Oct 27, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

THOSE OPPOSED.

WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION, UH, ACCEPTING DONATIONS FROM THE FIRST THREE YEARS FOR A PARTNERSHIP WITH STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY TO DISTRIBUTE HOME KITS AND WORK WITH PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO CREATE ADDITIONAL SPACES FOR FAMILIES AND SMALL CHILDREN FROM ZERO TO THREE YEARS WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM.

[a. Consider a resolution accepting donations from First3Years for a partnership with Sterling Municipal Library to distribute home kits and work with the Parks and Recreation Department to create additional spaces for families with small children (0-3) within the parks' system.]

SO, MR. DAVIS, EXCUSE ME.

RIGHT, WE GOOD.

UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE WITH US, UH, FIRST THREE YEARS DIRECTOR ALEXANDRA MAL LIAS, AND ALSO PARENT CO-CHAIR ADA RAZ.

AND, UH, WELCOME, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A DONATION FROM FIRST THREE YEARS FOR A PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY TO DISTRIBUTE HOME KITS AND WORK WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO CREATE ADDITIONAL SPACES FOR FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN, ZERO TO THREE WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM.

UH, THE COLLABORATIVE BABIES IN BAYTOWN OPERATES FROM AN $800,000 FIVE YEAR GRANT FROM THE HOG FOUNDATION.

AND SO SOME OF THESE FUNDS ARE, ARE DISTRIBUTED, UH, IN INITIATIVES LIKE THIS.

UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, IN THE YEAR FOUR OF THE, UH, GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH A COLLECTIVE BUDGET EFFORT, UH, WITH, UH, FIRST THREE YEARS AND THEIR PARTNER AGENCY.

AND THEY ARE HERE TO PRESENT TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, A $25,000 DONATION.

UH, $10,000 WILL BE GRANTED UNTO THE STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY TO DISTRIBUTE HOME KITS.

AND THESE ARE RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO ASSIST PARENTS IN USING THEIR HOME AS AN EARLY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, AND THEN ALSO TO OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, FOR ADDITIONAL SPACES FOR FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN, UH, WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD INVITE, UH, UH, DIRECTOR ALEXANDRA LIA.

OH, THERE YOU ARE.

HELLO.

AND, UH, IF CLIFF AND, UH, JAMIE WANNA I'M HERE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

COME UP.

YOU SAID IT ALSO CLEARLY, AND DESCRIBING ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS SO WONDERFULLY.

I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF FIRST THREE YEARS TO GET TO SHARE THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO PROVIDE THIS DONATION TO THE LIBRARY.

AND TO THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

AM I DOING THIS RIGHT? WE'LL, TRADE FANTASTIC.

POSSIBLY JUST MISTAKEN FOR THE LIBRARIAN .

ABSOLUTELY.

AND SO I THINK FOR BEFORE THE CHECK PRESENTATION IS DONE, OUR PARENT CO-CHAIR WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND ALSO ON ZOOM, WE HAVE SAFE BABY DALLAS.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER PARENTS THAT MAY BE LOGGING IN? NOPE.

CO-CHAIR, AND I HELP LEAD OUR FAMILY LEADERSHIP GROUP.

UH, THANK YOU AGAIN.

MY NAME IS RA.

IF THAT IS A LITTLE TONGUE TWISTER, FEEL FREE TO CALL ME BRIE.

UM, I AM THE BABIES IN BAYTOWN

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I WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN PART OF THE CHANGE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO HAVE A PLACE TO GO AND BE A PART OF A GROUP THAT WORKS TOWARDS IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGE THAT I WANNA SEE IN MY CITY.

AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY WORK WITH THESE GROUPS, BUT ALSO INCLUDE OUR CITY LEADERS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, MYSELF AND OTHER PARENTS DO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS BEST IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT HAVE NOT FOUND THE AVENUE TO BE PROACTIVE IN THE PROCESS.

WE DO SEE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT CATER TO THE OVERALL CITY NEEDS, WHICH ARE GREAT.

HOWEVER, OUR FAMILIES WITH BABIES WE FEEL ARE UNDERREPRESENTED.

WHAT BETTER WAY TO ADDRESS OUR NEEDS THAN BE PART OF THE PROCESS? I TRULY LIKE HAVING A VOICE TO WHERE AND WHAT THE MONEY WILL GO TO IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN INITIATIVES THAT SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES WITH BABIES.

WE'RE NOT JUST GIVING A BUDGET TO APPROVE.

WE WERE A PART OF THE PROCESS DESIGNING AND APPROVING $192,000.

AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT JUST FOR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

WE HAVE NEVER, EVER DONE THAT.

UM, I SPEAK FOR ALL FAMILIES THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS DONATION TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN LIBRARY AND PARKS AND RECS, WHICH WE USE A LOT, A LOT OF, AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THESE DEPARTMENTS.

I HEARD ABOUT BABIES IN BAYTOWN, UM, WHEN A NONPROFIT THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH RECEIVED A GRANT, AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM, WHAT THEY DID, AND THAT'S WHY I STARTED TO RESEARCH MORE.

UM, AND OBVIOUSLY I LIKED THEM.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE.

UM, A LOT OF PARENTS THAT ARE WITH US NOW HAVE JOINED US THROUGH FACEBOOK AND WORD OF MOUTH, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT AND THE LIVES OF BABIES, ZERO TO THREE AND HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD.

WE ARE ALWAYS WELCOMING NEW FACES, WHETHER YOU'RE A PARENT OF A BABY OR CAREGIVER, BE BE THE CHANGE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

REACH OUT TO US ON OUR WEBSITE, BABIES IN BAYTOWN, OR ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

YEAH, THANK YOU, MA'AM.

I AM SORRY.

ONE LAST THING I DID WANT.

DO YOU WANT ME TO SHOW IT? YES.

PERFECT.

I, I DID KIND OF WANNA SHOW YOU, UH, WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH THIS GENEROUS DONATION, AND THIS IS A BAG, A KIT, THE HOME TAKE HOME KIT THAT OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN, UH, WORK TO PUT TOGETHER THAT HAS MANIPULATIVES IN IT, LIKE SHAPES AND COLORS, UH, AS WELL AS SEVERAL BOOKS, UH, THAT ARE BILINGUAL.

UH, AND WE'RE GONNA LAUNCH A BABY'S FIRST LIBRARY CARD PROGRAM, AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN TO, UH, BABIES, UH, AND THEIR FAMILIES, UH, WHEN THEY GET THEIR LIBRARY CARDS.

SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS PICTURE DONE THAT TOO.

AND THEY'RE VERY QUIET.

ONE, TWO.

SO, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE THE CHECK IN HAND, UH, WE DO HAVE TO APPROVE ITEM TWO A.

SO, UM, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING MS. ALVAR WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS ITEM.

OTHER THAN THAT, I WOULD, UH, UM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM TWO, A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, HAVE A MOTION.

MULTIPLE SECONDS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, I WOULD SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UH, FIRST THREE YEARS AND, AND CERTAINLY YOUR COMMITMENT TO BAYTOWN AND, AND CERTAINLY OUR VERY YOUNG, YOUNG COMMUNITY.

SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM TWO A IS PRESENTED.

PLEASE SAY, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, ITEM CARRIES.

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

ITEM THREE, A RECOGNIZED CITY OF BAY TOWN'S EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE.

[a. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.]

MS. FLINT.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE YET AGAIN.

UM, REPRESENTING AND PRESENTING TO YOU ARE DEDICATED CITY EMPLOYEES, TIMOTHY LEWIS, CREW LEADER WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, ALEX GARZA, E-BUSINESS COORDINATOR, THREE WITH ITS

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SAMUEL BARKER, PC SPECIALIST WITH THE LIBRARY.

LEXI CONWAY, TELECOMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR WITH POLICE.

AMANDA WEBER TELECOMMUNICATOR WITH THE POLICE.

KENNETH DOBSON, FIRE CHIEF MARK LER BAILIFF FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

CHRISTINA BUTCHER, NATURALIST WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.

ALFRED LOPEZ, METER OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR WITH FINANCE.

DAVID LAMBERT, PATROL OFFICER WITH POLICE.

DANIEL ALI, EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.

CARLA HUMMEL, CONTRACT COORDINATOR WITH FINANCE.

MANUEL NUNEZ, CREW LEADER WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.

JAMIE TI, LIBRARY DIRECTOR.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO OUR DEDICATED EMPLOYEES.

WE MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE B.

[b. Recognize the Baytown Engage Civic Academy participants. ]

RECOGNIZE THE BAYTOWN ENGAGED CIVIC ACADEMY PARTICIPANTS.

MS. USELESS AGAIN, YOU WANNA HELP ME OUT? UH, SURE.

COME ON DOWN.

UH, THERE, COUNCIL, IT IS MY PLEASURE ONCE AGAIN TO STAND BEFORE YOU TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THE COOLEST PEOPLE IN BAYTOWN.

AND THOSE ARE THE PARTICIPANTS OF OUR CIVIC ACADEMY.

WE ARE ON OUR FOURTH, UH, COHORT, AND WE'LL DO OUR FIFTH COHORT IN THE SPRING.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ERIC TAGA, THIS VERY HANDSOME KINDERGARTEN SON WITH A COWBOY HAT .

WE HAVE MIHA MORALES.

YEAH, IT WAS THAT DID NOT HAPPEN AT CIVIC ACADEMY.

FOR THE RECORDS, UH, WE HAVE RENITA PRICE WHO IS FLYING SOLO TONIGHT, BUT PARTICIPATED WITH HER HUSBAND ANTHONY PRICE.

APPARENTLY WE ARE THE HOTTEST DATE NIGHT IN TOWN, .

AND I HAVE JACQUELINE GONZALEZ WHO BROUGHT HER MOM TONIGHT.

HI, MOM.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IN OUR GROUP IS JENNIFER PTO.

WOOHOO.

SHE, SHE BROUGHT HER OWN CHEERING SECTION, GROWING UP.

THERE YOU GO.

BAY TOWN'S FINEST RIGHT THERE.

YES, ERIC, GET, GET A LITTLE CLOSER.

ALL RIGHT.

I THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE CIVIC ACADEMY AND THE PARTICIPANTS CERTAINLY LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR CITY AND HOW IT OPERATES, AND CERTAINLY WISH YOU THE BEST.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT COHORT.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE

[c. Mr. Larry Young with In & Out Rock Chip Repair, Inc., has requested to speak to the Council as it relates to Open Air Vendor permit requirements.]

ITEM THREE C.

WE HAVE MR. LARRY YOUNG WITH IN AND OUT ROCK CHIP REPAIR.

UH, HE'S GONNA SPEAK, UH, TO, UH, TO COUNSEL.

MR. YOUNG.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THIS IS, IS THIS OWEN? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

UH, THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO OUR SEPTEMBER 22ND MEETING, AND I WAS AT THE WORK SESSION EARLIER TODAY.

AND, UH, MANY OF THE POINTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP TODAY, I ABSOLUTELY CONCUR AND AGREE WITH THOSE POINTS AND CONCERNS OF THE CITY, THE POLICE CHIEF, AND SOME OF THE OTHER POINTS, UH, BY MR. GRAY.

UM, AND THEN LAST TIME AT THE MEETING, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP THAT I DID NOT, UH, FULLY ADDRESS, SUCH AS SAFE LIGHT AND JOY'S AUTO GLASS AND SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I'VE TRIED TO PREPARE A FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.

THAT'S REALLY, HONESTLY, IT'S, IT IS A FRONT AND PAGE, UH, ONE ISSUE REALLY ON IT.

AND IT'S IN YELLOW COPIES, THE GREEN COPIES FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, AND MR. GRAY HAS ONE, BUT THEY ALL READ ALIKE.

BUT, UM, I HAD TRIED TO LOOK AT

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A SHORT, SIMPLE SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE, UM, THAT HOPEFULLY WOULD RESOLVE THE CONCERNS OF ALL PARTY ME, HEB, THE CITY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND WHAT I CAME UP WITH, AND I WORKED WITH ANOTHER LAW FIRM HERE IN TOWN ON THIS.

WHAT SEEMED TO BE THE EASIEST THING TO DO WAS TO ADD JUST ANOTHER TERM TO THE CITY CODE, WHICH I TITLED AS ESTABLISHED LANDLORD SLASH TENANT OPEN AIR VENDOR.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TIME RIGHT NOW TO READ IT PROBABLY, BUT IT'S ON THE BACK OF PAGE TWO.

AND WHAT IT DOES, IT ACTUALLY SATISFIES ALL THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP TO THIS MEETING.

IT TALKS ABOUT A TENANT LIKE ME THAT HAS HAD A ONE YEAR OR LONGER RENT HISTORY AND LEGAL CONTRACT WITH A VENDOR LIKE HEBI WOULD HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS OF INSURANCE.

UM, I HAVE TO PAY RENT AND STAY THERE MONTH AFTER MONTH FOR THE TERM OF A YEAR.

WHETHER I STAY THERE OR NOT, I PAY PAY.

SO THIS KIND OF THING.

AND OTHER POINTS IN HERE WOULD KNOCK OUT COMPLETELY THE PERSONS THAT MIGHT WANNA SHOW UP ON A WEEKEND OR A WEEK OR EVEN A MONTH AND JUST THROW UP A TENT AND SELL CATS AND DOGS OR TRINKETS OR, OR JUST ANYTHING.

UM, THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN, OF COURSE, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WOULD WANNA LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THEY WANNA MAKE CHANGES TO IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR EVEN ACCEPT IT AT ALL.

BUT SEEMINGLY IT WOULD ADDRESS ALL THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE.

UM, I WENT OVER AND MET WITH SAFELITE EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND I WENT OVER AND TALKED TO JOEY'S GLASS, AND WE PROVIDE A SERVICE THAT THEY DO NOT EVEN PROVIDE, AND THEY WERE GLAD FOR US TO DO IT.

UH, SAFELITE, SOMEONE RAISED A CONCERN ABOUT THEM LAST TIME.

SAFELITE ACTUALLY, FOR EVERY FREE WINDSHIELD REPAIR THAT WE DO, THEY GET ABOUT 60 OR 70 BUCKS OUT OF THAT FOR US DOING THE WORK.

AND THAT'S OKAY.

WE'RE GLAD FOR THEM TO HAVE IT FOR JOEY'S AUTO GLASS, MET WITH THEM.

UM, THEY WILL NOT DO, THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME AND RESOURCE TO DO LONG CRACK REPAIRS, HARDLY ANYONE DOES, EXCEPT FOR US, QUITE HONESTLY.

WE PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AND THEY SAID, THANK GOODNESS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SOMEBODY WE CAN REFER THOSE CUSTOMERS TO.

MEANWHILE, WE DID NOT HAVE A PLACE TO REFER REPLACEMENT GLASS TO, AND JOEY'S GLAD TO TAKE EVERY BIT OF THAT.

AND HE SAID, MAN, I'LL GIVE YOU A STACK OF BUSINESS CARDS.

ANYBODY THAT YOU CAN'T REPAIR IT OR DON'T FOR WHATEVER REASON, SEND IT OVER HERE, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE GLAD FOR US TO BE HERE.

UH, THE QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A BRICK AND MORTAR GLASS BUILDING? WELL, THERE'S A FEW REASONS I BROUGHT UP LAST TIME, BUT THE REASON THOSE GUYS NEED IT, ONE OF THE REASONS THEY NEED IT IS THEY'RE REPLACING WINDSHIELDS.

THEY NEED STORAGE FOR THOSE WINDSHIELDS, HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS.

THEY'VE GOT A DISPOSE OF THAT BROKEN GLASS.

THEY'VE GOTTA STORE IT TILL IT'S HAULED OFF.

WE DON'T DO ANY OF THOSE SERVICES.

WE'RE NOT COMPETING WITH THEM.

AND SO, YES, WE'RE PROVIDING SOME OF THE SERVICES THEY DO, BUT WE'RE REALLY NOT HURTING THEM, IF ANY, ANYTHING, POSSIBLY WE'RE HELPING THEM.

AND, UM, IF YOU WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH THIS, REALLY, IT'S BIG FONT.

IT'S NOT THAT MUCH, BUT MAYBE I THINK THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES ON IT, I THINK YOU'LL SEE HOPEFULLY, OR AGREE, OR MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR ME THAT WOULD ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS THAT, THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BEFORE AND EVEN TONIGHT.

UM, THE TYPE OF VENDOR THAT YOU GUYS WERE TRYING TO AVOID STARTING, UH, WITH THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE, NONE OF THEM CAN COME IN UNDER THIS DEFINITION.

AND IT'S A LEGITIMATE DEFINITION.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS ALL ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.

THE EXACT SETUP I HAVE IS ALL ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, ALL THE WAY THROUGH CANADA.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT A GUY SETTING UP THIS SATURDAY OR NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MONTH, AND I'VE GOTTA SELL SOME THINGS AND GET OUT HERE.

NO, IT'S, IT'S A LEGITIMATE COMPLETELY OVER TWO OR THREE DECADES NOW, THIS KIND OF SETUP ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SEE.

IF THIS HELPS YOU GUYS AT ALL, IT CERTAINLY HELPS ME.

IT HELPS.

HEB.

APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION.

AND, UM, ALRIGHT, SIR, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM.

THE

[d. Mr. Byron Schirmbeck has requested to speak to the Council as it relates to Council representative(s) not being responsive to the issues within the City.]

NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 3D.

UH, MR. BECK, YOU, UH, YOU ARE SPEAKING TO COUNSEL, MR. MAYOR.

GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER AND WITH US, SIR.

UH, THANK YOU.

BYRON BECK, 47 27 BLACKSTONE STREET IN THE BEAUTIFUL EAST POINT SUBDIVISION, DISTRICT THREE, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S DISTRICT.

I'M HERE SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, UH, BAYTOWN INFO.COM.

I'M ALSO ON THE HO, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I ACTUALLY AM, I REALIZED AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA.

UM, I'M HERE TO DISCUSS SOME THINGS I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT.

THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS, THOUGH, IS THE, UH, THE PROCESS OF ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL.

I, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ON THAT.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE PROCESS IS DESIGNED

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TO SCREEN OUT, UH, CONFLICT BEFORE IT ARISES TO THE COUNCIL.

UM, I GUESS SOME MAY SEE THAT AS GOOD, UH, BUT IT SEEMS KIND OF CONCERNING TO ME.

ONE THING IT DOES SAYS IS THE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION WILL NOT BE SCHEDULED TO SPEAK UNTIL THEY'VE MADE ALL ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE THEIR ISSUE THROUGH CITY STAFF RESPECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO, SINCE I'M ON THE AGENDA, I GUESS EVERYONE AGREES I'VE MADE ALL THOSE ATTEMPTS, UM, WITH, I HAVE A, A COUPLE OF BASIC PREMISES WITH REGARDS TO HAVING YOUR VOICE HEARD AND HAVING REPRESENTATION TO THE CITY.

THE FIRST IS, WITHOUT PROPER TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION, YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOUR VOICE IS BEING HEARD OR IF IT'S BEING IGNORED.

THE NEXT IS IF, UH, WITHOUT ANY ADVOCATE FOR, UH, YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY, UH, ON YOUR BEHALF.

YOU DON'T HAVE REPRESENTATION.

UM, MR. MAYOR, YOU COME FROM DISTRICT THREE.

YOU'RE MY PREVIOUS COUNCILMAN.

ONE THING I'VE ALWAYS SAID ABOUT YOU IS WE CAN GET YOU ON THE PHONE.

YOU, YOU RETURN CALLS, YOU RETURN EMAILS.

IF I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE CITY, YOU ACTUALLY SET UP A MEETING WITH ME AND ALL THE CITY OFFICIALS TO GO THROUGH THE RED LIGHT CAMERA STUFF.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY THINGS HAVE CHANGED, UH, IN EAST POINT SUBDIVISION, AT LEAST FOR ME IN MANY OF THE REP RESIDENTS I REPRESENT.

UH, SINCE THEN, UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, SEVERAL RESIDENTS THAT COME TO US AS THE BOARD BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET RESPONSES FROM THE CITY OR OUR COUNCIL MEMBER ON ITEMS LIKE ANIMALS, UH, SPEEDERS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ILLEGAL ATVS, UH, JUNK CARS, BOAT TRAILERS, AND THE HOA DOES A LOT OF THIS STUFF.

AND I TRY TO STEER FOLKS OVER TO THE APP AND HANDLE A LOT OF THAT MYSELF.

BUT, UH, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, WITH THAT.

UH, BACK IN JUNE AT A COUNCIL MEETING, UM, THERE WAS A, A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL WAS IN SESSION, I WAS IN HERE PASSING OUT SOME POLITICAL FLYERS, EXERCISING MY FREE SPEECH.

UM, I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY AT THE TIME MADE A, A BAD DECISION, MISAPPLIED A RULE FOR WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CITY COUNCIL IS IN SESSION CONCERNING SIGNS AND PLACARDS.

AND IT WAS SELECTIVELY APPLIED TO MY SPEECH AND NOT ANOTHER ITEM THAT WAS ON THE TABLE.

UH, I ADDRESSED IT TO THE CITY MANAGER THAT DAY, AND I SENT FOLLOW UP EMAILS AND AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT EMAIL ON JULY 13TH WHERE I ASKED FOR A RESPONSE.

I'VE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THE CITY MANAGER OR MY COUNCIL MEMBER OR ANYONE ELSE.

I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS RULE MIGHT BE ABUSED AGAIN.

UH, I WENT TO, UH, AN INTERESTING DISTRICT THREE CANDIDATE FORUM TUESDAY NIGHT, UH, BETWEEN MY COUNCILMAN AND HIS CHALLENGER.

AND MY, MY COUNCILMAN SAID SOME THINGS THAT, THAT I AGREE WITH.

HE SAID, YOU CAN'T HOLD ANYONE ELSE ACCOUNTABLE IF YOU'RE NOT HOLDING YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE.

THAT'S WHERE INTEGRITY COMES IN.

I AGREE.

HE ALSO SAID, I'M AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE ALL THE TIME.

I DON'T AGREE.

UH, THE LAST TIME I'VE HAD A RETURN TEXT MESSAGE FROM MY COUNCILMAN WAS FEBRUARY 3RD, 2022.

I WENT THROUGH ALL MY EMAILS.

I HAVEN'T HAD A SINGLE EMAIL THAT I CAN FIND.

UH, IF I DO CATCH 'EM ON THE PHONE, I USUALLY GET SOME KIND OF EXCUSE LIKE MY, MY PHONE WAS BROKEN.

UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE WOULDN'T ACCEPT FROM ANYONE ELSE.

UH, THE, THE MOST TROUBLING THING THOUGH THAT I HEARD THAT NIGHT WAS, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S INDICATIVE OF, UH, THE NATURE OF THE WORLD TODAY.

AND THAT WAS WHERE HIS TWO BOYS WERE KNOCKING DOOR KNOCKING AND SOMEBODY CALLED THE POLICE AND SAID THAT THEY WERE A THREAT AND RESPONDED.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TOPIC.

MR. BECKMAN IS SAYING, YOUR YOUR THING IS ABOUT COMMUNICATION.

THE, THE, THE COMMUNICATION IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I, WE NEED RESPONSIVENESS FROM OUR, FROM OUR COUNSEL.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS VERY SURPRISED BECAUSE JUST A A A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT, UH, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS MY COUNCILMAN THAT DID THAT TO ME FOR BLOCK WALKING IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE, DIDN'T TALK TO ANYONE, I REALLY PUT A FLYER ON THE DOOR.

ALRIGHT, SIR, YOUR TIME IS UP.

I DO THANK YOU FOR COMING.

ITEM FOUR A IS GONNA BE, UH, PROPOSED ANNEXATION.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[a. Conduct the second public hearing regarding the proposed annexation of approximately 53.67 acres at 5814 N SH 146, the northeast corner of N SH 146 and FM 1405, legally described as Tracts 1 & 2 in the Christian Smith League, Abstract 22, Chambers County, Texas.]

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, GET MY SCRIPT.

SO, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY ARE BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS.

UH, EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK AND BE PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR YOU KNOW, THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE PROPOSED TIME

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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 COUNCILS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.

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

SO WE HAVE, UH, IT IS NOW SIX FIFTY EIGHT AND I NOW CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY, UH, 53.67 ACRES AT 58 14 NORTH STATE HIGHWAY 1 46, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SAME, UM, HIGHWAY AND FM 1405.

I NOW WILL ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS HEARING.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UM, FOR THE RECORD, MARTIN SCRIBNER WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

SO, UH, AS THE MAYOR RED OFF, UH, ALMOST 54 ACRES AT THE CORNER OF 1 46 AND FM 1405, UM, THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS A COUPLE TIMES ALREADY.

UM, I RECOGNIZE THAT.

UM, AND SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANYONE THAT SIGNED FOR SPEAK? MS. ALRIGHT.

OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY, UH, 53.67 ACRES AT, I JUST MENTIONED LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS TRACKS ONE AND TWO, AND THE CHRISTIAN SMITH LEAGUE ABSTRACT 22 CHAMBERS COUNTY, TEXAS.

THERE BEING NO ONE OR IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF PLEASE REGARDING THIS? IF NOT, THERE WILL BE NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT.

I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 53.67 ACRES AT 58 14, UH, NORTH HIGHWAY 1 46, UH, WHICH IS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 1 46 AND FM 1405.

SO NEXT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE FIRST READING

[b. Consider the first reading of an ordinance for the proposed annexation of approximately 53.67 acres at 5814 N SH 146, the northeast corner of N SH 146 and FM 1405, legally described as Tracts 1 & 2 in the Christian Smith League, Abstract 22, Chambers County, Texas.]

MR. SCRIBNER, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST READING, EXCUSE ME, I'M BUSY DYING.

SORRY.

UM, I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD.

THIS IS THE SAME ITEM AS THE LAST ONE.

THAT'S WHAT'S KILLING YOU? YES.

SO IT DOES SAY SO, UH, IN A SENSE THIS IS JUST TAKEN AS IS, IS THAT CORRECT? AND WE'LL MOVE ON.

WE HAVE ITEM FIVE A CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO NEXT

[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning an amendment to Comprehensive Plan 2040 to expand secondary land use types in Neighborhood Scale Commercial and Large Scale Commercial Future Land Use Map categories. ]

UM, I DID READ THE RULE, SO IT IS NOW SEVEN O'CLOCK AND I NOW CALL FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO COMPREHENSIVE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2040, UH, UH, TO EXPAND SECONDARY LAND USES, TYPES AND NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE, COMMERCIAL AND LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL FUTURE LAND USE MAP CATEGORIES.

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

UM, SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS, UH, SCHEDULED TO BE BEFORE YOU LAST MONTH.

SO I THINK YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT.

UM, IT IS A LIMITED ADDITION TO THE COMMERCIAL LAND USE MAP CATEGORIES IN, IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO AGAIN, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, NOT ZONING.

SO THIS WOULD ADD THE ABILITY WHEN SOMEBODY COMES FORWARD WITH IT WOULD ADD SOME FLEXIBILITY.

SO WHEN SOMEBODY COMES FORWARD WITH A REQUEST FOR SOME TYPE OF LIKE, UM, UM, I, I EITHER MIXED USE OR, OR A, UM, UH, OR A MULTIFAMILY, I'M SORRY MM-HMM .

UM, THEN THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED IN THOSE DISTRICTS, IN THOSE CATEGORIES ON THE FUTURE LAND MATTER.

SO WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

UH, ANYONE SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SO THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE'S HONOR TO SPEAK ON THE , THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2040.

MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE

[b. Consider an ordinance to amend Comprehensive Plan 2040 to expand secondary land use types in Neighborhood Scale Commercial and Large Scale Commercial Future Land Use Map Categories. ]

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2042, EXPAND THE SECONDARY LAND USE TYPES IN NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE, COMMERCIAL AND LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL FUTURE LAND USE MAP CATEGORIES.

ANY ADDITION? NOTHING TO ADD, SIR.

SO, SO FOR THIS, UH, COUNSEL, UM, I GUESS I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR THIS ORDINANCE AND WE CAN GET INTO DISCUSSION AFTER THAT IF NEEDED.

SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING, UH, I GUESS THESE, THE, THE EXPANSION OF THESE TWO TYPES OF, UH, LAND USE CATEGORIES? MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S CLEAR.

DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US A GENERAL SUMMARY MAYBE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL IN I'LL? I NOT SURE HE IS UP FOR IT, BUT YEAH, HE CAN TRY.

I WILL TRY.

I WAS GOOD TILL RIGHT BEFORE I GOT TO THE MICROPHONE.

UM, SO WE'VE, WE'VE FOUND SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE THOUGHT WERE, UM, AGAIN, THEY WERE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SPOTS THAT, THAT WERE BEING REQUESTED WHERE WE COULD SEE IN SOMEWHERE ON THE LAND USE MAP WHERE IT'S ALL RED, IT'S ALL AT GENERAL COMMERCIAL MM-HMM .

OR, UM, LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL.

WHERE WE SAID, OKAY, WE COULD SEE WHERE THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THAT SPACE.

AGAIN, IT DOESN'T ZONE ANYTHING.

IT JUST KIND OF SAYS IF SOMEBODY SHOULD COME FORWARD, WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO IT TO, UH, CONSIDER THAT TYPE OF REZONE IN THAT AREA WITHOUT GOING BACK TO THE COMP PLAN AND SAYING WE'VE

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GOTTA REDO THAT AS WELL.

SO THE COMP PLAN OVERALL, THAT FUTURE LANDIS MAP WAS DESIGNED BY STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT TO BE AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE.

THIS ADDS ANOTHER LAYER OF FLEXIBILITY TO THAT, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BRING THINGS FORWARD TO COUNCIL THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE PUSHED AWAY.

PERFECT.

ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSEL? THEN I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO, UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THIS GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY WHEN, OR REZONED COMES BEFORE US, BUT FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALREADY ZONED THE, YOU KNOW, ARE THESE USES NOW IMMEDIATELY ABLE TO GO IN THAT ZONE? NO, THIS HAS NOT CHANGED THE ZONING AT ALL.

SO REMEMBER THAT WHEN A, UH, REZONE REQUEST COMES TO YOU, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU A STAFF SAY, THIS REZONE REQUEST IS ALLOWED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

IT'S ALLOWED BY THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

THIS WOULD EXPAND THE DISTRICTS ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO SAY YES, THAT IS ALLOWED.

WHEN, RIGHT NOW, IF IT'S, IF IT'S ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AS, UM, AS LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL, IF SOMEONE CAME FORWARD WITH, UH, LIKE I SAID LIKE A A, A MULTIFAMILY TYPE USE, WE WOULD STAND BEFORE YOU AND SAY, WELL, THEY'RE REQUESTING IT, BUT WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT.

EVEN IF WE AS STAFF SAID, EH, I COULD PROBABLY GO IN THERE.

SO THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE AND GO BACK AND CHANGE THE MAP, OR YOU'D HAVE TO DENY IT.

SO AGAIN, YOU'D STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REZONE PROCESS.

YOU'D STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, THE SAME PROCESS YOU DO NOW.

IT WOULD COME BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING AND IT WOULD COME TO YOU WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.

BUT, UM, THIS WOULD ALLOW, I THINK, STAFF TO BRING YOU THINGS WHERE WE THINK THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE.

AND NOW, NOW THE MAP IS JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, EXPANDED IN THAT WAY.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT REZONES WOULD COME BEFORE US, BUT IF IT'S ALREADY ZONED THAT WAY, ARE THESE USES NOW IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE ZONING IN ANY WAY IF IT'S ALREADY ZONED, IF IT'S ALREADY ZONED TO ALLOW MULTIFAMILY, IT'S ALREADY ZONED TO ALLOW MULTI, WE CAN'T SAY ONE.

BUT IF IT'S ALREADY ZONED FOR, FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL, THEN IT DOES NOT ALLOW, IF WE APPROVE THIS, THEN AFTER TONIGHT, THEY CAN BUILD THIS THERE WITHOUT A REZONE.

NO, THAT'S NOT CORRECT.

CORRECT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

SO I'LL MAKE SURE, I'LL, I'LL I'LL KINDA GIVE YOU, UM, A, A QUICK RUNDOWN OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ZONING MAP AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

THE, THE, ALL OF OUR ZONING DECISIONS ARE DIRECTED BY THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP, BUT THEY'RE NOT, THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS NOT REGULATORY.

SO EVEN IF WE SAY THAT OVER TIME, WE THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE A CERTAIN USE THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT AUTOMATIC, IT STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS.

SO, SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANY OF OUR ZONING REGULATIONS IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER.

SO IF RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE GENERAL COMMERCIAL, YOU CANNOT HAVE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THAT.

AND AFTER THIS, THAT WILL NOT CHANGE.

YOU STILL CANNOT HAVE, YOU STILL WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE COUNSEL FOR A REZONE BEFORE YOU COULD DO THAT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I HOPE THAT HELPS.

BUT, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY AND EXPOUND ON THAT, WHAT THIS DOES IN A SENSE IS IT DOES MAKE IT EASIER TO ACHIEVE A REZONING BECAUSE WHAT STAFF WILL, WILL, WILL NOW BE IN THE POSITION TO SAY, WELL, IT ALIGNS WITH THE PLAN, SO WHY WOULD YOU DENY A REZONING? SO EVEN THOUGH, I MEAN, THAT'S THE CORRECT ANSWER.

SURE.

UM, BUT IN THAT SENSE, DOESN'T, DOESN'T IT MAKE IT EASIER TO ACHIEVE A REZONING? MARTIN, WHAT ARE THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS BESIDES THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT YOU UTILIZE IN THE CODE? THERE ARE, I BELIEVE IT'S 10 CRITERIA THAT WE, UH, WILL MEASURE THIS AGAINST, UH, BEFORE BRINGING IT TO P AND Z, BEFORE BRINGING IT TO, TO THIS COUNCIL.

AND WE WILL MEASURE IT AGAINST EVERY ONE OF THOSE.

THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS JUST ONE.

SO DOESN'T MAKE IT EASIER, UH, IN A SENSE A LITTLE, BUT IT, WHAT IT REALLY DOES IS IT MAKE IT, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR STAFF TO TRY.

AND SO WE, WE TRY TO REMIND PEOPLE WE'RE NOT THERE TO SAY NO, WE'RE THERE TO TRY AND GET YOU TO WHERE YOU NEED TO BE, MAYBE WAS, YEAH.

AND, AND IF THIS IS A HARD NO, WE'LL, IF IT'S A HARD NO, WE'LL TRY TO TALK 'EM OUT OF IT BEFORE IT EVER GETS TO YOU MAY MAYBE LESSEN, LESSEN CONFLICTS WOULD'VE BEEN A BETTER TERMINOLOGY THAN MAKE IT EASY.

SURE.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

I, I I WOULD GO WITH THAT.

THANKS.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON ITEM FIVE B? SO WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.

THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN, ALTHOUGH IN FAVOR OF, UH, FIVE B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU CARRIES.

WHERE WE'RE GONNA, UH, ITEM SIX A, WE'LL RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE ONE YEAR PROGRESS FROM INSTITUTING THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, AS

UH, WE HAVE REPORTS

[a. Receive a presentation on the one-year progress from instituting the Baytown Police Department Five-Year Strategic Plan, as well as any additional changes and progress within the department.]

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WELL AS ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES AND PROGRESS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE CHIEF JOHN STRINGER.

CHIEF.

UM, DO WE HAVE THAT PRESENTATION? YES.

THERE IT IS.

I SEE IT.

TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY BY NOT ONLY PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENTS THAT WE ARE NORMALLY A PART OF, BUT CREATING NEW VENUES AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CITIZENS TO ENGAGE US IN A LESS FORMAL, MORE CASUAL SITUATION THAT ALLOWS FOR, UH, FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION.

UM, IN OCTOBER OF 2021, UH, THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCED A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS ROLLED OUT.

AND, UM, IT RELIED ON INPUT FROM CITIZENS.

UH, THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT LISTENED TO WHAT CITIZENS FELT WERE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS AND NEEDS OF BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, BOTH THE PROCESS AND RESULT WERE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH BOTH THE, UH, CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING THEORY, AS WELL AS THE FINAL REPORT ON THE PRESIDENT'S TASK FORCE ON 21ST CENTURY POLICING, WHICH CONSISTS OF SIX PILLARS.

THOSE PILLARS ARE ONE, BUILDING, TRUST AND, UH, LEGITIMACY IN THE COMMUNITY.

TWO, POLICY AND OVERSIGHT.

THREE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

FOUR, COMMUNITY POLICING AND CRIME REDUCTION.

FIVE IS TRAINING AND EDUCATION, AND SIX IS OFFICER WELLNESS AND SAFETY.

OKAY, THERE IT IS.

I'M SORRY.

UH, PRIOR TO, UH, PRIOR TO NOVEMBER OF 2021, THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD NEVER HAD A VISION STATEMENT.

UH, AS I CAME IN, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEED FOR CULTURAL CHANGE, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY ALREADY BEGINNING WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO THEY WERE HUNGRY FOR IT, AND THEY WERE READY FOR IT.

AND, UH, CULTURAL CHANGE BEGINS WITH ARTICULATING THE VISION OF WHAT THE ORGANIZATION SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WE WANT TO BE IN THE FUTURE.

AND IT GIVES US A GOAL TO BEGIN TO WORK FOR AS AN ORGANIZATION.

UH, I WORKED WITH COMMAND STAFF, WHICH INCLUDED OUR LIEUTENANTS AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS, AND GAVE THEM ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER COMMANDER'S INTENT WITHOUT MICROMANAGING THEM AND EXPLAINING WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US LOOK LIKE AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 5, 7, 10, 15 YEARS.

SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK FOR LONG TERM.

AND IN ORDER TO GIVE THEM VOICE AND EMPLOYEES VOICE IN THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, I ASK THEM TO WRITE THIS VISION STATEMENT.

AND AFTER SEVERAL SUBMISSIONS AND REVISIONS, THIS IS WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH.

AND WE MET AS A GROUP, AND I READ THEM OUT LINE BY LINE AND ASKED EVERYONE IN THE COMMAND STAFF OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT IF THEY COULD AGREE WITH THIS, IF THEY COULD LIVE BY IT, AND IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD BE WILLING TO HOLD THEMSELVES, HOLD ME, AND THE REST OF THE PERSONNEL OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE TO.

AND EVERY ONE OF US AGREED TO IT.

THE NEXT STEP, AGAIN, IF WE ARE LISTENING TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND GETTING, UH, GIVING OUR EMPLOYEES VOICE, THE IDEA IS THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT FOR THE CITIZENS ON THE STREET AS WELL, BECAUSE COMMUNITY RELATIONS BEGINS AT HOME.

UH, THE MISSION OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS WRITTEN, WRITTEN BY, UH, THE SERGEANTS.

THE REASON THAT I ASKED THE SERGEANTS TO DO THIS WAS BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE THE PERSONNEL THAT ARE CHARGED WITH IMMEDIATELY SUPERVISING THE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD AS WE CARRY OUT ALL OF OUR ACTIONS, DECISIONS, PROGRAMS, AND INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF OUR MISSION.

AFTER 20 DIFFERENT SUBMISSIONS, THIS IS WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH.

THEN WE FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS ON AGREEING TO IT LINE BY LINE.

UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, TO, TO REINFORCE THAT, UH, THAT THIS IS OUR OVERRIDING EXIST REASON FOR EXISTENCE AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND IT ALIGNS ALSO WITH THE CITY'S, UH, GOAL OF ENRICHING LIVES, UH, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS.

UM, AFTER RECEIVING THE PRESENTATION ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, EACH ELEMENT OF IT WAS REVIEWED, UH, AND I MET WITH COMMAND STAFF.

WE DEVELOPED PHASE ONE AND TWO.

UH, IT'S VERY HEAVY ON COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACROSS THE ENTIRE PLAN.

AND EACH ONE OF THOSE ELEMENTS WILL BE WORKED INTO THIS FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.

PHASE ONE HAS THAT STRONG, UH, FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, OUTREACH AND TRANSPARENCY, AS WELL AS INCREASED VISIBILITY OF OFFICERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS ARE EMPHASIZED BECAUSE SERVING AND PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY IS, IS WHY WE EXIST.

THAT'S PART OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

UM, MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUR CITIZENS ENSURES THAT WE'RE CONNECTING THOSE IN CRISIS WITH THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES.

BUT THERE'S ALSO THAT OTHER ELEMENT TO IT, WHICH, UH, IS, IS THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR OFFICERS.

UH, PHASE TWO, WHICH WE PLAN TO BEGIN IN JANUARY OF 2023, WILL BE INCREDIBLY HEAVY ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

EXTERNALLY, WE'RE LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO PUBLISH OUR, UH, UH, DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ONLINE SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHAT OUR OFFICERS ARE HELD TO.

UM, WE MAY ACTUALLY BE AHEAD OF THAT.

WE MAY ACTUALLY START GETTING THAT OUT SOMETIME AT THE 1ST OF DECEMBER, SO WE MAY BE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON IT.

UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE

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UM, INTERNALLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, UH, THIS IS EMPHASIZED TO ENSURE THAT MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT KNOW WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM.

UM, THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE THEY BECOME MAJOR PROBLEMS. UH, UH, WE HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE, UP AND DOWN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IS WHAT I HAVE PREACHED SINCE THE DAY THAT I, UH, TOOK OFFICE AS CHIEF OF POLICE HERE, IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE HARD CONVERSATIONS EARLY ON WITH OUR EMPLOYEES PRIOR TO IT EVER BECOMING A DISCIPLINARY ISSUE.

THAT'S REALLY ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AS LEADERS IN OUR ORGANIZATION.

TRANSPARENCY ALSO ENSURES THAT PERSONNEL KNOW WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM, WHAT'S BEING RECORDED ABOUT THEM, BUT IT ALSO SPILLS OVER AGAIN, I SAID, IT STARTS AT HOME.

IT GOES OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

FROM THERE, IF WE'RE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR EMPLOYEES, THAT'S THE FOUNDATION FOR BEING TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY FEEL FREE TO COME SPEAK TO US AT THE LINE LEVEL ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

UH, WE PLAN TO BEGIN, UH, I'M SORRY.

UH, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REALLY WORKING ON NOW WITH THE GOOSE CREEK SCHOOL SYSTEM IS TO PARTNER WITH THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN SET UP A MENTORING PROGRAM WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALIZE IS THAT OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS WILL BE COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL SOON.

WE WANT TO DEVELOP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH 'EM EARLY ON.

NOT ONLY THAT, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE AFRAID TO APPROACH US.

WE WANT, WE WANT TO TEAR DOWN THE WALLS SO THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING TO POLICE OFFICERS.

NOT ONLY THAT, IT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH, AND IT'LL FURTHER HELP US TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN, UH, WE CAN FURTHER THAT OUTREACH INTO THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE DEVELOPED A PARTNERSHIP WITH LEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND EXPANDING OUR TRAINING ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL AWARENESS.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM NOW TO DEVELOP A, A MECHANISM, UM, THAT'LL ALLOW US TO JUDGE THE INTERNAL CLIMATE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, AS IT AS IT RELATES TO CULTURAL DIVERSITY INTERNALLY AND AS WE RELATE TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS DEVELOP A CRITERIA THAT TAKES THE, THE STANDARDS OF TOA LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

FOR INSTANCE, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

UH, TCO REQUIRES THAT A POLICE DEPARTMENT'S, UH, FIREARMS MINIMUM SCORE IS 70%.

THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT IS 90%.

SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS APPLY THAT SAME PHILOSOPHY TO ALL TYPES OF TRAINING.

AND WE'RE STARTING WITH CULTURAL DIVERSITY.

IF THE STANDARD IS THIS, WE WANT TO RAISE IT SO THAT IT'S EVEN HIGHER FOR OUR PERSONNEL BECAUSE WE BELIEVE OUR CITIZENS DESERVE THAT.

UM, ANOTHER ISSUE THAT, UH, OR ANOTHER PART OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE, PROBABLY TOWARDS THE END OF, UH, PHASE TWO, WHICH WOULD BE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, IS EXPLORING THE IDEA OF BRINGING ON A CITIZEN MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE, MUCH LIKE OUR, UH, CRIME ADVOCATES THAT WE COULD FOLLOW UP, MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE, THE HEALTHCARE THAT THEY NEED, THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH THAT THEY'RE STAYING ON, MEDICATIONS THAT THEY ARE ATTENDING, COUNSELING SESSIONS, SO THAT WE REDUCE RECIDIVISM WITH MENTAL HEALTH CAUSE AS WELL.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE OUR ONGOING, UH, COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING INITIATIVES.

THINGS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH.

UM, THESE THINGS WORK.

UH, WE GET A LOT OF GOOD TURNOUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO ON TOP OF THE EXPANSION OF OUR PROGRAMS. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEW FOR THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, THERE HASN'T BEEN A EMPLOYEE EVALUATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT FORM, UH, OR MECHANISM FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT MEANS THAT SUPERVISORS WERE NOT SITTING DOWN ON A REGULAR BASIS OR AN ANNUAL BASIS AND DISCUSSING THE EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE.

UH, NOR WERE WE DOING A GOOD JOB OF DEVELOPING THE FUTURE GENERA FUTURE LEADERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

UH, THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS THIS IS NOT ONLY A MECHANISM FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE OFFICERS AND TO HELP THEM MAP OUT THEIR CAREERS, IT'S ALSO A GOOD MECHANISM FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE, THE SUPERVISORS.

THIS SHOWS THAT THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT THE OFFICERS ARE DOING, THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING COACHING, CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK OR EVEN DISCIPLINE IS NEEDED.

UH, COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING.

UH, AGAIN, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE HEAVY ACROSS THE ENTIRE PLAN AND WILL BE, UH, INCLUDED IN ALL PHASES OF THE PLAN FOR US.

UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE BPAC.

UH, I THINK WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO MAKE HEADWAY WITH GETTING CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE WITH US THERE.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE HISPANIC AND LATIN CULTURES MAKE UP OVER 50% OF THE POPULATION OF BAYTOWN.

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AND TRADITIONALLY, THOSE CULTURES HAVE A STRONG DISTRUST OF POLICE, UH, TYPICALLY BECAUSE OF THE WAY POLICE IN, UH, IN OTHER COUNTRIES TREAT THEIR CITIZENS.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A STRONG OUTREACH PROGRAM, AND WE DEVELOPED THE HISPANIC OUTREACH TEAM.

LIEUTENANT RENEE HINOJOSA AGREED TO HELP ME WITH THAT.

AND HE ASSEMBLED, UH, BILINGUAL POLICE OFFICERS WHO QUICKLY DISCOVERED THE UNIDOS PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUT OF PLANO, TEXAS.

WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM, TRAINED WITH THEM.

AND WE HAD OUR FIRST TOWN HALL MEETING THIS LAST TUESDAY NIGHT.

AND IT WAS A SUCCESS.

UM, AND I CAN TELL YOU, UH, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, IT WAS ALSO AN EYE-OPENER FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS THE ONLY ONE THERE WHO WAS NOT FLUENT IN SPANISH.

UH, NOT ONLY DID I HAVE TO HAVE AN INTERPRETER, BUT WHEN I HAD MY SEAT AND, AND, AND SET THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, THE NEXT 40, 45 MINUTES WAS ALL IN SPANISH.

AND IT GAVE ME A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT OUR, UH, WHAT OUR CITIZENS MIGHT EXPERIENCE AS NON ENGLISH SPEAKERS.

SO I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT ONLY BILINGUAL, BUT THEY'RE CARING AND THEY WANNA MAKE AN IMPACT WHEN NEDOS WILL BECOME A RESOURCE FOR OUR HISPANIC AND LATIN COMMUNITIES.

BEYOND POLICE RELATED MATTERS, IF THERE'S A RESOURCE THAT'S NEEDED OR THERE IS, UH, A QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ASKED, WE MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER.

WE MAY NOT HAVE THE RESOURCE, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONNECT OUR HISPANIC, UH, RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS WITH THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCE AND GET THE ANSWERS FOR THEM.

UH, WE CONTINUE TO BE STRONG IN THE MENTAL HEALTH.

UM, THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS.

ONE IS RESPONSE TO CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO ARE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, AS WELL AS OFFICER SAFETY AND RESILIENCY AND OFFICER MENTAL WELLNESS.

UH, CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, A, A 12 OFFICER, CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM WHO ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE CORE TABLET PROGRAM, WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO US PROBABLY ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED IT.

UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 12 TO 15 DEPLOYMENTS OF THAT A MONTH.

SO IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL SAVES WITHIN 20 MINUTES OF THE FIRST GROUP OF OFFICERS RECEIVING THEIR TABLETS AND BEING TRAINED AND HINTING THE STREETS.

UH, WE HAD OUR FIRST, UH, SAVE WHERE WE, UH, GOT A SUICIDAL VETERAN, UH, ASSISTANCE.

SO IT'S BEEN A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, UH, BUT ALL OF OUR OFFICERS ARE TRAINED IN CRISIS INTERVENTION DEESCALATION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HOPE TO TAKE TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN THE FUTURE WITH OUR TRAINING.

UM, THE BAY AREA MENTAL HEALTH COALITION, UH, IS, IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEW.

WE'VE BEEN MEETING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, BUT THIS IS A, UH, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING LAW ENFORCEMENT TOGETHER WITH, UH, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THOSE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE ADVOCATES FOR, UH, FOR MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS THE HOMELESS, BECAUSE THAT OFTEN, UH, HAS A NEXUS WITH, UH, WITH, WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY RESOURCE GAPS, UH, SHARE INFORMATION, SHARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN, IN, IN MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION SO THAT WE CAN DO, REDUCE THE RECIDIVISM OF CALLS FOR SERVICE, KEEP PEOPLE OUTTA JAIL WHO DON'T NEED TO BE IN JAIL, KEEP 'EM OUT OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THOSE FREE FOR, FOR SICK AND INJURED PEOPLE.

AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 19 ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN IT.

I HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS BEFORE IN NORTH ALABAMA, AND IT BECAME SUCH A STRONG GROUP THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GRANT FOR A CRISIS INTERVENTION TRANSFER CENTER WHERE OFFICERS COULD TAKE SOMEBODY WHO WAS IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND TYPICALLY BA BE BACK OUT ON THE STREET SERVING THE PUBLIC IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

SO, UH, VERY GOOD, UH, VERY GOOD RESOURCES.

NOW, THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY PART OF THE, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN RESPONSE TO, UH, TO ISSUES IN THE, UH, BOTH WITHIN THE, THE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE CREATED THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION IN JANUARY, UH, DUE TO AN INCREASE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT WE EXPERIENCED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

AND WHAT THIS DOES, IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR VICE NARCOTICS, UM, UH, AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE, STREET CRIMES AS A UNIFORMED ARM, WHICH KEEPS REGULAR PATROL OFFICERS OUT ON THE ROAD SERVING THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO DO, UH, TRANSPORTS AND STOPS.

AND, UH, WE MAKE SIGNIFICANT, UH, UH, ARRESTS SO FAR, AND IT'S EXPANDED OUR, UH, COOPERATION WITH BOTH LOCAL AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.

UH, A DEFENSIVE TACTICS PROGRAM.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTED WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED HERE WAS BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE REGULAR DEFENSIVE TACTICS TRAINING.

UH, WHEN THAT OCCURS.

UH, AGENCIES OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES IN LIVE WITH SITUATIONS, UH, WITHOUT REGULAR TRAINING.

UH, OFFICERS ARE NOT COMPETENT.

WHEN THEY'RE NOT COMPETENT, THEY'RE NOT CONFIDENT, AND WE MAKE MISTAKES.

SO WE BROUGHT IN A DEFENSIVE TACTICS PROGRAM THAT I USED TO BE AN INSTRUCTOR IN, UH, STRATEGIC SELF-DEFENSE AND GRAPPLING TECHNIQUES.

AND, UH, THIS IS A, UH, UNIFORMED, UH, SYSTEM THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE TRAINED IN OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

IT'S A TWO WEEK PROGRAM.

IT'S IN DEPTH.

UH, BUT WHAT WE WILL FIND, OR WE SHOULD FIND, IS THERE WILL BE A RE ACTUAL REDUCTION IN THE USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS, A

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REDUCTION IN PEOPLE WHO ARE HURT, BOTH POLICE OFFICERS AND CITIZENS.

AND, UM, WE ALSO ARE, ARE, ARE FORTUNATE BECAUSE, UM, THIS PROGRAM, UH, WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE EXPERT WITNESSES FOR ANY KIND OF COURT ISSUES.

UH, MY OLD AGENCY USED IT, AND AGAIN, WE SAW ALL OF THOSE THINGS, UH, AN ACTUAL REDUCTION IN THE USE OF FORCE BECAUSE OFFICERS WERE CONFIDENT ENOUGH, THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAD TO DO THIS.

UM, REGULAR COMMAND AND SENIOR COMMAND STAFF MEETINGS ARE BEING HELD IN THE DEPARTMENT.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT DID NOT OCCUR ON A REGULAR BASIS.

BUT WE HAVE THESE, SO WE CAN NOT ONLY EXCHANGE IDEAS AND HELP EACH OTHER SOLVE PROBLEMS ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT WITH CROSS FLOW AND CROSSTALK, BUT ALSO WE CREATE UNITY AND PURPOSE THAT EVERYTHING WE DO GOES BACK TO THAT MISSION STATEMENT.

WHEN A NEW IDEA COMES UP, WHEN, UH, A TOPIC IS BROACHED, THE QUESTION IS HOW DOES IT SUPPORT THE MISSION? HOW DOES IT SUPPORT THE MISSION TO ULTIMATELY PROTECT, SERVE, DO IT WITH HONOR, INTEGRITY, PRIDE, AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR CITIZENS.

UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY FOR NUISANCE ABATEMENT, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND HEALTH.

AND THIS IS BASED ON THE BROKEN WINDOWS THEORY THAT IF WE BEGIN TO ADDRESS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, WE CAN ADDRESS PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY BECOME A CRIMINAL NEXUS.

UH, WE HAD SUCCESS ALREADY WITH ONE RESIDENCE ON GLEN HAVEN, WHERE WE WERE GETTING CITIZEN CALLS AND COMPLAINTS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THERE WERE SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS.

WE BROUGHT ALL FORCES TO BEAR AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT PROBLEM RESOLVED FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE RESULTS THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR.

UH, WE HAVE GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY AND MISSION FOCUS IN THE DEPARTMENT.

UM, I'M GETTING A LOT OF, UH, PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, AND WE GET, UH, COMPLIMENTS AS WELL ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.

UH, THERE'S BEEN A REDUCTION IN EXCESSIVE FORCE COMPLAINTS SINCE THIS IMPLEMENTATION.

I WAS RECENTLY ASKED ABOUT OUR EXCESSIVE FORCE COMPLAINTS AND, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY IN THE LAST YEAR WE'VE HAD ZERO COMPLAINTS.

UM, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH BECOMES A FORCE MULTIPLIER TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS.

AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO USE TECHNOLOGY AND INVESTIGATE THIS, UH, THE, THE RESOURCES OUT THERE TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE CRIME.

UH, WE HAVE IMPROVED COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SHARING WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I, UH, CREDIT ANNA HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ, OUR NEW PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR.

WITH THAT, UH, I GET A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, EVEN HEARD FROM, UH, AT THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, THE CHIEFS OF POLICE CONFERENCE RECENTLY FROM, UM, ONE OF THE, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS WITH DALLAS, THAT, UH, THEY WERE IMPRESSED WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.

UM, AND WE'RE ALSO STARTING TO SEE IMPROVED OFFICER WELLNESS AND RESILIENCY WITH OUR TWO OFFICERS WHO ARE TRAINED AS PHYSICAL FITNESS SPECIALISTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, BEING ABLE TO COACH AND GUIDE OUR OFFICERS IN, UM, IN, IN THEIR FITNESS JOURNEY.

AND I, I THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEARING WITH ME.

I KNOW THAT'S A LOT.

WE'VE BEEN BUSY.

UM, WE'RE GONNA BE EVEN BUSIER.

UH, FOR ME.

THIS WAS ACTUALLY A SLOW YEAR, UH, BUT I HAVE TOLD THE, UH, THE COMMAND STAFF AND THE OFFICERS NOW THAT I'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR, UM, PUT YOUR RUNNING SHOES ON BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND I HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE GREAT THINGS.

AND I'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW THIS HAS VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH ANY ONE PERSON.

THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT.

THEY WERE, UH, EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT WE WERE MAKING, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE WANTED TO GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND SOME THAT'LL BE COMING UP THAT I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL YOU ABOUT.

BUT THIS IS A TOTAL GROUP EFFORT FROM A REALLY GOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WANTS TO BE THE BEST.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TRUST AND UH, I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE YOU FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHIEF.

UH, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

YOU KNOW, I LIKE HEARING EVERYTHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP HERE.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF OUR, OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT MM-HMM .

THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU GAVE DEALING WITH WEAPONS.

UM, I KNOW THAT OUR PAY IS GOOD.

HOW WELL WOULD YOU SAY OUR PAY RANKS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS RIGHT NOW? FROM THE, FROM, FROM THE LAST THING I HEARD WERE THE NUMBER TWO AGENCY IN TEXAS FOR PAY.

WOW.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE PLANO HAS MADE A A POINT TO ALWAYS BE MM-HMM .

THE TOP PAID AGENCY IN TEXAS.

RIGHT.

THEY HAVE THAT WRITTEN IN, IN THEIR CHARTER.

I I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S WRITTEN IN THEIR CHARTER, BUT I HAVE HEARD THAT, I HEARD THAT FROM SOME OF THEIR OFFICERS WHEN I WAS AT THE, UH, AT THE CONFERENCE.

WELL, I, I WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE STAND, AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PAY MM-HMM .

BUT WE, WE ARE ASKING A LOT OF OUR OFFICERS AND WE ARE REWARDING THEM, UM, COMPENSATING THEM YES.

FOR THE, FOR WHAT'S BEING ASKED OF THEM.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

I, I CAME FROM A VERY GOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE I HAD GOOD MENTORS AND LEADERS AND I LOVED THE CITY AND I LOVED WHAT I DID, BUT TO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL THAT STANDS BEHIND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LIKE THIS ONE DOES, UM, I HATE TO SOUND CLICHE, BUT IT'S A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.

WELL, WELL THANK YOU AND EVERYONE ON STAFF WHO, WHO HELPED WITH THIS.

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OKAY, SO NEXT WE HAVE, UM, ITEM SIX B IS TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM BEST TRASH.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, JUST ONE QUICK THING THAT TO ADD, AND I'M SORRY RICK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT WITHIN YOUR, UH, REPORT AND WITH ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, UM, TRULY APPRECIATED, BUT I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE HAVING AN EVENT COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 5TH.

OH YES, WE ARE.

TALK AND SHOULD THAT SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? YEAH.

UH, I WAS SO FOCUSED ON THE LAST YEAR, I FORGOT NEXT MONTH.

UH, SO AS AN OFFSHOOT OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WE ARE HAVING A CITIZEN APPRECIATION DAY, UH, NOVEMBER 5TH IN TOWN SQUARE AND UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S 11 TO FOUR OR FIVE, I'M SORRY.

UM, THE OLDER I GET THE MORE I GOTTA HAVE NOTES, BUT, UM, WE CAN'T WAIT TO DO THAT.

IT'S GONNA BE ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

THANK YOU CHIEF, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? UM, I'LL JUST ADD, YOU KNOW, CHIEF, UH, I WOULD SAY THE PAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CHANGES, I KNOW YOU, YOU ARE VERY HUMBLE IN SAYING IT'S NOT ABOUT ONE PERSON.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

BUT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOU'VE CERTAINLY PROGRESSED THIS ORGANIZATION.

THANK YOU, UH, BY FAR ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND I'VE HEARD BOTH GOOD THINGS FROM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO FROM OUR CITIZENS.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT COUNTS.

AND NOT JUST, NOT JUST IN, YOU KNOW, JUST NOT JUST PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS.

EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD TALKS ABOUT THAT, THAT THAT WE ARE REACHING OUT AND WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, GAINING INPUT AND WE'RE RESPONDING WELL.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE THAT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHIEF.

GOOD LUCK.

[b. Receive an update from Best Trash, LLC, regarding proposed changes to the waste collection and recycling schedules as they transition service from Waster Management of Texas, Inc., pertaining to the Annual Residential Solid Waste Collection, Disposal, and Recycling Services Contract.]

GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, AFTER YOU AUTHORIZED THE CONTRACT WITH BEST TRASH FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 8TH, PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, AND BEST TRASH.

I'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A SMOOTH TRANSITION FOR BEST TRASH TO BEGIN SERVICE ON DECEMBER 1ST.

I HAVE, UH, MR. MATTHEW MAY WITH BEST TRASH TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT TRANSITION.

THANK YOU, FRANK.

HELLO EVERYONE.

UM, SO FAR EVERYTHING IS GOING, UH, VERY SMOOTH AS FAR AS GETTING IN THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE TRANSITION.

WE'VE, UH, HERE IN BAYTOWN ALREADY RECEIVED 15 LOADS OF CARTS AT ONE OF OUR STAGING AREAS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO COME IN MULTIPLE LOADS ON A DAILY BASIS.

UH, WE ARE SCHEDULED TO START DELIVERY NEXT TUESDAY, UH, OF THE RECYCLE CARTS AND WE ARE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO COORDINATE WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE BEGIN COLLECTION OF THEIR CARTS SO WE CAN DROP OFF RECYCLE CARTS BEHIND THEM SO THOSE RESIDENTS DON'T GO WITHOUT A RECYCLE CART.

UH, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO COMMUNICATE WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT REGARDING THE DUMPSTER SWAP OUT AT THE CITY FACILITIES.

SO THAT SHOULD GO SMOOTHLY AS WELL.

UH, WE'VE GOTTEN MORE THAN HALF THE TRUCKS IN, UH, ALREADY TO OUR YARD AND THE REST ARE ON SCHEDULE, UH, TO BE HERE IN TIME FOR THE CONTRACT AS WELL.

UH, WE'VE GOT MOST OF THE DRIVERS ALREADY HIRED IN PLACE AND TRAINING.

THEY'RE GONNA HELP RUN THE DELIVERY CREWS.

UH, WHEN WE START DELIVERING THE CARTS, UH, WE JUST GOT A FOURTH DELIVERY TRAILER IN AND ARE ORDERING ANOTHER, UH, THREEQUARTER TON CREW CAB TRUCK FOR A, A NEW SUPERVISOR THAT'S MAIN FOCUS IS GOING TO BE BAYTOWN.

UH, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO RUN FOUR DELIVERY CREWS.

UH, SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY ISSUES GETTING ALL THE CARTS OUT ON TIME.

UH, SO AS FAR AS CARTS AND EQUIPMENT COMING IN AND THE RESOURCES FOR THAT, EVERYTHING IS SPOT ON AND, AND ON SCHEDULE TO BE ABLE TO START DECEMBER ONE WITHOUT ISSUES.

UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY STAFF ON THE MAPPING AND THE TALKING TRASH.

UM, UH, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND THE, THE, THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

JASON, UH, HAS BEEN AWESOME WITH HELPING DESIGN ALL OF THESE, UH, FLYERS AND HANGERS.

UH, FRANK AND KEVIN, UH, HAVE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH IN HELPING GET EVERYTHING ORGANIZED WITH THE MAPPING AND THE SCHEDULING.

UH, WE ALSO SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME WITH MATT, UH, AND THE GIS DIVISION, GETTING ALL THE MAPPING SQUARED AWAY AS WELL TO GET ALL THE, UH, THE ROUTES FIGURED OUT.

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UM, SO THE, THE FIRST, UH, SLIDE YOU HAVE UP THERE NOW, THE TALKING TRASH, UH, SHOWS WHICH DAYS WASTE MANAGEMENT WILL BE COLLECTING THEIR CARTS, UH, AND WHICH DAYS WE WILL BEGIN DELIVERING OURS, UM, WHEN THE FIRST TRASH DAY IS.

UM, AND, UH, ABOUT THE USE OF OUR BINS AND THAT WE WILL TAKE TRASH BAGS THAT ARE PLACED ALONGSIDE THE CART.

UM, THE BACK PAGE OF THAT, UM, THE FIRST SLIDE THERE SHOWS THE, UH, THE RECYCLING PICKUP SCHEDULE, UM, WHICH WE'VE DIVIDED, UH, OVER THE FOUR COLLECTION DAYS.

UH, AND THEN WE ARE HAVING CART HANGERS MADE UP THAT ALSO HAVE THE DESCRIPTIONS OF, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, RESIDENCE NORTH OF HIGHWAY THREE 30 OR DECKER ROAD AND WEST OF MAIN STREET WILL HAVE RECYCLE ON MONDAY, WHICH IS THE BLUE AREA.

SO EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS WE HAVE DESCRIBED IN THE CART HANGER.

THAT WAY IF A RESIDENT DOES NOT GO ONLINE AND LOOK AT THE MAP, THEY'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION ON WHAT THEIR DAYS ARE AS SOON AS THEY RECEIVE THEIR CARTS.

UM, WE'VE GOT IN THERE ABOUT, UH, TRASH SERVICE STARTING AT 7:00 AM AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO TRY AND GET THE WORD OUT AND STRESSED AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

UH, NOT KNOWING WHERE WASTE MANAGEMENT STARTED OR THE PREVIOUS START TIMES.

UH, WE'RE ASKING EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR TRASH OUT BY SEVEN AND NOT BASE IT ON WHEN IT WAS PICKED UP BEFORE.

UH, 'CAUSE WE WILL START AT 7:00 AM ON THE DOT.

FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR TIME FIGURED OUT.

'CAUSE WE WILL ALWAYS START AT THE EXACT SAME SPOT EVERY TIME.

SO ONCE YOUR NEW SCHEDULE, UH, IS ESTABLISHED, IT SHOULD REMAIN THAT WAY.

UH, FROM THEN ON, UH, IN DIVIDING UP THE CITY, UH, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN SEVERAL MEETINGS DOWN HERE.

AGAIN WITH THE STAFF.

UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING SCHEDULED WITH ONLY AFFECTING APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THE CITY.

UH, THAT 10% IS, UH, GOING TO BE RESIDENTS WEST OF 1 46 AND WEST OF THREE 30, AND THEY WILL HAVE NEW TRASH COLLECTION DAYS ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.

SO WE WERE PRETTY HAPPY THAT WE ONLY AFFECTED, UH, ABOUT 10%.

UH, THOSE 10% BEING SWITCHED TO TUESDAY, FRIDAY WILL NOW HAVE THREE LESS COLLECTION DAY INTERRUPTIONS FOR MEMORIAL DAY, LABOR DAY AND THANKSGIVING DAY.

SO, UM, IT WAS BETTER TO, TO WORK WITH SWITCHING THOSE VERSUS WHEN WE SWITCH PEOPLE TO, FROM TUESDAY, FRIDAY TO MONDAY, THURSDAY, THEY CAN BE UPSET.

'CAUSE NOW THEY HAVE THREE HOLIDAYS THEY DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM ON A TUESDAY, FRIDAY SCHEDULE.

I THINK WITH ALL THE TIME WE SPENT, WE'RE WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED HOMES ON EACH SCHEDULE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE THE WAY IT SPLIT UP.

UH, AND, UH, OUR CREWS AND, AND THE DRIVERS WITH THE WAY WE HAVE IT SPLIT WITH THE NUMBER OF HOMES PER DAY, WE'RE ASKING THEM TO COLLECT.

I THINK WE'VE ALREADY HAD, IN ADDITION TO THE NEW PEOPLE, 27 DRIVERS SIGN UP TO WANT TO COME DO THE BAYTOWN ROUTE.

SO WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING SET UP PRETTY WELL AND SIMPLISTIC AND, AND THE NUMBERS EASY TO ACCOMPLISH.

WE DIDN'T WANNA OVERBURDEN THEM AND HAVE THEM HAVE ANY ISSUES.

SO I THINK AS FAR AS AS EVERYTHING ON OUR END GOES, WE ARE ON SCHEDULE AND, AND READY TO GO.

AND, AND THE STAFF IS, HAS, UH, GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO, TO BE HELPFUL IN THIS TRANSITION.

SO I WANT TO COMMEND ALL OF THEM FOR THAT.

AND I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, WHENEVER YOU START AT 7:00 AM YOU MAY HAVE SOME RESIDENTS THAT AREN'T, THEY DON'T REMEMBER TO GET IT OUT.

DO YOU HAVE A PLAN TO C WILL YOU CIRCLE BACK IF CALLED TO, UH, PICK UP? PROBABLY THIS FIRST WEEK.

CIRCLE STARTING ROUTES OVER AND IT'S MORE JUST GO PICK UP EIGHT OR 10 HOMES THAT WERE EARLY THAT GOT MISSED.

UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH THE CITY.

UH, WE'LL BE HERE MOST OF THE DAY.

WE'LL HAVE SUPERVISORS HERE.

UH, SO WE'RE HOPING TO KEEP THAT TO A MINIMUM, UH, WITH ALL THE NOTIFICATIONS.

BUT WE WILL, MORE THAN LIKELY, I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE BIG

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SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY THESE FIRST FEW WEEKS AS THEY LEARN.

WELL, I DO APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT THAT YOU PUT INTO GIVEN HOLIDAYS.

I DIDN'T EXPECT TO HEAR THAT.

UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, I LIKE THAT.

UM, SO I, I JUST WANTED TO THANK RICK AND STAFF.

I KNOW WHEN, UM, THIS CAME UP AND I PRESENTED IT AT OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

UM, FIRST ONE THEY WANTED TO SEE THE CARTS AND SO WE REACHED OUT TO SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE STRATEGICALLY PLACE A FEW CARTS BEFORE YOU START DISTRIBUTING THEM, UM, AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S BEEN DONE YET, UH, FRANK OR WHEN WE PLAN TO DO THAT.

SO, UM, FOLKS KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO TO GO LOOK AT THE CARTS BEFORE.

UM, I THINK IT WAS JUST IMPORTANT TO THEM TO, TO SEE THE CARTS WE HAVE.

UM, THERE'S EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT.

PERFECT.

UM, AND COULD YOU REMIND US WHAT LOCATIONS THOSE ARE? IT WAS THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND UTILITY BILLING.

AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP, OBVIOUSLY, UM, UH, IN TERMS OF THE SAVINGS, WHO GETS THE SAVINGS? UM, I MENTIONED TO THEM THAT, UM, THEIR BILL WOULD STAY THE SAME.

IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE, BUT, UM, CAN YOU, UH, I GUESS, UM, EXPRESS HOW THE SAVINGS CAN BE USED? BECAUSE IT'S GONNA GO BACK TO THE SANITARY FUNDS, RIGHT? THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE SAVINGS WILL BE.

SO WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THOSE FUNDS? SO IT, IT WILL, UH, SHOULDER UP THE SANITATION FUND, UH, TO MAKE SURE IT IS SELF-SUSTAINING.

UH, THE CITY DOES ALL THE BRUSH COLLECTION, SO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN REPLACE OUR, UH, BRUSH TRUCKS WHEN THEY WEAR OUT.

UM, THERE'S ALSO BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR WE HAD PLANNED A GREEN CENTER NORTH AND YOU KNOW, THE SAVINGS CAN HELP FUND THE GREEN CENTER NORTH.

YEP.

THAT'S ALL I HAD HERE.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE THAT'S, THAT'S NEW INFORMATION TO ME.

MM-HMM.

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TOUTING TO MY RESIDENTS THAT THEY WERE GONNA GET A SAVINGS, A REDUCTION, AND WERE NOT, THAT'S NEWS TO ME AS, AS, AND I MAY HAVE SLEPT TO THAT MEETING.

HUH.

UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR, THAT'S A SEPARATE POLICY DISCUSSION AND CERTAINLY WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING TO DO WHAT YOU'D LIKE.

BUT, UH, KEEP IN MIND THAT THE BEST THING TO DO IS, LET'S SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT FOR A YEAR.

YOU'VE ALSO INDICATED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A, ANOTHER GREEN CENTER THAT'S BEEN A COUNCIL, UH, PRIORITY.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU IS LET'S HAVE THE POLICY DISCUSSION, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR.

LET'S GO TO THE RETREAT AND DISCUSS THAT.

BUT, UH, I, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO WHAT YOU WANT, BUT I I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND YOU DO IT ON DAY ONE.

SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT.

THAT'D BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU MAYBE.

SURE.

THOSE MY COMMENT IS YES, WE, WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION.

'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S NEWS TO ME.

'CAUSE I'VE BEEN TELLING MY RESIDENTS THEY'RE GONNA SEE REDUCTION ON THEIR BILL AND THEY'RE NOT, WHICH MEANS THAT PUTS ME IN A BAD SPOT.

WELL, I'LL JOIN YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN LESTER.

SO, UM, AND I'LL SAY I, I JUST MISUNDERSTOOD MYSELF.

AND, AND I MAY HAVE AND, AND THAT'S OKAY.

BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AT LEAST AS FAR AS THIS UPDATE? OKAY.

THANK YOU SIR.

WE WISH YOU BEST OF LUCK AND WE LOOK FORWARD.

I KNOW THERE WERE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.

YOU PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT OBVIOUSLY, UM, INTO THIS.

I, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE ADJUSTMENTS ARE, ARE TOO, IN A SENSE, TOO CRITICAL.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE THE TUESDAY, FRIDAY FOR SOME, FOR SOME NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, BUT I THINK THERE WAS SOME OFFSET AND SOME BENEFIT AND, UH, UH, I THINK WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO WE WISH YOU THE BEST.

LOOKING FORWARD

[a. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 118 "Signs," Division IV "Permits," Section 118-139 "Political Signs" to designate voting period sign placement location areas and adopt the Voting Period Sign Locations Designation Diagram for Baytown City Hall Annex.]

TO IT.

TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CURRENT SUPREME COURT AND FEDERAL COURT CASES, UH, AS WELL AS THE ELECTION CODE, THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT, MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN A CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER ONE 18, SCIENCE DIVISION FOUR PERMIT SECTION, UH, 1 18 1 DASH 1 39.

POLITICAL SCIENCE TO DESIGNATE VOTING PERIOD, SIGNED PLACEMENT LOCATION AREAS AND ADOPT THE VOTING PERIOD.

SIGNED LOCATION DESIGNATION DIAGRAM FOR CITY, BAY TOWN, THE HALL ANNEX, MR. , UH, MR. MAYOR COUNSEL, UH, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ASKED TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, ELECTIONEERING IN THE FORM OF SIGN PLACEMENT.

AND WHAT WE HAVE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A REQUEST TO AMEND OUR ORDINANCE CONCERNING ELECTIONEERING IN THE FORM OF SIGNED PLACEMENT.

AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE BY THIS PROPOSAL IS

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FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR INTENT WAS TO ENSURE THAT CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXERCISE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SO, UH, IN A WAY THAT PROMOTES THE WELFARE, HEALTH AND SIS UH, SAFETY OF THE CITY.

AND, UH, TO ADD TO AID IN THE ORDERLY EVALUATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH OUR ORDINANCES.

UH, AND LASTLY TO REGULATE ONLY THE TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO ELECTIONEER IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRENT ELECTION CODE.

SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS TAKEN OUT REFERENCES THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN DEEMED TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL, SUCH AS POLITICAL SIGNAGE.

AND WE ARE FRAMING OUR ORDINANCE IN TERMS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE ELECTION CODE.

AND THAT INCLUDES ELECTIONEERING.

ONE FORM OF ELECTIONEERING IS THE PLACEMENT OF SIGNS.

WE ARE ALLOWED UNDER THE ELECTION CODE TO PLACE REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS ON THE TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO POST THESE TYPES OF SIGNS.

AND, UH, AS AN EXHIBIT TO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, WE DO HAVE MAPS THAT PROVIDE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE PLACEMENT OF SIGNS AROUND THE CITY HALL AREA, WHICH IS A POLLING PLACE, UH, TO DO SO A WEEK BEFORE THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD STARTS.

AND A WEEK BEFORE THE REGULAR, UH, VOTING PERIOD BEGINS.

UH, THIS ALLOWS FOR, UH, MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC INGRESS AND EGRESS EGRESS TO OUR CITIZEN VOTERS, UH, AND ALLOWS, UH, ELECTIONEERING TO OCCUR OUTSIDE OF THE A HUNDRED FOOT RADIUS.

THE ELECTION CODE SAYS THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS NOT APPROPRIATE.

SO I HAVE, UH, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT WE TOOK A LONG TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS WILL PASS CONSTITUTIONAL MUSTER.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE.

UM, IS THERE ANY, I GUESS, QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET A MOTION, UM, MOTION FOR DISCUSSION AT LEAST? UH, FOR ITEM SEVEN A I MOVE TO APPROVE SEVEN A SECOND.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE MOVE TO APPROVE.

SO WE HAVE ITEM SEVEN A.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING, UM, I THINK IF YOU LOOK OUTSIDE, YOU SEE THE, THE LAND WHERE POLITICAL SIGNS CAN BE DONE, CERTAINLY A WEEK BEFORE POLLS, THAT'S PRETTY GENEROUS.

THAT'S NOT, THAT HASN'T BEEN THE SAME IN THE PAST.

UM, BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN CAMPAIGNS, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO RUN AROUND THE NIGHT BEFORE ALL OVER, UH, POLLING PLACES TO GET SIGNS OUT.

SO I, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY GENEROUS.

UM, I WOULD LEAN ON, ON THE LEGAL AS FAR AS, UH, THEIR CHANGES TO THIS AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DO APPROVE.

SO WITH THAT, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM SEVEN A HAS WRITTEN, PLEASE SAY AYE.

HAVE ITEM SEVEN B CONSIDERED ORDINANCE APPROV, A PILOT OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH BIRD RIDES INC.

THOSE OPPOSED? WE

[b. Consider an ordinance approving a Pilot Operating Agreement with Bird Rides, Inc., to establish interim rules and regulations governing the pilot operation of a Stand-Up Electric Scooter Sharing System within the City of Baytown.]

TO ESTABLISH INTERIM RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PILOT OPERATION OF A STANDUP ELECTRIC SCOOTER SHARING SYSTEM WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BAYTOWN.

MR. REYNOLDS, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M HERE TO, UH, SCOOT INTO THIS, UH, BIRD PRESENTATION HERE.

SO THIS IS A REVAMP, IF I CAN GET THIS TO WORK HERE.

UH, THIS IS A REVAMP OF THE, UH, OF, OF THE PROGRAM THAT WAS PRESENTED BACK IN JULY.

AND, UH, RIGHT NOW I'M JUST GOING TO QUICKLY GO OVER THIS.

I WANT TO SAY THAT MR. BUTLER IS ONLINE.

THE, UH, WITH BIRD RIDER OR SCOOT RIDER.

UM, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT, THAT I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER.

THE INTENT HERE TODAY IS THAT TO ACTUALLY, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING A PILOT AGREEMENT, UH, WITH BIRD SCOOTERS.

UH, BIRD SCOOTERS, AS Y'ALL MAY BE AWARE, ARE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.

UM, I HAVE PERSONALLY USED THEM.

I'M SURE A FEW OF YOU HAVE USED THEM.

THEY GO FROM SMALL CITIES TO LARGE CITIES.

AND THE REASON THAT THEY ARE BEING IN ARE SUCCESSFUL IN CITIES AT THIS POINT IS THAT THEY ARE HAVING AN ECONOMIC IMPACT.

ACCORDING TO BIRD, IN 2021, ECONOMIC IMPACT OF A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WAS SPENT BY BIRD RIDER AND THE LOCAL SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS WE'RE HOPING TO BRING SOME OF THAT REVENUE, UH, INTO ADDITIONAL REVENUE INTO OUR SALES TAX PIECE WITH

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UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, VERY QUICKLY, AND IT'S A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE, BYRD IS GONNA HIRE A LOCAL RUN OPERATOR TO, TO RUN THE, UH, SYSTEM, UH, THROUGHOUT BAYTOWN.

THAT'S BENEFICIAL TO US BECAUSE PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FINANCIAL IMPACT AND ALSO A, UH, BUSINESS CREATION IMPACT.

UM, ON SCOOT BACK, ONE MORE.

EXCUSE ME.

UH, ON TOP OF THAT, WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE A RIDE SHARE PIECE.

SO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WILL GET 10 CENTS PER EVERY RIDE ON THE SCOOTER.

UH, THAT CAN BE USED FOR TRANSPORTATION, UH, DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.

HOW MUCH THAT EQU UH, EQUATES TO AT THIS POINT, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU, BUT IT IS NICE TO HAVE A PARTNER THAT IS ACTUALLY GIVING US A PIECE OF THE PIE ON TOP OF HOPEFULLY ANOTHER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ECONOMIC IMPACT WITH THAT.

UM, THERE ARE CONCERNS WITH, UH, SCOOTER RIDES THROUGHOUT THE, THE NATION.

UM, I'M SURE THE COUNCIL WILL ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ON WHERE SCOOTERS CAN BE RIDDEN.

ONE THING THAT BYRD WILL GIVE TO, UH, OR IS PARTNERING WITH THE CITY ON, IS TO IDENTIFY ZONES THAT WE DO NOT WANT THESE SCOOTERS GOING IN, RIGHT? SO AS WE, AS WE EXPLORE FURTHER INTO THIS PILOT PROGRAM, WE CAN START TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT, HEY, WE SAY THIS IS EITHER NEEDS TO BE A SLOW ZONE, OR THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE IT'S JUST COMPLETELY OFF LIMITS.

WE MAY GET DIFFERENT CALLS IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS TO SAY, THIS IS TOO MUCH OF A NUISANCE.

WE CAN MOST LIKELY GET RID OF THAT DISTRICT, UH, IN ITS ENTIRETY IF THAT'S HOW THE COUNCIL WANTS TO VOTE, OR JUST IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE THESE SOLELY OPERATE.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY STARTING WITH A HUNDRED SCOOTERS.

UH, DEMAND WILL, UH, WILL KEEP THAT FLUCTUATING, UH, MORE OR LESS DEPENDING ON WHAT THE, WHAT THE, UH, SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

SO THE PROPOSAL, UH, THE BIG SELL IS THAT THERE'S NO INVESTMENT REQUIRED.

THIS IS A PUBLIC PR, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WHERE BIRD IS PUTTING ALL THE STUFF ON THE GROUND.

WE WILL HAVE A DEDICATED ACCOUNT MANAGER THAT WILL HELP US, UH, THROUGH THIS PROJECT.

WE ALSO GET A DATA DASHBOARD THAT COULD BE HELPFUL, HELPFUL WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHERE WE GET SOME DATA PIECES THAT CAN BE USED WITH OUR, OUR RETAIL ANALYTICS TO ALSO SAY, HEY, WE'RE SEEING INCREASED TRAFFIC HERE.

DOES THIS HELP SELL ANY OTHER RETAIL PIECE THAT WE HAVE? UH, AS I SAID, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HUNDRED VEHICLES.

WE'RE LOOKING AT LAUNCHING, UH, IN 2023 IF APPROVED.

UH, KIND OF GET THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND THEN, UH, KICK OFF IN, UH, LATE WINTER OR EARLY SPRING AND, UH, ASKING THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH WE CAN CANCEL WITH A 30 DAY NOTIFICATION.

AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M HERE OR MR. BUTLER'S ONLINE.

UH, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

UM, DO TH DO, DO THESE SCOOTERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE GEOFENCED? I KNOW THERE'S GOLF CARTS WHERE IF YOU GO A CERTAIN TOO FAR AWAY YES SIR.

THEY KIND OF JUST GO TO LIKE ONE MILE AN HOUR.

SO I FIGURED THEY'D HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR.

THEY SURE DO.

AND, UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE AND I THINK THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT I MAY ASK THE, UH, COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL TO HELP ME IDENTIFY AREAS OKAY.

ONCE WE START MOVING THROUGH IT.

TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT, THE 10 CENTS.

COULD THAT BE USED FOR SIDEWALKS IN AREAS WHERE WE COULD SEE IT BEING USED? AND I'M SPECIFICALLY ASKING BECAUSE NORTH OF I 10, THE HOTEL AREA GOING BACK ACROSS, WE NEED SIDEWALKS UP THERE.

COULD THAT 10 CENTS GO TOWARDS FUNDING SOME SIDEWALKS? IT'S USED FOR ANY TRANSPORTATION PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, IS HOW IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN IN THE AGREEMENT.

CAN WE FURTHER, UH, HAVE THAT IN THE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE SIGN THE AGREEMENT? YES, WE CAN, WE CAN FURTHER DISCUSS THAT WITH, UH, BYRD.

I, I WOULD THINK THAT THAT'S JUST A DECISION.

WE'LL MAKE THAT A LATER DATE.

I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA HOLD UP AN AGREEMENT ON, ON THAT.

ALRIGHT, MAYOR.

DO, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE PLACED ON THE I COULD THINK OF SEVERAL THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE, BUT I WILL LEAVE THAT TO MR. BUTLER.

I DO NOT HAVE THAT ANSWER AT THIS TIME.

YEAH, I CAN ANSWER.

CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YES.

UM, NO, WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED EVERY, EVERY ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SEND OVER TO THE CITY IN ADVANCE THE LAUNCH.

SORRY.

I HAVE, UH, MAY I SPEAK YOU? MY NAME IS MIKE BROTHER.

I RUN OUR, OUR GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS TEAM IN THE STATE OF, OF TEXAS.

UM, WE HAVEN'T FULLY IDENTIFIED EVERY LOCATION.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IN THE LEAD UP TIME TO LAUNCH THIS, WE CAN WORK WITH CITY STAFF, WE CAN WORK WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, WE CAN WORK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS TO IDENTIFY THE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY'RE DEPLOYED.

AND IT'S NOT JUST A SET IN AND FORGET IT.

WE CAN ALSO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THOSE.

SO THERE IS A LOT OF, UM, ELASTICITY TO THIS.

SO WE, IF WE NEED TO ADJUST DEPLOYMENT LOCATIONS WHERE THEY'RE PLACED EVERY MORNING, IF WE NEED TO ADJUST THOSE GEO ZONE LOCATIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE TEMPORARY EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING OR CONSTRUCTION THAT'S HAPPENING, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE, ARE ABLE TO BE FLEXIBLE THAT, THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THIS.

BUT,

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ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? MM-HMM.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION, I BELIEVE, UM, FOR, UH, FOR SEVEN B.

IS THAT CORRECT? WE HAVE, DO HAVE A MOTION YET? NO.

NOPE.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN B.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION IS GONNA GET SECOND, SECOND.

MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SEVEN B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

HAVE A CONSIDER RESOLUTION GRANTING THE PETITION FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 11, 11 POINT 19 ACRES OF LAND, GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG BLUE HERON PARKWAY BETWEEN BARKLEY ROAD AND CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU ROAD.

OPPOSED? WE HAVE.

NEXT WE

[a. Consider a resolution granting the petition for the proposed annexation of approximately 11.19 acres of land, generally located along Blue Heron Parkway between Barkuloo Road and Crosby Cedar Bayou Road.]

MR. SCRIBNER, I LEFT MY WATER BEHIND, HOPE NOT TO CHOKE TO DEATH THIS TIME.

I GET.

UM, SO YES, THIS IS THE, UM, THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME YOU'VE SEEN THIS.

THIS IS THE APPLICATION FOR THE, UH, PETITION OF ANNEXATION OF 11 ACRES.

UM, THIS IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BLUE HERON PARKWAY.

IT'S ADJACENT TO THE PARK THAT THE CITY OWNS RIGHT THERE.

AND, UM, IT'S KIND OF, SO IT'S ACROSS FROM, UH, CROCKETT ELEMENTARY AND JUST EAST OF THERE AS WELL.

SO, UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

I GUESS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEMS. UH, QUICK QUESTION.

UH, JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, SO IT WILL COME IN AS SPACE RECREATION? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND IS THERE, DO YOU CONTEMPLATE OR ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE A REZONING IN THE NEAR FUTURE? AND IF SO, WHAT WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THAT REZONING MAY BE? UM, THE ANSWER IS YES.

I DO ANTICIPATE A REZONE 'CAUSE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE WITH IT.

UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY, STAFF IS CURRENTLY EXAMINING THAT ENTIRE AREA TO SEE WHAT EVERYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE THAT'S OPEN SPACE RECREATION, WHICH IS A BUNCH ALL ALONG BLUE HERON, UM, AND FROM BARLOW ALL THE WAY OVER TO CROSBY, CEDAR CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU.

UM, AND SO IF THE, UM, IF THE OWNER COMES IN AND ASKS, I WOULD ANTICIPATE MF ONE MULTIFAMILY.

THANKS.

CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF DISTRICT FOR ITEM EIGHT? A MOVE TO APPROVE AA SECOND A MOTION SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AADA IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM DISCUSSED AND CLARIFY CITY COUNCIL'S RULES OF PROCEDURE SECTION 5.5 POINTS OF ORDER IN SECTION 6.2 E, CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS, SUBSECTION ONE POINT B.

A OPPOSED? NEXT

[a. Discuss and clarify City Council Rules of Procedure Section 5.5 "Points of Order" and Section 6.2(e) "Citizen Communications," subsection 1.b.]

SO WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PRESLEY.

UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY IF IS MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT IF COUNCIL MEMBER PRESLEY, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK FIRST? UH, I, I'D JUST PREFER TO GO FIRST AND THEN WE'LL, I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

SO I DID REQUEST THIS AGENDA ITEM, UM, SIMPLY TO HELP CLARIFY SECTION 5.5 AS IT RELATES TO POINTS OF ORDER AND SECTION 6.2 E, SUBSECTION ONE B AS IT RELATES TO CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.

AND I DID SO, UH, WELL BECAUSE I, I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, THAT WE KNOW THAT APPEALS ON POINTS OF POINTS OF ORDER, UH, CAN BE PUT TO A VOTE, UH, AS THE RULES OF PROCEDURE EXPRESSLY PROVIDE FOR.

AND IN ADDITION, UM, THE RULES OF PROCEDURE ALSO ALLOW, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL MAY MAKE INQUIRIES OF CITIZENS AT THE END OF ANY CITIZEN'S COMMUNICATION.

SO THERE'S A PRECEDENT FOR THAT.

UM, COUNSEL HA HAS UTILIZED THAT PRIVILEGE.

UH, SOMEWHAT RECENTLY, UH, ON SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH, THERE WAS A CITIZEN COMMUNICATION AND, AND THE PRESIDING OFFICER ASKED IF, IF COUNSEL HAD ANY QUESTIONS AND THE PRESIDING OFFER, UH, OFFICER ADDRESSED THE CITIZEN FOR OVER ONE MINUTE.

AND THEN ON JUNE THE NINTH, WE HAD ANOTHER CITIZEN COMMUNICATION ABOUT FLOODING ISSUES.

AND THE PRESIDING OFFICER SPOKE FOR ROUGHLY ONE MINUTE AND TURNED THE FLOOR OVER TO THE DISTRICT COUNCIL PERSON, UH, WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT A ISSUE IN HIS DISTRICT FOR OVER THREE MINUTES.

SO, LIKE I SAY, IT'S JUST CLARIFICATION.

IT, IT'S NOT A HUGE DEAL IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, BUT I WOULD JUST ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO IS THE PARLIAMENTARIAN, UM, THAT THE RULES OF PROCEDURE BE UNDERSTOOD AND APPLIED EQUALLY.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE AND I I APPRECIATE IT.

MR. CITY ATTORNEY? THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, MAYOR COUNCIL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR MY ABSENCE.

AT THE LAST MEETING I WAS ACTUALLY AT A CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINAR.

UH, WE DO A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE.

SO I WAS AT THE BOND COUNCIL SEMINAR AND ASKED ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS TO, UH, SIT AT THE DAAS.

AND, UM, WE DO A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND TRAINING IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, BUT, UH, SOMETIMES THINGS CAN BE OVERWHELMING AND SOMETIMES THINGS CAN HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY.

UM, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY

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INCONSISTENCY OR UH, CONFUSION THAT MAY HAVE, UH, ACCOMPANIED A DISCUSSION OF THE RULES AT THE LAST MEETING.

UM, TO BE CLEAR, UM, THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE, UH, COUNSEL, UM, MAY HEAR AN APPEAL ON A POINT OF ORDER.

UM, IF THAT, UH, APPEAL IS NOT SUSTAINED, ANY COUNSEL MEMBER MAY, UH, CALL FOR A VOTE TO, UH, DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENS ON THAT POINT OF ORDER.

UH, IF THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS VOTE NO, THE RULING OF THE CHAIR IS OVERRULED IF THEY VOTE, YES, IT'S SUSTAINED.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

NO, MY ONLY COMMENTS IS JUST, UM, APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.

CERTAINLY THAT WILL BE OUR PRACTICE MOVING FORWARD.

SOUNDS GOOD.

IN THE WORDS OF COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, I'M GOOD AND I APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON.

THERE'S NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM.

UM,

[10. 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.]

WE MOVE ON TO CONSENT.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, WE ARE GOING TO PULL, UH, I THINK THREE ITEMS. UH, ITEM O WE'LL BE PULLED, UH, WILL BE, IT WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.

CORRECT.

AND THEN ALSO WE'RE GONNA PULL K AND L.

SO FIRST I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, UH, ITEMS A THROUGH P, EXCLUDING THOSE THREE ITEMS I JUST MENTIONED.

MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH P, SAVE, ACCEPT, K, L, O, SECOND MOTION, SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT, THOSE CONSENT ITEMS, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE FIRST TO ITEMS. K AND THEN LI BELIEVE, UM, A FEW COMMENTS FROM OUR PARKS.

DIRECTOR.

[k. Consider an ordinance authorizing an Interlocal Agreement with the Municipal Development District for funding a new 18-hole disc golf course to be constructed on the Parks property located at the northwest intersection of J.B. Lefevre and Market Street.]

[l. Consider an ordinance authorizing an Interlocal Agreement with the Municipal Development District for the purchase and installation of metal shade structures over the basketball courts at Bergeron and Allenbrook Parks, as well as a shade structure over the playground equipment at Central Heights Park.]

MAYOR? YES, SIR.

I'M, I'LL GET, I'M THE ONE THAT ASKED TO PULL THOSE.

AND I DID.

SO NOT THAT I OPPOSE THEM AT ALL, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, WE HEAR TIME AFTER TIME, AFTER TIME, HOW GOOD OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IS.

THIS IS JUST, JUST ANOTHER CLEAR EXAMPLE OF HOW HARD THEY WORK FOR OUR CITIZENS.

AND, AND TO JUST BRUSH OVER IT IN ON A CONSENT.

I THOUGHT THAT KIND OF SHORT CHANGES THEM A LITTLE BIT.

SO, CLIFF, YOU GOT A FEW MINUTES? YEAH.

AND I APPRECIATE IT.

THE, UM, THE FIRST ONE WAS THE, UH, THE DISC GOLF COURSE, UH, WHEN WE LOST, UH, OUR DISC GOLF COURSE AT EVERGREEN PARK.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, QUICKLY ROSE TO THE TOP OF OUR PRIORITY LIST.

UH, WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.

IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT UP HERE ON MARKET STREET, JB LAFE.

IT'S GONNA BE 18 HOLES.

IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE FIRST WOODED, COMPLETELY WOODED COURSES.

UH, WE'RE USING THE SAME DESIGNER THAT WE USED AT EVERGREEN PARK, CHRIS VANDER, GRIFF, UH, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING, SOMETHING NEW AND, AND IT'S GONNA PLAY RIGHT ALONG WITH OUR OTHER DISCOURSE DISC GOLF COURSES.

AND, UH, HOPE TO ATTRACT STATE LEVEL TOURNAMENTS ONCE AGAIN TO BAYTOWN.

UH, AND THE OTHER ONE THAT YOU PULLED WAS THE, UH, THE SHADE STRUCTURES.

THAT'S, WE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.

UM, UH, THE LATEST IS NEW CASTLE.

BEFORE THAT WE DID UN DAD AND, UH, LINCOLN CEDARS.

UH, THIS YEAR WE PLAN ON COVERING THE BASKETBALL COURTS AT BERGERON PARK AND, UM, AT, UH, ALLEN BRICK PARK.

UH, AND IT ALSO HAS A SHADE STRUCTURE OVER THE PLAYGROUND UNIT AT CENTRAL HEIGHTS.

SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE UPDATES ON THOSE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES TO THOSE PARTICULAR PARKS.

SO I GUESS FIRST LET'S CONSIDER ITEMS K AND L ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MOTION CHAIR, APPROVE K AND L, SECOND MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ITEMS K THROUGH L AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

UH, CONSENT ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT WITH PBP INC.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

NEXT WE HAVE,

[o. Consider an ordinance authorizing an Industrial District Agreement with PBP, Inc.]

UM, AND I'M REFERRING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THIS ITEM.

IF THERE'S ANY INFORMATION ON, OR AT LEAST WHY WE NEED TO CONSIDER THIS SEPARATELY.

MR. MAYOR.

COUNSEL, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENTS THAT ARE COMING UP FOR RENEWAL AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

UH, WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THESE COMPANIES FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, INCLUDING, UH, PBP INC.

UH, AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, PBP HAS BEEN INDEBTED TO THE CITY ON THE LAST IDA, WELL, VICTOR AND I, UH, VICTOR BROWNLEY, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH OFFICIALS FROM THE COMPANY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW.

AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, THEY PROMISED TO SEND US A WIRE TRANSFER FOR APPROXIMATELY $50,000, WHICH WOULD, UH, BRING THEM UP TO DATE ON THE LAST AGREEMENT.

AND SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR THIS ITEM IS THAT YOU CONSIDER IT AND VOTE

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YES, SUBJECT TO THE MONEY COMING IN.

IF IT DOES NOT COME IN WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, THEN WE WILL BE AGAIN, UH, ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS, HOPEFULLY THAT EVEN AFTER THOSE PROCEEDINGS START, WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO GET THAT PAYMENT BACK FROM THE COMPANY.

WE CAN HALT THOSE PROCEEDINGS AND WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE IDA FOR TAX YEARS 22 THROUGH 28.

SO HOPEFULLY COUNSEL YOU UNDERSTOOD, UM, THE DYNAMICS OF AT LEAST THAT ITEM.

SO WITH THAT, I GUESS I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM O.

UH, I IF IT'S A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU ARE REASONABLE OR MY REASONABLE AND I THINK THE COUNSEL'S REASONABLE, WE'LL, REASONABLE , I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER THE 22ND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE OUR DECEMBER MEETING WILL BE EITHER THE EIGHTH OR THE 14TH.

EIGHTH, IT WILL BE ON THE EIGHTH.

SO IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO PUT A RESTRICTION, UH, BEFORE ONE OF THOSE TWO COUNCIL DATES, OR EVEN BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST, UH, WE CAN WORK WITHIN WHATEVER PARAMETERS YOU'D LIKE.

I, I GUESS WE NEED A MOTION TO DISCUSS BEFORE GET INTO OKAY.

I'M ASSUMING THAT WAS A, WAS THAT A MOTION? WAS THAT A MOTION? THAT'S A MOTION TO DISCUSS AND GOT A SECOND.

'CAUSE MY REASONABLENESS IS HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN IN, IN ARREARS? SO TO, TO GIVE YOU A FULLER PICTURE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED, UH, PVP HAS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER COMPANY WITH WHOM WE HAD AN IDA.

UH, WE WERE NOTIFIED OF THAT EXCHANGE AND FOR REASONS THAT ARE UNKNOWN TO ME, WE DID NOT ENTER INTO A NEW IDA, UH, WITH PVP AT THAT TIME.

HOWEVER, WHEN WE STARTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE IDAS UH, LAST MONTH, WE REALIZED THAT INSTEAD OF CONTINUING THE OLD AGREEMENT, WE SHOULD JUST ENTER INTO A COMPLETELY NEW AGREEMENT WITH THIS COMPANY.

UH, NEVERTHELESS, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THEY HAD BEEN PAYING, UH, BASED ON THE AGREEMENT FROM WHOM THEY BROUGHT, UH, THEY BOUGHT THE ASSETS.

VICTOR MAY RECALL THE NAME OF THE COMPANY.

IT'S NOT COMING TO ME RIGHT NOW.

I BELIEVE IT WAS UNDER THE NAME OF TGS.

UM, THE BILLS WERE SENT OUT TO THE VARIOUS, UH, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT PARTNERS LAST NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER DUE BY THE END OF JANUARY.

UM, I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOUR QUESTION, HOW LONG SHOULD WE GIVE THEM? UM, I GAVE THEM INFO CLOSE OF BUSINESS TOMORROW.

I'M WILLING TO GO ANOTHER BUSINESS DAY IF YOU ARE, BUT NO MORE THAN THAT.

WELL, AND MY QUESTION WAS IF, IF WE JUST NOTIFY THEM A MONTH AGO THAT WE WANT A NEW AGREEMENT, THAT KIND OF PUTS A DIFFERENT LIGHT FOR ME.

IF THEY'VE BEEN IN ARREARS FOR, SINCE JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, THAT AGAIN, NOW THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT LIGHT FOR ME.

THEY HAVE BEEN IN ARREARS SINCE JANUARY.

SINCE JANUARY.

THEN MY POSITION WOULD BE LET'S JUST START ANNEXATION PROCESS AND IF THEY GET A TICK TO US, WE CAN STOP THAT.

SO MR. MAYOR CAN BE CLEAR I GAVE THEM UNTIL CLOSE OF BUSINESS TOMORROW TO HAVE THE WIRE INTO OUR BANK ACCOUNT.

THAT'S FAIR.

I WOULD, I WOULD SAY WHAT WE DO IS, IS USE THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AS FAR AS CLOSE OF BUSINESS TOMORROW, WHICH IS THE 28TH 5:00 PM UH, AND THEN I WILL BE PLACING AN ITEM FOR ANNEXATION ON THE 22ND.

IF I DON'T NEED TO DO IT, THEN I DON'T NEED TO DO IT.

SO I GUESS, DO WE NEED ANY, DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? YES, SIR.

THEN WE DO.

AND I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE ABIDE BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR'S DEADLINE OF TOMORROW AT FIVE MM-HMM .

AND IF IT'S NOT THERE BY FIVE, THEN THERE'LL BE AN ANNEXATION ISSUE ON THE 22ND OF NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

THAT GIVES US TIME.

WE WILL, YEAH.

UH, LEGAL WILL WORK WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.

ITEM ONE A IS CONSIDERED AN APPOINTMENT TO THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT BOARD.

MOTION TO SECOND.

UH, WITH THAT, I'M ASSUMING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, IF THAT ITEM IS PRESENTED, UM, PLEASE SAY AYE.

OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

ITEM CARRIES.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPOINTMENTS.

[a. Consider one (1) appointment to the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District (FCPEMSD) board.]

UH, THIS APPOINTMENT IS MINE.

I WILL BE APPOINTING MR. LARRY HOLLOWAY.

UM, AS MY APPOINTEE TO THIS, I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MS. BRENDA BRADLEY SMITH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS OF GREAT SERVICE TO THIS BOARD.

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UM, IT'S HARD TO FIND SOMEONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN THIS AND YOU WANT SOMEBODY WHO HAS SOME KNOWLEDGE.

AND SO, MR. HOLLOWAY WAS, I BELIEVE IS GONNA BE A GREAT FIT FOR THIS BOARD.

SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR HIS APPROVAL.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND.

NO.

MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MR. HOLLOWAY, PLEASE SAY AYE.

OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

WE HAVE OUR MANAGER'S

[12. 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.]

REPORT.