* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 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: 842 6661 1821. 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AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM PLEDGE AND INVOCATION Council Member Laura Alvarado, District No. One ] [00:00:06] SO NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL ORDER AT 6 31. WE ARE IN BAYTOWN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. WE'RE, UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. WE'LL BE LED IN OUR PLEDGE AND INVOCATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALVARADO. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, GOD, INDIVIDUAL, WITH THE ROUTINE. JUSTICE. JUSTICE AND NOW THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE TODAY TEXAS ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS, TEXAS ONE WEDNESDAY, ONE INDIVIDUAL, HE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. PLEASE. FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU BLESS US IN THIS MEETING AND KEEP US, THAT ALL OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD AND THAT WE WILL HAVE A MINDSET OF INCLUSIVITY. MAY OUR OBJECTIVES BEFORE US KEEP US ON TRACK AND BOND US TOGETHER TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL. WE THANK YOU FOR GUIDING US THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES AND PRAY FOR RESTORATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND HOPE DURING THESE TIMES OF UPHEAVAL AND ANXIETY FROM THE RECENT STORMS AND ONGOING PANDEMIC, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP IN YOUR HEART OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO SACRIFICE TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES EACH DAY TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. THIS WE PRAY TO YOU LORD. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. ALRIGHT. [1. RECOGNITIONS AND CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS] ONE, A RECOGNIZED CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE, MS. FLINT. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL, SHELLY WARNER, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ANTONIO HERNANDEZ, NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION INSPECTOR TWO WITH HELP. ELENA TANNER, CREW LEADER WITH PARKS AND RECREATION. SUE BANI, BILLING SPECIALIST WITH UTILITY BILLING. KIMBERLY BECKER, BUYER WITH PURCHASING IN EARLY 1995. KIM BECKER STARTED HER BAYTOWN JOURNEY AS AN INTERN WHILE SHE WAS STUDYING TO GET HER MASTER'S IN ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE. ONCE SHE HAD GRADUATED, SHE WAS THEN OFFERED A FULL-TIME POSITION WITH HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AS A CLERK, AND SERVED A TOTAL OF THREE YEARS. SHE THEN MOVED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AS AN ADMIN SUPERVISOR, WHERE SHE MANAGED THE NEW HIRE PROCESSES, STATE LICENSING AND PERMITTING AND DEPARTMENT BUDGETING FINANCIALS. IN MID 2009, KIM MADE HER THIRD, BUT NOT LAST, MOVE TO THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY, WHERE SHE SERVED A TOTAL OF THREE YEARS HANDLING ALL THE FINANCIALS, INCLUDING ISSUING POS AND HANDLING ALL THE BID PACKETS FOR LARGE PURCHASES. KIM MADE HER WAY BACK TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN MID 2011 AND SERVED AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT YEARS. KIM IS CURRENTLY IN THE PURCHASING DIVISION AND SERVES AS A BUYER, HANDLING ALL THE PURCHASES FOR THE CITY, AND MANAGES THE CHASE P CARD PROGRAM WITH OVER 300 CARDHOLDERS. KIM'S FAVORITE LINE IS, I CAN FIX THAT BECAUSE ANYTHING YOU BRING HER, SHE WILL MAKE SURE IT'S ACCURATE AND HIGH QUALITY WORK. HER SWEET INVITING DEMEANOR IS ALWAYS SO WELCOMING AND CONTAGIOUS TO ANYONE WHO COMES IN CONTACT WITH HER. HER CONTRIBUTIONS AND VAST KNOWLEDGE OF VARIOUS ROLES WITHIN THE CITY MAKE HER A RARE GEM AND A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF ENRICHING LIVES AND BUILDING COMMUNITY. APART FROM BEING SUPERWOMAN, KIM LIKES TO SPEND TIME WITH HER SON, SETH, AND CHEERING ON HER FAVORITE HOUSTON SPORTS TEAMS, THE TEXANS. SHE PROBABLY BOASTS THAT SHE WILL NEVER BE A COWBOYS FAN. TEXANS FOREVER. THANK YOU, KIM, FOR YOUR 25 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE. THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IS LUCKY TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE YOU, RUSSELL RETINGER, PATROL OFFICER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RUSSELL CRUT SINGER, THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD. RUSSELL WAS A 1981 GRADUATE OF ROBERT B. LEE HIGH SCHOOL. HE WANTED WENT ON TO ATTEND AND EARN AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN APPLIED SCIENCES FROM LEE COLLEGE, WHERE HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS A DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR. RUSSELL WAS HIRED BY THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN FEBRUARY, 1986. AFTER COMPLETING HIS BASIC ACADEMY, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PATROL DIVISION [00:05:01] WHERE HE SERVED FOR THE NEXT NINE YEARS. IN 1995, RUSSELL TRANSFERRED TO THE HARRIS COUNTY ORGANIZED CRIME IN NARCOTICS TASK FORCE UNIT WHERE HE WORKED UNDERCOVER FOR TWO YEARS. UPON HIS RETURN TO PATROL, RUSSELL BECAME A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, AND LATER A CANINE OFFICER WITH HIS CANINE PARTNER BART RUSSELL, WORKED THE STREETS OF BAYTOWN FOR THREE YEARS, TRACKING FLINGING SUSPECTS AND RECOVERING CONCEALED NARCOTICS. WHEN HIS CANINE PARTNER, BART WAS RETIRED IN 2001, RUSSELL CONTINUED HIS PROACTIVE AND DILIGENT SERVICE IN THE PATROL DIVISION. IN 2006, RUSSELL WAS SELECTED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE SWAT TEAM, WHERE HE REMAINED AN ACTIVE TEAM MEMBER FOR THE NEXT 12 YEARS. DURING THAT TIME, RUSSELL WAS ALSO SELECTED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE HOTSPOT TEAM, A UNIT THAT FOCUSES ON PROBLEM AREAS WITHIN THE CITY. AFTER THREE YEARS, RUSSELL TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE PATROL DIVISION'S NIGHT SHIFT, WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 2017 BEFORE RETURNING TO HIS CURRENT ASSIGNMENT ON THE HOTSPOT TEAM, RUSSELL HAS ALSO SERVED AS THE TEAM MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT'S MOUNTED PATROL UNIT. RUSSELL CURRENTLY HOLDS A MASTER PEACE OFFICER CERTIFICATION, AND OVER THE PAST 35 YEARS HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS LETTERS OF APPRECIATION FROM CITIZENS, ALONG WITH A VARIETY OF LETTERS OF COMMENDATION FROM THE SUPERVISORS. OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE TWO EMERGENCY SERVICE RIBBONS, A COMMANDER'S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, THREE, HONORABLE CONDUCT AWARDS, TWO LIFESAVING AWARDS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK RUSSELL TINGER FOR 35 YEARS OF EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE. CERTAINLY ALL GOOD, UH, GOOD, UH, GOOD THINGS TO SEE ABOUT OUR, UM, EMPLOYEES WITH THE LONGEVITY AND CERTAINLY HOW THEY MAKE AN IMPACT TO OUR, OUR ENTIRE CITY. SO, UM, 35 YEARS, A LONG TIME, BUT REALLY GOOD STUFF. ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL [a. Consider an ordinance awarding a construction contract to Lindsey Construction Company for the Goose Creek Lift Station Rehabilitation Project.] MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO. A CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO LINDSEY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE GOOSE CREEK LIFT STATION REHAB PROJECT. YES, MS. BRINKLEY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. ANDREA BRINKLEY WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT BEFORE YOU. TODAY IS A CONTRACT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE GOOSE CREEK LIFT STATION. THIS IS A CONTRACT WE'RE PROPOSING TO AWARD TO LINDSEY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. THE AMOUNT IS 4,761,000 AND $106. THE PROJECT WAS BID IN DECEMBER, IT WAS OPENED IN JANUARY, AND, UM, THERE WAS THREE BIDDERS. UH, THERE WAS A GOOD RANGE, UH, PRETTY, PRETTY TIGHTLY KNIT, BUT THE LOWEST, UH, BIDDER AND HAD GOOD REFERENCES IS LINDSEY CONSTRUCTION. AND, UH, THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT WE RECOMMEND FOR OKAY. UM, MY ITEM IS NOT, MY ITEM IS NOT OPENING UP. WHERE EXACTLY IS THIS ONE LOCATED? I DON'T HAVE A MAP. SO THIS IS OFF OF PEPPER MILL. OKAY. AND, UM, HAS AN ENTRANCE OFF OF CEDAR BAYOU. AND SO WITHIN, KIND OF ADJACENT TO FUTURE GINGER CREEK PARK. YEAH, I KNOW WHERE IT'S AT NOW. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING. YES, NO PROBLEM. ALRIGHT, SO DOES EVERYBODY HAVE KNOW WHERE THIS ONE'S AT? RIGHT OFF HERE BY LYNCHBURG ROAD? YEP. OKAY. PRETTY EXPENSIVE FOR A LIFT STATION. IT IS THE TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION AND IT'S UPSIZING LIFT STATION. SO THE OLD ONE WILL BE TAKEN OUTTA SERVICE. OKAY. I GET IT. ALRIGHT. UM, BEING THAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S NOT HERE, I, I'LL STILL TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM TWO A MOTION TO PROVIDE TWO, A SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AS OPPOSED. ALRIGHT, ITEM CARRIES. WE HAVE ITEM [b. Consider an ordinance reprogramming expenditures in the Capital Improvement Program Fund to prioritize the Newcastle Park Project ahead of the Goose Creek Trail Phase VII Project.] TWO B. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REPROGRAMMING EXPENDITURES IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND TO PRIORITIZE THE NEWCASTLE PARK PROJECT AHEAD OF THE GOOSE CREEK TRADE, UM, AHEAD OF THE GOOSE CREEK TRAIL PHASE SEVEN PROJECT. I THINK, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING, SO MR. DAVIS, YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS. UH, YEAH. THIS, THIS IS, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY THAT, UH, I BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION SOME MONTHS AGO, AND THEN WE BROUGHT UP AGAIN IN THE RETREAT. I'VE HAD ONE-ON-ONE DISCUSSIONS WITH EACH OF YOU ABOUT, UH, THIS PROJECT. UH, WE, WE DO HAVE THIS IN OUR GENERAL MEETING, UH, TO, FOR AS A DISCUSSION ITEM, UH, IT IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN THAT THIS IS A FAIRLY, UH, I WOULDN'T SAY DYSFUNCTIONAL, BUT STERILE PARK ENVIRONMENT THAT SITS BETWEEN THREE LARGE SUBDIVISIONS. AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BRING A LOT OF FUNCTIONALITY TO IT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BETTENCOURT HAS DONE A, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OUTREACH, UH, AND ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR CITIZENS IN THAT AREA TO ENVISION WITH, UH, UH, CORNELL AND, AND, UH, OUR OTHER PARKS FOLKS TO ENVISION AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'D BE A LOT MORE FUNCTIONAL, A LOT MORE USABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS. RIGHT NOW, IT'S, IT IS REALLY JUST A LINEAR PARK WITH, UH, VERY LITTLE FOR, UH, RESIDENTS TO DO. UH, WE WEREN'T SURE EXACTLY, [00:10:01] UH, HOW WE WERE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS NEED. UH, IT WAS NOT, UH, PLACED INTO, UH, THE BUDGET ORIGINALLY, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY ARRIVED IN OUR REALIZING THAT BASED ON OUR SCHEDULE WITH CEDAR BAYOU LYNCHBURG, UH, THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEGMENT SEVEN OF OUR GOOSE CREEK TRAIL. SO THE PROPOSAL, AN IDEA BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS TO REPURPOSE, UH, THOSE FUNDS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THIS NEED, WHICH REALLY IS, IS A, AN INITIATIVE THAT, UH, BOTH THE COUNCILWOMAN AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. I THINK THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, UH, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS. SO WITH THAT, WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS YOU HAD, UH, AGAIN, AN OPPORTUNITY TO THOROUGHLY LOOK AT THE AMENITIES, THE DESIGN, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM US AND STAFF? YES, YOUR HONOR. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND, AND DO THAT, UH, TONIGHT. UH, WE ARE, WE OF COURSE, RECOMMEND APPROVAL. WE THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT, UH, AMENITY FOR THESE THREE LARGE SUBDIVISIONS. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO, UH, SCOTT. ALL RIGHT. I JUST, UH, BEFORE I INTRODUCE, UH, CORNELL, I, THERE WAS A MISTAKE IN THE PREFACE, IT'S 350,000, NOT 503,000. SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL ARE CLEAR WITH THAT. Y'ALL ALL KNOW CORNELL, HE'S THE ONE THAT DESIGNED ALL THIS, AND I'LL GET OUT OF HIS WAY. MAYOR COUNSEL, UH, TODAY YOU HAVE, BEFORE YOU, UH, NEWCASTLE PARK, UH, FOR FUNDING. NEWCASTLE PARK IS LOCATED IN COUNCIL, UH, DISTRICT FOUR. THAT'S JUST A LITTLE, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON THE PARK. UH, IT IS, UH, JUST SOUTH OF MASSEY THOMPSON. IT IS EAST OF, I WANNA SAY TREASURE COVE. IT IS, UH, JUST WEST OF APACHE MEADOWS AND IT IS NORTH OF GLEN MEADOWS. UH, AND NEW CASTLE PARK IS APPROXIMATELY 3.4 ACRES. AND, UH, JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW TO THE TONIGHT'S ITEM, WOW, I'M GETTING TONGUE TIED. BEFORE YEARS APPROVED FUNDING FOR PHASE ONE IMPROVEMENTS, EXPANDING PARK IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE PARK. THE PHASE ONE IMPROVEMENTS WILL INCLUDE LIGHTING, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET OF LINEAR TRAIL AND MASQUERADING AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO PROVE ON THE SITE. UH, JUST TO SHOW YOU, THESE ARE SOME OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE'LL BE DEALING WITH, UH, ON THE PROJECT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DARK AREAS SHOW THAT WE HAVE SOME RUNOFF COMING OFF FROM THE ADJACENT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, UH, WE WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES BEFORE MOVING AHEAD AND, UH, MAKING THE PARK REALLY NICE FOR THE, UH, CONSTITUENTS. UM, SHOULD YOU CONSIDER, UH, TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT, UH, WE COULD PROBABLY EXPECT TO START CONSTRUCTION LAKE THIS FALL. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS? UM, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT COUNSEL, FIRST, I GUESS IF YOU CAN PULL BACK UP THE SITE PLAN, I WANNA MAKE SURE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, GET FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE PLAN IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. AND THE, THE, THE PARK PROJECT ITSELF, I GUESS, SO THEY HAVE, HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING. I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE A WORK SESSION ITEM ON THIS, UM, WITH THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL OR ANYTHING. I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED IN, IN, UM, AT THE RETREAT, BUT IT WASN'T MENTIONED AT THE RETREAT WITH, WITH THESE TYPE OF GRAPHICS. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE COUNSEL IS FAMILIAR OR COMFORTABLE WITH THE PARK PROJECT ITSELF. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UM, ON ZOOM, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL START COUNCIL DISCUSSION. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THE PARK ON THE, THE PROJECT ITSELF, BUT YEP. MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE SOME COMMENTS LATER, I'M SURE. MM-HMM. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, IT'S OPEN. THANK YOU. THAT LARGE VACANT PROPERTY, I GUESS JUST MM-HMM . TO THE EAST, BETWEEN, BETWEEN THE HOUSES, IS THAT PART OF THE HOUSING OR IS THAT A LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY? JUST A LARGE LOT. SO CAN YOU POINT THAT OUT EXACTLY? OH, IT IS, UH, BETWEEN, UH, TREASURE COVE RESIDENCE YEAH. AND JUST TO OUR EAST, UH, BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY LINE. SO THOSE IN TREASURE CO WOULD'VE TO GO. THANK YOU. THOSE IN TREASURE CODE WOULD HAVE TO ACCESS DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND ACROSS, AND THEN UP. BUT THAT LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY IS THERE. YES. CURRENTLY WE HAVE A, UH, SUGGESTED, UH, TRAIL CONNECTION MM-HMM . THAT GOES ON THE SOUTH, SOUTH, UH, JUST, UH, NORTH OF THE, UH, CENTER POINT, UH, EASEMENT. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT THAT'S GONNA DEVELOP INTO? UH, NO. OKAY. IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY. YEAH, IT'S PRIVATE. IT'S LANDLOCKED RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. JUST LIKE OUR PARK, WELL, KIND OF, I GUESS PARK'S NOT SO MUCH, BUT THAT PROPERTY SEEMS LANDLOCKED SEEMS THAT'S WHAT I, I UNLESS DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THERE UNTIL THE PICTURE GOT KIND OF MORE BLOWN UP. OKAY. SO I GUESS THE ONLY THING I WILL ADD, UM, AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE TWO, THE TWO CITIZENS. SO I KNOW ACCESSIBILITY, UM, [00:15:01] TO THIS PARK IS, IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE, LIKE MANY OF OUR PARKS, THE CONNECTIVITY OF TRAILS AND OBVIOUSLY PARKS. UM, THE ITEM TONIGHT IN FRONT OF US IS NOT ABOUT WHO HAS ACCESS, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE, I THINK BOTH, EVEN HERE YOU SEE IT, IT GIVES OPTIONS TO APACHE MEADOWS TREASURE COVE. IF, IF THEY CHOOSE TO HAVE ACCESS, UM, AND THAT AMENITY, THEN, THEN SO BE IT. AND, AND IF THEY DON'T, THEN THAT'S THE CASE TOO. BUT AT LEAST FROM THE PROJECT ITSELF, IT WOULD, IT WOULD PROVIDE AN IMPROVED PARK. AND THEN IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IS, UM, FAVORABLE TO WANT TO CONNECT OR PROVIDE AN EASEMENT, THEN THEY COULD DO SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO WE'RE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHO HAS ACCESS OR WHO DOESN'T, UM, TONIGHT, UM, IT IS, IT IS A FACTOR. UM, BUT THAT'S NOT A DECISION THAT WE MAKE. IT'S A DECISION THAT, THAT THOSE INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD MAKE OR WORK THROUGH THEIR APPROPRIATE BOARDS, UM, AND SO ON. SO, UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, LET'S HEAR. YES, SIR. BUT, BUT THAT DOES FACTOR INTO THE RATIONALE MAYOR, UH, IN REGARDS TO OUR SUPPORT OR NOT. SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ACCESSIBILITY AND, AND EVERYTHING, THE WHOLE PICTURE. SO I WAS ACTUALLY A, A PROPONENT OF ACCESSIBILITY FOR QUITE A WHILE HERE, AND I'VE ADVOCATED TO MAKE IT, UH, ACCESSIBLE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. SO THE LOT ON, UH, APACHE MEADOWS MM-HMM . SO THERE'S A LOT OF VACANT LAND MM-HMM . UH, I GUESS WHICH WOULD BE TO THE, THE WEST OF THAT, THAT WILL MORE THAN LIKELY GET DEVELOPED AS SINGLE FAMILY IN THE FUTURE. I WOULD, IT WOULD BE ANTICIPATED, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF IS THERE ANY WAY TO, UH, ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD, COULD WE CHECK ON THAT ONE LOT OR COULD, COULD WE, YOU KNOW, CAN WE LOOK AHEAD AND BE KIND OF FORWARD THINKING AS FAR AS ACCESSIBILITY ON ANYTHING THAT'S DEVELOPED IMMEDIATELY TO THE, TO THE WEST OF APACHE MEADOWS? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO THE, I I'M TRYING TO, YOU LOST ME ON THE WEST OF APACHE MEADOWS, YOU TO THE WEST OF, TO THE WEST OF FREDERICK COVE. YEAH. I'M LOOKING, I'M LOOKING AT APACHE, I'M LOOKING AT THIS VACANT LOT RIGHT HERE. SO I KNOW NEAR STATION THREE. OH, OKAY. OH, YEAH. BUT OH, THE, THAT, OKAY. THE STORM STORM WHERE THE, RIGHT, RIGHT WHERE THE STORM, YEAH. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF UNDEVELOPED LAND, RIGHT? MM-HMM . SO HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FUTURE CONNECTIVITY. WE, WE, WE WERE PROPOSING JUST A TRAIL EASEMENT THROUGH THERE. UH, THERE'S A TIGHT SPOT BETWEEN THERE AND THE POND. WE HAVEN'T, UH, PURSUED, UH, ANY COURSE OF ACTION TO, UM, ADDRESS OTHER CONNECTIVITY. YEAH. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF COULD LOOK INTO. DEFINITELY. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION, MAYOR, THEN I'VE GOT SOME COMMENTS AS WELL LATER. YEAH. LET'S GET, LET'S HEAR FROM THE TWO CITIZENS AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HEAR, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT THE DIS THAT, UH, REPRESENTS THIS DISTRICT. AND THEN WE'LL OPEN UP TO EVERYBODY. ALRIGHT. SO, UH, FIRST I HAVE RHONDA LOPEZ, THE FIRST ONE. OH, KIMBERLY. OKAY. WELL THEN I HAVE KIMBERLY CARE CARE. WELL, WE'LL JUST SAY WE HAVE KIM, UH, WE, WE HAVE KIMBERLY, UM, KIMBERLY RA TERA. THANK YOU, KIMBERLY. SO, UM, YOU, YOU, UH, YOU'RE ON. AND SO YOU HAVE, UH, THREE MINUTES, UH, TO MAKE YOUR COMMENT. OKAY. I'M JUST SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF REVITALIZING GREEN METAL PARK, UH, IN GREEN MEADOW SUBDIVISION. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WILL HELP IN INCREASING AND MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, IT ALSO HELP IN ASSURING THE HEALTH OF FAMILIES AND YOUTH BY PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RECREATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES. UH, OF COURSE, THE PARK WILL ALSO ENHANCE PROPERTY VALUE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ENRICH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD UNITY PROVIDE A CENTRAL PLACE FOR COMMUNITY MEETINGS, EVENTS AND FAMILY GATHERINGS. UH, SO WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THINKING ABOUT REVITALIZING THE PARK, AND WE HOPE THAT, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, MOVE ON NOW TO RHONDA LOPEZ. MM-HMM . MS. LOPEZ, ARE YOU ON? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS RHONDA LOPEZ. I'M A RESIDENT OF GLEN MEADOW, AND I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE GLEN MEADOW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. WITH THE HELP OF OUR COUNCILWOMAN HEATHER BETTENCOURT AND THE CITY'S BAYTOWN ENGAGED STAFF, WE BECAME AN OFFICIAL GROUP WITH BYLAWS AND A SLATE OF OFFICERS LAST [00:20:01] YEAR. WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE NEIGHBORS INVOLVED IN OUR ASSOCIATION, AND WE HAVE A FACEBOOK GROUP THAT HELPED US ALL STAY IN TOUCH DURING LAST WEEK'S POLAR VORTEX. WE DON'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT WE ALL AGREE THAT NEW PA NEWCASTLE PARK, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME AND IS OVERDUE FOR IMPROVEMENT. REDEVELOPING NEW CASTLE PARK WOULD PROVIDE A SPACE FOR ME AND MY NEIGHBORS TO INTERACT AND MEET NEW PEOPLE. AN IMPROVED PARK WOULD BE USED BY MORE OF US, AND WITH INCREASED USE, THERE WOULD BE MORE EYES ON THE STREETS, CREATING A SAFER ENVIRONMENT. REDEVELOPING OUR PARK WOULD ALSO PROMOTE WELLNESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD, SO WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, AND WALKING IN THE STREETS IS NOT VERY APPEALING. SO MANY OF US ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE NEW WALKING TRAIL IN THE PARKING IMPROVEMENT. WE'VE WORKED FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WITH THE CITY TO GET TO THIS POINT, SO PLEASE HELP CONTINUE OUR MOMENTUM BY PRIORITIZING OUR PARK AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. LOPEZ. OKAY, THAT'S EVERYBODY ON ZOOM, EVERYBODY THAT HAS SIGNED UP AND NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED. OKAY. UM, ALRIGHT. UH, MS. . OKAY. I KIND OF WANNA JUST LIKE TALK ABOUT THE SITE PLAN FOR A MINUTE, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO DESCRIBE TO Y'ALL THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH TO GET TO THIS POINT HERE TODAY. SO, UM, THIS SITE PLAN IS EXTREMELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT NEW CASTLE PARK LOOKS LIKE TODAY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, WHERE THE BROWN KIND OF DIRT AREA IS, THIS IS KIND OF THIS MAKESHIFT LIKE DIRT, POTHOLE RIDDEN PARKING AREA THAT'S ON A CENTER POINT ENERGY CORRIDOR. AND RIGHT BEYOND THAT, THERE'S A SMALL, UH, LITTLE PATHWAY WHERE THERE'S A, UH, BASKETBALL COURT. IT'S NOT EVEN A FULL SIZE COURT, UH, RIGHT CORNELL. AND, UH, IT'S GOT LIKE A LITTLE PAVILION WHERE YOU HAVE LIKE BENCHES UNDER IT. AND THEN THERE IS ACTUALLY A BRAND NEW, UM, UH, PLAYGROUND. UH, NONE OF IT'S SHADED BY THE WAY. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE FORMER PLAYGROUND, WHICH, UM, WAS VERY OLD AND VERY OUTDATED AND NOT UP TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS OTHER PLAYGROUNDS IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, UM, WAS RECENTLY REPLACED. BEYOND THAT, ALL THAT ACREAGE YOU SEE WERE THIS LIKE DOG PARK AND EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AND WALKING TRAIL, ALL THAT THINGS THAT THEY'VE ENVISIONED. IT'S JUST LITERALLY GRASS AND IT'S LOW LYING GRASS AND IT FLOODS. UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, BEEN KIND OF A MOSQUITO HAVEN AND IT'S JUST REALLY WASTED SPACE. SO BEFORE 2018, I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF NEW CASTLE PARK. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT EXISTED. UM, RIGHT NOW, THE WAY, UM, IT SITS, IT'S REALLY ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE GLEN MEADOW NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH HAS ABOUT 258 FAMILIES IN IT. UM, AND, UH, AND THEY ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE WAY THE PARK IS AND THE LACK OF INVESTMENT IN IT OVER THE YEARS. AND SO WHEN THEY CALLED ME BACK IN 2018 TO TALK ABOUT NEW CASTLE PARK AND OTHER ISSUES THEY'RE EXPERIENCING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, I WENT OUT THERE AND I SAW IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER PARKS WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, IT, IT HAS NOT HAD ANY INVESTMENT IN IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. UM, THEY ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT, UM, CRIME, UH, CONGREGATING THERE AND, UH, OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DID NOT LIKE AND WEREN'T APPRECIATIVE OF. SO FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, NOT ONLY HAVE I WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO ENVISION WHAT THIS PARK COULD BE, BUT ALSO TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR CRIME AND OTHER NUISANCE ISSUES THEY'VE HAD, UM, DETERIORATED, ABANDONED, UH, HOMES, UM, TORN DOWN. THEY'VE STARTED A NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME WATCH. THEY'VE STARTED A CIVIC ASSOCIATION. THEY'VE STARTED BLOCK WALKS TO ADDRESS CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES. THIS IS A VERY ENGAGED AND VERY, UM, APPRECIATIVE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS DOING EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY HAS LAID OUT FOR THEM TO POSSIBLY DO TO NOT ONLY IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT THEIR PROPERTY VALUES AND THE AREA IN GENERAL. WHEN THE STAFF MET WITH THE RESIDENTS, UM, AT, TO TALK ABOUT THE ENVISIONING OF THIS, ONE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I PROVIDED WAS THAT COUNCIL HAD TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO MOVE AWAY FROM POCKET PARKS AND WANTING TO HAVE MORE OF A COLLABORATIVE, INTERCONNECTED COMMUNITY OF PARK AND HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS. SO IN THAT, AND PART OF THE VISIONING WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF CONNECTING TO ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS. [00:25:01] AND I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT IT'S ALWAYS JUST A POSSIBILITY AND IT'S ALWAYS SIMPLY BEEN OPTIONAL BASED SOLELY ON THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD AS COUNCIL, THAT WE WANT TO MOVE AWAY PHILOSOPHICALLY FROM POCKET PARKS. SO THIS PARK AND THIS VISION THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU HAS THOSE POSSIBILITIES SHOULD THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS CHOOSE TO DO IT. NOW, STAFF HAS ALREADY REACHED OUT AND RECEIVED, UM, A VERBAL APPROVAL FROM APACHE MEADOWS WANTING TO BE CONNECTED. AND I BELIEVE THAT STAFF IS WORKING ON, UM, THOSE LEGAL ARRANGEMENTS AND RIGHT AWAY ARRANGEMENTS. UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, I HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH TREASURE COVE EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THIS, PRESENT THEM THIS VISION OR THIS OPTION. UM, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE DONE, UM, IN THE FUTURE. SO JUST TO REITERATE ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT THIS WENT THROUGH, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAME UP WITH. AND IT'S DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING THAT I PULLED OUT OF THIN AIR. THIS HAS BEEN COMPLETELY CITIZEN DRIVEN. UM, EVERY SINGLE STEP OF THE WAY THAT THE CITY HAS SAID, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET THIS LEVEL OF INVESTMENT IN A PARK. THESE CITIZENS HAVE MET EVERY SINGLE STEP OF THAT PROCESS. THEY DID NOT CUT CORNERS. THEY DID NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, DO ANY POLITICIZING TO GET THIS DONE. THEY WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF RED TAPE THAT WE HAVE TO GET THESE KINDS OF INVESTMENTS. AND, UM, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THEM. AND, UM, I'M REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT. I THINK IT'S GONNA, HAS THE ABILITY TO BENEFIT A LOT MORE CITIZENS THAN THE 258 FAMILIES OF GLEN MEADOW. AND, UM, I AM GLAD THAT SCOTT CORRECTED THE AGENDA ITEM AND IS NOT GONNA TAKE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO ACCOMPLISH PHASE ONE. UM, IT IS ESTIMATED ONLY AT 360,000. UM, IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BECAUSE IT WAS STILL IN DESIGN IN THE SUMMER. DESIGN WAS COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE SUMMER AND THE GOOSE CREEK TRAIL, PHASE SEVEN WAS PRIORITIZED WHEN IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT NEWCASTLE PARK WAS, UM, READY TO GO, UH, A PROJECT THAT WAS READY TO BREAK GROUND. AND THE GOOSE CREEK TRAIL, PHASE SEVEN WAS NOT A PROJECT THAT WAS READY TO BREAK GROUND. THIS IS AN OPTION THAT I UNDERSTAND IS QUITE COMMON, WHERE YOU, UM, MOVE PROJECTS THAT ARE READY UP AND YOU MOVE PROJECTS THAT AREN'T READY, UM, BACK. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PROJECT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN, IT JUST MEANS IT'S NOT READY TO HAPPEN. AND SO THERE'S NO NEED TO JUST LET FUNDS, UH, LAY WASTE WAITING FOR PROJECTS THAT AREN'T READY WHEN WE HAVE ONE THAT IS READY. SO, UM, I I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE THIS VISION. AGAIN, I JUST WANNA REITERATE THIS IS CITIZEN DRIVEN. UM, IT IS NOT COUNCILWOMAN BETTEN COURT DRIVEN. I HAVE SUPPORTED THEM AND HELP THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, BUT THIS IS TRULY SOMETHING THAT, UM, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS AND I'M HAPPY TO LEARN THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT APACHE MEADOWS IS LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF AS WELL. ALRIGHT? YES. YES, SIR. SO, I JUST WANNA GIVE A LITTLE SPIEL REAL QUICK BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. AND I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN A PROPONENT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND I HAD A, A MEETING IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITH A, THE CITY MANAGER AND, AND A COLLEAGUE. AND I WAS ACTUALLY TOLD THERE WAS SOME OPPOSITION I TO THE PARK AND I WAS ALSO IN THE, THE SAME, UH, MEETING. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE INDIVIDUAL IN OPPOSITION, AND THAT'S FOR THE RECORD. AND I'D LIKE THAT TO BE PUT IN THE MINUTES PLEASE. AND SO, IN READING THE AGENDA, I SAW THAT WE WERE VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I VOTE ON 300 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS, I, I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY AS I DO EVERY AGENDA ITEM THAT I VOTE ON. SO, YOU KNOW, I I I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE WAS INDEED OPPOSITION OR IF IT WAS ONLY ONE PERSON OR, OR WHAT THE DEGREE WAS WHEN I'M VOTING ON SPENDING THAT, THAT SORT OF MONEY. SO I PICKED UP THE PHONE AT FOUR 15 TODAY AND MADE ONE PHONE CALL. AND, UH, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WASN'T NECESSARILY OPPOSITION TO THE PARK. THE ONLY OPPOSITION FROM ONE OF THE SUBDIVISIONS WAS THAT THEY DID NOT WANT ACCESS TO THE PARK IN, IN ANY FASHION. AND THAT, THAT IT WAS, THAT THE, THE ENTIRE, VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD FELT THE SAME WAY. SO I [00:30:01] REITERATED THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE, YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE PARK, THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S OKAY WITH THE PARK. THEY JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT TIED IN AND, AND ACCESS WILL BE FORCED UPON THEM. AND THEY SAID THAT THAT'S THE ISSUE. AND I, AND, AND SO THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF, OF ME CHECKING INTO IT. I'M HAPPY TO CHECK INTO IT AS I DO EVERYTHING, AS MOST FOLKS KNOW WHEN I'M OPPOSED TO THINGS. YOU KNOW, I DON'T JUST MAKE A ONE PHONE CALL AT FOUR FIFTY FOUR FOUR FOURTEEN, I, I'LL GET OUT AND KNOCK ON DOORS AND I'LL, I'LL START MONTHS AHEAD. SO I'VE ACTUALLY ALWAYS BEEN IN FAVOR OF IMPROVING THIS PARK, UNBEKNOWNST, UM, POSSIBLY UNBEKNOWNST. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I WEAR MY, MY PASSIONS ON MY SLEEVE AND, AND, UH, I'M, I'M OF COURSE A A FAN OF THE PARK AS I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. SO I GUESS I'M JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, WASN'T, WASN'T KNOWN, UH, TO THE ENTIRETY OF COUNSEL AND, UH, AND, AND I GUESS JUST A LITTLE HURT. AND I'M MAD ENOUGH TO SAY THAT. THAT'S ALL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. UH, YES, MS. ALARA UP. UM, I JUST HAVE A, A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UM, I, I DO WANT TO APPLAUD THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT IN HERE. I DID REVIEW THE TIMELINE AND THEY, THEY DIDN'T MISS A BEAT. UH, SO ASIDE FROM WORKING ON THE PARK, THEY DEVELOPED THEIR, THEIR CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND EVERYTHING. AND SO I REALLY APPLAUD THAT. UM, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN, A PARKS MASTER PLAN COMING UP. AND SO I AM, I'M TRULY IN FAVOR OF THE GLEN MEADOWS OR THE, UH, NEW CASTLE PARK, BUT I WAS WONDERING WHY IT WASN'T FIT INTO THE MA PARKS MASTER PLAN, BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE, I'VE BEEN RIDING AROUND WITH CORNELL IN THE PAST AND LOOKED AT ALL OF THE PARKS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND HE'S LIKE, YEP, WE'LL PUT THAT IN A MASTER PLAN. WE'LL PUT THAT IN THE MASTER PLAN. AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR THE DYNAMICS OF WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE THROWING IT INTO A MASTER PLAN VERSUS, HEY, LET'S BUDGET IT NOW. MM-HMM . UM, AND THEN JUST A CLARIFICATION, I, I THINK THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN BENTON COURT MENTIONED ABOUT THE, THE IDEA OF MOVING AWAY FROM POCKET PARKS, AND THAT WAS MENTIONED AT AN EARLIER, UM, RETREAT, BUT THEN WE CAME BACK LATER AND SAID, WE ARE NOT MOVING AWAY FROM FROM POCKET PARKS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT RE CLARIFICATION. SO YES, AT THAT TIME THAT THEY WERE PUTTING THIS PACKET TOGETHER, THEY HAD THAT VISION BECAUSE OF THAT DIRECTIVE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, UM, IN THE FUTURE, WE WOULDN'T BE TURNING DOWN NECESSARILY POCKET PARKS. OF COURSE, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MERIT AND LOOK AT THE LOCATION AND, YOU KNOW, WILL, WILL IT, UM, MERIT HAVING THAT PARK THERE. SO THAT'S THAT ONE CLARIFICATION. AND THEN JUST THAT SECOND QUESTION THAT I HAD, WHAT CONSTITUTES IT BEING DONE NOW VERSUS THROWING IT INTO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN? WELL, THAT, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S FAIR. I MEAN, YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS ARE FAIR. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO, WELL THAT, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. OH, I DON'T KNOW IF SCOTT OR RICK WOULD ANSWER THAT. . UM, I THINK THE TIMING, UM, WAS A CREED THING AS YOU KNOW. UM, WE'RE WORKING ON THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE RIGHT NOW AND PART OF THAT PROCESS, UH, WE'RE, UM, LOOKING AT AND EVALUATING THOSE THINGS. AND HEATHER APPROACHED US TO WORK WITH THE CITIZENS, UH, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, WHICH WAS PROBABLY, UH, EARLY DECEMBER, UH, JANUARY-ISH. AND, UH, I THINK WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WHEN I, UH, THREW MY KNEE OUT. SO, UM, AND, UH, IT WENT FROM THAT PROCESS TO MOVING TO A FULL BLOWN THOUGHT AND VISION OF A PLAN. UM, SO THAT'S WHY IT DIDN'T SORT OF IN, UH, GET INCLUDED IN THE MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE DOING NOW. UH, 'CAUSE WE THOUGHT WE COULD REALLY DO IT HOUSE AND, UH, MOVE IT FORWARD WITH, UH, HEATHER'S EFFORTS, UH, TO MAKE IT A VISION FOR THE RESIDENTS. ALRIGHT. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I KNOW WE WERE, UH, UH, INITIALLY THINKING WHY DON'T WE HAVE FUNDING FOR IT ALREADY. I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO, UM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BENTON COURT ON THIS AND, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONING THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. SO I'M GLAD THAT IT'S BEING PUT ON. I, I JUST AGAIN, WANTED TO HAVE KNOWN THAT THE, IS THE ISSUES BEFOREHAND IN TERMS OF WHY IT'S MOVING ONE DIRECTION VERSUS THE OTHER, BUT I'M OKAY WITH IT. UM, SO I, I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT PROJECT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. LET SO ON THAT, WHEN DO WE, WHEN DO WE EXPECT A, I GUESS A, A FINAL PARKS MASTER PLAN? I KNOW WE MET, I FORGOT WHAT TIME IT WAS. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS PRE COVID OR NOT, BUT WE MET WITH OUR PARKS BOARD AND, AND HAD THE KIND OF THE VISION SESSION AND ALL THAT. RIGHT. UH, WE, WE, WE HAD A ENVISION A SESSION, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME UP, UH, NEXT MONTH. OKAY. AND BECAUSE OF, UH, THE FREEZE AND EVERYTHING TO HIT, WE DECIDED JUST TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT TOWARDS MORE OF A FINAL STATE. AND WE'VE PUSHED IT BACK FOR A COMPLETION DATE OF MARCH 31ST. AND, UM, DID WHAT WE ARE BRINGING TO COUNCIL, [00:35:01] I THINK EITHER THE FOLLOWING WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER THAT. OKAY. WHICH WOULD BE THE, THE SECOND OR THIRD WEEK IN MARCH? YOU I DON'T, I DON'T NEED THAT MUCH SPECIFIC, IT'S JUST SPRING, SUMMER OR FALL. I GOT DATES RUNNING . BUT NO, I APPRECIATE IT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. UM, BUT YEAH. OKAY. OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YOU GOT ANY? I'M GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD? YEAH. MAYOR, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS AND, AND I WANNA STATE FROM, FROM THE OUTGO, I, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. UH, IMPROVING A PARK, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO, WHO CAN BE OPPOSED TO IMPROVING PARKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I, I DO HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS AND SOME OF 'EM I'VE HAD ANSWERED, SOME OF 'EM I HAVEN'T, WHICH KIND OF LEADS TO WHERE I'M GOING WITH MY COMMENTS. UH, I WOULD'VE MUCH PREFERRED AS, AS MUCH EFFORT AS APPARENTLY HAS BEEN INTO THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS GENERALLY DISCUSSED OR MENTIONED AT THE, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS THAT WE HAD. THOSE, THOSE ARE JUST GENERAL DISCUSSIONS. AND SO WHEN WE GET THESE CONCEPTS UP, IT'S KIND LIKE WE SIT UP HERE OR WE SIT IN STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS AND WE GO, YEAH, SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. I THINK THE INTENT THOUGH IS WHEN THOSE GOOD IDEAS ARE, ARE BROUGHT TO FRUITION, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO DISCUSS IT MAYBE IN A WORK SESSION OR IN A DISCUSSION ITEM. UH, WHEN I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA, IT'S LIKE, I KIND OF REMEMBER SOME DISCUSSIONS OF THAT, BUT I DID NOT KNOW WE WERE TO THIS POINT. AND THEN I ASKED THE QUESTION, OKAY. THE ORIGINAL ITEM WAS OUT HERE WE'RE, WE'RE TRANSFERRING 500 SOMETHING THOUSAND BUCKS FOR A $360,000 PROJECT. AND THEN IT'S LIKE, WELL, NO, WE'RE JUST, IT'S THE 350,000. SO I'VE STILL GOT THE QUESTION IS ARE WE TRANSFERRING $500,000 OR ARE WE TRANSFERRING 300,000? WE'RE TRANSFERRING THREE 50,000. THREE 50. AND THE REASON YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE IS THE LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET, WE'RE TAKING THIS FROM GOOSE CREEK TRAIL SEVEN, WHICH IS FUNDED AT 5 0 3. WE DON'T NEED THE 5 0 3 FOR THIS PROJECT. THAT'S THE LINE ITEM WE'RE TAKING IT OUT OF. SO, SO WE'RE LEAVING THAT OTHER IN THE GOOSE CREEK TRAIL SEVEN. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION. WELL, ACTUALLY, I THINK OKAY. MAYBE NOT. YEAH, I THINK THERE WAS A NUMBER THAT WAS TRANSPOSED ALSO, AND THAT WAS KIND OF A TYPO, BUT THE INTENTION IS STILL THERE TO UTILIZE THE MONEY THAT WAS FOR GOOSE CREEK PHASE SEVEN AND MOVE IT OVER FOR THIS PROJECT. AND I THINK THE NUMBER, UH, WAS, UH, TRANSPOSED IN THE, IN THE AGENDA. AND, UH, BUT, BUT WHATEVER WE OBVIOUSLY, WHATEVER WE DON'T SPEND ON THAT, YEAH. WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT ON GOOSE CREEK TRAIL IN THE FUTURE. SO, SO WE'RE MOVING THE WHOLE LINE ITEM OVER. WILL, WILL UTILIZE, CAN I ANSWER THIS? THREE 50,000 CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION. THERE'S $350,000 BUDGETED FOR GOOSE CREEK SEVEN PERIOD. IT'S 350,000 THAT MOVING TO NEWCASTLE PARK. THE 503,000 WAS, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT THERE. MAYBE IT'S A TYPO. IT'S A TYPO. OKAY. THAT, THAT ANSWER THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION. I WAS CONCERNED THERE WAS A 150,000 OR SO THAT WAS FLOATING AROUND OUT HERE. THAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT. THAT'S A PRETTY HEAVY FLOAT BUDGET FOR, FOR GOOSE CREEK THREE SEVEN. OKAY. AND WAS WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FOR THIS PROJECT. OKAY. AND, AND MAYOR, THAT ANSWERS THAT PART OF THE QUESTION. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. AND THEN WE GO BACK TO THE SIDE AS COUNCILWOMAN VERADO MENTIONED, SHE LIKE TO HAVE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION UP FRONT. I I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE THESE SITE PROJECTS COME OVER. I THINK, I THINK STAFF DID A GREAT JOB AS FAR AS WE, WE'VE GOT A READY TO MOVE FORWARD PROJECT. WHERE CAN WE FIND THE MONEY? WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S GOT DELAYED BECAUSE OF OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THOSE THINGS. MM-HMM . SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT, BUT WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO IT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO DISCUSS THE DETAILS. WE COULD HAVE BROUGHT OUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ONE WANTS TO BE ON BOARD, ONE DOESN'T, BUT WE DON'T HAVE, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THE ONE APACHE MEADOWS IS SAYING, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WANT TO BE ON BOARD, BUT WE CAN'T SAY YEP, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ACCESS YET. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DISCUSSION ISSUES THAT GO FORWARD. THAT, THAT I'D LIKE TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. AGAIN, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I'VE BEEN TO THIS PARK AND IT IS LESS THAN, THAN IT SHOULD BE. UH, SO I SUPPORT COUNCILWOMAN BED COURT'S EFFORTS TO, TO MOVE IT FORWARD. I WOULD JUST, AGAIN, AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, I DON'T HAVE RIGHT TWO YEARS OR 18 MONTHS OF, OF BACKGROUND IN INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF SOME OF THESE THINGS. I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK MY QUESTIONS IN A MORE LESS FORMIDABLE , UH, FORM. RIGHT. UH, AND GET, HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOME PHONE CALLS AND ASK QUESTIONS AND GET ANSWERS. UM, BUT AGAIN, I'M GONNA SUPPORT IT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IS, IS WELL KNOWN AND AND RENOWNED. UM, I LIKE THE IDEA AS A MAYOR AND EVEN COUNCILMAN PRESSLEY SAID, YOU KNOW, BUILD BAYTOWN FORWARD. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THAT. UH, I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SPENDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY. I JUST HAD A, LIKE, A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO DISCUSS THE DETAILS, BUT AGAIN, I COMMEND COUNSEL PERSON, UH, WOMAN BETTING COURT'S EFFORTS TO GET THE CITIZENS INVOLVED ABSOLUTELY. AND LET THEM CARRY THE BULK OF THE WORK AND THEN LET'S PUSH IT FORWARD FROM THERE. [00:40:01] THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT. YES. SO EVERY, EVERYONE HAS MADE OTHER COMMENTS, SO I GET TO COME BACK TO YOU. I'M TRYING TO PRACTICE SOME NEW, SOME NEW PRACTICES. SO YOU, UH, IS THERE ANY, LEMME ASK, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO BACK? OKAY, WELL, I'M GONNA ASK, I'VE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT, BUT MAYBE I WON'T. NO, I MEAN, YOU COULD IF YOU WANT TO. I MEAN, SHE'S GONNA MAKE COMMENTS. I'M TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY. IF YOU WANNA MAKE HER COMMENT, GO AHEAD. I MAY NEED A REBUTTAL AT THIS POINT, MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE A FURTHER COMMENT. OKAY. MAYBE YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMENT. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S COMPLETELY CLEAR WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OPPOSITION THAT I HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH ONE PERSON AT TREASURE COVE TO EVEN DISCUSS THIS IDEA OR SHOW A PLAN OR AN IDEA OR A VISION, OR EVEN GAUGE THEIR LEVEL OF INTEREST. SO ANY OPPOSITION THAT EXISTS IS NOT BASED ON ANY INFORMATION OR VISION THAT EXISTS HERE TODAY. SO I HOPE TO CORRECT THAT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, BUT I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE COMPLETELY CLEAR THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. THAT WHATEVER OPPOSITION THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW IS NOT BASED ON ANY INFORMATION THAT CAME FROM ME OR THE STAFF OR THIS PLAN. SO, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. NO, I MEAN, LIKE I SAY MAYOR, I JUST, I WANNA REITERATE THAT I WAS TOLD MORE THAN 30 DAYS AGO THAT THERE WAS OPPOSITION PERIOD. IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T DESCRIBED WHAT OPPOSITION IT WAS OR WHAT FORM IT TOOK, BUT I WAS TOLD POINT BLANK FROM ADMINISTRATION THAT THERE WAS OPPOSITION. SO I, I, I WANT THAT REFLECTED IN THE RECORD. AND, AND I WAS CORRECTED APPARENTLY PURPORTEDLY THAT, THAT THERE WASN'T MUCH OPPOSITION. SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT WOULD HELP IF YOU KNOW THE FACTS WHEN YOU VOTE ON SOMETHING. SO THAT'S MY LAST COMMENT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. PRESLEY. OKAY. SO I WILL, I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS ON, ON THIS. SO, UM, I'M GONNA USE EDDIE HURON PARK AS AN EXAMPLE ON THIS. I WILL SAY I LOVE, I LOVE THIS IDEA OF THIS PARK AT NEWCASTLE. UM, I LIKE THE IDEA THAT IT CAN SERVE MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS. IF, IF THAT'S, UH, IF THAT'S THEIR OPTION, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO, UM, I THINK THIS PART CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT TO OTHER THINGS IN THE FUTURE. UH, IF IT'S MASSET AND, UM, JENKINS OR ANY OTHER PARTS IN THE AREA. I MEAN, THAT IS REALLY, HAS BEEN KIND OF OUR, OUR, UM, OUR MISSION IS HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SIDEWALKS AND OTHER TRAILS AND OUR PARKS? AND SO WE'VE, IT'S, IT'S BEEN JUST A PART OF, OF, UH, OF OUR PLAN IN A SENSE, OR AT LEAST STRATEGICALLY WHAT, WHAT WE'VE DONE. BUT WITH EDDIE HURON PARK AS A DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, JUST LIKE PROBABLY THIS PARK RIGHT NOW IS EDDIE HURON PARK. OFF BUSH ROAD WAS BASICALLY A FIELD WITH TWO SOCCER POSTS, NOT EVEN NETS. AND SO, UM, UH, IN FACT, WE OPENED IT 10 YEARS AGO. AND SO I GOT WITH STAFF AND WE, WE ASKED THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE AREA, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? WE WENT, WE WORKED WITH STAFF AND, AND NOW IT'S A GREAT PARK. IT IS VERY BUSY. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS THE TYPE OF EXAMPLE OF, OF WHEN, WHEN THE PROCESS WORKS AND YOU GET TO SOMETHING AND YOU GET IT TO FRUITION, AND IT'S AN AMENITY FOR, FOR FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE 'EM, THEY DON'T HAVE PARKS IN, IN COUNTRY CLUB COVE AND MANOR AND ANYWHERE IN THE BUSH, BUSH ROAD AREA. AND SO, UM, I DO APPLAUD, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCIL WOMAN'S, UH, BED COURTS, UM, ACTIONS REACHING OUT IF SHE REACHED OUT TO WHO SHE COULD. MY UNDERSTANDING IS LAST SUMMER SHE DID, I REMEMBER I SAW THE SIGNS DOWN THE HALL. SO SHE DID HOST A MEETING IN THE EVENING. I THINK CORNELL WAS THERE. UM, AND, AND THEN, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY PLACED THE SIGNS AND WHO THEY INVITED, BUT I THINK THERE WAS A SMALL GROUP OF CITIZENS OR WHOEVER THAT SHOWED UP AND, AND VOICED THEIR, UM, INTEREST OR WHAT THEY WANNA SEE. SO, UH, I THINK THE PARK'S A GREAT THING. I THINK IT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WANNA SEE OUR PARKS. UM, THE PARKS MASTER PLAN WHEN IT COMES TO FRUITION IS GONNA BE GREAT BECAUSE THERE'LL BE SOME DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS ON THAT. I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR OFF, BUT WE HAVE TO REALLY DECIDE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME, THERE IS SOME, SOME PARKS THAT WE HAVE. ARE THEY REALLY PARKS? UM, DO WE NEED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OR SHOULD WE DO TAKE OTHER OPTIONS? I DON'T KNOW. UM, BUT WE'LL SEE WHEN WE GET THE, THE, THE MASTER PLAN. BUT THIS PARTICULAR PARK, I THINK IS, IS GREAT. UM, ALL THE AMENITIES, I'LL, I'LL, I LIKE IT. MOST OF THE TIME ON A, ON A LARGER PROJECT LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, IT IS PHASED IN. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S THREE PHASES. UM, I KNOW THAT IF IT WAS, IF, IF I COULD HAVE SCRIPTED THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, WE WOULD'VE HAD A WORK SESSION AND COUNSEL WOULD'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME THINGS, UM, ANSWERED. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS YOUR FOURTH MEETING I THINK. SO THERE IS SOME STUFF THAT WAS ALREADY KIND OF ALREADY, UH, IN THE WORKS, BUT, UM, [00:45:01] BUT I TOTALLY, WHEN MIKE MET WITH ME ON IT, I I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, UH, JUST TRYING TO GO AND, AND HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITE PLAN. UM, I THINK I SAW THE SITE PLAN ONE TIME BEFORE WHEN THEY HAD IT PRINTED UP DOWN THE HALLWAY. AND THEN I THINK RECENT UNTIL THIS WEEK IS WHEN I SAW THE REST OF THE SITE PLAN. IT LOOKS GREAT. I LIKE THE SOLAR LIGHTING. I THINK THE MERIT OF THE PARK IS, IS, UM, A GREAT AMENITY. THE DOG PARK, THE, THE SHADED STRUCTURES. UM, I THINK THE ITEM BEFORE US THOUGH IS REALLY YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT IS, IS NOT GONNA BE READY FOR A YEAR TO TWO YEARS, MAYBE. WE DON'T KNOW. UM, AND THEN, BUT THIS YEAR CAN, CAN MOVE FORWARD. SO IT'S KIND OF A, I WOULDN'T CALL IT SO MUCH OF A SWAP IN DOLLARS. I THINK I, I'M GONNA MET WITH MIKE. I SEE IT MORE, WE'RE JUST SOMETHING THAT'S SHOVEL READY. WE'RE MOVING IT TO THIS, THIS, UH, FISCAL YEAR AND THEN THIS OTHER ITEM WE'RE MOVING BACK. AND SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, IT'S NOT A NET ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE IN ANY WAY. IT'S JUST KIND OF MOVING ONE PROJECT UP AND ONE PROJECT BACK. BUT, BUT WITH THAT, UM, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS. UM, SO WITH THAT, I GUESS WE'LL HAVE A, A VOTE NOW. SO UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT YES MA'AM. SO WILL WE'LL BE, UM, THE VOTE WILL BE ON AN AMENDED AMOUNT. SO BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING THE, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO 5 0 3, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S SPECIFICALLY SAY WHAT AMOUNT ARE WE TRANSFERRING? I'M ASSUMING IS IT, IS IT THREE 50? TRY NOT TO BE THAT COPY. THREE 50. MAYOR THAT PUT 360 ON THE CHART. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IS IT THREE 50 OR IS IT 360? THREE 50. OKAY. THAT'S ALL WE GOT. OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL GET IT. THREE 50. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM MRS. BEN COURT ON, UH, AN AT LEASE ON THE, ON THE ITEM FOR $350,000 TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM ONE PROJECT TO THE OTHER. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM TWO B IN THE AMOUNT OF $350,000. SECOND MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, ALL ITEM CARRIES. WE NOW MOVE ON [3. 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.] TO CONSENT. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING ITEM E IS NOT READY. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A CONSENT AGENDA OF ITEM A THROUGH D AND F THROUGH O. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM A THROUGH D, D, SAVE AND ACCEPT E. MM-HMM . AND THEN F THROUGH O AND THEN F THROUGH O. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . SECOND. WE HAVE SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE'LL [a. Consider four (4) appointments to the Baytown Library Board.] MOVE ON TO ITEM TO APPOINTMENTS. ITEM FOUR A, CONSIDER FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAYTOWN LIBRARY BOARD, MS. BRI. SO WE HAVE FOUR APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE, HOWEVER, TODAY WE'RE ONLY BRINGING YOU TWO, UM, REAPPOINTMENTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF MS. ELSA KLEINMAN AND KELLY PAYNE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY AND, UM, GET, UH, APPLICANTS FOR THE TWO, UH, OPEN POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE ON THERE. CAN YOU REMIND US THOSE TWO OPEN? IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC EITHER DISTRICTS OR, NO, SIR. THEY'RE AT LARGE CITIZENS. AT LARGE CITIZENS, OKAY. REGISTERED VOTERS. I HAD SOME PEOPLE APPROACH ME ON THAT VOTE WE OR NOT, SO, OH, WE'RE TAKING APPLICATIONS, SO ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY. AWESOME. ALRIGHT. SO AT LEAST FOR THE TWO APPOINTMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE TONIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR, A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR, A SECOND MOTION TO SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. [b. Consider two (2) appointments to the Baytown Housing Authority. ] ITEM FOUR V CONSIDERED TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAYTOWN HOUSING AUTHORITY, MS. BRI. SO THESE ARE YOUR APPOINTMENTS, MAYOR. WE ARE, UH, YOU'RE BRINGING FORTH THE REAPPOINTMENT OF ELIZABETH THOMPSON, WHO'S A CITIZEN, UH, APPOINTMENT. AND THEN YOU, YOU ARE APPOINTING, UH, MR. BJ SIMON TO THE VACANT POSITION THAT, UH, IS ALSO A CITIZEN. OKAY. AND SO, UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING, THESE ONE'S A REAPPOINTMENT, MR. SIMON WILL BE A NEW APPOINTMENT MM-HMM . AND IT WILL, WE WILL STILL HAVE ONE VACANCY, IS THAT CORRECT? WE HAVE ONE THAT IS PENDING. OH, PENDING? YES, SIR. SO YOU'LL LET ME KNOW WHEN IT'S UN PENDING? YES, SIR, I SURE WILL. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. SO, UM, I GUESS I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR MS. THOMPSON AND MR. SIMON MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR B. OKAY. GOT A MOTION A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE TWO INDIVIDUALS, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? [c. Consider approving appointments to the Baytown Strategic Planning Advisory Committee (SPAC).] ITEM FOUR C, CONSIDER APPROVING APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAYTOWN STRATEGIC PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MR. DAVIS? YES, THIS IS EXCITING, PARTICULARLY EXCITING FOR ME BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT WE WILL KICK OFF A STRATEGIC PLANNING, A COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGIC PLANNING EXERCISE. UH, I'VE JUST BEEN, UH, REALLY ASTOUNDED BY HOW, UH, SUCCESSFUL IT'S BEEN IN THE, THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN TERMS OF ALLOWING US TO FOCUS RESOURCES ON THOSE THINGS THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE ACTUALLY TOLD US ARE MOST IMPORTANT. SO WITH THAT, YOU'VE ENTRUSTED ME BASED ON, UH, FEEDBACK I RECEIVED FROM YOU, UH, WITH THE TASK OF, UH, OF RECEIVING APPLICATIONS FOR [00:50:01] THIS, UH, ASSESSING, UH, THOSE APPLICATIONS AND THEN MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU FOR 10 STRATEGIC PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AND THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, UH, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THESE NAMES. WE DO HAVE ONE ON THE SPAC THAT, UH, CONTINUES FROM OUR PREVIOUS SPAC. SO IT WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT REALLY, UH, HAS A HISTORY WITH, UH, COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGIC PLANNING. SO THAT'S EXCITING. WHO IS THAT? UH, THAT IS, UH, MARK. MARK STAFFING? YEAH. OKAY. SO, UH, WE RECOMMEND YOUR APPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF THOSE SPAC MEMBERS. SO CAN WE JUST FOR, FOR COUNSEL'S, UM, INFORMATION, CAN WE AT LEAST, CAN WE, CAN SOMEONE, UM, EXPRESS THE NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUALS? IT IS JUST THE ONES IN BLUE. THEY'RE THE ONES IN BLUE. I'LL READ 'EM OUT THEN. SO WE HAVE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO WE HAVE ALAN MORGAN, NO, UH, THAT'S LAST NAME. MORGAN. ALLEN. MORGAN ALLEN. OH, EXCUSE ME. BINGMAN. OKAY, I GOT IT. MORGAN, ALLEN. STEVEN BINGMAN. MM-HMM . REBECCA KOJO. MM-HMM . TAYLOR HINKLE. YEAH. NICHOLAS RICE. IT'S, HOW DO YOU SAY THAT FIRST NAME? I COULD SAY, WE'LL JUST SAY ANJALI AN JOLLY SING SING. MM-HMM . TREVOR SMITH, DR. TOMMY SMITH, MARK STAFFORD, AND KELLY WILLIAMS. CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND THESE, THESE NAMES. UH, I WILL SAY, UH, ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE KIND OF CHANGED OUR MODE OF OPERATION. UM, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD BENEFIT FOR OUR, UM, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND, AND, AND REACHING OUT OUR, UM, MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENTS, UH, UM, UTILIZING OUR MEANS TO ASK CITIZENS, IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED, PLEASE, UM, YOU KNOW, PLEASE APPLY. AND SO WE'RE REACHING OUT, WE'RE WE'RE GETTING NEW, NEW IDEAS, NEW FACES, NEW PEOPLE INVOLVED IN CITY GOVERNMENT. AND SO I REALLY APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF, OF CITY CLERK'S, OFFICE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND, UH, EVERYBODY WHO, WHO GOES, WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EFFORT. SO THAT WE HAD, WE HAD SOME GREAT APPLICANTS. I THINK WE HAD 50 ISH, ABOUT 50 ISH. WE HAD, UH, ABOUT 56, 58, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SIR. NO, I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I THINK LAST YEAR WE HEARD, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DO, HOW DO I, HOW DO I GET INVOLVED? AND NOW WE'RE REACHING OUT AND, AND, UH, WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. AND THEN WE ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO FILL SPOTS. PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED, THEY DON'T WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS, BUT, UH, BUT YOU FIND, YOU SEE SOME APPLICANTS AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY GOOD APPLICANTS. AND SO EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T GET SELECTED FOR THIS, THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY MAY NOT BE A BETTER FIT ON ANOTHER COMMITTEE. SO I REALLY DO LIKE THIS PROCESS. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK WE'RE BUILDING A REALLY GOOD POOL OF PEOPLE WHO WANNA BE INVOLVED IN OUR, IN OUR CITY. SO WITH THAT, UM, I GUESS I ENTERTAIN THE MOTIONS FOR THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT I READ FOR ITEM FOUR C. MAYOR, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. OH, SORRY. UM, COVE, DOES THAT FIT WITHIN A DISTRICT? WHERE IS THAT COVE? UM, TAYLOR HENKEL? NO, HE'S NOT WITHIN. OKAY. THE DISTRICT. THE ONLY, I MEAN, THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE, I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH OF THE DISTRICTS. I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T COME INTO PLAY. MM-HMM . BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'M OKAY WITH THIS. FAIR. OKAY. I THINK MAYOR, I THINK EVERY DISTRICT IS, I THINK SIX ISN'T, I DIDN'T SEE SIX. I DON'T KNOW WHERE MARK STAFFORD LIVES. YEAH. THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN MY COMMENT AS WELL. I, I UNDERSTAND. SEE MANAGER SELECTION NURSE, AND YOU READ THROUGH THE, THE INFORMATION THAT THEY PRO PROVIDED MM-HMM . I, I'M SURE RICK READ EVERY ONE OF 'EM AND WAS TRYING TO FIND A GOOD MIX AND A GOOD MATCH. MM-HMM . BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THIS IMPORTANT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE AT LEAST SOMEBODY, BUT I, I'LL GO WITH HIS RECOMMENDATION. WE, WE DON'T CHALLENGE WITH THAT. WE DON'T, WE DON'T REPRESENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS WITH SPAC. THE SPAC WILL UTILIZE A STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE THEMSELVES. MM-HMM . SO, UH, BELIEVE ME, THERE WILL BE REPRESENTATION, THERE WILL BE INCORPORATION OF THOSE IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS WITHOUT NECESSARILY SITTING ON THE SPEC. HEATHER'S WITH THE EXPERIENCE ON THIS, UH, KNOWS THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, IT FUNCTIONS BEST THAT WAY ACTUALLY. YEAH. I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A, AN EXISTING OR PREVIOUS MEMBER. UM, YOU KNOW WHAT DISTRICT MR. STAFFORD IS FROM? HE THREE OR FOUR? HE'S IN FIVE. HE'S IN FIVE. FIVE. HE'S IN FIVE. FIVE. IT WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS ALREADY . THANK YOU. IT'S ALL MAYOR. ALRIGHT, SO I THINK WE STILL HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS. MM-HMM . ALL. SO, UM, THERE IS A MOTION TO SECOND. SO ITEM FOUR C, THERE'S NO MOTION. THERE'S NO MOTION. OH, THERE, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE NAMES. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. UH, I GUESS I, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE NAMES AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON. SO THAT WAS OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH, UH, THAT IS A COMMITTEE THAT IS LOOKING THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO LONGER [00:55:01] TERM, ABOUT A 20 YEAR LOOK. UH, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE. [d. Consider approving appointment to the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC).] SO THAT'S ITEM FOUR D. SO CONSIDER APPROVING APPOINTMENTS. COMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UM, I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE THE NAMES HERE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. YES. OKAY. SO, UH, YES SIR. THANK YOU. UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO AS, UH, MR. DAVIS HAS EXPLAINED TO YOU, UH, THERE WAS A RECRUITMENT PROCESS THAT WENT THROUGH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, FOR THE, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UM, WE ACTUALLY PIGGYBACKED ON THAT AND PUT THOSE, THAT RECRUITMENT WENT FOR BOTH COM OF THESE COMMITTEES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. AND SO FROM THAT, UH, POOL OF 56 PEOPLE, UH, THE 10 WERE CHOSEN FOR THE, FOR THE SPAC, AND THEN WE CHOSE 15 FOR THE CPAC. UM, AND ONE THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT WITH THE LIST OF NAMES THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. UM, THE 16TH ONE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A P AND Z MEMBER THAT ACTS AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THAT BOARD AND THIS COMMITTEE. UM, WE HAD THAT ON OUR, UH, AGENDA FOR LAST WEEK, UH, FOR P AND Z. OBVIOUSLY, P AND Z HAD CANCELED LAST WEEK. I SEE IT. SO RATHER THAN HOLD UP THE PROCESS, UM, WE, WE PUT IN THERE, WE, WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING FOR A P AND Z UH, APPOINTEE, BUT WE'RE GONNA LET THEM CHOOSE FROM THEIR OWN RANKS. OKAY. AND, AND LEMME ASK ON THE P AND ZZ MEMBER, ARE THEY LIKE A VOTING MEMBER? ARE THEY THERE AS AN EX, EX OFFICIO FOR INFORMATION? NOT THAT THEY TAKE A LOT OF VOTES ON SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES, BUT, UH, WE WOULD NOT EXPECT THIS COMMITTEE TO VOTE ON ANYTHING. OKAY. THEY JUST KIND OF BUILD CONSENSUS, I'M ASSUME? CORRECT. OKAY. CORRECT. ALRIGHT, MAYOR. YES, MA'AM. SORRY, I'D LIKE A REMINDER, I KNOW THIS ONE, UM, IS NOT LIKE AN ONGOING COMMITTEE, EITHER ONE. UM, THE SPAC OR THE CPAC. SO WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES THAT WE PUT IN TERMS OF THAT THEY COULD ONLY BE ON SO MANY TWO COMMITTEES. IS THIS HELD TO THAT NEW CODE OR IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THESE TEMPORARY COMMITTEES? I DON'T KNOW. ALRIGHT. SO YOUR ATTORNEY WILL TELL US. YES. YOUR POLICY DOESN'T DISTINGUISH. SO THIS WOULD COUNT, THIS WOULD COUNT TOWARDS SERVING AS NO MORE THAN TWO. OKAY. HOW LONG DID WE, SO, GOOD QUESTION. SO THAT WAS VETTED. I, I BELIEVE, I'M SURE. I BELIEVE WE DID. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. HOW, HOW LONG DO WE EXPECT THE, THE TWO COMMITTEES? I MEAN, AS FAR AS A DELIVERABLE, CAN YOU, UH, FOR CPAC WE'RE, WE'VE ASKED THEM TO, UH, EXPECT TO BE INVOLVED FOR ABOUT 15 MONTHS. OKAY. AND WITH THE, UH, WITH THE SPAC, I THINK WE SAID SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS OR MAYBE, YEAH. I, I WOULD PROBABLY ARE ON THE SIDE OF EXPECTING EIGHT MORE THAN SIX. IT'S SIX WILL BE PROBABLY NOT OKAY. BUT EIGHT. AND, AND IN THE APPLICATION FORM, WE DID ALSO ASK THEM IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN, IN A LONGER ENGAGEMENT AS WELL, JUST TO KIND OF, THAT, THAT WAS PART OF OUR PROCESS OF, OF FIGURING OUT WHICH, UH, COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THEM FOR. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO YOU HAVE THE LIST OF NAMES IN FRONT OF ME. THERE'S 15 NAMES, BUT 16 SLOTS. I'M, I'M ASSUMING WE'LL GET, WE'LL, WE'LL PICK UP THE P AND Z MEMBER AT A LATER DATE, BUT I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE 15 NAMES THAT WERE PRESENTED. MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR D, SECOND MOTION TO SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE INDIVIDUALS AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOVE ON [a. Present information regarding Sunday Funday Pop Up Park schedule.] TO MANAGER'S REPORT. YES, IC THE TIME TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM EVERGREEN. OH, WELL I WILL NEED SOME TIME AT THE END OF THAT. OH, NO, YOU SAID IT ALL. IT'S ALL, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A FULL YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE UPCOMING EVENTS COMING HERE. SO, UM, WE HAVE OUR POP PARKS STARTING NEXT ON, UH, MARCH THE SEVENTH. THE FIRST ONE WILL BE AT CARVER PARK. UH, I BELIEVE THERE'S A FOLK, WE'LL HAVE A FLYER OUT ON ALL OF OUR OTHER SITES, BE EIGHT OF THEM ALL TOGETHER, ALL ACROSS TOWN. UM, AND [b. Present information regarding the "Brown Bag Lunch Concert Series" at Town Square every Friday in March.] OUR BROWN BAG BRUNCHES START NEXT FRIDAY AT, AT THE, UH, TOWN SQUARE. AND I BELIEVE Y'ALL GOT SENT OUT A COMMERCIAL EARLIER TODAY. AND ALSO OUR NEXT MEETING THAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR, UH, MARCH THE FIRST HAS BEEN CANCELED. WE'LL DO THAT AT THE END OF, UH, MARCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MAYOR, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS. OKAY. UM, NOT ON THE PARKS, BUT, UM, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO REPORT? I'LL WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE DONE. OKAY. , IF YOU DO, I'LL LET YOU, YOU GO. UH, I'LL GO AT THE VERY END. OH, OKAY. YOU WANT GO VERY END. OKAY. UM, WELL, SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT, YES. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. WE'RE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, MARY DUDLEY WHO WROTE A THANK YOU TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS FOR REFILLING HER OXYGEN TANK, UH, IN THE RECENT STORM. SHE CREDITS TO HER BEING HERE TODAY TO QUOTE EVERYONE WHO WORKS SO HARD THIS LAST WEEK. SO I ALSO [01:00:01] WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, AGAIN, WHO WORKED SO VERY HARD DURING THAT VERY CHALLENGING TIME. CONGRATULATIONS TO TELECOMMUNICATOR AMANDA WEBER FOR HER OUTSTANDING NEGOTIATIONS ON FEBRUARY THE 11TH WITH A SUSPECT AT 2,500 EAST JAMES. SHE WAS CALM, COOL, AND IN CONTROL. SHE COMMUNICATED WITH THE SUSPECT IN A CALM AND REASSURING MANNER AND WAS INTEGRAL TO THE FAVORABLE OUTCOME. AND HARDY, CONGRATULATIONS. GO OUT TO OUR CANINE HANDLERS WHO WERE, AGAIN, RECOGNIZED AS SOME OF THE BEST IN THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT DOTHAM, ALABAMA. YOU, YOU KNOW, DOTHAM? OH YEAH. YEAH. IT'S, IT'S NOT DOTHAM, IS IT? DOTHAM, YES, I KNOW WHERE THAT'S KUDOS TO OFFICER BARRY CALVERT AND CANINE HERO FOR TAKING THIRD IN BOTH THE AREA SEARCH AND BUILDING SEARCH. AND BIG KUDOS TO OFFICER CODY DODSON AND CANINE ENZO FOR BEING NAMED TOP PATROL DOG ENZO, NOT OFFICER DODSON, AS WELL AS TAKING FIRST IN BOTH HOGAN'S ALLEY PATROL SCENARIO AND BUILDING SEARCH. SO I, IT IS REALLY QUITE SOMETHING FOR THESE CONFERENCES WHERE OUR CANINE PEOPLE SEEM TO GO EVERY YEAR AND JUST IMPRESS, UH, SO MUCH. WE'RE, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THESE FINE OFFICERS AND OF COURSE THE FOUR-LEGGED OFFICERS AS WELL. UM, WITH THAT MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THAT IS MY REPORT TONIGHT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. MS. ADO, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? JUST A, JUST A STATEMENT AND, UM, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE STAFF PERSONNEL, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, EVERYONE THAT REALLY HELPED THROUGHOUT THE FREEZE THAT WE HAD. IT WAS A, A TREMENDOUS SITE TO SEE, UM, ACROSS THE CITY AND ACROSS THE STATE AND EVEN SEVERAL STATES, UM, THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND STUFF. AND SO I KNOW MANY OF YOU ALSO HAD HOMES THAT WERE DAMAGED, BUT WERE WERE THERE ON THE SCENE AND HELPING OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET BACK TO THE LEVEL THAT WE NEEDED TO BE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND THEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL DID. UM, AND THEN SECOND, UM, I KNOW THIS IS NOT A CITY SPONSORED EVENT, BUT I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT, UM, MY COLLEAGUE, UM, HEATHER BETENCOURT DID TO HELP PUT TOGETHER, UM, A WOMEN'S HISTORY CELEBRATION, UM, STARTING IN MARCH. AND, UM, FIRST OR THE FRIDAY OF EVERY OF EVERY FRIDAY OF THE MONTH, WE'LL HAVE A MOVIE SCREENING AT TOWN SQUARE. UM, AND SO I REALLY WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE AND MORE CELEBRATIONS TO RECOGNIZE, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND CELEBRATIONS. AND SO, UM, THE, THE FIRST MOVIE'S, HIDDEN FIGURE HIDDEN FIGURES IS THE FIRST ONE. DID WE CONFIRM THE SECOND ONE? YES. YOU WANNA, THE SECOND ONE IS SELENA. MM-HMM . AND THE THIRD ONE IS, UM, ON THE BASIS OF SEX, WHICH IS THE STORY ABOUT RUTH BADER GINSBURG. AND THE LAST ONE IS A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. YES. AND IT'S BEING PUT ON BY THE ACE DISTRICT. YES. SO THAT WAS IT. I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT. AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE FREE FRIDAY NIGHTS IN MARCH. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. WHAT TIME DID THE MOVIE START? SEVEN AT SEVEN. OKAY. UM, ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. UH, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS, UH, FOR THIS EVENING, BE IT THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED ALL POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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