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SO NOW I'LL CALL THIS MEETING THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.IT IS 6:32 PM WE'RE IN BAYTOWN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE'LL, WE'LL BE LED IN OUR PLEDGE AND INVOCATION THIS EVENING BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SARAH GRAHAM OF DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.
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 FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE.
OKAY, FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US ALL TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
I ASK YOU TO GUIDE OUR, UM, DECISIONS, OUR DISCUSSIONS, AND OUR THOUGHTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE BAYTOWN A SAFE AND HAPPY PLACE TO THRIVE AND LIVE.
AND, UH, WE GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY AND ALL THE PRAISE.
SO, I KNOW WE HAVE A LARGE AUDIENCE, IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, BUT FIRST WE'RE GONNA, WE ARE GOING, GOING TO,
[1. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
UH, RECESS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.UH, WE'LL BE BACK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THANK YOU FOR COMING, UH, THIS EVENING.
SO WE'LL NOW RECESS AND CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS AND GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT OF A CITY MANAGER.
SO I, I'LL RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN SESSION AND GET BACK TO OUR AGENDA.
[a. Consider the appointment of the City Manager.]
SO OUR FIRST ITEM IS ITEM TWO A IS TO CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER.UH, SO I WOULD ASK, UM, UH, A NOMINATION FROM COUNCILWOMAN ALVARADO, UH, REGARDING THIS ITEM.
UH, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. JASON REYNOLDS, UM, TO SERVE AS OUR NEXT CITY MANAGER.
ALRIGHT, CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND.
YOU HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND I'M ASSUMING THAT, UH, NOPE, THIS WILL BE THE NEXT ITEM.
SO, WITH THAT, WE HAVE, UH, MR. MR. JASON REYNOLDS AS THE NOMINEE FOR OUR TO SERVE IN THE CAPACITY OF CITY MANAGER OF CITY OF BAYTOWN.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HAVE NOT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM TWO A IS PRESENTED, UH, FOR JASON REYNOLDS, PLEASE SAY AYE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE CITY MANAGERS SOME MONEY.
[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing compensation and the Agreement for Professional Services and Employment as City Manager and/or Interim City Manager.]
TO ITEM TWO B AND THAT'S TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE COMPENSATION AND AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT AS THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM TWO B, WHICH IS THE, UH, AGREEMENT THAT WAS DISCUSSED.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, IF NOT ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[3. MINUTES]
HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.WE HAVE, UM, MINUTES FROM ITEM THREE A THROUGH G.
UH, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS OR SOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT MAY HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN THESE MEETINGS, BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE DISAPPROVING THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN REGARDLESS OF YOU, OR THERE ARE NOT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE JUST MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT THESE ARE, THESE ARE CORRECTED OR THESE ARE CORRECT AS WRITTEN.
SO WITH THAT ENTERTAINER MOTION FOR, TO, FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF ITEMS THREE A THROUGH G.
MOVE TO APPROVE THREE A THROUGH G.
SECOND, WE MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ABSTENTIONS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES ITEMS? A, UH, THREE A THROUGH G PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Mr. Jacob Smith with the Best Friends Animal Society has requested to speak to the Council in regard to a proposed Community Cat Program partnership to reduce outdoor cats in the City of Baytown.]
WE HAVE RECOGNITION AND SENTENCING COMMUNICATIONS.WE HAVE MR. JACOB SMITH WITH BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY.
HE WILL, UH, BE SPEAKING TO US ON A PRESENTATION, UH, ON THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY CAP PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP.
THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, MAYOR, UM, LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE TWO NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS MR. REYNOLDS.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.
UM, WE'RE HERE JUST TO GIVE A BRIEF EDUCATION AND OVERVIEW OF, UH, WHAT BROUGHT BEST FRIENDS TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE, UH, THE PAST FIVE YEARS,
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UM, AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE MOVING FORWARD.UM, UH, I'M GONNA GIVE JUST A, A BRIEF COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND, AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE REST OF MY TIME TO, UM, THE OTHERS COMING UP TO SPEAK ON OUR BEHALF.
UM, SO BEST FRIENDS CAME TO BAYTOWN.
THEY'RE A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
UM, THEY'RE EXPERTS AND THEY CAME TO BAYTOWN 'CAUSE BAYTOWN WAS ON A LIST OF TOP 10 KILL SHELTERS IN THE NATION.
AND, UM, UH, SINCE WORKING HERE WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, I BELIEVE BAYTOWN HAS MOVED FAR OFF THAT LIST OR DOWN THAT LIST.
UM, WE WORK IN CITIES ALL AROUND THE STATE AND ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY TO HELP REDUCE CAP POPULATIONS IN A HUMANE WAY, UH, AND ACTUALLY GIVE A REAL RESOLUTION, UH, INSTEAD OF JUST KILLING THAT DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF THE REPOPULATION PROGRAM.
SO THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A BUNCH OF STATS AND, UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, HANDOUTS THAT WILL GIVE YOU A FULL PRESENTATION OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, THEY, THEY CAME IN ABOUT 2018.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY EVER SINCE.
UM, CURRENTLY THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A PROGRAM TO DEAL WITH THESE FERAL CATS, BUT THE COMMUNITY HAS STEPPED UP AND HAS BEEN DOING THE TMVR PROGRAM.
UM, AND I THINK WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY, UH, YOU'D SEE A WAY LARGER PROBLEM HERE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
UM, WE'RE HERE ALSO BECAUSE, UH, WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH FUNDING IN OUR ORGANIZATION AND WE HAVE SO MANY CITIES TO WORK ON.
AND WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE HAVE TO KIND OF KNOW WHERE WE ARE, UH, WITH THE CITY IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK HERE AND GIVE RESOURCES OR JUST MOVE ON IF THE CITY'S NOT READY.
SO, UM, WE'RE AT A TURNING POINT AND WE REALLY WANNA STAY AND, AND HELP TO DO GOOD WORK HERE.
REALLY LOVE THE CITY COUNCIL AND WORKING WITH THE CITY.
SO I, UH, LIKE TO YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A FEW CITIZENS THAT DID, DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
UH, FIRST I HAVE RICHARD ANGELO.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UH, GO AHEAD AND PLEASE IF YOU MAY, UH, YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
UH, MY NAME IS RICHARD ANGELO.
I AM A LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATIVE ATTORNEY WITH BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY.
I DID FLY HERE FROM MICHIGAN TO COME AND TALK TO YOU FOLKS.
I'VE BEEN WORKING, UM, WITH THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOR QUITE, QUITE A FEW YEARS, ABOUT EIGHT YEARS NOW WITH, UH, BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO, IF IT IS OKAY WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE, UH, MAYOR, GO THROUGH THE TOGETHER.
UM, WE HAVE THREE MEDICS AND, UH, THERE'S ONE MORE PERSON.
SO, TOGETHER IF YOU YELLED YOUR TIME, YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES.
SO, IS THIS, THIS IS, THE PRESENTATION WAS WAS GONNA BE FOR MR. SMITH.
YOU'RE SPEAKING HERE AS, AS, UH, IN A SENSE INTERESTED CITIZENS.
SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH IF YOU'RE GONNA YIELD YOUR TIME.
YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES AND MY TIME, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMISSIONERS LETTING US COME TODAY.
UH, MY NAME'S FRALEY RODRIGUEZ.
I WORK FOR BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF LIFE SAVING CENTERS AND, UH, I OVERSEE OUR HOUSTON, ATLANTA, NEW YORK PROGRAM.
AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO FLY HERE FROM ORLANDO TO, TO JUST HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK.
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH YOUR COMMITTEE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ANIMAL SERVICES AND ADOPTION CENTER STAFF FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
YOUR STAFF IS COMMITTED TO THEIR MISSION TO SERVE BOTH THE ANIMALS AND THE CITIZENS OF THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE TRULY AN AMAZING TEAM LED BY JAMES AND CANDACE WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
AND OUR TEAM IN HOUSTON HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
IN 2019, BAYTOWN CAT INTAKE WAS 2,501 ANIMALS 1023.
CATS LOST THEIR LIVES BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THEM TO LEAVE THE SHELTER ALIVE.
MEANING ONE OUTTA THREE CATS ENTERING INTO YOUR CITY SYSTEM SHELTER LEFT WITHOUT NO POSSIBLE OUTCOME.
OUR GOAL TONIGHT AND THROUGH OUR PROGRAM IS TO REDUCE OUTDOOR CAT POPULATION AND NUISANCE BEHAVIORS THROUGH PROGRAMMING THAT ENSURES THE SHELTERS CONTINUES ITS LIFESAVING MISSION WHILE ENSURING PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE SAFETY FOR BAYTOWN CATS.
AND JUST, WE'VE, AS JACOB HAS MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WITH THE CITIZENS AND WE'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST.
SO WHAT THE FOLDERS THAT WERE PASSED OUT TO YOU, IT'S A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION.
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THIS IS A PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE GIVEN TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE BEFORE.AND WE'RE GONNA SKIP THROUGH VERY QUICKLY, UM, AS WE GO JUST PICKING CERTAIN SLIDES.
BUT YOU HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION WITHIN YOUR FOLDERS.
THERE'S ALSO A FLASH DRIVE WITH REVISED ORDINANCE, LANGUAGE AND SO FORTH.
AND IT'S NOT MUCH THAT REALLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
IT'S NOT A HUGE LIFT FOR THE CITY AT THIS POINT EITHER.
SO, UM, IT'S SOMETHING WE WANTED TO NOT LEAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN YOUR MIND WHEN WE LEFT HERE TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION.
SO WE HOPE YOU TAKE THE TIME TO TAKE A LOOK THROUGH THEM AND TRULY SEE THAT OUR OUR REASON FOR BEING HERE IS TO PARTNER AND CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN THAT ARE DOING THE AMAZING GOOD WORK OF SAVING CATS' LIVES.
SO WHAT IS A COMMUNITY CAT? WE HAVE DEFINED A COMMUNITY CAT AS BEING ANY DOMESTIC CAT WITH NO INDICATION OF OWNERSHIP THAT LIVES PRIMARILY OUTSIDE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS A FERAL CAT, A STRAY CAT, OR AN OUTDOOR CAT.
WE PICK THIS DEFINITION 'CAUSE IT REALLY DEFINES WHAT THE FOLKS BEHIND US HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND JUST TO JUMP IN REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY ON THAT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT DEFINITION FOR THE, WITHIN THE ORDINANCE AS WELL, TO BE ABLE TO KEEP IT THERE.
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT THE CAT THAT MIGHT HAVE THE COLLAR AND THE TAG OUT IN THE, OUT RUNNING DOWN THE STREET, OR THE ONE WITH THE MICROCHIP THAT'S, THAT MIGHT BE LICENSED AND REGISTERED TO SOMEONE WITHIN THE CITY.
THOSE CATS ARE NOT GOING TO BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT GET TO GO HOME BECAUSE THEY WERE SCANNED WITH A MICROCHIP AND SO FORTH TO DEFINE A COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM.
WE, WE TRY TO SIMPLIFY IT IN OUR WORLD.
'CAUSE OUR WORLD IS FULL OF ACRONYMS. UM, AND IT'S TNR, WHICH IS THE REDUCTION OF INTAKES.
IT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S DOING OUTSIDE.
AND THE SHELTER IS CALLED SPAY NEUTER AND RELEASE, WHICH IS THE LIVE OUTCOMES OF THE CATS THAT ARE COMING IN FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND OVERALL, A COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM IS TNR PLUS.
SNR OR AS I LIKE TO CALL IT, IS LESS INTAKES, LESS NUISANCE AND MORE POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR THE CATS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE CURRENT SHELTER REALITY IS HEALTHY STRAIGHT CATS ARE NOT ENTERING THE SHELTER, BUT THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVES OFFERED TO ADDRESS CONCERNS BY YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
NO PROGRAMMING IN PLACE TO PREVENT UNWANTED STRAIGHT CATS AND KITTEN SEASONS, RIGHT, RIGHT ACROSS THE CORNER.
AND THAT WILL MEAN INCREASED, INCREASED INTAKES INTO THE SHELTER.
SO AGAIN, WHY ARE WE HERE? IT'S 1,023 CATS IN 2019 THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT BY BUILDING A COMMUNITY CAP PROGRAM FOR THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN.
AND PART OF THE REASON THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HERE, YOU MAY LOOK AT IT AND YOU MAY SAY 20 20, 20 21, WE DIDN'T, WE'RE NOT INTAKING THOSE CATS.
SO GUESS WHAT? WE'RE THEY'RE NOT DYING.
WELL, YOU'RE ALSO NOT SOLVING THE PROBLEM AND THE COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND IT'S ALL FALLING ON THEM.
CATS REPRODUCE VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT TAKING THE ADVANTAGE OF TAKING, GETTING THESE CATS INTO THE SPAYED, NEUTERED, STERILIZED, VACCINATED, AND PUT BACK RIGHT TO THEIR OUTDOOR HOMES, THEY'RE REPRODUCING.
EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A TIDAL WAVE THAT COMES INTO THE CITY AND YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE CANNOT POSSIBLY MANAGE THIS ANYMORE.
AND IF YOU THINK YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT NUISANCE CATS RIGHT NOW, JUST WAIT.
SO OUR TEAM, OUR HOUSTON TEAM DID A PILOT PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ADOPTION CENTER.
IT WAS COORDINATED BY OUR, BY OUR STAFF.
AND REALLY TRULY, IT WAS A SUCCESS DUE DUE TO THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN 231 CATS FOUND POSITIVE OUTCOMES BY OUR TEAM BEING ABLE TO TARGET TRAP NEUTER AND RELEASE.
THAT'S 230 INDIVIDUAL CATS THAT DID NOT GO INTO THE SHELTER TO BE, TO BE EUTHANIZED.
AND IT PREVENTED A LOT MORE CATS THAT WEREN'T BORN BECAUSE THEY WERE VACCINATED AND RELEASED BACK AS A SPAY DETER CAT.
AND THAT PILOT PROGRAM IS THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROPOSE IS TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO EXPAND THAT PILOT PROGRAM INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND BE ABLE TO DO THIS OUTSIDE WITH A PRIDE THAT THEY'RE REALLY TRULY HELPING THE SHELTER AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SHELTER, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS IS A COMMUNITY WE NEED TO BE WORKING TOGETHER.
THE SHELTER IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND THERE'S A COMMUNITY SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM.
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PREVIOUS SLIDES WHERE YOU SAW S-N-R-T-N-R AND A COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM, YOU DIDN'T HAVE A COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SNR PORTION.THEY WERE GOING, IN FACT, TO OUR HOUSTON SUITE, UM, FOR THE SERVICES TO BE STERILIZED AND VACCINATED.
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AS OF TODAY, THAT'S STILL HAPPENING.
IN FACT, I BELIEVE THERE WAS ONE ACTUALLY TODAY, A LARGE NUMBER OF CATS CAME IN, MADE SPACE FOR 'EM.
31 CATS CAME IN TODAY THANKS TO A VOLUNTEER OF BEST FRIENDS WHO IS A CITY OF BAYTOWN RESIDENT WHO TRAPPED BROUGHT THOSE CATS.
OUR TEAM SPAY NEUTER VACCINATED HIM.
AND TONIGHT SHE RELEASED THEM BACK OR RETURNED THEM BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE FOUND.
AND THAT IS OUR GOAL TODAY, IS THAT 1,023 CATS ARE NOT KILLED DUE TO NOT TO THE SHELTER IN THE COMMUNITY NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE POSITIVE OUTCOMES.
WE DO HAVE IN YOUR FOLDERS, WE ADDED THE ORDINANCE REVISION CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND THAT YOUR ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS REVIEW AND PROPOSE.
IT'S, IT'S CORRECTING THE PREVIOUSLY VAGUE TO ADDING ACTUALLY EXPLANATIONS OF WHAT A COMMUNITY CAT AND DEALING WITH THE NUISANCE.
IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR LAST CLOSING COMMENT, PLEASE.
WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HELP BOTH THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN AND, AND COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE SHELTER, UM, TO MAKE THIS PLACE.
WE, WE DO NOT HAVE VERY FAR TO GO IN BAYTOWN, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK.
AND WHAT WE WANNA DO IS BE ABLE TO SHOW THE WAY WE'VE BEEN OFFERING AND PROVIDING RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM AND GET IT STARTED.
IT'S GOING TO BE A COST SAVINGS AND ALLOW COST SHIFTING INTO THE FUTURE SO THAT YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SPENDING THAT MUCH MORE MONEY ON THIS ACTUAL PROGRAM.
AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE MUCH HAPPIER.
YOU WON'T BE GETTING THE CALLS AND THAT THE COMMUNITY BEHIND US HERE, ALL TURNED OUT TODAY ARE GOING TO BE FAR, FAR HAPPIER BECAUSE OF GOOD RESULTS FOR THE CATS.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I DO HAVE ONE MORE CITIZEN THAT WAS, THAT DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
UH, TONY GRAHAM, ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? 'CAUSE I CAN'T SAY.
I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD WEAR ONE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS, I'M TONY GRAHAM BAYTOWN, I HOPE BY THE EXAMPLE SET HERE IN THE ROOM THAT IT'S A SIGN OF THE COMMITMENT THAT THE CITY HAS TOWARDS THE CATS.
WE DO A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE DOGS, BUT THE CATS SEEM TO BE SECOND CLASS ANIMALS FOR SOME REASON.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS A, A, A TRUE REPRESENTATION.
I NOTICED ON MY FACEBOOK THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF ADS THAT KEPT POPPING UP, UH, ABOUT THIS MEETING TONIGHT THAT BEST FRIENDS PUT OUT THERE.
AND OF COURSE I READ ALL THE COMMENTS, SO I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW WITH YOU.
SYLVIE SAYS, I HAVE FOUR FERAL CATS AT MY DOOR EVERY DAY.
I WAS ABLE TO TAME ONE TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN THE FREEZE CAME ON, BUT I CAN'T TAKE THEM ALL.
ONE OF THEM IS HAVING BABIES EVERY FOUR MONTHS.
RACHEL SAYS THERE'S CLOSE TO 18 CATS LIVING ON THE PROPERTY AT CENTENNIAL SQUARE APARTMENTS IN BAYTOWN, AND THEY KEEP BREEDING.
ANNETTE SAYS THERE'S ABOUT A DOZEN OF THEM BETWEEN HART'S CHICKEN AND MCDONALD'S ON ALEXANDER.
NELDA SAYS, I WISH WE HAD A GOFUNDME ACCOUNT TO HELP SUPPORT THESE POOR ANIMALS AND THE CITY WOULD HELP EXCLAMATION, EXCLAMATION.
I HAVE HAD 32 KITTENS AND MAMAS IN TWO YEARS FROM DUMPED CATS AROUND OUR HOUSE.
WE FOUND HOMES FOR BEAUTIFUL KITTENS AND HAD MOMS FIXED AND TOOK THEM TO HUMANE SOCIETY OFF HIGHWAY THREE.
SPCA WASN'T HELPING, WASN'T WILLING TO HELP US.
THESE ARE NOT OUR PETS, BUT WE COULDN'T SEE THEM GO HUNGRY OR HURT OUR PETS.
MY VOICE IS A LITTLE RASPY BECAUSE I WAS UP TILL FOUR O'CLOCK THIS MORNING SETTING TRAPS CATCHING CATS AND UP AT SIX, 8:30 AM DELIVERING THEM TO BEST FRIENDS TODAY.
SO MY, MY HOUSE, MY MOM'S HOUSE AND MY, UH, NEIGHBORS DOWN THE STREET, ELDERLY COUPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY SPAYED AND NEUTERED AS MANY CATS AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN OUTTA THEIR POCKET, BUT THEY JUST CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE.
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SO I HOPE THAT THE CITY LOOKS AT THE NEED AND STARTS DO DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.I BELIEVE THAT'S EVERYBODY THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, UM, I GUESS IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ON THE PRESENTATION ITSELF? UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNSEL RULES AND PROCEDURES IS THAT COUNSEL DOES NOT COMMENT ON CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS.
BUT I WOULD DEFER CLARIFICATION TO THE CITY ATTORNEY IN THIS CASE, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I BELIEVE THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE AGENDA.
IT'S UNDER CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS.
UNDER CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS BECAUSE THE ITEM OF CITIZENS COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE AGENDA.
IN MY OPINION, THAT MAKES IT AN AGENDA ITEM THAT IS, UH, UPON WHICH YOU'RE ABLE TO COMMENT.
I WAS ASKING, I MEAN, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS ANY, IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, FOR MR. SMITH FROM COUNSEL ON THE PRESENTATION ITSELF? MM-HMM.
NO, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT SINCE YOU'RE SAYING THAT I CAN COMMENT, UM, I DO WANNA COMMENT THAT I APPRECIATE THEM COMING OUT TO MAKE, UM, THEIR PRESENTATION.
AND I HOPE AS A COUNCIL THAT WE SOON CAN GET SOMETHING, UM, GOING SOONER THAN LATER TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE FERAL CAT POPULATION.
I'M NOT SURE, IS IT YELLOW? YOURS IS SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.
UM, I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO, UM, MS. TONY YESTERDAY, AND IT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL.
I WANT TO THANK, THANK, UH, THANK HER FOR THE TAKING THE TIME TO EDUCATE ME ON WHAT THEY DO.
AND, UH, I'M HOPING THAT THE CITY COULD DO SOMETHING TO, UH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM TO REALLY HELP ALLEVIATE THE CAT SITUATION 'CAUSE IT IS GETTING OUTTA HAND.
I'VE WITNESSED IT FIRSTHAND AND, UM, UH, I AGREE IT'S A PIVOTAL MOMENT BETWEEN, UM, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BEST FRIENDS IN BAYTOWN, UM, TO, TO, UM, MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN IN THE CITY.
ANYBODY ELSE? IF NOT, UH, I GUESS MY ONLY COMMENTS ON IT WOULD BE THAT I DO APPRECIATE OBVIOUSLY THE, THE, THE AUDIENCE THAT WE HAVE THIS EVENING.
UH, I'M SURE THAT, THAT YOU ARE CERTAINLY, UH, BOTH, UH, INVOLVED WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, THE ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE NEED THOSE PARTNERSHIPS IN ORDER TO, TO GO AND, AND TRY TO OBVIOUSLY REDUCE INTAKE AND REDUCE EUTHANIZATION OF, OF THE, OF ALL OUR ANIMALS REALLY.
UM, WE REALLY, I, I THINK FROM MY END, I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE A VERY DATA-DRIVEN TYPE DECISION, NOT SO MUCH EMOTIONAL.
UM, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S PRETTY EASY TO GET ATTACHED TO THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SMART ABOUT IT.
I WOULD AGREE THAT I I, I'D REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING A DOWNSIDE OF, OF REALLY TRYING TO PROCEED WITH, WITH THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM.
EVEN IF IT'S IN A KIND OF A, AN OFFICIAL PILOT TYPE PROGRAM.
UM, I, I, I FIND IT HARD TO FIND A DOWNSIDE OF, OF GOING AND, AND TRYING TO RE AT LEAST THROUGH SPADE AND NEUTERING OF SOME OF THESE ANIMALS, REDUCING THE AMOUNT, UH, OF ANIMALS THEY CAN CONTINUE TO GO AND, AND HAVE NEW LITTERS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE NEXT SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS OR SO.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CAT SEASON, BUT THAT'S WHAT TAKES PLACE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME HEADWAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO THERE, IT'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM TODAY.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU HERE THIS EVENING FOR THIS ONE, BUT, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE DO NEED TO, TO, TO MAKE A DECISION VERY, VERY SOON, UH, ON, ON SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM ITSELF.
AND I PERSONALLY, UM, WANNA SUPPORT IT.
UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IS IMPLEMENTED, THAT WHEREVER IT IS AS FAR AS LOCATION, IT, IT NEEDS TO, TO HAVE A LOT OF COOPERATION WITH THE NEIGHBORING, COULD BE BUSINESSES, COULD BE RESIDENTIAL FOLKS.
UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT ALL THOSE THINGS, UM, ARE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, I BELIEVE REGARDLESS OF OUR, I BELIEVE WHERE IT'S PLACED IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT IN, IN OUR CITY.
WE HAVE SOME THAT COULD BE AT BAYLIN ISLAND, WE HAVE SOME THAT CAN BE IN OTHER AREAS.
SO JUST, JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE, WE TAKE TO A LOT OF THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION.
IF WE DO PLACE THIS, WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT I'M NOT SURE WHEN WE'RE GONNA VISIT THIS, IF IT'S NEXT MEETING OR NOT, UH, OR IN FEBRUARY.
BUT, BUT CERTAINLY, UM, I HOPE IT, IT'S FAIRLY SOON.
UM, BECAUSE IF NOT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL NEW FACILITY, BUT WE DO NEED, WE DO NEED THE, THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM IS WHAT'S GONNA HELP US IN A SENSE ALLEVIATE, UM, IN A SENSE THE KILLS THAT DO TAKE PLACE.
[a. Consider the second and final reading of an ordinance for the proposed annexation of approximately 11.19 acres of land, located generally long Blue Heron Parkway between Barkuloo Road and Crosby Cedar Bayou Road. ]
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE A.[00:25:01]
HAVE SOME, UH, SCRIPT FOR FIVE A OR IS IT, THERE'S NO SCRIPT.SO WE JUST HAVE FIVE A IS GONNA BE, UH, TO CONSIDER THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPOSED ANN EX EXTENSION OF APPROXIMATELY 11 POINT 19 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED GENERALLY ALONG BLUE HERON PARKWAY BETWEEN BARKLEY ROAD AND CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU.
MR. SCRIBNER, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OTHER THAN PRESENTATION OF THIS ITEM.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MARTIN SCRIBNER PLANNING AND ZONING.
UM, AS YOU HAVE SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE, THIS IS 11 ACRE, UH, ANNEXATION.
THIS IS THE FINAL STEP IN THAT ANNEXATION.
UM, UH, THIS WILL BE, UM, ANNEXED IN AS, UH, OPEN SPACE RECREATION AS YOU KNOW, AND THEN WILL BE A PART OF A CITY SPONSORED, UH, REZONE AS A PART OF A LARGER, UH, AREA ON THAT SIDE OF BLUE HERON.
UH, LATER THIS MONTH, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO, UM, FOR YOU TO FINALIZE AND, UH, ACCEPT THAT SECOND READING.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER THE ITEM FIVE A AS A SECOND READING THAT'S COMPLETED.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO, WE NEED A MOTION.
SO CAN I HAVE A ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE A? YEAH, MOVE TO APPROVE FIVE A SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FIVE A'S PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE HAVE ITEM FIVE
[b. Consider an ordinance adding the newly annexed properties generally described as approximately 11.19 acres of land situated in 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 into Council District No. 5.]
BS.CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE ADDING THE NEWLY ANNEXED PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED AS APPROXIMATELY 11 POINT 19 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF, OF THE LARGER TRACK SITUATED IN THE JW SINGLETON SURVEY, ABSTRACT 7 0 9 AND THE DAVID MCFADDEN SURVEY, ABSTRACT 5 91 OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS LOCATED GENERALLY ALONG BLUE HERON PARKWAY BETWEEN BARKLEY ROAD AND CROSBY CEDAR VALLEY ROAD INTO COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.
IT SAYS, MR. SCRIBNER, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE MUCH COMMENT TO SAY.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR FIVE B TO PLACE THIS NEWLY ANNEX PROPERTY INTO COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.
A MOTION TO MOVE TO APPROVE FIVE B.
I SECOND A MOTION IN A SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? YES.
OH, UNLESS, IF NOT, THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
FIVE B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. 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 SIX A.SO THIS ITEM ITSELF IS A ZONING MAP ADJUSTMENT OF APPROXIMATELY, UH, 35.1 ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED NEAR 7 0 3 HUNT ROAD BETWEEN NORTH MAIN STREET AND GARTH ROAD.
UH, WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, EXCUSE ME.
YES, THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS.
SO I WILL, UH, GO TO THAT FIRST.
UM, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE MR. SCRIBNER BEFORE THE PUBLIC? UM, JUST, UH, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS WE HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING LAST MONTH AT YOUR DECEMBER MEETING.
UM, AND SO, UM, FROM STAFF STANDPOINT, UH, THERE'S NO INFOR THERE'S NO NEW INFORMATION FROM LAST MONTH'S PRESENTATION.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE OBVIOUSLY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS THE STAFF, SO, OKAY.
SO, UH, FIRST I HAVE, I HAVE TIM CRAWFORD, I HAVE TIFFANY FOSTER, AND IT LOOKS LIKE A SHERRY LAUDERS.
OH, EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS FOUR A WHO? UM, I'LL TAKE TIFFANY'S TIME AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK I NEED IT, BUT, UM, ALRIGHT, SO YOU HAVE UH, I GUESS SIX MINUTES.
ARE YOU GONNA SAY SOMETHING? OH, NO, HE'S GONNA ASK ME.
ALRIGHT, UH, HERE WE'RE AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I WANTED TO THANK TIFFANY FOSTER AND STEVEN DON CARLOS FOR HELPING ME ON THIS.
UM, IT'S BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL AND I I APPRECIATE THEIR HELP.
UM, I'M ONLY PASSING OUT ONE ITEM TONIGHT.
UM, WHAT I'M PASSING OUT IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS JUST APPROVED IN MAY.
UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE PAGE OF, UH, THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 1 53, IF YOU WOULD.
IT'S REGARDING, UH, MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SUBMITTED OUR PROJECT, UM, AS THIS WAS BEING APPROVED.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF WHAT THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAYS, AND OUR PROJECT MEETS THIS, UH, THIS GUIDANCE.
IF YOU WOULD ALSO LOOK AT PAGE, UH, 1 54, THIS PAGE TALKS ABOUT THE EXACT PRODUCT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD.
IT SHOWS PICTURES OF AN ALMOST EXACT BUILDING, UH, UH, COMMUNITY LIKE WE WOULD BE BUILDING.
AND THERE'S AN UP-TO-DATE CURRENT POLICY GUIDING THIS, UH, THE, UH, PROPERTIES LIKE THIS THAT, THAT WE'RE ASKING TO HAVE APPROVED.
SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A MISSING MIDDLE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT'S NOT SINGLE FAMILY, IT'S NOT TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL ON THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS.
UH, AFTER THE LAST HEARING, WE TALKED TO,
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UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TOLD US, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE ALREADY KNEW FROM OUR RESEARCH, WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LARGE COMPANIES AND THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT, THAT THEY'RE TALKING TO, THAT THEY NEED, UH, PROJECTS LIKE THIS TO HELP RETAIN AND RECRUIT EMPLOYEES.
THEY NEED NICE DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN BAYTOWN.
SO THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D, I'D SAY IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE APPROVED TONIGHT, WE WILL FILE OUR PLAT IMMEDIATELY.
UM, WE'LL FILE OUR DEVELOPMENT PLAN IMMEDIATELY.
HOPEFULLY BOTH WOULD BE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME.
UH, WE COULD ACTUALLY START SOME CLEARING AND GRUBBING PERHAPS AS EARLY AS APRIL OR MAY.
WE COULD START VERICA GOING VERTICAL THIS SUMMER, AND WE COULD START MOVING PEOPLE IN BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO, UM, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO DRAG THIS ON.
AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST SUMMARIZE BY SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, TO ME SAMENESS BEGETS SAMENESS AND GOOD PROJECTS BEGET GOOD PROJECTS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY OPPORTUNITY TO GET A GREAT PROJECT FOR THE CITY AND FOLLOW YOUR OWN CURRENT POLICY DOCUMENT AT THE SAME TIME.
I'VE GOT SOME MORE TIME IF TIFFANY WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING.
I, I THINK AT THIS, THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S NO ONE ELSE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, THIS ITEM I THINK HAS BEEN PRESENTED MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE ALREADY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
AND SO AT THAT POINT WE'LL OPEN UP TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS REZONE.
SO WITH THAT, YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST? SURE.
I'LL START SINCE THIS IS DISTRICT FOUR.
SO, UM, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, UH, DECISION FOR A WHILE AND, UM, I WANTED TO START BY SAYING HOW MUCH I RESPECT AND AGREE WITH OUR DISTANCING GUIDELINES FOR MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN THIS WAS FIRST BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL, AND I REALLY, UH, AND STILL DO BELIEVE IN THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THAT GUIDELINE.
AND IT'S NOT TO BE ANTI, ANTI MULTIFAMILY, UH, WHATSOEVER.
IT'S REALLY TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT, UH, PARTICULAR TYPE OF HOUSING IS SPREAD MORE EVENLY ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND DOESN'T TEND TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ONLY DEVELOP IN ONE AREA ONLY.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT IN MIND, I HAVE TO TAKE EACH REQUEST INTO CONSIDERATION AND THE UNIQUENESS OF EACH PROPERTY AND, UM, THE REQUEST FOR IT TO BE MULTIFAMILY.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IS THIS PROPERTY, UM, IS MULTIFAMILY THE BEST OR MAYBE ONLY USED FOR IT? AND IF IT IS, HOW FAR DO I WANNA GO IN REGULATING PRIVATE PROPERTY AND SOMEONE'S ABILITY TO SELL AND DEVELOP IT? SO LOOKING AT THIS PROPERTY, UM, I DO THINK, UH, THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS THE BEST USE FOR IT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, IT IS SET BEHIND, UH, A PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
UM, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DEVELOPED AS GENERAL COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS WHAT I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED FOR THAT AREA.
BUT, UM, AFTER LONG DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER WHO'S A CONSTITUENT, UM, THAT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN FOR HER.
AND SO, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT CAME ALONG.
IT IS NOT A TRADITIONAL APARTMENT COMPLEX.
I DO THINK THAT IT IS SOMETHING UNIQUE AS FAR AS HOUSING GOES FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
AND SO WITH THAT, I DO, UM, SUPPORT THIS PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I DO HAVE A COMMENT, MAYOR, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY WANTED TO CREATE SOME SORT OF GARDEN STYLE AS WELL, UM, GARDEN STYLE COTTAGES AS I WAS READING THE STAFF ANALYSIS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY HAD A PROJECT ON SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD THAT ALSO CAME TO COUNCIL AND PLED THEIR CASE.
AND WE HAD TO, UM, REZONE THAT AREA AS WELL TO ALLOW THOSE GARDEN STYLE, UM, HOMES.
AND WE'VE YET TO BREAK GROUND.
AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THAT PROJECT IS GOING.
UM, I KNOW IT'S A DIFFERENT DEVELOPER, UM, BUT I'M, I'M JUST WONDERING, WAS THERE NOT AN INTEREST AFTER ALL, UH, FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT OR, OR WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT PROJECT POINT OF ORDER? YEAH.
YEAH, I THINK, I DON'T WANT TO, I THINK WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
I, I CAN'T REALLY, I, I WOULD NOT WANT TO GO AND, AND DISCUSS A SEPARATE PROJECT WITH DIFFERENT, YOU COULD HAVE DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT, HOLD ON.
I WOULDN'T WANT THAT PROJECT OR ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE DETAILS TO GO AND INFLUENCE A DECISION ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
I ALWAYS SAY I LOOK AT THE MERIT OF EACH PROJECT.
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WE DON'T GO DOWN THAT PATH.AND SO I WAS JUST MAKING A POINT.
BUT, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, IS THERE, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT, COMMENT THERE, BUT I WAS NOT ON COUNCIL WHEN THE DISCUSSIONS FOR THE DISTANCING, MORATORIUM AND STUFF WAS DISCUSSED, I, I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DESK AND I, AND I HEARD THAT, AND, AND AGAIN, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE INTENT WAS TO STOP THE LARGE BLOCKHOUSE TYPE APARTMENTS, UH, TO SPREAD THOSE OUT.
THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION AND THE INTENT.
SO I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE UNIQUE IF YOU SIT BACK AND THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO WE WANT? AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT IN SOME OF OUR SESSIONS.
WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE IN BAYTOWN? I THINK THIS PROJECT IS ONE OF THOSE THAT, THAT, YEAH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD LOOK GOOD IN OUR CITY.
I HAD THE QUESTIONS AS FAR AS DENSITY PER ACRE.
UM, I GOT SEVERAL RESPONSES TO THAT, AND SOME OF 'EM WERE AS COMPLICATED.
AND I HAPPENED TO, TO BUMP INTO THE, THE, UH, DEVELOPER AS WE CAME IN TODAY.
AND, AND HE ASSURED ME THAT, THAT, UM, THE DENSITY WOULD BE LESS THAN 10 PER ACRE OF THE ACTUAL DEVELOPED ACREAGE.
UM, THAT'S QUITE A BIT LESS THAN OUR CODE REQUIRES.
UM, SO I, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PROJECT.
AND, AND BASED ON THE DENSITY ISSUES, THE UNIQUENESS OF THE PROJECT, I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT AS WELL.
AGREE COMMENTS? UM, YES MA'AM.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I, I WAS DEFINITELY ON THE FENCE WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UM, ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS IS JUST MORE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING.
UM, HOWEVER, I DO APPRECIATE COUNCILWOMAN BENTON COURT.
YOU JUST CLARIFIED SOMETHING FOR ME.
AFTER SPEAKING TO LOTS OF CONSTITUENTS IN TOWN.
UM, PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR RETAIL, RETAIL, RETAIL.
AND THE FACT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO CLARIFY THAT YOU, UM, TALKED TO THE OWNERS, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT RETAIL THAT HELPS ME ALSO SAY THAT I WOULD SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? ALRIGHT.
UM, NO, I THINK THIS PROJECT, I'VE SEEN IT, UH, CONTINUE.
IT'S REALLY BEEN PRETTY, IT HASN'T REALLY CHANGED IN MANY WAYS THAT I KNOW OF.
UH, PARTICULAR WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSTON AREA, THE HOUSTON MARKET, AND REALLY HOW HOUSING IS GOING.
UM, I KNOW COUNCIL, WE CERTAINLY SUPPORT SINGLE FAMILY, UH, HOMES IN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE'S NO DOUBT.
BUT, UM, A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR AND THE MARKET IS CHANGING IT.
IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETIMES A SMALLER FOOTPRINT.
GARDEN STYLE HOMES MAY BE OWNER OCCUPIED IN SOME CASES MAY NOT.
UM, THIS PROJECT LOOKS, LOOKS BEAUTIFUL FROM EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN.
UM, I KNOW IT'S IN SOME PRETTY, PRETTY NICE AREAS, UH, IN HOUSTON.
AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S THE BEST FIT FOR WHERE IT'S GOING.
UM, I THINK I WAS PRETTY CLEAR LAST TIME I'D REALLY LIKE US TO LOOK AT, UM, THE AREA IN ITS ENTIRETY.
I'M GONNA SAY NORTH OF ARCHER.
AND IN BETWEEN NORTH MAINE AND GARTH ALL THE WAY UP TO I 10, REALLY GETTING AN IDEA.
WE HAVE SOME THOROUGHFARES THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SET ASIDE FOR THAT.
UM, AS THINGS DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE GO AND REALLY TRY TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR, FOR THESE AREAS.
UM, IF THIS WAS IN A DIFFERENT AREA, EVEN WITHIN THIS KIND OF THIS, UH, BOX, I CALL IT, UM, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T SUPPORT IT, BUT I THINK IT'S THE BEST FIT FOR THIS, FOR THIS PROPERTY, FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT ALSO.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SIX A AS PRESENTED.
MOVE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM SIX, A SECOND.
HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SIX A AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AND THEN, UH, SO NEXT WE'LL HAVE ITEM CARRIE.
[a. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 2 “Administration,” Article IV “Boards and Commissions,” Division 5 “Community Development Advisory Committee,” Section 2-387 “Representation” of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, to update the provisions for representation, as well as to amend text to and rename Section 2-390 "Community Development Coordinator." ]
NEXT WE'LL HAVE ITEM SEVEN, A CONCERN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION, UH, ARTICLE FOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DIVISION FIVE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SECTION TWO DASH 3 87, REPRESENTATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS TO UPDATE THE PROVISIONS REPRESENTATION AS WELL AS AMEND TEXT TO AND RENAME SECTION TWO DASH, UH, THREE 90 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.UM, THIS ITEM IS REALLY A, A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM.
UM, FOR THE MOST PART, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THIS WILL ACCOMPLISH.
NUMBER ONE IS THE, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WHAT WE REFER TO AS CDAC, UM, HAS A SPECIFIC, UM, MAKEUP AS FAR AS REPRESENTATION OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, UM, PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WITH THOSE RESTRICTIONS, UM, WE OFTEN WILL GO FOR MONTHS WITHOUT WHEN THERE'S A SEAT THAT'S OPEN BECAUSE, AND, AND YOU HAVE THAT APPOINTMENT ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT FOR THAT BOARD, THERE ARE FOUR APPOINTMENTS.
UM, TWO OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN BECAUSE THERE'S AN ETHNICITY REQUIREMENT OF THE BOARD.
THE, UM, OUR INTENT IS TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT AS BEST WE CAN AS A CITY, BUT IN, IN ORDER TO DO THE BUSINESS THAT THEY NEED TO DO, TO HAVE THOSE SEATS SIT OPEN FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AT
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A TIME HAS BECOME, UH, DIFFICULT FOR US TO, TO GET THE, TO GET THE JOB DONE FOR THE COMMITTEE.SO THE FIRST ITEM WOULD, WOULD BASICALLY, UM, IT, IT DOESN'T REMOVE THE PROVISION, BUT IT WOULD SAY WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO HIT THAT PROVISION.
IF WE CAN'T, THEN WE'RE GONNA FILL THE SEAT WITH, WITH WHO WE CAN.
UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER ITEM IS JUST, UH, A CHANGE IN THE TITLE OF THE PERSON WHO RUNS THAT, THAT, UH, PROGRAM.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE ITEM SEVEN A.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TITLE? YES, MA'AM.
MARTIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY HISTORY ON WHY THE ETHNICITY REQUIREMENT WAS WRITTEN INTO THE ORDINANCE IN THE FIRSTHAND? I, I DO NOT.
UM, IT'S A, THE, THE COMMITTEE ITSELF, IT HAS A, UM, ALMOST A SOCIAL SERVICES, UM, SLANT TO IT.
AND SO I THINK IN THAT, UM, IN THAT SPIRIT, THEY WANTED THAT COMMITTEE MAKEUP TO REFLECT THAT OF THE CITY AT LARGE.
AND SO, UM, AGAIN, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT FOR THAT COMMITTEE.
UM, IT'S JUST, IT DOESN'T WORK AS WELL IF WE HAVE TWO OR THREE SEATS THAT ARE SITTING OPEN, UM, FOR ONE OF THEM'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO, UM, SO I, I THINK THAT WAS THE IDEA BECAUSE OF THE, THEY, THEY WANTED TO REFLECT THAT, THAT, UM, DIVERSITY OF THE, OF THE TOWN AND IT'S COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO FILL THESE SEATS, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO MY GUT TELLS ME THAT THE REASON THIS WAS WRITTEN IN THE FIRST PLACE IS BECAUSE IT WAS PROBABLY IMPORTANT AND, AND, AND THERE WAS A MEANING BEHIND IT TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS DIVERSITY, UM, ON THIS COMMITTEE.
AND SO I GET A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN I READ LANGUAGE, LIKE, UM, WE'LL MAKE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT, UM, WHERE I WORK.
THAT'S THE LANGUAGE LAWYERS USE SO THAT WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT.
AND SO, UM, I I'M A, I'M A, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT CHANGING IT BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT FOR WHATEVER COUNCIL OR WHOMEVER FORMED THIS COMMITTEE, THEY WANTED TO ENSURE, MAKE SURE NO ROOM FOR ERROR, THAT THERE WAS RACIAL DIVERSITY ON THIS COMMITTEE.
AND CHANGING THIS LANGUAGE MAKES ME NERVOUS THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND BECAUSE GOOD FAITH EFFORT IS SUBJECTIVE, I MEAN, WHAT YOU THINK IS A GOOD FAITH EFFORT COULD BE DIFFERENT FROM ME.
AND, UM, SO AGAIN, IT MAKES ME, I I IT MAKES ME A LITTLE AS, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE APPOINTMENTS DO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.
YEAH, IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY US THAT WE'RE FAILING IS, IS WHAT I'M HERE.
WE'RE FAILING TO, UH, FIND COMMITTEE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT MEET THE STANDARDS THAT PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAVE PUT FORTH FOR US.
AND I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE THE LANGUAGE, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
I, I JUST, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, UH, A LITTLE BIT OR IN LINE WITH THAT.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING I THOUGHT IS IS THERE ANY FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE, THAT ARE YES, DISCUSSED? SO MY MY UNDERSTANDING AT LEAST FOR A WHILE WAS IT WAS KIND OF DICTATED BECAUSE OF THE CDBG TYPE BLOCK GRANT FUNDING THAT THIS MAKEUP WAS REQUIRED.
IT WAS PART OF ORIGINAL FEDERAL FUNDING TYPE SCENARIOS.
IT NOT, IT NOT, BUT IF THAT'S NOT TRUE, AND THAT'S FINE, I'M JUST SAYING HOW I OPERATE IT.
BUT I WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT THE COMMENTS WERE MADE.
UM, IF THIS IS A SPECIFIC, LIKE A DISTRICT SPECIFIC OR MAYOR SPECIFIC, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
PROBABLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS AMONGST OURSELVES AFTER A WHILE, IF YOU SAID THIS, THIS VACANCY HAS EXISTED FOR QUITE A WHILE, THEN IT JUST, IT'S KIND OF OPENED UP TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, LET'S SAY, IF IT, IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT DISTRICT SPECIFIC WHERE OTHERS CAN GO AND SEEK APPOINTMENTS.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CITIZENS THAT THEY DO WANNA SERVE IN THIS TYPE OF CAPACITY.
UM, AND, AND I, I, I BELIEVE WITH HAVING THE DIVERSITY COMPONENT TO THESE INDIVIDUALS ON THIS COMMITTEE, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE, UM, IT IS TO ENSURE THAT, THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY IS REFLECTED, UH, AND PARTICULARLY WITH THESE TYPE OF FUNDS.
AND I STILL, I WOULD STILL WANT TO, TO SUPPORT THAT REGARDLESS IF IT'S A REQUIREMENT OR NOT.
I, I THINK IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
YES, I WAS GONNA SAY, CAN WE GET CLARIFICATION AS TO WHAT ETHNICITY GROUPS ARE ABSENT FROM THE COMMITTEE? NO.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, WE CAN'T GET ENOUGH CAUCASIANS TO APPLY.
AND, AND MAYOR, MY VACANCIES ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S DRUG OUT, IF I COULD PUT A POINT OF MINORITY TO THAT POSITION, I'VE GOT SEVERAL I COULD DO, BUT CAUCASIAN, I'M HAVING EXTREME DIFFICULTY FINDING THAT IS HISPANIC LISTED SEPARATE.
I SEE SOMETHING IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE HERE.
VOLUNT OBVIOUSLY I WAS TRYING NOT TO SAY THAT.
I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, NO, I NEED, WE NEED TO KNOW.
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AND MAYOR, IF I MAY, UH, MY COMMENTS REALLY, UH, I SERVED ON THE BOARD, UM, PRIOR TO COUNCIL AND I SERVED I THINK TWO YEARS MAYBE.UM, AND SO IT, IT DOES BENEFIT THE COMMITTEE TO HAVE, SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN BETTEN COURT'S COMMENTS AND UM, I WOULD ACTUALLY SUPPORT THAT IF WE ARE HAVING ISSUES FILLING UP A ROLE THAT PERHAPS WE MAKE IT AT LARGE FOR THAT TERM.
BECAUSE WHO KNOWS, MAYBE YOU MIGHT GET SOMEONE AT THE NEXT TERM OR SOMETHING.
BUT IF WE'RE HAVING, UH, TROUBLE FILLING IT, THEN MAYBE HAVE IT GO AT LARGE FOR THAT PARTICULAR APPOINTMENT, BUT NOT FOR LIKE, EVER, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND.
UM, AND MAY I CLARIFIED, IT'S MY, ONE OF THE VACANCIES IS MY APPOINTMENT.
I CAN APPOINT OUTSIDE MY DISTRICT.
I'VE JUST BEEN STRUGGLING TO FIND SOMEONE THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT TO DO SO.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE APPLIED TO BE ON IT, THEY DON'T FIT THE CRITERIA.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S, IF I MAY, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE YOU GO.
YOU, YOU GO TO YOUR COLLEAGUES IF YOU SAY, HOW DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE, THERE'S A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON IT.
THEY JUST DON'T MEET THE CAUCASIAN.
AND SO, AND I'M SURE, I THINK THAT'S WHY HE FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE IS SAYING, HEY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN ANGLE TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.
ALRIGHT, SO I'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AND IF ANYBODY ELSE IN THE WIDE VIEWING AUDIENCE MEETS THAT CRITERIA GO, WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR THE COMMITTEE, PLEASE DO SO, JUST SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ALONG.
SO LEMME ASK, OTHER THAN THE LANGUAGE, I WOULD SAY I, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE GOOD FAITH EFFORT LANGUAGE EITHER, BUT IT, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A, A BIG KIND OF CATCHALL, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS ITEM THAT DOES NEED TO BE CONSIDERED EXCLUSIVE OF, OF THAT PARTICULAR LANGUAGE? THE SECOND PROVISION, UH, SECTION TWO DASH THREE 90 COMMUNITY.
WE WANTED TO RENAME THE MANAGER OF THAT PROGRAM AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME SHIFTS IN PERSONNEL AND, AND ALREADY THAT THAT IS THE PERSON WHO IS RUNNING THAT.
UM, WE JUST WANNA MAKE IT OFFICIAL.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS, EXCLUDING THE FIRST PORTION OF, OF THIS ITEM.
WELL WE DON'T HAVE AN, WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION YET, SO YOU CAN JUST MAKE A MOTION THAT IT'S ONLY THIS PORTION FOR SECTION TWO DASH THREE 90.
UM, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN A, UM, TO ONLY CONSIDER, UH, SECTION 2 30 90 AS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, OF THAT PARTICULAR LANGUAGE CHANGE ON SEVEN A, BUT EXCLUDING THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS RELATED TO ANY CHANGES IN SECTION TWO DASH 3 87.
SECOND, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SEVEN A AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED HAVE SEVEN B, CONSIDER
[b. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 22 "Civil Emergencies," Article I "General", Article II "Emergency Management and Preparedness", and Article III "Pre-Disaster Management" Division 1 "Residential Board and Care Occupancy" of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas, to update the name of the Chapter, organizational updates, and updating the definition of Long-Term Care Residential Facilities.]
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22, CIVIL EMERGENCIES ARTICLE ONE, GENERAL ARTICLE TWO, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PREPAREDNESS AND ARTICLE THREE, PRE-DISASTER MANAGEMENT DIVISION ONE, RESIDENTIAL BOARD AND CARE OCCUPANCY OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS TO UPDATE THE NAME OF THE CHAPTER ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES AND UPDATING THE DEFINITION OF LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES.MR. ALAMIA, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UM, THE PROPOSAL TODAY IS TO AMEND CHAPTER 22 CIVIL EMERGENCIES TO RETITLE, UH, THAT CHAPTER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
UM, THE ORDINANCE ALSO PROPOSES CHANGES TO SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL TITLES WITHIN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE DIRECTOR, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.
SOME OF THE TITLES HADN'T BEEN UPDATED IN SEVERAL DECADES, AND SO WE'RE JUST REFLECTING CURRENT OPERATIONAL STANDARDS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
UM, IT ALSO PROPOSES AN AMENDMENT ESTABLISHING THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THIS IS A COMMITTEE THAT'S REQUIRED FOR ACCREDITATION.
SO WE ARE PURSUING THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM.
ONE OF THE STANDARDS INCLUDES AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IT AUTHORIZES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THAT COMMITTEE AND SETS FORTH A STANDARD OPERATING GUIDE, WHICH IS AN ATTACHMENT THAT YOU HAVE, UM, IN YOUR PACKET FOR REVIEW.
UM, IT ALSO MAKES AMENDMENTS TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY CALL THE RESIDENTIAL BOARD AND CARE LICENSE, WHERE WE REVIEW, UH, EMERGENCY PLANS FOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, NURSING FACILITIES.
UM, WE'VE UPDATED THIS TO INCLUDE A TERMINOLOGY CHANGE, UH, THE PROVIDER TYPES AND LICENSING WITHIN THE STATE REFERRED TO THEM AS LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
AND SO WE'RE REFLECTING THAT CHANGE WITHIN THIS AMENDMENT AS WELL.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE PROPOSALS, WE'RE HERE WITHIN THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ANSWER ANY, UH, QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ALAMIA? IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN B IS PRESENTED.
CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR PRETENTIONS OR, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SEVEN B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[c. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 109 "Engineering and Construction Standards," Article III "Streets," of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas. ]
ITEM SEVEN C, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1 0 9, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.[00:50:01]
ARTICLE THREE, STREETS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, MR. MIA.UH, ITEM SEVEN C IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 1 0 9, WHICH COVERS THE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.
UH, THIS WILL AMEND ARTICLE THREE, WHICH COVERS THE STANDARD, UH, STREET SECTION RIGHT OF WAY, WIDTH AND STREETLIGHTS.
UH, A SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES OR THE FOLLOWING, UPDATING THE RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH SO THAT AIRLINES BETTER WITH THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY TO HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR SIDEWALKS, ROAD PAVEMENT, UTILITIES.
UH, AN EXAMPLE OF THIS WILL BE UPDATING THE WIDTH OF THE ROAD, UH, THE PAVEMENT FROM 28 FEET TO 30 FEET, WHICH WILL ALLOW MORE ROOM FOR THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO PASS BY WHEN THERE'S, UH, VEHICLES PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
UM, IT'LL ALSO UPDATE THE VARIANCE PROCESS.
UM, THE OTHER ITEM IS THE STREET LIGHT SECTION, WHICH WILL BE UPDATED TO REQUIRE THAT THEY BE POWDER CODE BLACK, UH, TO BETTER BRANCH THE REST OF THE CITY.
AND THE, IT'LL ALSO UPDATE THE ELIMINATION LEVELS BASED ON THE ROADWAY TYPE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I DON'T.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MIA? DO NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN C AS PRESENTED.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SEVEN C AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT A.
[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Professional Service Agreement with GrantWorks, Inc. for Grant Administration Services for CDBG Disaster Mitigation Grant Funding.]
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH GRANT WORKS INC.FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR THE CDBG DISASTER MITIGATION GRANT FUNDING MR. MORAN.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UM, ITEM EIGHT A IS BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL AGREEMENT WITH GRANT WORKS FOR, UM, TO HELP ASSIST, UH, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IN SOLICITING AND MANAGING, UM, FEDERAL FLOODING MITIGATION, UM, ON OUR BEHALF THROUGH THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND THROUGH FEMA.
THE COST ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERVICES ARE COVERED THROUGH, UM, THE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES, UM, AS WELL.
SINCE GRANT WORKS HAS ALREADY SECURED A CONTRACT, UH, WITH HARRIS COUNTY, ANY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH FUNDING RECEIVED THROUGH THEM, UM, WE WOULD NOT BE CHARGED FOR THOSE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, MR. NICK FEAN AND MS. ASHTON CROW WHO'S HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING GRANT WORKS.
ALRIGHT THEN DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I GUESS FOR GRANT WORKS? IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM A EIGHT A AS PRESENTED.
A MOTION SECOND QUESTION, COMMENTS, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? EIGHT A IS PRESENTED.
[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing a Federal Legislative Advocacy Services Agreement with Van Scoyoc Associates.]
B, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH VAN.HELP ME HERE WITH THE LAST KOYAK KOYAK.
I HAVE JUST THREE SLIDES FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE, WHAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING BY, UH, ADDRESSING THIS AGREEMENT AND WHAT WE PLAN TO DO NEXT.
SO FIRST, HOW WE GOT HERE AT THE END OF 2021, COUNCIL ADOPTED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SLEETER GROUP, WHICH IS OUR, UH, ADVOCATES AT THE STATE LEVEL AND AT THE SAME TIME ADOPTING A SERIES OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
AND THAT EFFORT HAS SERVED TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AND ACTUALLY QUITE SUCCESSFUL FOR US SO FAR.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE STARTED JUST, UH, TWO DAYS AGO.
IT'S BEEN A LONG COUPLE DAYS, TWO DAYS AGO, AND ALREADY WE HAVE TWO BILLS ON OUR BEHALF THAT HAVE BEEN FILED THAT ARE GONNA BE VERY HELPFUL IN HELPING US SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS BETTER.
SO OUR STATE CAPITAL HAS BEGUN TO HEAR ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN BAYTOWN, BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO GO TO WASHINGTON DC WE NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED THERE AND WE WANT THEM TO KNOW ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE COMPLETED THE RFP PROCESS AND SELECTED VAN KOIC ASSOCIATES TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY.
THERE'S IMPORTANT WORK TO BE DONE AND THE WORK AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN THE WORK WE TRADITIONALLY SEE AT THE STATE LEVEL.
THE FEDERAL WORK WILL REVOLVE PRIMARILY AROUND FUNDING, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF APPROPRIATIONS, GRANTS AND POLICY.
VANCE KOIC IS WELL KNOWN AROUND WASHINGTON DC FOR THEIR EXPERTISE AND SUCCESS AS ONE OF THE TOP APPROPRIATIONS FIRMS. THEY UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING PROCESS AND HAVE STRONG TIES TO THOSE WHO HOLD THE PURSE STRINGS, NOT JUST THOSE MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT BAYTOWN.
CONGRESS IS POISED TO CONTINUE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING OR EARMARKS IN THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS.
VAN SKOK WILL WORK WITH US TO DETERMINE WHICH PROJECTS ARE ELIGIBLE BASED, UH, PRIOR PRIORITIZE BASED ON KNOWN FEDERAL INTERESTS, SUBMIT COMPELLING
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REQUESTS ON OUR BEHALF, AND CONDUCT THE APPROPRIATE MEETINGS AND FOLLOW UP WITH CONGRESSIONAL STAFF.THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT, IIJA IS PROVIDING A ONCE IN A GENERATION FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF MORE THAN A TRILLION DOLLARS THAT CROSSES VIRTUALLY EVERY SECTOR OF OUR ECONOMY.
IT WILL PROVIDE UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF COMPETITIVE COMPETITIVELY AWARDED FUNDING OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE BAY TOWN'S AT THE SEATED, UH, AT SEATED AT THAT TABLE FOR FUNDING.
SOME OF THIS FUNDING IS DISTRIBUTED TO STATES BASED ON FORMULAS, WHICH WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, BUT SOME ARE VERY COMPETITIVE IN TERMS OF GRANTS.
VICK WILL WORK WITH US TO DETERMINE WHICH PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ARE THE MOST COMPETITIVE TO RECEIVE FUNDING AND WILL HELP US APPLY.
THE TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO DIRECTLY CONVEY THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE PROJECTS TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND FEDERAL AGENTS WHO HAVE A ROLE IN DECIDING WHERE FUNDING IS SENT.
TWO PROJECTS THAT IMMEDIATELY SHOULD COME TO MIND ARE GARTH ROAD EXPANSION AND ALSO THE IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE E-D-J-E-T-J TO IMPROVE ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, FEDERAL FUNDING IS GOING TO BE SENT TO CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND IF WE DON'T DO ALL WE CAN TO ADVOCATE FOR BAYTOWN, THE MONEY WILL GO ELSEWHERE.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES TO CONGRESS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO US AND WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE OTHER CITIES THAT THEY HAVE TO PRIORITIZE AS WELL AND BE CONSIDERATE OF.
IT IS OUR ADVOCATES WHO WILL LOOK OUT SOLELY FOR BAY TOWN'S INTERESTS.
FINALLY, VANSCOY EFFORTS WILL ALSO INCLUDE MONITORING CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS AND REPORT BACK TO BAYTOWN ON PRIORITY ISSUES, TRACKING THE REGULATORY PROCESS AND ENSURING THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT COMMENTS, MEETINGS WITH STAFF AND OFFICIALS IN DRAFTING LETTERS OF TESTIMONY AND SUCH.
SO WHAT'S NEXT UPON ADOPTION? SKOK WILL GET TO WORK BY DEVELOPING IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOU AND THE LEGISLATIVE AD HOC COMMITTEE, A STRATEGIC ADVOCACY PLAN THAT LAYS OUT SPECIFIC GOALS, A ROADMAP FOR SUCCESS AND DELIVERABLES TO MEASURE OUR PROGRESS ALONG THE WAY.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL OR NOT.
VANCE KOYAK WILL HELP US DELIVER THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
AND WHEN THAT TIME IS RIGHT, WE WILL TAKE THE PLAN AND PRIORITIZE ON THE ROAD AND MAKE SURE AND PRIORITIES ON THE ROAD AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN WASHINGTON HAS HEARD ABOUT BAYTOWN.
I, UH, I MENTIONED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO WHEN I PRESENTED BEFORE YOU THAT I HAVE A GOAL AND IT'S A LOFTY GOAL TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNOWS ABOUT AND HEARS ABOUT BAYTOWN.
THIS IS ONE WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THAT BY GOING TO DC WHICH IS TRADITIONALLY, AS YOU KNOW, A VERY DIFFICULT PLACE FOR VOICES TO BE HEARD.
SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. REEVES? I THINK THE ONLY COMMENT I'LL MAKE, UH, AS YOU ALLUDED TO GARTH ROAD, SO FOR, FOR SOME THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE, GARTH ROAD IS PROBABLY IN CUTTING, IS IT FOUR OR FIVE SEGMENTS? AND FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, UH, THE FIRST, IN A SENSE, TWO PHASES THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IS GONNA BE FROM I 10 TO JUST SOUTH OF ARCHER ROAD.
THAT THAT IS, UH, IS IT AN $80 MILLION SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE, I BELIEVE TYPE OF PROJECT.
UH, THE ENTIRETY FROM I 10 TO TO 1 46 IS PROBABLY, PROBABLY, BY THE TIME IT'S DONE, IT'S GONNA BE TWO 50 TO $300 MILLION IN ITS ENTIRETY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO HAVE THESE TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN, THAT KNOW, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON PARTICULAR TRANSPORTATION AND, AND COMMERCE TYPE OF, OF COMMITTEES SO THAT WE CAN GO AND, AND BE IN FRONT OF THEM AND ENSURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE NEED.
UH, FOR WHAT I CONSIDER GARTH ROAD BEING PROBABLY, AT LEAST IN EAST HOUSTON AND EAST HARRIS COUNTY AND MAYBE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS, PROBABLY THE MOST, UM, BUSY AS, UM, ROADWAY WHEN IT COMES TO COMMERCE.
AND SO THAT'S THAT WE CONTINUE THAT MESSAGE.
WE WILL NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE, FOR THE NEXT SEGMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
UM, WE'LL WORK WITH THROUGH OUR TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND A LOT OF THAT STILL FLOWS DOWN FROM DC TO, TO AUSTIN, TO THE HOUSTON AREA.
AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GO AND, AND AS MR. REEVE SAID, HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR CITY.
SO WITH THAT, I CERTAINLY WOULD SUPPORT THE SELECTION OF THIS, UH, LEGISLATIVE, UM, FIRM.
SO WITH THAT, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
MAYOR, UM, HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH MR. REEVES.
UM, I APPRECIATE HIS PASSION ON THIS, BUT, UH, I HAVE MY OWN BELIEFS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PAYING LOBBYISTS, UH, ON, ON OUR BEHALF.
SO, UM, FOR THAT REASON, I'LL BE OPPOSED TO THIS ITEM.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM EIGHT B, MOVE TO APPROVE EIGHT B.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, EIGHT B IS PRESENTED.
[a. Consider a resolution adopting the City of Baytown Community Development Transportation Program Guidelines.]
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A IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION ADOPTING CITY OF BAY TOWN'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM GUIDELINES.SO, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THE CDAC ACTUALLY, UM, DECIDES ON THE FUNDING FOR, UM, THIS TRANSPORTATION GUIDELINE GUIDELINES.
UM, THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM IS ONE THAT LOVE NETWORK HAS BEEN, UH, THE, THE, THEY, THEY'RE THE MANAGERS OF THIS PROGRAM IN THE PAST.
UM, THEY WERE AWARDED $50,000 OF THE CDBG MONEY THIS YEAR, UM, TO RUN THAT PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE CHANGED UP THEIR, UH, PROGRAMMING AND SO THEY'RE NO LONGER DOING THAT.
SO THEY'RE KINDA DEFAULTING THAT BACK TO THE CITY.
UM, SO WE JUST NEED TO CHANGE THE GUIDELINES SO THAT WE ARE RUNNING THAT PROGRAM.
THE MONEY THAT WAS GOING TO THEM FROM CDBG WILL NOW JUST, WE, WE STILL HAVE THAT MONEY.
SO THEY WILL STILL GO TO RUN THAT SAME PROGRAM.
UM, AND REALLY THE, THE MAJORITY OF WHAT IT IT AMOUNTS TO IS WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT HIRING DRIVERS.
WE'RE NOT RUNNING THE BUSES OR, OR CREATING THE ROUTES.
WE, UM, CONNECT PEOPLE IN NEED WITH THE, THE BUS PASS WAIVERS AND VOUCHERS AND, UM, SOME OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY, UM, THEY'RE, UH, TAXI CABS AS WELL.
SO THAT TRANSPORTATION, UM, HAPPENS.
THERE'S ABOUT 120 PEOPLE OR SO THAT, UM, THAT CURRENTLY UTILIZE THE, THE PROGRAM.
SO WE JUST NEED THAT TO REFLECT THAT THE CITY'S GONNA RUN IT.
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
CAN WE GET A SECOND? SECOND? DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF NINE NINE A ORDER? YES MA'AM.
I DIDN'T SAY THAT THEY USED TO RUN THE PROGRAM THEY USED THEY DO NOT RUN IT NOW.
IT, IT'LL REVERT BACK TO THE CITY.
'CAUSE I HAD A HISTORY OF FLOW NETWORK.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THE NO.
WE'RE TAKING THE PROGRAM INTERNALLY.
IS THAT GONNA REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFFING OR YOU HAVE STAFFING THAT CAN HANDLE IT? WE, UH, THE, OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF, UH, IN OUR DEPARTMENT WILL HANDLE THAT.
OFFICER, YOU'LL MONITOR? I WILL.
SO WE DO HAVE, ANYWAY, SO WE HAVE NINE A, WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL AL COMMENTS, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR? UH, NINE A IS PRESENTED.
[b. Consider a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor to execute a General and No Litigation Certificate related to the issuance of Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Thirty Million and No/100 Dollars ($30,000,000.00) by the Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation for acquisition, rehabilitation and equipping of The Portofino Apartments, a 248-unit multifamily housing development for seniors in the City of Pasadena.]
NINE B IS CONSIDERED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A GENERAL AND NO LITIGATION CERTIFICATE RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVENUE BONDS, UH, AND AGGREGATE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30 MILLION BY THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION FOR ACQUISITION RE REHAB AND EQUIPPING, EQUIPPING OF THE, UH, PORTOFINO APARTMENTS.A 248 UNIT MULTIFAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CONFUSED ME HERE FOR THE SENIORS IN THE CITY OF PASADENA.
YES, PLEASE HELP ME WITH THAT.
THE CITY IS A MEMBER OF A JOINT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION KNOWN AS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
AS SUCH, WE ARE OCCASIONALLY ASKED TO SEND INFORMATION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THIS CASE.
UH, THE CORPORATION IS SEEKING TO HAVE A 33 $30 MILLION BOND ISSUANCE AND WE ARE ASKED TO FILL OUT A GENERAL OR NO LITIGATION CERTIFICATE.
THAT CERTIFICATE, UH, HAS TO DO WITH WHETHER WE ARE AWARE OF ANY INFORMATION THAT WOULD PREVENT THE CORPORATION FROM ISSUING THE BONDS.
THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS FOUND NO EVIDENCE THAT THERE'S LITIGATION OR OTHER CLAIMS AGAINST THE CORPORATION THAT WOULD PREVENT THE ISSUANCE.
AND, UH, TO, UH, TO FURTHER EXPLAIN, THESE APARTMENTS WILL BE BUILT IN THE CITY OF PASADENA.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, WE ARE REQUESTED TO FILL OUT THIS INFORMATION.
IS THIS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT IN THIS MANNER? AND I KNOW THAT IT'S THE SAME, SAME THING.
I THINK ROSEMONT, THEY PRESENTED, THEY'RE GONNA DO THEIR REHAB.
I'M ASSUMING, I GUESS THE OTHER NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES COULD GO THROUGH THE SAME COUNCIL ACTION.
ALRIGHT, JUST, JUST FOR MY CLARIFICATION.
SO WE HAVE ITEM NINE B AS PRESENTED.
UM, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND, WE MOTION SECOND QUESTION OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF NINE B IS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[10. CONSENT All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.]
WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA.IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ITEM F IS NOT READY WILL BE CONSIDERED AT A LATER COUNCIL MEETING.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE PULLED, UM, FROM COUNSEL ITSELF, IF NOT ON ENTERTAINING MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH E AND G THROUGH R.
MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 10 A THROUGH R.
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SECOND.MOTION TO SECOND BEING THIS CONSENT AGENDA.
SO WITH THAT, UH, AS PRESENTED ON THE MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONSENT AGENDA AS AS MOTION PLEASE SAY AYE.
AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE THAT PARTICULAR ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERED IN OUR NEXT MEETING.
[a. Consider one City Manager (1) reappointment to the Civil Service Commission.]
NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO SOME APPOINTMENTS.UM, SO I'LL GO THROUGH THIS ONE BY ONE.
SO FIRST WE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, REAPPOINTMENT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, JASON REYNOLDS IS REAPPOINTING MR. DAVE GERALDS TO THE, UM, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
SO WITH THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, YES, SIR.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT REAPPOINTMENT MOVE TO APPROVE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES.
CITY CLERK, DO YOU KNOW WHEN MR. GILL'S ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT DATE IS? THIS HAS BEEN, THIS IS THE SEVENTH TERM.
AND, UH, FOR ME, HE'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.
I'M NOT COMPLETELY FAMILIAR WITH THE ENTIRE CITY AT THIS POINT.
UH, THE REAPPOINTMENT IS BASED ON THAT.
I DO NOT KNOW THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY AT THIS TIME.
HE IS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AND GOING FORWARD, I KNOW THE COUNCIL'S, UM, INTENT IS TO LOOK FOR NEW MEMBERS SO THAT WE DON'T BECOME STAGNANT AND THIS WILL BE A CONTINUED CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MR. GERALD'S AS THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER, PLEASE SAY AYE.
OKAY, WE'LL LET THE RECORD SHOW, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM 11 B, CONSIDER FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
MS. JACKSON'S, MY UNDERSTANDING, SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, I THINK FIRST OFF, THERE'S TWO INDIVIDUAL, UM, IN I GUESS YOU'D SAY INCUMBENT MEMBERS, UH, MS, UH, DALIA MESSA AND RHONDA LOPEZ.
UH, THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH RECENTLY, UH, APPOINTED AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE PERFECT ATTENDANCE, UH, TO THIS PARTICULAR, OH, EXCUSE ME.
THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE OUTTA ORDER MY FAULT.
I'M SURE PLANNING ZONING IS FIRST.
I THINK THERE'S, UM, CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT.
WE HAVE MS. WINFREY AND MR. PIERCE.
UM, I BELIEVE MR. PIERCE REPRESENTS DISTRICT TWO.
I'M NOT SURE SHE'S IN RETURN ON, SHE'S, SHE JUST STEPPED OUT FOR A MINUTE.
YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE TO WAIT NOW.
WE CAN MAYBE TAKE THE NEXT ITEM AND THEN COME BACK.
LET ME, LET ME, LEMME GO TO THE NEXT ITEM THAT I WAS ON.
MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WAS MEANT TO DO.
SO THIS IS, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS GONNA BE, YEAH.
YEAH, IF YOU, LEMME SEE IF I DON'T HAVE ANY.
[e. Receive the Mayor's appointments of one (1) representative and one (1) alternate to the 2023 Transportation Policy Council and one (1) representative and one (1) alternate to the 2023 Transportation Advisory Committee.]
BE FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL.SO WITH THAT, UM, UH, I'M GONNA NOMINATE MYSELF AS THE PRIMARY AND THE CITY MANAGER, JASON REYNOLDS AS THE, UH, THE ALTERNATE FOR THIS COMMITTEE FOR TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL.
SO I GUESS I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THOSE TWO.
UH, AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, WELL, EXCUSE ME.
I THINK BACK IN THAT, IN THAT WHAT WE ALSO WERE APPROVING, SO YOU'LL KNOW.
LEMME THIS FOR THE RECORD, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL.
WE HAVE MR. GARY AND MR. MARTIN SCRIBNER.
UH, ONE IS BRA BRANT AS THE PRIMARY, MARTIN AS THE ALTERNATE, UH, FOR, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO I GUESS WITH THAT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS? FOR THE TAC, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[f. Consider a resolution designating a representative and an alternate for the General Assembly of the Houston-Galveston Area Council for the year 2023.]
TO ITEM, UH, 11 F, WHICH IS CONSIDERATE CONSIDERATION OF, UM, OF DESIGNATING REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF HOUSTON GALVESTON, EVERY COUNCIL FOR 20 FOR 23 OR 2023.SO THE PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ALVARADO.
THE ALTERNATE WOULD BE MR. JASON REYNOLDS THAT WILL SERVE AS BAY TOWN'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE, UH, HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL ITSELF.
SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NOT ALL.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[b. Consider four (4) appointments to the Planning and Zoning Commission.]
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ALL RIGHT.SO WE DO HAVE MS. WINFREY AND MR. PIERCE.
MR. PIERCE IS A DISTRICT TWO OR WAS A DISTRICT TWO REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE, UH, SATISFACTORY ATTENDANCE FOR THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT CURRENTLY SERVE, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
THEY'RE BOTH SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? MISS.
AND THEN, UH, LOOKS LIKE DISTRICT FOUR AND SIX HAVE APPOINTMENTS, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I GUESS, UM, FOR THE DISTRICT SPECIFIC APPOINTMENTS WE HAVE, THE CITY MANAGER IS REAPPOINTED MS. WINFREY.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, DISTRICT TWO.
UH, DO YOU HAVE A NOMINATION? UM, WHICH ONE ARE WE ON? PLANNING, PLANNING, ZONING.
AND, AND IF YOU'RE NOT READY, THAT'S FINE.
IT, IT'S, YEAH, MITCHELL PIERCE, HE'S CURRENTLY SERVING AND KEEPING HIM ON.
SO THEN WE DO HAVE, UH, DISTRICT FOUR.
SO I WILL BE, UM, APPOINTING OR, OR NOMINATING FOR APPOINTMENT.
ERIC TAGA, UH, STANLEY BALLOU HAS SERVED, UH, WONDERFULLY ON PNZ, BUT SINCE REDISTRICTING, HE NOW RESIDES IN DISTRICT FIVE.
AND I PREFER TO KEEP A DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT IN THIS SEAT.
SO WE HAVE THAT NOMINATION, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, DISTRICT SIX AND, AND I'M GONNA MAKE SOME NOMINATION FROM JEFF WALTERS.
HE SERVED ON IT BEFORE AND, AND STEPPED OFF OF IT.
I HAD PRETTY LENGTHY CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
UM, I THINK HIS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT IN TOWN WILL, IS PROBABLY PRETTY GOOD FOR THE BOARD.
UM, HE AND I HAVE, AGAIN, HAD A PRETTY LENGTHY CONVERSATION AND PRETTY CANDID CONVERSATION AS TO MY EXPECTATIONS AND HIS EXPECTATIONS.
SO, UH, I'M GONNA MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE THAT NOMINATION FOR JEFF TO GO BACK ON THE P AND Z.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, BUT, OKAY.
SO WE HAVE, UH, MS. WINFREY, MR. PIERCE, MS. IS, UH, MR. T TAG, ILLA, AND MR. WALTERS, UM, UH, FOR THESE NOMINATIONS.
SO WITH THAT, THAT WOULD FILL ALL THESE VACANCIES, IS THAT CORRECT? ALRIGHT.
UM, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT I JUST NAMED MOVE TO APPROVE ALL THE INDIVIDUALS YOU JUST NAMED.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE SLATE THAT WE PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THOSE NOMINATIONS.
[c. Consider four (4) appointments to the Community Development Advisory Committee.]
NEXT IS I THINK BELIEVE IT'S THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.WE HAVE, UH, AT LARGE APPOINTMENTS, UH, BOTH, UH, THERE'S TWO INCUMBENTS.
UM, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE PERFECT ATTENDANCE.
UH, SO I BELIEVE THEY'RE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENTS.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE AN AT LARGE APPOINTMENT.
UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE JUST A VACANCY, WHICH IS STRICTLY OUT OF DISTRICT SIX, I BELIEVE YOU, YOU HAVE NOT? NO, BUT I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO OKAY.
ONE OF THE CANDIDATES HERE IS NOT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN MY DISTRICT.
AND, AND SO I WILL ASK THAT IT BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AGENDA SO THAT I CAN MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT.
SO, AND MAY YES, MA'AM, JUST A COMMENT THAT, UM, I KNOW ALIA ME SAYS AT LARGE, UM, BUT I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH HER.
UM, SHE LOVES THE COMMITTEE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.
SO I GUESS I'M GONNA JUST TAKE NOMINATIONS SINCE, SINCE THEY'RE, SINCE THESE ARE AT LARGE APPOINTMENTS, I'LL TAKE NOMINATIONS.
I WOULD RECOMMEND, SINCE THESE TWO SEEM TO BE, THEY MOST LIKE IT 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE PERFECT, PERFECT ATTENDANCE AND MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAD PERFORMED WELL.
UM, SO I'D OPEN UP NOMINATIONS, UM, I'M ASSUMING THAT WAS A NOMINATION FOR MS. MESSA.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, MS. LOPEZ AS WELL TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM.
SO I HAVE MS. MESSA, MS. LOPEZ, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THE NEXT AT LARGE LOOKS LIKE MR. BARNETT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY HIS ATTENDANCE IS ONE OUT OF NINE MEETINGS.
SO, UH, THIS IS AN OPEN NOMINATION AT LARGE.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN NOMINATIONS FOR I GUESS A THIRD.
IS ANY OF THE CANDIDATES MEET THE RACIAL CRITERIA THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER? UM, I BELIEVE MARISSA TONG AND JEREMY CLEMENTS, EITHER ONE OF THEM, UH, COULD SERVE.
SO I DO KNOW THAT MARISSA TO SERVES ON ANOTHER COMMITTEE.
AND MR. CLEMENTS CURRENTLY DOESN'T SERVE ON ANY COMMITTEE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE MR. CLEMENTS YEAH.
HE'S NOT INTERESTED IN SERVING AT THIS TIME.
ON THIS COMMITTEE, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE
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MARISSA TONG, UH, TO REPLACE NORMAN BARNETT.SO I HAVE MARISSA TOG AS A, A NOMINEE.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINEES? NON-CAUCASIAN.
AM AM I ALLOWED TO ASK IF ANYONE SPOKE TO MARISSA TOG? I MEAN, I MEAN, YOU CAN YOU NOT, IS SHE, YOU'RE NOMINATING MARISSA TONG.
YOU, HAD YOU NOMINATED SOMEONE? IT'S THE ONE THAT, I THINK IT'S THE SAME ONE THAT HE'S NOT.
YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE SPOKE TO MR. CLEMENTS, HE'S NOT INTERESTED.
MR. TONG, IS THERE ANY OTHER VACANCY? I MEAN, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? YEAH, I USUALLY SPEAK TO MY, IF NOT, I'M GONNA MOVE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK THAT ROUNDS OUT OUR SLATE.
SO WE HAVE MS. MESSA, MS. TONG, MS. LOPEZ, AND A VACANCY IN DISTRICT SIX, WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE NEXT, UM, COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE SLATE.
THE SLATE AS PRESENTED AND, AND NOMINATED MOTION TO APPROVE THE SLATE AS PRESENTED.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NOT ALL.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF MS. MESSA, MS. LOPEZ AND MS. TONG, PLEASE SAY AYE.
MS. OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER,
[d. Consider one (1) appointment to the Animal Control Advisory Committee.]
UH, ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MR. GRAY.AND BEFORE THAT, I DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? MS. CITY CLERK? NO.
SO, UM, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME, UH, OPENING COMMENTS, I HAVE ONE CITIZEN THAT, THAT DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THIS IS JUST, UH, AN APPOINTMENT FOR ONE INTERESTED CITIZEN.
THAT COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF A HEALTH DESIGNEE, A PD DESIGNEE, A LICENSED VET, AN ANIMAL WELFARE REP, AND THEN THREE INTERESTED CITIZENS, UM, JUST AS DEBRIEF.
ALRIGHT, UM, MS. GRAHAM, YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
11 D THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL FOR HAVING ME SPEAK AGAIN.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A REVISION TO THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE, UH, COMMITTEE FOR THE ANIMAL WELFARE, UH, THE, THE ANIMAL CONTROL IS, UH, SELECTED.
UH, THE, THE PROCESS AND THE DEFINITION OF THE CRITERIA FOR THE INTERESTED CITIZEN.
UH, THE INTERESTED CITIZEN CRITERIA IS A PERSON THAT SHALL NOT HAVE A PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION SIMILAR TO THOSE REPRESENTED BY OTHER APPOINTEES TO THE COMMITTEE, UH, AFFILIATION.
THE WEB TRADITIONARY TALKS ABOUT IT IS A CLOSE ASSOCIATION, UH, TO A, A, A GROUP PARTY PERSON, ET CETERA.
SO IF A PERSON OWNS A PET AND TAKES THEIR PET TO A VETERINARIAN ONCE A YEAR FOR A CHECKUP, TECHNICALLY THEY HAVE A CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR VETERINARIAN, AND THAT WOULD EXCLUDE THEM FROM THE CRITERIA THAT WOULD MAKE THEM, UH, ELIGIBLE FOR THIS POSITION.
AND I FIND IT CHALLENGING TO HAVE A ANIMAL COMMITTEE THAT'S MADE UP OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T OWN PETS, UH, FIND THAT RATHER ODD.
SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE COUNSEL PROPOSE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THERE WOULD BE A REVISION TO THE, TO THE CRITERIA FOR THE POSITION AND THE PROCESS BY WHICH A CANDIDATE IS, UH, UH, NOMINATED AND OR SELECTED FOR THE COMMITTEE.
MYSELF INCLUDED, I'VE BEEN ON THE APPLICATION LIST, UH, OVER A YEAR AND, UH, WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE TWO NEW CANDIDATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND, UM, WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY BE TO BE, UM, NOMINATED BY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND IT WAS AFTER THAT POINT IN WHICH THE EVALUATION, THE, THE APPLICATIONS WERE EVALUATED.
AND THEN MY APPLICATION WAS NO LONGER VALID, UH, FOR A AFFILIATION SIMILAR TO THOSE REPRESENTED BY OTHER APPOINTEES TO THE COMMITTEE.
UH, BECAUSE I DO A LOT OF, UH, VOLUNTEER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT VOLUNTEERISM, I HOPE IS WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS LOOKING, WHAT THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE IS THOSE THAT ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED.
I DID ATTEND MORE MEETINGS THAN THE PERSON VACATING THE POSITION, UH, LAST YEAR.
SO I HOPE THAT IT IS THE PARTICIPATION THAT THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR.
AND SO, THEREFORE, AGAIN, I DO HOPE THAT THE, THE REVISION TO THE CRITERIA IS EVALUATED.
UM, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE REVISION TO THE CRITERIA IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO, UM, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONSIDER IT, UH, FOR THIS EVENING.
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UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.THANK YOU, MS. UH, COUNCILWOMAN.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BEFORE? ARE WE ABLE TO HOLD OFF THE APPOINTMENT? UM, UM, NO, I THINK, I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE THAT WE, WE DO HAVE AN OPENING.
IT IS, THE WAY THIS IS TO BE CONSIDERED IS THAT IT WENT THROUGH A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS TO, TO REALLY COME UP WITH THE FRAMEWORK FOR REALLY, THIS IS ALREADY A REVISION TO WHAT EXISTED MM-HMM
AND SO IT'S, IT'S TO PROVIDE A BALANCE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ADVOCATES FOR ANIMALS AND, AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES TO HELP US WITH LIKE WHAT WE JUST HEARD EARLIER.
UH, BUT IT ALSO WITH THAT BALANCE IS TO HAVE, IN A SENSE, DISINTERESTED CITIZENS TO HAVE AN UNBIASED, I GUESS, PERSPECTIVE OF THIS TYPE OF BOARD.
AND SO THAT'S THE BALANCE WE NEED.
'CAUSE IF IT'S LOPSIDED ONE WAY, UM, POLICY CAN, CAN, CAN REALLY REFLECT SOMETHING THAT, THAT MAY BE MORE EMOTIONAL THEN, UH, HAVING, IF IT'S JUST CITIZENS AND THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ANIMALS AT ALL, THEN THAT WOULD NOT BE WHAT WE WANT EITHER.
SO THIS IS, THIS WENT THROUGH A LENGTHY PROCESS AND UPDATE, UM, FOR QUITE A WHILE, UH, TO EVEN CREATE THIS NEW BOARD.
AND SO, UM, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, IN A SENSE YOU, YOU'RE NEW, IT WENT THROUGH MANY, MANY DISCUSSIONS AND THIS IS THE BALANCE OF FRAMEWORK.
UM, TONIGHT IT'S ABOUT, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, I BELIEVE THERE'S A FEW, FOUR OR FIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT DID, UH, SIGN UP AND THEY DID MEET THE CRITERIA FOR THIS VACANCY.
WHAT I'LL TELL MS. GRAHAM IS THAT, UH, I, I, I APPLAUD HER WORK.
I THINK SHE DOES A LOT OF GREAT WORK FOR, FOR A NEED THAT WE HAVE THAT PARTICULAR, UH, APPOINTMENT FOR AN ANIMAL ADVOCACY REPRESENTATIVE THAT WILL BE UP LATER THIS YEAR.
AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY AT THAT POINT TO CONSIDER HER AND ANY OTHER APPLICANTS AT THAT TIME.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US AND THE ROLE AND THE FRAMEWORK OF THAT COMMITTEE.
AND IT'S NOT TO GO AND REVISE THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE, IT'S TO GO AND LOOK AT, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED AND THE CRITERIA FOR THAT PARTICULAR ROLE.
WE TALKED A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT VERBIAGE AND MEANINGS EVEN WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER TOPICS.
AND, UM, ALTHOUGH I'M NEW UP HERE, NOT NEW TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT ANYONE WHO HAS EVER OWNED AN ANIMAL AND TAKEN THEM, I AGREE WITH HER TO THE VET, YOU DO HAVE AN ASSOCIATION WITH THE VET.
AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR COMMITTEES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MADE UP OF A DIVERSE, UM, GROUP OF PERSPECTIVES TO HELP US COME UP WITH, WITH DIFFERENT THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT IT TO BE KNOWN THAT I DO DISAGREE WITH THIS.
AND, UM, TONY GRAHAM WAS GOING TO BE THE PERSON THAT I WAS GOING TO NOMINATE.
UM, AND SO I WAS A LITTLE UPSET THAT I WAS SENT THE APPLICATION AND THEN TOLD THAT SHE NO LONGER QUALIFIED BASED OFF OF THE VERBIAGE OF THE, THE PERSONAL.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT WAS WORDED, BUT I UNDERSTAND AND I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING IT ALL A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO ME.
AND SO, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, I WOULD JUST SAY I, I APPRECIATE MS. GRAHAM'S PASSION.
I MEAN, LIKE, SHE GOT UP AND SPOKE ON THE ITEM EARLIER.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE DOUBTS, UM, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA BE COMMITTED, UM, AS YOU SAID, YOU'RE, YOU HAVE BETTER ATTENDANCE THAN THE, THE PERSON WE'RE REPLACING HERE.
AND SO, UH, I AGREE WITH WHAT THE MAYOR SAID THAT I THINK YOU'D BE A GOOD FIT FOR THE ROLE THAT'S GONNA BE OPEN IN SEPTEMBER.
CAN'T GIVE THAT AWAY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT APPOINTING THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS AND COMING UP HERE TONIGHT AND SPEAKING TO US.
AND MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT, UM, WE ACTUALLY DID DELAY THIS PARTICULAR INTERESTED QUITE A FEW TIMES, ONLY BECAUSE WE COULD NOT GET AHOLD OF THIS RESIDENT TO EVEN SEE IF SHE WAS INTERESTED.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, UM, I'M ACTUALLY READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A NOMINATION AND REPLACE MS. NAVARRO.
UM, AND BECAUSE I, MYSELF ACTUALLY TRIED TO CALL HER AND I COULD NOT GET AHOLD OF HER.
UM, SO I DID SPEAK AT LENGTH WITH MS. CHRISTINA POWELL, UM, WHO'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE ROLE AND REALLY WANTS TO SERVE.
AND, UM, THAT'S WHO MY RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION.
I'M TRYING TO, WAS THERE, DID I HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER FOR THIS ONE? OH, HERE, IT'S, I GOT IT.
ALRIGHT, SO, SO WHAT WE HAVE FOR CLARIFICATION, SO WE HAVE MS. NAVARRO, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, TO SAY THAT THERE WAS UNSATISFACTORY, UH, ATTENDANCE.
UH, WE, YOU DO HAVE, WE JUST RECEIVED ONE NOMINATION.
YOU SAID CHRISTINA? CHRISTINA POWELL.
CHRISTINA POWELL, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND SO I WILL, I'LL ENTERTAIN ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS FOR THIS, THIS POSITION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION.
UH, SHE'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT SHE'S AN INTERESTED CITIZEN AND I THINK SHE'LL BE GOOD.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION OR WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR, UH, POWELL, MS. MATTHEWS.
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IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL, WELL, WE DO HAVE 3, 4, 5, 6.WE HAVE, WELL WE HAVE FIVE OTHER INDIVIDUALS TOO.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO NOMINATION, MAKE A NOMINATION OUT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT DID, DID SUBMIT INTEREST? MAYOR, I, I ALSO VISITED WITH MS. MATTHEWS AND WAS GONNA MAKE THE NOMINATION FOR HER TONIGHT AS WELL.
UH, SPOKE WITH HER IN LENGTH AND, UM, UM, AS SHE PUT IT, SHE HAS TWO FUR BABIES HERSELF, BUT SHE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT OVERALL ANIMAL ISSUES, NOT REALLY FOCUSED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
AND SHE WOULD, I THINK, WOULD BRING A LOT OF LEVELHEADEDNESS TO THE COMMITTEE.
UH, SO I'LL JOIN MY COLLEAGUE IN, IN NOMINATING MS. MARGA AS WELL.
ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS? AND I'LL MAKE A FINAL COMMENT IF NOT.
UH, SO WE DO HAVE TWO NOMINATIONS.
UH, MY ONLY COMMENT, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE FAIRLY CLEAR.
IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T HAVE AN ANIMAL DISLIKES ANIMALS, IT'S JUST YOU, YOU TRY TO TAKE THE, THE BIAS OUT OF SOMEONE, UM, SO THAT WE DO HAVE THAT BALANCE THAT REPRESENTS THIS.
SO IT'S NOT THAT YOU TAKE YOUR PET TO THE VETERINARIAN AND THAT'S CONSIDERED AFFILIATION.
SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S TWO NOM NOMINATIONS FOR THIS POSITION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT.
AND MS. TONY, I JUST WANNA THANK, HOLD ON.
I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK MS. TONY, UH, FOR, UM, TALKING TO ME YESTERDAY AND REALLY EDUCATING ME ON THINGS AGAIN.
AND, UH, LIKE I TOLD HER, I WISH I TALKED TO HER, UH, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO BECAUSE I HAD, MY NOMINATION MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT AS WELL.
AND I MEAN, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN YET ANYWAY, BUT I'M DEFINITELY GONNA KEEP YOU IN MIND MOVING FORWARD.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THESE VERBIAGE RIGHT.
MAYBE GET YOU ON, GET YOU ON THE COMMITTEE, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'LL BE A GOOD ADDITIONAL, OKAY.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? SO FIRST I'LL TAKE IT IN ORDER.
SO, UH, MS. ALVARADO DID NOMINATE MS. POWELL MM-HMM
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN ARE, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR A SHOW OF HANDS.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MS. POWELL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY, SO WITH THAT, THAT'S NOT FOUR VOTES, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT NOMINATION.
FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MS. MATTHEWS, AS, AS A NOMINATION FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO, ALRIGHT, SO THAT WAS SIX SIX AFFIRMATIVES FIVE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS MS. MATTHEWS.
I BELIEVE THOSE ALL ARE OUR APPOINTMENTS.
[12. MANAGER'S REPORT Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 551.0415 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council of the City of Baytown may receive a report about items of community interest from City staff and/or a member of the City Council, but no action or possible action shall be taken or discussed concerning the subject of such report, except as provided by Section 551.042 of the Texas Government Code.]
NEWLY FRESH, HOT, HOT OFF THE PRESS CITY MANAGER AND HIS REPORT.UM, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A MONTH, SO BEAR WITH ME AS I GO THROUGH A FEW.
UM, BUT, UH, WANT TO FIRST RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THE WINTER, UH, EVENT LAST MONTH.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF, UH, ALL OF YOUR HELP THROUGH THAT.
THANKS TO THE CITIZENS FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT.
AND THANKS FOR THE OC TEAM FOR BEING READY.
UH, AND MAYOR, YOUR ASSISTANCE WHILE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE OC ASPECT AS WELL.
UH, ON TOP OF THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CARL GAINES, UH, AND HIS SUPPORT OF THE OC AND PARK STAFF DURING THE FREEZE EVENT AS WELL.
UH, CARL IS PART OF OUR CLEAN TEAM.
UH, HE, UH, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM AND PART OF OUR BAYTOWN FAMILY.
UH, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE KEVIN HARVILLE AND HIS GROUP FOR DEVELOPING A TWO DAY TRAINING EVENT CALLED THE SAFETY RODEO.
UH, THIS IS A FANTASTIC PIECE THAT IS BEING, UM, IS BEING COPIED IN LIKE A STANDARD, UH, UH, FOR, UH, SAFETY OPERATIONS.
AND WE ARE HAVING PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES THAT WANT TO ACTUALLY JOIN THE SAFETY RODEO OR MIMIC IT, UH, WITH THEIR CITIES.
SO THAT'S PRETTY, UH, FANTASTIC.
UH, PLEASE PASS THAT ALONG TO, UH, KEVIN.
I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, WON, UH, THE IN-HOUSE PROJECT OF THE YEAR, UH, FOR THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES CENTER REMODEL.
UM, I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC AND I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT AWARD AS WELL.
UM, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE FIREFIGHTERS FOR THEIR CERTIFICATION ACHIEVEMENTS.
UH, WE HAVE ENGINEER HAYDEN PHILLIPS, FIREFIGHTER BLAKE AUER, FIREFIGHTER CARLOS ANDERSON, FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL BROWN, FIREFIGHTER JEREMY QUE, OR ETT, I DO NOT KNOW HOW HE PRONOUNCES THAT FIREFIGHTER.
ANDREA GARONE, FIREFIGHTER MILLER, MILLARD WILLIAMS AND FIREFIGHTER TAYLOR.
UH, TEL, THEY, UH, WORKED ON ACHIEVING THEIR ADVANCED, UH, STRUCTURE, FIREFIGHTER
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CERTIFICATION, INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURE, FIREFIGHTER CERTIFICATION.AND TAYLOR, UH, GOT A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES.
SO, UH, A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THEM AS WELL.
UM, I WENT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR TWO INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, BRENT, GARY, AND CAROL FLINT.
UH, BOTH CURRENT EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TRANSFERRED INTO THIS ROLE, UH, TO INSIST TO ASSIST THROUGH THIS TRANSITION AND, UH, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THIS PROCESS.
ON TOP OF THAT, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MR. BRENT GARY, WHO WAS DRIVING ON THE SERVICE ROAD, RECOGNIZED AN INDIVIDUAL IN DISTRESS, CALLED, UH, HELPED HER, UH, THROUGH AN EVENT THAT SHE WAS HAPPENING OR WAS, WAS HAPPENING, CONTACTED THE MS AND STAYED WITH HER UNTIL THE MS ARRIVED AND TOOK CARE OF HER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE LIFE SAVING EFFORT THERE.
UM, UH, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, OR I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, UH, THIS IS THE SA 75TH ANNIVERSARY.
UH, AND SO PLEASE GO DOWN TO GO TO BAYTOWN.ORG, UH, SLASH SEVEN FIVE TO SEE ALL THE THINGS, THE 75 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, YOU CAN FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED TO CELEBRATE BAYTOWN 75TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND, UH, THANK YOU TO THOMAS AND EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED WITH, UH, THE EVENTS THAT, UH, THAT MAKE THAT COME TO LIFE.
AND THEN FINALLY, SOMETHING I'LL ADD GOING FORWARD IS GIVE CITIZENS A LITTLE HIGHLIGHT OF THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE COMING UP.
AND SO ONE THING THAT WE WILL HAVE AT THE NEXT MEETING IS AN UPDATE ON THE BEST TRASH IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.
SO THAT, UH, UH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE TRANSITION.
IT'LL GIVE COUNSEL THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND GO THROUGH, UH, SOME OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THIS TRANSITION POINT, UH, WITH BEST TRASH.
AND THEN ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC AFFAIRS EFFORT THAT WENT INTO GETTING THE WORD OUT.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE BAYTOWN DAY AT THE CAPITOL COMING UP IN FEBRUARY, UH, THAT WE WILL PUT MORE INFORMATION OUT AND THEN WORK ON, UH, A SLEW OF POLICY ADDITIONS, UH, SUCH AS THE CADILLAC CONVERTER AND ADDRESSING VACANT PROPERTY AND THE ANIMAL, UH, ORDINANCE AS WELL.
[13. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WITH THAT, UH, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, NOW RECESS AND CONVENE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSU PURSUANT TO TEXAN GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071 AND OH SEVEN TWO, UH, TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS TO DELIBERATE RURAL PROPERTY EXCHANGE WITH GOOSE CREEK CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES OR FOR A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL ALSO, UH, IN SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAN GOVERNMENT CODE, CONSULT WITH AND SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT ISSUES.
SO I NOW RECONVENE OUR OPEN MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN COORDINANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, WE DO HAVE A FEW, UH, ITEMS THAT REQUIRE ACTION.
[a. Consider an ordinance authorizing the second renewal of the Towing and Storage Services Contract with Baytown Wrecker Service, Inc.]
UH, FIRST WE HAVE ITEM 14 A, UH, TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SECOND RENEWAL OF THE TOWING AND, UH, STORAGE SERVICES CONTRACT WITH BAYTOWN RECORD SERVICE INC.UM, SO WITH THAT, I, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR 14 A.
SO I, I THINK WE'D HAVE TO DO THE AMENDED MOTION.
WELL, YEAH, YOU'RE GONNA, YEAH.
UM, SO, UM, FOR THE SAKE OF KICKING THINGS OFF, UM, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND, UM, 14 A, UM, AND AUTHORIZE A ONE YEAR RENEWAL, UM, INSTEAD OF A TWO YEAR FOR, UH, TOWING AND STORAGE SERVICES FOR BAYTOWN RECER SERVICE INC.
BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO, UH, MAKE SOME COMMENTS AFTER SECOND, NO MOTION.
ANY SO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, SO MY COMMENTS REALLY, MAYOR, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP BRINGING THIS BACK TO THE TABLE AND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING TO ME BECAUSE WE TOOK SO MUCH TIME TO GO THROUGH, UM, THIS NEW ORDINANCE AND THE BID PROCESS AND THE FIASCO THAT HAPPENED, UM, DURING THE INITIAL, UM, UH, BID PROCESS.
AND, UM, IF WE HAD ISSUES WITH THEM, I WOULD UNDERSTAND US COMING BACK EVERY TIME.
BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES.
UM, I'M VERY HESITANT TO GO TO A ONE YEAR, BUT, UH, BECAUSE THERE IS SOMEWHAT, UH, OF A REQUEST FROM SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, I'M GONNA MEET THEM IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, BUT I AM VERY HESITANTLY GOING TO A ONE YEAR.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD,
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UM, WE REALLY FLUSH OUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT.'CAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT.
WE KEEP CHANGING THINGS BASED ON, UM, INNUENDOS OR FEEDBACK FROM ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE, BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT, I FEEL, UM, THE BIG PICTURE, UM, THERE, THERE REALLY IN MY MIND HAS NOT BEEN, UM, ANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS TRUCK.
UM, I'VE YET TO RECEIVE ANY CALLS, UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ON FACEBOOK, SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TOWARDS ME.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I LOOK AT, UH, BECAUSE WHEN I'M GONNA MAKE A DECISION, PEOPLE DO REACH OUT TO ME.
I'VE YET TO HAVE ANYBODY REACH OUT.
AND SO, UM, IT, AND THAT'S JUST ME AIRING MY FRUSTRATION OUT, MAYOR.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S JUST A, IT SEEMS LIKE WE KEEP BRINGING THIS ISSUE BACK UP, WHICH MAKES MORE WORK FOR STAFF, UM, TO HAVE TO KEEP GOING OUT TO EITHER REBID OR BRINGING IN THIS BACK UP, UM, FOR DECISION MAKING.
SO, NOPE, APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, MAYOR? YES, SIR.
I'M, I'M GOING TO GO ON WITH MY COLLEAGUE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY COMPLAINTS WE'VE ASKED THE CHIEF.
HE'S NOT AWARE OF ANY COMPLAINTS.
I UNDERSTAND THERE COULD BE SOME OUT THERE THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF.
UM, BUT WE, WE, ON THIS DAIS, WE TALK ABOUT CONTRACTS AT ALL TIMES.
WE GET FRUSTRATED WHEN PEOPLE DON'T UPHOLD THEIR SIDE OF THE CONTRACTS.
AND HERE WE ARE, WE'RE MODIFYING OUR SIDE OF A CONTRACT MM-HMM
WITHOUT REALLY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT SOMETHING'S GONE AWRY.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMPROMISE THAT MY COLLEAGUE IS MAKING, BUT I'LL, I'LL BE VOTING NAY TO THIS AMENDMENT.
I THINK IF THEY'VE COMPLIED WITH THEIR CONTRACT, WE SHOULD RENEW THEIR TWO YEAR CONTRACT.
ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON 14 A, UM, AS FAR AS THIS WILL BE A ONE YEAR RENEWAL, UH, FOR WITH BAYTOWN RECORD SERVICE.
UM, SO WITH THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 14 A AS PRESENTED WITH THE ONE YEAR CONTRACT RENEWAL, PLEASE SAY AYE A AYE.
UM, SO FIVE TWO, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILMAN GRAHAM.
ALRIGHT, AND THEN, SO WE'LL MOVE ON.
UH, ITEM DOES CARRY AS, AS VOTED ON, UH, 14
[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing the second renewal of the Heavy-Duty Towing and Storage Services contract with Dan Wheeler Wrecker Services, Inc.]
B IS GONNA BE CONSIDERED AUTHORIZED IN A SECOND RENEWAL, THE HEAVY DUTY TOWING AND STORAGE SERVICES CONTRACT WITH DAN WHEELER, RECORDS SERVICE INC.AND SO WITH THAT, I KNOW IT HAS CHIEF'S, CHIEF'S NAME ON IT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION UNLESS THERE'S ANY, ANY INPUT FROM, FROM OUR CHIEF.
SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 14 B, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE A TWO YEAR RENEWAL.
UM, SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION IN A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE 14 B AS IS SECOND MOTION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALTHOUGH ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 14 B AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, ITEM CARRIES.
[a. Consider a resolution accepting donations from the Baytown Professional Firefighters Benevolence Fund Inc. for the restoration of the 1947 Mack fire truck. ]
HAVE ITEM 15 A IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE DONATION FROM THE BAYTOWN PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENCE FUND, INC.FOR RESTORATION OF THE 1947 M FIRE TRUCK.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT OUR FIRE CHIEF IS HERE, UM, BUT I BELIEVE THE ITEM, THE, THE AMOUNT THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING IS $15,000 THAT WAS RAISED AT A FUNDRAISER RECENTLY.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME UP THEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECEIVE THIS DONATION FROM, UH, THE FIREFIGHTERS, UH, PROFESSIONAL, PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENCE.
FUND A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 15 A SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 15 A AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing payment to AutoMotion Classics for the restoration of a 1947 Mack fire truck. ]
NEXT IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO AUTOMO CLASSICS FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE 1947 MAC FIRE TRUCK.SO, SO WITH THAT WE JUST ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS IS? YES, IT IS.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF ITEM 15 B FOR STAFF TO HANDLE THIS, THIS PAYMENT AS DISCUSSED.
UM, CAN YOU GET A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 15 B AS STAFF DISCUSSED SECOND MOTION.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 15 B IS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, ITEM CARRIES.
SO, BEING THAT THE BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED ALL POST AGENDA ITEMS, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.