Oct 13, 2022 Special Municipal Development Committee

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SO, AND I'LL CALL THIS MEETING WITH THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ORDER OR SPECIAL MEETING.

UH, IT IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13TH.

IT IS 5:32 PM WE ARE IN BAYTOWN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

UH, FIRST WE HAVE

[1. MINUTES]

SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.

SECOND.

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

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? ITEM CARRIES.

WE HAVE ITEM TWO A

[a. Consider a resolution approving Business Improvement Grant applications not to exceed $40,000.00 per each individual grant.]

UH, YES, SIR.

MR. REYNOLDS, UH, BOARD, UH, I COME TO YOU IN YOUR PACKET, YOU WILL HAVE A, YOU WILL HAVE THREE PROPOSALS FOR AN APPROVAL OF THE BIG GRANT, UH, FOR THE TWO BEAUTY SUPPLY STORES AND A PREMIUM WASTER.

I WILL ASK YOU THAT THE BOARD CONSIDERS TABLING, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE GRANTS, UH, FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD DUE TO THE FACT THAT, UH, TAKING OVER THIS, WE'RE FINDING, UM, PIECES THAT NEED TO BE FURTHER IDENTIFIED.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TALK TO THE BOARD IN FUTURE ACTIONS ON HOW TO BEST USE THIS MONEY SO THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW.

I THINK SOME OF THIS MAY BE MISSING THE MARK, UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO FURTHER DISCUSS.

IF THE BOARD DOES NOT WANT TO CONSIDER THAT AT THIS POINT, YOU DO HAVE THREE THAT WE CAN APPROVE AND THEN HOLD FAST ON THE MONEY THAT'S LEFT OVER, UM, AND THEN START WORKING ON HOW TO REDEVELOP THAT GOING FORWARD.

OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS? I GUESS AT LEAST WITH WHAT'S PRESENTED BY STAFF OR AT LEAST WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING.

COMMENT.

YES.

YES, SIR.

SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF TABLING BECAUSE I DID HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, IN REGARDS TO LEVERAGING, IN REGARDS TO LEVERAGING PUBLIC DOLLARS WITH PRIVATE DOLLARS, ET CETERA.

SO, RIGHT.

I, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH YOU JASON, BUT I ACTUALLY TEND TO AGREE THAT, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION MAY BE PRODUCTIVE, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

AND JUST FOR Y'ALL'S, THIS WAS ONE THAT WAS REDONE.

YES, IT LOOKS GOOD.

THIS WOULD TECHNICALLY QUALIFY FOR $40,000, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, IT MAY JUST BE PAINT ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ACHIEVING WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO ACHIEVE OR SHOULD WE USE THIS MONEY ON MAYBE REDEFINING SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE CITY THAT COULD GET DONE WHAT YOU WANNA GET DONE? NO.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REGARDING THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I GUESS MY ONE QUESTION WOULD BE HOW LONG YOU, YOU WANT US TO KIND OF A, SOME TIME TO PASS TO UH, KIND OF REVIEW THIS? CAN YOU GIMME A TIMEFRAME SO WE CAN REVISIT? SO I HOPE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITHIN THREE MONTHS WITH A PROPOSAL ON WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS MONEY.

UM, AND GO FROM THERE AND THEN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD, UH, TO SEE IF IT'S MEETING THE GOALS OF THE MDD.

'CAUSE WE NEED TO AT LEAST IN A SENSE, SUSPEND THIS ITEM OR, OR TABLE IT FOR SUSPEND THIS ITEM, UH, WOULD BE, AND THEN I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF THE BOARD WITH THE REST OF THE MONEY.

OKAY.

SO YES SIR.

QUESTION, UM, THE APPLICANTS, ARE THEY ALREADY OCCUPYING THE BUILDINGS? THEY ARE, YES, SIR.

AND THAT'S, THERE IS A COMPLICATION WITH THIS.

SO I WILL TELL YOU HOW THE GRANT IS DESIGNED IS THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE GRANT, THEN THE PEOPLE MOVE FORWARD AND DO THE WORK.

AND, UH, WHEN MR. GAR WAS WORKING WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS, WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS THE WORK WAS ALREADY DONE AND THEN WE COME GET REIMBURSED AND THEY'RE GIVING THAT, HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE EXPECTING THIS MONEY NOW.

SO THAT IS A BIT OF A HICCUP AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD BY BRETT THAT IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

BUT IT'S, I I'M HAVING TROUBLE, UH, AS A FIDUCIARY TO SAY, HEY, AUTHORIZING THIS MONEY TO GIVE OUT WHEN IT'S, MAY NOT BE MEETING ALL THE CRITERIA OF THE, OF THE, THE PROGRAM.

I, I, I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT.

SO, SO HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT IF THE IDEA IS FOR SOMEONE, I GUESS YOU'D SAY PRE-CONSTRUCTION, PRE-PROJECT, THAT WE MAKE AN AGREEMENT THAT UM, IT'S FOR WORK TO BE PERFORMED MM-HMM .

RIGHT? BUT, BUT ALSO THE RESPONSIBILITY ON US WOULD BE TO BE PRETTY, UM, QUICK WITH DISBURSEMENT OF THOSE FUNDS UPON A ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

SURE.

ALRIGHT.

IS THAT FAIR? YEAH, THAT'S FAIR.

AND I MAY, MAY, UM, I MAY BE REMEMBERING WRONG, BUT DIDN'T WE APPROVE LIKE A GRACE PERIOD MM-HMM .

THAT IF SOMEONE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROJECT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN NO MORE THAN THREE MONTHS THAT THEY CAN STILL APPLY

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DID WE NOT? WE DID, WE DISCUSSED IT.

SO WE JUST DISCUSSED IT.

WE DIDN'T APPROVE IT.

I'D HAVE TO CHECK TO SEE.

OKAY.

I, I THINK THAT'S THE POINT.

I THINK I WOULD, I WOULD FOLLOW THE SUGGESTION THAT LET THEM REVIEW THAT AND, AND OFFER SUGGESTIONS AND THEN, AND AT THAT TIME WE CAN REVISIT THOSE TYPE OF CRITERIA.

SOUNDS FAIR.

OKAY.

CAN I, MAYOR, I MAKE A COMMENT THAT, THAT I AGREE WITH, WE NEED TO SUSPEND IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CORRECT WITH THE REGS THAT WE'VE PASSED RULES, IF YOU WILL.

HOWEVER, THAT IF WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THE BUSINESSES THAT TOOK ACTION THINKING THEY WERE GONNA BE REIMBURSED, I, I HOPE WE KIND OF SUSPEND THAT THREE MONTH RULE THAT IF WE GET INTO NEXT FEBRUARY, BRING IT BACK, THEY CAN APPLY FOR IT, THEN THEY, THEN WE'RE NOT GONNA TURN AROUND AND SAY, YOU MISSED YOUR 90 DAYS.

MM-HMM .

MM-HMM .

SO AS LONG AS STAFF CONTINUES TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, I'M OKAY WITH IT.

YES, SIR.

AND I GUESS MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND TILL FEBRUARY, HAVE A MOTION, UM, FEBRUARY.

SOUNDS GREAT.

WELL, AND, AND FINAL COMMENT, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR ANY STAFF MEMBER THAT THAT ARTICULATES A CONCLUSION BEFORE IT COMES TO THIS BOARD WOULD BE A BIT OF A MISSTEP ON, ON SUCH STAFF MEMBERS.

SO, YOU KNOW, JUST A NOTE FOR THE FUTURE.

SO THAT'S IT, MAYOR.

OKAY, SO THE MOTION ON THE TABLE TO SUSPEND FEBRUARY 2ND.

SO THE MOTION TO SECOND, UH, UNLESS THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUSPENDING THIS ITEM, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT.

[3. CONSENT]

UH, SO, UH, MDDI DON'T THINK WE GET A LOT OF CONSENT AGENDAS, BUT THIS IS BASICALLY, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW.

UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PULLED.

SO FROM THIS, IS THERE ANY, ANYBODY THAT NEEDS TO PULL ITEMS FROM CONSENT? IF NOT, ALTHOUGH, UH, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA A THROUGH E.

MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH E.

SECOND.

MOTION TO MOTION IS, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONSENT AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

AYE.

THIS OPPOSED? NEXT WE HAVE REPORTS RECEIVE

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

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE RECEIVED YOUR COPY OF THE, UH, MONTHLY CONSTRUCTION REPORT.

I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO THAT.

WORK CONTINUES TO PACE.

WE ARE STILL ON TARGET TO OPEN IN APRIL NEXT YEAR.

UH, WE HAVE NO CONCERNS AT ALL.

IN FACT, THE, THE QUALITY OF THEIR WORK IS OUTSTANDING.

UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY, SIR.

THANK YOU.

NO, I AGREE.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S REALLY LOOKING GREAT.

UM, MANAGER'S REPORT.

[a. The next Baytown Municipal Development District meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 3, 2022, at 4:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas, 77520. ]

ALRIGHT, MAKE SURE THEY GET THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS.

SO WITH THAT BEING THAT THE, UH, BAYTOWN MDD HAS ADDRESSED ALL POST AGENDA ITEMS, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.