Sep 01, 2022 Municipal Development Committee

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OKAY, WE WILL CALL THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL

[ BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF MEETING BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 4:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]

IT IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST.

IT IS 4 31.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE TWO NEW MEMBERS TO THE MDD, UH, DONNA WINFREY AND SHAUNA BERNHAUSEN.

HAPPY TO HAVE YOU GUYS WITH US.

YEAH.

WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[1. MINUTES]

CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND? SAY AGAIN? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS? COMMENTS, DIRECTOR LESTER? GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU.

UH, VICE PRESIDENT.

UM, I WAS NOT AT THE MEETING, SO I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM, FROM THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, BUT I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I READ THE MINUTES AS WELL AS VIEWED THE VIDEO AND, AND I JUST WANT A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATIONS.

UM, TWO OF THE MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE AT THAT MEETING ARE NOT HERE AT THIS MEETING.

SO THOSE THAT WERE THERE, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S OKAY, UH, MR. ATTORNEY FOR ME TO ASK QUESTIONS.

UM, TWO ISSUES.

UH, ONE, DURING THE MEETING THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POSITION FROM TWO TO ONE.

THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION IN A, A SOFT POLE, IF YOU WILL, FOR CONSENSUS.

THE MAJORITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTENDED THE MEETING THAT NIGHT ON AUGUST THE FOURTH, UH, BASICALLY INDICATED THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE ONE POSITION MOVE FORWARD AND NOT TWO.

UM, THEN THERE WAS SOME MORE DISCUSSION AND THEN THE TWO POSITIONS MOVED FORWARD.

UM, I'M A LITTLE FRUSTRATED THAT WHEN A MAJORITY HAS A CONSENSUS THAT THIS IS A CERTAIN WAY THEY WANT IT DONE, THAT IT'S, IT'S IT'S, UM, OVERLOOKED.

UM, HOWEVER YOU WANNA PUT IT.

UM, MY QUESTION TO THAT IS, IF LATER ON AS THIS BUDGET IS POTENTIALLY APPROVED BY COUNSEL, IF COUNSEL SAYS ONE PERSON DOES THAT FORCE THIS TO COME BACK TO THIS GROUP FOR REDISCUSSION OR APPROVAL, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY DECREASING THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS, SO NO TWO CARRIED FORWARD VERSUS ONE.

SO YES, BE REDUCING.

IF I, IF I CAN'T ADDRESS FIRST, I THINK THERE WAS NO INTENTION TO SUBVERT THE POPULAR WILL OF THE BODY.

MM-HMM .

THE UNDERSTANDING FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WAS THAT, UH, AND I CONFIRMED THIS IN INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS, UH, BEYOND THAT MEETING IS THAT WE WERE GOING TO, TO FUND TWO, BUT WE WERE NOT GOING TO BRING THE SECOND PERSON ON UNTIL WE HAD EVALUATED THE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE FIRST POSITION.

AND I HAD SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT MARCH.

THAT SEEMED TO BE THE CONSENSUS.

SO WHILE YOU FUND TWO, MEANING AUTHORIZED TO THAT, WE WOULD NOT DO THE SECOND POSITION UNTIL MARCH? NO.

AND THAT IS, THAT IS, UH, THE DIRECTION THAT WE TRAVELED AND UNDERSTOOD WAS THE WILL OF THE MDD.

AND, AND I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO THE DEBATE.

THE, THE, THE POLL THAT NIGHT CLEARLY SAID THAT A MAJORITY WANTED ONE POSITION TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND, AND WE'LL, AND, AND AGAIN, MY QUESTION IS IF WE CHANGE THAT, DOES IT HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS BOARD FOR THE, FOR THIS BOARD WHO APPROVED THE BUDGET THAT ON AUGUST THE FOURTH, THE BUDGET'S BEEN APPROVED WITH TWO POSITIONS IN IT? IF THAT CHANGES, DOES IT HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS BOARD? I, I DON'T THINK SO.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND THE REASON I DON'T IS BECAUSE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS YET TO BE ADOPTED MM-HMM .

THERE'S NO POSSIBLE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, THE TWO POSITIONS.

SO THAT, THAT WAS A CONCERN.

IT BECOME A MOOT POINT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND REDO THAT.

THE THE SECOND ISSUE WAS, UM, THE ART LEAGUE, THERE WAS A BRIEF DISCUSSION TO MOVE IT TO 150,000 AND THEN OUR, UM, A E MEETINGS, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE GET TO.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THAT FROM THE GENERAL FUND PERSPECTIVE.

UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IT WAS LIFTED 250,000 IN THIS BUDGET.

SO AGAIN, IF WE CHANGE THAT, IS, IS IT GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK? I'M JUST FINDING OUT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOME SPECIAL MEETINGS WITH THIS BOARD.

UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING MR. VICE PRESIDENT IS THE ART LEAGUE BUDGET IS WITHIN THE GENERAL CIP AND NOT WITHIN THE MDD BUDGET.

SO IT'LL BE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO DECIDE UPON THAT SEPARATELY.

SO THERE'S NO FUNDS IN MDD FOR, NO, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS PARTY.

ALRIGHT.

THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.

SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE TWO CLARIFICATIONS I WANTED TO HAVE AFTER VIEWING THE VIDEO AS WELL AS READING THE MINUTES.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES.

YES MA'AM.

I'LL

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UM, BUT I HAD THE SAME QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.

I WOULD AGREE THAT IT WOULD NOT COME TO US.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH THE UM, A AND E MEETING AND THEN LATER FOLLOWED UP WITH THE FINANCE.

WE WEREN'T SURE WHY THERE NEEDED TO BE A FINANCE MEETING BECAUSE THEN WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK AS AN A AND E TO DISCUSS WHAT IS RECOMMENDING.

SO I THINK IT WAS COUNTERINTUITIVE TO HAVE BOTH.

SO I WOULD SEE THE SAME, UM, REASONING THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO MDD TO DISCUSS ANY CHANGES IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

AND, AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED CLARIFICATION.

DID IT, IF IT HAD TO COME BACK TO THIS BOARD, IF WE MADE THOSE CHANGES.

'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME BUDGETS ONCE THEY'RE APPROVED BY THOSE RESPECTIVE BOARDS, IF WE MAKE CHANGES TO THEM AS A COUNCIL, THEN IT HAS TO GO BACK TO THOSE RESPECTIVE BOARDS FOR RE-APPROVAL.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY HERE.

IF WE MAKE THESE CHANGES, IF THEY'RE MADE, DOES IT HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS BOARD? I GOT MY ANSWERS AND I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

SO, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, AS I THINK I COMMUNICATE IT TO, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO REQUEST THIS BOARD TO PAY FOR ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS BOARD FOR THEM TO APPROVE IT.

CORRECT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE MINUTES? SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

SO ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? NAY.

ANY ABSTENTIONS? TWO TWO.

TWO.

ABSTENTIONS.

OKAY.

SO WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE ON

[a. Receive the Monthly Construction Status Report for the Baytown Hotel and Convention Center Project.]

MR. VICTOR, THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT.

HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS.

NO DOUBT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH IT THOROUGHLY.

THE 190 OR SO PAGES THAT THERE ARE, UM, FOR THOSE WHO WERE THERE AT THE TOPPING OUT CEREMONY LAST WEEK, I THINK YOU'LL GET A SENSE OF THE SCOPE AND BREADTH AND IMPACT THAT THIS NEW FACILITY WILL MAKE.

UM, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT LOCATION.

I SUGGEST THIS MORNING TO WATCH THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS GOING DOWN TO GALVESTON FOR REPAIRS.

UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T GET TO GO THERE.

I HAVE, HOWEVER, TAKEN PHOTOGRAPHS FROM HOPE WILL BE THE PRESIDENTIAL SUITE AND IT IS BREATHTAKING.

SO WITH THAT, UM, THE HOTEL CONTINUES A PACE WHERE ABOUT 40% ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT, WHICH IS OF COURSE AN HIS HISTORICAL, UH, DOCUMENT.

UH, CURRENTLY WE'RE APPROACHING 50% IN TERMS OF BUILD OUT.

IT'S ON TRACK TO BE OPENED ON TIME WITHIN THE, UH, THE TIMEFRAME THAT WAS SET FROM THE ISSUED THE BONDS.

UH, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO ADD, SIR.

HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.

OKAY.

UH, DO ANY OF THE DIRECTORS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR VICTOR OR GENERAL COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, WE WILL THEN MOVE ON TO ITEM.

WE WILL TAKE ITEMS THREE A AND THREE B TOGETHER.

SO WE WILL NOW RECESS INTO AND CONVENE

[3. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

YES, I NOW RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE BACK TO THE AGENDA.

ITEM FOUR A IS

[4. MANAGER'S REPORT]

SO, UH, NOTHING FOR YOU EXCEPT TO REMIND YOU THAT OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER 6TH HERE IN THIS CHAMBER.

SO THAT, THAT IS ALL.

WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY LABOR DAY, UH, DURING TMLT.

MR. TM, WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

IT'S DURING TML THAT'S GONNA POSSIBLE, WELL, WE'LL NEED TO WORK WITH THAT DATE THEN, AND WE'LL FIND A NEW DATE.

OKAY? LET LET US KNOW.

FOUR, FIVE ARE NOT GONNA BE HERE.

YES, WE'LL FIND A NEW DATE, OKAY.

AND WE'LL PULL YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO TO THAT MAJOR.

GOOD ENOUGH.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL HOLD IT WITHOUT YOU.

WE STAND ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.