No. 2018-3264 6/29-6/30, 2018 Page 1 City Council Chamber, City Hall, Tuesday, June 26, 2018 a Regular Meeting of the Houston Ci
No. 2018-3264 6/29-6/30, 2018 Page 1 City Council Chamber, City Hall, Tuesday, June 26, 2018 A regular meeting of the Houston City Council was held at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 26, 2018; Mayor Sylvester Turner presiding with Council Members Brenda Stardig, Jerry Davis, Ellen Cohen, Dwight Boykins, Dave Martin, Steve Le, Greg Travis, Karla Cisneros, Robert Gallegos, Mike Laster, Martha Castex-Tatum, Mike Knox, David Robinson, Michael Kubosh and Jack Christie D.C.; Randy Zamora, Legal Department, Marta Crinejo, Agenda Director and Stella Ortega, Agenda Office present. Council Member Amanda Edwards absent on City Business. At 1:39 p.m. Mayor Turner called the meeting to order and stated they would start with the presentations. Council Members Stardig, Davis, Martin, Le, Travis, Cisneros, Gallegos, Laster, Castex-Tatum, Knox, Kubosh and Christie absent. NO QUORUM Mayor Turner stated that National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Houston Branch (NAACP) is one of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization and its mission is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination, the NAACP Houston Branch is currently led by Dr. James M. Douglas as branch president and Yolanda Smith as the executive director and the leadership of the NAACP has fought publicly for the civil rights of its members and non-members in the areas of police misconduct, bail reform, eradication of drug activity, equality in education, hurricane relief, housing
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