARN BY MISTAKES THIS IS THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT THAT WE HAD A LOT OF -- LET ME SAY JUST CHALLENGES ON THIS ONE. 
          WHEN YOU GO DOWN A ROAD AND SEE HOMES THAT ARE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD, THAT ALLOWS FOR UTILITY COMPANIES TO PUT UTILITIES UNDERGROUND FOR THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS. 
          AND THAT'S -- THAT WAS THE PRIME ISSUE THAT WE HAD WITH GETTING THIS PROJECT COMPLETED. 
          WAS WE KEPT ON RUNNING INTO OLD UTILITY LINES AND WHEN YOU RUN INTO A RUSTED OLD PIPE YOU DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A HIGH PRESSURE GAS LINE OR CRUDE OIL LINE OR OLD WATER LINE SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T TELL SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN RIP IS OUT OF THE GROUND BUT WE'RE DONE WITH THIS PROJECT. 
          IT HAS TAKEN ON A NEW NAME. IT IS NOW RICHMOND PARKWAY AND IT IS WORKING GREAT. I DRIVE THROUGH IT OFTEN AS WELL AS THE COMMISSIONERS. AND IT'S A VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD PROJECT AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE IT AT COMPLETION. 
          >> I WOULD SAY AS A RESULT OF THAT ISSUE, WE HAVE NOW REQUIRED SUB SURFACE UTILITY EXPLORATION BE DONE ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR PROJECTS BEFORE WE GO TO CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE DISRUPTION OF PUBLIC NOT HAVING ACCESS TO THE ROADWAY WHILE WE PAUSE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WHAT. WE WEREN'T DOING THAT BEFORE. 
          SO I THANK YOUR TEAM IN LEADING US TO IMPLEMENT US IN THAT. 
          >> OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          AND THE LAST PROJECT WE WANTED TO MENTION HERE WITH 10TH STREET PROJECT THIS ONE IS I WOULD CONSIDER THIS REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND. 
          CURRENTLY NORTH RICHMOND DOES NOT HAVE ANY ACCESS TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS THE TRAIN STOPS ON THE RAIL. 
          IT JUST HAPPENED A FEW MONTHS AGO WHERE A TRAIN DERAILED. 
          NEAR COLLINS STREET AND THE -- A LOT OF CROSSINGS WERE BLOCKED AND THERE WAS JUST NO ACCESS TO THAT AREA. 
          SO THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE AN OVERPASS OVER THE RAILROAD, AND TECHNICALLY IT'S -- DOESN'T ALIGN WITH OVERPASS ISN'T ON 10TH STREET BUT ACTUALLY ON 11TH STREET BUT ALIGNS WITH THE FM762 GOING TO THE SOUTH. 
          SO IF YOU GO UP FM762 AND HIT UA90A THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE THE FM762 CORRIDOR STRAIT ACROSS 90A AND GO TO MERGE WITH 10TH STREET AND THEN IT WILL CONNECT UP TO THE BRAND NEW ROUND ABOUT AT CLAY ROAD OR CLAY STREET. SO THAT CLAY STREET ROUND ABOUT WAS PART OF THIS PROJECT. BUT SINGS THE CITY OF HOUSTON OR CITY OF RICHMOND WAS READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR CLAY 
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STREET PROJECT WE WENT AHEAD AND INSERTED THAT ROUND ABOUT INTO THEIR CLAY STREET PROJECT SO THIS WILL CONNECT THAT ROUND ABOUT TO FM762 AT 90A AND GIVE ACCESS TO RESIDENT AT NORTH 
          RICHMOND. >> AND THIS IS NO LONGER IN PRECINCT 4 BUT I WANTED THAT TO BE PART OF THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE THIS AGAIN IS ANOTHER DIRECT REQUEST FROM THE COMMUNITY. THEY HAD BEEN FIGHTING FOR AN OVERPASS FOR DECADES BECAUSE EVERY TIME A TRAIN STOPS I THINK THERE'S ONE EXIT OUT OF THERE BUT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD AND OFF OF SECOND STREET. 
          SO REALLY HAPPY THAT THIS WILL BE MOVING BUT RIGHT OF WAY HAS TAKEN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME AND UNION PACIFIC APPROVING PERMITS BUT I'M EXCITED NEXT YEAR THIS WILL GET STARTED. 
          >> WORKING WITH UNION PACIFIC AS SOON AS WE GET A CLEAR SCHEDULE ON WHEN THAT PERMIT IS READY WE'LL ADVERTISE THE PROJECTS. 
          I THINK THERE'S A FEW POWER POLES IN THE WAY, BUT WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE AND WE SHOULD GET THOSE TAKEN CARE OF SHORTLY. 
          >> YEP. OKAY. 
          AND THEN I'LL JUST DO THE LAST COUPLE OF, YOU KNOW, RANSOM ROAD SIMILAR ISSUES AS WE HAD WITH FRONT STREET. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IF YOU DROVE THROUGH THERE AT THE HOSPITAL, YOU PROBABLY WENT THROUGH A LOT OF POTHOLES THAT USED TO EXIST THERE WE UPGRADED THAT TO A CONCRETE ROAD AND I THINK IT WAS ONLY -- IT WAS ABOUT THREE MONTHS DELAYED FROM ITS ORIGINAL COMPLETION TIME BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, AT&T RELOCATIONS AND OTHER THINGS. BUT MAJOR IMPROVEMENT. 
          POWERLINE AND BAN ROAD, WE HARD FROM RESIDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO THE SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THIS WITHIN THE QUICKER THAN THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS THAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE US TO FULLY RECONSTRUCT AND REPLACE THIS ROAD. 
          SO WE DID SOME ADDITIONAL PAVING OF THAT. 
          BECAUSE OF THE HIGH TRAFFIC AREA, AND I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          OH AND THEN WE HEARING CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY OF SPEEDING THROUGH THE FIELD STONE COUNTY ON MASON ROAD. 
          WE ADDED THIS PROJECT TO -- WE PUT A MODULAR ROUND ABOUT MAINLY ON THE EAST COAST WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS CHEAPER THAN TYPICAL ROUND ABOUTS COST AND A WHOLE, WHOLE LOT FASTER THAN TYPICAL ROUND ABOUTS COST BECAUSE FOR ME WE'VE GOT -- EVERY MOMENT WE DON'T BE IT A SIGNAL LIGHT OR OTHER TRAFFIC CALMS MEASURES IS ANOTHER MOMENT THAT SOMEONE'S LIFE IS THREATENED AND SO WE WANTED TO MOVE ON THAT. 
          WE ALSO INCLUDED ROUND ABOUTS ON THAT GAINS ROAD PROJECT WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A HOUSE WHERE WINKLEMAN COME INTO THE BACKYARD HE'S PUT UP STATUES I WAS KNOCKING ON HIS DOOR WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING ALONG HIS FENCE LINE TO PRESENT CARS FROM CAREENING INTO HIS HOUSE BECAUSE THEY ROUTINELY WOULD COME THERE THE BACK FENCES SO WE ADDED A ROUND ABOUT THERE FOR THEIR -- THEIR SAFETY. 
          ONE LAST THING THAT I WILL NOTE IS THAT, WE WILL HAVE A PROJECT STARTED HERE I THINK THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ON EUGENE HIGHMAN CIRCLE ON TO THE ROAD PROJECT PHASE ONE IT WILL START PRETTY SOON BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS ON EUGENE WITH A RAISED SIDEWALK FROM THE IMPROVED HOMESTEAD PARK TO THE JUSTICE CENTER AND DOING SOME LANE DIETING TO IMPROVE SITE DISTANCE, SIGHT LINES FOR DRIVERS TO SEE PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE IF YOU'VE EVER GONE TO THE JUSTICE CENTER YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO SAY A PRAYER WHAT YOU'RE CROSSING THAT ROAD BECAUSE PEOPLE SPEED THROUGH THERE. WE'RE GOING TO BE S.T.A.R.T.ING ON THAT I BELIEVE NEXT MONTH, RIGHT WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING ENWE'RE MOVINGEN THAT. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S -- SIGNALS -- OH. OKAY THERE ARE A BUNCH OF SIGNALS THAT ARE PLANNED THOSE ARE GOING IN, ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING IS PUTTING TOGETHER A PROGRAM TO PREORDER THE -- THE SIGNAL ARMS. BECAUSE THOSE TAKE A -- NOW WE'RE UP TO NINE TO 12 MONTHS TO GET JUST THE POLES IN. THAT'S TOO LONG TO WAIT SO WE'RE GOING TO START STOCKPILING THOSE POLES SO WE CAN MOVE SIGNALS QUICKER SO AGAIN THANKS TO THE ENGINEERING TEAMS ON THAT. 
          I THINK THAT'S IT. AND YOU CAN GET UPS UPDATES ON THE MOBILITY DASHBOARD AT FBX OR SCANNING THIS QR CODE THAT'S ALL 
          WE HAD. >> THAT'S ALL WE HAD SOMEBODY HAD A QUESTION. YES? 
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          [INAUDIBLE] >> YEAH. 
          I THINK THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE END HERE. 
          BUT YEAH. BUT I THINK YOU'RE STANDING IN BETWEEN LUNCH AND -- [LAUGHTER] GO AHEAD. COME ON BARBRA. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> I'LL MAKE IT QUICK. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T HOLD YOUR SEAT I HAD IT READY BEFORE YOU GUYS MOVED ON I'M BARBRA I LIVE IN RICH MONDAY BUT MY HEART WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN KEMPTON AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. 
          I RECALL COMMISSIONER PRESTAGE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT REGARDLESS OF THE PRECINCT THAT YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ALL WORK TOGETHER AND AGREE WITH WHAT'S BEFORE THE COUNTY AND E TRULY APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION WHILE IT'S ENCOURAGING TO SEE INVESTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITIES OF FORT BEND COUNTY THE SEAT HAS NOT BEEN AFFORDED THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES. THE CITIZENS HAVE FAITHFULLY PAID TAXES AS OF LATE 1860S YET NOT SEEN THE LEVEL OF INVESTMENT THAT THEIR TAX DOLLARS SHOULD PROVIDE. 
          THERE ARE STREETS USING YOUR OWN WORDS COMMISSIONER PRESTAGE THAT HAVE POOR CONDITION THAT THEY REPRESENT THE DEVELOPING NATION OUR CHILDREN DESERVE SAFE PLACES TO LEARN TO SWIM, FAMILIES DESERVE WELL MAINTAIN ROADS TO TRAVEL AND A COMMUNITY DESERVE FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTS CAN GATHER FOR EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES. ONCE YOU ALL HAVE RECON SEEN AS A FULL COMMISSIONER'S COURT I HAVE LOTS OF TIME ON MY HAND AND I'LL BE BACK TO PRESENT THE SAME TO THE FULL COURT. 
          AND ALTHOUGH IT IS ONE OF THE SMALLER COMMUNITIES IN FORT BEND COUNTY ITS SIZE SHOULD NOT DETERMINE THE WORTH OR QUALITY OF THE SERVICES THAT ITS RESIDENTS RECEIVE. 
          I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT IT NOT BE FORGOTTEN BOTH OF YOU HAVE SERVED A COMMISSIONER'S REPRESENTING SO I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT I'M DESCRIBING. 
          I'M SIMPLY ASKING THAT KENDALLTON RECEIVE INVESTMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES AS EVERY COMMUNITY IN FORT BEND COUNTY. 
          THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, BARBRA, APPRECIATE IT. THIS HAS BEEN AN ENJOYABLE ENDEAVOR. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WITH THIS. BUT I'M HAPPY THAT WE HAD IT. 
          IT WAS A -- DECISION WE MADE NOT TOO LONG AGO TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC. ALL SAID AND DONE, WE ALL LOVE FORT BEND COUNTY AND EVERYBODY WANTS THE BEST FOR FORT BEND COUNTY AND I TRUST AND PRAY THAT FORT BEND COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE UP TO ITS PROMISE AS A DIVERSE, LOVING COMMUNITY THAT IS SPECIAL IN THE HEARTS OF EVERYONE. 
          SO AGAIN, SAY A PRAYER FOR FORT BEND COUNTY AND SAY A PRAYER FOR US AS WE CONTINUE TO BE THE PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT YOU WANT US TO BE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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