REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment or reappointment of the following individuals to the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER FOURTEEN, CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, also known as the FOURTH WARD ZONE:

Position Three -           MARIAN MICHELLE DAVENPORT, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/8/2019

Position Four  -           BILL C. LITTLEJOHN, appointment, for a term to expire 6/8/2019

Position Five   -           JACQUELINE BOSTIC, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/8/2019, and to serve as Chair ending 12/31/2018

Position Six    -           ANTHONY HALL, III, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/8/2018

Position Seven -           JESSE SAENZ, reappointment, for a term to expire 6/8/2018

December 5, 2017

The Honorable City Council

Houston Texas

Dear Council Members:

Pursuant to City of Houston, Texas, Ordinance Nos. 99-565 and 99-913 and Resolution No. 99-69, I am nominating the following individuals for appointment or reappointment to the Board of Directors of Reinvestment Zone Number Fourteen, City of Houston, Texas, also known as the Fourth Ward Zone (“Zone”), subject to City Council confirmation:

Marian Michelle Davenport, reappointment to Position Three, for a term to expire June 8, 2019;

Bill C. Littlejohn, appointment to Position Four, for a term to expire June 8, 2019;

Jacqueline Bostic, reappointment to Position Five, for a term to expire June 8, 2019, and to serve

as Chair for a term ending December 31, 2017;

Anthony Hall III, reappointment to Positon Six, for a term to expire June 8, 2018;

Jesse Saenz, reappointment to Position Seven, for a term to expire June 2018; and

Pursuant to Article II of the Bylaws of the Fourth Ward Redevelopment Authority (“Authority”), the Directors of the Board of the  Authority shall be appointed by position to the Board by the Mayor of the City with the consent and approval of the City Council and shall be the same persons appointed to the corresponding positions of the Board of the  Zone. Appointment of a person to the position of the Board of the  Zone shall constitute appointment of such person to the corresponding position of the Board of the  Authority.  The term of each position on the Board of the Authority shall be coterminous with the term of the corresponding position on the Board of the  Zone as established by the City Ordinance No. 1999-565, as may be amended from time to time.