May 12, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

, WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE OF BAYTOWN.

AND WHEREAS THESE INFRASTRUCTURES, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE FEDERALLY MANDATED FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE ENGINEERS, MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S IN TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT, AND SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS.

AND WHEREAS IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR THE CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS AND CHILDREN IN BAYTOWN TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND MAINTAIN ONGOING INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS THE YEAR 2022 MARKS THE 62ND ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND THE CANADIAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, VIETNAM.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHRIS PRESLEY AS MAYOR PRO TEM, CITY OF BAYTOWN, BAYTOWN, TEXAS IN RECOGNITION OF THIS EVENT, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY THE 15TH THROUGH THE 21ST 2022 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE YOU.

ONE, TWO.

NEXT, WE WILL PRES PRESENT A PROCLAMATION, UH, FOR NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK.

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NICE JOB.

[b. Present a proclamation designating May 15-21, 2022, as Emergency Medical Services Week.]

WHEREAS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN BAYTOWN IS A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TEAMS READY TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING CARE TO THOSE IN NEED 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

AND WHEREAS ACCESS TO QUALITY EMERGENCY CARE DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES THE SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY RATE OF THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ILLNESS OR INJURY.

AND WHEREAS THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES HAS GROWN TO FILL A GAP BY PROVIDING IMPORTANT OUT OF HOSPITAL CARE, INCLUDING PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE, FOLLOW UP CARE AND ACCESS TO TELEMEDICINE.

AND WHEREAS THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM CONSISTS OF FIRST RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, PARAMEDICS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, PRE-HOSPITAL NURSES, EMERGENCY NURSES, EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, TRAINED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OTHER OUT OF HOSPITAL MEDICAL CARE PROVIDERS, WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, WHETHER CAREER OR VOLUNTEER, ENGAGE IN THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION TO ENHANCE THEIR LIFESAVING SKILLS.

AND WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS BY DESIGNATED BY DESIGNATING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK.

NOW, NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHRIS PRESLEY AS MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, IN RECOGNITION OF THIS EVENT DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY THE 15TH THROUGH THE 21ST 2022 AS NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK.

YES.

ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO.

THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO TWO C AND WE WILL RECOGNIZE THE BAYTOWN ENGAGED CIVIC ACADEMY PARTICIPANTS AND WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO MS. JAMIE EUSTIS.

THE PROCLAMATION SEEMED TO BE GETTING LONGER AND LONGER .

THAT WAS A LOT OF WORDS I'M TELLING YOU.

SO WITH

[c. Recognize the Baytown Engage Civic Academy participants. ]

AND ALSO IN OUR CLASS WE'RE DAVID BERKOWITZ, WHOOPING DAVID AND CHRISTINA POWELL.

GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL.

IT IS MY PLEASURE ONCE AGAIN TO PRESENT TO YOU THE GRADUATES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN CIVIC ACADEMY.

CIVIC ACADEMY LAUNCHED IN MAY OF 2021.

SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY.

I FORGOT THE CAKE, I WISH RIGHT.

IN ONE YEAR'S TIME, WE'VE HOSTED THREE COHORTS AND WE CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE SUPPORT OF CITY ADMINISTRATION, UH, ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE FIREMEN AND, UH, PUBLIC WORKS SKIES.

UH, ALSO, UH, THE FIRST TWO CLASSES WE GRADUATED, WE'RE SEEING REALLY GOOD RESULTS IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT.

WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, AND WE EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM THIS BUNCH ALSO.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR THIRD COHORT.

UH, THIS IS A RECORD SETTING ONE, UH, IS RICK HERE? HE WAS GONNA HELP ME.

OH, THERE YOU ARE.

YOU YOU GOTTA WE GOTTA BE SEAMLESS HERE.

THIS IS A, A FIRST FOR US.

WE HAVE A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM, THE DYNAMIC DUO OF COURTNEY BONZO AND KENNETH BONZO.

YOU MAY RECOGNIZE, UH, COURTNEY, SHE SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.

SHE IS A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT SHE'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE CIVIC ACADEMY.

UH, ALSO ON OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM.

AND A FIRST TIME ER FOR THE CIVIC ACADEMY IS CHRISTINA RA.

AND I HAVE TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT ON OUR NEXT TWO.

UH, BOTH OF THESE, UH, NEXT CLASSMATES, UH, AS WE CALL THEM, RAN FOR.

AND WERE ELECTED TO THE CHAMBERS COUNTY DISTRICT MUD ONE, OR MUD DISTRICT ONE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

UH, WE HAVE DAVID DION AND BRENDA MEDINA.

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AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, JOY HUNTINGTON.

I'M GONNA DO A PICTURE AND WHILE THEY ORGANIZE FOR THAT, I WILL TELL YOU WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR FOURTH COHORT IN THE FALL.

SO LOOK FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WE, WE WILL DO THIS AGAIN TO GET CLOSER.

NO, I DON'T WANNA BE IN THE PICTURE.

, THIS WORKS.

THEY'RE LIKE CIVIC ACADEMY MODELS NOW.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THANKS GUYS.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND THANKS JAMIE.

WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE

[a. Consider the first reading of an ordinance for the proposed annexation of approximately 18.95 acres of privately-owned land located generally south of IH-10 and east of Thompson Road.]

ON TO THREE A PROPOSED ORDINANCES THREE A.

WE WILL CONSIDER THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 18.95 ACRES OF PRIVATELY OWNED LAND LOCATED GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 AND EAST OF THOMPSON ROAD.

MR. SCRIBNER, IF YOU'RE HERE, I'M WAD MY WAY THROUGH THE THRONGS.

I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE.

UH, UH, GOOD EVENING.

MARTIN SCRIBNER FOR THE RECORD.

UH, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UM, THIS IS, UH, 19 ACRES AT I 10 AND THOMPSON ROAD, UH, THAT IS ALSO BEING REZONE REZONED AS, UH, UH, INDUSTRIAL.

SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS ONE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, OTHERWISE, IT'S READY TO ROLL.

GREAT.

SO THIS IS THE READING.

I GUESS I JUST DID THE READING, SO WE WILL NEED A, A MOTION AND A SECOND MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM THREE.

A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NONE, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing the abandonment and sale of the City’s interest in the surface portion of a portion of Needlepoint Road right-of-way, located east of Sjolander and west of Cedar Bayou to the immediately adjacent landowners Nilok Chemicals Inc.]

TO THREE B.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT AND SALE OF THE CITY'S INTEREST IN THE SURFACE PORTION OF A PORTION OF NEEDLEPOINT ROAD RIGHT OF WAY, LOCATED EAST OF SHO LANDER AND WEST OF CEDAR BIO TO THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT LANDOWNERS, NYLOCK OR LOC, CHEMICALS, INC.

MR. FANNING? YES, SIR.

THE SAME COMPANY OWNS THE LAND ON ALL SIDES OF THIS PORTION OF ROADWAY.

THIS IS 0.66 ACRES.

UM, AND WE'RE THEY, THEY'D LIKE IT, IT, IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE BUT THEIR PROPERTY.

AND THEY'RE LEAVING US AN EASEMENT FOR OUR WATER LINE THAT IS THERE.

SO, OKAY.

GOOD ENOUGH.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL ALSO NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED NAY.

THREE B CARRIES.

[a. Discuss bringing the Battleship Texas to the Bayland Marina.]

MOVING ON TO FOUR A DISCUSSION.

FOUR A WILL BE TO DISCUSS BRINGING THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS TO BAYLEN ISLAND.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS, UH, JUST A COUPLE.

AND, UH, PERHAPS IF, IF FOLKS ARE GONNA YIELD TIME, JUST JUST LET US KNOW THAT AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND, AND COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM.

FIRST WILL BE MR. RUSSELL HAMMOND.

MR. PRESLEY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WHEN THE USS TEXAS BATTLESHIP IS FINALLY DOCKED IN BAYTOWN, THE FUNDING THAT BRINGS HER HERE WILL REPLENISH ITSELF OVER THE NEXT YEARS IN MANY POSITIVE WAYS.

BUT IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT THAT, THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY, GIVING OUR CITIZENS A NEW REASON TO BE VERY PROUD OF BAYTOWN.

OUR TOWN IS GENERALLY KNOWN AS AN INDUSTRIAL CITY WITH NO REAL ATTRACTIONS FOR OUTSIDERS.

BUT WITH THE SHIP IN PLACE, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD WILL KNOW BAY BAYTOWN, TEXAS.

AS A NEW TOURIST ATTRACTION AND VACATION VACATION DESTINATION, OUR TOWN HAS COME A LONG WAY.

IN ONLY A FEW YEARS, WE ARE GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS WITH TWO NEW SCHOOLS BEING BUILT, A NEW GOLF COURSE TOWN SQUARE EVENTS, THE NEW SCULPTURE TRAIL ON TEXAS AVENUE, AND THE NEW RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA TO NAME.

BUT A FEW, MY FATHER ONCE TOLD ME THAT ANYTHING WORTH HAVING REQUIRES TIME, UNDERSTANDING, AND PATIENCE.

WHEN YOU FINALLY HAVE IT, YOU'LL LOVE IT, CHERISH IT, AND SHARE IT WITH OTHERS WHO FEEL AS YOU DO.

HAVING THIS SHIP AS AS PART OF THE BAYTOWN EXPERIENCE IS A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR OUR

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TOWN AND THE FINE FOLKS WHO CALL IT HOME.

EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM LOVES THE BATTLESHIP THAT'S UNDENIABLE.

HAVING THE BRAGGING RIGHTS TO CLAIM HER AS OUR OWN WILL WARM THE HEARTS OF ALL AND BE SIMPLY AMAZING.

THE SHIP NEEDS BAYTOWN AS MUCH AS WE NEED IT.

I WOULD NOW ASK ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WHO SUPPORT THE USS BATTLESHIP TEXAS TO PLEASE JUST STAND.

IF YOU SUPPORT THE BATTLESHIP AND EVERYTHING THAT IT ENTAILS, PLEASE STAND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU MR. HAMMOND.

WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

UM, AND THAT WOULD BE MR. ESBA.

MY NAME IS JAY OSH.

B UM, I WISH TO EXTEND MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR POINTING ME CHAIR OF THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS BRING THE BATTLESHIP.

I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER, BRING THE BATTLESHIP TO BAYTOWN TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE HIGHLY MOTIVATED GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, MIKE, CALVIN, CARROLL, RUSSELL, RONNIE, BJ, RUSTY, AND BRUCE FOR ALWAYS GIVING ME THE EXTRA PUSH WHEN I NEEDED IT.

THESE INDIVIDUALS PASSION AND PERSEVERANCE IS WHAT LED US TO THE POINT WE ARE TODAY.

OUR SPECIAL GUEST THIS EVENING IS BRUCE BRAMLET, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS FOUNDATION.

THIS IS BRUCE'S NINTH VISIT TO BAYTOWN.

OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF MEETING WITH THE MAYOR, WALKING THE SITE AND ALL BRUCE EITHER STAND UP OR WAVE YOUR HAND AREAS.

UM, THE CITY HAS ALL OF THE RESEARCH WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

UM, THREE MONTHS AGO, THE CITY REQUESTED A WISHLIST FROM THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO, UM, WHAT THE FOUNDATION WAS LOOKING FOR.

UH, THE FOUNDATION WORKED UP THEIR WISHLIST.

UH, WE PRESENTED TO THE CITY THE 1ST OF MARCH, UM, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ESTABLISH AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THOSE ITEM THE BB PRESENTED.

UM, SINCE THE BBB HAS MADE EMAIL REQUESTS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MEET WITH THE FOUNDATION AND THE FOUNDATION'S ATTORNEY AND BRUCE, UH, TO ESTABLISH, UM, IN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, MY REQUEST HAVE GONE UNANSWERED YESTERDAY AND TODAY I RECEIVED MANY PHONE CALLS QUESTIONING THE WISHLIST PRESENTED TO THE CITY.

I TOLD EVERYBODY THE LIST WAS JUST A WISHLIST PRESENTED TO THE CITY.

I TOLD, UM, WHICH, OKAY, MOST OF US MAKE WISHLISTS EVERY YEAR AT CHRISTMAS FOR OUR CHRISTMAS LIST.

WE REALIZE WHEN WE MAKE THE LIST, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET EVERYTHING ON THE LIST, BUT WE MAKE THE LIST AND GOES FROM THERE.

UM, UH, I'VE GONE THROUGH THE WISHLIST SEVERAL TIMES FROM THE BATTLESHIP AND HAVE I HAVE CROSSED OUT FIVE ITEMS ON THE WISHLIST THAT I DON'T THINK ARE POINTS THAT WILL MAKE IT THROUGH THE FIRST MEETING.

UH, I'VE GOT A COPY OF THE WISHLIST FROM THE BATTLESHIP AND MY I FIVE ITEMS IN MY OPINION SHOULD BE DELETED FROM THE WISHLIST.

AND I ADDED ONE ITEM AT THE BOTTOM THAT I THINK SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE WISHLIST.

I'VE GOT EXTRA COPIES OF THAT.

IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE A COPY, I CAN GIVE YOU ONE.

UM, AS PART OF YOUR DISCUSSION, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DIRECT THE STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HASTE IN DEVELOPING A PROPOSED INTERLOCKING AGREEMENT WITH THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS FOUNDATION.

WHY I AM REQUESTING THE CITY STAFF TO MOVE WITH HASTE, YOU MAY ASK A DRY DOCK LARGE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE TEXAS LEFT THE BAHAMAS TODAY, MAY THE 12TH SUSPECTED TO TAKE 12 DAYS FOR THE TRIP FROM THE BAHAMAS TO THE HOUSTON TO THE GALVESTON, UH, SHIP AREA.

UM, BRUCE AND THE BATTLE SHIP ARE PROJECTING THAT, UH, BATTLE BATTLESHIP WILL BE LEAVING LAPORTE IN LATE JUNE OR JULY.

UM, THE FOUNDATION HAS SAID THEY WOULD ANNOUNCE A NEW PERMANENT HOME FOR THE TEXAS BEFORE SHE LEAVES LAPORTE.

IF BAYTOWN DOES NOT MOVE RAPIDLY FORWARD, THEN ALL THE WORK WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS WILL BE WASTED AND THE BATTLESHIP WILL

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BE GOING TO GALVESTON.

WE HOPE YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD 20 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN YOU CAN TELL YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS.

I VOTED TO BRING THE BATTLESHIP TO BAYTOWN.

THANK YOU, MR. OCK.

SO WITH THAT, WHAT I'LL DO IS, IS SINCE THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY, UM, I'LL JUST OPEN IT UP FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AMONGST COUNSEL, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ET CETERA.

AND, AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UM, SOME DISCUSSION ON AN AN MOU AND LO I SPEAK.

YES, DAVID.

ONE MORE SPEAK.

WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON ON ZOOM, I BELIEVE.

SO BEFORE WE DO THE THINGS JUST ITERATED, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE SPEAKER ON ZOOM.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

AND WE'LL MAKE INROADS, INTERGENERATIONALLY.

MAYOR PRO.

TIM PRESLEY, CITY COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING.

NAME IS DAVID ISAAC.

UM, I AM SPEAKING TONIGHT IN FAVOR OF THE BATTLESHIP OF THIS DISCUSSION TO TAKE PLACE.

AS MR. ESBA SAID, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.

IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT THIS BATTLESHIP, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ITS LEGACY.

WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.

I'VE ATTENDED MEETINGS.

THERE WAS ONE MEETING IN PARTICULAR WHERE, UH, MR. ASKED US, HE SAID, WHO'S GONNA BE HERE IN 40 YEARS? UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THAT AUDIENCE ROSE THEIR HAND.

I WAS ONE OF THEM.

THEREFORE, I FEEL LIKE IT IS MY DUTY TO DO EXACTLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THAT IS TO SAY, UH, THAT I CAN SAY I VOTED IN FAVOR OF THIS, THAT I SUPPORTED THIS, THAT OUR CHILDREN, OUR GRANDCHILDREN, CAN BENEFIT FROM THE SOCIAL CAPITAL ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING BATTLESHIP TEXAS IN OUR GREAT CITY.

IT IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL MOVE THAT WILL AFFECT US FOR YEARS TO COME.

I FIND THAT TO BE IMPORTANT.

I FIND IT IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THIS.

AND EVEN MORE SO THAT THE 300, 400 PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT TO VOTE FOR ME AS MAYORS BAYTOWN, SUPPORTS THIS AS WELL, THAT I AM WILLING TO LEVERAGE.

I SAW THE CITY, UH, DISCUSS ABOUT $138 MILLION IN DISCRETIONARY FUNDS LATE LAST YEAR.

I WAS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC THERE.

I'M SAYING WE HAVE THE MONEY TO, TO, TO DO THIS AND WHATEVER WAY WE DECIDE TO CONTRIBUTE AS THE CITY.

SO THERE'S NO FISCAL ISSUE, THERE'S NO COMMUNITY SUPPORT ISSUE.

THE ONLY ISSUE IS, IS THAT MOVE AND MOVE FORWARD AND MOVE FAST.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'M DONE.

SO NOW WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ET CETERA, AMONGST COUNCIL.

SO, UH, I THINK THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE, THE COMMITTEE OR COUNCIL ONE ALVARADO AND, AND COUNCILMAN LESTER.

AND, AND WE, WE WOULD LOVE TO START WITH, WITH THOSE TWO.

A GROUP TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS UNLESS IT GETS TO THE AGENDA.

UM, MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET MIKE, UM, SPEAK FIRST.

AND, UM, OKAY.

UM, THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I WAS AT THE MEETING IN MARCH WHERE WE HAD A NICE DISCUSSION, OR I HAD A NICE DISCUSSION.

LAURA COULDN'T MAKE IT WITH THE FOUNDATION GROUP.

AND, AND, UH, THE REAL STUMBLE BLOCK UP TO THAT POINT HAD BEEN THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE DREDGING COSTS AND SO FORTH AND SO ON, WHICH WAS SIGNIFICANT.

UH, LARGE, LARGE NUMBER, UM, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MILLION, YOU KNOW, BALLPARK ESTIMATES AND STUFF THAT, THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER TO CHEW ON.

BUT IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS, IT CAME OUT THAT THE FOUNDATION SAID, WE'LL TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE.

YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE THE CITY TO, TO DO THAT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE, WE'LL TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE.

WHAT, WHAT ELSE? AND, AND I WAS ONE THAT, THAT BASICALLY SAID, WELL, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS ACTUALLY START HONING IT DOWN AND HAVING DETAILED DISCUSSIONS.

AND SO I CHALLENGED THEM, YOU KNOW, AS JAY JUST SAID, MAKE A WISH LIST.

IF YOU WERE TO ENTER INTO A PUBLIC, UH, LOCAL, INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT OR A THREE 80 TYPE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, WHAT WOULD BE ON IT THAT YOU WANTED? I MEAN, TOP, YOU KNOW, PUT IT ALL ON THERE.

KITCHEN SINK CONCLUDED.

AND THEY DID.

UM, AND I AGREE WITH JAY.

SOME OF 'EM WERE PRETTY EASY TO SCRATCH OFF SOME OF 'EM.

UH, AND WE GOT COPIES OF THAT.

SOME OF THEM, I'VE LOOKED THROUGH IT AND IT'S LIKE, MM, OKAY.

I COULD GO PRETTY MUCH WITH THAT OR NEGOTIATE ON THOSE POINTS.

UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT I PUT ON THERE THAT WEREN'T ON THERE.

UH, SO, AND, AND THAT'S WHY WITH LAURA AND, AND, AND CHARLES'S, UH, APPROVAL ON THIS, I KIND OF SAID, WE, WE NEED TO KEEP THIS MOVING FORWARD.

WE NEED TO KEEP HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS.

IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US AS

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SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

UM, TO CONTINUE THIS, UM, I FOR ONE, SUPPORT THE CONCEPT.

I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION.

WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS, THAT BAYLAND ISLAND COMING ACROSS THE BRIDGE? EVERYBODY WANNA DO THAT.

BUT THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAIL WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE COSTS.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE DETAILS NEED TO BE DISCUSSED.

UH, AND NEGOTIATED, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CONCEPT OF, YOU KNOW, A FACILITY TO HOUSE THE TICKET AND THE MUSEUM AND THEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE GIFT SHOPS OR WHATEVER.

EVEN, UH, ONE OF THE POINTS WAS, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT SOMETHING BETWEEN 10 AND 20,000 SQUARE FEET.

OKAY, WELL, IF, IF WE AGREE TO, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST HYPOTHETICAL.

IF WE AGREE TO SOMETHING THAT SAYS, OKAY, WE CAN GO UP TO 10,000 SQUARE FEET, AND THEY SAY THEY WANT 20, OKAY, WELL Y'ALL PAY FOR THE OTHER 10,000.

THAT'S ALL NEGOTIABLE ISSUES.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO KIND OF GET THIS TO THIS POINT.

UM, WITH, WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, I, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT.

'CAUSE THEY, THEY SUBMITTED A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL LIST.

I, I THINK IT WAS A GOOD POINT OR A STARTING POINT FOR US.

I THINK THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO EITHER CREATE AN, AN ADDITIONAL AD HOC OR KEEP LAURA AN EYE ON THE COMMITTEE AND, AND WORK WITH STAFF TO DEVELOP SOMETHING TO BRING FORWARD TO COUNCIL AS A WHOLE TO, TO LOOK AT, THIS IS OUR WISHLIST FOR THIS TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY AND, AND SEE IF WE, IF WE AS A BODY WANT TO GO FORWARD OR NOT.

UM, I JUST DIDN'T WANT IT TO LANGUISH AWAY.

TIME GETS AWAY FROM US REAL QUICK.

THERE'S, UH, THERE'S NOT A DAY I DON'T DEAL WITH ISSUES WITH THE CITY, AND, AND THE LIST IS LONG AND ARDUOUS AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A, WE'RE A GROWING, THRIVING COMMUNITY AND, AND THE, AND THE, THE TASK LIST NEVER SHORTENS.

UM, IT'S KINDA LIKE MY HONEY DO LIST AT HOME.

IT NEVER GETS SHORTER.

SO, BUT WE, WE'VE GOTTA KEEP MOVING THESE ITEMS FORWARD TO FINISH THE DISCUSSIONS.

LAURA.

THANK YOU, MIKE.

UM, SO I, I KNOW I'M LOOKING AT THE ORIGINAL MATRIX, AND SO MR. ASHBACH, IF YOU DO HAVE AN UPDATED ONE, WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COPY OF THAT, IF ANYTHING WAS CHANGED.

UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, UM, WE DID ALREADY, I THINK DURING THE RETREAT, PRESENT THIS TO ALL OF YOU.

AND, AND WE JUST STARTED TALKING, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE AND WHAT THE, THE REQUESTS WERE, UM, IN TERMS OF THEIR WISHLIST.

AND SO WE DID TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME DURING THE RETREAT TO SAY, OKAY, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO DO THIS? WOULD WE NOT? UM, AND SO OBVIOUSLY, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE ANY DECISIONS TONIGHT.

UM, BUT, UH, EITHER WAY WE STILL DO DEFINITELY NEED TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS, UM, THAT IT WOULD TAKE.

UM, FOR ESPECIALLY THE PARKING STRUCTURES.

WE DID DISCUSS, NOT JUST, UM, FOR THE BATTLESHIP, BUT WE DISCUSSED EVEN WHEN WE WERE, UM, WORKING WITH THE HOTEL ON DOING A, A PARKING ASSESSMENT, A A SURVEY TO SEE WHAT WE WOULD NEED, UH, FOR PARKING.

DO WE HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING? YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAVE O'NEILL'S, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE HOTEL AND THEN POTENTIALLY THE BATTLESHIP.

AND SO WOULD WE HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING TO FACILITATE ALL OF THAT? AND SO, UM, I I'VE BEEN TO THOSE PRESENTATIONS WITH, WITH RICK AT TML AND, AND HOW IMPORTANT IT WOULD BE FOR US TO DO THE STUDY AND NOT JUST THINK, OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND BUILD ALL THESE EXTRA PARKING SPACES AND THEN WE DIDN'T NEED THEM.

SO I, I DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT.

UM, SOME OF THE, ONE OF THE ITEMS FOR INSTANCE, UM, WAS THAT IF WE AS THE CITY EVER WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, GET RID OF THE BATTLESHIP OR, OR MOVE IT OUT, THEN IT WOULD BE ON OUR EXPENSE.

UM, BUT ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT I ASKED RICK ABOUT WAS, OKAY, WHAT ABOUT NATURAL DISASTERS? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF, YOU KNOW, WE DO GET A HURRICANE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, THEN, YOU KNOW, WHO'S LIABLE FOR THE SHIP? UM, AND, AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE THE FOUNDATION CAN ADDRESS OR, YOU KNOW, WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED A, YOU KNOW, HEY CITY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT AND AND DISCUSSED AS WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME SORT, UM, OF AGREEMENT.

AND SO IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH RICK, AND, AND I KNOW WITH MIKE AS WELL AS MY CO-CHAIR, WE, WE THOUGHT, OKAY, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THIS MATRIX AND NOW THIS UPDATED MATRIX, AND I'LL DEFINITELY HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO REVIEW THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD SOME SORT OF CONTRACT OR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT LOOK LIKE? WHAT WOULD THE, THE COST BE TO THE CITY AND WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD WE BE SIGNING UP FOR? AND SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, UM, HAVING RICK AND AND

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OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT GO IN THERE AND JUST START DRAFTING TO SOMETHING TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BRING IT BACK TO US.

UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HASTE, UM, WE COULD DO THAT IN.

UM, BUT I KNOW AT LEAST WE CAN, YOU KNOW, START WITH SOMETHING KNOWING THAT WE'VE, WE'VE GOT PARAMETERS THAT Y'ALL WERE LOOKING FOR.

UM, AND SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY PIECE.

UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.

AND SO JUST BEING MINDFUL OF THIS, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT CAME UP WITH MY, UM, AS YOU KNOW, AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, SOUTHWEST EDITION IS NOW, UM, BACK UP AND RUNNING AS A CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

AND SO WHEN, UM, I SENT THIS OUT TO THEM, THEY, NOT ACTUALLY THE THE WISHLIST, BUT JUST THE IDEA OF, OF HAVING THE BATTLESHIP THERE AND OBVIOUSLY JUST LIKE MANY OF US ARE SAYING, WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO HAVE IT THERE? UM, AND SO THEY'RE ONLY WORRY, AS YOU KNOW, RICK, WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH ISSUES OF TRAFFIC DOWN MISSOURI STREET, MISSOURI STREET LEADS, RIGHT TO 1 46, WHICH LEADS RIGHT TO THE MARINA.

UM, SO THAT WAS REALLY THEIR ONLY CONCERN IS WHAT IMPACT TRAFFIC WOULD HAVE FOR THEM OF, OF VISITORS, YOU KNOW, COMING OFF THE LOOP AND, AND, UM, HEADING OVER TO THE MARINA.

SO I DEFINITELY WANNA LOOK INTO THAT.

UM, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, UPDATES TO THAT SUBDIVISION, MAYBE NEW STREETS AND STUFF.

AND SO IF WE'RE LAYING DOWN NEW STREETS AND THEN WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.

SO I JUST WANT US TO, TO KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AND, UM, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS A, A GOOD QUESTION FROM THE RESIDENTS AND SO I WANTED TO BRING IT FORWARD.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, MS. PEN COURT? SO, UM, IN LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, I NOTICED THE LIST THAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT HASN'T BEEN MADE PUBLIC, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO EVERYONE.

WHEN I SAY THE ITEMS THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED GREEN, I'M GOOD WITH, OR THE ITEMS THAT WERE RED I'M FINE WITH.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE INTENT OR IF, UM, WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ITEMS THAT WERE YELLOW? IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE TONIGHT? SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH THAT DISCUSSION.

UM, I GUESS THE GENERAL COMMENT I HAVE IS THE CONCEPT, UM, OF BRINGING THE BATTLESHIP TO BAYTOWN I AGREE WITH.

UM, BUT, UM, I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO START DIGGING INTO THESE DETAILS, ASSIGNING A PRICE TAG TO IT AND THEN FIGURING OUT THE FUNDING TOOL FOR THAT PRICE TAG.

I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND COUNCIL, UM, THAT IF IT'S THE CITY'S INTENT TO PROPOSE ISSUING DEBT FOR THIS, EVEN IF IT IS A CO OUR DEBT POLICY DOES REQUIRE US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT PUTTING THAT DEBT TO THE VOTER.

UM, BECAUSE IT IS, UH, AN ASSET THAT WOULD BE A WANT, NOT A NEED.

AND IT IS AN ASSET THAT IS OF HIGH COMMUNITY INTEREST.

SO IF IT IS THE CITY'S INTENT TO ISSUE DEBT FOR THE FUNDING, WE SHOULD HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON WHETHER THAT GOES TO THE VOTERS OR NOT.

THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

UH, ANY FINAL, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON? I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN BIDDEN COURT AND MS. ALVARADO SITTING, SITTING ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ADDED TO THE POLICY WAS THAT ONCE IT REACHES A CERTAIN CERTAIN THRESHOLD ON THE AMOUNT TO BE SPENT, WE WOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

UM, I AM, I WAS GONNA ASK THE QUESTION, WHEN ARE WE GONNA SEE A FINAL NUMBER SO THAT WE DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION? THE NUMBER THAT I'VE BEEN SEEING, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED WITH US THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAY NOT HAVE.

IF IT WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING AROUND THAT NUMBER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.

THAT BEING SAID, I AM HAPPY TO SEE THE FIVE THINGS THAT YOU WEREN'T TOO ENTHUSED ABOUT AND MARKED THEM OFF 'CAUSE I WASN'T TOO ENTHUSED ABOUT THEM MYSELF.

SO YOU'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

UM, MY MAIN CONCERN IS GOING TO BE THE COST.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TIMELINE ARE YOU ALL EXPECTING AN ANSWER FROM THE CITY INN? THE, THE TIMELINE IS AFTER THIS GETS APPROVED, IT'S GONNA TAKE A YEAR TO GET ALL THE PERMITS AND THERE'S EIGHT DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT NEED TO GET THE PERMITS.

WE'VE TALKED TO OUR CONGRESSMAN AND WE FEEL ASSURED THAT HE CAN PUSH IT THROUGH CONGRESS AND GET ALL OUR PERMITS WITHIN SIX MONTHS.

AND HE SAYS HE CAN DO THAT AS SOON AS WE ANNOUNCE THE BATTLESHIPS COME INTO BAYTOWN.

UM, TWO POINTS OF CLARIFICATION.

UM, THE DREDGING COSTS ARE ABOUT $20 MILLION.

WE GOT A BID TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO WHEN WE GOT A BID

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SIX MONTHS AGO.

THE OTHER INCIDENTALS ARE GANG PLANKS, MOORINGS, BULKHEADING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA THAT GOES INTO THERE.

UM, WE HAVE HAD BRUCE AND THE BATTLESHIP BRING THE BATTLESHIP TO BAYTOWN AND THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER AND US HAVE HAD FIVE, I THINK CLOSED DOOR MEETINGS OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS.

THE MAYOR HAS TOLD US EXPLICITLY THAT THE CITY IS NOT GONNA PUT A ONE PENNY INTO BRINGING THE BATTLESHIP TO BAYTOWN AND HE'S REPEATED THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

SO WE'RE READY TO GO OUT WITH THE FUNDRA NATIONAL FUNDRAISING GROUP AND START RAISING FUNDS.

ANY MONEY THE CITY CAN HELP ON THAT WILL BE APPRECIATED.

BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR 20 TO $30 MILLION FROM THE CITY.

UM, WE NEVER HAVE BEEN.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME MONEY FROM THE CITY TO GET STARTED, BUT, UH, WE'RE READY TO START FUNDRAISING.

THE MAYOR HAS SAID THAT HE WILL PAY HALF THE FUNDRAISING COSTS AND WE'VE INTERVIEWED AND SELECTED A COMPANY THAT WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT'S WORKED WITH THE BATTLESHIP BEFORE AND WORKED WITH THE ALAMO AND SEVERAL OTHER GROUPS, UH, LOCATED OUTTA HOUSTON TO HIRE AS A NATIONAL FUNDRAISER.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU SAID THE MAYOR SAID HE WOULD PAY IT? I'M SORRY? YOU SAID THE MAYOR SAID HE WOULD PAY IT.

, THE MAYOR HAS TOLD US REPEATEDLY THAT THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO PUT ONE PENNY IN BRINGING THE BATTLESHIP TO BAYTOWN.

UM, AND WE DID DISCUSS THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN, UH, DURING OUR RETREAT AND WHERE WE AGREED THAT IF THEY HAVE A FUNDRAISER THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, DO THE MONEY OR RAISE THE MONEY THAT WE WOULD PAY HALF TOWARDS THAT FUNDRAISER AND NOT NECESSARILY THE MONEY THAT'S NEEDED, BUT THE MONEY TOWARDS THE FUNDRAISER CONTRIBUTE.

I WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED, I SEE THAT THIS IS MARKED OFF.

BAYTOWN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE OF DREDGING AROUND THE SHIP TO KEEP IT FREE FLOATING.

SPEAK A LITTLE BIT LOUDER, PLEASE.

I APOLOGIZE.

THAT'S OKAY.

SOMETHING THAT IS MARKED, SOMETHING THAT IS MARKED OFF HERE.

BAYTOWN BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE DREDGING, I SEE THAT IT'S MARKED OFF.

THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE BACKUP PLAN IS FOR THE DREDGING.

UM, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE DREDGING WHENEVER YOU ALL WOULD FIND, UM, A WAY TO, TO MAINTAIN THAT DREDGING.

OTHER THAN THAT, I'M MAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

I WANT, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LEFT, UM, HAVING TO FEND FOR A HIGH DOLLAR AMOUNT, 20 MILLION, 35 MILLION.

THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN.

HOW LONG ARE THEY EXPECTING THE BATTLESHIP TO BE AT? AT THE LOCATION WHERE IT'S GONNA BE RENOVATED? UH, NINE TO 12 MONTHS.

BUT BILL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

SO WE, WE REALIZE THAT BASED DOWN THIS IS VOTED ON, WOULD NOT BE READY FOR THE BATTLESHIP IN NINE TO 12 MONTHS.

SO WE'VE TALKED TO THE BATTLESHIP AND BRUCE AND THEY, WHEN IT GETS FINISHED, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DOCK IT SOMEWHERE AND CONTINUE THEIR RESTORATION BEFORE IT CAN BE READY TO COME TO BAYTOWN.

SO IT'LL PROBABLY BE IF WE TAKE SIX TO NINE MONTHS FOR PER PERMITTING, AND THAT WILL BE A TIME WE'RE DOING FUNDRAISING AND WE'RE NOT GONNA START ANY WORK UNTIL WE'VE GOT MONEY IN THE BANK AND ASSURANCES FROM THE FUNDRAISER.

SO SHE SAYS SHE CAN START NEXT WEEK FUNDRAISING, UH, ANY MONEY THAT CINDY PUTS IN WOULD BE APPRECIATED, BUT I HATE TO SAY THIS, IT IS NOT NECESSARY 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND RAISE THE FUNDS.

THANK YOU MR. OCK.

SO MR. COUNCILMAN POWELL? YEAH, UM, I, I THINK I AGREE WITH WHAT'S BEING SET UP HERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, O OVERALL I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THE CONCEPT OF BRINGING THIS HERE.

IT'S ALL JUST GONNA COME DOWN TO WHAT'S THE COST, UM, FOR THE CITY.

MAYBE THERE ISN'T A COST AS YOU'RE SAYING, UM, BUT I, I THINK, UM, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS FORWARD AND I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NEXT STEP IS WE NEED TO GET THAT MATRIX BEFORE US AND REALLY HAMMER OUT THE DETAILS.

SO I THINK THAT'S CITY STAFF.

I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S THE, THE CONSENSUS.

INCORPORATE, UM, OUR CONTRIBUTION TO A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN IN SUCH DOCUMENT.

AND, AND I AGREE WITH THE CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL, THE MATRIX THAT, THAT, UH, WE'VE ALLUDED TO.

YOU KNOW, I AGREE ACTUALLY WITH I GUESS THE WORK THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN PUT IN AND, AND AS FAR AS THE GENERALITIES AND THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S BEEN A, A MEETING OF THE MINDS ON SOME GENERAL TERMS AND, AND I'M GOOD WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A CONSENSUS HERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, WHETHER IT'S AN MOUA CONTRACT, WHATEVER WE WANNA CALL IT.

BUT TO PUT SOMETHING IN WRITING AND, AND PERSONALLY I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD

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AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME COST CONSIDERATIONS THAT COUNSEL WANTS TO, UH, HEAR ABOUT AND, AND DELIBERATE ON.

AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN KIND OF WORK ON BOTH OF THOSE SIMULTANEOUSLY.

SO, CHRIS, ONE MORE POINT.

YES SIR.

THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR STUDIES ON TRAFFIC COUNT OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF, THREE YEARS, FOUR DIFFERENT STUDIES.

THE TRAFFIC COUNT, THE FIRST YEAR IS PROJECTED TO BE 225 TO $275,000.

SEVERAL PEOPLE SAID THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

THOSE ARE THE COUNT THE STUDIES WE'VE HAD MADE AND ALL.

AND I SAY, OKAY, PIRATE BAY IS NOT ON LOCAL THOROUGHFARE, IT'S OFF THE BEATEN PATH.

IT'S ONLY OPEN FOUR MONTHS A YEAR.

AND LAST YEAR THEY HAD 185,000 PEOPLE VISIT PIRATE BAY.

WHY IS IT RIDICULOUS TO THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANYTHING LESS THAN 225, 200 50,000 PEOPLE THE FIRST YEAR ONLY VISITING THE BATTLESHIP? YEAH.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.

SO WITH THAT, OR IS THERE A, JUST TO, TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S A CONSENSUS HERE FOR STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD ON CRAFTING AN MOUA CONTRACT, WHATEVER WE WANNA CALL IT, UM, AND, AND, AND GET SOME OF THE TERMS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED THUS FAR ON PAPER, HOPEFULLY ADDRESS SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY WORK ON SOME OF THE COST CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE, WE WOULD WANNA LOOK AT IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS WELL.

CAN I ADD ONE POINT? YES.

AND ALSO PROBABLY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING MM-HMM.

WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS THAT COST AND DETERMINE WHETHER WE WANNA PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A TIME ISSUE IF YOU WANT IT BY NOVEMBER.

MM-HMM .

SO WE NEED TO DO THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

OR ELSE, IF WE ALL AGREED WE WANTED IT ON THE BALLOT AND WE DON'T DO IT IN TIME, WE'D HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE NOTHER YEAR AND THAT'S JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE.

SO YEAH.

IF I COULD ASK WHAT'S THE, THE LIMIT TO TRIGGER THE VOTE? WHAT'S THE THRESHOLD? FINANCE COMMITTEE THRESHOLD? IN FACT, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.

IT'S A PRETTY NOT SAY HIGH STANDARD, BUT IT'S NOT LOW EITHER.

UM, THE DOLLAR FIGURES.

NO, PART OF THE MATRIX WAS IF IT WAS A ASSET OF HIGH COMMUNITY INTEREST, THAT WOULD TRIGGER A DISCUSSION MM-HMM .

SO IT'S SIMPLY A DISCUSSION.

IT DOESN'T DICTATE WHETHER IT GOES ON THE BALLOT.

THAT'S UP TO US.

BUT IT DOES TRIGGER THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

OH, AND THE DISCUSSION IS PARAMOUNT TO ANY OF THIS MM-HMM .

UM, WHICH IS WHY I BROUGHT IT FORWARD WITH LAURA AND SO FORTH, THIS CLINIC.

SO WE COULD REACH A CONSENSUS TO DIRECT STAFF.

'CAUSE STAFF IS WILLING TO GO FORWARD, BUT THEY'RE GOING, IS THAT WHAT COUNCIL WANTS? SO AS CHRIS HAS SAID, MAYOR PROTE JUST INDICATED IT APPEARS THERE'S A CONSENSUS ON COUNCIL THAT WE WANT STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND DEVELOP A DRAFT AND LET US SEE IT.

PUT SOME NUMBERS IN THERE AND, AND I'M ONE OF THOSE, IT'S GOING, IF THE NUMBERS START GETTING TOO HIGH, THIS PUT NOT TO EXCEED NUMBERS.

SO WE CAN GO UP TO CERTAIN POINTS AND THAT'S AS FAR AS WE'LL GO.

THE EXAMPLE I USED, IF THEY WANT A LARGER FACILITY, THEN, THEN WE'RE WILLING TO FUND, THEN THEY HAVE TO FUND THE ADDITIONAL PORTION OF IT.

SO, BUT LET'S, LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND GET SOMETHING IN FRONT OF US SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND NOT JUST THIS DRAFT AND THIS DRAFT OR THIS DRAFT.

LET'S, LET'S GET SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK FORWARD AND, AND ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION THAT OKAY, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, CAN WE GO FORWARD OR NOT? AGREED.

SO I, I, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS.

MM-HMM .

OF PRESS OF DIGITIZATION TO, TO PUT TOGETHER THIS, UH, AGREEMENT IN AS TIMELY MANNER AS POSSIBLE AND GET THIS TO YOU IN A WORK SESSION.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, THERE IS A CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IN, IN MY OPINION, IT IT, YOU KNOW, THE SOONER THE BETTER.

THEY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET SOMETHING ON PAPER AND IF IT'S SIMPLY THE BEST WE CAN DO, IT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO.

AND, AND YOU'LL HAVE THAT TO WORK WITH AND, AND HOPEFULLY THE THE BEST THE CITY CAN DO IS GOOD ENOUGH, HOPEFULLY.

AND, UH, BUT LIKE I SAY, THERE IS A CONSENSUS TO, TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD, MR. CITY MANAGER, MR. MAYOR PROAM AND COUNCIL, I THINK IT'S, IT IS PROBABLY VERY WISE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN AGREEMENT THAT, UH, IS NOT SPECIFIC AS TO THE COST OF EACH OF THE ELEMENTS, BUT, UH, HAS A NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER.

I THOUGHT THAT'S A, A VERY GOOD IDEA BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVE NOT DONE AN EVALUATION OF PARKING NEEDS.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE CONVENTION CENTER AND HOTEL INACTION YET.

SO IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE, UH, WHAT IMPACT, UH, THE BATTLESHIP IS ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE TO THE TOTALITY OR THE CAPACITY WE HAVE FOR PARKING.

THE OTHER FACTOR, OBVIOUSLY IS THE MUSEUM, UH, FACILITY THAT WE HAVE NOT ARCHITECTURALLY EVALUATED.

SO BEING SAYING THAT NOT TO EXCEED NUMBERS IS PROBABLY, UH, FAIRLY WISE, I WILL, UH, COMMIT THAT, UH, LEGAL AND I WILL WORK, UH, WE WILL EMPLOY, UH, NO LITTLE AMOUNT

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MAYOR PRO TIM? YES, MA'AM.

ONE FINAL QUESTION.

UM, RICK, THE FUNDING, WHERE WOULD THAT COME FROM? MDD GENERAL FUNDS? WHERE, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WHAT BUCKET? IN TERMS OF FUNDING? MM-HMM .

THE FUNDING SERVICE.

SO IF WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER THAT COVERS THE TWO FACILITIES AND THE FUNDRAISING, UH, PORTION.

I THINK THOSE ARE THE THREE ELEMENTS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP.

UH, I, I, IT IS PROBABLY VERY PREMATURE FOR US TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.

UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY TRADITIONALLY WE WOULD LOOK TO EVERYTHING FROM, UH, HOT MDD AND GENERAL FUND AND MAYBE EVEN CIPF, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDING.

IN ORDER TO FUND SUCH A A FACILITY, YOU LIKELY ARE LOOKING AT AN ISSUANCE, UH, DEPENDING ON HOW FAR WE GOT, GET UP THAT LADDER ON THE NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER.

AND IT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE REVISED LIST THAT MR. ESBA GAVE US, THAT THE, UM, GIFT SHOP AND MUSEUM HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF OF THE OKAY.

THAT'S, YEAH.

SO THAT WOULD BE BRAND NEW INFORMATION.

SO THAT WOULD, YEAH, WE JUST GOT IT TONIGHT.

SO, UM, SO THAT MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS WELL IN TERMS OF IT WOULD MAKE A, IT WOULD MAKE A CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCE.

WE'LL, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY STILL RETAIN CONTROLLABLE WHERE THAT FACILITY WOULD BE LOCATED.

MM-HMM .

OBVIOUSLY.

AND THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAN FOR FOR THAT FACILITY, BUT THAT YEAH, THAT, THAT'D BE TREMENDOUS.

AND AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE, WE DO NOT HAVE A PARKING SOLUTION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PARKING PROBLEM YET.

RIGHT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THE TOTAL IMPACT IS GOING TO BE.

WE HAVE 409 SPOTS FOR THE HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER, AND THEN WE HAVE AUXILIARY PARKING AT THE BOAT RAMP THAT'S IN THE HUNDREDS.

SO, UH, WE PROBABLY HAVE SIX, 700 PARKING PLACES RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, AT PEAK TIMES NEEDING AN EXCESS OF 400.

SO ONE WOULD LOGICALLY ASSUME THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO A STUDY AND PLAN FOR SOME TYPE OF PARKING FACILITY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH WILL BE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO JUST WANNA THANK THOSE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT ON THAT ITEM.

WITH THAT,

[5. CONSENT All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.]

AND WE'LL NEED A MOTION FOR FIVE A THROUGH G UNLESS ANY MEMBER WANTS TO PULL AN ITEM.

MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FIVE A THROUGH G.

SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED NAY FIVE A CARRIES.

WITH THAT,

[6. 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.]

WE'LL MOVE ON TO SIX.

AND THAT'S THE MANAGER'S REPORT.

YES.

THANK YOU, UH, FOR TIME, COUNSEL, UH, ONE THING I WANNA REMIND YOU OF IS AS WE CELEBRATE PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, UH, WE HAVE THE TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT, UH, COMING MAY 14TH, THAT'S THIS SATURDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT TWO 13 WEST TEXAS.

AND SO THERE'LL BE SNOW CONES, POPCORN, BOUNCE HOUSE, FIRE HYDRANT DEMOS.

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE THAT IN ACTION EQUIPMENT DEMOS AND MEET CITY PERSONNEL, WHICH, UH, THAT SHOULD BRING YOU OUT IF NOTHING ELSE DOES.

SO, OH YEAH, AGAIN, THAT IS THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 TO TWO ON TEXAS AVENUE.

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL OUT THERE.

I WANNA JUST, UH, UH, SEND SOME KUDOS TO OFFICER CLINT HOLDEN, UH, WHO, UH, RECEIVED A KIND NOTE ABOUT HIS PROFESSIONALISM AND TIMELINESS AS HE RESPONDED TO A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT.

UH, AND SO THEY SAID THAT, UH, THE CITIZENS SAID, I SINCERELY APPRECIATE HIS PROMPTNESS AND PROFESSIONALISM.

UH, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH APPRECIATION FOR WHAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE DO FOR US.

REPORT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HEATHER

SO I WANT TO COMMEND HIM.

ALSO WANT TO COMMEND, UH, MATT JOHNSON, UH, SWEATED PATEL AND MARCUS CURRY FOR THEIR HELP, UH, WITH, UM, NOREEN BOWEN AND DIRECT RETAIL.

UH, SHE QUOTES, UH, IT IS SELDOM THAT WE AS BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS TAKE THE TIME TO COMMENCE CITY EMPLOYEES.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THREE EMPLOYEES THAT WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND, HELP ME OUT, UH, WITH MY QUESTIONS.

SO CONGRATS TO MATT AND SWEAT AND MARCUS.

UH, THEY ALL CANNOT HAVE BEEN MORE COURTEOUS AND PROFESSIONAL, AND I APPRECIATE THEIR SETTING THE BAR FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND DEMONSTRATING OUR CORE VALUE OF CARING.

AND WITH THAT, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM AND COUNCIL, I, UH, HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO REPORT AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT REPORTS, REPORTS, SEVEN A AND SEVEN B, AND WE WILL START WITH A

[a. Receive a report from Council Member Heather Betancourth as it relates to Council District No. Four.]

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BETTEN AS IT RELATES TO COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR.