Sep 08, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

ONE A AND BI GUESS I'D CONSIDER ONE MOTION FOR BOTH OF THEM.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE, UH, APPROVED THE MINUTES.

WE HAVE ITEMS

[a. Consider approving the minutes of the City Council Work Session and Regular Meeting held on August 11, 2022.]

[b. Consider approving the minutes of the City Council Budget Work Session held on August 16, 2022.]

THE FIRST ONE IS FOR WORK SESSION, REGULAR MEETING, UH, MINUTES FROM AUGUST 11TH, 2022, AND FROM A, A BUDGET WORK SESSION HELD ON AUGUST 16TH, 2022.

SO, UM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEMS ONE A AND B TOGETHER, MOTION TO APPROVE.

I HAVE A MOTION OF SECOND, SECOND.

MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MENACE IS WRITTEN, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

OF LIFE SAVING AWARD TO OFFICER NICHOLAS, UH, LOIN.

THOSE OPPOSED? WE HAVE ITEM TWO, A PRESENTATION

[a. Presentation of the Life Saving Award to Officer Nicholas Lewin by the Chief of Police.]

HOPE I SAID THAT RIGHT BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, AS I'VE EXPRESSED BEFORE, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST, UH, BEST PARTS OF MY JOB IS TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUR OFFICERS FOR THE GOOD JOB THAT THEY DO, FOR THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE CITIZENS AND THE PROFESSIONAL BEARING IN WHICH THEY CARRY IT OUT DAY IN OR DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS LIFESAVING AWARD.

UM, ON JUNE 5TH, 2022, UH, OFFICER LEWIN WAS ONE OF THE OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED AT APPROXIMATELY ZERO 11 HOURS.

UH, SO THAT'S SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TO AN ASSAULT AND A WELFARE CONCERN.

CALL IN THE 1300 BLOCK OF WRIGHT BOULEVARD.

DISPATCH ADVISED THAT A MALE HAD ATTEMPTED TO CHOKE THE COLLAR AND THEN LATER THREATENED TO HANG HIMSELF.

OFFICER LEWIN ARRIVED AND SEARCHED THE SU SEARCHED FOR THE SUBJECT, LOCATING HIM IN THE BACKYARD OF THE RESIDENCE.

UH, OFFICER LEWIN ALSO REALIZED THAT, UH, THE CITIZEN INVOLVED WAS NOT SIMPLY THE PERPETRATOR OF AN ASSAULT, BUT SOMEONE WHO IS SUFFERING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

THE, THE CITIZEN WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET OFF THE GROUND IN A TREE WHEN OFFICER LEWIN LOCATED HIM.

AND, UM, THE SUBJECT HAD ALREADY PUT A NOOSE AROUND HIS NECK AND INDICATED THAT HE INTENDED TO END HIS LIFE BY HANGING.

OFFICER LEWIN RECOGNIZED THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION AND SHOWED COMPASSION AND EMPATHY TO THE CONSUMER.

OFFICER LEWIN DID THIS BY TALKING TO THE CITIZEN IN A CALM RAPPORT, BUILDING DEMEANOR, AND DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITIZEN.

OFFICER.

LEWIN, THROUGH HIS PATIENCE AND PERSISTENCE AND CARING, WAS ABLE TO GAIN THE, THE CITIZEN'S CONFIDENCE AND CONVINCED HIM TO TAKE THE ROPE OFF OF HIS NECK AND COME DOWN FROM THE TREE.

OFFICER LEWIN AND HIS FELLOW OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THIS CITIZEN WAS ABLE TO GET HELP AND HOPEFULLY GET THAT LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE THAT THEY WOULD NEED SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO REVISIT THEM, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO EXPERIENCE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, AND THEY NEVER FEEL THEMSELVES IN THAT SITUATION OF LONELINESS WHERE THEY FEEL THAT THEY WANT TO END THEIR LIVES.

OFFICER LEWIN'S EFFORTS TO SAVE THE HUMAN LIFE BRING GREAT CREDIT, NOT ONLY UPON HIMSELF, BUT THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE FIND THAT THESE ARE IN THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE AND CERTAINLY EXEMPLARY OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OFFICER LEWIN THE, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL PRESENT YOU WITH THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT LIFESAVING AWARD

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MY HANDS.

ONE MORE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HOLD THEM? OKAY.

ONE, THREE.

THANK, THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR RECOGNIZING OBVIOUSLY OUTSTANDING POLICE WORK, UH, IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO

[b. Ms. Amy Skicki with the Bay Area Houston Transportation Partnership (BayTran) has requested to speak to the Council in regard to its program and membership.]

B IS GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM BAY AREA, HOUSTON, OR BAY AREA HOUSTON TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP, ALSO KNOWN AS BAY, UH, BAY TRANS.

THERE'LL BE A PRESENTATION.

YES, MA'AM.

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND THEN YOURS.

HELLO? UM, I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU ALL HAVE MY SLIDES? IS THAT HOW THIS WORKS? OR DID I NEED TO BRING THOSE FOR Y'ALL TO, UH, SEE? UM, YEAH, WE WOULD NEED, IF YOU HAVE THEM, I'M NOT SURE HOW OKAY.

WE CAN GET 'EM.

I DIDN'T BRING 'EM, SO I'LL JUST KIND OF TALK THROUGH 'EM AND I, I THINK YOU GUYS WILL UNDERSTAND.

SO, UM, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BAYAN BAY AREA HOUSTON TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP, AND WE ARE AN ADVOCATE FOR TRANSPORTATION.

UM, WE'RE YOUR REGIONAL VOICE FOR TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY AND AIR QUALITY FOR THE BAY AREA, HOUSTON REGION, AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

OUR MISSION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS, UM, BY ENHANCING REGIONAL MOBILITY.

WE ARE A 5 0 1 C FOUR NONPROFIT, SO WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CITIZENS, UM, HAVE GOOD TRANSPORTATION MODES.

UM, WE ARE REPRESENTED, OR WE, WE'LL SERVE OVER FIVE COUNTIES, I'M SORRY, FIVE COUNTIES, PERIOD.

GALVESTON, BRAZORIA, CHAMBERS, FORT BEN, AND HARRIS COUNTY, WHICH INCLUDES OVER 90 COMMUNITIES, 6.2 MILLION RESIDENTS AND 6,000 SQUARE MILES.

UM, IT ALSO ENCOMPASSES 50% OF THE EIGHT COUNTY REGIONAL ECONOMY, WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE MPO OR THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

UM, AND 20% OF THE GDP OF TEXAS'S, UM, TEXAS'S, GDP RUNS THROUGH THIS REGION ON OUR ROADS.

SO WE NEED CONSTANT, CONSTANT MAINTENANCE AND UP UPGRADES.

UM, OUR MEMBERS ARE CONSISTED OF COUNTIES, CITIES, AGENCIES, LOCAL RESIDENTS, AREA BILLS, BUSINESSES, ENGINEERING FIRMS, AND TRADE ORGANIZATIONS.

WE, UM, SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF BEING A MEMBER, UH, OF BAY TRAN IS WE A WE ADVOCATE AND EDUCATE YOU ON DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION AND PROTECTION, UH, COASTAL PROTECTION IN THE REGION AS WELL, WHERE, UM, WE WILL, WE ARE A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE COASTAL SPINE, WHICH WAS RECENTLY PASSED IN THE HOUSE IN THE SENATE.

UM, WE DO AGENCY COORDINATION.

SO A LOT OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS HAPPEN FOR THE CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES THAT DON'T HAVE ENGINEERING FIRMS ON THEIR STAFF.

WE CAN HELP YOU PARTNER WITH THEM.

THAT'S KIND OF PART OF THE NETWORKING IS SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN LEARN WHO THOSE GUYS ARE AND SEE IF THEY CAN HELP YOU WITH ANY OF YOUR CITY'S NEEDS.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO OFFER ADVOCACY VIA HGAC, WHICH IS OUR COG, UM, TEXT DOT.

UM, WE HAVE A 88TH LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT WILL BE TAKEN TO AUSTIN OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

UM, WE PLAN TO DO AT LEAST QUARTERLY AUSTIN VISITS AND HA PLAN TO HAVE A PRESENCE AT THE T STOCK COMMISSION MEETINGS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

DOES THIS STILL WORK? OKAY.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO DO A COUPLE DC FLY-INS WHERE, UH, AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I, UH, VISITED DC WITH, UH, BRIAN AND MAYOR CAP.

SO, UM, IT WAS NEAT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM AND BAYTOWN

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AND YOUR NEEDS AS WELL.

UM, INTO THE FUTURE.

WE PLAN TO ADVOCATE FOR GRAND PARKWAY SEGMENTS, A, B, AND C, THE WIDENING OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 46, WHICH I KNOW NORTHWAY IS, AFFECTS YOU ALL.

UM, AND SOUTH IS IS GETTING THERE.

UM, STATE HIGHWAY 2 25, BELTWAY EIGHT, AND ALL EIGHT DIRECT CONNECTORS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THAT.

AND THEN THE WIDENING OF I 45.

WE DO HAVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES, AND AS I SAID, WE ALSO SUPPORT THE COASTAL PROTECTION AND WIDENING OF THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL.

THANK YOU, AMY.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS? I GUESS, UM, SO BAYAN IS, AS YOU KNOW, IT, IT, SHE'S EXPLAINED, IT IS A, IT'S AN ADVOCACY GROUP, UH, CERTAINLY FOR THE BAY AREA REGION FOR TRANSPORTATION, PARTICULARLY WITH GRAND PARK PARKWAY 99 RECENTLY.

AND, AND OBVIOUSLY IN OUR AREA ON THIS, UH, I GUESS CHAMBERS COUNTY AND, AND HARRIS COUNTY.

BUT EVEN ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION, WHICH IS YET TO BE DETERMINED.

AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE INTERCONNECTED AS, AS CERTAINLY THE HOUSTON REGION, AS THE MPO REGION.

AND SO BAY TREND IS, IS, UM, A GOOD OR GOOD ORGANIZATION TO, TO WORK WITH MM-HMM .

UH, FROM A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT.

AND SO I'LL CERTAINLY SUGGEST THAT THE CITY OF BAYTOWN BECOME OFFICIAL MEMBER.

THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.

BUT I DO, UH, DO APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND IF WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, WE'LL CERTAINLY CONTACT YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THIS EVENING.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU ALL.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON.

NEXT IS GONNA BE

[a. Consider an ordinance to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 25.20 acres generally located at the southeast intersection of Sjolander Road and IH-10 from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]

ITEM THREE B.

UH, WE HAVE A PROPOSED OR REZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 25.2, UH, ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST, UH, INTERSECTION OF SHO LANDER AND I 10.

SO, UM, I THINK MR. CHAVIS, YOU MAY HAVE A FEW WORDS.

UH, COUNSEL, YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS ITEM.

THIS IS A CONTINU CONTINUED CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD FROM LAST MEETING.

UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY AND IT CAME IN AS OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL.

UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CHANGE IT TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

UH, THE COUNCIL ASKED FOR US TO HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BROUGHT, BROUGHT TO YOU.

THE APPLICANT DID SUPPLY US WITH THE SITE PLAN.

THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THIS PARTICULAR CORNER AS A RETAIL CENTER USING THE AREA AS A, USING PHARMACY AS A ANCHOR IN THE UPPER, UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER THERE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PIPELINE AND THE DETENTION POND SERVING AS A BUFFER TO O NEEDLE OR TO NEEDLEPOINT ROAD.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOUR SITE PLAN SHOWS.

THE ARCHITECT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE SITE PLAN.

AND THEN WE WOULD, UH, UH, SEEK YOUR APPROVAL FOR TONIGHT.

I DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

MR. ISAAC, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

DAVID ISAAC, 28 12 LANDMARK DRIVE.

UH, THE ADDRESS I JUST GAVE YOU IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM HERE.

UH, WE DISCUSSED THIS AS A GENTLEMAN SAID AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

UH, I PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO IT.

I'M SEEING THE, UH, UH, RENDERING HERE FROM THE, UH, THE LANDOWNER AND I HAVE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY COMMUNITY AND SAY THAT, UH, THIS IS A PROJECT OR THIS IS A REZONING THAT WE PROBABLY DON'T, DO NOT WANT TO SEE ON MY WAY HERE.

RIGHT AT FIVE O'CLOCK ON SHO LANDER ROAD.

I COULDN'T EVEN TURN LEFT FOR 30 MINUTES WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED TO THIS PROPERTY, UH, AND, AND, AND ESTABLISHED IT AS OUR HO AS OUR HOMESTEAD.

IT WAS SLOW.

IT WAS A SLOW MOVING TOWN.

WE HAVE REPRESENTATION BY GOOSE CREEK AND LEE COLLEGE.

BUS BARNS ARE POPPING UP, INDUSTRIES POPPING UP RIGHT THERE ON I 10.

AND, AND, UH, GARTH WROTE, WE JUST HAD A TAX ABATEMENT FOR $16 MILLION WRITTEN IN A CONTRACT FOR OUR MALL.

THAT'S WHERE WE WANNA FOCUS OUR COMMERCE.

THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO AND SHOP AND GET RETAIL AND GET OUR PHARMACY.

THOSE ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES DOWN THERE AND THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET ESTABLISHED DOWN THERE, PUTTING MORE SPACE, PUTTING MORE, UH, UH, PUTTING MORE, UH, BUSYNESS ON THE, ON THE ROAD OF SHO IS GOING TO HAVE A DETRIMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I CAN SPEAK FOR THEM.

I'VE KNOCKED ON THOSE DOORS.

I'VE GOTTEN HUNDREDS OF VOTES IN THAT AREA, AND I WANT TO TELL THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL TONIGHT TO VOTE AGAINST THIS IN THE COMING DAYS.

ALRIGHT, THANKS SIR.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE THIS ITEM, SO WE HAVE COUNCIL DISCUSSION, UH, ON IT.

AND SO, UH, WE CAN EITHER ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THREE A.

YOU HAVE, OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR ITEM THREE A.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'LL, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, THE HOMEOWNERS THERE ALONG NEEDLE POINT HAD SPECIFIC, UM, UH, CONCERNS.

UM, I, I JUST WANNA SAY I, I APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPER COMING BACK WITH THIS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, UM, WHEN WE HAD THIS ON THE LAST COUNCIL AGENDA, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY ASKED FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND I DO THINK GENERAL COMMERCIAL FITS THIS AREA ALONG I 10.

UM, BUT STILL GENERAL COMMERCIAL CAN BE VERY BROAD.

UM, AND

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THE, THE THINGS I HEARD NAMED WERE A TRUCK STOP, A MOTEL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UM, I DID NOT HAVE ANYONE CONCERNED WITH WITH RETAIL.

UM, I THINK, UH, IF THEY GET SOME GOOD RETAIL IN THERE THAT CLOSE TO THEIR HOMES, I THINK THEY WOULD BE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

SO, UH, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS AND I APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPER COMING BACK WITH SOME MORE DETAIL SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE APPROVING.

I AGREE.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? I WOULD ALSO AGREE WITH, WITH, UH, EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID, COUNCILMAN? UM, I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT THERE'S NOT ANY, ANY TYPE OF, I GUESS, ACCESS TO NEEDLEPOINT ROAD.

THE ROAD IS CERTAINLY WAS NEVER BUILT FOR, FOR THAT KIND OF TRANSPORTATION.

I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE'S A TIA THAT'S GONNA GO, THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.

UM, YES SIR.

LIKELY, OBVIOUSLY I, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT INTERSECTION.

CERTAINLY SOME IMPROVEMENTS WILL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE AT SOME POINT, POINT IN TIME.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S A TEXDOT RIGHT AWAY.

AND SO WE DO HAVE TO WORK WITH, WITH TDOT ON THAT.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

I DO APPRECIATE THE SITE PLAN.

I THINK IF WE HAD THAT LAST MEETING, I THINK WE COULD HAVE MADE A DECISION WITH THAT.

BUT I THINK, UH, WITH THAT INFORMATION, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

ITEM CARRIES.

WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR

[a. Consider the second and final reading of an ordinance for the proposed annexation of approximately 55.49 acres of land, located generally east of North Main Street between East Wallisville Road and FM 1942. ]

CONSIDER THE, THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE OF THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION, APPROXIMATELY 55.49 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED GENERALLY EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET BETWEEN EAST WALSHE ROAD AND FM 1942.

MR. CHAVIS, AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN BEFORE.

UH, THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO ADD LAND TO A, A SUBDIVISION THAT IS COMING IN BAY CREEK 2.0.

IT'S WHAT THIS PARTICULAR SECTION IS CALLED.

UM, AND YEAH, WE'RE JUST SEEKING TO GET IT INTO THE CITY LIMITS AT THIS TIME.

SO WE HAVE ITEM FOUR A, UH, TO CONSIDER SECOND AND FINAL READING.

I ALREADY READ THAT, SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR.

A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION.

CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND.

MULTIPLE SECONDS.

ALRIGHT, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THIS? I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS ITEM.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MA'AM.

LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT UH, MS. BEN COURT WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM ITEM FOUR A AND I'M ASSUMING ITEM FOUR B.

ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, UM, WITH THAT IN MIND, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM FOUR A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ADDING THE NEWLY ANNEXED PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED, GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS APPROXIMATELY 55.49 ACRES AS I JUST DESCRIBED, UM, INTO COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND ONE ABSTENTION ITEM FOUR B, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE

[b. Consider an ordinance adding the newly annexed properties generally described as approximately 55.49 acres of land situated in the George Ellis League, A-21, Harris County, Texas, located generally east of North Main Street between East Wallisville Road and FM 1942 into Council District No. 4. ]

I'M SURE YOU'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS, BUT YOU JUST INHERITED PROBABLY 55.49 ACRES.

SO WITH THAT, UH, ENTERTAIN, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR B.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM FOUR B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

FIVE A, UH, WHICH IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.

THOSE OPPOSED? AND ONE ABSTENTION.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ITEM

[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning the proposed text amendments to the Unified Land Development Code of the City of Baytown to consolidate certain land development ordinances.]

SO I WILL FIRST READ, UH, TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED, UH, PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK AND TAKE PART IN 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'RE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNSEL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.

AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT 'EM TO ME.

SO IT IS NOW SIX FORTY NINE AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO CONSOLIDATE CERTAIN LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES.

AND I'LL ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS A, IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AS YOU KNOW, WE ADOPTED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE IS TO CONSOLIDATE ALL OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES INTO ONE SECTION.

SO IN ONE IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO ASSESS WHAT'S IN OUR ORDINANCE AND EVENTUALLY OVERHAUL THE ORDINANCE FOR THE NEW, UH, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES THAT WE WILL BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT DOESN'T HAVE ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES.

WE'RE JUST MOVING SECTIONS ALL INTO ONE AREA THAT SHOULD BE, UM, SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER.

SO WE GOT RID OF SOME INCONSISTENCIES AND WE, UH, ADDED ALL THE DEFINITIONS INTO ONE SECTION TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO MAKE THE ASSESSMENT.

WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS, WHICH YOU JUST BEEN DESCRIBED TO WHERE IT'S IN YOUR PACKET.

SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SO THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRE TO SPEAK AND I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UH, HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS THAT ULDC OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO CONSOLIDATE CERTAIN LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE

[b. Consider an ordinance for the proposed text amendments to the Unified Land Development Code of the City of Baytown to consolidate certain land development ordinances.]

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UH, TO THE CITY, TO THE UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TO CONSOLIDATE CERTAIN LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE B AS PRESENTED.

MOTION TO APPROVE? WE HAVE A MOTION.

I SECOND, SECOND MOTION SECOND QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM FIVE B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

MEMBER ALVARADO ON THE LINE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE HAVE ITEM, UH, SIX A.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE COUNCIL

[a. Receive the Certificate of Unopposed Status for the Office of Council Member, District No. One.]

SO THIS, UH, ITEM SIX A IS TO, UH, RECEIVE THE CERTIFICATE OF UNOPPOSED STATUS FOR THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.

AND SO WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WE JUST CONSIDER IT RECEIVED.

WE MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX B,

[b. Consider an ordinance declaring the unopposed candidate Laura Alvarado elected to the Office of Council Member District No. One of the City of Baytown.]

CONSIDER ORDINANCE DECLARING THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE LAURA ALVARADO ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT NUMBER ONE FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS.

SO WITH THAT, I GUESS IS THERE ANY DECLARATION OTHER THAN THE PAPERWORK THAT'S FILED? THAT'S RIGHT.

SO, UM, WE DO HAVE TO, I GUESS, APPROVE THAT.

SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SIX B AS PRESENTED.

MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MS. ALVARADO, ANY, ANY LAST MINUTE COMMENTS FROM YOU? NO, I'M JUST EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO WORK AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ALLOWING ME JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

I LOOK FORWARD.

GOOD WORKING WITH YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. ALVARADO.

ALRIGHT, SO ITEM SIX B, WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND, UH, ALL, ALL, ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM SIX B IS PRESENTED.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

A IS CONSIDER ORDINANCE AWARDING AN ANNUAL RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE C OF BAYTOWN TO BEST TRASH LLC.

THOSE POST WE HAVE NEXT ITEM SEVEN

[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.]

MR. SEMINO, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION OF ITEM SEVEN, A MOVE TO DISCUSS ITEM SEVEN, A SECOND.

MOTION SECOND.

UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

DURING THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I PRESENTED A CONTRACT FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION.

UH, AT THAT MEETING I RECEIVED FEEDBACK THAT YOU WANTED TO HAVE OPTION THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UM, CART COLLECTION.

UH, SO STAFF WENT BACK AND NEGOTIATED, UH, A NEW CONTRACT, UM, WITH, UH, BEST TRASH THAT INCLUDES, UH, CART COLLECTION.

UH, SO ITEM SEVEN A IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN ANNUAL SOLID WASTE CONTRACT WITH BEST TRASH.

THE CONTRACT DURATION IS FIVE YEARS WITH THE OPTION TO EXTEND FOR A SIX YEAR CONTRACT.

INCLUDES TWICE WEEKLY COLLECTION OF TRASH AND A 65 GALLON CART PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR OR UP TO 10 30 GALLON TRASH BAGS PLACED OUTSIDE THE CART.

IT INCLUDES, UH, ONCE WEEKLY RECYCLING COLLECTION IN A 65 GALLON CART WITH RECYCLABLE, UH, ALSO COLLECTED THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE CART.

UH, BULK MATERIALS WILL BE COLLECTED ON THE SECOND COLLECTION DAY AND WILL BE LIMITED TO FOUR CUBIC YARDS.

THE PRICE PER HOUSEHOLD, UH, FOR RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION IS $24 AND 10 CENTS.

WITH A TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE IN THE FIRST YEAR, UH, $5,928,600 CONTRACT AMOUNT MAY BE ADJUSTED ANNUALLY BASED ON AN AGREED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ADJUSTMENT.

WITH THE TOTAL ADJUSTMENT OVER FIVE YEARS, LIMITED TO 20% STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.

UM, I THINK THERE WAS, THERE WAS A MATRIX, DIDN'T Y'ALL HAVE A MATRIX? BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THE MATRIX OR IN FRONT OF US FOR THAT.

UH, NO SIR.

I, I KIND OF SUMMARIZED THE INFORMATION THAT WAS ON IT.

IT ALRIGHT.

SO, UM, CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON, ON THIS ITEM.

SO I THINK, I THINK THEY DID, I KNOW STAFF DID PRESENT A MATRIX THAT BROKE DOWN PRETTY MUCH THE, THE, UM, COMPARISONS I GUESS OF THE PROPOSALS.

SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM STAFF? UH, THERE WAS A FEW THINGS I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON FOR MYSELF, IF THAT'S OKAY.

UM, I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UM, STICKING POINTS FOR MYSELF AT LEAST WAS, UM, AND MAYBE IT WAS MISUNDERSTANDING TOO, WAS, UM, WASTE MANAGEMENT WOULD BE BASICALLY RECEPTACLE ONLY OR TRASH CAN ONLY, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.

AND THEN BEST TRASH WOULD ALLOW FOR BOTH THE RECEPTACLE 65 GALLON FOR TRASH AND, AND THE ABILITY FOR A BAG, IF YOU JUST BAG AND PUT A BAG OUT ON YOUR CURB OR WHATEVER THE, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, THEY WOULD ALSO PICK THAT UP, WHICH WAS NOT AN OPTION FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS CLEAR THAT, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT OPTION WAS 95 GALLON CONTAINERS FOR BOTH TRASH AND RECYCLING.

TO RIDE THROUGH THE CITY, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT ONE WHERE THEY HAD ISSUES WITH ALLEYWAYS? SO, YES SIR, THEY DID.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS ONE, ONE AREA.

UM, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR, UM, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS REGARDING THIS? YES.

UH, DID BEST TRASH EVER TAKE THE TIME

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UH, I I TALKED TO, UH, THE OWNER TONIGHT AND UH, HE HAS WRITTEN IT.

UM, AND HE CLARIFIED THAT HIS SUPERINTENDENT DID WRITE IT BEFORE THE BID WAS SUBMITTED.

UM, HE JUST WAS HESITANT TO SPEAK UP, BUT HE DID.

UH, THEY BOTH HAVE RIDDEN THE CITY AND THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE PARTS OF THE CITY IN DISTRICT ONE, UM, WHERE A NORMAL TRUCK MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MANEUVER THROUGH THERE.

THEY, THEY HAVE RIDDEN ALL THE STREETS AND ARE COMFORTABLE GETTING THE ALLEYWAY.

IT IT'S PRIMARILY THE ALLEYWAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LARGER TRUCKS HAVE, UH, TROUBLE GETTING DOWN, UH, WHICH IS MORE TROUBLESOME FOR AN AUTOMATED ONLY COLLECTION BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SIDE ARM THAT IS MORE RESTRICTIVE.

SO, SO THE ALLEYWAYS HAVE TO MORE OR LESS BE COLLECTED WITH THE REAR LOAD AND UH, WHICH IS THE, THE METHOD THAT BEST TRASH WOULD USE FOR ALL OF THEIR COLLECTION.

ADDITIONAL QUESTION.

SO IF I PUT OUT 2 65 GALLON RECEPTACLES, THAT WOULD BE PICKED UP? CORRECT.

SO THERE IS AN OPTION TO, UM, PURCHASE OR, OR RENT AN ADDITIONAL 65 GALLON CONTAINER FOR TRASH IF YOU SO DESIRE.

AND THE, THE ADDITIONAL COST IS $8 PER MONTH.

HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVE, BECAUSE IT'S MORE LABOR INTENSIVE FOR THEM TO EMPTY A 65 GALLON AND LARGER CONTAINER, UH, THAT'S WHY THERE'S A CHARGE FOR THAT.

UH, I'VE TALKED TO 'EM, IF YOU PUT OUT SMALLER TRASH CAN LIKE A 55 GALLON CAN, UH, THERE WOULD NOT BE, YOU KNOW, AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR THAT.

AND, AND I GUESS I'M SPEAKING OF BEST ONLY, ONLY BECAUSE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN PUT OUT YEAH, YEAH, MY MIND BASICALLY HE, HE AGREES WITH WHAT I'VE JUST SAID.

SO YOU, YES, YOU CAN, YOU CAN PUT OUT ADDITIONAL CANS AND BAGS UP TO 50 GALLONS IN SIZE.

YOU CANNOT PUT AN ADDITIONAL PRIVATELY OWNED 65 GALLON CART OUT, YOU'RE RESTRICTED TO THE USE OF OUR CART.

IF YOU WANT TO USE ANOTHER CART, YOU CAN RENT ONE IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL CANS AND BAGS UP TO 50 GALLONS OF NORMAL 33 GALLON CAN OR 55 GALLON RUBBER MADE.

BUT IF YOU OWN A TOTER 65 GALLON GREEN CART, YOU CANNOT PLACE THAT NEXT TO OUR CART.

RIGHT.

SO, SO, SO EACH, I GUESS EACH PART, EACH CITIZEN THAT CAN PARTICIPATE IN, IN OUR TRASH COLLECTION WILL BE, WILL RECEIVE A 61 65 GALLON CARD.

THEY'LL RECEIVE ONE FOR TRASH, ONE FOR RECYCLING.

AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE, IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL, IF IT'S LOWER THAN THAT, IT'S FINE.

WELL, IF IT'S SMALLER, IF IT'S 65 OR ABOVE, THEN ADDITIONAL FEE, THEY, THEY CAN, THEY CAN PURCHASE AN ADDITIONAL CART FOR $8 PER MONTH FOR TRASH OR $6 PER MONTH FOR RECYCLING.

ANY ADDITIONAL, I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S CLEAR.

THERE WAS, THERE WAS MULTIPLE, LIKE SEVEN OPTIONS LAST TIME AND I THINK THAT WAS JUST OVERWHELMING.

I KNOW IT WAS FOR ME, BUT I THINK SINCE THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY LOOKED AT WHAT WOULD PROVIDE THE MOST SEAMLESS.

UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CITIZEN HAS TO COME FIRST.

UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO PUT IN THEIR TRASH AND RECYCLE OUT TWICE A WEEK OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

AND SO WHAT IS THE MOST SEAMLESS AND WHAT'S THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE LONG TERM FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN? AND SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

UH, I KNOW WHERE I'M AT ON IT.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN A SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES SIR.

YOU KNOW, I'VE GIVEN A LOT OF THOUGHT TO THIS AND HEARING THAT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO BIDS WERE GONNA BE ABOUT $7 AND $7.

AM I RIGHT? UH, CORRECT.

IT WAS 24 10 VERSUS 31 16.

THEY WOULD TAKE WHAT MOST CITIZENS ALREADY HAVE IF WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE, AT OUR CITIZEN AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST THEM NOT ADDING A A COST TO IT.

WALKING MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MOST MORNINGS MOST PEOPLE ARE PUTTING OUT THE 2 65 GALLON, UM, TRASH CANS.

THEY'RE NOW GOING TO HAVE TO PAY AN $8 RENTAL FEE TO ACCOMMODATE THEMSELVES.

STILL, IF NOT, YEAH THEY CAN GO GET WITH SOMETHING SMALLER, BUT THEY'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO COME WITH MONEY OUT OF POCKET TO GO FIND A SMALLER TRASH CAN.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TALKING ABOUT THE CITIZENS.

I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE ELSE HAS TAKEN NOTE OF WHAT EVERYONE ELSE PUTS OUT WHEN IT COMES TO TRASH ON TRASH MORNING.

I JUST SO HAPPEN TO BE WALKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I NOTICED THIS, UM, I WISH THERE WAS AN OPTION WHERE

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THAT $8 COMES OUT TO BE ALMOST A HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR.

THAT'S SOMETHING TO REALLY CONSIDER.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE REPETITIVE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IF THEY'RE HAVING TO RENT THAT CAN, THAT'S $500 FOR THE AVERAGE CITIZEN.

NOW WE'RE SITTING UP HERE WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGET CUTTING 2 CENTS OFF, THAT EQUATES TO MAYBE ABOUT $12 A YEAR TOTAL.

AND SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IF, IF I COULD INTERJECT, UH, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

I, I GUESS I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S APPROPRIATE AT THIS POINT.

YOU SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL.

IF SOMEBODY, IF A, IF, IF A COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A QUESTION, THEN, THEN WE'LL ASK OF YOU.

BUT YOU'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL SO AT THIS POINT IT'S JUST COUNCIL DELIBERATION.

SO, UM, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IS, IS, UM, CRITICAL TO THIS DECISION, UM, THEN I WOULD ASK YOU TO, TO CONVEY THAT TO, TO STAFF AND LET HIM CONVEY IT TO US.

'CAUSE THIS IS A COMPETITIVE BID AT THE END OF THE DAY.

I, I'LL KIND OF TAG ON WITH MY COLLEAGUE THERE.

THIS WITH THE 65 GALLON CART AND THE TRASH BAGS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE HAVE NOW.

BUT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD I DID THE SAME THING.

I DID A QUICK POLL AFTER THE LAST SESSION.

MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE ON, ON REGULAR TRASH DAY, A COUPLE OF CARTS, SIX FIVE GALLON AND A COUPLE OF 'EM HAVE THE BIGGER CARS, BUT TYPICALLY THE 65 GALLON ONES AND THEN MAYBE A COUPLE BAGS OF TRASH ON TOP OF THAT.

BUT PRIMARILY, AGAIN, WE LIVE ALONG THE BAYOU AREA AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CRITTERS THAT RUN AROUND.

SO EVERYBODY'S TRANSITIONS TO CARTS, WHICH IS WHAT I BROUGHT UP TO THE MERRI LAST TIME.

I WAS HOPING WE WERE GONNA GRADUATE UP A LITTLE BIT AND GET AWAY FROM THE BAGS.

TOTALLY.

THAT MAY BE MORE, MORE DIFFICULT.

BUT THIS IS CLOSER TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW.

UM, IT IS A REDUCED FROM, FROM THE OTHER, THE OTHER COMPANY PROPOSED STRICTLY A CONTAINER PICKUP AND IT'S A LARGE 95 GALLON ONCE YOU GET 1 9 5 FOR WASTE AND NINE FIVE GALLON GALLONS FOR RECYCLE.

THAT MAY BE A HARDER STEP FOR THOSE THAT PUT UP TWO.

UM, I, I'M, I'M REALLY TORN AS WELL.

I I HAVE 2 65 GALLON CARTS.

TWO AND UM, I KNOW I'LL GET ONE.

UM, AND ONE IS PROBABLY ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, WITH RECYCLING.

UM, I, I'M REALLY TORN WITH THIS ONE.

'CAUSE WE CAN AT, AT 24 10 IS A SAVINGS FOR OUR CITIZENS.

BUT, BUT IF THEY HAD TO PITCH BACK IN ANOTHER EIGHT BUCKS FOR A SECOND CART, NOW IT'S NOT A SAVINGS TO OUR CITIZENS.

UM, WELL AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SECOND CART COUNCILMAN.

AND SO, I MEAN, I WOULD THINK YOU CAN BUY A 50 GALLON RECEPTACLE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT AND, AND THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL FEE.

COULD, COULD I ADD ONE? YES.

CLARIFICATION.

SO THE $7 DIFFERENCE WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT IS FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO PAY.

SO IT'S A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 1.7 MILLION ANNUALLY, WHEREAS THERE WOULD BE SELECT PEOPLE WHO WOULD ELECT TO GET A SECOND CARD DISCRETIONARY.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

IS, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER.

I'VE, I'VE THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS PAID REAL CLOSE ATTENTION ON TRASH MORNINGS TO ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS, UH, AS I DRIVE OUTTA THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, AND THERE ARE THE FOLKS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE CANS.

UM, BUT I, I'VE TRIED TO LOOK, YOU KNOW, ON THE AVERAGE, UM, WHAT WOULD WORK.

'CAUSE I MEAN THERE'S, THERE I SEE HOUSES THAT ONLY PUT THEIR CAN OUT ONE DAY A WEEK EVEN THOUGH WE OFFER IT TWICE.

UM, AND SO I THINK TO GO WITH THE HIGHER COST OPTION FOR THE SAKE OF THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT NEED IT, UM, WOULD, WOULD SOMEWHAT BE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'D BE, IT'D BE CAUSING EVERYONE TO PAY MORE MM-HMM .

RIGHT.

UM, FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE THAT MIGHT NEED A SECOND CAN.

UM, I ALSO THINK THIS OPTION IS CLOSEST TO OUR CURRENT, UM, OUR CURRENT SERVICE, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH UNLIMITED BAGS RIGHT NOW.

YEP.

UM, THIS OPTION DOES ALLOW SOME BAGS TO BE PICKED UP IF SET NEXT TO THE CAN.

I THINK THAT'S, UM, IMPORTANT TO, I SEE A LOT OF LAWN SERVICES THAT BAG CLIPPINGS AND LEAVES AND THEY JUST SET THAT OUT ON THE CURB WHEN THEY LEAVE.

UM, IF WE GO TO AN OPTION THAT IS STRICTLY CART PICKUP, THEN YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOMEOWNERS HAVE TO LIFT THAT BAG UP AND THROW IT IN THE CAN.

UM, AND THIS OPTION WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, THEY'RE STILL GONNA TO PICK THOSE UP.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS THE CLOSEST THING TO OUR CURRENT SERVICE.

VERY GOOD COMMENTS.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? NO, I THINK COUNCILMAN POWELL SUMMARIZED MY COMMENTS AS WELL.

YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD.

DITTO.

UM, I LOOKED AT WHAT WOULD BE THE, THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE AND AS YOU SAID, LESS LEAST INTRUSIVE.

I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A PERFECT OPTION, BUT I DO THINK THE BEST OPTION IS WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT

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SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE, ON THE TABLE.

IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? I GUESS SO WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH, THE ITEM AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, SO ITEM CARRIES.

MOVE ON.

THANK YOU SIR.

AND ALSO I WILL SAY WITH THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT, I, I DO BELIEVE FOR THE YEARS THAT YOU DID SERVE THE CITIZEN BAY TOWN, FOR THE MOST PART, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, OUTSTANDING JOB.

AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT ALSO.

A, SO IT'S GONNA BE CONSIDERED RESOLUTION, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM, UH, LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE EIGHT

[a. Consider a resolution to amend the City of Baytown's City Council Rules and Procedures to establish new time limits for public speakers.]

SO, UH, MS. ISAAC, YOU HAVE, UH, YOUR THREE MINUTES, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, ON ITS FACE, PRIMA FASCIA.

THIS, UH, RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT SORT OF LOOKS LIKE A REACTIONARY MEASURE TO OUR LAST MEETING.

WHEN THE ARTS DISTRICT, UH, MADE A SPEECH AND USED SEVEN DIFFERENT, SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO ALLOCATE SOME TIME.

I THINK THAT THE REACTION TO IT IS A LITTLE EXTREME TO HAVE ONLY THREE PEOPLE, UH, LOOKING AT THE DETAILS HERE, IT'S NOT PRESENTED IN FRONT OF US, BUT I, I HAD TO LOOK, UH, FOR MYSELF AT THE DETAILS ON, ON THE ACTUAL AGENDA THAT, THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT THEY CAN'T SEE.

BUT IT SAYS THAT YOU'RE GONNA LIMIT IT TO ONLY THREE PEOPLE.

NOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES I'VE SEEN THE, THE COMMUNITY OF WEST SPRING PINES HAVE TO SIT HERE AND TALK AND THEY'VE ALLOCATED TIME TO ONE PERSON.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE GIFT OF PUBLIC SPEAKING.

SO WHEN I SAW THIS AND IT SAID PUBLIC SPEAKERS, I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS, UH, UH, A REACTIONARY MEASURE AGAINST ME.

BUT I KNOW I ONLY SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES AT A TIME.

WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW EXTREME WE'RE GOING TO GO TO LIMIT OUR ONLY FREEDOM, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNICATING WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

IT'S THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND I THINK YOU SHOULD CONSIDER, UH, UH, THE TALENTS OF THOSE SPEAKERS THAT WANT TO COME UP HERE AND, AND SPEAK OR WANT THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD AND, AND CAN'T DO IT THEMSELVES.

SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UH, NOT LIMITING IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THREE.

LEE COLLEGE, FOR INSTANCE, IS FOUR.

GOOSE CREEK IS FIVE OR SIX.

CITY OF COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN THOSE TWO ENTITIES IN MY OPINION.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS MEASURE.

I JUST, I THINK I WANT TO ADD SOME CLARIFICATION IF I MAY, JUST SO WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US.

UM, YEAH, SO WE, WE DID LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND HOW THEY CONDUCT THEIR MEETINGS.

I THINK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I STILL THINK IN TOTALITY, I THINK GOOSE CREEK IS LIMITED TO A SET TIMEFRAME REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY SPEAKERS.

I THINK THAT'S 30 MINUTES, I'M NOT SURE AT LEE COLLEGE.

UM, BUT THERE IS SOME LIMIT TO IT.

I MEAN WE DO, UH, CERTAINLY VALUE, UH, UH, THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, UH, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE.

AND SO WITH THAT, WHAT THIS, WHAT THIS WOULD DO WOULD ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL UP TO NINE MINUTES.

SO IF THERE'S THREE ITEMS, UM, IN A SENSE YOU SPEAK THREE MINUTES ON EACH, YOU HAVE NINE MINUTES.

SO YOU CERTAINLY HAVE MET YOUR, UM, ABILITY TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

UM, IT WOULDN'T LIMIT IF THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM, AS YOU SAID WITH THE ART LEAK.

IT WOULDN'T LIMIT THAT ITEM TO TO NINE MINUTES.

IT WOULD JUST LIMIT ONE SPEAKER AND YIELDING ENOUGH TIME TO NINE MINUTES.

SO JUST IS THERE CLARIFICATION? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN WORK SESSION, CORRECT? CORRECT.

HEARINGS OR BASIS, PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE OBVIOUSLY THE SAME.

SO, UM, UH, IT WILL STILL KEEP WHERE ITEMS AS AS TONIGHT AS ITEMS ARE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED BY COUNSEL.

UM, WE WILL STILL, IF YOU SIGNED UP OBVIOUSLY, UM, ON THIS LIST, YOU WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY FOR YOUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THREE MINUTES TOO TO GO AND ADDRESS COUNSEL.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT ON IT.

SO, UM, I BELIEVE THAT WILL STILL ALLOW FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ALLOW FOR OUR CITIZENS TO COMMUNICATE WITH US EFFECTIVELY AND RESPECTIVELY AND ALLOW US TO, TO CONTINUE TO OUR, HAVE HOPEFULLY EFFICIENT MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE.

SO WITH THAT, UM, LET'S SEE, UH, IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM EIGHT A AS PRESENTED, MOVE TO APPROVE EIGHT A SECOND, MOVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM EIGHT A AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE A, DISCUSS THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S FISCAL YEAR 22, 23 PROPOSED BUDGET.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY.

SO LET THE RECORD SHOW I THINK, UM, UH, ONE DISSENTING VOTE.

[a. Discuss the City of Baytown Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Proposed Budget.]

I BELIEVE THERE'S GONNA BE SOME OPTIONS YOU'RE GONNA PROVIDE WITH US.

UH, YES, MR. MAYOR, YOU SHOULD, NOW I HAVE IN YOUR POSSESSION THE, HOLD ON.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER ABOUT A WEEK AGO I EMAILED YOU ALL WITH THE, UH, THE TWO SETS OF PROPOSALS.

ONE RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND.

UH, AS I SAID, IT'S PREDICATED ON A TAX REDUCTION OF TWO AND A HALF CENTS, UH, AND A $25 MILLION DEBT ISSUANCE.

THE TWO OPTIONS YOU HAVE ONE, UH, SETS THE GENERAL CONTINGENCY OF THE MILLION WITH DAYS IN FUND BALANCE OF 75

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AND THE SECOND SETS YOUR CONTINGENCY AT 2 MILLION, WHICH DROPS YOUR FUND BALANCE TO 72 DAYS.

THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS BEFORE YOU FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

ANY SIR? WE DO HAVE AN OPTION THREE.

YEAH, THAT AND YOU THEN HAVE A SECOND SET OF OPTIONS, ONE, TWO, AND THREE RELATING SPECIFICALLY TO THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM.

AND THAT DEALS WITH THE ISSUE OF, UH, SOME DEBATE BETWEEN THE TWO COMMITTEES THAT HAD CONSIDERED THE CIP.

UH, I PRESENTED BOTH THE A AND D'S PROPOSAL, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE PROPOSAL AND MADE A FURTHER SUGGESTION MYSELF.

AND, AND YOUR SUGGESTION IS OPTION THREE? INDEED IT IS.

SO OPTION ONE IS THE A AND E COMMITTEE'S PROPOSAL, WHICH IS THE JENKINS PARK PAVILION WOULD BE DELAYED AND THE 100 BLOCK WOULD BE FUNDED FROM THE CIP.

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OPTION IS TO MOVE BOTH TO THE MDD AND THAT WOULD MEAN TO REQUEST THE MDD CONSIDER THAT AND AMEND THEIR BUDGET TO DO SO.

AND THEN THE THIRD OPTION, I PRESENT IT TO YOU AND I PRESENT THIS BECAUSE AFTER LISTENING TO ALL OF THE DEBATES, UH, HERE IN YOUR WORK SESSIONS AND IN THE COMMITTEES, UM, I'VE LOOKED AGAIN AT THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN THE CIP AND I'M SUGGESTING TO YOU THAT THE CIP COULD SHOULDER THE BURDEN FOR BOTH PROJECTS.

SO YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO DELAY THE JENKINS PARK PAVILION.

NOR WOULD YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE MDD AND REQUEST NOW AFTER THEY'VE ALREADY PASSED THEIR BUDGET TO, UM, TO AMEND THEIR BUDGET.

AND I KNOW I'M SPEAKING TO MEMBERS OF THE MDD, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS TOO INVOLVED IN THAT.

SO OPTION THREE I GUESS, IS THERE ANY QUESTION OF THAT? SO IF YOU CAN SUMMARIZE, SO OPTION THREE WOULD, WOULD, UH, STILL PROVIDE THE 2.5% TAX RATE REDUCTION? SO, OR 2.5.

SO, SO, SO LET, LET'S SPLIT IT INTO THE TWO ITEMS. ONE IS THE GENERAL FUND.

THE 2.50 CENT TAX REDUCTION WILL BE WHAT IS PROPOSED WHEN YOU CONSIDER YOUR TAX RATE RIGHT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I'M LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL IN THAT REGARD IS WHAT LEVEL OF CONTINGENCY YOU WISH AND THEREFORE WHAT LEVEL OF FUND BALANCE I HAD PRESENTED TO YOU INITIALLY.

1 MILLION GENERAL CONTINGENCY WITH FUND BALANCE, 75 DAYS, YOUR OPTION IS TO TAKE 2 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY AND DROP YOUR FUND BALANCE TO 72.

YEP.

I WOULD SAY I'M IN FAVOR OF THE 72 DAYS AND THE TWO MAIN CONTINGENCY.

MM-HMM .

YEAH, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S REALLY SIX ONE WAY AND HALF A DOZEN THE OTHER AT THE END OF THE DAY HERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I I DON'T THINK IT'S PARAMOUNT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT I'M, I'M GOOD WITH THAT OPTION AS WELL.

I AGREE.

SO, ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT WE HAVE, UM, I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF THE, THE BIGGEST DISCUSSION WHEN IT CAME TO THE BUDGET ITSELF.

UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANY LINE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET, WHICH I HAVEN'T HEARD COUNSEL REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT.

BUT THAT SET THE FRAMEWORK.

I THINK IT WAS MORE OF A, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT OF, OF FRAMEWORK FOR TODAY, THIS BUDGET AND, AND PROBABLY FUTURE BUDGETS.

SO WITH THAT, ANY INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES IN THE BUDGET.

'CAUSE WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD ONE OF 'EM, BUT DON'T WE NEED TO ALSO ADDRESS NO, I, I WAS GONNA, YEAH, I THINK WE ADDRESSED THE FUND BALANCE VERSUS CONTINGENCY, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS CIP NOW OPTION ONE, TWO, OR THREE OF CIP.

RIGHT? WELL, WE, WE CAN'T, UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA APPROVE THE BUDGET, RIGHT? WE CAN PROVIDE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE HE HAS TO REVISE IT.

HE NEEDS DIRECTION.

SO LET'S, LET'S PUT THAT BACK.

SO WHO IS THIS A DISCUSSION? THERE'S NOT A VOTE, BUT YOU COULD JUST SAY I, I DO SUPPORT OPTION 1, 2 3, I'LL SUPPORT WHAT YOU CAME BACK WITH FOR OPTION THREE THAT KEEPS THOSE TWO ITEMS FUNDED.

UM, AND, AND, AND PREVENTS US FROM HAVING TO GO BACK TO MDD AS TO WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE IT ACHIEVES THE PURPOSE AND, AND GOOD WORK ON VICTOR'S PART.

YEP.

YEAH, I DO APPRECIATE IT.

I ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF POINTS.

ONE OF 'EM WAS, AND I KEEP GOING BACK TO IT AND, AND I'M SURE YOU'LL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT ON THE ART LEAGUE BUILDING RENOVATIONS YEP.

THE NUMBER THAT WE KEEP DISCUSSING IS 150,000.

RIGHT? IT'S 250,000 IN THIS BUDGET.

THAT'S NOT CORRECT.

SO YOU, THE A AND E COMMITTEE HAD PROPOSED 150,000 IN CASH AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN DEBT ISSUANCE FOR A TOTAL OF 250,000.

AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT IT ALL BE CASH AND NOT SPLIT INTO TWO FUNDING SOURCES.

COME OUT OUT OF THE DELIBERATE DELIBERATIONS WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

I THINK THERE WAS SOME, SOME MISCOMMUNICATION COUNCILWOMAN IT, IT WAS OUR INTENT, MAYBE IT WAS MISCOMMUNICATION ON OUR PART, BUT IT WAS OUR INTENT TO RECOMMEND A TOTAL OF $150,000.

AND THE TWO 50 DID

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UM, BUT, BUT LIKE I SAY, YOU KNOW, I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE FOLKS AT THE ART LEAGUE AND AT THE END OF THE DAY I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH $250,000.

I'VE, I'VE SPOKEN WITH THEM IN DEPTH.

AND IT, I DO HAVE ONE CAVEAT ON THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE DISCUSSED, AND I'M DRAWING ON EXPERIENCE WITH THE BRUNSON, WHETHER IT WAS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND IT LED TO YEARS OF DELAY.

SO WHAT I WOULD ASK OUT OF THAT 250,000, IF, IF WE DO APPROVE IT, I WOULD ASK THAT, THAT A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IS CONSULTED TO GIVE US AN OPINION IF THAT SECOND FLOOR IS USABLE IN THE FUTURE FOR IT TO, FOR A LOAD AND IF NOT, WHAT IT WOULD RE REQUIRE TO GET THERE.

SO THAT WAY, IF THEY WANTED TO DO THINGS IN THE FUTURE ON THAT SECOND FLOOR, WE WILL HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER IF, IF IT CAN BE DONE OR NOT.

AND WE NEED THAT ANSWER.

SO I I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I MEAN I, IT IT'LL COST SOME MONEY AND I GUESS DOING THE TWO 50 IS, IS GONNA HELP WITH THAT INITIATIVE.

ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, YES.

QUESTION A AND E, WHY DID YOU ALL SUGGEST A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO BEGIN WITH? 150? 51 50.

WHY WAS IT ONE 50? WE, WE WERE LOOKING AT WAYS TO CUT SOME OF THE BUDGET.

AND THAT'S HONESTLY WHAT IT WAS.

WE WERE LOOKING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A MINOR AMOUNT COMPARED TO 25 MILLION.

WE WERE LOOKING AT A A WHERE WE COULD CUT SOME OF THE BUDGET AND WE FELT 150,000 WAS REASONABLE.

WELL IT ENDED UP ON OURS TWO TIMES AND WE ASSUMED THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

THAT WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION SOMEHOW, SOMEHOW THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND CAME TO ME, THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.

'CAUSE WE WERE TALKING, IT WAS ORIGINALLY 600,000 AND WE TRENDED IT TO 150,000 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S KIND OF, WELL, 150,000 CASH AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND OUT OF SOMEWHERE ELSE'S KIND.

LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE DISCUSSION WE HAD.

WE WERE TRIMMING IT FROM 600,000 DOWN TO 150,000.

WELL, IF YOU RECALL, THERE WAS, WELL I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY IT CAME TO US THAT WAY AND DIDN'T COME TO THEM THAT WAY.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS NEFARIOUS.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY JUST A MISTAKE.

IT WASN'T, IT WAS ANYTHING DELIBERATE.

YOU MENTION TYPO, I DUNNO.

ON MR. MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN BE CLEAR, THE 250 IS THE, THE MINIMUM IN THE VIEW OF STAFF THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO DO ALL THE WORK THAT IS NECESSARY ON THE BUILDING.

150 WILL NOT GET IT DONE.

IF YOU'RE GONNA CUT IT TO THAT, YOU MIGHT AS WELL CUT IT IN ITS ENTIRETY.

I THINK THAT'S FAIR.

I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I, I REALLY SEE THE CONSENSUS YOU'VE ALREADY PRESENTED AWAY TO FUND IT.

I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE NOW.

IS THAT CORRECT? I MEAN IT'S TWO 50 WHERE IT'S FUNDED, I'M ASSUMING.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

SO IT, IT IS, BUT LIKE I SAY, IF, IF AN ENGINEER OR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WILL BE CONSULTED AND WE NEED A DEFENDANT TO V ANSWER ON THE SECOND FLOOR OR WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME ARGUMENT, WELL IS IT USABLE OR NOT? IS IT A SAFETY ISSUE OR NOT? IS IT DANGEROUS OR NOT TO EVEN STORE THINGS UP THERE? HOW MUCH CAN BE STORED? CAN WE HAVE CLASSES IN THE FUTURE? YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, MR. PRI LOOKED AROUND.

I MEAN WE, WE HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND WHETHER THE ART LEAGUE IS ABLE TO PARTNER WITH SOMEONE OR USE IT FOR THEMSELVES IN THE FUTURE.

THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED.

BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S A NICE SPACE TO KNOW IF IT CAN BE USED IN THE FUTURE.

SO OUT OF A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER APPARENTLY WASN'T DISCUSSED TO BE USED WITH ANY OF THIS MONEY.

NO.

SO SO THE MONEY THAT WAS DISCUSSED TO BE USED WAS FOR SPECIFIC REPAIRS TO GET THEM STARTED.

ACCORDING TO OUR DELIBERATIONS.

ONE 50 WAS, SO NOW IF SOME OF THAT'S GOING TO A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, SOME OF THIS MONEY IS NOT GONNA BE GOING TO REPAIRS, WHICH MEANS SOME OF THE REPAIRS WILL NOT BE DONE BECAUSE OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS COMING IN.

SO THAT'S INCORRECT.

OUR DELIBERATIONS WERE THAT ONE 50 GOES TO CONSTRUCTION, NOTHING ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

BUT IN TALKING WITH THE ART LEAGUE, THEY DO HAVE GRAND PLANS AS MANY FOLKS DO.

AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE SECOND FLOOR IS, IT'S, IT'S A NEAT SPACE.

SO FOR ME INDIVIDUALLY TO SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL 100,000, WHETHER IT CAME OUT VIA A TYPO OR MISCOMMUNICATION, LIKE I SAY, I CAN SUPPORT IT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR SOME OF THAT TO, TO GO TOWARDS GETTING US AN ANSWER IF THEY CAN USE THE SECOND FLOOR FOR CLASSROOMS AND AND SUCH.

SO I JUST, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT.

IT ACHIEVES THE PURPOSE.

IT I AGREE.

LET, LET ME, LEMME JUST, SO WHEN WE DID THE BRUNSON, I THINK WE, WE SPENT LIKE $20,000 FOR THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.

I DO NOT SEE THAT CON EVEN, EVEN THOUGH THAT THAT WAS SOME TIME BACK, UM, I DO THINK WE COULD IT WE SHOULDN'T BE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT FIGURE.

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NO, NOWHERE NEAR THAT.

AND AND IT'S REALLY ADVANTAGEOUS THE LONG TERM OF THE BUILDING.

IT IS OUR BUILDING.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND STRUCTURALLY SOUND.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND SO IT, IT'S MINIMAL.

I THINK THE INTENT HERE FOR THIS ITEM IS THAT THE BUILDING THAT IS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WITH THE LEASE OF THE ART LEAGUE WOULD BE, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND LET'S, LET'S ALLOW REPAIRS THAT, THAT ARE NEEDED.

I THINK 250 K IS ADEQUATE.

ONE 50 K MAY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN, DON'T KNOW IT'S LESS THAN 600 K AND IT CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH WHATEVER, WHATEVER SOURCE THAT FINANCE BELIEVE IT.

YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T, TO ME IT'S NOT GONNA MATTER IF IT'S ONE 50 HERE AND A HUNDRED HERE.

THE IDEA IS WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THIS BUILDING, WE'RE GONNA MAKE THE REPAIRS, IT'S GONNA BE MORE PRESENTABLE AND WE WILL SEE IF IT'S DIRECTLY SOUND.

AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, TO ME THAT IS THE OUTCOME OF WHAT WE REALLY SHOULD BE SEEKING.

AND SO YES NO COURSE YOU, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED, IT WAS 150, A HUNDRED THOUSAND CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND WE'RE JUST NOW FIND AND WE'RE GONNA FIND A WAY TO SPEND MONEY THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

THAT, THAT, THAT'S HOW I'M SEEING THIS RIGHT NOW.

IT WAS A MISTAKE, BUT WE'RE SAYING YEAH, IF IT WAS A TYPO IT WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND WRITTEN IN, LET'S FIND A WAY TO SPEND IT.

AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS BUDGET SESSION, WE WERE GONNA BE TAKING OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TYPE OF THINGS WEREN'T HAPPENING.

IF IT'S GONNA BE 20,000, LET'S FIND OUT WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE FOR THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, USE THAT AND NOT USE MONEY THAT WAS JUST PULLED OUT OF THIN AIR.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS SOUNDS LIKE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

WELL I DISAGREE WITH THAT.

OKAY, HOLD ON.

YES MA'AM.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS A TYPO.

I THINK IT WAS MISSED BY THE A AND E COMMITTEE ACCIDENTALLY.

I THINK IT WAS ALWAYS THERE AND I THINK, UM, AS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR SAID, STAFF LOOKED AT THE LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY.

AND IT WASN'T A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, IT WAS THAT FACT THAT IT'S LEAKING THE FACT THAT BATS ARE LIVING THERE.

I MEAN THINGS ARE JUST, ARE IMMEDIATELY NEEDED TO, FOR IT TO BE A HABITABLE FUNCTIONAL SPACE.

AND THEY SAID 150 IS NOT GONNA DO IT, BUT WE THINK WE CAN FOR TWO 50.

IS THAT THE COM? IS THAT THE CORRECT IN WHAT YOU SAID? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND SO THEY'RE SAYING IF YOU WANNA DO ANYTHING AT ALL, YOU MIGHT AS WELL DO IT AT TWO 50 'CAUSE IT'S ANY LESS THAN THAT.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST MAKE IT ZERO.

BUT THAT TWO 50, I DON'T THINK YOU ARE COUNTING FOR A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER TO CHARLES'S POINT.

SO THEY NEED THE TWO 50 TO DO THE MINIMUM.

AND IF YOU WANNA GIVE 'EM ANOTHER TWO $20,000 FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

YEAH, I MEAN A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER FOR THIS, THIS SIZE PROPERTY WOULD, I MEAN MINIMAL, MAYBE FOUR, $5,000.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A, I THINK IT'S MINIMAL.

I THINK IN THE TWO 50, I THINK THE TWO 50 SHOULD BE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT.

SO THE TWO 50 AND THEN WE LEAVE IT AT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE THE ROOF REPAIR HVAC AND A DA REQUIREMENTS.

AND I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT WE COULD DO THOSE ITEMS WITH 150.

AND THAT'S WHY WHEN I, I NEVER UH, HEARD OF THE ONE 50.

IN MY MIND IT WAS ALWAYS TWO 50.

AND SO IT WENT FROM 600 TO TWO 50 IN MY MIND.

RIGHT.

IF IT WAS ONE 50 WRITTEN THEN IT WAS A MISTAKE BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL WE COULD DO THAT WORK FOR ONE 50.

SO I MEAN IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE THERE.

I I THINK THE TWO 50 AND, AND I'LL GO WITH THE TWO 50, BUT I WANNA STRESS THAT THE A DA REPAIRS ARE DOWNSTAIRS AND NOT UPSTAIRS.

RIGHT MA'AM? BECAUSE THE UPSTAIRS WE, THEY START, IF THEY, IF WE PROGRESS AND USE THE UPSTAIRS, MY CONCERN IS WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT WE REPAIRING AND RENOVATING THAT ELEVATOR AND WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING SEVEN DIGITS, NOT THREE DIGITS.

SO FAIR ENOUGH.

SO I, THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE THINGS I CAUGHT THAT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS IS, AND THEN THE TWO 50 COME OUT.

BUT I, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT I DON'T THINK IT THERE'S ANYTHING NEFARIOUS CAME, CAME OUTTA THAT.

IT'S JUST WHEN WE PROPOSED THE ONE 50, THERE WAS ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS LISTED SOMEWHERE THAT GOT ADDED TO IT.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD.

AND AS LONG AS THAT'S THE CASE, LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE NOT SAYING NO ONE KNOWS WHERE IT CAME FROM, WHERE IT CAME FROM AND WE'RE GONNA GO SPEND IT.

AND THAT'S MY FAVORITE ARGUMENT IS THE TWO POSITIONS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

IF IT WAS A HONEST MISTAKE, THAT'S FINE.

I'M GOOD WITH IT.

BUT THE CONVERSATION STARTED WHERE NO ONE KNEW YOU ALL HAD APPROVED 150.

WE SIT IN A MEETING AND ASK THE QUESTION, WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? AND NO ONE GAVE US AN ANSWER TO IT.

BUT IF, IF, IF IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS IS WHAT IS NEEDED TO DO THE, THE WORK THAT'S PROPOSED, I'LL BE OKAY WITH THAT ALSO.

I THINK WE FIRST SAID OPTION THREE.

GOOD.

OPTION THREE.

GOOD.

I THINK WE'VE PROVIDED DIRECTION ON, YOU HAVE ON THAT ONE ITEM ANYMORE? OH YEAH, YOUR DISCUSSION HAS BEEN FUL, SIR.

I'LL TOUCH ON ONE AND

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BUT WE'VE SAID FOR A YEAR ONE, SO THAT'S, SO IF, IF MY COLLEAGUES ALL UP HERE SAY THEY WANT TO GO FOR TWO, SO BE I, IT'S AN MDD THING, BUT CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION BEFORE WE GO TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? SURE.

WAS THERE CONSENSUS ON THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER JUST SO THAT OUR TEAM HAS THAT DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT? WHEN I BELIEVE, I THINK, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, WE HAVE PLENTY OF MD MONEY, BUT I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IN THE TWO 50 A STRUCTURE IN THERE, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA COST, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE EXTREMELY LARGE FOR, FOR THAT SIZE BUILDING, SIR, COMPARED TO THE BROWN SUIT.

AND IT, I THINK IT COULD BE ABSORBED IN, IN THE TWO 50.

IF, IF NOT THEN COME BACK AND WE'LL WE, WE WILL TRY TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.

IT SHOULD BE VERY MINIMAL.

IT'S OUR BUILDING.

WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT IT'S STRUCTURALLY SOUND.

YEAH, YEAH.

REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT'S FUNDED.

MAYOR, I THINK THE POINT IS DO THE, DO THE NECESSITIES FIRST, THE HVAC, THE, THE ROOF AND THE A DA DOWNSTAIRS IN THEIR BATHROOM.

LET'S GET THOSE DONE AND IF THERE'S A FEW THOUSAND LEFT OVER, HOPEFULLY THEN ABSOLUTELY LET'S DO THAT.

IF NOT, WE'LL HAVE THIS REVISIT CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER, UH, CITY FACILITY.

MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, UH, ASK FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR OUR RECORD.

UH, BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON MAY HAVE MISSPOKEN, HE DID TALK ABOUT OUR, UH, COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL, UH, HAVING APPROVAL IS, I BELIEVE THE, THE WORD THAT HE USED.

I BELIEVE THAT HE MAY HAVE MEANT, UH, TO, UH, REFER THINGS TO COUNSEL OR TO RECOMMENDATION, RECOMMENDATION, RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNSEL YES.

I'M SURE THAT'S, THAT WAS HIS INTENTION.

YES, IT WAS.

OKAY, SO OTHER LINE ITEMS, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD, I WILL SAY WE'VE HAD ADEQUATE TIME.

SO WHAT ARE THE ITEMS? BECAUSE THIS IS IT, WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON THE 22ND ON A BUDGET.

AND AGAIN, THE ONLY ONE I HAVE, THE OTHER ONE I HAVE IS, IS THE TWO VERSUS THE ONE AS FAR AS THE NEW POSITIONS.

SO WITH, I THOUGHT, I, I WANTED TO SAY THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ACTUALLY FUNDED THROUGH MDD IS THAT WAS A DECISION.

SO LET'S GET, LET'S GET THE QUESTION ANSWERED AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

AND THAT'S MY QUANDARY IS, OH, WE CAN PLAY WITH THIS MONEY ALL DAY LONG AND WE CAN FUND SOME OVER HERE AND WE CAN FUND SOME OVER HERE.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE END UP WITH TWO.

WHEN, WHEN WE AS A BODY HAVE REACHED A CONSENSUS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT WE'RE WILLING TO DO ONE.

WELL, WE CAN DO ONE, BUT WE CAN ALSO FUND ANOTHER ONE OVER HERE.

I'M NOT GOOD WITH THAT.

I WAS JUST SAYING, IT'S JUST TO REITERATE THAT IT'S HALFWAY THROUGH.

COUNSEL WILL COME BACK AND APPROVE IT.

MR. LESSER, I UNDERSTAND YOUR OPINION THAT IF IT'S IN THE BUDGET, IT'S ALREADY APPROVED.

AND, UM, I I, I WOULD JUST ASK FOR TRUST AND STAFF THAT WE WOULD NOT DO THAT WITHOUT THE COUNSEL KNOWING THAT, THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.

THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST.

IT'S NOT A TRUST ISSUE.

UH, SOME ASSURANCE THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT OR RATIFY THAT IN THE FOLLOWING BUDGET.

IT'S NOT, WHEN WE APPROVE THE BUDGET, THE BUDGET IS APPROVED, AND IF IT'S IN THE BUDGET, IT'S APPROVED.

I MEAN, MAYOR, MY COMMENT IS, AND I'VE MADE THESE COMMENTS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE MADE THE COMMENT THAT THE CITY'S ATTEMPT AT AN, AT AN IN-HOUSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, IF YOU WILL, IT'S BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS.

AND I THINK THAT IS UNEQUIVOCAL, THAT IT HAS BEEN A WORK IN PROGRESS.

AND I BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN SOME SUCCESSES, CERTAINLY HAS, HAS HAVE COME ABOUT.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS OF LATE AND TO APPROVE TWO POSITIONS THAT FRANKLY, RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO ONE TO REPORT TO.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

I, I, I JUST THINK THERE'S A HOLISTIC APPROACH THAT NEEDS TO BE UNDERTAKEN AND IT, IT'S BEYOND MY TIME ON COUNCIL.

AND, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT POTENTIALLY IT COULD BE BEYOND THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER'S TENURE AS WELL.

UM, THERE'S A LOT TO IT.

SO, MAYOR, CAN I, CAN I OFFER MAYBE A COMPROMISE? FRANK, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AS WELL.

UH, MIKE, UM, ONE IDEA IS THE WAY THAT I, I DEAL WITH, UH, POLICE, UH, VACANCIES AND NEEDS AS WELL AS FIREFIGHTERS IS, UH, I UTILIZE IN THE EVENT THAT THE NEED, WE FILL OUR VACANCIES AND THE NEED ARISES TO ADD TO THAT FORCE.

UH, GENERALLY WHAT I'VE, I'VE WORKED OUT WITH BOTH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS IS I CAN UTILIZE, UH, SOME DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FROM SALARY SAVINGS, UH, TO FUND THAT POSITION.

I, I COME TO YOU AND I'LL TELL YOU, HEY, MY INTENTION IS TO HIRE, UH, NEW FIREFIGHTERS OR, OR POLICE OFFICERS AND THEN ASK FOR,

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UH, SHOULD THIS, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS ELIMINATE THE POSITIONS AND ALLOW US TO APPROACH YOU IF AND WHEN WE ARE READY TO, UH, SATISFY, UH, THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND, UH, WE HAVE ENOUGH LATITUDE, UH, BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.

I'M SURE WE DO ANNUALLY TO RESPOND TO THAT NEED IF, IF, UH, IT ARISES.

BUT THAT WAY YOU HAVEN'T AUTHORIZED ANYTHING, BUT YOU STILL UNDERSTAND.

WE HAVE A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING HERE THAT THERE MAY COME A TIME IN THE YEAR WHEN WE, UH, RECONFIGURE THIS PROGRAM AND WE NEED THAT ADDITIONAL HELP THAT WE WILL COME TO YOU AND ASK FOR THAT SUPPORT FOR A NEW POSITION AT THAT TIME.

? YES.

AND I WOULD SAY WE, WE HAVE A CURRENT POSITION GO, I, I I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT WE CUT BOTH OF THE PROPOSED POSITIONS.

WE KEEP ONE NEW ONE IN THE BUDGET AS WE'RE TALKING DISCUSSED ABOUT NET HEAD COUNT.

THAT WOULD BE A NET TWO.

AND THEN JUST AS YOU SAID IT, IF WE'RE TWO THIRDS OR HALFWAY THROUGH THE, THE BUDGET YEAR, AND YOU COME TO US AS WE, WE FILLED THOSE TWO POSITIONS AND IT'S BLOWING UP IN OUR FACE, THEY'RE GANGBUSTERS.

WE NEED A THIRD, AND I'LL USE YOUR TERM.

I CAN RESPOND TO, YOU HAVE TO TRUST COUNSEL THAT WE'RE GONNA RESPOND TO THAT.

THAT'S TRUE.

NO WAY.

I'LL SAY THAT.

, THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT PROPOSAL.

SO I'VE NEVER ADVOCATED CUTTING BOTH THE POSITIONS.

IT'S JUST WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE TALKED ABOUT SINCE DECEMBER THAT WE COULD, WE SUPPORT, WE, ALL OF US, I THINK, AND I'M SPEAKING MAYBE OUT OF TURN, THINK ALL OF US SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INTERNALLY.

WE SUPPORTED GROWING IT IN A METHODICAL WAY TO ONE.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

WE, WE JUST KEPT GOING BACK TO TWO AND IT'S LIKE, I, THAT'S JUST A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR ME.

AND I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, THE REASON IT WENT BACK TO TWO IS THE MEETING YOU WERE NOT AT THIS DISCUSSION HAPPENED AND THE CONSENSUS WAS LEAVE THE TWO IN THERE.

YES, WE HIRE THE ONE WHEN WE'RE READY, COME TO COME BACK, COME LIKE YOU'RE PROPOSING.

THAT'S WHAT THE CONSENSUS WAS.

THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED.

BUT I REMEMBERED IT AT MDD BECAUSE IT WAS THE, THE MD IT WAS A FIVE THREE, AND THEN THERE WAS A DISCUSSION FROM THE CITY, THE GENERAL MANAGER AT THAT POINT, AND THE MAYOR SAID, WELL, OKAY, LET'S JUST LEAVE THE TWO.

I I THINK THE REALITY IS ONCE THE POSITIONS ARE FILLED, AND, AND I, MY MY RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT IN A SENSE THAT THE ONE NEW ADDITION HEAD COUNT, DEPENDING ON THEIR SKILLSET AND, AND, AND, AND MAYBE THEIR SCOPE MAY CHANGE, LET THAT KIND OF CURE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE HIRE THE SECOND PERSON.

WE MAY BE IN A NEW BUDGET BY THE TIME THAT SECOND PERSON COMES.

IN MY MIND AND I LOOK AT THE TIMELINE OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, WE'RE ALREADY GONNA BE IN, IN, IN BUDGET, ARE YOU ALL, AND WITH COST SAVINGS, IF THE CITY MANAGER AT THAT TIME COMES, SAYS, AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, I FILLED MY TWO, THEY'RE BLOWING AND GOING, I NEED A THIRD.

I HOPE THAT'S, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US UP HERE WOULD OPPOSE A MORE AGGRESSIVE ECONOMIC INTERNAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

ANYTHING ELSE'S GOOD? DOES VICTOR UNDERSTAND? YES.

DO YOU HAVE CLARITY OPTION FOR OPTION THREE? SO IF I, IF I CAN JUST SUMMARIZE FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION, I WILL BE PRESENTING TO YOU OPTION TWO IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL FUND IE TAX REDUCTION OF TWO AND A HALF CENTS AND THE CONTINGENCY OF 2 MILLION WITH FUND BALANCE AT 72 DAYS.

AND I WILL BE PRESENTING, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THE CIP WHICH FUNDS BOTH JENKINS PARK PAVILION AND THE 100 BLOCK AND INDEED FUNDS THE ART LEAGUE AT 250.

YES, CORRECT.

DID I HEAR OPTION TWO? I THOUGHT YOU SAID THREE.

THREE.

OPTION TWO.

OPTION TWO OF THE FIRST SET OF OPTIONS.

OPTION THREE OF THE SECOND.

REDUCING.

OKAY, WE'RE GOOD.

ANYTHING ELSE ON ITEM NINE A? NO , BECAUSE THAT'S IT.

IT'S HANDS DOWNS, PENCILS DOWN AND WE WILL, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD DOWN.

SO I GUESS WE'LL GO ADD FINAL EDITS TO THE BUDGET AND WE, UH, DO EXPECT COUNSEL TO, TO GO AND CONSIDER THAT ON THE 22ND.

UM, NEXT WE HAVE

[a. Receive the City of Baytown's Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending June 30, 2022.]

ITEM 10.

A, UH, SO IT WOULD BE RECEIVE THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT INVESTMENT REPORT AND QUARTERLY ENDING QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH, 22.

FUND BALANCE THAT WE WERE PROPOSING ARE SUGGESTING RATHER THAT WE WILL END UP AT THE END OF THIS CURRENT YEAR STILL STANDS AT ABOUT 140, UH, AND OR SO DAYS, WHICH GIVES US A LATITUDE TO FUND MORE IN THE CIP NEXT YEAR AND REDUCE THE FUND BALANCE NOW TO 72 DAYS.

SO, MR. RAM, MAYOR, I, I KNOW YOU THOROUGHLY ENJOY THESE SESSIONS, BUT I'M GONNA DISAPPOINT YOU TONIGHT AND NOT DWELL OVERLY ON THIS REPORT.

UM, IT TAKES US TO THE THREEQUARTER WAY MARK.

UM, THE REALITY IS, WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THE BUDGET TOGETHER AND GOING THROUGH ALL THE DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WE HAD THIS YEAR'S PERFORMANCE, UH, AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS.

SO I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS REPORT DOES NOT DEVIATE MATERIALLY AT ALL FROM THE ESTIMATES THAT WERE PROVIDED WHEN WE PRESENTED THE DRAFT BUDGET TO YOU.

UH, SO THE

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THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, AS I SAY, MATERIALLY, UH, ON THAT.

UH, THE AQUATICS FUND, UH, THIS WAS THE POSITION THAT THE THREE QUARTER WAY MARK, UM, ANOTHER GOOD PERFORMANCE THIS YEAR, UH, FUND IS IN A HEALTHY POSITION.

HOTEL MOTEL FUND I BOARD YOU RIGID WITH, UH, HOW GOOD THAT'S DOING.

IT CONTINUES TO OUTPERFORM WATER AND SEWER FUND, UM, ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON THE MONEY IN TERMS OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES THAT WILL OUTTURN AT THE, UH, THE SAME LEVEL WE PREDICTED WHEN WE PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER, PRESENTED IT TO YOU, SIMILAR TO SANITATION FUND.

IT'S GONNA BE EVEN BETTER GOING INTO NEXT YEAR WITH THE NEW CONTRACT.

AND THAT WILL GIVE US SOME TIME.

I WOULD SUGGEST AS YOU GO THROUGH NEXT YEAR TO CONSIDER WHAT WE MIGHT WISH TO DO WITH THAT.

IF THE FUND BALANCE IS GROWING FOR A CHANGE IN THE SANITATION FUND, STORMWATER AGAIN IS AS WE EXPECTED IT TO BE, STREET MAINTENANCE.

OUR QUARTERLY EARNING, OUR QUARTERLY EARNINGS ARE UP SIGNIFICANTLY AND THAT'S, UH, OBVIOUSLY THANKS TO THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE WHERE INTEREST RATES ARE GROWING, BUT IT IS ALSO A MEASURE OF THE SUCCESS IN OUTSOURCING OUR INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICE.

UH, THE, UH, THE WORK THAT HILLTOP IS DOING, UM, IS PAYING DIVIDENDS AND I MEAN THAT ABSOLUTELY PRACTICALLY THERE YOU ARE QUARTERLY EARNINGS AT ALMOST HALF A MILLION LAST QUARTER, UH, THEY DIDN'T EVEN GET TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR ON THAT ONE.

ALRIGHT, SO THAT WAS ITEM

[b. Receive the no-new revenue tax rate and voter-approval tax rate.]

10 A.

SO HAVE 10 B IF YOU WANNA.

YES, INDEED.

SO, UH, ON, ON THIS ONE, AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO, UH, DELAY YOU.

WE RECEIVED THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE.

YOU WEREN'T SETTING YOUR TAX RATE TONIGHT.

YOU'LL DO THAT IN THE 22ND.

SO THIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE, UH, NO NEW REVENUE RATE CAME IN AT 75.16 CENTS AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, UH, CAME IN AT 83.3 AND YOUR PROPOSAL IS TO DROP THE TAX RATE TO 76 CENTS SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE TO THE NEW REVENUE RATE.

I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A REAL WIN FOR YOU, SIR.

WE ITEM, UM,

[c. Receive the 2022 Appraisal Rolls certified by the Harris County Appraisal District and the Chambers County Appraisal District.]

10 C.

YES, INDEED.

SO WE HAVE THE APPRAISAL RULES FROM HARRIS COUNTY AND CHAMBERS COUNTY.

UH, OVERALL, UH, OUR VALUE IS UP 20% OFF THAT 18% IN HARRIS COUNTY, CHAMBERS COUNTY.

THE ROLE INCREASED BY 48% YEAR OVER YEAR.

IT'S BECAUSE OUR APPRAISED VALUES HAVE INCREASED.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR.

SO I JUST WANT, I WANT TO, UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO I TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, SO AS YOU KNOW, CONSENT AGENDA, UNLESS AN ITEM IS PULLED, IT IS CONSIDERED WITHOUT DISCUSSION.

I DO HAVE A CITIZEN THAT SIGNED UP FOR ITEM 11 F SO I'M ASSUMING THEY STILL HAVE THAT, THE ABILITY TO COMMENT ON THAT.

MR. CITY ATTORNEY? YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT, MR. ISAAC, YOU'RE UP, MR.

[f. Consider an ordinance authorizing payment to Baker Wotring, L.L.P., for legal services in connection with United States of America and State of Texas v. City of Baytown; Civil Action No. 4:22-cv-01279, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.]

MAYOR.

COUNSEL, UH, THE ITEM THAT I'M DISCUSSING TONIGHT IS 11 F, WHICH I CANNOT SEE ON HERE, BUT, UH, YOU SIGN UP FOR IT.

CAN READ IT.

THAT'S FINE.

I'LL TRY TO RECALL IT FROM MEMORY.

UH, THE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE STATE OF TEXAS VERSUS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

ON THE WEST SIDE, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT ONE, WERE AFFECTED BY THESE WATER SITUATIONS.

I BELIEVE WE ALLOCATED $250,000 TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY TO, UH, BE A PART OF THE LITIGATION OF THIS MATTER.

HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH OF IT.

I KNOW THAT $250,000 IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD SPEND ON MANY OTHER THINGS.

WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE ARCH DISTRICT AND $250,000 THAT COULD BE A ALLOCATED THERE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO COMPEL THE MAYOR AND THIS COUNCIL TO BE RESPONSIBLE, UH, AND TO BE FERVENT WITH, UH, THE, THE WATER GOING FORWARD BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED BY THIS SITUATION.

THERE'S A REASON, UH, WHY THIS SUIT IS BEING BROUGHT TO US AND BEFORE US.

AND I, UH, IN THE WORDS OF ONE, UH, CITY LEADER, YOU KNOW, HOPE THAT YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL IN LAWYERING UP.

HOWEVER, I HAVE SEEN THE DATA AND I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE

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AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO COMPEL THE BOARD, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO PLAY CLOSER ATTENTION GOING FORWARD AND TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS SITUATION.

SO WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH F.

ALRIGHT, THANKS SIR.

ALRIGHT,

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

SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA, MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGHOUT SECOND MOTION.

SECOND, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AS OPPOSED, WE HAVE ITEM 12

[a. Consider three (3) appointments to the Parks and Recreation Board.]

A APPOINTMENTS.

AND SO WITH THAT, MR. ISAAC, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MR. BARON.

COUNSEL, UH, TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE PARKS AND REC BOARD.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UH, ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE LIST IS, UH, OUR FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN TERRY, SANE.

I THINK HE HAS SERVES ON TWO DIFFERENT, UH, UH, COMMITTEES AND WOULD BE, UH, AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT TIMING TO CYCLE HIM OUT FOR SOME NEW REPRESENTATION.

THERE'S ABOUT A DOZEN PEOPLE ON THE LIST THAT APPLIED FOR THIS JOB.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, MR. KEVIN JONES HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2009, HOWEVER, THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME AS CHAIR FOR THAT COMMITTEE.

SO, UH, WITH THE VACANCY AND, AND, AND WITH, UH, MR. TERRY SAYING HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET NEW LEADERSHIP ON PARKS AND REC.

THAT'S NOT A REFERENDUM ON HOW WELL THEY HAVE DONE, BUT A REFERENDUM ON HOW WE CAN GET NEW LEADERSHIP, INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY IN PARKS AND RECREATION.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, SO ITEM 12 A.

SO IT'S CONSIDERED THREE APPOINTMENTS, THE PARKS REC BOARD, WHICH ARE THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS.

UH, SO WHAT I'LL BE DOING ON THIS, I WILL BE REAPPOINTING TERRY SANE, OR AT LEAST I'M GONNA REAPPOINT HIS NOMINATION.

UH, FOR TERRY SI THINK HE'S JUST COMPLETED HIS FIRST TERM IN A SENSE.

UH, UH, AS A MEMBER OF THE PARSON REC BOARD, UH, I DID SPEAK WITH MR. JONES AND, UM, LOOKS LIKE HE IS RETIRED AND HE IS ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.

AND, UH, WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION.

HE SERVED VERY HONORABLY, I THINK SINCE 2009.

AND SO, UH, IN HIS PLACE.

AND I WANNA MAKE SURE REGARDLESS OF THE APPOINTMENT, IT THERE, THE NEW TERM FOR THESE APPOINTMENTS WILL BEGIN SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO WITH THAT, MR. UH, JAMARI GILBERT WILL BE MY APPOINTMENT TO THE PARKS RED REC BOARD, WHICH STILL LEAVES ME WITH, UH, A THIRD VACANCY.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL STILL BE CONSIDERING THERE IS, I, I'M VERY, UM, PLEASED WITH THE LIST OF APPLICANTS AND SO I'LL CONTINUE TO REVIEW THOSE AND I WILL MAKE MY VAC VACANCY, I GUESS, APPOINTMENT AT A FUTURE DATE.

BUT WITH THAT, UM, MR. GILBERT, I, I THINK HE WILL CERTAINLY SERVE THE PARKS AND REC BOARD VERY WELL.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF MR. GILBERT AND MR. SANE, A REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. SANE MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

THE MOTION SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE TWO APPOINTMENTS, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY.

WE HAVE NEXT IS

[13. MANAGER'S REPORT Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 551.0415 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council of the City of Baytown may receive a report about items of community interest from City staff and/or a member of the City Council, but no action or possible action shall be taken or discussed concerning the subject of such report, except as provided by Section 551.042 of the Texas Government Code.]

THE MANAGER'S REPORT.

MAY OR JUST, UH, WANT TO GIVE TWO SHOUTS OUT.

FIRST OF ALL, RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF FIREFIGHTER BRADLEY BRYANT AS HE ACHIEVED HIS, UH, INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURE FIREFIGHTER CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATION, AND LIEUTENANT GEORGE LUCIDO, WHO, UH, RECEIVED HIS ADVANCED STRUCTURE OF FIREFIGHTING, UH, CERTIFICATE.

SO KUDOS TO THEM.

I APPRECIATE THEIR INVESTMENT IN THEIR CAREER AND CONTINUOUS LEARNING.

AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT, MAYOR.

UH, WE HAVE ITEM 14 A AND, UH, WE DO HAVE MR. ISAAC, UH, WE THANK YOU.

SO NEXT,

[a. Receive a report from Council Member Chris Presley regarding District No. Two projects and programs. ]

WE HAVE ITEM 14 A.

MR. ISAAC, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES ONCE AGAIN, AND I'LL ASK YOU OBVIOUSLY TO MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THIS, THIS IS AN OPEN TOPIC, SO THIS IS WHY IT'S HARD, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DISTRICT TWO SPECIFIC.

PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC OR WE'LL GAVEL YOU.

UM, AND IT NEEDS TO BE RESPECTFUL AND TO THIS BODY AND TO, TO ANY OF YOUR COMMENTS.

OF COURSE, MR. PROGRAM.

SO, MR. RAM, MAYOR, UH, AND COUNSEL, UH, REGARDING, UH, THIS REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER CHRIS PRESLEY REGARDING DISTRICT TWO PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, UH, WOULD JUST LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS WORKING, UH, AS BEST AS WE CAN TO, UH, SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THE, UH, PROGRESS THAT WE MADE WITH, UH, THE SAN JACINTO MALL AND TRY TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON THE OLD KMART AND THE IS SOURCE SITTING ON NORTH PRUITT.

AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT, UH, UH, COMPLIANCE AND, AND COOPERATION FROM OUR CITY COUNCILMAN WHO HAS, UH, SEEMINGLY OPEN TO THAT.

AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.

HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE PART OF HIS, UH, FUTURE, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS SHORTLY.