Nov 17, 2020 BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING

SO WE HAVE ITEM ONE, A CANVAS THAT RETURN TO THE CITY OF BAY TOWNS NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020, MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

YOU FOLLOW ME WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.

OUR PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.

WITH LIBERTY.

WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AND NOW OUR TEXAS FLAG, MODERATE TEXAS FLAG, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE STUDENT TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE AN INDIVIDUAL.

IF YOU BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME, PLEASE.

FATHER, WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS ON THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LEAD OUR COMMUNITY.

WE KNOW IT'S NOT AN ALWAYS AN EASY TASK.

AND REMIND US THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY LEADERS, BUT ALSO SERVANTS WITH THE GREAT RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF ALL, FOR THE FAMILIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, AFFECTED BY C MAY THEY HAVE THE STRENGTH AND FAITH THAT THIS TOO SHALL PASS.

THIS THANKSGIVING MAY NOT BE WHAT SOME EXPECTED.

AND I ASK THAT FOR YOUR PROTECTION FOR ALL FAMILIES.

WE KNOW THAT WE CAN GIVE THANKS IN ANYTHING WE GIVE THANKS AND PRAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE ON THE FRONT LINES WHO GO TO WORK, DESPITE THE RISK, TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT WELL, FOR THOSE WORKING ON A VACCINE AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE LIFE-SAVING SUPPLIES FOR ALL OF OUR UNIFORMED MEN AND WOMEN, LOCAL AND ABROAD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR KEEPING US SAFE.

IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN.

[a. Canvass the returns of the City of Baytown’s November 3, 2020, Municipal Election.]

UH, MS. BRI, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY BEFORE I READ MY PORTION HERE? UM, NO SIR.

IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND START ON YOUR SCRIPT.

TOTAL PROVISIONAL BALLOTS REJECTED.

WE WILL NOW CONDUCT THE CANVAS OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 THROUGH THE CITY CLERK.

I'M DELIVERING THE SEALED PRECINCT RETURNS TO YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL AS THE CANVASSING AUTHORITY.

WE SHALL PREPARE A TABULATION OF THE TOTAL VOTES EACH CANDIDATE RECEIVED IN THE ELECTION HELD FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE AND SIX.

SO I'M, I'M ASSUMING I HAVE TO READ JUST THIS PAGE.

NO SIR.

YOU HAVE TO READ ALL THREE.

SO I WILL START FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.

SO WE HAVE VOTER SUMMARY, UM, AND NUMBER OF VOTERS.

SO I WILL START WITH TOTAL BALLOTS.

CAST IN THIS ELECTION WAS 7,366.

OUR ACCEPTANCE WAS AS, UH, RESPECTIVELY WAS 38, 29 AND NINE.

TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IS 13,459.

VOTER TURNOUT FOR THIS ELECTION WAS 54.73% IN THE GENERAL ELECTION IN DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.

UH, I WILL FIRST READ, UH, CANDIDATE NUMBER ONE THOMAS PARENT ABSENTEE VOTING IN CHAMBERS HARRIS COUNTY COMBINED WAS 1 28.

EARLY VOTING WAS 1,411.

AND ELECTION DAY VOTING, UH, ALSO COMBINED CHAMBERS OF HARRIS WAS 219.

SO TOTAL UH, WAS 1,758 TOTAL VOTES CAST, WHICH IS 39.9% FOR MR. THOMAS.

NEXT WE HAVE ASHLEY CRESSEY.

UH, AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL COMBINED NUMBERS FOR, UM, CHAMBERS IN HARRIS COUNTY.

ABSENTEE VOTING WAS 78, EARLY VOTING WAS 503, AND ELECTION DAY VOTING WAS 103 FOR A TOTAL OF 684 VOTES CAST AND 15.52% FOR MR. POWELL.

WE HAVE ABSENTEE VOTING, UH, WAS 147.

EARLY VOTING WAS 1,628.

AND FOR ELECTION DAY VOTING WAS 189 FOR A TOTAL OF ONE 101,964 TOTAL VOTES CAST FOR A TOTAL OF 44.58%.

SO TOTAL VOTES FOR ABSENTEE VOTING WAS 353.

EARLY VOTING WAS 3,542 AND ELECTION DAY VOTING WAS 511.

FOR TOTAL VOTES CAST IN THIS ELECTION FOR DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE WAS 4,406 TOTAL

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VOTES CAST, WHICH WILL BE 100% OF THE VOTES.

UM, THAT WERE, UH, CAST DISTRICT NUMBER SIX.

IS THAT FINE? THAT FORMAT'S FINE MR. CLERK.

YOU'RE DOING GREAT SIR.

DISTRICT NUMBER SIX.

UH, WE WILL HAVE MIKE LESTER.

UH, ABSENTEE VOTING WAS 110, EARLY VOTING WAS 839.

ELECTION DAY VOTING WAS 224 FOR TOTAL OF 1,173 1,173.

TOTAL VOTES CAST FOR 39.63%.

FOR MS. CUMMINGS, WE HAVE 131 ABSENTEE VOTING, 719 EARLY VOTING AND 181 ON ELECTION DAY FOR A TOTAL OF 1031, WHICH IS 34.83%.

AND FOR MS. MATTHEWS, WE HAVE ABSENTEE VOTING 76, EARLY VOTING 580 AND ELECTION DAY VOTING 100 FOR A TOTAL OF 756 TOTAL VOTES CAST, WHICH IS 25.54%.

UH, TOTALS FOR DISTRICT SIX.

ABSENTEE VOTING WAS THREE 17.

EARLY VOTING WAS 2,138.

ELECTION DAY VOTING WAS 3,465 FOR A TOTAL OF 2,960 TOTAL VOTES CAST, WHICH WILL BE 100% OF THE THE BALLOTS CAST.

NEXT WE'LL GO TO, I'M ASSUMING THIS IS THE PRECINCT BREAKDOWN.

FIRST IT IS THE PRECINCT BY PRECINCT AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ALL ZEROES ON HIM, YOU CAN JUST STATE THAT SIR.

SO FIRST WILL BE DISTRICT FIVE.

ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE MR. PARENT FOR A TOTAL VOTES OF ONE, UH, 1,758 MS. CRESSEY, UH, 684 AND MR. POWELL 1,964 FOR TOTAL VOTES CAST OF 4,406 PRECINCT FIVE.

THERE WAS NO VOTES CAST FOR ALL CANDIDATES.

PRECINCT EIGHT, THERE WAS NO VOTES CAST FOR ALL CANDIDATES.

PRECINCT 11, MR. PARENT HAD 536 CRESSEY 161 POWELL 692 FOR TOTAL VOTES, CAST OF 1,389 PRECINCT 15, MR. PARENT, UH, 172 CRESSEY 78 POWELL 93 FOR TOTAL VOTES CAST OF 343 PRECINCT 1 0 3.

THERE WAS ZERO VOTES CAST FOR ALL CANDIDATES.

UH, PRECINCT 3 86, UH, PARENT 547 CRESSEY 134 AND POWELL 395 FOR A TOTAL OF 1076 VOTES.

CAST PRECINCT FOUR, UH, 414, UH, PARENT 473 CRESSEY 285 POWELL 770 FOR A TOTAL BOATS CAST OF 1,528 PRECINCT 5 32.

WE HAVE PARENT WITH FOUR, CRESSY WITH ONE AND POWELL WITH ZERO.

AND TOTAL BOATS CAST FOR THAT PRECINCT WAS FIVE PRECINCT 533 WAS PARENT 26, CRESSY 25, AND POWELL 14 FOR TOTAL CAST OF 65.

SO THAT WILL BE THE PRECINCT BREAKDOWN FOR DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISTRICT SIX.

SO ONCE AGAIN, MR. LESTER, WE HAVE 1,173 MS. CUMMINGS 1031 AND MS. MATTHEWS 756 FOR A TOTAL OF VOTES CAST OF 2,960 PRECINCT FIVE, THERE WERE ZERO VOTES CAST FOR ALL CANDIDATES.

PRECINCT 100 LESTER 75 CUMMINGS 115 MATTHEWS 39.

TOTAL VOTES CAST IS 229 FOR THAT PRECINCT PRECINCT 2 49 LESTER 604 CUMMINGS 497 AND MATTHEWS FOUR FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE FOR TOTAL BOATS CAST OF 1,560 PRECINCT FOUR, UH, 414 LESTER 1 53, UH, CUMMINGS 134 AND MATTHEWS 95 FOR TOTAL BOATS CAST OF 382 PRECINCT 532 LESTER IS 271 CUMMINGS 181 MATTHEWS 130 FOR TOTAL BOATS CA OF 582.

AND UH, LAST PRECINCT IS PRECINCT 533.

MR. LESTER WAS 70 VOLT CAST MS. CUMMINGS 104 AND MS. MATTHEWS 33 FOR TOTAL VOTES CAST OF 207.

SO I'M ASSUMING THAT CONCLUDES ALL THINGS THAT I HAVE TO LEGALLY STATE.

YES SIR.

DO WE NEED TO STATE OBVIOUSLY THAT THERE IS NOT, UH, A CANDIDATE THAT REACHED THE 50 GREATER THAN A 50%, UM, VOTE CAST WELL OR WILL YOU SAY THAT WE'LL GET TO THAT CERTIFICATION IN A SECOND.

UM, SO, UH, PRIOR TO THAT I JUST READ THE TAB OF RESULTS OF ELECTIONS BASED ON THE COMPLETE TABULATION, WHICH IS BEFORE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH YOU HAVE THAT AT YOUR PLACE.

AS WE PROCEED THROUGH THE CANVAS OF THE ELECTIONS, YOU WILL SEE ON YOUR SCREENS A TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED IN EACH PRECINCT FOR EACH CANDIDATE AS APPLICABLE.

I AM NOW DELIVERING THE ELECTION RETURNS TALLY LIST.

I'M ASSUMING IT'S THIS BIG PACKET.

ELECTION OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020.

I'M NOW RETURNING, I'M, I AM NOW DELIVERING THE ELECTION RETURNS TALLY LIST AND EARLY VOTING PRECINCT REPORT USING OUR CANVAS TO THE CITY CLERK, THE GENERAL CUSTODIAN ELECTION RECORDS, WHO SHALL PRESERVE THEM FOR THE PERIOD OF PRESERVING ELECTION RECORDS.

IT IS NOW SEVEN, UM, 7:11 PM AND THIS CONCLUDES THE CANVAS OF THE MUNICIPAL

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SO WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM ONE.

DO YOU NEED THIS TO, SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON

[b. Consider a resolution declaring the results of the City of Baytown Municipal Election held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.]

TO ITEM ONE B TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE RESULTS OF CITY OF BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020.

UM, NOW THAT YOU'VE CANVASED THE ELECTION RETURN, SIR, UM, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS TO MAKE THOSE RESULTS OFFICIAL BY APPROVING THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MA'AM.

SO FAR, ITEM ONE B IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020, WHICH YOU HAVE HEARD ALL THE PRECINCT RESULTS, UH, AND THE DETAILS.

SO I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UM, FOR ITEM ONE B, ITEM ONE B.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. HOSKINS AND A SECOND FROM MR. HESSEL.

AND SO WITH THAT, UM, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR DISCUSSION? YOU HAVE NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM ONE B TO DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THIS, UH, MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

ARE THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

SO THAT WILL NOW, UM, CONCLUDE THAT, UH, THE OFFICIAL CANVAS REPORT BY PRECINCT IS AVAILABLE IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IN CITY HALL AND WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST PROCESS.

SO WE MOVE TO ITEM ONE C.

[c. Receive the Certification of Runoff Candidates for Single-Member District Nos. Five (5) and Six (6).]

GO AHEAD JUST TO THE MAYOR FOR ME PLEASE.

SO, ALEXIS IS GONNA BE HANDING YOU THE CERTIFICATION OF THE RUNOFF CANDIDATE CANDIDATES FOR, UH, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS FIVE AND SIX.

AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED DURING THE CANVAS, UH, REPORT, NO ONE CANDIDATE RECEIVED, UH, OVER 50% OF THE VOTE.

THEREFORE, THE CANDIDATES THAT RECEIVED THE MOST VOTES WILL MOVE ON TO A RUNOFF ELECTION TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 12TH, UH, 2020, WHICH IS A SATURDAY.

UM, AND THIS IS JUST A, A FORMAL, UH, PROCEDURAL, UH, STEP TO, UM, BRING THAT CERTIFICATION TO COUNSEL AND NO ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.

SO I WILL PLACE THIS HERE.

IN YOUR RECORD, I'M ASSUMING? YES, SIR.

AND SO BEFORE WE MOVE, UH, ON FROM ITEM ONE C, WHICH WE, WE WILL, WHICH WE JUST RECEIVED THAT CERTIFICATE THERE, UH, I JUST, UH, I DO JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE SOME CANDIDATES HERE.

UH, I'D LIKE TO REST RECOGNIZE MR. POWELL.

I SEE MR. PARENT, I SEE MR. LESTER, AND I'M NOT SURE IF I SEE MS. CUMMINGS, BUT, UH, JUST WANNA, MS. CUMMINS IS ON ZOOM, SIR.

MS. CUMMINGS? YES, SIR.

UH, WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR OBVIOUSLY ATTENDING AND, UH, JUST MOVING ALONG WITH THIS PROCESS OF, OF THIS, UH, ELECTION.

AND SO, UM, SOON, AND I'M SORRY, BE THERE FOR THE RECORD.

UH, DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE, THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE RUNOFF ARE, UH, THOMAS PARENT AND JACOB POWELL.

AND FOR, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER SIX, IT IS MIKE LESTER AND SUSAN CUMMINGS.

OKAY, WELL, I JUST, I DO, I THINK I, I TRY TO REACH OUT TO EACH ONE OF 'EM, CONGRATULATE THEM TO AT LEAST MAKE IT TO THIS POINT IN A RUNOFF.

SO, UH, WE WISH YOU ALL WELL.

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SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO A.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CALLING FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN RUNOFF ELECTION TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE, FOR DISTRICTS NUMBER FIVE AND SIX, IF IT PLEASES THE, THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, UM, WE CAN TAKE ITEMS, UH, A, B, AND C TOGETHER.

I WILL, SIR, I WILL CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEMS TWO, A, B, AND C.

WE APPROVE ITEMS TWO A, B, AND C.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION, SECOND FOR MR. HOSAN, MR. AND MR. HESSEL, UM, ANY WITH THAT MOTION, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST FOR THE RECORD? THE FIRST ONE, UH, IT CALLS FOR THE RUNOFF AND BNC ALLOWS US TO NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS WITH THE TWO COUNTIES.

ALRIGHT? YES.

AND WE ARE HAVING TO DO THAT BOTH WITH BOTH HARRIS AND CHAMBERS COUNTY? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON TABLE FOR THESE THREE ITEMS. BEING THAT THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

UM, ARE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THESE THREE ITEMS, PLEASE SAY AYE.

SO THIS IS FIVE, AND THEN I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SIX.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY,

[a. Present recognitions for years of service to Council Member Robert C. Hoskins, District No. 5 and Council Member David Himsel, District No. 6.]

WE MOVE ON.

ITEM THREE A PRESENT RECOGNITION FOR YEARS OF SERVICE TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT C HOSKINS, DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVE HESSEL, DISTRICT NUMBER SIX.

SO IF WE CAN HAVE, UH, THE TWO OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBERS COME TO THE FRONT PLEASE.

AND I'LL ALSO NEED THE MAYOR AND, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, I GUESS.

SO I'LL WEAR A MASK ON HOPE.

I'M GONNA SHAKE OFF WHEN WE GET DOWN THERE.

WE'RE NOT, TRUST ME.

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OH, OKAY.

SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS KIND OF IN ORDER WITH DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER NEXT TO MR. HOSKINS, UH, FOR DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.

AND, UH, WE'VE CERTAINLY HAD, UH, A LOT OF ISSUES IN MAKING A BETTER BAYTOWN FOR MANY YEARS.

AND SO IT WAS CERTAINLY MY PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH, WITH SOMEBODY WHO I, I BELIEVE, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, BEING A BAYTOWN NATIVE LIKE MYSELF, WE ALWAYS, WE ALWAYS GO AND TRY TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE OF, OF, OF IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT MR. HOSKINS CERTAINLY, UH, WITH HIS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, IF IT'S SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, IF IT'S SERVING HERE AT COUNCIL OR JUST SERVING HIS COMMUNITY, UM, HE HAS ALWAYS, HE HAS ALWAYS DONE THAT, AND HE'S ALWAYS DONE IT WITH, UH, THE HIGHEST INTEGRITY.

SO WITH THAT, I, UH, I CERTAINLY, UH, IT'S BEEN MY HONOR TO GO AND SERVE WITH YOU IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.

AND SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT BOB, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY FOR YOUR WIFE PAM, I WOULD SAY THANK YOU FOR LETTING HIM, UH, SERVE HIS COMMUNITY HERE THAT HE WAS RAISED IN.

AND SO, UH, HE'S ALL YOURS NOW.

YEAH, EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT YOU WILL SEE THIS MAN .

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S GOOD OR BAD, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, WE CERTAINLY ENJOYED OUR TIME WITH HIM.

WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.

WE'LL GET THERE.

BUT, UH, SO, UH, I THINK WE HAVE A FEW, UH, TOKENS, UH, MR. HOSKINS FOR YOU AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN AND, AND THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.

WELL, WE'RE ALMOST THROUGH, UH, BOB, YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN A CHAMPION FOR THE CITY.

I WOULD'VE BEEN PROUD TO HAVE YOU AS MY COUNCIL MEMBER, AND WE ALWAYS FELT GOOD ABOUT EVERYTHING WE BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT YOU HAD EXAMINED IT, AND THAT GAVE US A LOT OF SECURITY AND COMFORT.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THIS JOB.

YOU'RE THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER FROM YOUR DISTRICT I'VE EVER SERVED WITH.

SO THIS HAS BEEN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

AND TO TELL YOU THE, THE VERSATILITY OF BOB AS AN ILLUSTRATION, WHEN, WHEN I, AND, AND KAREN, YOU CAN APPRECIATE THIS.

WHEN I CAME TO INTERVIEW, I THOUGHT HE WAS THE CITY ATTORNEY .

SO, UH, HE WAS, HE WAS JUST SO KNOWLEDGEABLE AND SO WELL VERSED WITH EVERYTHING.

AND, UH, YOU'VE BEEN INSPIRING TO ME AND I APPRECIATE HAVING SOMEONE ON THE COUNCIL OLDER THAN ME, WHICH, UH, WAS ALSO, I'M OLDER THAN ALL OF 'EM.

UH, YEAH.

ESPECIALLY.

AND SO, BOB, THANK YOU FROM ALL OF OUR STAFF.

WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT, UH, THAT YOU'VE LENDED US, YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR DILIGENCE.

AND SO WE HAVE A LITTLE TOKEN FOR YOU.

YOU CAN ALL OOH AND OFF, ALRIGHT? YES.

THIS, THIS IS A GIFT PER MUST TO YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW, NOW RICK WRITES BOOKS ABOUT CITY MANAGEMENT AND I WAS JUST HOPING TO GET AT LEAST ONE CHAPTER IN HIS NEXT BOOK.

SO THAT'S WHY I'LL WORK WITH YOU.

I'VE RESERVED AN ENTIRE BOOK, .

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE ALREADY KNOW, I WON'T TELL YOU, WE ALREADY KNOW THE TITLE OF THIS BOOK.

I THINK RICK AND I TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.

IT IS.

YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.

SO ANYWAY, BOB, THANK YOU.

WE'D LIKE YOUR WIFE PAM, IF SHE WOULD COME UP HERE AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU.

COME ON UP, PAM.

ONE MORE.

ALRIGHT, WELL, DAVE, IT, IT IS CERTAINLY BEEN MY OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS, AS, AS ALONGSIDE YOU AS MAYOR.

UH, I HAVEN'T KNOWN YOU IN A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CERTAINLY SERVED DISTRICT SIX.

WELL, UH, I WISH, I WISH THAT, UM, WE WOULD'VE SERVED IT TOGETHER A LITTLE LONGER.

WE COULD ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH MORE TOGETHER.

BUT, UH, YOU'VE BEEN GREAT.

YOU'VE BEEN A REALLY GOOD MAN.

AND, AND THE ONE THING I CAN SAY IS, IS, UH, DAVEY'S GONNA TELL YOU, UH, LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE WAY IT IS, RIGHT? AND, UH, IT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS, YOU ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT WE KNEW WHERE YOU STOOD AND, UH, ANYTIME THERE WERE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS, YOU ALWAYS, UH, SOMEONE HELPED TO, TO KNOW WHERE THE BOUNDARIES ARE AND GUIDE US AS A COUNCIL.

SO I ALWAYS, UH, WILL BE GRATEFUL FOR, FOR THE TIME I DID SERVE WITH YOU, UH, THE CITIZENS OF, OF BAYTOWN SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UH, ROSEN PAVILION, WE GOT IT JUST OFF THE GROUND RIGHT IN THE NICK OF TIME FOR YOU.

SO, UH, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO RE UH, INVITE YOU BACK TO MAYBE HAVE A PARTY THERE OR SOMETHING ONCE IT'S BUILT.

BUT, UH, BUT WE CERTAINLY THANK YOU AND, UH, AND DEBBIE, UH, SHE IS, SHE'S IN THE BACK.

BUT CERTAINLY WE WISH YOU WELL.

UH, WE WISH YOU WELL AND, AND ALL YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS HERE IN OUR CITY, WHEREVER THAT MAY

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BE.

UH, BUT BEST OF LUCK.

AND SO THIS YEAR IS OBVIOUSLY A TOKEN OF, OF APPRECIATION FOR THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN AND DISTRICT SIX, FOR WHICH YOU HAVE SERVED.

DAVE, ONE THING THAT WE HAVE ALL COMMENTED ON AND APPRECIATED, UH, HERE ON OUR STAFF IS YOUR ABSOLUTE PASSION FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

IT SHOWS IN YOUR BUSINESS LIFE, IT SHOWED IN YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND IT WAS INSPIRING TO ALL OF US.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, UH, I I ALWAYS FELT GOOD WHEN, WHEN DAVE SAID WE GOT IT RIGHT OR WE DID THIS RIGHT.

AND I I I GO HOME SAYING THAT'S RIGHT.

WE DID IT RIGHT.

WE DID IT RIGHT BECAUSE DAVE SAID WE DID IT RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, YOU ARE, YOU'RE A GREAT, UH, INSPIRATION TO US.

APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE SERVED WITH YOU LONGER, UH, JUST 'CAUSE I ENJOY SERVING WITH YOU.

UH, BUT NO ONE TOLD ME YOU WERE GONNA GO OFF AND GET MARRIED AND RETIRE AND STUFF.

SO, UH, I'M GLAD THOUGH.

I'M, I'M HAPPY FOR BOTH OF YOU AND YOU, UH, AND YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVOR.

I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE VERY HAPPY.

AND SO WE WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST.

AND YOU ARE OUR FRIEND.

LET'S GET A PICTURE, THEN WE GET, YEAH, HERE WE GO.

LOOK THESE GIFTS.

NICE MAN FOR A SECOND.

ALICE, CAN WE GET ONE PERSON? WE OKAY NOW I HAVE ONE MORE THING.

I HAVE ONE MORE THING.

SO I JUST HAVE ONE MORE TOKEN OF APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF.

I KNOW THAT ONCE YOU GO, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ALL OF US AT YOUR, AT YOUR EVERY BECK AND CALL, WHICH WE'RE GONNA MISS.

SO, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE SO USED TO HAVING YOUR WEIGHT, WE ARE GONNA GIVE YOU A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION SO THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE YOUR WAY.

THAT'S COOL.

SO THAT'S KINS WAY AND HEEL'S WAY THE HIGHWAY.

I WANNA MAKE SURE MY WIFE SEES THIS.

THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.

CONGRATULATIONS.

HE SAYS THAT'S PAM.

I THINK THAT SHE SAID THAT'S PAM HOSKINS WAY.

WELL THAT'S, THANK YOU.

I GOT A FEW THINGS I WANNA SAY ONCE I GET BACK HERE.

YES, WE'RE BY THE TIME Y'ALL GET OFF, Y'ALL GET A NEW CAR.

I'M TELLING YOU .

SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON, BUT THERE WILL, THERE WILL BE.

CAN WE SAY FEW WORDS? YES.

WE CAN DO IT NOW OR EVEN LATER.

WELL, SINCE WE'RE AT THIS POINT.

ALRIGHT, MS. HOPKINS.

POTENTIALLY GETTING A GOLF COURSE HERE.

IF I, UH, IF I COULD, UH, IT'S BEEN REAL DIFFICULT TO REFLECT ON THE NINE YEARS OF SERVICE THAT I HEAR IT HAD HERE TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND ESPECIALLY TO THE CITIZENS OF DISTRICT FIVE.

I WOULD HOPE MY NINE YEARS HERE HAS MADE AT LEAST A SMALL IMPACT ON THE CITY, THE CITIZENS, AND THE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS FOR BAYTOWN.

WE HAVE NO DOUBT CHANGE THE IMAGE OF THE CITY AND NOW CITY MANAGEMENT, UH, CITY STAFF.

AND THIS COUNCIL CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP THE VISION OF WHAT THIS CITY CAN STRIVE TO BE AND THUS STILL HAVE WAYS TO GO.

SO I CHALLENGE THE SEVEN OF YOU THAT'S GONNA BE UP HERE, UH, IN THE FUTURE.

UH, TWO THAT'S GONNA BE UP HERE ON COUNCIL TO ENDEAVOR TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS WE SERVE.

OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS, WE'VE HAD MANY PROJECTS THAT WILL MAKE THE CITY LOOK AND FEEL MORE LIKE A CITY THAT CAN PROUD OF AND OTHERS WANT TO BE A PART OF.

THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES HERE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO OUR CITIZENS, OF WHICH NO OTHER CITIZEN IN THIS AREA HAS TO OFFER.

SO EXPLOIT THIS AND PUT IT OUT THERE FOR ALL TO HEAR AND SEE.

SO, NINE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, I WAS ELECTED TO THIS COUNCIL AND MS. LEDDY GAVE ME TWO OF THESE BOXES TO HAVE BUSINESS CARDS.

AND SHE TOLD ME, WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF THESE, YOU HAVE TO GO AWAY .

SO, SO NOW I'M DOWN TO JUST A FEW CARDS.

SO NOW IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GO, TO GO AWAY.

PAM AND I WILL BE LOOKING, UH, FOR OUR NEXT BIG ADVENTURE.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED WHAT THAT IS, AND NO DOUBT I WANT TO HELP GETTING, UH, THE USS TEXAS HERE IN BAYTOWN, HELP WITH, UH, THIS COMMUNITY

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AND I WANNA WORK WITH THE BAYTOWN, HIS HISTORICAL GROUP, AND MR. WARREN SINGLETON AND MANY OTHERS TO COMMISSION AND OPEN A BAYTOWN AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

SO I WILL BE BUSY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND PAM DID TELL ME THAT IF I RETIRE FROM MY REAL JOB, I HAD TO FIND SOMETHING, UH, TO DO.

AND SO THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA OCCUPY A LOT OF MY TIME, UH, ONCE I DO GET TO THAT POINT.

SO NOW THAT I WILL BE LEAVING, I WANNA MAKE A SPECIAL NOTE TO THE CITY STAFF AND CITY MANAGEMENT.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

YOU HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT JOB AND MOST OFTEN ARE NOT RECOGNIZED APPROPRIATELY FOR WHAT YOU DO.

I DO KNOW THAT THESE PEOPLE THAT SIT UP HERE AND KNOW WHAT YOU DO, AND THESE SEVEN APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION, PERSISTENCE, AND DESIRE TO DO THE RIGHT THING, RIGHT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I WANNA THANK BOB LIEBER AND RICK DAVIS FOR THEIR WORK GUIDANCE AND FRIENDSHIP.

RICK, YOU STILL HAVE 10 TO 15 YEARS MORE WORK TO DO HERE.

SO STAY FOCUSED.

BUT IN REALITY, THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING A NEW SET OF EYES HERE AND SEEING THINGS THAT WE HAVE OVERLOOKED FOR MANY YEARS, SUCH AS LEANING TELEPHONE POLES, UM, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OFTEN.

UH, WE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE IN GETTING YOU IN THE PLACE HERE.

UH, JUST ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE BUS SO WE CAN CONTINUE THIS EFFORT.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, THOSE GUYS THERE HAVE THE MOST DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS JOB IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY ARE OUR UNSUNG HEROES THAT I APPRECIATE TO THE THE BITTER END.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR DESIRE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.

SO PLEASE PASS THAT ON TO YOUR GUYS CHIEF AND, UH, THE OTHER CHIEF IS NOT HERE, BUT MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.

THANK YOU MS. LADY AND YOUR STAFF.

YOU'RE THE ONES BEHIND THE SCENES THAT MAKE ALL THESE MEETINGS HAPPEN AND THEY MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKEN CARE OF PRIOR TO, DURING AND AFTER THESE MEETINGS.

SO, MS. LADY, THANK YOU TO YOUR STAFF AND WHAT Y'ALL DO.

AND TO THE SIX OF YOU THAT I, I'VE SERVED HERE WITH, UH, I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH YOU.

I HIGHLY RESPECT EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.

UH, WE'VE HAD A FEW DISAGREEMENTS IN OUR DEBATES, BUT THAT'S ALL IT IS.

AND ALL IT WAS JUST DEBATES.

WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS, DIFFERENT OPINIONS, DIFFERENT DESIRES AND DIRECTIONS, BUT WE HAVE, FOR THE MOST PART DONE WHAT IS RIGHT FOR OUR CITY AND NOT FOR THE INDIVIDUALS.

WE DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE CITY.

WE DON'T TAKE DIRECTION FROM THE CITY MANAGER, BUT RATHER AS A TEAM OF SEVEN, WE HAVE GIVEN DIRECTION TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND HE MAKES THINGS HAPPEN FROM THERE, THANK YOU TO JUDGE ESCALANTE FOR MAKING OUR MUNICIPAL COURT OF CERTIFIED COURT OF LAW AND RESPECTABLE COURT AND WONDERFUL STAFF.

AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF DISTRICT FIVE WHO ELECTED ME TO THIS OFFICE.

I HOPE YOU LOOK WITH FAVOR UPON THE SERVICE TO THIS DISTRICT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.

IT'S BEEN A FUN RIDE FOR THE PAST NINE AND A HALF YEARS.

I'VE ENJOYED EVERY SECOND OF IT.

LASTLY, I WANNA THANK MY WIFE, PAM.

IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T SEEN PAM, WAVE TO 'EM.

PAM, Y'ALL WAVE TO PAM .

ALRIGHT, I WANNA THANK MY WIFE PAM AND MY FAMILY FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

PAM HAS HELPED ME THROUGH, UH, THIS OVER THE YEARS, AND MY FAMILY HAS KEPT MY FEET ON THE GROUND.

COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT 'EM.

SO NOW I'LL LEAVE Y'ALL IN DECEMBER AND I'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT BIG ADVENTURE.

SO THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, CITY MANAGEMENT AND STAFF.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

SO I, I GUESS I WOULD, I WOULD INVITE, UH, COUNCIL, INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THEY'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, UH, IN REGARDS TO MR. HOSKINS SERVICE.

IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU DON'T FEEL COMPELLED THAT YOU HAVE TO, BUT YOU MAY IF YOU LIKE.

WE'LL START, WE'LL START AT ONE END.

SO, BOB, I I WISH YOU A LOT OF LUCK, UM, AND WISH YOU WELL AS YOU RETIRE FROM THIS POSITION.

UM, I THINK YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR SUPPORT IN MY FIRST YEAR ON COUNCIL, HAVING YOU RIGHT HERE WHERE I CAN TWIST YOUR ARM, UM, WAS VERY CRITICAL TO THE WORK THAT I DID.

AND WHAT I MOST APPRECIATED IS THAT YOU ALWAYS LISTENED WITH AN OPEN MIND.

YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT MY IDEAS OR WHAT I WANTED WERE GOING TO BE FARFETCHED.

UM, SO YOU KEPT ENCOURAGING ME.

SO I'M GONNA MISS YOU BUD.

SO, UM, I'VE ACTUALLY SERVED WITH COUNCILMAN HOSKINS FOR SEVEN YEARS AND LIKE HE TOUCHED ON, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US COUNCIL MEMBERS DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERY SINGLE ISSUE.

AND THERE'S BEEN MORE THAN A HANDFUL THAT THAT COUNCILMAN HOSKINS AND I HAVEN'T AGREED UPON.

BUT WHEN YOU SERVE WITH FOLKS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, YOU HAVE VERY VIVID MEMORIES OF CERTAIN, UH, INSTANCES.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, I WAS NEW ON COUNCIL PROBABLY WITHIN MY FIRST YEAR, AND OF COURSE WE HAD DIFFERENT DIFFERING OPINIONS ON AN ISSUE.

AND, AND I TALKED TO COUNCILMAN HOSKINS IN THE PARKING LOT THAT EVENING.

AND I, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER HE TOLD ME THAT HE DOESN'T

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TAKE POLITICS PERSONAL.

AND, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, YEAH, SURE.

AND THEY, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU A CERTAIN FINGER THE NEXT DAY.

BUT HE ALWA HE, HE NEVER TAKES POLITICS PERSONAL.

AND YOU CAN BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF AN ISSUE WITH HIM AND HE SMILES TO YOU THE NEXT DAY AND ASKS YOU HOW YOU'RE DOING AND SAYS HELLO.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S INTEGRITY AND UH, THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU REMEMBER.

SO I, I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT.

THANK YOU CHRIS.

SURE.

THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.

WELL, THANK YOU BOB, FOR THE TIMES THAT YOU LISTENED.

UM, ALL OF THE HELP THAT YOU PROVIDED, THE WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, I AM GOING TO SAY THIS.

WHEN I WAS SITTING OUT THERE AS A CANDIDATE AND I LOOKED UP HERE, I SAID, WHICH ONE OF THOSE SHOULD I TRY TO DRESS LIKE? AND IT WAS BOB .

SO I'M, I'M GIVING YOU CREDIT FOR YOUR INFLUENCE OVER ME WHEN IT COMES TO THAT .

UM, HAD TO BE POSITIVE.

YOUR INFLUENCE AS, AS COUNCILMAN K PRESLEY HAS SAID, POLITICS, DON'T TAKE IT PERSONAL.

'CAUSE HE TOLD ME THE SAME THING AND HE HAS LIVED IT.

IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE A PERSON, TO SERVE ON A COUNCIL WITH A PERSON OF INTEGRITY.

THANK YOU CHARLES.

WELL, BOB, WE'VE ONLY SERVED FOR THREE YEARS, BUT I'VE REALLY ENJOYED IT.

UM, I'M GONNA MISS THE DYNAMIC OF THIS COUNCIL 'CAUSE I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT, UH, IF THIS WASN'T FUN, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I WOULD DO IT.

AND, AND YOU'RE PART OF MAKING THIS TEAM WHAT IT IS.

UM, I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE, UH, SOMETHING BIGGER AND BETTER BEYOND THIS.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA ACHIEVE IT.

AND I WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK IN THAT.

THANK YOU, HONOR.

OKAY, I'LL PUT SOME MORE CHOCOLATE IN HERE.

THANK YOU, .

WELL, I'VE GOTTA GIVE BOB CREDIT FOR KIND OF SHOWING ME THE ROPE.

'CAUSE I'VE DONE THIS FOR THREE YEARS AND I'M, I'M GETTING OFF TO START A NEW CHAPTER, BUT BOB HAS BEEN THE LEANING POST TO THE SOUNDING BOARD FOR ME A LOT.

I'VE CALLED HIM A LOT, BEEN HIS EAR, JUST ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS AT ODD HOURS.

AND HE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, DO THIS.

WELL, THINK ABOUT THIS, THINK ABOUT THAT.

IT GAVE ME THOSE YEARS OF SCHOOL BOARD EXPERIENCE AND COUNCIL EXPERIENCE AND ALL THOSE THINGS.

A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE SETTING THESE CHAIRS.

AND YOU'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO ALL THAT.

SO YOU'VE GOT A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE THERE.

AND IT'S A, IT'S A BIG HELP FOR A, FOR A NEWBIE.

SO Y'ALL THINK ABOUT THE NEWBIES THAT ARE COMING MM-HMM .

AS THAT GROUP OVER THERE KIND OF FOSTERS THOSE PEOPLE ALONG, GETS, SHOWS THEM THE ROPE.

YOU, YOU HELPED ME A LOT AND I KNOW YOU HELPED THAT THERE A LOT AS WELL TOO.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO SET RIGHT HERE, I GUESS.

MM-HMM.

TO THE LEFT OF THE FATHER .

TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT PERSONALLY.

THEY TOOK THEM FROM US.

UH, THE ONLY, YOU KNOW, I SAID SOME OF THE COMMENTS ALREADY, BUT, BUT, UH, I GUESS BEING ONE OF THE, UM, SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A DINOSAUR, UM, WHERE I, I WAS HERE THE FIRST NIGHT YOU SERVED AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND YOU KNOW, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CAME ON BOARD AS I SHARED, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU CAME FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, I GUESS THEY FOLLOW RULES A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE THEY FOLLOW THE RULES AND WE DON'T.

BUT, UM, YOU CERTAINLY JUMPED RIGHT IN AND, AND YOU WERE WILLING TO GO AND, AND, AND EXERCISE, UH, YOUR VOICE.

AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD ALWAYS DEPEND ON AS A COUNCIL.

UH, YOUR EXPERTISE, YOUR EXPERTISE IN INDUSTRY, YOUR EXPERTISE IN THE COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS HELPED US MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.

AND, AND IT IS A TEAM.

UH, WE BUILT, WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD A CONSENSUS AND, AND, UH, COME OUT WITH BETTER ORDINANCES, COMING OUT WITH BETTER INITIATIVES, COMING OUT WITH BETTER PROJECTS.

UM, WE ALL SHARE THE LOAD, UH, HERE, UH, WITH, WE ALL BRING, UH, A TALENT, UH, TO THE TABLE.

AND, AND BOBBY BROUGHT A LOT OF TALENT TO THE TABLE.

AND SO, UH, IT WILL CERTAINLY, UH, YOUR, YOUR ABSENCE WILL BE FELT, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL, THAT WILL, UM, SUCCEED.

YOU WILL, WILL HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL.

OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW, BUT IT, THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING.

UH, PEOPLE WILL FILL ALL THESE SEATS EVENTUALLY, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO DO IT WITH, WITH, UH, IN, IN MAKING A, MAKING A BETTER BAYTOWN FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO I KNOW YOU ALWAYS DONE THAT.

AND SO AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, I, I JUST WISH YOU WELL.

SO, SO I, I, IT LOOKS A LITTLE SHORTER.

I CAN WRITE A BOOK, PAUL .

I KNOW THAT COMES FROM NINE YEARS EXPERIENCE NINE YEARS VERSUS THREE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS.

I, UM, I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED SERVING ON COUNCIL.

I HAVE, UH, THE CONSTITUENTS IN MY DISTRICT CAME AND DRAFTED ME OUT OF THE BUSINESS WORLD AND I DIDN'T EXPECT TO EVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

AND, UH, SO I RAN AND WON AND, AND GOT IN HERE AND DID THIS THING.

AND I'VE LEARNED A WHOLE LOT AND HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH SOME VERY PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE.

THE STAFF IS, IS UNBELIEVABLE.

AND THESE, THESE FOLKS HAVE BAYTOWN AT HEART, I ASSURE YOU OF THAT.

AND THIS GROUP UP HERE DOES AS WELL.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BEHIND THE SCENES, THEY'RE IN THE FOREFRONT.

BUT, BUT I DIDN'T EXPECT TO, UM, WELL, I GUESS I GOT KIND OF CAUGHT LATE IN LIFE 'CAUSE I'M AT RETIREMENT

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THAT'S WHY I'M NOT, DIDN'T RUN AGAIN, IS I MET THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND GOT MARRIED HERE, HERE JUST A WHILE BACK AND HAD BEEN SINGLE FOR 16 YEARS.

DIDN'T THINK THAT EVER HAPPENED AND MET DEBBIE.

AND IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S HISTORY AFTER THAT.

IT'S BEEN GREAT.

AND WE'RE, UH, BUILDING A HOME IN NEW BRONZEVILLE AND WE'RE GONNA RETIRE.

AND I'M GETTING REALLY, REALLY CLOSE.

AND THE LEE COLLEGE RETIREES IS ALREADY DONE AWAI ON ME.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M GETTING OUT AFTER THREE YEARS.

BUT I TELL YOU WHAT I REALLY LIKE AND I REALLY LIKE DOING IT AND I REALLY LIKE GETTING IT RIGHT.

IT'S, IT'S A PASSION TO LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW YOU FEEL AND TO, TO STAND FOR SOMETHING AND TRY TO GET, UH, TRY TO GET IT RIGHT FOR THE CITIZENS.

AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'D PROBABLY PRIDE MYSELF THE MOST IN THAT WE DID SO MANY THINGS AND GOT THEM RIGHT.

THAT, UH, IT'S A GREAT THING.

BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO RETIREMENT AND GOING FISHING AND TRAVELING AND ITALY AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT, DEBBIE.

SO, UH, IT'S A GREAT THING.

YOU KNOW, I'VE LIVED IN BAYTOWN SINCE 1972.

I ACTUALLY WISH I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT EARLIER IN THERE.

I WISH I WOULD'VE GOT INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, NINE YEARS BACK OR 10 YEARS BACK.

I THINK I, I THINK I COULD'VE WON SOME OF THOSE OTHER GUYS.

I THINK I COULD'VE BEAT 'EM.

I THINK YOU COULD HAVE, I COULD HAVE GOT ON IT AND, UH, I WISH YOU WOULD'VE.

YEAH, .

BUT, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A REGRET RIGHT THERE.

I REALLY DO.

I MEAN THAT I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE GOT IN THERE AND, UH, DONE IT ABOUT TWO OR THREE, UH, YOU KNOW, TERMS AGO OR I MEAN THAT, I MEAN THAT A LOT.

BUT Y'ALL GOT SOME GREAT PEOPLE.

GOT SOME THE GREAT THINGS GOING AND, AND IT'S, IT'S AWESOME.

IT'S AWESOME.

WELL WE, WE CERTAINLY WISH YOU WELL, YOU AND DEBBIE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, SO WE WILL WE MOVE ON? HOLD ON.

WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME COMMENTS.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL START OVER HERE AT THIS TIME.

OH, I'LL GO FIRST.

DAVE'S BEEN, UH, REALLY ENJOYABLE SITTING UP HERE, UH, FOR THE, YOUR TENURE HERE AND OUR PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THESE ISSUES THAT WE COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT EVERY DAY, HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS AND, AND DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO GO ON CERTAIN THINGS AND YOUR PASSION FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO TACKLE THAT'S BEEN REAL ENJOYABLE AND IT'S BEEN REAL ENJOYABLE SEEING NEW GUYS.

LOOK, SO YOU'RE STILL A NEWBIE HERE THAT'S LEAVING AND WELL AS HEATHER AND THESE, UH, CHARLES AND, AND LAURA, IT'S BEEN ENJOYABLE TO SEE PEOPLE GET UP HERE AND GET INVOLVED WITH WHAT WE DO UP HERE RATHER THAN WATCH A FOOTBALL GAME ON THIRSTY, NOT FOOTBALL OR WHATEVER, NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO IT'S REALLY ENJOYABLE TO SEE YOU PEOPLE GET IN HERE AND GET KNEE DEEP IN THIS.

AND YOU REALLY DID A GOOD JOB THERE AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU, YOU'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, HERE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.

AND, UH, LOOK FOR US A LOT OVER THERE, UP THERE CLOSE TO WHERE Y'ALL ARE.

SO ME AND PAM MIGHT MOVE UP THERE WITH YOU AND FIND A LITTLE HOME.

OF COURSE, OURS ARE GONNA BE A DOUBLE WIDE, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD LIKE WHAT YOU GOT, BUT, UH, WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN .

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME UP HERE.

SO DAVE AND I GOT ELECTED TOGETHER.

AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN LEARNING THE SYSTEM AND THE PROCESS TOGETHER.

AND SO THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT STAND OUT.

UM, THE FIRST ONE WAS WHEN WE WENT INTO THE TRAINING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY YES.

AND THE CITY CLERK.

AND THEY WERE KIND OF GIVING US THE LAY OF THE LAND ABOUT PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THIS AND THAT.

AND THEN THEY PRESENTED US WITH THE LAPTOP TO CHECK OUR EMAILS.

AND DAVE SAID, NO, NOPE.

THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK FOR ME.

I'M NOT DOING LAPTOPS.

GIMME A PHONE OR I'M NOT LOOKING AT ANY EMAILS, .

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD PHONES UNTIL THAT DAY.

BUT, UH, DAVE HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, UM, VERY BLUNT.

UM, IT'S NOT, UH, EMOTIONAL, PERSONAL, IT'S JUST THAT'S HOW IT IS.

AND I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY BECAUSE FOR ME, UM, YOU ALWAYS SAY WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS THINKING AND I'M REALLY GONNA MISS THAT DYNAMIC IN THIS GROUP BECAUSE, UM, NOT EVERYONE HAS THAT ABILITY.

THE OTHER THING THAT UM, STANDS OUT IN MY MIND WAS, UM, THE FIRST 4TH OF JULY AND, UH, RIDING ON THE FLOAT.

AND I REMEMBER, UH, YOU AND DEBBIE WERE HAVING YOUR FIRST DATE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND DEBBIE WAS ASKING ME, HOW'S IT GOING? YOU KNOW, NOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED.

AND I REMEMBER SAYING TO HER, UM, LOOK, DON'T TELL DAVE I SAID THIS, BUT SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING UP THERE.

WELL, I THINK SHE WENT HOME AND TOLD HIM I SAID THAT BECAUSE THE VERY NEXT MEETING HE COMES UP TO ME, HE GOES, DON'T WORRY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING EITHER.

SO, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M GONNA MISS YOU GUYS AND I'M GONNA MISS WRITING ON THOSE 4TH OF JULY FLOATS MM-HMM .

AND JUST HAVING YOU ON THE TEAM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTENSITY AND YOUR HONESTY.

UM, AS I SAID TO YOU BACK THERE, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO SAY WHAT WE'RE THINKING.

THE FIRST MEETING WE HAD, AND YOU SPOKE SOME VERY DIRECT WORDS.

THE WORD, THE THREE LETTER WORD THAT CAME TO MY MIND WAS, WOW.

HE SAID THAT .

WELL, UM, LET'S GO WITH IT.

OOPS.

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AND EVER SINCE THAT DAY, IT HAS BEEN BEEN A PLEASURE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY, YOUR INTENSITY, AND YOUR DRIVE FOR WANTING US IN YOUR WORDS, TO GET IT RIGHT AND NOT HAVE, NOT BEING ASHAMED TO MENTION WHEN WE GOT IT RIGHT.

UM, I, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I HOPE THAT BOTH OF YOU ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENTS AND, UM, THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS SEE THE RIBBON CUTTINGS AND THE GROUNDBREAKINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT SOME FOLKS DON'T REALIZE IS THERE'S REALLY, UM, A, A ANOTHER ASPECT TO IT AND WHAT PEOPLE, I KNOW WE ALWAYS LOOK LIKE A, A WELL-OILED MACHINE UP HERE, BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS THAT WELL-OILED MACHINE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AT TIMES THINGS CAN GET A LITTLE SLIPPERY.

AND I REALLY GIVE COUNCILMAN HESSEL A LOT OF CREDIT.

HE'S, HE'S REALLY BEEN INSTRUMENTAL BEHIND THE SCENES, AS HAS BOB, UM, BOTH OF THEM REALLY IN, IN A LOT OF TIMES JUST KEEPING THE TRAIN ON THE TRACKS AND IT'S EXPERIENCE.

AND IT'S, IT'S GOOD JUDGMENT.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY REALIZES THAT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU EVERYBODY UP HERE AND STAFF, WE, WE RECOGNIZE IT AND WE REALIZE IT.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THIS GOES FOR BOTH OF THEM, BUT, AND WHAT I, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT DAVE AND, AND BOB TOO, YOU KNOW, INTEGRITY IS DOING THE RIGHT THING REGARDLESS OF WHO'S IN THE ROOM, AND THEY'RE GONNA DO THE RIGHT THING REGARDLESS OF WHO'S IN THE ROOM AND THAT, THAT, THAT IS, UH, FOLKS THAT YOU REALLY ENJOY SERVING WITH.

SO I, I, I APPRECIATE IT ALL THE WAY AROUND.

SO DAVE, I I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE DIDN'T SCARE YOU AWAY ON YOUR FIRST NIGHT, AND WE WERE RE REMINISCING ABOUT THAT IN HIS FIRST NIGHT.

AND HEATHER'S WAS THE TANK FARM, UH, MEETING.

AND SO I KNOW THAT IT WAS VERY CONTENTIOUS AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU STUCK WITH US.

AND, AND THAT DIDN'T SCARE YOU AWAY.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE VERY BLUNT, YOU'RE VERY DIRECT IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU MAY HAVE SAID SOMETHING, BUT YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, WELL LET'S HEAR IT OUT.

LET'S, LET'S, LET'S PUT ALL THE CARDS ON THE TABLE.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK THAT BEING BLUNT OR BEING DIRECT IS ONE WAY OR NO WAY AT ALL, BUT YOU WERE NOTHING LIKE THAT.

AND I APPRECIATED YOUR OPEN-MINDEDNESS ON EVERY ISSUE THAT WE HAD.

UH, YOU HAVE A LOT OF HEART AND IT SHOWS IN ALL OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE.

I'VE SEEN YOU IN ACTION AT YOUR STORE.

JUST AS WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU HERE.

WE KNOW THAT YOUR STORE IS GONNA MISS YOU AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, UH, DEDICATION TO COUNSEL TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

WE'RE REALLY GONNA MISS YOU.

I RAN OUT OF GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU, , BUT NO, IT HAS, IT IS BEEN, IT IS BEEN GOOD.

I WISH I COULD'VE BEEN, BEEN ABLE TO SERVE WITH YOU LONGER.

SO WITH THAT, I DO WISH YOU THE BEST.

WHAT, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THAT NEXT CHAPTER IS.

I KNOW YOU EXPLAINED A LOT, BUT THINGS CHANGE.

BUT I WISH YOU THE BEST, YOU AND DEBBIE.

AND SO, UH, AS MAYOR, UH, OUR CITIZENS, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR BOTH OF Y'ALL SERVICE.

UH, IT'S NOT EASY.

UH, AS, AS CHRIS SAID, IT, SOMETIMES IT SEEMS IT LOOKS EASY, BUT IT'S HARD.

AND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN BEHIND THE SCENES.

IT'S NOT JUST RIVER CUTTINGS AND GROUNDBREAKINGS.

THOSE ARE THE, THE GOOD POINTS.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD WORK, UM, UH, DEALING WITH DIFFERENT ISSUES.

AND Y'ALL DONE, Y'ALL DONE IT WELL FOR HOWEVER YOU SERVE, Y'ALL DONE IT WELL.

SO I THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR, FOR Y'ALL SERVICE.

ALRIGHT, SO IT APPEARS, UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO SAY GOOD THINGS ABOUT THESE TWO, WE'LL MOVE ON.

, WE MAY GET A MEETING OR TWO OUT OF THEM.

STILL, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK A LITTLE OVERTIME BECAUSE OF THE RUNOFF RACES, BUT EXECUTION.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE C.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT, UM, LET'S SEE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE B, BUT IT DOES SHOW THAT THIS ITEM WILL BE MOVED TO A LATER AGENDA.

SO I DON'T THINK IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE TO DO THAT?

[c. Recognize City of Baytown employees for their years of service.]

UH, RECOGNIZE CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE.

MS. FLINT? YES, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE TO PRESENT OUR RECOGNITION OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE.

UM, WE HAVE QUITE A COLLECTION, THIS, UH, TIME AS WELL AS THREE WITH, SO IT'LL BE A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL.

BRIAN HERNANDEZ, EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.

ANGELA JACKSON, DEPUTY CITY CLERK WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.

FRANK SIMINO, DIRECTOR, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.

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BUDDY TUCKER, WASTEWATER OPERATOR, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEER.

JACOB PEARSON, GIS COORDINATOR WITH ITS, ANTHONY PZI, LIEUTENANT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

MARY MARTIN, LIEUTENANT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SEAN SAUNDERS, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

RALSTON HENRY, FIELD SUPERVISOR WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.

MARIA PORSCHE, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING AT THE BAWA PLANT.

BERNIE GREEN SMALL WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BERNIE GREEN SMALL HAS SPENT 25 WONDERFUL YEARS IN SERVICE AT THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

IN 1991, SHE STARTED WORKING PART-TIME AT THE POLICE ACADEMY WHERE SHE DID REPORTING FOR THE FTOS, ALONG WITH RECORD KEEPING DUTIES OF ALL ASPECTS OF RECRUITS, PAY, TRAINING, ET CETERA.

AFTER FOUR YEARS AT THE ACADEMY, FERNIE MOVED OVER TO A FULL-TIME POSITION IN THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WORKING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ARENA.

IN HER 21 YEARS WITH PLANNING AND CDBG, SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR NUMEROUS PROGRAMS, INCLUDING ASSISTING WITH TRANSPORTATION FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS, HELPING TO ORGANIZE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS, ASSISTING FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS REACH THEIR OWNERSHIP GOALS AND ASSISTING WITH HOUSING REHABILITATION.

IN 2017, FERNIE CAME BACK HOME TO THE ACADEMY WHERE SHE RECENTLY MOVED TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BUREAU AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BUREAU.

FERNIE HAS BEEN REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES IN ADDITION TO ASSISTING THE PROGRAMS LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, THE DARE PROGRAM, AND OTHERS THAT DEAL DIRECTLY WITH THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY.

BERNIE IS MARRIED, SHE AND HER HUSBAND ENJOY THE COMPANY OF THEIR TWO HER BABIES, BRANDY AND REX.

ONE OF FERNIE'S FAVORITE SCRIPTURE VERSES IS ROMANS 8 28.

AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD TO THEM WHO ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.

LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR FERNIE AND HER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT SPECIALIST TWO PUBLIC WORKS.

STEVEN JUDE BENETTI BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 1990 AS A UTILITY MAINTENANCE WORKER IN THE SEWER DEPARTMENT WHILE WORKING IN THE SEWER DEPARTMENT.

DUE UNSTOP MAIN LINES, CHECK MANHOLE AND SMOKE TESTED LINES TO CHECK FOR INFLOW AND INFILTRATION.

IN MARCH OF 1993, DUE TRANSFER TO THE GARAGE AS A MAINTENANCE HELPER, AS A MAINTENANCE HELPER DUE, CHANGED OIL REPAIR.

TIRES, ASSISTED THE MECHANICS AND KEPT THE SHOP CLEAN IN NOVEMBER OF 1996.

DUE TRANSFER TO STREETS AND DRAINAGE AND EQUIPMENT OPERATOR DUE WORK ON THE CONCRETE CREW, INSTALLING AND REPAIRING SIDEWALKS, CURBS, GUTTERS AND STREETS.

HE SPENT MANY YEARS ON A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK BRANCH CREW INSTALLING SIDEWALKS IN AREAS OF TOWN WHERE THERE WERE NO SIDEWALKS.

HIS HARD WORK PROVIDED MANY RESIDENTS A SAFE PLACE TO WALK.

WALL.

IN MARCH OF 2014, DE WAS PROMOTED TO A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR.

TWO, HE WAS GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE MOBILE CONCRETE MIXING TRUCK DE MAKES, DELIVERS AND FOREST CONCRETE FOR ALL PROJECTS CONSTRUCTED BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

HIS WORK SAVES THE CITY MONEY FROM HAVING TO UTILIZE CONCRETE CONTRACT.

HE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLIMENTS FOR THE WAY HE TAKES CARE OF THE CONCRETE TRUCK.

AFTER SIX YEARS OF USE, THE TRUCK STILL LOOKS BRAND NEW.

IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE PRIDE HE TAKES IN ALL THAT HE DOES.

ASIDE FROM HIS NORMAL DUTIES, DREW IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR NUMEROUS ASSIGNMENTS THAT FALL UNDER THE CATEGORY OF OTHER ASSIGNED DUTIES.

HE MAKES COFFEE, UNLOCKS THE DOORS, MAINTAINS AND LOWERS THE FLAG, AND CARRIES ALL KEYS FOR PUBLIC WORK BUILDINGS.

DREW IS ALSO CERTIFIED TO HAUL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

HE DRIVES THE DIESEL TANKER TRUCK REFILLING GENERATORS AND PUMPS AROUND TOWN AS NEEDED.

HUG ALSO WORKS WITH ALL PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES TO OBTAIN THEIR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES.

HE NOT ONLY TEACHES THEM HOW TO OPERATE THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT WHILE PULLING THE TRAILER, IT ALSO SCHEDULES THE APPOINTMENTS

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AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENSURES THE EMPLOYEES HAVE ALL DOCUMENTS TO COMPLETE THE DRIVING CABINET.

ALL THE EMPLOYEES TRAINED BY JUDE HAVE PASSED AND OBTAINED THEIR CDL.

HE DOES ALL OF THESE EXTRA DUTIES OF TRIED AND CONSIDERATION IN HIS SPARE TIME.

HE IS BASEBALL COACH FOR SPECIAL NEEDS TEAM, TEXAS UNIFIED TEAM, TEXAS, TEXAS RANGERS, TEXAS TECH, AND TEXAS LONGHORN, WHICH ARE TEAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

HE ALSO MOWS AND MAINTAINS HIGHLANDS PONY LEAGUE FIELD AND SERVES AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR HIGHLANDS PONY.

HE LIKES TO HUNT FISH AND SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY.

HE HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE KIM FOR 35 YEARS AND HAS TWO SONS BEEN BEEN GOOD WORKING FOR BAYTOWN, THEY GOOD WORK FOR US AND GOOD, MORE OR LESS GOOD FAMILY TO HAVE.

PLEASE CONGRATULATE STEVEN BARNETT ON HIS 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.

YOUR GRASP ENGINEER MATT BAILEY BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ON NOVEMBER 16TH, 1990, WORKING AS A SURVEY TECHNICIAN IN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

HIS PRIMARY DUTY WAS COLLECTING SURVEY INFORMATION FOR DESIGN PROJECTS.

MATT ENCOUNTERED MANY OBSTACLES WHILE COLLECTING FIELD DATA SUCH AS INCLEMENT WEATHER, WILD ANIMALS, INSECTS, AND STRAY ANIMALS.

SOMETIMES SURVEY SHOTS WERE NEEDED OFFSHORE.

ON ONE OCCASION, MATT AND THE DRAFTSMEN WERE COLLECTING DATA IN A BOAT AROUND THE BROWNWOOD NATURE CENTER.

ON THE WAY BACK TO THE MARINA, THE BOAT STOPPED WORKING AND THEY WERE STRANDED UNDERNEATH THE FRED HARTMAN BRIDGE FOR HOURS.

AFTER LIVING AN EPISODE OF GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, THE POLICE FINALLY CAME AND PERFORMED A WATER RESCUE.

AFTER THAT, THE BOAT WAS RENAMED THE SS MINUTE.

IN 1995, MATT ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF CAD OPERATOR, WHICH INCLUDED DRAFTING CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND DETAIL SHEETS USE IN ENGINEERING PROJECTS WELL AS CREATING PRESENTATIONS FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS.

MATT IS VERY RESOURCEFUL WHEN IT COMES TO PRINTING AND DESIGNING ITEMS FOR PRESENTATIONS.

WHILE WORKING AT CITY HALL, MATT NEVER MISSED AN INVITATION FOR LEFTOVER COUNCIL FOOD OR HOLIDAY SNACKS.

GIVE IT TO MATT.

HE'LL EAT ANYTHING.

BECAME A COMMON SAYING.

HE TRULY WAS THE MIKEY OF CITY HALL.

HE, MATT'S CURRENT JOB TITLE IS GIS CAD SPECIALISTS AND HE HAS TAKEN ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF WORKING WITH THE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM DATA AND IMPLEMENTING IT INTO THE CITY'S MAPPING SYSTEM.

HE HAS OVER 200 CREDITED HOURS OF ART GIS LEARNING FROM ESRI.

HE ALSO UPDATES UTILITY LAYERS FOR THE CITY.

IN ADDITION TO MAPPING AND DRAFTING, MATT HAS TAKEN ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CREATING THE NEW WEBPAGE FOR PW IN HIS SPARE TIME.

MATT LIKES TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY BY PLAYING BOARD GAMES, CHESS, AND CARDS.

HE ALWAYS HAS A CHESS GAME STARTED IN HIS OFFICE.

HE'S A SCI-FI GEEK AND LIKES TO ATTEND THE COMIC.

CONS AROUND TEXAS WHEN THE WEATHER IS NICE, HE ENJOYS PLAYING TENNIS AND DISC GOLF.

MATT HAS THREE BOYS, JOSH, CALEB, AND MICAH, THE YOUNGEST WHO RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM STERLING HIGH SCHOOL.

PLEASE CONGRATULATE MATT ON HIS 30 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

ALL RIGHT, WE ONCE AGAIN, WE DO THINK, UH, THINK, UH, OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE AND SERVING OUR CITIZENS.

I'LL MOVE ON

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TO ITEM FOUR A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, REGULAR MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2020.

A MOTION WE APPROVE.

ITEM FOUR, EIGHT, SECOND, A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ABSTENTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN, PLEASE SAY AYE.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED?

[a. Receive and discuss a presentation from San Jacinto Retail Associates, LLC, regarding the development of the San Jacinto Marketplace.]

COUNSEL, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 10 A UP.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, QUITE A FEW INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HERE.

UM, I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF THEIR TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, ENTERTAIN ITEM 10 A.

SO WITH THAT, IF WE CAN GET, UM, FIDELIS, UH, WHOEVER YOU NEED TO, TO BE PREPARED, UH, WILL WE RECEIVE AND DISCUSS A PRESENTATION FROM SAN JACINTO RETAIL ASSOCIATES REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAN JACINTO MARKETPLACE? SO FIRST IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MR. DAVIS.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ARE WE JUST GONNA GO STRAIGHT TO PRESENTATION? THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.

I I'M WITH,

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UM, FIDELIS REALTY PARTNERS.

I'M ALAN HASSEN BLUE.

I'VE GOT MEMBERS OF MY TEAM HERE.

I'VE GOT LYNN DAVIS, UH, GLEN OLA, WE'VE GOT MARK, UH, BOUCHER, OUR ARCHITECT IS SITTING BACK THERE.

AND THEN WE HAVE CARSON WILSON.

WE HAVE OUR MULTIFAMILY TEAM IN THE BACK.

WE ALL APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO BE HERE AND, AND PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING.

UH, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, WITH THE VERY LARGE TRACK THAT WE BOUGHT NOW FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AGO.

, IT, IT'S BEEN A LONG FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.

AND, UH, AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY, TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING, OUR PLANS.

WE PUT UP SOME BOARDS HERE SO THAT EVERYONE COULD SEE.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH A SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT, UH, STACY, UH, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEND US THROUGH.

I BELIEVE.

SO, UH, THE FIRST THING, THIS IS THE FIRST SLIDE.

IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THIS IS THE MALL, AS IT AS IT EXISTED WHEN WE BOUGHT IT ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, MUCH OF IT HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED AT THIS TIME.

A LITTLE HISTORY.

WE BOUGHT IT ACTUALLY IN JULY OF 2015.

UH, IN 2016, UH, WE PURCHASED THE FORMER SERVICE MERCHANDISE PARCEL.

IN 2017, WE, UH, PURCHASED THE MARSHALLS PARCEL.

AND IN 2018, AT THE VERY END OF THE YEAR, THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR, WE BOUGHT THE SEARS PARCEL.

THE SEARS PARCEL WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT ONE TO GET AT THAT POINT.

SO GOING INTO 19, WE OWNED 82, UH, 82 ACRES.

UH, AND, UH, THAT WAS WHAT, UH, COMPRISED THE OWNERSHIP OF THE MALL.

SO THE NEXT ONE, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE TWO TRACKS LEFT.

THESE TWO TRACKS HAVE BEEN THE MOST DIFFICULT FOR US TO ACQUIRE.

UH, THE TRACKS ARE AN EIGHT ACRE TRACK THAT JC PENNEY OP OPERATES AND OCCUPIES TODAY, AND A 15 ACRE TRACK THAT MACY'S OPERATES AND OCCUPIES TODAY.

UH, JC PENNEY THIS YEAR WENT INTO BANKRUPTCY.

UH, WHEN THEY WENT INTO BANKRUPTCY, NOTHING COULD BE DONE.

AND THE BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE CONTROLLED THE COMPANY.

THEY CAME OUT OF BANKRUPTCY LAST WEEK.

UH, THE GROUP THAT BOUGHT THEM COMPRISED OF THE SIMON AND BROOKFIELD MALL OPERATORS, THEY PURCHASED ALL OF THE STORES OF JCPENNEY AND THEY, AND THEY BUR THEY BOUGHT THEIR STORES PLUS THE OPERATING ENTITY.

SO GOING FORWARD, JCPENNEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE A RETAILER OPERATED BY SIMON AND BROOKFIELD.

THIS PARTICULAR STORE IS OWNED BY JCPENNEY.

IT WASN'T A LEASE.

AND SO THIS PARTICULAR STORE, ALONG WITH ABOUT 180 OTHERS HAVE GONE TO THE LENDERS.

THE LENDERS WERE THE, THE DEBT HOLDERS.

WHEN THEY WENT INTO BANKRUPTCY, THEY RECEIVED THE ASSET.

WE HAVE PUT AN OFFER FORWARD TO BUY THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL, THIS EIGHT ACRES.

UH, WE HOPE THAT IT'S ACCEPTED.

UH, WE HAD TO DO IT THROUGH THE BANKRUPTCY COURT AND THE TRUSTEE.

AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT, WE'LL, THAT THEY'LL GET BACK WITH US, BUT THEY STILL HAVEN'T ANNOUNCED EXACTLY WHO WILL BE THE PERSON FROM THE LENDER COMMITTEE THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HANDLE THIS.

SO IT'S STILL EARLY.

MY GUESS IS PROBABLY THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS AND THE FACT THAT THAT RETAILER WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE ITS SALES, ESPECIALLY IN THIS COVID YEAR.

BUT, UH, MY GUESS IS IT'LL HAPPEN AT THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.

WE REALLY NEED TO BUY THIS BECAUSE AS YOU ALL SEE, UH, ON THIS SLIDE, WE OWN 82 ACRES THAT'S IN GREEN, THAT AC EIGHT ACRE TRACT, THE LONG GARTH IS IN THE DEAD AND MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY.

SO IF WE CAN'T GET THIS, IT MAKES IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO EXECUTE ANY PLAN.

IT'S REALLY BEEN THE LINCHPIN OF THIS THE ENTIRE TIME.

UH, WITH REGARD TO MACY'S, MACY'S IS NOT IN BANKRUPTCY.

THEY'RE AN OPERATING ENTITY.

THEY STILL OPERATE THE STORE AT THE MALL, UH, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SELL THEIR PARCEL TO US.

WE WOULD LIKE TO BUY THE PARCEL.

WE'VE MADE AN OFFER TO THEM AS WELL.

THEY HAVE NOT ACCEPTED IT.

UH, AND IT'S DOUBTFUL THAT THEY WILL ACCEPT IT OR EVEN FOCUS ON IT THIS YEAR AS WELL, FOR THE SAME REASONS OF THE CHRISTMAS SALES AND WHAT, UH, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

IF WE ARE ABLE TO PURCHASE BOTH OF THESE TRACKS, AND IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE PURCHASED THE JC PENNY, IT'S NOT AS CRITICAL THAT WE PURCHASED THE MACY'S, BUT WE DO WANT TO PURCHASE THE MACY'S SO THAT WE CAN OWN EVERYTHING.

WE WILL HAVE 105 ACRES, THERE'LL BE 105 ACRES, AND WE'LL OWN EVERYTHING IN GREEN PLUS THOSE TWO TRACKS.

UH, WHEN WE DO THIS, AND ASSUMING THAT WE DO THIS, AND WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AS SOON AS WE CAN, IT'S BEEN VER A DIFFICULT PROCESS WITH THOSE TWO REMAINING ANCHORS.

UH, THIS IS THE PLAN THAT HIGHLIGHTS HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.

EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE IN YELLOW IS THE RETAIL PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.

EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE IN PINK IS THE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.

WHAT'S IN BLUE IS THE OFFICE PORTION, AND WHAT'S IN ORANGE IS THE HOTEL PORTION.

SO IT WILL BE A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

AND ONE OF THE KEYS, AS YOU SEE ON THE, ON THE PLAN, THE ROAD PLAN

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IS FROM THE SOUTH GOING NORTH.

UH, WE HAVE INDEPENDENCE WITH A LIGHT AND INDEPENDENCE SWINGS THROUGH AND WILL THEN CURVE INTO THE NEXT LIGHT AND THE NEXT ROAD THAT WE WANT TO CALL SAM HOUSTON.

SO WHAT'LL BE INDEPENDENCE, AND THEN MOVING NORTH SAM HOUSTON, THAT'S SAM HOUSTON WILL GO THROUGH THE RETAIL.

UH, IT WILL INTERSECT THE MULTIFAMILY IN THE OFFICE, AND THEN IT WILL GO BACK TO THE END OF OUR PROPERTY IN HOPES THAT IT WILL CONNECT OVER TO, UH, TO SAN JACINTO.

THAT'S OUR GOAL AS YOU CONTINUE NORTH FROM THERE, UH, WE'VE GOT LONE STAR, AND IT'S CALLED LONE STAR BECAUSE IT ATTACHES TO LONE STAR.

IT CURVES THROUGH AND ATTACHES TO THE LONE STAR THAT ALREADY EXISTS TODAY, AND THEN, AND ATTACHES TO SAN JACINTO SO THAT THAT CONNECTIVITY WILL ACTIVATE EVERY ONE OF THE PARCELS THAT WE INTEND TO DEVELOP WITHIN THIS 105 ACRES.

UH, THAT WILL ALSO AND OUR VIEW, AND WHAT WE HOPE IS IT ACTIVATES, UH, THE STREET, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE THOROUGHFARES THAT WILL THEN CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT OVER TO THE WEST AND TO THE SOUTH OF HERE.

IN THAT LARGE TRACT OF LAND THAT YOU SEE, WE, FOR OUR, UH, FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT TO BE MOST SUCCESSFUL, WE WILL NEED TO HAVE, UH, ALL OF THAT LAND DEVELOPED AS WELL.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL DO OUR PART TO GET THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, CREATED SO THAT THEN RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER USES SHOW UP ON THAT LAND.

UH, THIS IS THE PROPERTY AS IT EXISTED, AND YOU'LL SEE IT WILL MORPH IN TO EXACTLY THE WAY THE THE DEVELOPMENT IS PLANNED.

SO THESE WILL BE THE DETAILS WITH, WITH REGARD TO THE MASTER PLAN, ALL 105 ACRES.

AND EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN YELLOW, AGAIN, IS THE RETAIL.

PINK IS THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL BLUE IS OFFICE AND THE ORANGES, UH, HOTEL.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAVE CARSON AND LYNN COME UP AND, UH, TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE LEASING.

AND IN THE, UH, IN THE RETAIL SECTION, UH, THE DETAILS OF, OR THE, THE OVERRIDING, UH, GOAL IS TO DEVELOP ABOUT 1,000,200 AND 30,000 SQUARE FEET.

YOU SEE WHAT IS, UH, LABELED.

THERE'S 440,000 FEET OF RETAIL, 150,000 FEET OR MORE OF HOTEL THAT'S KIND OF ON THE SMALL SIDE.

IT COULD GET BIGGER.

THE OFFICE IS 120,000 FEET.

IT COULD ALSO GET BIGGER DEPENDING UPON THE DEMAND.

AND THE RESIDENTIAL IS, UH, 520,000 SQUARE FEET.

SO YOU ADD THAT UP AND IT'S 1,000,200 30,000 SQUARE FEET.

AND, UH, CARSON AND LI.

HI, I'M CARSON WILSON.

THIS IS LYNN DAVIS.

UM, FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT ALAN WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, SPECIFIC TO THE RETAIL PORTION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, I'LL START BY SAYING IT'S, UH, A VERY INTERESTING TIME IN THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WORLD.

THE COVID PANDEMIC HAS RE HAVOC ON TRADITIONAL BRICK AND MORTAR RETAILERS, MOST OF WHICH ARE ON AN EXPANSION FREEZE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS CONSUMER SHOPPING PATTERNS RETURN TO PRE COVID LEVELS.

THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE ARE EVERY DAY HAVING ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF TRADITIONAL RETAILERS, GROCERS, RESTAURANTS, ENTERTAINMENT USERS, UH, TO TRY TO ALL LURE THEM TO, UM, OUR REDEVELOPMENT OF SAN JACINTO MALL.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU, UH, A BRIEF FEEL FOR THE TYPES OF RETAILERS AND THE TYPES OF END USERS WE ARE TALKING, UH, I'VE GOT A, A SHORT LIST.

SO IN THE RESTAURANT CATEGORY, UH, IT WOULD BE PEOPLE LIKE PERRY STEAKHOUSE AND PLUCKERS AND CARABAS AND PF CHANG'S AND LTPO.

A WIDE VARIETY OF RESTAURANT USES, UH, THAT PROVIDE SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.

UH, IN THE GROCERY CATEGORY, WE'RE TALKING TO SPROUTS AND TRADER JOE'S AND WHOLE FOODS AND THE ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY.

WE WILL BE TALKING TO OR HAVE TALKED TO DAVE AND BUSTER'S MAIN EVENT, CHUCK E.

CHEESE, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT THEATER CHAINS, UH, ONCE THEY GET OUT OF, UH, THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY'RE IN.

UM, AND LASTLY, JUST TRADITIONAL BRICK AND MORTAR RETAILERS.

SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE RETAILERS SUCH AS AT HOME, NORDSTROM RACK, HOME GOODS, DSW, BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKS A MILLION, UH, DICK'S SPORTING GOODS, UM, PARTY CITY, FIVE BELOW CARTER'S KIDS, OSHKOSH, JOSEPH, A BANKS.

THIS IS, AGAIN, IN NO WAY AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF, UH, PROSPECTS.

IT'S JUST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TYPES OF END USERS THAT WE'RE TALKING TO WITH THE RETAIL PORTION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IN MIND.

WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK TO ALAN.

THANKS CARSON.

UM, AND, UH, STACY, THE NEXT ONE.

SO AGAIN, WITH THIS PLAN, THIS IS THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

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AS YOU SEE THESE, THE DOTTED LINES SHOW UP, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO MAKE IT CONNECTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE'D LIKE HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS TO BE THROUGH, UH, UH, INDEPENDENCE, SAM HOUSTON AND LONE STAR AS THEY CONTINUE WEST AND THEN ALWAY AND CONTINUE ON TO SAN JACINTO.

UH, WE'VE DRIVEN SAN JACINTO, SAN JACINTO'S, A A, A BEAUTIFUL BOULEVARD.

YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.

IT'S A, IT'S GORGEOUS.

IT'S GOT PLENTY OF RIGHT OF WAY.

IT'S GOT, UH, SIDEWALKS, IT'S GOT A LOT OF LANDSCAPING IN THE MEDIANS AND THAT, THAT'S KIND OF A CENTERPIECE IN TERMS OF YOUR TRANSPORT SYSTEM.

AND, UH, IT WILL ALSO PLAY REALLY WELL WITH THE I 10 INTERCHANGE THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE CHANGED.

THAT'S, UH, WILL BE, UH, HAVING AN OFF RAMP NOW THAT'S FURTHER WEST, WHICH THAT OFF RAMP WILL THEN GET, UH, TRAVELERS AND, UH, CARS TO EITHER SAN JACINTO OR ANY OF OUR EGRESS AND EGRESS POINTS ALONG I 10 THE FEEDER ROAD TO COME INTO THE PROJECT.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UH, FROM AN ACCESS AND A CENTRAL LOCATION STANDPOINT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GARTH AND I 10 IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE FOR NOT JUST THE BAYTOWN AREA, BUT THE FULL REGIONAL AREA.

AND, UM, AND WE KNOW WE CAN DO THAT, UH, AS SOON AS WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET, UH, THE LAND AWAY FROM JC PENNEY AND MACY'S.

UH, SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THAT, UH, PARTICULAR SLIDE.

NOW TO LOOK AT, UH, SOME OF THE GROUND LEVEL, THIS PARTICULAR VIEW WILL BE RIGHT ON GARTH LOOKING IN TO THE COURTYARD BETWEEN THE SMALLER SPEC BUILDINGS.

UH, BUT THIS IS AN, THIS IS A RENDERING FROM, UH, OUR ARCHITECT ABOUT HOW THAT WILL LOOK AND HOW THE BUILDINGS WILL PLAY TOGETHER.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A GREEN SPACE, UH, WITH WALKABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.

'CAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE FRONT ACTIVATES THE BACK AND IT FLOWS REALLY WELL.

AND THERE CAN BE VISIBILITY, ACCESS, AND PARKING AND SIGNAGE, AND NONE OF THOSE VARIABLES ARE VIOLATED ON THIS PARTICULAR PLAN.

SO THAT'S A RENDERING OF WHAT WE PLAN TO BE IN THE VERY MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY.

UH, ALONG GARTH, AS YOU CONTINUE FURTHER TO THE WEST, WHEN YOU GET TO THE LARGER ANCHORS, THIS IS HOW THEY WILL, UH, VIEW AND THE TYPE OF BUILDINGS THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.

UH, WE WILL ALSO HAVE A GOOD BIT OF LANDSCAPING.

UH, WE'VE DONE THIS FOR 30 SOME ODD YEARS AT OUR COMPANY.

AND AS THE, AS THE, UH, ENVIRONMENT HAS CHANGED AND MORPHED, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WILL KEEP PEOPLE COMING INTO YOUR SHOPPING CENTER AND KEEP THEM ENGAGED AND KEEP THEM COMING BACK IS A SENSE OF PLACE AND A SENSE OF, OF, UH, OF, UH, AESTHETIC BEAUTY AND LANDSCAPING IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT, EITHER HARDSCAPING OR LANDSCAPING.

SO THAT WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE THAT.

THIS, UH, IS A PERSPECTIVE, UH, GOING DOWN SAM HOUSTON AS IT VEERS AND CURVES TO THE SOUTH.

AND WHAT IS ON THE RIGHT WOULD BE THE MULTIFAMILY AND THE RESIDENTIAL.

AND WHAT IS ON THE LEFT WOULD BE THE OFFICE BUILDINGS, THE TWO OFFICE BUILDINGS, UH, THAT WERE SHOWN.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT? STACY, UH, WOULD BE, UH, THE OFFICE.

UH, SO WE'D KEEP THE OFFICE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE RESIDENTIAL IN THE MIDDLE, AND AGAIN, THE HOTELS THAT WOULD BE UP ALONG I 10, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A LOT OF OFFICE STOCK HERE THAT IS, UH, OF A HIGHER END IN CLASS A NATURE BECAUSE WE DO THINK, THINK THERE'S PROBABLY MORE USERS FOR THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT, UH, THAT AREN'T BEING SATISFIED WITH THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT.

SO THAT IS, UH, AND THEN THIS IS A, UH, AN AN OBLIQUE, UH, ASSUMPTION OF, OF THE, UH, OF THE PROJECT OVER I 10 AND, UH, GARTH INTERSECTION, LOOKING BACK AT THE PROJECT ALONG GARTH TO THE FAR LEFT AND THEN BACK LOOKING AT THE PROJECT, UH, EXTENDING TO THE WEST.

SO OUR GOAL WAS TO TRY TO TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE AND GIVE YOU UPDATES.

UH, AGAIN, THE, THE BIGGEST THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE HAVE AND HAD AND CONTINUE TO HAVE IS TRYING TO GET THE LAND AWAY FROM JCPENNEY AND MACY'S.

WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE AT THE CENTER THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN'T DEVELOP ANYTHING THAT 82 ACRES CAN'T DE BE DEVELOPED WITHOUT THE APPROVAL, EXPRESS APPROVAL OF JCPENNEY AND MACY'S.

WE'VE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT VIOLATING THAT AGREEMENT AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE VIOLATED IT.

BUT, UH, THERE WAS A SUIT FILED IN, UH, BALTIMORE AND MARYLAND, AND IT WAS FILED ON BEHALF OF MACY'S, THE MAY COMPANY.

AND, UH, 'CAUSE A DEVELOPER ATTEMPT TO DO THAT ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THEM ALL THERE.

AND THE JURY AWARDED THAT PARTICULAR, UH, THEY AWARDED MACY'S $40 MILLION.

WOW.

SO THERE'S PRECEDENT SET THAT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US.

AND SO THEY HAVE USED THE LEVERAGE AND THE CONTINUED TO USE OF LEVERAGE TO KIND OF STONEWALL US IN THIS EFFORT.

IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING.

I KNOW EVERYONE SITTING UP THERE HAS BEEN FRUSTRATED.

PROBABLY EVERYONE SITTING OUT HERE HAS BEEN FRUSTRATED.

WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE HAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PUT INTO THIS PROJECT.

WE DO THINK RIGHT NOW

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THAT WE HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THIS PROPERTY FROM JC PENNY BECAUSE OF THE BANKRUPTCY GONE THROUGH BANKRUPTCY.

IT'S NOW OUT AND THE LENDERS OWN THEIR REAL ESTATE.

SO THE JC PENNY COMPANY DOESN'T EVEN OWN IT ANYMORE.

SO LENDERS ARE NOT APT TO HOLD THEIR REAL ESTATE.

THEY'RE APT TO SELL IT, AND WE'RE THE LOGICAL GROUP TO SELL IT TO.

JC PENNY IS MORE CRITICAL BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION TO ACTUALLY GET THIS THING FINISHED.

BUT WE ALSO NEED MACY'S AND WE WANT MACY'S.

'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEVELOP AROUND MACY'S.

WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT MACY'S WILL BE SELLING TO US.

WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER RELATIONSHIP, UH, WITH MACY'S.

WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR YEARS.

AND WE HAVE OTHER, WE HAVE OTHER JCPENNEY STORES.

WE'VE HAD OTHER MACY'S CONCEPTS, AND MACY'S ACTUALLY STATED THAT THEY, THEY WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO PUT ONE OF THEIR SMALLER CONCEPTS AS THEY MORPH FROM A MAJOR DEPARTMENT STORE INTO SMALLER CONCEPTS HERE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

ANY OF US CAN TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT'S AN OVERVIEW AND, AND, AND, AND, AND A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

THANK YOU, ALAN, FOR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

AND, AND CERTAINLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON, ON WHAT, WHAT CONCEPTUALLY, WHAT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND CERTAINLY THE WILL OF COUNCIL AND EVEN PREVIOUS COUNCILS.

AND, AND I THINK WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE TO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF AS A, AS A RETAIL CENTER.

UH, I WANT TO HEAR ANY COMMENTS.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GET ANY IN A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT THIS PARTICULARLY TONIGHT.

UM, I THINK WE TAKE THIS BACK AND, AND PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH, THROUGH STAFF.

BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING SOME OF THIS, UH, I, I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF PRESENTING THE OVERALL CHALLENGES, RIGHT? OF, UH, HOW MALLS WERE CREATED MANY YEARS AGO, HOW THIS MALL WAS CREATED, THE ANCHOR STORES, THE LEGALITIES, UH, WITH THE INDIVIDUAL LANDOWNERS, IF IT WAS SERVICE MERCHANDISE, SEARS OR WHOEVER IT MAY BE.

UH, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, THEY HAVE MALLS THAT CLOSE AND THEY JUST BECOME, YOU KNOW, A DECANE, UH, BUILDING.

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY FORTUNATE THAT YOU HAVE YOU, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT ON THE TIMETABLE, WE, WE PROJECTED THAT WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GO AND, AND DO THE DEMO WORK.

ABOUT 70% OF IT WAS DEMOED.

UM, AND SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A, A, UH, A NEWLY DEVELOPED RETAIL CENTER.

AND SO, SO WITH THAT, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE IN EVERY COMMUNITY, BUT I THINK, AS YOU SAY, I DO BELIEVE THAT I 10 AND GARTH WILL BE THE CENTER OF THE RETAIL UNIVERSE, AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, EAST, UH, EAST HARRIS COUNTY AND CERTAINLY WEST CHAMBERS COUNTY.

AND SO WITH THAT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO GO AND, AND TRY TO, UH, MAKE THIS HAPPEN AS BEST WE CAN WITHIN, WITHIN REASON.

UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THOUGH, UM, ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO WHAT KIND OF LITTLE STORE HERE AND THERE, BUT AS FAR AS THE, THE, UH, THE STRUCTURE OF WHAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, HOPEFULLY WITH FIDELIS, UH, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? YES.

SO YOU MENTIONED THAT JC PENNEY'S AND, AND MACY'S ARE, ARE SORT OF THE, UH, LINCHPIN OF THE, OF THE DEAL THAT WE KIND OF KNEW THAT GOING IN IN 2015, CORRECT.

THAT WE WOULD NEED THOSE APPROVALS.

WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED ALL THOSE ANCHORS TO EITHER APPROVE A REDEVELOPMENT OR PARTICIPATE IN A NEW DEVELOPMENT.

CORRECT.

JC PENNEY'S HAPPENS PRETTY IMMEDIATELY IN 2021.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND OUR PERSPECTIVE TO SOME DEGREE.

AND I, I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE MAYOR'S PERSPECTIVE THERE.

I SHARE IT CERTAINLY IT'S A COMPLICATED DEAL, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING, WE'RE CLOSING IN ON FIVE AND A HALF YEARS NOW, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN IT, AND I THINK THE CITY'S APPROACHING $10 MILLION ON OUR END AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TIME VALUE OF MONEY AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE FEEL FOR YOU CERTAINLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING LEFT THAT WE CAN DO ON OUR END, BUT IT, IT HAS BEEN A FRUSTRATING PROCESS AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE SEEN THE PRETTY RENDERINGS AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO.

SO I, I, I DON'T KNOW, I'M A LITTLE, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I, LIKE I SAY, I DO SHARE THE MAYOR'S PERSPECTIVE AS WELL, AND I, I'M, I'M STILL ROOTING FOR IT.

BUT YOU KNOW, DOGGONE, IT'S BEEN A LONG, IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD.

IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LONG FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

WE WISH WE COULD HAVE DONE IT MUCH QUICKER THAN THIS.

WE TRIED TO DO IT MUCH QUICKER THAN THIS, UH, FOR THE OBVIOUS REASONS.

WE WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE FASTER AS WELL.

IF YOU GUYS CAN BE PATIENT WITH US A LITTLE LONGER.

I DO THINK THE JC PENNY IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AFTER THE BANKRUPTCY.

IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION NOW THAT THE, THAT THE, THAT THE PROPERTY ISN'T OWNED AND THE CONTROL ISN'T MADE IN THE JCPENNEY ORGANIZATION.

IT'S WITH THE BANKRUPTCY COURT AND THE LENDERS AT THIS POINT.

YES MA'AM.

ALAN, DO YOU FEEL THAT IF YOU GET THE JC PENNEY'S PROPERTY, THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR DEVELOPMENT, UM, INSTEAD OF WAITING TO BUY MACY'S AS WELL, YOU'LL JUST MAYBE GET THEIR EXPRESS APPROVAL AND MOVE FORWARD ON YOUR END? OR WHAT, HOW ARE YOU SEEING THAT, LET'S SAY

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WILL YOU MOVE FORWARD THEN, OR DO YOU STILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR MACY'S AFTER THAT? WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE RETAIL.

WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE SOUTHERN ONE THIRD, BECAUSE MACY'S WOULD STILL HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS VISIBILITY IN THEIR PARKING FIELD THERE.

AND, AND I SAY THAT WE, WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY THEM THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

THEY STILL HAVE TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH US TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

BUT AS LYNN AND CARSON AND GLENN AND OTHERS, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH MACY'S.

WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR YEARS.

IT'S NOT THE MORE CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD WITH JC PENNY IN TRYING TO GET THIS DONE.

GOOD QUESTION.

SO, SO I'VE GOTTA GET MY 2 CENTS IN THE NIGHT BECAUSE I'M, WE'RE ABOUT DONE OR I'M ABOUT DONE.

SO I'M GONNA GET MY 2 CENTS IN, BUT I'LL BE VERY, VERY BRIEF.

YOU KNOW, TO ME IT'S GOT, THE DESIGN HAS GOT THAT FEEL OF A, AND I DON'T LIKE, UH, I KIND OF BUSTED UP STRIP MALL TYPE FIELD.

MM-HMM .

PIECES OF IT SCATTERED OUT.

AND I, IN MY MIND AND MY VISION BEFORE I LEAVE COUNCIL WAS FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU, YOU ARRIVED AT A DESTINATION.

YOU PARKED AND YOU WENT AND YOU, YOU COULD TOUR AND DO AND INTERACT ON THE WHOLE THING, WHETHER IT'S ENTERTAINMENT OR, OR RETAIL OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

RESTAURANT, YOU'RE OUT IN THIS GROUP, IN THIS, IN THIS AREA THAT HAD A, THE BAYBROOK FEEL.

APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

AND I DON'T FEEL THAT LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT THERE, AND I KNOW IT'LL PROBABLY GET RE REDESIGNED A DOZEN TIMES BEFORE IT'S DONE.

'CAUSE THIS IS A LENGTHY PROCESS, GETTING THE LAND AND ALL.

I GOT THAT.

BUT MY TWO SENSES BEFORE I GET OFF COUNCIL IS I REALLY WANTED THAT FEEL OF, UM, OF, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I PARK AND I GO TO THAT SECTION HERE, THEN I GET IN MY CAR, I GO TO THE NEXT SECTION.

I, IT'S LIKE YOU, YOU STOP AND SHOP, BUT YOU'RE DOING IT IN YOUR VEHICLE.

AND I WAS HOPING FOR SOMETHING THAT HAD A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, GET OUTTA THE CAR AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON AND DO A MOVIE AND A DINNER AND DO A LITTLE SHOPPING AND, AND WHERE I PARK MY CAR AND I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER BY THAT TIME, NOW THIS HERE I'M GONNA PARK AND DO, THEN I'M GONNA MOVE AND PARK AND DO DO, AND I'M GONNA MOVE AND PARK AND DO, AND I KIND OF THOUGHT THAT OFFICER HAD RE IT'D KIND OF BE BLENDED A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO, AND I'M, I'M DONE, I'M DONE.

'CAUSE, BUT THAT WAS JUST MY VISION, MY, MY ONLY CHANCE TONIGHT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WILL BE RIGHT NOW.

SO I DID IT.

GET MACY'S TO SELL, WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO DO THE FIRST PROJECT, AS YOU NOTED.

ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, UH, REGARDING AT LEAST QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, ANY TYPE, ANYTHING THAT COULD BE THE AGREEMENT, IT COULD BE ANY OF THOSE THINGS WE CAN GET DOWN INTO, WE'LL STILL WORK WITH, WITH OUR STAFF AND, AND FIDELIS WITH, WITH SOME OF THE, LIKE YOU SAY, SOME OF THE CONCEPTUAL STUFF AND AREAS OF THAT WE MAY SEE, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO SEE IMPROVED OR, OR RETHOUGHT.

SO WHAT, JUST, JUST TO BE, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD, COUNCILWOMAN.

WELL, IT, IT WASN'T NECESSARILY A, A QUESTION, BUT I THINK IT WAS MORE OF A COMMENT THAT THE DELAY WITH THESE ANCHOR STORES I THINK WOULD'VE HAPPENED REGARDLESS OF THE DEVELOPER BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE SITUATION IN TERMS OF THE LEGALITY.

AND SO I KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ALWAYS BROUGHT UP, UM, THROUGHOUT MY, MY CONSTITUENTS IS LIKE, WELL, IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE DEVELOPER? AND I THINK THIS IS JUST A, SOMETHING THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED REGARDLESS OF THE DEVELOPER, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, JUST THE TYPE OF CONTRACT THAT THESE ANCHOR STORES HAD AND THE WAY THEY WERE INITIALLY DEVELOPED.

SO THE WAY, YES.

UM, WE, WE, WE'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY DOING THIS FOR 30 YEARS.

WE OWN PROPERTIES THAT ARE A MILLION SQUARE FEET, 10,000 SQUARE FEET.

WE OWN THEM IN MULTIPLE STATES.

WE'RE HEADQUARTERED IN HOUSTON, WE'RE PROUD OF, WE'RE PROUD HOUSTONIANS.

WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE THIS UGLY DUCKLING AND MAKE IT INTO A BEAUTIFUL SWAN.

WE, WE WANT THE PYGMALION STORY RIGHT HERE IN BAYTOWN.

THE, THE, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR FROM, UH, MAYOR DON CARLOS TO MAYOR CAPTIO, TO THE CITY MANAGER RICK AND HIS, AND HIS PREDECESSORS.

YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.

IN FACT, YOU ALL MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT THE ONLY REASON, UH, THAT BOB YARI, UH, FOR YURIKO SOLD IT TO US WAS THAT STEVE AND DON CARLOS ACTUALLY PERSONALLY WENT TO LOS ANGELES AND BASICALLY SAID, IF YOU DON'T SELL IT TO THEM, BAD THINGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN TO YOU .

AND SO IT KIND OF GOT HIM OFF CENTER AND, UH, WE TOOK IT WITH THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

WE, WE WANT TO DELIVER A PRODUCT TO THIS COMMUNITY.

WE, WE CANNOT FORCE JC PENNEY AND MACY'S TO SELL US THEIR PROPERTY.

WE JUST, WE CAN'T, WE TRIED, WE, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN.

ALTHOUGH I DO SIT HERE IN NOVEMBER OF 2020 IN A CORONAVIRUS YEAR WITH ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD AND TELL YOU THAT AT LEAST JCPENNEY IS NOW SITTING IN THE HANDS OF THE BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE AND THE LENDERS.

AND WE'RE GONNA BUY THAT PROPERTY FOR SURE.

WE CAN'T FORCE MACY'S TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY, BUT WE THINK WE CAN.

AND IF WE DON'T

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SO, JUST TO, I'M SORRY, JUST ONE FINAL THING.

I KNOW WE'RE NOT GETTING IN THE WEEDS AS YOU MENTIONED MAYOR, AND I APPRECIATE DAVE'S COMMENTS.

UM, I KNOW, UH, RICK AND I DISCUSSED A LOT AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND, UM, I GUESS I TRAVELED TO AUSTIN ALL THE TIME AND I WAS ALWAYS AT THE DOMAIN, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I ENVISIONED.

THAT'S A GREAT PROJECT.

IT IS.

AND SO I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE VERY WELL SITUATED HERE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR COMING.

MY FINAL COMMENT, MAYOR, AND THAT WAS MY COMMENT FOR, FOR ADMINISTRATION, IF, IF THERE PERSPECTIVE IS, HEY, YOU KNOW, GUYS, THIS IS JUST, THIS IS WHAT THE MARKET WILL BEAR.

THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN DO, THIS IS THE BEST YOU'RE GONNA GET.

AND, AND HONESTLY WE JUST DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR OUR 24 YEAR, $24 MILLION INCENTIVE PACKAGE.

I MEAN, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS HERE? YOU KNOW, WHAT IF WE, WHAT IF WE CAN'T GET THERE ON THE MAKEUP OF THE PROJECT AND THE OVERALL DESIGN AND APPEAL? WHAT, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS, MR. CITY MANAGER? WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MR. HASSAM FLU AND I HAVE DISCUSSED IS AN AGREEMENT THAT IS, WOULD GIVE YOU SOME COMFORT IN THAT IT WOULD BE A PERFORMANCE BASED AGREEMENT, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF THE VALUE THAT COMES TO THE PROPERTY, BUT ALSO THE PRODUCTIVITY OF, OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THAT MIGHT BE ONE OPTION WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE AWARE THAT HE'S MADE AN INVESTMENT OF THIS PROPERTY.

WE'VE MADE AN INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AS WE'VE, WE'VE MET TOGETHER SEVERAL TIMES IN OUR MUTUAL BEST INTEREST TO DEVELOP THE BEST PRODUCT POSSIBLE.

BUT I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY PROVIDE YOU, UH, SOME COMFORT GOING FORWARD.

ALSO, IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO GET SOME SPECIFICITY BACK, UH, FROM YOU WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, INCLUDE AS PART OF THAT, UH, PERFORMANCE BASED AGREEMENT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER YOU HAVE COMMENT.

YOU, YOU KNOW, LAURA, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE ALSO AND I REALLY LIKE WHAT I SEE OUT THERE.

UM, UH, AND DAVE, I I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU.

I WAS, MY VISION WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AN ADVENTURE THAT YOU COULD HANDLE BY FOOT.

THAT'S A LOT OF APARTMENTS.

UM, AND WHEN YOU THINK OF A HOTEL, I'M THINKING OF A HOTEL THAT'S REALLY GOING TO STAND OUT RIGHT THERE ON I 10.

AND I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, THIS IS OVER IN DISTRICT THREE.

WE SEE A LOT OF THIS ALREADY AND I CAN TELL YOU NOW THE CITIZENS AREN'T WANTING MORE OF THIS.

SO THAT'S MY 2 CENTS.

UM, I HOPE SOMETHING CAN BE BROUGHT BACK MORE ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT WE ENVISION.

LET'S SEE, I THINK IT'S ITEM FIVE A.

SO WITH THAT, I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION AND WE THINK, WE THINK YOU OBVIOUSLY COMING HERE AND WAITING THROUGH CANVASSING AND, AND OTHER ITEMS. AND SO WE WANTED TO MOVE IT UP.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S FUN TO WATCH YOU GUYS THAT, UH, HONOR ALL YOUR EMPLOYEES.

ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'LL GET BACK TO OUR POST AGENDA ITEM.

[a. Conduct the second public hearing regarding a strategic partnership agreement related to a limited purpose annexation with Chambers County Municipal Utility District No. 3 for approximately 223.2868 acres of land situated in the Chambers County School Land Survey, Abstract 321, Chambers County Texas.]

HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY.

NOW, LET'S SEE HERE.

SO FIVE A IS GONNA BE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT RELATED TO LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION.

CHAMBERS COUNTY MUD DISTRICT NUMBER THREE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT, UH, EXCUSE ME, 223.2 28 6 8 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED IN CHAMBERS COUNTY SCHOOL LAND SURVEY ABSTRACT, 3 2, 1, CHAMBERS COUNTY, TEXAS.

SO IT IS NOW, UM, EIGHT TWENTY FIVE, AND I'LL CALL THE ORDER THE SECOND PUBLIC.

EXCUSE ME, MAKE SURE I DO THIS.

THIS IS USUALLY, BEFORE I OPEN IT UP, LET ME FIRST GIVE YOU THE RULES OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN I'LL READ THE NEXT LINE.

BE BRIEF, UH, AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.

SO, SO IT'S NOW 8:26 PM I CALL TO ORDER THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT RELATED TO LIMITED PERMANENT TAXATION WITH THE PROPERTY I JUST DESCRIBED.

THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY ARE BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PARTIES THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK AT TODAY'S PUB, TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.

EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THIS HEARING.

THE RULES WILL ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.

HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE BRIEF, AS BRIEF TO

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IF YOU ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNSEL ON THE SA ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT INFORMATION.

AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT 'EM TO ME.

SO I, I WOULD LIKE NOW FOR STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM FIVE A.

MR. MAYOR, COUNSEL, UM, YOU HEARD THE, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING BACK ON OCTOBER 22ND.

AND, UM, THIS IS FOR THE AREA WHICH IS OUT ALONG OUR EASTERN BOUNDARY, UM, WHICH BORDERS, UM, STATE HIGHWAY 99 AND I 10, UM, WE BACK IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, UM, APPROVED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THESE FOLKS FOR AMERICAS LLC.

AND THESE ARE JUST THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE TAKE IN ORDER TO FINISH OFF OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND OUR LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IF NOT, THERE BE NO ONE ELSE DESIRE TO SPEAK ON.

I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT RELATED TO LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION IN CHAMBERS COUNTY MUD DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, WE'LL

[b. Conduct a first public hearing regarding the proposed limited purpose annexation of approximately 223.2868 acres of land situated in the Chambers County School Land Survey, Abstract 321, Chambers County, Texas.]

MOVE TO ITEM FIVE B, CONDUCT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PUR, THE, THE PROPOSED LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION APPROXIMATELY 2.2 3.2 8 68 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED IN THE PROPERTY PLAT THAT I JUST DESCRIBED.

SO IT IS NOW EIGHT TWENTY SEVEN AND I'LL CALL THE ORDER THIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION APPROXIMATELY, UH, 223.2868 ACRES OF THE PROPERTY I DESCRIBED.

I WOULD LIKE NOW, LIKE STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THAT SUBJECT.

UH, NOTHING MUCH TO ADD TO THAT, SIR.

IS THIS, UH, THIS IS PART OF THE LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION.

WE NEED TO DO BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS.

YOU'LL HAVE THE FIRST AND SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, UM, UH, WHICH IS THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

OKAY, SO IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WILL SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE B, SIR? SO THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK ON ON THIS, UH, ITEM FIVE B AND I'LL CLOSE THIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARD IN THE PROPOSED LIMITED PER PURPOSE OF ACCUSATION ON THIS DESCRIBED LAND.

[c. Conduct a second public hearing regarding the proposed limited purpose annexation of approximately 223.2868 acres of land situated in the Chambers County School Land Survey, Abstract 321, Chambers County, Texas.]

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE C, CONDUCT A SECOND HEARING OF LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 223 POINT 28 68 ACRES OF LAND.

SO I'LL CALL THIS, UH, IT IS NOW 8:28 PM AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PURPOSE, THE, THE PURPOSE PROPOSED LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF THE LAND I DESCRIBED.

I'M ASSUMING YOU SO HAVE NOTHING TO SUMMARIZE.

I'M ASSUMING THERE'S NO QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL.

SO WITH THAT, AND I'M ASSUMING NO ONE IS DES UH, HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEM FIVE C.

SO THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK, I, I'LL CLOSE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF THE LAND DESCRIBED.

[a. Conduct a public hearing regarding the proposed text amendments to Chapter 126 "Subdivisions" of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, (i) to provide for compliance with Harris County minimum standards for drainage and detention, (ii) to relocate section within Chapter 126 dealing with engineering and construction standards to a standalone chapter and (iii) to establish references to this new chapter within Chapter 126.]

MOVE TO ITEM SIX A, SO IT IS NOW 8:29 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 1 26, SUBDIVISION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, TO PROVIDE THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR DRAINAGE AND DETENTION TO REALLY RELOCATE SECTION WITHIN CHAPTER 1 26, DEALING WITH ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS TO A STANDALONE CHAPTER AND TO ESTABLISH REFERENCES TO THIS DUE CHAPTER WITHIN CHAPTER 1 26.

SO I'LL NOW WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT STAFF SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UH, WE ORIGINALLY BROUGHT THIS TO OR BRIEFED YOU ON OCTOBER 22ND IN A WORKSHOP, UH, UH, RECOMMENDING THAT WE MOVE SEVERAL ITEMS OF, UH, CHAPTER 1 26 TO A NEW CHAPTER 1 0 9 FOR DESIGN CRITERIA FOR STREETS DRAINAGE AND THINGS, BRINGING SOME OF THOSE ITEMS UP TO CODE AND, UM, MAKING US ELIGIBLE FOR, UH, FUNDING FOR, UH, THE STATE AND COUNTY RESOURCES.

SO, UH, WE PRESENTED IT TO, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION TODAY AND THEY DID APPROVE IT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REGARDING THIS SUBJECT? I'M ASSUMING ANYBODY, UH, WAS SIGNED UP FOR ITEM SIX A SO THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE'S DESIRE TO SPEAK ON.

I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 1 26, SUBDIVISIONS OF THE BAYTOWN

[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the City of Baytown official zoning map to rezone approximately 100 acres generally located on either side of Sheppard Road, San Jacinto Boulevard, Connally Road, and Thomas Road, excluding areas directly adjacent to John Martin Road and West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road and including multiple parcels within Baytown, Harris County, Texas, from an Open Space/Recreation (OR) Zoning District to a Low Density Single-family Residential Dwellings (SF1) Zoning District.]

CODE OF ORDINANCE.

WE HAVE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN, A CON CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.

IT IS NOW 8:30 PM AND I'LL CALL THE ORDER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING AND A REQUEST TO AMEND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN OFFICIALS ON YOUR MAP TO ARIZONA, APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED IN EITHER SIDE OF SHE ROAD, SANDERSON BOULEVARD, CONLEY ROAD, AND THOMAS ROAD, EXCLUDING AREAS DIRECT ADJACENT TO JOHN MARTIN ROAD AND WEST CEDAR BAYOU LYNCHBURG ROAD, AND INCLUDING MULTIPLE PARCELS WITHIN BAYTOWN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM AN OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL ZONING DISTRICT TO A LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS SF ONE ZONING DISTRICT.

I'LL NOW, UM, ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE.

I'M ASSUMING I'LL NOW ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS HEARING.

WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING TO REZONE THIS AREA FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL TO SF ONE, UM, ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS BASICALLY A ZONING DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS FOR UP TO ONE, UH, TO FOUR, UH, UNITS PER ACRE TO BE BUILT THERE.

UM, AS YOU ARE AWARE, BACK IN 2017, WE DID SOME MULTIPLE, UH, INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATIONS AND WE BROUGHT THIS, UH, PARTICULAR A HUNDRED ACRES INTO THE CITY.

WE STAFF SAID THAT WE WERE GONNA COME BACK AND REZONE THESE AREAS.

AND THIS IS OUR, UM, THIS IS THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING THAT

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AND WE FELT THAT THIS, UH, THE WAY THAT THESE FOLKS LIVED OUT HERE WAS THIS WAS THE MOST APPROPRIATE SONY DISTRICT FOR THIS AREA.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

BEFORE YOU ENTER, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, PARTICULARLY FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HOSKINS, SINCE HE DID ASK THAT WE KIND OF TAKE THIS IN ONE LARGE TRACK, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO NOW THIS IS CERTAINLY THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AND DATA NEEDED.

SO WITH THAT, MR. HOSKINS, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

THERE'S, THERE'S ONE LOCATION OR ONE PIECE OF LAND HERE THAT WILL NOT, UH, COMPLY IMMEDIATELY WITH SOME OF OUR CODES AND STANDARDS.

SO WHAT ARE THE PLANS ON ENFORCEMENT FOR THAT AREA? NOW, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE HOME IT'S, OR IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE STRUCTURES THEY HAVE ON THERE, IT'S THE THINGS THEY HAVE THERE.

AND SO WHAT WILL BE DONE TO ENFORCE THAT? OR IT THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT GRANDFATHERED IN? NO, WELL, IT ALL DEPENDS.

I MEAN, IT, THERE ARE WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS NON-CONFORMING USES, AND SO THOSE TYPES OF USES CAN, CAN STAY AS IS FOR FOREVER AND UNTIL TOMORROW, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT IF THEY WERE TO EXPAND OR, OR EXPAND ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF USES THAT ARE OVER THERE, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD GO BACK AND ENFORCE IT FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE.

HOWEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR SUBSTANDARD PROPERTIES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, WE HAVE BEEN SLOWLY BUT SURELY KIND OF INCORPORATING OR MOVING OUT THERE TO, TO DO SOME ENFORCEMENT.

UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE A FULL FLEDGE ENFORCEMENT OUT THERE AS OF RIGHT NOW.

UH, BUT YOU MIGHT REMEMBER ABOUT, I WOULD SAY IT'S ABOUT TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO WE DID, WE DID A TEXT AMENDMENT OUT THERE TO ALLOW FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ATMOSPHERE THAT THEY CAN, UM, ARE ALLOWED TO DO CERTAIN THINGS TO, TO MAINTAIN THEIR LIFESTYLE.

SO HOPEFULLY IN MOST CASES WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF MOST OF THOSE FOLKS OUT THERE.

WELL, THE MAIN THING THAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS THE, UH, IF HYPOTHETICALLY, NOT TO PINPOINT ANYTHING, BUT HYPOTHETICALLY, IF ONE OF MY PROPERTIES IS HERE AND I'VE GOT THREE BULLDOZERS, 56 BUICKS ENGINE BLOCKS, LAWNMOWERS STRUNG ABOUT, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT? ONLY IF THEY WERE TO, TO UM, EXPAND THAT, THAT, THAT USE? NOT UNTIL, UM, SO IT, IT'S A PRIVATE HOME AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT AS WHEN WE ADOPTED WHAT, WHEN WE BROUGHT THEM INTO THE CITY, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO KEEP WHAT THEY WERE DOING AS IS, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T EXPAND THAT ANY FURTHER, HOPEFULLY WHAT, WHAT THIS WILL DO IS THAT IT WILL, UM, IT WILL CHANGE THEIR, THEIR WANT AND NEED FOR THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.

AND MAYBE THERE'LL BE BIGGER AND BETTER USES OUT THERE FOR THEM, BUT NO, NOT AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.

THANK YOU, SIR.

OKAY, SO WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN B.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING? IF NOT, NO ONE ELSE HAS.

UM, NO, NOT BEING THAT THERE, NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE REZONING, APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED ACRES GENERALLY LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE OF SHEPHERD ROAD, SANTO BOULEVARD, CONLEY ROAD, AND THOMAS ROAD FROM AN OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL ZONING DISTRICT TO AN SF ONE ZONING DISTRICT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU.

[b. Consider an ordinance amending the City of Baytown's official zoning map to rezone 100 acres generally located on either side of Sheppard Road, San Jacinto Boulevard, Connally Road, and Thomas Road, excluding areas directly adjacent to John Martin Road and West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road and including multiple parcels, all within Baytown, Harris County, Texas, from an Open Space/Recreation (OR) Zoning District to a Low Density Single-Family Residential Dwellings (SF1) Zoning District.]

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDED THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S OFFICIALS ZONING MAP TO REZONE A HUNDRED ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE OF SHEPHERD ROAD, SAN BOULEVARD, CONLEY ROAD, AND THOMAS ROAD.

EXCLUDING AREAS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO JOHN MARTIN ROAD IN WEST CEDAR BAY, LYNCHBURG ROAD, IN INCLUDING MULTIPLE PARCELS ALL WITHIN THE BAY, ALL WITHIN BAYTOWN, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM AN OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL ZONING DISTRICT TO A LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING ZONING DISTRICT.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, MR. UH, UH, FROM DISTRICT THREE, UH, SEVEN B, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN B.

ALRIGHT, SECOND.

I HAVE MOTION SECOND, ALTHOUGH THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

EIGHT A EIGHT A EIGHT A, EXCUSE ME.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN A

[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to void a Planned Unit Development (PUD) located at the southeast corner of the Blue Heron Parkway and North Main Street intersection, addressed as 4300 North Main Street, and legally described as Tract 17 Abstract 709 J W Singleton, Harris County, Texas.]

EIGHT A CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW EIGHT THIRTY FIVE.

AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST OF AVOID A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BLUE HERON PARKWAY AND NORTH MAIN STREET INTERSECTION ADDRESS IS 4,300 NORTH MAIN STREET AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS TRACK 17 ABSTRACT 7 0 9 JW SINGLETON HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

MR. MAYOR, COUNSEL, UM, BACK IN, UM, 2019, UH, MR. LINE DECKER BROUGHT FORTH A, A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT AT THIS PARTICULAR CORNER.

HE, THEY WERE LOOKING TO DEVELOP A LUXURY APARTMENT, A COMPLEX WITH, UH, SOME MIXED USE, UH, FOR COMMERCIAL ALSO INTEGRATED WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, IT WENT BEFORE P AND Z, THEY RECOMMENDED, UH,

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APPROVAL.

IT CAME BEFORE YOU, YOU ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

THE, THE, THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT WAS, WAS APPROVED AND ADOPTED FOR THIS PARTICULAR TRACT.

HOWEVER, SINCE THEN THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

UM, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT OR WHAT WAS, UH, EXPRESSED TO US BY THE OWNER IS THAT THE DEVELOPER IS NO LONGER LOOKING TO DEVELOP THAT PROJECT ANYMORE.

HE'S NO LONGER ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.

AND SO THEY ARE REQUESTING TO VOID THIS PLANNING UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THERE IS WITHIN OUR, OUR, OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES, UM, AN ALLOWANCE FOR AVOIDING TO OCCUR.

AND, UM, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE'RE KIND OF RECOGNIZING THIS JUST LIKE A A A ZONING MAP, AMENDMENT CHANGE.

AND WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS WITH THIS VOID OF THIS, UH, PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT IS THAT IT WOULD, IT WOULD TAKE ON THE, THE UNDERLYING ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH WAS GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND THAT'S WHAT THE, THE, THE OWNER WOULD LIKE TO DO AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.

SO THEY CAN MARKET THE PROPERTY AND SELL IT TO SOMEBODY THAT WHO WILL DEVELOP IT IN THE FUTURE.

WHAT, UH, IF I ASK A QUESTION ON THAT, WHAT WAS IT? WAS IT ZONE GENERAL COMMERCIAL BEFORE? 'CAUSE IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS A PORTION OF A ZONE GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND THEN THEY WENT TO, SO TO THE PUT YOU'RE CORRECT.

IS THAT IT WAS PARTIALLY, UM, SF TWO ZONING DISTRICT, RIGHT? YEAH.

UH, ALONG THE, I GUESS IT WOULD BE THE EASTERN SIDE OF IT AND THEN IT WAS GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

HOWEVER, WHEN THEY DID ADOPT AND THEY CHOSE TO HAVE AN UNDERLYING ZONING DISTRICT, THEY CHOSE THE WHOLE THING TO BE GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

SO IT WILL GO BACK, IT IS IN LINE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

UM, AND THE OWNER IS, THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO, UM, DEVELOP IT AS, WHICH IS GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

THAT'S FINE.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT PROCESS AND THAT ZONING DISTRICT.

SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE B.

SO WE GOOD? ALRIGHT.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I GUESS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, NO ONE HAS, I'M ASSUMING NOBODY HAS, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

SO I'LL NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO, TO AVOID A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT AT 4,300 NORTH MAIN STREET.

[b. Consider an ordinance voiding a Planned Unit Development (PUD) located at the southeast corner of the Blue Heron Parkway and North Main Street intersection, addressed as 4300 North Main Street, and legally described as Tract 17 Abstract 709 J W Singleton, Harris County, Texas.]

CONSIDER ORDINANCE VOIDING A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE BLUE HERON PARKWAY AND NORTH MAIN STREET INTERSECTION ADDRESS IS 4,300, UH, NORTH MAIN STREET ILLEGALLY DESCRIBED AS TRACK 17 ABSTRACT 7 0 9 JW SINGLETON HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

MS CORP, CAN I GET A MOTION FOR ITEM EIGHT B, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT B, SECOND MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

POST ITEM NINE A CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE FOUR, BOARDS AND COMMISSION DIVISION, ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY COMMITTEE SECTION TWO DASH 512.

THOSE

[a. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 2 "Administration," Article IV "Boards and Commissions," Division "Animal Control Advisory Committee," Section 2-512 "Composition; term" of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, to increase the number of members on the Animal Control Advisory Committee.]

COMPOSITION TERM OF THE CODE COURTS IS BAYTOWN, TEXAS.

INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON THE ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

MR. GRAY.

UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU AMENDS CHAPTER TWO, ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE FOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OF THE DIVISION OF ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, UH, THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED, UH, LAST MONTH AT THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION ON OCTOBER THE 22ND.

UH, AT THAT TIME, YOUR DIRECTION, UH, FROM THAT SESSION WAS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON THE ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FROM FIVE TO SEVEN MEMBERS.

UH, YOU ALSO RECOMMENDED THE TWO NEW MEMBERS BE DESIGNATED AS INTERESTED CITIZEN POSITIONS.

UH, CURRENTLY THERE'S ONLY ONE INTERESTED CITIZEN POSITION, UH, IN THE, IN THE CURRENT COMMITTEE.

AND THIS CHANGE WILL INCREASE THAT NUMBER TO THREE.

UH, ONE OF THE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS WILL BE APPOINTED FOR A ONE YEAR TERM AND THE OTHER WILL BE APPOINTED FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

THE LENGTH OF TERMS OF THESE TWO MEMBERS WILL BE DETERMINED BY LOT.

UM, THE PROPOSAL ORDINANCE ALSO, UH, PROVIDES THAT EACH OF THE INTERESTED CITIZENS APPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEE SHALL NOT HAVE ANY PROFESSIONAL OR PERSONAL AFFILIATIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE REPRESENTED BY OTHER APPOINTEES TO THE COMMITTEE.

UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WRITTEN AND I'LL AND, AND THAT LANGUAGE IS EXACTLY, I'M, I'M READING THE EMAIL FROM A CITIZEN HERE.

THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN IT CURRENTLY, CORRECT? UH, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE LAST PART? YEAH, THE TWO DASH FIVE 12 COMPOSITION TERMS THAT YOU JUST READ.

THE THREE INTERESTED CITIZENS WHO SHALL NOT HAVE ANY PROFESSIONAL OR PERSONAL AFFILIATIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE REPRESENTED BY OTHER APPOINTEES TO THE COMMITTEE.

THAT THAT IS THE NEW ADDITION TO THAT ORDINANCE.

THAT'S NOT, AND YOU SUPPORT THAT.

DO YOU SUPPORT THE LANGUAGE? YES, SIR.

I OKAY SIR.

ALRIGHT, SO ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, MR. GRAY, AT LEAST REGARDING THIS? I, I DO.

SO THE OTHER ITEMS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THAT WORK SESSION, THE PROTOCOLS FOR HOW THE MEETINGS WILL BE RUN, ARE THESE JUST INTERNAL POLICIES THAT ARE BEING ADOPTED? THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE ORDINANCE? THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT WE'LL ADOPT THAT.

UH, I THINK, UH, KAREN PRESENTED THAT AT THE LAST, UH, AT THE WORK SESSION TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY.

THE CITY ATTORNEY DID EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THE LANGUAGE STILL SAYS HEALTH DIRECTOR AND POLICE CHIEF ON THERE.

AND, UM,

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IT WAS MY PREFERENCE AND MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE VAGUE BECAUSE I REMEMBER YOU SAYING, WELL, I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE MY ASSISTANT HEALTH DIRECTOR SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE INSTEAD OF MYSELF.

AND IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT YOU CAN, UH, DESIGNATE SOMEONE ON YOUR STAFF TO DO THIS.

SO I GUESS I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD JUST KEEP SUCH THE PARTICULAR LANGUAGE, JUST MAKE IT VAGUE IF WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THE ORDINANCE ANYWAYS.

BUT AS LONG AS IT'S THE SAME RESULT, I GUESS IT'S ONE AND THE SAME THAT MY ONLY, UH, CONCERN IS WHAT I WANNA SEE WHEN THE COMMITTEES DO MEET IS THE PROBLEM WAS EVEN THOUGH THE ONE VOTING MEMBER WAS, SAY THE HEALTH DIRECTOR, THE ASSISTANT HEALTH DIRECTOR WAS ALSO THERE, THE ANIMAL SHELTER MANAGER WAS ALL ALSO THERE AND IT WAS JUST AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF STAFF THERE AND IT JUST OUTNUMBERED THE CITIZENS.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO APPOINT YOUR ASSISTANT HEALTH DIRECTOR THERE, MY MY HOPE IS THAT YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO THAT DAY AND THAT THEY WILL ATTEND THE MEETING AND IT JUST WON'T BE AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF STAFF AS OPPOSED TO CITIZENS.

RIGHT.

NO, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE DESIGNEE STATUS IS THERE.

UM, REALLY THE, THE INTENT FOR THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT HAS OVERSIGHT OF THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE SHELTER.

UH, AND SO THAT WAS MY IDEA AND I LIKE THAT.

I LIKE THAT LANGUAGE.

IT'S VAGUE.

IT COULD BE YOU, IT COULD BE YOUR SHELTER MANAGER.

I JUST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE JUST LEFT IT AS HEALTH DIRECTOR AND POLICE CHIEF.

IT'S SO SPECIFIC.

WHY DON'T Y'ALL PUT LIKE DESIGNEE, JUST WONDERING.

THE DESIGNEE CAN BE MYSELF.

I CAN DESIGNATE, UH, WHO I THINK IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE PERSON THAT HAS THE DAY-TO-DAY OVERSIGHT OF THE SHELTER.

MM-HMM.

UH, THE SHELTER OPERATION REPORTS THROUGH AND UP THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

UH, AND MY, AND MY THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE MORE LOGICAL PERSON TO HAVE ON THE COMMITTEE, UH, AS THE, AS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE, FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

UH, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE, THE POLICE CHIEF.

SURE.

UH, BUT HE HAS A DESIGNEE ABILITY AS WELL.

UM, I THINK THAT'S THE POINT IS JUST WHY DON'T IT JUST SAY OR DESIGNEE AND OR DESIGNEE SO I CAN ANSWER THAT.

YES MA'AM.

UM, SECTION ONE DASH TWO OF YOUR CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDES THAT IF THERE'S EVER A POSITION OR TITLE REFERENCED THAT THAT PERSON CAN HAVE A DESIGNEE.

SO THAT'S THROUGHOUT YOUR WHOLE ORDINANCE.

WE NEVER SAY OR DESIGNEE.

SO THERE'S A DEFAULT.

WE GO BACK AND RELY ON SECTION 1.2.

MAKES SENSE.

THAT'S WHAT WAS THAT MEAN? I UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S ASKING.

THAT'S WHY WE KEEP CARRYING.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE B.

GOOD JOB.

ALRIGHT, SO I GUESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE? NO.

WELL, LET'S GET A MOTION FOR ITEM NINE, A MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NINE, A SECOND, SECOND.

MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM PRESENT AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

OPPOSED POST

[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., for the design of the Garth Road Widening Project from I-10 to SH 146.]

CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH KIMBERLY HORN AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE DESIGN OF GARTH ROAD WINDING PROJECT FROM I 10 TO STATE HIGHWAY 1 46.

GOOD EVENING.

THE GARTH ROAD PROJECT IS ONE OF OUR HIGHLY VISIBLE PROJECTS.

IT'S A MAJOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME AND WE ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERING THE DESIGN CONTRACT FOR THAT, FOR THAT PROJECT.

SO WHAT I'M GONNA JUST WALK THROUGH VERY QUICKLY IS WHERE WE STAND TODAY AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN REALLOCATING DESIGN AND RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION COSTS TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE A AND B.

AND PHASE A AND B TAKE US FROM I 10 TO HUNT ROAD AND HUNT ROAD TO SOUTH OF ARCHER.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST KIND OF WORKLOAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTE WITH THIS PROJECT BECAUSE OF THAT CHANGE TO MAKE CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION POSSIBLE ON THAT ROADWAY, THE CITY'S TAKEN ON THE DESIGN AND RIGHT OF WAY, UH, ACQUISITION COSTS.

SO THAT'S THE NATURE OF THIS CONTRACT.

THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IS BEING DESIGNED ALL WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND BASICALLY WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE WORKING ON PHASE F, WHICH IS THE SECTION BETWEEN BAKER TO 1 46.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE STILL CONSIDERING WHAT PAVEMENT RECONSTRUCTION, WHAT PAVEMENT DESIGN WE WANT TO DO THERE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IT'S JUST THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DESIGNING NOW AS PHASE A AND B, BUT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE ON SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SHOVEL READY DESIGN PLANS AS WE MOVE INTO PHASES C, D, AND E.

SO THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AT THIS POINT IS, IS A LONG LIST OF THINGS, BUT I'M GOING TO JUST TRY AND GIVE AN APPRECIATION FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK.

IT'S DESIGN ENGINEERING SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES SURVEY SUBSURFACE UTILITY INVESTIGATIONS, GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS, ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE DESIGN.

WE ALSO HAVE WATER AND WASTEWATER

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AND FRANCHISE UTILITY RELOCATION, ROADWAY, ILLUMINATION SIGNALS.

THIS IS SEVERAL SIGNALS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, THE RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENT ACQUISITION LANDSCAPE AND PUBLIC ART DESIGN.

SO WE'RE CONSIDERING EVERYTHING WITHIN THAT RIGHT OF WAY TO MAKE THE ROADWAY NOT ONLY RECONSTRUCT THE ROADWAY, BUT MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL AND AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.

SO THE DESIGN SERVICES INCLUDE PHASE A THROUGH E WITH THE FIRST EARLY OUT PACKAGE OF WATER AND WASTEWATER AND PHASE A, A AND B FOR $7.5 MILLION BID PHASE SERVICES, 87,500 AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES FOR 400,700.

SO THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE CONTRACT IS 7,000,988 AND $900.

AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR IS WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE? WHAT ARE WE GONNA SEE FIRST? SO THIS IS THIS, THE SUMMARY IS THERE'S GONNA BE FOUR YEARS OF DESIGN EFFORT FOR ALL THOSE PHASES.

AND THE FIRST WATER AND WASTEWATER RELOCATIONS WILL BE DONE WHEN WITH DESIGN IN LATE 2021 WITH CONSTRUCTION SOON FOLLOWING.

AND THE DESIGN OF PHASE A AND B WILL BE COMPLETE IN EARLY 2022 WITH CONSTRUCTION SOON FOLLOWING THAT.

SO, UH, ONCE AGAIN, SO THE, THE, THE AGREEMENT ITSELF, THE VALUE OF THAT FOR DESIGN, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME? SO THE TOTAL VALUE OF THIS DESIGN CONTRACT IS $7,988,900.

SO JUST UNDER 8 MILLION, I THINK IT'S THE LARGEST PERCENT HUGE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT.

EVER BEEN A PART OF? INCREDIBLE.

THIS IS THE LARGEST, ONE OF THE LARGEST PROJECTS.

THE WORK EFFORT IS ENORMOUS.

IT WASN'T ON CONSENT.

SO I THINK FIGURE, I THINK SOME FOLKS CAN LIKE BEGIN AND END THEIR THEIR CAREER ON START ROAD.

WHAT'D HE SAY? HE SAID IT NOT A NO KIDDING.

PARTLY ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND.

IN PREVIOUS PROJECTS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THINGS LIKE RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION AND OR RIGHT AWAY AND LAND ACQUISITION AS SEPARATE CONTRACTS.

THIS IS ALL IN ONE CONTRACT.

SO, UM, THEY'RE ALL COMBINED IN THIS IN THE PAST.

THOSE MAY HAVE ADDED UP IF YOU COMBINE 'EM TOGETHER.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

SO THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT THE DESIGN IS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF ALL, IN A SENSE, ALL PHASE PHASES AND ALL SEGMENTS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

10 TO 1 46.

WE WILL HAVE TO COMPETE FOR CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS OF THOSE IN OBVIOUSLY IN IN FUTURE COMP, UH, COMPETITIONS.

BUT THIS GIVES US A TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE.

NO, I, I AGREE.

I AGREE.

I JUST WANNA, I WANNA MAKE SURE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THAT FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE HERE A FEW YEARS FROM NOW, THE ONLY CONSTRUCTION MONEY WE HAVE IS I TEND TO JUST SOUTH OF ARCHER.

I WANNA MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR.

THAT'S WHY.

SO, BUT WE DO WANNA DESIGN IT, UM, IN ITS ENTIRETY AND IT WILL POSITION AS WELL FOR, UH, TO COMPETE FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, MATCH FUNDS.

UH, JUST LIKE FOR THE, FOR THE FIRST PART, UH, 75% FEDERAL MATCH FUNDS AND 25% FROM THE CITY.

CORRECT? SO THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT IS CERTAINLY FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS COMING BACK TO BAYTOWN, WHICH WE LIKE.

SO, BUT WITH THAT, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY YES, IT'S A LARGE CONTRACT.

I WANNA MAKE SURE I HEARD IT RIGHT.

IT'S A LARGE PROJECT.

IT IS, IT IS.

UH, AGREEMENT FOR KIMBERLY HORN.

THE ROADWAY.

SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'M ASSUMING AT THIS POINT THERE'S, THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, BUT IF NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NINE B UH, FOR THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.

MOTION TO APPROVE NINE B.

SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THE OF THE AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE ITEM NINE, ED ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED IN EARNEST MONEY CONTRACT WITH ANDREW AND VIVIAN LANNY FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4,000 TOMPKINS DRIVE, BAYTOWN, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACKS THREE DASH ONE AND TRACKS ONE THROUGH SIX, ABSTRACT 69 CHRISTIAN SMITH SURVEY, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

OF THOSE POSTS.

ALRIGHT, CO DESIGN GARTH ROAD.

[c. Consider an ordinance authorizing an earnest money contract with Andrew and Vivian Lannie for the purchase of property located at 4000 Tompkins Drive, Baytown, Harris County, Texas, being more particularly descried as Tracts 3-1 and Tracts 1 through 6, Abstract 69, Christian Smith Survey, Harris County, Texas.]

SO MS. WARNER, IT HAS YOUR NAME ON IT.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO TELL US? IT DOES.

THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 6.63 ACRES.

UM, UH, THE BORDERS ON HOPKINS ROAD THAT BORDERS, UM, CEDAR BAYOU.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THE SALES PRICE IS $225,000 WITH THE CLOSING OF, UH, JANUARY 10TH, 2021.

THIS IS CONTINGENT UPON, UH, COUNSEL APPROVING THIS ORDINANCE AS WELL AS MDD PROVIDING FUNDING FOR IT AND ALSO, UH, ESA SATISFACTORY TO THE CITY.

OKAY, SO WITH THAT, THIS IS, THIS IN PARTICULAR IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UH, ALTHOUGH IT'S IN DISTRICT FIVE.

MM-HMM .

UH, ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES WAS COUNCILMAN HESSEL.

RIGHT? UH, RECOGNIZING THIS IS PROPERTY WAS, WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE PARK USE AND, AND OTHER THINGS MUNICIPAL USES.

SO WITH THAT, COUNCILMAN SEL, CAN I RECEIVE A MOTION FOR ITEM NINE C? MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NINE C.

SECOND SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEMS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE D.

[d. Consider an ordinance authorizing the First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Kendig Keast Collaborative, LLC, to include the 5-Year Community-Based Strategic Plan.]

CONSIDER ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KEN KEITH, COLLABORATIVE LLC TO INCLUDE A FIVE YEAR COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGIC PLAN.

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MR. DIETRICH.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

TROUBLE HERE.

ALRIGHT, SO, UM, YEAH, THIS IS A, A FIRST AMENDMENT TO OUR, OUR PLAN.

UH, KEN KEYS COLLABORATIVE IS DOING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

WE HAD A CONTRACT WITH THEM, UM, TO START THAT.

UM, WE FELT DUE TO ALSO BECAUSE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGIC PLAN IS COMING TO A CLOSE, THE ONE THAT WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 2016.

UH, WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT AND, UH, WE FELT THAT THERE WAS A GOOD SYNERGY BETWEEN THE COMP PLAN AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO WE HAD REACHED OUT TO KEN KEYS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD, UM, UH, DO THIS AS PART OF THEIR, UH, ALONG WITH THE COMP PLAN AND THEY, THEY AGREED AND THIS IS THE AMENDMENT TO THAT CONTRACT TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.

I HAVE, UH, MR. GARY MITCHELL HERE ALSO FROM, HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF KEN KEYS COLLABORATIVE, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NINE D FOR THIS, UM, FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT, UH, TO THE COMPANY THAT'S DESCRIBED.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE GET A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE NINE D SECOND MOTION.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALTHOUGH IN FAVOR OF THE ITEMS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

SO THERE'S CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEMS A THROUGH LL LL, BUT I DO NEED TO PULL ONE ITEM, WHICH IS KK.

THOSE OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE ON.

WE WERE ADDRESSED.

ITEM 10, A 11 IS NOT READY, BUT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE DECEMBER 10TH MEETING.

[12. CONSENT All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.]

I'M GONNA PULL TWO AS WELL.

MAYOR, YOU'RE GONNA PULL TWO ITEMS? YES, SIR.

C AND M, REGULAR C AND REGULAR M? YES.

NO SPECIAL C AND SPECIAL M .

SO TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION OTHER, UH, FOR CONSENT, EXCLUDING ITEMS C, M AND KK MOVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA, SAVE AND ACCEPT ITEMS C AND M AND KK.

OKAY, SECOND.

MOTION TO SECOND.

ARE THOSE IN FAVOR? CONSENT.

I MAKE A COMMENT ON ON ONE OF THOSE INSTEAD OF PULLING IT.

SORRY.

AND PASS, WE'LL TAKE ITEMS, UM, C NOW, UH, SO I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT LEAST FOR DISCUSSION OF ITEM, UH, 12 C.

SO I HAVE UM, FIVE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, REQUESTS FOR STOP SIGNS AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, DRAW ATTENTION TO THOSE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES ON SOUTH AND NORTH ROADS.

THOSE WERE SPECIFIC REQUESTS BY SEVERAL RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON THOSE ROADS.

AND IF YOU'VE EVER TAKEN THE BACK WAY TO AND FROM EL TORO, IT IS A VERY HAZARDOUS, UH, INTERSECTION.

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS, UM, BAD ACCIDENTS AND SOME FATAL ACCIDENTS.

UM, THIS WAS APPROVED BY P AND Z BACK IN AUGUST AND THERE'S BEEN AT LEAST TWO ACCIDENTS, UM, ONE MAJOR SINCE THEN.

SO PUBLIC WORKS AFTER TONIGHT.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE PRIORITIZE THESE STOP SIGNS, WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

HE'S ON IT.

I THINK HE'S LEAVING RIGHT NOW.

NO, THAT'S GREAT.

AND CERTAINLY CITIZEN SAFETY.

THESE ARE SOME DARK ROADS.

YOU KNOW, THESE WERE ANNEX I KNOW BEFORE 2017.

THESE ARE SOME DARK ROADS AND, AND CERTAINLY THAT SAFETY'S A PRIORITY.

AND SO THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

THERE'S MULTIPLE STOP SIGNS ON THIS.

UH, AND SO OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE MULTIPLE, UH, SAFETY, UH, DEVICES THAT ARE GONNA BE PUT IN PLACE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

SO WITH THAT CONSENT AS PRESENTED ON THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THAT THOSE ITEMS, UM, CARRY

[c. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 94 "Traffic and Vehicles," Article IV "Specific Street Regulations," Section 94-121 "Schedules enumerated" of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, to authorize the installation of a stop sign on the westbound approach of West Sterling Avenue to Felton Street and the removal of two stop signs on the Felton Street approaches to West Sterling Avenue.]

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 12 C.

SECOND MOTION IS SECOND.

OKAY, SO THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION.

COUNCILMAN, PLEASE.

SO, ON 12 C OF VISITED WITH MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH AND I, I, I GO THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION ON A VERY ROUTINE BASIS.

SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO INSTALL A STOP SIGN ON WEST STERLING AND REMOVE THE STOP SIGNS AT FELTON.

HOWEVER, THE CHURCH AND, AND OTHERS BELIEVE THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF SAFETY, THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, MORE PRUDENT TO HAVE THE EXISTING STOP SIGNS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON FELT AND REMAINS.

SO WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS STOPPED THERE.

SO CAN WE AMEND THIS TO INCLUDE THAT, UH, FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT SAFETY, IT'S, UM, PERFECTLY FINE.

SO JUST WHAT DO I MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO? MOVE? TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT AND THEN WE ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT.

SO DO I HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC ON THE AMENDMENT OR JUST CAN I MOVE TO AMEND? MOVE TO AMEND AND JUST STATE WHAT THE OKAY.

GENERALITY.

SO I'LL MOVE TO AMEND ON ITEM C THAT WE DO INSTALL THE STOP SIGN ON WEST STERLING AS PROPOSED.

HOWEVER, WE, WE LEAVE THE EXISTING STOP SIGNS ON FELTON

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AS IS.

SO MAKE MAKE IT IT A FOUR-WAY STOP.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ARE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT? ARE WE JUST DOING THE AMENDMENT FIRST? A SO, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

A ALL THOSE OPPOSED, ALRIGHT, AMENDMENT CARRIES.

THEN I GUESS NOW WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM ITSELF, WHICH THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION.

I GUESS THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION ON THAT.

SO ALL THOSE IN THE ORIGINAL MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

ITEM C CARRIES WITH FOR CLARIFICATION, IT WILL BE A THREE-WAY STOP, WHICH IS A MUCH SAFER INTERSECTION.

AT THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[m. Consider an ordinance awarding a Professional Services Agreement with BVG4 Architecture, LLC for the design, bid and construction administration phases of the Public Safety Facility Project and associated facility and site improvements.]

SO ON ITEM IN, THIS IS JUST A CLARIFICATION AND IT DID GO THROUGH A AND E AND LAURA AND I ARE GENERALLY OKAY WITH IT.

WE DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, BUT WE JUST WANNA TAKE THAT ONUS OFF OUR BACK AND WE WANT ALL OF COUNSEL TO BE AWARE OF THE CHANGE.

WHAT IS IT? WE'RE OKAY WITH IT IN GENERAL.

IT'S, WE'RE MOVING TO ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRM.

SO WE'VE CANCELED OUR ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH, UM, A DG, THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURE FIRM, AND WE'VE, UM, AFTER TONIGHT YOU APPROVE THIS, UH, ORDINANCE, WE'LL INITIATE, UH, NEGOTIATIONS AND GET A, UH, WELL WE'VE HAD NEGOTIATIONS, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A CONTRACT WITH A NEW FIRM, WHICH IS TEXAS BASE AND THE ORIGINAL TEAM THAT STARTED THE PROJECT WHO HAD LEFT THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM.

NOW WE WILL BE BACK WITH THE ORIGINAL TEAM AND THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT IF YOU HAD ANY.

OH, OKAY.

WELL THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM SPECIFICALLY? OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU.

WE PULLED, I PULLED IT JUST FOR THEM.

THAT'S IT.

WELL GOOD.

AFTER THEY CAN START DESIGNING IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS MEETING.

HOLD ON, LET'S, LET'S GET A MOTION THAT WE CAN, OH, I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD.

SO, UM, I KNOW YOU'RE ALMOST OUTTA HERE, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO FALL SOMEWHERE.

RULES.

WELL, I THOUGHT WE COULD FIX TO CLOSE IT OUT.

I WAS TRYING TO GET MY FOOT IN THE DOOR.

OKAY, ITEM WE HAVE ITEM MI ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MOVE TO APPROVE M SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY AND THAT THE GRAND ENTRANCE THAT WE WANTED IN THERE.

AND WE'VE GOT A, WHAT YEAR IS THAT? FIRE TRUCK BOB? 30, 30 SOMETHING.

38.

1930.

HOW MANY MILES AGO ON, NO, I SHOULDN'T ASK .

WE WANTED TO GET THAT IN THE ENTRANCE, YOU KNOW, AND DESIGN THAT THING.

SO OUR LAST, LAST 2 CENTS HERE, WE REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT DONE.

I, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, I DON'T WANNA LIKE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE INCORPORATED IN THAT GRAND DIOS TYPE INJURY, BOTH POLICE AND FIRE THAT THINK THEY'RE, THEY'VE BEEN COORDINATING PRETTY HEAVY, I THINK WITH FOLKS.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

SO IT'S HAPPENING THEN.

SO WHEN IT, WHEN THERE IS A RIBBON CUTTING, WHATEVER, PLEASE COME JOIN US.

WE'LL DRIVE IT OVER .

WITH OUR ERS.

GOTTA HAVE FOUR PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO THERE, ANYWAY, SO THE ITEM IS ON THE FLOOR.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS AGREEMENT, PLEASE SAY AYE.

[kk. Consider a resolution designating a representative and an alternate for the General Assembly of the Houston-Galveston Area Council for the year 2021.]

OPPOSED? OKAY.

AND ITEM KK, FAIRLY SIMPLE.

UM, I GUESS UNTIL I RECEIVE CONFIRMATION OF, UM, AN ALTERNATE THAT I'D LIKE TO APPOINT, UH, FOR THE HEAC AREA COUNCIL, ACTUALLY I THINK I NEED TO ACT, I DO NEED TO THINK I NEED TO TAKE THIS ITEM.

WHAT I'M GONNA DO FOR NOW IS, UM, I NEED TO KEEP, IF I MAY MISS CITY CLERK, IS I NEED TO KEEP, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AS OUR, UM, PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE FOR HGAC AND COUNCILMAN PRESLEY.

UH, FOR NOW AS OUR ALTERNATE, UM, TO HGAC.

IS THAT FINE? YES, SIR.

SO THAT, THAT WILL BE OUR MAKEUP.

UH, I AM AWAITING, UH, ADDITIONAL CONFIRMATION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THAT LINEUP.

SO, WITH THAT INTENT MOTION FOR ITEM KK, QUICK COMMENT, MAYOR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE OFFERED THE ALTERNATE POSITION TO ANYONE THAT WANTS IT OR A CERTAIN COUNCILWOMAN, AND IF SHE WANTS IT, SHE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE IT.

AND, UH, IF SHE DON'T, I UNDERSTAND.

SO MAYBE HER SCHEDULE WILL CHANGE IN THE, THE FUTURE.

WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING ON THINGS.

I THINK WE'LL HOPEFULLY HEAR SOMETHING FAIRLY SOON.

SO WITH THAT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, UH, THE, THE APPOINTMENTS THAT I DID DISCUSS, WHICH IS, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER PRESLEY.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THOSE? UH, TWO, PLEASE SAY AYE.

WANNA SEE A BALANCE OF CITIZENS AND STAFF.

ALL THOSE POST.

ALRIGHT,

[a. Consider the appointment of an ad hoc committee of the City Council to review Animal Control Advisory Committee applications.]

MOVE ON TO ITEM 13 A.

CONSIDER AN APPOINTMENT OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE CITY, UH, COUNCIL TO REVIEW AN ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICANT TO REVIEW ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ITEM ITSELF IS, UM, IN, IN SOME DISCUSSION.

UM, PREVIOUS DISCUSSION WAS, UH, TRYING TO HAVE AS MUCH INPUT FROM DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, UM, WITH, UH, WITH THE NEW MAKEUP, THE EXPANSION OF THIS COMMITTEE.

SO I GAVE IT SOME THOUGHT, UH, TALKED TO, UH, THE CITY MANAGER OF HOW WE CAN TRY TO INCORPORATE, UM, SOME OF THIS, UH, OR SOME OF THE, SOME OF THESE STAKEHOLDERS, BUT HAVE A BALANCE.

UH, I THINK WE DID

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SO WITH ALL THAT IN MIND, UM, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ANIMAL ADVOCATES, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF INTERESTED PARTIES.

UM, I THINK WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT AS, AS COUNCILMAN HESSEL SAYS.

UM, SO WHAT I'M AM PROPOSING WOULD BE TO CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, THAT WILL JUST LIKE WHAT WE DID FOR SOME OTHER RECENTLY CREATED COMMITTEES, REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS FOR, UM, THERE'S SOME THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UM, NAMED BY STATUTE, BUT ALL THE OTHERS, WE WOULD RECEIVE APPLICATIONS FOR THOSE APPOINTMENTS.

AND THEN THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE WOULD, UH, WOULD REVIEW THOSE AND PRESENT EVERY, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE ALL THE APPLICATIONS.

BUT THIS, UH, THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, WOULD BE THE KIND OF THE LIKE NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR, FOR THOSE POSITIONS.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO TRY TO INCORPORATE AS MUCH, UM, INPUT AND APPLICATIONS.

I, I DID ASK, UH, WITH THIS, I ASKED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALVARADO TO CHAIR THIS COMMITTEE.

UH, AND THEN, UH, I GOT WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND I ASKED HIM TO RECOMMEND ME TO ADDITIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THAT HE THINK WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE.

AND HE DID SUGGEST, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BENORTH AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

UH, WHICH I DO AGREE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CREATE THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALVARADO, UH, BEING THE CHAIR.

BUT I WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON WHY? WELL, I GUESS JUST CLARIFICATION, MAYOR.

SO, AND, AND I THINK THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL DO A GREAT JOB, BUT I MEAN, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE APPOINTING A THREE PERSON COMMITTEE TO APPOINT A SEVEN PERSON COMMITTEE.

SO WE'RE APPOINTING A COMMITTEE TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE.

I MEAN, I LOVE GOVERNMENT AND ALL, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, ARE WE OVERWORKING THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT? WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST.

UH, YOU MAY BE GETTING THE EMAILS ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN SOME OF THESE POSITIONS.

SO, SO WITH THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS AND I THINK YOU MADE THOSE COMMENTS, RIGHT? YOU WANNA DO A ROTATING, SO I DIDN'T REALLY WANNA DO THE ROTATING BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT TO MANAGE.

I AGREE.

UM, BUT THIS WOULD BE A SHORT TERM COMMITTEE, THAT'S WHY IT'S AD HOC.

AND THEN THEY WOULD REVIEW THOSE.

SO LIKE I SAY, I THINK THEY'LL DO A GREAT JOB.

IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I LOVE GOVERNMENT.

OKAY, GOOD.

I'M GLAD YOU LOVE GOVERNMENT.

I DO TOO.

ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, UH, WILLIAM TRAN, THE MOTION FOR THIS COMMITTEE.

I THINK THAT YOU SEE THE, THE MAKEUP OF THIS.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A DATE THAT WE WANNA BEGIN ADVERTISEMENT RECEIVE APPLICATIONS, AND THEN COUNCIL WILL, WE'RE GONNA START AS SOON AS UH, THIS IS, IS DONE.

WE WERE WAITING FOR THE, UH, ORDINANCE TO BE AMENDED THIS EVENING.

AND WE WILL WORK IN THE SAME MANNER THAT WE DID WITH THE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE TO PUT, UH, FLYER SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION.

WE WILL WORK FOR A MINIMUM OF MONTH TO COMPILE.

UM, AND WE WILL PUT A PACKET TOGETHER SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT'LL BE JANUARY TODAY PROBABLY SO.

ALRIGHT, SO ITEM 13 A IS PRESENTED.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS DESCRIBED, UM, WITH THE MEMBERS THAT I'VE DESCRIBED IN, IN THEIR POSITIONS.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OR CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THAT NEUTRAL PROOF? SECOND.

THANK YOU ALL SECOND.

I KNOW.

ALRIGHT, UH, ALL THOSE FAVOR THE ITEM AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

NONE OF THOSE OPPOSED.

[b. Receive the Mayor's appointments of one (1) representative and one (1) alternate to the 2021 Transportation Policy Council and one (1) representative and one (1) alternate to the 2021 Technical Advisory Committee.]

WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 13 B.

RECEIVE THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF ONE REPRESENTATIVE AND ONE ALTERNATE TO THE 2021 TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL AND ONE REPRESENTATIVE, AND ONE ALTERNATE TO THE 2021 TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO, UM, WE RECENTLY DONE THIS, UM, VERY RECENT, BUT THEY WERE ASKING FOR THE, THE, THIS IS GOING INTO A NEW YEAR.

AND SO, UM, THE TPC WILL STILL BE MADE UP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BEN BENKO AS THE PRIMARY, MYSELF, AS THE ALTERNATE AND THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I'M ASSUMING IT'S MR. SEMINO IS THE PRIMARY, EXCUSE ME, MR. WOOLERY IS THE PRIMARY AND MR. SEMINO AS THE ALTERNATE.

AND SO, UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RETAIN THIS LINEUP AS PRESENTED.

MOVE TO APPROVE 13 B.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THESE APPOINTMENTS AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

[c. Consider confirmation of the City Manager's appointment of the City of Baytown Director of Planning and Development Service.]

GREEN PROFESSIONAL AS OPPOSED TO BLUE OR YELLOW, I GUESS.

ITEM 13 C, CONSIDER CONFIRMATION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE, MR. DAVIS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AFTER A VERY RIGOROUS AND AND COMPREHENSIVE, UH, NATIONAL RECRUITMENT, UH, I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT THE NAME OF MARTIN A SCRIBNER AS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE.

MR. SCRIBNER COMES TO US FROM ARIZONA.

HE'S ALSO SERVED IN, UH, INDIANA AND, UH, KENTUCKY.

SO HE HAS A MAN OF, UH, GREAT EXPERIENCE OVER 20 YEARS OF URBAN PLANNING EXPERIENCE.

HE, UH, RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY, ALWAYS HELPFUL IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO HAVE THAT BACKGROUND.

AND, UH, RECEIVED A MASTER'S DEGREE IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING.

IF YOU'LL JUST INDULGE ME ON IF SOME OF HIS OTHER CREDENTIALS.

UH, HE'S A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PLANNERS, A CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN MANAGER, CERTIFIED

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BUT, UH, GREEN PROFESSIONAL, UH, MEMBER OF, UH, THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION SINCE 1998.

PAST VICE PRESIDENT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARIZONA CHAPTER OF AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION.

PAST VICE CHAIR OF THE NEW URBANISM DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, GRADUATE OF THE FORM-BASED CODES INSTITUTE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, GRADUATE OF THE HAMILTON COUNTY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, GRADUATE OF THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM.

HE RECEIVED AN AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION'S, UH, MASTER PLANNING AWARD IN 2018, UH, AND RECEIVED THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION'S COUNTY PLANNING DIVISION AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN 2015.

SO I PRESENT TO YOU, UH, A MAN OF EXPERIENCE.

THIS CERTAINLY ISN'T HIS FIRST RODEO.

WE'RE VERY IMPRESSED WITH HIM.

STAFF WAS IMPRESSED WITH HIM.

THE INTERVIEW PANELS WERE IMPRESSED WITH HIM.

UH, AND, UH, SO I LEAVE THAT IN YOUR HANDS AND THAT IS MY RECOMMENDATION.

ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU.

SO WE WOULD CONFIRM, UH, ITEM 13 C.

UH, SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, UH, AS, UH, C MANAGER HAS PRESENTED MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE.

UH, OF THE APPOINTMENT, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

MOVE ON TO MANAGEMENT REPORT.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

ALRIGHT,

[14. MANAGER'S REPORT Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 551.0415 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council of the City of Baytown may receive a report about items of community interest from City staff and/or a member of the City Council, but no action or possible action shall be taken or discussed concerning the subject of such report, except as provided by Section 551.042 of the Texas Government Code.]

CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, YOUR, YOUR TRUST AND AND SUPPORT IN THAT.

AND, UH, I JUST HAVE A FEW MENTIONS, UH, TONIGHT.

UH, I I CERTAINLY DIDN'T WANT, UH, UH, BOB AND DAVE TO GO AWAY WITHOUT A, A GOOD THOROUGH KUDOS ROUND.

SO, UH, I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LIKE THOSE.

YOUR EYES LIGHT UP WHEN, WHEN I GO INTO THIS, UH, KIND OF THING.

SO, UH, I FIRST WANNA DO IS A, IS A SHOUT OUT TO OMAR, UH, OFFICER OMAR MARTINEZ.

UH, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE, IN DETAINING, UH, FOUR INDIVIDUALS AT 1000 NORTHWOOD IN AN AREA THAT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING BEFORE.

UH, THAT RESULTED, THAT ACTION RESULTED IN THE, UH, RECOVERY OF TWO HANDGUNS AND, UH, FOLKS THERE AS CITIZENS THERE WERE VERY SURE THAT, THAT THAT ACTION ACTUALLY HEADED OFF ANOTHER SHOOTING IN, IN THAT AREA.

SO, KUDOS TO HIM AND HIS CANINE FOR A QUICK ACTION.

CORPORAL NORMAN ANDERSON.

YOU KNOW, UH, CORPORAL ANDERSON, HE'S THE ONE THAT'S ALWAYS SITS A LITTLE TALLER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE 'CAUSE HE'S ON HIS HORSE BAY ALL THE TIME.

AND HE, UH, MADE QUITE AN OPPRESSION AT THE FAITH LEADERSHIP CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.

UM, UH, ALLIE HANS FROM THE SCHOOL COMMENTED, QUOTE, HIS PASSION FOR BEING A POLICE OFFICER SHINED THROUGH HIS ENTHUSIASTIC AND UPLIFTING ATTITUDE.

UH, HE MADE A POSITIVE AND LASTING IMPRESSION, SAID MS. HANS.

AND SEVERAL OF THE STUDENTS COMMENTED FOLLOWING THE VISIT THAT THEY ALL WANT TO, UH, ATTEST, UH, TO BECOME POLICE OFFICERS.

NOW I'VE ALREADY SENT THEM APPLICATION.

ALRIGHT, VERY, VERY GOOD.

WE'VE LOWERED THE AGE, HAVEN'T WE? WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.