[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2022 5:30 P.M. HULLUM CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]
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SO WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, UH, MAY, UTAH CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
IT'S, UH, FIVE, WELL, 5 3 9 1 1 ITEM
[a. Discuss the rehabilitation of approximately 250 affordable rental housing units located at 6033 Garth Road, Baytown, Texas, which is also known as Rosemont at Baytown Apartments.]
ITEM ONE A DISCUSSED REHABILITATION.REHABILITATION OF APPROXIMATELY 250 AFFORDABLE RENT.
HOUSE UNITS ARE LOCATED AT SIX, 6,000.
TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM SETH, UH, SOUTHEAST TEXAS HOUSING AND FINANCE CORPORATION.
THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, AFFORDABLE UNITS IN WHICH THEY'RE HOPING TO REHAB AT THE EXISTING, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEX CALLED ROSEMONT.
AND THIS IS ALL SEEKING, UM, I GUESS, LOW INCOME TAX CREDITS IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT WITH WHICH YOU ALL WILL HAVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION FOR.
UM, SO TONIGHT WE'RE NOT RECEIVING A DECISION, BUT YOU JUST WANT TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION AND GIVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE, THE PRESENTER.
EVERYBODY PRINT OUT OF THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
THOSE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DOWN THAN UP.
UM, I'LL JUST HAND THOSE DOWN.
SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE BEEN OUT HERE.
UM, SOUTHWEST TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IS A, UH, REGIONAL, UH, HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
UH, CITY OF BAYTOWN, UH, IS, UH, AN ORIGINAL INCORPORATING MEMBER.
UM, WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR, FOR 40 YEARS, AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE BEEN OUT.
SO FIGURE IT'S, UH, TIME FOR US TO RE REINTRODUCE OURSELVES.
UM, YOUR NOMINATED, UM, UH, BOARD MEMBER THAT, THAT SITS ON OUR BOARD IS, IS MANUEL S UM, HE'S BEEN ON OUR BOARD FOR I THINK ABOUT ONE YEARS.
AND WE ARE, UH, YOUR, UH, INSTRUMENTALITY.
WE ARE A, UM, UNIT OF GOVERNMENT, UH, SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE.
UM, AND WE ARE HERE TO, UH, SERVE, UH, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, ALONG WITH THE OTHER, UH, 19 JURISDICTIONS, UH, THAT WE SERVE NINE COUNTIES IN 11 CITIES IN THE HOUSTON METRO AREA.
UM, THE, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT LAYERS ON HERE, UH, THAT, UH, SPECIFY T-D-H-C-A, THAT'S THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS IS THE STATE AGENCY THAT WE, UH, PRIMARILY INTERACT WITH IN, IN THE, UH, TAX CREDIT PROGRAM.
UM, THEY HAVE, UH, DESIGNATED CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS, URBAN AND RURAL.
UM, THE, UH, COUNTIES OF FORT BEND, HARRIS COUNTY AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY, UH, ARE LAID OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T SERVE THOSE JURISDICTIONS.
UH, WE DO SERVE SOME OF THE INCORPORATED AREAS OF HARRIS COUNTY THAT YOU SEE ON HERE.
TOMBALL, UH, PASADENA AND DEER PARK, THE PORT TROY ACRES AND BAYTOWN, UH, BOTH SIDES OF BAYTOWN, UM, AND IN CHAMBERS AND, AND PARISH COUNTY.
AND, UM, THE URBAN AREAS, UH, RECEIVE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 98% OF THE, UH, TAX CREDITS THAT ARE ALLOCATED IN, IN REGION SIX, UM, WHICH IS A RAD RATHER LARGE SUM.
UM, WHAT IS BRINGING US HERE BEFORE YOU, UH, NOW AND, AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, UM, IS GOING TO BE, UH, INCREASED, UH, VOLUME IN THESE PROGRAMS. THEY'VE BEEN LARGELY DORMANT, UH, OVER THE LAST, SINCE THE FINANCIAL COLLAPSE.
UM, JUST THE NATURE OF THE PROGRAM, UH, DROVE, UM, PARTICIPANTS IN, IN THE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM TO PRIMARILY PARTICIPATE IN THE URBAN AREA.
UH, BUT AT THE END OF THE LAST, UH, ADMINISTRATION IN DC THEY, THEY, THEY TWEAKED, UH, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS AND THAT IS STARTING TO DRIVE, UH, DEVELOPERS TO, UH, SEEK FUNDING AND, AND RESOLUTIONS AND POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR THESE PROJECTS IN THE SUBURBS.
NOW, UH, ANOTHER FACTOR IN OUR REGION IS THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY ARE RUNNING OUT OF DISASTER RECOVERY DOLLARS, AND THEY WERE LAYERING, UH, 20, $25 MILLION INTO EACH ONE OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND, AND THAT WAS A FEEDING PRINCIP.
UM, SO THE CITY AND HARRIS COUNTY ARE, ARE RUNNING OUT OF THOSE FUNDS, AND SO DEVELOPERS ARE STARTING TO REACH OUT, UH, AND FIND, FIND, UH, NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PROGRAM.
THERE'S, THERE'S TWO TRACKS, AND I'M SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE ACCUSTOMED TO GETTING, UM, PRESENTATIONS FROM DEVELOPERS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE 9% PROGRAM.
THAT'S THE NEW CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
WE'RE COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR, UH, THE 4% PROGRAM.
THIS IS THE NON-COMPETITIVE PROGRAM.
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VALUABLE TO THE INVESTORS.UM, AND SO THE, THE, THE THRESHOLD, UH, FOR LOCAL SUPPORT IS, UH, LESS THAN WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FOR THE 9% PROGRAM.
JURISDICTIONAL SUPPORT IS A FULL RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, UM, FROM CITY COUNCIL AND THE STATE REP.
UM, AND, AND IN THE PROJECT'S TERRITORY, UH, FOR 9%, OR SORRY FOR 4%, IT'S JUST A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION.
YOU'RE JUST SAYING YOU'RE NOT AGAINST IT, YOU'RE NOT FAVOR OF IT, YOU'RE JUST, YOU DON'T OBJECT TO IT.
UM, THESE ARE, UM, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, UM, AREA IMMEDIATE INCOMES, UH, QUITE A BIT.
THIS IS JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.
UM, CITY OF BAYTOWN, UH, IS CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF THE, UH, HOUSTON FAIR MARKET RENT AREA, WHICH IS THAT MIDDLE ORANGE SHADE.
UM, THE AREA MEDIA INCOME, UM, ACCORDING TO, UH, HUD WHO PUBLISHES THESE FIGURES, UM, WITH 79,200, UM, THESE AREA MEETING INCOMES DRIVE, UH, THE TENANCY, UM, FOR THESE PROJECTS, UM, JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES, WE HAVE TO DEAL QUITE A BIT WITH A VERY WIDE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN ROSARIA COUNTY AND MATAGORDA COUNTY.
THAT DOES TEND TO CAUSE SOME FRUSTRATION, PARTICULARLY FOR THE JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE RIGHT ON THAT BORDER.
UM, THESE ARE, UM, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, UM, BONDS ON CURRENTLY.
UH, AS I SAID, WE GRADUALLY GET PAID OFF, UH, ON THESE.
UM, IN THE 40 YEAR HISTORY WE'VE ISSUED JUST UNDER A BILLION, UH, WHICH HAS ENABLED 14,000 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING.
UH, OUR CURRENT PORTFOLIO IS ONLY EIGHT, UM, BUT WE ARE, UM, PROBABLY GONNA BE DOUBLING THAT, UH, IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS GIVEN, GIVEN THE ADDITIONAL VOLUME THAT THE GRANT IS SEEING.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, PARTICIPATE AS A JOINT VENTURE PARTNER, UM, IF THE DEVELOPER US TO, UH, JOIN THE PARTNERSHIP, UH, AND THAT IN YOURS, THE PROPERTY WITH A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.
UM, THERE ARE CURRENTLY SIX PROPERTIES, UH, IN OUR PORTFOLIO, UH, IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.
WHAT WE TURN THE PROFITS FROM, OUR PARTICIPATION IN THESE PROGRAMS, HIS DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE, UH, FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS ACROSS THE STATE.
AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX SINGLE FAMILY PROGRAMS, UH, THAT WE'VE ADMINISTERED SINCE, UH, 2012.
AND WE RUN THOSE THROUGH, UH, MORTGAGE COMPANIES.
THE BANKS PROVIDE THE FIRST LIEN, AND WE LAYER IN A SECOND LIEN EITHER IN THE FORM OF A SECOND LIEN OR A GRANT, UH, DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAM, UM, DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COSTS OF SYSTEMS TO HELP 'EM BUY THEIR FIRST HOUSE.
SO WE ARE HELPING FOLKS ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM.
UM, ACROSS THE STATE, WE'VE FACILITATED 3 BILLION IN FAVORABLE FINANCING FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, AS ARE INCOME QUALIFIED FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS.
UH, THEY CAN'T MAKE OVER A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, UH, BUT THEY HAVE TO MAKE ENOUGH, UH, TO QUALIFY FOR THE MORTGAGE.
SO THERE'S A, UM, WE, WE ARE, UH, ATTEMPTING TO SERVE THAT MISSING MEDAL, UM, THAT BANKS CAN'T QUITE SERVE.
UM, AND TO JUST GET 'EM ACROSS THE, THE FINISH LINE INTO HOMEOWNERS REVENUE.
WE ALSO REQUIRE, AS PART OF OUR PROGRAM, UH, DOWN PAYMENT, UM, I'M SORRY, HOME BUYER EDUCATION.
UM, WE'VE, UH, PROVIDED EDUCATION TO OVER 30,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE STATE.
AND, UH, 20,000 HOME BUYERS WITH DOWN COUNTY CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE.
UH, SINCE 2012, WE'VE, UM, ENABLED JUST OVER 300, UH, FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
WE HAVE INVESTED 2.3 MILLION IN DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COST ASSISTANCE, AVERAGE ASSISTANCE OF JUST, UH, 8,000 PER HOUSEHOLD.
AND THAT HAS ENABLED, UH, JUST SHY OF, UH, 52 MILLION IN MORTGAGES, UM, THAT WERE USED TO PURCHASE HOMES IN YOUR TERRITORY.
I, I HOPE THAT THE POINT THAT I'M, I'M TRYING TO MAKE HERE IS THAT YES, WE CAN TAKE MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES OFF THE TAX ROLLS, BUT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS TURN AROUND AND LEVERAGE THAT FOR FAR GREATER IMPACT WITH SINGLE FAMILY.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IS PAYING TAXES.
WE ALSO PROVIDE, UM, CHARITABLE, UH, CHARITY TO OUR JURISDICTIONS.
WE HAVE RETURNED, UH, 3.2 MILLION BACK TO OUR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.
WE DO THAT APPROXIMATELY EVERY FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS.
UH, OUR NEXT ONE IS COMING UP 2023.
UH, WE ARE, UM, BUDGETING FOR, UH, AN ALLOCATION BACK TO THE JURISDICTIONS.
THESE USUALLY COME IN ALL THE JURISDICTIONS, ALL 20 JURISDICTIONS GET, UM, EQUAL
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SHARES, UM, KIND OF LIKE A DIVIDEND.UM, WE STARTED DOING THIS, UM, 20 YEARS AGO, UM, WITH EACH JURISDICTION GETTING $30,000 AND WE'VE STEPPED IT UP.
UM, WE'RE TARGETING ABOUT $60,000 THIS NEXT TIME, AND THE JURISDICTIONS CAN USE THAT HOWEVER THEY CHOOSE.
IT IS UP TO, UH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO DECIDE HOW THOSE ARE ALLOCATED.
WE ALSO SUPPORT NON-PROFITS PROJECT JOINT HOPE, UH, IN THE CITY OF PASADENA IS A VERY IMPORTANT NONPROFIT.
UM, SETH AND OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE DONATED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, TO PROJECT JOY AND HOPE OVER OVER 40 YEARS.
IF YOU HAVE A HOUSING ORIENTED NONPROFIT, UM, THAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU, IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE JURISDICTION, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE POLITICS.
UH, WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO SUPPORT, UH, THAT NONPROFIT, UH, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
LOVE TO SUPPORT THEM, UH, THAT WE TAKE OUR, OUR INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE JURISDICTION.
WE ALSO ADVOCATE, UH, WE ARE, WE'RE A MEMBER OF A COUPLE DIFFERENT AVID ORGANIZATIONS AND TEXAS ASSOCIATION LOCAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCIES, OUR STATE BASED AUSTIN BASED ADVOCACY, UH, ORGANIZATION, UH, AND AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
AND I'M ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HF BASE.
I'M ACTUALLY GONNA BE IN DC NEXT WEEK FOR A STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING.
AND THIS IS OUR, OUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RON MITCHELL IS OUR HOMEOWNER PROGRAM DIRECTOR.
UM, AND, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, TO REACH OUT TO US TO, UM, FURTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN YOUR TERRITORY.
UM, I AM NOT PREPARED TO GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE PROJECT, UM, THAT IS THE DEVELOPER'S JOB.
MY JOB IS TO JUST PROVIDE FINANCING AND TO SERVE YOUR INTERESTS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET THE DEVELOPER HERE, UH, FOR THE NEXT, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, POTENTIALLY ON THE 10TH SO THE DEVELOPER CAN DO A, UH, MUCH DEEPER DIVE IN THE SPECIFICS OF THE PROJECT, SPECIFICS OF THE REQUEST.
I JUST WANTED TO USE THIS TIME TO COME HERE, INTRODUCE MYSELF, SET THE STAGE, THE CONTEXT FOR THE RELATIONSHIP, UH, THAT, UH, WE HAVE WITH CITY OF BAYTOWN SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE A PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP AS WE ALWAYS HAVE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HERE, SIR? UM, SO, UH, REMIND ME A LITTLE BIT.
I'M, I'M TRYING TO PLAY ON SOME VERY LONG AGO MEMORY.
I REMEMBER BEING ON MONROE, AND SO I THOUGHT, I GUESS PRE YOU, I, THERE WAS MORATORIUM THAN WE HAD ON LOW TAX CREDIT HOUSING.
PROBABLY THE NINE, EIGHT COULD BE WRONG.
THIS, THESE PROJECTS, HERE'S WHAT TRIGGERED THIS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.
I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
AND I THINK THAT CAME UP IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF.
AND AT THE TIME, UM, I BELIEVE CHRIS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UH, THAT THE MORATORIUM IS AGAINST NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO WITH THE REHAB, SO, SO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S WHAT I SEEN ON THE GEN ITEM WAS YES.
SO, SO WAS IT JUST GOING IN AND UPDATING THE FACILITY? CORRECT, YES.
WE ARE, UH, GONNA BE INVESTING ABOUT 30,000 UNIT IN, IN EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING NCE.
IT'S ALREADY A TAX CREDIT PROJECT.
UH, IT'S ALREADY IN OUR PORTFOLIO.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE BONDS ON IT, AND SO WE ARE EFFECTIVELY RENEWING THE BONDS AND RENEWING, UH, AN INVESTMENT OF THE 30 TO 35,000 UNIT.
SO I THINK THAT YOU PROBABLY PUT IT BACK.
WELL, WE ACTUALLY BACK IN 2017, 18, AFTER HARVEY, WE HAVE TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
THE VILLAGE WAS ONE OF THEM IN MY DISTRICT, AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE JUST OUTSIDE OF OUR JUS IN OUR ETJ ON WALLACE MILL THAT WE APPROVED THIS SAME THING FOR 'EM.
AND THEY WERE WANTING DO RENOVATIONS.
THEY CAME TO US AND ASKED FOR OUR OKAY ON IT, AND WE APPROVED IT, YOU KNOW.
SO THE, UH, INCOME RESTRICTIONS, YES, SIR.
SO I KNOW THERE'S A 15 YEAR PERIOD WITH THE TAX CREDIT PROJECTS, AND I BELIEVE THE 15 YEARS IS, IS UP NOW, SO TO SPEAK.
SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? AND OUTSIDE OF YOUR INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS, WOULD THERE BE ANY OTHER OPTIONS? UM, IT GETS THE, THE OPTIONS FOR EXISTING, UM, LITECH PROJECTS IS VERY LIMITED.
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UM, WE CAN TAKE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY CUTS.UH, THE STATE AGENCY LIKES TO SEE THAT, INVESTORS LIKE TO SEE THAT.
BUT TO INCREASE AND, AND GO ABOVE, UH, THE EXISTING INCOME RESTRICTIONS IS EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT.
15 YEARS IS THE FIRST COMPLIANCE PERIOD, AND THEN THERE IS A SECOND 15, UH, YEAR COMPLIANCE PERIOD ON INCOME RESTRICTIONS.
AND THE FIRST, WHEN THE FIRST 15 YEAR COMPLIANCE, UH, PERIOD EXPIRES, THAT OPENS IT UP FOR A RECAPITALIZATION.
AND SO THE EXTENDED USE PERIOD, UH, IS A 15 YEAR PERIOD WHERE ADDITIONAL TASK CREDITS, UH, CAN BE LAYERED IN AND IT EFFECTIVELY LOCKS IT IN, UH, FOR THAT FIRST 15 YEAR PERIOD WHERE ALL THE PARTNERS, ALL THE INVESTORS, THE LENDER, YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH MARRIED TO EACH OTHER FOR 15 YEARS.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CHANGE THE PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURE IN THAT FIRST 15 YEARS.
WASN'T THERE SOME SORT OF OPTION WHERE THERE WAS A FIRST RU OF REFUSAL? YES.
SO THAT WAS THE FIRST RU OF SURE.
UH, A NONPROFIT, IF THEY CAN, UM, UH, STEP IN AND PROVIDE, UH, FINANCING, UM, THROUGH A, UM, UH, OPTION TO PURCHASE.
UM, IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT FOR A NONPROFIT TO DO THAT, UH, BECAUSE THE WAY THE STATE AGENCY ADMINISTERS THE PROGRAM, UM, THE VALUE THAT GETS SET BY THE STATE AGENCY IS THE MARKET RATE VALUE AS IF THE INCOME RESTRICTIONS DO NOT EXIST.
AND THERE'S NOT A LENDER OR AN INVESTOR IN THIS COUNTRY THAT IS GONNA BE WILLING TO PROVIDE A LOAN TO A, UH, NONPROFIT AT MARKET RATE VALUE WITH A RESTRICTED RENT CASH FLOW.
SO I MEAN, IT APPEARS SINCE THE RECAPITALIZATION IS OCCURRING, JUST BARELY OUTSIDE THE 15 YEAR WINDOW, I MEAN, IT, IT KIND OF, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THIS WOULD CONTINUE AT LEAST SO TO SPEAK.
AND, AND IT, IT WOULD REPEAT ITSELF EVERY 15 YEARS.
THAT'S THE IN TOWN OF THE PROGRAM.
ANY QUESTIONS? UH, WE HAVE, UH, GUESS ANY AGENDA ITEMS? I KNOW YOU HAVE ONE FOR LATER, CORRECT? CORRECT.
ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU DISCUSS NOW I MISSED THAT.
ALONG WITH THOSE, IF MARK, UH, JUST TOUCH ON SOME OF THE LAND USE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT.
JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ON THAT, JUST QUICKLY GO OVER THAT.
AND WE, WE HAVE KIND OF A LAND USE HEAVY, UH, AGENDA TONIGHT.
SO, UM, WE HAVE THREE REZONES AND AN ANNEXATION.
THE ANNEXATION IS THE FINAL STEP IN THE ANNEXATION.
AND THEN, SO THAT'S FOR 34 ACRES AT, UH, I 10 AND JOHN MARTIN.
THEN THE REZONE IS FOR THAT AREA, PLUS ANOTHER 60 FOR ACRES.
SO THE, SO AGAIN, SO THE ANNEXATION IS JUST FOR THE, THE TRIANGULAR PIECE.
IT'S, UH, TO THE WEST AND THE, UM, THE REASON IS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.
UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY REAL MAJOR COMMENTS ON THAT, UM, AGAINST IT OR CORRECT.
UM, THE, ANOTHER REZONE IS 57 ACRES AT HUNT ROAD AND NORTH MAINE.
THAT ONE IS TO, OH, SO, AND ALSO THE, THAT FIRST ONE IS, IS TO, UH, COMMERCIAL, BUT IT'S SPECULATIVE.
UM, THE 57 ACRES AT HUNT AND NORTH MAIN, UH, WOULD BE GOING FROM, UM, SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE TO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY TWO, SF TWO, UM, THAT IS 57 ACRES OF 64 ACRES.
SO THE SEVEN ACRES ALONG NORTH MAIN AND REQUESTING ANYTHING CHANGE ON THAT? IT'S ALREADY ZONED, IT'S ALREADY GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
PARDON? IT'S ALREADY GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
IT'S ALREADY GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
UM, AND AGAIN, UM, WE'VE NOT HAD ANY REAL COMMENTS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON THAT ONE.
SO THAT WAS, UH, SEEMS TO BE PRETTY EASY.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PD, UM, THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED AS SAN JUSTINO AND TAVI, UM, YOU PROBABLY, UH, NOTICED THAT THAT ONE STAFF, UH, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
UM, BUT PNZ KIND OF GOT HUNG UP ON SOME OF THE PARKING AND, UM, MAINTENANCE TYPE AND, AND, UH, ARCHITECTURAL JUST LIKE QUALITY ISSUES, BUT ALSO WHAT EFFECTS THOSE MIGHT HAVE ON THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
I MEAN, WHAT WAS THE SPLIT PHONE? IT WAS ORIGINALLY FOUR FOUR, AND THEN THEY VOTED TO DENY IT, WHICH WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.
IT WAS LIKE 62, I THINK WAS THE, YEAH, SO A COUPLE OF
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CHANGED OVER FOR NO REASON.THEY GOT HUNG UP ON PARKING, WHICH IT HAS 126 MORE PARKING SPACES IN IT NEEDS, SO I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT BECAME AN ISSUE IN STREET WOODS.
SO IT REALLY WAS KIND A STRANGE DISCUSSION TO BE HONEST.
ONE, THE COMMISSIONERS REACHED OUT, ACTUALLY IT WOULD CHANGE MY VOTE WAS SOMEBODY THAT, SO WE, WE DID, SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT A COUPLE OF THE MEMBERS WERE LOOKING FOR AT THE MEETING.
AND SO IT, WE GOT THAT INFORMATION THE NEXT DAY, AND SO WE'LL BE PROVIDING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION TONIGHT, UM, JUST, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S CLEAR.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS STAFF CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE BEEN, REMEMBER, UH, PD IS, IT'S KIND OF GIVE AND TAKE.
WE WANT TO TRY AND GET A BETTER PROJECT BY SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE ON SOME OF THESE THINGS, BUT YOU'RE GONNA GIVE BACK BY DOING SOME HIGHER QUALITY THINGS.
AND SO WE'VE STAFF FEELS LIKE WE'VE DONE THAT.
UM, AND WE ALSO, AGAIN, THAT, THAT THE PARKING REGS ARE, UH, 40, I THINK IT'S 46 SPACES OVER WHAT A NORMAL MULTIFAMILY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THAT SAME NUMBER OF TENANT, WHICH IS 46 MORE THAN THAT.
AND IT'S ALSO MORE THAN, WELL, I'LL SHOW YOU SOME COMPARISONS, AS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO, UM, SO AGAIN, STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, BUT THE, THE, THE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TONIGHT BY A Z IS FOR DE YOU ALSO SEE SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN THE PUD, THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE CREATION OF THE PUD WITH SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DETENTION RUN OVER THAT.
UM, AND, AND MAYBE TREVOR CAN KIND OF HELP ME WITH THAT.
THERE'S, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S AN AGREEMENT, THERE'S A DETENTION AGREEMENT IN WHICH THE CITY PROPERTY THERE IS ALREADY THERE FOR WATER DETENTION RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF IT, FRONT SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD.
AND THEY'RE GONNA BE FIXING IT UP, TAKING IT OUT, PUTTING A TRAIL AROUND IT AND VEGETATION, UH, FOR ANYONE'S USE, THEY WILL ALSO BE USING IT.
AND THERE'S TWO CONVEYANCES ONE, UM, BY WEST ARCHER UNDERNEATH THERE THAT WE'RE SELLING TO THEM THAT GET OUT, AND THAT'S FOR THEIR ACCESS.
THEN THERE'S A CONVEYANCE FROM THEM TO US OF A PIECE OF THEIR PROPERTY THAT IS, UH, FOR ATTENTION TO BE FINE.
WHAT QUESTION ON THE SEQUENCING? SO I DID LOOK THE AGENDA, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE RATIONALE, WHY WOULD YOU TAKE ACTION ON ADVANCE OF PROPERTY AND THE DETECTION BEFORE ACTUALLY THE BUG ITSELF, IT SEEMS LIKE IN ORDER THE, AND THEN SHOULD ALL BE DONE TOGETHER AND NOT DONE.
AND TREVOR AND I KIND OF ARGUED ABOUT, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A, I I FEEL LIKE WHAT I, TREVOR HAS A GOOD POINT THAT IF, AND YOU ALSO HAVE A GOOD POINT, THAT IF THE, IF THE CONVEYANCES ARE, THEY'RE NOT NEEDED UNLESS THE P DS ARE CORRECTLY.
AT THE SAME TIME, IF THE CONVEYANCES ARE NOT APPROVED, THEN THE PUD WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE.
I MEAN, I'M NOT IMPLYING THAT IT WON'T PASS, BUT JUST RIGHT IN AN EVENT.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T ASSUME THAT.
SO IT'S A CHICKEN AND EGG, EITHER ONE.
SO WE SAW THE PUD CREATION AS KIND AS THE COMBINATION, THE WHOLE THING IS PUNCTUATION.
MARK, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY HAS ABOUT
THEY HAVE NOT SHOWN US ANY KIND OF, UM, DETAIL OR CONCEPT PLAN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE JUST KNOW THE WHOLE THING WILL BE GC AND THAT'S, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OKAY.
GC OBVIOUSLY, UM, ALLOWS ALL TYPES OF RETAIL, BUSINESS OFFICE, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IN THAT AREA, UM, STAFF IS GENERALLY OKAY WITH, WITH WHATEVER THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE.
AND WE'LL TRY AND WORK THROUGH THE, THE DESIGN ISSUES AND, AND LAYOUT ISSUES WHEN, WHEN WE COME BACK.
SO WHO ELSE, I HAVE AN ITEM, UH, NOT FOR THIS, BUT WHEN WE'RE READY TO DISCUSS ANOTHER, DISCUSS IT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WERE DONE WITH THIS
[b. Discuss any or all of the agenda items on the City Council Regular Meeting Agenda for January 27, 2022, which is attached below.]
ONE, BUT, UM, THIS ONE'S FOR ITEM, I THINK IT'S TWO B ON THE, UM, IT'S TIME TEXAS.SO MAYOR AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, IT'S TIME TEXAS CHALLENGE.
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OR NOT EVERY CITY, BUT ALMOST EVERY CITY IN TEXAS COMPETES, UM, AS FAR AS WHO THE HEALTHIEST, UH, COMMUNITY, TEXAS.I MEAN BAYTOWN IS NUMBER TWO RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO WE'RE GONNA GET ADDITIONAL POINTS BECAUSE MAYOR IS GOING TO DO A VIDEO.
I DO A SCIENTIFIC FOR THE DATE, BUT YEAH, WELL JUST ANY, ANY TIME.
SHE SAID THE SOONER THE BETTER, UM, TO DO THE VIDEO.
AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TONIGHT, WHAT YOU'LL HAVE AT THE DAAS IS YOUR CITY COUNCIL PLEDGE.
UM, AND SO THERE'S UH, A YOUNG LADY THAT'S GONNA BE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT, IT'S TIME TEXAS.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL WANNA SIGN THAT PLEDGE AND SHE'S GONNA WANT US TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PHOTO.
SHE'S GONNA UPLOAD THAT TO GET US ADDITIONAL POINTS.
SO I THINK JUST FOR HOSTING THE MEETING TONIGHT AND MAYOR DOING THE RESOLUTION, I THINK WE GET LIKE 5,000 POINTS OR SOMETHING.
I MEAN, SO YEAH, THE VIDEO'S A LOT TOO.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT ONCE WE GET TO THE DIOCESE, YOU CAN, YOU'RE DOING YOUR OWN CHALLENGE.
I I I'LL JUST ASK ON THE, UH, COURT AND ITEMS, WE THESE, UH, INVESTMENT POLICY, ARE WE MAKING A CHANGE OR WHY WE APPROVE INVESTMENT POLICY? I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS A CHANGE MADE? SO THIS, THIS IS THE CHANGES THAT WERE SUBMITTED BEFORE.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WANNA DO IS TAKE IT BACK TO REFINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVED IT AND IT'S JUST HAVE TIME TO WORK RIGHT BACK.
SAME THING WAS PROPOSED BEFORE, BUT WE, WE COMMITTED WHEN WE BROUGHT THE FIRST TIME THAT FINANCE AND THEN WE SAID THE SAME THING THAT WAS PROPOSED BEFORE, BUT WE HAD AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED, WHAT WE WERE ADDING AN INVESTMENT OFFICER, EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
IT'S THAT SAME, IT'S THAT SAME THING.
THAT'S WHAT, AND IT CAME TO US.
THAT'S, WELL, I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION.
I, IT'S THAT YES THOUGHT THE SECOND INVESTMENT OFFICER, OFFICER
THE ORIGINAL, THE PROPOSAL VICTOR MADE AT THAT COUNCIL MEETING IS STILL THE SAME.
THERE'S NOTHING DIFFERENT SINCE THAT MEETING IT THIS TABLE.
SO IT CAN COME BACK TO US FOR DISCUSSION AND THEN WE BROUGHT IT BACK.
IT'S JUST NOW COMING BACK ON HERE.
AFTER WE DISCUSSED IT, WE STILL DISCUSSED ADDING THE CONTROLLER SECOND INVESTMENT OFFICE.
WE DID NOT RECOMMEND ANY CHANGES BEYOND WHAT VICTOR HAD ALREADY RECOMMENDED.
I JUST, THAT'S, AND THAT'D BE ONE OF THOSE BECAUSE I READ THAT AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, IT'S JUST GOING BACK AND FORTH.
BUT WHAT I JUST HEARD WAS THERE WERE PROPOSED CHANGES, BUT Y'ALL HADN'T HAD A CHANCE AS A FINANCE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THAT.
SO Y'ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
Y'ALL DISCUSSED IT AND NOW IT'S COMING BACK TO US AS, AS AS THE ORIGINAL.
Y'ALL ARE GOOD WITH THAT? YES.
I, I'D PROBABLY LIKE TO HAVE A REHASH TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR AS TO WHAT, 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
PULL IT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE VICTOR GO OVER JUST DIS YEAH, PULL IT FROM THE DISCUSSION SO WE'RE CLEAR THAT IT WAS HIS PROPOSALS.
AND THIS IS WHAT IT IS, IS THE PACKAGE.
AND I'M, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR WITH THAT BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE TABLED IT, SO, 'CAUSE Y'ALL WERE GOING, WHOA, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO IT MADE SENSE TO COME BACK TO Y'ALL AND Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT IT IN DETAIL.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR.
SO REFRESH MY MEMORY ON WHAT THOSE PROPOSALS WERE.
SO THAT'S WHAT GREAT ABOUT THIS MEETING.
I THINK VICTOR'S ON HIS WAY DOWN THE HALL.
SO WE JUST CLAR WE JUST CLARIFY CLARIFYING THAT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THAT WOULD, WE'RE WAITING ON VICTOR.
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO COME, I MEAN, DOES VICTOR KNOW TO COME OR NOT DO IT IN THERE ANYWAYS, FINAL THING ON THIS.
ALRIGHT, I'LL SAVE MY QUESTION THEN.
I HAD SEVERAL CALLS ON THAT ONE TO FINISH EATING.
YOU CAN STAND UP, UH, QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, ON THE ITEM INVOLVING CHANGE THE INVESTMENT POLICY.
CAN YOU GO OVER THAT ONE MORE TIME? IT'S THE SAME THING THAT WE BROUGHT BEFORE AND THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, CORRECT?
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THAT'S CORRECT, YES.THERE, THERE WERE SOME, UH, ADJUSTMENTS TO THE POLICY TO BRING IT INTO LINE WITH CHANGES TO SEC RULES.
UM, AND ALSO TO CLARIFY THE ALLEGATION OF AUTHORITY, UM, THERE WAS SOME RELATED MATURITY.
UM, YOU WANT ME TO, YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THE PAGE? CAN TO REHASH THE INVESTMENT OFFICER PORTION? I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY INTEREST ON THAT PART.
SO TO CLARIFY, THE CHARTER MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IS THE CITY TREASURER.
UH, THERE WAS A LACK OF CLARITY IN THE PREVIOUS POLICY OF RESPONSIBILITY TODAY.
THIS BRINGS INVESTMENT POLICY FURTHER INTO LINE WITH THE CITY FLORIDA TO THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, UH, TO THE RESPONSIBILITY AUTHORITY SHOULD THE OFFICERS UNDER HIS, FOR HER DIRECTION CONTROLLER.
SO WE'RE NO LONGER NAMING THE, THE CONTROLLER AS WAS PROPOSED.
SO, SO WE'RE NO LONGER NAMING THE CONTROLLER AS THE SECOND INVESTMENT OFFICER.
YOU WERE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CHARTER MEETING TO DIRECTOR FINANCES, CITY TREASURER, THEREFORE A CITY ION AND THEM THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THE OFFICERS UNDER HISTOR OR HER DIRECTION CONTROL.
I THINK WE'VE GOT IT NOW AND WELL, WELL, I, I THINK, I THINK IT IS CLEAR, MR. MAYOR MAKES IT CLEAR.
MAY THE PERSON SITTING IN MY CHAIR, WHOEVER THAT MAY BE IN THE FUTURE.
IF THE PERSON THAT IS IN THE FRAME, THE MAN YOU CAN APPOINT WHATEVER DISCRETION SHOULDN'T BE UNDERSTOOD.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT WORKS SECTION AS ADJOURN.