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SO I'LL CALL THIS, UM, WORK SESSION ON THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
[a. Receive an update on Community Engagement initiatives.]
HAVE ITEM, UH, ONE A, RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES, UH, MS. MARTIN.THANKS SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME PRESENT TO Y'ALL TONIGHT.
I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UPDATES ON THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
UM, I'M GONNA TRY AND GO, YOU KNOW, SIDE TO SIDE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK AS WE GO.
SO, I'M GONNA COVER SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, LIKE OUR PODCAST, UH, VOLUNTEERING, BAYTOWN, ENGAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, STARTING WITH OUR PODCAST.
SO OUR PODCAST STARTED IN END OF MAY, BEGINNING OF JUNE.
SO OUR FIRST COMMUNITY LED PODCAST.
WE'VE HAD 19 EPISODES, 21 GUESTS, AND AROUND 1400 DOWNLOADS.
WE'VE HAD GUESTS FROM NONPROFITS, FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS SO THAT WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PROJECTS.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 2021.
WE'VE HAD SOME, A FEW VOLUNTEER PROJECTS HAPPEN, UM, LAST FALL.
ONE IS OUR PARKS PAINTING, PARK PAVILION PAINTING, UM, OUT AT ROSELYN.
THIS IS, UH, A PARTNERSHIP TO KIND OF UNIFY THE WAY THE PARKS ARE LOOKING AND HAVE THE, SO THEY HAVE ALL THE SAME PAVILIONS.
UM, PROJECT FOR OUR STUDENT LED, UM, ORGANIZATIONS.
WE'VE HAD, UM, ALMOST A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS AT THESE EVENTS.
OUR NEXT EVENT WE HELD WAS THE BASE HOME NATURE, UM, BUTTERFLY GARDEN CLEANUP.
WE HAD AROUND A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS.
THIS, THIS PROJECT KIND OF GREW.
WENT FROM A BUTTERFLY GARDEN CLEANUP TO ALSO A RANGER GARDEN AND COASTAL CLEANUP.
'CAUSE WE HAD SO MUCH INTEREST.
UM, WE BROUGHT IN A LOT OF INTEREST FROM LARGER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CHURCHES AND EXXON.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A FEW SCHOOL GROUPS AS WELL.
ANOTHER UPDATE, UM, I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU IS A STORM DRAIN ART.
SO WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT.
WE WERE GONNA OPEN A CALL FOR ARTISTS, AND WE DID THAT.
WE RECEIVED AROUND 20, UM, APPLICATIONS OR DESIGNS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THE PUBLIC ART VISIONING COMMITTEE HAD A TOUGH TIME NARROWING IT DOWN.
A LOT OF THEM WERE FROM LOCAL ARTISTS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE.
AND TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SNEAK PEEK, IF I CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE, HERE ARE THE THREE DESIGNS THAT WERE CHOSEN.
THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE PAINTED THIS SATURDAY AT BERGRON PARK.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE START ABOUT NINE O'CLOCK, SO IF YOU WANNA COME BY IN THE AFTERNOON, OR MAYBE SUNDAY OR MONDAY, UM, TO TAKE A LOOK, UM, THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETED.
TWO OF THESE ARTISTS ARE ACTUALLY LOCAL TO BAYTOWN AND ONE'S FROM HOUSTON.
UM, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO INCORPORATE AN ECOLOGICAL MESSAGE SO THAT WE COULD KIND OF HELP, UM, PROMOTE NOT PUTTING ANYTHING DOWN THE DRAIN BESIDES WATER.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE LIKE, KEEP OUR WATER CLEAN.
ONLY RAIN DOWN THE DRAIN, THE OCEAN STARTS HERE.
OUR TEEN ROUNDTABLE WILL START UP NEXT WEEK.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS, UM, TO KIND OF REVITALIZE THE YOUTH ADV, UM, ADVISORY COMMISSION.
WE DID ACTUALLY OPEN UP APPLICATIONS, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF SEE WHO WAS INTERESTED.
AND WE HAD OVER 50 APPLICATIONS.
SO THEY FILLED OUT THEIR APPLICATION AND THEN DID A ZOOM INTERVIEW, WHICH FOR SOME OF THESE KIDS WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE EVER DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, THEY'RE SUPER PASSIONATE, WHICH MADE ME REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS TOO.
UM, A LOT OF THEM CARE A LOT ABOUT POLITICAL LITERACY, GETTING INVOLVED, UM, SEEING HOW LIKE BEHIND THE SCENES WORKS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAVE A LOT PLANNED FOR THEM.
AND YOU'LL PROBABLY GET TO MEET THEM.
WE'RE THINKING END OF APRIL, BEGINNING OF MAY.
OUR CIVICS ACADEMY HAS KIND OF TRANSFORMED.
THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT, IT WAS A CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
AND WE'VE MOVED MORE TOWARDS CIVICS BECAUSE WE REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON CREATING CONNECTIONS WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
FROM A LOCAL GOVERNMENT STANDPOINT, WE'RE THINKING IT'LL BE A THREE TO FOUR MONTH PROGRAM, UM, CURRICULUM.
WE WILL KIND OF INCLUDE THE SAME THING THAT THE TEEN ROUNDTABLE DOES WITH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
WE WANNA DO SOME DEPARTMENT SPEED DATING WHERE THEY LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING, AND THEN SOME BEHIND THE SCENES TOURS.
REALISTICALLY, THIS WOULD WORK GREAT IN A POST COVID WORLD, UH, OR POST VACCINE, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO START MAYBE ADVERTISING IN MARCH.
UM, ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS IN APRIL, MAY-ISH.
AND, AND GETTING STARTED THIS SUMMER.
BAYTOWN ENGAGE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROJECTS FROM THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
UM, IT DID LAUNCH ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, AND IT NOW HAS
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12 PROJECT PAGES, AND WE'VE HAD OVER 8,000 UNIQUE VISITORS TO THE PAGE.SO IT'S GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
ONE OF THE SUCCESS STORIES FROM BAYTOWN ENGAGE REALLY IS OUR BAYWAY CORRIDOR STUDY PLAN.
WE HAD OVER 2000 VISITORS TO THIS PAGE ALONE, AND WE RECEIVED A TON OF FEEDBACK FROM THE, UM, THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH 350 SURVEYS AND OVER 200 DOCUMENTS WERE DOWNLOADED, MEANING THEY LEARNED MORE ABOUT WHAT THE STAKEHOLDERS WERE DOING, WHAT THE COMMITTEES WERE DOING, WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING.
AND THEY REALLY ENGAGED AND LEFT US THEIR FEEDBACK.
WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO PROMOTE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ON BAYTOWN ENGAGE, WHICH IS TERRIFIC.
WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE TWO-WAY DIALOGUE WITH OUR RESIDENTS, WHERE OUR POINT OF CONTACTS OR PROJECT MANAGER MANAGERS ARE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO THE RESIDENTS.
AND IT REALLY STARTS TO BUILD TRUST WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
GARTH ROAD IS OUR MOST POPULAR PAGE,
UH, ON THE STREET PROJECTS COMING SOON TO BAYTOWN ENGAGE, THOUGH IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 2040 AS WELL AS THE IMAGINE BAYTOWN, THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO IT'LL ACTUALLY BE LIVE TOMORROW, SO GIVE IT A LOOK WHEN IT GOES LIVE.
THE EMPOWERMENT GRANT PROGRAM, PROBABLY MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE PROJECT, UM, THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO WORK ON.
THIS WAS A FIRST TIME DOING IT, IS OUR FIRST TIME DOING IT.
UM, AND WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON BUILDING CONNECTIONS WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND KIND OF CREATING LITTLE DROPS OF FROSTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE IT WASN'T GONNA DO A HUGE IMPACT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT WAS GONNA ADD TO THAT QUALITY OF LIFE AND THAT SENSE OF PLACE, AND REALLY BUILD THE COMMUNITY.
SO THESE GRANTS COULD BE, UM, OTHER FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.
BEAUTIFICATION, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, CONNECTING NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A FEW OTHER STIPULATIONS.
OUR APPLICATION IS DUE TOMORROW.
I'VE ALREADY HAD SEVERAL ROLL IN.
UM, BUT OUR LETTER OF INTENT WAS DUE AT THE END OF NOVEMBER.
AND THAT WAS A WAY FOR US TO KNOW WHAT, UM, WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE INTERESTED.
SO WE COULD GO IN AND DO MEETINGS WITH THEM AND REALLY SEE LIKE, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS,
WE HAD 14 NEIGHBORHOODS WITH 18 DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
SO WE DID A KIND OF A MIXTURE OF IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND VIRTUAL.
WE DID SOME WALK SHOPS, YOU KNOW, AND WE TRIED REALLY HARD TO REACH OUR RESIDENTS, BOTH THROUGH LIKE NEXT DOOR, UM, FACEBOOK GROUPS AS WELL AS WE, WE WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WE HIT THE GROUND, WE DID DOOR KNOCKERS, AND I PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL OF YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, TO HELP US, UM, GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THAT.
AND WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT TURNOUT.
SOME OF THE PROPOSED PROJECTS THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, LETTER OF INTENTS FOR WERE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCE SIGNS, REALLY BIG, LARGE SCALE PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SOME LANDSCAPING, KIND OF AN INTEREST IN DRAINAGE AND SIDEWALKS.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THE IDEA OF A COMMUNITY GATHERING OR A BLOCK PARTY WOULD BE GREAT, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE DO FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
IT'S JUST HARD RIGHT NOW WITH COVID.
SO, UM, THERE WASN'T TOO MANY OF THOSE THAT WERE, UM, INTERESTED IN PURSUING AN APPLICATION FOR THAT.
BUT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE, WE'RE GONNA, UM, RECEIVE ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS TOMORROW.
THE COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THEM, UH, IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
AND I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THEM BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, MAYBE IN THE MIDDLE, DEPENDING ON, ON WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED WE'RE, I'M PLANNING TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND GET THEM GOING.
SO YOU'LL SEE THEM COMING PRETTY SOON.
THE BIGGEST THING THOUGH, THAT I REALLY WANNA TALK ABOUT IS HOW HAVING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR AND BEING ABLE TO DO THIS JOB, WE'VE MADE SO MANY CONNECTIONS OUTSIDE OF JUST WITH THE RESIDENTS.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT DEPARTMENTALLY TO GO INTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING OR THEIR PARK OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING AND PROBABLY ONE OF MY OTHER FAVORITE THINGS.
I HAVE A LOT OF FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT THIS JOB,
SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHERE THAT'LL TAKE US IN 2021, UM, BETWEEN THE PARTNERSHIPS, DEPARTMENTALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COUNTY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I ALSO HAVE MY CONTACT INFO HERE.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MARTIN OR ANY COMMENTS? UM, I HAVE A COMMENT.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT I PARTICIPATED IN TWO OF THE MEETINGS, UM, WITHIN, UM, TWO OF MY NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH OF THE WORK THAT, UM, SABRINA HAS DONE WITH THE TEAM.
AND WE EVEN ADOPTED A NEW MEMBER AT, IN, UM, WEST BAYTOWN CIVIC ASSOCIATION BECAUSE THEY'RE NEW PART-TIMER.
MIGUEL LOPEZ LIVES IN WEST BAYTOWN.
SO WHEN HE WAS IN THE MEETING, WE'RE LIKE TAKING HIS NUMBER DOWN
SO, UM, WE, WE'VE ENJOYED HAVING THE TWO MEETINGS, AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THESE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS COULD PERHAPS GET OUT OF THE GRANT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND CREATIVITY THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THIS ROLE.
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BEEN REALLY EXCITING TO SEE HOW Y'ALL HAVE DEVELOPED THIS.UM, THE ONLY PIECE OF FEEDBACK I WANTED TO GIVE IS, I SURE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM EVOLVE TO WHERE WE'RE NOT CONNECTING VOLUNTEERS JUST WITH, UM, LIKE PARKS PROJECTS, BUT ACTUALLY CONNECTING THEM WITH RESIDENTS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE.
UM, 'CAUSE EITHER THEY HAVE FREQUENT CODE VIOLATIONS AND THEY EITHER DON'T HAVE THE MEANS OR THE PHYSICAL ABILITIES TO FIX THEM THEMSELVES.
AND I SURE WOULD LOVE IF WE COULD IDENTIFY THOSE FREQUENT FLYERS, UM, AND CONNECT CHURCH GROUPS AND THE EXXON GROUPS WITH THEM, AND, UM, HELP THEM WITH WHATEVER THEIR EXTERIOR OR, UM, SA YOU KNOW, LIFE SAFETY ISSUES OR LANDSCAPING ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE.
AND I THINK IT'D BE A WIN, NOT ONLY FOR THEM AND THE VOLUNTEERS, BUT JUST OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TO HELP THESE PEOPLE ADDRESS THEIR OWN ISSUES AND, AND JUST EVOLVE IT.
UM, NOT SO MUCH WITH, UM, I GUESS PARKS OR CITY FACILITIES BECAUSE I MEAN, WE, WE DO HAVE A REALLY COMPETENT AND, UM, GOOD STAFF THAT DOES A GOOD JOB WITH THOSE THINGS.
BUT I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO THEY NEED HELP AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY TO HELP THEM AND BEAUTIFY OUR AREA AT THE SAME TIME.
DEFINITELY WE CAN, UM, DEFINITELY EXPLORE THAT.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME ROOM THERE TO EXPLORE.
OVERALL, I'M REALLY HAPPY AND I'M, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH YOU ON A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS TOO, AND, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.
I ATTENDED ONE OF THE MEETINGS AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
AND, UH, I, I SHARE THE SAME FEELING.
I THINK IT'S A, A GREAT PROGRAM.
UM, I GUESS THE ONLY THE ONLY COMMENTS I'LL MAKE IS, IS I'M HAPPY TO SEE WE ARE, UH, ENGAGING WITH NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, I KNOW RECENTLY, I THINK THE COUNTY, THEY REACHED OUT TO US.
THEY, THEY WANT TO GET KIND OF THEIR COUNTY, SOME OF THEIR COUNTY STAFF ALSO TO KIND OF PARTNER WITH US.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STAYING TO THEMSELVES.
AND SO NOW GOVERNMENT HAS TO GO OUT AND, AND, AND ENGAGE.
AND SO I THINK WE WERE AHEAD OF THE CURVE.
COVID HAS CERTAINLY PRESENTED US EVEN, EVEN, UH, HAS BROADENED THE NEED EVEN MORE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S BEEN GREAT FOR, FOR THE PROJECTS AND, AND THE THINGS YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING TO FRUITION FOR NOW.
UM, BUT, UH, WE, YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG WITH ENGAGING YOUR COMMUNITY, GETTING THEIR INPUT.
AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE, UM, I'M HOPING THAT THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE OR, UH, EMPOWERMENT GRANTS THAT WE COULD GROW THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE IT WORKS GETS OUT AND, AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND IT'S, I'M SURE IT'S A LEARNING CURVE FOR US TOO.
BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY, UM, FOR REALLY A VERY SMALL INVESTMENT TO IMPROVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, AND SO SOMETIMES THIS IS THOSE INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE MAKE ACROSS OUR CITY THAT REALLY IMPROVES, UH, REALLY HOW WE APPEAR, UH, IN, WITHIN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT, I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, SO THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I, I WILL SAY JUST ONE THING.
IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT, THAT, UH, JAMIE AND I SAT AT A, A RESTAURANT AT NORA'S THAT HAS THE PAPER TABLECLOTH, YOU KNOW, AND I NEVER PUT CRAYONS IN FRONT OF JAMIE 'CAUSE SHE'LL MAP OUT THE WORLD.
AND, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS CONCEPT OF, UH, WHAT WE CALL COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT.
UH, SABRINA, YOU'RE AN ENTIRELY THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS JOB.
THIS IS SO MUCH IN YOUR WHEELHOUSE AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE, THE LEADERSHIP OF JAMIE WHO JUST AS SHE'S DONE WITH THE LIBRARY, ALL I WANT HER TO DO IS GO OUT AND DO THE SAME THING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, WORKING WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE LIKE SABRINA, APPRECIATE NICK'S LEADERSHIP ALSO OVER THESE PROGRAMS. AND I THINK WE'VE ONLY SCRATCHED THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
[b. Receive and discuss an Emergency Management Update.]
MOVE ON TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.I SEE LESS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TALK ON EACH ONE, BUT, AND THIS IS, EVERY OUNCE IS MUCH FUN AS COMMUNITY AND ENGAGED.
I WISH I HAD HER ENTHUSIASM THOUGH.
UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS 2009.
WE DID A LAST YEAR, DID A, A PRESENTATION ON 2019.
JUST BASICALLY BRING US UP TO WHERE WE WERE FROM HURRICANE HARVEY.
AND WE'VE MADE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THEN, BUT WE'VE CONTINUED TO BUILD UPON THOSE.
AND BETWEEN ACTIVATIONS AND COVID AND SOME OTHER THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON, WE'VE MADE SOME MORE PROGRESS THIS YEAR.
UH, I'M JAMIE, UH, THE MERCHANT MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.
THIS IS DAVID ALAMIA BACK HERE.
HE, HE HANDLE HANDLES THE PLANNING SIDE OF IT AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
AND WE KIND OF SPLIT UP THE DUTIES A LOT.
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UH, SHELTERS, THAT WAS A BIG THING.UH, IN THE PAST, UH, WE, WE HAVE UPDATED THE PLANS AND, UH, OPERATION GUIDELINES TO INCLUDE COVID.
THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT FEMA AND THE STATE PUSHED OUT AND RED CROSS PUSHED OUT EARLY ON BACK IN BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON.
AND WE IMPLEMENTED THOSE INTO OUR PLANS.
AND, UH, WE'VE ALREADY PRINTED UP THE POSTAGE, THE SIGNAGE AND EVERYTHING TO PUT IN, UH, FOR SHELTERS, UH, TO DIRECT FOLKS AS THEY COME IN FOR THOSE NEEDS.
WE, WE COORDINATED WITH FAITH AND FAMILY CHURCH DOWN ON NORTH MAIN AND WE'RE WAITING ON THEIR AGREEMENT TO BECOME A SHELTER FACILITY.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HOST ADDITIONAL SHELTER OPERATIONS TRAINING.
AND AS WE GO ALONG AND, AND SOME OTHER THINGS, THERE'S OTHER PREPS WE'VE DONE FOR SHELTERS.
UH, THE EVACUATION HUB IS THE SAME LOCATION ORIGINALLY.
IT USED TO BE AT THE MALL, BUT WE KNOW THAT'S AN ISSUE NOW WITH THE NOT, UH, BEING ABLE TO GET OUT THERE.
BUT WE USED, UM, THE CHURCH ON MAINE ACROSS FROM FAITH AND FAMILY.
DAVID AND I HAD THIS DISCUSSION.
UH, BUT THAT WILL BE OUR EVACUATION HUB FOR NOW.
AND WE'VE ALREADY, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
WE WENT IN AND WE PURCHASED SOME NEW, UM, EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE IT ON, DEPLOY IT PRETTY QUICK.
SOME, SOME CAR, UH, SOME TABLETS TO READ THE WRISTBANDS THAT THE STATE HAS ISSUED US TO GET 'EM INTO THE STATE SYSTEM MORE EFFICIENT AND MAKE THAT PROCESS GO A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
UH, DISASTER SUPPLY WAREHOUSE, UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE TASKS I WAS GIVEN WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD.
UH, IT'S PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED.
WE STILL FIND THINGS THAT WE PUT OUT THERE, UH, COORDINATED WITH COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES TO CLEAN OUT OLD STORAGE SITES AND RETAINED SOME BLUE TARPS.
THEY CLEANED OUT, UH, SOME BUILDINGS OVER, UH, PROBABLY OCTOBER OVER OFF OF LEE DRIVE.
AND COME TO FIND OUT, WE HAD OVER 300 ROLLS OF BLUE TARPS IN THERE THAT WERE PUT IN THERE AFTER HURRICANE IKE PLUS ANOTHER 200, UH, I DON'T KNOW, 500 COTS OR SO.
SO ALL THAT, IF ALL THAT STUFF THAT WE COULD SALVAGE IS NOW IN OUR WAREHOUSE AND INVENTORY.
SO AT THIS TIME IN OUR WAREHOUSE, WE HAVE NEARLY A THOUSAND COPS FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS.
WE WORKED WITH RED CROSS, THEY HAVE STAGED SOME EQUIPMENT OUT THERE AS WELL.
PLUS EVERYTHING WE HAD IN THOSE CONEX BOXES BEHIND THE EOC HAS BEEN MOVED OUT THERE.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH LOGISTICS CHIEF CHIEF ROBERTS TO PALLETIZE MORE OF THIS STUFF AND ALREADY HAVE IT WRAPPED.
SO ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PUT IT IN A TRAILER AND MOVE IT.
AND WE KIND OF TESTED THAT DURING HURRICANE LAURA AND IT WORKED FAIRLY WELL.
PLANNING AS EVERYTHING'S BEEN GOING ON WITH COVID, WE'VE BEEN ABLE, WE KEEP UP WITH OUR, OUR ANNEX UPDATES AND OUR ADVANCED LEVEL OF PREPAREDNESS.
UH, WE'VE DEVELOPED A HURRICANE ANNEX, HAZARD ANNEX, AND WE'VE A ADD SOME TIMELINES TO THAT AS A RESULT OF INPUT FROM STAFF DURING, AFTER HURRICANE LAURA, LAURA AFTER ACTION REPORT.
AND THAT'S BEING CREATED, UH, DISASTER FINANCE AND CO COST RECOVERY ANNEX.
AS WE'RE DOING THINGS, WE'RE ADDING THEM TO OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ANNEXES AS APPENDIXES, UH, CREATED, UH, UH, LONG-TERM RECOVERY PLAN.
THAT IS ONE THING THAT CAME OUT AS A, WITH THE STATE AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE HARVEY.
AND THEY HAVEN'T SET THE, SET IT IN STONE YET.
I KIND OF LOOK FORWARD IT TO HAPPENING AT THIS LEGISLATURE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT, THAT PLAN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE ELIGIBLE FOR CDBG FUNDS IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE THAT IN PLACE.
UM, DEPARTMENT, UH, CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLAN.
THAT WAS SOMETHING WE HAD PLANNED ON DOING AND WE WERE PUSHING IT OUT.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT PUSHED OUT AT THE SAME TIME COVID DID.
BUT I WOULD SAY THANKS TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, WE WORKED WITH THEM, WE HAVE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS NOW HAVE A CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLAN FOR THEIR DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN COMING UP FOR THIS YEAR, THE OTHER ANNEXES THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON TO, UH, KEEP OUR ADVANCED LEVEL PREPARED, PREPAREDNESS, COMMUNICATIONS, SWIFT REACH, UH, UPDATED THE CONTACT LIST AND THE WARNING ZONE MAPS.
THE MAPS ON AND SWIFT REACH NOW COINCIDE WITH THE OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS.
SO IF WE ACTIVATE THAT SIREN WE HAVE, WE CAN, WE'LL SET IT UP TO WHERE THOSE ZONES, WHERE THAT SIREN IS AUTOMATICALLY GET THE SWIFT REACH CALL FOR A SHELTER IN PLACE, UH, UPGRADED THE SIREN, UH, COMPUTER AT AT, AT THE EOC.
WE HAVE THE SYSTEM NOW SET UP WHERE DAVID OR I BOTH CAN ACTIVATE THE SIRENS AND ISSUE THOSE MESSAGES FROM OUR, FROM OUR PHONES.
SO NOBODY HAS TO BE RIGHT THERE TO ACTUALLY DO IT.
UH, WE, WE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT THE RADIO STATION.
WE WE'RE STILL TWEAKING ON THAT.
WE, WE MADE IT DIGITAL NOW WE UP UPGRADED SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT AND WE WERE ACTUALLY HAVING A DISCUSSION THE OTHER DAY HOW WE COULD UTILIZE THAT IF WE GET A MASS VACCINATION SITE HERE, HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THE AM RADIO STATION TO HELP PEOPLE GET THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE, THE PROCESS IN PROGRESS.
WE'RE STILL WORKING, UH, WITH THE BAYTOWN AMATEUR RADIO CLUB FOR THEIR, UM, MEMORANDUM
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OF UNDERSTANDING AND CONTINUE TO PLAN TO IMPROVE SYSTEMS AND NOTIFICATION PROTOCOLS.WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, ALL THE SYSTEMS WE USE.
WE, AND ONE OF OUR GOALS WAS TO GET A LOT, ALL OF THEM, PRETTY MUCH ALL INTEGRATED.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT THIS PAST YEAR, BUT WE DID DO, UH, A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK.
UM, THEN WE DID ANOTHER ONE JOINTLY WITH CITY OF MONT BELVIEW AND CHAMBERS COUNTY.
AND I DID ANOTHER ONE FOR THE BAYTOWN AREA COMMUNITY ADVISORY PANEL.
WE PARTICIPATED IN THE MASS DISTRIBUTIONS WE HAD FOR RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THIS YEAR WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THE SAME THING WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE INCLUDING SOME MAILER, UH, SOME INFORMATION IN THE UTILITY BILLS TO HELP HIT MORE PEOPLE AS WE GO ALONG THROUGH THE YEAR.
AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO ON WEBSITE ENHANCEMENTS, WE'LL DO AS WELL.
UH, WE HAD RECEIVED A URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE GRANT FOR $80,000 TO DO TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS.
WE ADDED A NEW WEATHER STATION, UH, REPLACED THE ONE THAT WAS OUT THERE THAT WASN'T WORKING.
AND WE'VE ADDED SOME BACKUP SYSTEMS IN, IN, IN THERE.
SOME, UH, DISPLAY SYSTEMS THAT WE CAN SHARE DEPENDING ON WHO THE CARRIER WAS.
SOME FOLKS HAD DIFFICULTY WITH CELL PHONE COVERAGE IN THE EOC.
SO WE ADDED A BOOSTER IN THERE.
UH, ALL THE, ALL THE LAPTOPS, ALL THE COMPUTERS AT THE, AT THE STATIONS HAD BEEN REPLACED WITH LAPTOPS, WITH DUAL SCREENS.
AND WE COMPLETELY REDID THE POLICY GROUP ROOM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
IT'S A BIG SMART BOARD CONFERENCE, PHONE, NEW FURNITURE, AND IT'S EASIER TO WORK IN NOW.
AND WE USE THAT QUITE OFTEN RIGHT HERE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S YOU AND RICK AND THE LOWER ACTIVATIONS.
YEAH, WE WERE THERE A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR.
ACTIVATIONS AS WE FINISHED OUT 2019, WE ROLLED INTO 20 AND THEN WE HAD JANUARY SEVERE WEATHER, OF COURSE, PANDEMIC, UH, TROPICAL STORM CRYSTAL BALL.
THE PLANNED DEMONSTRATIONS THAT WE HAD GOING ON IN THE CITY, TROPICAL STORM, HANNAH, HURRICANE LAURA, TROPICAL STORM BETA, AND HURRICANE DELTA WERE ALL THE ONES WE EITHER MONITORED OR WE ACTUALLY ACTIVATED THE STAFF FOR TO OPERATE THE EOC.
AND WHEN I TALKED ABOUT HURRICANE LAURA, I WAS TALKED ABOUT THE COTS.
CHIEF ROBERTS WENT OUT AND LOADED THE COTS.
WE HAD ALREADY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEIR SHELTER PARTNERS.
HE WENT OUT TO THE WAREHOUSE, LOADED THEM IN A TRAILER.
THEY WERE SITTING IN FRONT OF, OUT BY THE EOC READY TO DEPLOY SHOULD WE ALREADY NEED IT.
AND THAT WAS TWO DAYS BEFORE WE, WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA HAVE SOME LANDFALL.
COVID, UH, IS TIMELINE ON THE LEFT OF, OF WHEN WE DID THE DECLARATION FOR THE CITY.
THE STATE'S DECLARATION, THE PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER DECLARATION.
THE COUNTY ISSUED THE STAY AT HOME ORDER IN MARCH.
UH, TEXAS DID AN OPEN TEXAS ORDER.
UM, THE VACCINE END USER AGREEMENTS THAT ARE IN PLACE NOW WITH SOME OF THE FACILITIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY GIVEN THE VACCINES.
UH, IN, IN DECEMBER, I BELIEVE, CHIEF, I DON'T RECALL, BUT I THINK I MAY STILL BE PENDING, BUT WE HAD SIGNED UP FOR IT THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE THE HIGH HOSPITALIZATION ROLL BACK JUST RECENTLY WHEN THEY WENT TO THE, THE PERCENTAGE FOR THE 15 DAYS.
UH, WE MONITOR, WE WORK WITH FIRE ON THE MS. TRANSPORTATION, KEEPING UP WITH THE TEST SITES, UH, PPE ACQUISITION AND, UH, ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO COVID.
AS FAR AS FUNDING, WE, UH, RICK CREATED A A A COVID-19 TASK FORCE.
MY BRIAN, UM, UH, OVER HERE, MYSELF AND SOME OTHERS WITH THE CITY SET ON IT.
UH, CRF FUNDING FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY FUNDS CRF FUNDING FOR, UH, CHAMBERS OR CHAMBERS COUNTY PORTION, WHICH WAS A DIFFERENT OPERATION BECAUSE THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH THE STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND THEN CDBG, UH, CORONAVIRUS FUNDS.
SO ALL THOSE FUNDS WERE ACTIVATED.
AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING SOME FUNDS ALREADY ON THE HARRIS COUNTY AND, UH, FINANCE CHECK WITH THE STATE YESTERDAY.
AND IT'S IN, THEY'RE REVIEWING OUR STUFF THERE TOO.
SO THAT IS CERTAINLY MOVING ALONG 2020.
HURRICANE SEASON, WE HAD 30 NAMED STORMS. 12 OF 'EM HIT THE US COAST.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, MAJORITY OF 'EM HIT LOUISIANA.
SO, UH, WE, WE WERE, AND, AND RICK DID NOTICE, I GOT A LITTLE EXCITED WITH HURRICANE LAURA
SO WHEN I SEE A CATEGORY FIVE BEATING DOWN ON US, SO, BUT WE, WE FARED WELL.
WE, WE LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS THAT WE, WE ARE GONNA BE IMPLEMENTING IN THE FUTURE.
UH, JUST, I'VE ALREADY STARTED SEEING SOME PREDICTIONS FOR 2021.
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LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.I'M SEEING NUMBERS OVER 20 STORMS. BUT EVERYTHING IS FROM EAST OF LOUISIANA AND UP TO EASTERN SEABOARD SO FAR.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO SEE HOW EL NINO FORMS UP AND SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER NEW TOURNAMENT, SOME OSCILLATIONS, SOMETHING I I'VE LEARNED ABOUT AND THAT THAT COULD FORM UP IN, IN EFFECT.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FOR 2021 TRAINING AND EXERCISES.
FORTUNATELY WE DID ALL, I LIKE DOING ALL OUR EOC TRAINING AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TRAINING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
SO WE HAD IT ALL KNOCKED OUT BEFORE COVID HIT.
UH, WE DID THE, UH, COMPUTER AID MANAGEMENT OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, REALLY A HAZMAT, UH, TYPE PROGRAM.
AND YOU, YOU CAN USE THE TOOL, THOSE TOOLS FOR OTHER THINGS FOR PLANNING, UH, THE INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE.
I TAUGHT THE FEMA INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE, WHICH WAS GONNA ALLOW US TO GET SOME MORE INCIDENT COMMAND INSTRUCTORS IN THE AREA.
THE EOC FINANCE ADMINISTRATION TRAINING.
SEVERAL OF US JUST WENT TO IN CONROE BACK IN DECEMBER.
AND THEN MYSELF AND A COUPLE OTHER INSTRUCTORS IN THE AREA TAUGHT THE NEW INTERMEDIATE EOC FUNCTIONS COURSE, UH, FOR, FOR FEMA IN THE STATE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE NEW REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE NEW NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CRITERIA EXERCISES.
WE PARTICIPATED IN THE HURRICANE LA CURB WORKSHOP WITH THE STATE, UH, A RED CROSS VIRTUAL HURRICANE EXERCISE, TEXAS VIRTUAL VACCINE EXERCISE.
WE PARTICIPATED EXXON'S JOINT INFORMATION CENTER, FUNCTIONAL EXERCISE.
AND THEN RECENTLY LA IN DECEMBER, EXXON BP'S FULL SCALE EXERCISE.
AND WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING THE INCIDENT COMMAND 3 0 400 CLASSES COMING UP AND THE IMPLEMENT THE NEW ROW, NEW ROW VIRTUAL TRAINING SYSTEM.
I TALKED TO THE STATE ABOUT IT AND FEMAS NOW START TO USE THAT.
BUT THEN TODAY ON A CONFERENCE CALL, THE STATE IS ACTUALLY GONNA USE THIS SYSTEM NOW.
SO MY APPLICATION IS PENDING TO BE A VIRTUAL INSTRUCTOR FOR THE STATE.
SO WE CAN START DOING SOME OF THESE COURSES ONLINE THROUGH THIS SYSTEM.
AND IT'S, IT'S A REALLY GOOD SYSTEM.
I PILOT, I'VE, I'VE SAT THROUGH SOME COURSES THAT, THAT FEMA AND THE STATE SET ON JUST TO SEE HOW IT WORKED.
AND THEN WE'LL DO SOME DISCUSSION BASED EXERCISES AND WORKSHOPS, STANDARDS IN ACCREDITATION.
WE MEET THE, THE STATE STANDARDS, UH, TDM 10 AND 1 0 1 COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING GUIDE 1 0 1.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM.
DAVID WENT THROUGH THE CLASS UP AT FEMA EMI LAST YEAR.
AND THEN I'M GOING THROUGH THE ONLINE VERSION, UH, THIS MONTH.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING WE'LL LOOK AT DOING.
AND SOME OF IT TIES INTO WHAT SANDRA WAS TALKING ABOUT, A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THAT THAT WILL COME INTO PLAY, UH, AS WE PURSUE THIS.
AND THEN WE STILL HAVE OUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM READY PROGRAM.
UH, WE DID THREE PUBLIC EDUCATION OUTREACH EVENTS, NINE EOC ACTIVATIONS, UH, 10 PLANS UPDATED, 16 CUSTODIAL CARE FACILITY PERMITS APPROVED.
AND AS OF TODAY FOR 2021, WE HAVE, THEY'VE ALL RENEWED THEIR PERMITS MINUTES.
UH, TRAINING, UH, WE ATTENDED 22 TRAININGS AND INSTRUCTED EITHER INSTRUCTED AND HOSTED 25 LEPC IN INDUSTRIAL MEETINGS, ISSUED 84 SITUATION REPORTS, UH, PARTICIPATED IN 117 DRILLS AND EXERCISES CONDUCTED OR ATTENDED.
AND THESE CONSISTS OF A LOT OF THINGS.
OUR PHONE, OUR EOC TEAM TEST CALL LIST, A LOT OF THINGS.
UH, 255 PARTNER MEETINGS WITH THE STATE, COUNTY AND FEDERAL PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, UH, 621 INDUSTRIAL NOTIFICATIONS.
AND THAT'S JUST NOT INDUSTRIAL IN BAYTOWN IS OTHER THAT WE SUBSCRIBE TO.
AND THEN 894 WEATHER NOTIFICATIONS.
UH, OUR PRIORITIES FOR THIS COMING YEAR CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND COVID RESPONSE AND LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO EXPAND THE EOC.
THAT'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION AS WE'VE ACTIVATED.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ROOM.
SOMETIMES WHEN WE ACTIVATE EVERYBODY THERE, ESPECIALLY SLEEPING QUARTERS AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
PLANNING, UM, WE'RE, THE STATE IS LOOKING AT OR GOING TO REQUIRE IN THE FUTURE US TO GO FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ANNEX FORMAT TO EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.
AND WE'LL BE TRANSITIONING THOSE PLANS AS WE GO ALONG TO DO THAT RECOVERY.
UH, FINALIZE THE DISASTER FIN RECOVERY, FINANCE RECOVERY PROCESSES.
WE'RE LOOK, WE'RE LOOKING ACTUALLY DOING THAT RIGHT NOW TO LOOK AT, UH, MAPPING OF THE RECOVERY PROCESS TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT CITYWIDE AND UPDATE THE DEBRIS, CONTRACTS AND DEBRIS PLAN.
WE'RE WORKING WITH PROCUREMENT ON THAT AND COORDINATE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR OPEN DISASTERS.
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RECOVERY, FORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE TWO, BUT TWO LARGE PROJECTS LEFT OPEN.AND THAT'S, IT IS GOING ALONG PRETTY GOOD.
UH, LOOK AT EAP ACCREDITATION MITIGATION, UH, WORK.
UH, WE'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANY, UH, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN OUR TRAINING AND EDUCATION, WE'LL CONTINUE TO PURSUE THAT.
UM, UPGRADING MASS NOTIFICATION WARNING SYSTEMS AS NEEDED AND SECURE.
WE'RE WORKING ON SECURING THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT, WHICH THE CITY WAS IN.
I THINK THEY ENDED IN 2015, BUT WE'LL GO BACK INTO IT.
AND THEY'LL REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
BASICALLY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL YOUR BENEFITS FOR YOUR STAFF IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
ANYBODY HAVE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? YES, I'VE GOT ONE.
DO WE HAVE ANY SHELTERS LOCATED NORTH OF I 10 OR PLANS OF HAVING ANY NORTH OF I 10? DAVID? UH, THE ONE FACILITY WE DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH, WHICH IS THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE MEMORIAL.
AND SO WE USE THAT AS OUR SIXTH SHELTER FOR EMPLOYEES.
WELL WHAT ABOUT SHELTER? JUST FOR RESIDENT? JUST TO REPEAT THAT IN THE MIC.
YEAH, HE NEEDS TO COME TO THE MIC.
THE SHELTER HE'S, HE MENTIONED WAS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT WE'RE USING THAT MOSTLY FOR, UH, CITY EMPLOYEES.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVEN'T SOLIDIFIED ANYTHING UP THERE, BUT CERTAINLY WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, GROWTH THAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE MM-HMM.
WE'RE GONNA NEED CERTAINLY LOOKING THAT.
'CAUSE THAT'S BEEN ON OUR RADAR, BUT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE HAS KIND OF WENT OVER HERE.
MA LET ME, LET ME JUST COMMENT REAL QUICK ON, ON COUNCILMAN, UH, JOHNSON'S COMMENT.
UM, I, I THINK THAT KIND OF STEMS FROM, UM, MY CONCERN WOULD BE WHEN, UH, LIKE WHEN, WHEN A CAT FIVE, LET'S JUST SAY A CAT FIVE AGAIN IS APPROACHING THERE, THERE'S SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE, UM, IN, IN STRUCTURES THEY MAY NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE IN FOR THAT TYPE OF STORM.
AND SO, UH, I THINK IT'S, UM, IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO TRY TO IDENTIFY A HARDENED FACILITY IF WE WORK WITH GOOSE CREEK OR LEE COLLEGE OR WHOEVER.
UM, TO HAVE IT HAS TO, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE A STORM RIDE OUT FACILITY FOR, FOR, 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT IT COULD BE A MOBILE HOME OR IT COULD BE JUST A STRUCTURE THAT IS NOT, NOT HARDENING ENOUGH FOR THAT TYPE OF STORM.
SO I KNOW IT'S HARD, BUT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING AND, AND, AND IT'S GONNA BE LOOKING AT, WE WILL BE WORKING, WE'LL WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS.
'CAUSE JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS REAL QUICK, SOMETHING QUICK THAT WE COULD SET UP.
MAYBE BE OUT TOWARDS CROSBY HIGH SCHOOL.
I MEAN, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN WE KNOW A STORM IS COMING AND WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE 96, 72 AND 48, ALL, ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THOSE TIME TIMELINES WHEN A STORM IS APPROACHING.
BUT WHEN SOMETHING DEVELOPS, WHEN IT'S 48 HOURS OR LESS, IT, IT REALLY, REALLY PUTS US IN A BAD SPOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE EVACUATING MM-HMM
AND, AND THEY HAVE THE MEANS TO DO THAT.
BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T, UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON, UM, HAVING A HARDENED FACILITY IDENTIFIED TO BE ABLE TO, TO AT LEAST FOR THE STORM ITSELF, UM, I HOPE WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT.
AND, AND THAT CERTAINLY CONCERNS ME 'CAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION LAST YEAR DURING ACTIVATIONS, BUT WE SAW WAY TOO MANY STORMS THAT RAPID INTENSIFIES, THEY WERE MAKING LANDFALL.
WELL, AND IT, IT'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, UM, I DIDN'T LEAVE THE OOC UNTIL THE LAST STORM MADE LANDFALL.
AND SO JUST, JUST TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH, BECAUSE WHEN A STORM IS A HUNDRED MILES OUT OFF THE TEXAS COAST, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S HEADED TOWARD FLORIDA, I STILL, I'M STILL NOT COMFORTABLE UNTIL IT HAS MADE LANDFALL SOMEWHERE.
AND SO, UM, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO, TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF, UM, UM, STRUCTURE FOR A RIDE OUT OF A STORM IS, IS, IS, UM, I THINK, UM, IF WE CAN DO IT, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO PARTNER WITH SOMEBODY WE'LL DO.
UM, BACK ON THE PAGE WHERE YOU HAD THE APPS OR THE SYSTEMS THAT WE MONITOR, I DIDN'T SEE THE CARE APP ON THERE.
ARE WE STILL IT'S MONITORING'S PART OF THE EMERGE SYSTEM.
IT'S THE WHAT? IT'S PART OF THE EMER SYSTEM.
AND I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S MONITORED BY A DIFFERENT UMBRELLA, BUT, UM, WE HAD A RECENT INCIDENT, THEY HAD SOME OPERATIONAL ISSUES OR WHATEVER, BUT THEY NEVER CAME BACK TO CLEAR IT, IT SHOWED UP UNDER THE CLEARED, BUT IT NEVER CAME BACK TO.
SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH AGENCIES LIKE THAT? WE, WE CAN TALK TO 'EM.
AND I THINK I KNOW WHICH ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
'CAUSE I HAD THE SAME CONCERN.
I WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DELAY OF, OF, OF THE NOTIFICATION.
BUT IT DID COME OUT, BUT IT CAME OUT LIKE FIVE DAYS LATER.
'CAUSE I KEPT WATCHING FOR IT AND IT NEVER CAME OUT.
AND IT MAY NOT, I KNOW I, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL ON IT MM-HMM
THROUGH, THROUGH THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
NOW WE'LL FOLLOW, WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT ALL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO.
I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE A LOT, SO APPRECIATE IT.
[c. Discuss any or all of the agenda items on the City Council Regular Meeting Agenda for January 14, 2021, which is attached below.]
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE C, WHICH IS DISCUSS ANY AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE ON OUR REGULAR, UH, SCHEDULED MEETING FOR THIS EVENING.[00:35:01]
GONNA TOUCH ON ONE IN PARTICULARLY THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, UH, DOCUMENT, UH, UH, COUNSEL IN YEARS PAST, UH, WE'VE SUBMITTED TO YOU, UH, PRIOR TO THE LEGISLATIVE, UH, SESSION, UH, THOSE PRIORITIES THAT AS AN ADMINISTRATION, UH, WE HAVE THOUGHT WERE MOST RELEVANT, UH, TO OUR CITY, UH, THAT WERE PROBABLY DEMANDED, UH, THE MOST ATTENTION FROM US, UH, IN THE COMING SESSIONS.SOME OF THESE HAVE NOT CHANGED, SOME OF THESE KIND OF BORDER ALONG MORE PHILOSOPHICAL STANCES THE CITY TAKES.
UM, AS I DISCUSSED, UH, THIS, THE FORMAT THAT I SUBMITTED TO YOU AND, UH, DISCUSSED, UH, OUR PRIORITIES WITH YOU DURING THIS WEEK OF VISITS, UH, MORE THAN A THAN A FEW OF YOU HAD, UH, SUGGEST.
I THINK FIRST CONVERSATION WITH, UH, WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BETTENCOURT, UH, SUGGESTED, UH, TWO THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, THAT, UH, PERHAPS WE COULD REFORMAT, UH, THESE PRIORITIES TO REFLECT MORE OF A, A, A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH TO VARIOUS IMPORTANT TOPICS IMPACT IN THE CITY.
AND NUMBER TWO, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO, TO DIGEST IT, THINK ABOUT IT, ASK QUESTIONS.
UH, PLEASE KNOW, ALTHOUGH IT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, TO ADOPT THESE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, I, I'M CERTAINLY FINE WITH, UH, YOU TAKE IT SOME TIME IN READING THIS NEW FORMAT AND THEN GETTING BACK TO ME, UH, THIS WEEK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ADDITIONS OR MODIFICATIONS, WHATEVER IT IS, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY IN TWO WEEKS WE'LL PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA AND, UH, AND ALLOW YOU TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THOSE.
IF, UH, IT IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, YOU CAN TAKE WHATEVER ACTION YOU FEEL APPROPRIATE.
BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU HAVE THAT LATITUDE AND, UH, WE'VE TRIED TO REFORMAT THIS TO KIND OF FIT WHAT I, WHAT I WAS TRYING, WHAT, WHAT I THINK I HEARD FROM EACH OF YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT YOUR PREFERENCE IS.
SO, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK, UH, FUTURE DISCUSSION.
AND OF COURSE, ADOPTION TIMELINESS IS NOT, UM, I MEAN, THEY HAVE, THE LEGISLATURE HAS UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF MARCH TO FILE BILLS.
THEY'VE BEEN FILING BILLS
UH, THE REAL ACTION DOESN'T, UH, START FOR A WHILE.
SO, BUT I WOULD STILL LIKE TO GET THIS, UH, FINISHED BEFORE THE END OF, UH, THE MONTH IF POSSIBLE, IF YOU'LL ACCOMMODATE THAT.
AND WITH THAT, UH, LEAVE IT TO YOU, MAYOR.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS LIST OR I GUESS THE NEW FORMAT? I GUESS I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT OR TWO.
SO I, I, FOR ME ANYWAY, I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'RE GIVING APPROVAL IN A VERY, UH, IN A, A VERY BROAD GENERIC FORMAT, SO TO SPEAK.
FOR ME, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS A LOT OF TIMES.
SO I MEAN, JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE EXAMPLE, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, IF, IF ONE OF US, OR, OR ALL OF US OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, WE'RE MORE INCLINED FOR PROPERTY TAX REFORM AS OPPOSED TO RELIEF.
AND IF THE LEGIS LEGISLATURE CAME UP WITH BETTER OPTIONS THAN, THAN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
I MEAN, HOW DO WE RECONCILE APPROVING SOMETHING IN SUCH A BROAD FORMAT WHEN YET THE DETAILS ARE YET TO BE PRESENTED? AND, AND WILL WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECONCILE THAT AND NOT SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, WHY DO YOU OBJECT NOW ON THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION WHENEVER YOU VOTED TO, UH, DO EVERYTHING THAT BENEFITS QUALITY OF LIFE? SO I, I, I JUST WANNA KNOW HOW WE RECONCILE THAT LATER ON AND IF WE'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO, THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY THE LEGISLATURE'S WORK.
IF THEY COME UP WITH A BETTER IDEA, UH, IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING, UH, WHETHER YOU CALL IT PROPERTY TAX REFORM OR RELIEF, IN TALKING WITH MOST OF YOU, IT SEEMS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'VE BEEN EARNEST IN WANTING TO GET SOME BURDEN OFF OF THE SHOULDERS OF YOUR RESIDENTS.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THE WAYS, SUGGEST WAYS TO DO THAT.
I THINK THAT WE'VE TALKED TOGETHER, AND I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT, UH, ON THIS BODY, LET ME KNOW IF YOU THINK SO, THAT, THAT, UH, DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT EXPANDING, UH, THE EXEMPTION AND ADDRESSING THE BASE, UH, ISN'T AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO IT.
WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA, UH, BY THE ADOPTION OF THIS, OUR CITY STANDS SUPPORTIVE OF, OF ANYTHING THAT PROVIDES PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO OUR RESIDENTS, UH, IN A WAY AND IN A, IN A MANNER THAT STILL
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ALLOW, ALLOWS US TO, UH, OPERATE CORE OR PROVIDE CORE SERVICES, WHICH IS THE FIRST THING THAT YOU HAVE UP THERE.BUT I, I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD FEEL THE BURDEN OF RECONCILING THAT LATER.
THERE'S A LOT TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE LEGISLATURE.
ALL YOU'RE DOING IS SAYING, HEY, HERE'S AN IDEA.
WE, WE HAVE A RECORD, A TRACK RECORD OF ADDRESSING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN WITH US IN THAT ENDEAVOR.
AND HERE, BY THE WAY, HERE'S ONE IDEA ON HOW YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND, AND I DON'T MEAN TO JUST PICK ON PROPERTY TAX RELIEF OR REFORM, I, THAT WAS JUST ONE EXAMPLE.
I MEAN, WHETHER IT'S DO WE PUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE BORROW MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, DO WE PUT THAT IN FRONT OF, I MEAN, THERE'S ALL A MYRIAD OF, OF ISSUES THAT MAY BE BE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY BE PRESENTED THE FUTURE, FUTURE DATE.
SO, AND THIS FORMAT ALLOWS YOU TO THAT LATITUDE WITHIN THESE, THESE BROADER CATEGORIES TO TAKE A STANCE THIS WAY OR THAT WAY AND STILL REMAIN WITHIN THE PHILOSOPHICAL DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED.
AND, AND I WOULD AGREE, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, WHEN RICK AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, THE, THE DAY I, I SAID MAYBE YOU PUT RELIEF SLASH REFORM REFORM MAY BE MORE IN THE, IN THE MANNER OF THE APPRAISAL PROCESS AND, AND OTHER STUFF.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALL PART OF, OF PROPERTY TAXES IN TEXAS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DO, I DO APPRECIATE, UM, RICK AND, AND OTHERS LISTENING TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, SPEAKING UP AND, AND VOICING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THIS, THIS LIST, UM, OF PRIORITIES.
UM, I LIKE THE APPROACH OF SAYING, THIS IS OUR PHILOSOPHY IN BAYTOWN.
THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA SEE.
THERE'S THOUSANDS OF BILLS THAT ARE FILED.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T WRITE, YOU KNOW, UH, A PRIORITIES LIST FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE.
BUT I THINK IT, I THINK FROM WHAT I READ HERE, IT DOES EXPRESS IN A SENSE, IN, IN, IN A KIND OF A, FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT IS, WHAT IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IN LEGISLATION THAT, THAT, UM, CERTAINLY SUPPORTS LOCAL CONTROL, MAINTAINING THAT, UH, AND ANYTHING THAT ERODES, UH, THE ABILITY FOR US TO GO AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES AS NEEDED, UM, IT'LL STILL ALLOWS US, THAT ALLOWS US THAT LATITUDE TO DO IT.
UH, I THINK WHAT WE HAD BEFORE WAS ALMOST ALMO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS EITHER WE OPPOSE THIS OR WE SUPPORT THIS.
THIS HERE I, I THINK IS A BETTER APPROACH.
OUR AUDIENCE IS MORE REALLY, IT'S, UM, IT'S STATE OFFICIALS.
SO WHEN THEY, WHEN THEIR STAFF OR THEY READ IT, THEY CAN UNDERSTAND AT LEAST WHAT, WHAT IS A COUNCIL AND WHAT IS A CITY ADMINISTRATION? WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE SEEKING? AND SO I THINK THIS MESSAGE IS A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE.
WELL, AND, AND I AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE I SAW THE EMAIL WITH THE, I GUESS THE CHECKLIST ITEMS AND THERE WERE SOME MORE SPECIFIC THINGS IN THERE THAT, JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF THAT I TOOK A LITTLE ISSUE WITH ON GIVING MY STAUNCH APPROVAL AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND, AND I DIDN'T FIND ONE OR TWO OR THE ONE OR TWO OF THOSE ITEMS ON THIS.
SO I DO LIKE THIS BETTER IN THAT REGARD.
AND, AND, UH, I THINK THE, THE FORMAT WE'RE TRYING TO USE, THE APPROACH WE'RE TRYING TO USE IS TO, TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE SUPPORT.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE IN FAVOR OF.
UM, AND BY THE WAY, NOT WITHSTANDING THAT THE CHECKLIST IS STILL VALUABLE BECAUSE THERE ARE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT ARE JUST, ARE GONNA BE DEVASTATING TO THE CITY IF, IF THEY WERE TO COME TO PASS.
AND SO THERE ARE ALWAYS, UM, I WOULD GUESS, UH, UH, DANGERS OUT THERE THAT WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH WITH 8,000 BILLS.
UH, THERE'S A GOODLY NUMBER OF THEM THAT COULD REALLY, REALLY IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS.
AND, AND WHEN THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED TO THE LEGISLATURE BEFORE AND, AND, AND BASICALLY THE ATTITUDE OF SOME NOT ALL IS THAT WE'RE COLLATERAL DAMAGE AND, AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT A GRANDER, YOU KNOW, UH, AND IN MIND.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO BE DEFENSIVE.
AND I, I DON'T HAVE TO GO VERY FAR EXCEPT SENATE BILL SIX, WHICH AS WAS WRITTEN, WOULD HAVE DEVASTATED OUR CITY, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT CUTOUT LANGUAGE FOR THE IDAS IN THERE, WHICH, WHICH REALLY PRESERVED US.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S MY BEST EXAMPLE.
AND, BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE KIND OF, UH, HIT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AGAINST THE STATE GOVERNMENT, AND I DON'T REALLY THINK, THINK THAT'S RIGHT ENTIRELY THE CASE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS, WHICH ARE ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND SOME OF THOSE CONSTITUENTS HAPPENS TO BE OUR VERY SAME CONSTITUENTS.
I MEAN, ON ONE HAND WE, WE HAVE THE, THE SAME PREROGATIVE AND WE'RE OUT TO BENEFIT THE SAME CONSTITUENCIES IN, IN A LOT OF MANNERS.
SO SOMETIMES THEY'RE SO EAGER TO HELP US, THOUGH.
I UNDERSTAND THEY END UP, UH, PERHAPS PUTTING US IN DANGER THAT MAYBE THEY DIDN'T INTEND TO DO.
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AND THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD TO THAT IS THAT, UM, MY, MY RECOMMENDATION IS FOR NOT, OBVIOUSLY THIS SESSION IS, IS WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING HERE SOON.BUT, UM, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, IS THAT, THAT WE ASSEMBLE A, PROBABLY A THREE COUNCIL MEMBER LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, PROBABLY LATE SUMMER TO GO WORK WITH STAFF, WORK WITH, UH, WITH SOME INFORMATION AND, UH, AND THEN DEVELOP THAT LIST.
AND WE APPROVE SOMETHING VERY LATE FALL, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER BEFORE LEG, I MEAN, BEFORE THE LEGISLATION EVEN MEETS.
SO WE GET THIS IN THE HANDS OF, OF ALL THOSE OFFICIALS BEFORE.
BUT I KNOW, SPEAKING WITH RICK, THAT THIS IS KIND OF HOW WE'D DONE IT.
NOT THAT IT WAS BAD, BUT SOME ROOM, CERTAINLY ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
IT, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS HELPFUL TO SIT DOWN AND, AND WITH THAT SPECIFICITY, SPECIFICITY BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN IN FRONT OF LEGISLATORS AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WILL HURT US.
THIS IS WHAT WON'T, THIS IS WHAT WILL HELP US.
UH, SO IT'S WORKED, BUT LIKE ALL THINGS, WE WE'RE JUST ALWAYS TRYING TO EVOLVE CHANGE WITH THE CHANGING TIMES.
BECAUSE A LOT, I MEAN, A LOT OF TIMES THEY START FILING BILLS IN NOVEMBER, I BELIEVE.
THE, WHAT? I THINK THEY BEGIN FILING BILLS IN NOVEMBER AT SOME POINT.
AND SO YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THEIR HAND EVEN PRIOR TO THAT.
IT MAY NOT CHANGE WHAT THEY DO, BUT YOU, YOUR MESSAGE IS AT LEAST IN THE FOREFRONT, NOT, NOT, NOT AT LEAST WHEN THEY ALREADY RUN THE GAVEL ON THE 12TH.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? I JUST, SINCE UM, THIS IS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED EARLIER THIS WEEK, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SAY I APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY.
UM, MY THOUGHTS WHEN I SAW THE BULLET POINT LIST WAS SIMILAR TO COUNCILMAN PRESLEY.
THERE, THERE WERE THINGS ON THERE THAT I WASN'T SURE THAT I COULD, UM, VOTE IN FAVOR FOR.
AND THERE WERE ALSO THINGS ON THERE THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY WERE.
AND SO AS, BUT THEN THERE WAS SOME THAT I SUPPORTED, BUT AS A SINGLE DOCUMENT, IT WAS A VERY, UM, TOUGH SPOT FOR ME TO BE IN.
AND SO I THINK THIS HELPS ME, UM, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, AGREE PHILOSOPHICALLY WHERE, UH, WE SHOULD THROW OUR SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION AND THEN IN THE FUTURE IF WE WANT TO AGREE ON SPECIFIC ISSUES, WE NEED MORE TIME AS A GROUP TO DISCUSS DEBATE AND VOTE ON THOSE ISSUES, UM, INSTEAD OF HOW IT WAS BEFORE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY AND HOW QUICKLY YOU TURNED AROUND THIS APPROACH THAT I UNDERSTAND IS THE WAY, WAY IT'S BEEN DONE FOR A WHILE.
SO, AND, UH, I, I WANT TO BEAT THE DEAD HORSE, NOT WITHSTANDING, WE'RE STILL GONNA BE VERY HAWKISH ON SPECIFIC ISSUES.
AND IF, IF WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO, UH, IF SOMETHING'S REALLY A DANGER, WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL DISCUSS THOSE WITH YOU.
BUT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO, UH, DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET, UH, TO PROTECT THE CITY NO MATTER WHAT.
UH, BUT IT WILL ALL BE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK WORK OF THESE PHILOSOPHICAL STATEMENTS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? OKAY.
SO I THINK THAT'S IT, UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING ELSE ON ANY OTHER ITEM, BUT, NOPE.
WE'LL, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET, WILL MOVE THIS TO, UH, CONSIDERATION FOR THE 28TH.
AND, UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE IT ON THE PRE-MEETING LIKE THIS JUST TO TOUCH BASE, UH, BEFORE WE GO IN SO WE HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT.
BEING THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED ALL THE ITEMS FOR THE WORK SESSIONS, MEETING'S NOW ADJOURNED.