Mar 10, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

NOW WE HAVE ITEM ONE A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FOR THE, AND THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2022.

IF YOU ALL PLEASE JOIN ME, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE .

AND NOW OUR TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS WEDNESDAY UNDER GOD ONE AN INDIVIDUALLY.

SO PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME.

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER THIS EVENING, AND THAT YOU FEEL OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AS WE DISCUSS MATTERS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

MAY OUR JUDGEMENTS BE RIGHT, OUR CONSCIOUS BE FILLED WITH GOODNESS AND OUR DEDICATION TO OUR CITY BE PURE.

ALTHOUGH WE EACH REPRESENT ONE DISTRICT, WE ARE ALSO ONE AS A COUNCIL.

SO WE PRAY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK IN HARMONY AND RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION BEFORE US WHO HELP GUIDE THE CITY AND COUNCIL'S INITIATIVES WHICH BENEFIT THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

LASTLY, WE ASK THAT YOU LE UH, LEND YOUR STRENGTH AND PROTECTION TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO CONTINUE TO DO THIS IMPORTANT WORK THEY ARE CALLED TO DO.

IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.

OKAY,

[1. MINUTES]

DO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

MOTION A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, MINUTES, UH, AS WRITTEN, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO A, PRESENT A PROCLAMATION FOR PROFESSIONAL BUYER'S DAY.

THOSE OPPOSED? UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A FEW SPECIAL GUESTS.

UH, I'LL START FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT AND I'LL WORK MY MY WAY DOWN FROM THAT.

UH, WE HAVE KINSLEY KINZIE HERE FROM KINSLEY FROM, UH, THE POWELL FAMILY JOINING US ON THE FRONT ROW.

AND SO WE REALLY THANK HER FOR BEING HERE, LEARNING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHAT HER DADDY DOES UP HERE ON THE DIOCESE, AND CERTAINLY ABOUT, UH, LOCAL BAYTOWN CITY GOVERNMENT.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE 14TH MAYOR, CALVIN MINGER.

HE'S ALSO JOINING US THIS EVENING SOMEWHERE.

HOW YOU DOING? AND ALSO, UH, FORMER COUNCILMAN BOB HOSKINS HAS JOINED US ALSO ALONG WITH HIS WIFE, PAM.

SO, AGAIN, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

IF I MISS ANYONE ELSE, I'LL, I'LL LOOK FOR YOU HERE IN JUST A SEC.

BUT

[a. Present a Proclamation for Professional Buyer's Day.]

UH, MR. WE HAVE OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND MYSELF, I BELIEVE, I THINK I'LL BE COMING DOWN.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, UH, WE'RE REALLY PRESENTING THIS TYPE OF PROCLAMATION, UH, PROFESSIONAL BUYER'S DAY.

AND SO, UH, I DID EXPRESS A FEW THINGS EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, TO THE FINANCE FOLKS.

IT'S ALL PART OF MONEY IN MONEY OUT, AND THE PURCHASING FOLKS, THERE'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, CERTAINLY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, WE GO, WE KNOW THAT FINANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT, UH, I COULD TELL YOU, UH, ONCE I BECAME MAYOR, I'VE SEEN HOW MUCH DAY TO DAY, UH, IN OPERATIONS THAT FINANCES.

THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN IT COMES WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, BOTH AS FAR AS REVENUE, AND OBVIOUSLY FOR PURCHASING AND, AND ENSURING THAT INVOICES GET PAID ON TIME AND AND SO ON.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF, UH, REALLY GOOD PROFESSIONALS MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

AND SO THAT IS WHAT THIS PROCLAMATION IS ABOUT.

SO, WHEREAS THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSION PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF BOTH GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS, IN ADDITION TO THE PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SERVICES, PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS ADD VALUE TO THE ORGANIZATION BY PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS AS EXECUTING, IMPLEMENTING AND ADMINISTERING CONTRACTS, DEVELOPING PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES, AND CULTIVATING WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH SUPPLIERS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS OPERATE UNDER MANY DIFFERENT TITLES, INCLUDING PURCHASING, AGENT BUYER, CONTRACT OFFICER, PROCUREMENT SPECIALISTS, AND SO ON.

AND WHEREAS THIS PROCLAMATION IS INTENDED TO INCLUDE ALL TITLES, UH, WITH THE ALL ENCOMPASSING TERM PROFESSIONAL BUYER, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS ARE ON THE FRONT LINE, BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN END USERS AND SUPPLIERS SERVING MULTIPLE CUSTOMERS WITH COMPETING GOALS, ALL WHILE WORKING TIRELESSLY BEHIND THE SCENES.

THE NATIONAL PROCUREMENT INSTITUTE IS FOCUSED ON LEADING EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND SEEKS TO EXPAND THE AWARENESS OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONAL'S ROLE IN TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND TO CORPORATE PARTNERS.

SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, BRANDON CILLO AS MAYOR OF THE BAYTOWN, UH, MAYOR OF BAYTOWN, UH, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PRO CAME MARCH 9TH, 2022 AS PROFESSIONAL BUYERS DAY AND URGE ALL OUR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN AND RECOGNIZING THE ROLE OF THIS PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS WITHIN THE BUSINESS AND INDU INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY.

SIGNED BRANDON CAP, MAYOR OF BAYTOWN.

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OKAY,

[a. Receive and Discuss a Presentation on Community Engagement Initiatives.]

WE MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE A.

IT'S GONNA BE RECEIVED AND DISCUSS A PRESENTATION OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES.

UH, MS. SYS, PLEASE.

UM, SOME OF THE, UM, FEATURED PROJECTS POSTED BY THE CITY WILL BE A POP-UP PARK AND PAINTING OF THE ADAD SKATE RAMP ON APRIL 9TH, UM, SPECIAL OLYMPICS ON APRIL 23RD, AND A COASTAL CLEANUP HOSTED BY OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION ON APRIL 30TH.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL, IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU COURTNEY BONZO.

SHE IS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM.

AND EVEN THOUGH SHE'S ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A FEW SHORT MONTHS, SHE'S BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON BUILDING A FRAMEWORK FOR VOLUNTEERISM IN BAYTOWN.

UH, SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE COURTNEY.

HELLO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND, UM, THANK YOU MARION COUNCIL FOR SEEING ME TODAY.

UM, AS JAMIE SAID, I'M GONNA BE PROVIDING YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM WILL BE DOING, UM, THIS YEAR FOR OUR VOLUNTEER INCENT, UM, INITIATIVES.

UM, SO THIS PAST COUPLE MONTHS HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH MANY MEETINGS WITH DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW WE ALL WANTED TO GROW OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AND REALLY CREATE THIS ESSENCE OF VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEERISM AND A CULTURE OF SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE DEVELOPED A NEW INITIATIVE CALLED BAYTOWN SERVES.

BAYTOWN SERVES AS A CITY INITIATIVE THAT SEEKS TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS BY DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

THERE ARE THREE MAIN ASPECTS TO THIS INITIATIVE.

UM, FIRST WORKING WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

SECOND, CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WITH SERVICE PROJECTS.

AND THIRD, PARTNERING WITH OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS, UM, TO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR CLIENT OUTREACH AND PROMOTE THEIR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

SO LET'S LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE, UM, SUPPORTED UNDER THIS INITIATIVE.

OF COURSE, ALL CITY OF BAYTOWN VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS WILL BE A BUS BIG ASPECT TO THIS INITIATIVE.

THERE ARE ALREADY MANY WELL ESTABLISHED, UM, THE VISITOR CENTER AT THE BRUNSON THEATER, THE NATURE CENTER, THE WETLANDS AND EDUCATION CENTER, UM, THE STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY SOON, THE ANIMAL CONTROL CENTER AND NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED BY OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OUR PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM TO SUPPORT OUR EVENTS AND BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY.

SO OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM WILL WORK WITH EACH OF THESE DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY NEW WAYS, UM, TO PROVIDE VOLUNTEER PROJECTS, UM, UM, HELP PROMOTE THEIR PROJECTS, AND IN SOME CASES, MANAGE THEIR VOLUNTEERS.

UM, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM WILL ALSO COORDINATE LARGE, UM, VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS SUCH AS OUR NEWLY LAUNCHED ADOPT APO PROGRAM.

ADOPT APO IS A LITTER ABATEMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT WILL PROTECT OUR WATERWAYS AND SAVE TAXPAYER MONEY WITH VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING WITH OUR LIT CLEANUP.

UM, WE HAVE THAT CAPABILITY TO DEDICATE OUR STAFF AND OUR RESOURCES, UM, TO OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS THAT OUR COMMUNITY DESIRES.

ADOPT APO GIVES ORGANIZATIONS, GROUPS AND CLUBS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE POSITIVE PUBLICITY RECOGNITION DIGITALLY AND THROUGH A PERSONALIZED SIGN IN THEIR ADOPT SPOT AREA.

UM, A PLANNED QUARTERLY TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITY.

UM, AND ALSO JUST THAT ADDED BENEFIT OF PROTECTING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.

ADOPTABLE LOCATIONS INCLUDE PARKS, ROADWAYS, TRAILS, AND WATERWAYS.

UM, AND SOME LOCATIONS WILL ACTUALLY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND LITTER, SUCH AS MAINTAINING A GARDENING BED, UM, REFRESHING MULCH OR, UM, HELPING WITH SOME OF THE WEEDS.

AND ON BAYTOWN ENGAGE, WE DO HAVE AN INTERACTIVE MAP, UM, THAT HAS AVAILABLE HIGH IMPACT LOCATIONS WITH LOCATIONS, UM, ALONG GARTH ROAD, MASSEY TOMPKINS, GOOSE CREEK TRAIL, AND, UM, OTHER PUBLIC SPACES LIKE THE STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY.

UM, THESE AVAILABLE LOCATIONS ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS OTHERS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADD AS THIS PROGRAM GROWS, UM, HAVE ALL BEEN, UM, REVIEWED BY OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN REALLY CONSIDERED, UM, ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER FEASIBILITY AND THE VOLUNTEER SAFETY.

NOW, WHILE THERE HAS BEEN MANY SIMILAR, UM, LITTER ABATEMENT PROGRAMS IN BAYTOWN IN THE PAST, THIS WILL BE, UM, DEVELOPED THROUGH THE CITY, UM, CITY SUPPORTED AND RESOURCES THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM.

NOW, AS A WAY TO KICK OFF BAYTOWN SERVES INITIATIVE, WE'LL BE PROMOTING A MONTH OF SERVICE IN APRIL, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS VOLUNTEER MONTH.

UM, THERE WILL BE A PUBLISHED CALENDAR WITH SMALL AND BIG WAYS, UM, THAT YOU CAN GET INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

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WHILE THEIR CALENDAR WILL HAVE NUMEROUS CITY OPPORTUNITIES, IT WILL ALSO SHOWCASE SOME OF OUR OTHER LOCAL NONPROFITS, UM, AND THEIR NEEDS AS WELL.

SO WE DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO FOLLOW ALONG AND FIND AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, OR AN ORGANIZATION THAT YOU FEEL A PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH.

NOW, A CRUCIAL ASPECT TO BAYAM SERVES SUCCESS WILL BE DEVELOPING OUR LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UM, SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, FAITH-BASED GROUPS AND NONPROFITS.

BAYTOWN SERVES WILL UTILIZE VOLUNTEER CONNECT, WHICH IS A LOCALLY RAN, UM, VOLUNTEER PLATFORM AS A ONE-STOP SHOP, UM, FOR ALL PROJECT REGISTRATION.

UM, WE ALSO WILL HAVE SPACE IN THE, UM, STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY SET UP FOR NONPROFITS TO RESERVE AND PROVIDE SOME DIRECT SERVICES TO CLIENTS.

NOW, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO A DIFFERENT POPULATION OR A DEMOGRAPHIC IN ANOTHER LOCATION THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AT THEIR CURRENT LOCATION.

UM, WE HAVE ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN TESTING OUT THIS PROGRAM WITH MARCEL WILLIAMS RESOURCE CENTER AT THE LIBRARY, AND IT'S BEEN VERY POPULAR, UM, AND WE HOPE TO GROW IT SOON.

OVERALL, BAYTOWN SERVES IS ABOUT CON CREATING A CULTURE OF SERVICE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WHILE WE WILL BE AMPLIFYING OUR LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES, WE'LL ALSO BE SHOWCASING PROJECTS, UM, THAT MAKE SERVING MORE ACCESSIBLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, SOME OF THESE SHOWN HERE INCLUDE LASAGNA LOVE, UM, WHICH IS A, A GLOBAL NONPROFIT THAT CONNECTS NEIGHBORS WITH THOSE IN NEED TO PROVIDE A HOME-COOKED MEAL AND BE MY EYES, WHICH IS A FREE APP THAT CONNECTS, UM, LOW VISION AND BLIND INDIVIDUALS WITH SIGHTED VOLUNTEERS, UM, AND PROVIDE THEM WITH VISUAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH VIDEO CALLS.

SO BAYTOWN ENGAGE.COM/SERVE, THAT WILL BE YOUR PLACE TO GO TO LEARN ALL ABOUT.

UM, BAYTOWN SERVES THE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY AND SOME OF THOSE NEW AND INTERESTING WAYS YOU CAN SERVE WHEREVER YOU ARE.

UM, AND ALSO A PLACE FOR VOLUNTEERS TO SHARE THEIR STORY, UM, WHEREVER THEY VOLUNTEER.

AND THE WHOLE, UM, ONE BIG CONSIDERATION WE HAVE FOR BAYTOWN SERVES IS TO REALLY MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE AND FLEXIBLE SO THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND DEVELOP IT AS WE LEARN NEW WAYS, UM, TO EFFECTIVELY CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND MEET THEIR NEEDS.

NOW, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, MAYOR.

BUT, UM, I GOT IN TOUCH OF THIS PRESENTATION THROUGH THE UNITED WAY, UM, OF VOLUNTEERS, AND SO I'M JUST HAPPY TO SEE THIS OUT.

I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN BETTEN COURT, UM, YOU KNOW, HAD REALLY TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOME SORT OF VOLUNTEER PORTAL OR ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE CITY.

AND SO THANK Y'ALL FOR TAKING OFF WITH IT.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

MOVE ON TO ITEM, UH, THREE B, DISCUSS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FROM BILL BAYTOWN, LLC, EXCUSE ME, BILL BAYTOWN, ONE LLC REGARDING PUBLIC GOLF COURSE AT EVERGREEN PARK.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? IF NOT, THANK YOU, MA'AM, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

VERY GOOD INFORMATION AND, AND I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN'S CORRECT, BEING ABLE TO PUT VOLUNTEERS WITH THE NEEDS, UM, THIS IS CERTAINLY GONNA HELP WITH, WITH THOSE TYPE OF KIND OF TRANSACTIONS, I GUESS, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

[b. Discuss the proposed development from Build Baytown I, LLC, regarding a public golf course at Evergreen Park.]

UH, WE HAVE, UH, THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS, I GUESS, UM, I CAN TOSS IT TO EITHER ONE.

WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER LESTER ALVARADO AND JOHNSON.

YEAH, MAYOR, I, I KIND OF KICKED THIS OFF AFTER THE, WE TOOK A TRIP AND DURING THE TRIP THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSIONS, BUT I'VE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS FROM CITIZEN THAT, THAT HAD PARTICIPATED OR AT LEAST VIEWED THE INITIAL PRESENTATION.

AND, AND THEIR COMMENTS TO ME WAS, IS THAT ALL WE'RE GONNA GET OR WE GET TO MAKE MORE COMMENT LATER? AND IT'S KINDA ASSURED THEM WE'D BE MAKING MORE COMMENTS LATER.

SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP IT IN THE FOREFRONT.

UM, I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS.

UM, SOME I'VE HAD ANSWERS TO, SOME I HAVEN'T YET.

AND I THINK THE CITIZENS ARE IN THE SAME BOAT.

UM, SO AS WE CONTINUE TO, TO DELVE THROUGH THIS AND, AND HONE IT DOWN, IF YOU WILL, UM, I JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, TO NOT LET IT WANE AND KEEP IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

WE JUST NEED TO PRESS FORWARD AND GET ALL THE INFORMATION WE CAN AND THEN WE'LL MAKE A DECISION.

AND WE DO HAVE, UH, RICK BUCKIN THE COURSE DESIGNER ON, UH, ZOOM WITH US AND, UH, DAVID HENKEL AND RIO ANO ON ZOOM WITH US AS WELL, WHO ARE THE, UH, DEVELOPERS OF THE PROJECT.

ANY ADDITION QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, FIRST WE'LL HEAR FROM THERE IS WE HAVE A FEW INDIVIDUALS, UM, DESIGNED TO SPEAK.

UM, WAS THERE GONNA BE A PRESENTATION IN ANY WAY FROM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SLIDES YES.

THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED INTO THE AGENDA.

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SO I THINK PROBABLY IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO SEE KIND OF SOME PRESENTATION IF THEY HAVE SOME SLIDES OR WHATEVER.

I KNOW FROM THE LAST MEETING THERE WAS SOME, SOME, YOU KNOW, VERY VALID QUESTIONS RAISED AND MAYBE THEY CAN AT LEAST FILL IN SOME OF THOSE GAPS.

AND THEN, THEN IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COUNSEL AND THE PUBLIC COULD, COULD GO AND ASK FOR THAT.

CERTAINLY.

ALRIGHT, SO LET'S DO THAT.

UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THEM ON ZOOM.

SO WE CAN BRING THEM UP AND I'M ASSUMING THEY CAN HEAR US.

I BELIEVE THEY CAN HEAR US.

AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN SEE THEIR PRESENTATION WOULD BE THE, THE NEXT QUESTION OR WHOEVER HAS IT.

I HAVE SOMETHING UP.

I CAN CLICK THROUGH THE SLIDES, DAVID.

YOU DO HAVE, OKAY, THIS SAYS SAFETY FIRST.

THIS IS THE SLIDE I'M LOOKING AT.

THAT'S WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US.

THAT IS THAT IT, UH, WELL, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK.

I I'M NOT AN IT DUDE.

SO IS, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME, UH, SLIDES THAT WE WANTED TO BE UP WHILE TALKING.

IS ARE THOSE, YEAH, SO RICK, I'VE, I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT YOUR SLIDES IN AN ORDER STARTING WITH SAFETY FIRST.

CAN YOU SEE? WELL, I CAN, I CAN'T SEE THE IMAGE.

IT'S A, UM, OKAY, HERE, HERE'S THE FIRST IMAGE THERE.

COMPARISON BETWEEN TORRY PINES AND BAYTOWN GOLF COURSE.

SO LET, LET ME GO THROUGH THAT AND ACTUALLY THIS, UH, IMAGE I THINK HELPS IN TWO WAYS.

BUT, UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE SAFETY FACTOR AND, UM, I THOUGHT WHAT MIGHT BE BEST WOULD BE TO COMPARE ONE OF THE, TO ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS WORLD CLASS GOLF COURSES IN THE WORLD.

AND THAT'S TORY PINES, WHICH IS ON THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA IN HOA IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA.

AND IT'S, IT IS A PUBLIC GOLF COURSE, SO I THINK IT'S COMPAT OR COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, OPPOSED TO A PRIVATE CLUB WHERE YOU MIGHT GET MAYBE MORE SKILLED PLAYERS, BUT IN A, UM, PUBLIC SETTING, YOU GET A LOT OF VERY GOOD PLAYERS AND SOME THAT ARE NOT SO GOOD.

SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO DESIGN FOR BOTH.

AND, UM, SO THESE DRAWINGS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME SCALE, MEANING, UM, I STRETCHED AND I STRETCHED OUR IMAGE TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME AS, UH, TORY PINE.

AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS IN THREE HOLES OF WIDTH, TORY PINES IS 710 FEET, AND THE AVERAGE WIDTH OF PLAYING ZONE IS ABOUT OH 230 ISH FEET.

AND IN THAT SAME SCENARIO, IN OURS, THREE HOLES OF WIDTHS WE'RE 800 FEET WIDE, AND WE'RE AN AVERAGE OF OVER 250 FEET OF PLAYABLE AREA PER HOLE.

THAT'S ABOUT 15% MORE ROOM THAT WE HAVE AND WILL HAVE THAN TORRY PINES.

TORRY PINES, FAIRWAYS ABOUT 80 FEET WIDE.

AND OUR FAIRWAYS WILL BE MORE LIKE A HUNDRED FEET WIDE.

NOW THE OTHER THING THIS IMAGE DOES IS, I GUESS THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTION ABOUT IS THIS NINE HOLES OR 18 HOLES? AND I DON'T KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BLURRY FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE HOLE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, THERE'S ONE HOLE THERE WHERE THERE'S BUNKERS COMING PLAY.

IT'S, UH, 555 YARD PAR FIVE, AND THE SECOND TIME IT'S PLAYED, IT'S A 430 YARD PAR FOUR.

AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE TEES ARE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION, BUT THE, BUT THE LANDING ZONE IN THE FAIRWAY IS IN A DIFFERENT POSITION.

IF YOU LOOK AT TORRY PINES, IT'S, YOU PLAY IT ONE WAY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TEES ARE WHERE THEY ARE, THE BUNKERS ARE WHERE THEY ARE, AND THERE'S A SINGLE GREEN.

BUT IN OUR CASE, THERE'S, UH, MULTIPLE SETS OF TEES, USUALLY ABOUT A HUNDRED YARDS DIFFERENCE IN, IN LENGTH.

AND THE GREENS ARE IN, UH, DIFFERENT POSITIONS, USUALLY 80 TO 50 YARDS IN LENGTH.

SO THAT, I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN HOW WE REALLY DO HAVE 18 HOLES HERE AND NOT, UH, SIMPLY NOT.

SO, UM, ARE THERE, CAN I ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OR SHOULD I MOVE ON TO THE, THE WAY, THE COURSE ROUTE? UH, I GUESS, UH, FOR, AT LEAST FOR COUNSEL RIGHT NOW, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, AT LEAST ON THE DESIGN AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE, THE, UM, I GUESS THE WIDTHS OR ANYTHING WITH AS FAR AS SPECIFICATIONS? ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? IF NOT, OKAY.

GO AHEAD AND, UH, WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.

THAT THE REAL, DO WE HAVE THE ONE THAT'S, UH, GOT THE, IN THE GOLF COURSE IMAGE ON IT? OH, NO, WE, WE LOADED UP EVERYTHING THAT WAS SENT OVER.

NO, NOT

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UM, OKAY.

WELL THEN LET'S GO TO THE, THE FIRST SLIDE.

DO YOU WANT THE SLIDE OR THE DIAGRAM INFORMATION RIGHT HERE? WELL, UM, WHAT I WANT IS THE DIAGRAM .

SO THIS IS DIAGRAMMATIC WITH, UM, THE GRAY AREA IS HOLE NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, NUMBER THREE, AND NUMBER FOUR.

AND THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT THE GOLF COURSE WOULD LOOK LIKE AFTER THE FIRST HOUR.

NOW WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT IF YOU SAY STARTED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND THERE WERE, UH, EIGHT MINUTE TEE TIMES BETWEEN THE GROUPS AND THE GROUPS ARE USUALLY GROUPINGS OF FOUR, THAT BY, UM, EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THE FIRST GROUP WOULD BE ON THE FOURTH HOLE, AND THE SEVENTH GROUP WOULD BE TEEING OFF ON THE, UH, FIRST HOLE.

SO THEN IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? WE'RE ATTEMPTING, BUT WE SEEM TO BE FROZEN.

I'M NOT AN IT GUY.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE THE THEME FROM JEOPARDY, ELEVATOR, SOME JEOPARDY MUSIC WOULD BE GOOD, BUT THE LIGHTS WOULD BE GOOD.

OR ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR AS WE'RE WAITING ON THIS, ARE THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR DAVID OR RIO THAT WE CAN, UM, CONTINUE ON WITH? AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK INTO THE SLIDES WITH MR. BUCK IN JUST A MOMENT.

COUNSEL, MAY YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I GUESS BESIDES WHAT I, WHAT MAY BE IN THIS PRESENTATION, I GUESS, I THINK, I THINK THIS IS GONNA COVER MORE ABOUT TOURNAMENT TIMING AND, AND TEAM PLAY.

THAT'S WHAT I SAW IN ONE OF THE OTHER SLIDES IS, AND, AND THAT'S SOME OF THE MAJOR QUESTIONS I'VE BEEN GETTING IS, YOU KNOW, HOW'S IT GONNA FUNCTION IN TOURNAMENT PLAY? YEP.

BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE SLIDES.

IF WE CAN GET TECHNOLOGY TO PARTICIPATE, I, I THINK, UH, HE SAID IT'S OKAY, WE'RE READY TO GO.

RICK, YOU STILL WITH US? I AM.

GROUP IS PLAYING THE NUMBER FIVE HOLE, AND THE NUMBER ONE GROUP IS PLAYING THE NUMBER 13 HOLE, BECAUSE TO THEM THEY'RE ON THE BACK NINE NOW.

SO, SO AT THIS POINT THEN, THIS IS TWO HOURS.

SO IF THE FIRST TEE TIME WAS, UM, SAY SEVEN O'CLOCK, THIS WOULD BE ROUGHLY NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WHAT THE GOLF COURSE WOULD LOOK LIKE? SO IN, IN BASICALLY A WAY A GOLF COURSE LOADS UP IS YOU CAN HAVE TWO GROUPS ON PAR FOURS, TWO GROUPS ON PAR FIVES ONE GROUP ON THE PAR THREES.

AND THE REASON YOU CAN HAVE TWO GROUPS ON, LET'S SAY THE FOURS AND THE FIVES IS THERE'S, UM, A GROUP IN AND AROUND THE GRAIN THAT'S PUTTING AND CHIPPING AND DOING THIS AND THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP ON THE TEE TEEING OFF GETTING READY TO APPROACH TO THE GREEN.

SO AT FULL LOADING OF THE GOLF COURSE, THIS, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE HAVE WHERE THE FIRST GROUP IS NOW ON THE NINTH HOLE, THE 15TH GROUP OF, LET'S SAY THE MORNING GROUP IS TEEING OFF ON THE FIRST HOLE.

SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND WHY THERE'S NOT A GAP FOR THE FIRST GROUP OR THE 15TH GROUP IS WHAT THE FIRST GROUP WILL DO IS FOLLOW AFTER THE 15TH GROUP.

AND THERE WON'T BE ANY MORE TEE TIMES THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

SO THERE'S A MORNING GROUP OF TEE TIMES AND AN AFTERNOON GROUP OF TEE TIMES.

THESE, THIS IS THE MORNING GROUP.

SO, SO NUMBER ONE GROUP THAT DID PLAY, UH, THE FIRST HOLE NOW IS FOLLOWING AND PLAYING THE 10TH HOLE, WHICH WAS THE FIRST HOLE.

AND CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? OKAY, SO NOW IF YOU LOOK AT HOLE NUMBER FIVE AND HOLE NUMBER FOUR, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE FIRST GROUP THAT WENT OUT IS FOLLOWING THE 15TH GROUP.

THE 15TH

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AND THEN THIS, THIS PATTERN JUST CONTINUES ALL DAY LONG WITH TWO FULL GROUPINGS, ONE GROUPING IN THE MORNING, ONE GROUPING IN THE AFTERNOON.

IS THERE ANOTHER SLIDE? OKAY, SO THIS IS THE FOURTH HOUR, AND THIS IS WHERE THE GROUP THAT TEED OFF AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING IS NOW IN THE 18TH HOLE AND FINISHING UP.

AND, UM, THE 15TH GROUP IS ABOUT TO DO BACK NINE.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IN THE NEXT HOUR, THE FIRST GROUP OF THE AFTERNOON GROUP THAT'S THE GREEN BUBBLES, ARE FOLLOWING THE 15TH GROUP OF THE MORNING GROUP.

SO THAT'S HOW WE GET, UM, TWO, TWO GROUPS OF 15 AROUND EVERY DAY OR DURING TOURNAMENTS.

SO A FULLY LOADED GOLF COURSE WOULD HAVE, UM, THIS NUMBER OF GROUPS, BUT WOULD BE A SHOTGUN START.

SO EVERYBODY WOULD GO TO A T OR, OR THERE'D BE TWO ON THE T FOR THE PAR THREE OR THE PAR FOURS AND THE PAR FIVES AND ONE ON THE T FOR THE PAR THREES.

BUT THIS SHOWS YOU THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE CAN HAVE, UM, IN A TOURNAMENT IN A SHOTGUN START.

SO WE CAN HAVE 15 GROUPS TIMES FOUR FOR SIX.

SO 60 IN THE MORNING AND THEN 60 IN THE AFTERNOON.

HMM.

SO THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? NO, BUT I'VE LOADED UP THE NEXT SLIDE FOR YOU SHOWING HOUR SIX.

OKAY, WELL, UH, IT'S, IT'S SOMEWHAT REDUNDANT NOW.

I JUST WANTED TO, UM, GET THE POINT ACROSS THAT THE WAY IT ROUTES IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE GROUP, THE, THE GOLF COURSE IS FULL ONCE AFTER TWO HOURS, BUT, UM, THE FIRST GROUP FOLLOWING THE FIFTH GROUP AND THEN THE AFTERNOON DOES THE SAME THING.

AND THEN YOU'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT TWILIGHT GOLF AFTER THE SECOND FLIGHT.

CORRECT.

IT A YEAR THAT HAS TO DO WITH, BUT YES.

SO THEORETICALLY, IF YOU START AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING AND, UH, YOU TWO GROUPS, YOU KNOW, A MORNING GROUP AND AN AFTERNOON GROUP, THEN YOU'VE GOT ABOUT FROM FIVE O'CLOCK ON TO DO TWILIGHT GOLF IN IN THE LONGER DAYS.

SO THE THE ANSWER IS YES, YOU CAN JUST, IT'S HARDER IN THE WINTER THAN IN THIS FOUR.

SURE.

HERE'S THE EXPLANATION PAGE ON YOUR SHOTGUN APPROACH TO TOURNAMENTS.

THAT'S A SHOTGUN.

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IS A TYPICAL GOLF COURSE.

YOU KNOW, YOU START OFF IN THE FIRST TEE AND THEN PEOPLE JUST FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW UNTIL IT TAKES TWO HOURS TO LOAD UP.

BUT WHEN A SHOTGUN START IS SOMEBODY JUMPS IN A CART, THEY GO TO THEIR DESIGNATED HOLE THAT THEY'RE PLAYING AND EVERYBODY STARTS ALL AT ONCE.

SO IN FOUR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GOLF COURSE IS COMPLETELY LOADED AND THEN IN FOUR HOURS THE TOURNAMENT IS OVER.

AND THEN YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING IN THE AFTERNOON.

YOU COULD HAVE TWO SHOTGUN STARTS, WHICH WOULD AMOUNT TO ABOUT 120 PARTICIPANTS.

AND THEN I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ALL THE SLIDES THAT WE HAVE.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT COUNSEL WOULD LIKE ME TO GO BACK TO HAVE INFORMATION EXPANDED ON FURTHER? YEAH, I'LL, I'LL JUMP IN THERE.

I, I'M, I'M NOT A, I PLAY GOLF, BUT I'M NOT AN AVID GOLFER.

SO EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN HOW WE'RE GONNA DO A SHOTGUN START AT ALL 18 HOLES ON A COURSE, IT PLAYS NINE, AND THEN YOU FOLLOW UP AND YOU'RE PLAYING THE DIFFERENT TEES.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

I, I UNDERSTAND HOW THE TYPICAL FLOW WOULD HAPPEN.

THAT'S OKAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SHOTGUN START, YOU HAVE 18 HOLES, YOU START OFF WITH 18 TEAMS, EVERY HOLE'S COVERED.

HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT WITH THIS ONE? 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE TWO TEAMS AT EACH TEE.

YES.

OR THE TA AND, YOU KNOW, T ONE A AND T ONE B, YOU FIGURE IT OUT.

SO HOW'S THAT GONNA WORK? THAT'S HOW IT, THAT'S HOW MOST REMITS WORK.

BUT HOW'S IT GONNA WORK HERE? 'CAUSE YOU, YOU'RE BOTH PLAYING, BOTH TEAMS ARE PLAYING THE SAME FAIRWAY AT THE SAME TIME.

NO, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S THREE PART THREES, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHY THERE'S

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15.

THERE ARE THREE PART THREES.

CAN I, CAN I ANSWER? YEAH.

WE'LL LET THE PRESSURE ANSWER THE EXPERT.

SO YEAH.

SO WHAT YOU WOULD DO, AND AGAIN, A A A GOLF HOLE CAN HANDLE TWO GROUPS.

NOW, A SHOTGUN START ON THIS COURSE WOULD BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN, LET'S SAY ANOTHER COURSE.

AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

ON ANOTHER COURSE, YOU HAVE ALL AT TS FILLED AND YOU, UM, EVERYBODY STARTS AT ONCE.

BUT HERE YOU'D HAVE TO, LET'S SAY, HAVE PATIENTS WHERE THERE'D BE TWO GROUPS ON THE, UH, PAR FOURS AND THE PAR FIVE TS.

AND WHEN THE SHOTGUN GOES OFF, ONE GROUP WOULD GO AND THEN THE NEXT GROUP WOULD WAIT UNTIL THEY CLEAR THE LANDING AREA.

SO AT THAT POINT YOU HAVE THE GOLF COURSE IN, UH, COMPLETELY FULL.

SO THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY SLIGHTLY DIFFERENCE.

YOU COULD STILL DO IT, BUT YOU HAVE ONE GROUP THAT WILL WAIT FOR THE OTHER GROUP TO, UM, GET OUT OF THE, THE LANDING AREA, WHICH GENERALLY TAKES ABOUT FOUR MINUTES FOR THAT, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

SO IF YOU TEE, IF YOU HAVE A FORCE, SOME TEEING OFF, THEY GO UP TO THEIR LANDING AREA, THEY HIT THEIR SHOT INTO THE GREEN, NOW THEY'RE OUT OF THE WAY.

THAT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES, AND THAT'S HOW LONG THAT SECOND GROUP WOULD'VE TO WAIT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I UNDERSTAND YOUR EXPLANATION.

ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I GUESS IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, UM, DAVID OR RIO WAS GONNA ADD TO THIS? OR WE JUST GOING TO JUST, THIS WAS THE GOLF QUESTIONS I GUESS, BUT IS THERE MORE, UH, WELL, NOT FULL WELL, KNOWING WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL WAS GOING TO PRESENT TO THEM, WHAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD PREPARED WAS HOW TOURNAMENTS WILL BE PLAYED, THE SAFETY OF THE COURSE, MAKING COMPARISON TO, UH, ANOTHER MUNICIPAL COURSE.

AND, UH, CERTAINLY DAVID AND RIO ARE ON THE CALL READY TO ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSS ANYTHING ELSE THAT COUNSEL MIGHT HAVE.

SO MAY MAYOR.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, I KNOW I, I SIGNED UP FOR THIS BECAUSE, UM, I KNOW COUNCILMAN LUSTER STILL HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND THIS IS HIS DISTRICT MM-HMM .

SO I WANTED HIM TO BE COMFORTABLE.

AND, UH, SO I SIGNED UP AS IT TAKES THREE TO GET AN AGENDA ITEM ON.

BUT I MYSELF DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I STAND BY MY FORMER COMMENTS.

COUNCILMAN.

I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION.

IT'S NOT FOR THE DEVELOPERS, IT'S MORE FOR, I GUESS, STAFF OR, OR MAYBE EVEN COUNCIL SO TO SPEAK.

BUT I I, IF WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SHOULD GIVE THEM THE OPPORT OPPORTUNITY.

I HAVE, I HAVE THREE.

I'VE SEEN THE PRESENT.

I, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING IF THERE'S ANY MORE PRESENTATION.

BUT IF NOT, LET'S HEAR FROM THE, FROM OUR, UM, CITIZEN SPEAKERS OR SO ON, AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE, SURE.

UH, WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO DID SIGN UP FOR ZOOM AND MS. WILKERSON, ARE YOU AVAILABLE? SHE'S NOT HERE.

SHE'S NOT HERE.

COUNSEL, UH, DAVE'S, JEFF RILEY.

UM, AND SHE'S NOT HERE IN PERSON.

'CAUSE IT, IT WAS KIND OF, SHE SIGNED UP, BUT SHE MAY TRY TO ATTEND, BUT I, I GUESS SHE'S NOT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE EITHER.

SO WE HAVE, UH, FIRST WE HAVE JEFF RILEY, IF YOU COME TO, UM, THE MICROPHONE AND UH, JUST STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MY ADDRESS IS 1505 WARD ROAD.

I LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT.

UM, I DIDN'T SPEAK LAST TIME 'CAUSE I WASN'T REAL SURE.

I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS.

ALL THIS ZOOM AND I, AND THE, ALL THE PICTURES WE'VE SEEN OF THE PROPOSED GOLF COURSE.

UM, I GUESS I'VE READ THE ARTICLE THIS MORNING ABOUT THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT EVERYBODY'S DOING, AND IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY'S TAPPED THE BRAKES, WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY SMART THING ON THIS.

UH, BUT I THINK UNFORTUNATELY, WE, THE HORSE WAS KIND OF PUT IN FRONT, THE CART WAS PUT IN FRONT OF THE HORSE, SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE, UH, THE DUE DILIGENCE SHOULD HAVE COME WAY A LONG TIME AGO.

WHEN WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO DO A PROPOSAL FOR THIS, UH, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE JUST ADVERTISED IN THE BAYTOWN SUN.

YOU KNOW, WHAT, UH, GOLF PUBLICATIONS DID WE ADVERTISE IN TO GET COMPANIES TO COME LOOK AT A POSSIBLE GOLF COURSE HERE? UH, DO WE HAVE A TASK FORCE? DID WE EVER HAVE A TASK FORCE GO OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT? DID WE REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE OTHER GOLF COURSES? THE GOLF PROS? WE HAVE, UH, GOLF COURSE PROS, WE HAVE TOUR PROS, RETIRED TOUR PROS, ACTIVE TOUR PROS.

DID WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT? UH, I DID, UH, SINCE THE LAST MEETING.

AND, UH, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT THEY PUT ON THIS, BUT THIS CAN NEVER BE ADVERTISED AS AN 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE.

I MEAN, IT'S A NINE HOLE GOLF COURSE WITH 18 GRANDS.

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OKAY? THE WAY THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FLOW IS IF YOU HAVE 18 TIGER WOODS PLAYING, IF YOU HAD 60 TIGER WOODS PLAYING AT ONE TIME, BEING ABLE TO BE PRECISE IN THEIR, ON THEIR SHOTS.

I KNOW THEY'RE SAYING HOW WIDE THE FAIRWAYS ARE, BUT IF YOU PLAY GOLF IN THIS AREA, IT DOESN'T WORK.

UH, THE BLOCK TEE TIMES ON A GOOD DAY DURING THE SUMMER, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY, FRIDAY IS THE NEW SATURDAY.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LOSING FOUR HOURS A DAY, TWO IN THE MORNING, TWO IN THE AFTERNOON.

THAT'S 4, 4 8.

THAT'S 12 HOURS A WEEKEND THAT YOU'RE LOSING AT TEE TIMES.

SO YOU'RE THE TEE TIMES YOU NEED, THE GREEN FEES YOU NEED WILL NOT SUSTAIN A NINE HOLE GOLF COURSE.

NINE HOLE GOLF COURSES.

I LOOKED UP THE TOP 25 9 HOLE GOLF COURSES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THEY'RE IN COMMUNITIES OF 2,500 TO 15,000 PEOPLE.

BAYTOWN IS 80 PLUS OR WHATEVER IT IS NOW.

AND THE PRESSURE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE ON THAT GOLF COURSE WITH, WITH A CITY THIS SIZE, IT WON'T SUSTAIN IT.

AND WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE MAD, IF THEY GO OUT AND HAVE A BAD EXPERIENCE, YOU'LL NEVER GET 'EM BACK.

SO ANYWAY, I SEE MY TIME'S RUNNING OUT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS MR. RILEY.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE CALVIN MENGER A SECOND.

MR. LESTER, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

HEY, GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAYOR.

BEEN A WHILE.

ARE YOU COUNSEL? ARE YOU LEARNING ANYTHING TODAY? MAYOR, SIR.

GOOD QUESTIONS, BY THE WAY, MICHAEL.

COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MR. LESTER? ANY? WELL, I HAVE A COMMENT.

UH, SO I AM A FARMER, SINGLE DIGIT HANDICAP GOLFER.

I'VE BEEN PLAYING GOLF SINCE I WAS 13 YEARS OLD AND, AND I WASN'T GONNA COME SPEAK, BUT, UH, KEVIN, IF YOU'LL TELL THE CITY MANAGER THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS IN THE PAPER THIS MORNING WHEN HE SAID THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A GOLF COURSE, IT'S A PHYSICAL STATEMENT THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN THIS PART OF OUR CITY.

I WOULD TELL YOU THAT A GOLF COURSE, UH, WILL BE GOOD FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER.

AND THE CONVENTION CENTER IS GONNA BE GOOD FOR THE GOLF COURSE.

I WOULD, NOBODY IN THIS TOWN WOULD LIKE TO SEE GOLF RETURN TO BAYTOWN MORE THAN ME.

HOWEVER, I AM WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A PRO CONVENTIONAL GOLF COURSE GUY.

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT OF THE DEVELOPERS AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO TO BRING THIS TO BAYTOWN.

BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH A LOT OF SMART GOLF PEOPLE, GOLF COURSE MAN MANAGERS, DESIGNERS, GOOD CITY STAFF, AND IN THE NAME OF DUE DILIGENCE, LET'S CONSIDER WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO CONSTRUCT A CONVENTIONAL 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE.

OKAY? I WILL TELL YOU AS A GOLFER, I KNOW HOW GOLFERS THINK AND THEY LIKE TO PLAY GOLF IN A TRADITIONAL SETTING.

THEY HAVE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT A GOLF COURSE IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.

AGAIN, I CANNOT TELL YOU I APPRECIATE THESE DEVELOPERS, BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THAT'S GONNA FUNCTION MECHANICALLY ON THE COURSE.

THE CITY OWNS 50 ACRES ADJACENT AND CONTIGUOUS TO THIS TRACK.

MY GUESS IS WE'RE WE'RE GOING THIS ROUTE IS BECAUSE OF A LAND AVAILABILITY ISSUE.

THE CITY OWNS 50 ACRES NEXT DOOR, OKAY? ACROSS THE STREET THAT YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WITHOUT ENCROACHING ON THE WATER FRONTAGE OF THAT PROPERTY.

AND I'M NOT SAYING USE ALL OF THAT 54 ACRES FOR A GOLF COURSE, BUT YOU'VE GOT LAND YOU OWE RIGHT THERE, RIGHT NOW THAT YOU COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BRING GOLF BACK TO BAYTOWN.

AND, AND IT WOULD BE WILDLY APPLAUDED.

OKAY? I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE IN LINE.

AND SO PLEASE, YOU, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE.

PLEASE CONTINUE ADDITIONAL DUE DILIGENCE AND SEE WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO BUILD A CONVENTIONAL 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, AND THANK YOU.

AND YOU'RE ALL DOING A GREAT JOB.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, I THINK, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR

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OKAY, GO AHEAD.

YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ALSO, BUT SINCE THE CITY MANAGER'S NOT HERE, I DON'T, I DON'T EXPECT IT TO TO BE ANSWERED.

I, I'LL GET WITH HIM ABOUT IT MORE SPECIFICALLY.

BUT I'VE ALREADY POINTED OUT THE NEED TO, TO MAKE A SMART DECISION AND SOME FOLKS MAKING SCREW THAT TO WHERE I'M NOT A PROPONENT OF GOLF.

IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE, ACTUALLY.

I DO SUPPORT GOLF AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU I'VE WORKED AS HARD AS ANYBODY FROM THIS DAIS AND, AND OTHERWISE TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CITY.

AND I, I PREVIOUSLY SPOKE ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOLLOWING SOMEWHAT OF AN UNUSUAL PATH.

SO IT'S, IT'S VERY GOOD AND I COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IN PUBLIC AGAIN, BUT ANOTHER, WHAT I DEEM UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE RELATES TO WHAT WAS SAID.

AND THERE'S A VERY ROUTINE AND, AND VERY HELPFUL STEP THAT HAS BEEN OMITTED.

AND I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW OR WHY A STAFF HASN'T RECOMMENDED.

AND WE HAVE YET TO TALK ABOUT A PROFESSIONAL MARKET STUDY TO HELP US LOOK AT SOME OF THESE THINGS.

AND I, I READ THE BAYTOWN SUN TODAY AND, AND I, I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR HAD TO SAY.

I, I DO.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MY OPINION, IT, IT DOESN'T HELP US DO OUR JOBS WHEN HE'S OUT FRONT TOUTING IT, WHEN REALLY INSTEAD OF THAT, WHAT WE NEED IS TO GATHER THE DATA THAT'S SORELY MISSING AND IS VERY MUCH NEEDED.

SO, IN MY OPINION, WE NEED TO UTILIZE, UM, AN OBJECTIVE, UNBIASED EXPERT OR TO, WHO CAN PROVIDE SOME FACTS TO US AND LOOK AT SOME OF THESE THINGS AND, AND HELP US BASE MAKING A SOUND DECISION ON SO THAT WE DON'T BASE THEM ON HYPERBOLE AND, AND CROSSED FINGERS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, I'VE SAT HERE FROM THIS DIOCESE AND I'VE DONE THAT A FEW TIMES, AND I'VE, I'VE, I'VE LEARNED SOME HARD LESSONS BY DOING THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE USE THE WORD INNOVATIVE AND, AND THIS DEAL IS CERTAINLY INNOVATIVE.

AND, AND I DO GIVE THE DEVELOPERS A LOT OF CREDIT AND I'VE MET 'EM AND, AND, AND THEY'RE GREAT GUYS.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ANOTHER GOLF CONCEPT A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE I WAS ON COUNCIL AND, AND IT WAS BASED ON HYPERBOLE AND, AND WISHES, AND IT WAS MORE RELATED TO GOLF TEES.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT INNOVATIVE, UNIQUE PROJECT DID NOT WORK AND JOBS WEREN'T CREATED.

THE MANUFACTURING FACILITY DID NOT GET BUILT.

AND I UNDERSTAND WE STILL HAVE THOUSANDS OF GOLF TEES IN A CITY WAREHOUSE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR OVER A DECADE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE MOST PERPLEXING ASPECT OF THIS TO ME IS NOT YET ENGAGING A MARKET STUDY AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE 70 OR $80 MILLION INVESTMENT WE'RE MAKING AT BAIN ISLAND.

SURE, IT'S LOGICAL TO, TO, TO THINK AND BELIEVE A GOLF COURSE WOULD COMPLIMENT THE HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER.

EVERYBODY BELIEVES THAT.

I CERTAINLY DO.

BUT IN MY OPINION, THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO AS STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND TRYING TO GIVE THE CITIZENS WHAT THEY PREFER, I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO LOOK AT ENGAGING A MARKET STUDY FEASIBILITY STUDY TO REALLY LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN 18 HOLE COURSE.

I MEAN, THE ONE GENTLEMAN DOESN'T HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE IN A NINE HOLE, AND, AND THAT MAY NOT BE AN OPTION, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ARE SOME EXPERT OPINIONS, NOT FOLKS THAT HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THE PROJECT, BUT IN OBJECTIVE, UNBIASED PROFESSIONALS TO LOOK AT ALL THE SCENARIOS, INCLUDING THE INNOVATIVE COM COMPRESSED COURSE.

UM, LET'S HEAR FROM THEM.

SO, YOU KNOW, I COME FROM A POSITION THAT WHERE THE CITY, AND WHEN I SAY THE CITY, I MEAN TAXPAYERS, ULTIMATELY, THAT THAT'S WHO THE CITY IS.

SO WE, WE JUST CANNOT AFFORD FAILURE.

SO, YOU KNOW, CITY HALL IS QUICK TO POINT OUT THAT BAYLOR ISLAND IS FUNDED, THE MAJORITY IS FUNDED WITH PRIVATE, PRIVATE DOLLARS.

AND WHILE THAT'S TRUE, , I'M, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT ULTIMATELY THE TAXPAYERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAY REPAYING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PRIVATE DOLLARS.

SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT RISK, YOU

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KNOW, IT'S WELL BEYOND A FEW FAIRWAYS AND SAND TRAPS.

THE, THE RISK IS SUBSTANTIAL IN MY OPINION.

AND IT'S JUST VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE THE BEST DECISION WE CAN, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.

SO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M NOT WILLING TO ADD MORE RISK WITHOUT A PROFESSIONAL MARKET STUDY, PROFESSIONAL FEASIBILITY STUDY.

AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OPTIONS EXIST AND, YOU KNOW, TO TO, TO DO SO WITH, WITHOUT DOING THAT LEGWORK, IN MY OPINION, WOULD PUSH THE ENVELOPE OF BEING SOMEWHAT IRRESPONSIBLE.

SO THAT'S MY OPINION.

I'M, I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CORRECT PATH FORWARD.

AND THAT, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS.

THANKS MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE COURSE? I'LL SAY I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE PRESENTATION.

I THINK IT DOES ANSWER, UM, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAD JUST ON HOW IT'S GONNA PLAY, HOW TOURNAMENTS ARE GONNA WORK.

UM, FOR ME, UM, I'LL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM THE GOLFERS IN THE COMMUNITY NOW THAT THEY'VE SEEN THIS.

UM, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK SINCE THE LAST PRESENTATION.

A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH THIS IS, IS THE TOURNAMENTS AND HOW IT'S GONNA PLAY.

UM, I'LL AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN LESSER.

I'M, I'M THE SAME.

I'M NOT A GOLFER BY ANY MEANS.

UM, I PLAY IN THE OCCASIONAL TOURNAMENT AND LOSE SEVERAL SLEEVES OF BALLS.

UM, BUT, UH, SO I, I'LL JUST BE CURIOUS TO HEAR FROM, UM, THE GOLFERS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE, SEEING THIS ADDITIONAL INFO, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT IT AT THIS POINT.

UM, SO I'LL CONTINUE TO, TO GET FEEDBACK FROM CITIZENS AND WE'LL CONTINUE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS.

SO I APPRECIATE IT BEING ON THE AGENDA SO WE COULD CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT IT.

OKAY? YEAH.

I SENT MIKE, MYSELF AND LAURA, I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH MIKE ABOUT BRINGING THIS BACK FORWARD.

'CAUSE I FELT AS IF ALSO WE NEEDED TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A TIME I'M ABLE TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, OUT TO EAT.

AND MY WIFE SITTING IN THE BACK CAN ATTEST TO THIS.

SHE GIVES ME TWO MINUTES IN THE GROCERY STORE TO TALK AND MOST OF THE TIME SHE'S LEAVING ME BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO TALK LONGER THAN TWO MINUTES ABOUT THIS GOLF COURSE.

NOW, I, I HAVE TO SAY THIS, THE CITIZENS I'VE TALKED TO, OR THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE APPROACHED ME IN PUBLIC, THEY LIKE WHAT THEY'RE HEARING WITH THIS, WITH IT BEING INNOVATIVE.

WHY CAN'T BAYTOWN HAVE THE NEWEST, BEST, BRIGHTEST IDEA? THAT'S THE COMMENT I'VE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES, AND I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THEM ON IT.

UM, WITH ME, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE, IT'S ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD GO ALONG WITH THE GOLF COURSE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT FOR THE INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE.

AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT INVESTMENT, YOU LOOK AT YOUR RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SPACE IN THERE WHERE IT'S, IT CAN BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BUT BASED OFF OF YOUR BELIEF AND WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE COME TO ME AND WHAT THEY WANTED, THEY WANNA SEE THIS HAPPEN.

I'M ONE OF THOSE ONE OF US UP HERE WHO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OUR MINDS WHILE WE'RE ON THIS DAIS.

I WANT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE.

I APPLAUD THE DEVELOPERS FOR BEING OPEN ON SHORT NOTICE.

'CAUSE THEY FOUND OUT THAT WE WANTED THEM TO COME IN, WHAT, LAST WEEK? MM-HMM .

OUT HERE? THEY'RE EVEN EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AND IT WAS BASICALLY A WEEK TO COME IN AND DO THIS.

AND, AND THEY, THEY, THEY ARE OPEN AND BEING HONEST WITH US IN THIS, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT TRADITIONAL DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT CANNOT WORK.

JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT TRADITIONAL DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT CANNOT BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT TRADITIONAL DOESN'T MEAN THAT RESIDENTS ON THE SOUTH END OF TOWN DOESN'T DON'T DESERVE SOMETHING THAT WILL BRING VALUE TO THE SOUTH END OF TOWN THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN, BEEN BROUGHT IN IN MANY YEARS.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST DEVELOPER TO COME IN.

WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER CENTER, COUNCILWOMAN ALVARADO AND MYSELF, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AMENITIES.

AND I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, WHEN I HEARD, WHEN I THOUGHT TALKED ABOUT AMENITIES WITH THE, UM, CONVENTION CENTER, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS ON MY MIND? JET SKIS, KAYAKS, AND MAYBE A ROPE COURSE OVER AT THE NATURE CENTER TO HAVE SOMEONE WANTING TO COME IN AND PUT A NON-TRADITIONAL GOLF COURSE IN.

THAT'S GETTING BUZZED FAR OUTSIDE OF BAYTOWN.

I HEAR RESIDENTS FROM OTHER TOWNS THAT I'M RUNNING INTO WHO ARE ASKING, MAN, WHAT'S THIS

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THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IN MY OPINION, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TAKE LIGHTLY.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD.

UM, WE SHOULD SIT AND ALLOW THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PASS US BY.

I DON'T WANT US TO BE THE CITY THAT COULD'VE, WOULD'VE, SHOULD'VE HAD SOMETHING THAT COULD BE THE NEXT GREAT THING.

WHEN THESE GUYS CAME IN AND SAID THAT THEY HAD A PRODUCER WANTING TO DOCUMENT THIS FROM START TO FINISH, THE LA THE LAST TIME WE HAD SOMETHING DOCUMENTED WAS ON THE BRUNSON THEATER.

THAT'S HISTORY THAT WAS ALREADY MADE.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HISTORY HERE.

THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER FOR A SMALL INVESTMENT.

UM, ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD, THE GENTLEMAN WHO GOT UP AND SPOKE SAID THAT IT WOULD NOT SUSTAIN ITSELF.

UM, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS ON HOW IT WOULD OR IT WOULD NOT SUSTAIN ITSELF, BUT IN MY MIND, JUST THINKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, IF MOST CITIES, AS HE PUT IT WITH A NINE HOLE GOLF COURSE, HAVE 15 TO 25,000 PEOPLE, AND WE'RE A CITY OF 80,000 PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A NINE HOLE GOLF COURSE HERE WITH A HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER TO COME IN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WOULD NOT BE, HOW IT WOULD NOT SUSTAIN ITSELF.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE WHO, WHO MAY NOT LIKE IT, WHO MAY PLAY IT ONCE, WHO MAY NOT NEVER GO BACK.

THERE'S A RESTAURANT OUT HERE THAT MY FAMILY AND I DID NOT GO BACK TO BECAUSE WE HAD GOOD SERVICE AND IT'S STILL HERE IN TOWN.

AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WE WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHO HAD TERRIBLE SERVICE AT THAT RESTAURANT IS STILL A FAVORITE OF MANY OTHER CITIZENS HERE.

TO WRAP IT UP, I LIKE IT.

I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT AS LONG AS I HAVE CITIZENS APPROACHING ME IN PUBLIC SAYING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THEY WANT, IF WE DO GET SOME THINGS TO COME BACK TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS GONNA FAIL AND IT'S AN 80% CHANCE THAT THIS THING IS GONNA FAIL, YOU MAY SEE ME GOING, UM, TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE ON IT, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS GOING TO FAIL.

ESPECIALLY IF IT CAN HAVE TOURNAMENTS PLAYED.

IF THERE'S A FOUR MINUTE WAIT IN BETWEEN TEE TIMES, THAT'S A, THAT'S ENOUGH TIME FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT GO ALONG WITH PLAYING IN A TOURNAMENT.

I LIKE TO SNACK, I LIKE TO EAT AND I LIKE TO DRINK COKE AND WATER.

I'M GONNA LEAVE IT AT THAT.

COUNCILMAN, ANY ADDITIONAL? I GUESS A FINAL COMMENT.

SO HOLD ON ONE SEC.

LEMME MAKE SURE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I DO, YES, SIR.

GO AHEAD PLEASE AND I'LL JUMP, I'LL JUMP IN AND, AND I'LL TELL YOU, AND I AGREE A LOT WITH WHAT CHARLES AND AND CHRIS HAVE SAID, AND, AND I'VE, I SAID, I THINK THE LAST SESSION MM-HMM .

UM, I LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'VE TOLD MY CONSTITUENTS WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR A CAMPAIGN THAT IF I HAD TO VOTE AT THAT TIME FOR A GOLF COURSE, I'D SAY NO FLAT OUT.

HOWEVER, WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER AND HOTEL COMING ON, I ALWAYS ALSO SAID, THAT'S AN AMENITY WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT.

I SAID LAST TIME, I LIKE THIS IDEA, IT'S INNOVATIVE.

THEY'VE EXPLAINED HOW THEY CAN DO TOURNAMENT PLAY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGER QUESTIONS I HAD AND FOLKS THAT I VISITED WITH, UM, TRUE GOLFERS THAT WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT A GIMMICK COURSE.

THEY WANT, THEY WANT A COURSE.

I, I THINK THIS COULD MEET THAT, THAT GOAL.

MY CONCERN IS YOU MADE THE COMMENT, YOU KNOW, FOR SMALL INVESTMENT, IT'S NOT A SMALL INVESTMENT, IT'S THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY.

AND FROM WHAT I'M SEEING FROM THE PROPOSED THREE 80 THAT'S COME BEFORE US, THE HEAVY SIDE OF THE INVESTMENT IS ON OUR SIDE.

SO, AS I SAID LAST TIME, AND I'LL SAY AGAIN, IF WE CAN GET THIS WORKED WHERE IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION, I GO FOR IT.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT A GOOD DEAL FOR BOTH SIDES.

THE CITY HAS BEEN BIT, I'VE BEEN HERE 23, 24 YEARS, 20 YEARS AS AN EMPLOYEE, AND A YEAR OR SO NOW ON COUNCIL, THE CITY HAS BEEN BIT THE CITY.

OUR CITIZENS HAVE BEEN BIT SO MANY TIMES WITH A GOOD DEAL THAT'S NOT, AND I COULD GO THROUGH A LIST REAL QUICK IF, IF I GOT PRESSED, THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING DUE DILIGENCE.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS.

NOW WE JUST HAVE TO GET IT TO WHERE IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR BOTH SIDES AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

THAT'S WHY WE WANTED IT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC SO WE COULD GET RESPONSES AND BACK SO THAT IF IT DOES GO FORWARD AND IT'S A GOOD DEAL OR IT'S A MODERATE DEAL, THE CITIZENS ARE AWARE OF IT, THEY'RE SUPPORTING IT AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

BUT, BUT, BUT IT'S STILL NOT THERE YET.

AND I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO WORK OUT THAT DEAL.

BUT IF IT DOESN'T, THEN IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

BUT I, I SUPPORT A GOLF COURSE, I THINK WE WILL NEED A GOLF COURSE WITH THE HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER.

SO I'M NOT OPPOSED, THIS HAD CONCERNS AND ISSUES OF HOW THEY WERE GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEN.

THEY'VE EXPLAINED THAT

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IF WE CAN'T GET THERE, WE CAN'T GET THERE.

I'M HOPING WE CAN.

YEAH, THAT'S ALL I GOT, MAYOR.

SO I, I ECHO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A GOOD DEAL, I'LL BE THE FIRST TO RAISE MY HAND AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE NOT ONLY A SUCCESSFUL GOLF COURSE, BUT THE MOST SUCCESSFUL GOLF COURSE.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT OFFERS THE MOST VALUE TO OUR RESIDENTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING WHERE THIS WOULD PASS US BY WHERE THE CITY REACHED OUT TO THE DEVELOPERS ON THIS, NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, WE OWN THE LAND.

SO I JUST, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I JUST DON'T THINK THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL PASS US BY CONSIDERING, CONSIDERING THOSE FACTS.

THAT'S ALL.

ARE DOING, UM, AND IT'S A GOOD DEAL, THEN I WON'T SEE WHY, WHY THIS WOULD NOT BE ANY DIFFERENT.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? HAVE NOT.

UH, OKAY.

SO THIS IS WHERE I'M AT ON, ON THIS.

I DO APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPERS AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO ANSWER A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS.

UM, I KNOW FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE CONTACTED ME THROUGHOUT THE PAST FEW YEARS ON BRINGING GOLF BACK TO BAYTOWN AND, AND NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IN, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT, THAT CAN'T BE SHARED, UH, FROM THE DEVELOPER AND, AND SOME OF US ON COUNCIL.

UM, AS I SAID BEFORE, REALLY THE GOLF COURSE, IF THAT CAN WORK, RIGHT, IF IT'S A, IF IT IS A GOOD DEAL, UH, FOR THE CITY, UM, I THINK SOME THINGS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IN THAT IS THE INVESTMENT NOT JUST IN THE COURSE, BUT IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD TAKE PLACE ALONGSIDE OF IT.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU'VE CONTINUALLY, UH, HEAR FROM ME WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TYPE OF PROJECT.

NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER, IN ANY PART OF THE, ANY OTHER PART OF THE CITY WOULD, WOULD, THIS WOULD BE A CATALYST FOR OUR CITY, THE ENTIRE CITY, UH, CERTAINLY FOR DISTRICT SIX THAT YOU DO REPRESENT YOUR CITIZENS THAT YOU REPRESENT, HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON ALEXANDER DRIVE, UH, ANY, ANY INTEREST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.

AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE MAKING HEADWAY.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT THIS, THIS COURSE AND THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE WITH IT, UM, WOULD BE A, A HUGE, HUGE ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THAT SIDE OF TOWN.

UM, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE.

UM, A LOT OF THAT WOULD BE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR YEARS.

WHY DON'T WE HAVE THIS? WHY DON'T WE HAVE THIS? WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT? AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.

SO IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY BEYOND THE GOLF COURSE, UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

UM, I DO THINK WE NEED TO GET IT, GET IT RIGHT.

WE CERTAINLY WITH GOLF COMMUNITY, UH, TO KNOW THAT WE, ONE, WE CAN HAVE SAFE GOLF, UH, NUMBER TWO, WE CAN HOST TOURNAMENTS AND THAT THEY WOULD BE A FLOW OF PLAY.

THERE'S NO DOUBT, NO, REGARDLESS OF WHAT COURSE YOU'RE ON.

UH, I'VE BEEN ON COURSES THAT HAVE 27 HOLES.

SOMETIMES THEY HAVE, UH, 36 TRADITIONAL HOLES AND YOU STILL CAN GET JAMMED UP.

SO NOBODY, NOBODY WANTS TO, TO DO THAT.

UM, I THINK I'VE SEEN SOME OTHER DATA WITH SOME ANALYTICS OF HOW THAT TOURNAMENT WOULD PLAY.

UM, UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FIGURE THOSE THINGS OUT.

IT'S, IT'S A VERY FAIR QUESTION FROM GOLFERS.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE THERE, UM, NOT ONLY IS IT A GOOD FLOW OF GOLF, BUT THAT IT IS UNIQUE.

UM, THAT IS ONE OF MY CONCERNS WHEN, WHEN, UH, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE GOLF, UH, LOCAL GOLFERS HERE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET AN 18 HOLE MUNICIPAL COURSE.

UM, THERE'S A LOT O THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER 18 HOLE MUNICIPAL COURSES IN THE AREA, SO WE HAVE TO BE UNIQUE.

WHATEVER IT IS, IT HAS TO BE DIFFERENT.

IF NOT, WE'RE JUST ANOTHER 18 HOLE COURSE.

SO WHATEVER THAT IS, UH, BEING INNOVATIVE, UM, WITH THIS DESIGN WAS ATTRACTIVE TO ME.

I THINK IT WAS ATTRACTIVE TO SOME MEMBERS HERE WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY SAW IT, BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING WAS LIKE, WOW, WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY THINK ABOUT THAT BEFORE? AND SO, UM, BUT I DO AGREE WITH HAVING OPTIONS.

YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF 18 HOLES IS WHERE WE WANT TO GO, WE NEED, WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW THAT WE DID, UH, CONSIDER ALL OPTIONS.

SO I THINK THAT IS A VERY FAIR, UM, PATH FORWARD.

ALSO, ENSURE, OBVIOUSLY IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THAT IT IS A GOOD DEAL, UH, IN MY MIND WHEN I CONSIDER EVERYTHING, UM, THAT, THAT THE GOLF COURSE IN THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD TAKE PLACE, I THINK IT IS, IS ALMOST A, UM, IT'S A VERY GOOD DEAL.

UM, I, I WAS DOING SOME, SOME RESEARCH, UH, JUST RECENTLY, UH, I SEEN SOME DEVELOPMENT.

I JUST KIND OF JUST LIKE, AGAIN, I, I USED THE GOLF COURSE AS, AS KIND OF THE ECONOMIC WIDGET OR CATALYST.

UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER LOCAL, UH, LOCAL MUNICIPALITY.

I THINK THEY WERE INVESTING ABOUT, UH, PRETTY MUCH GONNA BE LIKE $2 MILLION INTO A 15, UH, MILLION DOLLARS, UM, DEVELOPMENT HERE LOCALLY, UH, LOCALLY ON THE WATER IN A SENSE.

UM, SO BASICALLY LIKE A ONE TO SEVEN TYPE RATIO WHEN IT COMES TO, TO, UM, KIND OF THE CITY DOLLAR VERSUS THE DEVELOPER DOLLAR, OR AT LEAST THE DEVELOPMENT THAT TAKES PLACE.

I THINK I WOULD, I WOULD SAY, UM, WE WOULD SEE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE FAVORABLE AS FAR AS A RATIO.

I'M NOT GONNA USE THE NUMBER, BUT I WOULD TELL YOU THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF I'M USING THE GAUGE OF WHAT OTHER LOCAL ENTITIES ARE USING,

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UM, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME MORE DATA THAT WE CAN PROBABLY GATHER HERE AS, AS SHORTLY AS POSSIBLE.

I WOULD SUGGEST A COUNCIL, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR, UH, THE DEVELOPER, UH, THE GOLF COURSE INDIVIDUALS, OR IF YOU GET ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM FROM THE COMMUNITY, PLEASE FORWARD THAT TO THEM SO THEY CAN ANSWER THOSE, THOSE QUESTIONS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

UM, I WILL, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT, THAT THE PATH THAT HAS OCCURRED IS DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

UM, IT'S KIND OF ACTUALLY, IT, IT HAPPENED KIND OF FELL IN OUR LAP.

I GUESS THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT.

UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY ON A, ON A TOUR OF OTHER THINGS AND OTHER AREAS OF OUR CITY AND, AND AN OUTSIDE THIRD PERSON.

I ALWAYS KIND OF ENJOY THIS WHEN THEY GO AND LOOK, SEE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE, WE DIDN'T EVEN SEE OURSELVES MAYBE.

AND SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

UM, I DO THINK THAT THIS IS, IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IF IT IS DONE IN THE RIGHT MANNER WITH EVERYTHING CONSIDERED, THAT THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UH, A HUGE BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT IT IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY FAVORABLE FOR OUR TAXPAYERS, FAVORABLE FOR OUR GOLFERS, FAVORABLE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

UM, BUT WE'LL MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.

UM, MA'AM? YES, MA'AM.

ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME NOW? YES.

MY NAME IS SANDRA WILKERSON.

I RESIDE AT 24 0 3 DORAL DRIVE IN EVERGREEN FAIRWAY SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS SITUATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY FOR WHICH THE GOLF COURSE IS BEING CONSIDERED.

WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO BAYTOWN ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO, WE HAD NEVER PREVIOUSLY LIVED IN A GOLF COURSE COMMUNITY.

WE THOUGHT WE WERE AWARE OF THE RISK POSED BY GOLF BALLS THAT ACCEPTED THAT RISK.

JUST IN THE FIRST YEAR, WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND GOLF BALLS LAND IN OUR YARD AND HAD NUMEROUS AREAS OF DAMAGE TO OUR HOUSE.

AS A RESULT, THE THREAT OF PERSONAL INJURY ALSO BECAME OBVIOUS TO US.

IN ONE INCIDENT, I WAS IN OUR YARD TRIMMING A ROSE BUSH WHEN A GOLF BALL LANDED AT MY FEET BETWEEN ME AND THE ROSE BUSH THAT WAS WITHIN ARM'S REACH.

AFTER THAT, WE PURCHASED BASEBALL HELMETS TO WEAR IN THE YARD.

THE SUBSEQUENT CLOSURE OF THE GOLF COURSE HAD BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS.

THE POSITIVE IMPACTS INCLUDED THE ELIMINATION OF GOLF BALL DAMAGE TO OUR PROPERTY AND THE RISK OF, AND THE REDUCED RISK OF LIMITED OF PERSONAL INJURY.

WE FINALLY REPAIRED ALL THE DAMAGE TO OUR HOUSE IN THE WINTER OF 2019.

JUST THREE YEARS AGO.

THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT WERE WERE THAT OUR CLOSE-KNIT SUBDIVISION BECAME MORE DISTANTLY CONNECTED BECAUSE RESIDENTS COULD NOW WALK AT THE PARK RATHER THAN HAVING TO WALK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY WOULD REGULARLY VISIT WITH VARIOUS NEIGHBORS THROUGHOUT OUR SUBDIVISION.

ALONG THE WAY, WE ALSO BELIEVE THE GOLF COURSE CLOSURE IMPACTED OUR HOME VALUE.

DURING THIS TIME, THE CITY CONSIDERED ASSUMING THEIR OPERATION OF THE GOLF COURSE AND FELT THE NEED TO BRING THE PROPOSITION TO A PUBLIC VOTE.

I MENTION ALL THIS AS BACKGROUND TO MY COMMENTS ABOUT THE NEW COURSE BEING CONSIDERED.

FIRST, I FEEL THAT A ONE OF A KIND NEVER SEEN BEFORE COURSE IS ILL ADVISED.

TWO, WILL THIS PROPOSAL BE SUBMITTED FOR A PUBLIC VOTE? THREE, SHOULD THE CITY DECIDE TO ALLOW THE COURSE TO PROCEED? I FEEL THAT THIS IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY AND THE COURSE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY AND SAFETY OF THE RESIDENT RESIDENTS OF EVERGREEN FAIRWAYS WHO ARE NOW PRESENT BEFORE THE COURSES.

FINALLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I FEEL THE PROPERTY SHOULD REMAIN OPEN TO PUBLIC USE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MS. UH, WILKERSON.

TO ITEM FOUR A, RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES.

SO, UM, THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM.

SO THOSE WAS ALL OUR, UH, SPEAKERS THAT SIGNED UP, AND THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON NOW

[a. Receive an update on Planning and Development Department Activities.]

THAT WAS A LOT.

WE COULD JUST GO GET A BEER AND DO THIS LATER.

, JUST SAY GO GET A BEER .

THE FIRST THREE COLUMNS SHOW ABOUT WHERE WE STAND SO FAR THIS YEAR IN COMPARISON TO THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

SO, UM, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, MARTIN SCRIBNER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UM, SO ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I GAVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE WERE DOING IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

UH, AND A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN.

SO WE FIGURED IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WE GIVE YOU, UH, ANOTHER UPDATE.

SO A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS PRETTY QUANTIFIABLE, SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH SOME OF THE APPLICATION NUMBERS.

UM, THE CHART THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS, UH, IT, IT SHOWS OUR NUMBERS FOR, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERMITS, INSPECTIONS, CODE ENFORCEMENT, SUBSTANDARD CASES, AND THEN THE B, P AND Z AND BOA, UH, CASES.

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AND THEN THE TWO COLUMNS ON THE RIGHT ARE THE TOTALS FOR THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 2020 AND 2021.

I'M GONNA KIND OF FOCUS ON THOSE TWO COLUMNS ON THE RIGHT FOR THE MOST PART.

SO THE FIRST ROW, UM, THE RESIDENTIAL PERMITS, THIS INCLUDES ANYTHING THAT FITS IN THAT RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY.

SO NEW HOUSES, RENOVATIONS, ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, POOLS, ET CETERA.

UM, THE SECOND ROW IS ONLY THE NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES.

UM, THOSE DO ALSO INCLUDE HOUSES THAT ARE BUILT IN OUR LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION AREAS.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN 20 AND 21, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL PERMITS IS PRETTY STEADY.

UM, BUT THERE'S A DECENT UPTICK IN THE NUMBER OF NEW HOUSES BUILT IN 2021.

SO WITH 125 NEW PERMITS, AND AGAIN, THIS WAS FROM LAST WEEK, SO WE, WE MAY HAVE MORE, UM, BY NOW WITH 125 NEW HOUSES ALREADY THIS YEAR, UH, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT 2022, UH, YEAR END NUMBERS WILL KIND OF LAND IN THAT GENERAL AREA.

UM, AS, AS LAST YEAR, UH, BARRING ANYMORE MAJOR EVENTS, THE COMMERCIAL PERMITS ROW, UM, INDICATES THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL PERMITS.

AGAIN, THIS INCLUDES OTHER, NOT JUST NEW COMMERCIAL, UH, BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO RENOVATIONS, TENANT BUILD OUTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO OUR NUMBERS ACROSS THE, THE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE STAYED PRETTY STEADY.

UM, THEN WITH PERMITS ALWAYS COMES INSPECTIONS.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THAT LEADS US OVER 18,000 INSPECTIONS PERFORMED, UH, JUST LAST YEAR.

UM, AND IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE INSPECTIONS WERE PERFORMED BY FIVE PEOPLE.

SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S THE KIND OF WORKLOADS THAT, THAT WE'RE CARRYING.

MM-HMM.

UM, LOOKING AT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TOTALS, WE WERE UP IN 2021 WITH 352 CASES.

OVERALL, ABOUT A HUNDRED OF THOSE CONVERTED TO SUBSTANDARD CASES.

UH, OF THOSE ONE HUNDREDS, WE DEMOLISHED 63 STRUCTURES IN 2021, UM, DOING OUR BEST TO HELP IMPROVE THE LOOK OF THE CITY OVERALL IN TERMS OF P AND Z NUMBERS AND BOA NUMBERS WE'RE PRETTY STEADY THERE AS WELL.

UM, BOA IS KIND OF A MOVING TARGET.

IT DOESN'T REALLY TELL US THAT MUCH ABOUT DEVELOPMENT TRENDS, BUT P AND Z DOES HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT WE MIGHT SEE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, UH, REGARDING DEVELOPMENT.

AND SINCE MOST OF THE 62 CASES YOU SEE THERE, UH, FROM LAST YEAR, ARE EITHER REZONES OR SUBDIVISION PLATS.

SO NO SLOW DOWN THERE FOR THE, FOR THE NEXT, UH, FEW YEARS.

SO, A FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER.

WHILE WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE PANDEMIC DID TO OUR NUMBERS IN 2020, UH, 2021 DID SEE A BIT OF AN UPTICK, UH, BUT IT WASN'T A TOTAL RECOVERY FROM FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.

THAT SAID, WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL FOR 2022.

THINGS ARE LOOKING UP, UM, WHERE YOU SEE MORE CODE ENFORCEMENT.

JUST REMEMBER THAT ALSO SHOULD MEAN ADDITIONAL PERMITS AS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO FIX UP THE STRUCTURES AND THEIR PROPERTIES.

SO NOT ONLY ARE ARE BUILDING INSPECTORS CARRYING, UH, A HEAVY WORKLOAD, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ALSO CARRY MORE CASES, UM, THAN AN AVERAGE CITY.

SO AS YOU CHECK THE NUMBERS AGAINST THE, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, YOU CHECK THAT AGAINST THE NUMBERS IN THE CHART, UM, YOU REMEMBER THAT THESE CASES CAN GO ON FOR MONTHS.

SOMETIMES THEY CARRY OVER FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

UH, SOME GET STARTED OVER FOR VARIOUS LEGAL REASONS.

SO, UM, SO AS YOU SEE A NUMBER LIKE 24, SO YEAR SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'RE STILL CARRYING A, A SEVERAL CASES FROM LAST YEAR AS WELL.

SO, UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE DOWN STAFFED.

UM, ALSO REMEMBER THAT NOT THAT LIKE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS, WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING SHORT STAFFED.

UM, SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TO TRY AND ADJUST FOR THAT, WE'VE ADJUSTED SOME OF THE DUTIES AROUND.

UM, I, I TEND TO WRITE STAFF REPORTS OR GO ON INSPECTION OCCASIONALLY MYSELF.

UM, AND THEN WE ARE CONSOLIDATING OTHER FUNCTIONS AS WELL.

UM, WE'VE FARMED OUT A LOT OF OUR PERMIT REVIEW AND, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER DUTIES.

WE'VE ALSO, UH, TRIED TO MAKE OTHER CHANGES THAT WOULD NOT ONLY HELP OUR STAFF, UH, ALLEVIATE SOME OF OUR OVERALL WORKLOAD, BUT ALSO TO HELP, UH, OUR CUSTOMERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE BEST SERVICE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.

SO, HOW ABOUT REVIEW TIMES? THAT'S ALWAYS A HOT TOPIC.

UM, OVERALL, WE ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

UH, I TRIED TO AVERAGE THESE NUMBERS TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE A TON OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT GO INTO THOSE REVIEW TIMES.

UM, TYPE OF PERMIT NUMBER PERMITS BEING SUBMITTED.

THE AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN SUBMITTALS BY THE APPLICANT, OVERALL COMMUNICATION, UH, BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THEIR ENGINEERS OR ARCHITECTS THAT CAN OFTEN HAVE A HUGE, UH, IMPACT ON THAT TIMING.

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SO, IN GENERAL, WE'RE ABLE TO GET MOST RESIDENTIAL PERMITS APPROVED IN ABOUT A WEEK.

UM, 95% OF THOSE ARE BEING APPROVED ON THE FIRST PASS.

SO THOSE ARE GREAT NUMBERS FOR US.

UM, WHEN WE GET INTO COMMERCIAL PERMITS, THEN THOSE ARE A LOT TRICKIER.

THEY CAN BE FAR MORE TECHNICAL, MUCH MORE DETAILED, AND IF ANY ONE PERMIT GETS, UH, DELAYED, IT'S USUALLY ONE OF THE COMMERCIAL PERMITS.

SO WE STRIVE TO GET ALL THE COMMERCIAL REVIEWS COMPLETED IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS.

UH, THE FIRST REVIEW ON AVERAGE GETS COMPLETED IN ABOUT 20 DAYS RIGHT NOW.

SO AGAIN, OVERALL REVIEW TIME DEPENDS LARGELY ON THE QUALITY OF THE PLANS THAT WE GET UP FRONT AND WHETHER THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY MAKES THE CHANGES THAT STAFF HAS ASKED FOR, UH, UPON RECENT MODEL.

SO OUR DEPARTMENT IS IN A CONSTANT STATE OF PROCESS IMPROVEMENT.

UM, HOW, HOW CAN WE DO OUR JOBS MORE EFFICIENTLY? HOW CAN WE TRANSLATE THAT INTO BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE? UM, YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT YOU, THERE'S SOME OTHERS THAT YOU HAVE NOT.

SO I'M GONNA KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES AND THEN KIND OF HIT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING, UM, THIS UPCOMING YEAR AS WELL.

SO, UH, OF COURSE, ENTER GOV WENT LIVE IN JULY.

OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS HUGE FOR US AND, UH, AND SEVERAL OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

AND WE DID HAVE A MAJOR LEARNING CURVE, UH, NOT ONLY FOR STAFF, BUT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

AND WHILE THE SYSTEM ALLOWS US TO DO EVERY PART OF THE PROCESS DIGITALLY, UM, WILL WE STILL CONSTANTLY FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE AND STREAMLINE THOSE PROCESSES, EVEN NOW THAT WE'VE HAD IT LIVE FOR EIGHT MONTHS.

UM, SO OUR ENTER GOV EXPERTS THAT BUILT THE SYSTEM ARE STILL WORKING EVERY DAY ON FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS AS WE LEARN WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T.

ALSO, IF YOU'VE WALKED THROUGH THE LOBBY OF CITY HALL DURING WORKDAY, UH, THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE YOU'VE SEEN ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS WALKING A CUSTOMER THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HELPING THEM ON THOSE LAPTOPS THAT ARE OUT THERE BY THE, UH, BY THE WINDOWS.

UM, WE'RE VERY, WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONALIZED ASSISTANCE EVERY DAY.

UM, AND OUR REGULARS REALLY ENJOY THE FACT THAT EVERYTHING THEY NEED IS, CAN BE DONE, UM, ONLINE, SUBMIT AN APPLICATION 24 7, PAY FOR PERMITS, REQUEST INSPECTIONS, ALL THAT STUFF.

SO, UH, AGAIN, WHILE YOU, YOU NEVER KNOW, UM, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN FOR A ONE TIME PERMIT ARE, ARE HAPPY TO, THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THERE, AND WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING TO HELP 'EM THROUGH IT.

THE FOLKS THAT COME IN AND USE IT, UH, OR THE FOLKS THAT DO USE IT FROM THEIR OFFICES ON A REGULAR BASIS, UM, ARE, ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE HEARING, UH, A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK ON, ON THAT.

UM, AS FOR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, SOME OF THOSE ARE IN JUST HOW WE DO THINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

UM, TRAINING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM TO DO ZONING CODE ENFORCEMENT, FREEING UP THE PLANNERS TO DO OTHER TASKS.

AND THAT ALSO STREAMLINES THE PROCESS BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE WOULD HAVE MAYBE TWO SEPARATE LETTERS GO OUT TO A PROPERTY IF THEY HAD TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

NOW THOSE ARE COMBINED INTO ONE.

UM, IT SEEMS SIMPLE AND, AND FAIRLY INTUITIVE, BUT IT, IT TOOK SOME PRESSURE TO FINALLY, UH, FOR US TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

UM, SO, AND WE ALSO HAVE MADE, UH, SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE CODE ITSELF.

UH, IF YOU REMEMBER, UM, THIS LATE LAST YEAR, UM, WE DID SEVERAL THINGS SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

UM, SUCH AS DOING AWAY WITH THE CONTRACTOR LICENSE LICENSING FOR RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS, UH, ELIMINATING PERMITS FOR GARAGE SALES AND INCREASING THE MINIMUM SIZE THERE.

IT IS, UH, THE MINIMUM SIZE OF A STRUCTURE NEEDING A PERMIT FROM A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET TO 200 SQUARE FEET.

THESE ALL ARE PRETTY MINOR, BUT, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST EFFORTS TO KIND OF SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE LISTENING, WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE AND TRYING TO, TO HELP OUT.

UH, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE BIGGER PICTURE FOR OUR DEVELOPERS.

A REZONE CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO SIX MONTHS, AND WE'VE RECENTLY ELIMINATED THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FROM THE, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA.

AND WE'VE DOUBLED UP ON OUR PUBLIC NOTICE, AND THAT BASICALLY ALLOWED US TO SHAVE ABOUT SIX WEEKS OFF OF THAT PROCESS.

SO WE FEEL THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL.

IN 2021, UH, WE BEGAN USING THE BAYTOWN ENGAGED SITES TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT BIGGER PROJECTS OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

WE PRESENTED THAT TO COUNCIL, UH, AT, WHEN THAT CAME ABOUT.

UM, BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, MORE IMPORTANT THAN GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT.

THIS ALSO ALLOWS THE CITIZENS TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THE PROJECTS, WHICH WE THEN ARE ABLE TO PASS ALONG TO P AND Z AND CITY COUNCIL.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH THE USE THE SITE HAS BEEN GETTING.

UH, WE'VE NOTICED THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN PASSING ALONG THE LINK TO THE SITE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE QUESTIONS.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, AND WE FEEL THE AMOUNT OF COMMENTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN BOTH

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FOR AND AGAINST PROJECTS HAS REALLY INCREASED THE ABILITY OF THE CITY AND THE APPLICANTS TO ANTICIPATE ISSUES THAT MIGHT COME UP AND TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THOSE ISSUES AND QUESTIONS.

UH, WE'RE ALSO IN THE PLANNING STAGES OF INCREASING THE USE OF THIS PAGE TO PROVIDE MORE DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION.

AND I KNOW, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND I HAD KIND OF TOUCHED ON THAT, UM, NOT TOO LONG AGO.

SO, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING ON THAT SOON.

WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET.

UH, OF COURSE, WE HEARD COUNSEL, WHEN YOU SAID YOU WANTED A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY SET TO OUR DEVELOPMENT CUSTOMERS.

IT TOOK A MINUTE, BUT ENTER GOV KIND OF GAVE US THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

SO, SINCE GO LIVE, WE'VE BEEN SENDING OUT A LINK TO A SIMPLE THREE QUESTION SURVEY.

IT'S BASICALLY, UM, HOW'D YOU LIKE THE SYSTEM? HOW'D YOU LIKE OUR PEOPLE? AND THEN OPEN-ENDED.

WHAT COMMENTS CAN YOU PROVIDE? SO, UM, WE HAVE HAD A PRETTY LOW RESPONSE RATE, UH, WHICH WAS, WE KIND OF EXPECTED THAT IN JUST OVER SEVEN MONTHS, WE HAVE RECEIVED 31 VALID RESPONSES OUT OF OVER 4,100 APPROVALS THAT WERE ISSUED.

SO LESS THAN 1% RESPONSE RATE.

UM, WE WOULD EXPECT THAT LOW RESPONSE RATE MEANS THAT THE MAJORITY OF CUSTOMERS ARE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE SYSTEM.

UM, THEY DIDN'T FEEL THE, THE NEED TO COMPLAIN, BUT THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD.

SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE REVIEWS ON THE SYSTEM AND OUR STAFF IS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.

UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT ONLY, LET'S SEE, EIGHT PEOPLE RATED OUR ONLINE SYSTEM A ONE OR TWO OUT OF FIVE AND 18, RATED IT FOUR OR FIVE.

AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STAFF, UH, ONLY FIVE PEOPLE RATED OUR STAFF OF ONE OR TWO WHILE 22 RATED THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH STAFF A FOUR OR FIVE.

UM, I PROMISE NONE OF THOSE WAS ME.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR MY STAFF.

BUT, UM, AS TO THE OPEN-ENDED COMMENTS, YOU'LL NOTE THAT MOST OF THE, UH, MOST OF THE COMMENTS WERE SUBMITTED IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF ENTER GOV BEING LIVE.

WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE BUGS IN THE SYSTEM.

UM, WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE AN OVERALL LEARNING CURVE AND THERE WOULD BE SOME FRUSTRATION IN THE EARLY DAYS.

SO WE, WE KIND OF EXPECTED THAT.

UM, SO THOSE COMMENTS WERE, WERE MIXED, BUT FAIRLY POSITIVE.

UM, MOST OF THOSE ARE POSITIVE REGARDING STAFF.

SOME GENERAL CONFUSION WITH THE SYSTEM, UM, SOME OF THAT WHO MOVED MY CHEESE STUFF.

AND THEN, UM, WHERE ARE, WHERE ARE THOSE ITEMS THAT, THAT I USED TO SEE IN THE OLD SYSTEM AND NOW I CAN'T FIND? UM, SO OF COURSE WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE SOME CUSTOMERS THAT ARE KIND OF CONFUSED BY THE TECHNOLOGY.

UM, THAT'S FAIRLY FEW.

AND OUR STAFF IS ALWAYS FOCUSED ON HELPING THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE, UM, THE, UH, CITIZEN SELF SERVICE PORTAL, UH, GETTING THEM TO A POSITIVE RESULT.

SO, UM, OVERALL I'M REALLY PLEASED WITH WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.

UH, THE PROGRESS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE AND THE LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT OUR STAFF IS CONSISTENTLY PROVIDING.

ALRIGHT, WHAT ARE WE PLANNING? THAT'S, THAT SHOWED YOU A LOT, BUT, SO WE NEVER LOOK AT OUR JOB OF PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AS COMPLETE.

SO WHAT ELSE IS COMING UP? UM, HOW ABOUT THE SIGN CODE? I THINK THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS, MAYBE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH THE, THERE'S BEEN A DRAFT IN THE WORK FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.

UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT WITH A NEW CONSULTANT.

WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.

UH, WE THINK THIS CODE UPDATE WILL REALLY HELP TO CLARIFY A LOT OF THE STANDARDS IN OUR CURRENT CODE, UH, WHERE IT'S SILENT OR CONFLICTED.

AND WHAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS, YEAH, OP OR, UM, ELIMINATING THAT SIGN OPERATING LICENSE.

UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, SO OF COURSE YOU KNOW THAT, UH, TO BUILD A SIGN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT.

UH, EVERY TWO YEARS, EVERY SIGN IN TOWN HAS TO BE ISSUED A SIGN OPERATING LICENSE.

IT'S VERY LOW FEE.

IT'S VERY HIGH, UH, INTENSITY WORK FOR OUR STAFF.

IN FACT, WE SHUT DOWN OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR A MONTH, DO NOTHING BUT THAT, UM, REALLY, AND, AND THEN THE FEE THAT WE CHARGE DOES NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO PAYING FOR THE SERVICE THAT THAT STAFF IS PROVIDING TO, TO COVER THIS.

UM, SO WE'VE REALLY FOUND THIS LICENSE TO BE WHOLLY UNNECESSARY.

IT DOESN'T PROVIDE ANYTHING OF REAL VALUE TO THE CITY OR ITS RESIDENTS OR THE CUSTOMERS.

SO WE'RE GONNA CUT THAT.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT PART.

UM, NEXT ULDC UPDATES.

UH, THIS CODE I KNOW WAS ADOPTED IN 2014, BUT DOES HAVE SOME FAIRLY MAJOR ISSUES, UH, THAT STAFF DEALS WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO WE'VE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF THESE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

UM, RATHER THAN TRY TO JUST PUT A BANDAID ON

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IT, AS SOON AS THAT COMP PLAN IS ADOPTED, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THE MAJOR UNDERTAKING OF A FULL REWRITE OF THE ULDC.

SO IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, UM, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A, SOME ITEMS COME TO COUNCIL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, TO MOVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT BELONG IN THAT DOCUMENT AND ARE NOT CURRENTLY LOCATED IN THAT DOCUMENT.

THE PLAN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE NOT, WE'RE NOT MAKING CHANGES TO THEM AS WE MOVE THEM.

IT'S ME MERELY A HOUSEKEEPING ISSUE.

UM, EXCEPT WHERE WE FIND A CONFLICT THAT COULD USE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.

SO THE PLAN IS TO NOT MAKE ANYTHING CONTROVERSIAL, NOT MAKE ANYTHING BIG IN THE WAY OF CHANGES, AND WAIT FOR THAT UPDATE TO, IN ORDER TO, TO MAKE THOSE.

UM, WE THINK THAT UPDATE'S GONNA TAKE AROUND TWO YEARS.

UH, BUT IN THE END, WE WILL HAVE A CODE THAT'S CURRENT ON BEST PRACTICES CONSIDERS RECENT CASE LAW, UH, NOT TO MENTION, JUST EASIER TO USE AND TO ADMINISTER.

UM, IT'S A REALLY BIG PROJECT, BUT WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT IT'S WORTH IT.

SO WHAT ELSE IN MOVING CLOSER TO A ONE-STOP SHOP OF SORTS, UH, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PERMANENTLY MOVING THE ENGINEERS WHO DO MUCH OF THE PLAN REVIEW FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING TO OUR DEPARTMENT.

UM, THAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO COORDINATE THE REVIEWS BETTER IN MORE TIMELY MANNER.

BUT OVERALL, IT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO MANAGE THE FLOW OF THE WHOLE PROCESS SEAMLESSLY AND LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER AS WE GO IN THAT SPIRIT.

UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CHANGE THE NAME, SHORTEN THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT TOO, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UM, MOSTLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT ACCURATELY, IT MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBES WHAT IT IS WE DO, ESPECIALLY NOW.

UM, SO IN CASE ANYBODY IS, UH, IS WONDERING THAT CHANGE IS ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE ON MONDAY.

SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THE, THE, UH, THE INCREASES TO CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT WE BELIEVE WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, ENABLE.

SO IN ORDER TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS CRUCIAL.

IN THE PAST, WE'VE HELD OCCASIONAL OPEN HOUSE STYLE MEETINGS THAT WE JUST KIND OF THROW A WIDE NET OUT THERE TO SEE AS MANY, SEE, GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN THERE.

UM, BUT IT USUALLY RESULTS IN A PRETTY SMALL GROUP, UH, NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF USABLE FEEDBACK.

SO WE DECIDED TO BREAK FROM THIS PATTERN.

WE'RE GONNA TRY SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

UM, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A NEW INITIATIVE TO HOLD REGULAR ROUND TABLE TYPE MEETINGS, UH, WITH A PRE-SELECTED GROUP OF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 STAKEHOLDERS.

UH, THE IDEA IS TO CREATE A PARTNERSHIP WITH BAY TOWN'S DEVELOPMENT SUPER USERS, AND WE'RE GONNA GET A CONTINUOUS DIALOGUE GOING WITH THAT GROUP, UM, AS WE BUILD THE TRUST WITH THE GROUP AND SORT OF BUILD ONE CONVERSATION UPON THE LAST ONE.

UH, WE PLAN TO SHOW THE GROUP AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THAT WE'RE RESPONSIVE AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD MIX OF BUILDERS, DEVELOPERS, CONTRACTORS, SO WE CAN GET A DECENT CROSS SECTION OF ISSUES THAT THEY MIGHT BE HAVING, UM, PROVIDE UPDATES ON UPCOMING CODE CHANGES AND PROCESS CHANGES.

UM, WE ARE ALREADY SCHEDULING THE FIRST MEETING, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO REPEAT THAT QUARTERLY AGAIN WITH A SELECT GROUP.

SO, UM, I'M, I'M HOPING THAT, UM, MR. DAVIS HAD SENT OUT THE EMAIL SAYING, OKAY, IF, IF ANYBODY HAS ANYBODY SPECIFIC THEY'D LIKE INCLUDED ON THAT, ON THAT GROUP, UM, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME DIRECTLY AND, AND WE WILL, UH, WE'LL SEE IF THOSE PEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE AND INTERESTED.

UM, SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR QUITE A WHILE IS MAKE SURE THAT OUR BOARDS ARE WELL TRAINED, UH, PARTICULARLY OUR PLANNING, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

UH, TO DATE, I DON'T BELIEVE OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HAD ANY REAL TRAINING OUTSIDE OF THE ORIENTATION WE GIVE THEM WHEN THEY FIRST JOIN THE, UH, THE, THE BOARD.

SO, UH, GOING OVER STATUTES AND BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES IS CRUCIAL.

UM, BUT ALSO THEY REALLY NEED TO BE, UH, KEENLY AWARE TO THE PRIORITIES THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS SET OUT, UH, BOTH IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND IN THE ANNUAL RETREAT, UH, PRIORITIES.

SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK HAS BEEN DONE, UM, MUCH IN THE PAST.

SO WE'RE GONNA BEGIN THAT THIS YEAR AND CONTINUE AS NEW MEMBERS ARE ARE APPOINTED.

UM, AND BIG NEWS, THE COMP PLAN 2040 IS ALMOST DONE.

WE ARE ALMOST THERE.

UM, I'LL SAVE THE DETAILS FOR NOW ONLY TO SAY THE FIRST FULL DRAFT IS GONNA BE ONLINE TOMORROW, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A LINK TO THAT.

AND IT'S EASY TO FIND THAT ONLINE DRAFT WILL INCLUDE THE ABILITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO NOT ONLY READ THE PLAN, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE COMMENTS, DROP PINS ON THE MAPS, AND ATTACH COMMENTS TO THOSE, UH, AND TO SEE ALL THE BACKGROUND WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS DOCUMENT OVER THE LAST YEAR.

PLUS.

SO STAFF WILL BE BACK TO EXPLAIN THE

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DRAFT TO CITY COUNCIL LATER THIS MONTH.

UH, IN ORDER TO GIVE YOU PLENTY OF TIME TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE DOCUMENT BEFORE WE ASK YOU TO ADOPT IT, UM, WE ANTICIPATE THE FINAL DRAFT WILL BE UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING IN P AND Z, UH, IN MAY, AND THEN HOPEFULLY BACK IN FRONT OF YOU FOR ADOPTION IN EITHER LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE.

UH, VERY EXCITING FOR US PLANNERS.

AND THE LAST ITEM I HAVE, 'CAUSE I LIKE TO END ON A HIGH NOTE.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE MOST PROUD OF IS OUR ABILITY TO HELP OUR CITIZENS AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER SERVICES THAT OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION PROVIDES, UM, CDBG, OTHER STATE LEVEL GRANTS ALLOW US TO BUILD NEW HOMES FOR SELECT FEW INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, ORDINARILY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD ONE OR TWO A YEAR, UH, BUT BECAUSE OF A ONE TIME GRANT THIS YEAR FROM THE STATE, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD FIVE.

SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UM, THESE HOMES GO TO PEOPLE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.

MANY OF THEM ARE ELDERLY OR DISABLED.

UM, THEY HAVE TO ALREADY OWN THEIR PROPERTY, BUT OVER TIME THE HOUSES FALL INTO DISREPAIR AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE REPAIRS THEY NEED TO.

UM, SO THEY, WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THAT, THAT SOME OF THESE STAY ON A WAITING LIST FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY DO A HANDFUL A YEAR.

AGAIN, FIVE FOR US THIS YEAR IS HUGE.

UM, WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN OUT THE KEYS TO THREE OF OUR RECIPIENTS, RECIPIENTS.

I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE BEEN, UH, HAVE ATTENDED THOSE, UH, EVENTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

UH, AND WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE NOW NEARING THE END OF CONSTRUCTION SOON.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE DON'T FEEL THAT THAT STORY HAS BEEN TOLD ENOUGH, UM, IN THE PUBLIC.

SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO, TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AND, AND GET IT OUT THERE.

SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE BEEN VERY BUSY.

THERE'S NO SCIENCE SLOWING DOWN, UH, ESPECIALLY WHERE IT COMES TO IMPROVING OUR PROCESSES AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR CUSTOMERS GET THE BEST SERVICE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAY GO AHEAD.

YES, MA'AM.

NO QUESTIONS.

JUST A, UM, COMMENT IN THAT THE CITY BG IS ALSO OFFERING ESSENTIAL CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE.

UM, SO I KNOW OUR RECENTLY HELD A CALL WITH THEM AND SEVERAL PARENTS AND CHILDCARE PROVIDERS.

I KNOW AS MUCH AS WE TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE MANY WONDERFUL THINGS THAT OUR STAFF, UM, AND THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER, THERE'S STILL SOME THAT WE MISS MM-HMM .

UM, SO AFTERWARDS, I, I, I GOT SOME REALLY GREAT, UM, RESPONSE ABOUT, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS.

THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, SHEDDING A LIGHT ON THAT.

AND SO I THINK, UM, I MAY BE WORKING WITH, UM, CHRIS AND HIS TEAM TO MAYBE HAVE, UM, AN APPLICATION FAIR OR SOMETHING TO KIND OF HELP GET THAT MONEY OUT.

UH, BECAUSE WE NEED TO SPEND IT.

IF WE HAVE IT, WE NEED TO SPEND IT.

YES.

THAT'S VERY TRUE.

I, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? YES, SIR.

ANY CHARLES YOU HAVE OH, MM-HMM .

GOOD ABOUT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS WHEN WE SEE A NUMBER OF, UH, ITEMS COME, COME THROUGH THERE THAT ARE REPEAT ITEMS OR IS CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO MAYBE ADJUSTING THE CODE FOR THOSE ITEMS OR FOR THAT ONE PARTICULAR ITEM? YES.

SO I, I, I WOULD SAY THAT, SO I, I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW.

I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF, OF, OF DUPLICATION OF THOSE APPLICATIONS.

BUT I WOULD SAY IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE 2, 3, 4 TIMES VARIANCES FOR THE SAME THING, THEN THERE'S A NEED THERE AND THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF YOUR CODE NOT ADEQUATELY MEETING THAT NEED.

SO YES, WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK, LOOK AT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AS SOMETHING THAT STAFF WOULD BRING FORWARD TO P AND Z AND THEN, AND TO COUNCIL AS WELL.

DEAL.

YEAH, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN THERE.

MARTIN.

I APPRECIATE YOUR GOOD, GOOD PRESENTATION, BUT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS KNOW IF YOU THROW NUMBERS AT ME, I'M GONNA DO MATH.

SURE.

JUST PART OF MY, MY THING.

AND I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE, I SUPPORT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT GUYS, OBVIOUSLY WITH MY BACKGROUND.

I REALLY DO.

THEY DO A GOOD JOB.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS THEY MADE IN 2021, 18,381, AND YOU SAID THAT'S BY FIVE INSPECTORS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE STAFFED AT? OR IS THAT THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAD DOING IT? THAT'S WHAT I'M STAFFED AT.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE STAFFED.

AND YOU INDICATED YOU WERE A LITTLE SHORTHANDED.

SO MAY HAVE HAD FIVE, MAY HAVE HAD FOUR OR WHATEVER THAT, THAT COMES OUT TO.

IF YOU, IF YOU DIVIDE ALL THAT OUT, THAT COMES TO BASICALLY 15 INSPECTIONS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, THAT'S A LOT FOR INDIVIDUALS TO KEEP TRACK OF, PLUS ALL THE PAPERWORK AND EVERYTHING THEY DO.

SO THEY'RE HUSTLING.

SO WHEN FOLKS SAY, OH, THEY JUST SIT AROUND AND DON'T DO ANYTHING 15 INSPECTIONS A DAY, THAT'S, THAT'S A PHENOMENAL.

SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT.

OUR, OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS OFTEN DON'T COME INTO THE BUILDING AT ALL.

THEY START THEIR DAY IN THEIR TRUCK AND THEY END THEIR DAY IN THEIR TRUCK AND REALLY ENTER GOV AND THE LAPTOPS AND THE, THE, THE TECHNOLOGY, THE MORE IS REALLY ALLOWED

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US TO DO THAT.

THE MORE TECH WE GET YOU, THE MORE YOU DO.

I GOT THAT.

AND IT IS AT A POINT YOU WERE STILL WEARING 'EM OUT.

ALSO, I LIKE THE IDEA OF CONTINUE TO ADDRESS UNNECESSARY, AND I HATE TO USE THAT WORD, BUT REALLY NOT CRITICAL CODES.

YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE THAT WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF 'CAUSE IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.

IF Y'ALL SEE OTHERS, IF YOUR STAFF SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KILLING OURSELVES WITH THIS CODE, IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE AN IMPACT LIKE THE SIGN PERMITTING OR WHATEVER, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT SO THAT WE CAN SAY, YEAH, LET'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT HELPING OUR CITIZENS AND NOT HELPING STAFF.

LET'S MAKE THINGS EASIER.

THE LAST POINT, AND I I LOVED IT WHEN YOU SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, TRAIN YOUR, YOUR, UH, COMMITTEES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE BASIC TRAINING OF WHAT THE LAWS ARE AND WHAT THE RULES ARE, BUT ALSO TRY TO, AND YOUR, YOUR TERM WAS, UH, TO GET THEM TO THE ALIGNMENT WITH COUNSEL.

AND I, I WROTE DOWN INTENT.

AND AGAIN, CONSIDER MY BACKGROUND.

IF, IF YOU'RE PASSING ON WHAT YOU FEEL IS THE INTENT OF COUNCIL'S DISCUSSIONS IN IN WORK SESSIONS OR IN IN, UM, UM, WHEN WE HAVE RETREATS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THIS IS WHERE I GO CONTRARY TO SOME OF FOUR FORMER COLLEAGUES OR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT DID NOT WANT STAFF AT THOSE THINGS.

IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR STAFF TO BE AT THERE, TO HEAR OUR DISCUSSIONS, TO HEAR OUR INTENT ON, ON THOSE ISSUES.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT MANAGEMENT'S REAL GOOD ABOUT PASSING ON OUR INTENT, BUT THAT'S JUST ANOTHER FILTER THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE THE POLICE CHIEF RELATE TO.

YOU CAN HAVE AN ACCIDENT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION.

THERE'S FOUR WITNESSES ON EVERY CORNER.

THEY GET FOUR DIFFERENT STORIES AND THEY'RE ALL TRUTHFUL.

SO AGAIN, FOR YOU TO REALLY PASS ON THE INTENT OF COUNSEL, YOU GOTTA BE PRESENT TO HEAR US HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS.

SO I'D SUPPORT THAT CONCEPT, BUT ALSO SUPPORT THAT.

YOU GOTTA COME TO OUR SESSIONS TO THOSE THAT ARE OPEN TO YOU TO HEAR THE DEBATE.

'CAUSE WE'RE NOT ALWAYS ON THE SAME PAGE ORIGINALLY.

DON'T DISAGREE, WE DON'T GET ON.

THE MAYOR WILL MAKE SURE WE GET ON THE SAME PAGE.

I DON'T DISAGREE, BUT EVENTUALLY WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSIONS AND THAT THIS HELPS US.

SO, AGAIN, SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THE MAYOR'S HERDING CATS, BUT IT'S, THIS IS THE WAY IT GOES.

SO I, I LOVE TO HEAR THAT.

SO AGAIN, GOOD JOB.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I DO APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS.

UM, THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY ONE OF, FROM ONE OF YOUR COMMENTS.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, AS I SAY THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THEY'RE, THEY COME INTO ALIGNMENT WITH, WITH CITY COUNCIL.

I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S A REASON THAT CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T PERFORM THAT FUNCTION.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT IT TO SOUND LIKE WE'RE JUST SAYING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, YOU HAVE TO DO, OR P AND Z YOU HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING CITY COUNCIL MIGHT DO.

BUT YOU DO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE LOGIC IS COMING FROM, WHERE CITY COUNCIL IS AT, WHERE, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO GONNA AFFECT IF THERE'S CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCES, IF THERE'S CHANGES IN PROCESSES THAT THEY, THEY, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL, UM, AS DOES STAFF.

SO THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S AN ALIGNMENT THAT, THAT SHOULD HAPPEN.

THEY NEED TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO SAY, OH YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT.

I DISAGREE WITH IT.

I'M GONNA GO ANOTHER DIRECTION.

BUT THE VERY LEAST I'M AWARE OF IT AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE, WE PUT INDIVIDUALS ON COMMITTEES FOR THEIR MINDSETS.

UM, BUT TO, TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL PASSED THIS CODE, THIS IS THE BASIC DISCUSSIONS THEY WERE HAVING.

SO EVEN THOUGH TREVOR WROTE A VERY GOOD BLACK AND WHITE CODE, THE INTENT OF COUNSEL WAS LOOKING AT THIS DIRECTION.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WHAT SOME WOULD PERCEIVE OF THAT, UM, I'M HOPING WE CAN REALLY GET THAT NUMBER VERY, LIKE ALMOST IN, IN AND OUT ON A FENCE PERMIT OR DRIVEWAY.

VERY GOOD COMMENTS.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? NOT I'LL, I'LL BE VERY QUICK ON MINE.

UM, SO YOU DID TOUCH ON THE CDBG HOUSING AND, AND THE KEY GIVEAWAYS.

I THINK THAT WAS GREAT.

I'M SURE WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR, FOR YEARS.

I KNOW THIS, THIS PAST, UM, OR IN RECENT PAST WITH, WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO, TO GO AND BE ABLE TO DO THESE FIVE HOMES IS GREAT.

I THINK THERE WAS, THERE WAS TWO IN DISTRICT ONE, ONE IN CENTRAL HEIGHTS, ONE HERE ON CHERRY STREET, AND THEN RECENTLY THE ONE IN, UH, IN MONT.

UM, SO IT WAS GREAT.

THESE FAMILIES BE ABLE TO GO AND, UH, IF YOU SEE KIND OF THE BEFORE AFTER, UM, SITUATIONS WITH THEIR HOMES TO GO AND GIVE 'EM A GREAT NEW SAFE HOME THAT, THAT, THAT, UM, SHOULD BE EASY TO MAINTAIN.

UM, CERTAINLY IT'S A GOOD USE OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT THE VERY LIMITED FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE GET.

A LOT OF OUR CDBG COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN, UM, ON SITE WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE THESE GIVEAWAYS.

AND WE, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK THEM FOR, FOR BEING ABLE TO GO AND MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS.

BUT, UM, THAT'S REALLY GREAT THAT, UH, THAT PROGRAM CONTINUES, UM, TO BE VERY FRUITFUL.

UH, MY SECOND THING, UM, FOR MYSELF, UH, I, I GET A LOT OF CALLS, I'M SURE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, I LIKE THE, THE FACT THAT THE AVERAGE DAYS FOR ONE WE'RE MEASURING ARE THE AVERAGE DAYS FOR PERMITS.

THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERMITS.

THE ONES I GET CALLS ON THE MOST, AND, AND I'VE RELAYED THIS TO, TO ADMINISTRATION BEFORE, SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE MY FENCE PERMIT, MY DRIVEWAY PERMIT, WHAT I CONSIDER KIND OF SOME, SOME OVER THE COUNTER TYPE STUFF.

THAT'S WHERE WE GET KIND OF CALLS ON.

'CAUSE IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN X AMOUNT OF TIME AND, AND SO I KNOW IT'S AN AVERAGE.

UM, AND SO WE CONTINUE TO, TO TRY TO, UM, EXPEDITE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

BUT AGAIN, WITH LIMITED STAFF, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE A SIMPLE FENCE PERMIT OR

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BUT I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UM, DO OUR PART TOO.

UM, BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE MEASURING IT AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.

UH, I LIKE ON THE SIGN, THE SIGN ORDINANCE OR THE SIGN ORDINANCE AND OPERATING, UM, LICENSE, UM, I LIKE THAT WE CAN MOVE TOWARD THAT.

MY, MY ONLY CONCERN ON THE BACK END WOULD BE WHEN THERE'S, ESPECIALLY LET'S SAY THERE'S, UM, UH, SHOPPING CENTERS OR RETAIL CENTERS, UH, THE ABANDONED SIGNS, LIKE IF SOMEONE GOES OUT BUSINESS, UM, SOMEHOW WE CAN GO AND AT LEAST HAVE WHERE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WOULD PUT IN A BLANK OR SOMETHING.

'CAUSE UM, AGAIN, AND, AND THE IDEA OF TRYING TO BEAU TRYING TO BEAUTIFY OUR CITY, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE THESE, THESE SIGNS THAT ARE IN DISREPAIR OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, UH, SOMETHING NEEDS TO KIND OF TAKE ACTION ON THAT.

WE, WE'VE WRITTEN SOME PROVISIONS INTO THE NEW, UH, TO THE NEW CODE.

SO YES, WE'VE DEFINITELY TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

PERFECT.

AND I THINK I HAD ONE MORE.

IF, IF I, UH, LET'S SEE.

OH, THE ROUND TABLE.

UM, SO I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE PERIODICALLY HAVE DONE WITH THE NEW INTER GOV AND, AND, UM, WAS IT, UH, CITIZEN SERVICES, UH, AND SO ON.

UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT.

UH, I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THE, THOSE DEVELOPMENT ROUND TABLES TO GET PEOPLE FAMILIAR, UH, NEW DEVELOPERS.

I THINK WE ANNOUNCED THAT THE LAST, UH, SAY OF THE CITY.

WE'D REALLY WANT YOU TO COME HERE AND, AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE LIKE IF YOU WANT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DEVELOP IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

UM, I THINK ANOTHER ONE I'VE EXPRESSED TO THE CITY MANAGER WOULD, UH, A LOT OF OUR LOCAL TRADES PEOPLE FROM GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND ELECTRICIANS AND OTHER TRADES, UH, BEING ABLE TO, UH, SIT DOWN WITH THEM, UH, HAVING THEIR OP, HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND, AND KIND OF SHOW THEM, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING, UH, TO MAKE THEIR JOB EASIER.

UH, AND I THINK WE'VE JUST, UH, UH, EXPRESSED THIS LAST YEAR IF THERE'S ANY, ANY AREAS OF THE CODE THAT WE BELIEVE ARE NOT REALLY BENEFICIAL AND DON'T REALLY ADD VALUE, BOTH TO, UH, THE PROCESS AND, AND OBVIOUSLY TO A PROJECT, BUT ALSO IT DOESN'T ADD VALUE EVEN FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO CONSIDER OF, OF, OF, OF, UH, PROVIDING SOME TYPE OF ALTERNATIVE.

UM, SO I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE, THE PRESENTATION ON THIS.

SO OBVIOUSLY PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE VERY BUSY FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST PROCESS, UH, AVAILABLE.

[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing an Earnest Money Contract with Trinity Tabernacle Assembly of God, Inc., for vacant property located along E. James Street, Baytown, Harris County, Texas, being more particularly described as Tract 30, Abstract 65 William Scott Survey, Harris County, Texas.]

WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ITEM FIVE A.

HOPEFULLY WE GET FAIRLY QUICK AT THIS POINT, BUT WE HAVE, UH, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED AN EARNEST MONEY CONTRACT WITH TR TRINITY TABERNACLE ASSEMBLY OF GOD INC.

FOR VACANT PROPERTY LOCATED ALONG EAST JAMES STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, UH, HARRIS COUNTY BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACK 30, ABSTRACT 65 OF THE WILLIAMS SCOTT SURVEY, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

MR. FANNING, YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, I GUESS TO THIS PARTICULAR? NO, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

UH, THE, IT'S SUBJECT TO AN, AN ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT, BUT THIS IS FIVE AND A HALF ACRES TO BE USED FOR WATER DETENTION THERE ON EAST JAMES STREET.

AWESOME.

SO I'M ASSUMING THIS IS PART OF THE WHOLE KIND OF THE FLOOD MITIGATION THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE DINA AND FELL AREAS, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

SO THIS WILL BE A, UH, AND I SHOULD KNOW THIS, BUT THIS WILL BE A, A DRY POND DRY DETENTION.

UH, FRANK COULD ADD MORE.

THEY, THEY HAVEN'T PLANNED IT OUT PERFECTLY YET.

IT OKAY.

WHERE, WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS, FRANK, IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME, THIS IS KIND OF A LARGE PROPERTY, SO I WAS WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES A TRAIL IS INCORPORATED OR, OR ONE OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE PARK ACTUALLY DETENTION AREA.

SO, SO, UM, UH, IT'LL BE DETERMINED IF IT'S DRY OR WET DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS.

UM, BUT I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE, UH, OWNERS THERE AND LET THEM KNOW IT'S OUR INTENTION TO PUT A TRAIL THERE TO TIE INTO, YOU KNOW, ANY EXISTING TRAILS WE HAVE, WE WANT IT TO LOOK NICE.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO EYESORE THERE, SO.

UH, IT WILL, WE'LL HAVE AS MANY AMENITIES AS, UM, YEAH.

WE CAN GET THERE.

SO IF IT'S A, A WET POND, MAYBE A, A LITTLE FOUNTAIN OR SOMETHING, JUST WHATEVER WE CAN DO.

UH, IT, THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED DURING DESIGN.

BUT, UM, LIKE AT, AT A MINIMUM I WOULD EXPECT SOME TRAILS AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PARK BENCHES.

VERY GOOD, GOOD QUESTIONS.

YEAH, MARY, CHRIS, CHRIS JUMPED MY PARADE THERE 'CAUSE THAT'S RIGHT IN MY DISTRICT.

AND, AND I'VE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

ONE.

I WAS INITIALLY UNAWARE THAT WE WERE DOING IT.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT LOCATION.

BUT I, I, I'LL PARROT WHAT CHRIS WAS SAYING, I'D LIKE TO SEE A COORDINATION NOT CREATE A PARK PER SE, BUT LET'S JUST NOT HAVE A, A LARGE HOLE IN THE GROUND THAT COLLECTS WATER TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR.

UM, I KNOW THAT'S GONNA HELP THAT AREA A LOT WITH HAVING SOME DETENTION THERE.

SO, UM, BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE A TRAILS SEATS, YOU KNOW, CHAIRS, LIKE I SAID, AND YOUR PAVILION, SMALL PAVILIONS AROUND SO PEOPLE CAN ENJOY IT.

MAYBE, UM, UM, SOCCER FIELD IN THE CENTER OF IT.

AGAIN, WHEN IT'S WET THEY CAN'T USE IT, BUT WHEN IT'S DRY THEY CAN.

UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT GETS MORE YEAR ROUND USE OUT OF IT, I THINK WOULD BE EXCELLENT.

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UM, BUT YEAH.

AND THIS IS, UH, FOR THE DANINA, UH, STORMWATER PROJECT.

VERY WELL.

GOOD, GOOD NEWS.

SO, UH, CONSTABLE LESTER, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE, A MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE A SECOND A MOTION SECOND.

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

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE

[6. 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.]

HAVE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDAS A THROUGH J.

MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AND AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH J.

SECOND.

A MOTION IS SECOND.

ANY? WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING TO BE PULLED, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

NEXT, WE HAVE APPOINTMENTS ITEM SEVEN A CONSIDER ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY BOARD.

OF THOSE POST

[a. Consider one (1) appointment to the Baytown Area Water Authority Board.]

UH, MS. JACKSON, UH, HERE IN FRONT OF ME, WE HAVE A NEW APPOINTMENT.

UM, I'M ASSUMING IS IT A NEW APPOINTMENT OR A NEW POSITION? IT'S A NEW POSITION THAT'S CREATED FOR AN E FOR THE ETJ.

UH, AND THIS, THE PERSON THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD IS MR. JIMMY SMITH.

SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT.

UH, APPROVAL.

MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN.

A SECOND.

MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. SMITH? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SEVEN AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

A AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? UH, THE NEXT IS

[b. Consider one (1) appointment to the Planning and Zoning Commission.]

CONSIDER ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.

UM, THIS IS, UH, BE MY NEW APPOINTMENT OF MS. TAMMY SCOTT.

SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF MS. SCOTT.

MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN B.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I BELIEVE MS. SCOTT, UH, WILL CERTAINLY, UH, SERVE WELL.

SHE'S A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER, UH, WOMAN, WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS.

AND, UH, CERTAINLY I'M SURE SHE WILL BO WELL.

AND THEN WE WOULD GET HER TRAINED TOO, UM, UH, AND KNOW, UH, HER ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS AS THIS APPOINTMENT.

SO, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MS. SCOTT, PLEASE SAY AYE.

MANNERS REPORT, UH, MR. STROLLER, MR. MAYOR, AND COUNSEL, IF I CAN, FOUR THINGS.

ALL THOSE POST, WE HAVE, UH, THE

[8. 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.]

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO START BY THANKING BRETT CARDELLA FOR BRINGING THE ITEM THAT YOU'RE CONTINUING TO DISCUSS TONIGHT.

THAT IS HIS JOB.

HE IS A PROFESSIONAL, HE'S AN EXPERT.

HE BRINGS OPPORTUNITIES TO Y'ALL FOR DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

I AS ONE, I'M A CITIZEN AS WELL AS WORKING FOR THE CITY.

WE GET THE SAME QUESTIONS IN THE STORES IN OUR CHURCHES AS THAT Y'ALL GET.

BUT IT'S SPIRITED DISCUSSION.

IT'S DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS GONNA BE SEVEN ZERO, THE SIX ONES, FIVE TWOS, AND FOUR THREES ARE GOOD ACTIONS.

SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

BUT BRETT, THANKS FOR BRINGING THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DISCUSS.

JAMIE, I SEE COURTNEY'S GONE, BUT YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE HER COMING UP HERE.

AND I THINK ANYONE WHO'S HAD TO GO TO THE PODIUM, THAT'S NOT THE MOST COMFORTABLE POSITION TO BE, TO COME AND SPEAK.

PUBLIC SPEAKING IS STILL A MAJOR FEAR FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SHE DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

SO I WANT TO THANK COURTNEY.

THERE'S A LOT OF OUR STAFF THAT'S STILL IN THE AUDIENCE.

I NEVER WANNA MISS AN OPPORTUNITY IN A COUNCIL MEETING.

THERE IS RARELY A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT STAFF IS NOT WORKING ON THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND TO TRY AND BRING YOU THE THINGS THEY DO.

AND I THINK THEY DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND WORK VERY PROFESSIONALLY.

AND LASTLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT.

UH, WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER

[a. Receive a report from Council Member Laura Alvarado as it relates to Council District No. One.]

DISTRICT REPORT.

WE HAVE MS. ALVARADO THAT WILL GIVE US, UH, ANY UPDATES ON DISTRICT ONE, BRIEFLY.

I DO BRIEF, I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF.

I'LL SEE IT WITH A STACK OF PAPERS.

SAYS BRIEF.

IT'S JUST ONE.

IT'S JUST ONE DOCUMENT.

UM, BUT YOU, YOU WILL HAVE SOME UH, UH, SLIDES.

I'M A VISUAL PERSON MYSELF, BUT WITH SLIDES I DO.