Sep 23, 2021 BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL MEETING

ITEM TWO A, RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY.

UM, MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

[a. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.]

MR. LOPEZ, MAYOR, COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING.

IT'S ALWAYS, UH, HONOR WHEN WE GET TO RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEE.

SO WE'LL DO THAT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

TONIGHT IT, CHRISTOPHER CHAVIS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

CARL GAINES, HEAVY EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST, ONE WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEER.

ANASTASIA LEWIS, ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST.

TWO WITH FINANCE.

THERESA ROBERTS, FLEET SPECIALIST WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.

DANIEL CALHOUN, FIREFIGHTER WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

CLAYTON BREEDING PATROL OFFICER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ANDREW LOPEZ, HEAVY EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST, ONE WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.

MARCUS CURRY, UTILITY BILLING MANAGER, BLAKE NICHOLS, FIRE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

STEVEN AD LIEUTENANT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

LIEUTENANT STEVE AD WAS BORN IN CONROE, TEXAS AND RESIDED IN BAYTOWN FOR 23 YEARS UNTIL 2017 WHEN HE RELOCATED BACK TO THE LAKE CONROE AREA.

HE IS CURRENTLY THE EMS SUPERVISOR FOR SEA BATTALION WITH THE BAYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT AND IS ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT'S URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM, AND HOLDS A KEY ROLE WITH THE MARINE DIVISION.

HE IS A LEE COLLEGE GRADUATE WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY.

LIEUTENANT ALL IS A LOVING FATHER TO HIS FOUR CHILDREN, KENNER, HUNTER, SAILOR AND TALON.

HE IS ALSO AN AVID FISHERMAN AND HOLDS A LICENSE AS A TEXAS BOAT CAPTAIN.

HE HAS BEEN THE OWNER OF A FISHING CHARTER BUSINESS FOR OVER 25 YEARS.

HE'S CURRENTLY ON THE PROFESSIONAL REDFISH TOUR AND IS PARTICIPATING IN THE FISHING REALITY SHOW, THE ELITE REDFISH LEAGUE ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL.

GROWING UP, LIEUTENANT AD ALSO SPENT 12 YEARS AS A GOLDEN GLOVE BOXER.

THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT AD FOR 25 YEARS OF EXCELLENT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

NICE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN ONCE FOR THOSE DEDICATED EMPLOYEES WHO OWNED

[b. The 15th Annual Grito Fest is scheduled for Friday, October 1, 2021 at Town Square and Saturday, October 2, 2021 at Bicentennial Park. ]

ITEM TWO B, THE 15TH ANNUAL RETO FEST, MR. JOHNSON.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S BEEN 15 YEARS SINCE WE STARTED THE RETO.

ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN 17.

WE HAD TO SKIP A YEAR BECAUSE OF HURRICANE AND BECAUSE OF LAST YEAR'S COVID.

SO, UH, I WOULD TURN IT OVER TO JACOB.

Y'ALL ALL KNOW JACOB SHAFER, UH, TO INTRODUCE THE PROGRAM.

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HELLO EVERYBODY FOR THE 15TH TIME, EARLY THE 17TH TIME.

BUT IT'S OKAY.

IT'S STILL WONDERFUL AND IT'S STILL TERRIFIC RITOS HERE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER OF ALL STRIPES AND SHAPES AND COLORS AND SIZES.

WE'RE HERE TO CONNECT, TO INTERACT AND BE A PART OF THE LARGER, BIGGER COMMUNITY AND SHOW LOVE AND RESPECT FOR EVERYBODY.

THIS YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT SINCE OUR FIFTH YEAR, OUR 10TH YEAR, AND WE FINALLY GOT 'EM.

WE HAVE RAMALA THE ONE AND ONLY COMING, AND HE'S GONNA BE OUR HEADLINER ON OCTOBER 2ND, WHICH WE'RE SO VERY HAPPY ABOUT.

AND I'M GOING OUT OF ORDER A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE.

IT'S A BIG DEAL.

I MEAN, I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE, WE'RE GETTING JOHNNY CASH, OKAY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THE WHALING JENNINGS.

I MEAN, THIS IS THE TYPE OF GUY WE'RE GETTING WITH THIS PARTICULAR, UH, SITUATION.

OKAY? SO LET'S GO BACK TO OCTOBER 1ST.

OCTOBER 1ST, UH, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, OVER THERE AT TOWN SQUARE AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE MARIACHI, AK.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CTS BAND, THE QUEEN OF TETANO TRIBUTE, AND OF COURSE THE INFAMOUS AND FAMOUS RA WHO IS GONNA BE WITH HIS OUTLAW BAND.

AND I SAID INFAMOUS.

OF COURSE, HE HAS AN OUTLAW BAND.

UM, ON THE SECOND WE WILL HAVE OUR, UH, STAPLE MARIACHIS GATOS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE MCKENZIE BALLET FOLK DANCING.

THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GROUP OF LOCAL GUYS CALLED WHO JUST GOT SIGNED.

THEY ARE TERRIFIC.

WE'VE HAD THEM PLAY FOR DIFFERENT SHOWS FOR US AT THE PROMISE CENTER AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.

THEY ARE AMAZING.

YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THEM.

UM, AND OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE LOS ILA MCD HOUSTON DANCERS.

AND AS I SAID BEFORE, THE UNBELIEVABLE RAMLA.

AND LIKE I SAID, THIS BRINGS EVERYBODY TOGETHER.

IT CONNECTS EVERYBODY IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, WITH 4TH OF JULY AND VITO FEST AND ALL I CAN SAY FROM THE THREE MAIN BEAUTIFUL EVENTS THAT BAYTOWN IS PRODUCING, THAT WE LOVE YOU ALL AND WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO BE OUT HERE TO BE A PART OF IT.

AND IN THE END, WHAT IS ATO? ATO IS A CELEBRATION.

IT'S A CRY OF FREEDOM AND EXHILARATION.

AND HERE COMES ONE.

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR LOYALTY TO US.

IT MEANS EVERYTHING.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.

THANK YOU MR. SCHAEFFER.

AND CERTAINLY THANK YOU TO, UH, TO EVERYONE INVOLVED ON THIS UPCOMING, OR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND, I THINK IS REALLY GONNA BE A GOOD CELEBRATION THE ENTIRE WEEKEND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M HEARING LOTS OF THINGS, PEOPLE COMING FROM ACROSS THE STATE, OBVIOUSLY ON OCTOBER 2ND, BUT A, A GREAT ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP AND LOTS OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE FAMILY AND THE KIDS ON, ON BOTH DAYS.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR, FOR THAT.

SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.

OKAY, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE B.

WE, UH, EXCUSE ME, THREE A, UH, WE WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY ARE BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK AND TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED OR THE APPROPRIATE LIST OF FOYER OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.

EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THESE HEARINGS.

THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.

HOWEVER, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, UH, TO BE BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU ARE 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 THEM TO ME.

SO ITEM

[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Program Year 2022 Local Park Non-Urban Outdoor Recreation Grant.]

THREE A IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAM YEAR 2022, LOCAL PARK NON-URBAN OUTDOOR RECREATION GRANT.

IT IS NOW 6:43 PM AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE CITY'S APPLICATION FOR THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS YEAR 2022, LOCAL PARK NON-URBAN OUTDOOR RECREATION EVENT.

AND I WOULD LIKE NOW FOR STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

GIMME ONE SECOND.

PULL UP MY, THERE WE GO.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FOLLOWING THAT, UM, I'M EXCITED TO BRING FOR YOU OUR APPLICATION THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU FOR OUR TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE LOCAL, UH, URBAN OUTDOOR PARK GRANT.

UH, THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME WE PRESENTED, WHEN WE DID DO A LOCAL GRANT THAT JENKINS PARK THAT WAS APPROVED AND THAT DID YOUR TRAIL TO YOUR DG TRAIL AROUND THE OUTER LOOP OF THE, UH, JENKINS PARK.

BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS ONE, UH, FOR YOU TONIGHT.

THE PROPERTY THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS, YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH, IS DELANEY PROPERTY THAT WE ACQUIRED IN 2001 20.

EXCUSE ME.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY BACKGROUND ON IT, YOU APPROVED THE ORDINANCE ON THE, UH, DECEMBER THE 10TH, 2021.

UH, YOU WENT IN AL, EXCUSE ME, 2020 AND AN

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AGREEMENT FOR FUNDING AND ACQUISITION FOR THE M-M-W-D-D WAS EXECUTED ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2020.

WE WENT AND PURCHASED AND ACQUIRED A WARRANTY DEED IN JANUARY 8TH, 2021 OF THIS YEAR.

AND WE ALSO, UM, IN, IN THE LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE, WE, UH, DID A WAIVER OF RETROACTIVITY, WHICH ALLOWS US TO USE THE LAND AS PART OF OUR MATCH FOR FUNDING.

UH, WE WENT AHEAD AND SUBMITTED THAT IN 2010.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ACQUISITION OF THIS PROPERTY SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THAT MONEY INTO OUR LOCAL MATCH FOR WHAT THE GRANT WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, PROPOSING FOR YOU TODAY.

UH, JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BUDGET BREAKDOWN OF THE PART THAT WE ARE PROVIDING.

THE GRANT MATCHES FOR 750,000, UH, OF THAT BREAKDOWN.

UH, IN KIND LABOR.

WE HAVE 117,000, UH, IN INCOME MATERIALS, ABOUT 174,000.

UH, THE LAND, UH, APPRAISAL THAT WE GOT FOR THE LAND THAT TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE APPROVED IS 265,000.

AND OUR CASH CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY WOULD BE A HUNDRED AND, UH, AROUND 187,000, WHICH PUTS US AT 744,000.

UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH BEWELL BAYTOWN RIGHT NOW TO ACQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL $90,000 TO PUT A SHADE STRUCTURE, UH, THAT WE ARE GOING TO HOPE TO APPLY AS PART OF THE GRANT OVERAGE FOR THIS PROJECT.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE INFORMATION, WHAT'S ALL BEHIND THE NUMBERS.

UH, WE'RE PROPOSING AN INCLUSIVE PARK.

UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE INCLUSIVE PARK RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT IS SHARED WITH THE SCHOOL, UH, GOOSE CREEK ISD DISTRICT.

BUT THIS WILL BE SOLELY UNDER OUR OWNERSHIP.

UH, SO THERE WILL BE NO LIMITATION FOR ACCESS THAT WE HAVE TO DO, UH, WITH THE OTHER PARK IS SHARING WITH THE SCHOOL.

UH, WE'RE PROPOSING A KAYAK LAUNCH SHELTER, UH, 1200 LINEAR FEET OF, UH, WALKING TRAIL WITH FITNESS, UH, STATIONS ALONG THE TRAIL, A KAYAK LAUNCH, AND ALSO A PEER FOR FISHING.

UH, WITHIN THAT PROPOSAL, UH, WITHIN THAT INCLUSIVE ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO NOT ONLY HAVE PLAYGROUND ELEMENTS FOR, UM, FOR EVERYONE, WE WE'RE LOOKING AT INCORPORATING IT.

SO IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO A PARK, IT WOULD HAVE, UH, THE INCLUSIVE ELEMENTS ARE USUALLY ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PARK.

WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THIS DESIGN SO THE INCLUSIVE ELEMENTS ARE IN THE INTERIOR SO THAT GET BETTER INTERACTION WITH THE WHOLE GROUP.

SO WE HOPE YOU, UH, MOVE FORWARD THIS PROPOSAL AND ALLOW US TO ENTER IN THIS AGREEMENT.

AND ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, LET'S SEE.

I HAVE A LIST HERE.

OKAY, THE LIST THAT I HAVE IS ITEM SEVEN A.

SO I'M ASSUMING THERE IS NO OTHER, UM, CITIZEN OF DESIRE TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE A.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING, UH, THE CITY'S APPLICATION FOR THE TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAM YEAR 2022, LOCAL PARK NON-URBAN OUTDOOR RECREATION EVENT.

SO WE HAVE ITEM

[b. Consider a resolution authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the FY2022 Local Parks Non-Urban Outdoor Recreation Grant Program for a new park located at 4000 Tompkins Drive.]

THREE B, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR THE 2022, UH, GRANT PROGRAM THAT I DESCRIBED, UH, FOR A NEW PARK LOCATED AT 4,000 TOMPKINS DRIVE, UH, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM THREE B.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.

UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM AS PRESENTED OF THREE B, PLEASE SAY AYE.

A, WHICH IS ALSO PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY, WELL GOOD LUCK ON THE GRANT APPLICATION.

OKAY, WE HAVE NOW ITEM FOUR

[a. Conduct the second public hearing regarding the proposed Limited Purpose Annexation of approximately 514.39 acres, located generally North of East Wallisville Road and West of Garth Road.]

SO IT IS NOW 6:48 PM AND I'M NOW CALL TO ORDER THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION, APPROXIMATELY, UH, 514.39 ACRES LOCATED GENERALLY NORTH OF EAST WALLACE ROAD AND WEST OF GARTH ROAD.

AND I'LL NOW LIKE, UH, TO REQUEST THAT STAFF SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, MARTIN SCRIBNER, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE CITY.

UM, THIS AGAIN, UH, THIS IS THE SAME.

UH, THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WE SAW THIS LAST, LAST TIME, UH, 514 ACRES AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF GARTH ROAD IN VILLE.

UM, THIS IS A TOTAL OF ABOUT 2000 HOMES.

AND THIS IS AGAIN, PART OF THE, UH, THE DA AND THE SPA, UH, THAT WAS DONE, UH, BACK IN 2018.

SO, UM, NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.

OKAY, SO ALSO ON THIS ITEM, THERE'S NO ONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK SO ON.

NOW CLOSE IS SUBJECT THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSAL LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION LOCATED ONLY NORTH OF EAST WELLSVILLE ROAD AND WEST OF GARTH ROAD.

SO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE

[a. Conduct a second public hearing regarding the proposed annexation of approximately 23.39 acres of land in Harris County, Texas, including 20.82 acres of privately-owned land along Thompson Road North of Ellis School Road, along with approximately 2.57 acres being the entire width of Thompson Road right-of-way extending North approximately 1,879 feet from the current city limits to the northern end of the subject property.]

A, WHICH IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING AT FIVE, AT SIX FORTY NINE.

AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION.

APPROX APPROXIMATELY 20 POINT 23.39 ACRES OF LAND IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, INCLUDING 20.82 ACRES OF PRIVATELY OWNED LAND ALONG THOMPSON ROAD, NORTH OF ELLIS SCHOOL ROAD, ALONG WITH APPROXIMATELY 2.57 ACRES BEING THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THOMPSON ROAD RIGHT AWAY, EXTENDING NORTH APPROXIMATELY ONE 1,879 FEET FROM THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS TO THE

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NORTHERN END OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

SO NOW I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, SAME DEAL.

THIS IS, UH, SECOND READING, OR EXCUSE ME, SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, 23 AND A HALF ACRES ON THOMPSON ROAD.

UM, THIS IS JUST NORTH OF ELLIS SCHOOL ROAD.

INCLUDES THAT TWO AND A HALF ACRES ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THOMPSON.

UM, THIS IS ALSO BEING REZONED TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL FOR A, UH, AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE, UM, USE, WHICH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROCESS.

UH, WE HEARD IT AT P AND Z UH, TUESDAY NIGHT.

SO, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.

SO SAME THING, UH, NO, NO CITIZEN OF DESIRED HAS SIGNED UP, DESIRED TO SPEAK.

I NOW CLOSE IT.

SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION, APPROXIMATELY 23.39 ACRES OF LAND ON LONG THOMPSON ROAD NORTH OF ELLI SCHOOL ROAD.

SO MOVE ON TO ITEM

[b. Consider an ordinance for the first reading of the proposed annexation of approximately 23.39 acres of land in Harris County, Texas, including 20.82 acres of privately-owned land along Thompson Road North of Ellis School Road, along with approximately 2.57 acres being the entire width of Thompson Road right-of-way extending North approximately 1,879 feet from the current city limits to the northern end of the subject property.]

FIVE B IS CONSIDERED ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF THE 23.39 UH, ACRES THAT I JUST DESCRIBED.

SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON ITEM FIVE B.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ARE THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM FIVE B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

SIX A SURPRISE, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO IS NOW 6:51 PM AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 20, EXCUSE ME, 59.25 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED GENERALLY AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF SHO LANDER ROAD AND INTERSTATE 10.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM

[a. Conduct a second public hearing regarding the proposed annexation of approximately 59.25 acres of land, located generally at the southeast intersection of Sjolander Road and Interstate 10.]

I'LL, LIKE, I'D LIKE, UH, STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, IF IT INVOLVES PLANNING, IT PROBABLY INCLUDES A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO, YEAH.

UM, SO THIS IS, UH, 59 ACRES AT I 10 AND SHO LANDER AGAIN, UH, THE EASTERN HALF.

SO THIS ENTIRE PROPERTY, 59 ACRES BEING, UH, ANNEXED, UH, BUT ONLY HALF OF IT RIGHT NOW.

THE EASTERN HALF IS ALSO GOING THROUGH THE REZONE PROCESS TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

AGAIN, THIS WENT TO P AND Z FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON TUESDAY.

SO, UH, IT'LL BE IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.

OKAY, THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRING TO SPEAK OR HAS SIGNED UP, I NOW CLOSE THIS UP TO THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION PROPERTY, 59.25 ACRES OF LAND AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF S SHETA ROAD AND INTERSTATE 10.

SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX

[b. Consider an ordinance for the proposed annexation of approximately 59.25 acres of land, located generally at the southeast intersection of Sjolander Road and Interstate 10.]

B, WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF, OF APPROXIMATELY 59.25 ACRES OF THE LAND I JUST DESCRIBED.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MOVE TO APPROVE SIX B, SECOND MOTION IS SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM SIX B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ITEM SEVEN A SO IT'S CONSIDER, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED IF

[a. Consider a resolution adopting a Traffic Calming Policy for the City of Baytown.]

MR. SIMINO, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTS A REVISED TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY, UH, FOR THE CITY AND REPEALS THE EXISTING POLICY.

UH, THE NEW POLICY WAS REVIEWED WITH COUNCIL LAST MEETING AND, UM, IS IT IS A SIMPLIFIED AND MORE ENGAGING PROCESS.

UH, IT WAS REVISED, UH, FOR THE CALCULATION OF SPEEDING VEHICLES, UH, BASED ON COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. SIMINO.

WE DO HAVE FOUR CITIZENS THAT, THAT DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK.

SO I WILL FIRST START WITH, UH, LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT'S AMBER.

AMBER.

IS IT BONE MASS? IS THAT CORRECT? SO MA'AM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST COME TO THE, THE PODIUM.

YOU MAY NEED TO MOVE THAT MICROPHONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, JUST A LITTLE, JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AND, UH, JUST, UH, AGAIN, STATE YOUR NAME AND, UM, JUST YOUR ROAD IS FINE.

JUST BEAR WITH ME.

I'LL, MY NAME'S AMBER EZ.

I LIVE ON TOMPKINS DRIVE RIGHT BY THE STOP SIGN THIS MORNING.

I WALKED MY CHILD OUT TO THE, TO THE DRIVEWAY FOR HIS BUS, WHICH STARTED OUT AS A RUSHED, YOU KNOW, JUST HECTIC MORNING WITH CHILDREN.

UM, WE SEE HIS BUS COMING AND WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE LATE.

HE DROPS HIS SNACKS 'CAUSE HE CAN'T BRING HIM ON THE BUS.

SO I GIVE HIM HIS BACKPACK AND HE, AS HE'S CHARGING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, I, I NOTICE, NOTICE A CAR COMING DOWN THE ROAD.

SHE PASSES THE STOP SIGN LIKE IT'S INVISIBLE.

ALSO, SHE PRETENDS LIKE SHE DOESN'T SEE THE BUS WITH THEIR FLASHING LIGHTS AND THE STOP SIGN, MY CHILD'S HALFWAY THROUGH THE ROAD, SHE SPEEDS.

HE'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER CAR AND SHE SPEEDS RIGHT BY HIM.

AND I SEE HER, SHE'S WAVING AT THE BUS DRIVER, LIKE, IT'S NOTHING.

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I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS GONNA LOSE MY CHILD THIS MORNING.

NOT ONLY DID I YELL AT HIM TO STOP AND WATCH THE CAR, THERE WAS KIDS, YOUNG KIDS AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD WAITING FOR THEIR BUS THAT YELLED.

STOP.

I JUST, I BEG YOU, PLEASE.

IF SPEED BUMPS AREN'T AN OPTION, CAN WE PUT CAMERAS IN THE SCHOOL BUSES? CAN WE PUT, CAN WE PUT FLASHING LIGHTS ON THE STOP SIGNS? TODAY WAS THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE.

ALSO, THE PARK THAT Y'ALL WANNA PUT ON THE END OF TOMPKINS DRIVE, 1 46.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I HAD SOMEONE TRY TO BREAK IT TO MY HOUSE ALSO.

LAST NIGHT I NOTICED, I NOTICED, UM, ONE OF MY WINDOW, MY SCREENS WERE OPEN, SOMEONE TRIED TO BREAK IN, BUT ALMOST LOSING MY CHILD WAS A BIGGER ISSUE TODAY.

UM, WE HAVE A PARK DOWN RACCOON DRIVE.

IT'S A GREAT PARK.

THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PARK CONNECTED TO IT, WHICH MY CHILD CALLS IT THE SECRET PARK.

THERE'S A SPLASH PAD WITH TWO OTHER PARKS NEXT TO IT.

MA MA'AM, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT I'M SORRY.

WE HAVE TO SAY ON THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS OWN, OF THIS POSTED ITEM.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

YES MA'AM.

UM, WOULD THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT Y'ALL WANNA PUT ON TOMPKINS DRIVE? NO, MA'AM.

YOU, YOU, YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU STARTED WITH.

SO YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS CAN ONLY LEGALLY BE, UM, DISCUSSED ON THAT ITEM.

JUST FLEW ALL OVER ME AS IT DID.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE LEFT? I WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER 15 SECONDS TO MAKE YOUR CLOSING COMMENTS.

I JUST, I JUST WANNA BEG THAT YOU, MAYBE DURING BUS PICKUPS, MAYBE YOU HAVE COPS PATROLLING IN THAT AREA.

'CAUSE COMPS DRIVE IS VERY, VERY CRAZY.

I WASH DISHES AND SEE THAT WINDOW WITH THE STOP SIGN IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, AND I CAN WATCH 15 CARS AND LIKE A THREE MINUTES PASS BY JUST SPEED RIGHT THROUGH THAT STOP SIGN.

IF NO ONE'S OUT THERE, THAT STOP SIGN DOES NOT MATTER TO THEM.

IT'S, IT'S A REAL ISSUE.

AND TODAY, IT, THAT DID IT FOR ME.

I MEAN, I'M READY TO MOVE BECAUSE OF TODAY.

I ALMOST LOST MY CHILD.

SO NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MS. IS IT MARY, IS IT HOLLAND? YOU NOAM? MY NAME'S MARY HULEN AND I LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO AMBER AT 39 0 4 TOMPKINS.

I BOUGHT MY HOUSE IN 2006 FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNERS WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT STOP SIGN BEING PUT THERE.

THEY BEGGED THE CITY TO PUT SPEED BUMPS.

THEY WOULDN'T DO IT, SO THEY SETTLED ON A STOP SIGN, WHICH IS TOTALLY USELESS.

I'VE LIVED THERE HOWEVER MANY YEARS THAT IS, AND I'VE WATCHED IT GET WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE.

PEOPLE USE TOMPKINS DRIVE.

PEOPLE DON'T LIVE THERE.

THEY'RE USING IT TO CUT THROUGH THE RACCOON BECAUSE IT'S EASIER THAN GOING HALF A BLOCK AND TURNING RIGHT ON MASSEY TOMPKINS, WHICH IS COMMERCIAL, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THERE BECAUSE THERE'S LIGHTS.

AND IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM FOR A NICE, USED TO BE PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IT'S DANGEROUS.

IT'S DANGEROUS.

IT'S SOMETIMES TAKES US 15 MINUTES TO BACK OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY.

THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC ON IT.

PREVIOUSLY I USED TO SEE OCCASIONALLY AT LEAST A POLICE PRESENCE.

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME ONE DAY AND I SAW A, UM, AN OFFICER WHO HAD STOPPED SOMEONE AND I GAVE HIM A THUMBS UP AS I WENT BY.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'D SEEN THAT.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED MORE OF.

WE, I DON'T SEE 'EM ANYMORE.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE I'VE SEEN A POLICE OFFICER GOING UP AND DOWN OUR ROAD OR SITTING SOMEWHERE WATCHING WHAT HAPPENS.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY BAD.

AND WHEN I READ, UH, AMBER'S POST ON NEXT DOOR THIS MORNING, IT

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MANY, MANY OF THE PEOPLE LIVING ON TOMPKINS.

THERE'S ANOTHER STOP SIGN RIGHT DOWN TWO BLOCKS, I THINK.

AND SAME THING HAPPENS THERE, AND THE BUS ALSO STOPS THERE.

SO IT'S REALLY AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T HAVE SPEED BUMPS.

PEOPLE DON'T LIKE 'EM.

I GET THAT.

BUT MAYBE THEY'LL QUIT USING TOMPKINS DRIVE TO CUT THROUGH.

WE ALWAYS HAVE TO TURN AT THE LIGHT AT WALGREENS ON MASSEY TOMPKINS TO CUT THROUGH WALGREENS TO GET TO OUR STREET.

SOMETHING SHOULD BE PUT AT OUR INTERSECTION.

WE CAN ONLY TURN LEFT ON TOMPKINS OFF THE HIGHWAY, SIT THERE SOME DAYS FOR 20 MINUTES WAITING TO MAKE THAT LEFT TURN BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCKS THAT JUST LAST FOREVER.

SO WE'VE GOTTEN IN THE HABIT OF CUTTING THROUGH WALGREENS.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

SOMETHING SHOULD BE THERE TO AT LEAST, I DON'T KNOW, SLOW PEOPLE DOWN SOME WAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

IT REALLY DOES.

THANK YOU, MA'AM, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

NEXT, UM, WE, IS IT RONNIE LOVELADY? IS THAT CORRECT? GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

I'M HERE BECAUSE OF AMBER.

I SAW HER POST THIS MORNING ON THE NEXTDOOR, UM, APPLICATION THAT'S ON THE COMPUTERS.

AND IT BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES.

35 YEARS AGO, I ALMOST LOST MY CHILD TO THE SAME VERY SIMILAR INCIDENT AT A STOP SIGN, RIGHT? THE BUS WOULD STOP RIGHT THERE AND CARS WOULD GO THROUGH.

I LIVE OFF WARD NOW AT WELLINGTON PARK AND ON WARD.

THERE'S TWO STOP SIGNS.

IT'S INTERESTING.

EVERY DAY I GO DOWN THAT STREET IN THE MORNING AND I GO DOWN THAT STREET IN THE AFTERNOON COMING HOME FROM WORK.

AND THE AMOUNT OF CARS THAT I SEE GO THROUGH THAT STOP SIGN, ONE OR TWO OF THOSE STOP SIGNS IS OUT OF THIS WORLD.

CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE IF WE DO NOT PROTECT THEM SOMEHOW FROM PEOPLE MOTORISTS NOT LOOKING OUT FOR THOSE STOP SIGNS, THE BUS FLASHING LIGHTS, DANG PUT CAMERAS, YOU KNOW, THESE DASH CAMS ON, ON SCHOOL BUSES.

I'M SURE EVERY PARENT WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY SOMETHING TO PUT A DASH.

I'LL BUY A DAMN DASH CAM FOR A BUS IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

I'M SURE WE COULD DO THAT.

OR WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.

PLEASE DO SOMETHING WITH THESE STOP SIGNS IN THESE PEOPLE RUNNING THEM.

THAT IS NOT THE WAY TO HAVE A FUTURE FOR THESE KIDS.

RUN THE STOP SIGN, FLY THROUGH THE INTERSECTIONS.

THANK YOU MA'AM.

AND I HAVE MICHAEL HUNTER, UM, UH, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL HUNTER.

I ALSO LIVE IN KINGS BEND ON 39 0 5 CANTERBURY.

UH, LAST WEEK I WITNESSED THREE STOP SIGN RUNS IN FRONT OF BUSES, UH, AT THE INTERSECTION BUS ON CANTERBURY, CARS RUNNING STOP SIGNS ON TOMPKIN.

BUT WHAT I'M MAINLY HERE FOR IS I WANT TO KNOW, I WANT CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY IS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE, WHAT I READ WAS THIS ORDINANCE HAS CHANGED, THIS ORDINANCE DELETED THIS ORDINANCE ADDED.

I WANT DETAILED, UM, INFORMATION FROM YOU ON WHAT THE TRAFFIC COMMON POLICY IS.

AND THEN ALSO I WANTED TO OFFER, UM, I HAVE FRIENDS ON THE POLICE FORCE THAT ARE RETIRED AND MOVE ON NOW, BUT I HAD ASKED THEM IN THE PAST TO SIT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND WATCH THAT STOP SIGN FOR ME.

AND THEY DID AND WROTE MANY TICKETS THERE, UH, YEARS BACK.

BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE MOVED ON NOW.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THE POLICE PRESENCE LIKE WE DID BEFORE.

BUT I ALSO, I NOTICED THE, UH, HARRIS COUNTY HAS DEVELOPED A KIND OF A DUMMY CAR THING ON THE, ON INTERSTATE 10 AT TIMES.

AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT COULD BE ALSO IMPLEMENTED INTO OUR TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY.

UH, RANDOM, UH, WHERE WE HAVE LARGE CROWDS OF KIDS THAT ARE CATCHING SCHOOL BUSES ON, ON YOUR SMALLER RURAL STREETS HAVE RANDOM, UH, PATROLLING THERE.

IF I NOTICED WITH WHEN, WHEN, WHEN I DID HAVE SOMEBODY SITTING IN FRONT OF MY YARD, IT WOULD SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC.

IT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE STOP THE STOP SIGN FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN WE'D GO BACK TO NORMAL,

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SO IS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD ALSO BE PUT INTO THE POLICY AS WELL.

LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR CLARIFICATION WHAT IT IS AND HOW US AS CITIZENS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IT AND MAKE IT WORK FOR US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU ALL FOR, UH, THE COMMENTS MADE, UH, I WOULD LIKE, FIRST, BEFORE WE GET SOME COMMENTS FROM, FROM COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY UPDATES, I'M ASSUMING THAT MAYBE WE WERE MADE AWARE OF, OF THE SITUATION THIS MORNING ON TOMPKINS? IS THERE ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL UPDATES OR STATUS ON, ON WHAT MAYBE OCCURRED OR NOT? NO.

SO THEN, UH, ANY COMMENTS? UH, I GUESS REGARDING THIS? YEAH, I THINK I'LL, I'LL GO FIRST AS, AS FAR AS THE, THE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY.

UM, I THINK THAT TOMPKINS IS, UM, A GOOD PLACE FOR IT TO BE APPLIED.

WHAT, WHAT'S IN THE POLICY, UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AND Y'ALL PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I WANT TO ANSWER MR. HUNTER, IT, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, FOR YOU AS A CITIZEN TO IT.

THERE'S A FORM ON BAYTOWN ENGAGE WHERE BASICALLY YOU'LL FILL OUT THE FORM AND YOU'LL REQUEST A TRAFFIC STUDY BE DONE ON YOUR STREET ON TOMPKINS, AND THEN WE'LL COLLECT THE VOLUME OF CARS, THE SPEED OF CARS, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE TO SEE WHAT THE BEST SOLUTION IS.

AND SO THAT, I MEAN, THE POLICY IS A WAY FOR CITIZENS TO REQUEST, UM, FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE ON THEIR STREET IF SPEEDING'S AN ISSUE.

UM, AND I, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE, BUT I KNOW SPEEDING IN NEIGHBORHOODS IS SOMETHING I GET A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF.

UM, I GET CONTACTED A LOT ABOUT THAT.

AND SO, UM, I'M, I'M IN SUPPORT OF, OF THE TRAFFIC CALLING POLICY BECAUSE IT WILL HELP IN, IN THIS SITUATION Y'ALL ARE DISCUSSING.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN? YES, MA'AM.

UM, I WAS JUST GONNA SUGGEST MAYBE THIS WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO KIND OF EXPAND ON WHAT THE POLICY IS MM-HMM .

AND THE, UM, NEW APPLICATION ON BAYTOWN ENGAGE SINCE YOU HAVE CITIZENS HERE THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY USE IT.

UH, YES MA'AM.

THE EXISTING POLICY, AS YOU KNOW, WAS, UH, OR IS, UM, SOMEWHAT CUMBERSOME.

IT INVOLVES, YOU KNOW, PETITIONING AND GOING DOOR TO DOOR GETTING, UH, SIGNATURES TO SIGNIFY SUPPORT OF, UH, SPECIFIC TRAFFIC CALMING, UH, TREATMENT.

UH, THE PROPOSED POLICY IS, UH, MORE, UH, ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC.

IT INVOLVES USE OF BAYTOWN ENGAGE, WHICH CITIZENS CAN LOG ONTO, UM, ANSWER ABOUT FIVE QUESTIONS.

I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THAT STARTS THE PROCESS.

SO, UH, THEN, UH, GOING FROM THERE, THE CITY WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, DO AN INITIAL EVALUATION AND GO OUT AND COLLECT DATA.

AND THIS DATA IS USED TO, UH, EVALUATE IF THERE ARE SPEEDERS AND IF THERE'S A HIGHER, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC VOLUME.

UH, AFTER THAT, THEN THE RESULTS ARE PUT ON BAYTOWN ENGAGE AND, UH, THAT ALLOWS FOR FEEDBACK FROM THE, THE PUBLIC.

UH, AND THEN STAFF ANALYZES THAT FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDS THE POLICY, THE, THE TREATMENT.

SO IT IS, IT IS A MUCH MORE SIMPLIFIED PROCESS AND LIKE I SAY, EASIER FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE IN.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, YES, COUNCIL AND I, I BELIEVE THE, THE NEW TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM.

SO YOU CAN, UH, IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE AGENDA ITEM, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE POLICY THERE.

YES, SIR.

YEAH, THANKS MAYOR.

UH, I WANNA REITERATE WHAT, UH, THE DIRECTOR, UH, SEMINO IS, HAS INDICATED THE ORIGINAL TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY WAS VERY ONEROUS AS FAR AS ON THE CITIZEN AS A CITIZEN WOULD HAVE TO CARRY THE LOAD TO GET ANYTHING DONE.

SO STAFF WITH COUNSEL, I THINK WE HAD IT IN FRONT OF US THREE TIMES, THREE OR FOUR, UH, THEY, THEY HEARD AND LISTENED LOUD AND CLEAR THAT WE WANTED SOMETHING MUCH MORE CITIZEN FRIENDLY AND, AND ACTIVE, IF YOU WILL.

IT STILL TAKES CITIZENS INPUT, IT STILL TAKES YOU TO GO TO THE ENGAGE SITE.

YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT WHAT THE ISSUE IS, WHAT THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU'RE SEEING, BUT IT TAKES AWAY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY FROM HAVING TO GET 50 PLUS PERCENT SIGNATURES ON YOUR STREET AND THEN GOING BACK LATER AND DOING IT AGAIN.

WE GOT RID OF ALL THAT.

IT REALLY PUTS IT BACK ONTO THE CITY AFTER YOU'VE LET US KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM.

SO I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT STAFF THAT THEY DID A GOOD JOB WITH REVISING THE TRAFFIC CALMING.

WHAT I HEARD TONIGHT WITH MS. AMY'S ISSUE IS, IS HORRIFYING.

IT'S, IT'S, UM, MY KIDS ARE 22 AND 31 NOW, SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 'EM IN THE STREETS.

BUT FOR KIDS THAT THAT'S REALLY NOT A TRAFFIC CALMING ISSUE.

THAT'S A TRAFFIC VIOLATION ISSUE.

AND, AND I ENCOURAGE ANY CITIZEN THAT'S NOTICING THAT ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, CONTACT

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THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE GET CALLS ON THIS ALL THE TIME AND ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS I ASK, DID YOU CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? WELL, NO, I CALLED YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY TRACK THOSE CALLS AND IF THEY START GETTING HIGH NUMBERS OF CALLS FOR PEOPLE RUNNING STOP SIGNS OR SPEEDING, THEY DO THEIR THING.

AND, AND WE CAN ADDRESS IT THAT WAY AS WELL.

BUT FOR SPEEDING OR TRAFFIC CALMING, I THINK THE NEW POLICY OR PROCESS IS GONNA BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE AND ALLOW CITIZENS THAT HAVE CONCERNS TO GET SOME ACTION FROM THE CITY WITHOUT HAVING TO CREATE A PETITION AND KNOCK ON EVERYBODY'S DOORS AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST TOO ONEROUS.

SO I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE WITH THAT.

BUT, UH, I WOULD DEFINITELY HOPE MANAGEMENT HAS HEARD TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE ON TOMPKINS ROAD.

I USED TO LIVE IN WHISPERING PINES MANY YEARS AGO, AND I, THAT'S A MAJOR CUT THROUGH AND I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT, WOW, IT'S A, IT'S A SPEEDWAY SOME DAYS, SO IT'S JUST GETTING WORSE, IF YOU WILL.

BUT AS IT WAS INDICATED, WE CAN HAVE SOME POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE A WEEK OR SO, AND THEN IT ALL GOES AWAY.

POLICE OFFICERS GO BACK TO OTHER DUTIES AND IT COMES BACK.

THE IDEA OF VIDEO ON SCHOOL BUSES IS A GREAT IDEA.

SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THAT, BUT THAT'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT ISSUE AND I'M SURE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THOSE COMMENTS.

UH, 'CAUSE THEY HAVE PEOPLE PASSING BUSES ALL THE TIME, SO HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THAT? SO, UM, BUT I, I DO APPRECIATE STAFF'S EFFORT TO MAKE THIS POLICY A LITTLE MORE CITIZEN FRIENDLY, WHICH HAS BEEN MY PUSH SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.

ANY COUNCIL, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UH, MY ONLY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS IS THAT, UM, VERY FAMILIAR WITH TOMPKINS ROAD AND I'M, IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE WHAT TOOK PLACE THIS MORNING.

FORTUNATELY, A BAD EVENT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

UH, I DO AGREE.

WHAT COUNCILMAN SAID IS, IS, YOU KNOW, SPEED HUMPS MAY HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT IF SOMEONE'S GONNA RUN A STOP SIGN, THEY'RE GONNA ALSO GO THROUGH THE SPEED BUMPS.

AND SO ENFORCEMENT IS, IS IS GONNA BE HELPFUL.

UM, I'M ASSUMING YOU DIDN'T GET A LICENSE PLATE OR ANY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT THE TIME, BUT, UM, I, I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, KNOWING TOMPKINS ROAD, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT.

IT IS, IT IS AN ENTICING ROAD FOR PEOPLE TO, TO CUT THROUGH FROM 1 46 TO RACCOON.

THERE'S NO DOUBT IT WOULD BE A PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR YOU TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR THE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST YOU DO THAT AS, AS IMMEDIATELY AS POSSIBLE.

CAN WE GET THEM A COPY, UH, AS A COURTESY BEFORE LEAVE? ABSOLUTELY.

UM, IF SOMEONE CAN GET, WE HAVE OUR INFORMATION, WE'LL WE CAN REACH OUT TO YOU AND, AND PROVIDE YOU THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE IT EASY AS POSSIBLE.

SO GOOD SUGGESTION, COUNCILMAN.

YEAH, AND I JUST, I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR BECAUSE PUBLIC WAS HERE TONIGHT THAT IT'S NOT LIVE YET ON BAYTOWN ENGAGE BECAUSE IT'S PENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE POLICY, BUT IT WOULD, IF YOU APPROVE THE POLICY, IT'LL SHORTLY GO LIVE.

SO AS SOON AS AVAILABLE, PLEASE, UH, PLEASE FORWARD IT TO THIS MOTHER.

ALRIGHT? YES, MA'AM.

YES, SIR.

ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET A COP OUT THERE TOMORROW TO AT LEAST SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE? IS IS, IS THAT GONNA BE, IS THAT GONNA HAPPEN? I, I WOULD, I WOULD EXPECT I SEE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC LOOK FROM, UH, I SAID YES FROM ASSISTANT CHIEF WHITAKER.

SO I ASSUME THAT, UH, WE, WE WILL ADDRESS THAT IMMEDIATELY WITH ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT.

I WOULD, I WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED IF THERE WAS NOT AN OFFICER THERE.

I WOULD BE SURPRISED.

SO, ALRIGHT, SO ITEM SEVEN A, UH, WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR THE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY DID, UH, AFTER, I GUESS IS OUR FOURTH TIME AT LEAST VISITING THIS ITEM, BUT IT IS A MUCH IMPROVED POLICY, UH, VERY AS, AS EASILY AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR CITIZENS TO, TO GO AND AT LEAST INITIATE THIS PROCESS.

SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN, A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.

A SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM SEVEN A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ITEM SEVEN B, CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVED IN THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S INVESTMENT POLICY AND STRATEGY STATEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT SECTION 2250 6.005 E FOR THE ADDITION OF AN INVESTMENT OFFICER.

OPPOSED? WE HAVE

[b. Consider a resolution approving the City of Baytown Investment Policy and Strategy Statement in accordance with the Public Funds Investment Act, Section 2256.005(e) for the addition of an investment officer.]

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. RAM.

THE ONLY AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING POLICY IS THE ADDITION OF THE, UH, NAME OF THE CITY'S CONTROLLER MONEY.

MARK AS AN AUTHORIZED INVESTMENT OFFICER FOR THE CITY.

SO TYPICALLY TREASURY AND CONTROLLERSHIP ARE SEPARATE AND DISTINCT DUTIES FOR A REASON, A VERY BIG REASON.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, SIR.

COMMENTS, MAYOR? YES, SIR.

SO, O ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UM, AND, AND I HAVE A, A MANY MOONS AGO, I HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A, A SLIGHT BACKGROUND IN FINANCE.

SO I, I HAVE, I GUESS MAYBE MORE THAN A QUESTION, POSSIBLY AN ISSUE.

TYPICALLY IN CORPORATE FINANCE, I WOULD ASSUME THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR PUBLIC FINANCE, POSSIBLY EVEN MORE.

SO WE ARE ADDING THE CONTROLLER AS AN INVESTMENT OFFICER, BUT WE'RE DELETING THE TREASURER.

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SO BY DOING SO, THAT HELPS TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL CONTROLS OF OUR PUBLIC FINANCES.

SO , I GUESS IN LAYMAN TERMS TO, TO, TO BREAK IT DOWN A BIT, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO THE PERSON WHO KEEPS THE BOOKS TO MAKE THE INVESTMENTS.

I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT SORT OF DISASTERS THERE HAVE BEEN IN THE WORLD WHEN, WHEN THOSE DUTIES ARE COMBINED.

SO IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A BEST PRACTICE IN CORPORATE FINANCE.

IT'S A HUGE NO-NO.

SO I, I DON'T, I DON'T, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.

I, LIKE I SAY, I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF, OF THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

PUBLIC FINANCES, CHECKS AND BALANCES, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.

UM, SO IIII MORE THAN QUESTION THAT I, I I, I JUST FRANKLY CAN'T SUPPORT THAT.

AND, UH, SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE COMMENT THAT I HAVE.

UM, THE ONLY THING I'LL OFFER, SIR, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN CHECKS AND BALANCES, IF IT WAS A DISPERSER, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY DISPERSES THE FUNDS, IT'S NOT, SO I DON'T SEE, EVEN ON MY SIDE FEDERALLY THAT THE TREASURER AND CONTROLLER IS NOT THE SAME CHECK AND BALANCE THE PERSON WRITING THE CHECK, THAT'S MORE THE DISPERSER, BUT THE TREASURER IS, IS CASH MANAGEMENT AND ESSENTIALLY MAKING INVESTMENTS.

I MEAN, THAT, THAT, THAT'S CASH MANAGEMENT AS WELL.

I, I GUESS A QUESTION WOULD BE THIS COUNCILMAN, I, I WOULD, I WOULD WANNA SEE, AND I WOULD WANT TO KNOW BEFORE WE MAKE THIS CHANGE, I WOULD WANNA KNOW WHAT SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE, WHAT QUALIFICATIONS IN PUBLIC FINANCE THAT THE CONTROLLER HAS AS IT RELATES TO PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, PORTFOLIO RISK MANAGEMENT, MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY, MACRO ECONOMICS, ET CETERA.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS SEEN THOSE QUALIFICATIONS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU I WOULD WANNA SEE THOSE QUALIFICATIONS BEFORE I MAKE THIS CHANGE.

AND I JUST HAVE A DUTY TO SAY THAT.

AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S FOR THE RECORD.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ON THAT? YES, SIR.

SO ON, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN A SENSE, UH, CONCEPTUALLY, SO YOU SAID QUALIFICATIONS, I GUESS I, I, MY THING WOULD BE MORE JUST WHAT ARE THE ROLES OF THIS PERSON VERSUS THIS PERSON? WOULD THAT HELP? WELL, NO, SIR.

SO IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE ROLE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS.

I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE QUALIFIER TO HOLD THE ROLE AND TO HAVE THE POSITION.

SO I I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SUSPEND IT FOR ONE MEETING UNLESS THERE'S SOME BIG URGENCY NOT TO DO SO.

AND, AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE ON PAPER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE QUALIFICATIONS AND, AND THAT SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE THAT, THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL, WHOEVER THAT MAY BE IN THIS CONTROLLER POSITION HAS AND, AND ENCOMPASSES BEFORE I, I'M, I'M ABLE TO, TO VOTE FOR THIS.

ANY, ANY OTHER, OTHER COMMENTS? SO I GUESS ONE QUESTION.

DID THIS GO IN FRONT OF FINANCE AT ALL AS FAR AS FINANCE? AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS, I'M NOT IGNORANT TO THAT.

IT DID NOT.

SO IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN AN ADDITION.

IT, IT'S AN ADDITION AND A DELETION AND IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A TINY MATTER.

IT IS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT AND, AND CAN GET BEHIND.

BUT BEFORE I SEE THOSE THINGS AND THOSE QUALIFICATIONS, I'M NOT ABLE TO GET BEHIND IT AT THIS POINT, MAYBE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

IN ANY WAY, UH, HAPPY WITH, UH, WITH THE SUGGESTION.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR? UH, I'M HAPPY TO WITHDRAW THE ITEM, IF THAT HELPS.

I HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

HOW TIME SENSITIVE IS THIS? COULD WE, IT'S, IT'S NOT 12 TIME SENSITIVE.

UH, IT'S, I THINK IT, IN THE BEST INTEREST OF, OF COUNSEL AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT BASED OFF THE REQUESTS, MADE THE QUALIFICATIONS AND OBVIOUSLY MAYBE JOB ROLE FOR THAT TO GO IN FRONT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

AND THEN WE WILL BASE ONCE, ONCE IT, UM, ONCE WE WE'LL BASE THAT OFF THEIR RECOMMENDATION OR NOT.

YEAH, I, I PERSONALLY AS A, AS A, A COUNCILMAN THAT'S TAKEN AN OATH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT.

AND I, I TRUST THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAVE ALL THE FAITH IN THE WORLD, BUT I JUST, WITH MY BACKGROUND, I, I JUST, I HAVE AN INCLINATION TO WANNA SEE THAT WITH MY OWN EYES.

SO I'D APPRECIATE TO SEE THAT.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD, MR. MAYOR, AS YOUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, I WOULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD A PROPOSAL OF THIS NATURE IF I, MYSELF, AS A PROFESSIONAL WAS NOT

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BUT, UH, THAT BEING SAID, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THAT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND TALK TO 'EM ABOUT THE, UH, THE QUALIFICATIONS OF, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS.

UH, THE OTHER POINT I WOULD MAKE IS THAT, THAT NO SINGLE INDIVIDUAL AT ANY TIME HAS THE AUTHORITY TO, UH, UH, TO DISPERSE OR INVEST FUNDS.

THE CONTROLS AGAINST AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE SEGREGATED AND DISTRIBUTE ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT.

SO EVEN I CAN'T DO CERTAIN THINGS WITHOUT, UH, ANOTHER CHECK OR ANOTHER BALANCE.

SO I WOULD ASSURE YOU THAT THERE IS NO SENSE THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL CAN GO OFF WILLY-NILLY AND DISPERSE FUNDS, UH, WITHOUT SOMEONE ELSE'S KNOWLEDGE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN.

YEP.

SO I JUST, LAST QUESTION WOULD BE TYPICALLY, I I, I MEAN, DO WE HAVE A TREASURER CURRENTLY? NO, WE DO NOT.

I AM DE FACTO THE TREASURER AS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

WE, WE HAD A TREASURER AT ONE POINT IN TIME, CORRECT? WE DID INDEED.

BUT CURRENTLY WE DO NOT.

NO.

AND, UH, WE PLACE MUCH OF OUR FUNDS WITH THE, UH, TWO LOAN POOLS IN THE STATE WHO MANAGE THE MAJORITY OF, UH, OF THOSE FUNDS FOR US.

SO THAT TREASURER POSITION, THAT'S UNFILLED, I MEAN, WILL THAT POSITION EVENTUALLY BE FILLED OR WILL THAT POSITION BE ELIMINATED? UH, IT IS UNLIKELY AT THIS STATE THAT I WOULD SEEK TO REPLACE, UH, THE POST THAT WAS HELD, UH, AS TREASURER BEFORE THIS.

NOW, I, I, BUT WILL THOSE ACTIVITIES CONTINUE? YES, POTENTIALLY IN A DIFFERENT WAY? YEAH.

UH, AS I SAY, WE, WE RELY ON THE LOAN POOLS YEAH.

FOR MUCH OF OUR INVESTMENT HELP.

AND WE MAY LOOK TO, UH, TO PUSH MORE OF THAT TO PEOPLE IN THAT SPECIAL SECOND.

AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I APPRECIATE IT, AND I'VE SEEN YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AND I VOTED, I, I CONFIRMED THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, I KNOW NOMINATION, SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR QUALIFICATIONS.

I'VE SEEN 'EM, I FELT GOOD ABOUT 'EM, THAT'S WHY I GAVE IT AN IYE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE SOME QUALIFICATIONS IN EXCESS OF THAT STANDARD, 10 HOURS OF REQUIRED TRAINING.

SO I'D, I'D LIKE REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT.

SO I GUESS WHAT I'M HEARING IS MORE CREDENTIALING OF THE ROLE IS THAT WOULD BE CREDENTIALING QUALIFICATIONS, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.

SO, AND, AND THERE IS INDEED, UH, MR. MERIT A REQUIREMENT THAT, THAT ANY WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS ACTIVITY, UM, HAVE REGULAR TRAINING.

UH, AND I'VE UNDERTAKEN THAT TRAINING SINCE COMING TO THE CITY AND THE CONTROLLER ALSO.

10, 10 HOURS, CORRECT? CORRECT.

CORRECT.

YES.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

SO I, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE THE QUALIFICATIONS IN EXCESS OF THE 10 HOURS OF REQUIRED TRAINING.

AND MAYOR, YES, SIR.

IF I, IF I MAY, UM, YEAH, I'M, I'M CAUGHT A LITTLE GUARD, UH, OF GUARD HERE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A REORGANIZATION GOING ON IN FINANCE OR ELIMINATING THE TREASURER POSITION, WHICH I WAS UNAWARE.

UM, AND WITH THOSE QUESTIONS, NO OFFENSE TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, BUT I, I THINK THIS IS A WORK SESSION ISSUE FOR ALL OF US TO HEAR AND MAKE SURE WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

I, I, I WAS JUST GONNA VOTE YAY TONIGHT.

'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS STANDARD KIND OF PROCESS, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING RIGHT NOW IS THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE GOING ON THAN WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

AND, AND THAT RAISES THE QUESTION.

SO NOT THAT STAFF CAN'T REORGANIZE THEIR DEPARTMENTS, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAJOR POSITIONS IN FINANCE AND THAT'S THE, THE BASIS OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

SO I'D LIKE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY.

YES, MA'AM.

SO, ON BEHALF ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THIS ISN'T A TOPIC THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE COMMITTEE AND HEARING TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS' CONCERNS, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS SO THAT WE COULD GET FURTHER INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION.

SO, UM, IF I COULD TABLE ITEM SEVEN B FOR NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS.

SECOND.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON DO WE WANNA ACTUALLY SUSPEND IT RATHER THAN TABLE IT? YES.

I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND ITEM SEVEN B NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO SUSPEND ITEM SEVEN B, UH, FOR SIX FOR 60 DAYS.

I WOULD SUGGEST WHATEVER THE PATH IS, IF IT'S THROUGH FINANCE COMMITTEE OR OBVIOUSLY THROUGH COUNCIL WORK SESSION, A WORK SESSION.

UM, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION, UM, AS PRESENTED SUSPENSION OF THE ITEM FOR 60 DAYS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM,

[8. 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.]

UH, CONSENT AGENDA.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S BEING PULLED AT LEAST FROM ADMINISTRATION.

SO IF THAT, IF NOT, UH, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH BBB, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ON CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH BBB, BB, SECOND, MOTION TO SECOND ALL THOSE IN ALL THOSE IN, UNLESS THERE'S ANY, UH, ITEMS, ANY B PULLED BY COUNSEL, IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT? LET ME PULL, CAN WE MAKE A COMMENT? UM, CAN WE MAKE A COMMENT IN GENERAL OR DO WE HAVE TO PULL IT TO HAVE I, I WOULD LIKE TO

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PULL JUST ONE.

I'M, I'M SORRY.

CAN, IS IT TOO LATE? OR, OR I SETTLE A MOTION.

I'VE SETTLED FOR A COMMENT.

WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.

I CAN SETTLE FOR A COMMENT.

I'LL MAKE MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT.

JUST BRIEFLY, I NOTICED THAT WE'RE PURCHASING LIKE 23 VEHICLES FROM SILSBEE FORD.

I MEAN, JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE.

HAVE WE EVER ENTERTAINED MAYBE GETTING A, I DON'T KNOW, PROCUREMENT? I'M CERTAINLY NOT AN EXPERT ON THAT, AND I HAVE NO BACKGROUND IN PROCUREMENT, BUT HAVE WE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT JUST MAYBE A BID FROM A, A LOCAL DEALERSHIP? I MEAN, BUYBOARD KEEP IT LOCAL.

IT IS THROUGH THE BUYBOARD.

BUT DOES IT HAVE TO BE, IT, IT, UM, ALL THE LOCAL, MY UNDERSTANDING LOCAL ENTITIES TOO.

I, I'M WITH YOU.

LIKE, LET'S BUY LOCAL.

THEY HAVE TO BID, THEY GO THROUGH THIS KIND OF CLEARING HOUSE, EVEN LOCAL DEALERSHIPS.

AND THEN HGAC WHO RUNS BY BOARD.

THAT'S HOW THEY GO AND, AND ENSURE THAT THAT THREE BIDS, THREE, THREE VALID BIDS WERE SUBMITTED.

AND THEN THAT'S HOW, HOW, UM, THE COMPETITION, YOU SAY THE COMPETITION PROCUREMENT, LIKE I SAY, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST LARGE PURCHASE.

SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE.

TOO.

I WOULD AGREE.

AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE LOCAL DEALERSHIPS TO, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO FLEET SERVICES, UM, TO, TO OBVIOUSLY AT LEAST BID.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE, UH, FIVE BOARD MAKES IT MUCH EASIER FOR US.

OTHERWISE WE HAVE TO REALLY SPEC EVERYTHING UP.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE SAME ITEM I WANTED TO MAKE COMMENT.

21 VEHICLES IN ONE PURCHASE.

AT FIRST, I WENT, MY BELLS ARE RINGING.

YOU CAN BY ONE VEHICLE RIGHT NOW, BUT, OKAY.

UM, I VISITED WITH MR. DAVIS ABOUT IT, AND IT'S ACTUALLY ONLY ABOUT THREE NEW VEHICLES AND THE REST OF 'EM ARE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES.

THEY DIDN'T REPLACE ANY LAST YEAR, SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER BECAUSE I WAS GOING WOW.

AND, AND, UH, HE EXPLAINED IT AND, UH, I TOOK THAT EXPLANATION VERY WELL, BUT I, I WANTED TO JUST MAKE COMMENT THAT SOMEBODY ELSE LOOKED AT 21 VEHICLES.

IT'S ACTUALLY 21 REPLACEMENT, ABOUT 17 REPLACEMENT VEHICLES OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS.

THAT'S OKAY.

THAT, THAT'S A LITTLE BETTER.

I CAN CHEW ON THAT A LITTLE BETTER.

SO, YEAH.

UM, JUST GOOD JOB ON THAT, THAT THEY SKIPPED IT LAST YEAR AND PICKING IT UP THIS YEAR, SO, OKAY.

THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT, MAYOR.

NO PROBLEM.

SO AGAIN, CONSENT AGENDA.

AGENDA ITEM IS A THROUGH BBB, NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

CONSIDER THREE APPOINTMENTS OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE A

[a. Consider three (3) appointments to the Baytown Police Advisory Committee. ]

MS. JACKSON.

UM, MS. YOLANDA BRAXTON, THAT'S REPRESENTING DISTRICT ONE AND DR.

JUNE STANSKI, THAT'S REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE WILL BOTH LIKE REAPPOINTMENT, UM, AND LIEUTENANT RODNEY EV EVANS, UM, IS THE NOMINATION FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

IF APPOINTED, THEY WILL, THEIR TERM WOULD EXPIRE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.

AND I'M ASSUMING, UH, BOTH DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT THREE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE RENOMINATIONS, RIGHT? OKAY.

SO, UH, YOU HAVE, UH, THE TWO INDIVIDUALS FOR DISTRICT ONE ARE THE ONE INDIVIDUAL FOR DISTRICT ONE, ONE INDIVIDUAL FOR DISTRICT THREE.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE, OF IT'S JUST TWO APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT.

THREE.

IT'S THREE.

WHAT WAS THE NAME AGAIN? THE CHIEF OF POLICE, CHIEF OF POLICE APPOINTMENT.

UM, NOMINATION IS LIEUTENANT RODNEY EVANS.

WITH THE THREE APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS EVENING, UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE THREE NAMES SUBMITTED.

SECOND, THE MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE THREE APPOINTMENTS, PLEASE SAY AYE.

CONSIDER ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE BAYTOWN, FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY AND MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NINE B.

[b. Consider one (1) appointment to the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District (FCPEMSD) Board.]

MS. JACKSON.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HEATHER WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MS. RHONDA LOPEZ TO REPRESENT DISTRICT FOUR IF APPOINTED HER TERM WOULD EXPIRE AUGUST 31ST, 2023.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE ONE NOMINATION, UH, DISTRICT FOUR NOMINATION.

SO I GUESS I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF MS. LOPEZ.

UM, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NINE B, SECOND.

MOTION SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM AS THE NOMINEE IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NEXT NINE C, CONSIDER RESOLUTION NOMINATED IN PERSON TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICTS.

UH, MR. DAVIS? YES.

THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE, UH, THE GENTLEMAN YOU'VE HAD, UH, FOR THE LAST, I THINK SINCE 2017.

THAT IS CORRECT.

MR. MIKE SULLIVAN.

AND, UH, HE IS A FORMER APPRAISER, HAS WORKED ON THAT.

AND, UH, WE JUST RE WE RECOMMEND I THINK, BASED ON HIS DESIRE TO SERVE THAT YOU BE REAPPOINTED.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN NEVER REALLY OUTPACE THAT.

ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DO.

SO, UM, I HAVE TO ADMIT, I'M A LITTLE IGNORANT ABOUT THIS POSITION AND WHO MIKE SULLIVAN IS AND EXACTLY WHAT HE DOES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

BUT, UM, IT INTRIGUED ME WHEN I SAW THIS ITEM BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE ALL TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AND, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVING THAT FINANCIAL RELIEF TO CITIZENS, IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO, WELL, IT'S NOT THE RATE, IT'S THE APPRAISAL.

AND,

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AND, AND IT, THE APPRAISAL'S ALWAYS REALLY BEEN OUT OF OUR PURVIEW OR OUR CONTROL.

AND THEN I SAW THIS AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IS THIS A POSSIBLE INFLUENCE ON THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT THAT WE CAN CONTROL? UM, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS ROLE IS OR WHAT EXACTLY HE DOES, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS HIS PHILOSOPHY ON APPRAISALS AND TAXING AND IS THAT SOMETHING MAYBE WE SHOULD GIVE MORE THOUGHT TO? UM, SO IF STAFF HAS A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ROLE, WHAT EXACTLY THEY DO? I MEAN, IS THIS LITERALLY A CITY OF BAYTOWN APPOINTMENT OR ARE WE JUST KIND OF THROWING IN VOTES WITH MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS FOR HARRIS COUNTY? UM, JUST MORE INFORMATION WOULD BE GREAT.

SO THE, UM, WE GET TO NOMINATE SOMEONE, WE, ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER CITIES IN HARRIS COUNTY, EXCEPT FOR HOUSTON.

HOUSTON HAS THEIR OWN NOMINEE.

SO WE ARE, TONIGHT YOU'RE ASKED TO NOMINATE SOMEONE TO BE ON THAT BOARD.

AND THAT BOARD SERVES MUCH LIKE YOU ALL AS POLICY MAKERS.

THEY HIRE THE CHIEF APPRAISER AND THEY SET POLICY, BUT THEY DON'T GO IN AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, DO THE APPRAISALS ITSELF.

SO THEY SIT AS A POLICY MAKER.

YEAH, BUT I AGREE WITH THAT, MAYOR.

IT'S A GOOD POINT.

BECAUSE REALLY, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, YEAH, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HIS POSITIONS AND HIS STANCES AND WELL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER OPTIONS? MAY AND WHAT ARE THEIR POSITIONS AND STANCES? THIS MAY BE ONLY INFLUENCE ON THE, A APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, THIS MM-HMM .

SO, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I GUESS THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE CITIES IN HARRIS COUNTY, THEY, THEY HAVE, THEY, THEY PRESENT A NOMINATION AND EACH CITY HAS, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A ONE VOTE, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE WEIGHTED VOTES DEPENDING ON POPULATION OR WHATEVER.

THAT'S, UH, CHAMBERS COUNTY.

HERE WE JUST HAVE THE ONE VOTE.

SO HERE WE HAVE ONE VOTE.

SO HOW TIME SENSITIVE IS THIS NOMINATION? WE HAVE TO GET OUR NOMINATION AND BY THE 15TH OF OCTOBER.

SO WE DO HAVE ONE MORE COUNCIL MEETING IF YOU WANT US TO GATHER SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MR. SULLIVAN.

I WOULD SAY BASED ON THAT INDULGENCE, I GUESS WE COULD DO ANOTHER SUSPENSION.

WELL, CAN I, BUT, BUT WITH, WITH THE IDEA OF MAYBE SOME QUESTIONS YOU HAVE OR ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WOULD LIMIT IT IF YOU CAN FORWARD THAT TO STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN FORWARD THAT TO MR. SULLIVAN, AND THEN HE CAN RESPOND WITH MAYBE WHAT HIS, WHAT HIS OPINION IS ON WHATEVER QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE.

CAN I JUST GET ONE MORE CLARIFICATION ABSOLUTELY.

FROM KAREN? ABSOLUTELY.

UM, ARE WE, IS THIS NOMINATION IN JUNCTION WITH OTHER CITIES OF HARRIS COUNTY? YES.

SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE OTHER CITIES, WHICH, SO THEY'LL HAVE A NOMINATION THEN THEY'LL GIVE US A BALLOT LATER ON OF ALL THE DIFFERENT NOMINEES, AND THEN WE'LL GET TO VOTE.

ALL THE CITIES WILL GET TO VOTE.

YEP.

SO THERE MAY BE MULTIPLE NOMINEES.

THERE COULD BE TYPICALLY THERE.

YEP.

BUT WE ARE SAYING IN THIS ITEM THAT THIS IS OUR VOTE, BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER, THIS IS OUR NOMINEE, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE ON ALL THE DIFFERENT NOMINEES.

WE CAN PICK, PICK THE ONE THAT YOU NOMINATE, OR, OR MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE AT THAT POINT.

SO OTHER CITIES MAY HAVE OTHER NOMINEES THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT WE COULD VOTE ON.

YES.

TYPICALLY IN THE PAST, I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT THE, UH, HARRIS CUNNING MAYORS AND COUNCILS ASSOCIATION AS WELL, SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE IT HASN'T BEEN RECENTLY, BUT I KNOW IN THE PAST IT WAS A TOPIC.

YES, IT HAS.

AND THAT'S WHY THAT PERSON IS USUALLY THERE.

MM-HMM.

NOT THE MEETINGS.

DOES HARRIS COUNTY AMERICAN COUNCIL ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE APPOINTMENT TO THE, TO THE, UM, UH, APPRAISAL DISTRICT? THAT I DON'T KNOW.

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.

NO.

ONE LAST COMMENT, BUT, BUT THAT'S WHY, THAT IS WHY THAT PERSON GOES THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE OTHER 33 CITIES.

YEAH, IT'S, IT'S HARRIS COUNTY.

ONE LAST ONE LAST TIME.

UM, HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT.

HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL.

UM, HOUSTON, ISD UH, ONE APPOINTMENT FROM THE CITY, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE, UM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THEN CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION DISTRICTS.

THIS NOMINATION, IF IT, IF, IF HE BECOMES OUR NOMINATION OR NOT.

I HATE THAT THIS IS SO TIME SENSITIVE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO NOT RUBBER STAMP WHAT IS POTENTIALLY OUR ONLY INFLUENCE ON PROPERTY APPRAISALS, WHICH WE ALWAYS DEFAULT IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WHEN WE ARE DISCUSSING TAX RATE WITH CITIZENS.

AND SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY UNDER THE GUN TO FIGURE OUT IS THIS THE RIGHT CANDIDATE? HOW DO WE NEGOTIATE THAT WITH OTHER CITIES AND WHAT IS THEIR TAXING PHILOSOPHY? SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET OUT OF IT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, BUT, UM, I THINK THIS REQUIRES A LOT MORE THOUGHT AND MAYBE TAXING STRATEGY ON OUR PART.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I THINK IT IS A GOOD POINT AND, AND IT IS TIME, ALTHOUGH IT'S TIME SENSITIVE, I, I WOULDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH US SUSPENDING AT LEAST ONE TIME.

AT LEAST ASK.

AND SO WE AT LEAST CAN BE COMFORTABLE IF IT IS WITH THIS NOMINATION AT THIS TIME.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT, UM, TERMS THAT THEY SERVE.

IT'S A TWO YEAR TERM, SO THEN WE COULD REVISIT AT THAT TIME.

BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, WE AT LEAST SUBMIT SOME QUESTIONS FOR MR. SULLIVAN SO WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH

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IS THAT FAIR ENOUGH? SOUNDS GOOD.

SO OCTOBER 14TH IS OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, I BELIEVE.

YES.

IT'S MM-HMM .

SO I MOVE TO

[c. Consider a resolution nominating a person to serve on the Board of Directors of the Harris County Appraisal District.]

SUSPEND ITEM NINE C UNTIL OCTOBER 14TH.

SECOND MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM NINE C, A SUSPENSION, UH, TO OCTOBER 14TH FOR THE ITEM, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, WE HAVE, UH, THE

[10. MANAGER'S REPORT Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 551.0415 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council of the City of Baytown may receive a report about items of community interest from City staff and/or a member of the City Council, but no action or possible action shall be taken or discussed concerning the subject of such report, except as provided by Section 551.042 of the Texas Government Code.]

MANAGER REPORT.

YEAH, JUST, UH, LOOKS LIKE, UH, A COUPLE OF MORNINGS AGO, UH, WE HAD A CALL AT THE WELLS FARGO ON, UH, GARTH AND, UH, SEVERAL SUBJECTS WERE TRYING TO STEAL THE ATM.

SO, UH, WE HAD A CRACK SQUAD OF FOUR OF OUR OFFICERS WHO, UH, FOILED THAT ATTEMPT.

ONE APPROACH FROM THE NORTH, ONE FROM THE SOUTH.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE, UH, THE OTHERS, UH, CAME FROM, BUT, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO APPREHEND ALL THREE SUSPECTS BEFORE, UH, THEY MADE IT OFF WITH MY MO, I MEAN, THE MONEY AND THE ATM.

SO , VERY GRATEFUL TO THEM.

AND SO KUDOS FOR FINE POLICE WORK TO OFFICER RENEE FLORES, SERGEANT STEVE JONES, SERGEANT JR.

MILLER AND OFFICER KEVIN DUNLAP.

JOB WELL DONE GUYS.

I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THOSE, UH, OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE GONE TO HELP OUT IN LOUISIANA.

SOME ARE STILL THERE.

UH, TASK FORCE ONE DEPLOYMENT WAS LIEUTENANT DEREK SNELL.

UM, WE ALSO HAD, UH, CHRIS BARRERA, ANTHONY ROBO, JOE CORDOVA, ALFRED DURAN, BLAINE COOPER, STEVEN BOGGS, AND THOMAS ZUNO.

AND SO JUST WANTED, I'VE, UH, SENT THEM SOME APPRECIATION AND, UH, GRATEFUL FOR THEM REPRESENTING OUR CITY.

UH, SO WELL.

IN FACT, I GOT A NOTE FROM, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, LOCAL FOLKS THERE WHO IS A, A, UH, DEPUTY FOR ST.

CHARLES PARISH IN LOUISIANA SAYING I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE TO HAVE YOUR GUYS HERE TO HELP.

THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND MY CHIEF AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE THEM.

THEY'RE REPRESENTING YOUR DEPARTMENT SO WELL BE PROUD OF THEM.

THEY ARE PHENOMENAL AND SUCH A BLESSING TO MY PARISH.

AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SENDING YOUR TEAM.

SO AGAIN, UH, GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SELFLESS SERVICE.

AND MAYOR COUNSEL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.

OKAY, MAYOR COMMENT? YES, SIR.

UM, KUDOS AGAIN TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR EFFORTS.

I HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT ARE IN THE LALO HOMA AREA AND, UM, ONE OF 'EM MADE THE COMMENT THAT HE DIDN'T SEE OUR FOLKS IN THE HOMA AREA, BUT THAT ANYBODY THAT WAS HELPING, THEY WERE VERY WELL APPRECIATIVE AS CLIENT, GOSH, WE'VE BEEN POUNDED SO HARD THE LAST FEW YEARS, SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE IT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT THE CITY WAS WELL REPRESENTED.

AND, AND AGAIN, WHEN, WHEN WE GET HIT, IT'S AMAZING HOW THEY COME TO HELP US.

SO IT REALLY WAS, IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO PAY BACK A LITTLE BIT.

AND SO I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.