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[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2022 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM PLEDGE AND INVOCATION Council Member Mike Lester, District No. Six ]
CALL THIS MEETING THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.WE HAVE, UM, AT 6 32, WE DO HAVE QUORUM.
UH, WE ARE IN BAYTOWN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE WILL BE LED IN OUR PLEDGE AND INVOCATION THIS EVENING BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE LESTER OF DISTRICT NUMBER SIX.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN FACE THE FLAG OF PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE UNITED STATES.
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHO, WHICH IT STANDS FOR, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, THE INDIVISIBLE IN LIBERTY, TEAM, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NOW THE TEXAS FLAG, OUR HONOR, TEXAS FLAG AND PLEDGE OF MISSIONS TO BE TEXAS ONE, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.
JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF PRAYER.
DEAR LORD, WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT AND ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND SUPPORT.
HELP US TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION AND TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL BE POSITIVE FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
PLEASE KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES, POLICE, FIRE, EMS, AND ALL THE MILITARY SERVICE INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND OUR PRAYERS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU PROVIDE EACH OF US IN YOUR OWN WAY.
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CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE BAY ON CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 27TH, 2022.I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ABSTENTIONS, IF NOT ALL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, OF THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED WE HAVE ITEM TWO A.
[a. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.]
RECOGNIZED THE CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE.I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR EMPLOYEES.
JAMES GRAY, CREW LEADER WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.
LAURA NICHOLAS ANDREWS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
KENNETH DO SERGEANT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
KENNETH GRADUATED FROM ROSS STERLING HIGH SCHOOL IN 1985 AND IN 1987 HE BECAME A JAILER WITH THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE WENT ON TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN POLICE ACADEMY, WHERE HE GRADUATED THIRD IN HIS CLASS IN DECEMBER OF 1994.
HE WAS HIRED AS A PATROL OFFICER WITH THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT ASSIGNED TO WORK BOTH THE EVENING AND GRAVEYARD SHIFTS.
THREE YEARS LATER, HE TRANSFERRED TO THE HARRIS COUNTY ORGANIZED CRIME NARCOTICS TASK FORCE UNIT, WHERE HE WORKED MULTI-JURISDICTION CASES INVOLVING STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.
IN 1998, HE RETURNED TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE LOCAL NARCOTICS SQUAD.
AFTER SPENDING SEVEN YEARS IN THIS DIVISION, HE TRANSFERRED TO THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION WHERE HE INVESTIGATED BURGLARY, THEFT AND PERSONS CRIMES.
IN MARCH OF 2008, HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF SERGEANT WHERE HE SUPERVISED THE HOTSPOT UNIT.
SERGEANT DEW CURRENTLY SERVES AS A SUPERVISOR FOR THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT.
KENNETH CURRENTLY HOLDS A MASTER TEXAS PEACE OFFICER CERTIFICATE, AND IN ADDITION TO VARIOUS LETTERS OF APPRECIATION FROM CITIZENS AND COMMENDATIONS FROM SUPERVISORS, HE HAS ALSO RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING AWARDS, OFFICER OF THE MONTH, NOMINATED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER OF THE YEAR TWO COMMANDER AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE, EMERGENCY SERVICE, RIBBON WORK, HONORABLE CONDUCT MEDALS.
THANK YOU SERGEANT DEE FOR 35 YEARS OF EXCELLENT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
[b. Present the 3rd and 4th of July Celebration schedule and entertainment for 2022.]
B PRE, UH, PRESENT THE THIRD AND 4TH OF JULY, CELEBRATION, SCHEDULE, AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR 2022.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE, THE LINEUP FOR THE THIRD AND 4TH OF JULY.
IF YOU THINK IT'S A LITTLE EARLY THIS YEAR, IT IS, UH, WE WERE LUCKY TO, UH, TO SECURE ALL THE CONTRACTS A MONTH OR TWO EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SO WE WANTED TO, UM, PRESENT IT TO YOU GUYS EARLY SO THAT WE CAN GET TO MARKETING.
UH, THE VIDEO WE WAS GONNA SHOW YOU WAS CREATED BY LLOYD IN CHANNEL 16.
UM, HE, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, ALL THE MUSIC YOU HEAR IN THE VIDEO IS ACTUALLY MUSIC PERFORMED BY THE ARTIST THAT'LL BE AT THE EVENT.
SO, YEAH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN OUT.
IF I DIE YOUNG, SIR, BETTER DIG TO NOW THAT THE PARTY IS KICKED
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BACON.I GO CRAZY WHEN I HEAR, DIDN'T KNOW YOU, BUT YOU GAVE ME THAT DUTY YOU WANT.
AND, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE MUSIC ACTS, OF COURSE, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE THE, UH, 4TH OF JULY PARADE AT FIVE 30 AND WE'LL HAVE THE FIREWORKS STARTING AT NINE 30 AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST AN ITEM TO BE PRESENTED.
IT LOOKS VERY DIVERSE AND ENTERTAINING.
ANY COMMENTS ANYBODY WANNA MAKE ON THAT? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON.
ALRIGHT, ITEM THREE A, RECEIVE
[a. Receive and discuss a presentation from Build Baytown I, LLC, regarding the development of a public golf course at Evergreen Park.]
AND DISCUSS A PRESENTATION FROM BILL BAYTOWN, ONE LLC REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF A PUBLIC GOLF COURSE AT EVERGREEN PARK.COUNCIL, I'M NOT SURE I CAN TOP VANILLA ICE, BUT I'M GONNA TRY, UH, BUT I'M NOT GONNA WRAP.
SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A GOLF COURSE FOR A WHILE.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN REALLY, UH, INTEGRATE THE SOUTH SIDE OF OUR CITY, UM, BETTER INTO OUR COMMUNITY, GET SOME BUSINESSES DOWN THERE, CREATE SOME JOBS ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT ARE, UH, NOT JUST ON A TILT WALL TYPE OF OPERATION.
AND, UM, SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE, WE'RE ABLE TO BRING IN A COUPLE OF NATIONAL DEVELOPERS WHO WE BELIEVE HAVE SOLVED THIS ISSUE FOR US.
UH, BUT INSTEAD OF HEARING IT FROM ME, I'M GONNA INVITE RIO ANO TO COME UP AND MAKE THE PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF BILL BAYTOWN ONE.
AND, UH, TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE.
HE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A LOT OF FOLKS THAT, UM, WILL BE VIA ZOOM BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT MAKE IT IN BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER AND THE LOCATIONS OF THE COUNTRY THEY WERE IN.
THEY COULDN'T GET, UH, THE PLANES TO FLY OR GET THEM OFF THE RUNWAY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
SO, UH, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, RIO, WE'LL, LETTING YOU OUT.
DID WE GET, UH, HE'S ON? FANTASTIC.
I'M NOT A TECH PERSON, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME.
UH, BUT, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND, AND WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO OUR PRESENTATION AND HOPEFULLY A VERY, UM, SOLUTION DRIVEN APPROACH TO THE 105 PLUS ACRES, UH, IN THE OLD EVERGREEN GOLF COURSE.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS ME, UM, MINORITY OWNED DEVELOPER.
I WAS BORN IN HAVANA, CUBA BACK IN THE, UH, SIXTIES, UH, TENURE VETERAN US ARMY CAPTAIN.
AND I'VE GOT APPROXIMATELY 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN A WIDE ARRAY OF, OF CAPITAL ASSETS FROM RETAIL TO MULTIFAMILY OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL PRE-ENGINEERED BUILDINGS IN TILT UP CONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY MY, MY BACKGROUND.
I'M GONNA INTRODUCE YOU HERE IN A COUPLE SECONDS TO RICK TON, WHO'S GOT AN INCREDIBLE PEDIGREE IN GOLF COURSE DESIGN, BOTH INTERNATIONALLY AND NATIONALLY, UH, 35 PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE.
AND, UM, HE HAS BEEN CULTIVATING AND DEVELOPING A CONCEPT THAT BAYTOWN WILL HAVE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND WORLD CLASS 18 HOLE, UH, CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSE HERE IN BAYTOWN IN THE OLD, UM, EVERGREEN, UH, SITE.
UH, HE'S WORKED WITH A WIDE ARRAY OF, UM, PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS, UH, AND, UH, UH, ARCHITECTS, WESOFF, UH, LAYMAN, UH, COREY AND CRENSHAW.
SO ANGIE, IS HE ON, IS HE ON READY TO GO? SO BEFORE I, I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE HIM.
UH, ONE LAST THING I WANNA TALK, UH, ABOUT HIM IS RICK, RIGHT NOW HAS GOT, UH, FIVE OF THE TOP RESIDENTIAL COURSES IN THE COUNTRY.
ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY LISTED NUMBER FOUR.
IT'S THE, UH, COLORADO GOLF CLUB.
LET'S SEE, UH, RICK, ARE YOU WITH US? I, I AM.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU FINE.
ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND JUST, UH, PUT THE SLIDES ON YOU.
JUST TELL ME WHERE YOU WANNA START.
UM, WELL, I GUESS I'D LIKE TO JUST START WITH SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PROPERTY.
AND I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF AND, AND THAT SLIDE IS FINE TO START WITH.
BUT, UM, MY BACKGROUND IS PRIMARILY, HAS BEEN PRIMARILY IN WASHINGTON STATE, UH, THE MOUNTAINS OF, UH, ARIZONA AND OF COURSE COLORADO.
AND ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES IS ALWAYS WE HAVE TO MOVE SO MUCH DIRT TO FIND THE FAIRWAYS, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
'CAUSE WE HAVE TO SHAPE IT IN.
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PROPERTY IS IT'S RELATIVELY MELLOW.IT, UH, IT APPARENTLY DRAINS FAIRLY WELL.
IT'S ALREADY GOT, UM, SOME MATURE TREES.
IT'S GOT SOME WATER FEATURES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL.
THE CHALLENGE,
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WITH 105, UH, ACRES, YOU REALLY HAVE THREE OPTIONS FOR, LET'S CALL IT GOLF.
AND THAT WOULD BE, UM, SIMPLY A NINE HOLE GOLF COURSE.
UH, YOU DO AN 18 HOLE PAR THREE COURSE, ALL PAR THREES, UH, THEY WOULD ALL BE ABOUT 160 TO 175 YARDS.
OR YOU CAN DO WHAT WE'RE CALLING, UM, THIS NEW CONCEPT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE REFERRING TO IT AS A DOUBLE LOOP.
AND, UM, WITH THAT WE CAN HAVE A 7,200 YARD, UH, I'M SORRY, A 6,200 YARD PAR 70 WITH, UH, EIGHT PAR FOURS, SIX PAR FIVE, UM, PAR THREES, AND FOUR, UH, PAR FIVES.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A LEGITIMATE 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE AND HOLD TOURNAMENTS ON IT.
UM, THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT IT THAT ISN'T GOLF, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT CONCEPT OF HOW TO DO IT.
SO WITH THE FIRST SLIDE, THE, LET'S START WITH THAT HOLE TO THE LEFT.
THAT'S, UH, SAY A 570, YARD PAR FIVE.
YOU CAN SEE THE BUNKER TYPICALLY ON PAR FIVES, PARTICULARLY ONE THAT'S NOT PARTICULARLY LONG.
YOU, UM, YOU GIVE A LOT OF DEFENSE TO THE, TO THE POSITIONING.
SO THE THREE LITTLE DOTS AT THE TOP, THOSE ARE THE TS.
AND WE MIGHT HAVE FIVE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW I JUST DREW, BUT BASICALLY THE LANDING AREA OR THE T SHOT IS DEFENDED BY A SERIES OF BUNKERS.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME CROSS BUNKERS THAT DEFEND, OH, THANK YOU
UM, AND THEN THERE'S, UH, CROSS BUNKERS, UH, THAT DEFEND THE, UH, LAYUP AND THEN A RELATIVELY SMALL GREEN WITH A COUPLE OF BUNKERS SERVED BY ROUGH.
OKAY, SO THAT'S, LET'S JUST CALL THAT A LEGITIMATE AVERAGE LENGTH PAR FIVE.
SO THE NEXT HOLE IS, UM, 470 YARDS.
A THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A LONG PAR FOR, ESPECIALLY IN, IN YOUR PART OF THE COUNTRY UP HERE.
IT'S NOT AS, BUT DOWN THERE IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU'RE GONNA BE HITTING A T SHOT AND THEN PROBABLY A FAIRWAY WOOD OR A LONG IRON INTO THE GREEN.
SO THE, IF YOU SEE WHERE THE LANDING AREA IS FOR THE T SHOT, IT'S NOT DEFENDED BY BUNKERS.
AND IT'S A GREAT BIG GREEN RUNNING, UM, AWAY FROM YOU SURROUNDED BY FAIRWAY.
SO IF YOU ARE HITTING A FAIRWAY WOOD IN THERE, THERE'S LOTS OF ROOM TO, TO TUCK IT INTO THE GREEN.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM THAT PAR FIVE.
AND THE NEXT HOLE OVER IS A, UH, 425 YARD.
WE CALL THAT AN AVERAGE LENGTH PAR FOUR, UH, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BUNKERING GUARDING THE, UM, UH, THE T SHOT AND THEN SOME, SOME OF THE GREEN GUARDED BY A BUNKER BECAUSE IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S AN AVERAGE LENGTH.
YOU'RE GONNA BE HITTING GENERALLY MIDDLE IRONS OR EVEN SHORT IRONS INTO THE, THAT GREEN.
AND THEN THE FOURTH HOLE OVER IS ONE THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY INTERMI.
IT'S, IT'S CALLED A REACHABLE PAR FOUR.
SO WHAT THAT IS, IS THERE'S A WHOLE SERIES OF BUNKERS GUARDING THE, THE, UH, T SHOT.
THE T SHOT MIGHT ONLY BE A FAIRWAY WOOD, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SMALL IRON IN THE GREEN, OR WHAT A LOT OF THE MORE SKILLED PLAYERS WILL TRY TO DO IS TO GET TO THAT GREEN IN ONE AND CUT THAT CORNER.
SO THOSE ARE FOUR VERY DIFFERENT HOLES, VERY LEGITIMATE HOLES WITH THEIR LENGTH AND THEIR STRATEGY AND THEIR CHARACTER.
NOW, UM, WHAT HAPPENED, RIO, CAN WE, MY SCREEN LOST THE IMAGES ARE THE, ARE YOU STILL SEEING THE IMAGES? YES.
WELL THEN CAN YOU FLIP TO THE NEXT ONE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON MY SCREEN.
I'VE GOT MARK MATTINGLY ON MY SCREEN.
OKAY, SO NOW I'M, SO I'M SHOWING THOSE HOLES OVER AGAIN.
YOU CAN SEE THE PAR FIVE, UH, THE LONG PAR FOUR, THE MIDDLE LENGTH PAR FOUR,
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AND THE SHORT PAR FOUR.AND THEN TO THE RIGHT THERE, IF YOU CAN SEE THE RED LINE, THAT'S THAT PAR FIVE.
SO ALL THE BUNKERS YOU SEE AND EVERYTHING YOU SEE COMBINED IN THAT HOLE TO THE LEFT ARE THE TWO HOLES THAT I PRESENTED TO THE LEFT.
SO THOSE, THOSE TWO HOLES, WHY DON'T YOU CIRCLE THE TWO HOLES TO THE LEFT, THE, THE PAR FIVE AND THE PAR, UM, LONG PAR FOUR, CAN YOU, OKAY.
AND THEN CAN YOU CIRCLE WHERE THAT IS COMBINED ON THE OVERLAID CONFIGURATION? CAN YOU DO THAT? THERE IT IS.
SO CAN YOU SEE HOW, UM, ALL THE BUNKERS THAT I, THAT I SHOWED BEFORE ARE THERE, IT IS JUST, THEY'RE BEING USED DIFFERENT WAYS AND THE GREENS ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.
THE, UH, UH, THE TEES ARE SPLAYED APART.
SO YOU'RE APPROACHING THE, THE FAIRWAY FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES AND DIFFERENT DISTANCES.
AND THEN THE OTHER TWO HOLES, THE MIDDLE PAR FOUR AND THE REACHABLE PAR FOUR WOULD BE THAT NEXT SERIES OVER RIGHT THERE.
SO THERE YOU CAN SEE THE, THE MIDDLE LENGTH, THE, THE, THE REACHABLE, UH, PAR FOUR.
SO, SO OVER TWO FAIRWAYS, WE'VE GOT FOUR LEGITIMATE HOLES.
AND ACTUALLY, AND YOU COULD DO THIS ANYWHERE ELSE ON ANY OF THE GOLF COURSE, YOU COULD LEAVE THE GREENS WHERE THEY ARE AND LEAVE THE FRONT NINE GREEN WHERE IT IS AND THE BACK NINE GREEN.
BUT YOU COULD SWITCH THE T AND NOW YOU WOULD, YOU'VE GOT FOUR ENTIRELY DIFFERENT POLES, SO YOUR SUNDAY CONFIGURATION COULD BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN YOUR SATURDAY CONFIGURATION.
SO, UM, I HOPE THAT EXPLAINS SAY THE CONCEPT THAT WE'RE, UM, PROPOSING.
AND THEN RIO, DO YOU WANNA GO? OH, I GOT MARK AGAIN.
UM, DO YOU WANNA GO TO THE, UH, OVERALL PLAN THERE? OKAY.
UM, SO THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
AND I ALREADY TOLD YOU IT'S FAIRLY MELLOW.
WE WON'T BE MOVING A LOT OF DIRT.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SHAPE IN THE, UH, THE GREENS.
WELL, THERE'S ALREADY A WATER FEATURE AND THERE'S JUST ENOUGH WIDTH FOR BACK TO BACK FAIRWAYS FOUR OF 'EM THROUGH THE KIND OF THE MIDDLE OF THE GOLF COURSE WHERE THEY'RE 85 YARDS WIDE.
IT'LL BE A VERY SAFE GOLF COURSE.
AND IT GIVES US PLENTY OF ROOM TO SPREAD THE GREENS AND THE TEES.
AND THE COURSE GENERALLY RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH ADVANTAGE TO THAT IS THAT THE MORNING SUN FOR THE STARTING HOLES WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM.
AND YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU'RE GOING
AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE FINISHING
AND THE SAME THING WITH OUR PRACTICE FACILITY.
IT GOES EXACTLY THE WAY YOU WOULD WANT IT TO GO.
SO YOU NEVER HAVE A LOW SUN ANGLE, UM, CAUSING A PROBLEM.
NOW THE, THE SEQUENCE OF HOLES, I DON'T WANNA BORE YOU WITH ALL OF THAT, BUT BASICALLY IT IS A, IS A, A FEW PAR FOURS AND THEN A, UM, A PAR FIVE BACK TO BACK THREES.
AND THEN THOSE NEXT TWO HOLES ARE THE ONES THAT, SIMILAR TO WHAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WHERE THE FRONT NINE MIGHT BE A FIVE AND THE BACK NINE MIGHT BE A FOUR.
AND THE NEXT HOLE, THE, UH, FRONT NINE MIGHT BE A FOUR IN THE BACK NINE, A FIVE THAT THEY CONVERT FROM PAR FAR TO A PAR FIVE.
SO EVEN THE SEQUENCING OF PAR CHANGES FROM THE FRONT NINE TO THE BACK NINE, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SHARING THE HOLE.
SO THEN I'D LIKE TO, THEN THE OTHER THING I THINK THAT WORKS OUT REALLY KIND OF IS A NOTICE THE FINISHING HOLES, THE NINE NUMBER NINE HOLE AND THE NUMBER 18 HOLE ARE PAR THREES.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE CLUBHOUSE WOULD SEE.
SO THE NINTH HOLE IS A 200 YARD, UH, PAR THREE, AND THAT'S RELATIVELY LONG FOR PAR THREE.
THERE'S A, A FAIRWAY IN THE, IN THE, TO KIND OF BUMP IT UP, BUT IT'S POSITIONED.
SO YOU WOULD BE ABLE, THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT AND THE CLMA WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
SO THEN AS YOU'RE MAKING YOUR TURN, IT'LL BE VERY EASY TO STOP AND GET A SNACK, NOT SLOW DOWN, PAY PLAY, AND MOVE ON TO THE NUMBER
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10 T, WHICH WAS THE NUMBER ONE T.BUT THE OTHER THING WE'VE GOT HERE IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE POSITIONING OF THE CLUBHOUSE RELATIVE TO THE 18 GREEN, THE 18 GREEN IS COMPLETELY ON STAGE.
SO IT'S FAIRLY EASY, BUT IT'S ALSO GOT FENCE.
THERE'S WATER ON ONE SIDE, THERE'S A BUNKER THAT LOOK LIKE WHAT I CALL A BEACH BUNKER FLASHING UP OUT OF THE WATER.
AND THAT'LL BE LOOKING LIKE IT'S PUSHING THE GREEN UP OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE WATER WITH A STEP IN IT.
AND SO IF YOU'RE OUT ON THE DINING DAM OR IF YOU'RE ON THE PATIO OR WHATEVER, YOU'RE LOOKING RIGHT AT 18 GREEN, THE TEE SHOT ALL THE WAY TO THE, TO THE PUTTING.
AND IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR A GREAT BIG, UM, LAWN AREA FOR EVENTS.
AND WHETHER THEY'RE PRIVATE EVENTS OR TOURNAMENTS OR PART BIRTHDAY PARTIES OR WHATEVER, THERE'S A BIG LAWN AREA THERE.
SAME THING, IT'S RIGHT THERE WITH FOOD AND BEVERAGE BECAUSE IT'S OVERLOOKING THE 18 GREEN.
AND THERE COULD BE A LOT OF FUN THINGS GOING ON THERE.
HAVE I MISSED ANYTHING WITH NO, RICK, YOU DID GREAT.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP FOR Q AND A AFTER WE'RE COMPLETELY DONE.
I JUST WASN'T SURE IF I WAS RAMBLING AND IF I MISSED SOMETHING.
SO WHO BETTER IN OUR VIEW TO BUILD WHAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE AN AWARD-WINNING DESIGN THAN ARGUABLY ONE OF THE TOP, UH, GOLF COURSE BUILDERS, MANAGERS, AND OPERATORS IN THE COUNTRY, THEN LANDSCAPES UNLIMITED.
UH, SO I'M GONNA INTRODUCE YOU NOW TO MARK MATTINGLY.
MARK MATTINGLY, JACK MORGAN AND JAKE STEIN ARE LINE WITH US NOW.
SO MARK, ARE YOU THERE WITH ME? EXCUSE? HE'S MARK, YES.
ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? YEAH, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, SOME REVERB GOING.
NOW I CAN NOW, NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU FINE.
RIO, IS THAT, IS THAT ANY BETTER? THAT'S FANTASTIC.
CLEARLY I'M IN MY RENTAL CAR, BUT, UH, NICE TO BE WITH EVERYONE THIS EVENING.
MARK, I'M JUST GO AHEAD, UH, GO AHEAD AND, UH, TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND GO AHEAD AND, UH, JUST, UH, REPRESENT YOUR COMPANY AND JACK AND, UH, JAKE, YOU ALL CHIME IN WHENEVER YOU, YOU DEEM NECESSARY.
WELL, I'LL, I'LL OPEN UP AND, AND REALLY JUST SPEAK, UH, FROM AN OPERATIONS PERSPECTIVE.
I REALLY ENJOYED GETTING TO, UH, UNDERSTAND THIS PROJECT AND, AND SPEAK WITH RICK AND, AND WITH RIO ABOUT THEIR VISION.
AND, AND, UM, JUST IMMEDIATELY CAPTURED MY, UM, UH, EXCITEMENT I GUESS OF, OF SOMETHING THAT I, I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
WORKING BACK 25 YEARS AGO, EARLIER IN MY CAREER, WHEN WE WOULD RUN AN, AN 18 HOLE WAVE, WHICH IS SORT OF THE WAY I REFER TO THE WAVE, WE WOULD BE HANDLING THE, UH, TEE TIME FLOW OF THE GOLF COURSE.
UM, AND I THINK WE PROBABLY WANNA BE CLEAR, I DON'T THINK WE'VE SAID THIS YET, THAT WHILE YOU CAN PLAY FROM TWO DIFFERENT T LOCATIONS TO TWO DIFFERENT GREEN LOCATIONS, WE'RE ONLY GONNA HAVE ONE FOURSOME ON THE HOLE IN ANY GIVEN TIME.
SO IF ANYBODY HAD ANY CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY AND TWO FOURSOMES PLAYING ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER, REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THE, THE NINE ONE TIME FROM A SET OF TEES TO A PARTICULAR GREEN AND THEN COME BACK AROUND IF YOU CAN STAY FOR 18 HOLES THAT DAY AND PLAY A SECOND TIME FROM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOOK AND LOCATION OF TEE BOXES TO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GREEN COMPLEX.
AND, UH, JUST SOME EXCITING CONCEPT AND SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE USED TO DO, UH, YEARS AGO, UH, DOWN IN FLORIDA WHEN I BEGAN MY CAREER, WHEN WE WERE MAKING WHOLE LAKE STARTS OFF OF, UH, FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS OFF OF THE FRONT BACK NIGHT AT THE SAME TIME, THEN WE WOULD THEN MAKE ROOM FOR THEM TO COME BACK AROUND, SWITCH NINE, AND THEN PLAY ANOTHER TIME.
WELL, THAT'S VERY MUCH WHAT WE WOULD DO HERE, UH, IN CONCEPT IS FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS, THEN WE WOULD BE CLOSED FOR, UH, A PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT THOSE THAT WANTED TO PLAY THE SECOND TIME PLAYING REALLY A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOOK, UH, WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOP THE SECOND TIME BEFORE WE'D OPEN IT BACK UP FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF PLAYERS TO COME THROUGH.
SO THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S EXCITING.
UM, I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OPERATIONS SIDE OF OUR TEAM AND I'LL LET JAKE AND JACK SPEAK REALLY ABOUT THE, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENT SIDE AND, AND ALL YOUR QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION AND REALLY BRINGING THIS TO LIFE.
SO I'M JUST GONNA SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I KNOW BEST.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADVANCE THAT SLIDE, I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A, A QUICK OVERVIEW OF
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WHO WE ARE.UH, UH, LIMITED REALLY OUR PARENT COMPANY, IF YOU WILL, UH, WITH TWO STRONG SISTER DIVISIONS IN LANDSCAPES, UNLIMITED AND LANDSCAPES GOLF MANAGEMENT.
I CLEARLY WORKED WITH THE MANAGEMENT SIDE 'CAUSE I'M AN OPERATOR, BUT, UH, MY OWN BUSINESS, UH, BEGAN IN 1976.
UM, ON THE OPERATIONS SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WE CURRENTLY ARE OWNER OPERATORS OF 10 FACILITIES.
WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 44 CLIENTS THAT, UM, USE US ON A THIRD PARTY BASIS, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
WE'RE SOMEONE ELSE IS THE OWNER, BUT WE'RE THE OPERATOR.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 54 CLIENTS NATIONWIDE.
WE HAVE EIGHT REGIONAL OFFICES, AND OF COURSE OUR HOME OFFICE IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.
BILL LEY IS OUR FOUNDER AND, UH, HE KICKED THIS WHOLE THING OFF SOME 45 YEARS AGO.
AND NOW HIS TWO SON-IN-LAWS ARE GONNA TAKE US WELL INTO THE FUTURE AS OUR, UH, CHIEF, UH, EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER.
SO WE INTEND TO BE A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY THE SIXTH LARGEST US BASED MANAGEMENT COMPANY, UH, IN THE INDUSTRY TODAY.
WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE GOLF INC TRACKS THAT SORT OF THING AND UPSTATE THAT LIST ABOUT ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS.
AND WE'RE TRULY THE NUMBER ONE SOLUTION PROVIDER IN THE GAME OF GOLF TODAY.
THERE'S NOT ANOTHER COMPANY AROUND ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OR MANAGEMENT SIDE THAT IS A LEADER IN BOTH SPACES AND CAN BE A SINGLE SOURCE SOLUTION THE WAY OUR TEAM CAN.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD OF THAT AND HAPPY TO BRING SOME OF THAT TO YOU THIS EVENING.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS JUST A QUICK LOOK AGAIN AS WE, AS WE LOOK AT THE OPERATION SIDE OF THE BUSINESS, BUT AS I SAY, WE'RE IN 22 STATES TODAY.
WE DO HAVE, UH, A COUPLE, UH, TEXAS BASED PROPERTIES, AS YOU'LL SEE THERE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE MANY OTHERS SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
CURRENTLY TODAY WE HAVE ABOUT 25, EITHER DAILY FEE OR, OR MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES THAT WE MANAGE WITHIN THAT PORTFOLIO OF, UH, 54 CLIENTS.
EVERYTHING FROM RESORT PROPERTIES TO PRIVATE CLUBS, DAILY FEE, UPSCALE DAILY FEE, AND MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES AS WELL ARE WITHIN THE PORTFOLIO TODAY.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADVANCE THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO I WON'T READ THESE TO YOU, BUT I DID JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A SENSE OF REALLY ALL THAT GOES INTO OPERATING A GOLF COURSE TODAY IN THE COMPETITIVE WORLD OF GOLF.
AND SO I WON'T READ EACH BULLET POINT TO YOU, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO IT THAN WHEN I BEGAN 30 YEARS AGO.
WE, WE TRULY RAN OUT OF A VERY SIMPLISTIC CASH REGISTER WITH AN X TAPE AND A Z TAPE, AND WE RAN THE, UH, SNACK SHOP OUT OF A, UH, CIGAR BOX.
AND, UH, THOSE DAYS ARE LONG GONE, AND IT'S A SOPHISTICATED BUSINESS TODAY TO COMPETE IN THE, IN THE GAME OF GOLF AND REALLY STAND OUT AND BE ABLE TO TELL YOUR STORY WELL THROUGH DIGITAL MARKETING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOPHISTICATED, UH, ROUNDS TRACKING CAPABILITIES, THE ABILITY TO MANAGE YOUR PEOPLE AND MANAGE THOSE, UM, TEE TIMES EFFECTIVELY AND PRODUCE A PROFITABLE RESULT.
AND SO YOU SEE SOME THINGS HERE, AND AGAIN, I WON'T GO INTO GREAT DEAL OF READING THOSE TO YOU, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SENSE, IF YOU'VE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE, AND YOU SAID, WELL, WHAT DOES A MANAGEMENT COMPANY EVEN DO? IT'S EVERYTHING FROM AGRONOMICS TO HUMAN RESOURCES TO ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE, MARKETING, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, OF COURSE, GOLF OPERATIONS, GOLF PROGRAMMING, TEACHING, GROWING THE GAME.
UM, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE ENCOMPASSED IN WHAT A MANAGEMENT COMPANY, UH, SHOULD BE DELIVERING FOR YOU AND WHAT WE DELIVER DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR OUR CLIENTS.
SO SOME FUNDAMENTAL SERVICES, I I BEGAN TO TOUCH ON THOSE, AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT ANY MANAGEMENT COMPANY WORTH THEIR SALT IS GONNA TALK TO YOU, UH, ABOUT THESE FOUR KEY ITEMS. AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO COMMENT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING IN THE FOOD BEVERAGE SPACE.
UM, THEY CERTAINLY KNOW AGRONOMY, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF YOUR FINANCES, SO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN SOME SENSE OF, OF MARKETING.
UH, IF IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT TO BE IMPORTANT TODAY, THEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE SIMPLY NOT OPERATING EFFECTIVELY IN THE GOLF SPACE.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK TO THOSE THINGS.
BUT WHAT I WOULD WANNA SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT WE HAVE SPECIALISTS IN EACH ONE OF THESE KEY FUNDAMENTAL AREAS THAT MANY OF OUR LARGER COMPETITORS, THOSE THAT MAY MANAGE HUNDREDS OF PROPERTIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, SIMPLY DON'T HAVE.
WHAT THEY USE IS A SYSTEM CALLED REGIONAL CHAMPIONS, MEANING THAT THEY'RE HOPING THAT THEY HAVE A PROPERTY SOMEWHERE NEARBY THAT PERHAPS THEY HAVE SOMEWHAT EFFECTIVE AT FOOD AND BEVERAGE GOLF OPERATIONS, AGRONOMY, THAT WHEN THEY'RE NOT TOO BUSY RUNNING THEIR OWN PROPERTY, THEY'LL STOP BY AND, AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY THINK, KIND OF TAKE A, TAKE A LOOK UNDER THE HOOD AND GIVE YOU A PIECE OF ADVICE AND THEN GO BACK TO THEIR DAY JOB AT THEIR PRIMARY LOCATION.
WELL, THAT'S NOT HOW WE OPERATE.
WE HAVE SPECIALISTS IN EACH AREA OF THESE FUNDAMENTAL EXPERTISE AND REGIONAL, UH, SUPPORT TEAM MEMBERS OUT IN THE FIELD SO THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE THINKING ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE FUNDAMENTALS AND HOW THEY'RE BEING EXECUTED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL AT EACH OF OUR PROPERTIES AROUND THE UNITED STATES, OUR KEY THOUGHT LEADERS ARE INVOLVED IN EACH AND EVERY PROJECT, AND IT'S THEIR FULL-TIME JOB.
THEY'RE NOT DISTRACTED WITH TRYING TO RUN THEIR OWN GOLF COURSE AND THEY'LL STOP IN AND SEE YOU WHEN THEY CAN.
IT, IT IS A PRIMARY FOCUS OF THEIRS AND, AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
IT'S A REAL DIFFERENTIATOR, UH, ON THE LANDSCAPES TEAM.
AND IF YOU COULD ADVANCE THE SLIDES
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ARE FUNDAMENTALS, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, UM, AS THE RESULT OF HAVING A FOUNDATION OF, OF BEING A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FIRST, AND PERHAPS I ADVANCED PAST THAT A LITTLE QUICKLY IN THE STORY, BUT IN OUR FIRST 15 YEARS FROM 1976 TO ABOUT 1990, WE WERE PURELY A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.AND OUR NEXT 15 YEARS WE BEGAN DEVELOPING PROPERTIES AND CHOOSING TO BE AN OWNER AND LATER AN OWNER OPERATOR.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE, THE MANAGEMENT TEAM WAS BORN.
BUT EVEN IN THAT MIDDLE SECTION OF OUR 45 YEARS, WE WERE SIMPLY TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN ASSETS.
WE WERE REALLY LEARNING HOW TO DO IT AND DO IT WELL.
WE MADE MISTAKES WITH OUR OWN MONEY, BUT WE LEARN FROM THOSE, WE DEVELOP BEST PRACTICES.
AND SOME OF THOSE FUNDAMENTAL TEAM MEMBERS THAT I WAS JUST MENTIONING TO YOU BEFORE, WE MADE OUR SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE LAST 15 YEARS OF OUR EVOLUTION AS A COMPANY TO THIRD PARTY CLIENTS SUCH AS YOURSELF.
AND SO WE'RE PROUD OF THE WAY WE ORGANICALLY GREW THAT.
BUT BECAUSE OF HAVING A STRONG, UM, UNDERPINNING, IF YOU WILL, OF OF CONSTRUCTION, WE ALREADY HAD LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN HOUSE.
WE HAD A HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT IN-HOUSE, WE HAD AN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT IN HOUSE.
AND SO AS AN UP AND COMING MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN THE SPACE TODAY, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BUILD THOSE THINGS FROM SCRATCH.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO THEN GO A STEP FURTHER AND SAY, WHAT WOULD BE SOME UNIQUE EXPERTISE THAT WE COULD BRING TO OUR CLIENTS TO IMPROVE THE VALUE PROPOSITION? AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU NEXT IS JUST THIS ONE ADDITIONAL SLIDE.
AND THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT VERY FEW, IF ANY OF OUR COMPETITORS BRING, UH, TO THE TABLE TODAY AND SEE THINGS THERE.
IN TERMS OF RECRUITING IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FIVE PERSON HR TEAM.
I CAN TELL YOU BY COMPARISON, ONE OF THE TOP THREE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES HAS OVER A HUNDRED PROPERTIES AND THEY HAVE ONE AND A HALF FTES OR PEOPLE TAKING CARE OF 6,000 EMPLOYEES.
TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW IMPORTANT WE THINK THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE IS TAKING CARE OF OUR PEOPLE, DEVELOPING OUR PEOPLE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, JUST THE, UH, THE TEACHING AND TRAINING PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN THAT LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER SLIDE, BUT WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE IN THAT HR DEPARTMENT.
ONE OF THOSE IS A SPECIALIST AGAIN, IN RECRUITING.
AND WE KNOW RIGHT NOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE TO EVEN COME TO WORK.
UH, CERTAINLY WAGES ARE VERY VOLATILE RIGHT NOW AND TEND TO BE GOING UP IF, IF ANYTHING.
AND SO HAVING SOMEBODY WHO'S SKILLED AT TELLING THAT STORY, DEVELOPING THOSE JOB DESCRIPTIONS, PRICING THOSE JOBS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKETPLACE ALL THE TIME IN ALL THE DIFFERENT MARKETS THAT WE OPERATE, IS A HUGE ADVANTAGE OF OUR TEAM.
AS I MENTIONED, WE ALSO HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM SO THAT ONCE WE ONBOARD PEOPLE INTO OUR EMPLOYEE, UM, POOL, IF YOU WILL, THEY'RE ABLE TO GROW IN THOSE POSITIONS.
THEY'RE NOT COMING IN SORT OF HITTING A CEILING AND SAYING, WELL, NOW I'M BORED.
I DON'T SEE I'M, I'M NOT DEVELOPING.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE THE ORGANIZATION TO REALLY BE FULFILLED.
WE'LL GIVE THEM WAYS TO GROW WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION SO THEY STAY AT THE PROPERTY AND CONTINUE TO EVOLVE IN THEIR CAREER.
AT THE GOLF COURSE, WE HAVE A FULL-TIME SAFETY MANAGER, UH, RODNEY STRANGE HEADS UP OUR SAFETY DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S A POSITION THAT OUR COMPETITORS DON'T HAVE.
AND RODNEY USED TO WORK FOR OSHA, SO HE'S ON OUR TEAM NOW, SO TO SPEAK.
BUT HE COMES INTO YOUR PROPERTY AND HE HELPS US IDENTIFY ANYTHING AS THE PROPERTY BEGINS TO AGE AND THEY ALL DO, HE MAKES SURE THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF THOSE THINGS AND THAT WE'RE NOT LETTING GO OF, OF ANY DOLLARS THAT ARE SAFETY RELATED MISTAKES THAT ARE GONNA EITHER PUT OUR PEOPLE AT RISK OR JUST SIMPLY COST US FINES AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THEN FINALLY, YOU'RE GONNA GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH, UM, JACK MORGAN A LITTLE BIT HERE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
BUT JACK HEADS UP OUR, UM, CAPITAL PLANNING SERVICES, UH, DIVISION, IF YOU WILL, OF THE COMPANY.
AND THEY HAVE A REAL SPECIALTY, IF YOU WILL, IN VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION AND THE ABILITY TO PUT THAT TOGETHER WITH OUR HORIZONTAL CONSTRUCTION.
AND JAKE WILL SPEAK TO THAT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT THAT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL PIECE, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ON THE PROPERTY, WHETHER IT'S ORGANIC OR INORGANIC THAT WE DON'T HAVE EXPERTISE IN.
SO AS WE'RE BRINGING A PROPERTY TO LIFE, LIKE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, OR AGAIN AS THE PROPERTY AGES OVER TIME, WE HAVE THAT BUILT IN MASTER PLANNING ABILITY TO HELP YOU PLAN FOR THE FUTURE SO THAT WE'RE ALWAYS REINVESTING IN THAT ASSET AND IT'S NOT WEARING OUT.
HERE'S A FEW EXAMPLES OF OF WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.
UM, AND, AND FORGIVE ME, THOSE ARE A LITTLE SMALL ON MY SCREEN, BUT I KNOW THAT THE TOP TWO IMAGES ARE FACILITIES THAT, UM, ARE ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THE HOUSE THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH.
AND SPECIFICALLY ON, IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER OF MY SCREEN IS TORY PINES.
AND WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED THERE SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A WELL-KNOWN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL, UH, PROJECT OUT IN CALIFORNIA, AND WE'VE BEEN PROUD TO BE INVOLVED THERE, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, HELPING THEM TUNE THINGS UP, UH, AS THE TOUR COMES THROUGH AND GETS READY TO PLAY.
UM, I, I HONESTLY CAN'T READ
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TOWARD THE BOTTOM ARE, ARE TWO GOLF COURSES THAT WE, UH, MANAGE IN THE, UH, WYOMING, UH, AREA, WHILE ONE BEING THREE CROWNS GOLF CLUB AND THE OTHER BEING DEVIL'S TOWER.BUT THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTIES.
UM, UH, THE, THE PROPERTY THERE IN CASPER, WYOMING, WHICH IS THREE CROWNS, IS A, UM, A SUPER FUN GOLF COURSE, UH, FORMERLY AN OIL REFINERY TURNED GOLF COURSE.
SO WE HAVE A REALLY INTERESTING, UH, UH, PROCESS THAT GOES ON THERE TO SORT OF RECLAIM THAT LAND, AND THAT WAS A GIFT BACK TO THAT PROPERTY.
WE HAVE A DESTINATION PRIVATE CLUB THERE, UH, ALSO IN, UH, WYOMING AT, UM, DEVIL'S TOWER.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND THE COUNTRY AND, AND REALLY DELIVERING RESULTS FOR THOSE CLIENTS.
AND THEN FINALLY, I THINK WE'RE SORT OF REACHING THE END OF MY PIECE OF THIS AND THEN WE'LL, UH, PASS IT OFF TO, UM, JAKE AND TO, TO JACK TO ADD THEIR THOUGHTS AS WELL.
BUT THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE TEAM MEMBERS ON THE LANDSCAPE GOLF MANAGEMENT SIDE THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.
AND AGAIN, I'M PROUD TO SAY AS A MID-SIZE COMPANY WITH ABOUT 50 CLIENTS GIVE OR TAKE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WE'RE ABLE TO SEND ALL OF OUR TOP THOUGHT LEADERS TO THE PROPERTY TO HELP BUILD THAT TEAM, GET TO KNOW THAT TEAM, UNDERSTAND THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE IN THAT MARKET, THE CHALLENGES OF BRINGING THIS TO LIFE AND GETTING IT OFF TO A GOOD START.
SO EVERYONE FROM OUR, OUR PRESIDENT, TOM EVERETT, THAT YOU SEE IT THROUGH TOP OF THE CLOCK THERE AND, AND ALL THE WAY AROUND THE CLOCK THERE FROM MARK YOUNG, OUR DIRECTOR OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE TO MIKE WILLIAMS, OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS, MITCH HAM, OUR DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE, KENDA FINK, ONE OF OUR FIVE HR TEAM MEMBERS, ALWAYS COMES TO THE PROPERTY AND DOES NEW PLOY ONBOARDING, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT IT'S GONNA BE LIKE TO BE PART OF THE LANDSCAPES TEAM.
STEVE MERKEL, OUR NATIONAL AGRONOMIST, DUSTIN NEWMAN, ONE OF OUR SIX REGIONAL OPERATIONS MANAGERS IS PICTURED THERE.
AND ALSO SCOTT WELLMAN, OUR DIRECTOR OF, UH, REVENUE MANAGEMENT.
THOSE ARE ALL KEY THOUGHT LEADERS THAT WORK EITHER IN OUR HOME OFFICE OR IN SOME OF OUR REGIONAL LOCATIONS AROUND THE UNITED STATES.
AND EACH ONE OF THEM WILL BE THERE TO THE PROPERTY TO ENSURE IT'S SUCCESS.
SO IT'S, WE DON'T HAVE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF FOLKS THAT SIT IN SOME HOME OFFICE AND NEVER COME TO THE FIELD.
OUR BEST PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN EACH ONE OF OUR PROJECTS, AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
SO I THINK THAT BRINGS IT TO THE END OF THE SLIDES THAT, THAT I HAD TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, AND I'LL JUST, UH, PASS IT OFF TO, UH, TO JACK TO SPEAK NEXT.
WELL, I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OUTTA ORDER.
JAKE, YOU WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN I'LL JUMP IN? I SURE CAN.
UM, YOU CAN GO FIRST FROM NOW ON MARK, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THESE INTRODUCTIONS BECAUSE YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
UH, I'M ACT I ACTUALLY AM A GUY SITTING IN A HOME OFFICE, UM,
UH, I'M LOCATED HERE IN DALLAS AND, UH, AIR TRAVEL AND, AND, UH, ROAD TRAVEL WAS DIFFICULT THE LAST 24 TO 36.
UH, MY COLLEAGUE, JACK, UM, MORGAN IS, IS BASED OUTTA TENNESSEE AND WE'RE HERE REPRESENTING THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
UH, AND, AND MARK'S FIRST SLIDE, OR, OR ONE OF THE SLIDES, HE REFERS TO, UH, UM, LANDSCAPES UNLIMITED BEING FOUNDED IN 1976.
WE HAVE A FOOTPRINT, UH, RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND REALLY INTERNATIONALLY AS WELL.
UM, WE ARE BUILDERS OF GOLF COURSES, SPORTS FIELDS, PARKS.
UH, WE'VE HAD A, A PROLIFIC FOOTPRINT HERE IN TEXAS AS WELL WITH PROJECTS ON BOTH THE PRIVATE MUNICIPAL SIDE.
UM, MOST RECENTLY, UM, FROM A MUNICIPAL PERSPECTIVE IN ARLINGTON, UH, THE CHESTER W DITTO ARE NOW THE TEXAS RANGERS GOLF COURSE WAS A JOB OF OURS, UH, OUT IN LAREDO, AMARILLO, UM, SOME OTHER MUNICIPAL BIG MUNICIPAL PROJECTS IN, UM, COLLEGE STATION, OUR FOOTPRINT IN, IN HOUSTON.
THE LAST 18 MONTHS OR SO, WHAT'S BEEN ON THE SPORTS FIELD SIDE, WE DO RECURRING WORK FOR THE, THE HOUSTON DYNAMO, THE HOUSTON ASTROS, AND THE SUGARLAND SKIERS.
UH, SO WE ARE, WE ARE YOUR CONSTRUCTION REPRESENTATIVES.
UH, JACK CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT, UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND SOME OF THE PROJECT DELIVERY THAT, UH, THAT WE, UH, WE GET INTO.
UH, I'M JACK MORGAN AND I SPEAR OUT OUR, UH, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT GROUP.
AND WHAT WE DO IS WE GET INVOLVED IN, THERE'S MORE THAN JUST GOLF, IT'S MORE OF A TURNKEY TYPE THING.
ALL PROJECTS HAVE MULTIPLE ELEMENTS.
WE CALL IT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT BECAUSE IT, IT'S A COLLECTION OF, OF SUB-PROJECTS, IF YOU WILL, THAT MAKE UP THE ENTIRE PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOLF, THERE'S IRRIGATION, THERE'S PERMITTING, THERE'S ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS.
AND THEN THERE'S A CLUBHOUSE AND WE INTEGRATE INTO OPERATION.
SO OUR GROUP KIND OF, KIND OF BRIDGES, BRIDGES ALL THE DIVISIONS AND ALL THE, ALL THE SPECIALTIES THAT MAKE THIS THING, MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN.
UM, ANOTHER ONE, JAKE, ANOTHER PROJECT WE DID PROBABLY SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO YOU GUYS IS THAT IT'S CITY OWNED LAND, AND IT'S WAS DONE THROUGH THE PRIVATE SECTOR FROM A DEVELOPER AND
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OPERATOR STANDPOINT.IT'S TRINITY FOREST IN DALLAS.
THAT WAS A LANDFILL REMEDIATION PROJECT.
UM, THE LAREDO CITY OF LAREDO PROJECT THAT, UH, THE GUYS MENTIONED THAT WAS A TURNKEY DESIGN BUILD GROUND UP, EVERYTHING FROM GOLF COURSE INFRASTRUCTURE, CLUBHOUSE, MAINTENANCE, BUILDING EVERYTHING GROUND UP.
UM, MARK'S TEAM'S BEEN MANAGING THAT, WHAT, 10 YEARS, EIGHT YEARS NOW.
SO, UH, THAT'S SORT OF A SOUP TO NUTS DEAL.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL THOSE DETAILS.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WANNA THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
THE ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO SAY, IF, IF I MAY, IS THAT WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEEN, UH, INTERESTING AND ENJOYABLE WITH RICK'S DESIGN HERE IS THE EFFICIENT USE OF THE LAND, BUT ALSO THE EFFICIENT USE OF THE GOLF COURSE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN REFRESHING IN TERMS OF, UH, SHARED CAR PATHS, AND WE TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE AND WE TALK ABOUT IRRIGATION.
SO THIS IS A REALLY UNIQUE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN TO BE A PART OF TO THIS POINT.
UM, SO JEFF, JANELLE, NEXT GUY THAT'S GONNA COME UP, UH, AND, UH, SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT HE DOES.
UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO I REACHED OUT TO JEFF WITH ALLEGHENY IMAGE FACTORY, UH, WITH THE CONCEPT OF HOW CAN WE POTENTIALLY PRODUCE SOMETHING THAT'S HOPEFULLY NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, AND CAN YOU LOOK INTO IT? AND HE DID.
AND, UH, HE CAME BACK TO ME, HE SAID, LOOK, THERE'S, THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS TO ACTUALLY PRODUCE A, A NON-SCRIPTED PRODUCTION THAT ESSENTIALLY CARRIES A COURSE FROM ITS INCEPTION THROUGH ITS EVOLUTION, CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION.
AND I THINK WE CAN GET SOME REAL THROUGHPUT NATIONALLY.
SO JEFF, UH, I'M, GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND, UH, IF YOU WOULD JUST SPEAK, UH, ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE GOT GOING ON AND, UH, HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TIE YOU GUYS INTO THIS.
JEFF, CAN YOU UNMUTE? SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I, UH, WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND FOLKS OF BAYTOWN FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP PUT IN.
I ACTUALLY LEARNED QUITE A BIT JUST IN LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION.
MY BACKGROUND AND WHATNOT IS, IS I'VE BEEN A FILM PRODUCER FOR OVER 30 YEARS, DONE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, FROM, UH, FEATURE FILMS, TELEVISION, LIVE EVENTS, SPORTING EVENTS, WORKED ON THE OLYMPICS, UH, UH, CONCERT FILMS, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARTS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS LEARNING, UH, UH, HOW OTHER PEOPLE DO THEIR JOBS.
I THINK VIEWERS FIND IT FASCINATING.
AND WHEN RIO AND I STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, HAVING DONE A FEW THINGS LIKE, UH, FLY FISHING, THE WORLD, UH, FLY ROD CHRONICLES, UH, UH, SOME OTHER TYPES OF, UH, SPORTS ORIENTED PROGRAMMING, THOUGHT THIS MAY BE SOMETHING INTERESTING TO DO AS A PITCH, UH, AS THE GROWTH IN, UH, POPULARITY OF GOLF CONTINUES IN THE, THE, THE STRENGTH OF IT.
BUT THE, THE OPPORTUNITY YOU ALL HAVE AS WELL IS FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOURISM, WE HAVE TOURISM CLIENTS AS WELL OF WHERE WE BUILT AND EXPOSED AND INTRODUCED, UH, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD TO, UH, UH, UH, THE COUNTRY, THE WORLD, IF YOU WILL.
SOME OF THE THINGS IS JUST KIND OF LIKE TAKING NOTE OF WHY YOU WOULD SAY, WHY WOULD THIS EVEN BE, UH, UH, AN INTERESTING PROJECT TO TAKE.
IF YOU LOOK AT CONTENT IS KING RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ARE, ARE MESMERIZED, WHETHER IT'S THEIR PHONES OR WHETHER THEY'RE WATCHING NETFLIX OR ALL OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
THIS, THE NICHE OF IT ALL HAS HAPPENED.
UM, TAKE THE GOLF CHANNEL, FOR INSTANCE.
THEY HAVE 108,000 VIEWERS PER MINUTE FOR THEIR CONTENT, UM, WHICH MEANS THAT, UH, PEOPLE EAT IT UP, THEY LOOK FOR IT.
UM, YOU'RE HAVING, UH, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TELEVISION SERIES AND NETFLIX ITSELF IS STARTING TO DO A, A, A YEAR IN THE LIFE ON THE PGA TOUR.
SO THERE, THERE, THERE IS ROOM FOR THIS.
WHAT I SEE AS AN OPPORTUNITY FROM BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE THIS AS, AS, AS NOT ONLY FOR THE COURSE AND WHAT'S BEING DEVELOPED THERE, BUT FOR YOUR CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU SIDE OF THINGS AS WELL.
UH, HAVING A A, AN ANCHOR ATTRACTION THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME TO THE AREA.
UH, IT'S GONNA OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER BUSINESSES TO SPRING.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE CARRIED FOR THREE YEARS WEST VIRGINIA TOURISM, AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT ALWAYS CAME UP, UH, WHAT THEY WANTED TO PUSH, IT'S KNOWN AS AN OUTDOORS PLACE, WHITEWATER RAFTING, ALL OF THESE TYPES OF THINGS.
BUT THEY WANTED TO SHOW THAT THERE WERE OTHER, UH, ASPECTS OF, OF, OF THE DINING, OF ENTERTAINMENT AFTER DARK TYPE OF THINGS.
SO I THINK IN TERMS OF TAKING A PROJECT LIKE THIS AND SHOWING IT FROM THE INCEPTION, FROM THE PLANNING AND THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE PROCESS OF GETTING IN THERE, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE GENTLEMAN ABOVE BEEN ON HERE EARLIER, I'VE
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LEARNED A LOT JUST, AND I THINK A PERSON WHO'S A GOLFER, WHICH I ALSO LOVE AND ENJOY GOLFING, THERE'S A, THERE, THERE ARE PIECES FROM THIS THAT I'LL FIND IS AN INTERESTING, UH, AVENUE AND OUTLOOK FOR IT, WHILE ALSO BRINGING IN, UH, KNOWN OR OR OR RESPECTED GOLF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU TIPS OF GOLFING, THE HISTORY OF GOLF, WHY A COURSE LIKE THIS WOULD BE BUILT AND DESIGNED THE WAY THAT IT IS FOR THE AREA THAT'S IN THE EVOLUTION OF GOLF COURSES, THE MAINTENANCE OF IT.AND, AND I THINK THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, A BAYTOWN WITH, UH, SHOWING THE REGION, THE LIFESTYLE, THE RECREATION, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE LED THERE TO BE OFFERED, UH, TO, TO THE VIEWER.
AND YOU SAY, WELL, WHERE ARE THERE POTENTIAL OUTLETS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? OBVIOUSLY THE GOLF, THE GOLF CHANNELS, SPORTSMAN'S CHANNEL, UH, EVEN EVEN, UH, HGTV OR TRAVEL, UH, AGAIN, IT, IT'S CREATING A DESTINATION.
IF YOU BRAND THIS AND YOU BRAND IT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT YOU CAN HAVE A UNIQUE WAY OF, OF, UH, TAKING, UH, THE, THE PURE, UH, GOLF ENTHUSIASTS, UH, TO, TO UNDERSTAND IT.
AND I, I WON'T BORE YOU WITH OTHER NUMBERS, BUT JUST SOME OF THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE IN LOOKING AT THIS, I CAN TELL YOU AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE GOLF, UH, TOURISM IS VALUED AT ABOUT $20 BILLION A YEAR.
AND THE LATEST NUMBERS THEY HAVE, THERE ARE 52 MILLION GOLF TOURISTS.
NOW, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT GO ST.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT'LL, YOU KNOW, GO ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT WANT GOLF, BUT WHY NOT, UH, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THAT TO THEM AND YOU PROMOTE THIS COURSE IN THE MANNER THAT THE SKILL AND THE LEVEL THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, PROVIDED BY THIS TEAM PUT TOGETHER, PEOPLE WILL COME.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE OLD JOKE FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE KEVIN COSPER MOVIE.
IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.
AND I THINK THAT NOT ONLY IS IT BRINGING OUTSIDE FOLKS, BUT YOU'RE ALSO GIVING A GREAT SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S SOMETHING FOR THEM TO BE PROUD OF.
AND, UH, I THINK WE COULD CREATE CONTENT THAT NOT ONLY WOULD BE IN THIS SERIES, BUT ALSO COULD BE, UH, CUT DOWNS FOR OTHER PROMOTIONAL PIECES FOR YOU, WHETHER THEY'RE 32ND COMMERCIALS, WHETHER THEY'RE SOCIAL MEDIA BUYS, BUT YOU COULD INTRIGUE AND, AND, AND, AND, UH, UH, CAPTURE AN AUDIENCE, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA WANNA FOLLOW YOUR PROCESS.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF MY LITTLE BIT ON IT, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL.
THANKS A LOT, APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE THIS THING ALONG.
I'M OBVIOUSLY GONNA INTRODUCE YOU TO MY PARTNER, DAVID HENKEL, AND HIS REPUTATION SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
UH, MY BACKGROUND JUST IS 32 YEARS OF RETAIL, EITHER ON THE RETAIL SIDE OR ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE.
UH, IMPORTANT, UH, CONCEPT THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IS DESTINATION.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE BRAND TO YOU TONIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT THIS GOLF COURSE IS GONNA OPERATE.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET THROUGH THAT, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DESTINATION, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THE, THE REAL FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE, YOU ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.
SO THE, WE'RE UN UNVEILING DENIED THE NAME OF THE BRAND.
SPECIFICALLY ON THIS PROJECT, UH, THE OBVIOUS PLAY HERE IS T AS IN GOLF.
T UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THE FLAG IN THE, UH, LOGO AS WELL.
UH, I'VE GOT A, AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND OF, YOU KNOW, BRAND DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT BE RETAIL, SHOPPING CENTERS, ET CETERA.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR A BRAND THAT REALLY RESONATES TO THE CONSUMER FIRST.
UH, SOMETHING THAT'S EMBRACED BY THE COMMUNITY WE'RE WORKING IN WITH YOU GUYS IN BAYTOWN, BUT ALSO SOMETHING THAT NATIONALLY WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS SOMETHING TRULY UNIQUE.
SO THE T GOLF T 36 GOES BACK TO RICK'S VISION AND THE FACT THAT ON ANY GIVEN WEEK, YOU CAN PLAY A TOTAL OF 36 HOLES.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE T 36, UH, COMES FROM.
UH, SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE ON THE GOLF COURSE IN BAYTOWN.
YOU SEE THE FLAG, YOU SEE THE MONUMENT SIGN, YOU SEE THE MARKINGS.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUE ELEMENT OF THE GOLFING EXPERIENCE FOR THE GOLFERS AS WELL AS JUST, UH, PATRONS VISIT IN THE GOLF COURSE.
UH, ANOTHER OTHER EXAMPLES, AND WE WERE HANDLING THE WATER BOTTLES OUT TO ALL THE COUNCIL AND CITY OFFICIALS TONIGHT, BUT T 36, WE CERTAINLY HAVE A VISION OF CREATING A REALLY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE, NOT ONLY FOR THE GOLFERS, BUT ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING SHOPPING FOR MERCHANDISE.
YOU KNOW, COMING TO EXPERIENCE THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPPORTUNITY.
YOU KNOW, RICK'S GOT OTHER RENDERINGS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE LATER, BUT IF YOU, YOU THINK OF THAT COVERED AREA, UH, THAT'S OUT, UH, AT THE CLUBHOUSE, YOU KNOW, THE NINTH HOLE AND THE 18TH HOLE IN THERE, WE THINK THAT'S GONNA BE AN UNBELIEVABLE GATHERING SPOT IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, FROM MY BACKGROUND OF DOING WORK ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY, I CAN TELL YOU THAT ONE, ONE ELEMENT THAT EVERY
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CITY LOOKS FOR ARE UNIQUE GATHERING PLACES FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.PLACES WHERE YOU CAN GO HANG OUT.
YOU KNOW, WE SPENT, WE SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME IN BAYTOWN, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE SEE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE STAYING IN THE SAME HOTELS WE'RE STAYING IN, GOING AND GETTING THEIR FOOD, BRINGING IT BACK TO THE HOTEL, AND THEY'RE EATING IN THEIR ROOMS. WE THINK THERE'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE THINK THE GOLF COURSE AND THE, AND THE CLUBHOUSE IS A PLACE TO START THERE TO CREATE NEW SPOTS THAT PEOPLE WANNA GATHER.
PEOPLE WANT TO CONGREGATE, YOU KNOW, A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED HAVING COMMUNICATIONS WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, THE GOLF COURSE WAS A, THE LACK OF A GOLF COURSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF CITIZENS WERE WANTING.
AND YOU GOT HIGH SCHOOL KIDS HAVING TO GO OUTSIDE, UH, YOUR OWN CITY TO PLAY GOLF.
WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN AND ULTIMATELY FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER, PEOPLE COMING IN RIGHT NOW THAT WANT TO PLAY GOLF, THERE'S NOT OPTIONS HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO PLAY GOLF.
THERE'S NOT, YOU GOTTA HAVE TO HOP IN YOUR CAR AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO PLAY.
SO WE THINK THAT CHECKS THE BOX FROM THE GOLF SIDE OF IT AND, AND DOING SO.
IT'S A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING DRIVE, GET IN THEIR CARS AND COME HERE FOR THE EXPERIENCE BACK TO THE DESTINATION.
YOU KNOW, TRUE GOLFERS, HARDCORE GOLFERS, THEY'RE TRAVELING AS, AS NOTED EARLIER IN THIS CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL PEOPLE FROM HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, FROM BEAUMONT ON DOWN TO OVER JUST FOR THIS UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.
THE OTHER ELEMENT ABOUT THIS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US AS DEVELOPERS, WE THINK THIS IS THE FOUNDATION TO START THE SOUTH SIDE OF BAYTOWN CHANGING THE COMPLEXION OF, OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF BAYTOWN.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT INTEREST RIGHT NOW FROM HOTEL OPERATORS TO DO ADDITIONAL HOTELS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
WE'VE HAD IMMERSIVE ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEING ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
SO WE HAVE A VISION TO DO MORE THAN JUST A GOLF COURSE, BUT WE THINK WE FOUND THE RIGHT SOLUTION THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY, ADDRESSES A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND AGAIN, IS REALLY A FOUNDATION TO START GROWTH ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT'S GONNA HELP ENERGIZE THAT AREA.
SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S THE BRANDING.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS COMING INTO THIS MEETING ABOUT CAN YOU REALLY PLAY 18 OS ON A NINE HOLE COURSE? CAN YOU REALLY HAVE TOURNAMENTS? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT? AND WE RECOGNIZE THE FACT THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, BUT WE HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THE FACT THAT WE'VE CREATED SOMETHING THAT'S YOU AND YOU KNEW AND UNIQUE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY CAUTIOUS ON HOW WE ARE PUTTING THAT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
BUT YOU GUYS HAVE IT NOW AND WE HOPE YOU'RE AS EXCITED ABOUT IT AS WE ARE.
UH, WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER JUST A TOP PLOT GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS TO HELP US CREATE THIS VISION AND, UH, ARE, ARE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
OKAY? I DO HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SOME CITIZENS THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
SO I'LL, I'LL GO THROUGH THAT LIST BEFORE WE GET TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
UH, SO FIRST WE HAVE MR. DAVID CAJAR.
SO IF YOU'D, UH, AS, AS ANY, AS ANY OTHER ITEM, PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR ADDRESS.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, VERY COMPLETE, UH, GOOD PRESENTATION.
MY, I AM VERY MUCH FOR BAYTOWN HAVING A GOLF COURSE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GOLFERS OUT HERE THAT, UH, CAME TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION AND I THINK, UH, FAVORABLY IMPRESSED.
MY ONLY CHALLENGE TO YOU COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN, IS THIS IS A BUSINESS DEAL FOR BAYTOWN.
BAYTOWN HAS A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION FOR THE, FOR THIS, UH, FACILITY, AND, UH, IT BELONGS TO Y'ALL AND THESE PEOPLE AND ABOUT 75,000 OTHERS.
OKAY? SO LET'S MAKE THIS A BUSINESS DEAL THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF US AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED TO, UH, NEED TO, UH, SCRUTINIZE, UH, HOW WE'RE HANDLING THIS AND, AND GOING OUT PROFESSIONALLY AS BUSINESS PEOPLE.
AND I THINK IT'S A, A, A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, UH, NICK, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING, BRINGING THIS TO US.
I THINK, UH, YOU'VE UH, BEEN A VERY GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE TO BRING IT TO US.
ALRIGHT, WE, I'LL MOVE ON TO, I HAVE CHRIS WILFORD.
I'VE LIVED HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE.
UH, Y'ALL, MOST OF Y'ALL KNOW THAT.
AND, UH, MY DAD WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE OLD GOOSE CREEK COUNTRY CLUB.
SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE SOME, UM, EXPERIENCE
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HERE IN WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE BAYTOWN DO.UM, VERY IMPRESSED, BRETT, THANK YOU.
I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BAYTOWN TO DO SOMETHING UNIQUE.
YES, WE ALL WOULD LIKE TO SIT THERE AND HAVE A 18 HOLE REGULAR GOLF COURSE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I THINK THIS OFFERS BAYTOWN SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN SOONER AND QUICKER, AND WE NEED TO DO THIS.
IT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE NEED TO REMEMBER FOR OUR SCHOOLS, FOR OUR KIDS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING GOLF BACK TO BAYTOWN IN SO MANY WAYS.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY LARGE MINORITY COMMUNITY AND BRINGING THAT IN, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL.
AND I LIKE THE IDEA THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN QUICKLY INSTEAD OF SOMETHING A LONG TIME FROM NOW.
SO, UM, I REALLY HOPE COUNCIL WILL REALLY CONSIDER THAT.
AND I REALLY THINK THIS COULD BE A, A REALLY VALUABLE ASSET TO BAYTOWN.
AND AGAIN, I WANNA APPRECIATE BRETT, BECAUSE I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE TEAM AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
IF I CAN TAKE A, A QUICK MINUTE ALSO JUST TO RECOGNIZE, OH, WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT RICHARD KLEM WITH US TOO.
SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, NEXT PERSON THAT SIGNED UP IS, UH, MR. DAVID ISAAC.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING THIS EVENING? THAT WAS A LONG PRESENTATION.
UM, I DIDN'T NEED TO HEAR IT MYSELF PERSONALLY BECAUSE I DECIDED TODAY BEFORE I SHOWED UP HERE THAT I APPROVE OF THIS GOLF COURSE.
REASON BEING IS BECAUSE GOLF EQUALS CULTURE.
I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW ATHLETICS PLAYS A ROLE IN TEACHING IN THE WORLD OF ACADEMIA.
WHEN I RAN FOR LEE COLLEGE SCHOOL BOARD HAD 600 VOTES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, PULLED THOSE PEOPLE TO THE POLLS.
PART OF MY ETHOS WAS BRINGING MORE AC ATH ATHLETICS TO THIS TOWN.
WE DON'T HAVE A MALL THAT'S DEVELOPED JUST QUITE YET, THOUGH WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE SHOPS THAT WE WANT JUST QUITE YET, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
BUT WITH A GOLF COURSE IN MIND, WITH A GOLF COURSE, A PART OF YOUR VISION FOR A CONVENTION CENTER, FOR A HOTEL, POSSIBLY A BATTLESHIP, WE COULD SEE SOMETHING COHESIVE HERE IN BAYTOWN.
A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THIS TOWN DESERVES.
I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT IF WE DO APPROVE THIS, THIS OPENS THE DOOR FOR BASEBALL.
LEE COLLEGE IS DOING REALLY WELL RIGHT NOW IN BASKETBALL.
AND LAST NIGHT WHEN I WENT TO THEIR GAME ON THE FRONT OF THEIR JERSEY, IT SAID, BAYTOWN DIDN'T SAY LEE.
COLLEGE DIDN'T SAY RUNNING REBELS.
THAT'S WHAT THIS GOLF COURSE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DO AND REPRESENT FOR US TO BE THAT INTERNATIONAL CITY AND ON THE HILL TO BE THAT PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO.
THE NEXT TIGER WOODS COULD BE HERE ON THIS NEXT GOLF COURSE.
YOU LIKE THAT, MR. MAYOR? THAT'S PRETTY ENTERTAINING THERE.
WELL, JUST AS LONG AS YOU STAY ON TOPIC.
CAN YOU STAY WITHIN YOUR THREE MINUTES? I'M GONNA STAY ON TOPIC, MR. MAYOR, I NEED MY 15 SECONDS BACK.
I'VE BEEN THE FIRST OF ITS KIND BEFORE YOU JUST ACKNOWLEDGED OUR, UH, GOOSE CREEK SCHOOL BOARD, UH, MEMBER HERE.
WE HEARD, UH, PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT WHAT WAS LOST.
WE USED TO HAVE A GOLF COURSE.
I WORKED AT THAT GOLF COURSE ON COUNTRY CLUB, BY THE WAY, AND I WENT TO SCHOOL AT PUMP FREE ELEMENTARY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MISS OVER THERE AT DISTRICT THREE.
JUST LIKE WE MISS THIS GOLF COURSE PLACE WHERE I LEARNED HOW TO READ, WHERE MY KINDERGARTEN TEACHER WAS PROUD OF ME.
WE CAN HAVE GOLF TEACHERS PROUD OF THEIR STUDENTS AS WELL.
COUNCILWOMAN BETTENCOURT STOOD UP AT ONE OF THE FOCUS GROUPS AND SAID, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TO GIVE YOUR INPUT FOR THIS, UH, UH, FOCUS GROUP, PART OF THE FUNDAMENTAL, UH, PLAYBOOK OF RICK DAVIS HAVING A COMMUNITY DRIVEN STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE'VE SEEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, EVEN DR.
UH, RALPH SAMPSON, CAME UP TO ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS AND HAD A DISAGREEMENT ABOUT HIS 30% RAISE.
I'LL CLOSE MY COMMENTS BY SAYING THAT WE SHOULD GIVE THIS GOLF COURSE A CHANCE AND THAT, UH, WE CAN ALSO WORK, UH, A LITTLE HARDER TO KEEP THEM IN CHECK, UNLIKE FIDELIS OVER AT THE MALL.
ALRIGHT, NEXT, UH, CITIZEN I HAVE IS, UH, CHET THI HELLO MAYOR.
I LIVE AT TWO 11 POST OAK DRIVE IN
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BAYTOWN.UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION IN REFERENCE TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, I GUESS WHEN THE COURSE CLOSED YEARS AGO, I WAS HOPEFUL FOR A TRADITIONAL GOLF COURSE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE.
I'M NOT CERTAIN, BUT I WAS, THAT'S WHAT WAS MY HOPE.
I DIDN'T THINK I NEEDED TO QUANTIFY A TRADITIONAL 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING ELSE NOW.
BUT, UH, A FACTOR THAT I'M THINKING OF IN REFERENCE TO WHAT I'M SEEING AS FAR AS THIS COMPRESSION IS FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, UM, WE'VE GOT PGA GOLF PROFESSIONALS THAT OCCASIONALLY HIT OTHER PLAYERS AND HIT, YOU KNOW, SPECTATORS OF THE GAME.
THERE AREN'T THAT MANY PGA PLAYERS IN THIS AREA.
THERE'S A FEW, WHICH THEY'D BEEN CONSULTED, UH, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMPRESSING 18 TO 36 HOLES INTO A BASICALLY A NINE HOLE COURSE.
UH, GET A BUNCH OF DUFFERS OUT THERE.
I MEAN, THE PGA PLAYERS ARE SPRAYING BALLS OCCASIONALLY MUD US DUFFERS DOING.
I MEAN, I, I'VE PLAYED OFF OF ANOTHER FAIRWAY A TIME OR TWO MYSELF, JUST BEING BRUTALLY HONEST ABOUT IT.
SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, I GUESS FROM A HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARD, JUST SAFETY IN GENERAL, THE COMPRESSION OF THAT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW THERE'S ADJACENT PROPERTIES I, I PETITIONED BEFORE AS FAR AS TRYING TO ACQUIRE SOME OF THOSE, I THINK IT WOULD HELP US OUT IMMENSELY.
MAYBE NOT GET BACK TO AN 18, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A, AT LEAST A TRADITIONAL NINE OR 12 OH COURSE, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
UM, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO PUT IN FOR.
THOSE ARE ALL THE CITIZENS THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO I'LL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL.
SO, UM, I GUESS ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PRESENTATION OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO, MR. LESTER.
WELL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL DEFER FOR THE MOMENT.
I'LL, I'LL, OKAY, WELL, SOMEBODY HAS TO GO FIRST.
SO, YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I DON'T THINK IT'S ABOUT THE CREDIBILITY OF, OF ANYONE.
AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S IN QUESTION HERE.
AND I AGREE IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND, AND I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE PRESENTATION, FRANKLY, AND I'VE EXPRESSED MY OPINION, BUT, SO I'LL KEEP THIS VERY BRIEF.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND CONCEPT, UH, IS, IS SOMEWHAT UNPROVEN AND THE FOLKS I'VE TALKED TO, AND, AND USUALLY WHEN, WHEN A COUNCIL MEMBER SAYS HE'S TALKED TO FOLKS, IT USUALLY MEANS TWO OR THREE
SO I'VE TALKED TO MORE FOLKS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT THAN I HAVE POSSIBLY DURING MY TENURE ON, ON, ON COUNCIL, BUT THE, THE, THE RELUCTANCE FROM THE CITIZENS AND FROM THE GOLFING CITIZENS IS THAT BAYTOWN WOULD BE THE, THE TRIAL, THE, THE GUINEA PIG, FOR A LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND IT'S A PATENT PENDING CONCEPT, AND IF IT WAS FURTHER ALONG, UM, IF THERE WAS ONE OF THESE COMPRESSED COURSES SOMEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT CITIZENS COULD SEE, OR THERE WAS A PROTOTYPE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS MANY OF THE CITIZENS WOULD FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT, ABOUT THIS NEW CONCEPT.
BUT THE BIGGEST ISSUE, UM, THAT, THAT I SEE IS, IS TALKING WITH, WITH SO MANY PEOPLE ABOUT THIS, IS THAT THEY REALLY PREFER A TRADITIONAL 18 HOLE COURSE THAT IS JUST INDISPUTABLE, IN MY OPINION, A NUMBER OF OTHER FOLKS SAY, IF WE CAN'T ACQUIRE LAND, UM, VERY QUICKLY, THEN, THEN PERHAPS A TRADITIONAL NON HOLE COURSE WOULD BE NUMBER TWO.
YOU KNOW, A COMPRESSED ALTERNATIVE CONCEPT THAT'S UNPROVEN IS A DISTANT NUMBER THREE IN ALL THE DISCUSSIONS I'VE HAD.
HAVING SAID THAT, I'LL SAY THAT IN MY OPINION THAT THE SINGLE LARGEST ISSUE ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS, IN MY OPINION, THAT IT'S BEEN CONDUCTED BACKWARDS.
AND IT IS GOOD THAT WE'RE FINALLY HEARING AND DISCUSSING OUT IN OPEN SESSION TONIGHT THAT THIS, THIS POTENTIAL PROJECT, BUT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE VERY FIRST STEP.
STAFF SHOULD HAVE CAME TO COUNCIL FIRST, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE ALLOWED US AS THE ELECTED BODY TO DELIBERATE AND GIVE DIRECTION ON OPTIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THERE.
THERE'S VACANT LAND AROUND THIS PROPERTY.
THE CITY OWNS LAND ACROSS THE STREET.
THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS SUCH AS PURSUING A TRADITIONAL 18 HOLE COURSE, A TRADITIONAL NINE HOLE COURSE, ET CETERA.
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YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, THIS DISCUSSION SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED FIRST IN MY OPINION.THEN WITH CLEAR DIRECTION, AN APPROPRIATE RFP COULD HAVE BEEN PUT OUT, UM, FOR THE CITIZEN'S PREFERRED TYPE.
OF COURSE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE NEXT STEP.
AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN ADVERTISED, UM, NATIONALLY, NATIONWIDE IN TRADE JOURNALS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
AND I'VE ACTUALLY CONTACTED TML AND, AND IF I WANTED TO, I COULD, I COULD BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT SOME OF THE INCENTIVES THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
ALL I WILL SAY IS IF THE RFP WOULD'VE MENTIONED THAT PUBLIC INCENTIVES WOULD BE AVAILABLE OR COULD POSSIBLY BE AVAILABLE, WE COULD VERY, PROBABLY HAVE OTHER OPTIONS IN FRONT OF US HERE TONIGHT.
THAT'S THE CITIZEN'S BIGGEST CONCERN.
YOU KNOW, THEY JUST, THEY FEEL THAT, THAT THE PROCESS HAS BEEN MISALIGNED.
AND SOME USE THE WORD CIRCUMVENTED.
AND LIKE I SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE REASONS, IT JUST SEEMS THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING TO GAIN AND NOTHING TO LOSE, TO STEP BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DELIVER A PROJECT, A POTENTIAL PROJECT THAT ALL OF THE CITIZENS WANT AND THEY'LL BE PROUD OF FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
AND, UH, I JUST WISH WE WOULD GO ABOUT THIS IN A MORE PRODUCTIVE AND TRANSPARENT WAY FOR THE CITIZENS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.
YES, MR. LESTER OR WHOEVER ELSE IS NEXT? I, I'LL GO.
UM, YOU, MARY, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE, FROM THE BEGINNING, IT'S, IT'S, I'VE KIND OF BEEN ONE OF THE NAYSAYERS ON THIS BECAUSE OF JUST THE, THE POTENTIAL COST TO THE CITY.
I ENJOYED THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, AND THE PRESENTATION ACTUALLY ANSWERED SEVERAL OF MY QUESTIONS.
ONE, UH, MR. TH KIND OF BROUGHT UP WAS THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SAFETY ISSUES OR HOW, YOU KNOW, FUEL TO PLAY.
UM, I'M NOT A HEAVY GOLFER, BUT I DO PLAY AT GOLF FROM TIME TO TIME, AND I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT I USE THE FULL COURSE WHEN I PLAY
UM, SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT IF, IF IT COMES TO FRUITION, I'LL HAVE TO PROBABLY HONE MY SKILLS A LITTLE BIT TO STAY ON THE COURSE.
UM, BUT THE DESCRIPTION OF HOW THEY WOULD PLAY, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST NINE AND THEN CLOSE IT DOWN AND CIRCLE, MAKE SURE THERE'S NO LA LAGGING PLAYERS, AND THEN OPEN THE BACK NINE FOR THE, OKAY, THAT EXPLAINS HOW THEY CAN MAKE A NINE INTO 18, 15, 1500 HOLES.
BUT I'VE GOT FRIENDS THAT ARE AVID GOLFERS AND, UM, THEY WOULD PRETTY MUCH BALK AT THE IDEA THAT, OKAY, I PLAYED MY FIRST NINE, NOW I HAVE TO SIT BACK FOR AN HOUR, WAIT FOR THE SLOW POKES TO CATCH UP BEFORE I CAN PLAY THE BACK NINE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
AND, AND THAT'S MY CONCERN IS, IS HOW THE OPERATIONAL WOULD FUNCTION, UM, TO KEEP CONTINUOUS PLAY.
I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE THAT IN YOUR MIND.
UM, THE, AND THEN WE GET INTO THE INCENTIVE ISSUES AND, AND AGAIN, WE'RE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH ALL THAT STUFF, SO I WON'T GO INTO GREAT DETAIL WITH THOSE.
UM, I'VE BEEN COACHED OR TOLD, AND THIS IS A GREAT DEAL.
IT IS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE CITY AT THIS TIME.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, BUT, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED NEGOTIATIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN KIND OF MOVE ON WITH THAT.
UM, BUT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE PRESENTATION NIGHT.
UM, I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE FOLKS INVOLVED.
IT, IT IS JUST NOW WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND REALLY FIGURE OUT THE DETAILS.
WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4 PEOPLE TALK TONIGHT.
AND, AND I HEARD BASICALLY FROM ALL OF THEM THAT THEY'RE ALL PRO GOLF.
THEY ALL LIKE TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD, BUT THEY ALL WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR THE CITY.
AND I WANNA HOLD OUR FEET TO THE FIRE ON THAT.
I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE BEST THING SINCE PEANUT BUTTER.
I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S GOTTA BE THE RIGHT DEAL OR IT'S NOT A GOOD DEAL.
AND, AND I'M GONNA KEEP PUSHING FOR THAT.
I WAS ALSO ONE OF THE ONES THAT KEPT PUSHING THAT WE NEEDED TO GET THIS OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE, WELL, HOW ARE THEY GONNA DO IT? WELL, I, I'VE BEEN TOLD, BUT I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING.
SO I APPRECIATE THE HONESTY THAT IT CAME IN AND THEY SHOWED, NOW I KNOW THE PHONE CALLS, I'M GONNA GET HER GOING, WOW.
IT'S EITHER GREAT OR WOW, NO, IT'S NOT GREAT.
SO AT LEAST A LOT OF QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, AND WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA RUSH INTO THIS.
I MEAN, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S ANXIOUS AND THEY WANT IT TOMORROW, BUT THAT MEANS THAT WE'LL MAKE MISTAKES AND, AND SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM LATER DOWN THE LINE, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS DAIS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUE UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM.
UM, JUST A FEW COMMENTS ON, ON MY END.
AND I, I, I DON'T SEE THIS AS BEING THE FIRST PROJECT OR THE GUINEA PIG.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE
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FIRST IN SOMETHING AT SOME POINT EVERYWHERE.AND SO, UH, WE DID THAT WITH THE, THE NINJA COURSE AT, YOU KNOW, AT AT PIRATES BAY.
SO I DON'T REALLY LOOK AT THIS PROJECT BEING A NEGATIVE THAT IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.
I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S GREAT.
UM, WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT SPARING INNOVATION WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, I DO, UH, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A PROJECT THAT WE LOOK AT CAREFULLY AND ENSURE THAT IT'S GOOD FOR BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE CITY AT LARGE.
BUT I'M, I'M NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE PROJECT ITSELF.
I'M THINKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GONNA COME WITH IT AROUND THE AREA.
WE TALKED BEFORE WHEN WE WERE HAVING OUR SESSIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS LANDED PRETTY MUCH AT OUR FEET.
WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY INTEREST IN THIS SIDE OF TOWN.
AND SO FOR SOMEONE, FOR A, AN, A COMPANY TO COME AND SAY, WE WANT TO BE THERE, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO, AND THESE ARE THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT CAN SPUR BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, ESPECIALLY ON MY SIDE OF TOWN.
UM, IT IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, IT IT, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT DISTRICT ANYMORE, IT'S ABOUT THE ENTIRE CITY AS A WHOLE.
AND SO IF I, I CERTAINLY WOULD WANT TO HAVE A PROJECT LIKE THIS.
I KNOW 99 IS PROBABLY GONNA SPUR OTHER INTEREST, BUT I DON'T WANNA SEE LOGISTIC CENTERS AROUND 99, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT COULD PROBABLY SPUR AS WELL.
AND SO IF WE CAN GET MORE DETAIL, IF WE CAN GET MORE RESTAURANTS, IF WE CAN GET OTHER BUSINESSES AROUND THERE TO SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF, OF PROJECT, THEN I'M OFF FOR IT.
BUT I DO AGREE THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INCENTIVES PORTION CAREFULLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GONNA CONTRIBUTE.
UM, I I WAS NEVER IN FAVOR OF MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD ACTUALLY BENEFIT US.
OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, IF NOT, UM, SO HERE'S MY COMMENTS ON, ON WHAT I SEE SO MANY OF THE FACES THAT, THAT ARE OUT IN THE CORRAL, THEY'VE, AT LEAST FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, IF NOT MORE, HAS CERTAINLY CAME TO ME.
THERE'S A LOT THAT ARE NOT HERE.
AND SO THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, WE NEED A GOLF COURSE.
UH, I THINK ALL OF US, WE HEAR ABOUT WHY DON'T WE HAVE THIS RETAILER? WHY DON'T WE HAVE THIS RESTAURANT? WHY DON'T WE HAVE THIS NEW WHATEVER IN BAYTOWN? AND SO HERE WE ARE WITH A, WITH AN OPPORTUNITY.
WE ALWAYS AS, AS ALWAYS, WE NEED TO ALWAYS BE MINDFUL FROM A BUSINESS ASPECT.
BUT HERE, HERE'S A DEVELOPER REALLY LOOKING TO BUILD A, WHAT I CONSIDER A CATALYST.
I'M REALLY NOT GONNA FOCUS ON THE GOLF COURSE.
I HATE TO, I HATE TO BREAK SOME, SOME HEARTS.
GOLF COURSE IS GREAT AS A, AS A STANDALONE AS THE MERIT OF, OF THE PROJECT ITSELF.
I, I WOULD SAY MY, MY CAUTION ON THE TRADITIONAL 18 HOLE WITH OTHER MUNICIPAL COURSES IN THE AREA, YOU HAVE TO BE DIFFERENT.
IF NOT, YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER MUNICIPAL COURSE.
AND I KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOR US, I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN KIND OF A PRESENTATION ON, ON, UH, DIFFERENT PARS AND THE, THE LENGTH OF, OF THESE PARS AND SO ON.
I KNOW THAT'S INTRIGUING FOR SOME IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS, IT IS, UH, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU PUT THE, THE BUNKER OR THE GREEN, I PROBABLY WON'T HIT IT.
WELL, I'LL PROBABLY HIT THE BUNKER
I LOOK AT AS A, A, A REALLY A CATALYST FOR DEVELOPMENT IN OUTSIDE OF TOWN THAT HAS REALLY BEEN OVERLOOKED.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE CONFLUENCE OF A HYATT REGENCY, OF A CONFLUENCE OF 99 AND THE GRAND PARKWAY AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT COULD COME TO OUR CITY, I REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM A MAYORAL LENS.
AND I, I, I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE COMMENTS.
I LOOK AT IT BEYOND JUST THAT.
I LOOK AT, I LOOK AT, LOOK AT IT BEYOND ANYTHING THAT MAY EVEN TRANSCEND SOME OF OUR OFFICES HERE.
WHERE, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING TO BAYTOWN? WE SPENT A LOT OF EFFORT TO GO AND BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN.
I BELIEVE IT'S SMALL COMPARED TO THE DEVELOPMENT POSSIBILITY OF THIS AREA.
AND JUST LAST YEAR BEFORE THIS, UM, OPPORTUNITY EVEN PRESENTED ITSELF, COUNCIL, WE APPROVED, UM, FUNDING TO GO AND LOOK AT THIS ENTIRE AREA FROM BASICALLY PELLY TO CEDAR BAYOU OF WHAT WOULD THIS LOOK LIKE, RIGHT? PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WOULD BE WHAT WOULD THIS ENTIRE AREA NEAR EVERGREEN LOOK LIKE? HOW CAN IT BE DEVELOPED? HOUSING, RETAIL, SCHOOL, WATERFRONT? YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING, UM, I KNOW THAT, THAT WE HAVE, THAT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA DON'T IS WATERFRONT.
SO IMAGINE, GO IMAGINE GOING AND, AND HAVING A GOLF COURSE WITH ENTERTAINMENT AMENITIES.
UM, THAT WOULD INCLUDE THINGS THAT OUR
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CITIZENS HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR.AND SO WHEN I GO AND I, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IN FACT I'LL USE, I'LL, I'LL USE SOME, SOME RECENT, UM, CONVERSATION IN ONE OF OUR RECENT MEETINGS, BUT THE TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO WHEN I GO AND I, AND I, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I LOOK AT THIS PROJECT, WE DO HAVE TO BE SMART ABOUT IT.
UM, I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL BY FAR TO OUR CITIZENS.
IT'S CERTAINLY BENEFICIAL TO ERIC TO THAT AREA.
AND SO, UM, IF WE CAN GET THERE IN AN AGREEMENT, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN SUPPORT.
I MAYBE NOT BE A HUNDRED PERCENT THERE, BUT, BUT I DO THINK WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I, UH, WE TALK ABOUT BEING THE FIRST AND SOMETIMES THERE IS RISK.
AND, UH, I WORKED AT A PLACE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF RISK AT, AT NASA, AND EVERYTHING WE DID WAS THE FIRST, RIGHT? IT WAS THE FIRST TO DO THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
AND SO IF, IF, IF WE WERE TRYING TO LAUNCH A SPACE SHUTTLE FROM BAYTOWN, I'D PROBABLY HAVE A LOT MORE CAUTION.
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT GOLF BALLS, BUNKERS, AND, AND YOU KNOW, GREENS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, BUT I DON'T THINK, AGAIN, I WOULDN'T EQUATE THIS TO SOME TYPE OF MISSION LAUNCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE THERE WOULD BE LOSS OF LIFE.
I LIKE THE ASPECT THAT YOU SAID THERE IS SAFETY PERSONNEL THAT'S ON STAFF.
OBVIOUSLY SAFETY IS ALWAYS KEY IN, IN GOLFING IN, IN ANY CASE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE.
UM, I, I KNOW THAT, THAT THINGS ARE TIME SENSITIVE.
I DO RESPECT KIND OF THE, UH, I GUESS YOU'D SAY PROPRIETARY MEANS THAT YOU HAVE, WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THAT, BUT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD TAKE PLACE, I THINK IT'S, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT, IT IS GOOD FOR BAYTOWN, IT WILL BE GOOD FOR BAYTOWN.
AND SO, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION, COUNSEL, I'M SURE WILL, WILL ENTERTAIN, UH, DISCUSSION AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY ON, ON A LOT OF THIS.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW.
SO IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST A FINAL COMMENT SINCE, SINCE I GUESS I WAS THE ONE THAT SAID THE WORD GUINEA PIG.
THAT WAS FOR THE LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I DO STAND BEHIND THAT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, NO ONE WAS INSINUATING LOSS OF LIFE, YOU KNOW, I GET IT.
THE, THE, THE BASIS WAS LOSS OF MONEY.
AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE NEED TO LOOK AT, AT SOME OF THESE DEALS THAT WE WISH WE COULD GO BACK IN TIME AND WE WOULD'VE SPENT MORE TIME ON.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT LOSS OF LIFE AND COMPARING THIS TO A SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION IS IS NOT WHERE I WAS COMING FROM MAYOR OR, SO IT WASN'T EITHER, JUST TO CLARIFY.
SO, YEAH, SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE UNIQUENESS, YOU KNOW, IS SOMETIMES IT IS GONNA BE THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, BAYTOWN IS A, WE HAVE A LOT OF FIRSTS.
WE HAVE, WE WERE THE FIRST TO ACTUALLY GO LED LIGHTS IN OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.
AND SO ALL THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
YOU KNOW, I'VE SUPPORTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE CITY FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS.
IF THAT'S TOWN SQUARE, IF THAT'S, IF MARKET STREET, IF IT'S AT SANDINO BOULEVARD, THIS HERE TO ME IS STILL A GOOD DECISION THAT WE CAN MAKE IF WE GET IT ALL RIGHT AND EVERYTHING LINES UP.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT THE FINANCIAL, THE FINANCIAL OUTCOME IS BENEFICIAL TO EVERYONE.
IT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO REALLY SUPPORT.
SO I GUESS, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR THAT ITEM.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, NEXT
[b. Receive the City of Baytown's Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending December 31, 2021.]
ITEM IS THREE B, RECEIVE A CITY, UH, THE BAYTOWN CITY OF BAY TOWN'S QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORT.I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE NOT GONNA SAVE FOR THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT.
WE'RE, THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
I'LL NOT DETAIN YOU LONG AFTER THE EXCITEMENT OF THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.
UM, SO STARTING WITH PROPERTY TAX, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT DUE AS YOU KNOW, UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY.
BUT IN THE FIRST QUARTER ENDING IN DECEMBER, WE HAD RECEIVED OVER ONE THIRD OF THE ENTIRETY OF OUR PROPERTY TAX RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR.
SALES TAX CONTINUES TO BE, AS I SAY, INCREDIBLY ROBUST.
I SIGNED BORING EVEN TO MYSELF IN SAYING IT.
UH, BUT WE'RE 17% UP YEAR OVER YEAR LOOKING IN RIGHT ACROSS THE GENERAL FUND.
ON THE REVENUE SIDE, OBVIOUSLY VERY HEALTHY, LARGELY BECAUSE THE IDA REVENUES, 85% OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY COME IN AT THE END OF DECEMBER, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY.
AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL HAVE ALMOST 100% COLLECTION BY THAT STAGE.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE A LITTLE BIT DOWN, UM, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THERE'S A REFLECTION OF THE ONGOING ISSUES THAT ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE HAVING AND FILLING VACANCIES.
UH, CERTAINLY IT IS HURTING IN MY DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS ARE FEELING IT TOO.
UH, THE UPSIDE FOR US ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE IS THAT, UH, WERE AT 22% OF SPEND AT THE QUARTER WAY MARK OF THE
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YEAR, UH, ON THE AQUATICS FUND.OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN SEASON HASN'T YET, UH, HAPPENED.
UM, WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS YEAR WILL BE EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS, UH, LAST, IF NOT BETTER.
UH, SO I'M LOOKING TO SEE, UH, THE AQUATICS FUND AGAIN, UH, YIELDING A SURPLUS AND BEING ABLE TO REPAY A PORTION OF ITS LOAN TO THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, I'M SORRY, I MADE A JOKE TO MYSELF EARLIER.
IT'S REALLY AWFUL, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT.
UH, HOT REMAINS HOT, UH, AND 28%, UH, IN THE FIRST QUARTER ARE REVENUES FROM THE, THE HOT TAX ARE STILL INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY HEALTHY, UH, ON THE SPEND SIDE, UH, YET TO REALLY, UH, HIT THAT.
SO ONLY AT 4%, UH, A VERY, VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE ON THE HOT FUND, WATER AND SEWER SANITATION, STORM WATER, ALL YIELDING SURPLUSES IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
UH, AND FOR, LET ME SAY, FOR SANITATION FUND PARTICULARLY, THAT IS A HUGE KUDOS THERE.
AS YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, UH, THAT WAS IN, UH, IN THE RED, IT IS NO LONGER SO STREET MAINTENANCE FUND, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, VERY HEALTHY SALES TAX.
WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT AHEAD THERE ON THE SPAN SIDE, WE'RE RIGHT ON THE MONEY WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE IN THE FIRST QUARTER ON THE INVESTMENTS A LITTLE CHANGE QUARTER OVER QUARTER.
UH, YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD A LOOK AT THE MARKETS TODAY.
INTEREST RATES WILL INEVITABLY GO UP, MAYBE NOT AS HIGH AS EVERYBODY HAD ANTICIPATED.
UH, GIVEN THE OTHER EVENTS OF TODAY AND THE EFFECT ON THE MARKET, UH, WE WILL, AS I SAID BEFORE, UH, BE MOVING A LITTLE BIT LOWER FROM THE POOLS AND INTO SOME OF OTHER HIGHER YIELDING INVESTMENTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF QUARTERS.
SO ANTICIPATE THAT OUR EARNINGS WILL START TO INCREASE.
ALL IN ALL, A VERY GOOD REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.
WE WOULD CONSIDER YOUR REPORT RECEIVED.
[a. Consider a resolution granting the petition for the proposed annexation of approximately 18.95 acres of land situated in the William Hilbus Survey, Abstract No. 336, Harris County, Texas, located generally south of Interstate-Highway 10 between Thompson Road and Wade Road.]
CONSIDER RESOLUTION GRANTED THE PETITION FOR PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 18.95 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED IN THE WILLIAM HOBA SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 3 36, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 BETWEEN THOMPSON ROAD AND WADE ROAD.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, SO, UH, AS DESCRIBED, THIS IS ABOUT 19 ACRES, UH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I 10 BETWEEN THOMPSON ROAD AND WADE ROAD.
UM, THIS IS A, ONE OF THE HOLES IN THE MAP AS FAR AS ANNEXATION GOES.
UH, THEY HAVE AL THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO APPLIED FOR REZONE TO, UM, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FOR THIS AREA, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING TO THE, UH, EAST OF THAT PROPERTY AS WELL.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT FOR SOME TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT THIS IS APPROPRIATE.
AND SO THIS IS JUST THE APPLICATION FOR THIS ANNEXATION.
SO YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THIS IN THE COMING MONTHS.
ALRIGHT, SO THERE IS A RESOLUTION.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM, OH, EXCUSE ME, ON THIS ONE.
WE DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS SIGNED TO SPEAK, MR. POCUS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE, UM, ITEM FOUR A.
SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM FOUR, A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND, HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, IF NOT, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ITEM FOUR A IS WRITTEN, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[b. Consider a resolution granting consent to the inclusion of 2.1131 acres out of the George Ellis League, A-21, in Harris County, Texas, being located North of Wallisville Road, East of Garth Road, North of I-10 and West of N. Main Street, into Spring Meadows Municipal Utility District.]
CONSIDER RESOLUTION GRANTING CONSENT TO THE INCLUSION OF, UH, 2.1131 ACRES OUT OF THE GEORGE ELLIS LAKE 21 IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, I'M ASSUMING SURVEY LOCATED NORTH OF VILLE ROAD, EAST OF GARTH ROAD, NORTH OF I 10, AND WEST OF NORTH MAIN STREET INTO SPRING MEADOWS.UH, MR. PENNEY, YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO THANK YOU, SIR.
YES, THIS IS A, UH, MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ASKING OUR PERMISSION TO GRANT, UH, TO ANNEX, UM, TWO ACRES INTO ITS TERRITORY.
THIS PARTICULAR, UH, MUD HAS DONE THIS TWICE PREVIOUSLY IN THE FALL.
UH, SOME OF THE CONDITIONS ARE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT AND THAT IT'LL NOTIFY US OF BONDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR B, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR B, SECOND A MOTION SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OR EXCUSE ME? ANY QUESTION OR COMMENTS? MAYOR? YES, SIR.
WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION WITH SOME OF THE MUD DISTRICTS IN THAT AREA.
IS THIS GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT ON CLOSING US OFF AGAIN? I DON'T THINK SO.
THIS IS, UH, MEADOWS, PARK MEADOW'S.
IT'S A CORNER AND IT'S A, I BELIEVE IT'S FOR A GAS STATIONS TO PROVIDE WATER.
I, I'M JUST, WE HAD THE PRETTY HARD DISCUSSIONS WITH DIFFERENT DISTRICT AND WANTING TO ANNEX MORE PROPERTY.
AND SO I'M GOING TO START RAISING
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THE QUESTION FEES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT IGNORING ONE AND PICKING ON THE OTHER.I HAVE NO, ACTUALLY THE, THE MUD POLICY, YOU KNOW THAT THIS, THIS DOESN'T REALLY MEET THE GUIDELINES, DOES IT? ON MINIMUM ACREAGE SIZE.
YOUR, YOUR GUIDELINES PERTAIN SPECIFICALLY AND GENERALLY TO CONSENT TO CREATE A MUD OR CREATE A PIT.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME KIND OF GUIDELINES THAT WE APPLY TO ANNEXATION OF EXISTING AREA OR CONTIGUOUS AREA.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM FOUR B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[5. 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.]
CONSENT AGENDA.SO IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING ITEM G IS NOT READY BY STAFF, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ALL.
UH, OTHER CONSENT, UH, ITEMS MINUS G, MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS FIVE A THROUGH H, SAVE AND ACCEPT G.
SECOND BEING THAT THIS CONSENT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONSENT AGENDA IS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO UH, APPOINTMENTS.
[a. Consider three (3) appointments to the Baytown Library Board. ]
CONSIDERED THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAYTOWN LIBRARY BOARD.UH, THESE THREE APPOINTMENTS, UM, FROM WHAT I CAN READ HERE IS, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MR. MATTHEW HARTLEY, MS. JUDY GERALDS, AND MS. TAMMY RY.
SO I WOULD, I'M ASSUMING THIS IS FROM MR. CITY MANAGER, UM, APPOINTMENTS TO THE LIBRARY BOARD.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS TO, UM, BE CONSIDERED MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO NOT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OF THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS, PLEASE SAY A.
OPPOSED? WE HAVE OUR NEXT ITEM OF SIX B.
[b. Consider one (1) appointment to the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District.]
CONSIDER ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL INFORMATION DISTRICT.UH, THE, THE PERSON BEING NAMED HERE IS MR. JAMES COKER.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE DISTRICT SPECIFIC DISTRICT SIX.
UH, MR. LES I TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SIX B.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SIX B OF MR. COKER, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[7. 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.]
OUR MANAGER'S REPORT.MAYOR AND COUNSEL, JUST ONE ITEM TONIGHT.
UM, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, HIGHLIGHTING A CERTAIN AFRICAN AMERICANS IN, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND, UH, ON OUR, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA AND, UH, RECEIVED SOME INTERESTING ANALYTICS ABOUT ONE OF THE POSTS THAT WE MADE ABOUT A DR.
AND, UH, HERE ARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS.
UH, THE POST GAINED ATTENTION ON ALL THREE MAJOR PLATFORMS, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TWITTER.
BUT FACEBOOK WAS WHERE IT REALLY TOOK OFF.
THE POST HAS 29,030 IMPRESSIONS.
THAT'S HOW MANY SCREENS THAT IT APPEARED ON, UH, A REACH OF 27,958.
HOW MANY PEOPLE READ THE POST AT LEAST ONCE AND 3,136 ENGAGEMENTS.
SO EVIDENTLY THIS INSPIRED A LOT OF WEDDINGS.
NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT MEANS.
174 REACTED TO THE POST 141 SHARES, 81 COMMENTS, 1,303 OTHER CLICKS.
THAT MEANS THAT THEY LOOKED AT OTHER THINGS ON OUR PAGE AND THEN WENT TO THOSE LINKS.
UH, SO TREMENDOUS TRACTION FROM THAT SINGULAR POST.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, UH, THAT WITH YOU, UH, TONIGHT, WE'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL SO FAR THIS MONTH.
AND, AND AGAIN, I, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
SO I THINK FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, CERTAINLY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, IT'S BEEN HIGHLIGHTING MANY INDIVIDUALS THIS MONTH.
SO VERY PROUD OF, OF THEIR POSTINGS AND, AND JUST TRYING TO REALLY EDUCATE OUR PUBLIC OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR BLACK COMMUNITY HERE IN BAYTOWN.
SO THANK YOU TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND THE, THE ENTIRE TEAM.
[a. Receive a report from Council Member Mike Lester as it relates to Council District No. Six.]
MEMBER'S DISTRICT REPORT.SO MR. LESTER, THANK YOU MAYOR.
YOU HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES? YEAH, HAVE MY THREE MINUTES AND I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT BRIEF, UH, MORE BRIEF THAN THAT.
UH, JUST, JUST A QUICK, UM, THIS IS KIND OF NEW FOR US TO DO.
SO I DROVE AROUND THE, MY DISTRICT LAST WEEK OR SO.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT BEEN INCONVENIENCED ON THE MCKINNEY ROAD PROJECT, OR FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE IT, IT IS MOVING ALONG.
IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT, UH, IMPROVEMENT TO THE CITY WHEN THAT ROAD FINALLY GETS FINISHED UP.
UH, IF THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION RUNNING UP AND DOWN, UH, ALEXANDER DRIVE OVER THE LAST SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS OR YEAR, UM, THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS HAVE BEEN PAINTED BLACK, UH, POWDER COATED BLACK AND HAS REALLY, UM, CHANGED THE AESTHETICS.
WE REPAIRED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UH, SIDEWALKS ALONG ALEXANDER AND ADDED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SIDEWALKS ALONG ALEXANDER SO THAT, AGAIN, ALEXANDER IS COMING ALONG AND THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE MAYOR QUITE A BIT.
SO AS 90 NINES GETTING READY TO BE COMPLETED, 99 IS STARTING TO TO SPRUCE UP AND THAT'S A GREAT THING.
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THEN I CALLED THE DAY TO CHECK 'CAUSE I HAD A COUPLE OF FOLKS CALL ME, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, ABOUT THE ROSALYN CLUBHOUSE AND THE CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED, UH, THEY'RE WORKING ON, I BELIEVE, THE PIERS AND DOING SOME DIRT WORK.UM, THEY WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH, I WAS TOLD THAT, THAT IT WAS, UH, JUST PURE FORTUNE THAT WHEN THEY WERE PORT, UH, DIGGING SOME OF THE PIERS, THEY FOUND THE OLD SWIMMING POOL
SO THEY'RE HAVING TO WORK AROUND THAT ISSUE.
SO, BUT IT IS, IT IS IN PROCESS AND IT'S, IT HAS STARTED AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMPLETION OF THAT.
UH, CLUBHOUSE WILL BE A GREAT ENHANCEMENT TO ROSELAND PARK.
SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, THAT'S, I'LL CUT THAT OFF.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.
[9. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
AND CONVENE INTO AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND 5 5 1 0.087 TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS ON LEGAL MATTERS RELATED THERETO.I'LL TELL YOU SO WHEN I NOW RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BE IT THAT, UH, BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED ALL POSTED AGENDA ITEMS AS MEETINGS NOW ADJOURNED.