Sep 09, 2021 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION

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SO I'LL CALL THIS, UH, MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION TO ORDER.

IT IS 5 35.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

WE ARE IN BAYTOWN CITY HALL.

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WE

[a. Receive and discuss a presentation/update regarding improvements made to the Development Process.]

RECEIVE AND DISCUSS THE PRESENTATION UPDATE REGARDING IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

YES, SIR.

UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF, WHAT, WHAT WE WANNA DO TONIGHT IS JUST KINDA SHOWCASE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT WILL, UM, WITH, WITH THE HELP OF, OF, UH, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOLKS, UM, TO TRY TO INCREASE THAT TRANSPARENCY OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, TO, TO, UH, UH, GIVE MORE INFORMATION TO FOLKS THAT ARE SAYING, HEY, I'M DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND I'M SEEING SOMETHING HAPPENING OVER HERE.

I WONDER WHAT THAT IS.

WELL, WE HAVE A, A GOOD WAY FOR THEM TO FIND OUT NOW.

AND, UM, THE OTHER PART OF THAT TOO IS, IS THAT, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC.

SO THAT'S A TWO WAY CONVERSATION, NOT JUST ONE WAY.

SO, UM, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO TONIGHT IS SHOW YOU SOMETHING THAT STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER ON BAYTOWN ENGAGE, REALLY.

I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO FRANKIE BECAUSE SHE'S KIND OF BEEN THE MASTERMIND ON THIS.

SO I'LL LET HER KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH, UM, OUR, UH, OUR, UH, BAYTOWN ENGAGE SITE.

SO IT'S ALL YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING.

SO THIS SITE, UM, YOU CAN ACCESS IT TWO WAYS.

IT'S ON THE HOMEPAGE HERE CALLED DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS, OR YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND IT BY JUST TYPING IN BAYTOWN ENGAGE.COM/DEV, DEV.

AND SO I'LL JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE BIT AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, STOP ME.

UM, AND, AND I'M JUST GONNA BREAK DOWN WHAT WE HAVE.

SO HERE ON OUR DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION, UH, HUB, UH, THE VERY FIRST THING OVER HERE IS GOING TO BE OUR INTERACTIVE MAP.

AND SO THIS IS A GIS MAP WHERE WE HAVE PINS FOR ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS.

SO THE PINK REPRESENTS ALL OF OUR CURRENT APPLICATIONS.

AND THE BLUE, UH, REPRESENT ALL OF OUR CLOSED APPLICATIONS.

SO IF YOU WERE TO CLICK ON ONE, IT WILL SEND YOU TO, UM, IT'LL GIVE YOU THE MAP OF IT, AND YOU CAN CLICK A LINK AND OPEN UP IN THE PROJECT PAGE.

NOW, THE OTHER WAY YOU CAN ACCESS THE PROJECT PAGES IS IT'S RIGHT HERE ON THE HUB PAGE.

SO FIRST WE HAVE ALL OF OUR OPEN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS.

UM, AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO PICK, UH, THIS ONE.

IT'S OUR STANDARD ZONING, UM, TEMPLATE.

SO YOU'LL SEE THIS FOR ALL OF OUR REGULAR ZONING CASES.

UM, SO THE FIRST THING YOU'LL NOTICE IS GOING TO BE A MAP OF THE PROPERTY.

YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND YOU'LL GET A PDF.

THAT'S A NICE QUALITY.

SO YOU CAN REALLY ZOOM IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

NOW, IF YOU STILL CAN'T FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS, AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S THE PROPERTY THAT YOU THINK IT IS, YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE PAGE AND YOU CAN CLICK THE INTERACTIVE MAP LINK AND IT WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO WHERE IT IS ON THE MAP.

AND YOU CAN ZOOM OUT AND SAY, OH, OKAY, THAT'S BY ROLLING BUR AND THREE 30.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

SO EACH PAGE IS THEN GOING TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPLICATION.

SO IT'S GOING TO, UM, LIST WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.

IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE GOING, UH, THEY'VE REQUESTED ZONING FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO MF ONE.

IT'S GONNA HAVE THE APPLICANT, IT'S GONNA HAVE THE, UH, UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY, A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF IT, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT THE CURRENT USE IS, THE PROPOSED USE, AND TELL YOU WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE CASE.

NOW, EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT, OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, WHO'S LISTENING.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CITY STAFF MEMBER THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THIS CASE.

SO YOU CAN ALWAYS CLICK RIGHT HERE.

OH, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE CLICKED THAT.

OKAY, , YOU CAN ALWAYS CLICK RIGHT THERE AND IT'LL OPEN UP AN EMAIL AND YOU CAN EMAIL THEM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE TYPICAL ZONING PROCESS, WHICH, UH, JUST OUTLINES THE FIVE STEPS IN THE ZONING PROCESS.

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THEN WE'LL SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE DOCUMENT LIBRARY.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE VICINITY MAP, WHICH IS THIS MAP RIGHT HERE, THE ZONING MAP, WHICH SHOWS, UM, THE ZONING FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN MAP.

AND AS THE CASE PROGRESSES, MORE DOCUMENTS WILL BE ADDED HERE.

SO WE'LL ADD THE STAFF REPORT, THE P AND Z RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL.

WE'LL ADD THAT AS UH, AS IT GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS.

UM, NOW THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS ACTUALLY WITHDRAWN.

SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE RIGHT UP HERE THE APPLICATION'S WITHDRAWN, UM, BY THE APPLICANT.

AND WHAT IT MEANS IS THIS PROPERTY HAS ALREADY BEEN NOTICED.

SO THEY TURNED IN THEIR APPLICATION STAFF PROCESSED IT, STARTED GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, SENT OUT THE NOTICES TO ALL THE PROPERTIES WITHIN 300 FEET, POSTED SIGNS ON THE LOCATION, POSTED IT IN, UH, THE BAYTOWN SUN, AND IT'S POSTED IN THE NOTICE BOARD.

BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THE APPLICANT DECIDED TO HOLD BACK.

SO WE'RE STILL HAVE IT ON HERE BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN THE AREA WAS NOTICED AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IT'S NOT MOVING FORWARD AT THIS TIME WHEN IT IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD RIGHT HERE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE DATES OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS SO THEY CAN CLICK ON IT AND FIND THE AGENDAS.

COOL.

NOW, THE VERY EXCITING PART OF THIS IS THE COMMENT FORM.

SO LIKE MARTIN WAS SAYING, THIS IS GONNA BE A TWO-WAY STREET.

SO THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY EASY WAY FOR RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE CASE.

SO RIGHT HERE, YOU JUST HAVE TO TYPE IN YOUR NAME, YOUR EMAIL, YOUR ADDRESS, HOW YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT.

'CAUSE WE LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE PUBLIC IS GETTING INFORMATION SO WE CAN HELP REACH THEM BETTER.

AND THEN THEIR OPINION ON IT.

THEY CAN EXPLAIN IT, THEY CAN ATTACH A PICTURE, A PETITION, ANYTHING THEY WANT, AND THEN THEY SUBMIT IT.

AND THEN STAFF IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THEM TOGETHER AND PRESENT IT TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS WELL AS TO Y'ALL.

AND FINALLY, THE LAST THING ON THE PAGE IS THE FAQS.

SO THIS IS OUR TYPICAL SETUP, BUT NOT EVERYONE IS GONNA BE TYPICAL.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'LL GO OVER THE, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF BAYTOWN CROSSING.

SO IT HAS A REALLY SIMILAR SETUP.

IT HAS THE MAP, IT HAS A LINK TO THE INTERACTIVE MAP.

IT HAS WHO'S LISTENING IN THIS CASE, THERE'S TWO OF US.

WE HAVE THE DATES.

AND FOR THIS ONE, WE PROVIDED A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION LETTING EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT A LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION IS AND WHY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN HOUSE.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE HERE, AND WE HAD THIS NICE PICTURE.

I LOOK PRETTY NICE IN IT, SO I'M GONNA ZOOM IN A LITTLE FOR YOU.

AND WE, UH, WHICH THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PARK OUT THERE, BY THE WAY.

IT'S BRAND NEW, LOVELY FACILITY.

THEY WERE GREAT TO WORK WITH.

UM, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

AND SO AS THIS PROGRESSES, WE CAN ADD MORE INFORMATION TO IT.

NOW, THE FINAL THING I REALLY WANNA POINT OUT IS GOING TO BE OUR CLOSED APPLICATIONS.

UM, EXCUSE ME, COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT PERMITT APPLICATIONS.

SO THESE ARE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY PROGRESSED THROUGH P AND Z AND THROUGH CITY COUNCIL.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT HERE, UM, THIS ONE WAS COMPLETED BY CITY, UH, EXCUSE ME, WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 24TH.

WE HAVE A LINK HERE, SO IF SOMEONE'S INTERESTED, THEY CAN CLICK IT AND THEY CAN WATCH THE MEETING, SEE IT, GET APPROVED, SEE WHAT CONCERNS COUNCIL HAD, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, SEE HOW WE VOTED.

AND, UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY DIFFERENCE ON THE CLOSED ONE .

BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE CLOSED ONES ONLINE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER IT'S BEEN COMPLETED.

UM, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE IT DOWN.

OF COURSE, THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO FOLLOW UP ON A CASE, THEY CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO US AND WE'LL HELP THEM.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

I THINK IT'S WORTH, SO IT MIGHT ALSO BE WORTH POINTING OUT THAT, UM, AS YOU DRIVE AROUND TOWN AND YOU SEE AND YOU COME UPON THESE SITES, OH YES.

AND YOU SEE OUR SIGNS OUT THERE, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED WE HAVE SIMPLIFIED OUR SIGNS BY QUITE A LOT.

WE FELT LIKE THEY WERE PRETTY WORDY.

AND IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, IT'S PRETTY TOUGH TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITHOUT STOPPING AND WALKING UP TO IT.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE, UM, CREATED A QR CODE FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE SIGNS THAT WILL BRING YOU TO THIS.

SO NOW

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THEY, THEY CAN GET IN THERE AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO MM-HMM .

AND WE'RE GOING TO ALSO BE UPDATING THE LETTERS WE SEND OUT TO PEOPLE, AND I'LL HAVE THE QR CODE AND ALL THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT, LIKE YOU SAID, AS TRANSPARENT, AS EASY FOR THE RESIDENTS AS WE CAN.

OKAY? YES.

YES, SIR.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS IS, IS IS IT UP AND RUNNING NOW? YES, SIR.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S UP AND RUNNING.

UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE WITH ANYTHING DEALING WITH ZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS INSTEAD OF THEM HAVING TO SIGN IN HERE THE DAY OF, COULD THE SHEEP BE POSTED IN CASE? 'CAUSE I, WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE COME LATE TO THE MEETING THAT DIDN'T, WEREN'T ABLE TO SIGN IN IN TIME.

BUT MAYBE IF THEY CAN GO ONLINE THAT DAY AND SIGN IN WITH THAT BE POSSIBLE.

SO YEAH, WE COULD HAVE THE SHEET HERE WHERE THEY COULD SIGN IN TO ANGIE, IS THAT A LOG? YES, YES.

IT'S OKAY.

JUST AS LONG AS I'M NOTIFIED OF IT.

MM-HMM .

MAYBE IT JUST EMAILS HER.

YEAH.

YEAH.

SO IF WE CAN GET A LINK TO IT THAT IT COMES TO ME.

OKAY.

WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

CAN WE GET, CAN WE GET THAT DONE? WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE.

YES, MA'AM.

GREAT JOB.

THIS IS AWESOME.

I REMEMBER THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD A RETREAT AT THE LIBRARY, AND WE BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE THOSE PERMIT SIGNS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO READ.

THEY MAKE ZERO SENSE.

UM, IF YOU GO TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION, SOMEONE FROM PLANNING LITERALLY HAD TO WALK OUT TO MEET YOU IN THE LOBBY AND SHOW YOU DOCUMENTS, WHICH WAS SO INEFFICIENT.

SO THIS IS 21ST CENTURY.

IT'S TRANSPARENT, IT'S EASY TO USE.

UM, CONGRATULATIONS.

I THINK THIS IS A HOME RUN.

YOU GUYS DID GREAT.

THANK YOU.

WONDERFUL.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, I'LL ECHO WHAT, WHAT SHE SAID.

I MEAN, IT, IT LOOKS GREAT.

UM, I GET, WE PROBABLY ALL GET QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? AND NOW TO BE ABLE TO JUST DIRECT 'EM DIRECTLY TO THIS SITE, UM, IS GONNA BE A BIG HELP.

UM, I DID SEE ON THE, UM, THE CLOSED ITEMS OR COMPLETED ITEMS THAT YOU STILL HAD THE, THE COMMENT FORM THERE.

SO DOES THAT, AND YOU KIND OF SCROLLED, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE IT TOO CLOSELY, BUT DOES IT CHANGE AT ALL? OR IS IT THE SAME COMMENT BOX? I MEAN, IF THEY DISAPPROVE, BUT IT'S ALREADY COMPLETED, I MEAN, HOW DO WE, HOW ARE WE GONNA ANSWER THAT? THAT IS A VERY FAIR POINT, SIR.

SO IT IS THE SAME COMMENT FORM, AND WE CAN MAKE IT INACTIVE AFTER IT'S CLOSED.

AND THAT, OKAY.

THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT, BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK THAT WAS THE INTENT WAS TO HAVE THOSE CLOSE ON A CERTAIN DATE.

UM, BUT I MEAN, I, I THINK HAVING IT THERE IS OKAY AFTER THE FACT IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN JUST ELIMINATE THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION.

UM, BUT LEAVE THE REST OF IT.

I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, IF YOU HAVE THAT FUNCTIONALITY, SO I COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

UM, WITH BAYTOWN ENGAGE, WE HAVE REALLY GREAT FUNCTIONALITY.

UM, WE GET NOTIFICATIONS WHENEVER SOMETHING IS POSTED.

WE CAN LOOK TO SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE ACCESSING IT, WHETHER THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM QR CODE DIRECTLY TO THE SITE, EMAIL, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, SO IT HAS GREAT FUNCTIONALITY THAT WAY.

AND EVEN IF WE DO CHANGE THIS, CHANGE THIS OR REMOVE THE COMMENT FORM, WE'LL STILL ALWAYS HAVE THE, WHO'S LISTENING UP HERE WITH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS.

UM, SO THEY CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO, TO THE, TO THE CASE MANAGER.

OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

GREAT JOB.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, UH, THIS IS AMAZING.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT STEP FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND, AND JUST DO THIS ON THEIR OWN.

BUT I HAD A QUESTION ON THE ZONING REGULATIONS AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.

UM, AND THIS MAY HAVE IT IN THERE, AND I KNOW WE HAVE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF CODES, BUT, UM, I KNOW ONE TIME I CALLED, UM, COUNCILMAN PRESLEY ONE TIME BECAUSE I NEEDED TO KNOW THE SPECIFIC CODE THAT WAS TIED TO A PROJECT.

SO IS, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE CODES FOR THAT, THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS? SO THESE LINKS WILL GO, UM, TO THE CITY PAGE WHERE WE HAVE THESE PACKETS.

AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY WERE REZONING TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND THIS IS THE SAME PACKET THAT WE WOULD GIVE TO A DEVELOPER COMING IN.

SO THEY WOULD KNOW WHAT TO, WHAT KIND OF CODE REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE, AND THEY COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

UM, OKAY.

AND THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, IS THAT FOR LIKE RESIDENTIAL OR, SO THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS IS FOR, UM, LIKE WHEN, UH, THE RULES, WHEN THEY'RE PLATTING THE PROPERTY MM-HMM .

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UM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IN THIS CASE, UM, IF THEY WANTED TO KNOW FOR SF ONE, UH, EXCUSE ME, SF TWO THAT THEY'RE REZONING TO, THEY COULD GO HERE AND LOOK AT SF TWOS AND THEY COULD LOOK IN HERE AND THEY CAN SEE, UM, THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE.

THEY CAN LOOK AT THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, UM, HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS, ALL OF THAT.

OKAY, PERFECT.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO ARE THE SETBACKS AND SIDEWALK REQUIREMENTS AND ALL OF THAT.

PERFECT.

SO THOSE ARE THE MAIN QUESTIONS THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING, SO THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

GREAT JOB, EVERYBODY.

THANK.

OKAY.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I WOULD ECHO WHAT WAS EXPRESSED BY COUNCIL THAT I THINK THIS IS CERTAINLY USING TECHNOLOGY TO THE BEST INTEREST BOTH OF OUR STAFF AND OBVIOUSLY THE CITIZENS.

AND SO I, I DO APPLAUD YOU FOR, FOR GETTING THERE.

UM, AND IT, IT LOOKS GREAT.

IT LOOKS VERY ALMOST INTUITIVE THAT PEOPLE CAN GO AND, AND GET INFORMATION.

SO WITH THAT, UM, AGAIN, JOB WELL DONE.

OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[b. Discuss the City's Neighborhood Traffic Management Policy.]

OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO WE ARE HERE FOR THE THIRD TIME TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC CALMING, BUT, UH, WHO'S COUNTING? UH, SO WE ARE HERE, UH, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TWO TIMES.

SO, UM, WE WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HEARD YOUR COMMENTS, WE LISTENED TO THEM.

AND SO WE, UM, WHAT WE HEARD WAS THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE A SIMPLER PROCESS, HAVE IT MUCH LESS ONEROUS ON THE RESIDENTS, AND HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION.

SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE TURN TO OUR PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST.

AND I'M NOT GONNA DO A LOT OF TALKING TONIGHT.

I'M GONNA LET THEM EXPLAIN THE NEW PROCESS AND HOW IT IS MUCH SIMPLER AND HOW IT WILL ENGAGE THE PUBLIC.

UH, COUPLE OF THINGS I DO WANT TO, UM, REINFORCE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC CALMING, AS I SAID BEFORE, IS NOT, UH, IT IS, THE PURPOSE IS TO REDUCE, UH, SPEEDING AND OR TRAFFIC VOLUME DOES NOT INCLUDE, UH, STOP SIGNS OR SPEED LIMIT CHANGES.

SO THE POLICY THAT YOU HAVE, WHAT WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, PROPOSING DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CHANGES TO THE EXISTING, UH, PROCESS FOR STOP SIGNS OR SPEED LIMIT CHANGES.

UH, AND THIS POLICY IS ONLY FOR SPEED CUSHIONS.

UH, WE TALKED LAST TIME OR TIME BEFORE ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR TRAFFIC CALMING.

UH, ALL THE OTHER THINGS WOULD REALLY HAVE TO BE DONE DURING A CAPITAL PROJECT.

SO THIS POLICY IS ONLY FOR SPEED CUSHIONS, AND I THINK WE GET IT THIS TIME.

OKAY, GOOD.

.

SO THAT IS ALL I'M GONNA SAY.

UM, LIKE I SAID, UH, WE HAVE, UH, USED OUR, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST, AND I'M GONNA BRING UP, UH, JAMIE TO EXPLAIN THE NEW PROCESS TO YOU.

SO THIS IS WHAT I DO.

MY JOKE, I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUT I DID SLEEP AT THE, NO, THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.

OKAY.

SKIP THE JOKES.

UH, UH, FRANK, FRANK STARTED THE ONE JOKE, UH, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME, AND THEY SAY THE THIRD TIME, UH, IS A CHARM.

SO WE WERE HAPPY TO BE BROUGHT ON BOARD FOR THIS.

UM, AND HE ALREADY MENTIONED THERE WERE THREE THINGS THAT WERE REALLY, UH, IMPORTANT COMING FROM COUNCIL.

ONE, THE, THE OLD POLICY AND THE PROCESS SEEMED A LITTLE BIT RIGID.

UH, SO WE WANTED TO ADD SOME FLEXIBILITY.

UH, SOMEONE, I THINK IT WAS MR. LESTER USED THE WORD ONEROUS, RIGHT? IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT AND IT PUT THE BURDEN ON THE CUSTOMER OR ON THE RESIDENT.

SO WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO SORT OF RELIEVE THAT.

AND, AND THREE, THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CALMING AND CONTROL.

WE DON'T EVER WANNA MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS DIFFICULT ENOUGH FOR US TO COMMUNICATE THAT AND FOR IT, IT TO SINK IN.

WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE OUR CUSTOMERS GUESS, RIGHT? WHICH IS, WHICH THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR FINDING THE MAGIC WORDS.

UH, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE IT AS EASY FOR THEM AS POSSIBLE.

SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS KIND OF A DIAGRAM OF THE PROCESS.

I'M NOT SPEAKING ABOUT THE POLICY SO MUCH AS THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW ON THIS SLIDE.

UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE USE GRAPHICS TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE VISUALLY, UH, TO PEOPLE.

AND WE TOOK A FEW PAGES OF PROCESS, UH, AND CONDENSED IT INTO, UH, SEVEN STEPS.

UH, THE FIRST ONE BEING TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE, UH, BAYTOWN ENGAGE TO MAKE THE APPLICATION PROCESS OR JUST, I MEAN, AN APPLICATION IS EVEN A STRONG WORD.

IT'S HOW THE RESIDENT SAYS, HEY, THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH TRAFFIC IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OR MY STREET.

SO THAT'S STEP ONE.

YOU HAVE TO LET US KNOW,

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UH, NUMBER TWO IS NOT MY LANE, IT'S THE ACTUAL TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, WHICH WE CAN TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROCESS.

SO IN, IN THE APPLICATION, THEY'RE GOING TO DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM.

LOOK, PEOPLE ARE FLYING DOWN MY STREET.

UH, PEOPLE ARE BLOWING THROUGH THESE INTERSECTIONS.

WHATEVER IT IS, THEY'RE GOING TO LOCATE IT AND DESCRIBE IT TO US.

AND THEN WE'VE GOTTA LAY EYES ON IT AND BY WE, RIGHT? SO, UH, , SO, SO THE STUDY COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS EVALUATING FOR A STOP SIGN.

AND I KNOW WE SAID THAT'S CONTROL, NOT CALMING MM-HMM .

BUT WHATEVER THE PROBLEM IS, WE'VE GOT TO ANALYZE IT IN SOME WAY.

SO IF IT'S SPEED CUSHIONS, THE STUDY'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EXTENSIVE, UH, AFTER THE STUDY, WE NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT WE FOUND OUT.

AND THE BEAUTY OF BAYTOWN ENGAGE IS WE CAN MAKE ALL THAT INFORMATION TRANSPARENT AND ACCESSIBLE.

AND THEN THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE SABRINA AND I MIGHT COME IN TO GET THE NEIGHBORS TOGETHER, UM, AND EXPLAIN, HEY, WE HEARD YOU, WE TOOK A LOOK AT YOUR STREET.

THIS IS WHAT WE SEE.

THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND OUT.

UM, IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT SOMETHING LIKE SPEED CUSHIONS COULD BE UTILIZED, THAT'S WHEN THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS COMES IN.

SO, SO FAR, NO ONE'S HAD TO GO DOOR TO DOOR.

NO ONE'S HAD TO HAVE ANYBODY SIGN A PETITION.

WE'VE DONE OUR STUFF.

THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND OUT.

HEY, PERHAPS OUR RECOMMENDATION IS SPEED CUSHIONS COULD GO IN.

THAT'S WHEN THE REAL ENGAGEMENT STARTS TO FIND OUT WHAT THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THINKS OF IT.

UH, AND I READ THE OLD POLICY AND WATCHED THE OLD THING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PETITIONS AND WHO LIVES HERE AND COMPARING SIGNATURES, IT'S GONNA BE MUCH MORE INFORMAL.

AGAIN, USING BAYTOWN ENGAGE AND THOSE INTERACTIVE TOOLS WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEAVE THEIR FEEDBACK, IT COULD, WE HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS, AS FRANKIE SAID, IT'S QUITE A ROBUST SYSTEM.

SO THERE COULD BE A SURVEY, DO YOU WANT THIS? DO YOU NOT WANT THIS? IT COULD BE OPEN ENDED WHERE THEY, THEY PUT THEIR COMMENTS AND ALL OF THAT COMES BACK TO US, COLLECTS, WE ANALYZE IT.

UM, IF IT LOOKS LIKE A YES, IT WOULD GO TO PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION TOO.

AND THEN STEP SEVEN, IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT THIS IS THE WANT AND THE NEED AND THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE WOULD BE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROCESS.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ROADMAP SO FAR? I WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? I'M, SO, I HAVE A, WE HAVE A CODE WORD.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.

YOU'RE FINE.

PRESS.

OH, DONE.

YEAH.

UH, AND THIS IS AGAIN, ANOTHER GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION.

THIS WILL BE ON THE PAGE.

UM, IT HAS SOME FAQS.

IT LOOKS FRIENDLY, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A, A LEGAL DOCUMENT.

UH, AND IT DIRECTS EVERYONE TO THAT.

SO THIS, WHILE IT'S POSTED ON THE WEBSITE ON EVERYTHING, IT COULD ALSO BE A RAT CARD.

IT COULD BE SOMETHING YOU GUYS COULD TAKE OUT, UM, AND, AND SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC.

BUT IT'S DEFINITELY, UH, THERE.

AND SO NOW I WANNA SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE WEBSITE.

UH, THIS IS THE BAYTOWN ENGAGE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PAGE.

A LOT OF IT LOOKS FAMILIAR, THE QUALIFIERS, UH, WHICH ARE KIND OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECT THAT ARE IN THE POLICY, OUR REPRESENTED IN THOSE BULLET POINTS THERE.

AND THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE FLEXIBILITY CAME IN.

UH, THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS LIKE, WHAT IF MY STREET'S 950 FEET AND NOT A THOUSAND? SO JUST, WE DID A LITTLE LANGUAGE CHANGE BECAUSE I THINK THE SPIRIT OF IT IS WE WANT THE EXPERTS, WE WANT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND USE THEIR EXPERTISE TO DETERMINE.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LOOSENED UP.

UM, JUST LIKE FRANKIE SAID, THERE'S THE, WHO'S LISTENING, UH, THOSE EMAILS GO TO SABRINA, THEY'LL GO TO MATT.

SO WHENEVER ANYBODY POSTS OR DOES ANYTHING IN THERE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BE EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE.

UH, IN OUR DOCUMENT LIBRARY SO FAR WE JUST HAVE THE, UH, SAME GRAPHICS AND THE PDF YOU SAW, AND THEN THE APPLICATION IS HERE AND IT'S SUPER SIMPLE.

IT'S CONTACT INFORMATION ADDRESS, NAME OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

DO YOU HAVE AN HOAA NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP? THAT'S HELPFUL.

JUST IF WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH A GROUP OF NEIGHBORS.

UM, AND THEN THE DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM, RIGHT? WHAT'S THE AREA? WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? IT DOESN'T SAY, HEY, DO YOU WANT A STOP SIGN? DO YOU WANT SPEED CUSHIONS? WHAT DO YOU WANT? BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DETERMINED WHEN WE TAKE THAT LOOK, WHEN WE PUT EYES ON IT, UH, THEY SUBMIT IT, WE GET IT.

AND, UH, THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS STARTS.

AND THIS IS ALSO A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN DIRECT PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, I NEED THIS ON MY STREET.

THIS COLLECTS IT ALL IN ONE PLACE.

SO WE ALL HAVE A RECORD OF IT, WE CAN REFER BACK TO IT.

AND HYPOTHETICALLY, UM, IF YOU NOTICE HOW FRANKIE'S PAGE STARTED WITH A LANDING PAGE AND THEN BROKE OFF INTO SEPARATE PAGES FOR EACH PROJECT, WE CAN DO THAT WITH THIS.

LET'S SAY NEXT YEAR WE HAVE FOUR OR FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS REQUESTING STUDIES, REQUESTING STUFF.

WE CAN BREAK IT THE SAME WAY SHE DID.

SO YOU CAN ALWAYS SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE STUDY WOULD BE AVAILABLE.

UH, THAT'S WHERE THE TOOLS WOULD BE IF THERE WAS AN ENGAGEMENT PERIOD, ET CETERA.

SO IT'S REALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF, UH, THIS PLACE TO COMMUNICATE, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

COOL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME THAT DON'T HAVE TO DO WITH ACTUAL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING? AND JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR, SO THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY TWO PIECES THAT WERE DISCUSSED.

ONE IS THE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY.

THAT'S ONE PIECE, BUT THE RESIDENT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THAT.

SO EVERYTHING JAMIE SHARED IS REALLY MAKING IT EASY FOR THEM.

SO EVEN IF IT IS JUST A STOP SIGN THAT'S NEEDED, THEY GO ONTO THE SITE, FILL

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IF IT IS MORE OF A TRAFFIC CALMING THING, WE HANDLE IT THROUGH THAT POLICY.

BUT FOR THE RESIDENT, IT'S CLEAN, EASY.

ALL THEY KNOW IS WE'VE GOT A A TRAFFIC PROBLEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, TELL US ABOUT IT HERE.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT AN EASY WAY TO ENGAGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE PROCESS HERE.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES.

HOLD ON.

SO IS THE PRESENTATION DONE? I AM DONE.

OKAY.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, SINCE THE GOAL IS TO GET ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN ONE AREA, AND THIS COULD GO FOR THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH THE PERMITTING, UM, FOR THE BAYTOWN APP, IF PEOPLE ARE USING THE APP THERE, WOULD WE WANT TO MAYBE ADD LIKE A SECTION TO GO INTO THIS? BECAUSE IF THEY'RE PUTTING IN REQUESTS OR, OR DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE APP, WHERE DOES THAT GO? AND WILL THAT BE CONSOLIDATED? HAVE TO BE MANUALLY CONSOLIDATED? SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO KIND OF MERGE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE APP IN GENERAL.

YEAH.

SO, UM, LET US JUST BACK TO THAT IN AS WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT OUR APP KIND OF AS A WHOLE RIGHT NOW.

OKAY.

YEAH.

AND WE HAD TO BE THOUGHT EVEN WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS PAGE, ONE OF MY FEARS WAS WHAT IF I DO WANNA REPORT A POTHOLE OR AN THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THIS PAGE, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE IT LINKED WHERE IT POINTS BACK TO.

BUT YEAH, IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING FOR CITIZENS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE RIGHT TOOL FOR WHAT THINGS.

RIGHT.

BUT YOU'RE OVERALL, I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT.

WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE AN APP AND THIS, YOU WANT 'EM INTERFACE.

MM-HMM.

SO IT'S ONE AND THE SAME COLLECTING ALL OF IT.

RIGHT.

SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT.

ABSOLUTELY.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I, A QUESTION, COMMENT OR QUESTION, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO TAKE IT.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE GO BACK TO THE NUMBER OF SPEEDERS, APPROXIMATELY 15% OR GREATER TRAFFIC VOLUMES DURING A FOUR HOUR OFF PEAK PERIOD.

THE CALLS I GET IS FROM 6:00 AM TO 9:00 AM IT'S A FREAKING SPEEDWAY DOWN MY ROAD, WHICH IS PEAK PERIOD.

SO WE WOULDN'T BE STUDYING THOSE PERIODS.

I MEAN, THAT'S AGAIN, DURING THE DAY WHEN EVERYBODY'S AT WORK, THERE'S NOT MUCH SPEEDING GOING ON.

SO, UM, TO ADDRESS THAT, WE, IF WE ARE GOING INTO A TRAFFIC STUDY, WE'LL BE COLLECTING THE DATA FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK FOR THAT AREA.

AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF DURING THE PEAK PERIODS THERE ARE THE, UH, THE REFERENCES TO THE 15%.

AND DURING THE OFF PEAK PERIOD THAT HAS TO DO WITH STATE LAW WITH ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE, THE, UM, EXCEEDANCE COMES FROM.

SO IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SPEEDING, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT 15% WHO ARE EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT.

UM, AND THE DATA COLLECTION FOR ESTABLISHING SPEEDS IS, UH, A FOUR HOUR OFF PEAK PERIOD.

BUT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ALL THE PEAK PERIOD OR ALL THE PERIODS OF IN THAT WHOLE SEVEN DAYS.

UH, SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD ESTABLISH A SPEED LIMIT FOR A CERTAIN STREET.

YOU LOOK AT YES SIR.

THE OFF PEAKS AND, AND DETERMINE THE SPEEDS AND AVERAGE SIZE, WIDTH AND LENGTHS.

AND I GOT ALL THAT.

MM-HMM .

BUT AGAIN, THE SPEEDING COMPLAINTS TYPICALLY COME DURING THE HIGH VOLUME TIMES.

AND IN THIS SPECIFIC, IT SAYS, OH, WE'RE NOT GONNA LOOK AT THAT.

WELL, IT DOES SAY THAT, BUT WE WILL.

THAT'S THE KIND OF THE THRESHOLD FOR IT.

BUT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ALL THE DATA TO SEE, I TELL YOU, WE, WE'VE HAD SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS AND I'VE HAD ONE RECENTLY.

IF THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, THAT'S WHAT YOU ENFORCE.

SO IF THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, I DISAGREE WITH IT.

YEAH.

LET US LOOK AT THE WORDING OF THAT.

I UNDERSTAND THE COMMENT THAT YOU'RE MAKING.

WE DON'T WANNA MISLEAD PEOPLE.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WANT THE DATA, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

SO IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WORDING OF THAT, LET US LOOK AT THAT.

AND THAT'S MY CONCERN IS I'VE RECENTLY HAD A CONVERSATION.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE RULE SAYS.

I GOT IT.

SO THIS IS THE BOARD THAT LOOKS AT, I THINK THE, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE SOME OF THOSE RULES.

I I THINK THE 15% IS A GOOD NUMBER.

I'M NOT ARGUING THAT.

UH, THE PEAK HOURS IS, WE COULD PROBABLY TAKE THAT OUT.

YEAH, I'M, I'M NOT ARGUING THE 15%.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON'S SPEEDING IS NOT A PROBLEM.

15%.

NO.

YEAH.

NOW THAT'S AN ISSUE.

SURE.

UH, PEAK PERIOD, OFF PEAK PERIOD, THOSE ARE THE CALLS WE GET IS, YOU KNOW, DURING THE TRAFFIC TIMES IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD AND SURE THEY'RE IN A HURRY.

THEY'RE LATE FOR WORK, THEY'RE LATE, GET THE KIDS TO SCHOOL, WHATEVER.

UH, SO THOSE ARE THE ISSUES.

BUT I, I'M GONNA START GETTING REAL PICKY ABOUT, WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE RULE SAYS, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO THINGS OTHER THAN THAT.

NO, NO.

I, I'VE BEEN BEAT UP WITH THAT RECENTLY AND IT'S LIKE, NO, WE'RE GONNA FIX THOSE AS THEY COME UP.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I GOT.

MAYOR.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE, DO YOU HAVE SOME? GO AHEAD.

YEAH.

ON UM, SEVEN C, IF THE RESIDENTS OR THE APPLICABLE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION DESIRES TO FUND THE PROJECT BEFORE THE CITY IS ABLE TO PROVIDE FUNDING,

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HOW OFTEN DO WE HAVE WE HAD AN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR CITIZENS SAY THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TOO LONG FOR FUNDING AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THE MONEY UP FOR IT? WELL, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT OPTION.

IT, IT'S, I PUT IT THERE AS AN OPTION.

IT'S, I, IF IT'S, I'VE HAD PEOPLE TELL ME I WILL PAY FOR THE SPEED CUSHIONS ON MY ROAD.

HOW MUCH DO SPEECH CUSHIONS NORMALLY COST? I THINK THERE ARE 3000 FOR A PAIR.

IS THAT RIGHT? AND THAT INCLUDES LABOR, DEPENDING ON HOW, HOW MANY YOU HAVE TO HAVE REALLY.

IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, UH, PROBABLY THREE TO FIVE SETS MAYBE.

SO DEPENDING ON HOW WIDE THE ROAD IS.

UM OKAY.

THAT IT'S AN OPTION.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPTION TO HAVE.

THERE IS SOME PEOPLE, THE CITY, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE YEARS TO FUND IT AND THERE'S A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION WHO WANTS TO FUND IT.

THAT'S AN OPTION.

YEAH.

WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT.

YEAH.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW.

OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW OFTEN, 'CAUSE I'M NOT, IT HASN'T BEEN AN OPTION, UH, YET.

IT HASN'T BEEN AN OPTION.

SO THIS IS, WE WE HAVEN'T OFFERED THAT.

OKAY.

SO GOOD QUESTION.

ANY ADDITIONAL I HAVE, UM, ONE, JUST A FEW THINGS THAT STIRRED, UH, SOME THOUGHT.

SO IN NEIGHBORHOODS, 'CAUSE THIS IS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I GET IN NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, EVEN IF IT'S NOT POSTED 30 MILES PER HOUR, IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPEED IN TEXAS CAN, IF SOMETHING'S POSTED LESS, WHO MAKES THAT DECISION? LIKE IF SOMEBODY SAYS, WE WANT 20 MILES PER HOUR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, HOW DID, WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THAT? THEY'RE, THEY'RE SET BY PLANNING AND ZONING.

SO WE, WE, TO SET IT LOWER, WE HAVE TO DO A SPEED STUDY.

OKAY.

AND THERE ARE RULES FOR THE SPEED STUDY.

AND THEN THAT HAS TO GO WITH PLANNING AND ZONING BECAUSE I KNOW SOME CITIZENS, THAT'S WHAT THEY ASK FOR.

SO CAN YOU, CAN Y'ALL REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT TO 20? WELL THAT'S A REQUEST.

THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE RULES ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU CAN SAY TO BY THE AVERAGE SPEED OF THE TRAFFIC ON THE ROADWAY.

SO, SO MY QUESTION IS THOUGH, IT CAN BE REDUCED GENERALLY.

GENERALLY YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A REDUCED SPEED LIMIT IF YOU DO THE STEADY A, A REQUEST CAN BE MADE, A REQUEST CAN BE MADE AND WE CAN DO THE STUDY, WE CAN STUDY.

MY QUESTION IS, IF THE STUDY, LET'S ASSUME HYPOTHETICALLY SUPPORTS THE DATA, SUPPORTS IT, THEN POSSIBLY IT CAN BE LESS THAN 30, IS MY QUESTION.

YES.

OKAY.

NOW AND THEN A LITTLE BIT ON, ON WHAT COUNCILMAN MOER MENTIONED.

AND I CAN UNDERSTAND UNTIL YOU DO THE STUDY, YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHEN THE TRUE PEAK TIME IS.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THE LANGUAGE IS PROBABLY THERE, UM, IN A SENSE.

RIGHT? AND SO I JUST, I DON'T KNOW, CONFIRM I'LL WITHDRAW THE QUESTION, RIGHT? I WITHDRAW THE QUESTION.

NO.

LESTER, LIKE WHAT CODE? HE STILL, THE TRANSPORTATION CODE ITSELF ACTUALLY SETS IT AT 30.

YEP.

UM, IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED TO GO BELOW THAT BECAUSE THAT IS THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE OR THE STATEWIDE REQUIREMENT.

UM, IF THEY GET A TICKET DOING 25, WE'RE GONNA BE IN COURT A LOT.

IF THEY, IF WE PUT IT DOWN TO 20, WE'RE GONNA BE IN COURT A LOT TO DEFEND IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE TRANSPORTATION CODE.

OKAY.

IT IS, IT CAN BE DONE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DEFENSE IN THE COURTS.

AND I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION 'CAUSE ITS ASKED OF FROM CITIZENS WHO, WHO DO THEY MAKE THAT APPLICATION TO? 'CAUSE I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF ROADS IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE 40 THAT I PERSONALLY, AND I THINK SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS WOULD LIKE TO SEE MOVE BACK TO 30.

AND WE'RE TALKING, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FOUR LANE ROADS I'VE GOT, I'M TALKING SOME PRETTY NARROW TWO LANE ROADS.

YOU DO DO THE SPEED STUDY AND MAC CAN CORRECT ME ONCE YOU DO SPEED STUDY, WHO DO THEY MAKE THAT APPLICATION TO? FRANK? UH, THAT WOULD COME TO THIS.

I THINK THEY START HERE.

THIS IS RIGHT.

THIS IS THE POINT.

THE POINT IS THIS IS THE STARTING POINT.

OKAY.

TELL US THE PROBLEM AND THEN WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT, RIGHT.

OKAY.

INSTEAD OF THE, THE OTHER, UM, LARGE, YOU KNOW, VOTING AND 50%, I THINK THIS IS THE STARTING POINT.

THIS IS MUCH BETTER.

YES, THIS IS MUCH BETTER.

UH, THIS IS THE STARTING POINT.

LET US FIGURE IT OUT.

WE LET THE EXPERTS COME AND THEN IF, IF A RESPONSE CAN BE DONE, IF IT CAN, IF THE REQUEST CAN BE OBLIGED AND SO BE IT.

AND IF NOT, THEN WE GIVE AN EXPLANATION, I'M ASSUMING TO WHOEVER THE APPLICANT IS AND WHY OR WHY NOT.

IT COULD BE CODE, IT COULD BE OTHER STUFF.

UH, THE OTHER REASONING FOR IT.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE THIS, THIS ASPECT OF IT.

MY ADDITIONAL COMMENT, WHICH IS SEPARATE, BUT YOU SAID IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT TRAFFIC ENGINEER RELATED.

I THINK THIS, IF Y'ALL CAN USE THIS PLATFORM FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT PROGRAM WOULD BE EXCELLENT.

DO GOOD.

THAT'S, YEAH.

THAT'S THE PLATFORM THAT YEAH.

AND THE, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY, IF YOU WANT, IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE, IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO BE NOTIFIED, IF THERE IS A TRAFFIC ONE BECAUSE SABRINA GETS THEM, WE CAN JUST FORWARD IT.

JUST SO YOU KNOW.

IT MAY COME FROM YOU, IT MAY ORIGINATE THERE, BUT JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

OKAY.

UH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT ALSO.

ALRIGHT.

YES.

ALRIGHT.

UM, I THINK THAT WAS IT ON MY END.

BE READY FOR A

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UH, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER, IT'S A VERY COMMON QUESTION THAT WE GET A LOT MM-HMM .

AND THEY MIGHT NOT ALL BE FULL TRAFFIC STUDIES, RIGHT? SURE.

THIS IS JUST A WAY TO COMMUNICATE AN ISSUE.

SO, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT WAIT AND SEE, BUT I WOULDN'T BE SHOCKED IF WE'VE MADE IT SO EASY THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOME CONVERSATION.

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN GOVERNMENT MAKES THINGS SO EASY, WE WILL WORRY ABOUT IT.

LET'S NOT JUMP THE GUN YET.

YEP.

NO, WE'RE THERE.

AND THEN POSSIBLY SABRINA AND I COULD ACTUALLY BE TRAINED TO DO TRAFFIC STUDIES AND THEN THAT WOULD BE WE WE'LL NEED A WAY TO PRIORITIZE.

WHERE'S THAT? I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM THERE'S THE EASY BUTTON.

WE'RE NOT THERE YET GUYS, BUT IT SOUNDS GOOD.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.

THAT'S HELPFUL.

NO, THANK YOU.

I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A REALLY JOB WELL DONE ON, ON ALL THESE TONIGHT.

EXACTLY.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? NO.

IF NOT, WE'LL GO TO ITEM

[c. Discuss any or all of the agenda items on the City Council Regular Meeting Agenda for September 9, 2021, which is attached below. ]

SO I SAW A COUPLE OF THE EMAILS, I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THEM IN DEPTH.

CAN YOU JUST HIT UPON THE DO RELATED TO THE EMAILS YOU SENT OUT ON THE LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION, THE DRIVER OF THAT, AND I KNOW IT'S COME BEFORE COUNCIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT JUST BRIEFLY.

YEAH, AND MARTIN CAN ELABORATE IT, BUT PART OF WHAT WE WANTED WAS PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER LIMIT PURPOSE ANNEX AND WHAT IT COULD DO.

AND CONSTABLE JOHNSON AND I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION.

WHAT I SENT OUT TO Y'ALL WAS ACTUALLY WHAT FRANKIE SHOWED WAS THE ACTUAL CHART THAT'S IN BAYTOWN ENGAGED.

'CAUSE IT MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT WITH THE LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION, YOU CAN BE PUT INTO COUNCIL DISTRICT.

THIS IS FRIENDS WITH THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND YOU CAN TAKE PART IN THE ELECTION NOW ONCE IT'S FINALIZED.

NOW THE LPA PROBABLY WON'T BE FINALIZED BY THIS NOVEMBER.

SO THE POINT IS THEY PROBABLY WON'T VOTE IN THIS MAYORAL ELECTION, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.

THE CHART THAT I THINK HE'S LOOKING FOR IS THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.

LPA IS ON THE LEFT HAND COLUMN, YOU COULD SEE THERE'S ONLY TWO THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH THAT.

YEAH.

BUT BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S MANDATORY OR IS THAT DISCRETIONARY? AND I, AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT PAYING TAXES, THEY DON'T RECEIVE CITY SERVICES YET.

THEY HAVE AN EQUAL VOICE TO THOSE THAT DO PAY TAXES IN THE CITY.

SO IS THAT, IS THAT MANDATORY? IS THAT STATUTORY OR? THIS ONE WAS DONE THROUGH A SPA, UM, THREE YEARS AGO.

FOUR YEARS AGO.

YEAH.

UM, AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE, THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS DONE AS PART OF THAT, THAT WE REQUIRED THIS TO BE DONE AT A CERTAIN, LIKE THERE'S A CERTAIN, UM, TRIGGER FOR THAT.

THAT'S NOT THAT TRIGGER THAT'S NOT YOUR QUESTION THOUGH, BUT, BUT WAS THAT ASPECT OF IT NEGOTIATED OR WAS IT MANDATORY? NO, IT WAS NOT NEGOTIATED.

IT IS STATUTORY.

IT IS STATUTORY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

YES SIR.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

BUT I THINK, I THINK IDEOLOGY ON IT IS THAT YOU DO HAVE CITIZENS THAT DO NOT PAY CITY TAXES BUT CAN HAVE A VOICE AT THE BALLOT BOX.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE POINT.

YEAH.

IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR OR, SO IN THE PAST WE'VE NOT ANNEXED FOR LIMITED PURPOSE, UM, RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

SO THIS WOULD BE ONE OF OUR FIRST.

OKAY.

YEAH.

OKAY.

YEP.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND CONSTABLE JOHNSON, I APPRECIATE IT ACTUALLY THAT IT CAME UP BECAUSE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WHETHER IT'S YOU, WHETHER IT'S US THAT WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE CORRECTLY.

YES, SIR.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS I LIKE THE SIMPLE CHART AND MAYOR YES.

THAT, THAT BEGS THE QUESTION.

IF W WHAT'S THE BENEFIT TO THE CITY FROM DOING THIS? AND, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO IT, BUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BENEFIT IN THE ORIGINAL DISCUSSIONS TO ALLOW A LIMITED PURPOSE INDEXATION WHERE A RESIDENTIAL AREA GETS TO VOTE.

THEY'RE NOT TAXED, THEY'RE NOT PROVIDED SERVICES, BUT THEY CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON A MAYORAL ELECTION OR EVEN A COUNCIL ELECTION.

SO THE THOUGHT IS WITH LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATIONS THAT EVENTUALLY THEY WILL COME INTO THE CITY.

SO YEAH.

I I THINK IT, WHEN IT WAS DONE AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER AREAS, LET'S JUST SAY THAT ARE SIMILAR.

AT THE TIME THERE WAS A, A 10 YEAR, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS AND IT WILL, IT'LL COME, COME INTO THE CITY.

SO I THINK THAT THOSE WILL ALL PREDATE.