[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 For those members of the public that cannot or do not wish to be physically present at the meeting, they will be able to participate through two-way communications. For video conferencing, use the following website: www.zoom.com, click on "join a meeting" on the top right-hand corner, and input the following Meeting ID: 896 3145 7039. For telephone conferencing, please use the following toll-free number: 1-888-788-0099, Meeting ID: 896 3145 7039. Any person, who is participating through video/teleconferencing and is interested in speaking on any item on the agenda, must submit his/her request via email to the City Clerk at cityclerk@baytown.org. The request must include the speaker's name, address, and phone number that will be used if teleconferencing as well as the agenda item number. The request must be received prior to the posted time of the meeting. The agenda packet is accessible to the public in both HTML and PDF formats at the following link: https://www.baytown.org/183/Public-Meetings-Agenda-Packets. For more information or questions concerning the teleconference, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (281) 420-6504. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM PLEDGE AND INVOCATION Council Member Heather Betancourth, District No. Four]
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SO I'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
UH, TONIGHT WE WILL BE LED IN OUR PLEDGE INVOCATION, I BELIEVE, BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEATHER BIN COURT DISTRICT FOUR.
PLEASE SAY THE PLEDGE WITH 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, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND NOW THE TEXAS FLAG ON THE TEXAS FLAG, THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS IN PRAYER.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND SUPPORT.
AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, HELP US ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION.
ALLOW US TO GROW CLOSER AS A GROUP AND NURTURE THE BONDS OF COMMUNITY AND YOUR SON JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.
[1. MINUTES]
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ITEM ONE, EIGHT.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION HELD ON MARCH 24TH, 2022.
AND ALSO, I GUESS WE TAKE, UM, WE CAN DO ITEM A AND B TOGETHER.
SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THESE TWO.
SECOND ALL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR ABSTENTION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM ONE, A AND B, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.]
CARRIES.RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE.
GLAD TO BE PACKED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE OUR YEARS OF SERVICE FOR TONIGHT.
KATIE BEVERLY, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES LIBRARIAN WITH THE LIBRARY.
ASHLEY ROSEMOND, NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION INSPECTOR.
TWO WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WILLIAM HIBBS, PATROL OFFICER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SAMUEL ETTE, POLICE OFFICER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
GRACE WRIGHT, WASTEWATER OPERATOR.
THREE WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.
CHERYL MCCLARTY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATOR WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DAVID ZINSKY, LIEUTENANT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CHRISTOPHER HARRIS, HEAVY EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST.
TWO WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.
JC SULY, SENIOR MARSHALL WITH MUNICIPAL COURT.
JENNIFER ARMISTEAD TELECOMMUNICATOR WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BRIAN GRIFFIN, SERGEANT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
JOHN SHEFFIELD, LIEUTENANT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE WANT TO ITEM, UH, WE HAVE ITEMS THREE.
UH, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, PULL THESE.
THESE ARE BEING PULLED BY STAFF, I GUESS.
SO WE WILL, I GUESS TAKE A, MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, TABLE THESE ITEMS. SUSPEND UNTIL WHEN? NEXT MEETING.
WHAT, HOW LONG? SOMEBODY DO, HOW LONG DO WE WANNA SUSPEND THREE A, B, AND Z? THEY CAN BE READY AT THE NEXT MEETING IF YOU WANNA DO IT.
I KNOW WE WERE TRYING TO KEEP THAT ONE LIGHT.
NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS FROM TODAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADVOCATE A SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, UH, ALL THOSE.
FOR SUSPENSION OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing an Interlocal Agreement with Harris County for West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Widening Project Segment A. ]
[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing an Interlocal Agreement with Harris County for West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Widening Project Segment B. ]
[c. Consider an ordinance authorizing an Interlocal Agreement with Harris County for West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Widening Project Segment C. ]
MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR A.UM, WE HAVE SOME INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH HARRIS COUNTY.
UM, MR. SEMINO, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK ON ALL FOUR? I'M ASSUMING, UH, WELL, MAYOR, UH, IF IT'S OKAY, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT A, B AND C.
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ITEMS ARE, UH, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH HARRIS COUNTY FOR, UH, FINAL DESIGN RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF WEST CEDAR BY LYNCHBURG.UH, THE OVERALL PROJECT IS FROM, UH, GARTH TO WADE ROAD.
HOWEVER, THESE AGREEMENTS COVER, UH, PHASE ONE, WHICH IS FROM GARTH ROAD TO JUST PAST, UH, JOHN MARTIN.
AS YOU SEE ON THE, UH, MAP HERE, UM, THE COUNTY IS LEADING THE PROJECT AND, UM, SO THEY'VE BROKEN PHASE ONE INTO THREE SEGMENTS.
AND, UH, SO EACH SEGMENT HAS A DIFFERENT ENGINEERING FIRM.
AND SO WE HAVE A DIFFERENT AGREEMENT FOR EACH SEGMENT.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE, THE SEGMENTS LISTED HERE.
UH, SEGMENT A IS IN THE CENTER, B IS ON THE, UH, WEST SIDE, AND C IS THE ONE CLOSEST TO, UH, GARTH ROPE.
UH, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON THE PRO ON THE PROJECT.
UH, THE PROJECT WILL BE, UH, WILL RECONSTRUCT AND WIDEN PAVEMENT AND ADD PEDESTRIAN CYCL ACCESSIBILITY.
UH, GO TO THE, UH, THE FIRST FIGURE HERE SHOWS, UH, THE CROSS SECTION FOR THE ROADWAY BETWEEN GARTH AND SAN JACINTO.
IT FEATURES TWO TRAVEL LANES IN EACH DIRECTION AND A MEDIAN.
UH, IT ALSO HAS A 10 FOOT TRAIL, UH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND, UH, THAT WILL CONNECT TO THE CITY'S TRAIL SYSTEM.
NOW THAT NEXT FIGURE HERE SHOWS, UH, THE CROSS SECTION FOR THE, THE, UM, ROADWAY WEST OF SAN JACINTO.
AND THAT WILL HAVE TWO TRAVEL LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, AND A CENTER TURN LANE AND A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK.
UH, THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT WILL BE SPLIT 50 50 BETWEEN CITY AND HARRIS COUNTY, WITH EACH PARTY CONTRIBUTING, UH, 3 MILLION 4, 460 $3,986 AND 29 CENTS ON SEGMENT A, UH, $303,333,824 AND 90 CENTS ON SEGMENT B AND $4,091,906 AND 84 CENTS ON SEGMENT C FOR A TOTAL OF $10,889,718 AND 3 CENTS.
UH, THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE AFTER THE ROADWAY IS COMPLETED.
UH, THESE AGREEMENTS WILL GO TO HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT IF THEY'RE PASSED TONIGHT, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
UH, ANY, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THESE THREE ITEMS? YOU GOT A QUESTION THERE? YES, SIR.
FRANK, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE OVERALL PICTURE? WHERE ON THIS OVERALL PICTURE DOES THE SIDEWALK DROP FROM 10 FOOT TO FIVE FOOT? IT'S WEST OF SAN JACINTO, WEST OF SAN JACINTO.
SO BETWEEN SAN JACINTO AND GARTH, IT WOULD BE THE, THE 10 FOOT TRAIL, AND THAT'S WHERE THE, THE CENTER MEDIAN WILL BE AND, AND THE TRAIL.
SO THAT'S, I GUESS SEGMENT C UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT EXACTLY IT, IT WOULD BE, UH, EXPOSED.
SAN JACINTO IS, I'LL F*****G DRAW ON THIS.
SO, UH, THIS PART OF SEGMENT B WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING WEST OF SAN JACINTO HAS THE FIVE FOOT, THE CENTER TURN LANE AND THE SIDEWALK.
SO THE SECTION SEGMENT, C AND A THEN WOULD BASICALLY HAVE THE 10 FOOT YES, SIR.
SO IT'S GONNA HAVE CONNECTIVITY TO GINGER CREEK, THE SIDEWALK, NOT QUITE, UM, GINGER CREEK.
GINGER CREEK IS JUST TO THE WEST OF SEGMENT B DOWN AT THE LEFT CORNER WHERE YOU SEE PECAN GROVE DRIVE TO THE WEST OF SEGMENT B.
UM, WELL, THAT WOULD BE IN PHASE TWO.
AND SO ONCE WE, ONCE THEY GET READY FOR PHASE TWO, THEY WOULD CONNECT THERE.
AND MAYOR AGAIN, I'M, I'M SORRY, THAT'S KIND OF MY QUESTION'S.
LIKE WHY WOULDN'T WE WANT TO HAVE THE 10 FOOT SIDEWALK OFF? THAT'S ONE OF OUR SUBDIVISIONS.
WELL, I, I CAN, UH, REQUEST THAT FROM THE COUNTY.
UM, IT WAS DUE TO RIGHT OF WAY, UH, RESTRICTIONS.
BUT I CAN SEE IF THEY CAN, UH, TRY TO FIT THAT WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THE RIGHT OF WAY IS IS PRETTY TIGHT THERE, OBVIOUSLY FROM, FROM HERE TO, OR AT LEAST FROM GARTH TO WADE, UM, LARGE SEGMENT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING MANY YEARS WITH THE COUNTY, UH, ON THIS.
I THINK I WAS A COUNCILMAN AT THE TIME WHEN WE JUST, WHEN WE BEGAN THIS.
AND, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, IF I MAY SPEAK ON THIS.
UH, I KNOW NICK WORLEY WORKED CLOSE WITH, WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER'S
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OFFICE ON AT THE TIME.AND, AND, UH, IT SORELY NEEDED THIS ENTIRE CORRIDOR, THIS EAST, WEST, UH, TO GET FOLKS, UM, FROM GARTH ROAD TO SPUR THREE 30.
I I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND A GREAT SEPARATION AT THE RAILWAY CROSSING.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, BUT VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO GO AND, AND AT LEAST PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF ROADWAY EXPANSION AND WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, UM, TO GET THERE, YOU KNOW, DOING THE 50 50 MATCH.
UH, SO I DO APPRECIATE STAFF'S, UM, DILIGENCE ON THIS HAS BEEN PRETTY DIFFICULT.
AND WE WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION AS WELL.
WHEN ARE WE LOOKING AT THE START OF THIS START AND FINISH APPROXIMATE? UM, SO THIS IS AGAIN, A, A HARRIS COUNTY LED PROJECT.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE A, UM, KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE DESIGN NEXT WEEK.
UH, HOWEVER, I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME RIGHT OF WAY, UM, TO BE ACQUIRED ON THIS.
AND I THINK THE RIGHT OF WAY WILL PROBABLY DRIVE THE, THE, UH, SCHEDULE.
UM, I MEAN, JUST PERSONALLY I'M ESTIMATING ABOUT 18 MONTHS FOR THAT EFFORT.
AND, AND, AND THE DESIGN SHOULD BE FINISHED WITHIN THAT PERIOD AS WELL.
AND THEN THEY CAN START CONSTRUCTION.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON, ON THIS ROADWAY? IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UM, I'M ASSUMING COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JOHNSON ON ITEMS FOUR A, B, AND C.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEMS AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[d. Consider a resolution authorizing the advance funding of expenditures relating to the West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road Widening Projects.]
HAVE ITEM FOUR D, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ADVANCED FUNDING EXPENDITURES RELATING TO THE WEST CEDAR BODY LYNCHBURG ROAD WINDING PROJECT.AS, UH, FRANK HAS OUTLINED THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT, I'M GONNA SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE FUNDING THEREOF.
UH, THIS IS WITHIN THE, UH, BOUNDARIES OF THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE AND THEREFORE WILL BE FINANCED FROM THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE TURS.
UH, THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU, UH, WILL ALLOW US THE CITY TO RECOVER THE COST THAT FRANK HAS OUTLINED, UH, FROM BONDS WILL BE ISSUED AT A LATER DATE BY THE TERMS. ALRIGHT, SO TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR D, MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING ITEM FOUR D.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE SAY NO.
[a. Consider an ordinance awarding a construction contract to Lucas Construction Company, Inc., for the Neighborhood Street Reconstruction of Fairway Dr. and Savell Dr. Project.]
ITEM CARRIES.WE HAVE ITEM FIVE A CONCERN, AN ORDINANCE AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO LUCAS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET RECONSTRUCTION OF FAIRWAY DRIVE AND VALE DRIVE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL, UH, WANNA BRING THIS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO YOU ALL.
IT'S PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND EVERY YEAR FUNDS ARE COMMITTED TO THAT.
AND THIS IS BRINGING TWO PROJECTS OR TWO STREETS TO YOU TOGETHER WITH ONE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
SO THIS REPRESENTS NEW DRAINAGE, NEW PAVEMENT, SIDEWALK, CURB, AND GUTTER.
AND, UM, THIS IS GOING TO GREATLY IMPROVE THE DRIVE SURFACE OF THE STREET.
IT'S, UH, GONNA REPLACE SOME EXHAUSTED PAVEMENT OUT THERE.
SO THIS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, UM, THE, THE BID, UM, IS WE HAD EIGHT BIDS AND THE AWARD IS GONNA GO TO LUCAS CONSTRUCTION AND THE AMOUNT IS $5,230,523.
AND WE DID SOME RESEARCH, 'CAUSE THIS IS A NEW CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO THE CITY.
WE DID GO TO THEIR PAST PROJECTS.
WE TALKED TO THE PAST, UH, OWNERS THAT WOULD BE OTHER CITIES THAT THEY'VE DONE WORK FOR.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DID NOT HAVE A SITUATION THAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, UNAWARE OF THEIR, UM, CAPABILITIES.
WE'VE HAD A MEETING WITH THE, WITH THE FIRM.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEIR LABOR, THE SIZE OF THEIR COMPANY, AND HOW THEY RUN THEIR PROJECTS.
AND WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH RECOMMENDING THIS AWARD.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE THE NAME AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE CONTRACT IS, UH, 15 MONTHS.
I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM DISTRICT FOUR AND A SECOND FROM DISTRICT FIVE ON THESE TWO ON THIS ITEM FOR ITEM FIVE A.
WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND COMMENT.
FRANK, I HOPE THIS WAS BETTER THAN ONE OF THE OTHER CONTRACTORS WE HAVE WORKING ON LOCAL STREET
ALRIGHT, I, I HAVE A QUESTION.
WITH THE AWARDING THIS CONTRACT, I'M ASSUMING THIS GETS APPROVED TONIGHT.
HOW, WHAT, WHEN WILL THEY BE ABLE TO START? SO WE HAVE A NOTICE TO PROCEED WITH THEM WITHIN LIKE TWO WEEKS.
AND SO WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED TO THEM.
THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN GATHERING ALL OF THEIR SUBMITTALS AND SO WE'RE FAIRLY READY TO GET GOING ON THE PROJECT.
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SO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM FIVE A PLEASE SAY AYE.
UH, I WILL MAKE A COMMENT ON BOTH THESE STREETS.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN NEEDED, SORELY NEEDED, AND A VE IS A VERY LONG AND WIDE ROAD.
AND SO, UM, IT IS, THERE IS A LOT OF CONCRETE THERE.
UM, BUT IT'S A LOT OF FRACTURED CONCRETE AND SO IT, IT'S CERTAINLY OVERDUE.
UH, I WOULD TELL, I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, THE CONTRACTOR, UH, AND STAFF THAT WE COMMUNICATE HEAVILY WITH ALL RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF WHAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE WHEN WE DO RESIDENTIAL ROADS.
IT IS INCONVENIENT WHEN WE DO ANY ROADS, IS INCONVENIENT.
BUT CERTAINLY PLEASE COMMUNICATE TO THEM, UH, EXPECTATIONS.
UH, SO THEY CAN HELP MAYBE MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR TRASH IN THE MAIL AND, AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN WE DO RESIDENTIAL ROADWAY.
[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with Freese and Nichols, Inc. to perform project management, construction management, and inspection services for the Neighborhood Street Reconstruction of Fairway Dr. and Savell Dr. Project.]
WE HAVE ITEM FIVE B CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH FRIES AND NICHOLS, INC.TO PERFORM PROJECT MANAGEMENT, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET RECONSTRUCTION OF FAIRWAY DRIVE AND SEVILLE DRIVE.
THIS IS A PARTNER CONTRACT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH FRIESA NICHOLS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TODAY.
THIS IS FOR STAFF AUGMENTATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION.
SO THIS IS TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THIS IS EXACTLY TO SPEAK TO YOUR POINT EARLIER.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
WE RESOLVE ISSUES QUICKLY, WE KEEP THEM MOVING VERY, UH, EXPEDITIOUSLY.
AND, UH, THE CONTRACT TERM HERE IS 17 MONTHS AND THAT'S TO INCLUDE THE WARRANTY.
SO SOMETIMES THINGS, UH, AREN'T COMPLETELY RESOLVED OR WE NEED THAT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME DURING THAT ONE YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD.
AND THAT'S, UM, TO INCLUDE THAT.
AND, UH, THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM FREE CYNICALS, UH, THIS EVENING, AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH US ON, UH, SOME OF OUR PROJECTS.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, PROVIDE THAT.
UH, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A STAFF SHORTAGE AT THE MOMENT, BUT THIS ALLOWS US TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD AND MANAGE THE PROJECT AS IT SHOULD BE TO THAT HIGH QUALITY.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS $439,640.
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE B, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE B, SECOND MOTION SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
UM, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THIS, UH, TO START THESE PROJECTS? THEY'RE READY TO GO WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
SO WE, AS WE HAVE ALL THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE HERE, THEY'RE GONNA BE HOPEFULLY EXECUTED AND THEN WE WILL BE SCHEDULING OUR MEETING.
AND, UH, TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO IS A LOT OF FRONT END WORK AND SO THAT WE CAN START RIGHT, UH, RIGHT AFTER AWARD.
AND Y'ALL, THEY'RE GONNA HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY? YES.
AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THAT REALLY NICE BIG BLUE SIGN EXPLAINING TO EVERYBODY WHAT IS GOING ON.
AND YES, ACTUALLY BOTH OF THESE, UH, THIS STREET AND THIS PROJECT IN GENERAL IS ON BAYTOWN ENGAGE.
UH, WE ALREADY HAVE OUR POSTCARDS READY TO GO FOR EVERYBODY IN SEVILLE.
THIS IS NOT JUST IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT.
AND WE HAVE OUR, KINDA OUR NOTIFICATION LETTERS FOR ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON.
WE HADN'T MAILED THEM OUT YET, BUT, UH, NOTIFICATION AND THE HASHTAG BETTER BAYTOWN SIGN AND THE PROJECT LIMIT SIGN.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE B UNLESS THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[c. Consider an ordinance approving Change Order No. 7 for the Animal Services and Adoption Shelter Project. ]
NEXT FIVE C, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPROVED AND CHANGE ORDER NUMBER SEVEN FOR THE ANIMAL SERVICES AND ADOPTION SHELTER PROJECT.SO ABOUT 13 MONTHS AGO, I WAS HERE WITH A LITTLE UPDATE AFTER CONSTRUCTION STARTED.
UH, THIS PROJECT IS ON THE CUSP OF CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION AND WE'RE EXCITED, BUT WE HAVE ONE LAST ITEM TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET ALL THE, UH, MAJOR ITEMS BUTTONED UP.
SO THIS IS A SEVEN POINT CHANGE ORDER.
I'LL TRY TO MOVE THROUGH IT QUICKLY.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 47,000, $70 AND 78 CENTS.
AND IT COVERS, UH, SEVEN ITEMS RANGING FROM FIRE MONITORING AND THE CELLULAR, UH, SYSTEM THERE.
REVISING SIDEWALK FOR ACCESSIBILITY.
ADDITIONAL TRIM ON THE EXTERIOR TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A WEATHERPROOF SEAL AT THE FRONT.
THE ENTRY LOBBY HAD A CEILING THAT WAS JUST INSULATION, UM, KIND OF A VINYL BACKED INSULATION.
WE'VE NOW TURNED THAT INTO A DRYWALL CEILING FOR A CLEANER LOOK.
THERE HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT HAVE HIRED, BEEN HIRED, AND SO WE HAD TO TURN ONE OF THE OFFICES INTO A PLACE THAT TWO PEOPLE COULD WORK AND ADD A LITTLE BIT OF MILLWORK FOR THAT.
AND THIS IS AN ADJUSTMENT FOR THAT.
ALSO FOR THE FIRE PRINT, UH, SPRINKLING SYSTEM, THERE WAS A POWER BREAKER THAT WAS NEEDED AND ALSO AN ELECTRICAL ALLOWANCE.
THIS IS SO THAT WE CAN FINALIZE THE REMOTE SENSOR FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL TRUCKS TO, UH, DRIVE INTO THE GATE AND HAVE THAT REMOTE ACCESS.
SO IN TOTAL, THOSE ARE THE SEVEN THINGS THAT, THAT WE ARE BUTTONING UP, BUT WE ARE BRINGING THE PROJECT TO A SWIFT CONCLUSION BY MID NEXT MONTH.
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RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.ALRIGHT, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE C.
MOTION HERE FOR SECOND MOTION.
SECOND, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FIVE C IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Consider a resolution granting consent to the inclusion of 378.34 acres into Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 213-A.]
UH, WE HAVE ITEM SIX A, SO I'D LIKE TO DO THAT ONE NOW.UM, I MAY MOVE SOME OTHER ITEMS AROUND, UM, IF NEEDED, BUT ITEM SIX A IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION GRANTING CONSENT TO THE INCLUSION OF 378.34 ACRES INTO THE HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER, UH, 213 A, UH, HAS MR. FANNING AS A CONTACT, UH, YES.
THIS ITEM HAS A RED LINE VERSION IN FRONT OF Y'ALL AS WELL.
THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM A PREVIOUS ORDINANCE AND A FORMATTING ISSUE THAT ARE BOTH CORRECTED.
AND THE RED LANGUAGE IS THE, OR THE, IT'S STRUCK OUT IN RED, IN THE BLUE IS THE ADDITION.
AND THIS IS ANYTIME AN, UH, A MUD WANTS TO ANNEX TERRITORY AND OUR ETJ, THEY REQUIRE OUR PERMISSION.
AND AS I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT, Y'ALL KNOW THAT, UH, AS THEY SAID, THIS DOESN'T HAVE STAFF SUPPORT.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, WE DID, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, DISCUSS THIS ITEM IN OUR WORK SESSION TO HEAR SOME PRESENTATION FROM THE DEVELOPER, UH, FRIENDS WITH DEVELOPMENT.
UH, I THINK THEY PRESENTED, UH, VARIOUS ASPECTS OF AMENITIES THAT THEY LOOKING TO BRING.
MY, MY QUESTION WOULD BE DO WE HAVE THAT THE, THE AMENITIES AND ANY CHANGES THAT THEY PRESENTED AND WE JUST DISCUSSED, HAS THAT, HAS THAT IN A DOCUMENT, HAS THAT BEEN DOCUMENTED? NOT THE ONE ABOUT BONDS AFTER A CERTAIN POINT.
THEY DID PRESENT ALONG WITH THEIR PETITION.
IT'S NOT ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT TO AMEND OUR EXISTING, UM, STRATEGIC PARTNERS S SPA AGREEMENT, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP, OUR THING THAT SAYS WE, WE CAN ANNEX THEM AT THE END OF 30, 40 YEARS, UM, TO INCLUDE THIS TERRITORY.
AND THERE'S A FEW OTHER THINGS, BUT I, I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU WHAT THEY MEAN.
SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM BRIEFLY, KIND OF A SUMMARY OF, OF WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING IN A SENSE, IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN THIS KIND OF THIS EXPANSION, UH, WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY CURRENTLY BUILDING.
AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY GENERAL QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL, THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE, WE CAN ASK THEM.
AND THEN I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UM, WE GET THAT DOCUMENTED AND THEN, AND THEN COUNCIL REVIEW THAT.
AND THEN, UH, PROBABLY ON THE, UH, 26TH OF MAY, WE WILL GO AND, AND CONSIDER THAT FOR, UH, FOR A VOTE.
IS THAT FAIR? THAT'D BE, YEAH.
SO YES, SIR, IF YOU MAY, IF YOU WANNA COMMENT, UH, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP.
CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT AND, AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU DID PROPOSE TO, UH, YES, SIR.
TO MITIGATE SOME CONCERNS IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND, AND COUNCIL.
MICHAEL JOHNSON, REPRESENTATIVE OF FRIENDSWOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, UH, HERE IN SUPPORT OF, UH, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONSENT FOR ANNEXATION OF THE 378 ACRES INTO HARRIS COUNTY MUD TWO 13 A, AN EXISTING MUD, WHICH WE CURRENTLY, UH, HAVE OUR BAYTOWN CROSSINGS, UH, PROJECT, UH, CONSISTING OF 520 ACRES.
UM, WE ARE UNDERWAY, UH, WITH TWO OF THE FOUR PLANNED NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, ON THE GROUND.
UM, YOU KNOW, EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING THE VISION THAT WE, UH, AGREED TO CREATE FOUR YEARS AGO WITH THE CREATION OF THIS ETG MUD.
UM, WE HAVE MET, UH, MULTIPLE TIMES WITH STAFF AND, AND INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TO HEAR CONCERNS PROPOSED SOLUTIONS.
A LOT OF THOSE SOLUTIONS WERE EMBEDDED IN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, AND UTILITY SERVICES AGREEMENT.
BUT THERE WERE SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED TONIGHT IN WORKSHOP WITH REGARDS TO, UM, UH, ESTABLISHING A DEADLINE FOR NEW BOND SALES, UM, AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2035, UM, THROUGH THE MUD WITHOUT CITY CONSENT THAT WE WOULD, UH, ENTERTAIN AND, YOU KNOW, INPUTTING INTO THAT, UH, SPA AMENDMENT AS WELL AS CONSIDERATION FOR, UH, INTRODUCING, UH, A PERCENT MIX OF A, A LARGER HOME SITE AS WELL AS, AS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO OFFER A VARIETY OF HOMICIDE WIDTHS.
BUT, UM, A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF, OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, ADJUSTING THE PLAN FOR THAT EXPANSION TRACK TO ACCOMMODATE.
I BELIEVE WE'VE, WE'VE TOUCHED ON THROUGH WORKSHOPS IN, IN THE COUNCIL MEETING IN DECEMBER, OTHER ITEMS, AND I BELIEVE ALL THOSE HAVE ADDRESSED.
SO WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER, UH, CONCERNS, UM, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DISCUSS OVER THE NEXT, UM, 30 DAYS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.
AS YOU KNOW, WE MADE, UH, A QUESTION OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARDS AND ENSURING THAT, UM, THERE WAS SOMEONE LOCAL THAT ACTUALLY LIVES IN
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THE MUD THAT'S ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.AND, YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY CHANGED OUR, UM, OUR CYCLES, YOU KNOW, FROM, YOU KNOW, WE ENDED UP DOING TERM LIMITS.
WE, WE DID THREE YEARS INSTEAD OF TWO YEARS.
WE OBVIOUSLY EXTENDED OUR, OUR TERM LIMITS, BUT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE? OR, OR IS IT PREVE UH, PREVENTATIVE TO CHANGE THE BOARD MAKEUP AND THE RULES, UH, FROM YOUR MUD? UH, OBVIOUSLY IN, IN MY MIND, I'M THINKING, OKAY, WELL, NOBODY FROM THE COMMITTEE IS WILLING TO SERVE ON THE BOARD, BUT AS OFTEN I'VE, I'VE HEARD, WELL, THAT PART PARTICULAR COUNCIL PERSON OR OR BOARD MEMBER HAS SERVED ON THERE FOR 20 YEARS, NOBODY'S GONNA GO AGAINST THEM.
WELL, WHAT IF WE HAVE TERM LIMITS? YOU KNOW? AND SO, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE RATIONALES THAT WAS GIVEN TO US IN HAVING TERM LIMITS IS THAT IT WOULD FOSTER INDIVIDUALS TO, TO GO AND RUN.
SO IS THAT A POSSIBILITY WHERE YOU WOULD, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THE MAKEUP OF YOUR BOARD GUIDELINES? I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR ATTORNEY, UH, TIM GREEN WITH COATS ROSE FOR HIM TO ADDRESS THE LEGALITIES OF THAT.
AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME'S TIM GREEN, AND I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH THE COATS ROSE LAW FIRM, AND I'VE BEEN PRACTICING, UH, WATER DISTRICT LAW FOR 42 YEARS.
UM, BEEN INVOLVED WITH HUNDREDS OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
THERE IS NO PROVISION UNDER STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS THE DISTRICTS TO HAVE ANY KIND OF TERM LIMITS.
THE DIRECTORS HAVE FOUR YEAR TERMS, AND THEY'RE UP, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, THEY'RE STAGGERED SO THAT EVERY TWO YEARS, HALF THE BOARD IS UP, BUT THERE'S NO, UH, THEY HAVE NO ABILITY TO IMPOSE BY LAW OR BY RULE TERM LIMITS.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE THE DIRECTORS WHO COULD VOLUNTEER TO GET OFF, BUT, UH, THERE, THERE'S NO WAY TO FORCE THAT TO HAPPEN.
I MEAN, WE WEREN'T FORCED EITHER, RIGHT? IT WAS OUR OPTION.
SO I, I WOULD THINK THAT IN ORDER TO FOSTER ADDITIONAL, UH, PARTNERSHIPS TO AN INSURER THAT THERE ARE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES, THEN I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO CONSIDER THAT.
AND WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE, AND AGAIN, I'VE, I I, I'VE INTERFACED AND WORKED WITH HUN LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF MUDS ACROSS THE STATE, GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE FIVE DIRECTORS WHO ARE ON NOW WHO CAN'T BE INVOLVED WITH THE DEVELOPER, CAN'T HAVE ANY FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE DISTRICT, AND THEY'RE KIND OF CARETAKERS UNTIL THE RESIDENTS DECIDE TO COME ON.
AS SOON AS THE RESIDENTS DECIDE TO HAVE AN INTEREST AND WANT TO COME ON, THEN THOSE PEOPLE ARE USUALLY VERY QUICK TO VOLUNTEER TO, TO TRANSITION OFF.
THE ONLY COMMENT I'LL MAKE ON THAT WAS IN, IN THE WORKSHOP DISCUSSION, UM, I WAS HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THE PROCESS IS THERE FOR A HOMEOWNER IN, IN THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF TO BE ABLE TO RUN AND, AND, UH, GET ELECTED TO THE, TO THE BOARD ITSELF, THE MUD BOARD ITSELF.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S NOT A LAW THAT REQUIRES THEM TO HAVE TERM ELEMENTS.
IS THERE A LAW THAT DENIES THEM HAVING TERM LIMITS? THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, THE, THE DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS, JUST LIKE THESE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE, JUST LIKE THE GOVERNOR.
THERE IS NO, THERE'S NO LAW THAT FORCES THEM OFF.
AND THERE'S NO LAW THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO VOTE TO HAVE TERM LIMITS TO FORCE SOMEBODY OFF.
SO THERE'S NO WAY TO FORCE SOMEBODY OFF IF THEY DON'T WANT TO GET OFF, EXCEPT HAVE SOMEBODY RUN AGAINST THEM AND GET ELECTED.
AND WHAT I CAN, AGAIN, I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCE, IS IF YOU HAVE A NON-RESIDENT DIRECTOR, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S A RESIDENT WHO WANTS TO GET ELECTED, THEN ALL HE'S GOTTA DO IS RUN.
AND HE'S JUST GOTTA GO VOTE FOR HIMSELF AND HE'S GONNA WIN.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LAW THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T FORCE HIM OFF, BUT THERE'S A LAW.
IS THERE A LAW OUT THERE THAT PROHIBITS THEM AS A BOARD OF VOTING TO HAVE TERM LIMITS? I MEAN, IF THEY ALL VOTE, SAID, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA SET A TERM LIMIT OF 10 YEARS, AND THAT IS NOT EFFECTIVE, AND IT CANNOT BE FORCED UPON THAT ELECTED OFFICIAL, THE ANSWER IS NO.
SO THERE IS A LAW THAT SAYS YOU, YOU CAN'T ESTABLISH FOR TERM LIMITS FOR MUD DISTRICT.
THERE'S NO, THAT'S MY QUESTION.
THERE'S, THERE'S NO LAW THAT SAYS YOU CAN IMPOSE TERM LIMITS.
THERE'S NO LAW THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T, AND IF THE LAW IS YOU, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
BUT THE LAW IS IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU, YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS AS A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE GIVES YOU THAT AUTHORITY OR IT'S IN YOUR CHARTER, YOU CAN'T DO IT.
SO THERE'S NO ABILITY TO FORCE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR A MUD
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OFF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.WE, WE WENT THROUGH THIS BEFORE ON TERM LIMITS.
I DON'T THINK WE, THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE, YOU PROBABLY UNDERSTAND THE WR ON THIS DISCUSSION, BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT, COUNCILWOMAN.
I THINK WHAT WE REALLY DO NEED TO, TO FOCUS IN ON WHEN IT COMES TO THAT IS THE ABILITY FOR HOMEOWNERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO SERVE HOWEVER LONG ON THE BOARD.
I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S A FOCUS.
SO, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER TONIGHT? UH, IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I I HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
UM, I KNOW YOU'VE OFFERED THE NO NEW, UM, DEBT PAST, WHAT, 2035 WITHOUT COUNSEL CONSENT? UM, BUT, UH, WHAT, I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU FORESEE HAPPENING BETWEEN NOW AND 2035? WHY, WHY DO YOU, YOU KNOW, WHY DO YOU PICK THAT DATE? UH, TO ALLOW US TO, TO COMPLETE THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT PHASE, THE, THE INITIAL INVESTMENT OF THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOR, FOR SUSPENSION OF ITEM SIX A.
UH, AND TO, FOR NOW TO THE, UH, MAY 26TH AGENDA.
MOTION TO SUSPEND ITEM SIX A TO MAY 26TH.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FOR SUSPENSION OF SIX A, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[b. Consider a resolution to establish a City of Baytown Naming Policy for City Parks, Roadways, Trails, and Facilities. ]
MOVE TO ITEM SIX B.CONSIDER RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN NAMING POLICY FOR CITY PARKS, ROADWAYS, TRAILS, AND FACILITIES.
WELL, THANKS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY WRITE, UH, SOME OF THESE THINGS, BUT I, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND IT, IT STEMMED FROM SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT COUNCILWOMAN BENTON COURT AND I HAVE HAD, UM, UH, SOME MONTHS AGO.
UH, THE INTENTION IS TO BRING SOME RATIONALE, SOME DELIBERATION, AND SOME IN INTENTION TO, UH, HOW WE NAME CAPITAL ASSETS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, IT IS, UH, THE POLICY THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, IT FAR FROM BEING A CEMENTITIOUS, UH, TYPE OF POLICY, IT IS MORE DEFENSIVE, UH, IF ANYTHING IN THAT, UH, IT RESERVES THE LATITUDE OF THE COUNCIL TO ACT AS A BODY TO NAME CITY ASSETS OF YOU.
SO DESIRE, UH, REGARDLESS OF THE, THE GUIDELINES AND CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN THIS POLICY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT MOST OF THE TIME, UH, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS YOU'LL BE APPROACHED BY A THIRD PARTY WITH THE PROPOSAL TO NAME SOMETHING.
AND, UH, THEREFORE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS AS A TEMPLATE.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE, WE UTILIZE IN THE CONSIDERATION OF MUDS AND PITS.
YOU CAN AUTHORIZE A MUD OR A P, BUT WE HAVE CERTAIN STANDARDS, A, A LITMUS TEST OR A YARD YARDSTICK THAT YOU CAN HOLD AGAINST SOMETHING AND SAY, YEAH, THAT, THAT FITS THE INTENTION OF THIS BODY.
SO THAT, THAT WAS HOW WE CRAFTED THIS.
SO THERE IS, UM, UH, LATITUDE FOR YOU, AND YOU'RE NOT, UH, YOU'RE NOT, UH, BOXED IN OR PAINTED INTO A CORNER WITH THIS.
HOWEVER, UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHAT THE COUNCIL, UH, ASKED FOR, AND WHAT I TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE IN THIS DRAFT IS THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR SOMEBODY TO QUALIFY TO HAVE AN ASSET NAMED AFTER THEM.
AND SO WE TOOK OUT A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE THAT THAT MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR SOMEBODY TO QUALIFY.
SOMEBODY REALLY, UH, NEEDS TO BE A DECEASED PERSON, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED OVER AN EXTENSIVE PERIOD OF TIME, UH, TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, ONE ADDITION, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT, THAT WE DID MAKE IS THAT IF SOMEBODY FULLY FUNDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CITY ASSET THAT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN FUNDED BY THE CITY, IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVEN'T ALREADY FOUND FUNDING FOR THAT, THEN, UH, LIVING OR DECEASED, YOU, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, AND NAME IT AFTER THAT INDIVIDUAL.
I'M HERE JUST TO CAPTURE ANY AND ALL FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE.
I KNOW I'VE, I'VE MAILED THIS OUT TO YOU A FEW TIMES, AND, UH, UH, EAGER TO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED US TO DO TO MAKE THIS AN ACCEPTABLE POLICY FOR YOU.
UM, I GUESS WITH THIS, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I GUESS MY INTENT BEHIND BRINGING THIS FORWARD PERSONALLY, UM, I PREFER NOT TO NAME CITY ASSETS AFTER PEOPLE UNLESS UNDER A VERY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE.
BUT I CAN SEE THE RATIONALE WHY SOME WOULD WANT TO.
UM, THE, THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS SOMETIMES I THINK,
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UH, SOMEONE'S CONTRIBUTION BEING GREAT TO THE COMMUNITY IS VERY SUBJECTIVE.AND SO, UH, I'M NOT GONNA, UH, AGREE WITH WHAT THE CITY MANAGER SAID IN THAT THIS POLICY IS MEANT TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT.
AND MY INTENT IS THAT IT, THERE'S JUST A MORE THOROUGH VETTING PROCESS FOR WHEN SOMETHING AS SUBJECTIVE AS SOMEONE'S, UH, GREAT COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION COMES BEFORE US.
THERE'S JUST A LITTLE MORE THOROUGH GUIDANCE FOR THOSE THAT CONSIDER IT BEFORE WE DO, AND THEN ALSO FOR WHEN IT COMES BEFORE US.
SO THAT'S, THAT WAS MY INTENT FOR IT.
UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS IS SIMPLY JUST A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, COUNSEL'S WILL, UH, IS WHAT IT IS.
AND THIS IS NOT BY ANY MEANS A LAW THAT IS BEING PASSED.
IT'S JUST SIMPLY A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT TO HELP WITH A VETTING PROCESS.
SHOULD ANYONE REQUEST THAT A ASSET TAX FUNDED ASSET BE NAMED AFTER A PERSON.
I HAVE JUST A QUESTION ON THE, THE NAMING OF AN ASSET AFTER A PERSON SAYS A LIVING OR DECEASED PERSON WHO FULLY PAYS FOR A CITY ASSET AS, AS THE CITY MANAGER DESCRIBED IT, AS LONG AS IT WASN'T ALREADY FUNDED.
IF, IF WE'VE GOT A PROJECT THAT WE'RE BUILDING AND WE'VE, WE'VE NO, WE'VE FIGURED OUT THE FUNDING AND SOMEBODY COMES AND SAYS, OH, IT'S ONLY X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, I'LL WRITE YOU A CHECK.
WHY SHOULDN'T NOT? THAT WE WOULD NAME IT AFTER THE, WHY SHOULDN'T THAT BE A CONSIDERATION? MY THOUGHT BEHIND THAT WAS, IF THEY HAVE THAT MONEY, THEN THERE'S OTHER PROJECTS THAT AREN'T FUNDED THAT COULD PROBABLY USE IT.
SO WHY, WHY USE IT FOR SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY FOUND FUNDING FOR AND APPROVED? THERE ARE PLENTY OF UNFUNDED PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE.
LET'S EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS AND SEE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO ATTACH THEIR NAME OF THAT INSTEAD.
YEAH, I CAN SEE THAT SIDE, BUT WE COULD DIVERT THE FUNDING TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE SO WANTED TO DO.
BUT I THINK IF SOME, IF THAT, IF THAT DID HAPPEN, NOT THAT I THINK THERE'S A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
BUT IF IT DID HAPPEN, WHICH I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.
AGAIN, IT'S A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT AND A CASE COULD BE MADE.
AND THEN I THINK WE WOULD JUST SAY THAT MAKES SENSE.
I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULDN'T JUST CONSIDER LIVING INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE A MONETARY CONTRIBUTION TO SOMETHING.
THERE ARE WAYS TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO OUR CITY OUTSIDE OF MONEY AND SERVICE TO THE CITY.
AND THAT TIME IS ONE THING THAT I CONSIDER MORE VALUABLE THAN THE MONEY.
'CAUSE YOU CAN EARN THE MONEY BACK, THE TIME BEING SPENT DOING VOLUNTEERING, YOUR TIME FOR THE CITY IS NOT, THERE'S NO WAY TO RECOUP THAT TIME, THAT INVESTMENT OF TIME.
I DON'T WANT US TO HANDCUFF OURSELVES OR FUTURE COUNCILS AND NOT ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO NAME SOMETHING AFTER SOMEONE WHO'S GIVEN A LOT TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR SERVICE.
SO THE LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW, IT SAYS IT'S BASICALLY ONLY THROUGH A MONETARY MM-HMM
I'M ASKING, SO WE'RE, IT HAS, UM, RECOGNIZED AND MEMORIALIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE WHO ARE SIGNIFICANTLY AND POSITIVELY IMPACTED OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE, UM, OBJECTIVES.
SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE MONETIZED AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE DECEASED.
UM, I THINK HE SAID IT SAYS LIVING IN OR DECEASED.
WELL, THE, THE ONE OF COMMUNITY IMPACT THAT'S NOT MONETARY, IT DOES SAY DECEASED.
BUT I THINK COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS SAYING HE WOULD WANT US TO CONSIDER LIVING OR DECEASED MM-HMM
FOR THE COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION.
WELL, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS YOU SAID, IS GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR COUNCIL.
AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE, I MEAN, 'CAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT, THERE COULD BE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF, OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA BE DIFFICULT TO, THAT GO AND, AND HAVE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL POLICY, BUT IT PROVIDES GUIDANCE.
I THINK THIS IS AN IMPROVED, UM, POLICY FOR SURE.
I THINK, UM, WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, UM, UH, ESPECIALLY AFTER A, A LOSS OF SOMEONE, UM, A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, SO ON PEOPLE THEY WANT TO COME AND ERECT A MEMORIAL.
IT MAY BE ON A ROADWAY OR, OR SO ON.
AND, UH, IT'S NOT THAT THE CITY, UM, UH, IN A SENSE HAS A POSITION ON IT, BUT BEING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, THERE IS TRANSPORTATION CODE THAT ALSO KIND OF PREVENTS THAT.
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SO, UM, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO, TO PROVIDE THOSE TYPE OF, I GUESS, ASPECTS? MY POINT ON THAT IS, AFTER A LOSS OR SIGNIFICANT TYPE OF LOSS, UM, PEOPLE EMOTIONALLY, THEY WANT SOMETHING TO RECOGNIZE THAT.AND, AND WE KNOW, I THINK THERE, THERE'S A PROVISION IN, IN THIS, EVEN AFTER SOMEONE IS DECEASED, THAT WE COULDN'T EVEN CONSIDER IT TILL AFTER A YEAR OF THEIR PASSING.
SO I, I, I, MY MY OPINION ON IT REAL QUICK IS JUST THAT, THAT I, I BELIEVE THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT, IT'S AN IMPROVED GUIDANCE DOCUMENT.
UM, I GUESS MY ONLY RESERVATION A LITTLE BIT LIKE WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN LESTER MENTIONED WAS, UM, THERE IS SOME CASES THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE COULD BE POSSIBILITY FOR FUNDING IN A SENSE, I'LL, I'LL USE THE CHANDLER ARBORETUM AS AN EXAMPLE.
THINGS THAT ARE NOT FUNDED, THE, THE, THE CONCEPTS THERE, BUT THEY'RE SAYING IT'S NOT FUNDED.
BUT MAJORITY OF THE, OF OF THE CASES, IT'S WE'RE GONNA, WE WANNA BUILD A FACILITY AND, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, USUALLY WE'RE GONNA FUND IT.
BUT THAT'S GONNA BE UP TO US TO COMMUNICATE THAT.
AND THAT'S USUALLY PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THAT'S PART OF A MASTER PLAN IF IT'S PARKS OR PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE JUST HAVE TO CONSIDER.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN IMPROVED POLICY.
IS THERE ANY CHANGES THIS POINT? IS THERE ANY CHANGES? YES.
OH, NO, I WAS JUST ASKING BECAUSE IT, IT'S TALKING ABOUT FULLY FUNDED.
UM, AND SO FOR INSTANCE, RUSSELL PARK, YEAH, THEY DONATED THE LAND, BUT WE DON'T HAVE FUNDS TO BUILD A PARK.
UM, AND SO HOW WOULD THAT BE, UM, CONSIDERED? SO, UH, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES ON, RUSSELL PARK IS A, IS A CITY ASSET.
AND SO THIS POLICY ADDRESSES THE NAMING OF OTHER ASSETS IN THE PARK FOR, IF, IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IT COULD BE A PAVILION, BUT THE LAND DEDICATED BY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RUSSELLS IS THE MOST INTEGRAL PART OF THIS, OF THAT PROJECT.
AND THIS POLICY ALSO DOES NOT REMOVE, UH, ANY NAMES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST, UH, OUT THERE.
BUT LIKE FOR FUTURE, SOMEONE ELSE IN, IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD SAY IF SOMEBODY DEDICATES A PIECE OF LAND FOR A PARK AND, AND THE COUNCIL DEEMS IT APPROPRIATE TO NAME THAT PARK AFTER THEM FOR, FOR DEDICATING THAT, I THINK YOU HAVE THE LATITUDE TO DO THAT.
AND IT'S APPROPRIATE BECAUSE OTHER ASSETS, CITY ASSETS, WILL GO ONTO THAT PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE.
SO IT PARKS MORE THAN JUST ONE, ONE THING.
UM, KEEP IN MIND ALSO THOSE KIND OF DELIBERATIONS CAN HAPPEN AND THE COUNCIL CAN ACT ON WHATEVER THEY DEEM APPROPRIATE.
THIS, THIS POLICY ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE THOSE KIND OF CONSIDERATIONS.
THAT'S, AND THAT I'M, I'M ACKNOWLEDGING TO YOU, UH, THAT THAT IS A, THAT'S A TRICKY, THAT'S A TRICKY CALL.
I, I, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT, THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
UM, I THINK IT'S A TOPIC THAT REALLY HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED HERETOFORE, AND I DO THINK IT'S, UH, A GOOD THING THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
BUT I GUESS ONE THING THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE A SLIGHT CONCERN WITH IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S JUST A POLICY AND COUNSEL HAS THE ULTIMATE DISCRETION.
SO, YOU KNOW, UNDER, UNDER THE PROCEDURE FOR NAMING ROADWAYS AND UTILITIES, I GUESS KNOWING THAT COUNSEL HAS THE ULTIMATE DISCRETION, NUMBER TWO POINTS OUT THAT THE APPLICATION SHOULD DEMONSTRATE ADHERENCE.
NUMBER THREE POINTS OUT THAT THE CITY CLERK WILL REVIEW THE PROPOSAL TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH POLICY AND THEN FORWARD COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, AND MY OPINION, I, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, I THINK THIS WAS BEGUN WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT YOU KNOW, I I, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE WATER'S GOTTEN MUDDIED A BIT BY HAVING A POLICY THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
SO, YOU KNOW, I I, I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO STRIKE OUT NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE.
SO THERE'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S AMBIGUOUS TO COUNSEL HAVING ULTIMATE AUTHORITY.
AND, AND I GUESS MY, MY POINT IS, MAYOR, IF I, I WOULD HATE FOR THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO GET INTO A, A DISAGREEMENT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL OR A GROUP THAT WANTS TO PROPOSE A NAME BECAUSE THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT THAT THERE'S NOT ADHERENCE TO THESE GUIDELINES, OR THE APPLICATION IS NOT QUOTE, COMPLETED.
SO, LIKE I SAY, YOU KNOW, TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
I'M JUST NOT, UH, CONVINCED
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I THINK WE'RE 95% OF THE WAY THERE, BUT I'M JUST NOT CONVINCED WE'RE 100% OF THE WAY THERE ON HAVING AN EFFECTIVE POLICY IF THAT'S OUR INTENT.BUT LIKE I SAY, I THINK IT'S A GOOD DISCUSSION AND, AND I, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DISCUSSION WE HAVEN'T HAD TO THIS POINT IN TIME AND, AND IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE ARE HAVING IT.
SO, UM, IF I MAY, YOU SAID TWO AND THREE.
THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, TWO MEANS RIGHT HERE.
UNDER PROCEDURE FOR NAMING ROADWAYS AND FACILITIES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I, THAT WHAT I'M SAYING, THERE WAS TWO OF THEM.
THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING WHEN YOU SAID TWO AND THREE, THERE'S ONE FOR ROADWAYS, ONE FOR PARKS.
WELL, MAYBE THERE'S OTHER AMBIGUITIES.
THOSE ARE JUST TWO THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME.
THE PROCEDURE THAT WE UTILIZED, YOU KNOW, IS THE ONE THAT PREEXISTED FOR THE PARKS NAMING.
THE ONLY THING WE DID IS WE, WE TOOK OUT, UH, THE PARKS BOARD AND PUT IN YEAH.
UH, SO IT'S RECEIVED, IF IT'S A NON PARKS AND REC, UM, FACILITY OR ASSET, IT WOULD GO TO ANGIE AND THEN SHE VERIFIED IT AND GIVE IT TO ME SO THAT WE CAN PUT IT ON AN AGENDA AND GET IT BEFORE YOU.
IF IT'S A PARKS RELATED ASSET, THEN IT FOLLOWS THE SAME PROCEDURE THAT, THAT THE POLICY DICTATES.
RIGHT NOW, WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING POLICY.
IT JUST, IT IS JUST THAT THE PARKS POLICY WASN'T INCLUSIVE OF ROADWAYS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I GUESS MY POINT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU USE THE WORD PROCEDURE, SO IF IT'S JUST A POLICY AND MY OPINION, IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE OR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAND OUT AND SAY, HERE'S OUR POLICY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S JUST A, A, A POLICY AND COUNCIL HAS ULTIMATE DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY, WHY DO WE HAVE A, A, A PROCEDURE EMBEDDED IN IT? SO, LIKE I SAY, IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE AMBI, AMBI AMBIGUOUS TO ME, BUT THAT'S JUST MY ONLY COMMENT.
SO WOULD COUNCILMAN, WOULD YOU STRIKE UNDER PROCEDURE FOR PARKS AND TRAILS TWO AND THREE, AND THEN WHAT? ON ROADWAYS AND FACILITIES? SINCE IT'S TWO DIFFERENT, UH, PROCEDURES.
I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH THE REQUEST FOR ROADWAY OR FACILITY, UH, SHALL BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE CITY MANAGER VIA THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW IT WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE ITS WAY TO COUNCIL FOR MM-HMM
UM, I'M OKAY WITH NUMBER FOUR.
THE CITY MANAGER WILL SCHEDULE A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION THAT THAT'S WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN.
SO LIKE I SAY, UM, SO TWO AND THREE ON BOTH PROCEDURES.
WELL, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT PROCEDURE FOR NAMING PARKS AND TRAILS.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE THAT, THAT COMPLICATES THE ISSUE AND TALKS ABOUT A PROCEDURE AND, UH, WE COULD STRIKE THAT OUT AS WELL.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING OFFHAND JUST, JUST GLANCING THROUGH IT.
WELL, ONCE AGAIN, NUMBER THREE SAYS IF AN APPLICATION IS INCOMPLETE AND OTHERWISE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE CONSIDERATION AND GUIDELINES, JUST IF COUNSEL HAS ULTIMATE AUTHORITY.
YOU KNOW, LET, LET'S TAKE OUT THE AMBIGUOUS PORTIONS OF IT.
MARY, CHRIS, IT, IT ALSO, AND I AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT, UM, BUT IT ALSO HAS THE, THE CAVEAT TO THAT, THAT SAYS THAT IF IT'S INCOMPLETE OR DOESN'T MEET THE GUIDELINES, THAT THE APPLICANT IS NOTIFIED IN WRITING OF WHAT IS INCOMPLETE, WHAT DOESN'T MEET THE GUIDELINES, AND HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE THAT.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES FOLKS FILL OUT APPLICATIONS AND LEAVE CERTAIN BLANK.
WELL, IT IS BLANK, SO YOU GOTTA TELL 'EM IT'S BLANK.
I PERSONALLY LIKE THE NUMBER TWO THAT IT PUTS THE ONUS ON THE APPLICANT TO SAY WHY THEY FEEL THIS IS WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
DESCRIBE IT TO ME WHY IT'S SO, BUT I CAN SEE YOUR POINT THAT IT'S YEAH.
BUT AS LONG AS THEY'RE PROVIDING NOTIFICATION TO THE APPLICANT THAT SOMETHING WAS MISSING SOMETHING'S YEAH.
NOT FULLY COMPLIANT IN THEIR OPINION.
AND GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY DOESN'T KILL IT.
AND I UNDERSTAND MISSING INFORMATION.
I GUESS THE WORD VERIFY COMPLIANCE WAS WHAT WAS SOMEWHAT YEAH.
IT'S JUST PICKING THAT YARDSTICK AND, AND LAYING IT UP AGAINST THE I WOULD, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, IF YOUR, YOUR POINT IS THAT, NO OFFENSE TO ANGELA, BUT I DON'T WANT HER MAKING THAT LEVEL OF A DECISION NOW.
IT SHOULD BE, IT IS COMPLETE OR NOT COMPLETE, OR DOESN'T APPEAR TO MEET COMPLIANCE AND THIS IS WHAT YOU, HERE'S THE RULES TO MAKE SURE IT COMPLIES.
THAT THRESHOLD MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD TO ME.
WE, WE'LL CHANGE, SO COULD IT STILL PROCEED TO COUNSEL JUST WITH NOT STAFF RECOMMENDATION? LIKE, WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING REALLY NOT A STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
THEY'RE JUST MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S COMPLETE AND THEN SCHEDULE THE MEETINGS WITH US.
THE PARKS IN TRAILS PORTION, THE PARKS BOARD ACTUALLY HOLDS ANOTHER, I GUESS, A PUBLIC MEETING OR GETS ADDITIONAL INPUT THAT WE DON'T GET FROM JUST ROADWAYS AND FACILITIES.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PRETTY PICKY ABOUT THEIR PARTS AND THAT'S OKAY.
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HAS A COMMENT, BUT I, I THINK ALL THEY WERE TRYING TO DO WAS PROVIDE AN INTAKE FOR SOMETHING.AND SO I'M ACTUALLY MORE OKAY WITH IT NOW THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IT.
BUT YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.
AND I, I DIDN'T, I SHOULD HAVE KEPT READING WITH THE MISSING INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MISSING INFORMATION.
THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR NOT READING ALL OF IT, BUT, BUT CHRIS, THAT'S, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION THAT, THAT THAT'S WHY, AND IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE OFF TRACK, BUT NOT OFF TRACK.
THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT SOMETIMES FOR STAFF TO BE HERE TO LISTEN TO, OKAY, WE LIKE THIS, BUT HERE'S THE INTENT.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO THEY DON'T GET OVER REGULATORY OR UNDER REGULATORY WITH US.
AND, UM, WELL, I'M JUST, I, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN REALLY THINK ABOUT IT IN THAT ASPECT.
BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT MAYBE, UM, CAME TO ME NOW IS THAT THIS AS, UM, COUNCILWOMAN BETTENCOURT SAID IS MORE OF A GUIDANCE OR A POLICY.
BUT I THINK WHERE THE DIFFERENCE MAY BE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE LOCKING OURSELVES IN, IF SOMEONE COMES AND APPLIES AND SAYS, WELL, I FOLLOWED THE POLICY, UM, IT, IT'S A POLICY NOT AN ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE TO ME IS SOMETHING WHERE, OKAY, IF WE PASS THIS WITH THESE STEPS, THEN THAT WOULD BIND US, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE FOLLOWING AN ORDINANCE THAT HAD HAD BEEN ADOPTED.
UM, THIS TO ME IS JUST KIND OF A POLICY, BUT I WOULD BE OKAY WITH ANY REVISIONS.
BUT I, I THINK I JUST WANNA KIND OF ADD THAT IN THERE.
WE'RE NOT PASSING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REALLY BIND US INTO SOMETHING.
I MEAN, I, I THINK AFTER THE DISCUSSION, THERE'S SOME GOOD POINTS RAISED, UM, THAT THERE, THERE NEEDS TO BE, IN A SENSE, A PROCESS FOR, FOR PEOPLE.
THERE'S A POLICY, THEY COME BACK, THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A COMPLETE PACKAGE AND THEN IT'S, IT'S TO GET TO AN AGENDA FOR, FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
SO I WOULD ASSUME AT THIS POINT, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER RESERVATIONS AS WRITTEN, WE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND INTENT BETTER NOW MM-HMM
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD REALLY CHANGE FOR, FOR ME, THAT WOULD SATISFY ME ANY DIFFERENTLY.
BUT, BUT I, I'M, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, UM, THAT THERE IS PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE CLARITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLICY AND, UH, AGAIN, UM, THAT'S WHAT IT'S, YEAH.
AND THE POLICY IN, IN THE PROCESS NOT ACTUALLY ALLOWS COUNSEL TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION, WHICH ALLOWS US TO MAKE A MORE INFORMED AND BETTER DECISION.
SO, I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH IT AS WRITTEN IF, IF THAT'S THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
I WOULD ASSUME ANOTHER CHECKS AND BALANCE WOULD BE IF, IF A FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL WAS, WAS CONTACTING THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE OR WHOEVER, AND SOMETHING'S NOT GOING WELL, THEY'RE GONNA, UH, I'M HOPING THEY'LL CONTACT ONE OF US OR WHOEVER SITS IN THESE CHAIRS.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER CHECKS AND BALANCE.
SO I GUESS WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, I'M SORRY, THE, THE ONLY CAVEAT I WOULD ASK THAT WE ADD IN COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S COMMENT, A DECEASED OR LIVING PERSON WHO HAS OVER SUSTAINED PERIOD OF TIME, I THINK WAS, THAT WAS HIS POINT.
WHERE'S THAT AT? THAT'S NAMING A CITY ASSET AFTER A PERSON.
NUMBER THREE CURRENTLY READS A DECEASED, WE'RE GONNA DO LIVING AND DECEASED.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON BROUGHT UP.
YOU WANTED THE YEAR AFTER ALSO, RIGHT? FOR DECEASED.
AND THEN I HAVE THAT, UM, IN, IN ANGELA'S ROLE, WE NEED TO CRAFT THIS.
SO IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT HERS IS JUST TO VERIFY COMPLETENESS OF THE APPLICATION, NOT TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE PO.
THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
I, I THINK I GOT THAT FROM THE ORIGINAL PARKS POLICY.
SO, UM, GO AHEAD AND I'LL MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
I'LL SEND IT OUT TO YOU AND THEN PLEASE GET BACK TO ME.
UM, COME VISIT ME, CALL ME, OR I THINK WE CAN VOTE ON MINUTE.
IF YOU MAKE THOSE CHANGES, WE CAN PASS.
YOU'RE OKAY WITH THOSE CHANGES? I DON'T NEED TO, I DON'T NEED TO COME BACK.
I MEAN, WE, WE CAN MAKE THE MO MOTION SUBJECT TO THE DISCUSS CHANGES.
SO, OH, I, I DO HAVE THE, UH, ONE YEAR PROVISION.
SO YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT THAT'S, THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
10 MOTION, THEN I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM SIX B WITH THE AMENDMENT UNDER NAMING A CITY ASSET AFTER A PERSON NUMBER THREE TO INCLUDE A LIVING PERSON.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM SIX B IS PRESENTED WITH THE AMENDMENTS AND, AND OTHER ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[12. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WE'LL GO TO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AT THIS POINT.UM, SORRY, MR. GRAY, THERE'S A FEW THINGS I NEED TO, TO MANAGE TONIGHT.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK, WE GO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, WE'RE GOING TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK.
YOU'LL STILL BE HERE EITHER WAY.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I GOTTA READ SOMETHING REAL QUICK, SORRY.
SO, UH, WE WILL NOW RECESS AND, AND CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING PENDING OR COMPLICATED OR COMPLICATED
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LI LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN GETTING AGAIN.ALRIGHT, AND I DON'T HAVE ALL TIME SEVEN 30.
SO I'LL RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO WE'LL RETURN TO OUR AGENDA.
[a. Receive and discuss a proposed graffiti removal ordinance. ]
WE ARE ON ITEM SEVEN A.MR. GRAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
UM, SO, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS, UH, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU, THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE, UH, FOR GRAFFITI AND ITS REMOVAL IS, UH, BEFORE YOU, BECAUSE THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A PROPER OR SPECIFIC ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS GRAFFITI AND ITS REMOVAL FROM COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
BUT THIS PROPOSED DRAFT WOULD PROVIDE THE PROPER AUTHORITY FOR US TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS IT.
UM, FORTUNATELY THE PROPOSED DRAFT IS NOT A LENGTHY, UM, VERSION, BUT, UH, IT'S MODELED AFTER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 2 5 0 0.006, WHICH, UH, IS UNIQUE AND REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING.
FIRST, IT REQUIRES A PROPERTY OWNER TO REMOVE THE GRAFFITI ON OR BEFORE THE 15TH DAY AFTER THE DATE, THE PROPERTY OWNER RECEIVES A NOTICE FROM A MUNICIPALITY.
THE SECOND PART, WHICH IS THE UNIQUE PART, IS THAT THE, THE MUNICIPALITY'S NOTICE IS REQUIRED TO OFFER THE REMOVAL OF GRAFFITI FREE OF CHARGE TO A PROPERTY OWNER.
AND THEN THIRD, IF THE OWNER DOES NOT ACCEPT A MUNICIPALITY'S OFFER AND DOES NOT REMOVE THE GRAFFITI WITHIN 15 DAYS, EXCUSE ME, OF RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE, UH, THE MUNICIPAL, THE MUNICIPALITY MAY REMOVE THE GRAFFITI AND CHARGE THE EXPENSES OF THE REMOVAL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE BEFORE YOU, THIS PROPOSED DRAFT INCLUDES A DEFINITION FOR THE FOLLOWING TERMS, GRAFFITI OWNER AND UNAUTHORIZED ALSO INCLUDES A SPECIFIC SECTION FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING, WHAT CONSTITUTES A GRAFFITI VIOLATION, THE PARAMETERS FOR A VIOLATION NOTICE, AND THE PROF, THE PROCESS FOR A GRAFFITI REMOVAL HEARING ALSO PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE IS A SURVEY OF, UH, SURROUNDING CITIES AND WHAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE TO ADDRESS GRAFFITI AND ITS REMOVAL.
UH, AND AT THIS TIME, TREVOR AND I WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS, UH, AND WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS DRAFT ORDINANCE.
QUICK, JUST QUICK COMMENT FROM ME, JUST, UM, ON THE MEETING ITSELF, SO THERE'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM TONIGHT, SO Y'ALL MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THIS MATRIX IN A SENSE, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY GET BACK WITH STAFF AND, AND PROVIDE DIRECTION.
BUT, UM, I'LL OPEN TO COMMENTS.
UM, ANYBODY HAVE COMMENTS ON LISA? WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED SO FAR? WELL, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY LOOK AT IT IN DEPTH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT, AT TRYING TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT SEEMS TO BE GROWING AND BECOMING MORE OF A BURDEN THROUGHOUT, ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT THE OLDER PART OF TOWN.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, I GUESS I'LL KIND OF RE ARE WE GONNA VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT? NO, IT'S NOT.
YEAH, BUT I, I WILL, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT IN DEPTH AND, AND, UH, I, I MAY HAVE A SUGGESTION OR TWO POSSIBLY, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT IT, TRYING TO DO SOMETHING.
HAVE WE LOOKED INTO, BECAUSE IT PUTS AN ONUS ON THE CITY TO ABATE IT.
I MEAN, I GET, I'M A PROPERTY OWNER, I GET NOTICE OF GRAFFITI'S CLAIM.
HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE COST OF THAT? YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN A, UH, UH, MORE OF A SURVEY OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, IT, THE COST WILL REALLY KIND OF DEPEND ON THE, THE SIZE OF THE GRAFFITI THAT'S, THAT'S ON A STRUCTURE OR A WALL.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE, IF WE HAVE TO DO IT, UH, WE'RE GONNA USE THE CLEAN TEAM TO DO IT.
SO THERE'LL BE THE EMPLOYEE COST OF IT, AND THEN THE COST OF THE PAINT.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA PROVIDE A LARGE MENU OF OPTIONS FOR PAINT.
IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE THREE OPTIONS.
MAYBE A, A WHITE, A BEIGE AND A GRAY.
UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA TRY TO MATCH THE PAINT AT ALL.
SO FOR A SMALL PIECE OF GRAFFITI, YOU KNOW, YOU, THERE'S, THERE'LL BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS ADMINISTRATIVE FEE AS, AS YOU PROBABLY RECALL FROM THE, THE ABATEMENT PART OF THE OTHER CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, THEN POTENTIALLY MAYBE 50 TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE COST AND THE LABOR, UH, JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT IT'S ON.
UH, THE TEXTURE WILL PRESENT, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY MORE DIFFICULT TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF OF A BRICK OR MORTAR AS IT WOULD FOR SOMETHING METAL, UM, OR WOODEN.
SO, UM, SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO ADD STAFF, IT'S JUST MATERIAL COST
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AND CURRENT STAFFING TO DO THE WORK.ON, ON THAT, COUNCILOR, QUICK, SO I KNOW WE HAVE SOMETIMES COMMUNITY SERVICE, OBVIOUSLY, OBVIOUSLY THEY, THEY DO PARTICIPATE IN THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I KNOW IN THE PAST, IT WAS YEARS AGO, UH, FOR, FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE, UH, AT THE BAYTOWN CITY JAIL, UM, IF THEY'RE GONNA SPEND A FEW DAYS THERE, THEY WOULD GET KIND OF A TWO FOR ONE, TWO FOR ONE ON THEIR STAY, WHICH HELPS US.
BUT A LOT OF 'EM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD TRADES AND SKILLS AND WE, WE UTILIZE THAT.
SO I'M, THAT, THAT COULD BE ANOTHER OPTION.
UM, YEAH, JUST, JUST TO, TO PROVIDE SOME, UH, COMMENT BACK TO THAT.
SO WE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO USE COMMUNITY SERVICE, THE PROBATIONERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO US BECAUSE, UM, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO IMPROVE PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO USE OUR STAFF.
UM, FOR, WELL, I'M ASSUMING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY THOUGH, IF IT'S ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IF IT'S ON ANY KIND OF ROADWAY OR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD TYPICALLY FALL TO TDOT, UM, IF IT'S ON A HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY GO TO THEM.
AND I, I EITHER I HEARD YOU SAID IT OR I, WHEN I SCAN THROUGH IT EARLIER TODAY, BUT IF IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OR A, A PRIVATE BUILDING AND THEY DIDN'T ABATE IT, WE DID, WE, WE WOULD TRY TO RECOUP OUR COST OF THAT.
SO WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY SEND 'EM A BILL.
AND WOULD WE ABATE IT AS JUST A COVER UP THAT LOOKS TERRIBLE, OR WE WOULD ACTUALLY TRY TO STRIP IT OFF, OR PRESSURE WASH IT TO WHERE YOU, YOU CAN'T EVER SEE THAT GRAFFITI WAS THERE.
WE, WE WOULD ATTEMPT TO REMOVE IT, UH, AS BEST WE CAN, DEPENDING ON THE, THE TEXTURE AND THE MATERIAL THAT IT'S ON.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS OUT THERE WE HAVEN'T EXPERIMENTED WITH.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOME SPRAYS THAT YOU CAN SUPPOSEDLY WIPE OFF.
UM, BUT IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, WE, WE WOULD PROBABLY BLOCK IT OUT.
AND IF WE COULDN'T REMOVE ALL THE PAINT OR THE GRAFFITI THAT WAS ON THERE, AND THEN JUST COVER IT WITH A, WITH A BLOCK OF OUR, OUR NEW PAINT, AND I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME ABATEMENT.
I THINK THERE WAS SOME GRAFFITI ON THE, THE REAR OF THE LIBRARY A COUPLE OF TIMES.
AND WHATEVER WE DID, WE DID A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL IT WAS THERE.
SO EVEN IF THE, MY OPINION, WHEN PEOPLE OWN A BUILDING AND PROPERTY, THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY, EVEN IF THE BILL IS A LITTLE LARGER, I I, I WOULD PREFER TO SEE US TRY TO REMOVE IT COMPLETELY AS OPPOSED TO JUST A COVER UP, WHICH IS FRANKLY ANOTHER FORM OF GRAFFITI.
THE CATCH IS IF THEY SAY THEY WANT US TO DO IT WITHIN THAT 15 DAY TIMEFRAME, THEN WE EAT THE COST.
THE, THE STATE LAW, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SAYS THAT, UM, WE'LL FIRST OFFER TO DO IT FOR THEM FREE OF CHARGE.
THERE'S AN ARGUMENT THAT THAT'S NOT CONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC MONEY GOING TO IMPROVE PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT IT'S STILL IN THE STATE LAW.
UH, A LOT OF CITIES IGNORE IT.
IT WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE REPEALED RECENTLY, BUT IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH WELL.
AND, AND COUNCILMAN, I GUESS I, I'M OF THE OPINION IN THE OLDER PART OF TOWN, EVEN IF WE HAVE TO EAT THE COST, IT'S A PROBLEM THAT'S GROWING AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT.
AND IT, IT'S, THERE'S GANG SIGNS AND, AND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
AND, AND I THINK IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT, EVEN IF WE DO EAT THE COST.
UH, I WOULD AGREE, COUNCILMAN.
YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS CERTAINLY DISAPPOINTED RECENTLY WITH, WITH SOME REALLY GOOD ARTISTS IN UNAD PARK AT THE SKATE PARK AND IT GOING, GETTING, GETTING GRAFFITI OR TAGGED WHEREVER THE CASE MAY BE.
UM, AND SO IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO TACKLE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT GOES IN CYCLES FOR WHATEVER REASON.
UM, BUT, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY BEING, BEING ABLE TO TRY TO GO AND, AND, AND MITIGATE SOMETHING THAT REALLY DETRACTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.
MAYOR, I, I KNOW WAY BACK WHEN, AND SOME OF YOU REMEMBER, UM, FRED AGUILAR HAD DEVELOPED, UM, AN ANTI GRAFFITI PROGRAM AND HE WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THING, OF COURSE, THIS WAS A COMMUNITY EFFORT.
UM, AND, AND HE, I GUESS HE WAS COMFORTABLE TALKING TO SOME OF THESE, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT DO THE GRAFFITI AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND HE TRIED TO COURSE CORRECT THEM AND, AND GOT THEM, INSTEAD OF DOING GRAFFITI, IT'S LIKE, HEY, YOU LIKE TO, TO PAINT THESE BUILDING, ET CETERA.
WHY DON'T YOU HELP US DO A MURAL? AND, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THEY ENDED UP DOING A MURAL OVER BY THE OLD BAYTOWN CAFE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT MAYOR MM-HMM
UM, AND, AND IT LOOKED AMAZING.
AND SO HE CONTINUED TO DO THAT, AND IT CURTAILED IT A LITTLE BIT.
I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THE NUMBERS, UM, BUT I JUST KNOW BECAUSE MY PARENTS HAD SUPPORTED HIM WITH THAT.
AND, UM, IT, IT WORKED FOR A WHILE.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION WHERE WE TACKLE SOME OF OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS OR SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, YOUTH OUTREACH WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, MY COMMENT ON THAT IS, AND THIS IS JUST NOT, AND THIS IS ON PUBLIC.
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SOMETIMES PART OF, PART OF, PART OF THIS, BESIDES PROVIDING MATERIALS AND PAINT AND FINES FOR FOLKS, YOU'D BE AMAZED FOR, FOR NOT MUCH.UH, YOU OFFER A REWARD, SOMEBODY KNOWS WHO TAGS SOMETHING, YOU GO AND YOU, YOU, YOU OFFER A REWARD AND THEY, THEY'LL, THEY'LL TAKE THE MONEY AND THEY'LL TAKE THE MONEY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO NOT JUST TRY TO GO AND, AND PROVIDE THE ABATEMENT.
WE NEED TO TRY TO GO AND CAPTURE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMMITTING THE ACTIONS TOO.
SO MAYBE WE, WE LOOK AT FUNDING OF, OF A REWARD PROGRAM.
'CAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU SOMEBODY KNOWS, OH, THAT WAS MY BUDDY.
AND SO JUST, JUST THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.
BUT, UH, IN, IN TRUE ABATEMENT.
BUT ANYWAY, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? I MEAN, I KNOW WE, THIS, THERE ARE STILL, UH, THINGS FOR US TO ABSORB ON THIS, ON THIS MATRIX AND IN COMPARISON, BUT, UH, BUT IT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WE GO AND WE'RE ABLE TO GO AND, AND, AND MAKE SOME HEADWAY ON, ON SOME OF THIS.
[8. 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.]
YOU.UM, FAR AS FAR AS I KNOW ON MY DOCUMENT HERE, THERE'S NOTHING TO BE PULLED.
SO IF NOT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? CONSENT AGENDA IS PRESENTED.
[a. Consider one (1) appointment to the Baytown Housing Authority.]
UH, FIRST WE HAVE, UH, ITEM NINE, A CONSIDER ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE BAYTOWN HOUSING AUTHORITY.UH, SO THERE IS A NEW APPOINTMENT.
I BELIEVE SHE'S IN THE AUDIENCE.
I BELIEVE THIS IS GONNA BE AN EXCELLENT APPOINTMENT FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
YOU DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK WITH, WITH SOME INDIVIDUALS.
UM, AND I THINK THE UNDERSTANDING YOU HAVE WITH, WITH SOME OF THE, THE FOLKS THAT, THAT YOU DEAL WITH IS CERTAINLY GONNA BE AN ASSET TO OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY.
SO I DO THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH US THIS EVENING.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR MS UH, TAMMY RY.
AS FAR AS OUR, UH, UH, MEMBER TO THE BAYTOWN HOUSING AUTHORITY.
I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, MS. TAMMY RY.
WE HAVE A MOTION, THEN MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE SECONDS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, MS. GRY, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU, MS. GRY.
[b. Consider appointment of the Local Health Authority for the City of Baytown. ]
WE WANT TO ITEM NINE B, CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.UM, AS YOU PROBABLY ALL ARE AWARE, UH, THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY IS, UM, REQUIRED UNDER THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.
UH, HAS TO BE A PHYSICIAN APPOINTED TO ADVISE OFFICIALS ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES AND SERVES AS A CONSULTANT ON STATE AND LOCAL LAWS, WHICH IMPACT PUBLIC HEALTH WITHIN THE APPOINTING BODIES JURISDICTION.
OUR HEALTH AUTHORITY SERVES FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS AND MAY BE APPOINTED TO SUCCESSIVE TERMS. DR.
BARNICK HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO SERVE FOR ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM, AND HE'S SERVED AS OUR CITY'S, UH, HEALTH AUTHORITY SINCE FEBRUARY OF 1998.
AND, EXCUSE ME, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
SO, UH, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NINE B.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NINE B.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMENT? YES, MAYOR, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH DR.
BERNIE FOR MANY YEARS AND, AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, HE'S ACTUALLY, UH, GOT HIS LAW DEGREE.
SO AS A PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY, HE'S VERY BENEFICIAL TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH AND ASK CERTAIN THINGS.
WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT HE MAKES RULINGS ON.
HE'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST EDUCATED INDIVIDUALS I'VE EVER MET.
UH, HE HAS A LONG TIME HISTORY WITH THE CITY.
UH, HE'S JUST AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR US TO HAVE.
SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY, UH, SUPPORT HIS NOMINATION TO THIS POSITION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.
UM, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UH, I WOULD AGREE WITH, WITH EVERYTHING YOU EXPRESSED DURING COD, UM, AS THINGS UNFOLD, THIS WAS NEW TERRITORY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR PHYSICIAN IN A SENSE FOR, FOR THEIR, UM, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T, DIDN'T THINK CITY OF BAYTOWN HAS THAT WE DID.
AND, AND IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT, THAT, UH, DR. BURNETT, UH, HELPED PROVIDE DURING COVID, UH, WHEN IT CAME TO SOME OF OUR RESPONSES WITH, WITH, WITH, UH, WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I DO APPRECIATE HIS KNOWLEDGE.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THERE IS A MOTION FOR DR. BURNETT TO CONTINUE IN THIS CAPACITY.
SO, ALL THOSE, UNLESS THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, QUESTION OR COMMENTS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM NINE B FOR DR. BURNETT, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[10. 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.]
NOW WE HAVE OUR MANAGER'S REPORT.I'M GONNA SEE JUST A FEW MINUTES TO, UH, MY FRIEND, AH, THAT EXPLAINS, UH, CLIFF HATCH MAYOR, AND THEN I'LL BE BACK.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, WE ARE HERE TO, WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR, UH, SECOND ANNUAL JUNETEENTH LINEUP.
UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE JUNETEENTH COMMITTEE LED BY CHARLES JOHNSON.
WE'RE EXTREMELY, UH, EXCITED FOR THE PERFORMERS.
UH, SPECIAL THANKS TO LLOYD AND CHANNEL 16 FOR HELPING US PUT THE VIDEO TOGETHER.
AND I'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN
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PROUDLY PRESENTS THE 2022 JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, FEATURING THE FOUR TS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS, THE MAMBO JAZZ KINGS PIANO VIBES, AND DJ JAMUS ALL ENDING WITH A FANTASTIC FIREWORKS DISPLAY.COME CELEBRATE THIS FREE HISTORIC TEXAS EVENT SATURDAY, JUNE 18TH AT BICENTENNIAL PARK IN BAYTOWN.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, I'LL OPEN UP THE COMMENTS.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? YEAH, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR WITH THE FOUR TOPS, THIS IS GONNA BE, LAST YEAR WAS A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT, BUT A LOT OF THESE SONGS WE'VE HEARD ON COMMERCIALS, WE'VE HEARD ON SITCOMS. SO THIS IS GONNA BE FOR A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE GRANDPARENTS OUT THERE WITH THEIR GRANDKIDS AND THEIR CHILDREN TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH.
AND THE REASON WE WENT WITH THE FOUR TOPS, WE WERE HONORING ALL GRADUATING CLASSES FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER.
THAT WAS A HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS HERE, THAT WAS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN BAYTOWN.
THE LAST GRADUATING CLASS CAME THROUGH, I THINK 19 66, 19 67, AND THE FOUR TOPS WERE THE NUMBER ONE ACT WHEN THEY GRADUATED.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING SOME PEOPLE BACK TO BAYTOWN WHO LIVED HERE AND THEIR YOUTH TO COME CELEBRATE THEIR YOUTH IN BAYTOWN WITH SOME OF US.
AND LIKE I SAID, UM, I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
I KNOW THAT, UH, CLIFF, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO HIM AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.
BE LISTENING FOR THE ADVERTISEMENTS ON MAGIC 1 0 2, 13 60 AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE GONNA HAVE FIREWORK, UH, FIREWORKS DISPLAY THIS YEAR.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YOU KNOW, I THINK LAST YEAR WE WERE AMAZED WITH, WITH A REALLY GOOD RESPONSE.
AND I, I THINK BAYTOWN FOR JUNETEENTH IS GONNA BE CERTAINLY, UH, A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH.
IT'S CERTAINLY THE ENTERTAINMENT AND, AND THE FOOD, THE FIREWORKS, IT'S, UH, IT, IT, IT'S CERTAINLY, UM, VERY WELCOMING.
AND SO WE, WE WELCOME EVERY, EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, TO THIS EVENT.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK, COUNCILMAN.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF SHOUT OUTS.
I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA THANK, UH, UH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE I DO THAT, OH, I WANT JUST A SHORT LITTLE UPDATE ON THE ANIMAL CON ANIMAL SERVICES AND ADOPTION CENTER.
I THINK SHE TOLD US THAT ALREADY.
WELL, SHE DIDN'T GET TO THE GOOD STUFF HERE.
SO I KNOW THAT SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON TOUR, SO IT MAY NOT BE AS MUCH OF A SNEAK PEEK, BUT IN ANTICIPATION OF OUR COMPLETION.
SO THIS IS OUR AERIAL SHOT OF WHAT IS NOW OUR BRAND NEW BUILDING.
SO IT HAS KIND OF TRANSFORMED THAT BARON PARKING LOT INTO LOTS OF GOOD STUFF.
YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE GETS KNOW YOU YARDS AND OUTDOOR AREAS THAT ARE THE ARTIFICIAL TURF THERE.
SO THAT'S, UH, MUCH LARGER THAN THE CURRENT ONE.
WE'LL HAVE GOOD VISIBILITY FROM THE ROADWAY.
IT'S OUR NEW, UH, FRONT ENTRY WITH, UH, THE MASONRY THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE WOOD, BUT IT'S MASONRY.
AND THEY'RE JUST WORKING ON THE, UH, LANDSCAPING OUTSIDE.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP OF THAT GET TO KNOW YOU YARD BEFORE THE FENCING IS UP.
UH, JUST KIND OF SHOWS SOME OF THE CUTOUTS AND THE, UH, ANIMAL SHAPES, YOU KNOW, IN INDICATING A LOT DIFFERENT, UH, FEEL FOR THE, UH, FACILITY THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
THIS IS OUR RECEPTION AREA, SO I'M KEEPING ALL THE GOOD STUFF AND ALL THE GOOD COLORFUL STUFF, BUT THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE GREETED IF YOU'RE COMING INTO THE SHELTER.
THESE ARE SOME OF OUR COMMON AREAS.
SO WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC RESTROOMS. UH, WE HAVE VERY, VERY SMALL FACILITY NOW.
THIS IS, UH, ACTUALLY PART OF ONE OF THE CAT SUITE, UH, AREAS IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THEN, UH, YOU CAN SEE IT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL, BUT THIS IS OUR TRAINING ROOM ON THE RIGHT.
AND SO IT'S GONNA HAVE A LOT BETTER FEEL FOR, UH, VOLUNTEERS BEING TRAINED AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WILL BE HELD THERE.
SO WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, SET OF THREE PHOTOS JUST SHOWING THE WORKSPACES AND BOTH FOR STAFF AND FOR CHECK-INS FOR THE ANIMALS.
A LOT MORE CAPABILITY, A LOT MORE SPACE, A LOT MORE STORAGE.
IT'LL BE BRINGING THE FACILITY INTO THE NEW, UH, CENTURY.
THE LEFT PHOTO IS OF THE INSIDE OF THE, WHAT WE CALL THE PORT RICOCHET OR KIND OF THE, UH, GARAGE AREA.
UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THE ANIMALS INTO THE BUILDING.
SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON FINISHING THAT.
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KENNELS AND THESE, THE INSIDE KENNELS.ALL OF THAT KENNEL EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND, UH, IS READY TO GO.
UM, OVER HERE ON THE LEFT, THIS IS LOOKING AT THE INSIDE OF A KENNEL.
THAT'S THE DOOR IN THE VERY BACK THAT WILL BE OPEN TO LET THE ANIMAL TO THE OUTSIDE.
THE MIDDLE PICTURE IS STORAGE.
THIS HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE ROOMS DEDICATED TO FOOD STORAGE.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE FLOORS ARE THE EPOXY.
STAINLESS STEEL KENNELS, VERY, UH, HYGIENIC AND GOOD TO SANITIZE THAT MATERIAL.
THIS IS PART OF THE STAFF SUPPORT, UH, AREA.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, RESTROOM, UH, THERE'S A BREAK ROOM.
THAT'S WHAT, UH, WE CURRENTLY REALLY DON'T HAVE.
THIS IS OUR COMMERCIAL WASHING AND DRYER.
THAT HAPPENS TO BE A SCALE, I THINK JUST GOING TO ANOTHER ROOM.
BUT THESE ARE ALL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE, UM, ACCESS TO AT THIS MOMENT.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE OUTDOOR AREAS.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE THAT UP CLOSE.
I, I CAN ENVISION A LOT OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, UH, REALLY ENJOYING TO GET TO KNOW THEIR FUTURE PET ON THESE.
AND SO THIS IS THE SIGN AT NIGHT.
JUST WANTED TO KIND OF CLOSE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE SEEN THAT.
BUT THEY GOT THAT ALL WORKING.
AND SO, UH, WE GOT A SHOT OF THAT IN THE EVENING.
AND THEN OUR SUMMARY SLIDE HERE, WHAT'S COMING UP? SO THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OUR BIG THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS.
BY THE END OF MAY, WE'LL BE FINISHING THE BUILDING, MOVING INTO THE NEW BUILDING AND LOOKING TOWARDS DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.
AND SO PHASE TWO, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS THE LOOP DRIVEWAY.
IT'S GONNA FINISH OUT THE AREA WHERE THE DEMOLITION OCCURRED, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT MORE PARKING.
AND WE WANT ALL OF THAT TO BE DONE BEFORE WE HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING, BECAUSE CURRENTLY THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH PLACE TO PARK.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO HAPPEN THAT WILL KIND OF CULMINATE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, LATE AUGUST KIND OF DATE.
IF WE CAN PULL IT UP FASTER, WE CAN, WE WILL, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GIVE OURSELVES SOME ROOM.
ANY COMMENTS? UM, I ONLY MAKE ONE.
I I WOULD HOPE THAT, UM, WHEN WE ARE READY AND WHEN WE HAVE PARKING, UM, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY CERTAINLY DESERVE TO LOOK, DESERVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT AT THIS FACILITY THAT THEY HELP, THAT THEY HELP PAY FOR.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH, IF IT'S PUBLIC AFFAIRS OR WHOEVER ELSE, AND, AND A LOT OF THE ANIMAL, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, UM, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE ONE OF THE BEST ANIMAL CONTROL CENTERS ON THIS SIDE OF HOUSTON.
SO, UH, DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK.
IT'S GREAT TO GET IT DONE IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ARE, WE ARE IN AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION, BUT, UM, BUT GOOD WORK.
I DROVE BY THE SIGN THE OTHER NIGHT AND IT, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA THAT THE OPEN HOUSE IS A GREAT IDEA.
I I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED.
HAS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE BEEN INVITED TO GO AND, AND TOUR AS WELL? THE ANIMAL ADVISORY? CI THINK THEY'VE BEEN ONCE, BUT NOT RECENTLY.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO AS A PART OF THE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THEY, THEY TOOK A TOUR IN JANUARY MM-HMM
UH, WHEN IT WAS STILL REALLY KIND OF ROUGH.
BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GET 'EM BACK OUT THERE.
AND, UM, I KNOW I, I THINK RICK WHISPERED TO YOU, UM, BUT I DID TALK TO RICK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES SOME OF THESE ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE, YOU KNOW, THEY TEND TO HAVE A MONOTONY OF, YOU KNOW, HEY, I'M GONNA GO OUTSIDE, I'M GONNA RUN OR WHATEVER.
BUT, UM, I WAS THINKING ABOUT MAYBE ADDING, UM, SOME AGILITY COURSES FOR THE DOGS, UM, WHETHER IT'S JUST A SMALL RAMP OR A TUNNEL FOR THEM TO CRAWL THROUGH.
AND SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY IF IT CAN'T BE DONE NOW, MAYBE THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE, UM, TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE ANIMALS.
ANY MORE UPDATE SHOT UPS? I HOLD IN MY HAND HERE A LETTER FROM THE INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICE, UH, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ISO AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT, UH, WE HAVE ACHIEVED, UH, COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM, UH, WHICH PROVIDES DISCOUNTED FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND WE WENT FROM A SIX TO A FIVE.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR A 25% FLOOD INSURANCE DISCOUNT, UP 5% FROM WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE.
THIS IS THE PRODUCT OF A LOT OF HARD WORK, UH, ON THE PART OF OUR STAFF.
AND I WANNA PARTICULARLY CALL OUT, UH, PATEL AND ALSO, UH, MATT JOHNSON FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN HELPING US ACHIEVE THIS IMPORTANT MILESTONE, UH, FOR US.
UH, ALSO JUST WANT TO, UM, GIVE SOME, UH, KUDOS TO DEREK MADDO, PAULINA CARILLO AND CHERYL MCLARTY.
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UH, THEY WERE ACTUALLY, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN ASSISTING A, UH, A FAMILY WHOSE, UH, WHOSE DAUGHTER HAD BEEN THE VICTIM OF SOME FAMILY VIOLENCE.AND, UH, RECEIVED A KIND LETTER FROM THE, UH, GRANDMOTHER WHO LIVES IN PASADENA, UH, STATING THAT, UH, JUST COMMENTING ON THEIR COMPASSION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND THOROUGHNESS.
AND SO THESE ARE THE TOUGHEST OF CASES THAT, THAT OUR FOLKS HAVE TO DEAL WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DOMESTIC, UH, CASES.
AND JUST WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO THEM FOR, FOR BEING SUCH GREAT EXAMPLES, UH, OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, ALSO A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO TELECOMMUNICATOR, UH, DANIELA, UH, MS. UA I THINK IS HER NAME.
UH, REALLY, UH, JUST SAY THAT SHE HAS JUST DISPLAYED, UH, SOME TREMENDOUS WORK OUTTA 9 1 1, UH, RECENTLY, UH, WITH REGARD TO A PARTICULAR, UH, CPR, UH, CALL 9 1 1 CALL.
A LOT OF TIMES WHAT OUR TELECOMMUNICATORS HAVE TO DO IS THEY HAVE TO INSTRUCT PEOPLE ON HOW TO ADMINISTER CPR AND OTHER MEDICAL PROCEDURES.
AND I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYTHING MORE STRESSFUL, UH, THAN THAT.
THE QUOTE FROM, UH, OUR FIRE LIEUTENANT MOSS HAD TO SAY THAT THE FAMILY COULD NOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW COMFORTING AND SUPPORTIVE THE OPERATORS WERE WITH CPR INSTRUCTIONS IN TALKING TO THEM AS WE WERE RESPONDING.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, AND I, AND FROM TIME TO TIME I'LL HAVE THESE STORIES OF THESE THINGS, UH, THAT, THAT HAPPEN, THIS PERFORMANCE THAT HAPPENS AT THE 9 1 1 CENTER.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THESE TYPES OF STORIES HAPPEN DAILY.
WE CAN'T POSSIBLY COVER ALL OF THEM OR BRING THEM ALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, BUT SOMETIMES WE WILL.
AND IT JUST REMINDS US OF WHAT TREMENDOUS FOLKS WE HAVE OUT AT OUR 9 1 1 SYSTEM, A GROUP OF UNSUNG HEROES.
AND WITH THAT MAYOR, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT.
UM, FOR THE FLOOD INSURANCE REDUCTION FROM UM, LEVEL FIVE, DO THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO ASK FOR THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW WITH THE FIRE OR THE ISO PIECE WITH THE HOME INSURANCE REDUCTION, THEY DO NOT RESIDENTS HAVE TO ASK FOR THAT.
IF THEY, SO NOT THE FLOOD, IF THEY PURCHASE IT, THEY, THEY GET THE DISCOUNT.
ALRIGHT, UM, BEING WITH THAT, WE HAVE ON ITEM 11
[a. Receive a report from Council Member Charles Johnson as it relates to Council District No. Three.]
A, WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE A REPORT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLES JOHNSON AS IT RELATES TO COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, UH, ON 11 B.UM, MS. MOUR, SHE DID HAVE TO LEAVE, SO WE WILL PLACE THAT ITEM ON THE MAY 12TH AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, MR. JOHNSON, YOUR POWERPOINT READY? NO.
I'M NOT AS ADVANCED AS MS. AVALARA AT THE BAR HIGH OF THE DISTRICT ONE, SO, UM, I'M JUST GONNA READ MY REPORT.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF THAT, UM, GAVE ME THIS INFORMATION ON MY DISTRICT.
IT'S A LOT GOING ON IN DISTRICT THREE MORE THAN IN EVEN WHAT I KNEW ABOUT AND I THOUGHT I WAS PRETTY STAYED, PRETTY INFORMED ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT.
GAR ROAD, GARTH ROAD WIDENING, UH, THE PROJECT IS UNDER, UM, DESIGN AS MATTER OF FACT.
IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE AWAITING COMPLETION OF THE EASEMENT ACQUISITION PREPARING TO BID.
SO WE'LL BE STARTING THAT HERE IN JUNE.
SO, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY USING SAN CENTER BOULEVARD, YOU MAY WANNA START TAKING IT.
UM, I 10 INTERSECTIONS, DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS.
JOHN MARTIN AND THOMPSON ROAD ARE IN THE DESIGN PHASE.
UM, PERSONALLY I THINK THAT THAT JOHN MARTIN AND I 10 SECTION IS PROBABLY GONNA BE THE BUSIEST INTERSECTION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A BUCKY'S ON ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND A CHICK-FIL-A ON THE NORTH SIDE.
SO, UM, THANK YOU TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR, UH, GETTING THAT ON THE, ON THE SCHEDULE BEFORE IT GETS TOO ACTIVE.
LARIN PARK, I WENT AND VISITED LANTERN PARK PROBABLY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND, UM, SOME RESIDENTS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE STREETS THERE.
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH RICK, WHO IN TURN HAD A CONVERSATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
THEY ACTUALLY WENT OUT, VIEWED THE, UM, WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE AND I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THEM.
LANTERN PARK SPECIFICALLY COACHMAN COACH, LIGHT COBBLESTONE CARRIAGE AND LANTERN.
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JUST ABOUT EVERY ROAD IN THAT SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN THE DRAFT STAGE.RFQ IS GONNA BE SENT OUT FOR IT.
WEST CEDAR BAYOU LYNCHBURG, YOU ACTUALLY SAW A PRESENTATION ON THAT TODAY AND ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER ON FACEBOOK WHEN THEY MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE TODAY.
THANK YOU MS. BEN COURT IN YOUR ABSENCE,
GOOSE CREEK LIFT STATION REPLACEMENT IS IN CONSTRUCTION, 60% COMPLETE BAKER ROAD LIFT STATION REPLACEMENT IS IN DESIGN.
THAT'S GETTING READY TO GO OUT FOR BID.
AND I'VE ASKED ABOUT COMMONLY ROAD REPEATEDLY SINCE 2017.
I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR MY NEIGHBORS THERE.
THE DESIGN IS 100 COMPLETES, 100% COMPLETE AND IS GOING OUT BID.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE STARTING, I THINK, IF I'M GUESSING CORRECTLY, LATE AUGUST, MAYBE, UM, SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN, UM, BAYWAY DRIVE, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND WATERLINE REPLACEMENT ARE ON HOLD PENDING FUNDING.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET ITEMS HERE VERY SOON.
FOR MY FRIENDS IN LAKEWOOD, WE DID A BAYWAY DRIVE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND I HAD TO, TO, UM, TAKE NOTES FROM MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER.
AGAIN, MS. ALVARADO, FOR WHAT SHE DID ON MARKET STREET.
EVERYTHING WENT GOOD IN THE PLANNING OF BAYWAY DRIVE AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD ON IT VERY SOON.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR STAFF.
LIKE I SAID, FOR THIS BIT OF INFORMATION, I KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN DISTRICT THREE.
I'M GOING TO GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO'S NOT WATCHING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS TO FAST FORWARD TO THE LAST 10 MINUTES SO THEY CAN HEAR THIS
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR YOUR UPDATE.
ALRIGHT, SO, OH, WHERE'S MY SCRIPT? SO, BEING THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED ALL, UH, POST AGENDA ITEMS, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.