* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] LOOKING FORWARD, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CITY MANAGER. SO I NOW CALL THIS, UH, REGULAR MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL ORDER. IT IS THURSDAY, JUNE 9TH. IT IS 6:33 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 CHARLES JOHNSON OF DISTRICT THREE. YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN RECITE OF THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG. I PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, OUR PLEASURE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVISIBLE. YOU DON'T MIND BOWING YOUR HEADS FOR A MOMENT OF PRAYER. DEAR LORD, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ABUNDANT BLESSINGS. WE THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF US EACH AND EVERY DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON AND THE SACRIFICE THAT HE MADE FOR EACH OF US. I LIFT UP OUR CITY, THE EMPLOYEES AT EVERY LEVEL, ELECTED OFFICIALS AT EVERY LEVEL. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS AND KEEP US OUR FAMILIES. GIVE US A PEACE OF MIND IN THE DECISIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE US TO MAKE ON BEHALF OF YOUR, YOUR PEOPLE, OUR CITIZENS. I LIFT UP FIRST RESPONDERS. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD KEEP THEM SAFE, GIVE A PEACE THAT'S SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING TO THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND LOVED ONES. AND I ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS OUR NATION AND BLESS THIS STATE, AND BLESS OUR CITY AND YOUR SON, OUR LORD, AND SAVIOR JESUS. THE CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THANK [1. MINUTES] YOU COUNCILMAN. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR, UM, ITEM ONE A, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING HELD MAY 12TH, 2022. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MENACE IS WRITTEN, PLEASE SAY, AYE. A AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? [a. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.] WE HAVE ITEM TWO A. RECOGNIZED THE CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE. MS. FLINT. GOOD EVENING. ROY GONZALEZ, TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING. DAVID SALAAM, WATER PLANT OPERATOR. THREE WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING. MARTHA SATELLO, CLERK WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT. SABRINA MARTIN, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER WITH THE LIBRARY. PHILIP DAVIS, RISK COORDINATOR WITH HUMAN RESOURCES. JORE STANLEY, GRADING SPECIALIST WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING. TIMOTHY BELLARD, HEAVY EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST. TWO WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING. GILBERT JUNE, FIREFIGHTER WITH FIRE. CHLOE MATULA, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WITH FIRE HAYDEN PHILLIPS EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WITH FIRE. ZACHARY COX. EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WITH FIRE. JC THOMAS, ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNICIAN WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING. THOMAS KING, PATROL OFFICER WITH POLICE, RAYANN AND JACOBS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH POLICE. OKAY. THANK YOU MS. FLINT. THANK YOU FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND THEIR [b. Mr. Sammie Dunn has requested to appear before the City Council to discuss a flooding issue at 1508 Jones Road.] DEDICATED SERVICE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO. UH, TWO B. UM, IS MR. DUNN HERE? I DO NOT SEE HIM. HE IS HERE. HE IS HERE. OKAY. YES. RIGHT. ALRIGHT, MR. DUNN, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD, UH, MIND APPROACHING THE PODIUM AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE, IS IT FIVE MINUTES? YES SIR. YES, SIR. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNSEL, I TAKE YOU THAT LONG TO GET THERE. , WE WON'T START TILL YOU GET THERE, SIR. AGAIN, MY NAME IS SAMMY DUN. I LIVE ON 1508 JONES ROAD. AND I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF FLOODING. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY SPEECH STUTTERING. IF Y'ALL DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING, JUST SPEAK OUT AND I'LL REPEAT [00:05:01] IT. UH, I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL ALL DAY YESTERDAY AND ALL DAY FRIDAY, SO I DON'T FEEL TOO GOOD TODAY. UH, I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A, YEAH, YOU JUST HIT THE SPACE BAR RIGHT HERE AND IT'LL GO THROUGH ALL OF YOUR PICTURES AND EVERYTHING. OKAY. AND THEN IF I NEED YOU TO GO BACK, OKAY. IF YOU NOTICE THIS IS FLOOD ZONE AND IF YOU SEARCH THE WEBSITE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PICTURES OF THIS IN IT THAT HAVE LANDMARKS ON WHAT FLOOD ZONES THEY ARE. AND THAT PARTICULAR FLOOD ZONE, THAT RED.IS WHERE MY HOUSE IS. AND THE, THE DITCHES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT, IT CARRIES THE NUMBER ALL THE WAY DOWN THE CEDAR BY YOU. AND WHY IT IS NOT MAINTAINED ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE. I DON'T KNOW IT, IT SURE NEEDS TO BE, UH, SPACE BAR. THIS IS, I WAS, I READ YOURS BYLAWS ON HOW YOU SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT WHO YOU'VE CONTACTED THROUGH THE YEARS. IT'S BEEN OVER 20 YEARS. I'VE CONTACTED EVERY AGENCY I KNOW. AND IF YOU NOTICE, I HIGHLIGHTED DANIELLA AND, UH, YOUR CLERK HERE POINTED OUT HALF OF 'EM ARE HERE, BUT THAT'S OKAY. I WANTED THE HISTORY OF WHO I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH AND WHO I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THROUGHOUT ALL THIS TIME. I'VE TALKED TO EVERY AGENCY I COULD THINK OF. AND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, I'VE ASKED EVERY AGENCY FOR A PERMIT TO TEAR OUT THE BRIDGE THAT THIS GUY PUT IN. AND THIS IS AN EMAIL THAT I GOT THESE ADDRESSES OFF OF. THIS IS THE FLOOD ZONE ITSELF. AND COLOR, UH, IF YOU NOTICE THE RED CIRCLE, I DIDN'T NOTICE TILL THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CARS DOWN THERE AND I WENT DOWN THERE AND ASKED WHAT THEIR BUSINESS WAS. 'CAUSE THEY WERE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF SEVEN, NO TRESPASSING SIGN TO COME FIND OUT. THEY WERE THE COAST GUARD. AND IF YOU NOTICE ALL THOSE BAR SITTING OFF TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OR THE CENTER OF THE RIGHT HAND CORNER, THEY'RE LEAKING REAL BAD. AND THEY CAME IN AND BARRICADE ALL THAT OFF. AND THOSE BOATS AREN'T GONNA GO NOWHERE, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE RUNNING AT FIVE 30 THIS MORNING. AND THE DIESEL SMELL, THE OIL SMELL IS NASTY IN THAT AREA. I HOPE, I THOUGHT IT WAS SPRAY THE MOSQUITO SPRAY TRUCK, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THE COAST GUARD EXPLAINED TO EXPLAINED IT TO ME. THERE IS, UH, JAMES ROAD FLOOD ZONE. AND YOU NOTICE Y'ALL GOT A PUMP AND TAKING CARE OF THAT ROAD REAL EASY. AND IF YOU NOTICE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM MEMPHIS, THERE'S HARRIS COUNTY, ANOTHER FLOOD ZONE THAT'S MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY. AND I MEAN, MAINTAIN, THEY EVEN GET ON THAT GUY'S PRIVATE PROPERTY AND DO ALL THE WORK FROM HIS PROPERTY TO TAKE CARE OF LEAKAGE, SEEPAGE WALLS CAVING IN AND STUFF LIKE THAT. UH, IF NEEDED, I COULD HIS NAME AND ADDRESS LATER. UH, I'VE ALSO CONTACTED PROBABLY 15 PEOPLE WITHIN MR. GARCIA'S OFFICE. AND YOU THINK THEY WOULD RETURN THE PHONE CALLS, BUT NO, THEY DON'T. I PROBABLY GOT ABOUT 15 PHONE CALLS INTO 'EM. NOBODY, NOBODY HAS EVER RETURNED MY CAR. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S PART OF HIS JOB. THAT FOR SALE SIGN GOT PUT UP ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. AND IT'S RIGHT THERE AT THE EDGE OF KILGORE AND FLOODS. THAT FLOOD ZONE THAT GOES DOWN AND THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET AND ALL THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. AND FOR SOME REASON, THOSE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER, NEVER ANSWERED THAT PHONE. SOMETIMES I'VE CALLED IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES A DAY TO FIND OUT WHAT IS FOR SALE, WHAT THE DEAL IS DOWN THERE. 'CAUSE SOME OF THAT PROPERTY I WAS WANTING TO MOVE UP TO, TO GET OUT OF THE FLOOD ZONE. AND I WAS HOPING I COULD BUY PART OF IT. BUT AGAIN, I'VE NEVER HEARD FROM NOBODY. UH, I'VE TALKED WITH YOU FOLKS ABOUT IT. Y'ALL WERE GONNA INVESTIGATE IT, FIND OUT WHO THESE FOLKS WERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW. THERE THEY ARE DOWN THERE WORKING THE FLOOD ZONE. IF YOU DO NOTICE, THEY WORK ON THEIR SIDE OF IT. THEY WORK ON EVERYTHING. THE KILGORE ROAD. AND THEY DO A FINE JOB IF YOU GO [00:10:01] TO THE OTHER SIDE. WELL, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS REAL QUICK. IF YOU DRIVE DOWNWARD ROAD, YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THESE SEWER MAINS LIFTING UP AND ALL KINDS OF TRASH COMING OUT OF IT. AND EVERYTHING THAT'S FLUSHED DOWN AND FILL IT COMES OUT OF IT AND IT GOES TO THAT DITCH AND IT WINDS UP IN MY FRONT YARD. NOW THAT'S, THAT'S A CONCERN OF MINE. 'CAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE PUTTING UP WITH EVERYBODY ELSE'S CRIP IN MY FRONT YARD. MUST THIS THE REST OF THEIR WASTE. IF, IF, I MAY THOUGH, SIR, IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT PICTURE, I JUST WANNA ASK, I THINK THAT'S A, I THINK THAT'S A STORMWATER DRAIN. IF, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT DOESN'T SMELL LIKE IT. I I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE'S OTHER THINGS IN THE AREA, BUT I THINK WHAT I SEE THERE IS A STORMWATER DRAIN. WELL, Y'ALL ARE CONTINUOUSLY PUTTING IN DRAINS THROUGH THAT DITCH AND THAT DITCH FEEDS MY FRONT YARD. OKAY. I MEAN, PROCEED. I JUST WANTED, I'M JUST LOOKING AT A PICTURE IN FRONT OF ME. SO THERE'S THE DITCH WHEN IT WAS FULL BEFORE, BEFORE MARCH 6TH WHEN THE OTHER PICTURES WERE TAKEN. AND AS YOU CAN SEE AT THAT TIME, IT'S PRETTY FULL. AND IF YOU NOTICE THEY MAINTAIN PART OF IT. BUT RIGHT WHERE THOSE TREES ARE AT, AND IT MAKES THAT CORNER AND GOES BACK TO CEDAR BAYOU, THEY IGNORE THAT COMPLETELY. THEY DON'T DO NOTHING BACK THERE, BUT LET MOSQUITOES GROW, BEER CANS, PESTICIDES, EVERYTHING ELSE. PLUS THEY LET THAT DOWN, THAT DRAINAGE THAT COVER UP. IGNORE MY NOTES. I'M JUST SHOWING YOU WHAT FLOODS DOWN THERE BEING EVERYTHING TO UP, UH, THE REST OF THE STORY IS MY NEIGHBOR HAD TO REBUILD THOSE TUGS THAT WAS IN THE PICTURE BEFORE. AND AS HE DID, HE COVERED UP THOSE CULVERTS AND BUILT HIMSELF A ROAD AND BUILT HIMSELF A DAM. SO WATER DOES NOT ESCAPE THE, THE SEWAGE SYSTEM. AND IT DOESN'T MAKE IT TO CEDAR BAYOU. MAYBE, MAYBE TWO TO 5% OF IT MAY DRIP THROUGH THERE, BUT THE REST OF IT WINDS UP IN MY YARD, MY NEIGHBOR'S YARDS, AND IT FLOODS THE WHOLE AREA. YES, SIR. IF I MAY TELL YOU, YEAH, I WANNA GIVE YOU ONE MORE MINUTE TO GO AHEAD AND, AND MAKE YOUR CLOSING COMMENTS. THEY'RE QUICK. THERE'S THE REST OF MY YARD. THERE'S MY YARD LOOKING AT KOR, THERE'S MY YARD LOOKING AT THE HOUSE JUST BEFORE IT FLOODED, THERE'S MY YARD. THERE'S A COT DITCH RIGHT THERE WHERE MY MIRROR IS THAT THE TRUCKER THAT THAT DID ALL THAT BRIDGE WORK, TEARS THAT CULVERT UP AND STOPS IT UP AND FORCES ALL THAT WATER BACK COMING THE OTHER WAY TO FILL ME UP. THERE'S A DIRT PILE RIGHT THERE THAT THE, UH, CITY INSPECTOR WAS CALLED OUT DOWN AND HE SAYS THAT WILL NOT FILL UP AND NOT COVER THAT DITCH. IT IS KIND OF FUNNY THAT DIRT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO MOVE, BUT ALL THOSE CROSS TIES, THE RAILROAD TIES DID MOVE, BUT DIRT DON'T MOVE. I CAN'T FIGURE THAT OUT. UH, THERE'S THE BRIDGE ITSELF, IT SEVERAL FLOODING. YOU CAN SEE THE WHITE CAPS. THERE WAS FOR SALE SIGN THERE THAT GOT WASHED OUT. AND I MEAN, THE SIGN ITSELF GOT WASHED OUT. NOT THE FRAMEWORK. THERE'S THE BRIDGE ON BOTH SIDES WITH THE WATER. IGNORE THE RIGHT. AND THERE'S THE BRIDGE I TOOK WHEN IT WAS DRY. AND IF YOU NOTICE IT'S NOT CONSTRUCTED WELL AND I'M SCARED TO DRIVE ACROSS IT. THERE'S BRIDGE, THERE'S THE WATER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THAT COMES FROM KILMORE ROAD. THERE'S THE WATER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHICH COMES FROM CEDAR BAYOU. NOW IF YOU NOTICE, THERE IS NO, NO DRAINAGE AT ALL. OKAY. FROM ONE TO THE OTHER. MR. DUN, GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR CLOSING COMMENT. MY CLOSING COMMENT IS, Y'ALL SEEN PART OF THE DAMAGE, YOU KNOW WHAT THE DAMAGE IS. YOU KNOW, THAT ROAD GETS DESTROYED AND YOU KNOW, I WROTE LETTERS TO EVERYBODY, Y'ALL OR EVERYBODY CONCERNED IF NOTHING'S DONE ABOUT IT. I'VE ASKED EVERYBODY HERE IF THE PERMIT'S REQUIRED. NOBODY'S ANSWERED SO MYSELF, I'M GONNA GO IN AND TEAR THAT BRIDGE OUT TO SAVE MY HOUSE SOME FLOODING. AGAIN, IT'S CHEAPER TO DO THAT. THE ONLY WAY I GOT IS I'VE ASKED SEVERAL TIMES IN SEVERAL EMAILS THAT SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE FLOOD DISTRICT NOTIFY THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT'S GOT KIDS THAT'S GOTTA GO TO WORK EVERY DAY THAT'S GOT TRANSPORTATION OR GOTTA GET EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN THERE [00:15:01] AND NOBODY'S RESPONDED. OKAY. AND THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S EASIER AND CHEAPER FOR ME TO REBUILD. NOT CHEAPER FOR ME TO REBUILD MY HOUSE. I'VE ONLY GOT $213 IN THE BANK LEFT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, MR. DUNN, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. UM, YOU HAVE EXCEEDED YOUR TIME AT THIS POINT. UM, A FEW THINGS WE CAN'T GET INTO AN EXCHANGE, UH, ON, ON CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. UH, BUT I THINK FOR COUNSEL'S INFORMATION AT LEAST, I DO APPRECIATE THE PICTURES. I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN IN HERE. I KNOW YOU HAVE, UH, SOME HEALTH ISSUES THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH. UM, WE ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR FROM OUR CITIZENS AND, AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU DO TO COME HERE AND CHECK. YES, SIR. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING MY JOB TO COMMENT TO, TO TRACK EVERYBODY DOWN TO DO THIS JOB. YES, SIR. Y'ALL KNOW EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED WITH YES SIR. THE GO SIR. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO AN EXCHANGE. UM, WE'RE GONNA, I, I AM GONNA ALLOW COUNSEL TO HEAR FROM YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER SO THEY'RE AT LEAST AWARE OF WHAT YOU PRESENTED, BUT YOUR PORTION OF CITIZEN COMMUNICATION IS, IS IS ENDED. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SO, UM, SO WITH THIS, THERE'S A FEW THINGS I WANT COUNCIL MEMBER LESTER TO, TO GO AHEAD AND, AND CONVEY TO COUNSEL. JUST, JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES. WE'RE NOT, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT IN EXCHANGE BETWEEN US AND THE CITIZEN. UM, I WILL SAY WE, WE MET, I GUESS MAYBE SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS AGO AT SOME POINT, UH, WE, WE'D ADMIT WE, UH, MEET WITH MR. DUNN WHEN HE PRESENTED THESE SAME PICTURES TO US. COUNCIL MEMBER LESTER COULD, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, SHED A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT. WHAT HAS BEEN, WHAT HAS, ONCE WE WERE MADE AWARE, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AND, AND AT LEAST, UH, THE REASON WHY THERE'S, THIS IS THE SITUATION THAT EXISTS. YEAH. YES, SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, MR. DUNTON DID COME VISIT WITH MAYOR AND I, WE VISITED AND HE HAD A LOT MORE PICTURES THAN THIS AND SHOWED US. UM, AND I'VE BEEN BEEN DOWN TO, TO THIS BRIDGE. AND MR. DUNN'S CORRECT? THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, IT'S ON THE PRIVATE ROAD. THAT'S JONES ROAD, THAT'S A PRIVATE ROAD, UM, HAS BEEN FOREVER. THIS IS THE, AT THE END OF JONES ROAD, IT TEES. AND YOU COULD GO TO THE RIGHT, WHICH USED TO BE THE OLD BAYTOWN MARINA, OR YOU GO TO THE LEFT. AND THAT'S WHERE THIS BRIDGE, AND IT'S A COUPLE OF LARGE CULVERTS THAT WERE PUT IN AND METAL PLATE PUT ACROSS. THE ISSUE IS IT'S DOWN A PRIVATE ROAD AND THIS CULVERT BRIDGE IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. IT CROSSES THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DITCH. SO, AND OVER THE YEARS, IT'S, IT'S, IT NEEDS REPAIR. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. MR. DUNN HIMSELF HAS INDICATED HE'S CONTACTED HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL. NOT MUCH RESPONSE. WE ASKED, UH, FRANK SEMINO, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIS CREW JUST TO GO LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT? AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE PROBLEMS? AND THEY AGREED. YEAH, IT'S, IT'S OCCLUDED, IT'S PLUGGED UP, NEEDS TO BE CLEANED OUT. THE WHOLE SECTION NEEDS TO BE, HAVE SOME REPAIRS TO IT, BUT IT'S A HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ISSUE. AND THEY'VE REACHED OUT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'VE REACHED OUT WITH OUR ABILITY AND CONTACTS AND GOT WITH HARRIS COUNTY AND GOT IT ON SOME TYPE OF MAINTENANCE LIST TO BE DONE. WE DON'T CONTROL HARRIS COUNTY. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S ON, IT'S NOW ON THEIR LIST TO GO OUT AND DO SOME MAINTENANCE AND, AND DO THIS. UH, MR. DUNN HAS INDICATED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THAT HE'S JUST GONNA TAKE THE BRIDGE OUT. IT'S NOT ON HIS PROPERTY. IT'S ON, AGAIN, ACROSS THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DITCH ON OTHER PEOPLE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY. THERE ARE TWO HOUSES THAT IT SERVES, OR TWO RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT IT SERVES. UM, SO I'M, I'VE INDICATED MR. DUNN, I I, I WOULDN'T DO THAT. UM, IT'S A CIVIL ISSUE. UM, MOST OF THE PICTURES HE SHOWED THAT HAD THE HEAVY FLOODING WERE TIMES WHEN WE WERE HAVING HEAVY FLOODING ON THE ENTIRE DISTRICT SIX, UM, MAJOR RAINFALLS. SOME OF IT WAS DUE TO HARVEY, SOME OF IT WAS JUST DUE TO SOME OF THE HEAVY RAINFALLS WE'VE HAD. UM, SO THAT IS AN AREA THAT'S RIGHT CLOSE TO THE BAYOU. SO IT DOES HAVE TIDAL. SO YOU COULD HAVE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PICTURE THAT'S ON THERE, YOU COULD HAVE THE TIDAL SURGE BACKED UP ALMOST COVERING THE BRIDGE, BACKING UP TIDAL SURGE TO IT. SO AGAIN, HARRIS COUNTY, UM, IN MOUNT OPINION NEEDS TO STEP UP, CLEAN UP THE REST OF THE DITCH AND, AND CLEAN THAT, THAT CULVERT OUT. THE INTERESTING PART WILL BE, AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN ANSWER TO IT, IS IF THEY'RE, EVEN, IF THEY WERE EVEN AWARE THAT THE CULVERTS WERE PUT IN PLACE WHEN THEY WERE DONE, OR IF IT WAS JUST DONE WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE. AND, BUT THAT AGAIN, THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR HARRIS COUNTY TO FLOOD CONTROL TO DEAL WITH. UM, AND, AND IT IS A CONCERN. ANY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, MY DISTRICT'S GOT A LOT OF FLOODING ISSUES, AND SO I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED WHEN PEOPLE ARE HAVING FLOODING STUFF TO DO. BUT THE CITY'S CAUGHT THAT IT'S ON, IT'S DOWN A PRIVATE ROAD, IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND IT CROSSES THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DITCH. UM, SO IT'S REALLY NOTHING WE CAN DO AS A CITY. WE, AGAIN, WE'VE REACHED OUT, FRANK'S USED HIS INFLUENCE TO TRY TO GET IT ON THEIR MAINTENANCE LIST TO GET SOMETHING DONE, AND, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE, MAYOR. SO, NO, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS. AND AGAIN, I, I THINK IN A SENSE, AND I'M, I'M HOPING THAT HARRIS COUNTY CAN, CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUE. I I BELIEVE THE CULVERTS ARE COLLAPSED [00:20:01] AND THAT CERTAINLY THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING THE, THE, THE WATER TO GO OVER THE BRIDGE. UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS PROBABLY PUT IN ON A PRIVATE ROAD. THERE'S A PRIVATE BRIDGE, PRIVATE CO CULVERTS. SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS MORE COMPLEX. IT'S NOT A LACK THAT WE DON'T WANNA SERVE OUR CITIZENS OR ARE TRYING TO HELP SOLVE 'EM, SOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE, ESPECIALLY FLOODING IN THE AREA. UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX, UM, THAN, THAN JUST, UH, TRYING TO FIX THE BRIDGE. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING THAT, THAT WOULD NORMALLY TAKE PLACE VIA A GOVERNMENT ENTITY. SO IT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT SOME OTHER NEIGHBORS DID AND, AND SO ON. AND, AND IF THE BRIDGE IS TAKEN OUT, IT ISOLATES ABOUT TWO OR THREE NEIGHBORS. I THINK IT'S TWO. TWO. OKAY. SO 2, 2, 2 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO TRY TO WORK ON THIS. SIR, I KNOW YOU REACHED OUT TO MANY FOLKS. IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAME AND, AND SPOKE. UM, WE, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY AND, AND OUR JU JURISDICTIONAL ABILITIES TO HELP YOU. UM, BUT AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU NOT TAKE OUT THE BRIDGE. UH, IT DOESN'T LOOK SAFE, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST YOU NOT DO THAT. BUT NO, I GOT EVERY PLACE INFORMATION. IT, IT'S OKAY, SIR, YOU, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK UN UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMMENT AND, AND CERTAINLY, UM, EXPRESSED IN YOUR, YOUR [a. Conduct public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 0.079 acres at 2111 Ontario avenue from General Commercial (GC) to a Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Densities (SF2) zoning district.] ISSUE. SO MOVE ON, UH, TO OUR NEXT ITEM. UH, WE HAVE ITEM THREE A CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY, UH, 0.079 ACRES AT TWO 11 AT 2111, UM, ON ONTARIO AVENUE, FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO A MIXED RESIDENTIAL AT LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITIES, SF TWO ZONING DISTRICT. MR. SCRIBNER, UH, THANK YOU. WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS TOO. YES. SO LET ME, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, LET ME GO AHEAD AND, AND READ MY SCRIPT. SO, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY IS BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. EVERYONE DESIRING TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARING 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 THIS HEARING. 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 ARE 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. YES, SIR. IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IT IS SIX FIFTY FIVE. I'LL NOW CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZO APPROXIMATELY 0.079 ACRES AT 2111 ONTARIO AVENUE FROM GC TO SF TWO. AND IF I CAN, CAN I HAVE STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS HEARING? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UH, MARTIN SCRIBNER FOR THE RECORD. UH, CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. UH, SO THIS, UH, REZONE REQUEST, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, LESS THAN A 10TH OF AN ACRE, UM, AT THE CORNER OF ONTARIO AVENUE AND LINEAR DRIVE. THIS IS JUST, UH, SOUTH OF TEXAS AVENUE, UM, RIGHT BY, UH, STATE ROAD, OR EXCUSE ME, UM, HIGHWAY 1 46. UH, THIS WENT TO PUBLIC HEARING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN MAY, UM, WITH NO, UH, OPPOSITION. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS AREA IS ALL, THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THIS IS ALL PART OF THE, UH, BUSINESS EDUCATION ARTS DISTRICT IN THAT, ON THAT MAP. UM, AND REALLY THIS MAP IS PROBABLY THE MOST, UH, UH, TELLING, BASICALLY THERE'S SOME HISTORY ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. IT IS SO SMALL BECAUSE WHEN 1 46 CAME THROUGH 70 YEARS AGO, UM, IT, IT TOOK A LARGE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS THERE AS IT STANDS AT LESS THAN 10TH OF AN A 10TH OF AN ACRE AS GC. UM, IT REALLY DOESN'T DO ANYBODY ANY GOOD. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT USABLE THAT WAY. SO, UH, THE OWNER HAS PROPOSED TO REZONE TO SF TWO AND POSSIBLY BUILD A SMALL HOME ON THAT PROPERTY, UM, WHICH STAFF FEELS IS APPROPRIATE. P AND Z ALSO, UH, FELT THAT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE AND, UM, HAS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED TO APPROVE THE REZONE REQUEST ON THAT PROPERTY. I CAN ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. YES. FIRST, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE NO ONE, NO PUBLIC THAT HAS BEEN, UH, SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS, ON THIS MATTER. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW I DO HAVE ONE. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS REGARDING THIS, UM, ITEM? IF NOT, UM, I WILL SAY IT IS A SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY. LET ME ASK FIRST QUESTION. THE, THE GC THAT IS REFLECTED THERE, UM, IS THERE A HOME BUILT ON IT ALREADY? I'M NOT SURE HOW DATED THE RED, THE RED PIECE, UH, THE QUE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY THAT SHOWS RED, UH, THE PROPERTY JUST TO THE SOUTH HAS A BILLBOARD ON IT. A BILLBOARD, OKAY. YEP. ALRIGHT. AND THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON IT? I, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S EVER BEEN BILLED ON. YEAH. THE ONLY, THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M, I'M WANTING TO MENTION THAT IS, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS SOME, UH, OR AT LEAST AN INDIVIDUAL, MAYBE MORE THAN ONE THAT ARE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, REALLY [00:25:01] NICE, UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UH, THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I HOPE I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE IN THE AREA. UM, UH, IF THEY CAN, IF THEY CAN BUILD A HOUSE ON THAT SMALL FOOTPRINT, YOU KNOW, GREAT FOR THEM. I'M, I'M NOT, IT IS FAIRLY SMALL, BUT, UH, BUT CERTAINLY WOULD SUPPORT THE CHANGE, UH, FOR THAT. BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH CASE. THEY'LL PROBABLY, THEY'LL PROBABLY NEED A COUPLE OF VARIANCES FROM THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IN ORDER TO DO ANYTHING AT ALL. OKAY. BUT THAT WOULD BE HANDLED UNDER A DIFFERENT PROCESS. OKAY. YEAH. BUT THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB ON THESE STREETS AND, AND SOME OTHER AREAS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I HOPE THAT CONTINUES, UM, WITH, AS YOU OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. SO THAT'S THE, UH, BEING THAT NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING. UM, I'LL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIALS ZONING MAP TO REZONE, UH, THE APPROPRIATE PROPERTY THAT I JUST MENTIONED FROM GC TWO SF TWO. SO MOVE [b. Consider an ordinance concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 0.079 acres at 2111 Ontario avenue from a General Commercial (GC) district to a Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Densities (SF2) zoning district.] ON TO ITEM THREE B. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 0.079 ACRES AT 2111 ONTARIO AVENUE. FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO SF TWO, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. THIS IS IN DISTRICT ONE, OBVIOUSLY MS. ALVARADO IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING. SO TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION AND MULTIPLE SECONDS. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THREE B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE ON [a. Consider a resolution granting the petition for the proposed annexation of approximately 62.02 acres of land located generally east of North Main Street between East Wallisville Road and FM 1942.] TO ITEM FOUR A. UH, WE HAVE PROPOSED ANNEXATION CONSIDER RESOLUTION. GRANTED THE PETITION FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 62.02 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED GENERALLY EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET BETWEEN EAST VILLE ROAD AND FM 1942. MR. SCRIBNER. THANK YOU. UM, SO YOU'LL REMEMBER LAST YEAR, UH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, JUST AS A A MATTER OF COURSE, THIS IS, UH, THE VERY FIRST, THIS IS BASICALLY YOU'RE JUST ACCEPTING THE APPLICATION FOR THIS ANNEXATION. SO THIS IS THE VERY FIRST STEP IN THE ANNEXATION PROCESS FOR THIS PROPERTY. UM, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, WE ANNEXED AND, UH, ZONED S TO SF TWO, UH, THE PORTION ABOUT 70 ACRES RIGHT THERE, JUST SOUTH OF THAT. UM, THAT WAS CASTLE ROCK DEVELOPMENT. UH, AND THEY, UM, THEY REZONED THAT TO SF TWO WITH THE INTENTION OF PUTTING, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 270 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THAT PROPERTY. UH, THIS WAS RECENTLY BROUGHT TO STAFF'S ATTENTION THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND ON THAT PROJECT. SO THIS WOULD BE PART OF BAY CREEK, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE ALSO DID A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND A BID FOR THAT PROPERTY. THEY'LL, THEY CANNOT, UM, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ADD TO, UH, ADD TO THE EXISTING BID. THEY WILL HAVE TO DO AN ADDITIONAL ONE IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SO CHOOSING. SO WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN IN A SEPARATE PROCESS. AND THEY'LL HAVE TO DO THE REZONE IN A SEPARATE PROCESS AS WELL. THE INTENT IS TO GO TO SF TWO TO JUST EXTEND THIS. SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE AT THIS POINT. THEY HAVE NOT YET APPLIED FOR THE REZONE, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING THAT KIND OF ANY DAY. OKAY. SO AGAIN, THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT IT GRANTS THE, THE PETITION FOR PROPOSED ANNEXATION. SO I GUESS THIS BEGINS THE PROCESS. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, UH, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR, A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE WITH A MOTION A SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE, UH, IN FAVOR OF ITEM FOUR A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. ITEM CARRIES. WE HAVE NEXT [a. Receive a report on a new sign kiosk program for residential builders in the City of Baytown.] ARE FIVE A RECEIVE A REPORT ON THE NEW SIGNED KIOSK PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. UM, WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED SEVERAL TIMES, UH, AS A CITY IN THE PAST TO ASK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR, UH, YOU SEE THE BANDIT SIGNS THAT ARE UP ALL OVER THE PLACE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE OUT ON THE WEEKENDS THAT, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL HOME BUILDERS PUT OUT TO GET, UH, TRAFFIC GOING TO THEIR, THEIR CURRENT PROJECTS. WELL, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES, AND I'VE WORKED IN OTHER CITIES AS WELL, THAT USED A PROGRAM WHERE THEY BASICALLY HAD THESE SIGNED KIOSKS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WERE FOR DIRECTIONAL SIGNS FOR THE HOME BUILDERS. AND WITH THE INTENT OF CUTTING DOWN ON, UH, CUTTING BACK AS MUCH OF THAT BANDIT SIGN, UH, BLIGHT AS WE CAN. UH, SO WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED AGAIN, UM, BY A LOCAL COMPANY, UH, AND I APOLOGIZE THE NAME OF THE COMPANY ESCAPES ME AT THE MOMENT. UM, BUT BASICALLY THEY DO HAVE THE WHOLE, THE HOME BUILDER PROGRAM THAT THERE IS NO COST TO THE CITY TO DO THIS. UM, THEY MANAGE THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. WHAT WE DO IS WE KIND OF GET THEM SET UP IN TERMS OF THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, AND THESE ARE THE LOCATIONS WHERE YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO PUT ONE OF THESE SIGNS. AND THE BUILDERS THEMSELVES ACTUALLY PAY FOR THE PROGRAM. THEY PAY THE COMPANY THAT MANAGES THIS. UH, AND THEY ALSO, THE BUILDERS, WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT ALIENATING ANY OF OUR BUILDERS. UM, THEY ARE, THEY DO ENDORSE THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM 'CAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF IT. AND THEY ALSO, AGAIN, OUR MAJOR PLAYERS WANT TO BE, UH, A GOOD PARTNERS WITH THE CITY AS WELL. AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT DOES HELP US CLEAN [00:30:01] UP SOME OF THAT BLIGHT CREATES SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE ATTRACTIVE. UM, WE DO HAVE SOME OPTIONS ON THE DESIGN OF THE, THE SIGNS THEMSELVES. UM, AND AGAIN, WITH NO COST TO THE CITY, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, CITY MANAGER DAVIS AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE WE GET THE DETAILS OF THAT READY AND, AND GET THOSE GOING. UM, SO AT THIS STAGE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SEE THAT, UH, THAT YOU'LL KINDA KNOW, UM, HOW THAT CAME ABOUT AND, AND WHERE THAT CAME FROM. UM, OTHERWISE, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO THIS, THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM, BUT IS THIS RECEIVED, I GUESS, THIS PRESENTATION OR REPORT? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING IT? YES, SIR. HAVE WE ALREADY CONSIDERED WHERE WE WOULD PUT THESE? NO, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL YET. WE HAVEN'T SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THEM YET. UM, SO GETTING INTO THE DETAILS THEMSELVES, WE WE'RE NOT AT THAT STAGE QUITE YET. ARE, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET A HEADS UP WHERE THEY MAY BE LOOKING TO PLACE THEM? WE, WE AS A CITY OR, OR YOU AS A COUNCIL, COUNCIL? UM, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. UH, WE'RE STAFF IS GONNA DICTATE WHERE THEY GO. SO IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE THE COMPANY'S JUST GONNA COME IN MM-HMM . THEY'RE GONNA COME IN WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN WE'LL SAY YES OR NO TO ALL THEIR LOCATIONS. OR IF WE DECIDE WE WANNA PUT 'EM SOMEWHERE ELSE, SO, WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL BE OVERSEEING THAT. OKAY. BUT WE'LL STILL GET SOME COMMUNICATION ON IT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. YES, SIR. SO MARTIN, WHEN YOU SAY THE BUILDING COMMUNITY SUPPORTS IT OR THE BUILDERS SUPPORT IT, SO THEY HAVE, THEY ARE AWARE THAT, THAT WE WILL BE CONSIDERING THIS AND, AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN SENT SOME LITERATURE OR A LETTER OR SOMETHING TO THAT FACT? NOT SPECIFICALLY, NO. WE JUST KNOW AS A GENERAL RULE THAT THE LARGER BUILDERS THAT WE NORMALLY SEE A LOT OF DR. HORTON, LENNAR, UM, CASTLE ROCK, THESE GUYS, UH, THEY DEAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY ON A REGULAR BASIS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. SO, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT IF THAT'S, UH, IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S WISH. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A, A A, A GOOD STEP AND THAT WAY THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO COUNCIL AND OBJECT IF THEY SO DESIRE. IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE WILL BE MUCH OF THAT, IF ANY, BUT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT MAY BE A, AN APPROPRIATE STEP. OKAY. AND, AND IT WON'T CHANGE THE CURRENT, UM, CODE IN ANY WAY. THIS PROVIDES THEM WITH AN ADDITIONAL WAY TO GET THAT ADVERTISING ON THE STREET, AT WHICH POINT WE WILL BE ENFORCING THE CURRENT CODE MORE STRONGLY BECAUSE WE'VE OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE PROVIDED ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM AT THAT STAGE. OH. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THEY CAN AUGMENT OR SUPPLEMENT WITH, WITH BANDIT SIGNS STILL CURRENTLY. AGAIN, THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THE, TO THE SIGN CODE AS OF THIS. NOW WE ARE PROPOSING SOME CHANGES TO THE SIGN CODE SOON, BUT THAT, THAT'LL BE A SEPARATE, THAT'LL BE A SEPARATE THING. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY QUESTION, MAYOR, WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU HAD A COMPANY THAT DID WANT TO BE ON THIS, BUT THEY STILL WANTED TO DO THEIR SMALL SIGNS CURRENTLY, THEY'D STILL BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW. THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT ON THE WEEKENDS BECAUSE THAT'S CODE, THAT'S CODE CODE DOES ALLOW, THAT'S CURRENT CODE. YEAH. CORRECT. SO THAT'S NOT CHANGING. OKAY. CORRECT. I I THINK LONG TERM, UM, STAFF SEES IT AS A STILL A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE THAT WE'D LIKE TO CLEAN UP. AND THIS WOULD KIND OF LEAD INTO THAT TO SAY, OKAY, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY SET WITH THIS, WE'D LIKE TO, TO DO AWAY WITH SOME OF THAT OTHER STUFF. BUT AGAIN, THIS IN AND OF ITSELF DOES NOT DO THAT. OKAY. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE, MOVE [a. Receive and discuss a presentation from Frontier Communications, relating to infrastructure expansion. ] ON TO ITEM SIX A, RECEIVE AND DISCUSS A PRESENTATION FROM FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS RELATING TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION. I HAVE MR. UH, MARIN AND ALSO DAVID RUSSELL FROM FRONTIER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UM, WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT MR. DAVID RUSSELL, WHO'S THE VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS FOR FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS. UH, MR. RUSSELL AND HIS TEAM, UM, WILL BE SHARING SOME OF THE EXCITING NEWS THAT FRONTIER, UH, PLANS TO BRING IN REGARDS TO HIGH SPEED. UM, INTERNET TO BAYTOWN WILL COVER, UH, THEIR TIMELINE, UM, THE IMPACT, UM, THAT THEIR PROJECT WILL HAVE ON OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE IMPROVED SERVICES. THANK YOU, BRIAN. SEE YOU. SEE YOU. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY STAFF, AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, I'M REALLY PLEASED TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU ABOUT THE INVESTMENT THAT FRONTIER IS GOING TO START MAKING HERE IN BAYTOWN FOR A HIGH SPEED FIBER OPTIC NETWORK. I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE ADVANCED SERVICES. THIS NETWORK WILL ENABLE HOW WE PLAN TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, ABOUT OUR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, OUR METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION AND OUR RESTORATION EFFORTS. BUT FIRST, LET ME INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE WITH ME TONIGHT, AND THEY'RE ACT KIND OF ACTING LIKE THIS IS CHURCH, SO THEY'RE SEATED KINDA IN THE BACK. BUT WE'VE GOT RYAN O'NEILL, JUST WAVE GUYS. UH, RYAN IS THE DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING FOR FRONTIER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. [00:35:01] ANDY CRENSHAW, WHO IS THE SENIOR MANAGER OF CONSTRUCTION FOR SOUTH TEXAS. AND KEVIN MOSLEY, WHO'S ENGINEERING MANAGER FOR SOUTH TEXAS. WE'VE ALSO GOT REPRESENTATION HERE FROM FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHO IS OUR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR. THAT'S NICK SWALLOW AND STEVE WAGNER. NICK IS THEIR DIVISION MANAGER, AND STEVE WAGNER IS THEIR PROJECT SUPERVISOR. SEE IF I CAN DRIVE THIS CORRECTLY. THERE WE GO. WE ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING THIS NETWORK BY EXTENDING FIBER OPTIC CABLES TO CUSTOMER'S, HOMES, AND BUSINESSES DIRECTLY FROM OUR LOCAL, LOCAL SWITCHING CENTER. THEN WE'LL USE HIGH INTENSITY LASERS TO DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHT INTO INDIVIDUAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES. IT WILL NOT REPLACE OUR EXISTING COPPER NETWORK. PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO REMAIN ON COPPER IF THEY SO CHOOSE, BUT THIS NEW NETWORK WILL PROVIDE BROADBAND SPEEDS FROM 50 MEGABITS PER SECOND, UP TO TWO GIGABITS PER SECOND WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PROVIDE EVEN FASTER SERVICES IN THE FUTURE. NOW, WHEN I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT THIS, I'VE GOTTEN THE REACTION IS, OH MY GOD, WHY WOULD WE EVER NEED FASTER THAN TWO GIGABITS PER SECOND? WELL, I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FIBER OPTIC SERVICE TO MY HOME FOR 18 YEARS. I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE COMPANY'S, UH, HISTORY THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THIS BECAUSE OF MY ROLE WITHIN THE COMPANY. BUT BACK THEN, 18 YEARS AGO, I HAD LIKE 15 MEGABITS OF DOWNLOAD SPEEDS. THAT WAS AWESOME 18 YEARS AGO. BUT A LOT MORE STUFF CONNECTS TO THAT NETWORK NOW, AND THAT'S NOT ADEQUATE ANYMORE. EVEN THE FCC, THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION IDENTIFIES DOWNLOAD SPEEDS OF 25 MEGABITS AS KIND OF THE FLOOR. THE, THE MINIMUM AMOUNT AND INCREASED DEMAND IS INEVITABLE AS MORE AND MORE OF OUR DEVICES ARE ENABLED TO USE THIS TYPE OF NETWORK. BUT OUR FIBER OPTIC NETWORK USING LASER TECHNOLOGY WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT. NEXT IS A SIMPLIFIED DEPICTION OF HOW OUR FIBER WILL REACH CUSTOMERS. IT'S 100% FIBER OPTICS FROM OUR CENTRAL OFFICE TO THE HOME, ALONG THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY TO OUR FIBER HUBS IN THE CITY, AND THEN TERMINALS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ONTO THE HOME OR BUSINESS WHERE IT CONNECTS TO A ROUTER SO IT CAN PROVIDE VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS. IT'S ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE WAY OUR COPPER NETWORK WORKS TODAY, ONLY IT'S A LOT FASTER. THERE ARE TWO OTHER IMPORTANT POINTS I WANNA MAKE ABOUT THIS. WITH SOME COMPANIES, A CUSTOMER HAS TO SHARE BANDWIDTH WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, UH, THAT IN THE WAY SOME COMPANIES PROVIDE THIS, BUT NOT WITH OUR NETWORK. IF YOU SIGN UP FOR 500 MEGABIT SERVICE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU GET. YOU DON'T SHARE THE BANDWIDTH WITH ANYONE. ALSO WITH MOST COMPANIES, YOU GET ONE SPEED FOR DOWNLOADS AND THEN USUALLY A MUCH SLOWER SPEED FOR UPLOADS. WELL, OUR NETWORK IS DIFFERENT. IT'S SYMMETRICAL, WHICH MEANS THAT THE SPEEDS ARE THE SAME IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. SO IF YOU SIGN UP FOR 500 MEGABITS, YOU GET 500 MEGABITS DOWNLOAD AND 500 MEGABITS UPLOAD, WHICH IS FAIRLY UNIQUE IN THE INDUSTRY TODAY. THAT'S INCREDIBLY VALUABLE TO ANY HOME OR BUSINESS THAT HAS TO UPLOAD LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA AND ESPECIALLY VIDEO CONTENT. THIS CAN HELP BAYTOWN IN YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE AND EMPLOYEES WHO LOOK FOR THIS TYPE OF NETWORK IN DECIDING WHERE TO LOCATE. NOW WITH THE CHANGES WE'VE ALL SEEN IN OUR SOCIETY OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THIS MAKES THANKS TO THE PANDEMIC, I MISSED A BUTTON. . NOW I HAD TO GO BACK. THERE WE GO. WE'VE SEEN THE NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF NETWORK. IT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE THAN EVER HOW MANY OF US TODAY WORK REMOTELY AT LEAST SOME OF THE TIME. AND I THINK REMOTE LEARNING IN SOME FORM IS HERE TO STAY. AND THEN STREAMING SERVICES LIKE NETFLIX AND HULU AND DISNEY AND MANY OTHERS ARE THE WAY AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO GET THEIR VIDEO PROGRAMMING. AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES. THAT'S WHY FRONTIER HAS MADE THE DECISION TO INVEST IN OUR NETWORK HERE AND IN OTHER PARTS OF TEXAS TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT NEED. OBVIOUSLY, TO BUILD THIS NETWORK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PLACE NEW CABLE AROUND TOWN. WE'LL NEED THE HELP OF YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND GETTING THE PERMITS THAT WE NEED. AND WE'LL BE PLACING CABLE THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR. IT'S ALREADY JUNE, SO IT'S GONNA BE THE REST OF THIS YEAR AND PROBABLY INTO 2023 FOR A WHILE BECAUSE BAYTOWN IS A VERY LARGE MARKET. BUT WE PLAN TO COVER PRETTY MUCH ALMOST ALL THE COMMUNITY WITHIN OUR SERVING TERRITORY. NOW, SOMETIMES OUR SERVING TERRITORY DOESN'T MATCH UP EXACTLY WITH CITY LIMITS. SO THERE COULD BE SOME PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE NOT IN OUR SERVING TERRITORY, BUT WE'RE BUILDING OUT TO OUR ENTIRE NETWORK IN TOWN BEFORE WE BUILD WITH, WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY ON THE PERMITS IF THERE ARE ANY THAT WE NEED TO DO THIS. BUT WE PLAN TO DISTRIBUTE DOOR HANGERS TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN THE AREA WHERE WE'D BE WORKING. . THIS, UH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE NEXT ONE. THAT'S WHAT THE DOOR HANGERS LOOK LIKE. THAT'S THE FRONT AND THE BACK. NOW THOSE ARE GENERIC. THEY'RE NOT SPECIFIC TO BAYTOWN, BUT THEY WILL BE. [00:40:01] UH, AND WE'LL HAVE COPIES OF THOSE THAT WE'LL PROVIDE TO THE CITY SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. UH, THEY'LL HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH AN EMAIL ADDRESS AND A NUMBER TO CALL IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS OR ANY INDICATION OF HOW LONG THAT WE'LL BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THEY WON'T CALL YOU OR CITY STAFF, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO TAKE AS MUCH OF THAT LOAD OFF OF YOU AS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE DOOR HANGERS, WE'LL POST SIGNS AT THE MAIN ENTRY POINTS. AGAIN, WORKING WITH THE CITY ON ANY SIGN ORDINANCES THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THAT VARIES COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHAT THE SIGNAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE. IT'S NICE AND COLORFUL TO ATTRACT ATTENTION AND BIG ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE IT EASILY AS THEY DRIVE BY. NATURALLY, WE TAKE THESE DOWN WHEN WE'RE FINISHED IN AN AREA AND MOVE THEM TO THE NEXT AREA THAT WE'RE WORKING IN. ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO, WE REQUIRE OUR VENDORS TO DO. WE TAKE PICTURES, OR MORE COMMONLY WE TAKE VIDEO BEFORE WE BEGIN VARIED CONSTRUCTION SO WE KNOW WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE BEFORE WE STARTED AND WE CAN MAKE SURE IN OUR RESTORATION EFFORTS THAT IT LOOKS THAT WAY WHEN WE'RE FINISHED. NOW, HERE'S WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN WE DO THE DIRECTIONAL BORING. THERE WE GO. UH, FOR THE BURIED FACILITIES, THE UH, ORANGE CONDUIT THERE ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT'S WHAT WE PULL THROUGH THE BOARD HOLES, AND THEN THE FIBER OPTIC CABLE GOES THROUGH THAT. WE DON'T DIG OPEN TRENCHES AND WE BACKFILL ANY HOLES CREATED BY THE BORING ONCE THE WORK IS COMPLETED. NOW, IF WE INSTALL AERIAL CABLE AND WE'RE, WE'RE WANTING TO TRY TO FOLLOW OUR COPPER NETWORK WHERE WE CAN WITH AERIAL CABLE AND EXISTING POLES, IT'S A LOT EASIER BECAUSE WE CAN JUST OVER LASH ON THE COPPER CABLE BECAUSE THE FIBER CABLE IS MUCH LIGHTER AND, AND DOESN'T CREATE A REAL BURDEN ON THE, ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT THE SAFETY OF OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR EMPLOYEES, AND OUR VENDORS IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO US. AND WE'LL TAKE THE STEPS NECESSARY TO MAKE RESIDENTS AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AND ENSURE THAT THE WORK IS PERFORMED SAFELY AND TO CITY STANDARDS. NOW, THERE COULD BE TRAFFIC CONTROL ON SEVERAL STREETS DURING THE BILL DUE TO THE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE IN USE, BUT AGAIN, SAFETY IS OUR TOP PRIORITY HERE. ALSO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, IF YOU'LL NOTE THE ORANGE SAFETY FENCING AROUND A HOLE THERE, THAT'S WHERE WE WILL PLACE A BURIED CABINET CALLED A HAND HOLE. I'LL SHOW YOU ONE OF THOSE NEXT. THAT'S WHAT THE HANDHOLD WILL LOOK LIKE. UH, AND IT'S, IT'S, UM, AS YOU SAID, IT'S NOT VERY LARGE AND NOT EVERYONE WILL HAVE ONE OF THESE AT THE FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY. UM, THEY CAN SERVE BETWEEN FOUR AND EIGHT CUSTOMERS. UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE GOT AT THE FRONT OF MY PROPERTY AS WELL. AND AT FIRST YOU NOTICE IT, BUT ONCE THE YOU WATER THE GRASS AND THE GRASS STARTS GROWING BACK, YOU DON'T, YOU DO HAVE TO WEED EAT AROUND 'EM OCCASIONALLY. UH, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. UH, THEN TO CONNECT THE FIBER TO THE HOME OR BUSINESS, WE CONNECT A SMALLER FIBER CABLE. WE CALL IT A DROP. AND IN THIS PICTURE, THE DROP IS A BURIED DROP AND IT'S THE BLACK CABLE THAT'S COMING UP THERE TO THAT GRAY BOX THAT SAYS ONT HOUSING. THAT'S OPTICAL NETWORK TERMINAL. THE ONT IS CONNECTED TO A ROUTER THAT WOULD BE INSIDE THE HOMER BUSINESS, WHICH CAN THEN CONNECT ALL SORTS OF DEVICES, EITHER THROUGH A WIRED ETHERNET CONNECTION OR MORE COMMONLY THESE DAYS, A WIRELESS WIFI CONNECTION. THIS IS THE SETUP I HAVE IN MY HOME AS WELL, BUT, UH, I ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT I GOT THIS 18 YEARS AGO AND I CAN TESTIFY. IT'S REALLY AWESOME AND I THINK THAT YOUR RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE, NOT JUST TO HAVE A COMPETITIVE CHOICE FOR THIS TYPE OF ADVANCED BROADBAND SPEED, BUT TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF NETWORK IN PLACE THAT WILL PROVIDE THE SPEEDS THAT THEY NEED TO ACCOMPLISH TO WORK AND PLAY AND DO BUSINESS IN TODAY'S SOCIETY WITH THE, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. BUT IT'S ALSO, AS I SAID, SCALABLE FOR TECHNOLOGY THAT COMES DOWN THE ROAD FIVE OR 10 YEARS FROM NOW. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN. THE CAPACITY FOR FIBER IS ENORMOUS. UH, AND WE THINK THAT THIS WILL BE ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY FUTURE PROOF OUR NETWORK SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE OUR CUSTOMERS IN THE FUTURE. NOW, I'M AWARE THAT YOU'VE BEEN DISCUSSING OPTIONS FOR BRINGING HIGH SPEED BROADBAND TO BAYTOWN, SO I HOPE THE INVESTMENT THAT I'VE DESCRIBED HERE TONIGHT WILL HELP ADDRESS THAT STRATEGIC INITIATIVE FOR THE CITY. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH CITY STAFF ON MOVING AHEAD WITH THIS PROJECT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE READY TO BUILD OUT THE FIRST 16,000 HOMES IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS PROJECT RIGHT AWAY. I ALSO WANNA EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO BRIAN FROM MEETING WITH ME PREVIOUSLY AND WORKING WITH US ON HELPING MOVE OUR PERMITS FORWARD TO GET UNDERWAY WITH CONSTRUCTION. WITH THAT, MY COLLEAGUES AND I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE EITHER TONIGHT, OR YOU HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION UP THERE. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IN THE FUTURE AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS PROJECT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. RUSSELL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. RUSSELL? ONLY QUESTION I HAVE HERE IS, IS, UM, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET AN OVERLAY OR OVERLAP AS YOU SAID YOUR SERVICE AREA MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE POLICY LIMITS? WELL, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE THAT IS. MM-HMM . UH, AS FAR AS YOUR SERVICE AREA. SURE. I MEAN, WE WILL PROVIDE MAPS AND DRAWINGS TO CITY STAFF AS WE WORK THROUGH. WE HAVE TO BUILD OUT FROM OUR SWITCHING CENTERS MM-HMM . AND WE BUILD THE FIRST BUILD THAT WE'RE GONNA DO OUR FEEDER CABLES, [00:45:01] WHICH ARE THE MAIN TRUNK CABLES THAT WE BRANCH OFF OF TO GO TO THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MAPS AND DRAWINGS AND WE, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE MAPS AND DRAWINGS TO THE CITY AS WE DO THIS. WE DON'T DO THAT ALL AT ONCE TO TRY TO DUMP IT ON 'EM BECAUSE WE WANNA WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF. WE DON'T WANNA OVERBURDEN THEM BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG PROJECT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT ABSOLUTELY, WE CAN PROVIDE THE MAP OF OUR BASE RATE AREA. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. WHAT AREA OF TOWN ARE YOU SAYING THE FIRST 16,000 HOMES ARE GONNA BE DONE IN? FOR THE DETAILS ON THAT, I'M GONNA HAVE TO DEFER TO ONE OF MY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT I BROUGHT WITH ME. RYAN, YOU WANNA STAND, COME UP AND, UH, COVER THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, I WON'T SHARE 'EM THIS EVENING JUST DUE TO COMPETITIVE REASONS, BUT WE CAN'T GET WITH THE CITY STAFF, PROVIDE THAT TO YOU SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE GONNA START. UM, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION WE CAN PROVIDE. UH, ONE OTHER QUESTION. HOW MUCH TIME, HOW FAR AHEAD WILL THOSE DOOR HANGERS BE PLACED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS BEFORE WORK ACTUALLY GETS STARTED SO THAT RESIDENTS HAVE SOME TIME TO PLAN, GETTING BACK AND FORTH TO WORK OR JUST FROM WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING ACROSS TOWN? SURE. TYPICALLY IT'S 48 HOURS. SOME MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ASKED FOR 72. SO WE CAN WORK WITH CITY STAFF AND WHATEVER YOU RECOMMEND, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL FOLLOW, FOLLOW THROUGH WITH. CAN WE GET AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE TO LET CITIZENS KNOW? UM, WELL, WELL, I THINK ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO ASK IS LIKE, WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE DOING BO YOU'RE BO YOU'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUTTING IN THROUGH BORING, SO THERE'S PROBABLY VERY LIMITED MM-HMM . UH, ISSUES. I GUESS I'M ASSUMING YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY CUTS IN ROADS OR THERE'S NO SIR, NO ROAD CLOSERS OR WE DON'T DO THAT. I THINK IT'S COULD BE PRETTY MINIMAL. IT'S MAINLY JUST A COURTESY PROBABLY THAT THEY'RE OFFERING, WELL, THEY DID SAY THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TRAFFIC DIRECTING TRAFFIC, SO YEAH, THERE COULD BE SOME AREAS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS IF THE STREETS ARE NARROW, WE'LL WANNA DO TRAFFIC CONTROL JUST 'CAUSE WE MAY BE DOWN TO ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC. BUT ALL THAT WILL BE ON OUR PERMIT DRAWINGS. OKAY. YES, SIR. SO YOU WANT 48 HOURS, 72 HOURS, OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AND DISCUSS IT. I, I DON'T, I DON'T, I CAN'T SAY RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT, SO I'M GONNA NEED SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. OKAY. IT SEEMS PRETTY MINIMAL ACTUALLY. YEAH. SO YEAH. YES, SIR. WE WANT IT TO BE AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE AND YOU WANT US OUT OF, OUT OF THE ROADS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND WE WANT THAT TOO BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LIGHT THIS NETWORK UP AND BEGIN MARKETING IT TO CUSTOMERS, WHICH WE WILL NOT WAIT UNTIL WE COMPLETE THE BILL TO DO THAT. AS WE BUILD SECTIONS, WE WILL LIGHT THE FIBER UP AND BEGIN MARKETING TO CONSUMERS. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE HAPPY CUSTOMERS ON OUR, ON THIS FIBER NETWORK A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS YEAR. OKAY. GREAT. NICE. ANYBODY, ANYBODY ELSE? UM, I WANNA SAY I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO BAYTOWN AND, AND BRINGING FIBER. UM, CERTAINLY IT'S A UTILITY THAT, THAT IS GONNA BE NEEDED. AND I THINK THE NEED IS NOT JUST HERE CURRENTLY, BUT IT WILL, IT WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO GROW. UM, I KNOW, UM, COUNCIL HAD THE FORESIGHT, MY UNDERSTANDING AT LEAST, UH, WHEN, WHEN SAN JATO BOULEVARD WAS INSTALLED AND CONSTRUCTED, UH, WE DID INSTALL THE CONDUIT FOR FIBER ALONG SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD. AND SO WE'RE CERTAINLY READY FOR ANY BUSINESSES THAT THEY'RE GONNA NEED FIBER. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF BUSINESSES, THAT'S, THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT OR THAT'S THE NEED BASED OFF OF THE DEVICES THEY MAY HAVE. UM, SO WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO WHEREVER YOU DO PUT IT IN FIRST. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE IS ALSO SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND SO ON. AND SO BAYTOWN IN MY PERSPECTIVE IS IN NEED OF FIBER OF HIGH SPEED, UM, FIBER AND SO ON. UH, CERTAINLY NOT JUST IN THE NEW AREAS, BUT IN THE OLDER AREAS TOO. MM-HMM . UM, IT'S JUST HAVING, HAVING THE ABILITY TO CONNECT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA SEE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT STAFF CAN DO, I THINK TO, TO TRY TO GET THIS INSTALLED, CONSTRUCTED, UH, WITH MINIMAL IMPACT AS POSSIBLE. CERTAINLY APPRECIATED. AND YOU MENTIONED THE OLDER AREAS. SO WE, WE WON'T NAME ANY NAMES, BUT, AND, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GONNA START, BUT THERE'S ONE COUNCIL PERSON THAT HAS, HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, AND WE WON'T POINT ANYONE OUT, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, SO, YOU KNOW. WELL, ONE POINT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT THAT IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT CHERRY PICKING YOUR COMMUNITY AND SOME COMPANIES COME IN AND DO THAT. UM, WE'RE BUILDING OUT TO OUR ENTIRE NETWORK. AND SO, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE TO THE NEW PART OF TOWN AND THE OLD PART OF TOWN. ONE THING THAT THE CITY COULD HELP US ON, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ANNEXING LAND AND THERE'S DEVELOPMENT AND THAT'S HAPPENING IN A LOT OF PLACES IN TEXAS. IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITIES. BUT IF THERE'S SOME DEVELOPMENTS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, IF YOU CAN MAKE US AWARE OF MAYBE A DEVELOPMENT THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD THIS NETWORK TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE NEW HOMES, UH, RATHER THAN HAVE TO COME IN AFTER THE FACT. IT'S A LOT EASIER TO BUILD IT IN UPFRONT AND THEN HAVE IT WAITING FOR THEM THAN HAVING TO GO BE IN AFTER THE FACT ONCE THERE'S BEEN SOME NEW DEVELOPMENT THERE. SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT. I, I THINK THAT'S A KEY COMMENT MR. RUSSELL. AND, AND I'M HOPING THAT STAFF CAN CERTAINLY COMMUNICATE WHERE, DEVELOP WHERE CURRENT, UH, I GUESS YOU'D SAY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S TAKEN PLACE. UM, I WOULD ALMOST WANT TO SAY THAT, THAT DEVELOPERS, [00:50:01] THAT IT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY AT LEAST TRY TO AT LEAST LAY THE CONDUIT FOR, FOR THIS TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, IF, IF POSSIBLE. SO, UM, A LOT TO DISCUSS, UH, AS COUNCILMAN JOHNSON MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF US, IT MAY BE IT, MYSELF INCLUDED, UH, THIS PRESENTATION IN A SENSE HAS NOT BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE THOROUGHLY TALKED ABOUT. I KNOW IT WAS SOMETHING IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IN ONE OF OUR, UH, ITEMS THAT WE LIKE TO, TO SEE. AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THIS HAS PROGRESSED THIS FAR. SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, LET'S TRY TO WORK TOGETHER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IT IS A VERY, UM, I THINK CRITICAL, UH, UTILITY THAT IS NEEDED. WELL, WE ACTUALLY, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE, IN THE NEWSPAPER FROM YOUR PLANNING SESSION THAT KIND OF TRIGGERED THIS, IT MADE US REALIZE YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING AT THIS, WE HAD ALREADY PLANNED TO DO BAYTOWN, BUT YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT. AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT, WELL, WE MAYBE NEED TO GO DOWN AND TALK TO THEM AND MAKE THEM AWARE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AND WE'RE DOING IT ON OUR NICKEL. UH, AND SO, UH, WE LIKE THAT EVEN MORE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AS A TAXPAYER, UH, I THINK WE ALL SHOULD. SO NO, ABSOLUTELY. WE, AND AGAIN, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. YOU LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. OKAY. UM, [b. Receive and discuss a presentation from Accessology Too, LLC relating to the ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan. ] WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX B. UH, RECEIVE AND DISCUSS PRESENTATION FROM ACCESS OLOGY TO LLC RELATING TO THE A DA SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN. ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE MR. BRIAN MORAN, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, UH, INTRODUCE MS. CHRISTIE VELOS. SHE'S THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ACCESS OLOGY, UM, THE CONSULTING FIRM THAT IS ASSISTING US WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR A DA TRANSITION PLAN. UM, DURING THE LAST THREE MONTHS, UM, MS. VELOS AND HER TEAM HAVE, UM, EVALUATED, UM, OUR CITY BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, SIDEWALKS, AND SIGNALED INTER INTERSECTIONS. UM, ACCESS OLOGIES ALSO, UM, WILL BE REVIEWING, UM, OUR CITY POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. UM, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I HAVE IT FOR, THERE WE GO. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL. UH, I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK WITH YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. UM, SO LET ME FIRST KIND OF GO THROUGH JUST WHAT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE WHOLE A DA TRANSITION PLAN IS. AND IT STARTS, WHOOPS, I'M SORRY. IT STARTS WITH, UM, JUST MAKING YOUR, UH, COMMUNITY MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR ANYBODY, UH, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR ABILITIES ARE. SO, UM, THIS IS THE AGENDA, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT JUST ME. WE HAVE A WHOLE TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER. UM, I AM LEADING THEOLOGY TEAM. YOUR PROJECT MANAGER IS ERIN KEISTER, UM, AND JONATHAN FLORES. WE ALSO HAVE A KIMLEY HORN, UM, TEAM THAT IS WORKING ON YOUR PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY. AND SO BRIAN SHAER AND MATT POOLE FROM KIMLEY HORN HAVE BEEN, UM, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN THE, UM, THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE. SO IN THE GOALS OF AND OBJECTIVES, WE ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY FOR EVERYONE. UH, ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION FROM YOUR LOCAL DISABLED POPULATION, EDUCATE THE CITY ON WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE. NOW THAT THE A DA IS 32 YEARS OLD AND WE'RE SEEING CONSTANT INCREASE IN ACCESS RELATED LITIGATION, UM, WE, WE INTEND TO GIVE YOU THE TOOLS NECESSARY, UM, TO AVOID ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF, OF OF ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESSIBILITY. UM, WE ARE DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF BARRIERS THAT, UM, NEED TO BE RE EITHER RE REMOVED OR AT LEAST PRI PRIORITIZED. UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A SECOND. UM, WE'RE OUTLINING SOME METHODS TO REMOVE BARRIERS, PROVIDING A SCHEDULE THAT WILL HELP YOU WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE BARRIERS, AND WE'LL ALSO HELP IDENTIFY VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES THAT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR BERRY REMOVAL. SO WITH THAT, UM, WE ALSO WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT A DA IS NOT THE ONLY LAW INVOLVED WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESSIBILITY. UM, IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE REHAB ACT OF 1973. AND SO IT'S BEEN A REQUIREMENT HAVING A TRANSITION PLAN REALLY SINCE, SINCE THEN, SINCE 1973. IT WAS A REQUIREMENT UNDER SECTION 5 0 4. SO AS WE PULL THIS TOGETHER, WE ARE SATISFYING BOTH THE A DA AND THE 5 0 4 REQUIREMENTS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE FULLY PROTECTED. UM, WE HAD THE FIRST LAW THAT CAME OUT WAS BACK IN 1968. SO THIS, THIS IS, IS, YOU KNOW, NOTHING NEW. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES TRYING TO MAKE, UH, COMMUNITIES MORE ACCESSIBLE. BUT THE A DA HAS REALLY BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE. AND THE BASIC REQUIREMENT IS THAT ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE AND ANYTHING THAT YOU DO, YOU HAVE FOR EVERYBODY. [00:55:01] A DA IS NOT A LAW THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO DO THIS. IT DOESN'T TELL YOU YOU HAVE TO PUT IN SIDEWALKS. IT SAYS IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT IN SIDEWALKS. YOU AS, AS THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY GET TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANNA DO AND HOW YOU WANNA RUN YOUR GOVERNMENT. BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT, THEN WE NEED TO DO IT FOR EVERYBODY. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT A DA SAYS. OKAY? SO ANY PROGRAM THAT YOU OFFER, WE OFFER TO EVERYBODY. UM, IF THERE IS A, UM, A, A BUILDING BUILT, IT NEEDS TO BE BUILT FOR EVERYBODY. BUT IT IS NOT THE ONE, LIKE I SAID, THAT COMES IN AND TELLS YOU WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. NOW, YOUR BASIC REQUIREMENT AS A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, UM, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING YOU HAVE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IS FOR EVERYBODY THAT YOU HAVE AND MAINTAIN A TRANSITION PLAN. SO WE ARE PUTTING THIS IN A FORMAT WHERE IT WILL BE A, UM, UH, A LIVING DOCUMENT. YOU CAN UPDATE IT EVERY YEAR. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO THIS BIG EFFORT AND FIGURE IT ALL OUT AGAIN EVERY FOUR YEARS LIKE WE USED TO HAVE TO DO BEFORE TECHNOLOGY BECAME WHAT IT IS. UH, IT'S ALSO TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND FOR THEM TO HELP US UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE. 'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES OUR PRIORITY OR WHAT WE THINK IS THEIR PRIORITY IS NOT GONNA BE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, A TRUE REFLECTION OF, OF WHAT THEY'RE LIVING THROUGH. WE ALSO, UM, WILL HELP PROVIDE A SCHEDULE FOR THE, UH, THE UPGRADE AND THE REMEDIATION OF, OF CURB RAMPS. SO THERE'S FOUR MAIN ELEMENTS TO THE TRANSITION PLAN. UM, THERE'S THE LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, YOUR PHYSICAL BARRIERS, BUT THAT'S JUST AN INVENTORY. IF IT DOESN'T SAY HOW YOU'RE GONNA FIX IT, WHEN YOU'RE GONNA FIX IT, AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING IT, WELL THEN IT'S REALLY NOT A PLAN. SO WE ADD THOSE ELEMENTS ONCE WE GET THE INVENTORY AND WE CREATE A FULL PLAN, ALWAYS. I MEAN, IT'S YOUR PLAN. SO WE'RE NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. WE'RE GOING TO SIT DOWN WITH THE TEAM THAT, THAT BRIAN HAS ASSEMBLED AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT'S GONNA WORK FOR BAYTOWN? 'CAUSE WHAT'S GONNA WORK FOR BAYTOWN IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S GONNA WORK FOR ANY OTHER CITY. MM-HMM . SO IT'S VERY, VERY CUSTOMIZED TO WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE. UH, WE WILL DESCRIBE THE METHOD THAT WILL BE NECESSARY TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS. UM, WE HAVE PICTURE, UH, DOCUMENTATION OF ANY BARRIER THAT WE FIND, BUT WE WILL ALSO, UM, GO THROUGH, UH, THINGS LIKE, UM, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE, UH, AN ANNUAL EVENT. THIS IS JUST A QUICK EXAMPLE. YOU HAVE AN ANNUAL EVENT, AND IT'S A THIRD PARTY THAT ACTUALLY HOSTS THAT EVENT, BUT IT'S IN ONE OF YOUR PARKS. SO NOW LET'S SAY THAT THEY BRING IN A BUNCH OF PORTA-POTTIES AND THEY DON'T BRING IN ANY ACCESSIBLE PORTA-POTTIES. SO YOU HAVE A CITIZEN THAT COMES TO THIS EVENT, THEY HAVE A BAD TIME, UM, THEY COMPLAIN USUALLY TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S YOUR PARK AND THEY THINK IT'S YOUR EVENT. UM, BUT THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE THIRD PARTY AND THE CITY TELLS WHOSE FAULT IT REALLY IS. SO IT, IT, IT GOES, WE, WE TRY TO GO TO THE DETAIL OF LOOKING AT THOSE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE PROTECTION NECESSARY SO THAT, THAT, UM, THAT REQUIREMENT IS PUT ON THE THIRD PARTY. SO IT'S ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF DETAILS. IT'S LOOKING AT HIRING AND FIRING PRACTICES. IT'S LOOKING AT, UM, THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU OFFER, UM, WHETHER IT'S AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM OR IT'S A PROGRAM FOR BATTERED WOMEN, OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU CHOOSE TO OFFER. WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEING HELD IN AN ACCESSIBLE LOCATION AND THAT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION ARE GOING TO, UM, NOT BE EXCLUSIVE. UM, WHOOPS. SO IN OUR SCOPE, THERE'S 38 BUILDINGS, 42 PARKS, 115 SIGNALED INTERSECTIONS, UM, A HUNDRED. AND ACTUALLY I'VE, THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN UPDATED. IT'S 202, I BELIEVE. UM, MILES OF, UM, OF RIGHT OF WAY. UM, 25.2 MILES OF PARK TRAILS AND 67 TRANSIT STOPS. SO WE HAVE CURRENTLY DONE ABOUT 45 OF YOUR BUILDINGS AND PARKS, ALL OF THE SIGNALED INTERSECTIONS, ALL OF THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE PARK TRAILS. AND, UM, WE HAVE NOT STARTED THE TRANSIT STOPS YET. THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING THROUGH THE END OF JUNE. IT'S ALL DONE LIVE. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SIT AT YOUR DESK AND SEE WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE DOING OUT IN THE, IN THE FIELD. YOU CAN, YOU GET THE, THE DATA ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. UM, AND FROM THERE YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND, AND, AND THE TEAM WILL BE GETTING A REPORT FOR EVERY BARRIER THAT WE FIND. YOU'LL ALSO HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO PLANNING AND BUDGETING AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IT GONNA COST IF WE JUST DO THESE PARKS? WELL, MAYBE, MAYBE IF WE ADD THESE PARKS, YOU KNOW, SO YOU CAN, YOU [01:00:01] CAN CUSTOMIZE IT AND YOU CAN MOVE IT AROUND. ONCE THE DATA IS IN THERE, THE DATA IS IN THERE. IT'S A SIMPLE GIS DATABASE. UH, IT'S SIMPLY A, UM, A DASHBOARD THAT, THAT WE, UM, THAT WE PROVIDE AND, AND WE TEACH YOU HOW TO USE IT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S YOURS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND BUY ANY SOFTWARE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU CAN BE LITERALLY SITTING AT YOUR DESK, CLICK ON A BUTTON AND SEE WHAT WE SAW THE DAY THAT WE WERE OUT THERE, WHERE THE BARRIER IS, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. SO, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN HELP MAKE IT, IT CAN HELP YOU MAKE, UM, SOME GOOD EDUCATED, UH, DECISIONS ON THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. GETTING READY TO DO A, UM, A, YOU KNOW, MILL AND FILL ACROSS, UH, UH, SEVERAL BLOCKS. YOU CAN PULL THIS UP AND IT'LL SHOW YOU, YOU KNOW, RED, BAD, GREEN, GOOD , ORANGE AND YELLOW, SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. SO IT CAN SHOW YOU WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED WHILE YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING, UM, ANY TYPE OF PROJECT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS, IS IN PLACE. WE'RE GONNA PRIORITIZE. AND I DON'T JUST MEAN HIGH, MEDIUM, AND LOW PRIORITY, BECAUSE A CITY THE SIZE OF BAYTOWN COULD HAVE LOTS OF HIGH PRIORITIES. SO WE TAKE EACH CATEGORY HIGH, MEDIUM, AND LOW, AND WE SUB WE, WE PUT IT INTO FOUR SUBCATEGORIES. SO ONE THROUGH FOUR IS HIGH, FIVE THROUGH EIGHT IS MEDIUM, NINE THROUGH 12 IS LOW. SO IF YOU'VE GOT A LEVEL ONE THAT TELLS YOU WHERE TO SPEND YOUR MONEY FIRST, BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT YOU EITHER HAVE AN EXISTING COMPLAINT OR, UM, POTENTIAL INJURY, IT, IT'S, IT'S THAT SEVERE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FIRST. SO WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPEND YOUR MONEY. UM, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE SOME BUDGETARY NUMBERS, NOT FULL COST ESTIMATION 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEHIND THE WALLS OR, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. BUT JUST THE COST ESTIMATION FOR, UM, BARRIER REMOVAL ITSELF. AND WE WILL HELP YOU DEVELOP A SCHEDULE. WE CAN'T REALLY DEVELOP THE SCHEDULE TILL WE KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA COST. NOW THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DOESN'T CARE HOW LONG YOUR PROGRAM IS, AS LONG AS IT'S REASONABLE. SO WHETHER IT'S A FIVE YEAR PLAN, A 10 YEAR PLAN, A 20 YEAR PLAN, IT, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE REASONABLE FOR THE SIZE OF YOUR ENTITY. SO, FOR INSTANCE, ONCE WE DETERMINE HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST, IF IT WERE GONNA COST A MILLION DOLLARS, 20 YEARS WOULD PROBABLY BE TOO LONG. IF IT'S GONNA COST $30 MILLION, 20 YEARS MAY NOT BE LONG ENOUGH. SO IT'S GOING TO REALLY DEPEND ON WHAT YOUR BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS ARE. AGAIN, IT'S YOUR PLAN. SO WE WILL WORK WITH YOUR TEAM TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT, THAT DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE IS GONNA LOOK LIKE. UM, I MENTIONED PRIORITIZATION. UM, THERE'S THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUE, BUT THERE'S ALSO, WHERE IS IT? A, UM, A SEVERE CROSS SLOPE. AND I DO EXPERT WITNESSING ON ACCESS RELATED CASES. I AM CURRENTLY ON MY 11TH, UM, DEATH RELATED A DA CASE. AND FIVE OF THOSE 11 HAVE BEEN SIDEWALK ISSUES. SO FOR INSTANCE, THE CROSS SLOPES NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE MORE THAN 2%. THE REASON IS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS DON'T HAVE BALANCE. THEY DON'T HAVE FRONT TO BACK, THEY DON'T HAVE SIDE TO SIDE. SO THE TREE ROOTS GROW. A SIDEWALK THAT WAS COMPLIANT NOW HAS AN 11.4% CROSS SLOPE. THAT'S A PROBLEM WE HAD, UH, THE FIRST ONE THAT I DID WHERE SHE HIT THAT 11.4% CROSS SLOPE, IT TIPPED HER OVER THERE, HAPPENED TO BE A FIRE HYDRANT RIGHT THERE. SHE HIT HER HEAD RIGHT IN THE TEMPLE AND IT KILLED HER. AND SO WHEN WE SEE REALLY SEVERE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S, WERE IN AN AREA WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, THAT'S GONNA GO RIGHT UP TO LEVEL ONE. THAT SAME SEVERE ISSUE OUT IN A RURAL AREA MAY BE A LEVEL THREE. IT'S STILL A HIGH PRIORITY, BUT WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT ARE THE MOST, UM, THREATENING FIRST. SO WE APPROACH IT FROM A RISK MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE. THIS IS WHAT A REPORT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR YOUR, UM, PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY. UM, UH, THE TOP IS GONNA BE YOUR UNIT COST, WHICH ARE OUR NORMAL TEXT OUT COSTS. UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE THE UNIT COSTS. THE CENTER TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHERE IT IS AND THE LOWER PART TELLS YOU WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. AND THEN ON THE BACKSIDE YOU'VE GOT YOUR, UM, PHOTO LOG. THE SAME THING WITH YOUR BUILDINGS. EACH BARRIER HAS ITS OWN IDENTIFICATION, UM, ITS OWN PAGE. IT'S GOT ITS OWN PHOTO LOG. WE CAN TAKE AS MANY PHOTOS AS WE NEED TO, IF YOU KNOW, TO HELP COMMUNICATE WHAT THE ISSUE IS. IT TELLS YOU WHAT THE PRIORITY IS. IT TELLS YOU WHAT AREA OF THE, UM, THE LAW IS VIOLATED AND WHAT THE BUDGETARY COSTS ARE. SO FOR THE BUILDINGS, WE USE THE MEANS A DA COMPLIANCE PRICING GUIDE, WHICH IS A, UM, IT'S A, UM, SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT UPSTATE UPDATES REGULARLY FOR VARIOUS ZIP CODES. SO, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS HERE ARE GONNA COST DIFFERENT THAN THEY'RE GONNA COST IN IOWA, YOU [01:05:01] KNOW, SO WE, UM, WE, IT GETS UPDATED REGULARLY. AND THEN, UM, WE'RE USING THE CURRENT TEXT OUT 12 MONTH MOVING STATEWIDE AVERAGES FOR YOUR, UM, PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY AND THAT KIND OF THING. WE ALSO ADD A CONTINGENCY FOR ENGINEERING OR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. WE ADD 15% AND FOR CONSTRUCTION, UM, UH, UH, CONTINGENCY, UM, IT, WE ADD AN ADDITIONAL 20% JUST SO THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD BUDGET NUMBER TO WORK WITH FIVE YEARS FROM NOW OR 10 YEARS FROM NOW. UM, THESE PLANNING LEVEL IMPROVEMENT COSTS ARE, UM, COST ESTIMATES FOR JUST THE ACCESSIBILITY RELATED IMPROVEMENTS. SOMETIMES YOU GO IN AND YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, REDO THE FLOOR AND THE WALLS AND THAT. IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THAT. UM, NO DESIGN OF IMPROVEMENTS. SO THE COST ESTIMATES ARE LIMITED, UM, BUT THEY AT LEAST ALLOW YOU A BUDGETARY NUMBER, ADD ADDITIONAL, UM, CONSIDERATIONS. UM, ARE AESTHETIC UPGRADES, THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA DO WHILE YOU'RE HAVING TO DO THIS BARRIER UPGRADE. UM, CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW PRICING IS ALL OVER THE PLACE RIGHT NOW. UM, AND THEN JUST CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES THAT AREN'T VISIBLE TO US, UNDERGROUND UTILITIES OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS BEHIND THE WALLS, THAT KIND OF THING. WE'RE PROVIDING 16 HOURS OF TRAINING AND WE HAVE 27 DIFFERENT COURSES THAT, THAT, UM, THE CITY WILL GET TO CHOOSE FROM. AND SO IT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM TRAINING YOUR CUSTOMER CONTACT EMPLOYEES TO YOUR, UM, EMERGENCY AND, AND FIRE PERSONNEL TO JUST GENERAL A DA OR HOW TO MAINTAIN YOUR ACCESSIBLE ROUTES. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE PART OF THE, UH, THE TRAINING. AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN PICK AND CHOOSE DIFFERENT CLASSES AND UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO SEVERAL TWO HOUR CLASSES OR TWO EIGHT HOUR CLASSES OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, WHATEVER WORKS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY. I TALKED VERY FAST, . THANK YOU MA'AM. AND I KNOW I GAVE YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION, UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THEM. ALRIGHT? YES. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PRESENTATION? OKAY. UM, NO, I DO APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK. UH, LIKE WHEN, WHEN CITIZENS HAVE, LIKE IF WE DO HAVE A CITIZEN'S CONTACTING US REGARDING A, A, A, AN ISSUE THAT THEY IDENTIFY, HOW ARE WE RECEIVING THAT? AND, AND I'M SURE THAT WE, WE'VE TRIED TO ADDRESS THOSE, BUT IN THIS WE'RE GONNA GET, I GUESS I'M ASSUMING MAP OR SOME KIND OF YES. WHAT, WHAT ARE THE PINCH POINTS AND, AND SO ON. YEAH. YEAH. YOU'LL HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND, AND EVEN IF IT'S A LOW LEVEL COMPLAINT, IT GOES IMMEDIATELY TO LEVEL ONE IF THERE, IF THERE IS A COMPLAINT. SO IT'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE, UM, WHICH IS PART OF THE LIVING DOCUMENT THING THAT I MENTIONED. UM, THERE'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT UNDER THE LAW THAT YOU PUT IN A GRIEVANCE PROCESS. AND A GRIEVANCE PROCESS IS A WAY FOR THEM TO COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW, HEY, I NEED A CURB RAMP AT THE END OF MY STREET 'CAUSE I CAN'T GET TO THE GROCERY STORE ACROSS THE STREET. SO THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS IS USED FOR THAT AND IT WILL GO DIRECTLY TO SOMEBODY, UM, THAT YOU DECIDE AND, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT EFFICIENTLY. OKAY. ALSO, I KNOW THINGS CHANGE. I MEAN, WE MAY HAVE SOME SIDEWALKS THAT MEET ALL THE NEEDS IN A SENSE FOR A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD AND THEN SOMETHING IS BUILT. UM, AND IT CHANGES THE, MAYBE THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN AREAS CHANGE. UH, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S AN AREA NEAR GARTH ROAD WHERE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THEY LIKE, THEY LIKE TO DRIVE. THERE'S SCOOTERS ACROSS THE STREET AND I REALLY GET CONCERNED. I DO THINK THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY ADEQUATELY, I THINK HISTORICALLY PROBABLY BEEN ADEQUATELY DESIGNED, BUT, UM, MAYBE NOT THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT OR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT MAY, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY DON'T MEET THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR, WELL, WE GENERALLY ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU HAVE A, IN YOUR CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE FOR PEOPLE WHO BUILD IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR LIST OF REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY BUILD IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND THAT THEY, THAT THEY'RE BUILDING THINGS IN COMPLIANCE. 'CAUSE THAT IS A PROBLEM A LOT OF TIMES THE DEVELOPERS BUILD IT, THEY TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY AND IT DOESN'T COMPLY. 'CAUSE NOBODY'S REALLY DOWN ON THEM UNLESS YOU, UM, ARE ARE, YOU KNOW, ENFORCING THAT. WE'VE EVEN HAD CITIES SET UP AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS, BEFORE YOU CAN BUILD IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU NEED TO HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME TYPE OF A DA TRAINING SO THAT WE'RE SURE THAT YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR, FOR, FOR THAT. THANK YOU MA'AM. MY PLEASURE. [7. 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.] ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA. UH, I, I'M TOLD THAT SEVEN B UM, THIS ITEM WILL HAVE TO BE PULLED. I'M NOT SURE ON, ON CONSENT IF WE JUST, IF WE JUST VOTE TO APPROVE A THROUGH D, UM, EXCLUDING B OR DO WE HAVE TO SUSPEND THIS ITEM? YOU CAN SUSPEND IT. OKAY. SO FIRST I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO SUSPEND ITEM SEVEN B, MOVE TO SUSPEND SEVEN B SECOND. DO WE NEED A TIMETABLE ON THAT? UH, MOVE TO SUSPEND. OKAY. IT WILL BE ON THE NEXT. OKAY. [01:10:01] OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR SUSPENSION OF ITEM SEVEN B OF CONSENT. ARE THOSE IN FAVOR OF SEVEN B? UM, AS PRESENTED ON THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY, THAT IS SUSPENDED. SO I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEMS A AND CD OF CONSENT. MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT. ITEM SEVEN A, SEVEN C AND SEVEN D SECOND. MOTION IS SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED IN THE LAST MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOVE ON TO, UH, [8. APPOINTMENTS] ITEM, UH, EIGHT A, UH, LET'S CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. I'LL MAKE A COMMENT IN A SECOND, BUT WE DO HAVE A CITIZEN THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UM, IF WE CAN GET MR. DAVID ISAAC IF HE'S ON THE LINE STILL. YES, MR. MAYOR, I'M ON THE LINE. ALL RIGHT. SO MR. ISAAC, AGAIN, I THINK YOU KNOW THE DRILL. UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND UH, ADDRESS FOR OUR RECORD AND THEN, UH, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL. DAVID ISAAC, 28 12 LANDMARK DRIVE, 7 7 5 2 1. UH, WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THIS EVENING. AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME REPRESENTATIVE ISSUES, HISTORICALLY REPRESENTATIVE ISSUES WITH OUR TOWN AND, UH, POWER STRUCTURES. ONE OF THOSE SPECIFICALLY I BELIEVE IS THE, UH, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, WHICH ALREADY HAS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON IT. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT ONLY HAS JUST THREE OR FOUR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE ONES THAT YOU ARE REAPPOINTING TONIGHT AREN'T EVEN LISTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. YOU CAN GO TO BAYTOWN.ORG NOW YOU CAN CHECK, UH, THE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. NOW, MS. UH, MARY HERNANDEZ, I BELIEVE THIS NAME I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. I KEEP UP WITH THIS WEBSITE FOR THE LAST DECADE OR MORE, SAYS THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE REAPPOINTED FOR THE SIXTH TIME AND THAT THAT TERM WILL BE EXPIRED IN MAY, UH, OF 2024. HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO WAIT TO DEVELOP NEW LEADERS IN THIS TOWN? HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO WAIT TO GET MORE REPRESENTATION FOR WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING? MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IN SPECIFIC HAS TO DEAL WITH OUR SALES TAX. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP OUT OF THIS CITY COUNCIL. SPECIFICALLY THOSE THAT WERE JUST ELECTED A YEAR OR SO AGO. AND SPECIFICALLY THOSE THAT ARE ASKING TO BE REELECTED HERE IN NOVEMBER WITH OUR COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE NOW. UH, ONE HAS BEEN ELECTED FOR SIX YEARS, SIX YEAR TERM. SO YOU CAN DO THE MATH. HAS MS. MARY HERNANDEZ BEEN ON THE, UH, DISTRICT OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR OVER 18 YEARS NOW? IS THAT HOW THINGS WORK? 'CAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE HAVE A SERIOUS REPRESENTATIVE ISSUE WITH GOVERNMENT. WE NEED ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT. WE CAN'T GET ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT IF WE MAKE THE SAME REAPPOINTMENT. THEY CAN'T APPEAR HERE TO GET THEIR REAPPOINTMENTS. I SURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT PRACTICE BEING TAKING PLACE. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GET REAPPOINTED FOR A COMMITTEE SEAT, THEY SHOULD SHOW UP TO CITY HALL. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE. I'M OPERATING FROM FIBER OPTIC THE CABLE, BY THE WAY, THEY'LL HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MR. ISAAC. ALRIGHT, MOVE ON. UH, NEXT TO OUR, UH, I THINK IT IS EIGHT B CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS, OH, EXCUSE ME, ON EIGHT A. WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT. UM, MY SUGGESTION, COUNSEL, THERE'S TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT HERE. UM, I THINK, UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND WE, WE HOLD OFF MAYBE, UM, TO JU UH, JULY 14TH IF THAT'S OKAY WITH Y'ALL. UM, TO CONSIDER THERE'S MULTIPLE APPLICANTS. UH, I'M NOT SURE IF EACH OF Y'ALL HAD OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, REVIEW THE, THE APPLICANT RESUMES IN A SENSE, BUT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO JULY 14TH MEETING. I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT. OKAY. ALLOW THEM TO BE HERE. OKAY. IN CASE THEY HAD A NAME THEY WANTED TO PUT FOR. OKAY. AND, AND I, AND I WILL TELL YOU, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO REVIEW THE ALL, ALL FOUR OF THE, UM, SUBMITTED, UH, APPLICANTS. UH, SO WITH, YEAH, JUST, I GUESS I HAVE NO OBJECTION MAYOR. SO I, I SAW THE, THE APPLICANTS AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE SOME NEW NAMES AND UM, LIKE I SAY, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME, SOME, SOME NEW, NEW FOLKS INVOLVED. SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE TWO OR THREE NAMES THAT, THAT ARE NOT ON COMMITTEES AND, AND, UH, SO LIKE I SAY, LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING THE ISSUE BACK UP THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE [b. Consider appointments to the Baytown Hospitality Public Facilities Corporation. ] ITEM EIGHT B. IS IT TABLE OR SUSPEND? SUSPEND A AND B. OH, A AND B. OKAY. EXCUSE ME. UH, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO SUSPEND ITEMS EIGHT A AND B TO THE JULY 14TH AGENDA. MOTION TO SUSPEND ITEMS EIGHT [01:15:01] A AND B. SO JULY 14TH, AGENDA SECOND. A MOTION IS SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO A MANAGER'S REPORT. I'M GONNA ASSUME THAT WE'RE NOT THIS EVENING. UH, UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE NO PLANS ON . YOU CAN TRY, IF YOU WANNA WING IT, GO AHEAD, GO FOR IT. COME ON. AND ALSO FOR ITEM 10 A, UM, MS. ALVARADO, UH, IS UNABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING, SO, UM, WE WILL GO AND, AND I THINK WE WILL JUST, UH, FIGURE HOW TO HANDLE THAT MOVING FORWARD. UM, WITH THAT, UH, WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE [11. EXECUTIVE SESSION] SESSION, SO I DO HAVE THREE DE SCRIPT FOR THAT. UM, UH, WHERE IS IT? OH, HERE IT'S, SO WHEN NOW, NOW RECESS INTO AND CONVENE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING PENDING OR, UH, CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. IT IS NOW, UH, JUNE, IT IS NOW 7 49. WE'LL, RECESS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. YOU DON'T WANT TO SING. NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE. OKAY. SO I'LL NOW RECONVENE THIS OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. BEING THAT BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED ALL POSTED AGENDA ITEMS, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.