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GOT THUMBS UP.READY? SO, AND I'LL CALL THIS MEETING THE
[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, MAY 27, 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: 893 5910 2882. For telephone conferencing please use the following toll-free number: 1-888-788-0099, Meeting ID: 893 5910 2882. Any person, who is participating through video/teleconferencing and is interested in speaking on any item on the agenda, must submit his/her request via email to the City Clerk at cityclerk@baytown.org. The request must include the speaker's name, address, and phone number that will be used if teleconferencing as well as the agenda item number. The request must be received prior to the posted time of the meeting. The agenda packet is accessible to the public in both HTML and PDF formats at the following link: https://www.baytown.org/city-hall/city-clerk/agendas-minutes. After the meeting, a video recording of this meeting will be made available to the public at https://www.baytown.org/city-hall/city-clerk/agendas-minutes. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM PLEDGE AND INVOCATION Pastor Eric Bolenbaucher, The Pentecostals of Baytown and Volunteer Chaplain for Baytown Police and Fire Departments ]
BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL ORDER.WE WILL HAVE OUR PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS BY THE ROGER LEE HIGH SCHOOL, ROTC FORD MARCH LEFT, LEFT CALL GUARD.
BIG RESET CARD, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
LET LAB, FACE BOARD MARK LABS COLOR GUARD.
WE WILL NOW BE, UH, LED IN OUR, UH, INVOCATION BY PASTOR, UH, BOACHER FROM THE PENTECOSTALS OF BAYTOWN.
HE'S ALSO A VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN FOR THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, MR. BAUER HEADS AND PRAIRIE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WE COME TONIGHT TO ASK YOUR BLESSINGS AND GUIDANCE.
UPON THIS MEETING, WE ASK FOR GUIDANCE IN THE MATTERS AT HAND, AND ASK THAT YOU WOULD CLEARLY SHOW THIS COUNCIL HOW TO CONDUCT THE CITY, WORK WITH THE SPIRIT OF JOY AND ENTHUSIASM.
LET THIS MEETING BE PRODUCTIVE AND BE RESPECTIVE.
WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE OUR CITY THE DESIRE TO FIND WAYS TO EXCEL.
HELP US TO WORK TOGETHER AND ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO EXCELLENCE.
WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US AS WE CHALLENGE EACH OTHER TO REACH HIGHER AND FURTHER, TO BE THE BEST WE CAN.
WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS UPON EACH GRADUATE WHO IS GRADUATING IN THIS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WHO IS BEGINNING NEW CHAPTERS IN THEIR LIFE BOOK.
AND WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING TO BE IMPARTED INTO EACH ONE OF THEIR LIVES.
TODAY, WE ALSO PAUSE TO REFLECT ON THE SACRIFICE MADE BY THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE ON BEHALF OF OUR NATION.
AND WE PRAY THAT THEIR SACRIFICES ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN, NOR IS THE PAIN OF THEIR FAMILIES.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FREEDOM COMES AT A COST AND PRAY THAT WE CAN PURSUE PEACE.
WE HOPE THAT SOMEDAY WE'LL CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY AS JUST A MEMORY OF A TIME BEFORE WE STARTED LIVING THE PEACEFUL EXISTENCE THAT YOU INTENDED FOR US SINCE THE BEGINNING OF CREATION.
LET US TURN TO YOU, LORD, IN OUR GRIEF AND IN OUR REMEMBRANCE OF THE FALLEN.
GUIDE US TOWARD A HARMONIOUS EXISTENCE AS WE HONOR THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP THEIR LIVES THAT WE MAY GATHER HERE TODAY FREELY.
WE ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
AND ALSO THANK AS COUNCILWOMAN ALVARADO ONLINE AGAIN.
SO THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR ARRANGING, UH, BOTH FOR PASTOR AND FOR THE, UH, ROTC FROM ROBERT LEE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, I WILL, UM, I GUESS I WILL AT LEAST EXPRESS A FEW NAMES.
THEY WERE LED BY GUNNY SERGEANT CECILIA MAJOR, AND THEN ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE FLAGS WAS FIRST LIEUTENANT JAYDEN MORGAN, STAFF SERGEANT MARISSA JAMES, LIEUTENANT, UH, EXCUSE ME, LANCE CORPORAL HAIDA ALANISE, GUNNY, SERGEANT RANDY MORALES AND STAFF SERGEANT BAILEY DIXON.
SO WE CERTAINLY THANK THEM, THANK THEM FOR TONIGHT FOR A PRESENTATION OF OUR COLORS AND CERTAINLY WISH 'EM THE VERY BEST IN THEIR ENDEAVORS WITH THE ROTC PROGRAM AT LEE HIGH SCHOOL.
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ON TO ITEM ONE A, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING HELD ON MAY 13TH, 2021, UH, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM ONE A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
NEXT WE HAVE ITEM TWO, A RECOGNITION
[a. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.]
OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE.UM, I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT A VERY LONG LIST, UM, OF NAMES THIS EVENING.
SO IT WILL BE A LITTLE LONGER VIDEO.
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BIOS FOR SOME VERY TENURED INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.SCOTT SEALS, PATROL OFFICER WITH THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, ORLANDO TERAN, NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION INSPECTOR TWO WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, JOSHUA ADAMS, DETENTION SUPERVISOR WITH THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE JAIL DIVISION, LESLIE PEREZ, PERMIT SPECIALIST ONE WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
EFRIN BANDA AQUATICS MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
CHRISTELLA VIEGAS, FIELD SUPERVISOR WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.
VICTOR PEGUERO, HEAVY EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST, TWO WITH PUBLIC WORK AND ENGINEERING.
BRIT YEL, TREASURER WITH FINANCE.
TROY CRAWFORD, DETECTIVE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MICHAEL SCHAFER, CORPORAL WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
RACHEL PHILO, TALENT DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST WITH HUMAN RESOURCES.
OOH, MELVIN LLOYD, DETECTIVE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
JARED WILKERSON, PATROL OFFICER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
COREY MORAY, DETECTIVE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DALLAS WEBB, FIRE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
JENNIFER DUKE TELECOMMUNICATOR WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION.
KAREN MCGILL, PATROL OFFICER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ANTHONY SPILLER, FIRE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
JUSTIN LEWIS, LIEUTENANT MEET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
MICHAEL JOHNSON, MAINTENANCE MECHANICAL SPECIALIST WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING BAWA DIVISION.
MICHAEL JOHNSON STARTED WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AS A LABORER ON MAY 20TH, 1996.
HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FACILITY AND GROUND MAINTENANCE AT THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY OF BAWA SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
IN 1998, MIKE WAS PROMOTED TO THE WATER PLANT OPERATOR, A ROLE IN WHICH HE SERVED FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS.
IN 2013, MIKE BECAME A MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN AT BWA, WHERE HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR BALA'S VARIOUS PUMPS, MOTORS, AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT BEFORE RETURNING TO WATER OPERATIONS 2020.
DURING HIS TIME AT BAWA, MIKE LEARNED HOW TO MANUALLY OPERATE THE PLANT FROM THE START OF THE TREATMENT PROCESS TO THE END.
IN 2001, MIKE ASSISTED IN IMPLEMENTING BIO'S FIRST DATA SYSTEM, WHICH ALLOWED THE PLANT TO EVOLVE FROM MANUAL OPERATION CONTROL TO AUTOMATED CONTROL.
FROM 2001 TO 2004, MIKE SERVED AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE BOW PLANT EXPANSION THAT SAW THE PLANT GO FROM A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 21 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY TO 26 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, MIKE HAS BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH SEVERAL HIGH LEVEL PROJECTS, INCLUDING MAJOR ELECTRICAL UPGRADES, CHEMICAL TREATMENT UPGRADES, AND THE BEAST, OUR NEW BOW EAST PLANT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, MIKE HAS WORKED THROUGH SEVERAL WEATHER EVENTS SUCH AS HURRICANES, IKE AND HARVEY, AND THE WINTER STORM OF 2021.
MIKE SERVES AS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE BOWER STAFF WHERE HE CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PLANT OPERATOR WITH GREAT CARE AND DEDICATION.
MIKE HAS THREE CHILDREN, CASEY, HANNAH, AND DANIA, WITH HIS WIFE HEATHER, WITH WHOM HE HAS BEEN MARRIED FOR FOUR YEARS.
DURING HIS SPARE TIME, MIKE LIKES TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY FISH IN RACE, HIS 1988 CAMARO AT THE RACETRACK.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING MIKE JOHNSON FOR HIS 25 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE.
TONY OLA, CREW LEADER WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.
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TONY IS A 1982 GRADUATE OF ROBBERY LEE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WAS HIRED AS A PARK CARETAKER OF THE HORTICULTURE CREW PLANTING TREES AND MAINTAINING LANDSCAPED BEDS.IN MAY OF 1986, TONY WAS PROMOTED TO EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, MOWING PARTS AND RIGHT OF WAYS, AS IN OCTOBER, 1987, AND WAS AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE BEING PROMOTED TO THE POSITION OF CONSTRUCTION CREW LEADER IN 1989.
TONY HAS SPENT THE PAST 32 YEARS AS A CONSTRUCTION CREW LEADER, BUILDING AND REPAIRING PLAYGROUNDS, TRAILS, AND PICNIC SHELTERS AMONG MANY OTHER PARK PROJECTS.
TONY IS A TALENTED CARPENTER AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION OF COUNTLESS PARK FACILITIES, INCLUDING ALL OF OUR PICNIC SHELTERS.
TONY HAS HAD HIS HAND IN EVERY GREEN ROOF PICNIC SHELTER THAT THE CITY OF BAYTOWN HAS CONSTRUCTED IN.
OUR PARK SYSTEM HAS CONSTRUCTED SO MANY SHELTERS THAT HE NO LONGER NEEDS DRAWINGS OR PLANS.
ONE OF TONY'S FAVORITE THINGS IS ENJOYING THE EXCITEMENT AND SMILES OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN AS HIS CREW ASSEMBLES THE NEW PLAYGROUNDS.
TONY WAS RECENTLY HONORED AS THE 2020 RECIPIENT OF THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY'S PARK PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR.
TONY IS AMAZED THAT IT'S BEEN 35 YEARS AND COULD NOT BELIEVE HE'S LASTED THIS LONG,
TONY IS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE OF 31 YEARS, RACHEL AND HAS THREE CHILDREN, CHELSEA, CAITLYN, AND TJ.
FOR 35 YEARS OF EXCELLENT SERVICE, SCOTT JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
SCOTT GRADUATED FROM TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY, WHOOP IN 1981 WITH A DEGREE IN PARKS AND RECREATION ADMINISTRATION.
HE IMMEDIATELY JOINED THE CITY OF BAYTOWN RANKS WHEN HE WAS HIRED AS A PARK CREW LEADER.
SCOTT'S FIRST JOB ENTAILED SUPERVISING A YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS CREW OF 10 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO CONSTRUCTED PLAYGROUNDS, PICNIC SITES, AND OTHER PARK PROJECTS DURING THE SUMMER.
IN 1984, SCOTT WAS PROMOTED TO PARK FOREMAN WHERE HE SUPERVISED 10 EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NORTHSIDE PARKS DIVISION.
IN 1988, SCOTT WAS PROMOTED TO SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS WHERE HE SUPERVISED 24 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBLE FOR BAY TOWN'S PARK MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION.
HE ALSO SERVED AS STAFF LIAISON FOR THE GOOSE CREEK STREAM GREENBELT COMMITTEE, WHERE HE WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH PROCURING AND ADMINISTERING GRANTS FOR BOTH THE GOOSE CREEK TRAIL AND THE EDDIE V.
GRAY WETLANDS EDUCATION CENTER.
SCOTT WAS A KEY MEMBER OF THE TEAM INVOLVED WITH THE INITIAL PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BAYTOWN NATURE CENTER MASTER PLAN.
IN AUGUST OF 2000, SCOTT WAS PROMOTED TO INTERIM PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR BEFORE BEING NAMED DIRECTOR IN NOVEMBER OF 2000.
SHORTLY AFTER HE CREATED HIS GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT, THE AQUATICS DIVISION, WHICH NOW OVERSEES PIRATES BAY AND CALYPSO COVE.
TODAY SCOTT OVERSEES A PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT THAT HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE 65 FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS, 51 PARKS, FIVE SPECIAL USE FACILITIES, THE EDDIE V GRAY WETLANDS EDUCATION CENTER, THE BAYTOWN NATURE CENTER, PIRATES BAY, AND CALYPSO COVE.
SCOTT IS VERY PROUD OF THE BAYTOWN PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF, WHOM HE CITES AS THE BEST STAFF IN THE STATE.
HE AND HIS STAFF ENJOY SEEING THE SMILES ON PEOPLE'S FACES AT EVENTS AND PARK FACILITIES KNOWING THEY HAD A HAND IN MAKING THE DAY BETTER FOR PARK PATRONS.
SCOTT'S LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED STATEWIDE.
IN 2014, THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY HONORS SCOTT WITH THE DAN WHITWORTH FELLOW AWARD.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST AWARD THE SOCIETY CAN BESTOW, RECOGNIZING HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION FIELD, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY, ALL THAT.
AND HE BOUGHT THE CITY'S FIRST FAX MACHINE.
THANK YOU, SCOTT, FOR SO MANY YEARS OF REMARKABLE SERVICE.
[b. Present a proclamation designating May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in Baytown.]
A PROCLAMATION FOR DESIGNATING MAY AS MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH IN BAYTOWN.SO I'M GONNA, UM, I'M GONNA CALL UP, UH, THE GRANDA FAMILY AND ALSO THE X-MEN.
UM, I'LL MEET YOU DOWN HERE AS I READ THE PROCLAMATION.
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SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF HIGHWAYS HERE, UH, CROSS SECTION HERE IN BAYTOWN.WE HAVE VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND UH, WE HAVE MOTORCYCLE TRAFFIC.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE IN OUR BLIND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IN OUR BLIND SPOTS.
AND SO A LOT OF TIMES, UH, WE NEED TO BE VERY MINDFUL.
THEY MOVE QUICK SOMETIMES, UH, AND SO WE ALWAYS WANNA BE CAREFUL ON THE ROADWAY.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, WE WANT TO DESIGNATE THIS MONTH AS MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH.
I DO HAVE THE CREANZA FAMILY HERE WITH US.
UH, THEY DID LOSE A SON TO A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN 2015.
UH, THEIR, THEIR BAYTOWN FAMILY.
AND WE, WE CERTAINLY ALWAYS OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES, OBVIOUSLY, FOR THEIR LOSS OF THEIR SON.
UH, AND ALSO WE HAVE THE X-MEN, UH, GROUP OF, UH, FIREFIGHTERS AND, UH, I GUESS, UH, BIKE ENTHUSIASTS.
SO WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING, UH, AS WE, UH, PRESENT THESE PROCLAMATIONS.
OKAY, SO PROCLAMATION, CITY OF BAYTOWN MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH.
WHEREAS THE AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION REMINDS ALL ROAD USERS THAT THAT MAY MARK MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH MOTOR MOTORS, AND ARE REMINDED OF THE SEASONAL RETURN OF MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIASTS TO OUR TEXAS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.
MOTORCYCLISTS SHOULD ALWAYS OPERATE THEIR MOTORCYCLES IN A DEFENSIVE MANNER AND WITHIN THE RULES OF THE ROAD, MOTORCYCLISTS ASK THAT MOTORISTS GET IN THE HABIT OF LOOKING FOR MOTORCYCLES AS THEY DRIVE BOTH DURING MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AND AWARENESS MONTH AWARENESS MONTH AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RIDING SEASON.
SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRANDON CAP'S MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS DO HERE BY PROCLAIM MAY, 2020 AS MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH IN, IN BAYTOWN AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO DO THEIR PART IN, IN INCREASING SAFETY AND AWARENESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO LET ME GET THESE TWO PROCLAMATIONS FOR YOU.
WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WITH YOU X-MEN.
UH, IF I MAY TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE, I DO WANT TO, UH, PULL ONE ITEM UP FROM, I THINK IT'S ITEM NINE A.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, MR. JOHNSON? I THINK SO, YES.
SO ITEM NINE A, IF I COULD TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND MOVE THAT ITEM UP, UM, IS RECOGNITION OF THE WINNER OF THE GOOSE CREEK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION'S VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER COMPETITION EVENT, SINGING WITH OUR STARS.
AND SO, UM, BESIDES THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, I GET TO SHARE THE DIOCESE WITH UP HERE.
WE HAVE REALLY TWO SUPERSTARS, BUT YES, WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES, UM, UH, MS. UH, ERICA FOSTER, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GOOSE CREEK EDUCATION FOUNDATION, AND OBVIOUSLY JIM BUDZINSKI AND ALSO, UH, MS. ERICA FOSTER.
YES, BUT I'M GONNA SAY MS. GOMEZ, BUT THAT'S WHAT I, ANYWAY, SO ANYWAY, TONIGHT, UH, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WINNER OF SINGING WITH OUR STARS, UH, COUNCILMAN CHARLES JOHNSON.
AND SO IF YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR VIDEO THAT YOU DID, THERE ARE NO WORDS
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ASKED TO HELP PARTI TO PARTICIPATE IN A FUNDRAISER, TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN OUR GREAT DISTRICT WHERE WE GROW GIANTS.
AND, UM, WHEN I WAS ASKED, I ASKED TWO QUESTIONS, WILL THERE BE AN AWARD GIVEN? AND IF SO, CAN WE DRESS UP? AND UPON DOING SO, MY CHILDREN HEARD ABOUT IT AND SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE WITH ME, AND WE WENT ALL OUT TO BEAT SOME, SOME VERY GOOD COMPETITORS.
ANOTHER ONE IN THE ROOM WITH US RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, APPARENTLY THE COMMUNITY ENJOYED IT.
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OUR VIDEO, UH, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, WAS VERY ENTERTAINING.YOU THINK SO? THERE'S NO DOUBT.
WELL,
WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, IS HE GONNA SHOW THE VIDEO? NO, THEY'RE NOT.
AS I SAID, WE'RE, OR AS, AS MAYOR CAPTIO SAID, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO, UH, REPRESENT THE GOOSE CREEK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
UH, YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR RECENT EVENT.
WE'RE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE RAISED A LITTLE OVER $79,500 THAT NIGHT.
THAT MONEY, THAT MONEY GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE CLASSROOMS IN GOOSE CREEK, ISD.
UH, IT HELPS WITH, UH, WHAT WE DO AS A FOUNDATION IS WE, UH, PRESENT GRANTS TO TEACHERS WHO APPLY FOR THEM FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHING PROGRAMS THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL BUDGET.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THEY FOLLOW WHAT THOSE GRANTS FALL WITHIN THE CURRICULUM.
AND, UH, AND, AND OUR, OUR, OUR NECESSARY OUR ARE INCLUDED IN THE CURRICULUM.
UM, UM, OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE AWARDED OVER $1.3 MILLION IN, IN GRANTS TO TEACHERS IN GOOSE CREEK.
WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THAT, BUT THE MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE.
AND SO WE HAD THIS EVENT LAST WEEK, UH, BRANDON AND WHAT I'M SURE IS ONE OF HIS PROUDEST MOMENTS AS MAYOR OF BAYTOWN CO-HOSTED THE EVENT WITH ME.
AND EVEN THOUGH MR. DAVIS, OUR ESTEEMED CITY MANAGER, HAS FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE JUDGING COMMITTEE, UH, WE HAVE MET AND OVERRULED HIS OBJECTION.
AND CHARLES JOHNSON REMAINS THE WINNER.
SO, CHARLES, IF YOU COULD COME DOWN, WE'VE GOT A TROPHY FOR YOU.
AH, WHICH I'M SURE EVERYONE WHO LOVE TO POST ON EVERY SINGLE CITY WEBSITE HAVE MY OH, YOU GOT KIDS HERE TOO? OH, YEAH.
EASILY FIT IN ALL EMPLOYMENT THIS YEAR.
I THINK RICK SHOULD GET IN THE PICTURE.
JUST THINK, RICK, YOU SHOULD GET THE PICTURE.
THEY MIGHT LET YOU HOLD THE TR YEAH.
THE CITY MANAGER RICK DAVIS GONNA, VERSUS CHARLES JOHNSON IN A, IN A GRAND FINALE.
WE'RE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE DIET, THE KISS.
YOU PUT THAT, YOU CAN PUT IT UP HERE.
SO I KNOW IT WAS ALL IN FUN AND CERTAINLY THEY RAISED A LOT, YOU KNOW, A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR IN A VIR VIRTUAL WORLD.
AND SO I WOULD SAY JUST LIKE THE PROGRAM THAT THEY, THEY REALLY SUPPORT AS FAR AS INNOVATIVE TEACHING, IT WAS AN INNOVATIVE FUNDRAISER.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CAME OUT WITH THE IDEA OF A MM-HMM
I, I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT WELL, BUT I, I THINK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO PERFORMED THE SCHOOLS AND INDIVIDUALS, I THINK THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
AND YEAH, THE HOSTS WERE AWESOME, BUT OTHER THAN THAT,
SO I'M SURE YOU'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, CONGRATULATIONS.
I WILL SAY AS SOON AS HE SAID THAT HE WAS GONNA PERFORM FOR THAT, HE SAYS, I'M GONNA WIN.
IF I'M GONNA PUT A, AN AFRO WIG ON
WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S, UM, LIKE YOU WERE WEARING LIKE 8-YEAR-OLD, LIKE SOMEBODY'S PANTS SAID LIKE IT WAS AN 8-YEAR-OLD.
I THINK YOU DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE KIDS.
[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning the proposed adoption of guidelines and criteria governing tax abatement agreements by the City of Baytown.]
MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE A, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING, UH, THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA GOVERNING TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, MR. WOO.UM, SO WITH A COUPLE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING, UH, PROPOSED FROM OUR PREVIOUS GUIDELINES.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE ONE TOOL THAT THE CITY HAS TO ATTRACT, UH, NEW BUSINESS AND ENCOURAGE REINVESTMENT IN EXISTING BUSINESSES.
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UH, THIS PROGRAM IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON, UH, MANUFACTURING, LOGISTICS AND OFFICE.UM, THIS IS GOVERNED BY CHAPTER THREE 12 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
YOU HEARD EARLIER ABOUT THREE 13.
UM, THESE PROJECTS TYPICALLY DO NOT HAVE A, UH, A SALES COMPONENT.
SO WE DON'T GENERATE SALES TAX TYPICALLY FROM THESE PROJECTS.
UM, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER TOOL THAT WE WOULD USE FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
UM, WE DO HAVE OTHER TOOLS, UM, IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLBOX.
THEY INCLUDE THE REINVESTMENT INCENTIVE ZONE, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENTS, UH, TAX INCREMENT, REINVESTMENT ZONE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANTS, UH, REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS IN OUR TOOL TOOLBOX.
UM, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THEM THAT WE UTILIZE.
UM, SOME KEY CHANGES IN THE GUIDELINES FROM, UH, BEFORE WE HAVE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE MINIMUM INVESTMENT INCREASE FROM 1 MILLION TO 5 MILLION.
THE ONE, YEAH, THE 1 MILLION HAD BEEN IN PLACE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT PROVIDING A, A TAX ABATEMENT TO A COMPANY, IT REALLY SHOULD BE TO A CERTAIN INVESTMENT LEVEL STAFF FEELS LIKE 5 MILLION IS IS THE RIGHT MINIMUM FOR THAT.
UM, ALSO RECOMMENDING A, A MAXIMUM INVESTMENT OF $100 MILLION.
THE PURPOSE, PURPOSE FOR THAT IS IF IT'S A PROJECT LARGER THAN THAT, THERE'S PROBABLY A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION WE NEED TO HAVE ON THE LEVEL OF, UH, INCENTIVE PROVIDED.
UM, COULD BE MORE, COULD BE LESS, COULD BE STRUCTURED DIFFERENTLY.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH, WITH THOSE COMPANIES.
UM, THE ABATEMENT PERCENTAGES HAVE CHANGED SLIGHTLY FROM BEFORE.
UM, YEAR TWO USED TO PROVIDE A 100% ABATEMENT.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT GO DOWN TO 80.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT GOING DOWN TO 70.
AND THAT'S REALLY JUST ALIGNING IT BETTER WITH KIND OF THE TIMING OF WHEN THE PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND AND, AND HAVE FULL VALUE AND MAKING SURE THE ABATEMENT PERCENTAGES KIND OF LINE UP WELL WITH THAT.
SO, UM, HAVING SAID THAT, UM, WE LOOKED AT THE PERCENTAGES KIND OF THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
UH, THEY REALLY KIND OF VARY BY CITY.
UM, BUT I WOULD SAY WHAT, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS, IS VERY COMPETITIVE STILL VERSUS THE OTHER CITIES IN THE REGION.
UM, CITY OF HOUSTON PROBABLY HAS THE MOST SIMILAR PROGRAM TO OURS.
THEIR PERCENTAGES GO 175, 50 25.
SO OURS ARE A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THEIRS.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, IT, IT KIND OF VARIES FROM THE OTHER CITIES.
YOU CAN EXTEND IT UP TO 10 YEARS.
UM, AND THE CITIES KIND OF VARY FROM FIVE, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE AT TO UP TO 10 YEARS.
UM, OTHER NOTE THAT I WILL SAY IS THE APPLICANTS CAN REQUEST A VARIANCE FOR, UM, THREE PORTIONS OF THE GUIDELINES.
ONE IS THE, THE TYPE OF FACILITY THAT'S ELIGIBLE, UM, INELIGIBLE PROPERTY AND THE ACTUAL ABATEMENT PERCENTAGES.
SO IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED MORE ABATEMENT THAN IS IN THE GUIDELINES, THEY CAN REQUEST A VARIANCE.
AND AS LONG AS THEY GET THREE, FOUR, UM, SUPPORT FROM COUNSEL, THEY CAN GET THAT VARIANCE GRANTED.
UM, WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WELL, I THINK TO, LET ME, LET ME READ THIS AND WE CAN START OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THIS PUBLIC HEARING TODAY IS BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
EVERYONE DESIRED TO, TO BE, UH, PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTING OF THIS MEETING.
EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THIS HEARING.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
IF YOU ARE IN A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNSEL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.
AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT 'EM TO ME.
SO IT IS NOW SIX FIFTY NINE AND I'LL, UH, CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA CONCERNING, UH, GOVERNING, UM, TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
AND SO, HAVE YOU HEARD FROM MR. WOODERY ALREADY THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING? UM, I DO NOT HAVE ANY, UM, ANYONE THAT SIGNED UP, UH, DESIRING TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. LEY ON THIS? NOT SO.
THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE, OR THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRING TO SPEAK ON.
NOW, CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA GOVERNING TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
[b. Consider a resolution confirming that the City Council of the City of Baytown elects to become eligible to participate in tax abatement pursuant to the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act and adopting guidelines and criteria for granting tax abatement in a reinvestment zone created in Harris and/or Chambers Counties.]
THREE B.CONSIDER RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, CONFIRMING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ELECTS TO BECOME ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX ABATEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT AND TAX ABATEMENT ACT, AND ADOPTING GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR GRANTING TAX ABATEMENT IN A REINVESTMENT ZONE CREATED IN HARRIS AND OR CHAMBERS COUNTY.
I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN, UH, BJ SIMON IS HERE AND AVAILABLE ALSO FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, HE'S TYPICALLY THE KIND OF THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT WHEN BUSINESSES COME IN.
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TYPES OF AGREEMENTS AND WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
THE AMENDMENT WE HAD IN OUR PLACE, NICK, YOU, YOU MENTIONED IT WENT FROM 1 MILLION TO 5 MILLION AND I KIND OF, THAT'S A JUMP, BUT THE MODIFICATION WE HAVE HERE SAYS PROPERTY VALUE FROM 3 MILLION TO 5 MILLION, WHICH IS YES, WE HAD A, YEAH, WE HAD A TYPO JUST IN THE LANGUAGE.
'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S A MUCH MORE REASONABLE BUMP FROM THREE TO FIVE THAN FROM ONE TO FIVE, BUT I, I NOT SUPPORT IT.
SO WE, UH, I UNDERSTAND MOTION FOR ITEM THREE B.
SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION MULTIPLE SECONDS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM THREE B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE HAVE ITEM
[a. Consider an ordinance amending the official zoning map of the City of Baytown to rezone approximately 140.48 acres, generally located south of Interstate Highway 10 and east of Crosby Cedar Bayou Road, from Open Space/Recreation (OR) Zoning District to Livable Center (LC) Zoning District.]
FOUR A CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 140.48 ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 AND EAST OF CROSBY, CEDAR NEARBY ROAD FROM OR ZONING TO LC LOUISVILLE CENTER ZONING.GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL AND MAYOR, UH, AS ALWAYS, MARTIN SCRIBNER FOR PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THIS REZONE DOES CONTAIN TWO PARTS, WHICH THE FIRST PART, UH, THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN NOW IS THE, UH, MAP AMENDMENT FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATION TO LIVABLE CENTER.
BUT THERE'S ALSO, UH, THE SECOND ITEM, UH, WHICH IS THE DESIGNATION OF THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE GONNA BE PRESENTED TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'RE BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.
BUT, UH, YOU'LL NEED TO, UH, CONSIDER THOSE FOR SEPARATE ACTIONS, OF COURSE.
UM, SO THESE TWO ITEMS ALSO, UM, DIRECTLY RELATE TO THE FOLLOWING THREE ITEMS THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
AND, UM, THIS IS TO CONSIDER A PROPERTY OF ABOUT 140 ACRES JUST SOUTH OF I 10 EAST OF CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU ROAD, UH, THE REZONE AND THE PUD.
SO HERE'S THE, UH, ZONING MAP.
UM, THIS IS A CONCEPT MAP SHOWING BASICALLY THE PUD UH, WOULD ALLOW FOR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 120 DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, ABOUT 185 ATTACHED TOWN HOMES, 155 DETACHED TOWN HOMES, AROUND 350 MULTIFAMILY UNITS, AND JUST ABOUT 36 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL.
UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE HELD AT PNZ IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
UH, CITY COUNCIL HELD PUBLIC HEARING ON MARCH 25TH.
THE ITEMS WERE THEN, UH, OF COURSE, DELAYED A COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, TO WORK OUT SOME OF THE PID AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DETAILS.
AND, UH, RECOMMENDATION FROM PNZ ON BOTH ITEMS WAS FOR APPROVAL.
SO TONIGHT, THIS IS BEFORE YOU FOR FINAL ACTION.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AS IS STAFF.
I GUESS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR, A MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR A SECOND, A MOTION TO SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[b. Consider an ordinance approving the detail plan to create The Crossings Planned Unit Development and amending the official zoning map to a Planned Unit Development ("PUD") overlay of approximately 140.48 acres, generally located south of Interstate Highway 10 and east of Crosby Cedar Bayou Road, for a proposed mixed-use project with single-family, attached and detached townhomes, multifamily, open space and commercial components.]
FOUR B, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? I GUESS SINCE WE'RE DOING A SEPARATE, IF NOT, OKAY, SO I GUESS I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION ONCE AGAIN, MS. IN COURT, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR B, SECOND MOTION TO SECOND.SO THIS QUESTION IS FOR STAFF, SO, OR BRETT.
SO CLEARLY WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE AND THERE'S A LOT OF LIKES.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE PLANNING THAT'S GONE INTO IT, THE ATTACHED HOUSING, THE MIXED USES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PARCEL'S CLEARLY BEEN VACANT FOREVER.
SO THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT IT'S FINALLY GONNA BE DEVELOPED.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO POSSIBLY ASK, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT LIMITING MULTIFAMILY.
AND WE EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT HAD CERTAIN GUIDELINES.
AND I BELIEVE WAS THE, IT'S EITHER A ONE MILE RULE OR A, OR A HALF MILE RULE'S, NOT REALLY THE RIGHT WORD, BUT GUIDELINES, SO TO SPEAK.
AND I KNOW THAT THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT IS PROBABLY WITHIN A QUARTER OF A MILE, IF NOT A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MULTIFAMILY ON MAINE ACROSS THE STREET.
I MEAN, IT, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE JUST DISMISSED OR DISREGARDED THE MULTIFAMILY GUIDELINE THAT WE DISCUSSED THOROUGHLY A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE STILL ENDEAVOR TO ALIGN OURSELVES WITH OR NOT? BECAUSE WE CAN KIND OF CONTINUE TO APPROVE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENTS WHEN WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, WE THINK WE'VE REACHED KIND OF THE SATURATION OF MULTIFAMILY RENTAL UNITS IN THE CITY LIMITS.
I I BELIEVE PART OF THE RATIONALE IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT WHEN THE APPLICANT CAME IN WAS THAT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PUD, SO THE PUD IS, IS THE PIECE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE, THE,
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UM, THE MULTIFAMILY AND REALLY THE, WHEN YOU DO A PUD, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME GIVE AND TAKE.THEY, UM, WE ARE GIVING BY SAYING, OKAY, SOME, SOME MULTIFAMILY IS OKAY HERE AS LONG AS IT'S KIND OF IN THE APPROPRIATE CONTEXT.
BUT THE TAKE IS THAT, UM, THEY ARE GOING TO ALSO GIVE US, UH, HIGHER STANDARDS.
THEY'RE COMMITTING TO, UH, UH, DIFFERENT STANDARDS OR AGAIN, HIGHER STANDARDS IN THE PUD LANGUAGE AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, THAT THEY NORMALLY WOULDN'T HAVE TO, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY THE, OUR NORMAL REGULATIONS.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE THAT WAS KIND OF THE, AND MAYBE BRETT CAN SPEAK TO THE HISTORY OF IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS KIND OF STRUCK, UH, QUITE A WHILE, LIKE OVER A YEAR AGO NOW, NO MARTIN'S CORRECT THAT, THAT, UH, THAT'S WHAT DEVELOPED THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OUT OF THIS WAS THE FACT THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOME MULTI-FAMILY COMPONENT THERE AS WELL.
UH, THIS MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT WILL PROBABLY BE, UM, OUR HIGH END MULTIFAMILY PIECE WITHIN THE CITY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
AND I KNOW, UH, THE VIC JUST OPENED UP LAST WEEKEND, UH, WELL, IT'S BEEN OPEN FOR A WHILE, BUT HAD THEIR GRAND OPENING LAST WEEKEND.
AND THEY'RE REALLY PUSHING THE LIMITS OF WHAT, UH, WE'RE SEEING AS FAR AS RENTAL RATES.
THIS COMMUNITY IS BEING BUILT BY THE SAME GENTLEMAN WHO ALSO BUILT OUT THERE.
IT'S A PRODUCT THAT HE'S BUILT OVER IN SUGARLAND WHERE, UH, THEY'RE COMMANDING AROUND TWO 50 TO 300 MORE A MONTH PER THE SAME UNIT THAN WHAT WE GET OVER HERE.
AND HE'S ANTICIPATING THIS BEING THE SAME THING.
SO TO GET ALL THESE PIECES PUT TOGETHER ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY, THE PUD WAS THE TOOL THAT ALLOWS THAT TO HAPPEN.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THE, ALL THE DEVELOPERS THAT I'M WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT HAS BEEN SINGLE FAMILY.
I'VE NOT, UH, HAD ANYBODY APPROACH US IN THE YEAR AND A HALF PLUS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE LOOKING FOR ANY MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT.
AND CERTAINLY IF THEY DO, WE, WE WE'RE TRYING TO STEER THEM DOWN THE PATH OF, UM, WHERE IT'S, WHERE IT MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT BE APPROVED WITHIN THE CITY FOR, UH, FROM, FROM COUNCIL.
I, I, YOU KNOW, WE JUST, LIKE I SAY, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT NUMEROUS TIMES AND YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT IN TIME THERE WAS A COLLECTIVE WILL NOT TO ALLOW ANY MORE MULTIFAMILY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY INSTALL MORE BRICK ON THEIR HOMES OR PLANT MORE TREES OR WHATEVER THAT HIGHER STANDARD IS.
SO, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT AGAIN AND, AND IF, IF IT'S NO LONGER GOING TO BE FOLLOWED OR GIVEN SOME CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T EVEN DISCUSSED OR MENTIONED THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS, THIS PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS THAT PARTICULAR GUIDELINE GOES.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE AND, AND I DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE WITH IT.
I, I, I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO REVISIT A COUPLE OF CONFLICTING
MAYOR COUNSEL, ONE THING YOU MIGHT RECOLLECT IS THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN IN THE COUNCIL THAT THERE WOULD BE AN ELEVATED PRODUCT COME, COME ALONG, AND THEN THAT YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER SOMETHING THAT WE, WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T FULLY ANTICIPATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT THE TIME, BUT WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH THE APARTMENT DISTANCING AS A GUIDELINE THAT COULD BE USED.
COUNSEL COULD USE, USE THAT TO EVALUATE PROJECTS.
I'M NOT SURE IT WAS INTENDED THAT IT WOULD BE AN AUTOMATIC, UH, PROHIBITION AGAINST THE LOCATION OF APARTMENTS WITHIN A HALF MILE OR A MILE.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT AS PRESENTED TO YOU, I THINK MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO WAS, WAS CERTAINLY OF AN ELEVATED QUALITY THAT WE THOUGHT CERTAINLY DESERVED AT LEAST YOUR CONSIDERATION.
INSTEAD OF JUST SIMPLY SAYING NO TO IT.
YOU'RE WITHIN A HALF MILE, YOU'RE WITHIN A MILE, BUT ACTUALLY ALLOWING YOU TO, UH, EVALUATE THE ENTIRE PROJECT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS.
AND, AND, AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND AS YOU KNOW, I HEARD THE WORD PROBABLY IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, THESE, THIS, THIS RENT LEVEL AND SUCH.
SO AS LONG AS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, VERY CONFIDENT THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA, WE RECEIVE THE PRODUCT THAT'S BEEN BARGAINED FOR, BECAUSE LIKE I SAY ON, ON OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS TRANSPIRE.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THAT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'VE GOT A MECHANISM IN THERE TO, TO BE SURE THAT IN FACT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A PROBABLY, BUT A, A CERTAINTY THAT WE WILL, WE WILL RECEIVE THAT PRODUCT.
SO I THINK IT'S FAIRLY, WE'RE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT BECAUSE OF THE, THE PUD UM, REGULATIONS THAT WILL KIND OF DICTATE, UH, THE HIGHER, THE HIGHER PRODUCT FROM THE OUTSIDE.
IN ORDER FOR THAT, FOR THIS ENTIRE PROJECT TO BE FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE, IT WILL HAVE TO COMMAND THOSE LEVELS OF, AGAIN, THAT'S A, THAT'S A CONFIDENCE LEVEL I THINK THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE, THAT WE THINK IS REASONABLE.
UM, BUT WE CAN'T, OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T REZONE BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR RENTS, BUT, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE
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GOING TO BE UP THERE.THE, UH, THE CODE DOES ALLOW YOU TO BE DISCRETIONARY AND CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE MAYOR RECENTLY, HE REEMPHASIZED, HEY, LET'S BRING THE BEST PRODUCT TO YOU AND LET POLICY MAKERS BE POLICY MAKERS AND DETERMINE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, AND I BELIEVE AS I CONSULTED WITH KAREN, THAT THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT CODE ALLOWS YOU THAT DISCRETION IN THESE PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND I MEAN, MAYBE IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REVISIT, OBVIOUSLY, I WOULD THINK WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN UP, WHEN THE POLICY WAS WRITTEN, I'M SURE IT MEANT KIND OF A STANDALONE VERSUS A STANDALONE IN THAT.
AND SO IF WE NEED TO REVISIT IT THEN, THEN SO BE IT.
I WOULD SAY THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT HERE, BECAUSE OF THE, THE MIX OF, OF THE TOWN HOMES AND, AND SINGLE FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GREAT AS FAR AS THE MERIT OF THIS PROJECT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE ALL THE FINANCES WORK FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY, UM, WITH THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT, YOU KNOW, I DO THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD PRO PRODUCT AND, AND PROJECT FOR, FOR BAYTOWN.
SO, BUT, BUT POLICY, AS YOU SAY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE POLICY DOES, UM, DOES INDICATE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE INTENTION BUT ALSO IT INDICATES, INDICATES AND REFLECTS OUR ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION, UH, ON THE, ON THE FLOOR.
UM, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM FOUR B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SO ITEM C, D AND E OR CAN WE, CAN WE CONSIDER THOSE INDIVIDUAL, I MEAN INDIVIDUALLY OR CAN WE DO 'EM TOGETHER? THEY HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY AND, UH, ADOPTED IN THE PARTICULAR ORDER THAT THEY'RE LAID OUT IN THERE.
[c. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Professional Services Payment Agreement with Bayten, Ltd, regarding the expenses associated with The Crossing Public Improvement District.]
WE HAVE ITEM FOUR C.CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED, UH, A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BAY 10 LIMITED REGARDING THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CROSSING PUBLIC, UH, IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT THOUGHT.
I GUESS I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, OR UNLESS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DO ANY MORE PRESENTATION ON THIS, IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM, UH, FOUR C IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[d. Consider an ordinance authorizing a development agreement with Bayten, LTD, for The Crossings at Baytown.]
ITEM FOUR D, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH BAY 10 LIMITED.FOR THE CROSSINGS AT BAYTOWN, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN, UH, FAVOR OF ITEM FOUR D AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[e. Consider a resolution authorizing the creation of The Crossings at Baytown Public Improvement District.]
ITEM FOUR E, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF THE CROSSINGS AT BAYTOWN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM.
WE A MOTION TO SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEMS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Consider a resolution expressing the City's intent to change the calculation of the outside-city utility rates for all customers outside the corporate limits of the City of Baytown.]
FIVE A CONSIDER RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE CITY'S INTENT TO CHANGE THE CALCULATION OF THE OUT OF THE OUTSIDE CITY UTILITY RATES FOR ALL CUSTOMERS OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.MR. ROWLEY, IS THERE ANY UPDATES THAT WE HAVE THAT WOULD, THAT THAT, THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE, UH, AWARE OF ON THIS AND WHY THAT YOU CAN EXPRESS UPDATES FROM L AS FAR AS THE OUT OF CITY UTILITY RATES? UH, NO, THIS, THIS IS REALLY JUST COUNSEL LAYING OUT ITS INTENTION.
SO YOU HEARD THE RATE STUDY A COUPLE WEEKS BACK.
UM, IN THE FUTURE WE WILL BRING YOU AC AN ACTUAL PROPOSED RATE ORDINANCE, WHICH OKAY.
THIS IS REALLY GUIDANCE TO STAFF ON WHAT THAT OUTTA CITY MULTIPLIER SHOULD BE SET AT.
THAT'S WANNA MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE WHEN I READ IT, IT, IT WAS AT OUR PLACE.
UM, OUR, EXCUSE ME, THIS IS THE UPDATED ONE.
I JUST SIGNED IT, UM, OR PRE-SIGNED IT, BUT, UM, I DID NOT SEE RATES.
THAT'S WHY I WAS, WHAT IT, I DIDN'T SEE ANY RATES IN ITSELF.
IT TALKS ABOUT OTHER STUFF, CORRECT? YEAH, THE RATES WILL COME IN IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED MAKE SURE OF.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? AND THAT'S REALLY IT.
UH, WE, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF SETTING THE KIND OF COUNSEL LAYING OUT.
ITS ITS INTENTION OF SETTING THE OUTTA CITY, UH, MULTIPLIER AT, UH, 1.2.
ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I GUESS FOR ITEM FIVE, A MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND, YOU HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM FIVE A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing the Third Amendment to the Water Supply Agreement with Chambers County Improvement District No. 1.]
WE HAVE ITEM FIVE B CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED IN THE THIRD AMENDMENT OF THE WATER SUPPLY AGREEMENT WITH CHAMBERS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.SO, UM, THERE'S REALLY, UH, FIVE KIND OF KEY CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT FROM OUR PREVIOUS AGREEMENT WITH CHAMBERS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
UM, THE FIRST CHANGE IS, UM, ADDED CAPACITY.
SO CURRENTLY, UM, THE DISTRICT HAS A CAPACITY MAXIMUM OF 650,000 GALLONS PER DAY.
UM, THIS WOULD INCREASE IT ON JANUARY ONE OF 22, 23 AND 24, UM, TO 1.3 MILLION, 1.95 MILLION AND THEN 2.6 MILLION.
UM, IT DOES ALSO INCLUDE OR KEEP OUR ADJUSTED CAPACITY, UM, CRITERIA IN THERE.
AND SO IF, UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE DATE OF JULY 1ST, 2025.
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SO AT THAT POINT WE WILL LOOK AT THE ACTUAL USAGE AND MULTIPLY THAT BY 110%.SO LET'S SAY AT THAT POINT THEY'RE ONLY USING 1.5, UH, MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
UM, THEIR ACTUAL CAPACITY THEN WILL BE THAT TIMES 110%.
SO IT KEEPS THE CITY FROM, UM, ISSUING EXCESS CAPACITY TO THE DISTRICT.
UM, WHICH, WHICH HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON THE CITY.
UM, 'CAUSE WE CAN ONLY, WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CAPACITY WE CAN GIVE OUT.
SO THAT'S A PROTECTION TO THE CITY.
UM, THE MONTHLY SERVICE CHARGE, IT DOES, UM, LAY OUT A VERY SIMILAR, UH, POLICY TO WHAT YOU ALL JUST ADOPTED.
UM, IT LAYS OUT THAT THEY WILL, UH, BE CHARGED THE IN CITY NON-RESIDENTIAL, UM, RATE MULTIPLIED BY 1.2, THE SAME MULTIPLIER YOU ALL JUST LAID OUT.
UH, IT TALKS ABOUT FUTURE WATER SUPPLY.
THIS IS A, A NEW PORTION OF THE AGREEMENT.
SO IF BEYOND THAT 2.6, UM, MGD, IF THE DISTRICT HAS A NEED, LET'S SAY THEY HAVE A CLIENT WHO COMES IN AND SAYS WE NEED ANOTHER, HOWEVER MUCH, UM, AND THEY COME TO THE CITY AND SAY, WE NEED THAT WITHIN, UM, A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS AND WE SAY WE CANNOT OR UNWILLING TO PROVIDE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO OUT AND SUPPLY THE WATER TO THOSE USERS, UM, IF THEY WANTED TO.
MOST LIKELY THAT WOULDN'T BE FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE FOR 'EM, BUT AT LEAST IT GIVES THEM THAT OPTION.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT THAT IN THE AGREEMENT.
UH, THE TERM IS ALSO EXTENDED IN THE AGREEMENT TO 2042, WHICH HAPPENS TO ALIGN WITH THE, UM, PAYOFF OF, OF WAWA'S DEBT FOR THE BWA EAST EXPANSION.
ALRIGHT, SO I GUESS I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
ENTERTAIN, ENTERTAIN, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE B.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
NICK, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE, UH, WATER FLOW CHART HERE.
UM, DO, DOES OUR CURRENT FACILITY HAVE ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE THIS BY 2024? OR ARE WE COMMITTING TO DOING THIS? BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO BUILD, UH, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE.
SO WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THIS NEW STRUCTURE.
IT'S ONE THIRD ACTUALLY OF OUR NEW CAPACITY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM FIVE B.
[a. Receive the Baytown Police Advisory Committee (BPAC) First Quarterly Report to the City Council on its work and progress.]
WE HAVE, UH, ITEM SIX A, RECEIVE THE BAYTOWN PUB, UH, POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITS WORK AND PROGRESS.
WE HAVE OUR CHAIR, MR. MONTGOMERY.
CHAIR MONTGOMERY, WHERE'D YOU GO? I'M READY.
I WAS LOOKING FOR, YOUR CHAIR IS EMPTY.
MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF? UH, MY NAME IS RAFAEL MONTGOMERY AND I AM THE PASTOR OF MOUNT CAVALRY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
LOCATED IN THE GREAT SUBDIVISION OF CENTRAL HEIGHTS.
ALSO SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME, UH, THIS EVENING AND ADDRESS YOU CONCERNING THE WORK.
THAT'S, THAT'S FROM STRATEGIC.
NO, THAT'S IS IT? OH, THAT WAS THE ONE FROM EARLIER.
THERE WAS ONE FROM EARLIER PARKS Q DRIVE.
I, I NEED TO CLICK, JUST CLICK THE FACEBOOK, YEAH.
AS I WAS SAYING, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO ADDRESS YOU THIS EVENING.
CONCERNING THE WORKS OF THE COMMITTEE, I WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO, UH, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE PRESENT.
UH, TONIGHT I'M GONNA ASK ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO POLICE STAND AT THIS TIME.
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE PASTOR ERIC BOACHER, MS. YOLANDA BRAXTON, OFFICER RENEE HINOJOSA, MR. RICHARD HUNSINGER, DR.
MARISSA MORENO, OFFICER STEVE OCON, AND DR.
THIS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS HAS BEEN
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DEDICATED TO THE TASK THAT HAS BEEN SET BEFORE THEM.AND IT IS AN HONOR FOR ME TO STAND AND SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF.
THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE TASK OF ATTEMPTING TO ENHANCE AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THE CITY TO PROVIDE COMICS SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER TRAINING AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THE BEST PRACTICES ARE IN PLACE AND OPERATIONAL TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF TRUST.
THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TOWARDS THESE GOALS.
AND TONIGHT I WANNA PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THIS WORK, AS WELL AS HIGHLIGHTS SOME ACTIONS THAT WE, UH, WILL, WILL LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER AT A LATER DATE.
SO WE'RE GONNA START BY LOOKING AT THE POWERPOINT TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, ACTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS TAKEN THUS FAR.
THIS COMMITTEE IS BIRTH, THE, THE BPAC BAYTOWN, UM, POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS BIRTHED ACTUALLY FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, WHICH WAS FORMED IN 2019 DURING THE, UH, YEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS, UH, FUNCTIONAL.
WE HAD 13 FORMAL MEETINGS FROM MAY, UH, 2019 TO JUNE 20.
LET'S TALK ABOUT HIS SYMPOSIUMS. UM, ONE THAT TOOK PLACE AT MOUNT AVER MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
ANOTHER ONE TOOK PLACE AT SECOND BAPTIST.
UH, WE HAD ONE THE LAW IN YOUR COMMUNITY TRAINING.
WE HAD MULTIPLE MONTHLY MEETINGS AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS, PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON, UH, BAYTOWN PD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AND POLICING OUTREACH EFFORTS TO ENGAGE MINORITY AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS OFFICE OFFICER TRAINING.
WHAT TOOLS, UH, DID OUR PD HAVE? WHAT DOES IT NEED? WHAT CAN BE ENHANCED? AND ALSO, WE LOOKED AT THE BT, THE BPD, UH, COMPLAINT PROCESS.
HOW, UH, COULD SOMEONE FILE A COMPLAINT? WE TRANSITIONED FROM THE BAYTOWN POLICE, UH, FROM THE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE TO THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND THIS, UH, THIS SLIDE BASICALLY SHOWS YOU THE TIMELINE OF WHEN THAT, UH, TRANSITION, UH, TOOK PLACE.
ACTIVITIES TO DATE FROM THE BAYTOWN, UH, POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE HELD, UH, FOUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
WE'VE RECEIVED TRAINING ON THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, ON THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, AND AS WELL AS CIVIL SERVANTS TOOK A TOUR OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE STATION OR OVERVIEW OF FUTURE BAYTOWN PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY.
WE ESTABLISHED BUCKETS OF CONCERN, BUCKETS OF CONCERNS, UH, WERE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT OVER FROM THE, UH, THE CEAC, WHICH WERE CONCERNS THAT WE GOT FROM CITIZENS WHO WERE PART OF THE, UH, SYMPOSIUMS THAT WE, THAT WE HAD.
SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THOSE BOOKERS OF CONCERNS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
UH, BUT WE ESTABLISHED BUCKETS OF CONCERNS.
AND WE ALSO, ON JUST THIS PAST TUESDAY, PARTICIPATED IN THE USE OF FORCE SIMULATION TRAINING EXERCISE.
AND THAT WAS EYE OPENING TO SAY THE LEAST.
CAN I, CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING ON THAT? YES.
HOW, WHAT, DID IT SURPRISE YOU AT ALL? YEAH, I, I'VE REALIZED THAT MY REACTION TIME IS REAL SLOW
BUT WE, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING.
IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING, THE BUCKETS OF CONCERN THAT, UH, THAT CAME OVER FROM THE CEAC.
AND WHEN THE BPAC GOT TOGETHER, WE LOOKED AT THE BUCKET OF CONCERNS THAT CAME FROM THE MEETINGS, THE SYMPOSIUMS THAT WE HAD, UH, FROM THE CEAC.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT AS A GROUP, WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO WITH THESE CONCERNS? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON AS, UH, A BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT CAN BE SO THAT WE CAN BE CHANGE AGENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND START BUILDING THOSE BRIDGES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR, UM, AND OUR, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THE BUCKETS OF CONCERNS WERE, WERE, WERE NARROWED DOWN TO BASICALLY FOUR, FOUR ITEMS. MENTAL HEALTH, POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, AND TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS AS A GROUP OF GOING THROUGH THESE BUCKETS OF CONCERN AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN DO, UH, WE CAN, UH, RECOMMEND TO YOU ALL THAT CAN BE MEANS THAT WE CAN USE TO IMPROVE, UH, THESE PARTICULAR CONCERNS
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THAT, UH, THAT THE CITIZENS, UM, POINTED OUT TO US DURING THE, DURING THE SYMPOSIUMS. SO WE STARTED THE B EIGHT, THE, UH, BPAC PRIORITIZED MENTAL ILLNESS AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY MM-HMMFOR OUR COMMITTEE THAT WE, THE FIRST THING WE WANTED TO TACKLE, UH, THE FIRST THING THAT WE WANTED TO TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN, THE FIRST THING THAT WE WANTED TO, UM, TO WORK ON WAS, UH, HOW CAN WE DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND POLICING? SO THESE, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU, THREE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND ARE SUPPORTED BY THE, UM, THE B UH, THE BPAC.
AND WE HOPE THAT, UM, IN DUE TIME, THAT THE, UH, COUNCIL WILL, UH, WILL SUPPORT US IN THESE MEASURES AND, UH, MAKE THE NECESSARY, UH, ARRANGEMENTS FOR THESE THINGS TO BECOME, TO COME TO FRUITION.
FIRST THING THAT WE, UH, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS THE CORE PROGRAM, UH, CLINICIAN AND OFFICER REMOTE EVALUATION.
THIS IS, UM, A PROGRAM, UM, WHERE WE HAVE IPAD, THE OFFICERS HAVE IPADS, UM, AND THE IPADS ARE CONNECTED TO A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SO THAT WHEN, UM, THEY ARE IN A, UM, SITUATION WITH SOMEONE WHO MAY BE HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, THAT MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL CAN ASSIST THEM DURING, UM, DURING THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE PERSON.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT PROJECT GUARDIAN DECAL DECALS FOR, UM, AUTISM, UH, INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISMS AUTISM HAS A UNIVERSAL, UM, DECAL NOW.
AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THESE DECALS AVAILABLE TO OUR CITIZENS WHO MAY, UM, HAVE INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR HOMES, IN THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE AUTISM SO THAT THEY CAN PUT THESE DECALS ON THEIR HOMES, OR THEY COULD PUT THAT, THESE DECALS ON THEIR CARS SO THAT WHEN THERE IS AN INTERACTION BETWEEN, UH, IF THERE IS AN INTERACTION BETWEEN THIS INDIVIDUAL, THIS FAMILY, AND ONE OF OUR OFFICER, OUR OFFICERS KNOW GOING IN THAT, HEY, THIS IS A SITUATION THAT I'M GOING, MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENTLY.
I MAY NEED TO CALL SOMEONE, UH, WHO HAS MORE, UH, EXPERTISE IN THIS ARENA THAN I DO TO HELP ME WITH THIS, WITH THIS CALL.
AND WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UM, WE WE'RE WORKING ON CREATING IN THIS, WE STARTED THIS ACTUALLY IN THE, IN THE CAC, CREATING A DECAL FOR ALL MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESSES THAT IS SPECIFIC TO BAYTOWN, WHERE WE CAN, AGAIN, HAVE THESE DECALS MAYBE ON INDIVIDUAL'S CARS OR ON THEIR HOMES SO THAT WHEN AN OFFICER, UH, OR UH, OR JUST A REGULAR CITIZEN, UH, INTERACTS WITH SOME, UH, A PERSON WHO MAY HAVE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, THEY WILL HAVE AN IDEA, OKAY, I NEED TO, I NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS IN A DIFFERENT, IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET A SELF-REPORTING, UH, VOLUNTARY FORM AND CREATING A DATABASE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW THROUGH THE CORE PROGRAM.
WERE DECALS STREET, UH, UH, FOR STREET CHECKS, UM, ET CETERA.
SO THAT WHEN WE HA WHEN WE SEE THESE DECALS, WE'LL KNOW, OUR OFFICERS WILL KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT I MAY NEED TO REACH OUT TO THE CRISIS TEAM TO HELP ME WITH THIS SITUATION.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE RIGHT NOW, UM, WITH THE MENTAL, WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH.
SO I'LL PAUSE NOW AND ASK IF, SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YES.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOUR BUCKETS OF CONCERN MEMBERED WHAT THE OTHER GROUP FOUND IN FOCUS GROUPS THAT LETS ME KNOW THAT THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER FOR THE MAYOR WAS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND, AND, AND THAT'S ENCOURAGING TO HEAR THAT.
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SEE THAT MENTAL ILLNESS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT YOU ALL SAID, WE NEED TO FOCUS, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON BEING A FORMAL COMMITTEE.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THE REST OF COUNCIL WOULD ADHERE AND LISTEN, I HEARD THAT WORD A LOT WITH THE OTHER, WITH THE FOCUS GROUP.
ALSO, LISTEN TO WHAT YOU ALL ARE RECOMMENDING.
I DON'T TIMES 20, $18,000 TIMES 20.
I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH MONEY TO, UM, TO, TO HELP WITH RELATIONSHIPS.
I ALSO, WITH THIS BEING, WITH ME BEING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, I DID ASK THE
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QUESTION, IT WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT IF WE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT THIS DECAL TOGETHER AND ROLL IT OUT THIS MONTH IN, IN RECOGNITION OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT WE ARE FINDING IN AMERICA TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S COMING TO THE FOREFRONT NOW.
BUT, BUT MY BACKGROUND, I'VE KNOWN FOR A WHILE THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE, AND THIS WOULD TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE'RE GETTING IF WE WOULD JUST TAKE THE TIME TO REALIZE EVERYONE'S NOT ON THE SAME LEVEL, AND TO ACTUALLY LOOKING AT TRAINING, ALLOW MORE TRAINING ON OUR POLICE OFFICERS SO THAT THEY CAN BE BETTER PREPARED TO HANDLE, UM, TO, TO WORK WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS.
SO I, I'M, I AM, I CANNOT PUT ENOUGH WORDS TOGETHER TO SAY HOW HAPPY I AM THAT YOU ALL ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, IN MY OPINION WITH THIS.
I JUST WOULD HOPE THAT WE, ON COUNCIL WOULD TAKE HEED TO WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO US TODAY AND, AND, AND GET STARTED ON MAKING SOME OF THESE THINGS, UM, HAPPEN.
CHIEF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, UH, SPEAK, UH, SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE COURT PROGRAM? UM, YEAH.
SO THE, UH, CORE PROGRAM, WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION TOO, AS WELL WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH IS ISSUE.
WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS.
HOW ARE WE GONNA HANDLE THIS? HOW CAN WE DO THIS? WE REACHED OUT TO, UH, HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DEFINED IDEAS OF WHAT THEY HAVE AND OTHER AGENCIES THROUGHOUT, NOT JUST IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA, BUT HERE, BUT HARRIS COUNTY HAD THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM.
BUT THIS CORE PROGRAM IS BASICALLY SOMETHING THEY'VE HAD FOR ROUGHLY ABOUT 10 YEARS OR SO.
AND IT'S BASICALLY THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH ITS IPAD INITIATIVE.
SO IT WORKS THROUGH THE HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM.
SO BASICALLY WITH THE CORE PROGRAM THAT ONCE YOU GET THEM INTO THIS SYSTEM, IT ALSO PROVIDES FOLLOW UP FOR THE CONSUMER AFTERWARDS WITH THE HARRIS HEALTH CLINICIAN.
SO NOT ONLY IS IT ADDRESSING NOW WE'RE THE OFFICER CAN TALK WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS AND GET KIND OF A PROFESSIONAL OPINION.
THERE IS FOLLOW UP THAT CAN BE DONE.
'CAUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO 'EM AND LEAVING MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO REALLY TRY TO FIND IF THERE'S FOLLOW UP THAT CAN ASSIST WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS.
AND SOMETHING ELSE THAT, UH, WE HAVE DISCOVERED HERE RECENTLY THAT COMES IN IS THAT UNDER HARRIS COUNTY, EVIDENTLY THE GRANT THAT HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM HAS IN THE CORE IS, UH, WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO THIS UNDER THEIR GRANT AND FOR THIS YEAR OR SO, UH, WE MAY NOT HAVE THIS COST.
THEY, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US THE 20 IPADS FOR THIS AT NO COST TO US.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT GRANT LASTS AND, UH, PROCEEDS FORWARD IN THE FUTURE YEARS WITH THE, THE NATIONAL ATTENTION TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
SO, UH, IF IT DOES COME TO SOMETHING THAT'S A COST INITIATIVE, OF COURSE WE COME TO YOU AND IT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE SUPPORT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS.
IF I MAY ADD, UM, SO ONCE YOU SAID HEALTH AND, AND I'M, AND, AND FORGIVE ME, I DON'T KNOW, THE NEW, THERE'S A NEW, UM, THANK GOD, THEY, THEY RE THEY RENAMED M-H-M-R-A MM-HMM
AND SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE, THE, THE NEW NAME IS, BUT, BUT IT DID GET A NEW NAME, UH, WITH HARRIS HEALTH.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND NOW WITH AT LEAST IPADS, THE REASON WHY HARRIS HEALTH, THEY USE A SOFTWARE CALLED EPIC, WHICH IS, IT'S GONNA HAVE ALL THE, THE, THE RECORDS THAT, THAT PROTECTS OBVIOUSLY THE PATIENT'S, UM, PATIENT'S RECORDS.
BUT, UM, THAT'S WHY IT'S GONNA BE HELPFUL BECAUSE NOW THE, THE SYSTEM'S GONNA BE CONNECTED.
SO IF, IF I CAN GET SOME MORE INFORMATION, UH, ON THE HARRIS HEALTH GRANT, I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT EFFORT.
AND THIS IS NOTHING THAT'S CONNECTED THROUGH OUR IT DEPARTMENT.
SO I KNOW IT'S OUT THERE GOING, UH, OH, NO, IT'S SOMETHING THAT SAID DIRECT CONNECTION, KIND OF A FACETIME DIRECTLY TO THE CLINICIAN THAT GOES THROUGH THAT.
I KNOW YOU HAVE MORE, YOU HAVE MORE, UM, NO MORE PRESENTATION.
THE, THE DECALS THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA THAT ARE, THAT ARE DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT, USING DECALS AND FOR HOMES AND VEHICLES? AND THEY, THERE IS, THEY'RE USING DECALS, CORRECT ME, CH CORRECT ME.
CHIEF, HELP ME WITH THIS THERE, WE THEY'RE USING DECALS IN HARRIS COUNTY, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UH, SO HARRIS COUNTY DOES USE A DECAL, BUT UH, WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR HERE IN BAYTOWN IS SOMETHING THAT IS ADDRESSED JUST FOR A MENTAL HEALTH, UH, NOT HAVING ONE FOR EVERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
MORE GENERIC, DIDN'T NEED ONE.
A GENERIC ONE THAT WOULD BASICALLY GO WITH THAT.
SO I KNOW, UM, WE PULLED UP, LOOKING AT THE ONE THAT'S A RIBBON, IT'S GREEN IN COLOR,
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UH, THAT HAS THE CROSSWAYS KIND OF RIBBON THAT'S ON THERE THAT THEY COULD HAVE TO WHERE IT IDENTIFIES.UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE AUTISM, THAT'S THE PUZZLE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
THAT'S THE NATIONAL, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO CONFUSING TO WHERE PEOPLE HERE GOING, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THAT AND HOW SO MANY DE DETAILS CARD.
UH, BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT THIS IS A VOLUNTARY BASIS IF THEY WANT TO HAVE IT OR NOT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT AN OFFICER'S GONNA GO THERE AND IMMEDIATELY PLAQUE OR SOMEBODY, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE TOTALLY VOLUNTARILY, UH, SOMETHING THAT THE PARENTS WANT TO DO OR THE, THE FOLKS THAT LIVE THERE.
SO, SO THAT WAS, I MEAN, JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW, SO WE, WE DEVELOPED A DECAL DESIGN AND, AND SO ON, BUT IT WAS, LIKE YOU SAID, IT, IT, BESIDES THE DESIGN, WHAT ARE WE CAPTURING? WHAT ARE WE TELLING? BUT IT WAS A, AN EASY VISUAL INDICATION FOR IF AN OFFICER IS SHOWING IF, IF THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING, THEY'RE HAVING A EITHER APPROACH A VEHICLE OR EVEN MAYBE IN SOMEONE'S HOME AS IT WAS EXPRESSED, YOU JUST KNOW THAT GOING IN AND IT'S MAY OR MAY NOT, BUT GOING IN, UM, TO A SITUATION, YOU HAVE TO BE AT LEAST PREPARED THAT YOU, YOU MAY INTERACT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL THAT MAY NOT REACT, IS WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY ASSUME, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF IT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S THROUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, I KNOW, UH, SHERIFF GONZALEZ DID START A PROGRAM, UH, FAIRLY RECENT, SOMEWHAT WITH, WITH THE DECALS, UH, BUT WE JUST NEVER, AT THAT POINT, WE JUST NEVER GOT TO FRUITION.
I HOPE WE CAN STILL OBVIOUSLY CONTINUE THAT.
AND DECALS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE THAT HOPEFULLY CAN BE FUNDED AND, AND AT LEAST THAT FIRST STEP.
UM, I THINK THE OTHER PROBLEM WE HAD WAS, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE SELF-REPORTING AND, YOU KNOW, PATIENT'S PROTECTION.
SO WE HAD A HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU MANAGE ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS TOO.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER CITIES USING IT.
I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT KIND OF PARTICIPATION THEY WERE GETTING, BECAUSE I MEAN, PEOPLE MAY BE HESITANT TO DO IT.
I KNOW IT'S ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS.
WE NEEDED THE DECALS, OBVIOUSLY TO BE CONTROLLED AND, AND WITHOUT HAVING, WITHOUT HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL SUBMIT TOO MUCH PAPERWORK TO SAY, HERE YOU GO.
YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT JUST THEY NEED TO BE CONTROLLED.
SO NOT EVERYONE HAS IT, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO ARE SELF VOLUNTARILY REPORTING AND SAY, YES, I DO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS THIS CONCERN.
AND SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT? AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES.
WE WE'RE STILL HASHING, WE'RE STILL HASHING THAT OUT.
UH, COUNCILOR PAUL POWELL OF HOW EXACTLY, UM, WE CAN GO ABOUT, UH, DOING THINGS.
WE HAVE IDEAS AS FAR AS, UH, UM, WORKING WITH, UH, DOCTOR'S OFFICES.
AS WELL AS, UM, WORKING WITH THE PD.
UH, SO WE ARE HASHING IT, HASHING IT OUT, AND WHEN WE ARE READY TO, UM, OUR GOAL IS OUR NEXT MEETING, NEXT TIME WE PRESENT, WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING HASHED OUT.
A BBC 1, 2, 3 FOR YOU ALL, UM, WITH COST INVOLVED AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, WITH THIS EXAMPLE.
AND, AND ON THE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE WE HAD, UM, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL FROM LEGACY HEALTH, AND SO SHE WAS, SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALL GETTING EDUCATED ON, ON HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, PROTECT PATIENTS' RIGHTS BUT ALSO TRY TO GET A, GET A DECAL THAT, TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT VISUAL INDICATION.
YOU HAD SOME, YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS, UM, WHAT THEY DO WITH HANDICAP STICKERS, YOUR DOCTOR, IF YOU WANT IT, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VALID, THEIR CLINICIAN, THEIR DOCTOR WRITES THEM SOMETHING, BRING IT IN.
THAT'S WHERE THIS CLINICIAN I THINK IS GONNA HELP, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA PROTECT THE PATIENT INFORMATION.
ALL WE NEED IS LIKE, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT'S IT.
THERE'S, UM, A LEGITIMATE REQUEST AND THEN WE CAN ISSUE A DECAL MM-HMM
SO I DON'T WANNA DEPEND ON THAT YET.
I, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS IS IT'S TESTED AND PROVEN MM-HMM
AND, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED QUICKLY AND, AND THAT'LL BE THE GREATEST IMPACT TO DO SOMETHING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO I LIKE IT IN, IN THAT REGARD, AND IT, IT, IT JUST SEEMS REASONABLE AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THE MAJORITY OF IT, IF NOT ALL OF IT'S NOT DOABLE IN MY OPINION.
LET'S TRY TO GET IT, GET IT THERE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, IF NOT, I, I MEAN, JUST, I THINK YOU'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN, IN, IN A SHORT TIME.
NOW THE COMMITTEE IS FORMALIZED AND NOW YOU'RE UP AND RUNNING.
SO WE DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT.
AND YOU KNOW, I, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO YOU ALL AND ALSO TO EVERYONE WHO CAME BEFORE YOU ALL WHO SERVED ON THAT FIRST COMMITTEE.
UM, BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY GOT THE BUCKETS TOGETHER.
THEY COMPILED INFORMATION AND THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT PART, ESPECIALLY AFTER THINGS THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED HERE, TO BE WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED BEFORE, AND THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR PICKING UP THE MANTLE, TAKING THE BATON AND FURTHERING, UM,
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JUST, JUST GAINING MORE PROGRESS, MAN.IF I COULD COME DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW, I'D BE GIVING EVERY ONE OF YOU A HIGH FIVE.
I AM SUPER EXCITED AND HAPPY TO KNOW THAT PROGRESS IS, IS BEING MADE.
THE, THE CAC WORKED, UM, THAT YEAR WAS, UH, WE DID A, WE DID A LOT IN THE CAC MM-HMM
AND THE, UM, THE BPAC HAS JUST PICKED UP THE BALL AND CONTINUED TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO IT'S, IT IS DEFINITELY BEEN A, A CONTINUOUS, UH, PROGRESS WITH BOTH GROUPS WORKING TOGETHER, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ONLY TWO OF US FROM THE ORIGINAL GROUP THAT ARE IN THIS GROUP MM-HMM
SO, UH, I'M GRATEFUL FOR, FOR EVERYBODY THAT WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH.
[7. CONSENT All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.]
MOVE ON TO ITEM, UH, OUR CONSENT ITEM.WE HAVE ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH EI GUESS I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH E MOVE A THROUGH E.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE EXTENDED AGENDA AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE HAVE APPOINTMENTS
[a. Consider one (1) appointment to the Baytown Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals.]
AT ITEM EIGHT, A CONSIDER ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE BAYTOWN CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS.THIS BOARD, UM, IS A SEVEN BOARD MEMBER.
UM, CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO VACANCIES AND WE RECEIVE ONE APPLICATION FOR THE JOURNEYMAN MASTER, UM, PLUMBER POSITION, UM, MR. SHANE BLACKMAN.
MR. BLACKMAN MEETS THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION AND HAS OVER 24 YEARS EXPERIENCE OF PLUMBING.
UM, IF APPOINTED, MR. BLACKMAN WILL COMPLETE THE UNEXPIRED TERM VACATED BY MR. GARY RAWL IN APRIL, 2019, WHICH, UM, IS SET TO EXPIRE.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVE ITEM EIGHT A FOR MR. BLACKMAN.
UH, I THINK IT'S EXCELLENT, UH, INDIVIDUAL TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, ARE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE INDIVIDUALS PRESENTED? PLEASE SAY AYE.
[b. Consider one (1) appointment to the Planning and Zoning Commission.]
ITEM EIGHT B, CONSIDER ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE, TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, MS. JACKSON.AND THIS IS A NON-MEMBER BOARD.
UM, CURRENTLY THERE'S ONLY ONE VACANCY FROM DISTRICT FIVE, UM, AND AT LARGE POSITION, UM, BECAUSE MR. SEAN MCDONALD, UM, HE RESIGNED AS OF MAY OF THIS YEAR.
UM, WE RECEIVED ONE APPLICATION FROM MR. FREDERICK HARLOW.
UM, AND IF MR. HARLOW IS APPOINTED, HE WILL SERVE FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM THAT WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY AND EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.
UH, COUNCILMAN POWER, ARE YOU, ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT TONIGHT? IF, IF NOT, THEN JUST LET US KNOW.
WE APPOINT MR. HARLOW TO P AND Z.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MR. HARLOW PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
WENT ON TO OUR MANAGED REPORT, MR. DAVIS.
I AM GOING TO BEGIN BY SEATING SOME TIME TO MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE FROM PARKS AND RECREATION, MR. CLIFFORD J HATCH.
HE HAS FOUR ITEMS. UH, GOOD EVENING GUYS.
I, UM, I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF EVENTS COMING UP, EVENTS AND PROGRAMS COMING UP, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
[b. The June Sunday Funday Pop Up Park will be held at Bergeron Park.]
UH, FIRST IS OUR POPUP PARK, OR OUR LATEST POPUP PARK.IT'LL BE AT BERGERON PARK THIS TIME.
UH, SO AGAIN, IT'S FROM TWO TO FIVE.
UH, WE'LL HAVE FOOD TRUCK, UH, EL PATRON, AND WE'LL HAVE FREE SNOW CONES FROM KONA ICE.
UH, WE'LL HAVE PERFORMANCE LIVE PERFORMANCES.
UH, WE'LL HAVE A GIANT INFLATABLE SOCCER DARTBOARD.
UH, WE'LL HAVE OUR WETLAND CENTER OUT DOING FISHING DEMONSTRATIONS.
UM, SIDEWALK CHALK, CHALK ART.
UH, AND AGAIN, THAT'S FROM TWO TO FIVE ON JUNE 6TH AT PARK.
[c. The Summer Meals in the Park program will begin on Monday, June 14, 2021, at five neighborhood parks and the Sterling Municipal Library.]
UH, THE NEXT THING, UH, IS THE SUMMER MILLS AND PARKS IS BACK.UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY A, A GREAT PROGRAM.
WE'VE WORKED WITH GOOSE CREEK FOR, UM, A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.
UM, THEY, THEY, UH, IDENTIFY PARKS IN THE AREAS AND THE LIBRARY, UM, TO WHERE THEY CAN FEED, UH, CHILDREN, UH, ALL SUMMER AT NO COST.
UM, IT'S FROM JUNE 14TH TO JULY 30TH, EACH DAY AT ONE OF THE PARKS.
UH, FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE@GSD.NET.
[d. The Annual Memorial Day Service will be held at the Veterans Memorial Plaza at Bicentennial Park, 1001 Market Street, on Monday, May 31, 2021, at 11:00 A.M.]
UH, NEXT UP IS MEMORIAL DAY.UH, WE ONCE AGAIN HAVE PARTNERED WITH, UH, VFW POST NINE 12 TO HOST OUR ANNUAL, UH, MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE.
ON MONDAY, MAY 31ST AT 11 O'CLOCK, UH, WE'LL HAVE, UH, GUEST SPEAKER RETIRED US ARMY MAJOR AL MCQUEEN, UM, THAT'S AT THE, UM, DYSTONIA PARK AGAIN, UH, IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER, WE ALWAYS MOVE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, SAME TIME AND EVERYTHING.
[e. Pirates Bay Water Park and Calypso Cove will be open for the Memorial Day weekend.]
UH, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS RIS BAY AND CLSO COVES OPENING THIS WEEKEND.UM, WE, UH, PARIS BAY WILL BE OPEN FROM 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND MONDAY, UH, TICKETS RANGE FROM 20 TO $28, DEPENDING ON YOUR HEIGHT.
COASTAL COVE, WE'RE RUNNING TWO SESSIONS THIS YEAR, SO FROM 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM THEN AGAIN FROM TWO 30 TO 5:00 PM UH, EACH DAY.
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REGARDLESS OF YOUR HEIGHT.UM, UH, BOTH FACILITIES WILL BE OPEN, WEEKENDS ONLY THROUGH JUNE 12TH.
LAST DAY IS JUNE 11TH, SO WE START THE DAY AFTER THAT.
UH, THEN BOTH FACILITIES WILL BE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK UNTIL AUGUST 15TH.
LOTS OF THINGS HAPPEN IN BAYTOWN, SO MAKE SURE YOU GO, GO TO SOME OF 'EM.
ALRIGHT, MR. MAJOR AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST HARDY CONGRATULATIONS OUT TO BOTH OFFICER HAROLD JACKSON AND OFFICER SHANE
CONGRATULATIONS GO OUT TO OFFICERS ANTHONY TUBBS AND ERIC SCHWA, AGAIN, EFFECTIVE MAY 18TH FOR THEIR, UH, INTERMEDIATE UH, CERTIFICATION.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FOUR OF THESE OFFICERS AND MAYOR COUNCIL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.
SO, BEING THAT, UH, BAYTOWN STATE COUNCILS ADDRESSED ALL POSTED AGENDA ITEMS, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.