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SO WHEN I'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
WE ARE IN BAYTOWN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE WILL BE LED IN OUR PLEDGE AND INVOCATION THIS EVENING BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE LESTER OF DISTRICT NUMBER SIX.
YOU WOULD STAND, FACE THE FLAG AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TWO, THE REPUBLIC OF WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE INDIVISIBLE WITH 13 JUSTICE CR AND THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
ONE STATE, HONOR GOD, ONE IN INDIVISIBLE.
IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN A BRIEF PRAYER.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND SUPPORT.
AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, HELP US TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION.
FILL US WITH YOUR GRACE AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT OUR CITIZENS AND EMPLOYEES.
CONTINUE TO REMIND US THAT ALL THAT WE DO HERE TODAY, ALL THAT WE ACCOMPLISH IS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY.
PLEASE WATCH OVER THOSE WHO SERVE AND PROTECT US ON A DAILY BASIS.
ALSO, WATCH OVER OUR TWO COLLEAGUES THAT WILL SOON LEAVE OUR GROUP AND BEGIN THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THEIR LIVES.
WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME.
[1. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET ON INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FAIRLY QUICKLY THIS EVENING.UH, SO, UH, I WILL, UH, ANNOUNCE HERE THAT WE'LL RECESSING AND CONVENE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXT FROM GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS AND 5 5 1 0.087 TO DELIBERATE, UH, REGARDING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATION.
SO I'LL RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING WITH THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 THOUGHT 1 0 2 OF THE TEXAS AND GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[a. Consider an ordinance removing certain property from Industrial District No. 1.]
TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH WILL BE, UH, ITEM TWO A CONSIDERED ORDINANCE REMOVING CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.SO WE HAVE, UH, MR. DAVIS, OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
SO THIS MOVE IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO POSITION, UH, EXXON FOR THE, UH, TWO 12 AGREEMENT THAT'LL NO LONGER BE PART OF INDUSTRIAL, UH, DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO MOVEMENTS THAT WE MADE WITH, UH, ENTERPRISE WHEN WE APPROVED THE TWO 12 AGREEMENT.
THEN WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM TWO A AS PRESENTED.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TWO A I A, SECOND, SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM TWO AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, ITEM CARRIES.
[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Chapter 212 Agreement with ExxonMobil.]
ITEM TWO B.THAT WILL BE TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A CHAPTER TWO 12 AGREEMENT WITH EXXONMOBIL, MR. DAVIS.
THIS WILL AUTHORIZE A 35 YEAR AGREEMENT WITH EXXONMOBIL.
UH, UH, I THINK THE DETAILS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH YOU, UH, UH, AD NAUSEUM.
SO,
UM, I GUESS I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM TWO BS, UM, WRITTEN MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TWO B SUBJECT TO LEGAL RECOMMENDATIONS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
CAN I GET A SECOND, SECOND GO TO MOTION TO SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN, UH, FAVOR OF ITEM TWO B AS PRESENTED WITH THE SUBJECT TO THE LEGAL REPRESE RECOMME THAT WERE PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I BELIEVE THAT ITEM CARRIES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE WANNA MAKE AT THIS TIME? I WOULD ALLOW THAT, IF I MAY TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE.
I WOULD THINK THAT I WANNA THANK OUR STAFF AND, AND CERTAINLY EXXONMOBIL FOR WORKING THROUGH THIS ACTUALLY FAIRLY QUICKLY.
UM, I BELIEVE IT IT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITIZENS OF, OF BAYTOWN IN MANY ASPECTS, UH, BOTH, UM, TO SECURE FINANCIAL FUTURE, UH, AND CERTAINLY, UH, A BENEFIT TO WHAT COULD REALLY, UH, BAYTOWN CAN BECOME.
AND SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND WE HAVE, WE, WE WISH YOU THE BEST AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, IN EVERYTHING YOU DO, UH, TO OUR CITIZENS AND TO YOUR WORKERS.
UM, AND FOR CITY COUNCIL AND FOR FUTURE COUNCILS, I THINK THIS IS,
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UM, CERTAINLY THIS AGREEMENT WILL PROVIDE, UH, A LOT BETTER, UM, PREDICTABILITY IN, IN OUR CITY'S FINANCIAL FUTURE.SO WITH THAT, I DO, UH, WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED ALONG THE WAY AND CERTAINLY FOR BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING.
[a. Canvass the returns of the City of Baytown’s November 8, 2022, General Election.]
NEXT IS ITEM THREE A.WE'RE GONNA CANVAS THE RETURNS OF THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022, GENERAL ELECTION.
MS. JACKSON, YOU READ ALL THIS? YES.
WE WILL NOW CONDUCT THE CANVAS OF CITY OF BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022 THROUGH THE CITY CLERK.
I'M DELIVERING THE SEALED PRECINCT RETURNS TO YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL AS THE CABIN C CABIN SCENE AUTHORITY.
WE SHALL PREPARE A TABULATION OF THE TOTAL VOTES EACH CANDIDATE RECEIVED IN THE ELECTION HELD FOR COUNCIL MEMBER OF NUMBERS DISTRICT TWO AND THREE.
SO YOU SHOULD BE RECEIVING THAT.
AND I'LL READ, I'M, AM I GONNA READ THESE TOTAL AND EACH OF THESE? YES.
I GUESS I WILL BEGIN 'CAUSE THEY ALL SAY RES.
AND THIS, THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY.
SO FOR THE CITY OF BAY TOWNSVILLE MEMBER EIGHTH GENERAL ELECTION, THIS IS A CANVASSING RESULTS.
UH, TOTAL BALLOTS CAST WAS 4,210.
TOTAL PROVISIONAL BALLOTS WAS 23.
TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IS 13,412.
SO TOTAL PERCENTAGE VOTER TURNOUT WAS 31%.
SO FIRST, UH, LOOKS LIKE IT'S DISTRICT TWO.
UH, SARAH GRAHAM MAIL-IN BALLOTS WAS 36.
UH, EARLY VOTING PROVISIONAL WAS ONE, AND ELECTION DAY PROVISIONAL WAS THREE PER TOTAL VOTES OF 705, UH, WHICH RELATES TO A 59.19%.
UM, AS FAR AS IN FAVOR, UH, FOR MICHAEL EMMANUEL, MAIL-IN BALANCE WAS 24.
UH, EARLY VOTING PROVISIONAL WAS THREE, AND ELECTION DAY PROVISIONAL WAS THREE.
FOR TOTAL VOTES IS 4 86, UH, FOR A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL BALLOT FOR DISTRICT TWO OF 40.81%.
NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISTRICT THREE.
UH, KEN GRIFFIN, UH, LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS 44 FOR MAIL-IN BALLOT.
EARLY VOTING PROVISIONAL WAS TWO.
ELECTION DAY PROVISIONAL WAS ONE FOR TOTAL VOTES OF 1,289, WHICH CALCULATES TO 51.33% FOR, UH, CHARLES JOHNSON.
UH, MAIL-IN BALLOTS WAS 70, EARLY VOTING WAS 777.
EX ELECTION DAY VOTING WAS 365.
EARLY VOTING PROVISIONAL WAS SIX.
ELECTION DAY PROVISIONAL WAS FOUR FOR TOTAL VOTES CAST OF 1,222, WHICH CALCULATES THE 48.67%, UH, FOR DISTRICT THREE.
AND OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE TOTALS.
UM, I GUESS I'LL READ THIS LAST LINE.
TOTAL VOTES CAST IN BOTH ELECTIONS, UH, FOR MAIL WAS 1 74.
ELECTION DAY VOTING WAS 1,270.
UH, EARLY VOTING PROVISIONAL WAS 12.
ELECTION DAY PROVISIONAL WAS 11.
NOW I'LL MOVE ON TO THE, UH, INDIVIDUAL PRECINCT, UH, RESULTS.
SO FIRST WE HAVE DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AGAIN, SARAH GRAHAM WITH 705 MICHAEL MANUEL WITH 486 FOR TOTAL VOTES.
VOTES CAST OF 1,191 IN PRECINCT 99.
SARAH GRAHAM, 1 56 EMMANUEL 1 34.
TOTAL VOTES CAST 290 PRECINCT 100 MS. GRAHAM 186 MR. MANUEL, 98 TOTAL VOTES CAST 2 84 PRECINCT 2 48.
MS. GRAHAM, 1 94 MR. MANUEL 185.
TOTAL VOTES CAST 3 79 PRECINCT 5 5 33.
UH, MR. MANUEL, 69 TOTAL VOTES CAST 2 38 PRECINCT 1,155.
UH, MR. MANUEL, ZERO TOTAL VOTES CAST ZERO.
ONCE AGAIN, SARAH GRAHAM 705 MR. MANUEL 486 TOTAL.
OVERALL TOTAL VOTES CAST WAS 1,191.
UM, I'M GONNA READ IT THIS WAY
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IN PRECINCT 13, UH, MR. GRIFFIN UH, HAS 545.UH, MR. JOHNSON HAS 426 TOTAL CAST IN THAT PRECINCT, 9 71 AND PRECINCTS 1 0 3 AND 3 87.
UH, NO VOTES WERE CAST IN EITHER OF THOSE PRECINCTS FOR EITHER CANDIDATE.
UH, MR. JOHNSON, 49 TOTAL VOTES CAST IN 4 56 WAS 100.
UH, 116 PRECINCT 7 39 MR. GRIFFIN, 265 MR. JOHNSON, 353 TOTAL VOTES CAST 618 PRECINCT 7 7 40 IS MR. GRIFFIN.
TOTAL VOTES CAST 36 PRECINCT 820 MR. GRIFFIN, 2 39.
MR. JOHNSON, 227 TOTAL VOTES CAST 4 66 IN PRECINCT 8 25 MR. GRIFFIN, 142 MR. JOHNSON, 104 TOTAL VOTES CAST WAS 2 46 PRECINCT.
MR. JOHNSON, 35 TOTAL VOTES CAST 57 PRECINCT 1108 MR. GRIFFIN, ONE MR. JOHNSON.
ZERO TOTAL VOTES CAST OF ONE FOR DISTRICT THREE TOTALS.
MR. GRIFFIN, UH, 1,289 MR. JOHNSON, 1,222 TOTAL VOTES CAST WAS 2,511.
I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES ALL OUR INDIVIDUAL PRECINCTS AND SUMMARY.
THIS IS JUST INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION.
SO NOW, UM, I GUESS WE WOULD JUST CONSIDER THE CANVAS AS OH, PRETTY MUCH RIP.
SO I'LL NOW READ THE SUMMARY OF THE TABULATED RESULTS OF ELECTIONS BASED UPON THE COMPLETE TABULATION, WHICH IS BEFORE EACH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE PROCEED THROUGH THE CANVAS OF THE ELECTION.
YOU WILL HEAR THE TOTAL NUMBER VOTES RECEIVED IN EACH PRECINCT FOR EACH CANDIDATE, UH, AS APPLICABLE, WHICH I'VE JUST COMPLETED.
SO NEXT IS, UM, SO I'M NOW DELIVERING THE ELECTION RETURN TALLY LIST.
UM, AND EARLY VOTING PRECINCT REPORT IS USED IN OUR CANVAS TO THE CITY CLERK.
THE GENERAL CUSTODIAN OF ELECTION RECORDS WHO SHALL PRESERVE THEM FOR THE PERIOD OF PRESERVING ELECTION RECORD IS NOW 7 22.
I'M ASSUMING ALL THIS IS YOURS.
YES, IT IS NOW 7:22 PM AND THIS CONCLUDES THE CANVAS OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN HELD ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022.
[b. Consider a resolution declaring the results of the City of Baytown General Election held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.]
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE B TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022.UM, AND OF COURSE THAT'S AFTER THE VOTE IS COMPLETED, THE OFFICIAL CANVAS REPORT BY PRECINCT IS AVAILABLE IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND CITY HALL AND WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST PROCESS.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE B WOULD BE TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION DECLARING THE RESULTS OF CITY OF BAY TOWN'S GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022.
AND I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE RES.
DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION THAT YOUR SPOT? YES.
I THINK, OKAY, I SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION WITHOUT THE CANVAS RESULTS.
SO THAT SHOULD BE IN THE PACKET.
SO, UM, SO YES, SO WHAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME IS THE RES, THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION ITSELF.
EACH OF Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE, I GUESS IN THE PACKET WOULD BE THE RESOLUTION ITSELF.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR I ITEM THREE B, MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO WITH THAT, I ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM THREE B AS PRESENTED TO CLEAR THE RESULTS OF CITY BAY TOWNS GENERAL ELECTION.
AND SO NOW I WILL SIGN THIS AND I GUESS IT BECOMES OFFICIAL.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF MS. GRAHAM AND MR. GRIFFIN ARE HERE.
MS. GRAHAM IS, OH, MS. GRAHAM IS, UM, OH, THERE YOU'RE SO AGAIN, UH, WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN AND CERTAINLY FOR MR. GRIFFIN.
[4. MINUTES]
WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR A.CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S REGULAR MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 13TH, 2022.
UH, AND ALSO FOR, I WOULD, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR BOTH OF THESE AND ALSO FOR OCTOBER 27TH, 2022.
CAN WE GET A SECOND? SECOND? ALRIGHT, MOTION TO SECOND S FOUR A AND B IS PRESENTED.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEMS FOUR A.
AND I'M SORRY, I'M ABSTAINING FROM ITEM B, UM, AS I WAS NOT HERE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEMS THREE AND B MINUS THE ONE
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EXTENSION ABSTENTION, UH, PLEASE SAY AYE.[a. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.]
A.RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE.
UH, IT'S PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE TO BE HERE TO GIVE THANKS TO THE EMPLOYEES, UH, FOR THEIR YEARS OF THE SERVICE.
MIRIAM HERNANDEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR WITHHELD JAMAICA, HAIR FIREFIGHTER WITH BUYER ETHAN LASSETER, FIREFIGHTER WITH FIRE ANGEL QA, PATROL OFFICER WITH POLICE.
GLENDA BRUCE, VITAL STATISTICS SPECIALIST WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
LESLIE COIS, LEAD LIBRARIAN WITH THE LIBRARY BUR JACQUELINE CARMONA, SENIOR COURT CLERK WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
JOSE BARBOSA, TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.
JULIE ESCALANTE, JUDGE WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
JULIE GRADUATED FROM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK.
AFTER WORKING FOR MANY YEARS IN THE FIELD, SHE WENT ON TO PURSUE HER LAW DEGREE AT SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.
AND IN 1992 SHE BECAME LEGAL COUNSEL FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP IN SAN ANTONIO.
SHE MOVED BACK TO THIS AREA IN 1997 WHERE SHE WAS HIRED AS AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
SHE WORKED IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR SEVEN YEARS BEFORE BEING APPOINTED AS A FIRST FULL-TIME MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE FOR THE CITY IN 2005.
DURING HER TENURE AS JUDGE, SHE HAS OVERSEEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING IN 2002, THE CREATION OF A CITY MARSHALS DIVISION IN 2004, AND THE INITIAL COURT CONVERSION TO TYLER TECHNOLOGIES IN CODE SOFTWARE IN 2006.
IN 2011, SHE SPEARHEADED EFFORTS TO MOVE THE COURT TO BECOME A CERTIFIED COURT OF RECORD.
AT THAT TIME, SHE BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF THE COURT.
IN ADDITION TO HER ROLE AS PRESIDING JUDGE IN 2018, JULIE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN TRANSITIONING THE COURT TO A PAPERLESS STATUS, INCLUDING THE CONVERSION OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OLD CASES.
THIS PROPHETIC EFFORT PAID OFF DURING THE RECENT COVID CRISIS, WHICH CAUSED THE PUBLIC CLOSURE OF MANY COURTS.
UPON REFLECTION, JULIE LAUGHS THAT ONE OF HER GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS TO SET UP THE ABILITY FOR DEFENDANTS TO PAY THEIR FINES WITH A CREDIT CARD.
SHE HAS WEATHERED FLOODS, WHICH DESTROYED SO MUCH OF THE FACILITY, WORKED TO GET ONLINE PAYMENTS AND REVISED THE WEBSITE MORE THAN ONCE.
SHE HAS SUCCESSFULLY WORKED WITH AT LEAST SIX DIFFERENT PROSECUTORS, FIVE COURT ADMINISTRATORS, FOUR MAYORS, AND SIX CITY MANAGERS.
JULIE IS ACTIVE IN THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS ASSOCIATION, HAVING SERVED AS PAST PRESIDENT AND THE CURRENT REGION NINE DIRECTOR.
SHE IS FREQUENT FAVORITE TEACHER FOR THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURT EDUCATION CENTER AND HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO ENCOURAGE HER STAFF TO WEAR THEIR CLERK CERTIFICATION.
JULIE IS VERY PROUD OF THE MANY MUNICIPAL COURT STAFF WHOM SHE CITES AS THE BEST, MOST COMPETENT IN THE STATE.
SHE PRIDES HERSELF ON PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF DEFENDANTS WHO COME BEFORE HER AND DELIVERING FAIR, CONSISTENT, AND COMPASSIONATE JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW.
SHE'S CONSTANTLY AWARE THAT MORE PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND ANY OTHER COURT, AND SHE WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THEIR EXPERIENCE IS REFLECTIVE OF THE VALUES AND COMMITMENT OF THE CITY AND THE RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE US AND TEXAS CONSTITUTIONS.
HER FAVORITE PART ABOUT THE JOB IS THAT EVERY DAY IS A NEW DAY AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IT WILL BRING WITH IT WHEN SHE'S NOT JUDGING.
SHE IS BUSY SPENDING TIME WITH HER THREE CHILDREN WHO HAVE ALL GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE DURING HER TENURE AND TRAVELING THE WORLD.
THANK YOU JUDGE JULIE FOR SO MANY YEARS OF REMARKABLE SERVICE.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR OUR DEDICATED EMPLOYEES.
[a. Conduct public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 3.02 acres located at 24 Ashleyville Road, from a General Commercial (GC) to a Medium Density Mixed Residential (MF1) Zoning District.]
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WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX A, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERN A REQUEST.IN FACT, LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THIS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY ARE BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF THIS, OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
EVERYONE DESIRED TO SPEAK AND BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARINGS SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAIL THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO, UH, PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.
EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THESE HEARINGS.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
IF YOU ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.
AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT HIM TO ME.
SO IT IS NOW 7:31 PM AND I'LL CALL THE ORDER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED REZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 3.02 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 24 ASHLEY V ROAD.
AND I'D LIKE STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
MARTIN SCRIBNER PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A REZONE REQUEST OF A THREE ACRE PROPERTY AT THE END OF VILLE ROAD, EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO, UH, MULTIFAMILY ONE.
UH, PNZ DID HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING BACK IN OCTOBER.
UH, JUST A REAL BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE, OF THE, UH, THE KIND OF THE WHAT WENT INTO THE, THE, UH, DECISION MAKING PROCESS OF THE COMP PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
NEITHER OF THEM SUPPORT A AN MF ONE ZONE AT THIS LOCATION.
SO, UM, HERE'S OUR CURRENT ZONING MAP.
EVERYTHING AROUND IT IS ZONE GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN OUR COMP PLAN ALSO SHOWS THIS PROPERTY AND ALL THE PROPERTIES AROUND IT, UH, AS EVENTUALLY GONNA BE A LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL.
UM, AND SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER IDEA OF THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
SO I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU, THIS IS OF COURSE, UH, GOOGLE STREET VIEW.
THIS IS NORTH MAINE, AND THIS IS ASHLEY VILLE.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, UM, THIS IS VERY NEAR THE, UH, THE CURRENT POLICE DEPARTMENT LOCATION.
SO IF YOU KIND OF DRIVE DOWN THE STREET, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE ENTRANCE TO VILLE ROAD IS, IS ALL COMMERCIAL.
UH, I BELIEVE THIS CAR DEALERSHIP IS NOW, UH, IS NOW GONE, BUT THERE'S A PAWN SHOP HERE.
THERE IS ANOTHER, UH, COMMERCIAL BUILDING RIGHT HERE.
YOU'LL SEE AS YOU GO FURTHER DOWN THE STREET, THERE ARE OTHER, UH, KIND OF COMMERCIAL SITES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT OLDER, A LITTLE WORN.
IF YOU KEEP GOING, THEN YOU COME INTO WHAT IS AN OLDER, VERY SMALL RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THERE'S NINE OR 10 HOUSES BACK HERE.
UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE STREET, YOU'LL SEE YET ANOTHER COMMERCIAL, UH, PROPERTY OVER IN THIS SIDE ON THE SOUTH.
AND THEN THIS IS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION RIGHT HERE, THIS OPEN FIELD.
SO AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA OF THE CONTEXT OF, OF WHAT IT IS WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
UM, STAFF AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAVE BOTH RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THIS REQUEST AT THIS TIME.
SO THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND HAS PREPARED A PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM DENSITY ALLOWED IN MF ONE? MF ONE I BELIEVE IS 15 UNITS PER ACRE.
SO WHILE THE, THE, AGAIN, AS I ALWAYS REMIND, UH, THE COUNSEL, UM, WE ARE ZONING TO AN MF ONE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR ANYTHING UP TO THAT NUMBER.
SO AS I KNOW OUR APPLICANT HAS A SPECIFIC SITE PLAN THAT SHE IS, IS LOOKING TO DO, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY UNTIL IT GETS DONE, UNTIL IT GETS TO THAT DEVELOPMENT STAGE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY GUARANTEES THAT, THAT THAT WILL BE WHAT MM-HMM
SO, UM, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I CAN HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP AND, AND DO HER PRESENTATION AS WELL.
WHAT? RIGHT NOW THIS, THIS IMAGE THAT I'M LOOKING AT, WHAT IS IT? THAT IS THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION.
UM, BEFORE WE DO THAT, THE HEARING? YEAH.
WE WE'RE IN THE HEARING STAGE MM-HMM
SO I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS, IS, IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THAT APPLICANT ALL, THEY, I HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT SIGN TO SPEAK, I'M SURE THEY, THEY'RE PROBABLY THE APPLICANT OR REPRESENT THEM.
SO THAT'S WHY I NEED TO GET TO THAT BEFORE WE DO ANY PRESENTATION.
SO WE LOOK LIKE WE HAVE, UH, JACQUELINE COLBERT THAT HAS BEEN, UH, YIELDED, UM, SIX ADDITIONAL MINUTES FROM MR. IT LOOKS LIKE A RICARDO WILLIAMS AND ANDREA BARBOSA.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
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MS. CO, IS IT COLBERT OR COLBERT? COLBERT IS FINE.COLBERT, I JUST WANNA SAY CORRECTLY.
SO MS. COLBERT, IF YOU'D COME TO THE PODIUM.
UM, I'M JACK COLBERT, CO-FOUNDER OF JCN ASSOCIATES GLOBAL.
I'M JOINED BY MY PARTNERS IN PROGRESS.
LAURA FNO IS HERE WITH ME, RICARDO WILLIAMS AND VIA ZOOM, ANDREA BARBOSA.
WE'RE A VERY SMALL TEAM, UH, AS YOU SEE REPRESENTED HERE.
AND OUR MOTTO IS, IS GIRDED AND CENTERED ON BEING THE CHANGE AND BEING DIFFERENT.
AS I LOOKED AT THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU JUST SHARED ABOUT, UH, CITY OF BAYTOWN MEMBERS AND WORKERS, PARTICULARLY THE JUDGE, I HAD TO THINK TO MYSELF, HAD SHE NOT STEPPED OUT OF HER COMFORT ZONE IN HER GROWTH, EDGE CHANGE WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
SO WHAT I HOPE TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH STAFF HAS UH, PROPOSED A DENIAL, IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN ME IN BEING IN THE CHANGE FOR CONTEXT AS, UH, WAS ALREADY MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS HEARING, WE PRESENTED A PLAN WHICH FOCUSED ON THREE KEY THINGS, BRIDGING THE GAP IN HOUSING NEEDS, ADDING DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF HOUSING THAT ARE IN BAYTOWN TODAY, WHICH INVARIABLY ADDS VALUE TO THE CITY.
WE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT CREATING A COMMUNITY THAT WAS FOCUSED ON THE SPIRIT AND THE HOPE OF GREATER DAYS AHEAD.
ALTHOUGH I DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, IMMIGRANTS AND NON-IMMIGRANTS WHO LIVE HERE AND I ENJOY COMING TO SEE THEM.
I OFTEN THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE THAT I CAN MAKE AS I STEP INTO THE CITY.
AND IT'S ON THAT WHICH I CALL GREATER DAYS IN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
OUR SITE PLAN LOOK LIKE THIS 23 SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES WITH ONE DETACH.
UM, WE ARE PROVIDING FOR A RECREATIONAL CENTER AMP AMOUNT OF SPACES AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS AND EXTENSION TO THE ROAD.
NOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CRITERIA THAT WE WERE CHALLENGED ON WAS FOCUSED MORE ON CONSISTENCY WITH THE GUIDING DOCUMENTS AND THE GUIDING DOCUMENTS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH DETAILS FUTURE LAND USE FOR THE CITY, AS YOU WELL KNOW, UM, ACCORDING TO THE TWO, UH, THE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PRIMARY LAND USE IN LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION IS FOR COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL SERVICES ONLY.
NOW, I BELIEVE THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED BEFORE THAT ALMOST EVERYTHING IN THAT AREA IS COMMERCIAL.
I WOULD HAVE TO ARGUE THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE HE ALSO CITED ABOUT NINE TO 10 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT SIT SQUARELY IN AND AROUND THE AREA.
YOU SHOULD ALSO SEE IN YOUR PACKET THAT MOST, I WOULD SAY 80 TO 90% OF ALL NEIGHBORS THAT WERE AVAILABLE, INCLUDING COMMERCIAL TENANTS, HAVE SIGNED ON WITH US TO DO THIS PLAN.
THEY'RE EXCITED TO SEE GROWTH BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND ON THE PROCEEDING SIDE, POPULATION GROWTH VERSUS THE HOUSING NEED AND THEY WANT TO SEE RESIDENTS COME INTO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
I WANTED TO POP THIS SLIDE BACK UP SO THAT YOU CAN BE REMINDED 'CAUSE THIS IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA AROUND HOW GROWTH HAS BEEN AMPLIFIED IN THE CITY.
AND SO IT IS AT A TIPPING POINT WHERE THE CITY WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT HOUSING, WHICH YOU YOURSELF HAVE CITED.
AND ONE THING I DO WANNA MENTION, IF I'M GOING TOO FAST, YOU CAN STOP ME AT ANY TIME 'CAUSE I'M AN EX-ARMY GIRL, PLUS I GREW UP IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK AND SOMETIMES I GET EXCITED AND GO A LITTLE BIT FAST AND THE TEXAS TWIN KIND OF COMES IN AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT, SO ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO CITE FROM THE TIME THAT WE PRESENTED AND WERE DENIED THIS LAST PARAGRAPH, THERE WAS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 27TH.
AND THAT PLAN PROVIDES FOR AN INCLUSION OF ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, INCLUDING DUPLEXES AND PATIO HOMES FOR SMALL, UH, MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS.
THIS FALLS IN ALIGNMENT WITH PROPOSED ZONING FOR MF ONE.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS RELATIVE TO WHAT WE ARE ASPIRING TO DO.
SOME SAY A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.
I WOULD HOPE YOU SEE THIS ONE AS 10 X, THAT HERE'S WHAT THE CURRENT STATE LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
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LAND AND RIGHT AT THE APEX OF THE LAND ON THE LEFT SIDE IS THE LAND THAT IS UNDEVELOPED.ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE SITTING, THESE ARE THE HOUSES TO THE DRIVE UP.
THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE, I SPOKE ABOUT THE RIPPLE EFFECT AND WHAT THE RIPPLE EFFECT IS.
SIMPLY WHEN ONE STARTS DOING BETTER, ANOTHER IS COMPELLED TO DO THE SAME.
I FIND THAT IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE IN AND AROUND YOU, IT'S KINDA LIKE CUTTING YOUR GRASS AND STARTING TO PUT PRETTY FLOWERS AROUND YOU.
I THINK THAT WHAT WE PLAN, AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, IT CAN REALLY CREATE A RIPPLE EFFECT.
OUR RENDERINGS SHOW HOW MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL WE CAN MAKE BAYTOWN, BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEAUTY BECAUSE THE THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER.
BUT INDEED, WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR A PROBLEM.
OUR PROBLEM STATEMENT IS WITHIN THE FACT THAT WE'RE OUTGROWING THE HOUSES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND MF ONE CAN SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE A FUTURE WITH ME.
IMAGINE A FUTURE IN WHICH YOU TOOK A THOUGHTFUL, LOGICAL APPROACH IN ASSESSING THAT.
OUT OF SEVEN CRITERIA ITEMS, WE MISSED ONE.
AND IN THAT ONE THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED SHORTLY THEREAFTER AROUND GUIDELINES, WHICH WHEN I'VE LOOKED UP GUIDELINES, IT'S REALLY A BIT OF A NAVIGATIONAL MAP OF WHICH WHEN ONE IS NAVIGATING, THERE'S ALWAYS AN ALTERNATIVE PATH TO TAKE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE CAN SAY THAT IT'S 100% SET IN STONE.
AND PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THIS IS NOT ABOUT BREAKING RULES.
THIS IS ABOUT THE LEGACY THAT WE WANT TO BILL FOR THIS CITY.
I STAND BEFORE YOU AND REPRESENT JC AND ASSOCIATES GLOBAL TO SHOW YOU A FEW MORE ANGLES OF WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE CURATION OF LEGACY LOFTS, WHICH WE ARE ASPIRING TO BUILD.
AND WHEN YOU CONTRAST IT WITH THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US AND OUR COMMITMENT TO ALSO WORK WITH THE CITY TO BEAUTIFY THAT STREET, I ASK EACH OF YOU WHO LIVE IN THIS CITY, HAVE YOU TAKEN A WALK DOWN THIS STREET? IF YOU HAVE, YOU WILL SEE WHAT I SEE, AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENRICH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BETTER.
I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE ANOTHER FUTURE THAT IS BRIGHTER.
YOU SEE, WHEN I TALK TO YOU, I'M NOT JUST TALKING QUALITATIVE DATA, I'M TALKING QUANTITATIVELY.
AND I'M ALSO TALKING ABOUT A NEED.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE HERE WHO NEED SPACES THAT ARE AFFORDABLE AND READILY AVAILABLE, UH, TO THEM.
YOU SEE, I AM THAT GIRL WHO COME FROM AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY, EIGHT CHILDREN LIVING IN A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT.
SO I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE AVAILABILITY OF THE RIGHT TYPE AND PROPER HOUSING.
IF SOMEONE IN THIS ROOM TELLS ME, NO, I CAN, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FURTHER DIALOGUE.
BUT AS I THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU PASSED EARLIER, ESPECIALLY WITH EXXON ON THE 2 1 2 CHAPTER AGREEMENT, I THINK WITH MORE BUSINESS YOU HAVE MORE PROBLEMS FOR HOUSING.
THERE'S AN EQUITABLE, UH, EQUATION HERE.
IF I CAN GET ONE MORE, MORE MINUTE.
HOW DO YOU SOLVE FOR OUR PROBLEM STATEMENT AS COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN? I LEAVE HERE TONIGHT WITH THOUGHTS THAT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT LOGICALLY.
SIX OUT OF SEVEN CRITERIA ITEM MET AN AMENDMENT THAT GIVES LEEWAY OR FLEXIBILITY, SO TO SPEAK.
LET'S, LET'S TALK FLEXIBILITY.
DECISIONS AREN'T ALWAYS EASY WHEN WE TRY TO DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND AND WHEN WE BELIEVE THAT RULES ARE HARD AND FAST.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT I AM LOOKING AT INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE PUT IN OFFICE TO BE THE CHANGE.
AND SO I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO JOIN ME IN BEING THAT CHANGE.
WITH THIS WEEK BEING THANKSGIVING, I WANNA EXTEND SOME GRATITUDE TO YOU 'CAUSE I COULD BE A LITTLE BIT LONG-WINDED.
SO THANK YOU FOR HEARING FROM ME.
SO THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL, UM, INDIVIDUAL.
LAURA, IS IT FLO? NO, FLO NOY.
SHE'S ALSO, UH, GIVING HER TIME TO ME.
YEAH, SHE CAN SPEAK IF SHE, IF SHE NEEDS TO, BUT SHE CAN'T YIELD HER TIME TO YOU.
YES, LAURA, YOU CANNOT YIELD YOUR TIME.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE?
COLBERT, I THINK YOU HAVE PRESENTED IN AN EXCELLENT MANNER.
ALRIGHT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD.
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YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I GUESS FOR, UM, MS. MS. COLBERT, WOULD THAT GO ON THE SECOND? IT CAN.SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, UM, LET'S SEE HERE.
SO THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRE TO SPEAK ON, I CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED REZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 3.02 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 24 VILLE ROAD.
[b. Consider an ordinance to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 3.02 acres of land located at 24 Ashleyville Road, from a General Commercial (GC) to a Medium Density Mixed Residential (MF1) Zoning District.]
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR, UM, ACTION ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE OFFICIALS ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 3.02 ACRES, UH, THAT I JUST DESCRIBED, UH, FROM A GENERAL COMMERCIAL GC TO A MEDIUM DENSITY MIXED RESIDENTIAL MF ONE ZONING DISTRICT.UH, SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M NOT SURE IT HAS MR. SCRIBNER'S NAME UP HERE.
IF THERE WAS ANY COMMENTS, MS. COLBERT, WE'RE WE'RE DONE FOR NOW, UNLESS WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, WE'LL LET STAFF GO AHEAD AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU HAVE, DON'T GO TOO FAR.
JUST, UM, I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT THE, UM, UH, MS. COLBERT'S STATEMENT ABOUT THE, THE ADDITION OF SOME MULTIFAMILY OPTIONS IN THAT, UH, LAND USE CATEGORY IN THE, UH, IN THE LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL CATEGORY IS CORRECT.
UM, STAFF DID EVALUATE THAT AS PART OF THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN OCTOBER.
AND AS PART OF THAT CONSIDERATION, ONE OF THE LOCATION CRITERIA, WHICH WAS PART OF OUR EFFORT TO MAKE THOSE CATEGORIES MORE BROAD AND AND MORE FLEXIBLE, UM, WE FELT THAT THERE WERE SOME IMPORTANT THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE MET IF YOU WERE TO QUALIFY IN THIS PARTICULAR, UM, CATEGORY ON THE LAND USE MAP.
AND THAT WAS THE MAIN ONE, WAS THAT IT HAS TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO A COLLECTOR OR ARTERIAL ROAD.
AND THAT IS NOT VILLE, THAT IS MAIN STREET.
SO IT SHOULD OPEN UP RIGHT TO, UM, NORTH MAIN STREET.
SO WE, AGAIN, WE CONSIDER THAT AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION AND PART OF THE DETERMINATION THAT IT DOES NOT MEET THE, UM, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
ANY QUESTIONS, UM, FOR STAFF? I JUST HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.
UH, SHE MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT.
WHAT, I KNOW THEY CAN DO 15 UNITS PER ACRE, SO THAT WOULD BE UP TO 45 UNITS.
DID SHE MENTION THAT THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT SHE'S PROPO THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, I THINK IT'S 21, 22 PLUS THE SAME 2222 PLUS A SINGLE FAMILY.
AND THEN I KNOW IT'S NOT A RULE, BUT IT IS A GUIDELINE AS FAR AS THE ONE HALF MILE RULE GOES.
HOW DOES IT STACK UP IN RELATION TO ANY OTHER EXISTING MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES? I BELIEVE THEY ARE WITHIN A HALF MILE OF ANOTHER MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY.
I'M TRYING TO THINK WHICH ONE, WHICH ONE.
YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I HAD TO, I WAS GONNA ASK THE SAME QUESTION.
SO CAN WE PULL UP THE MAP AND JUST CONFIRM IT, KINDA ZOOM OUT ON THE AERIAL? WE CAN, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE NEAREST MAY BE THE CORNER OF BAKER, RIGHT? IS THAT PROBABLY MASSEY THOMPSON.
IT'S GONNA BE MASSEY THOMPSON.
OH YEAH, THERE'S, YEAH, YEAH, RIGHT UP HERE.
THE BROWN IS A MULTIFAMILY AND IT'S, THIS IS, UH, SORRY, THE PROPERTY IS RIGHT HERE.
THIS BROWN PROPERTY HERE IS MULTIFAMILY.
THIS BROWN PROPERTY HERE IS MULTIFAMILY.
WHAT, WHAT WAS THE, WELL, I DON'T WANNA ASK, IS THERE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT YOU HAD? NO, THAT WAS THE ONLY TWO I HAD.
UM, SO THESE ARE LOFTS, UM, BUT TO ME THEY'RE STILL APARTMENTS.
SO WILL THERE BE AN ONSITE MANAGER? UH, I WOULD ASK THE APPLICANT THAT QUESTION IN OUR RECREATIONAL CENTER IN OUR, COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
WE INTEND TO CREATE A, UM, LEASING OFFICE IN ADDITION TO A RECREATIONAL CENTER TO HAVE SOMEONE AVAILABLE AT NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS TO ATTEND TO THE NEEDS OF, UM, ANYONE WHO LIVES THERE.
OF COURSE, WE WILL HAVE OFF HOURS SUPPORT.
WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE POINT OF FLUSHING THAT OUT YET.
IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
WE'RE TAKING A CRAWL, WALK, RUN APPROACH TO IT.
BUT, BUT OUR INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE THINK ABOUT SAFETY AND THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS, THAT THOSE THINGS ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
SO NO ONE WILL ACTUALLY LIVE THERE IN THE, THE CURRENT PLANS? NO.
AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES TO MIND AND WHICH IS WHAT I WANTED TO ASK IS I DON'T LIKE HAVING APARTMENTS CONNECTED THROUGH AN ARTERY WHERE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE
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IN, I'M THINKING OF ONE IN MY DISTRICT THAT RIGHT NOW, UM, THEY JUST FORMED A CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP IS BECAUSE OF THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX.THAT ONE IS HAS A LOT MORE APARTMENTS, BUT THERE ARE STILL ISSUES.
EVERY SINGLE ISSUE THAT HAPPENS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S BECAUSE OF THOSE APARTMENTS.
UM, THEY USED TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
THOSE APARTMENTS USED TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
THEY USED TO HAVE AN ONSITE MANAGER.
NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE THERE ANYMORE.
I WAS TOLD BY MANAGEMENT THAT NO ONE WANTS TO, NO MANAGER WANTS TO LIVE THERE ANYMORE TO HANDLE ANY OF THE ISSUES THAT HAPPEN DAY TO DAY.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT'S TOP OF MY MIND RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, HAVE Y'ALL CONSIDERED BUILDING ANY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES? WELL, THERE WILL BE ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THAT PROPERTY THAT WE'VE SHOWED ON OUR MOCKUPS AND THE RENDERINGS.
WHAT IS INTERESTING, AND I WANT YOU TO KEEP THIS IN MIND MM-HMM
OF THE NINE RESIDENTIAL AND EVEN THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN PROXIMITY, IT IS IN OUR RECORD THAT THEY, THEY ARE CHOMPING AT THE BIT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM TONIGHT.
THEY ARE SALIVATING AT THE OPPORTUNITY, WHETHER IT'S LOFTS, APARTMENTS OR OTHERWISE MM-HMM
SO THIS IS THE PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING HERE AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THEY, THEY ARE JAZZED BY THE FACT THAT, UH, A DISABLED VETERAN LIKE MYSELF IS WANTING TO COME BACK.
I STARTED MY MILITARY CAREER IN TEXAS AND DO SOMETHING TO HELP.
I'M SAYING I WANT US TO HELP REBUILD THE STREET THAT GOES IN.
I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO ALSO CONSIDER THE RELATIVE PROXIMITY FROM WHERE VILLE ROAD IS VERSUS WHERE MAIN STREET IS.
LET'S TALK, LET'S PUT THAT IN THE PARAMETERS OF FLEXIBLE GUIDELINES.
I, I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND UM, I AM GLAD THAT YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, INSIGHT FROM THE CURRENT RESIDENTS AND EVEN BUSINESSES.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL LIKE FOR MM-HMM
WHETHER IT'S A BUSINESS OR, OR A APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT THEY'VE LOOKED AT OTHERS.
UM, SO YOU DEFINITELY ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
UH, MARTIN, I'M JUST THINKING OF LIKE CENTRAL HEIGHTS WHO, YOU KNOW, WE NEVER THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD ADD ON HOMES TO CENTRAL HEIGHTS BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THEY WERE LANDLOCKED, BUT WE HAD SOMEONE COME IN AND IS ACTUALLY BUILDING NEW HOMES ON CENTRAL HEIGHTS OR IN THE CENTRAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP THE QUESTION AS TO WHY NOT BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UM, WHERE SOMEONE CAN OWN THEIR PROPERTY AND UM, KIND OF CONNECT WITH THE CURRENT HOMES THAT ARE THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT QUESTION.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, BRINGING THAT UP.
AND I DID HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, MARTIN, IS, UM, THE PLANS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, DO THEY FIT THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF ANY FIRE TRUCKS OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE IN? DO WE HAVE THE, THE PROPER, UM, STREET, STREET WIDTHS AND UM, THAT IT SEEMS TO HAVE LIKE A ROUNDABOUT AT THE VERY END? SO DOES ALL OF THAT MEET SPECIFICATIONS? AT THIS STAGE? WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF DETAIL.
WHAT WE HAVE IS A CONCEPT PLAN.
SO WE WOULD ASSUME THAT AT THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE WE WOULD WORK THROUGH THOSE DETAILS.
UM, THE, THE OTHER COMMENT ABOUT, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ON THAT PROPERTY MM-HMM
UM, JUST FYI THAT WOULD ALSO NEED A REZONE MM-HMM
WHICH, UM, JUST AGAIN, JUST LOOKING AT THE MAP, MY KNEE JERK REACTION WOULD BE THAT STAFF WOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT EITHER.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? IF, IF I MAY, OUR RENDERING SHOW? OKAY.
I, I NEED TO MAKE SURE COUNSEL HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
THE EXISTING STREET IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THE OLDER AREAS OF TOWN.
IS THAT ONE OF THE NARROW STREETS OR IS IT ONE OF THE, THE WIDER STREETS THAT WE'VE GOT? I MEAN, CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN, THEY'RE NICE AND WIDE AND CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN ARE REALLY NARROW.
I KNOW, UM, THAT'S A DETAIL YOU MAY NOT KNOW OFF THE CUFF, BUT IT'S, IT PROBABLY MEETS SPEC, BUT NO, IT MEETS THE STANDARD THEN.
BUT YEAH, WE HAVE A WHOLE, JUST THE VISUAL FROM STREET VIEW, UM, SHOWS THAT IT'S RELATIVE RELATIVELY NARROW.
I THINK AS YOU, YOU HAVE CURBS, UM, UP FRONT, UH, BY NORTH MAIN, BUT THE FURTHER BACK YOU GO THAT THOSE CURBS HAVE KIND OF DETERIORATED SOMEWHAT STREET PARKING.
UM, WHEN YOU GET BACK INTO THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION, THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS OR ANYTHING.
SO YOU CAN, I THINK THAT PROBABLY SHOWS YOU AS WELL AS ANYTHING WITH TWO CARS PARKED THERE.
THAT, THAT GIVES ME A GOOD VISUAL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? I MEAN, I HAVE A COMMENT.
UM, FOR THE MOST PART, MY POSITION IS THAT I BECAME OPPOSED TO LARGE SCALE
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MULTIFAMILY A YEAR OR TWO AGO.UM, IN MY OPINION, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
IT'S, IT'S NOT 122, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT 222 OR 322.
SO I SEE THIS AS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
BOUTIQUEY LOFTS, WHICH I SEE SOME DIFFERENTIATION THERE.
HONESTLY, LOOKING AT IT
COMMERCIALS ARE TOUGH, IS TOUGH.
I MEAN, THERE'S A PAWN SHOP OR TWO, THERE'S A USED CAR LOT THAT APPARENTLY WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT.
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL FOR SALE, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL COULD BE A TOUGH SALE TO SOME DEGREE.
UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO EXTEND THE ROAD, WHICH IS A MAJOR EXPENSE.
PLUS THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHICH MEANS THEY'LL HAVE TO CHARGE PREMIUM RENTS MM-HMM
SO THEY WON'T BE, IT WON'T BE A LOW RENT PROJECT.
IT WOULD PROBABLY TEND TO SKEW MORE TOWARDS THE HIGHER RENT.
SO I DO SEE THIS AS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, I, I, YOU KNOW, DON'T MAKE MANY EXCEPTIONS, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY MAKE AN EXCEPTION ON THIS SINCE IT'S NOT LARGE SCALE MULTIFAMILY AND LOOKING AT THE LIMITATIONS OF THE PROPERTY.
LIKE I SAY, A LITTLE TORN, BUT I, I PROBABLY LEAN TOWARDS BEING IN FAVOR OF IT.
YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PRESLEY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I SEE WHY STAFF, UM, HAD THE RECOMME RECOMMENDATION.
THEY DID, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO KEEP THIS ALL GENERAL COMMERCIAL, BUT, BUT LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, I MEAN IT'S, I THINK WE'RE LIMITED ON PROBABLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET TO BUILD ON THE BACK OF, OF VILLE.
UM, AND THIS IS SOMEONE WILLING TO INVEST IN BAYTOWN.
SO, UM, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
MY, I I AGREE WITH BOTH MY COLLEAGUES.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS WE'VE GOT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME THERE THAT WOULD NOT QUALIFY AT ALL IN THAT LOCATION, EVEN UNDER MF ONE.
WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME? IT, IT WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER IN THE FORM.
IT WOULD JUST BECAUSE WE WE'RE APPRO DENSITY IT'S DOWN.
WAS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I MAKE MINE? YES SIR.
WELL, LOOKING BACK AT IT, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE BUSINESSES THERE? 'CAUSE I, I DIDN'T WALK DOWN THE ROAD.
I DROVE DOWN THE ROAD TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND WHAT I NOTICED IS THAT OFF OF NORTH MAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL THOSE BUSINESSES ARE DOING.
UM, JUST GOING BACK AND FORTH.
IT VERY, IT WASN'T VERY MUCH TRAFFIC FLOW GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE AND ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BRING TRAFFIC FLOW AND IT'S GOING TO BEAUTIFY THAT AREA, GIVE SOME ATTENTION TO IT.
I, I DO HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE RIPPLE EFFECT.
I DO THINK THAT IF SOMETHING NICE WENT IN BACK THERE, YOU MAY GET MORE PEOPLE TRAVELING AND SAYING, HEY, I THINK I MAY WANT TO PURCHASE THIS OR PURCHASE THAT.
I HAVE A VISION FOR THE AREA, BUT IT HAS TO START WITH VISION FROM SOMEONE.
AND, UM, I DO APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOU ALL, TAKING THE TIME TONIGHT TO COME OUT AND, UM, CAST YOUR VISION WITH US.
IN, IN THE INTEREST OF FULL DISCLOSURE, WE HAVE, UH, STAFF HAS MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE, THE CAR LOT AND THE PAWN SHOP AND THEY ARE AT THE VERY SORT OF INFANT STAGES OF POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT SITE.
UM, SF TWO, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD BE THE DENSITY OF SF TWO? I'M SORRY, SF TWO, SINGLE FAMILY TWO.
WHAT ABOUT IT? WHAT IS OUR DENSITY? THAT IS NINE PER ACRE.
SO THAT WOULD BE ABOUT, WELL, ROUGHLY 27.
AND THE REASON WHY I MENTIONED THAT, HERE'S MY COMMENTS.
YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE APPROVED ZONING ACROSS THE CITY, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE CLASSIFICATIONS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN THESE HOMES RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE NON-CONFORMING.
THEY'RE TECHNICALLY, THEY'RE ZONED, THEY'RE NON-CONFORMING.
RIGHT? THESE ARE THE INSTANCES THAT WE SAID WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MERIT AND, AND THE PARTICULARS OF EACH CASE.
UH, WHAT MAKES SENSE AND I THINK WE HAVE TO APPLY THAT HERE.
I ALREADY HEARD IT FROM COUNCILMAN PRESLEY AND, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN POWELL, IT'S ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
IF SOMEBODY CAME IN THERE WANTED TO DEVELOP SOMETHING WITHIN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL, UH, CATEGORY, I WOULD PROBABLY NOT WANT IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE BUSINESSES AND THEN IT GOES TO SOME TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL REGARDLESS OF THE DENSITY.
SO FOR, FOR ME, WHAT MAKES SENSE WOULD BE YES, EITHER SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT, BUT THIS IS A VERY, VERY LOW DENSITY, UM, PROJECT AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST FIT FOR USE OF THIS LAND.
IF IT WAS GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND I LIVED IN ONE OF THOSE NINE HOMES, I WOULD PROBABLY NOT LIKE IT 'CAUSE YOU'D HAVE THE ABILITY OF MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH.
AND SO I THINK, UH, I DO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALWAYS THE, THE CASE WHERE PLANNING ZONING DID THEIR JOB, STAFF DID THEIR JOB.
BUT WE, WE AS A COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING, UH,
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AS FAR AS THE ENTIRE PACKAGE.UM, AND I, I DO, I WOULD SUPPORT THIS.
I THINK IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
I THINK IN OTHER AREAS OF TOWN WE'RE GONNA SEE SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR MM-HMM
AND SO WITH THAT, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
I THINK WE ACTUALLY SHOULD ENCOURAGE THIS TYPE OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF POCKETS LIKE THIS ACROSS OUR CITY.
AND SO WHEN A, WHEN SOMEBODY'S WILLING TO INVEST AND, AND PUT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE, WE EVERY DAY ARE ALL THE TIME.
YES, WE ARE TRYING TO GET A LARGE TRACK, UH, HIGH DOLLAR HOMES IN BAYTOWN AND, AND, AND THAT THAT IS, THAT'S WORKING WELL.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NEW HOUSING.
AND THIS I THINK WILL ANSWER THAT AS, AS MS. COLBERT HAS PRESENTED.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM.
SO IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS? YES.
I DON'T THINK SHE INDICATED WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM COMBINATION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A COMBINATION FROM TWO AND UP FROM TWO BEDROOM MINIMUM UP.
AND WE'RE ALSO BEING VERY CONSIDERATE OF THE MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND APPROPRIATE PRICING.
ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE'LL CONSIDER ITEM SIX B.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SIX B AS PRESENTED, MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM SIX B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[7. PROPOSED ANNEXATION AND REZONING AT 5814 N SH 146, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF N SH 146 AND FM 1405]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN A.SO WITH THAT, UH, I BELIEVE SEVEN A, UM, THERE THE DEVELOPER, I THINK THIS WAS, UH, ALSO PASSED, UH, THROUGH STAFF AND P AND Z.
UH, BUT THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO ASK US TO TABLE THIS ITEM OR SUSPEND THIS ITEM, I WOULD ASSUME, UM, MAYBE 90 DAYS.
I WOULD JUST SAY 90 DAYS IS A, IS KIND OF A COMFORT ZONE.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA GO, THEY WANNA RE-LOOK AT A FEW THINGS ON THE SITE PLANS AND, AND SOME OTHER THINGS THEY CAN DO.
AND I WOULD, UH, CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THEM DO SO.
SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR TABLE ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH D MOTION TO MR. MR. POWELL MOVE ON.
MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH D FOR 90 DAYS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM BEING TABLE, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Conduct the first public hearing regarding the proposed annexation of approximately 11.19 acres, located generally along the south side of Blue Heron Parkway between Barkuloo Road and Crosby Cedar Bayou Road.]
ITEM EIGHT.A UH, PROPOSED, UH, ANNEXATION APPROXIMATELY 11.19 ACRES LOCATED GENERALLY ALONG BLUE HERON PARKWAY BETWEEN LOO AND CROSBY'S NEARBY ROAD.
SO FIRST WE WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO, UH, IT IS NOW 8:03 PM AND I NOW CALL THIS ORDER OF THE PUB.
I CALL TO ORDER OF THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION, APPROXIMATELY 11.19 ACRES LOCATED GENERALLY ALONG THE BLUE HERON PARKWAY BETWEEN BARKER, LOU AND, AND CROSBY CEDAR VALLEY ROAD.
AND I'D LIKE STAFF NOW TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
MARTIN SCRIBNER PLANNING ZONING.
UH, THIS IS ON AGAIN, A LITTLE OVER 11 ACRES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BLUE HERON ROAD, EAST OF BARCLAY ROAD.
UM, THIS IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL COME IN ANNEXED AS OPEN SPACE RECREATION, AT WHICH POINT THEY WILL HAVE TO SEEK A REZONE.
UM, THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM A REZONE THAT WAS AN MF ONE REZONE LAST YEAR.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU REMEMBER THAT ONE.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, HE WOULD BE SEEKING THE, THE SAME ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY, BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS, UH, REQUEST TONIGHT.
EVERYTHING AROUND IT HAS BEEN ANNEXED.
AND SO, UM, WE DO SEE THIS AREA WITH THIS ENTIRE AREA AROUND BARKLEY ROAD AND BLUE HERON, UM, HAVING SOME SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE.
SO STAFF HAS TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO START LOOKING AT A MASTER, MORE OR LESS A MASTER LAND USE PLAN FOR THAT ENTIRE AREA.
AT WHICH POINT, UH, PROBABLY IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY YOU WILL SEE THAT, UM, THAT REQUEST COME THROUGH FROM AS A CITY INITIATED ITEM.
UM, THAT WILL INCLUDE THIS PROPERTY AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, TONIGHT WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ANNEXATION ITSELF, WHICH, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS.
I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT IS, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, OR I'LL CLOSE, LET ME GET MY SCRIPT THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRE TO SPEAK.
I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 11.19 ACRES LOCATED GENERALLY ALONG BLUE HERE AND PARKWAY BETWEEN BARLOW AND CROSBY CEDAR VALLEY ROAD.
[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Services Agreement with Barkuloo 55 Limited for the proposed annexation of approximately 11.19 acres, located generally along the south side of Blue Heron Parkway between Barkuloo Road and Crosby Cedar Bayou Road.]
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT B, WHICH WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED IN A SERVICE SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BARLOW 55 LIMITED FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 11.19 ACRES.UH, LOCATED AT THE PROP AT THE LOCATION I JUST DESCRIBED.
UM, SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM EIGHT B AS TO PRESENT MOVE TO APPROVE AB B.
SO, UM, MARTIN, YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS WOULD BE THE SAME DEVELOPER, UH, THAT HAS THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET
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AND, AND THAT PROPERTY WE DID THE REZONING AND AT THE TIME IT WAS PROPOSED AS SENIOR'S HOUSE.HAS THAT, IS THAT, DOES THAT REMAIN THE SAME OR HAS THAT CHANGED? THAT, THAT HAS CHANGED.
IT'S STILL, UM, IS UNDER THE MF ONE ZONING OF COURSE MM-HMM
BUT THE PROJECT ITSELF HAS CHANGED.
SO IT'S, IT'S NO LONGER SE SENIORS HOUSING, UH, TO OUR, TO STAFF'S KNOWLEDGE.
WE SAW THE NEW PROJECT AT, UH, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND IT WOULD BE JUST, UH, MORE STANDARD GARDEN UH, APARTMENTS.
AGAIN, AN AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE ALWAYS REMIND YOU, WHICH IS IT'S MF ONE.
SO AGAIN, UM, SO WITH THEM, I'LL MAKE A QUICK COMMENT UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.
I THINK WE MADE IT ON SOME OTHER, OTHER SIMILAR ITEMS, UM, IN A FEW MEETINGS AGO.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ANNEXATION.
THERE'S NO GUARANTEES OF ZONING MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE GET SOMETHING CLEAR IF IT'S ANNEXED AND IT, IT'LL COME IN AS OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL.
AND SO, UM, UNTIL THERE'S MORE DETAILS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN PROCEED WITH ANNEXATION, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO JUST HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING TO THE DEVELOPER OF, OF WHAT WE'RE SEEKING AND, AND KIND OF, YOU CAN JUST GO BACK A FEW MINUTES TO WHAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT ON A SMALLER PIECE OF PROPERTY AND UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVE OF COUNSEL.
COULD I, COULD I ADD YOUR COMMENT? SURE.
I I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH THAT, BUT AS MY COLLEAGUE BROUGHT OUT, A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE CAUGHT IN A SITUATION THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPERS COME IN WITH A PROPOSAL THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD TO US AND WE APPROVE THAT AND IT MOVES ON.
AND NOW THAT PROJECT'S GONE AWAY AND NOW IT'S GONNA BE A DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT MAY HAVE HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VOTE ON THIS D BUT WE HAVE TO ALLOW IT BECAUSE IT MEETS THE ZONING.
SO THAT, THAT MAKES IT PRETTY TOUGH EVERY NOW AND THEN.
'CAUSE AGAIN, WE GET BURNED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THAT MAKES IT TOUGH ON THE NEXT DEVELOPER THAT COMES IN.
I, I HAD A, I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS RECENTLY WITH STAFF AND, AND SO WHAT A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE'LL DO TO PUT ADDITIONAL CONTROLS IN PLACE WOULD BE, 'CAUSE ONCE WE ZONE SOMETHING, IT'S ZONED BACK, CORRECT.
BUT USUALLY THERE'S GONNA BE, THAT'S WHY THESE AGREEMENTS ARE IN PLAY WHERE THERE'S X AMOUNT OF TIME TO DEVELOP THAT PROJECT.
IF NOT, IT WILL, IT WILL GO AND KIND OF RETRACT BACK TO THE PREVIOUS, UM, EITHER THE PREVIOUS ZONING OR, OR YEAH.
AND SO WE'LL JUST KIND OF START FROM OVER.
SO I, I WOULD ALWAYS RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL USE THOSE CONTROLS IN PLACE.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF CONTROLS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN PROBLEMATIC FOR THE NINE YEARS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, AT LEAST TO BE CLEAR, THAT ENTIRE STRIP ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF BLUE HERON IS ALL GREEN ON THE MAP.
IT IS ALL CURRENTLY ZONED OPEN SPACE RECREATION AND DOWN BARLOW AS WELL, ALL THE WAY OUT TO CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU.
SO WE ARE STAFF AGAIN IS LOOKING AT THAT COLLECTIVELY, ALL OF THAT GREEN ON THE MAP.
WE'D LIKE TO KIND OF GET OUT AHEAD OF THAT AND, AND GIVE SOME, UM, SOME DIRECTION TO DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES THROUGH.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, AGAIN, THERE'S ITEM AND I THINK THERE WAS A MO WAS A MOTION A SECOND ALREADY.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ITEM EIGHT B.
EIGHT B PLEASE SAY THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Consider waiving the required 6-month period for reconsideration of a petition to grant consent to the inclusion of 378.34 acres into Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 213-A.]
TO ITEM NINE A.WE ARE GONNA CONSIDER THIS ITEM THIS EVENING.
IT'S A BAYTOWN CROSSING EXPANSION TRACK AT MUD 2 8 2, UH, TWO 13 A, UH, ANNEXATION WITH FRIENDS WITH DEVELOPMENT.
SO NINE A WE WOULD HAVE TO DO.
THIS PERSON WHO PRIVATE BUSINESS.
SO FIRST WE HAVE ITEM NINE, EIGHT IS CONSIDER WAIVING THE REQUIRED SIX MONTH PERIOD FOR RECONSIDERATION OF A PETITION TO GRANT CONSENT TO THE INCLUSION OF THE 378.34 ACRES INTO HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER TWO 13 A.
SO I'M NOT SURE THE CITY ATTORNEY WANTS TO EXPRESS ANYTHING, AT LEAST WHAT WE'LL DO ON THIS FIRST ITEM TO EVEN CONSIDER THE NEXT TWO.
COUNSEL UNDER RULE 6.1 C OF RULES OF PROCEDURE, AN ITEM MAY NOT BE RECONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL IF THE ITEM HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED AND VOTED ON BY THE COUNCIL WITHIN THE PRECEDING SIX MONTHS.
UNLESS THE COUNCIL BY A MAJORITY VOTE WAIVES THIS RESTRICTION AS TO THAT ITEM.
SO I THINK THIS IS JUST, I DON'T KNOW, A FEW DAYS SHY OF THE SIX MONTH PERIOD.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WOULD FIRST ENTERTAIN
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A MOTION FOR ITEM NINE A TO CONSIDER, UM, WAIVING THAT REQUIRED SIX MONTH, UM, PERIOD.MOTION TO RECONSIDER THAT MOTION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM NINE A.
UH, JUST RECONSIDER THIS ENTIRE ITEM.
[b. Consider a resolution granting consent to the inclusion of 378.34 acres into Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 213-A.]
MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE B.CONSIDER RESOLUTION GRANTING CONSENT TO THE INCLUSION OF THE 378.34 ACRES INTO HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL DISTRICT NUMBER TWO 13 A.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO, TO SAY FROM STAFF, UH, ONCE AGAIN ON THIS ITEM.
IT MAY BEEN A WHILE FOR SOME OF US, BUT I BELIEVE, UM, COUNSEL HAS BEEN PROVIDED MANY MUCH INFORMATION REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT AND ITEMS. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD IN AS MUCH AS, UH, YOU ALL ARE, ARE SATISFIED WITH THEIR COMMITMENT TO, UH, NOT MAKING THE MUD A PERMANENT FIXTURE, UH, OUT THERE, AS WELL AS THE COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING LOCAL GOVERNANCE? I THINK THAT ANSWERS TWO OF THE PRIMARY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE MUD.
AND, UH, AS LONG AS YOU'RE SATISFIED WITH THAT, WE, WE LET YOU, UH, GO AHEAD AND OKAY.
UH, CONSIDER THIS, UH, EXPANSION OF THE MUD.
SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NINE B.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NINE B.
SECOND, HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, JUST A QUICK COMMENT.
SO WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF INFORMATION OVER THE LAST 6, 7, 8 MONTHS ON THIS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS IN FAVOR OF THE RECONSIDERATION.
UM, AND, AND LIKE I'VE SAID PREVIOUSLY, IT ALLOWS THEM TO CONTINUE ON AND ESSENTIALLY TO FINISH WHAT THEY STARTED.
AND I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE PRODUCT THAT, THAT THEY'VE DONE OUT THERE AND HAVE ALL THE CONFIDENCE IN THE WORLD IN THIS DEVELOPER.
THEY HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD AND THAT, THAT'S WHY, UM, I'LL BE IN SUPPORT.
BE BEFORE YOU MAKE A COMMENT, LET ME, UH, UM, THE CITY CLERK DID THIS, REMIND ME, SO WE DID HAVE MICHAEL JOHNSON THAT DID SIGN UP FOR ITEM NINE A, B, AND C.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK NOW OR WAS THAT JUST AS A HOLDER JUST IN CASE OR WE MAY ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS AT SOME POINT, BUT THAT'S FINE.
I'LL RESERVE MY SPEAKING FOR THE, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN? YES, SIR.
YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK OVER, LOOKING BACK OVER THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, I DID HAVE CONCERNS PREVIOUSLY AND THEY'VE ADDRESSED, I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT 95, 90 6% OF MY CONCERNS AND
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT ALLOWING SPACE FOR SCHOOL TO GO IN FOR THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE GOING NORTH OF I 10.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR CITY IS GROWING, IS NORTH OF I 10.
TALKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE NEEDED.
THAT'S WHY I, I'VE MADE THE MOTION TO BRING THIS BACK UP SO WE CAN RECONSIDER IT BECAUSE IT'S POSITIVE FOR THIS CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T LIKE MUDS.
UM, I JUST DON'T, AND SO, UM, I, I THINK INITIALLY WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP, I WAS JUST A HARD NO BECAUSE OUR, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS MOVE TOWARDS PITS.
UM, AND, UH, THERE'S NOT VERY MANY TIMES THAT I WOULD CHANGE MY MIND ON A MUD.
UM, BUT WITH ALL OF THE NEW INFORMATION, AND I KNOW WE GRILLED Y'ALL ON THE FACT THAT WE WANTED TO SEE, UM, RESIDENT REPRESENTATION ON YOUR BOARD, UH, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES YOUR MUDS HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE THERE.
UM, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
UM, WE COULDN'T GET Y'ALL TO AT LEAST DESIGNATE A SPOT FOR RESIDENTS, BUT I, I, I JUST HOPE THAT EVERY EFFORT IS MADE TO REACH OUT TO RESIDENTS IN THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT TO, TO AT LEAST HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD ON, UM, ON YOUR BOARD.
AND, UM, IT'S ULTIMATELY, UH, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT IS SWAYING ME, UM, ON THIS ONE TOO.
IT IS ULTIMATELY THE RESIDENTS WHO DECIDE TO LIVE THERE, UM, TO ACCEPT THAT THEY'RE MOVING INTO A MUD.
UM, AND SO, UM, A LOT OF THE CONCESSIONS THAT CAME BACK ARE VERY CLOSE TO A PIT.
UM, AND, UM, THAT'S WHY I AM CHANGING MY MIND ON
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THIS ONE.WELL, I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT WHILE OUT CAMPAIGNING, I TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MM-HMM
AND THEY HAD MADE UP IN THEIR MINDS, THEY HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT THE MUD MM-HMM
AND THAT PLAYED A REALLY BIG PART IN MY WANTING TO RECONSIDER THIS HEARING FROM THEM THEMSELVES.
SAYING THAT THEY HAD BEEN, UM, THAT THEY RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT IT AND THAT SEVERAL OF THEM WERE CONSIDERING IT.
THAT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND BEFORE I MAKE MY COMMENTS, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHERS FROM COUNSEL, UM, I HAVE ROGER, IS IT V-A-V-A-L-O-I-S ALSO SIGNED UP AND IT SAYS STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I, THAT WHATEVER ITEM YOU ARE SEEKING TO SPEAK ON, I KNOW WHAT ITEM THAT IS.
SO DO WE HAVE THAT PERSON? ROGER? V-A-L-O-I-S IS THE LAST NAME? NO.
SO, UH, MY LAST CLOSING COMMENT.
MY, MY CLOSING COMMENT WOULD BE, YES.
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THE, THE FRIENDS WITH DEVELOPMENT, UM, THEY MADE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CONCESSIONS, UM, THAT TAKES AWAY THE TRADITIONAL ASPECTS OF MUD, MUD DISTRICTS, UM, MUD DISTRICTS IS IT IS A, A I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY UTILITY, UH, POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, THAT THAT IS, IS NEEDED IN SOME PARTS OF THE STATE AND OBVIOUSLY IN, IN SOME AREAS NEAR INCORPORATED AREAS.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE CONNOTATION THAT CAN COME WITH THAT.
BUT I BELIEVE THIS MUD, THE PRODUCT THEY DO AND WHAT'S IN THIS AGREEMENT, HAS REALLY PROVIDED, UH, A LOT OF, UM, CONTROLS AND MANAGES A LOT OF THE, THE NEGATIVITY THAT USUALLY COMES WITH THE TRADITIONAL MUD.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF EVER CREATING THIS AGAIN IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
UH, BUT SINCE, SINCE THIS ONE IS EXISTING, UM, IT IS BEING SUCCESSFUL AND IT'S BEING SUCCESSFUL EVEN AMONGST SOME OTHER NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, I WOULD BE SUPPORTING THIS WITH THE CONCESSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, BY THE DEVELOPER.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR A VOTE ON ITEM NINE B.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF NINE B, UH, PLEASE SAY AYE A AYE.
SO WE HAVE, UM, I'M HEARING FOUR IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO IN THE NON.
IS THAT CORRECT OR DO I NEED TO DO A SHOW OF HANDS? SHOW OF HANDS.
I NEED A C I'LL DO A SHOW OF HANDS.
FOR ITEM NINE B, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE.
IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF ITEM NINE BA FOUR.
AND THEN ALL THOSE IN THE NEGATIVE.
IN THE NEGATIVE OR DISSENTING, UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO, UM, I, ITEM CARRIES WITH A VOTE OF FOUR TWO.
[c. Consider an ordinance authorizing the Second Amendment to the Development Agreement with Friendswood Development Company.]
ITEM NINE C.CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED IN THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH FRIENDS WITH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, MR. DAVIS? WELL, THIS IS, THIS IS THE AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AS WELL AS, UH, IT ALSO COMMITS THE DEVELOPER TO 5% OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES IS CARRYING A 70 FOOT, UH, YEAH, UM, MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGE OF 70 FEET AS WELL AS INVESTMENT IN A LIFT STATION.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER MINOR CHANGES, BUT THOSE ARE THE MAJOR, UH, CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT.
SO WE HAVE, UH, ITEM NINE, NINE C AS PRESENTED.
UH, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH FRIENDSWOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR NINE NINE C MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR A SHOW OF HANDS JUST IN CASE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF NINE C, PLEASE.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND ITEM CARRIES ONCE AGAIN.
[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates (KHA) for the design of the Garth Road Widening Project.]
AND SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE A, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES FOR DESIGN OF GARTH ROAD WINDING PROJECT.AND SO, I'LL, I'LL ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS THE ONLY ITEM ITEM THAT I CAN SEE THAT WOULD EVEN PORTRAYED TO MS, UH, ROGER, BUT IF NOT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.
UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
ITEM, UH, 10 A IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDER IN SUBMITTING DESIGN CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY HORN FOR THE GARTH ROAD WHINING PROJECT.
UH, IN NOVEMBER OF 2020 COUNT, COUNSEL AUTHORIZED A DESIGN CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY HORN FOR PHASES A THROUGH E, UH, WHICH INCLUDES I 10 TO BAKER ROAD.
UH, AT THAT TIME, THE CONSULTANT STARTED A FINAL DESIGN OF TWO CONSTRUCTION PACKAGES, UH, FOR PHASES A AND B, UH, ONE FOR THE UTILITY RE RELOCATION AND ONE FOR THE ROADWAY.
IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, I RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THERE WERE ITEMS, UH, REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, SCOPE OF WORK.
UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE COST IDENTIFIED RELATED TO
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EASEMENTS AND RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, UH, WHICH THE CONSULTANT IS TASKED TO ACQUIRE THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORK, UM, INCLUDED CONCURRENT ACQUISITION OF UTILITY EASEMENTS AND THE RIGHT OF WAY.UH, HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE ROADWAY IS FEDERALLY FUNDED, WE COULD NOT START THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION UNTIL WE RECEIVED ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, UH, FOR THE PROJECT.
SO THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN, UH, AN EXTENDED DELAY OF THE PROJECT.
WE ELECTED TO START THE UTILITY EASEMENT ACQUISITION SEPARATELY.
UH, WE SAVED ABOUT A YEAR OF PROJECT DELAY TIME IN DOING THIS, UH, 'CAUSE WE RECENTLY RECEIVED THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE AND NOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO START THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.
UH, THE UTILITY EASEMENT ACQUISITION IS NEAR COMPLETE, UH, WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN BID OUT THE UTILITY RELOCATION SOON.
OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE OUTSIDE THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORK, UH, INCLUDED A TEXTILE REQUIREMENT TO COMPARE COST OF STORM DRAINAGE, UH, DESIGN CRITERIA FOR THE CITY'S, UH, CRITERIA VERSUS TX DOTS, A FLYOVER AND A SIDEWALK EXHIBIT USED AT COUNCIL AND FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PREPARATION OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS DUE TO SHORTAGE OF CITY STAFF.
THERE WAS ALSO A DESIGN OF A TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNAL, UH, THAT CAUSED A CONFLICT, UH, THAT WAS CAUSED BY A CONFLICT WITH THE UTILITY, UH, THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN.
SO I HAVE, UH, PROPOSED REALLOCATING FUNDS FROM, UH, PHASES C THROUGH E, WHICH HAVE NOT BEGUN YET TO THE CURRENT PHASE TO COVER THE OVERAGES.
UH, WHEN WE START FINAL DESIGN OF PHASES C THROUGH E, WE'LL NEED TO REASSESS THE, UH, CORRECT FUNDING REQUIRED.
NOW WITH THE ADDITION OF A RIGHT OF WAY COORDINATOR, UH, TO THE PWE STAFF THIS FISCAL YEAR, I MAY BE ABLE TO, UH, REMOVE SOME SCOPE FROM PHASES C THROUGH E OF THE KIMLEY HORN CONTRACT THAT ARE RELATED TO, UH, RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENT ACQUISITION TO HELP, UH, OFFSET THE OVERAGES THAT NOW WE'RE NOW CONSIDERING.
UM, SO WITH THESE CHANGES, I'M, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.
ALRIGHT, SO I GUESS FOR ITEM 10 A, UM, YOU HEARD PRETTY MUCH THE KIND OF, I GUESS THE SITUATION FOR THIS PROJECT ITSELF.
SO I GUESS I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 10, A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 10 A SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I GOT? YES, SIR.
IT'S, SO WE'RE WE'RE MOVING FINES FOR THE CD AND E UP TO A AND B OF ABOUT 366,000.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FUNDS FOR CD AND E ARE GONNA COST US? WELL, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS, UH, SAYING.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REASSESS THAT, THAT WE'VE, WE'VE LEARNED SOME LESSONS IN DOING A AND B AND, UH, I THINK, UM, THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WOULD DO.
AND, UM, I ESPECIALLY RELATED TO RIGHT AWAY AND EASEMENT ACQUISITION.
AND, UM, SO I WILL PROPOSE TO TRY TO REDUCE SOME OF THOSE COSTS AND C THROUGH E BY BRINGING ON, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY STAFF THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY APPROVED IN OUR BUDGET, UM, TO TRY TO OFFSET THAT.
SO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING MONEY OUTTA CD AND E AND I'LL JUST ROUND UP 400,000, CORRECT.
DO YOU THINK ADDITIONAL 400,000 TO COVER THAT OR IS IT GONNA BE LESS THAN THAT OR MORE THAN THAT? OR? 'CAUSE 'CAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT MAKES IT ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLAR SAYING CD E YEAH.
WHEN WE GET TO CD AND E, WE'RE TAKING MONEY OUTTA THAT.
A AND B 'CAUSE WE'RE SHORT 360,000.
WELL, SO C CD E ARE GONNA NEED THAT BACK OR MORE.
SO LET, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME INTERJECT WHERE A SEC.
YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND IF THE GARTH ROAD WINDING PROJECT WILL TAKE PLACE FROM I 10 TO 1 46 MM-HMM
THERE'S MANY, MANY FRONTAGE, UM, RIGHTS AWAY THAT, THAT WILL HAVE TO BE ACQUIRED.
I THINK IF WE HAD THE MONEY, THIS IS 75 TO 25, IS IT 75 25 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND IT IS 80 20.
80 20, IT'S AN 80 20 FEDERAL MATCH.
SO IT'S 80% OF THE ENTIRE FUNDING OF SEGMENTS A AND B IS FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 20% IN TOWN.
AND WE DID IT ALL, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN EXCESS OF THREE TO $400 MILLION, I'M NOT SURE.
AND SO, SO 400,000, IT, IT'S A CONCERN.
IT'S STILL A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IN THE REMAINING OF $300 MILLION, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A BIG FACT.
I MEAN, I'M SAYING SO BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO COMPETE FOR THOSE, THOSE DOLLARS AS FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR CD AND E COMPARED TO THE TOTAL COST.
BUT, BUT MY CONCERN IS AS, AS A COUNCIL, AS A DAAS, WE KEEP, AND NO OFFENSE TO FRANK AND HIS
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CREW, 'CAUSE SOME OF IT WAS UNKNOWN, BUT SOME OF IT, I'M SITTING THERE THINKING, YOU KNOW, REALLY WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT COMPARING THE FEDERAL STANDARDS TO OUR STANDARDS, THAT TYPE OF STUFF.IT'S STILL ALMOST A $750,000 SWING NOW COMPARED TO THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.
BUT THAT $750,000 SWING IS A LARGE NUMBER.
SO, AND I'M JUST, I'M GONNA BE VOTING FOR THIS.
OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT WITHOUT A DOUBT, BUT CAN WE GET A PENCIL SHARPENER FOR OUR ENGINEERING GUYS AND THEY CAN SHARPEN THAT PENCIL A LITTLE BIT CLOSER AND FRANK'S GRINNING? YES, SIR.
I, I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION.
YEAH, I'M, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
I'M GONNA, WE'RE GONNA STOP THAT DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.
SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, ALTHOUGH IT'S IN FAVOR OF ITEM, UH, 10 A AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing costs for easement acquisition necessary for the reconstruction and widening of Garth Road.]
HAVE ITEM 10 B, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING COST FOR EASEMENT ACQUISITION NECESSARY FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION AND Y NECAR ROAD.MR. SIMINO, I THINK YOU COVERED THAT.
UH, AS I JUST STATED, UH, WE ARE READY TO PROCEED ON THE, UH, PERMANENT RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION FOR THE ROADWAY ON, UH, PHASES A AND B.
AND SO THIS, UH, ORDINANCE WILL APPROVE THE BUDGET TO ACQUIRE THE PARCELS, UH, FOR THOSE, UH, AND THE, THE BUDGET IS IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, $2,250,000.
UH, IT IS FOR BOTH THE PERMANENT RIGHT OF WAY AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS.
AND, UH, THAT BUDGET AMOUNT IS BASED ON APPRAISALS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
ALRIGHT, I, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 10 B IS PRESENTED.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 10 B, SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 10 B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Consider ordinance authorizing an Emergency Replacement of the Boiler System at the Parks and Recreation Community Center with Bay Air Conditioning, LLC.]
OPPOSED CARRIES.A CONSIDER ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED IN EMERGENCY REPLACEMENT OF THE BOER SYSTEM AT THE PARKS RECREATION COMMUNITY CENTER WITH BAY AIR CONDITIONING.
MR. MAYOR, UH, THIS ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED AN EMERGENCY, UH, PURCHASE ORDER TO REPLACE THE BOILER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, RECENTLY THE BOILER FAILED AND BECAME IRREPARABLE.
UH, THE BOILER NOT ONLY, UH, HEATS THE BUILDING, BUT ALSO DRIES THE AIR.
SO WITHOUT REPLACEMENT, THERE'S A RISK OF, UH, MOLD, UH, GROWING.
AND, UM, ALSO WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES CAN MAKE THE, THE BUILDING UNFIT FOR OCCUPATION.
SO THE COST OF REPLACEMENT, AS YOU SAID, IS $66,933 AND 78 CENTS.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 11.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT, WELL, I GUESS WE'RE LUCKY THAT IT'S KIND OF COOL OUT RIGHT NOW, SO YES, SIR.
OTHER THAN THAT, UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON 11 A? WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 11 A IS PRESENTED.
[b. Consider an ordinance amending the City of Baytown utility rates.]
ITEM CARRIES.11 B, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF ANYTOWN UTILITY RATES.
ORDINANCE WILL GIVE A FACT TO THE UTILITY RATES THAT WERE SET WHEN YOU, UH, ESTABLISHED A BUDGET FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
I DON'T HAVE, I WANNA SAY WHAT WE'RE EXACTLY.
APPRO RATE STAYS THE SAME FOR, UH, 2000 GALLONS AND BELOW.
UM, AND THEN THERE'LL BE AN INCREASE FOR ANYTHING ABOVE THAT.
SO, UM, AND THAT'S JUST, UH, IN CITY, IS THIS JUST FOR WATER AND SEWER? YES.
THESE ARE THE WATER AND SURVEYS THAT WERE SET, UH, IN, UH, THE BUDGET.
UH, AND THIS IS TO SAY, PUTS THEM INTO EFFECT FROM 1ST OF DECEMBER ON MARCH.
THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT? MM-HMM
ALRIGHT, I GUESS WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME, THERE WAS SOME A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT, WE SET THE TIER, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE CHANGED THE TIER AND SO ON, BUT, UM, I GUESS I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR 11 B IS PRESENTED.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NOT ALL.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF 11 B IS PRESENTED.
[c. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Tax Abatement Agreement with Port 10 Logistics, LLC. Name of Owner Port 10 Logistics, LLC Name of Applicant Alan D. Feinsilver, President of Port 10 Logistics, LLC Name of Reinvestment Zone Port 10 Reinvestment Zone Location of Reinvestment Zone 246.7988-arce tract of land located east of Thompson Road and South of I-10, Harris County, Texas Description of General Nature of the Improvements One institutional-grade industrial building of approximately 180,000 square feet for distribution/warehouse purposes Estimated Cost of the Improvements $9,000,000.00]
WILL GO CONSIDER 11 C.CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH PORT 10 LOGISTICS.
UH, 11 C UH, IS AN ORDINANCE WITH, UH, TO, UH, AUTHORIZE A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH PORT 10 LOGISTICS.
LLCI BELIEVE THIS ONE IS FOR BUILDING NUMBER FIVE ON THAT PROPERTY.
YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS, I THINK ON TWO OTHER BUILDINGS, UH, IN THAT AREA.
AND THIS AGREEMENT, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THOSE.
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THE ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENTS OF THE NEW FACILITY OF THE NEW BUILDING IS, UH, IN THE AREA OF $9 MILLION.ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR 11 C IS PRESENTED.
SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND.
ANY ADDITION QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
11 C IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, UM, CARRIES.
NEXT, UH, PROPOSED RESOLUTION 12.
A CONSIDERED RESOLUTION GRAND PETITION FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 19.86 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF I 10 BETWEEN GARTH ROAD AND NORTH MAIN STREET.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE JUST SHOWING A MAP, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE BE THE BEGINNING OR IS HE HERE? I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE.
WE MAY NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM PLANNING
WE MAY NEED TO COME BACK TO THAT ONE.
WE'LL HOLD ON, WE'LL HOLD, WE'LL SERIOUS.
SO I'LL COME RIGHT BACK WITH YOU, MAYOR.
[13. 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.]
13.YEAH, WE'LL TAKE IT OUTTA OF WATER.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM, UH, CONSENT.
WE HAVE, UH, LOOKS LIKE THERE'S CONSENT ITEMS, UM, A THROUGH THROUGH YOU, BUT THERE'S TWO ITEMS I WOULD ASK.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S T OR EXCUSE ME, T IS THE ONLY ONE THAT I WOULD ASK TO SAVE AND ACCEPT.
MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH U.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ON CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
OTHER THAN T ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEMS, UH, THAT WAS JUST EXPRESSED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[t. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Grant Administration Services Agreement with GrantWorks, Inc. to support infrastructure and property buyout/acquisition activities in Baytown, Texas for disaster recovery and mitigation purposes.]
HAVE NEXT T UH, ON ITS OWN.I ASSUMING WE ARE GOING HAVE TO, UM, SUSPEND THIS ITEM.
UH, IS THERE AN IDEA THAT WE HAVE, UH, MR. MARIN? THE, THE CONTRACT WILL BE READY.
OKAY, SO, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO SUSPEND THIS ITEM FOR 30 DAYS.
MOTION TO APPROVE TO A SUSPEND ITEM T FOR 30 DAYS.
OKAY, WE A MOTION A SECOND? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT SUSPENSION FOR 30 DAYS, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? WE WILL MOVE ON TO APPOINTMENTS.
UM, CONDUCT HONOR, WE, WE CAN GO BACK TO, OKAY, WE GO BACK.
[a. Consider a resolution granting the petition for the proposed annexation of approximately 19.86 acres of land, generally located along the north side of IH -10 between Garth Road and North Main Street.]
ITEM 12 A.SO APOLOGIES AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE, THE GRANT OF THE PETITION PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF THE ITEMS THAT I DESCRIBED A WHILE, A WHILE AGO.
ANY COMMENTS? UH, THIS IS 20 ACRES AT I 10 BETWEEN GARTH ROAD AND NORTH MAIN.
THIS WOULD BE A SPECULATIVE, UM, THIS IS OF COURSE, THIS IS JUST THE APPLICATION FOR THE ANNEXATION ITSELF, UM, THAT WOULD ALSO NEED A REZONE APPLICATION.
UM, THAT HAS NOT BEEN FILED YET.
WE HAVE, UH, IN SPEAKING TO THE APPLICANT, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE, UH, AN MF ONE OR MF TWO ZONE, BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY SITE PLANS ON THAT.
SO I GUESS, UM, JUST CONSIDER RESOLUTION.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF THE BEGINNING STAGE AGAIN AND ANNEXATION.
UH, SO ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE, I WOULD ENTERTAIN THE MOTION FOR ITEM 12.
A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 12 A.
YOU GET A SECOND, SECOND MOTION TO SECOND MAN, I TELL YOU WHAT DISTRICT THREE AND TWO, YOU RIGHT? Y'ALL WERE SHARING THE LAW.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE JUST WEARING YOU OUT EVERY DROP, WHAT I'M SAYING.
BUT THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR NICKELS WORTH OUTTA, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL TELL YOU.
ALRIGHT, WE, BUT WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
MR. MAYOR, I'LL ASK MY QUESTION.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE, UH, FOR THIS.
IS THERE ANY COMMENT FROM, UM, FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? OUR, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM 12 A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Conduct the election of the Baytown City Council Mayor Pro Tem.]
WE'LL MOVE BACK TO, UM, 1414, WHICH IS CONDUCTING ELECTION OF BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL.MAYOR PRO TIM, UM, UH, CITY CLERK DID MAKE ME AWARE OF SOME, UM, I GUESS SOME OTHER, UM, INFORMATION, UH, TODAY.
AND SO WITH THIS, UM, OH, JUST, SORRY MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD GO BACK TO MY QUESTION ON ITEM 12 T 13 T 12 T THERE'S NOT 1313 T.
UH, I BELIEVE THE, UH, MOTION WAS TO TABLE THE ITEM FOR 30 DAYS.
EXCEPT I WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE DECEMBER THE EIGHTH.
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WE'RE GOOD.IT WAS UP TO, UP, UP TO 30 DAYS.
SO THEY TOLD ME THE EIGHTH IS FINE, SO WE'RE GOOD.
THAT'S WHAT UP TO UP IS 30 DAYS.
WHERE HE IS AN ATTORNEY BY A FAR OKAY.
I'M SURE THAT WAS THE INTENDED TIMEFRAME.
SAID THAT NOTATION WHAT? EAGLE EYE.
SO WHAT TIMES WE NEED, UH, I WAS MADE AWARE.
SO, UH, UPON THE DEPARTURE OF COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, WHO IS THE CURRENT MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, WE WILL HAVE A REMAINDER OF, OF HIS REMAINING TERM FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR TO DECEMBER 31ST.
AND THEN, UM, THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR REGULAR ELECTION, WHICH WE WOULD HAVE OUR REGULAR ELECTION FOR A MAYOR PRO TEM FOR, I GUESS YOU'D SAY THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2023.
SO I BELIEVE WHAT WE'LL DO IS DECIDE UPON A MAYOR PRO TEM THAT WOULD, UM, SERVE IN THE REMAINDER OF WHAT WOULD BE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S MAYOR, PRO, PRO TEM TERM, AND THEN THEIR SIX MONTH TERM.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE DISTRICT FOUR IS THE NEXT DISTRICT THAT IS UP FOR, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM AS WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS IS THE, THE ROTATION AS IT CONTINUES.
UH, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS A PASS BY MS. NCCO.
AND SO WITH THAT, USING, USING OUR, UM, OUR PROCESS AND OUR POLICY, I GUESS IT WOULD GO TO, UH, DISTRICT FIVE.
UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, JACOB POWELL.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR WITH EVERYTHING.
SO WITH THAT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PROCEED WITH, I GUESS OUR NORMAL PROCESS.
CAN YOU PUT A NAME INTO THAT
YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT ALL THIS TIME.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND.
JACOB, DO YOU WANT
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND FOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PRO TIM TO, TO SERVE IN THE CAPACITY UPON COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S, UH, DEPARTURE, UM, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR, AND THEN FOR SIX MONTHS OF NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE'LL BE VOTING ON.
SO THOSE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF COUNCILMAN POWELL TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY, UH, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[15. 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.]
ALRIGHT.YEAH, I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME KUDOS TO A COUPLE OF OUR, OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
UH, FIRST, UH, CORPORAL JIM KERR, WHO WAS, UH, INSTRUMENTAL, UH, NOT TOO LONG AGO IN ASSISTING A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND, UH, REALLY WHAT ABOVE AND BEYOND ASSISTING HER TO GET THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES.
UH, THE END RESULT IS THAT THE PERPETRATOR WAS ARRESTED AND, UH, SHE EXPRESSED GRATITUDE TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY CORPORAL KERR, FOR, UH, HIS WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST HER THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
SHE ACTUALLY BELIEVES THAT, THAT THE ACTIONS OF CORPORAL, UH, KERR SAVED HER LIFE.
UH, ALSO KUDOS GO OUT TO OFFICER ANDREW RICHTER, UH, WHO WAS ALSO DEMONSTRATED OUR CORE VALUE OF CARING AS HE, UH, CONTACTED A COUPLE TO INFORM THEM OF THE DEATH OF THEIR SON.
THEY SAID THAT, UM, IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT TASK, BUT HE HANDLED HIMSELF PROFESSIONALLY IN A DIGNIFIED MANNER.
HE WAS VERY CARING AND, UH, THEY SAID, SHOWED A LOT OF CLASS.
SO, UH, HATS OFF TO BOTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO REALLY SHORT SHOWED OFF ALL OF OUR CORE VALUES.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT, AARON, COUNSEL.
[a. Receive a report from Council Member Mike Lester regarding projects, programs and events in District No. Six. ]
ALL RIGHT.UM, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 16 A, WHICH IS GONNA BE TO RECEIVE A, UH, DISTRICT REPORT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LESTER, DISTRICT NUMBER SIX, MAYOR, I'M GONNA PASS MY TIME ON TO MY TWO COLLEAGUES THAT I'M GONNA BE LEAVING, SO IT'S AWESOME.
IT'S KIND OF A GETTING TO BE A LATE NIGHT, SO I'LL PASS MY TIME TO THEM.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT COURTESY.
[b. Receive comments from outgoing Council Member Chris Presley regarding his tenure as a council member for the City of Baytown, District No. Two.]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 16 B, I BELIEVE.UM, DO WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S ONLINE? YES, SIR.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT ANYBODY THAT'S GONNA MAKE COMMENTS ON THE BOTH ITEM 16 B AND C REALLY UNDERSTAND THE, THE CAPACITY THAT, THAT THE FOLLOWING TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SERVED BAYTOWN, THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN, THE CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT.
AND, UM, I WOULD ASK THAT EVERYTHING BE RESPECTFUL, ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT.
I WOULD BE SO SORELY DISAPPOINTED IN THAT.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT ANYBODY THAT THAT WOULD MAKE ANYTHING NEGATIVE COMMENTS THAT, THAT CERTAINLY THAT SHOULD BE FROWNED UPON.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD GO TO ITEM 16 B.
MR. DAVID ISAAC, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
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YOU'RE ON MUTE.YOU GOT YOUR TIME'S ON MR. MAYOR.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS TONIGHT, UH, WITH MR. PRESLEY AND HIS OUTGOING, UH, SPEECH THAT HE IS GONNA GIVE TO YOU.
I ONLY GET THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
HE GETS UNLIMITED TIME, SO I'LL KEEP MY, MY COMMENTS BRIEF.
I WON'T BEAT A DEAD HORSE THIS EVENING.
YOU'VE HEARD ME GIVE SPEAK JUST THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, AFTER SPEAKING WITH MR. PRESLEY, I DO BELIEVE, AND KNOWING MR. PRESLEY, I DO BELIEVE THAT HE DOES CARE ABOUT HIS COMMUNITY.
DAVID, A LOT OF TIME TO THIS COMMUNITY OVER NINE YEARS HAD A CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTION AND SOME CHANGES, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE A LOT OF CHALLENGES WERE MADE IN HIS DISTRICT OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE BOTH COUNCILMAN PRESSLEY AND COUNCILMAN JOHNSON ON THEIR WAY OUT, DISCOVERING BODIES TO NOT BE THE SAME WITHOUT THEM.
AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE VOTERS OF BAYTOWN AND THIS COUNCIL FOR ACHIEVING WHAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED.
THAT INCLUDES GETTING A NEW MALL DEAL, THAT $3.25 MILLION BACK, RECALLING THAT MONEY TO THE TAXPAYER.
THAT INCLUDES, UH, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE MALL DEAL IS GOING TO GET DONE.
WE'VE SEEN DEMOL TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR.
SO I WANNA CONGRATULATE THIS BOARD ON MOVING FORWARD, AND I HOPE TO SEE MORE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, COUNCILMAN PRESLEY'S COMMENTS.
SO I'VE GOT NINE YEARS BALL DOWN TO THREE QUARTERS OF A PAGE HERE.
SO, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, I JUST CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE FORTUNATE.
SO I, I CONSIDER, UM, MYSELF TO BE FORTUNATE, BEING ABLE, UH, TO BE ON THIS COUNCIL FOR NINE YEARS.
I WAS ABLE TO SERVE WITH 11 DIFFERENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, A COUPLE DIFFERENT MAYORS, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT CITY MANAGERS, ET CETERA.
UM, MANY GOOD THINGS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED IN DISTRICT TWO AND ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, DURING THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON THIS DAAS I'M NOT GONNA GO DOWN THE LIST.
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE RECORDS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I WILL MENTION IS CLEARLY THE TOWN SQUARE, UM, AND THINGS DOWN THERE, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WILL BE A, A LIFELONG SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR, FOR ME.
AND I ALSO CONSIDER MYSELF FORTUNATE THAT I WAS ABLE TO LIVE AND WORK AND BE INVOLVED IN THE OLD DOWNTOWN AREA FOR, FOR SO LONG.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THIS.
I, I, I KNOW THAT ONE OR TWO IN THE AUDIENCE PROBABLY DO AND, AND ONE OR MAYBE TWO UP IN THE DIA DO.
BUT I WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THE OLD DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION EFFORT, EIGHT, NINE YEARS BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL I, WITH THAT GROUP.
I ATTENDED COUNCIL MEETINGS, LOBBIED CITY HALL, UH, I SPOKE AT, AT THAT PODIUM RIGHT THERE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
UM, WE, WE MOWED AND, AND WEED EAT THE VACANT LOTS ON TEXAS AVENUE.
WE SWEPT TEXAS AVENUE LONG BEFORE THERE WAS EVER A TOWN SQUARE.
UM, I, I REMEMBER LOBBYING CITY HALL IN 2004 TO FINALLY DO A, A DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN.
AND IT, IT, IT TOOK A LOT OF STAUNCH LOBBYING AT THAT TIME.
WE, AS, AS THE MAYOR RECALLS, HE WAS AROUND THEN, WE'RE, WE'RE SHOWING OUR AGE HERE, BUT WE, WE HAD TO GO THROUGH CONGRESSMAN JEAN GREEN'S OFFICE TO GET A FEDERAL GRANT TO DO THE FIRST BLOCK OF STREETSCAPING DOWN THERE.
UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG AND WINDING ROAD AND CLEARLY TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND THERE'S A LOT OF MOMENTUM THESE DAYS.
THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVITY DOWN THERE.
IT, IT'S REALLY ALL POSITIVITY.
UM, SO IN THAT REGARD, I, I DO WANT TO EXPRESS BY GRATITUDE, UM, TO MANY OF MY FORMER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL.
UM, FORMER MAYOR STEVE DON CARLOS, UH, FORMER MAYOR BOB LEAP, FORMER CITY MANAGER, BOB LEPER.
UH, ALL OF MY CURRENT COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE, UH, THE FORMER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, UH, MR. TROLLER AND NICK WOOLERY, UH, WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND VERY HELPFUL OVER THE YEARS.
AND ESPECIALLY CITY MANAGER RICK DAVIS, UM, FOR EVERYTHING HE'S DONE OVER THE YEARS AS WELL.
HE, HE'S BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE AND, AND I JUST COULDN'T ASK FOR A CITY MANAGER WHO, WHO WOULD BE ANY MORE SUPPORTIVE THAN HE HAS BEEN.
UM, AND ALSO SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE LIKE JUST STEADY ANCHORS.
AND, AND I DON'T, I NEVER MENTION 'EM, BUT, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS SEE 'EM.
AND I, I SEE 'EM IN THE AUDIENCE COUNCIL MEETING
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AFTER COUNCIL MEETING.AND WHETHER IT'S FRANK OR, OR TONY OR CAROL OR JAMIE, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTORS DO SO MUCH AND THEY DO IT WITH THE EXTREME AMOUNT OF PROFESSIONALISM.
AND I, I GIVE FRANK A HARD TIME THAT THE ONLY TIME I'VE, I'VE SEEN HIM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GET MY FEATHERS, FEATHERS RUFFLED, PEOPLE KNOW IT.
BUT THE ONLY TIME I'VE SEEN FRANK GET HIS FEATHERS RUFFLED.
YOU JUST, YOU, YOU BARELY GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A SMIRK.
YOU HAD TO LOOK CLOSELY OR YOU WOULD'VE MISSED IT.
SO I, I, I APPRECIATE THEIR PROFESSIONALISM.
UM, THEY, THEY SET A GOOD EXAMPLE.
AM AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE BEFORE YOU GET ON THIS DAIS AND, AND CAMPAIGN AND ASK FOR FOLKS TO VOTE FOR YOU, YOU DO FEEL A DEEP RESPONSIBILITY TO, TO THOSE PEOPLE.
UM, AND I, I'VE WORKED HARD TO FULFILL THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
UM, EVEN IF IT'S SMALL THINGS, WHETHER IT'S DIGGING OUT DITCHES, GETTING SIDEWALKS INSTALLED, PUTTING UP STOP SIGNS.
I'VE, I'VE REALLY TRIED TO GIVE ATTENTION TO EACH AND EVERY PART OF DISTRICT TWO DURING MY NINE YEARS.
I'VE, I'VE APPROACHED THE POSITION AS, AS SIMPLY HAVING A JOB TO DO.
UM, AND I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO KEEP THE HARDWORKING TAXPAYERS TOP OF MIND.
UM, AND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU KNOW, EVERY NOW AND THEN, SOMETIMES YOU GET YOUR, YOUR NAME IN THE NEWSPAPER, YOUR PHOTO IN THE NEWSPAPER, OR YOUR COMMENTS IN THE NEWSPAPER.
SOMETIMES WE KIND OF GET TO RUB ELBOWS WITH OTHER POLITICIANS, WITH, WITH BUSINESS LEADERS.
UM, BUT REALLY WHAT HAS MEANT THE MOST TO ME AS A COUNCILMAN, AND ESPECIALLY AS AN OUTGOING COUNCILMAN, IS WHENEVER A POLICE OFFICER OR A FIREFIGHTER
THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN DISTRICT TWO.
UM, AND I WISH THE NEW INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBERS MUCH SUCCESS IN CONTINUING THAT WORK.
AND AS, AS FAR AS WHAT I'M GONNA DO NEXT, I HAVEN'T FIGURED IT ALL OUT JUST YET, THAT'S FOR SURE.
BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING A, A BREAK FROM LOCAL POLITICS AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COME ALONG WITH IT.
UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PASSING THE TORCH.
AND AS MUCH AS I'VE CHERISHED THE LAST 17 YEARS, MAYBE 18 YEARS KIND OF BEING THE, UH, FACE OF TEXAS AVENUE, I'M, I'M, I'M CERTAINLY READY TO MOVE ON.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD, UH, TO EXPLORING SOME NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND SOME NEW CHALLENGES.
AND I, I, I'M HERE TO SAY IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR.
I, I WOULD OPEN UP TO ANY OTHER COMMENTS IF, IF NOT, UM, IF NOT, I'LL GO FORWARD.
I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO HOLD MY COMMENTS YES.
UNTIL I WAS GONNA SAY THERE'S COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
THERE'S GONNA BE A RECEPTION, BUT YES.
UH, ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR BOTH COUNCILMAN PRESLEY AND COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AT SOME, SOME POINT IN TIME.
BUT IF ANYBODY'S GONNA HOLD THEIR COMMENTS, I'M STILL GONNA MAKE A COMMENT.
'CAUSE NOT EVERYBODY WILL BE AT THAT RECEPTION.
WELL, WELL, I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA WAIT UNTIL AFTER CHARLES SPOKE TO MAKE MY COMMENTS ON BOTH.
YEAH, YOU CAN WAIT, BUT I'M NOT
WHAT I'LL SAY IS THIS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN PRESLEY, LIKE YOU SAID, FOR NINE YEARS AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S ALWAYS, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN FOCUSED ON TEXAS AVENUE.
'CAUSE HE KNEW, UH, AND IT WAS HARD FOR ME PERSONALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, COMING IN FROM DISTRICT THREE AND, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, COMMENTS FROM DISTRICT THREE, UH, WHEN I WAS REPRESENTING THEM THAT ABOUT TEXAS AVENUE AND GETTING TOGETHER.
I KNOW WE HAVE A FORMER COUNCILMAN, UH, HERE, WE, UH, DAVE MCCARTNEY AND OTHERS.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS HARD TO TURN THAT AROUND.
AND, AND IT, IT, WHEN YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TO ALMOST SEE THE DECAY TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
WE CAN'T STAND STILL BECAUSE THINGS BAD, WORSE THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
AND SO COUNCILMAN PRESLEY WILL SAY, YOU'VE ALWAYS, UM, HELPED THIS COUNCIL.
EACH ONE, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IN, IN MY EXPERIENCE, EVERYBODY BRINGS A SKILLSET.
AND YOURS WAS ALWAYS THE BUSINESS MINDED.
YOU ALWAYS, YOU ALWAYS HELPED US GO AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT CAME TO, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO ANYTHING REGARDING FINANCE OR, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME AGREEMENTS, YOUR PERSPECTIVE DOESN'T MEAN EVERYBODY AGREED WITH IT, BUT YOUR PERSPECTIVE WAS STILL VALUABLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKE, MAKES CITY COUNCIL WORK IS, IS IT'S A CONSENSUS.
IT'S TAKEN ALL THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND INPUT AND OUR DIFFERENT SKILLSET AND, AND DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITIZENS.
SO WITH THAT, I THANK YOU, UM, FROM, FROM THE YEARS THAT WE SERVED AND EVEN BEFORE THEN, EVEN AFTER, IS THAT I WISH YOU THE BEST.
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UH, AND I, AND I THINK THAT YOU AND, AND YOUR FAMILY, I'VE KNOWN YOUR GRANDMOTHER, YOUR MOTHER, YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY.AND, UH, I THINK, I THINK YOU MADE 'EM VERY PROUD.
I THINK YOU DESERVE TO HEAR THAT HERE PUBLICLY.
[c. Receive comments from outgoing Council Member Charles Johnson regarding his tenure as a council member for the City of Baytown, District No. Three.]
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S OUTGOING COMMENTS.I'M GONNA START MY COMMENTS OFF BY QUOTING MY COLLEAGUE OR MY FRIEND SITTING NEXT TO ME AND SAY, I CONSIDER MYSELF FORTUNATE.
WHY? 'CAUSE I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING.
WHEN I STOOD IN THAT CENTER AISLE BACK IN 2000, YOU REMEMBER WHEN I CAME AND SPOKE MM-HMM
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE HERE.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE HERE.
I'M GONNA START OFF WITH A QUOTE FROM A BOOK THAT ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S SITTING ON HERE, SITTING UP HERE ON THIS DIET, HAS GIVEN TO ME.
AND THAT WOULD BE POLICE CHIEF STRINGER.
I READ THE BOOK BEFORE HE CAME.
HE GAVE IT TO ME AS A GIFT, AND I READ IT AGAIN AND IT'S DICHOTOMY OF A LEADER.
IT WAS CO-AUTHORED BY CONGRESSMAN BAIN'S SON, LEIF BABIN.
AND THE QUOTE I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU IS, EVERY LEADER MUST BE WILLING TO LEAD.
BUT JUST AS IMPORTANT AS A LEADER'S ABILITY TO FOLLOW A LEADER MUST BE WILLING TO LEAN ON THE EXPERIENCE AND IDEAS OF OTHERS FOR THE GOOD OF THE TEAM.
LEADERS MUST BE WILLING TO LISTEN AND FOLLOW OTHERS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE JUNIOR OR LESS EXPERIENCED.
WHY AM I OPENING WITH THAT QUOTE? BECAUSE THE LEADERS SITTING IN THIS ROOM ARE FEW AND FAR AND BETWEEN, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT US UP HERE, TALKING ABOUT CITY STAFF.
WE LOOK GOOD BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT WE CAN REALLY DO IS, OR ASK QUESTIONS AND BRING THE CONCERNS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER.
AND WHAT DOES HE DO WITH IT? HE FILTERS IT DOWN TO CITY STAFF AND THEY PUT OUR WORDS INTO ACTION.
SO I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF FOR AS ANOTHER QUOTE, ACE VENTURA.
I'VE SAID IT ONCE, I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN.
YOU ALL ARE TRAINED PROFESSIONALS AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU'VE HAD, THAT YOU HAVE HAD, AND I KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE TO COUNSEL AND THROUGH COUNSEL THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN.
ANOTHER QUOTE, I'M GOING TO LEAD INTO, LEAD OFF WITH THIS.
UM, LIFE IS MADE OF MULTIPLICITY, OF, OF ANGLES.
EACH MAN MUST TELL WHAT HE SEES FROM WHERE HE STANDS FROM WHERE I STAND AMONG MY COUNT, THE MY COLLEAGUES COUNT, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I SEE SOME GREAT INDIVIDUALS FROM WHERE I STAND END WITH CITY ADMINISTRATION.
I SEE SOME GREAT INDIVIDUALS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU'VE POURED INTO ME AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
I MEAN THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
WHEN I CAME TO COUNCIL, I WAS VERY GREEN.
I DID NOT KNOW VERY MUCH, BUT THERE WERE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.
I'M GONNA NAME BOB, TOOK ME UNDER HIS WING.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE GOING OUT THE SAME TIME THAT THIS MAN IS GOING OUT.
YOU WANNA KNOW WHY? WHEN I RAN FOR COUNCIL THE FIRST TIME, I SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE MAYOR INTRODUCING MYSELF, ASKING THEM IF THEY WOULD HAVE SOME TIME WITH ME.
TRADITIONALLY ON, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU REALLY DON'T BACK ANYONE RUNNING FOR COUNCIL.
CHRIS DIDN'T NECESSARILY BACK ME, BUT HE TOOK THE TIME TO MEET WITH ME.
WHERE DID WE MEET? I BELIEVE WE MET AT THE ICE CREAM SHOP ON TEXAS AVENUE.
ICE CREAM SHOP ON TEXAS AVENUE OVER A BOWL OF PEANUTS.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE PEANUTS, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE OSCAR SHOP,
I REMEMBER PEANUTS, BIG SPENDERS.
AND HE TOLD ME, THE ONE THING THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IF YOU WANT TO WIN THIS SEAT IS WORK HARD.
IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO STAY IN THIS SEAT, WORK HARD.
AND THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I'VE PRIDE MYSELF ON SERVING THE MY CONSTITUENTS.
AND WHEN I SAY MY CONSTITUENTS, I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT DISTRICT THREE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT EACH AND EVERY RESIDENT THAT I COME IN CONTACT WITH.
I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE MAKE JOKES ABOUT IT, BUT I'M PROUD OF IT.
AT THE GROCERY STORE, AT THE GAS STATION, WHEN I'M OUT WALKING MY DOG OR WHEN I'M OUT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON A TWO MILE JOG, THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO APPROACH ME.
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OF MY TIME THAT'S AVAILABLE IN THAT MOMENT.MY WIFE CAN ATTEST TO IT 'CAUSE SHE GIVES ME A TWO MINUTE LIMIT.
AND SHE SAYS, IF YOU DON'T HURRY UP, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND A RIDE HOME.
THANK THE LORD FOR UBER, WHICH IS GONNA LEAD ME TO MY FAMILY.
MY WIFE IS HERE TONIGHT, MY DAUGHTER, SHE ALMOST MADE IT MY TWO YOUNGEST SONS.
AND THEN I HAVE TWO ADULT CHILDREN.
AND I'M PROUD TO SAY I'M A GRANDFATHER NOW.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO SERVE.
I DIDN'T COME INTO THIS SEAT ON MY OWN.
THEY HEAR A LOT OF WHAT GOES ON IN COUNCIL, NOT BECAUSE THEY WATCHED THE MEETINGS, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR ME TO BOUNCE THINGS OFF OF THEM AND TO GIVE ME THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON IT.
AS I SAID BEFORE, LIFE IS MADE UP OF MULTIPLICITY, OF ANGLES.
EACH MAN MUST TELL WHAT HE SEES FROM WHERE HE STANDS.
AND FROM WHERE I'M SITTING AT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, TODAY, I SEE NOTHING BUT GRATITUDE AND THANKFULNESS ON MY PART.
FOR EVERYONE THAT PLAYED A PART IN ME BEING UP HERE TODAY, I'M A HAPPY CAMPER.
ALL RIGHT, MS. ALVARADO? YES, SIR.
UM, WELL, I'LL START WITH CHRIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AT ALL.
I ALSO HAD THOSE THAT I LOOKED TO AND, AND, AND GOT A LOT OF GUIDANCE FROM.
AND, YOU KNOW, UH, CHRIS AND I EVEN JOKE THAT WE NEVER THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD EVEN HAVE AN ALLIANCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T AGREE ON A LOT, BUT WHAT WE DID AGREE WAS ON, YOU KNOW, THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE COULD DO TOGETHER.
UM, AND I I'VE SAID IT SO MANY TIMES THAT WE AS, AS ONE COUNCIL PERSON, WE, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY POWER.
WE CAN'T JUST GO AND SAY, MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN MY DISTRICT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF TIMES, BECAUSE OUR DISTRICTS ARE SO SIMILAR TO IN ONE THAT I WOULD CALL HIM, AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OR HE WOULD CALL ME.
AND, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
WE NEED TO, TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE DON'T JUST REPRESENT OUR DISTRICT, WE REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND I THINK, UM, CHRIS, YOU'VE BEEN, YOU'VE BEEN THAT, THAT ANCHOR FOR ME, UM, THROUGHOUT COUNCIL.
UM, YOU'VE HEARD MY GRIEVANCES, I'VE HEARD YOURS.
AND ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE THE, THE BEST DECISION FOR THE DISTRICTS.
AND I, I'M PROUD TO HAVE SERVED WITH YOU.
UM, YOU BROUGHT A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE, UM, A LOT OF HEART.
UM, WE WOULD LISTEN, UM, TO YOUR CONVERSATIONS AND WE WOULD TAKE THEM, UM, WITH VERY SINCERE, UH, YOU KNOW, IDEAS THAT YOU WOULD BRING.
AND SO WHEN YOU SPOKE, WE, I HAD TO LISTEN BECAUSE YOU HAD THAT KNOWLEDGE AND THAT INSIGHT.
AND YOU DO HAVE, AS MAYOR SAID, THAT THAT BUSINESS MINDED, UM, MENTALITY THAT WE NEED, UM, ON COUNCIL AS WELL, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY BUSINESSES THAT WE NEED TO EITHER BRING OR, OR LIFT UP.
SO I ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT INSIGHT.
AND, UM, MY PHONE WAS ALWAYS OPEN TO YOU AND, AND THE SAME, UH, YOU WERE, UH, THAT I CAN CALL YOU AT ANY TIME.
SO, UM, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE LEAVING THIS DAIS,
SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THAT ALLIANCE WITH ME.
AND GIVE ME A COUPLE DAYS TO GET BACK WITH YOU IF YOU CALL ME
I'M NOT GONNA CALL YOU ON DAY TWO LIKE I DID BOB.
SO
SO, UM, CHARLES, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DISTRICT 13.
UM, WE WERE SUPER DISTRICT 13.
UM, WE WERE ON THE CAMPAIGN LINES TOGETHER.
UM, AND I, I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT FROM EACH OTHER, UH, BECAUSE WE DID COME, COME IN TOGETHER.
AND SO I, I HAD CHRIS ON ONE SIDE SIMILAR TO MY DISTRICT AND YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE, UH, NEIGHBORING.
UM, SOMETIMES THE DISTRICT LINE DID MAKE SENSE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAD, UH, DOWN BAYWAY VERSUS WHAT I HAD DOWN BAYWAY.
WE'VE CORRECTED THAT NOW WITH REDISTRICTING.
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BUT ULTIMATELY, UM, YOU, YOU WERE VERY PASSIONATE, UM, AND YOU ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND, AND THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY.AND SO I, I THINK YOU'VE BROUGHT A LOT TO THE TABLE.
UH, WE'LL DEFINITELY MISS BOTH OF YOU.
WE'LL, WE'LL, UM, I KNOW I WILL.
AND SO THE SAME GOES FOR YOU THAT, UH, I WILL CALL YOU, YOU CAN CALL ME.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOUR SUCCESSOR, BUT I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE END FOR YOU.
I KNOW WHAT, WHAT YOU WANT FOR THIS CITY, UM, AS A WHOLE.
SO I, I DON'T SEE THIS AS AN END FOR YOU.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOUR, YOUR NEXT CHAPTER IS IN, IN POSSIBLY HAVING YOU BACK HERE AND, AND LISTENING TO WHAT PROJECT YOU'RE GONNA BRING TO US.
WHAT WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
UM, BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, UH, VERY WELL.
UM, AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE YOU.
I JUST WANNA SAY IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, AN HONOR SERVING WITH, WITH BOTH OF Y'ALL.
UM, I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM BOTH OF YOU.
UM, UH, FROM YOU, COUNCILMAN PRESLEY.
UH, I THINK I WAS A, A FEW MONTHS IN, UH, STILL KIND OF LEARNING MY WAY.
AND WE WERE WALKING OUT THE DOOR OVER HERE AND YOU'RE LIKE, YOU GOTTA SAY SOMETHING OUT THERE,
I WAS LIKE, NEVER AN ISSUE FOR YOU,
UM, WE, WE KNOW WHERE YOU STAND ON THINGS.
UH, I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU.
UH, AND, AND CHARLES AS WELL, YOU KNOW, LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU.
UM, I, I THINK, UH, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS JUST, UH, HOW YOU KEEP YOUR, YOUR FAMILY INVOLVED.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAVING YOUNG CHILDREN AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS A TIME COMMITMENT AND IT'S, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA LEARN TO JUGGLE.
UM, AND SO, UH, ALWAYS SEEING YOUR FAMILY THERE SUPPORTING YOU MEANS A LOT.
UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT YOU, AND I HOPE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, DO THE SAME THING WITH, WITH WITH MY FAMILY.
AND SO, UH, AGAIN, JUST IT'S BEEN AN HONOR SERVING WITH BOTH OF Y'ALL.
WISH Y'ALL THE BEST AND, AND EVERYTHING YOU DO IN THE FUTURE, AND STAY IN TOUCH.
UM, I COME FROM A LARGER PERSPECTIVE, I GUESS.
'CAUSE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH BOTH THESE FINE GENTLEMEN FROM BOTH SIDES OF THIS DIOCESE.
UM, SO I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR BOTH OF YOU.
CHRIS IS NEVER SHORT ON WORDS WHEN HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING WHERE CHARLES IS, IS QUIET AND RESERVED AND THE COOL HEAD SOMETIMES IN, IN HEATED DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS.
AND, AND EVEN MY COLLEAGUE LAURA HAS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES SHE AND I HAVE HAD SOME PRETTY HEATED DISCUSSIONS.
UH, BUT THE, THE COOL MANNER AND COOL TEMPER FROM CHARLES ALWAYS KIND OF COED THINGS DOWN.
UM, YOU, YOUR PRESENCE, BOTH OF YOUR PRESENCE WILL BE SORELY MISSED.
UH, YOUR EXP YOU KNOW, CHRIS'S EXPERIENCE, CHARLES'S PASSION, UM, FOR CITIZENS AS A WHOLE.
'CAUSE I KIND OF GRINNED WHEN HE MADE A COMMENT, NOT JUST HIS SPECIFIC CONSTITUENTS, BUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
HE'S BEEN ALWAYS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT.
UM, YOUR REPLACEMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN WILL BE PART OF THE, THE, THE GROUP HERE AS WELL.
AND, AND WE'LL BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND CON AND REACH THOSE CONSENSUS LEVELS WITH THEM AS WELL AS THIS COUNCIL DOES, BECAUSE IT'S, LAURA POINTED OUT, IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT THE INDIVIDUAL.
AND THE GROUP DYNAMICS WILL PREVAIL OVER OVER TIME.
SO, UM, I BOTH KNOW BOTH OF YOU WILL DO WELL IN YOUR NEXT ENDEAVORS.
AND AS I INDICATED EARLIER TONIGHT, IT'S JUST ANOTHER CHAPTER.
AND, AND Y'ALL WILL MOVE ON AND BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING, CALL JACOB
IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING, CALL ME.
UH, WE'LL, WE'LL CERTAINLY WORK WITH YOU AS BEST WE CAN.
AND DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU GET A CALL FROM ME, AS LAURA INDICATED, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE REACH OUT FOR THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE AND CONTACTS, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.
UM, BUT WE'VE HOPEFULLY LEARNED HOW TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS, UH, SO WE CAN GET ANSWERS.
AND SO, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND AS WE WERE TEASING EARLIER, THOSE THAT THINK THAT COUNCIL ONLY MEETS TWICE A MONTH.
DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR.
ALRIGHT, I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE MET? I DO.
AND I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU IMPRESSED ME.
YOU, YOU IMPRESSED ME IN OUR CONVERSATION.
UM, 'CAUSE I KNEW THAT, THAT YOU, YOU WERE COMING IN WITH THE, WITH THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND TO, TO WHAT CAN I, I WANNA BE A PART OF, OF, UM, OF A GROUP OF FOLKS TO GO AND, AND HELP, HELP MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY'S ON THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
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UH, AS YOU SAID, CHRIS, CERTAINLY WITH, WITH A LOT OF HIS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLSET WITH YOU, IT WAS CERTAINLY YOUR HEART AND PASSION.I, I THINK THAT WAS A VERY TRUE STATEMENT.
IT'S HELPFUL THROUGHOUT DECISIONS, UH, THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS PROVIDED US TO HELP US.
AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS ALL HANDS ON DECK IN SOME OF THESE DECISIONS.
AND WE MADE SOME VERY BIG DECISIONS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THINGS THAT WILL GO AND, AND REALLY, UH, DIRECT OUR CITY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR MANY, MANY DECADES.
AND SO YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, BEING THE FIRST ELECTED BLACK COUNCILMAN IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THAT CAN NEVER BE TAKEN AWAY.
YOU ALWAYS WILL BE IN THE RECORD BOOKS FOR THAT.
IT'S NOT AN EASY FEAT FOR A LOT OF FOLKS.
THERE'S PROBABLY, AT THE TIME IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 12, 12%, YOU KNOW, AFRICAN AMERICAN OR BLACK COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
THERE'S NOT ONE PARTICULAR AREA THAT, THAT, IT REALLY FAVORS THE INDIVIDUAL LIKE THAT.
AND, AND YOU WERE ABLE TO GO AND, AND, AND BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT YOU, YOUR HEART WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND THAT YOU HAD RIGHT INTENTIONS, AND THAT'S WHY THEY SUPPORTED YOU.
AND SO THAT, AS FAR AS COUNCILMAN, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU BROUGHT TO THE BROUGHT TO THIS COUNCIL, YOUR, YOUR FAMILY.
I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER MY OUTGOING NIGHT WITH YOUR FAMILY, BUT PARTICULARLY YOUR BOYS AND CERTAINLY MY FAVORITE, UH, DOWN THERE, YOUR LITTLE, YOUR LITTLE DAUGHTER WHERE WITH THE BOYS, I GAVE 'EM HERSHEY'S, HERSHEY'S BARS.
UH, AND, UM, BUT YOUR DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TIME SEEING HER, UH, SHE EDUCATED ME A LITTLE BIT TOO.
SO,
UH, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT YOU.
AND, AND I HOPE YOU, YOU'RE JUST AS PROUD BECAUSE HE HAS CERTAINLY HELPED THIS, THIS CITY AND THIS COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
AND FOR HIS WIFE, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU IN MY PRAYERS, BUT
AND, AND SHE WAS A BIG SUPPORTER ALL THE TIME.
NOT, NOT JUST AT, NOT JUST DURING CAMPAIGN, BUT SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE.
AND SO, ANYWAY, I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.
WITH THAT BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS, BUT WE'VE ADDRESSED ALL POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. SO THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.