CITY OF HGUSTON 5y! vas?TtIrner Mayor PEI. Box. 1552 Houston. Tamas T. {532] 393-1011 April '12. 2019 Mr. Patrick "Marty" Lancton President Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association. Local 341 Freeman Street Houston. TX Willie Re: Prop El Proposal Dear Marty: I invited you to meet with me today to discuss phasing in Prop B. We tall-ted about possible common ground, and we agreed to meet again next week to allow the City to do some additional work- At the end of our meeting, you delivered a copy of a letter. now know that you had prepared and publicize-d the letter before our meeting. without the bene?t of our discussion. The letter is not consistent with our discussions. While I think such "tactics' are not helpful, i will nevertheless be prepared to meet again next week. I hope you will refrain from further steps that will undermine my effort to ?nd common ground. As I have said repeatedly. I do not want to layr oft anyone. This requires your agreement on a path forward that the City can afford. 51' cc ly. Sylvester umer Mayor