Dec 09, 2021 BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL MEETING

ONE A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE BATTON CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, REGULAR MEET AND REGULAR MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2021, UH, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

UH, COUNCILWOMAN.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ITEM

[1. MINUTES]

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND MOTION TO SECOND.

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

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

THOSE OPPOSED.

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

MS. FLINT.

GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL.

I HAPPY TO PRESENT OUR DECEMBER YEARS OF SERVICE.

ANNA FLORES, PATROL OFFICER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ISAIAH LAZENBY, DETENTION OFFICER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MARIA IBARRA, DETENTION OFFICER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

LLOYD LIVELY, MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

KRISELDA CURRY, SENIOR CLERK WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

ANNA GUILLO, ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

MICHAEL MARINO, HEAVY EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST, ONE WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.

MARIA ALCANTAR, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

FOR OUR LONG-TERM EMPLOYEES, WE'LL HAVE A

[b. Recognition of the City of Baytown Strategic Planning Advisory Committee (SPAC) 8th grade essay contest winners. ]

RECOGNITION OF CITY BAY TOWN STRATEGIC PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, EIGHTH GRADE ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS.

MR. MORAN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING OUR NEW FIVE YEAR COMMUNITY BASED STRATEGIC PLAN.

UM, OUR SPAC HAS GONE THROUGH A SERIES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HOSTING STAKEHOLDER, UM, FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS, COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, UM, SOLICITED FEEDBACK THROUGH SURVEYS AND CONDUCTED A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS.

ANOTHER WAY, UM, OUR SPAC HAS SOLICITED FEEDBACK IS BY PARTNERING WITH G-C-C-I-S-D TO ENSURE OUR YOUTH ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

UM, WITH THAT, UM, THEY SPONSORED AN ESSAY CONTEST FOR THE DISTRICT'S EIGHTH GRADE ENGLISH CLASSES WITH THE WRITING PROMPT.

I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT WHICH EACH STUDENT EXPLAINS AND DESCRIBES THE QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE.

UM, THE SPAC WAS PROVIDED WITH THE TOP 10 ESSAYS FROM EACH CAMPUS FOR A TOTAL OF 60 ESSAYS.

OUT OF THE 60, THEY SELECTED THE TOP THREE THAT THEY BELIEVED REPRESENTED THE BEST VISION FOR OUR FUTURE.

SO I'M

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EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THESE, UM, THREE REMARKABLE STUDENTS.

UM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, UM, MR. MAYOR, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER.

UH, PLEASE COME DOWN AS WELL.

WE'LL TAKE, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL PICTURE AND THEN A GROUP SHOT WITH THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AT THE END.

UM, KATHY SIN FROM EF GREEN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HER TEACHER IS AUSTIN.

LINDSAY, A LITTLE CLOSER.

1 2 3.

AMAYA ALANIS HIGHLAND JUNIOR SCHOOL TEACHER.

JULIE JACKSON.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

LUIS MCGALL HIGHLANDS JUNIOR SCHOOL TEACHER.

SUSAN LUCAS.

BRIAN, ARE WE GETTING COPIES OF THESE ESSAYS? WE'D LOVE TO READ 'EM THE RETREAT.

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE ESSAY, UM, PARTICIPANTS AND FOR CERTAINLY WINNING THE CONTEST.

ALRIGHT, WE

[a. Conduct a public hearing regarding the Proposed Redistricting Plan for the City of Baytown Based on 2020 Census Data.]

WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE A.

WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.

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

EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK AND TO BE PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAIL 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 ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS 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 'EM TO ME.

SO IT IS NOW 6:40 PM AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERN, THE PROPOSED REDISTRICTING PLAN FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN BASED ON OFF OF 20, BASED ON 2020 CENSUS DATA.

I WOULD LIKE NOW FOR STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS HEARING IF YOU'D LIKE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THIS, AS YOU'LL RECALL, WAS THE, WE, WE HAD IT IN WORK SESSION AT OUR LAST MEETING, DR. STEIN FROM RICE UNIVERSITY, WHO HAS DONE THESE PROPOSALS FOR US THE LAST, AT LEAST TWO TIMES, IF NOT MORE.

AND WE DO IT EVERY 10 YEARS.

THIS YEAR WAS A YEAR DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

THEY DIDN'T DO THE CENSUS FOR ANOTHER EXTRA YEAR.

UM, HE PRESENTED SOME PLANS, UH, AFTER THIS IS THE ORDINANCE ITSELF FOR Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION AND FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IF ANYONE PUT IN FOR IT.

CONGRATULATIONS MR. MARIN.

I DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK.

UH, MR. DAVID ISAAC, IF YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

TESTING.

1, 2, 3.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

YOUR REELECTION PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN.

I THINK THAT, UH, YOU AND I HAVE BOTH BEEN IN A POSITION TO CHALLENGE POWER STRUCTURES IN THIS TOWN.

UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT PROBABLY OF WHICH OCCURS EVERY 10 YEARS.

THAT'S THE CENSUS.

THAT'S HOW WE BASE OUR

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VOTING.

AS SOMEBODY WHO'S RUN AT AN OUT LARGE ELECTION, BEEN ABLE TO SEE A LOT OF THE DATA THAT COVERS MUCH OF THIS TOWN HAD A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING IN THE BACK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

UH, NO ONE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC WAS THERE EXCEPT FOR MYSELF AND ANOTHER LADY.

UH, BUT I WAS THERE.

I WAS IN ATTENDANCE.

I WAS TENTATIVE.

AND I HEARD A FEW THINGS THAT WERE KIND OF TROUBLING AS IT PERTAINS TO THE IDEATION OF THIS CURRENT DISTRICT MAP AS IT STANDS.

AUNT, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I SAW WAS THE CHECKLIST COVERED AND HOW WE CREATED THESE IDEAS.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY LOOKED AT, UH, DR.

STEIN'S CV OR ANYTHING, BUT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, HE HAS A BACKGROUND, UH, TRYING TO SERVICE THE TYPE OF NEEDS THAT YOU GUYS HAD WANTED FOR.

AND HERE ARE THE, A FEW OF THOSE THINGS WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK DOWN THE CHECKLIST.

ONE OF THEM IS WHEN POSSIBLE USE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES AS DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

NOW WE CAN'T SEE THE MAP RIGHT NOW.

I'M NOT GONNA ASK YOU TO PULL IT UP, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, THERE ARE VERY NATURAL GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES.

I WONDER WHY MAINTAIN COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST IN A SINGLE DISTRICT AND AVOID SPLITTING NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN DRAWING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT PRECINCT 0 9 9 0 100 0 1 0 2, THOSE ARE CRACKED PRECINCTS.

AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES, SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS TO HAVE A CRACKED PRECINCT, TO HAVE A, UH, UH, PRECINCTS THAT ARE, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, FOR A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY TO BE DRAWN OUT.

UH, DOESN'T FULFILL THIS PARTICULAR NEED BASED A NEW PLAN TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE ON EXISTING COUNCIL DISTRICT.

WHY WOULD WE WANT TO SURROUND OUR DISTRICTS SIMPLY AROUND CURRENT DISTRICTS? DRAW THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE RELATIVELY EQUAL IN SIZE THAT NO EVENT EXCEED AT 10% TOP TO BOTTOM DEVIATION.

OKAY, THAT'S FAIR.

THAT'S POLITICAL SCIENCE 1 0 1.

DRAW DISTRICTS THAT ARE COMPACT AND CONTIGUOUS.

THERE'S ONLY ONE COMPACT AND CONTIGUOUS DISTRICT THAT'S DISTRICT TWO.

THE REST OF THEM SEEMS TO SPREAD EVERYWHERE ELSE.

RECOGNIZE INCUMBENT CONSTITUENT RELATIONS BY KEEPING EXISTING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IN THEIR DISTRICTS.

WELL, YOU HAD A PRO INCUMBENT THROUGH RHETORIC FED TO DR. STEIN OF RICE UNIVERSITY AND HE'S TRYING TO SERVICE YOU.

UH, BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT DR. STEIN ALSO SAID IN THAT MEETING THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO FACE TROUBLE WITH THE FEDERAL, UH, GOVERNMENT, I BELIEVE, UH, THE, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, IF WE DON'T CHANGE, IF WE DON'T REALIGN THESE CURRENT DISTRICTS AS THEY STAND.

HE DID SAY THAT WITHIN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, I BELIEVE THE MEETING IS RECORDED.

DIDN'T SEE US COVER IT OVER THE MANY MINUTES TODAY, BUT HOPEFULLY THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOWS AND MAYBE THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS GOING FORWARD.

AND WE DON'T APPROVE THIS TODAY AND SHOVE IT DOWN OUR THROATS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MY NAME IS DAVID ISAAC.

THANK YOU MR. ISAAC.

UH, TO ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS THE ACTION ITEM THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED.

UM, THERE'S NO ONE ELSE THAT, THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REGARDING, UH, THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

SO, UH, FOR THIS PROPOSED, UH, REDISTRICTING PLAN, UH, SO THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND SO WE'LL MOVE ON,

[b. Consider an ordinance adopting the proposed redistricting plan for the City of Baytown based upon the 2020 census data.]

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE PROPOSED REDISTRICTING PLAN FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN BASED UPON THE 2020 CENSUS DATA.

MR. CITY ATTORNEY, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE ORDINANCE FOR THE PLAN THAT I BELIEVE THAT, UH, MATCHED MOST PEOPLE'S INTERESTS AND WAS PUT FORTH OF THE TWO OPTIONS THAT DR. STEIN PROPOSED.

IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE, UH, ORDINANCE THERE IF ANYONE NEEDS TO REVIEW IT.

ALRIGHT, SO, UH, OPEN UP TO ANY, UH, COUNSEL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM.

WELL, LET'S, IF I CAN, CAN I FIRST GET A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE THREE B SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, JUST A QUICK COMMENT, MAYOR.

UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE TONIGHT, UH, IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, OR THEY COULD SIGN UP ON THE AGENDA ITEM AS WELL.

AND I BELIEVE WE'VE, WE'VE, UM, LISTENED VERY, UH, ASTUTELY AND EARNESTLY TO, TO DR. STEIN AND, AND I'M, I'M GOOD WITH IT MYSELF.

APPRECIATE IT.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM.

I JUST WANNA, AND I PULLED IT UP TO LOOK, I JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT THIS WAS THE, THAT OPTION B FROM THE LAST DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE IT WAS MM-HMM .

SO, AND I, I PULLED IT UP AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS.

SO THAT'S THE ONE I THINK MOST OF US, IT SAID RIGHT.

MET THE CRITERIA THAT THAT WAS PUT FORWARD, UM, SO FORTH.

SO I'M, I'M OKAY WITH IT.

IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT WANT TO GO AND BREAK UP SIGNIFICANT NEIGHBORHOODS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU HAVE? NOT, SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, THIS IS MY SECOND TIME AS FAR AS REDISTRICTING, LITTLE LITTLE BIT PERSPECTIVE FOR, FOR ME AS AN AT LARGE, UM, ELECTED OFFICIAL.

HOWEVER, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT DR.

UH, STEIN PRESENTED, UM, YOU KNOW, YES, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WILL ALWAYS PASS, UH, UH, A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REVIEW IN ANY WAY, WHICH THEY, I'M SURE THEY REVIEW IT EVERY TIME REGARDLESS.

UH, IT

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UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO FOLLOW CENSUS TRACKS.

SO EVERYTHING HAS TO BE BROKEN UP BY CENSUS TRACK, ESPECIALLY IN SOME AREAS, I THINK, WHEN, WHEN YOU SAY MORE DENSE POPULATIONS.

SO, UM, WITH THAT YOU DO TRY TO KEEP NEIGHBORHOODS INTACT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE UNTIL YOU GET TO SOME OF KIND OF, KIND OF THE OUT OUTER REACHES I THINK OF, OF A LOT OF NEW GROWTH IN BAYTOWN.

A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION I REMEMBER OF REGARDING ANY FUTURE ACTIONS IN A FEW YEARS WAS QUESTIONS REGARDING EXPECTED GROWTH, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

IT WAS EXPECTED GROWTH.

SO PLACES WE MAY KNOW THAT, THAT THERE'S INTEREST OR THERE'S EVEN NEW CONSTRUCTION BARELY OCCURRING, BUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS MAY HAVE NOT BEEN CAPTURED IN THIS 2020 CENSUS DATA.

SO A LOT OF OUR QUESTIONS WERE BASED UPON THAT.

AND WHAT I REMEMBER, DR. STEIN, UNLESS I STAND CORRECTED, WAS THAT WE CAN REDISTRICT ANY TIME.

OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED CENSUS DATA OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT THRESHOLD, BUT THAT'S WHAT I GATHERED MM-HMM .

BUT, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I'M SURE THIS WILL BE OWE TO DDO, UH, THE DOJ REVIEW, UM, IT LOOKED BALANCED AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, I WOULD SAY HAS, HAS CERTAINLY VOICED THEIR OPINION TO ENSURE THAT ALL CITIZENS, AS WE SAY AS, AND DR. STEIN MENTIONED IT MANY TIMES, IS, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE.

MM-HMM.

AND SO THAT, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE, THE GAUGE THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CITIZEN HAS THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND ELECT THEIR, UM, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT, UH, REPRESENTATIVE AND I, AND I DON'T IN THIS MAP, THE THREE BI THINK WE ACCOMPLISH ALL THAT.

WE'VE SEEN THE DATA THAT SUPPORTS IT.

AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO RELY ON AS DECISION MAKERS AND POLICY MAKERS ON THIS REDISTRICTING PLAN.

SO THAT'S WHERE I WOULD MAKE MY DECISION BASED OFF OF.

SO ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UH, I GUESS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AS THE, AS ITEM THREE B OR THE MAP THREE B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

A, UM, DISCUSS THE PROS BAYVIEW HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR

[a. Conduct a second public hearing regarding the proposed annexation of approximately 34.45 acres, consisting of 3 parcels located generally near the northwest intersection of John Martin Road and Interstate 10.]

THERE'S ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, SO I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THE RULES.

SO THIS WILL BE CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION APPROXIMATELY 34.45 ACRES CONSISTING OF THREE PARCELS LOCATED GENERALLY NEAR THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF JOHN MARTIN ROAD AND INTERSTATE 10.

IT IS NOW 6:49 PM AND I, I'LL CALL ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 34.45 ACRES, UH, THAT I JUST DESCRIBED.

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

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU IS A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.

IT IS 34.45 ACRES.

UH, THE DEVELOPER OR THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER THAT'S ARE HOPING TO USE THIS PROPERTY FOR A GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

IT IS GOING FORWARD CONCURRENTLY AS A REZONING ITEM AND IT IS IN P AND Z'S HANDS AT THIS TIME.

AND THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES THIS.

THE AREA LOCATED HERE IS ADJACENT TO AN AREA THAT WE ANNEXED IN 2017.

UM, SO THE AREA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE WAS BROUGHT INTO THE CITY ALAR A PART OF THE 2017 ANNEXATION.

AND OF COURSE, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THERE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING INTO THE CITY NOW.

ALRIGHT, UM, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WAS, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK OUTSIDE? OKAY, IF NOT, SO THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRING TO SPEAK.

I, I'LL CALL THE, UH, I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 34.45 ACRES, LOCATED HERE, THE INTERSECTION OF JOHN MARTIN ROAD AND INTERSTATE 10.

I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE

[a. Discuss the proposed Bayview Heights Development Project.]

MR. ELLA.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL.

IS THE CURRENT LAND PLAN.

AS YOU, UH, WILL RECALL LAST MONTH YOU WERE PRESENTED WITH A PIT PETITION TO CREATE A NEW PIT ON OUR CITY FOR A NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

AND, UM, THAT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE COMING UP NEXT.

BUT I FIRST WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MR. RYAN HAYDEN WITH KB HOLMES, UH, WHO'S EXCITED TO COME BACK INTO OUR CITY.

KB HASN'T INVESTED IN BAYTOWN IN OVER 10 YEARS, AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE AND MAKE A PRESENTATION TO YOU GUYS ABOUT A NEW DEVELOPMENT THEY'RE LOOKING TO CREATE, WHICH NICELY IS GOING TO BE SOUTH OF I 10.

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF GROWTH TO THE NORTH SIDE.

THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I 10.

SO, UH, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. HAYDEN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME'S RYAN HAYDEN WITH KB HOMES HOUSTON.

UH, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE INTRODUCTION FROM BRETT CARDELLA, WHO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON THIS FOR, UH, FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW.

LET'S SEE IF I CAN JUST TO DESCRIBE THE SITE.

IT'S HERE ON, UH, SOUTH OF I 10 ALONG NORTH MAIN STREET.

THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR HERE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

KB WAS LAST IN KB HOME WAS LAST IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AROUND 2002.

UH, WE HAD A PROJECT THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, VERY EXCITED TO COME BE IN THE CITY AGAIN.

UH, SO THIS IS BASICALLY THE GENERAL LOCATION.

IT'S ABOUT 55 ACRES OR SO.

THIS

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UH, WE'VE ENGAGED LJA ENGINEERING TO DO A LAND PLAN FOR US, AND, UH, WE THINK THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

THEY WERE ABLE TO KIND OF CONFIGURE THE DETENTION TO BE SORT OF A TWIN LAKE DESIGN, WHICH IS KIND OF A COMMUNITY FOCAL POINT.

WE MOVED THAT KIND OF CLOSER TO THE, UH, TO NORTH MAIN STREET AS WE WENT THROUGH.

UH, WE THINK THIS WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT FEATURE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY AT THIS LOCATION.

WE WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE WATER FEATURES ALONG THESE, UH, DETENTION AREAS, CREATING KIND OF A TWIN LAKE DESIGN.

THE TWIN LAKE DESIGN ACTUALLY CAME ACROSS BECAUSE WE ARE INCORPORATING A, A COLLECTOR ROAD, UH, THAT WOULD GO THROUGH TO HUNT ROAD NORTH AND SOUTH, AND ALSO, UH, PROVIDE ACCESS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS TO THE, THE PARCELS NORTH OF US.

UH, WE ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE THIS DESIGN BECAUSE LJA HAS DONE A SIMILAR DESIGN FOR US ON A PROJECT IN KATY THAT WE DID IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE THE COLLECTOR ROAD GOES THROUGH THE DETENTION AREA, KIND OF CREATING TWO SEPARATE DETENTION AREAS, VERY DEFINED, AND, UH, JUST AN EXCELLENT DESIGN THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

LET'S SEE.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON THE CREATION ELEMENTS OF THE, THE PIT CREATION THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, AS WELL AS EVEN, UH, TAKING THEN SOME COMMENTS THAT THEY HAD ON OUR LAND PLAN HERE.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO ADD A SIX FOOT WIDE, SIX TO EIGHT FOOT WIDE PEDESTRIAN WALKING TRAIL AROUND THE DETENTION AREA.

THAT ALSO EXTENDS THROUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE REAR OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S THE, THE RED DASH LINE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ALONG WITH THE TRAIL HEAD.

I'VE ALSO GOT A FOUR ACRE POCKET PARK HERE, WHICH I'LL DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT LATER.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO, WE ARE RETAINING AT THE CITY'S REQUEST, UH, THE COMMERCIAL FRONTAGE ALONG NORTH MAIN STREET ROAD, ABOUT A 350 FOOT SETBACK THERE.

SO MOVE ON.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THE ELEVATIONS THAT WE PLAN ON USING AT THIS COMMUNITY WILL BE A MIX OF ONE STORY AND TWO STORY PRODUCT CONSISTING OF, UH, MOSTLY MASONRY.

THOSE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE, THE ELEVATIONS THAT WE PLAN ON HAVING.

WE ALSO PLAN ON HAVING SOME, UH, NICE MONUMENT SIGNAGE THERE ALONG, UH, NORTH MAIN STREET AS A FOCAL POINT, WHICH YOU'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE THE, THE WATER FEATURES FROM THE TWIN LAKE DESIGN WE HAVE WITH BEING IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY TO NORTH MAIN STREET.

SO THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, EXAMPLES OF, UH, MONUMENTATION THAT WE'VE DONE AROUND HU THE HOUSTON AREA.

THIS IS A PROPERTY WE HAVE CALLED BRIAN CROSSING IN THE ROSENBERG AREA.

THIS IS SOME MONUMENT SIGNAGE WE DID FOR, UH, CYPRESS CREEK LANDING.

AND THIS IS ONE WE DID FOR WILLOW WOOD PLACE.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, SOMETHING THAT COULD GO IN THE POCKET, THE 4.4 ACRE POCKET PARK NEAR THE FRONT OF THE, UH, THE FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH SHOULD ALSO BE VISIBLE FROM NORTH MAIN STREET.

THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE THERE.

UH, ADDITIONALLY, AS BRETT MENTIONED, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT 'CAUSE IT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I, THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.

IT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I 10.

UM, WE THINK WE MIGHT SEE SOME POSITIVE PRICE POINTS ON THIS AREA.

UH, WE ALSO THINK IT'S A BIT OF A SITE PRE, UM, A, A PREMIUM TO BE SO CLOSE TO THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ALONG GARTH, ALONG GARTH ROAD.

SO WITH THAT, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ALRIGHT, COUNSEL.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS, UM, FOR THE SHOWMAN? YES SIR.

IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE, THE VIEW.

YEAH, THIS WAS, WELL, THE SECOND SLIDE, I'M SORRY.

IS THERE GOING TO BE ACCESS WITH A SIDEWALK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD GIVEN ACCESS TO HUNT ROAD? UH, I GOT THERE COULD BE.

WE HAVE, UH, CURRENTLY SCHEDULED SOME OPEN SPACE RIGHT THERE, KINDA WHERE THE, THE GREEN IS.

I DUNNO IF THIS, THIS WOULD KIND OF WORK.

UH, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT IN A SIDEWALK THERE.

THIS, UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE.

CORRECT.

I'M ASKING BECAUSE JUST SITTING DOWN WITH SOME RESIDENTS, UM, SOMEONE THAT WAS VISITING HERE SAID THAT THAT WAS THE ONE THING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF IS SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY TO THOROUGHFARES THERE.

AND THEN WHAT WAS THE LAST DEVELOPMENT WOULD YOU KNOW THE LAST DEVELOPMENT THAT KB DID HERE? I BELIEVE IT WAS CALLED HUNTERS CHASE.

HUNTERS CHASE, 1 46 MM-HMM .

AND YOU MENTIONED PRICE POINT.

ANY IDEA WHAT THAT PRICE POINT MAY BE? SO BY THE TIME THESE WERE ACTUALLY GET BUILT AND DEVELOPED, PRICING COULD CHANGE MM-HMM .

RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSED IN THE, THE MID TWO HUNDREDS TO THE MID THREE HUNDREDS AND EVEN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT.

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UH, UM, I'M GOOD WITH IT OVERALL, MAYOR, I DO SEE THE 100% 50 FOOT LOTS, BUT LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID, IT IS SOUTH OF I 10.

WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF I 10.

IT COULD ALMOST BE CALLED INFILL DEVELOPMENT ALMOST.

UM, YOU'VE GOT THE COMMERCIAL PADS, THE ADDITIONAL STREET FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THE TWIN LAKES.

SO I'M, I'M CERTAINLY OKAY WITH, WITH THE 50 FOOT LOTS IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, I GUESS SINCE IT'S NOT SPEC OUT HERE, UM, THE WIDTH OF THE ROADWAY, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE BUILDING THE WIDTH OF THE ROADWAY? UH, COULD YOU CLARIFY WHICH ROADWAYS THAT COMING OFF FROM? NORTH MAIN STREET? NO, NO, JUST THE, THE INTERNAL ROADWAYS.

UM, FOR THE MOST PART WHAT WE TRY TO PREVENT, UM, IS STREET PARKING.

STREET PARKING.

AND SO IF WE, IF WE LOOK WITH NARROW ROADWAYS, THEN SOMETIMES IF YOU GET SOMEBODY STREET PARKING IN AN, UH, SOMEONE ACROSS THE STREET, STREET PARKING, THEN MM-HMM .

IF WE NEED EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN THERE, IT BECOMES A, A, A HINDRANCE.

AND SO WE JUST, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT THAT.

UM, OR WITH A 50 FOOT LOT, UM, WOULD ALSO ENTERTAIN, UM, PARKING THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE THREE VEHICLES.

SO KIND OF E EITHER OR KIND OF A WAY TO MITIGATE THE, THE, UM, THE SAFETY ASPECT OF, OF ROADWAYS, INTERNAL ROADWAYS THAT ARE, THAT ARE TOO NARROW.

SO, AND MAYOR, CERTAINLY AS UH, WE START GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ON THIS, ALL OF THOSE ITEMS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE DE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S PUT TOGETHER FOR THE KID ON THIS PROJECT.

AND I GUESS, UH, I'M GONNA TELL YOU LIKE I TELL ANY OTHER HOME DEVELOPER, HOW ABOUT, UM, ANYTHING AS FAR AS THERE'S GONNA BE STREET LIGHTING AND, AND OTHER AMENITIES AS SUCH? UM, PREFERENCE WHAT, WHAT I LIKE TO SEE IF, IF YOU CAN CONSIDER WOULD BE AT LEAST THE, THE BLACK PAINTED POWDER COATED TYPE LIGHTING, UM, THE LESS GALVANIZED MATERIALS THAT WE CAN SEE, THE BETTER.

UH, I'LL CONSIDER THAT IN THE DESIGN.

WE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING SPECED FOR IT.

I'M NOT SURE I CAN FIND OUT.

AND, AND I AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WAS, WAS INQUIRING ABOUT, UH, HA HAVING THE ABILITY, UM, I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE PROPERTY THAT FRONTS HUNT, BUT AT LEAST, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU LAY THE GROUNDWORK SO THAT IF, IF THERE IS DEVELOPMENT THAT TAKES PLACE TO SOUTH OF YOURS, THAT THAT TRAIL THAT, UH, A WALKING TRAIL OR A SIDEWALK COULD GET TO HUNT ROAD.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD CERTAINLY, UM, WOULD CERTAINLY REQUEST THAT IF YOU, IF YOU CAN DO SO.

UM, SO THAT WAS A DISCUSSION.

UM, NOT, NOT REALLY AN ACTION ITEM, UH, FOR THAT.

NO, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

TO ITEM FIVE B, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE AVIS, THE AVIS, THE VISIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH BAYVIEW HEIGHTS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS DISTRICT.

SO MOVE ON

[b. Conduct a public hearing regarding the advisability of the proposed improvements associated with Bayview Heights Public Improvement District.]

MR. CARDELLO, UH, MAYOR COUNSEL, AGAIN, SINCE YOU JUST SAW THE PRESENTATION AND YOU ACCEPTED THE P PETITION AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING, UH, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS MEANT TO ALLOW US TO GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

UM, AFTER ASSUMING YOU GUYS APPROVE THIS, THEN WE WILL START ALL THE, THE REST OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER, GETTING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PUT TOGETHER, HONING IN ON ON YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ON THE, THE LAND PLAN AND, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, KB CAN MEET OUR EXPECTATIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A, A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US BEING SOUTH OF 10.

I BELIEVE THE PRICE POINTS ARE COMING IN WHERE WE WANT TO SEE THEM.

UM, I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE CREATING ON THE TWIN ASPECT PART OF THIS, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, A LOT MORE WATERFRONT, IF I CAN USE THAT TERM.

UM, PRODUCT USED KIND OF IN THE HEART OF THE CITY.

SO THAT'S A UNIQUE FEATURE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO IT IS 6 6 59.

WE'RE CALLING INTO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNED THE VISIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH BAYVIEW HEIGHTS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THE SUMMARY FROM STAFF, UH, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BEING THAT ONE DESIRE HAS BEEN SIGNED UP AND DESIRED TO SPEAK, I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH BAYVIEW HEIGHTS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

SO WE'LL GO ON ITEM

[a. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 82 "Secondhand Goods," Article IV "Garage Sales" of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, to remove the permitting requirements for garage sales.]

SIX A.

CONSIDER, UH, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 82, SECONDHAND GOODS, ARTICLE FOUR, GARAGE SALES OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, MAYTOWN, TEXAS TO REMOVE THE PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR GARAGE SALES.

MR. DAVIDSON, CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR GARAGE SALES.

MAYOR, COUNSEL, UM, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ADDRESS A, B AND C? I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD, AND THEN WE CAN, I THINK WE CAN MOVE CONSIDER THEM SEPARATELY, BUT YES.

FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR PURPOSE.

UM, THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN BUILDING SERVICES AND, UH, MR. DAVIS AND MR. TROLLER, UH, IN AN EFFORT TO STREAMLINE DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN IN AN EFFORT TO, UH, CONTINUE TO MAKE THINGS RUN SMOOTHER FOR THEM, EASIER AND, AND EASIER TO OBTAIN THE PERMITS AND THINGS THAT THEY NEED NECESSARY.

UH, THESE WERE THREE ROADBLOCKS THAT WE FOUND WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING, REVIEWING OUR, OUR PROCESSES, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT THEM TO COUNCIL AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS, UH, THE, THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO COME.

THANK

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YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I CAN ANSWER THEM NOW.

UM, WE'LL TAKE ONE AT A TIME STILL.

UM, SO FIRST FOR, FOR COUNCIL ITEM SIX A, UH, FIRST I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, FOR APPROVAL MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND MOTION TO SECOND.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM.

I HAVE A COMMENT.

I JUST, UM, APPLAUD THE STAFF, UH, FOR TAKING THIS, UH, MOVE TO DEREGULATE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT, TO MAKE IT EASIER, NOT JUST FOR THE RESIDENTS, BUT FOR OUR STAFF.

AND JUST WANTED, UM, TO CLARIFY THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO GET A PERMIT, THAT THEY STILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE CODES MM-HMM .

THAT COME WITH HAVING GARAGE SALES.

SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.

BUT, UH, I, I DO THANK Y'ALL FOR TAKING THOSE STEPS.

YES, MA'AM.

AND THIS IS FOR ALL OF THESE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.

SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE PERMIT B BUT STILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT A AS, AS FAR AS SIGNAGE, SIGNAGE IN OUR RIGHT OF WAYS.

AND THEN THE STATE ACTUALLY REGULATES GARAGE SALES MM-HMM .

UM, SO IF WE, IF WE GET COMPLAINTS AND THINGS THAT SOMEBODY IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT OR THEY'RE EXCEEDING THOSE THINGS, OF COURSE OUR, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND INVESTIGATE AND HANDLE THAT AS WE NORMALLY WOULD.

UM, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM JUST IS, IT'S JUST NOT NECESSARY WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK IT REALLY JUST MAKES THINGS EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE OUR INVOLVEMENT IN IT.

SO I, I'M, I'M GOOD WITH IT, MAYOR.

I'M ALWAYS, UM, GOOD WITH LESS BUREAUCRACY, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE IN ENFORCEMENT'S NOT GOING AWAY, SO, YOU KNOW, IN MY PARTICULAR DISTRICT, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF, WELL, SOME HABITUAL AND CONTINUAL GARAGE SALES.

SO JUST, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CONTINUE TO BE DILIGENT IN OUR ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE I DO RECEIVE SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT CONTINUAL AND HABITUAL GARAGE SALE BUSINESSES.

AND WHEN YOU GET THOSE, PLEASE FORWARD THOSE THROUGH THE CHAIN OF COMMAND SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS 'EM.

UM, THE, THE ONLY THING BEING REMOVED HERE IS THE PERMITTING REQUIREMENT.

THE STRENGTH OF THE ORDINANCE IS STILL THERE AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT GOES, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROCESS THINGS THE SAME AS WE ALWAYS HAVE AS SOON AS WE FIND OUT ABOUT IT.

I UNDERSTAND.

THANKS SARJ.

BUT WE'RE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED.

YEAH, I'M HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH RICK ABOUT THE GARAGE SALE.

I'VE RECEIVED SOME PHONE CALLS AND THEIR CONCERN WAS, AS YOU TWO MENTIONED, HABITUAL GARAGE SALES GO JUST REOCCURRING WEEKEND AFTER WEEKEND LEARNING THAT THE ORDINANCE IS STILL THERE WAIVING, WE'RE NOT WAIVING BUT GETTING RID OF THE PERMIT AND THE FEES.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT ONE RESIDENT SAID, WELL, THEY ASKED ME THE QUESTION, HOW, WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD WE NEED TO PROVIDE AS EVIDENCE FOR SOMEONE WHO'S DOING IT WEEKEND AFTER WEEKEND AFTER WEEKEND, THE PERMIT FROM HOW THEY UNDERSTOOD IT.

AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE WHEN THEY EXPLAINED IT TO ME.

IF YOU APPLY FOR TWO PERMITS IN A YEAR, YOU'VE EX YOU'VE REACHED YOUR LIMIT.

AND IF YOU GET CAUGHT AGAIN AND SOMEONE SAYS, THEN THE EVIDENCE IS THERE THAT YOU'VE EXCEEDED THE LIMIT.

I'M GONNA ASK THIS QUESTION.

WHAT EVIDENCE IS GONNA BE REQUIRED TO PROVE TO THAT SOMEONE IS DOING IT WEEKEND AFTER EXCEEDS THEIR TWO PER YEAR ON THE PART OF THE CITIZEN? THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO DO.

WE ACTUALLY WOULD PREFER THAT THEY DON'T ENGAGE TO THAT LEVEL.

IF THEY WOULD JUST LET US KNOW.

WE HAVE, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS AN EMAIL THAT THEY CAN SEND AN ANONYMOUS EMAIL TO MM-HMM .

UM, THEY CAN GIVE US A CALL ANONYMOUSLY.

WE NEVER GIVE THAT INFORMATION OUT ANYWAY.

WE'LL DO THE DUE DILIGENCE, WE'LL DO THE INVESTIGATION.

IF THAT MEANS WE NEED TO BE THERE ON A SATURDAY MORNING.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING THAT, UM, THAT ISSUE GO AWAY REGARDING THE, THE PERMITTING, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THOSE THINGS, THEY'RE NOT PULLING PERMITS ANYWAY, SO THEY'RE PROBABLY IN VIOLATION TO START WITH.

SO, UM, THAT, THAT WOULDN'T AFFECT THEM.

ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS REACH OUT TO US AND LET US KNOW AND ADDRESS PREFERABLY, IF NOT SOMETHING CLOSE.

WE'LL, WE'LL FIND IT.

GOOD DEAL.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THIS EFFORT, JUST IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE WE CAN CUT, YOU KNOW, GET RID OF SOME OF THE RED TAPE.

UM, I THINK THIS IS A WIN FOR A RESIDENT, SO THANK YOU SIR.

MAYOR, I, I AGREE.

UM, BUT I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL THAT THE, WHEN THE GARAGE SALES PERMIT PROCESS WAS PUT IN PLACE WAS TO TRY TO CURTAIL SOME OF THE ISSUES Y'ALL BROUGHT UP.

I THINK IT'S BEEN SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL, BUT LIKE YOU ALSO SAID, THOSE THAT ARE HABITUAL OR DOING IT AREN'T PULLING PERMITS ANYWAY.

THAT ARE NOT QUITE SO HONEST ABOUT IT, STILL DO IT.

SO I APPLAUD STAFF TO COME UP AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS A ROADBLOCK IN OUR PROCESSES.

IT KIND OF HINDERS US A LITTLE BIT.

WHY ARE WE PUNISHING THE, I HATE TO SAY IT, THE MORE HONEST CITIZENS ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE DOING GARAGE SALES AND, AND THOSE

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I, I AGREE WITH REMOVING THE, THE PERMIT PROCESS ON THAT AS LONG AS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT STANDS MM-HMM .

BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF 'EM THAT, THAT HOLD IT EVERY OTHER WEEKEND, BUT THEY DON'T COME FULL A PERMIT ANYWAY, SO YES SIR.

THEY'LL NEED THE PERMIT, KEEP THE ENFORCEMENT.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO HAVE STAFF COME IN ON THE WEEKENDS.

'CAUSE YES, THAT'S SOMETHING I HEAR ALL THE TIME AS CLIENT.

WELL, THE VIOLATIONS OCCUR ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY AND NOBODY'S AVAILABLE TILL MONDAY.

NOT, NOT IN OUR GROUP, SIR, OR MONDAY .

WE'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.

UM, I GUESS MY ONLY COMMENTS ON, ON THIS ITEM, AND, AND REALLY IT KIND OF THIS CURTAILS ON THE, EVEN THE OTHER TWO IS I DO APPRECIATE IT LOOKING AT, AT ANY TYPE OF PERMITS, WHERE IS THERE REALLY VALUE ADDED BOTH TO THE CITY, TO THE CITIZENS, MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED CORRECTLY AND, AND ALL THAT.

UM, BUT SOME, CERTAINLY WHEN, WHEN, UM, THIS ORDINANCE WAS CREATED, THERE WAS A PROLIFERATION OF BASICALLY RESALE SHOPS THAT WERE UNREGULATED.

THERE WAS NO WAY TO CAPTURE THAT.

AND SO A LOT OF THAT WAS CITIZEN DRIVEN.

UH, WHEN, WHEN THE GARAGE SALE PERMITS, UH, WERE CREATED, IT WAS CITIZEN DRIVEN BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE SAID, MY NEIGHBOR, THEY HAVE A GARAGE SALE IN A SENSE EVERY WEEKEND.

SO THAT'S NOT A GARAGE SALE, THAT'S A RESALE SHOP.

AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF THAT, UM, I GUESS YOU'D SAY NEIGHBORLY CONTENTION AS FAR AS THIS IS ACTUALLY A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS NEXT TO ME.

AND SO, UM, KNOWING THAT ALTHOUGH THE PERMIT ASPECT HAS TAKEN AWAY, THE, THE ENFORCEMENT IS STILL THERE.

SO A LOT OF THIS IS STILL BASED ON CITIZEN INPUT.

SO THEY WILL GET THE REPORTS AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP.

AND, AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S GOOD.

IT IS CUTTING SOME OF THE RED TAPE AND AS YOU SAY, NOT PUN, REALLY NOT PUNISHING INDIVIDUALS WHO, FOR VARIOUS REASONS WANNA HOLD A GARAGE SALE.

IT'S THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STILL GONNA BE THE PERPETUAL VIOLATORS AND SO THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO, TO GO AND ENFORCE.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER ITEMS IS THE SAME THING.

IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT US TO DO CORE SERVICES AND MASTER THAT AND NOT HAVE NOT REALLY KIND OF PUT WORKLOAD WHERE THERE'S NOT VALUE ADDED FOR, FOR THE CITY AND, AND CERTAINLY OUR CITIZENS.

SO I DO, I DO, UH, LIKE THESE, THESE FIRST STEPS OF CUTTING SOME OF THE RED TAPE.

AND I DO, I DO APPLAUD Y'ALL WORKING AND TRYING TO GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING AND ADMINISTRATION, UH, DOING SO.

I THINK THERE'S A, A GOOD CONSENSUS ON COUNSEL THAT THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, AS APPROPRIATE.

SO WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION, UH, ITEM SIX A.

UM, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

UH, SIX B, I GUESS YOU, YOU DID COVER ALL OF 'EM, BUT, UM, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, COUNSEL? IF, IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR SIX B MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX B.

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

[b. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 18 "Buildings and Building Regulations," Article I "In General," Section 18-1 "Registration" of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, to remove the registration requirement for contractors (i) pulling a permit for a structure, other than a mechanical, electrical, or plumbing permit, and (ii) performing tree trimming and debris removal services for residential customers.]

SECOND YOU HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SIX B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

SIX C, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

THIS OPPOSED ITEM

[c. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 18 "Buildings and Building Regulations," Article II "Building Construction Standards," Division 1 "Windstorm Standards," Section 18-26 "Accessory building/structures," Subsection (c) of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, to require building permits for residential accessory structures 200 square feet or more.]

BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT.

I WAS GONNA HAVE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CALL.

GO AHEAD.

SO RJ ON, ON THIS ONE, I, I REMEMBER, UH, I THINK I CALLED THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT IT AND HE, HE EXPLAINED THE, THE LIMITATION ON 200 SQUARE FEET.

IS THAT AS THE THRESHOLD? YES SIR.

WE'RE INCREASING IT TO 200 SQUARE FEET.

SO, YOU KNOW, I I I REALIZE THAT APPLIES TO STORAGE SHEDS AND CARPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I, I MEAN, THIS IS GONNA SOUND LIKE AN ODD QUESTION, BUT, BUT WOULD THAT APPLY TO LIKE A MOTHER-IN-LAW QUARTERS OR GRANNY FLAT? THAT'S 199 SQUARE FEET.

SO THE, THE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO ALLOW YOUR AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL THAT GOES TO HOME DEPOT OR BUILDS THEIR OWN SHED.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, THEY'RE GOING TO BE 200 SQUARE FEET OR LARGER, WHICH BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY WOULDN'T NEED A PERMIT FROM US TO DO THAT.

NOW, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO, UH, A MOTHER-IN-LAW'S QUARTERS THAT SMALL BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER CODES THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR HABITABLE SPACE AND THEN OTHER ITEMS THAT COME INTO PLAY AS FAR AS ELECTRICITY, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT.

UM, SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY PUSH THEM INTO ANOTHER CATEGORY REQUIRING A PERMIT.

OKAY, GOOD.

SO I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD REALLY SEE THAT.

AND SOMEBODY THAT WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT ANYWAY, THEY WEREN'T GONNA PULL A PERMIT TO START WITH.

THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD TRY TO KEEP THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, AWAY FROM US, UH, BECAUSE OF THOSE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD BE THERE.

IS IT POSSIBLE? SURE.

I'M SURE SOMEBODY COULD TRY TO LIVE IN 200 SQUARE FEET IN THEIR BACKYARD, BUT WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN FROM THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

WHAT THIS DOES IS IT GIVES, UH, OUR CITIZENS MORE FREEDOM TO NOT HAVE OUR INVOLVEMENT.

UM, SO UP TO 200 SQUARE FEET YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO VISIT WITH US.

NOW WE DO HAVE SOME GUIDELINES, OBVIOUSLY KEEPING THAT OUT OUT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR STORAGE BUILDING FOR EXAMPLE, OUT OF, UH, UTILITY EASEMENTS AND YOU KNOW, MEET YOUR, YOUR SETBACKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH ALL OF THOSE ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE, OR WE'LL COUNSEL THEM ON 'EM IF THEY CALL AND ASK, DO I NEED A PERMIT FOR THIS? UM, BUT MOST OF THOSE THINGS ARE NOT PERMANENT STRUCTURES.

THEY'RE MOBILE, THEY'RE NOT GENERALLY BUILT ON, UH, FOUNDATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

CITIZENS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO WE FELT AS THOUGH THIS WAS AN AREA THAT WE COULD HELP OUR

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ANYTHING OVER 200 SQUARE FEET WOULD REQUIRE A PERMIT, BUT NO ENGINEERING UP TO 349 SQUARE FEET.

OH, OKAY.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WE THAT WE AS THE CITY ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO, AND WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUE TO TAKE THAT LIABILITY TO HELP YOU DESIGN THAT WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL AND PAY EXTRA MONEY FOR THAT.

SO WE'LL HELP YOU, YOU KNOW, GET IT DRAWN WINDSTORM AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF FOR ANYTHING OVER 200 AND UNDER 3 49 BECAUSE THE THRESHOLD THERE IS A TWO CAR GARAGE IS 350 SQUARE FEET.

THAT'S THE MINIMUM OF A TWO CAR GARAGE.

SO AT THAT POINT, YOU'RE BUILDING SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL.

WE NEED ENGINEERING, WE NEED TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE REALLY FEEL AS THOUGH, UM, BY MOVING THIS BAR A LITTLE BIT, WE CAN REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR OUR CITIZENS AND ALLOW THEM TO DO THINGS LIKE BUILD A DECK, BUILD A PATIO, COVER, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS WITH WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE OUR INVOLVEMENT OR AT MOST JUST SOME GUIDANCE OVER THE PHONE AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND I ASK MAYOR, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I'VE HAD A FEW CALLS AND, AND YOU EVEN RECEIVED ONE OR TWO OF 'EM YOURSELF AS FAR AS CARPORTS GO.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY BIG NOT TO REQUIRE THE ENGINEERING STAMP FOR ANYTHING 349 OR LESS.

I MEAN, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG DEAL AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS WILL, WILL REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

IT, IT SAVES 'EM A LOT OF TIME, TROUBLE, AND MONEY.

WELL, I THINK WHAT IF I, IF I MAY, I THINK THE, THE REALITY IS THIS, PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANNA PULL PERMITS AND BUILD THINGS AND BUILD IT HOWEVER THEY WANT, THEY'RE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ORDINANCE YOU PASS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO DO IT.

THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BATTLE THAT WE FIGHT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

BUT YES SIR.

BUT FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO GO AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, BUILD A GAZEBO OR WHATEVER, THEN THEY CAN DO SO WITHOUT HAVING THE CITY ON THEIR BACK.

YES SIR.

'CAUSE I GET A LOT OF THOSE CALLS LIKE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MAN, SO, OKAY.

ANY ANYWAY.

GOOD, GOOD POINT AND GOOD QUESTION.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, WELL ALL THOSE, UM, WE DID HAVE A, A MOTION FOR ITEM SIX B.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SIX B AS PER OR SIX C IS UH, PRESENTED.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE WAS OPPOSED.

ALRIGHT, HAVE, UH, ITEM SEVEN A

[a. Discuss the 2021 Aquatics Season at Pirates Bay Water Park and Calypso Cove.]

FOR DISCUSSION.

2021 AQUATICS SEASON AT PIRATES BAY WATER PARK IN COSO COVE.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I'M NOT HERE TO STEAL ANY OF JENNA'S THUNDER IN THE PRESENTATION.

QUITE TO THE CONTRARY, I'D LIKE TO SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT RIGHT WHERE IT BELONGS ON CLIFF AND JENNA, TIFFANY EFRIN AND THE AQUATIC STAFF.

IT HAS BEEN A ROUGH TWO YEARS TO RUN A WATER PARK BECAUSE OF COVID AND THE VARIANT AND MANY THINGS AND, AND PEOPLE THAT EITHER DON'T WORK OR HAVE GONE ON TO OTHER EMPLOYMENT THAT WE DIDN'T GET BACK.

SO JUST TO RUN AN OPERATIONALLY SAFE WATERPARK FOCUSED ON THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IS HERCULEAN.

WHAT WE'VE ALSO DONE THESE LAST TWO YEARS WITH THE HELP OF FINANCE AND COORDINATION WITH PARKS AND REC IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE BUSINESS EFFORT, THE REV, THE REVENUE, THE EXPENDITURES, EVERY SINGLE COST THAT GOES INTO RUNNING A WATERPARK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RUN LIKE A BUSINESS AND HOPEFULLY TO BE PROFITABLE.

SO AGAIN, I'LL LET JENNA DO THE PRESENTATION, BUT TO CLIFF JENNA AND HER ENTIRE TEAM, WHICH IS THE SAME TEAM THAT'S DOING HERCULEAN EFFORT, KEEPING AN ICE RINK GOING IN TEXAS WITH 70 AND 80 DEGREE TEMPERATURES, WHICH IS QUITE THE CHALLENGE.

JENNA, ALL THE KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

THANK YOU SIR.

AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

SO I HAVE JUST A HANDFUL OF SLIDES TO GO OVER WITH YOU GUYS THIS EVENING.

SO OUR FIRST SLIDE, UH, IS STAFFING FROM THE SUMMER OF 2021.

IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN I WAS HERE IN APRIL, WE DISCUSSED THE STAFFING SHORTAGE.

WE HAVE NOT NORMALLY DONE AND WE ARE DOING THEM AT A 50% OFF RATE.

AND THE WHAT WE WERE CONCERNED THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO INTO THE SEASON WITH, OR SHOULD I SAY WITHOUT? SO THE FIRST TWO LINES OF THIS TABLE ARE THE EXACT SAME TWO LINES THAT YOU SAW ON APRIL 8TH WHEN I WAS HERE.

UM, THE THIRD LINE WHEN I WAS HERE IN APRIL SAID HOW MANY WE HAD HIRED UP TO THAT POINT.

SO NOW THAT THIRD LINE HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH WHAT OUR ACTUAL STAFFING NUMBERS WERE FOR THIS SUMMER.

UM, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THOUGH, WE DO, WE DO NORMALLY START THE SEASON WITH OVER 400 STAFF.

THIS SUMMER WE STARTED WITH 342, SO WE DID START THE SUMMER SHORTER THAN WE NORMALLY DO.

UM, THIS WAS DUE A LOT TO THE NATIONAL LIFEGUARD SHORTAGE.

IT WAS A SHORTAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IT WASN'T JUST HERE IN BAYTOWN AND UNFORTUNATELY GOING INTO 2022, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME.

IT'S BEEN ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ON A LOT OF, UH, NATIONAL CONFERENCES, A LOT OF PHONE CALLS THAT I'VE BEEN ON THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE HAPPEN AGAIN IN 2022.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK IDEA, UM, APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR 2022 ALREADY.

WE'RE STARTING A MONTH EARLIER THAN WE NORMALLY DO WITH HIRING.

WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TO SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED APPLICATIONS IN AND WE ARE STARTING LIFEGUARD CLASSES, UM, HERE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OVER CHRISTMAS BREAK, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT

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SO ONLY $25, UM, FOR THE TWO CLASSES OVER CHRISTMAS BREAK.

SO IF YOU KNOW ANY 16 YEAR OLDS, SEND THEM OUR WAY PLEASE.

SO ATTENDANCE FOR THE 2021 SEASON.

UM, SO AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE TABLE, I COMPARED THE 2021 SEASON TO 2019, IT WASN'T VERY FAIR TO COMPARE IT TO 2020 SINCE WE WERE ONLY OPEN FOR TWO WEEKS.

SO COMPARED TO 2019, UM, IN 2019, PIRATES BAY WAS, UM, SLATED TO BE OPEN FOR 98 DAYS DUE TO WHETHER IT WAS ONLY OPEN FOR 90 DAYS.

SO WE AVERAGED JUST OVER 1700 GUESTS A DAY IN 2021.

WE WERE SLATED TO BE OPEN FOR 74 DAYS.

UM, THE REASON THAT THAT'S A LOT SHORTER THAN 2019 WAS OUR DELAYED OPENING DUE TO STAFFING AND THEN ALSO DUE TO GOOSE CREEK, UM, BEING IN SCHOOL TWO WEEKS LATER THAN THEY NORMALLY WERE.

UM, SO THAT CUT TWO WEEKS OUT OF OUR SEASON AND THEN THEY WENT BACK TO SCHOOL A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN.

SO WE WERE SLATED TO BE OPEN 74 DAYS.

WE WERE ACTUALLY OPEN 70 DAYS, SO THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD YEAR FOR US WHEN IT CAME TO RAIN.

UM, AND WE AVERAGED ALMOST 2100 GUESTS A DAY AT PIRATES BAY.

UM, AND THEN THAT BOTTOM TABLE IS FOR CALYPSO.

SO IN CALYPSO, UH, 83 DAYS AND 76 IN 2019.

THIS YEAR WE HAD THE SAME EXACT SCHEDULE AS PIRATE SPAY, SO 74, BUT WE WERE ONLY OPEN FOR 58 AND A HALF DAYS.

PART OF THAT WAS DUE TO THE END OF THE SEASON WITH THE LIFEGUARD SHORTAGE.

WE HAD TO MAKE THE HARD DECISION TO CLOSE CALYPSO, UM, EARLY FOR THE SEASON.

AND THEN WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE WEATHER OVER ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN COMPARED TO PIRATES BAY.

UM, IT WILL AMAZE YOU THE PHONE CALLS WHEN I'M STANDING AT PIRATES BAY THAT I GET FROM CALYPSO OF, HEY, IT'S THUNDERSTORMING OVER HERE AND I'M STANDING AT PIRATES BAY AND IT'S SUNNY AS CAN BE BLUE SKIES.

UM, SO THEY DO HAVE TO MAKE THAT WEATHER CALL A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE DO, BUT WE STILL AVERAGE 224 GUESTS A DAY.

UM, WHICH IS PRETTY, UH, MIRACULOUS OVER THERE BECAUSE THE CAPACITY OVER THERE IS 120.

SO WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF TURNOVER IN THE DAY, UH, AT CALYPSO THIS SUMMER.

ENDED UP BEING IN THE BLACK BY 81,000 FOR THE YEAR.

UM, SO OPERATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS FOR 2021.

SO LIKE, UH, MR. TROLLER PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR, PARTLY DUE TO COVID, PARTLY DUE TO STAFFING.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR, ALL OF OUR GUEST AND PARK SERVICE STAFF WERE TRAINED AS SLIDE ATTENDANTS.

SO NORMALLY YOUR SLIDE ATTENDANTS ARE ALL LIFEGUARDS.

WE WERE SHORT ON LIFEGUARDS, SO WE HAD TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER PLAN.

UM, OUR PARK SERVICE STAFF WAS ALSO TRAINED TO OPERATE ALL OF OUR SLIDE TOWERS.

SO WE HAVE ONE SLIDE TOWER, WE CALL IT TOWER TWO, IT'S WHERE THE BLUE AND RED DROP SLIDES ARE.

SO THE PERSON AT THE TOP OF THAT SLIDE WAS PERMITTED TO BE A PARK SERVICE STAFF MEMBER BECAUSE THEY WERE TRAINED ON HOW TO RUN THAT SLIDE.

UM, ALL OF OUR STAFF WERE CPR FIRST AID AND A ED CERTIFIED.

THAT IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE DID THIS YEAR.

UM, BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF LIFEGUARDS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF WAS OVERLY TRAINED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.

IN AUGUST, WE ACTUALLY STARTED THE MONTH OF AUGUST WITH ONLY 63 LIFEGUARDS DUE TO THE GOOSE CREEK SCHEDULE AND SOME COLLEGE KIDS THAT HAD TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL EARLIER THIS YEAR DUE TO COVID PROTOCOLS.

SO WE STARTED THE SEASON, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH OVER A HUNDRED LIFEGUARDS, BUT WE ONLY STARTED AUGUST WITH 63.

AND THEN IN AUGUST WE ALSO HAD, UH, A LARGE NUMBER OF PARKS AND REC STAFF, WHETHER IT WAS ATHLETICS, THE REC TEAM, ADMIN, UM, WETLANDS NATURE, INCLUDING, UM, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE TIME, CLIFF AND THEN DIRECTOR AT THE TIME, SCOTT JOHNSON THAT CAME OUT AND ACTUALLY RAN OUR SLIDE TOWERS FOR US AS SLIDE ATTENDANTS JUST SO THAT WE COULD GET THROUGH THE SEASON.

GOOD.

THAT'S A SCARY THOUGHT.

, WE ALSO HAD TO ADD POLICE PRESENCE AT CALYPSO THIS YEAR DUE TO THE NUMBER OF GUESTS.

SO THOSE WERE JUST THINGS THAT CHANGED IN 2021 COMPARED TO PREVIOUS SEASONS.

SO WITH THAT, UM, THESE FIRST TWO COLUMNS ARE THE EXACT SAME TWO COLUMNS THAT YOU SAW IN APRIL.

SO THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, WHICH WAS DONE IN MARCH OF 2020, SO RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF CO UM, SHOWED YOU THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE IN THE BLACK BY JUST OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

WELL, WHEN I PRESENTED TO YOU IN APRIL, I TOLD YOU THAT UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE SHORTENED SEASON AND DUE TO COID AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE IN THE RED BY 667,000.

WHILE I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE

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SO DESPITE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD TO OVERCOME THIS SEASON, UM, WE DID, OUR REVENUE AS YOU CAN SEE COMPARED TO THE 2021 PROJECTION IS PRETTY CLOSE.

UM, WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP OUR EXPENSES DOWN AND THAT EXPENSE NUMBER DOES INCLUDE ALL OF OUR PAYBACKS TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE 2.5 MILLION THAT WE HAD.

UM, SO THAT 2.5 MILLION THAT I HAVE TO PAY BACK FROM THE 2020 SEASON IS BROKEN OUT IN INCREMENTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

SO OUR EXPENSES DO ENCOMPASS THAT PAYBACK.

THEY ENCOMPASS OUR WATER BILL, WHICH WE'VE NEVER PAID BEFORE, UM, ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR OTHER UTILITIES AND THE STAFFING COSTS OF THOSE ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT WE BROUGHT IN IN AUGUST THAT WEREN'T PART OF THE AQUATICS TEAM.

I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE FOR YOU.

SO 2022, I'M JUST SAYING THANK YOU THAT FOR THE, UH, BEING IN THE BLACK.

UM, 2022, UH, PASSES ARE ALREADY FOR SALE.

WE ARE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD, UH, TO 2022.

UM, AND THOSE GO FOR SALE ON SATURDAY AT I BELIEVE 10:00 AM SO, AND 2022 SEASON STARTS ON MAY 7TH.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT STOCKING STUFFER, I'M SURE.

YES SIR.

ALRIGHT, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.

WOULD THE 81,620 HAVE BEEN MORE HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE EXTRA TRAINING? EXPLAIN EXTRA TRAINING.

WAIT, SORRY.

WAIT.

UM, THERE YOU WERE EXPLAINING THAT YOU MORE INDIVIDUALS WERE SUR WERE TRAINED ON THE CPR FA AND A ED AND THAT SOME STAFF THAT AREN'T NORMALLY SLIDE CERTIFIED WERE CERTIFIED ON THE SLIDE.

SO CERTIFYING THEM ON THE SLIDE DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING.

UM, THEY ARE ALREADY THERE FOR OTHER ADDITIONAL TRAININGS.

WE JUST ADDED THAT IN.

UM, AND THE FIRST AID CPR THAT WAS ACTUALLY ALREADY PLANNED FOR PRIOR TO.

SO THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET THAT YOU SEE ALL THE WAY, UM, OVER.

SO WELL I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE IF IT HAD BEEN, I WAS SAYING IT WAS MONEY WELL SPENT, I'M GLAD TO HEAR FOR SAFETY REASONS FOR CITIZENS AND VISITORS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY THAT MORE INDIVIDUALS WERE CERTIFIED IN C-P-R-A-E-D AND FA I THINK THAT HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE CONTINUED.

YEARS TO COME.

AND THE SLIDES AND THE SLIDE CERTIFICATION TOO.

SO CLIFF WAS OUT THERE MANNING THE SLIDE.

THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.

NICE.

YES, WE HAD, WE HAD QUITE A FEW, UM, FROM, YOU KNOW, OTHER AREAS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

NEXT YEAR WE CAN OPEN IT UP TO EVERYONE ELSE.

I WAS GONNA ASK, RICK AND KEVIN MAY WANT TO HOP IN ON THAT , WOULDN'T DO THAT TO ANYBODY.

SPEECHLESS OVER THERE.

I DON'T, I DON'T THINK YOU'D WANT.

I I WOULDN'T TRUST ME TO .

IT'S NOT A SLIDE PERSON.

COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN, I'LL PICK YOU UP AND WE'LL GO TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

I'M ALL IN.

OH.

I'LL OPERATE THE SLIDE IF YOU GUYS WILL USE IT.

WELL THAT IS A WONDERFUL JOB TO SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY CAME OUT IN THE BLACK WHEN IT WASN'T EXPECTED AFTER THE DEBT HAD BEEN PAID BACK.

KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS PRESENTATION? I, I, I WILL SAY I'M SURE IT WAS, UH, A TEAM EFFORT, UH, MR. TROLLER AND EVERYONE ELSE OF, OF REALLY WATCHING EVERY SINGLE EXPENSE AND SO ON AND SO, AND ACTUALLY I GUESS ONLY HAVING, I GUESS ABOUT FOUR BAD WEATHER DAYS, THAT HELPED TOO.

EVEN, EVEN WITH THE COMPRESSED, UM, SCHEDULING, I GUESS SO.

UH, BUT IT IS GOOD THAT, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, TO SWEEP BY AND, AND BE IN THE BLACK.

SO DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S EFFORT ON THAT.

UM, THAT WAS JUST AN ITEM FOR, FOR PRESENT OR JUST AS DISCUSSED, SO NO ACTION.

ON TO ITEM SEVEN

[b. Discuss the proposed public improvement district for the Lennar Development to be located on the east side of Garth Road to Hadden Road and north of Wallisville Road. ]

DISCUSSED THE PROS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR, UM, LENNAR DEVELOPMENT TO BE LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF GARTH ROAD IN HAYDEN ROAD AND NORTH OF WALLACE ROAD.

MR. RODDO, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL AGAIN.

UH, I THINK WE HAVE A, A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY HERE WITH OUR FRIENDS AT LENNAR WHO HAVE, UM, COMMITTED TO CREATING SUCH A NICE DEVELOPMENT UP IN FRIENDSWOOD IN THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.

THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME INTO, UH, DUE DILIGENCE ON SOME ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY AND THEY CERTAINLY WANNA WORK WITH US, UH, IN OUR NEW FORMAT, WORKING ON A PI ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY AND, UM, BUILD OUT PROBABLY ANOTHER, I THINK IT'S ABOUT ANOTHER 380 ACRES.

UH, SO THIS COULD BE AN EXCITING ADDITION TO THEIR CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AND KEEP THEM IN, UM, AS OUR FRIENDS IN THE CITY AND DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS IN OUR CITY FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

UH, I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, MR. ROBERT TINI COME UP AND MAKE THE PRESENTATION ON BEHALF AND HE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH, AGAIN, THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM.

THIS IS, UH, VERY PRELIMINARY, BUT HE WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU KIND OF THE INITIAL LAND PLANS AND TALK ABOUT THE, UH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND HOW IT WILL ROLL ITSELF

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OUT IN PHASES.

UH, INSTEAD OF THE TYPICAL ETJ MUTT APPROACH, UH, I BELIEVE THIS WAS A DIRECTIVE FROM CITY COUNCIL GOING FORWARD.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, AS MR. ELLA INTRODUCED ME, MY NAME IS ROBERT SANTINI.

UM, I WORK WITH FRIENDS OF DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND I SERVE AS THE CURRENT, UH, DIRECTOR OF LAND DEVELOPMENT FOR BAYTOWN CROSSINGS, WHICH IS OUR DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, WHICH INCLUDES ASHEVILLE COVE AND WORCESTER TRAILS, UH, WITH TWO MORE COMMUNITIES TO COME IN THAT DEVELOPMENT.

UM, I'M JOINED TONIGHT BY OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF LAND DEVELOPMENT, MICHAEL JOHNSON WITH FRIENDS DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS OUR, UM, OUTSIDE COUNSEL TIM GREEN WITH COACH ROSE.

UM, AS WAS INTRODUCED, WE RECENTLY IDENTIFIED AND CONTRACTED TO PURCHASE AS 300, A LITTLE OVER 370 ACRES, UM, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO OUR CURRENT AND THANKFULLY SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF BAYTOWN CROSSINGS.

UM, AND I'M GONNA PRESENT OUR VISION AND OUR PLAN FOR THAT 370 ACRES HERE TONIGHT.

UM, I'LL START BY GIVING A BRIEF HISTORY OF FRIENDS WITH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, UM, AND I'LL PROMISE TO KEEP THIS BRIEF.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE EXPANSION TRACK, WHICH IS A 370 ACRES, SOME VISIONING BOARDS, AND THEN THE FORMAL REQUEST, UM, ALBEIT, UH, INFORMAL TONIGHT.

BUT WHAT THE REQUEST FOR SUPPORT WOULD BE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

UM, FORENSIC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1962, AND IT'S RECOGNIZED AS HOUSTON'S FIRST MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPER.

UH, FOR 59 YEARS WE'VE DEVELOPED THE LIKES OF CLEAR LAKE CITY, KINGWOOD, FAIRFIELD, BAYTON CROSSINGS, AND MANY OTHER MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 30 ACTIVE DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT GREATER HOUSTON ENCOMPASSING OVER 10,000 ACRES.

UH, AND HERE IS A MAP OF, UM, SEVERAL OF OUR LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE BAYTOWN AREA IN THE GENERAL HOUSTON AREA, UM, SPANNING, UM, ALL THE WAY FROM NORTH CONROE TO NEARLY GALVESTON ON THE SOUTH SIDE FROM ROSENBERG, UM, TO PORTER, PAST KINGWOOD, AND FROM KATY TO HERE AT HOME IN BAYTOWN.

OUR CURRENT DEVELOPMENT, UH, HERE IN BAYTOWN MARKET BEGAN IN 2008, UH, WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF FRIENDS OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, ESTABLISHING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT THROUGH, UH, IN OUR CURRENT DEVELOPMENT.

AND ETJ MUD CALLED TWO 13 A, UM, MARKETED OVERALL AS BAYTOWN CROSSINGS.

THE 500 ACRE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH NOW IS BROKEN UP INTO FOUR UNIQUE AND SEPARATE COMMUNITIES.

UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE CURRENT ONES THAT ARE OPEN FOR SALES NOW ARE ASHEVILLE COVE AND WOOSTER TRAILS.

AND THEN THE TWO FINAL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY ARE STERLING POINT AND, UH, BURNETT TRAILS.

UM, WE PICKED THESE NAMES.

IT WAS ACTUALLY A, A FUN PROCESS WORKING WITH THE BAYTOWN, UH, HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BUT WE PICKED THESE NAMES BECAUSE OF THE HONORING THE PRESTIGIOUS FIGURES, FIGURES IN BAY TOWN'S HISTORY.

UM, SO SOME OF THOSE NAMES, I'M, I'M SURE, ON STREET SIGNS AND ARE FAMILIAR NAMES HERE IN THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY.

UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN PROUD TO BECOME THE LEADING COMMUNITY IN BAYTOWN FOR HOME SALES AND CLOSINGS, AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THIS, THIS SUCCESS FORWARD.

AND WE ATTRIBUTE THIS SUCCESS TO THE VISION AND PLAN FOR QUALITY THAT WAS WORKED THROUGH WITH CITY COUNCIL, UH, BACK IN 2018.

UM, NEXT COUPLE SLIDES ARE SOME ACTUAL, OR HERE ARE SOME ACTUAL PICTURES OF THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES CURRENTLY, UM, WITH HOME SALES IN THEM AND, AND HAPPY RESIDENTS.

THANKFULLY AT THIS POINT.

UM, SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS DEPICTED HERE IN THESE PICTURES, THE LANDSCAPING AMENITIES, UM, AND THE MASONRY AND QUALITY STANDARDS ON THE HOMES.

THOSE WERE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE WORKED THROUGH WITH CITY, UH, PARTNERSHIP IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, DESPITE BEING IN ETJ INSTEAD OF WITHIN CITY LIMITS HERE.

AND TO GIVE YOU AN A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY, I THINK I MIGHT BE MISSING A SLIDE HERE.

UM, ALRIGHT, SO HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE EXPANSION TRACKING QUESTION.

SO 378 ACRES, UM, THAT WE HAVE IN, IN FOR PURCHASE.

IT'S INTENDED AS A CONTINUATION OF BAYTON CROSSING.

SO CONTINUE FORWARD WITH THE QUALITY, WITH THE COMMUNITY ASPECT OF EXISTING BAYTOWN CROSSINGS, UM, ACROSS ANOTHER 378 ACRES.

WE'VE CONSERVATIVELY PLANNED FOR JUST OVER ANOTHER THOUSAND HOMES ON THIS EXPANSION TRACK, PRODUCING WELL OVER 250 MILLION IN ASSESSED VALUE.

UM, IN OUR FIRST MEETING WITH CITY STAFF, IT WAS BROUGHT UP, UM, WE INITIALLY INTENDED TO ANNEX THIS INTO THE ETJ MUD TWO 13 A AND CONTINUE FORWARD WITH THAT TYPICAL, UM, HOUSTON WIDE TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT.

UM, BUT MR. DAVIS REQUESTED THAT WE WORK WITH MR. GELLA TO PRODUCE A PLAN THAT WOULD ANNEX THIS PROPERTY INTO CITY LIMITS AND FINANCE THE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH A PIKERS COMBINATION.

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AND SO WE, UM, SAT DOWN AND WORKED THROUGH THE NUMBERS AND TRIED TO COME UP WITH WHAT IS THE BEST APPROACH TO PROCEED THIS FORWARD WITHIN CITY LIMITS.

UH, AND THIS IS WHAT I'M PRESENTING HERE TONIGHT.

NOW, IT'S AN IN-CITY MUD FOR THE PIT TUR COMBINATION WITH STIPULATIONS THAT ALLOW US TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE AGAINST THE SEVERAL SURROUNDING ETJ MUDS IN THIS AREA.

THOUGH, OUR VISION FOR THE EXPANSION TRACK REMAINS IDENTICAL TO THE CURRENT BAYTON CROSSINGS, PROVIDED THE STIPULATIONS IN THE PROPOSED PAID TOURS, UM, ARE ACCEPTABLE AND AGREEABLE TO COUNSEL.

THESE ARE STANDARDS FOR QUALITY.

THERE'RE, SORRY.

THERE ARE STANDARDS FOR QUALITY AND APPEAL THAT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO UPHOLD AND CONTINUE FORWARD WITH.

UM, WE'VE, WE'VE THANKFULLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND IT'S BEEN, UM, WHAT I BELIEVE IS, IS A HIGHLIGHT FOR THIS NORTH BAYTOWN AREA, AND WE CERTAINLY WANNA CONTINUE THAT SUCCESS AND COMMUNITY FORWARD.

UM, THESE RANGE, SO THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RANGE FROM TRAIL AND PARK SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

PERIMETER ROAD IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAFETY AND ACCESS, UPGRADED MASONRY FENCING AND LANDSCAPING, AND A COMMUNITY POOL AND REC CENTER AS WELL AS A RECENTLY, UM, SOMETHING ELSE THAT RECENTLY CAME UP, WE HAVE BRIEFLY STARTED DISCUSSING WITH G-C-C-I-S-D FOR A, AN, AN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL LOCATION FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALONG NORTH MAIN.

UM, AND THEY'VE REACHED OUT SPECIFICALLY ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE UNDER CONTRACT.

UM, BUT VERY EARLY ON IN THAT DISCUSSION.

HERE IS THE CONCEPTUAL LAND PLAN FOR THIS EXPANSION TRACK.

UM, IT'S A BIT UNFORTUNATE IN ITS LAYOUT THAT IT HAS A, A LONG, SKINNY PIECE ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY A KEY TO THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I, WHICH I'LL DISCUSS HERE IN A SECOND.

UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR EXISTING COMMUNITIES ARE ON THE FAR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE MAP, UH, STARTING WITH ASHEVILLE CROSSING ON GARTH ROAD.

HERE'S A ZOOMED OUT VIEW FOR THE OVERALL AREA SHOWING BOTH EXISTING BAYTON CROSSINGS AND THE PROPOSED EXPANSION TRACK.

AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE OUR INITIAL TAKE ON HOW TO EXTEND CITY WATER AND SEWER, UM, UP TO THIS NEW PROPERTY.

AND, UH, AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR A REGIONAL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT.

UM, THESE ARE VERY CONCEPTUAL.

WE'VE NOT YET MET WITH CITY ENGINEERING, UH, TO DIAL THIS IN AND ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT THE BEST APPROACH FORWARD.

UM, WATER IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE TYING INTO THE CITY'S EXISTING TRUNK LINE AT NORTH MAIN AND VILLE EXTENDING IT NORTH TO AND THROUGH OUR PROPERTY SEWER.

UM, IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE, WOULD INCLUDE AN ONSITE LIFT STATION, UH, WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE OVERSIZED, IF, IF THAT'S OF INTEREST FOR A REGIONAL COLLECTION SYSTEM.

AND THEN TIED DOWN TO THE EXISTING GRAVITY LINE ON NORTH MAIN AND, AND VILLE.

AND THEN HERE IS, UH, WHAT I ALLUDED TO EARLIER ABOUT THE SKINNY PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY THAT ACTUALLY PLAYS TO, IT COULD PLAY TO EVERYONE'S BENEFIT.

THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A REGIONAL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT ON THE FAR EAST SIDE OF OUR TRACT.

UH, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TIE INTO A LARGE DRAINAGE CHANNEL THAT HAS, UM, A LITTLE OVER EIGHT FOOT OF DEPTH AT THAT LOCATION.

AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BLUE SHADED AREA MM-HMM .

TIE THAT EIGHT FOOT OF DEPTH AND RUN IT ALL THE WAY BACK THROUGH OUR ENTIRE TRACT.

UM, AND THIS MAP DOESN'T EVEN SHOW IT, BUT IT COULD EXTEND ALL THE WAY BACK TO OUR EXISTING ASBELL.

AT ASBELL, WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE, UH, ABOUT FOUR FOOT OF, OF DEPTH THAT WE ARE PUMPING INTO WITH STORM PUMPS.

AND SO BY THE EXTENSION OF THIS EIGHT FOOT OF STORM DEPTH, UM, IT ALLOWS FOR A MUCH LARGER CONVEYANCE OF ANY RAIN EVENT TO GET OUT OF THIS AREA MORE QUICKLY.

UH, AND IT CAN BENEFIT CERTAINLY OUTSIDE OF JUST OUR PROPERTY, BUT ANY OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALSO ABLE TO TIE INTO THIS EIGHT FOOT OF DEPTH, GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, HAVE MORE, UH, LAND TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP, BUT THEN ALSO JUST TO GET THEIR WATER OUT QUICKER AND NOT RELY ON STORM PUMPS, UH, WHICH WE DO CURRENTLY RELY ON BECAUSE OF NECESSITY IN OUR EXISTING BAYTOWN CROSSINGS.

UM, THE, THIS FINAL LAND PLAN, KINDA A COMBINATION OF WHAT WE JUST WALKED THROUGH.

SO THE, THE WATER, THE SEWER, THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THIS ALSO INCLUDES THEN THE PARKS, WHICH ARE KIND OF THE GREEN STARS, UM, AND THE PLANNED, UM, JUST IMPROVEMENTS, THE REGIONAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE ENTIRE COMBINED.

UM, ALMOST 900 ACRES.

THESE NEXT THREE SLIDES ARE OUR VISIONING BOARDS.

THESE ARE ALL PICTURES OF ACTUAL FRIENDS WITH DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE HOUSTON AREA.

UM, JUST EXAMPLES, AND I WON'T SIT ON THEM TOO LONG, YOU'VE, I BELIEVE, UH, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAS SEEN THIS PRESENTATION.

UM, BUT THESE ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE ARE SHOWING TO YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE PRODUCED MANY COMMUNITIES IN THE HOUSTON AREA.

UM, WE HAPPILY PUT OUR NAME BEHIND EACH OF THEM, UM, AND IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE WOULD,

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UH, INTEND TO DO WITH ALL OF OUR WORK WITHIN BAYTOWN AREA.

AND THEN THIS IS EXAMPLES OF HOMES CURRENTLY BEING BUILT IN BAYTOWN CROSSINGS BY OUR PARENT, UH, COMPANY, LENNAR HOMES.

SO TO CONCLUDE, UM, AND I KNOW THIS IS NON-BINDING, BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE THE REQUEST FORMAL AND THEN GET YOUR FEEDBACK.

UM, WE DO REQUEST A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH MIMICS AND MAINTAINS EXISTING QUALITY STANDARDS FOR LAND PLANNING, LANDSCAPING, AND HOME ARCHITECTURE, ALL OF WHICH WERE SPECIFIC ITEMS IN OUR CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, TO MIMIC THAT GOING FORWARD, THE CREATION OF A PIT, WHICH, UM, HAS A COMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT LIST, UH, BEING WATER, SEWER, PARKS, DRAINAGE STREETS, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WOULD, WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS, AS FINANCIAL PROJECTS IN A MUD, UM, FOR A 30 YEAR DURATION PER PHASE.

AND THEN OVERLAPPING THE TURS WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT REINVESTMENT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND A PROJECT LIST THAT MIRRORS THE PI, THE INTENT THERE IS THAT THE TURS REINVESTMENT WOULD GO TOWARDS PI BONDS.

SO THERE'S AN EFFICIENCY OF USING BOTH FINANCE AVENUES FOR THE SAME BOND SALES.

UM, JUST ALLOWING IT TO, TO MORE MIMIC AN ETJ MUD, BUT BE AN IN-CITY DEVELOPMENT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD HAPPILY ANSWER THEM.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, MR. GENTLEMAN? I MEAN, I'VE GOT QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, BUT I CAN, I CAN WAIT TO GO TO THE, AT THE END.

UM, IS, IS, IS THERE ANOTHER ITEM ON THIS OR IS IT SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER? WELL, I THINK, UH, I THINK THIS IS THE ONLY ITEM ON THIS PARTICULAR THING.

'CAUSE UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS I THINK IS THAT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION, OKAY? MM-HMM .

I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK MINE NOW THEN.

UM, LET'S SEE HERE.

WHERE ARE WE AT? OKAY, SO JUST A COUPLE, COUPLE THINGS ACTUALLY FOR STAFF, FOR, FOR BRETT AND RICK.

SO I REMEMBER A, A COUPLE OF, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED A, A MUD AND A PID POLICY, AND I REMEMBER SOME THINGS THAT, THAT WE DELINEATED.

ONE WAS MORE THAN A HUNDRED ACRES.

ONE WAS, YOU KNOW, IT HAD TO HAVE CERTAIN AMENITIES.

AND OF COURSE THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, CHECKS ALL THOSE BOXES.

AND OF COURSE, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.

UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TRAILS, THE PARKS, THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS NEAR SCHOOLS, I MEAN, IT CHECKS ALL THE BOXES AND I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE AND IN FAVOR OF IT.

SO PLEASE DON'T GET THE WRONG IMPRESSION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, EARLIER TONIGHT WE, WE, UH, KIND OF UNCOMPLICATED SOME OF THE PERMITTING PROCEDURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I, I, IS, WOULD THIS BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE DID AN IN-CITY MUD AND WE CREATED A PIT AND WE OVERLAYED A TURS COMBINATION AS WELL? WELL, LET ME CORRECT YOU, SIR.

WE, WE WILL NOT BE DOING AN IN-CITY MUD.

WE'LL JUST BE DOING AN IN CITY PIT.

IN CITY PIT, OKAY.

SO THEY WILL BE ANNEXED, THE PROPERTIES WILL BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.

WE WILL PUT A PIT ON IT, AND THEN WE WILL ALSO LAYER TURS WITH IT.

SO, SO HERE'S WHERE I'M GOING THIS, BRETT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THE PI AND HOW IT QUALIFIES FOR THE PIT, AND I, I JUST HAVE SOME, I GUESS, QUESTIONS.

I WOULDN'T EVEN CALL 'EM CONCERNS, BUT, AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA SLOW THE PROCESS DOWN SINCE IT'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM.

BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A WORK SESSION THIS EVENING, OR I WOULD'VE, I WOULD'VE ASKED THESE IN THE WORK SESSION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY I, I READ THESE THINGS, AND I LOOK AT IT, IS ON CHAPTER THREE, 11 OF THE TAX CODE TALKS ABOUT TURS AND THE METHODS THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN USE TO PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL DRAW PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO THE AREA.

IN MY MIND, I DON'T SEE THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM DRAWING PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO THE AREA.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE GROWTH CORRIDOR OF BAYTOWN.

AND IN CHAPTER THREE 11 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE, IT TALKS ABOUT WE USE THESE MECHANISMS TO FINANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF UNPRODUCTIVE AND BLIGHTED AREAS WITHIN THE CITY.

AND THEN THERE'S A LONG LIST OF CRITERIA.

SO, LIKE I SAY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA SLOW THE PROCESS DOWN TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET WITH STAFF AT SOME POINT IN THEIR FUTURE.

IN, IN MY MIND, I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I FAIL TO SEE SOME OF THE QUALIFICATIONS HERE.

YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, I, MY PREFERENCE IS THE TYPICAL MUD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW THEY DID THE INITIAL PHASE.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE THE RATIONAL THING TO DO, WOULD BE TO CONTINUE WITH THAT MECHANISM.

SO, LIKE I SAY, I'M SURE STAFF HAS A VERY GOOD REASON I WOULD'VE ASKED THAT, WHAT THAT REASON IS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTIONS ARE, OR MORE RELATED TO, ARE WE REALLY FOLLOWING , YOU KNOW, THE INTENT YEAH.

OF, OF THE, OF THE TAX CODE.

SO YEAH, THE, THE, THE TOUR CAN BE USED IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMATS.

IT, IT ISN'T JUST APPLICABLE TOWARD BLIGHTED AREAS.

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UM, TOUR CAN, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE USING TOUR ON SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD, FOR EXAMPLE, AND, UH, AND WE JUST EXPANDED IT IN THAT AREA TO BRING IN SOME OTHER AREAS THAT NEED TO HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT WORK IN WHAT I CALL THE COMMON AREAS YEAH.

OF THE CITY, MEANING YOUR ROAD WORKS, SIDEWALKS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT, UH, WE DISCUSSED HAVING A PIT VERSUS A MUD, IF THEY ANNEX THIS INTO THEIR ETJ MUD, WE'VE PUT A HARD CAP ON THE CITY FOR GROWTH FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS OR LONGER, AS LONG AS THAT MUD EXISTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE NO WAY TO GET AROUND THAT NOR INCORPORATE THAT, THOSE AREAS INTO THE CITY.

SO, FOR US TO CONTINUE THE GROWTH OF THE CITY TOWARD THE NORTH SIDE, WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO WORK WITH FRIENDSWOOD ON CREATING THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND HELPING THEM OUT WITH THE TOURS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN BE COMPETITIVE.

AND I UNDERSTAND BRETT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, I, I WANT TO GET WITH STAFF IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE NEED TO KIND OF LOOK AT, AT ADJUSTING OUR POLICY ON, ON THINGS THAT, THAT QUALIFY FOR, FOR TIER.

SO, SO THEY DON'T JUST AT LEAST SEEM SUBJECTIVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE, WE CAN LOOK AT A POLICY SURE.

ON THAT AS WELL.

LIKE, WE HAVE PIS AND, AND MUDS IN THE PAST AS WELL.

SO THAT, THAT'S ALL I APPRECIATE.

APPRECIATE IT, BRETT.

UM, AGAIN, IT WAS JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM MM-HMM .

UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM,

[c. Discuss the incentive policy for the Baytown Revitalization Incentive Zone (RIZ) to exercise certain municipal powers in a neighborhood empowerment zone.]

UH, SEVEN C.

UM, DISCUSS THE INCENTIVE POLICY FOR THE BAY TOWN REVITALIZATION INCENTIVE ZONE TO EXERCISE CERTAIN MUNICIPAL POWERS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE.

MR. CHAVIS ITEM.

THERE WE GO.

ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WE WANTED TO DISCUSS THE RIZ PART OF THE SUCCESSES OF THE RIS AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE MOVING FORWARD.

UM, THE MAP THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU HERE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT THE R HAS ACTUALLY BEEN, UM, USED FOR AND IMPLEMENTED.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AVERAGING 20 TO 25 PROJECTS, UM, ANNUALLY FOR, UM, THE RIZ IN ITSELF, THIS PRO, THE R DOES HELP DEVELOPERS INVEST INSIDE OF OLD BAYTOWN, UM, PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT TWO.

WE, UH, ALSO EXTENDED THE RIZ, UH, TWO YEARS AGO TO INCLUDE THE BAYWAY CORRIDOR.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUR FIRST SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIAL PROJECT TO OCCUR UP THERE ON THAT PROJECT, I MEAN, ON IN THAT AREA.

AND IN THE FUTURE, UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THE RIZ AS IS THE, THE PARTICULAR RIS GUIDELINES, UM, REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT TO ELEVATE ITSELF TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS.

THE BENEFITS THAT THE R GIVE YOU ARE THE WAIVER OF TAX OR, OR WAIVER OF TAX, UM, TAXES ON PROPERTIES FOR FIVE YEARS.

IT ALSO WAIVES UPFRONT THE COST OF PERMIT FEES AND THEN ALSO IMPACT FEES.

SO, UH, WE WANT TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT ABOUT, UM, HOW YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM.

AND IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE ANY OF THE GUIDELINES, PARTICULARLY TO HELP BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING INSIDE OF THE OLD, INSIDE OF THE AREAS THAT YOU SEE HERE.

UM, THE MASONRY STANDARDS DO COST ADD COST TO THE PROJECTS.

SO WE'RE TALKING CDBG BUILDS HOMES WITH 30% BRICK ON THE FRONT.

CURRENTLY, THE STANDARDS FOR THE RIZ RIZ AREA IS 60% ON ALL SIDES OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND REALLY, STAFF IS HOPING THAT YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A, A FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AND MAYBE CONSIDER, UM, LIFTING SOME OF THE, THE GUIDE, SOME OF THE GUIDANCE, UH, THE GUIDELINES OF THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS INSIDE OF THE R.

GOT IT.

SO THERE IS SOMEONE WHO, UM, SPEAK.

UM, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK NOW OR DO YOU WANT TO, I THINK WE NEED TO EXPLAIN THE ITEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER, I THINK FOR COUNSEL TOO.

IF I CAN, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT HE SAID WAS, WAS A LITTLE TOO BROAD FOR MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS ITEM IS ABOUT.

IS THAT CORRECT? AM I MISSING? IT SEEMS A LITTLE TOO BROAD SOMETHING.

SO WHAT, THERE ARE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE R RIGHT? THOSE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS REQUIRE 60% MASONRY ON ALL SIDES OF CONSTRUCTION.

UM, WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSTRUCT CONSTRUCT CONTRACTORS TO, UH, ASK ABOUT LIFTING THOSE STANDARDS AND ALLOWING THEM TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF THE RISK.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO

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DISCUSS.

UM, IF WE CAN, IF YOU WANT STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CHANGING THOSE GUIDELINES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ASK THEM TO, TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.

I THINK THAT WILL KIND OF SET THE STAGE FOR MORE DISCUSSION.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

UH, MY NAME IS THOMAS HAS, I'M, UM, I'M THE INCOMING BOARD PRESIDENT FOR BAYTOWN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

AND AS SUCH, UM, BEEN A JOB EXACTLY TWO DAYS.

AND SO I'M EXCITED AND A LITTLE TERRIFIED TO BE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF YOU ABOUT, UH, THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION.

UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT, MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHAT WE DO.

WE, WE BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE, UH, AND WE'RE, WE DO IT WITH VOLUNTEERS LIKE MYSELF.

AND SO REALLY, IT'S, IT'S THE, IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

WE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER AND WE BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, MAKE, PULLING THAT OFF ISN'T THAT SIMPLE.

UM, MAKING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NOT EASY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, INCREASING, UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, MATERIALS COSTS THAT WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO THAT SAID, UM, THIS IS WHY THIS ISSUE IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US IS THAT, UM, FOR AN ORGANIZATION LIKE BAYTOWN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE, UH, BENEFITS THAT THE RIZ OFFERS IN TERMS OF WAIVING THE, THE PERMITTING FEES, UM, THAT REALLY HELPS US HOLD THE COST DOWN, UH, FOR OUR FUTURE.

UH, UM, UH, UH, HOMEOWNERS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE REGULATIONS THAT WE FOLLOW, UM, THAT ARE FROM OUR, OUR PARENT ORGANIZATION, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL, UH, WE HAVE, WE CANNOT, UM, BUILD HOUSES FOR, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

SO WITH THAT, UM, I THINK THAT THE, THE, THE MAXIMUM INCOME FOR A HOUSE THAT WE, FOR A PERSON RECEIVING A HOUSE THAT WE, WE MAKE IS ABOUT $57,000, GIVE OR TAKE, DEPENDING ON THE, UH, THE INCOME OF THE FAMILY.

UM, THAT SAID, THAT'S WHY IT BECOMES SO CRITICAL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE COST DOWN BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING INCREASINGLY IS, UH, THE INABILITY TO FIND INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, DON'T MAKE TOO MUCH, BUT YET CAN AFFORD THE HOMES THAT WE BUILD.

UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT THE HOUSES THAT WE'RE BUILDING ARE, UM, DUE IN OUR OPINION, UH, MEET THIS, THE, THE SPIRIT AND THE INTENT OF THE RIZ, IF NOT MAYBE THE LETTER OF THE LAW, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE HOMES THAT WE'RE BUILDING ARE APPRAISING MUCH HIGHER THAN THE, THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE BUILDING THEM IN.

UM, SO IN OUR OPINION, WE ARE REVITALIZING, WE ARE UPLIFTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE ARE BUILDING IN.

AND SO WE WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT, UM, I BROUGHT SANDY DENSON HERE, AND I THINK MANY OF YOU, UM, PROBABLY KNOW HER.

UH, SHE'S OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SHE'S A, SHE'S A FORCE IN HERSELF.

AND, UH, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN FOR YOU TONIGHT.

THE INTENT HERE IS, IS THIS DEVELOPMENT SOMETHING, UM, ONE THAT ENHANCES, UM, THE COMMUNITY THAT IT WOULD BE BUILT BY? AND THEN NUMBER TWO, I WOULD'VE TO SAY IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HABITAT HUMANITY, BUT THE MISSION AND PURPOSE THAT THEY HAVE IS, IS SOMETHING THAT IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T FIT INTO, UH, WHEN WE WANT TO TALK TO DEVELOPERS, WHICH WE TALKED TO TWO TONIGHT, YOU HEARD ME EXPRESS THE TYPE OF REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, THEIR CDBG REQUIREMENTS THAT WE MAY MEET.

LET ME, IF I MAY, LET ME, UM, LET ME EXPRESS AT LEAST MY UNDERSTANDING.

WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL OF, FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL? I'M NOT SURE WHO HAS BEEN CONTACTED OR NOT.

SO, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, UM, IS ONE TO CONSTRUCT, I THINK OVERALL SEVEN HOMES, UH, AND A PARCEL, I GUESS JUST, UM, GUESS THAT WOULD BE JUST, UH, WEST OF KIND OF THE, UH, THE WALGREENS ON ALEXANDER AND WARD? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND SO THEY, THEY BUILD ABOUT ONE HOME A YEAR.

AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY HE, HE DID EXPRESS THE, THE TYPE OF, UM, RESIDENT THAT WOULD GO AND OCCUPY THIS HOME.

OBVIOUSLY, ONCE IT COMES, IT GOES FROM HABITAT HUMANITY TO, UM, OCCUPIED BY THAT INDIVIDUAL.

THEN IT GOES INTO DIRECTOR TAX ROLES AND SO ON FOR THE CITY.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NONPROFITS, SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

I KNOW WITH CDBG, THERE'S SOME STANDARDS AND OBVIOUSLY ANY OTHER, OTHER HOMES WE DO TRY TO GO AND HAVE MASONRY STANDARDS AND OTHER, OTHER, OTHER, UM, REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD HELP ELEVATE THE, THE QUALITY OF HOME.

AND, AND, UH, I THINK THE POINT THAT HE MADE WAS THAT, UM, THE IDEA OF, OF THE, THE RIZ IS TO GO AND, AND WHEN YOU DO CONSTRUCT THAT YOU ARE BRINGING AN ENHANCEMENT TO THE DWELLING THAT YOU'RE, OR THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

I THINK THE IDEA WOULD BE, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT EITHER THERE'S, UM, COUNSEL COULD CONSIDER, UM, AT SOME POINT EITHER SOME TYPE OF PERCENTAGE OF MASONRY, SOMETHING FROM ZERO TO, I'M ASSUMING 60, SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE ARE, WE'RE REALLY HERE TO DISCUSS.

UM, WHEN I MET WITH THEM A FEW DAYS AGO, UM, I THINK I MET, WELL, I MET WITH MR. LESTER, BUT I THINK IT'S LIKE RIGHT ON THE, THE LINE BETWEEN IT IS MR. PRESLEY DISTRICT YEAH.

AND MR. LESTER DISTRICT.

BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'RE, THEY ARE, UH, AWARE OF, OF, UM, THE SITUATION.

AND SO THAT DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHOSE DISTRICT IT'S IN.

AND SO WITH THE,

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BUT THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH PROBABLY OUT OF THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES.

AND PROBABLY, IF I HAD TO TAKE A GUESS.

AND SO THE QUESTION IS, WHEN IT COMES TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, A NON-FOR-PROFIT BUILDER, IN A SENSE, WHAT DIRECTION DOES COUNCIL WANT TO GIVE STAFF AS FAR AS ANY TYPE OF BUILDING, UM, ARE MASONRY STANDARDS? THAT IS WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT.

SO, YES, SIR.

SO I HAVE SOME COMMENTS, MAYOR.

AND I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK I CAN DO IT UNDER TWO OR THREE MINUTES, BUT, OKAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

I'VE ATTENDED MANY OF THE RIBBON CUTTINGS, AND I, I CERTAINLY THINK A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO SANDY, UH, MORE THAN ONCE ON, ON THIS ITEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, LIKE I SAY, I, I WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN 2014 THAT PRE RICK DAVIS THAT WORKED VERY HARD, UH, TO BUILD A CONSENSUS ON THIS COUNCIL AND TO, AND TO GET THE RIZ ON THE BOOKS.

I KNOW THE MAYOR WAS ON COUNCIL AT THIS TIME, BUT IT WAS, UH, IT'S SOMETHING I'M VERY PROUD OF, IS THAT RIZ PROGRAM.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE INTENT IS, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A GIVEAWAY.

IT'S THE CITY IS, IS WILLING TO REWARD INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES FOR INVESTING IN BUILDING IN THE OLDER AREAS OF TOWN THAT ARE VERY CHALLENGED AND IN RETURN, YOU KNOW, ALL WE ASK FOR, SINCE WE DON'T COLLECT FEES IN THE FORM OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES AND, AND IMPACT FEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, INSPECTION FEES, AND WE EVEN GIVE A FIVE YEAR TAX ABATEMENT AS WELL IN RETURN.

WE JUST ASK FOR THE BEST PRODUCT THAT WE CAN GET.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS TO LIFT UP THE OLDER AREAS AS BEST WE CAN IN RETURN.

UM, IN MY OPINION, REQUIRING MASONRY, UH, DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR.

AND I'VE, I'VE SPOKE TO SANDY ABOUT THIS AS FAR AS 60% ON ALL SIDES.

THAT'S, IS THAT CORRECT? SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD CERTAINLY BE OPEN TO LOWERING THAT THRESHOLD PERHAPS SOMEWHERE IF, IF LISTEN, IF WE DO OUR CDBG HOMES AT 30% OF THE FRONT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NOT, I MAY NOT BE OPPOSED TO THAT TO, TO LOWER IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, BRICK ACCENTS, , ADD, ADD A LOT.

AND I, I ATTEND THE CDBG HOMES WHEN, WHEN THOSE FAMILIES MOVE IN AS WELL.

I JUST ATTENDED ONE ON REPUBLIC OR GOLF.

AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, BRICK ACCENTS AND MASONRY ADD A LOT.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BRICK, IT CAN BE STUCCO, IT CAN BE FAKE STONE.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LICK AND STICK PRODUCT THAT VIRTUALLY ANYONE CAN DO.

AND I'M SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE.

SO IT, IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL.

AND, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE MISSION OF HABITAT AND, AND SERVING, YOU KNOW, LOWER INCOME FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS.

AND, AND IF WE DO ENTERTAIN A LOWER THRESHOLD ON MASONRY, I WOULD ASK THAT WE NOT DO A CARVE OUT SPECIFICALLY FOR HABITAT.

YOU KNOW, MY FIDELITY IS TO DISTRICT TWO, AND I WOULD ASK THAT THAT WHAT WE DO FOR ONE, WE DO FOR ALL.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, I, I KNOW MY CONSTITUENTS VERY WELL, AND , I DON'T HAVE VERY MANY WEALTHY CONSTITUENTS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THE MAJORITY OF 'EM MAKE LESS THAN $57,000.

SO IF IT HELPS THE, THE, THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HABITAT HOMES, IT, IT WOULD HELP THE OCCUPANTS AND THE OTHER RESIDENTS OF THE OLDER AREAS AS WELL.

SO IF WE DO ANYTHING, I WOULD ASK THAT WE DO IT FOR EVERYONE IN, IN THE RIS BOUNDARIES.

AND LIKE I SAY, I, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, I WOULD PROBABLY PREFER TO SEE A LITTLE MORE THAN 30% ON THE FRONT ONLY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S THE CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL TO GO DOWN TO THAT LOW OF A THRESHOLD, I'M CERTAINLY A TEAM PLAYER AND, AND I WOULD BE A LITTLE RELUCTANTLY, BUT I, I, I WOULD GO ALONG WITH THAT IF, IF THAT'S THE CONSENSUS.

SO I, I'M, I'M CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, OPEN TO, I THINK IT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST TO, TO DECREASE THE 60% ON ALL SIDES, THAT'S FOR SURE.

FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, BUT THAT'S A GREAT IDEA WHAT YOU SAID, OPENING IT UP FOR EVERYONE.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S MOLLY COMMENTS, MAYOR? YES, SIR.

I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

UM, I WOULDN'T BE IN FAVOR OF STUCCO BECAUSE YOU WHAT PEOPLE WOULD NEED TO BE EDUCATED ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAINTAIN IT.

BRICK VENEER WOULD BE GREAT.

I WAS, AFTER I TALKED WITH RICK, I WENT AND DID SOME RESEARCH MYSELF AND LOOKED AT THE COST POINT BETWEEN BRICK VENEER AND BRICK.

AND IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT.

UM, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF NOT JUST ALLOWING IT

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WHAT'S GOOD FOR ONE IS GOOD FOR THE OTHERS.

I'M HAPPY THAT WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION HERE IN THE CITY THAT'S LOOKING OUT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NOT BE AT THE THRESHOLD OF OTHERS.

WE'VE, I'VE HEARD THE WORD REWARD.

THOSE WHO BUILD, YOU ALL BUILD IN THOSE AREAS.

WE SHOULD REWARD YOU ALL.

AND I THANK YOU FOR COMING BEFORE COUNCIL AND ASKING FOR US TO TAKE, ASKING US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

FOR THAT REASON.

I DON'T THINK ANY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER DEVELOPERS COMING IN LOOKING OUT FOR THIS POPULATION OF PEOPLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

BUT COUNCILMAN PRESLEY, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID.

UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH OUR TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT.

WELL, I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR.

SO BECAUSE YOU SAID TWO THINGS, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE, SO THERE WAS, WHAT I HEARD WAS ONE WAS 30% MASONARY STANDARD OVERALL, OR AT LEAST 30% ON THE FRONT.

WELL, LET'S CONFIRM THAT.

CAN YOU, CHRIS, IS, IS, SO CDBG STANDARD IS 30% ON FRONT ONLY.

IT DOESN'T WRAP.

I'M SURE IT YEAH, I'M SURE IT'S THE SIDES AT ALL.

NO, WE, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A CEMENTITIOUS, UH, HARDY PLANT THAT WE USE ON THE SIZE AND THE REAR, AND THEN THERE'S JUST THE 30% BRICK ON THE FRONT.

SO, SO THAT MATERIAL WOULD QUALIFY, LET'S SAY, AS, AS A IT WOULD NOT QUALIFY AS MASONRY.

IT WOULD NOT.

SO, SO SO TO TO ASK.

ONE OTHER THING IS IN THAT IF WE COULD HAVE MAYBE PERHAPS SOME CONSIDERATION FOR OTHER BRICK LIKE MATERIALS AND, AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THIS STUFF, BUT RIGHT.

THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE, WE RUN AGAINST IS THAT, UH, VOLUNTEERS TYPICALLY AREN'T MASONS.

AND SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO DO THAT, BUT THERE ARE PANELS OF STUFF THAT LOOKS LIKE BRICK AND I KNOW THAT WE COULD INSTALL THINGS LIKE THAT.

I GUESS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, HOW DID WE ARRIVE AT THE 30% MASONRY ON OUR CDBG PROGRAM? I, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S A FEDERAL GUIDELINE.

IS THAT THAT, IS THAT A INTERNAL POLICY OR HOW DID WE DERIVE 30% OF THE FRONT? YES, IT, IT'S SIMPLY A CONCEPT THAT WE CREATED INSIDE.

AND WE, WE KNEW THAT, THAT WE WANTED TO ELEVATE THE OLDER PRODUCTS THAT WE WERE BUILDING AND IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE AFFORDABLE AND MAINTAIN AFFORDABLE, SO WE ENDED UP WITH THE 30%.

AND I BELIEVE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THOSE PLANS SINCE 2016 OR SO.

HMM.

SO STAFF, YEAH.

SINCE AN INTERNAL, I KNOW MM-HMM .

BUT I MEAN, WE COULD ADJUST THAT AS WELL, ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT YOU SAID.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

AND MAYOR, YOU AND I DID VISIT WITH THEM AND, AND I APPRECIATED THE COMMENTS FROM, FROM COUNCILMAN PRESLEY AND, AND JOHNSON.

SO OUR CDBG REQUIRES MASONRY ON THE FRONT, AND THAT'S WHAT I KIND OF NOTICED.

BUT THE RIZ REQUIRES MASONRY ON ALL FOUR WALLS SO THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF HOUSES THAT HAVE BRICK VENEERS ON FRONT AND DOWN THE SIDES, BUT THE BACK IS, YEAH.

JUST VINYL OR HARDY PLANK OR WHATEVER.

SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, EQUALIZING THAT OUT TO BE MORE REFLECTIVE OF CDBG IN THE RIZ.

AGAIN, I, I CAN SEE US BEING A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE ON THE RIZ, YOU KNOW, 30% ON THREE SIDES, NOT THE BACK.

SO, YOU KNOW, THEY, 'CAUSE IT'S THE BACKYARD THERE, NOBODY'S GONNA SEE IT EXCEPT THE HOMEOWNER.

SO YOU WANNA HAVE THE, THE BRICK VENEER.

I CAN UNDERSTAND WE WANT THE, THE BRICK ON THE SIDES OF THE FRONT TO ELEVATE THE AESTHETICS.

MAYBE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AESTHETICS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE STREET CURB APPEAL TYPE THING.

IT'S ELEVATING UP.

MAYBE WE COULD ADJUST IT A LITTLE BIT THAT WAY, WHICH BRINGS THE COST DOWN.

'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE DO IT ON ALL FOUR WALLS.

YOU'RE NOT TALKING 60%.

WE'RE CUTTING IT IN HALF.

SO I, I THINK THERE'S ROOM TO DISCUSS AND MM-HMM .

AND THEN ALSO CLARIFY ON THE DEFINITIONS.

AND CHRIS COULD PROBABLY HELP US, WOULD THE, THE FULL BRICK PANELS AND STUFF QUALIFY AS AS MASONRY? OR IF IT DOESN'T, THEN COULD WE ADD THAT INTO THE DEFINITION SO IT WOULD BE ALLOWED MM-HMM .

WE CAN ADJUST THE DEFINITION.

AND I'M NOT CLEAR, CURRENTLY WE USE AN ACTUAL BRICK YEAH.

UM, FOR OUR, UH, PRODUCT.

SO IF WE WERE TO DO SOME TYPE OF VENEER CLADDING, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WOULD QUALIFY.

I THINK THAT WOULD, IT ACTUALLY REQUIRES A BRICK OR A ACTUAL STONE UNDER CURRENT DEFINITION.

IT DOES, YES.

BUT IF WE MODIFY THE DEFINITE DEFINITION TO INCLUDE CERTAIN TYPES OF ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

THEN IT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY THE GUIDELINES ARE, ARE IN YOUR CONTROL.

UH, IF IT'S A BRICK HOUSE, I UNDERSTAND IT.

SO AGAIN, WE CAN STILL MAKE THE RE A LITTLE MORE MM-HMM .

RESTRICTIVE THAN CDBG.

BUT I, I CAN'T SEE THE NEED OF GOING ALL FOUR, YOU KNOW, GET BRICK IN THE BACKYARD.

COME ON.

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BUT IF IT'S 60 40 OR OR 30% ON THREE SIDES WITH DEFINITION CLARIFICATION TO ALLOW THE, THE FULL BRICK THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THAT'S GOTTA HELP SOME.

AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE WOULD ACTUALLY, WHATEVER WE DO IN THE RIS, YOU KNOW, ADJUST OUR EDBG STANDARD AS WELL.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRACTICING WHAT WE PREACH AND WE'RE RAISING THE STANDARD OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.

I, I UNDERSTAND THAT FULLY.

AND, AND I ALSO AGREE THAT THE, WHATEVER WE DO, THE RIZ APPLIES ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE, SO WHAT WOULD, WHAT WERE Y ARE Y'ALL PROPOSING AS FAR AS A REQUIREMENT? I MEAN, OF ANY, WE'LL JUST SAY ANY MASONRY OR MASONRY DEFINED THE 30% ON THE FRONT AND THE TWO SIDES.

I MEAN, I, I WOULD NOT EVEN BE RELUCTANT THAT THAT WOULD BE, I WOULD LOVE THAT.

I WOULD BE GREAT WITH THAT.

JUST ONE MORE COMMENT TO THAT.

UM, WE DID DO SOME LOOKING AT SOME ALTERNATIVE, UH, DESIGNS AND SO FORTH FOR OUR HOUSE.

AND WE LOOKED AT ONES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND THEY USED A 20%, UM, LINE ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE ENTIRE HOUSE.

AND THAT WAS VERY ACCEPTABLE TO US BECAUSE IT COMES IN RIGHT BELOW THE, UH, THE WINDOW SILLS.

IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE FACADE OF A HOUSE, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT 30%, UM, MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE ODD, YOU KNOW, UM, IF YOU CONSIDER A THIRD OF THE WALL UP BEING, UH, A BRICK.

I JUST WANTED TO, TO SHARE THAT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT 20% ON ALL FOUR SIDES? I'M SORRY, WHAT DO YOU THINK? ABOUT 20% ON ALL FOUR SIDES? IF IT'S, IF IT'S A PRODUCT THAT WE CAN INSTALL AND WE CAN AFFORD THAT, I'M, I'M ALL FOR IT.

I MEAN, I, I WOULD CERTAINLY, I MEAN, I AGREE WITH THE BACK PART IS YEAH, TO ME, SEEMS MY FIRST, YEAH, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS SAME, SAME AS YOU.

I MEAN, JUST THE BACK WALL, PROBABLY THE FIRST THING, EASIEST THING TO GO.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THE POSSIBILITY OF JUST AN AVERAGE OF THE REMAINING THREE SIDES.

SOME, I MEAN, IF THEY WANT TO BRICK THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND THEN SIDE THE WHOLE REST OF IT, I MEAN THAT YEAH.

AND MIGHT BE EASIER FROM A CONSTRUCTION POINT TO KNOCK OUT ONE WALL AND HAVE SIDING ON THE REST.

BUT I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE GONNA LAND.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE VERY NEW AT THIS, THIS DISCUSSION, BUT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, I CAN SHOW YOU PICTURES.

WE HAVE SOME HERE IF WE'D LIKE, I CAN PASS THEM OUT OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT MAYBE 20 PER 20, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 20% OF THE FRONT AND SIDES, HOWEVER THAT IS, YOU MAY DO THE WHOLE FRONT, HOWEVER YOU WANNA GET THERE, HOWEVER YOU WANNA GET THERE.

IS THAT FAIR? AND ONE THING THAT, UH, WE PLAN TO DO, IF YOU GUYS GIVE US THE GUIDANCE TO COME BACK, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE, WE'LL BRING YOU CONCEPT DRAWINGS.

SO WE'LL HAVE CONCEPT DRAWINGS THAT'LL SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.

WHETHER IT BE ALL BRICK ON THE FRONT, NOTHING ON THE SIDES OR INTENT, 30%, 50%, ET CETERA.

SO YES, MA'AM.

UM, SO I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING, BUT, UH, DO YOU HAVE, OR DO YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER HABITAT COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR AS TO WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING OR WELL, THE PICTURE YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, THAT'S MONTGOMERY COUNTY HABITAT.

SO, UM, YES.

SO THEY FOUND A WAY TO WORK WITH THE RIZ TO, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DO THAT WITH NO, THIS IS JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE A RIZ.

THAT'S RIGHT.

BUT IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ADD THE, THE BRICK, THE, THE REAL BRICKS TO THE HOUSE, THE, THE WAY THAT THE, WITHIN THE R IT ACTUALLY ADDS ABOUT 10% OF THE COST TO OUR HOUSE.

SO IT'S ABOUT $10,000, UM, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT FOR US.

UM, AND THAT ACTUALLY BECOMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN NOT, NOT UTILIZING THE, THE BENEFIT OF THE R.

AND, AND I KNOW SINCE WE'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION, I'D DEFINITELY BE OPEN TO, UM, RECEIVING OPTIONS FROM STAFF ON WHAT THAT NEW AMEND, UM, WHAT CODE WOULD LOOK LIKE.

I THINK WE'RE SAYING WE KIND OF GAVE THE DIRECTION.

YEAH, I THINK WE GAVE THE DIRECTION, UM, AT LEAST 1% OF ALL THREE SIDES, WHATEVER THAT THE EQUIVALENT, THE, THE EQUIVALENT OF 20% OF ALL THREE SIDES.

AND THEN HOWEVER THEY WANNA GET THERE, IF THEY WANNA DO ALL FRONT OR PART OF THE SIDE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS ONE HAS, IT HAS, UM, A FENCE THAT'S, I MEAN, SO EVEN SEE THE SIDES, SO THAT IT MAY, THAT, THAT GOES TO OUR CONCEPT.

THAT'S ONCE YOU GET PAST THAT FENCE, THE BRICK VENEER, WHETHER IT'S REAL BRICK, BIG VENEER OR WHATEVER, IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE AN IMPACT.

NO.

SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF 20% OF THE EQUIVALENT OF ALL THE FRONT AND THE TWO SIDES.

YOU WANT TO PUT IT ALL ON FRONT.

THAT'S GREAT.

YOU WANT TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF LAP OVER AND HAVE YOUR FENCES.

THAT'S EVEN BETTER.

PUT 20%.

THEY WANNA DO THE FRONT AND ONE SIDE, SO IT GIVES THEM FLEXIBILITY.

I'M GOOD.

I LIKE, I LIKE THAT CONCEPT SOUND, AMEN.

I THINK THAT WAS DISCUSSION.

THERE'S NO ACTION, BUT AT LEAST SOME DIRECTION FOR STAFF TO, TO DEVELOP SOMETHING.

THERE ARE MAYOR, THERE ARE ACTUALLY, OF COURSE, THREE ISSUES.

HERE AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THE 20% OF THREE SIDES, THE EQUIVALENT EQUIVALENT, 20% OF THREE SIDES.

HOWEVER THEY WANT TO APPLY IT.

TO THE, TO THE HOUSE.

BRICK VENEER TYPE OF, UH, PRODUCT.

THE SECOND ISSUE HAS TO DO WITH THE DEFINITION OF MASONRY TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE AIRSTONE OR OTHER WHATEVER,

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AND THEN A, A THIRD ISSUE IS THE EXPEDIENCY AS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR, UH, PERMITTING.

AND, UH, ONE THING THAT WE DISCUSSED THE OTHER DAY WAS, DO YOU WANT, UH, SOME KIND OF, UH, BECAUSE PART OF THE BENEFITS OF THE RIS ARE THE, UH, WAIVER OF CERTAIN FEES.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND MY INTENTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WAIVER RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET YES.

GOING WITH THE PERMIT AND NOT WAIT UNTIL THAT'S JANUARY UNTIL YOU APPROVE THIS PARTICULAR POLICY AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

WE JUST WANT .

SO WE'LL TREAT THIS LIKE A RIS IT SEEMS FAIR AND MOVE FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE, UH, YES AND THE NEW MASON, THE TWO ASPECTS THAT I JUST DESCRIBED WIDE AND, AND WE WOULD, AND, AND THEN IT APPLIES RIZ WIDE.

WE WOULD LOOK AT ADJUSTING OUR CDBG POLICY AS WELL.

YOU, THAT WAS THE OTHER KEY PART.

IT MAKES, I, I THOUGHT I, I WAS, MY ASSUMPTION WAS THE, UH, CBG WAS, WAS FEDERAL FAIRLY DRIVEN, BUT, AND MAYOR, IT, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT WHEN WE DON'T SAY THINGS AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T GO, YOU KNOW, WE SAY 20%, BUT WITH THE FOCUS ON THE FRONT, 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOUNDS SILLY.

SO I'M GONNA PUT, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA LEAVE THE FRONT PANEL AND I'M GONNA BREAK THE SIDES.

BUT ME, ME PERSONALLY, CHRIS, YOU'RE LAUGHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN THERE.

MY, MY OPTION THAT I, THAT I WOULD PRESENT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF 20% OF THREE SIDES ARE THE ENTIRE FRONT.

I WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT.

SOUNDS GOOD.

I MEAN, AND OB OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU, YOU DON'T PUT ALL THE WAY TO THE ROOF, BUT TO THE ROOF LINE, I GUESS.

THIS EXAMPLE IS NICE.

NO.

SO, UM, WE'LL AT SOME MORE OPTIONS, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED IS SOME DIRECTION.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WANNA TRY TO POUR A SLAB SOON.

SO I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH DIRECTION FOR YOU TO, TO PROCEED, STILL GET THE INCENTIVES, UM, IN A SENSE WITH AT LEAST YOU, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHERE THIS IS HEADING.

IS THAT, IS THAT HELPFUL TO YOU TOO? YES, THANK YOU.

AND, AND STAFF HAS ENOUGH DIRECTION.

AND SO WE'LL CONSIDER THOSE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE, FUTURE AGENDA.

SO, OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION.

I THINK THAT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE AND EFFECTIVE.

OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CDBG FUNDS.

UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORTS EIGHT, A SUMMARY

[a. Receive a summary of accomplishments achieved with Baytown CDBG funds and the executive summary of the annual Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). ]

IMAGINE THAT, I'M SURE THERE'S GONNA BE A VERY BRIEF SUMMARY, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

WE CAN MAKE IT VERY BRIEF.

SO AS YOU KNOW, YOU ALL LOOK AT A BUDGET.

YOU ALL GIVE US GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION.

UM, HERE WE GO HERE, , AS YOU KNOW, YOU ALL GIVE US GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION OF HOW TO SPEND OUR CDBG DOLLARS EVERY YEAR.

UM, AND WE JUST WANT TO WRAP THAT UP AND TELL YOU ABOUT THE NUMBER OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING CURRENTLY, WE ARE BUILDING THREE, UM, NEW HOUSES INSIDE OF OLD BAYTOWN.

UM, ONE ON CHERRY STREET, ONE ON UTAH, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE ON VERMONT.

UM, WE, UH, HAVE DONE SIX SEWER LINE PROJECTS.

THOSE SEWER LINE PROJECTS ALSO HELP THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

ESSENTIALLY, IF THERE IS A HOMEOWNER WHO HAS A LEAKING SEWER LINE FROM THE MAIN LINE TO THEIR HOME AND THEY ARE OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REPAIR THAT.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY MET THE GOAL OF SIX PROJECTS THIS YEAR.

UM, WE'VE ALSO HELPED A NUMBER OF SERVICE PROVIDERS.

THE BIGGEST ONE BEING LOVE NETWORK.

LOVE NETWORK RUNS OUR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.

AND THAT TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM HAS HELPED OVER 90 SENIORS WITH TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS INSIDE OF, UH, FROM BAYTOWN TO HOUSTON OR WHATEVER AREA THEY NEEDED TO GET TO.

THEY ALSO HELPS THEM WITH THE, THE RIDES, UM, PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO USE THE BUS AT A VERY DISCOUNTED RATE.

UM, OVERALL THE MAP PRETTY MUCH SHOWS YOU, UH, A GREAT, UH, AMOUNT OF THE ACTIVITY THAT GOES ON.

THAT INCLUDES THE DEMOLITION OF, UM, SUBSTANDARD HOUSES.

IT ALSO INCLUDES THE SECURING OF PROPERTIES AND, AND MANY OTHER THINGS.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON I DO, MAYOR.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, I DON'T SEE THE, UM, PAINTBRUSH PROJECT.

UM, WOULD THAT NOT BE LISTED AS PART OF YOUR CDBG PROJECTS OR, IT IS, IT IS PART OF OUR CDBG PROJECTS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE STILL HAVE NOT, UM, SECURED ANY, UH, SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS FOR THAT PROGRAM YET.

THE CDBG FUNDING THAT YOU RECEIVED FOR, UM, CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE.

UM, WE DID EXPAND THE, IF YOU KNOW, IN 20, UH, THIS YEAR WE DID EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES MM-HMM .

SO WE'RE STILL ADVERTISING IN THE AREAS HOPING TO GET THOSE APPLICANTS IN THERE.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND THEN, UM, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONNECT ALSO ON

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THAT'S CORRECT.

HOW MANY APPLICANTS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OR HAVE ANY AT ALL? MM-HMM .

WE HAVE, WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF APPLICANTS THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM.

WE'RE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 DIFFERENT, UM, ESSENTIAL WORKERS THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM, AND THEY GET UP TO ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF CHILDCARE.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

UM, WITH THAT, SO, UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A, A BIG BURDEN THAT'S TAKEN OFF OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE, UH, KEEPING, THAT IS KEEPING PEOPLE IN, IN WORKING AND ALLOWING THE KIDS TO BE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHILE THEY'RE AT WORK.

NOW, BECAUSE THIS WAS DUE TO, UM, COVID, DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FUNDS FOR THE CHILDCARE, UH, ASSISTANCE OR UNTIL IT RUNS OUT, OR, WELL, WE ARE, WE ARE LOOKING AT ENDING THE, THE COVID DOLLARS AT THE END OF 20, OR SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.

UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE GUIDE, THE GUIDANCE IS FROM THE, FROM HUD IS ON CONTINUING THAT.

UH, THAT WAS KIND OF THE, THE DEADLINE THAT WE SET FOR OURSELVES HERE.

UH, WE HAVE ITEMS A THROUGH Y AND I AM TOLD STAFF IS NOT READY.

UM, JUST TO MEET IT AND WE'LL, WE'LL SEE.

THEY, HUD HAS GIVEN US DIFFERENT GUIDANCE, SO IT, IT'S LIKELY IT'LL BE ABLE TO BE EXPANDED.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM CON, THE CONSENT ITEMS.

[9. 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.]

UM, WE'RE NOT OR WE'RE NOT READY OR, UM, WE'D LIKE TO PULL P AND B.

UM, P, P AS IN PAUL AND B AS IN VICTOR.

UH, QUESTION, MAYOR? YES.

IF WE, IF WE PULL B, WOULD THAT MEAN THAT WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO PULL D SINCE IT RELATES TO THE SAME PROJECT? OR AM I READING THIS WRONG? D IS, HE DIDN'T SAY IT'S P AS IN PAUL.

NO, NO.

I MEAN, IF, IF WE PULL B, NO, B, IT'S E, P, IT'S A B PAUL.

OH, P AS IN PAUL.

ANYWAY, SO, UH, P AND B WILL BE PULLED TO BE CONSIDERED AT A FUTURE AGENDA OR SOMETHING.

SO WITH THAT ON ENTERTAIN, I'D LIKE TO ALSO PULL X FOR DISCUSSION, X FOR DISCUSSION, FOR, FOR JUST TO VOTE ON THAT ONE STEP.

JUST CLARIFICATION HERE, MA'AM.

WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU JUST GIVE US A BRAVO, ALPHA, JUST WHAT ARE WE PULLING AGAIN? UH, P AS IN PAUL, B AS IN PAUL, AND B AS IN VICTOR, V AS VICTOR.

AND X AND X IS GONNA BE CONSIDERED? YEAH, WE'RE PULLING THOSE.

THE FIRST TWO ITEMS, NOT FOR, NOT FOR CONSIDERATION.

X WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY INDIVIDUALLY.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO PULL B AS IN BOY AND D AS IN DOG AS WELL.

AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADD A TO THAT AS WELL.

ADD A, YOU'RE PULLING A, OKAY.

JUST FOR DISCUSSION.

WE MAY NEED A, WE MAY NEED AN ATTORNEY TO MAKE THIS MOTION.

YOU GOT IT? YOU GOT ON NOW? OKAY.

NO, I DON'T, I GOT IT.

I GOT IT.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD.

MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH Y, Y SAVE AND ACCEPT P AND V, B, D, X, AND A FOR DISCUSSION.

ALRIGHT, SO FIRST, UH, LET'S APPROVE THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN A SENSE AT THIS PART AT THIS POINT.

UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THOSE ITEMS. UM, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

SO I'LL GO START FROM THE TOP.

ITEM A, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE, APPRO AND CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FIVE TO THE ANIMAL SERVICES AND ADOPTION SHELTER PROJECT WITH CONSTRUCTION MASTERS OF HOUSTON.

LLC.

AND DOES MY DESCRIPTION OF HOW MANY ADDITIONAL CATS IT'S GONNA PROVIDE.

CAT, WE'RE ADDING AN EXTRA ROW.

THIS IS WHAT, 26 ADDITIONAL CAGES.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE CAPACITY ISSUE ON THAT ONE.

CA CAT PER CAGE OR WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE INCREASE FROM THIS IS TO, FROM, FROM WHAT TO WHAT? SO THIS IS TO ACHIEVE A TOTAL OF 78 CAT CAGES.

SO THAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL INTENT.

THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY IN THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS THAT CAUSED THE CONTRACTOR TO CHOOSE TWO ROWS.

SO INSTEAD OF, BASICALLY THEY'RE PLACED IN ROWS, SO THIS, THEY CAUGHT THE TWO BUT NOT THE THIRD ROW.

SO THIS ADDS THAT THIRD ROW.

BUT WE'RE INCREASING UP TO 78 TOTAL? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THAT'S TOTAL CAT CAGES? THAT'S CORRECT.

THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT WHEN THE, WHEN CONCERNING DISEASE WITH THEM BEING ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER, HOW IS THAT GONNA AFFECT THE SPREAD OF DISEASE OF ONE CAT COMES IN THAT OR CATCHES SOMETHING INFECTED WITH SOMETHING? I'LL ANSWER THE FIRST PART, WHICH IS THESE ARE STAINLESS STEEL, UH, CAGES.

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

JUST A QUESTION.

HADN'T

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THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY HIGHLY HIGH.

BASICALLY THEY'RE ABLE TO BE, UH, DISINFECTED.

BUT I'M GONNA DEFER TO TONY WHO WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT SPECIFICALLY.

YEAH, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

IT'S A GREAT QUESTION MR. LESTER.

IT WOULDN'T, MINE IS HIS , COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

SORRY.

SO THE, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE, OF THE THIS NEW SHELTER IS THE AUTOMATED AND SPECIALIZED VENTILATION SYSTEM.

THAT'S GONNA BE USED IN THE, IN THE SHELTER.

UM, THAT WILL HELP CUT DOWN ON THAT.

UH, WE'RE ALSO IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UM, WE WILL HAVE A VETERINARIAN, UM, TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS AND EVALUATE THE, THE ANIMALS THAT COME IN AND THEN, UH, PROACTIVELY, UH, TREAT THEM AS NEEDED.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE WITH CATS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE IN A LOT BETTER POSITION, UH, THAN WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE.

AND, UH, SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE, OUR HOPE GOING FORWARD.

THE OKAY.

THE VENTILATION SYSTEM.

UM, AND THEN HAVING THE VET THERE FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.

GOOD DEAL.

I'LL, I'LL, I'LL JUMP IN THERE.

MOST DISEASES AND SHELTERS INVOLVING CATS IS AIRBORNE AND THE VENTILATION SYSTEM THAT TAKE CARE OF, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN, UH, IS SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE THAN JUST NORMAL AIR.

SO THAT WILL HELP THAT.

AGAIN, ANYTIME WE IMPROVE OR INCREASE ANIMAL CONTROL, AGAIN, I'VE GOT FOND MEMORIES.

UM, I JUST ALWAYS WANNA POINT IT OUT AND NOT JUST KIND OF LET IT SLIDE THROUGH THAT THIS IS A MAJOR STEP UP IN IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

UM, WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING CARE OF OUR STRAY AND ABANDONED ANIMALS AT A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL.

AND, AND I'M, I'M ONE AND I'M JUST TICKLED ABOUT IT.

BUT, BUT YEAH, IT'S, THE AIR VENTILATION SYSTEM IS THE REAL IMPACT IN CATS.

DOGS IS MORE CONTACT.

CATS IS, IS AIRBORNE.

SO WITH THAT, UM, I GUESS ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NINE A MOTION TO APPROVE NINE A SECOND.

MOTION SECOND.

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

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS B AND D.

OPPOSED? OKAY.

I GUESS, WE'LL IF YOU WANT TO, WE CONSIDER WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER 'EM, WE CAN SEND 'EM TOGETHER IF YOU'D LIKE.

YES, PLEASE.

SO, UM, UM, FIRST LET'S DO A MOTION FOR ITEM B AND D,

[b. Consider an ordinance awarding a construction contract to Cox Commercial Construction, LLC, for the Roseland Park Pavilion Project.]

[d. Consider an ordinance authorizing an Agreement for Consulting Services with Hill International, Inc., to perform construction management and inspection services for the Roseland Park Pavilion Project.]

UH, CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND.

DISCUSSION.

SO JUST, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON, ON B, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER OF BIDS THAT WE RECEIVED AND WAS THE CONTRACTOR THE LOW BIDDER? AND IF SO, BY APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH? SO WE RECEIVED THREE PROPOSALS.

AND COX CONSTRUCTION WAS THE LOWEST.

AND THEY WERE THE LOWEST BY ABOUT, I WANNA SAY 50,000.

BUT I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ALL.

IT'S IN THE ENGINEER'S LETTER.

SO IF YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR PACKET, IT'S ATTACHED TO THE LETTER, IT SHOULD BE SHOWN THERE.

GOOD DEAL.

AND THEN ON, ON D UH, DO WE, DO WE TYPICALLY DO, UH, CONSULTING SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT INSPECTION SERVICES ON A, A PROJECT THAT'S SMALL.

AND THE REASON I ASK AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I, I BELIEVE IN, IN YEARS PAST, I, I RECALL WE HAD A, A WARRANTY ISSUE MM-HMM .

UH, THE COUNCIL WAS INFORMED ABOUT AT THE FIRE TRAINING FIELD.

AND, AND IS LIKE I SAY, IS D SOMETHING THAT WE DO ROUTINELY AS A MATTER OF PRACTICE OR IS THIS AN EXCEPTION? SO THE, THE VOLUME OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, WE ARE DOING SOME OF THAT SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE.

AND EXPERTISE.

THIS PARTICULAR ONE, I THINK IT'S A GOOD MATCH TO, WE HAVE HAD AN ISSUE IN THE PAST AND THAT WAS CORRECTED.

IT WAS A DRAINAGE ISSUE.

AND SO WITH THIS CONTRACT, WE'LL HAVE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, INSPECTOR, WE WILL HAVE CITY INSPECTION THERE AS WELL.

BUT WE'LL HAVE THAT EXPERTISE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANYTHING RELATED TO COMPACTION, ANYTHING RELATED TO BRINGING THAT STRUCTURE UP.

SO THAT'S THE, ALSO THE INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH ATTENTION TO ALL THOSE DETAILS.

SO WHATEVER ISSUES THERE WERE OR WERE NOT IN THE PAST, IT, IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED AND, AND MITIGATED, CORRECTED, ET CETERA.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND THE CONTRACTOR IS HERE, I UNDERSTAND THIS EVENING.

SO HE'S, HE'S IN THE AUDIENCE IN CASE YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

I SEE HIM.

MAYOR.

JUST ADDITIONAL JUST POINTED OUT AND I PULLED IT UP AS WELL.

THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCE WAS ABOUT $11,000, 11 LESS.

SO THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE BIDS.

THE HIGH BID WAS QUITE A BIT MORE.

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I JUST HAD A DUTY TO ASK.

GLAD IT'S BEEN WORKED OUT WELL THAT I'M GLAD THERE.

IT'S A, IT'S A LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TOO.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, SO HAVE ITEM, UH, B AND D HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? UM, UNLESS THERE'S OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF B AND D AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE A OPPOSED, AND THEN NOW WE WILL CONSIDER X.

UH, JUST MY POINT OF VIEW, I KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT VIEWS ON LEGISLATIVE SERVICES.

UM, UM, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, THAT, THAT IT'S MY DUTY TO LOBBY ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS.

UM, AND SO I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MONEY THAT COULD BE BETTER SPENT ELSEWHERE.

SO.

AND I'VE HAD QUESTIONS, UM, ON THIS ITEM IN ONE OR TWO YEARS PAST MAYOR, AND LIKE I SAY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A, A CRACK STAFF, PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT NOW.

AND, AND I, I JUST, UH, I'M GONNA BE VOTING NO ON THIS ITEM.

SO I, I, WITH THAT, I GUESS IF ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM, IF NOT, I, I'LL MAKE A FEW COMMENTS MYSELF.

WE CAN AT LEAST, OR AT LEAST LEMME GET A MOTION ON, ON THE X ON ITEM

[x. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Legislative Advocacy Services Agreement with Schlueter Group of Texas LLC.]

CAN WE GET A CLARIFICATION FROM THOMAS, UM, ON THIS ITEM? WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND GET A MOTION.

AND IF WE GET A MOTION IN A SECOND AND THEN WE CAN MOVE INTO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

THIS IS ALREADY, THIS WAS ALREADY ON CONSENT, SO CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR NOT? MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.

MOTION SECOND.

UM, BEFORE WE DO THAT, SO, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, I'M NOT SURE OF THE AMOUNT, UH, WHAT'S THE AMOUNT I GUESS ON THIS SERVICES CONTRACT? 66.

66,000 PER YEAR.

AND IS THAT PER YEAR OR FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD? PER YEAR.

TWO YEAR.

SO, UH, I DID TALK TO SOME OTHER STATE OFFICIALS THIS WEEK AND, AND, UH, THEY, THEY DID MAKE ME AWARE OF SOME STUFF, BUT MAYBE SOME PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE, UH, SERVICES AGREEMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN PLACE WITH, WITH SOME FOLKS.

UM, WHAT THEY VOICED, UM, WAS THAT, UH, YES, THEY WOULD LIKE, IF, IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH SOMEONE THAT REPRESENTS US, UH, AND REALLY OF OUR BEST INTEREST, UH, OBVIOUSLY THOMAS AND EVEN STAFF WITH 8,000 PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT'S FILED, IT IS OVERWHELMING AND THEY DON'T HAVE ONE, THE EXPERTISE AND TWO, THE BANDWIDTH TO, TO GO AND MM-HMM .

AND RESEARCH ALL THAT, THAT THAT'S ONE THING TO CONSIDER.

UM, BUT A LOT OF STATE OFFICIALS IN, IN FACT, I GUESS THEY WERE AWARE OF, OF, UH, WHO WAS BEING, I GUESS, PRESENTED ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, UH, SEEMED VERY FAVORABLE TO, TO THIS.

UH, WHAT THEY DID ASK IS THAT, UM, THESE INDIVIDUALS, ALONG WITH, WITH MR. REEVES, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF MADE SOME OTHER CONTACTS WITH SOME STATE OFFICIALS RECENTLY WITH, UH, WITHIN HIS INTERGOVERNMENTAL, UM, AFFAIRS, UM, ROLE, UH, IS, IS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE IF, IF THESE PEOPLE ARE SELECTED, THAT THEY DO NOT JUST WHEN WE GO IN AND, AND ARE THE, ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE, UM, SPEAKING WITH THEM AND, AND, UM, DISCUSSING ITEMS IMPORTANT TO BAYTOWN, BUT THAT, THAT THESE, THESE INDIVIDUALS ALSO THAT WOULD REPRESENT US, WOULD ALSO DO THE SAME, REACH OUT AND GET FAMILIAR WITH THEM.

AND THAT'S ALL THEY, THEY REQUESTED.

SO THEY WERE, UM, THEY WERE CERTAINLY, UM, JUST PROVIDED ME THAT FEEDBACK AND I, I SAID I DID APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN THAT TAKES PLACE OR NOT, BUT, UH, THEY, THEY WERE, UM, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY THEY, THEY, UH, UM, THEY HAD POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR GROUP.

SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

SO WITH THAT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM, UNLESS THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON IT.

SO IF NOT, YES, MA'AM.

SERGEANT, MAYOR.

UM, SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN, WHEN WE HIRED, UH, MR. REEVES, ONE OF THE CAVEATS THAT RICK MENTIONED WAS THAT HE WANTED SOMEONE THAT DID NOT JUST HAVE PUBLIC AFFAIRS EXPERIENCE, BUT LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE.

AND SO WITH THIS, WHAT HE'S ESSENTIALLY DOING IS GOING TO BE OVERSIGHT OF THE ADVOCACY WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

IS THAT CORRECT? TO ENSURE THAT THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR ARE INDEED, UH, BEING PUT FORTH? THAT'S RIGHT.

AND IF I CAN JUST FOCUS ON TWO THINGS.

ONE IS RELATIONSHIPS AND LOCATION.

SCHLATER GROUP HAS THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT, THAT FRANKLY NONE OF US HAVE, AND THE ACCESS TO THEM QUITE EASILY AND QUICKLY.

THE, THE OTHER BEING QUICK ACTION IS LOCATION.

UH, SIMPLY BEING LOCATED WITHIN STEPS OF THE CAPITOL IS A, IS A BIG DEAL FOR US, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS AND TO GO TO HEARINGS QUICKLY.

WE'VE CALLED UPON OUR ADVOCATES IN THE PAST TO DO THAT VERY QUICKLY.

IN, IN CASES OF, AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE LEGISLATURE MOVING VERY QUICKLY ON CERTAIN ISSUES.

AND MERRILL YES.

COMMENT ON THAT.

AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST THE MAIN ISSUES THAT WE FOCUS ON.

THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE, I, I HAVE ACTUALLY RECEIVED PHONE CALLS AT 10:00 PM AT NIGHT, SAYS, THE HEARING GOT BUMPED UP.

IT'S GONNA BE 1130 TONIGHT.

CAN YOU MAKE IT TO AUSTIN TO TESTIFY? AND HIS CLAIM? THERE'S NO WAY, AS, AS A MEMBER OF STAFF AT THAT TIME, THERE'S NO WAY.

SO TO HAVE FOLKS THERE THAT ARE CLOSE AND HAVE THAT RESOURCE, THAT'S IMPORTANT.

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THERE ARE A LOT OF THOSE BILLS THAT GET PASSED THAT WHEN THEY GET PASSED, THEY HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON CITIES IN GENERAL.

AND, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE US AND, AND WE WOULD NEVER KNOW ABOUT IT.

AGAIN, 8,000 BILLS, YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH THOSE AS FAR AS OUR STAFF OR US INDIVIDUALLY.

IT, IT WOULD CONSUME ALL OF OUR TIME.

TML DOES A LOT OF CONSIDERABLE LEG WORK ON AGENCY AS WELL.

THEY DO, YEAH.

BUT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER RESOURCE TO, AGAIN, 'CAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS BILLS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON, GOOD OR BAD, AND, AND THEN HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT TO, TO GIVE US THE HEADS UP OR YEP.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING AND THEY JUST CALLED IT, THEY CAN GO IN AND ADVOCATE FOR US OR FOR OUR CITIZENS IN DISTANCE.

THAT'S IT.

AND THAT, AND THAT'S KEY.

AND I KNOW THERE'S CONTROVERSY EITHER WAY, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES ON IN AUSTIN THAT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE THAT CAN SPEAK FOR US AT A, AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.

CAN I ADD, THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THAT'S GREAT COMMENT.

AND CAN I ADD JUST ONE THING? UH, TML WILL CERTAINLY REPRESENT THE CITIES STATE OF TEXAS, BUT GENERALLY THEY'RE GONNA TAKE ON ISSUES THAT HAVE MORE OF A GLOBAL IMPACT ON CITIES.

WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO THINGS LIKE MM-HMM .

LET'S JUST SAY, UH, IDA CARVE OUT LANGUAGE OR ANNEXATION ISSUES THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR IDAS.

UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ON THOSE, THAT LEVEL OF, UH, ISSUE FOR US.

AND, BUT FOR OUR, UH, INVESTMENT IN THESE SERVICES, WE WOULD, WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE A DIFFERENT BAYTOWN TODAY WITH, BECAUSE WHEN SENATE BILL SIX WAS PASSED OR PROPOSED BY SENATOR CREIGHTON, IT DID NOT INCLUDE CARVE OUT LANGUAGE FOR IDAS.

AND OUR LEGISLATIVE, UH, UH, CONSULTANT WAS THE ONE WHO FLAGGED THAT MADE US AWARE OF THAT.

THEN WE BAYTOWN WORKED WITH SENATOR CREIGHTON TO CREATE, CARVE OUT LANGUAGE THAT PRESERVED OUR ABILITY TO, UH, CONTINUE TO ANNEX, UH, UH, PROPERTIES AND, UH, INDUSTRY IF WE DIDN'T HAVE AN IDA WITH THEM.

SO, WHICH IS THE BACKBONE AND THE BASIS OF OUR IDAS.

SO THAT'S 60% OF OUR REVENUE WOULD HAVE A DEATH SENTENCE ON IT TODAY, IF NOT FOR, UH, THOSE, THAT SERVICE AND, AND JUST, UM, AND THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE.

AND I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IS THAT, IS THAT THE EXCEPTION OR IS THAT THE RULE? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST SEE IT WHERE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT'S GOOD.

YOU KNOW, WHAT A LOBBYIST IS LOBBYING FOR, YOU KNOW, LOBBYING FOR THE, THE, THE GROW CITY, THE GROW GOVERNMENT, AND FOR THE CITY COFFERS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN LOBBYING WHAT'S GOOD FOR RESIDENTS AND, AND, AND RESIDENTS.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CAN DO THAT, UH, PRIOR TO RECEIVING INPUT AND HEARING FROM THE CITIZENS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I BASE MINE ON.

BUT I CAN CERTAINLY SEE BOTH SIDES AND I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.

SO.

UH, I GUESS IS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, WE'LL JUST, UH, GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS.

SO FOR, FOR ITEM, UM, CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM X, UH, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED IN A LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY SERVICE AGREEMENT, WHICH, CAN YOU CORRECT ME HERE IF I'M SAY IT WRONG? IS IT SCHLATER? SLEETER.

SLEETER, YEP.

SLEETER GROUP OF TEXAS, LLC.

UM, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UH, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AYE.

CONFIRMING THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS TO THE, BRING THE BATTLESHIP TO BAYTOWN COMMITTEE.

ITEM DOES CARRY, UM, BUT WE DO DO APPRECIATE THE INPUT.

UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPOINTMENTS.

ITEM 10 A, CONSIDER

[a. Consider confirming the Mayor's appointments to the Bring the Battleship to Baytown Committee.]

SO, UM, ONCE AGAIN, I WILL BE APPOINTED MS. ALVARADO, UM, AS, UM, AS, UH, DISTRICT ONE REPRESENTATIVE WHERE THE BATTLESHIP, UM, WILL LIE IF IT, IF IT IS, UH, BROUGHT TO BAYTOWN.

AND THEN, UH, ALSO, UH, COUNCILMAN LESTER, UM, UH, WILL BE, UH, THE SECOND APPOINTMENT TO, UH, REPRESENT COUNSEL AND KIND OF BE THE LACE LIAISON IN, IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

UM, AND REPORT BACK TO COUNSEL AS APPROPRIATE.

SO I'D, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTION OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, UM, OR IF NOT, UH, THOSE IN PAPER PLEASE SAY AYE.

CONSIDER RESOLUTION DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 2022.

OPPOSED? UH, NEXT IS, UH, 10 B,

[b. Consider a resolution designating a representative and an alternate for the General Assembly of the Houston-Galveston Area Council for the year 2022.]

SO I WILL, UM, ONCE AGAIN, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WILL BE OUR PRIMARY AND, UH, MS. ALVARADO WILL BE, UH, OUR ALTERNATE, UH, FOR THE HOUSTON GALSON AREA COUNCIL.

UM, SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS MOVE TO APPROVE 10 B.

SECOND, A MOTION TO SECOND ANY NCE OF COMMENTS, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH, THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

ONE REPRESENTATIVE AND ONE ALTERNATE TO THE HTAC TRANSPORTATION

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? UM, NEXT WE'LL HAVE RECEIVED THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS TO

[c. Receive the Mayor's appointments of one (1) representative and one (1) alternate to the H-GAC Transportation Policy Council.]

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POLICY COUNCIL.

SO THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT ODD, HOWEVER, UM, I WAS THE ALTERNATE AND, UM, I THINK IN THE BEST INTEREST OF BAYTOWN AND SOME FEEDBACK FROM MS. BENCO, UM, I WILL, I WILL PROPOSE MYSELF, UH, AS THE PRIMARY AND HER AS THE ALTERNATE.

SO WE'RE SWAPPING ROLES, AND SO I'M NOT SURE THAT'S A, UM, TIME COMMITMENT OR SOME ISSUE LIKE THAT.

UM, AND SO I, UM, AND BELIEVE ME, IT'S VERY INTERESTING RIGHT NOW WITH THE I 45 CORRIDOR.

AND SO, UM, I'LL, I'LL DO WHAT I CAN, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, I'D LIKE TO, I'LL DO WHAT I CAN FOR AS LONG AS I CAN ON, ON TPC.

UM, WE'LL TRY TO GET SOME ROADWAYS AND LIVE OVERS AND STUFF LIKE, LIKE WE USED TO.

SO, UM, AGAIN, THESE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT I'M PRESENTING.

UM, SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND.

MOTION.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 10 C IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

CONSIDER THE, UH, CONFIRMATION OF ONE CITY MANAGER APPOINTMENT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.

AYE IS OPPOSED 10 D

[d. Consider the confirmation of one (1) City Manager appointment to the Civil Service Commission. ]

UH, SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT DENNIS ARAJO IS THE, UH, OF THE, UH, RECOMMENDED NAME RAO TIME.

RAJO .

ONE MORE TIME.

WELL, I KNOW DENNIS, BUT WE'LL JUST SAY DENNIS .

IT'S PORTUGUESE.

WELL, HE'S NOT, BUT, ALL RIGHT.

SO, UM, I'M DONE.

ANYWAY, SO MR. ARAJO NAME WAS PRESENTED.

SO, UH, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND NOT, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DENNIS ARAJO, UH, AS DISPOSITION ON CIVIL SERVICE SERVICE COMMISSION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO TIM.

POST.

AND WE HAVE, UM, OH, ALWAYS OUR FAVORITE ITEM 10 E CONDUCT THE ELECTION

[e. Conduct the election of the Baytown City Council Mayor Pro Tem.]

AND SO, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, PREVIOUSLY WE DID HAVE TO KIND OF DO THE KIND OF SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

UH, WE HAD TWO NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, ONE YOUNGER THAN THE OTHER, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY DID NOT SERVE, THEY DID NOT SERVE THE ONE I'M JUST MESSING WITH.

THEY DID NOT SERVE THE, UM, UH, AT LEAST KIND OF OUR GUIDELINES.

WE, WE DO, WE DO ASK FOR ONE YEAR OF COUNCIL SERVICE PRIOR TO BEING, UM, UH, SELECTED AS, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM.

AND SO SINCE THOSE, UH, DISTRICTS, UH, FIVE AND SIX WERE, UH, WERE, UM, DID, DID NOT MEET THOSE, UM, SO WE HAD TO KIND OF, UM, BYPASS THEM, BUT WE'LL RETURN IT BACK TO OUR, OR I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT ORDER.

UH, MS. ADO, THANK YOU FOR SERVING IN MY CAPACITY WHEN I'M, WHEN I'M UNAVAILABLE.

UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, MR. PRESLEY WOULD BE DISTRICT TWO WOULD BE THE NEXT ONE UP.

SO THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

IF SO, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MR. PRESLEY'S MAYOR, APPROVE TIM THIS TIME, AND HE'S NOT, HE'S ACTUALLY TAKING IT.

I AM, I ACTUALLY PASSED ON LAST TIME, BUT I WILL BE TAKING IT, THIS, THIS TURN.

UM, AND SO JUST TIMING.

JUST TIMING.

BUT ANYWAY, SO A MOTION.

MOTION'S BEEN, UM, MOTION SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE POSTS.

ALRIGHT, NOW WE HAVE OUR MAYOR'S REPORT

[11. 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.]

BRIEF.

THANK YOU, MAYOR CAPELLO, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, , WE'LL TAKE THAT FROM MONDAY.

YEAH, YEAH.

COUPLE OF THINGS I WANNA BRING UP.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I DON'T WANT TO FORGET HE'S GONNA NEED SOME MORE POST-IT NOTES, LOTS.

UH, I KNOW SHE NEVER SEEKS THIS AT ALL, BUT I WANNA RECOGNIZE KAREN HORNER, UH, FOR 28 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

THIS IS HER LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

WOW.

AND, UH, WE'RE A BETTER CITY BECAUSE OF KAREN HORNER.

AND SHE SAID SHE CAME IN THE OTHER DAY FOR A PERMIT AND HAD SUCH A GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH OUR FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF THAT SHE FELT COMPELLED TO CALL AND LEAVE THIS MESSAGE.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE.

I, I ALWAYS KID HER BECAUSE I, UH, EXCEPT, EXCEPT FOR HER, UH, UH, AN AN ADDICTION THAT WE BOTH, UH, UH, SUFFER FROM RELATIVE TO CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES, REALLY, UH, UH, SODAS.

UH, SHE IS CERTAINLY SOMEBODY WITHOUT A VICE BESIDES THAT ONE.

I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED SEEING THOSE BIG OLD, UM, WHATABURGER CUPS ON HER DESK.

AND SO MANY MORNINGS I'VE COME IN AND THERE, SHE'S PURCHASED ONE FOR ME ON MY DESK.

WOW.

UH, ALAIS USUALLY ON THOSE DAYS THAT I HAD ALREADY PURCHASED MYSELF ONE OF THOSE.

SO I HAVE 2 44 OUNCE DRINKS TO DRINK.

OKAY? UH, WHEN, WHEN SHE DOES THAT, WHICH I'VE APPRECIATED VERY MUCH.

UM, I'M GONNA MISS KAREN A GREAT DEAL, AND SHE'S MADE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.

UH, I AM JUST, I'M PROUD OF OUR, UH, OUR, UH, PERMIT COUNTER AND OUR, OUR FOLKS, UH, OVER THERE, WOMAN, UH, OWNS A HAIR SALON ON NORTH MAINE, CAME IN THE OTHER DAY, UH, SHE LEFT A VOICEMAIL

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SHE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED VERONICA DEVANEY, RANDY CLAIRE AND KENNY QUAIN, AND REMARKED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND PROFESSIONALISM.

IN FACT, SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO BUY LUNCH FOR THE FOLKS WHO HELPED HER OUT.

SO, UM, HATS OFF TO THEM FOR THEIR SUPERIOR CUSTOMER SERVICE THERE.

ANOTHER DEVANEY, BRAD DEVANEY MUST BE RELATED, UH, BEVERLY VIRCHER AND, UH, AND CRAIG HOLT, UH, ARE THREE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO STOPPED THE OTHER DAY TO HELP SOMEBODY FIX A TIRE, UH, OUT ON GARTH.

YOU SEE, IT'S NOT ALWAYS POLICE AND FIRE THAT DO THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SOMETIMES IT'S OUR, OUR, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE THAT DO THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

AND THEN THEY WROTE THEM UP FOR SOME OTHER INFRACTION.

NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.

BUT, UH, I, I APPRECIATE THEIR HELP IN THIS, IN DEMONSTRATING OUR CORE VALUE OF CARING, UH, AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT IS ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.

CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE, UH, SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS TO THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY COM CONFLICTS WITH OPEN WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AND ALSO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND 5 5 1 0.087 TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVES TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT AND TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS ON LEGAL MATTERS RELATED THERE TOO.

SO READ A FEW THINGS THEN AS WE MOVE ON.

UM, SO WE'LL NOW RECESS INTO AND

[12. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SO, UH, WE'LL NOW GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE'LL GO, I NOW RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TESTAMENT GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND I THINK THAT WILL COVER ALL POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. SO THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.