Mar 09, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING

IF THEY'RE JOINT ELECTIONS, IT COULD BE WITH THE COUNTY, THAT'S WHEN THE COUNTY AND THE PARTIES, THEY GET THE PULL, THEY GET TO PICK THE LOCATIONS.

AND SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THERE'S A LOT, WE GET A LOT OF CALLS OF WHY, WHY AM I NOT GOING TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER? AND IF THE PARTIES DON'T PICK THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR LEE COLLEGE, THEN IT DOESN'T, DOESN'T HAPPEN.

SO MY PERSPECTIVE IS TO ALLOW BAYTOWN CITIZENS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SELECTION ELECTIONS TO HAPPEN IN A MAY ELECTION SO THAT THE DIRECT THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY DILUTED IN THE MASSES THAT THAT, THAT DO COME OUT IN NOVEMBER.

RIGHT.

WE'RE ALWAYS AT THE BOTTOM.

AND A LOT OF TIMES, I'M SURE MANY OF PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE CAMPAIGNED, YOU'LL SEE CITIZENS THAT WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, BESIDES, YOU KNOW, WHAT PARTY YOU ARE OR, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, ALL THEY DO IS WANNA VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT.

AND THAT'S IT.

AND THAT DILUTES YOUR VOICE AS A VOTER AND THE CITIZENS OF, OF BAYTOWN.

SO MY PERSPECTIVE IS TO RETURN IT LIKE MANY MUNICIPALITIES IN THE AREA TO A MAY ELECTION SO THAT YOUR VOICE CAN BE HEARD BETTER AND CLEARER.

SO WHEN YOU'RE CAMPAIGNING GOING DOOR TO DOOR, YOU'RE JUST NOT LOST IN THE MASSES OF THE SIGNS AND ALL THAT.

MR. ISAAC, YOU AND I EXPERIENCED THAT IN OUR ELECTION THERE WAS A SENATE RACE.

CORRECT.

AND SO YES, I DO WANT VOTERS TO COME OUT IN NOVEMBER, OUR MAY, BUT WHEN IT'S, WHEN IT'S OUR ISSUES, CERTAINLY OUR LOCAL ISSUES IN MAY, I BELIEVE IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE GET OUR CITIZENS TO COME OUT AND VOTE IN OUR ELECTIONS.

SO THAT'S WHERE I STAND.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

WE'LL MOVE ON.

YES, MAYOR, I'LL ADD THE NO ITEM DISCUSSED AT THIS POINT.

THE REASON THAT THAT IS ON THERE, IT WAS ON THE AGENDA TO DO CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT IF Y'ALL REMEMBER ON DAY ONE, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY GAVE COUNSEL'S ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WAS COVERED IN THERE.

THEREFORE WE DID NOT NEED TO COVER IT AGAIN IN DAY TWO.

IT'S JUST LONG.

IT'S STATED IN A LONG FORM ON THE, ON THE MINUTES.

IT JUST SAID THIS ITEM WAS NOT DISCUSSED IS BASICALLY ALL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THE CLEAR, THE CLARITY ON THOSE ITEMS. SO WITH THAT, ANY OTHER, UH, MINUTE CORRECTIONS OR IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MO MOTION FOR ITEMS A, B AND C TWO BI HAD A QUESTION THAT IS, THAT ASKED.

YES, GO AHEAD.

JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, JASON, FOR GIVING THAT CLARIFICATION.

FOR THOSE WHO WERE ASKING, UH, ME THIS WEEK AS WELL FOR ITEM THREE B FROM THE RETREAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO WITH THAT, OTHER THAN THE ONE CORRECTION, I BELIEVE MR. ISAAC PRESENTED AS FAR AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS LISTING, YES, MR. MAYOR TO, TO ADD TO THE CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS, IF YOU ALL HAD A MIND TO MOVE TO AMEND THE MINUTES TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT WHAT HAPPENED ON DAY TWO, YOU CERTAINLY HAVE THAT AUTHORITY AND TO MAKE THE OTHER CORRECTIONS.

OKAY, SO WITH THAT, WITH THE CORRECTIONS, I THINK OF THE DISTRICT ONE AS MR. ISAAC POINTED OUT.

SO I'LL ENTERTAIN MOTIONS FOR ITEMS A, B, AND C WITH THE CORRECTIONS AS MENTIONED, MOVE APPROVE ONE A, B, AND C WITH EDITS MENTIONED SECOND.

GOT A MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES? UH, A, B, AND C WITH THE CORRECTIONS PLEASE SAY AYE.

A'S CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE, UH, CONCERNING THE CITY SPONSOR.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO

[a. Consider an ordinance concerning the city sponsored rezoning to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 107.82 acres of land located along the southern portion of the Blue Heron Parkway generally between Barkuloo Road and Crosby Cedar Bayou Road, from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Density (SF2) and Mixed Use (MU) Zoning Districts.]

RE ZONING TO AMEND OFFICIALS ZONING MAP

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TO REONE APPROXIMATELY 107.82 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BLUE HERON PARKWAY.

GENERALLY BETWEEN BARKLEY ROAD AND SBY CEDAR BAY ROAD FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL TO MIXED RESIDENTIAL AT LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY, SF TWO AND MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT.

MR. SCRIBNER, I'M CONSIDERABLY SHORTER THAN MR. ISAAC.

UM, GAMING MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF MARTIN SCRIBNER WITH, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UM, SO LAST MONTH, UH, WE PRESENTED THIS CITY SPONSORED REZONE.

UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND I THINK THERE WAS ALSO, I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL WHO HAD SAID, I'D LIKE TO GIVE, UM, THE FOLKS IN THIS AREA A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, JUST SORT OF, UM, UH, ABSORB WHAT THE CHANGES WERE TO THE MU DISTRICT AND TO THE, THE POTENTIAL CHANGES TO, UH, TO THEIR AREA.

WE ALSO HAD A QUESTION FROM, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE MAYOR WHO ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THE BUFFERING MIGHT BE CURRENTLY BETWEEN, UM, THIS PURPLE MIXED USE, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THIS PART OF THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH.

SO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, UM, IT IS A 20 FOOT BUFFER IN BETWEEN MU AND A RESIDENTIAL ALONG WITH A, UM, AN OPAQUE FENCE.

AND THAT IS, UM, THAT'S STANDARD, LIKE I SAID, BETWEEN MIXED USE AND ANY KIND OF SINGLE FAMILY.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, THE, THE, UH, YOU'VE SEEN THIS INFORMATION IN THE PAST, AGAIN, THIS IS TO PROACTIVELY PREPARE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES THAT WE ARE SEEING NOW.

WE ARE SEEING AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING GROWTH IN THE AREA.

UM, AND THIS WAS BASED ON THAT STAFF INPUT, UH, THE ONLINE ENGAGEMENT PLUS THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN HOUSE THAT WE HAD.

UM, AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN NOW, THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD SEE IS THE GREEN WOULD STAY GREEN.

THOSE ARE THE TWO CITY PARKS AND THE PURPLE IS A MIXED USE AND THE YELLOW IS SINGLE FAMILY.

SO, UM, AGAIN, NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN THAT SINCE YOU GUYS SAW, UH, LAST, SO I'M, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE THIS ITEM.

I BELIEVE WE, WE'VE DISCUSSED AT LAST MEETING.

I BELIEVE THERE WAS ASSISTANT COMMUNICATION.

I BELIEVE I HAVE ONE PERSON THAT SIGNED UP TONIGHT.

UH, MR. THIEL, GERALD THI.

ALRIGHT, SIR, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL MAYER.

UH, I'M GERALD TEEL AND, UH, YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO, AND IF YOU MAY RECALL TO, TO APPROVE A MF TWO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BLUE HERON PARKWAY WHERE I WAS.

AND I'M, I'M SORT OF HERE TO APOLOGIZE AS MUCH AS ANYTHING.

IT'S NOT LIKE I WAS, UH, DOING A BAIT AND SWITCH ON YOU, BUT MY COST ON THE SENIOR PROJECT GOT TO OVER $250 A SQUARE FOOT DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

IT BECAME ECONOMICALLY, UH, UNFEASIBLE.

AND SO NOW WHAT'S OCCURRED, WE'VE, WE'VE MOVED TO A, IT, IT'S STILL 15 UNITS TO THE ACRE, WHICH IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEAL, BUT IT IS A, A TWO AND THREE STORY MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT.

UM, THE CURRENT DEFINITION OF WHERE AND, AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, THE P AND Z GUYS AND, AND THANKFULLY THE SF TWO IS, IS KIND OF WHERE I WAS TRYING TO MOVE TO.

AND, UH, POSSIBLY AT SOME POINT DO WHAT'S CALLED A BILL TO RENT, WHERE YOU WOULD BE DOING, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON LOTS AND, AND THEY WOULD BE FOR RENTAL STRUCTURE.

UH, IT, IT SAYS MU SLASH SF TWO.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT MU I WOULD HAVE IN THERE AS FAR AS MIXED USE.

I REMEMBER THERE MAY BE A SMALL RETAIL CENTER, BUT I HAVE DEALT WITH TWO OR THREE RETAIL DEVELOPERS AND, AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET A RETAIL CENTER IN THERE NOW.

SO, UM, I WAS JUST HERE KINDA SAYING THANK, THANK YOU FOR THE SF TWO AND THE OTHER ONE AND WE ARE GOING IN WITH ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION IN ALL THOSE AREAS.

THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

ALRIGHT, SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS ITEM, I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING WAS BECAUSE IT WAS PRESENTED THE I THE IDEA WAS TO ALLOW CITIZENS TO SPEAK, WHICH THEY DID.

AND THEN IT WAS ASKED TO PLACE THIS ITEM ON THIS AGENDA FOR ACTION AT THIS POINT.

SO WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF REGARDING IT, UH, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM TWO, A MOVE TO APPROVE TWO A SECOND, A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT.

MAYOR.

YES, SIR.

UM, I WAS THE ONE THAT ASKED THAT WE DELAYED THIS.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR, FOR GIVING RESIDENTS THAT EXTRA BIT OF TIME.

UM, I'LL SAY FROM THE FEEDBACK I'VE RECEIVED, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, UM, I HEARD TWO MAIN THINGS.

IT WAS, THEY DIDN'T WANT, UM, MORE APARTMENTS IN THAT AREA, UH, WHICH THAT WE, WE KNOW THAT WILL NOT GO WITHIN THIS MU OR SF TWO.

UM, SO I BELIEVE YOU'VE ADEQUATE, ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED THAT.

UM, AND THE SECOND THING I'VE HEARD FOR THE MOST PART IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T WANT THE TREES CUT

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DOWN THAT BUFFER.

UM, WHICH I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY CITIZENS WOULD HAVE THAT CONCERN.

UM, I DON'T LOVE CUTTING DOWN A BUNCH OF TREES EITHER.

UM, BUT FROM MY VIEWPOINT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE TO KEEP ALL OF THE TREES, WE STILL HAVE TO, UM, ALLOW PROPERTY OWNERS TO DEVELOP AS THEY SEE FIT.

UM, AND SO, UH, UH, I THINK THIS IS, UH, MOVING IN A GOOD DIRECTION WHERE WE KIND OF TAKE A LARGE PIECE OF LAND AND PLAN, PLAN IT IN ITS ENTIRETY INSTEAD OF PIECEMEALING IT.

UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY, UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS REZONE AS IT'S BEEN PRESENTED.

I, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME, YOUR DEPARTMENT TAKING THE TIME TO GET FEEDBACK.

DO THE, UH, THE OPEN HOUSE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED COMPARED TO OTHER I, UH, UH, OPEN HOUSES I'VE BEEN TO.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND UM, I DID WANT TO THROW IN, 'CAUSE I SPOKE TO CLIFF EARLIER, FOR THOSE THAT DO WANT TO SEE MORE TREES IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND REC PUTS TOGETHER A TREE GIVEAWAY EVERY ARBOR DAY.

AND SO, ALTHOUGH WE MAY, YOU KNOW, AN OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY MAY CHOOSE TO CUT DOWN THEIR TREES, YOU HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO GET WITH PARKS AND REC AND GET A FEW MORE TREES FOR YOUR PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S ALL I GOT ON IT.

APPRECIATE IT, MARTIN.

ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, I WILL SAY I, WHAT I LIKED ALONG THE WAY IS THAT REALLY THE, LOOKING AT THE MU AND, AND RESTRICTING THAT EVEN MORE.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, MU AND GC SOMETIMES SCARES ME DEPENDING WHERE IT'S AT.

AND SOMETIMES IT HAS A BETTER PLACE THAN OTHERS.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE WORK THAT'S BEEN ALONG THE WAY THAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, I BELIEVE A SECOND.

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

A CONSIDER, OKAY, MOVE, MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE A, CONSIDER ORDINANCE TO CHANGE, CONFIRM OR CORRECT SPELLING AND IDENTIFYING NAME FOR ROADWAYS, HAVING INACCURACIES IN NAME BETWEEN HARRIS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE

[a. Consider an ordinance to change, confirm, and correct the spelling and identifying name for roadways having inaccuracies in name between Harris County and the City of Baytown.]

MR. SCRIBNER.

UH, THANK YOU.

SO, UM, SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER, I THINK IT WAS IN 20, UH, 19, WE HAD A SIMILAR OR, UM, ACTION THAT THAT HAPPENED WHERE THERE'S BASICALLY THE NAMES OF SEVEN, I BELIEVE IT'S SEVEN, SIX OR SEVEN STREETS, UM, IN THE CITY WHERE THERE IS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE SPELLING OR THE ACTUAL NAME, WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A, UM, IT USED TO BE KNOWN AS THIS AND NOW IT'S KNOWN AS THIS.

SO THERE WERE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE COUNTY RECORDS AND OUR RECORDS.

THOSE WERE, UM, OSTENSIBLY VOTED ON TO BE, UM, TO BE CORRECTED BACK IN 2019.

AND THEN WHAT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION NOW IS THEY WERE NOT CORRECTED BECAUSE HARRIS COUNTY HAS A, UM, HAS A POLICY THAT THOSE HAVE TO COME IN THE FORM OF AN ORDINANCE AND THAT WAS A RESOLUTION.

SO TONIGHT IS REALLY MORE OR LESS A, UM, A BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

SO, UM, THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WELL, ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM THREE A OF NOT ENTERING A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOVE TO APPROVE THREE A SECOND.

MOTION SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE FAVOR THREE AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

B, CONSIDER ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES AN MOU WITH ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS, LLC FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK FOR DIS ANNEXATION AND AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT.

THOSE OPPOSED TO ITEM THREE

[b. Consider an ordinance authorizing the Memorandum of Understanding with Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC for the implementation framework for disannexation and an Industrial District Agreement.]

MR. SCRIBNER, UH, THANK YOU.

SO THIS, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS A MEMORANDUM OF IN, UH, A PROPOSED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND ORION ENGINEERED CARBONS, LLC TO KIND OF AID ORION IN THEIR PURCHASE OF 13 AND A HALF ACRES FROM CHEVRON.

SO, UM, BASICALLY IT'S ADJACENT TO THE, IT IT'S PART OF THE CHEVRON PROPERTY NOW AND IT'S ADJACENT TO WHERE CHEVRON WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, OPERATE.

UM, THE PROPERTY'S ON THE NORTH SIDE, SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, NORTH SIDE OF I 10, ABOUT 1500 FEET EAST OF NORTH MAINE, IT IS ADJACENT TO THE CHEVRON PROPERTIES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THIS LARGER AREA UP HERE IS ALL CHEVRON, AND THEY ALSO HAVE SOME OF THIS PROPERTY HERE THAT'S WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, SO WE'LL ZOOM IN ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

UM, IT IS FULLY WITHIN THE CITY'S CORPORATE LIMITS.

UH, THEIR INTENT IS TO DEVELOP A CHEMICAL BYPRODUCT PROCESSING PLANT.

UM, THE INVESTMENT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $30 MILLION OVER THE NEXT THREE TO THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

UH, IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO IS TO PETITION THE CITY TO, TO DIS ANNEX THEIR PROPERTY, UH, WHICH WOULD ALSO ALLOW THE CITY TO PURSUE AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

UM, AND THIS MOU TONIGHT REALLY JUST COMMUNICATES THE CITY'S INTENT TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE US TO COMPLETE THE DIS ANNEXATION OR THE IDA, UM, IT'S REALLY MEANT TO KIND OF GIVE ORION A CERTAIN SENSE OF COMFORT WHILE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE, THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF.

UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT.

UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, I'M HERE AS WELL AS, UH, MR. BROWNLEY

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IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO THIS HERE IS THIS, IF THIS IS THE ANNEX, I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY THAT COULD NOT BE IN CITY LIMITS, SO THIS WOULD BE A BIG HOLE RIGHT HERE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

SO I KNOW LOTS OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO ANNEX AREAS, EVEN IF IT'S VOLUNTARILY, UH, REQUESTED, WHAT WOULD, WHAT, WHAT'S, I MEAN, WHAT'S STAFF'S OPINION ON THIS? I MEAN, THEN YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT HOLE WITH, WITH THIS TYPE OF USE.

UM, AND OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SO WHAT'S REALLY, WHEN YOU SAY CHEMICAL PROCESSING PLANT, YOU KNOW, ANY CITIZEN'S GONNA THINK THE WORST, SO WE NEED CLEAR CLARITY ON THAT.

RIGHT? AND SO, MAYOR COUNSEL, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, HAS BEEN A TALKING POINT FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO SIX MONTHS AT THIS, UH, FIVE TO SIX MONTHS NOW.

UM, THAT WAS PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSIONS, UM, WITH THE EXPANSION OF CHEVRON, THIS IS THEIR, THIS IS A, A PIECE OF THEIR GROWTH PLAN, SO TO SPEAK.

AND CHEVRON HAS ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON HOW THEY WANT TO GROW AND WHAT THAT MEANS WITH ANNEXING AND DE ANNEXING, UH, PROPERTY AROUND THE AREA.

UM, A TRUTHFUL ANSWER TO YOU IS THAT, UM, STAFF IS SPLIT ON THIS.

THIS IS, UH, BOTH A GOOD AND BAD THING.

IT'S GOOD ON A, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASPECT OF HELPING A LARGE, A LARGE ENTITY THAT, UH, EMPLOYS A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN IN BAYTOWN, UH, BRING ON ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

WE DID GO THROUGH A PRETTY EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION ON WHAT THE CHEMICALS ARE THAT ARE BEING THERE.

UH, THEY DID PROVIDE US THE PERMIT, UH, FROM THAT THEY HAVE A, A, A PIECE IN LAPORTE, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE ONE IN LAPORT.

UH, THEY PROVIDED THE TCEQ PERMIT THAT SHOWS, UH, WHAT'S ALLOWED AND WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S NOT ALLOWED.

WE CAN FURTHER PROVIDE THAT FOR COUNSEL IF WE'D LIKE TO BRING THIS BACK.

UM, THE REASON THAT STAFF IS SPLIT ON IT IS WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THIS ANNEXATION, RIGHT? AND TO YOUR POINT, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I CAN UNDERSTAND IDAS WITH A LARGE ENTITY.

UM, I GUESS MY ISSUE, IF THIS WAS DONE ON ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL PARTNER PROPERTY, IF THEY WERE GOING AND TRYING TO DO THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS FAR AWAY FROM THEIR CURRENT OPERATIONAL FENCE LINE, WE WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD BE STREAMING, YOU KNOW, ENCROACHMENT, INDUSTRIAL ENCROACHMENT.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE WOULD DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT IN THIS CASE.

SO, UM, UH, THERE'S, BECAUSE OF OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS THAT ARE SURROUNDING THIS DEVELOPMENT, I'M LIMITED ON EVERYTHING THAT I CAN SAY AT THIS POINT.

MAYOR, I GET IT.

I THINK, I THINK I'LL, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT GONNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOTLIGHT THAT WHAT IT'LL SAY IS I NEEDED MORE INFORMATION BEFORE I CAN PROCEED WITH ANY KIND OF DECISION.

IF I NEED INFORMATION, IT MAY BE IN A TAGLINE OR A KEY POINT FOR FIVE OR SIX MONTHS, BUT IT WASN'T FOR ME.

AND SO I NEED MORE INFORMATION.

I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE BIG PLAN IS.

UM, WHAT IS THIS CURRENTLY ZONED? RIGHT NOW? THIS THE, THIS SHADED AREA, UM, THE FRONT PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY IS ZONED, UH, GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND THE REAR PORTION IS ZONED, UH, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

YOU MAY REMEMBER AS WELL THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE WEST.

WE JUST REZONED THAT TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

SO THAT ENTIRE 40 ACRES JUST WENT, UH, RED ON THE MAP TO GC, RIGHT? YES.

RIGHT.

AND SO I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME.

WHAT CLASSIFICATION WOULD A CHEMICAL PROCESSING PLANT FALL INTO? UH, IT'S, IT'S INDUSTRIAL.

UH, FOR ME THAT'S AN ISSUE.

IDA FOR INDUSTRY THAT'S WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

ALRIGHT.

ANY QUESTION, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? KIND OF, I'LL ECHO YOUR CONCERN A LITTLE BIT, MAYOR, THAT HOW DOES THIS, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SPOT ANNEXATION, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

YOU CAN'T RE YOU KNOW, AND, AND HERE WE'RE CREATING ANOTHER DONUT HOLE.

HOW DOES THIS REFLECT OR IS THAT SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON STAFF THAT THIS IS SPOT ANNEXATION OR THE REVERSE OF IT? RIGHT? YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, DISCUSSIONS AROUND THAT.

UH, THE, THE GOOD AND BAD HERE IS THAT IT IS A DONUT HOLE.

THE DONUT HOLE IS WHAT, 30 FEET WIDE ON I 10 AND EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND IT IS STILL ANNEXED.

UM, THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS THE ID IDA, ONCE THE IDA EXPIRES, IT GOES RIGHT BACK TO BEING ANNEXED.

AND SO IT DOES FALL RIGHT BACK INTO THE CITY AFTER THE, THE SEVEN YEAR IDA.

NOW, UH, WHAT WE ARE HEARING RIGHT NOW AND, AND, UM, UH, GENTLEMEN, IF, IF I'M, IF Y'ALL HEARING THE SAME THING, WHAT I'M THINKING, COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE JUST PURSUE A PILOT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS ROUGHLY AN

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I, I'D JUST LIKE MORE INFORMATION.

YEAH.

I MEAN, I NEED MORE INFORMATION MYSELF.

I MEAN, I DON'T THINK I'M, I'M THERE YET.

AS FAR AS WHEN I LOOK AT SOMETHING THIS FAR OFF OF, OF THE PROPERTY OF THE INDUSTRIAL OPERATOR, THIS IS, THIS IS WAY OUT ON THE FRINGES.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HEAR THINGS ABOUT THINGS THEY WANNA DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAGE THAT ARE MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION, AN OFFICE SETTING, YES, THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN SUPPORT.

BUT WHEN IT'S SOMETHING, WHEN YOU PUT SOMETHING THERE LIKE THAT, WHICH I KNOW THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH RESIDENT CLOSE BY, BUT IF WE DO WANT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA, I DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA HELP THAT EFFORT.

SO, MR. AMER, IF IT'S HELPFUL, YEAH, I, I SUGGEST WE COULD TABLE THIS AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO YOU WITH, UH, A WIDER DISCUSSION AROUND THE FUTURE OF THE, THE CHEVRON PLANT ITSELF.

YEAH, I THINK WE, I NEED TO LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE HERE.

WHERE DOES, WHERE DOES, I MEAN IF THIS IS A COMPONENT OF SOMETHING ELSE, I GET IT, BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN MAKE A DECISION WITH ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.

UNDERSTOOD.

ALRIGHT, QUESTION? YES MA'AM.

I WAS JUST WONDERING, UM, IF WE COULD FIND OUT WHY OR IF THERE IS PROPERTY CLOSER TO THEM FOR THEIR PROCESSING AND IF THERE'S A REASON THEY WANT TO PROCESS SO FAR AWAY FROM THEIR REFINERY THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE, IS THERE, SO I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT.

I THINK, I THINK WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION LATER.

SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM.

UH, WOULD 90 DAYS BE APPROPRIATE? I THINK THAT'S PLENTY.

MAYOR.

SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM THREE B, A MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM ITEM FOR 90 DAYS.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE TABLING OF THREE B, PLEASE SAY AYE.

[c. Consider an ordinance awarding a construction contract to Sequeira Civil Construction, LLC for the Garth Road Reconstruction Project - Water/Wastewater Phase A & B Utility Relocation.]

ITEM THREE C.

CONSIDER ORDINANCE, AWARD AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO SEE GIA CIVIL CONSTRUCTION.

I HOPE I DID THAT.

CLOSE LLC UH, FOR THE GARTH ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, WASTEWATER WATER AND WASTEWATER PHASE A AND B UTILITY RELOCATION.

MR. SIMINO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UH, ITEM THREE C.

THIS IS THE, UH, FIRST CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT RELATED TO THE GARTH ROAD WIDENING PROJECT.

UM, THE PROPOSED CONTRACT IS FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE CITY'S WATER AND WASTEWATER LINES, UH, ALONG GARTH ROAD BETWEEN I 10 AND NORTH ROAD.

UH, WE WILL NEED TO MOVE THE UTILITY LINES SO THAT THEY'RE NOT UNDER THE PROPOSED PAVEMENT.

UM, THE WORK WILL RELOCATE THE LINES AND THE AUXILIARY STRUCTURES TO PREPARE FOR THE WIDENING OF GARTH ROAD, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE, UH, COMING AFTER THIS.

UH, UTILITY RELOCATION CONTRACTOR HAS 260 DAYS, UH, FOR COMPLETION OF THE WORK.

UH, THERE WAS ONE BIDDER ON THE PROJECT.

UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, AWARDING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO, UH, TERRIO CIVIL CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,881,593.

OKAY, I GUESS WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM THREE C.

MOTION JUDGE.

SECOND, WE MOTION TO SECOND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

YES, SIR.

UH, YOU MENTIONED THEY HAVE 260 DAYS TO COMPLETE IT, BUT IF WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, WHEN, HOW QUICKLY WILL THEY GET STARTED? SO IT, IT GENERALLY TAKES, UM, A MONTH TO TWO TO GET THE CONTRACT SIGNED, GET THE CONTRACTOR MOBILIZED, HAVE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING, AND, AND THEN GET THEM ON SITE.

SO, YOU KNOW, UH, I WOULD ANTICIPATE PROBABLY NO SOONER THAN ABOUT TWO MONTHS.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AWARDING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, URA GROUP INC.

ALRIGHT, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ITEM THREE C IS PRESENTED.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

A AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 3D.

[d. Consider an ordinance awarding a Professional Services Agreement with Ardurra Group, Inc., for the East District Wastewater Treatment Plant Rehabilitation Phase 2 Project.]

FOR THE EAST DISTRICT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT REHAB PHASE TWO PROJECT.

MR. SIMINO? YES, MAYOR.

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PHASE ONE AND TWO ARE BOTH FUNDED BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, UM, WHICH WERE AWARDED AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY.

UH, PHASE ONE IS ABOUT TO START BIDDING.

UH, WE ARE READY TO START THE DESIGN OF PHASE TWO, UH, AND, AND THAT INCLUDES A REPLACEMENT OF CHEMICAL FEED, UH, BLOWER AND BELT PRESS BUILDINGS, A REPLACEMENT OF SEVERAL PUMPS, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, LIGHTING, FENCING, AND REPLACEMENT OF THE IN INFLUE LIFT STATION.

UH, THE TOTAL GRANT IS, UH, FOR PHASE TWO IS APPROXIMATELY $32 MILLION.

UM, AND IT COVERS 100% OF THE DESIGN CONTRACT.

THE DESIGN CONTRACT IS IN THE AMOUNT OF, UM, $3,375,877 AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 16 MONTHS.

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STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION.

I'LL ENTERTAIN, UM, APPROVAL FOR THIS CONTRACT.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.

ALL THOSE, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

ITEM 3D AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

HAVE A REPORT FROM OUR POLICE CHIEF THAT TO PRESENT THE 2022 RACIAL PROFILING REPORT.

OPPOSED? ITEM CARRIES.

NEXT WE

[a. Present the 2022 Racial Profiling Report.]

GOOD EVENING.

UH, TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE STATE LAW, AS WELL AS TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, EDUCATION AND TRAINING REQUIRES AN ANNUAL REPORT ON RACIAL PROFILING, UH, OR, UM, UH, STATISTICS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS.

I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME BRIEF INFORMATION THAT'S A LITTLE BIT, UH, DEEPER DIVE THAN WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN THE GENERAL OVERALL GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION IN FRONT OF YOU.

UH, BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ANNUAL TRAINING ON RACIAL PROFILING AND CULTURAL SENSITIVITY ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE STATE REQUIREMENTS ARE.

SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS AWARE OF DIFFERENT RACES, ETHNICITIES, AND CULTURES THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH, SO THAT THEY CAN COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY AND BE BETTER SERVICE IN THE PUBLIC.

AND DURING THE YEAR, DURING THE 2022 CALENDAR YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED 11,061 TRAFFIC STOP ENCOUNTERS, UM, AT WHICH, UH, RACIAL PROFILE DATA WAS COLLECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE LAW.

IN 10,188 OF THOSE EVENTS, THE RACE OF THE PERSON WHO WAS STOPPED WAS NOT KNOWN PRIOR TO THE STOP OF THE 11,061 STOPS.

SEARCHES BE THEY CONSENSUAL OR NON-CONSENSUAL WERE CONDUCTED IN 454 OR 4% OF THE ENCOUNTERS PRIOR TO ARREST.

653 SEARCHES WERE NOT CONDUCTED UNTIL EITHER AFTER AN ARREST HAD BEEN MADE ON OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE OR A WARRANT OF ARREST, OR EXCUSE ME, CONDUCTED AS AN INVENTORY FOR PROPERTY ENTERED AS EITHER SAFEKEEPING OR EVIDENCE ARRESTS MADE AS A RESULT OF THESE ENCOUNTERS WITH 782 OR 7% OF THE 11,061 STOPS.

THESE DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE FULL REPORT THAT CAN BE FOUND ON THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT WEBSITE.

AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE ADDRESS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

I'D CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE OVERALL REPRESENTATION OF ENCOUNTERS AS IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO THE REQUIRED RACIAL PRO, EXCUSE ME, RACIAL REPORTING DEMOGRAPHICS OF THESE ENCOUNTERS COMPARED TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN DEMOGRAPHICS.

AS YOU'LL SEE, UH, OUR HISPANIC POPULATION MAKES UP ALMOST 51% OF THE POPULATION.

UM, WHITE, UH, CAUCASIAN, UH, POPULATION IS 29.7%.

UH, BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION IS 16.3 WITH ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS AT 1.4 AND ALASKA NATIVE OR AMERICAN INDIANS AT 0.3%.

UH, THESE ARE ALL THE CATEGORIES THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT ON.

THE STATE DOES NOT DIFFERENTIATE ANY FURTHER INTO RACIAL CATEGORIES.

UH, COMPARING THESE DIFFERENT SUBSETS OF THE POPULATION OF THE 2022 TRAFFIC STOP.

DEMOGRAPHICS ROUGHLY MIRROR THE POPULATION OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITY.

ACCORDING TO CENSUS ESTIMATES, BAY TOWN'S HISPANIC COMMUNITIES PROPORTION INCREASED IN 2021, UH, AS I WAS FROM 2021 TO 2022.

CONVERSELY, WHITE AND AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATIONS DECLINED IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.

ALL OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS REMAIN RELATIVELY THE SAME OR CONSTANT.

LIKEWISE, TRAFFIC STOP PERCENTAGES MIRROR THIS CHANGE IN THE CITY DEMOGRAPHICS COMPARING 2022 TO 2021 STATISTICS THE PERCENTAGE OF TRAFFIC STOPS WITH WITHIN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AS THE HISPANIC POPULATION HAS INCREASED WHILE WHITE AND AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATIONS HAVE DECREASED, AS THESE GROUPS POPULATIONS DECREASED IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

SO WE FIND THAT THE STOPS HAVE REMAINED PROPORTIONAL, UM, TO WHAT THEY WERE LAST YEAR.

UH, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE PROPORTION OF THE COMMUNITY FOR A GIVEN YEAR IN TRAFFIC STOPS WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY REMAIN UNCHANGED.

FOR INSTANCE, IN BOTH 2022 AND 2021, THE HISPANIC POPULATION REMAINS UNDERREPRESENTED IN TRAFFIC STOPS WHILE THE WHITE AND AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATIONS ARE OVERREPRESENTED IN TRAFFIC STOPS ALSO FOR BOTH YEARS, TRAFFIC STOPS WITHIN ALL OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS CLOSELY RESEMBLED THEIR POPULATIONS, UH, PROPORTIONS.

UPON REVIEW OF THE DATA REPRESENTED IN THIS DE THIS REPORT FOR THE 2022 CALENDAR YEAR AND REGULAR REVIEW OF OFFICERS BODY-WORN CAMERAS AND RECORDINGS BY SUPERVISORY STAFF, WE HAVE NOT FOUND ANY

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EVIDENCE INDICATING THAT THE DEPARTMENT NOR INDIVIDUAL PERSONNEL WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT HAVE ENGAGED IN RACIAL PROFILING BEHAVIOR.

THE COMPLETE REPORT WHICH SUBMIT, WHICH WAS SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT PER STATE LAW IN JANUARY, IS AVAILABLE VIA A LINK THROUGH THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE OR AT WWW.TCOLE.TEXAS.GOV/CONTENT/RACIAL PROFILING REPORTS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM AT THIS TIME.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHIEF.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR POLICE CHIEF? IF NOT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE WILL CONSIDER THE, UH, REPORT RECEIVED.

THANK YOU CHIEF.

UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE

[a. Receive and discuss a presentation regarding the new Utility Billing software from Tyler Technologies.]

A, RECEIVE AND DISCUSS A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE NEW UTILITY BILLING SOFTWARE FROM TYLER TECHNOLOGIES.

MR. TOM, JACK.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL, UH, ED TOM, JACK, ITS DEPARTMENT.

UM, WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE, UM, NEW UTILITY SOFTWARE, OUR INTENTION TO GO LIVE WITH IT ON MARCH 27TH, MONDAY.

AND, UH, TRYING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO PROGRAMMATICALLY YOU, UM, COUNSEL APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF THE MUNICH UV SOFTWARE IN MARCH OF 2020.

AS YOU CAN TELL, THREE YEARS IS A LONG TIME.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE DID GO THROUGH A PANDEMIC AND ALL THOSE RELATED ISSUES WITH THAT.

THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIS WAS TO GIVE US BETTER CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND BILLING OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS HUB TYPE FEATURES WHERE YOU BUILD DASHBOARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

UM, TO ANNOUNCE THIS TO THE PUBLIC, A LOT OF THE NOTIFICATIONS WE'RE DOING IN NEWSPAPERS.

UH, BILL BACKERS THAT WENT OUT ON THE LAST, UH, BILL, THERE'S A NOTIFICATION ON THAT.

WE'RE ABOUT TO PUT OUT A DIRECT MAILER TO ALL THE CITIZENS WITH THEIR ACCOUNT, CUSTOMER ID, SO THEY KNOW HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SYSTEM.

UM, THEIR WEBSITE WILL HAVE INFORMATION AS WELL AS A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO PUBLIC AFFAIRS DOING ALL OF THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE PROGRAMMATIC PIECES? NO, WE'RE GOOD.

TO RECEIVE NO TEXT NOTIFICATIONS.

SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE CORE TEAM.

THERE WAS A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS, BUT THIS IS THE CORE TEAM THAT'S BEEN WITH THE PROJECT SINCE, SINCE INCEPTION.

UH, MARCUS CURRY FROM UTILITY BILLING, ARLENE DOUCETTE, ALFRED LOPEZ, ALSO FROM U UTILITY BILLING.

AND THEN LEVI MASTERSON WAS THE PRIMARY ITS FOCAL POINT FROM THAT.

UM, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, WE'RE GONNA DIVE RIGHT INTO JUST KIND OF DEMONSTRATING THE SOFTWARE TO YOU GUYS.

THAT'S YOU GUYS HERE, RIGHT? YEAH.

AND I'LL LET 'EM TAKE OFF.

YOU'RE THE HERO OF THE TODAY.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH OUR NEW AND IMPROVED, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE PORTAL.

AND WE'RE JUST GONNA TOUCH ON SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PORTAL.

UH, ONCE CUSTOMERS HAVE SET UP AND LOG INTO THE PORTAL, THEY WILL SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE UTILITY BILLING PROFILE AND ACCOUNT INFORMATION.

ONCE CUSTOMERS, UH, SELECT THE ACCOUNT NUMBER, IT WILL TAKE THEM TO THE ACCOUNT SUMMARY PAGE.

THE ACCOUNT SUMMARY PAGE.

LET'S WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD.

THERE WE GO.

THE ACCOUNT SUMMARY PAGE PROVIDES CUSTOMER INFORMATION, UH, BILLING ACCOUNT INFORMATION, TOTAL, UH, TOTAL BALANCE DUE AND THE CURRENT DUE DATE AND PAYMENT HISTORY.

UH, WE JUST GONNA GO ACROSS THE RIBBON AT THE TOP.

UM, NOW CUSTOMERS ARE ABLE TO LINK MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS TO THEIR ONE PORTAL AND THEY CAN DO SO BY HAVING THE CUSTOMER ID NUMBER AND ACCOUNT NUMBER.

CUSTOMERS ALSO CAN SIGN THEMSELVES UP FOR AUTOMATIC BANK DRAFT WITHOUT COMING INTO THE OFFICE.

THEY CAN DO ALL THIS THROUGH THE PORTAL.

UH, THEY CAN REQUEST A ADD, UH, MAILING ADDRESS CHANGE.

UM, THE BILL PREFERENCE, THEY CAN SELECT THE BILL PREFERENCE, UH, DELIVERY.

UH, THE DELIVERY OPTIONS ARE MAIL, EMAIL, OR THEY CAN REQUEST BOTH THE MANAGED BILLS SECTION.

HERE.

CUSTOMERS ARE ABLE TO VIEW CURRENT AND PREVIOUS BILLS.

THEY CAN ALSO SELECT ONE, UH, BILL, UH, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WHERE IT SAY PAY BILL.

THEY COULD SELECT ONE OR MULTIPLE BILLS AND JUST CLICK PAY TO UH, MAKE A PAYMENT.

UH, YOU WANNA GO TO A BILL.

THIS IS, UH, WHAT OUR CURRENT BILLS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY GO OUT TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

A A ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT TO THE PORTAL IS THE TEXT NOTIFICATION.

CUSTOMERS WILL NEED TO SUBMIT A REQUEST

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CUSTOMERS WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE NEW BILL IS GENERATED AND WHEN THEIR ACCOUNT IS PASSED DUE.

AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR NOW AND HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I, I WANNA MAKE SURE COUNSEL HAVE ANY YES MA'AM.

UM, THANK YOU.

I KNOW THIS WAS LONG TIME COMING.

YEAH.

UM, I DID A SMALL YAY AND IT WAS ANNOUNCED.

UM, I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO GINA A LOT, UM, ABOUT THIS AS WELL.

UM, BUT UM, ON THE LINK THAT SAYS SERVICE REQUEST IS, DOES IT HAVE THE FUNCTIONALITY TO UM, KIND OF SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING? IF, IF I SUBMIT A SERVICE REQUEST AND I WANNA SEE THE STATUS, DOES IT GIVE THAT? YES.

IS THERE A LANDLORD FEATURE FOR WHERE SOMEONE OWNS MULTIPLE PROPERTIES AND THEY'RE HAVING TO TURN UTILITIES ON AND OFF WITHOUT THEM HAVING TO REAPPLY FOR SERVICE? NOT ON THIS PORTAL, BUT ON THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WEBSITE? YEP.

AND AND MY QUESTION IS, THIS IS OPTIONAL, CORRECT? YES SIR.

'CAUSE I HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF MY CONSTITUENTS, THEY CAN'T HARDLY HANDLE THE TVS, LET ALONE SOMETHING MESS .

UM, I GOT A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORS THAT I'M FOREVER GOING DOWN TO THEIR HOUSE AND STRAIGHTENING UP THEIR SMART TVS 'CAUSE THEY'RE SMARTER THAN THE PHONES THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

BUT THIS IS OPTIONAL.

MY SPOUSE WILL LOVE THIS.

BUT I HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT I KNOW WILL BE JUST HORRIFIED IF THEY HAD TO, TO DEAL WITH THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO OPTIONAL IS GREAT.

JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR GREAT PRESENTATION, MR. CURRY.

UM, JUST WANNA PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MY COLLEAGUE SAID IS, YEAH, I THINK, UH, THAT IT'S GOOD THAT IT'S OPTIONAL 'CAUSE UH, MY MOTHER'S STILL IN THE HORSE AND CARRIAGE BUG DAYS WHERE SHE STILL SENDS CHECKS IN THE MAIL AND TRYING TO GET HER OUT.

CAN'T CHANGE IT ALL IN ALL NEW TRICKS I GUESS.

BUT YEAH.

GOOD, GOOD WORK.

YEAH, I'LL JUST ECHO THAT.

THANK Y'ALL.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS AND, AND, AND IT'S A BIG IMPROVEMENT.

UM, I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS WILL BE VERY HAPPY WITH IT, SO THANK YOU'ALL VERY MUCH.

YEAH.

SO MY, MY SENTIMENTS IS, IS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR US TO GET INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.

I MEAN WE WERE PRETTY ARCHAIC ON WATER BILLS, BUT THIS HERE, MY QUESTION I WOULD HAVE, I LIKE THE SETUP.

UM, I RECENTLY JUST PAID A WATER BILL ONLINE, UH, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.

WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

ONCE AGAIN, I WAS GETTING THE AUTOMATIC DRAFT, WHICH I SUGGEST CITIZENS TO DO, CAN DO OR SHOULD DO IF THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO, TO DO SO.

UM, IF, IF A CITIZEN IS ON THE AUTOMATIC BANK DRAFT, COULD THEY ALSO OPT OUT OF THE PAPER BILLS AND ONLY RECEIVE A E-BILL OR TEXT OR EMAIL? YES SIR.

BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO LOOK FOR COST SAVINGS ONE JUST IN, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, I SEEN TO PAY YOUR BILL ONLINE, IT WAS LIKE EIGHT, $9 JUST TO PAY A $80 WATER BILL IN A SENSE, AT LEAST FOR THE CASE WHEN I WAS TRYING, I GUESS.

AND SO I, I DIDN'T LIKE THAT, THAT TYPE OF AMOUNT OF A FEE.

UM, BUT I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE HELPED OUT A LOT OF THOSE AREAS.

UM, THIS YEAR IS GONNA PUT US IN 21ST CENTURY AND THERE IS GONNA BE THOSE FOLKS WHO WANNA COME BY AT OUR UTILITY BILLING OFFICE OR, OR THE CURRENT ONE TO PAY THEIR BILL.

AND THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.

UM, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE A WAY TO ENCOURAGE, UM, OUR COUNCIL TO EVEN CONSIDER WAYS WHERE IF PEOPLE GO TO AUTOMATIC DRAFT OR, AND, AND OPT OUTTA THE PAPER BILLING, THERE IS COST SAVINGS, UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF PURSUE SOME OF THOSE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES MAYBE IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.

SO A FEW DATA POINTS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WOULD BE HOW MANY PEOPLE PAY THEIR BILLS? LET'S JUST SAY EITHER ONLINE OR BY BANK DRAFT.

UH, AND THEN, UH, 'CAUSE I THINK I WANT A BASELINE.

AND THEN LET'S MEASURE, ONCE THIS GETS IN, UH, IMPLEMENTED, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS, 12 MONTHS FROM NOW.

QUESTION THAT YOU BROUGHT, YOU BROUGHT UP IF SOMEONE OPTS FOR THE ONLINE PROCESS, 'CAUSE WE USE THE UTILITY BUILDING SOMETIMES TO PASS OUT INFORMATION.

SO IF, IF, IF THEY GO IN AND OP FOR THE AUTOMATIC EMAILS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, ARE THEY GONNA GET THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SENT TO 'EM BY AN EMAIL? 'CAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING THE PAPER NOTICE, THEN THEY WOULDN'T GET THE NOTIFICATION.

IF THEY LOG INTO, IF THEY, UM, IF THEY OPT IT TO FOR, TO GO ALL PAPERLESS, YES.

AND THEN, AND THEN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, SENDS A NOTICE OUT IN THE UTILITY BILL, WILL THEY GET THAT VIA EMAIL SYSTEM OR, YES, SIR.

SO ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO WITH THAT, UM, THIS JUST TO RECEIVE AND DISCUSS PRESENTATION, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THAT.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

SO THEY'RE GONNA GET THE SAME REFLECTION IF THEY WERE TO RECEIVE A PAPER BILL.

GOOD.

THAT'S JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

THAT'S GOOD.

BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT THAT WE USE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE BACK PAGE SOMETIMES.

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WE'LL JUST LOOK FORWARD TO SUCCESS, UH, WITH THE PROGRAM IN THE PORTAL.

UM, I'LL ENTER A MOTION FOR CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH J MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS SIX A THROUGH J, SECOND MOTION.

THANK Y'ALL.

THANK.

ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE ITEM FIVE

[b. Discuss and consider for action a direction to the City Manager to designate Juneteenth as an official Employee Holiday in the City of Baytown.]

B JUST TO DISCUSS THIS.

CONSIDER FOR ACTION, UH, TO GIVE DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO DESIGNATE JUNETEENTH AS AN OFFICIAL EMPLOYEE HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

MR. REYNOLDS.

UH, YES, MAYOR, COUNSEL, I'M BRINGING THIS BACK BECAUSE IT WAS, UH, IT WAS TABLED.

UH, I'M RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT WE DISCUSS THIS, UH, THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS IF COUNSEL'S OKAY WITH THAT.

NO, I'M, I'M PERFECTLY FINE.

I WILL TELL YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I BROUGHT FORTH, BROUGHT THIS FORTH FOR, FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, KNOWING THAT IT, WE ALREADY IN A BUDGET YEAR, I WAS, YOU KNOW, TOLD THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS BUDGET YEAR.

UH, I'M STILL PERFECTLY HAPPY IF WE JUST ESTABLISH IT AND THEN WE, WE, WE LOOK AT IT FROM THE BUDGET FOR 2024 IN A SENSE, SIR, FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL, YOU KNOW, SO I'M FINE WITH THAT.

UM, IT CERTAINLY BEARS DISCUSSION, UH, BUT I CERTAINLY STILL BELIEVE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, UH, AT LEAST TO PURSUE IT AND WEIGH ALL THE, ALL THE OPTIONS BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION.

YES SIR.

ALRIGHT, ANYTHING, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR ITEM FIVE B? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT.

[6. 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.]

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH J AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

CONSIDER TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

THOSE OPPOSED? WE'LL MOVE ON TO I, UH, ITEM SEVEN A

[a. Consider two (2) appointments to the Board of Adjustment.]

I BELIEVE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE TWO, THERE'S TWO TWO OPEN APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS BOARD AND I BELIEVE THERE'S FOUR APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

IS THAT CORRECT, MR. D CLERK? THAT IS CORRECT.

ALRIGHT.

SO, UH, DO, DOES EACH OF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE PAPERS IN FRONT OF YOU? NO, NO, I HAVE TWO WHO DOES NOT HAVE ONE? THEY DON'T.

OH, THEY DON'T.

IT'S IN.

IS IT IN YOUR PACKET? YES.

SO, UM, I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, THERE WAS TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SERVING, UM, AND THEY ARE NO LONGER, UM, GONNA PURSUE THESE SEATS.

THAT CORRECT? WELL, THEY ATTENDANCES THEY'RE NOT MEETING TO CALL TENDANCE.

RIGHT.

SO THEIR ATTENDANCE WAS, WAS NOT SATISFACTORY, I BELIEVE.

UM, MOST OF THE TIME IN MOST, IN, IN MOST OF THESE BOARDS, IF YOU DON'T ATTEND, UM, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY CONSIDERED RESIGNED.

BUT WITH THAT, UM, WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS, THEIR, THEIR ATTENDANCE WAS NOT SATISFACTORY.

SO THERE IS FOUR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE ALSO APPLIED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

UM, DO YOU HAVE THOSE FOUR NAMES IN FRONT OF YOU AND AS FAR AS YOUR PACKET? YES.

SO I'M GONNA ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THERE'S TWO, THERE'S TWO, UM, TWO SEATS AVAILABLE AND THERE'S FOUR APPLICANTS.

SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, OR ENTERTAIN NOMINATIONS, EXCUSE ME FOR, FOR THIS.

UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TABLE IT FOR MORE APPLICATIONS, UM, THAT'S FINE TOO.

I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE JEFF WALTERS.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE ONE NOMINATION I GUESS.

UM, WHAT DOES STATE NOMINATIONS FOR NOW? I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. ROY CHILD.

HURRY ALL, ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS? ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS? NO SIR.

AND I'LL ASK ONE MORE TIME, ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS? SO WITH THAT WE HAVE TWO NOMINATIONS AND SO I WOULD UH, I GUESS APPROVAL ADVISE AN ACCLAMATION THAT JEFF WALTERS AND MR. ROY CHILD HUY, UH, BOTH ARE APPOINTED TO THESE TWO SEATS.

SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION IN OF THAT FASHION.

A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND WE HAVE MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE TWO? AYE.

TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE NOMINATED PLEASE SAY AYE.

B, CONSIDER, UH, TWO APPOINTMENTS OF THE BAYTOWN HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS, I BELIEVE IT'S MR. BJ SIMON AND ALSO ELIZABETH MATTHEW.

ALL THOSE POST ITEM CARRIES.

MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN

[b. Consider two (2) appointments to the Baytown Housing Authority.]

MATTHEW AND I BELIEVE THEIR ATTENDANCE IS REMARKABLE AND THEY'RE VERY, UM, ENGAGE WITH THIS, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD.

SO I WOULD, UM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR THESE TWO TO CONTINUE IN THEIR CAPACITY.

MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION, SECOND ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE TWO INDIVIDUALS AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.