[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2020 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 Due to the COVID 19 Disaster and the CDC's recommendation regarding social distancing measures, the public may not be allowed to be physically present at this meeting, as there is a limited amount of space when maintaining the required 6-feet separation from others. For those members of the public that cannot or do not wish to be physically present at the meeting, they will be able to participate through two-way communications. For video conferencing, use the following website www.zoom.com, click on "join a meeting" on the top right-hand corner, and input the following Meeting ID: 831 4853 9259. For telephone conferencing please use the following toll-free number: 1-888-788-0099, Meeting ID: 831 4853 9259. Any person, who is participating through video/teleconferencing and is interested in speaking on any item on the agenda, must submit his/her request via email to the City Clerk at cityclerk@baytown.org. The request must include the speaker's name, address, and phone number that will be used if teleconferencing as well as the agenda item number. The request must be received prior to the posted time of the meeting. The agenda packet is accessible to the public in both HTML and PDF formats at the following link: https://www.baytown.org/city-hall/city-clerk/agendas-minutes. After the meeting, a video recording of this meeting will be made available to the public at https://www.baytown.org/city-hall/city-clerk/agendas-minutes. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM PLEDGE AND INVOCATION Council Member Chris Presley, District No. Two ]
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SO I'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
WE ARE IN BAYTOWN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE WILL BE LED IN OUR PLEDGE AND IFICATION TONIGHT BY COUNCIL MEMBER PRESLEY OF DISTRICT TWO.
PLEASE FACE THE FLAG AND REPEAT WITH ME.
I PLEDGE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
ALL NOW, THE TEXAS PLEDGE, THE TEXAS FLAG, HAVE PLEDGE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE.
AND INVIS, YOU PLEASE BOW YOUR HEAD.
DEAR LORD, WE'RE THANKFUL TO BE GATHERED HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE AFFAIRS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE GUIDE OUR MEETING SO THAT IT'S, UH, PRODUCTIVE, RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER.
WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU BLESS, UH, THE SICK AND THE ELDERLY, ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU BLESS OUR CITIZENS, UH, WITH A JOYOUS AND SAFE CHRISTMAS SEASON.
[a. Consider approving the minutes of the City Council Work Session and Regular Meeting held on October 22, 2020.]
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ITEM ONE A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2020.I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES IS WRITTEN.
[a. Receive recognition from the Scenic City Certification Program for achieving a Certified Scenic City Bronze status.]
ITEM TWO A, RECEIVE RECOGNITION FROM THE C FROM THE SCENIC CITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR ACHIEVING A CERTIFIED SCENIC CITY BRONZE STATUS.AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SARAH THAT WILL BE SPEAKING WITH US.
SHE'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH SCENIC CITY.
UM, SARAH TOBER, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCENIC TEXAS.
UH, WE ARE A 30 5-YEAR-OLD NONPROFIT, UM, WHO'S BEEN OPERATING THE SCENIC CITY PROGRAM NOW FOR 11 YEARS.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, 85 CITIES THAT ARE CERTIFIED AND WE HAVE 11 PARTNERS.
UM, SOME OF THOSE PARTNERS INCLUDE THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, UM, THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS, THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE, CHAPTERS OF TEXAS, THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING IN HOUSTON.
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THESE PARTNERS WHO HAVE HELPED REALLY CRAFT THIS PROGRAM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY, UH, GIVING A COUPLE OF QUOTES.
UM, ONE FROM FORMER FIRST LADY OF THE U US, UH, AND FOUNDER OF TEXAN BY NATURE, LAURA BUSH.
SHE SAID THE PEOPLE IN THE LAND ARE WHAT MAKE TEXAS GREAT, AND WHEN THEY ARE WORKING IN HARMONY, EVERYONE BENEFITS.
AND LADY BURT JOHNSON ONCE SAID, THE ENVIRONMENT IS WHERE WE ALL MEET, WHERE WE ALL HAVE A MUTUAL INTEREST.
IT IS THE ONE THING WE ALL SHARE.
WELL, TONIGHT, THIS IS WHERE WE ALL MEET, UM, IN HONOR OF BAY TOWN'S VISUAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE COMMITMENT FROM YOUR COMMUNITY TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE YOUR SCENIC ASSETS.
BAYTOWN IS WORKING HARD TO CREATE A HARMONIOUS BALANCE BETWEEN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT WITH NATURE, WHICH BENEFITS RESIDENTS, TOURISTS, AND BUSINESSES ALIKE.
BECAUSE BEAUTY IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS.
UM, THE APPLICATION IS A COMPLEX AND RIGOR RIGOROUS PROCESS.
IT TAKES MANY, MANY HOURS AND IT TAKES MANY, MANY HOURS ON THE DIAGNOSTIC SIDE OF IT TOO.
SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT BRIAN MORAN DID, UH, ON THIS APPLICATION, AS WELL AS THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO THESE STANDARDS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACTS.
I I HOPE YOU WERE ALL ABLE TO CATCH THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUES MAGAZINE, TEXAS TOWN AND CITY ARTICLE THAT I WROTE NOVEMBER, THAT FEATURED, UM, THAT, THAT FEATURED THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND THE HARD WORK YOU ALL ARE DOING, UM, IN THE SCENIC CITY PROGRAM, STREET SCAPE ENHANCEMENT SECTION THAT INCLUDES TREES, LANDSCAPING, AND SIDEWALKS.
BAYTOWN ENSURED THAT SIDEWALKS WERE AT A PROPER A DA COMPLIANCE AND WERE MAINTAINED IN CONDI CONDITION AND HAVE PEDESTRIAN BUFFERS WITH A MINIMUM WIDTH OF TWO FEET.
THIS KIND OF PLANNING AND COMMITMENT TO PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS CONNECTIVITY, UM, IS EXEMPLARY IN THE SCENIC PROGRAM AND DEEMED NECESSARY FOR RESIDENTIAL QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC BENEFIT.
SO THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S PROXIMITY TO TO TRINITY BAY ALREADY MAKES THE CITY A DESIRABLE LOCATION FOR AN OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST WHO ENJOYS KAYAKING, UH, BIRDING OR FISHING.
AND BAYTOWN HAS DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO INTERWEAVING NATURE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT WITH A LIVELY DOWNTOWN SQUARE.
SO WELCOME INTO AN EXCEPTIONAL CLASS OF TEXAS CITIES AND THE SCENIC CITY PROGRAM.
WE APPLAUD YOUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING A VISUAL ENVIRONMENT FOR GENERATIONS TO ENJOY.
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CAN WE GET ALL COUNSEL DOWN THERE? WOULD THAT YES, SIR.ALL COUNSEL, CAN Y'ALL GO DOWN PLEASE? FILLING EVERYBODY, GATHER AROUND.
SO CERTAINLY IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.
YOU READY, BRIAN? CAN EVERYBODY SMILE?
[b. Present a recognition to Phillip Davis, City of Baytown Risk Management Coordinator, for receiving the Texas Professional Risk Management Association's (PRIMA) 2020 Rising Star of the Year award.]
THAT WAS A GREAT ITEM.WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO B, PRESENTER RECOGNITION TO PHILLIP DAVIS, CITY OF BAYTOWN RISK MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR RECEIVING THE TEXAS PROFESSIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION'S 2020 RISING STAR OF THE YEAR AWARD.
WELL, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE, UH, THIS EVENING TO, UM, LET Y'ALL MEET ONE OF MY EXCEPTIONAL STAFF MEMBERS.
SO, UH, THE TEXAS PRIMA RISING STAR AWARD IS AWARDED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TWO TO SEVEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF RISK MANAGEMENT.
SO THEY'RE NEW TO THE, TO THE FIELD AND THEY'VE EXEMPLIFIED LEADERSHIP, POTENTIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE FIELD AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PHILIP.
HE HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN FOR A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS AS, UM, OUR RISK MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.
HE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE FOR A LITTLE OVER 10 YEARS.
UM, HE WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF, UH, STEVEN F. AUSTIN, RECEIVED A DOUBLE MAJOR IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN PSYCHOLOGY, AND THEN HE ALSO WENT ON AND RECEIVED HIS MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
PRIOR TO JOINING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, UM, HE WORKED WITH BOTH PROBATION AND PAROLE FOR THE COUNTY AND STATE LEVEL, AND THEN WAS ALSO AN APPRAISER FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
SO, UM, HERE AT THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, PHILIP MANAGES OUR SAFETY PROGRAM, OUR WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OUR SELF-FUNDED PLANS FOR PROPERTY LIABILITY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE.
UM, HE HAS BEEN IN INSTRUMENTAL IN REVAMPING OUR CITY'S RISK MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY PROGRAMS. AND DURING HIS TENURE, HE HAS REINSTATED OUR SAFETY COMMITTEE, REWRITTEN THE SAFETY MANUAL, AND MANAGED THE TRANSITION TO OUR NEW WORKERS' COMPENSATION THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH HAS PROVIDED A COST SAVINGS TO THE CITY.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, AND PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANTLY, I BELIEVE, IS THAT IT HAS IMPROVED THE SERVICE AND THE CARE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE INJURED ON THE JOB THROUGH OFFERING A 24 HOUR, YEAH, 24 HOUR SEVEN DAY A WEEK NURSE LINE, AS WELL AS TELEMEDICINE FOR ALL OF THOSE AFTER HOURS AND ON THE WEEKEND, TYPES OF INJURIES THAT CAN BE HANDLED BY THOSE MEANS.
THE LARGEST CHALLENGES HE HAS FACED SO FAR IS OF COURSE, DEALING WITH HURRICANE HARVEY AND HE OVERSAW, UM, THE REIMBURSEMENT OF $2 MILLION IN INSURANCE CLAIMS AND THEN ALSO OUR RESPONSE TO COVID HERE WITHIN OUR CITY EMPLOYMENT.
AND SO HE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING OUR EXPOSURE GUIDELINES AS WELL AS THE NOTIFICATION LETTERS FOR EMPLOYEES, OUR REPORTING PROTOCOLS FOR COVID WITHIN THE WORKPLACE.
HE MANAGES OUR LEAVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR OUR THE ABSENCES AND ALSO OUR RETURN TO WORK PROCEDURES.
SO HE HAS HAD HIS HANDS FULL, UH, FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND THEN HE HAS ALSO WORKED WITH LOCAL HOSPITALS TO GET, UH, TESTING WITH A 24 HOUR TURNAROUND FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE EXPOSED ON THE JOB SO THEY CAN RETURN BACK TO THE WORKFORCE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
PHILLIP IS PASSIONATE ABOUT RISK MANAGEMENT AND HE, UM, TRULY CARES ABOUT PEOPLE AND HELPING THEM OUT.
HE ENJOYS HIS JOB AND EDUCATING CITY EMPLOYEES ON WHY RISK MANAGEMENT MATTERS AND HOW EVERYONE EVENTUALLY WEARS A RISK MANAGEMENT HAT.
SO THIS WAS DONE, THIS APPLICATION WAS DONE, UM, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
UM, HE JUST RECENTLY HAS RECEIVED THIS.
SO THIS STATEMENT SAYS HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARDS HIS ASSOCIATE IN RISK MANAGEMENT
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DESIGNATION, WHICH IS A CREDENTIALING WITHIN THE RISK MANAGEMENT GROUP.UM, HE PASSED TWO OF HIS THREE CERTIFICATION EXAMS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO REPORT LAST WEEK HE TOOK HIS THIRD AND HE PASSED.
SO, UM, HE IS A FATHER OF THREE.
HE'S MARRIED TO HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, ALLISON.
HE IS VERY ACTIVE WITH THE CUB SCOUTS, HIS CHURCH, AND IN HIS SPARE TIME HE LIKES TO PRACTICE MARTIAL ARTS, MOUNTAIN BIKING, AND PUNK ROCK CONCERTS.
SO, UH, IF Y'ALL WILL CON CONGRATULATE.
ALRIGHT, WHERE'S ALICE? OKAY, DO I MAKE A STATEMENT FIRST? OKAY.
[c. Recognize four city employees who have demonstrated outstanding dedication and service to the citizens of Baytown. ]
THIS NEXT ITEM, COUNSEL.UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WITH, WITH THE, THE VIRUS THIS YEAR, UH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GONNA TAKE PLACE AT THE STATE OF THE CITY THAT WOULD'VE TOOK PLACE ON MARCH 17TH.
UH, BUT ONE THING THAT I RECOGNIZE JUST LIKE YOU DO, UH, YOU, WE, I RECEIVE A LOT OF EMAILS AND A LOT OF INPUT FROM CITIZENS WHERE WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE, THAT COME, COME IN, UM, INTERACTION WITH OUR CITIZENS.
THESE ARE OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES, UH, AND WE DO RECOGNIZE 'EM A LOT OF TIMES.
UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE ATTABOYS, UH, AND THE EMAILS, UM, BUT ALSO WITHIN, THERE'S A LOT OF RECOGNITION AMONGST OTHER EMPLOYEES, UM, AND OTHER SUPERVISORS.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR STAFF, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DO THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK.
THEY'RE THE ONES WHERE WHEN WE, WHEN WE DEVELOP POLICY, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO IMPLEMENT IT ON THE DAY-TO-DAY LEVEL, DOWN TO BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE REALLY SOME, UM, EXCEPTIONAL, OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES THAT REALLY COME TO WORK EVERY DAY WITH A CAN-DO ATTITUDE.
UH, THEY GO AND THEY, THEY TACKLE WHATEVER ISSUES THROWN AT AT THEM.
WE, EARLIER THIS EVENING, WE HAD A, A CITIZEN CALL AT FIVE 30 FROM DISTRICT ONE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO TACKLE THESE ISSUES AS THEY UNFOLD AND SOMETIMES IT'S AFTER HOURS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
BUT WE DID ASK, UM, WE DID ASK FOR SUPERVISORS AND SOME DIRECTORS TO, UH, TO GO AND, AND NOMINATE, UH, A FEW EMPLOYEES AND THEY WENT THROUGH KIND OF A, A, I GUESS A A, UM, REVIEW.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S FOUR EMPLOYEES THAT, CORRECT? YES.
SO THERE'S FOUR EMPLOYEES THAT WILL, I GUESS THEY'RE CONSIDERED THE 2020, UM, UH, OUT OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR.
UH, AND SO THEY HAVE CERTAINLY PERFORMED EXCEPTIONAL, UH, LIKE MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
BUT THESE FOUR ARE THE ONES WE WANTED TO GO AND, AND HIGHLIGHT FOR THIS YEAR.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOME INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GONNA INDIVIDUALLY, UH, EXPRESS ON EACH ONE OF THEM.
AND THEN IF YOU WOULD, TO COME DOWN SO YOU, NOW I CAN COME DOWN, CAN PRESENT THEM ANYWAY, THAT'S THE BASIS FOR IT SO THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE SOME REALLY OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES.
SO OUR FIRST EMPLOYEE THAT WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS JA.
JACOB PEARSON, HE'S A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR, TWO, WITH OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND JA JACOB HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY SINCE 2015.
IN MARCH OF 2017, JACOB BECAME THE TECHNICAL ARCHITECT FOR CITY WORKS ASSET MANAGEMENT AND ESRI GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS. DUE TO HIS EFFORTS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, LEARNING THE PRODUCT CAPABILITIES, LEADING THE IN EFFORTS, UH, END USER REQUIREMENT, GATHER MEETINGS, AND DIRECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS.
THE CITY NOW HAS A ROBUST SYSTEM FOR TRACKING THE LOCATION, LABOR, AND MATERIAL COSTS FOR ALL CITY ASSETS MANAGED BY PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PARKS AND RECREATION, AND BOWA JACOB'S SELF DEPRECIATING HUMOR, PATIENCE, AND DESIRE TO SUCCEED ARE KEY TO HIS ABILITY TO LEAVE DIVERSE TEAMS WHILE DONE.
THIS IS, UM, AN AWESOME CRYSTAL, UH, PLAQUE IT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
OH, WE GOTTA HOLD IT THIS WAY.
AND I BELIEVE HE WAS, UH, HIS SUPERVISOR'S ED.
SO I GUESS WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE AND THEN WE CAN GET YOUR, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE SOME DEPARTMENT.
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THIS IS THE BEST PART.THE NEXT EMPLOYEE WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IS MR. TERRY RAYMOND, WHO IS OUR BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
HE WAS NOMINATED BY SCOTT JOHNSON, THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, AND HE'S BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT SINCE 1999.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, TERRY HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN COUNTLESS AREAS, NOT ONLY FOR OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TEAM, BUT FOR ANYONE LOOKING TO HOST AN EVENT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
TERRY IS THE ONE WHO HANDLES ALL THE THINGS NO ONE ELSE HAS THOUGHT OF.
WHEN THE BRUNSON NEEDED WET FLOOR SIGNS AND MATS FOR THE REOPENING ON SHORT NOTICE, TERRY HAD A COUPLE OF EXTRAS HE COULD SEND.
WHEN PUBLIC SAFETY WAS AT STAKE, TERRY WENT TO WORK ON A DAY OFF TO MAKE SURE A CUSTOMER HAD ENOUGH ROAD CLOSURES FOR THEIR EVENT AT TOWN SQUARE.
WHEN A COUNCIL MEMBER WANTED EXTRA DECORATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS PUT OUT, TERRY KNEW WHERE EXTRAS WERE AND HE KEPT, UM, WHERE THEY WERE KEPT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
OR EVEN WHEN THIRD PARTY EVENTS HAVE NO, HAVE LONGER LINES THAN EXPECTED.
TERRY AND HIS STAFF ORGANIZE LINE STATIONS TO KEEP ORDER AND HELP OUR GUESTS WITHOUT BEING ASKED.
TERRY IS AN EXTREMELY CARING, INNOVATIVE LEADER WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND IS INTEGRAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM.
I JUST HAVE TO ADD A FEW WORDS FOR TERRY.
I MEAN, TERRY IS LIKE SUPER MR. PARKS AND REC, RIGHT? I MEAN, HE'S AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
HE IS AT EVERGREEN CLUBHOUSE, HE'S AT TOWN SQUARE.
UH, I MEAN, SOMETIMES THINK THEY CLONE YOU IN SOME CASES, BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE.
YOU'RE ALWAYS HELPFUL AND YOU'RE ALWAYS SMILING.
UH, WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU AS OUR, AS YOU KNOW, AS A MEMBER OF OUR OR AS OUR STAFF.
YOU CERTAINLY EXEMPLIFY, UH, AN OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE.
SO I REALLY, I DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY.
YOU HOLD IT AND I'LL STAND AND WE'LL LOOK.
OUR NEXT EMPLOYEE, MR. ZACHERY START IS THE DEPUTY CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR SIX YEARS.
ZACH'S OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MUCH MORE THAN HIS CONTINUAL DEDICATION TO MAKE THE PERMIT AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS RUN SMOOTHLY.
HE'S ALWAYS THE FIRST PERSON TO JUMP IN AND HELP ANYONE, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS ALIKE.
ZACH IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING ALL INCOMING PERMITS FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PROBLEM SOLVING AND MANAGING THE PERMIT AND PLAN REVIEW STAFF, AND HAS DEDICATED HIS EFFORTS TO ADVANCING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PERMIT PROCESS.
HE TRULY EMBODIES THE SPIRIT AND THE GOALS THAT THE CITY OF BAYTOWN HAS SET FORTH, NOT JUST IN THE WORDS BUT IN ACTIONS.
THE WOW FACTOR THAT SEPARATES ZACH FROM OTHER EMPLOYEES IS AS OUT OF THE BOX THINKING, HIS WORLD CLASS CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS AND HIS ABILITY TO MAKE EACH AND EVERY SITUATION HE'S INVOLVED IN BETTER FOR THE CUSTOMER AND FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AS A WHOLE.
AND HE WAS NOMINATED BY MS. FOSTER, UM, OUR PREVIOUS DIRECTOR.
WHERE YOUR FAMILY? WELL, YOU'RE NOT FAMILY, ARE YOU HERE? WE OKAY NOW.
AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. JUAN MACIAS, WHO IS A CIVIL DESIGN ENGINEER AND PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
HE HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY SINCE 2015.
JUAN HAS BEEN A STABILIZING FORCE DURING A TIME OF TRANSITION FOR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
HE'S KNOWLEDGEABLE IN ALL ASPECTS OF ENGINEERING AND HAS HELPED THE DEPARTMENT BY DOING ANYTHING REQUIRED.
HE HAS COMPLETED PLAN REVIEWS AND IS A CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN MANAGER.
HE REVIEWS FLOODPLAIN PERMITS AND HAS HELPED MANAGE SEVERAL KEY PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER, GARTH ROAD RECONSTRUCTION IN THE ANIMAL SERVICES AND ADOPTION SHELTER FACILITY.
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HAS A GREAT ATTITUDE AND IS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP.WELL, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES AND CERTAINLY IT WAS LONG OVERDUE.
UH, BUT WE DID WANNA GET THAT OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, BUT IT, OUR CERTAINLY WAS OUR INTENTION EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR SAVE THE CITY.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM,
[d. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.]
UM, 2D.UH, RECOGNIZE CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE.
YES, WE ARE, UM, HONORED TO BE HERE AND RECOGNIZING OUR EMPLOYEES, THE WITH THE ITS DEPARTMENT, BRANDY FALL CUSTOMER SERVICE TECHNICIAN WITH THE LIBRARY.
LANCE FRAZIER, DETENTION SUPERVISOR, POLICE DEPARTMENT, JOHN SNELL, FIRE LIEUTENANT FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NOAH TRAVIS, FIRE LIEUTENANT FIRE DEPARTMENT.
MATTHEW MITCHELL, FIREFIGHTER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
BRIAN MCCLAIN, FIRE LIEUTENANT FIRE DEPARTMENT.
GEORGE LUCIDO, FIRE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WES DOBBIN, FIRE LIEUTENANT FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AUGUST NAUMAN, FIREFIGHTER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CHRISTOPHER GASKIN, POLICE SERGEANT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
TIM LANCON, SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
MIKE WILLS FIRE LIEUTENANT, FIRE DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT MIKE WILLS WAS HIRED BY THE BAYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 1995 AND WENT TO WORK AT FIRE STATION FIVE FOLLOWING YEAR.
MIKE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, AMANDA, AND IN JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS, THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN.
IN 1997, MIKE TRANSFERRED TO FIRE STATION ONE TO LEARN HIGH ANGLE RESCUE AND AUTO EDUCATION.
OVER THE YEARS, MIKE PROMOTED THROUGH THE RANKS, GAINING INCREASING HIGH ANGLE RESCUE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE WITH SELF-CONTAINED BREEDING APPARATUS EQUIPMENT.
MIKE PRIDES HIMSELF ON KNOWING THAT HE HAS HELPED TRAIN SOME OF THE BEST FIREFIGHTERS IN THE DEPARTMENT.
MOST FIREFIGHTERS UNDER HIS SUPERVISION HAVE PROMOTED UP THE RANK, SOME EVEN TO THE RANK OF ASSISTANT CHIEF MIKE KLAU WHEN HE SAYS HE'S NOT SURE IF THEY PROMOTED BECAUSE OF HIS INFLUENCE OR IF THEY JUST WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM HIM.
BUT ONE OF HIS SUPERVISORS SAYS HE RECEIVES MANY REQUESTS FROM FIREFIGHTERS THAT WANT TO TRANSFER FIRE STATION ONE UNDER LIEUTENANT WILL, EVEN WHEN THERE ARE NO OPENINGS, THEY JUST SAY, PUT ME ON A LIST IN CASE THERE IS A VACANCY.
MIKE ENJOYS UNDERTAKEN EXTRA ACTIVITIES WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
MIKE ASSISTING WITH ASSISTANCE FIRE ACADEMY, ASSISTING WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND TEACHING FIRE SAFETY TO STUDENTS AS PART OF THE BEAT ALLEY PROGRAM.
MIKE WAS AN INSTRUMENTAL MEMBER OF THE RESCUE TEAM THAT RESPONDED TO THE GREENPEACE PROTESTS ON THE HARTMAN BRIDGE IN 2019.
THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP AND KNOWLEDGE ON HIGH ANGLE RESCUE, HE KEPT THE OPERATION SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL.
MIKE WAS AWARDED DISTINCT THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE RIBBON FOR HIS ACTIONS ON THAT.
IN THAT SAME YEAR, HE WAS ALSO AWARDED THE PRIORI AWARD FOR HIS DEDICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN.
MIKE ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY WHO HAVE BROUGHT HIM SO MUCH HAPPINESS.
AND WHILE HE ISN'T PUSHING THE ISSUE, HE CAN'T WAIT TO BECOME A GRANDFATHER.
HE HAS RECENTLY RENEWED AN OLD LOVE FOR RIDING BICYCLE, WHICH STARTED BY RESTORING HIS 1983 DMX DIAMONDBACK PIPER THAT HE RECEIVED FOR CHRISTMAS.
AT THE AGE OF 10, HE HAS SINCE BOUGHT THREE BIKES AND ENJOYS RIDING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
HIS WIFE SAID SHE WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS ADDICTION TO BIKE, BUT LAST, AS SHE SAYS, HIS MIDLIFE CRISIS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
LIEUTENANT MIKE WILLS FOR 25 YEARS OF EXCELLENT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
DAVID WALTER, ASSISTANT POLICE, CHIEF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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AS MUCH AS MANY OF YOU MAY BELIEVE DAVID ALFORD WAS NOT BORN.ROBOCOP DAVID WAS BORN AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.
BOTH HIS PARENTS SERVED AS MARINES.
DAVID ATTENDED ROSS S STERLING HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE JUNIOR ROTC AND WAS THE SILENT DRILL TEAM COMMANDER AND THE CADET CORPS COMMANDER.
AFTER GRADUATING, HE JOINED THE US MARINE CORPS WHERE HE WAS SELECTED BY HIS COMPANY COMMANDER AS THE HONOR MAN.
A DISTINCTION GIVEN ONLY TO THE MOST OUTSTANDING RECRUIT.
WHILE IN BOOTCAMP, DAVID WAS ALSO ENLISTED HONOR GRADUATE WITH A 42ND COMPANY AT JUMP SCHOOL RECEIVING THE IRON MIC TROPHY.
AFTER BEING DISCHARGED, DAVID RETURNED TO BAYTOWN AND JOINED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE WORKED IN PATROL AND BECAME A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AND MEMBER OF THE SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS UNIT.
IN 1991 MARINE CORPS SERGEANT DAVID ALFORD RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY TO SUPPORT DESERT STORM.
AFTER ONCE AGAIN SERVING HIS COUNTRY, HE CAME BACK TO THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE CONTINUED TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS.
DURING DAVID'S CAREER AS A POLICE OFFICER, HE WAS RECEIVED AWARDS AND LETTERS OF RECOGNITION.
OFFICER OF THE MONTH RECEIVED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION MEDAL FROM THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
RECEIVED THE VFW POLICE OFFICER OF THE YEAR AND THE BAYTOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE YEAR.
SINCE THE INCEPTION NEW AWARDS PROGRAM FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DAVID HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE AWARDS TO INCLUDE THREE LIFE SAVING MEDALS, THE TASER INTERNATIONAL JOHN H VER MEDAL FOR HEROISM, THE CHIEF'S COMMENDATION AWARD, AND THE CHIEF'S UNIT CITATION MEDALS.
DAVID IS MARRIED AND BETWEEN THEM, HE AND HIS WIFE CINDY HAVE FIVE CHILDREN.
DAVID PROUDLY PROFESSES HIS FAITH IN JESUS AND IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER.
AND DEACON AT THE ROLAND BROOK FELLOWSHIP BAY TOWN'S FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
THANK YOU, ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVID ALFORD.
FOR 35 YEARS OF EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE, RICHARD WHITAKER, ASSISTANT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
RICHARD WHITAKER WAS BORN HERE IN THE THRIVING METROPOLIS OF BAYTOWN AND GRADUATED FROM MORAS STERLING HIGH SCHOOL.
HE JOINED THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN DECEMBER OF 1985.
IN AUGUST OF 1989, RICHARD WAS SELECTED TO BE A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER FOR HE TRAINED OFFICERS FOR REGULAR PATROL DUTIES.
HE'S SERVED IN THIS CAPACITY, THANK GOODNESS, FOR THE NEXT 12 YEARS UNTIL BEING PROMOTED TO PATROL SERGEANT.
FOLLOWED BY ASSIGNMENTS AS AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS SERGEANT, A DETECTIVE SERGEANT, AND THE LIEUTENANT OVER PATROL, DETECTIVES, SUPPORT SERVICES AND PATROL ADMINISTRATION.
IN 2020, RICHARD WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT CHIEF OVER THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BUREAU, WHICH INCLUDES THE TRAINING ACADEMY AND ALL COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS SUCH AS DARE BEAT ALLEY, CRIME PREVENTION, CRIME STOPPERS, AND THE RECRUITING AND SELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS.
OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER, RICHARD HAS GAINED SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN NUMEROUS ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND RECONSTRUCTION AREAS, AND HAS ALSO SERVED AS A CERTIFIED INTOX OPERATOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
ONE OF RICHARD'S PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS BEING SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE 14TH.
THIS WAS A SPECIALIZED UNIT WHOSE ASSIGNMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
HOTSPOT TEAM INCLUDED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, DWI ENFORCEMENT AND HOTSPOT PATROL, AND MADE OUR COMMUNITY A MUCH SAFER PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK.
RICHARD AND HIS WIFE ASHLEY, HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AND ARE A MEMBER OF THE OLD RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE RICHARD SERVES AS A DEACON AND BOTH HE AND HIS WIFE SERVE AS ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL LEADERS.
RICHARD ENJOYS CAMPING, TRAVELING, AND WORKING IN HIS WOOD SHOP.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, ASSISTANT CHIEF RICHARD WHITAKER FOR YOUR 35 YEARS OF FABULOUS SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
[a. Consider an ordinance for the first reading of 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.]
A.CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR THE FIRST READING OF THE PROPOSED LIMITED PUR PURPOSE ANNEXATION APPROXIMATELY 223.2868 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED IN CHAMBERS COUNTY SCHOOL LAND SURVEY ABSTRACT 3, 2, 1, CHAMBERS COUNTY, TEXAS.
MR. DIETRICH, MR. MAYOR, COUNSEL.
UM, BASICALLY THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS GOING THROUGH FOR THE SAME 223 ACRES THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS, UH, UH, AGENDAS.
UM, BASICALLY THIS BRINGS A LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION BECAUSE THESE FOLKS ARE, ARE LOOKING TO HAVE SOME CITY SERVICES.
AND THIS IS JUST, UH, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? OKAY, IF NOT, UH, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM THREE.
A MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM THREE A SECOND.
ASSUME THERE'S STILL NO ANY QUESTIONS, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
THE ITEM IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Consider an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, by (i) amending certain sections within Chapter 110 "Floods", (ii) amending certain sections within Chapter 126 "Subdivisions" (iii) creating a new chapter to be numbered and entitled Chapter 109 "Engineering and Construction Standards", (iv) amending certain sections in Chapter 18 "Buildings and Building Regulations", (v) amending certain sections in Chapter 34 "Environment", (vi) amending certain section of Chapter 114 "Sewer and Water Line Extensions", (vii) and amending certain sections of Chapter 122 "Streets and Sidewalks".]
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BAY ON TEXAS BY ONE AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF, OF WITHIN CHAPTER ONE 10 FLOODS, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS WITHIN CHAPTER 1 26 SUBDIVISIONS CREATED NEW CHAPTER TO BE NUMBERED AND[00:30:01]
ENTITLED CHAPTER 1 0 9, ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.UH, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 18 BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS.
FIVE, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 34, UH, ENVIRONMENT.
AND LET'S SEE, SIX AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OR SECTION OF CHAPTER ONE 14 SEWER AND WATERLINE EXTENSIONS AND SEVEN AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 1 22.
UH, WE'RE HERE TO, UH, ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER AMENDING THE ORDINANCES FOR, UH, CHAPTER 1 26 AND ONE 10 IN CREATING A CHAPTER 1 0 9.
UM, THESE ARE IN REFERENCE TO, UM, UH, FEMALE AUDIT WE RECEIVED WHERE WE HAVE TO UPDATE OUR FLOOD PLAIN ORDINANCES.
IT'S ALSO IN REFERENCE TO, UH, APPROVING, UM, ATLAS 14 STANDARDS FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY.
AND SO WE CAN, UH, THE BENEFITS ARE TO, UH, ALLOW US TO CONTINUE FUNDING FOR THE, UH, FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS, AND ALSO ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN OUR NFIP RATING.
UM, WE COVERED THIS ITEM PREVIOUSLY IN A, UH, A BRIEFING ON OCTOBER 23RD, AND WE ALSO, UH, HAD IT BROUGHT IT TO FORTH THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION ON, ON NOVEMBER 17TH, AND THEY APPROVED IT.
WE ALSO, UH, UH, COUNSEL HAD A, UH, HEARING THAT EVENING, AND THEN WE ARE RE RECOMMENDING, UH, THE APPROVE THE, OR ADOPT THE, UH, AMENDMENT IN THE NEW ORDINANCES, UH, TONIGHT.
AND WE, THERE'LL BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSELS, SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE, UH, SOME OF THIS, THIS IS HOUSE HOUSEKEEPING, I THINK KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE TO BE MORE COMPLIANT, I'M ASSUMING WITH STRUCTURE? NOPE.
SO ITEM FOUR A, I ENTER A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[b. Consider an ordinance awarding a construction contract to Angel Brothers Enterprises, Ltd, for the Reconstruction of Rollingbrook Drive Project from Goose Creek to Decker Drive.]
B, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO ANDREW BROTHERS ENTERPRISE IS LIMITED FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ROLLING BROOK DRIVE PROJECT FROM GOOSE CREEK TO DECKER DRIVE.MR. MACIA, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, ITEM FOUR BH TO CONSIDER THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR ROLAND BROOK DRIVE FROM DECKER TO GOOSE CREEK.
UM, AS SHOWN ON THE SCREENING, UM, THIS SCOPE INCLUDES THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PAVEMENT, UH, PLACING SIDEWALK AND 88 RAMPS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET AT, UH, REPLACING THE WATER LINE UP, UPDATING THE STREET LIGHTS FROM SINGLE MASSED ARMS TO DOUBLE MASSED ARMS. THE STREET LIGHTS WILL BE, UH, BLACK POWDER COATED, SO IT'LL BE, IT'LL LOOK NICER.
AND THEN THE, UH, LIGHTS WILL BE LED, SO IT'LL BE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT.
UM, THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE LANE IMPROVEMENTS ON DECKER FRENCH ROAD BY THE CRCU, UM, WHICH WILL CONVERT THE LANE ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT TO A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE AND BY MAKING CHANGES TO THE MEDIAN AND OTHER LANES.
UM, AND THIS IS SHOWN ALL THE WAY ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE EXHIBIT.
UM, THERE WILL ALSO BE A DEDICATED TURN LANE FROM RO UH, ROLAND BROOK TO ROCKY NOLL.
AND, UM, THE SECOND LEFT TURN THAT'S GONNA BE AT PART OF THIS PROJECT IS GONNA BE FROM ROLAND BROOK EASTBOUND, SO THAT, UH, PEOPLE CAN TURN INTO RAINTREE APARTMENTS.
UM, AND ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE EXHIBIT, THERE'S THE, UH, THE BOX IS GONNA, IT KIND OF ACCENTUATES THE AREA THAT IS GONNA, WE'RE GONNA EXTEND THE MEDIAN TO CREATE MORE GREEN SPACE.
UM, AND THEN AS, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, SINCE WE ARE ADDING, UH, SIDEWALK AND REPLACING THE MEDIAN, THERE WILL BE BOTH THE REMOVAL AND ADDITION OF, UH, TREES.
THE GREEN DOTS ARE GONNA REPRESENT THE TREES THAT ARE GONNA STAY.
THE RED DOTS ARE GONNA BE THE TREES THAT ARE GONNA BE REMOVED, AND THE PURPLE DOTS ARE THE TREES THAT ARE GONNA BE ADDED.
AND, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, WE RECEIVED TWO BIDS AND THE APPARENT LOW BIDDER WAS ANGEL BROTHERS AT $2,256,677 AND 5 CENTS.
THE PROJECT WILL TAKE 14 MONTHS TO BUILD AND, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
OKAY, SO WITH THAT, I, I'M ASSUMING THIS, I THINK THIS IS DISTRICT FOUR ITEM, UM, I WOULD, UH, ENTRAIN MS BIN COURT FOR A MOTION.
MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR B, SECOND MOTION IS SECOND ENC CLOSE PROXIMITY DISTRICT ONE.
I THINK THERE'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE A THINK IT IS.
BUT ANYWAY, SO, UH, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMENT? YES, SIR.
SO, I, I LIKE THIS, I LIKE THE RECONSTRUCTION, THE LANDSCAPING, THE TURN LANES, ET CETERA.
THIS IS WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE ELEVATING BAYTOWN THAT WE TALK ABOUT QUITE A BIT.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I, I JUST HAVE ONE.
WHEN DO WE ASSUME WE MAY BEGIN? UH, IT WILL BE BEGIN JANUARY, 2021.
SO IT'LL END APPROXIMATELY FEBRUARY OF 2022.
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COMING.I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S SOME NICE HUMPS AND YOU CAN GET SOME PRETTY GOOD AIRTIME, BUT YEP.
UH, NOT JUST RIDING WITH YOU RICK, BUT OTHER PEOPLE TOO.
THIS HAS BEEN LIKE THIS A LONG TIME AND SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT AND THIS IS CERTAINLY MAKING A BETTER BAIT TOWN BY FAR.
UH, CERTAINLY THIS, THIS ONE SECTION.
SO, UH, WITH THAT WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[c. Consider an ordinance awarding a construction contract to Interstate Improvement, Inc., for the North Main Street Pavement Restoration Project.]
FOUR C CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO INTERSTATE IMPROVEMENT INC.FOR THE NORTH MAIN STREET PAVEMENT RESTORATION PROJECT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
ITEM FOUR C IS TO AUTHORIZE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $530,750 WITH INTERSTATE IMPROVEMENT FOR WORK RELATED TO NORTH MAIN STREET PAVEMENT RESTORATION PROJECT.
THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES DOW BAR RETROFIT AND CROSS STITCHING, WHICH TIES THE CONCRETE PANELS TOGETHER AND PREVENT SEPARATION AND MOVEMENT OF THE PANELS.
UH, THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WILL INCLUDE, UH, DIAMOND GRINDING, WHICH WILL PROVIDE A SMOOTH RIDING SURFACE.
THE BASE BID IS $436,250 AND RECOMMENDED ALTERNATE NUMBER ONE IS $94,500 FOR THE GRINDING OF JOHN MARTIN ROAD, WHICH WE WANTED TO ALSO IMPROVE WHILE WE HAD THE CONTRACTOR MOBILIZED AND WE HAD, UH, A GOOD PRICE.
WE BELIEVE WE RECEIVED, UH, FAVORABLE PRICING FOR THE GRINDING, WHICH HELPS REDUCE THE OVERALL COST OF THE PROJECT.
UH, THE PROJECT TOTAL COST IS ESTIMATED UNDER $2.2 MILLION, WHICH IS WITHIN THE $2.3 MILLION BUDGET INCLUDED IN THE CIP AS A COMPARISON.
THE BID JUST AWARDED FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 1,450 FEET OF ROLLING BROOK, UH, IS ABOUT THE SAME PRICE AS THE RESTORATION OF NORTH MAIN, WHICH IS 6,850 FEET.
AND SO THE COST COMPARISON ON A SQUARE YARD BASIS IS ABOUT $46 AND 63 CENTS FOR NORTH MAIN AND $185 PER SQUARE YARD FOR ROLAND BROOK.
UM, AS I SAID, UH, INTERSTATE IMPROVEMENT HAS, UH, VERY POSITIVE REFERENCES AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
WELL, I CERTAINLY, I KNOW THERE'S A HIGH VISIBILITY PROJECT, UH, THERE IS NO DOUBT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT PHASE.
UH, CERTAINLY THE OUTCOME, UM, WE'RE STILL WAITING TO WAITING THAT, BUT I, I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL CERTAINLY ELEVATE THE PCI INDEX, I'M ASSUMING AT THE END OF THE DAY.
AND SO GOING AND PROVIDING LONGER LIFE LONGEVITY TO NORTH MAIN, ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING AND IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT, CERTAINLY THE OUTCOME IS, IS WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A GOOD COST EFFECTIVE MEASURE FOR THAT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION VERSUS NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR C.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ITEM FOUR C? COMMENT? YEP.
WELL, I WASN'T GONNA MAKE A COMMENT UNTIL WE, UNTIL WE COMPARED THE ROLLING BROOK RECONSTRUCTION WITH THE NORTH MAIN RESTORATION.
SO I WAS ACTUALLY CONTENT TO NOT MAKE A COMMENT.
HOWEVER, SINCE WE'RE COMPARING THOSE THINGS, I, I APPRECIATE THE, UH, TRYING TO SAVE MONEY AND I, I APPRECIATE TRYING TO BE FRUGAL ON AND STRETCHING DOLLARS.
I MEAN, I I, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE SOMETIMES.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'VE BEEN COMING FROM ON THIS DEAL SOMEWHAT.
I MEAN, WE, WE INVEST, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON A MALL DEAL.
WE INVEST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON A HOTEL CONFERENCE CENTER.
WE, WE DO A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING FOR $66 MILLION.
AND WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT, BY THE WAY.
WE MAY, MAY, WE RECEIVED A LOAN, BUT WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT.
SO WE, WE SPEND HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PUT SAM HOUSTON ON A HORSE.
SO WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON A LOT OF THINGS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, IN MY OPINION, THIS TECHNIQUE ON THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT STREET IN BAYTOWN DOESN'T ELEVATE BAYTOWN.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'VE BEEN COMING FROM ON THIS.
AND UH, LIKE I SAY, I APPRECIATE TRYING TO SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND STRETCHING DOLLARS, BUT IT IS JUST NOT WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE ELEVATING BAYTOWN.
AND WHEN I RAN FOR COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, I I WANTED TO IMPROVE THE OLDER PART OF TOWN AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT A SLOGAN.
YOU KNOW, I, I'VE WORKED HARD TO TRY TO DO THAT AND I JUST, IN MY OPINION, THIS DOESN'T ELEVATE BAYTOWN AND, AND I'M STILL HAVE MY FINGERS CROSSED.
I'M HOPING FOR THE BEST HERE AND, UH, BUT IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT,
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THAT I'M GONNA VOTE FOR.WELL, I WOULD JUST SAY ONCE WE FINISH THE PROJECT, WE CAN HAVE A REVIEW OF THE, I'M GOING TO THE TECHNIQUE AND, AND WE CAN EVALUATE IF THIS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT FRANK AND I DO APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, FRANK'S EFFORTS AND, AND NICK'S AND, AND RICK'S AND, AND YOU KNOW, CLEARLY YOU GUYS HAVE PUT SOME EXTRA EFFORT INTO IT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S APPRECIATED.
BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU JUST VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE AND, AND I'M GONNA RESPECTFULLY VOTE, VOTE NO.
UH, WELL, AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF THIS WORKED OUT? WELL, WE DID SAVE MONEY.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE REPAIR ASPHALT, WE DO OVERLAY AND WE ROLL ON FOR A FEW MORE YEARS.
AND IF THERE'S A WAY TO REPAIR SOME CONCRETE STREETS WITHOUT THE TOTAL TEAR OUT.
SO I, I, I, I SHARE CHRIS'S CONCERNS.
BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT TEST FOR US TO SEE IF Y'ALL CAN FIND A WAY TO, UH, LENGTHEN OUT THE, THE LIFESPAN OF CONCRETE STREETS.
'CAUSE IT IS SO FRICKING EXPENSIVE.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL DO A AFTER ACTION REVIEW AND, YOU KNOW, SEE WE, WE DO HAVE SOME LESSONS LEARNED HERE.
SO, AND I'M, WELL, I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DIAMOND GRINDING THING.
I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO DRIVE THAT AFTER WE'VE DONE THAT, TO SEE HOW MUCH THAT IMPROVES.
WE'D LIKE YOU TO ACTUALLY DRIVE THE VEHICLE.
I'M GONNA PUT ALL Y'ALL IN THE BACK OF MY TRUCK AND WE'LL DO IT.
ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS? WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, I BELIEVE.
ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WAIT.
OH, COUNCIL, UH, YOU DID SAY YOU'RE NOT TIRED OF THIS.
NO, I'M TRYING TO DRAG THIS OUT AS LONG ON TIME AND A HALF DOWN HERE.
I KNOW, APPARENTLY SO BECAUSE I'VE BEEN CARRYING THE LOAD ALL NIGHT LONG.
I SAID YOU NOT, UM, YOU SAID SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU SAID THAT, AND I WANNA CONFIRM THIS.
WE ARE GONNA BE IN UNDER BUDGET FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT.
IT'S, UH, THE, WE PUT $2.3 MILLION IN THE CIP FOR THIS YEAR FOR THIS PROJECT.
UH, THE, THE TOTAL COSTS WITH OUR IN-HOUSE COSTS, YOU KNOW, AS WELL, UH, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT $2.2 MILLION BECAUSE WE'RE NOT FINISHED WITH ALL THE COSTS BECAUSE AFTER THE DIAMOND GRINDING WE HAVE TO DO THE JOINT CEILING MM-HMM
AND SO WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET.
WE'RE JUST ESTIMATING WHAT OUR COSTS ARE GONNA BE FOR THAT.
UM, BUT WITH OUR ESTIMATE, WE, WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD ESTIMATE.
WE HAVE A LONG TRACK RECORD ON, ON OUR COSTS ON, UH, JOINT CEILING.
AND, UH, SO I'M ESTIMATING IS GONNA COME IN TOTAL WITH EVERYTHING, UM, ABOUT 2.164.
'CAUSE I KEEP HEARING RUMORS THAT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE WAY OVER BUDGET ALREADY.
WELL, LET'S START ON, YEAH, I'M SORRY.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS GONNA RECOMMEND, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY SAID IT, WHICH I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IS A REVIEW OF THE PROJECT AFTER IT'S OVER WITH.
'CAUSE AS, AS RICK AND I DISCUSSED THIS PAST WEEK, THERE WAS SOME THINGS WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT WOULD'VE FLOWED BETTER, UH, PLANNED BETTER.
IT WOULD'VE MADE THIS THING A LOT MORE PALATABLE.
SO, UH, I I THINK THAT'LL BE GREAT WHEN YOU GET THROUGH THAT, DEFINITELY DO THAT REVIEW AND SEE HOW THE PROJECT WAS SO YOU CAN MAKE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS CONTRACTOR IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, AND BY THE WAY, SO JUST TO CLARIFY THOUGH, THAT'S THE, THE OVER BUDGET NUMBER ACTUALLY CAME FROM ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE I INQUIRED ABOUT THAT EARLY ON BEFORE ANYONE EVER STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT WITH THE CHANGE ORDER FROM TEAMWORK, THAT THAT WAS AN UNFORESEEN HALF A MILLION DOLLAR CHANGE ORDER.
SO THAT'S THE OVER BUDGET WAS THE CHANGE ORDER BECAUSE IT WAS AN UNFORESEEN AND UNANTICIPATED WHEN THE PROJECT INITIALLY BEGAN.
SO THAT TECHNICAL, I MEAN, YOU, YOU CAN SAY IT'S NOT OVER BUDGET NOW, BUT TECHNICALLY IT, IT, IT WAS OVER BUDGET BY ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FAIRLY QUICKLY.
AND, AND ONE REASON WHY WE'RE NOT MORE OVER BUDGET, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THIS, IS THAT WE, WE ENGAGED OUR IN-HOUSE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH I THINK WAS A GREAT MOVE.
AND I THINK THAT ACTUALLY SAVED US QUITE A BIT OF MONEY.
AND, UH, I KNOW THEY WERE ENGAGED CLOSE TO FOODTOWN, THEY STARTED WORKING ON IT AND THEY CONTINUED SOUTH.
SO THEY DID, THEY DID A LOT OF SQUARE, SQUARE FOOTAGE AND, UH, THAT, THAT NUMBER LOOKED, LOOKS GREAT TO ME.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE EITHER OVERPAID TEAMWORK OR, OR WE'RE UNDERPAYING PUBLIC WORKS, BUT THAT NUMBER LOOKED VERY PALATABLE.
AND THAT WAS A GREAT LOOKING NUMBER.
YEAH, I, I APPRECIATE THAT, CHRIS.
LEMME ADD A LITTLE, UH, CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
AND THAT IS, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE MUNICIPAL BUDGET, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME LINE ITEMS MIGHT BE OVER.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WE DID, WE
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DID, UH, REPLACE MORE PANELS THAN WE ANTICIPATED.OF COURSE, WE COULDN'T HAVE ANTICIPATED ALL OF 'EM.
THEY, YOU GET INTO THE PROJECT AND YOU FIND OUT HOW MANY YOU EXACTLY HAVE TO DO, UH, THIS, UH, PARTICULAR PROJECT, WHEN WE SAY WE'RE UNDER BUDGET, KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SOURCES THAT WE CAN UTILIZE TO SUPPORT THIS LINE ITEM.
THERE'S NOT JUST ONE LINE ITEM CALLED NORTH MAIN THERE, THERE'S LOTS OF PAVEMENT, RESTORATION AND CONCRETE, ET CETERA.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS, BECAUSE WE DID MORE CONCRETE WORK THAN WE THOUGHT, IT WAS VERY SERENDIPITOUS THAT THE GRINDING CAME IN, IN BUDGET.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WE WERE ABLE, AND WE PLANNED FROM THE BEGINNING TO UTILIZE OUR OWN CONCRETE CREW AS WELL.
WHEN I CAME INTO OFFICE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO IS BUILD OUR CONCRETE CREW CAPACITY.
AND, UH, CONCRETE'S A FUNNY THING.
YOU GOTTA KEEP PEOPLE PRACTICED.
YOU GOTTA KEEP THEM ENGAGED IN DOING THAT WORK.
SO WE ALWAYS PLANNED ON THEM WORKING ON IT.
SO WHAT MIGHT'VE BEEN OVER ON THE CONCRETE SIDE, WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY, UH, SAVE ANOTHER SIZE.
THE REASON WE ASKED FOR AN ADJUSTMENT IS BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES ALSO TO DO OTHER CONCRETE PROJECTS IN TOWN.
SO THE 500 GRAND YES, REFLECTED SOME ADDITIONAL CONCRETE WORK THAT WE DID ON NORTH MAINE, BUT ALSO WE, WE WANTED TO DO SOME OTHER PROJECTS IN TOWN GUYS UP UNTIL NOW.
UH, AND NICK REALLY FLAGGED US, AND I REALLY COMPLIMENT HIM FOR DOING THIS.
WE HAVE BEEN UTILIZING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO ADDRESS A PANEL HERE OR A PANEL THERE, DO A LITTLE BIT OF SPOT HERE, AND NEVER GETTING ANY MILEAGE OUT OF IT.
AND THIS WAS THE FIRST EXPERIMENT OF PUTTING MORE OF OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET AND TRULY TRYING TO, UH, ELEVATE THE QUALITY OF, OF A STREET MORE HOLISTICALLY.
UH, WE HAD ENOUGH FAITH, UH, IN THIS PROJECT THAT, UH, BECAUSE, UH, AND WE WERE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO MAKE THAT $66 MILLION INVESTMENT ON NORTH MAIN.
AND WE CERTAINLY WANTED THE, THE ROAD TO LOOK AS, AS GOOD AS ABSOLUTELY PO UH, POSSIBLE.
SO OUR FINGERS ARE CROSSED TOO, THAT IT LOOKS REALLY GREAT AND IT'S SMOOTH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE INTENDED FROM THE BEGINNING.
BUT I, I WILL ALSO COMPLIMENT TO OUR STAFF ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES IS INNOVATION.
AND THIS IS NOT A, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PIONEERING.
THIS HAS BEEN USED IN MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES AND BEEN UTILIZED VERY EFFECTIVELY.
UH, WE HAD ENOUGH FAITH IN THAT AND IN OUR CREWS THAT WE COULD EXECUTE THIS PROJECT.
WE WILL DO AN AFTER, UH, AFTER PROJECT REVIEW.
BUT IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO, THIS IS THE KIND OF VENTURE WE WANNA ENCOURAGE OUR EMPLOYEES TO, TO MOVE INTO BECAUSE IT HAS SUCH TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL.
IF IT WORKS, IF IT DOESN'T WORK, LESSON LEARNED, WE CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
BUT WE WERE NEVER, UH, WE WERE NEVER GOING TO BE IN A POSITION WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS OF MAKING A $14 MILLION COMMITMENT TO NORTH MAINE.
AND, AND, AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER KNOWS, AND Y'ALL KNOW THAT POTS OF MONEY GO IN IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
AND THAT GOES FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND THE STATUE AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, TRANSPORTATION IS OUR, OUR CITIZEN'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
SO WE HAVE TO FIND INNO INNOVATIVE WAYS TO ANSWER THAT PRIORITY.
WE CAN'T TELL THEM, WELL THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR 2038, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING NOW.
15 YEARS WORTH OF LIFE WILL, WILL REALLY HELP US.
KEEP IN MIND THOUGH, TOO, AND I, THAT YOU CAN ONLY DO THIS ONCE.
SO IN 15 YEARS, THE CITY NOW HAS THE ABILITY TO, TO PLAN AND, AND TRY TO THEN DO THAT RECONSTRUCTION THAT WE KNOW WILL NEED TO BE DONE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR FAITH, YOUR TRUST.
AND I, MY FINGERS ARE CROSSED TOO, CHRIS, DAVE, UH, I'M, I'M REALLY HOPING THIS TURNS OUT REALLY GREAT 'CAUSE IT WILL BE ONE OF THEM.
I TOLD FRANK I WANNA, I WANNA SUBMIT AS AN AWARD, UH, FOR A PAW OR UH, A-A-P-W-A, WHATEVER YOU CALL YOURSELVES.
SO, UH, UH, ALSO ICMA VERY INNOVATIVE AND UH, IF IT WORKS, IF NOT, WE'LL BE FORTHCOMING WITH THAT TOO, WITH Y'ALL.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, I LIKE ABOUT THE ROLLING BOOK RECONSTRUCTION, BESIDES FIXING THE ACTUAL ROAD, IS THE THOUGHTFULNESS BEHIND THE, UM, IMPROVED MEDIANS, THE LANDSCAPING, THE BLACK POWDER COATED LIGHT POLES, THE UPGRADED LIGHTING TO LED.
SO PERHAPS SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER, MAYBE IN A FUTURE BUDGET BUDGET OR IF WE HAVE SOME, UM, UNFORESEEN FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IS AFTER NORTH MAINES ROAD IS FIXED, TO PUT SOME OF THOSE ENHANCEMENTS SURE.
UM, BECAUSE THE DRIVING EXPERIENCE IS ONE THING, BUT I THINK THOSE ENHANCEMENTS AND THOSE VISUALS IS REALLY WHAT ELEVATES ABSOLUTELY.
BAYTOWN, LIKE COUNCILMAN PRESLEY SAID, COUNCILWOMAN, WE, WE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE SOME OF THOSE ENHANCEMENTS BUDGETED WITH COVID.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE CUTS IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, UM, WAS THE MEDIAN ENHANCEMENTS.
BUT WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK, UM, YOU
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KNOW, IF OUR FINANCIALS ARE LOOKING A LITTLE BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CAN INVEST IN, ESPECIALLY THE MEDIANS THERE.'CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PRESLEY, THOSE CONCRETE MEDIANS, ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTH END OF NORTH MAIN, THERE ARE NEEDING SOMETHING TO MAKE 'EM LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND AS WE RECONSTRUCT ROADS, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
ARE THERE CONCRETE MEDIANS? AND LET'S REPLACE THEM.
ARE THERE THE OLD LIGHT POLES? LET'S UPGRADE 'EM.
SO WHILE WE'RE THERE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SCOPE IT ALL IN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION, UH, ITEM FOUR C FOR APPROVAL OF THIS CONTRACT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UH, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED A AND ITEM DOES PASS.
[d. Consider an ordinance authorizing a request of extension of time for the completion of infrastructure for Legends Bay Subdivision Section 7 Preliminary Plat.]
ITEM FOUR D CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A REQUEST OF EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE COMPLETION OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LEGENDS BASE OF DIVISION.SECTION SEVEN, PRELIMINARY PLAT.
MR. DIETRICH, MR. MAYOR COUNSEL, UM, BASICALLY, UM, LEGENDS BAY IS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION OUT OFF OF 31 80 IN OUR EASTERN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
AND OH, WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS THAT THE, THE DEVELOPER, MR. WILBURN CAME IN AND GOT A PRELIMINARY PLAT DONE.
AND AT THE TIME YOU HAVE ABOUT THREE YEARS TO, UM, GO FROM PRELIMINARY PLAT TO FINAL.
OTHERWISE YOU LOSE YOUR, YOUR STATUS THERE WITH HURRICANE HARVEY WITH COVI, WITH, UM, SOME PERSONNEL CHANGES WITH, UH, A MORATORIUM THAT WAS PLACED ON DEVELOPMENT OVER IN CHAMBERS COUNTY.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF HICCUPS THAT, UM, ENDED UP IMPACTING THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WHAT OUR ORDINANCE ALLOWS IS FOR AFTER, IF YOU GO OVER THAT THREE YEARS THAT IS ALLOWED IT, IT ALLOWS FOR AN, AN ADDITIONAL 360 DAY EXTENSION, BUT THAT EXTENSION HAS TO BE GRANTED BY A CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE FACTORS, UH, MR. WILBURN, AND I BELIEVE HE'S ON ZOOM RIGHT NOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM, UM, HE'S ASKING FOR THAT ADDITIONAL 360 DAYS FOR MOVING FROM PRELIMINARY.
UM, SO HE'S ABLE TO PUT HIS INFRASTRUCTURE IN AND SO THEN HE CAN MOVE TO HIS FINAL PLAT.
BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY AT THIS POINT.
BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
SO AFTER THE THREE YEARS YOU HAVE THE 360 DAYS EXTENSION, IS THAT IT'S A ONE TIME EXTENSION AND THAT'S IT.
LIKE YOU CAN'T KEEP COMING BACK EVERY 3, 6 3? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.
UM, IS THERE ANY, WELL LET'S FIRST, LET'S GET A MOTION, UH, FOR ITEM FOUR D.
IF I MAY MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS? I GUESS FOR MR. WIL WILBURN YOU SAID? YES, SIR.
SINCE HE'S ON THE LINE, ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE WITH THIS? NO, WE'RE GOOD.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE ITEMS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing an interlocal agreement with Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District and Harris County Flood Control District for drainage improvements affecting Robert E. Lee High School and the surrounding area.]
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH GOOSE CREEK CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AFFECTING ROBERT LEE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UM, ITEM FIVE A IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, BETWEEN GOOSE CREEK CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS NEAR ROBERT LEE HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAVE A MAP PULLED UP HERE SHOWING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS IN QUESTION.
THIS SHOWS THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, SO YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BASEBALL FIELD THERE IN TR UH, UH, FOOTBALL STADIUM.
AND THE YELLOW LINE REPRESENTS THE STORM DRAINAGE PIPES THAT CURRENTLY RUN UNDER, UH, THE BASEBALL FIELD.
AND THIS AREA, THESE PIPES DRAIN AN AREA THAT IS BETWEEN LEE COLLEGE AND SOUTH MAIN STREET, SOUTH OF TEXAS AVENUE.
UH, SO THE, THESE PIPES, YOU KNOW, ARE CONTINUING THROUGH LEE COLLEGE AND DRAINING THAT WHOLE AREA.
UH, IN 2019 THERE WAS A COLLAPSE ON ONE OF THE PIPES, UH, KIND OF LOCATED IN THIS AREA.
IT'S UH, I THINK A 60 INCH PIPE, FAIRLY LARGE STORM DRAINAGE PIPE CREATED A SINKHOLE.
AND SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL.
UM, HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DID REPAIR THE SINKHOLE REPAIR THE PIPE, HOWEVER, THE, UM, PIPE IS IN POOR CONDITION AND IT'S UNDER CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THERE'S BEEN, UM, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT REROUTING THIS STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
AND SO I'LL UH, GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH SHOWS A PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT, WHICH WOULD, UH, BASICALLY, UM, TAKE THIS, THIS SEGMENT IN
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THE CENTER HERE OUT OF SERVICE.AND SO WE, THIS SEGMENT WOULD BE GROUT FIELD AND NO LONGER IN SERVICE.
UH, THE STORM DRAINAGE, WE REROUTED TO, UH, PIPES ALONG GENTRY HERE.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, NEW PIPES INSTALLED THERE.
AND ALONG, UH, LEE DRIVE HERE WITH SOME OPEN CHANNEL AT THE END THERE.
UH, THE PIPES GOING NORTH SOUTH HERE IN THIS AREA HAVE TO STAY IN PLACE BECAUSE THEY DRAIN THE, UH, PARKING LOT THERE.
SO THE PROPOSAL WOULD, UM, MAINTAIN THE NORTH SOUTH PIPE SYSTEM UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE, UH, PIPE SEGMENT, LIKE I SAID, HERE WOULD BE, UH, ABANDONED IN PLACE AND GROUT FIELD.
AND THEN THE CITY WOULD TAKE OVER A NEW SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG GENTRY AND LEE DRIVE, UH, BECAUSE IT IS A CRITICAL INFRAS OUR, UM, CRITICAL ASSET FOR THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S DRAINING, YOU KNOW, A LARGE SEGMENT OF THE CITY'S, UH, STORM WATER.
SO WE ARE, UH, THEREFORE RECOMMENDING, UM, YOU KNOW, ADOPTION OF THE AGREEMENT.
THIS IS A TRI-PARTY AGREEMENT WHERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HARRIS COUNTY ARE CONTRIBUTING FUNDS TO THIS PROJECT AFTER IT'S, UH, COMPLETED.
UM, THE CITY WILL OWN AND MAINTAIN THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO, UM, AND THE CITY WILL ALSO MANAGE THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF, OF THE PROJECT.
UH, UM, SO GIVEN THAT, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGREEMENT.
SO, UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, SO IS THIS IN, THIS IS RIGHT OVER REAL CLOSE.
IS IT D 1D TWO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE? A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
WELL THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO PROOF.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMENT? YES, SIR.
SO IT IS NICE TO SEE, WE'VE ACTUALLY, I GIVE ADMINISTRATION A LOT OF CREDIT.
WE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FOCUS ON DRAINAGE, PARTICULARLY IN THE OLDER PART OF TOWN, AND IT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED AND IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED FROM THE DISTRICT TWO PERSON, AND I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR OTHERS.
AND, UM, I JUST WANNA ADD, MAYOR, THAT I KNOW THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE WORK BETWEEN THE CITY AND, AND HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.
SO I APPRECIATE US MOVING FORWARD ON THIS AND HOPEFULLY, UH, OUR, UM, SCHOOL WILL BE HAPPY AND, UH, THE BASEBALL BOOSTER WILL ALSO BE HAPPY AND, UH, THEY'LL CALL ME NEXT, NOT TO COMPLAIN, BUT TO, TO SAY THANK YOU
WHAT, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPATION IN THE COST? IS THERE, WHO'S PART OF THE, THE CITY OR THE YEAH, THE, WELL, ALL OF WHAT'S THE, WELL, THE COUNTY HAS, UM, A FIXED CONTRIBUTION.
SO THEIR PART OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION WAS THE REPAIR OF THE SINKHOLE AND THE PIPE COLLAPSE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE REMAINDER OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION IS 641,000.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF KAREN'S GOT THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF HER.
UH, SO THE COUNTY HAS A FIXED CONTRIBUTION.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS MAKING A CONTRIBUTION BASED ON THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS ABOUT, UH, SO THE SCHOOL IS ABOUT 1.2 MILLION.
AND SO THAT'S, LIKE I SAY, THOSE COMBINED, UM, ARE ESTIMATED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN OF THE PROJECT.
UH, IF THERE'S ANY OVERAGES, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THAT.
IF THERE'S, IT COMES IN UNDER THE SCHOOL WILL GET A REFUND ON THAT.
AND THE, THE CITY'S PORTION IS THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT AND THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF IT ONCE IT'S COMPLETED.
SO SCHOOL STREAK GOT SKIN IN THE GAME THEN, FOR SURE.
AND THIS WAS, UH, THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR I GUESS AT LEAST 14 MONTHS WHEN I WAS FIRST CONTACTED A WHILE BACK.
AND, AND THERE WAS, UM, UH, THE PROBLEM WAS THEY JUST PUT IN A 60 INCH PIPE JUST 50 PLUS YEARS AGO, OR I COULDN'T TELL YOU, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT COLLAPSED.
AND THEN IT WAS REALLY WHO, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY WAS IT? WAS IT HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROLS DISTRICT OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S RESPONSIBILITY? BOTH FINANCIALLY AND THEN THE, THE MAINTENANCE.
AND SO IT WAS, THE PARTICIPATION BREAKDOWN WAS WHAT WAS IN QUESTION MULTIPLE TIMES.
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CALLS WITH HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, MYSELF, MS. ALVARADO, I'M SURE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DR. O'BRIEN.
AND SO IT, IT WAS A VERY CONTENTIOUS
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ISSUE FOR THE CITY.UH, OUR, OUR TAKE WAS THAT WE WANTED AN IMPROVED DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE WILL END UP WITH.
AND SO IT, IT CERTAINLY BENEFITS THE CITY SYSTEM ITSELF, BUT THE PARTICIPATION WAS WORKED OUT BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HARRIS COUNTY, AND THE OUTCOME IS, IS WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE.
AND THEN WE WILL MAINTAIN A NEW NEWLY DEVELOPED SYSTEM, AND THAT'S THE BENEFIT THAT WE BELIEVE FOR THE CITY.
AND SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, SOME, SOME ALL PLAYERS DIDN'T GET THE GET, THEY DID NOT GET TO PLAY ON THE, UH, ARTIFICIAL TURF LAST YEAR.
THAT WAS DISAPPOINTING, WHICH I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
UH, BUT THE TURF IS NOW LAID, THE, UH, THE LINE WILL BE ABANDONED AND, AND IT WILL BE BACKFILLED AND, AND TO PREVENT FUTURE COLLAPSE.
AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE TIMELINE THAT WE ALL WANTED, UH, FOR OBVIOUSLY FOR THE, UH, FOR THE BALL PLAYERS, UH, UH, BUT, BUT IT IS A GOOD COLLABORATION THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN MULTIPLE ENTITIES WITH THE GOOD OUTCOME FOR OUR CITIZENS.
SO THAT IS KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE, I GUESS, OUTCOME, UH, MS. VAR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT TOOK PLACE.
NO, AND AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
I MEAN, I, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD, UM, A GOOD VIEW OF YOUR, UH, INTERGOVERNMENTAL, UM, COMMITTEE WORKING TOGETHER.
AND THEN I, I REALLY CREDIT A LOT TO THE BOOSTERS AND THE PARENTS WHO, WHO KEPT AT IT.
UM, WE RECOGNIZED THE ISSUE, BUT I THINK HAVING THEM INVESTED IN IT, AND I KNOW THAT THE KIDS WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY COULDN'T PLAY, BUT, UM, I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET TO THIS POINT AND GET THE WORK STARTED ON IT.
SO, OKAY, SO NOW I GUESS WE'LL MOVE, WE'LL MOVE, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND FOR ITEM FIVE A.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Consulting Services Agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., for the Robert E. Lee High School Drainage Re-Route Project.]
B, WHICH IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH IT, WHICH WOULD BE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE B, WHICH IS THE SERVICES CONTRACT.TO, TO DO THIS PROJECT, MOVE, APPROVE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[a. Receive and discuss a presentation from Ms. Shana Lopez, Waste Management Public Sector Solutions Manager regarding the City of Baytown solid waste and recycling program.]
SIX, A RECEIVING DISCUSS PRESENTATION FROM MS. SHAUNA LOPEZ, WASTE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTIONS MANAGER REGARDING THE CITY OF BAY TOWN SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING PROGRAM, MR. SEMINO.SO, UH, UH, JUST LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, MS. SHANNON LOPEZ.
SHE'S, UH, THE BAY TOWN'S, UH, MANAGER FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT HANDLES OUR TRASH AND RECYCLING.
AND, UH, SHE'S, SHANNON'S GONNA GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE RECYCLING PROGRAM.
SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN FOREVER.
UM, BUT UH, JUST BEFORE I GET INTO TALKING ABOUT RECYCLING, I JUST WANNA THANK COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS FOR HANGING WITH US OVER THESE LAST FEW MONTHS WITH COVID.
UM, THE INCREASED TONNAGE THAT WE'VE SEEN JUST WITH THE DEMAND OF PEOPLE BEING AT HOME.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT MORE GARBAGE THAN NORMAL AND, UM, IT'S KIND OF DELAYED SOME OF OUR ROUTES.
IT'S CHANGED HOW WE DO BUSINESS FROM HOW WE PUT OUR STAFF TOGETHER IN THE MORNINGS TO HOW WE HANDLE THEM WORKING ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.
SO IT HAS TOTALLY CHANGED THE VISION OF WHAT WE DO TO PICK UP GARBAGE.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR HANGING WITH US, BEING PATIENT.
I KNOW SOME NIGHTS THERE WAS REALLY LATE NIGHTS AND HOPEFULLY, UM, THE HOLIDAYS COMING UP, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE AGAIN, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF GARBAGE OUT THERE.
SO I'LL GET STARTED WITH THE RECYCLING PRESENTATION.
UM, FOR THOSE OF THAT YOU DON'T KNOW, UM, PRETTY MUCH THREE YEARS AGO WE'VE GOT FACED WITH A CHALLENGE OF CHINA SAYING WE ARE NOT GONNA ACCEPT RECYCLING THE WAY WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
AND THAT IMPACTED OUR ENTIRE BUSINESS OF HOW WE HANDLE RECYCLE MATERIALS.
UM, CHINA PUT SOME STRINGENT, UH, POLICIES IN PLACE AND BASICALLY SAID, COME 2020, WE ARE NOT GONNA ACCEPT YOUR MATERIALS.
AND LOOKING NOW BACK ON THE, THE YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD, LUCKILY THOSE THINGS DID HAPPEN AND WE HAD SOME PRE-WARNING IN 2017 BECAUSE WITH COVID IT WOULD'VE DEFINITELY TAKEN A TOLL IF THIS WOULD'VE JUST HIT ALL OF A SUDDEN.
SO FROM 2017 TO BASICALLY 2020, WE LOOKED AT DOMESTIC MARKETS TO WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THE RECYCLED MATERIALS THAT WE'RE TAKING FROM THE HOMES, THE BUSINESSES, AND CHANGE THE MARKETS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SEND THE MATERIALS TO CHINA.
UM, WITH THAT CONTAMINATION WAS A BIG PART OF THAT BECAUSE CHINA SAID, YOU KNOW, UP UNTIL 2020 WE WANNA SEE 0.5% CONTAMINATION OR LESS.
AT THAT TIME, BACK IN 2017, WE WERE SEEING ABOUT 25% CONTAMINATION.
SO IT WAS KIND OF LIKE RED LIGHTS WENT OFF, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH MOVING IT FROM 25% TO 0.5%? SO THERE WAS A LOT OF EDUCATION THAT TOOK PLACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO TRY TO REALLY EDUCATE FOLKS ON WHAT TO KEEP OUT OF THE RECYCLING, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S GONNA GET REJECTED OR THE COSTS WERE GONNA GO UP
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TO TAKE THE MATERIALS OUT THAT WE COULDN'T SEND BECAUSE WE WERE GONNA HAVE THESE REJECTED LOADS.SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE WITH RECYCLING OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SO SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST RECYCLERS IN NORTH AMERICA.
AND SO, UM, 2019 IT WAS CLOSE TO 3.5 MILLION TONS OF RECYCLED MATERIAL.
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, A PERCENTAGE OF THE WHOLE MARKET AND TAKING IN, TAKE CHINA OUT OF THE LOOP, AND NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE DOMESTIC MARKETS.
IT TAKES TIME, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO SAY THAT THEY ARE GOING IN DOMESTIC MARKETS TODAY.
AND THAT HAS DEFINITELY HELPED WITH COVID BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THAT WOULD'VE LOOKED LIKE IN 2020 HAD WE NOT CREATED SOME OF THESE DOMESTIC MARKETS TO SAY, WHERE ARE WE GONNA MOVE THESE PRODUCTS? SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TO ENHANCE THAT IS TECHNOLOGY.
SO AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR MATERIALS GO INTO THE TRUCK, THEY'RE ALL COMMINGLED WITH DIFFERENT RECYCLABLES.
SO YOUR GLASS, PLASTICS, CARDBOARD, THE WHOLE WORKS WHEN IT COMES TO US, WE HAVE TO SEPARATE THOSE MATERIALS AND SOME OF THAT STUFF IS TRASH.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THAT 25% AND REALLY LOWERING THAT.
SO WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES TO SAY, HOW CAN WE DO A BETTER JOB OF TAKING THE GARBAGE OUT OF THE MATERIAL SO THAT WE'VE ENHANCED OUR MURPHS, WHICH WE ARE, UM, MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE US HERE IN HOUSTON.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DO AN UPGRADE.
WE HAVE THREE FACILITIES HERE IN HOUSTON WHERE THE MATERIALS GO.
SO THAT WAS THE BIG, BIG THING IS HOW DO WE INCREASE THE TECHNOLOGY? THE SECOND IS, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE MARKETS? CREATING THAT DOMESTIC DEMAND.
WE START TALKING TO THE COKES, THE PEPSIS, ALL OF THOSE COMPANIES THAT MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, PLASTICS IN, IN MIND, GLASS IN MIND, AND HOW DO WE GET PAPER MILLS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO MOVE THE PRODUCTS.
AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE EDUCATION, IT IS A MUST BECAUSE CONTAMINATION IS THE BIGGEST CAUSE OF THE COST FACTOR THAT'S REALLY CHANGING THE WHOLE MARKET.
SO IN TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS ALONE, UM, WE SPENT ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS LOOKING AT WHERE CAN WE DO TO DO THESE INVESTMENTS AND THEN HOW DO WE DUPLICATE THESE ACROSS THE US? SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THREE MURPHS HERE, SO HOW DO WE TAKE THAT MATERIAL AND NOT SAY, HEY, I'M GONNA START FROM THE GROUND UP.
BUT WE DO IN THOSE ENHANCEMENTS THAT GET US TO THE MURPHS OF THE FUTURE.
AND SO BESIDES THERE'S ADDITIONAL FOLKS THAT MAN THOSE LINES OF THE MATERIALS COMING IN, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH OPTIC SORTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT REALLY USE THE ROBOTS TO MAKE IT THE LEADING OF THE TECHNOLOGY SO THAT WE'RE GETTING THE MOST VALUE OUT OF THE MATERIALS THAT YOUR RESIDENTS ARE TRYING SO HARD TO RECYCLE.
SO, UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MARKET.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT COMMODITIES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY DROPPED OFF WAS THE COMMODITY.
SO THREE YEARS AGO, THE COMMODITY MARKET WAS 50% HIGHER THAN IT IS TODAY.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE COST HAS GONE UP TO DO THE TECHNOLOGY, TAKE OUT THE CONTAMINATION, BUT ALSO THE DROP IN COMMODITY PRICING.
SO THAT WAS A DRASTIC CHANGE COMING THREE YEARS AGO SAYING, OKAY, IN THE PAST WE'VE GOTTEN REBATES, WE'VE GOT ALL THIS BECAUSE OF RECYCLED MATERIAL, AND NOW THAT'S GONE AWAY.
SO HOW DO WE CHANGE THAT? SO THE COST OF RECYCLING ACTUALLY COSTS MORE THAN SENDING GARBAGE TO THE LANDFILL.
THAT WAS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE, BUT THERE'S ALL KINDS OF FACTORS WITH COMMODITY VALUE CONTAMINATION THAT WASN'T SO MUCH HEAVILY LOOKED AT IN THE PAST.
UM, ANOTHER THING, 80% OF THE PAPER AND CARDBOARD WAS ACTUALLY, UM, SOLD IN NORTH AMERICA MARKETS CURRENTLY COMPARED TO 63% THREE YEARS AGO.
SO WE'RE CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE'RE CHANGING THOSE MARKETS.
WE STILL HAVE SOME BUSINESS IN INDIA, BUT CHINA IS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE MIX.
SO I TALK HEAVILY ON CONTAMINATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I NEED YOUR HELP.
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUR RESIDENTS.
MAYBE THERE'S TOWN HALLS, MAYBE THERE'S HOA MEETINGS, BUT THAT'S REALLY THE BIG PART THAT YOUR RESIDENTS TAKE A KEY PART IN HELPING US TO ELIMINATE THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONTAMINATION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRODUCTS THAT SHOULD NOT COME TO THE RECYCLE, WHETHER IT'S WET MATERIALS, WHETHER IT HAS LIQUIDS, UM, GET BACK TO THE BASICS OF THOSE PROGRAMS
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THAT WE CAN SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.WE WANT THE PAPER PRODUCTS THAT ARE DRY AND CLEAN.
WE WANT THE PLASTICS, WE WANT THE GLASS, BUT LEAVE OUT, YOU KNOW, THE SODA CAN THAT'S FULL OF COKE.
MAKE SURE YOU DUMP IT OUT BEFORE YOU PUT IN THE RECYCLE BIN.
WE NEED HELP WITH THAT EDUCATION MATERIAL TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE AND KEEP THIS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR RECYCLING? UM, IT'S BEEN A GLOBAL INDUSTRY IMPACT.
EVERYONE IS COMPETING FOR THE MARKET.
AND SO THAT, SO, SO IS THAT SUPPLY CHAIN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT OF HOW DOES IT IMPACT, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE A CHANGE? UM, AGAIN, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S NOT GONNA GO AWAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY TO KEEP UP WITH THE PACE.
THERE ARE SO MANY MATERIALS THAT COME TO THE MARKET THAT WE HAVE TO CHANGE TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENT MATERIALS.
IF YOU LOOK FROM THE PACKAGING MATERIALS, WHEN YOU BUY ANYTHING AT THE GROCERY STORE TODAY, IT MAY LOOK LIKE ONE THING, BUT NEXT WEEK THEY'VE CHANGED THE WHOLE PACKAGING.
SO NOW OUR OPTICS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT, TO RECOGNIZE IT AS A CERTAIN MATERIAL THAT IS RECYCLABLE.
SO THAT'S ONGOING CHALLENGE AND IT'S NOT GOING AWAY.
SO AGAIN, HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE TO THE RESIDENTS ON RECYCLE? RIGHT? RECYCLE OFTEN, OF COURSE WE HAVE A WEBSITE, BUT IT'S REALLY BACK TO THE BASICS OF SAYING, HEY, IS IT PLASTIC CANS, PAPER, CARDBOARD? IF IT DOESN'T FALL IN THOSE CATEGORIES, KEEP IT OUT.
AND REALLY OUR MOTTO IS, IF WITHIN DOUBT, DON'T PUT IT IN THERE.
DON'T SECOND GUESS, DON'T WISH RECYCLE.
MAKE SURE IT'S ONE OF THOSE BASICS.
IF YOU SEE SOME STRANGE MATERIALS BAGS, PLEASE DO NOT PUT THOSE IN YOUR CONTAINERS.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DRIVE, IS KEEP THE CONTAMINATION LOW SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO RECYCLE AND THE COST JUST DOESN'T KEEP GOING UP BECAUSE WE'RE CONSTANTLY TAKING MATERIAL OUT AND HAVE TO LANDFILL IT.
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE GARBAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO I KNOW I WENT THROUGH THAT QUICKLY, BUT, UM, I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS AND ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE ON RECYCLING.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOUR WHOLE PROGRAM IS WORKING FOR YOUR RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING, UM, FOR THE FUTURE OF BAYTOWN.
THANK YOU MA'AM FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I GUESS, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.
UH, I BROUGHT THIS UP, UH, UH, I GUESS A FEW MONTHS AGO.
AND ONE QUESTION I HAD IS IT WAS RECENTLY, UH, I DON'T KNOW, 60 MINUTES HAD A, A THING ON RECYCLING, UH, WHICH INVOLVED, UH, CEOS OF PLASTIC COMPANIES AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING IN AMERICA WITH OUR RECYCLING PROGRAM.
ONE THAT CONCERNED ME WAS THAT, UH, WE WERE PUTTING A LOT OF RECYCLING MATERIAL ON A, A BARGE AND SENDING IT OVER TO CHINA AND CHINA'S ONLY JUST TAKING IT OUT THERE SOMEWHERE OUT ON LAND AND JUST DUMPING IT OUT THERE AND NOT EVEN RECYCLING ANY OF IT.
AND, AND I THINK I'VE ASKED YOU THIS QUESTION ONCE BEFORE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? ARE WE A PART OF THAT PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GOING OVER TO CHINA AND THEY'RE JUST DUMPING IT ON THE GROUND? WE ARE OUT OF CHINA.
OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT SENDING THE PLASTICS.
THE OTHER THING THAT, UH, THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IS, UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, WE DO MORE EDUCATION ON OUR PART AND ON OUR PART.
I MEAN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PART IS THERE SOME WAY WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF EDUCATION PROGRAM ON CHANNEL 16 THAT EXPLAINS SOME OF THIS ON HOW WE RECYCLE, UH, THE BAGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM KROGER'S AND HEB
AND, AND, BUT YOU SEE THAT STUFF ALL THE TIME.
I SEE MY NEIGHBORS PUTTING IT IN THERE.
SO IS THERE SOME WAY WE CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF PRESENTATION ON CHANNEL 16 THAT EXPLAINS THAT? I THINK IT WOULD.
NOTWITHSTANDING, I THINK, WAS THAT SANTA JUST CAME IN HERE? SANTA'S NOT THAT BIG.
WHAT WAS THAT? OH, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
NEVERTHELESS, UM, I THINK THAT WE COULD ALSO LEVERAGE SOME, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, AND UH, I'LL, I'LL GET WITH YOU TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME MATERIALS SENT OUR WAY THAT WE, UH, PUBLIC AFFAIRS COULD, UH, PROBABLY, UH, MAGNIFY THE, UH, THE REACH, UH, THE MESSAGING SO THAT WE CAN, WE COULD GET THAT WORD OUT.
WELL IT, YES, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FREE TIME.
IT DO WHAT? I THINK YOU HAVE SOME FREE TIME COMING IN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, AND, AND ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE VALUE THAT WE'RE GETTING ON THIS RECYCLED PROGRAM AND THE MATERIALS THAT'S GOING IN TO BE RECYCLED IS EFFECTIVE.
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AND FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND WHAT WE'VE INVESTED IN THIS, IT'S WELL WORTH THE VALUE MORE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE, UH, THE MATERIAL GOING TO BE RECYCLED RATHER THAN SEEING IT IN THE STREETS OF BAYTOWN IS, UH, WHAT BAYTOWN LOOKED LIKE 15, 20 YEARS AGO.WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN THE STREETS, IT'S A WHOLE LOT CLEANER THAN IT WAS BACK THEN, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR WASTE MANAGEMENT, WHETHER IT'S GARBAGE OR THE RECYCLING.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I WAS, I'M GLAD YOU COME HERE TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THAT AND HOPEFULLY Y'ALL WOULD HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TOO ON WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH IT.
LOOSE PLASTIC BAGS FROM WHEREVER, STUFF LIKE THAT, KROGER.
OH, WHY KROGER? WHY CANNOT, I MEAN, HOUSEHOLDS HAVE SO MUCH OF LOOSE PLASTIC.
WHY, WHY NOT? IF THEY CAN GO BACK TO THE STORES
BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY COME IN WITH ALL YOUR OTHER RECYCLABLE MATERIALS? THEY GET TANGLED IN AND THEN THEY GET INTO THE ACTUAL MACHINERY OF OUR, THE CONVEYOR BELTS.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, THEY'RE SO THIN AND THEY GO IN THE WRONG LINE.
SO THEY ACTUALLY ADD CONTAMINATION TO YOUR CARDBOARD, TO YOUR PLASTICS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY THE SAME MATERIAL.
SO THEY'RE JUST NOT SORTABLE AND THEY CAUSE A LOT OF, THEY'LL SHUT DOWN THE WHOLE ME.
SO IT'S TECHNOLOGY ISSUES THEN.
THE BAG IS RECYCLABLE, BUT THEY ARE RECYCLABLE IF THEY'RE, IF THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE CONTAINED.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHY Y'ALL COULDN'T TAKE IT.
'CAUSE YEAH, THERE'S SO MUCH OF THAT GOING IN THE LANDFILL.
THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE, IF YOU, IF IF WASTE MANAGEMENT, IF Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL HAVE A VIDEO, MAYBE A STOCK FIELD THAT WE COULD AIR, THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, I KNOW ON, ON THE RECYCLE BINS THERE'S SOME EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL ON IT ALREADY.
SOME OF IT MAY HAVE AGED AND WORN OFF.
SO MAYBE WE WANNA LOOK AT SOME OF THAT IF Y'ALL HAVE, IF Y'ALL COULD PROVIDE US SOME UPDATED MATERIALS, MAYBE SOMETHING REALLY SIMPLE OF WHAT SHOULD BE IN THIS AND WHAT SHOULD NOT.
UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF MY SUGGESTIONS.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, I'VE BEEN IN THE MURF IT WAS YEARS AGO.
IT IS, IT'S VERY INTRIGUING, THE PROCESS WITH PUFFS OF AIR AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT TAKE PLACE TO TRY TO SORT THROUGH, UM, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY THE CONTAMINANTS OF, OF THE SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING.
UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN COUNCIL TO GO AND, AND TRY TO TRY TO SEE IT.
IT IS INTERESTING, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT.
UM, I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT IS BAYTOWN AS FAR AS COMMUNITIES IN THE HOUSTON AREA AS FAR AS OUR RECYCLING PERCENTAGE.
UH, AT ONE TIME WE WERE NUMBER ONE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S STILL THE CASE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE I DO SEE A LOT OF RECYCLE BINS OUT ON THE CURB.
SO WITH CONTAMINATION, UM, WE SEE ROUGHLY BETWEEN 20, 25% IN THAT KIND OF RANGE FOR BAYTOWN.
OF COURSE THAT FLUCTUATES HERE OR THERE, BUT THAT'S REALLY THE KEY IS BECAUSE 2025, OUR GOAL IS TO GET IT TO 10%.
SO IF WE START NOW WE HAVE FIVE YEARS TO SAY HOW DO WE REALLY WORK AND EDUCATE? AND AS I WAS SITTING, LISTENING TO OTHER ITEMS, ONE OF THE THINGS IS HOW DO WE GET INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS? HOW DO WE HIT AND TARGET THOSE KIDDOS THAT ARE COMING UP, THAT ARE GOING HOME, THAT ARE TELLING MOM AND DAD DON'T PUT THAT IN OR DO THIS OR THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE PUTTING THE MATERIALS IN.
WE CAN ALL USE THE DIFFERENT AVENUES TO EDUCATE.
THOSE ARE ALL, UM, TOPICS THAT WERE DISCUSSED WHEN WE, WHEN WE FIRST WENT TO CURBSIDE RECYCLING.
UH, MY QUESTION WAS FOR WHAT IS BAY TOWN'S PARTICIPATION AS FAR AS RECYCLING COMPARED TO OTHER COMMUNITIES AT ONE TIME? THEY'RE ABLE TO KIND OF GAUGE WHERE WE ARE AT COMPARED TO OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
SO I WOULD SAY ROUGHLY, UM, YOU PROBABLY ARE IN THE 60 PERCENTILE, YOU KNOW, UH, OR 60% OF RESIDENTS ARE RECYCLING.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE PUTTING IT OUT EVERY WEEK.
SOME FOLKS MAY PUT IT OUT EVERY OTHER WEEK.
WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE GONE TO EVERY OTHER WEEK.
UM, BUT YOU'RE ROUGHLY AROUND THAT 60% OKAY.
AND THAT DOES HELP TOO, IS HOW DO WE GET MORE PEOPLE TO DO IT BECAUSE THEN IF WE ARE, THEY'RE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY AND INCREASED VOLUMES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANNA DO.
UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A, THE NICE BIN AND EVERYTHING'S CONTAINED IN IT.
AND UM, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK ON AS WELL, IS HOW DO WE ENTICE PEOPLE.
BUT BAY TOWN'S THE BEST RECYCLER IN THE HOUSTON AREA, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO HEAR.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING NUMBER ONE.
OKAY, SO ANY OTHER QUESTION? YES.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR US TO SCHEDULE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME VISIT A MURPH? YOU NAME THE DAY AND I'LL HAVE IT.
WE WILL, WE'LL WE WILL ARRANGE.
SO THAT'S, WE'LL CONSIDER THE PRESENTATION RECEIVED.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
[7. 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.]
AGENDA WE HAVE ITEMS A THROUGH[01:20:02]
DOUBLE B AND SO POOL A PLEASE.WHAT WAS THAT? POOL A PLEASE SEPARATE.
ALRIGHT, SO HAVE ITEM A TO BE PULLED.
ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I GUESS ITEM B THROUGH DOUBLE B.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM B THROUGH DOUBLE V, B SECOND.
ALRIGHT, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONSENT, UH, AS PRESENTED OTHER THAN ITEM A, PLEASE SAY, UH, PLEASE.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, NOW WE WILL
[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Supplement to the Section 212 Agreement with Enterprise Products Operating, LLC, for the Brine Pond 5 and 6 Property and removing such properties from Industrial District No. 2.]
CONSIDER ITEM SEVEN A.MR. HOSKINS, UH, I NEED SOMEBODY ELSE I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM.
ALRIGHT, SO ITEM A WILL BE CONSIDERED, UH, SEPARATELY, OBVIOUSLY, UM, DUE TO MR. HAWKINS EMPLOYMENT, UH, WITH THE PARTICIPATING ENTITY HERE, HE CANNOT PARTICIPATE.
I'M, I'M ASSUMING HE FILED THE APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN A AS PRESENTED, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN, MOVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ARE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM AS PRESENTED? PLEASE SAY AYE.
OF THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPOINTMENTS.
[a. Consider five (5) appointments to the Sign Committee.]
WE HAVE ITEM EIGHT A CONSIDER FIVE APPOINTMENTS TO THE SIGNED COMMITTEE.MS. BRI, YOU'RE GONNA GET MAD AT ME, BUT, UH, I HAVE TO LOOK THEM UP BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THEY'RE, OH, I DO DO EITHER THREE.
MR. CHET THI AND IT LOOKS LIKE MRS. MELODY GA.
WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES, BUT WE ALWAYS PUT A TOTAL OF FIVE JUST IN CASE ONE MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP.
SO, SO WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE THREE REAPPOINTMENTS.
UH, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS TO BE, UH, REAPPOINTED.
THE SECOND WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND, UH, FOR THE THREE, THREE NAMED INDIVIDUALS.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[b. Consider four (4) appointments to the Planning and Zoning Commission.]
WE ARE SEEKING, IT LOOKS LIKE A REAL ESTATE APPRAISER AND A PERSON THAT IS IN THE SIGNED BUSINESS.IS THAT CORRECT? ALRIGHT, WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT B.
WE HAD, UH, GIVE BROUGHT FORTH FOUR, UM, NAMES FOR REAPPOINTMENT.
HOWEVER, UH, THE APPOINTMENT FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR WILL BE DIFFERENT.
SO WE HAVE, UH, MR. CARNE FOR DISTRICT SIX, WE HAVE, UH, MS. DONNA WINFREY AS A CITY MANAGER'S REAL ESTATE APPOINTMENT.
MR. MITCHELL PIERCE IS DISTRICT TWO AND FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR, I DON'T WANNA MISPRONOUNCE HIS NAME BELOW.
ALRIGHT, SO YOU HAVE THAT ONE, UM, ONE NAME AS SUBMITTED, UH, FROM DISTRICT FOUR AND I'M ASSUMING, SO DISTRICT SIX, YOU'RE GOING TO APPOINT DISTRICT? CORRECT.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I THINK YOU, YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE NAMES, UM, AS PRESENTED.
SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS PRESENTED FOR THESE FOUR.
UM, WELL, THERE'S THREE FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT AND ONE FROM THE CITY MANAGER, WHICH I'M ASSUMING HE'S STILL KEEPING THE SAME WITH MS. WINFREY.
AND SO WITH THAT WE'D OBTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR THOSE FOUR NAMES SUBMITTED PROOF.
SECOND, SECOND MOTION, SECOND QUESTION, COMMENTS, NOT, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE HAVE ITEM
[c. Consider the confirmation of one (1) City Manager appointment to the Civil Service Commission.]
EIGHT C CONSIDERED A CONFIRMATION OF ONE CITY MANAGER APPOINTMENT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.THIS IS A REAPPOINTMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT FOR MS. JULIE DE LA TORE AND, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
I GUESS I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONFIRM THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE APPOINTMENT, PLEASE SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? WE HAVE MANAGER REPORT.
[9. 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.]
JUST A FEW KUDOS TO, TO SEND OUT.FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA RECOGNIZE THE HEROICS OF OFFICERS, JEREMY STEVENS AND JUAN NAVARRO, WHO WERE ON HAND RECENTLY AT A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE AND ACTUALLY WE'RE INSTRUMENTAL IN SAVING, RESCUING A FEMALE OCCUPANT.
AND SO WE WANNA SALUTE THEM FOR THEIR, THEIR BRAVERY, THEIR COURAGE, AND, UH, I'M SURE THEY, THEY'LL GET SOME OTHER ATTABOYS, UH, FROM THE CHIEF THAT, THAT'S THE THUMBS UP.
UH, BEN STRONG, UH, SENT A KIND NOTE RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF PUBLIC WORKS.
DEAN SEALS, MR. TRONS PARENTS' HOME ON OK HOLLOW WAS EXPERIENCING SOME SEWER ISSUES.
I KNOW WHEREWITH, THEY, UH, THEY SPEAK WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT SEWER ISSUES AND MR. TRON REPORTED THAT BEN QUOTE TOOK OWNERSHIP AND THERE WAS NEVER A PUSHBACK.
HE STATES THE JOB WAS COMPLETED SATISFACTORILY IN A TIMELY MANNER AND THIS WAS DURING THE THANKSGIVING BREAKS.
WE SALUTE ALEXANDRIA CONWAY OF 9 1 1, UH, OF OUR 9 1 1 CENTER FOR BEING NAMED SILENT HERO.
UH, THIS IS AN AWARD THAT SHE RECEIVED BY THE GREATER HARRIS COUNTY 9 1 1.
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ANNUAL AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A TELECOMMUNICATOR AND RECOGNITION OF HER EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND WHOSE DAILY PERFORMANCE IS AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS.SO JOIN WITH ME IN COMPLIMENTING HER ACHIEVEMENT.
JUST A QUICK, A COUPLE OF QUICK THANKS.
FIRST OF ALL, UH, BRIAN, UH, UH, JUSTLY TOOK A, TOOK A LITTLE, UH, BOW FOR THE, UH, THE SCENIC, UH, CITY AWARD.
THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I THREW AT HIM AND I SAID, HEY BRIAN, I LIKE THIS AWARD.
CAN YOU MAKE THAT HAPPEN? AND HE DID.
IT TOOK SOME TIME AND I COMPLIMENT HIM FROM DOING THAT, BUT I JUST WANNA REITERATE AND BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
HE WAS, HE'S ALSO BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION FOR MORE THAN $4 MILLION OF CARES, UH, RELATED MONEY.
SO, UH, THAT IS A, THAT IS A BIG ACHIEVEMENT FOR US.
SO, TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE MY ENTIRE OPINION ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
NO, HE KNOWS I'M A FAN, SO, UH, JUST SALUTE HIM FOR THAT.
JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT HIM ON THAT.
RJ DAVIDSON HAS RECENTLY BEEN ENCOURAGING OUR ENTIRE STAFF TO ADDRESS BANDIT SIGNAGE.
HE RECENTLY CHAN CHALLENGED THE STAFF TO PICK UP THE SIGNAGE THROUGH A CONTEST.
AARON AND, AND JULIO BOTH FROM IT CAME OUT ON TOP.
BUT, UH, REALLY RJ IS MARSHALING THE RESOURCES OF EVERY CORNER OF OUR ORGANIZATION TO CLEAN UP BLIGHT, HIS SIGNAGE.
AND ONCE AGAIN, UH, BRIAN GETS A LITTLE PICTURE OF EVERY BAND OF SIGN I I SEE M PULL AND HE GETS TO MAKE THE PHONE CALLS THAT I DON'T WANT TO MAKE REMINDING THE INDIVIDUAL THAT THESE ARE ILLEGAL.
SO, UH, THAT'S AFTER OUR WHOLE STAFF.
UH, YOU PROBABLY NOTICE IT'S, IT IS BEEN A, A GREAT IMPROVEMENT OVER YEARS PAST AND THIS IS BECAUSE ALL OF US ARE JOINING IN, UH, TO TRY TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION.
SO MAYOR COUNCIL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MISS CITY MANAGER.
[10. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM 10 A.SO WE WILL NOW RECESS IN THE CONVENIENCE AND EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 9 0 7, 1 OF THE TEXAN GOVERNMENT CODE TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY'S ATTORNEY REGARDING SHORT, SHORT TERM RENTALS.
SO I'LL NOW RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO BEING THAT BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED ALL POSTED AGENDA ITEMS, UH, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.