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WE GO.[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, MAY 26, 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: 852 5894 6878. For telephone conferencing, please use the following toll-free number: 1-888-788-0099, Meeting ID: 852 5894 6878. The meeting can also be viewed on the local Baytown Channel 16, which can be accessed at: https://baytown.org/1/home. 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: Agenda Packet 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 Charles Johnson, District No. Three]
SO NOW CALL THIS MEETING WITH THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.IT IS 6:30 PM WE ARE IN BAYTOWN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
WE'LL BE LED IN OUR PLEDGE AND INVOCATION THIS EVENING BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE LESTER OF DISTRICT SIX.
PLEASE STAND, JOIN IN THE SAME PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG OF ALL ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
ONE STATE AMONG YOUR GOD, ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.
IF YOU PLEASE JOIN ME JUST FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE TRAGEDY THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE CITY OF VALDI.
AND I'M GOING TO, I'M GONNA PASS ON THE INVOCATION TONIGHT IN HONOR OF THE CHILDREN.
[1. MINUTES]
WE HAVE ITEM, UH, ITEM ONE, A AND B.UH, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL RETREAT HELD ON APRIL 1ST, 2022, AND THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, A REGULAR MEETING HELD ON APRIL 28TH.
AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. MOTION FOR SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS COUNT, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ABSTENTIONS? HAVE NOT.
UM, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM ONE A AND B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[a. Presentation of the Life Saving Award to Detective Haley Hammes by the Chief of Police.]
WE HAVE ITEM TWO, A PRESENTATION OF A LIFESAVING AWARD, UH, TO DETECTIVE HALEY HAYS BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE.HOPEFULLY I SAID THAT CORRECTLY.
CHIEF DETECTIVE, THANK, WOULD YOU COME ON UP AND BRING YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU? IF YOU WISH, YOU'LL JUST STAND RIGHT HERE AND, AND FACE THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.
THIS IS DETECTIVE HALEY AMES AND HER BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
UM, AS WE PAUSE TO GIVE A MOMENT OF REFLECTION TO THOSE WHO WERE MURDERED RECENTLY IN OUR SCHOOLS, HAVING BEEN ON THE JOB AS A POLICE OFFICER FOR ALMOST 27 YEARS NOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE'S MANY EVENTS FOR A POLICE OFFICER WHERE THEY SAY, I WISH I'D BEEN THERE.
THOSE ARE ALL CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE WOULD'VE GIVEN ANYTHING TO BE THERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND POLICE OFFICERS ARE OFTEN IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
UM, AND I'M PRIVILEGED AND CAN SAY IT'S RARE THAT I GET THE HONOR TO STAND IN THE PRESENCE OF HEROES, BUT TODAY, I'M STANDING IN THE PRESENCE OF A HERO.
AND I'D LIKE TO LE READ TO YOU THE CITATION FOR HALEY AMES.
ON MONDAY, ZERO THREE, APRIL, 2017, OFFICERS BEGAN TO RECEIVE INFORMATION OF AN OFFICER SHOT AT 7 0 3 WEST BAKER STREET AT THE PRECINCT THREE HARRIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE ANNEX, AND MANY OF OUR UNITS RESPONDED.
DETECTIVE AMES WAS THEN OFFICER HALEY AMES, UNIT NUMBER 1 75, AND RESPONDED AND DROVE HER VEHICLE WITHOUT HESITATION, NEARER TO THE MORTALLY WOUNDED PRECINCT THREE, ASSISTANT CHIEF DEPUTY CLINT GREENWOOD.
FOOTAGE FROM HER BODY CAM NOT ONLY SHOWS HER COURAGE, AS WITHOUT HESITATION, SHE MOVES DIRECTLY TO THE WOUNDED OFFICER.
BUT HER CONTINUED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND LEADERSHIP AS SHE DIRECTED THE OTHER OFFICERS ON HOW TO HELP AND WHAT TO DO, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE SHOOTER HAD NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED.
WE HAD NO IDEA WHERE THE SHOTS WERE COMING FROM, AND THERE WAS STILL A VERY REAL AND PRESENT DANGER TO ALL INVOLVED.
AT THE SAME TIME, OFFICER HAYES COORDINATED THE MOVEMENT OF CHIEF DEPUTY GREENWOOD FOR HIS EXTRACTION.
THAT INCLUDED SECURITY AND USING THE MOST IMMEDIATE EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE.
OFFICER AMES DREW UPON HER EXCELLENT PARAMEDIC SKILLS TO IMMEDIATELY RENDER AID, WHILE ALSO TAKING STEPS TO GET CHIEF DEPUTY GREENWOOD OUTTA THE DANGER AREA.
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TRANSPORTED HIM TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF EMERGENT CARE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.OFFICER AMES CONTINUOUSLY ENCOURAGED THE PROFUSELY BLEEDING CHIEF DEPUTY GREENWOOD AS SHE DROVE TOWARD THE NEAREST HOSPITAL, AND SHE COORDINATED THE EMERGENCY TRANSPORT OF THE MORTALLY WOUNDED OFFICER.
AS OFFICER AMES QUICKLY BUT CAREFULLY DROVE AWAY FROM THE SHOOTING SCENE.
SHE ADJUSTED HER ROUTE AS SERGEANT DE BROADCAST TO OTHER UNITS IN THE AREA THAT LIFE FLIGHT IN THE AMBULANCE WOULD BE MET AT STERLING HIGH SCHOOL.
AS SHE TURNED ONTO BAKER ROAD, THE AMBULANCE WAS SEEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO OFFICER AMES IMMEDIATELY TURNED INTO THE PARKING LOT AND STOPPED CLOSE TO THE AMBULANCE, THUS PROVIDING A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE TO CHIEF DEPUTY GREENWOOD.
MINUTES FASTER THAN CONTINUING TO THE HOSPITAL OFFICER AMES ONCE AGAIN TOOK CHARGE AND LED THE EFFORT TRANSFERRING DEPUTY GREENWOOD CORRECTION, CHIEF DEPUTY GREENWOOD TO THE FULLY EQUIPPED AMBULANCE, WHERE PARAMEDICS TOOK OVER THE EFFORTS TO SAVE HIS LIFE AS SHE PROVIDED THEM WITH DETAILED MEDICAL INFORMATION TO AID THEIR IMMEDIATE TREATMENT.
OFFICER AMES CONTINUED HER EXEMPLARY ACTIONS.
ONCE CHIEF DEPUTY GREENWOOD WAS BEING CARED FOR BY THE PARAMEDICS, BY THINKING TO SECURE HIS FIREARM AND CLEARING IT FOR SAFETY, ONCE EXPEDIENTLY PACKAGING THE WEAPON FOR TRANSPORT, SHE THEN RETURNED TO THE ANDREWS SITE AND WAS PREPARED TO ENGAGE IN THE MANHUNT OR POST THE PERIMETER POSITION AS NEEDED.
UNFORTUNATELY, DESPITE THE HERCULEAN EFFORTS BY OFFICER AMES AND ADDITIONAL MEDICAL PERSONNEL, DEPUTY CHIEF GREENWOOD, A BROTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY ULTIMATELY SUCCUMBED TO HIS WOUNDS AND DIED LATER THAT DAY.
OFFICER AMES EXEMPLIFIED COURAGE INITIATIVE LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION.
WITHOUT HESITATION, SHE DELIBERATELY CHARGED INTO A VERY DYNAMIC AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SITUATION WHILE MAINTAINING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND HER UNCANNY ABILITY TO LEAD UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.
SHE HAD LASER FOCUS TRYING TO PROVIDE CHIEF DEPUTY GREENWOOD HIS BEST CHANCE TO SURVIVE.
THE AUSH ENCOUNTERED OFFICER HALEY AMES ACTIONS AND DEDICATION TO HER SWORN DUTIES ARE PRAISEWORTHY AND THEY REFLECT VERY HIGHLY UPON HER SKILLS, TRAINING AND PROFESSIONALISM, AND BRING GREAT CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ARE ABSOLUTELY IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS AND ETHOS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION.
DETECTIVE AMES, THIS IS BAY POLICE DEPART OFFICER.
WHEN I PRESENT AN AWARD TO AN OFFICER, I, SHE IS GONNA BE MOUNTED THE PROGRAM
[b. Recognize the Youth Advisory Commission participants.]
HERE.BE ITEM TWO B, RECOGNIZE THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION PARTICIPANTS IN THIS USES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I'M GONNA TURN THIS, UH, OVER RIGHT AWAY TO THE DYNAMIC DUO OF SABRINA MARTIN.
AND CATHERINE BEVERLY, OUR TEEN LIBRARIAN AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER.
AND THEY ARE GONNA INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME OF THE MOST FABULOUS TEENS IN TOWN.
OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, COMMISSION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE HAVE OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION HERE TONIGHT.
UM, AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE HERE AS WELL.
THIS PAST YEAR, THEY GOT TO BE A FOCUS GROUP FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEY PLANNED AN EVENT WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, AND THEY MET WITH SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS AND SOME OF Y'ALL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THEM TONIGHT.
I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KATIE FOR, UH, INTRODUCTIONS.
MAYOR, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING DOWN AND PRESENTING THEIR CERTIFICATES.
I'M GONNA TAKE SOME PHOTOS AT THE END, THOUGH.
WE'D LOVE FOR Y'ALL TO JOIN US FOR OUR BIG GROUP PHOTO.
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OKAY, SO, SEL BERNARDES RALENE GILL.
AND IF WE COULD GET ONE GROUP PHOTO WITH THE KIDS AND THE, AND THE COUNCIL.
READY? ONE, TWO, WAIT FOR THREE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE ALL THE PARENTS THANK YOU.
[c. Recognize the members of City Council who attended the Fire Ops 101 Training.]
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ALRIGHT, SO, UH, NEXT ITEM.WE HAVE, UH, TWO C RECOGNI RECOGNITION OF THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL THAT ATTENDED THE FIRE OPS 1 0 1 TRAINING CHIEF.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, RECENTLY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE UNION PARTNERED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THE FIRE OPS 1 0 1 CLASS.
AND, UH, FIRE UNION PRESIDENT DALLAS WEBB IS HERE TO SHOW A VIDEO AND THEN PRESENT, UH, CERTIFICATES.
I'M NOT TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED HERE.
IT'S ONE OF OUR BETTER PROGRAMS BECAUSE IT REALLY GETS THE DECISION MAKERS IN A COMMUNITY RIGHT DOWN WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.
AND IT PUTS THEM IN SITUATIONS THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AND UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY'RE CONSIDERING ISSUES OR ITEMS OR EQUIPMENT AND STAFFING FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, IT'S REALLY THE BEST WAY THAT WE HAVE TO SHOW 'EM, UH, SHOW PEOPLE, UH, OUR ABILITY TO, UM, FUNCTION AS A TEAM.
AND IT, IT ALSO GIVES THEM A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE NEED THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED, THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED, AND ALL OF THE, UM, EQUIPMENT AND STAFFING THAT GOES WITH THE AMERICAN FIRE SERVICE.
I, IT GIVES ME A GREATER APPRECIATION OF WHAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
UM, JUST AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE TOOLS THEY NEED AND THE TRAINING THEY NEED.
I, I THINK THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FOR ME IS JUST THE SPEED THAT'S NEEDED IN EVERYTHING THEY DO.
I, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO PUT THIS GEAR ON, BUT IT TOOK SEVERAL, SEVERAL MINUTES.
UM, AND JUST, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EXTRA MINUTES THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO A LOT FASTER AND GET TO WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED, WHERE, WHERE CITIZENS ARE IN TROUBLE.
SO JUST A GREAT APPRECIATION FOR WHAT THEY DO, UM, THE HIGH LEVEL TRAINING THEY HAVE AND THE SPEED OF THE, TO ME, MY EYEOPENER WAS JUST LIKE THE COST OF EVERYTHING.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I'M SO GLAD THAT WE DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE HEAT THAT YOU ALL DO, UH, BECAUSE EVEN THAT WAS ALREADY HOT FOR ME AND IT WAS JUST AT A MUCH LOWER LEVEL.
SO I REALLY JUST APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND, AND GIRLS, WOMEN, UM, THAT DO THIS DAY IN, DAY OUT.
SO I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDED IT IS PART OF OUR PLAN.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO THIS AGAIN.
UM, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET THE SCHEDULE OF SEVEN, SEVEN PEOPLES OR EVEN MORE IN ATTENDANCE AT ONE, ONE POINT IN TIME.
LUCKILY, WE'RE ABLE TO GET FOUR OF, OF THE COUNCIL FOLKS UP HERE AND INCLUDING THE MAYOR.
UM, AND IT REALLY SHOWS, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS PARTS OF THE JOB AND HOW DIFFICULT THEY CAN BE SOMETIMES, HOW HOT THEY CAN BE SOMETIMES.
UM, AND REALLY, REALLY HELPS US OUT WITH YOU GUYS UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE NEED AND WHEN WE ASK FOR THINGS, WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS AND I HAVE SOME, UH, UH, CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.
IF Y'ALL WANNA COME DOWN HERE, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH MYSELF AND THE CHIEF, AND I APPLAUD Y'ALL FOR COMING.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE REST OF Y'ALL NEXT TIME.
CAN YOU MAKE THAT TOWER A LITTLE SHORTER?
YES, THAT WAS VERY COME IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WASN'T TOO BAD FOR OUR FIRST TIME, HUH? NOT TOO, TOO BAD.
IT WAS A GOOD WEIGHT LOSS TRAINING PROGRAM.
[d. Mr. Wayne Dolcefino with Dolcefino Consulting has requested to appear before the City Council to discuss enforcement of the City's Sexually Oriented Business Ordinance. ]
RIGHT.UH, NEXT WE HAVE ITEM, UH, 2D.
WE HAVE, UH, MR. WAYNE DOSOFINO WITH DO, UH, DOSOFINO CONSULTING US REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO COUNSEL, UH, FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
UH, AS YOU, AS YOU MAY KNOW, MR. DOSOFINO, UH, CI CITIZEN COMMUNICATION IS A ONE WAY ACT.
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FROM YOU.THERE'LL BE NO RESPONSE FROM US.
MAYOR, SORRY TO, UH, BRING A BUMMER ON WHAT'S BEEN A VERY HAPPY AND LEGITIMATELY SO, UH, EVENING SO FAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST IN THIS AREA, IN THIS TOWN FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS, AND FOR ABOUT 39 OF THEM, I HAVE BEEN, UH, EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THE COOPERATION AND THE TWO-WAY RELATIONSHIP I'VE HAD WITH BAYTOWN.
I REALLY HAVE, UM, THAT'S CHANGED.
AND, UM, I'M DISAPPOINTED, UM, MAYOR AND I WANT THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN TO KNOW THAT I'M DISAPPOINTED IN YOU TONIGHT.
AND I ALSO WANNA SAY, WHILE I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS ORDINANCE, I'M ALSO HERE TO TALK ABOUT SECRECY.
AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, BED AND BREAKFAST.
UM, BECAUSE ON SHORELAND ROAD, YOU HAVE A PLACE THAT CLAIMS TO BE A BED AND BREAKFAST, EVEN THOUGH YOU WON'T FIND IT ADVERTISED, YOU WON'T FIND A SIGN OUTSIDE.
UM, AND YET THEY CLAIM THEY'RE A BED AND BREAKFAST, AN UNUSUAL BED AND BREAKFAST BECAUSE IN ORDER TO, TO STAY THERE, YOU HAVE TO JOIN A PRIVATE CLUB.
YOU HAVE TO SIGN A NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT, AND YOU HAVE TO THEN PAY MONEY AND THEN GO INTO A WEBSITE.
A WEBSITE THAT IF THERE WEREN'T SO MANY KIDS HERE AT TONIGHT, I WOULD'VE SHOWED YOU.
BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT THAT, WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU, MAYOR, BECAUSE I'VE SENT IT TO YOU PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO.
WE SENT YOU A COMPLETE INVESTIGATIVE FILE, UM, FROM OUR, UM, NEWS ORGANIZATION ABOUT SWAN MANCHIN.
THERE'S A WOMAN CENTER RIGHT NEXT DOOR CALLS THE GRACE WOMAN CENTER.
AND, UM, YOU'LL ALSO KNOW THAT SWAN MANCHIN HAS ACTUALLY SAID PUBLICLY THAT THEY BASICALLY SOLICIT THE PATIENTS THAT GO TO THAT WOMAN'S CENTER TO THEN JOIN THEIR EVENINGS.
NOW, I GOTTA TELL YOU, AS AN, AS AN INVESTIGATIVE GUY FROM WAY BACK, I ALWAYS ASK MYSELF, WHY, WHY WOULD A CITY JUST REFUSE TO TALK TO US? CALL US BACK, ASK US TO SEND THEM INFORMATION, AND THEN WHEN WE DO SIMPLY NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, YOU KNOW ME, I'M A SUSPICIOUS GUY.
I SAY, WELL, MAYBE THERE'S SOME BIG SHOT HERE THAT BELONGS TO THE SWAN MANSION BECAUSE I I SAY IT'S A SWINGERS CLUB.
IT'S AN ADULT ENCOUNTER PAULER IN VIOLATION OF YOUR SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS ORDINANCE.
AND AND LAST TIME I REMEMBERED BAYTOWN REALLY CARED ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND MAYBE THAT'S JUST A INVITATION TO EVERYBODY ELSE TO JUST SORT OF FAKE WHAT YOU DO.
I CAN CALL MYSELF A, A TUNA FISH SANDWICH AND BE, BE A REPORTER INSTEAD, BUT MAYBE IT DOESN'T MATTER.
UM, BUT IT MATTERS TO ME, AND I THINK IT MATTERS TO A LOT OF CITIZENS OUT THERE.
UM, AND SO TO SORT OF SATISFY OUR CURIOSITY, WE HAVE DONE SURVEILLANCE.
UM, AND I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT TONIGHT ON A NUMBER OF VACATIONS OUT THERE.
AND WE'VE GOT LOTS OF LICENSE PLATES AND, AND WE'VE, UH, HAD ALL KINDS OF FUN TAKING A LOOK AT WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE.
BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT REALLY, THAT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, MAYOR, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S SOME BIG PEOPLE OUT HERE WHO BELONG TO THAT PLACE.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT PERHAPS THERE'S SOME RELATIONSHIP.
WE HAD A NUMBER OF CALLS AFTER THE 40,000 PEOPLE WATCHED OUR VIDEO.
MOST OF THEM HERE IN BAYTOWN, UM, 40,000 PEOPLE WATCH THAT VIDEO.
AND YET, I CAN'T GET YOUR CITY, YOUR ADMINISTRATION TO EVEN TALK TO US, ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS, RETURN A PHONE CALL.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY MESSAGES WE HAVE LEFT FOR YOU.
I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT, AND IT'S FINE.
MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON.
WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY A NUMBER OF OUR, UH, CALLERS THAT THERE'S SOME RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND, AND THIS SWAN SWAN MANSION OR THE POLYGAMIST THAT RUNS THE PLACE.
MAYBE THERE IS, MAYBE THERE ISN'T, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA GO AWAY.
MAYOR AND I, I WILL LEAVE YOU TONIGHT AND I WANT THE CITIZENS TO PLEASE CONTACT US AT DOLCE FINO CONSULTING.
SINCE YOU WON'T HELP US, PERHAPS ONE OF YOUR CITIZENS WILL.
[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning the Comprehensive Plan 2040.]
WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, UH, THREE A.IT'S GONNA BE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2040, WE HAVE MS. LINDER.
I WAS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
ALL RIGHT, SO GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2040, UH, FOR ADOPTION.
THIS PLAN IS A LONG TIME COMING.
WE ORIGINALLY, UH, COUNCIL ORIGINALLY SIGNED A CONTRACT BACK IN MARCH OF 2020.
UM, WE ALL KNOW WHAT ALSO HAPPENED IN MARCH OF 2020.
UH, SO WE ENDED UP HAVING TO PIVOT TO A MORE DIGITAL APPROACH.
AND WE REALLY GOT, UM, KICKOFF AND REALLY GOT STARTED IN JANUARY OF 2021.
SO FOR THE PAST FIVE, UH, EXCUSE ME, 15 MONTHS, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY ON
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THIS.WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, WITH OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WITH THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TO ENSURE THAT THIS PLAN CAPTURES THE SPIRIT AND THE DESIRES OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE NOW AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS, AGAIN, 15 MONTHS.
AND, UH, WE'VE BROUGHT THE DRAFT TONIGHT FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
UH, HOWEVER, BEFORE PRESENTING IT, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UH, THEY WERE VERY INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AND, UH, WITHOUT THEM, THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
THEY WERE VERY DEDICATED AND, AND CARE A LOT ABOUT THE PLAN ITSELF AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
SO, UNFORTUNATELY, MOST OF THEM WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENING, BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE HERE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE.
UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, UH, CPAC MEMBERS, IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD, WE JUST HAVE TWO OF THEM.
SO FIRST WE HAVE MR. WALLY WHITLEY.
AND THEN WE HAVE MS. LATICE PRYOR.
I, SO UNFORTUNATELY THIS LANDED RIGHT AFTER, UH, SCHOOL ENDED, SO THIS ENDED UP BEING A LITTLE HARD FOR OUR MEMBERS TO COME TONIGHT.
BUT WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH ALL OF 'EM AND ALL OF THEM WILL BE BE, UGH.
ALL OF THEM WILL BE RECEIVING THEIR CERTIFICATE.
WE'LL BE MEETING WITH THEM AND THANKING THEM IN PERSON.
OKAY, SO NOW, UM, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE OUR PRIMARY CONSULTANT, MEREDITH DANG, WITH KENDA KEYS COLLABORATIVE.
SHE HAS BEEN WITH US THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS SINCE OF MARCH OF 2020 TO TODAY.
AND SO SHE WILL BE GIVING YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE PLAN.
AND I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET IT OVER TO HER AND JUST EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PLAN.
IT IS A 20 YEAR LONG RANGE VISION FOR THE CITY, AND WE'LL BE A GREAT TOOL FOR CITY STAFF AS WELL AS FOR COUNCIL.
[b. Consider an ordinance adopting the Comprehensive Plan 2040.]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.IT'S A PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'M THE PRACTICE LEADER FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING WITH KEN KEYS COLLABORATIVE.
WE'VE BEEN ASSISTING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A LONG RANGE COMMUNITY-BASED PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT LOOKS OUT TO THE YEAR 2040.
IT FOCUSES ON SIX TOPICS REPRESENTED, UH, BY THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT, INCLUDING GROWTH, CAPACITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS, TRANSPORTATION, RECREATION AND AMENITIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT.
ALSO WANTED TO MENTION IT COMPLIMENTS THE SHORTER RANGE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU ALL RECENTLY ADOPTED.
AS FRANKIE MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THIS PLAN SINCE EARLY LAST YEAR.
OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE'VE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT PHASES IN THE PLANS DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING EARLY ENGAGEMENT, UH, THE EXISTING CITY PHASE WHERE WE LOOKED AT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS IN BAYTOWN TODAY, THE FUTURE CITY PHASE WHERE WE DELVED INTO THE, THE CREATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE PLAN, AND THEN THE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND FINALIZATION STAGE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
THROUGHOUT THE PLAN PROCESS, WE'VE WORKED TO UTILIZE A VARIETY OF ENGAGEMENT METHODS TO ENSURE THAT THE PLAN THAT WE BRING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT REFLECTS THE VOICES AND DESIRES OF BAYTOWN RESIDENTS.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE MY THANKS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WERE, UH, VERY DILIGENT, UM, IN EACH STAGE OF THE PROCESS.
AND REALLY WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEIR HELP.
UH, THROUGHOUT THE PLAN PROCESS, WE USED BOTH DIGITAL AND IN PERSON ENGAGEMENT TO TRY TO REACH AS WIDE OF AN AUDIENCE AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE ALSO HELD A NUMBER OF EVENTS, UM, AND THEN ALSO TRIED TO GO WHERE PEOPLE ALREADY WERE, SO NOT ALWAYS ASKING THEM TO COME TO US, UM, BY ATTENDING COMMUNITY EVENTS SUCH AS NURTURE NATURE OR HAVING MONTH LONG OPEN HOUSES IN THE LIBRARY.
SO WHEN YOU WENT WITH YOUR KIDS, YOU COULD JUST STOP BY AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
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OR OUR MEETING IN THE BOX TOOL WHERE ANY COMMUNITY GROUP, WHETHER IT WAS A CHURCH GROUP, HOA NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, COULD REQUEST THE MEETING MATERIALS AND WE WOULD FACILITATE A MEETING WITH THEIR GROUP.OVER THE PAST, UH, FEW MONTHS SINCE WE LAST SAW YOU, UH, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON GETTING, UH, FEEDBACK AND RAISING AWARENESS FOR THIS FINAL DRAFT PLAN.
WE HELD A MONTH LONG OPEN HOUSE IN THE STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY, AND THEN HAD A FORMAL ONLINE COMMENT PERIOD OPEN DURING MARCH AND APRIL WHERE ANYONE COULD LOG IN AND PROVIDE, UM, ONLINE COMMENTS.
AND THE PUBLIC HEARING DRAFT OF THE PLAN THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT DOES INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED IN THIS FINAL STAGE.
SO I MENTIONED THE PLAN CONSISTS OF TWO, UH, PRIMARY COMPONENTS, THE EXISTING CITY PHASE, AND THEN THE FUTURE CITY PHASE.
SO IN THE EXISTING CITY PHASE, WE FOCUS ON THE EXISTING CONDITIONS IN BAYTOWN TODAY, INCLUDING DEMOGRAPHICS AND MAPS RELATED TO THOSE TOPIC AREAS THAT I MENTIONED.
I DID ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT THIS IS AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE PLAN, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT, UH, THE WAY THAT IT IS, UH, FORMATTED WILL HELP INCREASE ITS ACCESSIBILITY AND REACH FOR RESIDENTS.
THEN IN THE FUTURE CITY PORTION, WE FOCUS ON RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HELP ADVANCE THESE SEVEN PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, PROACTIVELY PREPARING FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, ENHANCING MOBILITY AND ACCESS, DIVERSIFYING BAY TOWN'S ECONOMIC BASE, PUTTING THE BAY BACK IN BAYTOWN, BOLSTERING BAY TOWN'S IMAGE AND APPEARANCE, FOCUSING ON RESIDENTS' QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND FINALLY, ADVANCING THESE PLAN PRIORITIES THROUGH NEW AND IMPROVED IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS.
SOME ALERT FEATURES THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE FUTURE CITY SECTION INCLUDE LINKING BACK THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO WHAT WE HEARD BAYTOWN RESIDENTS SAY DURING THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
WE ALSO HAVE A SUMMARY MATRIX IN EACH PLAN SECTION THAT CONTAINS, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHETHER IT'S A SHORTER, MEDIUM OR LONGER TERM ACTION, UH, POTENTIAL PARTNERS TO MOVING FOR MOVING THAT ACTION FORWARD.
AND THEN WE DO TRY TO LINK IT BACK TO ANY OTHER PLANS THAT RELATE TO THIS TOPIC.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS HAPPENS TO BE FROM THE, UM, RECREATION AND AMENITY SECTION.
SO WE LINK THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO WHAT'S IN THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED.
SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REALLY DOES ACT AS THAT UMBRELLA UNDER WHICH ALL THE CITY'S OTHER PLANS CAN FIT.
IN THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION, YOU'LL SEE WHAT, UH, IS TERMED THE ACTION AGENDA.
OVERALL, THE PLAN HAS OVER A HUNDRED RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH IS A LOT, BUT REMEMBER THIS IS LOOKING OUT TO THE YEAR 2040.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE FOCUSED ON IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS WAS IDENTIFYING THE TOP PRIORITIES WITHIN EACH, UM, SECTION AREA.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE GOT FEEDBACK IN ON THAT MONTH LONG OPEN HOUSE THAT WE HAD AT THE LIBRARY.
SO JUST REAL QUICKLY, I'M GONNA JUST RUN THROUGH, UH, WHAT ROSE TO THE TOP, UH, PRIORITY IN EACH OF THOSE PLANNED TOPIC SECTIONS.
UH, FOR LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT, IT'S UPDATING THE UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE GROWTH CAPACITY, LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR REGIONAL STORM WATER DETENTION IN HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS WORKING TO REVITALIZE AND PROTECT OLDER ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS.
TRANSPORTATION, ANALYZING KEY INTERSECTIONS AND TRAFFIC FLOW TO IDENTIFY NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS FOR RECREATION AMENITIES, CREATING REGULATIONS TO PROTECT LARGE TREES AND SUPPORT USE OF LOW MAINTENANCE DROUGHT AND HEAT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING.
AND FINALLY, FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOCUSING ON REVITALIZING COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, INCLUDING SITES AWAY FROM GARTH ROAD.
AND WE'LL SAY FOR EACH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE PLAN, THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION.
SO THIS IS KIND OF THE, THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW HERE.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH SHOWS THE GENERAL EXPECTED FUTURE LAND USES LOOKING OUT TO THE YEAR 2040.
I HAVE, UM, UP HERE ON THE RIGHT IS, UH, THE EXISTING OR CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP CATEGORIES.
AND ONE THING THAT YOU'LL SEE WITH THE NEW, UH, FUTURE LAND USE MAP CATEGORIES, WHICH ARE ON THE LEFT, IS WE TRIED TO SIMPLIFY IT A BIT.
SO THERE ARE NOW, UM, EIGHT CATEGORIES RANGING FROM RURAL UP TO INDUSTRIAL.
AND YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT THERE ARE FOUR WHAT WE'RE CALLING SPECIAL PLANNING AREAS, WHICH INCLUDE GATEWAYS, WHICH ARE YOUR KEY ENTRY POINTS TO THE CITY, THE SAN JACINTO AREA DOWNTOWN, AND THE EVERGREEN WATERFRONT AREA.
AND BY CALLING THEM OUT ON THE MAP, UH, THE INTENT IS TO SIGNAL OR SIGNIFY THAT THESE ARE AREAS THAT REALLY WARRANT A DEEPER DIVE, A CLOSER LOOK, SOME MORE SPECIALIZED PLANNING ATTENTION.
I WANTED TO MAKE JUST A FEW MORE COMMENTS ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UM, AND JUST MAKE THE POINT THAT, UM, IT'S NOT A REGULATORY MAP.
IT'S, UM, TO PROVIDE PLANNING LEVEL GUIDANCE AND IT'S, UH, NOT A ZONING
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MAP.SO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, UM, DOES HAVE ZONING.
THERE IS A SEPARATE ZONING MAP, UM, THAT IS LIMITED TO THE CITY LIMITS ONLY, WHEREAS THIS, UH, FUTURE LAND USE MAP ALSO CONTAINS THE AREA IN THE CITY'S EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
ONE THING, UH, THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT PURPLE ON THE MAP THAT IS, UH, INDUSTRIAL.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A LOT OF THAT PURPLE COLOR IN THAT EASTERN, UM, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AREA, THE CHAMBERS COUNTY AREA.
AND JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE AREAS THAT ARE SHOWN AS INDUSTRIAL IN THAT ETJ AREA OR AREA ARE PROPERTIES AND AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY OWNED BY SOME OF THE LARGE INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES AND THAT ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS INDUSTRIAL OVER TIME.
SO UPON YOUR ADOPTION, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL BE USED AS A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR BOTH CITY OFFICIALS AND STAFF, AND WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE ACTIONS THAT YOU ALL, UH, TAKE WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP THROUGH THINGS LIKE THE BUDGETING PROCESS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, PLANNING AND DEPARTMENT WORK PLANS, GRANT PURSUITS, UH, LAND AND FACILITIES, ACQUISITIONS AND PLANNING, UH, REVIEW OF ZONING AND SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS BY THE P AND Z AND YOURSELVES, ANY CONSIDERATION OF DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, AND OF COURSE, UH, NEW OR RENEWED PARTNERSHIPS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, SO I'LL NEED TO TAKE CARE OF A LITTLE BIT OF BUSINESS HERE.
THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY ARE BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
EVERYONE DESIRING TO BE PART OF TODAY'S HEARINGS SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.
EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THESE HEARINGS.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
IF YOU'RE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.
AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME.
SO IT WAS, UM, BUT IT'LL BE RECORDED THE TIME WHEN THIS STARTED.
AT WHAT TIME? OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT IN A SEC.
BUT, UH, SO NOW CALL, NOW CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE COMPREHENSIVE 2040 PLAN, UH, STAFF HAS SUMMARIZED THE PLAN ITSELF.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? SO THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE'S DESIRE TO SPEAK ON, I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2040.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THREE B, CONSIDER ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT YOU JUST WERE SHOWN.
UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WE HAVE NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM, UH, THREE B.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM, UH, THREE B IS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR A.
AND ALSO TO THE CITIZENS THAT PARTICIPATED IN A, IN A LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I KNOW IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY DIFFICULT TO, TO LOOK 20 YEARS OUT OF WHAT BAYTOWN, UM, WHAT WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
AND IT'S HARD TO RESIST, UH, KIND OF THE, THE LOW HANGING FRUIT OF, OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH, UM, HOPEFULLY SOONER THAN THAT.
BUT THAT'S WHY, UH, THE, THE FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE, THAT WE DEVELOPED THROUGH OUR CITIZENS, IT ROLLS INTO THE, THE, THE 2040 TYPE, UH, PLANNING.
SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMITTEE.
[a. Consider the second reading of an ordinance for the proposed annexation of approximately 18.95 acres, generally located south of IH 10 and east of Thompson Road.]
ALRIGHT, WE'LL HAVE, UH, FOUR A CONSIDER A SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION, APPROXIMATELY 18.95 ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF I 10 AND EAST OF THOMPSON ROAD.MR. SCRIBNER, UH, THANK YOU, UH, MARTIN SCRIBNER PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, THIS IS THE LAST STEP IN THE ANNEXATION PROCESS.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE THE FOUR ITEMS, UM, UNDER ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON YOUR AGENDA.
THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE, THE SAME, UH, BIT OF INFORMATION FOR ALL FOUR OF THOSE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT INCLUDES, UM, NOT ONLY THE, THE FINAL STEP OF THE ANNEXATION, BUT ALSO THE, UM, REZONE OF THIS PROPERTY FROM, UH, FROM OR TO, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UH, AND THAT WENT THROUGH OUR PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
AND THAT, UH, WAS, THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION TO THAT AND IT HAD A UNANIMOUS, UM, VOTE FROM P AND Z, UH, TO APPROVE, TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, UH, I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AND IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SCRIBNER? SO WE'LL
[b. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 18.95 acres located at 2210 East Interstate Highway 10 from an Open Space/Recreation (OR) district to a Light Industrial (LI) Zoning District.]
MOVE ON TO OUR, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.UH, ITEM FOUR B, SO IT IS NOW SEVEN OH NINE AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING, I REQUESTED TO A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 18.95 ACRES LOCATED AT 2210 EAST INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 FROM,
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UH, OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL DISTRICT TO A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.I'D LIKE, UH, WELL YOU ALREADY HEARD THAT THIS SUMMARIZATION FROM MR. SCRIBNER.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SO I'LL NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO RE ZONE APPROXIMATELY 18.95 ACRES LOCATED AT 2210 EAST INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 FROM OR DISTRICT TO LI DISTRICT.
[c. Consider an ordinance amending the official zoning map to rezone approximately 18.95-acre located at 2210 East Interstate Highway 10 from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to a Light Industrial (LI) Zoning District.]
SO NEXT WE WOULD CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 18.95 ACRES LOCATED AT 2210 EAST, UH, HIGHWAY 10 FROM OR TO LI I BELIEVE THIS IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, SOUGHT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO NOT ALL DO A FAVOR.
ITEM FOUR C AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[d. Consider an ordinance adding the newly annexed properties described as approximately 18.95 acres, generally located south of IH 10 and east of Thompson Road, legally described as a portion in Abstract 336 of the William Hilbus Survey, Harris County, Texas, to Council District No. 3.]
ITEM FOUR D, CONSIDER ORDINANCE ADDING THE NEWLY ANNEXED PROPERTIES DESCRIBED AS APPROXIMATELY, UM, 18.95 ACRES, ADDRESS I'VE JUST DESCRIBED IN INTO COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER THREE.I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR ITEM FOUR D.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM FOUR D IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map and rezone approximately 29.26 acres at 2015 Massey Tompkins Road from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to a Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Densities (SF2) and a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]
WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ITEM FIVE A.SO IT IS NOW 7:11 PM AND I'LL CALL THE ORDERS OF PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIALS ON YOUR MAP AND A RECENT ON APPROXIMATELY 29 ACRES OF, UH, AT, AT 2015 MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD, FROM OR TO A MIXED RESIDENTIAL LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITIES SF TWO IN A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
I'LL NOW LIKE US STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, FOR THIS GROUP, UM, THIS IS A, AGAIN, A REZONE, UM, ON MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 29 AND A QUARTER ACRES FROM OR TO SF TWO AND GC, THIS WAS A NEWLY ANNEXED PROPERTY IN 2018.
UM, AND THE, UM, THIS HAS GONE THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, UH, AT P AND Z.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UH, SHOWS THIS AS, UM, PRECISELY WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, WHICH IS COMMERCIAL ALONG MASSEY TOMPKINS WITH A LOW MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL KIND OF BEHIND IT TO THE NORTH.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, THIS IS THE ZONING MAP.
THE FRONT PART OF THAT, THAT'S LONG MASSEY TOMPKINS IS ALREADY ZONED COMMERCIAL.
THEY'RE JUST KIND OF EXTENDING THAT TOWARDS THE BACK.
AND THERE WE HAVE THE, UM, KIND OF WHITEWASHED, UH, CONCEPT MAP, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE SHOWING SOME SMALL SCALE COMMERCIAL UPFRONT, UH, IN THAT COMMERCIAL ZONING.
AND THEN APPROXIMATELY, UH, 80 OR SO, 81 LOTS, UH, SINGLE FAMILY TOWARDS THE BACK, UH, IN THE SF TWO AREA.
UM, THIS DID NOT HAVE ANY, UM, ANY OPPOSITION AND IT DID GO THROUGH WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION FROM P AND Z.
UM, WITH THAT, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M ASSUMING NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
SO, AND I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIALS ONLY MAP TO THE PROPERTY THAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED FROM OR TO A MIXED PRESIDENTIAL LOAD TO MEDIUM DENSITY SF TWO AND A GC ZONING DISTRICT.
WHAT'S YOUR DISTRICT HONOR? LET'S
[b. Consider an ordinance amending the official zoning map to rezone approximately 29.26 acres at 2015 Massey Tompkins Road from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to a Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Densities (SF2) and a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]
MOVE ON TO AN ACTION ITEM FIVE B.CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OF OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZO APPROXIMATELY 29.26 ACRES AT THE PROPERTY WE JUST DESCRIBED FROM, OR, UH, TO LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY SF TWO AND GC COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE FIVE B.
SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FIVE B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing a development agreement with KB Home Lone Star Inc., for Bayview Heights.]
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, AN WE HAVE A CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH KB HOME LONG STAR INC.FOR BAYVIEW HEIGHTS, MR. ELLA AND MR. FANNY.
COUNSEL, THE, THIS KB HOME DEVELOPMENT IS, UH, A UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT FOR US BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, I WOULD CALL IT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF INFILL.
IT'S SOUTH OF 10, UH, FOR A CHANGE AND, UM, IT'S A LONG INTERESTING STRETCH THAT'S GONNA COME OFF OF MAIN STREET AND JUST BE NORTH OF HUNT ROAD.
UM, KB HOMES HAS WORKED, I THINK, EXTENSIVELY OVER THE LAST ROUGHLY SIX MONTHS WITH THE CITY THROUGH PLANNING, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING ON GETTING THEIR LAND PLAN PUT TOGETHER.
AND, UH, AND CERTAINLY WITH US ON THE, UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ON THE PI FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
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IT DOES COME WITH STAFF APPROVAL.AND, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FROM KB HOLMES, THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WHO CAN COME TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT IF, UM, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME.
WELL, FIRST WHAT I'LL DO IS WE HAVE ORDINANCE, THEN WE HAVE A RESOLUTION.
SO FIRST, UM, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION FOR ITEM SIX, A MOVE TO DISCUSS ITEM SIX, A SECOND WITH MOTIONS AND A SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, I JUST HEAR FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
ANYBODY WANNA SAY ANYTHING, ANY QUESTIONS ON IT? DO WE HAVE A, A MAP? SHOW US EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS IN FRONT OF US.
YEAH, WE, THEY'VE MADE PRE, PRE PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, BUT I DON'T THINK WE LOADED ONE UP FOR TONIGHT.
DO THEY? IT'S AN EXHIBIT IN THE AGREEMENT.
WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE.
THIS PARTICULAR ONE HERE? YEAH.
KB HOMES CAME IN, UM, APPROXIMATELY 90 DAYS AGO AND MADE A PRESENTATION TO YOU GUYS WITH THEIR LAND PLAN.
AND AFTER THAT POINT IN TIME, THEY STARTED WORKING WITH STAFF ON REVISING IT A LITTLE BIT AND MAKING IT A BETTER DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WANTED TO SEE.
I REMEMBER, YEAH, I REMEMBER THE, THE LAND PLAN.
UM, I GUESS I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT, OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
IT ALSO CAME THROUGH THE REZONE PROCESS AS WELL.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE, THE WIDTH OF LOTS? WHAT IS THEIR, THEY'RE FIFTIES.
THEY'RE FIFTIES, 50, BUT ONE TWENTIES FIFTIES.
WHAT ABOUT THE WIDTH OF STREETS? UH, I DON'T, 20 YEARS WIDTH OF STREETS.
I, I DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THEY'RE, I'M ASSUMING IT'S 28.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE OUR STANDARDS.
THEY, THEY'VE MET OUR STANDARDS FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE REQUESTED.
THEY'VE ADDED AN EIGHT FOOT TRAIL SYSTEM IN THERE, WHICH MATCHES OUR EIGHT FOOT TRAIL SYSTEM.
UH, WE REQUESTED SIX FOOT SIDEWALKS.
THEY'RE DOING SIX FOOT SIDEWALKS.
THEY ACQUIRED PROPERTY, UM, UH, TO EXTEND AN, AN ENTRANCE POINT, UH, DOWN THROUGH TO HUNT ROAD.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AN ENTRANCE POINT OFF OF HUNT ROAD.
THE MAIN ENTRANCE POINT WILL BE OFF OF MAIN STREET, NORTH MAIN.
THE PROPERTY THAT, UH, ABUTS NORTH MAIN IS, HAS BEEN LEFT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND HE IS GOING TO USE THAT FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, BUT THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PI.
SO THIS IS JUST SPECIFIC FOR KV HOMES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.
DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE ITSELF? MM-HMM.
SO, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DISCUSSION THAT JUST TOOK PLACE, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THIS POST NEXT WE HAVE SIX A CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED IN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH KB HOMES, UH, FOR BAYVIEW HEIGHTS.
SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF SIX.
A MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM SIX A SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM SIX A, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[b. Consider a resolution authorizing the creation of Bayview Heights Public Improvement District.]
ITEM SIX B, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE CREATION OF BAYVIEW HEIGHTS, UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM SIX B.A MOTION? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HAVE NOT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SIX B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE, UH, OPPOSED ITEM CARRIES.
[a. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 90 "Taxation," Article II "Ad Valorem Taxes," Section 90-27 "Exemptions," Subsections (a) "Disabled adults" and (b) "Adults 65 years or older" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas to (i) increase the exemption from taxation for disabled adults to $80,000 and (ii) to increase the exemption from taxation for adults sixty-five (65) years or older to $80,000, for residential homesteads.]
SEVEN A, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 90 TAXATION ARTICLE TWO, ADDOR TAXES SECTION 90 DASH 27 EXEMPTIONS SUBSECTIONS A, DISABLED ADULTS AND B ADULTS 65 YEARS OR OLDER FOR THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, TO INCREASE EXEMPTION FOR, FOR TAXATION FOR DISABLED ADULTS FROM 80,000 TO INCREASE THE EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION FOR ADULTS 65 OR OLDER TO 80,000 RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEADS.UM, AT THE OUTSET, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR FORESIGHT, THEIR DILIGENCE, AND THEIR DEDICATION, AND BRINGING THESE PROPOSALS TO YOU TONIGHT.
UM, UNDERPINNING THIS, UH, ORDINANCE IS A POLICY ON TAXATION, WHICH WE'LL SEE YOU THROUGH THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
UH, THAT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO ELEMENTS.
THE FIRST BEING THE TAX RATE AND THE PROPOSAL THERE IS TO REDUCE BY HALF A CENT A YEAR FOR EACH OF THE NEXT THREE YEARS, TAKING YOU DOWN TO 77 CENT TAX RATE IN THE THIRD YEAR, UH, FROM AN 82 CENT RATE BACK IN 2018.
SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE HEADLINE RATE.
UH, THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT, HOWEVER, DEALS WITH A SECOND ELEMENT OF THAT, AND THAT IS THE TARGETED EXEMPTION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND THE DISABLED.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY AWARD THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN THE CITY AND ARE ENCOURAGING OUR LEGISLATORS TO INCREASE THAT.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INCREASE EXEMPTIONS FOR, UH, THE OVER 65 AND DISABLED.
AND THE PROPOSAL IS TO INCREASE THAT BY 20,000
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A YEAR OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, TAKING IT TO 80,000 NEXT YEAR AND TO 120,000 IN YEAR THREE.THAT IS DOUBLE THE CURRENT EXEMPTION.
THE GOAL OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AT THE END OF THAT IS TO PROVIDE 100% TAX RELIEF FOR CITY TAXES FOR PEOPLE IN THE CATEGORY OF OVER 65 OR DISABLED WHO OWN THE AVERAGE VALUE HOME IN THE CITY.
UH, I'D RECOMMEND IT TO YOU, UH, MR. MAYOR, AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR DOING THIS WORK.
AND ALSO SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENT OF, OF, UH, FINANCE CONSIDERING SOME OPTIONS TO GO AND, AND, AND REDUCE THE TAX BURDEN, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE DISABLED IN 65 AND OLDER.
UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLAN.
I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE POLICY.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD, UH, IF, UH, THE FINANCE SHARE COULD MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM SEVEN A AS PRESENTED, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN, A SECOND.
SO I'M ALL IN FAVOR A HUNDRED PERCENT OF, OF RAISING EXEMPTIONS, BUT YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A HALF CENT REDUCTION AS WELL, AND COULD YOU JUST ELABORATE ON THAT A BIT? BECAUSE THAT'S NOT PART OF IT.
UH, THE ORDINANCE DEALS WITH, UH, THE EXEMPTION.
YOU WILL OBVIOUSLY SET THE TAX RATES WHEN YOU SET YOUR BUDGET.
UH, WHAT I'M IDENTIFYING FOR YOU IS THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAVE ESTABLISHED A POLICY OF WHERE WE, WE WILL BE TARGETING A, A MINIMUM HALF CENT REDUCTION IN THE HEADLINE TAX RATE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
YOU WILL, OF COURSE MAKE A DECISION IN AUGUST WHEN YOU SET THE BUDGET WHAT THE ACTUAL TAX RATE IS, BUT IT WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU, YOU WOULD REFER TO THIS POLICY WHEN YOU COME TO DO THAT.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU SAID MINIMUM THE FIRST TIME.
SO BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE DONE IN YEARS PAST, WASN'T IT 1 CENT MM-HMM
SO, AND EXCEPT FOR THOSE SEASONS WHEN WE COMBINED IT WITH AN EXEMPT WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE EXEMPTION.
AND YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE DID THAT EXPANSION, IT WAS, IT WAS EQUIVALENT PRETTY MUCH TO HALF A CENT AT THAT TIME, UH, DECREASE IN THE, UH, RATE.
SO THAT'S WHY THIS POLICY OF TAKEN A HALF, UH, CENT ALONG WITH THE EXEMPTION IS PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WHAT YOU'VE, WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE WHEN YOU'VE DONE A WHOLE CENT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR PUTTING THIS POLICY TOGETHER.
UM, I KNOW THAT IN MY FIVE YEARS ON COUNCIL, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW TO RELIEVE THE TAX BURDEN FROM CITIZENS.
UM, IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
IT SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN EASIER, WHAT A DIFFERENCE OF FINANCE DIRECTOR MAKES
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING US THESE OPTIONS.
UM, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED FOR.
UM, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT TO THE CITIZENS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE REALLY IS JUST AFFECTING YOUR CITY TAXES ONLY.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IF YOU DON'T, UH, EXAMINE YOUR TAX, UH, PROPERTY TAX BILL CLOSELY.
AND ALSO JUST TO COUNSEL THAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE POLICY ARE SIMPLY A MINIMUM, WE CAN ALWAYS DO MORE THAN WHAT THE POLICY IS ASKING, BUT REALLY THE INTENT OF THE POLICY IS TO JUST TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT FOR ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE BUDGET AND THAT THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS THE MINIMUM EXPECTATION WE HAVE, BUT THEY COULD ALWAYS PROPOSE MORE OR WE COULD ALWAYS ASK FOR MORE.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO VOTE NOW, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
ITEM SEVEN A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Consider a resolution adopting the City of Baytown 2022-2023 list of priorities for the 88th Texas State Legislature Session.]
UH, NEXT WE HAVE ITEM EIGHT A, UH, CONSIDER RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S 22 AND 23 LIST OF PRIORITIES OR THE EIGHT, THE 88TH LEGISL, TEXAS LEGISLATOR SESSION LEGISLATIVE SESSION.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL THOMAS RES, YOUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR.
AND I'M PLEASED TODAY TO BE ABLE TO BRING TO YOU THE DRAFT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UH, THE CITY, ALONG WITH OUR ADVOCATES HAVE WORKED HARD ON THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, AND I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION WITH YOU THIS EVENING JUST TO SHARE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THOSE PRIORITIES.
IT'S MEANT TO BE COLLABORATIVE WHERE WE EXPECT OUR EXPERTS AT THE CITY TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE EXPERTS AT THE STATE LEVEL.
AND THAT INCLUDES OUR ADVOCATES, UH, WHO ARE HERE WITH ME THIS EVENING, THE SLEETER GROUP, AND ALSO OUR LEGISLATORS AND THE AGENCIES IN AUSTIN WORKING TOGETHER BY PARTNERING TOGETHER.
THE GOAL IS REALLY THREEFOLD TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR HELPFUL LEGISLATION.
THAT IS TO SAY, ALLOW US TO SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS BETTER AND MORE EFFECTIVELY, BUT ALSO TO SHARE CONCERNS OVER OBSTRUCTIVE LEGISLATION THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY HINDER OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES MORE EFFECTIVELY, BUT ALSO TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING PARTNERS.
AND THAT'S ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR PROGRAMS. I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT TML CERTAINLY IS A BIG PARTNER OF OURS AND WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH
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THEM AND CERTAINLY DEFERRING TO THEM WHEN THEY SHOULD BE TAKING THE LEAD ON SOME ISSUES THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO.SO THE TIMELINE I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING, I STARTED THIS PROCESS IN DECEMBER COLLABORATIVELY WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS REACHING OUT TO THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR INFORMATION, UH, WAS SHARED AND THEIR PRIORITIES WERE SHARED SO THAT WE CAN GET AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF ALL OF THE WAYS THAT AUSTIN MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP DEPARTMENTS MORE EFFECTIVELY REACH OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND WE THEN WORKED WITH OUR STATE ADVOCATES.
AND THEN IN MARCH, I BEGAN INVOLVING, UH, COUNSEL IN TERMS OF SOLICITING INPUT, UH, AND DESIRES FROM COUNSEL.
IN MANY WAYS, WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, BUT I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT AS YOU KNOW, HEARINGS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO TAKE PLACE IN THIS OFF SEASON.
UH, EVEN THOUGH SESSION DOES NOT OFFICIALLY START UNTIL JANUARY OF 2023, WE ARE DEFINITELY IN EARNEST IN THIS HEARING SEASON.
I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT TOGETHER WITH ASSISTANCE OF OUR POLICE CHIEF AND ADVOCATES.
UH, BAYTOWN WAS WELL REPRESENTED ACTUALLY THIS MORNING AT A HEARING OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE, WHERE WE PRESENTED TESTIMONY WITH REGARDS TO HOW THE THEFT OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AFFECTS OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS.
THAT'S A BIG ISSUE AND WE'RE ALREADY ON TOP OF THAT BECAUSE THOSE HEARINGS ARE ALREADY TAKING PLACE AND, AND LEGISLATION IS BEING CRAFTED AS WE SPEAK.
SO NOW I'D LIKE TO RUN THROUGH EACH OF THE EIGHT BROAD CATEGORIES OF PRIORITIES.
AT A HIGH LEVEL, IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT SOME OF THESE PRIORITIES ARE GENERIC BY NATURE TO GIVE US THE MAXIMUM SENSE OF FLEXIBILITY, AND OTHERS ARE CERTAINLY MORE SPECIFIC AS WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS THAT WE NEED ADDRESSED.
UH, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THESE PRIORITIES WERE SELECTED BASED ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS TO INCLUDE OUR COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEGISLATURE'S APPETITE, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT AN ISSUE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT OFF, UH, THE PRIORITIES, THE PRIORITY LIST, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LEGISLATURE MAY HAVE ALREADY RECENTLY ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE, OR IT MAY BE IN THE HANDS OF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OR IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE AT A LOCAL LEVEL CAN CONSIDER.
IN REALITY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO LISTS.
ONE IS THE PRIORITY LIST, WHICH YOU'LL BE SEEING AND ADOPTING TONIGHT OR CONSIDERING TONIGHT, BUT THEN ALSO OUR WATCH LIST.
AND THOSE ARE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE MORE FLUID THAT WE LOOK AT A REGULAR BASIS.
IS THERE SOMETHING COMING UP THAT WILL AFFECT US AND ARE THERE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN LOOK FOR? AS I WORK THROUGH THIS LIST RATHER QUICKLY, I WANT YOU JUST TO SEE THE, UM, THE FACT THAT THESE ARE OVERSIMPLIFIED, THE VERSION THAT WAS EMAILED OUT TO YOU.
AND CERTAINLY THE VERSION IN YOUR PACKET IS MUCH MORE, UH, INVOLVED AND DETAILED.
SO THERE ARE EIGHT, AS I SAID, OVERALL AND OVERARCHING PRIORITY GOALS, LOCAL AUTHORITY THAT IS LIMITING THE POWERS.
THAT IS, WE SEEK SUPPORTIVE LEGISLATION AIMED AT LIMITING THE POWERS OF ORGANIZATIONS, UM, ALREADY AHEAD OF MYSELF, LOCAL AUTHORITY, WE DISCOURAGE ANY LEGISLATION THAT ERODES OUR ABILITY TO FUND CORE SERVICES AND CRITICAL PROJECTS FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, EASING THE PROPERTY TAX BURDEN, REFORMING THE INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY APPRAISAL SYSTEMS AND EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT THIS EVENING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE PRESERVATION OF ALL OF OUR ECONOMIC TOOLS, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, INCLUDE 2 12 3 80, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND OF COURSE, UH, THE RESTORATION OF THREE 13 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT.
NEXT FOR PREDATORY LAWSUITS, WE ARE GOING TO SEEK SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION AIMED AT LIMITING THE POWERS OF ORGANIZATIONS TO FILE PREDATORY LAWSUITS.
AS YOU'VE SEEN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS AFFECTED BAYTOWN AND HOUSTON, UH, RECENTLY WITH REGARDS TO OUR SEWER OVERFLOWS FOR UTILITIES, MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY REGARDING ELECTRIC AND GAS UTILITY RATES, AND SPECIFICALLY COLLECTING IMPACT FEES FROM ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS, NOT JUST THOSE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS FOR TRANSPORTATION, THIS IS A BIG ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS WE SPEAK, AND THAT IS DIVERTING HEAVY HAUL TRUCK TRAFFIC FROM 1 46 TO 99.
AND THERE'S SEVERAL COMPONENTS OF THAT THAT WE ARE LOOKING THROUGH AND IT'S VERY COMPLEX, BUT IT'S ONE THAT THE SCH LEADER GROUP HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO MAKE PROGRESS IN.
WE SUPPORT THE FEDERAL FUNDING IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH LONG-TERM AND DIRECT SUPPORT AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THAT FUNDING TO BE MORE DIRECT AND AT OUR DISPOSAL TO DETERMINE THE BEST NEEDS.
I WILL MOVE NOW TO THE LAST TWO ELECTIONS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS, ALLOWING FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES TO POST THEIR REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTICES ON THE INTERNET, AND ALSO CLARIFICATION OF CODE RELATED TO HOW MANY PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE REQUIRED FOR AGENCIES AND COMMITTEES.
AND FINALLY, FOR QUALITY OF LIFE, THE CITY'S ABILITY TO REGULATE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING, ABATE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES IN OTHER WAYS, SIMPLY NURTURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND COMFORT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND FINALLY, SHORTEN THE GRAFFITI REMOVAL
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ABATEMENT NOTICE TIME PERIOD, WHICH HAS BECOME AN ISSUE RECENTLY, AND REMOVING THE PROVISION REQUIRING ABATEMENT, EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.AGAIN, BACK TO THE TIMELINE ON OUR NEXT STEPS, AS I SAID, WE ARE, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF HEARING SEASON.
WE WILL LOOK FOR WAYS THAT WE, AND, AND ACTUALLY MORE IMPORTANTLY YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THOSE HEARINGS.
THE REALITY IS WE DON'T WANT THIS LIST OF PRIORITIES TO SIMPLY SIT ON OUR SHELVES.
WE WANT TO SHARE THEM WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR PARTNERS, AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND OUR POLICY MAKERS.
AND SO WE WILL BEGIN THE ROAD SHOW ESSENTIALLY BY TAKING THAT OUT AND SHOWING PEOPLE WHAT BAYTOWN IS LOOKING AT AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO BAYTOWN.
WE'LL CERTAINLY WORK WITH OUR ADVOCATE PARTNERS, WE'LL SHARE THEM TO WHOEVER WILL LISTEN AND WHOEVER CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND BEYOND SIMPLY SHARING, UH, THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR SPECIFIC ACTION IN THE FORM OF LEGISLATION AND CERTAINLY WE'LL BE ON TOP OF PROVIDING AND FILING NEW LEGISLATION IF THAT'S THE COURSE THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR US WITH REGARDS TO THESE PRIORITIES.
AND FINALLY, BAYTOWN DAY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE HEARD, UH, YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO WORK EARNESTLY IN GETTING A DAY IN LIKELY FEBRUARY OR MARCH WHERE WE CAN ALL GO UP TO AUSTIN AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH OUR LEGISLATORS, HEAR FROM THEM, HAVE THEM HEAR FROM US, AND REALLY CELEBRATE BAYTOWN WITH THEM.
AND THAT IS ALL FOR MY PRESENTATION.
I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE SCHLATER GROUP IS HERE.
BRAD SCHLATER AND SCOTT MILLER ARE HERE TO ADDRESS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PROCESS OR ABOUT LEGISLATION, WHAT'S GOING ON IN AUSTIN.
AND I'M CERTAINLY AVAILABLE TO YOU AS WELL.
I'D ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS I GUESS AT THIS POINT AS FAR AS QUESTIONS, NOT QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.
SO THERE WAS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE ASSEMBLED FOR THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE, SO TO SPEAK, AND, AND TO LOOK AT THESE INITIATIVES.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, SORRY, OF COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I DID HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT PROVIDED INPUT IN THIS PROCESS.
YEAH, I'LL, I'LL ADD SOME CLARIFICATION IF I MAY, AS, UM, THERE'S AN ITEM THAT'S LATER IN THE AGENDA, BUT, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST SESSION, UH, WE MENTIONED, I KNOW I CERTAINLY MENTIONED THAT WE WERE, WE WERE ADOPTING OUR PRIORITIES LIKE RIGHT BEF I THINK IT WAS FEBRUARY, UH, OF, OF THE SESSION YEAR ITSELF.
SO WE WERE REALLY LATE TO THE GAME, THE, THE LAST SESSION WHEN IT CAME TO PRIORITIES.
UM, SO WHAT, WHAT I ASKED, UH, THOMAS TO DO WAS, WAS TO GO AND, AND LET'S DEVELOP AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
OBVIOUSLY HE JUST STATED THAT, THAT HE WAS, THIS TIME HE WAS VERY WELL IN A SENSE, VERY AHEAD OF THE GAME.
UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE LATER, THE LATER ITEM IS TO DEVELOP AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AS THIS, AS LEGISLATION IS FILED, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S STILL IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO HAVE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GO AND, AND HELP THOMAS, UH, AND, AND OTHERS WITH THAT, WITH, WITH SO WITH DIRECTION, UM, FOLLOWING LEGISLATION.
SO THAT WAS JUST MY WAY OF THINKING ON THAT.
WELL MEAN I WAS JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE COME TO COUNCIL FOR ACTION.
SO YES, WE'RE GONNA DO IN A LATER ITEM.
SO IT, IT, IT ALREADY IT WAS ASSEMBLED AND MET ONCE, BUT IT, IT HASN'T COME TO COUNCIL YET.
YEAH, MY UNDERSTANDING, IT REALLY WASN'T ASSEMBLED, IT WAS JUST HE, HE KNEW I JUST SAID BY DISTRICT'S, UH, WHICH WHICH WAS MY RECOMMENDATION WAS DISTRICTS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX, SINCE THAT'S NOT AN ELECTION YEAR FOR THOSE COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
AND THEN SO HE, WITH THAT, WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WAS GONNA PROBABLY TAKE PLACE AT THIS TIME ANYWAY, UM, I THINK HE INVITED THEM FOR INPUT.
THAT'S, THAT HASN'T, THEY HAVEN'T ASSEMBLED AS A GROUP IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
WE HAD TWO OF THE, OF THE THREE THAT MET, UH, AT, AT A MEET AND GREET WITH THE SELENA GROUP WHERE THEY PROVIDED SOME INPUT AND UH, I SPOKE SEPARATELY WITH COUNCILMAN BENORTH WHO WAS SEPARATE TO THAT MEETING.
YEAH, SO LIKE I SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE IT'S GOOD WORK AND, AND I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE UP HERE I HAVE THE MOSTS RESPECT FOR, BUT I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THE AD HOC COMMITTEES, WE SEEM TO APPOINT AD HOC COMMITTEES MORE OFTEN THAN EVER BEFORE.
AND TO ME, AD HOC COMMITTEES AREN'T A GREAT THING BECAUSE ONLY THREE MEMBERS, I MEAN, THERE'S NOT ANY PUBLIC INPUT.
IT STARTS THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND IT, IT'S JUST TO ME, I DON'T SEE WHAT REALLY ADDS ANYTHING TO THE PROCESS.
WE USED TO DISCUSS THESE THINGS IN A WORK SESSION OR TWO AND HAVE PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
SO, AND, AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT ALSO HANDCUFFS THE ONES THAT AREN'T ON THE AD HOC.
SO IF I WANTED TO TALK TO ONE OF THOSE THREE, THEN I WOULD BE VIOLATING THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
SO I JUST HAVE SOME TREPIDATION, THE NUMBER OF AD HOC COMMITTEES WE FORM AND
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ARE CRUCIAL AND, AND PRODUCTIVE, BUT I WOULD JUST BE CAREFUL ON ON, ON HOW OFTEN WE WE DO THE AD HOC COMMITTEES.ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT WE, WE HAVE ITEM EIGHT A.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE PRIORITIES UNLESS WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRIORITIES ITSELF.
WELL, I GUESS I HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION ON THE PRIORITIES.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE ONE, ONE OF THE PRIORITIES WHERE
I MEAN, PERSONALLY, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, THAT I DON'T SUPPORT AS AN INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO WOULD I ABSTAIN OR, OR WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND WOULD BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO? CLEARLY I SUPPORT ALL THE OTHERS, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I JUST HATE TO HOLD MY NOSE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT SOMETHING I DON'T REALLY TRULY SUPPORT.
YEAH, CERTAINLY FOR THAT ONE ITEM.
WE'VE DRAFTED IT IN SUCH A WAY, I BELIEVE I, I CAN GO BACK AND CHECK AND WE CAN EVEN ADJUST IT EVEN FURTHER WHERE IT, IT PROVIDES FOR THAT OPTION FOR US.
UH, AT THIS POINT, THAT ISN'T AN OPTION FOR US TO SOLELY POST ON THE INTERNET.
WE MAY, UH, SEEK LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS US TO POST IN MULTIPLE PLACES, NOT JUST THE NEWSPAPER AS IT IS NOW.
SO I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THAT.
UH, CERTAINLY GOING FORWARD, IF THERE'S SOME, UH, IF THERE'S SOME ADVICE AND INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT WOULD GIVE ME, UH, BETTER LANGUAGE THERE, I'M HAPPY TO RECEIVE THAT.
UM, THAT'S BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN PUSHED FOR QUITE A WHILE, NOT, IT'S NOT JUST A BAYTOWN ISSUE.
AND MOST OF THE LEGISLATION THAT I'VE SEEN PROPOSED DOESN'T PRECLUDE MM-HMM
IT JUST ALLOWS CITIES TO USE INTERNET.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE CAN'T, WE HAVE TO USE NEWSPAPERS, SMALLER CITIES AND SO FORTH ARE GETTING INTO A CRUNCH AS THE PRINT BUSINESS IS GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER.
YOU KNOW, BAYTOWN, THE BAYTOWN SUN NOT PICKING ON 'EM.
THEY USED TO BE A SEVEN DAY A WEEK NEWSPAPER.
SO IN SOME AREAS IT'S EVEN LESS.
SO, IT GETS HARDER AND HARDER FOR SMALLER CITIES TO ACTUALLY COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS OF POSTINGS.
WHEN THEIR NEWSPAPER, WHEN THEIR LOCAL NEWSPAPER DOESN'T MEET IT, THEY GOTTA GO TO THE NEXT LARGER CITY, WHICH THEIR CONSTITUENTS DON'T EVEN GET.
SO THAT'S BEEN THE PUSH FOR YEARS IS TO ALLOW AN INTERNET OPTION.
I DON'T THINK ANY PROPOSAL HAS BEEN TO PRECLUDE NEWSPAPER SUBMISSIONS.
IT'S JUST TRYING TO GET AN ADDITIONAL OPTION, INTERNET ADDED TO IT.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUPPORT.
I WOULD NOT SUPPORT PRECLUDING THE NEWSPAPER, BUT I WOULD SUPPORT AN I AN EFFORT TO GET AN ADDITIONAL OPTION.
I'M OLD SCHOOL, KIND OF LIKE YOU, I LIKE TO SEE IT IN PRINT, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT WHERE THE AGE IS GOING.
EVEN THE NEWSPAPER SUBMITS MOST OF THEIR ARTICLES ONLINE NOW.
SO, AND, AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILMAN AND I UNDERSTAND THAT RATIONALE AND IT'S JUST, I, I GUESS I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF TIMES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I MEAN, THIS IS A TRUE STORY.
YOU KNOW, I'LL GET SOME PHONE CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS AND FOLKS IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
THEY READ, THEY READ THE NEWSPAPERS.
AND I, I, I MEAN RECENTLY, NOT, NOT TOO FAR
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
ALRIGHT, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM EIGHT A FOR THE PRIORITIES AS WRITTEN.
MOVE TO APPROVE EIGHT A SECOND, SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANYBODY OPPOSE OR ABSTENTIONS? OKAY.
[b. Consider a resolution granting consent to the inclusion of 378.34 acres into Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 213-A.]
UH, WE HAVE ITEMS EIGHT B AND C.MAYOR, I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM EIGHT B AND C AND HAVE FILED THE APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
SO, UH, FIRST EIGHT B IS CONSIDERED A RESOLUTION GRANTING CONSENT TO THE INCLUSION OF 378.34 ACRES INTO HARRIS COUNTY MUD DISTRICT NUMBER, UH, UH, TWO 13 DASH A.
AND THIS HAS YOUR NAME, MR. FANNING.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE ANY DESCRIPTION FOR US.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND Y'ALL, AT THE END OF APRIL, WE HAD, THEY CAME AND DID A PRESENTATION UNDER THE TEXAS LAW.
THEY HAVE TO, SINCE IT'S IN OUR ETJ, GET OUR PERMISSION BEFORE A MUD MAY ANNEX TERRITORY.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE FIRST ITEM IS, THEM SEEKING OUR PERMISSION FOR THIS.
THE SECOND ITEM WAS THEY'D ALSO FILED, WHEN THEY FILED THEIR PETITION, UM, THEY WANTED TO US TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO OUR EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MUD.
THIS WOULD AMEND THAT AGREEMENT TO ADD THE NEW TERRITORY.
THEY ALSO AGREED TO, UH, ADD A PROVISION AFTER, AFTER THEIR PRESENTATION AND SPEAKING TO Y'ALL AT THE, UM, THE WORKSHOP THAT THEY WOULD REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF 5% OF ITS SINGLE FAMILY MIXED RESIDENTIAL
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HOUSING UNITS HAVE A MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGE OF 70 FEET.AND THEY MADE A FEW OTHER CHANGES.
THEY ARE HERE IF YOU WANT TO ASK THEM ANY QUESTION.
SO FIRST OFF, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM EIGHT B AS PRESENTED, MOVE TO APPROVE EIGHT B.
DO WE GET A SECOND? I'LL ASK THREE TIMES PRIOR.
EIGHT B, UH, WE HAVE A, UM, WE HAVE ONE.
I'M GONNA MAKE THE SECOND ON THAT.
SO I WANT, I WANT TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM A LITTLE BIT, AT LEAST MY, MY, UM, PERCEPTION.
UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE WANNA MAKE.
NOT, I WOULD SAY, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT, UM, I, I WOULD, IN THE BEGINNING, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T DO IT AGAIN AS FAR AS AN IN CITY MUD, UH, SINCE THAT TIME COUNCIL, UM, I BELIEVE IN 2018 TIMEFRAME OR SO ON, THEY DEVELOPED A, A PRETTY GOOD POLICY TO GO.
AND HOW, HOW DO YOU ADDRESS WHEN THERE'S, UH, LARGE TRACKS OF LAND THAT THAT IS IN OUR ETJ OR NEAR THE CITY.
UM, HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT IF YOU WANT TO ANNEX, IF YOU WANT TO DEVELOP A PIT, UH, OR MUD AND SO ON.
AND SO I BELIEVE THE, THE, THE POLICY IS A, IS A GREAT RULE OF THUMB IN SOME CASES.
UM, HOWEVER, THE CITY DID GO AND, AND APPROVE A IN-CITY MUD FOR THE TWO 13 A TRACK WITH YES MA'AM.
I UNDERSTAND THE, THE POINT BEING ON THIS IS THAT WE, WE WENT AND, AND WE DID APPROVE THE MUD.
SO WITH THE MUD CREATION, UM, I'M ASSUMING, IS IT LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION ALSO? CORRECT.
YES, I KNOW IT HAS A LOT OF PROVISIONS THAT WE SAW ABOUT COUNCIL VOTES AND IF THEY CAN RUN FOR ELECTION AND SO ON, BUT I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO THAT.
WHAT I SEE IS, IS A GOOD DEVELOPER THAT IS BUILDING, BUILDING HOMES.
UM, SCHOOLS ARE NEARBY, UH, OBVIOUSLY THEY DEVELOPED THE, THE GARTH ROAD EXPANSION FOR, FOR THESE AREAS NEAR, UM, THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT.
UH, I LOOKED AT THE, THE QUALITY OF HOME THAT THEY'RE BUILDING.
I THINK THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT THE SAME HOME THEY'RE BUILDING HERE, THEY'RE BUILDING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
UH, THE LOT SIZE MAY BE DIFFERENT, BUT EVERY TIME, AT LEAST FOR MYSELF, WHEN I MADE AN INQUIRY, IF THIS DEVELOPER COULD, UM, INCREASE THE BUILDING STANDARD OR ANY KIND OF AMENITY THEY HAVE.
AND SO, UH, I'M PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT, THAT THEY'RE AT LEAST WILLING TO, TO APPROACH THE 70 FOOT LOT SIZE.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S VERY, UM, CONSIDERED THEM IN A SENSE.
BUT, UM, I THINK THERE WAS SOME, SOME CHALLENGES THAT WAS PRESENTED BY STAFF AT ONE TIME ABOUT THIS WOULD GO IN STIFLE ANNEXATION IN THE FUTURE.
AND MY PERSONAL OPINION ON IT, I, I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE THAT'S ENTIRELY THE CASE.
IT MAKES IT CHALLENGING, BUT I KNOW I'VE BEEN PART OF COUNCILS WHERE WE'VE HAD TO DO 10 FOOT STRIPS AND, AND QUITE FRANKLY, ANYTHING NORTH OF FM 1942, UH, FOR THE NEAR FUTURE, AT LEAST THE NEXT 10 YEARS IS GONNA BE PRETTY, FAIRLY HARD FOR THE CITY TO REALLY EXPAND SERVICES PAST THAT.
SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA OVERVALUE THE OPINION OF STAFF ON ANNEXATION CAN OCCUR.
'CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T TRULY BELIEVE THAT.
UM, SO I DO, I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED AND WITH THE, WITH THE, UM, I GUESS YOU'D SAY CONCESSIONS THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS MADE.
SO THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON IT.
AND SO WITH THAT, I DUNNO IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE I'M AT.
WELL, I GUESS I'LL JUST MAKE THE COMMENT, MAYOR.
I MEAN, I JUST ECHO WHAT YOU SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, VERY SELDOM DO WE HAVE DEVELOPERS COME TO US, RECEIVE NEGATIVE COMMENTS, PUSHBACK OR WHATNOT, AND THEY GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND, AND THEY DO THINGS THAT, THAT WE ASK OF THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, A A LOT OF TIMES WE ACTUALLY BATTLE
AND I, I BELIEVE ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, THERE HAVE BEEN CONCESSIONS, MEANINGFUL CONCESSIONS ON THE DEVELOPER'S PART.
SO, YOU KNOW, I I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.
I, THEY WERE THE FIRST ONES OUT THERE THAT THAT KIND OF SET THE STANDARD TO, TO, TO NOT ALLOW THEM TO EXPAND.
I MEAN, THE, THE HARDEST THING IS GETTING STARTED.
SO I, I WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE MO AND THE POLICIES GOING FORWARD, SO
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BE IT.BUT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO NOT ALLOW THEM TO EXPAND AND CONTINUE ON IT, IT, IT JUST, I I WOULDN'T BE IN FAVOR OF KIND OF CHANGING THE RULES OF THE GAME.
SO I'M, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.
AND, AND SO THAT'S JUST WHERE IT'S AT.
AND, AND, UM, YOU DID REMIND ME OF SOMETHING THERE, COUNCILMAN.
UM, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT HOUSING THAT WAS BEING BUILT, REALLY, THEY WERE THE FIRST ONES THAT, THAT RAISED THE BAR.
AND EVEN SINCE THEN, COUNSEL HAS ADOPTED OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN MUDS THAT RAISED THE BAR EVEN HIGHER.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION ON THE EARLIER DEVELOPMENT WITH KB HOME.
SO ANYWAY, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? I'LL JUST SAY, I, I ALSO AM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT STIFLING ANNEXATION TO THE NORTH, LIKE YOU MENTIONED.
UM, THAT WASN'T A CONCERN FOR ME.
UH, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS JUST WITH UMM THEMSELVES.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A, UH, A FUNDING MECHANISM THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO TAXPAYERS.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON, I'M OPPOSED.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? I'M NOT, I FEEL THE SAME WAY HERE.
SO ALL THOSE, UM, IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, WE'LL DO A SHOW OF HANDS.
I KNOW MS. NCCO IS, UM, ABSTAINING.
UH, SO I'LL DO A SHOW OF HANDS ON THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM EIGHT B, UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED THAT CAN VOTE IN, UH, FOR ITEM EIGHT B, UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO, UH, BY THAT WE HAVE A TWO TO FOUR VOTE.
UH, ITEM DOES FAIL AT THIS POINT, SO
[c. Consider an ordinance authorizing the Second Amendment to the Development Agreement with Friendswood Development Company.]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT C.I'M NOT SURE WHAT ACTION WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE WITH THE FAILURE OF THAT ITEM.
UH, WITHOUT PASSING EIGHT, EIGHT B POINT, I KNOW IT'S NEGATED, IT'S NEW.
SO ITEM EIGHT C IS NEGATED BY THE ACTION OF EIGHT B.
[a. Receive a presentation regarding the Strategic Marketing Plan for the Baytown Hotel and Convention Center.]
MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE A, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE STREET MARKETING PLAN FOR THE BAYTOWN HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER.UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND CITY OF BAYTOWN, UM, WITH US THIS EVENING.
UH, HI, I'M STEVE GAL WITH GARFIELD.
WE'RE THE, UH, DEVELOPER ON THE HOTEL FOR THE CITY.
AND WITH US THIS EVENING WE HAVE MICHELLE GEIGER, SHE'S CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR HYATT AND ALSO ASAD AMED.
AND HE'S A SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMERCIAL SERVICES FOR HYATT.
AND ALSO ON THIS PHONE IS JEFF BENFORD, WHO WORKS WITH ME.
JEFF IS A SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT ASSET MANAGER.
WE WILL MAKE, UH, ACT AS THE ASSET MANAGER ON THE PROPERTY ONCE IT'S OPEN.
SO, UM, MICHELLE AND ASAD, UH, OFF TO YOU GUYS.
SO, UM, GOOD EVENING TO YOU ALL.
UM, THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THIS PRESENTATION IS TO REVIEW OUR SALES AND MARKETING STRATEGY, AND THEN THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL PIECES.
UM, I AM GOING TO JUMP AHEAD TO MY PART AND I WILL LET ASAD INTRODUCE HIMSELF SHORTLY.
DO WE, UM, TAKE CONTROL? CAN I JUST TAKE CONTROL RIGHT HERE? IS THAT, I THINK YOU GO TO SCREEN SHARE THAT GREEN.
IT'S, AND LOOKS LIKE WE CAN SEE IT.
UM, SO THIS IS, UM, TO REVIEW, UM, THE COMMERCIAL SERVICES PORTION OF THE HEIGHT, REGENCY BAYTOWN.
BUT I'M GOING TO SKIP AHEAD TO A FEW SLIDES AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THE SIDE IN JUST A MOMENT.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO REVIEW IS, UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE, UM, INTERIORS, RIGHT? AND, AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE, THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
SO TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A VIEW AND AN IDEA OF WHAT WE HAVE PROGRAMMED FOR THE HOTEL.
UM, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ARE HONORED TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WE REALLY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HOTEL, UM, TO BRING TO LIFE TOGETHER.
UM, SO OUR REGENCY BRAND, UM, IT FOCUSES ON BUSINESS TRAVELERS AND GROUP BUSINESS.
UM, AND THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, BRINGS THE AMENITIES THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT WITH A REGENCY, UM, FOOD AND BEVERAGES, YOU KNOW, VERY ROBUST OFFERING.
AND I HAVE OUR FIRST SLIDE UP, UM, THAT YOU ALL SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE.
OUR MARKET IS NEAR A 700 SQUARE FOOT, UM, WITH A VERY, UM, LOGICAL, INTUITIVE FLOW.
IT'S SPACE FOR RETAIL OFFERINGS AND ALSO SERVES AS OUR GRAB AND GO AND WILL SUPPORT OUR IN-ROOM DINING OPERATION.
UM, THE SPACE IS VERY FLEXIBLE, UM, AND IT'S MEANT TO SUPPORT YOUR CONVENTION GOERS.
IT'S MEANT TO ENSURE WE CAN SCALE UP WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF LARGE GROUP IN HOUSE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO IN BETWEEN YOUR NEXT LARGE GROUP,
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WE'LL BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE EXPENSES VERY WELL, UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU CAN SCALE BACK DOWN AS NEEDED DURING THOSE VERY BRIEF SLOW PERIODS.UM, THE SPACE IS MADE FOR SPEED AND IT'S REALLY TO ALLOW, UM, ANY OF OUR GUESTS TO GET A, UM, VERY QUICK ITEM IN AND OUT OF THE LINE.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, FIVE MINUTES.
UM, AND OF COURSE A FULL MENU.
SO WHETHER IT'S LUNCH OR BREAKFAST OR, OR EVEN DINNER, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WILL, WILL FIT THE SPACE.
AND I'M JUMP TO OUR THREE MALE RESTAURANT.
UM, THE RESTAURANT, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL SPACE.
UM, IT'S OFFERING A MODERN YET, YOU KNOW, UM, SMALL ELEMENTS OF A PLASTIC DESIGN.
IT'S OVER 2000 SQUARE FOOT, AND IT OFFERS TWO PRIVATE DINING AREAS, UM, UH, PRIVATE SEATING AREAS.
THERE'S ONE ON THIS SIDE OVER HERE ON THE FAR SIDE, YOU CAN SEE IN THE OTHER ONE YOU CANNOT SEE IN THIS PICTURE.
UM, BUT THAT ALSO ALLOWS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY.
SO WHEN YOU AREN'T MAXED OUT AT YOUR, UH, AT CAPACITY FOR YOUR MEETING SPACE, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL MEETING SPACE HERE.
UM, OR IF WE ARE AT A VERY HIGH TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY OR ARE SEEING A LOT OF LOCAL DRAW, UM, WE CAN UTILIZE THE SPACE FOR REGULAR SEATING AS PART OF THE RESTAURANT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE BEAUTIFUL OPEN KITCHEN AND IT'S SHOWCASING THE, UM, HEARTH OVEN IN THE BACK, UM, WHICH, UH, IS IS JUST A FANTASTIC PROGRAM ELEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING A LOT OF REALLY INTERESTING AND ALSO HEALTHY FOOD, UM, TO LIFE WHEN WE, UH, AS WE PROGRAM, AND I'M GONNA FLIP TO OUR BAR, THERE WE GO.
UM, AND THE BAR, UM, AND BEFORE I, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I EVEN GO INTO THE FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE BAR, YOU KNOW, THE VIEW IS JUST PHENOMENAL, RIGHT? AND, AND IT'S, IT'S JUST STUNNING.
SO IT'S, IT'S SUCH A GREAT SETTING.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO, LEMME HOP BACK FOR TWO SECONDS.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS PART OF THE SEATING FOR THE BAR.
SO IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE PROXIMITY OF ALL THE SPACE AND THE, THE INTENT AROUND THAT.
SO THE BAR, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS, IT'S A VERY KIND OF AN ELEVATED EVENING SPACE.
UH, NEARLY 2000 SQUARE, BUT WE'VE GOT 57 SEATS, BUT ALSO A GOOD AMOUNT OF SPACE FOR KIND OF STANDING ROOM.
IT USES OUR THREE MEAL KITCHEN ALSO, UM, TO KIND OF PULL THE AREAS TOGETHER.
SO YOU'VE GOT SOME BAR ACTIVATION ON ONE SIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE VERY BUSY, UH, WITH THE CONVENTION, RIGHT? UM, AND, UM, THEN YOU'VE GOT THE, THE KITCHEN ELEMENT WITH THE HEARTH OVEN THAT KIND OF BRINGS ALL THE SPACE TOGETHER.
UM, SO WE COULD OPERATE SEPARATELY, WE CAN OPERATE ALL TOGETHER DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON, RIGHT? AND THE HOTEL NEEDS.
UM, IT COULD BE A BUSY COCKTAIL SPACE POST CONVENTION WHERE ALL THE ELEMENTS ARE ACTIVATED AND IT JUST ALL COMES TOGETHER.
UM, OR IT COULD ALSO BE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A MEETUP SPOT, UM, OR IN, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE A QUIET SUNDAY EVENING AS WE'RE GETTING READY TO PREPARE FOR OUR NEXT GROUP.
AND OUR INDIVIDUAL TRAVELERS ARE THERE TO JUST RELAX AND HAVE A QUIET EVENING AND WATCH THE GAME.
SO REALLY, UM, FANTASTIC SPACE THAT I THINK THINK IT'LL BE EXCITING TO BRING TO LIFE.
AND WITH THAT, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAND THIS OVER TO ASSAD.
SO LET ME HAND MOVE UP TO OUR VERY FIRST SLIDE.
AND ASSAD, ARE YOU AVAILABLE? I AM AVAILABLE.
UM, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU, UM, THIS EVENING.
AND I THINK THAT WHAT I WANTED TO DO TODAY, UM, IN MY ROLE AS COMMERCIAL LEAD, IT'S, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MYSELF AND OUR TEAM, UM, TO REALLY DRIVE THE TOP LINE REVENUE PERFORMANCE FOR OUR HOTELS IN, UM, ACROSS THE HYATT BRANDS.
AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS PROJECT AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD, MICHELLE.
UM, WHAT, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS, IS MY KIND OF TOP LINE TEAM.
AND THESE ARE VARIOUS FOLKS, I WON'T GO THROUGH THESE IN DETAIL.
UM, BUT YOU WILL SEE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS REPRESENTED HERE FROM SALES TO MARKETING, REVENUE MANAGEMENT, UM, PR AND COMMUNICATIONS.
THESE ARE ALL FOLKS WHO BASICALLY, EACH AND EVERY DAY THEY ARE WORKING WITH OUR PROPERTY TEAMS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE REGION TO DRIVE ALL THE KEY, UM, BUSINESS DIFFERENTIATORS THAT HYATT HAS, AND TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT CUSTOMER FACING OPPORTUNITIES AND DETERMINE WHAT IS THE BEST FIT TO HELP, UM, OPTIMIZE THE REVENUE OPPORTUNITY FOR A HOTEL LIKE THIS.
AND SO, UM, IF WE FLIP AHEAD, MICHELLE, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE APPROACH THAT WE TAKE.
UM, YOU CERTAINLY CAN HAVE THESE SLIDES AND, AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AS I SPEAK TO THIS.
BUT AT A, AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, WE TEND TO LOOK AT, UM, THE BRAND THAT WE HAVE AT HYATT.
AND CERTAINLY, UM, FROM A REGENCY PERSPECTIVE, WE TEND TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT OUR CUSTOMERS AND GUESTS HAVE AN AFFINITY FOR WITH OUR BRANDS, AND HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE, UM, THE REVENUE POTENTIAL THAT
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THAT AFFINITY BRINGS INTO ANY HOTEL THAT WE OPEN.UM, AND, AND UNDERSTAND THE MARKET DYNAMICS, UNDERSTAND WHY FOLKS, UM, WOULD BE TRAVELING TO THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LOCAL MARKET POTENTIAL AND DRIVERS ARE, AND, UM, REALLY TRY TO WORK MOST CLOSELY WITH THE ON PROPERTY TEAMS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE HYATT SYSTEM CAN HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE REVENUE PERFORMANCE.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN, IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN A SECOND.
UM, IF WE FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I WANT YOU TO JUST UNDERSTAND, AND AGAIN, I WON'T GO THROUGH THE DETAIL OF, OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
YOU SAW MY TEAM ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE.
THIS IS A PARTNER ORGANIZATION TO OURS.
THIS IS OUR GLOBAL SALES ORGANIZATION.
HYATT IS A COMPANY THAT OPERATES ACROSS MANY BRANDS AND AROUND THE WORLD.
AND THIS PART OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE TEAM THAT BASICALLY WORKS WITH THE LARGEST COMPANIES IN THE WORLD, LARGEST MEETINGS AND EVENTS, PLANNING COMPANIES, UM, YOU KNOW, THINK OF ALL OF YOUR LARGE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, THE, UH, TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES, CONSULTING COMPANIES.
WE MANAGE ALL OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO TRY AND OPTIMIZE WHAT, UM, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS CAN DELIVER FROM A REVENUE POTENTIAL TO OUR HOTELS.
UM, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THAT IN A MOMENT AS WELL.
HOW WE TEND TO STRUCTURE OUR SALES APPROACH AND TEAM, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, MICHELLE, UM, IS IS MULTI-TIERED IN THE SENSE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT HAND SIDE HERE, THE SMALLEST CIRCLE IN THE CENTER IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE HOTEL.
SO AS WE OPEN A PROPERTY LIKE THIS, WE WOULD HIRE AN ON PROPERTY SALES MARKETING EVENTS TEAM.
THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO LIVE AND BREATHE THIS HOTEL EACH AND EVERY DAY.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE MARKET DYNAMICS, THEY UNDERSTAND, UM, THE COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS, THEY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED TO MAKE A PROJECT LIKE THIS SUCCESSFUL.
AND THEN AS YOU SEE KIND OF CIRCLES EXPANDING AROUND THAT, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDES.
THOSE ARE FOLKS THAT THE HOTEL TEAM WOULD WORK WITH ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS TO HELP FOLKS WHO ARE SITTING, YOU KNOW, FIVE MILES AWAY, 500 MILES AWAY, 5,000 MILES AWAY, HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS HOTEL IS, WHAT THE MARKET IS, AND HOW ANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED BY HYATT CAN BE CONTRIBUTING, UM, TO THE REVENUE GENERATING POTENTIAL OF, OF A HOTEL LIKE THIS.
UM, AND IF WE FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ONE OF THOSE KIND OF MIDDLE LAYERS THAT WE HAVE IS ALSO KIND OF A REGIONAL SALES ORGANIZATION.
SO HERE YOU SEE SOME FOLKS WHO ARE SCATTERED ACROSS DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, UM, AND ARE WORKING WITH LOCAL CUSTOMERS.
SO AS I TALKED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE ABOUT SOME OF THE LARGEST, UM, COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD THAT YOU KNOW, ARE NAME BRANDS THAT YOU WOULD ALL KNOW IN THE SAME WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT COMPANIES THAT ARE LARGELY AT WORK IN TEXAS, IN DALLAS, IN HOUSTON, IN IN MARKETS THAT ARE PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT MORE DRIVING SOME OF THE BUSINESS THAT WOULD HAPPEN LOCALLY.
AND, AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER LAYER OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD BE PARTNERED WITH THE ON PROPERTY TEAM.
UM, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE ENGINE THAT YOU GET TO SUPPORT, UM, THE WORK THAT WE WOULD DO, OUR WORLD OF HYATT LOYALTY PROGRAM, UM, EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS GOT A CREDIT CARD IN YOUR WALLET.
YOU GET POINTS ON THOSE THINGS.
SO WORLD OF HYATT IS THE SAME CONCEPT THAT FOLKS WHO, UM, TRANSACT AND STAY IN OUR HOTELS, THEY GET POINTS, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE DATA POINTS HERE, BUT BASICALLY THESE ARE OUR MOST LOYAL MEMBERS AND WE TEND TO HAVE THEM SPREAD AROUND THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE A VERY STRONG CONCENTRATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AS WELL.
AND WE CAN CERTAINLY GET YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY METRO AREAS, BUT THESE ARE FOLKS WHO SPEND DISPROPORTIONATELY IN OUR HOTELS.
THEY SPEND MORE MONEY WHEN THEY'RE IN THE HOTELS.
THEY TEND TO STAY LONGER WHEN THEY COME INTO OUR HOTELS.
SO THE, THIS IS A, A, A MEMBERSHIP BASE THAT WHENEVER WE OPEN A NEW HOTEL, WE DO A LOT TO EDUCATE THEM ON THE FACT THAT, HEY, THERE'S A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO, UM, SPEND AND TRANSACT WITH HYATT.
HERE'S A NEW HOTEL IN THE SYSTEM THAT WE'D LOVE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO.
AND WE DON'T JUST DO THAT AS HYATT.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, I CAN TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS.
THESE ARE ALL BRANDS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE CREDIT CARD COMPANIES.
I LISTED AMERICAN BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF OUR KEY PARTNERS, BUT WE CERTAINLY WORK WITH UNITED, UM, AND DELTA AS WELL.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY A STRONG HYATT LOYALIST, MAYBE YOU'VE GOT ONE OF THESE CREDIT CARDS IN YOUR WALLET, MAYBE YOU'RE AN AIRLINE PROGRAM, UM, MEMBERSHIP, UM, DRIVER.
AND SO WE WORK WITH ALL OF THOSE PARTNERS TO BRING BUSINESS INTO THE SYSTEM AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU IS JUST HOW WE TEND TO PARTNER WITH SOME OF THE COMPANIES THAT WE WORK WITH AS WELL FROM A CORPORATE PERSPECTIVE.
UM, RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE SOME BRAND NAMES THAT YOU MAY RECOGNIZE.
UM, THESE ARE COMPANIES THAT WE WORK
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WITH ON AN ONGOING BASIS, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS DEVELOPING PROGRAMMING, UM, WITH COMPANIES LIKE THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE THEIR FOLKS ARE ON THE ROAD, THERE ARE FOLKS ARE MAKING CHOICES IN WHERE THEY STAY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK WITH ALL OF OUR HOTELS, UM, TO DELIVER OPTIMAL EXPERIENCES FOR TRAVELERS FROM THESE TYPES OF COMPANIES.SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE TYPE OF PROGRAMMING THAT WE DO.
IT'S NOT JUST KIND OF A ONE-OFF CONVERSATION WITH AN IBM OR A DELOITTE, FOR INSTANCE, AND, AND, AND THEN EXPECTING THEM TO COME.
WE, WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE UNIQUE AND DIFFERENTIATED VALUE, AND WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE BRAND PORTFOLIO WITH REGENCY FOR INSTANCE, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND OUR NETWORK SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE IN NEW YORK, WHEN THEY'RE IN CHICAGO, WHEN THEY'RE IN LOS ANGELES, IF THEY STAY WITH US, WHEN THEY COME INTO, UM, MARKETS IN TEXAS AND IN A MARKET LIKE BAYTOWN, THEY, UM, ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING OUT A HYATT REGENCY PRODUCT AS WELL.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE.
I I DIDN'T WANT TO KIND OF GO SUPER DEEP, BUT I'M, UH, CERTAINLY HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING WE JUST PRESENTED.
I THINK THIS WAS OPPORTUNITY JUST TO, TO KIND OF AS, AS THE CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES TO JUST KNOW THAT THAT HYATT, UM, IS AHEAD OF THE GAME WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR, UM, MARKETING, AND THEN I BELIEVE THEY'LL IDENTIFY KEY PERSONNEL AT A LATER DATE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, BEGIN RECRUITMENT OF SOME EITHER REGIONAL, UM, AND LOCAL, UM, EVENTS, UH, THERE AT THE, UH, CONVENTION CENTER AND SO ON.
SO I DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME AND I KNOW WE SPOKE, UH, MAYBE TWO MONTHS AGO AND I'M SURE THINGS KEEP CONTINUE TO UNFOLD, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE, COUNSEL, THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, UM, REGARDING AT LEAST WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR, AND I APPRECIATE, UM, THE MARKETING TEAM COMING.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S SIGNALING THAT WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER, UM, TO, UH, THE OPENING.
AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE, BE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE MARKETING TEAM, BUT, UM, I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH RICK AS WE GET TO THE POINT THAT WE NEED TO, UM, PERHAPS HAVE SOME SORT OF JOB FAIR TO TRY TO RECRUIT LOCAL, UM, FOR ALL LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THE HOTEL.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON AND, AND MAYBE HAVING THE CITY CO-HOST THE JOB FAIR.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
STEVE, IT'S, UH, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU AND JEFF.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE MENTIONED LAST TIME WE TOUCHED BASE WITH THE, THE MARKETING TEAM, UM, IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED INQUIRIES FROM SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UH, ABOUT HOW THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GET A SLIGHT JUMP ON, UM, BOOKING, UH, THE CONVENTION CENTER AND, AND THE HOTEL.
AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF OBTAINING FROM YOU A PHONE NUMBER AND A CONTACT THAT WE COULD THEN PROVIDE SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
I REALIZE IT'S A SMALL PIECE OF YOUR ENTIRE GLOBAL MARKETING SCHEME, BUT FOR OUR COMMUNITY IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND WE ARE RECEIVING THOSE INQUIRIES, UH, ALMOST WEEKLY, I THINK, AT, AT THIS POINT.
SO THERE IS A HEIGHTENED INTEREST IN, IN THIS PROJECT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE, I GUESS.
SO WE'D HOPE WE CAN GET THAT NUMBER FROM YOU IN A CONTACT THAT'S NOT AT ALL A PROBLEM, RICK.
AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT THERE'S ALREADY INTEREST, UM, IN THE LOCAL MARKETPLACE.
AND WE CAN WORK WITH STEVE AND THE TEAM TO KIND OF, UM, GET THAT INFORMATION AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE FOLKS IN THE WAY THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNSEL? YES, SIR.
PIGGYBACKING OFF OF COUNCILMAN ALVARADO AND WHAT SHE SAID, COUNCILWOMAN ALVARADO AND WHAT SHE SPOKE, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THEIR CONVERSATIONS ARE BEING HAD ABOUT DOING A LOCAL JOB FAIR TO HIRE LOCALLY.
UM, WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOW GREAT BAYTOWN HOSPITALITY THAN TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM BAYTOWN WORKING IN A PREMIER HOTEL HERE IN BAYTOWN? I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY CONSIDERING THIS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.
ALRIGHT, UH, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AS THINGS DEVELOP.
[b. Receive a presentation regarding the Draft FY23-27 Capital Improvement Plan.]
WE HAVE ITEM NINE B, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING A, THE DRAFT 23 TO 27 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.MR. SEMINO, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I AM, UH, PLEASED TRANSMIT TO YOU THE, UH, DRAFT OF THE 23
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TO 27, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.IT'S THE, UH, THIRD TIME WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND I FEEL LIKE WE GET A BETTER PRODUCT EVERY TIME WE DO THIS.
AND, UM, UH, BEFORE I GET INTO THE PLAN ITSELF, UH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE, UH, PWE STAFF, UH, FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE OTHER DIRECTORS WHO HAD, YOU KNOW, UH, WHO ASSISTED IN PREPARING THIS PLAN.
UM, AND I DO WANNA MENTION THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL BENEFITS TO PUTTING TOGETHER A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
UM, IT HELPS US TO, UH, CLEARLY COMMUNICATE OUR PRIORITIES.
IT GETS ALL OF OUR PROJECTS IN ONE PLACE SO WE CAN SEE THOSE PRIORITIES.
UH, IT ALSO PROVIDES TRANSPARENCY SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE HOW WE'RE SPENDING FUNDS, UM, AND IT LETS OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, LOOK AT LONG-TERM FUNDING STRATEGIES.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, GET INTO AN OVERVIEW OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
UH, IT IS A FIVE TO 10 YEAR, UH, LOOK AT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND IT IS BROKEN INTO EIGHT CATEGORIES, UH, OR PROGRAMS. AND, UM, SO, UH, I'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE, UM, PROGRAMS, UH, IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
UM, UH, FIRST I WANT TO GIVE YOU A IDEA OF THE TIMELINE I'M LOOKING AT.
SO TONIGHT IS JUST A PRESENTATION OF THE OVERVIEW.
UH, I DID TRANSMIT THE, UM, PDF DOCUMENTS TO YOU, UH, ON, ON MONDAY.
AND, UM, SO I ALSO HAVE A HARD COPY HERE THAT I'LL DISTRIBUTE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
UH, SO WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, STUDY THAT.
AND, UH, WE'LL COME BACK ON JUNE 23RD AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK.
AND, UH, WE'LL INCORPORATE THAT AND ANTICIPATE ADOPTING THE CIP WITH THE, UH, BUDGET.
AND THEN IT WILL BE COMMUNICATED, UH, UH, THROUGH SEVERAL METHODS, UH, BETTER BAYTOWN AND BAYTOWN ENGAGE.
SO, UH, AS I DID, UH, LAST, UH, FALL, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE, UH, KIND OF A, A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF HOW THE CIP IS LAID OUT.
YOU SHOULD HAVE A, UH, A PROJECT SHEET FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS IN THE, UH, CIP EACH PROJECT SHEET WILL HAVE THE, UH, PROJECT NAME, PROJECT NUMBER LISTED ALONG THE TOP.
IT WILL ALSO HAVE A DESCRIPTION AND JUSTIFICATION, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A SECTION THROUGH THE CENTER THAT LISTS THE PROJECT COSTS IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM YOU'LL HAVE THE FUNDING SOURCES.
AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, SUMMARY PAGES.
UH, SO ONE OF THE SUMMARY PAGES LIST THE, UH, UH, PROJECTS BY PROGRAM.
SO THEY'RE GROUPED INTO THINGS LIKE WASTEWATER COLLECTION, WATER DISTRIBUTION, AND THEN, UH, THE COLUMNS REPRESENT THE FISCAL YEARS THAT THEY'RE FUNDED IN.
AND THEN WE DO ANOTHER SUMMARY WHERE WE, UH, SUMMARIZE ALL THE FUNDS.
SO, UM, ALL THE PROJECTS ARE, UH, THAT HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDS ARE SUMMARIZED INTO EACH OF THE, UH, FUNDS THAT YOU SEE THERE AND GROUPED BY FISCAL YEAR.
UH, NEXT I WANNA SHOW YOU JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE, UM, THE MAGNITUDE OF THE, UH, CIP THAT WE HAVE.
UM, SO FOR FY 23 THROUGH 27, WE HAVE, UM, FUNDED PROJECTS FOR $512 MILLION.
UH, AND YOU SEE EACH FISCAL YEAR LISTED THERE, I'VE INCLUDED, UH, FY 22 ALSO AS A REFERENCE.
IT, UH, YOU CAN SEE 22 AND 23, WE'RE WELL OVER $200 MILLION EACH YEAR.
UH, SO THE OUT YEARS ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
BUT, UM, I EXPECT, YOU KNOW, AS WE UPDATE OUR PLAN EACH YEAR THAT WE ADD PROJECTS AND AS WE GET BETTER AT LONG-TERM PLANNING, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE MORE OF A STABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, HORIZON OUT THERE WHERE EACH YEAR THERE'S NOT AS MUCH VARIABILITY.
SO, UM, IT JUST MEANS WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE WORK TO DO ON OUR LONG-TERM PLANNING.
UM, AND THEN THIS SLIDE GIVES YOU KIND OF A, IT BREAKS IT DOWN AND SHOWS HOW WE'RE SPENDING ALL THOSE, UH, THAT $512 MILLION, UH, OVER FIVE YEARS THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO IF YOU START AT THE TOP RIGHT WITH, UH, BAWA IN ORANGE, YOU CAN GO CLOCKWISE THROUGH ALL THE PROGRAMS THERE, UH, AND SEE THE PERCENT, UM, OF, LIKE I SAY, OF THE TOTAL.
UM, YOU CAN NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION IS ABOUT A THIRD OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING.
UH, IF YOU ADD UP ALL THE UTILITY, UM,
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UH, PROJECT OR PROGRAMS YOU END UP WITH JUST UNDER 50%.IT'S ABOUT 45% OF THE TOTAL THERE.
SO, LIKE I SAY, JUST GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY.
SO NOW I'D LIKE TO, UH, GO THROUGH SOME OF THE MAJOR FUNDS AND JUST GIVE YOU KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT IS INCLUDED IN SOME OF THOSE FUNDS.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, GENERAL FUND CASH, AND, UH, WE'VE ALLOCATED ABOUT 12 TO 14 MILLION EACH YEAR, UM, FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UH, SOME OF THE ONES IN FY 23 FOR GENERAL FUND CASH, UH, OR, OR LISTED THERE.
THEY'RE, UH, EITHER FULLY OR PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THAT.
SO, UH, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EACH ONE, BUT LIKE, SAY, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA MM-HMM
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS, UM, SOME, UH, GENERAL FUND DEBT THAT, UM, WE ARE PLANNING ON UTILIZING.
AND, UM, THIS IS PROJECTS OVER THE FIVE YEARS.
AND, UH, UH, VICTOR WILL COME UP AFTER ME.
AND, UH, IT WILL COVER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, DEBT ISSUANCE.
AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AS I GO THROUGH THE PROGRAMS. UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, FUND, UH, FUNDING SOURCES WE HAVE.
ONE IS MDD, OF COURSE, WE HAVE A JOINT MEETING WITH MDD AND TURS NEXT WEEK, SO WE'LL GO OVER SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THERE.
UH, THE WATER AND SEWER FUND, WE'VE GOT ABOUT, UH, $67 MILLION IN THE FIVE YEAR CIP.
UH, I WILL MENTION THAT THERE ARE, UH, MORE PROJECTS THAN WE WERE ABLE TO FUND.
SO, UH, WE ARE DELAYING MAINTENANCE ON SOME OF OUR PROJECTS, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE, UH, ARE GOING TO BE NEGOTIATING A NEW SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW INITIATIVE.
AND SO THERE'LL BE MORE PROJECTS COME OUT OF THAT.
AND SO THAT'S JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME RATE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE FUTURE TO HELP FUND THESE PROJECTS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE MAINTENANCE, UH, THAT IS REQUIRED.
UH, ON THE STORM WATER, UH, YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE INITIATED NOW WITH, UH, PARTNERSHIPS AND, UM, AND WE'VE ALSO ISSUED OR PLAN TO ISSUE DEBT, UH, FOR THOSE, UH, PROJECTS.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE KIND OF MAXED OUT ON OUR, UH, STORMWATER FUND NOW.
UH, SO WE ARE SEEKING GRANTS FOR THE FUTURE PROJECTS.
BUT, UH, AS YOU'LL SEE AS I GO THROUGH THE DRAINAGE, UH, WE DO HAVE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, STARTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON THAT, UH, THE TURS AS, UH, AGAIN, WE'LL COVER SOME OF THESE PROJECTS IN THE JOINT MEETING NEXT WEEK.
AND BAWA, THE BIG NEWS ON BAWA IS THAT WE ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT EXPANDING OUR, UM, EAST PLANT THAT HAS JUST BEEN COMMISSIONED.
AND SO, UH, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, INCREASED DEMAND FOR OUR WATER SYSTEM, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UM, EXPAND THAT PLANT.
AND SO WE'RE, UH, STARTING THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN ON THE IMPACT FEES, UM, I'VE GOT I 10 LIFT STATION LISTED THERE.
IT'S PARTIALLY FUNDED BY IMPACT FEES AND, UH, THROUGH MDD, IT IS A MAJOR, UH, PROJECT THAT SERVES, UH, THE AREA NORTH OF I 10 AS WELL AS SAN JACINTO AREA.
AND IT, IT WILL, UH, ALLOW FOR GROWTH IN THOSE AREAS.
THIS LISTS, UH, THIS SLIDE LISTS SOME OF THE, UH, GRANTS THAT WE'RE UTILIZING.
SO MOST OF THE, UH, ARPA FUNDS, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS WERE UTILIZING IN OUR, UH, WASTEWATER AREA, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, GARTH ROAD IS, UH, LARGELY BEING FUNDED BY, UH, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, FUNDS, UH, CDBG, WE'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL GRANTS.
UH, WE'RE, UH, STARTING THE WEST TEXAS AVENUE DRAINAGE, UH, PROJECT.
WE'VE GOT A ENGINEER SELECTED, SO YOU'LL SEE A ENGINEERING CONTRACT COMING FORWARD SOON FOR THAT PROJECT.
THE, UH, EAST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS, UH, IN DESIGN FOR PHASE ONE, AND, UH, WE'RE STARTING PHASE TWO AS WELL.
SO THOSE WILL BE, UH, PROGRESSING.
AND LINCOLN CEDAR AND JULIANNE VILLAGE DRAINAGE.
THAT PROJECT IS IN CONSTRUCTION AND PROGRESSING WELL, UH, WITH HARRIS COUNTY.
WE'VE GOT SEVERAL PROJECTS IN PARTNERSHIP.
WE'VE GOT, UH, DAN EAST JAMES DRAINAGE, THAT IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT, AND WE ARE, UH, JUST STARTING, UH, DESIGN ON THAT WITH THE COUNTY, AND WE'LL BE STARTING RIGHT AWAY.
UH, MARKET STREET IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THAT IS STARTING FINAL DESIGN AND, UM, WILL BE, UH, UH, HARRIS COUNTY IS LEADING THAT ONE.
UH, THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL, THAT IS WITH, UH, HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT,
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AND THAT WILL BE BID OUT SOON.SO YOU'LL SEE THAT CONTRACT COME TO YOU SHORTLY.
AND SOUTH MAIN DRAINAGE PHASE TWO IS, UH, STILL IN DESIGN, AND THAT IS PROGRESSING.
SO NOW I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH EACH OF THE PROGRAMS AND KIND OF LIST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, AND WHAT I, THE WAY I'VE BROKEN IT UP, I'VE GOT, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.
UH, THEY'RE EITHER IN DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION, BUT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN STARTED.
SO, UH, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE, UH, FOR THE MOST PART.
AND I WILL, UH, NOT REALLY DWELL ON THOSE.
UH, THE ONES, UH, UH, UH, LISTED UNDER FY 23, THEY'RE EITHER STARTING DESIGN OR STARTING CONSTRUCTION.
AND, UH, THE ONES IN RED, UH, TEXT ARE THE ONES THAT, UH, ARE STARTING DESIGN.
AND, UH, THE OTHER ONES WOULD BE GOING TO CONSTRUCTION IN 23.
THE ONES OF NOTE, UH, FIRE STATION TWO REPLACEMENT.
WE'RE, UH, ANXIOUS TO GET THAT, UH, FIRE STATION, UH, RELOCATED AND, AND THAT THEM INTO A NEW FIRE STATION.
UH, THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING SOME, UH, SLEEPING QUARTERS AND A DINING FACILITY SO THAT IT CAN REALLY FUNCTION, YOU KNOW, UH, LONG TERM, UH, MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT IT DOES NOW.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, SEVERAL, UH, FACILITY, UH, RENOVATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THOSE CAME OUT OF THE, UH, FACILITY MASTER PLAN.
I'LL, UH, LIST THOSE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND, UH, LOOKING AT REPLACING OUR, UH, MOSQUITO CONTROL BUILDING, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER PROJECTS THERE.
SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR, UH, FACILITY RENOVATION STARTING IN 23.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE'RE GONNA PACKAGE ALL THESE TOGETHER IN ONE PACKAGE, GET AN ARCHITECT TO, UM, DRAW THAT UP AND ISSUE IT IN CONSTRUCTION, UH, IN FY 24.
SO ON THE PARKS, UH, PROJECTS, UH, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN PROGRESS.
AND THEN THE ONES THAT ARE SLATED FOR, UH, STARTING IN FY 23, UH, YOU SEE, UH, JENKINS PARK CLUBHOUSE.
THIS IS TO PUT A CLUBHOUSE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE BUILDING AT ROSELAND.
UM, AND WE'VE GOT, UH, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING FOR BICENTENNIAL, UH, STAGE THAT IS TO, TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STAGE.
SO WE, UH, WANT TO DO SOME ENGINEERING SO WE CAN GET A GOOD IDEA OF THE COST AND REALLY SCOPE OUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST, UH, PLAN OF ACTION THERE.
UM, ALSO WE'VE GOT SOME MONEY TO RELOCATE THE DISC GOLF COURSE AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE A HUNDRED, UH, BLOCK OF TOWN SQUARE ON TRANSPORTATION.
WE'VE GOT, UH, SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS.
AND LIKE I SAY, I THINK YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ALL THESE.
NOW, THE ONES THAT ARE, WILL BE STARTING IN 23.
UH, WE'VE GOT THE NAR PARK, ALL THE STREETS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY START DESIGN HERE, UH, SOON.
UM, WE'RE, I THINK, ADVERTISING A, UH, RFQ FOR ENGINEERING CONSULTANT RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT WILL BE SELECTED SOON, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT COME TO COUNCIL.
AND THEN THAT WILL ALLOW US TO CON, UH, START CONSTRUCTION TOWARDS THE LATER PART OF, UH, FY 23.
UM, ON NORTH MAIN STREET, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A PROJECT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID, UH, BAKER TO 1 46.
UM, THIS IS TO PRESERVE THE PAVEMENT.
UM, WE REALLY FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO ACT QUICKLY ON THIS BECAUSE THE PAVEMENT IS DETERIORATING.
SO, UH, UNLESS WE DO SOME, UH, PAVEMENT PRESERVATION SOON, WE'RE GONNA END UP DOING TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION.
SO, UH, WE THINK THE NORTHERN SECTION WILL BE A BETTER CANDIDATE.
UH, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH OF THAT RIVER ROCK.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, NOT AS MUCH, UH, CONCRETE TO REPLACE.
SO WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED ON THIS AND THINK WE CAN, UH, DO THIS PROJECT.
UH, ECONOMICALLY, I'VE GOT, UH, SEVERAL ASPHALT STREETS HERE INCLUDED.
WE'VE GOT, UH, WEST MAIN STREET FROM BASICALLY THE GOOSE CREEK BRIDGE, UH, TO MARKET STREET TO DO ASPHALT RECONSTRUCTION.
UH, WE'RE DOING OUR, OR HAVE DONE, UH, SOUTH STREET RECENTLY.
SO THIS, UH, WILL ALLOW US TO DO NORTH, EAST AND WEST.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, UH, MLK AND OAKWOOD, UH, ON WEST BAKER ROAD.
WE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR THIS, BUT WE FIRST NEED TO DO PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING SO WE CAN, UM, LIKE I SAY, GET COST AND GET US GOOD, UM, UH, PACKAGE TOGETHER TO SUBMIT FOR GRANT FUNDING.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR LAST TWO, UH, BAY OAKS HARBOR STREETS THAT WILL GO TO DESIGN
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AND LONE STAR EXTENSION.WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE, UH, KRS MEETING NEXT WEEK.
ON DRAINAGE, UH, AS I SAID, YOU, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, MAJOR PROJECTS WE HAVE IN PROGRESS.
UH, THE ONES THAT WILL BE STARTING ARE, UH, PRIMARILY THE, UH, REGIONAL DETENTION FOR SAN JACINTO, AND THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE, UH, TS MEETING ON, UH, OUR UTILITIES.
UM, GOT SEVERAL MAJOR PROJECTS IN PROGRESS, AND WE'LL BE STARTING, UH, TWO LIFT STATIONS THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED ON WASTEWATER TREATMENT.
I WENT THROUGH ALL THE ONES THAT ALL OF THESE ARE GRANT FUNDED.
AND, UM, AND THEN, UH, WE'VE GOT ONE OTHER ONE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO DESIGN ON AND, UM, UH, FUND THAT WITH, UH, OUR APA FUNDS.
AND ON BIO, AS I SAID, UH, THE, THE BIG NEWS IS THAT WE'RE GONNA START THE DESIGN PROCESS OF THE BOW EAST EXPANSION AND, UM, THAT WILL BE FUNDED BY, UH, BY DEBT FUNDING.
SO THAT, UH, REALLY CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, LIKE I SAY, BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY COMMENTS NOW, OR YOU CAN HOLD THEM FOR, UH, JUNE 23RD.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE, I THINK IT WAS TWO SLIDES BEFORE WHERE IT SAID CONY ON THERE, RIGHT THERE? YES, SIR.
WHERE IN PROGRESS WITH THAT RIGHT NOW? YES, SIR.
WHERE DO WE STAND ON THAT? SO ANDREA IS HERE, CAN MAYBE GIVE US A LITTLE BETTER UPDATE THAN I CAN.
WE'RE FINALIZING THE PLANS AND, UH, PREPARING FOR BID AT THIS TIME.
SO WE'RE BRINGING ON OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER TO DO A CONSTRUCTABILITY ANALYSIS VERY QUICKLY AND THEN START THAT BID PROCESS.
WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THAT BID PROCESS? I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET IT ON THE STREET IN JUNE.
SAID, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED, I GUESS BY MR. SEMINO? I THINK YOU SAID VICTOR WAS GONNA, UM, MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
UM, I, I THINK HE'S GONNA ADDRESS SOME, UH, THINGS IN HIS NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS HIS OKAY.
SO, UH, WE DO APPRECIATE THE, UH, CERTAINLY THE PLAN.
UH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUSLY CLEAR THAT WE ARE, UM, LOOKING AT EVERY POSSIBLE ASPECT ACROSS THE BOARD WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND SETTING OUT A PLAN, GETTING THE DESIGN AND GETTING CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT.
[a. Receive the City of Baytown's Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending March 31, 2022.]
UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10, A RECEIPT OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PUBLIC FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORT ENDING IN MARCH 31ST, 22.AND AS FRANK SAID, THERE IS A VERY NEAT SEGUE FROM TALKING WHAT ABOUT WHAT OUR PLANS ARE FOR THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT AND OUR CURRENT PLAN FOR DELIVERING THE BUDGET.
AND AS YOU KNOW, UM, PART OF OUR, UH, PROCESS WHEN WE SET THE BUDGET IS TO LOOK AT WHAT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, AND CARRY THOSE FORWARD TO APPLY PARTICULARLY TO THE CAPITAL, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND FRANK HAS ALREADY MADE MENTION OF THAT.
UH, THE OTHER THING I WOULD FLAG UP THAT HE HAS MENTIONED ALSO IS THAT I'M ANTICIPATING THAT WE'LL BE ISSUING SOME DEBT NEXT YEAR.
OF COURSE, YOU HAVE A DEBT POLICY THAT WILL GOVERN THAT PROCESS, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE POLICY YOU JUST SET EARLIER IN THIS MEETING ABOUT YOUR TAX RATE WILL APPLY.
UH, THERE WILL BE NO INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE AS A RESULT OF ISSUING ANY DEBT.
I CAN SAY THAT THREE TIMES, MR. MAYOR, IF I HAVE TO.
OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO THINKING ABOUT HOW WE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF OUR CURRENT PLAN, THE BUDGET, UH, OVERALL PROPERTY TAX, ABOUT WHERE, WHAT I WOULD EXPECT US TO BE, UH, HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR AT ABOUT 90, UH, 96% THAT SALES TAX REMAINS ROBUST, AS I SAY.
UM, I DO WORRY THAT THAT MIGHT SLACK ENOUGH A LITTLE.
I KNOW INFLATION IN SOME WAYS IS HER FRIEND IN THIS ONE, UH, BUT I THINK, UH, CONSUMERS ARE STARTING TO BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE CIRCUMSPECT, UH, AS THE ECONOMY, UM, SLOWS DOWN.
NEVERTHELESS, LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND OVERALL AT THE HALFWAY POINT, OR THREE QUARTERS INTO OUR REVENUE, ABOUT 50% ON EXPENDITURES.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE MONEY AND FUND BALANCE AS WE WOULD EXPECT.
UH, THERE IS NOTHING THAT'S CONCERNING ME AT THIS STAGE, BUT THAT CERTAINLY INFLATIONARY PRESSURES ON THE SPEND SIDE, UH, WILL BE THINGS THAT WILL HAVE TO CONFRONT WHEN WE SET THE BUDGET GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.
BUT IN THE CURRENT YEAR, WE ARE, WE ARE DOING WELL.
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THE AQUATICS FUND.DON'T BE ALARMED BY THAT AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
WE WOULD EXPECT THAT TO BE IN DEFICIT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO SPEND MONEY TO GET OPEN FOR THE SEASON.
AGAIN, WE'RE ANTICIPATING AN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
SO ANTICIPATE THAT COMING NOT JUST INTO BALANCE, BUT, UH, YIELDING SURPLUS, WHICH, UH, WILL ALLOW IT TO REPAY THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE MONEY THAT IT BORROWED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
MOVING ON TO THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND, I DO NEED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ADJUSTED THE BUDGET HERE TO REFLECT THAT THE CONTRIBUTION THAT WAS MADE BY THE HOT FUND, UH, AT THE END OF, UH, FINANCIAL YEAR 21.
UH, IF YOU REMEMBER AT ONE POINT I SAID NOT TO GET TOO CARRIED AWAY WITH THE HUGE FUND BALANCE THAT IT WOULD BE BEING USED AND THE $4 MILLION THAT HAD BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THE HOTEL TRANSACTION THAT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE.
SO WE HAVE AMENDED THE BUDGET TO REFLECT THAT.
THE OTHER BIG, UH, ELEMENT IN THERE, UH, LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ABOUT 1.9 MILLION IN BALANCES.
HOWEVER, 1.6 MILLION OF THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE WE AND GRAY SPORTS COMPLEX.
UH, BUT OVERALL HOT FUND REMAINS IN GOOD HEALTH, WAR AND SURF FUND.
SIMILARLY, AT THE HALFWAY POINT, UH, ALMOST SPOT ON IN TERMS OF REVENUES, A LITTLE BEHIND ON EXPENDITURES.
UH, NOTHING PARTICULARLY OF CONCERN.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL BE TALKING TO YOU, UH, LATER WHEN WE SET THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR ABOUT RATES, RATE STRUCTURES, UH, ET CETERA, AND THINKING ABOUT THE NEED TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND FRANK HAS JUST COVERED THAT SANITATION FUND.
UH, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD NEWS STORY.
UH, THIS WAS IN THE HOLE A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, CURRENTLY IN SURPLUS.
AND, UH, ACTUALLY CREATING A, UH, A BIT OF A, UH, WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE THERE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, UH, TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, DOING NEXT YEAR, PARTICULARLY AS WE MOVE INTO A NEW CONTRACT FOR, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
STORMWATER UTILITY, UH, FRANK HAS ALLUDED TO THAT, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR, YOU INCREASED THE FEES ON THAT, UH, TO BUILD UP A WAR CHEST AND PROVIDE US SOME FUNDING THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO, UH, TO FUND DEBT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HARRIS COUNTY, UH, FOR THE BIG DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.
UH, SO THAT WAS A REFLECTION OF THAT STREET MAINTENANCE.
UH, AGAIN, THE STORY HERE IS SALES TAX.
INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY STRONG HERE.
WE HAVE A HUGE, UH, WARD CHEST THERE, AND I WOULD LOOK TO SEE THAT BEING, UH, DEPLOYED, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
ON THE INVESTMENT SIDE, AGAIN, WE ARE UP.
UH, THAT IS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE HUGE INFLUX OF TAX MONIES, UH, AND HAVE YET TO SPEND THAT.
UH, SO WE'RE SITTING AT, UH, A LITTLE OVER 320 MILLION, UH, FUNDS INVESTED.
UH, I WOULD ANTICIPATE ALSO THAT THE INTEREST EARNINGS WILL START TO RISE THERE.
UM, BUT GOING FORWARD, AS INTEREST RATES GO UP, WE WILL SEE OUR EARNINGS GO UP.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU, MR. MAYOR, ALL TOGETHER.
UM, LOTS OF, UH, THINGS GETTING DONE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE DONE.
UM, SOME FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, WHICH WILL HELP WITH THE PLAN THAT FRANK HAS OUTLINED.
UH, BUT I DO SEE SOME STORMS, SOME CLOUDS, SOME ISSUES WE WILL HAVE TO RESOLVE, PARTICULARLY AROUND INFLATIONARY PRESSURES.
UH, AND WE WILL TALK FURTHER WITH YOU WHEN WE GET TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
[b. Receive the Baytown Police Advisory Committee's Quarterly Report to the City Council on its work and progress.]
MOVE ON TO ITEM, UH, 10 B, RECEIVE THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S QUARTERLY REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL.IT SEEMS LIKE YOU WERE JUST HERE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO I HAVE ONLY HAVE A MEASLY SEVEN SLIDES IN THEIR OVERSIZED FONT.
SO UN UNLIKE THE, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, TO SEE THESE.
UH, YES, THIS IS OUR QUARTERLY REPORT FROM THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A NEW ELECTION OF COMMITTEE OFFICERS, UH, MYSELF AS THE CHAIRMAN.
MARISSA MORENO, UM, FROM DISTRICT TWO AND ALSO, UH, ALSO HAVE WITH US, UH, MR. HUNSINGER AND ALSO LIEUTENANT EVANS.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF OUR OTHER COMMITTEE HERE.
UM, BUT WE ARE MOVING, UH, WORKING DILIGENTLY TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT OUR GOALS ARE BEING MET ON WHAT THE, THE COUNCIL HAS ASKED US TO DO.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO VACANCIES, UM, THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE VACANT.
AND I BELIEVE ONE IS GONNA BE FILLED TONIGHT.
UH, WE HAVE HAD FEWER MEETINGS DUE TO A LACK OF QUORUM.
UH, WE DID NOT HAVE MEETINGS IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY DUE TO THAT.
AND, UH, WE HOPE THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT, THAT THE QUORUM WILL BE MET MORE OFTEN AND WE'LL BE ABLE
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TO GO FROM THERE.NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A, UH, GRID OF ALL OF OUR MEMBERS AT THIS TIME.
THE CURRENT TERM DOES END, UH, NOVEMBER THE 30TH.
AND THEN, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE THAT WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO GO ONLINE, UH, FILL OUT THE NECESSARY FORMS AND, UH, EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST SO THAT YOUR, UH, RESPECTED REPRESENTATIVE CAN, UH, BEGIN THE PROCESS OF APPOINTMENT.
THE COMMITTEE FOCUS, UM, AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE'RE REFOCUSING MAKING SURE THAT WE REMAIN AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO FOCUS ON OF LATE IS THAT THE, THE COMMITTEE DOES NOT HAVE ANY OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY BECAUSE THERE'S CLEAR OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY, UH, BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AND THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS WANTED TO, TO MOVE US TOWARD IS TRYING TO CHANGE POLICY.
UH, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THAT AUTHORITY.
SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO MOVE TOWARD, UM, BRINGING BETTER RESULTS OF INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY INPUT.
UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WITH, WITH CHIEF, UH, STRINGER'S ASSISTANCE, WE NOT NOT ONLY WANT THE NEGATIVE SITUATIONS AND CONCERNS, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR POSITIVE INPUT ON SOME THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE CURRENTLY CONSIDERED AT THE FOREFRONT.
UM, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE, THE COUNCIL AND ALL OF THAT, WE'RE HOPING TO BRING TO COUNCIL, UH, NOT JUST CONCERNS, BUT ALSO SOME IDEAS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, HELP IN THE FUTURE.
ON THE, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, ALL EACH OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE REACHING OUT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE ASSISTANCE AND INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, THAT WOULD, IT WOULD, YOUR INPUT WOULD BE APPRECIATED, UH, TO DIRECT COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS TO BPAC SO WE CAN BETTER ADVISE YOU.
SO AS WE'RE COLLECTING THIS DATA, WE CAN BE ABLE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY TRENDS THAT ARE COMING ALONG OR ANYTHING THAT, THAT JUST MAYBE ONE OF YOU'RE, YOU'RE HEARING ONE OF.
BUT IF WE'RE GETTING, COLLECTING, UH, INFORMATION, WE CAN BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, COLLECT THAT INFORMATION AND GO FROM THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS TIME, ONLY A FEW CITIZENS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE CITIZEN INPUT OPPORTUNITY THAT'S BEEN GIVEN AT THE BPAC MEETINGS.
BUT I WANT TO, I, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY GONNA WATCH THIS LATER.
WE WANNA INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO COME FORWARD WITH LEGITIMATE MATTERS RELATING TO THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS SEEK, WE'RE SEEKING GOOD IDEAS AND HEAR CONCERNS AS WELL AS GOOD IDEAS THAT THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, CHIEF STRINGER, I WANT TO GIVE HIM ACCOLADES.
HE'S ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO US THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE COUNCIL.
WE'VE NOT HAD TO FORWARD IT ON AND SAY, HEY, TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE IT'S, AS, AS WE'RE HEARING INFORMATION, WE'RE WORKING, UH, TOGETHER WITH THE CHIEF ALREADY.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING, UH, MORE OF OUR MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF CHAMBERS HERE.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OUR, OUR MEETINGS RIGHT HERE IN CHAMBER COU AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UH, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO EVEN AS EARLY AS OUR NEXT MEETING TO HAVE THAT NEXT MEETING TO ENGAGE IN THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN HEAR THAT, THOSE COMMENTS, UM, AND, AND HEAR FROM THAT.
I WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY, UH, I, I APPRECIATE CHIEF STRINGER FOR ADDRESSING THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONCERNS OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP AND, UH, CHIEF STRINGER HAS BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE HEAD ON.
AND, UH, SO, UH, I'M, I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.
AND SEVERAL FROM THE COMMITTEE WANTED TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION.
AND SO I WANNA PASS THAT ALONG ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, FOR ADDRESSING THOSE.
SO, WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS AT THIS TIME? YES, SIR.
HOW WOULD YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING CITIZEN INPUT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE CITIZENS COMING OUT VOICING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES? DEFINITELY COMING TO THE, THE BPAC MEETINGS.
ONCE THEY ARE POSTED AND ADDRESSED, MUCH LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZEN INPUT, UH, IN THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, THERE'S THREE MINUTES, UM, THAT ARE GIVEN FOR THEM TO PUBLICLY, YOU KNOW, GIVE US THAT INFORMATION.
UH, BUT ALSO IF THE CITIZENS WILL WANT TO REACH OUT TO THEIR, THEIR RESPECTED, UH, REPRESENTATIVE OR ANY OF THE REPRESENTATIVES, WHOEVER THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, UM,
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THEY CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO ANY OF THE, THE BPAC MEMBERSHIP, UH, COMMITTEE AND, UM, IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS.ARE WE GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT WHERE CITIZENS KNOW THAT THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME TO THIS COMMITTEE? I MEAN, UM, WE HAVE CHANNEL 16, WE CAN PROBABLY BE DOING SOME ADVERTISEMENT ON OUR WEBSITE, POLICE WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, THE SAME EFFORTS THAT WE PUT INTO ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH COUNCIL AND OTHER COMMITTEES.
ARE WE DOING THAT WITH THIS COMMITTEE? IF I COULD JUST INTERJECT REAL QUICK, IT JUST HAPPENED TODAY, UH, CONNECTED WITH LLOYD IN, IN THE, THE TECHNOLOGY CORNER OVER THERE.
UH, THE, THE COMMITTEE DID APPROVE, UH, THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE WITH A 59 SECOND INFOMERCIAL, IF YOU PLEASE, UH, AND THE REASON I SAY IT, 59 SECONDS 'CAUSE ONE OF THE MAJOR PLATFORMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA CUTS YOU OFF.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA AIM TO, UH, DO A 59 SECOND, UH, INFO, UH, BLAST THAT, THAT WILL HOPEFULLY GET THE CITIZENS TO COME AND, AND PARTICIPATE WHETHER IT BE HERE OR ENGAGING IN AT OTHER EVENTS.
WE HAVE THREE, WELL, THREE DAYS OF CELEBRATION COMING UP FOR JUNETEENTH JULY 3RD AND JULY 4TH.
HAS THE COMMITTEE THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING A BOOTH OUT THERE AND PASSING OUT SOME INFORMATION? WE WOULD LOVE TO, BUT AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT HAVE A BUDGET FOR, FOR SUCH THINGS.
SO WE, WE ARE, AT THIS POINT, WE ARE ONLY CONFINED TO AN INFORMATION GATHERING COMMITTEE.
IT HAS NOT BEEN AN INDICATED TO ME THAT WE HAVE.
THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION, PASTOR.
WHY DO YOU THINK WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LACK OF QUORUM THE PAST FEW MONTHS? UM, PART OF IT IS, IS, IS THE MEMBERSHIP, UH, THE, THE VACANCIES.
UM, WE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL MONTHS WHERE THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, TRANSITIONS.
AND ALSO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, LIFE HAPPENS WITH, WITH THE NINE MEMBERS, THEN SOMETIMES WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE, HAVE THE FULL QUORUM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO REMEDY THAT.
UM, I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE DONE SOME GREAT WORK FROM CONCEPTION UP TO THIS POINT.
AND I, AND I, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO GREAT WORK AND, AND, UM, THE THINGS THAT, THE BUCKETS OF INFORMATION THAT YOU CARRIED ON FROM WHEN, BEFORE IT CAME A, A VALID COMMITTEE AND TO THE LAST REPORT TO HEAR HOW YOU TOOK IT AND RAN WITH IT AND COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS AND BROUGHT IT BACK TO US.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO NOT SEE US LOSE THAT MOMENTUM, BUT RATHER PUT OUR PEDAL ON THE GAS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
HOPEFULLY WE DON'T GET A TICKET.
UM, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE.
BUT, UM, I, I, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT YOU ALL AND CARRY ON THAT MOMENTUM, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
AND IF YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BUDGET FOR GOING OUT TO EVENTS THAT WE ARE SPONSORING AS A CITY, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE, WOULD IT? RICK? RICK? IN FACT, I'LL COLLABORATE WITH THE CHIEF ON THAT YEAH.
INITIATIVE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
WE, WE HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON SEVERAL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH AND UPCOMING EVENTS, UH, THAT WOULD NOT BE MONETARILY HEAVY IN ANY WAY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN THE, THE, THE GUIDELINES.
I THINK WHEN WE HAVE OUR POPUP POP POP UP PARKS EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY.
AND WE'LL GET YOU 10 AND TABLE PROPER SIGNAGE WOULD BE EXCELLENT.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN DOING.
PLEASE GO BACK AND LET 'EM KNOW THAT I AND THE REST OF COUNCIL REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WE WANT TO SEE THE MOMENTUM CARRY ON AND MOVE FORWARD, PICK UP WITH MORE MOMENTUM.
AND, UM, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT CITIZENS COMING AND GIVING INPUT.
THAT'S WHY THE, THAT WAS THE WHOLE FOCUS OF US FORMING THIS COMMITTEE.
AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE SEVERAL MEMBERS AT EVERY ONE OF YOUR, SEVERAL CITIZENS AT EVERY ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS GIVEN INPUT.
NOT ONLY NEGATIVE AS YOU PUT IT, BUT THE POSITIVE ONES ALSO.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, IF NOT, YES, MA'AM.
UM, SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING THAT INITIATIVE TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I, I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW RICK AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT, AND THANKS TO OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM, WE'VE BEEN EXPANDING, UM, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS THROUGHOUT, UM, EACH OF THE DISTRICTS.
AND SO THAT'S PERHAPS, UM, AN AVENUE THAT WE CAN ALSO LOOK
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AT AND INVITING, UM, YOUR MEMBERS TO COME OUT, UH, AND TALK TO OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, WHATEVER IT IS.SO, AND I, UH, JUST EVEN WITHIN EVENTS WITHIN YOUR OWN DISTRICT TO REACH OUT TO YOUR RESPECTED, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF
[11. 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.]
NOT, WE'LL GO TO CONSENT AGENDA.WE HAVE ITEMS A THROUGH K TO CONSIDER.
I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A THROUGH K MOVE TO APPROVE 11 A THROUGH K, SECOND MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEMS A THROUGH K AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Consider one (1) appointment to the Baytown Police Advisory Committee. ]
NEXT, WE HAVE ITEMS, UH, 12 A CONSIDER ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.SO WE'LL, WE'LL FILL ONE OF THOSE VACANCIES NOW THIS EVENING.
AND I HAVE, UH, IT IS MY APPOINTMENT.
I HAVE MICHAEL SPRINGER THAT I'LL PRESENT FOR APPROVAL.
SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR MIKE SPRINGER.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, MIKE SPRINGER AS THE APPOINTMENT, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[b. Consider three (3) appointments to the 2023 Texas Legislature Ad-Hoc Committee.]
WE HAVE ITEM 12 B CONSIDERED THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE 23 TE TEXAS LEGISLATOR AD HOC COMMITTEE.SO, LEMME AGAIN, ONCE A PRE PREFERENCE THIS, UM, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, MY PERSPECTIVE IS ALWAYS, THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT UP HERE.
UM, I CAN WORK WITH STAFF MYSELF IN, IN SOME CASES, BUT I ALWAYS BELIEVE HAVING, HAVING COUNCIL MEMBERS INVOLVED AND SHARING, SHARING THE WORKLOAD, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO LEG LEGISLATION, UM, POOL COUNCIL HAS, HAS ALL OPPORTUNITY TO, TO OBVIOUSLY INPUT ANYTHING ON ANY ISSUE OF THE CITY.
UH, BUT I DO THINK IT'S ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO, TO GO AND DEVELOP AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UH, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE DISTRICTS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX, UM, TO GO AND LET THEM WORK WITH OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, UH, TRACK LEGISLATION AND THEN RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL PERIODICALLY IF THAT, IF THAT'S SOMETHING, IF IT'S INFORMATION, MAYBE JUST BE REPORTING.
UM, BUT THINGS WILL PROBABLY GET INTERESTING HERE FAIRLY SOON.
I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME, UM, BECAUSE LAST TIME WE WERE SO FAR BEHIND IT, I BELIEVE.
AND, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALREADY, THERE'S ALREADY HEARINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AS, AS IT WAS SHOWN.
SO I GUESS I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPROVAL OF DISTRICTS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX AS AS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO, UH, FOR THE CITY OF BEONE.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I GOT ONE.
OUTSIDE OF THE HOT AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, SINCE WE COULD NOT SPEAK TO ANYONE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE BRING A QUORUM, DO WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO THOMAS AND TELL HIM WHAT OUR ABSOLUTELY.
NONE OF THAT, NONE OF THAT IN A SENSE? YEAH.
UM, AND, AND SO I I, I SOMEWHAT AGREE WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN PRESLEY ON THIS ONE IN TERMS OF, I MEAN, I HAVE NO, UH, NOTHING AGAINST, UM, GETTING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES SOMETHING AS, AS FAR AS THE LEGISLATIVE THAT UM, REALLY AFFECTS THE ENTIRE CITY AND PRIORITIES THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT.
UH, I KNOW SOME OF THE OTHER AD HOC COMMITTEES WE'VE BEEN DOING, LIKE THE ANIMAL, UH, SERVICES, WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER OTHER COMMUNITY, UH, MEMBERS TO SERVE.
AND SO THIS ONE IS A LITTLE UNIQUE.
UM, I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE AHEAD, AS YOU'VE MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES AND, AND, AND DEFINITELY WANNA KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.
AND I THINK THOMAS AND AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB ON THAT.
AND SO I JUST KIND OF LIKE, IF WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING MORE WORK SESSIONS TO TALK ABOUT THINGS AND GOING TO THOMAS, WOULD IT KIND OF, UM, MAKE IT NULL TO HAVE A SEPARATE AD HOC COMMITTEE? UM, SO, AND THOSE ARE JUST MY COMMENTS.
I MEAN, IF, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANNA MOVE TOWARDS, AND I THINK THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT'LL SERVE WILL DO A GREAT JOB IS JUST, UM, THIS ONE IS, IS A LITTLE UNIQUE FOR ME THAT I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD WANNA HAVE A FULL COUNSEL INPUT, UH, DURING WORK SESSIONS.
YEAH, I, I, AND I'M, I WANNA SAY THAT THAT'S, THAT'S STILL GONNA TAKE PLACE.
SO THE IDEA WOULD BE FOR, FOR THREE MEMBERS TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO WORK WITH THOMAS, UH, AND, AND WORK WITH THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANTS, UH, AS THEY TRACK STUFF, AND THEN WE CAN RE OBVIOUSLY VISIT THOSE ITEMS. UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, EITHER A WORK SESSION OR COUNCIL MEETING, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HAVE ANYTHING REALLY TAKE A LOT OF TIME IN MEETINGS.
A LOT OF IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE ONE WAY COMMUNICATION, JUST LIKE IN OTHER YEARS, UM, WHERE WE GET INFORMATION FROM ADMINISTRATION ABOUT TO ALL COUNSEL, UH, ABOUT ITEMS. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OBVIOUSLY TO, TO GO AND VOICE EITHER FAVOR OR DISFAVOR.
SO IT REALLY WOULDN'T DIMINISH, I THINK THAT.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, I JUST, UH, A LOT OF, A LOT OF CITIES DO AD HOC COMMITTEES.
A LOT OF, I MEAN, EVEN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS DO AD HOC COMMITTEES OR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS AD HOC COMMITTEE.
IT'S JUST ASSIGNING A SMALLER GROUP TO GO AND KIND OF JUST FOCUS IN ON, ON SOME OF THAT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE I'M AT ON IT.
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I GUESS I'M NOT GONNA BELABOR MY POINT, SO I'M GONNA VOTE NO, I ALWAYS STATE MY POSITION WHEN I'M FOR SOMETHING OR AGAINST, I, I, I BELIEVE IN AD HOC COMMITTEES AND VERY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.I, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S NEEDED IN THIS REGARD.
I'M GONNA TAKE A HARD LINE AGAINST AD HOC COMMITTEES.
I'M GONNA TAKE A HARD LINE AGAINST LUNCH MEETINGS, DINNER MEETINGS AND THE SUCH THAT ONLY INCLUDE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO, LIKE I SAY, NOTHING AGAINST ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S JUST THE PROCESS.
AND I'LL BE VOTING, NO, AND I STATE THAT OPENLY FOR THE RECORD.
ALRIGHT, I, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, DO WE HAVE AN END DATE FOR ESTABLISHED FOR THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE, OR WOULD IT JUST BE WHEN SESSION ENDS OR, OR WHAT I WOULD, I WOULD BELIEVE WHEN SESSION ENDS, UNLESS THERE'S A SPECIAL SESSION THAT OCCURS.
AND, AND OBVIOUSLY THE REASON WHY I PICKED FOUR, FIVE AND SIX IS DISTRICT ONE'S TWO AND THREE ARE UP FOR ELECTION THIS YEAR.
SO I WASN'T TRYING TO, I WAS TRYING TO AVOID ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL, I GUESS, WORKLOAD.
SO MAYOR, I'LL JUMP IN A LITTLE BIT.
I'VE WORKED OFF AND ON WITH THE LEGISLATURE OVER THE YEARS AS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD AND SO FORTH.
WHAT I SEE IN THIS AD HOC IS NOT CUTTING OUT ANY DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION DURING THE SESSIONS, BUT THERE IS SO MUCH ACTIVITY THAT GOES ON, GET CLOSE TO THE END OF THIS YEAR AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, THAT LITERALLY MY ROLE WITH THOMAS WOULD BE A PHONE CALL AT 10 30 OR 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT GOING, THIS COMMITTEE JUST CONVENED AND THEY NEED, I NEED SOMEBODY FROM COUNCIL TO, TO MAKE A STATEMENT OR SOMETHING.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THIS COMES FROM.
IT GIVES THOMAS A, A, A FOCAL POINT AS FAR AS TWO OR THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS INSTEAD TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THE MAYOR AND ALL OF US, HERE'S, HERE'S TWO OR THREE THAT WE CAN REACH OUT AND TOUCH, GET COMMENTS FROM OR, OR ARRANGE A QUICK TRIP TO AUSTIN TO TESTIFY THAT.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE IN THE PAST AS, AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTAL ISSUES.
BUT THIS IS FROM A OVERALL CITY ASPECT, IT, IT'S CRAZY DURING, UH, UH, LEGISLATION TIME IT'S IN AUSTIN IS, IS, UH, YOU TALK ABOUT MAKING SAUSAGE, UH, IT'S, IT'S JUST A MESS.
AND, AND TO HAVE A, A MORE FOCUSED GROUP, AGAIN, WITH GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION FROM THE WHOLE, RIGHT? UH, IT, IT JUST MAKES IT MUCH MORE CONVENIENT.
UM, SO, BUT SO I, I CAN SEE WHERE MY COLLEAGUE IS, IS COMING FROM AS FAR AS IT, IT FOCUSES IT DOWN, BUT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO REPRESENT SOMETHING THIS WHOLE COUNCIL OR BODY DOESN'T AGREE OR AFFIRM TO.
RIGHT? WELL, THAT'S MY THOUGHT.
I JUST, I BELIEVE IT'S JUST, UM, IT'S HELPFUL.
I, I CAN TELL YOU THINGS IN FULL FAIRLY QUICKLY.
UM, THERE'S TIMES THAT LATE AT NIGHT, I'M, I'M HAVING A TO, UH, COMMUNICATE OR TEXT, YOU KNOW, UM, STATE OFFICIALS AND, AND, UH, IT CAN'T, I MAY, I MAY ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE.
SO IT, IT'D BE GOOD TO Y'ALL DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, IF THE COMMITTEE'S ESTABLISHED, DEVELOP A CHAIR AND THEN KIND OF MOVE FROM THERE.
SO I GUESS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AS, OR I GUESS I ENTERTAIN A, THERE'S A MOTION A SECOND, SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 12 B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
IS IT JUST ONE RECORDED OR JUST ONE? OKAY.
SO ANYWAY, SO, UH, ITEM CARRIES, WE'LL MOVE ON TO
[c. Consider the confirmation of the City Manager's appointment of the City Attorney.]
ITEM 12 C.CONSIDER THE CONFIRMATION OF CITY MARRIAGE'S APPOINTMENT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, MR. DAVIS.
UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION AND, AND, UH, SHEER HAPPINESS THAT, UH, WE COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF RECRUITING OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS AND I BRING TO YOU THE NAME OF SCOTT LEMON.
UH, SCOTT COMES TO US FROM HARRIS COUNTY, BUT HIS EXPERIENCE IS BROAD IN MANY FACETS OF, UH, LEGAL SERVICE.
UH, NOT JUST HARRIS COUNTY, BUT IN MANY OTHER AREAS.
AND SCOTT IS ACTUALLY WITH US TODAY.
SCOTT, IF YOU WANNA, UH, STAND, UH, ONE THING THAT, UH, THAT YOU REALIZE THAT I DO, AND PROBABLY CHIEF STRINGER KNOWS IT BETTER THAN ANYBODY, IS THAT, UH, I GO BEYOND, UH, IN THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF CONTACTING PEOPLE THAT KNOW OUR CANDIDATES, UH, PEOPLE THAT THEY PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT I WOULD CONTACT.
UH, BUT I GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO GET TO KNOW THE INDIVIDUAL SO I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE THAT I BRING TO YOU.
I CAN TELL YOU BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED REGARDING MR. LEMON, AND I TALKED TO, TO MANY OF HIS ASSOCIATES, THAT HE IS A MAN OF INTEGRITY, OF CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONALISM.
UH, HE IS ALSO, UH, AS, AS YOU'RE DESCRIBED AS BEING STEADY, UH, YOU DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY, WHEN ALL OTHERS ARE LOSING THEIRS.
SO YOU'RE VERY STEADY, UM, MILD MANNER, BUT YET VERY, VERY PROFESSIONAL AND EFFECTIVE.
I THINK HE WILL, UH, DEFINITELY BENEFIT OUR TEAM AND ELEVATE OUR CITY.
SO WITH THAT, I'M VERY PROUD TO PRESENT.
SCOTT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH,
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GET TO KNOW HIM AFTER THIS MEETING, UH, SHAKE HIS HAND AND, AND THEN COME BY.UH, I BELIEVE HE WOULD, UH, HYPOTHETICALLY START, UH, BASED ON YOUR CONFIRMATION ON JUNE THE 20TH.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD, UH, TO THAT.
UH, I ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, ALTHOUGH TREVOR HAD TO LEAVE US JUST A LITTLE EARLY TONIGHT, I WANNA COMPLIMENT TREVOR FOR, FOR KEEPING THE, UH, KEEPING US ON THE RAILS AS IT WERE, UH, LEGALLY THROUGH THIS TIME.
AND IT'S BEEN AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TIME, UH, TO BE SERVING AS THE INTERIM ATTORNEY.
WE'VE HAD MORE GO ON IN THE, IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THEN I THINK, UH, MAYBE SOME OF OUR ATTORNEYS HAD SEEN IN TWO YEARS.
AND SO TREVOR HAS JUST BEEN OUT OUTSTANDING.
AND, UH, I JUST FEEL VERY ENCOURAGED BECAUSE WE NOT ONLY KEEP TREVOR, BUT WE GET SCOTT.
AND THIS IS GOING TO REALLY, I THINK, UH, ELEVATE OUR ALREADY EXCELLENT LEGAL TEAM.
JARRIS, KRISTEN, THE REST, UH, I THINK YOU'RE ALL VERY FORTUNATE AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAYS AHEAD AND THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD AS, UH, WE GET SCOTT ACCLIMATIZED.
I'VE, I'VE ALREADY REHEARSED, UH, MY FIRST CONVERSATION WITH SCOTT AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE, LOOK, I'M ONLY GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT ONE THING AND THEN TOMORROW WE'LL TALK ABOUT ANOTHER THING BECAUSE I DON'T WANT HIM TO FEEL LIKE HE'S DRINKING FROM THE FIRE HOSE.
UH, SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT, I'M PROUD TO PRESENT MR. SCOTT LIMIT.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 12 CW SCOTT LEMON, UH, AS THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND THE MOTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DON'T HAVE COMMENTS.
UH, TODAY I RECEIVED A FEW PHONE CALLS ABOUT MR. LEMON.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE INDIVIDUALS GOT MY NUMBER, BUT THEY WERE HAPPY TO SPEAK OF HIM IN THE HIGHEST MANNER AS RICK DID.
AND THE ONE THING THAT CAME ACROSS FROM EVERY ONE OF THESE FEW INDIVIDUALS WAS A PERSON OF INTEGRITY.
AND I THINK HAVING A PERSON OF INTEGRITY IN THAT POSITION WITH STAFF IS GONNA GO A LONG WAY FOR US HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, TREVOR'S NOT HERE, BUT I DO WANT TO TELL HIM THANK YOU.
HOPEFULLY HE WATCHES THIS ON CHANNEL 16
AND MR. LEMON, YOU WILL BE IN MY PRAYERS AND I'M GOING TO WISH YOU LUCK IN YOUR POSITION HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE A VOTE, THEN YOU CAN TELL HIM THAT.
HE'S NOT EVEN ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 12 CS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? I'M CARRIE'S.
[13. 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.]
HAVE, UH, MAYOR'S REPORT.UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, FIRST OF ALL, UH, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING, UH, MR. LEMON AND, UH, AS ALWAYS TRUSTING AND, UH, AND BEING PATIENT WITH US AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT VERY, VERY EXTENSIVE PROCESS.
UH, NEXT, I I CAN'T SAY THANKS ENOUGH TO OUR PLANNING, UH, DEPARTMENT.
FRANKIE, YOU HAVE DONE JUST A, A SPECTACULAR JOB IN, IN SHEPHERDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, THERE ARE AREN'T MANY PEOPLE THAT APPRECIATE, UH, HOW MUCH WORK THAT IS.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MARTIN, FOR, FOR GUIDING THAT PROCESS.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, I HAVE, UH, EVER SERVED WITH AND, UH, GRATEFUL FOR THEIR FINE WORK.
UH, LIKEWISE FRANK ANDREA FINANCE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UH, A CITY OF OUR SIZE AND COMPLEXITY.
AND YET, UNTIL REALLY FRANK AND ANDREA AND AND NICK KICKED INTO, UH, THIS GOING FORWARD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THIS, THIS PLAN YOU SAW TONIGHT IS THE CONSUMMATION OF ABOUT TWO YEARS WORTH OF WORK TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
IT WASN'T TAKEN LIGHTLY, THUS SAY THE LEAST.
GRATEFUL FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND COUNCILWOMAN BETTEN COURT'S, UH, GUIDANCE ON THAT, THAT REALLY SET THE CONTEXT AND THE STAGE FOR SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WITH REGARD TO HOW THESE PROJECTS WILL BE FUNDED.
THANKS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, UH, COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, UH, POWELL AND JOHNSON, THANK YOU ALSO, UH, FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
AND FINALLY, JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT A THANK YOU TO OUR BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO DESCRIBE TO YOU HOW VALUABLE YOUR PRESENCE IS IN OUR COMMUNITY, HOW TRANSFORMATIVE YOUR WORK HAS BEEN, HOW ELEVATING IN TERMS OF TRUST WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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HAS BEEN YOUR SHEER ACCESSIBILITY.EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT HAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME OUT AND SEE YOU.
THERE IS POWER IN ACCESSIBILITY AND BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE, UH, BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS BECAUSE WE BROUGHT ON THE RIGHT MAN AS CHIEF, UH, WE HAVE SEEN GREATER CHANGE IN THAT AREA OF OUR CITY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAN ANY OTHER DIMENSION OF OUR, OUR CITY.
AND, UH, APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK AND WE JUST KNOW THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING MATTERS AND WE SUPPORT IT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND I'LL EVEN SAY IF YOU WANT A BOOTH, WE'LL FIND YOU A BOOTH.
AND WITH THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.
[a. Receive a report from Council Member Mike Lester as it relates to Council District No. Six.]
YOU.I'M SURE IT'LL BE BRIEF, BUT I'M SURE IT'LL BE DYNAMIC.
I GUESS THE DIRECTION TO BE BRIEF, I'LL BE BRIEF.
UM, LOTS OF ACTIVITIES IN DISTRICT SIX.
I'M GONNA PUT A, A SHOUT OUT FOR ANY CITIZEN IN DISTRICT SIX THAT'S INTERESTED IN SERVING ON A COMMITTEE.
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT A DIFFERENT COUPLE OF COMMITTEES TONIGHT.
I HAVE A VACANCY ON THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I ALSO HAVE ON THE, UH, UM, COMMITTEE FOR, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL.
BUT IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN AND YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED, THE COMMITTEES ARE THE RIGHT PLACE TO BE.
OBVIOUSLY THIS COUNCIL LISTENS TO THEM AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR WORK AND EFFORTS.
UM, ROSEN PARK, THE CLUBHOUSE, IT'S WAS MENTIONED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, THE FOUNDATIONS ARE IN PLACE.
THERE'S SOME GIRDERS OUT THERE.
I GET EXCITED WHEN THERE'S MORE EQUIPMENT OR STUFF MOVING AND GOING.
UM, I SEE A LOT OF STUFF ON THE GROUND.
I COME BACK NEXT WEEK, IT'S GONE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID WITH IT, BUT THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING WITH IT.
A FEW STREETS HAVE HAD SOME, UM, BLACKTOP OVERLAYS, BUOY, ROSALIE, AND SOME OTHERS.
MCKINNEY IS STILL NOT FINISHED, BUT I'VE BEEN ASSURED BY BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE CITY MANAGER THAT MCKINNEY WILL GET FINISHED.
UH, THEY'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB AS FAR AS OUR SIDE IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB HOLDING THE CONTRACTOR TO THE FIRE TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE CORRECTLY.
UH, DITCH MAINTENANCE IS CONTINUING AGAIN.
I HAD A CALL THE OTHER DAY SAID, WHY ARE THEY DIGGING OUT THE DITCHES NOW? IT'S SUMMER.
WELL, THEY'RE DIGGING OUT THE DITCHES NOW BECAUSE HURRICANE SEASON'S COMING UP.
CITIZENS ASKED US THAT SPECIFICALLY RECENTLY.
SO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY SAW THE CREW OUT THERE DIGGING US.
IT'S SUMMERTIME, IT'S NOT RAINING.
WHY ARE THEY DIGGING OUT THE DITCHES? IT'S A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
IT'S PART OF AN OVERALL PROGRAM, BUT HURRICANE SEASONS COMING UP.
UM, WE SAW ON THE, ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN ISSUES THAT THERE'S SOME UPCOMING TRAFFIC LIGHTS, SIGNALIZATION CHANGING OUT COMING.
I WAS TOLD THERE'S SOME STREET LIGHTING COMING ON ALEXANDER, WHICH WILL BE GREAT.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT SMALLER ACTIVITIES AND STUFF.
THERE'S LARGE ACTIVITIES COMING ON THAT MASTER PLAN FOR THE STORMWATER.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT TO ACTUALLY GET OFF THE DRAWING BOARD AND START DIGGING DITCHES,
'CAUSE THAT WILL HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON FLOODING IN DISTRICT SIX.
WITH THAT, I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN IN SIX WEEKS.
IT WON'T BE SIX WEEKS, BUT IT'LL BE SIX MONTHS MAYBE.
BUT TWO WEEKS, 2, 4, 6, 8, 3 MONTHS.
BUT YOU CAN DO IT IN SIX WEEKS IF YOU WANT.
SO BEING THAT BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED ALL POST AGENDA ITEMS, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.