* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2022 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 For those members of the public that cannot or do not wish to be physically present at the meeting, they will be able to participate through two-way communications. For video conferencing, use the following website: www.zoom.com, click on "join a meeting" on the top right-hand corner, and input the following Meeting ID: 840 7867 4018. For telephone conferencing, please use the following toll-free number: 1-888-788-0099, Meeting ID: 840 7867 4018. The meeting can also be viewed on the local Baytown Channel 16, which can be accessed at: https://baytown.org/1/home. Any person, who is participating through video/teleconferencing and is interested in speaking on any item on the agenda, must submit his/her request via email to the City Clerk at cityclerk@baytown.org. The request must include the speaker's name, address, and phone number that will be used if teleconferencing as well as the agenda item number. The request must be received prior to the posted time of the meeting. The agenda packet is accessible to the public in both HTML and PDF formats at the following link: Agenda Packet For more information or questions concerning the teleconference, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (281) 420-6504. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM PLEDGE AND INVOCATION Council Member Laura Alvarado, District No. One ] [00:00:06] SO I NOW CALL THIS MEETING THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL ORDER. UM, IT IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8TH. IT IS 7:00 PM WE ARE IN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. WE WILL BE LED IN OUR PLEDGE AND INVOCATION THIS EVENING BY COUNCILWOMAN LAURA ALVARADO, DISTRICT ONE. YOU JOIN ME IN PLEDGE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE STRAW. AND NOW THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. DEAR LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU GUIDE US, ALWAYS SATISFY THE NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE MET DURING THIS MEETING. STRENGTHEN US TO MAKE US, UH, TO HELP US MAKE THESE TOP DECISIONS. MAY YOU BLESS OUR NEW COLLEAGUES, SARAH AND KENRICK AS THEY JOIN US TO FILL THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO KEEP WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO PROTECT US EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND AS WE LOOK UPON THE HOLIDAY SEASON THAT WE PRAY AND REJOICE IN YOUR BEING. THIS I PRAY TO YOU LORD. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON A FEW ITEMS, I, I DO WANNA WELCOME, OFFICIALLY WELCOME OUR, OUR TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ONE REELECTED WITH MS. ALVARADO. BUT WELCOME ABOARD. AS YOU CAN SEE, I THINK, UH, JUST MINUTES AGO, THEY WERE SWORN IN, OFFICIALLY BECAME COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND SO NOW, UH, THEY WILL BE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE WISH 'EM THE VERY BEST AND JUST WANTED TO SAY WELCOME. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE [a. Recognize City of Baytown Employees for their Years of Service.] ITEM ONE A IS GONNA BE RECOGNITION OF CITY OF BAYTOWN EMPLOYEES BY MS. FLINT. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT OUR DECEMBER, UH, SERVICE AWARDS. KAREN ANDERSON, PARALEGAL WITH LEGAL AGNES MCKAY, HR SPECIALIST, TWO WITH HUMAN RESOURCES, RODERICK THOMPSON, UTILITY MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING. BRYCE PERKINS, PATROL OFFICER WITH POLICE. BRETT RASH, PATROL OFFICER WITH POLICE. JUSTIN TURPEN, PATROL OFFICER WITH POLICE, RUBEN CERVANTES, UTILITY MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING. BEVERLY CHER BUILDING SERVICES INSPECTOR ONE WITH PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. JOSE GONZALEZ, HEAVY EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST WITH PARKS AND RECREATION. CLARENCE JONES, FIREFIGHTER WITH FIRE. DANA JENKINS, FIREFIGHTER WITH FIRE MARK HOUSER. FIREFIGHTER WITH FIRE. JAVIER GALINDO, SERGEANT WITH POLICE. STEVEN JONES, SERGEANT WITH POLICE. AZAR ANO CREW LEADER WITH PARKS AND RECREATION. AZAR IS ONE OF THE FINEST EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM. AZAR MOVED TO BAYTOWN IN 1984 WHERE HE ATTENDED LEE COLLEGE. HE WAS THEN HIRED AS AN ENTRY-LEVEL GROUNDS TECHNICIAN ON DECEMBER OF 1997, BUT WAS QUICKLY PROMOTED TO A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR AFTER ONLY SIX SHORT MONTHS. HIS PASSION TO DO A GOOD JOB AND HIS LEADERSHIP ABILITIES CONTINUED TO SHOW SO MUCH SO THAT AFTER ANOTHER SHORT EIGHT MONTHS, HE WAS THEN PROMOTED TO HIS FIRST CREW LEADER ROLE, MANAGING THE BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS ON BOTH RIGHT OF WAYS AND COMMUNITY LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE MEDIANS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BETO. ROLES THAT ARE NOW MANAGED BY THREE SEPARATE CREWS. MOST RECENTLY IN 2018, AZAR WAS MOVED TO HIS [00:05:01] CURRENT CREW LEADER POSITION OVER THE WAYNE GRAY SPORTS COMPLEX. THERE HE ORGANIZES A CREW THAT MAINTAINS ALL THE COMMON AREAS AT THE FACILITY, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE NICEST, CLEANEST, AND MOST WELL USED SOFTBALL FIELDS IN OUR AREA, BOTH FOR LEAGUE AND TOURNAMENT PLAY. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, AZAR PASSION FOR DOING A GOOD JOB AND HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS RUBBED OFF ON HIS CREWS AND DIRECT REPORTS AS MANY OF THEM HAVE NOW BECOME FELLOW CREW LEADERS. IN FACT, TWO OF THE FOUR FIELD SUPERVISORS WITHIN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION WERE ONCE TRAINED BY AZAR. WHEN ASKED WHAT HIS FAVORITE THING ABOUT WORKING FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WAS, HIS ANSWER WAS SIMPLY EVERYTHING. WHEN HE IS NOT BETTERING OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS WORK EFFORTS, HE ENJOYS COOLING OFF IN HIS BACKYARD POOL WITH HIS WIFE AT 34 YEARS AND VISITING WITH HIS TWO CHILDREN AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN. OUR COMMUNITY IS CONTINUING TO BECOME A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF EMPLOYEES LIKE AZAR, AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR AS MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE. NEXT TIME YOU'RE AT THE WAYNE GRACE FORBES COMPLEX, FEEL FREE TO SHARE YOUR THANKS WITH HIM AS WELL. CAROL FLYNN, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, A LIFELONG BAYTON AND GRADUATE OF ROBERT E. LEE HIGH SCHOOL. CAROL EARNED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN FROM TEXAS A AND M. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME SHE FOUND HER PASSION FOR CREATING EXCEPTIONAL WORKPLACE CULTURES AND WENT ON TO EARN HER MASTER'S DEGREE IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. COLONEL STARTED WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AS A TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. SHE PROMOTED THROUGH SEVERAL POSITIONS IN HUMAN RESOURCES, AND IN 1995 BECAME THE HR MANAGER. IN MAY, 1996, SHE MOVED TO A ROLE OF ASSISTANT HR DIRECTOR, A POSITION SHE HELD FOR EIGHT YEARS BEFORE PROMOTING TO HUMAN RESOURCES AND CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTOR IN MAY, 2008. WHEN ASKED ABOUT CAROL'S MOST NOTABLE CHARACTERISTICS, MOST PEOPLE MENTION HER HEART FOR SERVICE. THROUGH THE YEARS, CAROL HAS SUPPORTED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A RANGE OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN AN EFFORT TO REACH A WIDE VARIETY OF EMPLOYEE NEEDS. HER FIRM BELIEF IN SUPPORTING THE WHOLE EMPLOYEE SHINES THROUGH IN THESE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT PHYSICAL, FINANCIAL, AND MENTAL HEALTH FOR ALL. FROM THE CREATION OF AN EMPLOYEE WELLNESS CENTER, PROVIDING BASIC MEDICAL SERVICES IN A FRIENDLY AND PERSONAL ENVIRONMENT TO PROGRAMS THAT FINANCIALLY SUPPORT EMPLOYEES THROUGH PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FOR NEW PARENTS, TUITION ASSISTANCE, SUPPORTING CONTINUING EDUCATION, AND A SMART DOLLAR PROGRAM, PROVIDING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF PAYING OFF DEBT AND GROWING A FINANCIAL PORTFOLIO TO SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH WITH A VARIETY OF SERVICES THAT ARE EITHER FREE OR WITH SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED COST TO EMPLOYEES AND FAMILIES TO REDUCE BARRIERS AND ALLOWING EASY ACCESS AND USE IN KEEPING WITH HER DESIRE FOR EXCELLENCE. CAROL IS A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL THROUGH THE SOCIETY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND HER PROFESSIONAL IN HUMAN RESOURCES CERTIFICATION, AND IS A TRAINED FACILITATOR LEADING STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVES AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO STREAMLINE CROSS DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES WITH SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF. CAROL HASN'T LOST SIGHT OF WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, HER LEGACY IN HER FABULOUS HR STAFF WHOM SHE REGULARLY INVESTS IN BY CHALLENGING AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO CONTINUOUSLY LEARN AND DEVELOP BOTH PERSONALLY AND AS HR PROFESSIONALS. CAROL IS, MERRITT HAS TWO ADULT CHILDREN, BOTH OF WHOM HAVE GRADUATED COLLEGE AND STARTED CAREERS OF THEIR OWN. SHE ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND SPENDING TIME OUTSIDE IN NATURE. SHE HAS AN INSATIABLE THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE AND CAN OFTEN BE SEEN HIGHLIGHTING OR UNDERLYING NEW AND INTERESTING INFORMATION IN A BOOK OR MAGAZINE THAT SHE WANTS TO SHARE WITH OTHERS. THANK YOU, CAROL, FOR 30 YEARS OF EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO NEXT WE HAVE ITEM TWO [b. Recognize the Youth Leadership Academy participants. ] B IS IS GONNA BE TO RECOGNIZE THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PARTICIPANTS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE SABRINA MARTIN AND KATIE BEVERLY, WHO WILL TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM, UH, THAT THEY RAN THIS YEAR, AND WHAT A FANTASTIC NIGHT FOR THE KIDS TO BE HERE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY AND, AND KIND OF THE IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNMENT IN ACTION. SO IT'S A GREAT NIGHT AND HERE'S SABRINA AND KATIE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE. THANK YOU. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE, UH, SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR FALL YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY HERE IN THE FRONT ROW. IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THESE STUDENTS HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT. THEY'VE PARTICIPATED IN BAYTOWN BUCKS, THEY HAVE PLANNED AN EVENT WITH PARKS AND REC STAFF. THEY HAD A MEET AND GREET WITH YOU ALL. UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO COMPLETED A TOUR WITH OUR STREET, LIKE OF OUR STREET EQUIPMENT WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WHICH WAS SUPER COOL. UM, IN THE ESSENCE OF TIME, THOUGH, WE ARE NOT GONNA DO THEM INDIVIDUALLY, WE'RE JUST GONNA DO A GROUP PHOTO ALTOGETHER. SO [00:10:01] IF YOU GUYS WOULDN'T MIND COMING DOWN FOR A PHOTO, KIDDOS COME UP HERE AND WE'LL GET A BIG PHOTO THERE. FEEL FREE TO GRAB A PHOTO TOO. SAY THAT , THEY'RE GONNA PHOTO OKAY. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOU IN THE OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS PUSH. YEAH. OH YEAH, WE GOT A LOT. SO Y'ALL JUST JUMP IN . SO WE DO MY FIRST AND THEN I'LL LET Y'ALL GET EVERYBODY SMILE. ONE, TWO. YOU LOOK SO GOOD. A LOVELY GROUP. HOLD THOSE SMILES. I KNOW. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE TAKE A BREAK WITH YOUR SMILES AND THEN GO FOR AGAIN, A FEW MORE PAIR. ONE MORE. ONE MORE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. FEEL FREE TO HEAD OUT IF YOU'D LIKE. MY EYES ARE GOING. THANK YOU. I'LL TELL EVERYONE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM. UH, [c. Recognition of City Manager Rick Davis. ] LOOK, WE HAVE ONE C RECOGNITION OF OUR CITY MANAGER, SO IT HAS MAY. SO I, I MEAN, I, I'M ASSUMING I SAY A FEW WORDS IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, NOBODY MADE ME AWARE, BUT, UM, I WAS UNPREPARED FOR THIS STUDY. OKAY. YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO I'M NOT SURE WE'LL START OFF, BUT I GUESS WE HAVE BILL NELSON FROM OUR, OUR, UH, BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICER ASSOCIATION. SO BILL, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MAYOR COUNSEL. MY NAME IS BILL NELSON. I'M THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL POLICE ASSOCIATION. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, COUNSEL. SEVEN YEARS AGO YOU MADE A DECISION TO HIRE RICK DAVIS AS A CITY MANAGER AND HE WAS EXACTLY WHAT THE CITY NEEDED. YOU KNOW, I'VE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF MY CAREER REPRESENTING THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DURING THIS TIME, I'VE SEEN SEVERAL CITY MANAGERS COME AND GO. MR. DAVIS WAS THE FIRST CITY MANAGER THAT TREATED US LIKE A PARTNER. AND WHILE WE DID HAVE A FEW ROUGH PATCHES IN THE BEGINNING, UH, WE DID DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP BASED ON TRUST. AND THIS RELATIONSHIP ALLOWED OUR DEPARTMENT TO GROW IN WAYS WE DIDN'T THINK POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, DURING THIS TENURE, OUR CITY HAS GROWN IT'S PROSPERED AND ALL THIS WHILE FACING MAJOR HURDLES LIKE IKE, I'M SORRY, HARVEY AND COVID. AND SO FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS, SIR, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ON BEHALF OF THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL POLICE ASSOCIATION, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION AND WISH YOU WELL MOVING FORWARD. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MAYOR. COUNSEL, THANK YOU. SO, I KNOW I RECOGNIZE, UH, MY PREDECESSOR MAYOR STEVE CARLOS IS HERE. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE GONNA SAY ANYTHING. UH, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE FOR SOME OTHER ITEMS MAYBE, BUT IF, UH, THERE WAS ANYTHING WITH THE RICK, ALWAYS LOVE TO TALK. OKAY. , UM, YOU [00:15:01] KNOW, MANY OF YOU WERE ON COUNCIL SEVERAL, WELL, WERE YOU, GOSH, IT'S, IT'S NEARLY TURNED OVER. BUT BACK IN OH SEVEN WHEN, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER LEPER RETIRED, UH, AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE WENT ON A NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR, UH, FOR HIS REPLACEMENT. AND IT WAS CLEAR TO TO MANY OF US THAT, THAT RICK WAS A, A SUPERIOR. AND, AND RICK, I'VE ALWAYS REFERRED TO YOU AS A PROFESSIONAL CITY MANAGER, AND I MEAN THAT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE, UH, WITH HIS, UH, DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND, UH, MANAGERIAL, UH, EXPERIENCE. UH, YOU WERE JUST WHAT WE NEEDED AT THAT TIME. NOW WE HAD, UH, MANY SUCCESSFUL, UH, ADVENTURES, UH, OVER THE YEARS. UH, BUT WE, WE ACCOMPLISHED A WHOLE LOT. UH, IT'S BEEN AN EXTREMELY EVENTFUL SEVEN YEARS. YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THE SERVICE THAT YOU GAVE TO THIS CITY. AND, UH, THIS CITY IS BETTER OFF BECAUSE YOU CAME IN 2007. WE WILL MISS YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. WE'LL ALLOW COUNSEL A FEW SHORT, BRIEF COMMENTS. I GUESS LET'S START. UM, SO RICK, I JUST APPRECIATE HAVING YOU AS OUR CITY MANAGER. UM, THE FIRST TIME YOU AND I SAT TOGETHER, UM, I HAD A LINE ITEM ON EVERY SINGLE IN THAT ITEM AND A NOTEBOOK, AND CHRIS PASSES BY AND YOU HAVE A NOTEBOOK, . AND SO, UH, MANY OF COUNCIL DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT WE SPENT AT LEAST TWO AND A HALF HOURS, ALMOST EVERY AGENDA MEETING, UH, TOGETHER, JUST GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING, UM, ESPECIALLY MY FIRST FEW DAYS. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, AND, AND ALSO MAKING THE COMMUNITY A CORE OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, UM, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHO WE'RE WORKING FOR. UM, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS EXEMPLIFIED, UM, THE UTMOST PROFESSIONAL, AS BILL SAID, AND, AND THE MAYOR. UM, AND SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOT FROM YOU, UH, AS YOU LEAVE, BUT, UM, WE ARE BETTER OURSELVES BECAUSE OF YOU, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY IS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, LAURA. YES. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM. RICK, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN OVER THE YEARS. I THINK, UM, THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE PROCESS THAT YOU BROUGHT IS YOUR LEGACY. UM, YOU OWN THAT, YOU BROUGHT THAT, YOU PERFECTED THAT AND WE'RE BETTER OFF FOR IT. UM, AS I THINK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND POLICIES THAT WE'VE WORKED ON TOGETHER FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR ME TO NARROW DOWN MY FAVORITE ONE. BUT I THINK, AND MAYBE THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S THE ONE OF THE MORE RECENT ONES, BUT, UM, THE ONE I'M GONNA PICK AND AND BRAG ON YOU ABOUT IS THE, UM, PARENTAL LEAVE POLICY THAT YOU IMPLEMENTED FOR THE EMPLOYEES RECENTLY. UH, IT DIDN'T GET A LOT OF COVERAGE. UM, IT'S NOT ONE OF THE SEXIER PROJECTS GOING ON IN BAYTOWN, BUT I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT ONES. IT'S INNOVATIVE, IT'S OUT OF THE BOX AND IT'S PROGRESSIVE FOR MUNICIPALITY. AND, UH, THAT'S BECAUSE OF YOU. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RICK. I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID AND IT, IT'S BEEN, UH, A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. UM, I KNOW IT ONLY WAS HERE FOR TWO YEARS, UH, UH, OF GETTING TO WORK WITH YOU, BUT, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS, UH, I I CAME IN ON THE VERY BACK END OF THE, THE MALL. I KNOW YOU WORKED ON THAT A LOT LONGER THAN I DID. UM, SO JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR DETERMINATION ON SOME OF THESE REALLY BIG PROJECTS. UM, LIKE, LIKE IT'S BEEN SAID, LIKE YOU, YOU WOULD DEFINITELY LEFT A LEGACY HERE. AND, UM, AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID FOR BREAKDOWN. THANKS. ON MY TURN. LET'S SEE. . NO, RICK, RICK AND I HAVE, UH, GO BACK A LONG WAY. UH, I ACTUALLY WORKED FOR MR. DAVIS AS AN EMPLOYEE, SO IT'S KIND OF A, UH, A TRANSITION CHANGE WHEN I WAS ELECTED TO COUNCIL AND THEN HE BECAME MY EMPLOYEE . SO, BUT OVER THE YEARS, UM, I I, I'LL TAKE THE MAYOR'S COMMENT. I'D HAVE TO AGREE THAT MR. DAVIS HAS, UH, EXEMPLIFIED THE ISSUE OF PROFESSIONAL CITY MANAGER AND HANDLING STAFFING ISSUES, UH, BUDGETARY ISSUES, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES YOU HAVE WHEN YOU DEAL WITH COUNCIL ISSUES. SO WITH THAT, UH, I APPRECIATE OUR WORKING TOGETHER AND THEN WORKING FOR US AS A COUNCIL. I THINK YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE SUCCESSFUL IN WHATEVER YOU DO IN THE FUTURE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK OUT THE BANJO AND START A BAND AGAIN OR IF YOU'RE , WHATEVER, BUT YOU'LL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN WHAT YOU DO AND, AND THE NEXT CITY THAT YOU WORK FOR WILL BENEFIT FROM IT AS WELL. THANK YOU. WELL, THE, THE COMMENTS I'LL MAKE, UH, TO KIND OF CLOSE OUT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, A MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER, THEY'RE, WE'RE KIND OF PRETTY MUCH JOINED AT THE HIP A LOT OF TIMES TRYING TO GO AND, AND WADE THROUGH, UH, THESE ISSUES, RIGHT? AND SO I'VE ENJOYED [00:20:01] SERVING WITH YOU AS MAYOR. I ENJOYED SERVING WITH YOU AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, I'VE, YOU WERE MY FOURTH CITY MANAGER TO SERVE WITH. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS IT WAS ALREADY EXPRESSED, THINGS LIKE THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND REALLY THE CREDENTIALING AND ELEVATION OF THE PROFESSIONALS THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED SINCE YOU'VE BEEN OUR CITY MANAGER. I'VE SEEN IT AND IT REALLY HAS, UH, MADE A HEALTHIER ORGANIZATION, A MORE CREDENTIALED ORGANIZATION. SO YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY TRUE THAT A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU HELP EITHER IF YOU DIDN'T LEAD IT YOURSELF, BUT YOUR TEAM HAS, UM, IT HAS REALLY IMPROVED OUR ORGANIZATION AND, AND THE ABILITY TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS. SO WITH THAT, I THANK YOU. UM, I WOULD, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY SAY YOU'LL BE SUCCESSFUL WITH WHATEVER YOU DO, WHATEVER YOU'RE, WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO GO. IF, IF IT'S A COMMUNITY OR SOMETHING ELSE, IF IT'S YOUR CHURCH, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, YOU SERVE WITH IT WITH A SERVANT'S HEART. AND SO I CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THAT WITH YOU. UM, YOUR FAMILY'S BEAUTIFUL AND, AND WE WISH 'EM THE BEST. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH, WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS AND WE GET THE CALLS AT TWO OR THREE IN THE MORNING, IT REALLY DOES HAPPEN. AND, UH, HAVING IT GO AND, AND AND BE AWAY, IT BECOMES DIFFICULT IN SOME OF THESE ROLES THAT WE HAVE UP HERE. BUT YOU WENT AND YOU'VE HELD IT TOGETHER WELL. AND SO FOR THAT, I'M THANKFUL FOR SERVING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WITH THAT I THINK WE'LL MOVE ON UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER THING I NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF, BUT I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IT FOR NOW. THERE IS ANOTHER, I THINK, RECEPTION FOR YOU, UH, SCHEDULED SOON. IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK IT'S SOMETIME. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL. UM, I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO [a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 2.47 acres located at 5225 Middleton Street from a General Commercial (GC) to a Mixed Residential at Low to a Medium Densities (SF2) zoning district.] A. UM, WAS THERE ANYBODY, ANY ITEMS ON ZOOM? CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH ITEMS FOR ZOOM? YOU DON'T KNOW? OKAY. ALRIGHT. 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 THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. EVERYONE DESIRED TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING. EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF 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 THEM TO ME. SO FIRST, IT IS SEVEN TWENTY SIX AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 2.47 ACRES LOCATED AT 52 25 MIDDLETON STREET. AND I WILL NOW ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS HEARING. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. UH, THE, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A 2.47 ACRE TRACK THAT IS ASKING TO REZONE FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO, UH, SINGLE FAMILY. TWO. THE SINGLE FAMILY TWO ZONING DISTRICT IS, UH, SUPPORTED BY OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALONG MIDDLETON STREET. MIDDLETON STREET IS A TRANSITIONING, UM, STREET. IT USED TO BE, UH, LOCATE USED TO HAVE TRACKS THAT ARE LOCATED ALONG BAYWAY AND ALSO HAD FRONTAGE ON MIDDLETON STREET. BUT SUBDIVIDING, UM, IS NOW OCCURRING ALONG MIDDLETON STREET TO SUPPORT RESIDENTIAL USES. YOU CAN SEE THAT INSIDE OF THIS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY THAT THE RESIDENTIAL IS STRONGLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF MIDDLETON STREET. AND IT'S NOW, UM, STARTING TO TRANSITION WITH RESIDENTIAL ON THE, UH, WEST SIDE OF MIDDLETON STREET. THIS IS THE EXISTING, UM, ZONING MAP AS YOU CAN SEE. SO YOU SEE THE THREE PRO THREE PARCELS HERE ON THE SOUTH END, UH, GOING TOWARDS THE SOUTH END OF MIDDLETON STREET. THEY WERE RECENTLY REZONED, UM, FOR A SINGLE FAMILY TO KIND OF EXEMPLIFY THAT TRANSITION. THIS IS OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH INDICATES THAT THERE IS A, UH, MIXED RESIDENTIAL USE DEDICATED FOR THAT PARTICULAR STREET. UM, AND THIS IS WHAT THE MAP LOOKS LIKE IF THE ZONING IS TO BE ACCEPTED TONIGHT. THE SF TWO ZONING DISTRICT DOES ALLOW FOR, UH, NINE UNITS PER ACRE. UM, AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT AS A DETACHED, UM, UNIT OR AN ATTACHED UNIT. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COUNSEL? AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S LISTED HERE, SO THERE BE NO ONE DESIRING TO SPEAK AND I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT OF APPRO OF APPROXIMATELY 2.47 ACRES LOCATED AT 52 25 MIDDLETON STREET. UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS [b. Consider an ordinance to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 2.47 acres located at 5225 Middleton Street from a General Commercial (GC) to a Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Densities (SF2) zoning district.] AN ITEM TWO B WOULD BE TO, UH, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 2.47 [00:25:01] ACRES AT THE ADDRESS I JUST DESCRIBED FROM GC, UH, TO A MIXED RESIDENTIAL LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY SF TWO. SO WITH THAT, UH, CUSTOM CUSTOMARILY, UH, IF THE ITEM IS IN A COUNCIL MEMBER'S DISTRICT, I'LL USUALLY TRY TO, IF I CAN, IF I'M AWARE AND I KNOW THAT, UM, I'LL USUALLY DEFER TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TO MAKE THE MOTION. SO FOR YOU, MR. GRIFFIN, UH, YOU HAVE TWO B IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, UM, I MOTION TO APPROVE. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TO BE AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, ITEM CARRIES. NEXT WE'LL [a. Conduct a public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 35.1 acres generally located near 703 Hunt Road from a General Commercial (GC) to a Medium Density Mixed Residential (MF1) Zoning District. ] GO INTO THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS NOW SEVEN 30 AND I'LL CALL THIS ORDER OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 35.1 ACRES. GENERALLY, GENERALLY LOCATED NEAR 7 0 3 HUNT ROAD BETWEEN NORTH MAINE AND GARTH ROAD. I'LL NOW ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS HEARING. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UH, MY NAME IS MARTIN SCRIBNER. I'M WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AND WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A REQUEST FOR 35 ACRES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HUNT ROAD, ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN GARTH ROAD AND NORTH MAINE. UM, AND THEY'RE ASKING TO BE REZONED FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO MF ONE, WHICH IS MULTIFAMILY. AND BY THE WAY, IF ANYBODY NEEDS ME TO, TO SLOW DOWN OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT ALONG THE WAY. UM, THE PROPOSAL PROJECT WOULD BE DETACHED RENTALS. SO BASICALLY ONE BIG LOT WITH SMALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, DUPLEXES AND SIX PLEXES, UM, ALL FOR RENT AND MANAGE MUCH LIKE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WOULD BE, UH, WOULD BE HANDLED. THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES A TOTAL OF 267 UNITS AND IS MADE UP OF 91 COTTAGES, 80 DUPLEX UNITS, AND 96 6 PLEX UNITS. SO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UM, DOES SHOW THE AREA AS COMMERCIAL, BOTH THIS LOT AND THE LOTS SURROUNDING IT, UM, WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR ZONING THAT WOULD PERMIT MULTIFAMILY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. UM, DUE TO A RECENT CHANGE THAT THIS COUNCIL APPROVED, AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE REQUEST DOES MEET THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UH, REQUIREMENTS. UM, HERE IS THE CURRENT ZONING MAP. AGAIN, THE SURROUNDING AREAS ARE AT A LOW DENSITY, UH, SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE LOTS AS WELL AS TO THE WEST. THAT'S THE TAN COLOR. YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE PURPLE TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS A MIXED USE. UM, THE, UH, THE, THE RED WITH THE SORT OF FUNKY LITTLE BLUE BITS ON IT IS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS A, UH, A SENIOR LIVING, UM, FACILITY AND THEN ALSO ACROSS THE STREET. UH, ONE THING TO POINT OUT IS YOU WILL SEE THAT, UM, THE, THE BROWN AREA IS A, UM, THAT IS A MULTI-FAMILY TWO, UH, MID-RISE MIXED RESIDENTIAL. SO THIS WOULD BE THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP. OF COURSE THIS WOULD, UH, FIT WITH, WITH THESE OTHER, UH, AREAS AS WELL. SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO REMIND, UM, COUNSEL OF YOU DID ADOPT A POLICY A FEW YEARS AGO THAT DISCOURAGES THE LOCATION OF NEW MULTIFAMILY, UH, WITHIN A HALF A MILE OF EXISTING MULTIFAMILY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THIS MAP SHOWS THE, UH, THE PROPOSED USE IN THE CENTER, UM, WITH THEIR EXISTING MULTIFAMILY, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE IN RED. AND THE, UH, THE, THE BLACK LINE IS THE HALF MILE BUFFER. SO YOU SEE THERE IS, UM, A COUPLE WITHIN THAT, THAT HALF A MILE. THE ORANGE IS PROPOSED USES. SO THESE ARE ZONED BUT HAVE NOT BEEN BUILT YET, UH, IN MULTIFAMILY. SO, UH, STAFF DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR DENIAL, UH, BASED ON A LACK OF COMMUNITY NEED. UH, PNZ HELD A PUBLIC HEARING IN OCTOBER AND THEN THERE WERE A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORS WHO DID EXPRESS SOME OPPOSITION AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING. UH, THE ITEM WAS CONTINUED TO NOVEMBER BY THE COMMISSION, AT WHICH TIME THEY DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. UM, THEY DISAGREED WITH STAFF ON THE ISSUE OF COMMUNITY NEED. SO FOR A POINT OF REFERENCE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNSEL'S AWARE OF THIS. UM, THE APPLICANT DID ORIGINALLY DISCUSS WITH STAFF THE DESIRE TO APPLY FOR A PUD. THIS IS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND WHICH IS KIND OF, IT IS A TYPE OF ZONING WOULD HOLD THE DEVELOPER TO A HIGHER STANDARD. UM, BUT IT WOULD ALSO SOLIDIFY THE PROPOSAL AS, AS, UH, PRESENTED. UM, STAFF DID DIRECT THE APPLICANT TO APPLY FOR THE MF ONE ZONING. UM, THE PROPOSAL AS WE SAW IT, DID NOT REALLY RISE [00:30:01] TO THE LEVEL OF A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. UM, SO THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU IS FOR MF ONE. UH, THIS DOES ALLOW ANYTHING UP TO GARDEN STYLE APARTMENTS AT A MAXIMUM OF 15 UNITS PER ACRE. THAT IS NOT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT. UM, STAFF BELIEVES THE APPLICANT FULLY INTENDS TO BUILD WHAT HE IS PROPOSING, BUT AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN, UM, OVER TIME. SO REMEMBER THAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE ON THE USES ALLOWED AND NOT NECESSARILY JUST WHAT IS PROPOSED. SO THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT. UM, AND BUT THAT INCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, THERE'S, I HAVE SIX INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO I WILL JUST START AT THE TOP. IF YOU WANT TO YIELD YOUR TIME TO SOMEONE ELSE, LET ME KNOW IF YOU, UM, THIS IS THE TIME. UH, ALBERT MILLER? YES, SIR. YES SIR. DO YOU HAVE, UH, IF YOU HUNT THE PODIUM AND, AND JUST STATE YOUR, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. THREE MINUTES? YES SIR. UM, ALBERT MILLER'S, I LIVE AT 7 0 3 AND HALF HUNT ROAD. OKAY. UH, MY CONCERNS IS, I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE GONNA BE BUILDING 35 ACRES RIGHT BEHIND ME AND I'D SAY 75, 80 5% OF IT'S GONNA BE ALL CONCRETE. ALL THAT WATER'S GONNA COME MY WAY. AND I'M, WE HAVE THE STORM SYSTEM DRAIN RIGHT AT MY DRIVEWAY, BUT IT DOES NOT ADJOIN HIS PROPERTY YET. IS CITY GONNA BE PUTTING THIS IN OR IS HE LIABLE TO PUT IT IN OR AM I JUST GONNA GET FLOODED OUT WHENEVER ALL THIS IS TAKING PLACE? UH, ALSO, IS IT IN THEIR BUDGET TO PUT A PRIVACY FENCE AROUND THAT THE, UH, DETENTION POND IS SUPPOSED TO BE AROUND OUR PROPERTY ALL THE WAY AROUND IT, ALL THE WAY UP TO HUNT ROAD. IS THAT GONNA BE A PRIVACY FENCE BETWEEN THEM TWO AND OUR RESIDENTIAL OR WHAT? UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S PROPOSED CERTAIN THINGS, BUT ALONG THE WAY CAN BE CHANGED. SO THAT KINDA SCARES ME. . BUT ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS TONIGHT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. MILLER. WE HAVE SYLVIA FOSTER. THANK YOU. UH, SYLVIA FOSTER 6 1 5 HUNT ROAD. MY CONCERNS IS THE SAME THING. THE FLOODING PLUS RIGHT NEXT TO US IS GONNA BE THE RETENTION POND. AND RIGHT BEHIND US, UH, WE BATTLE MOSQUITOES, UH, WEST NILE, WE BATTLE WATER MEXICANS AND THE TRAFFIC IS ENORMOUS THROUGH THERE. NOW IT'S GOING 70, 80 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THERE. WE'VE HAD A CAR IN THE LAST MONTH OR LAST THREE MONTHS UP IN, UM, MY GRANDMOTHER'S YARD. AND IT WAS A CRATE MYRTLE THAT STOPPED IT. OTHERWISE IT'D BEEN INSIDE OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE S-CURVE THAT WAS PUT IN. YOU CAN'T SEE. AND AT NIGHT IT'S AWFUL, AWFUL. AND, AND THEN IF YOU PUT A LIGHT IN , WE ARE GONNA BE BLOCKED IN ANYWHERE YOU PUT A LIGHT THERE 'CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS BAD DOWN THERE ON WHERE A TB IS AND ALL THAT. THERE. IT, IT IS ALL BLOCKED IN. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T GET OUT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL GOING TO DO . IT'S GONNA BE A MESS. BUT I WHAT I CAN UNDERSTAND IT'S RENTAL APARTMENTS ARE RENTAL. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT SELLING THEM, THEY'RE RENTING THEM JUST LIKE AN APARTMENT. SO WHY REZONE THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. SO I THINK THAT ABOUT IT . I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. ALRIGHT, WELL TH THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY. I THINK FOR ONE QUESTION ON THAT, I THINK IT'S A FAIR QUESTION SINCE IT'S PUBLIC HEARING, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER. THEY CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. SO RIGHT NOW I THINK IT'S ZONE GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND IT'S, IT'S TO CHANGE TO MF TWO. IS THAT CORRECT? MF ONE. MF ONE, YEAH. SO IT IS A ZONING CHANGE THAT THAT'S WHY YEAH, IT'S NOT ALLOWED IN THE CURRENT ZONE THAT IT WAS FOUR. RIGHT. WHICH WAS GENERAL COMMERCIAL, BUT THE APARTMENTS ARE DOWN THE STREET FROM US AND THAT'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. HOW CAN YOU PUT 'EM SO CLOSE TOGETHER? BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT, 264 UNITS TIMES? TWO, TWO CARS, EACH UNIT AT LEAST. HOW MANY, HOW ARE THEY GONNA GET IN AND OUT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA COME RIGHT OUT ON HUNT ROAD. THERE'S NO OTHER EXIT. THAT'S IT. HUNT ROAD, TRYING GET, SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. WELL, I WAS TRYING TO JUST ANSWER YOUR, YOUR [00:35:01] ZONING QUESTION YOU ASKED I THINK. YEAH. AND THE ZONING. AND THE ZONING TOO. THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, WE HAVE, IT LOOKS LIKE, WELL, I'LL JUST GIVE YOUR ADDRESS. FIVE 10 WEST ARCHER YOUR FIRST NAME? YES, SIR. VIN, GO AHEAD AND COME UP HERE AND JUST, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YEAH, DEVIN. OKAY. UH, SORRY. NO QUESTION. DOCUMENT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, TIM CRAWFORD. WE HAVE TIM CRAWFORD, STEVEN CARLOS, AND TIFFANY FOSTER. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL WANNA DO YOU WANT THE VIDEO NOW? UH, NO. YOU CAN DO THE VIDEO, MR. MAYOR, I'M GONNA WAIVE MY TIME TO MR. CR. OKAY. UH, COUNSEL, I'M, I'M DOING SOMETHING THAT I'VE, I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE SINCE I'VE, UH, LEFT OFFICE IN 2018. AND THAT'S APPEAR BEFORE Y'ALL, UH, ON BEHALF OF A, OF A PROJECT. UM, YOU KNOW, OVER THE, OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OF, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND SOME OF THEM HAD REALLY GOOD MERITS AND SOME OF 'EM DID NOT. UM, THE REASON THAT I, UH, DECIDED TO, I ORIGINALLY TOLD MR. CRAWFORD THAT I WOULD NOT APPEAR BEFORE Y'ALL, BUT, UH, I, I FEEL PRETTY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS. TIM, UH, CAME TO THE CITY AND HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR THE LAST NINE MONTHS ON THIS PROJECT. UM, HE HAS WORKED THROUGH VARIOUS ITERATIONS OF WHAT WOULD BE GOOD AND GIVE THE CITY ASSURANCES THAT THIS PROJECT IS GONNA BE BUILT. BUT JUST BY WAY, LITTLE WAY OF BACKGROUND, UM, THE, THIS IS NOT YOUR NORMAL MULTIFAMILY PROJECT LIKE YOU NORMALLY ENVISION WITH THREE TO FOUR STORIES VERTICAL. THESE ARE FLORIDA STYLE COTTAGES, IF ANY OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN, UH, TO THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA, THE 30 A AREA, UH, BETWEEN DESTIN AND UH, PANAMA CITY BEACH. THERE'S CERTAIN STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE. IT'S, UH, WHITE COTTAGE STYLE ARCHITECTURE. UH, VERY DISTINCTIVE. AND THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE. UM, I ACTUALLY, UH, WITHOUT TIM KNOWING, TOOK LIBERTY COMING BACK FROM DALLAS TO SWING THROUGH HIS CONROE DEVELOPMENT AND LENE AND I DROVE THROUGH IT. AND I CAN TELL YOU IT IS THE MOST UNIQUE TYPE OF MULTI-FAMILY THAT I'VE EVER SEEN. UH, IT'S MORE OF A COMMUNITY. THERE ARE PORCHES ON ALL OF THESE, UH, COTTAGES. AND, UH, THE THE LARGEST STRUCTURE THAT WE SAW IS A, A TWO STORY THAT, THAT HAS SIX APARTMENTS IN IT. BUT ALL OF THEM HAVE, UH, PORCHES. IT'S VERY COMMUNITY. ALL OF 'EM HAVE SMALL LAWNS. UH, IT, IT'S VERY FAMILY ORIENTED. UM, HIS, UH, MIX OF CLIENTS, A MIX OF TENANTS IS ALL THE WAY FROM RETIRED FOLKS, UH, TO, UH, TO, UH, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS JUST STARTING OUT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT, THAT THE REASON THAT THIS IS UNIQUE FOR THE CITY IS IT'S GONNA BE HIGH END, UH, MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. UH, HIS RENTS ARE GONNA BE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN ANY OTHER COMPLEX THAT'S IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW. AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET, UH, UPPER END TYPE HOUSING, UPPER END TYPE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, UH, FOR A LONG TIME. AND THIS IS OUR FIRST CHANCE THAT I'VE SEEN THAT WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT. SO I URGE YOU TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER, UH, WHAT TIM'S GONNA SHOW YOU ABOUT HIS DEVELOPMENT. UH, HE HAS AGREED TO DONATE RIGHT OF WAY FOR SAN TAVI AND FOR A FUTURE EAST ROAD EXTENSION, WHICH WILL HELP HELP Y'ALL WITH THE MASTER PLANNING OF THIS ENTIRE TRACK, WHICH WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG TIME. SO I URGE YOU TO GIVE VERY CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO TIM'S PROPOSAL. UH, HE IS GONNA BUILD THIS PROJECT AND HE'S READY TO GET STARTED, UH, IN JANUARY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE SIX MINUTES FOR, FOR MR. CRAWFORD ME TO COME UP. SORRY, I CAN GO TO, JUST CLICK. OKAY. CLICK ANYTHING. YEAH, JUST CLICK THOSE. THE BLACK SQUARE. THE BLACK SQUARE. WHERE'S THE BLACK? USE THE, THE BIG BLACK BOX ON THE SCREEN. JUST CLEAN. OH, I SEE. WITH THE MOUSE. YEAH. YEAH. OR MAYBE NOT. LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN. WASN'T THERE? SORRY. THERE WE GO. THERE. DO YOU WANT ME TO RUN IT? YEAH. THANK YOU. THIS WAS A DRONE VIDEO THAT WE TOOK A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. IT'S A PROJECT IN CONROE. [00:41:01] ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, I'M TIM CRAWFORD. I'M THE DEVELOPER OF THE COTTAGE GREEN CONCEPT. UM, I GIVE YOU A PICTURE PACKET THAT, UH, PERHAPS YOU WANTED TO PAGE THROUGH. AND, UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, MAYOR DON CARLOS FOR HELPING ME OUT ON THAT. THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO HIM. UM, I WANT TO THANK, UM, AND RECOGNIZE, UH, DMA MATI MATI. SHE'S THE OWNER AS WELL. SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. UM, ANYONE WHO KNOWS HER, SHE'S BEEN INTERACTING ON THIS PROPERTY FOR A LONG TIME. SHE'S A REALLY SWEET LADY, KIND, SMARTEST, UH, REAL SMART LADY. AND, UH, HER HUSBAND WENT TO LEE COLLEGE AND THEY BELIEVED IN THE UPSIDE OF BAYTOWN AND THEY ENDED UP BUYING THIS PROPERTY A LONG TIME AGO AND, UH, DECADES AGO. SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HER AS WELL. UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF, UH, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. UM, I GREW UP IN EAST TEXAS IN THE PINEY WOODS, AND MY FAMILY MOVED TO HOUSTON ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO, UM, BECAUSE OF TEXACO. AND ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO I GRADUATED FROM, UH, ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE AT, UH, TEXAS A AND M. AND I WORKED ON THE EAST COAST FOR A WHILE. I WORKED IN FLORIDA, I WORKED IN NORTH CAROLINA, BUT I WAY MADE MY WAY BACK TO THE WOODLANDS AREA. UM, MY EARLY EXPERIENCE WAS IN MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING AT DISNEY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. WHEN I WENT OUT ON MY OWN, UH, ABOUT THE TIME I TURNED 30, I WORKED ON URBAN INFILL PROJECTS, CONDOS, TOWN HOMES, UM, SMALL, UM, LOW RISES, MID RISES, THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO CUT YOUR TEETH AND LEARN A LOT OF DETAILS. UM, URBAN INFILLS ABOUT DETAIL, DETAIL, DETAIL. AND, UM, MY FIRST JOB AT DISNEY, THEY TAUGHT ME A LOT OF DETAILS THERE AS WELL. I UNDERSTAND FROM A, UM, FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, UM, DON'T WANNA SEE RENTAL IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT ALONE. THERE'S OTHER TOWNS THAT FEEL THE SAME WAY, BUT THERE'S A NEED THAT'S BEING MET THERE. UM, YOU KNOW, ON TOP OF THAT, UM, MS. FOSTER AND I, WE PUT TOGETHER A HOUSING ANALYSIS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND WE PRE, UH, PRESENTED IT TO PNZ. AND YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT IN BAYTOWN, UM, YOUR AVERAGE, UM, RENTAL VERSUS SINGLE FAMILY REALLY ISN'T ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. IT'S RIGHT ON TARGET AS THE SAME. I THINK THAT WHERE SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN, UH, MAYBE SOME MISTAKES HAVE MADE LONG TIME AGO IN THE PAST WERE THAT, UM, ALL THE, ALL THE SINGLE OR ALL THE MULTIFAMILY IS THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD MULTIFAMILY. IT LOOKS EXACTLY ALIKE. SOME'S JUST NEWER, SOME'S JUST OLDER. BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME KIND OF HOUSING STOCK. WHEREAS, UM, UH, THE SINGLE FAMILY AND THEN THE OTHER, THE OTHER MISTAKE THAT MAYBE HAS BEEN MADE THAT IS THAT THERE REALLY ISN'T A LOT OF MIDDLE HOUSING. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WHAT YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAUSED THE MIDDLE, UH, MISSING MIDDLE. AND, UM, THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS JUST APPROVED A FEW MONTHS AGO. IT WAS MAY, 2022. AND IN THAT PLAN IT CALLED FOR MORE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING STOCK. RIGHT? UM, AND WHAT THAT IS, IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE DONE ALL MY LIFE, WHICH IS TOWN HOMES, CONDOS, PATIO HOMES, THINGS LIKE THAT, INCLUDING THE COTTAGE GREEN. THE COTTAGE GREEN REALLY IS THAT MISSING MIDDLE? THAT'S CALLED FOR IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, I'M MOVING REALLY FAST, BUT LET ME, ME, LET'S, LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE COTTAGE GREEN IS. THE COTTAGE GREEN IS A COTTAGE STYLE LIVING COMMUNITY. IT'S REALLY CUTE. IT'S GOT, UM, LITTLE FRONT YARDS, LITTLE REAR YARDS ON MOST OF THE HOMES. WE DO HAVE SOME TWO STORY PRODUCT, BUT THE TWO STORY PRODUCT IS REALLY INTENDED TO CREATE A REALLY GOOD LOOK. WHEN YOU DRIVE INTO THE COMMUNITY, IT FEELS LIKE YOU'VE ARRIVED AT A SPECIAL PLACE. UM, THERE'S A SENSE OF PLACE WHEN YOU DRIVE IN AND IT FEELS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. UM, [00:45:02] WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE COTTAGE GREEN ISN'T JUST THE SENSE OF PLACE, BUT IT'S A SENSE OF SPACE. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS MISSING MIDDLE PRODUCT OFFERS IS YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ON TOP OF EVERYBODY, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S NOT THREE STORY, FOUR STORY CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE REALLY LIKE ABOUT IT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UH, MAYOR DON CARLOS WAS RESPONDING TO WHEN HE WENT THERE. I WAS IN THE PROJECT THE OTHER DAY WITH SOME PEOPLE. IT'S SUPER QUIET. UM, YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE 'CAUSE IT'S SPREAD OUT. UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALLOWS US TO CHARGE A PREMIUM FOR IT IS THAT IT IS SO SPREAD OUT AND YOU HAVE THIS SENSE OF SPACE. SO IT COSTS US A LOT TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY WE'RE, WE'RE SPREADING OUT AND STRETCHING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE STRETCHING OUR YARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT BECAUSE IT, BECAUSE IT DOES OFFER SOME REALLY NICE THINGS, WE'RE ABLE TO GET A PREMIUM FOR IT. ALRIGHT, SO LET ME TELL YOU QUICKLY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OURSELVES. UH, WE'RE VERTICALLY INTEGRATED AND WE MOVE REALLY FAST. UM, I'M BUILDING ONE IN THE WOODLANDS RIGHT NOW. AND, UM, WE HAVE BUILT THAT IN, UH, IN THREE MONTHS VERTICAL. I'VE GOT 150 FOUNDATIONS ON THE GROUND. I HAVE, UH, TWO THIRDS OF THAT'S UNDER ROOF AND A THIRD OF THAT'S, UH, PAST DRYWALL. SO WE MOVE REALLY QUICKLY. UH, WE'RE INTERESTED IN, IN MOVING FAST. YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE'VE HAD SOME, IS THAT SICK? WE HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT IN TOTAL. MM-HMM . OKAY. UM, LET ME JUST SAY ABOUT THE ONE IN CONROE AND THE ONE IN, IN THE WOOD, UH, JUST NORTH OF THE WOODLANDS. WE HAD NO ZONING. SO THIS WAS ALL VOLUNTARY. WE DID THIS COMPLETELY ON OUR OWN. WELL, I MEAN, WHAT YOU SAW THERE TODAY WASN'T A RESULT OF NEGOTIATION WITH THE CITY TO GET THE ZONING RIGHT. WE DID IT. WE DID WHAT WE WANTED TO BUILD AND THAT, THAT IS WHAT WE WANTED TO BUILD. IT'S, IT'S REALLY WELL DONE. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE DEVELOPER, WE'RE THE BRAND, WE'RE THE BUILDER. WE LEASE 'EM, SO WE DO IT ALL IN HOUSE. UM, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US TO DO A GOOD JOB. UH, LET'S SEE, I'M RUNNING OUTTA TIME HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, STEVEN TOUCHED ON SOME THINGS ABOUT IT BEING AN ALL AGE COMMUNITY. UM, I, I'LL SAY REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW, THIS HOUSING REALLY SERVES A COUPLE OF PE UH, PEOPLE GROUPS. UH, SINGLENESS IS A BIG, BIG THING IN OUR SOCIETY. IT SERVES THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS PEOPLE IN TRANSITION AS WELL. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR COMING IN AT LEAST EXPRESSING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S EVERYONE THAT I HAVE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK. I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT APPROXIMATELY 35.1 ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 7 0 3 HUNT ROAD BETWEEN NORTH MAIN AND GARTH ROAD. WE'LL [b. Consider an ordinance to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 35.1 acres generally located near 703 Hunt Road from a General Commercial (GC) to a Medium Density Mixed Residential (MF1) Zoning District.] MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE B IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING JUST A MINUTE AGO. SO WITH THAT ITEM THREE B, UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION, UH, IF I MAY, FOR ITEM THREE B FOR DISCUSSION. MOTION TO DISCUSS. OKAY, MOTION CAN GET A SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION, A SECOND TO DISCUSS ITEM THREE B. SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL REGARDING THIS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION THERE. UM, I DON'T THINK THAT WE ADDRESSED THE DRAINAGE, UM, QUESTION AND HOW THAT WILL WORK. UM, THE PICTURES ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT WITH MANY DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE NOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT PLANTING TREES, THEY'RE NOT PLANTING ANY TYPE OF NATURAL DRAINAGE, UM, TO ALLEVIATE. AND SO I, I WOULD JUST, I GUESS LIKE TO HAVE THAT QUESTION, UM, ANSWERED AS FAR AS HOW DRAINAGE IS GOING TO BE DONE. I KNOW MOVING INTO, UH, SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD HAVING A HUGE POND THAT RAISES, UH, RED FLAGS FOR ME FOR ANY KIDS THAT MAY BE IN THE AREA. SO I, I DUNNO IF THE DEVELOPER OR SOMEONE ELSE CAN, UM, ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW DRAINAGE WILL BE HANDLED SO THAT THE NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT FLOODED IN. UM, I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT FROM STAFF'S POINT, UM, ORDINARILY AT THIS STAGE, WE WOULD HAVE SOME, SOME VERY HIGH LEVEL, UH, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DRAINAGE, BUT WE WOULDN'T ORDINARILY HAVE IT ALL KIND OF DETAILED AS PART OF THE REZONE ITSELF. IF MR. CRAWFORD HAS, OR, UH, MS. FOSTER HAS SOME ANSWERS ON. HI, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TIFFANY FOSTER. UM, WE HAVE AT, AT THIS STAGE PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS AND OUT OF THE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING AT PNZ, WE ACTUALLY DID BRING ON AN ENGINEER TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE, UH, DRAINAGE AND THE POND ISSUE. AND SO THAT IS IN [00:50:01] THE PACKAGE YOU HAVE. AND SO WE DO HAVE A, A LETTER FROM THEM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU WHEN ANY DEVELOPMENT THE, WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, IT WILL BE PLANNED FOR EVERYTHING TO BE CONTAINED ON SITE. SO THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE DETENTION ON SITE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, AT THE SCREEN, THIS IS AN OLDER SITE PLAN, BUT IT DOES SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE DETENTION POND. AND OUR ENGINEER WITH THE PRE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, AGAIN, AT THIS STAGE, WE'RE STILL AT AN EARLY STAGE, UM, HAS SAID THAT THIS IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THE DETENTION. UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, IT BECOMES THE AMENITY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREEN SPACE. AGAIN, IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE, THE SITE PLAN WITH THE LARGE PARKING POND EVEN IN, IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. SO IN THE REAR AND THE FRONT. SO THERE SHOULD BE NO, NO DRAINAGE ISSUES. THAT IS ALL ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO DO THE DETENTION AND DRAINAGE AND PONDS AND ALL THAT ON THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF. OKAY. SO ON THE VIDEO AND THE PACKET THAT WE RECEIVED, ALL OF THIS GRASS, IS THIS NATURAL GRASS OR IS THIS TURF? OH NO, IT WOULD BE NATURAL GRASS. OKAY. IT JUST LOOKS SO GREEN. WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING THERE'LL BE GOOD GROWING SEASONS. , WE DON'T SEE THAT GREEN . UM, YES MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK, YES. YES SIR. COUPLE QUESTIONS COMPARED OF THE, OF THE CONROE PROJECT TO THIS PROJECT. SIMILAR ACREAGE OR SMALLER, BIGGER, LARGER. UM, IT'S, THIS IS A LARGER SITE. OKAY. SO ALSO, EXCUSE ME IF YOU DON'T MIND. IT ANSWERS ALSO TWO QUESTIONS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE, THERE'S THAT NATURAL, UM, OXY PIPELINE THAT WILL ALSO BE COMPLETELY GREEN. NOTHING WILL BE PLANT, YOU KNOW, UM, BUILT UPON THAT AS WELL. SO THAT'S ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE FACE. COULD I ANSWER ONE MORE THING ABOUT THE SIZE? I JUST REMEMBERED ON, ON THE, YOU HAVE TO COME ON THE MICROPHONE THOUGH. YEAH. ON THE, ON THE CONROE SITE WE HAD OFFSITE DETENTION. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS YOU'RE NOT SEEING, LIKE, THIS HAS DETENTION ON THE FRONT, A LOT OF DETENTION ON THE BACK. WE HAD ALL OFFSITE DETENTION THERE. AND APPROXIMATELY HOW LARGE WOULD THE PARK POND AREA BE ACREAGE WISE? UH, THAT'S, THAT WHOLE SIDE IS 15 ACRES. SO THAT'S APPROXIMATELY, I MEAN, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS APPROXIMATELY, I'D SAY SIX TO SEVEN ACRES. BUT I, I DON'T KNOW. AND IN YOUR DETENTION SUMMARY, YOU INDICATED THAT THE, THE DETENTION PONDS OR RETENTION PONDS WOULD BE AERATED WITH FOUNTAINS? YES. IF THERE'S WET BOTTOMS, YES. OKAY. BOTH OF THEM. ABSOLUTELY. UH, I MEAN, WE WANT IT TO LOOK GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE TOO. SO, I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. UM, ONE OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, ASKED ABOUT PRIVACY FENCE AND IF THE DEVELOPERS, I'M SORRY, IF THE DEVELOPERS WOULD BE PUTTING UP A PRIVACY FENCE OR AN AREA, UM, THAT WOULD KEEP YOUR ESTABLISHMENT SEPARATE FROM THE PROPERTY THAT THEY ALREADY OWN AND LIVE ON. SO I'M JUST WONDERING. YES. SO I THINK IN THE CITY CODE, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS SCREENING, BUFFERING, FENCING, UM, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND WE WOULD AT LEAST EXCEED THE, UH, METER, EXCEED THE CITY CODE. AND THEN ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, WE HAD A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE AT PNZ AS WELL. OKAY. FOR NOT A FULL-BLOWN TRAFFIC STUDY, BUT THEY, THEY LOOKED AT IT AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN THIS, IT'S GONNA MAKE SOME PEOPLE UPSET, BUT HUNT ROAD IS EXTREMELY UNDERSERVED RIGHT NOW. AND, UM, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT WE WOULD PUT ON IT ACCORDING TO OUR TRAFFIC, UH, UH, ANALYSIS FROM THE ENGINEER DOESN'T EVEN PUT A DENT IN WHAT HUNT ROAD CAN HANDLE LONG TERM. OKAY. IT'S MY FIRST NIGHT ON THE JOB, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, TO ALSO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION. UM, I HEARD OUR STAFF TELL US THAT THEY WERE AGAINST THIS DUE TO THERE NOT BEING A NEED. MM-HMM . AND THEN I HEARD OUR FORMER MAYOR TELL US THAT WE ARE MISSING A NEED FROM OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE MIDDLE, UM, BUT THE MIDDLE IN QUOTES. SO, UM, WHEN I DRIVE AROUND AND I SEE RENTALS, THERE'S A LOT OF RENTALS AVAILABLE IN BAYTOWN. AND YES, YOUR DEVELOPMENT IS UNIQUE. UM, BUT WHY ARE, WHY ARE YOU SAYING THAT THERE IS A NEED BUT OUR STAFF IS SAYING THERE'S NOT A NEED. SO WHAT DATA AM I SUPPOSED TO, TO PUT MY TRUST IN? SO, UM, AFTER THE FIRST PNZI ORDERED A SECOND MARKET STUDY. ALRIGHT. AND, UM, THIS WAS SENT IN AN E UH, DROPBOX LINK, I BELIEVE TO EVERYBODY. BUT THIS WAS A STUDY THAT WAS DONE COMPARING, UH, SO THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT IS REFERRED TO AS LIKE COTTAGE STYLE, HORIZONTAL, MULTIFAMILY. PHOENIX IS KIND OF THE HOT BED OF ALL OF IT. THERE'S A LOT THERE. UM, [00:55:01] SO WHAT WE DID IS WE COMPARED PHOENIX TO DALLAS, TO HOUSTON, AND WE COMPARED SUBURBS OF EACH OF THOSE. WE COMPARED GOODYEAR, ARIZONA TO GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS TO BAYTOWN, TEXAS. ALRIGHT. SO, UM, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE, JUST, LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT THE, THE BIG METRO AREAS. LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THE SMALL AREAS. SO, UH, THE SITE IN, UM, LET ME, GOODYEAR AND GOODYEAR HAD ABOUT 1100 OF THESE ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW, UH, QUITE A MORE, UH, QUITE MORE PLANNED MAYBE ANOTHER THOUSAND OR SO PLANNED IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY THREE 50 ON THE GROUND AND THERE'S NONE ON THE GROUND IN BAYTOWN. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY EXTRAPOLATED THAT ESSENTIALLY YOU COULD HANDLE ABOUT A THOUSAND NOW AND OVER TIME YOU COULD HANDLE ANOTHER THOUSAND OF THIS STYLE OF MULTIFAMILY, OR NOT MULTIFAMILY, BUT IT IS A STYLE OF MULTIFAMILY. I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT IT IS, IT'S MANAGED LIKE A MULTIFAMILY, IT'S JUST COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. RIGHT. IT LIVES COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. SO THAT WAS WHAT THIS STUDY SAID, UM, YOUR, SORRY. UM, THE PAPERWORK THAT WE RECEIVED UP HERE TO LOOK LIKE, LOOK AT THE, UM, IT HONESTLY REMINDS ME OF A LOT OF WHAT I SEE IN COLLEGE STATION, IN COLLEGE TOWNS NOT IN THIS AREA. SO IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP PHOENIX AND BAYTOWN AND ALL THOSE BECAUSE IT, IT LOOKS LIKE HOUSING FOR, FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS. YEAH. NOT TRANSITION AS Y'ALL SAID. SO, SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I HAVE. DO YOU WANT TO HEAR SOME DEMOGRAPHICS FROM OUR FIRST ONE? UH, OKAY, SO, UH, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME THINGS ON. SO 94% HAD NO KIDS, ALRIGHT? 78% OF THEM WERE SINGLES. 74% WERE WOMEN IN THE HOUSEHOLD. 59% WERE WOMEN ONLY IN THE HOUSEHOLD. I SPOKE TO THE SINGLENESS, UH, UH, FACTOR A FEW MINUTES AGO, AGES 80% WERE IN THE 20 TO 59 CATEGORY. UH, 45% WERE 40 PLUS. OKAY. THAT'S IT. IT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO, MAYOR, I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION. UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THIS ITEM NO LATER THAN JANUARY 31ST. FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, UH, THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL HAS HAD THE ABILITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT OF INFORMATION, UH, ABOUT THIS PROJECT, OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER, OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND OUR TWO NEW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE NOT HAD THAT LEVEL OF ACCESS AND THAT LEVEL OF OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO I THINK THAT, UH, THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN THE SAME AMOUNT OF ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE ALL HAD BEFORE A VOTE IS CALLED. SO I'D MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND NO LATER THAN JANUARY 31ST. SECOND. SECOND. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? A SECOND. SO WITH THAT, UM, SINCE, SINCE THERE'S A MOTION FOR, FOR JUST THAT WE ALREADY HAD DISCUSSION. SO THERE IS NO MORE DISCUSSION WHEN WE HAVE A MOTION TO, TO SUSPEND. WE'RE JUST GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT IF SO, EVERYBODY AWARE OF THAT? MM-HMM . SO THE MOTION IS SUSPEND TO, YOU SAID JANUARY 31ST, NO LATER THAN, NO LATER THAN JANUARY 31ST. YOU DID HEAR THAT MR. CITY ATTORNEY NO. LATER THAN JANUARY 31ST. YES, SIR. I DID. OKAY, I'LL MAKE SURE BECAUSE I, I WAS, I'M WATCHING OUT FOR YOU. ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WITH THAT, WITH THAT MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO SUSPEND, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, SO THAT ITEM IS SUSPENDED. OKAY. UM, I'M GONNA TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE FAIRLY [9. 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.] QUICKLY. I'M GONNA, UH, MOVE REAL QUICK TO GO TO CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEM NINE. SO OTHER THAN I'M TOLD M WE WILL CONSIDER THAT IN A FUTURE MEETING, WHICH IS MORE THAN LIKELY DECEMBER 12TH. WHICH ONE? MAYOR. MM. OKAY, I HAVE SOME. OKAY, LET ME, I HAVE TWO HERE THAT I NEED TO MAKE A NOTE OF THIS CASE. IS THERE ANY ITEMS ON CONSENT THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? KNOW WHAT DATE? P AND Q. OH, UH, OKAY. DECEMBER 12TH. SO P AND Q AND MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PULL S PULL S FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER SEPARATELY? JUST TELL ME WHICH LETTER. IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. A THROUGH S. AND SAVE AND ACCEPT. M. P, YEAH. M, P, Q AND S. [01:00:02] SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. A SECOND. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AS FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE, THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING, UM, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NOW WE'LL TAKE THESE UP ONE AT A TIME. M IS, [m. Consider an ordinance authorizing payment with United Healthcare of Texas, Inc., as the carrier/administrator for the City of Baytown's medical and pharmaceutical claims.] I'M ASSUMING IT'S JUST A, WE'RE JUST NOT QUITE READY, BUT I DON'T, SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ON IT OTHER THAN WE'RE JUST NOT READY. NEXT IS OPP. I KNOW, BUT NEXT I HAVE O UM, WHO DID A STATE SAYS O. WELL, I HAVE A, I HAVE A CITIZEN THAT NEEDS TO SPEAK ON IT. UH, MY FAULT. YES SIR. UM, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE, I'M GONNA ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK ON ITEM O IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE. HE'S ACTUALLY HERE. YES SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. OH, THERE YOU ARE. SITTING THERE. YOU'RE ZOOM, YOU'RE IN PERSON. , YOU'RE IN PERSON. ALRIGHT. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, INCLUDING OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE. AND, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, BOTH OLD AND NEW, UH, MR. MAYOR, THERE WAS, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM HERE, ITEM NINE ZERO OR NINE OH. UH, IN REGARD TO THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL POLICE ASSOCIATION. I JUST WANNA MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT IN REGARDS TO THE PROCESS. I'VE BEEN REALLY FIXATED ON THE PROCESS RECENTLY. UH, UH, THE FACT THAT THIS APPEARS ON A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM REFLECTS, UH, THAT THIS COULD BE SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS PER SE. LIKE MANY OTHER ITEMS WE'VE SEEN THIS WEEK THAT I WILL NOT DELVE INTO BECAUSE I'M SUPPOSED TO STAY ON TOPIC. BUT TO STAY ON TOPIC ON THIS ISSUE, WE APPOINTED MEMBERS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO SERVE ON A BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT IS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THAT IS PEOPLE, UH, APPOINTED FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE ALSO HAVE A, A STRATEGIC POLICE COMMITTEE FROM OUR, UH, UH, RICK DAVIS, OUR, UH, MANAGER, UH, I BELIEVE LETICIA WALKER. AND, UH, THE FORMER POLICE UNION CHIEF WAS ON THAT ONE AS WELL. AND SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PUBLIC. WE JUST HAD A CAMPAIGN SEASON WHERE THIS BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL POLICE ASSOCIATION INVESTED IN ONE OR MORE CANDIDATES. I BELIEVE THIS PROCESS BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE SUCH AS VARIOUS OTHER THINGS. AGAIN, THAT I WON'T MENTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON TOPIC. BUT THIS ONE IS, AND WHEN WE DISCUSS HOW TAXPAYER LOBBYING ENTITIES ARE PAID, ESPECIALLY TO THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC HAS WORKED GREATLY ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT. WE'VE BEEN SHORTHANDED IN OUR POLICE SITUATION FOR A VERY LONG TIME. IT'S GONNA HELP FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE INVOLVED ON THESE ISSUES. WE'VE BEEN SHORTHANDED AND POLICE CRIME HAS RISEN IN SOME ELECTION CYCLES. WE'VE SEEN INCUMBENTS TO NOT EVEN BEING SUPPORTED BY THIS MUNICIPAL POLICE ASSOCIATION 'CAUSE THEY HAVEN'T FELT LIKE THEY'VE BEEN BACKED UP BY OUR CITY, BY OUR COUNCIL, BY OUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. WE'VE GOT ISSUES WITH COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC TO OUR POLICE. PEOPLE ARE TOO AFRAID TO SHOW UP. WE HAVEN'T HAD TOO MUCH INPUT THERE. WE'VE GOT POLICE PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC. THEY'RE AFRAID TO TALK, TALK TO THE PUBLIC, PUT THEIR NAMES OUT THERE AS WELL. SO MY QUESTION IS, HOW CAN WE FOSTER MORE COMMUNICATION AMONG OUR PUBLIC AND THE POLICE AND HOW WE PAY THEM AND HOW WE GET PEOPLE HIRED? THIS PROCESS BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE, SHOULD REMAIN WITH THE PEOPLE AND SHOULD BE PROMOTED BY THE PEOPLE. THAT IS THE WAY TO GET MORE MEMBERS TO SERVE IN THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN CLEAN THESE STREETS UP AND KEEP THEM SAFE. THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS ELECTION, ELECTION CYCLE. AND THAT SHOULD BE THE PURPOSE OF THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE POLICE ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, SINCE WE'RE ON IT RIGHT NOW, UH, NINE Q. MR. ISAAC. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. THERE'S A DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT CONSIDERING AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SECOND RENEWAL OF THE HEAVY DUTY TOWING AND SERVICE STORAGE SERVICES CONTRACT WITH DAN WHEELER WRECKER SERVICES. THE FIRST QUESTION THAT COMES TO MIND HERE FOR ME IS WHO'S GETTING, WHO'S, WHO'S GETTING MONEY OFF OF THIS? WHO'S POCKETING OFF OF THIS? I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO BE VERY CAREFUL. UH OH. I'LL BE VERY CAREFUL, MR. MAYOR. 'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE A GUY NAMED DAN WHEELER. WRECKER SERVICES IS MAKING MONEY OFF OF THIS AND MOST ON A TEXAS STATE LEVEL. UH, SPECIFICALLY STIPULATES THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE ANY TOWING SERVICE. I'M JUST SAYING THAT PER COUNCIL POLICY, ANY ACQUISITIONS IS WHAT YOU'RE, LIKE, WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS NOT ALLOWED. JUST SO YOU KNOW. WELL, I'M ALLOWED TO ASK MR. MAYOR WHO'S MAKING MONEY OFF OF THIS, THAT, THAT IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE SUBJECT TO THAT INSINUATION, THEN I APOLOGIZE MR. MAYOR. I WOULD NOT LIKE TO. NO, IT'S NOT KEEP YOU, KEEP YOU AWARE OF, OF WHAT THE RULES ARE, BUT YOU CAN CONTINUE YOUR TIME. MISTAKE. I UNDERSTAND. AND, AND, AND SO THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND IN THIS MR. MAYOR FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, IS WHO IS MAKING MONEY OFF OF THIS? [01:05:01] IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS HEAVY DUTY TOWING AND STORAGE, STORAGE SERVICES. BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THESE PROPER NOUNS THAT SHOW UP ON HERE, IF YOU GO TO BUSINESS WIKIPEDIA AND FIND OUT WHO ACTUALLY OWNS THESE COMPANIES, WHO'S ACTUALLY PROFITING FROM THESE COMPANIES, WHEN IS THE PUBLIC GOING TO BE INVOLVED ON WHO TOWS OUR CARS? I GOT MY TAR A CAR TOWED. I HAVE EVIDENCE HERE, BY THE WAY. I HAVE A DOCUMENT OF SOMEONE HAVING TO PAY $1,357 TO A BAYTOWN TOW OR RECORD RECORD COMPANY THAT WE PICKED. NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE, UH, LOSE THEIR LIVELIHOODS BECAUSE THEIR CAR GETS TOWED AND THEY CAN ONLY GO TO ONE COMPANY TO GET THEIR CAR TOWED. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DONE TO THE AVERAGE JOE THAT LIVES HERE IN BAYTOWN THAT MAY GET PULLED OVER FOR NOT HAVING INSURANCE PULLED OVER FOR HAVING AN INSPIRED INSPECTION STICKER WHEN, WHEN THE PUBLIC ISN'T INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS? THAT IS WHY WE ASK CERTAIN QUESTIONS LIKE THAT. WHO AND WHY? AND SO THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE VENDOR PROCESSES AND THERE SHOULDN'T BE A MONOPOLY ON THE TOWING COMPANIES IN THIS TOWN, MR. MAYOR. IT HURTS. A LACK OF COMPETITION HURTS A LACK OF COMPETITION. A SOCIALISM, ISN'T IT? AND I HOPE THAT'S AN ACCUSATION. I'M OKAY WITH WAGING THIS EVENING, MR. MAYOR, PER MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MOVE ON TO, [p. Consider an ordinance authorizing the second renewal of the Towing and Storage Services Contract with Baytown Wrecker Service, Inc.] UH, ITEM [q. Consider an ordinance authorizing the second renewal of the Heavy-Duty Towing and Storage Services contract with Dan Wheeler Wrecker Services, Inc.] P. SO THE, WHAT WE HAVE TO BE COVERED IS ITEM P, Q AND S. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. SO I PULLED P AND Q. OKAY. SO P FIRST PLEASE. UM, THEY, THEY GO TOGETHER. SO THE REASON I PULLED THIS IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THESE CONTRACTS HAVE COME UP FOR RENEWALS SINCE WE DID THE BID PROCESS. UM, I KNOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THE SERVICE, BUT I WOULD SUPPORT IF WE WANTED TO GO BACK TO, UH, A BID PROCESS, UM, SINCE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, UH, THAT WE WERE BEING ASKED TO RENEW WITHOUT DOING THE BID PROCESS. AND SO I'D LIKE A DISCUSSION WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE IS IN SUPPORT OF GOING BACK TO A BID PROCESS. MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR. UH, I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS THIS WEEK TOO WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN UNHAPPY WITH THE, UH, TOWING SERVICE AS WELL. AND, UM, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT Y'ALL ARE TAKING TIME TO REALLY TALK ABOUT GOING BACK ON THIS. SURE. AND I'LL, UH, I WOULD CONSIDER TAKING A MOTION TO GO BACK AND REALLY RECONSIDERING THE CONTRACT WITH, UH, WHEELER. OKAY. WITH, OKAY. WITH, UH, WITH THE RECORD SERVICE. OKAY. CURRENT RECORD SERVICE AND THE CONTRACT. ALRIGHT. SO WE'RE ON A, I'M ON, WE'RE STILL ON ITEM P. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THAT? YES, MA'AM. I THINK SHE PUT BOTH ITEMS TOGETHER. UM, AND SO JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON MY END. UM, WE MAY HAVE CHOSEN THESE AS THE RECORD SERVICES, BUT CONSTITUENTS CAN GO TO ANYONE. SO IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STOPS THEM AND THEY HAVE TO BE TOWED, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO USE THIS PARTICULAR TOWING SERVICE, THEY GET AN OPTION OF CALLING WHATEVER TOWING SERVICE THEY WANT. IF THEY DO NOT CHOOSE ANOTHER SERVICE, THEN THIS IS THE ONE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CALL. AM I NOT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, THOUGH, THAT THE ONES THAT THEY CALL HAS X AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET THERE. UM, OTHERWISE IT GETS PICKED UP BY THE, THE, THE ONE CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, TIME RUNS OUT, THEN IT'S DEFAULTED TO THE CITY'S CONTRACTED RECORD SERVICE. SO MY SECOND, UM, COMMENT OR QUESTION IS TO STAFF, UM, TO SEE WHAT, UM, WHAT SATISFACTORY RATING WE'VE DONE DO, DO WE KIND OF SCORE THEM BEFORE Y'ALL PRESENT IT FOR APPROVAL? HAS THAT BEEN DONE? WELL, YOU KNOW, A A FEW OF YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE REMEMBERED THE OLD TOW TRUCK COMMITTEE AND, AND THE OLD WAY THAT WE USED TO DO THINGS. AND OF COURSE, YOU WERE THE ONES OR THIS ELECTED BODY MM-HMM . UH, THOSE THAT WERE ON THE BODY AT THE TIME WERE, WERE HIT BY MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS. UH, AND I, I WON'T REHEARSE TO YOU ALL OF THOSE COMPLAINTS, BUT, UH, WE ALL DECIDED, UH, TOGETHER THAT WE WERE PURSUE A AN RFP FOR, UH, A HAULER OR HAULERS OR TOWS THAT, UH, AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, SECURE A PROVIDER FOR THESE SERVICES. AND SINCE THAT TIME, UH, HONESTLY, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ELIMINATE THE TOW TRUCK COMMITTEE, MOVE IT OUT OF THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, WHERE IT NEVER REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE, TO BEGIN WITH AND MOVE IT UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF POLICE. I'LL LET, I'LL LET, UH, CHIEF, UH, STRINGER [01:10:01] SPEAK TO, UH, WHAT HE IS, UH, NOTICE AND WHAT THE CURRENT STATUSES OF IT. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING CHIEF AND, AND OTHERS IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT. WHATEVER LIMITATIONS YOU'VE BEEN, UH, MADE AWARE OF FROM, FROM CITIZENS PALES IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE WERE RECEIVING, UH, BEFORE THIS TRANSITION, NOTHING'S PERFECT, BUT I, I THINK THAT WE'VE MOVED THE BALL CONSIDERABLY FORWARD. KEEP IN MIND ALSO THAT THE PROCESS AND RFP PROCESS WOULD, WOULD INCLUDE A PROTRACTED PROCESS, UH, CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PUT TOGETHER. YOU ARE GOING, WE'RE GONNA NEED SERVICES BETWEEN NOW AND WHENEVER YOU, UH, ELECT TO AWARD ANOTHER BID. MY ADVICE AND COUNSEL TO YOU WOULD BE TO RENEW THIS CONTRACT WITH AN EYE ON THE NEXT TIME, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FINAL TIME. MM-HMM . WE CAN DO IT. MM-HMM . SO THAT YOU CAN PREPARE A, A AND, AND BE INCLUSIVE AGAIN WITH THE TOW TRUCK PROVIDERS AND PREPARING AN RFP AND A PROCESS THAT THEY CAN BUY INTO. I THINK IF YOU DO IT IN HASTE, UH, YOU MIGHT NOT COME UP WITH THE BEST PROCESS. MY ADVICE IS APPROVE THIS, AND THEN LET'S GET OUR EYE AND LET'S GET WORKING IMMEDIATELY ON GETTING THAT NEXT, UH, RFP OUT. AND CHIEF, THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE GOT IS THAT, UH, WE WENT INTO THIS CONTRACT TWO YEARS AGO, UH, I BELIEVE IF, IF, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. YES. UH, PRIOR TO THAT, THERE WAS A ROTATING LIST OF MULTIPLE WRECKER SERVICES. SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD FOR EFFICIENCY IN BEING ABLE TO CLEAR ROADWAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROADWAYS ARE OPENED BACK UP AFTER A COLLISION SO THAT WE DON'T CREATE FURTHER TRAFFIC JAMS OR CREATE ADDITIONAL COLLISIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING HURT OR FURTHER BLOCKING UP THE ROADWAYS. IS THAT WHEN THE RECORD COMPANY IS UNABLE TO RESPOND WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, SAY 30 MINUTES, UM, NOW WE ARE CONTINUING TO CREATE, UH, UH, TRAFFIC HAZARDS. UH, WE HAVE ALSO HAD ISSUES WHERE, UH, THE, IN THE PAST, THE, THE TOW SERVICES THAT WERE ON ROTATING LIST WOULD CALL AND ASK TO BE TAKING OFF OF THE ROTATION FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, WHETHER IT BE A DAY OR AN HOUR OR SO. THAT INFORMATION MIGHT NOT BE PASSED ON WITHIN THE COMPANY ITSELF. UH, THEY GET PASSED OVER, UH, PER THEIR OWN REQUEST. AND THEN THEY'RE CALLING AND, UH, COMPLAINING TO THE COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR WHEN OUR DISPATCHERS HAVE SIMPLY DONE WHAT THEIR, UH, THAT THEIR DRIVERS HAD REQUESTED. THERE WERE ALSO ISSUES IN THE PAST THAT, UH, UH, TOW SERVICE PROVIDERS WERE NOT APPROPRIATELY CLEANING UP THE TRAFFIC COLLISION SCENE AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. AND, UH, WE WERE HAVING TO CALL THEM BACK OUT. THAT'S INEFFICIENT AS WELL, BECAUSE NOW POLICE OFFICERS ARE EITHER HAVING TO RETURN TO THE SCENE OR THEY'RE HAVING TO STAY ON THAT SCENE LONGER TO KEEP IT SAFE SO THAT IT CAN BE CLEARED UP. THAT TAKES OUR POLICE OFFICERS AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS AWAY FROM OUR BUSINESSES. AND IT, UH, IT PREVENTS US TO, FROM BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, UH, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD TO OUR CITIZENS. SO THE, UH, THE RFP WENT OUT AND THE, THE, THE CONTRACTS WERE ACCEPTED. UH, IN THAT TIME, I ASKED, UH, CORPORAL, UH, ERNIE ZA, UM, IF, WHO OVERSEES THIS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF WE'VE HAD ANY COMPLAINTS WHERE WE'VE HAD ANY ISSUES IN THE LAST YEAR THAT, THAT, THAT I'VE BEEN HERE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, AND HE HAS NOT HAD ANY COMPLAINTS. UH, WE'VE HAD NO ISSUES WITH GETTING THE ROADWAYS CLEARED EFFICIENTLY. AND TO CONFIRM WHAT, UH, UH, COUNCIL PERSON ALVARADO SAID IS ABSOLUTELY, IF YOU HAVE A COLLISION OR YOU BREAK DOWN AND YOU HAVE YOUR OWN TOW SERVICE, WE WILL TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND WE WILL PROVIDE A, UH, COURTESY CALL THROUGH DISPATCH FOR YOU TO GET THEM OUT THERE. UM, AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IF WE HAVE TO STAY OVER A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR THAT, FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL TOW SERVICE, UH, OUR OFFICERS ARE ALLOWED TO USE SOME DISCRETION ON THAT AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR CITIZENS ARE SERVED APPROPRIATELY AND THAT THEY DO HAVE A VOICE IN, IN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH, WITH THEIR PROPERTY AND EVEN, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, ENFORCEMENT ON THE STREET. YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, I DID NOT PULL THESE ITEMS TO SUGGEST WE GO BACK TO THE OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS. I SIMPLY THINK THAT, UM, WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE RFP PROCESS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A HEALTHY PRACTICE TO DO FOR ANY ORGANIZATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO GET THE BEST RATE AND THE BEST SERVICE FOR THE CITY INSTEAD OF YEAR OVER YEAR CONTINUING TO JUST RERE RENEW CONTRACTS WITHOUT SEEING IF THERE'S MORE COMPETITIVENESS OUT THERE. SO I AM NOT IN ANY WAY SUGGESTING WE GO BACK AND DO IT THE OLD WAY. I AM SUGGESTING THAT, UH, WE JUST PUT IT TO THE RFP LIKE ANY NORMAL VENDOR PROCESS THAT WE WOULD DO. AND THESE MAY BE THE, UH, THE COMPANIES THAT EMERGE AS THE BEST VALUE AND THE BEST SERVICE FOR THE CITY. BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT UNLESS WE [01:15:01] DO AN RFP. YOU MAY. YES, SIR. I'D LIKE TO COMMENT AND, AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE. HOWEVER, WHEN THESE COMPANIES IN GENERAL, WHEN THEY BID ON THESE THINGS, THEY, THEY LOOK AT THE LONG TERM AND THEY KNOW THAT, OKAY, I GOT A TWO YEAR CONTRACT, BUT I HAVE THE OPTION TO RENEW TWO MORE TIMES. SO IT'S BASICALLY IN ESSENCE, A POTENTIAL SIX YEAR CONTRACT IF, IF THEY GET RENEWABLE TIMES. SO THEY KNOW THAT IF THEY PERFORM WELL, THE RATES STAY THE SAME. AND SO THEREFORE THAT GIVES THEM OPPORTUNITY. SAY, WELL, I CAN PUT MY RATE A LITTLE LOWER 'CAUSE I POTENTIALLY HAVE A SIX YEAR VERSUS TWO YEAR. I AGREE THAT, THAT WE SHOULD NEVER REACH OUT. AND THAT'S WHY IN SOME OF THE OTHER CONTRACTS WE DO, THEY'RE SO LONG TERM. BUT I'M ALWAYS NERVOUS ABOUT THAT. BUT IT, IT ALLOWS ANY CONTRACTOR WHEN WE GO OUT TO, TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY HAVE SIX YEARS AS LONG AS I'M PERFORMING WELL. SO I'M NOT SO WORRIED ABOUT HAVING THE RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR TWO MORE TERMS. 'CAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT THE CONTRACTOR BASICALLY PROVIDED HIS BID INITIALLY THINKING OF. I I, I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T DO IT MORE THAN THAT SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT RENEWAL. I'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THE COMPLAINTS ON TOWING IN THE PAST WERE HORRENDOUS AND CONSTANT. YES, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE ODD, EXTREMELY HIGH BILLS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT AS WELL, WHICH I AGREED TO, TO PULL THESE. 'CAUSE I WANTED THE DISCUSSION OF ARE THEY PERFORMING TO, TO THEIR CONTRACT OR ARE WE GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OR ARE THEY PERFORMING WELL? IF THEY'RE PERFORMING WELL, UH, I WOULD SUPPORT MOVING ON AND, AND RENEWING FOR THE SECOND TIME AROUND, WHICH IS THE THIRD AND FINAL, THE, THE FOUR TO SIX YEAR TERM, KNOWING THAT, OKAY, NOW LET'S GET PREPPED FOR THE NEXT ROUND. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO OUT RFP AND, AND GET EVERYBODY ANOTHER SHOT AT IT. IF THEY'RE NOT PERFORMING, THEN THAT'S WHY WE HAVE EVERY TWO YEARS TO LOOK AT IT, THAT THEY'RE NOT PERFORMING, WE'RE GETTING LOTS OF COMPLAINTS, LET'S, LET'S SWITCH IT AND GO SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S GIVES US THOSE OPTIONS. SO, AND SO I THOUGHT I HEARD THAT THEY'RE PERFORMING WELL, BUT I WOULD LIKE A CLARIFICATION THAT ARE THEY, ARE THEY NOT, ARE WE GETTING COMPLAINTS OTHER THAN THE TYPICAL, I DIDN'T WANT MY CAR TOWED? UH, PROBABLY OTHER THAN THAT. UH, BUT, UH, BUT NO, THEY ARE PERFORMING WELL. THERE'VE BEEN NO ISSUES, UH, ESPECIALLY NOT IN THE LAST YEAR THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY, UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WHERE WE'VE HAD TO STAY ON THE TOW TRUCK COMPANIES TO CLEAN UP THE SCENES OR ANY COMPLAINTS THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN MADE AWARE OF IN THE CHIEF'S OFFICE. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? YEAH, I I I HAVE NO PROBLEM, UH, EXTENDING FOR TWO YEARS. I AGREE THAT WE DO NEED TO, UH, GO BACK OUT, YOU KNOW, AND GO THROUGH THAT RFP PROCESS ON SOME INTERVAL, BUT I DON'T THINK, UH, SIX YEARS IS TOO LONG IN BETWEEN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS RENEWAL, THE, THE, THE FEES STAY THE SAME. UM, AND I THINK, UH, IF WE COULD PAY THE SAME FOR THINGS RIGHT NOW THAT WE WERE PAYING IN 2018, I THINK WE WOULD ALL TAKE THAT, UM, WITH, WITH INFLATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE SEEING. SO, UM, I THINK THE FACT THAT THIS IS KEEPING FEES THE SAME RIGHT NOW, UM, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH RENEWING THIS AGAIN. OKAY. UM, I WANNA MAKE A COMMENT. YES, MA'AM. UM, ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS AND, AND THEM COMING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF I HAD MY CAR TOWED AND THE BILL WAS $1,370 AND I WAS UPSET WITH THE TOW TRUCK COMPANY, I DON'T THINK THAT I WOULD CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE A COMPLAINT OR THE DISPATCH. I WOULD PROBABLY BE MAKING MY COMPLAINT WITH THE TOW TRUCK COMPANY, AND I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT IF THEY ARE UNDER A CONTRACT WITH US, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RELAY TO US THAT THEY'VE BEEN GETTING COMPLAINTS. SO I COULD SEE, UM, THERE BEING A DISCREPANCY IN HOW MANY COMPLAINTS WE RECEIVE VERSUS HOW MANY THAT THE COMPANY RECEIVES. AND I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD SAYING THAT. THANK, THANK YOU, MA'AM. VERY GOOD POINT. UM, ANYTHING ELSE TO EXPRESS? MY COMMENT ON THIS IS, UM, NOT PARTICULARLY ON Q, BUT P SINCE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH DOING, I'M COMFORTABLE DOING A RENEWAL, BUT NOT FOR TWO YEARS NOW. I'M NOT SURE HOW OBLIGATED WE ARE, BUT THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M AT. I WOULD PREFER A ONE YEAR RENEWAL. AND, AND LET'S GO AND LOOK AT AN RFP AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WHAT MY MAIN, I'LL JUST TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WHAT MY MAIN HANGUP WOULD BE. I DIDN'T LIKE SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT'S IN THERE, BUT PARTICULARLY I'VE ALWAYS FELT, AND THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN REALLY THE ROOT, UM, OF ISSUES, AND THIS IS THE ROOT OF THE THOUSAND DOLLAR, UM, BILL THAT A CITIZEN WOULD RECEIVE, IS WHOEVER IS THE DEFAULT, UM, TOWING COMPANY FOR THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN, UH, IN A SENSE BY DEFAULT WHEN THERE'S AN ACCIDENT SCENE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. I JUST DON'T FEEL, I, I FEEL THAT THE CONFLICT IS WHEN THAT TOW TRUCK COMPANY IS ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE AUTO BODY SHOP. AND THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE THE, THE CONFLICT IS REALLY CREATED. SO THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M AT AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO SOLVE. UM, SO I WOULD, I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH A ONE YEAR IF [01:20:01] WE CAN AND, AND TO ALLOW STAFF AND LEGAL AND PROCUREMENT THE TIME TO GO AND, AND ISSUE A NEW RFP. THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION FOR COUNSEL THAT WOULD GIVE US, THAT WOULD GIVE US THE TIME WE NEEDED TO PUT THE RFP TOGETHER. OKAY. SO, UM, SO DO, UH, WE AMEND THE ITEM. WE CAN, WE CAN, UM, THERE'S NOT A MOTION. IT WAS ONLY FOR DISCUSSION, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED. AND SO THERE COULD BE A, A MOTION FOR P TO CONSIDER WHAT I JUST EXPRESSED. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ASK MAYOR FROM STAFF, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE PAST WE DID AUDITS OF THESE, UH, TOWING COMPANIES, THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE, ON THE AUDIT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY SUBMIT ANY, UM, ANY COMPLAINTS, UH, FROM MEMBERS. AND IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO TRACK IT SOMEHOW, UM, THESE COMPANIES THAT WE GET SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO US IF THEY WANNA DO BUSINESS WITH US. I AGREE. THIS CONTRACTOR IS AN EXTENSION OF OUR CITY. MM-HMM . AND WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT HOWEVER, IS COMMUNICATED TO ANY CITIZENS THAT, THAT HAVE TO UTILIZE, UM, US OR THE TOW TRUCK BY DEFAULT, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD BE THE ACCIDENT, THEY'RE INCAPACITATE, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, UM, THAT THEY'RE GIVEN, UH, DIRECT COMPLAINTS TO TDLR. THAT'S THE BEST PLACE THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO RECEIVE COMPLAINTS. MM-HMM . IN MY, IN MY PERSPECTIVE, IN MY, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UM, AND, AND THAT WAY IT'S REALLY A THIRD PARTY SEPARATE FROM US, JUST NO DIFFERENT THAN BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS AND OTHERS. MM-HMM . IT WILL GO TO, UH, UH, AN ACTUAL STATE AGENCY, BUT THAT WE ACTUALLY GET TO PULL THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. THAT, THAT'S THE ENTIRETY OF THE POINT IS THAT THEN IT'S NOT ANYBODY, THERE'S NOT A COMMITTEE, IT'S NOT STAFF, IT'S NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT'S THE FOLKS THAT LICENSE, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE ACTUAL ABILITY. THEY ALREADY REGULATE TOW TRUCK COMPANIES. THAT'S WHO WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE, UH, BY COMPLAINTS. THOSE ARE LOGGED AND THEY DON'T GO ANYWHERE THERE. THEY BECOME A RECORD OF THAT OPERATOR. THAT'S WHY I WOULD SUGGEST THAT I AGREE WITH THAT, MAYOR. SO IF WE CAN, UM, HAVE A ROBUST RFP PROCESS SO WE DON'T GET THE FIASCO THAT WE HAD THE LAST TIME, UM, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. OKAY. WE CAN GIVE IT A TRY, BUT WE NEED A MOTION FIRST. MM-HMM. WELL, I WANTED TO ASK OF LEGAL, IF WE CAN RIGHT NOW AMEND THAT DOWN TO A YEAR WHEN THE CONTRACT WE HAD IN PLACE WAS THAT IT WOULD BE A TWO YEAR RENEWAL. UM, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THE PARTICULAR PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT WAS USED WAS AN INVITATION FOR BID. OBVIOUSLY I WAS NOT HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED, AND I'M LOOKING FOR THE IFB TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT THE LANGUAGE IS. BUT IF IT WAS STYLED SO THAT IT WAS BID AS A TWO YEAR CONTRACT WITH TWO TWO YEAR RENEWALS, THE ANSWER WOULD BE NO. BUT AS WE SIT HERE TODAY AT COUNCIL, I DON'T HAVE THAT IFB AND I'M LOOKING FOR IT. I'LL TRY TO HAVE AN ANSWER BEFORE WE LEAVE TONIGHT. CAN WE SUSPEND THE ITEM? WE CAN ALWAYS SUSPEND IT. YEAH. YES, SIR. WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IN JANUARY. HOW ABOUT WE DO THAT? BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AT HAND. WE WILL DO SOME RESEARCH AND WE'LL GET WITH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU. OKAY. AND THAT WOULD BE FOR P AND Q? I WOULD SAY. SO. P AND Q, LET'S JUST HAVE A MOTION TO, TO TABLE A MOTION TO SUSPEND P AND Q NO LATER TO THE FIRST, NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS. WELL, I WOULD SAY FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY. YES. MOTION? UH, JANUARY 12TH. A MOTION TO SUSPEND P AND Q UNTIL JANUARY THE 12TH. I SECOND. NO. MOTION TO SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE SUSPENSION OF P AND Q AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. THAT LEAVES [s. Consider an ordinance to repeal and replace Ordinance No. 15,292 authorizing the sale of the property located along the north line of the frontage road of SH146, approximately 142.7 feet east of North Main Street, Baytown, TX 77520, Harris County.] US S IS THAT CORRECT? YES. ALRIGHT. S MULTIPLE S AND, AND I PULLED THAT MARY, I JUST, I JUST WANTED A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AND INFORMATION THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY WE'RE SELLING. UH, EXACTLY. WHERE IS IT? I I KIND OF GOT A GOOD IDEA, BUT, UM, THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO OKAY. PULL IT. JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION. COUNCILMAN LESTER? UM, IT'S A VERY SMALL PARCEL. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 5,000, UH, SQUARE FEET, JUST, UH, NORTH OF, UH, 1 46 AND NORTH MAIN. UM, AND REASON THIS ITEM IS COMING BACK BEFORE YOU IS THERE WAS A MISTAKE, UM, IN THE BUYER'S NAME, AND SO THIS WOULD CORRECT, UM, THAT ERROR HAVING THE CORRECT BUYER. AGAIN, I'M TRYING, I'M TRYING TO PLACE THIS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 1 46 ALONG THE, THE FRONTAGE ROAD? YES. JUST EAST OF, OF NORTH MAIN? YES. I DRIVE THERE ALL THE TIME. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE, THE PROPERTY VERY SMALL. IT'S VERY SMALL. IT'S A VACANT LOT THAT WE BUILT RIGHT THERE IS ON THE CORNER? YES. OKAY. AND I [01:25:01] KNOW WHERE YOU'RE TALKING. OKAY, THAT'S, I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION OF WHERE IT WAS. THANK YOU. YEAH, SO I GUESS WITH THAT THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR S FOR APPROVAL. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM S. SECOND. SECOND. MOTION A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM S AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE, THOSE. ALRIGHT. THAT SHOULD COMPLETE THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, I KNOW I WENT OUT ORDER, THERE WAS A REASON, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW. SO WE WILL GO TO [a. Conduct the second public hearing regarding the proposed annexation of approximately 11.19 acres, located generally along Blue Heron Parkway between Barkuloo Road and Crosby Cedar Bayou Road.] FOUR A. THERE'S GONNA BE COLLECT CONDUCT A HEARING, SO IT IS NOW 8:29 PM AND I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 11.19 ACRES. LOCATED, LOCATED GENERALLY ALONG BLUE HERON PARKWAY BETWEEN BARLOW AND CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU ROAD. I'LL NOW ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS HEARING. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL. THIS IS AGAIN, A LITTLE OVER 11 ACRES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BLUE HERON. UM, THIS IS, UH, A PIECE THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS THE, UH, SECOND, EXCUSE ME, THIS IS THE, SORRY, SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FOR THIS ITEM. UM, YOU'VE SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE. UM, THE, THIS IS PART OF, WILL BE PART OF A REZONE, UH, ITEM THAT WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU NEXT MONTH. UH, THAT WAS STAFF, UH, INITIATED, UM, AS PART OF A LARGER REZONE. UM, FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE, UM, THIS IS WHEN IT, SO WHEN A PROPERTY IS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, IT'S AUTOMATICALLY OPEN SPACE RECREATION ZONE, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY ALLOW FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT AT ALL. SO THIS IS JUST THE ANNEXATION PART. THERE ARE TWO MORE STEPS TO THIS AFTER TONIGHT. UH, AND, UH, OR AFTER THIS ITEM I SHOULD SAY. AND, UM, THEN THE REZONE, UH, WOULD, WOULD COME AFTER THAT AS WELL. OKAY. ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA SEE HERE. UM, I'M GONNA ASSUME NO ONE HAS, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. SO I'LL NOW CLOSE THIS SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 11.19 ACRES LOCATED GENERALLY ALONG THE BLUE HERON PARKWAY BETWEEN BARLOW AND CROSBY CEDAR BAYOU. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR [b. Consider the first reading of an ordinance for the proposed annexation of approximately 11.19 acres, the eastern portion of a larger tract situated in the J. W. Singleton Survey, Abstract 709 and the David McFadden Survey, Abstract 591, Harris County, Texas, located generally along Blue Heron Parkway between Barkuloo Road and Crosby Cedar Bayou Road.] B TO CONSIDER THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF THE LAND I JUST DESCRIBED. UM, WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION EITHER FROM D FIVE OR FOR SOMEONE ELSE FOR THAT MOVE TO APPROVE FOUR B SECOND. SO MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM FOUR B. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, BUT NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OR FOUR B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, [a. Conduct the first public hearing regarding 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.] GO ON TO FIVE A, WHICH IS OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE EVENING. SO IT'S NOW EIGHT THIRTY ONE. AND I'LL CALL THE ORDER OF THIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 19.86 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 10 OR I 10 BETWEEN GARTH ROAD AND NORTH MAIN STREET. AND I'LL ASK, UH, STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS HEARING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AS MENTIONED, THIS IS ALMOST 20 ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF I 10, UH, BETWEEN GARTH AND NORTH MAIN. UM, THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, SO AGAIN, WE'LL SEE THIS AS A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL AS, UH, FIRST READING. SO, UM, THIS IS AN ITEM AGAIN, WE'LL BE COME INTO THE CITY AS OPEN SPACE RECREATION. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE OWNER WILL BE APPLYING FOR, UH, AN MF TWO MULTIFAMILY, UH, ZONING ON THIS PROPERTY. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT PART OF TONIGHT'S, TONIGHT'S JUST FOR THE ANNEXATION. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST, RIGHT? SO NO ONE HAS SPOKEN ON THIS, CORRECT? NO ONE'S SIGNED UP. OKAY. AND BEFORE WE GET TO THE ACTION ITEM, OKAY, SO, UH, NO ONE DESIRE TO SPEAK AND I'LL CLOSE THIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION APPROXIMATELY 19.86 ACRES OF THE LAND I DESCRIBED BETWEEN I 10 ON I 10 BETWEEN GARTH AND NORTH [b. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Services Agreement with Roy Elliott, Lois Horton, Lynn M. Weiskittel Revocable Trust, and Laura Reyes, 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.] MAIN. NOW WE'LL GO INTO ITEM, UH, FIVE B, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED IN A SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ROY ELLIOT, LOIS HORTON. LYNN M, IS IT WHIS? I CAN'T SAY, I'M NOT GONNA, TRYING TO ATTEMPT TO SAY THAT NAME. VICE KITTLE. OKAY, VERY GOOD. REVOCABLE TRUST AND LOWER RES FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 19.86 ACRES OF LAND JOURNEY LOCATED, UM, AT THE LOCATION I JUST DESCRIBED. SO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR FIVE B AS PRESENTED. MOVE TO APPROVE FIVE B. SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, FIVE B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NEXT WE HAVE SIX A'S [a. Receive and discuss a presentation from the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) regarding the status of the city's emergency management program. ] RECEIVE AND DISCUSS THE PRESENTATION FROM THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR BAYTOWN REGARDING THE STATUS OF CITY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. MR. ALAMIA. RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HOW HAVING THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TODAY. UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UM, SOME OF [01:30:01] THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAD WITHIN THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT I THINK WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR WAS RET STAFFING OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. UM, I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE COMING BACK TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. UM, I WORKED HERE PREVIOUSLY AS THE DEPUTY EMERGENCY MANAGER, UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYONE, UM, WITHIN THE CITY GOVERNMENT TO PREPARE OUR COMMUNITY. UM, WE ALSO HIRED ON A NEW DEPUTY EMERGENCY MANAGER, THOMAS QUINN. UM, IT BRINGS A GREAT LEVEL OF EXPERTISE AND CAPABILITY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL, UM, TO CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR, UH, COMMUNITY MORE RESILIENT IN THE FUTURE. WE HAVE A LIST OF OEM PRIORITIES THAT WERE ACHIEVED THIS YEAR THAT ARE LISTED HERE, UM, THAT WERE AVAILABLE IN YOUR PACKET REVIEW. UM, PLANNING. ONE OF THE BIG ACTIVITIES WE HAVE WITHIN THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST, UM, COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN. AND HERE'S A LIST OF SOME OF OUR PLANS THAT WE UPDATED THIS YEAR. OUR DISASTER DEBRIS MANAGEMENT PLAN, OUR HAZARD LITIGATION SUPPORT ANNEX. UM, AND WE HAVE IN PROGRESS OUR EVACUATION SUPPORT ANNEX AS WELL. UM, THERE'S A LIST OF DIFFERENT ANNEXES WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS TO UPDATE, UM, AND WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE BUILT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AS INCLUSIVE WITH THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AS WE DEVELOP THESE, UM, EMERGENCY PLANNING PRODUCTS. COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS A BIG EFFORT IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR RESIDENTS AS PREPARED AS POSSIBLE. UM, WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH OUR LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE. UM, WE HAVE AN, AN HOST AN ANNUAL PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP. UM, WE HAVE TWO CLASSES OF COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE SO OUR CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS CAN BE INVOLVED WITH ACTIVE AND ACTUALLY BECOME FORCE MULTIPLIERS FOR US IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY. SO THERE'S A LIST HERE, AGAIN OF SEVERAL ACTIVITIES THAT WE PARTICIPATE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR HERE. UM, WE MENTIONED THE CERT PROGRAM. UM, WE GO THROUGH D 16 CERT TRAINING MODULES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, AND HAD 29 GRADUATES THAT PARTICIPATED THROUGHOUT, UH, 2022. WE DO MAINTAIN A DISASTER SUPPLY WAREHOUSE OFF OF, UH, MASSEY TOMPKINS. UM, AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT RESOURCES AND SUPPLIES READY FOR, UM, ANY TYPE OF DISASTER THAT ARE THERE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS IN TERMS OF ITS INVENTORY. CHEMICAL SIRENS, UM, IS A BIG, UH, ITEM FOR US HERE WITH OUR INDU INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS. UM, WE HAVE SOME SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE NEED FOR SOME UPGRADES, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH COUNCIL, WORKING WITH, UM, OUR INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THOSE ENHANCEMENTS ARE, UM, IN PLACE IN THE COMING YEARS. WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO A NEW MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND IN JANUARY WE ACTUALLY WILL ROLL THIS PROGRAM OUT, UM, AND WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN TO MAKE SURE WE EN ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO JOIN THE NEW MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. HERE'S A LIST OF SOME OF OUR ACTIVATIONS THAT WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UM, AND THERE'S A LIST THERE FROM NATURAL HAZARDS TO CHEMICAL AND INDUSTRY, UM, ACCIDENTS, UM, TO OUR SPECIAL EVENTS PRODUCTS THAT WE ALL PARTICIPATE IN TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE WHOLE GAMUT OF DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES THAT WE FACE. HERE'S ANOTHER LIST THAT WE HAVE OF ALL OF OUR TRAININGS AND EXERCISES THAT WE PARTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UM, JUST AS A QUICK HIGHLIGHT, I WANNA, UH, MENTION OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS GOOSE CREEK AND THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS. UM, WE HELD A JOINT EXERCISE FOR THE FIRST TIME, UM, BRINGING ALL OF OUR KEY PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONDERS TOGETHER FOR A JOINT ACTIVE SHOOTER EXERCISE. UM, GOOSE CREEK ALSO HAD A VERY LARGE EXERCISE WITH OVER 20 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT INVOLVE FAMILY ASSISTANCE CENTER PLANNING AND ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS AS WELL. SO IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THOSE DRILLS AND EXERCISES, UM, TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS ARE PREPARED. HERE'S ANOTHER LIST THAT WE HAVE WITH THE RECOVERY AND MITIGATION. SOME OF THE GRANT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, UM, ONGOING AND ARE CLOSING OUT WITH FEMA AND OUR DIFFERENT, UH, STATE PARTNERS THAT PROVIDE GRANT ASSISTANCE. A QUICK LIST OF 2022 BY THE NUMBERS AND SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE WITH THAT. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE, UM, REGARDING THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THANK YOU COUNCIL AND MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR. I HAVE A COMMENT, MAYOR. YES, MA'AM. UM, THANK YOU DAVID FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM, I'VE WORKED WITH DAVID AND AND HIS TEAM AND THEY'VE COME OUT TO PRESENT, UM, TO MY RESIDENTS OF ASSOCIATIONS AT THE SCHOOL. UM, AND SO I REALLY, UH, APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE MOST THINGS, ONE OF THE MOST ALARMING THINGS IS THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD OUR SWIFT REACH 9 1 1, UM, ACTIVATED. AND SO NOW THAT WE'RE MOVING ON, I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND I CAN'T SAY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS LIVING IN INDUSTRIAL CITY AND JUST THE FACT THAT WE'RE HURRICANE CENTRAL AS WELL, PRETTY MUCH. AND SO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE, UM, THIS SIGNUP. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN APP, UH, FOR THE NEW ONE. [01:35:01] UM, 'CAUSE I HAVE THE OLD APP FOR SWIFT BREACH 9 1 1, BUT I, I THINK IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW ABOUT THIS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, AND JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE. I KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS THEIR OWN ALERT SYSTEM, BUT THE ONE TIME THAT WE NEEDED TO SEND SOMETHING OUT TO A PARTICULAR AREA, THERE WAS LIKE MAYBE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE THAT WERE SIGNED UP OUT OF AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, AND SO THAT WOULD MAKE THEIR JOB EASIER TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE GET THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES. SO I STRESS, I STRESS, I STRESS SIGN UP. . YES, MA'AM. UM, JUST TWO POINTS. SO THAT, UM, ONE THAT THE I, WE DO HAVE IPOS CERTIFICATION, SO INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT WARNING SYSTEM, MEANING THOSE WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY REGISTERED, WE CAN REACH THEM MM-HMM. UM, BY USING THAT, UH, ENHANCED PROTOCOL METHOD. MM-HMM . UM, THE OTHER OPTION THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE HAVE AN INCREASED CAPABILITY WITH THE NEW SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS MULTIPLE WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO REGISTER. I MEAN, IN FACT, PEOPLE CAN REGISTER NOW BY JUST SENDING THEM TEXT MESSAGE AND IT AUTOMATICALLY WILL POPULATE THEIR CELL PHONE NUMBER IN MM-HMM . SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GIVE US THE FULL PROFILE AND HAVE TO LOG IN AND CREATE AN ACCOUNT. GREAT. SO THERE ARE NEW METHODS FOR THEM TO REGISTER ON THE NEW SYSTEM. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THOSE UPDATES. YES, MA'AM. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, WE'LL CONSIDER ITEM SIX A AS RECEIVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. WE HAVE ITEM SEVEN [a. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Tax Abatement Agreement with Port 10 Intermodal, LLC. Name of Owner Port 10 Intermodal, LLC Name of Applicant Alan D. Feinsilver, President of Port 10 Intermodal, LLC Name of Reinvestment Zone Port 10 Reinvestment Zone Location of Reinvestment Zone 246.7988-acre 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 451,008 square feet for distribution/warehouse purposes Estimated Cost of the Improvements $24,000,000.00] A HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. DAVID ISAAC HERE. UH, GONNA DISCUSS THE, UH, ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS EVENING ABOUT THE TAX ABATEMENT WITH PORT 10, INTER MODEL LLC NOW JUST NAMED A PROPER NOUN IN THE AGENDA ITEM THAT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF. NOBODY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE HAS PROBABLY HEARD OF IT. AND I'M WONDERING IF OUR NEW CONSTITUENTS, WE HEARD EARLIER TODAY, SOME LOGIC BEING SPOKEN ABOUT OUR NEW CONSTITUENTS NOT BEING BRIEFED ON A CERTAIN ISSUE THAT WOULD PROBABLY COME INTO PLAY HERE. CONSIDERING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ABATEMENT OF $26 MILLION, UH, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE TO ME IS A, A BIT OF WHAT WE CALL A HANDOUT. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN THAT ARE HURTING, THAT ARE, UH, UH, UH, UH, VICTIM TO THE, UH, UH, INEQUALITY RUNNING RAMPANT FROM COVID-19. THE MALL SITUATION THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH, THE TAX ABATEMENT THAT WE GAVE THEM, ABOUT $16 MILLION WORTH. ALL OF THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. TODAY ON ITEM SEVEN A, WE'RE DISCUSSING DOING 26 MILLION FROM SOME COMPANY I'VE NEVER HEARD OF. HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE GIVING MONEY AWAY LIKE THIS, MY GRANDPARENTS' MONEY, MY FATHER'S MONEY, MY FAMILY'S MONEY, MY NEIGHBORS? HOW LONG? AND THE ANSWER SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE THAT PORT 10 INTERMODEL LLC IS GOING TO DELIVER SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BENEFIT THIS CITY IN WHOLESALE OR, AND OR FIT INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'S OFTEN DISCUSSED FOR THE REASONING THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT FROM OTHER PROPOSALS. NOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERY TAXPAYER IN THE, IN THE CITY, BUT WHAT WHAT I CAN DO IS ECHO SOME SENTIMENT ABOUT UNNECESSARY MONEY BEING UNNECESSARILY DOLED OUT TO UNNECESSARY VENDORS. THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT. THIS HASN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN THE PUBLIC. THIS HASN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT WITH OUR NEWLY DULY ELECTED LEGISLATORS AND IT HASN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN THE COUNCIL AND PUBLIC. SO WHY SHOULD WE AGREE TO $26 MILLION HANDOUT? SO I WOULD LIKE THIS COUNCIL TO VOTE AND AGAINST THIS TODAY AND NOT CONSIDER IT TODAY, UNLESS OF COURSE WE'VE GOT REALLY GOOD REASON TO GIVE AWAY MY GRANDPARENTS' MONEY THIS EVENING. BECAUSE FROM WHAT I SEE RIGHT NOW, MR. MAYOR IS THE SAME OLD, SAME, WHAT DO WE CALL DOING THE SAME THING AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS. I WOULD URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE IN THE NEGATIVE THIS EVENING, THIS $26 MILLION TAX ABATEMENT UNLESS THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD REASON TO APPROVE IT. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ALRIGHT, THANKS SIR. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ITEM SEVEN A CONSIDER ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH PORT 10 INTERMODAL, UH, LLC. SO WITH THAT, I GUESS I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. YES, MA'AM. HAVE SCRIPT OH, OH, WE HAVE A SCRIPT THAT'S RIGHT ON THIS ONE. ALRIGHT, SO WHAT IT SAYS HERE, IT SAYS, BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS ITEM, I WANT TO NOTE A REVISION DE PORT, PORT TENS TAX ABATEMENT APPLICATION THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY. ALTHOUGH THE COMPANY'S COVER LETTER CORRECTLY STATED THAT THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE 400 450 1008 SQUARE FEET. THE ACTUAL APPLICATION INCORRECTLY STATED THE BUILDING WAS 2,900 [01:40:01] 2090 4, 290 4,323 SQUARE FEET. SO WE RECEIVED THE CONFIRMATION WITH THE COMPANY. THE NEW BUILDING IN IMPACT WILL BE THE THE 400, THE 451,000 UH, SQUARE FEET. I ALSO WANNA NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT THE CITY'S NOTICE OF THIS MEETING CORRECTLY STATES THAT THE NEW BUILDING WAS THE CORRECT SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT I JUST DESCRIBED. THAT GOOD ENOUGH, MS. JACKSON? ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, SO JUST CLARITY ON THAT. SO FOR ITEM SEVEN A, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, UH, AS WRITTEN MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM SEVEN A IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. A AYE. ALL THOSE, UH, OPPOSED SAY NAY. NAY. OKAY. SO, UM, INCLUDING MYSELF IN FAVOR. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT'S A FIVE TWO VOTE, CORRECT? MM-HMM . ITEM PASSES. NEXT WE'LL [b. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 2 "Administration," Article V "Finance," Division 1, "Generally," Section 2-595, "Fees for various city services," Subsection (6), of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, to delete the following Activity and Fee option: "GIS development as-built verification for subdivision plats that are not submitted in a geographic(al) information systems format" at $75.00 per lot.] HAVE ITEM SEVEN B CONSIDERED ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER TWO, ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE FIVE, FINANCE DIVISION ONE, GENERALLY SECTION GENERALLY SECTION TWO DASH 5 95 6. ENGINEERING SERVICES OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS FOR GIS AS BILL VERIFICATION. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, ITEM SEVEN B IS TO CONSIDER, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER TWO OF THE CITY ORDINANCE WITH RESPECT TO THE GIS AS BUILT FEES. UH, WHEN THE NEW SUBDIVISION IS BUILT, THE CITY NEEDS THE GIS INFORMATION FOR THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS THE WATER LINE, SEWER STORM, AND, UH, PAVING FOR RECORD PURPOSES. UH, CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS FOR THE FEES. UM, AND, UM, ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS WHERE THE DEVELOPER PAYS $75 PER LOT AND THE CITY GATHERS ALL THE GI S INFORMATION, THIS IS THE ONE THAT THE AMENDMENT WILL ELIMINATE. THE OTHER OPTION IS WHERE THE DEVELOPER PROVIDES THE GIS INFORMATION, WHICH THEY'RE ALREADY GATHERING AND PROVIDES IT TO THE CITY AND ONLY HAVE TO PAY $50 PER LOT. UM, THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THIS PA UM, AND ALL THE DEVELOPERS AND STAFF WILL FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS. UM, THIS AMENDMENT WILL SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS SINCE EVERYONE, BOTH AND THE DEVELOPERS AND CITY STAFF WILL FOLLOW ONE PROCESS. CURRENTLY, THERE WAS TWO DIFFERENT PATHS WITH ONE, IF, IF WE ELIMINATE ONE OF 'EM, IT WOULD CREATE ONE STANDARD PROCESS FOR EVERYBODY AND THEN, UM, IT WOULD MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE, IT'S MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE DEVELOPER TO COLLECT THEIR INFORMATION SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THE CONSTRUCTION AND THEY'RE ALSO GATHERING IT FOR THEIR OWN RECORDS. UM, AND IT WILL SPEED UP THE PROCESS FOR THE CITY TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION READY FOR USE, WHETHER IT BE DEVELOPER OR THE CITY OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT NEEDS IT. UM, AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. UH, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. YES, MA'AM. JUST WANNA VERIFY THE FEES AREN'T CHANGING, YOU'RE JUST, UH, SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS. WE'RE ELIMINATING ONE OF THE FEES, WHICH WOULD BE THE $75 PER LOT. AND WE'RE KEEPING, WE'RE GOING FROM TWO OPTIONS TO ONE OPTION, UH, WHEN WE WOULD KEEP THE $50, BUT NO CHANGE IN THAT FEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. $50 FEE IS ALREADY IN THERE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I GUESS I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR SEVEN B AS PRESENTED. MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM SEVEN B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED YOU ARE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. AFFIRMATIVE. OKAY. SO IT SHOULD BE SEVEN. OH, ALRIGHT. SEVEN [c. Consider an ordinance awarding a professional services agreement to Development Counsellors International for work associated with the Baytown Image Research and Marketing Strategy.] C. CONSIDER ORDINANCE, AWARD AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT TO DEVELOPMENT COUNSELORS INTERNATIONAL FOR WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE BAYTOWN IMAGE RESEARCH AND MARKETING STRATEGY. MR. REEVES, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. COUNCIL THOMAS REEVES, YOUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM TO YOU TODAY. I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE FANTASTIC FOR THE CITY. REALLY GOOD FOR MY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. SO THIS IS THE BAYTOWN IMAGE RESEARCH AND MARKETING STRATEGY. I'LL BRIEFLY GO OVER HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT, WHAT'S ON TAP FOR YOU TONIGHT, AND THEN WHAT'S NEXT AFTER TONIGHT. AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, YOU ADOPTED $150,000 FOR THIS PROJECT, AND WE WENT OUT FOR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS IN OCTOBER. A MONTH LATER, RECEIVED 12 PROPOSALS, TWO OF WHICH WERE ACTUALLY FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS QUITE INTERESTING. THEY REALLY WANTED TO WORK IN BAYTOWN. AND I CONVENED A SELECTION COMMITTEE. AND THE SELECTION COMMITTEE WAS MADE UP OF THREE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CITY AND TWO FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY, WHICH WAS UNIQUE BY DESIGN BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THESE OTHER, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ASK THEM TO PARTICIPATE ONCE WE HAVE A FINAL PRODUCT AND HAVE THEM HELP US WITH THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. WE SHORTLISTED AND INTERVIEWED FIVE TEAM MEMBERS OR TEAMS BEFORE LANDING ON [01:45:01] DEVELOPMENT COUNSELORS INTERNATIONAL OR DCI. SO TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ADOPT A CONTRACT WITH DCI. THIS IS A COPY OF THE COVER OF THEIR PROPOSAL TO US. REALLY, THERE'S THREE PHASES OR STAGES OF THIS PROJECT, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN A SECOND. THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS THE FOUNDATION, IS RESEARCH. WE'RE, I, I'M NOT WILLING TO SPEND ANOTHER DOLLAR OF ADVERTISING, OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS OF ADVERTISING UNTIL WE KNOW FOR SURE WHAT ARE OUR MESSAGES AND WHO ARE OUR AUDIENCES. AND THAT'S REALLY THE BASIC OF THE BASIS OF THIS PROJECT, IS FINDING OUT WHAT OUR MESSAGES ARE AND FINDING OUT WHO OUR AUDIENCE SHOULD BE, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. SO THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT GARNERS A DIVERSE PERSPECTIVE FROM ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT AUDIENCES, WE WILL ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHY BAYTOWN? WHY LIVE HERE? WHY WORK HERE? WHY DEVELOP HERE? WHY INVEST MONEY HERE? WHY VISIT HERE? WE'LL ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS. SO AS I SAID, THERE ARE THREE STAGES TO THIS PROGRAM, AND I'LL DWELL ON THIS SLIDE FOR JUST A MOMENT. THE FIRST IS MARKET RESEARCH. AND THAT, AGAIN, AS I SAID, IS THE FOUNDATION. IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. THE THE, THE TEAM WILL COME ON SITE, THEY'LL HAVE AN IMMERSION TOUR, WHICH IS PRETTY STANDARD. THEY WILL IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN BAYTOWN AND FIND OUT WHAT BAYTOWN IS. THERE WILL BE AN EXTERNAL PERCEPTION STUDY, AND THAT'S CRITICAL AS WELL. LOOKING OUTSIDE THE CITY, ASKING THE QUESTION OF WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BAYTOWN? WHAT IS BAYTOWN KNOWN FOR? WHAT, WHAT, WHY WOULD YOU VISIT THERE? AND MAYBE WHY YOU SELECTED TO NOT GO TO BAYTOWN, OR WHY YOU CHOSE NOT TO INVEST YOUR MONEY IN BAYTOWN. BUT ALSO SURVEYS AND INTERCEPTS. THIS IS WHERE THE TEAM WILL BE ON SITE TO TRULY INTERCEPT INDIVIDUALS IN AND OUTSIDE OF BAYTOWN, ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS DIRECTLY AND SPECIFICALLY TO AUDIENCES THAT WE HAVE NOT NECESSARILY SPOKEN TO IN THE PAST. THERE WILL BE AN EXTENSIVE, EXTENSIVE RESEARCH REVIEW OF SURVEYS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. WE HAVE SURVEY RESULTS FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FROM OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND FROM GOING OUT TO NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, TO NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WE WILL USE ALL OF THAT DATA AND GIVE IT TO DCI AND THEY WILL REVIEW THAT FOR WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW AND HAVE LEARNED ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT BAYTOWN. CERTAINLY WE'LL CREATE THE SWOT ANALYSIS, UH, AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. NEXT, MOVING INTO THIS STAGE TWO WITH ALL OF THAT IS A FOUNDATION. NOW, WHAT ARE THE KEY MESSAGES THAT WE SHOULD BE TELLING THE WORLD ABOUT BAYTOWN? WHAT ARE WE KNOWN FOR? WHAT IS OUR HISTORY? WHAT ARE WE GOOD AT? AND WHAT ARE WE MOVING TO IN THE FUTURE? AND THEY WILL DEVELOP THOSE MESSAGES FOR US. THEY WILL HELP US WITH OUR BRANDING. THEY WILL LOOK AT OUR EXISTING BRANDING, AND THEY'LL DO AN AUDIT FOR US AND LOOK AT HOW WE'RE PORTRAYING OURSELVES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY WILL DEVELOP MORE OF A PROMISE AND MESSAGES AND THEN ALSO HELP US WITH THOSE PIECES, UH, OF COLLATERAL. AND THEN NEXT, MOVING INTO THE BLUEPRINT. THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL FOR US. IT WILL BE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE RESEARCH AND NOW THAT WE HAVE NEW MESSAGING AND NEW IDENTITIES GOING FORWARD, HOW CAN WE BEST PUT BAYTOWN FORWARD TO THE WORLD TO SHOW THEM WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE? THEY'LL GIVE US TIMELINES. THEY'LL GIVE US PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR IN THE FUTURE. WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF ADVERTISING TO OUR AUDIENCES? AND THEN OF COURSE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO ME, THE MEASUREMENT PIECE. WHAT ARE THE KPIS THAT WE THEN CAN COME BEFORE YOU IN THE FUTURE AND SAY, WE WERE TOLD THIS IS WHAT FOLKS SAY ABOUT US. HERE'S OUR MESSAGES, HERE'S THE AUDIENCES, HERE'S THE ADVERTISING DOLLARS THAT WE SPENT, AND HERE'S WHAT THE RETURN IS FOR US. SO WHAT'S NEXT? WE HAVE THESE THREE, UH, STAGES OUTLINED IN TERMS OF MONTHS. IT'S A ROUGHLY EIGHT EIGHT MONTH PROCESS THAT WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY. AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO YOU BY THE END, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THIS PROGRAM UNCOVERED AND TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE GOING TO BE AFTER WE HAVE THAT ACTION ITEM AND THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. AND AT THIS POINT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. REEVES IN THIS PRESENTATION? IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN C. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, MY MOTION TO SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM SEVEN C IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. MOVE ON TO [a. Receive a presentation from the City Manager to review the progress of the City's first strategic plan.] ITEM EIGHT A. WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO REVIEW [01:50:01] THE PROGRESS OF THE CITY'S FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN. YES. SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO START OUT WITH, UM, BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS, AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE GREAT HONOR IT'S BEEN FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THIS, THIS COMMUNITY. UH, I'LL ALWAYS REMAIN A BAYTON IN MY HEART. AND, UH, I HAVE SO MANY GREAT MEMORIES OF, OF HAVING SERVED HERE. I ALSO WANNA NOTE ONE THING. THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE COUNCIL MEETING THAT MY WIFE HAS ATTENDED, AND THAT'S TONIGHT. AND SO, BELIEVE ME, AND I THINK YOU CAN AGREE THAT WITHOUT HER SUPPORT AND PATIENCE, LONG SUFFERING AND NUM NUMBER OF OTHER VIRTUES THAT SHE DISPLAYED, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY. SO I EXPRESSED MY PUBLIC GRATITUDE TO HER FOR ALLOWING ME TO, TO DO THIS. IT IS A TOUGH PROFESSION FOR THOSE ENGAGED IN IT. IT'S EQUALLY TOUGH FOR THOSE WHO ARE MARRIED TO THOSE WHO PRACTICE THIS PROFESSION. SO, UM, SHE HAS MY UNDYING GRATITUDE. UH, THE RETURN AND REPORT, UH, PORTION OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS IN MY OPINION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT. UH, WELL, I THINK I HAVE ONE PERSON ON THE COUNCIL, ACTUALLY. IT'S THE MAYOR WHO REMEMBERS MY FIRST APPROACHING THE COUNCIL WITH THE IDEA OF A COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. AND I HAVE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WHO ACTUALLY SERVED ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE. AND I THINK BOTH OF YOU, PARTICULARLY ABOVE ANYONE ELSE, SHOULD FEEL GRATIFIED IN WHAT THE FRUITS OF THAT ENDEAVOR HAS BEEN. UH, YOUR WORDS, THE WORDS OF THE CITIZENS, UH, CERTAINLY DID NOT FALL ON DEAF EARS. AND SINCE I KNOW YOU'RE REALLY HOPING, I HAVE A 45 MINUTE TO 50 MINUTE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, I'M GONNA HAVE TO DISAPPOINT YOU. UH, I ONLY HAVE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND I, I I BET I EVEN BEAT THAT. SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET ME FIRST JUST SIMPLY CAPTURE THE ENTIRE ESSENCE OF THIS REPORT. AND THAT IS OUT OF THE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF INITIATIVES AND IDEAS AND DIRECTIVES THAT WERE SHARED, UH, WITH US FROM OUR CITIZENS, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED ALL OF THEM OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF STILL IMPLEMENTING THEM. NONE OF THEM HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS. I HAVE ASSISTED OTHER CITIES WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVES. I HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE, THIS INITIATIVE IN IN OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE MANAGED. BUT BAYTOWN HAS DONE MORE WITH THIS PLAN THAN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY WITH WHICH I AM FAMILIAR. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STAFF FOR WORKING SO HARD TO IMPLEMENT THESE, THESE IDEAS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CITIZENS, 5,000 PLUS OF THEM WHO HAD THE COURAGE AND THE, AND THE DESIRE TO SHARE WITH US THEIR HOPES, DREAMS, AND AMBITIONS FOR THEIR HOMETOWN. THAT MEANS A LOT. AS YOU REMEMBER, OUR FIRST DIRECTIVE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE WAS COMMUNITY IMAGE AND REPUTATION. WE JUST GOT THROUGH, UH, HEARING FROM A, A RASH NEW INITIATIVE THAT WILL BETTER POSITION US FOR THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF THE MARKETING OF OUR COMMUNITY. BUT THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CO A CONCERN FOR OUR CITIZENS. THEY WANTED TO ELEVATE THAT. UH, WHAT HAVE WE DONE? WELL, THREE LARGE THINGS. I'M, I'VE ACTUALLY, UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY PROVIDED YOU WITH A MORE COMPREHENSIVE DE DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT. UH, BUT I'M GONNA NOTE THREE KEY INITIATIVES THAT I BELIEVE MOVE THE NEEDLE ON IMAGE AND REPUTATION. AND THE FIRST IS THIS ALL IMPORTANT PROJECT OF THE HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER. UH, IT WAS THE ONLY, UH, AMENITY SPECIFICALLY AND BY NAME DELINEATED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. ALL OF THE THINGS, IT WAS A, A LOT MORE AMBIGUOUS, BUT THE CITIZENS WERE VERY SPECIFIC IN WANTING THIS PROJECT. AND SO WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO BRING THAT TO FRUITION. UH, CREATING AND, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BETTENCOURT WAS A, A KEY PART IN HELPING US, UH, MOVE THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD WAS OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM. AND YOU, YOU ARE SEEING THE FRUITS OF THAT RIGHT NOW. UH, COMPLIMENT THOMAS. HE'S BROUGHT A, A, AN ABSOLUTE PROFESSIONALISM TO OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN NEEDING FOR A LONG TIME. SO THANKS TO HIM, UH, JASON CALDER, UH, LLOYD LIVELY AND OTHERS THAT HAVE JUST CONTRIBUTED TO MOVING THE NEEDLE ON THAT [01:55:01] INITIATIVE. WE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS TO ATTRACT HIGH, HIGHER QUALITY HOUSING AND INCENTIVIZED MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES. WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE CITY, UH, THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD VALUE HOVERED AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND. THE AVERAGE HOUSE BEING BUILT TODAY IN BAYTOWN IS ABOVE 250 TOWARD 300,000. I HAVEN'T SEEN A COMMUNITY MAKE THAT MUCH MOVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF THEIR HOUSING. SO THAT ALL HELPS TO BOLSTER AND IMPROVE OUR AND REPUTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY. UH, AGAIN, ALL OF THE INITIATIVES EITHER IMPLEMENTED OR IN PROCESS, WE'VE, UH, DEVELOPED A BUDGETARY PRACTICE OF, OF INVESTING IN OUR CAPITAL. WE DO MORE THAN ANY CITY I'M AWARE OF IN TERMS OF CASH FUNDING OF CAPITAL PROJECTS SO THAT WE DON'T INCUR DEBT. WE ARE VERY CAREFUL TO PRIORITIZE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, JUST EXAMPLES OF THIS, CURRENTLY WE HAVE $57 MILLION OF STORM SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING CALENDARED AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH HARRIS COUNTY. THAT IS TREMENDOUS. AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER LESTER, BELIEVE ME, HE WILL NEVER LET US IGNORE STORM DRAINAGE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT YOU, MIKE. UH, THAT'S, THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. OTHERS, UH, OTHER PROJECTS, GARTH ROAD, UH, SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD, ALL PART OF, UH, THAT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY, UH, ADDRESSING, UH, UH, AGAIN, CHRONIC FLOODING IN, UH, FLOOD PRONE AREAS. COUNCIL MEMBER ALVARADO AND I HAVE BEEN UP TO OUR KNEES OUT IN THE STATE STREETS, HAVEN'T WE? THAT WAS THE NIGHT WE LOST YOUR TRUCK. YEAH, YEAH. BUT WE DID FIND IT NOT IN MY TRUCK. YEAH. OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I REMEMBER THAT. YEAH. UH, IT USED TO FLOOD THE, THE SLIGHTEST STORM USED TO FLOOD THE STREETS IN THAT AREA, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ALLEVIATE THAT, UM, MASTER PLANNING OF TRAILS, RECREATION, UM, AND, UM, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS, UH, OVER IN THE COMMUNITY. AMENITIES. UH, THIS IS MORE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED IN OUR, OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN. BUT WE WE'RE BRINGING GOLF BACK TO BAYTOWN. UH, CREATING A REVITALIZATION PLAN FOR MARKET STREET IS A HUGE, UH, AGAIN, SOMETHING DRIVEN BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALVARADO. AND WE HAVE A NEW AGREEMENT TO REDEVELOP THE OLD SAN JACINTO MALL. AND BELIEVE ME, I, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, I, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT AND A MUCH BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR THAT PROPERTY THAN WE'VE EVER HAD. SO I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. AND BELIEVE ME, I WILL BE BACK TO SHOP THERE. UM, NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY, ENHANCING CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, I REALLY COMPLIMENT JAMIE AND WHAT, UH, SHE AND SABRINA AND COURTNEY BONZO AND OTHERS HAVE DONE TO PUSH THAT INITIATIVE FORWARD. UH, IMPLEMENTING MEASURES TO ENHANCE NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTY, UH, LIGHTING UPGRADES. AND THE MAYOR HAS BEEN A BIG DRIVER ON AESTHETIC, UH, ELEMENTS. WE'VE PAINTED MORE SEMAPHORE POLES THAN I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE, MAYOR, THE RAILING ON THE BRIDGES ARE ALL GETTING PAINTED. KEEP PAINTED UNTIL YOU RUN OUT OF PAINT. ONLY TOOK SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS TO DO IT, BUT THAT WAS THE FAST TRACK FOR IT. UH, WE CONTINUED, UH, INVESTMENT IN OUR DOWNTOWN ARTS DISTRICT AND, UH, REVITALIZING THE BRUNSON, THE CITIZENS BANK, PUTTING MORE PEOPLE OUT ON TEXAS AVENUE. AND WE'RE ABOUT TO MOVE INTO THE, UH, DESIGN OF THE 100 BLOCK. BUT TEXAS AVENUE TODAY DOES NOT RE RESEMBLE TEXAS AVENUE OF 2015. MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS THERE. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT IN THE DECADES TO COME. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE VERY ACTIVE GROUP THAT WE HAVE THERE OF MERCHANTS AND OTHERS, THE ACE GROUP THAT HAVE REALLY TAKEN THAT AREA UNDER THEIR WING AND HAVE, HAVE REMAINED ENGAGED AND, AND, UH, PRESENTING PROGRAMMING AND OTHER THINGS THERE THAT HAVE BROUGHT PEOPLE THERE. I LOVE OUR, OUR, UM, OUR ART PROGRAM, SCULPTURE TRAIL, THINGS LIKE THIS, UH, REALLY HAVE, HAVE ADDED TO THE QUALITY OF THAT AREA. AND THEN OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, UH, BOLSTERING CUSTOMER SERVICE, REVISITING OUR PROCESSES. UH, CERTAINLY OUR PIPE PROGRAM BETTER UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS BAYTOWN, ENGAGE AND, UH, CAN'T FORGET ALSO GENERATING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS LIKE THE HOTEL CONVICTION CENTER, BUT ALSO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS. SO ALL OF THESE MANIFESTATIONS OF THAT. SO CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION. HOWEVER, UH, THESE ARE NUMBERS FROM OUR LATEST SURVEY THAT SHOW HOW SUCCESSFUL WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN. YOU CAN [02:00:01] SEE THE US AVERAGE, AND YOU CAN SEE BAYTOWN. OUR CITIZENS ARE OBVIOUSLY RESPONDING. AND IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER SCORES FROM OUR CITIZEN SURVEY IN MOST CATEGORIES, OUR CITIZEN SATISFACTION SCORES EXCEED THOSE OF THE AVERAGE US AND OF OUR FELLOW CITIES IN TEXAS. SO, UH, AGAIN, CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION, BUT I WILL SAY THAT IT APPEARS BY ALL MEASURES THAT YOUR ADHERENCE TO YOUR, UH, THE PLANNING THAT YOU'VE DONE BASED ON THE TENETS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN ARE PAYING DIVIDENDS. UH, MY LAST BIT OF COUNSEL, UH, TO YOU IS TO NOT NEGLECT. DO NOT ABANDON, DO NOT SUCCUMB TO THE TEMPTATION OF, UH, DISTANCING YOURSELF FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU'RE NOT CREATURES OF THE PLAN, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS A GUIDE FOR YOU THAT WILL MAGNIFY THE IMPACTS THAT YOU'LL HAVE ON THE COMMUNITY IF CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE CURRENT ONE, WE'RE, WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE, OF THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN. AND IF YOU WILL UTILIZE THAT FOR GOAL SETTING, UM, FOR, UH, BASICALLY ASSEMBLING YOUR PLAN FOR THE COMING YEAR, THE WAY YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, I COULD ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THAT IN ANOTHER FIVE YEARS, SOMEONE WILL BE GIVING A SIMILAR PRESENTATION. AND YOUR CITIZENS WILL BE THE BOTTOM LINE BENEFICIARIES OF YOUR, UH, ABILITY TO HONOR THEIR HOPES, DREAMS, AND, AND AMBITIONS AS ARTICULATED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNSEL FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING YOU. AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MANY, MANY GOOD THINGS FROM THE CITY OF BAYTOWN INTO THE FUTURE. AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. DAVIS? IF NOT, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. CERTAINLY A LOT OF HEADWAY OF MEASUREMENT OF IMPROVEMENT, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE, THOSE FIVE AREAS. WE'LL [a. Consider the appointment of Sarah Graham, City of Baytown Council Member District No. 2, to fill the unexpired term of former Council Member Chris Presley, and Kenrick Griffith, City of Baytown Council Member District No. 3, to fill the unexpired term of former Council Member Charles Johnson to the Baytown Hospitality Public Facilities Corporation.] MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM 10 A. THIS, [b. Consider the appointment of Sarah Graham, City of Baytown Council Member District No. 2, to fill the unexpired term of former Council Member Chris Presley, and Kenrick Griffith, City of Baytown Council Member District No. 3, to fill the unexpired term of former Council Member Charles Johnson to the Baytown Municipal Development District.] I'M NOT SURE. CAN WE TAKE 10 A AND B TOGETHER? WE CAN. OKAY. SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 10 A. WHAT THIS MAINLY IS, IS, UH, BASED OFF THE, UM, NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MS. GRAHAM AND MR. GRIFFITH, UH, THIS WOULD BE, UM, PLACING THEM ON THE REMAINDER OF THE TERMS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN VACATED BY MR. JOHNSON AND MR. PRESLEY. SO WITH THAT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 10, A AND B, MOTION TO APPROVE, APPROVE 10 A AND B, SECOND MOTION, AND A SECOND ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM 10 A AND B AS WRITTEN, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, [11. 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.] WE HAVE OUR MANAGER'S REPORT. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? YES, PLEASE. ONE LAST THING, AND THAT IS, I, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JARRIS MAPES. IS JARRIS HERE, MON? THERE SHE IS THERE. THERE'S JARRIS. GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WILL YOU? ? SHE PROBABLY DOESN'T APPRECIATE THAT TOO MUCH. BUT I JUST WANNA POINT OUT JARRIS JARRIS HAS RECEIVED A, UH, CHIEF STRINGER INCLUDED ME ON A, A NOTE THAT HE WROTE ABOUT JAR'S, UH, TIRELESS EFFORTS TO, TO ASSIST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A VARIETY OF ISSUES, ALWAYS, UH, DEMONSTRATING THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF WISDOM, INTEGRITY, AND, AND HARD WORK. AND, UH, I WILL GO INTO TOO MANY DETAILS, BUT YOU CAN READ THIS IF YOU WOULD LIKE. UH, JARRIS HAS BEEN INVALUABLE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE, WE THANK HER FOR HER DEDICATION AND WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU JARRIS. OKAY, NEXT. UH, NICHOLAS LEWIN, HE'S ONE OF OUR OFFICERS. UH, HE ASSISTED, UM, A WOMAN WITH A DOMESTIC ABUSE, UH, OR A DOMESTIC, UH, CONFLICT CASE. AND REALLY HE WAS CALLED A GODSEND AND A HERO THAT NIGHT BY THIS WOMAN. UH, WHEN YOU'RE IN THOSE SITUATIONS, THIS IS A LIFE OR DEATH TYPE OF THING. AND WHEN AN OFFICER SHOWS OFFICER SHOWS UP AND DEMONSTRATES THAT DEGREE OF COMPASSION, PROFESSIONALISM AND, AND HONESTLY DEESCALATION CAPABILITIES, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN EMPHASIZING SINCE THE, THE CHIEF HAS COME ON BOARD, UH, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT KIND OF SHOUT, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HIM AND, UH, EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR HIM. SO I WANT TO COMPLIMENT, UH, OFFICER LEWIN FOR THIS DEMONSTRATION OF OUR CORE VALUE OF CARING. AND WITH THAT, MAYOR, THAT IS ALL I HAVE OUT OUT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. [02:05:01] ALRIGHT, WE MOVE ON TO, UH, NEXT [a. Receive a report from Council Member Laura Alvarado regarding projects, programs and events in District No. One. ] REPORT IS A, A COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT REPORT FROM DISTRICT NUMBER ONE. UH, COUNCILMAN ALVARADO. I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF. I KNOW IT'S LATE. I DID NOT BRING ANY SLIDES TODAY. I'M SORRY, MY NEXT TIME I SAID I WAS GOING TO, SINCE YOU POINTED IT OUT LAST TIME. BUT, UM, SO WE, I, I DID WORK WITH TWO NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, RECENTLY ALONG WITH STAFF, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE FRANK, UM, KEVIN AND JASON WORKING WITH ME ON THESE. UM, AND THIS IS FOR THE GLEN ARBOR AND CREEKWOOD, UH, SUBDIVISIONS. WE, UM, WENT IN AND, AND JUST TOOK A LOOK AT THE PCI INDEX, WHICH IS A PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX THAT RATES THE QUALITY OF THE STREETS. AND SO, AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE, WE HAD A BINDER FULL OF ALL OF OUR STREETS, UM, IN, IN HOW THEY'RE BEING RATED. SO WE'VE HAD, UM, SEVERAL STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT, UM, AND WE DID SOME WORK ON, UM, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO CONDENSE THIS BECAUSE IT'S A LOT. UM, BUT LLOYD STREET, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF STREET, UH, REPAIR. UM, IT, IT'S TWO BIG BLOCKS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE, UM, HOPEFULLY NEW STREETS OR, UM, NEW PANELS REPLACED, UM, UH, GRANTHAM STREET, UM, HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF ASPHALT, UH, PATCHWORK. UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME PANELS REPLACED, UH, PAMELA STREET. UM, WE'LL HAVE, UH, SOME PANELS REPLACED, UM, ON SEVERAL, UM, BLOCKS AS WELL. UH, HAROLD STREET, WE'LL HAVE, UM, ASPHALT AS WELL AS PANELS REPLACED. UM, THE STATE STREET RIGHT AT THE DEAD END IS GOING TO HAVE AT LEAST FOUR PANELS REPLACED. UM, AND INWOOD, UM, COLUMBIA, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER BLOCKS, EVEN INCLUDING, UM, THE CONNECTION TO PRUITT WILL HAVE VARIOUS PANELS REPLACED, UM, AS WELL. AND SO ALL OF THE ASPHALT WORK THAT WAS IDENTIFIED FOR ALL OF THESE BLOCKS HAS BEEN COMPLETED ALREADY. UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE, UM, STARTING THE CONCRETE WORK IN 2023. UM, IT'S AN OLD NEIGHBORHOOD. A LOT OF IT IS SLOPES IN AND OUT, AND SO IT, IT WAS OVERDUE FOR AN ASSESSMENT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR TEAM, FRANK, UM, TAKING A LOOK AT THIS AND EXPEDITING SOME OF THAT. UM, AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, I I JUST REALLY WANT TO, SINCE WE'RE NEAR THE END IN THESE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, OUR MEETING AS A FORMAL MEETING THIS YEAR, THEY REALLY WANTED ME, UM, TO GIVE A HUGE THANKS TO OFFICER, UH, THOMAS KING AND STEVE O'CONNORS FOR THE WEST BAYTOWN CIVIC ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST EDITION FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DOING TO KEEP THEM UP TO SPEED ON, ON CRIME AND HOW TO MITIGATE AND, AND ALL OF THAT. UM, AND THEN SABRINA MARTIN FROM OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM WHO HAS BEEN THERE TO SUPPORT ESPECIALLY, UM, THE SOUTHWEST EDITION, UH, CIVIC ASSOCIATION WHO WORKED ON BRINGING BACK THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION. SO SHE DID A LOT OF WORK FOR THAT AND CONTINUES TO SUPPORT BOTH CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND EVEN THROUGH THE, UM, APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT GRANT. SO, UM, WE JUST APPRECIATE ALL OF THESE FOLKS AND, UM, WITH THAT MAYOR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MA'AM. ALRIGHT, [13. EXECUTIVE SESSION] NEXT, UH, LOOKS, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, SO I WILL, WE'LL NOW RECESS IT INTO AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXT FROM GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.071 TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND 5 5 1 0.087 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THAT SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT OF AN INTERIM CITY MANAGER. SO WE'LL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT'S NINE 13, WE'RE APPOINTED. SO I'LL NOW RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. [a. Consider the appointment of an Interim City Manager.] AND UH, WE HAVE NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 14 A IS TO CONSIDER AN APPOINTMENT OF THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER. UM, I GUESS I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT JASON REYNOLDS, OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, UH, BEGINNING ON JANUARY 4TH FOR, UH, 30 DAYS OR UNTIL, UH, A CITY MANAGER, UH, IS UNDER CONTRACT. WHICHEVER OF THOSE OCCURS FIRST. VERY PERFECT. I BELIEVE I SAID THAT WE GOT A SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THAT'S GOOD. IF NOT, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 14 AS PRESENTED. UH, NAME JASON REYNOLDS AS THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, UH, BEGINNING JANUARY 4TH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED ALL. UH, THANK YOU SIR. BEING THAT BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL HAS UH, ADDRESSED ALL POSTED AGENDA ITEMS, THIS MEETING IS [02:10:01] NOW ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.