Sep 02, 2021 Municipal Development Committee

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AND I'LL CALL THIS MEETING

[ BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF MEETING BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 4:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]

UH, TO ORDER IT IS, UH, SEPTEMBER 2ND.

IT IS 4:32 PM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

SO WE HAVE, UH, FIRST

[a. Consider approving the minutes of the Municipal Development District Regular Meeting held on August 5, 2021. ]

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MDD REGULAR MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 5TH, 2021.

MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

ENTER MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR EXTENSIONS? WHAT ITEMS? ITEM ONE A MINUTES? YEAH, IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? UH, NEXT WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA,

[2. CONSENT]

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE BASICALLY, I THINK, JUST ITEMS FOR APPROVAL THAT WERE BUDGETED.

THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY, UH, BUDGETED FOR, PRESENTED TO YOU.

UH, THIS IS SIMPLY THE, UM, THESE ARE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, OBVIOUSLY BETWEEN MDD AND THE COUNCIL.

AND SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

OKAY.

SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA FROM ITEMS ONE A THROUGH MI.

I'M GONNA ASK YOU, UH, JUST A COUPLE OKAY.

QUICK QUESTION.

OKAY.

ON ONE OR TWO ITEMS. SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, HAVE A QUICK, A QUICK COMMENT ON, AND WE NEED TO PULL 'EM.

OKAY.

PULL A MM-HMM .

AND A AND BEAR WITH ME.

I APOLOGIZE.

JA AND J.

OKAY.

SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT.

WHAT? I'M SORRY.

HANG ON.

LET ME, LET ME MAKE SURE I HAVE THIS CORRECT.

NOT A, I'M SORRY.

OKAY.

STRIKE THAT.

ALRIGHT.

CORRECT THAT.

MAKE THAT J AND K.

OKAY.

SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA, EXCLUDING J AND K, WHICH WILL BE A THROUGH M.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS J UM, A THROUGH M, SAVE AND ACCEPT J THROUGH K, SECOND MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONSENT AS PRESENTED? EXCLUDING THOSE TWO ITEMS, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY.

NOW WE HAVE ITEM

[j. Consider a resolution authorizing an interlocal agreement with the City of Baytown for the Duke Hill Park Soccer Pitch Paint and Disc Golf Course.]

YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION IS, UH, MAYBE SCOTT OR KEVIN OR PARKS, SO ON THE, ON THE, UH, DUKE HILL PARK SOCCER PITCH PAINT AND DISC GOLF COURSE? CORRECT.

SO I'M, I'M SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH THAT PARK.

SO WE WOULD DO THAT, I GUESS IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH OF, OF WHERE THE, THE REPURPOSED TENNIS COURTS ARE, WHICH I THINK WE TURNED IN THAT IN THE, IN, INTO SOMETHING OTHER THAN TENNIS COURTS.

SO WE WERE DOING A SHORT NINE HOLE GORES.

OKAY.

AND THAT NINE HOLE COURTS WOULD BE MOST ON THE FRONTAGE OF MARKET STREET AND MEANDER ALL THE WAY TO BEHIND IT WILL BE JUST EAST OF THE, THE TENNIS COURTS CLOSE TO THE BASEBALL FIELD.

EAST, MAYBE EAST, OKAY.

YEAH.

OKAY.

CLOSE TO THE BASEBALL FIELD.

SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT CHALLENGING.

WE PLANTED ALL THOSE TREES OUT THERE, SO THEY WILL BE MEANDERING THROUGH THE TREES TO GET A SMALLER COURSE.

UH, THIS WOULD BE SORT OF A, A DOWNGRADE TO THE CHALLENGING COURSE THAT WE HAVE FROM EVERGREEN AND AT JENKINS.

SO THIS WOULD BE A SMALL, SORT OF LIKE A PRACTICE BEGINNER COURSE.

OKAY.

AND, AND THAT'S MY THOUGHTS.

I JUST, I KNOW THERE'S SOME SPACE LIMITATIONS MM-HMM .

SO THAT QUESTION.

THANK YOU.

AND THEN ON, UH, CAN I GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE OTHER ONE AS WELL? SURE.

OKAY.

AND THEN ON THE, ON THE TOWN SQUARE

[k. Consider a resolution authorizing an interlocal agreement with the City of Baytown for Town Square Green Space Improvements.]

SO WE MADE, THIS COMMENT WAS MADE LAST TIME, AND OF COURSE I SUPPORT THE ARTIFICIAL TURF.

I THINK IT'S A, A GOOD IDEA.

THE ONLY COMMENTS I WOULD HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT GRADES AND DIFFERENT STYLES OF ARTIFICIAL TURF AND SOME OF IT, I, I'VE WALKED ON IT, IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE WALKING ON A, A WIRE BRUSH, .

SO CAN WE JUST BE COGNIZANT TO THAT, THAT WE SELECT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE REAL COGNIZANT ON WHAT GRADE WE SELECT AND TRY TO GET SOMETHING AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE, NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER INSTALLED ARTIFICIAL TURF AT A PARK HERE TO FOUR, IS THAT CORRECT? THIS I'VE BEEN HERE.

YEAH.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST.

OKAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING ALL OF IT AT, AT ONE TIME, WHICH, YOU KNOW, SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER DONE THIS IN, IN ANY PARK CITYWIDE, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST DON'T SEE MUCH OF A DOWNSIDE IN DOING THE SMALLER SECTION FIRST

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AND IF WE WERE DISSATISFIED AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD HAVE TO UNINSTALL AND REMOVE, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE PAID GOOD MONEY FOR.

SO I, I, I JUST ASK THAT WE'D BE EXTRA COGNIZANT AND, AND, AND CAREFUL.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNSEL ASKED BEFORE ON THE PERFECT TRAIL WHEN THOSE CONVERSATIONS CAME UP, IF WHEN WE STARTED DOING THAT, WE TOOK A PAUSE YEAH.

ASKED THE QUESTION, MAKE SURE WE'RE OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE.

YEAH, I, I, THAT'S ALL I WOULD ASK.

AND, AND I'M SURE IT'LL TURN OUT FINE, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST EXTRA PRECAUTION, JUST THE, IF WE CAN TAKE A PAUSE THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

YES, SIR.

SIR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

MAYOR, JUST TO, JUST TO CLARIFY ONE THING FOR YOU.

YEAH.

UM, THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND TURF WE PUT IN.

IT WOULD BE THE FIRST NON-ATHLETIC TURF.

OKAY.

THE JENKINS, UH, SOCCER PITCH IS TURF.

OKAY.

YEP.

OKAY.

THE ONE WE PUT IN A COUPLE YEARS AGO, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST NON-ATHLETIC.

YEAH.

AND, UH, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING TO DIFFERENT TURF MANUFACTURERS.

OKAY.

AND WE, WE'VE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, UH, DOG WASTE AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE DON'T DEAL WITH ON ATHLETIC TURF.

SO WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE RIGHT TURF IS SELECTED.

OKAY.

GOOD DEAL.

I APPRECIATE IT, CLIFF.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM.

AND THAT WAS IT.

THAT'S IT.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEMS J AND K MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

OKAY.

SINCE THOSE ON CONSENT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEMS J AND K IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

MANAGED REPORT.

[3. MANAGER'S REPORT]

OF COURSE.

UH, UH, WE HAVE SENT OUT HUNDREDS OF, UH, INVITATIONS, UH, TO OUR GROUNDBREAKING ON SEPTEMBER THE 15TH.

SO, UH, MARK YOUR CALENDARS, MAKE SURE NOTHING MOVES.

UH, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 9:00 AM AT BAYLIN ISLAND FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL.

GROUNDBREAKING.

UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, CONGRESSMAN BABIN WILL BE, UH, BE THERE FOR THAT.

THE GOVERNOR UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT BE WITH US, BUT, UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION THERE, UH, LOOKED AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL THAT, UH, YOU ALL WILL BE UTILIZING AS PART OF OUR PICTURES.

AND, UH, THERE'LL BE OTHER, UM, OF COURSE MEMENTOS THERE THAT WILL BE HANDED OUT TO THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.

SO LOOK, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT DAY FOR OUR CITY AND, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU THERE.

AND I, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ON AND BEEN VERY PATIENT DURING THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, SO THANK YOU.

THE NEXT TIME WE WILL MEET, UH, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ON OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, SO WELL MAYBE, BUT YEAH.

YEAH.

OH, YOU, YOU NEVER KNOW.

BUT, UH, BUT THE NEXT REGULARLY PLANNED MEETING IS OCTOBER THE SEVENTH.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL BE WITH, WITH THAT, I'LL POST AGENDA ITEMS FOR MDD, UM, HAS BEEN ADDRESSED, SO THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.

OUR.