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SO, AND I'LL CALL, UH, THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.IT IS THURSDAY, UH, AUGUST 11TH.
IT IS 6:30 PM WE ARE IN OUR, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UH, WE'LL BE LED IN OUR PRAYER AND INVOCATION THIS EVENING BY COUNCIL, UH, COUNCILMAN CHARLES JOHNSON OF DISTRICT THREE.
IF YOU JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
YOU WOULD BOW YOUR HEADS FOR A MOMENT OF PRAYER.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY ABUNDANT BLESSINGS.
THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO BE INVOLVED IN USEFUL WORK AND FOR THE RESPONSIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
I PRAY FOR THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF CITY EMPLOYEES.
I ASK THAT YOU GRANT US THE ABILITY TO WORK IN HARMONY EVEN WHEN THERE'S HONEST DISAGREEMENT, THE WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING KNOWN TO GOVERN.
I PRAY YOU PROTECT ALL OF OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS.
I LIFT UP THOSE KIDS WHO HAVE GO RETURNED BACK TO SCHOOL.
I PRAY THAT YOU WILL WATCH OVER THEM TRAVELING ON THE BUS, BICYCLE, AUTOMOBILE, OR EVEN IF THEY'RE WALKING.
I LIKE TO LIFT UP THOSE WHO SERVE IN OUR ARMED FORCES ACROSS THIS WORLD.
I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD KEEP THEM AT SAFE, KEEP THEIR MINDS AND THE HEARTS OF THEIR FAMILIES AT PEACE.
I ASK ALL OF THESE THINGS AND YOUR SON, OUR LORD, AND SAVIOR JESUS, THE CHRIST'S NAME I PRAY, AMEN.
[1. MINUTES]
ALL RIGHT.WE HAVE ITEMS ONE, A AND B THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
UH, FIRST ONE FOR, UH, REGULAR MEETING ON JULY 14TH, AND SPECIAL MEETING ON JULY 14TH.
SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEMS ONE A AND B TOGETHER.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ABSTENTIONS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEMS ONE, A AND B IS PRESENTED AND WRITTEN, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 13.26 acres located generally south of East Archer Road and directly west of and with frontage on, Barkuloo Road from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to Low Density Single-Family Residential Dwellings (SF1).]
AYE.THOSE OPPOSED? WE GO TO ITEM TWO A, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING 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 SPEAK AND 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 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 ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THIS, THE INFORMATION.
AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT 'EM TO ME.
SO IT IS NOW, UM, 6:34 PM AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED REZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 13.26 ACRES LOCATED GENERALLY SOUTH OF EAST ARCHER ROAD AND WEST OF BARKER.
I WOULD ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS HEARING.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MARTIN SCRIBNER FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UH, AS MENTIONED, THIS IS, UH, 13 QUARTER ACRE PARCEL ON BARLOW ROAD, JUST, UH, SOUTH OF EAST ARCHER.
UH, AND THIS REZONE IS FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATION TO SF ONE.
UM, OF COURSE, THIS WAS ANNEXED A FEW YEARS BACK, AND OF COURSE COMES IN AS OPEN SPACE RECREATION.
UM, CURRENTLY THIS PROPERTY, THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE, UH, THE AIRPORT THERE ON BARLOW.
UM, CURRENTLY THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ON THE PROPERTY.
THE OWNERS CURRENTLY ARE NOT SEEKING TO SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTY.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO PUT, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE THE HOUSE THAT'S THERE.
UM, AND IN ORDER TO DO SO, THEY NEED TO DO THIS REZONE.
SO, SF ONE, WHICH IS OUR LOW, UH, DENSITY, UM, IS ACTUALLY, IT IS IN LINE WITH THE, UM, WITH THE FLU.
AND, UM, THERE WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING AT PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION IN JULY, AND THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION TO THIS.
SO, WITH THAT, UH, I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, FIRST I GUESS I WILL SEE, I THINK THERE WAS ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
I'M ASSUMING IT'S AN ATTORNEY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, TO GO AHEAD AND APPROACH THE PODIUM, SPEAKING TO THE MIC.
UH, COUNSEL, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER.
UH, I'M AN ATTORNEY AT THE WEAVER LAW FIRM IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
UH, OUR ADDRESS THERE IS, UH, 1800 BARING DRIVE,
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SUITE 10 50, HOUSTON, TEXAS 7 7 0 5 7.I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, UH, BUT WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO, UM, YOU'RE THE ONLY, UH, PUBLIC PERSON THAT, UH, SIGNED UP FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM TO SPEAK.
SO BEING THAT THERE'S NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK, I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED REZONING, APPROXIMATELY 13.26 ACRES.
[b. Consider an ordinance concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 13.26 acres located generally south of East Archer Road and directly west of and with frontage on, Barkuloo Road from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to Low Density Single-Family Residential Dwellings (SF1).]
MOVE TO THE, UH, ACTION ITEM OF, OF TWO B, WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE.I GOT ANOTHER QUESTION FROM MR. SCRIBNER.
WE, WE CAN, WE, YOU CAN HAVE IT IN THIS NEXT ITEM.
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING A RE, UH, REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZO APPROXIMATELY 13.26 ACRES LOCATED GENERALLY SOUTH OF EAST ARCHER ROAD AND DIRECTLY WEST OF AND WITH, UH, FRONTAGE ON BARKLEY ROAD FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATION OR TO DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, SF ONE.
UH, MR. RENER, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? IF NOT, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, YOU HAVE QUESTION.
THIS, UM, PROPERTY WAS REZONED BACK IN 2017, ANNEX.
WE DID DISCUSS WAIVING THE FEE FOR THE REZONED APPLICATION.
WAS THAT FEE WAIVED FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL? I DON'T KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN FIND OUT.
IF WE FIND OUT THAT IT WAS NOT, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN REFUND THEM THE AMOUNT THAT THEY PAID FOR THAT REZONE? I BELIEVE WE CAN.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I GUESS ON THIS ITEM FOR TWO B ITSELF? WE HAVE NOT.
THEN I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM TWO B AS AS PRESENTED.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TWO B.
THOSE OPPOSED? UNDER ITEM CARRIES, WE
[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Joint Election Agreement with Harris County for the Municipal Election to be held on November 8, 2022.]
HAVE ITEM THREE A, UH, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY FOR THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022.SO I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT, UH, IS IN YOUR PACKET.
SO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM THREE, A MOVE TO APPROVE THREE A TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY FOR THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS? YOU HAVE NOT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, OF THREE A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Conduct a public hearing on the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Fiscal Year 2022-23 Proposed Budget.]
NEXT WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.UH, SO WE WILL, UH, THIS IS NOW SIX THIRTY EIGHT AND I'LL CALL THE ORDER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 2223, PROPOSED BUDGET.
UH, I'LL HAVE ASK, UH, STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS HEARING.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS.
IT IS INDEED, MR. ME, THIS IS THE BUDGET AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF THE CCPD AND ALREADY PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
UH, AND SO WITH THAT, WAS THERE ANYONE THAT WAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? NO, SIR.
SO, WITH THAT, THERE, THERE BEING NO ONE, UH, DESIRE TO SPEAK, I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE, THE BAYTOWN, UH, CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR BUDGET OF 2223.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ACTION.
YES, THAT WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[b. Conduct a public hearing on the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Fiscal Year 2022-23 Proposed Budget.]
NEXT IS ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.SO IT WOULD BE, UM, SAME THING, 6:39 PM SO I'LL NOW CALL TO ORDER, UH, THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET OF 2223.
UH, I'D LIKE STAFF AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO SUMMARIZE, UH, ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
MR. RAMEZ IS THE BUDGET, AS AGREED BY THE BOARD OF THE FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT.
SO, UH, MS. MA, UH, MADAM, IS THERE ANY, NO, SIR.
ANYONE THAT'S DESIRE TO SPEAK? OKAY.
THERE BEING NO ONE, UH, DESIRING TO SPEAK AOSIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 2223, PROPOSED BUDGET.
[a. Consider an ordinance awarding the Annual Residential Solid Waste Collection, Disposal, and Recycling Services Contract for the City of Baytown to Best Trash, LLC. ]
NEXT IS ITEM FIVE A, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AWARDING THE ANNUAL RESIDE.OH, UH, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THE, UM, THE ITEM ITSELF.
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AWARDING THE ANNUAL RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE, UH, COLLECTION, DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO BEST TRASH LLC.
UM, IT IS IN MY UNDERSTANDING, AND SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT, UM, FIRST THERE WAS, UM, SOME MATERIALS, SOME DOCUMENTS THAT WE WERE SO, UM, EXPECTING, UH, FOR MYSELF AND, AND, AND MAYBE SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO REVIEW SOME OF THOSE DOCUMENTS AND ALSO WOULD, WOULD LIKE, UH, UM, STAFF TO REVIEW THOSE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE TO MY LEFT, UM, UM, WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE UNABLE TO JOIN US THIS, THIS EVENING.
AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE WASTE
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DISPOSAL COLLECTION CONTRACT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT CONTRACT FOR OUR CITIZENS, CERTAINLY FOR US TO GO AND, AND, UM, AND, AND DISCUSS AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, UH, WITH THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT BEING PRESENT.I'D LIKE TO CERTAINLY HEAR THEIR, THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON IT.
UM, SO I'M GONNA ASK THIS ITEM FOR IT TO BE TABLED, UH, FOR 60 DAYS.
UM, AND AT THAT POINT WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO, TO EITHER REVIEW OR TAKE ADDITIONAL ACTION.
SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR TABLING THIS ITEM ON FIVE A, UH, FOR 60 DAYS.
MOVE TO SUSPEND FIVE A FOR UP TO 60 DAYS.
SECOND, MOVE MOTION TO SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
IF NOT, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUSPENDING ITEM FIVE A IS PRESENTED FOR 60 DAYS.
[a. Receive and discuss a presentation for the City of Baytown's new mobile app.]
RECEIVE AND DISCUSS THE PRESENTATION FOR THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S NEW MOBILE APP, MR. MORAN.GOOD EVENING, MARION COUNCIL, UH, BRIAN MORAN.
UM, I'M EXCITED, UH, TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR RE-ENVISIONED AND RECENTLY LAUNCHED A NEW MOBILE APP AND ONLINE SERVICE REQUEST SYSTEM, UH, BETTER BAYTOWN.
UM, HOWEVER, BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON THIS PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT, UM, TO RECOGNIZE REALLY THE TREMENDOUS EFFORTS OF OUR ITS AND, UH, PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTS.
UM, WITHOUT THE EXPERTISE, UM, OF THE STAFF IN THESE PROSPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS, UM, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, PARTICULARLY WITH THE CONFIGURATION AND INTEGRATION SIDE OF THE PROJECT THAT OUR IT FOLKS, UH, WORKED ON, AS WELL AS THE VISUAL AND AESTHETICS, UM, AND MARKETING OF THE NEW APP THAT OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, UM, HAS WORKED ON.
SO, AGENDA FOR PRESENTATION, WE'LL GO OVER KIND OF THE PROJECT TIMELINE, DISCUSS THOSE HIGHLIGHTS, UM, INCLUDING WHY WE ENDED UP MAKING THE SWITCH TO THIS NEW PLATFORM.
UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BRANDING, UM, ALSO, WHAT ARE THE NEW FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES ARE OF THE NEW APP, AND HOW, HOW WE ARE GONNA PUSH THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO BEGINNING IN FALL OF 2021, SEVERAL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, PROVIDED FEEDBACK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THE INCONSISTENCIES AND LACK OF RESPONSIVENESS, UM, IN NOTIFYING RESIDENTS.
UM, WITH OUR EXISTING, UM, MOBILE APP, UM, IN OCTOBER, 2021, UM, OUR FORMER PROVIDER GOV QA NOTIFIED, UM, THE CITY THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UM, AS THEY WERE BEING ACQUIRED, UM, BY A NEW COMPANY.
THIS REALLY ALLOWED FOR US TO KIND OF PUSH FORWARD, UM, WHAT WE WERE, WHAT WE WERE WANTING TO DO, AND IN ORDER TO IMPROVE, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND REALLY, UH, THREE KEY COMPONENTS, UM, FOR LOOKING AT THIS NEW SOFTWARE, UM, WERE IMPROVED TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION, UM, BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND STAFF, SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH OUR EXISTING SOFTWARE THAT OUR CITY STAFF CURRENTLY USES, UM, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY BE ABLE TO CREATE A USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACE, UM, FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, FOCUSING ON THESE OBJECTIVES, UM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT CCL FIX WAS THE BEST, UH, POSSIBLE SOLUTION AND AFFORDABLE SOLUTION FOR US.
SO IN DECEMBER, 2021, WE ENTERED INTO AGREEMENT WITH THEM, UM, OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, UM, FROM JANUARY OF 2022 THROUGH JULY OF 2022, OUR IMPLEMENTATION TEAM BEGAN WORKING ALONGSIDE, UM, CCL FIX TO WORK ON APP DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCT DESIGN, UM, SOFTWARE INTEGRATION, USER TRAINING, UM, USER ROLES, AS WELL AS, UM, WORKING ON, UH, IDENTIFYING THE SERVICE REQUEST CATEGORIES, UH, TO CREATE, UM, AN END PRODUCT.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NOT ONLY US, BUT THE COMMUNITY CAN, UH, BE PROUD OF AND ALSO, UH, FIND USEFUL.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, UM, ON ON AUGUST 1ST, WE DID DO A SOFT LAUNCH, UM, OF THE NEW APP, UM, WHICH ALLOWED US TO IRON OUT ANY, UM, REMAINING ISSUES OR BUGS, UM, BEFORE, UH, PRESENTING THIS, UM, TO THIS DATE, UH, THE APP AND THE WEB PORTAL ARE, UH, WORKING AS PLANNED.
HOWEVER, THERE IS, UH, ONE CAVEAT, UH, THAT WAS ADDRESSED TO THE CITY BY C CCL FIX THAT WE WERE NOT ANTICIPATING.
UM, APPLE DID HAVE A CHANGE, UM, AND REVISED THEIR POLICY ON ITS APP GUIDELINES, UM, THAT PROVIDES PEOPLE WITH GREATER CONTROL AND MORE AUTONOMY WITH OVER THEIR
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PERSONAL DATA BY STATING THAT ALL APPS, UM, THAT ALLOW FOR ACCOUNT CREATION MUST ALLOW THOSE USERS, UM, TO, TO INITIATE AND TO BE ABLE TO DELETE THAT INFORMATION FROM WITHIN THE APP.UH, CCL FIX DID PROVIDE A POTENTIAL SOLUTION, UM, FOR THAT, UH, BY THEIR DEADLINE OF JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
UM, HOWEVER, JUST DAYS BEFORE, UM, OUR LAUNCH, UH, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT APPLE DID, UH, DENY, UM, THAT POTENTIAL SOLUTION.
HOWEVER, UH, MOVING FORWARD, CCL FIX HAS, UH, SUBMITTED TO APPLE A SECONDARY SOLUTION.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT MEETS ALL OF THE PARAMETERS AND REQUIREMENTS, UM, WITH APPLE'S NEW DATA GUIDELINES, UM, AND SHOULD BE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ON THE APPLE APP STORE.
UM, AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, A SPECIFIC, UH, DATE, UM, BUT AS SOON AS WE DO, WE'LL BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW.
UM, THE APP IS AVAILABLE ON GOOGLE PLAY AS WELL.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, BRANDING FOR THE APP IS DISTINCTLY SIMILAR TO OUR BETTER BAYTOWN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PROGRAM.
UM, THE BRANDING BEHIND THIS WAS INTENTIONAL BY DESIGN.
UM, THIS IS NOT TO, UM, CONFUSE RESIDENTS, BUT RATHER SERVE AS ADDITIONAL CONDUIT, UM, TO HELP US, UM, BUILD DEEPER CONNECTION FOR RESIDENTS TO BUILD DEEP, DEEPER CONNECTIONS WITH THE CITY.
UM, THE RATIONALE BEHIND THIS IS, UH, REGARDLESS OF OF OF WHETHER IT'S A BIG OR SMALL IMPROVEMENT, UM, WE ARE ALL MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO BAYTOWN.
UM, WHETHER IT'S EMPOWERING RESIDENTS TO UTILIZE THE MOBILE APP TO, UM, ADDRESS A BROKEN SIDEWALK, OR WHETHER IT'S THE COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, APPROVING, YOU KNOW, A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL PROJECT, UM, WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER IN UNISON FOR A BETTER BAYTOWN.
UM, THIS IS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE APP DOES LOOK LIKE ON BOTH ANDROID AND IOS, UH, DEVICES.
UM, THE COLOR SCHEME TEXTS AND LOGO, UH, WERE DESIGNED BY OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM.
SO WHAT IS THE BE BETTER BAYTOWN APP? UM, THIS IS A CITIZEN RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT TOOL.
UM, IT'S POWERED BY C QLIK FIX.
IT ALLOWS OUR RESIDENTS, UH, TO EASILY REPORT AND SUBMIT NON-EMERGENCY SERVICE REQUESTS AND ALLOWS THEM TO TRACK AND RECEIVE, UM, UPDATES AS THOSE GO THROUGH.
UM, OUR SYSTEM RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS THIS VIA OUR WEBSITE, BAYTOWN.ORG OR, UM, DOWNLOAD THE APP, UM, VIA GOOGLE PLAY.
AND THEN ONCE, UM, IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE APPLE APP STORE, UM, RESIDENTS CAN PROVIDE THE CITY, CITY STAFF WITH PICTURES, VIDEO, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ISSUE AT HAND.
UM, THEY CAN ALSO, UM, SELECT HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS, WHETHER THAT'S VIA TEXT, PHONE, EMAIL, OR DIRECTLY THROUGH THE APP.
UM, THEY CAN ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT THEY RESIDE IN, AND THEY CAN ALSO STAY IN TUNE WITH CURRENT CITY NEWS AND THE BAYTOWN VOICE.
AND LET ME REITERATE, THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR NON-EMERGENCY REQUESTS.
THE APP IS NOT DESIGNED TO REPORT LIFE-THREATENING OR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, UM, THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE, IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
UM, OUR 3 1 1 FOLKS, UM, MONITOR THE CRM SYSTEM DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.
AND ALSO, MOST IMPORTANTLY, UH, THIS NEW PLATFORM REALLY ALLOWS, UH, CITY STAFF TO PROVIDE, UH, AN ELEVATED LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE, UM, FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, THE INTEGRATIONS WITH, WITH ESRI, WITH INTER GOV AND WITH CITY WORKS ALLOWS FOR ENABLED A BETTER TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC.
UM, THESE INTEGRATIONS ALSO, UM, WILL PREVENT, UM, DUPLICATING, YOU KNOW, WORK ORDERS TIME AND RESPONSES AND ALLOW OUR, ALLOW OUR EMPLOYEES TO WORK NATIVELY AND THE SOFTWARE THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY USING WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT.
RESIDENTS CAN ALSO SEE OTHER REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BY OTHER, OTHER RESIDENTS IN BAYTOWN.
DUPLICATE REQUESTS ARE, ARE, ARE AUTOMATICALLY COMBINED, UM, AND CITY STAFF CAN CREATE CUSTOMIZED REPORTS, UM, THAT ARE IMPORTANT INTERNALLY TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, ARE WHY ARE WE HAVING PARTICULAR ISSUES IN A SPECIFIC COUNCIL DISTRICT OR, UM, IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC CATEGORY THAT NEEDS TO BE BE ADDRESSED.
SO THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT RESIDENTS CAN
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SUBMIT A REQUEST.UM, THE PICTURE ON THE SCREEN IS THE, IS VIA THE WEBSITE, BUT IF YOU WERE SUBMITTING THROUGH THE APP, YOU COULD EITHER CLICK, UH, SUBMIT A REQUEST RIGHT HERE OR BY USING THE, UM, ORANGE PLUS ICON.
SO ONCE YOU HIT SUBMIT A REQUEST, UH, RESIDENTS WILL BE ASKED TO GO THROUGH A SERIES OF PROMPTS, UH, THE FIRST PROMPT BEING, UM, WHICH CATEGORY, UM, THEY'RE SELECTING ONCE, ONCE THEY'VE SELECTED A CATEGORY, THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO, UM, INCLUDE PICTURE VIDEO, UM, WITH THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
THEY CAN ALSO EITHER MANUALLY ENTER THE ADDRESS OR USE THE INTERACTIVE MAP AND, AND USE THE DROP PIN FEATURE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, UM, YOU CAN SUBMIT THE REQUEST, UM, SPECIFICALLY TO THE CITY.
UM, AFTER THAT, THE RESIDENT WILL RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION SAYING THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IT, AND THEN WHICH DE WHICH PARTICULAR DEPARTMENTS ARE LOOKING OR RESPONDING, UM, TO THAT SPECIFIC REQUEST.
AND THEN, UM, THEY WOULD RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION, UM, AND PROGRESS UPDATES.
SO DEPENDING ON WHICH OPTION THEY SELECTED, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, RECEIVE UPDATES ON THAT ITEM.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE APP IS AVAILABLE ON GOOGLE PLAY AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE IT WILL BE ON THE APPLE APP STORE.
AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING IN REGARDS TO MARKETING AND PROMOTING, UM, THE APP, UM, OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM IS, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING, UM, A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN THAT'LL HIT ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS, INCLUDING FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, UM, YOUTUBE, AND NEXTDOOR.
UM, A DEMONSTRATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS.
ALSO IN THE WORKS, UM, THE, THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE APP WILL ALSO BE FEATURED, UM, ON THE CURRENT NEWS SECTION ON THE BAYTOWN WEBSITE, AS WELL AS THERE'S A BUTTON ON THE BETTER BAYTOWN PAGE.
AND WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING, UM, THE OPTION OF POTENTIALLY PUTTING ANOTHER BUTTON, UM, ON BAYTOWN ENGAGE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING ARTICLES TOGETHER THAT WILL BE HOPEFULLY PUBLISHED IN THE BAYTOWN SUN.
UM, THERE'LL ALSO BE ARTICLES INCLUDED IN THE UPCOMING ISSUE OF THE BAYTOWN VOICE, OUR UTILITY BILL, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT PARTNERING WITH G-C-C-I-S-D, UH, PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS LEE COLLEGE.
AND NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT SOME OF THE MARKETING MATERIAL, UM, LOOKS LIKE.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, DOES ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, BRIAN, SO AS WE'RE SUBMITTING, I THINK ON THE OLD APP, UM, FOLKS WERE ABLE TO SUBMIT SOMETHING ANONYMOUSLY MM-HMM
UM, BUT IT STILL REQUIRED THEM TO SEND THEIR NAME AND EMAIL AND ALL OF THAT.
AND SO SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT I TALKED TO WERE LIKE, WELL, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF ANONYMOUS IF I'M STILL HAVING TO FILL OUT ALL THIS OTHER STUFF? AND SO WOULD THERE BE A WAY, UM, FOR TRACKING PURPOSES IF THEY FILLED SOMETHING OUT ANONYMOUSLY, THAT THEY JUST GET A REFERENCE NUMBER OR A TICKET NUMBER THAT THEY CAN GO BACK AND LOOK UP ON WHAT HAPPENED WITH THEIR ISSUE? UM, I CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
I CAN DEFER TO ED, BUT I DO BELIEVE, UM, IF YOU HIT, IF YOU CLICK ANONYMOUSLY, YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE, UM, UPDATES ON, ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
SO WHAT I'M THINKING, AND THIS PARTICULAR USER, HE WAS REPORTING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BLIND IN THEIR NEIGHBORS MM-HMM
BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT THE NEIGHBOR TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE THE ONES REPORTING IT.
AND SO IT'S LIKE, WHY AM I EVEN USING THIS BECAUSE I PROMOTE THE APP A LOT.
UM, AND SO THAT HAS COME UP QUITE A FEW TIMES OR LIKE, WHY IS IT ANONYMOUS? IF IT'S NOT ANONYMOUS, UH, RIGHT.
SO, SO YEAH, THOSE CAN THIS BE DONE IN THE NEW APP, SO YES.
SO, SO THOSE WHO DECIDE TO REPORT ANONYMOUSLY CAN DO THAT, HOWEVER, THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE UPDATES FROM THE CITY ON THE STATUS OF THAT REQUEST.
IS THAT CORRECT, ED? WHEN YOU SUBMITTED A ANONYMOUSLY LIKE THAT MM-HMM
IT HAS NO WAY TO TEXT BACK TO YOU OR EMAIL BACK TO YOU UPDATED INFORMATION.
YOU COULD GO BACK ON THE MAP WHERE YOU'LL SEE A PEN AND YOU COULD GET YOUR INFORMATION THAT WAY, BUT IT WON'T AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDE YOU INPUT.
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JUST GOING BACK TO THE MAP AND WHERE THE ISSUE WAS REPORTED? CORRECT.BECAUSE THEN THEY COULD SEE WHAT THE STATUS WAS.
AND THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE COOL FEATURES ABOUT, ABOUT THE INTERACTIVE MAP, UM, IS, UH, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF, UM, THE SERVICE REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO US AND WHERE THEY ARE IN PROCESS.
THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD, MAYOR.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.
I DO APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
I KNOW, UM, I DID GET CONTACTED THE OTHER DAY FROM A CITIZEN, SO THE OLD APP, UM, CAN YOU, CAN YOU HELP ME OUT UNDERSTAND THE OLD APP? IS IT ACTIVE IN ANY WAY? IS THE NEW APP ACTIVE IN ANY WAY OTHER THAN, OR IS JUST ANDROID? YES, THE, THE OLD APP IS, IS NOW DEACTIVATED.
UM, THE NEW APP IS LIVE, UM, AT THIS TIME ONLY AVAILABLE ON, UH, ANDROID, ANDROID DEVICES THROUGH THE GOOGLE PLACE.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M GUESS WE WOULD CONSIDER THIS, UH, RECEIVE AND DISCUSSED, UH, FOR ITEM SIX A? CORRECT.
[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.]
HAVE CONSENT ITEMS, UH, SEVEN A THROUGH I IT LOOKS LIKE.SO TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION UNLESS THERE ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE PULLED.
I'M GONNA PULL AND JUST ASK TWO QUICK QUESTIONS, ONE ON H AND ONE ON I.
SO THEN I, I'LL FIRST ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL OF ITEMS A THROUGH G.
MOTION TO APPROVE A THROUGH G OF CONSENT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF A THROUGH G AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
UH, NEXT, UH, WE WILL, UH, HAVE, UM, ITEM H SO I GUESS YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
SO ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR GATEWAY 10 BUSINESS PARK, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE PREVIOUSLY IN THE ORIGINAL DECLARATION AND WHAT WILL IT BE NOW AFTER THE FIRST AMENDMENT? UH, YES SIR.
SO THE, THE ONE PARTICULAR LOT THAT IS IN QUESTION ON THIS IS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE PIPELINE EASEMENT, UH, WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF, UH, THE I 10 FRONTAGE ROAD.
SO WE'RE ONLY DEALING TYPICALLY WITH ONE LOT.
UM, THE COVERAGE OF THAT LOT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE 30,000 SQUARE FEET, BUT FOR THIS HEADQUARTERS OPERATION WHO WANTS TO BASE THEMSELVES OUT OF THIS PARK, THEY NEEDED TO BUILD, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 48,000 SQUARE FEET IN THAT AREA.
BUT IT'S ONLY ON THIS ONE PARTICULAR LOT, ONLY ON THIS ONE PARTICULAR LOT.
SO THE FOOTPRINTS OF EACH AND EVERY BUILDING OUT THERE WON'T BE ALLOWED TO GO FROM 30 TO 48.
NOT UNLESS THEY COME IN AND THEY ASK AGAIN, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD REASON LIKE A HEADQUARTERS, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME IN EACH TIME OR, OR THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO COME IN BECAUSE OF THIS AMENDMENT WE'RE ABOUT TO AGREE TO.
NO, THIS AMENDMENT IS ONLY SPECIFIC TO THE FRONTAGE LOT IN THIS LOT ALONE.
YOU, ME, GO AHEAD AND YOU HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS.
WELL, ON I NOT ON H UM, WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND CONSIDER THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED OR THEY'RE NOT ASSOCIATED.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM H.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN H SECOND.
SINCE THIS IS CONSENT, YOU DID ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM.
SO, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ITEM H IS PRESENTED.
PLEASE SAY A AYE, PLEASE SAY AYE.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM I CONSIDER RESOLUTION GRANTING CONSENT TO THE CREATION OF THE HARRIS COUNTY, UH, MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 5 5 5 OVER A CERTAIN PROPERTY WITHIN THE EXTRA OR ETJ OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS.
SO, UH, QUESTION, SO MY QUESTION ON THAT ONE IS PROBABLY FOR MR. ELLA AGAIN.
MORE THAN LIKELY, OR, OR MARTIN, ONE OF THE TWO.
SO ON THE LAST MUD CONSENT, UH, STAFF DID NOT RECOMMEND IT AND COUNSEL DID NOT AGREE TO THE CONSENT.
SO ON THIS ONE, IT'S IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIS ONE.
AND I, I, I, I JUST, MY QUESTION WOULD BE HOW DOES THIS ONE DIFFER FROM THE LAST ONE AND WHY IS THIS ONE BEING RECOMMENDED WHEN THE OTHER ONE WASN'T BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT THEY COULD DO A PID AND THAT'S THE ROUTE THEY SHOULD GO? WHAT'S DIFFERENT WITH THIS ONE? YES, SIR.
THIS MUD WAS ACTUALLY CREATED, IT WAS A PAPER MUD THAT HAD BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR YEARS, AND COUNSEL, UH, PUT THIS PAPER MUD INTO EFFECT ABOUT, UM, TWO YEARS AGO ROUGHLY.
UM, ONLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WAY THAT WE COULD LITERALLY GET TO THE, TO THE BOUNDARY AREA WHERE IT'S AT AND ANNEX IT, IT, AND IT'S ONLY 88 ACRES.
THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE IS JUST, UM, ACTUALLY IT'S SOME CLEANUP FROM WHEN THIS WAS CREATED TWO YEARS AGO THAT THEY BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
SO IT'S NOT THAT THIS IS, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A NEW MUD.
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SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BY COUNSEL.SO THERE'S NOTHING FROM STAFF THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, IT'S JUST A CLEANUP ITEM.
SO WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN CONSENT.
I WANNA SAY IT WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
THIS IS THE, UM, FOUR STAR PRODUCT, RIGHT? IT'S A 80, 88 ACRES, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, NORTH OF ON 14.
IS IT 1492? 1942? I, I'M ASSUMING IT'S, YEAH, NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY ALL THE WAY UP THERE.
I GUESS WHEN YOU, BUT WHEN YOU SAY A CLEANUP, SO IF WE DID NOT GRANT THE CONSENT, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO, TO UTILIZE THE MUD? I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE GRANTING THE CONSENT FOR A REASON.
WHEN YOU SAY CLEANUP, LIKE I SAY, I WAS JUST UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT STAFF WASN'T RECOMMENDING ANY MORE MUDS AND, AND THE RECOMMENDATION WERE FOR PITS.
I MEAN, IF THEY HAVEN'T BROKEN GROUND, IS IT, ARE WE CHANGING OUR POLICY OR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS? NO.
OR COULD THEY GO BACK AND DO A PIT AS WAS RECOMMENDED TO THE LAST DEVELOPER? UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, NO.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET ALL THE WAY UP TO THEM TO ANNEX THEM.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE ARE GROWING THAT DIRECTION.
BUT WE'RE NOT CLOSE ENOUGH AS OF YET.
AND WHEN I SAY THIS IS CLEANUP, IT WAS APPROVED, THE PIT, THE MUD WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL ALREADY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
SO THIS IS, I I THINK OUR CITY ATTORNEY COULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON THE CLEANUP SIDE IN WHAT I MEAN BY THAT.
SO COUNSEL, THE TIMELINE IS THAT, UH, THE LEGISLATURE CREATED THE DISTRICT IN 2017.
AND IN 2017, UH, COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION WHERE YOU GAVE ITS SUPPORT FOR THAT LEGISLATION.
IN 2021, UH, COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE, UH, IN WHICH YOU ENTERED INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER.
AND, UH, NOW IN 2022, UH, IT'S BACK BEFORE YOU TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE CONSENT TO CREATE THE MUD.
AND WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TO SPEAK IF YOU HAVE, UH, FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UH, THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND, AND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE.
UH, SHE'S THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MUD, AND SHE'S HERE FROM ALAN BOONE HUMPHREYS ROBINSON.
NO, I MEAN THAT, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTIONS ON THE CHRONOLOGY.
I GUESS AT THIS POINT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT ITEM.
MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEM.
I THINK ALL THE QUESTIONS, AT LEAST WERE ANSWERED.
SO WITH THAT, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR A AYE AS WRITTEN, PLEASE, UH, SAY AYE.
[8. 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.]
ITEM CARRIES.NEXT WE HAVE OUR MANAGER'S REPORT.
UH, MAYOR, ALL I WANNA DO IS SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR A WARM WELCOME.
I MEAN, UH, YOU'RE ON WEEK TWO AND, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE RUNNING THE CITY SO YOU'RE MOVING UP QUICK, I GUESS.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YES, SIR.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SAY I WAS OUT TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING AND I SAW SOMETHING ODD AND STRANGE ON GARTH ROAD NORTHBOUND.
SAW A FIRE TRUCK OUT IN A PARKING LOT WITH THE LIGHTS ON AND I SAID, LORD, PLEASE DON'T TELL ME THAT THE CBD AND VAPE SHOP IS ON FIRE.
DROVE IN THE PARKING LOT AND IT WASN'T WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WHERE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE PARKED THEIR TRUCK, HAD THEIR LIGHTS ON TO GET TRAFFIC'S ATTENTION, GOING NORTHBOUND WITH A SIGN OUT, TELLING THE PEOPLE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND TO SLOW DOWN.
KIDS WERE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE CHIEF AND THOSE FIREFIGHTERS, I ACTUALLY STOPPED BY, SHOOK THEIR HANDS BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER'S ONE OF THOSE KIDS.
IT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THOSE KIDS HAVE TO WALK TO SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE.
AND TO SEE THE FIREFIGHTERS OUT THERE DOING SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T THINK WAS IN THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION, I WOULD SAY THEY'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THE MORNING TAKING TIME TO DO THAT.
I WAS REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AND I KNOW SOME MORE PARENTS HAD ACTUALLY MADE COMMENT OF IT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME AND GIVE YOU ALL SOME RECOGNITION TO SAY THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.
[a. Receive a report from Council Member Mike Lester regarding District No. Six projects and programs. ]
UM, NINE A, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT REPORT FOR, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX.UM, UH, UNFORTUNATELY MR. LESTER CA UH, COULDN'T JOIN US THIS EVENING, BUT I WILL ASK, UH, THE CITY CLERK, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND PLACE THIS ONE ON THE, THE NEXT ONE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
UH, SO BEING AT THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED ALL POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. UH, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
HAVE A GOOD, GREAT, UH, SAFE RIDE HOME.