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Notes for 1-24-00 5 Minute City Council Presentation I speak with you tonight as a coordinator for "COMMON SENSE GOVERNMENT". a. We are the citizens from 3 subdivisions who organized and petitioned to stop a proposed "highway" or Underwood type road through our neighborhoods. b. I'd like to review the Phase 1 Road status. 2. First a brief recap of events: a. City~Council responded to ow petition of 576 citizens by passing an ordinance~to cancel Phase 1 funding for orie year for the purpose of letting the citizens decide the issue in the Comprehensive Plan review. b. The issue was decided; decisively and overwhelmingly. The Phase one road was removed from the Comprehensive Plan. COMMON SENSE GOVERNMENT prevailed through the entire process and through the maneuvers intended to limit our participation. c. Through the entire review process the only citizen speaking in favor of the Phase 1 Road was a Creekmont resident that mentioned at the Sylvan Beach general meeting, transportation section, that she would like the Phase 1 Road because she thought it would take traffic off her street of Mertle Creek)... And we responded by stating that it was wrong for her to try to move her traffic problem over to~ our neighborhoods. 3. COMMON SENSE GO would like to thank those members of Council that have kept their agreement and contract with the citizens on this issue. 4. COMMON SENSE GOVE~ would like to reaffirm to this Council our resolve and determination to stop the proposed Phase 1 Road that endangers the safety of our children and citizens, our property values, and our neighborhood environments. 5. Last fall some council members attempted to refitnd the Phase 1 Road in disregard of the Council's agreement with the citizens. In response to that attempted refunding of the Phase 1 Road; COMMON SENSE GO ~~ is registering as a general purpose Political Action Committee (PAC) with the State of Texas. 6. If we have to petition again; regarding the Phase 1 Road; that petition will include other items such as the cost of the City's legal service, the City's salary structure, the City's handling of the Ned Holmes container terminal, and the City's voter district representation ratio . We think this will bring broad base support for our petition, although the petition will only require about 500 names to be legally binding.......... ... BECAUSE THE PETITION WILL BE FOR A REFERENDUM OF RECALL of any Council member that attempts to violate the Council's agreement with the citizens. Thank You for Your Time and Consideration of This Issue, Bill Scott, 281-470-6685, scottl@hal-pc.org