Apr 07, 2022 Municipal Development Committee

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SO, AND I'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE

[ BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF MEETING BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2022 4:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]

IT IS THURSDAY, APRIL 7TH.

IT IS 4:30 PM WE ARE IN, UH, CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

UH, FIRST WE HAVE ITEM ONE

[a. Consider approving the minutes of the Municipal Development District Regular Meeting held on February 3, 2022. ]

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM ONE, A MOTION TO APPROVE ONE A SECOND.

WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, IF NOT, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM ONE A IS PRESENTED.

PLEASE, UH, SAY AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

WE ITEM TWO A, RECEIVE

[a. Receive the Monthly Construction Status Report for the Baytown Hotel and Convention Center Project.]

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

THIS IS THE MONTHLY REPORT THAT, THAT WE PRODUCE, UH, AND IT IS SUBMITTED ONLINE AS REQUIRED BY THE BOND HOLDERS FOR THEIR PERUSAL.

YOU WILL SEE THERE'S AN EXTREMELY LENGTHY AND DETAILED REPORT THAT GOES INTO EVERY ASPECT OF THE WORKS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THAT LAST MONTH THAT'S PREPARED FOR US BY BROADUS, WHO ARE OUR CONSTRUCTION MONITOR.

AND THEY'RE REPRESENTED TODAY BY SAM SPRUCE AND HUGH CRONIN, WHO WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY, WHO IS ACTUALLY THE AUTHOR OF THE REPORT.

UM, AS YOU, AS I SAY, IT IS AN EXTREMELY DETAILED REPORT.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THAT WITH YOU TODAY, BUT I WANTED SAM AND HUGH TO BE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND ALSO TO INTRODUCE SAM IN HIS NEW ROLE.

HE WILL BE JOINING DPR AS THE EXECUTIVE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HOTEL PROJECT.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD, UH, APPOINTMENT FOR US BECAUSE SAM HAS GOT THE HISTORY AND THE KNOWLEDGE, UH, THAT GOES WITH HIS INVOLVEMENT, UH, IN THIS PROJECT FROM ITS INCEPTION.

AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP US AS WE, AS WE MOVE THROUGH, UM, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, WE ARE REALLY MOVING THIS ALONG VERY QUICKLY.

UH, I'LL NOT STEAL SAM'S THUNDER BECAUSE HE'S BEEN ON SITE TODAY, BUT ON THE SEVERAL OCCASIONS I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN, UH, I'VE BEEN DONE, I'VE BEEN SHOCKED BY HOW QUICKLY IT'S COMING TOGETHER.

UH, SO THE SIGNS ARE GOOD FOR US TO BE WELL WITHIN THE SCHEDULE.

UH, IN TERMS OF THE FINANCES, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, UH, WE ARE ON TARGET WITH THAT.

UH, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 10 MILLION AND A LITTLE BIT IN CHANGE, UH, OF THE ALMOST $80 MILLION BUDGET, UH, BUT ON TRACK TO, UH, UH, TO KEEP WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE MDD, UH, AT ITS EARLIER MEETING.

THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.

MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL HAND OVER TO SAM WHO CAN TALK TO YOU IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE PRACTICAL WORKS ON SITE AND GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE, FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANKS, VICTOR.

GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

HOW'S EVERYBODY? GOOD.

GOOD, GOOD.

UM, AS VICTOR MENTIONED, I APPRECIATE THAT, VICTOR.

UM, AS VICTOR MENTIONED, UM, UH, THIS IS MY LAST MDD MEETING AS THE BROADEST REPRESENTATIVE.

I WILL BE JOINING DPR, UM, CONSTRUCTION, UM, EFFECTIVE, UH, 12 FEB OF 12 APRIL NEXT WEEK.

UM, BUT I WAS ON SITE TODAY.

UM, VERY HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS, VERY HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME SPECIFICS OF, OF WORK THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S COMPLETED.

UM, ALL OF THE PILE CAPS ARE COMPLETE.

THE DEEP GRADE BEAM AT THE WEST END OF THE CONVENTION CENTER IS COMPLETE SANITARY AND GREASE WASTE.

AND THE HOTEL IS COMPLETE ELECTRICAL UNDERGROUND, AND THE HOTEL IS COMPLETE UP TO THE MAIN ELECTRICAL ROOM.

AND THE SOUTH SITE SITE STORM IS COMPLETE.

UH, ONGOING WORK IS UNDERGROUND STORM AND THE HOTEL IN THE CONVENTION CENTER UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL IN THE MAIN ELECTRICAL ROOM.

SELECT FILL OF THE BUILDING, UH, PERIMETER GRADE BEAMS, SITE WATER TIE IN BY THE MARINA AND O'NEILLS SITE GRADING AND LINES, LIME STABILIZATION, FIRE RISERS INTO THE BUILDING.

UM, UPCOMING WORK THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON ACTIVELY.

UM, UH, TERMITE APPLICATION UNDER SLAB VENT SYSTEM, UH, FORM REINFORCED IN PLACE FOR THE SLAB ON GRADE, UM, FOR THE HOTEL AND THE CONVENTION CENTER.

IT'LL BE DONE IN THREE PORES.

UH, SITE, SANITARY STORM, UH, SITE STORM CURB AND GUTTER INSTALLATION, AND CONCRETE CRUSHED BASE FOR PAVING IN THE FRONT OF THE HOTEL, UH, AREA THAT, THAT'S OUT THERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ARE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THIS OR NOT, BUT THAT SITE HAS BEEN RAISED ABOUT SIX FEET FROM WHAT IT CURRENTLY, WHERE IT CURRENTLY SAT.

SO WHEN WE TOOK IT OVER, IT WAS 14 FEET, I BELIEVE ABOVE SEA LEVEL OR 14 FEET WAS THE, THE ELEVATION.

AND IT'S CURRENTLY, THE, THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION WILL BE 20 FEET.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF FILL THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO THE SITE.

UM,

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UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU AND INVITE YOU, UH, ALL OF YOU TO COME TOUR THE SITE IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UM, AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.

UM, IT IS, UH, IT, IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY PROJECT AND, UH, PROGRESS IS MOVING, UH, AT, AT A, AT A GREAT RATE, VERY, LIKE I SAID, VERY HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S GONNA LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT HERE IN ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH OR SO AS WE START TO GO VERTICAL, BECAUSE IF YOU GO OUT THERE OR DRIVE BY, YOU'LL START TO SEE SOME COLUMNS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORMED OR NOT FORMED, BUT REINFORCED.

UM, AND THAT'S FOR THE PODIUM OF THE HOTEL TOWER.

AND THEN ONCE THAT SLAB ON GRADE GETS POURED, IT'S GONNA GO VERTICAL AND IT'S GONNA GO QUICK.

AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THREE LEVELS AND FOUR LEVELS, AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT'LL BE ALL SEVEN LEVELS.

SO, UH, I DO ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, GO TAKE A, TAKE A TOUR OF THE SITE.

WE'D LOVE TO, WE'D LOVE TO HOST YOU OUT THERE.

SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS? I NEED TO GO OUT THERE.

YEAH.

WHO, WHO WILL FILL IN FOR YOU ONCE YOU JOIN? DP UH, HUGH CRONIN, MY COUNTERPART, WHO'S THE AUTHOR OF THIS REPORT, UM, HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT SINCE ABOUT 2018.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IT SINCE ABOUT 2017 AT THE INCEPTION.

UM, THAT PREDATES, UH, THAT WAS, UH, WHEN, UH, UH, MR. PASTRANA AND MR. BOTTOMS WERE HERE.

UH, AND THIS WAS JUST A DREAM.

AND, UH, I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THE, OF IT BECOMING A REALITY.

SO.

OKAY.

BUT HUGH CRONIN IS, UH, THE AUTHOR OF THE REPORT, AS VICTOR MENTIONED, AND WILL BE TAKEN OVER FOR ME.

UM, THERE'S ANOTHER GENTLEMAN, UH, BY THE NAME OF DON MARSHALL WHO'S GONNA ACTUALLY REPLACE ME AT BROADUS, WHO WILL JUST HAVE SOME OVERSIGHT.

BUT PRETTY MUCH HUGH IS THE DAY-TO-DAY CONTACT AND, UH, AND, UH, GOT ALL THE CONFIDENCE IN THE WORLD WHEN THAT GUY, HE'S, HE'S REAL GOOD, SO.

GOTCHA.

IF WE GO OUT THERE, WHO WOULD WE ASK FOR OR, UM, WELL, I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE COORDINATE THAT THROUGH DPR, UH, THROUGH THE PROJECT STAFF.

UH, DAVID GOLDSTEIN, THE PROJECT MANAGER, AND KEITH EMERY, THE SUPERINTENDENT.

UH, THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOU AROUND FOR A TOUR AND SHOW YOU ANY, ANY TIME YOU WANNA GO OUT THERE.

WHAT, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST WOULD BE IF YOU CAN WORK WITH, WITH ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, AND THEN ABSOLUTELY.

AND THAT WAY ANY OF, ANY OF THE, UH, MDD MEMBERS, WE COULD CONTACT THEM AND COORDINATE THAT, THAT WE CAN DO THAT WOULD BE EASIER.

ONESIE, TWOSIES.

I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE UP TO FOUR PEOPLE THERE AT ONE TIME.

YEAH.

WITHOUT IT BEING A POSTED MEETING.

YEAH.

MR. PRESIDENT, READING MY MIND, COULD I SUGGEST WE DO IT THROUGH GS, THROUGH JASON? THAT'S HOW WE'LL NORMALLY DO IT, AS WE ALWAYS DO.

YEAH.

WE'LL HAVE HIM PULL MDD AND ASK THE QUESTION WHO ALL WANTS TO GO AND WE'LL, WE'LL WORK CALENDARS FROM THERE, LIKE SET UP SCHEDULE.

YEAH.

HE'LL CALL.

OKAY.

AND WE'RE, AND WE'RE OUT THERE FIVE TO SIX DAYS A WEEK, SO , TAKE YOUR PICK.

SO IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I WOULD SAY YES.

I, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE A FEW TIMES AND I, AND I LIKE THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING AND, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE PRETTY MUCH HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD WEATHER.

I'M ASSUMING A LOT OF SLOW DOWN WOULD HAPPEN IF WE HAD BAD WEATHER.

THIS IS THE WORST TIME THAT, THAT WE, WHEN YOU HAD BAD WEATHER, IT'D SLOW DOWN THE PROJECT THE MOST.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN PRETTY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS SINCE THEY STARTED ON THE, A LOT OF THE GROUNDWORK.

YES, SIR.

MR. PRESIDENT.

UM, THERE HAS BEEN, UH, GREAT PROGRESS GIVEN SOME OF THE WEATHER EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD.

UM, I THINK TO DATE WE'VE CONSUMED, UH, SEVEN OF THE 16 WEATHER DAYS.

OKAY.

BUT, UH, I MEAN, DPRS ROCKING AND ROLLING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PICKING UP TIME WORKING ON SATURDAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE SHUT DOWN DURING THE WEEK, SO, OKAY.

THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

NO, APPRECIATE IT.

THIS IS, THIS IS HUGH CRONIN.

PERFECT TIMING.

OKAY.

SO THIS'LL, THIS'LL BE THE GENTLEMAN THAT, HE'S THE ONE THAT AUTHORS THE REPORT AND HE'LL BE THE ONE THAT'S, UH, TAKING OVER ALL, ALL OF MY RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, EFFECTIVE NEXT TUESDAY.

OKAY.

NO, I APPRECIATE THE REPORT AND I THINK IT'S, IT IS A GOOD IDEA THAT, THAT WE HAVE THIS STATUS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MONITOR, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS.

SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

SO WELL BEING OF THAT, I GUESS, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE'LL SPEAK TO YOU SOON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM,

[3. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SO WE WILL NOW RECESS AND, AND CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 OF THE TEXA GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES OR FOR A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

DO WE NEED HIM IN THE ROOM? NO.

OKAY.

SO I'LL NOW RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UH, WE WILL NOW,

[4. MANAGER'S REPORT]

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU TO STAFF AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO.

GETTING READY FOR ALL THE MEETINGS.

OUR NEXT MDD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, MAY 5TH, 2022, 4:30 PM HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.

SEE Y'ALL TONIGHT.

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BEING AT THE, UH, BAYTOWN, MDD HAS, UH, ADDRESSED ALL POST AGENDA ITEMS. THIS MEETING'S NOW ADJOURNED.